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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549

FORM N-CSR

CERTIFIED SHAREHOLDER REPORT OF REGISTERED MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES

 

 

Investment Company Act file number File No. 811-09301

 

TIAA-CREF FUNDS

(Exact Name of Registrant as specified in charter)

 

730 Third Avenue, New York, New York 10017-3206

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip code)

 

Stewart P. Greene, Esq.

c/o TIAA-CREF

730 Third Avenue

New York, New York 10017-3206

(Name and address of agent for service)

 

Registrant's telephone number, including area code: 212-490-9000

 

Date of fiscal year end: March 31

 

Date of reporting period: September 30, 2013

 

Item 1. Reports to Stockholders.

 

2013 Semiannual Report

 

TIAA-CREF

Real Estate Securities Fund

 

of the TIAA-CREF Funds

 

September 30, 2013

 

  Contents      
         
  Understanding your fund report     2
         
  Information for investors     3
         
  Important information about expenses     4
         
  About the fund’s benchmark     5
         
  Fund performance      
  Real Estate Securities Fund     6
         
  Summary portfolio of investments     9
         
  Financial statements (unaudited)      
  Statement of assets and liabilities     12
  Statement of operations     13
  Statements of changes in net assets     14
  Financial highlights     15
  Notes to financial statements     19
         
  How to reach us Inside back cover

 

 

 

Understanding your fund report

 

This semiannual report contains information about the Real Estate Securities Fund and describes the fund’s results for the six months ended September 30, 2013. The report contains three main sections:

 The fund performance section compares the fund’s investment returns with those of its benchmark index.
The summary portfolio of investments lists the issuers, industries and types of securities in which the Real Estate Securities Fund had investments as of September 30, 2013.
 The financial statements provide detailed information about the operations and financial condition of the fund.

 

The views and opinions expressed in this report are through the end of the period, as stated on the cover of this report. They are subject to change at any time based on a variety of factors. As such, they are not guarantees of future performance or investment results and should not be taken as investment advice. The risks of investing in the TIAA-CREF Real Estate Securities Fund are noted in the fund’s latest prospectus.

 

As always, you should carefully consider the investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses of any fund before investing. For a prospectus that contains this and other important information, please visit our website at tiaa-cref.org, or call 800 842-2252 for the Institutional, Retirement and Premier classes or 800 223-1200 for the Retail Class. We urge you to read the prospectus carefully before investing.

 

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Information for investors

 

Portfolio holdings

 

Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) rules allow investment companies to list the top holdings of each fund in their annual and semiannual reports, instead of providing complete portfolio listings. The Real Estate Securities Fund also files complete portfolio listings with the SEC, and they are available to the public.

You can obtain a complete list of the holdings of the Real Estate Securities Fund (Schedule of Investments) as of the most recently completed fiscal quarter in the following ways:

By visiting our website at tiaa-cref.org; or
 By calling us at 800 842-2252 to request a copy, which will be provided free of charge.

You can also obtain a complete list of the Real Estate Securities Fund’s portfolio holdings as of the most recently completed fiscal quarter, and for prior quarter-ends, from our SEC Form N-CSR and Form N-Q filings. Form N-CSR filings are as of March 31 or September 30; Form N-Q filings are as of December 31 or June 30. Copies of these forms are available:

Through the Electronic Data Gathering and Retrieval System (EDGAR) on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov; or
 From the SEC’s Office of Investor Education and Advocacy.
  (Call 202 551-8090 for more information.)

 

Proxy voting

 

The Real Estate Securities Fund’s ownership of stock gives it the right to vote on proxy issues of companies in which it invests. A description of our proxy voting policies and procedures can be found on our website at tiaa-cref.org or on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. You can also call us at 800 842-2252 to request a free copy. A report of how the fund voted during the most recently completed twelve-month period ended June 30 can be found on our website or on Form N-PX at www.sec.gov.

 

Contacting TIAA-CREF

 

There are three easy ways to contact us: by email, using the Contact Us link at the top of our home page; by mail at TIAA-CREF, 730 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10017-3206; or by phone at 800 842-2252.

 

Fund management

 

The Real Estate Securities Fund is managed by a portfolio management team of Teachers Advisors, Inc. The members of this team are responsible for the day-to-day investment management of the fund.

 

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Important information about expenses

 

All shareholders of the TIAA-CREF Funds incur ongoing costs, including management fees and other fund expenses. They may also incur transactional costs for redemptions or account maintenance fees.

The expense example that appears in the table on page 5 is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs only (in U.S. dollars) and does not reflect transactional costs or the costs incurred by the fund for buying and selling securities. The example is designed to help you compare these ongoing costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.

The expenses shown do not include redemption fees or account maintenance fees, which may or may not be applicable, as described in the prospectus. If such fees were included, your total costs for investing in the fund would be higher. Note also that shareholders of the TIAA-CREF Funds do not incur a sales charge for purchases, reinvested dividends or other distributions.

The example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the six-month period and held for the entire period (April 1, 2013–September 30, 2013).

 

Actual expenses

 

The first line of the two lines listed for each share class in the table uses the class’s actual expenses and its actual rate of return. You may use the information in this line, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the six-month 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 line under the heading “Expenses paid during period” to estimate the expenses you paid during the six-month period.

 

Hypothetical example for comparison purposes

 

The second line in each share class’s entry shows hypothetical account values and expenses based on the share class’s actual expense ratio for the six-month period and an assumed 5% per year rate of return before expenses. This was not the share class’s actual return.

This hypothetical example cannot be used to estimate the actual expenses you paid for the period but rather allows you to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the fund with the costs of other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of other mutual funds.

 

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Important information about expenses

 

Expense example

 

Six months ended September 30, 2013

 

 

           Expenses paid 
   Beginning   Ending   during period*
   account value   account value   (4/1/13– 
Real Estate Securities Fund  (4/1/13)   (9/30/13)   9/30/13) 
             
             
Institutional Class               
Actual return  $1,000.00   $963.78   $ 2.56 
5% annual hypothetical return   1,000.00    1,022.46    2.64 
                
                
Retirement Class               
Actual return  $1,000.00   $962.86    $ 3.79 
5% annual hypothetical return   1,000.00    1,021.21    3.90 
                
                
Retail Class               
Actual return  $1,000.00   $962.57    $ 4.28 
5% annual hypothetical return   1,000.00    1,020.71    4.41 
                
                
Premier Class               
Actual return  $1,000.00   $963.77    $ 3.30 
5% annual hypothetical return   1,000.00    1,021.71    3.40 
                

 

*“Expenses paid during period” is based on the fund’s actual expense ratio for the most recent fiscal half-year, multiplied by the average account value over the six-month period, multiplied by 183/365. There were 183 days in the six months ended September 30, 2013. The fund’s annualized six-month expense ratio for that period was 0.52% for the Institutional Class, 0.77% for the Retirement Class, 0.87% for the Retail Class and 0.67% for the Premier Class. The expense charges of one or more of the fund’s share classes may at times reflect a reimbursement. Please see the prospectus for an explanation, including the date on which this reimbursement is scheduled to end. Without any such reimbursement, the expenses of the affected share classes would be higher and the fund’s performance lower.

 

About the fund’s benchmark

 

The FTSE NAREIT All Equity REITs Index measures the performance of publicly traded real estate investment trusts in the United States that own, manage and lease investment-grade commercial real estate. For additional details about the benchmark index, please see the fund’s prospectus.

 

You cannot invest directly in any index. Index returns do not include a deduction for fees or expenses.

 

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Real Estate Securities Fund

 

Performance for the six months ended September 30, 2013

 

The Real Estate Securities Fund returned –3.62% for the Institutional Class, compared with the –4.69% return of its benchmark, the FTSE NAREIT All Equity REITs Index. For the one-year period ended September 30, 2013, the fund returned 2.98%, versus 6.23% for the index. The table on the following page shows returns for all share classes of the fund.

During the six-month period, returns for real estate investment trusts (REITs) weakened from the sell-off in interest-rate-sensitive assets that began in the second quarter. The downward trend started when investors began to worry that the Fed would soon taper its accommodative policies. When the Fed seemed to confirm these fears in May and June, these assets sold off. REITs returned –2.13% in the second quarter and lost another 2.61% in the third quarter.

For the period, REITs lagged the 9.20% return of the broad U.S. stock market, as measured by the Russell 3000® Index, and the –1.77% return of the domestic investment-grade, fixed-rate bond market, as measured by the Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index. However, for the ten years ended September 30, 2013, the fund’s benchmark returned an average annual 9.67%, outpacing both the 8.11% average gain of the Russell 3000 Index and the 4.59% return of the Barclays aggregate index.

 

Stock selections help the fund’s relative performance

 

For the period, all but two of the benchmark’s 14 property sectors declined. The health care sector (down 12.3%) was the largest drag on benchmark performance, as it faced investor uncertainty over the potential for shifts in government policies. Regional malls (down 6.4%) and apartments (down 3.5%) were also among the index’s largest detractors. Together, these three sectors made up almost two-fifths of the benchmark’s total market capitalization at period-end.

Only two sectors, self-storage (up 10.0%) and hotel lodging (up 3.3%), advanced for the period, with both benefiting from increased revenue growth.

In a down market, the fund outperformed its benchmark because of a number of stock choices that performed well. These included nonbenchmark positions in Thomas Properties and Orient-Express Hotels, as well as overweight holdings in two office REITs: Boston Properties and SL Green.

These positive contributions were partly offset by the negative effects of an overweight stake in American Campus Communities and a nonbenchmark holding in TRI Pointe Homes. Underweight positions in paper products manufacturer Weyerhaeuser and Vornado Realty Trust also detracted.

During the period, the fund owned the stocks of several companies that are not REITs but engage in real estate-related activities.

 

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Real Estate Securities Fund

 

Performance as of September 30, 2013

 

                
               Average annual
       Total return  total return
           
Real Estate Securities Fund  Inception date   6 months   1 year   5 years   10 years 
             
             
Institutional Class   10/1/2002    –3.62%   2.98%   5.66%   8.58%
Retirement Class   10/1/2002    –3.71    2.70    5.41    8.35 
Retail Class   10/1/2002    –3.74    2.65    5.38    8.37 
Premier Class   9/30/2009    –3.62    2.82    5.55*   8.52*
                          
                          
FTSE NAREIT                         
All Equity REITs Index       –4.69    6.23    6.00    9.67 
                          

 

The returns in this report show past performance, which is no guarantee of future results. The returns do not reflect taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or on the sale of fund shares. Returns and the principal value of your investment will fluctuate. Current performance may be higher or lower than that shown, and you may have a gain or a loss when you redeem your shares. For current performance information, including performance to the most recent month-end, please visit tiaa-cref.org. Performance may reflect waivers or reimbursements of certain expenses. Absent these waivers or reimbursement arrangements, performance may be lower.

 

You cannot invest directly in any index. Index returns do not include a deduction for fees or expenses.

 

*The performance shown for the Premier Class that is prior to its inception date is based on the performance of the fund’s Institutional Class. The performance for these periods has not been restated to reflect the higher expenses of the Premier Class. If those higher expenses had been reflected, the performance of the Premier Class shown for these periods would have been lower.

 

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Real Estate Securities Fund

 

Portfolio composition

 

   % of net assets 
Industry  as of 9/30/2013 
     
     
Specialized REITs   29.1 
     
Retail REITs   23.2 
     
Residential REITs   17.1 
     
Office REITs   9.1 
     
Industrial REITs   7.4 
     
Diversified REITs   5.2 
     
Real estate operating companies   2.4 
     
Security & alarm services   1.2 
     
Real estate services   0.9 
     
Hotels, resorts & cruise lines   0.4 
     
Diversified real estate activities   0.3 
     
Casinos & gaming   0.3 
     
Homebuilding   0.3 
     
Publishing   0.3 
     
Short-term investments, other assets & liabilities, net   2.8 
     
     
Total   100.0 
     

Holdings by company size    

 

Market  % of equity investments 
capitalization  as of 9/30/2013 
     
     
More than $15 billion–$50 billion   59.4 
     
More than $2 billion–$15 billion   31.9 
     
$2 billion or less   8.7 
     
     
Total   100.0 
      
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Summary portfolio of investments (unaudited)

 

Real Estate Securities Fund  ■  September 30, 2013

 

                   % of net  
Shares     Company  Value   assets  
                
COMMON STOCKS            
             
CASINOS & GAMING  $4,152,000    0.3%  
             
DIVERSIFIED REAL ESTATE ACTIVITIES   4,275,990    0.3   
                    
DIVERSIFIED REITS            
 125,000     iShares Dow Jones US Real Estate Index Fund   7,970,000    0.6   
 475,000     Retail Opportunities Investment Corp   6,564,500    0.5   
 1,300,000     Spirit Realty Capital, Inc   11,934,000    0.9   
 175,000     Vornado Realty Trust   14,710,500    1.2   
 325,000     WP Carey, Inc   21,027,500    1.7   
       Other   4,246,000    0.3   
                    
               66,452,500    5.2   
                        
HOMEBUILDING   4,031,327    0.3   
                    
HOTELS, RESORTS & CRUISE LINES   5,192,000    0.4   
                    
INDUSTRIAL REITS            
 240,000     EastGroup Properties, Inc   14,210,400    1.1   
 325,000     First Industrial Realty Trust, Inc   5,287,750    0.4   
 1,750,000     Prologis, Inc   65,835,000    5.1   
 300,000     Terreno Realty Corp   5,328,000    0.4   
       Other   5,030,000    0.4   
                        
               95,691,150    7.4   
                        
OFFICE REITS            
 500,000     Boston Properties, Inc   53,450,000    4.2   
 200,000     Digital Realty Trust, Inc   10,620,000    0.8   
 300,000     HRPT Properties Trust   6,573,000    0.5   
 220,000     Kilroy Realty Corp   10,989,000    0.8   
 400,000     SL Green Realty Corp   35,536,000    2.8   
                    
               117,168,000    9.1   
                 
PUBLISHING       3,833,588    0.3   
                        
REAL ESTATE OPERATING COMPANIES            
 232,528     Altisource Residential Corp   5,343,494    0.4   
 3,817,056  a  Thomas Properties Group, Inc   25,650,616    2.0   
                        
               30,994,110    2.4   
                        
REAL ESTATE SERVICES            
 150,000  *  Realogy Holdings Corp   6,453,000    0.5   
       Other       5,104,000    0.4   
                        
               11,557,000    0.9   
                        
RESIDENTIAL REITS            
 675,000     American Campus Communities, Inc   23,051,250    1.8   
 500,000     AvalonBay Communities, Inc   63,545,000    5.0   
 125,000     BRE Properties, Inc (Class A)   6,345,000    0.5   
 700,000     Education Realty Trust, Inc   6,370,000    0.5   
 350,000     Equity Lifestyle Properties, Inc   11,959,500    0.9   
 1,400,000     Equity Residential   74,998,000    5.8   

 

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Summary portfolio of investments (unaudited) continued

 

Real Estate Securities Fund  ■  September 30, 2013

 

                   % of net 
Shares     Company      Value   assets 
                        
RESIDENTIAL REITS—continued              
 125,000     Essex Property Trust, Inc    $18,462,500    1.4 %
 100,000     Home Properties, Inc     5,775,000    0.5   
 207,801     Post Properties, Inc     9,355,201    0.7   
                      
               219,861,451    17.1   
                        
RETAIL REITS              
 700,000     Cole Real Estate Investment, Inc     8,582,000    0.7   
 1,400,000     DDR Corp     21,994,000    1.7   
 550,000     Equity One, Inc     12,023,000    0.9   
 200,000     Federal Realty Investment Trust     20,290,000    1.6   
 2,650,000     General Growth Properties, Inc     51,118,500    4.0   
 200,000     Regency Centers Corp     9,670,000    0.8   
 1,050,000     Simon Property Group, Inc     155,641,500    12.1   
 200,000     Tanger Factory Outlet Centers, Inc     6,530,000    0.5   
 175,000     Taubman Centers, Inc     11,779,250    0.9   
                        
               297,628,250    23.2   
                        
SECURITY & ALARM SERVICES              
 450,000     Corrections Corp of America     15,547,500    1.2   
                      
               15,547,500    1.2   
                        
SPECIALIZED REITS              
 1,000,000     American Tower Corp     74,130,000    5.8   
 500,000     CubeSmart     8,920,000    0.7   
 475,000     Extra Space Storage, Inc     21,731,250    1.7   
 1,200,000     HCP, Inc     49,140,000    3.8   
 632,923     Health Care REIT, Inc     39,481,737    3.1   
 450,000     Healthcare Realty Trust, Inc     10,399,500    0.8   
 1,900,000     Host Marriott Corp     33,573,000    2.6   
 200,000     Potlatch Corp     7,936,000    0.6   
 325,000     Public Storage, Inc     52,178,750    4.1   
 250,000     RLJ Lodging Trust     5,872,500    0.4   
 1,500,000 *   Strategic Hotels & Resorts, Inc     13,020,000    1.0   
 700,000     Sunstone Hotel Investors, Inc     8,918,000    0.7   
 650,000     Ventas, Inc     39,975,000    3.1   
 300,000     Weyerhaeuser Co     8,589,000    0.7   
                      
               373,864,737    29.1   
       TOTAL COMMON STOCKS  (Cost $1,104,810,838)   1,250,249,603    97.2   

 

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Summary portfolio of investments (unaudited) concluded

 

Real Estate Securities Fund  ■  September 30, 2013

 

Principal    Issuer      Value    % of net
assets
 
               
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS              
               
TREASURY DEBT  $1,999,934    0.2%  
       TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS  (Cost $1,999,825)   1,999,934    0.2   
                      
        TOTAL PORTFOLIO  (Cost $1,106,810,663)   1,252,249,537    97.4   
       OTHER ASSETS & LIABILITIES, NET     33,673,983    2.6   
       NET ASSETS    $1,285,923,520    100.0%  
                        

 

 

 

Abbreviation(s):

REIT Real Estate Investment Trust

 

* Non-income producing.
a Affiliated holding.

 

“Other” securities represent the aggregate value, by category, of securities that are not among the 50 largest holdings and, in total for any issuer, represent less than 1% or less of net assets.

 

For ease of presentation, a number of classification categories have been grouped together in the Summary Portfolio of Investments. Note that the Fund uses more specific categories in following its investment limitations on investment concentrations.

 

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Statement of assets and liabilities (unaudited)

 

Real Estate Securities Fund  ■  September 30, 2013

 

    
ASSETS   
Portfolio investments, at value  $1,226,598,921 
Affiliated investments, at value   25,650,616 
Cash   28,008,876 
Receivable from securities transactions   8,983,311 
Receivable from Fund shares sold   557,421 
Dividends and interest receivable   3,841,110 
Other   49,349 
      
Total assets   1,293,689,604 
      
LIABILITIES     
Management fees payable   88,613 
Service agreement fee payable   7,949 
Distribution fee payable   42,554 
Due to affiliates   8,019 
Payable for securities transactions   4,883,088 
Payable for Fund shares redeemed   2,586,890 
Accrued expenses and other payables   148,971 
      
Total liabilities   7,766,084 
      
NET ASSETS  $1,285,923,520 
      
NET ASSETS CONSIST OF:     
Paid-in-capital  $1,125,313,319 
Undistributed net investment income (loss)   4,277,438 
Accumulated net realized gain (loss) on total investments   10,893,889 
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on total investments   145,438,874 
      
NET ASSETS  $1,285,923,520 
      
INSTITUTIONAL CLASS:     
Net assets  $826,399,983 
Outstanding shares of beneficial interest, unlimited shares authorized ($.0001 par value)   66,327,827 
Net asset value per share  $12.46 
      
RETIREMENT CLASS:     
Net assets  $228,708,973 
Outstanding shares of beneficial interest, unlimited shares authorized ($.0001 par value)   17,780,605 
      
Net asset value per share  $12.86 
      
RETAIL CLASS:     
Net assets  $175,174,567 
Outstanding shares of beneficial interest, unlimited shares authorized ($.0001 par value)   14,143,874 
      
Net asset value per share  $12.39 
      
PREMIER CLASS:     
Net assets  $55,639,997 
Outstanding shares of beneficial interest, unlimited shares authorized ($.0001 par value)   4,463,088 
      
Net asset value per share  $12.47 
      
†   Portfolio investments, cost  $1,089,799,135 
‡   Affiliated investments, cost  $17,011,528 

 

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Statement of operations (unaudited)

 

Real Estate Securities Fund  ■  For the period ended September 30, 2013

 

      
INVESTMENT INCOME     
Dividends  $18,472,950 
Dividends from affiliated investments   152,682 
Interest   2,865 
      
Total income   18,628,497 
      
EXPENSES     
Management fees   3,418,296 
Shareholder servicing – Institutional Class   3,745 
Shareholder servicing – Retirement Class   316,740 
Shareholder servicing – Retail Class   89,401 
Shareholder servicing – Premier Class   132 
Distribution fees – Retail Class   235,101 
Distribution fees – Premier Class   46,942 
Fund administration fees   27,980 
Compliance fees   14,824 
Trustee fees and expenses   7,065 
Other expenses   139,616 
      
Total expenses   4,299,842 
      
Net Investment income (loss)   14,328,655 
      
NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS) ON TOTAL INVESTMENTS     
Realized gain (loss):     
Portfolio investments   8,367,012 
Foreign currency transactions   (9,960)
      
Net realized gain (loss) on total investments   8,357,052 
      
Change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on:     
Portfolio investments   (80,893,891)
Affiliated investments   6,069,118 
      
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on total investments   (74,824,773)
      
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on total investments  $(66,467,721)
      
Net increase (decrease) in net assets from operations  $(52,139,066)

 

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Statements of changes in net assets

 

Real Estate Securities Fund  ■  For the period or year ended

 

      September 30, 2013    March 31, 2013  
      (unaudited)       
OPERATIONS             
Net investment income (loss)     $14,328,655   $17,195,358 
Net realized gain (loss) on total investments      8,357,052    19,543,680 
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on total investments   (74,824,773)   98,629,859 
              
Net increase (decrease) in net assets from operations      (52,139,066)   135,368,897 
              
              
DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS             
From net investment income:  Institutional Class   (7,850,886)   (13,144,022)
   Retirement Class   (1,848,527)   (3,658,328)
   Retail Class   (1,351,071)   (2,357,574)
   Premier Class   (498,671)   (987,334)
Total distributions      (11,549,155)   (20,147,258)
              
SHAREHOLDER TRANSACTIONS             
Subscriptions:  Institutional Class   75,545,799    360,800,190 
   Retirement Class   18,722,842    65,011,531 
   Retail Class   23,168,239    54,983,177 
   Premier Class   9,491,370    21,968,166 
Reinvestments of distributions:  Institutional Class   7,830,572    13,098,760 
   Retirement Class   1,847,449    3,656,077 
   Retail Class   1,300,065    2,266,210 
   Premier Class   498,671    987,334 
Redemptions:  Institutional Class   (80,840,006)   (225,608,959)
   Retirement Class   (33,924,520)   (87,918,249)
   Retail Class   (28,472,056)   (25,925,739)
   Premier Class   (14,271,770)   (23,990,021)
Net increase from shareholder transactions      (19,103,345)   159,328,477 
              
              
Net increase in net assets      (82,791,566)   274,550,116 
              
NET ASSETS             
Beginning of period      1,368,715,086    1,094,164,970 
End of period     $1,285,923,520   $1,368,715,086 
Undistributed net investment income (loss) included in net assets  $4,277,438   $1,497,938 
              
CHANGE IN FUND SHARES             
Shares sold:  Institutional Class   5,781,226    29,554,083 
   Retirement Class   1,348,436    5,066,365 
   Retail Class   1,763,596    4,421,858 
   Premier Class   731,025    1,777,741 
Shares reinvested:  Institutional Class   623,999    1,051,189 
   Retirement Class   142,648    284,845 
   Retail Class   104,222    182,883 
   Premier Class   39,739    79,289 
Shares redeemed:  Institutional Class   (6,353,309)   (18,641,399)
   Retirement Class   (2,555,622)   (6,874,093)
   Retail Class   (2,200,743)   (2,103,096)
   Premier Class   (1,112,207)   (1,979,068)
Net increase (decrease) from shareholder transactions   (1,686,990)   12,820,597 

 

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Financial highlights

 

Real Estate Securities Fund  ¡  For the period or year ended

 

   Institutional Class
   9/30/13    3/31/13  3/31/12  3/31/11  9/30/10  9/30/09  9/30/08
   (unaudited                        
                             
FOR A SHARE OUTSTANDING THROUGHOUT EACH PERIOD               
Net asset value, beginning of period  $13.05   $11.87   $10.75   $9.35   $7.24   $10.51   $14.65 
                             
Gain (loss) from investment operations:                   
Net investment income (loss) (a)  0.14   0.19   0.19   0.05   0.19   0.23   0.27 
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on total investments  (0.61)  1.21   1.09   1.42   2.12   (3.31)  (2.24)
Total gain (loss) from investment operations  (0.47)  1.40   1.28   1.47   2.31   (3.08)  (1.97)
                             
Less distributions from:                            
Net investment income  (0.12)  (0.22)  (0.16)  (0.07)  (0.18)  (0.19)  (0.39)
Net realized gains                    (1.62)
Return of capital              (0.02)     (0.16)
Total distributions  (0.12)  (0.22)  (0.16)  (0.07)  (0.20)  (0.19)  (2.17)
Net asset value, end of period  $12.46   $13.05   $11.87   $10.75   $9.35   $7.24   $10.51 
                             
TOTAL RETURN  (3.62)%(b)  11.88%  12.16%  15.80%(b)  32.16%  (28.84)%  (13.54)%
                             
RATIOS AND SUPPLEMENTAL DATA                   
Net assets at end of period (in thousands)  $826,400   $864,577   $644,849   $334,174    $265,753   $200,324   $242,867 
Ratio of expenses to average net assets before expense waiver and reimbursement  0.52%(c)  0.53%  0.54%  0.59%(c)  0.56%  0.60%  0.56%
Ratio of expenses to average net assets after expense waiver and reimbursement  0.52%(c)  0.53%  0.54%  0.57%(c)  0.56%  0.56%  0.56%
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets  2.17%(c)  1.53%  1.73%  0.98%(c)  2.29%  3.98%  2.38%
Portfolio turnover rate  35%(b)  50%  75%  30%(b)  66%  78%  94%

 

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Real Estate Securities Fund  ¡  For the period or year ended

 

   Retirement Class
   9/30/13    3/31/13  3/31/12  3/31/11  9/30/10  9/30/09  9/30/08
   (unaudited)                        
                             
FOR A SHARE OUTSTANDING THROUGHOUT EACH PERIOD               
Net asset value, beginning of period  $13.46   $12.25   $11.08   $9.64   $7.46   $10.81   $15.00 
                             
Gain (loss) from investment operations:                   
Net investment income (loss) (a)  0.13   0.17   0.17   0.04   0.17   0.21   0.24 
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on total investments  (0.63)  1.23   1.14   1.46   2.19   (3.39)  (2.28)
Total gain (loss) from investment operations  (0.50)  1.40   1.31   1.50   2.36   (3.18)  (2.04)
                             
Less distributions from:                       
Net investment income  (0.10)  (0.19)  (0.14)  (0.06)  (0.16)  (0.17)  (0.37)
Net realized gains                    (1.62)
Return of capital              (0.02)     (0.16)
Total distributions  (0.10)  (0.19)  (0.14)  (0.06)  (0.18)  (0.17)  (2.15)
Net asset value, end of period  $12.86   $13.46   $12.25   $11.08   $9.64   $7.46   $10.81 
                             
TOTAL RETURN  (3.71)%(b)  11.47%  11.96%  15.60%(b)  31.85%  (28.95)%  (13.76)%
                             
RATIOS AND SUPPLEMENTAL DATA                   
Net assets at end of period (in thousands)  $228,709   $253,707   $249,433   $289,161   $280,763   $159,554   $172,078 
Ratio of expenses to average net assets before expense waiver and reimbursement  0.77%(c)  0.78%  0.78%  0.83%(c)  0.81%  0.85%  0.81%
Ratio of expenses to average net assets after expense waiver and reimbursement  0.77%(c)  0.78%  0.78%  0.82%(c)  0.81%  0.81%  0.81%
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets  1.93%(c)  1.30%  1.54%  0.77%(c)  1.98%  3.53%  2.03%
Portfolio turnover rate  35%(b)  50%  75%  30%(b)  66%  78%  94%

 

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Real Estate Securities Fund  ¡  For the period or year ended

 

   Retail Class
   9/30/13    3/31/13  3/31/12  3/31/11  9/30/10  9/30/09  9/30/08
   (unaudited                        
                             
FOR A SHARE OUTSTANDING THROUGHOUT EACH PERIOD               
Net asset value, beginning of period  $12.97   $11.80   $10.69   $9.30   $7.20   $10.46   $14.59 
                             
Gain (loss) from investment operations:                       
Net investment income (loss) (a)  0.12   0.14   0.15   0.04   0.17   0.23   0.31 
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on total investments  (0.60)  1.21   1.09   1.41   2.11   (3.31)  (2.28)
Total gain (loss) from investment operations  (0.48)  1.35   1.24   1.45   2.28   (3.08)  (1.97)
                             
Less distributions from:                            
Net investment income  (0.10)  (0.18)  (0.13)  (0.06)  (0.16)  (0.18)  (0.38)
Net realized gains                    (1.60)
Return of capital              (0.02)     (0.18)
Total distributions  (0.10)  (0.18)  (0.13)  (0.06)  (0.18)  (0.18)  (2.16)
Net asset value, end of period  $12.39   $12.97   $11.80   $10.69   $9.30   $7.20   $10.46 
                             
TOTAL RETURN  (3.74)%(b)  11.49%  11.79%  15.64%(b)  31.95%  (29.01)%  (13.66)%
                             
RATIOS AND SUPPLEMENTAL DATA                   
Net assets at end of period (in thousands)  $175,175   $187,722   $141,355   $124,104   $102,686   $77,475   $118,076 
Ratio of expenses to average net assets before expense waiver and reimbursement  0.87%(c)  0.87%  0.84%  0.84%(c)  0.77%  1.06%  0.85%
Ratio of expenses to average net assets after expense waiver and reimbursement  0.87%(c)  0.87%  0.84%  0.83%(c)  0.77%  0.75%  0.70%
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets  1.83%(c)  1.17%  1.42%  0.75%(c)  2.08%  3.89%  2.68%
Portfolio turnover rate  35%(b)  50%  75%  30%(b)  66%  78%  94%

 

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Real Estate Securities Fund  ¡  For the period or year ended

 

   Premier Class
   9/30/13    3/31/13  3/31/12  3/31/11   9/30/10  9/30/09 *
   (unaudited)                    
                         
FOR A SHARE OUTSTANDING THROUGHOUT EACH PERIOD           
Net asset value, beginning of period  $13.05   $11.88   $10.75   $9.36   $7.24   $7.24 
                         
Gain (loss) from investment operations:                   
Net investment income (loss) (a)  0.13   0.17   0.18   0.05   0.14   0.00(d)
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on total investments  (0.60)  1.20   1.10   1.41   2.17    
Total gain (loss) from investment operations  (0.47)  1.37   1.28   1.46   2.31   0.00(d)
                         
Less distributions from:                        
Net investment income  (0.11)  (0.20)  (0.15)  (0.07)  (0.17)   
Net realized gains              (0.02)   
Total distributions  (0.11)  (0.20)  (0.15)  (0.07)  (0.19)   
Net asset value, end of period  $12.47   $13.05   $11.88   $10.75   $9.36   $7.24 
                         
TOTAL RETURN  (3.62)%(b)  11.62%  12.06%  15.60%(b)  32.12%  0.00%(b)
                         
RATIOS AND SUPPLEMENTAL DATA                        
Net assets at end of period (in thousands)  $55,640   $62,709   $58,528   $75,047   $31,260   $250 
Ratio of expenses to average net assets before expense waiver and reimbursement  0.67%(c)  0.68%  0.68%  0.74%(c)  0.71%  221.11%(c)
Ratio of expenses to average net assets after expense waiver and reimbursement  0.67%(c)  0.68%  0.68%  0.72%(c)  0.71%  0.72%(c)
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets  2.04%(c)  1.37%  1.67%  1.03%(c)  1.56%  0.00%(c)
Portfolio turnover rate  35%(b)  50%  75%  30%(b)  66%  78%

 

(a) Based on average shares outstanding.
(b) The percentages shown for this period are not annualized.
(c) The percentages shown for this period are annualized.
(d) Amount represents less than $0.01 per share.
Amounts shown are for the six-month period ended March 31, 2011 and are not necessarily indicative of a full year of operations. The Fund changed its fiscal year end from September 30 to March 31.
* The Premier Class commenced operations on September 30, 2009.

 

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Notes to financial statements (unaudited)

 

Real Estate Securities Fund

 

Note 1—organization and significant accounting policies

 

The TIAA-CREF Real Estate Securities Fund (the “Fund”) is one of the investment portfolios of the TIAA-CREF Funds (the “Trust”), a Delaware statutory trust that is registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“Commission”) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (“1940 Act”), as an open-end management investment company.

 

The Fund offers its shares, without a sales load, through its principal underwriter, Teachers Personal Investors Services, Inc. (“TPIS”), which is a wholly owned indirect subsidiary of Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America (“TIAA”). Teachers Advisors, Inc. (“Advisors”), a wholly owned indirect subsidiary of TIAA, is registered with the Commission as an investment adviser and provides investment management services for the Fund. The Fund offers four share classes: Institutional, Retirement, Retail and Premier Classes of shares. Each class differs by the allocation of class-specific expenses and voting rights in matters affecting a single class.

 

The accompanying financial statements were prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”) which may require the use of estimates made by management and the evaluation of subsequent events. Actual results may differ from those estimates. The Net Asset Value per share (“NAV”) for financial reporting purposes may differ from the NAV for processing transactions. The NAV for financial reporting purposes includes security and shareholder transactions through the date of the report. Total return is computed based on the NAV used for processing transactions. The following is a summary of the significant accounting policies consistently followed by the Fund.

 

Security valuation: The Fund’s investments in securities are recorded at their estimated fair value as described in the valuation of investments note to the financial statements.

 

Investments and investment income: Securities transactions are accounted for as of the trade date for financial reporting purposes. Interest income is recorded as earned and includes accretion of discounts and amortization of premiums using the effective yield method. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date. Realized gains and losses on securities transactions are based upon the specific identification method. Distributions received on securities that represent a return of capital or capital gains are recorded as a reduction of cost of investments and/or as a realized gain. The Fund estimates the components of distributions received that may be considered return of capital distributions or capital gain distributions.

 

Income and expenses of the Fund are allocated on a pro rata basis to each class of shares of the Fund, except for service agreement fees, distribution fees and transfer agency fees and expenses, which are unique to each class of shares. Most expenses of the Trust can be directly attributed to a fund. Expenses that cannot be directly attributed are allocated to each fund in the Trust based upon the average net assets of each fund.

 

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Notes to financial statements (unaudited)

 

Foreign currency transactions and translation: Assets, including investments, and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollar values each day using exchange rates obtained from an independent third party. Purchases and sales of securities, income and expenses are translated into U.S. dollars at the prevailing exchange rate on the date of the transaction. The effect of changes in foreign currency exchange rates on realized and unrealized security gains and losses is reflected as a component of security gains and losses.

 

Distributions to shareholders: Distributions to shareholders, which are determined in accordance with income tax regulations, are recorded on the ex-dividend date.

 

Income taxes: The Fund intends to continue to qualify as a regulated investment company under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code (“Code”) and will not be subject to income taxes to the extent that it distributes all taxable income each year and complies with various other Code requirements. Management has analyzed the Fund’s tax positions taken for all open federal income tax years (2009–2013) and has concluded that no provision for federal income tax is required in the Fund’s financial statements.

 

The timing and character of income and capital gain distributions are determined in accordance with income tax regulations, which may differ from U.S. GAAP. Reclassifications are made to the Fund’s capital accounts for permanent tax differences to reflect income and gains available for distribution (or available capital loss carryforwards) under income tax regulations.

 

Foreign taxes: The Fund may be subject to foreign taxes on income, gains on investments or currency repatriation, a portion of which may be recoverable. The Fund will accrue such taxes and recoveries as applicable, based upon the current interpretation of tax rules and regulations that exist in the markets in which the Fund invests.

 

Trustee compensation: The Fund pays the members of the Board of Trustees (“Board”), all of whom are independent, certain remuneration for their services, plus travel and other expenses. Trustees may elect to participate in a deferred compensation plan and defer all or a portion of their compensation. In addition, trustees participate in a long-term compensation plan. Amounts deferred are retained by the Fund until paid. The investment of deferred amounts and the offsetting payable to the trustees are included in other assets and accrued expenses and other payables in the accompanying Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Trustees’ fees, including any deferred and long-term compensation incurred, are reflected in the Statement of Operations.

 

New accounting pronouncement: In December 2011, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued Accounting Standard Update (“ASU”) No. 2011-11, Disclosures about Offsetting Assets and Liabilities, and in January 2013 issued ASU 2013-01, Clarifying the Scope of Disclosures about Offsetting Assets and Liabilities (collectively, the “Update”). The Update creates new disclosure requirements

 

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continued

 

requiring entities to disclose both gross and net information for derivatives and other financial instruments that are either offset in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities or subject to an enforceable master netting arrangement or similar agreement. The disclosure requirements are effective for interim and annual reporting periods beginning on or after January 1, 2013. The Fund has adopted these new disclosure requirements and has determined that no additional disclosures are required for this semiannual report.

 

Note 2—valuation of investments

 

Portfolio investments are valued at fair value utilizing various valuation methods approved by the Board. U.S. GAAP establishes a hierarchy that prioritizes market inputs to valuation methods. The three levels of inputs are:

 

Level 1 – quoted prices in active markets for identical securities
Level 2 – other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, credit spreads, etc.)
Level 3 – significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments)

 

The availability of observable inputs can vary from security to security and is affected by a wide variety of factors, including, for example, the type of security, whether the security is new and not yet established in the marketplace, the liquidity of markets and other characteristics particular to the security. To the extent that valuation is based on models or inputs that are less observable or unobservable in the market, the determination of fair value requires more judgment. Accordingly, the degree of judgment exercised in determining fair value is greatest for instruments categorized in Level 3. The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.

 

A description of the valuation techniques applied to the Fund’s major categories of assets and liabilities measured at fair value follows:

 

Exchange-traded equity securities, common and preferred stock: Equity securities listed or traded on a national market or exchange are valued based on their sale price on such market or exchange at the close of business on the date of valuation, or at the mean of the closing bid and asked prices if no sale is reported. To the extent these securities are actively traded and valuation adjustments are not applied, they are categorized in Level 1 of the fair value hierarchy. Foreign investments are valued at the last sale or official closing price reported on the exchange where traded and converted to U.S. dollars at the prevailing rates of exchange on the date of valuation. For events affecting the value of foreign securities between the time when the exchange on which they are traded closes and the time when the Fund’s net assets are calculated, such securities will be valued at fair value in accordance with procedures adopted by the Board. Foreign securities are generally categorized in Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy.

 

TIAA-CREF Real Estate Securities Fund  ■  2013 Semiannual Report 21
 

Notes to financial statements (unaudited)

 

Debt securities: Debt securities will generally be valued using prices provided by a pricing service that may employ various indications of value including but not limited to broker-dealer quotations. Certain debt securities, other than money market instruments, are valued based on the most recent bid price or the equivalent quoted yield for such securities (or those of comparable maturity, quality and type). Debt securities are generally categorized in Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy; in instances where prices, yields or any other key inputs are unobservable, they are categorized in Level 3 of the hierarchy.

 

Short-term investments: Short-term investments with maturities of 60 days or less are valued at amortized cost, which approximates fair value. The amortized cost of an instrument is determined by valuing it at its original cost and thereafter amortizing any discount or premium from its face value at a constant rate until maturity. Short-term investments with maturities in excess of 60 days are valued in the same manner as debt securities. Short-term investments are generally categorized in Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy.

 

Investments in registered investment companies: These investments are valued at their net asset value on the valuation date. These investments are categorized in Level 1 of the fair value hierarchy.

 

Options: Purchased and written options listed or traded on a national market or exchange are valued at the last sale price as of the close of such exchange or at the mean of the closing bid and asked prices if no sale is reported. To the extent these securities are actively traded and valuation adjustments are not applied, they are categorized in Level 1 of the fair value hierarchy.

 

Any portfolio security for which market quotations are not readily available or for which the above valuation procedures are deemed not to reflect fair value are valued at fair value, as determined in good faith using procedures approved by the Board. To the extent the inputs are observable and timely, the values would be categorized in Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy; otherwise they would be categorized as Level 3.

 

Transfers between levels are recognized at the end of the reporting period. For the period ended September 30, 2013, there were no material transfers between levels by the Fund.

 

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The following table summarizes the market value of the Fund’s investments as of September 30, 2013 based on the inputs used to value them:

 

Investments  Level 1   Level 2   Level 3   Total 
Real Estate Securities Fund                    
Equity investments:                    
Diversified real estate activities  $   $4,275,990     $–   $4,275,990 
Homebuilding   4,006,965    24,362        4,031,327 
Publishing       3,833,588        3,833,588 
All other Equity investments (a)   1,238,108,698            1,238,108,698 
Short-term investments       1,999,934        1,999,934 
Total  $1,242,115,663   $10,133,874    $–   $1,252,249,537 
(a) For detailed categories, see the accompanying summary portfolio of investments.

 

Note 3—derivative instruments

 

As defined by U.S. GAAP, a derivative is a financial instrument whose value is derived from an underlying security price, foreign exchange rate, interest rate, index of prices or rates, or other variable. Derivatives require little or no initial investment and permit or require net settlement. The Fund values derivatives at fair value.

 

Options: The Fund is subject to equity price risk in the normal course of pursuing its investment objectives. The Fund uses options contracts for hedging and cash management purposes and to seek to increase total return. Call and put options give the holder the right, in return for a premium paid, to purchase or sell, respectively, a security at a specified exercise price at any time during the period of the option. Written options are separately reflected as a liability in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Premiums on unexercised, expired options are recorded as realized gains or losses; premiums on exercised options are recorded as an adjustment to the proceeds from the sale or cost of the purchase. The difference between the premium and the amount received or paid in a closing transaction is also treated as a realized gain or loss. Risks related to the use of options include possible illiquidity of the options markets, price movements in underlying security values, and losses that may exceed amounts recognized on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. During the period ended September 30, 2013, the Real Estate Securities Fund had no exposure to purchase options or written options.

 

Note 4—investment adviser and affiliates

 

Under the terms of its Investment Management Agreement, the Fund pays Advisors a monthly fee based on the annual rate of between 0.44% and 0.50% of the Fund’s average daily net assets for the management of the Fund’s investment portfolio. The fee range represents a breakpoint schedule that reduces investment management fees as the Fund’s net assets increase. The investment management fee effective rate is 0.49%. The Fund has entered into an Administrative Service Agreement with Advisors

 

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Notes to financial statements (unaudited)

 

under which the Fund pays Advisors for its costs in providing certain administrative and operational oversight services to the Fund.

 

Under the terms of a Retirement Class Service Agreement, the Retirement Class of the Fund pays Advisors a monthly fee based on the annual rate of 0.25% of the Fund’s average daily net assets attributable to Retirement Class shares of the Fund for providing certain administrative services related to the maintenance of Retirement Class shares on retirement plan or other platforms. Substantially all of the Retirement Class shareholder servicing fees reported on the Statement of Operations are paid to Advisors under the Service Agreement. Under the terms of a distribution Rule 12b-1 plan, the Retail Class shares of the Fund compensated TPIS for providing distribution, promotional and shareholder services to the Retail Class shares of the Fund at the annual rate of 0.25% of the average daily net assets attributable to the Fund’s Retail Class. The Premier Class of the Fund is subject to a distribution Rule 12b-1 plan that compensated TPIS for providing distribution, promotional and shareholder services to the Premier Class of the Fund at the annual rate of 0.15% of the average daily net assets attributable to the Fund’s Premier Class shares.

 

Certain affiliated entities may pay Fund expenses on behalf of the Fund. The Fund reimburses the affiliated entities for any such payment. Amounts owed to Fund affiliates for payment of Fund expenses are disclosed as due to affiliates on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.

 

Advisors has agreed to reimburse the Fund if its total expense ratio (excluding interest, taxes, brokerage commissions and other transactional expenses, acquired fund fees and expenses and extraordinary expenses) exceeds 0.96% of the average daily net assets for the Retail Class shares; 0.82% of average daily net assets for the Retirement Class shares; 0.72% of average daily net assets for the Premier Class shares; and 0.57% of average daily net assets for the Institutional Class shares. The expense reimbursement arrangements will continue through at least July 31, 2014, unless changed with approval of the Board.

 

The Fund may purchase or sell investment securities in transactions with affiliated entities under procedures adopted by the Board, pursuant to the 1940 Act. These transactions are effected at market rates without incurring broker commissions.

 

At September 30, 2013, TIAA Access, a registered separate account of TIAA, owned 4.1% of the Fund’s shares.

 

TIAA-CREF Tuition Financing, Inc. (“TFI”), an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of TIAA, is a registered investment adviser that provides program management services to multiple qualified tuition programs formed under Section 529 of the Internal Revenue Code (“529 Plans”). These 529 Plans, each of which operates independently, invest a portion of their assets in the Fund. As of September 30, 2013, two 529 Plans own 9% and 13% of the Real Estate Securities Fund, respectively.

 

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continued

 

Companies in which the Fund holds 5% or more of the outstanding voting shares are considered “affiliated companies” of the Fund, pursuant to the 1940 Act. Information regarding transactions with affiliated companies for this period is as follows:

 

IssueValue at
March 31, 2013
   Purchase
cost
  Sales
proceeds
  Realized
gain/(loss)
 
Real Estate Securities Fund              
Thomas Properties Group, Inc  $19,581,498   $–  $–   $– 

 

Issue   Dividend
income
    Withholding
expense
  Shares at
September 30,
2013
  Value at
September 30,
2013
 
Real Estate Securities Fund                    
Thomas Properties Group, Inc   $152,682     $–     3,817,056   $25,650,616  

 

Note 5—investments

 

Restricted securities: Restricted securities held by the Fund, if any, may not be sold except in exempt transactions or in a public offering registered under the Securities Act of 1933. The risk of investing in such securities is generally greater than the risk of investing in securities that are widely held and publicly traded.

 

Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation): At September 30, 2013, the cost of portfolio investments for federal income tax purposes was $1,120,556,228. Net unrealized appreciation of portfolio investments for federal income tax purposes was $131,693,309, consisting of gross unrealized appreciation of $149,009,208, and gross unrealized depreciation of ($17,315,899).

 

Purchases and sales: Purchases and sales of portfolio securities (other than short-term instruments) for the period ended September 30, 2013 were $466,315,985 and $481,701,844, respectively.

 

Note 6—distributions to shareholders and other tax items

 

The tax character of distributions paid to shareholders during the year ended March 31, 2013 was as follows:

 

  Ordinary income   Long-term
capital gains
  Return of
capital
  Total  
3/31/2013   $20,147,258   $–   $–   $20,147,258  

 

The tax character of the fiscal year 2014 distributions will be determined at the end of the fiscal year.

 

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Notes to financial statements (unaudited) concluded

 

Note 7—line of credit

 

The Fund participates in a $1.5 billion unsecured revolving credit facility that can be used for temporary purposes, including, without limitation, the funding of shareholder redemptions. This facility expired June 2013. A new facility was entered into on June 25, 2013 expiring June 24, 2014. Certain affiliated accounts and mutual funds, each of which is managed by Advisors, or an affiliate of Advisors, also participate in this facility. An annual commitment fee for the credit facility is borne by the participating accounts and mutual funds on a pro rata basis. Interest associated with any borrowing under the facility is charged to the Fund at a specified rate of interest. The Fund is not liable for borrowings under the facility by other affiliated accounts or mutual funds. For the period ended September 30, 2013, there were no borrowings under this credit facility by the Fund.

 

Note 8—indemnification

 

In the normal course of business, the Fund enters into contracts that contain a variety of representations and warranties and that provide general indemnities. The Fund’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown, as this would involve future claims against the Fund that have not yet occurred. Also, under the Fund’s organizational documents, the trustees and officers of the Fund are indemnified against certain liabilities that may arise out of their duties to the Fund. However, based on experience, the Fund expects the risk of loss due to these warranties and indemnities to be unlikely.

 

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2013 Semiannual Report

 

TIAA-CREF Funds

 

Fixed-Income Funds

 

September 30, 2013

 

         
  Contents      
         
  Understanding your report from TIAA-CREF Funds     2
         
  TIAA-CREF Market Monitor     3
         
  Information for investors     4
         
  About the funds’ benchmarks     5
         
  Important information about expenses     5
         
  Fund performance      
  Bond Fund     6
  Bond Index Fund     8
  Bond Plus Fund     10
  High-Yield Fund     12
  Inflation-Linked Bond Fund     14
  Short-Term Bond Fund     16
  Social Choice Bond Fund     18
  Tax-Exempt Bond Fund     20
  Money Market Fund     22
         
  Summary portfolios of investments     24
         
  Financial statements (unaudited)      
  Statements of assets and liabilities     42
  Statements of operations     44
  Statements of changes in net assets     46
  Financial highlights     50
  Notes to financial statements     67
         
  How to reach us Inside back cover

 

 

Understanding your report from TIAA-CREF Funds

 

For the purposes of this report “TIAA-CREF Funds” refers only to the TIAA-CREF Fixed-Income Funds on the cover of this report.

This semiannual report contains information about the TIAA-CREF Funds and describes their results for the six months ended September 30, 2013. The report contains three main sections:

  The fund performance section compares each fund’s investment returns with those of its benchmark index.
The summary portfolios of investments list the issuers, industries and types of securities in which each fund had investments as of September 30, 2013.
 The financial statements provide detailed information about the operations and financial condition of each fund.

 

The views and opinions expressed in this report are through the end of the period, as stated on the cover of this report. They are subject to change at any time based on a variety of factors. As such, they are not guarantees of future performance or investment results and should not be taken as investment advice. The risks of investing in the TIAA-CREF Funds vary from fund to fund; to see the risks of investing in an individual fund, please refer to that fund’s latest prospectus.

 

As always, you should carefully consider the investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses of any fund before investing. For a prospectus that contains this and other important information, please visit our website at tiaa-cref.org, or call 800 842-2252 for the Institutional, Retirement and Premier classes or 800 223-1200 for the Retail Class. We urge you to read the prospectus carefully before investing.


 

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TIAA-CREF Market Monitor

 

Bonds weaken as interest rates rise

 

During the six-month period that ended on September 30, 2013, rising long-term interest rates and an improving domestic economic outlook led to losses in nearly all major sectors of the U.S. fixed-income market. The Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index, which measures the performance of the broad domestic investment-grade, fixed-rate bond market, returned –1.8% for the period.

With year-over-year inflation in the United States running at 1.2% at period-end, according to the Consumer Price Index, the real (i.e., inflation-adjusted) return of investment-grade bonds was –3.0% for the six months covered by this report.

Results from individual segments of the bond market varied sharply, with all but one losing ground for the period. Inflation-linked bonds were hardest hit; the Barclays U.S. Treasury Inflation Protected Securities Index (Series-L) returned –6.4% because TIPS’ longer maturities made them particularly vulnerable to the effects of rising interest rates, and investors expected future inflation to remain tame. Municipal bonds, hampered by the announcement that Detroit had filed for bankruptcy protection in July, returned –2.4%, as represented by the Barclays 10-Year Municipal Bond Index. Short-term bonds, as measured by the Barclays U.S. 1–5 Year Government/Credit Bond Index, declined just 0.1% because their prices are generally less sensitive to interest rate changes.

Brighter economic prospects and strong company fundamentals led investors to seek higher returns from equities and lower-grade debt securities. For the six months, high-yield bonds, as measured by the BofA Merrill Lynch BB-B U.S. Cash Pay High Yield Constrained Index, returned 0.5%.

 

Bond market declines are broad-based

 

Total return for the six months ended September 30, 2013 (%)

 

 

Sectors of the U.S. bond market

 

Only the high-yield sector recorded a small gain for the six-month reporting period.

 

Sources: High-yield: BofA Merrill Lynch BB-B U.S. Cash Pay High Yield Constrained Index; Short-term: Barclays U.S. 1-5 Year Government/Credit Bond Index; Investment-grade: Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index; Munis: Barclays 10-Year Municipal Bond Index; TIPS: Barclays U.S. Treasury Inflation Protected Securities Index (Series-L).

Investors await clarity from the Federal Reserve

 

As the period opened, steady employment gains, an ongoing recovery in the housing market and increased consumer spending led to concerns that the Federal Reserve might begin tapering its massive bond buying program earlier than expected. In May, the Fed seemed to confirm these fears, which led to a bond market sell-off and a sharp rise in interest rates. (Interest rates and bond prices move in opposite directions.) During the quarter, the Barclays aggregate index fell 2.3%. Interest-rate-sensitive sectors, including mortgage-backed securities (down 2.0%) and U.S. Treasuries (down 1.9%), felt the effect of rising rates, but credit-sensitive segments also suffered. Despite solid fundamentals, corporate bonds lost 3.3%.

Following a series of mixed economic reports released during the third quarter, plus a rise in long-term interest rates that was disproportionate to the level of growth evident in the actual data, the Fed expressed concern about possible risks to the economic recovery. As a result, in September the Fed announced that it would continue its bond purchases until stronger signs of steady growth emerged.

 

The continuation of the Federal Reserve’s accommodative stance plus hopes for sustained growth increased investor appetite for riskier assets.

 

Following the announcement, interest rates slipped from their highs, and bond prices rose. The Barclays aggregate index produced a modest 0.6% return for the third quarter, offsetting some of the previous quarter’s losses.

Yields on 10-year Treasuries, which serve as a benchmark for mortgages and many other credit rates, went from 1.87% at the beginning of April to 2.98% in early September, before settling at 2.64% at period-end.

The continuation of the Fed’s accommodative stance and hopes for sustained economic growth increased investor appetite for riskier assets at the expense of higher-quality issues. Stocks and lower-quality bonds benefited from the “risk-on” mentality among investors. During the third quarter, high-yield bonds rose 2.1%, while U.S. stocks, as measured by the Russell 3000® Index, gained 6.4%. For the full six months, stocks returned 9.2%.

Concerned about rising interest rates, investors redeemed bond fund shares at a rapid pace during the six months. According to data from the Investment Company Institute, bond-based U.S. mutual funds recorded net outflows of more than $95 billion for the period.


 

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Information for investors

 

Portfolio holdings

 

Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) rules allow investment companies to list the top holdings of each fund in their annual and semiannual reports, instead of providing complete portfolio listings. The TIAA-CREF Funds also file complete portfolio listings with the SEC, and they are available to the public.

You can obtain a complete list of the TIAA-CREF Funds’ portfolio holdings (Schedules of Investments) as of the most recently completed fiscal quarter in the following ways:

By visiting our website at tiaa-cref.org; or
 By calling us at 800 842-2252 to request a copy, which will be provided free of charge.

You can also obtain a complete list of the TIAA-CREF Funds’ portfolio holdings as of the most recently completed fiscal quarter, and for prior quarter-ends, from our SEC Form N-CSR and Form N-Q filings. Form N-CSR filings are as of March 31 or September 30; Form N-Q filings are as of December 31 or June 30. Copies of these forms are available:

Through the Electronic Data Gathering and Retrieval System (EDGAR) on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov; or
 From the SEC’s Office of Investor Education and Advocacy. (Call 202 551-8090 for more information.)

Proxy voting

 

In certain market conditions, the investment portfolio of a fixed-income fund may include shares of common or preferred stock. If that should occur, TIAA-CREF Funds’ ownership of stock would give it the right to vote on proxy issues of companies in which it invests. A description of our proxy voting policies and procedures can be found on our website at tiaa-cref.org or on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. You can also call us at 800 842-2252 to request a free copy. A report of how the funds voted during the most recently completed twelve-month period ended June 30 can be found on our website or on Form N-PX at www.sec.gov.

 

Contacting TIAA-CREF

 

There are three easy ways to contact us: by email, using the Contact Us link at the top of our home page; by mail at TIAA-CREF, 730 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10017-3206; or by phone at 800 842-2252.

 

Fund management

 

The TIAA-CREF Funds are managed by the portfolio management teams of Teachers Advisors, Inc. The members of these teams are responsible for the day-to-day investment management of the funds.


 

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About the funds’ benchmarks

 

The Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index measures the performance of the domestic investment-grade, fixed-rate bond market, including government and corporate securities, agency mortgage pass-through securities, asset-backed securities and commercial mortgage-backed securities.

 

The Barclays U.S. 1–5 Year Government/Credit Bond Index measures the performance of U.S. Treasury and agency securities and corporate bonds with 1–5 year maturities.

 

The BofA Merrill Lynch BB-B U.S. Cash Pay High Yield Constrained Index measures the performance of bond securities that pay interest in cash and have a credit rating of BB or B. BofA Merrill Lynch uses a composite of Fitch Ratings, Moody’s and Standard & Poor’s credit ratings in selecting bonds for this index. These ratings measure the risk that the bond issuer will fail to pay interest or to repay principal in full. The index is market weighted, so that

larger bond issues have a greater effect on the index’s return. However, the representation of any single bond issuer is restricted to a maximum of 2% of the total index.

 

The Barclays 10-Year Municipal Bond Index measures the performance of intermediate- and longer-term, tax-exempt bonds. Bonds in the index must be rated investment-grade (Baa3/BBB- or higher), have an outstanding par value of at least $7 million and be issued as part of a transaction of at least $75 million.

 

The Barclays U.S. Treasury Inflation Protected Securities (TIPS) Index (Series-L) measures the performance of fixed-income securities with fixed-rate coupon payments that are adjusted for inflation, as measured by the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U).

 

You cannot invest directly in any index. Index returns do not include a deduction for fees or expenses.


 

Important information about expenses

 

All shareholders of the TIAA-CREF Funds incur ongoing costs, including management fees and other fund expenses. They may also incur transactional costs for redemptions or account maintenance fees.

The expense examples that appear on the performance pages are intended to help you understand your ongoing costs only (in U.S. dollars) and do not reflect transactional costs or the costs incurred by the fund for buying and selling securities. The examples are designed to help you compare these ongoing costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.

The expenses shown do not include redemption fees or account maintenance fees, which may or may not be applicable, as described in the prospectus. If such fees were included, your total costs for investing in the funds would be higher. Note also that shareholders of the TIAA-CREF Funds do not incur a sales charge for purchases, reinvested dividends or other distributions.

The examples are based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the six-month period and held for the entire period (April 1, 2013–September 30, 2013).

 

Actual expenses

 

The first section of each table uses the fund’s actual expenses and its actual rate of return. You may use the information

in this section, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the six-month 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 line under the heading “Expenses paid during period” to estimate the expenses you paid during the six-month period. Some funds have a contractual fee reimbursement. Had these not been in effect, fund expenses would have been higher.

 

Hypothetical example for comparison purposes

 

The second line in each share class’s entry shows hypothetical account values and expenses based on the share class’s actual expense ratio for the six-month period and an assumed 5% per year rate of return before expenses. This was not the share class’s actual return.

This hypothetical example cannot be used to estimate the actual expenses you paid for the period but rather allows you to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the fund with the costs of other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of other mutual funds.


 

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Bond Fund

 

Portfolio composition

 

% of net assets
as of 9/30/2013
 
      
Corporate bonds   26.7 
      
Mortgage-backed securities*   21.7 
      
Foreign government & corporate bonds denominated in U.S. dollars   15.1 
      
U.S. Treasury securities   12.7 
      
Asset-backed securities   10.0 
      
Commercial mortgage-backed securities   7.9 
      
Municipal bonds   3.6 
      
Bank loan obligations   0.3 
      
U.S. agency securities   0.2 
      
Short-term investments, other assets & liabilities, net   1.8 
      
      
Total   100.0 

 

* Includes mortgage pass-through securities and collateralized mortgage obligations

 

Holdings by maturity

 

% of fixed-income investments
 (excluding short-term investments)
 as of 9/30/2013
 
      
Less than 1 year   1.8 
      
1–3 years   19.1 
      
3–5 years   27.1 
      
5–10 years   42.7 
      
Over 10 years   9.3 
      
      
Total   100.0 

 

Holdings by credit quality

 

% of fixed-income investments
 (excluding short-term investments)
 as of 9/30/2013
 
      
Aaa/AAA   37.0 
      
Aa/AA   5.0 
      
A/A   14.9 
      
Baa/BBB   30.6 
      
Ba/BB   6.8 
      
B/B   5.1 
      
Below B/B   0.5 
      
Non-rated   0.1 
      
      
Total   100.0 

 

Credit quality ratings are based on the Barclays methodology, which uses the median rating of those compiled by the Moody’s, Standard & Poor’s and Fitch ratings agencies. If ratings are available from only two of these agencies, the lower rating is used. When only one rating is available, that one is used. These ratings are subject to change without notice.

Performance for the six months ended September 30, 2013

 

The Bond Fund returned –1.84% for the Institutional Class, compared with the –1.77% return of its benchmark, the Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index. For the one-year period ended September 30, 2013, the fund returned –0.97%, versus –1.68% for the index. The table below shows returns for all share classes of the fund.

 

Mixed signals from the Fed heighten bond market volatility

 

During the period, the Federal Reserve continued its monthly purchases of $85 billion in U.S. Treasury and agency securities. At the same time, the central bank maintained its target federal funds rate—the interest rate U.S. commercial banks charge one another for overnight loans—within a range of 0% to 0.25%. The Fed’s goal was to help stimulate the U.S. economy by keeping interest rates low.

As the number of private sector jobs increased and the housing market strengthened, investors began to worry that the Fed would soon taper its accommodative policies. When the Fed seemed to confirm these fears in late May and again in June, bonds sold off, and the broad domestic investment-grade, fixed-rate bond market, as measured by the Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index, fell 2.32% in the second quarter of 2013.

Over the summer, interest rates rose in anticipation of the Fed’s next move. New bond issues provided investors with additional income, but borrowing became more expensive, a potential brake on economic activity.

Concerned about rapidly rising interest rates, little progress in reducing unemployment, Washington’s restrictive fiscal policies and political wrangling over the federal budget and debt ceiling, the Federal Reserve unexpectedly announced in September that it would continue its accommodative stance for the foreseeable future. Interest rates came off their highs, boosting prices on some existing bonds, and the fund’s benchmark ended the third quarter up 0.57%, offsetting some of the previous quarter’s losses.

 

Performance as of September 30, 2013

 

            
        Total return  Average annual
total return
Bond Fund  Inception date   6 months   1 year   5 years   10 years 
                          
Institutional Class   7/1/1999    –1.84%   –0.97%   5.81%   4.54%
Retirement Class   3/31/2006    –2.01    –1.25    5.53    4.34
Retail Class   3/31/2006    –1.96    –1.32    5.55    4.39
Premier Class   9/30/2009    –1.92    –1.12    5.68   4.48
                          
                          
Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index       –1.77    –1.68    5.41    4.59 
                          

 

The returns in this report show past performance, which is no guarantee of future results. The returns do not reflect taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or on the sale of fund shares. Returns and the principal value of your investment will fluctuate. Current performance may be higher or lower than that shown, and you may have a gain or a loss when you redeem your shares. For current performance information, including performance to the most recent month-end, please visit tiaa-cref.org. Performance may reflect waivers or reimbursements of certain expenses. Absent these waivers or reimbursement arrangements, performance may be lower.

 

You cannot invest directly in any index. Index returns do not include a deduction for fees or expenses.

 

The performance shown for the Retirement, Retail and Premier classes that is prior to their respective inception dates is based on the performance of the fund’s Institutional Class. The performance for these periods has not been restated to reflect the higher expenses of the Retirement, Retail and Premier classes. If those higher expenses had been reflected, the performance of these three classes shown for these periods would have been lower.


 

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Broad-based declines weigh on benchmark performance

 

All major sectors of the Barclays aggregate index lost ground for the six months. Corporate securities, which made up about one-fifth of the total market capitalization of the index on September 30, 2013, recorded the largest losses; they returned –2.5%.

U.S. Treasuries, the benchmark’s largest sector, returned –1.8%. Yields on 10-year Treasuries went from 1.87% at the end of March to 2.98% in early September, dropping to 2.64% at period-end. U.S. mortgage-backed securities, which made up almost one-third of the index, returned –1.0%, while commercial mortgage-backed, asset-backed and U.S. agency securities returned –0.4%, –0.6% and –1.5%, respectively.

 

The fund lags its benchmark slightly

 

In the challenging interest rate environment, the fund slightly trailed its benchmark index primarily because of unsuccessful positions in emerging market and high-yield corporate securities. Overweight holdings in asset-backed securities and municipal bonds also weighed on the fund’s relative return.

These negative effects were partly offset by a significant underweight investment in U.S. Treasury securities, which lagged the broad bond market for the period. The fund’s holdings in investment-grade corporate bonds and government-related credit issues helped relative performance as well.

Expense example

 

Six months ended September 30, 2013

 

Bond Fund  Beginning
account
value
 (4/1/13)
   Ending
account
value
 (9/30/13)
   Expenses
 Paid
during
 period*
 (4/1/13-
 9/30/13)
 
                
Actual return               
                
Institutional Class  $1,000.00   $981.56   $ 1.59 
                
Retirement Class   1,000.00    979.93    2.83 
                
Retail Class   1,000.00    980.43    3.18 
                
Premier Class   1,000.00    980.82    2.33 
                
5% annual
hypothetical return
               
                
Institutional Class   1,000.00    1,023.46    1.62 
                
Retirement Class   1,000.00    1,022.21    2.89 
                
Retail Class   1,000.00    1,021.86    3.24 
                
Premier Class   1,000.00    1,022.71    2.38 
                

 

* “Expenses paid during period” is based on the fund’s actual expense ratio for the most recent fiscal half-year, multiplied by the average account value over the six-month period, multiplied by 183/365. There were 183 days in the six months ended September 30, 2013. The fund’s annualized six-month expense ratio for that period was 0.32% for the Institutional Class, 0.57% for the Retirement Class, 0.64% for the Retail Class and 0.47% for the Premier Class. The expense charges of one or more of the fund’s share classes may at times reflect a reimbursement. Please see the prospectus for an explanation, including the date on which this reimbursement is scheduled to end. Without any such reimbursement, the expenses of the affected share classes would be higher and the fund’s performance lower.

 

For more information about this expense example, please see page 5.


 

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Bond Index Fund

 

Portfolio composition

 

% of net assets
as of 9/30/2013
 
      
U.S. Treasury securities   36.0 
      
Mortgage-backed securities*   29.2 
      
Corporate bonds   17.9 
      
Foreign government & corporate bonds denominated in U.S. dollars   9.1 
      
U.S. agency securities   4.1 
      
Commercial mortgage-backed securities   1.7 
      
Municipal bonds   1.0 
      
Asset-backed securities   0.4 
      
Short-term investments, other assets & liabilities, net   0.6 
      
      
Total   100.0 

 

* Includes mortgage pass-through securities and collateralized mortgage obligations

 

Holdings by maturity

 

% of fixed-income investments
 (excluding short-term investments)
 as of 9/30/2013
 
      
Less than 1 year   1.9 
      
1–3 years   22.2 
      
3–5 years   30.0 
      
5–10 years   33.7 
      
Over 10 years   12.2 
      
      
Total   100.0 

 

Holdings by credit quality

 

% of fixed-income investments
 (excluding short-term investments)
 as of 9/30/2013
 
      
Aaa/AAA   72.0 
      
Aa/AA   5.1 
      
A/A   11.2 
      
Baa/BBB   11.3 
      
Non-rated   0.4 
      
      
Total   100.0 

 

Credit quality ratings are based on the Barclays methodology, which uses the median rating of those compiled by the Moody’s, Standard & Poor’s and Fitch ratings agencies. If ratings are available from only two of these agencies, the lower rating is used. When only one rating is available, that one is used. These ratings are subject to change without notice.

Performance for the six months ended September 30, 2013

 

The Bond Index Fund returned –1.96% for the Institutional Class, compared with the –1.77% return of its benchmark, the Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index. For the one-year period ended September 30, 2013, the fund returned –1.98%, versus –1.68% for the index. The table below shows returns for all share classes of the fund.

 

Mixed signals from the Fed heighten bond market volatility

 

During the period, the Federal Reserve continued its large-scale purchases of U.S. Treasury and agency securities, while maintaining its target federal funds rate—the interest rate U.S. commercial banks charge one another for overnight loans—near 0%. The Fed’s goal was to help stimulate the U.S. economy by keeping interest rates low.

As unemployment declined slightly and the housing market strengthened, investors worried that the Fed would soon taper its accommodative policies. When the Fed seemed to confirm these fears in late May and again in June, bonds sold off, and the broad domestic investment-grade, fixed-rate bond market, as measured by the Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index, fell 2.32% in the second quarter of 2013.

Over the summer, interest rates rose in anticipation of the Fed’s next move. New bond issues provided investors with additional income, but borrowing became more expensive, a potential brake on economic activity.

Concerned about rapidly rising interest rates, the slow pace of job growth and Washington’s restrictive fiscal policies, the central bank announced in September that it would continue its accommodative stance. Interest rates fell, boosting prices on existing bonds, and the fund’s benchmark rose 0.57%, offsetting some of the previous quarter’s losses.

 

Performance as of September 30, 2013

 

             
       Total return   Average annual
total return
Bond Index Fund   Inception date   6 months    1 year   since fund
inception
 
                 
Institutional Class   9/14/2009    –1.96%   –1.98%   3.99%
Retirement Class   9/14/2009    –1.99    –2.23    3.76 
Retail Class   9/14/2009    –2.04    –2.32    3.66 
Premier Class   9/30/2009    –1.94    –2.04    3.86
                 
                 
Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index       –1.77    –1.68    4.27§
                     

 

The returns in this report show past performance, which is no guarantee of future results. The returns do not reflect taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or on the sale of fund shares. Returns and the principal value of your investment will fluctuate. Current performance may be higher or lower than that shown, and you may have a gain or a loss when you redeem your shares. For current performance information, including performance to the most recent month-end, please visit tiaa-cref.org. Performance may reflect waivers or reimbursements of certain expenses. Absent these waivers or reimbursement arrangements, performance may be lower.

 

You cannot invest directly in any index. Index returns do not include a deduction for fees or expenses.

 

The performance shown for the Premier Class that is prior to its inception date is based on the performance of the fund’s Institutional Class. The performance for this period has not been restated to reflect the higher expenses of the Premier Class. If those higher expenses had been reflected, the performance of the Premier Class shown for this period would have been lower.
§ Performance is calculated from the inception date of the Institutional Class.


 

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Broad-based declines weigh on benchmark performance

 

All major sectors of the Barclays aggregate index lost ground for the six months. Corporate securities, which made up about one-fifth of the total market capitalization of the index on September 30, 2013, recorded the largest losses; they returned –2.5%.

U.S. Treasuries, the benchmark’s largest sector, returned –1.8%. Yields on 10-year Treasuries rose from 1.87% at the end of March to 2.64% at period-end. U.S. mortgage-backed securities, which made up almost one-third of the index, returned –1.0%, while commercial mortgage-backed, asset-backed and U.S. agency securities returned –0.4%, –0.6% and –1.5%, respectively.

 

The fund trails its benchmark index

 

For the period, the fund’s return lagged that of the Barclays aggregate index partly because of the effect of expenses. The fund’s return includes a deduction for expenses, while the benchmark’s does not.

Results were also hampered by underperformance among the fund’s U.S. mortgage-backed securities. Since its inception four years ago, the fund’s assets have grown rapidly. To help the fund maintain the overall characteristics of its benchmark under these conditions, the fund’s managers invested in a mix of old and new mortgage-backed issues, with varying interest rates. During the second quarter of 2013, this portfolio significantly underperformed the comparable sector within the index.

Throughout the period, the fund’s managers kept the fund’s duration—a measure of its sensitivity to interest rate changes—close to that of its benchmark. This strategy helped the fund’s risk and reward characteristics to more closely resemble those of its benchmark.

Expense example

 

Six months ended September 30, 2013

 

Bond Index
Fund
   Beginning
account
value
(4/1/13)
    Ending
account
value
(9/30/13)
   Expenses
paid
during
period*
(4/1/13-
9/30/13)
 
             
Actual return               
             
Institutional Class  $1,000.00   $980.44   $ 0.65 
             
Retirement Class   1,000.00    980.12    1.89 
             
Retail Class   1,000.00    979.61    2.38 
             
Premier Class   1,000.00    980.62    1.39 
             
5% annual
hypothetical return
               
             
Institutional Class   1,000.00    1,024.42    0.66 
             
Retirement Class   1,000.00    1,023.16    1.93 
             
Retail Class   1,000.00    1,022.66    2.43 
             
Premier Class   1,000.00    1,023.66    1.42 
                

 

* “Expenses paid during period” is based on the fund’s actual expense ratio for the most recent fiscal half-year, multiplied by the average account value over the six-month period, multiplied by 183/365. There were 183 days in the six months ended September 30, 2013. The fund’s annualized six-month expense ratio for that period was 0.13% for the Institutional Class, 0.38% for the Retirement Class, 0.48% for the Retail Class and 0.28% for the Premier Class. The expense charges of one or more of the fund’s share classes may at times reflect a reimbursement. Please see the prospectus for an explanation, including the date on which this reimbursement is scheduled to end. Without any such reimbursement, the expenses of the affected share classes would be higher and the fund’s performance lower.

 

For more information about this expense example, please see page 5.


 

TIAA-CREF Funds: Fixed-Income Funds  ■  2013 Semiannual Report 9
 

Bond Plus Fund

 

Portfolio composition

 

% of net assets
as of 9/30/2013
 
  
Corporate bonds   29.5 
  
Mortgage-backed securities*   20.2 
  
Foreign government & corporate bonds denominated in U.S. dollars   15.8 
  
U.S. Treasury securities   10.4 
  
Commercial mortgage-backed securities   4.9 
  
Asset-backed securities   4.7 
  
Bank loan obligations   4.2 
  
Municipal bonds   3.8 
  
U.S. agency securities   0.3 
  
Preferred stock   0.1 
  
Short-term investments, other assets & liabilities, net   6.1 
  
  
Total   100.0 

 

* Includes mortgage pass-through securities and collateralized mortgage obligations

 

Holdings by maturity

 

% of fixed-income investments
 (excluding short-term investments)
 as of 9/30/2013
 
      
Less than 1 year   7.2 
      
1–3 years   14.3 
      
3–5 years   22.2 
      
5–10 years   45.7 
      
Over 10 years   10.6 
      
      
Total   100.0 

 

Holdings by credit quality

 

% of fixed-income investments
(excluding short-term investments)
as of 9/30/2013
 
      
Aaa/AAA   39.5 
      
Aa/AA   6.2 
      
A/A   13.4 
      
Baa/BBB   18.6 
      
Ba/BB   10.0 
      
B/B   9.1 
      
Below B/B   2.8 
      
Non-rated   0.4 
      
      
Total   100.0 

 

Credit quality ratings are based on the Barclays methodology, which uses the median rating of those compiled by the Moody’s, Standard & Poor’s and Fitch ratings agencies. If ratings are available from only two of these agencies, the lower rating is used. When only one rating is available, that one is used. These ratings are subject to change without notice.

Performance for the six months ended September 30, 2013

 

The Bond Plus Fund returned –1.77% for the Institutional Class, matching the –1.77% return of its benchmark, the Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index. For the one-year period ended September 30, 2013, the fund returned –0.32%, versus –1.68% for the index. The table below shows returns for all share classes of the fund.

 

Mixed signals from the Fed heighten bond market volatility

 

During the period, the Federal Reserve continued its monthly purchases of $85 billion in U.S. Treasury and agency securities. At the same time, the central bank maintained its target federal funds rate—the interest rate U.S. commercial banks charge one another for overnight loans—within a range of 0% to 0.25%. The Fed’s goal was to help stimulate the U.S. economy by keeping interest rates low.

As the number of private sector jobs increased and the housing market strengthened, investors began to worry that the Fed would soon taper its accommodative policies. When the Fed seemed to confirm these fears in late May and again in June, bonds sold off, and the broad domestic investment-grade, fixed-rate bond market, as measured by the Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index, fell 2.32% in the second quarter of 2013.

Over the summer, interest rates rose in anticipation of the Fed’s next move. New bond issues provided investors with additional income, but borrowing became more expensive, a potential brake on economic activity.

Concerned about rapidly rising interest rates, little progress in reducing unemployment, Washington’s restrictive fiscal policies and political wrangling over the federal budget and debt ceiling, the Federal Reserve unexpectedly announced in September that it would continue its accommodative stance for the foreseeable future. Interest rates came off their highs, boosting prices on some existing bonds, and the fund’s benchmark ended the third quarter up 0.57%, offsetting some of the previous quarter’s losses.

 

Performance as of September 30, 2013

 

            
        Total return    Average annual
total return
Bond Plus Fund   Inception date    6 months    1 year    5 years   since fund
 inception
 
                          
Institutional Class   3/31/2006    –1.77%   –0.32%   6.59%   5.24%
Retirement Class   3/31/2006    –1.89    –0.48    6.34    5.00 
Retail Class   3/31/2006    –1.94    –0.66    6.33    5.04 
Premier Class   9/30/2009    –1.85    –0.47    6.46   5.16
                          
                          
Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index       –1.77    –1.68    5.41    5.28§
                          

 

The returns in this report show past performance, which is no guarantee of future results. The returns do not reflect taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or on the sale of fund shares. Returns and the principal value of your investment will fluctuate. Current performance may be higher or lower than that shown, and you may have a gain or a loss when you redeem your shares. For current performance information, including performance to the most recent month-end, please visit tiaa-cref.org. Performance may reflect waivers or reimbursements of certain expenses. Absent these waivers or reimbursement arrangements, performance may be lower.

 

You cannot invest directly in any index. Index returns do not include a deduction for fees or expenses.

 

The performance shown for the Premier Class that is prior to its inception date is based on the performance of the fund’s Institutional Class. The performance for these periods has not been restated to reflect the higher expenses of the Premier Class. If those higher expenses had been reflected, the performance of the Premier Class shown for these periods would have been lower.
§ Performance is calculated from the inception date of the Institutional Class.


 

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Broad-based declines weigh on benchmark performance

 

All major sectors of the Barclays aggregate index lost ground for the six months. Corporate securities, which made up about one-fifth of the total market capitalization of the index on September 30, 2013, recorded the largest losses; they returned –2.5%.

U.S. Treasuries, the benchmark’s largest sector, returned –1.8%. Yields on 10-year Treasuries went from 1.87% at the end of March to 2.98% in early September, dropping to 2.64% at period-end. U.S. mortgage-backed securities, which made up almost one-third of the index, returned –1.0%, while commercial mortgage-backed, asset-backed and U.S. agency securities returned –0.4%, –0.6% and –1.5%, respectively.

 

The fund keeps pace with its benchmark

 

In the challenging interest rate environment, the return of the Bond Plus Fund matched that of the Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index. The fund benefited primarily from its significantly underweight position in U.S. Treasuries, which lagged the broad bond market for the period. Overweight holdings and advantageous selections among investment-grade corporate bonds and asset-backed securities also helped.

Offsetting these positive effects were negative results from the fund’s underperforming investments in emerging market issues and municipal bonds. A small cash position also reduced the fund’s relative return slightly.

Expense example

 

Six months ended September 30, 2013

 

Bond Plus Fund   Beginning
account
value
(4/1/13)
    Ending
account
value
(9/30/13)
   Expenses
paid
during
period*
(4/1/13-
9/30/13)
 
                
Actual return               
                
Institutional Class  $1,000.00   $982.29   $ 1.64 
                
Retirement Class   1,000.00    981.12    2.88 
                
Retail Class   1,000.00    980.63    3.38 
                
Premier Class   1,000.00    981.55    2.38 
                
5% annual
hypothetical return
               
                
Institutional Class   1,000.00    1,023.41    1.67 
                
Retirement Class   1,000.00    1,022.16    2.94 
                
Retail Class   1,000.00    1,021.66    3.45 
                
Premier Class   1,000.00    1,022.66    2.43 
                

 

* “Expenses paid during period” is based on the fund’s actual expense ratio for the most recent fiscal half-year, multiplied by the average account value over the six-month period, multiplied by 183/365. There were 183 days in the six months ended September 30, 2013. The fund’s annualized six-month expense ratio for that period was 0.33% for the Institutional Class, 0.58% for the Retirement Class, 0.68% for the Retail Class and 0.48% for the Premier Class. The expense charges of one or more of the fund’s share classes may at times reflect a reimbursement. Please see the prospectus for an explanation, including the date on which this reimbursement is scheduled to end. Without any such reimbursement, the expenses of the affected share classes would be higher and the fund’s performance lower.

 

For more information about this expense example, please see page 5.


 

TIAA-CREF Funds: Fixed-Income Funds  ■  2013 Semiannual Report 11
 

High-Yield Fund

 

Portfolio composition

 

% of net assets
as of 9/30/2013
 
      
Corporate bonds   70.6 
      
Foreign government & corporate bonds denominated in U.S. dollars   14.5 
      
Bank loan obligations   11.8 
      
Preferred stock   0.3 
      
Short-term investments, other assets & liabilities, net   2.8 
      
      
Total   100.0 

 

Holdings by maturity

 

% of fixed-income investments
 (excluding short-term investments)
 as of 9/30/2013
 
      
1–3 years   0.4 
      
3–5 years   12.8 
      
5–10 years   81.6 
      
Over 10 years   5.2 
      
      
Total   100.0 

 

Holdings by credit quality*

 

% of fixed-income investments
 (excluding short-term investments)
 as of 9/30/2013
 
      
Baa/BBB   0.7 
      
Ba/BB   47.0 
      
B/B   45.3 
      
Below B/B   7.0 
      
      
Total   100.0 

 

* Credit quality ratings are based on the BofA Merrill Lynch methodology, which uses the median rating of those compiled by the Moody’s, Standard & Poor’s and Fitch ratings agencies. If ratings are available from only two of these agencies, the lower rating is used. When only one rating is available, that one is used. These ratings are subject to change without notice.

Performance for the six months ended September 30, 2013

 

The High-Yield Fund returned –0.02% for the Institutional Class, compared with the 0.47% return of its benchmark, the BofA Merrill Lynch BB-B U.S. Cash Pay High Yield Constrained Index. For the one-year period ended September 30, 2013, the fund returned 5.64%, versus 6.02% for the index. The table below shows returns for all share classes of the fund.

 

High-yield bonds stumble but recover despite rising interest rates

 

After opening the reporting period with a 1.81% gain in April, high-yield bonds declined in May and June, resulting in a loss for the second quarter of 2013. High-yield issues came under pressure during the quarter on fears that the Federal Reserve might begin to taper its massive bond buying program sooner than previously anticipated. This drove interest rates higher and led to a sell-off of fixed-income assets, including high-yield bonds.

During the third quarter, however, high-yield securities rebounded to post solid gains, more than offsetting the previous quarter’s losses. Based on the continued financial health of high-yield issuers, an improving economy and the Fed’s decision to continue its accommodative policies, investors returned to high-yield bonds because of their attractive yields. As interest rates came off their highs, the fund’s benchmark ended the quarter up 2.08%.

For the six-month period, high-yield bonds easily outperformed the –1.77% return of the broad domestic investment-grade, fixed-rate bond market, as measured by the Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index. For the five years ended September 30, 2013, high-yield issues earned an average annual 11.80%, substantially outpacing the 5.41% average return of the broad bond market.

 

Performance as of September 30, 2013

 

             
       Total return   Average annual
total return
High-Yield Fund  Inception date   6 months   1 year   5 years   since fund
inception
 
                          
Institutional Class   3/31/2006    –0.02%   5.64%   12.00%   8.09%
Retirement Class   3/31/2006    –0.14    5.38    11.72    7.81 
Retail Class   3/31/2006    –0.24    5.34    11.77    7.92 
Premier Class   9/30/2009    –0.09    5.48    11.87   8.00
                          
                          
BofA Merrill Lynch BB-B
U.S. Cash Pay High Yield Constrained Index
       0.47    6.02    11.80     7.79§
                          

 

The returns in this report show past performance, which is no guarantee of future results. The returns do not reflect taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or on the sale of fund shares. Returns and the principal value of your investment will fluctuate. Current performance may be higher or lower than that shown, and you may have a gain or a loss when you redeem your shares. For current performance information, including performance to the most recent month-end, please visit tiaa-cref.org. Performance may reflect waivers or reimbursements of certain expenses. Absent these waivers or reimbursement arrangements, performance may be lower.

 

You cannot invest directly in any index. Index returns do not include a deduction for fees or expenses.

 

Shares held 60 calendar days or less may be subject to a redemption fee of 2%. Please see the prospectus for details.
The performance shown for the Premier Class that is prior to its inception date is based on the performance of the fund’s Institutional Class. The performance for these periods has not been restated to reflect the higher expenses of the Premier Class. If those higher expenses had been reflected, the performance of the Premier Class shown for these periods would have been lower.
§ Performance is calculated from the inception date of the Institutional Class.


 

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High-yield bond issuance increases

 

During the six months, new issuance in the high-yield bond market was strong. Solid credit fundamentals, combined with a favorable economic environment and increasing investor demand, paved the way for $159 billion in new high-yield debt issuance, up from $150 billion over the same time period in 2012.

For the period, 53 of the benchmark’s 68 sectors posted gains. Returns ranged from –4.5% for the mono-line insurance sector to 7.5% for the electricity distribution sector.

Amid the volatile period, investors favored riskier higher-yielding securities over higher-rated issues. As a result, lower-quality bonds (those rated CCC and lower) earned 3.0%, while B- and BB-rated issues returned 1.0% and 0.1%, respectively. According to Moody’s Investors Service, default rates in the high-yield segment remained near historical lows, ending September at 2.6%.

 

The fund lags its benchmark in a challenging market

 

For the six months, the High-Yield Fund trailed its benchmark because of unfavorable sector allocations and individual security selections.

Sector positions that detracted from performance included those in banking, media and energy exploration. These negative effects were partly offset by favorable results from holdings in the gas distribution, gaming and software sectors.

Among individual security selections, the biggest drag on relative performance came from overweight positions in banking giants JPMorgan Chase and Fifth Third Bancorp. An overweight investment in International Lease Finance Corporation, an airplane leasing subsidiary of insurer AIG, also detracted.

The largest positive contributions came from two lower-quality, higher-yielding holdings: wound-care products provider Kinetic Concepts and Ceridian, a payroll processing company. An out-of-benchmark position in Boyd Gaming, a casino operator, helped relative performance as well.

Expense example

 

Six months ended September 30, 2013

 

High-Yield Fund   Beginning
 account
 value
 (4/1/13)
    Ending
 account
 value
 (9/30/13)
   Expenses
 Paid
 during
 period*
 (4/1/13-
 9/30/13)
 
             
Actual return               
             
Institutional Class  $1,000.00   $999.84   $ 1.85 
             
Retirement Class   1,000.00    998.59    3.11 
             
Retail Class   1,000.00    997.58    3.25 
             
Premier Class   1,000.00    999.09    2.61 
             
5% annual
hypothetical return
               
             
Institutional Class   1,000.00    1,023.21    1.88 
             
Retirement Class   1,000.00    1,021.96    3.14 
             
Retail Class   1,000.00    1,021.81    3.29 
             
Premier Class   1,000.00    1,022.46    2.64 
                

 

* “Expenses paid during period” is based on the fund’s actual expense ratio for the most recent fiscal half-year, multiplied by the average account value over the six-month period, multiplied by 183/365. There were 183 days in the six months ended September 30, 2013. The fund’s annualized six-month expense ratio for that period was 0.37% for the Institutional Class, 0.62% for the Retirement Class, 0.65% for the Retail Class and 0.52% for the Premier Class. The expense charges of one or more of the fund’s share classes may at times reflect a reimbursement. Please see the prospectus for an explanation, including the date on which this reimbursement is scheduled to end. Without any such reimbursement, the expenses of the affected share classes would be higher and the fund’s performance lower.

 

For more information about this expense example, please see page 5.


 

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Inflation-Linked Bond Fund

 

Portfolio composition

 

% of net assets
as of 9/30/2013
 
      
U.S. Treasury securities   99.1 
      
Short-term investments,
other assets & liabilities, net
   0.9 
      
      
Total   100.0 

 

Holdings by maturity

% of fixed-income investments
 (excluding short-term investments)
 as of 9/30/2013
 
      
Less than 1 year   1.8 
      
1–3 years   19.9 
      
3–5 years   15.9 
      
5–10 years   34.4 
      
Over 10 years   28.0 
      
      
Total   100.0 

Performance for the six months ended September 30, 2013

 

The Inflation-Linked Bond Fund returned –6.38% for the Institutional Class, compared with the –6.40% return of its benchmark, the Barclays U.S. Treasury Inflation Protected Securities (TIPS) Index (Series-L). For the one-year period ended September 30, 2013, the fund returned –6.31%, versus –6.10% for the index. The table below shows returns for all share classes of the fund.

 

Amid rising rates and low inflation, TIPS suffer outsized losses

 

At the end of September, year-over-year inflation, as measured by the Consumer Price Index, was 1.2%, compared with 1.1% in April. Oil, a widely watched indicator of current inflationary pressures, rose 5% for the six months; it fell to $87 a barrel in mid-April before soaring to $102 a barrel on September 30.

The modest rise in overall inflation reflected the slow growth rate of the U.S. economy. The nation’s gross domestic product, which measures the value of all goods and services produced in the United States, grew at an estimated annual rate of 1.6% in the second quarter of 2013. Although the housing market improved, unemployment remained elevated.

With inflation still well below its target of 2.5%, the Federal Reserve continued its monthly purchases of $85 billion of U.S. Treasury and agency securities, seeking to stimulate growth by restraining long-term interest rates. As the economy appeared to strengthen early in the period, investors began to worry that the Fed would soon taper its accommodative policies. When the Fed seemed to confirm these fears in late May and again in June, bonds sold off, and TIPS, as measured by the Barclays U.S. Treasury Inflation Protected Securities Index, fell 7.05% in the second quarter.

 

Performance as of September 30, 2013

 

             
       Total return   Average annual
total return
Inflation-Linked Bond Fund  Inception date   6 months   1 year   5 years   10 years 
                          
Institutional Class   10/1/2002    –6.38%   –6.31%   4.91%   4.94%
Retirement Class   3/31/2006    –6.54    –6.52    4.65    4.77*
Retail Class   10/1/2002    –6.61    –6.68    4.66    4.76 
Premier Class   9/30/2009    –6.48    –6.43    4.77*   4.87*
                          
                          
Barclays U.S. Treasury Inflation Protected Securities Index (Series-L)       –6.40    –6.10    5.31    5.23 
                          

 

The returns in this report show past performance, which is no guarantee of future results. The returns do not reflect taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or on the sale of fund shares. Returns and the principal value of your investment will fluctuate. Current performance may be higher or lower than that shown, and you may have a gain or a loss when you redeem your shares. For current performance information, including performance to the most recent month-end, please visit tiaa-cref.org. Performance may reflect waivers or reimbursements of certain expenses. Absent these waivers or reimbursement arrangements, performance may be lower.

 

You cannot invest directly in any index. Index returns do not include a deduction for fees or expenses.

 

* The performance shown for the Retirement and Premier classes that is prior to their respective inception dates is based on the performance of the fund’s Institutional Class. The performance for these periods has not been restated to reflect the higher expenses of the Retirement and Premier classes. If those higher expenses had been reflected, the performance of these two classes shown for these periods would have been lower.


 

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TIPS lag the broad bond market

 

Although most segments of the fixed-income market declined for the six months, TIPS were especially hard hit. Over the summer, interest rates rose in anticipation of the Fed’s next move. TIPS’ longer maturities made them particularly vulnerable to the effects of these rising rates, which pushed down the value of many existing bonds. At the same time, investors lowered their expectations of future inflation.

The six-month return of TIPS was more than four-and-a-half percentage points lower than the –1.77% return of the broad domestic investment-grade, fixed-rate bond market, as measured by the Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index. For the ten years ended September 30, 2013, the average annual return of TIPS was 5.23%, compared with 4.59% for the Barclays aggregate index.

 

In a down market, the fund tracks its benchmark

 

In line with the performance of the TIPS index, the Inflation-Linked Bond Fund posted a loss of more than six percent for the period. Because the fund’s portfolio was similar to that of its benchmark, the above discussion of the benchmark’s performance also applies to the fund’s performance.

During the period, the fund’s managers kept the fund’s duration—a measure of its sensitivity to interest rate changes—close to that of the TIPS index. This strategy helped the fund’s risk and reward characteristics resemble more closely those of its benchmark.

Expense example

 

Six months ended September 30, 2013

 

Inflation-Linked
Bond Fund
   Beginning
account
value
(4/1/13)
    Ending
account
value
(9/30/13)
   Expenses
paid
during
period*
(4/1/13-
9/30/13)
 
                
Actual return               
                
Institutional Class  $1,000.00   $936.16    $ 1.31 
                
Retirement Class   1,000.00    934.64    2.52 
                
Retail Class   1,000.00    933.91    2.86 
                
Premier Class   1,000.00    935.24    2.04 
                
5% annual hypothetical return               
                
Institutional Class   1,000.00    1,023.71    1.37 
                
Retirement Class   1,000.00    1,022.46    2.64 
                
Retail Class   1,000.00    1,022.11    2.99 
                
Premier Class   1,000.00    1,022.96    2.13 
                

 

* “Expenses paid during period” is based on the fund’s actual expense ratio for the most recent fiscal half-year, multiplied by the average account value over the six-month period, multiplied by 183/365. There were 183 days in the six months ended September 30, 2013. The fund’s annualized six-month expense ratio for that period was 0.27% for the Institutional Class, 0.52% for the Retirement Class, 0.59% for the Retail Class and 0.42% for the Premier Class. The expense charges of one or more of the fund’s share classes may at times reflect a reimbursement. Please see the prospectus for an explanation, including the date on which this reimbursement is scheduled to end. Without any such reimbursement, the expenses of the affected share classes would be higher and the fund’s performance lower.

 

For more information about this expense example, please see page 5.


 

TIAA-CREF Funds: Fixed-Income Funds  ■  2013 Semiannual Report 15
 

Short-Term Bond Fund

 

Portfolio composition

 

% of net assets
as of 9/30/2013
      
Corporate bonds   23.0 
      
Foreign government & corporate bonds denominated in U.S. dollars   20.9 
      
Asset-backed securities   16.7 
      
U.S. Treasury securities   15.7 
      
Commercial mortgage-backed securities   5.8 
      
U.S. agency securities   2.8 
      
Mortgage-backed securities*   1.4 
      
Bank loan obligations   0.9 
      
Municipal bonds   0.5 
      
Short-term investments, other assets & liabilities, net   12.3 
      
      
Total   100.0 

 

* Includes mortgage pass-through securities and collateralized mortgage obligations

 

Holdings by maturity

 

% of fixed-income investments
(excluding short-term investments)
as of 9/30/2013
      
Less than 1 year   21.5 
      
1–3 years   39.6 
      
3–5 years   34.1 
      
5–10 years   4.8 
      
      
Total   100.0 

 

Holdings by credit quality

 

% of fixed-income investments
(excluding short-term investments)
as of 9/30/2013
 
      
Aaa/AAA   47.9 
      
Aa/AA   13.3 
      
A/A   13.1 
      
Baa/BBB   16.9 
      
Ba/BB   3.8 
      
B/B   2.3 
      
Below B/B   0.4 
      
Non-rated   2.3 
     
      
Total   100.0 

 

Credit quality ratings are based on the Barclays methodology, which uses the median rating of those compiled by the Moody’s, Standard & Poor’s and Fitch ratings agencies. If ratings are available from only two of these agencies, the lower rating is used. When only one rating is available, that one is used. These ratings are subject to change without notice.

Performance for the six months ended September 30, 2013

 

The Short-Term Bond Fund returned –0.41% for the Institutional Class, compared with the –0.13% return of its benchmark, the Barclays U.S. 1–5 Year Government/Credit Bond Index. For the one-year period ended September 30, 2013, the fund returned 0.40%, versus 0.34% for the index. The table below shows returns for all share classes of the fund.

 

Short-term bonds hold up better than the broad market

 

During the period, the Federal Reserve continued its large-scale purchases of U.S. Treasury and agency securities, while maintaining its target federal funds rate—the interest rate U.S. commercial banks charge one another for overnight loans—near 0%. The Fed’s goal was to help stimulate the U.S. economy by keeping interest rates low.

As unemployment declined slightly and the housing market strengthened, investors worried that the Fed would soon taper its accommodative policies. When the Fed seemed to confirm these fears in late May and again in June, bonds universally sold off. The Barclays U.S. 1–5 Year Government/Credit Bond Index fell 0.75% in the second quarter of 2013.

Over the summer, interest rates rose in anticipation of the Fed’s next move. With robust economic recovery still elusive, the central bank announced in September that it would continue its accommodative stance. Interest rates fell, boosting prices on existing bonds, and the fund’s benchmark rose 0.63% for the third quarter.

During the six months, some investors turned to bonds with shorter maturities because of their lower price volatility. (Short-term bonds are generally less sensitive to interest rate moves.) As a result, the fund’s

 

Performance as of September 30, 2013

 

           
       Total return  Average annual
total return
Short-Term Bond Fund  Inception date   6 months   1 year   5 years   since fund
inception
 
                          
Institutional Class   3/31/2006    –0.41%   0.40%   3.77%   3.79%
Retirement Class   3/31/2006    –0.53    0.15    3.53    3.54 
Retail Class   3/31/2006    –0.57    0.08    3.55    3.61 
Premier Class   9/30/2009    –0.48    0.25    3.66   3.72
                          
                          
Barclays U.S. 1–5 Year Government/Credit Bond Index       –0.13    0.34    3.56    4.08§
                          

 

The returns in this report show past performance, which is no guarantee of future results. The returns do not reflect taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or on the sale of fund shares. Returns and the principal value of your investment will fluctuate. Current performance may be higher or lower than that shown, and you may have a gain or a loss when you redeem your shares. For current performance information, including performance to the most recent month-end, please visit tiaa-cref.org. Performance may reflect waivers or reimbursements of certain expenses. Absent these waivers or reimbursement arrangements, performance may be lower.

 

You cannot invest directly in any index. Index returns do not include a deduction for fees or expenses.

 

The performance shown for the Premier Class that is prior to its inception date is based on the performance of the fund’s Institutional Class. The performance for these periods has not been restated to reflect the higher expenses of the Premier Class. If those higher expenses had been reflected, the performance of the Premier Class shown for these periods would have been lower.
§ Performance is calculated from the inception date of the Institutional Class.


 

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benchmark outperformed the –1.77% return of the broad domestic investment-grade, fixed-rate bond market, as measured by the Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index. However, for the five years ended September 30, 2013, the average annual return of short-term issues trailed that of the broad market, 3.56% to 5.41%.

 

Short-term corporate bonds move up in a down market

 

Corporate securities led other short-term sectors for the six months. Representing more than one-fifth of the benchmark’s total market capitalization at period-end, corporate bonds returned 0.1%, versus –0.1% for U.S. government-related securities and –0.2% for U.S. Treasury securities, the benchmark’s largest sector. The yield on 2-year Treasuries rose from 0.25% on March 31, 2013, to 0.33% at period-end. The 5-year yield increased from 0.77% to 1.39%.

 

Underperformance in the second quarter hurts the fund

 

The fund trailed its benchmark for the period because of substantial underperformance in the second quarter: the fund’s overweight investments in corporate bonds, including higher-yielding, lower-quality securities, suffered outsized losses as rattled investors sought safety in U.S. Treasuries. When these sectors recovered in the third quarter, the fund outpaced the short-term index, limiting its margin of underperformance for the period.

The fund’s largest detractors for the six months were out-of-benchmark positions in asset-backed and commercial mortgage-backed securities. Overweight holdings in underperforming investment-grade corporate securities reduced relative results as well.

These negative effects were partly countered by the fund’s underweight position in short-term U.S. Treasury securities. The fund also benefited from its positions in high-yield bonds and government-related credit issues.

Expense example

 

Six months ended September 30, 2013

 

Short-Term
Bond Fund
  Beginning
account
value
(4/1/13)
    Ending
account
value
(9/30/13)
   Expenses
paid
during
period*
(4/1/13-
9/30/13)
 
                
Actual return               
                
Institutional Class  $1,000.00   $995.93   $ 1.40 
                
Retirement Class   1,000.00    994.69    2.65 
                
Retail Class   1,000.00    994.32    3.00 
                
Premier Class   1,000.00    995.19    2.15 
                
5% annual
hypothetical return
               
                
Institutional Class   1,000.00    1,023.66    1.42 
                
Retirement Class   1,000.00    1,022.41    2.69 
                
Retail Class   1,000.00    1,022.06    3.04 
                
Premier Class   1,000.00    1,022.91    2.18 
                

 

*“Expenses paid during period” is based on the fund’s actual expense ratio for the most recent fiscal half-year, multiplied by the average account value over the six-month period, multiplied by 183/365. There were 183 days in the six months ended September 30, 2013. The fund’s annualized six-month expense ratio for that period was 0.28% for the Institutional Class, 0.53% for the Retirement Class, 0.60% for the Retail Class and 0.43% for the Premier Class. The expense charges of one or more of the fund’s share classes may at times reflect a reimbursement. Please see the prospectus for an explanation, including the date on which this reimbursement is scheduled to end. Without any such reimbursement, the expenses of the affected share classes would be higher and the fund’s performance lower.

 

For more information about this expense example, please see page 5.


 

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Social Choice Bond Fund

 

Portfolio composition

 

% of net assets
as of 9/30/2013
 
  
Corporate bonds   33.4 
  
Mortgage-backed securities*   16.7 
  
Foreign government & corporate bonds denominated in U.S. dollars   14.6 
  
Municipal bonds   10.1 
  
U.S. Treasury securities   6.2 
  
Commercial mortgage-backed securities   5.7 
  
U.S. agency securities   5.4 
  
Asset-backed securities   2.8 
  
Preferred stock   0.4 
  
Bank loan obligations   0.4 
  
Short-term investments, other assets & liabilities, net   4.3 
  
  
Total   100.0 

 

* Includes mortgage pass-through securities and collateralized mortgage obligations

 

Holdings by maturity

 

% of fixed-income investments
(excluding short-term investments)
as of 9/30/2013
 
      
Less than 1 year   7.5 
      
1–3 years   13.2 
      
3–5 years   33.4 
      
5–10 years   31.3 
      
Over 10 years   14.6 
      
      
Total   100.0 

 

Holdings by credit quality

 

% of fixed-income investments
(excluding short-term investments)
as of 9/30/2013
      
Aaa/AAA   36.9 
      
Aa/AA   12.4 
      
A/A   17.2 
      
Baa/BBB   22.3 
      
Ba/BB   2.0 
      
B/B   3.7 
      
Below B/B   0.7 
      
Non-rated   4.8 
      
      
Total   100.0 

 

Credit quality ratings are based on the Barclays methodology, which uses the median rating of those compiled by the Moody’s, Standard & Poor’s and Fitch ratings agencies. If ratings are available from only two of these agencies, the lower rating is used. When only one rating is available, that one is used. These ratings are subject to change without notice.

Performance for the six months ended September 30, 2013

 

The Social Choice Bond Fund returned –1.63% for the Institutional Class, compared with the –1.77% return of its benchmark, the Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index. For the one-year period ended September 30, 2013, the fund returned –1.14%, versus –1.68% for the index. The table below shows returns for all share classes of the fund. The fund utilizes certain social criteria, while the benchmark does not.

 

Mixed signals from the Fed heighten bond market volatility

 

During the period, the Federal Reserve continued its monthly purchases of $85 billion in U.S. Treasury and agency securities. At the same time, the central bank maintained its target federal funds rate—the interest rate U.S. commercial banks charge one another for overnight loans—within a range of 0% to 0.25%. The Fed’s goal was to help stimulate the U.S. economy by keeping interest rates low.

As the number of private sector jobs increased and the housing market strengthened, investors began to worry that the Fed would soon taper its accommodative policies. When the Fed seemed to confirm these fears in late May and again in June, bonds sold off, and the broad domestic investment-grade, fixed-rate bond market, as measured by the Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index, fell 2.32% in the second quarter of 2013.

Over the summer, interest rates rose in anticipation of the Fed’s next move. New bond issues provided investors with additional income, but borrowing became more expensive, a potential brake on economic activity.

Concerned about rapidly rising interest rates, little progress in reducing unemployment, Washington’s restrictive fiscal policies and political wrangling over the federal budget and debt ceiling, the Federal Reserve unexpectedly

 

Performance as of September 30, 2013

 

                 
       Total return  Average annual
total return
Social Choice Bond Fund  Inception date   6 months   1 year   since inception 
                     
Institutional Class   9/21/2012    –1.63%   –1.14%   –0.24%
Retirement Class   9/21/2012    –1.75    –1.39    –0.49 
Retail Class   9/21/2012    –1.80    –1.49    –0.59 
Premier Class   9/21/2012    –1.70    –1.29    –0.39 
                     
                     
Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index       –1.77    –1.68    –1.31
                     

 

The returns in this report show past performance, which is no guarantee of future results. The returns do not reflect taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or on the sale of fund shares. Returns and the principal value of your investment will fluctuate. Current performance may be higher or lower than that shown, and you may have a gain or a loss when you redeem your shares. For current performance information, including performance to the most recent month-end, please visit tiaa-cref.org. Performance may reflect waivers or reimbursements of certain expenses. Absent these waivers or reimbursement arrangements, performance may be lower.

 

You cannot invest directly in any index. Index returns do not include a deduction for fees or expenses.

 

Performance is calculated from the inception date of the Institutional Class.


 

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announced in September that it would continue its accommodative stance for the foreseeable future. Interest rates came off their highs, boosting prices on some existing bonds, and the fund’s benchmark ended the third quarter up 0.57%, offsetting some of the previous quarter’s losses.

 

Broad-based declines weigh on benchmark performance

 

All major sectors of the Barclays aggregate index lost ground for the six months. Corporate securities, which made up about one-fifth of the total market capitalization of the index on September 30, 2013, recorded the largest losses; they returned –2.5%.

U.S. Treasuries, the benchmark’s largest sector, returned –1.8%. Yields on 10-year Treasuries went from 1.87% at the end of March to 2.98% in early September, dropping to 2.64% at period-end. U.S. mortgage-backed securities, which made up almost one-third of the index, returned –1.0%, while commercial mortgage-backed, asset-backed and U.S. agency securities returned –0.4%, –0.6% and –1.5%, respectively.

 

The fund holds up better than its benchmark

 

In the challenging interest rate environment, the Social Choice Bond Fund outpaced the Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index. Most of the fund’s outperformance resulted from a significant underweight position in U.S. Treasury securities, which lagged the broad bond market for the period.

These positive contributions were partly offset by the fund’s investments in municipal bonds. Relative performance was also constrained by the fund’s positioning among investment-grade corporate bonds and mortgage-backed securities.

Expense example

 

Six months ended September 30, 2013

 

Social Choice
Bond Fund
  Beginning
 account
value
(4/1/13)
   Ending
 account
value
(9/30/13)
   Expenses
paid
 during
 period*
(4/1/13-
9/30/13)
 
                
Actual return               
                
Institutional Class  $1,000.00   $983.70   $1.99 
                
Retirement Class   1,000.00    982.47    3.23 
                
Retail Class   1,000.00    981.99    3.73 
                
Premier Class   1,000.00    982.97    2.73 
                
5% annual
hypothetical return
               
                
Institutional Class   1,000.00    1,023.06    2.03 
                
Retirement Class   1,000.00    1,021.81    3.29 
                
Retail Class   1,000.00    1,021.31    3.80 
                
Premier Class   1,000.00    1,022.31    2.79 
                

 

* “Expenses paid during period” is based on the fund’s actual expense ratio for the most recent fiscal half-year, multiplied by the average account value over the six-month period, multiplied by 183/365. There were 183 days in the six months ended September 30, 2013. The fund’s annualized six-month expense ratio for that period was 0.40% for the Institutional Class, 0.65% for the Retirement Class, 0.75% for the Retail Class and 0.55% for the Premier Class. The expense charges of one or more of the fund’s share classes may at times reflect a reimbursement. Please see the prospectus for an explanation, including the date on which this reimbursement is scheduled to end. Without any such reimbursement, the expenses of the affected share classes would be higher and the fund’s performance lower.

 

For more information about this expense example, please see page 5.


 

TIAA-CREF Funds: Fixed-Income Funds  ■  2013 Semiannual Report 19
 

Tax-Exempt Bond Fund

 

Portfolio composition

 

% of net assets
as of 9/30/2013
 
      
Municipal bonds   97.3 
      
Short-term investments,
other assets & liabilities, net
   2.7 
      
      
Total   100.0 

 

Holdings by maturity

 

% of fixed-income investments
(excluding short-term investments)
as of 9/30/2013
 
      
Less than 1 year   1.8 
      
1–3 years   3.7 
      
3–5 years   12.9 
      
5–10 years   61.4 
      
Over 10 years   20.2 
      
      
Total   100.0 

 

Holdings by credit quality*

 

% of fixed-income investments
 (excluding short-term investments)
 as of 9/30/2013
 
      
Aaa/AAA   9.9 
      
Aa/AA   37.5 
      
A/A   43.1 
      
Baa/BBB   8.3 
      
Ba/BB   0.9 
      
Non-rated   0.3 
      
      
Total   100.0 

 

* Credit quality ratings are based on the Barclays methodology, which uses the median rating of those compiled by the Moody’s, Standard & Poor’s and Fitch ratings agencies. If ratings are available from only two of these agencies, the lower rating is used. When only one rating is available, that one is used. These ratings are subject to change without notice.

Performance for the six months ended September 30, 2013

 

The Tax-Exempt Bond Fund returned –3.91% for the Institutional Class, compared with the –2.41% return of its benchmark, the Barclays 10-Year Municipal Bond Index. For the one-year period ended September 30, 2013, the fund returned –2.74%, versus –1.30% for the index. The table below shows returns for all share classes of the fund.

 

Municipal bonds stumble amid rising interest rates

 

As the reporting period opened, modest gains in employment, coupled with the ongoing recovery in the housing market and increased consumer spending, prompted the Federal Reserve to announce that it might soon begin tapering its massive bond buying program. In response, many investors turned away from fixed-income securities, including municipal bonds, which drove up interest rates and pushed down prices on some existing bonds. The Barclays 10-Year Municipal Bond Index fell 3.11% in the second quarter of 2013.

As investor concern continued over the summer, rates moved even higher. At the same time, news of Detroit’s bankruptcy filing further contributed to uncertainty in the municipal bond market.

In September, Chairman Ben Bernanke announced that the Fed would maintain its accommodative policies for the foreseeable future because of renewed concerns about the strength of the economic recovery. Interest rates came off their highs, and the fund’s benchmark ended the third quarter up 0.72%, partly offsetting the previous quarter’s losses.

Increasingly concerned about rising rates, investors redeemed municipal bond fund shares at a relentless pace during the six months. All told, more than $45 billion was withdrawn from municipal bond funds over the period. This sell-off put downward pressure on municipal bond prices.

 

Performance as of September 30, 2013

 

       Total return  Average annual
total return
Tax-Exempt Bond Fund  Inception date   6 months   1 year   5 years   Since
inception
 
                          
Institutional Class   3/31/2006    –3.91%   –2.74%   5.50%   4.48%
Retail Class   3/31/2006    –4.04    –2.92    5.31    4.33 
                          
                          
Barclays 10-Year Municipal Bond Index       –2.41    –1.30    6.42    5.32
                          

 

The returns in this report show past performance, which is no guarantee of future results. The returns do not reflect taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or on the sale of fund shares. Returns and the principal value of your investment will fluctuate. Current performance may be higher or lower than that shown, and you may have a gain or a loss when you redeem your shares. For current performance information, including performance to the most recent month-end, please visit tiaa-cref.org. Performance may reflect waivers or reimbursements of certain expenses. Absent these waivers or reimbursement arrangements, performance may be lower.

 

You cannot invest directly in any index. Index returns do not include a deduction for fees or expenses.

 

Performance is calculated from the inception date of the Institutional Class.


 

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For the six months, tax-exempt bonds lagged the –1.77% return of the broad domestic investment-grade, fixed-rate bond market, as measured by the Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index. For the five years ended September 30, 2013, the Barclays 10-Year Municipal Bond Index earned an average annual 6.42%, outpacing the 5.41% average return of the broad bond market over the same period.

 

Broad-based sector declines push the index lower

 

All 14 sectors of the fund’s benchmark lost ground for the six months. The biggest detractions came from the index’s two largest sectors: local and state general obligation bonds, both of which fell 2.5%. Losses from the sizable special tax, power and transportation sectors were also detrimental. Together, these five sectors constituted more than two-thirds of the benchmark’s total market capitalization at period-end.

Against the backdrop of rising rates, the volume of municipal bond issuance declined dramatically. During the six months, new tax-exempt bond issuance totaled $165 billion, versus $205 billion over the same period in 2012.

 

The fund lags in a challenging market

 

For the period, the fund trailed its benchmark in part because of unfavorable selections in the local, special tax and industrial revenue sectors. The fund’s relative results were also constrained by a small position in Puerto Rico bonds, which sold off sharply in the third quarter on heightened concerns about its rising debt levels and weakening economy. These holdings were eliminated by the end of the reporting period.

These negative effects were partly offset by the fund’s underweight position in the lagging transportation and power sectors. The fund also benefited from a favorable allocation to water and sewer and housing issues.

Expense example

 

Six months ended September 30, 2013

 

Tax-Exempt
Bond Fund
   Beginning
account

value
 (4/1/13)
    Ending
 account
 value
 (9/30/13)
   Expenses
 paid
 during
 period*
 (4/1/13-
 9/30/13)
 
                
Actual return               
                
Institutional Class  $1,000.00   $960.93   $1.72 
                
Retail Class   1,000.00    959.64    3.14 
                
5% annual
hypothetical return
               
                
Institutional Class   1,000.00    1,023.31    1.78 
                
Retail Class   1,000.00    1,021.86    3.24 
                

 

*“Expenses paid during period” is based on the fund’s actual expense ratio for the most recent fiscal half-year, multiplied by the average account value over the six-month period, multiplied by 183/365. There were 183 days in the six months ended September 30, 2013. The fund’s annualized six-month expense ratio for that period was 0.35% for the Institutional Class and 0.64% for the Retail Class. The expense charges of one or more of the fund’s share classes may at times reflect a reimbursement. Please see the prospectus for an explanation, including the date on which this reimbursement is scheduled to end. Without any such reimbursement, the expenses of the affected share classes would be higher and the fund’s performance lower.

 

For more information about this expense example, please see page 5.


 

TIAA-CREF Funds: Fixed-Income Funds  ■  2013 Semiannual Report 21
 

Money Market Fund

 

Portfolio composition

 

% of net assets
 as of 9/30/2013
 
      
Commercial paper   43.0 
      
U.S. government agency securities   24.5 
      
U.S. Treasury securities   17.1 
      
Floating rate securities, government   10.0 
      
Certificates of deposit   5.3 
      
Other assets & liabilities, net   0.1 
      
      
Total   100.0 

 

Net annualized yield

 

(for the 7 days ended 9/24/2013)*

 

   Current yield   Effective yield 
           
Money Market Fund          
           
Institutional Class   0.01%   0.01%
           
Retirement Class   0.00    0.00 
           
Retail Class   0.00    0.00 
           
Premier Class   0.00    0.00 
           
iMoneyNet Money Fund Report Averages–All Taxable§   0.01    0.01 
           

 

The current yield more closely reflects current earnings than does the total return.

 

* iMoneyNet reports its 7-day yields as of Tuesday of each week.

Performance for the six months ended September 30, 2013

 

The Money Market Fund returned 0.01% for the Institutional Class, matching the 0.01% return of the iMoneyNet Money Fund Report Averages™—All Taxable, a simple average of over 1,000 taxable money market funds. The iMoneyNet average is not an index, and its returns reflect the deduction of expenses charged by the funds included in the average. The table below shows returns for all share classes of the fund.

 

Money market yields decline as supplies shrink

 

During the six months, investors faced greatly diminished supplies of money market instruments within the marketplace. The shortage of short-term securities boosted their prices, further reducing their already low yields.

The issuance of U.S. Treasury and agency securities was curtailed when budget cuts, higher-than-expected tax receipts and large dividend payments by government-sponsored entities Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac reduced the federal government’s borrowing needs. At the same time, the Federal Reserve continued to purchase each month $85 billion of government securities. The Fed’s goal was to stimulate the U.S. economy by lowering longer-term interest rates, but the purchases left fewer investment opportunities for other investors.

 

Performance as of September 30, 2013

 

           
       Total return  Average annual
total return
Money Market Fund  Inception date   6 months   1 year   5 years   10 years 
                          
Institutional Class   7/1/1999    0.01%   0.03%   0.26%   1.84%
Retirement Class   3/31/2006    0.00    0.00    0.16    1.73
Retail Class   3/31/2006    0.00    0.00    0.18    1.78
Premier Class   9/30/2009    0.00    0.00    0.21   1.82
                          
                          
iMoneyNet Money Fund Report Averages—All Taxable§       0.01    0.02    0.11    1.50 
                          

 

The returns in this report show past performance, which is no guarantee of future results. The returns do not reflect taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or on the sale of fund shares. Returns and the principal value of your investment will fluctuate. Current performance may be higher or lower than that shown, and you may have a gain or a loss when you redeem your shares. For current performance information, including performance to the most recent month-end, please visit tiaa-cref.org. Performance may reflect waivers or reimbursements of certain expenses. Absent these waivers or reimbursement arrangements, performance may be lower.

 

An investment in the Money Market Fund is neither insured nor guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) or any other government agency. Although the fund seeks to preserve the value of your investment at $1.00 per share, it is possible to lose money by investing in the fund. For a detailed discussion of risk, please see the prospectus.

 

The performance shown for the Retirement, Retail and Premier classes that is prior to their respective inception dates is based on the performance of the fund’s Institutional Class. The performance for these periods has not been restated to reflect the higher expenses of the Retirement, Retail and Premier classes. If those higher expenses had been reflected, the performance of these three classes shown for these periods would have been lower.
§ The iMoneyNet Money Fund Report Averages—All Taxable category is a simple average of over 1,000 taxable money market funds. You cannot invest in it directly.


 

Beginning August 18, 2009, part or all of the 12b-1 distribution expenses of the Retail Class of the Money Market Fund are not being reimbursed to the fund’s distributor. The fund’s adviser is also reimbursing certain other fund expenses. Also, part or all of the service and investment management fees of the Retirement Class of the Money Market Fund are being voluntarily waived. Beginning October 1, 2009, part or all of the 12b-1 distribution expenses and investment management fees of the Premier Class of the Money Market Fund are being voluntarily waived. Beginning August 27, 2013, part or all of the investment management fees of the Institutional Class of the Money Market Fund are being voluntarily waived. Without these changes, the 7-day current and effective net annualized yields and total returns for the fund would have been lower. This suspension of reimbursement and the addition of waivers are voluntary and may be discontinued at any time without notice.

 

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In the private sector, the short supply of Treasuries drove down yields on repurchase agreements, which often use government securities as collateral. Issuance of commercial paper remained low, as businesses reported sufficient cash for their needs.

 

Short-term Treasury and LIBOR yields fall

 

During the period, yields on Treasuries with shorter maturities declined significantly. Three-month yields dropped from 0.07% on March 31, 2013, to 0.02% six months later.

LIBOR yields also fell across the maturity curve. (Historically, LIBOR has been an indicator of the interest rates that banks expect to pay to other banks for loans on the London market.) The six-month rate fell from 0.44% to 0.37%.

Throughout the six months, the Federal Reserve kept its target federal funds rate—the interest rate that U.S. commercial banks charge one another for overnight loans—near 0%. Although the fed funds rate replaced LIBOR as the chief yardstick for current short-term rates, LIBOR continued to be used as a trailing indicator. In July, the New York Stock Exchange was chosen to administer LIBOR, in an effort to improve its reliability.

 

Declining yields pose challenges for money managers

 

Amid falling yields and diminished supplies, the managers of the Money Market Fund sought advantageous investment opportunities while aiming to minimize risk. In pursuit of relative value and to comply with SEC regulations, the fund maintained more than half of its portfolio in U.S. Treasury and agency securities. For incrementally higher yields, it purchased longer-term U.S. government floating-rate securities. Increasing its foreign holdings, the fund began to selectively invest in high-quality Asian banks in addition to Canadian and Australian institutions. On September 24, 2013, the fund’s weighted average maturity was 53 days, versus 48 days for the average iMoneyNet fund.

Beginning August 27, 2013, part or all of the investment management fees of the Money Market Fund’s Institutional Class are being voluntarily waived to prevent the yield of that share class from going negative.

Expense example

 

Six months ended September 30, 2013

 

Money
Market Fund
  Beginning
 account
 value
 (4/1/13)
   Ending
 account
 value
(9/30/13)
   Expenses
 paid
 during
 period*
 (4/1/13-
9/30/13)
 
             
Actual return               
             
Institutional Class  $1,000.00   $1,000.08   $0.65 
             
Retirement Class   1,000.00    1,000.00    0.75 
             
Retail Class   1,000.00    1,000.00    0.75 
             
Premier Class   1,000.00    1,000.00    0.75 
             
5% annual
hypothetical return
               
             
Institutional Class   1,000.00    1,024.42    0.66 
             
Retirement Class   1,000.00    1,024.32    0.76 
             
Retail Class   1,000.00    1,024.32    0.76 
             
Premier Class   1,000.00    1,024.32    0.76 
             

 

*“Expenses paid during period” is based on the fund’s actual expense ratio for the most recent fiscal half-year, multiplied by the average account value over the six-month period, multiplied by 183/365. There were 183 days in the six months ended September 30, 2013. The fund’s annualized six-month expense ratio for that period was 0.13% for the Institutional Class, 0.15% for the Retirement Class, 0.15% for the Retail Class and 0.15% for the Premier Class. The expense charges of one or more of the fund’s share classes may at times reflect a waiver or reimbursement. Without any such waiver or reimbursement, the expenses of the affected share classes would be higher and the fund’s performance lower.

 

For more information about this expense example, please see page 5.


 

TIAA-CREF Funds: Fixed-Income Funds  ■  2013 Semiannual Report 23
 

Summary portfolio of investments (unaudited)

 

Bond Fund  ■  September 30, 2013

 

Principal   Issuer  Value   % of net
assets
             
BANK LOAN OBLIGATIONS        
             
CAPITAL GOODS  $2,489,067    0.1%
                
CONSUMER SERVICES   2,050,635    0.1 
                
MEDIA   1,847,902    0.1 
                
     TOTAL BANK LOAN OBLIGATIONS
(Cost $6,400,036)
   6,387,604    0.3 
                
BONDS          
                
CORPORATE BONDS          
                
AUTOMOBILES & COMPONENTS   777,076    0.0 
                
BANKS   83,568,682    3.6 
                
CAPITAL GOODS   20,202,252    0.9 
                
COMMERCIAL & PROFESSIONAL SERVICES   10,676,612    0.5 
                
CONSUMER DURABLES & APPAREL   16,258,571    0.7 
                
CONSUMER SERVICES   7,293,039    0.3 
                
DIVERSIFIED FINANCIALS   129,135,599    5.6 
                
ENERGY   97,920,616    4.2 
                
FOOD & STAPLES RETAILING   2,932,693    0.2 
                
FOOD, BEVERAGE & TOBACCO   23,407,646    1.0 
                
HEALTH CARE EQUIPMENT & SERVICES   19,085,790    0.8 
                
HOUSEHOLD & PERSONAL PRODUCTS   3,624,326    0.2 
                
INSURANCE   50,462,959    2.2 
                
MATERIALS   54,458,805    2.4 
                
MEDIA   56,210,910    2.5 
                
PHARMACEUTICALS, BIOTECHNOLOGY & LIFE SCIENCES   12,995,613    0.6 
                
REAL ESTATE   22,184,628    1.0 
                
RETAILING   43,682,306    1.9 
                
SOFTWARE & SERVICES   18,900,977    0.8 
                
TECHNOLOGY HARDWARE & EQUIPMENT   24,712,464    1.1 
                
TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES          
     Verizon Communications, Inc          
$23,186,000   0.700%–8.750%, 11/02/15–09/15/43   25,145,770    1.1 
                
     Other   32,842,338    1.4 
         57,988,108    2.5 
                
TRANSPORTATION   15,684,346    0.7 
                
UTILITIES   92,784,419    4.0 
                
     TOTAL CORPORATE BONDS
(Cost $865,780,837)
   864,948,437    37.7 

 

 

Principal    Issuer  Value   % of net
assets
              
GOVERNMENT BONDS        
              
AGENCY SECURITIES  $9,926,984    0.4%
                 
FOREIGN GOVERNMENT BONDS   89,126,576    3.9 
                 
MORTGAGE BACKED          
                 
      Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp Gold (FGLMC)          
$33,414,050    4.000%–8.000%, 01/01/16–11/15/42   35,958,235    1.6 
                 
      Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA)          
 18,000,000  h 3.000%, 10/25/28   18,635,625    0.8 
 11,000,000  h 4.000%, 10/25/28   11,670,313    0.5 
 21,813,967    4.500%, 04/01/41   23,322,528    1.0 
 10,872,771    3.500%, 02/01/42   11,089,721    0.5 
 10,512,519    3.500%, 09/01/42   10,722,893    0.5 
 17,922,838    3.500%, 11/01/42   18,281,387    0.8 
 9,785,451    3.500%, 11/01/42   9,975,242    0.4 
 21,000,000  h 3.500%, 10/25/43   21,377,345    0.9 
 38,000,000  h 4.000%, 10/25/43   39,858,436    1.7 
 30,000,000  h 5.000%, 10/25/43   32,531,250    1.4 
 30,000,000  h 5.500%, 10/25/43   32,700,000    1.4 
 11,000,000  h 3.500%, 11/25/43   11,161,563    0.5 
 51,000,000  h 4.000%, 11/25/43   53,318,904    2.3 
 58,563,065    2.392%–8.000%, 10/01/13–11/25/43   61,278,647    2.6 
                 
      Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA)          
 17,979,053    4.000%, 01/20/42   19,065,291    0.8 
 25,346,822    3.500%, 03/15/42   26,101,882    1.1 
 14,000,000  h 4.500%, 10/15/43   15,028,125    0.7 
 42,005,241    3.000%–8.500%, 01/15/28–01/15/44   44,523,711    1.9 
                 
      Other   6,910,374    0.3 
          503,511,472    21.7 
                 
MUNICIPAL BONDS          
                 
      Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund Finance Corp          
 25,000,000    1.298%, 07/01/16   24,888,500    1.1 
                 
      New York State Urban Development Corp          
 11,000,000    1.350%, 03/15/18   10,838,630    0.5 
                 
      State of Illinois          
 12,000,000    4.350%, 06/01/18   12,410,520    0.5 
                 
      Other   35,423,997    1.5 
                 
          83,561,647    3.6 
                 
U.S. TREASURY SECURITIES          
                 
      United States Treasury Bond          
 15,970,000    2.875%, 05/15/43   13,554,538    0.6 
 27,500,000    3.625%, 08/15/43   27,182,045    1.2 
                 
      United States Treasury Note          
 86,295,000    0.500%, 06/15/16   86,214,055    3.7 
 16,380,000    0.875%, 09/15/16   16,500,295    0.7 
 73,758,700    1.500%, 08/31/18   74,248,532    3.2 
 25,000,000    1.375%, 09/30/18   24,982,425    1.1 
 34,170,000    2.500%, 08/15/23   33,822,969    1.5 
                 
      Other   17,324,456    0.7 
                 
          293,829,315    12.7 
                 
      TOTAL GOVERNMENT BONDS
(Cost $974,971,779)
   979,955,994    42.3 

 

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Summary portfolio of investments (unaudited) concluded

 

Bond Fund  ■  September 30, 2013

 

Principal    Issuer  Value   % of net
assets
                 
STRUCTURED ASSETS          
                 
ASSET BACKED          
                 
      Avis Budget Rental Car Funding AESOP LLC          
      Series 2011-3A (Class B)          
$9,300,000  g 4.740%, 11/20/17  $9,963,406    0.4%
      Series 2012-3A (Class B)          
 9,800,000  g 3.040%, 03/20/19   9,867,150    0.4 
                 
      Capital Automotive REIT          
      Series 2012-1A (Class A)          
 11,801,719  g,m  4.700%, 07/15/42   11,690,193    0.5 
                 
      CKE Restaurant Holdings, Inc          
      Series 2013-1A (Class A2)          
 17,368,750  g 4.474%, 03/20/43   17,315,758    0.7 
                 
      Dominos Pizza Master Issuer LLC          
      Series 2012-1A (Class A2)          
 28,073,800  g 5.216%, 01/25/42   30,147,584    1.3 
                 
      Ford Credit Auto Owner Trust          
      Series 2012-B (Class D)          
 11,440,000    2.930%, 10/15/18   11,720,657    0.5 
                 
      Hertz Vehicle Financing LLC          
      Series 2013-1A (Class B2)          
 15,000,000  g 2.480%, 08/25/19   14,635,650    0.6 
                 
      Santander Drive Auto Receivables Trust          
      Series 2012-2 (Class D)          
 19,750,000    3.870%, 02/15/18   20,365,785    0.8 
                 
      Sierra Receivables Funding Co LLC          
      Series 2013-1A (Class A)          
 13,505,254  g 1.590%, 11/20/29   13,466,427    0.5 
                 
      Other   102,468,488    4.3 
          241,641,098    10.0 
                 
OTHER MORTGAGE BACKED          
                 
      Bear Stearns Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust          
      Series 2007-PW15 (Class AM)          
 12,495,000    5.363%, 02/11/44   12,678,339    0.6 
                 
      Credit Suisse Mortgage Capital Certificates          
      Series 2006-C4 (Class AM)          
 29,705,000    5.509%, 09/15/39   31,735,069    1.4 
                 
      JP Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Corp          
      Series 2007-C1 (Class AM)          
 13,475,000  i 6.140%, 02/15/51   13,999,676    0.6 
                 
      LB-UBS Commercial Mortgage Trust          
      Series 2007-C2 (Class AM)          
 25,243,000  i 5.493%, 02/15/40   26,060,444    1.1 
                 
      Wachovia Bank Commercial Mortgage Trust          
      Series 2007-C30 (Class AM)          
 22,655,000    5.383%, 12/15/43   24,118,332    1.0 
      Series 2007-C34 (Class AJ)          
 14,500,000  i 6.166%, 05/15/46   14,564,192    0.6 
                 
      Other   59,658,241    2.6 
          182,814,293    7.9 
                 
      TOTAL STRUCTURED ASSETS
(Cost $425,018,774)
   424,455,391    17.9 
                 
      TOTAL BONDS
(Cost $2,265,771,390)
   2,269,359,822    97.9 

 

 

Principal    Issuer  Value   % of net
assets
                 
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS          
                 
GOVERNMENT AGENCY DEBT          
                 
      Federal Home Loan Bank (FHLB)          
$30,000,000    0.025%, 12/20/13  $29,998,680    1.3%
                 
      Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA)          
 25,400,000  d 0.030%, 10/07/13   25,399,873    1.1 
                 
      Other   10,599,473    0.4 
          65,998,026    2.8 
                 
TREASURY DEBT          
                 
      United States Treasury Bill          
 9,800,000  d 0.020%, 10/03/13   9,799,989    0.4 
 16,500,000  d 0.071%, 12/05/13   16,499,851    0.7 
 38,000,000  d 0.040%, 12/19/13   37,998,746    1.7 
 23,000,000  d 0.070%, 05/01/14   22,994,250    1.0 
 16,000,000  d 0.108%, 07/24/14   15,991,776    0.7 
 98,000,000  d 0.106%, 08/21/14   97,933,850    4.2 
 36,900,000    0.040%–0.081%, 10/10/13–02/27/14   36,898,181    1.6 
                 
      United States Treasury Note          
 12,200,000    1.250%, 04/15/14   12,276,726    0.5 
          250,393,369    10.8 
                 
      TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS
(Cost $316,350,504)
   316,391,395    13.6 
                 
      TOTAL PORTFOLIO
(Cost $2,588,521,930)
   2,592,138,821    111.8 
                 
      OTHER ASSETS & LIABILITIES, NET   (274,428,537)   (11.8)
                 
      NET ASSETS  $2,317,710,284    100.0%

 

 

 

Abbreviation(s):

REIT – Real Estate Investment Trust

 

d All or a portion of these securities have been segregated by the custodian to cover collateral requirements on mortgage dollar rolls.
g Security is exempt from registration under Rule 144(A) of the Securities Act of 1933. Such securities are deemed liquid and may be resold in transactions exempt from registration to qualified institutional buyers. At 9/30/2013, the aggregate value of these securities, including those in “Other,” was $439,872,565 or 19.0% of net assets.
h All or a portion of these securities were purchased on a delayed delivery basis.
i Floating or variable rate security. Coupon rate reflects the rate at period end.
m Indicates a security that has been deemed illiquid.

 

“Other” securities represent the aggregate value, by category, of securities that are not among the 50 largest holdings and, in total for any issuer, represent 1% or less of net assets.

 

For ease of presentation, a number of classification categories have been grouped together in the Summary Portfolio of Investments. Note that the Fund uses more specific categories in following its investment limitations on investment concentrations.

 

See notes to financial statements TIAA-CREF Funds: Fixed-Income Funds  ■  2013 Semiannual Report 25
 

Summary portfolio of investments (unaudited)

 

Bond Index Fund  ■  September 30, 2013

 

Principal   Issuer  Value   % of net
assets
                
BONDS          
                
CORPORATE BONDS          
                
AUTOMOBILES & COMPONENTS  $3,867,623    0.1%
                
BANKS   118,871,270    2.6 
                
CAPITAL GOODS   32,633,489    0.7 
                
COMMERCIAL & PROFESSIONAL SERVICES   18,352,405    0.4 
                
CONSUMER DURABLES & APPAREL   3,599,219    0.1 
                
CONSUMER SERVICES   12,949,460    0.3 
                
DIVERSIFIED FINANCIALS   214,005,543    4.6 
                
ENERGY   109,007,246    2.4 
                
FOOD & STAPLES RETAILING   7,854,573    0.2 
                
FOOD, BEVERAGE & TOBACCO   51,854,793    1.1 
                
HEALTH CARE EQUIPMENT & SERVICES   22,990,084    0.5 
                
HOUSEHOLD & PERSONAL PRODUCTS   7,315,051    0.1 
                
INSURANCE   52,682,365    1.1 
                
MATERIALS   50,070,495    1.1 
                
MEDIA   38,589,432    0.8 
                
PHARMACEUTICALS, BIOTECHNOLOGY & LIFE SCIENCES   44,596,617    1.0 
                
REAL ESTATE   25,386,582    0.5 
                
RETAILING   30,746,464    0.7 
                
SEMICONDUCTORS & SEMICONDUCTOR EQUIPMENT   5,513,321    0.1 
                
SOFTWARE & SERVICES   22,415,005    0.5 
                
TECHNOLOGY HARDWARE & EQUIPMENT   25,961,084    0.6 
                
TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES   69,697,077    1.5 
                
TRANSPORTATION   26,773,396    0.6 
                
UTILITIES   94,266,242    2.0 
                
     TOTAL CORPORATE BONDS
(Cost $1,096,045,102)
   1,089,998,836    23.6 
                
GOVERNMENT BONDS          
                
AGENCY SECURITIES          
                
     Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp (FHLMC)          
$16,736,000   5.125%, 10/18/16   18,918,776    0.4 
                
     Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA)          
 14,000,000   2.625%, 11/20/14   14,392,630    0.3 
 70,647,000   0.000%–6.625%, 02/05/14–07/15/37   74,560,885    1.6 
                
     Other   82,334,027    1.8 
         190,206,318    4.1 
                
FOREIGN GOVERNMENT BONDS   156,644,127    3.4 

 

 

Principal   Issuer  Value   % of net
assets
                
MORTGAGE BACKED           
                
     Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp Gold (FGLMC)          
$335,859,497   2.500%–8.000%, 07/01/14–08/01/43  $348,726,903    7.5%
                
     Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA)          
 20,561,987   3.500%, 07/01/42   20,948,083    0.5 
 19,462,477   3.000%, 02/01/43   19,030,035    0.4 
 15,825,777   3.000%, 06/01/43   15,474,140    0.3 
 557,379,449   1.755%–8.000%, 10/01/13–09/01/43   582,444,642    12.6 
                
     Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA)          
 17,850,899   3.500%, 08/20/42   18,440,883    0.4 
 321,449,103   2.000%–8.500%, 02/15/18–01/15/44   337,852,642    7.3 
                
     Other   7,334,080    0.2 
                
         1,350,251,408    29.2 
                
MUNICIPAL BONDS   46,205,253    1.0 
                
U.S. TREASURY SECURITIES          
                
     United States Treasury Bond          
 16,000,000   5.250%, 11/15/28   20,004,992    0.4 
 26,060,000   5.250%, 02/15/29   32,579,065    0.7 
 24,429,000   5.375%, 02/15/31   31,154,597    0.7 
 26,350,000   4.375%, 05/15/41   29,791,969    0.6 
 111,339,300   2.750%–9.000%, 11/15/16–08/15/43   111,669,687    2.4 
                
     United States Treasury Note          
 77,000,000   0.250%, 10/31/14   77,090,244    1.7 
 16,000,000   0.375%, 11/15/14   16,040,624    0.4 
 30,000,000   0.250%, 02/28/15   30,019,920    0.7 
 30,000,000   0.250%, 05/31/15   29,994,150    0.7 
 20,000,000   0.375%, 06/15/15   20,035,160    0.4 
 19,000,000   0.250%, 08/15/15   18,980,696    0.4 
 18,805,000   1.250%, 09/30/15   19,151,727    0.4 
 20,000,000   0.250%, 10/15/15   19,962,500    0.4 
 27,300,000   1.250%, 10/31/15   27,805,487    0.6 
 20,000,000   0.375%, 11/15/15   20,001,560    0.4 
 23,550,000   1.375%, 11/30/15   24,054,111    0.5 
 59,000,000   0.375%, 01/15/16   58,963,125    1.3 
 14,000,000   2.000%, 04/30/16   14,541,408    0.3 
 22,000,000   0.500%, 06/15/16   21,979,364    0.5 
 19,000,000   0.625%, 08/15/16   19,011,875    0.4 
 23,050,000   1.000%, 10/31/16   23,264,296    0.5 
 15,250,000   0.875%, 11/30/16   15,317,908    0.3 
 50,300,000   0.875%, 01/31/17   50,421,827    1.1 
 16,250,000   0.875%, 02/28/17   16,274,115    0.4 
 21,300,000   1.000%, 03/31/17   21,398,172    0.5 
 16,500,000   0.875%, 04/30/17   16,485,826    0.4 
 30,400,000   0.625%, 05/31/17   30,058,000    0.7 
 20,200,000   0.500%, 07/31/17   19,819,674    0.4 
 17,300,000   0.625%, 08/31/17   17,031,037    0.4 
 16,000,000   0.625%, 09/30/17   15,726,256    0.3 
 61,750,000   0.750%, 10/31/17   60,900,937    1.3 
 20,500,000   0.625%, 11/30/17   20,081,985    0.4 
 31,000,000   0.750%, 12/31/17   30,474,457    0.7 
 21,000,000   0.875%, 01/31/18   20,724,375    0.5 
 31,000,000   0.750%, 02/28/18   30,399,375    0.7 
 23,000,000   0.750%, 03/31/18   22,511,250    0.5 
 15,000,000   0.625%, 04/30/18   14,580,465    0.3 

 

26 2013 Semiannual Report  ■  TIAA-CREF Funds: Fixed-Income Funds See notes to financial statements
 
Summary portfolio of investments (unaudited) concluded

 

Bond Index Fund  ■  September 30, 2013

 

Principal   Issuer  Value   % of net
assets
                
U.S. TREASURY SECURITIES—continued          
$72,000,000   1.000%, 05/31/18  $71,077,536    1.5%
 15,000,000   1.375%, 07/31/18   15,026,955    0.3 
 40,350,000   1.500%, 08/31/18   40,617,964    0.9 
 25,000,000   1.375%, 09/30/18   24,982,425    0.5 
 27,610,000   2.125%, 08/15/21   27,385,669    0.6 
 13,379,100   8.000%, 11/15/21   19,147,793    0.4 
 20,000,000   2.500%, 08/15/23   19,796,880    0.4 
 366,850,500   0.125%–5.125%, 12/15/14–05/15/23   373,732,856    8.1 
         1,660,070,294    36.0 
                
     TOTAL GOVERNMENT BONDS
(Cost $3,425,666,838)
   3,403,377,400    73.7 
                
STRUCTURED ASSETS          
                
ASSET BACKED   20,114,891    0.4 
                
OTHER MORTGAGE BACKED   78,494,114    1.7 
                
     TOTAL STRUCTURED ASSETS
(Cost $97,698,628)
   98,609,005    2.1 
                
     TOTAL BONDS
(Cost $4,619,410,568)
   4,591,985,241    99.4 
                
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS          
                
TREASURY DEBT          
                
     United States Treasury Bill          
 15,000,000   0.047%, 12/19/13   14,999,505    0.3 
                
         14,999,505    0.3 
                
     TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS
(Cost $14,998,453)
   14,999,505    0.3 
                
     TOTAL PORTFOLIO
(Cost $4,634,409,021)
   4,606,984,746    99.7 
                
     OTHER ASSETS & LIABILITIES, NET   10,875,764    0.3 
                
     NET ASSETS  $4,617,860,510    100.0%

 

“Other” securities represent the aggregate value, by category, of securities that are not among the 50 largest holdings and, in total for any issuer, represent 1% or less of net assets.

 

At 9/30/13, the aggregate value of securities exempted from registration under Rule 144(A) of the Securities Act of 1933 amounted to $12,322,770 or 0.3% of net assets. Such securities are deemed liquid and may be resold in transactions exempt from registration to qualified institutional buyers.

 

For ease of presentation, a number of classification categories have been grouped together in the Summary Portfolio of Investments. Note that the Fund uses more specific categories in following its investment limitations on investment concentrations.

 

See notes to financial statements TIAA-CREF Funds: Fixed-Income Funds  ■  2013 Semiannual Report 27
 

Summary portfolio of investments (unaudited)

 

Bond Plus Fund  ■  September 30, 2013

Principal    Issuer  Value  % of net
assets
             
BANK LOAN OBLIGATIONS       
             
AUTOMOBILES & COMPONENTS  $2,333,112   0.1%
             
CAPITAL GOODS   13,105,299   0.9 
             
COMMERCIAL & PROFESSIONAL SERVICES   4,985,809   0.2 
             
CONSUMER SERVICES   9,626,034   0.5 
             
DIVERSIFIED FINANCIALS   1,935,371   0.1 
             
ENERGY   2,871,799   0.2 
             
FOOD & STAPLES RETAILING   2,525,670   0.2 
             
FOOD, BEVERAGE & TOBACCO   5,538,034   0.3 
             
HEALTH CARE EQUIPMENT & SERVICES   13,579,152   0.8 
             
INSURANCE   1,217,332   0.1 
             
MATERIALS   1,026,854   0.1 
             
MEDIA   4,449,867   0.2 
             
PHARMACEUTICALS, BIOTECHNOLOGY & LIFE SCIENCES   1,590,155   0.1 
             
RETAILING   1,976,283   0.1 
             
SOFTWARE & SERVICES   3,616,119   0.1 
             
TECHNOLOGY HARDWARE & EQUIPMENT   1,982,500   0.1 
             
TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES   988,322   0.1 
             
UTILITIES   247,314   0.0 
             
      TOTAL BANK LOAN OBLIGATIONS
(Cost $73,535,300)
   73,595,026   4.2 
             
BONDS         
             
CORPORATE BONDS         
             
AUTOMOBILES & COMPONENTS   2,731,724   0.2 
             
BANKS         
             
      Bank of Montreal         
$6,450,000  g 2.625%, 01/25/16   6,730,575   0.4 
             
      Other   73,617,087   4.2 
             
          80,347,662   4.6 
             
CAPITAL GOODS   19,772,722   1.1 
             
COMMERCIAL & PROFESSIONAL SERVICES   13,443,009   0.8 
             
CONSUMER DURABLES & APPAREL   7,060,970   0.4 
             
CONSUMER SERVICES   16,617,229   1.0 
             
DIVERSIFIED FINANCIALS         
             
      Bank of America Corp         
 5,350,000    2.000%, 01/11/18   5,261,463   0.3 
             
      Goldman Sachs Group, Inc         
 6,890,000    2.375%, 01/22/18   6,841,143   0.4 
             
      Other   98,820,233   5.6 
             
          110,922,839   6.3 
             
 ENERGY        79,327,610   4.5 
Principal    Issuer  Value  % of net
assets
             
FOOD & STAPLES RETAILING  $3,081,957   0.2%
             
FOOD, BEVERAGE & TOBACCO   20,607,579   1.2 
             
HEALTH CARE EQUIPMENT & SERVICES   16,944,229   1.0 
             
HOUSEHOLD & PERSONAL PRODUCTS   3,089,789   0.2 
             
INSURANCE   29,565,529   1.6 
             
MATERIALS    58,431,034   3.3 
             
MEDIA    43,283,032   2.5 
             
PHARMACEUTICALS, BIOTECHNOLOGY & LIFE SCIENCES   10,384,418   0.6 
             
REAL ESTATE    13,029,609   0.7 
             
RETAILING    25,819,592   1.5 
             
SOFTWARE & SERVICES   16,343,776   1.0 
             
TECHNOLOGY HARDWARE & EQUIPMENT         
             
      General Electric Co         
$5,950,000    0.850%, 10/09/15   5,963,715   0.3 
      Other   20,062,305   1.2 
             
          26,026,020   1.5 
             
TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES         
             
      Verizon Communications, Inc         
 4,875,000    6.550%, 09/15/43   5,503,568   0.3 
      Other   42,607,977   2.4 
             
          48,111,545   2.7 
             
TRANSPORTATION   15,956,046   0.9 
             
UTILITIES   52,085,772   3.0 
             
      TOTAL CORPORATE BONDS
(Cost $712,719,565)
   712,983,692   40.8 
             
GOVERNMENT BONDS         
             
AGENCY SECURITIES    5,441,342   0.3 
             
FOREIGN GOVERNMENT BONDS         
             
      Province of Ontario Canada         
 5,000,000    2.300%, 05/10/16   5,188,500   0.3 
      Other   71,456,673   4.2 
             
          76,645,173   4.5 
             
MORTGAGE BACKED         
             
      Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp Gold (FGLMC)         
 8,000,000  h 4.000%, 11/15/42   8,332,500   0.5 
 9,000,000  h 4.500%, 11/15/42   9,549,844   0.5 
      Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA)         
 29,000,000  h 3.000%, 10/25/28   30,024,063   1.7 
 23,000,000  h 3.000%, 10/25/43   22,468,125   1.3 
 33,000,000  h 3.500%, 10/25/43   33,592,970   1.9 
 25,000,000  h 4.000%, 10/25/43   26,222,655   1.5 
 22,000,000  h 4.500%, 10/25/43   23,495,314   1.3 
 11,000,000  h 5.000%, 10/25/43   11,928,125   0.7 
 16,000,000  h 3.500%, 11/25/43   16,235,001   0.9 
 33,000,000  h 4.000%, 11/25/43   34,500,467   2.0 
 53,856,085    2.392%–9.000%, 02/01/14–11/25/43   56,501,529   3.2 


 

28 2013 Semiannual Report   ■  TIAA-CREF Funds: Fixed-Income Funds See notes to financial statements
 
Summary portfolio of investments (unaudited) concluded

 

Bond Plus Fund  ■  September 30, 2013

 

Principal    Issuer  Value  % of net
assets
            
MORTGAGE BACKED—continued         
          
      Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA)
$5,463,893    4.500%, 01/20/41  $5,913,406   0.3%
 24,000,000  h 3.500%, 10/15/43   24,671,251   1.4 
 6,000,000  h 4.000%, 10/15/43   6,328,125   0.4 
 7,000,000  h 3.000%, 10/20/43   6,917,968   0.4 
 6,000,000  h 3.500%, 10/20/43   6,189,376   0.4 
      Other   32,486,176   1.8 
                
          355,356,895   20.2 
                
MUNICIPAL BONDS         
          
      State of Georgia         
 6,975,000    4.625%, 02/01/32   6,996,483   0.4 
      Other   59,886,750   3.4 
          66,883,233   3.8 
                
U.S. TREASURY SECURITIES         
          
      United States Treasury Bond         
 15,500,000    5.375%, 02/15/31   19,767,336   1.1 
 14,130,000    4.375%, 05/15/41   15,975,731   0.9 
 6,372,000    3.125%, 02/15/43   5,708,917   0.3 
      United States Treasury Note         
 8,978,000    0.250%, 05/31/15   8,976,249   0.5 
 8,002,000    1.250%, 09/30/15   8,149,541   0.5 
 5,230,000    0.500%, 06/15/16   5,225,094   0.3 
 18,346,000    1.500%, 08/31/18   18,467,836   1.1 
 7,500,000    1.125%, 12/31/19   7,190,625   0.4 
 7,500,000    1.375%, 05/31/20   7,236,915   0.4 
 19,485,000    2.000%, 07/31/20   19,533,712   1.1 
 7,500,000    2.125%, 08/31/20   7,566,210   0.4 
 9,080,000    2.500%, 08/15/23   8,987,784   0.5 
 34,850,000    0.125%–8.000%, 12/31/13–11/15/21   36,028,317   2.1 
      Other   13,944,741   0.8 
          182,759,008   10.4 
                
      TOTAL GOVERNMENT BONDS
(Cost $679,677,190)
   687,085,651   39.2 
                
STRUCTURED ASSETS         
          
ASSET BACKED         
          
      Park Place Securities, Inc Asset-Backed Pass-Through Certificates         
      Series 2005-WCH1 (Class M2)         
 5,380,051  i 0.699%, 01/25/36   5,343,747   0.2 
      Other   83,824,992   4.5 
                
          89,168,739   4.7 
                
OTHER MORTGAGE BACKED   86,338,385   4.9 
          
      TOTAL STRUCTURED ASSETS
(Cost $171,806,691)
   175,507,124   9.6 
                
      TOTAL BONDS
(Cost $1,564,203,446)
   1,575,576,467   89.6 
Shares    Company  Value  % of net
assets
              
PREFERRED STOCKS    
          
DIVERSIFIED FINANCIALS  $1,441,404   0.1%
            
      TOTAL PREFERRED STOCKS
(Cost $1,361,150)
   1,441,404   0.1 
                  
Principal   Issuer           
                
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS         
            
GOVERNMENT AGENCY DEBT         
            
      Federal Home Loan Bank (FHLB)         
$5,200,000    0.020%, 10/25/13   5,199,931   0.3 
 30,000,000    0.025%, 12/20/13   29,998,680   1.7 
 7,000,000    0.040%, 12/27/13   6,999,664   0.4 
      Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp (FHLMC)         
 20,000,000    0.060%, 03/10/14   19,997,340   1.1 
      Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA)         
 34,400,000  d 0.030%, 10/07/13   34,399,828   2.0 
      Other   5,044,608   0.3 
          101,640,051   5.8 
            
TREASURY DEBT           
            
      United States Treasury Bill         
 15,000,000  d 0.020%–0.050%, 10/03/13   14,999,968   0.9 
 23,000,000  d 0.040%–0.055%, 10/10/13   22,999,748   1.3 
 17,900,000  d 0.035%–0.046%, 10/31/13   17,899,460   1.0 
 20,000,000  d 0.031%–0.060%, 11/07/13   19,999,145   1.1 
 8,600,000  d 0.030%–0.050%, 11/21/13   8,599,504   0.5 
 63,000,000  d 0.050%–0.071%, 12/05/13   62,999,433   3.6 
 52,650,000  d 0.040%–0.052%, 12/19/13   52,648,262   3.0 
 8,000,000  d 0.081%, 03/06/14   7,999,480   0.5 
 42,800,000  d 0.103%–0.106%, 08/21/14   42,771,110   2.4 
      United States Treasury Note         
 35,000,000    1.250%, 04/15/14   35,220,115   2.0 
      Other   8,797,897   0.5 
                
          294,934,122   16.8 
                
      TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS
(Cost $396,549,667)
   396,574,173   22.6 
                  
      TOTAL PORTFOLIO
(Cost $2,035,649,563)
   2,047,187,070   116.5 
                
      OTHER ASSETS & LIABILITIES, NET   (289,417,748)  (16.5)
                
      NET ASSETS  $1,757,769,322   100.0%

 

 

 

d All or a portion of these securities have been segregated by the custodian to cover collateral requirements on mortgage dollar rolls.
g Security is exempt from registration under Rule 144(A) of the Securities Act of 1933. Such securities are deemed liquid and may be resold in transactions exempt from registration to qualified institutional buyers. At 9/30/2013, the aggregate value of these securities, including those in “Other,” was $261,870,825 or 14.9% of net assets.
h All or a portion of these securities were purchased on a delayed delivery basis.
i Floating or variable rate security. Coupon rate reflects the rate at period end.

 

“Other” securities represent the aggregate value, by category, of securities that are not among the 50 largest holdings and, in total for any issuer, represent 1% or less of net assets.

 

For ease of presentation, a number of classification categories have been grouped together in the Summary Portfolio of Investments. Note that the Fund uses more specific categories in following its investment limitations on investment concentrations.


 

See notes to financial statements TIAA-CREF Funds: Fixed-Income Funds   ■  2013 Semiannual Report 29
 

Summary portfolio of investments (unaudited)

 

High-Yield Fund  ■  September 30, 2013

 

Principal    Issuer  Value  % of net
assets
                
BANK LOAN OBLIGATIONS       
                
AUTOMOBILES & COMPONENTS  $20,441,653   0.8%
                
CAPITAL GOODS    28,773,872   1.1 
                
COMMERCIAL & PROFESSIONAL SERVICES         
                
      Pilot Corp         
$14,850,000  i 4.250%, 08/07/19   14,837,675   0.6 
                
      Other   9,966,700   0.4 
          24,804,375   1.0 
                
CONSUMER SERVICES         
                
      Peninsula Gaming LLC         
 12,330,492  i 4.250%, 11/20/17   12,349,728   0.5 
                
      Other   37,486,608   1.5 
                
          49,836,336   2.0 
                
ENERGY         
                
      Arch Coal, Inc         
 16,787,565  i 5.750%, 05/16/18   16,273,530   0.6 
                
          16,273,530   0.6 
                
FOOD & STAPLES RETAILING   13,063,820   0.5 
                
FOOD, BEVERAGE & TOBACCO   4,825,922   0.2 
                
HEALTH CARE EQUIPMENT & SERVICES         
                
      Capsugel Holdings US, Inc         
 12,366,343  i 3.500%, 08/01/18   12,281,386   0.5 
                
      Other   30,676,531   1.2 
                
          42,957,917   1.7 
                
 INSURANCE         
      Compass Investors, Inc         
 13,994,250  i 5.000%, 12/27/19   14,011,743   0.6 
          14,011,743   0.6 
                
MATERIALS    8,790,875   0.4 
                
MEDIA    10,314,999   0.4 
                
PHARMACEUTICALS, BIOTECHNOLOGY & LIFE SCIENCES   595,564   0.0 
                
RETAILING          
      Academy Ltd         
 13,835,126  i 4.500%, 08/03/18   13,861,136   0.6 
                
          13,861,136   0.6 
                
SOFTWARE & SERVICES   17,353,372   0.7 
                
TECHNOLOGY HARDWARE & EQUIPMENT         
                
      Scientific Games International, Inc         
 20,000,000  h,i  4.250%, 05/22/20   19,825,000   0.8 
                
          19,825,000   0.8 
                
TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES   3,918,757   0.2 
                
UTILITIES   4,451,659   0.2 
                
      TOTAL BANK LOAN OBLIGATIONS
(Cost $293,235,993)
   294,100,530   11.8 
Principal    Issuer  Value  % of net
assets
                
BONDS       
                
CORPORATE BONDS       
                
AUTOMOBILES & COMPONENTS  $13,258,000   0.5%
                
BANKS   58,951,602   2.4 
                
CAPITAL GOODS   92,170,580   3.7 
                
COMMERCIAL & PROFESSIONAL SERVICES         
                
      RR Donnelley & Sons Co         
$12,825,000    7.875%, 03/15/21   13,754,812   0.5 
      SPL Logistics Escrow LLC         
 21,200,000  g 8.875%, 08/01/20   22,207,000   0.9 
      Other   45,552,244   1.8 
                
          81,514,056   3.2 
                
CONSUMER DURABLES & APPAREL         
                
      Libbey Glass, Inc         
 12,403,000    6.875%, 05/15/20   13,209,195   0.5 
      Other   17,067,187   0.7 
                
          30,276,382   1.2 
                
CONSUMER SERVICES         
                
      Boyd Gaming Corp         
 11,227,000    9.000%, 07/01/20   12,181,295   0.5 
      MGM Resorts International         
 12,500,000    7.750%, 03/15/22   13,546,875   0.5 
                
      Six Flags Entertainment Corp         
 14,435,000  g 5.250%, 01/15/21   13,749,338   0.6 
      Other   53,130,569   2.1 
                
          92,608,077   3.7 
                
DIVERSIFIED FINANCIALS         
                
      ILFC E-Capital Trust I         
 16,068,000  g,i 5.350%, 12/21/65   13,738,140   0.5 
      International Lease Finance Corp         
 14,000,000    5.875%, 08/15/22   13,790,000   0.6 
 23,332,000    4.625%-8.750%, 03/15/17-04/15/21   23,860,092   1.0 
      SLM Corp         
 19,325,000    5.500%, 01/15/19   19,136,736   0.8 
      Other   69,344,520   2.8 
                
          139,869,488   5.7 
                
ENERGY         
                
      Drill Rigs Holdings, Inc         
 12,450,000  g 6.500%, 10/01/17   12,854,625   0.5 
      EP Energy LLC         
 11,000,000    9.375%, 05/01/20   12,375,000   0.5 
      Exterran Partners LP         
 12,900,000  g 6.000%, 04/01/21   12,513,000   0.5 
      Halcon Resources Corp         
 13,300,000    8.875%, 05/15/21   13,632,500   0.5 
      Oasis Petroleum, Inc         
 13,900,000  g 6.875%, 03/15/22   14,664,500   0.6 
      Whiting Petroleum Corp         
 30,900,000    5.000%, 03/15/19   30,977,250   1.2 
      Other   229,525,181   9.2 
                
          326,542,056   13.0 


 

30 2013 Semiannual Report   ■  TIAA-CREF Funds: Fixed-Income Funds See notes to financial statements
 
Summary portfolio of investments (unaudited) continued

 

High-Yield Fund  ■  September 30, 2013

 

Principal    Issuer  Value  % of net
assets
                
FOOD & STAPLES RETAILING         
                
      Ingles Markets, Inc         
$15,000,000  g 5.750%, 06/15/23  $14,475,000   0.6%
      Other   17,012,500   0.7 
                
          31,487,500   1.3 
                
FOOD, BEVERAGE & TOBACCO         
                
      Post Holdings, Inc         
 12,185,000    7.375%, 02/15/22   12,809,481   0.5 
      Other   20,682,907   0.8 
                
          33,492,388   1.3 
                
HEALTH CARE EQUIPMENT & SERVICES         
                
      CHS/Community Health Systems         
 14,950,000    8.000%, 11/15/19   15,678,812   0.6 
      HCA, Inc         
 13,600,000    7.500%, 02/15/22   14,926,000   0.6 
 15,000,000    5.875%, 05/01/23   14,737,500   0.6 
      Tenet Healthcare Corp         
 17,400,000  g 8.125%, 04/01/22   18,161,250   0.7 
      Other   74,241,882   3.0 
                
          137,745,444   5.5 
                
HOUSEHOLD & PERSONAL PRODUCTS         
                
      Reynolds Group Issuer, Inc         
 13,125,000    5.750%, 10/15/20   13,174,219   0.5 
      Other   20,701,000   0.9 
                
          33,875,219   1.4 
                
INSURANCE   25,587,170   1.0 
                
MATERIALS         
                
      Eldorado Gold Corp         
 14,400,000  g 6.125%, 12/15/20   13,896,000   0.6 
      Hexion US Finance Corp         
 24,280,000    6.625%, 04/15/20   24,280,000   1.0 
      Other   107,980,594   4.3 
                
          146,156,594   5.9 
                
MEDIA         
                
      Clear Channel Worldwide Holdings, Inc         
 13,110,000    7.625%, 03/15/20   13,536,075   0.5 
      DISH DBS Corp         
 13,900,000    4.250%, 04/01/18   13,917,375   0.6 
      PNK Finance Corp         
 14,250,000  g 6.375%, 08/01/21   14,535,000   0.6 
      Sirius XM Radio, Inc         
 15,400,000  g 5.875%, 10/01/20   15,534,750   0.6 
      Unitymedia Hessen GmbH & Co KG         
 13,100,000  g 5.500%, 01/15/23   12,412,250   0.5 
      Other   137,996,693   5.5 
                
          207,932,143   8.3 
                
PHARMACEUTICALS, BIOTECHNOLOGY & LIFE SCIENCES         
                
      Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc         
 14,200,400  g 6.375%, 10/15/20   14,768,416   0.6 
      Other   33,795,968   1.4 
                
          48,564,384   2.0 
Principal    Issuer  Value  % of net
assets
                  
RETAILING           
                  
      Asbury Automotive Group, Inc         
$12,500,000    8.375%, 11/15/20  $13,781,250   0.6%
      BC Mountain LLC         
 13,700,000  g 7.000%, 02/01/21   13,597,250   0.5 
      Schaeffler Holding Finance BV         
 12,275,000  g,o  6.875%, 08/15/18   12,858,062   0.5 
      Other   73,818,795   2.9 
                
          114,055,357   4.5 
                
SOFTWARE & SERVICES         
                
      BMC Software Finance, Inc        
 12,575,000  g 8.125%, 07/15/21   13,046,563   0.5 
      Other   52,243,788   2.0 
                
          65,290,351   2.5 
                
TECHNOLOGY HARDWARE & EQUIPMENT   32,912,978   1.3 
                
TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES         
                
      CenturyLink, Inc         
 26,100,000    5.625%–7.650%, 04/01/20–03/15/42   25,043,375   1.0 
      Intelsat Jackson Holdings S.A.         
 29,137,000    5.500%–7.500%, 04/01/19–08/01/23   29,388,835   1.2 
      Lynx II Corp         
 16,200,000  g 6.375%, 04/15/23   16,119,000   0.6 
      Sprint Corp         
 12,825,000  g 7.250%, 09/15/21   12,953,250   0.5 
 15,000,000  g 7.875%, 09/15/23   15,300,000   0.6 
      Sprint Nextel Corp         
 16,375,000    6.000%, 11/15/22   15,065,000   0.6 
      Wind Acquisition Finance S.A.         
 13,786,000  g 7.250%, 02/15/18   14,268,510   0.6 
      Other   125,886,153   5.0 
                
          254,024,123   10.1 
                
TRANSPORTATION     57,978,643   2.3 
                
UTILITIES              
      AES Corp         
 11,145,000    7.375%, 07/01/21   12,259,500   0.5 
      NRG Energy, Inc         
 11,320,000    7.875%, 05/15/21   12,112,400   0.5 
      Other   82,944,873   3.3 
                
          107,316,773   4.3 
                
      TOTAL CORPORATE BONDS
(Cost $2,121,393,712)
   2,131,609,308   85.1 
                
      TOTAL BONDS
(Cost $2,121,393,712)
   2,131,609,308   85.1 
                  
 Shares    Company           
                  
PREFERRED STOCKS         
                  
BANKS     4,060,800   0.2 
                  
DIVERSIFIED FINANCIALS   3,215,754   0.1 
                  
      TOTAL PREFERRED STOCKS
(Cost $7,561,000)
   7,276,554   0.3 


 

See notes to financial statements TIAA-CREF Funds: Fixed-Income Funds   ■  2013 Semiannual Report 31
 
Summary portfolio of investments (unaudited) concluded

 

High-Yield Fund  ■  September 30, 2013

 

Principal   Issuer  Value  % of net
assets
                
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS      
                
GOVERNMENT AGENCY DEBT          
                
     Federal Home Loan Bank (FHLB)         
$47,500,000   0.025%, 12/06/13  $47,498,242   1.9%
     Other   5,924,877   0.2 
                
         53,423,119   2.1 
                
TREASURY DEBT         
                
     United States Treasury Bill         
 16,000,000   0.047%, 12/19/13   15,999,472   0.7 
                
         15,999,472   0.7 
                
     TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS
(Cost $69,421,049)
   69,422,591   2.8 
                
     TOTAL PORTFOLIO
(Cost $2,491,611,754)
   2,502,408,983   100.0 
                
     OTHER ASSETS & LIABILITIES, NET   1,054,111   0.0 
                
     NET ASSETS  $2,503,463,094   100.0%

 

 

 

g Security is exempt from registration under Rule 144(A) of the Securities Act of 1933. Such securities are deemed liquid and may be resold in transactions exempt from registration to qualified institutional buyers. At 9/30/2013, the aggregate value of these securities, including those in “Other,” was $799,883,353 or 32.0% of net assets.
h All or a portion of these securities were purchased on a delayed delivery.
i Floating or variable rate security. Coupon rate reflects the rate at period end.
o Payment in Kind Bond.

 

“Other” securities represent the aggregate value, by category, of securities that are not among the 50 largest holdings and, in total for any issuer, represent 1% or less of net assets.

 

For ease of presentation, a number of classification categories have been grouped together in the Summary Portfolio of Investments. Note that the Fund uses more specific categories in following its investment limitations on investment concentrations.


 

32 2013 Semiannual Report   ■  TIAA-CREF Funds: Fixed-Income Funds See notes to financial statements
 

Portfolio of investments (unaudited)

 

Inflation-Linked Bond Fund  ■  September 30, 2013

 

Principal    Issuer  Value  % of net
assets
                
GOVERNMENT BONDS         
                
U.S. TREASURY SECURITIES         
      United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds
$25,477,535  k 2.000%, 07/15/14  $26,120,435   1.5%
 54,528,380  k 1.625%, 01/15/15   56,351,700   3.2 
 58,950,882  k 0.500%, 04/15/15   60,221,981   3.4 
 42,474,492  k 1.875%, 07/15/15   44,843,762   2.6 
 44,169,808  k 2.000%, 01/15/16   47,237,533   2.7 
 89,840,564  k 0.125%, 04/15/16   92,198,879   5.3 
 42,037,221  k 2.500%, 07/15/16   46,385,467   2.6 
 38,604,836  k 2.375%, 01/15/17   42,818,207   2.4 
 98,462,775  k 0.125%, 04/15/17   101,532,056   5.8 
 30,947,088  k 2.625%, 07/15/17   35,115,289   2.0 
 32,968,911  k 1.625%, 01/15/18   36,232,306   2.1 
 26,778,780  k 0.125%, 04/15/18   27,586,321   1.6 
 31,767,390  k 1.375%, 07/15/18   34,869,666   2.0 
 30,895,936  k 2.125%, 01/15/19   35,066,887   2.0 
 34,911,272  k 1.875%, 07/15/19   39,547,908   2.3 
 41,317,335  k 1.375%, 01/15/20   45,319,952   2.6 
 63,830,658  k 1.250%, 07/15/20   69,834,698   4.0 
 70,563,935  k 1.125%, 01/15/21   75,977,530   4.3 
 69,369,663  k 0.625%, 07/15/21   72,204,039   4.1 
 73,289,355  k 0.125%, 01/15/22   72,367,521   4.1 
 101,578,000  k 0.125%, 07/15/22   100,054,330   5.7 
 61,732,000  k 0.125%, 01/15/23   60,053,630   3.4 
 18,067,680  k 0.375%, 07/15/23   17,974,523   1.0 
 59,922,211  k 2.375%, 01/15/25   71,518,118   4.1 
 40,081,188  k 2.000%, 01/15/26   46,240,544   2.6 
 32,442,227  k 2.375%, 01/15/27   39,039,645   2.2 
 34,594,611  k 1.750%, 01/15/28   38,737,869   2.2 
 36,198,682  k 3.625%, 04/15/28   50,044,678   2.8 
 35,022,720  k 2.500%, 01/15/29   43,047,861   2.5 
 42,611,149  k 3.875%, 04/15/29   61,080,440   3.5 
 12,803,559  k 3.375%, 04/15/32   17,924,982   1.0 
 19,997,117  k 2.125%, 02/15/40   23,662,209   1.3 
 26,418,464  k 2.125%, 02/15/41   31,291,428   1.8 
 44,142,406  k 0.750%, 02/15/42   37,779,675   2.2 
 33,020,325  k 0.625%, 02/15/43   27,071,515   1.5 
                
      United States Treasury Note         
 13,000,000    1.750%, 05/15/23   12,046,333   0.7 
                
          1,739,399,917   99.1 
                
      TOTAL GOVERNMENT BONDS
(Cost $1,684,440,588)
   1,739,399,917   99.1 
Principal   Issuer  Value  % of net
assets
                
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS       
                
GOVERNMENT AGENCY DEBT       
                
    Federal Home Loan Bank (FHLB)       
$5,000,000   0.035%, 12/02/13  $4,999,830   0.3%
                
         4,999,830   0.3 
                
     TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS
(Cost $4,999,699)
   4,999,830   0.3 
                
     TOTAL PORTFOLIO
(Cost $1,689,440,287)
   1,744,399,747   99.4 
                
     OTHER ASSETS & LIABILITIES, NET   11,519,495   0.6 
                
     NET ASSETS  $1,755,919,242   100.0%

 

 

 

k Principal amount for interest accrual purposes is periodically adjusted based on changes in the Consumer Price Index.


 

See notes to financial statements TIAA-CREF Funds: Fixed-Income Funds   ■  2013 Semiannual Report 33
 

Summary portfolio of investments (unaudited)

 

Short-Term Bond Fund  ■  September 30, 2013

 

Principal    Issuer  Value   % of net
assets
                 
BANK LOAN OBLIGATIONS        
                 
CAPITAL GOODS  $1,479,443    0.1%
                 
CONSUMER DURABLES & APPAREL   391,665    0.0 
                 
CONSUMER SERVICES   900,279    0.1 
                 
DIVERSIFIED FINANCIALS   1,935,371    0.2 
                 
FOOD, BEVERAGE & TOBACCO   3,545,339    0.3 
                 
MEDIA   2,281,709    0.2 
                 
      TOTAL BANK LOAN OBLIGATIONS
(Cost $10,544,024)
   10,533,806    0.9 
                 
BONDS          
                 
CORPORATE BONDS          
                 
BANKS          
                 
      Australia & New Zealand Banking Group Ltd          
$7,000,000  g 2.400%, 11/23/16   7,261,800    0.6 
      Banco del Estado de Chile          
 5,825,000  g 2.000%, 11/09/17   5,683,272    0.5 
      Bank Nederlandse Gemeenten          
 7,000,000  g 1.375%, 03/19/18   6,887,916    0.6 
      Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB          
 9,000,000  g 1.375%, 05/29/18   8,820,000    0.7 
      Toronto-Dominion Bank          
 12,000,000  g 2.200%, 07/29/15   12,361,200    1.1 
      Westpac Banking Corp          
 6,000,000  g 2.450%, 11/28/16   6,236,400    0.5 
      Other   59,877,057    5.2 
                 
          107,127,645    9.2 
                 
CAPITAL GOODS   7,427,587    0.7 
                 
COMMERCIAL & PROFESSIONAL SERVICES   1,033,416    0.1 
                 
CONSUMER DURABLES & APPAREL   2,682,510    0.2 
                 
CONSUMER SERVICES   3,134,668    0.3 
                 
DIVERSIFIED FINANCIALS          
                 
      Bank of America Corp          
 9,350,000    2.000%, 01/11/18   9,195,267    0.8 
      Caisse Centrale Desjardins du Quebec          
 8,000,000  g 1.600%, 03/06/17   8,097,600    0.7 
      JPMorgan Chase & Co          
 10,000,000    0.800%, 04/23/15   9,979,250    0.9 
      Other   64,438,871    5.5 
                 
          91,710,988    7.9 
                 
ENERGY          
                 
      Gazprom OAO Via Gaz Capital S.A.          
 5,350,000  g 4.950%, 05/23/16   5,644,250    0.5 
      Other   31,896,845    2.7 
                 
          37,541,095    3.2 
                 
FOOD & STAPLES RETAILING   1,118,416    0.1 
                 
FOOD, BEVERAGE & TOBACCO   15,272,953    1.3 
                 
HEALTH CARE EQUIPMENT & SERVICES   7,642,317    0.7 
Principal    Issuer  Value   % of net
assets
                 
HOUSEHOLD & PERSONAL PRODUCTS  $1,416,488    0.1%
                 
INSURANCE   13,305,543    1.2 
                 
MATERIALS   16,034,739    1.4 
                 
MEDIA   17,228,899    1.5 
                 
PHARMACEUTICALS, BIOTECHNOLOGY & LIFE SCIENCES   10,118,662    0.9 
                 
REAL ESTATE   1,593,773    0.1 
                 
RETAILING   11,484,936    1.0 
                 
SOFTWARE & SERVICES   4,773,092    0.4 
                 
TECHNOLOGY HARDWARE & EQUIPMENT   11,085,004    1.0 
                 
TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES          
                 
      Verizon Communications, Inc          
$5,675,000    3.650%, 09/14/18   5,979,708    0.5 
      Other   15,925,604    1.4 
                 
          21,905,312    1.9 
                 
TRANSPORTATION   5,022,289    0.4 
                 
UTILITIES   28,832,620    2.5 
                 
      TOTAL CORPORATE BONDS
(Cost $415,424,937)
   417,492,952    36.1 
                 
GOVERNMENT BONDS          
                 
AGENCY SECURITIES          
                 
      Hospital for Special Surgery          
 6,285,004  g 3.500%, 01/01/23   6,613,597    0.5 
      KE Export Leasing          
 19,592,492  i 0.523%, 05/19/24   19,514,102    1.7 
      Private Export Funding Corp (PEFCO)          
 6,000,000    1.375%, 02/15/17   6,046,644    0.5 
      Other   1,014,832    0.1 
                 
          33,189,175    2.8 
                 
FOREIGN GOVERNMENT BONDS          
                 
      Carpintero Finance Ltd          
 7,360,416   g,m   2.581%, 11/11/24   7,238,750    0.6 
      International Finance Facility for Immunisation          
 20,000,000  g,i 0.434%, 07/05/16   20,006,118    1.7 
      Kommunalbanken AS.          
 5,000,000  g 0.875%, 10/03/16   4,993,500    0.5 
      Korea Development Bank          
 6,000,000    1.500%, 01/22/18   5,782,908    0.5 
      Spain Government International Bond          
 7,000,000  g 4.000%, 03/06/18   7,114,100    0.6 
      Other   44,856,623    3.9 
                 
          89,991,999    7.8 
                 
MORTGAGE BACKED   16,687,093    1.4 
                 
MUNICIPAL BONDS          
                 
      Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund Finance Corp          
 5,000,000    1.298%, 07/01/16   4,977,700    0.4 
      Other   519,570    0.1 
                 
          5,497,270    0.5 


 

34 2013 Semiannual Report   ■  TIAA-CREF Funds: Fixed-Income Funds See notes to financial statements
 
Summary portfolio of investments (unaudited) concluded

 

Short-Term Bond Fund  ■  September 30, 2013

 

 Principal    Issuer   Value    % of net
assets
                 
U.S. TREASURY SECURITIES          
                 
      United States Treasury Note          
$29,700,000    1.250%, 04/15/14  $29,886,783    2.6%
 6,680,000    0.250%, 11/30/14   6,687,568    0.6 
 5,745,000    0.250%, 02/28/15   5,748,815    0.5 
 21,460,000    0.250%, 05/31/15   21,455,815    1.9 
 35,790,000  l 0.500%, 06/15/16   35,756,429    3.1 
 26,315,000    0.625%, 08/15/16   26,331,447    2.3 
 36,000,000    0.875%, 09/15/16   36,264,385    3.1 
 6,338,300    1.500%, 08/31/18   6,380,393    0.5 
 13,255,800    0.250%–2.625%, 06/30/14–01/31/18   13,343,126    1.1 
                 
          181,854,761    15.7 
                 
      TOTAL GOVERNMENT BONDS
(Cost $326,532,326)
   327,220,298    28.2 
                 
STRUCTURED ASSETS          
                 
ASSET BACKED          
                 
      Ally Master Owner Trust          
      Series 2010-2 (Class A)          
 8,000,000  g 4.250%, 04/15/17   8,367,760    0.7 
      Cabela’s Master Credit Card Trust          
      Series 2011-2A (Class A1)          
 4,965,000  g 2.390%, 06/17/19   5,126,199    0.4 
      Capital Auto Receivables Asset Trust          
      Series 2013-1 (Class A4)          
 7,500,000    0.970%, 01/22/18   7,462,905    0.7 
      CarMax Auto Owner Trust          
      Series 2012-2 (Class B)          
 5,870,000    1.730%, 02/15/18   5,946,774    0.5 
      CNH Equipment Trust          
      Series 2011-C (Class A4)          
 6,000,000    1.550%, 11/15/17   6,089,592    0.5 
      Entergy Louisiana Investment Recovery Funding I LLC          
      Series 2011-A (Class A1)          
 8,724,374    2.040%, 09/01/23   8,749,588    0.8 
      Ford Credit Floorplan Master Owner Trust          
      Series 2010-3 (Class A1)          
 6,485,000  g 4.200%, 02/15/17   6,785,923    0.6 
      GE Capital Credit Card Master Note Trust          
      Series 2010-2 (Class A)          
 7,435,000    4.470%, 03/15/20   8,213,898    0.7 
      Hyundai Auto Receivables Trust          
      Series 2013-A (Class C)          
 8,000,000    1.350%, 06/17/19   7,842,216    0.7 
      Santander Drive Auto Receivables Trust          
      Series 2012-2 (Class B)          
 5,000,000    2.090%, 08/15/16   5,048,270    0.4 
      SLM Student Loan Trust          
      Series 2012-B (Class A2)          
 7,800,000  g 3.480%, 10/15/30   8,174,891    0.7 
      Series 2012-A (Class A2)          
 9,000,000  g 3.830%, 01/17/45   9,397,197    0.8 
      Volvo Financial Equipment LLC          
      Series 2013-1A (Class A4)          
 7,000,000  g 0.970%, 08/15/19   6,939,443    0.6 
      Other   99,696,432    8.6 
                 
          193,841,088    16.7 
Principal   Issuer  Value   % of net
assets
           
OTHER MORTGAGE BACKED          
           
     Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust          
     Series 2012-GC8 (Class A2)          
$5,000,000   1.813%, 09/10/45  $5,006,730    0.4%
     Credit Suisse Mortgage Capital Certificates          
     Series 2006-C4 (Class AM)          
 9,000,000   5.509%, 09/15/39   9,615,069    0.8 
     GS Mortgage Securities Trust          
     Series 2013-GC10 (Class A2)          
 8,750,000   1.840%, 02/10/46   8,708,463    0.8 
     JP Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust          
     Series 2006-LDP9 (Class A1A)          
 9,541,537   5.257%, 05/15/47   10,231,638    0.9 
     LB-UBS Commercial Mortgage Trust          
     Series 2007-C2 (Class AM)          
 5,000,000 i 5.493%, 02/15/40   5,161,915    0.4 
     Wachovia Bank Commercial Mortgage Trust          
     Series 2007-C30 (Class AM)          
 8,655,000   5.383%, 12/15/43   9,214,044    0.8 
     Other   19,202,927    1.7 
                
         67,140,786    5.8 
                
     TOTAL STRUCTURED ASSETS
(Cost $261,776,042)
   260,981,874    22.5 
                
     TOTAL BONDS
(Cost $1,003,733,305)
   1,005,695,124    86.8 
                
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS          
                
GOVERNMENT AGENCY DEBT          
                
     Federal Home Loan Bank (FHLB)          
 26,500,000   0.020%, 12/06/13   26,499,020    2.3 
                
         26,499,020    2.3 
                
TREASURY DEBT          
                
     United States Treasury Bill          
 50,000,000   0.070%, 01/30/14   49,998,750    4.3 
     United States Treasury Note          
 50,000,000   1.750%, 03/31/14   50,419,900    4.4 
                
         100,418,650    8.7 
                
     TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS
(Cost $126,906,594)
   126,917,670    11.0 
                
     TOTAL PORTFOLIO
(Cost $1,141,183,923)
   1,143,146,600    98.7 
                
     OTHER ASSETS & LIABILITIES, NET   15,228,573    1.3 
                
     NET ASSETS  $1,158,375,173    100.0%

 

 

 

g Security is exempt from registration under Rule 144(A) of the Securities Act of 1933. Such securities are deemed liquid and may be resold in transactions exempt from registration to qualified institutional buyers. At 9/30/2013, the aggregate value of these securities, including those in “Other,” was $281,636,843 or 24.3% of net assets.
i Floating or variable rate security. Coupon rate reflects the rate at period end.
l All or a portion of these securities have been segregated by the custodian to cover collateral requirements on swap agreements.
m Indicates a security that has been deemed illiquid.

 

“Other” securities represent the aggregate value, by category, of securities that are not among the 50 largest holdings and, in total for any issuer, represent 1% or less of net assets.

 

For ease of presentation, a number of classification categories have been grouped together in the Summary Portfolio of Investments. Note that the Fund uses more specific categories in following its investment limitations on investment concentrations.


 

See notes to financial statements TIAA-CREF Funds: Fixed-Income Funds  ■  2013 Semiannual Report 35
 

Summary portfolio of investments (unaudited)

 

Social Choice Bond Fund  ■  September 30, 2013

 

Principal    Issuer  Value   % of net
assets
         
BANK LOAN OBLIGATIONS        
           
MEDIA  $248,367    0.4%
                 
      TOTAL BANK LOAN OBLIGATIONS
(Cost $249,450)
   248,367    0.4 
                 
BONDS          
                 
CORPORATE BONDS          
                 
BANKS          
                 
      BB&T Corp          
$500,000    2.050%, 06/19/18   497,995    0.7 
      Cooperatieve Centrale Raiffeisen-Boerenleenbank BA          
 750,000    0.732%–3.950%, 03/18/16–11/09/22   737,554    1.1 
      Discover Bank          
 500,000    4.200%, 08/08/23   498,491    0.7 
      First Niagara Financial Group, Inc          
 515,000    6.750%, 03/19/20   596,920    0.9 
      HSBC Bank plc          
 500,000  g,i 0.904%, 05/15/18   500,464    0.7 
      Huntington Bancshares, Inc          
 500,000    2.600%, 08/02/18   500,225    0.7 
      Huntington National Bank          
 500,000    1.350%, 08/02/16   499,668    0.7 
      National City Bank          
 500,000  i 0.604%, 12/15/16   492,818    0.7 
      People’s United Financial, Inc          
 507,000    3.650%, 12/06/22   483,053    0.7 
      Regions Financial Corp          
 500,000    2.000%, 05/15/18   485,329    0.7 
      Royal Bank of Canada          
 500,000    2.200%, 07/27/18   501,597    0.8 
      Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB          
 500,000  g 1.375%, 05/29/18   490,000    0.7 
      Toronto-Dominion Bank          
 500,000  i 0.815%, 04/30/18   501,135    0.7 
      Other   2,981,940    4.4 
                 
          9,767,189    14.2 
                 
CAPITAL GOODS   1,470,451    2.1 
                 
CONSUMER DURABLES & APPAREL   477,649    0.7 
                 
CONSUMER SERVICES   238,437    0.4 
                 
DIVERSIFIED FINANCIALS          
                 
      Charles Schwab Corp          
 500,000    2.200%, 07/25/18   504,270    0.7 
      Ford Motor Credit Co LLC          
 500,000  i 1.516%, 05/09/16   506,811    0.8 
 500,000    2.375%, 01/16/18   496,066    0.7 
 500,000    4.375%, 08/06/23   500,283    0.7 
      Nissan Motor Acceptance Corp          
 500,000  g 2.650%, 09/26/18   501,401    0.7 
      State Street Corp          
 500,000    1.350%, 05/15/18   487,472    0.7 
      Other   1,688,487    2.5 
                 
          4,684,790    6.8 
                 

 

Principal   Issuer   Value    % of net
assets
           
ENERGY          
           
     Northern Natural Gas Co          
$ 500,000  g 4.100%, 09/15/42  $440,430    0.6%
     Statoil ASA          
 500,000   2.650%, 01/15/24   462,409    0.7 
     Other   478,454    0.7 
                
         1,381,293    2.0 
                
FOOD, BEVERAGE & TOBACCO   500,306    0.7 
                
HEALTH CARE EQUIPMENT & SERVICES          
                
     Edwards Lifesciences Corp          
 500,000  h 2.875%, 10/15/18   498,031    0.7 
                
         498,031    0.7 
                
HOUSEHOLD & PERSONAL PRODUCTS   225,207    0.3 
                
INSURANCE          
                
     Prudential Financial, Inc          
 500,000   2.300%, 08/15/18   504,375    0.7 
     Other   938,592    1.4 
                
         1,442,967    2.1 
                
MATERIALS   48,444    0.1 
                
PHARMACEUTICALS, BIOTECHNOLOGY & LIFE SCIENCES   1,451,348    2.1 
                
REAL ESTATE          
                
     Federal Realty Investment Trust          
 500,000   5.950%, 08/15/14   521,366    0.8 
 500,000   2.750%, 06/01/23   447,794    0.6 
     Other   960,593    1.4 
                
         1,929,753    2.8 
                
RETAILING   245,959    0.4 
                
TECHNOLOGY HARDWARE & EQUIPMENT   246,461    0.4 
                
TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES          
                
     Sprint Corp          
 500,000  g 7.250%, 09/15/21   505,000    0.7 
     Other   612,119    0.9 
                
         1,117,119    1.6 
                
TRANSPORTATION   241,757    0.4 
                
UTILITIES          
                
     Northeast Utilities          
 500,000   2.800%, 05/01/23   461,791    0.7 
     Other   1,840,860    2.7 
                
         2,302,651    3.4 
                
     TOTAL CORPORATE BONDS
(Cost $28,901,981)
   28,269,812    41.2 
                
GOVERNMENT BONDS          
                
AGENCY SECURITIES          
                
     Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp (FHLMC)          
 500,000   1.000%, 09/29/17   495,751    0.7 
     KE Export Leasing          
 724,997   0.492%–0.523%, 05/19/24–02/28/25   720,157    1.1 


     
36 2013 Semiannual Report  ■  TIAA-CREF Funds: Fixed-Income Funds See notes to financial statements
 
Summary portfolio of investments (unaudited) concluded

 

Social Choice Bond Fund  ■  September 30, 2013

 

Principal   Issuer  Value   % of net
assets
                
AGENCY SECURITIES—continued          
                
     Overseas Private Investment Corp (OPIC)          
$1,117,752   0.000%–3.938%, 04/30/15–12/20/32  $1,111,108    1.6%
     United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)          
 945,000   2.050%–4.140%, 08/01/14–08/01/20   961,059    1.4 
     Other   427,211    0.6 
                
         3,715,286    5.4 
                
FOREIGN GOVERNMENT BONDS          
                
     European Bank for Reconstruction & Development          
 500,000   1.625%, 04/10/18   505,430    0.7 
     International Bank for Reconstruction & Development          
 500,000   0.375%, 08/24/15   499,657    0.7 
     International Finance Corp          
 500,000   0.500%, 05/16/16   497,384    0.7 
     International Finance Facility for Immunisation          
 500,000  g,i 0.434%, 07/05/16   500,153    0.7 
     Other   2,755,466    4.0 
                
         4,758,090    6.8 
                
MORTGAGE BACKED          
                
     Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA)          
 410,306   3.500%, 11/01/25   434,243    0.6 
 872,009   3.000%, 05/01/27   905,114    1.3 
 1,197,577   2.500%, 10/01/27   1,205,386    1.8 
 1,294,116   4.500%, 08/01/39   1,396,959    2.0 
 719,378   4.500%, 04/01/40   776,516    1.1 
 901,416   4.000%, 10/01/40   952,325    1.4 
 894,072   3.500%, 08/01/42   912,806    1.3 
 1,979,564   3.500%–6.000%, 10/01/19–01/01/43   2,128,817    3.2 
     Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA)          
 725,695   4.000%, 05/20/42   769,565    1.1 
 979,791   3.000%, 02/20/43   970,030    1.4 
 942,213   4.000%–5.000%, 10/20/39–06/20/42   1,018,787    1.5 
                
         11,470,548    16.7 
                
MUNICIPAL BONDS          
                
     California Pollution Control Financing Authority          
 500,000   5.000%, 07/01/37   470,190    0.7 
     Commonwealth of Massachusetts          
 500,000   5.000%, 08/01/33   536,420    0.8 
     Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund Finance Corp          
 500,000   1.298%, 07/01/16   497,770    0.7 
     Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority Industrial Development Corp          
 500,000   1.909%, 04/15/18   494,120    0.7 
     Other   4,915,565    7.2 
                
         6,914,065    10.1 
                
U.S. TREASURY SECURITIES          
                
     United States Treasury Note          
 1,500,000   1.375%, 09/30/18   1,498,945    2.2 
 450,000   1.875%, 06/30/20   447,926    0.7 
 1,170,000   2.500%, 08/15/23   1,158,117    1.7 
 905,000   0.250%–1.500%, 05/31/15–08/31/18   907,779    1.3 
     Other   212,188    0.3 
                
         4,224,955    6.2 
                
     TOTAL GOVERNMENT BONDS
(Cost $31,786,274)
   31,082,944    45.2 
Principal   Issuer  Value   % of net
assets
             
STRUCTURED ASSETS          
           
ASSET BACKED          
           
     Hertz Vehicle Financing LLC          
     Series 2010-1A (Class B3)          
$500,000  g  6.440%, 02/25/19  $565,715    0.9%
     Other   1,324,375    1.9 
                
         1,890,090    2.8 
                
OTHER MORTGAGE BACKED          
                
     Banc of America Commercial Mortgage Trust          
     Series 2006-6 (Class AM)          
 500,000   5.390%, 10/10/45   530,930    0.8 
     LB-UBS Commercial Mortgage Trust          
     Series 2007-C2 (Class AM)          
 500,000  i 5.493%, 02/15/40   516,192    0.8 
     Other   2,839,893    4.1 
                
         3,887,015    5.7 
                
     TOTAL STRUCTURED ASSETS
(Cost $5,933,722)
   5,777,105    8.5 
                
     TOTAL BONDS
(Cost $66,621,977)
   65,129,861    94.9 
                
 Shares   Company            
                
PREFERRED STOCKS          
                
BANKS   250,355    0.4 
                
     TOTAL PREFERRED STOCKS
(Cost $255,625)
   250,355    0.4 
                
     TOTAL PORTFOLIO
(Cost $67,127,052)
   65,628,583    95.7 
                
     OTHER ASSETS & LIABILITIES, NET   2,936,916    4.3 
                
     NET ASSETS  $68,565,499    100.0%
 
g Security is exempt from registration under Rule 144(A) of the Securities Act of 1933. Such securities are deemed liquid and may be resold in transactions exempt from registration to qualified institutional buyers. At 9/30/2013, the aggregate value of these securities, including those in “Other,” was $9,614,128 or 14.0% of net assets.
h All or a portion of these securities were purchased on a delayed delivery basis.
i Floating or variable rate security. Coupon rate reflects the rate at period end.

 

“Other” securities represent the aggregate value, by category, of securities that are not among the 50 largest holdings and, in total for any issuer, represent 1% or less of net assets.

 

For ease of presentation, a number of classification categories have been grouped together in the Summary Portfolio of Investments. Note that the Fund uses more specific categories in following its investment limitations on investment concentrations.


     
See notes to financial statements TIAA-CREF Funds: Fixed-Income Funds  ■  2013 Semiannual Report 37
 

Summary portfolio of investments (unaudited)

 

Tax-Exempt Bond Fund  ■  September 30, 2013

 

Principal   Issuer  Value   % of net
assets
 
LONG-TERM MUNICIPAL BONDS           
             
ALABAMA  $1,189,451    0.3%
             
ARIZONA          
     City of Tucson AZ, GO          
$2,000,000   5.000%, 07/01/20   2,321,940    0.7 
     Other   5,827,806    1.6 
             
         8,149,746    2.3 
 
ARKANSAS   1,157,770    0.3 
             
CALIFORNIA          
     California State Department of Water Resources          
 2,000,000   5.000%, 05/01/20   2,380,280    0.6 
     East Side Union High School District-
Santa Clara County, GO
          
 2,500,000   5.250%, 02/01/23   2,882,050    0.8 
     State of California, GO          
 3,000,000   5.000%, 02/01/18   3,468,330    0.9 
 5,000,000   5.000%, 10/01/18   5,849,550    1.6 
 2,000,000   5.000%, 02/01/22   2,340,940    0.6 
 2,000,000   5.000%, 04/01/22   2,340,480    0.6 
 2,000,000   5.250%, 10/01/22   2,385,480    0.7 
 3,000,000   5.000%, 02/01/23   3,492,870    1.0 
 4,000,000   5.000%, 09/01/23   4,666,440    1.3 
     Other   18,877,225    5.3 
             
         48,683,645    13.4 
 
COLORADO   5,926,002    1.6 
             
CONNECTICUT          
     State of Connecticut          
 3,000,000 i 0.950%, 08/15/18   2,997,210    0.8 
 3,000,000 i 1.090%, 08/15/20   2,994,390    0.8 
     State of Connecticut Special Tax Revenue          
 4,000,000   5.000%, 01/01/33   4,287,160    1.2 
     Other   5,703,140    1.6 
                
         15,981,900    4.4 
 
DELAWARE   861,557    0.2 
 
FLORIDA   5,887,486    1.6 
 
GEORGIA          
     City of Atlanta GA Water & Wastewater Revenue          
 2,500,000   5.000%, 11/01/23   2,891,975    0.8 
     Other   7,825,069    2.2 
                
         10,717,044    3.0 
 
HAWAII   2,685,833    0.7 
 
ILLINOIS          
     Chicago Board of Education          
 3,200,000   5.000%, 12/01/20   3,442,784    1.0 
 5,000,000 i 0.900%, 03/01/36   4,862,500    1.4 
     Chicago Board of Education, GO          
 2,560,000   5.000%, 12/01/18   2,794,061    0.8 
     Chicago State University          
 2,085,000   5.500%, 12/01/23   2,271,170    0.6 
     City of Chicago IL O’Hare International          
     Airport Revenue, AMT          
 3,000,000   5.000%, 01/01/22   3,356,160    0.9 
Principal   Issuer  Value   % of net
assets
          
ILLINOIS—continued         
     State of Illinois, GO          
$3,000,000   5.000%, 04/01/18  $3,308,910    0.9%
     Other   25,837,770    7.1 
                
         45,873,355    12.7 
                
INDIANA          
     Indiana Bond Bank          
 2,120,000   5.250%, 04/01/19   2,409,401    0.7 
     Other   7,398,597    2.0 
                
         9,807,998    2.7 
                
KENTUCKY          
     Kentucky Asset Liability Commission          
 5,000,000   5.250%, 09/01/23   5,790,850    1.6 
                
         5,790,850    1.6 
                
LOUISIANA   1,136,040    0.3 
             
MAINE   1,138,930    0.3 
           
MARYLAND     565,445    0.2 
             
MASSACHUSETTS          
     Commonwealth of Massachusetts          
 2,000,000   5.000%, 08/01/20   2,374,080    0.6 
     Other   2,069,725    0.6 
                
         4,443,805    1.2 
                
MICHIGAN     1,736,778    0.5 
             
MINNESOTA            
     St. Paul Port Authority          
 3,000,000   5.000%, 12/01/21   3,507,060    0.9 
     Other   3,161,247    0.9 
                
         6,668,307    1.8 
                
MISSISSIPPI            
     Mississippi Development Bank Special Obligation          
 2,100,000   5.000%, 07/01/17   2,325,330    0.7 
                
         2,325,330    0.7 
                
MISSOURI     1,716,375    0.5 
             
NEBRASKA            
     Omaha Public Power District          
 4,000,000   5.000%, 02/01/42   4,148,640    1.1 
     Other   1,075,080    0.3 
                
         5,223,720    1.4 
                
NEW JERSEY          
     New Jersey Economic Development Authority          
 4,000,000   5.000%, 09/01/20   4,592,680    1.3 
 3,000,000   5.000%, 03/01/21   3,432,420    1.0 
     New Jersey Economic Development Authority, GO          
 1,980,000   5.250%, 12/15/20   2,316,759    0.6 
     New Jersey Transportation Trust Fund Authority          
 2,800,000   5.250%, 12/15/20   3,290,280    0.9 
     Other   5,117,284    1.4 
                
         18,749,423    5.2 


 

38 2013 Semiannual Report  ■  TIAA-CREF Funds: Fixed-Income Funds See notes to financial statements
 
Summary portfolio of investments (unaudited) concluded

 

Tax-Exempt Bond Fund  ■  September 30, 2013

 

Principal   Issuer  Value   % of net
assets
                
NEW YORK            
     Build NYC Resource Corp          
$3,010,000   5.500%, 04/01/43  $2,879,035    0.8%
     City of New York NY          
 3,700,000  i 0.450%, 08/01/21   3,692,711    1.0 
     Monroe County Industrial Development Corp          
 5,000,000   5.000%, 07/01/43   5,163,250    1.4 
     New York City Health & Hospital Corp          
 2,000,000   5.000%, 02/15/20   2,315,500    0.6 
     New York State Dormitory Authority          
 2,250,000   5.000%, 10/01/17   2,573,033    0.7 
     New York State Urban Development Corp          
 2,000,000   5.000%, 03/15/20   2,356,060    0.6 
 5,000,000   5.000%, 03/15/32   5,390,150    1.5 
     Tobacco Settlement Financing Corp          
 2,000,000   5.000%, 06/01/18   2,301,300    0.6 
     Other   24,536,337    6.9 
                
         51,207,376    14.1 
                
NORTH CAROLINA         
     University of North Carolina at Greensboro          
 5,000,000   5.000%, 04/01/36   5,232,350    1.5 
     Other   1,198,470    0.3 
                
         6,430,820    1.8 
                
OHIO            
     City of Cincinnati OH          
 2,000,000   5.000%, 12/01/21   2,383,260    0.7 
     City of Columbus OH          
 2,500,000   5.000%, 08/15/23   2,987,875    0.8 
     Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District          
 5,155,000   5.000%, 11/15/38   5,407,543    1.5 
     Ohio State Water Development Authority          
 3,000,000   5.000%, 06/01/23   3,569,160    1.0 
     Other   14,554,120    4.0 
                
         28,901,958    8.0 
                
OREGON   881,606    0.3 
                
PENNSYLVANIA     5,179,288    1.4 
                
PUERTO RICO            
     Puerto Rico Commonwealth Infrastructure Financing Authority          
 3,200,000   5.500%, 07/01/19   2,718,368    0.7 
     Other   1,701,965    0.5 
                
         4,420,333    1.2 
                
RHODE ISLAND          
     State of Rhode Island, GO          
 2,000,000   5.000%, 08/01/21   2,311,860    0.6 
     Other   1,339,430    0.4 
                
         3,651,290    1.0 
                
SOUTH CAROLINA   3,293,497    0.9 
                
SOUTH DAKOTA   450,225    0.1 
Principal   Issuer  Value   % of net
assets
                
TENNESSEE          
     Tennessee State School Bond Authority          
$5,500,000   5.000%, 05/01/39  $5,801,840    1.6%
                
         5,801,840    1.6 
TEXAS          
     City of Dallas TX, GO          
 2,000,000   5.000%, 02/15/18   2,312,200    0.6 
     Other   11,213,583    3.1 
                
         13,525,783    3.7 
                
UTAH   3,421,910    1.0 
                
VIRGINIA            
     Virginia Resources Authority          
 4,480,000   5.000%, 11/01/42   4,764,301    1.3 
     Other   1,421,462    0.4 
                
         6,185,763    1.7 
                
WASHINGTON          
     Port of Seattle WA          
 3,150,000   5.500%, 09/01/17   3,601,017    1.0 
     State of Washington, GO          
 2,470,000   5.000%, 07/01/23   2,937,472    0.8 
                
         6,538,489    1.8 
WEST VIRGINIA   2,834,787    0.8 
                
WISCONSIN   3,551,575    1.0 
                
     TOTAL LONG-TERM MUNICIPAL BONDS
(Cost $346,633,179)
   352,693,330    97.3 
                
     TOTAL PORTFOLIO
(Cost $346,633,179)
   352,693,330    97.3 
     OTHER ASSETS & LIABILITIES, NET   9,730,129    2.7 
                
     NET ASSETS  $362,423,459    100.0%

 

 

 

Abbreviation(s):

AMT - Alternative Minimum Tax (subject to)

GO - General Obligation

 

iFloating or variable rate security. Coupon rate reflects the rate at period end.

 

“Other” securities represent the aggregate value, by category, of securities that are not among the 50 largest holdings and, in total for any issuer, represent 1% or less of net assets.

 

For ease of presentation, a number of classification categories have been grouped together in the Summary Portfolio of Investments. Note that the Fund uses more specific categories in following its investment limitations on investment concentrations.


 

See notes to financial statements TIAA-CREF Funds: Fixed-Income Funds  ■  2013 Semiannual Report 39
 

Summary portfolio of investments (unaudited)

 

Money Market Fund  ■  September 30, 2013

 

Principal    Issuer  Value   % of net
assets
                   
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS             
                   
CERTIFICATE OF DEPOSIT             
      Standard Chartered Bank          
$11,500,000    0.210%, 12/02/13  $11,500,000    1.4%
      Toronto-Dominion Bank          
 10,000,000    0.120%, 10/24/13   10,000,000    1.2 
      Other   23,000,000    2.7 
                 
          44,500,000    5.3 
                 
COMMERCIAL PAPER           
      American Honda Finance Corp          
 23,100,000    0.090%–0.120%, 10/04/13–11/12/13   23,098,563    2.8 
      Bank of Nova Scotia          
 9,699,000    0.130%–0.175%, 10/01/13–01/08/14   9,696,348    1.2 
      Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ Ltd          
 8,000,000    0.190%, 11/14/13   7,998,142    1.0 
 10,325,000    0.150%–0.200%, 10/07/13–12/03/13   10,323,101    1.2 
      Coca-Cola Co          
 8,000,000  y 0.130%, 12/20/13   7,997,689    1.0 
 19,830,000    0.120%–0.190%, 10/08/13–02/10/14   19,825,737    2.4 
      Commonwealth Bank of Australia          
 5,400,000  y 0.150%, 11/20/13   5,398,875    0.6 
 9,500,000  y 0.150%–0.160%, 11/25/13   9,497,746    1.1 
      Fairway Finance LLC          
 8,015,000  y 0.170%, 10/25/13   8,014,092    1.0 
 10,847,000    0.160%–0.210%, 10/11/13–11/04/13   10,845,600    1.3 
      General Electric Capital Corp          
 7,500,000    0.180%, 11/04/13   7,498,725    0.9 
 10,000,000    0.130%, 01/24/14   9,995,847    1.2 
 12,300,000    0.100%–0.200%, 10/04/13–01/07/14   12,296,576    1.5 
      Liberty Street Funding LLC          
 15,040,000    0.170%–0.180%, 10/15/13–11/13/13   15,037,751    1.8 
      Merck & Co, Inc          
 6,100,000  y 0.040%, 10/21/13   6,099,864    0.7 
      Microsoft Corp          
 10,000,000  y 0.070%, 11/20/13   9,999,028    1.2 
      National Australia Funding Delaware, Inc          
 13,411,000  y 0.140%–0.180%, 10/01/13   13,411,000    1.6 
 9,325,000    0.140%–0.165%, 10/07/13–12/04/13   9,323,207    1.1 
      Nestle Capital Corp          
 5,280,000  y 0.090%, 11/12/13   5,279,446    0.6 
 10,000,000  y 0.070%, 12/06/13   9,998,717    1.2 
      Old Line Funding LLC          
 11,350,000    0.200%–0.240%, 10/11/13–02/12/14   11,344,895    1.3 
      Province of Ontario Canada          
 8,000,000    0.110%–0.120%, 10/21/13–11/06/13   7,999,217    1.0 
      Province of Quebec Canada          
 20,180,000    0.060%–0.150%, 10/08/13–12/09/13   20,178,315    2.4 
      PSP Capital, Inc          
 6,930,000  y 0.145%, 10/02/13   6,929,972    0.8 
 5,750,000  y 0.130%, 12/17/13   5,748,401    0.7 
 9,500,000    0.110%–0.140%, 11/08/13–11/19/13   9,498,627    1.1 
      Standard Chartered Bank          
 10,410,000    0.185%–0.290%, 10/01/13–11/19/13   10,407,867    1.2 
      Toyota Motor Credit Corp          
 7,700,000    0.120%, 11/06/13   7,699,076    0.9 
      Wal-Mart Stores, Inc          
 12,760,000    0.050%–0.085%, 10/07/13–10/29/13   12,759,683    1.5 
      Other   56,621,714    6.7 
                 
          360,823,821    43.0 
Principal    Issuer  Value   % of net
assets
             
GOVERNMENT AGENCY DEBT          
      Federal Home Loan Bank (FHLB)          
$5,390,000    0.040%–0.060%, 12/04/13  $5,389,578    0.6%
 10,000,000    0.020%, 12/09/13   9,999,617    1.2 
 10,000,000    0.055%, 10/18/13   9,999,740    1.2 
 9,375,000    0.050%, 10/30/13   9,374,622    1.1 
 11,270,000    0.040%–0.045%, 11/08/13   11,269,510    1.4 
 12,115,000    0.040%–0.070%, 11/13/13   12,114,242    1.5 
 14,500,000    0.030%–0.060%, 11/22/13   14,499,047    1.7 
 11,300,000    0.030%–0.040%, 11/27/13   11,299,363    1.4 
 8,000,000    0.035%–0.047%, 12/06/13   7,999,377    1.0 
 6,900,000    0.035%–0.150%, 12/13/13   6,898,764    0.8 
 30,378,000    0.020%–0.145%, 10/04/13–01/02/14   30,375,197    3.6 
      Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp (FHLMC)          
 7,000,000    0.025%–0.037%, 12/23/13   6,999,541    0.8 
 5,385,000    0.060%, 10/28/13   5,384,758    0.6 
 6,240,000    0.040%–0.080%, 12/16/13   6,239,346    0.8 
 26,883,000    0.030%–0.145%, 10/01/13–02/24/14   26,880,007    3.2 
      Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA)          
 8,640,000    0.025%, 12/16/13   8,639,544    1.0 
 8,300,000    0.040%, 01/29/14   8,298,893    1.0 
      Other   13,539,439    1.6 
             
          205,200,585    24.5 
             
TREASURY DEBT          
      United States Treasury Bill          
 6,285,000    0.083%–0.089%, 10/03/13   6,284,970    0.7 
 8,000,000    0.083%–0.086%, 10/17/13   7,999,703    1.0 
 5,167,000    0.033%–0.078%, 11/07/13   5,166,592    0.6 
 5,175,000    0.032%–0.073%, 11/29/13   5,174,552    0.6 
 5,825,000    0.020%–0.062%, 12/26/13   5,824,478    0.7 
 6,000,000    0.031%–0.048%, 01/09/14   5,999,392    0.7 
 12,177,000    0.035%–0.139%, 10/10/13–03/27/14   12,175,945    1.5 
      United States Treasury Note          
 7,825,000    0.500%, 10/15/13   7,826,072    0.9 
 7,100,000    0.250%, 10/31/13   7,100,674    0.9 
 9,420,000    0.500%, 11/15/13   9,424,053    1.1 
 5,950,000    0.125%, 12/31/13   5,950,581    0.7 
 9,670,000    0.250%, 01/31/14   9,674,190    1.2 
 7,695,000    0.250%, 02/28/14   7,699,492    0.9 
 6,240,000    0.250%, 04/30/14   6,243,481    0.8 
 6,000,000    1.000%, 05/15/14   6,031,865    0.7 
 5,815,000    0.750%, 06/15/14   5,839,446    0.7 
 29,250,000    0.125%–1.250%, 12/15/13–09/15/14   29,318,851    3.4 
             
          143,734,337    17.1 
             
VARIABLE RATE SECURITIES          
      Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce          
 9,500,000  i 0.275%, 01/03/14   9,500,861    1.1 
      Federal Farm Credit Bank (FFCB)          
 9,000,000  i 0.250%, 02/10/14   8,999,343    1.1 
 8,000,000  i 0.100%, 10/01/13   7,994,888    1.0 
 36,630,000    0.120%–0.330%, 10/01/13–05/19/14   36,633,387    4.3 
      Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA)          
 10,000,000    0.160%–0.320%, 10/28/13–06/20/14   9,999,389    1.2 
      Other   10,850,995    1.3 
             
          83,978,863    10.0 


 

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Summary portfolio of investments (unaudited) concluded

 

Money Market Fund  ■  September 30, 2013

 

      Value     % of net
assets
             
  TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS
(Cost $838,237,606)
  $ 838,237,606       99.9 %
                   
  TOTAL PORTFOLIO
(Cost $838,237,606)
    838,237,606       99.9  
                   
  OTHER ASSETS & LIABILITIES, NET     1,053,386       0.1  
                   
  NET ASSETS   $ 839,290,992       100.0 %

 

 

 

i Floating or variable rate security. Coupon rate reflects the rate at period end.
y Security exempt from registration under Section 4(2) of the Securities Act of 1933. Such securities are deemed to be liquid and may be sold in transactions exempt from registration only to dealers in that program or other “accredited investors.” At 9/30/2013, the aggregate value of these securities, including those in “Other,” was $241,520,869 or 28.8% of net assets.

 

“Other” securities represent the aggregate value, by category, of securities that are not among the 50 largest holdings and, in total for any issuer, represent 1% or less of net assets.

 

For ease of presentation, a number of classification categories have been grouped together in the Summary Portfolio of Investments. Note that the Fund uses more specific categories in following its investment limitations on investment concentrations.


 

See notes to financial statements TIAA-CREF Funds: Fixed-Income Funds  ■  2013 Semiannual Report 41
 

Statements of assets and liabilities (unaudited)

 

TIAA-CREF Funds  ■  September 30, 2013

 

   Bond Fund   Bond Index Fund   Bond Plus Fund   High-Yield Fund   Inflation-Linked
Bond Fund
   Short-Term
Bond Fund
   Social Choice
Bond Fund
   Tax-Exempt
 Bond Fund
   Money Market
Fund
 
                                     
ASSETS                                             
Portfolio investments, at value  $2,592,138,821   $4,606,984,746   $2,047,187,070   $2,502,408,983   $1,744,399,747   $1,143,146,600   $65,628,583   $352,693,330   $838,237,606 
Cash   9,148,202    37,380,649    9,636,786    22,513,002    6,838,120    22,554,933    753,381    9,448,822    19,389 
Receivable from securities transactions   8,496,085    35,644,129    2,854,722    1,964,931        10,817,209    3,065,421    654,566     
Receivable for delayed delivery securities   156,333,067    4,158,189    75,201,589                         
Receivable from Fund shares sold   320,939    11,859,016    11,982,506    2,934,941    587,908    1,333,776    25,639    50,850    3,677,096 
Dividends and interest receivable   14,079,149    24,189,276    11,597,413    39,123,861    5,409,332    4,647,830    305,283    3,750,374    184,382 
Due from affiliates       14                    2,153    8    99,349 
Swap premiums paid   12,486                                 
Other   89,724    71,640    40,319    58,290    64,488    27,908    129    27,234    36,590 
Total assets   2,780,618,473    4,720,287,659    2,158,500,405    2,569,004,008    1,757,299,595    1,182,528,256    69,780,589    366,625,184    842,254,412 
                                              
LIABILITIES                                         
Management fees payable   94,230    63,007    70,263    118,048    59,102    39,420    3,277    14,900    11,482 
Service agreement fees payable   11,730    2,420    6,032    10,554    6,481    6,317    87        3,025 
Distribution fees payable   18,270    6,732    56,778    124,904    35,599    37,597    1,006    72,129    88,043 
Due to affiliates   13,364    22,566    6,307    11,492    9,773    6,636    367    2,307    4,784 
Swap premiums received   207,925        59,408            37,626             
Payable for securities transactions   16,015,940    70,065,007    24,173,309    3,725,000        22,013,043    613,154    2,102,800     
Payable for delayed delivery securities   440,505,675    28,835,324    372,173,611    52,387,793        497,490    497,490    1,465,200     
Payable for Fund shares redeemed   2,004,549    2,244,308    1,576,371    4,660,008    1,124,313    1,019,450    347    363,178    2,746,266 
Income distribution payable   3,678,574    910,387    2,368,732    4,286,789        357,750    104    85,621    1,795 
Unrealized depreciation on swap agreements   139,624        24,866            18,106             
Accrued expenses and other payables   218,308    277,398    215,406    216,326    145,085    119,648    99,258    95,590    108,025 
Total liabilities   462,908,189    102,427,149    400,731,083    65,540,914    1,380,353    24,153,083    1,215,090    4,201,725    2,963,420 
NET ASSETS  $2,317,710,284   $4,617,860,510   $1,757,769,322   $2,503,463,094   $1,755,919,242   $1,158,375,173   $68,565,499   $362,423,459   $839,290,992 
                                              
NET ASSETS CONSIST OF:                                         
Paid-in-capital  $2,312,478,266   $4,647,269,627   $1,745,555,622   $2,435,341,349   $1,699,233,936   $1,153,949,309   $70,059,319   $357,524,903   $839,308,614 
Undistributed net investment income (loss)   (495,632)   (409,649)   (36,277)   (295,279)   (13,997)   (8,819)   (2,154)   11,267    (18,563)
Accumulated net realized gain (loss) on total investments   2,249,942    (1,575,193)   736,903    57,619,795    1,739,843    2,490,112    6,803    (1,172,862)   941 
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on total investments   3,477,708    (27,424,275)   11,513,074    10,797,229    54,959,460    1,944,571    (1,498,469)   6,060,151     
NET ASSETS  $2,317,710,284   $4,617,860,510   $1,757,769,322   $2,503,463,094   $1,755,919,242   $1,158,375,173   $68,565,499   $362,423,459   $839,290,992 
                                              
INSTITUTIONAL CLASS:                                         
Net assets  $1,877,366,895   $4,500,462,973   $1,294,653,507   $1,576,725,573   $1,388,230,262   $783,349,578   $60,454,690   $10,641,473   $315,902,334 
Outstanding shares of beneficial interest, unlimited shares authorized ($.0001 par value)   181,942,103    423,597,289    123,846,588    154,264,093    121,065,382    75,337,568    6,172,125    1,012,199    315,898,609 
Net asset value per share  $10.32    $10.62   $10.45    $10.22    $11.47    $10.40    $9.79    $10.51    $1.00 
                                              
RETIREMENT CLASS:                                         
Net assets  $342,999,142   $70,952,620   $177,289,477   $307,802,295   $189,293,865   $185,664,998   $2,563,006   $   $89,634,598 
Outstanding shares of beneficial interest, unlimited shares authorized ($.0001 par value)   32,660,813    6,675,945    16,938,462    30,115,382    16,377,571    17,834,488    261,654        89,633,136 
Net asset value per share   $10.50    $10.63    $10.47    $10.22    $11.56    $10.41    $9.80    $—    $1.00 
                                              
RETAIL CLASS:                                             
Net assets  $77,070,829   $13,413,202   $266,016,580   $585,800,252   $169,228,354   $172,254,324   $4,153,200   $351,781,986   $424,345,925 
Outstanding shares of beneficial interest, unlimited shares authorized ($.0001 par value)   7,346,535    1,261,985    25,398,477    57,068,116    15,090,970    16,551,809    424,116    33,414,891    424,334,086 
Net asset value per share   $10.49    $10.63    $10.47    $10.26    $11.21    $10.41    $9.79    $10.53    $1.00 
                                              
PREMIER CLASS:                                             
Net assets  $20,273,418   $33,031,715   $19,809,758   $33,134,974   $9,166,761   $17,106,273   $1,394,603   $   $9,408,135 
Outstanding shares of beneficial interest, unlimited shares authorized ($.0001 par value)   1,963,688    3,108,572    1,895,412    3,240,734    800,775    1,643,596    142,396        9,408,041 
Net asset value per share   $10.32    $10.63    $10.45    $10.22    $11.45    $10.41    $9.79    $–    $1.00 
† Portfolio investments, cost  $2,588,521,930   $4,634,409,021   $2,035,649,563   $2,491,611,754   $1,689,440,287     $1,141,183,923   $67,127,052     $346,633,179   $838,237,606 

 

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Statements of operations (unaudited)

 

TIAA-CREF Funds  ■  For the period ended September 30, 2013

 

    Bond Fund    Bond Index Fund    Bond Plus Fund    High-Yield Fund   Inflation-Linked
Bond Fund
   Short-Term
Bond Fund
   Social Choice
Bond Fund
   Tax-Exempt
Bond Fund
   Money Market
Fund
 
                                     
INVESTMENT INCOME                                       
Interest  $33,401,917   $43,161,610   $21,873,653   $69,815,148   $28,032,602   $10,081,398   $640,889   $5,690,245   $644,311 
Dividends           55,898    268,859            6,284         
Total income   33,401,917    43,161,610    21,929,551    70,084,007    28,032,602    10,081,398    647,173    5,690,245    644,311 
                                              
EXPENSES                                             
Management fees   3,650,769    2,238,062    2,192,919    4,077,111    2,209,670    1,427,547    115,384    583,426    431,780 
Shareholder servicing – Institutional Class   1,420    5,273    1,073    2,817    476    1,475    154    137    1,441 
Shareholder servicing – Retirement Class   436,190    87,576    211,122    388,428    257,139    283,386    3,318        99,413 
Shareholder servicing – Retail Class   32,191    8,847    136,999    83,468    73,288    67,307    2,301    70,201    276,174 
Shareholder servicing – Premier Class   69    99    69    153    65    68    88        36 
Distribution fees – Retail Class   105,695    17,569    347,992    609,184    240,272    224,038    4,575    473,412    530,242 
Distribution fees – Premier Class   16,812    23,897    14,089    25,954    9,155    13,527    794        7,576 
Custody and accounting fees   49,998    141,961    51,571    30,191    12,684    27,665    11,856    21,188    22,167 
Fund administration fees   48,650    87,431    27,390    45,708    34,813    23,224    1,199    7,741    15,813 
Professional fees   38,673    59,220    36,438    42,552    30,089    32,087    26,248    22,878    23,142 
Shareholder reports   35,246    65,040    21,855    48,480    29,241    22,620    15,165    9,932    14,447 
Registration fees   30,976    37,441    31,810    39,531    34,595    33,394    27,322    20,989    42,018 
Compliance fees   25,620    45,415    14,100    24,097    18,441    12,264    726    4,128    8,436 
Trustee fees and expenses   12,292    22,645    6,800    12,072    9,097    6,060    286    1,982    3,725 
Other expenses   33,312    101,512    77,363    67,138    19,154    13,363    6,643    5,412    11,741 
Total expenses   4,517,913    2,941,988    3,171,590    5,496,884    2,978,179    2,188,025    216,059    1,221,426    1,488,151 
Less: Expenses reimbursed by the investment adviser       (1,465)                   (73,528)   (73)   (27,107)
Fee waiver by investment adviser and TPIS                                   (846,325)
Net expenses   4,517,913    2,940,523    3,171,590    5,496,884    2,978,179    2,188,025    142,531    1,221,353    614,719 
Net Investment income (loss)   28,884,004    40,221,087    18,757,961    64,587,123    25,054,423    7,893,373    504,642    4,468,892    29,592 
                                              
NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS) ON TOTAL INVESTMENTS                      
Realized gain (loss):                                             
Portfolio investments   (14,525,273)   (2,251,349)   (7,505,371)   9,329,135    1,515,661    175,171    (67,250)   (3,086,410)   941 
Swap transactions   5,249        5,110            15,333             
Foreign currency transactions   83,975        41,118                         
Net realized gain (loss) on total investments   (14,436,049)   (2,251,349)   (7,459,143)   9,329,135    1,515,661    190,504    (67,250)   (3,086,410)   941 
Change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on:                             
Portfolio investments   (64,588,850)   (123,616,708)   (34,979,948)   (76,576,625)   (147,505,066)   (12,766,627)   (1,564,266)   (17,736,318)    
Swap transactions   (131,993)       (22,686)           (25,176)            
Translation of assets (other than portfolio investments) and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies   (499)       (35)                        
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on total investments   (64,721,342)   (123,616,708)   (35,002,669)   (76,576,625)   (147,505,066)   (12,791,803)   (1,564,266)   (17,736,318)    
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on total investments   (79,157,391)   (125,868,057)   (42,461,812)   (67,247,490)   (145,989,405)   (12,601,299)   (1,631,516)   (20,822,728)   941 
Net increase (decrease) in net assets from operations  $(50,273,387)  $(85,646,970)  $(23,703,851)  $(2,660,367)  $(120,934,982)  $(4,707,926)  $(1,126,874)  $(16,353,836)  $30,533 

 

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Statements of changes in net assets

 

TIAA-CREF Funds  ■  For the period or year ended

 

     Bond Fund   Bond Index Fund   Bond Plus Fund   High-Yield Fund   Inflation-Linked Bond Fund   Short-Term Bond Fund 
     September 30,
 2013
   March 31,
2013
   September 30,
 2013
   March 31,
2013
   September 30,
 2013
   March 31, 2013   September 30,
2013
   March 31,
2013
   September 30,
 2013
   March 31,
2013
   September 30,
2013
   March 31,
2013
 
     (unaudited)      (unaudited)      (unaudited)      (unaudited)      (unaudited)      (unaudited)    
OPERATIONS                                                            
Net investment income (loss)  $28,884,004   $55,994,701   $40,221,087   $66,757,458   $18,757,961   $34,816,747   $64,587,123   $107,195,097   $25,054,423   $29,097,903   $7,893,373  $13,721,079 
Net realized gain (loss) on total investments   (14,436,049)   65,438,828    (2,251,349)   5,597,850    (7,459,143)   24,380,144    9,329,135    57,964,775    1,515,661    6,053,756    190,504    3,906,134 
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on total investments   (64,721,342)   3,642,602    (123,616,708)   39,012,612    (35,002,669)   15,118,144    (76,576,625)   44,166,571    (147,505,066)   48,899,074    (12,791,803)   7,360,553 
Net increase (decrease) in net assets from operations   (50,273,387)   125,076,131    (85,646,970)   111,367,920    (23,703,851)   74,315,035    (2,660,367)   209,326,443    (120,934,982)   84,050,733    (4,707,926)   24,987,766 
                                                             
DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS                                                            
From net investment income: Institutional Class   (24,048,132)   (45,915,568)   (39,248,864)   (65,883,516)   (13,319,905)   (23,256,277)   (42,606,164)   (72,256,798)   (16,350,025)   (25,334,485)   (5,338,061)   (8,059,701)
  Retirement Class   (3,696,857)   (7,637,924)   (536,907)   (847,727)   (2,012,116)   (3,250,700)   (8,211,970)   (14,455,204)   (2,072,709)   (3,906,558)   (1,406,079)   (3,256,787)
  Retail Class   (861,770)   (1,874,042)   (101,077)   (205,603)   (3,181,586)   (7,691,314)   (12,836,510)   (18,784,905)   (1,878,386)   (4,180,431)   (1,031,442)   (2,158,219)
  Premier Class   (248,668)   (646,550)   (263,408)   (302,430)   (233,699)   (401,097)   (932,479)   (1,698,190)   (120,884)   (354,713)   (119,293)   (263,284)
From realized gains: Institutional Class       (48,367,034)       (4,035,281)       (10,519,290)       (4,151,968)       (6,141,801)       (553,539)
  Retirement Class       (9,081,922)       (57,674)       (1,843,821)       (802,277)       (1,014,225)       (279,713)
  Retail Class       (2,330,166)       (14,848)       (4,004,354)       (1,052,102)       (1,071,275)       (171,370)
  Premier Class       (809,581)       (21,301)       (222,197)       (103,238)       (86,422)       (17,702)
Total distributions   (28,855,427)   (116,662,787)   (40,150,256)   (71,368,380)   (18,747,306)   (51,189,050)   (64,587,123)   (113,304,682)   (20,422,004)   (42,089,910)   (7,894,875)   (14,760,315)
                                                             
SHAREHOLDER TRANSACTIONS                                                            
Subscriptions: Institutional Class   223,896,756    563,050,715    712,565,982    2,469,837,494    509,618,516    245,508,786    235,274,964    679,079,086    204,450,285    682,553,126    239,780,074    324,823,060 
  Retirement Class   34,415,070    83,994,885    12,425,480    32,923,410    37,147,570    68,344,121    44,359,389    115,860,305    15,985,304    55,519,318    60,777,359    181,264,073 
  Retail Class   5,847,277    27,748,295    1,937,009    5,877,105    8,954,398    26,640,288    263,145,304    228,414,618    8,492,871    57,215,848    16,590,524    47,284,512 
  Premier Class   4,971,473    9,286,936    10,066,502    18,474,303    7,352,518    9,132,301    9,425,506    26,157,749    1,684,901    6,482,750    6,266,446    10,057,670 
Reinvestments of distributions: Institutional Class   2,699,187    55,332,928    34,553,279    62,923,794    1,809,790    13,317,927    18,576,948    31,968,800    12,769,580    27,008,943    3,192,963    5,248,749 
  Retirement Class   3,695,781    16,719,846    536,907    905,401    2,012,116    5,094,521    8,204,269    15,257,481    2,072,563    4,920,783    1,403,320    3,536,500 
  Retail Class   808,382    3,956,189    92,941    201,863    2,896,259    10,694,587    12,103,161    18,261,217    1,785,005    5,028,989    991,131    2,239,605 
  Premier Class   248,668    1,456,131    263,408    323,731    233,699    623,294    932,479    1,801,428    120,884    441,135    119,293    280,986 
Redemptions: Institutional Class   (236,050,512)   (433,624,563)   (298,451,757)     (1,306,628,614)   (36,046,898)   (145,989,622)   (127,381,648)   (170,925,029)   (149,846,175)   (487,210,363)   (98,230,402 )     (120,588,200)
  Retirement Class   (39,207,195)   (74,802,033)   (5,136,526)   (10,113,128)   (7,902,406)   (19,164,672)   (35,976,540)   (46,848,035)   (33,010,821)   (35,356,839)   (209,053,368)   (41,443,247)
  Retail Class   (17,548,954)   (17,282,933)   (2,548,490)   (4,644,995)   (25,132,980)   (30,669,210)   (112,563,464)   (75,973,827)   (45,282,170)   (48,154,752)   (27,857,482)   (33,609,923)
  Premier Class   (5,796,397)   (22,748,199)   (3,738,024)   (3,123,300)   (3,944,469)   (5,531,958)   (8,594,464)   (17,983,541)   (5,931,137)   (11,443,852)   (5,303,348)   (15,531,316)
Net increase (decrease) from shareholder transactions   (22,020,464)   213,088,197    462,566,711    1,266,957,064    496,998,113    178,000,363    307,505,904    805,070,252    13,291,090    257,005,086    (11,323,490)   363,562,469 
Net increase (decrease) in net assets   (101,149,278)   221,501,541    336,769,485    1,306,956,604    454,546,956    201,126,348    240,258,414    901,092,013    (128,065,896)   298,965,909    (23,926,291)   373,789,920 
                                                             
NET ASSETS                                                            
Beginning of period   2,418,859,562    2,197,358,021    4,281,091,025    2,974,134,421    1,303,222,366    1,102,096,018    2,263,204,680    1,362,112,667    1,883,985,138    1,585,019,229    1,182,301,464    808,511,544 
End of period  $2,317,710,284   $2,418,859,562   $4,617,860,510   $4,281,091,025   $1,757,769,322   $1,303,222,366   $2,503,463,094     $ 2,263,204,680     $ 1,755,919,242     $ 1,883,985,138     $ 1,158,375,173   $1,182,301,464 
Undistributed net investment income (loss) included in net assets  $ (495,632)    $(524,209)  $(409,649)  $(480,480)  $(36,277)  $(46,932)  $(295,279)  $(295,279)  $(13,997)  $(4,646,416)  $(8,819 )   $ (7,317)
                                                                
CHANGE IN FUND SHARES                                                            
Shares sold: Institutional Class   21,152,479    52,363,668    66,503,107    224,535,856    48,578,262    22,772,052    22,687,949    66,298,486    17,478,958    54,519,711    22,972,710    30,960,585 
  Retirement Class   3,233,877    7,652,705    1,147,997    3,004,770    3,473,717    6,310,907    4,245,902    11,341,118    1,334,826    4,420,381    5,801,256    17,261,505 
  Retail Class   546,708    2,531,413    179,700    536,096    838,057    2,462,327    25,337,314    22,128,807    728,774    4,695,969    1,588,737    4,505,506 
  Premier Class   476,096    862,763    935,935    1,685,467    693,437    844,731    905,434    2,552,877    142,641    521,699    598,983    957,711 
Shares reinvested: Institutional Class   259,635    5,161,381    3,231,931    5,730,773    171,638    1,230,953    1,794,871    3,102,385    1,122,795    2,175,048    306,493    500,100 
  Retirement Class   349,376    1,529,083    50,194    82,293    190,636    470,309    792,991    1,485,661    180,833    392,876    134,252    336,335 
  Retail Class   76,460    362,256    8,683    18,376    273,993    987,265    1,166,574    1,769,464    160,515    413,573    95,040    213,359 
  Premier Class   23,921    135,395    24,649    29,330    22,163    57,577    90,136    175,120    10,654    35,582    11,439    26,744 
Shares redeemed: Institutional Class   (22,976,094)   (40,235,802)   (28,053,491)   (118,556,744)   (3,433,080)   (13,524,424)   (12,293,592)   (16,623,005)   (12,715,296)   (38,788,840)   (9,451,202)   (11,492,508)
  Retirement Class   (3,686,028)   (6,852,366)   (480,222)   (924,330)   (752,163)   (1,785,846)   (3,491,288)   (4,558,948)   (2,812,440)   (2,826,791)   (19,870,688)   (3,949,785)
  Retail Class   (1,660,613)   (1,583,296)   (238,169)   (425,218)   (2,380,901)   (2,837,685)   (10,847,449)   (7,380,637)   (3,947,669)   (3,962,824)   (2,671,047)   (3,203,104)
  Premier Class   (565,469)   (2,124,247)   (355,294)   (286,745)   (375,922)   (514,812)   (834,389)   (1,739,202)   (509,326)   (917,667)   (510,952)   (1,478,609)
Net increase (decrease) from shareholder transactions   (2,769,652)   19,802,953    42,955,020    115,429,924    47,299,837    16,473,354    29,554,453    78,552,126    1,175,265    20,678,717    (994,979)   34,637,839 

 

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Statements of changes in net assets concluded

 

TIAA-CREF Funds  ■  For the period or year ended

 

      Social Choice Bond Fund   Tax-Exempt Bond Fund   Money Market Fund 
      September 30,
2013
   March 31,
2013
   September 30,
 2013
   March 31,
2013
   September 30,
 2013
     March 31,
   2013
 
      (unaudited)      (unaudited)      (unaudited)    
OPERATIONS                          
Net investment income (loss)  $504,642   $318,061   $4,468,892   $9,926,018   $29,592   $196,802 
Net realized gain (loss) on total investments   (67,250)   329,306    (3,086,410)   4,574,054    941    2,449 
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on total investments   (1,564,266)   65,797    (17,736,318)   4,976,277         
Net increase (decrease) in net assets from operations   (1,126,874)   713,164    (16,353,836)   19,476,349    30,533    199,251 
                           
DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS                          
From net investment income:  Institutional Class   (456,446)   (301,901)   (131,759)   (274,879)   (29,598)   (196,802)
   Retirement Class   (16,761)   (7,740)                
   Retail Class   (22,427)   (7,785)   (4,337,133)   (9,651,139)        
   Premier Class   (7,520)   (5,406)                
From realized gains:  Institutional Class       (236,728)       (68,631)        
   Retirement Class       (7,251)                
   Retail Class       (6,373)       (2,686,511)        
   Premier Class       (4,901)                
Total distributions      (503,154)   (578,085)   (4,468,892)   (12,681,160)   (29,598)   (196,802)
                           
SHAREHOLDER TRANSACTIONS                          
Subscriptions:  Institutional Class   12,173,095    49,448,686    1,795,579    2,198,516    239,584,457    269,814,392 
   Retirement Class   1,208,351    2,390,840            47,490,569    53,594,729 
   Retail Class   1,622,343    2,756,274    21,752,570    82,476,341    121,993,392    192,650,445 
   Premier Class   392,262    1,000,020            6,480,102    8,885,201 
Reinvestments of distributions:  Institutional Class   456,446    538,629    6,008    18,061    24,151    193,287 
   Retirement Class   16,761    14,991                 
   Retail Class   21,872    14,086    3,903,591    11,147,997         
   Premier Class   7,520    10,307                 
Redemptions:  Institutional Class   (748,463)   (82,807)   (780,655)   (1,751,710)   (216,796,398)   (446,507,509)
   Retirement Class   (746,811)   (254,404)           (31,465,025)   (60,675,564)
   Retail Class   (161,058)   (18,341)   (51,030,778)   (44,309,639)   (127,169,825)   (249,499,765)
   Premier Class   (131)   (20)           (6,001,192)   (6,662,279)
Net increase (decrease) from shareholder transactions   14,242,187    55,818,261    (24,353,685)   49,779,566    34,140,231    (238,207,063)
Net increase (decrease) in net assets   12,612,159    55,953,340    (45,176,413)   56,574,755    34,141,166    (238,204,614)
                                  
NET ASSETS                          
Beginning of period      55,953,340        407,599,872    351,025,117    805,149,826    1,043,354,440 
End of period     $68,565,499   $55,953,340   $362,423,459   $407,599,872   $839,290,992   $805,149,826 
Undistributed net investment income (loss) included in net assets  $(2,154)  $(3,642)  $11,267   $11,267   $(18,563)  $(18,557)
                                  
CHANGE IN FUND SHARES                          
Shares sold:  Institutional Class   1,211,714    4,943,741    168,180    197,184    239,584,457    269,814,392 
   Retirement Class   121,867    238,505            47,490,569    53,594,729 
   Retail Class   163,741    275,153    1,997,954    7,406,556    121,993,392    192,650,445 
   Premier Class   40,619    100,002            6,480,102    8,885,201 
Shares reinvested:  Institutional Class   46,465    53,589    558    1,617    24,151    193,287 
   Retirement Class   1,707    1,492                 
   Retail Class   2,230    1,402    363,457    996,902         
   Premier Class   765    1,025                 
Shares redeemed:  Institutional Class   (75,109)   (8,275)   (72,998)   (157,719)   (216,796,398)   (446,507,509)
   Retirement Class   (76,492)   (25,425)           (31,465,025)   (60,675,564)
   Retail Class   (16,575)   (1,835)   (4,764,110)   (3,984,095)   (127,169,825)   (249,499,765)
   Premier Class   (13)   (2)           (6,001,192)   (6,662,279)
Net increase (decrease) from shareholder transactions   1,420,919    5,579,372    (2,306,959)   4,460,445    34,140,231    (238,207,063)

 

The Fund commenced operations on September 21, 2012.

 

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Financial highlights

 

Bond Fund  ■  For the period or year ended

 

   Institutional Class
   9/30/13    3/31/13    3/31/12    3/31/11   9/30/10    9/30/09    9/30/08  
   (unaudited                        
FOR A SHARE OUTSTANDING THROUGHOUT
EACH PERIOD
                                   
Net asset value, beginning of period  $10.64   $10.59   $10.36   $10.70   $10.20   $9.68   $9.94 
                             
Gain from investment operations:                                 
Net investment income (loss) (a)  0.12   0.27   0.29   0.15   0.35   0.41   0.48 
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on total investments  (0.32)  0.34   0.50   (0.22)  0.50   0.52   (0.26)
Total gain (loss) from investment operations  (0.20)  0.61   0.79   (0.07)  0.85   0.93   0.22 
                             
Less distributions from:                               
Net investment income  (0.12)  (0.27)  (0.29)  (0.15)  (0.35)  (0.41)  (0.48)
Net realized gains     (0.29)  (0.27)  (0.12)         
Total distributions  (0.12)  (0.56)  (0.56)  (0.27)  (0.35)  (0.41)  (0.48)
Net asset value, end of period  $10.32   $10.64   $10.59   $10.36   $10.70   $10.20   $9.68 
                             
TOTAL RETURN  (1.84)%(b)  5.77%  7.81%  (0.67)%(b)  8.47%  10.00%  2.06%
                             
RATIOS AND SUPPLEMENTAL DATA                       
Net assets at end of period (in thousands)  $1,877,367   $1,951,905   $1,759,983   $1,681,237   $2,474,347   $2,151,009   $1,883,323 
Ratio of expenses to average net assets before expense waiver and reimbursement  0.32%(c)  0.32%  0.33%  0.33%(c)  0.33%  0.36%  0.32%
Ratio of expenses to average net assets after expense waiver and reimbursement  0.32%(c)  0.32%  0.33%  0.33%(c)  0.33%  0.34%  0.32%
Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets  2.37%(c)  2.50%  2.78%  2.80%(c)  3.35%  4.20%  4.79%
Portfolio turnover rate  160%(b)(g)  358%(g)  402%(g)  161%(b)(f)(g)  216%(f)(g)  173%(g)  113%

 

   Retirement Class
   9/30/13    3/31/13    3/31/12    3/31/11   9/30/10    9/30/09    9/30/08  
   (unaudited)                        
FOR A SHARE OUTSTANDING THROUGHOUT
EACH PERIOD
                                  
Net asset value, beginning of period  $10.83   $10.77   $10.54   $10.88   $10.37   $9.84   $10.10 
                             
Gain from investment operations:                       
Net investment income (loss) (a)  0.11   0.25   0.27   0.14   0.32   0.39   0.46 
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on total investments  (0.33)  0.35   0.50   (0.22)  0.52   0.54   (0.27)
Total gain (loss) from investment operations  (0.22)  0.60   0.77   (0.08)  0.84   0.93   0.19 
                             
Less distributions from:                        
Net investment income  (0.11)  (0.25)  (0.27)  (0.14)  (0.33)  (0.40)  (0.45)
Net realized gains     (0.29)  (0.27)  (0.12)         
Total distributions  (0.11)  (0.54)  (0.54)  (0.26)  (0.33)  (0.40)  (0.45)
Net asset value, end of period  $10.50   $10.83   $10.77   $10.54   $10.88   $10.37   $9.84 
                             
TOTAL RETURN  (2.01)%(b)  5.55%  7.45%  (0.76)%(b)  8.22%  9.64%  1.87%
                             
RATIOS AND SUPPLEMENTAL DATA                       
Net assets at end of period (in thousands)  $342,999   $354,693   $327,833   $261,330   $239,160   $121,753   $28,760 
Ratio of expenses to average net assets before expense waiver and reimbursement  0.57%(c)  0.57%  0.58%  0.58%(c)  0.58%  0.62%  0.57%
Ratio of expenses to average net assets after expense waiver and reimbursement  0.57%(c)  0.57%  0.58%  0.58%(c)  0.58%  0.59%  0.57%
Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets  2.12%(c)  2.25%  2.53%  2.56%(c)  3.06%  3.86%  4.56%
Portfolio turnover rate  160%(b)(g)  358%(g)  402%(g)  161%(b)(f)(g)  216%(f)(g)  173%(g)  113%

 

50 2013 Semiannual Report  ■  TIAA-CREF Funds: Fixed-Income Funds See notes to financial statements
 
Financial highlights concluded

 

Bond Fund  ■  For the period or year ended

 

   Retail Class
   9/30/13    3/31/13    3/31/12    3/31/11   9/30/10    9/30/09    9/30/08  
   (unaudited                        
FOR A SHARE OUTSTANDING THROUGHOUT
EACH PERIOD
                                   
Net asset value, beginning of period  $10.81   $10.76   $10.53   $10.87   $10.36   $9.83   $10.09 
                             
Gain from investment operations:                       
Net investment income (loss) (a)  0.11   0.24   0.27   0.14   0.33   0.41   0.48 
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on total investments  (0.32)  0.34   0.50   (0.22)  0.52   0.53   (0.27)
Total gain (loss) from investment operations  (0.21)  0.58   0.77   (0.08)  0.85   0.94   0.21 
                             
Less distributions from:                       
Net investment income  (0.11)  (0.24)  (0.27)  (0.14)  (0.34)  (0.41)  (0.47)
Net realized gains     (0.29)  (0.27)  (0.12)         
Total distributions  (0.11)  (0.53)  (0.54)  (0.26)  (0.34)  (0.41)  (0.47)
Net asset value, end of period  $10.49   $10.81   $10.76   $10.53   $10.87   $10.36   $9.83 
                             
TOTAL RETURN  (1.96)%(b)  5.39%  7.44%  (0.74)%(b)  8.31%  9.75%  2.08%
                             
RATIOS AND SUPPLEMENTAL DATA                       
Net assets at end of period (in thousands)  $77,071   $90,667   $76,117   $56,163   $58,330   $35,143   $21,166 
Ratio of expenses to average net assets before expense waiver and reimbursement  0.64%(c)  0.63%  0.60%  0.52%(c)  0.50%  0.68%  0.56%
Ratio of expenses to average net assets after expense waiver and reimbursement  0.64%(c)  0.63%  0.60%  0.52%(c)  0.50%  0.50%  0.39%
Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets  2.04%(c)  2.19%  2.50%  2.61%(c)  3.16%  4.04%  4.73%
Portfolio turnover rate  160%(b)(g)  358%(g)  402%(g)  161%(b)(f)(g)  216%(f)(g)  173%(g)  113%
                             
   Premier Class      
   9/30/13    3/31/13    3/31/12    3/31/11   9/30/10    9/30/09 *      
   (unaudited)                          
FOR A SHARE OUTSTANDING THROUGHOUT
EACH PERIOD
                                     
Net asset value, beginning of period  $10.64   $10.59   $10.37   $10.71   $10.20   $10.20       
                               
Gain from investment operations:                        
Net investment income (loss) (a)  0.12   0.26   0.28   0.14   0.31   0.00(d)      
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on total investments  (0.32)  0.33   0.49   (0.22)  0.53          
Total gain (loss) from investment operations  (0.20)  0.59   0.77   (0.08)  0.84   0.00(d)      
                               
Less distributions from:                      
Net investment income  (0.12)  (0.25)  (0.28)  (0.14)  (0.33)         
Net realized gains     (0.29)  (0.27)  (0.12)            
Total distributions  (0.12)  (0.54)  (0.55)  (0.26)  (0.33)         
Net asset value, end of period  $10.32   $10.64   $10.59   $10.37   $10.71   $10.20       
                               
TOTAL RETURN  (1.92)%(b)  5.61%  7.54%  (0.75)%(b)  8.40%  0.00%(b)      
                               
RATIOS AND SUPPLEMENTAL DATA                         
Net assets at end of period (in thousands)  $20,273   $21,595   $33,425   $35,712   $22,196   $250       
Ratio of expenses to average net assets before expense waiver and reimbursement  0.47%(c)  0.47%  0.48%  0.48%(c)  0.48%  220.90%(c)      
Ratio of expenses to average net assets after expense waiver and reimbursement  0.47%(c)  0.47%  0.48%  0.48%(c)  0.48%  0.50%(c)      
Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets  2.22%(c)  2.35%  2.63%  2.65%(c)  2.94%  0.00%(c)      
Portfolio turnover rate  160%(b)(g)  358%(g)  402%(g)  161%(b)(f)(g)  216%(f)(g)  173%(g)      

 

(a) Based on average shares outstanding.
(b) The percentages shown for this period are not annualized.
(c) The percentages shown for this period are annualized.
(d) Amount represents less than $0.01 per share.
(f) Does not include in-kind transactions.
(g) The portfolio turnover rates excluding mortgage dollar roll transactions for the periods ending September 30, 2013, March 31, 2013, March 31, 2012, March 31, 2011, September 30, 2010 and September 30, 2009 were 87%, 196%, 140%, 49%, 67% and 113%, respectively.
* The Premier Class commenced operations on September 30, 2009.
Amounts shown are for the six-month period ended March 31, 2011 and not necessarily indicative of a full year of operations. The Fund changed its fiscal year end from September 30 to March 31.

 

See notes to financial statements TIAA-CREF Funds: Fixed-Income Funds  ■  2013 Semiannual Report 51
 

Financial highlights

 

Bond Index Fund  ■  For the period or year ended

 

   Institutional Class
   9/30/13    3/31/13    3/31/12    3/31/11   9/30/10    9/30/09
   (unaudited)                    
FOR A SHARE OUTSTANDING THROUGHOUT
EACH PERIOD
                              
Net asset value, beginning of period  $10.93   $10.77   $10.25   $10.50   $10.04   $10.00 
                         
Gain from investment operations:                  
Net investment income (loss) (a)  0.10   0.20   0.26   0.13   0.31   0.01 
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on total investments  (0.31)  0.18   0.52   (0.24)  0.46   0.04 
Total gain (loss) from investment operations  (0.21)  0.38   0.78   (0.11)  0.77   0.05 
                         
Less distributions from:                  
Net investment income  (0.10)  (0.21)  (0.26)  (0.13)  (0.31)  (0.01)
Net realized gains     (0.01)     (0.01)  (0.00)(d)   
Total distributions  (0.10)  (0.22)  (0.26)  (0.14)  (0.31)  (0.01)
Net asset value, end of period  $10.62   $10.93   $10.77   $10.25   $10.50   $10.04 
                         
TOTAL RETURN  (1.96)%(b)  3.51%  7.69%  (1.11)%(b)  7.87%  0.48%(b)
                         
RATIOS AND SUPPLEMENTAL DATA                 
Net assets at end of period (in thousands)  $4,500,463   $4,174,241   $2,908,947   $1,382,598   $411,709   $99,497 
Ratio of expenses to average net assets before expense waiver and reimbursement  0.13%(c)  0.14%  0.15%  0.17%(c)  0.31%  3.37%(c)
Ratio of expenses to average net assets after expense waiver and reimbursement  0.13%(c)  0.13%  0.13%  0.13%(c)  0.13%  0.12%(c)
Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets  1.80%(c)  1.85%  2.42%  2.44%(c)  3.08%  1.65%(c)
Portfolio turnover rate  12%(b)  22%  23%  87%(b)(f)  66%(f)  279%(b)

 

   Retirement Class
   9/30/13    3/31/13    3/31/12    3/31/11   9/30/10    9/30/09
   (unaudited                    
FOR A SHARE OUTSTANDING THROUGHOUT
EACH PERIOD
            
Net asset value, beginning of period  $10.93   $10.77   $10.26   $10.50   $10.04   $10.00 
                         
Gain from investment operations:                 
Net investment income (loss) (a)  0.08   0.18   0.23   0.11   0.29   0.01 
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on total investments  (0.30)  0.17   0.52   (0.23)  0.46   0.04 
Total gain (loss) from investment operations  (0.22)  0.35   0.75   (0.12)  0.75   0.05 
                         
Less distributions from:                   
Net investment income  (0.08)  (0.18)  (0.24)  (0.11)  (0.29)  (0.01)
Net realized gains     (0.01)     (0.01)  (0.00)(d)   
Total distributions  (0.08)  (0.19)  (0.24)  (0.12)  (0.29)  (0.01)
Net asset value, end of period  $10.63   $10.93   $10.77   $10.26   $10.50   $10.04 
                         
TOTAL RETURN  (1.99)%(b)  3.25%  7.32%  (1.14)%(b)  7.61%  0.47%(b)
                         
RATIOS AND SUPPLEMENTAL DATA                  
Net assets at end of period (in thousands)  $70,953   $65,143   $40,874   $3,157   $2,887   $1,005 
Ratio of expenses to average net assets before expense waiver and reimbursement  0.38%(c)  0.38%  0.40%  0.43%(c)  0.57%  6.81%(c)
Ratio of expenses to average net assets after expense waiver and reimbursement  0.38%(c)  0.38%  0.38%  0.38%(c)  0.38%  0.36%(c)
Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets  1.55%(c)  1.60%  2.11%  2.19%(c)  2.82%  1.41%(c)
Portfolio turnover rate  12%(b)  22%  23%  87%(b)(f)  66%(f)  279%(b)

 

52 2013 Semiannual Report  ■  TIAA-CREF Funds: Fixed-Income Funds See notes to financial statements
 
Financial highlights concluded

 

Bond Index Fund  ■  For the period or year ended

 

   Retail Class
   9/30/13    3/31/13    3/31/12    3/31/11   9/30/10   9/30/09
   (unaudited                    
FOR A SHARE OUTSTANDING THROUGHOUT
EACH PERIOD
            
Net asset value, beginning of period  $10.93   $10.77   $10.26   $10.50   $10.04   $10.00 
                         
Gain from investment operations:                 
Net investment income (loss) (a)  0.08   0.17   0.22   0.11   0.28   0.01 
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on total investments  (0.30)  0.17   0.52   (0.23)  0.46   0.04 
Total gain (loss) from investment operations  (0.22)  0.34   0.74   (0.12)  0.74   0.05 
                         
Less distributions from:                     
Net investment income  (0.08)  (0.17)  (0.23)  (0.11)  (0.28)  (0.01)
Net realized gains     (0.01)     (0.01)  (0.00)(d)   
Total distributions  (0.08)  (0.18)  (0.23)  (0.12)  (0.28)  (0.01)
Net asset value, end of period  $10.63   $10.93   $10.77   $10.26   $10.50   $10.04 
                         
TOTAL RETURN  (2.04)%(b)  3.15%  7.22%  (1.19)%(b)  7.51%  0.46%(b)
                         
RATIOS AND SUPPLEMENTAL DATA                 
Net assets at end of period (in thousands)  $13,413   $14,344   $12,737   $6,242   $4,215   $1,005 
Ratio of expenses to average net assets before expense waiver and reimbursement  0.50%(c)  0.50%  0.49%  0.54%(c)  0.66%  6.81%(c)
Ratio of expenses to average net assets after expense waiver and reimbursement  0.48%(c)  0.48%  0.48%  0.48%(c)  0.48%  0.45%(c)
Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets  1.44%(c)  1.52%  2.08%  2.10%(c)  2.74%  1.32%(c)
Portfolio turnover rate  12%(b)  22%  23%  87%(b)(f)  66%(f)  279%(b)

 

   Premier Class
   9/30/13    3/31/13    3/31/12    3/31/11   9/30/10    9/30/09 *
   (unaudited)                    
FOR A SHARE OUTSTANDING THROUGHOUT
EACH PERIOD
             
Net asset value, beginning of period  $10.93   $10.77   $10.25   $10.49   $10.04   $10.04 
                         
Gain from investment operations:                 
Net investment income (loss) (a)  0.09   0.19   0.24   0.12   0.30    
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on total investments  (0.30)  0.17   0.53   (0.23)  0.45    
Total gain (loss) from investment operations  (0.21)  0.36   0.77   (0.11)  0.75    
                         
Less distributions from:                 
Net investment income  (0.09)  (0.19)  (0.25)  (0.12)  (0.30)   
Net realized gains     (0.01)     (0.01)  (0.00)(d)   
Total distributions  (0.09)  (0.20)  (0.25)  (0.13)  (0.30)   
Net asset value, end of period  $10.63   $10.93   $10.77   $10.25   $10.49   $10.04 
                         
TOTAL RETURN  (1.94)%(b)  3.36%  7.53%  (1.09)%(b)  7.61%  0.00%(b)
                         
RATIOS AND SUPPLEMENTAL DATA                 
Net assets at end of period (in thousands)  $33,032   $27,364   $11,577   $2,784   $1,451   $1,000 
Ratio of expenses to average net assets before expense waiver and reimbursement  0.28%(c)  0.29%  0.30%  0.33%(c)  0.47%  55.37%(c)
Ratio of expenses to average net assets after expense waiver and reimbursement  0.28%(c)  0.28%  0.28%  0.28%(c)  0.28%  0.28%(c)
Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets  1.66%(c)  1.70%  2.22%  2.31%(c)  2.94%  0.00%(c)
Portfolio turnover rate  12%(b)  22%  23%  87%(b)(f)  66%(f)  279%(b)

 

(a) Based on average shares outstanding.
(b) The percentages shown for this period are not annualized.
(c) The percentages shown for this period are annualized.
(d) Amount represents less than $0.01 per share.
(f) Does not include in-kind transactions.
* The Premier Class commenced operations on September 30, 2009.
Amounts shown are for the six-month period ended March 31, 2011 and not necessarily indicative of a full year of operations. The Fund changed its fiscal year end from September 30 to March 31.
The Fund commenced operations on September 14, 2009.

 

See notes to financial statements TIAA-CREF Funds: Fixed-Income Funds  ■  2013 Semiannual Report 53
 

Financial highlights

 

Bond Plus Fund  ■  For the period or year ended

 

   Institutional Class
   9/30/13    3/31/13    3/31/12    3/31/11   9/30/10    9/30/09    9/30/08  
   (unaudited                        
FOR A SHARE OUTSTANDING THROUGHOUT
EACH PERIOD
                
Net asset value, beginning of period  $10.78   $10.56   $10.16   $10.36   $9.78   $9.38   $10.00 
                             
Gain from investment operations:                     
Net investment income (loss) (a)  0.14   0.33   0.38   0.20   0.47   0.47   0.51 
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on total investments  (0.33)  0.37   0.41   (0.20)  0.58   0.40   (0.62)
Total gain (loss) from investment operations  (0.19)  0.70   0.79   0.00(d)  1.05   0.87   (0.11)
                             
Less distributions from:                     
Net investment income  (0.14)  (0.33)  (0.38)  (0.20)  (0.47)  (0.47)  (0.51)
Net realized gains     (0.15)  (0.01)            
Total distributions  (0.14)  (0.48)  (0.39)  (0.20)  (0.47)  (0.47)  (0.51)
Net asset value, end of period  $10.45   $10.78   $10.56   $10.16   $10.36   $9.78   $9.38 
                             
TOTAL RETURN  (1.77)%(b)  6.69%  7.91%  (0.03)%(b)  10.98%  9.67%  (1.18)%
                             
RATIOS AND SUPPLEMENTAL DATA                   
Net assets at end of period (in thousands)  $1,294,654   $846,872   $718,619   $496,173   $238,020   $206,893   $245,035 
Ratio of expenses to average net assets before expense waiver and reimbursement  0.33%(c)  0.34%  0.35%  0.37%(c)  0.37%  0.40%  0.38%
Ratio of expenses to average net assets after expense waiver and reimbursement  0.33%(c)  0.34%  0.35%  0.35%(c)  0.35%  0.35%  0.35%
Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets  2.64%(c)  3.05%  3.62%  3.90%(c)  4.68%  5.07%  5.17%
Portfolio turnover rate  144%(b)(g)  268%(g)  221%(g)  99%(b)(g)  158%(g)  143%(g)  92%

 

   Retirement Class
   9/30/13    3/31/13    3/31/12    3/31/11   9/30/10    9/30/09    9/30/08  
   (unaudited)                        
FOR A SHARE OUTSTANDING THROUGHOUT
EACH PERIOD
                
Net asset value, beginning of period  $10.80   $10.57   $10.17   $10.37   $9.79   $9.39   $10.02 
                             
Gain from investment operations:                            
Net investment income (loss) (a)  0.13   0.30   0.35   0.18   0.43   0.45   0.49 
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on total investments  (0.33)  0.38   0.41   (0.20)  0.59   0.40   (0.63)
Total gain (loss) from investment operations  (0.20)  0.68   0.76   (0.02)  1.02   0.85   (0.14)
                             
Less distributions from:                 
Net investment income  (0.13)  (0.30)  (0.35)  (0.18)  (0.44)  (0.45)  (0.49)
Net realized gains     (0.15)  (0.01)            
Total distributions  (0.13)  (0.45)  (0.36)  (0.18)  (0.44)  (0.45)  (0.49)
Net asset value, end of period  $10.47   $10.80   $10.57   $10.17   $10.37   $9.79   $9.39 
                             
TOTAL RETURN  (1.89)%(b)  6.52%  7.64%  (0.16)%(b)  10.70%  9.39%  (1.49)%
                             
RATIOS AND SUPPLEMENTAL DATA                  
Net assets at end of period (in thousands)  $177,289   $151,447   $95,480   $72,668   $92,179   $58,533   $9,913 
Ratio of expenses to average net assets before expense waiver and reimbursement  0.58%(c)  0.59%  0.60%  0.62%(c)  0.62%  0.65%  0.63%
Ratio of expenses to average net assets after expense waiver and reimbursement  0.58%(c)  0.59%  0.60%  0.60%(c)  0.60%  0.60%  0.61%
Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets  2.39%(c)  2.79%  3.36%  3.58%(c)  4.34%  4.80%  4.95%
Portfolio turnover rate  144%(b)(g)  268%(g)  221%(g)  99%(b)(g)  158%(g)  143%(g)  92%

 

54 2013 Semiannual Report  ■  TIAA-CREF Funds: Fixed-Income Funds See notes to financial statements
 
Financial highlights concluded

 

Bond Plus Fund  ■  For the period or year ended

 

   Retail Class
   9/30/13    3/31/13    3/31/12    3/31/11   9/30/10    9/30/09    9/30/08  
   (unaudited                        
FOR A SHARE OUTSTANDING THROUGHOUT
EACH PERIOD
              
Net asset value, beginning of period  $10.80   $10.58   $10.18   $10.38   $9.80   $9.40   $10.02 
                             
Gain from investment operations:                     
Net investment income (loss) (a)  0.12   0.29   0.35   0.18   0.45   0.46   0.50 
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on total investments  (0.33)  0.37   0.41   (0.20)  0.58   0.40   (0.61)
Total gain (loss) from investment operations  (0.21)  0.66   0.76   (0.02)  1.03   0.86   (0.11)
                             
Less distributions from:                     
Net investment income  (0.12)  (0.29)  (0.35)  (0.18)  (0.45)  (0.46)  (0.51)
Net realized gains     (0.15)  (0.01)            
Total distributions  (0.12)  (0.44)  (0.36)  (0.18)  (0.45)  (0.46)  (0.51)
Net asset value, end of period  $10.47   $10.80   $10.58   $10.18   $10.38   $9.80   $9.40 
                             
TOTAL RETURN  (1.94)%(b)  6.32%  7.59%  (0.14)%(b)  10.78%  9.50%  (1.26)%
                             
RATIOS AND SUPPLEMENTAL DATA                     
Net assets at end of period (in thousands)  $266,017   $288,131   $275,663   $265,818   $277,069   $247,928   $241,183 
Ratio of expenses to average net assets before expense waiver and reimbursement  0.68%(c)  0.68%  0.64%  0.59%(c)  0.54%  0.74%  0.74%
Ratio of expenses to average net assets after expense waiver and reimbursement  0.68%(c)  0.68%  0.64%  0.58%(c)  0.52%  0.49%  0.44%
Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets  2.28%(c)  2.71%  3.33%  3.62%(c)  4.50%  4.93%  5.09%
Portfolio turnover rate  144%(b)(g)  268%(g)  221%(g)  99%(b)(g)  158%(g)  143%(g)  92%

 

   Premier Class      
   9/30/13    3/31/13    3/31/12    3/31/11   9/30/10    9/30/09 *      
   (unaudited                          
FOR A SHARE OUTSTANDING THROUGHOUT
EACH PERIOD
                  
Net asset value, beginning of period  $10.78   $10.56   $10.16   $10.36   $9.78   $9.78       
                               
Gain from investment operations:                       
Net investment income (loss) (a)  0.13   0.31   0.36   0.19   0.40   0.00(d)      
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on total investments  (0.33)  0.37   0.41   (0.20)  0.63          
Total gain (loss) from investment operations  (0.20)  0.68   0.77   (0.01)  1.03   0.00(d)      
                               
Less distributions from:                           
Net investment income  (0.13)  (0.31)  (0.36)  (0.19)  (0.45)         
Net realized gains     (0.15)  (0.01)               
Total distributions  (0.13)  (0.46)  (0.37)  (0.19)  (0.45)         
Net asset value, end of period  $10.45   $10.78   $10.56   $10.16   $10.36   $9.78       
                               
TOTAL RETURN  (1.85)%(b)  6.53%  7.75%  (0.11)%(b)  10.82%  0.00%(b)      
                               
RATIOS AND SUPPLEMENTAL DATA                       
Net assets at end of period (in thousands)  $19,810   $16,773   $12,334   $11,028   $10,857   $250       
Ratio of expenses to average net assets before expense waiver and reimbursement  0.48%(c)  0.49%  0.50%  0.52%(c)  0.52%  220.91%(c)      
Ratio of expenses to average net assets after expense waiver and reimbursement  0.48%(c)  0.49%  0.50%  0.50%(c)  0.50%  0.50%(c)      
Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets  2.49%(c)  2.89%  3.45%  3.69%(c)  3.89%  0.00%(c)      
Portfolio turnover rate  144%(b)(g)  268%(g)  221%(g)  99%(b)(g)  158%(g)  143%(g)      

 

(a) Based on average shares outstanding.
(b) The percentages shown for this period are not annualized.
(c) The percentages shown for this period are annualized.
(d) Amount represents less than $0.01 per share.
(g) The portfolio turnover rates excluding mortgage dollar roll transactions for the periods ending September 30, 2013, March 31, 2013, March 31, 2012, March 31, 2011, September 30, 2010 and September 30, 2009 were 47%, 108%, 105%, 63%, 90% and 108%, respectively.
* The Premier Class commenced operations on September 30, 2009.
Amounts shown are for the six-month period ended March 31, 2011 and not necessarily indicative of a full year of operations. The Fund changed its fiscal year end from September 30 to March 31.

 

See notes to financial statements TIAA-CREF Funds: Fixed-Income Funds  ■  2013 Semiannual Report 55
 

Financial highlights

 

High-Yield Fund  ■  For the period or year ended

 

   Institutional Class
   9/30/13    3/31/13    3/31/12    3/31/11   9/30/10    9/30/09    9/30/08  
   (unaudited)                        
FOR A SHARE OUTSTANDING THROUGHOUT
EACH PERIOD
                
Net asset value, beginning of period  $10.51   $9.97   $9.99   $9.74   $9.04   $8.41   $9.94 
                             
Gain from investment operations:                     
Net investment income (loss) (a)  0.29   0.61   0.68   0.35   0.72   0.78   0.76 
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on total investments  (0.29)  0.57   (0.02)  0.25   0.70   0.63   (1.52)
Total gain (loss) from investment operations  0.00   1.18   0.66   0.60   1.42   1.41   (0.76)
                             
Less distributions from:                     
Net investment income  (0.29)  (0.61)  (0.68)  (0.35)  (0.72)  (0.78)  (0.76)
Net realized gains     (0.03)              (0.01)
Total distributions  (0.29)  (0.64)  (0.68)  (0.35)  (0.72)  (0.78)  (0.77)
Net asset value, end of period  $10.22   $10.51   $9.97   $9.99   $9.74   $9.04   $8.41 
                             
TOTAL RETURN  (0.02)%(b)  12.21%  6.91%  6.22%(b)  16.41%  18.83%  (8.15)%
                             
RATIOS AND SUPPLEMENTAL DATA                     
Net assets at end of period (in thousands)  $1,576,726   $1,493,399   $889,869   $527,004   $398,933   $245,983   $228,048 
Ratio of expenses to average net assets before expense waiver and reimbursement  0.37%(c)  0.38%  0.39%  0.40%(c)  0.41%  0.45%  0.43%
Ratio of expenses to average net assets after expense waiver and reimbursement  0.37%(c)  0.38%  0.39%  0.40%(c)  0.40%  0.40%  0.40%
Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets  5.55%(c)  5.96%  6.90%  7.04%(c)  7.76%  10.07%  8.05%
Portfolio turnover rate  32%(b)  83%  62%  43%(b)  109%  79%  59%

 

   Retirement Class
   9/30/13    3/31/13    3/31/12    3/31/11   9/30/10    9/30/09    9/30/08  
   (unaudited)                        
FOR A SHARE OUTSTANDING THROUGHOUT
EACH PERIOD
                    
Net asset value, beginning of period  $10.51   $9.96   $9.99   $9.74   $9.04   $8.41   $9.95 
                             
Gain from investment operations:                            
Net investment income (loss) (a)  0.28   0.58   0.65   0.34   0.70   0.76   0.74 
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on total investments  (0.29)  0.59   (0.03)  0.25   0.70   0.63   (1.53)
Total gain (loss) from investment operations  (0.01)  1.17   0.62   0.59   1.40   1.39   (0.79)
                             
Less distributions from:                     
Net investment income  (0.28)  (0.59)  (0.65)  (0.34)  (0.70)  (0.76)  (0.74)
Net realized gains     (0.03)              (0.01)
Total distributions  (0.28)  (0.62)  (0.65)  (0.34)  (0.70)  (0.76)  (0.75)
Net asset value, end of period  $10.22   $10.51   $9.96   $9.99   $9.74   $9.04   $8.41 
                             
TOTAL RETURN  (0.14)%(b)  12.05%  6.54%  6.09%(b)  16.12%  18.54%  (8.45)%
                             
RATIOS AND SUPPLEMENTAL DATA                 
Net assets at end of period (in thousands)  $307,802   $300,278   $202,282   $176,489   $166,383   $125,322   $28,694 
Ratio of expenses to average net assets before expense waiver and reimbursement  0.62%(c)  0.63%  0.64%  0.65%(c)  0.66%  0.71%  0.69%
Ratio of expenses to average net assets after expense waiver and reimbursement  0.62%(c)  0.63%  0.64%  0.65%(c)  0.65%  0.65%  0.65%
Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets  5.29%(c)  5.72%  6.65%  6.78%(c)  7.49%  9.38%  7.91%
Portfolio turnover rate  32%(b)  83%  62%  43%(b)  109%  79%  59%

 

56 2013 Semiannual Report  ■  TIAA-CREF Funds: Fixed-Income Funds See notes to financial statements
 
Financial highlights concluded

 

High-Yield Fund  ■  For the period or year ended

 

   Retail Class
   9/30/13    3/31/13    3/31/12    3/31/11   9/30/10    9/30/09    9/30/08  
   (unaudited                        
FOR A SHARE OUTSTANDING THROUGHOUT
EACH PERIOD
                
Net asset value, beginning of period  $10.56   $10.01   $10.03   $9.78   $9.08   $8.44   $9.98 
                             
Gain from investment operations:                 
Net investment income (loss) (a)  0.28   0.58   0.65   0.34   0.71   0.77   0.75 
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on total investments  (0.31)  0.58   (0.02)  0.25   0.70   0.64   (1.53)
Total gain (loss) from investment operations  (0.03)  1.16   0.63   0.59   1.41   1.41   (0.78)
                             
Less distributions from:                   
Net investment income  (0.27)  (0.58)  (0.65)  (0.34)  (0.71)  (0.77)  (0.75)
Net realized gains     (0.03)              (0.01)
Total distributions  (0.27)  (0.61)  (0.65)  (0.34)  (0.71)  (0.77)  (0.76)
Net asset value, end of period  $10.26   $10.56   $10.01   $10.03   $9.78   $9.08   $8.44 
                             
TOTAL RETURN  (0.24)%(b)  11.98%  6.63%  6.11%(b)  16.18%  18.78%  (8.28)%
                             
RATIOS AND SUPPLEMENTAL DATA                     
Net assets at end of period (in thousands)  $585,800   $437,147   $249,119   $169,337   $156,374   $126,323   $101,026 
Ratio of expenses to average net assets before expense waiver and reimbursement  0.65%(c)  0.67%  0.66%  0.59%(c)  0.58%  0.79%  0.71%
Ratio of expenses to average net assets after expense waiver and reimbursement  0.65%(c)  0.67%  0.66%  0.59%(c)  0.57%  0.54%  0.48%
Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets  5.27%(c)  5.67%  6.62%  6.85%(c)  7.60%  9.86%  7.94%
Portfolio turnover rate  32%(b)  83%  62%  43%(b)  109%  79%  59%

 

   Premier Class      
   9/30/13    3/31/13    3/31/12    3/31/11   9/30/10    9/30/09 *      
   (unaudited                          
FOR A SHARE OUTSTANDING THROUGHOUT
EACH PERIOD
                      
Net asset value, beginning of period  $10.51   $9.97   $9.99   $9.74   $9.04   $9.04       
                               
Gain from investment operations:                   
Net investment income (loss) (a)  0.28   0.59   0.66   0.34   0.71   0.00(d)      
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on total investments  (0.29)  0.58   (0.02)  0.25   0.70          
Total gain (loss) from investment operations  (0.01)  1.17   0.64   0.59   1.41   0.00(d)      
                               
Less distributions from:                   
Net investment income  (0.28)  (0.60)  (0.66)  (0.34)  (0.71)         
Net realized gains     (0.03)                  
Total distributions  (0.28)  (0.63)  (0.66)  (0.34)  (0.71)         
Net asset value, end of period  $10.22   $10.51   $9.97   $9.99   $9.74   $9.04       
                               
TOTAL RETURN  (0.09)%(b)  12.05%  6.75%  6.14%(b)  16.23%  0.00%(b)      
                               
RATIOS AND SUPPLEMENTAL DATA                       
Net assets at end of period (in thousands)  $33,135   $32,381   $20,842   $30,472   $16,836   $250       
Ratio of expenses to average net assets before expense waiver and reimbursement  0.52%(c)  0.53%  0.54%  0.55%(c)  0.56%  220.96%(c)      
Ratio of expenses to average net assets after expense waiver and reimbursement  0.52%(c)  0.53%  0.54%  0.55%(c)  0.55%  0.55%(c)      
Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets  5.39%(c)  5.80%  6.74%  6.87%(c)  7.52%  0.00%(c)      
Portfolio turnover rate  32%(b)  83%  62%  43%(b)  109%  79%      

 

(a) Based on average shares outstanding.
(b) The percentages shown for this period are not annualized.
(c) The percentages shown for this period are annualized.
(d) Amount represents less than $0.01 per share.
* The Premier Class commenced operations on September 30, 2009.
Amounts shown are for the six-month period ended March 31, 2011 and not necessarily indicative of a full year of operations. The Fund changed its fiscal year end from September 30 to March 31.

 

See notes to financial statements TIAA-CREF Funds: Fixed-Income Funds  ■  2013 Semiannual Report 57
 

Financial highlights

 

Inflation-Linked Bond Fund  ■  For the period or year ended

 

   Institutional Class
   9/30/13    3/31/13    3/31/12    3/31/11   9/30/10    9/30/09    9/30/08  
   (unaudited )           
FOR A SHARE OUTSTANDING THROUGHOUT
EACH PERIOD
                            
Net asset value, beginning of period  $12.40   $12.07   $11.16   $11.21   $10.53   $10.07   $10.12 
                             
Gain from investment operations:                            
Net investment income (loss) (a)  0.17   0.21   0.36   0.17   0.27   (0.02)  0.71 
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on total investments  (0.96)  0.43   0.95   (0.05)  0.67   0.48   (0.07)
Total gain (loss) from investment operations  (0.79)  0.64   1.31   0.12   0.94   0.46   0.64 
                             
Less distributions from:                            
Net investment income  (0.14)  (0.25)  (0.39)  (0.17)  (0.26)  0.00(d)  (0.69)
Net realized gains     (0.06)  (0.01)            
Total distributions  (0.14)  (0.31)  (0.40)  (0.17)  (0.26)  0.00(d)  (0.69)
Net asset value, end of period  $11.47   $12.40   $12.07   $11.16   $11.21   $10.53   $10.07 
 
TOTAL RETURN  (6.38)%(b)  5.28%  11.92%  1.05%(b)  9.04%  4.57%  6.20%
 
RATIOS AND SUPPLEMENTAL DATA                            
Net assets at end of period (in thousands)  $1,388,230   $1,428,566   $1,174,406   $771,048   $737,043   $524,468    $440,993  
Ratio of expenses to average net assets before expense waiver and reimbursement  0.27%(c)  0.27%  0.28%  0.29%(c)  0.32%  0.39%  0.34%
Ratio of expenses to average net assets after expense waiver and reimbursement  0.27%(c)  0.27%  0.28%  0.29%(c)  0.32%  0.35%  0.34%
Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets  2.83%(c)  1.72%  3.07%  3.01%(c)  2.47%  (0.18)%  6.67%
Portfolio turnover rate  5%(b)  14%  13%  7%(b)  12%  17%  16%

 

   Retirement Class
   9/30/13    3/31/13    3/31/12    3/31/11   9/30/10    9/30/09    9/30/08  
   (unaudited )           
FOR A SHARE OUTSTANDING THROUGHOUT
EACH PERIOD
                            
Net asset value, beginning of period  $12.50   $12.18   $11.25   $11.31   $10.62   $10.18   $10.23 
                             
Gain from investment operations:                            
Net investment income (loss) (a)  0.16   0.19   0.36   0.15   0.24   (0.02)  0.82 
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on total investments  (0.98)  0.42   0.94   (0.06)  0.68   0.46   (0.20)
Total gain (loss) from investment operations  (0.82)  0.61   1.30   0.09   0.92   0.44   0.62 
                             
Less distributions from:                            
Net investment income  (0.12)  (0.23)  (0.36)  (0.15)  (0.23)  0.00(d)  (0.67)
Net realized gains     (0.06)  (0.01)            
Total distributions  (0.12)  (0.29)  (0.37)  (0.15)  (0.23)  0.00(d)  (0.67)
Net asset value, end of period  $11.56   $12.50   $12.18   $11.25   $11.31   $10.62   $10.18 
                             
TOTAL RETURN  (6.54)%(b)  5.02%  11.73%  0.83%(b)  8.80%  4.33%  5.95%
                             
RATIOS AND SUPPLEMENTAL DATA                            
Net assets at end of period (in thousands)  $189,294   $220,926   $191,083   $176,090   $175,037   $112,192   $88,127 
Ratio of expenses to average net assets before expense waiver and reimbursement  0.52%(c)  0.52%  0.53%  0.54%(c)  0.57%  0.64%  0.59%
Ratio of expenses to average net assets after expense waiver and reimbursement  0.52%(c)  0.52%  0.53%  0.54%(c)  0.57%  0.60%  0.59%
Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets  2.64%(c)  1.48%  3.01%  2.77%(c)  2.20%  (0.20)%  7.57%
Portfolio turnover rate  5%(b)  14%  13%  7%(b)  12%  17%  16%

 

58 2013 Semiannual Report  ■  TIAA-CREF Funds: Fixed-Income Funds See notes to financial statements
 
Financial highlights concluded

 

Inflation-Linked Bond Fund  ■  For the period or year ended

 

   Retail Class
   9/30/13    3/31/13    3/31/12    3/31/11   9/30/10    9/30/09    9/30/08  
   (unaudited )           
FOR A SHARE OUTSTANDING THROUGHOUT
EACH PERIOD
                            
Net asset value, beginning of period  $12.13   $11.84   $10.95   $11.00   $10.34   $9.90   $9.96 
                             
Gain from investment operations:                            
Net investment income (loss) (a)  0.15   0.17   0.34   0.16   0.24   (0.06)  0.77 
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on total investments  (0.95)  0.41   0.92   (0.05)  0.66   0.50   (0.15)
Total gain (loss) from investment operations  (0.80)  0.58   1.26   0.11   0.90   0.44   0.62 
                             
Less distributions from:                            
Net investment income  (0.12)  (0.23)  (0.36)  (0.16)  (0.24)  0.00(d)  (0.68)
Net realized gains     (0.06)  (0.01)            
Total distributions  (0.12)  (0.29)  (0.37)  (0.16)  (0.24)  0.00(d)  (0.68)
Net asset value, end of period  $11.21   $12.13   $11.84   $10.95   $11.00   $10.34   $9.90 
                             
TOTAL RETURN  (6.61)%(b)  4.90%  11.68%  0.98%(b)  8.84%  4.45%  6.11%
 
RATIOS AND SUPPLEMENTAL DATA                            
Net assets at end of period (in thousands)  $169,228   $220,169   $201,227   $146,917   $147,427   $127,272   $131,575 
Ratio of expenses to average net assets before expense waiver and reimbursement  0.59%(c)  0.58%  0.55%  0.47%(c)  0.49%  0.66%  0.58%
Ratio of expenses to average net assets after expense waiver and reimbursement  0.59%(c)  0.58%  0.55%  0.47%(c)  0.49%  0.49%  0.44%
Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets  2.63%(c)  1.43%  2.91%  2.80%(c)  2.30%  (0.59)%  7.28%
Portfolio turnover rate  5%(b)  14%  13%  7%(b)  12%  17%  16%
          
   Premier Class      
   9/30/13   3/31/13   3/31/12   3/31/11  9/30/10   9/30/09*      
   (unaudited)                          
FOR A SHARE OUTSTANDING THROUGHOUT
EACH PERIOD
                              
Net asset value, beginning of period  $12.38   $12.06   $11.15   $11.21   $10.53   $10.53       
                               
Gain from investment operations:                              
Net investment income (loss) (a)  0.17   0.24   0.37   0.16   0.13   0.00(d)      
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on total investments  (0.97)  0.38   0.92   (0.06)  0.80          
Total gain (loss) from investment operations  (0.80)  0.62   1.29   0.10   0.93   0.00(d)      
                               
Less distributions from:                              
Net investment income  (0.13)  (0.24)  (0.37)  (0.16)  (0.25)         
Net realized gains     (0.06)  (0.01)               
Total distributions  (0.13)  (0.30)  (0.38)  (0.16)  (0.25)         
Net asset value, end of period  $11.45   $12.38   $12.06   $11.15   $11.21   $10.53       
                               
TOTAL RETURN  (6.48)%(b)  5.12%  11.77%  0.89%(b)  8.89%  0.00%(b)      
       
RATIOS AND SUPPLEMENTAL DATA                              
Net assets at end of period (in thousands)  $9,167   $14,323   $18,303   $15,832   $14,474   $250       
Ratio of expenses to average net assets before expense waiver and reimbursement  0.42%(c)  0.42%  0.43%  0.44%(c)  0.47%  220.91%(c)      
Ratio of expenses to average net assets after expense waiver and reimbursement  0.42%(c)  0.42%  0.43%  0.44%(c)  0.47%  0.50%(c)      
Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets  2.86%(c)  1.89%  3.13%  2.88%(c)  1.19%  0.00%(c)      
Portfolio turnover rate  5%(b)  14%  13%  7%(b)  12%  17%      

 

(a) Based on average shares outstanding.
(b) The percentages shown for this period are not annualized.
(c) The percentages shown for this period are annualized.
(d) Amount represents less than $0.01 per share.
* The Premier Class commenced operations on September 30, 2009.
Amounts shown are for the six-month period ended March 31, 2011 and not necessarily indicative of a full year of operations. The Fund changed its fiscal year end from September 30 to March 31.

 

See notes to financial statements TIAA-CREF Funds: Fixed-Income Funds  ■  2013 Semiannual Report 59
 

Financial highlights

 

Short-Term Bond Fund  ■  For the period or year ended

 

   Institutional Class
   9/30/13    3/31/13    3/31/12    3/31/11   9/30/10    9/30/09    9/30/08  
   (unaudited )           
FOR A SHARE OUTSTANDING THROUGHOUT
EACH PERIOD
                            
Net asset value, beginning of period  $10.52   $10.40   $10.30   $10.43   $10.11   $9.78   $10.04 
                             
Gain from investment operations:                            
Net investment income (loss) (a)  0.08   0.16   0.20   0.11   0.28   0.36   0.45 
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on total investments  (0.12)  0.13   0.16   (0.13)  0.32   0.33   (0.26)
Total gain (loss) from investment operations  (0.04)  0.29   0.36   (0.02)  0.60   0.69   0.19 
                             
Less distributions from:                            
Net investment income  (0.08)  (0.16)  (0.20)  (0.11)  (0.28)  (0.36)  (0.45)
Net realized gains     (0.01)  (0.06)            
Total distributions  (0.08)  (0.17)  (0.26)  (0.11)  (0.28)  (0.36)  (0.45)
Net asset value, end of period  $10.40   $10.52   $10.40   $10.30   $10.43   $10.11   $9.78 
                             
TOTAL RETURN  (0.41)%(b)  2.82%  3.53%  (0.20)%(b)  6.05%  7.23%  1.88%
                             
RATIOS AND SUPPLEMENTAL DATA                            
Net assets at end of period (in thousands)  $783,350   $646,931   $431,936   $255,835   $176,043   $101,583   $135,936 
Ratio of expenses to average net assets before expense waiver and reimbursement  0.28%(c)  0.29%  0.31%  0.32%(c)  0.33%  0.38%  0.37%
Ratio of expenses to average net assets after expense waiver and reimbursement  0.28%(c)  0.29%  0.30%  0.30%(c)  0.30%  0.29%  0.31%
Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets  1.47%(c)  1.52%  1.90%  2.11%(c)  2.74%  3.66%  4.46%
Portfolio turnover rate  66%(b)  78%  146%  93%(b)  95%  173%  102%

 

   Retirement Class
   9/30/13    3/31/13    3/31/12    3/31/11   9/30/10    9/30/09    9/30/08  
   (unaudited )           
FOR A SHARE OUTSTANDING THROUGHOUT
EACH PERIOD
                            
Net asset value, beginning of period  $10.53   $10.41   $10.31   $10.44   $10.12   $9.78   $10.05 
                             
Gain from investment operations:                            
Net investment income (loss) (a)  0.07   0.13   0.17   0.10   0.25   0.34   0.42 
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on total investments  (0.13)  0.14   0.16   (0.13)  0.33   0.34   (0.26)
Total gain (loss) from investment operations  (0.06)  0.27   0.33   (0.03)  0.58   0.68   0.16 
                             
Less distributions from:                            
Net investment income  (0.06)  (0.14)  (0.17)  (0.10)  (0.26)  (0.34)  (0.43)
Net realized gains     (0.01)  (0.06)            
Total distributions  (0.06)  (0.15)  (0.23)  (0.10)  (0.26)  (0.34)  (0.43)
Net asset value, end of period  $10.41   $10.53   $10.41   $10.31   $10.44   $10.12   $9.78 
                             
TOTAL RETURN  (0.53)%(b)  2.56%  3.27%  (0.32)%(b)  5.79%  7.07%  1.56%
                             
RATIOS AND SUPPLEMENTAL DATA                            
Net assets at end of period (in thousands)  $185,665   $334,477   $188,614   $134,128   $121,535   $56,366   $19,752 
Ratio of expenses to average net assets before
expense waiver and reimbursement
  0.53%(c)  0.54%  0.55%  0.57%(c)  0.58%  0.64%  0.63%
Ratio of expenses to average net assets after
expense waiver and reimbursement
  0.53%(c)  0.54%  0.55%  0.55%(c)  0.55%  0.54%  0.56%
Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets  1.24%(c)  1.26%  1.65%  1.86%(c)  2.42%  3.40%  4.23%
Portfolio turnover rate  66%(b)  78%  146%  93%(b)  95%  173%  102%

 

60 2013 Semiannual Report  ■  TIAA-CREF Funds: Fixed-Income Funds See notes to financial statements

 
Financial highlights concluded

 

Short-Term Bond Fund  ■  September 30, 2013

 

    Retail Class
    9/30/13     3/31/13     3/31/12     3/31/11   9/30/10     9/30/09     9/30/08  
    (unaudited )                        
FOR A SHARE OUTSTANDING THROUGHOUT
EACH PERIOD
                                         
Net asset value, beginning of period   $10.53     $10.41     $10.31     $10.44     $10.12     $9.78     $10.05  
                                           
Gain from investment operations:                                          
Net investment income (loss) (a)   0.06     0.13     0.17     0.10     0.26     0.35     0.44  
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on total investments   (0.12 )   0.13     0.16     (0.13 )   0.33     0.34     (0.27 )
Total gain (loss) from investment operations   (0.06 )   0.26     0.33     (0.03 )   0.59     0.69     0.17  
                                           
Less distributions from:                                          
Net investment income   (0.06 )   (0.13 )   (0.17 )   (0.10 )   (0.27 )   (0.35 )   (0.44 )
Net realized gains       (0.01 )   (0.06 )                
Total distributions   (0.06 )   (0.14 )   (0.23 )   (0.10 )   (0.27 )   (0.35 )   (0.44 )
Net asset value, end of period   $10.41     $10.53     $10.41     $10.31     $10.44     $10.12     $9.78  
                                           
TOTAL RETURN   (0.57 )%(b)   2.50 %   3.24 %   (0.30 )%(b)   5.87 %   7.19 %   1.71 %
                                           
RATIOS AND SUPPLEMENTAL DATA                                          
Net assets at end of period (in thousands)   $172,254     $184,637     $166,750     $155,623     $149,768     $111,912     $104,084  
Ratio of expenses to average net assets before expense waiver and reimbursement   0.60 %(c)   0.60 %   0.58 %   0.52 %(c)   0.50 %   0.71 %   0.67 %
Ratio of expenses to average net assets after expense waiver and reimbursement   0.60 %(c)   0.60 %   0.57 %   0.50 %(c)   0.47 %   0.43 %   0.38 %
Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets   1.15 %(c)   1.22 %   1.64 %   1.91 %(c)   2.58 %   3.53 %   4.40 %
Portfolio turnover rate   66 %(b)   78 %   146 %   93 %(b)   95 %   173 %   102 %
                                           
    Premier Class      
    9/30/13     3/31/13     3/31/12     3/31/11   9/30/10     9/30/09 *      
    (unaudited )                          
FOR A SHARE OUTSTANDING THROUGHOUT
EACH PERIOD
                                         
Net asset value, beginning of period   $10.53     $10.41     $10.31     $10.43     $10.11     $10.11        
       
Gain from investment operations:                                          
Net investment income (loss) (a)   0.07     0.15     0.18     0.10     0.25     0.00 (d)      
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on total investments   (0.12 )   0.13     0.16     (0.12 )   0.34            
Total gain (loss) from investment operations   (0.05 )   0.28     0.34     (0.02 )   0.59     0.00 (d)      
       
Less distributions from:                                          
Net investment income   (0.07 )   (0.15 )   (0.18 )   (0.10 )   (0.27 )          
Net realized gains       (0.01 )   (0.06 )                  
Total distributions   (0.07 )   (0.16 )   (0.24 )   (0.10 )   (0.27 )          
Net asset value, end of period   $10.41     $10.53     $10.41     $10.31     $10.43     $10.11        
       
TOTAL RETURN   (0.48 )%(b)   2.67 %   3.37 %   (0.18 )%(b)   5.89 %   0.00 %(b)      
       
RATIOS AND SUPPLEMENTAL DATA                                          
Net assets at end of period (in thousands)   $17,106     $16,257     $21,211     $19,881     $19,884     $250        
Ratio of expenses to average net assets before expense waiver and reimbursement   0.43 %(c)   0.44 %   0.45 %   0.47 %(c)   0.48 %   220.86 %(c)      
Ratio of expenses to average net assets after expense waiver and reimbursement   0.43 %(c)   0.44 %   0.45 %   0.45 %(c)   0.45 %   0.45 %(c)      
Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets   1.32 %(c)   1.42 %   1.75 %   1.95 %(c)   2.39 %   0.00 %(c)      
Portfolio turnover rate   66 %(b)   78 %   146 %   93 %(b)   95 %   173 %      

 

(a) Based on average shares outstanding.
(b) The percentages shown for this period are not annualized.
(c) The percentages shown for this period are annualized.
(d) Amount represents less than $0.01 per share.
* The Premier Class commenced operations on September 30, 2009.
Amounts shown are for the six-month period ended March 31, 2011 and not necessarily indicative of a full year of operations. The Fund changed its fiscal year end from September 30 to March 31.

 

See notes to financial statements TIAA-CREF Funds: Fixed-Income Funds  ■  2013 Semiannual Report 61
 

Financial highlights

 

Social Choice Bond Fund  ■  For the periods ended

 

   Institutional Class
   9/30/13    3/31/13
   (unaudited ) 
FOR A SHARE OUTSTANDING THROUGHOUT EACH PERIOD        
Net asset value, beginning of period  $10.03   $10.00 
         
Gain from investment operations:        
Net investment income (loss) (a)  0.08   0.06 
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on total investments  (0.24)  0.08 
Total gain (loss) from investment operations  (0.16)  0.14 
         
Less distributions from:        
Net investment income  (0.08)  (0.06)
Net realized gains     (0.05)
Total distributions  (0.08)  (0.11)
Net asset value, end of period  $ 9.79   $10.03 
         
TOTAL RETURN  (1.63)%(b)  1.41%(b)
         
RATIOS AND SUPPLEMENTAL DATA        
Net assets at end of period (in thousands)  $60,455   $50,034 
Ratio of expenses to average net assets before expense waiver and reimbursement  0.62%(c)  1.29%(c)
Ratio of expenses to average net assets after expense waiver and reimbursement  0.40%(c)  0.40%(c)
Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets  1.56%(c)  1.18%(c)
Portfolio turnover rate  150%(b)  186%(b)

 

   Retirement Class
   9/30/13    3/31/13
   (unaudited )    
FOR A SHARE OUTSTANDING THROUGHOUT EACH PERIOD        
Net asset value, beginning of period  $10.03   $10.00 
         
Gain from investment operations:        
Net investment income (loss) (a)  0.06   0.05 
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on total investments  (0.23)  0.08 
Total gain (loss) from investment operations  (0.17)  0.13 
         
Less distributions from:        
Net investment income  (0.06)  (0.05)
Net realized gains     (0.05)
Total distributions  (0.06)  (0.10)
Net asset value, end of period  $9.80   $10.03 
         
TOTAL RETURN  (1.75)%(b)  1.28%(b)
         
RATIOS AND SUPPLEMENTAL DATA        
Net assets at end of period (in thousands)  $2,563   $2,152 
Ratio of expenses to average net assets before expense waiver and reimbursement  0.88%(c)  1.77%(c)
Ratio of expenses to average net assets after expense waiver and reimbursement  0.65%(c)  0.65%(c)
Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets  1.32%(c)  0.97%(c)
Portfolio turnover rate  150%(b)  186%(b)

 

62 2013 Semiannual Report  ■  TIAA-CREF Funds: Fixed-Income Funds See notes to financial statements
 
Financial highlights concluded

 

Social Choice Bond Fund  ■  For the periods ended

 

   Retail Class
   9/30/13    3/31/13
   (unaudited )    
FOR A SHARE OUTSTANDING THROUGHOUT EACH PERIOD        
Net asset value, beginning of period  $10.03   $10.00 
         
Gain from investment operations:        
Net investment income (loss) (a)  0.06   0.05 
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on total investments  (0.24)  0.07 
Total gain (loss) from investment operations  (0.18)  0.12 
         
Less distributions from:        
Net investment income  (0.06)  (0.04)
Net realized gains     (0.05)
Total distributions  (0.06)  (0.09)
Net asset value, end of period  $9.79   $10.03 
         
TOTAL RETURN  (1.80)%(b)  1.22%(b)
         
RATIOS AND SUPPLEMENTAL DATA        
Net assets at end of period (in thousands)  $4,153   $2,755 
Ratio of expenses to average net assets before expense waiver and reimbursement  1.00%(c)  1.94%(c)
Ratio of expenses to average net assets after expense waiver and reimbursement  0.75%(c)  0.75%(c)
Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets  1.23%(c)  0.88%(c)
Portfolio turnover rate  150%(b)  186%(b)

 

   Premier Class
   9/30/13    3/31/13
   (unaudited ) 
FOR A SHARE OUTSTANDING THROUGHOUT EACH PERIOD        
Net asset value, beginning of period  $10.03   $10.00 
         
Gain from investment operations:        
Net investment income (loss) (a)  0.07   0.05 
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on total investments  (0.24)  0.08 
Total gain (loss) from investment operations  (0.17)  0.13 
         
Less distributions from:        
Net investment income  (0.07)  (0.05)
Net realized gains     (0.05)
Total distributions  (0.07)  (0.10)
Net asset value, end of period  $9.79   $10.03 
         
TOTAL RETURN  (1.70)%(b)  1.33%(b)
         
RATIOS AND SUPPLEMENTAL DATA        
Net assets at end of period (in thousands)  $1,395   $1,013 
Ratio of expenses to average net assets before expense waiver and reimbursement  0.79%(c)  1.78%(c)
Ratio of expenses to average net assets after expense waiver and reimbursement  0.55%(c)  0.55%(c)
Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets  1.42%(c)  1.02%(c)
Portfolio turnover rate  150%(b)  186%(b)

 

(a) Based on average shares outstanding.
(b) The percentages shown for this period are not annualized.
(c) The percentages shown for this period are annualized.
The Fund commenced operations on September 21, 2012.

 

See notes to financial statements TIAA-CREF Funds: Fixed-Income Funds  ■  2013 Semiannual Report 63
 

Financial highlights

 

Tax-Exempt Bond Fund  ■  For the period or year ended

 

   Institutional Class
   9/30/13    3/31/13    3/31/12    3/31/11   9/30/10    9/30/09    9/30/08  
   (unaudited )           
FOR A SHARE OUTSTANDING THROUGHOUT
EACH PERIOD
                            
Net asset value, beginning of period  $11.08   $10.86   $10.06   $10.80   $10.51   $9.69   $10.13 
                             
Gain from investment operations:                            
Net investment income (loss) (a)  0.14   0.32   0.34   0.19   0.38   0.38   0.36 
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on total investments  (0.57)  0.30   0.80   (0.63)  0.31   0.82   (0.44)
Total gain (loss) from investment operations  (0.43)  0.62   1.14   (0.44)  0.69   1.20   (0.08)
                             
Less distributions from:                            
Net investment income  (0.14)  (0.32)  (0.34)  (0.19)  (0.38)  (0.38)  (0.36)
Net realized gains     (0.08)     (0.11)  (0.02)  (0.00)(d)  (0.00)(d)
Total distributions  (0.14)  (0.40)  (0.34)  (0.30)  (0.40)  (0.38)  (0.36)
Net asset value, end of period  $10.51   $11.08   $10.86   $10.06   $10.80   $10.51   $9.69 
 
TOTAL RETURN  (3.91)%(b)  5.74%  11.46%  (4.07)%(b)  6.75%  12.70%  (0.87)%
 
RATIOS AND SUPPLEMENTAL DATA                            
Net assets at end of period (in thousands)  $10,641   $10,155   $9,508   $10,003   $14,845   $23,263   $66,144 
Ratio of expenses to average net assets before expense waiver and reimbursement  0.35%(c)  0.35%  0.38%  0.40%(c)  0.38%  0.42%  0.41%
Ratio of expenses to average net assets after expense waiver and reimbursement  0.35%(c)  0.35%  0.35%  0.35%(c)  0.35%  0.35%  0.36%
Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets  2.58%(c)  2.89%  3.21%  3.70%(c)  3.66%  3.83%  3.51%
Portfolio turnover rate  63%(b)  49%  59%  11%(b)  29%  28%  50%

 

   Retail Class
   9/30/13    3/31/13    3/31/12    3/31/11   9/30/10    9/30/09    9/30/08  
   (unaudited )           
FOR A SHARE OUTSTANDING THROUGHOUT
EACH PERIOD
                            
Net asset value, beginning of period  $11.10   $10.88   $10.07   $10.81   $10.52   $9.70   $10.14 
                             
Gain from investment operations:                            
Net investment income (loss) (a)  0.12   0.29   0.32   0.18   0.37   0.36   0.35 
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on total investments  (0.57)  0.30   0.81   (0.63)  0.31   0.83   (0.44)
Total gain (loss) from investment operations  (0.45)  0.59   1.13   (0.45)  0.68   1.19   (0.09)
                             
Less distributions from:                            
Net investment income  (0.12)  (0.29)  (0.32)  (0.18)  (0.37)  (0.37)  (0.35)
Net realized gains     (0.08)     (0.11)  (0.02)  (0.00)(d)  (0.00)(d)
Total distributions  (0.12)  (0.37)  (0.32)  (0.29)  (0.39)  (0.37)  (0.35)
Net asset value, end of period  $10.53   $11.10   $10.88   $10.07   $10.81   $10.52   $9.70 
                             
TOTAL RETURN  (4.04)%(b)  5.44%  11.30%  (4.14)%(b)  6.61%  12.55%  (0.90)%
                             
RATIOS AND SUPPLEMENTAL DATA                            
Net assets at end of period (in thousands)  $351,782   $397,445   $341,517   $281,980   $318,965   $236,065   $179,559 
Ratio of expenses to average net assets before expense waiver and reimbursement  0.64%(c)  0.63%  0.62%  0.55%(c)  0.52%  0.70%  0.65%
Ratio of expenses to average net assets after expense waiver and reimbursement  0.64%(c)  0.63%  0.59%  0.51%(c)  0.49%  0.47%  0.39%
Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets  2.29%(c)  2.61%  2.96%  3.56%(c)  3.52%  3.67%  3.49%
Portfolio turnover rate  63%(b)  49%  59%  11%(b)  29%  28%  50%

 

(a) Based on average shares outstanding.
(b) The percentages shown for this period are not annualized.
(c) The percentages shown for this period are annualized.
(d) Amount represents less than $0.01 per share.
Amounts shown are for the six-month period ended March 31, 2011 and not necessarily indicative of a full year of operations. The Fund changed its fiscal year end from September 30 to March 31.

 

64 2013 Semiannual Report  ■  TIAA-CREF Funds: Fixed-Income Funds See notes to financial statements
 

Financial highlights

 

Money Market Fund  ■  For the period or year ended

 

   Institutional Class
   9/30/13    3/31/13    3/31/12    3/31/11   9/30/10    9/30/09    9/30/08  
   (unaudited )           
FOR A SHARE OUTSTANDING THROUGHOUT
EACH PERIOD
                            
Net asset value, beginning of period  $1.00   $1.00   $1.00   $1.00   $1.00   $1.00   $1.00 
                             
Gain from investment operations:                            
Net investment income (loss) (a)  0.00(d)  0.00(d)  0.00(d)  0.00(d)  0.00(d)  0.01   0.03 
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on total investments                     
Total gain (loss) from investment operations  0.00(d)  0.00(d)  0.00(d)  0.00(d)  0.00(d)  0.01   0.03 
 
Less distributions from:                            
Net investment income  (0.00)(d)  (0.00)(d)  (0.00)(d)  (0.00)(d)  (0.00)(d)  (0.01)  (0.03)
Net realized gains                     
Total distributions  (0.00)(d)  (0.00)(d)  (0.00)(d)  (0.00)(d)  (0.00)(d)  (0.01)  (0.03)
Net asset value, end of period  $1.00   $1.00   $1.00   $1.00   $1.00   $1.00   $1.00 
 
TOTAL RETURN  0.01%(b)  0.05%  0.03%  0.04%(b)  0.13%  1.03%  3.51%
 
RATIOS AND SUPPLEMENTAL DATA                            
Net assets at end of period (in thousands)  $315,902   $293,090   $469,588   $427,230   $433,888    $336,137     $293,537  
Ratio of expenses to average net assets before expense waiver and reimbursement  0.13%(c)  0.14%  0.13%  0.15%(c)  0.15%  0.22%  0.14%
Ratio of expenses to average net assets after expense waiver and reimbursement  0.13%(c)  0.14%  0.13%  0.15%(c)  0.15%  0.17%  0.14%
Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets  0.02%(c)  0.05%  0.03%  0.09%(c)  0.13%  1.00%  3.39%

 

   Retirement Class
   9/30/13    3/31/13    3/31/12    3/31/11   9/30/10  9/30/09  9/30/08
   (unaudited )           
FOR A SHARE OUTSTANDING THROUGHOUT
EACH PERIOD
                            
Net asset value, beginning of period  $1.00   $1.00   $1.00   $1.00   $1.00   $1.00   $1.00 
 
Gain from investment operations:                            
Net investment income (loss) (a)              0.00(d)  0.01   0.03 
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on total investments                     
Total gain (loss) from investment operations              0.00(d)  0.01   0.03 
                             
Less distributions from:                            
Net investment income              (0.00)(d)  (0.01)  (0.03)
Net realized gains                     
Total distributions              (0.00)(d)  (0.01)  (0.03)
Net asset value, end of period  $1.00   $1.00   $1.00   $1.00   $1.00   $1.00   $1.00 
 
TOTAL RETURN  0.00%(b)  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%(b)  0.00%  0.78%  3.25%
 
RATIOS AND SUPPLEMENTAL DATA                            
Net assets at end of period (in thousands)  $89,635   $73,609   $80,690   $64,760   $79,434   $133,415    $97,832  
Ratio of expenses to average net assets before expense waiver and reimbursement  0.38%(c)  0.39%  0.39%  0.40%(c)  0.40%  0.47%  0.39%
Ratio of expenses to average net assets after expense waiver and reimbursement  0.15%(c)  0.19%  0.16%  0.23%(c)  0.27%  0.41%  0.39%
Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets  0.00%(c)  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%(c)  0.00%  0.75%  3.26%

 

See notes to financial statements TIAA-CREF Funds: Fixed-Income Funds  ■  2013 Semiannual Report 65

 
Financial highlights concluded

 

Money Market Fund  ■  For the period or year ended

 

   Retail Class
   9/30/13    3/31/13    3/31/12    3/31/11   9/30/10    9/30/09    9/30/08  
   (unaudited )           
FOR A SHARE OUTSTANDING THROUGHOUT
EACH PERIOD
                            
Net asset value, beginning of period  $1.00   $1.00   $1.00   $1.00   $1.00   $1.00   $1.00 
 
Gain from investment operations:                            
Net investment income (loss) (a)              0.00(d)  0.01   0.03 
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on total investments                     
Total gain (loss) from investment operations              0.00(d)  0.01   0.03 
 
Less distributions from:                            
Net investment income              (0.00)(d)  (0.01)  (0.03)
Net realized gains                     
Total distributions              (0.00)(d)  (0.01)  (0.03)
Net asset value, end of period  $1.00   $1.00   $1.00   $1.00   $1.00   $1.00   $1.00 
 
TOTAL RETURN  0.00%(b)  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%(b)  0.00%  0.91%  3.43%
 
RATIOS AND SUPPLEMENTAL DATA                            
Net assets at end of period (in thousands)  $424,346   $429,522   $486,370   $582,093   $650,426   $887,149    $1,093,363  
Ratio of expenses to average net assets before expense waiver and reimbursement  0.51%(c)  0.51%  0.44%  0.39%(c)  0.33%  0.54%  0.40%
Ratio of expenses to average net assets after expense waiver and reimbursement  0.15%(c)  0.19%  0.16%  0.23%(c)  0.27%  0.28%  0.22%
Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets  0.00%(c)  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%(c)  0.00%  0.95%  3.34%

 

       Premier Class         
   9/30/13    3/31/13    3/31/12    3/31/11   9/30/10    9/30/09 *      
   (unaudited )               
FOR A SHARE OUTSTANDING THROUGHOUT
EACH PERIOD
                              
Net asset value, beginning of period  $1.00   $1.00   $1.00   $1.00   $1.00   $1.00       
       
Gain from investment operations:                              
Net investment income (loss) (a)              0.00(d)         
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on total investments                        
Total gain (loss) from investment operations              0.00(d)         
     
Less distributions from:                              
Net investment income              (0.00)(d)         
Net realized gains                        
Total distributions              (0.00)(d)         
Net asset value, end of period  $1.00   $1.00   $1.00   $1.00   $1.00   $1.00       
       
TOTAL RETURN  0.00%(b)  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%(b)  0.00%  0.00%(b)      
       
RATIOS AND SUPPLEMENTAL DATA                              
Net assets at end of period (in thousands)  $9,408   $8,929   $6,706   $15,678   $12,431   $250       
Ratio of expenses to average net assets before expense waiver and reimbursement  0.28%(c)  0.29%  0.28%  0.30%(c)  0.29%  220.71%(c)      
Ratio of expenses to average net assets after expense waiver and reimbursement  0.15%(c)  0.19%  0.16%  0.23%(c)  0.27%  0.00%(c)      
Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets  0.00%(c)  0.00%  0.00%  0.00%(c)  0.00%  0.00%(c)      

 

(a) Based on average shares outstanding.
(b) The percentages shown for this period are not annualized.
(c) The percentages shown for this period are annualized.
(d) Amount represents less than $0.01 per share.
* The Premier Class commenced operations on September 30, 2009.
Amounts shown are for the six-month period ended March 31, 2011 and not necessarily indicative of a full year of operations. The Fund changed its fiscal year end from September 30 to March 31.

 

66 2013 Semiannual Report  ■  TIAA-CREF Funds: Fixed-Income Funds See notes to financial statements
 

Notes to financial statements (unaudited)

 

TIAA-CREF Funds

 

Note 1—organization and significant accounting policies

 

TIAA-CREF Funds (the “Trust”) is a Delaware statutory trust that is registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“Commission”) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (“1940 Act”), as an open-end management investment company. The following are the TIAA-CREF Funds included in this report: Bond Fund, Bond Index Fund, Bond Plus Fund, High-Yield Fund, Inflation-Linked Bond Fund, Short-Term Bond Fund, Social Choice Bond Fund, Tax-Exempt Bond Fund and the Money Market Fund (collectively the “Funds” or individually, the “Fund”).

 

The Funds offer their shares, without a sales load, through their principal underwriter, Teachers Personal Investors Services, Inc. (“TPIS”), which is a wholly owned indirect subsidiary of Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America (“TIAA”). Teachers Advisors Inc. (“Advisors”), a wholly owned indirect subsidiary of TIAA, which is registered with the Commission as an investment adviser and provides investment management services for the Funds. The Funds offer up to four share classes, although any one Fund may not necessarily offer all four classes. The Funds may offer Institutional, Retirement, Retail and Premier Classes of shares. Each class differs by the allocation of class-specific expenses and voting rights in matters affecting a single class.

 

The accompanying financial statements were prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”) which may require the use of estimates made by management and the evaluation of subsequent events. Actual results may differ from those estimates. The Net Asset Value per share (“NAV”) for financial reporting purposes may differ from the NAV for processing transactions. The NAV for financial reporting purposes includes security and shareholder transactions through the date of the report. Total return is computed based on the NAV used for processing transactions. The following is a summary of the significant accounting policies consistently followed by the Funds.

 

Security valuation: For all Funds (other than the Money Market Fund), investments in securities are recorded at their estimated fair value as described in the valuation of investments note to the financial statements. Investments held by the Money Market Fund are recorded at amortized cost, which approximates fair value. The amortized cost of an instrument is determined by valuing it at its original cost and thereafter accreting or amortizing any discount or premium to its face value at a constant rate until maturity.

 

Investments and investment income: Securities transactions are accounted for as of the trade date for financial reporting purposes. Interest income is recorded as earned and includes accretion of discounts and amortization of premiums using the effective yield method. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date. Realized gains and losses on securities transactions are based upon the specific identification method.

Distributions received on securities that represent a return of capital or capital gain are recorded as a reduction of cost of investments and/or as a realized gain. The Funds estimate the components of distributions received that may be considered return of capital distributions or capital gain distributions.

 

Income and expenses of a Fund are allocated on a pro rata basis to each class of shares, except for service agreement fees, distribution fees and transfer agency fees and expenses, which are unique to each class of shares. Most expenses of the Trust can be directly attributed to a fund. Expenses that cannot be directly attributed are allocated to each fund in the Trust based upon the average net assets of each fund.

 

Foreign currency transactions and translation: Assets, including investments, and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollar values each day using exchange rates obtained from an independent third party. Purchases and sales of securities, income and expenses are translated into U.S. dollars at the prevailing exchange rate on the date of the transaction. The effect of changes in foreign currency exchange rates on realized and unrealized security gains and losses is reflected as a component of security gains and losses.

 

Distributions to shareholders: Distributions to shareholders, which are determined in accordance with income tax regulations, are recorded on the ex-dividend date.

 

Income taxes: Each Fund is treated separately for income tax purposes. The Funds intend to continue to qualify as regulated investment companies under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code (“Code”) and will not be subject to income taxes to the extent that they distribute all taxable income each year and comply with various other Code requirements. Management has analyzed the Funds’ tax positions taken for all open federal income tax years (2009–2013) and has concluded that no provision for federal income tax is required in the Funds’ financial statements.

 

The timing and character of income and capital gain distributions are determined in accordance with income tax regulations, which may differ from U.S. GAAP. Reclassifications are made to a Fund’s capital accounts for permanent tax differences to reflect income and gains available for distribution (or available capital loss carryforwards) under income tax regulations.

 

Foreign taxes: The Funds may be subject to foreign taxes on income, gains on investments or currency repatriation, a portion of which may be recoverable. The Funds will accrue such taxes and recoveries as applicable, based upon the current interpretation of tax rules and regulations that exist in the markets in which the Funds invest.

 

Trustee compensation: The Funds pay the members of the Board of Trustees (“Board”), all of whom are independent, certain remuneration for their services, plus travel and other expenses. Trustees may elect to participate in a deferred compensation plan and defer all or a portion of their compensation. In addition, trustees participate in a long-term compensation plan. Amounts


 

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Notes to financial statements (unaudited)

 

deferred are retained by the Funds until paid. The investment of deferred amounts and the offsetting payable to the trustees are included in other assets and accrued expenses and other payables in the accompanying Statements of Assets and Liabilities. Trustees’ fees, including any deferred and long-term compensation incurred, are reflected in the Statements of Operations.

 

New accounting pronouncement: In December 2011, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued Accounting Standard Update (“ASU”) No. 2011-11, Disclosures about Offsetting Assets and Liabilities, and in January 2013 issued ASU 2013-01, Clarifying the Scope of Disclosures about Offsetting Assets and Liabilities (collectively, the “Update”). The Update creates new disclosure requirements requiring entities to disclose both gross and net information for derivatives and other financial instruments that are either offset in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities or subject to an enforceable master netting arrangement or similar agreement. The disclosure requirements are effective for interim and annual reporting periods beginning on or after January 1, 2013. The Funds have adopted these new disclosure requirements and has determined that no additional disclosures are required for this semiannual report.

 

Note 2—valuation of investments

 

Portfolio investments are valued at fair value utilizing various valuation methods approved by the Board. U.S. GAAP establishes a hierarchy that prioritizes market inputs to valuation methods. The three levels of inputs are:

 

Level 1 – quoted prices in active markets for identical securities
Level 2 – other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, credit spreads, etc.)
Level 3 – significant unobservable inputs (including the Funds’ own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments)

 

The availability of observable inputs can vary from security to security and is affected by a wide variety of factors, including, for example, the type of security, whether the security is new and not yet established in the marketplace, the liquidity of markets and other characteristics particular to the security. To the extent that valuation is based on models or inputs that are less observable or unobservable in the market, the determination of fair value requires more judgment. Accordingly, the degree of judgment exercised in determining fair value is greatest for instruments categorized in Level 3. The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.

 

A description of the valuation techniques applied to the Funds’ major categories of assets and liabilities measured at fair value follows:

Exchange-traded equity securities, common and preferred stock: Equity securities listed or traded on a national market or exchange are valued based on their sale price on such market or exchange at the close of business on the date of valuation, or at the mean of the closing bid and asked prices if no sale is reported. To the extent these securities are actively traded and valuation adjustments are not applied, they are categorized in Level 1 of the fair value hierarchy. Foreign investments are valued at the last sale or official closing price reported on the exchange where traded and converted to U.S. dollars at the prevailing rates of exchange on the date of valuation. For events affecting the value of foreign securities between the time when the exchange on which they are traded closes and the time when the Funds’ net assets are calculated, such securities will be valued at fair value in accordance with procedures adopted by the Board. Foreign securities are generally categorized in Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy.

 

Debt securities: Debt securities will generally be valued using prices provided by a pricing service which may employ various indications of value including but not limited to broker-dealer quotations. Certain debt securities, other than money market instruments, are valued based on the most recent bid price or the equivalent quoted yield for such securities (or those of comparable maturity, quality and type). Debt securities are generally categorized in Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy; in instances where prices, yields or any other key inputs are unobservable, they are categorized in Level 3 of the hierarchy.

 

Short-term investments: Short-term investments with maturities of 60 days or less are valued at amortized cost. Short-term investments (other than those in the Money Market Fund) with maturities in excess of 60 days are valued in the same manner as debt securities. Short-term investments are generally categorized in Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy. Short-term investments in the Money Market Fund are all valued at amortized cost. Money Market Fund investments are categorized as Level 2 in the fair value hierarchy.

 

Investments in registered investment companies: These investments are valued at their net asset value on the valuation date. These investments are categorized in Level 1 of the fair value hierarchy.

 

Credit default swap contracts: Credit default swap contracts are marked-to-market daily based upon a price utilized by a pricing service. Credit default swaps are generally categorized as Level 2 in the fair value hierarchy.

 

Any portfolio securities for which market quotations are not readily available are valued at fair value, as determined in good faith using procedures approved by the Board. To the extent the inputs are observable and timely, the values would be categorized in Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy; otherwise they would be categorized as Level 3.

 

Transfers between levels are recognized at the end of the reporting period. For the period ended September 30, 2013, there were no material transfers between levels by the Funds.


 

68 2013 Semiannual Report  ■  TIAA-CREF Funds: Fixed-Income Funds
 

continued

 

As of September 30, 2013, 100% of the value of investments in the Bond Fund, Bond Index Fund, Inflation-Linked Bond Fund, Short-Term Bond Fund, Tax-Exempt Bond Fund and Money Market Fund were valued based on Level 2 inputs.

The following table summarizes the market value of the Funds’ investments as of September 30, 2013 based on the inputs used to value them:


 

Fund  Level 1   Level 2   Level 3   Total 
                 
Bond Plus                    
Bank loan obligations  $   $73,595,026   $   $73,595,026 
Corporate bonds       712,983,692        712,983,692 
Government bonds       687,085,651        687,085,651 
Structured assets       175,507,124        175,507,124 
Preferred stocks   1,441,404            1,441,404 
Short-term investments       396,574,173        396,574,173 
Credit default swaps*       (84,274)       (84,274)
                 
Total  $1,441,404   $2,045,661,392   $   $2,047,102,796 
                 
High-Yield                    
Bank loan obligations  $   $294,100,530   $   $294,100,530 
Corporate bonds       2,131,609,308        2,131,609,308 
Preferred stocks   7,276,554            7,276,554 
Short-term investments       69,422,591        69,422,591 
                 
Total  $7,276,554   $2,495,132,429   $   $2,502,408,983 
                 
Social Choice Bond                    
Bank loan obligations  $   $248,367   $   $248,367 
Corporate bonds       28,269,812        28,269,812 
Government bonds       31,082,944        31,082,944 
Structured assets       5,777,105        5,777,105 
Preferred stocks   250,355            250,355 
                 
Total  $250,355   $65,378,228   $   $65,628,583 

 

*Derivative instruments are not reflected in the summary portfolio of investments.

 

Note 3—derivative instruments

 

As defined by U.S. GAAP, a derivative is a financial instrument whose value is derived from an underlying security price, foreign exchange rate, interest rate, index of prices or rates, or other variables. Derivatives require little or no initial investment and permit or require net settlement. The Funds value derivatives at fair value.

At September 30, 2013, the following Funds have invested in derivative contracts which are reflected in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities:


 

    Asset derivatives   Liabilities derivatives
        Fair value       Fair value  
Derivative contracts   Location   amount   Location   amount  
                   
Bond Fund                  
Credit contracts   Swap premiums paid   $12,486   Swap premiums received   $207,925  
Credit contracts           Unrealized depreciation on swap agreements   139,624  
                   
                   
Bond Plus Fund                  
Credit contracts           Swap premiums received   59,408  
Credit contracts         Unrealized depreciation on swap agreements   24,866  
                   
                   
Short-Term Bond Fund                  
Credit contracts           Swap premiums received   37,626  
Credit contracts         Unrealized depreciation on swap agreements   18,106  
                   

 

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Notes to financial statements (unaudited)

 

For the period ended September 30, 2013, the effects of derivative contracts on the Funds’ Statements of Operations were as follows:

 

          Change in 
          unrealized 
      Realized   appreciation 
Derivative contracts  Location  gain (loss)   (depreciation) 
            
Bond Fund             
Credit contracts  Swap transactions  $ 5,249   $(131,993)
Bond Plus Fund             
Credit contracts  Swap transactions   5,110    (22,686)
Short-Term Bond Fund             
Credit contracts  Swap transactions   15,333    (25,176)
            

 

Credit default swap contracts: The Funds are subject to credit risk in the normal course of pursuing their investment objectives. A credit default swap is a contract between a buyer and a seller of protection against pre-defined credit events for the reference entity. As a seller in a credit default swap contract, the Fund is required to pay an agreed upon amount to the counterparty with the occurrence of a specified credit event, such as certain bankruptcies related to an underlying credit instrument, index, or issuer which would likely result in a loss to the Fund. The agreed upon amount approximates the notional value of the swap and is estimated to be the maximum potential future payment that the Fund could be required to make under the contract. In return, the Fund receives from the counterparty a periodic stream of payments over the term of the contract provided that no credit event has occurred. If no credit event occurs, the Fund keeps the stream of payments with no payment obligations. When the Fund sells a credit default swap contract it will cover its commitment. This may be achieved by, among other methods, maintaining cash or liquid assets in a segregated account equal to the aggregate notional value of the reference

entities for all outstanding credit default swap contracts sold by the Fund.

 

The Fund may also buy credit default swap contracts, in which case the Fund functions as the counterparty referenced above. This involves the risk that the contract may expire worthless. It also involves counterparty risk that the seller may fail to satisfy its payment obligations to the Fund with the occurrence of a credit event.

 

The value of a swap included in net assets is the unrealized gain or loss of the contract plus or minus any unamortized premiums paid or received, respectively. Appreciated swaps and premiums paid are reflected as assets and depreciated swaps and premiums received are reflected as liabilities on the Statements of Assets and Liabilities.

 

Under the terms of the credit default swap contracts, the Fund receives or makes quarterly payments based on a payment rate on a fixed notional amount. These payments are recorded as a realized gain or loss in the Statements of Operations. Payments received or made as a result of a credit event or termination of the contract are recognized as realized gains or losses.

 

The Funds (other than the Money Market Fund) invest in credit default swaps to hedge or manage the risks associated with assets held in the Fund and/or to facilitate the implementation of portfolio strategies to seek to increase the total return. During the period ended September 30, 2013, the Bond Fund, the Bond Plus Fund, and the Short-Term Bond Fund had exposure to credit default swap contracts, based on underlying notional values, generally between 0% and 1% of net assets.


 

At September 30, 2013, open credit default swap contracts purchased and sold by the Funds were as follows:

 

PURCHASED

 

            Fixed payments  Implied credit      Upfront  Unrealized 
         Maturity  paid by  spread at  Notional   premium  appreciation 
Fund  Reference entity  Counterparty  date  fund per annum  9/30/2013(1) amount(2)  paid (received)  (depreciation) 
Bond  Republic of Poland  JP Morgan Chase                            
      Bank, N.A.   9/20/18    1.00%   0.84%  $5,000,000    $12,486   $(49,996)

 

SOLD

 

            Fixed payments  Implied credit       Upfront  Unrealized 
         Maturity  received by  spread at  Notional    premium  appreciation 
Fund  Reference entity  Counterparty  date  fund per annum  9/30/2013(1) amount(2)   paid (received)  (depreciation) 
                            
Bond  Federative Republic of Brazil  UBS AG   9/20/22   1.00%  2.12%  $ 3,500,000     $ (207,925)  $ (89,628)
Bond Plus  Federative Republic of Brazil  UBS AG   9/20/22   1.00   2.12   1,000,000     (59,408)  (24,866)
Short-Term Bond  Federative Republic of Brazil  Bank of America   9/20/17   1.00   1.49   3,000,000     (37,626)  (18,106)
                            

 

(1)Implied credit spreads, represented in absolute terms, utilized in determining the market value of credit default swap agreements on corporate issues, U.S. municipal issues or sovereign issues of an emerging country as of period end, serve as an indicator of the current status of the payment/performance risk and represent the likelihood or risk of default for the credit derivative. The implied credit spread of a particular referenced entity reflects the cost of buying/selling protection and may include upfront payments required to be made to enter into the agreement. Wider credit spreads represent a deterioration of the referenced entity’s credit soundness and a greater likelihood or risk of default or other credit event occurring as defined under the terms of the agreement.
(2)The maximum potential amount the Fund could be required to pay as a seller of credit protection or receive as a buyer of credit protection if a credit event occurs is defined under the terms of that particular swap agreement.

 

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continued

 

Note 4—investment adviser and affiliates

 

Under the terms of the Investment Management Agreement with respect to each Fund, Advisors provides asset management services to the Fund for an annual fee, payable monthly. The Funds have entered into an Administrative Service Agreement with Advisors under which the Funds pay Advisors for its costs in providing certain administrative and operational oversight services to the Funds.

 

Under the terms of a Retirement Class Service Agreement with respect to each Fund, the Retirement Class of the Fund incurs an annual fee, payable monthly to Advisors, for certain administrative costs associated with the maintenance of Retirement Class shares on retirement plan or other platforms. Substantially all of the Retirement Class shareholder servicing fees reported on the Statements of Operations is paid to Advisors under the Retirement Class Service Agreement. Under the terms of a distribution Rule 12b-1 plan, the Retail Class of each Fund compensated TPIS for providing distribution, promotional and/or shareholder services to the Retail Class of the Fund at the annual rate of 0.25% of the average daily net assets attributable to the Fund’s Retail Class. The Premier Class of each Fund is subject to a distribution Rule 12b-1 plan that compensated TPIS for providing distribution, promotional and/or shareholder services to the Premier Class of the Fund at the annual rate of 0.15% of the average daily net assets attributable to the Fund’s Premier Class.

For the Money Market Fund, TPIS waived a portion of distribution Rule 12b-1 plan expenses on the Retail Class, and Advisors is reimbursing certain other Retail Class expenses. TPIS waived a portion of the distribution Rule 12b-1 plan expenses on the Premier Class and Advisors waived a portion of service agreement fees on the Retirement Class. In addition, Advisors waived a portion of the investment management fees from each class. These waivers and reimbursements are voluntary in nature and can be discontinued at any time. The amounts waived and reimbursed are disclosed on the Statements of Operations.

 

Certain affiliated entities may pay Fund expenses on behalf of the Funds. The Funds reimburse the affiliated entities for any such payment. Amounts owed to Fund affiliates for payment of Fund expenses are disclosed as due to affiliates on the Statements of Assets and Liabilities.

 

Advisors has agreed to reimburse each Fund if its total expense ratio (excluding interest, taxes, brokerage and other transactional expenses, acquired fund fees and expenses and extraordinary expenses) exceeds certain percentages. As of September 30, 2013, the investment management fee, service agreement fee, distribution fee and maximum expense amounts (after waivers and reimbursements) are equal to the following noted annual percentage of average daily net assets for each class:


 

   Investment
management
fee range
   Investment
management
fee-effective
rate
   Service
agreement fee
   Maximum distribution fee   Maximum expense amounts    
           Retirement   Retail   Premier   Institutional   Retirement   Retail   Premier 
Fund          Class   Class   Class   Class   Class   Class   Class 
                                     
Bond*   0.27%–0.30%   0.29%   0.25%   0.25%   0.15%   0.35%   0.60%   0.70%   0.50%
Bond Index   0.10    0.10    0.25    0.25    0.15    0.13    0.38    0.48    0.28 
Bond Plus*   0.27–0.30    0.30    0.25    0.25    0.15    0.35    0.60    0.70    0.50 
High-Yield*   0.32–0.35    0.34    0.25    0.25    0.15    0.40    0.65    0.75    0.55 
Inflation-Linked Bond*   0.22–0.25    0.25    0.25    0.25    0.15    0.35    0.60    0.70    0.50 
Short-Term Bond*   0.22–0.25    0.25    0.25    0.25    0.15    0.30    0.55    0.65    0.45 
Social Choice Bond*   0.32–0.35    0.35    0.25    0.25    0.15    0.40    0.65    0.75    0.55 
Tax-Exempt Bond*   0.27–0.30    0.30        0.25        0.35        0.70     
Money Market   0.10    0.10    0.25    0.25    0.15    0.15    0.40    0.50    0.30 
                                     

 

*These Funds are subject to a breakpoint schedule on their investment management fees, which reduces these fees as the Fund’s net assets increase.
Maximum expense amounts reflect all expenses excluding interest, taxes, brokerage and other transactional expenses, acquired fund fees and expenses and extraordinary expenses. The expense reimbursement arrangements will continue through at least July 31, 2014. The reimbursement arrangements can only be changed with the approval of the Board of Trustees.

 

The Funds may purchase or sell investment securities in transactions with affiliated entities under procedures adopted by the Board, pursuant to the 1940 Act. These transactions are effected at market rates without incurring broker commissions.

 

At the commencement of operations of the Social Choice Bond Fund, TIAA, an affiliate, invested in the Fund. In addition, a registered separate account of TIAA has various sub-accounts that invest in the Funds, and certain funds within the Trust also make investments in the Funds.

 

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Notes to financial statements (unaudited)

 

The following is the percentage of the Funds’ shares owned by TIAA, its registered separate account (collectively “TIAA Access”), and other funds within the Trust:

 

           TIAA-CREF       TIAA-CREF         
       TIAA-CREF   Lifecycle Index   TIAA-CREF   Managed         
Underlying Fund  TIAA   Lifecycle Funds   Funds   Lifestyle Funds   Allocation Fund   TIAA Access   Total 
                             
                             
Bond       71%               1%   72%
Bond Index           12%               12 
Bond Plus       49        3%   14%   2    68 
High-Yield       28            1        29 
Inflation-Linked Bond       14    2                16 
Short-Term Bond       22        2        1    25 
Social Choice Bond   73%                       73 
Money Market                       1    1 
                             

 

TIAA-CREF Tuition Financing, Inc. (“TFI”), an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of TIAA, is a registered investment adviser that provides program management services to multiple qualified tuition programs formed under Section 529 of the Internal Revenue Code (“529 Plans”). These 529 Plans, each of which operates independently, invest a portion of their assets in the Funds. As of September 30, 2013, six 529 Plans own 19%, 18%, 8%, 8%, 7% and 5%, respectively, of the Bond Index Fund; one 529 Plan owns 5% of the High-Yield Fund; four 529 Plans own 14%, 12%, 7% and 5%, respectively, of the Inflation-Linked Bond Fund; and two 529 Plans own 7% and 6%, respectively, of the Money Market Fund.

 

Note 5—investments

 

Repurchase agreements: Each Fund may enter into repurchase agreements with banks or broker-dealers. Repurchase agreements involve the purchase of securities from an institution, subject to the seller’s agreement to repurchase and the Fund’s agreement to resell such securities at a mutually agreed-upon price. Pursuant to the terms of the repurchase agreement, securities purchased subject to repurchase agreements must have an aggregate market value greater than or equal to the agreed-upon repurchase price plus accrued interest at all times. If the value of the underlying securities falls below the value of the repurchase price plus accrued interest, the Fund will require the seller to deposit additional collateral by the next business day. If a request for additional collateral is not met, or if the seller defaults on its repurchase obligation, the Fund maintains the right to sell the underlying securities at market value and pursue a claim for any remaining loss against the seller.

 

Securities purchased on a when-issued or delayed-delivery basis: The Funds may purchase securities on a when-issued or delayed-delivery basis. Securities purchased or sold on a when-issued or delayed-delivery basis may be settled a month or more after trade date; interest income is not accrued until settlement date. At the time a Fund enters into such transactions, it is required to have segregated assets with a current value at least equal to the amount of its when-issued or delayed-delivery purchase commitments.

 

Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities: The Funds (other than the Money Market Fund) may invest in Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities, specially structured bonds in which the principal amount is adjusted periodically to keep pace with inflation, as measured by the U.S. Consumer Price Index. The

adjustments for interest income due to inflation or deflation are reflected in interest income in the Statements of Operations.

 

Mortgage dollar rolls transactions: Some of the Funds may enter into mortgage dollar rolls in which a Fund sells mortgage securities for delivery in the current month, realizing a gain (loss), and simultaneously contracts to repurchase similar securities on a specified future date. During the roll period, a Fund forgoes principal and interest paid on the securities. The Fund is compensated by the interest earned on the cash proceeds of the initial sale and by the lower repurchase price at the future date. The difference between the sales proceeds and the lower repurchase price is recorded as a realized gain. The Fund maintains a segregated account, the dollar value of which is at least equal to its obligations with respect to dollar rolls.

 

Restricted securities: Restricted securities held by the Funds, if any, may not be sold except in exempt transactions or in a public offering registered under the Securities Act of 1933. The risk of investing in such securities is generally greater than the risk of investing in securities that are widely held and publicly traded.

 

Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation): At September 30, 2013, net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) based on the aggregate cost of portfolio investments for federal income tax purposes, consisting of gross unrealized appreciation and gross unrealized depreciation, was as follows:

 

               Net 
       Gross   Gross   unrealized 
       unrealized   unrealized   appreciation 
Fund  Tax cost   appreciation   (depreciation)   (depreciation) 
                 
Bond  2,591,523,830   $38,163,998   $(37,549,007)  $614,991 
Bond Index   4,637,945,132    44,701,284    (75,661,670)   (30,960,386)
Bond Plus   2,036,611,727    32,590,520    (22,015,177)   10,575,343 
High-Yield   2,491,837,317    51,072,501    (40,500,835)   10,571,666 
Inflation-Linked Bond   1,690,017,774    88,932,808    (34,550,835)   54,381,973 
Short-Term Bond   1,141,228,516    7,840,516    (5,922,432)   1,918,084 
Social Choice Bond   67,127,052    120,844    (1,619,313)   (1,498,469)
Tax-Exempt Bond   346,783,687    10,048,809    (4,139,166)   5,909,643 
                 


 

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concluded

 

Purchases and sales: Purchases and sales of securities (other than short-term instruments) for all of the Funds for the period ended September 30, 2013, were as follows:

 

   Non-U.S.   U.S.   Non-U.S.   U.S. 
   government   government   government   government 
Fund  purchases   purchases   sales   sales 
                 
Bond  $679,506,107   $3,190,326,719   $749,030,763   $3,039,831,098 
Bond Index   289,949,593    917,887,596    83,690,760    448,945,588 
Bond Plus   588,802,778    1,921,008,088    265,871,473    1,765,345,050 
High-Yield   1,078,145,228        734,466,383     
Inflation-Linked Bond       81,511,539        81,383,964 
Short-Term Bond   310,256,769    371,759,377    325,718,477    439,701,936 
Social Choice Bond   37,639,638    72,907,147    27,256,543    69,010,829 
Tax-Exempt Bond   240,728,145        268,780,802     
                 

 

Note 6—distributions to shareholders and other tax items

 

The tax character of distributions paid to shareholders during the year ended March 31, 2013 was as follows:

 

   Ordinary   Long-term     
Fund  income   capital gains   Total 
             
Bond  $93,553,722   $23,109,065   $116,662,787 
Bond Index   68,492,296    2,876,084    71,368,380 
Bond Plus   45,878,777    5,310,273    51,189,050 
High-Yield   107,195,097    6,109,585    113,304,682 
Inflation-Linked Bond   33,776,187    8,313,723    42,089,910 
Short-Term Bond   14,760,315        14,760,315 
Social Choice Bond   578,085        578,085 
Tax-Exempt Bond *   10,811,362    1,869,798    12,681,160 
Money Market   196,802        196,802 
             

 

*Includes ordinary income which will not be taxable for federal income tax purposes in 2013 of $9,922,131.

 

The tax character of the fiscal 2014 distributions will be determined at the end of the fiscal year.

Note 7—line of credit

 

Each of the Funds, except the Money Market Fund, participates in a $1.5 billion unsecured revolving credit facility that can be used for temporary purposes, including, without limitation, the funding of shareholder redemptions. This facility expired June 2013. A new facility was entered into on June 25, 2013 expiring June 24, 2014. Certain affiliated accounts and mutual funds, each of which is managed by Advisors, or an affiliate of Advisors, also participate in this facility. An annual commitment fee for the credit facility is borne by the participating accounts and mutual funds on a pro rata basis. Interest associated with any borrowing under the facility is charged to the borrowing funds at a specified rate of interest. The Funds are not liable for borrowings under the facility by other affiliated accounts or mutual funds. For the period ended September 30, 2013, there were no borrowings under this credit facility by the Funds.

 

Note 8—indemnification

 

In the normal course of business, each Fund enters into contracts that contain a variety of representations and warranties and that provide general indemnities. A Fund’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown, as this would involve future claims against the Fund that have not yet occurred. Also, under the Funds’ organizational documents, the trustees and officers of the Funds are indemnified against certain liabilities that may arise out of their duties to the Funds. However, based on experience, the Funds expect the risk of loss due to these warranties and indemnities to be unlikely.


 

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TIAA-CREF FUNDS - Real Estate Securities Fund

 

TIAA-CREF FUNDS

REAL ESTATE SECURITIES FUND

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (unaudited)

September 30, 2013

 

SHARES      COMPANY  VALUE 
COMMON STOCKS - 97.2%    
               
CASINOS & GAMING - 0.3%    
  75,000  *  Penn National Gaming, Inc  $4,152,000 
         TOTAL CASINOS & GAMING   4,152,000 
               
DIVERSIFIED REAL ESTATE ACTIVITIES - 0.3%    
  800,000      Hang Lung Group Ltd   4,275,990 
         TOTAL DIVERSIFIED REAL ESTATE ACTIVITIES   4,275,990 
               
DIVERSIFIED REITS - 5.2%    
  275,000      Duke Realty Corp   4,246,000 
  125,000      iShares Dow Jones US Real Estate Index Fund   7,970,000 
  475,000      Retail Opportunities Investment Corp   6,564,500 
  1,300,000      Spirit Realty Capital, Inc   11,934,000 
  175,000      Vornado Realty Trust   14,710,500 
  325,000      WP Carey, Inc   21,027,500 
         TOTAL DIVERSIFIED REITS   66,452,500 
               
HOMEBUILDING - 0.3%    
  15,000      Taylor Woodrow plc   24,362 
  272,954  *  TRI Pointe Homes, Inc   4,006,965 
         TOTAL HOMEBUILDING   4,031,327 
               
HOTELS, RESORTS & CRUISE LINES - 0.4%    
  400,000  *  Orient-Express Hotels Ltd (Class A)   5,192,000 
         TOTAL HOTELS, RESORTS & CRUISE LINES   5,192,000 
               
INDUSTRIAL REITS - 7.4%    
  240,000      EastGroup Properties, Inc   14,210,400 
  325,000      First Industrial Realty Trust, Inc   5,287,750 
  1,750,000      Prologis, Inc   65,835,000 
  250,000      STAG Industrial, Inc   5,030,000 
  300,000      Terreno Realty Corp   5,328,000 
         TOTAL INDUSTRIAL REITS   95,691,150 
               
OFFICE REITS - 9.1%    
  500,000      Boston Properties, Inc   53,450,000 
  200,000      Digital Realty Trust, Inc   10,620,000 
  300,000      HRPT Properties Trust   6,573,000 
  220,000      Kilroy Realty Corp   10,989,000 
  400,000      SL Green Realty Corp   35,536,000 
         TOTAL OFFICE REITS   117,168,000 
               
OTHER DIVERSIFIED FINANCIAL SERVICES - 0.0%    
  211,200  *,b,g,m  People’s Choice Financial Corp   0 
         TOTAL OTHER DIVERSIFIED FINANCIAL SERVICES  0 
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TIAA-CREF FUNDS - Real Estate Securities Fund

 

 SHARES       COMPANY   VALUE 
PUBLISHING - 0.3%    
 100,000       Rightmove plc  $3,833,588 
         TOTAL PUBLISHING   3,833,588 
               
REAL ESTATE OPERATING COMPANIES - 2.4%    
 232,528       Altisource Residential Corp   5,343,494 
 3,817,056   a   Thomas Properties Group, Inc   25,650,616 
         TOTAL REAL ESTATE OPERATING COMPANIES   30,994,110 
               
REAL ESTATE SERVICES - 0.9%    
 275,000       Kennedy-Wilson Holdings, Inc   5,104,000 
 150,000  *   Realogy Holdings Corp   6,453,000 
         TOTAL REAL ESTATE SERVICES   11,557,000 
               
RESIDENTIAL REITS - 17.1%    
 675,000       American Campus Communities, Inc   23,051,250 
 500,000       AvalonBay Communities, Inc   63,545,000 
 125,000       BRE Properties, Inc (Class A)   6,345,000 
 700,000       Education Realty Trust, Inc   6,370,000 
 350,000       Equity Lifestyle Properties, Inc   11,959,500 
 1,400,000       Equity Residential   74,998,000 
 125,000       Essex Property Trust, Inc   18,462,500 
 100,000       Home Properties, Inc   5,775,000 
 207,801       Post Properties, Inc   9,355,201 
         TOTAL RESIDENTIAL REITS   219,861,451 
               
RETAIL REITS - 23.2%    
 700,000      Cole Real Estate Investment, Inc   8,582,000 
 1,400,000       DDR Corp   21,994,000 
 550,000       Equity One, Inc   12,023,000 
 200,000       Federal Realty Investment Trust   20,290,000 
 2,650,000       General Growth Properties, Inc   51,118,500 
 200,000       Regency Centers Corp   9,670,000 
 1,050,000       Simon Property Group, Inc   155,641,500 
 200,000       Tanger Factory Outlet Centers, Inc   6,530,000 
 175,000       Taubman Centers, Inc   11,779,250 
         TOTAL RETAIL REITS   297,628,250 
               
SECURITY & ALARM SERVICES - 1.2%    
 450,000       Corrections Corp of America   15,547,500 
         TOTAL SECURITY & ALARM SERVICES   15,547,500 
               
SPECIALIZED REITS - 29.1%    
 1,000,000       American Tower Corp   74,130,000 
 500,000       CubeSmart   8,920,000 
 475,000       Extra Space Storage, Inc   21,731,250 
 1,200,000       HCP, Inc   49,140,000 
 632,923       Health Care REIT, Inc   39,481,737 
 450,000       Healthcare Realty Trust, Inc   10,399,500 
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TIAA-CREF FUNDS - Real Estate Securities Fund

 

SHARES         COMPANY           VALUE 
 1,900,000       Host Marriott Corp           $33,573,000 
 200,000       Potlatch Corp            7,936,000 
 325,000       Public Storage, Inc            52,178,750 
 250,000       RLJ Lodging Trust            5,872,500 
 1,500,000     * Strategic Hotels & Resorts, Inc            13,020,000 
 700,000       Sunstone Hotel Investors, Inc            8,918,000 
 650,000       Ventas, Inc            39,975,000 
 300,000       Weyerhaeuser Co            8,589,000 
         TOTAL SPECIALIZED REITS            373,864,737 
                         
            TOTAL COMMON STOCKS                 1,250,249,603  
            (Cost $1,104,810,838)                    
                         
PRINCIPAL       ISSUER RATE  MATURITY DATE     
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS - 0.2%             
              
TREASURY DEBT - 0.2%               
$2,000,000       United States Treasury Bill   0.040 %  12/19/13   1,999,934 
                       1,999,934 
                         
            TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS                 1,999,934  
            (Cost $1,999,825)                    
                         
            TOTAL INVESTMENTS - 97.4%                 1,252,249,537  
            (Cost $1,106,810,663)                    
         OTHER ASSETS & LIABILITIES, NET - 2.6%            33,673,983 
         NET ASSETS - 100.0%           $1,285,923,520 

 

       
    Abbreviation(s):
REIT   Real Estate Investment Trust
     
*   Non-income producing.
a   Affiliated holding.
b   In bankruptcy.
g   Security is exempt from registration under Rule 144(A) of the Securities Act of 1933 and may be resold in transactions exempt from registration to qualified institutional buyers. At 9/30/2013, the aggregate value of these securities amounted to $0 or 0.0% of net assets.
m   Indicates a security that has been deemed illiquid.
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September 30, 2013

 

            MATURITY   
PRINCIPAL       ISSUER  RATE  DATE    VALUE
BANK LOAN OBLIGATIONS - 0.3%         
          
CAPITAL GOODS - 0.1%               
$2,487,500   i  Apex Tool Group LLC   4.500%  01/31/20  $2,489,067 
        TOTAL CAPITAL GOODS           2,489,067 
                      
CONSUMER SERVICES - 0.1%                
 2,050,000   i  ARAMARK Corp   4.000   09/09/19   2,050,635 
        TOTAL CONSUMER SERVICES           2,050,635 
                      
MEDIA - 0.1%                
 746,250   i  Univision Communications, Inc   4.000   03/01/20   736,922 
 1,116,563   i  Windstream Corp   3.500   01/23/20   1,110,980 
        TOTAL MEDIA           1,847,902 
                      
        TOTAL BANK LOAN OBLIGATIONS           6,387,604 
        (Cost $6,400,036)             
                      
BONDS - 97.9%                
                        
CORPORATE BONDS - 37.7%                
                        
AUTOMOBILES & COMPONENTS - 0.0%                
 745,000   g  Hyundai Motor Manufacturer   4.500   04/15/15   777,076 
        TOTAL AUTOMOBILES & COMPONENTS           777,076 
                      
BANKS - 3.6%                
 2,840,000   g  Banco de Credito del Peru   5.375   09/16/20   2,854,200 
 1,150,000   g  Banco de Credito e Inversiones   4.000   02/11/23   1,047,351 
 1,000,000      Banco de Oro Unibank, Inc   3.875   04/22/16   1,007,500 
 600,000   g  Banco del Estado de Chile   3.875   02/08/22   580,315 
 900,000   g  Banco Santander Mexico S.A. Institucion de Banca Multiple Grupo Financiero Santand   4.125   11/09/22   825,750 
 1,635,000      Bancolombia S.A.   5.950   06/03/21   1,659,525 
 1,500,000   g  Bank of India   3.625   09/21/18   1,419,900 
 2,000,000   g  Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ Ltd   2.350   02/23/17   2,037,338 
 650,000      BB&T Corp   2.050   06/19/18   647,394 
 850,000   g  BBVA Banco Continental S.A.   3.250   04/08/18   830,875 
 3,750,000      BDO Unibank, Inc   4.500   02/16/17   3,834,375 
 2,950,000      BHP Billiton Finance USA Ltd   5.000   09/30/43   3,004,543 
 3,675,000   g  Caixa Economica Federal   2.375   11/06/17   3,436,125 
 1,500,000   g  Caixa Economica Federal   4.500   10/03/18   1,489,650 
 1,068,000      Capital One Bank USA NA   3.375   02/15/23   998,952 
 2,000,000      Citigroup, Inc   2.500   09/26/18   1,988,892 
 1,925,000      Citigroup, Inc   6.675   09/13/43   2,073,017 
 1,050,000      Cooperatieve Centrale Raiffeisen-Boerenleenbank BA   3.375   01/19/17   1,117,238 

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            MATURITY   
PRINCIPAL       ISSUER  RATE     DATE  VALUE  
$1,750,000      Cooperatieve Centrale Raiffeisen-Boerenleenbank BA   3.875%  02/08/22  $1,752,133 
 375,000      Cooperatieve Centrale Raiffeisen-Boerenleenbank BA   3.950   11/09/22   359,799 
 1,450,000   g  HSBC Bank plc   1.500   05/15/18   1,409,426 
 1,320,000   g  HSBC Bank plc   4.125   08/12/20   1,386,536 
 550,000      HSBC Holdings plc   4.000   03/30/22   559,629 
 675,000      HSBC Holdings plc   6.500   09/15/37   765,025 
 2,000,000   g  Hutchison Whampoa International 11 Ltd   4.625   01/13/22   2,035,368 
 895,000      JPMorgan Chase & Co   5.125   09/15/14   931,778 
 4,500,000      JPMorgan Chase & Co   5.400   01/06/42   4,733,964 
 750,000   i  JPMorgan Chase & Co   5.150   12/30/49   656,250 
 3,150,000   g  Korea Exchange Bank   3.125   06/26/17   3,234,407 
 470,000   i  Manufacturers & Traders Trust Co   5.629   12/01/21   482,220 
 2,950,000   g  PKO Finance AB   4.630   09/26/22   2,896,162 
 700,000      PNC Bank NA   2.700   11/01/22   637,937 
 2,425,000      PNC Bank NA   2.950   01/30/23   2,244,966 
 1,255,000      PNC Funding Corp   5.125   02/08/20   1,395,984 
 835,000   g,i  Rabobank Nederland NV   11.000   12/30/49   1,085,500 
 2,200,000      Royal Bank of Canada   2.200   07/27/18   2,207,025 
 2,000,000   g  Standard Chartered plc   3.950   01/11/23   1,881,298 
 560,000   g  Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp   3.150   07/22/15   581,045 
 310,000      Toronto-Dominion Bank   2.500   07/14/16   322,163 
 1,525,000   g  Turkiye Halk Bankasi AS.   3.875   02/05/20   1,361,063 
 1,600,000   g  Turkiye Is Bankasi   3.750   10/10/18   1,488,000 
 1,750,000      Union Bank NA   2.125   06/16/17   1,759,643 
 945,000      Union Bank of California NA   5.950   05/11/16   1,050,149 
 1,550,000      UnionBanCal Corp   3.500   06/18/22   1,513,798 
 2,500,000      US Bancorp   1.650   05/15/17   2,514,608 
 950,000      US Bancorp   2.950   07/15/22   893,729 
 1,490,000      Wachovia Bank NA   5.850   02/01/37   1,662,716 
 4,650,000      Wells Fargo & Co   1.500   07/01/15   4,708,316 
 2,000,000      Wells Fargo & Co   1.500   01/16/18   1,968,046 
 2,145,000      Westpac Banking Corp   3.000   08/04/15   2,237,059 
        TOTAL BANKS           83,568,682 
                      
CAPITAL GOODS - 0.9%                
 3,125,000      Caterpillar, Inc   1.500   06/26/17   3,108,128 
 1,250,000   g  EADS Finance BV   2.700   04/17/23   1,151,504 
 2,180,000   g  Ferreycorp SAA   4.875   04/26/20   2,005,600 
 725,000   g  Schaeffler Finance BV   4.750   05/15/21   703,250 
 3,700,000   g  Seagate HDD Cayman   4.750   06/01/23   3,561,250 
 1,468,000   g  Sealed Air Corp   8.125   09/15/19   1,636,820 
 1,468,000   g  Sealed Air Corp   8.375   09/15/21   1,662,510 
 845,000   g  Sealed Air Corp   5.250   04/01/23   800,638 
 1,950,000   g  Turlock Corp   1.500   11/02/17   1,922,558 
 675,000   g  Turlock Corp   4.000   11/02/32   620,524 
 1,975,000      United Technologies Corp   1.800   06/01/17   2,009,499 
 1,050,000      United Technologies Corp   4.500   06/01/42   1,019,971 
        TOTAL CAPITAL GOODS           20,202,252 
                      
COMMERCIAL & PROFESSIONAL SERVICES - 0.5%                
 250,000   g  ADT Corp   6.250   10/15/21   253,750 
 1,495,000      Republic Services, Inc   3.800   05/15/18   1,592,012 

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              MATURITY    
PRINCIPAL      ISSUER  RATE   DATE  VALUE 
$2,400,000      Republic Services, Inc   3.550%  06/01/22  $2,342,599 
 1,500,000      Waste Management, Inc   2.600   09/01/16   1,550,124 
 5,300,000      Waste Management, Inc   2.900   09/15/22   4,938,127 
        TOTAL COMMERCIAL & PROFESSIONAL SERVICES           10,676,612 
                      
CONSUMER DURABLES & APPAREL - 0.7%                
 5,000,000      DR Horton, Inc   5.750   08/15/23   5,037,500 
 1,500,000      DR Horton, Inc   3.625   02/15/18   1,477,500 
 2,870,000      Hanesbrands, Inc   6.375   12/15/20   3,092,425 
 1,670,000      Phillips-Van Heusen Corp   7.375   05/15/20   1,820,300 
 4,600,000      PVH Corp   4.500   12/15/22   4,347,000 
 500,000      Whirlpool Corp   3.700   03/01/23   483,846 
        TOTAL CONSUMER DURABLES & APPAREL           16,258,571 
                      
CONSUMER SERVICES - 0.3%                
 900,000      Ameristar Casinos, Inc   7.500   04/15/21   978,750 
 775,000   g  ARAMARK Corp   5.750   03/15/20   782,750 
 1,350,000      DineEquity, Inc   9.500   10/30/18   1,501,875 
 1,775,000   g  SABMiller Holdings, Inc   3.750   01/15/22   1,789,133 
 1,250,000   g  SABMiller Holdings, Inc   4.950   01/15/42   1,245,770 
 1,000,000      Walt Disney Co   0.450   12/01/15   994,761 
        TOTAL CONSUMER SERVICES           7,293,039 
                      
DIVERSIFIED FINANCIALS - 5.6%                
 1,190,000   g  Abbey National Treasury Services plc   3.875   11/10/14   1,227,891 
 750,000      Abbey National Treasury Services plc   4.000   04/27/16   796,956 
 2,350,000   g  Ajecorp BV   6.500   05/14/22   2,285,375 
 1,500,000      American Express Centurion Bank   0.875   11/13/15   1,499,697 
 1,500,000      American Express Centurion Bank   6.000   09/13/17   1,739,474 
 1,575,000      American Express Co   2.650   12/02/22   1,446,581 
 2,975,000      American Express Credit Corp   1.750   06/12/15   3,029,219 
 4,975,000      American Express Credit Corp   1.300   07/29/16   5,004,790 
 1,000,000      American Express Credit Corp   2.800   09/19/16   1,046,292 
 4,750,000      American Express Credit Corp   2.125   07/27/18   4,768,463 
 1,490,000   g  Bangkok Bank PCL   4.800   10/18/20   1,544,237 
 1,690,000      Bank of America Corp   5.300   03/15/17   1,862,551 
 1,125,000      Bank of America Corp   6.000   09/01/17   1,273,974 
 1,160,000      Bank of America Corp   5.750   12/01/17   1,308,576 
 5,175,000      Bank of America Corp   4.100   07/24/23   5,142,837 
 2,150,000      Bank of America Corp   5.875   02/07/42   2,387,106 
 1,250,000      Bank of New York Mellon Corp   1.200   02/20/15   1,261,225 
 1,200,000   i  Bank of New York Mellon Corp   1.969   06/20/17   1,210,710 
 580,000      Bank of New York Mellon Corp   5.450   05/15/19   668,480 
 1,950,000   g  BBVA Bancomer S.A.   4.500   03/10/16   2,037,750 
 2,300,000   g  BBVA Bancomer S.A.   6.750   09/30/22   2,380,500 
 1,125,000      BlackRock, Inc   3.500   12/10/14   1,164,249 
 1,400,000      BlackRock, Inc   4.250   05/24/21   1,490,381 
 600,000      Capital One Financial Corp   3.150   07/15/16   626,816 
 4,600,000      Capital One Financial Corp   4.750   07/15/21   4,867,265 
 1,500,000      Citigroup, Inc   2.250   08/07/15   1,529,337 
 665,000      Citigroup, Inc   6.000   12/13/13   672,213 
 1,615,000      Citigroup, Inc   5.000   09/15/14   1,675,874 

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              MATURITY    
PRINCIPAL      ISSUER  RATE   DATE  VALUE 
$2,050,000      Citigroup, Inc   1.300%  04/01/16  $2,045,800 
 4,225,000      Citigroup, Inc   3.500   05/15/23   3,812,627 
 1,950,000      Citigroup, Inc   5.875   01/30/42   2,168,106 
 2,075,000      Export-Import Bank of Korea   2.875   09/17/18   2,087,919 
 1,600,000      Ford Motor Credit Co LLC   4.250   02/03/17   1,709,635 
 2,500,000      Ford Motor Credit Co LLC   3.000   06/12/17   2,569,633 
 800,000      Ford Motor Credit Co LLC   6.625   08/15/17   921,846 
 3,375,000      Ford Motor Credit Co LLC   4.375   08/06/23   3,376,907 
 2,425,000      General Electric Capital Corp   3.100   01/09/23   2,268,541 
 810,000      General Electric Capital Corp   6.875   01/10/39   992,694 
 1,750,000   g  General Motors Financial Co, Inc   2.750   05/15/16   1,745,625 
 3,960,000      Goldman Sachs Group, Inc   3.300   05/03/15   4,094,787 
 135,000      Goldman Sachs Group, Inc   6.450   05/01/36   137,055 
 335,000      Goldman Sachs Group, Inc   6.750   10/01/37   349,618 
 1,500,000      Goldman Sachs Group, Inc   6.250   02/01/41   1,680,479 
 448,000   g  Hyundai Capital America, Inc   3.750   04/06/16   470,245 
 600,000   g  Hyundai Capital Services, Inc   4.375   07/27/16   640,631 
 400,000   g  Hyundai Capital Services, Inc   3.500   09/13/17   415,864 
 575,000   g  International Lease Finance Corp   6.500   09/01/14   596,563 
 4,850,000      International Lease Finance Corp   5.875   08/15/22   4,777,250 
 1,020,000   g  Inversiones CMPC S.A.   4.375   05/15/23   948,317 
 1,975,000      Landwirtschaftliche Rentenbank   5.125   02/01/17   2,244,232 
 1,000,000   g  Lukoil International Finance BV   6.125   11/09/20   1,065,000 
 900,000   g  LUKOIL International Finance BV   4.563   04/24/23   837,225 
 1,565,000      Merrill Lynch & Co, Inc   6.400   08/28/17   1,799,656 
 1,175,000      Merrill Lynch & Co, Inc   6.875   04/25/18   1,384,743 
 3,600,000      Morgan Stanley   1.750   02/25/16   3,617,359 
 1,525,000      Morgan Stanley   3.750   02/25/23   1,470,152 
 1,525,000      Morgan Stanley   4.100   05/22/23   1,422,395 
 2,000,000      Morgan Stanley   6.375   07/24/42   2,263,346 
 565,000      National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance Corp   10.375   11/01/18   776,257 
 1,385,000   g  Odebrecht Finance Ltd   5.125   06/26/22   1,339,988 
 900,000   g  Odebrecht Finance Ltd   7.125   06/26/42   857,250 
 2,830,000   g  Reliance Holdings USA   4.500   10/19/20   2,793,456 
 925,000      State Street Corp   4.300   05/30/14   949,286 
 1,400,000      State Street Corp   3.100   05/15/23   1,305,809 
 1,025,000      Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp   2.500   07/19/18   1,037,052 
 1,075,000      SunTrust Bank   2.750   05/01/23   977,185 
 2,850,000   g  Temasek Financial I Ltd   2.375   01/23/23   2,608,428 
 1,250,000      Toyota Motor Credit Corp   2.050   01/12/17   1,278,715 
 1,475,000   g  Turkiye Vakiflar Bankasi Tao   3.750   04/15/18   1,371,750 
 1,400,000   g  UBS AG.   1.875   01/23/15   1,424,220 
 1,500,000      Unilever Capital Corp   2.200   03/06/19   1,510,746 
 350,000      Waha Aerospace BV   3.925   07/28/20   365,750 
 647,500   g  Waha Aerospace BV   3.925   07/28/20   676,638 
        TOTAL DIVERSIFIED FINANCIALS           129,135,599 
                      
ENERGY - 4.2%                
 1,275,000      Anadarko Petroleum Corp   5.950   09/15/16   1,431,672 
 365,000      Anadarko Petroleum Corp   6.950   06/15/19   440,008 
 625,000      Apache Corp   1.750   04/15/17   630,149 
 1,320,000      Apache Corp   4.750   04/15/43   1,249,488 

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              MATURITY    
PRINCIPAL      ISSUER  RATE   DATE  VALUE 
$3,375,000      Ashland, Inc   3.875%  04/15/18  $3,332,812 
 1,500,000      Ashland, Inc   4.750   08/15/22   1,406,250 
 400,000      Baker Hughes, Inc   3.200   08/15/21   402,770 
 3,050,000      BP Capital Markets plc   1.375   05/10/18   2,958,735 
 3,500,000      Chevron Corp   2.355   12/05/22   3,222,348 
 1,540,000      Cimarex Energy Co   5.875   05/01/22   1,555,400 
 1,500,000      Cloud Peak Energy Resources LLC   8.250   12/15/17   1,575,000 
 1,875,000      Concho Resources, Inc   5.500   04/01/23   1,851,562 
 1,140,000      ConocoPhillips   6.500   02/01/39   1,433,593 
 2,875,000      Devon Energy Corp   1.875   05/15/17   2,881,400 
 500,000      Devon Energy Corp   5.600   07/15/41   511,121 
 725,000      Devon Energy Corp   4.750   05/15/42   661,407 
 2,210,000      Ecopetrol S.A.   4.250   09/18/18   2,273,537 
 3,875,000   g  EDC Finance Ltd   4.875   04/17/20   3,700,625 
 990,000   g  Empresa Nacional del Petroleo   6.250   07/08/19   1,077,563 
 480,000      Enbridge Energy Partners LP   5.200   03/15/20   518,475 
 335,000      Enterprise Products Operating LLC   5.600   10/15/14   352,069 
 170,000      Enterprise Products Operating LLC   5.000   03/01/15   179,763 
 1,500,000      Enterprise Products Operating LLC   4.850   03/15/44   1,398,086 
 675,000      EOG Resources, Inc   2.625   03/15/23   621,787 
 1,450,000   g  Gazprom OAO Via Gaz Capital S.A.   4.950   05/23/16   1,529,750 
 3,500,000   g  Gazprom OAO Via Gaz Capital S.A.   3.850   02/06/20   3,333,750 
 1,295,000      Hess Corp   5.600   02/15/41   1,331,349 
 2,850,000   g  Indo Energy Finance II BV   6.375   01/24/23   2,394,000 
 1,200,000      Marathon Petroleum Corp   3.500   03/01/16   1,260,295 
 1,200,000      Newfield Exploration Co   5.750   01/30/22   1,197,000 
 400,000      Newfield Exploration Co   5.625   07/01/24   387,000 
 500,000      Noble Holding International Ltd   3.450   08/01/15   520,045 
 1,320,000      Noble Holding International Ltd   4.900   08/01/20   1,391,329 
 1,800,000      Noble Holding International Ltd   3.950   03/15/22   1,736,262 
 1,800,000   g  Novatek OAO via Novatek Finance Ltd   4.422   12/13/22   1,651,500 
 365,000      Pemex Project Funding Master Trust   5.750   03/01/18   404,238 
 650,000      Pemex Project Funding Master Trust   6.625   06/15/35   686,485 
 1,450,000   g  Pertamina Persero PT   4.300   05/20/23   1,239,750 
 1,500,000   g  Pertamina PT   5.250   05/23/21   1,421,250 
 1,350,000   i  Petrobras Global Finance BV   1.884   05/20/16   1,343,250 
 1,500,000   i  Petrobras Global Finance BV   2.408   01/15/19   1,471,500 
 1,640,000      Petrobras International Finance Co   3.875   01/27/16   1,692,134 
 1,800,000      Petrobras International Finance Co   3.500   02/06/17   1,827,812 
 1,210,000      Petrobras International Finance Co   7.875   03/15/19   1,392,807 
 925,000      Petroleos Mexicanos   4.875   03/15/15   971,250 
 1,875,000      Petroleos Mexicanos   3.500   07/18/18   1,898,438 
 170,000      Petroleos Mexicanos   8.000   05/03/19   205,275 
 925,000      Petroleos Mexicanos   6.000   03/05/20   1,026,750 
 735,000      Petroleos Mexicanos   5.500   01/21/21   786,450 
 1,175,000      Petroleos Mexicanos   3.500   01/30/23   1,068,042 
 1,175,000      Petroleos Mexicanos   5.500   06/27/44   1,066,711 
 1,315,000   g  Petroleum Co of Trinidad & Tobago Ltd   9.750   08/14/19   1,686,488 
 1,425,000   g  Petronas Capital Ltd   5.250   08/12/19   1,578,294 
 1,400,000      Phillips 66   1.950   03/05/15   1,421,230 
 1,200,000      Phillips 66   4.300   04/01/22   1,223,348 
 2,500,000      Plains Exploration & Production Co   6.500   11/15/20   2,682,308 

8

TIAA-CREF FUNDS - Bond Fund

 

              MATURITY    
PRINCIPAL      ISSUER  RATE   DATE  VALUE 
$625,000      Precision Drilling Corp   6.500%  12/15/21  $653,125 
 1,500,000   g  PTT Exploration & Production PCL   3.707   09/16/18   1,515,026 
 675,000   g  PTTEP Canada International Finance Ltd   5.692   04/05/21   718,376 
 400,000   g  Rosneft Oil Co via Rosneft International Finance Ltd   3.149   03/06/17   400,000 
 1,000,000   g  Rosneft Oil Co via Rosneft International Finance Ltd   4.199   03/06/22   922,500 
 1,325,000   g  Schlumberger Investment S.A.   2.400   08/01/22   1,217,268 
 900,000      Shell International Finance BV   4.550   08/12/43   886,658 
 415,000      Statoil ASA   2.900   10/15/14   425,755 
 675,000      Statoil ASA   1.200   01/17/18   661,653 
 1,700,000      Statoil ASA   2.450   01/17/23   1,553,436 
 1,325,000      Total Capital Canada Ltd   1.450   01/15/18   1,307,378 
 2,000,000      Total Capital International S.A.   1.500   02/17/17   2,015,154 
 1,915,000      TransCanada Pipelines Ltd   7.690   06/30/16   2,200,109 
 660,000      TransCanada Pipelines Ltd   5.850   03/15/36   731,171 
 700,000      Vale Overseas Ltd   4.375   01/11/22   674,411 
 480,000      Vale Overseas Ltd   6.875   11/21/36   486,813 
 515,000      Valero Energy Corp   4.500   02/01/15   539,448 
 1,500,000      WPX Energy, Inc   6.000   01/15/22   1,520,625 
        TOTAL ENERGY           97,920,616 
                      
FOOD & STAPLES RETAILING - 0.2%                
 500,000      CVS Caremark Corp   3.250   05/18/15   520,193 
 2,500,000   g  Ingles Markets, Inc   5.750   06/15/23   2,412,500 
        TOTAL FOOD & STAPLES RETAILING           2,932,693 
                      
FOOD, BEVERAGE & TOBACCO - 1.0%                
 2,500,000      Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide, Inc   2.875   02/15/16   2,615,715 
 2,500,000      Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide, Inc   1.375   07/15/17   2,489,482 
 1,450,000      Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide, Inc   2.500   07/15/22   1,341,418 
 1,025,000   g  BRF-Brasil Foods S.A.   5.875   06/06/22   1,019,875 
 575,000   g  BRF-Brasil Foods S.A.   3.950   05/22/23   494,500 
 675,000      ConAgra Foods, Inc   1.300   01/25/16   675,704 
 1,000,000   g  Embotelladora Andina S.A.   5.000   10/01/23   1,002,500 
 1,150,000      Fomento Economico Mexicano SAB de C.V.   2.875   05/10/23   1,023,226 
 650,000      General Mills, Inc   5.200   03/17/15   692,532 
 750,000   g  Grupo Bimbo SAB de C.V.   4.875   06/30/20   783,115 
 2,380,000   g  Grupo Bimbo SAB de C.V.   4.500   01/25/22   2,385,226 
 505,000      Kraft Foods, Inc   6.125   02/01/18   583,902 
 2,764,000      Kraft Foods, Inc   5.375   02/10/20   3,121,029 
 1,060,000      Kraft Foods, Inc   6.500   02/09/40   1,244,158 
 105,000      PepsiAmericas, Inc   4.375   02/15/14   106,518 
 78,000      PepsiCo, Inc   7.900   11/01/18   99,293 
 1,475,000   g  Pernod Ricard S.A.   4.250   07/15/22   1,489,234 
 468,000   g  Pernod-Ricard S.A.   5.750   04/07/21   522,056 
 200,000      Philip Morris International, Inc   6.375   05/16/38   237,663 
 1,400,000      TreeHouse Foods, Inc   7.750   03/01/18   1,480,500 
        TOTAL FOOD, BEVERAGE & TOBACCO           23,407,646 
                      
HEALTH CARE EQUIPMENT & SERVICES - 0.8%                
 1,450,000      Baxter International, Inc   3.200   06/15/23   1,414,753 
 600,000      Becton Dickinson & Co   1.750   11/08/16   612,324 
 1,500,000      Covidien International Finance S.A.   1.350   05/29/15   1,514,661 

9

TIAA-CREF FUNDS - Bond Fund

 

              MATURITY    
PRINCIPAL      ISSUER  RATE   DATE  VALUE 
$ 750,000      Covidien International Finance S.A.  3.200%  06/15/22  $ 735,034 
  825,000   h  Edwards Lifesciences Corp  2.875   10/15/18    821,752 
 6,405,000      Express Scripts Holding Co   2.100   02/12/15   6,507,230 
 1,775,000      Express Scripts Holding Co   3.900   02/15/22   1,798,082 
 1,000,000   g  Fresenius Medical Care II   5.625   07/31/19   1,042,500 
 3,600,000      HCA, Inc   6.500   02/15/20   3,901,500 
 750,000   g  Mallinckrodt International Finance S.A.   3.500   04/15/18   737,954 
        TOTAL HEALTH CARE EQUIPMENT & SERVICES           19,085,790 
                      
HOUSEHOLD & PERSONAL PRODUCTS - 0.2%                
 1,000,000      Clorox Co   3.800   11/15/21   1,009,217 
 1,950,000      Colgate-Palmolive Co   2.300   05/03/22   1,830,771 
 800,000      Ecolab, Inc   1.450   12/08/17   784,338 
        TOTAL HOUSEHOLD & PERSONAL PRODUCTS           3,624,326 
                      
INSURANCE - 2.2%                
 565,000      ACE INA Holdings, Inc   5.875   06/15/14   585,274 
 750,000      Aetna, Inc   1.500   11/15/17   736,426 
 310,000      Aetna, Inc   6.500   09/15/18   367,081 
 285,000      Aetna, Inc   6.625   06/15/36   341,641 
 1,225,000      Allstate Corp   3.150   06/15/23   1,186,290 
 1,225,000      Allstate Corp   4.500   06/15/43   1,187,443 
 1,525,000      Berkshire Hathaway Finance Corp   1.300   05/15/18   1,488,729 
 4,750,000   g,i  Caelus Re Ltd   5.260   03/07/16   4,797,975 
 500,000      Chubb Corp   6.000   05/11/37   594,324 
 235,000      CIGNA Corp   5.125   06/15/20   258,988 
 2,000,000      CIGNA Corp   4.500   03/15/21   2,135,914 
 1,125,000      Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc   4.000   03/30/15   1,172,034 
 1,300,000      Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc   4.000   10/15/17   1,392,972 
 1,275,000      Lincoln National Corp   7.000   06/15/40   1,610,247 
 175,000   g  MetLife Institutional Funding II   1.625   04/02/15   177,290 
 1,125,000      Metlife, Inc   6.750   06/01/16   1,289,178 
 1,655,000      Metlife, Inc   5.700   06/15/35   1,832,462 
 1,000,000      Metlife, Inc   4.125   08/13/42   879,230 
 450,000      Principal Financial Group, Inc   1.850   11/15/17   446,116 
 1,125,000   g  Principal Life Global Funding I   5.125   10/15/13   1,126,774 
 1,500,000      Progressive Corp   3.750   08/23/21   1,549,964 
 750,000      Prudential Financial, Inc   3.875   01/14/15   779,566 
 325,000      Prudential Financial, Inc   2.300   08/15/18   327,844 
 630,000      Prudential Financial, Inc   7.375   06/15/19   780,103 
 1,075,000      Prudential Financial, Inc   5.400   06/13/35   1,119,547 
 1,375,000      Prudential Financial, Inc   5.100   08/15/43   1,359,953 
 5,750,000   i  Prudential Financial, Inc   5.200   03/15/44   5,215,250 
 1,190,000   g  Prudential Funding LLC   6.750   09/15/23   1,449,071 
 525,000   g  Swiss Re Treasury US Corp   2.875   12/06/22   494,003 
 1,325,000   g  Swiss Re Treasury US Corp   4.250   12/06/42   1,158,180 
 615,000      Travelers Cos, Inc   5.800   05/15/18   717,567 
 1,450,000      UnitedHealth Group, Inc   0.850   10/15/15   1,453,663 
 1,100,000      UnitedHealth Group, Inc   1.400   10/15/17   1,085,931 
 1,375,000      UnitedHealth Group, Inc   3.950   10/15/42   1,179,108 
 3,000,000      WellPoint, Inc   3.125   05/15/22   2,848,644 
 1,500,000      WellPoint, Inc   4.625   05/15/42   1,371,828 

10

TIAA-CREF FUNDS - Bond Fund

 

              MATURITY    
PRINCIPAL      ISSUER  RATE   DATE  VALUE 
$3,350,000      Willis Group Holdings plc   4.125%  03/15/16  $3,518,214 
 410,000      WR Berkley Corp   5.375   09/15/20   448,135 
        TOTAL INSURANCE           50,462,959 
                      
MATERIALS - 2.4%                
 170,000      Airgas, Inc   4.500   09/15/14   176,147 
 310,000      ArcelorMittal   4.250   08/05/15   319,300 
 750,000      ArcelorMittal   5.000   02/25/17   780,000 
 468,000      Ball Corp   6.750   09/15/20   506,025 
 4,800,000      Ball Corp   4.000   11/15/23   4,308,000 
 1,050,000      Barrick Gold Corp   4.100   05/01/23   924,628 
 1,850,000      Barrick North America Finance LLC   4.400   05/30/21   1,718,907 
 1,675,000   g  Braskem Finance Ltd   5.750   04/15/21   1,641,500 
 1,500,000   g  Cemex SAB de C.V.   7.250   01/15/21   1,496,250 
 2,000,000      CF Industries, Inc   6.875   05/01/18   2,349,744 
 1,200,000   g  Cia Minera Milpo SAA   4.625   03/28/23   1,080,000 
 800,000      Corning, Inc   1.450   11/15/17   790,830 
 1,475,000   g  Corp Nacional del Cobre de Chile-CODELCO   3.750   11/04/20   1,464,334 
 1,650,000   g  Corp Nacional del Cobre de Chile-CODELCO   3.875   11/03/21   1,617,150 
 650,000   g  Corp Nacional del Cobre de Chile-CODELCO   3.000   07/17/22   593,717 
 1,395,000   g  Corp Nacional del Cobre de Chile-CODELCO   4.250   07/17/42   1,149,233 
 1,793,000      Crown Americas LLC   6.250   02/01/21   1,873,685 
 2,725,000   g  Crown Americas LLC   4.500   01/15/23   2,493,375 
 335,000      Eastman Chemical Co   5.500   11/15/19   375,121 
 1,950,000   g  Freeport McMoran   2.375   03/15/18   1,884,568 
 1,850,000   g  Freeport McMoran   3.100   03/15/20   1,739,586 
 2,500,000   g  Glencore Funding LLC   2.500   01/15/19   2,343,435 
 6,000,000      International Paper Co   4.750   02/15/22   6,318,936 
 530,000      International Paper Co   7.300   11/15/39   646,778 
 1,000,000      LyondellBasell Industries NV   5.000   04/15/19   1,100,746 
 500,000      Rio Tinto Finance USA Ltd   2.250   09/20/16   512,093 
 1,740,000      Rio Tinto Finance USA plc   2.250   12/14/18   1,715,583 
 3,045,000      Rock Tenn Co   3.500   03/01/20   3,010,926 
 1,000,000      Rosetta Resources, Inc   5.625   05/01/21   950,000 
 2,650,000      Sherwin-Williams Co   1.350   12/15/17   2,587,248 
 1,305,000   g  Sociedad Quimica y Minera de Chile S.A.   5.500   04/21/20   1,333,192 
 875,000      Teck Resources Ltd   2.500   02/01/18   865,777 
 1,925,000      Teck Resources Ltd   3.750   02/01/23   1,771,993 
 275,000      Teck Resources Ltd   6.000   08/15/40   255,580 
 500,000      Teck Resources Ltd   5.200   03/01/42   425,218 
 1,550,000   g  Turkiye Sise ve Cam Fabrikalari AS.   4.250   05/09/20   1,339,200 
        TOTAL MATERIALS           54,458,805 
                      
MEDIA - 2.5%                
 2,460,000      CCO Holdings LLC   6.625   01/31/22   2,496,900 
 1,450,000      Cinemark USA, Inc   4.875   06/01/23   1,334,000 
 7,075,000      Comcast Corp   4.250   01/15/33   6,672,093 
 1,150,000      DIRECTV Holdings LLC   2.400   03/15/17   1,155,322 
 3,000,000      DIRECTV Holdings LLC   3.800   03/15/22   2,800,047 
 1,200,000      Discovery Communications LLC   3.300   05/15/22   1,148,786 
 1,975,000      Discovery Communications LLC   4.875   04/01/43   1,822,340 
 1,050,000      DISH DBS Corp   4.250   04/01/18   1,051,313 

11

TIAA-CREF FUNDS - Bond Fund

 

              MATURITY    
PRINCIPAL      ISSUER  RATE   DATE  VALUE 
$1,000,000      Echostar DBS Corp   6.625%  10/01/14  $1,050,000 
 5,500,000      Lamar Media Corp   7.875   04/15/18   5,871,250 
 1,375,000   g  NBC Universal Enterprise, Inc   1.662   04/15/18   1,353,796 
 1,475,000   g  NBC Universal Enterprise, Inc   1.974   04/15/19   1,432,179 
 1,175,000      NBC Universal Media LLC   2.875   01/15/23   1,117,432 
 4,500,000      News America, Inc   3.000   09/15/22   4,216,824 
 110,000      News America, Inc   7.625   11/30/28   135,009 
 85,000      News America, Inc   6.550   03/15/33   96,767 
 730,000      News America, Inc   6.650   11/15/37   829,430 
 600,000      News America, Inc   6.900   08/15/39   697,471 
 965,000      Nielsen Finance LLC   7.750   10/15/18   1,049,438 
 1,000,000      Nielsen Finance LLC   4.500   10/01/20   962,500 
 990,000      Time Warner Cable, Inc   8.750   02/14/19   1,164,741 
 2,075,000      Time Warner Cable, Inc   8.250   04/01/19   2,402,024 
 1,700,000      Time Warner Cable, Inc   4.500   09/15/42   1,242,975 
 960,000      Time Warner, Inc   3.150   07/15/15   999,256 
 4,000,000      Time Warner, Inc   4.700   01/15/21   4,274,940 
 565,000      Time Warner, Inc   6.500   11/15/36   628,706 
 525,000      Time Warner, Inc   4.900   06/15/42   491,093 
 2,200,000   g  Univision Communications, Inc   5.125   05/15/23   2,106,500 
 2,450,000      Viacom, Inc   1.250   02/27/15   2,456,630 
 1,585,000      Viacom, Inc   2.500   12/15/16   1,624,118 
 1,500,000      Viacom, Inc   5.850   09/01/43   1,527,030 
        TOTAL MEDIA           56,210,910 
                      
PHARMACEUTICALS, BIOTECHNOLOGY & LIFE SCIENCES - 0.6%                
 2,000,000   g  CFR International S.p.A   5.125   12/06/22   1,835,688 
 1,904,000      Endo Pharmaceuticals Holdings, Inc   7.000   07/15/19   1,961,120 
 480,000      Life Technologies Corp   3.500   01/15/16   498,890 
 1,450,000      Mead Johnson Nutrition Co   5.900   11/01/39   1,589,123 
 1,828,000   g  Mylan, Inc   7.875   07/15/20   2,085,871 
 1,350,000      NBTY, Inc   9.000   10/01/18   1,481,625 
 750,000      Perrigo Co   2.950   05/15/23   725,059 
 1,300,000   g  Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc   6.375   10/15/20   1,352,000 
 650,000      Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc   1.875   10/01/17   645,915 
 875,000      Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc   3.250   10/01/22   820,322 
        TOTAL PHARMACEUTICALS, BIOTECHNOLOGY & LIFE SCIENCES   12,995,613 
                      
REAL ESTATE - 1.0%                
 345,000      AMB Property LP   4.500   08/15/17   371,995 
 1,750,000      AvalonBay Communities, Inc   2.850   03/15/23   1,589,380 
 630,000      Camden Property Trust   4.625   06/15/21   664,881 
 2,000,000      Developers Diversified Realty Corp   4.750   04/15/18   2,158,780 
 40,000      Federal Realty Investment Trust   5.650   06/01/16   44,309 
 75,000      Federal Realty Investment Trust   5.900   04/01/20   85,576 
 450,000      Federal Realty Investment Trust   3.000   08/01/22   417,834 
 1,725,000      Federal Realty Investment Trust   2.750   06/01/23   1,544,891 
 500,000      Healthcare Realty Trust, Inc   5.750   01/15/21   542,700 
 325,000      Healthcare Realty Trust, Inc   3.750   04/15/23   302,266 
 675,000   g  Healthcare Trust of America Holdings LP   3.700   04/15/23   632,641 
 2,250,000      Highwoods Properties, Inc   5.850   03/15/17   2,476,514 
 775,000      Kilroy Realty LP   3.800   01/15/23   727,577 

12

TIAA-CREF FUNDS - Bond Fund

 

              MATURITY    
PRINCIPAL      ISSUER  RATE   DATE  VALUE 
$2,375,000      Liberty Property LP   4.125%  06/15/22  $2,356,199 
 650,000      National Retail Properties, Inc   5.500   07/15/21   705,946 
 1,075,000      National Retail Properties, Inc   3.300   04/15/23   976,874 
 350,000      Regency Centers LP   5.250   08/01/15   373,998 
 40,000      Regency Centers LP   5.875   06/15/17   44,562 
 105,000      Simon Property Group LP   5.250   12/01/16   117,161 
 2,075,000      Simon Property Group LP   2.800   01/30/17   2,150,084 
 470,000      Simon Property Group LP   10.350   04/01/19   639,265 
 340,000      Ventas Realty LP   3.125   11/30/15   355,128 
 1,050,000      Ventas Realty LP   2.000   02/15/18   1,028,840 
 675,000      Ventas Realty LP   2.700   04/01/20   643,325 
 400,000      Ventas Realty LP   3.250   08/15/22   373,666 
 925,000      Weingarten Realty Investors   3.500   04/15/23   860,236 
        TOTAL REAL ESTATE           22,184,628 
                      
RETAILING - 1.9%                
 3,200,000      AmeriGas Finance LLC   3.750   05/01/21   2,956,000 
 1,870,000      AmeriGas Partners LP   6.250   08/20/19   1,935,450 
 875,000   g  Automotores Gildemeister S.A.   6.750   01/15/23   678,125 
 1,667,000      AutoNation, Inc   5.500   02/01/20   1,735,764 
 225,000   g  BC Mountain LLC   7.000   02/01/21   223,312 
 1,500,000   g  Golden Eagle Retail Group Ltd   4.625   05/21/23   1,313,852 
 1,500,000      Home Depot, Inc   2.250   09/10/18   1,515,900 
 2,125,000      Home Depot, Inc   3.750   02/15/24   2,150,589 
 1,868,000      Limited Brands, Inc   6.625   04/01/21   2,019,775 
 2,750,000      Limited Brands, Inc   5.625   02/15/22   2,818,750 
 3,085,000      Macy’s Retail Holdings, Inc   2.875   02/15/23   2,773,896 
 1,660,000      O’Reilly Automotive, Inc   4.625   09/15/21   1,743,116 
 5,613,000      O’Reilly Automotive, Inc   3.800   09/01/22   5,522,266 
 2,400,000   g  QVC, Inc   7.500   10/01/19   2,582,705 
 4,490,000   g  QVC, Inc   7.375   10/15/20   4,878,506 
 375,000      QVC, Inc   5.125   07/02/22   368,693 
 4,750,000      Sally Holdings LLC   5.750   06/01/22   4,761,875 
 425,000      Sonic Automotive, Inc   5.000   05/15/23   388,875 
 350,000      Wal-Mart Stores, Inc   4.250   04/15/21   380,107 
 3,225,000   g  WEX, Inc   4.750   02/01/23   2,934,750 
        TOTAL RETAILING           43,682,306 
                      
SOFTWARE & SERVICES - 0.8%                
 650,000   g  Activision Blizzard, Inc   5.625   09/15/21   650,812 
 650,000      Equinix, Inc   4.875   04/01/20   630,500 
 9,600,000      Fidelity National Information Services, Inc   5.000   03/15/22   9,739,200 
 630,000      Oracle Corp   3.750   07/08/14   646,358 
 4,375,000      Oracle Corp   2.500   10/15/22   4,033,107 
 2,000,000      SunGard Data Systems, Inc   7.375   11/15/18   2,120,000 
 1,150,000   g  VeriSign, Inc   4.625   05/01/23   1,081,000 
        TOTAL SOFTWARE & SERVICES           18,900,977 
                      
TECHNOLOGY HARDWARE & EQUIPMENT - 1.1%                
 1,125,000      Amphenol Corp   4.750   11/15/14   1,173,590 
 1,870,000      Brocade Communications Systems, Inc   6.875   01/15/20   2,019,600 
 100,000      CC Holdings GS V LLC   2.381   12/15/17   98,584 

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              MATURITY    
PRINCIPAL      ISSUER  RATE   DATE  VALUE 
$956,000      Flextronics International Ltd   4.625%  02/15/20  $927,320 
 4,925,000      General Electric Co   0.850   10/09/15   4,936,352 
 415,000      General Electric Co   5.250   12/06/17   472,333 
 1,950,000      General Electric Co   2.700   10/09/22   1,839,341 
 850,000      General Electric Co   4.125   10/09/42   780,334 
 3,718,000      Jabil Circuit, Inc   5.625   12/15/20   3,829,540 
 1,185,000      L-3 Communications Corp   4.950   02/15/21   1,254,825 
 1,825,000   g  NXP BV   3.750   06/01/18   1,779,375 
 1,900,000      Scientific Games Corp   8.125   09/15/18   2,028,250 
 468,000      Scientific Games Corp   9.250   06/15/19   504,270 
 450,000      Xerox Corp   8.250   05/15/14   470,360 
 2,500,000      Xerox Corp   4.500   05/15/21   2,598,390 
        TOTAL TECHNOLOGY HARDWARE & EQUIPMENT           24,712,464 
                      
TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES - 2.5%                
 1,915,000      America Movil SAB de C.V.   3.125   07/16/22   1,762,677 
 900,000      American Tower Corp   4.700   03/15/22   874,475 
 1,575,000      American Tower Corp   3.500   01/31/23   1,382,540 
 2,950,000      AT&T, Inc   2.625   12/01/22   2,644,035 
 1,700,000      AT&T, Inc   6.300   01/15/38   1,837,304 
 1,218,000      AT&T, Inc   4.350   06/15/45   1,005,394 
 1,500,000      Axiata SPV1 (Labuan) Ltd   5.375   04/28/20   1,589,937 
 1,235,000      BellSouth Corp   5.200   09/15/14   1,289,166 
 1,500,000   g  Bharti Airtel International Netherlands BV   5.125   03/11/23   1,342,500 
 2,260,000      Cellco Partnership   8.500   11/15/18   2,896,158 
 250,000   g  Deutsche Telekom International Finance BV   2.250   03/06/17   253,639 
 630,000      Deutsche Telekom International Finance BV   8.750   06/15/30   872,983 
 875,000   g  Deutsche Telekom International Finance BV   4.875   03/06/42   824,096 
 1,375,000   g  Intelsat Jackson Holdings S.A.   5.500   08/01/23   1,285,625 
 2,760,000   g  Oi S.A.   5.750   02/10/22   2,415,000 
 375,000   g  SES   3.600   04/04/23   352,740 
 1,325,000   g  Sprint Corp   7.250   09/15/21   1,338,250 
 240,000      Sprint Nextel Corp   6.000   12/01/16   254,400 
 442,000      Telecom Italia Capital S.A.   6.175   06/18/14   454,921 
 2,500,000      Telefonica Emisiones SAU   3.992   02/16/16   2,589,690 
 1,625,000      Telefonica Emisiones SAU   3.192   04/27/18   1,603,371 
 1,500,000      Telefonica Emisiones SAU   4.570   04/27/23   1,438,466 
 925,000      Telefonos de Mexico SAB de C.V.   5.500   11/15/19   1,014,846 
 3,000,000      Verizon Communications, Inc   0.700   11/02/15   2,981,226 
 1,110,000      Verizon Communications, Inc   6.100   04/15/18   1,283,360 
 3,800,000      Verizon Communications, Inc   3.650   09/14/18   4,004,033 
 276,000      Verizon Communications, Inc   8.750   11/01/18   354,583 
 7,200,000     Verizon Communications, Inc   5.150   09/15/23   7,716,859 
 7,800,000      Verizon Communications, Inc   6.550   09/15/43   8,805,709 
 445,000      Verizon New England, Inc   4.750   10/01/13   445,000 
 1,175,000      Windstream Corp   6.375   08/01/23   1,075,125 
        TOTAL TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES           57,988,108 
                      
TRANSPORTATION - 0.7%                
 1,635,000   g  Asciano Finance Ltd   5.000   04/07/18   1,734,442 
 1,500,000      Burlington Northern Santa Fe LLC   3.450   09/15/21   1,507,370 
 1,750,000   g  DP World Ltd   6.850   07/02/37   1,758,750 

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              MATURITY    
PRINCIPAL      ISSUER  RATE   DATE  VALUE 
$374,634   g  Embraer Overseas Ltd   5.696%  09/16/23  $365,268 
 3,675,000      Embraer S.A.   5.150   06/15/22   3,564,750 
 700,000   g  ERAC USA Finance LLC   3.300   10/15/22   665,335 
 750,000   g  ERAC USA Finance LLC   5.625   03/15/42   761,003 
 850,000   g  Hertz Corp   4.250   04/01/18   835,125 
 1,000,000      Hertz Corp   7.500   10/15/18   1,077,500 
 775,000   g  Kansas City Southern de Mexico S.A. de C.V.   2.350   05/15/20   738,845 
 450,000   g  Kansas City Southern Railway   4.300   05/15/43   398,279 
 375,000      Northrop Grumman Corp   1.750   06/01/18   368,056 
 1,000,000      Northrop Grumman Corp   3.250   08/01/23   945,118 
 1,125,000      United Parcel Service, Inc   3.625   10/01/42   964,505 
        TOTAL TRANSPORTATION           15,684,346 
                      
UTILITIES - 4.0%                
 675,000   g  Abu Dhabi National Energy Co   2.500   01/12/18   661,500 
 1,000,000   g  Abu Dhabi National Energy Co   6.250   09/16/19   1,133,750 
 726,000   g  Abu Dhabi National Energy Co   5.875   12/13/21   806,767 
 1,385,000      AES Corp   7.375   07/01/21   1,523,500 
 1,000,000      AES Corp   4.875   05/15/23   935,000 
 1,250,000      AGL Capital Corp   4.400   06/01/43   1,137,822 
 1,285,000      Alliant Energy Corp   4.000   10/15/14   1,327,715 
 2,000,000      American Electric Power Co, Inc   2.950   12/15/22   1,841,472 
 775,000      Atmos Energy Corp   8.500   03/15/19   997,754 
 1,575,000      Atmos Energy Corp   4.150   01/15/43   1,398,524 
 2,525,000   g  Calpine Corp   7.500   02/15/21   2,682,813 
 1,515,000      Carolina Power & Light Co   5.300   01/15/19   1,746,392 
 225,000      Carolina Power & Light Co   5.700   04/01/35   248,060 
 159,000      CenterPoint Energy Resources Corp   4.500   01/15/21   172,680 
 660,000      CenterPoint Energy Resources Corp   6.250   02/01/37   750,841 
 1,120,000   g  CEZ AS.   4.250   04/03/22   1,118,880 
 1,100,000      CLP Power Hong Kong Financing Ltd   3.375   10/26/27   954,593 
 1,050,000      CMS Energy Corp   4.700   03/31/43   972,451 
 675,000   g  Comision Federal de Electricidad   5.750   02/14/42   624,375 
 1,850,000      Commonwealth Edison Co   4.000   08/01/20   1,973,138 
 395,000      Commonwealth Edison Co   5.900   03/15/36   457,169 
 415,000      Connecticut Light & Power Co   5.500   02/01/19   479,200 
 1,700,000      Consolidated Edison Co of New York, Inc   3.950   03/01/43   1,509,765 
 225,000      Consolidated Natural Gas Co   5.000   12/01/14   236,100 
 750,000      Detroit Edison Co   3.950   06/15/42   678,037 
 1,160,000      Duke Energy Carolinas LLC   5.750   11/15/13   1,167,163 
 260,000      Duke Energy Carolinas LLC   4.300   06/15/20   281,727 
 2,000,000      Duke Energy Corp   3.950   09/15/14   2,063,098 
 650,000      Duke Energy Ohio, Inc   3.800   09/01/23   664,164 
 1,750,000      Florida Power & Light Co   2.750   06/01/23   1,661,506 
 335,000      Florida Power Corp   6.400   06/15/38   408,043 
 1,410,000      FPL Group Capital, Inc   2.600   09/01/15   1,451,925 
 630,000      Indiana Michigan Power Co   7.000   03/15/19   755,832 
 555,000      Integrys Energy Group, Inc   4.170   11/01/20   581,057 
 1,150,000   g  Israel Electric Corp Ltd   6.700   02/10/17   1,234,813 
 2,000,000   g  Israel Electric Corp Ltd   7.250   01/15/19   2,187,500 
 195,000   g  Kansas Gas & Electric   6.700   06/15/19   239,300 
 600,000   g  KazMunayGas National Co JSC   4.400   04/30/23   559,500 

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TIAA-CREF FUNDS - Bond Fund

 

              MATURITY    
PRINCIPAL      ISSUER  RATE   DATE  VALUE 
$775,000      Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP   9.000%  02/01/19  $991,785 
 1,955,000   g  Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co Ltd   3.125   09/16/15   2,018,405 
 500,000   g  Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co Ltd   2.875   10/02/18   498,278 
 4,030,000      LG&E and KU Energy LLC   3.750   11/15/20   4,080,879 
 1,500,000   g  Majapahit Holding BV   7.750   01/20/20   1,646,250 
 1,160,000      Midamerican Energy Holdings Co   5.950   05/15/37   1,287,259 
 630,000      Nevada Power Co   6.500   08/01/18   755,342 
 1,335,000      NiSource Finance Corp   5.400   07/15/14   1,382,685 
 1,500,000      NiSource Finance Corp   4.800   02/15/44   1,343,330 
 1,025,000      Northeast Utilities   1.450   05/01/18   998,710 
 1,975,000      Northern States Power Co   5.350   11/01/39   2,214,123 
 2,000,000      NTPC Ltd   5.625   07/14/21   1,967,788 
 150,000      Oncor Electric Delivery Co LLC   7.250   01/15/33   190,527 
 1,000,000      Oncor Electric Delivery Co LLC   4.550   12/01/41   958,288 
 950,000      ONEOK Partners LP   3.375   10/01/22   875,160 
 1,150,000      PacifiCorp   2.950   02/01/22   1,124,380 
 885,000      Pepco Holdings, Inc   2.700   10/01/15   909,764 
 3,000,000   g  Perusahaan Listrik Negara PT   5.500   11/22/21   2,865,000 
 1,450,000      PG&E Corp   5.750   04/01/14   1,485,032 
 135,000      Potomac Electric Power Co   7.900   12/15/38   195,224 
 3,875,000      PPL Capital Funding, Inc   4.200   06/15/22   3,856,024 
 1,000,000      PPL Electric Utilities Corp   3.000   09/15/21   991,791 
 565,000      Progress Energy, Inc   7.050   03/15/19   682,734 
 1,780,000      Public Service Co of Oklahoma   5.150   12/01/19   2,022,733 
 440,000      Public Service Electric & Gas Co   5.300   05/01/18   503,839 
 2,200,000      Public Service Electric & Gas Co   2.375   05/15/23   2,015,070 
 1,190,000      Public Service Electric & Gas Co   5.375   11/01/39   1,334,677 
 1,500,000      QEP Resources, Inc   5.375   10/01/22   1,432,500 
 468,000      Questar Market Resources, Inc   6.875   03/01/21   497,250 
 970,000      San Diego Gas & Electric Co   3.950   11/15/41   892,313 
 630,000      Sempra Energy   6.000   10/15/39   694,541 
 2,800,000      Southern California Edison Co   4.650   10/01/43   2,767,870 
 450,000      Tampa Electric Co   4.100   06/15/42   402,980 
 1,575,000   g  Transportadora de Gas del Peru S.A.   4.250   04/30/28   1,362,375 
 845,000      Virginia Electric and Power Co   2.950   01/15/22   831,694 
 1,250,000      Virginia Electric and Power Co   4.650   08/15/43   1,239,576 
 480,000      Williams Partners LP   3.800   02/15/15   498,229 
 850,000      Williams Partners LP   4.000   11/15/21   837,388 
 950,000      Williams Partners LP   3.350   08/15/22   879,550 
 940,000      Williams Partners LP   6.300   04/15/40   991,131 
 650,000      Xcel Energy, Inc   4.800   09/15/41   638,019 
        TOTAL UTILITIES           92,784,419 
                      
        TOTAL CORPORATE BONDS           864,948,437 
        (Cost $865,780,837)             
                        
GOVERNMENT BONDS - 42.3%                
                        
AGENCY SECURITIES - 0.4%                
 4,831,044      AMAL Ltd   3.465   08/21/21   5,136,482 
 1,500,000      Amber Circle Funding LTD   3.250   12/04/22   1,375,277 
 894,580      Cal Dive I- Title XI, Inc   4.930   02/01/27   971,064 

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TIAA-CREF FUNDS - Bond Fund

 

              MATURITY    
PRINCIPAL      ISSUER  RATE   DATE  VALUE 
$434,688      Totem Ocean Trailer Express, Inc   4.514%  12/18/19  $454,481 
 2,000,000      UNM Sandoval Regional Medical Center   4.500   07/20/36   1,989,680 
        TOTAL AGENCY SECURITIES           9,926,984 
                      
FOREIGN GOVERNMENT BONDS - 3.9%                
 625,000   g  Banco Nacional de Desenvolvimento Economico e Social   3.375   09/26/16   626,875 
 1,500,000   g  Barbados Government International Bond   7.000   08/04/22   1,413,750 
 2,625,000   g  Brazil Minas SPE via State of Minas Gerais   5.333   02/15/28   2,526,562 
 2,050,000      Brazilian Government International Bond   12.500   01/05/16   994,337 
 170,000      Brazilian Government International Bond   7.125   01/20/37   199,750 
 1,970,000      Brazilian Government International Bond   5.625   01/07/41   1,965,075 
 805,000      Chile Government International Bond   3.875   08/05/20   839,212 
 515,000      Chile Government International Bond   2.250   10/30/22   462,212 
 875,000      Colombia Government International Bond   4.375   07/12/21   903,437 
 3,875,000      Colombia Government International Bond   2.625   03/15/23   3,429,375 
 1,850,000      Colombia Government International Bond   4.000   02/26/24   1,813,000 
 1,500,000   g  Costa Rica Government International Bond   4.250   01/26/23   1,342,500 
 2,450,000   g  Croatia Government International Bond   6.250   04/27/17   2,574,509 
 1,000,000   g  Croatia Government International Bond   6.375   03/24/21   1,032,750 
 2,300,000   g  Dominican Republic International Bond   5.875   04/18/24   2,133,250 
 395,000      European Investment Bank   4.875   02/15/36   436,946 
 3,325,000      Export-Import Bank of Korea   1.250   11/20/15   3,327,454 
 580,000      Export-Import Bank of Korea   3.750   10/20/16   613,835 
 1,965,000      Export-Import Bank of Korea   4.375   09/15/21   2,060,124 
 300,000      Federative Republic of Brazil   6.000   01/17/17   335,550 
 540,000      Hungary Government International Bond   4.125   02/19/18   534,600 
 1,000,000   g  Iceland Government International Bond   4.875   06/16/16   1,046,000 
 1,000,000   g  Indonesia Government International Bond   3.750   04/25/22   900,000 
 1,010,000      Israel Government International Bond   4.000   06/30/22   1,047,875 
 1,500,000      Israel Government International Bond   4.500   01/30/43   1,342,500 
 845,000      Italy Government International Bond   5.375   06/12/17   921,304 
 355,000      Italy Government International Bond   6.875   09/27/23   426,149 
 3,000,000   g,i  Kommunalbanken AS.   0.444   02/20/18   2,996,157 
 1,000,000      Korea Development Bank   1.500   01/22/18   963,818 
 1,210,000   g  Korea Housing Finance Corp   3.500   12/15/16   1,268,476 
 1,250,000   g  Korea Housing Finance Corp   1.625   09/15/18   1,177,570 
 19,270,000      Mexican Bonos   8.000   12/07/23   1,682,876 
 500,000      Mexico Government International Bond   6.750   09/27/34   592,500 
 1,000,000      Mexico Government International Bond   6.050   01/11/40   1,093,500 
 500,000      Mexico Government International Bond   4.750   03/08/44   452,500 
 1,800,000   g  Morocco Government International Bond   4.250   12/11/22   1,638,360 
 800,000   g  Namibia International Bonds   5.500   11/03/21   808,000 
 775,000   g  Nigeria Government International Bond   5.125   07/12/18   786,625 
 1,500,000      Panama Government International Bond   5.200   01/30/20   1,646,250 
 100,000      Peruvian Government International Bond   7.125   03/30/19   121,250 
 450,000      Peruvian Government International Bond   7.350   07/21/25   574,875 
 1,500,000      Poland Government International Bond   3.875   07/16/15   1,573,200 
 1,250,000      Poland Government International Bond   6.375   07/15/19   1,458,750 
 1,833,000      Poland Government International Bond   5.125   04/21/21   1,993,388 
 1,720,000      Poland Government International Bond   3.000   03/17/23   1,575,520 
 620,000      Province of Quebec Canada   7.500   09/15/29   839,492 
 1,390,000   g  Qatar Government International Bond   4.500   01/20/22   1,482,018 

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TIAA-CREF FUNDS - Bond Fund

 

              MATURITY    
PRINCIPAL      ISSUER  RATE   DATE  VALUE 
$620,000   g  Qatar Government International Bond   6.400%  01/20/40  $722,300 
 1,500,000   g  Republic of Ghana   7.875   08/07/23   1,455,000 
 925,000      Republic of Korea   5.750   04/16/14   949,520 
 1,000,000      Republic of Korea   3.875   09/11/23   1,017,992 
 860,000   g  Republic of Serbia   7.250   09/28/21   893,325 
 900,000      Republic of Turkey   6.000   01/14/41   868,725 
 900,000   g  Romanian Government International Bond   6.750   02/07/22   1,026,180 
 2,575,000   g  Romanian Government International Bond   4.375   08/22/23   2,462,344 
 750,000   g  Russian Foreign Bond - Eurobond   3.625   04/29/15   779,250 
 750,000   g  Russian Foreign Bond - Eurobond   3.250   04/04/17   779,423 
 800,000   g  Russian Foreign Bond - Eurobond   5.000   04/29/20   856,200 
 1,070,000   g  Russian Foreign Bond - Eurobond   4.500   04/04/22   1,092,684 
 240,000      South Africa Government International Bond   6.875   05/27/19   275,700 
 1,175,000      South Africa Government International Bond   5.500   03/09/20   1,261,656 
 1,000,000      South Africa Government International Bond   4.665   01/17/24   970,000 
 1,675,000      South Africa Government International Bond   5.875   09/16/25   1,760,844 
 500,000      South Africa Government International Bond   6.250   03/08/41   523,750 
 5,000,000   g  Spain Government International Bond   4.000   03/06/18   5,081,500 
 2,000,000   g  Sri Lanka Government International Bond   6.250   07/27/21   1,905,000 
 875,000   g  Sri Lanka Government International Bond   5.875   07/25/22   800,625 
 1,220,000      Svensk Exportkredit AB   5.125   03/01/17   1,384,773 
 227,000      United Mexican States   5.875   02/17/14   231,200 
 1,032,000      United Mexican States   5.125   01/15/20   1,150,164 
 891,000      Uruguay Government International Bond   4.500   08/14/24   904,365 
        TOTAL FOREIGN GOVERNMENT BONDS           89,126,576 
                      
MORTGAGE BACKED - 21.7%                
 307,652   i  Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp (FHLMC)   2.436   02/01/36   325,933 
 162,828   i  FHLMC   2.565   07/01/36   172,681 
 543,281   i  FHLMC   2.303   09/01/36   581,147 
 316,601   i  FHLMC   2.404   09/01/36   337,299 
 391,581   i  FHLMC   2.522   09/01/36   414,661 
 827,527   i  FHLMC   2.714   03/01/37   883,177 
 474,742   i  FHLMC   6.015   04/01/37   507,817 
 58,191   i  FHLMC   6.080   05/01/37   61,508 
 107,965   i  FHLMC   2.500   06/01/37   115,004 
 433,852   i  FHLMC   2.864   08/01/37   458,965 
 509,681   i  FHLMC   1.738   09/01/37   532,108 
 7,669,899   i  FHLMC (Interest Only)   6.378   09/15/41   1,638,262 
 1,032,992      FHLMC   3.000   08/15/42   881,812 
 8,786      Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp Gold (FGLMC)   7.500   01/01/16   8,896 
 650      FGLMC   7.500   05/01/16   681 
 665      FGLMC   7.500   06/01/16   697 
 451,658      FGLMC   4.500   09/01/18   477,461 
 476,023      FGLMC   4.500   01/01/19   514,887 
 483,731      FGLMC   4.500   05/01/19   511,310 
 160,513      FGLMC   4.500   01/01/20   169,691 
 251,999      FGLMC   5.000   05/01/20   269,144 
 65,319      FGLMC   4.500   07/01/20   70,577 
 11,899      FGLMC   7.000   10/01/20   12,980 
 770,959      FGLMC   4.500   06/01/21   816,573 
 1,362,963      FGLMC   4.500   06/01/21   1,443,707 

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              MATURITY    
PRINCIPAL      ISSUER  RATE   DATE  VALUE 
$557,489      FGLMC   4.000%  07/01/24  $590,177 
 180,967      FGLMC   4.500   09/01/24   191,368 
 464      FGLMC   6.500   10/01/28   513 
 12,251      FGLMC   6.500   01/01/29   13,590 
 3,221      FGLMC   6.500   03/01/29   3,589 
 33,689      FGLMC   6.500   07/01/29   37,266 
 1,630      FGLMC   8.000   01/01/31   1,885 
 20,550      FGLMC   6.500   09/01/31   23,267 
 38,939      FGLMC   8.000   09/01/31   45,328 
 242,063      FGLMC   7.000   12/01/31   277,644 
 286,909      FGLMC   6.000   03/01/33   316,530 
 287,929      FGLMC   4.500   07/01/33   307,118 
 859,505      FGLMC   5.000   09/01/33   932,387 
 428,417      FGLMC   5.500   09/01/33   472,018 
 432,718      FGLMC   5.500   09/01/33   477,059 
 330,506      FGLMC   5.500   09/01/33   364,214 
 539,006      FGLMC   5.500   10/01/33   592,911 
 873,464      FGLMC   5.500   12/01/33   957,416 
 1,718,080      FGLMC   7.000   12/01/33   1,949,583 
 452,767      FGLMC   5.000   01/01/34   490,999 
 485,255      FGLMC   5.000   05/01/34   526,336 
 341,073      FGLMC   6.000   09/01/34   376,784 
 1,361,936      FGLMC   5.000   12/01/34   1,474,834 
 101,502      FGLMC   5.500   12/01/34   110,132 
 682,307      FGLMC   4.500   04/01/35   727,833 
 549,384      FGLMC   6.000   05/01/35   598,360 
 635,907      FGLMC   7.000   05/01/35   697,970 
 78,230      FGLMC   6.000   07/01/35   85,146 
 91,768      FGLMC   5.500   08/01/35   99,386 
 81,884      FGLMC   5.000   10/01/35   88,103 
 137,270      FGLMC   5.000   02/01/36   148,184 
 9,408      FGLMC   6.500   05/01/36   10,406 
 270,445      FGLMC   6.500   10/01/36   307,747 
 585,896      FGLMC   6.000   08/01/37   643,166 
 228,863      FGLMC   6.000   09/01/37   251,358 
 37,840      FGLMC   6.500   11/01/37   41,857 
 569,373      FGLMC   5.000   04/01/38   614,560 
 499,128      FGLMC   5.000   07/01/39   537,874 
 3,884,932      FGLMC   4.500   11/01/40   4,190,683 
 4,435,921      FGLMC   4.500   12/01/40   4,775,581 
 6,000,000   h  FGLMC   4.000   11/15/42   6,249,375 
 1,000,000   h  FGLMC   4.500   11/15/42   1,061,094 
 28,623      Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA)   4.753   10/01/13   28,613 
 5      FNMA   6.500   12/01/13   5 
 180,501      FNMA   4.854   02/01/14   180,812 
 3,364,345      FNMA   4.640   11/01/14   3,448,276 
 6,207      FNMA   6.500   10/01/16   6,472 
 55,033      FNMA   6.500   11/01/16   57,989 
 36,349      FNMA   6.500   04/01/17   38,857 
 107,338      FNMA   5.000   12/01/17   114,195 
 52,472      FNMA   5.500   04/01/18   55,456 
 535,314      FNMA   5.500   04/01/18   565,725 

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              MATURITY    
PRINCIPAL      ISSUER  RATE   DATE  VALUE 
$34,865      FNMA   5.500%  05/01/18  $36,723 
 196,955      FNMA   4.500   10/01/18   209,385 
 540,970      FNMA   5.000   11/01/18   575,574 
 29,486      FNMA   6.000   01/01/19   32,194 
 67,285      FNMA   4.500   05/01/19   71,511 
 156,594      FNMA   4.500   06/01/19   166,446 
 114,490      FNMA   5.000   03/01/20   121,737 
 81,554      FNMA   4.500   11/01/20   86,656 
 157,198      FNMA   5.000   12/01/20   168,630 
 184,686      FNMA   5.000   03/01/21   196,481 
 132,371      FNMA   5.500   08/01/21   143,217 
 122,180      FNMA   4.500   06/01/23   130,013 
 156,190      FNMA   5.000   07/01/23   167,576 
 303,047      FNMA   5.000   07/01/23   325,157 
 105,947      FNMA   5.000   11/01/23   114,758 
 98,876      FNMA   5.500   02/01/24   108,461 
 120,491      FNMA   4.000   05/01/24   127,950 
 55,351      FNMA   5.500   07/01/24   60,737 
 1,012      FNMA   8.000   07/01/24   1,176 
 139,810      FNMA   4.500   08/01/24   148,676 
 1,235,419      FNMA   4.000   09/01/24   1,310,731 
 589,364      FNMA   5.000   03/01/25   640,629 
 1,277,016      FNMA   5.000   10/01/25   1,387,829 
 869,656      FNMA   3.000   05/01/27   902,780 
 6,000,000   h  FNMA   2.500   10/25/28   6,033,750 
 18,000,000   h  FNMA   3.000   10/25/28   18,635,625 
 11,000,000   h  FNMA   4.000   10/25/28   11,670,313 
 4,000,000   h  FNMA   4.500   10/25/28   4,248,750 
 845      FNMA   7.500   01/01/29   973 
 1,420      FNMA   6.500   04/01/29   1,569 
 11,598      FNMA   7.500   07/01/29   12,078 
 576      FNMA   7.500   02/01/31   610 
 3,598      FNMA   7.500   03/01/31   4,217 
 2,613      FNMA   7.500   05/01/31   2,857 
 1,535      FNMA   6.500   09/01/31   1,714 
 18,448      FNMA   6.500   11/01/31   20,592 
 51,453      FNMA   6.000   01/01/32   56,244 
 324,811      FNMA   6.500   07/01/32   363,726 
 292,764      FNMA   4.500   03/25/33   307,733 
 46,983      FNMA   6.000   11/01/34   51,380 
 82,497      FNMA   6.000   12/01/34   90,676 
 401,781      FNMA   6.000   05/01/35   438,886 
 10,616      FNMA   7.500   06/01/35   11,627 
 58,518      FNMA   5.000   11/01/35   63,102 
 450,935   i  FNMA   2.543   02/01/36   479,474 
 158,342      FNMA   5.000   02/01/36   168,540 
 346,428      FNMA   6.500   02/01/36   382,880 
 303,222   i  FNMA   2.392   07/01/36   325,166 
 84,339      FNMA   7.000   02/01/37   96,783 
 187,229      FNMA   6.500   03/01/37   208,916 
 483,553      FNMA   7.000   04/01/37   561,241 
 138,004      FNMA   6.500   08/01/37   152,793 

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              MATURITY    
PRINCIPAL      ISSUER  RATE   DATE  VALUE 
$391,090      FNMA   6.000%  09/01/37  $436,502 
 268,419      FNMA   6.000   09/01/37   294,399 
 436,403      FNMA   6.500   09/01/37   482,323 
 1,009,514   i  FNMA   2.478   10/01/37   1,076,576 
 114,104      FNMA   7.000   11/01/37   123,857 
 8,050      FNMA   6.500   03/01/38   9,029 
 205,968   i  FNMA   4.961   10/01/38   221,391 
 1,536,072      FNMA   5.500   08/01/39   1,679,606 
 3,459,016      FNMA   4.500   03/01/40   3,716,677 
 6,194,706      FNMA   4.500   09/01/40   6,619,280 
 3,320,566      FNMA   4.500   11/01/40   3,555,786 
 21,813,967      FNMA   4.500   04/01/41   23,322,528 
 10,872,771      FNMA   3.500   02/01/42   11,089,721 
 6,157,105      FNMA   3.500   07/01/42   6,276,544 
 10,512,519      FNMA   3.500   09/01/42   10,722,893 
 3,859,212      FNMA   3.500   10/01/42   3,932,031 
 17,922,838      FNMA   3.500   11/01/42   18,281,387 
 9,785,451      FNMA   3.500   11/01/42   9,975,242 
 1,006,047      FNMA   3.000   02/01/43   984,583 
 1,997,685      FNMA   3.000   07/01/43   1,928,297 
 1,000,000   h  FNMA   2.500   10/25/43   929,062 
 21,000,000   h  FNMA   3.500   10/25/43   21,377,345 
 38,000,000   h  FNMA   4.000   10/25/43   39,858,436 
 30,000,000   h  FNMA   5.000   10/25/43   32,531,250 
 30,000,000   h  FNMA   5.500   10/25/43   32,700,000 
 11,000,000   h  FNMA   3.500   11/25/43   11,161,563 
 51,000,000   h  FNMA   4.000   11/25/43   53,318,904 
 3,000,000   h  FNMA   4.500   11/25/43   3,195,000 
 175      Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA)   7.000   01/15/28   200 
 1,812      GNMA   7.000   02/15/28   1,873 
 637      GNMA   7.000   06/15/28   662 
 1,249      GNMA   7.000   06/15/28   1,404 
 7,259      GNMA   6.500   09/15/28   8,143 
 3,964      GNMA   6.500   09/15/28   4,445 
 9,750      GNMA   6.500   11/15/28   10,935 
 3,290      GNMA   7.500   11/15/28   3,759 
 594      GNMA   8.500   07/15/30   606 
 18,296      GNMA   8.500   10/15/30   19,897 
 12,605      GNMA   8.500   10/20/30   15,147 
 1,696      GNMA   8.500   12/15/30   1,937 
 2,520      GNMA   7.000   06/20/31   2,860 
 2,053      GNMA   6.500   07/15/31   2,301 
 10,821      GNMA   7.000   07/15/31   12,251 
 7,336      GNMA   7.000   07/15/31   8,301 
 9,777      GNMA   7.500   02/15/32   10,085 
 1,002      GNMA   6.500   03/15/33   1,134 
 182,260      GNMA   5.500   07/15/33   199,718 
 645,165      GNMA   5.500   09/15/33   727,397 
 179,610      GNMA   5.500   02/20/35   199,150 
 1,131,147      GNMA   5.500   05/20/35   1,254,266 
 378,379      GNMA   5.500   02/20/36   417,575 
 64,101      GNMA   6.000   10/20/36   70,675 

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              MATURITY    
PRINCIPAL      ISSUER  RATE   DATE  VALUE 
$67,433      GNMA   6.000%  01/20/37  $74,333 
 221,703      GNMA   6.000   02/20/37   244,385 
 76,644      GNMA   5.500   07/15/38   83,862 
 479,131      GNMA   5.500   07/20/38   526,944 
 186,690      GNMA   6.000   08/20/38   205,258 
 212,696      GNMA   6.500   11/20/38   237,356 
 1,254,731      GNMA   5.000   06/15/39   1,397,099 
 1,181,446      GNMA   4.500   07/20/39   1,279,591 
 441,524      GNMA   4.000   08/15/39   466,246 
 676,240      GNMA   4.000   10/15/40   717,103 
 17,979,053      GNMA   4.000   01/20/42   19,065,291 
 25,346,822      GNMA   3.500   03/15/42   26,101,882 
 6,000,000   h  GNMA   3.000   10/15/43   5,914,687 
 5,000,000   h  GNMA   3.500   10/15/43   5,139,844 
 2,000,000   h  GNMA   4.000   10/15/43   2,109,375 
 14,000,000   h  GNMA   4.500   10/15/43   15,028,125 
 6,000,000   h  GNMA   6.000   10/15/43   6,618,750 
 5,000,000   h  GNMA   3.500   10/20/43   5,157,813 
 8,000,000   h  GNMA   5.000   10/20/43   8,708,750 
 2,531,502      GNMA   6.500   01/15/44   2,667,594 
        TOTAL MORTGAGE BACKED           503,511,472 
                      
MUNICIPAL BONDS - 3.6%                
 445,000      Charlotte-Mecklenburg Hospital Authority   5.000   08/01/15   466,809 
 4,265,000      Denver City & County School District No   3.598   12/15/27   3,826,814 
 25,000,000      Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund Finance Corp   1.298   07/01/16   24,888,500 
 11,000,000      New York State Urban Development Corp   1.350   03/15/18   10,838,630 
 4,420,000      State of Georgia   4.520   10/01/28   4,561,794 
 7,985,000      State of Illinois   4.875   07/01/16   8,449,807 
 3,000,000      State of Illinois   4.833   02/01/17   3,173,790 
 12,000,000      State of Illinois   4.350   06/01/18   12,410,520 
 1,845,000      State of Illinois   4.700   01/01/21   1,814,133 
 2,560,000      State of Illinois   3.860   04/01/21   2,369,305 
 3,030,000      State of Illinois   4.110   04/01/22   2,771,208 
 2,195,000      State of Illinois   4.310   04/01/23   2,065,144 
 3,470,000      State of Illinois   4.760   04/01/26   3,108,946 
 1,765,000      State Public School Building Authority   5.000   09/15/27   1,818,497 
 1,000,000      University of Massachusetts Building Authority   0.430   11/01/14   997,750 
        TOTAL MUNICIPAL BONDS           83,561,647 
                      
U.S. TREASURY SECURITIES - 12.7%                
 76,000      United States Treasury Bond   4.500   02/15/36   87,827 
 15,970,000      United States Treasury Bond   2.875   05/15/43   13,554,538 
 27,500,000      United States Treasury Bond   3.625   08/15/43   27,182,045 
 530,000      United States Treasury Note   0.250   02/28/15   530,352 
 2,116,000      United States Treasury Note   0.250   05/31/15   2,115,587 
 1,500,000      United States Treasury Note   0.375   08/31/15   1,501,758 
 6,127,000   l  United States Treasury Note   0.375   11/15/15   6,127,478 
 1,550,000      United States Treasury Note   0.375   03/15/16   1,547,094 
 86,295,000      United States Treasury Note   0.500   06/15/16   86,214,055 
 16,380,000      United States Treasury Note   0.875   09/15/16   16,500,295 
 5,440,000      United States Treasury Note   0.875   01/31/18   5,368,600 

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TIAA-CREF FUNDS - Bond Fund

 

              MATURITY    
PRINCIPAL      ISSUER  RATE   DATE  VALUE 
$73,758,700      United States Treasury Note   1.500%  08/31/18  $74,248,532 
 25,000,000      United States Treasury Note   1.375   09/30/18   24,982,425 
 44,000      United States Treasury Note   2.625   11/15/20   45,760 
 34,170,000      United States Treasury Note   2.500   08/15/23   33,822,969 
        TOTAL U.S. TREASURY SECURITIES           293,829,315 
                      
        TOTAL GOVERNMENT BONDS           979,955,994 
        (Cost $974,971,779)             
                      
STRUCTURED ASSETS - 17.9%                
                        
ASSET BACKED - 10.0%                
 2,475,000   g  Ally Master Owner Trust   4.590   04/15/17   2,582,368 
        Series - 2010 2 (Class B)             
 55,677   g  Asset Backed Funding Corp NIM Trust   5.900   07/26/35   1 
        Series - 2006 WMC1 (Class N1)             
 1,200,000   g  Avis Budget Rental Car Funding AESOP LLC   5.110   03/20/17   1,291,468 
        Series - 2010 5A (Class B)             
 9,300,000   g  Avis Budget Rental Car Funding AESOP LLC   4.740   11/20/17   9,963,406 
        Series - 2011 3A (Class B)             
 1,000,000   g  Avis Budget Rental Car Funding AESOP LLC   4.720   02/20/18   1,072,689 
        Series - 2011 5A (Class B)             
 9,800,000   g  Avis Budget Rental Car Funding AESOP LLC   3.040   03/20/19   9,867,150 
        Series - 2012 3A (Class B)             
 436,795   i  Bear Stearns Asset Backed Securities Trust   0.919   11/25/39   426,606 
        Series - 2005 SD3 (Class 2A1)             
 11,801,719   g,m  Capital Automotive REIT   4.700   07/15/42   11,690,193 
        Series - 2012 1A (Class A)             
 328,632   i  CIT Group Home Equity Loan Trust   6.200   02/25/30   327,637 
        Series - 2002 1 (Class AF6)             
 17,368,750   g  CKE Restaurant Holdings, Inc   4.474   03/20/43   17,315,758 
        Series - 2013 1A (Class A2)             
 252,753   g,i  Credit-Based Asset Servicing and Securitization LLC   6.159   12/25/36   255,586 
        Series - 2007 MX1 (Class A1)             
 6,410,000   g,i  DB/UBS Mortgage Trust   5.729   11/10/46   6,871,796 
        Series - 2011 LC1A (Class C)             
 28,073,800   g  Dominos Pizza Master Issuer LLC   5.216   01/25/42   30,147,584 
        Series - 2012 1A (Class A2)             
 597,928   g,i  Flagstar Home Equity Loan Trust   5.781   01/25/35   597,174 
        Series - 2007 1A (Class AF3)             
 11,440,000      Ford Credit Auto Owner Trust   2.930   10/15/18   11,720,657 
        Series - 2012 B (Class D)             
 7,800,000      Ford Credit Auto Owner Trust   2.430   01/15/19   7,910,744 
        Series - 2012 C (Class D)             
 9,000,000      Ford Credit Auto Owner Trust   1.860   08/15/19   8,888,418 
        Series - 2013 A (Class D)             
 5,900,000   g  Hertz Vehicle Financing LLC   4.170   03/25/16   6,073,743 
        Series - 2011 1A (Class B1)             
 9,285,000   g  Hertz Vehicle Financing LLC   5.930   03/25/16   9,768,266 
        Series - 0 2A (Class B2)             
 5,000,000   g  Hertz Vehicle Financing LLC   1.860   08/25/17   4,956,210 
        Series - 2013 1A (Class B1)             

23

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              MATURITY    
PRINCIPAL      ISSUER  RATE   DATE  VALUE 
$2,000,000   g  Hertz Vehicle Financing LLC   4.960%  03/25/18  $2,144,344 
        Series - 2011 1A (Class B2)             
 15,000,000   g  Hertz Vehicle Financing LLC   2.480   08/25/19   14,635,650 
        Series - 2013 1A (Class B2)             
 1,364,112   i  Lehman XS Trust   0.429   02/25/36   1,209,272 
        Series - 2006 1 (Class 1A1)             
 2,901,194      Lehman XS Trust   6.500   06/25/46   2,178,249 
        Series - 2006 13 (Class 2A1)             
 168,302   i  Long Beach Mortgage Loan Trust   0.929   02/25/35   167,261 
        Series - 2005 1 (Class M1)             
 1,000,000   g,i  Longpoint Re Ltd   4.005   05/18/16   1,017,500 
        Series - 2013 144A (Class )             
 327,363   i  Park Place Securities, Inc   1.124   09/25/34   326,042 
        Series - 2004 WHQ1 (Class M1)             
 2,080,286   i  Park Place Securities, Inc Asset-Backed Pass-Through Certificates   0.699   01/25/36   2,066,249 
        Series - 2005 WCH1 (Class M2)             
 1,000,000   g  Rental Car Finance Corp   4.380   02/25/16   1,027,733 
        Series - 2011 1A (Class B1)             
 71,465   i  Residential Asset Securities Corp   6.489   10/25/30   71,539 
        Series - 2001 KS2 (Class AI6)             
 249,920   i  Residential Asset Securities Corp   0.609   04/25/35   247,501 
        Series - 2005 KS3 (Class M3)             
 978,754      Residential Funding Mortgage Securities II, Inc   5.500   08/25/25   1,004,001 
        Series - 2006 HI5 (Class A3)             
 458,999      Residential Funding Mortgage Securities II, Inc   5.960   02/25/36   465,442 
        Series - 2006 HI3 (Class A3)             
 185,000   i  Residential Funding Mortgage Securities II, Inc   6.060   02/25/36   183,260 
        Series - 2006 HI1 (Class M2)             
 3,000,000   g,i  Sanders Re Ltd   4.005   05/05/17   2,992,500 
        Series - 2013 144A (Class )             
 19,750,000      Santander Drive Auto Receivables Trust   3.870   02/15/18   20,365,785 
        Series - 2012 2 (Class D)             
 1,000,000      Santander Drive Auto Receivables Trust   2.270   01/15/19   977,469 
        Series - 2013 1 (Class D)             
 604,457   i  Securitized Asset Backed Receivables LLC   0.479   10/25/35   589,134 
        Series - 2006 OP1 (Class A2C)             
 1,401,363   g  Sierra Receivables Funding Co LLC   3.350   04/20/26   1,425,860 
        Series - 2011 1A (Class A)             
 1,063,872   g  Sierra Receivables Funding Co LLC   4.250   05/20/28   1,093,407 
        Series - 2011 2A (Class B)             
 1,989,833   g  Sierra Receivables Funding Co LLC   3.420   03/20/29   2,015,326 
        Series - 2012 2A (Class B)             
 13,505,254   g  Sierra Receivables Funding Co LLC   1.590   11/20/29   13,466,427 
        Series - 2013 1A (Class A)             
 3,269,693   g  Sierra Receivables Funding Co LLC   2.390   11/20/29   3,266,842 
        Series - 2013 1A (Class B)             
 4,715,000   g  SLM Student Loan Trust   4.370   04/17/28   5,020,961 
        Series - 2011 A (Class A2)             
 1,480,000   g  SLM Student Loan Trust   3.740   02/15/29   1,552,952 
        Series - 2011 B (Class A2)             
 5,213,000   g  SLM Student Loan Trust   4.540   10/17/44   5,690,370 
        Series - 2011 C (Class A2B)             

24

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              MATURITY    
PRINCIPAL      ISSUER  RATE   DATE  VALUE 
$4,233,000   g  SLM Student Loan Trust   3.830%  01/17/45  $4,419,815 
        Series - 2012 A (Class A2)             
 600,268   i  Soundview Home Equity Loan Trust   0.479   11/25/35   591,400 
        Series - 2005 OPT3 (Class A4)             
 174,942   i  Structured Asset Investment Loan Trust   0.779   05/25/35   174,129 
        Series - 2005 4 (Class M1)             
 113,914   i  Structured Asset Investment Loan Trust   0.459   12/25/35   113,665 
        Series - 2005 10 (Class A5)             
 3,116,714   g,i  Structured Asset Securities Corp Mortgage Loan Trust   0.399   10/25/36   3,004,920 
        Series - 2006 GEL4 (Class A2)             
 5,800,000   g,i  Vitality Re IV Ltd   2.760   01/09/17   5,901,500 
        Series - 2013 IV B (Class )             
 260,408   g,i  Wachovia Loan Trust   0.539   05/25/35   241,572 
        Series - 2005 SD1 (Class A)             
 268,410   i  Wells Fargo Home Equity Trust   0.319   07/25/36   265,567 
        Series - 2006 2 (Class A3)             
        TOTAL ASSET BACKED           241,641,098 
                      
OTHER MORTGAGE BACKED - 7.9%        
 5,908,583   g  7 WTC Depositor LLC Trust   4.082   03/13/31   6,165,666 
        Series - 2012 7WTC (Class A)             
 1,725,000      Banc of America Commercial Mortgage Trust   5.390   10/10/45   1,831,710 
        Series - 2006 6 (Class AM)             
 5,025,000   i  Bear Stearns Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust   5.568   10/12/41   5,493,139 
        Series - 2006 T24 (Class AM)             
 12,495,000      Bear Stearns Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust   5.363   02/11/44   12,678,339 
        Series - 2007 PW15 (Class AM)             
 23,059   g,i  Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust   0.322   04/15/22   22,917 
        Series - 2007 FL3A (Class A2)             
 572,646      Countrywide Alternative Loan Trust   5.500   08/25/16   581,886 
        Series - 2004 30CB (Class 1A15)             
 489,644      Countrywide Home Loan Mortgage Pass Through Trust   5.250   02/25/16   487,944 
        Series - 2005 6 (Class 1A10)             
 67,948      Countrywide Home Loan Mortgage Pass Through Trust   5.250   05/25/35   67,469 
        Series - 2005 12 (Class 1A5)             
 7,100,000      Credit Suisse First Boston Mortgage Securities Corp   4.771   07/15/37   7,386,826 
        Series - 2005 C3 (Class AJ)             
 3,670,000   i  Credit Suisse First Boston Mortgage Securities Corp   5.100   08/15/38   3,764,671 
        Series - 2005 C5 (Class C)             
 402,667   g,i  Credit Suisse Mortgage Capital Certificates   0.362   04/15/22   397,112 
        Series - 2007 TF2A (Class A1)             
 1,600,000   g  Credit Suisse Mortgage Capital Certificates   5.626   05/15/23   1,771,290 
        Series - 2006 OMA (Class D)             
 29,705,000      Credit Suisse Mortgage Capital Certificates   5.509   09/15/39   31,735,069 
        Series - 2006 C4 (Class AM)             
 820,000   g  Credit Suisse Mortgage Capital Certificates   5.383   02/15/40   867,984 
        Series - 2009 RR1 (Class A3C)             
 684,706   i  Impac CMB Trust   0.839   02/25/36   602,691 
        Series - 2004 11 (Class 2A1)             
 13,475,000   i  JP Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Corp   6.140   02/15/51   13,999,676 
        Series - 2007 C1 (Class AM)             

25

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              MATURITY    
PRINCIPAL      ISSUER  RATE   DATE  VALUE 
$765,000   i  JP Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust   4.911%  07/15/42  $764,956 
        Series - 2005 LDP2 (Class C)             
 3,263,000   i  JP Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust   6.196   02/15/51   2,939,062 
        Series - 2007 LD12 (Class AJ)             
 2,055,000      LB-UBS Commercial Mortgage Trust   5.378   11/15/38   2,207,997 
        Series - 2006 C7 (Class AM)             
 25,243,000   i  LB-UBS Commercial Mortgage Trust   5.493   02/15/40   26,060,444 
        Series - 2007 C2 (Class AM)             
 4,845,000   i  LB-UBS Commercial Mortgage Trust   5.057   09/15/40   5,087,550 
        Series - 2005 C5 (Class AJ)             
 571,063   i  Merrill Lynch Mortgage Trust   5.107   07/12/38   605,607 
        Series - 2005 CIP1 (Class AM)             
 580,000   i  Merrill Lynch Mortgage Trust   6.452   02/12/51   624,593 
        Series - 0 C1 (Class AJA)             
 1,821,000   i  Morgan Stanley Capital I   5.832   07/12/44   1,923,278 
        Series - 2006 HQ9 (Class B)             
 3,206,000   i  Morgan Stanley Capital I   5.842   07/12/44   3,261,387 
        Series - 2006 HQ9 (Class C)             
 415,000   i  Morgan Stanley Capital I   5.544   11/12/49   452,534 
        Series - 2007 T25 (Class AM)             
 940,062      Residential Accredit Loans, Inc   4.350   03/25/34   958,122 
        Series - 2004 QS4 (Class A1)             
 2,497,627   i  Residential Accredit Loans, Inc   0.369   05/25/46   1,821,479 
        Series - 2006 QO5 (Class 2A1)             
 1,552,672   g,i  Springleaf Mortgage Loan Trust   2.667   09/25/57   1,580,714 
        Series - 2012 1A (Class A)             
 734,622   g,i  Springleaf Mortgage Loan Trust   2.220   10/25/57   744,235 
        Series - 0 2A (Class A)             
 22,655,000      Wachovia Bank Commercial Mortgage Trust   5.383   12/15/43   24,118,332 
        Series - 2007 C30 (Class AM)             
 14,500,000   i  Wachovia Bank Commercial Mortgage Trust   6.166   05/15/46   14,564,192 
        Series - 2007 C34 (Class AJ)             
 795,000      Wachovia Bank Commercial Mortgage Trust   5.500   04/15/47   884,321 
        Series - 2007 C31 (Class A5)             
 1,465,000   i  Wachovia Bank Commercial Mortgage Trust   5.591   04/15/47   1,573,476 
        Series - 2007 C31 (Class AM)             
 5,000,000   i  Wachovia Bank Commercial Mortgage Trust   5.660   04/15/47   4,787,625 
        Series - 2007 C31 (Class AJ)             
        TOTAL OTHER MORTGAGE BACKED           182,814,293 
                      
        TOTAL STRUCTURED ASSETS           424,455,391 
        (Cost $425,018,774)             
                      
        TOTAL BONDS           2,269,359,822 
        (Cost $2,265,771,390)             
                      
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS - 13.6%                
                     
GOVERNMENT AGENCY DEBT - 2.8%                
3,000,000      Federal Home Loan Bank (FHLB)   0.055   02/26/14   2,999,631 
 30,000,000      FHLB   0.025   12/20/13   29,998,680 
 25,400,000   d  Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA)   0.030   10/07/13   25,399,873 
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              MATURITY    
PRINCIPAL      ISSUER  RATE   DATE  VALUE 
$7,600,000   d  FNMA   0.050%  10/16/13  $7,599,842 
        TOTAL GOVERNMENT AGENCY DEBT           65,998,026 
                      
TREASURY DEBT - 10.8%                
 9,800,000   d  United States Treasury Bill   0.020   10/03/13   9,799,989 
 2,400,000   d  United States Treasury Bill   0.040   10/10/13   2,399,976 
 5,500,000   d  United States Treasury Bill   0.081   10/17/13   5,499,802 
 7,000,000   d  United States Treasury Bill   0.035-0.046   10/31/13   6,999,787 
 5,000,000   d  United States Treasury Bill   0.060   11/07/13   4,999,692 
 8,500,000   d  United States Treasury Bill   0.070   11/14/13   8,499,273 
 16,500,000   d  United States Treasury Bill   0.071   12/05/13   16,499,851 
 38,000,000   d  United States Treasury Bill   0.040   12/19/13   37,998,746 
 8,500,000   d  United States Treasury Bill   0.056   02/27/14   8,499,651 
 23,000,000   d  United States Treasury Bill   0.070   05/01/14   22,994,250 
 16,000,000   d  United States Treasury Bill   0.101-0.108   07/24/14   15,991,776 
 98,000,000   d  United States Treasury Bill   0.106   08/21/14   97,933,850 
 12,200,000      United States Treasury Note   1.250   04/15/14   12,276,726 
        TOTAL TREASURY DEBT           250,393,369 
                      
        TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS           316,391,395 
        (Cost $316,350,504)             
                      
        TOTAL INVESTMENTS - 111.8%           2,592,138,821 
        (Cost $2,588,521,930)             
        OTHER ASSETS & LIABILITIES, NET - (11.8)%           (274,428,537)
        NET ASSETS - 100.0%          $2,317,710,284 

 

         
      Abbreviation(s):
  REIT   Real Estate Investment Trust
       
  d   All or a portion of these securities have been segregated by the custodian to cover collateral requirements on mortgage dollar rolls.
  g   Security is exempt from registration under Rule 144(A) of the Securities Act of 1933. Such securities are deemed liquid and may be re-sold in transactions exempt from registration to qualified institutional buyers. At 9/30/2013, the aggregate value of these securities was $439,872,565 or 19.0% of net assets.
  h   All or a portion of these securities were purchased on a delayed delivery basis.
  i   Floating or variable rate security. Coupon rate reflects the rate at period end.
  l   All or a portion of these securities have been segregated by the custodian to cover collateral requirements on swap agreements.
  m   Indicates a security that has been deemed illiquid.

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TIAA-CREF FUNDS

BOND INDEX FUND

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (unaudited)

September 30, 2013

 

PRINCIPAL      ISSUER  RATE  MATURITY
DATE
  VALUE 
BONDS - 99.4%         
                    
CORPORATE BONDS - 23.6%          
                    
AUTOMOBILES & COMPONENTS - 0.1%          
$50,000      BorgWarner, Inc   4.625%  09/15/20  $52,820 
 500,000      Ford Motor Co   7.450   07/16/31   610,197 
 650,000      Ford Motor Co   4.750   01/15/43   580,108 
 200,000      Harsco Corp   5.750   05/15/18   212,966 
 400,000      Honeywell International, Inc   5.400   03/15/16   442,449 
 300,000      Honeywell International, Inc   5.300   03/01/18   343,374 
 400,000      Honeywell International, Inc   5.000   02/15/19   457,708 
 282,000      Honeywell International, Inc   5.700   03/15/37   324,356 
 210,000      Johnson Controls, Inc   5.500   01/15/16   229,657 
 150,000      Johnson Controls, Inc   2.600   12/01/16   155,291 
 160,000      Johnson Controls, Inc   4.250   03/01/21   166,843 
 270,000      Johnson Controls, Inc   6.000   01/15/36   291,854 
        TOTAL AUTOMOBILES & COMPONENTS         3,867,623 
                      
BANKS - 2.6%         
 100,000      Allied World Assurance Co Ltd   7.500   08/01/16   116,173 
 1,800,000      Asian Development Bank   0.875   06/10/14   1,807,740 
 1,750,000      Asian Development Bank   2.500   03/15/16   1,832,075 
 2,000,000      Asian Development Bank   1.125   03/15/17   2,009,600 
 75,000      Asian Development Bank   5.820   06/16/28   92,067 
 200,000      Australia & New Zealand Banking Group Ltd   0.900   02/12/16   199,842 
 500,000      Australia & New Zealand Banking Group Ltd   1.450   05/15/18   486,207 
 500,000      Banco do Brasil S.A.   3.875   01/23/17   507,500 
 200,000      Banco do Brasil S.A.   3.875   10/10/22   173,000 
 100,000      Bancolombia S.A.   4.250   01/12/16   103,250 
 200,000      Bancolombia S.A.   5.950   06/03/21   203,000 
 500,000      Bank of America Corp   5.420   03/15/17   548,666 
 500,000      Bank of Montreal   1.300   07/15/16   502,268 
 400,000      Bank of Montreal   1.450   04/09/18   390,890 
 300,000      Bank of Montreal   2.375   01/25/19   300,085 
 500,000      Bank of New York Mellon Corp   0.700   03/04/16   495,537 
 200,000      Bank of Nova Scotia   0.750   10/09/15   199,981 
 750,000      Bank of Nova Scotia   1.375   07/15/16   755,144 
 350,000      Bank of Nova Scotia   1.450   04/25/18   341,952 
 500,000      Barclays Bank plc   5.140   10/14/20   522,244 
 500,000      BB&T Corp   5.200   12/23/15   542,283 
 100,000      BB&T Corp   3.200   03/15/16   104,793 
 200,000      BB&T Corp   2.150   03/22/17   203,264 
 70,000      BB&T Corp   4.900   06/30/17   76,831 
 150,000      BB&T Corp   1.600   08/15/17   148,941 
 300,000      BB&T Corp   1.450   01/12/18   292,912 
 200,000      BB&T Corp   2.050   06/19/18   199,198 
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PRINCIPAL      ISSUER  RATE  MATURITY
DATE
  VALUE 
$400,000      BB&T Corp   6.850%  04/30/19  $488,625 
 200,000      BB&T Corp   3.950   03/22/22   199,325 
 150,000      BBVA US Senior SAU   3.250   05/16/14   151,656 
 500,000      BBVA US Senior SAU   4.664   10/09/15   520,600 
 460,000      BHP Billiton Finance Ltd   5.400   03/29/17   518,787 
 400,000      BHP Billiton Finance USA Ltd   5.500   04/01/14   410,445 
 300,000      BHP Billiton Finance USA Ltd   1.000   02/24/15   302,267 
 500,000      BHP Billiton Finance USA Ltd   1.625   02/24/17   503,055 
 300,000      BHP Billiton Finance USA Ltd   2.050   09/30/18   300,430 
 450,000      BHP Billiton Finance USA Ltd   6.500   04/01/19   537,799 
 100,000      BHP Billiton Finance USA Ltd   3.250   11/21/21   99,240 
 800,000      BHP Billiton Finance USA Ltd   2.875   02/24/22   764,614 
 375,000      BHP Billiton Finance USA Ltd   3.850   09/30/23   377,875 
 200,000      BHP Billiton Finance USA Ltd   4.125   02/24/42   179,985 
 1,000,000      BNP Paribas S.A.   2.700   08/20/18   1,011,437 
 300,000      BPCE S.A.   1.700   04/25/16   301,020 
 200,000      Branch Banking & Trust Co   1.450   10/03/16   201,183 
 400,000      Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce   1.350   07/18/16   403,249 
 972,000      Capital One Bank USA NA   3.375   02/15/23   909,158 
 250,000      Capital One NA   1.500   03/22/18   242,697 
 350,000      Citigroup, Inc   2.650   03/02/15   357,864 
 1,750,000      Citigroup, Inc   3.953   06/15/16   1,862,957 
 200,000      Citigroup, Inc   4.450   01/10/17   216,554 
 11,000      Citigroup, Inc   6.000   08/15/17   12,572 
 915,000      Citigroup, Inc   6.125   11/21/17   1,052,231 
 407,000      Citigroup, Inc   6.125   05/15/18   470,755 
 300,000      Citigroup, Inc   2.500   09/26/18   298,334 
 2,810,000      Citigroup, Inc   5.375   08/09/20   3,143,331 
 2,700,000      Citigroup, Inc   4.500   01/14/22   2,829,686 
 400,000      Citigroup, Inc   5.500   09/13/25   411,381 
 344,000      Citigroup, Inc   6.875   03/05/38   425,260 
 225,000      Citigroup, Inc   6.675   09/13/43   242,301 
 250,000      Comerica Bank   5.750   11/21/16   282,612 
 50,000      Comerica Bank   5.200   08/22/17   55,676 
 600,000      Commonwealth Bank of Australia   2.500   09/20/18   607,320 
 400,000      Cooperatieve Centrale Raiffeisen-Boerenleenbank BA   3.375   01/19/17   425,614 
 275,000      Cooperatieve Centrale Raiffeisen-Boerenleenbank BA   1.700   03/19/18   271,500 
 1,000,000      Cooperatieve Centrale Raiffeisen-Boerenleenbank BA   3.875   02/08/22   1,001,219 
 375,000      Cooperatieve Centrale Raiffeisen-Boerenleenbank BA   3.950   11/09/22   359,799 
 200,000      Corpbanca S.A.   3.125   01/15/18   182,369 
 700,000      Deutsche Bank AG   3.875   08/18/14   719,591 
 900,000      Deutsche Bank AG   3.450   03/30/15   935,989 
 1,350,000      Deutsche Bank AG   3.250   01/11/16   1,416,379 
 500,000   i  Deutsche Bank AG   4.296   05/24/28   451,579 
 400,000      Discover Bank   2.000   02/21/18   391,095 
 215,000      Discover Bank   7.000   04/15/20   253,283 
 100,000      Discover Bank   4.200   08/08/23   99,698 
 450,000      Fifth Third Bancorp   3.625   01/25/16   474,754 
 200,000      Fifth Third Bancorp   3.500   03/15/22   197,586 
 140,000      Fifth Third Bancorp   8.250   03/01/38   181,129 
 250,000      Fifth Third Bank   4.750   02/01/15   262,078 
 500,000      Fifth Third Bank   1.450   02/28/18   485,980 
29

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PRINCIPAL      ISSUER  RATE  MATURITY
DATE
  VALUE 
$100,000      First Horizon National Corp   5.375%  12/15/15  $108,070 
 200,000      First Niagara Financial Group, Inc   7.250   12/15/21   232,620 
 100,000      FirstMerit Corp   4.350   02/04/23   98,732 
 400,000   g  HSBC Bank plc   1.500   05/15/18   388,807 
 750,000      HSBC Bank USA NA   4.875   08/24/20   808,009 
 266,000      HSBC Bank USA NA   5.875   11/01/34   286,254 
 33,000      HSBC Bank USA NA   7.000   01/15/39   39,601 
 150,000      HSBC Holdings plc   4.875   01/14/22   161,829 
 1,925,000      HSBC Holdings plc   6.500   09/15/37   2,181,739 
 550,000      HSBC Holdings plc   6.100   01/14/42   651,150 
 700,000      HSBC USA, Inc   2.375   02/13/15   715,712 
 1,000,000      HSBC USA, Inc   1.625   01/16/18   980,229 
 750,000      HSBC USA, Inc   2.625   09/24/18   759,994 
 200,000      Huntington Bancshares, Inc   2.600   08/02/18   200,090 
 250,000      Huntington National Bank   1.350   08/02/16   249,834 
 750,000      Inter-American Development Bank   1.375   07/15/20   704,799 
 300,000      Intesa Sanpaolo S.p.A   3.125   01/15/16   299,565 
 625,000      Intesa Sanpaolo S.p.A   3.875   01/16/18   614,441 
 1,475,000      JPMorgan Chase & Co   2.050   01/24/14   1,482,834 
 634,000      JPMorgan Chase & Co   5.125   09/15/14   660,053 
 225,000      JPMorgan Chase & Co   3.700   01/20/15   233,032 
 800,000      JPMorgan Chase & Co   1.875   03/20/15   812,554 
 1,610,000      JPMorgan Chase & Co   3.400   06/24/15   1,677,465 
 700,000      JPMorgan Chase & Co   5.150   10/01/15   753,255 
 1,000,000      JPMorgan Chase & Co   1.125   02/26/16   998,846 
 1,250,000      JPMorgan Chase & Co   3.450   03/01/16   1,316,211 
 300,000      JPMorgan Chase & Co   3.150   07/05/16   314,772 
 335,000      JPMorgan Chase & Co   6.000   01/15/18   384,687 
 400,000      JPMorgan Chase & Co   1.800   01/25/18   394,430 
 500,000      JPMorgan Chase & Co   1.625   05/15/18   484,232 
 180,000      JPMorgan Chase & Co   4.950   03/25/20   196,894 
 700,000      JPMorgan Chase & Co   4.400   07/22/20   740,977 
 1,820,000      JPMorgan Chase & Co   4.250   10/15/20   1,908,223 
 750,000      JPMorgan Chase & Co   4.625   05/10/21   799,310 
 1,950,000      JPMorgan Chase & Co   4.350   08/15/21   2,019,948 
 1,000,000      JPMorgan Chase & Co   4.500   01/24/22   1,043,102 
 2,150,000      JPMorgan Chase & Co   3.250   09/23/22   2,028,295 
 600,000      JPMorgan Chase & Co   3.200   01/25/23   561,311 
 958,000      JPMorgan Chase & Co   5.500   10/15/40   1,019,425 
 1,000,000      JPMorgan Chase & Co   5.625   08/16/43   993,224 
 50,000      KeyBank NA   5.800   07/01/14   51,876 
 500,000      KeyBank NA   1.650   02/01/18   490,945 
 600,000      KeyCorp   3.750   08/13/15   630,405 
 150,000      KeyCorp   5.100   03/24/21   165,175 
 200,000      Manufacturers & Traders Trust Co   1.450   03/07/18   195,613 
 280,000   i  Manufacturers & Traders Trust Co   5.629   12/01/21   287,280 
 250,000      National Australia Bank   2.000   03/09/15   255,043 
 250,000      National Australia Bank   2.750   03/09/17   259,484 
 250,000      National Australia Bank Ltd   1.600   08/07/15   254,002 
 400,000      National Australia Bank Ltd   0.900   01/20/16   399,511 
 300,000      National Australia Bank Ltd   1.300   07/25/16   301,374 
 300,000      National Australia Bank Ltd   2.300   07/25/18   302,458 

30

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PRINCIPAL      ISSUER  RATE  MATURITY
DATE
  VALUE 
$400,000      National Australia Bank Ltd   3.000%  01/20/23  $374,903 
 250,000      National Bank of Canada   1.500   06/26/15   253,413 
 500,000      National Bank of Canada   1.450   11/07/17   490,988 
 500,000      Nordic Investment Bank   2.250   03/15/16   520,500 
 1,500,000      Nordic Investment Bank   0.750   01/17/18   1,465,737 
 350,000      Northern Trust Corp   2.375   08/02/22   327,489 
 100,000      People’s United Financial, Inc   3.650   12/06/22   95,277 
 200,000      PNC Bank NA   0.800   01/28/16   199,295 
 300,000      PNC Bank NA   1.300   10/03/16   301,080 
 750,000      PNC Bank NA   2.700   11/01/22   683,504 
 500,000      PNC Bank NA   2.950   01/30/23   462,880 
 150,000   i  PNC Financial Services Group, Inc   2.854   11/09/22   138,649 
 580,000      PNC Funding Corp   5.400   06/10/14   599,489 
 700,000      PNC Funding Corp   2.700   09/19/16   727,518 
 645,000      PNC Funding Corp   5.125   02/08/20   717,458 
 50,000      PNC Funding Corp   4.375   08/11/20   53,693 
 400,000      PNC Funding Corp   3.300   03/08/22   390,843 
 71,000      Regions Financial Corp   7.750   11/10/14   76,250 
 350,000      Regions Financial Corp   2.000   05/15/18   339,730 
 500,000      Royal Bank of Canada   0.800   10/30/15   500,466 
 750,000      Royal Bank of Canada   1.125   07/22/16   750,821 
 700,000      Royal Bank of Canada   1.450   09/09/16   706,771 
 500,000      Royal Bank of Canada   1.200   09/19/17   494,069 
 300,000      Royal Bank of Canada   1.500   01/16/18   295,329 
 500,000      Royal Bank of Canada   2.200   07/27/18   501,597 
 500,000      Royal Bank of Canada   2.000   10/01/18   500,631 
 1,250,000      Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc   2.550   09/18/15   1,276,825 
 250,000      Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc   6.400   10/21/19   285,708 
 750,000      Royal Bank of Scotland plc   6.125   01/11/21   845,759 
 150,000      Santander Holdings USA, Inc   3.000   09/24/15   154,348 
 200,000      Santander Holdings USA, Inc   3.450   08/27/18   204,256 
 400,000      Societe Generale S.A.   2.625   10/01/18   400,845 
 250,000      Sovereign Bank   8.750   05/30/18   298,356 
 300,000      Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp   0.900   01/18/16   299,024 
 250,000      Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp   1.800   07/18/17   249,637 
 300,000      Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp   1.500   01/18/18   292,531 
 250,000      Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp   3.200   07/18/22   239,462 
 300,000      Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp   3.000   01/18/23   282,086 
 100,000      SunTrust Banks, Inc   3.600   04/15/16   105,573 
 150,000      SunTrust Banks, Inc   3.500   01/20/17   158,621 
 100,000      SunTrust Banks, Inc   6.000   09/11/17   114,507 
 300,000      SunTrust Banks, Inc   7.250   03/15/18   358,124 
 50,000      SVB Financial Group   5.375   09/15/20   55,028 
 200,000      Svenska Handelsbanken AB   3.125   07/12/16   209,613 
 300,000      Svenska Handelsbanken AB   2.875   04/04/17   312,254 
 500,000      Svenska Handelsbanken AB   1.625   03/21/18   490,561 
 300,000      Svenska Handelsbanken AB   2.500   01/25/19   301,199 
 300,000      Toronto-Dominion Bank   2.500   07/14/16   311,771 
 300,000      Toronto-Dominion Bank   1.500   09/09/16   303,856 
 650,000      Toronto-Dominion Bank   2.375   10/19/16   672,292 
 400,000      Toronto-Dominion Bank   1.400   04/30/18   390,249 
 300,000      Toronto-Dominion Bank   2.625   09/10/18   306,926 
31

TIAA-CREF FUNDS - Bond Index Fund

 

PRINCIPAL      ISSUER  RATE  MATURITY
DATE
  VALUE 
$250,000      Union Bank NA   1.500%  09/26/16  $251,305 
 250,000      Union Bank NA   2.625   09/26/18   252,416 
 315,000      Union Bank of California NA   5.950   05/11/16   350,050 
 60,000      UnionBanCal Corp   5.250   12/16/13   60,591 
 225,000      UnionBanCal Corp   3.500   06/18/22   219,745 
 300,000      US Bancorp   2.200   11/15/16   309,048 
 940,000      US Bancorp   1.650   05/15/17   945,492 
 325,000      US Bancorp   3.000   03/15/22   316,984 
 200,000      US Bancorp   2.950   07/15/22   188,153 
 250,000   i  US Bank NA   3.778   04/29/20   260,588 
 692,000      Wachovia Bank NA   4.800   11/01/14   723,292 
 1,110,000      Wachovia Bank NA   5.850   02/01/37   1,238,668 
 2,600,000      Wells Fargo & Co   1.250   02/13/15   2,621,645 
 1,000,000      Wells Fargo & Co   1.500   07/01/15   1,012,541 
 650,000   i  Wells Fargo & Co   3.676   06/15/16   692,747 
 300,000      Wells Fargo & Co   5.125   09/15/16   331,505 
 1,250,000      Wells Fargo & Co   2.100   05/08/17   1,276,179 
 1,400,000      Wells Fargo & Co   1.500   01/16/18   1,377,632 
 1,200,000      Wells Fargo & Co   4.600   04/01/21   1,303,060 
 2,500,000      Wells Fargo & Co   3.500   03/08/22   2,502,270 
 700,000      Wells Fargo & Co   3.450   02/13/23   655,174 
 500,000      Wells Fargo & Co   4.125   08/15/23   489,569 
 264,000      Wells Fargo & Co   5.375   02/07/35   282,214 
 20,000      Western Union Co   5.930   10/01/16   22,271 
 500,000      Western Union Co   2.875   12/10/17   510,807 
 100,000      Western Union Co   3.650   08/22/18   103,763 
 400,000      Western Union Co   5.253   04/01/20   424,489 
 1,455,000      Westpac Banking Corp   3.000   08/04/15   1,517,446 
 500,000      Westpac Banking Corp   1.125   09/25/15   503,629 
 150,000      Westpac Banking Corp   3.000   12/09/15   156,978 
 400,000      Westpac Banking Corp   2.000   08/14/17   404,922 
 750,000      Westpac Banking Corp   1.600   01/12/18   739,288 
 75,000      Westpac Banking Corp   4.875   11/19/19   83,931 
        TOTAL BANKS        118,871,270 
                      
CAPITAL GOODS - 0.7%         
 250,000      Agilent Technologies, Inc   6.500   11/01/17   292,346 
 100,000      Agilent Technologies, Inc   5.000   07/15/20   107,685 
 100,000      Agilent Technologies, Inc   3.200   10/01/22   92,806 
 400,000      Agilent Technologies, Inc   3.875   07/15/23   388,462 
 200,000      Applied Materials, Inc   4.300   06/15/21   209,371 
 100,000      Applied Materials, Inc   5.850   06/15/41   104,182 
 200,000      Arrow Electronics, Inc   3.000   03/01/18   201,732 
 200,000      Arrow Electronics, Inc   5.125   03/01/21   207,575 
 225,000      Avnet, Inc   6.625   09/15/16   254,498 
 300,000      Avnet, Inc   4.875   12/01/22   302,359 
 100,000      Cameron International Corp   6.375   07/15/18   117,661 
 150,000      Cameron International Corp   3.600   04/30/22   150,568 
 100,000      Cameron International Corp   5.950   06/01/41   111,849 
 100,000      Carlisle Cos, Inc   5.125   12/15/20   105,580 
 100,000      Carlisle Cos, Inc   3.750   11/15/22   96,270 
 250,000      Caterpillar Financial Services Corp   2.050   08/01/16   257,131 

32

TIAA-CREF FUNDS - Bond Index Fund

 

PRINCIPAL      ISSUER  RATE  MATURITY
DATE
  VALUE 
$300,000      Caterpillar Financial Services Corp   1.750%  03/24/17  $300,651 
 500,000      Caterpillar Financial Services Corp   1.625   06/01/17   501,333 
 500,000      Caterpillar Financial Services Corp   5.850   09/01/17   576,759 
 500,000      Caterpillar Financial Services Corp   1.250   11/06/17   490,759 
 200,000      Caterpillar Financial Services Corp   5.450   04/15/18   229,858 
 200,000      Caterpillar Financial Services Corp   2.450   09/06/18   203,637 
 1,361,000      Caterpillar Financial Services Corp   7.150   02/15/19   1,676,200 
 50,000      Caterpillar, Inc   5.700   08/15/16   56,436 
 150,000      Caterpillar, Inc   1.500   06/26/17   149,190 
 200,000      Caterpillar, Inc   3.900   05/27/21   209,189 
 200,000      Caterpillar, Inc   2.600   06/26/22   187,457 
 438,000      Caterpillar, Inc   3.803   08/15/42   374,902 
 175,000      CC Holdings GS V LLC   3.849   04/15/23   157,803 
 75,000      CRH America, Inc   5.300   10/15/13   75,113 
 150,000      CRH America, Inc   4.125   01/15/16   157,682 
 350,000      CRH America, Inc   6.000   09/30/16   393,785 
 300,000      CRH America, Inc   5.750   01/15/21   331,129 
 200,000      Cummins, Inc   3.650   10/01/23   201,355 
 200,000      Cummins, Inc   4.875   10/01/43   203,240 
 450,000      Danaher Corp   5.625   01/15/18   518,636 
 200,000      Danaher Corp   3.900   06/23/21   212,557 
 150,000      Deere & Co   2.600   06/08/22   141,505 
 218,000      Deere & Co   5.375   10/16/29   244,356 
 350,000      Deere & Co   3.900   06/09/42   309,547 
 200,000      Dover Corp   4.875   10/15/15   216,300 
 150,000      Dover Corp   5.450   03/15/18   171,517 
 100,000      Dover Corp   5.375   03/01/41   109,978 
 200,000      Eaton Corp   5.600   05/15/18   228,185 
 300,000      Emerson Electric Co   5.250   10/15/18   341,993 
 400,000      Emerson Electric Co   4.875   10/15/19   454,342 
 350,000      Emerson Electric Co   2.625   02/15/23   331,980 
 100,000      Energizer Holdings, Inc   4.700   05/19/21   102,788 
 100,000      Energizer Holdings, Inc   4.700   05/24/22   101,362 
 150,000      Flowserve Corp   3.500   09/15/22   141,617 
 100,000      FMC Technologies, Inc   2.000   10/01/17   98,900 
 100,000      FMC Technologies, Inc   3.450   10/01/22   95,899 
 300,000      General Dynamics Corp   2.250   07/15/16   310,486 
 600,000      General Dynamics Corp   1.000   11/15/17   583,610 
 600,000      General Dynamics Corp   2.250   11/15/22   543,320 
 225,000      General Dynamics Corp   3.600   11/15/42   187,764 
 100,000      IDEX Corp   4.500   12/15/20   103,620 
 200,000      IDEX Corp   4.200   12/15/21   201,786 
 100,000      Illinois Tool Works, Inc   6.250   04/01/19   119,881 
 200,000      Illinois Tool Works, Inc   4.875   09/15/41   201,601 
 500,000      Illinois Tool Works, Inc   3.900   09/01/42   431,993 
 170,000      Ingersoll-Rand Global Holding Co Ltd   6.875   08/15/18   201,479 
 250,000   g  Ingersoll-Rand Global Holding Co Ltd   2.875   01/15/19   249,204 
 300,000   g  Ingersoll-Rand Global Holding Co Ltd   4.250   06/15/23   297,931 
 200,000   g  Ingersoll-Rand Global Holding Co Ltd   5.750   06/15/43   205,715 
 500,000      John Deere Capital Corp   1.300   03/12/18   490,222 
 100,000      Joy Global, Inc   5.125   10/15/21   105,433 
 200,000      Kennametal, Inc   2.650   11/01/19   193,217 

33

TIAA-CREF FUNDS - Bond Index Fund

 

PRINCIPAL      ISSUER  RATE  MATURITY
DATE
  VALUE 
$150,000      Kennametal, Inc   3.875%  02/15/22  $145,070 
 100,000      KLA-Tencor Corp   6.900   05/01/18   117,782 
 100,000      Legrand France S.A.   8.500   02/15/25   127,078 
 400,000      Lockheed Martin Corp   7.650   05/01/16   467,814 
 200,000      Lockheed Martin Corp   3.350   09/15/21   199,759 
 350,000      Lockheed Martin Corp   4.850   09/15/41   347,241 
 608,000      Lockheed Martin Corp   4.070   12/15/42   534,153 
 100,000      Mosaic Co   4.875   11/15/41   91,476 
 300,000      National Oilwell Varco, Inc   2.600   12/01/22   278,601 
 300,000      National Oilwell Varco, Inc   3.950   12/01/42   269,651 
 250,000      Parker Hannifin Corp   3.500   09/15/22   251,197 
 275,000      Pentair Finance S.A.   1.350   12/01/15   276,025 
 225,000      Pentair Finance S.A.   2.650   12/01/19   216,054 
 100,000      Pentair Finance S.A.   3.150   09/15/22   92,322 
 275,000      Precision Castparts Corp   2.500   01/15/23   253,413 
 50,000      Raytheon Co   4.400   02/15/20   53,916 
 450,000      Raytheon Co   3.125   10/15/20   456,476 
 500,000      Raytheon Co   2.500   12/15/22   458,449 
 200,000      Raytheon Co   7.200   08/15/27   250,805 
 100,000      Raytheon Co   4.700   12/15/41   98,580 
 300,000      Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co   4.500   04/15/23   292,788 
 100,000      Rockwell Automation, Inc   6.250   12/01/37   119,277 
 100,000      Rockwell Collins, Inc   3.100   11/15/21   98,114 
 200,000      Roper Industries, Inc   1.850   11/15/17   199,135 
 125,000      Roper Industries, Inc   2.050   10/01/18   122,607 
 100,000      Roper Industries, Inc   6.250   09/01/19   116,190 
 200,000      Roper Industries, Inc   3.125   11/15/22   187,213 
 100,000      Snap-on, Inc   4.250   01/15/18   105,234 
 250,000      Stanley Black & Decker, Inc   3.400   12/01/21   247,928 
 600,000      Stanley Black & Decker, Inc   2.900   11/01/22   563,387 
 100,000      Stanley Black & Decker, Inc   5.200   09/01/40   101,569 
 250,000      Textron, Inc   5.600   12/01/17   275,860 
 200,000      Tupperware Brands Corp   4.750   06/01/21   202,902 
 600,000   g  Turlock Corp   1.500   11/02/17   591,556 
 325,000   g  Turlock Corp   2.750   11/02/22   302,865 
 150,000   g  Turlock Corp   4.000   11/02/32   137,894 
 250,000   g  Turlock Corp   4.150   11/02/42   222,084 
 21,000      Tyco International Finance S.A.   3.375   10/15/15   21,904 
 83,000      Tyco International Finance S.A.   8.500   01/15/19   102,674 
 500,000      United Technologies Corp   4.875   05/01/15   534,132 
 250,000      United Technologies Corp   1.800   06/01/17   254,367 
 1,400,000      United Technologies Corp   5.375   12/15/17   1,608,305 
 490,000      United Technologies Corp   4.500   04/15/20   541,967 
 325,000      United Technologies Corp   3.100   06/01/22   319,714 
 280,000      United Technologies Corp   5.400   05/01/35   309,947 
 280,000      United Technologies Corp   6.050   06/01/36   330,512 
 145,000      United Technologies Corp   5.700   04/15/40   165,606 
 1,350,000      United Technologies Corp   4.500   06/01/42   1,311,391 
 100,000      Valmont Industries, Inc   6.625   04/20/20   115,066 
 100,000      Xylem, Inc   3.550   09/20/16   104,810 
 300,000      Xylem, Inc   4.875   10/01/21   315,352 
        TOTAL CAPITAL GOODS          32,633,489 
34

TIAA-CREF FUNDS - Bond Index Fund

 

PRINCIPAL      ISSUER  RATE  MATURITY
DATE
  VALUE 
COMMERCIAL & PROFESSIONAL SERVICES - 0.4%          
$700,000      ADT Corp   2.250%  07/15/17  $668,519 
 200,000      ADT Corp   4.875   07/15/42   147,685 
 200,000      Celgene Corp   1.900   08/15/17   200,671 
 300,000      Celgene Corp   2.300   08/15/18   299,863 
 200,000      Celgene Corp   3.950   10/15/20   205,349 
 300,000      Celgene Corp   3.250   08/15/22   284,470 
 300,000      Celgene Corp   5.250   08/15/43   297,206 
 30,000      Corp Andina de Fomento   5.125   05/05/15   31,640 
 500,000      Corp Andina de Fomento   3.750   01/15/16   522,339 
 527,000      Corp Andina de Fomento   4.375   06/15/22   525,000 
 1,000,000      Council of Europe Development Bank   2.625   02/16/16   1,046,500 
 500,000      Council of Europe Development Bank   1.500   06/19/17   504,800 
 500,000      Council Of Europe Development Bank   1.125   05/31/18   488,615 
 300,000      Daimler Finance North America LLC   8.500   01/18/31   430,643 
 300,000      eBay, Inc   0.700   07/15/15   300,932 
 300,000      eBay, Inc   1.350   07/15/17   297,915 
 200,000      eBay, Inc   3.250   10/15/20   204,073 
 400,000      eBay, Inc   2.600   07/15/22   371,896 
 200,000      eBay, Inc   4.000   07/15/42   169,052 
 150,000      Equifax, Inc   6.300   07/01/17   170,307 
 200,000      Equifax, Inc   3.300   12/15/22   187,580 
 1,000,000      European Investment Bank   0.625   04/15/16   999,276 
 750,000      European Investment Bank   1.000   03/15/18   732,502 
 500,000      European Investment Bank   1.000   06/15/18   485,154 
 500,000      Howard Hughes Medical Institute   3.500   09/01/23   498,831 
 500,000      International Bank for Reconstruction & Development   2.125   02/13/23   470,296 
 200,000      McGraw-Hill Cos, Inc   5.900   11/15/17   216,348 
 300,000      Moody’s Corp   4.500   09/01/22   299,613 
 400,000      Moody’s Corp   4.875   02/15/24   400,871 
 200,000   g  News America, Inc   4.000   10/01/23   200,208 
 225,000   g  News America, Inc   5.400   10/01/43   225,267 
 44,000      Quest Diagnostics, Inc   5.450   11/01/15   47,698 
 400,000      Quest Diagnostics, Inc   4.700   04/01/21   422,826 
 150,000      Quest Diagnostics, Inc   6.950   07/01/37   169,924 
 329,000      Reed Elsevier Capital, Inc   3.125   10/15/22   304,578 
 63,000      Republic Services, Inc   5.500   09/15/19   71,195 
 265,000      Republic Services, Inc   5.000   03/01/20   288,958 
 580,000      Republic Services, Inc   5.250   11/15/21   636,236 
 250,000      Republic Services, Inc   3.550   06/01/22   244,021 
 30,000      Republic Services, Inc   6.200   03/01/40   34,224 
 300,000      Republic Services, Inc   5.700   05/15/41   321,750 
 150,000      SAIC, Inc   4.450   12/01/20   153,883 
 100,000      Svensk Exportkredit AB   3.250   09/16/14   102,818 
 500,000      Svensk Exportkredit AB   1.750   05/30/17   509,790 
 300,000      Thomson Corp   5.700   10/01/14   314,796 
 300,000      Thomson Reuters Corp   0.875   05/23/16   298,219 
 345,000      Thomson Reuters Corp   6.500   07/15/18   405,820 
 145,000      Thomson Reuters Corp   5.850   04/15/40   153,254 
 400,000      Thomson Reuters Corp   4.500   05/23/43   344,841 
 200,000   g  URS Corp   5.500   04/01/22   201,232 
35

TIAA-CREF FUNDS - Bond Index Fund

 

PRINCIPAL      ISSUER  RATE  MATURITY
DATE
  VALUE 
$25,000      Vanderbilt University   5.250%  04/01/19  $28,661 
 310,000      Waste Management, Inc   4.600   03/01/21   330,680 
 850,000      Waste Management, Inc   2.900   09/15/22   791,964 
 255,000      Waste Management, Inc   6.125   11/30/39   291,616 
        TOTAL COMMERCIAL & PROFESSIONAL SERVICES         18,352,405 
                      
CONSUMER DURABLES & APPAREL - 0.1%          
 100,000      Hasbro, Inc   6.125   05/15/14   103,240 
 100,000      Hasbro, Inc   6.350   03/15/40   108,504 
 200,000      Leggett & Platt, Inc   3.400   08/15/22   192,307 
 150,000      Mattel, Inc   1.700   03/15/18   147,277 
 100,000      Mattel, Inc   4.350   10/01/20   105,759 
 150,000      Mattel, Inc   3.150   03/15/23   142,694 
 100,000      Mattel, Inc   5.450   11/01/41   101,112 
 100,000      MDC Holdings, Inc   6.000   01/15/43   86,741 
 100,000      Mohawk Industries, Inc   3.850   02/01/23   95,182 
 100,000      Newell Rubbermaid, Inc   4.700   08/15/20   106,528 
 200,000      Newell Rubbermaid, Inc   4.000   06/15/22   199,449 
 300,000      NIKE, Inc   2.250   05/01/23   273,908 
 300,000      NIKE, Inc   3.625   05/01/43   259,419 
 150,000      NVR, Inc   3.950   09/15/22   145,293 
 200,000      Ralph Lauren Corp   2.125   09/26/18   200,422 
 300,000      Rio Tinto Finance USA plc   1.375   06/17/16   300,087 
 220,000      VF Corp   6.450   11/01/37   251,819 
 200,000      Whirlpool Corp   8.600   05/01/14   208,943 
 150,000      Whirlpool Corp   4.700   06/01/22   156,863 
 100,000      Whirlpool Corp   3.700   03/01/23   96,769 
 100,000      Whirlpool Corp   5.150   03/01/43   95,878 
 200,000      Xerox Corp   6.750   12/15/39   221,025 
        TOTAL CONSUMER DURABLES & APPAREL          3,599,219 
                      
CONSUMER SERVICES - 0.3%         
 200,000      Board of Trustees of The Leland Stanford Junior University   3.625   05/01/14   203,761 
 100,000      Board of Trustees of The Leland Stanford Junior University   4.750   05/01/19   113,542 
 200,000      Brinker International, Inc   3.875   05/15/23   187,827 
 500,000      Catholic Health Initiatives   2.950   11/01/22   464,425 
 100,000      Cintas Corp No 2   4.300   06/01/21   105,213 
 200,000      Cintas Corp No 2   3.250   06/01/22   194,574 
 500,000      Continental Airlines   4.150   04/11/24   491,875 
 100,000      Cornell University   5.450   02/01/19   116,249 
 100,000      Darden Restaurants, Inc   6.200   10/15/17   111,910 
 200,000      Darden Restaurants, Inc   3.350   11/01/22   181,373 
 100,000      Darden Restaurants, Inc   6.800   10/15/37   105,865 
 75,000      Dartmouth College   4.750   06/01/19   85,170 
 300,000      Dun & Bradstreet Corp   3.250   12/01/17   302,559 
 100,000      George Washington University   3.485   09/15/22   98,769 
 175,000      GlaxoSmithKline Capital plc   0.750   05/08/15   175,682 
 300,000      GlaxoSmithKline Capital plc   1.500   05/08/17   301,683 
 300,000      GlaxoSmithKline Capital plc   2.850   05/08/22   287,843 
 100,000      Hyatt Hotels Corp   3.875   08/15/16   106,270 
 200,000      Hyatt Hotels Corp   3.375   07/15/23   186,893 
 75,000      Johns Hopkins University   5.250   07/01/19   86,015 
36

TIAA-CREF FUNDS - Bond Index Fund

 

PRINCIPAL      ISSUER  RATE  MATURITY
DATE
  VALUE 
$200,000      Marriott International, Inc   3.000%  03/01/19  $202,492 
 200,000      Marriott International, Inc   3.375   10/15/20   199,348 
 200,000      Marriott International, Inc   3.250   09/15/22   189,279 
 250,000      Massachusetts Institute of Technology   5.600   07/01/11   293,448 
 300,000      McDonald’s Corp   1.875   05/29/19   296,896 
 720,000      McDonald’s Corp   3.500   07/15/20   752,406 
 550,000      McDonald’s Corp   2.625   01/15/22   530,747 
 280,000      McDonald’s Corp   6.300   03/01/38   348,323 
 500,000      McDonald’s Corp   3.625   05/01/43   430,158 
 750,000      President and Fellows of Harvard College   3.619   10/01/37   654,449 
 100,000      Princeton University   4.950   03/01/19   114,561 
 220,000      Princeton University   5.700   03/01/39   257,491 
 200,000      Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc   3.125   02/15/23   182,506 
 100,000      Trinity Acquisition plc   4.625   08/15/23   98,731 
 100,000      Trinity Acquisition plc   6.125   08/15/43   97,755 
 700,000      Walt Disney Co   4.500   12/15/13   705,823 
 350,000      Walt Disney Co   0.875   12/01/14   352,353 
 70,000      Walt Disney Co   5.625   09/15/16   79,445 
 200,000      Walt Disney Co   1.100   12/01/17   196,389 
 850,000      Walt Disney Co   2.550   02/15/22   806,867 
 200,000      Walt Disney Co   2.350   12/01/22   183,625 
 200,000      Walt Disney Co   7.000   03/01/32   262,371 
 100,000      Walt Disney Co   4.375   08/16/41   96,452 
 100,000      Walt Disney Co   4.125   12/01/41   92,957 
 200,000      Walt Disney Co   3.700   12/01/42   171,768 
 2,000      Wyndham Worldwide Corp   6.000   12/01/16   2,213 
 250,000      Wyndham Worldwide Corp   2.950   03/01/17   256,555 
 150,000      Wyndham Worldwide Corp   2.500   03/01/18   148,514 
 200,000      Wyndham Worldwide Corp   4.250   03/01/22   196,975 
 200,000      Wyndham Worldwide Corp   3.900   03/01/23   189,878 
 100,000      Yale University   2.900   10/15/14   102,596 
 330,000      Yum! Brands, Inc   6.250   03/15/18   381,961 
 50,000      Yum! Brands, Inc   3.875   11/01/20   50,641 
 100,000      Yum! Brands, Inc   6.875   11/15/37   115,989 
        TOTAL CONSUMER SERVICES         12,949,460 
                      
DIVERSIFIED FINANCIALS - 4.6%          
 300,000      Abbey National Treasury Services plc   4.000   04/27/16   318,782 
 500,000      Abbey National Treasury Services plc   3.050   08/23/18   507,965 
 150,000      ABN Amro Bank NV   4.650   06/04/18   152,895 
 500,000      African Development Bank   3.000   05/27/14   508,620 
 250,000      African Development Bank   1.250   09/02/16   253,525 
 1,200,000      African Development Bank   1.125   03/15/17   1,204,920 
 20,000      Ahold Finance USA LLC   6.875   05/01/29   23,731 
 600,000      American Express Centurion Bank   0.875   11/13/15   599,879 
 400,000      American Express Co   6.150   08/28/17   466,354 
 190,000      American Express Co   7.000   03/19/18   228,911 
 300,000      American Express Co   1.550   05/22/18   293,271 
 293,000      American Express Co   2.650   12/02/22   269,110 
 329,000      American Express Co   4.050   12/03/42   284,813 
 200,000      American Express Credit Corp   1.750   06/12/15   203,645 
 1,750,000      American Express Credit Corp   2.750   09/15/15   1,816,078 
37

TIAA-CREF FUNDS - Bond Index Fund

 

PRINCIPAL      ISSUER  RATE  MATURITY
DATE
  VALUE 
$500,000      American Express Credit Corp   1.300%  07/29/16  $502,994 
 1,600,000      American Express Credit Corp   2.800   09/19/16   1,674,067 
 400,000      American Express Credit Corp   2.375   03/24/17   412,774 
 175,000      American Express Credit Corp   2.125   07/27/18   175,680 
 250,000      Ameriprise Financial, Inc   5.650   11/15/15   274,702 
 295,000      Ameriprise Financial, Inc   5.300   03/15/20   335,309 
 300,000      Ameriprise Financial, Inc   4.000   10/15/23   303,514 
 1,500,000      Asian Development Bank   1.375   03/23/20   1,433,490 
 250,000      Australia & New Zealand Banking Group Ltd   1.875   10/06/17   249,400 
 4,220,000      Bank of America Corp   4.500   04/01/15   4,431,793 
 2,045,000      Bank of America Corp   3.700   09/01/15   2,137,937 
 300,000      Bank of America Corp   1.250   01/11/16   299,705 
 550,000      Bank of America Corp   3.625   03/17/16   578,427 
 1,200,000      Bank of America Corp   6.500   08/01/16   1,359,979 
 585,000      Bank of America Corp   5.300   03/15/17   644,729 
 1,000,000      Bank of America Corp   3.875   03/22/17   1,063,591 
 575,000      Bank of America Corp   6.000   09/01/17   651,142 
 590,000      Bank of America Corp   5.750   12/01/17   665,569 
 900,000      Bank of America Corp   2.000   01/11/18   885,106 
 320,000      Bank of America Corp   5.650   05/01/18   361,128 
 600,000      Bank of America Corp   5.490   03/15/19   654,734 
 2,300,000      Bank of America Corp   5.875   01/05/21   2,606,675 
 500,000      Bank of America Corp   5.700   01/24/22   558,531 
 1,425,000      Bank of America Corp   3.300   01/11/23   1,334,883 
 500,000      Bank of America Corp   4.100   07/24/23   496,892 
 700,000      Bank of America Corp   5.875   02/07/42   777,197 
 400,000      Bank of Montreal   0.800   11/06/15   400,624 
 450,000      Bank of Montreal   2.500   01/11/17   464,172 
 200,000      Bank of Montreal   1.400   09/11/17   197,048 
 400,000      Bank of Montreal   2.550   11/06/22   371,295 
 300,000      Bank of New York Mellon Corp   1.700   11/24/14   304,114 
 1,150,000      Bank of New York Mellon Corp   2.300   07/28/16   1,190,025 
 100,000   i  Bank of New York Mellon Corp   1.969   06/20/17   100,892 
 500,000      Bank of New York Mellon Corp   1.300   01/25/18   489,067 
 300,000      Bank of New York Mellon Corp   2.100   08/01/18   301,492 
 500,000      Bank of New York Mellon Corp   3.550   09/23/21   511,866 
 900,000      Bank of Nova Scotia   3.400   01/22/15   933,071 
 100,000      Bank of Nova Scotia   2.050   10/07/15   102,217 
 500,000      Bank of Nova Scotia   2.900   03/29/16   522,113 
 150,000      Bank of Nova Scotia   2.550   01/12/17   155,406 
 400,000      Bank of Nova Scotia   1.375   12/18/17   392,664 
 200,000      Bank of Nova Scotia   4.375   01/13/21   215,718 
 500,000      Barclays Bank plc   2.750   02/23/15   513,124 
 1,900,000      Barclays Bank plc   5.000   09/22/16   2,096,865 
 80,000      Bear Stearns Cos LLC   5.300   10/30/15   86,590 
 116,000      Bear Stearns Cos LLC   5.550   01/22/17   128,742 
 50,000      Berkshire Hathaway, Inc   3.200   02/11/15   51,832 
 200,000      Berkshire Hathaway, Inc   3.750   08/15/21   207,913 
 300,000      Berkshire Hathaway, Inc   3.000   02/11/23   289,107 
 300,000      Berkshire Hathaway, Inc   4.500   02/11/43   279,556 
 275,000      BlackRock, Inc   3.500   12/10/14   284,594 
 210,000      BlackRock, Inc   6.250   09/15/17   245,828 
38

TIAA-CREF FUNDS - Bond Index Fund

 

PRINCIPAL      ISSUER  RATE  MATURITY
DATE
  VALUE 
$390,000      BlackRock, Inc   5.000%  12/10/19  $442,447 
 125,000      BlackRock, Inc   3.375   06/01/22   124,418 
 100,000      Block Financial LLC   5.125   10/30/14   104,229 
 200,000      Block Financial LLC   5.500   11/01/22   205,532 
 480,000      BNP Paribas S.A.   3.250   03/11/15   496,617 
 800,000      BNP Paribas S.A.   3.600   02/23/16   845,000 
 500,000      BNP Paribas S.A.   2.375   09/14/17   506,750 
 700,000      BNP Paribas S.A.   5.000   01/15/21   757,261 
 300,000      BNP Paribas S.A.   3.250   03/03/23   280,972 
 200,000      Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc   3.950   09/01/20   201,955 
 400,000      Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce   0.900   10/01/15   401,149 
 425,000      Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce   2.350   12/11/15   438,375 
 300,000      Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce   1.550   01/23/18   294,216 
 700,000      Capital One Financial Corp   7.375   05/23/14   729,795 
 300,000      Capital One Financial Corp   2.150   03/23/15   304,832 
 600,000      Capital One Financial Corp   1.000   11/06/15   596,978 
 250,000      Capital One Financial Corp   3.150   07/15/16   261,173 
 200,000      Charles Schwab Corp   0.850   12/04/15   199,937 
 300,000      Charles Schwab Corp   2.200   07/25/18   302,562 
 100,000      Charles Schwab Corp   4.450   07/22/20   109,134 
 200,000      Charles Schwab Corp   3.225   09/01/22   193,917 
 300,000      Citigroup, Inc   2.250   08/07/15   305,867 
 235,000      Citigroup, Inc   5.500   10/15/14   246,256 
 500,000      Citigroup, Inc   1.250   01/15/16   499,618 
 500,000      Citigroup, Inc   1.300   04/01/16   498,975 
 1,000,000      Citigroup, Inc   1.700   07/25/16   1,004,547 
 750,000      Citigroup, Inc   1.750   05/01/18   727,403 
 1,675,000      Citigroup, Inc   4.050   07/30/22   1,626,785 
 870,000      Citigroup, Inc   3.375   03/01/23   827,864 
 600,000      Citigroup, Inc   3.500   05/15/23   541,438 
 200,000      Citigroup, Inc   5.875   01/30/42   222,370 
 120,000      CME Group, Inc   5.750   02/15/14   122,292 
 350,000      CME Group, Inc   3.000   09/15/22   332,315 
 200,000      CME Group, Inc   5.300   09/15/43   206,304 
 400,000      Commonwealth Bank of Australia   1.950   03/16/15   407,772 
 250,000      Commonwealth Bank of Australia   1.250   09/18/15   252,500 
 250,000      Commonwealth Bank of Australia   1.900   09/18/17   251,145 
 1,480,000      Credit Suisse   5.500   05/01/14   1,523,712 
 2,250,000      Credit Suisse   5.400   01/14/20   2,462,848 
 250,000      Diageo Investment Corp   2.875   05/11/22   240,505 
 100,000      Diageo Investment Corp   4.250   05/11/42   92,484 
 155,000      Digital Realty Trust LP   4.500   07/15/15   162,422 
 300,000      Digital Realty Trust LP   3.625   10/01/22   277,872 
 100,000      Discover Financial Services   5.200   04/27/22   105,384 
 17,000      Eaton Vance Corp   6.500   10/02/17   19,600 
 300,000      Eaton Vance Corp   3.625   06/15/23   290,848 
 500,000      European Bank for Reconstruction & Development   0.750   09/01/17   490,918 
 1,300,000      European Bank for Reconstruction & Development   1.500   03/16/20   1,253,476 
 400,000      Export-Import Bank of Korea   2.875   09/17/18   402,490 
 300,000      FMS Wertmanagement AoeR   0.625   04/18/16   299,710 
 3,000,000      Ford Motor Credit Co LLC   2.750   05/15/15   3,068,634 
 300,000      Ford Motor Credit Co LLC   2.500   01/15/16   305,865 
39

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PRINCIPAL      ISSUER  RATE  MATURITY
DATE
  VALUE 
$500,000      Ford Motor Credit Co LLC   1.700%  05/09/16  $499,948 
 800,000      Ford Motor Credit Co LLC   3.000   06/12/17   822,282 
 900,000      Ford Motor Credit Co LLC   2.375   01/16/18   892,918 
 1,000,000      Ford Motor Credit Co LLC   5.000   05/15/18   1,095,551 
 400,000      Ford Motor Credit Co LLC   2.875   10/01/18   399,914 
 1,000,000      Ford Motor Credit Co LLC   5.875   08/02/21   1,111,628 
 450,000      Ford Motor Credit Co LLC   4.250   09/20/22   449,421 
 500,000      Ford Motor Credit Co LLC   4.375   08/06/23   500,282 
 125,000      Franklin Resources, Inc   3.125   05/20/15   129,668 
 150,000      Franklin Resources, Inc   2.800   09/15/22   141,578 
 2,335,000      General Electric Capital Corp   5.500   06/04/14   2,416,541 
 200,000      General Electric Capital Corp   2.150   01/09/15   204,149 
 1,605,000      General Electric Capital Corp   3.500   06/29/15   1,678,684 
 350,000      General Electric Capital Corp   1.625   07/02/15   355,154 
 400,000      General Electric Capital Corp   2.250   11/09/15   410,661 
 750,000      General Electric Capital Corp   1.000   12/11/15   750,895 
 500,000      General Electric Capital Corp   1.000   01/08/16   499,844 
 1,050,000      General Electric Capital Corp   2.950   05/09/16   1,097,612 
 1,000,000      General Electric Capital Corp   1.500   07/12/16   1,006,687 
 200,000      General Electric Capital Corp   2.900   01/09/17   209,350 
 800,000      General Electric Capital Corp   2.300   04/27/17   820,748 
 1,625,000      General Electric Capital Corp   5.625   09/15/17   1,851,645 
 500,000      General Electric Capital Corp   1.600   11/20/17   496,830 
 300,000      General Electric Capital Corp   1.625   04/02/18   295,317 
 200,000      General Electric Capital Corp   2.100   12/11/19   196,683 
 630,000      General Electric Capital Corp   5.500   01/08/20   714,022 
 1,855,000      General Electric Capital Corp   4.375   09/16/20   1,973,546 
 250,000      General Electric Capital Corp   4.625   01/07/21   268,261 
 300,000      General Electric Capital Corp   5.300   02/11/21   326,273 
 200,000      General Electric Capital Corp   4.650   10/17/21   213,145 
 1,900,000      General Electric Capital Corp   3.150   09/07/22   1,796,528 
 500,000      General Electric Capital Corp   3.100   01/09/23   467,740 
 2,625,000      General Electric Capital Corp   6.750   03/15/32   3,131,100 
 1,200,000      General Electric Capital Corp   5.875   01/14/38   1,324,651 
 1,227,000      General Electric Capital Corp   6.875   01/10/39   1,503,747 
 340,000   i  Goldman Sachs Capital II   4.000   12/30/49   248,200 
 1,250,000      Goldman Sachs Group, Inc   3.300   05/03/15   1,292,546 
 1,630,000      Goldman Sachs Group, Inc   3.700   08/01/15   1,700,574 
 500,000      Goldman Sachs Group, Inc   1.600   11/23/15   503,631 
 1,875,000      Goldman Sachs Group, Inc   3.625   02/07/16   1,973,364 
 550,000      Goldman Sachs Group, Inc   5.950   01/18/18   621,723 
 1,450,000      Goldman Sachs Group, Inc   2.375   01/22/18   1,439,718 
 60,000      Goldman Sachs Group, Inc   6.150   04/01/18   68,625 
 750,000      Goldman Sachs Group, Inc   2.900   07/19/18   756,026 
 1,195,000      Goldman Sachs Group, Inc   7.500   02/15/19   1,443,881 
 2,505,000      Goldman Sachs Group, Inc   5.375   03/15/20   2,759,270 
 1,150,000      Goldman Sachs Group, Inc   6.000   06/15/20   1,305,818 
 1,300,000      Goldman Sachs Group, Inc   5.250   07/27/21   1,402,902 
 2,325,000      Goldman Sachs Group, Inc   5.750   01/24/22   2,577,595 
 1,800,000      Goldman Sachs Group, Inc   3.625   01/22/23   1,721,264 
 65,000      Goldman Sachs Group, Inc   6.450   05/01/36   65,990 
 1,850,000      Goldman Sachs Group, Inc   6.250   02/01/41   2,072,590 
40

TIAA-CREF FUNDS - Bond Index Fund

 

PRINCIPAL      ISSUER  RATE  MATURITY
DATE
  VALUE 
$1,200,000      HSBC Finance Corp   5.500%  01/19/16  $1,311,718 
 782,000      HSBC Finance Corp   6.676   01/15/21   893,011 
 125,000      Invesco Finance plc   3.125   11/30/22   116,065 
 130,000      Jefferies Group, Inc   3.875   11/09/15   135,471 
 425,000      Jefferies Group, Inc   8.500   07/15/19   514,606 
 500,000      Jefferies Group, Inc   6.875   04/15/21   554,585 
 100,000      Jefferies Group, Inc   6.450   06/08/27   102,000 
 695,000      John Deere Capital Corp   2.950   03/09/15   719,545 
 125,000      John Deere Capital Corp   0.875   04/17/15   125,689 
 500,000      John Deere Capital Corp   0.750   01/22/16   499,613 
 100,000      John Deere Capital Corp   2.000   01/13/17   102,337 
 300,000      John Deere Capital Corp   1.400   03/15/17   298,699 
 800,000      John Deere Capital Corp   5.500   04/13/17   902,499 
 250,000      John Deere Capital Corp   1.200   10/10/17   246,125 
 350,000      John Deere Capital Corp   1.700   01/15/20   330,335 
 200,000      John Deere Capital Corp   3.150   10/15/21   199,474 
 200,000      John Deere Capital Corp   2.800   01/27/23   189,754 
 500,000      JPMorgan Chase & Co   0.800   04/23/15   498,963 
 500,000      JPMorgan Chase & Co   1.100   10/15/15   500,957 
 850,000      JPMorgan Chase & Co   2.000   08/15/17   853,159 
 750,000      JPMorgan Chase & Co   3.375   05/01/23   680,148 
 750,000   i  JPMorgan Chase & Co   6.000   12/30/49   703,125 
 3,600,000      KFW   0.625   04/24/15   3,617,366 
 1,000,000      KFW   0.500   04/19/16   997,643 
 1,500,000      KFW   1.250   02/15/17   1,513,703 
 1,000,000      KFW   2.750   10/01/20   1,020,500 
 2,750,000      KFW   2.000   10/04/22   2,557,863 
 400,000      Korea Development Bank   3.000   03/17/19   401,206 
 100,000      Korea Finance Corp   3.250   09/20/16   104,153 
 700,000      Korea Finance Corp   2.250   08/07/17   699,231 
 500,000      Korea Finance Corp   2.875   08/22/18   502,157 
 1,750,000      Kreditanstalt fuer Wiederaufbau   4.000   10/15/13   1,752,186 
 1,000,000      Kreditanstalt fuer Wiederaufbau   1.375   01/13/14   1,003,660 
 3,000,000      Kreditanstalt fuer Wiederaufbau   1.250   10/26/15   3,046,200 
 1,350,000      Kreditanstalt fuer Wiederaufbau   4.875   01/17/17   1,521,450 
 1,105,000      Kreditanstalt fuer Wiederaufbau   4.500   07/16/18   1,252,849 
 6,925,000      Kreditanstalt fuer Wiederaufbau   4.000   01/27/20   7,674,908 
 2,525,000      Landwirtschaftliche Rentenbank   5.125   02/01/17   2,869,208 
 1,000,000      Landwirtschaftliche Rentenbank   1.375   10/23/19   959,800 
 203,000      Lazard Group LLC   7.125   05/15/15   219,719 
 700,000      Lloyds TSB Bank plc   4.200   03/28/17   749,224 
 1,260,000      Merrill Lynch & Co, Inc   6.400   08/28/17   1,448,924 
 1,050,000      Merrill Lynch & Co, Inc   6.875   04/25/18   1,237,430 
 1,500,000      Merrill Lynch & Co, Inc   6.110   01/29/37   1,544,897 
 300,000      Morgan Stanley   4.750   04/01/14   305,161 
 3,300,000      Morgan Stanley   6.000   05/13/14   3,400,393 
 100,000      Morgan Stanley   2.875   07/28/14   101,656 
 720,000      Morgan Stanley   6.000   04/28/15   772,458 
 675,000      Morgan Stanley   1.750   02/25/16   678,255 
 200,000      Morgan Stanley   3.800   04/29/16   210,505 
 970,000      Morgan Stanley   5.450   01/09/17   1,068,177 
 300,000      Morgan Stanley   4.750   03/22/17   323,916 
41

TIAA-CREF FUNDS - Bond Index Fund

 

PRINCIPAL      ISSUER  RATE  MATURITY
DATE
  VALUE 
$550,000      Morgan Stanley   5.550%  04/27/17  $609,478 
 245,000      Morgan Stanley   5.950   12/28/17   277,188 
 600,000      Morgan Stanley   2.125   04/25/18   584,789 
 796,000      Morgan Stanley   7.300   05/13/19   952,449 
 300,000      Morgan Stanley   5.625   09/23/19   334,777 
 590,000      Morgan Stanley   5.500   01/26/20   652,873 
 200,000      Morgan Stanley   5.750   01/25/21   222,022 
 1,200,000      Morgan Stanley   5.500   07/28/21   1,312,420 
 2,500,000      Morgan Stanley   4.875   11/01/22   2,501,315 
 1,350,000      Morgan Stanley   4.100   05/22/23   1,259,169 
 600,000      Morgan Stanley   7.250   04/01/32   735,083 
 500,000      Morgan Stanley   6.375   07/24/42   565,837 
 400,000   i  Murray Street Investment Trust   4.647   03/09/17   426,598 
 220,000      NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc   5.550   01/15/20   235,646 
 150,000      National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance Corp   3.875   09/16/15   159,206 
 735,000      National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance Corp   10.375   11/01/18   1,009,821 
 350,000      National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance Corp   3.050   02/15/22   344,465 
 500,000   i  National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance Corp   4.750   04/30/43   462,500 
 250,000      Nomura Holdings, Inc   5.000   03/04/15   262,694 
 260,000      Nomura Holdings, Inc   4.125   01/19/16   273,619 
 400,000      Nomura Holdings, Inc   2.000   09/13/16   401,209 
 430,000      Nomura Holdings, Inc   6.700   03/04/20   491,813 
 300,000      NYSE Euronext   2.000   10/05/17   300,349 
 1,000,000      Oesterreichische Kontrollbank AG.   1.375   01/21/14   1,003,627 
 800,000      Oesterreichische Kontrollbank AG.   5.000   04/25/17   908,560 
 1,000,000      Oesterreichische Kontrollbank AG.   1.125   05/29/18   979,400 
 600,000      ORIX Corp   5.000   01/12/16   640,181 
 200,000      ORIX Corp   3.750   03/09/17   207,241 
 500,000      PACCAR Financial Corp   0.700   11/16/15   500,477 
 500,000      PACCAR Financial Corp   1.150   08/16/16   501,072 
 300,000      PACCAR Financial Corp   1.600   03/15/17   299,003 
 500,000      PNC Bank NA   3.800   07/25/23   489,257 
 200,000      Principal Life Income Funding Trust   5.550   04/27/15   215,039 
 200,000      Prospect Capital Corp   5.875   03/15/23   193,015 
 740,000      Rabobank Nederland NV   2.125   10/13/15   758,104 
 500,000      Rabobank Nederland NV   4.500   01/11/21   534,244 
 350,000      Rabobank Nederland NV   5.250   05/24/41   363,441 
 100,000      Raymond James Financial, Inc   4.250   04/15/16   105,775 
 300,000      Raymond James Financial, Inc   5.625   04/01/24   312,250 
 500,000      Royal Bank of Canada   1.150   03/13/15   504,277 
 200,000      Royal Bank of Canada   0.625   12/04/15   199,529 
 335,000      Royal Bank of Canada   2.625   12/15/15   347,971 
 300,000      Royal Bank of Canada   0.850   03/08/16   299,109 
 200,000      Royal Bank of Canada   2.300   07/20/16   206,738 
 500,000      Sasol Financing International plc   4.500   11/14/22   457,500 
 250,000      Societe Generale S.A.   2.750   10/12/17   255,875 
 200,000      State Street Corp   2.875   03/07/16   209,297 
 150,000      State Street Corp   1.350   05/15/18   146,242 
 300,000      State Street Corp   4.375   03/07/21   323,191 
 400,000      State Street Corp   3.100   05/15/23   373,088 
 250,000      Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp   1.450   07/19/16   251,135 
 250,000      Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp   2.500   07/19/18   252,940 
42

TIAA-CREF FUNDS - Bond Index Fund

 

PRINCIPAL      ISSUER  RATE  MATURITY
DATE
  VALUE 
$250,000      Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp   3.950%  07/19/23  $251,662 
 225,000      SunTrust Bank   2.750   05/01/23   204,527 
 300,000      Syngenta Finance NV   3.125   03/28/22   293,155 
 150,000      TD Ameritrade Holding Corp   4.150   12/01/14   156,089 
 392,000      Telefonica Europe BV   8.250   09/15/30   458,619 
 500,000      Toyota Motor Credit Corp   1.000   02/17/15   504,001 
 250,000      Toyota Motor Credit Corp   3.200   06/17/15   261,472 
 225,000      Toyota Motor Credit Corp   0.875   07/17/15   226,562 
 700,000      Toyota Motor Credit Corp   2.800   01/11/16   731,556 
 500,000      Toyota Motor Credit Corp   0.800   05/17/16   499,562 
 300,000      Toyota Motor Credit Corp   2.000   09/15/16   308,223 
 150,000      Toyota Motor Credit Corp   2.050   01/12/17   153,446 
 400,000      Toyota Motor Credit Corp   1.750   05/22/17   403,826 
 500,000      Toyota Motor Credit Corp   1.250   10/05/17   492,837 
 500,000      Toyota Motor Credit Corp   1.375   01/10/18   493,543 
 300,000      Toyota Motor Credit Corp   3.400   09/15/21   302,346 
 400,000      Toyota Motor Credit Corp   2.625   01/10/23   373,476 
 162,000      UBS AG.   5.750   04/25/18   186,905 
 1,671,000      UBS AG.   4.875   08/04/20   1,867,969 
 500,000      Unilever Capital Corp   2.750   02/10/16   522,154 
 400,000      Unilever Capital Corp   0.850   08/02/17   390,507 
 250,000      Unilever Capital Corp   4.800   02/15/19   283,003 
 300,000      Unilever Capital Corp   2.200   03/06/19   302,149 
 250,000      Unilever Capital Corp   4.250   02/10/21   270,866 
 330,000      Unilever Capital Corp   5.900   11/15/32   406,579 
 500,000      Wells Fargo & Co   1.250   07/20/16   500,220 
 500,000      Wells Fargo Bank NA   0.750   07/20/15   500,850 
 500,000      Westpac Banking Corp   2.250   07/30/18   502,969 
 200,000      Zions Bancorporation   4.500   06/13/23   198,326 
        TOTAL DIVERSIFIED FINANCIALS         214,005,543 
                      
ENERGY - 2.4%             
 650,000      Anadarko Petroleum Corp   5.950   09/15/16   729,872 
 700,000      Anadarko Petroleum Corp   6.375   09/15/17   813,734 
 465,000      Anadarko Petroleum Corp   8.700   03/15/19   597,887 
 1,325,000      Anadarko Petroleum Corp   6.200   03/15/40   1,485,008 
 100,000      Apache Corp   1.750   04/15/17   100,824 
 400,000      Apache Corp   6.900   09/15/18   488,768 
 275,000      Apache Corp   3.250   04/15/22   269,223 
 550,000      Apache Corp   2.625   01/15/23   503,999 
 480,000      Apache Corp   5.100   09/01/40   474,304 
 300,000      Apache Corp   5.250   02/01/42   305,237 
 350,000      Apache Corp   4.750   04/15/43   331,304 
 300,000      Apache Corp   4.250   01/15/44   262,450 
 200,000      Baker Hughes, Inc   7.500   11/15/18   250,917 
 450,000      Baker Hughes, Inc   3.200   08/15/21   453,117 
 415,000      Baker Hughes, Inc   5.125   09/15/40   442,980 
 200,000      Boardwalk Pipelines LP   5.750   09/15/19   222,394 
 590,000      BP Capital Markets plc   3.125   10/01/15   617,033 
 700,000      BP Capital Markets plc   0.700   11/06/15   698,483 
 1,000,000      BP Capital Markets plc   3.200   03/11/16   1,049,805 
 200,000      BP Capital Markets plc   1.846   05/05/17   201,711 
43

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PRINCIPAL      ISSUER  RATE  MATURITY
DATE
  VALUE 
$850,000      BP Capital Markets plc   1.375%  11/06/17  $837,145 
 500,000      BP Capital Markets plc   1.375   05/10/18   485,038 
 300,000      BP Capital Markets plc   2.241   09/26/18   300,300 
 300,000      BP Capital Markets plc   4.500   10/01/20   324,127 
 150,000      BP Capital Markets plc   4.742   03/11/21   162,645 
 650,000      BP Capital Markets plc   3.561   11/01/21   646,545 
 200,000      BP Capital Markets plc   3.245   05/06/22   193,103 
 850,000      BP Capital Markets plc   2.500   11/06/22   768,938 
 300,000      BP Capital Markets plc   3.994   09/26/23   302,379 
 100,000      Buckeye Partners LP   5.300   10/15/14   104,013 
 200,000      Buckeye Partners LP   4.875   02/01/21   207,569 
 300,000      Buckeye Partners LP   4.150   07/01/23   292,754 
 575,000      Burlington Resources Finance Co   7.200   08/15/31   753,914 
 200,000      Burlington Resources Finance Co   7.400   12/01/31   266,877 
 600,000      Canadian Natural Resources Ltd   5.700   05/15/17   678,423 
 850,000      Canadian Natural Resources Ltd   6.250   03/15/38   947,164 
 340,000      Cenovus Energy, Inc   5.700   10/15/19   388,107 
 625,000      Cenovus Energy, Inc   3.000   08/15/22   592,749 
 200,000      Cenovus Energy, Inc   4.450   09/15/42   179,271 
 400,000      Cenovus Energy, Inc   5.200   09/15/43   395,639 
 100,000      Chevron Corp   0.889   06/24/16   100,391 
 500,000      Chevron Corp   1.104   12/05/17   492,826 
 750,000      Chevron Corp   1.718   06/24/18   747,570 
 200,000      Chevron Corp   4.950   03/03/19   229,261 
 750,000      Chevron Corp   2.427   06/24/20   741,367 
 650,000      Chevron Corp   2.355   12/05/22   598,436 
 250,000      Chevron Corp   3.191   06/24/23   245,549 
 1,005,000      ConocoPhillips   4.600   01/15/15   1,055,980 
 200,000      ConocoPhillips   1.050   12/15/17   194,436 
 600,000      ConocoPhillips   5.750   02/01/19   699,626 
 600,000      ConocoPhillips   2.400   12/15/22   549,913 
 250,000      ConocoPhillips   5.900   05/15/38   292,990 
 785,000      ConocoPhillips   6.500   02/01/39   987,167 
 500,000      ConocoPhillips Holding Co   6.950   04/15/29   631,194 
 300,000      DCP Midstream Operating LP   2.500   12/01/17   297,186 
 200,000      DCP Midstream Operating LP   4.950   04/01/22   199,079 
 150,000      Devon Energy Corp   1.875   05/15/17   150,334 
 850,000      Devon Energy Corp   6.300   01/15/19   992,409 
 525,000      Devon Energy Corp   3.250   05/15/22   502,547 
 600,000      Devon Energy Corp   7.950   04/15/32   780,965 
 200,000      Devon Energy Corp   4.750   05/15/42   182,457 
 300,000      Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc   5.875   05/01/19   352,238 
 100,000      Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc   5.700   10/15/39   113,586 
 300,000      Ecopetrol S.A.   4.250   09/18/18   308,625 
 550,000      Ecopetrol S.A.   7.625   07/23/19   650,375 
 500,000      Ecopetrol S.A.   5.875   09/18/23   520,000 
 200,000      Ecopetrol S.A.   7.375   09/18/43   216,500 
 400,000      El Paso Pipeline Partners Operating Co LLC   4.700   11/01/42   347,471 
 495,000      Enbridge Energy Partners LP   5.200   03/15/20   534,678 
 300,000      Enbridge Energy Partners LP   5.500   09/15/40   291,700 
 300,000      EnCana Corp   3.900   11/15/21   300,669 
 220,000      EnCana Corp   6.500   05/15/19   259,027 
44

TIAA-CREF FUNDS - Bond Index Fund

 

PRINCIPAL      ISSUER  RATE  MATURITY
DATE
  VALUE 
$515,000      EnCana Corp   6.625%  08/15/37  $570,780 
 150,000      EnCana Corp   5.150   11/15/41   137,675 
 400,000      EnCana Holdings Finance Corp   5.800   05/01/14   411,605 
 400,000      Ensco plc   3.250   03/15/16   417,524 
 700,000      Ensco plc   4.700   03/15/21   742,993 
 40,000      Enterprise Products Operating LLC   5.600   10/15/14   42,038 
 145,000      Enterprise Products Operating LLC   5.000   03/01/15   153,328 
 200,000      Enterprise Products Operating LLC   1.250   08/13/15   201,050 
 735,000      Enterprise Products Operating LLC   6.300   09/15/17   850,222 
 130,000      Enterprise Products Operating LLC   6.500   01/31/19   154,133 
 600,000      Enterprise Products Operating LLC   5.200   09/01/20   667,674 
 400,000      Enterprise Products Operating LLC   4.050   02/15/22   406,313 
 1,100,000      Enterprise Products Operating LLC   3.350   03/15/23   1,041,081 
 480,000      Enterprise Products Operating LLC   6.125   10/15/39   531,071 
 300,000      Enterprise Products Operating LLC   4.850   08/15/42   281,318 
 100,000      Enterprise Products Operating LLC   4.450   02/15/43   88,465 
 500,000      Enterprise Products Operating LLC   4.850   03/15/44   466,028 
 300,000      EOG Resources, Inc   6.125   10/01/13   300,000 
 100,000      EOG Resources, Inc   2.500   02/01/16   103,738 
 440,000      EOG Resources, Inc   4.100   02/01/21   465,751 
 600,000      EOG Resources, Inc   2.625   03/15/23   552,700 
 50,000      EQT Corp   6.500   04/01/18   56,656 
 350,000      EQT Corp   8.125   06/01/19   424,646 
 200,000      Gulf South Pipeline Co LP   4.000   06/15/22   197,714 
 300,000      Halliburton Co   1.000   08/01/16   299,550 
 400,000      Halliburton Co   2.000   08/01/18   399,637 
 400,000      Halliburton Co   6.150   09/15/19   479,278 
 300,000      Halliburton Co   3.500   08/01/23   297,349 
 400,000      Halliburton Co   7.450   09/15/39   534,273 
 250,000      Halliburton Co   4.500   11/15/41   240,273 
 300,000      Halliburton Co   4.750   08/01/43   296,589 
 425,000      Hess Corp   8.125   02/15/19   528,872 
 200,000      Hess Corp   7.875   10/01/29   250,792 
 740,000      Hess Corp   5.600   02/15/41   760,771 
 30,000      Husky Energy, Inc   7.250   12/15/19   36,726 
 200,000      Husky Energy, Inc   3.950   04/15/22   200,758 
 130,000      Husky Energy, Inc   6.800   09/15/37   158,872 
 200,000      Magellan Midstream Partners LP   6.550   07/15/19   238,725 
 125,000      Magellan Midstream Partners LP   4.250   02/01/21   131,527 
 500,000      Magellan Midstream Partners LP   4.200   12/01/42   431,922 
 200,000      Marathon Oil Corp   0.900   11/01/15   199,981 
 400,000      Marathon Oil Corp   6.000   10/01/17   459,644 
 350,000      Marathon Oil Corp   2.800   11/01/22   325,450 
 255,000      Marathon Oil Corp   6.600   10/01/37   302,367 
 200,000      Marathon Petroleum Corp   3.500   03/01/16   210,049 
 250,000      Marathon Petroleum Corp   5.125   03/01/21   269,918 
 350,000      Marathon Petroleum Corp   6.500   03/01/41   380,529 
 125,000      Murphy Oil Corp   2.500   12/01/17   124,070 
 200,000      Murphy Oil Corp   4.000   06/01/22   191,259 
 200,000      Murphy Oil Corp   3.700   12/01/22   186,413 
 200,000      Murphy Oil Corp   5.125   12/01/42   174,735 
 200,000   g  Nabors Industries, Inc   2.350   09/15/16   202,144 
45

TIAA-CREF FUNDS - Bond Index Fund

 

PRINCIPAL      ISSUER  RATE  MATURITY
DATE
  VALUE 
$125,000      Nabors Industries, Inc   6.150%  02/15/18  $140,564 
 350,000      Nabors Industries, Inc   4.625   09/15/21   351,791 
 100,000   g  Nabors Industries, Inc   5.100   09/15/23   101,578 
 100,000      National Oilwell Varco, Inc   1.350   12/01/17   98,402 
 935,000      Nexen, Inc   6.400   05/15/37   1,025,498 
 150,000      Noble Energy, Inc   8.250   03/01/19   187,444 
 350,000      Noble Energy, Inc   4.150   12/15/21   364,376 
 700,000      Noble Energy, Inc   6.000   03/01/41   787,729 
 100,000      Noble Holding International Ltd   3.450   08/01/15   104,009 
 100,000      Noble Holding International Ltd   2.500   03/15/17   100,528 
 305,000      Noble Holding International Ltd   4.900   08/01/20   321,481 
 100,000      Noble Holding International Ltd   6.200   08/01/40   100,748 
 400,000      Noble Holding International Ltd   5.250   03/15/42   364,248 
 350,000      Occidental Petroleum Corp   2.500   02/01/16   362,262 
 350,000      Occidental Petroleum Corp   1.750   02/15/17   353,210 
 250,000      Occidental Petroleum Corp   1.500   02/15/18   245,934 
 250,000      Occidental Petroleum Corp   3.125   02/15/22   241,177 
 550,000      Occidental Petroleum Corp   2.700   02/15/23   508,136 
 406,000      Panhandle Eastern Pipeline Co LP   7.000   06/15/18   474,546 
 785,000      Pemex Project Funding Master Trust   5.750   03/01/18   869,388 
 750,000      Petrobras Global Finance BV   2.000   05/20/16   745,156 
 750,000      Petrobras Global Finance BV   3.000   01/15/19   705,315 
 750,000      Petrobras Global Finance BV   4.375   05/20/23   686,090 
 750,000      Petrobras Global Finance BV   5.625   05/20/43   628,118 
 500,000      Petrobras International Finance Co   2.875   02/06/15   507,256 
 350,000      Petrobras International Finance Co   3.875   01/27/16   361,126 
 47,000      Petrobras International Finance Co   6.125   10/06/16   51,288 
 625,000      Petrobras International Finance Co   3.500   02/06/17   634,657 
 1,125,000      Petrobras International Finance Co   7.875   03/15/19   1,294,965 
 100,000      Petrobras International Finance Co   5.750   01/20/20   103,906 
 1,400,000      Petrobras International Finance Co   5.375   01/27/21   1,406,419 
 875,000      Petrobras International Finance Co   6.875   01/20/40   859,549 
 300,000      Petrobras International Finance Co   6.750   01/27/41   290,106 
 75,000      Petro-Canada   6.800   05/15/38   89,179 
 700,000      Petrohawk Energy Corp   7.250   08/15/18   759,500 
 505,000      Petroleos Mexicanos   4.875   03/15/15   530,250 
 400,000      Petroleos Mexicanos   3.500   07/18/18   405,000 
 980,000      Petroleos Mexicanos   8.000   05/03/19   1,183,350 
 775,000      Petroleos Mexicanos   6.000   03/05/20   860,250 
 800,000      Petroleos Mexicanos   5.500   01/21/21   856,000 
 240,000      Petroleos Mexicanos   4.875   01/24/22   244,800 
 285,000      Petroleos Mexicanos   1.700   12/20/22   280,300 
 285,000      Petroleos Mexicanos   2.000   12/20/22   284,120 
 400,000      Petroleos Mexicanos   3.500   01/30/23   363,589 
 300,000      Petroleos Mexicanos   4.875   01/18/24   300,000 
 1,040,000      Petroleos Mexicanos   6.500   06/02/41   1,077,833 
 1,050,000      Petroleos Mexicanos   5.500   06/27/44   953,231 
 150,000      Phillips 66   4.300   04/01/22   152,919 
 300,000      Pioneer Natural Resources Co   6.650   03/15/17   345,848 
 375,000      Pioneer Natural Resources Co   3.950   07/15/22   376,691 
 200,000      Plains All American Pipeline LP   6.125   01/15/17   227,219 
 700,000      Plains All American Pipeline LP   5.000   02/01/21   762,255 
46

TIAA-CREF FUNDS - Bond Index Fund

 

PRINCIPAL      ISSUER  RATE  MATURITY
DATE
  VALUE 
$200,000      Plains All American Pipeline LP   2.850%  01/31/23  $182,718 
 400,000      Plains All American Pipeline LP   3.850   10/15/23   393,498 
 100,000      Plains All American Pipeline LP   6.650   01/15/37   118,047 
 250,000      Plains All American Pipeline LP   5.150   06/01/42   249,168 
 500,000      Plains Exploration & Production Co   6.875   02/15/23   536,250 
 100,000      Rowan Cos, Inc   5.000   09/01/17   108,714 
 300,000      Rowan Cos, Inc   7.875   08/01/19   361,612 
 250,000      Rowan Cos, Inc   4.875   06/01/22   257,965 
 100,000      Rowan Cos, Inc   5.400   12/01/42   90,356 
 440,000      Shell International Finance BV   3.100   06/28/15   459,634 
 300,000      Shell International Finance BV   0.625   12/04/15   300,002 
 200,000      Shell International Finance BV   1.125   08/21/17   198,531 
 805,000      Shell International Finance BV   4.300   09/22/19   888,662 
 1,130,000      Shell International Finance BV   4.375   03/25/20   1,245,515 
 200,000      Shell International Finance BV   2.375   08/21/22   183,996 
 500,000      Shell International Finance BV   2.250   01/06/23   450,288 
 500,000      Shell International Finance BV   3.400   08/12/23   494,316 
 421,000      Shell International Finance BV   6.375   12/15/38   525,776 
 200,000      Shell International Finance BV   3.625   08/21/42   174,730 
 500,000      Shell International Finance BV   4.550   08/12/43   492,588 
 200,000      Southwestern Energy Co   7.500   02/01/18   237,695 
 125,000      Southwestern Energy Co   4.100   03/15/22   125,022 
 210,000      Statoil ASA   2.900   10/15/14   215,442 
 350,000      Statoil ASA   3.125   08/17/17   372,000 
 375,000      Statoil ASA   1.200   01/17/18   367,585 
 300,000      Statoil ASA   1.150   05/15/18   291,533 
 450,000      Statoil ASA   5.250   04/15/19   516,593 
 250,000      Statoil ASA   3.150   01/23/22   246,800 
 375,000      Statoil ASA   2.450   01/17/23   342,670 
 300,000      Statoil ASA   2.650   01/15/24   277,445 
 200,000      Statoil ASA   5.100   08/17/40   210,179 
 400,000      Statoil ASA   4.250   11/23/41   368,376 
 300,000      Statoil ASA   3.950   05/15/43   265,876 
 550,000      Suncor Energy, Inc   6.100   06/01/18   644,257 
 1,400,000      Suncor Energy, Inc   6.500   06/15/38   1,631,493 
 300,000      Sunoco Logistics Partners Operations LP   3.450   01/15/23   279,169 
 100,000      Sunoco Logistics Partners Operations LP   6.100   02/15/42   104,401 
 25,000      Talisman Energy, Inc   7.750   06/01/19   30,312 
 450,000      Talisman Energy, Inc   3.750   02/01/21   439,237 
 300,000      Talisman Energy, Inc   5.850   02/01/37   291,722 
 200,000      Talisman Energy, Inc   5.500   05/15/42   186,339 
 200,000      Total Capital Canada Ltd   1.450   01/15/18   197,340 
 300,000      Total Capital Canada Ltd   2.750   07/15/23   281,315 
 400,000      Total Capital International S.A.   0.750   01/25/16   398,760 
 500,000      Total Capital International S.A.   1.000   08/12/16   501,212 
 1,000,000      Total Capital International S.A.   2.875   02/17/22   959,373 
 400,000      Total Capital International S.A.   2.700   01/25/23   372,408 
 300,000      Total Capital International S.A.   3.700   01/15/24   301,344 
 300,000      TransCanada Pipelines Ltd   0.875   03/02/15   300,929 
 500,000      TransCanada Pipelines Ltd   0.750   01/15/16   497,141 
 600,000      TransCanada Pipelines Ltd   3.800   10/01/20   629,416 
 1,050,000      TransCanada Pipelines Ltd   2.500   08/01/22   965,750 
47

TIAA-CREF FUNDS - Bond Index Fund

 

PRINCIPAL      ISSUER  RATE  MATURITY
DATE
  VALUE 
$340,000      TransCanada Pipelines Ltd   5.850%  03/15/36  $376,664 
 469,000      TransCanada Pipelines Ltd   7.625   01/15/39   621,311 
 200,000      TransCanada Pipelines Ltd   6.100   06/01/40   231,802 
 300,000   i  TransCanada Pipelines Ltd   6.350   05/15/67   309,585 
 200,000      Transocean, Inc   2.500   10/15/17   200,537 
 443,000      Transocean, Inc   6.000   03/15/18   499,157 
 700,000      Transocean, Inc   6.500   11/15/20   781,372 
 350,000      Transocean, Inc   6.375   12/15/21   389,049 
 550,000      Transocean, Inc   3.800   10/15/22   517,875 
 200,000      Transocean, Inc   6.800   03/15/38   212,330 
 165,000      Vale Overseas Ltd   6.250   01/23/17   184,955 
 1,045,000      Vale Overseas Ltd   4.625   09/15/20   1,057,224 
 1,242,000      Vale Overseas Ltd   4.375   01/11/22   1,196,597 
 150,000      Vale Overseas Ltd   8.250   01/17/34   172,418 
 864,000      Vale Overseas Ltd   6.875   11/21/36   876,264 
 680,000      Valero Energy Corp   6.125   02/01/20   781,857 
 330,000      Valero Energy Corp   7.500   04/15/32   385,237 
 500,000      Valero Energy Corp   6.625   06/15/37   543,072 
 840,000      Weatherford Bermuda Holdings Ltd   5.125   09/15/20   875,737 
 60,000      Weatherford Bermuda Holdings Ltd   6.750   09/15/40   62,112 
 350,000      Weatherford International Ltd   9.625   03/01/19   440,652 
 200,000      Weatherford International Ltd   4.500   04/15/22   197,942 
 500,000      Weatherford International Ltd   5.950   04/15/42   478,728 
 300,000      XTO Energy, Inc   6.250   08/01/17   354,657 
        TOTAL ENERGY         109,007,246 
                      
FOOD & STAPLES RETAILING - 0.2%          
 550,000      CVS Caremark Corp   3.250   05/18/15   572,213 
 110,000      CVS Caremark Corp   5.750   06/01/17   125,789 
 185,000      CVS Caremark Corp   4.750   05/18/20   204,933 
 500,000      CVS Caremark Corp   4.125   05/15/21   524,567 
 500,000      CVS Caremark Corp   2.750   12/01/22   461,991 
 650,000      CVS Caremark Corp   6.125   09/15/39   743,009 
 105,000      Delhaize Group S.A.   6.500   06/15/17   118,996 
 100,000      Delhaize Group S.A.   4.125   04/10/19   104,287 
 235,000      Delhaize Group S.A.   5.700   10/01/40   229,561 
 300,000      Kroger Co   6.400   08/15/17   345,733 
 55,000      Kroger Co   6.800   12/15/18   65,723 
 445,000      Kroger Co   6.150   01/15/20   515,941 
 200,000      Kroger Co   3.400   04/15/22   194,681 
 200,000      Kroger Co   3.850   08/01/23   196,977 
 100,000      Kroger Co   6.900   04/15/38   117,344 
 250,000      Kroger Co   5.000   04/15/42   240,022 
 300,000      Kroger Co   5.150   08/01/43   293,621 
 239,000      Safeway, Inc   6.350   08/15/17   268,576 
 25,000      Safeway, Inc   5.000   08/15/19   26,109 
 240,000      Safeway, Inc   3.950   08/15/20   235,500 
 150,000      Safeway, Inc   4.750   12/01/21   150,623 
 50,000      Starbucks Corp   6.250   08/15/17   58,335 
 350,000      Starbucks Corp   3.850   10/01/23   355,770 
 200,000      SYSCO Corp   5.250   02/12/18   227,088 
 250,000      SYSCO Corp   2.600   06/12/22   236,550 
48

TIAA-CREF FUNDS - Bond Index Fund

 

PRINCIPAL      ISSUER  RATE  MATURITY
DATE
  VALUE 
$100,000      SYSCO Corp   5.375%  09/21/35  $108,867 
 450,000      Walgreen Co   1.000   03/13/15   451,324 
 200,000      Walgreen Co   1.800   09/15/17   200,687 
 100,000      Walgreen Co   5.250   01/15/19   112,685 
 200,000      Walgreen Co   3.100   09/15/22   188,192 
 200,000      Walgreen Co   4.400   09/15/42   178,879 
        TOTAL FOOD & STAPLES RETAILING         7,854,573 
                      
FOOD, BEVERAGE & TOBACCO - 1.1%          
 50,000      Altria Group, Inc   4.125   09/11/15   53,038 
 85,000      Altria Group, Inc   9.700   11/10/18   112,372 
 348,000      Altria Group, Inc   9.250   08/06/19   459,570 
 1,800,000      Altria Group, Inc   4.750   05/05/21   1,909,661 
 800,000      Altria Group, Inc   2.850   08/09/22   732,690 
 200,000      Altria Group, Inc   2.950   05/02/23   182,412 
 155,000      Altria Group, Inc   10.200   02/06/39   236,378 
 300,000      Altria Group, Inc   4.250   08/09/42   249,754 
 300,000      Altria Group, Inc   4.500   05/02/43   259,458 
 316,000      Anheuser-Busch Cos, Inc   5.500   01/15/18   363,424 
 300,000      Anheuser-Busch InBev Finance, Inc   0.800   01/15/16   299,770 
 300,000      Anheuser-Busch InBev Finance, Inc   1.250   01/17/18   293,953 
 500,000      Anheuser-Busch InBev Finance, Inc   2.625   01/17/23   465,651 
 400,000      Anheuser-Busch InBev Finance, Inc   4.000   01/17/43   360,272 
 500,000      Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide, Inc   0.800   07/15/15   502,263 
 950,000      Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide, Inc   2.875   02/15/16   993,972 
 175,000      Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide, Inc   1.375   07/15/17   174,264 
 800,000      Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide, Inc   5.375   01/15/20   919,529 
 1,390,000      Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide, Inc   5.000   04/15/20   1,569,885 
 2,150,000      Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide, Inc   2.500   07/15/22   1,988,999 
 485,000      Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide, Inc   6.375   01/15/40   600,713 
 100,000      Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide, Inc   3.750   07/15/42   86,480 
 100,000      Archer-Daniels-Midland Co   5.450   03/15/18   115,219 
 740,000      Archer-Daniels-Midland Co   4.016   04/16/43   650,814 
 200,000      Beam, Inc   1.750   06/15/18   195,652 
 200,000      Beam, Inc   3.250   05/15/22   194,599 
 200,000      Beam, Inc   3.250   06/15/23   192,757 
 450,000      Bottling Group LLC   5.125   01/15/19   511,937 
 200,000      Brown-Forman Corp   1.000   01/15/18   194,161 
 200,000      Brown-Forman Corp   2.250   01/15/23   181,558 
 400,000      Bunge Ltd   4.100   03/15/16   422,406 
 100,000      Bunge Ltd   3.200   06/15/17   103,570 
 100,000      Bunge Ltd   8.500   06/15/19   124,516 
 325,000      Campbell Soup Co   3.050   07/15/17   341,377 
 100,000      Campbell Soup Co   4.250   04/15/21   104,475 
 150,000      Campbell Soup Co   2.500   08/02/22   136,359 
 150,000      Campbell Soup Co   3.800   08/02/42   120,864 
 400,000      Coca-Cola Co   1.150   04/01/18   391,207 
 300,000      Coca-Cola Co   2.500   04/01/23   283,933 
 325,000      Coca-Cola Co   1.500   11/15/15   331,318 
 1,835,000      Coca-Cola Co   1.800   09/01/16   1,886,415 
 500,000      Coca-Cola Co   1.650   03/14/18   501,076 
 410,000      Coca-Cola Co   3.150   11/15/20   421,940 
49

TIAA-CREF FUNDS - Bond Index Fund

 

PRINCIPAL      ISSUER  RATE  MATURITY
DATE
  VALUE 
$150,000      Coca-Cola Enterprises, Inc   2.125%  09/15/15  $153,325 
 100,000      Coca-Cola Enterprises, Inc   3.500   09/15/20   100,815 
 100,000      Coca-Cola Enterprises, Inc   3.250   08/19/21   97,970 
 100,000      Coca-Cola Femsa SAB de C.V.   4.625   02/15/20   106,795 
 100,000      Coca-Cola HBC Finance BV   5.500   09/17/15   107,932 
 300,000      ConAgra Foods, Inc   1.900   01/25/18   296,075 
 200,000      ConAgra Foods, Inc   2.100   03/15/18   198,403 
 325,000      ConAgra Foods, Inc   7.000   04/15/19   390,095 
 200,000      ConAgra Foods, Inc   3.250   09/15/22   191,465 
 125,000      ConAgra Foods, Inc   3.200   01/25/23   116,940 
 100,000      ConAgra Foods, Inc   7.000   10/01/28   121,911 
 100,000   g  ConAgra Foods, Inc   6.625   08/15/39   115,849 
 450,000      ConAgra Foods, Inc   4.650   01/25/43   408,432 
 100,000      Corn Products International, Inc   4.625   11/01/20   105,920 
 350,000      Diageo Capital plc   5.500   09/30/16   394,715 
 1,000,000      Diageo Capital plc   1.500   05/11/17   1,000,359 
 325,000      Diageo Capital plc   5.750   10/23/17   373,618 
 500,000      Diageo Capital plc   1.125   04/29/18   482,900 
 200,000      Diageo Capital plc   5.875   09/30/36   230,291 
 400,000      Diageo Capital plc   3.875   04/29/43   344,580 
 100,000      Dr Pepper Snapple Group, Inc   2.900   01/15/16   103,762 
 350,000      Dr Pepper Snapple Group, Inc   2.600   01/15/19   352,933 
 150,000      Dr Pepper Snapple Group, Inc   2.000   01/15/20   141,736 
 150,000      Dr Pepper Snapple Group, Inc   2.700   11/15/22   139,061 
 150,000      Flowers Foods, Inc   4.375   04/01/22   148,508 
 200,000      Fomento Economico Mexicano SAB de C.V.   2.875   05/10/23   177,952 
 300,000      Fomento Economico Mexicano SAB de C.V.   4.375   05/10/43   246,337 
 342,000      Fortune Brands, Inc   5.375   01/15/16   372,649 
 725,000      General Mills, Inc   5.200   03/17/15   772,440 
 100,000      General Mills, Inc   0.875   01/29/16   99,957 
 210,000      General Mills, Inc   5.650   02/15/19   243,255 
 200,000      General Mills, Inc   3.150   12/15/21   197,185 
 150,000      General Mills, Inc   5.400   06/15/40   163,408 
 100,000      General Mills, Inc   4.150   02/15/43   90,812 
 100,000      Hershey Co   1.500   11/01/16   100,983 
 150,000      Hershey Co   4.125   12/01/20   162,738 
 400,000      Hershey Co   2.625   05/01/23   376,175 
 250,000      Ingredion, Inc   1.800   09/25/17   246,496 
 100,000      JM Smucker Co   3.500   10/15/21   99,188 
 200,000      Kellogg Co   1.125   05/15/15   201,607 
 100,000      Kellogg Co   1.875   11/17/16   101,834 
 200,000      Kellogg Co   1.750   05/17/17   200,772 
 600,000      Kellogg Co   4.000   12/15/20   635,093 
 300,000      Kellogg Co   3.125   05/17/22   291,742 
 200,000      Kellogg Co   2.750   03/01/23   185,205 
 100,000      Kellogg Co   7.450   04/01/31   127,774 
 100,000      Kraft Foods Group, Inc   1.625   06/04/15   101,558 
 600,000      Kraft Foods Group, Inc   2.250   06/05/17   611,917 
 1,525,000      Kraft Foods Group, Inc   3.500   06/06/22   1,506,142 
 300,000      Kraft Foods Group, Inc   6.500   02/09/40   352,599 
 400,000      Kraft Foods Group, Inc   5.000   06/04/42   396,246 
 803,000      Kraft Foods, Inc   6.500   08/11/17   933,833 
50

TIAA-CREF FUNDS - Bond Index Fund

 

PRINCIPAL      ISSUER  RATE  MATURITY
DATE
  VALUE 
$250,000      Kraft Foods, Inc   6.125%  02/01/18  $289,060 
 1,200,000      Kraft Foods, Inc   5.375   02/10/20   1,355,005 
 1,145,000      Kraft Foods, Inc   6.500   02/09/40   1,343,925 
 200,000      Lorillard Tobacco Co   3.500   08/04/16   209,504 
 300,000      Lorillard Tobacco Co   2.300   08/21/17   297,354 
 270,000      Lorillard Tobacco Co   6.875   05/01/20   310,501 
 350,000      Lorillard Tobacco Co   3.750   05/20/23   321,472 
 200,000      McCormick & Co, Inc   3.500   09/01/23   200,859 
 150,000      Molson Coors Brewing Co   3.500   05/01/22   149,038 
 300,000      Molson Coors Brewing Co   5.000   05/01/42   292,333 
 45,000      PepsiAmericas, Inc   4.375   02/15/14   45,650 
 300,000      PepsiCo, Inc   0.700   02/26/16   299,120 
 850,000      PepsiCo, Inc   2.500   05/10/16   884,372 
 250,000      PepsiCo, Inc   1.250   08/13/17   246,369 
 840,000      PepsiCo, Inc   7.900   11/01/18   1,069,307 
 400,000      PepsiCo, Inc   2.250   01/07/19   400,982 
 100,000      PepsiCo, Inc   4.500   01/15/20   110,230 
 400,000      PepsiCo, Inc   3.125   11/01/20   406,043 
 200,000      PepsiCo, Inc   3.000   08/25/21   197,126 
 400,000      PepsiCo, Inc   2.750   03/05/22   380,886 
 500,000      PepsiCo, Inc   2.750   03/01/23   468,333 
 310,000      PepsiCo, Inc   4.875   11/01/40   313,872 
 400,000      PepsiCo, Inc   4.000   03/05/42   357,942 
 200,000      PepsiCo, Inc   3.600   08/13/42   166,206 
 500,000      Philip Morris International, Inc   1.125   08/21/17   490,912 
 1,300,000      Philip Morris International, Inc   5.650   05/16/18   1,504,637 
 200,000      Philip Morris International, Inc   2.900   11/15/21   193,823 
 200,000      Philip Morris International, Inc   2.500   08/22/22   184,152 
 500,000      Philip Morris International, Inc   2.625   03/06/23   462,184 
 240,000      Philip Morris International, Inc   6.375   05/16/38   285,196 
 150,000      Philip Morris International, Inc   4.375   11/15/41   137,786 
 200,000      Philip Morris International, Inc   4.500   03/20/42   187,148 
 150,000      Philip Morris International, Inc   3.875   08/21/42   127,148 
 300,000      Philip Morris International, Inc   4.125   03/04/43   265,157 
 400,000      Reynolds American, Inc   1.050   10/30/15   400,207 
 50,000      Reynolds American, Inc   6.750   06/15/17   57,770 
 200,000      Reynolds American, Inc   7.750   06/01/18   243,069 
 400,000      Reynolds American, Inc   3.250   11/01/22   368,210 
 200,000      Reynolds American, Inc   4.850   09/15/23   207,721 
 65,000      Reynolds American, Inc   7.250   06/15/37   75,180 
 400,000      Reynolds American, Inc   4.750   11/01/42   348,775 
 200,000      Reynolds American, Inc   6.150   09/15/43   209,244 
 133,000      Sara Lee Corp   4.100   09/15/20   134,869 
 400,000      Tyson Foods, Inc   4.500   06/15/22   415,168 
        TOTAL FOOD, BEVERAGE & TOBACCO         51,854,793 
                      
HEALTH CARE EQUIPMENT & SERVICES - 0.5%          
 100,000      Allergan, Inc   5.750   04/01/16   111,558 
 200,000      Allergan, Inc   1.350   03/15/18   194,995 
 250,000      Allergan, Inc   3.375   09/15/20   256,357 
 200,000      Allergan, Inc   2.800   03/15/23   188,704 
 200,000      AmerisourceBergen Corp   5.875   09/15/15   218,925 
51

TIAA-CREF FUNDS - Bond Index Fund

 

PRINCIPAL      ISSUER  RATE  MATURITY
DATE
  VALUE 
$100,000      AmerisourceBergen Corp   3.500%  11/15/21  $100,224 
 200,000      Ascension Health, Inc   4.847   11/15/53   196,825 
 200,000      Baxter International, Inc   4.625   03/15/15   211,620 
 300,000      Baxter International, Inc   0.950   06/01/16   300,599 
 200,000      Baxter International, Inc   5.900   09/01/16   227,837 
 300,000      Baxter International, Inc   1.850   06/15/18   299,733 
 420,000      Baxter International, Inc   4.500   08/15/19   467,754 
 300,000      Baxter International, Inc   3.200   06/15/23   292,708 
 116,000      Baxter International, Inc   6.250   12/01/37   140,993 
 150,000      Baxter International, Inc   3.650   08/15/42   127,523 
 300,000      Baxter International, Inc   4.500   06/15/43   294,579 
 25,000      Becton Dickinson & Co   5.000   05/15/19   28,382 
 150,000      Becton Dickinson & Co   3.250   11/12/20   152,504 
 850,000      Becton Dickinson and Co   3.125   11/08/21   842,637 
 100,000      Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc   4.875   12/15/20   103,539 
 300,000      Boston Scientific Corp   6.400   06/15/16   336,844 
 150,000      Boston Scientific Corp   2.650   10/01/18   150,066 
 650,000      Boston Scientific Corp   6.000   01/15/20   743,379 
 150,000      Boston Scientific Corp   4.125   10/01/23   149,106 
 200,000      Cardinal Health, Inc   4.000   06/15/15   210,523 
 200,000      Cardinal Health, Inc   1.700   03/15/18   195,452 
 100,000      Cardinal Health, Inc   4.625   12/15/20   106,856 
 100,000      Cardinal Health, Inc   3.200   06/15/22   95,249 
 200,000      Cardinal Health, Inc   3.200   03/15/23   186,501 
 100,000      Cardinal Health, Inc   4.600   03/15/43   91,397 
 100,000      CareFusion Corp   5.125   08/01/14   103,573 
 100,000      CareFusion Corp   6.375   08/01/19   114,524 
 200,000   g  CareFusion Corp   3.300   03/01/23   187,349 
 100,000      Coventry Health Care, Inc   6.300   08/15/14   104,717 
 100,000      Coventry Health Care, Inc   5.450   06/15/21   111,080 
 450,000      Covidien International Finance S.A.   6.000   10/15/17   520,365 
 650,000      Covidien International Finance S.A.   3.200   06/15/22   637,029 
 500,000      Covidien International Finance S.A.   2.950   06/15/23   471,708 
 100,000      Covidien International Finance S.A.   6.550   10/15/37   124,432 
 225,000      CR Bard, Inc   1.375   01/15/18   217,992 
 100,000      CR Bard, Inc   4.400   01/15/21   106,285 
 100,000      DENTSPLY International, Inc   4.125   08/15/21   101,225 
 100,000   h  Edwards Lifesciences Corp   2.875   10/15/18   99,606 
 900,000      Express Scripts Holding Co   2.750   11/21/14   919,502 
 150,000      Express Scripts Holding Co   3.500   11/15/16   158,752 
 300,000      Express Scripts Holding Co   2.650   02/15/17   309,288 
 250,000      Express Scripts Holding Co   4.750   11/15/21   267,577 
 525,000      Express Scripts Holding Co   3.900   02/15/22   531,827 
 450,000      Express Scripts Holding Co   6.125   11/15/41   514,628 
 300,000      Express Scripts, Inc   3.125   05/15/16   314,007 
 100,000      Kaiser Foundation Hospitals   3.500   04/01/22   97,717 
 100,000      Kaiser Foundation Hospitals   4.875   04/01/42   98,083 
 200,000      Laboratory Corp of America Holdings   3.125   05/15/16   207,137 
 100,000      Laboratory Corp of America Holdings   2.200   08/23/17   100,038 
 200,000      Laboratory Corp of America Holdings   3.750   08/23/22   194,863 
 200,000      Mayo Clinic Rochester   4.000   11/15/47   167,165 
 100,000      McKesson Corp   0.950   12/04/15   100,097 
52

TIAA-CREF FUNDS - Bond Index Fund

 

PRINCIPAL      ISSUER  RATE  MATURITY
DATE
  VALUE 
$430,000      McKesson Corp   3.250%  03/01/16  $453,160 
 25,000      McKesson Corp   5.700   03/01/17   28,354 
 200,000      McKesson Corp   1.400   03/15/18   194,751 
 180,000      McKesson Corp   4.750   03/01/21   197,561 
 100,000      McKesson Corp   2.700   12/15/22   93,471 
 200,000      McKesson Corp   2.850   03/15/23   188,576 
 100,000      McKesson Corp   6.000   03/01/41   116,122 
 250,000      Medco Health Solutions, Inc   2.750   09/15/15   258,306 
 250,000      Medco Health Solutions, Inc   7.125   03/15/18   301,452 
 205,000      Medtronic, Inc   4.750   09/15/15   220,783 
 250,000      Medtronic, Inc   1.375   04/01/18   245,437 
 200,000      Medtronic, Inc   5.600   03/15/19   227,691 
 1,305,000      Medtronic, Inc   4.450   03/15/20   1,429,047 
 250,000      Medtronic, Inc   2.750   04/01/23   234,824 
 200,000      Medtronic, Inc   4.500   03/15/42   194,614 
 150,000      Medtronic, Inc   4.000   04/01/43   134,394 
 350,000      NYU Hospitals Center   5.750   07/01/43   360,753 
 150,000      PerkinElmer, Inc   5.000   11/15/21   154,850 
 235,000      Quest Diagnostics, Inc   6.400   07/01/17   268,101 
 450,000      St. Jude Medical, Inc   2.500   01/15/16   462,374 
 200,000      St. Jude Medical, Inc   3.250   04/15/23   190,079 
 200,000      St. Jude Medical, Inc   4.750   04/15/43   189,900 
 150,000      Stryker Corp   3.000   01/15/15   154,644 
 150,000      Stryker Corp   2.000   09/30/16   154,169 
 200,000      Stryker Corp   1.300   04/01/18   195,111 
 90,000      Stryker Corp   4.375   01/15/20   98,290 
 200,000      Stryker Corp   4.100   04/01/43   180,308 
 165,000      Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc   5.000   06/01/15   175,576 
 550,000      Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc   2.250   08/15/16   560,069 
 350,000      Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc   1.850   01/15/18   343,752 
 455,000      Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc   4.700   05/01/20   483,872 
 250,000      Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc   3.150   01/15/23   231,490 
 100,000      Zimmer Holdings, Inc   1.400   11/30/14   100,696 
 150,000      Zimmer Holdings, Inc   3.375   11/30/21   146,411 
 106,000      Zimmer Holdings, Inc   5.750   11/30/39   117,161 
        TOTAL HEALTH CARE EQUIPMENT & SERVICES          22,990,084 
                      
HOUSEHOLD & PERSONAL PRODUCTS - 0.1%          
 100,000      Avon Products, Inc   2.375   03/15/16   102,037 
 100,000      Avon Products, Inc   6.500   03/01/19   112,105 
 150,000      Avon Products, Inc   4.600   03/15/20   155,549 
 150,000      Avon Products, Inc   5.000   03/15/23   150,925 
 100,000      Avon Products, Inc   6.950   03/15/43   100,095 
 25,000      Clorox Co   5.000   01/15/15   26,330 
 350,000      Clorox Co   3.550   11/01/15   368,197 
 100,000      Clorox Co   3.800   11/15/21   100,922 
 100,000      Clorox Co   3.050   09/15/22   95,326 
 400,000      Colgate-Palmolive Co   1.300   01/15/17   402,834 
 300,000      Colgate-Palmolive Co   0.900   05/01/18   290,900 
 200,000      Colgate-Palmolive Co   2.300   05/03/22   187,771 
 200,000      Colgate-Palmolive Co   1.950   02/01/23   180,165 
 60,000      Colgate-Palmolive Co   6.450   06/16/28   72,719 
53

TIAA-CREF FUNDS - Bond Index Fund

 

PRINCIPAL      ISSUER  RATE  MATURITY
DATE
  VALUE 
$150,000      Ecolab, Inc   2.375%  12/08/14  $152,868 
 300,000      Ecolab, Inc   1.000   08/09/15   300,139 
 100,000      Ecolab, Inc   3.000   12/08/16   104,883 
 250,000      Ecolab, Inc   1.450   12/08/17   245,106 
 350,000      Ecolab, Inc   4.350   12/08/21   368,767 
 100,000      Ecolab, Inc   5.500   12/08/41   107,317 
 200,000      Estee Lauder Cos, Inc   2.350   08/15/22   183,065 
 100,000      Estee Lauder Cos, Inc   6.000   05/15/37   111,210 
 1,825,000      Procter & Gamble Co   4.700   02/15/19   2,075,558 
 800,000      Procter & Gamble Co   2.300   02/06/22   761,940 
 300,000      Procter & Gamble Co   3.100   08/15/23   296,539 
 225,000      Procter & Gamble Co   5.550   03/05/37   261,784 
        TOTAL HOUSEHOLD & PERSONAL PRODUCTS         7,315,051 
                      
INSURANCE - 1.1%          
 85,000      ACE INA Holdings, Inc   5.875   06/15/14   88,050 
 200,000      ACE INA Holdings, Inc   5.600   05/15/15   215,507 
 100,000      ACE INA Holdings, Inc   2.600   11/23/15   103,648 
 25,000      ACE INA Holdings, Inc   5.800   03/15/18   29,003 
 500,000      ACE INA Holdings, Inc   5.900   06/15/19   591,530 
 250,000      ACE INA Holdings, Inc   2.700   03/13/23   234,661 
 150,000      ACE INA Holdings, Inc   4.150   03/13/43   138,669 
 400,000      Aegon NV   4.625   12/01/15   428,738 
 125,000      Aetna, Inc   1.500   11/15/17   122,738 
 200,000      Aetna, Inc   6.500   09/15/18   236,827 
 250,000      Aetna, Inc   3.950   09/01/20   260,950 
 500,000      Aetna, Inc   2.750   11/15/22   461,416 
 240,000      Aetna, Inc   6.625   06/15/36   287,698 
 350,000      Aetna, Inc   4.500   05/15/42   323,404 
 500,000      Aetna, Inc   4.125   11/15/42   435,883 
 200,000      Aflac, Inc   8.500   05/15/19   258,502 
 300,000      Aflac, Inc   4.000   02/15/22   307,780 
 300,000      Aflac, Inc   3.625   06/15/23   292,968 
 125,000      Aflac, Inc   6.900   12/17/39   154,751 
 300,000      Alleghany Corp   4.950   06/27/22   317,025 
 1,250,000      Allstate Corp   3.150   06/15/23   1,210,500 
 100,000      Allstate Corp   4.500   06/15/43   96,934 
 200,000   i  Allstate Corp   5.750   08/15/53   195,000 
 100,000      American Financial Group, Inc   9.875   06/15/19   129,731 
 700,000      American International Group, Inc   3.800   03/22/17   744,458 
 1,350,000      American International Group, Inc   8.250   08/15/18   1,683,220 
 750,000      American International Group, Inc   3.375   08/15/20   750,457 
 900,000      American International Group, Inc   6.400   12/15/20   1,060,572 
 900,000      American International Group, Inc   4.875   06/01/22   965,485 
 300,000      American International Group, Inc   4.125   02/15/24   300,207 
 800,000      American International Group, Inc   6.250   05/01/36   914,066 
 328,000      American International Group, Inc   6.820   11/15/37   394,288 
 200,000      Aon Corp   3.125   05/27/16   209,295 
 50,000      Aon Corp   5.000   09/30/20   54,983 
 200,000      Aon Corp   6.250   09/30/40   227,995 
 100,000      Aon plc   4.250   12/12/42   86,183 
 200,000      Aon plc   4.450   05/24/43   178,217 
54

TIAA-CREF FUNDS - Bond Index Fund

 

PRINCIPAL      ISSUER  RATE  MATURITY
DATE
  VALUE 
$100,000      Assurant, Inc   2.500%  03/15/18  $98,178 
 100,000      Assurant, Inc   4.000   03/15/23   96,803 
 100,000      Assurant, Inc   6.750   02/15/34   107,367 
 270,000      AXA S.A.   8.600   12/15/30   326,428 
 50,000      Axis Specialty Finance   5.875   06/01/20   55,409 
 333,000      Berkshire Hathaway Finance Corp   4.850   01/15/15   351,484 
 300,000      Berkshire Hathaway Finance Corp   2.450   12/15/15   311,008 
 300,000      Berkshire Hathaway Finance Corp   1.600   05/15/17   302,535 
 225,000      Berkshire Hathaway Finance Corp   1.300   05/15/18   219,649 
 750,000      Berkshire Hathaway Finance Corp   5.400   05/15/18   864,779 
 300,000      Berkshire Hathaway Finance Corp   2.000   08/15/18   300,835 
 400,000      Berkshire Hathaway Finance Corp   3.000   05/15/22   388,499 
 300,000      Berkshire Hathaway Finance Corp   4.400   05/15/42   275,655 
 100,000      Berkshire Hathaway Finance Corp   4.300   05/15/43   90,642 
 700,000      Berkshire Hathaway, Inc   1.900   01/31/17   713,628 
 400,000      Berkshire Hathaway, Inc   1.550   02/09/18   396,169 
 200,000      Boardwalk Pipelines LP   3.375   02/01/23   183,764 
 40,000      Chubb Corp   5.750   05/15/18   46,526 
 350,000      Chubb Corp   6.000   05/11/37   416,027 
 300,000   i  Chubb Corp   6.375   03/29/67   321,750 
 200,000      Cigna Corp   5.375   02/15/42   209,901 
 540,000      CIGNA Corp   5.125   06/15/20   595,120 
 400,000      CIGNA Corp   4.500   03/15/21   427,183 
 200,000      Cincinnati Financial Corp   6.920   05/15/28   240,231 
 200,000      CNA Financial Corp   5.850   12/15/14   211,477 
 40,000      CNA Financial Corp   6.500   08/15/16   45,236 
 500,000      CNA Financial Corp   5.750   08/15/21   563,302 
 250,000      Fidelity National Financial, Inc   5.500   09/01/22   263,534 
 100,000      First American Financial Corp   4.300   02/01/23   96,790 
 260,000      Genworth Financial, Inc   7.200   02/15/21   299,600 
 300,000      Genworth Financial, Inc   7.625   09/24/21   354,574 
 100,000      Genworth Holdings, Inc   4.900   08/15/23   100,403 
 250,000      Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc   5.125   04/15/22   273,617 
 321,000      Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc   6.625   03/30/40   384,188 
 750,000      Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc   4.300   04/15/43   661,846 
 300,000      Humana, Inc   6.450   06/01/16   337,132 
 100,000      Humana, Inc   3.150   12/01/22   93,040 
 100,000      Humana, Inc   8.150   06/15/38   132,375 
 200,000      Humana, Inc   4.625   12/01/42   178,105 
 100,000      Infinity Property & Casualty Corp   5.000   09/19/22   98,248 
 300,000      ING US, Inc   2.900   02/15/18   301,224 
 150,000      ING US, Inc   5.500   07/15/22   161,481 
 200,000   g  ING US, Inc   5.700   07/15/43   198,514 
 300,000      Lincoln National Corp   4.300   06/15/15   316,253 
 200,000      Lincoln National Corp   8.750   07/01/19   259,154 
 400,000      Lincoln National Corp   4.200   03/15/22   409,510 
 525,000      Lincoln National Corp   4.000   09/01/23   522,538 
 30,000      Lincoln National Corp   6.150   04/07/36   34,093 
 150,000      Lincoln National Corp   7.000   06/15/40   189,441 
 100,000      Loews Corp   5.250   03/15/16   110,071 
 200,000      Loews Corp   2.625   05/15/23   182,925 
 200,000      Loews Corp   4.125   05/15/43   171,941 
55

TIAA-CREF FUNDS - Bond Index Fund

 

PRINCIPAL      ISSUER  RATE  MATURITY
DATE
  VALUE 
$100,000      Manulife Financial Corp   3.400%  09/17/15  $104,190 
 100,000      Manulife Financial Corp   4.900   09/17/20   107,249 
 100,000      Markel Corp   7.125   09/30/19   119,503 
 150,000      Markel Corp   4.900   07/01/22   157,416 
 100,000      Markel Corp   3.625   03/30/23   95,030 
 100,000      Markel Corp   5.000   03/30/43   93,130 
 200,000      Marsh & McLennan Cos, Inc   5.375   07/15/14   207,229 
 150,000      Marsh & McLennan Cos, Inc   2.300   04/01/17   151,529 
 100,000      Marsh & McLennan Cos, Inc   2.550   10/15/18   100,514 
 125,000      Marsh & McLennan Cos, Inc   9.250   04/15/19   162,041 
 150,000      Marsh & McLennan Cos, Inc   4.800   07/15/21   162,120 
 200,000      Marsh & McLennan Cos, Inc   4.050   10/15/23   200,527 
 200,000      Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center   4.125   07/01/52   166,946 
 280,000      Metlife, Inc   5.000   06/15/15   299,791 
 575,000      Metlife, Inc   6.750   06/01/16   658,913 
 175,000      Metlife, Inc   1.756   12/15/17   173,707 
 1,050,000      Metlife, Inc   4.750   02/08/21   1,148,055 
 700,000      Metlife, Inc   3.048   12/15/22   667,338 
 50,000      Metlife, Inc   6.375   06/15/34   60,167 
 405,000      Metlife, Inc   5.700   06/15/35   448,427 
 130,000      Metlife, Inc   5.875   02/06/41   147,649 
 200,000      Metlife, Inc   4.125   08/13/42   175,846 
 325,000      MetLife, Inc   4.368   09/15/23   339,757 
 200,000      Montpelier Re Holdings Ltd   4.700   10/15/22   196,144 
 20,000      Nationwide Financial Services   6.750   05/15/37   19,800 
 250,000      OneBeacon US Holdings, Inc   4.600   11/09/22   247,423 
 100,000      PartnerRe Ltd   5.500   06/01/20   109,502 
 100,000   g  Primerica, Inc   4.750   07/15/22   104,618 
 100,000      Principal Financial Group, Inc   1.850   11/15/17   99,137 
 130,000      Principal Financial Group, Inc   8.875   05/15/19   168,501 
 100,000      Principal Financial Group, Inc   3.300   09/15/22   97,144 
 150,000      Principal Financial Group, Inc   3.125   05/15/23   142,285 
 100,000      Principal Financial Group, Inc   6.050   10/15/36   115,287 
 100,000      Principal Financial Group, Inc   4.625   09/15/42   94,557 
 200,000      Principal Financial Group, Inc   4.350   05/15/43   179,390 
 120,000      Progressive Corp   6.250   12/01/32   143,453 
 300,000   i  Progressive Corp   6.700   06/15/37   321,000 
 100,000      Protective Life Corp   7.375   10/15/19   120,912 
 295,000      Prudential Financial, Inc   5.100   09/20/14   307,532 
 200,000      Prudential Financial, Inc   4.750   09/17/15   214,590 
 300,000      Prudential Financial, Inc   3.000   05/12/16   313,636 
 60,000      Prudential Financial, Inc   6.100   06/15/17   68,822 
 100,000      Prudential Financial, Inc   2.300   08/15/18   100,875 
 1,020,000      Prudential Financial, Inc   7.375   06/15/19   1,263,024 
 300,000      Prudential Financial, Inc   4.500   11/16/21   320,220 
 400,000      Prudential Financial, Inc   5.750   07/15/33   433,065 
 450,000      Prudential Financial, Inc   6.200   11/15/40   516,298 
 125,000   i  Prudential Financial, Inc   5.875   09/15/42   122,500 
 500,000   i  Prudential Financial, Inc   5.625   06/15/43   470,940 
 150,000      Prudential Financial, Inc   5.100   08/15/43   148,358 
 100,000   i  Prudential Financial, Inc   5.200   03/15/44   90,700 
 150,000      Reinsurance Group of America, Inc   5.625   03/15/17   165,765 
56

TIAA-CREF FUNDS - Bond Index Fund

 

PRINCIPAL      ISSUER  RATE  MATURITY
DATE
  VALUE 
$100,000      Reinsurance Group of America, Inc   5.000%  06/01/21  $107,033 
 250,000      Reinsurance Group of America, Inc   4.700   09/15/23   255,642 
 100,000      StanCorp Financial Group, Inc   5.000   08/15/22   99,872 
 250,000      Torchmark Corp   3.800   09/15/22   246,872 
 100,000      Transatlantic Holdings, Inc   5.750   12/14/15   109,986 
 20,000      Transatlantic Holdings, Inc   8.000   11/30/39   24,562 
 610,000      Travelers Cos, Inc   5.800   05/15/18   711,733 
 130,000      Travelers Cos, Inc   5.900   06/02/19   154,870 
 600,000      Travelers Cos, Inc   5.350   11/01/40   657,230 
 200,000      Travelers Cos, Inc   4.600   08/01/43   197,686 
 100,000      Travelers Property Casualty Corp   6.375   03/15/33   122,917 
 100,000      UnitedHealth Group, Inc   5.375   03/15/16   110,347 
 325,000      UnitedHealth Group, Inc   1.400   10/15/17   320,843 
 324,000      UnitedHealth Group, Inc   6.000   02/15/18   377,635 
 300,000      UnitedHealth Group, Inc   1.625   03/15/19   289,089 
 700,000      UnitedHealth Group, Inc   4.700   02/15/21   765,169 
 325,000      UnitedHealth Group, Inc   2.750   02/15/23   302,768 
 200,000      UnitedHealth Group, Inc   2.875   03/15/23   188,205 
 365,000      UnitedHealth Group, Inc   6.625   11/15/37   446,259 
 250,000      UnitedHealth Group, Inc   6.875   02/15/38   313,857 
 150,000      UnitedHealth Group, Inc   4.625   11/15/41   143,030 
 300,000      UnitedHealth Group, Inc   4.375   03/15/42   276,307 
 350,000      UnitedHealth Group, Inc   3.950   10/15/42   300,136 
 200,000      UnitedHealth Group, Inc   4.250   03/15/43   182,105 
 100,000      Unitrin, Inc   6.000   11/30/15   107,954 
 110,000      Unum Group   5.625   09/15/20   121,331 
 200,000      Verisk Analytics, Inc   5.800   05/01/21   221,026 
 200,000      WellPoint, Inc   1.250   09/10/15   201,361 
 200,000      WellPoint, Inc   1.875   01/15/18   198,248 
 500,000      WellPoint, Inc   2.300   07/15/18   500,230 
 150,000      WellPoint, Inc   3.700   08/15/21   150,621 
 800,000      WellPoint, Inc   3.125   05/15/22   759,638 
 200,000      WellPoint, Inc   3.300   01/15/23   188,522 
 300,000      WellPoint, Inc   4.625   05/15/42   274,366 
 200,000      WellPoint, Inc   4.650   01/15/43   183,482 
 500,000      WellPoint, Inc   5.100   01/15/44   487,048 
 200,000      Willis Group Holdings plc   5.750   03/15/21   215,970 
 165,000      WR Berkley Corp   5.375   09/15/20   180,347 
 250,000      WR Berkley Corp   4.625   03/15/22   258,436 
 350,000      XL Capital Ltd   6.375   11/15/24   401,361 
 100,000      XL Group PLC   5.250   09/15/14   104,198 
        TOTAL INSURANCE         52,682,365 
                      
MATERIALS - 1.1%          
 300,000      3M Co   1.375   09/29/16   305,318 
 200,000      3M Co   1.000   06/26/17   196,602 
 200,000      3M Co   2.000   06/26/22   186,536 
 190,000      3M Co   5.700   03/15/37   221,238 
 100,000      Agrium, Inc   6.750   01/15/19   117,711 
 150,000      Agrium, Inc   3.150   10/01/22   139,186 
 200,000      Agrium, Inc   3.500   06/01/23   188,858 
 100,000      Agrium, Inc   6.125   01/15/41   107,259 
57

TIAA-CREF FUNDS - Bond Index Fund

 

              MATURITY    
PRINCIPAL     ISSUER  RATE  DATE  VALUE 
$200,000      Agrium, Inc   4.900%  06/01/43  $181,397 
 200,000      Air Products & Chemicals, Inc   1.200   10/15/17   194,820 
 150,000      Air Products & Chemicals, Inc   3.000   11/03/21   145,197 
 150,000      Air Products & Chemicals, Inc   2.750   02/03/23   141,480 
 180,000      Airgas, Inc   4.500   09/15/14   186,509 
 200,000     Airgas, Inc   1.650   02/15/18   194,467 
 250,000      Airgas, Inc   2.900   11/15/22   231,382 
 100,000     Albemarle Corp   4.500   12/15/20   104,258 
 200,000      Alcoa, Inc   5.550   02/01/17   214,652 
 430,000      Alcoa, Inc   6.150   08/15/20   448,585 
 550,000      Alcoa, Inc   5.400   04/15/21   543,726 
 300,000      Alcoa, Inc   5.870   02/23/22   300,032 
 250,000      Alcoa, Inc   5.950   02/01/37   222,045 
 100,000      Allegheny Technologies, Inc   5.950   01/15/21   105,001 
 300,000      Allegheny Technologies, Inc   5.875   08/15/23   303,425 
 200,000      Avery Dennison Corp   3.350   04/15/23   188,452 
 180,000      Barrick Australian Finance Pty Ltd   5.950   10/15/39   155,544 
 150,000      Barrick Gold Corp   2.500   05/01/18   143,032 
 350,000      Barrick Gold Corp   6.950   04/01/19   399,374 
 250,000      Barrick Gold Corp   3.850   04/01/22   221,098 
 225,000      Barrick Gold Corp   4.100   05/01/23   198,135 
 250,000      Barrick Gold Corp   5.250   04/01/42   200,122 
 1,500,000      Barrick North America Finance LLC   4.400   05/30/21   1,393,708 
 300,000      Barrick North America Finance LLC   5.750   05/01/43   251,726 
 110,000      Bemis Co, Inc   5.650   08/01/14   114,453 
 100,000      Bemis Co, Inc   6.800   08/01/19   119,115 
 200,000      Cabot Corp   3.700   07/15/22   194,612 
 200,000      Carpenter Technology Corp   4.450   03/01/23   195,968 
 220,000      Celulosa Arauco y Constitucion S.A.   5.625   04/20/15   232,696 
 100,000      Celulosa Arauco y Constitucion S.A.   5.000   01/21/21   99,286 
 100,000      Celulosa Arauco y Constitucion S.A.   4.750   01/11/22   97,147 
 350,000      CF Industries, Inc   7.125   05/01/20   410,327 
 200,000      CF Industries, Inc   3.450   06/01/23   185,358 
 200,000      CF Industries, Inc   4.950   06/01/43   180,695 
 250,000      Church & Dwight Co, Inc   2.875   10/01/22   235,125 
 300,000      Cliffs Natural Resources, Inc   3.950   01/15/18   301,283 
 50,000      Cliffs Natural Resources, Inc   4.800   10/01/20   47,663 
 200,000      Cliffs Natural Resources, Inc   4.875   04/01/21   188,683 
 150,000      Cliffs Natural Resources, Inc   6.250   10/01/40   125,398 
 100,000      Corning, Inc   1.450   11/15/17   98,854 
 225,000      Corning, Inc   4.250   08/15/20   242,804 
 100,000      Corning, Inc   5.750   08/15/40   110,666 
 200,000      Corning, Inc   4.750   03/15/42   196,262 
 150,000      Cytec Industries, Inc   3.500   04/01/23   139,424 
 200,000      Domtar Corp   4.400   04/01/22   193,021 
 100,000      Domtar Corp   6.250   09/01/42   97,618 
 591,000      Dow Chemical Co   8.550   05/15/19   753,746 
 1,500,000      Dow Chemical Co   4.250   11/15/20   1,566,699 
 500,000      Dow Chemical Co   4.125   11/15/21   510,373 
 550,000      Dow Chemical Co   3.000   11/15/22   506,437 
 350,000      Dow Chemical Co   5.250   11/15/41   343,326 
 375,000      Dow Chemical Co   4.375   11/15/42   324,205 
58

TIAA-CREF FUNDS - Bond Index Fund

 

              MATURITY    
PRINCIPAL      ISSUER  RATE  DATE  VALUE 
$1,420,000      E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co   4.625%  01/15/20  $1,563,389 
 175,000      Eastman Chemical Co   2.400   06/01/17   177,522 
 165,000      Eastman Chemical Co   5.500   11/15/19   184,761 
 250,000      Eastman Chemical Co   3.600   08/15/22   243,185 
 150,000      Eastman Chemical Co   4.800   09/01/42   142,101 
 90,000      EI du Pont de Nemours & Co   5.250   12/15/16   101,578 
 700,000      EI du Pont de Nemours & Co   6.000   07/15/18   827,812 
 300,000      EI du Pont de Nemours & Co   2.800   02/15/23   282,489 
 225,000      EI du Pont de Nemours & Co   4.150   02/15/43   201,699 
 100,000      FMC Corp   3.950   02/01/22   99,874 
 1,650,000   g  Freeport McMoran   2.375   03/15/18   1,594,634 
 300,000   g  Freeport McMoran   3.100   03/15/20   282,095 
 675,000   g  Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold, Inc   3.875   03/15/23   622,319 
 400,000   g  Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold, Inc   5.450   03/15/43   358,526 
 650,000      Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold, Inc   3.550   03/01/22   597,804 
 200,000      Georgia-Pacific LLC   7.700   06/15/15   221,717 
 300,000      Georgia-Pacific LLC   8.000   01/15/24   385,730 
 250,000      Georgia-Pacific LLC   7.750   11/15/29   316,375 
 250,000      Goldcorp, Inc   2.125   03/15/18   243,602 
 250,000      Goldcorp, Inc   3.700   03/15/23   228,100 
 100,000      Hubbell, Inc   3.625   11/15/22   99,289 
 300,000      International Flavors & Fragrances, Inc   3.200   05/01/23   283,635 
 300,000      International Paper Co   7.950   06/15/18   372,368 
 144,000      International Paper Co   9.375   05/15/19   189,897 
 330,000      International Paper Co   7.500   08/15/21   406,090 
 170,000      International Paper Co   7.300   11/15/39   207,457 
 450,000      International Paper Co   6.000   11/15/41   480,938 
 330,000      Kimberly-Clark Corp   6.250   07/15/18   393,502 
 225,000      Kimberly-Clark Corp   3.625   08/01/20   236,211 
 100,000      Kimberly-Clark Corp   3.875   03/01/21   105,998 
 125,000      Kimberly-Clark Corp   2.400   03/01/22   118,588 
 200,000      Kimberly-Clark Corp   2.400   06/01/23   185,567 
 200,000      Kimberly-Clark Corp   6.625   08/01/37   258,516 
 200,000      Kimberly-Clark Corp   3.700   06/01/43   174,765 
 150,000      Kinross Gold Corp   5.125   09/01/21   142,298 
 92,000      Lubrizol Corp   8.875   02/01/19   122,002 
 150,000      Lubrizol Corp   6.500   10/01/34   181,879 
 300,000      LYB International Finance BV   4.000   07/15/23   297,415 
 300,000      LYB International Finance BV   5.250   07/15/43   295,008 
 500,000      LyondellBasell Industries NV   5.000   04/15/19   550,373 
 300,000      LyondellBasell Industries NV   6.000   11/15/21   342,399 
 300,000      LyondellBasell Industries NV   5.750   04/15/24   335,528 
 250,000      Martin Marietta Materials, Inc   6.600   04/15/18   282,500 
 150,000      Methanex Corp   3.250   12/15/19   147,431 
 200,000      Monsanto Co   2.750   04/15/16   208,714 
 100,000      Monsanto Co   2.200   07/15/22   91,906 
 150,000      Monsanto Co   5.500   08/15/25   173,900 
 100,000      Monsanto Co   3.600   07/15/42   84,808 
 100,000      NewMarket Corp   4.100   12/15/22   96,517 
 200,000      Newmont Mining Corp   5.125   10/01/19   210,367 
 300,000      Newmont Mining Corp   3.500   03/15/22   262,337 
 298,000      Newmont Mining Corp   5.875   04/01/35   267,341 
59

TIAA-CREF FUNDS - Bond Index Fund

 

              MATURITY    
PRINCIPAL      ISSUER  RATE  DATE  VALUE 
$135,000      Newmont Mining Corp   6.250%  10/01/39  $124,891 
 300,000      Newmont Mining Corp   4.875   03/15/42   227,980 
 100,000      Nucor Corp   5.750   12/01/17   113,444 
 130,000      Nucor Corp   5.850   06/01/18   149,602 
 300,000      Nucor Corp   4.125   09/15/22   300,167 
 500,000      Nucor Corp   4.000   08/01/23   489,340 
 300,000      Nucor Corp   5.200   08/01/43   285,930 
 43,000      Owens Corning   9.000   06/15/19   52,292 
 200,000      Owens Corning   4.200   12/15/22   195,109 
 150,000      Packaging Corp of America   3.900   06/15/22   144,228 
 100,000      Plum Creek Timberlands LP   4.700   03/15/21   103,057 
 300,000      Plum Creek Timberlands LP   3.250   03/15/23   274,270 
 650,000      Potash Corp of Saskatchewan, Inc   4.875   03/30/20   709,889 
 200,000      Potash Corp of Saskatchewan, Inc   5.625   12/01/40   211,315 
 150,000      PPG Industries, Inc   2.700   08/15/22   139,099 
 150,000      PPG Industries, Inc   6.650   03/15/18   176,477 
 300,000      PPG Industries, Inc   3.600   11/15/20   304,379 
 405,000      Praxair, Inc   5.250   11/15/14   426,746 
 440,000      Praxair, Inc   3.250   09/15/15   461,914 
 200,000      Praxair, Inc   1.050   11/07/17   195,504 
 250,000      Praxair, Inc   2.200   08/15/22   227,787 
 625,000      Praxair, Inc   3.550   11/07/42   521,016 
 500,000      Precision Castparts Corp   1.250   01/15/18   487,503 
 100,000      Precision Castparts Corp   3.900   01/15/43   88,620 
 150,000      Rio Tinto Finance USA Ltd   2.500   05/20/16   154,427 
 1,500,000      Rio Tinto Finance USA Ltd   6.500   07/15/18   1,768,880 
 570,000      Rio Tinto Finance USA Ltd   3.500   11/02/20   566,551 
 200,000      Rio Tinto Finance USA Ltd   4.125   05/20/21   203,371 
 200,000      Rio Tinto Finance USA Ltd   3.750   09/20/21   197,190 
 250,000      Rio Tinto Finance USA Ltd   7.125   07/15/28   307,482 
 150,000      Rio Tinto Finance USA Ltd   5.200   11/02/40   148,447 
 800,000      Rio Tinto Finance USA plc   1.625   08/21/17   788,260 
 300,000      Rio Tinto Finance USA plc   2.250   12/14/18   295,790 
 400,000      Rio Tinto Finance USA plc   3.500   03/22/22   386,663 
 625,000      Rio Tinto Finance USA plc   2.875   08/21/22   574,294 
 200,000      Rio Tinto Finance USA plc   4.750   03/22/42   185,530 
 150,000      Rio Tinto Finance USA plc   4.125   08/21/42   126,577 
 200,000      Rohm and Haas Co   6.000   09/15/17   229,501 
 100,000      RPM International, Inc   6.125   10/15/19   113,875 
 300,000      RPM International, Inc   3.450   11/15/22   280,553 
 100,000      Sherwin-Williams Co   3.125   12/15/14   102,923 
 175,000      Sherwin-Williams Co   1.350   12/15/17   170,856 
 200,000      Sherwin-Williams Co   4.000   12/15/42   175,799 
 150,000      Sonoco Products Co   5.750   11/01/40   157,156 
 200,000      Southern Copper Corp   5.375   04/16/20   214,166 
 100,000      Southern Copper Corp   7.500   07/27/35   105,053 
 680,000      Southern Copper Corp   6.750   04/16/40   661,841 
 50,000      Teck Resources Ltd   3.850   08/15/17   52,210 
 100,000      Teck Resources Ltd   2.500   02/01/18   98,946 
 300,000      Teck Resources Ltd   3.000   03/01/19   295,720 
 600,000      Teck Resources Ltd   4.500   01/15/21   594,191 
 275,000      Teck Resources Ltd   4.750   01/15/22   275,968 
60

TIAA-CREF FUNDS - Bond Index Fund

 

                MATURITY     
PRINCIPAL      ISSUER  RATE  DATE  VALUE  
$100,000      Teck Resources Ltd   3.750%  02/01/23  $92,052 
 100,000      Teck Resources Ltd   6.250   07/15/41   96,893 
 700,000      Teck Resources Ltd   5.200   03/01/42   595,305 
 150,000      Teck Resources Ltd   5.400   02/01/43   131,098 
 450,000      Vale S.A.   5.625   09/11/42   392,514 
 150,000      Valspar Corp   4.200   01/15/22   151,351 
 150,000      Westlake Chemical Corp   3.600   07/15/22   143,895 
 600,000   g  Xstrata Finance Canada Ltd   2.050   10/23/15   601,633 
        TOTAL MATERIALS          50,070,495 
                      
MEDIA - 0.8%             
 100,000      CBS Corp   1.950   07/01/17   100,541 
 50,000      CBS Corp   5.750   04/15/20   55,847 
 445,000      CBS Corp   4.300   02/15/21   456,651 
 500,000      CBS Corp   3.375   03/01/22   477,604 
 200,000      CBS Corp   7.875   07/30/30   242,433 
 200,000      CBS Corp   4.850   07/01/42   178,623 
 450,000      Comcast Cable Communications LLC   8.875   05/01/17   560,722 
 1,595,000      Comcast Corp   5.150   03/01/20   1,805,811 
 1,350,000      Comcast Corp   3.125   07/15/22   1,315,229 
 300,000      Comcast Corp   2.850   01/15/23   284,483 
 625,000      Comcast Corp   4.250   01/15/33   589,407 
 129,000      Comcast Corp   7.050   03/15/33   159,214 
 345,000      Comcast Corp   5.650   06/15/35   377,266 
 350,000      Comcast Corp   6.950   08/15/37   440,357 
 780,000      Comcast Corp   6.400   03/01/40   933,655 
 350,000      Comcast Corp   4.650   07/15/42   332,827 
 300,000      Comcast Corp   4.500   01/15/43   282,226 
 91,000      COX Communications, Inc   5.450   12/15/14   96,127 
 50,000      DIRECTV Holdings LLC   4.750   10/01/14   51,965 
 600,000      DIRECTV Holdings LLC   3.550   03/15/15   621,310 
 100,000      DIRECTV Holdings LLC   3.500   03/01/16   104,248 
 500,000      DIRECTV Holdings LLC   2.400   03/15/17   502,314 
 500,000      DIRECTV Holdings LLC   1.750   01/15/18   482,089 
 285,000      DIRECTV Holdings LLC   5.200   03/15/20   301,326 
 500,000      DIRECTV Holdings LLC   4.600   02/15/21   501,611 
 1,050,000      DIRECTV Holdings LLC   5.000   03/01/21   1,074,940 
 250,000      DIRECTV Holdings LLC   3.800   03/15/22   233,337 
 145,000      DIRECTV Holdings LLC   6.000   08/15/40   137,558 
 100,000      DIRECTV Holdings LLC   6.375   03/01/41   98,756 
 550,000      DIRECTV Holdings LLC   5.150   03/15/42   467,933 
 500,000      Discovery Communications LLC   3.300   05/15/22   478,661 
 100,000      Discovery Communications LLC   4.950   05/15/42   92,491 
 125,000      Discovery Communications LLC   4.875   04/01/43   115,338 
 550,000      Grupo Televisa S.A.   6.625   03/18/25   633,608 
 348,000      Historic TW, Inc   6.625   05/15/29   396,061 
 100,000      Interpublic Group of Cos, Inc   6.250   11/15/14   104,750 
 300,000      Interpublic Group of Cos, Inc   2.250   11/15/17   294,659 
 100,000      Interpublic Group of Cos, Inc   4.000   03/15/22   96,534 
 900,000      NBC Universal Media LLC   4.450   01/15/43   831,802 
 235,000      NBC Universal Media LLC   3.650   04/30/15   246,276 
 585,000      NBC Universal Media LLC   5.150   04/30/20   663,369 
61

TIAA-CREF FUNDS - Bond Index Fund

 

                MATURITY     
PRINCIPAL      ISSUER  RATE  DATE  VALUE  
$820,000      NBC Universal Media LLC   4.375%  04/01/21  $882,775 
 375,000      NBC Universal Media LLC   2.875   01/15/23   356,627 
 95,000      NBC Universal Media LLC   6.400   04/30/40   112,363 
 150,000      NBC Universal Media LLC   5.950   04/01/41   169,416 
 355,000      News America, Inc   7.250   05/18/18   433,771 
 950,000      News America, Inc   3.000   09/15/22   890,218 
 1,325,000      News America, Inc   6.200   12/15/34   1,434,562 
 1,000,000      News America, Inc   6.150   02/15/41   1,101,620 
 200,000      Omnicom Group, Inc   5.900   04/15/16   223,524 
 200,000      Omnicom Group, Inc   4.450   08/15/20   209,172 
 700,000      Omnicom Group, Inc   3.625   05/01/22   671,377 
 500,000      Time Warner Cable, Inc   5.850   05/01/17   543,744 
 170,000      Time Warner Cable, Inc   6.750   07/01/18   189,855 
 910,000      Time Warner Cable, Inc   8.750   02/14/19   1,070,620 
 1,100,000      Time Warner Cable, Inc   8.250   04/01/19   1,273,362 
 800,000      Time Warner Cable, Inc   4.000   09/01/21   746,375 
 500,000      Time Warner Cable, Inc   6.550   05/01/37   460,063 
 175,000      Time Warner Cable, Inc   6.750   06/15/39   163,077 
 690,000      Time Warner Cable, Inc   5.875   11/15/40   587,241 
 300,000      Time Warner Cable, Inc   5.500   09/01/41   245,996 
 750,000      Time Warner Cable, Inc   4.500   09/15/42   548,372 
 490,000      Time Warner, Inc   3.150   07/15/15   510,037 
 628,000      Time Warner, Inc   5.875   11/15/16   711,263 
 450,000      Time Warner, Inc   4.750   03/29/21   481,959 
 1,400,000      Time Warner, Inc   3.400   06/15/22   1,359,070 
 785,000      Time Warner, Inc   6.500   11/15/36   873,512 
 350,000      Time Warner, Inc   6.100   07/15/40   375,523 
 150,000      Time Warner, Inc   6.250   03/29/41   164,899 
 900,000      Time Warner, Inc   4.900   06/15/42   841,874 
 406,000      Viacom, Inc   4.375   09/15/14   419,100 
 300,000      Viacom, Inc   1.250   02/27/15   300,812 
 250,000      Viacom, Inc   2.500   09/01/18   249,541 
 400,000      Viacom, Inc   3.875   12/15/21   396,040 
 500,000      Viacom, Inc   3.125   06/15/22   465,750 
 200,000      Viacom, Inc   3.250   03/15/23   185,048 
 250,000      Viacom, Inc   4.250   09/01/23   248,642 
 200,000      Viacom, Inc   4.500   02/27/42   166,861 
 504,000      Viacom, Inc   4.375   03/15/43   407,872 
 100,000      Viacom, Inc   4.875   06/15/43   89,266 
 250,000      Viacom, Inc   5.850   09/01/43   254,505 
 261,000      WPP Finance 2010   4.750   11/21/21   269,027 
 300,000      WPP Finance 2010   3.625   09/07/22   284,742 
        TOTAL MEDIA           38,589,432 
                      
PHARMACEUTICALS, BIOTECHNOLOGY & LIFE SCIENCES - 1.0%             
 350,000      Abbott Laboratories   5.125   04/01/19   401,157 
 500,000      Abbott Laboratories   5.300   05/27/40   551,617 
 1,700,000      AbbVie, Inc   1.200   11/06/15   1,706,151 
 800,000      AbbVie, Inc   1.750   11/06/17   793,432 
 700,000      AbbVie, Inc   2.000   11/06/18   687,322 
 1,075,000      AbbVie, Inc   4.400   11/06/42   973,277 
 300,000      Amgen, Inc   2.500   11/15/16   311,390 
62

TIAA-CREF FUNDS - Bond Index Fund

 

              MATURITY    
PRINCIPAL      ISSUER  RATE  DATE  VALUE 
$300,000      Amgen, Inc   2.125%  05/15/17  $304,456 
 550,000      Amgen, Inc   5.850   06/01/17   627,523 
 75,000      Amgen, Inc   4.500   03/15/20   80,517 
 250,000      Amgen, Inc   3.450   10/01/20   252,056 
 700,000      Amgen, Inc   4.100   06/15/21   723,278 
 500,000      Amgen, Inc   3.625   05/15/22   492,983 
 500,000      Amgen, Inc   6.375   06/01/37   562,337 
 1,000,000      Amgen, Inc   6.400   02/01/39   1,118,898 
 150,000      Amgen, Inc   4.950   10/01/41   140,273 
 400,000      Amgen, Inc   5.150   11/15/41   388,302 
 300,000      Amgen, Inc   5.375   05/15/43   298,794 
 800,000      AstraZeneca plc   5.900   09/15/17   930,838 
 600,000      AstraZeneca plc   6.450   09/15/37   731,993 
 450,000      AstraZeneca plc   4.000   09/18/42   399,651 
 100,000      Biogen Idec, Inc   6.875   03/01/18   118,716 
 250,000      Bristol-Myers Squibb Co   0.875   08/01/17   244,760 
 300,000      Bristol-Myers Squibb Co   5.450   05/01/18   348,341 
 303,000      Bristol-Myers Squibb Co   6.125   05/01/38   362,934 
 250,000      Bristol-Myers Squibb Co   3.250   08/01/42   200,077 
 375,000      Eli Lilly & Co   5.200   03/15/17   421,523 
 200,000      Eli Lilly & Co   7.125   06/01/25   260,898 
 450,000      Eli Lilly & Co   5.550   03/15/37   502,487 
 125,000      Genentech, Inc   4.750   07/15/15   133,921 
 100,000      Genentech, Inc   5.250   07/15/35   108,559 
 275,000      Genzyme Corp   3.625   06/15/15   288,785 
 100,000      Gilead Sciences, Inc   2.400   12/01/14   102,074 
 600,000      Gilead Sciences, Inc   4.500   04/01/21   646,335 
 350,000      Gilead Sciences, Inc   4.400   12/01/21   374,920 
 100,000      Gilead Sciences, Inc   5.650   12/01/41   110,608 
 400,000      GlaxoSmithKline Capital, Inc   4.375   04/15/14   408,474 
 300,000      GlaxoSmithKline Capital, Inc   0.700   03/18/16   299,822 
 1,045,000      GlaxoSmithKline Capital, Inc   5.650   05/15/18   1,216,414 
 225,000      GlaxoSmithKline Capital, Inc   2.800   03/18/23   212,457 
 350,000      GlaxoSmithKline Capital, Inc   5.375   04/15/34   387,668 
 443,000      GlaxoSmithKline Capital, Inc   6.375   05/15/38   552,650 
 350,000      GlaxoSmithKline Capital, Inc   4.200   03/18/43   325,295 
 100,000      ICI Wilmington, Inc   5.625   12/01/13   100,819 
 900,000      Johnson & Johnson   2.150   05/15/16   934,160 
 600,000      Johnson & Johnson   2.950   09/01/20   620,225 
 375,000      Johnson & Johnson   5.850   07/15/38   450,009 
 180,000      Johnson & Johnson   4.500   09/01/40   183,620 
 150,000      Johnson & Johnson   4.850   05/15/41   160,674 
 115,000      Life Technologies Corp   3.500   01/15/16   119,526 
 300,000      Life Technologies Corp   5.000   01/15/21   317,081 
 385,000      Mead Johnson Nutrition Co   4.900   11/01/19   426,042 
 400,000      Merck & Co, Inc   0.700   05/18/16   399,544 
 785,000      Merck & Co, Inc   6.000   09/15/17   913,758 
 200,000      Merck & Co, Inc   1.100   01/31/18   195,511 
 400,000      Merck & Co, Inc   1.300   05/18/18   390,470 
 1,500,000      Merck & Co, Inc   3.875   01/15/21   1,583,514 
 200,000      Merck & Co, Inc   2.400   09/15/22   185,893 
 600,000      Merck & Co, Inc   2.800   05/18/23   567,461 
63

TIAA-CREF FUNDS - Bond Index Fund

 

              MATURITY    
PRINCIPAL      ISSUER  RATE  DATE  VALUE 
$150,000      Merck & Co, Inc   6.500%  12/01/33  $190,826 
 100,000      Merck & Co, Inc   3.600   09/15/42   84,483 
 450,000      Merck & Co, Inc   4.150   05/18/43   416,585 
 500,000   g  Mylan, Inc   1.800   06/24/16   502,068 
 500,000   g  Mylan, Inc   2.600   06/24/18   499,116 
 1,245,000      Novartis Capital Corp   2.900   04/24/15   1,293,409 
 390,000      Novartis Capital Corp   4.400   04/24/20   428,192 
 300,000      Novartis Capital Corp   2.400   09/21/22   279,472 
 400,000      Novartis Capital Corp   3.700   09/21/42   348,365 
 100,000      Perrigo Co   2.950   05/15/23   96,675 
 300,000      Pfizer, Inc   0.900   01/15/17   298,513 
 300,000      Pfizer, Inc   1.500   06/15/18   297,572 
 1,460,000      Pfizer, Inc   6.200   03/15/19   1,758,408 
 300,000      Pfizer, Inc   3.000   06/15/23   287,568 
 500,000      Pfizer, Inc   4.300   06/15/43   471,024 
 175,000      Sanofi   1.250   04/10/18   170,843 
 800,000      Sanofi-Aventis S.A.   2.625   03/29/16   834,820 
 750,000      Sanofi-Aventis S.A.   4.000   03/29/21   795,459 
 540,000      Schering-Plough Corp   6.550   09/15/37   684,320 
 100,000      Sigma-Aldrich Corp   3.375   11/01/20   101,497 
 600,000      Teva Pharmaceutical Finance Co BV   2.400   11/10/16   618,635 
 400,000      Teva Pharmaceutical Finance Co BV   2.950   12/18/22   370,612 
 600,000      Teva Pharmaceutical Finance Co LLC   3.000   06/15/15   620,950 
 200,000      Teva Pharmaceutical Finance Co LLC   2.250   03/18/20   189,698 
 350,000      Teva Pharmaceutical Finance Co LLC   6.150   02/01/36   404,163 
 125,000      Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc   5.000   08/15/14   129,287 
 250,000      Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc   1.875   10/01/17   248,429 
 575,000      Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc   3.250   10/01/22   539,069 
 250,000      Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc   4.625   10/01/42   222,043 
 500,000      Wyeth LLC   5.450   04/01/17   570,854 
 1,000,000      Wyeth LLC   6.450   02/01/24   1,238,361 
 945,000      Wyeth LLC   5.950   04/01/37   1,105,697 
 300,000   g  Zoetis, Inc   1.150   02/01/16   301,207 
 125,000   g  Zoetis, Inc   1.875   02/01/18   123,741 
 150,000   g  Zoetis, Inc   3.250   02/01/23   142,802 
 300,000   g  Zoetis, Inc   4.700   02/01/43   279,584 
        TOTAL PHARMACEUTICALS, BIOTECHNOLOGY & LIFE SCIENCES     44,596,617 
                      
REAL ESTATE - 0.5%             
 150,000      Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc   4.600   04/01/22   150,750 
 100,000      Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc   3.900   06/15/23   93,914 
 165,000      AMB Property LP   4.500   08/15/17   177,911 
 384,000      AMB Property LP   6.625   05/15/18   449,003 
 100,000      American Campus Communities Operating Partnership LP   3.750   04/15/23   94,554 
 200,000      AvalonBay Communities, Inc   3.625   10/01/20   203,089 
 100,000      AvalonBay Communities, Inc   3.950   01/15/21   102,626 
 225,000      AvalonBay Communities, Inc   2.950   09/15/22   207,735 
 100,000      AvalonBay Communities, Inc   2.850   03/15/23   90,822 
 115,000      BioMed Realty LP   6.125   04/15/20   127,829 
 100,000      BioMed Realty LP   4.250   07/15/22   97,016 
 25,000      Boston Properties LP   5.000   06/01/15   26,662 
 150,000      Boston Properties LP   3.700   11/15/18   157,641 

64

TIAA-CREF FUNDS - Bond Index Fund

 

              MATURITY    
PRINCIPAL      ISSUER  RATE  DATE  VALUE 
$80,000      Boston Properties LP   5.875%  10/15/19  $92,131 
 175,000      Boston Properties LP   4.125   05/15/21   180,041 
 500,000      Boston Properties LP   3.850   02/01/23   487,068 
 425,000      Boston Properties LP   3.125   09/01/23   389,325 
 200,000      Boston Properties LP   3.800   02/01/24   192,241 
 115,000      Brandywine Operating Partnership LP   5.700   05/01/17   126,772 
 200,000      Brandywine Operating Partnership LP   3.950   02/15/23   189,207 
 250,000      BRE Properties, Inc   3.375   01/15/23   232,129 
 100,000      Camden Property Trust   4.625   06/15/21   105,537 
 200,000      Camden Property Trust   2.950   12/15/22   182,986 
 200,000      Corporate Office Properties LP   5.250   02/15/24   205,268 
 100,000      CubeSmart LP   4.800   07/15/22   103,993 
 500,000      DDR Corp   4.625   07/15/22   509,091 
 275,000      Duke Realty LP   5.950   02/15/17   306,756 
 200,000      Duke Realty LP   4.375   06/15/22   197,740 
 100,000      Duke Realty LP   3.875   10/15/22   95,135 
 100,000      Duke Realty LP   3.625   04/15/23   93,002 
 100,000      Entertainment Properties Trust   5.750   08/15/22   100,896 
 200,000      EPR Properties   5.250   07/15/23   194,172 
 200,000      Equity One, Inc   3.750   11/15/22   188,629 
 35,000      ERP Operating LP   5.250   09/15/14   36,476 
 500,000      ERP Operating LP   5.125   03/15/16   546,808 
 750,000      ERP Operating LP   4.625   12/15/21   791,724 
 100,000      Essex Portfolio LP   3.625   08/15/22   95,724 
 100,000      Essex Portfolio LP   3.250   05/01/23   91,697 
 100,000      Federal Realty Investment Trust   3.000   08/01/22   92,852 
 100,000      Federal Realty Investment Trust   2.750   06/01/23   89,559 
 150,000      HCP, Inc   3.750   02/01/16   157,924 
 430,000      HCP, Inc   6.000   01/30/17   483,577 
 150,000      HCP, Inc   3.750   02/01/19   155,336 
 250,000      HCP, Inc   2.625   02/01/20   237,203 
 150,000      HCP, Inc   5.375   02/01/21   163,208 
 400,000      HCP, Inc   3.150   08/01/22   368,233 
 30,000      HCP, Inc   6.750   02/01/41   35,021 
 100,000      Health Care REIT, Inc   3.625   03/15/16   104,886 
 200,000      Health Care REIT, Inc   4.700   09/15/17   217,631 
 150,000      Health Care REIT, Inc   2.250   03/15/18   148,431 
 200,000      Health Care REIT, Inc   4.125   04/01/19   210,648 
 440,000      Health Care REIT, Inc   6.125   04/15/20   499,580 
 300,000      Health Care REIT, Inc   3.750   03/15/23   283,777 
 200,000      Health Care REIT, Inc   5.125   03/15/43   178,413 
 300,000      Healthcare Realty Trust, Inc   6.500   01/17/17   336,641 
 100,000      Healthcare Realty Trust, Inc   3.750   04/15/23   93,005 
 100,000   g  Healthcare Trust of America Holdings LP   3.700   04/15/23   93,725 
 125,000      Highwoods Properties, Inc   5.850   03/15/17   137,584 
 100,000      Highwoods Realty LP   3.625   01/15/23   92,930 
 350,000      Hospitality Properties Trust   5.125   02/15/15   361,017 
 100,000      Hospitality Properties Trust   5.000   08/15/22   99,872 
 200,000      Hospitality Properties Trust   4.500   06/15/23   192,116 
 600,000      Host Hotels & Resorts LP   3.750   10/15/23   555,388 
 50,000      HRPT Properties Trust   5.875   09/15/20   51,455 
 250,000      Jones Lang LaSalle, Inc   4.400   11/15/22   244,892 

65

TIAA-CREF FUNDS - Bond Index Fund

 

              MATURITY    
PRINCIPAL      ISSUER  RATE  DATE  VALUE 
$35,000      Kilroy Realty Corp   5.000%  11/03/15  $37,552 
 250,000      Kilroy Realty LP   3.800   01/15/23   234,702 
 145,000      Kimco Realty Corp   5.700   05/01/17   162,794 
 300,000      Kimco Realty Corp   3.125   06/01/23   275,330 
 100,000   g  Lexington Realty Trust   4.250   06/15/23   96,768 
 220,000      Liberty Property LP   4.750   10/01/20   231,843 
 150,000      Liberty Property LP   4.125   06/15/22   148,813 
 100,000      Liberty Property LP   3.375   06/15/23   92,442 
 200,000      Liberty Property LP   4.400   02/15/24   199,394 
 125,000      Mack-Cali Realty Corp   7.750   08/15/19   151,180 
 200,000      Mack-Cali Realty LP   2.500   12/15/17   197,715 
 150,000      Mack-Cali Realty LP   4.500   04/18/22   148,355 
 75,000      National Retail Properties, Inc   6.875   10/15/17   87,171 
 100,000      National Retail Properties, Inc   3.800   10/15/22   95,442 
 100,000      National Retail Properties, Inc   3.300   04/15/23   90,872 
 400,000      OMEGA Healthcare Investors, Inc   6.750   10/15/22   430,000 
 200,000      Piedmont Operating Partnership LP   3.400   06/01/23   181,917 
 300,000      Post Apartment Homes LP   3.375   12/01/22   278,786 
 350,000      ProLogis LP   2.750   02/15/19   349,827 
 150,000      ProLogis LP   4.250   08/15/23   149,190 
 200,000      Rayonier, Inc   3.750   04/01/22   192,693 
 40,000      Realty Income Corp   5.950   09/15/16   44,768 
 150,000      Realty Income Corp   2.000   01/31/18   146,642 
 75,000      Realty Income Corp   5.750   01/15/21   82,796 
 200,000      Realty Income Corp   3.250   10/15/22   184,171 
 500,000      Realty Income Corp   4.650   08/01/23   507,036 
 175,000      Regency Centers LP   5.250   08/01/15   186,999 
 10,000      Regency Centers LP   5.875   06/15/17   11,140 
 100,000      Senior Housing Properties Trust   6.750   12/15/21   109,608 
 488,000      Simon Property Group LP   5.100   06/15/15   523,660 
 295,000      Simon Property Group LP   5.250   12/01/16   329,167 
 100,000      Simon Property Group LP   2.800   01/30/17   103,619 
 740,000      Simon Property Group LP   10.350   04/01/19   1,006,502 
 290,000      Simon Property Group LP   4.375   03/01/21   308,462 
 300,000      Simon Property Group LP   3.375   03/15/22   294,317 
 200,000      Simon Property Group LP   2.750   02/01/23   183,523 
 300,000      Simon Property Group LP   4.750   03/15/42   283,375 
 200,000      UDR, Inc   3.700   10/01/20   201,021 
 200,000      UDR, Inc   4.625   01/10/22   206,735 
 100,000   g,i  USB Realty Corp   1.415   12/30/49   85,000 
 55,000      Ventas Realty LP   3.125   11/30/15   57,447 
 300,000      Ventas Realty LP   1.550   09/26/16   300,402 
 175,000      Ventas Realty LP   2.000   02/15/18   171,473 
 200,000      Ventas Realty LP   2.700   04/01/20   190,615 
 300,000      Ventas Realty LP   4.750   06/01/21   315,934 
 350,000      Ventas Realty LP   3.250   08/15/22   326,957 
 100,000      Ventas Realty LP   5.700   09/30/43   101,116 
 100,000      Vornado Realty LP   5.000   01/15/22   104,848 
 195,000      Washington Real Estate Investment Trust   4.950   10/01/20   204,782 
 100,000      Washington Real Estate Investment Trust   3.950   10/15/22   96,189 
 100,000      Weingarten Realty Investors   3.375   10/15/22   92,801 
 100,000      Weingarten Realty Investors   3.500   04/15/23   92,999 
66

TIAA-CREF FUNDS - Bond Index Fund

 

              MATURITY    
PRINCIPAL      ISSUER  RATE  DATE  VALUE 
$500,000      Weyerhaeuser Co   7.375%  10/01/19  $609,703 
 200,000      Weyerhaeuser Co   4.625   09/15/23   203,798 
 400,000      Weyerhaeuser Co   7.375   03/15/32   487,187 
        TOTAL REAL ESTATE           25,386,582 
                      
RETAILING - 0.7%             
 120,000      Advance Auto Parts, Inc   5.750   05/01/20   127,631 
 600,000      Amazon.com, Inc   0.650   11/27/15   599,046 
 600,000      Amazon.com, Inc   2.500   11/29/22   546,814 
 150,000      AutoZone, Inc   6.500   01/15/14   152,410 
 100,000      AutoZone, Inc   4.000   11/15/20   102,190 
 200,000      AutoZone, Inc   3.700   04/15/22   195,877 
 300,000      AutoZone, Inc   2.875   01/15/23   272,346 
 150,000      AutoZone, Inc   3.125   07/15/23   138,554 
 300,000      Cooper US, Inc   2.375   01/15/16   309,467 
 320,000      Costco Wholesale Corp   5.500   03/15/17   365,318 
 500,000      Costco Wholesale Corp   1.125   12/15/17   491,597 
 250,000      Costco Wholesale Corp   1.700   12/15/19   241,663 
 500,000      Dollar General Corp   1.875   04/15/18   485,225 
 100,000      Family Dollar Stores, Inc   5.000   02/01/21   104,820 
 250,000      Gap, Inc   5.950   04/12/21   277,001 
 155,000      Home Depot, Inc   5.250   12/16/13   156,533 
 600,000      Home Depot, Inc   5.400   03/01/16   665,563 
 400,000      Home Depot, Inc   3.950   09/15/20   430,508 
 350,000      Home Depot, Inc   4.400   04/01/21   383,721 
 500,000      Home Depot, Inc   2.700   04/01/23   469,190 
 300,000      Home Depot, Inc   3.750   02/15/24   303,613 
 960,000      Home Depot, Inc   5.875   12/16/36   1,095,789 
 500,000      Home Depot, Inc   4.200   04/01/43   453,518 
 300,000      Home Depot, Inc   4.875   02/15/44   302,507 
 125,000      Kohl’s Corp   6.250   12/15/17   144,277 
 200,000      Kohl’s Corp   3.250   02/01/23   184,471 
 200,000      Kohl’s Corp   4.750   12/15/23   206,141 
 150,000      Kohl’s Corp   6.000   01/15/33   150,462 
 100,000      Kohl’s Corp   6.875   12/15/37   111,470 
 400,000      Lowe’s Cos, Inc   2.125   04/15/16   412,002 
 200,000      Lowe’s Cos, Inc   3.800   11/15/21   205,103 
 850,000      Lowe’s Cos, Inc   3.120   04/15/22   828,352 
 300,000      Lowe’s Cos, Inc   3.875   09/15/23   303,827 
 200,000      Lowe’s Cos, Inc   6.875   02/15/28   247,262 
 175,000      Lowe’s Cos, Inc   5.500   10/15/35   187,284 
 150,000      Lowe’s Cos, Inc   5.800   04/15/40   165,828 
 150,000      Lowe’s Cos, Inc   5.125   11/15/41   153,896 
 100,000      Lowe’s Cos, Inc   4.650   04/15/42   96,150 
 300,000      Lowe’s Cos, Inc   5.000   09/15/43   302,211 
 191,000      Macy’s Retail Holdings, Inc   5.900   12/01/16   215,621 
 250,000      Macy’s Retail Holdings, Inc   3.875   01/15/22   247,852 
 125,000      Macy’s Retail Holdings, Inc   2.875   02/15/23   112,395 
 200,000      Macy’s Retail Holdings, Inc   4.375   09/01/23   201,695 
 400,000      Macy’s Retail Holdings, Inc   6.900   04/01/29   457,804 
 200,000      Macy’s Retail Holdings, Inc   6.375   03/15/37   221,433 
 200,000      Macy’s Retail Holdings, Inc   4.300   02/15/43   169,014 

67

TIAA-CREF FUNDS - Bond Index Fund

 

              MATURITY    
PRINCIPAL      ISSUER  RATE  DATE  VALUE 
$300,000      Nordstrom, Inc   6.250%  01/15/18  $349,133 
 30,000      Nordstrom, Inc   4.750   05/01/20   33,042 
 100,000      Nordstrom, Inc   4.000   10/15/21   104,512 
 100,000      Nordstrom, Inc   7.000   01/15/38   127,567 
 150,000      O’Reilly Automotive, Inc   4.875   01/14/21   159,226 
 100,000      O’Reilly Automotive, Inc   3.800   09/01/22   98,384 
 200,000      O’Reilly Automotive, Inc   3.850   06/15/23   193,111 
 900,000      Phillips 66   2.950   05/01/17   931,593 
 400,000      Phillips 66   5.875   05/01/42   420,163 
 100,000      QVC, Inc   5.125   07/02/22   98,318 
 100,000      QVC, Inc   4.375   03/15/23   92,999 
 150,000      QVC, Inc   5.950   03/15/43   130,095 
 150,000      Staples, Inc   2.750   01/12/18   150,889 
 150,000      Staples, Inc   4.375   01/12/23   144,532 
 100,000      Target Corp   1.125   07/18/14   100,630 
 1,150,000      Target Corp   3.875   07/15/20   1,234,890 
 900,000      Target Corp   2.900   01/15/22   878,717 
 200,000      Target Corp   6.500   10/15/37   246,466 
 550,000      Target Corp   4.000   07/01/42   488,656 
 105,000      TJX Cos, Inc   6.950   04/15/19   127,254 
 300,000      TJX Cos, Inc   2.500   05/15/23   278,537 
 650,000      Wal-Mart Stores, Inc   4.500   07/01/15   694,572 
 200,000      Wal-Mart Stores, Inc   1.500   10/25/15   203,662 
 200,000      Wal-Mart Stores, Inc   2.800   04/15/16   210,301 
 350,000      Wal-Mart Stores, Inc   1.125   04/11/18   342,180 
 300,000      Wal-Mart Stores, Inc   1.950   12/15/18   299,408 
 1,400,000      Wal-Mart Stores, Inc   3.250   10/25/20   1,443,065 
 1,950,000      Wal-Mart Stores, Inc   4.250   04/15/21   2,117,737 
 1,000,000      Wal-Mart Stores, Inc   2.550   04/11/23   924,608 
 69,000      Wal-Mart Stores, Inc   7.550   02/15/30   92,685 
 1,095,000      Wal-Mart Stores, Inc   5.250   09/01/35   1,173,367 
 160,000      Wal-Mart Stores, Inc   6.500   08/15/37   198,600 
 900,000      Wal-Mart Stores, Inc   6.200   04/15/38   1,078,744 
 65,000      Wal-Mart Stores, Inc   5.625   04/01/40   73,077 
 345,000      Wal-Mart Stores, Inc   5.000   10/25/40   355,811 
 850,000      Wal-Mart Stores, Inc   4.000   04/11/43   757,766 
 400,000      Wal-Mart Stores, Inc   4.750   10/02/43   396,716 
        TOTAL RETAILING           30,746,464 
                      
SEMICONDUCTORS & SEMICONDUCTOR EQUIPMENT - 0.1%             
 200,000      Altera Corp   1.750   05/15/17   198,334 
 500,000      Analog Devices, Inc   2.875   06/01/23   464,523 
 55,000      Broadcom Corp   1.500   11/01/13   55,041 
 140,000      Broadcom Corp   2.375   11/01/15   144,169 
 150,000      Broadcom Corp   2.500   08/15/22   136,845 
 900,000      Intel Corp   1.950   10/01/16   925,058 
 475,000      Intel Corp   1.350   12/15/17   468,864 
 750,000      Intel Corp   2.700   12/15/22   696,549 
 500,000      Intel Corp   4.000   12/15/32   459,478 
 500,000      Intel Corp   4.800   10/01/41   479,068 
 200,000      Maxim Integrated Products, Inc   3.375   03/15/23   186,238 
 310,000      National Semiconductor Corp   3.950   04/15/15   325,218 

68

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              MATURITY    
PRINCIPAL      ISSUER  RATE  DATE  VALUE 
$200,000      Texas Instruments, Inc   0.450%  08/03/15  $199,546 
 200,000      Texas Instruments, Inc   2.375   05/16/16   207,969 
 200,000      Texas Instruments, Inc   1.000   05/01/18   192,659 
 200,000      Texas Instruments, Inc   1.650   08/03/19   193,156 
 200,000      Texas Instruments, Inc   2.250   05/01/23   180,606 
        TOTAL SEMICONDUCTORS & SEMICONDUCTOR EQUIPMENT           5,513,321 
                      
SOFTWARE & SERVICES - 0.5%             
 285,000      Adobe Systems, Inc   3.250   02/01/15   294,222 
 20,000      Adobe Systems, Inc   4.750   02/01/20   21,801 
 200,000      Autodesk, Inc   1.950   12/15/17   196,032 
 300,000      Baidu, Inc   2.250   11/28/17   295,078 
 500,000      Baidu, Inc   3.250   08/06/18   499,772 
 200,000      Baidu, Inc   3.500   11/28/22   182,903 
 20,000   g  CA, Inc   6.125   12/01/14   21,114 
 250,000      CA, Inc   2.875   08/15/18   252,210 
 300,000      CA, Inc   5.375   12/01/19   332,854 
 120,000      Computer Sciences Corp   6.500   03/15/18   138,455 
 200,000      Computer Sciences Corp   4.450   09/15/22   196,559 
 300,000      Expedia, Inc   7.456   08/15/18   348,446 
 250,000      Fidelity National Information Services, Inc   2.000   04/15/18   243,523 
 500,000      Fidelity National Information Services, Inc   3.500   04/15/23   449,763 
 50,000      Fiserv, Inc   3.125   10/01/15   51,846 
 150,000      Fiserv, Inc   3.125   06/15/16   156,530 
 100,000      Fiserv, Inc   6.800   11/20/17   116,602 
 550,000      Fiserv, Inc   3.500   10/01/22   520,724 
 100,000      Google, Inc   1.250   05/19/14   100,580 
 700,000      Google, Inc   2.125   05/19/16   725,482 
 100,000      Google, Inc   3.625   05/19/21   104,737 
 700,000      International Business Machines Corp   0.750   05/11/15   703,415 
 300,000      International Business Machines Corp   2.000   01/05/16   308,208 
 250,000      International Business Machines Corp   1.950   07/22/16   257,432 
 225,000      International Business Machines Corp   1.250   02/06/17   225,738 
 1,000,000      International Business Machines Corp   5.700   09/14/17   1,157,895 
 400,000      International Business Machines Corp   1.250   02/08/18   393,153 
 200,000      International Business Machines Corp   1.875   05/15/19   197,421 
 800,000      International Business Machines Corp   8.375   11/01/19   1,068,287 
 500,000      International Business Machines Corp   2.900   11/01/21   490,535 
 300,000      International Business Machines Corp   1.875   08/01/22   266,905 
 400,000      International Business Machines Corp   7.000   10/30/25   518,619 
 19,000      International Business Machines Corp   5.600   11/30/39   21,552 
 585,000      International Business Machines Corp   4.000   06/20/42   524,023 
 200,000      Intuit, Inc   5.750   03/15/17   222,830 
 175,000      Juniper Networks, Inc   4.600   03/15/21   178,792 
 475,000      Microsoft Corp   0.875   11/15/17   466,752 
 925,000      Microsoft Corp   4.200   06/01/19   1,021,407 
 540,000      Microsoft Corp   3.000   10/01/20   550,358 
 450,000      Microsoft Corp   4.000   02/08/21   482,000 
 400,000      Microsoft Corp   2.125   11/15/22   363,924 
 500,000      Microsoft Corp   3.500   11/15/42   404,518 
 300,000      Microsoft Corp   3.750   05/01/43   253,349 
 320,000      Oracle Corp   3.750   07/08/14   328,309 
69

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              MATURITY    
PRINCIPAL      ISSUER  RATE  DATE  VALUE 
$1,000,000      Oracle Corp   1.200%  10/15/17  $982,139 
 320,000      Oracle Corp   5.750   04/15/18   372,669 
 750,000      Oracle Corp   2.375   01/15/19   753,530 
 1,365,000      Oracle Corp   3.875   07/15/20   1,451,806 
 925,000      Oracle Corp   2.500   10/15/22   852,714 
 550,000      Oracle Corp   6.500   04/15/38   678,268 
 470,000      Oracle Corp   6.125   07/08/39   559,755 
 290,000      Symantec Corp   2.750   09/15/15   299,065 
 250,000      Symantec Corp   2.750   06/15/17   253,971 
 200,000      Symantec Corp   3.950   06/15/22   196,847 
 250,000      Total System Services, Inc   2.375   06/01/18   243,888 
 125,000      Total System Services, Inc   3.750   06/01/23   115,698 
        TOTAL SOFTWARE & SERVICES           22,415,005 
                      
TECHNOLOGY HARDWARE & EQUIPMENT - 0.6%            
 75,000      Amphenol Corp   4.750   11/15/14   78,239 
 150,000      Amphenol Corp   4.000   02/01/22   148,764 
 750,000      Apple, Inc   0.450   05/03/16   744,753 
 1,000,000      Apple, Inc   1.000   05/03/18   963,254 
 1,475,000      Apple, Inc   2.400   05/03/23   1,335,142 
 825,000      Apple, Inc   3.850   05/04/43   691,311 
 100,000      CC Holdings GS V LLC   2.381   12/15/17   98,584 
 1,043,000      Cisco Systems, Inc   4.950   02/15/19   1,183,480 
 1,900,000      Cisco Systems, Inc   4.450   01/15/20   2,092,384 
 600,000      Cisco Systems, Inc   5.900   02/15/39   695,991 
 350,000      Dell, Inc   5.875   06/15/19   346,500 
 510,000      Discovery Communications LLC   5.050   06/01/20   564,653 
 100,000      Discovery Communications LLC   4.375   06/15/21   104,706 
 600,000      Discovery Communications LLC   3.250   04/01/23   564,412 
 100,000      Discovery Communications LLC   6.350   06/01/40   109,840 
 400,000      EMC Corp   1.875   06/01/18   398,496 
 400,000      EMC Corp   2.650   06/01/20   395,956 
 400,000      EMC Corp   3.375   06/01/23   390,869 
 300,000      General Electric Co   0.850   10/09/15   300,691 
 750,000      General Electric Co   5.250   12/06/17   853,613 
 975,000      General Electric Co   2.700   10/09/22   919,671 
 825,000      General Electric Co   4.125   10/09/42   757,383 
 300,000      Harris Corp   4.400   12/15/20   310,901 
 600,000      Hewlett-Packard Co   2.125   09/13/15   608,607 
 1,900,000      Hewlett-Packard Co   3.000   09/15/16   1,961,119 
 175,000      Hewlett-Packard Co   2.600   09/15/17   176,709 
 700,000      Hewlett-Packard Co   3.750   12/01/20   680,357 
 200,000      Hewlett-Packard Co   4.375   09/15/21   194,082 
 100,000      Hewlett-Packard Co   4.650   12/09/21   98,211 
 200,000      Hewlett-Packard Co   4.050   09/15/22   191,331 
 650,000      Hewlett-Packard Co   6.000   09/15/41   598,807 
 200,000      Ingram Micro, Inc   5.000   08/10/22   198,615 
 300,000      International Business Machines Corp   0.450   05/06/16   297,512 
 300,000      International Business Machines Corp   1.625   05/15/20   281,845 
 300,000      International Business Machines Corp   3.375   08/01/23   295,979 
 85,000      International Game Technology   7.500   06/15/19   99,364 
 500,000      International Game Technology   5.350   10/15/23   510,787 
70

TIAA-CREF FUNDS - Bond Index Fund

 

              MATURITY    
PRINCIPAL      ISSUER  RATE  DATE  VALUE 
$547,000      Koninklijke Philips Electronics NV   5.750%  03/11/18  $630,500 
 100,000      Koninklijke Philips Electronics NV   6.875   03/11/38   121,563 
 300,000      Koninklijke Philips Electronics NV   5.000   03/15/42   294,544 
 100,000      L-3 Communications Corp   3.950   11/15/16   106,663 
 420,000      L-3 Communications Corp   5.200   10/15/19   456,393 
 300,000      L-3 Communications Corp   4.950   02/15/21   317,677 
 100,000      Lexmark International, Inc   6.650   06/01/18   110,535 
 100,000      Lexmark International, Inc   5.125   03/15/20   103,083 
 200,000      Motorola Solutions, Inc   6.000   11/15/17   228,144 
 200,000      Motorola Solutions, Inc   3.750   05/15/22   190,930 
 250,000      Motorola Solutions, Inc   3.500   03/01/23   233,408 
 200,000      NetApp, Inc   2.000   12/15/17   196,901 
 200,000      NetApp, Inc   3.250   12/15/22   183,640 
 100,000      Tech Data Corp   3.750   09/21/17   102,447 
 200,000      Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson   4.125   05/15/22   195,600 
 225,000      Tyco Electronics Group S.A.   6.550   10/01/17   259,440 
 250,000      Tyco Electronics Group S.A.   3.500   02/03/22   240,052 
 225,000      Xerox Corp   8.250   05/15/14   235,180 
 330,000      Xerox Corp   4.250   02/15/15   344,083 
 100,000      Xerox Corp   2.950   03/15/17   102,549 
 250,000      Xerox Corp   6.350   05/15/18   287,129 
 700,000      Xerox Corp   5.625   12/15/19   777,705 
        TOTAL TECHNOLOGY HARDWARE & EQUIPMENT           25,961,084 
                      
TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES - 1.5%                
 200,000      America Movil SAB de C.V.   3.625   03/30/15   206,324 
 500,000      America Movil SAB de C.V.   2.375   09/08/16   508,400 
 1,430,000      America Movil SAB de C.V.   5.000   03/30/20   1,537,497 
 450,000      America Movil SAB de C.V.   3.125   07/16/22   414,206 
 440,000      America Movil SAB de C.V.   6.125   03/30/40   459,725 
 525,000      America Movil SAB de C.V.   4.375   07/16/42   430,191 
 1,150,000      American Tower Corp   4.500   01/15/18   1,214,559 
 500,000      American Tower Corp   3.400   02/15/19   494,194 
 200,000      American Tower Corp   4.700   03/15/22   194,328 
 250,000      American Tower Corp   3.500   01/31/23   219,451 
 500,000      American Tower Corp   5.000   02/15/24   489,404 
 350,000      AT&T, Inc   5.100   09/15/14   365,020 
 1,765,000      AT&T, Inc   2.500   08/15/15   1,817,992 
 400,000      AT&T, Inc   0.800   12/01/15   398,850 
 600,000      AT&T, Inc   0.900   02/12/16   597,159 
 150,000      AT&T, Inc   2.950   05/15/16   156,844 
 600,000      AT&T, Inc   1.600   02/15/17   601,377 
 750,000      AT&T, Inc   1.700   06/01/17   747,622 
 325,000      AT&T, Inc   1.400   12/01/17   317,254 
 950,000      AT&T, Inc   5.800   02/15/19   1,094,149 
 500,000      AT&T, Inc   4.450   05/15/21   525,108 
 3,300,000      AT&T, Inc   3.000   02/15/22   3,094,743 
 400,000      AT&T, Inc   2.625   12/01/22   358,513 
 217,000      AT&T, Inc   6.500   09/01/37   239,742 
 1,575,000      AT&T, Inc   6.300   01/15/38   1,702,208 
 322,000      AT&T, Inc   5.350   09/01/40   312,517 
 1,200,000      AT&T, Inc   5.550   08/15/41   1,191,174 

71

TIAA-CREF FUNDS - Bond Index Fund

 

              MATURITY    
PRINCIPAL      ISSUER  RATE  DATE  VALUE 
$866,000      AT&T, Inc   4.300%  12/15/42  $721,007 
 1,854,000      AT&T, Inc   4.350   06/15/45   1,530,379 
 250,000      British Telecommunications plc   2.000   06/22/15   254,574 
 300,000      British Telecommunications plc   1.625   06/28/16   301,620 
 400,000      British Telecommunications plc   5.950   01/15/18   458,440 
 650,000      British Telecommunications plc   9.625   12/15/30   962,512 
 1,365,000      Cellco Partnership   8.500   11/15/18   1,749,228 
 450,000      Deutsche Telekom International Finance BV   5.750   03/23/16   497,472 
 850,000      Deutsche Telekom International Finance BV   6.000   07/08/19   993,337 
 740,000      Deutsche Telekom International Finance BV   8.750   06/15/30   1,025,409 
 600,000      Embarq Corp   7.995   06/01/36   610,843 
 495,000      France Telecom S.A.   2.125   09/16/15   502,611 
 700,000      France Telecom S.A.   4.125   09/14/21   705,076 
 745,000      France Telecom S.A.   8.750   03/01/31   991,557 
 100,000      France Telecom S.A.   5.375   01/13/42   96,104 
 250,000      Koninklijke KPN NV   8.375   10/01/30   319,878 
 150,000      Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corp   1.400   07/18/17   148,956 
 400,000      Qwest Corp   7.500   10/01/14   423,831 
 300,000      Qwest Corp   6.500   06/01/17   338,137 
 400,000      Qwest Corp   6.750   12/01/21   429,568 
 125,000      Rogers Communications, Inc   4.500   03/15/43   109,300 
 600,000      Rogers Communications, Inc   6.800   08/15/18   716,609 
 200,000      Rogers Communications, Inc   4.100   10/01/23   200,620 
 300,000      Rogers Communications, Inc   5.450   10/01/43   297,290 
 350,000      Rogers Wireless, Inc   7.500   03/15/15   383,336 
 56,000      Telecom Italia Capital S.A.   6.175   06/18/14   57,637 
 1,555,000      Telecom Italia Capital S.A.   7.175   06/18/19   1,709,702 
 600,000      Telecom Italia Capital S.A.   7.721   06/04/38   577,516 
 600,000      Telefonica Emisiones SAU   3.992   02/16/16   621,526 
 400,000      Telefonica Emisiones SAU   3.192   04/27/18   394,676 
 2,020,000      Telefonica Emisiones SAU   5.134   04/27/20   2,068,145 
 500,000      Telefonica Emisiones SAU   4.570   04/27/23   479,489 
 100,000      Telefonos de Mexico SAB de C.V.   5.500   01/27/15   105,363 
 100,000      Telefonos de Mexico SAB de C.V.   5.500   11/15/19   109,713 
 850,000      Verizon Communications, Inc   5.550   02/15/16   934,669 
 1,400,000      Verizon Communications, Inc   3.000   04/01/16   1,459,499 
 2,500,000      Verizon Communications, Inc   2.500   09/15/16   2,576,715 
 300,000      Verizon Communications, Inc   1.100   11/01/17   289,023 
 1,140,000      Verizon Communications, Inc   5.500   02/15/18   1,291,228 
 1,900,000      Verizon Communications, Inc   3.650   09/14/18   2,002,017 
 143,000      Verizon Communications, Inc   8.750   11/01/18   183,715 
 700,000      Verizon Communications, Inc   6.350   04/01/19   821,472 
 2,500,000      Verizon Communications, Inc   4.500   09/15/20   2,658,665 
 950,000      Verizon Communications, Inc   3.500   11/01/21   934,391 
 500,000      Verizon Communications, Inc   2.450   11/01/22   443,341 
 2,250,000      Verizon Communications, Inc   5.150   09/15/23   2,411,519 
 1,550,000      Verizon Communications, Inc   6.400   09/15/33   1,721,295 
 380,000      Verizon Communications, Inc   6.250   04/01/37   409,872 
 620,000      Verizon Communications, Inc   6.400   02/15/38   682,655 
 300,000      Verizon Communications, Inc   6.000   04/01/41   315,781 
 1,150,000      Verizon Communications, Inc   4.750   11/01/41   1,027,025 
 1,425,000      Verizon Communications, Inc   3.850   11/01/42   1,125,251 
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TIAA-CREF FUNDS - Bond Index Fund

 

              MATURITY    
PRINCIPAL      ISSUER  RATE  DATE  VALUE 
$2,025,000      Verizon Communications, Inc   6.550%  09/15/43  $2,286,097 
 225,000      Verizon New England, Inc   4.750   10/01/13   225,000 
 150,000      Vodafone Group plc   5.000   12/16/13   151,416 
 303,000      Vodafone Group plc   5.625   02/27/17   340,096 
 250,000      Vodafone Group plc   1.625   03/20/17   248,623 
 500,000      Vodafone Group plc   1.250   09/26/17   485,914 
 400,000      Vodafone Group plc   1.500   02/19/18   388,869 
 1,500,000      Vodafone Group plc   5.450   06/10/19   1,699,988 
 650,000      Vodafone Group plc   4.375   03/16/21   679,752 
 500,000      Vodafone Group plc   2.500   09/26/22   443,976 
 400,000      Vodafone Group plc   2.950   02/19/23   367,496 
 150,000      Vodafone Group plc   6.150   02/27/37   163,951 
 400,000      Vodafone Group plc   4.375   02/19/43   347,754 
        TOTAL TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES           69,697,077 
                      
TRANSPORTATION - 0.6%             
 100,000      ABB Finance USA, Inc   1.625   05/08/17   100,123 
 500,000      ABB Finance USA, Inc   2.875   05/08/22   482,841 
 150,000      ABB Finance USA, Inc   4.375   05/08/42   140,756 
 400,000   g  American Airlines   4.950   01/15/23   402,000 
 500,000   g  American Airlines   4.000   07/15/25   468,750 
 200,000      Boeing Capital Corp   2.125   08/15/16   206,586 
 700,000      Boeing Capital Corp   2.900   08/15/18   731,219 
 625,000      Boeing Co   0.950   05/15/18   600,496 
 750,000      Boeing Co   3.750   11/20/16   811,620 
 350,000      Boeing Co   5.875   02/15/40   423,108 
 555,000      Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp   4.700   10/01/19   618,667 
 360,000      Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp   5.750   05/01/40   392,617 
 500,000      Burlington Northern Santa Fe LLC   4.100   06/01/21   526,268 
 300,000      Burlington Northern Santa Fe LLC   3.050   03/15/22   288,762 
 150,000      Burlington Northern Santa Fe LLC   3.050   09/01/22   143,123 
 200,000      Burlington Northern Santa Fe LLC   3.000   03/15/23   188,196 
 500,000      Burlington Northern Santa Fe LLC   3.850   09/01/23   501,309 
 250,000      Burlington Northern Santa Fe LLC   5.050   03/01/41   248,815 
 200,000      Burlington Northern Santa Fe LLC   4.400   03/15/42   181,267 
 200,000      Burlington Northern Santa Fe LLC   4.450   03/15/43   181,933 
 500,000      Burlington Northern Santa Fe LLC   5.150   09/01/43   502,844 
 200,000      Canadian National Railway Co   5.550   05/15/18   230,874 
 200,000      Canadian National Railway Co   5.550   03/01/19   231,900 
 100,000      Canadian National Railway Co   2.850   12/15/21   97,651 
 300,000      Canadian National Railway Co   2.250   11/15/22   273,871 
 200,000      Canadian National Railway Co   6.900   07/15/28   254,927 
 200,000      Canadian National Railway Co   6.250   08/01/34   241,420 
 250,000      Canadian National Railway Co   3.500   11/15/42   203,968 
 200,000      Canadian Pacific Railway Co   7.250   05/15/19   245,255 
 200,000      Canadian Pacific Railway Co   7.125   10/15/31   242,262 
 250,000      Canadian Pacific Railway Co   5.950   05/15/37   274,883 
 100,000      Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd   5.750   01/15/42   109,638 
 200,000      Carnival Corp   1.875   12/15/17   195,908 
 428,206      Continental Airlines, Inc   4.750   01/12/21   452,827 
 29,826      Continental Airlines, Inc   5.983   04/19/22   31,914 
 200,000      Continental Airlines, Inc   4.000   10/29/24   193,500 

73

TIAA-CREF FUNDS - Bond Index Fund

 

              MATURITY    
PRINCIPAL      ISSUER  RATE  DATE  VALUE 
$100,000      Con-Way, Inc   7.250%  01/15/18  $113,344 
 850,000      CSX Corp   7.375   02/01/19   1,044,038 
 100,000      CSX Corp   6.000   10/01/36   112,076 
 200,000      CSX Corp   6.150   05/01/37   228,250 
 400,000      CSX Corp   5.500   04/15/41   424,019 
 350,000      CSX Corp   4.400   03/01/43   315,727 
 100,000      CSX Corp   4.100   03/15/44   84,731 
 401,879      Delta Air Lines, Inc   5.300   04/15/19   430,010 
 192,858      Delta Air Lines, Inc   4.750   05/07/20   202,501 
 184,521   g  Embraer Overseas Ltd   5.696   09/16/23   179,908 
 100,000      Embraer S.A.   5.150   06/15/22   97,000 
 134,000      FedEx Corp   8.000   01/15/19   168,519 
 200,000      FedEx Corp   2.625   08/01/22   183,683 
 200,000      FedEx Corp   2.700   04/15/23   183,489 
 200,000      FedEx Corp   3.875   08/01/42   166,575 
 350,000      FedEx Corp   4.100   04/15/43   303,007 
 100,000      GATX Corp   3.500   07/15/16   104,388 
 100,000      GATX Corp   2.375   07/30/18   98,800 
 125,000      GATX Corp   4.750   06/15/22   127,517 
 100,000      GATX Corp   3.900   03/30/23   96,703 
 250,000      Hawaiian Airlines Pass Through Certificates   3.900   01/15/26   228,750 
 100,000   g  Kansas City Southern de Mexico S.A. de C.V.   3.000   05/15/23   91,949 
 100,000   g  Kansas City Southern Railway   4.300   05/15/43   88,506 
 210,000      Norfolk Southern Corp   5.750   04/01/18   242,422 
 100,000      Norfolk Southern Corp   3.250   12/01/21   99,237 
 250,000      Norfolk Southern Corp   3.000   04/01/22   240,932 
 1,291,000      Norfolk Southern Corp   2.903   02/15/23   1,208,459 
 81,000      Norfolk Southern Corp   5.590   05/17/25   91,767 
 16,000      Norfolk Southern Corp   4.837   10/01/41   15,723 
 750,000      Norfolk Southern Corp   3.950   10/01/42   636,011 
 200,000      Norfolk Southern Corp   4.800   08/15/43   194,364 
 250,000      Northrop Grumman Corp   1.750   06/01/18   245,371 
 650,000      Northrop Grumman Corp   3.500   03/15/21   657,348 
 400,000      Northrop Grumman Corp   3.250   08/01/23   378,047 
 100,000      Northrop Grumman Corp   5.050   11/15/40   99,236 
 400,000      Northrop Grumman Corp   4.750   06/01/43   377,409 
 350,000      Ryder System, Inc   3.150   03/02/15   360,464 
 50,000      Ryder System, Inc   3.600   03/01/16   52,509 
 150,000      Ryder System, Inc   2.500   03/01/17   151,486 
 150,000      Ryder System, Inc   2.500   03/01/18   150,492 
 325,000      Southwest Airlines Co   5.250   10/01/14   337,891 
 331,000      Union Pacific Corp   4.163   07/15/22   349,637 
 500,000      Union Pacific Corp   2.950   01/15/23   476,158 
 277,000   g  Union Pacific Corp   3.646   02/15/24   278,392 
 100,000      Union Pacific Corp   4.750   09/15/41   99,661 
 100,000      Union Pacific Corp   4.300   06/15/42   93,848 
 150,000      Union Pacific Corp   4.250   04/15/43   138,783 
 200,000   g  Union Pacific Corp   4.821   02/01/44   202,203 
 300,000      United Airlines Pass Through Trust   4.300   08/15/25   293,250 
 42,000      United Parcel Service, Inc   3.875   04/01/14   42,704 
 100,000      United Parcel Service, Inc   1.125   10/01/17   98,553 
 100,000      United Parcel Service, Inc   5.500   01/15/18   114,785 
74

TIAA-CREF FUNDS - Bond Index Fund

 

              MATURITY    
PRINCIPAL      ISSUER  RATE  DATE  VALUE 
$300,000      United Parcel Service, Inc   5.125%  04/01/19  $344,517 
 1,105,000      United Parcel Service, Inc   3.125   01/15/21   1,119,936 
 200,000      United Parcel Service, Inc   2.450   10/01/22   186,904 
 35,000      United Parcel Service, Inc   6.200   01/15/38   43,007 
 450,000      United Parcel Service, Inc   3.625   10/01/42   385,802 
 200,000      US Airways Pass Through Trust   4.625   06/03/25   193,000 
 300,000      US Airways Pass Through Trust   3.950   11/15/25   277,500 
        TOTAL TRANSPORTATION           26,773,396 
                      
UTILITIES - 2.0%            
 370,000      AGL Capital Corp   5.250   08/15/19   421,086 
 275,000      AGL Capital Corp   4.400   06/01/43   250,321 
 200,000      Alabama Power Co   0.550   10/15/15   199,337 
 300,000      Alabama Power Co   5.200   06/01/41   322,001 
 200,000      Alabama Power Co   3.850   12/01/42   173,383 
 60,000      Alliant Energy Corp   4.000   10/15/14   61,994 
 100,000      Ameren Corp   8.875   05/15/14   104,800 
 600,000      Ameren Illinois Co   2.700   09/01/22   570,728 
 250,000      American Water Capital Corp   6.085   10/15/17   288,441 
 125,000      American Water Capital Corp   4.300   12/01/42   113,924 
 50,000      Appalachian Power Co   3.400   05/24/15   51,928 
 140,000      Appalachian Power Co   7.000   04/01/38   168,676 
 150,000      Arizona Public Service Co   8.750   03/01/19   193,911 
 350,000      Arizona Public Service Co   4.500   04/01/42   332,643 
 60,000      Atmos Energy Corp   4.950   10/15/14   62,504 
 100,000      Atmos Energy Corp   8.500   03/15/19   128,742 
 100,000      Atmos Energy Corp   5.500   06/15/41   109,486 
 125,000      Atmos Energy Corp   4.150   01/15/43   110,994 
 100,000      Baltimore Gas & Electric Co   3.500   11/15/21   100,933 
 400,000      Baltimore Gas & Electric Co   3.350   07/01/23   389,662 
 785,000      Carolina Power & Light Co   5.300   01/15/19   904,896 
 350,000      Carolina Power & Light Co   3.000   09/15/21   347,370 
 150,000      Carolina Power & Light Co   2.800   05/15/22   144,223 
 100,000      Carolina Power & Light Co   4.100   05/15/42   92,205 
 300,000      Carolina Power & Light Co   4.100   03/15/43   272,694 
 100,000      CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric LLC   2.250   08/01/22   92,251 
 100,000      CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric LLC   6.950   03/15/33   129,656 
 100,000      CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric LLC   3.550   08/01/42   83,716 
 423,000      CenterPoint Energy Resources Corp   4.500   01/15/21   459,395 
 203,000      Cleco Power LLC   6.000   12/01/40   221,093 
 100,000      CMS Energy Corp   4.700   03/31/43   92,614 
 500,000      Commonwealth Edison Co   1.950   09/01/16   511,362 
 775,000      Commonwealth Edison Co   4.000   08/01/20   826,585 
 387,000      Commonwealth Edison Co   5.900   03/15/36   447,910 
 200,000      Commonwealth Edison Co   3.800   10/01/42   172,457 
 300,000      Commonwealth Edison Co   4.600   08/15/43   294,634 
 210,000      Connecticut Light & Power Co   5.500   02/01/19   242,487 
 200,000      Connecticut Light & Power Co   2.500   01/15/23   186,265 
 60,000      Consolidated Edison Co of New York, Inc   6.650   04/01/19   73,193 
 1,390,000      Consolidated Edison Co of New York, Inc   4.450   06/15/20   1,528,532 
 325,000      Consolidated Edison Co of New York, Inc   5.700   06/15/40   374,016 
 200,000      Consolidated Edison Co of New York, Inc   4.200   03/15/42   185,223 
75

TIAA-CREF FUNDS - Bond Index Fund

 

              MATURITY    
PRINCIPAL      ISSUER  RATE  DATE  VALUE 
$550,000      Consolidated Edison Co of New York, Inc   3.950%  03/01/43  $488,453 
 105,000      Consolidated Natural Gas Co   5.000   12/01/14   110,180 
 480,000      Constellation Energy Group, Inc   4.550   06/15/15   507,350 
 800,000      Consumers Energy Co   5.500   08/15/16   897,752 
 230,000      Consumers Energy Co   6.125   03/15/19   274,953 
 150,000      Consumers Energy Co   2.850   05/15/22   145,991 
 200,000      Consumers Energy Co   3.375   08/15/23   199,623 
 250,000      Consumers Energy Co   3.950   05/15/43   224,898 
 300,000   g  Dayton Power & Light Co   1.875   09/15/16   302,334 
 200,000      Delmarva Power & Light Co   4.000   06/01/42   181,820 
 400,000      Detroit Edison Co   3.450   10/01/20   417,259 
 100,000      Detroit Edison Co   2.650   06/15/22   95,137 
 100,000      Detroit Edison Co   3.950   06/15/42   90,405 
 360,000      Dominion Resources, Inc   5.150   07/15/15   386,305 
 100,000      Dominion Resources, Inc   1.400   09/15/17   98,596 
 1,700,000      Dominion Resources, Inc   4.450   03/15/21   1,821,524 
 500,000      Dominion Resources, Inc   2.750   09/15/22   467,092 
 200,000      Dominion Resources, Inc   5.950   06/15/35   222,929 
 100,000      Dominion Resources, Inc   4.050   09/15/42   86,066 
 200,000      DTE Electric Co   3.650   03/15/24   202,647 
 200,000      DTE Electric Co   4.000   04/01/43   181,576 
 790,000      Duke Energy Carolinas LLC   5.750   11/15/13   794,878 
 125,000      Duke Energy Carolinas LLC   4.300   06/15/20   135,446 
 500,000      Duke Energy Carolinas LLC   4.000   09/30/42   451,345 
 500,000      Duke Energy Corp   2.100   06/15/18   498,667 
 746,000      Duke Energy Corp   5.050   09/15/19   831,354 
 300,000      Duke Energy Corp   3.050   08/15/22   283,900 
 250,000      Duke Energy Indiana, Inc   4.200   03/15/42   231,529 
 200,000      Duke Energy Indiana, Inc   4.900   07/15/43   204,035 
 500,000      Duke Energy Ohio, Inc   3.800   09/01/23   510,895 
 200,000      El Paso Natural Gas Co   5.950   04/15/17   225,073 
 100,000      Enbridge, Inc   5.600   04/01/17   111,413 
 300,000      Enbridge, Inc   4.000   10/01/23   300,313 
 150,000      Energen Corp   4.625   09/01/21   148,602 
 400,000      Energy Transfer Partners LP   6.125   02/15/17   452,479 
 44,000      Energy Transfer Partners LP   9.700   03/15/19   56,271 
 500,000      Energy Transfer Partners LP   4.650   06/01/21   513,356 
 200,000      Energy Transfer Partners LP   5.200   02/01/22   210,259 
 200,000      Energy Transfer Partners LP   3.600   02/01/23   186,297 
 500,000      Energy Transfer Partners LP   4.900   02/01/24   508,105 
 140,000      Energy Transfer Partners LP   7.500   07/01/38   161,640 
 450,000      Energy Transfer Partners LP   6.500   02/01/42   475,045 
 200,000      Energy Transfer Partners LP   5.150   02/01/43   178,621 
 500,000      Energy Transfer Partners LP   5.950   10/01/43   496,378 
 100,000      Enersis S.A.   7.375   01/15/14   101,600 
 125,000      Entergy Arkansas, Inc   3.750   02/15/21   129,085 
 300,000      Entergy Arkansas, Inc   3.050   06/01/23   285,041 
 200,000      Entergy Corp   3.625   09/15/15   207,256 
 200,000      Entergy Corp   5.125   09/15/20   208,023 
 150,000      Entergy Louisiana LLC   1.875   12/15/14   152,075 
 200,000      Entergy Louisiana LLC   4.050   09/01/23   204,800 
 225,000      Entergy Texas, Inc   7.125   02/01/19   266,844 
76

TIAA-CREF FUNDS - Bond Index Fund

 

              MATURITY    
PRINCIPAL     ISSUER  RATE   DATE  VALUE 
$75,000      Exelon Corp   4.900%  06/15/15  $79,688 
 400,000      Exelon Generation Co LLC   5.200   10/01/19   438,076 
 200,000      Exelon Generation Co LLC   4.250   06/15/22   196,885 
 371,000      Exelon Generation Co LLC   5.600   06/15/42   354,574 
 400,000      Florida Power & Light Co   2.750   06/01/23   379,773 
 247,000      Florida Power & Light Co   4.950   06/01/35   262,905 
 400,000      Florida Power & Light Co   5.250   02/01/41   440,720 
 100,000      Florida Power & Light Co   4.125   02/01/42   93,690 
 200,000      Florida Power & Light Co   4.050   06/01/42   184,912 
 450,000      Florida Power & Light Co   3.800   12/15/42   397,603 
 29,000      Florida Power Corp   5.650   06/15/18   33,740 
 700,000      Florida Power Corp   3.100   08/15/21   695,764 
 165,000      Florida Power Corp   6.400   06/15/38   200,976 
 300,000      Florida Power Corp   3.850   11/15/42   260,965 
 690,000      FPL Group Capital, Inc   2.600   09/01/15   710,516 
 300,000      Georgia Power Co   0.625   11/15/15   299,373 
 900,000      Georgia Power Co   5.700   06/01/17   1,027,938 
 177,000      Georgia Power Co   5.950   02/01/39   200,382 
 200,000      Georgia Power Co   4.300   03/15/43   179,900 
 200,000      Great Plains Energy, Inc   4.850   06/01/21   213,599 
 200,000   i  Great Plains Energy, Inc   5.292   06/15/22   215,959 
 80,000      Indiana Michigan Power Co   7.000   03/15/19   95,979 
 200,000      Indiana Michigan Power Co   3.200   03/15/23   189,518 
 70,000      Integrys Energy Group, Inc   4.170   11/01/20   73,286 
 100,000      Interstate Power & Light Co   6.250   07/15/39   119,271 
 200,000      ITC Holdings Corp   4.050   07/01/23   198,128 
 500,000   g  Jersey Central Power & Light Co   4.700   04/01/24   506,260 
 225,000      Kansas City Power & Light Co   3.150   03/15/23   212,837 
 100,000      Kansas City Power & Light Co   5.300   10/01/41   100,408 
 20,000   g  Kansas Gas & Electric   6.700   06/15/19   24,544 
 250,000      KeySpan Corp   5.803   04/01/35   265,290 
 150,000      Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP   3.500   03/01/16   157,903 
 400,000      Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP   5.950   02/15/18   457,993 
 300,000      Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP   2.650   02/01/19   297,935 
 500,000      Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP   9.000   02/01/19   639,862 
 100,000      Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP   5.800   03/01/21   112,279 
 1,200,000      Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP   3.950   09/01/22   1,179,848 
 350,000      Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP   3.450   02/15/23   327,319 
 200,000      Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP   3.500   09/01/23   186,468 
 300,000      Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP   4.150   02/01/24   294,371 
 535,000      Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP   6.500   09/01/39   580,920 
 300,000      Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP   5.625   09/01/41   298,856 
 200,000      Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP   5.000   08/15/42   181,797 
 500,000      Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP   5.000   03/01/43   452,176 
 200,000      Laclede Gas Co   4.625   08/15/43   198,486 
 320,000      LG&E and KU Energy LLC   3.750   11/15/20   324,040 
 400,000      MidAmerican Energy Co   4.650   10/01/14   416,389 
 200,000      MidAmerican Energy Co   2.400   03/15/19   203,699 
 200,000      MidAmerican Energy Co   3.700   09/15/23   203,213 
 200,000      MidAmerican Energy Co   4.800   09/15/43   203,132 
 350,000      Midamerican Energy Holdings Co   5.750   04/01/18   405,991 
 1,032,000      Midamerican Energy Holdings Co   5.950   05/15/37   1,145,217 
77

TIAA-CREF FUNDS - Bond Index Fund

 

                MATURITY     
PRINCIPAL      ISSUER   RATE  DATE  VALUE  
$300,000      Midamerican Energy Holdings Co   6.500%  09/15/37  $354,348 
 750,000      Mississippi Power Co   4.250   03/15/42   657,674 
 100,000      National Fuel Gas Co   4.900   12/01/21   105,654 
 200,000      National Fuel Gas Co   3.750   03/01/23   192,195 
 820,000      Nevada Power Co   6.500   08/01/18   983,143 
 45,000      Nevada Power Co   7.125   03/15/19   55,828 
 230,000      Nevada Power Co   5.375   09/15/40   250,906 
 700,000      NextEra Energy Capital Holdings, Inc   1.200   06/01/15   703,746 
 500,000      NextEra Energy Capital Holdings, Inc   4.500   06/01/21   526,545 
 235,000      NiSource Finance Corp   5.400   07/15/14   243,394 
 350,000      NiSource Finance Corp   6.400   03/15/18   405,071 
 150,000      NiSource Finance Corp   6.125   03/01/22   168,950 
 400,000      NiSource Finance Corp   3.850   02/15/23   390,834 
 100,000      NiSource Finance Corp   5.950   06/15/41   105,981 
 200,000      NiSource Finance Corp   5.250   02/15/43   192,181 
 150,000      NiSource Finance Corp   4.800   02/15/44   134,333 
 300,000      Northeast Utilities   2.800   05/01/23   277,075 
 150,000      Northern States Power Co   2.150   08/15/22   136,643 
 300,000      Northern States Power Co   2.600   05/15/23   280,748 
 425,000      Northern States Power Co   5.350   11/01/39   476,457 
 200,000      Northern States Power Co   3.400   08/15/42   164,580 
 150,000      NSTAR Electric Co   5.625   11/15/17   171,448 
 200,000      NSTAR Electric Co   2.375   10/15/22   184,652 
 500,000      Oglethorpe Power Corp   4.200   12/01/42   433,966 
 250,000      Ohio Edison Co   8.250   10/15/38   355,073 
 600,000      Ohio Power Co   5.375   10/01/21   675,312 
 100,000      Oklahoma Gas & Electric Co   5.250   05/15/41   107,611 
 400,000      Oklahoma Gas & Electric Co   3.900   05/01/43   349,025 
 220,000      Oncor Electric Delivery Co LLC   6.375   01/15/15   234,965 
 200,000      Oncor Electric Delivery Co LLC   6.800   09/01/18   239,614 
 150,000      Oncor Electric Delivery Co LLC   4.100   06/01/22   154,886 
 70,000      Oncor Electric Delivery Co LLC   7.250   01/15/33   88,913 
 100,000      Oncor Electric Delivery Co LLC   5.250   09/30/40   104,564 
 550,000      Oncor Electric Delivery Co LLC   4.550   12/01/41   527,058 
 150,000      Oncor Electric Delivery Co LLC   5.300   06/01/42   158,652 
 250,000      ONEOK Partners LP   3.250   02/01/16   260,238 
 100,000      ONEOK Partners LP   2.000   10/01/17   99,279 
 200,000      ONEOK Partners LP   3.200   09/15/18   203,768 
 400,000      ONEOK Partners LP   3.375   10/01/22   368,488 
 200,000      ONEOK Partners LP   5.000   09/15/23   205,242 
 130,000      ONEOK Partners LP   6.650   10/01/36   138,410 
 250,000      ONEOK Partners LP   6.850   10/15/37   271,085 
 100,000      ONEOK Partners LP   6.125   02/01/41   101,095 
 150,000      ONEOK, Inc   4.250   02/01/22   140,292 
 150,000      ONEOK, Inc   6.000   06/15/35   137,710 
 355,000      Pacific Gas & Electric Co   8.250   10/15/18   453,301 
 400,000      Pacific Gas & Electric Co   3.250   06/15/23   381,109 
 420,000      Pacific Gas & Electric Co   6.050   03/01/34   467,267 
 600,000      Pacific Gas & Electric Co   5.400   01/15/40   619,495 
 400,000      Pacific Gas & Electric Co   4.500   12/15/41  365,853 
 150,000      Pacific Gas & Electric Co   3.750   08/15/42   122,060 
 400,000      Pacific Gas & Electric Co   4.600   06/15/43   372,902 
78

TIAA-CREF FUNDS - Bond Index Fund

 

                MATURITY     
PRINCIPAL      ISSUER   RATE  DATE  VALUE  
$250,000      PacifiCorp   2.950%  02/01/22  $244,431 
 200,000      PacifiCorp   2.950   06/01/23   193,162 
 850,000      PacifiCorp   6.000   01/15/39   1,009,299 
 150,000      PECO Energy Co   2.375   09/15/22   139,131 
 200,000      PECO Energy Co   4.800   10/15/43   204,103 
 165,000      Pepco Holdings, Inc   2.700   10/01/15   169,617 
 350,000      PG&E Corp   5.750   04/01/14   358,456 
 200,000      Piedmont Natural Gas Co, Inc   4.650   08/01/43   198,649 
 65,000      Potomac Electric Power Co   7.900   12/15/38   93,997 
 200,000      Potomac Electric Power Co   4.150   03/15/43   185,803 
 100,000      PPL Capital Funding, Inc   1.900   06/01/18   98,155 
 300,000      PPL Capital Funding, Inc   4.200   06/15/22   298,531 
 200,000      PPL Capital Funding, Inc   3.500   12/01/22   189,185 
 400,000      PPL Capital Funding, Inc   3.400   06/01/23   372,752 
 200,000      PPL Electric Utilities Corp   2.500   09/01/22   186,740 
 300,000      PPL Electric Utilities Corp   4.750   07/15/43   306,160 
 200,000      PPL Energy Supply LLC   6.200   05/15/16   220,638 
 225,000      PPL Energy Supply LLC   6.500   05/01/18   254,437 
 100,000      PPL Energy Supply LLC   4.600   12/15/21   98,669 
 300,000      Progress Energy, Inc   3.150   04/01/22   286,856 
 900,000      Progress Energy, Inc   7.750   03/01/31   1,154,428 
 200,000      PSEG Power LLC   5.320   09/15/16   221,390 
 335,000      Public Service Co of Colorado   5.500   04/01/14   343,188 
 150,000      Public Service Co of Colorado   2.250   09/15/22   137,470 
 200,000      Public Service Co of Colorado   2.500   03/15/23   185,597 
 150,000      Public Service Co of Colorado   3.600   09/15/42   127,152 
 520,000      Public Service Co of Oklahoma   5.150   12/01/19   590,911 
 100,000      Public Service Co of Oklahoma   4.400   02/01/21   106,053 
 150,000      Public Service Co of Oklahoma   6.625   11/15/37   177,512 
 220,000      Public Service Electric & Gas Co   5.300   05/01/18   251,919 
 200,000      Public Service Electric & Gas Co   2.300   09/15/18   203,385 
 400,000      Public Service Electric & Gas Co   2.375   05/15/23   366,376 
 200,000      Public Service Electric & Gas Co   3.750   03/15/24   205,804 
 410,000      Public Service Electric & Gas Co   5.375   11/01/39   459,847 
 200,000      Public Service Electric & Gas Co   3.950   05/01/42   181,747 
 100,000      Public Service Electric & Gas Co   3.650   09/01/42   86,008 
 200,000      Public Service Electric & Gas Co   3.800   01/01/43   176,105 
 250,000      Puget Sound Energy, Inc   5.757   10/01/39   285,646 
 100,000      Puget Sound Energy, Inc   4.434   11/15/41   95,539 
 100,000      Questar Corp   2.750   02/01/16   103,749 
 150,000      San Diego Gas & Electric Co   3.000   08/15/21   150,339 
 400,000      San Diego Gas & Electric Co   3.600   09/01/23   408,464 
 305,000      San Diego Gas & Electric Co   5.350   05/15/40   343,848 
 100,000      San Diego Gas & Electric Co   3.950   11/15/41   91,991 
 300,000      SCANA Corp   4.750   05/15/21   305,606 
 100,000      SCANA Corp   4.125   02/01/22   97,637 
 250,000      Scottish Power Ltd   5.810   03/15/25   260,456 
 600,000      Sempra Energy   2.000   03/15/14   603,790 
 200,000      Sempra Energy   2.300   04/01/17   203,852 
 150,000      Sempra Energy   2.875   10/01/22   139,325 
 260,000      Sempra Energy   6.000   10/15/39   286,636 
 125,000      Sierra Pacific Power Co   3.375   08/15/23   123,834 
79

TIAA-CREF FUNDS - Bond Index Fund

 

                MATURITY     
PRINCIPAL      ISSUER   RATE  DATE  VALUE  
$50,000      South Carolina Electric & Gas Co   5.300%  05/15/33  $53,337 
 125,000      South Carolina Electric & Gas Co   5.450   02/01/41   136,845 
 250,000      South Carolina Electric & Gas Co   4.350   02/01/42   232,592 
 300,000      South Carolina Electric & Gas Co   4.600   06/15/43   291,836 
 500,000      Southaven Combined Cycle Generation LLC   3.846   08/15/33   505,246 
 100,000      Southern California Edison Co   5.000   01/15/16   109,378 
 250,000      Southern California Edison Co   5.500   08/15/18   290,635 
 280,000      Southern California Edison Co   3.875   06/01/21   296,310 
 400,000      Southern California Edison Co   3.500   10/01/23   399,424 
 185,000      Southern California Edison Co   6.050   03/15/39   221,162 
 300,000      Southern California Edison Co   4.500   09/01/40   293,484 
 500,000      Southern California Edison Co   3.900   12/01/41   447,067 
 200,000      Southern California Edison Co   4.050   03/15/42   181,993 
 500,000      Southern California Edison Co   3.900   03/15/43   444,436 
 350,000      Southern California Edison Co   4.650   10/01/43   345,984 
 150,000      Southern California Gas Co   3.750   09/15/42   132,512 
 200,000      Southern Co   2.375   09/15/15   205,592 
 100,000      Southern Co   1.950   09/01/16   101,926 
 300,000      Southern Co   2.450   09/01/18   302,916 
 108,000   g  Southern Natural Gas Co   5.900   04/01/17   122,776 
 550,000      Southern Natural Gas Co   4.400   06/15/21   576,061 
 100,000      Southern Natural Gas Co   8.000   03/01/32   129,093 
 250,000      Southwest Gas Corp   3.875   04/01/22   257,444 
 250,000      Southwestern Electric Power Co   5.550   01/15/17   274,383 
 400,000      Southwestern Electric Power Co   6.200   03/15/40   444,651 
 600,000      Southwestern Public Service Co   4.500   08/15/41   583,987 
 60,000      Spectra Energy Capital LLC   6.200   04/15/18   68,849 
 450,000      Spectra Energy Capital LLC   8.000   10/01/19   547,249 
 600,000      Spectra Energy Capital LLC   3.300   03/15/23   535,753 
 200,000      Spectra Energy Partners LP   2.950   09/25/18   203,295 
 200,000      Spectra Energy Partners LP   4.750   03/15/24   206,090 
 200,000      Spectra Energy Partners LP   5.950   09/25/43   210,622 
 150,000      System Energy Resources, Inc   4.100   04/01/23   148,635 
 200,000      Tampa Electric Co   5.400   05/15/21   229,275 
 100,000      Tampa Electric Co   2.600   09/15/22   94,113 
 100,000      Tampa Electric Co   4.100   06/15/42   89,551 
 200,000      TECO Finance, Inc   5.150   03/15/20   218,092 
 200,000      Tennessee Gas Pipeline Co   7.000   10/15/28   243,895 
 12,000      Toledo Edison Co   7.250   05/01/20   14,570 
 300,000      Toledo Edison Co   6.150   05/15/37   326,765 
 770,000      Total Capital S.A.   3.125   10/02/15   806,112 
 300,000      Total Capital S.A.   2.125   08/10/18   302,700 
 200,000      Total Capital S.A.   4.450   06/24/20   220,516 
 100,000      Total Capital S.A.   4.125   01/28/21   106,313 
 350,000      TransAlta Corp   6.650   05/15/18   399,979 
 300,000      TransAlta Corp   4.500   11/15/22   285,787 
 125,000      Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Co LLC   4.450   08/01/42   111,548 
 100,000      Union Electric Co   8.450   03/15/39   154,875 
 100,000      Union Electric Co   3.900   09/15/42   88,978 
 100,000      United Utilities plc   6.875   08/15/28   110,950 
 200,000      Virginia Electric and Power Co   1.200   01/15/18   195,319 
 200,000      Virginia Electric and Power Co   2.750   03/15/23   189,765 
80

TIAA-CREF FUNDS - Bond Index Fund

 

                MATURITY     
PRINCIPAL      ISSUER   RATE  DATE  VALUE  
$350,000      Virginia Electric and Power Co   6.000%  05/15/37  $411,583 
 160,000      Virginia Electric and Power Co   4.000   01/15/43   142,931 
 250,000      Virginia Electric and Power Co   4.650   08/15/43   247,915 
 500,000      Westar Energy, Inc   4.125   03/01/42   460,903 
 450,000      Western Gas Partners LP   4.000   07/01/22   436,730 
 225,000      Western Massachusetts Electric Co   3.500   09/15/21   227,066 
 35,000      Williams Cos, Inc   7.875   09/01/21   41,740 
 175,000      Williams Cos, Inc   3.700   01/15/23   158,049 
 300,000      Williams Cos, Inc   7.750   06/15/31   340,012 
 245,000      Williams Partners LP   3.800   02/15/15   254,305 
 70,000      Williams Partners LP   7.250   02/01/17   81,502 
 530,000      Williams Partners LP   5.250   03/15/20   571,471 
 600,000      Williams Partners LP   4.000   11/15/21   591,097 
 200,000      Williams Partners LP   3.350   08/15/22   185,168 
 335,000      Williams Partners LP   6.300   04/15/40   353,222 
 300,000      Wisconsin Electric Power Co   1.700   06/15/18   298,790 
 200,000      Wisconsin Electric Power Co   5.625   05/15/33   227,077 
 200,000      Wisconsin Electric Power Co   3.650   12/15/42   171,009 
 200,000      Wisconsin Power & Light Co   2.250   11/15/22   182,433 
 200,000      Wisconsin Power & Light Co   6.375   08/15/37   243,743 
 200,000      Wisconsin Public Service Corp   3.671   12/01/42   174,920 
 200,000      Xcel Energy, Inc   0.750   05/09/16   198,598 
 100,000      Xcel Energy, Inc   4.700   05/15/20   110,022 
 100,000      Xcel Energy, Inc   4.800   09/15/41   98,157 
        TOTAL UTILITIES             94,266,242  
                      
        TOTAL CORPORATE BONDS           1,089,998,836 
        (Cost $1,096,045,102)             
                         
GOVERNMENT BONDS -  73.7%               
                         
AGENCY SECURITIES - 4.1%               
 250,000      Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corp (FAMC)   2.375   07/22/15   258,520 
 3,000,000      Federal Farm Credit Bank (FFCB)   3.875   10/07/13   3,001,896 
 500,000      FFCB   0.300   07/18/14   500,654 
 2,600,000      FFCB   3.000   09/22/14   2,672,049 
 1,600,000      FFCB   1.050   03/28/16   1,620,285 
 8,625,000      Federal Home Loan Bank (FHLB)   3.125   12/13/13   8,677,509 
 110,000      FHLB   5.250   06/18/14   114,013 
 200,000      FHLB   0.400   07/02/14   200,391 
 7,650,000      FHLB   2.875   06/12/15   7,975,332 
 1,000,000      FHLB   5.375   05/18/16   1,125,724 
 95,000      FHLB   4.750   12/16/16   106,843 
 500,000      FHLB   4.875   05/17/17   568,973 
 1,000,000      FHLB   0.750   09/08/17   981,236 
 2,745,000      FHLB   5.000   11/17/17   3,162,624 
 4,000,000      FHLB   1.625   06/14/19   3,935,628 
 5,005,000      FHLB   5.500   07/15/36   5,913,863 
 1,740,000      Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp (FHLMC)   2.500   04/23/14   1,763,669 
 5,000,000      FHLMC   1.000   08/27/14   5,040,320 
7,000,000      FHLMC   0.375   08/28/14  7,013,783 
 5,000,000      FHLMC   2.875   02/09/15   5,177,540 
81

TIAA-CREF FUNDS - Bond Index Fund

 

              MATURITY    
PRINCIPAL     ISSUER  RATE   DATE  VALUE 
$108,000      FHLMC   4.375%  07/17/15  $115,857 
 125,000      FHLMC   4.750   11/17/15   136,371 
 132,000      FHLMC   4.750   01/19/16   144,828 
 6,213,000      FHLMC   5.250   04/18/16   6,949,961 
 127,000      FHLMC   5.500   07/18/16   143,850 
 16,736,000      FHLMC   5.125   10/18/16   18,918,776 
 9,000,000      FHLMC   2.375   01/13/22   8,759,664 
 214,000      Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA)   2.750   02/05/14   215,967 
 7,646,000      FNMA   2.750   03/13/14   7,737,691 
 4,071,000      FNMA   2.500   05/15/14   4,131,381 
 5,415,000      FNMA   3.000   09/16/14   5,565,629 
 9,145,000      FNMA   4.625   10/15/14   9,567,728 
 14,000,000      FNMA   2.625   11/20/14   14,392,630 
 5,000,000      FNMA   2.250   03/15/16   5,200,390 
 10,215,000      FNMA   5.000   03/15/16   11,308,066 
 150,000      FNMA   5.000   05/11/17   170,793 
 4,340,000      FNMA   5.375   06/12/17   5,007,006 
 3,000,000      FNMA   1.625   11/27/18   2,987,475 
 11,000,000   j  FNMA   0.000   10/09/19   9,329,023 
 951,000      FNMA   6.030   10/08/27   1,180,969 
 5,000,000      FNMA   6.625   11/15/30   6,683,275 
 4,500,000      FNMA   5.625   07/15/37   5,475,492 
 815,000      Financing Corp   9.400   02/08/18   1,078,955 
 825,000      Financing Corp   9.800   04/06/18   1,122,965 
 815,000      Financing Corp   10.350   08/03/18   1,138,362 
 450,000      Private Export Funding Corp (PEFCO)   1.375   02/15/17   453,498 
 590,000      PEFCO   2.250   12/15/17   611,656 
 175,000      PEFCO   1.450   08/15/19   167,428 
 400,000      PEFCO   2.050   11/15/22   362,844 
 300,000      Israel Government AID Bond   5.500   04/26/24   356,474 
 300,000      Tennessee Valley Authority   1.750   10/15/18   300,292 
 700,000      Tunisia Government AID Bonds   1.686   07/16/19   680,170 
        TOTAL AGENCY SECURITIES           190,206,318 
                      
FOREIGN GOVERNMENT BONDS - 3.4%            
 906,000      Brazilian Government International Bond   5.875   01/15/19   1,025,139 
 2,090,000      Brazilian Government International Bond   4.875   01/22/21   2,244,137 
 1,300,000      Brazilian Government International Bond   2.625   01/05/23   1,140,750 
 300,000      Brazilian Government International Bond   8.875   04/15/24   408,750 
 880,000      Brazilian Government International Bond   7.125   01/20/37   1,034,000 
 2,330,000      Brazilian Government International Bond   5.625   01/07/41   2,324,175 
 525,000      Canada Government International Bond   2.375   09/10/14   535,694 
 850,000      Canada Government International Bond   0.875   02/14/17   849,490 
 345,000      Chile Government International Bond   3.875   08/05/20   359,662 
 300,000      Chile Government International Bond   2.250   10/30/22   269,250 
 300,000      Chile Government International Bond   3.625   10/30/42   243,750 
 850,000      China Development Bank   5.000   10/15/15   911,756 
 900,000      Colombia Government International Bond   8.250   12/22/14   972,000 
 450,000      Colombia Government International Bond   7.375   03/18/19   544,950 
 900,000      Colombia Government International Bond   4.375   07/12/21   929,250 
600,000      Colombia Government International Bond   2.625   03/15/23  531,000 
 750,000      Colombia Government International Bond   4.000   02/26/24   735,000 
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                MATURITY     
PRINCIPAL      ISSUER   RATE  DATE  VALUE  
$1,250,000      Colombia Government International Bond   6.125%  01/18/41  $1,362,500 
 500,000      Council of Europe Development Bank   1.000   03/07/18   487,850 
 300,000      Development Bank of Japan   5.125   02/01/17   338,796 
 50,000      European Bank for Reconstruction & Development   1.625   09/03/15   51,096 
 1,500,000      European Bank for Reconstruction & Development   2.500   03/15/16   1,566,277 
 1,000,000      European Bank for Reconstruction & Development   1.375   10/20/16   1,014,131 
 1,000,000      European Investment Bank   1.500   05/15/14   1,008,260 
 4,000,000      European Investment Bank   1.125   04/15/15   4,046,400 
 5,000,000      European Investment Bank   1.625   09/01/15   5,115,000 
 5,500,000      European Investment Bank   1.375   10/20/15   5,601,750 
 4,000,000      European Investment Bank   2.250   03/15/16   4,154,800 
 2,200,000      European Investment Bank   1.750   03/15/17   2,248,754 
 1,000,000      European Investment Bank   2.875   09/15/20   1,017,100 
 1,205,000      European Investment Bank   4.875   02/15/36   1,332,961 
 200,000      Export Development Canada   1.500   05/15/14   201,572 
 545,000      Export Development Canada   2.250   05/28/15   561,999 
 300,000      Export Development Canada   0.500   09/15/15   300,480 
 250,000      Export Development Canada   1.250   10/26/16   253,675 
 500,000      Export Development Canada   0.750   12/15/17   489,775 
 180,000      Export-Import Bank of Korea   8.125   01/21/14   183,948 
 250,000      Export-Import Bank of Korea   5.875   01/14/15   264,820 
 1,090,000      Export-Import Bank of Korea   4.125   09/09/15   1,149,783 
 300,000      Export-Import Bank of Korea   1.250   11/20/15   300,221 
 400,000      Export-Import Bank of Korea   3.750   10/20/16   423,335 
 200,000      Export-Import Bank of Korea   1.750   02/27/18   194,604 
 775,000      Export-Import Bank of Korea   5.125   06/29/20   850,114 
 300,000      Export-Import Bank of Korea   5.000   04/11/22   327,886 
 1,590,000      Federative Republic of Brazil   6.000   01/17/17   1,778,415 
 677,500      Federative Republic of Brazil   8.000   01/15/18   762,187 
 100,000      Finland Government International Bond   6.950   02/15/26   128,352 
 750,000      FMS Wertmanagement AoeR   1.000   11/21/17   738,150 
 500,000      Hydro Quebec   2.000   06/30/16   514,950 
 800,000      Hydro Quebec   1.375   06/19/17   801,184 
 270,000      Hydro Quebec   9.400   02/01/21   372,486 
 200,000      Hydro Quebec   8.500   12/01/29   293,005 
 1,000,000      Inter-American Development Bank   3.000   04/22/14   1,015,423 
 1,500,000      Inter-American Development Bank   2.250   07/15/15   1,548,849 
 3,000,000      Inter-American Development Bank   1.750   08/24/18   3,029,415 
 1,105,000      Inter-American Development Bank   3.875   09/17/19   1,222,475 
 200,000      Inter-American Development Bank   3.200   08/07/42   161,591 
 1,800,000      International Bank for Reconstruction & Development   1.125   08/25/14   1,810,282 
 3,200,000      International Bank for Reconstruction & Development   2.375   05/26/15   3,307,107 
 2,100,000      International Bank for Reconstruction & Development   2.125   03/15/16   2,177,253 
 950,000      International Bank for Reconstruction & Development   1.000   09/15/16   956,687 
 400,000      International Bank for Reconstruction & Development   7.625   01/19/23   553,912 
 334,000      International Bank for Reconstruction & Development   4.750   02/15/35   368,031 
 30,000      International Finance Corp   3.000   04/22/14   30,460 
 1,700,000      International Finance Corp   2.750   04/20/15   1,760,438 
 2,750,000      International Finance Corp   1.125   11/23/16   2,769,629 
 800,000      Israel Government AID Bond   5.500   09/18/23   950,037 
400,000      Israel Government International Bond   5.125   03/26/19  454,800 
 705,000      Israel Government International Bond   4.000   06/30/22   731,437 
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TIAA-CREF FUNDS - Bond Index Fund

 

                MATURITY     
PRINCIPAL      ISSUER   RATE  DATE  VALUE  
$300,000      Israel Government International Bond   3.150%  06/30/23  $285,900 
 300,000      Israel Government International Bond   4.500   01/30/43   268,500 
 500,000      Italian Republic   3.125   01/26/15   512,250 
 1,200,000      Italian Republic   5.250   09/20/16   1,294,320 
 1,374,000      Italian Republic   5.375   06/15/33   1,388,977 
 1,500,000      Italy Government International Bond   4.750   01/25/16   1,598,550 
 430,000      Italy Government International Bond   5.375   06/12/17   468,829 
 1,100,000      Japan Bank for International Cooperation   1.875   09/24/15   1,125,017 
 1,900,000      Japan Bank for International Cooperation   1.125   07/19/17   1,888,315 
 300,000      Japan Bank for International Cooperation   1.750   07/31/18   298,899 
 300,000      Japan Bank for International Cooperation   3.375   07/31/23   300,933 
 600,000      Japan Finance Corp   2.250   07/13/16   622,607 
 700,000      Japan Finance Organization for Municipalities   5.000   05/16/17   797,020 
 600,000      KFW   2.625   01/25/22   594,589 
 600,000      Korea Development Bank   8.000   01/23/14   613,288 
 475,000      Korea Development Bank   4.375   08/10/15   502,504 
 235,000      Korea Development Bank   3.250   03/09/16   244,132 
 400,000      Korea Development Bank   3.500   08/22/17   419,723 
 300,000      Korea Development Bank   1.500   01/22/18   289,145 
 200,000      Korea Development Bank   3.000   09/14/22   188,434 
 1,588,000      Mexico Government International Bond   3.625   03/15/22   1,575,296 
 4,098,000   h  Mexico Government International Bond   4.000   10/02/23   4,072,388 
 1,400,000      Mexico Government International Bond   6.750   09/27/34   1,659,000 
 1,414,000      Mexico Government International Bond   6.050   01/11/40   1,546,209 
 1,474,000      Mexico Government International Bond   4.750   03/08/44   1,333,970 
 150,000      Mexico Government International Bond   5.750   10/12/10   141,000 
 300,000      North American Development Bank   2.400   10/26/22   269,550 
 800,000      Panama Government International Bond   5.200   01/30/20   878,000 
 300,000      Panama Government International Bond   7.125   01/29/26   366,750 
 692,000      Panama Government International Bond   6.700   01/26/36   790,610 
 400,000      Panama Government International Bond   4.300   04/29/53   309,000 
 520,000      Peruvian Government International Bond   7.125   03/30/19   630,500 
 925,000      Peruvian Government International Bond   7.350   07/21/25   1,181,688 
 600,000      Peruvian Government International Bond   6.550   03/14/37   709,500 
 500,000      Peruvian Government International Bond   5.625   11/18/50   516,250 
 1,250,000      Philippine Government International Bond   8.875   03/17/15   1,378,125 
 2,750,000      Philippine Government International Bond   5.000   01/13/37   2,990,625 
 380,000      Poland Government International Bond   3.875   07/16/15   398,544 
 1,985,000      Poland Government International Bond   6.375   07/15/19   2,316,495 
 67,000      Poland Government International Bond   5.125   04/21/21   72,863 
 390,000      Poland Government International Bond   5.000   03/23/22   419,445 
 490,000      Poland Government International Bond   3.000   03/17/23   448,840 
 1,055,000      Province of British Columbia Canada   2.850   06/15/15   1,098,635 
 400,000      Province of British Columbia Canada   1.200   04/25/17   401,881 
 200,000      Province of British Columbia Canada   2.650   09/22/21   198,736 
 800,000      Province of British Columbia Canada   2.000   10/23/22   731,920 
 500,000      Province of Manitoba Canada   4.900   12/06/16   562,435 
 500,000      Province of Manitoba Canada   1.125   06/01/18   491,945 
 500,000      Province of Manitoba Canada   1.750   05/30/19   492,304 
 200,000      Province of New Brunswick Canada   5.200   02/21/17   226,934 
200,000      Province of New Brunswick Canada   2.750   06/15/18  209,814 
 255,000      Province of Nova Scotia Canada   2.375   07/21/15   262,576 
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TIAA-CREF FUNDS - Bond Index Fund

 

                MATURITY     
PRINCIPAL      ISSUER   RATE  DATE  VALUE  
$50,000      Province of Nova Scotia Canada   5.125%  01/26/17  $56,476 
 200,000      Province of Nova Scotia Canada   8.250   07/30/22   268,554 
 2,200,000      Province of Ontario Canada   2.950   02/05/15   2,275,174 
 600,000      Province of Ontario Canada   0.950   05/26/15   604,579 
 2,690,000      Province of Ontario Canada   2.700   06/16/15   2,790,741 
 1,000,000      Province of Ontario Canada   2.300   05/10/16   1,037,700 
 300,000      Province of Ontario Canada   1.600   09/21/16   305,306 
 1,300,000      Province of Ontario Canada   1.100   10/25/17   1,279,850 
 1,000,000      Province of Ontario Canada   1.650   09/27/19   962,500 
 230,000      Province of Ontario Canada   4.400   04/14/20   254,944 
 800,000      Province of Ontario Canada   2.450   06/29/22   749,486 
 40,000      Province of Quebec Canada   4.875   05/05/14   41,091 
 385,000      Province of Quebec Canada   5.125   11/14/16   433,125 
 1,135,000      Province of Quebec Canada   4.625   05/14/18   1,279,259 
 1,120,000      Province of Quebec Canada   3.500   07/29/20   1,171,968 
 1,100,000      Province of Quebec Canada   2.625   02/13/23   1,023,330 
 200,000      Province of Quebec Canada   7.125   02/09/24   256,114 
 201,000      Province of Quebec Canada   7.500   09/15/29   272,158 
 100,000      Province of Saskatchewan Canada   8.500   07/15/22   137,419 
 200,000      Region of Lombardy Italy   5.804   10/25/32   184,453 
 475,000      Republic of Korea   5.750   04/16/14   487,591 
 700,000      Republic of Korea   7.125   04/16/19   867,646 
 500,000      Republic of Korea   3.875   09/11/23   508,996 
 2,500,000      Republic of Philippines   4.000   01/15/21   2,593,750 
 800,000      Republic of Turkey   7.500   07/14/17   905,000 
 300,000      South Africa Government International Bond   6.500   06/02/14   310,380 
 1,010,000      South Africa Government International Bond   6.875   05/27/19   1,160,238 
 225,000      South Africa Government International Bond   5.500   03/09/20   241,594 
 500,000      South Africa Government International Bond   4.665   01/17/24   485,000 
 300,000      South Africa Government International Bond   5.875   09/16/25   315,375 
 300,000      South Africa Government International Bond   6.250   03/08/41   314,250 
 625,000      Svensk Exportkredit AB   5.125   03/01/17   709,412 
 425,000      Svensk Exportkredit AB   1.125   04/05/18   416,330 
 4,000,000      Turkey Government International Bond   6.750   04/03/18   4,416,000 
 3,500,000      Turkey Government International Bond   3.250   03/23/23   3,018,750 
 3,250,000      Turkey Government International Bond   4.875   04/16/43   2,681,250 
 519,343      Uruguay Government International Bond   4.500   08/14/24   527,133 
 300,000      Uruguay Government International Bond   7.625   03/21/36   378,000 
 500,000      Uruguay Government International Bond   4.125   11/20/45   396,250 
        TOTAL FOREIGN GOVERNMENT BONDS           156,644,127 
                      
MORTGAGE BACKED - 29.2%            
 118,986   i  Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp (FHLMC)   4.972   04/01/35   126,830 
 11,901   i  FHLMC   2.322   10/01/35   12,540 
 159,675   i  FHLMC   2.436   02/01/36   169,163 
 83,315   i  FHLMC   2.565   07/01/36   88,356 
 281,560   i  FHLMC   2.303   09/01/36   301,185 
 164,590   i  FHLMC   2.404   09/01/36   175,350 
202,045   i  FHLMC   2.522   09/01/36  213,953 
 101,243   i  FHLMC   5.762   01/01/37   106,991 
15,255   i  FHLMC   5.556   02/01/37  15,986 
 19,509   i  FHLMC   5.632   02/01/37   20,903 

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TIAA-CREF FUNDS - Bond Index Fund

 

                MATURITY     
PRINCIPAL      ISSUER   RATE  DATE  VALUE  
$429,796   i  FHLMC   2.714%  03/01/37  $458,699 
 29,927   i  FHLMC   5.311   03/01/37   31,888 
 342,774   i  FHLMC   5.698   04/01/37   360,220 
 245,993   i  FHLMC   6.015   04/01/37   263,131 
 51,036   i  FHLMC   2.906   05/01/37   54,529 
 30,152   i  FHLMC   6.080   05/01/37   31,871 
 55,789   i  FHLMC   2.500   06/01/37   59,427 
 276,218   i  FHLMC   5.105   06/01/37   295,498 
 225,466   i  FHLMC   2.864   08/01/37   238,517 
 138,204   i  FHLMC   1.699   09/01/37   147,099 
 263,808   i  FHLMC   1.738   09/01/37   275,416 
 2,797   i  FHLMC   6.221   09/01/37   2,942 
 39,876   i  FHLMC   5.336   02/01/38   42,383 
 211,808   i  FHLMC   2.584   04/01/38   225,803 
 257,049   i  FHLMC   4.847   04/01/38   271,026 
 102,031   i  FHLMC   4.851   06/01/38   108,137 
 22,799   i  FHLMC   2.375   07/01/38   24,071 
 67,308      FHLMC   5.000   10/01/39   72,510 
 81,661   i  FHLMC   3.595   06/01/40   86,594 
 403,545   i  FHLMC   3.396   07/01/40   422,018 
 421,086   i  FHLMC   2.951   01/01/41   438,555 
 56,885   i  FHLMC   2.556   05/01/41   58,574 
 1,344,063   i  FHLMC   3.423   08/01/41   1,419,201 
 561,454   i  FHLMC   2.917   09/01/41   583,651 
 127,598   i  FHLMC   3.111   10/01/41   131,063 
 4,970,539      FHLMC   3.500   07/01/33   5,140,870 
 4,654,559      FHLMC   3.500   07/01/42   4,729,291 
 4,973,154      FHLMC   3.000   08/01/43   4,844,765 
 11,176      Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp Gold (FGLMC)   5.000   07/01/14   11,823 
 4,567      FGLMC   7.500   01/01/16   4,624 
 43      FGLMC   7.500   05/01/16   45 
 53      FGLMC   7.500   06/01/16   55 
 18,905      FGLMC   5.500   05/01/17   19,919 
 37,950      FGLMC   5.500   06/01/17   39,994 
 23,313      FGLMC   5.000   12/01/17   24,690 
 17,716      FGLMC   5.500   12/01/17   18,666 
 28,958      FGLMC   5.000   03/01/18   30,664 
 94,004      FGLMC   5.000   04/01/18   99,558 
 79,700      FGLMC   4.500   06/01/18   84,233 
 234,029      FGLMC   4.500   09/01/18   247,399 
 142,138      FGLMC   4.000   11/01/18   150,367 
 246,636      FGLMC   4.500   01/01/19   266,772 
 30,427      FGLMC   4.000   05/01/19   32,257 
 250,996      FGLMC   4.500   05/01/19   265,306 
 532,288      FGLMC   4.500   06/01/19   562,760 
 150,584      FGLMC   4.000   10/01/19   159,355 
 61,067      FGLMC   5.500   11/01/19   65,413 
460,808      FGLMC   4.500   12/01/19  488,136 
 82,807      FGLMC   4.500   01/01/20   87,542 
 1,899,870      FGLMC   4.500   02/01/20   2,008,361 
37,429      FGLMC   4.500   02/01/20  40,443 
 375,317      FGLMC   5.000   05/01/20   400,853 
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TIAA-CREF FUNDS - Bond Index Fund

 

                MATURITY     
PRINCIPAL      ISSUER   RATE  DATE  VALUE  
$409,766      FGLMC   5.000%  05/01/20  $434,316 
 34,021      FGLMC   4.500   07/01/20   36,760 
 386,464      FGLMC   5.000   07/01/20   409,681 
 6,174      FGLMC   7.000   10/01/20   6,735 
 32,766      FGLMC   5.000   12/01/20   34,782 
 1,329,516      FGLMC   4.000   05/01/21   1,407,090 
 400,388      FGLMC   4.500   06/01/21   424,077 
 708,262      FGLMC   4.500   06/01/21   750,220 
 341,981      FGLMC   5.000   07/01/21   363,114 
 47,223      FGLMC   5.500   07/01/21   51,028 
 4,937,476      FGLMC   3.000   12/01/21   5,153,757 
 30,068      FGLMC   5.000   10/01/22   32,471 
 26,639      FGLMC   6.000   11/01/22   29,313 
 229,358      FGLMC   5.000   04/01/23   247,761 
 334,129      FGLMC   4.500   05/01/23   353,624 
 15,485      FGLMC   4.500   05/01/23   16,387 
 180,007      FGLMC   5.000   05/01/23   193,822 
 336,183      FGLMC   5.500   05/01/23   362,758 
 48,162      FGLMC   5.000   10/01/23   52,023 
 33,852      FGLMC   5.500   10/01/23   36,658 
 38,782      FGLMC   5.000   11/01/23   41,774 
 81,256      FGLMC   5.000   03/01/24   87,539 
 20,857      FGLMC   4.500   04/01/24   22,046 
 8,709      FGLMC   4.500   05/01/24   9,209 
 61,962      FGLMC   4.500   06/01/24   65,533 
 289,443      FGLMC   4.000   07/01/24   306,415 
 541,360      FGLMC   4.000   07/01/24   573,011 
 130,653      FGLMC   5.500   07/01/24   137,550 
 553,540      FGLMC   4.000   08/01/24   585,530 
 38,256      FGLMC   4.500   09/01/24   40,440 
 18,507      FGLMC   4.500   09/01/24   19,574 
 93,295      FGLMC   4.500   09/01/24   98,657 
 20,256      FGLMC   5.500   09/01/24   22,097 
 682,658      FGLMC   4.000   10/01/24   722,537 
 21,810      FGLMC   4.500   10/01/24   23,052 
 57,619      FGLMC   4.500   10/01/24   62,553 
 25,001      FGLMC   4.500   11/01/24   26,430 
 58,187      FGLMC   4.500   12/01/24   61,545 
 223,214      FGLMC   5.500   12/01/24   240,793 
 42,984      FGLMC   4.500   02/01/25   45,463 
 925,818      FGLMC   4.000   03/01/25   980,026 
 26,530      FGLMC   4.500   06/01/25   28,054 
 51,504      FGLMC   4.500   07/01/25   54,413 
 888,651      FGLMC   3.500   10/01/25   935,950 
 515,402      FGLMC   4.000   10/01/25   545,185 
 1,528,544      FGLMC   3.500   11/01/25   1,609,934 
 906,277      FGLMC   3.500   11/01/25   954,538 
 417,085      FGLMC   3.500   12/01/25   439,302 
 291,779      FGLMC   3.000   01/01/26   301,800 
 2,968,146      FGLMC   3.500   01/01/26   3,126,309 
 273,540      FGLMC   4.000   04/01/26   289,778 
 555,936      FGLMC   4.000   05/01/26   589,114 
87

TIAA-CREF FUNDS - Bond Index Fund

 

PRINCIPAL      ISSUER  RATE  MATURITY
DATE
 

VALUE

 
$140,643      FGLMC   5.500%  07/01/26  $153,271 
 1,779,851      FGLMC   4.000   08/01/26   1,885,742 
 10,146      FGLMC   6.000   08/01/26   11,100 
 457,248      FGLMC   3.000   09/01/26   472,951 
 1,170,552      FGLMC   3.000   10/01/26   1,210,774 
 1,789,228      FGLMC   3.500   10/01/26   1,884,874 
 62,546      FGLMC   5.000   10/01/26   68,300 
 18,350      FGLMC   5.500   10/01/26   19,944 
 6,863,060      FGLMC   3.000   02/01/27   7,098,767 
 3,586,662      FGLMC   2.500   05/01/27   3,612,524 
 3,592,855      FGLMC   2.500   11/01/27   3,620,013 
 212,046      FGLMC   6.000   12/01/27   231,430 
 2,769,783      FGLMC   2.500   01/01/28   2,788,177 
 7,188,264      FGLMC   2.500   03/01/28   7,243,660 
 281,055      FGLMC   5.000   03/01/28   303,448 
 3,890,435      FGLMC   2.500   05/01/28   3,920,543 
 30,250      FGLMC   5.500   05/01/28   32,766 
 9,798,533      FGLMC   2.500   07/01/28   9,863,774 
 228      FGLMC   6.500   10/01/28   252 
 256,359      FGLMC   5.500   01/01/29   278,684 
 6,344      FGLMC   6.500   01/01/29   7,038 
 41,324      FGLMC   4.000   02/01/29   43,516 
 1,655      FGLMC   6.500   03/01/29   1,844 
 176,305      FGLMC   4.500   04/01/29   188,350 
 17,289      FGLMC   6.500   07/01/29   19,124 
 62,697      FGLMC   5.000   12/01/29   67,576 
 90,097      FGLMC   4.000   08/01/30   95,013 
 546,664      FGLMC   4.500   01/01/31   584,685 
 843      FGLMC   8.000   01/01/31   975 
 558,534      FGLMC   4.000   03/01/31   589,031 
 70,042      FGLMC   4.000   05/01/31   73,886 
 577,243      FGLMC   4.500   05/01/31   627,334 
 226,304      FGLMC   4.000   06/01/31   237,330 
 700,031      FGLMC   4.000   08/01/31   738,290 
 642,950      FGLMC   4.000   09/01/31   678,308 
 10,657      FGLMC   6.500   09/01/31   12,066 
 20,132      FGLMC   8.000   09/01/31   23,435 
 303,261      FGLMC   3.500   11/01/31   314,542 
 125,211      FGLMC   7.000   12/01/31   143,615 
 50,539      FGLMC   6.500   01/01/32   55,948 
 118,874      FGLMC   6.000   02/01/32   131,309 
 4,048,633      FGLMC   3.000   03/01/32   4,051,521 
 46,641      FGLMC   7.000   04/01/32   52,623 
 39,827      FGLMC   6.500   05/01/32   45,035 
 3,217,366      FGLMC   3.500   09/01/32   3,354,236 
 41,100      FGLMC   5.500   11/01/32   44,887 
 46,124      FGLMC   6.000   02/01/33   50,894 
 171,109      FGLMC   5.000   03/01/33   185,162 
 226,106      FGLMC   6.000   03/01/33   249,450 
 12,831      FGLMC   6.000   03/01/33   13,964 
 92,891      FGLMC   6.000   03/01/33   101,156 
 73,708      FGLMC   5.000   04/01/33   79,802 
88

TIAA-CREF FUNDS - Bond Index Fund

 

PRINCIPAL      ISSUER  RATE  MATURITY
DATE
  VALUE 
$19,351      FGLMC   6.000%  04/01/33  $21,368 
 1,460,739      FGLMC   5.000   06/01/33   1,583,054 
 404,541      FGLMC   5.500   06/01/33   441,777 
 149,140      FGLMC   4.500   07/01/33   159,080 
 191,868      FGLMC   5.000   08/01/33   206,863 
 18,966      FGLMC   5.000   08/01/33   20,439 
 47,594      FGLMC   6.500   08/01/33   52,711 
 446,153      FGLMC   5.000   09/01/33   483,985 
 83,891      FGLMC   5.500   09/01/33   91,700 
 222,079      FGLMC   5.500   09/01/33   244,681 
 171,616      FGLMC   5.500   09/01/33   189,120 
 224,834      FGLMC   5.500   09/01/33   247,873 
 73,750      FGLMC   4.000   10/01/33   77,129 
 37,972      FGLMC   5.000   10/01/33   41,177 
 279,655      FGLMC   5.500   10/01/33   307,623 
 301,288      FGLMC   5.500   12/01/33   330,246 
 82,842      FGLMC   5.500   12/01/33   90,399 
 889,583      FGLMC   7.000   12/01/33   1,009,450 
 798,862      FGLMC   5.000   01/01/34   866,318 
 20,251      FGLMC   5.500   02/01/34   22,105 
 96,236      FGLMC   5.000   03/01/34   104,328 
 127,372      FGLMC   5.500   03/01/34   138,778 
 252,203      FGLMC   5.000   05/01/34   273,554 
 130,206      FGLMC   4.500   06/01/34   138,984 
 302,020      FGLMC   5.000   06/01/34   327,029 
 82,964      FGLMC   5.500   06/01/34   90,410 
 57,782      FGLMC   6.000   06/01/34   63,866 
 176,652      FGLMC   6.000   09/01/34   195,148 
 23,913      FGLMC   5.000   11/01/34   26,079 
 1,140,369      FGLMC   5.500   11/01/34   1,238,476 
 707,356      FGLMC   5.000   12/01/34   765,992 
 52,536      FGLMC   5.500   12/01/34   57,003 
 132,732      FGLMC   5.500   12/01/34   144,976 
 63,599      FGLMC   5.500   01/01/35   69,090 
 8,133      FGLMC   5.500   01/01/35   8,835 
 14,468      FGLMC   5.500   01/01/35   15,718 
 353,438      FGLMC   4.500   04/01/35   377,020 
 50,276      FGLMC   6.000   05/01/35   55,530 
 285,402      FGLMC   6.000   05/01/35   310,845 
 328,934      FGLMC   7.000   05/01/35   361,038 
 82,138      FGLMC   5.500   06/01/35   89,215 
 49,578      FGLMC   5.500   06/01/35   53,849 
 45,873      FGLMC   5.000   07/01/35   49,393 
 1,449,772      FGLMC   5.000   07/01/35   1,568,469 
 40,517      FGLMC   6.000   07/01/35   44,099 
 63,706      FGLMC   5.000   08/01/35   68,814 
 46,447      FGLMC   5.500   08/01/35   50,302 
 102,290      FGLMC   6.000   08/01/35   111,323 
 30,274      FGLMC   4.500   09/01/35   32,248 
 217,484      FGLMC   5.000   10/01/35   234,727 
 297,899      FGLMC   5.000   10/01/35   321,356 
 42,743      FGLMC   5.000   10/01/35   45,989 
89

TIAA-CREF FUNDS - Bond Index Fund

 

PRINCIPAL      ISSUER  RATE  MATURITY
DATE
  VALUE 
$1,081,941      FGLMC   5.500%  10/01/35  $1,176,256 
 36,320      FGLMC   5.000   12/01/35   39,205 
 167,414      FGLMC   5.000   12/01/35   180,515 
 98,087      FGLMC   6.000   01/01/36   107,860 
 70,781      FGLMC   5.000   02/01/36   76,408 
 32,136      FGLMC   5.000   02/01/36   34,682 
 40,268      FGLMC   6.000   02/01/36   44,316 
 423,690      FGLMC   5.500   04/01/36   458,176 
 45,695      FGLMC   5.500   05/01/36   49,494 
 4,865      FGLMC   6.500   05/01/36   5,381 
 1,474,313      FGLMC   6.000   06/01/36   1,617,698 
 287,980      FGLMC   5.000   07/01/36   310,407 
 299,147      FGLMC   6.000   07/01/36   330,548 
 48,747      FGLMC   6.000   08/01/36   53,357 
 40,616      FGLMC   6.000   09/01/36   44,237 
 1,675,235      FGLMC   5.500   10/01/36   1,811,618 
 1,131,247      FGLMC   5.500   10/01/36   1,225,321 
 140,595      FGLMC   6.500   10/01/36   159,987 
 67,465      FGLMC   5.500   11/01/36   72,957 
 163,519      FGLMC   6.000   11/01/36   179,394 
 852,235      FGLMC   6.000   12/01/36   932,599 
 1,442,447      FGLMC   5.500   03/01/37   1,559,855 
 473,462      FGLMC   6.000   03/01/37   516,911 
 100,651      FGLMC   6.500   03/01/37   111,784 
 504,837      FGLMC   5.500   04/01/37   545,929 
 62,486      FGLMC   5.000   05/01/37   67,231 
 42,458      FGLMC   5.000   06/01/37   45,683 
 261,912      FGLMC   5.500   06/01/37   283,230 
 912,001      FGLMC   6.000   07/01/37   992,538 
 303,788      FGLMC   6.000   08/01/37   333,483 
 118,109      FGLMC   6.000   09/01/37   129,718 
 1,303,755      FGLMC   5.500   10/01/37   1,417,358 
 46,924      FGLMC   6.000   11/01/37   51,068 
 401,367      FGLMC   6.500   11/01/37   443,979 
 164,387      FGLMC   6.000   01/01/38   178,907 
 603,898      FGLMC   6.000   02/01/38   657,534 
 62,706      FGLMC   6.000   02/01/38   68,243 
 633,117      FGLMC   5.000   03/01/38   681,310 
 2,079,667      FGLMC   5.000   03/01/38   2,239,150 
 66,173      FGLMC   5.000   04/01/38   72,297 
 694,088      FGLMC   5.000   04/01/38   749,173 
 1,037,581      FGLMC   5.500   04/01/38   1,122,035 
 255,219      FGLMC   5.500   05/01/38   275,992 
 29,270      FGLMC   5.500   06/01/38   31,653 
 85,158      FGLMC   6.000   07/01/38   92,678 
 112,451      FGLMC   5.500   08/01/38   121,888 
 1,003,730      FGLMC   5.500   08/01/38   1,085,429 
 108,255      FGLMC   5.000   09/01/38   116,477 
 470,579      FGLMC   5.500   09/01/38   508,882 
 1,510,791      FGLMC   5.500   09/01/38   1,633,762 
 20,999      FGLMC   5.500   10/01/38   22,708 
 584,598      FGLMC   6.000   11/01/38   636,223 
90

TIAA-CREF FUNDS - Bond Index Fund

 

PRINCIPAL      ISSUER  RATE  MATURITY
DATE
  VALUE 
$3,723,274      FGLMC   5.500%  01/01/39  $4,026,670 
 2,649,679      FGLMC   4.500   02/01/39   2,816,401 
 1,505,115      FGLMC   5.000   02/01/39   1,619,420 
 110,510      FGLMC   5.500   02/01/39   119,505 
 17,956      FGLMC   4.500   03/01/39   19,092 
 496,336      FGLMC   5.000   03/01/39   539,030 
 90,172      FGLMC   6.000   03/01/39   98,135 
 3,082,068      FGLMC   4.500   04/01/39   3,339,565 
 67,174      FGLMC   4.500   04/01/39   71,522 
 920,552      FGLMC   4.000   05/01/39   961,949 
 542,423      FGLMC   4.500   05/01/39   577,073 
 24,374      FGLMC   4.500   05/01/39   25,932 
 1,853,872      FGLMC   4.500   05/01/39   1,971,480 
 10,537,364      FGLMC   4.500   05/01/39   11,215,714 
 494,051      FGLMC   5.000   05/01/39   532,430 
 1,185,369      FGLMC   4.000   06/01/39   1,238,343 
 279,867      FGLMC   4.500   06/01/39   297,764 
 5,814,408      FGLMC   4.500   06/01/39   6,182,381 
 124,263      FGLMC   5.000   06/01/39   135,029 
 47,822      FGLMC   5.500   06/01/39   51,715 
 1,265,689      FGLMC   4.000   07/01/39   1,323,261 
 55,085      FGLMC   4.500   07/01/39   58,624 
 115,779      FGLMC   4.500   07/01/39   123,280 
 684,532      FGLMC   4.500   07/01/39   728,486 
 405,655      FGLMC   5.000   07/01/39   437,145 
 780,436      FGLMC   5.500   07/01/39   843,960 
 52,376      FGLMC   4.500   08/01/39   55,734 
 146,730      FGLMC   5.000   08/01/39   158,074 
 651,143      FGLMC   4.000   09/01/39   681,243 
 4,052,732      FGLMC   5.000   09/01/39   4,360,513 
 1,044,863      FGLMC   5.000   09/01/39   1,136,173 
 32,542      FGLMC   5.500   09/01/39   35,842 
 2,116,146      FGLMC   6.500   09/01/39   2,340,811 
 176,685      FGLMC   4.500   10/01/39   190,000 
 448,543      FGLMC   4.500   10/01/39   477,289 
 139,538      FGLMC   4.500   10/01/39   150,197 
 71,593      FGLMC   4.000   11/01/39   74,832 
 333,261      FGLMC   4.500   11/01/39   354,458 
 39,861      FGLMC   5.000   11/01/39   42,958 
 114,295      FGLMC   5.000   11/01/39   123,151 
 266,157      FGLMC   4.500   12/01/39   283,303 
 612,352      FGLMC   4.500   12/01/39   651,602 
 362,651      FGLMC   4.500   12/01/39   388,217 
 1,128,983      FGLMC   4.500   12/01/39   1,208,867 
 640,994      FGLMC   5.500   12/01/39   693,168 
 638,534      FGLMC   4.500   01/01/40   679,260 
 48,443      FGLMC   5.000   01/01/40   52,651 
 125,953      FGLMC   5.500   01/01/40   136,205 
 258,991      FGLMC   5.500   03/01/40   280,071 
 97,444      FGLMC   4.500   04/01/40   104,364 
 456,987      FGLMC   4.500   04/01/40   486,248 
 738,453      FGLMC   5.000   04/01/40   802,861 
91

TIAA-CREF FUNDS - Bond Index Fund

 

PRINCIPAL      ISSUER  RATE  MATURITY
DATE
  VALUE 
$310,321      FGLMC   5.000%  04/01/40  $334,740 
 3,358,140      FGLMC   6.000   04/01/40   3,655,252 
 7,298,018      FGLMC   4.500   05/01/40   7,756,373 
 4,542,929      FGLMC   5.000   05/01/40   4,966,895 
 15,710      FGLMC   4.500   06/01/40   16,726 
 2,190,174      FGLMC   5.500   06/01/40   2,375,802 
 3,572,242      FGLMC   4.500   07/01/40   3,802,336 
 70,930      FGLMC   4.500   08/01/40   75,501 
 779,061      FGLMC   5.000   08/01/40   841,715 
 180,724      FGLMC   5.000   08/01/40   195,421 
 1,780,091      FGLMC   5.000   08/01/40   1,935,601 
 952,972      FGLMC   4.000   09/01/40   996,171 
 8,321,470      FGLMC   4.000   11/01/40   8,713,965 
 4,780,426      FGLMC   4.000   12/01/40   5,005,766 
 1,388,881      FGLMC   3.500   01/01/41   1,410,609 
 1,065,470      FGLMC   3.500   01/01/41   1,082,140 
 906,047      FGLMC   4.000   01/01/41   947,372 
 779,684      FGLMC   3.500   02/01/41   791,879 
 3,663,798      FGLMC   4.000   02/01/41   3,831,224 
 1,283,993      FGLMC   4.000   02/01/41   1,343,062 
 5,323,033      FGLMC   4.000   04/01/41   5,566,566 
 1,152,665      FGLMC   4.500   04/01/41   1,228,011 
 297,218      FGLMC   5.000   04/01/41   322,111 
 1,140,570      FGLMC   4.500   05/01/41   1,215,219 
 1,437,967      FGLMC   4.500   06/01/41   1,532,139 
 2,792,583      FGLMC   3.500   10/01/41   2,836,432 
 2,773,037      FGLMC   5.000   10/01/41   3,013,788 
 3,253,067      FGLMC   3.500   11/01/41   3,305,193 
 1,791,908      FGLMC   4.500   12/01/41   1,909,204 
 11,153,921      FGLMC   3.500   01/01/42   11,329,297 
 3,317,454      FGLMC   3.500   02/01/42   3,369,675 
 4,079,444      FGLMC   3.500   04/01/42   4,143,959 
 7,688,326      FGLMC   4.000   05/01/42   8,051,872 
 1,167,761      FGLMC   3.000   08/01/42   1,137,614 
 7,034,596      FGLMC   3.000   10/01/42   6,852,988 
 4,747,430      FGLMC   3.000   10/01/42   4,624,868 
 2,321,987      FGLMC   3.500   12/01/42   2,358,550 
 5,591,175      FGLMC   2.500   01/01/43   5,168,156 
 12,964,007      FGLMC   3.000   01/01/43   12,629,323 
 14,713,210      FGLMC   3.000   04/01/43   14,333,367 
 7,841,605      FGLMC   3.500   05/01/43   7,965,290 
 14,815      Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA)   4.753   10/01/13   14,810 
 3      FNMA   6.500   12/01/13   3 
 93,427      FNMA   4.854   02/01/14   93,588 
 666,668      FNMA   4.640   11/01/14   683,300 
 10,293      FNMA   6.000   04/01/16   10,387 
 39,067      FNMA   5.500   09/01/16   41,096 
 3,175      FNMA   6.500   10/01/16   3,310 
 28,500      FNMA   6.500   11/01/16   30,030 
 18,775      FNMA   6.500   04/01/17   20,071 
 16,547      FNMA   6.000   05/01/17   17,637 
 71,919      FNMA   5.000   09/01/17   76,706 

92

TIAA-CREF FUNDS - Bond Index Fund

 

PRINCIPAL      ISSUER  RATE  MATURITY
DATE
  VALUE 
$13,656      FNMA   6.000%  11/01/17  $14,389 
 157,227      FNMA   5.000   12/01/17   167,271 
 854,378      FNMA   5.000   12/01/17   909,100 
 11,666      FNMA   5.000   12/01/17   12,411 
 1,301,287      FNMA   5.000   01/01/18   1,387,719 
 1,206,058      FNMA   4.500   02/01/18   1,281,826 
 179,199      FNMA   4.500   04/01/18   190,524 
 33,791      FNMA   5.000   04/01/18   35,955 
 26,840      FNMA   5.500   04/01/18   28,367 
 277,874      FNMA   5.500   04/01/18   293,660 
 17,855      FNMA   5.500   05/01/18   18,806 
 456,749      FNMA   4.500   06/01/18   484,999 
 48,602      FNMA   4.000   08/01/18   51,588 
 566,444      FNMA   4.000   08/01/18   600,543 
 145,779      FNMA   4.500   09/01/18   154,933 
 102,100      FNMA   4.500   10/01/18   108,544 
 280,935      FNMA   5.000   11/01/18   298,905 
 5,962      FNMA   5.000   01/01/19   6,346 
 15,325      FNMA   6.000   01/01/19   16,732 
 34,577      FNMA   4.500   05/01/19   36,748 
 80,658      FNMA   4.500   06/01/19   85,733 
 14,516      FNMA   4.500   06/01/19   15,428 
 93,339      FNMA   5.000   07/01/19   99,334 
 401,726      FNMA   5.000   10/01/19   427,718 
 57,249      FNMA   4.500   11/01/19   60,848 
 49,370      FNMA   4.500   12/01/19   52,468 
 58,978      FNMA   5.000   03/01/20   62,711 
 18,443      FNMA   5.000   04/01/20   19,720 
 38,504      FNMA   4.500   06/01/20   40,920 
 27,734      FNMA   4.500   09/01/20   29,479 
 27,044      FNMA   4.500   10/01/20   28,776 
 41,295      FNMA   4.500   11/01/20   43,879 
 81,101      FNMA   5.000   12/01/20   86,999 
 2,339,176      FNMA   5.500   01/01/21   2,471,270 
 247,676      FNMA   5.500   01/01/21   260,879 
 95,138      FNMA   5.000   03/01/21   101,215 
 646,615      FNMA   6.000   04/01/21   691,094 
 68,365      FNMA   5.500   08/01/21   73,966 
 20,499      FNMA   6.000   08/01/21   22,503 
 13,163      FNMA   5.000   10/01/21   14,074 
 33,679      FNMA   5.000   11/01/21   35,846 
 14,882      FNMA   5.500   11/01/21   16,110 
 41,871      FNMA   5.500   10/01/22   45,508 
 19,782      FNMA   6.000   10/01/22   21,851 
 12,114      FNMA   5.000   03/01/23   12,984 
 31,130      FNMA   4.500   04/01/23   33,127 
 300,617      FNMA   4.500   06/01/23   319,890 
 26,539      FNMA   5.000   06/01/23   28,465 
 30,104      FNMA   5.500   06/01/23   32,764 
 297,203      FNMA   5.000   07/01/23   318,885 
 2,227,575      FNMA   5.000   07/01/23   2,388,796 
 80,843      FNMA   5.000   07/01/23   86,736 
93

TIAA-CREF FUNDS - Bond Index Fund

 

PRINCIPAL      ISSUER  RATE  MATURITY
DATE
  VALUE 
$37,496      FNMA   5.500%  08/01/23  $40,765 
 54,820      FNMA   5.000   11/01/23   59,380 
 20,354      FNMA   5.500   11/01/23   22,026 
 751,953      FNMA   5.500   01/01/24   813,453 
 51,177      FNMA   5.500   02/01/24   56,138 
 279,299      FNMA   4.000   03/01/24   296,482 
 19,970      FNMA   4.500   04/01/24   21,226 
 329,560      FNMA   4.000   05/01/24   349,959 
 1,087,942      FNMA   4.000   05/01/24   1,154,427 
 25,134      FNMA   4.000   06/01/24   26,675 
 32,044      FNMA   4.500   07/01/24   34,800 
 28,444      FNMA   5.500   07/01/24   31,212 
 495      FNMA   8.000   07/01/24   575 
 159,021      FNMA   4.500   08/01/24   169,105 
 144,381      FNMA   4.000   09/01/24   153,373 
 614,011      FNMA   4.000   09/01/24   651,441 
 74,431      FNMA   4.500   09/01/24   79,155 
 1,358,596      FNMA   4.500   10/01/24   1,444,783 
 71,073      FNMA   5.000   01/01/25   76,960 
 138,012      FNMA   4.500   02/01/25   146,659 
 24,594      FNMA   4.500   03/01/25   26,138 
 988,351      FNMA   4.500   03/01/25   1,050,467 
 305,189      FNMA   5.000   03/01/25   331,735 
 773,292      FNMA   4.500   04/01/25   821,404 
 322,261      FNMA   4.500   04/01/25   342,495 
 3,468,815      FNMA   4.000   05/01/25   3,681,626 
 972,515      FNMA   4.000   06/01/25   1,032,248 
 929,366      FNMA   4.500   06/01/25   987,842 
 333,095      FNMA   4.000   08/01/25   353,504 
 140,100      FNMA   5.500   08/01/25   153,835 
 1,743,682      FNMA   3.500   09/01/25   1,840,892 
 1,668,535      FNMA   4.000   09/01/25   1,771,373 
 2,056,866      FNMA   3.500   10/01/25   2,171,342 
 1,842,369      FNMA   3.500   10/01/25   1,945,219 
 663,084      FNMA   5.000   10/01/25   720,623 
 1,207,608      FNMA   4.000   11/01/25   1,281,727 
 1,731,065      FNMA   3.500   12/01/25   1,827,607 
 1,141,152      FNMA   3.500   02/01/26   1,204,749 
 376,392      FNMA   4.000   03/01/26   399,510 
 1,065,938      FNMA   4.000   06/01/26   1,131,599 
 1,001,945      FNMA   3.500   08/01/26   1,057,769 
 775,481      FNMA   3.500   09/01/26   818,691 
 468,144      FNMA   4.000   09/01/26   496,943 
 1,200,362      FNMA   3.500   10/01/26   1,267,156 
 27,811      FNMA   6.000   10/01/26   30,495 
 1,631,528      FNMA   3.000   11/01/26   1,690,820 
 1,318,159      FNMA   3.000   12/01/26   1,366,067 
 3,567,566      FNMA   3.000   01/01/27   3,697,153 
 2,732,793      FNMA   3.500   02/01/27   2,885,778 
 2,593,226      FNMA   3.000   04/01/27   2,687,647 
 4,148,812      FNMA   3.000   04/01/27   4,299,464 
 1,724,146      FNMA   3.500   05/01/27   1,820,309 
94

TIAA-CREF FUNDS - Bond Index Fund

 

PRINCIPAL      ISSUER  RATE  MATURITY
DATE
  VALUE 
$1,525,322      FNMA   2.500%  06/01/27  $1,536,191 
 4,329,098      FNMA   3.000   06/01/27   4,487,268 
 1,793,873      FNMA   2.500   07/01/27   1,806,658 
 241,888      FNMA   6.000   08/01/27   265,470 
 3,549,239      FNMA   2.500   09/01/27   3,572,348 
 78,725      FNMA   5.500   09/01/27   86,532 
 6,170,491      FNMA   2.500   10/01/27   6,214,519 
 4,222,359      FNMA   3.000   11/01/27   4,376,570 
 10,846      FNMA   5.500   01/01/28   11,863 
 10,447,700      FNMA   2.500   02/01/28   10,515,802 
 9,529      FNMA   5.000   02/01/28   10,350 
 11,408,517      FNMA   2.500   04/01/28   11,482,897 
 437,432      FNMA   5.000   05/01/28   475,510 
 55,595      FNMA   5.500   06/01/28   60,670 
 2,966,479      FNMA   2.500   07/01/28   2,985,780 
 5,963,605      FNMA   2.500   08/01/28   6,002,459 
 8,979,942   h  FNMA   3.000   10/01/28   9,305,066 
 8,716      FNMA   5.500   11/01/28   9,509 
 40      FNMA   7.500   01/01/29   46 
 67,181      FNMA   4.000   03/01/29   71,121 
 263,395      FNMA   4.500   04/01/29   284,831 
 470      FNMA   6.500   04/01/29   519 
 169,802      FNMA   4.000   05/01/29   179,837 
 96,424      FNMA   4.500   06/01/29   104,278 
 32,105      FNMA   4.000   07/01/29   33,989 
 3,569      FNMA   7.500   07/01/29   3,716 
 613,966      FNMA   4.500   08/01/29   664,364 
 102,992      FNMA   4.500   09/01/29   110,900 
 76,212      FNMA   4.500   11/01/29   83,188 
 29,982      FNMA   4.500   01/01/30   32,474 
 80,088      FNMA   4.000   03/01/30   84,759 
 35,697      FNMA   4.500   05/01/30   38,663 
 49,088      FNMA   4.500   06/01/30   53,190 
 431,887      FNMA   4.500   08/01/30   467,958 
 88,605      FNMA   4.000   09/01/30   94,462 
 498,550      FNMA   4.000   10/01/30   531,567 
 4,967,590      FNMA   4.000   11/01/30   5,295,657 
 717,411      FNMA   4.000   11/01/30   764,190 
 194,657      FNMA   4.500   12/01/30   210,097 
 219,622      FNMA   3.500   02/01/31   223,841 
 274,390      FNMA   4.000   02/01/31   292,699 
 287      FNMA   7.500   02/01/31   305 
 1,844      FNMA   7.500   03/01/31   2,161 
 619,294      FNMA   3.500   04/01/31   631,194 
 83,393      FNMA   4.000   04/01/31   88,950 
 9,262      FNMA   6.000   05/01/31   10,245 
 1,363      FNMA   7.500   05/01/31   1,490 
 453,229      FNMA   4.500   07/01/31   494,462 
 2,389,185      FNMA   4.500   07/01/31   2,611,675 
 2,627,830      FNMA   4.000   08/01/31   2,813,416 
 183,956      FNMA   4.000   09/01/31   196,959 
 787      FNMA   6.500   09/01/31   879 
95

TIAA-CREF FUNDS - Bond Index Fund

 

PRINCIPAL      ISSUER  RATE  MATURITY
DATE
  VALUE 
$78,703      FNMA   6.000%  11/01/31  $87,088 
 9,582      FNMA   6.500   11/01/31   10,695 
 4,157,633      FNMA   3.500   01/01/32   4,318,640 
 30,894      FNMA   6.000   01/01/32   34,223 
 26,659      FNMA   6.000   01/01/32   29,140 
 1,663,486      FNMA   3.500   02/01/32   1,727,925 
 22,439      FNMA   6.000   02/01/32   24,831 
 72,230      FNMA   6.500   04/01/32   82,444 
 168,741      FNMA   6.500   07/01/32   188,957 
 20,142      FNMA   6.500   08/01/32   23,514 
 1,553,342      FNMA   3.000   09/01/32   1,554,454 
 213,477      FNMA   6.000   09/01/32   233,152 
 34,333      FNMA   7.500   09/01/32   39,343 
 4,551,065      FNMA   3.000   10/01/32   4,554,320 
 94,466      FNMA   5.500   10/01/32   103,143 
 44,838      FNMA   6.000   10/01/32   49,056 
 41,491      FNMA   6.000   11/01/32   45,947 
 7,576      FNMA   5.500   12/01/32   8,266 
 50,102      FNMA   5.500   12/01/32   54,707 
 88,840      FNMA   6.000   12/01/32   98,322 
 408,991      FNMA   5.500   01/01/33   446,427 
 897,240      FNMA   6.000   01/01/33   993,449 
 22,900      FNMA   5.000   02/01/33   24,812 
 467,412      FNMA   5.000   02/01/33   505,746 
 4,428,585      FNMA   3.500   04/01/33   4,587,383 
 20,785      FNMA   6.000   04/01/33   23,007 
 3,144,796      FNMA   5.500   05/01/33   3,435,108 
 178,328      FNMA   5.000   06/01/33   193,984 
 373,633      FNMA   5.500   06/01/33   408,015 
 47,588      FNMA   4.500   07/01/33   50,980 
 149,427      FNMA   5.000   07/01/33   161,793 
 265,958      FNMA   4.500   08/01/33   284,868 
 69,512      FNMA   4.500   08/01/33   74,181 
 84,048      FNMA   5.000   08/01/33   91,380 
 334,038      FNMA   5.500   09/01/33   363,426 
 123,354      FNMA   5.500   09/01/33   136,527 
 44,019      FNMA   6.000   09/01/33   48,690 
 462,673      FNMA   4.500   10/01/33   495,574 
 71,629      FNMA   5.000   10/01/33   77,909 
 101,310      FNMA   5.000   10/01/33   110,119 
 1,346,271      FNMA   5.500   10/01/33   1,496,442 
 788,959      FNMA   5.500   10/01/33   864,301 
 34,925      FNMA   4.500   11/01/33   37,364 
 90,742      FNMA   5.000   11/01/33   98,677 
 6,067,376      FNMA   5.000   11/01/33   6,600,430 
 722,060      FNMA   5.000   12/01/33   785,590 
 754,890      FNMA   5.500   12/01/33   825,802 
 273,949      FNMA   5.000   02/01/34   298,012 
 1,089,577      FNMA   6.000   02/01/34   1,205,604 
 1,638,753      FNMA   5.000   03/01/34   1,780,060 
 29,110      FNMA   5.000   03/01/34   31,648 
 69,033      FNMA   5.000   03/01/34   75,062 
96

TIAA-CREF FUNDS - Bond Index Fund

 

PRINCIPAL      ISSUER  RATE  MATURITY
DATE
  VALUE 
$23,842      FNMA   5.000%  03/01/34  $25,923 
 85,697      FNMA   5.000   03/01/34   93,179 
 39,909      FNMA   5.000   03/01/34   43,385 
 260,296      FNMA   5.000   04/01/34   282,764 
 257,535      FNMA   5.500   04/01/34   281,384 
 33,226      FNMA   4.500   05/01/34   35,563 
 131,381      FNMA   4.500   05/01/34   140,691 
 58,813      FNMA   5.500   07/01/34   64,258 
 89,217      FNMA   5.500   07/01/34   97,518 
 76,417      FNMA   7.000   07/01/34   88,435 
 82,019      FNMA   5.000   08/01/34   89,061 
 686,592      FNMA   5.000   08/01/34   745,594 
 68,501      FNMA   6.000   08/01/34   75,838 
 380,621      FNMA   6.000   08/01/34   421,201 
 37,824      FNMA   4.500   09/01/34   40,484 
 1,459,861      FNMA   5.500   09/01/34   1,594,722 
 12,858      FNMA   5.500   11/01/34   14,023 
 24,359      FNMA   6.000   11/01/34   26,639 
 21,789      FNMA   5.000   12/01/34   23,671 
 14,138      FNMA   5.500   12/01/34   15,437 
 42,595      FNMA   6.000   12/01/34   46,817 
 1,861,003      FNMA   4.500   01/01/35   1,992,917 
 129,670      FNMA   5.500   01/01/35   141,391 
 190,823      FNMA   5.500   02/01/35   208,342 
 4,583,427      FNMA   5.500   02/01/35   5,008,035 
 1,322,960      FNMA   5.500   04/01/35   1,464,021 
 187,085      FNMA   6.000   04/01/35   207,030 
 160,513      FNMA   6.000   04/01/35   177,624 
 118,452      FNMA   5.500   05/01/35   128,804 
 208,255      FNMA   6.000   05/01/35   227,488 
 75,594      FNMA   5.000   06/01/35   82,050 
 5,215      FNMA   7.500   06/01/35   5,712 
 8,462   i  FNMA   4.613   07/01/35   8,980 
 189,440      FNMA   5.000   07/01/35   205,507 
 432,765      FNMA   4.500   08/01/35   462,966 
 742,731      FNMA   5.000   08/01/35   805,528 
 328,755      FNMA   5.000   08/01/35   356,875 
 21,474      FNMA   4.500   09/01/35   23,001 
 19,913      FNMA   4.500   09/01/35   21,273 
 48,974      FNMA   5.500   09/01/35   53,487 
 428,156      FNMA   5.000   10/01/35   464,355 
 654,326      FNMA   5.500   10/01/35   716,705 
 30,178      FNMA   5.000   11/01/35   32,542 
 789,760      FNMA   5.500   11/01/35   859,240 
 10,767      FNMA   4.500   12/01/35   11,489 
 100,216      FNMA   5.500   12/01/35   109,033 
 408,005      FNMA   6.000   12/01/35   445,425 
 233,657   i  FNMA   2.543   02/01/36   248,445 
 1,727,831      FNMA   5.000   02/01/36   1,873,207 
 80,944      FNMA   5.000   02/01/36   86,157 
 179,909      FNMA   6.500   02/01/36   198,840 
 1,013,277      FNMA   6.000   03/01/36   1,113,650 
97

TIAA-CREF FUNDS - Bond Index Fund

 

PRINCIPAL       ISSUER  RATE  MATURITY
DATE
  VALUE 
$18,136       FNMA   5.000%  05/01/36  $19,644 
 1,259,021       FNMA   6.000   06/01/36   1,374,248 
 157,376    i  FNMA   2.392   07/01/36   168,765 
 71,972       FNMA   6.000   07/01/36   78,544 
 455,462       FNMA   6.500   07/01/36   503,387 
 1,246,865       FNMA   5.500   08/01/36   1,356,559 
 589,071       FNMA   6.500   08/01/36   659,956 
 48,587       FNMA   5.500   09/01/36   53,081 
 40,957       FNMA   6.500   09/01/36   45,267 
 115,841       FNMA   6.500   09/01/36   128,121 
 132,161       FNMA   6.000   10/01/36   144,767 
 59,360       FNMA   6.500   11/01/36   65,606 
 18,270    i  FNMA   5.485   12/01/36   19,427 
 386,826       FNMA   6.000   12/01/36   422,149 
 55,979    i  FNMA   2.824   01/01/37   59,802 
 152,737       FNMA   5.500   01/01/37   166,242 
 8,294    i  FNMA   1.909   02/01/37   8,790 
 1,088,497       FNMA   5.500   02/01/37   1,184,943 
 26,911       FNMA   6.000   02/01/37   29,396 
 43,558       FNMA   7.000   02/01/37   49,985 
 18,007    i  FNMA   2.551   03/01/37   19,122 
 4,186       FNMA   5.000   03/01/37   4,530 
 404,146       FNMA   6.500   03/01/37   450,958 
 159,680       FNMA   6.500   03/01/37   188,478 
 14,653    i  FNMA   5.582   04/01/37   15,796 
 249,935       FNMA   7.000   04/01/37   290,090 
 347,833       FNMA   5.000   05/01/37   376,360 
 12,294       FNMA   7.000   05/01/37   12,836 
 63,614    i  FNMA   5.128   06/01/37   68,239 
 116,810       FNMA   5.500   06/01/37   127,086 
 88,196       FNMA   5.500   08/01/37   96,145 
 34,811       FNMA   6.000   08/01/37   38,031 
 240,289       FNMA   6.500   08/01/37   265,573 
 70,759       FNMA   6.500   08/01/37   78,342 
 103,244       FNMA   5.500   09/01/37   114,142 
 138,367       FNMA   6.000   09/01/37   151,760 
 402,606       FNMA   6.000   09/01/37   449,359 
 561,019       FNMA   6.000   09/01/37   625,627 
 202,529       FNMA   6.000   09/01/37   226,046 
 176,690       FNMA   6.000   09/01/37   192,824 
 225,959       FNMA   6.500   09/01/37   249,735 
 34,677       FNMA   6.500   09/01/37   38,325 
 524,231    i  FNMA   2.478   10/01/37   559,056 
 108,761       FNMA   6.500   10/01/37   120,206 
 694,987       FNMA   5.500   11/01/37   756,129 
 1,597,472       FNMA   6.000   11/01/37   1,743,344 
 58,943       FNMA   7.000   11/01/37   63,981 
 7,428       FNMA   6.500   01/01/38   8,233 
 12,474       FNMA   6.500   01/01/38   13,787 
 394,897       FNMA   5.500   02/01/38   429,894 
 37,455       FNMA   6.500   02/01/38   41,955 
 92,014       FNMA   7.000   02/01/38   101,848 
98

TIAA-CREF FUNDS - Bond Index Fund

 

PRINCIPAL      ISSUER  RATE  MATURITY
DATE
  VALUE 
$72,359   i  FNMA   2.645%  03/01/38  $77,144 
 42,337      FNMA   5.000   03/01/38   45,809 
 29,583      FNMA   5.000   03/01/38   32,010 
 79,399      FNMA   5.500   03/01/38   86,384 
 22,824      FNMA   6.000   03/01/38   25,274 
 54,548      FNMA   6.500   03/01/38   62,123 
 625,421      FNMA   6.500   03/01/38   691,229 
 103,272      FNMA   6.500   03/01/38   115,836 
 66,482      FNMA   6.500   03/01/38   73,478 
 35,724      FNMA   5.000   04/01/38   38,654 
 1,564,999      FNMA   5.500   04/01/38   1,702,681 
 1,180,219      FNMA   6.000   04/01/38   1,289,172 
 53,702      FNMA   4.500   05/01/38   57,260 
 3,540,070      FNMA   5.000   05/01/38   3,840,500 
 1,095,190      FNMA   5.000   05/01/38   1,185,010 
 4,096,917      FNMA   6.000   06/01/38   4,471,025 
 5,185,349      FNMA   6.500   06/01/38   5,760,263 
 1,079,155      FNMA   6.000   07/01/38   1,178,360 
 6,719   i  FNMA   2.500   08/01/38   7,103 
 14,596   i  FNMA   4.758   08/01/38   15,499 
 3,812,983      FNMA   6.000   09/01/38   4,161,164 
 106,375   i  FNMA   4.961   10/01/38   114,340 
 13,585      FNMA   6.000   10/01/38   14,826 
 112,641      FNMA   5.500   11/01/38   122,551 
 18,244      FNMA   5.000   12/01/38   19,741 
 2,529,890      FNMA   5.500   12/01/38   2,757,272 
 540,574      FNMA   4.500   01/01/39   576,527 
 616,173      FNMA   5.000   01/01/39   666,707 
 174,966      FNMA   5.000   01/01/39   189,323 
 403,767      FNMA   5.500   01/01/39   439,289 
 1,842,633      FNMA   5.500   01/01/39   2,004,740 
 212,452      FNMA   6.000   01/01/39   231,852 
 130,977      FNMA   6.000   01/01/39   142,937 
 1,501,640      FNMA   4.500   02/01/39   1,602,611 
 735,721      FNMA   4.500   02/01/39   784,972 
 708,437      FNMA   4.500   02/01/39   755,988 
 31,755      FNMA   5.500   02/01/39   34,553 
 1,356,370      FNMA   4.000   04/01/39   1,423,138 
 46,275      FNMA   5.500   04/01/39   50,565 
 592,240      FNMA   4.500   05/01/39   632,267 
 2,125,622      FNMA   4.500   05/01/39   2,280,525 
 1,303,127      FNMA   4.500   06/01/39   1,390,623 
 579,870      FNMA   4.500   06/01/39   619,110 
 1,384,572      FNMA   5.500   06/01/39   1,507,530 
 45,488   i  FNMA   4.044   07/01/39   48,665 
 391,578      FNMA   4.500   07/01/39   417,944 
 234,913      FNMA   4.500   07/01/39   250,699 
 44,890      FNMA   5.000   07/01/39   48,943 
 62,287   i  FNMA   3.626   08/01/39   66,427 
 248,750   i  FNMA   3.732   08/01/39   265,155 
 4,567,203      FNMA   4.000   08/01/39   4,789,757 
 666,895      FNMA   4.000   08/01/39   699,475 
99

TIAA-CREF FUNDS - Bond Index Fund

 

PRINCIPAL      ISSUER  RATE  MATURITY
DATE
  VALUE 
$1,153,912      FNMA   4.500%  08/01/39  $1,231,665 
 2,725,772      FNMA   4.500   08/01/39   2,928,206 
 58,121      FNMA   4.500   08/01/39   62,734 
 4,807,135      FNMA   5.000   08/01/39   5,214,464 
 54,679      FNMA   5.000   08/01/39   59,276 
 1,574,600      FNMA   4.000   09/01/39   1,652,057 
 96,123      FNMA   5.000   09/01/39   104,211 
 654,848      FNMA   5.500   09/01/39   725,017 
 569,459      FNMA   6.000   09/01/39   622,092 
 2,403,518      FNMA   6.500   10/01/39   2,671,950 
 78,764      FNMA   5.000   11/01/39   86,114 
 2,173,936      FNMA   4.000   12/01/39   2,280,601 
 202,526      FNMA   4.500   12/01/39   218,006 
 556,818      FNMA   4.500   12/01/39   594,371 
 7,579,806      FNMA   4.500   12/01/39   8,093,807 
 80,975   i  FNMA   3.676   01/01/40   85,461 
 125,834      FNMA   4.500   01/01/40   134,349 
 166,726      FNMA   5.000   01/01/40   182,131 
 1,407,991      FNMA   6.000   02/01/40   1,536,561 
 1,371,422      FNMA   4.500   03/01/40   1,464,269 
 631,430      FNMA   4.500   03/01/40   674,008 
 77,944      FNMA   5.000   03/01/40   84,974 
 66,502      FNMA   4.500   04/01/40   70,999 
 2,313,087      FNMA   5.000   04/01/40   2,526,365 
 2,607,631      FNMA   5.000   04/01/40   2,837,388 
 325,472   i  FNMA   3.492   05/01/40   345,061 
 438,494   i  FNMA   3.617   05/01/40   465,476 
 692,433   i  FNMA   3.735   05/01/40   736,775 
 68,626      FNMA   4.500   05/01/40   73,722 
 197,128      FNMA   4.500   07/01/40   210,624 
 166,750      FNMA   4.500   07/01/40   178,073 
 222,882      FNMA   5.000   07/01/40   242,950 
 110,516   i  FNMA   3.375   08/01/40   116,166 
 2,097,811      FNMA   4.500   08/01/40   2,239,293 
 1,523,877      FNMA   4.500   08/01/40   1,626,665 
 1,705,941      FNMA   5.000   08/01/40   1,860,512 
 1,235,892      FNMA   4.500   09/01/40   1,320,168 
 3,107,424      FNMA   4.500   09/01/40   3,320,402 
 4,084,378      FNMA   6.000   09/01/40   4,468,800 
 449,437      FNMA   3.500   10/01/40   457,850 
 2,111,696      FNMA   4.000   10/01/40   2,216,172 
 5,403,490      FNMA   4.000   10/01/40   5,673,365 
 3,544,312      FNMA   4.500   10/01/40   3,787,569 
 3,088,013      FNMA   3.500   11/01/40   3,145,819 
 2,353,466      FNMA   4.000   11/01/40   2,470,003 
 4,027,406      FNMA   4.000   11/01/40   4,227,435 
 3,538,803      FNMA   4.000   11/01/40   3,714,110 
 430,885      FNMA   4.500   11/01/40   461,408 
 478,220   i  FNMA   3.260   12/01/40   500,272 
 1,168,743      FNMA   4.000   12/01/40   1,227,457 
 10,518,284      FNMA   4.500   12/01/40   11,241,255 
 116,949      FNMA   3.500   01/01/41   119,139 
100

TIAA-CREF FUNDS - Bond Index Fund

 

PRINCIPAL      ISSUER  RATE  MATURITY
DATE
  VALUE 
$318,492   i  FNMA   3.161%  02/01/41  $334,900 
 662,395      FNMA   3.500   02/01/41   674,794 
 3,328,087      FNMA   4.000   02/01/41   3,492,983 
 3,176,771      FNMA   4.000   03/01/41   3,332,755 
 2,653,674      FNMA   4.500   04/01/41   2,840,126 
 701,587      FNMA   4.500   05/01/41   750,416 
 2,294,785      FNMA   4.500   06/01/41   2,452,910 
 835,355   i  FNMA   3.239   07/01/41   874,434 
 2,507,626      FNMA   4.500   07/01/41   2,681,657 
 6,433,802      FNMA   4.000   09/01/41   6,751,420 
 3,806,946      FNMA   4.500   09/01/41   4,072,392 
 1,798,804      FNMA   5.500   09/01/41   1,958,274 
 1,508,402   i  FNMA   2.928   10/01/41   1,571,851 
 247,227   i  FNMA   3.077   10/01/41   257,149 
 1,781,459      FNMA   3.500   11/01/41   1,814,807 
 1,547,618      FNMA   3.500   11/01/41   1,576,927 
 2,323,032   i  FNMA   2.838   12/01/41   2,393,263 
 2,268,929      FNMA   4.000   12/01/41   2,381,482 
 4,686,936      FNMA   3.500   03/01/42   4,774,674 
 3,759,262      FNMA   4.000   03/01/42   3,945,443 
 8,702,124      FNMA   3.500   04/01/42   8,865,200 
 2,963,572      FNMA   3.500   04/01/42   3,022,585 
 4,059,593      FNMA   5.000   04/01/42   4,467,076 
 3,332,273      FNMA   4.000   05/01/42   3,496,815 
 4,857,544      FNMA   5.000   05/01/42   5,299,003 
 2,538,038      FNMA   3.000   06/01/42   2,481,644 
 13,708,261      FNMA   3.500   06/01/42   13,965,621 
 13,636,333      FNMA   4.000   06/01/42   14,311,429 
 20,561,987      FNMA   3.500   07/01/42   20,948,083 
 3,926,204      FNMA   4.500   07/01/42   4,202,790 
 4,522,151      FNMA   3.500   08/01/42   4,606,984 
 5,598,161      FNMA   3.000   09/01/42   5,473,774 
 8,403,329      FNMA   3.500   09/01/42   8,561,112 
 11,883,810      FNMA   3.000   10/01/42   11,619,760 
 4,528,930      FNMA   3.500   10/01/42   4,613,903 
 3,887,824      FNMA   2.500   01/01/43   3,615,792 
 14,510,711      FNMA   3.000   01/01/43   14,188,293 
 19,462,477      FNMA   3.000   02/01/43   19,030,035 
 4,903,785   h  FNMA   3.000   04/01/43   4,794,826 
 3,465,958   i  FNMA   2.171   06/01/43   3,457,132 
 15,825,777      FNMA   3.000   06/01/43   15,474,140 
 4,949,383   i  FNMA   1.755   07/01/43   4,969,279 
 11,898,014      FNMA   3.000   07/01/43   11,633,649 
 12,389,774      FNMA   3.500   07/01/43   12,622,080 
 5,832,820   h  FNMA   4.000   08/01/43   6,134,556 
 12,471,858      FNMA   3.500   09/01/43   12,705,631 
 14,072      Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA)   5.000   02/15/18   14,950 
 60,842      GNMA   4.500   02/15/19   64,946 
 19,393      GNMA   4.500   01/20/24   20,699 
 104,476      GNMA   4.000   04/15/24   111,130 
 12,503      GNMA   4.500   07/15/24   13,349 
 375,354      GNMA   4.000   08/15/24   399,264 
101

TIAA-CREF FUNDS - Bond Index Fund

 

PRINCIPAL      ISSUER  RATE  MATURITY
DATE
  VALUE 
$100,374      GNMA   4.500%  08/15/24  $107,227 
 309,435      GNMA   4.000   09/15/24   329,056 
 46,682      GNMA   4.500   01/15/25   49,882 
 370,943      GNMA   4.000   08/15/25   394,297 
 203,598      GNMA   3.500   03/15/26   215,038 
 279,235      GNMA   4.000   04/15/26   296,810 
 223,950      GNMA   4.000   06/20/26   237,948 
 345,440      GNMA   3.500   11/20/26   366,287 
 1,525,141      GNMA   3.000   12/15/26   1,579,658 
 4,214,693      GNMA   2.500   04/20/27   4,247,103 
 2,543,054      GNMA   2.500   09/20/27   2,562,612 
 1,642      GNMA   6.500   09/15/28   1,841 
 3,754      GNMA   6.500   09/15/28   4,211 
 5,073      GNMA   6.500   11/15/28   5,689 
 1,315      GNMA   7.500   11/15/28   1,503 
 9,227      GNMA   8.500   10/15/30   10,034 
 6,542      GNMA   8.500   10/20/30   7,861 
 859      GNMA   8.500   12/15/30   981 
 1,032      GNMA   7.000   06/20/31   1,171 
 1,051      GNMA   6.500   07/15/31   1,178 
 3,790      GNMA   7.000   07/15/31   4,289 
 5,570      GNMA   7.000   07/15/31   6,305 
 5,057      GNMA   7.500   02/15/32   5,217 
 391,059      GNMA   6.000   10/15/32   437,540 
 66,679      GNMA   5.500   12/20/32   73,825 
 132,468      GNMA   5.500   05/15/33   147,654 
 25,138      GNMA   5.000   07/15/33   27,586 
 94,640      GNMA   5.500   07/15/33   103,705 
 22,119      GNMA   5.000   07/20/33   24,261 
 131,601      GNMA   5.000   08/15/33   143,127 
 49,515      GNMA   5.000   08/15/33   53,851 
 333,972      GNMA   5.500   09/15/33   376,540 
 284,706      GNMA   6.000   11/20/33   320,748 
 123,482      GNMA   5.500   05/20/34   139,126 
 178,716      GNMA   6.000   09/20/34   198,289 
 16,718      GNMA   5.000   10/20/34   18,366 
 436,372      GNMA   5.500   11/15/34   482,908 
 165,619      GNMA   6.500   01/15/35   188,671 
 92,901      GNMA   5.500   02/20/35   103,007 
 1,869,259      GNMA   5.000   03/20/35   2,053,576 
 611,066      GNMA   5.000   04/15/35   671,290 
 626,464      GNMA   5.500   05/20/35   694,651 
 25,466      GNMA   5.000   09/20/35   27,946 
 14,503      GNMA   5.000   11/15/35   15,776 
 17,670      GNMA   5.000   11/15/35   19,224 
 196,418      GNMA   5.500   02/20/36   216,765 
 22,363      GNMA   5.500   03/15/36   24,542 
 66,296      GNMA   5.500   05/20/36   73,090 
 18,367      GNMA   6.500   06/15/36   20,588 
 678,060      GNMA   5.500   06/20/36   747,220 
 31,205      GNMA   5.000   09/15/36   34,185 
 33,315      GNMA   6.000   09/15/36   36,837 
102

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PRINCIPAL      ISSUER  RATE  MATURITY
DATE
  VALUE 
$62,030      GNMA   6.000%  10/20/36  $68,391 
 34,265      GNMA   5.000   12/15/36   37,485 
 43,048      GNMA   5.500   01/15/37   47,185 
 34,453      GNMA   6.000   01/20/37   37,978 
 903,173      GNMA   5.500   02/15/37   989,997 
 114,297      GNMA   6.000   02/20/37   125,991 
 933,206      GNMA   6.000   04/15/37   1,033,171 
 30,192      GNMA   6.500   04/15/37   34,057 
 484,148      GNMA   6.000   04/20/37   533,765 
 62,840      GNMA   6.000   06/15/37   69,375 
 71,411      GNMA   6.000   08/20/37   78,553 
 55,540      GNMA   6.500   08/20/37   62,023 
 286,646      GNMA   6.500   11/20/37   319,377 
 218,550      GNMA   6.000   12/15/37   240,880 
 19,842      GNMA   5.000   02/20/38   21,638 
 418,596      GNMA   5.000   04/15/38   455,497 
 26,311      GNMA   5.500   05/20/38   28,929 
 72,770      GNMA   5.500   06/15/38   80,124 
 207,335      GNMA   6.000   06/20/38   229,521 
 326,528      GNMA   5.500   07/15/38   357,277 
 1,676,651      GNMA   5.000   07/20/38   1,826,919 
 1,603,323      GNMA   5.500   07/20/38   1,763,321 
 45,576      GNMA   5.500   08/15/38   49,981 
 740,041      GNMA   6.000   08/15/38   817,380 
 292,088      GNMA   6.000   08/15/38   322,700 
 164,049      GNMA   6.000   08/20/38   180,365 
 657,908      GNMA   6.000   09/20/38   723,448 
 99,975      GNMA   5.000   10/15/38   108,809 
 35,191      GNMA   5.500   10/15/38   39,832 
 58,728      GNMA   6.500   10/20/38   66,510 
 28,250      GNMA   6.500   10/20/38   31,480 
 12,374      GNMA   5.500   11/15/38   13,570 
 109,849      GNMA   6.500   11/20/38   122,585 
 941,956      GNMA   6.000   12/15/38   1,040,602 
 13,155      GNMA   6.500   12/15/38   15,394 
 83,068      GNMA   5.000   01/15/39   90,387 
 3,275,431      GNMA   4.500   01/20/39   3,543,945 
 292,769      GNMA   6.500   01/20/39   327,927 
 108,783      GNMA   5.000   02/15/39   118,251 
 51,674      GNMA   6.000   02/15/39   57,036 
 987,569      GNMA   4.500   03/15/39   1,060,746 
 143,473      GNMA   4.500   03/15/39   154,140 
 33,045      GNMA   4.500   03/20/39   35,828 
 52,657   i  GNMA   5.000   03/20/39   55,902 
 521,775      GNMA   5.500   03/20/39   573,709 
 57,119      GNMA   4.500   04/15/39   61,380 
 1,084,429      GNMA   5.500   04/15/39   1,193,931 
 21,805      GNMA   5.000   04/20/39   23,770 
 96,069      GNMA   4.000   05/15/39   101,448 
 1,583,389      GNMA   4.500   05/15/39   1,702,036 
 935,954      GNMA   5.000   05/15/39   1,016,966 
 103,221      GNMA   4.000   05/20/39   109,393 
103

TIAA-CREF FUNDS - Bond Index Fund

 

PRINCIPAL      ISSUER  RATE  MATURITY
DATE
  VALUE 
$285,795      GNMA   4.500%  05/20/39  $309,797 
 6,114,207      GNMA   5.000   05/20/39   6,668,097 
 36,698      GNMA   4.500   06/15/39   39,451 
 4,165,989      GNMA   4.500   06/15/39   4,478,422 
 3,446,761      GNMA   5.000   06/15/39   3,837,847 
 112,282      GNMA   5.000   06/15/39   122,273 
 4,029,558      GNMA   5.000   06/15/39   4,484,497 
 53,224      GNMA   5.000   06/15/39   57,863 
 46,040      GNMA   5.000   06/15/39   50,052 
 59,320      GNMA   4.000   06/20/39   62,873 
 39,341      GNMA   5.000   06/20/39   43,225 
 4,627,865      GNMA   4.500   07/15/39   4,965,016 
 75,410      GNMA   4.500   07/15/39   81,050 
 140,289      GNMA   4.500   07/15/39   150,768 
 49,994      GNMA   5.000   07/15/39   54,369 
 626,036      GNMA   4.500   07/20/39   678,042 
 571,427      GNMA   5.000   07/20/39   628,023 
 51,241      GNMA   5.500   07/20/39   56,323 
 227,622      GNMA   4.000   08/15/39   240,367 
 990,991      GNMA   5.000   08/15/39   1,077,468 
 64,803      GNMA   5.500   08/15/39   70,987 
 127,432      GNMA   6.000   08/15/39   140,620 
 159,477      GNMA   4.000   08/20/39   170,236 
 160,629      GNMA   5.000   08/20/39   175,926 
 87,373      GNMA   5.000   09/15/39   95,267 
 220,719      GNMA   5.000   09/20/39   241,837 
 58,192      GNMA   4.500   10/15/39   62,720 
 28,583      GNMA   5.000   10/15/39   31,064 
 62,003      GNMA   4.500   10/20/39   67,102 
 99,695      GNMA   4.500   11/15/39   108,173 
 91,137      GNMA   4.500   11/20/39   98,709 
 109,922      GNMA   5.000   11/20/39   120,124 
 3,292,018      GNMA   4.500   12/15/39   3,548,677 
 197,308      GNMA   4.500   12/15/39   212,742 
 89,225      GNMA   4.500   12/20/39   96,605 
 3,410,284      GNMA   5.000   12/20/39   3,733,059 
 2,979,802      GNMA   4.500   01/20/40   3,249,021 
 47,135      GNMA   5.500   01/20/40   52,170 
 1,974,974      GNMA   5.500   02/15/40   2,165,139 
 176,384      GNMA   4.000   03/15/40   186,819 
 49,492      GNMA   5.000   03/15/40   53,982 
 38,662      GNMA   4.500   04/15/40   41,558 
 1,002,300      GNMA   5.000   04/15/40   1,093,503 
 129,713      GNMA   4.500   04/20/40   140,489 
 21,960      GNMA   4.500   05/15/40   23,679 
 558,692      GNMA   5.000   05/15/40   609,631 
 1,337,186   i  GNMA   3.000   05/20/40   1,395,195 
 28,117      GNMA   4.500   05/20/40   30,439 
 60,510      GNMA   4.500   06/15/40   65,225 
 50,381      GNMA   4.500   06/15/40   54,292 
 9,596,199      GNMA   4.500   06/15/40   10,359,604 
 606,995      GNMA   5.000   06/20/40   671,699 

104

TIAA-CREF FUNDS - Bond Index Fund

 

PRINCIPAL      ISSUER  RATE  MATURITY
DATE
  VALUE  
$1,394,254      GNMA   4.500%  07/15/40  $1,501,785 
 399,973      GNMA   4.500   07/15/40   430,957 
 4,510,332      GNMA   4.500   07/20/40   4,882,729 
 136,078      GNMA   5.000   07/20/40   149,137 
 3,127,981      GNMA   4.000   08/15/40   3,323,280 
 1,022,730      GNMA   4.000   08/15/40   1,084,341 
 285,249      GNMA   4.500   08/15/40   309,438 
 349,545      GNMA   4.500   08/20/40   378,407 
 269,855      GNMA   4.500   09/20/40   292,721 
 76,669      GNMA   5.500   09/20/40   84,316 
 108,923      GNMA   6.500   09/20/40   121,610 
 87,752      GNMA   4.000   10/15/40   93,055 
 248,889      GNMA   6.000   10/20/40   275,435 
 1,022,527      GNMA   4.000   11/15/40   1,087,943 
 3,292,781      GNMA   4.000   11/20/40   3,495,557 
 831,538      GNMA   3.500   12/15/40   856,309 
 1,261,394      GNMA   5.500   12/20/40   1,386,650 
 3,354,776      GNMA   4.000   01/15/41   3,570,533 
 8,493,403      GNMA   4.000   01/20/41   9,028,667 
 848,272      GNMA   4.000   02/15/41   901,597 
 2,611,704      GNMA   4.500   02/20/41   2,820,148 
 1,497,819      GNMA   4.500   03/15/41   1,617,826 
 3,410,373      GNMA   4.500   04/20/41   3,680,956 
 688,187      GNMA   5.000   04/20/41   753,625 
 374,809   i  GNMA   4.000   06/20/41   398,098 
 898,746      GNMA   4.000   07/15/41   955,455 
 1,259,272      GNMA   4.000   07/20/41   1,339,666 
 4,064,948      GNMA   4.500   07/20/41   4,387,455 
 3,804,344      GNMA   5.000   07/20/41   4,156,990 
 1,115,707      GNMA   4.500   08/15/41   1,207,973 
 1,790,593      GNMA   5.000   08/20/41   1,959,675 
 1,653,172      GNMA   4.000   09/15/41   1,757,990 
 222,029   i  GNMA   3.000   09/20/41   231,155 
 5,443,742      GNMA   4.000   09/20/41   5,775,337 
 401,871      GNMA   4.000   10/15/41   424,668 
 517,072   i  GNMA   2.500   10/20/41   530,433 
 336,927   i  GNMA   3.500   10/20/41   352,999 
 6,789,561      GNMA   4.000   10/20/41   7,217,424 
 1,028,210      GNMA   5.500   10/20/41   1,132,867 
 1,885,515      GNMA   3.500   11/15/41   1,941,683 
 4,252,542   h  GNMA   4.000   11/15/41   4,493,697 
 9,176,684      GNMA   4.500   11/20/41   9,888,688 
 3,780,409      GNMA   5.000   11/20/41   4,116,478 
 1,422,804      GNMA   6.000   11/20/41   1,564,435 
 4,023,418      GNMA   3.500   01/20/42   4,156,761 
 1,833,677   i  GNMA   3.000   02/20/42   1,906,537 
 2,025,720      GNMA   3.500   03/20/42   2,092,863 
 3,901,269      GNMA   4.500   03/20/42   4,218,548 
 3,709,540      GNMA   3.500   04/15/42   3,820,044 
 4,234,679      GNMA   3.500   05/20/42   4,375,043 
 4,604,954      GNMA   3.500   05/20/42   4,766,040 
 5,079,868      GNMA   4.000   05/20/42   5,386,953 

105

TIAA-CREF FUNDS - Bond Index Fund

 

PRINCIPAL      ISSUER  RATE  MATURITY
DATE
  VALUE  
$9,126,405      GNMA   3.500%  07/15/42  $9,398,822 
 1,798,662   i  GNMA   2.000   07/20/42   1,835,910 
 4,392,255      GNMA   3.500   07/20/42   4,537,520 
 4,724,502      GNMA   3.500   08/20/42   4,889,911 
 17,850,899      GNMA   3.500   08/20/42   18,440,883 
 5,909,101      GNMA   6.000   08/20/42   6,587,545 
 6,815,770      GNMA   3.500   10/20/42   7,041,091 
 6,651,244      GNMA   3.000   11/20/42   6,584,585 
 4,874,498      GNMA   3.000   12/20/42   4,825,298 
 6,871,357      GNMA   3.000   01/15/43   6,788,610 
 4,832,255      GNMA   3.000   01/15/43   4,772,132 
 5,796,361      GNMA   3.000   01/20/43   5,738,171 
 9,723,863      GNMA   3.000   02/20/43   9,626,027 
 4,898,954      GNMA   3.000   02/20/43   4,850,150 
 1,956,582      GNMA   3.000   04/15/43   1,932,238 
 3,946,816      GNMA   3.000   05/20/43   3,906,887 
 5,953,127      GNMA   3.000   06/20/43   5,892,900 
 9,925,091      GNMA   3.500   06/20/43   10,273,644 
 12,441,124      GNMA   3.000   07/20/43   12,315,259 
 1,313,881      GNMA   6.500   01/15/44   1,384,514 
        TOTAL MORTGAGE BACKED         1,350,251,408 
                      
MUNICIPAL BONDS - 1.0%            
 300,000      American Municipal Power   7.834   02/15/41   375,906 
 500,000      American Municipal Power   6.270   02/15/50   514,770 
 500,000      Bay Area Toll Authority   6.263   04/01/49   603,680 
 200,000      Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority   5.491   11/01/39   217,074 
 300,000      City of Chicago IL   5.432   01/01/42   239,340 
 150,000      Colorado Bridge Enterprise   6.078   12/01/40   169,621 
 200,000      Commonwealth of Massachusetts   4.200   12/01/21   214,804 
 500,000      Commonwealth of Massachusetts   5.731   06/01/40   561,040 
 195,000      Commonwealth of Pennsylvania   5.850   07/15/30   213,599 
 200,000      County of Clark NV   6.820   07/01/45   248,476 
 350,000      Denver City & County School District No   4.242   12/15/37   320,883 
 200,000      District of Columbia   5.591   12/01/34   223,034 
 100,000      East Baton Rouge Sewerage Commission   6.087   02/01/45   103,928 
 500,000      Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund Finance Corp   2.995   07/01/20   466,845 
 400,000      Government Development Bank for Puerto Rico   3.670   05/01/14   391,168 
 390,000      Government Development Bank for Puerto Rico   3.448   02/01/15   359,362 
 700,000      Government Development Bank for Puerto Rico   4.375   02/01/19   441,189 
 82,651      Kentucky Asset Liability Commission   3.165   04/01/18   85,011 
 30,000      Los Angeles Unified School District   5.750   07/01/34   33,169 
 100,000      Massachusetts School Building Authority   5.715   08/15/39   110,393 
 100,000      Metropolitan Government of Nashville & Davidson County   6.731   07/01/43   111,587 
 940,000      Metropolitan Transportation Authority   6.648   11/15/39   1,099,057 
 650,000      Metropolitan Transportation Authority   7.336   11/15/39   853,379 
 500,000      Missouri Highway & Transportation Commission   5.445   05/01/33   528,550 
 250,000      Municipal Electric Authority of Georgia   6.637   04/01/57   258,538 
 500,000      Municipal Electric Authority of Georgia   6.655   04/01/57   508,505 
 947,000      New Jersey Economic Development Authority   7.425   02/15/29   1,158,276 
 35,000      New Jersey State Turnpike Authority   7.414   01/01/40   45,680 
 800,000      New Jersey Transportation Trust Fund Authority   5.754   12/15/28   861,592 

106

TIAA-CREF FUNDS - Bond Index Fund

 

PRINCIPAL      ISSUER  RATE  MATURITY
DATE
  VALUE 
$360,000      New Jersey Transportation Trust Fund Authority   6.104%  12/15/28  $387,313 
 700,000      New Jersey Transportation Trust Fund Authority   6.875   12/15/39   756,497 
 1,100,000      New York City Municipal Water Finance Authority   5.790   06/15/41   1,147,762 
 500,000      New York City Municipal Water Finance Authority   5.440   06/15/43   537,960 
 600,000      New York State Dormitory Authority   5.289   03/15/33   639,420 
 130,000      New York State Dormitory Authority   5.628   03/15/39   142,191 
 545,000      New York State Dormitory Authority   5.600   03/15/40   593,331 
 400,000      New York State Urban Development Corp   5.838   03/15/40   438,484 
 100,000      Ohio State University   4.910   06/01/40   101,735 
 675,000      Ohio State Water Development Authority   4.879   12/01/34   680,555 
 750,000      Oregon School Boards Association   4.759   06/30/28   804,623 
 250,000      Oregon School Boards Association   5.680   06/30/28   276,613 
 100,000      Oregon State Department of Transportation   5.834   11/15/34   116,223 
 200,000      Port Authority of New York & New Jersey   6.040   12/01/29   230,386 
 100,000      Salt River Project Agricultural Improvement & Power District   4.839   01/01/41   102,157 
 800,000      Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority   5.876   04/01/32   871,952 
 200,000      State of California   1.050   02/01/16   199,954 
 300,000      State of California   5.750   03/01/17   338,181 
 100,000      State of California   6.200   10/01/19   117,637 
 100,000      State of California   5.700   11/01/21   113,977 
 250,000      State of California   7.500   04/01/34   317,265 
 285,000      State of California   7.550   04/01/39   370,927 
 2,900,000      State of California   7.300   10/01/39   3,649,563 
 2,740,000      State of California   7.625   03/01/40   3,582,468 
 300,000      State of Connecticut   5.090   10/01/30   303,213 
 620,000      State of Connecticut   5.850   03/15/32   686,569 
 100,000      State of Illinois   4.511   03/01/15   103,859 
 1,045,000      State of Illinois   4.961   03/01/16   1,108,829 
 3,200,000      State of Illinois   5.100   06/01/33   2,837,216 
 1,295,000      State of Illinois   6.725   04/01/35   1,300,504 
 300,000      State of Oregon   5.762   06/01/23   351,321 
 600,000      State of Texas   4.631   04/01/33   605,694 
 50,000      State of Texas   5.517   04/01/39   56,367 
 1,000,000      State of Texas   4.681   04/01/40   1,007,670 
 575,000      State of Texas Transportation Commission   5.028   04/01/26   633,207 
 500,000      State of Utah   3.539   07/01/25   499,865 
 200,000      State of Washington   5.090   08/01/33   210,094 
 605,000      State Public School Building Authority   5.000   09/15/27   623,338 
 2,000,000      Tennessee Valley Authority   4.500   04/01/18   2,253,372 
 750,000      Tennessee Valley Authority   3.875   02/15/21   805,670 
 500,000      Tennessee Valley Authority   5.880   04/01/36   597,855 
 500,000      Tennessee Valley Authority   5.500   06/15/38   564,457 
 300,000      Tennessee Valley Authority   3.500   12/15/42   244,390 
 1,000,000      Tennessee Valley Authority   4.625   09/15/60   948,054 
 500,000      University of California   1.796   07/01/19   483,330 
 200,000      University of California   5.770   05/15/43   220,098 
 860,000      University of California   4.858   05/15/12   741,655 
 100,000      University of Pennsylvania   4.674   09/01/12   88,636 
 200,000      University of Southern California   5.250   10/01/11   223,446 
 700,000      University of Texas   4.794   08/15/46   712,103 
 150,000      Virginia Commonwealth Transportation Board   5.350   05/15/35   158,811 
        TOTAL MUNICIPAL BONDS           46,205,253 

107

TIAA-CREF FUNDS - Bond Index Fund

 

PRINCIPAL      ISSUER  RATE  MATURITY
DATE
  VALUE  
U.S. TREASURY SECURITIES - 36.0%             
$278,400      United States Treasury Bond   7.500%  11/15/16  $336,777 
 160,000      United States Treasury Bond   8.750   05/15/17   204,850 
 139,200      United States Treasury Bond   8.875   08/15/17   181,047 
 1,681,000      United States Treasury Bond   9.000   11/15/18   2,315,577 
 375,700      United States Treasury Bond   7.875   02/15/21   526,890 
 125,000      United States Treasury Bond   8.125   05/15/21   178,320 
 122,000      United States Treasury Bond   8.125   08/15/21   174,984 
 1,500,000      United States Treasury Bond   6.375   08/15/27   2,065,782 
 16,000,000      United States Treasury Bond   5.250   11/15/28   20,004,992 
 26,060,000      United States Treasury Bond   5.250   02/15/29   32,579,065 
 24,429,000      United States Treasury Bond   5.375   02/15/31   31,154,597 
 3,000,000      United States Treasury Bond   4.500   02/15/36   3,466,875 
 4,644,000      United States Treasury Bond   4.375   02/15/38   5,258,606 
 6,983,000      United States Treasury Bond   3.500   02/15/39   6,849,890 
 241,000      United States Treasury Bond   4.500   08/15/39   278,242 
 850,000      United States Treasury Bond   4.375   11/15/39   962,360 
 915,000      United States Treasury Bond   4.625   02/15/40   1,076,126 
 3,380,000      United States Treasury Bond   4.375   05/15/40   3,824,680 
 12,585,000      United States Treasury Bond   3.875   08/15/40   13,113,960 
 11,185,000      United States Treasury Bond   4.250   11/15/40   12,396,123 
 5,075,000      United States Treasury Bond   4.750   02/15/41   6,081,276 
 26,350,000      United States Treasury Bond   4.375   05/15/41   29,791,969 
 10,000,000      United States Treasury Bond   3.750   08/15/41   10,165,620 
 2,300,000      United States Treasury Bond   3.125   11/15/41   2,073,954 
 4,550,000      United States Treasury Bond   3.125   02/15/42   4,096,420 
 7,500,000      United States Treasury Bond   3.000   05/15/42   6,571,875 
 10,000,000      United States Treasury Bond   2.750   08/15/42   8,289,060 
 4,500,000      United States Treasury Bond   2.750   11/15/42   3,724,452 
 11,250,000      United States Treasury Bond   2.875   05/15/43   9,548,437 
 8,000,000      United States Treasury Bond   3.625   08/15/43   7,907,504 
 77,000,000      United States Treasury Note   0.250   10/31/14   77,090,244 
 16,000,000      United States Treasury Note   0.375   11/15/14   16,040,624 
 9,000,000      United States Treasury Note   0.250   12/15/14   9,009,846 
 10,000,000      United States Treasury Note   0.125   12/31/14   9,994,920 
 6,310,000      United States Treasury Note   2.250   01/31/15   6,483,033 
 30,000,000      United States Treasury Note   0.250   02/28/15   30,019,920 
 5,000,000      United States Treasury Note   0.375   03/15/15   5,011,915 
 12,000,000      United States Treasury Note   0.250   03/31/15   12,005,628 
 100      United States Treasury Note   2.500   03/31/15   103 
 12,000,000      United States Treasury Note   0.125   04/30/15   11,977,968 
 7,170,000      United States Treasury Note   2.500   04/30/15   7,425,152 
 30,000,000      United States Treasury Note   0.250   05/31/15   29,994,150 
 1,240,000      United States Treasury Note   2.125   05/31/15   1,278,314 
 20,000,000      United States Treasury Note   0.375   06/15/15   20,035,160 
 10,000,000      United States Treasury Note   0.375   06/30/15   10,016,800 
 3,120,000      United States Treasury Note   1.875   06/30/15   3,206,287 
 6,895,000      United States Treasury Note   1.750   07/31/15   7,077,338 
 19,000,000      United States Treasury Note   0.250   08/15/15   18,980,696 
 1,775,000      United States Treasury Note   4.250   08/15/15   1,905,560 

108

TIAA-CREF FUNDS - Bond Index Fund

 

PRINCIPAL      ISSUER  RATE  MATURITY
DATE
  VALUE  
$8,000,000      United States Treasury Note   0.375%  08/31/15  $8,009,376 
 11,340,000      United States Treasury Note   1.250   08/31/15   11,542,884 
 2,500,000      United States Treasury Note   0.250   09/15/15   2,496,485 
 18,805,000      United States Treasury Note   1.250   09/30/15   19,151,727 
 20,000,000      United States Treasury Note   0.250   10/15/15   19,962,500 
 27,300,000      United States Treasury Note   1.250   10/31/15   27,805,487 
 20,000,000      United States Treasury Note   0.375   11/15/15   20,001,560 
 23,550,000      United States Treasury Note   1.375   11/30/15   24,054,111 
 5,000,000      United States Treasury Note   2.125   12/31/15   5,193,750 
 59,000,000      United States Treasury Note   0.375   01/15/16   58,963,125 
 5,400,000      United States Treasury Note   2.000   01/31/16   5,598,283 
 10,650,000      United States Treasury Note   2.125   02/29/16   11,082,656 
 250,000      United States Treasury Note   2.625   02/29/16   263,125 
 8,000,000      United States Treasury Note   0.375   03/15/16   7,985,000 
 9,000,000      United States Treasury Note   2.250   03/31/16   9,401,481 
 12,000,000      United States Treasury Note   0.250   04/15/16   11,931,564 
 14,000,000      United States Treasury Note   2.000   04/30/16   14,541,408 
 164,000      United States Treasury Note   5.125   05/15/16   183,782 
 11,250,000      United States Treasury Note   1.750   05/31/16   11,611,226 
 22,000,000      United States Treasury Note   0.500   06/15/16   21,979,364 
 5,000,000      United States Treasury Note   1.500   06/30/16   5,127,735 
 10,750,000      United States Treasury Note   1.500   07/31/16   11,022,104 
 970,000      United States Treasury Note   3.250   07/31/16   1,042,674 
 19,000,000      United States Treasury Note   0.625   08/15/16   19,011,875 
 14,000,000      United States Treasury Note   1.000   08/31/16   14,148,750 
 14,200,000      United States Treasury Note   1.000   09/30/16   14,346,430 
 23,050,000      United States Treasury Note   1.000   10/31/16   23,264,296 
 173,000      United States Treasury Note   4.625   11/15/16   193,909 
 15,250,000      United States Treasury Note   0.875   11/30/16   15,317,908 
 4,000,000      United States Treasury Note   0.875   12/31/16   4,013,752 
 50,300,000      United States Treasury Note   0.875   01/31/17   50,421,827 
 16,250,000      United States Treasury Note   0.875   02/28/17   16,274,115 
 220,000      United States Treasury Note   3.000   02/28/17   236,156 
 21,300,000      United States Treasury Note   1.000   03/31/17   21,398,172 
 16,500,000      United States Treasury Note   0.875   04/30/17   16,485,826 
 30,400,000      United States Treasury Note   0.625   05/31/17   30,058,000 
 11,000,000      United States Treasury Note   0.750   06/30/17   10,911,483 
 20,200,000      United States Treasury Note   0.500   07/31/17   19,819,674 
 17,300,000      United States Treasury Note   0.625   08/31/17   17,031,037 
 16,000,000      United States Treasury Note   0.625   09/30/17   15,726,256 
 61,750,000      United States Treasury Note   0.750   10/31/17   60,900,937 
 8,414,000      United States Treasury Note   4.250   11/15/17   9,487,441 
 20,500,000      United States Treasury Note   0.625   11/30/17   20,081,985 
 31,000,000      United States Treasury Note   0.750   12/31/17   30,474,457 
 8,044,000      United States Treasury Note   2.750   12/31/17   8,581,942 
 21,000,000      United States Treasury Note   0.875   01/31/18   20,724,375 
 8,127,000      United States Treasury Note   2.625   01/31/18   8,624,145 
 31,000,000      United States Treasury Note   0.750   02/28/18   30,399,375 
 23,000,000      United States Treasury Note   0.750   03/31/18   22,511,250 
 15,000,000      United States Treasury Note   0.625   04/30/18   14,580,465 
 6,172,000      United States Treasury Note   2.625   04/30/18   6,548,591 
 6,266,000      United States Treasury Note   3.875   05/15/18   7,006,660 

109

TIAA-CREF FUNDS - Bond Index Fund

 

PRINCIPAL      ISSUER  RATE  MATURITY
DATE
  VALUE  
$72,000,000      United States Treasury Note   1.000%  05/31/18  $71,077,536 
 7,862,000      United States Treasury Note   2.375   05/31/18   8,250,186 
 7,000,000      United States Treasury Note   1.375   06/30/18   7,018,046 
 15,000,000      United States Treasury Note   1.375   07/31/18   15,026,955 
 13,065,000      United States Treasury Note   2.250   07/31/18   13,624,339 
 40,350,000      United States Treasury Note   1.500   08/31/18   40,617,964 
 25,000,000      United States Treasury Note   1.375   09/30/18   24,982,425 
 2,802,400      United States Treasury Note   2.750   02/15/19   2,981,927 
 3,000,000      United States Treasury Note   1.000   06/30/19   2,891,250 
 3,000,000      United States Treasury Note   1.375   01/31/20   2,916,327 
 1,377,000      United States Treasury Note   3.625   02/15/20   1,529,762 
 1,132,000      United States Treasury Note   3.500   05/15/20   1,248,383 
 4,000,000      United States Treasury Note   1.875   06/30/20   3,981,564 
 4,000,000      United States Treasury Note   2.000   07/31/20   4,010,000 
 5,342,000      United States Treasury Note   2.625   08/15/20   5,575,296 
 6,000,000      United States Treasury Note   2.000   09/30/20   5,994,372 
 5,650,000      United States Treasury Note   2.625   11/15/20   5,876,000 
 5,900,000      United States Treasury Note   3.625   02/15/21   6,528,256 
 27,610,000      United States Treasury Note   2.125   08/15/21   27,385,669 
 6,070,000      United States Treasury Note   2.000   11/15/21   5,933,425 
 13,379,100      United States Treasury Note   8.000   11/15/21   19,147,793 
 10,500,000      United States Treasury Note   1.625   11/15/22   9,721,520 
 14,750,000      United States Treasury Note   1.750   05/15/23   13,667,955 
 20,000,000      United States Treasury Note   2.500   08/15/23   19,796,880 
        TOTAL U.S. TREASURY SECURITIES         1,660,070,294 
                      
        TOTAL GOVERNMENT BONDS           3,403,377,400 
        (Cost $3,425,666,838)             
                      
STRUCTURED ASSETS - 2.1%            
                    
ASSET BACKED - 0.4%            
 500,000      Ally Auto Receivables Trust   1.210   07/15/16   504,478 
        Series - 2012 1 (Class A4)             
 800,000      Ally Auto Receivables Trust   0.800   10/16/17   796,058 
        Series - 2012 4 (Class A4)             
 500,000      Americredit Automobile Receivables Trust   2.420   05/08/19   489,625 
        Series - 0 2 (Class D)             
 264,294      AmeriCredit Automobile Receivables Trust   5.190   08/17/15   268,666 
        Series - 2010 1 (Class C)             
 590,000      AmeriCredit Automobile Receivables Trust   3.340   04/08/16   602,527 
        Series - 2010 3 (Class C)             
 500,000      AmeriCredit Automobile Receivables Trust   2.670   01/08/18   515,608 
        Series - 2012 1 (Class C)             
 300,000      AmeriCredit Automobile Receivables Trust   1.790   03/08/19   295,266 
        Series - 2013 2 (Class C)             
 150,000      AmeriCredit Automobile Receivables Trust   2.380   06/10/19   149,076 
        Series - 2013 3 (Class C)             
 500,000      Capital Auto Receivables Asset Trust   2.190   09/20/21   488,691 
        Series - 0 1 (Class D)             
 1,250,000      Capital One Multi-Asset Execution Trust   5.050   12/17/18   1,372,654 
        Series - 2006 A3 (Class A3)             

110

TIAA-CREF FUNDS - Bond Index Fund

 

PRINCIPAL      ISSUER  RATE  MATURITY
DATE
  VALUE  
$500,000      Capital One Multi-Asset Execution Trust   5.750%  07/15/20  $579,459 
        Series - 2007 A7 (Class A7)             
 600,000      Centerpoint Energy Transistion   3.460   08/15/19   641,236 
        Series - 0 1 (Class A2)             
 600,000      CenterPoint Energy Transition Bond Co LLC   2.161   10/15/21   600,547 
        Series - 2012 1 (Class A2)             
 400,000      Chase Issuance Trust   0.790   06/15/17   401,341 
        Series - 2012 A3 (Class A3)             
 135,000      CitiBank Credit Card Issuance Trust   4.900   06/23/16   139,385 
        Series - 2009 A4 (Class A4)             
 750,000      CitiBank Credit Card Issuance Trust   5.650   09/20/19   866,811 
        Series - 2007 A8 (Class A8)             
 310,000      CitiBank Credit Card Issuance Trust   5.350   02/07/20   356,945 
        Series - 2008 A1 (Class A1)             
 289,639      Detroit Edison Securitization Funding LLC   6.620   03/01/16   306,048 
        Series - 2001 1 (Class A6)             
 3,000,000      Discover Card Master Trust   5.650   03/16/20   3,475,788 
        Series - 2007 A1 (Class A1)             
 260,000      Ford Credit Auto Owner Trust   3.560   01/15/17   268,498 
        Series - 2010 B (Class D)             
 662,000      Ford Credit Auto Owner Trust   0.550   07/15/17   661,685 
        Series - 2013 A (Class A3)             
 820,000      Ford Credit Auto Owner Trust   1.320   01/15/19   807,237 
        Series - 2013 B (Class C)             
 900,000      GE Capital Credit Card Master Note Trust   1.360   08/17/20   890,118 
        Series - 2012 6 (Class A)             
 590,000      Hyundai Auto Receivables Trust   0.750   09/17/18   585,202 
        Series - 2013 A (Class A4)             
 1,000,000      Nissan Auto Receivables Owner Trust   0.730   05/16/16   1,002,475 
        Series - 2012 A (Class A3)             
 400,000      Nissan Auto Receivables Owner Trust   1.000   07/16/18   402,289 
        Series - 2012 A (Class A4)             
 19,714   i  Residential Asset Securities Corp   6.489   10/25/30   19,735 
        Series - 2001 KS2 (Class AI6)             
 15,000   i  Residential Funding Mortgage Securities II, Inc   6.060   02/25/36   14,859 
        Series - 2006 HI1 (Class M2)             
 1,600,000      Santander Drive Auto Receivables Trust   0.620   07/15/16   1,601,309 
        Series - 2012 6 (Class A3)             
 400,000      Santander Drive Auto Receivables Trust   0.830   12/15/16   400,868 
        Series - 2012 5 (Class A3)             
 200,000      Santander Drive Auto Receivables Trust   3.300   09/17/18   203,486 
        Series - 2012 5 (Class D)             
 300,000      Santander Drive Auto Receivables Trust   1.950   03/15/19   291,993 
        Series - 2013 2 (Class C)             
 100,000      Volkswagen Auto Loan Enhanced Trust   0.660   03/20/19   99,071 
        Series - 2012 2 (Class A4)             
 15,000   g  Vornado DP LLC   4.004   09/13/28   15,857 
        Series - 2010 VNO (Class A2FX)             
        TOTAL ASSET BACKED         20,114,891 
                    
OTHER MORTGAGE BACKED - 1.7%            
 427,287   i  Banc of America Commercial Mortgage, Inc   5.344   11/10/42   436,681 
        Series - 2005 1 (Class A4)             

111

TIAA-CREF FUNDS - Bond Index Fund

 

PRINCIPAL      ISSUER  RATE  MATURITY
DATE
  VALUE  
$105,000   i  Banc of America Commercial Mortgage, Inc   5.889%  07/10/44  $115,250 
        Series - 2006 3 (Class A4)             
 450,000      Banc of America Commercial Mortgage, Inc   5.356   10/10/45   489,199 
        Series - 2006 6 (Class A4)             
 205,171      Banc of America Commercial Mortgage, Inc   5.379   09/10/47   207,169 
        Series - 2006 5 (Class AAB)             
 134,267      Banc of America Commercial Mortgage, Inc   5.449   01/15/49   134,864 
        Series - 2007 1 (Class A3)             
 125,000      Banc of America Merrill Lynch Commercial Mortgage, Inc   4.811   12/10/42   129,151 
        Series - 2004 6 (Class A5)             
 1,350,000   i  Banc of America Merrill Lynch Commercial Mortgage, Inc   5.358   09/10/47   1,444,783 
        Series - 2005 6 (Class A4)             
 475,000      Banc of America Merrill Lynch Commercial Mortgage, Inc   5.620   02/10/51   481,187 
        Series - 2007 5 (Class A3)             
 320,000      Bear Stearns Commercial Mortgage Securities   5.201   12/11/38   351,665 
        Series - 2006 PW14 (Class A4)             
 280,000   i  Bear Stearns Commercial Mortgage Securities   5.610   03/11/39   302,543 
        Series - 2006 PW11 (Class A4)             
 200,000   i  Bear Stearns Commercial Mortgage Securities   5.898   06/11/40   225,756 
        Series - 2007 PW16 (Class A4)             
 351,987      Bear Stearns Commercial Mortgage Securities   4.674   06/11/41   368,522 
        Series - 2005 PWR8 (Class A4)             
 399,461   i  Bear Stearns Commercial Mortgage Securities   5.468   06/11/41   407,738 
        Series - 2004 PWR4 (Class A3)             
 825,000   i  Bear Stearns Commercial Mortgage Securities   5.582   09/11/41   902,155 
        Series - 2006 PW13 (Class AM)             
 495,000      Bear Stearns Commercial Mortgage Securities   5.537   10/12/41   545,120 
        Series - 2006 T24 (Class A4)             
 627,755   i  Bear Stearns Commercial Mortgage Securities   4.750   02/13/46   646,263 
        Series - 2004 T16 (Class A6)             
 1,000,000   i  Bear Stearns Commercial Mortgage Securities   5.694   06/11/50   1,125,596 
        Series - 2007 PW17 (Class A4)             
 144,041      Bear Stearns Commercial Mortgage Securities   5.736   06/11/50   148,490 
        Series - 2007 PW17 (Class A3)             
 550,000      Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust   4.733   10/15/41   563,439 
        Series - 2004 C2 (Class A5)             
 750,000   i  Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust   6.336   12/10/49   854,678 
        Series - 2008 C7 (Class A4)             
 21,788      Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust   5.205   12/11/49   21,803 
        Series - 2007 CD4 (Class A2B)             
 585,000      Citigroup, Inc   5.322   12/11/49   646,686 
        Series - 2007 CD4 (Class A4)             
 550,000   i  Citigroup/Deutsche Bank Commercial Mortgage Trust   5.393   07/15/44   576,963 
        Series - 2005 CD1 (Class AJ)             
 1,035,000      Citigroup/Deutsche Bank Commercial Mortgage Trust   5.617   10/15/48   1,135,137 
        Series - 2006 CD3 (Class A5)             
 730,000      COMM Mortgage Trust   2.256   12/10/44   744,649 
        Series - 2012 LC4 (Class A2)             
 580,000      COMM Mortgage Trust   4.063   12/10/44   591,332 
        Series - 2012 LC4 (Class AM)             
 500,000      COMM Mortgage Trust   2.752   08/15/45   495,412 
        Series - 2012 CR2 (Class ASB)             
112

TIAA-CREF FUNDS - Bond Index Fund

 

PRINCIPAL      ISSUER  RATE  MATURITY
DATE
  VALUE  
$749,000      COMM Mortgage Trust   1.906%  01/10/46  $745,310 
        Series - 2013 LC6 (Class A2)             
 400,000      COMM Mortgage Trust   2.941   01/10/46   379,204 
        Series - 2013 LC6 (Class A4)             
 524,000      COMM Mortgage Trust   3.213   03/10/46   504,544 
        Series - 0 CR7 (Class A4)             
 300,000   i  Commercial Mortgage Loan Trust   6.209   12/10/49   325,500 
        Series - 2008 LS1 (Class ASM)             
 525,000   i  Commercial Mortgage Pass Through Certificates   5.947   06/10/46   574,532 
        Series - 2006 C7 (Class A4)             
 255,000   i  Commercial Mortgage Pass Through Certificates   5.993   12/10/49   290,086 
        Series - 2007 C9 (Class A4)             
 2,789,000      Credit Suisse First Boston Mortgage Securities Corp   4.829   11/15/37   2,884,791 
        Series - 2004 C5 (Class A4)             
 500,000   i  Credit Suisse Mortgage Capital Certificates   5.567   02/15/39   542,185 
        Series - 0 C1 (Class A4)             
 181,225      Credit Suisse Mortgage Capital Certificates   5.467   09/15/39   197,933 
        Series - 2006 C4 (Class A3)             
 2,100,000      Credit Suisse Mortgage Capital Certificates   5.509   09/15/39   2,243,516 
        Series - 2006 C4 (Class AM)             
 250,000   i  CS First Boston Mortgage Securities Corp   5.416   05/15/36   251,185 
        Series - 2004 C2 (Class A2)             
 625,000   i  CS First Boston Mortgage Securities Corp   5.100   08/15/38   661,142 
        Series - 2005 C5 (Class A4)             
 220,000   i  CS First Boston Mortgage Securities Corp   5.100   08/15/38   233,517 
        Series - 2005 C5 (Class AJ)             
 197,004   i  GE Capital Commercial Mortgage Corp   5.457   11/10/45   201,016 
        Series - 2005 C4 (Class ASB)             
 1,000,000   i  GE Capital Commercial Mortgage Corp   5.489   11/10/45   1,074,838 
        Series - 2005 C4 (Class A4)             
 27,331      GMAC Commercial Mortgage Securities, Inc   5.023   04/10/40   27,337 
        Series - 2003 C3 (Class A4)             
 128,195   i  Greenwich Capital Commercial Funding Corp   5.317   06/10/36   129,412 
        Series - 0 GG1 (Class A7)             
 1,835,000   i  Greenwich Capital Commercial Funding Corp   5.224   04/10/37   1,950,150 
        Series - 2005 GG5 (Class A5)             
 600,000   i  Greenwich Capital Commercial Funding Corp   5.277   04/10/37   635,808 
        Series - 2005 GG5 (Class AM)             
 724,868   i  Greenwich Capital Commercial Funding Corp   6.056   07/10/38   796,946 
        Series - 2006 GG7 (Class A4)             
 550,000      Greenwich Capital Commercial Funding Corp   5.444   03/10/39   608,553 
        Series - 2007 GG9 (Class A4)             
 610,000      Greenwich Capital Commercial Funding Corp   5.475   03/10/39   642,726 
        Series - 2007 GG9 (Class AM)             
 1,000,000      Greenwich Capital Commercial Funding Corp   5.736   12/10/49   1,123,199 
        Series - 2007 GG11 (Class A4)             
 1,825,000   i  GS Mortgage Securities Corp II   5.553   04/10/38   1,976,876 
        Series - 2006 GG6 (Class A4)             
 740,000   i  GS Mortgage Securities Corp II   5.622   04/10/38   794,562 
        Series - 2006 GG6 (Class AM)             
 1,350,000      GS Mortgage Securities Corp II   5.560   11/10/39   1,487,900 
        Series - 2006 GG8 (Class A4)             
113

TIAA-CREF FUNDS - Bond Index Fund

 

PRINCIPAL      ISSUER  RATE  MATURITY
DATE
  VALUE  
$434,000      GS Mortgage Securities Corp II   3.314%  01/10/45  $448,309 
        Series - 0 GC6 (Class AAB)             
 300,000      GS Mortgage Securities Corp II   2.943   02/10/46   283,453 
        Series - 2013 GC10 (Class A5)             
 300,000      GS Mortgage Securities Corp II   3.279   02/10/46   284,645 
        Series - 2013 GC10 (Class AS)             
 500,000      GS Mortgage Securities Trust   3.482   01/10/45   503,621 
        Series - 2012 GC6 (Class A3)             
 195,000      GS Mortgage Securities Trust   4.740   05/10/45   200,963 
        Series - 0 GCJ7 (Class B)             
 250,000      GS Mortgage Securities Trust   1.840   02/10/46   248,813 
        Series - 2013 GC10 (Class A2)             
 500,000      GS Mortgage Securities Trust   3.135   06/10/46   477,414 
        Series - 2013 GC12 (Class A4)             
 90,000   g  JP Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Corp   5.633   12/05/27   102,144 
        Series - 2009 IWST (Class A2)             
 489,325      JP Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Corp   5.115   07/15/41   500,022 
        Series - 2004 LN2 (Class A2)             
 1,125,000      JP Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Corp   5.429   12/12/43   1,227,777 
        Series - 2006 CB17 (Class A4)             
 1,000,000   i  JP Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Corp   5.368   12/15/44   1,071,750 
        Series - 2005 LDP5 (Class A4)             
 200,000   i  JP Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Corp   6.056   04/15/45   219,745 
        Series - 2006 LDP7 (Class AM)             
 300,000   i  JP Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Corp   5.376   05/15/45   305,619 
        Series - 2012 C6 (Class D)             
 170,508      JP Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Corp   5.447   05/15/45   171,728 
        Series - 2006 LDP8 (Class A3B)             
 300,000      JP Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Corp   3.483   06/15/45   298,200 
        Series - 2012 CBX (Class A4)             
 500,000      JP Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Corp   1.855   04/15/46   494,931 
        Series - 2013 LC11 (Class A2)             
 500,000      JP Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Corp   4.171   08/15/46   526,578 
        Series - 2011 C5 (Class A3)             
 418,037      JP Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Corp   5.134   05/15/47   425,285 
        Series - 2006 LDP9 (Class A2)             
 1,480,000      JP Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Corp   5.336   05/15/47   1,627,325 
        Series - 2006 LDP9 (Class A3)             
 950,000      JP Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Corp   5.440   06/12/47   1,049,484 
        Series - 2007 CB18 (Class A4)             
 300,000      JP Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Corp   2.840   12/15/47   281,974 
        Series - 2012 LC9 (Class A5)             
 500,000      JP Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Corp   3.143   12/15/47   478,609 
        Series - 2013 C10 (Class A5)             
 360,000   i  JP Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Corp   6.002   06/15/49   404,910 
        Series - 2007 LD11 (Class A4)             
 450,000   i  JP Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Corp   6.002   06/15/49   459,218 
        Series - 2007 LD11 (Class A3)             
 249,680   i  LB-UBS Commercial Mortgage Trust   5.020   08/15/29   255,449 
        Series - 2004 C6 (Class A6)             
 545,000      LB-UBS Commercial Mortgage Trust   4.742   02/15/30   563,810 
        Series - 2005 C1 (Class A4)             

114

TIAA-CREF FUNDS - Bond Index Fund

 

PRINCIPAL      ISSUER  RATE  MATURITY
DATE
  VALUE  
$415,000   i  LB-UBS Commercial Mortgage Trust   5.150%  04/15/30  $435,465 
        Series - 2005 C2 (Class A5)             
 380,000      LB-UBS Commercial Mortgage Trust   5.156   02/15/31   408,586 
        Series - 2006 C1 (Class A4)             
 125,000      LB-UBS Commercial Mortgage Trust   5.372   09/15/39   137,433 
        Series - 2006 C6 (Class A4)             
 200,000   i  LB-UBS Commercial Mortgage Trust   5.452   09/15/39   212,504 
        Series - 2006 C6 (Class AJ)             
 1,405,000      LB-UBS Commercial Mortgage Trust   5.424   02/15/40   1,555,824 
        Series - 2007 C1 (Class A4)             
 805,087      LB-UBS Commercial Mortgage Trust   5.430   02/15/40   885,627 
        Series - 2007 C2 (Class A3)             
 875,000      LB-UBS Commercial Mortgage Trust   4.843   07/15/40   908,434 
        Series - 2005 C3 (Class AJ)             
 600,000   i  LB-UBS Commercial Mortgage Trust   6.114   07/15/40   655,080 
        Series - 2007 C6 (Class AM)             
 303,910   i  LB-UBS Commercial Mortgage Trust   5.866   09/15/45   340,030 
        Series - 2007 C7 (Class A3)             
 139,027   i  Merrill Lynch Mortgage Trust   5.457   11/12/37   148,106 
        Series - 2005 CKI1 (Class A6)             
 225,000   i  Merrill Lynch Mortgage Trust   5.457   11/12/37   236,311 
        Series - 2005 CKI1 (Class AJ)             
 290,000   i  Merrill Lynch Mortgage Trust   5.107   07/12/38   307,542 
        Series - 2005 CIP1 (Class AM)             
 235,000   i  Merrill Lynch Mortgage Trust   5.872   05/12/39   256,589 
        Series - 2006 C1 (Class A4)             
 450,000   i  Merrill Lynch Mortgage Trust   6.045   06/12/50   461,034 
        Series - 2007 C1 (Class A3)             
 475,000   i  Merrill Lynch/Countrywide Commercial Mortgage Trust   5.653   02/12/39   512,593 
        Series - 2006 1 (Class A4)             
 40,661   i  Merrill Lynch/Countrywide Commercial Mortgage Trust   5.382   07/12/46   40,686 
        Series - 2006 3 (Class ASB)             
 164,000      Morgan Stanley Bank of America Merrill Lynch Trust   2.506   11/15/45   159,198 
        Series - 2012 C6 (Class A3)             
 60,000      Morgan Stanley Bank of America Merrill Lynch Trust   2.918   02/15/46   56,745 
        Series - 2013 C7 (Class A4)             
 750,000      Morgan Stanley Bank of America Merrill Lynch Trust   3.102   05/15/46   715,203 
        Series - 2013 C9 (Class A4)             
 500,000      Morgan Stanley Bank of America Merrill Lynch Trust   3.456   05/15/46   476,258 
        Series - 2013 C9 (Class AS)             
 240,000   i  Morgan Stanley Bank of America Merrill Lynch Trust   3.708   05/15/46   224,908 
        Series - 2013 C9 (Class B)             
 99,817   i  Morgan Stanley Capital I   5.880   04/15/38   99,812 
        Series - 2003 IQ5 (Class C)             
 320,124      Morgan Stanley Capital I   4.970   04/14/40   327,083 
        Series - 2004 HQ4 (Class A7)             
 429,395   i  Morgan Stanley Capital I   5.270   06/13/41   438,088 
        Series - 2004 T15 (Class A4)             
 1,255,000      Morgan Stanley Capital I   5.168   01/14/42   1,300,113 
        Series - 2005 HQ5 (Class A4)             
 590,000      Morgan Stanley Capital I   5.364   03/15/44   652,189 
        Series - 2007 IQ13 (Class A4)             

115

TIAA-CREF FUNDS - Bond Index Fund

 

PRINCIPAL      ISSUER  RATE  MATURITY
DATE
  VALUE  
$200,390   i  Morgan Stanley Capital I   5.731%  07/12/44  $219,978 
        Series - 2006 HQ9 (Class A4)             
 750,000      Morgan Stanley Capital I   5.569   12/15/44   810,622 
        Series - 2007 HQ13 (Class A3)             
 250,000      Morgan Stanley Capital I   2.111   03/15/45   253,469 
        Series - 2012 C4 (Class A2)             
 1,250,000      Morgan Stanley Capital I   3.244   03/15/45   1,234,135 
        Series - 2012 C4 (Class A4)             
 1,550,000   i  Morgan Stanley Capital I   5.692   04/15/49   1,722,093 
        Series - 2007 IQ14 (Class A4)             
 205,000   i  Morgan Stanley Capital I   5.544   11/12/49   223,541 
        Series - 2007 T25 (Class AM)             
 1,750,000      Morgan Stanley Capital I   5.809   12/12/49   1,970,022 
        Series - 2007 IQ16 (Class A4)             
 245,000      Morgan Stanley Capital I   4.770   07/15/56   254,453 
        Series - 0 IQ9 (Class AJ)             
 500,000   i  TIAA Seasoned Commercial Mortgage Trust   5.551   08/15/39   542,134 
        Series - 2007 C4 (Class AJ)             
 1,500,000      UBS Barclays Commercial Mortgage Trust   3.185   03/10/46   1,438,020 
        Series - 2013 C5 (Class A4)             
 500,000      UBS Barclays Commercial Mortgage Trust   3.244   04/10/46   482,051 
        Series - 0 C6 (Class A4)             
 1,000,000      UBS Barclays Commercial Mortgage Trust   3.525   05/10/63   991,424 
        Series - 2012 C2 (Class A4)             
 400,000      UBS Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust   3.595   01/10/45   403,549 
        Series - 2011 C1 (Class A3)             
 100,000      UBS Commercial Mortgage Trust   4.822   05/10/45   103,590 
        Series - 2012 C1 (Class B)             
 100,000      Wachovia Bank Commercial Mortgage Trust   5.342   12/15/43   110,634 
        Series - 2007 C30 (Class A5)             
 1,000,000   i  Wachovia Bank Commercial Mortgage Trust   5.465   12/15/44   1,069,635 
        Series - 2005 C22 (Class A4)             
 730,228   i  Wachovia Bank Commercial Mortgage Trust   5.515   12/15/44   776,619 
        Series - 2005 C22 (Class AM)             
 105,000   i  Wachovia Bank Commercial Mortgage Trust   5.515   01/15/45   111,626 
        Series - 2006 C23 (Class AJ)             
 69,285      Wachovia Bank Commercial Mortgage Trust   5.576   03/15/45   69,784 
        Series - 2006 C24 (Class APB)             
 750,000      Wachovia Bank Commercial Mortgage Trust   5.678   05/15/46   841,367 
        Series - 2007 C34 (Class A3)             
 300,000   i  Wachovia Bank Commercial Mortgage Trust   5.603   10/15/48   324,313 
        Series - 2006 C28 (Class AM)             
 1,225,000   i  Wachovia Bank Commercial Mortgage Trust   6.123   02/15/51   1,353,734 
        Series - 2007 C33 (Class A4)             
 200,000   i  Wachovia Bank Commercial Mortgage Trust   6.123   02/15/51   226,831 
        Series - 2007 C33 (Class A5)             
 1,250,000      WF-RBS Commercial Mortgage Trust   2.684   11/15/44   1,290,156 
        Series - 2011 C5 (Class A2)             
 250,000   i  WF-RBS Commercial Mortgage Trust   5.004   06/15/45   248,710 
        Series - 0 C7 (Class C)             
 400,000      WF-RBS Commercial Mortgage Trust   3.001   08/15/45   382,704 
        Series - 2012 C8 (Class A3)             

116

TIAA-CREF FUNDS - Bond Index Fund

 

PRINCIPAL      ISSUER  RATE  MATURITY
DATE
  VALUE  
$323,606      WF-RBS Commercial Mortgage Trust   0.735%  03/15/48  $320,039 
        Series - 2013 C12 (Class A1)             
 500,000      WF-RBS Commercial Mortgage Trust   3.198   03/15/48   480,665 
        Series - 2013 C12 (Class A4)             
        TOTAL OTHER MORTGAGE BACKED        78,494,114 
                      
        TOTAL STRUCTURED ASSETS           98,609,005 
        (Cost $97,698,628)             
                      
        TOTAL BONDS           4,591,985,241 
        (Cost $4,619,410,568)             
                     
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS - 0.3%            
             
TREASURY DEBT - 0.3%            
 15,000,000      United States Treasury Bill   0.047   12/19/13   14,999,505 
        TOTAL TREASURY DEBT         14,999,505 
                    
        TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS           14,999,505 
        (Cost $14,998,453)             
                      
        TOTAL INVESTMENTS - 99.7%           4,606,984,746 
        (Cost $4,634,409,021)             
        OTHER ASSETS & LIABILITIES, NET - 0.3%           10,875,764 
        NET ASSETS - 100.0%          $4,617,860,510 

 

         
      Abbreviation(s):
  REIT   Real Estate Investment Trust
       
g   Security is exempt from registration under Rule 144(A) of the Securities Act of 1933. Such securities are deemed liquid and may be re-sold in transactions exempt from registration to qualified institutional buyers. At 9/30/2013, the aggregate value of these securities was $12,322,770 or 0.3% of net assets.
h   All or a portion of these securities were purchased on a delayed delivery basis.
i   Floating or variable rate security. Coupon rate reflects the rate at period end.
j   Zero coupon.
117

TIAA-CREF FUNDS - Bond Plus Fund

 

TIAA-CREF FUNDS

BOND PLUS FUND

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (unaudited)

September 30, 2013

 

              MATURITY    
PRINCIPAL      ISSUER  RATE  DATE  VALUE 
BANK LOAN OBLIGATIONS - 4.2% 
                      
AUTOMOBILES & COMPONENTS - 0.1% 
$2,335,541   i  Allison Transmission, Inc   3.750%  08/23/19  $2,333,112 
        TOTAL AUTOMOBILES & COMPONENTS           2,333,112 
                      
CAPITAL GOODS - 0.9%            
 997,494   i  Apex Tool Group LLC   4.500   01/31/20   998,122 
 792,000   i  FMG Resources August 2006 Pty Ltd   5.250   10/18/17   793,837 
 1,309,167   i  Generac Power Systems, Inc   3.500   05/31/20   1,301,639 
 918,919   i  Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc   2.688   03/30/16   920,646 
 3,000,000   i  Schaeffler AG.   4.250   01/27/17   3,008,760 
 967,688   i  Sequa Corp   5.250   06/19/17   970,107 
 2,185,791   i  Tomkins LLC   3.750   09/29/16   2,187,168 
 2,940,191   i  TransDigm, Inc   3.750   02/28/20   2,925,020 
        TOTAL CAPITAL GOODS           13,105,299 
                      
COMMERCIAL & PROFESSIONAL SERVICES - 0.2%            
 3,000,000   i  Activision Blizzard, Inc   3.250   09/12/20   2,994,990 
 994,975   i  Pilot Corp   4.250   08/07/19   994,149 
 1,000,000   h  Pitney Bowes Management   7.500   09/25/19   996,670 
        TOTAL COMMERCIAL & PROFESSIONAL SERVICES           4,985,809 
                      
CONSUMER SERVICES - 0.5%            
 900,000   i  ARAMARK Corp   4.000   09/09/19   900,279 
 700,000   i  Boyd Gaming Corp   4.000   08/14/20   698,075 
 1,398,960   i  Burger King Corp   3.750   09/28/19   1,397,463 
 2,206,028   i  DineEquity, Inc   3.750   10/19/17   2,213,352 
 3,000,000      Hilton Worldwide   4.000   09/23/20   2,994,540 
 595,500   i  MGM Resorts International   3.500   12/20/19   592,427 
 332,127   i  Penn National Gaming, Inc   3.750   07/16/18   331,921 
 498,750   i  Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc   3.750   08/13/20   497,977 
        TOTAL CONSUMER SERVICES           9,626,034 
                      
DIVERSIFIED FINANCIALS - 0.1%             
 1,928,947   i  TransUnion LLC   4.250   02/10/19   1,935,371 
        TOTAL DIVERSIFIED FINANCIALS           1,935,371 
                      
ENERGY - 0.2%             
 2,962,511   i  Arch Coal, Inc   5.750   05/16/18   2,871,799 
        TOTAL ENERGY           2,871,799 
                      
FOOD & STAPLES RETAILING - 0.2%             
 1,000,000   i  Rite Aid Corp   5.750   08/21/20   1,023,330 
 1,500,000   i  Rite Aid Corp   4.875   06/21/21   1,502,340 
        TOTAL FOOD & STAPLES RETAILING           2,525,670 

118

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              MATURITY    
PRINCIPAL      ISSUER  RATE  DATE  VALUE 
FOOD, BEVERAGE & TOBACCO - 0.3%             
$3,254,286   i  Del Monte Foods Co   4.000%  03/08/18  $3,238,828 
 2,294,250   i  HJ Heinz Co   3.500   06/05/20   2,299,206 
        TOTAL FOOD, BEVERAGE & TOBACCO           5,538,034 
                      
HEALTH CARE EQUIPMENT & SERVICES - 0.8%             
 997,500   i  Apria Healthcare Group, Inc   6.750   04/06/20   1,004,133 
 3,000,000   h,i  Biomet, Inc   4.500   07/25/17   3,008,910 
 3,586,609   h,i  Capsugel Holdings US, Inc   3.500   08/01/18   3,561,969 
 3,000,000   i  HCA, Inc   2.929   05/01/18   2,991,960 
 3,000,000   i  Kinetic Concepts, Inc   4.500   05/04/18   3,012,180 
        TOTAL HEALTH CARE EQUIPMENT & SERVICES           13,579,152 
                      
INSURANCE - 0.1%             
 1,215,813   i  Compass Investors, Inc   5.000   12/27/19   1,217,332 
        TOTAL INSURANCE           1,217,332 
                      
MATERIALS - 0.1%             
 1,022,438   i  Tronox Pigments BV   4.500   03/19/20   1,026,854 
        TOTAL MATERIALS           1,026,854 
                      
MEDIA - 0.2%        
 2,493,750   i  CSC Holdings LLC   2.679   04/17/20   2,462,927 
 2,000,000   i  Virgin Media Investment Holdings Ltd   3.500   06/08/20   1,986,940 
        TOTAL MEDIA           4,449,867 
                      
PHARMACEUTICALS, BIOTECHNOLOGY & LIFE SCIENCES - 0.1%            
 1,591,651   i  NBTY, Inc   3.500   10/01/17   1,590,155 
        TOTAL PHARMACEUTICALS, BIOTECHNOLOGY & LIFE SCIENCES       1,590,155 
                      
RETAILING - 0.1%             
 1,972,575   i  Academy Ltd   4.500   08/03/18   1,976,283 
        TOTAL RETAILING           1,976,283 
                      
SOFTWARE & SERVICES - 0.1%             
 963,779   i  IMS Health, Inc   3.750   09/01/17   962,169 
 1,347,349   i  Lawson Software, Inc   5.250   04/05/18   1,352,967 
 794,000   i  RP Crown Parent LLC   6.750   12/21/18   798,518 
 497,500   i  SunGard Data Systems, Inc   4.500   01/31/20   502,465 
        TOTAL SOFTWARE & SERVICES           3,616,119 
                      
TECHNOLOGY HARDWARE & EQUIPMENT - 0.1%             
 2,000,000   i  Scientific Games International, Inc   4.250   05/30/20   1,982,500 
        TOTAL TECHNOLOGY HARDWARE & EQUIPMENT           1,982,500 
                      
TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES - 0.1%             
 989,975   i  Windstream Corp   4.000   08/08/19   988,322 
        TOTAL TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES           988,322 

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              MATURITY    
PRINCIPAL      ISSUER  RATE  DATE  VALUE 
UTILITIES - 0.0%             
$247,500   i  Calpine Corp   4.000%  10/09/19  $247,314 
        TOTAL UTILITIES           247,314 
                      
        TOTAL BANK LOAN OBLIGATIONS           73,595,026 
        (Cost $73,535,300)             
              
BONDS - 89.6%             
              
CORPORATE BONDS - 40.8%             
              
AUTOMOBILES & COMPONENTS - 0.2%             
 1,000,000      DaimlerChrysler Group LLC   8.000   06/15/19   1,105,000 
 950,000      Ford Motor Co   4.750   01/15/43   847,849 
 775,000   g  TRW Automotive, Inc   4.500   03/01/21   778,875 
        TOTAL AUTOMOBILES & COMPONENTS           2,731,724 
              
BANKS - 4.6%             
 750,000   g  Alfa Bond Issuance plc for OJSC Alfa Bank   7.875   09/25/17   825,540 
 2,000,000   g  Australia & New Zealand Banking Group Ltd   2.400   11/23/16   2,074,800 
 1,025,000   g  Banco Davivienda S.A.   2.950   01/29/18   973,750 
 750,000   g  Banco de Credito del Peru   4.250   04/01/23   666,000 
 475,000   g  Banco de Credito e Inversiones   4.000   02/11/23   432,601 
 1,500,000      Banco de Oro Unibank, Inc   3.875   04/22/16   1,511,250 
 750,000   g  Banco Santander Mexico S.A. Institucion de Banca Multiple Grupo Financiero Santand   4.125   11/09/22   688,125 
 1,000,000      Bancolombia S.A.   4.250   01/12/16   1,032,500 
 865,000      Bancolombia S.A.   5.950   06/03/21   877,975 
 1,000,000   g,h  Bangkok Bank PCL   3.300   10/03/18   994,600 
 370,000   g  Bank Nederlandse Gemeenten   1.375   09/27/17   368,298 
 1,000,000   g  Bank of India   3.625   09/21/18   946,600 
 6,450,000   g  Bank of Montreal   2.625   01/25/16   6,730,575 
 1,500,000   g  Bank of Nova Scotia   1.650   10/29/15   1,531,350 
 4,800,000   g  Bank of Nova Scotia   2.150   08/03/16   4,964,160 
 1,000,000   g  Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ Ltd   2.350   02/23/17   1,018,669 
 1,000,000      BB&T Corp   1.450   01/12/18   976,372 
 375,000      BB&T Corp   2.050   06/19/18   373,497 
 750,000   g  BBVA Banco Continental S.A.   2.250   07/29/16   731,250 
 450,000   g  BBVA Banco Continental S.A.   3.250   04/08/18   439,875 
 2,100,000      BHP Billiton Finance USA Ltd   5.000   09/30/43   2,138,827 
 1,000,000   g  Caixa Economica Federal   2.375   11/06/17   935,000 
 1,000,000   g  Caixa Economica Federal   4.500   10/03/18   993,100 
 1,750,000   g  Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce   2.750   01/27/16   1,831,200 
 300,000      Capital One Bank USA NA   3.375   02/15/23   280,604 
 2,000,000      Capital One NA   1.500   03/22/18   1,941,576 
 2,600,000      Citigroup, Inc   2.500   09/26/18   2,585,560 
 975,000      Citigroup, Inc   6.675   09/13/43   1,049,970 
 225,000      Cooperatieve Centrale Raiffeisen-Boerenleenbank BA   3.875   02/08/22   225,274 
 3,000,000      Cooperatieve Centrale Raiffeisen-Boerenleenbank BA   3.950   11/09/22   2,878,395 
 3,125,000   g  HSBC Bank plc   1.500   05/15/18   3,037,556 
 500,000   g  HSBC Bank plc   4.125   08/12/20   525,203 

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              MATURITY    
PRINCIPAL      ISSUER  RATE  DATE  VALUE 
$1,150,000      HSBC USA, Inc   2.375%  02/13/15  $1,175,813 
 1,000,000      HSBC USA, Inc   1.625   01/16/18   980,229 
 335,000      JPMorgan Chase & Co   5.125   09/15/14   348,766 
 1,500,000      JPMorgan Chase & Co   3.150   07/05/16   1,573,861 
 1,000,000      JPMorgan Chase & Co   1.800   01/25/18   986,074 
 3,750,000      JPMorgan Chase & Co   1.625   05/15/18   3,631,740 
 750,000      JPMorgan Chase & Co   5.400   01/06/42   788,994 
 400,000   i  JPMorgan Chase & Co   5.150   12/30/49   350,000 
 750,000   i  Malayan Banking Bhd   3.250   09/20/22   731,250 
 250,000   i  Manufacturers & Traders Trust Co   5.629   12/01/21   256,500 
 1,150,000   g  PKO Finance AB   4.630   09/26/22   1,129,012 
 2,075,000      PNC Bank NA   2.950   01/30/23   1,920,950 
 1,500,000      PNC Funding Corp   2.700   09/19/16   1,558,966 
 700,000   g,i  Rabobank Nederland NV   11.000   12/30/49   910,000 
 3,325,000      Royal Bank of Canada   2.200   07/27/18   3,335,617 
 1,750,000   g  State Bank of India   3.250   04/18/18   1,672,125 
 125,000   g  Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp   3.150   07/22/15   129,697 
 425,000      Toronto-Dominion Bank   2.500   07/14/16   441,676 
 2,000,000   g  Toronto-Dominion Bank   1.625   09/14/16   2,039,000 
 1,000,000   g  Turkiye Halk Bankasi AS.   4.875   07/19/17   1,000,000 
 1,000,000   g  Turkiye Is Bankasi   3.750   10/10/18   930,000 
 725,000   g  Turkiye Is Bankasi   6.000   10/24/22   661,563 
 500,000      Union Bank NA   2.125   06/16/17   502,755 
 100,000      Union Bank of California NA   5.950   05/11/16   111,127 
 400,000      UnionBanCal Corp   3.500   06/18/22   390,658 
 1,000,000      US Bancorp   1.650   05/15/17   1,005,843 
 475,000      US Bancorp   2.950   07/15/22   446,864 
 350,000      Wachovia Bank NA   5.850   02/01/37   390,571 
 500,000      Wells Fargo & Co   1.500   07/01/15   506,271 
 650,000      Wells Fargo & Co   2.100   05/08/17   663,613 
 3,250,000      Wells Fargo & Co   1.500   01/16/18   3,198,075 
        TOTAL BANKS           80,347,662 
                      
CAPITAL GOODS - 1.1%             
 1,750,000      Access Midstream Partners LP   5.875   04/15/21   1,798,125 
 155,000      Access Midstream Partners LP   4.875   05/15/23   145,700 
 250,000      Alliant Techsystems, Inc   6.875   09/15/20   265,000 
 750,000   g  Alpek S.A. de C.V.   5.375   08/08/23   742,500 
 825,000   o  Alphabet Holding Co, Inc   7.750   11/01/17   847,687 
 225,000      Anixter, Inc   5.625   05/01/19   231,750 
 1,200,000      Caterpillar, Inc   1.375   05/27/14   1,207,393 
 950,000      Caterpillar, Inc   1.500   06/26/17   944,871 
 500,000      Chesapeake Midstream Partners LP   6.125   07/15/22   513,750 
 650,000      Deere & Co   2.600   06/08/22   613,186 
 625,000   g  EADS Finance BV   2.700   04/17/23   575,752 
 470,000   g  Ferreycorp SAA   4.875   04/26/20   432,400 
 750,000   g  Holcim US Finance Sarl & Cie SCS   5.150   09/12/23   779,813 
 837,500      Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc   6.875   03/15/18   900,312 
 750,000   g  Myriad International Holdings BV   6.000   07/18/20   787,500 
 660,000   g  Rexel S.A.   6.125   12/15/19   674,850 
 500,000   g  Rexel S.A.   5.250   06/15/20   487,500 

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              MATURITY    
PRINCIPAL      ISSUER  RATE  DATE  VALUE 
$100,000   g  Schaeffler Finance BV   7.750%  02/15/17  $112,000 
 600,000   g  Schaeffler Finance BV   8.500   02/15/19   669,000 
 500,000      Seagate HDD Cayman   6.875   05/01/20   547,500 
 920,000      Seagate HDD Cayman   7.000   11/01/21   1,021,200 
 947,000   g  Sealed Air Corp   8.125   09/15/19   1,055,905 
 947,000   g  Sealed Air Corp   8.375   09/15/21   1,072,478 
 115,000   g  Sealed Air Corp   5.250   04/01/23   108,963 
 1,000,000      SPX Corp   6.875   09/01/17   1,110,000 
 500,000      TransDigm, Inc   7.750   12/15/18   532,500 
 575,000   g  Turlock Corp   1.500   11/02/17   566,908 
 150,000   g  Turlock Corp   4.000   11/02/32   137,894 
 875,000      United Technologies Corp   1.800   06/01/17   890,285 
        TOTAL CAPITAL GOODS           19,772,722 
                      
COMMERCIAL & PROFESSIONAL SERVICES - 0.8%             
 325,000   g  ADT Corp   6.250   10/15/21   329,875 
 1,225,000      Clean Harbors, Inc   5.125   06/01/21   1,183,656 
 2,000,000      News America, Inc   5.300   12/15/14   2,110,106 
 670,000      Republic Services, Inc   3.800   05/15/18   713,477 
 1,000,000      RR Donnelley & Sons Co   7.875   03/15/21   1,072,500 
 105,000      RR Donnelley & Sons Co   7.250   05/15/18   116,025 
 325,000      RR Donnelley & Sons Co   7.000   02/15/22   326,625 
 1,925,000   g  SPL Logistics Escrow LLC   8.875   08/01/20   2,016,438 
 1,000,000      United Rentals North America, Inc   7.375   05/15/20   1,077,500 
 1,000,000      United Rentals North America, Inc   7.625   04/15/22   1,087,500 
 1,000,000      Waste Management, Inc   2.600   09/01/16   1,033,416 
 2,550,000      Waste Management, Inc   2.900   09/15/22   2,375,891 
        TOTAL COMMERCIAL & PROFESSIONAL SERVICES           13,443,009 
                      
CONSUMER DURABLES & APPAREL - 0.4%            
 525,000   g  Arcelik AS.   5.000   04/03/23   450,844 
 1,000,000      DR Horton, Inc   5.750   08/15/23   1,007,500 
 275,000      DR Horton, Inc   4.750   05/15/17   287,375 
 761,000      DR Horton, Inc   3.625   02/15/18   749,585 
 500,000      Hanesbrands, Inc   6.375   12/15/20   538,750 
 500,000      Levi Strauss & Co   6.875   05/01/22   530,000 
 2,000,000      Libbey Glass, Inc   6.875   05/15/20   2,130,000 
 1,100,000      Whirlpool Corp   8.600   05/01/14   1,149,185 
 225,000      Whirlpool Corp   3.700   03/01/23   217,731 
        TOTAL CONSUMER DURABLES & APPAREL           7,060,970 
                      
CONSUMER SERVICES - 1.0%             
 795,000      Ameristar Casinos, Inc   7.500   04/15/21   864,562 
 350,000   g  ARAMARK Corp   5.750   03/15/20   353,500 
 1,500,000      Boyd Gaming Corp   9.000   07/01/20   1,627,500 
 500,000      DineEquity, Inc   9.500   10/30/18   556,250 
 292,000      Marina District Finance Co, Inc   9.500   10/15/15   306,235 
 500,000      MGM Resorts International   6.750   10/01/20   525,000 
 1,000,000      MGM Resorts International   6.625   12/15/21   1,035,000 
 1,000,000   g  SABMiller Holdings, Inc   2.200   08/01/18   997,279 
 2,000,000   g  SABMiller Holdings, Inc   3.750   01/15/22   2,015,924 

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              MATURITY    
PRINCIPAL      ISSUER  RATE  DATE  VALUE 
$2,000,000   g  Service Corp International   5.375%  01/15/22  $1,907,500 
 1,445,000   g  Six Flags Entertainment Corp   5.250   01/15/21   1,376,363 
 1,400,000      Speedway Motorsports, Inc   6.750   02/01/19   1,487,500 
 4,000,000      University of Chicago   4.151   10/01/45   3,564,616 
        TOTAL CONSUMER SERVICES           16,617,229 
              
DIVERSIFIED FINANCIALS - 6.3%             
 545,000   g  Abbey National Treasury Services plc   3.875   11/10/14   562,353 
 335,000      Abbey National Treasury Services plc   4.000   04/27/16   355,974 
 700,000   g  Ajecorp BV   6.500   05/14/22   680,750 
 1,000,000      Ally Financial, Inc   4.750   09/10/18   995,530 
 600,000      American Express Centurion Bank   0.875   11/13/15   599,879 
 875,000      American Express Centurion Bank   6.000   09/13/17   1,014,693 
 2,375,000      American Express Credit Corp   1.750   06/12/15   2,418,284 
 1,500,000      American Express Credit Corp   1.300   07/29/16   1,508,982 
 250,000      American Express Credit Corp   2.800   09/19/16   261,573 
 2,000,000      American Express Credit Corp   2.125   07/27/18   2,007,774 
 750,000   g  Aralco Finance SA   10.125   05/07/20   600,000 
 900,000   g  Bangkok Bank PCL   3.250   10/18/15   922,853 
 3,475,000      Bank of America Corp   3.750   07/12/16   3,682,405 
 650,000      Bank of America Corp   5.300   03/15/17   716,366 
 25,000      Bank of America Corp   6.000   09/01/17   28,311 
 350,000      Bank of America Corp   5.750   12/01/17   394,829 
 5,350,000      Bank of America Corp   2.000   01/11/18   5,261,463 
 1,000,000      Bank of America Corp   5.490   03/15/19   1,091,224 
 2,225,000      Bank of America Corp   4.100   07/24/23   2,211,172 
 1,100,000      Bank of America Corp   5.875   02/07/42   1,221,310 
 500,000      Bank of New York Mellon Corp   1.200   02/20/15   504,490 
 1,350,000   i  Bank of New York Mellon Corp   1.969   06/20/17   1,362,049 
 275,000      Bank of New York Mellon Corp   5.450   05/15/19   316,952 
 1,000,000   g  BBVA Bancomer S.A.   6.750   09/30/22   1,035,000 
 500,000      BlackRock, Inc   3.500   12/10/14   517,444 
 825,000      BlackRock, Inc   1.375   06/01/15   836,862 
 1,350,000      BlackRock, Inc   4.250   05/24/21   1,437,153 
 1,500,000   g  Brazil Loan Trust   5.477   07/24/23   1,537,500 
 2,000,000   g  Caisse Centrale Desjardins du Quebec   2.550   03/24/16   2,083,400 
 3,000,000   g  Caisse Centrale Desjardins du Quebec   1.600   03/06/17   3,036,600 
 1,000,000      Capital One Financial Corp   1.000   11/06/15   994,963 
 1,575,000      Capital One Financial Corp   3.150   07/15/16   1,645,393 
 1,000,000      Celanese US Holdings LLC   4.625   11/15/22   957,500 
 1,000,000      Citigroup, Inc   2.250   08/07/15   1,019,558 
 285,000      Citigroup, Inc   5.000   09/15/14   295,743 
 189,000      Citigroup, Inc   5.500   10/15/14   198,053 
 3,000,000      Citigroup, Inc   1.250   01/15/16   2,997,708 
 1,225,000      Citigroup, Inc   1.300   04/01/16   1,222,490 
 3,050,000      Citigroup, Inc   3.500   05/15/23   2,752,311 
 300,000      Citigroup, Inc   5.875   01/30/42   333,555 
 300,000      Countrywide Financial Corp   6.250   05/15/16   331,741 
 625,000      Export-Import Bank of Korea   2.875   09/17/18   628,891 
 2,000,000      Ford Motor Credit Co LLC   1.700   05/09/16   1,999,794 
 1,500,000      Ford Motor Credit Co LLC   3.000   06/12/17   1,541,779 
 1,000,000      Ford Motor Credit Co LLC   5.750   02/01/21   1,104,980 

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              MATURITY    
PRINCIPAL      ISSUER  RATE  DATE  VALUE 
$900,000      Ford Motor Credit Co LLC   4.375%  08/06/23  $900,508 
 3,000,000      General Electric Capital Corp   1.500   07/12/16   3,020,061 
 950,000      General Electric Capital Corp   2.300   04/27/17   974,638 
 5,450,000      General Electric Capital Corp   3.100   01/09/23   5,098,371 
 400,000      General Electric Capital Corp   6.875   01/10/39   490,219 
 500,000   g  General Motors Financial Co, Inc   2.750   05/15/16   498,750 
 575,000   g  General Motors Financial Co, Inc   3.250   05/15/18   559,187 
 150,000   g  General Motors Financial Co, Inc   4.250   05/15/23   137,063 
 275,000      Goldman Sachs Group, Inc   3.300   05/03/15   284,360 
 6,890,000      Goldman Sachs Group, Inc   2.375   01/22/18   6,841,143 
 1,000,000      Goldman Sachs Group, Inc   3.625   01/22/23   956,258 
 150,000      Goldman Sachs Group, Inc   6.450   05/01/36   152,284 
 375,000      Goldman Sachs Group, Inc   6.750   10/01/37   391,364 
 500,000      Goldman Sachs Group, Inc   6.250   02/01/41   560,159 
 200,000   g  International Lease Finance Corp   6.500   09/01/14   207,500 
 1,420,000      International Lease Finance Corp   5.750   05/15/16   1,505,599 
 1,300,000      International Lease Finance Corp   3.875   04/15/18   1,256,125 
 1,000,000      International Lease Finance Corp   5.875   08/15/22   985,000 
 750,000   g  Inversiones CMPC S.A.   4.375   05/15/23   697,292 
 1,705,000      John Deere Capital Corp   2.250   06/07/16   1,765,118 
 500,000      John Deere Capital Corp   1.400   03/15/17   497,831 
 375,000      John Deere Capital Corp   2.750   03/15/22   358,630 
 3,000,000      JPMorgan Chase & Co   2.000   08/15/17   3,011,148 
 300,000      Kreditanstalt fuer Wiederaufbau   4.875   01/17/17   338,100 
 850,000   g  Lukoil International Finance BV   6.125   11/09/20   905,250 
 800,000      Merrill Lynch & Co, Inc   6.400   08/28/17   919,952 
 1,200,000      Morgan Stanley   1.750   02/25/16   1,205,786 
 2,000,000      Morgan Stanley   2.125   04/25/18   1,949,296 
 1,000,000      Morgan Stanley   5.500   07/28/21   1,093,683 
 925,000      Morgan Stanley   3.750   02/25/23   891,731 
 925,000      Morgan Stanley   4.100   05/22/23   862,764 
 500,000      Morgan Stanley   6.375   07/24/42   565,837 
 250,000      National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance Corp   10.375   11/01/18   343,477 
 750,000   g  Odebrecht Finance Ltd   4.375   04/25/25   650,625 
 750,000   g  PTTEP Australia International Finance Pty Ltd   4.152   07/19/15   773,354 
 450,000      State Street Corp   4.300   05/30/14   461,815 
 1,675,000      State Street Corp   1.350   05/15/18   1,633,031 
 700,000      State Street Corp   3.100   05/15/23   652,905 
 2,000,000      Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp   2.500   07/19/18   2,023,516 
 575,000      SunTrust Bank   2.750   05/01/23   522,680 
 2,700,000   g  Temasek Financial I Ltd   2.375   01/23/23   2,471,143 
 500,000      Toyota Motor Credit Corp   2.050   01/12/17   511,486 
 750,000   g  Turkiye Vakiflar Bankasi Tao   3.750   04/15/18   697,500 
 582,000      UBS AG.   2.250   01/28/14   585,652 
 1,000,000      Unilever Capital Corp   0.850   08/02/17   976,268 
 1,500,000      Unilever Capital Corp   2.200   03/06/19   1,510,746 
        TOTAL DIVERSIFIED FINANCIALS           110,922,839 
                      
ENERGY - 4.5%             
 160,000      Anadarko Petroleum Corp   6.950   06/15/19   192,880 
 325,000      Apache Corp   1.750   04/15/17   327,678 

124

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              MATURITY    
PRINCIPAL      ISSUER  RATE  DATE  VALUE 
$855,000      Apache Corp   4.750%  04/15/43  $809,328 
 500,000      Arch Coal, Inc   8.750   08/01/16   500,000 
 833,000      Arch Coal, Inc   7.000   06/15/19   645,575 
 1,500,000      Ashland, Inc   3.875   04/15/18   1,481,250 
 350,000      Baker Hughes, Inc   3.200   08/15/21   352,424 
 1,000,000      BP Capital Markets plc   5.250   11/07/13   1,004,468 
 3,600,000      BP Capital Markets plc   1.375   05/10/18   3,492,277 
 1,400,000      Chaparral Energy, Inc   7.625   11/15/22   1,421,000 
 500,000      Chesapeake Energy Corp   5.375   06/15/21   498,750 
 227,000      Chesapeake Energy Corp   5.750   03/15/23   227,567 
 770,000      Cimarex Energy Co   5.875   05/01/22   777,700 
 500,000      Cloud Peak Energy Resources LLC   8.250   12/15/17   525,000 
 1,950,000      Concho Resources, Inc   5.500   04/01/23   1,925,625 
 575,000      ConocoPhillips   6.500   02/01/39   723,084 
 500,000      Consol Energy Inc   8.250   04/01/20   536,250 
 2,340,000      Continental Resources, Inc   5.000   09/15/22   2,354,625 
 580,000      Crosstex Energy LP   7.125   06/01/22   597,400 
 1,575,000      Crosstex Energy, Inc   8.875   02/15/18   1,673,437 
 1,890,000      Denbury Resources, Inc   4.625   07/15/23   1,729,350 
 625,000      Devon Energy Corp   1.875   05/15/17   626,391 
 500,000      Devon Energy Corp   5.600   07/15/41   511,121 
 300,000      Devon Energy Corp   4.750   05/15/42   273,686 
 300,000   g  Drill Rigs Holdings, Inc   6.500   10/01/17   309,750 
 1,175,000      Ecopetrol S.A.   4.250   09/18/18   1,208,781 
 825,000   g  EDC Finance Ltd   4.875   04/17/20   787,875 
 500,000   g  Empresa Nacional del Petroleo   6.250   07/08/19   544,223 
 470,000   g  Empresa Nacional del Petroleo   4.750   12/06/21   462,248 
 275,000      Enterprise Products Operating LLC   5.600   10/15/14   289,012 
 75,000      Enterprise Products Operating LLC   5.000   03/01/15   79,307 
 750,000      Enterprise Products Operating LLC   4.850   03/15/44   699,043 
 300,000      EOG Resources, Inc   2.625   03/15/23   276,350 
 1,250,000      EP Energy LLC   6.875   05/01/19   1,334,375 
 250,000      EP Energy LLC   9.375   05/01/20   281,250 
 400,000   g  Exterran Partners LP   6.000   04/01/21   388,000 
 750,000   g  Gazprom OAO Via Gaz Capital S.A.   4.950   05/23/16   791,250 
 1,000,000   g  Gazprom OAO Via Gaz Capital S.A.   3.850   02/06/20   952,500 
 1,000,000   g,h  GS Caltex Corp   3.250   10/01/18   994,997 
 1,000,000      Halcon Resources Corp   9.750   07/15/20   1,057,500 
 850,000      Halcon Resources Corp   8.875   05/15/21   871,250 
 285,000      Hess Corp   5.600   02/15/41   293,000 
 950,000   g  Indo Energy Finance II BV   6.375   01/24/23   798,000 
 715,000   g  KMG Finance Sub BV   6.375   04/09/21   782,925 
 750,000      Marathon Petroleum Corp   3.500   03/01/16   787,685 
 275,000      MarkWest Energy Partners LP   6.750   11/01/20   297,000 
 425,000      MarkWest Energy Partners LP   5.500   02/15/23   426,063 
 1,000,000   g  Murphy Oil USA, Inc   6.000   08/15/23   995,000 
 300,000      Newfield Exploration Co   5.750   01/30/22   299,250 
 900,000      Newfield Exploration Co   5.625   07/01/24   870,750 
 125,000      Noble Holding International Ltd   3.450   08/01/15   130,011 
 350,000      Noble Holding International Ltd   4.900   08/01/20   368,913 
 750,000   g  Novatek OAO via Novatek Finance Ltd   4.422   12/13/22   688,125 

125

TIAA-CREF FUNDS - Bond Plus Fund

 

              MATURITY    
PRINCIPAL      ISSUER  RATE  DATE  VALUE 
$750,000   g  Oasis Petroleum, Inc   6.875%  03/15/22  $791,250 
 1,225,000      Occidental Petroleum Corp   1.500   02/15/18   1,205,078 
 350,000      Occidental Petroleum Corp   4.100   02/01/21   366,519 
 500,000      Peabody Energy Corp   7.375   11/01/16   558,750 
 275,000      Pemex Project Funding Master Trust   6.625   06/15/35   290,436 
 600,000   g  Pertamina Persero PT   6.000   05/03/42   486,000 
 675,000   g  Pertamina PT   5.250   05/23/21   639,563 
 500,000   g  Pertamina PT   6.500   05/27/41   435,000 
 925,000   i  Petrobras Global Finance BV   1.884   05/20/16   920,375 
 1,000,000   i  Petrobras Global Finance BV   2.408   01/15/19   981,000 
 1,500,000      Petrobras International Finance Co   3.875   01/27/16   1,547,684 
 1,250,000      Petroleos Mexicanos   3.500   07/18/18   1,265,625 
 325,000      Petroleos Mexicanos   5.500   01/21/21   347,750 
 600,000      Petroleos Mexicanos   3.500   01/30/23   545,383 
 540,000      Petroleos Mexicanos   6.500   06/02/41   559,644 
 575,000      Petroleos Mexicanos   5.500   06/27/44   522,007 
 430,000   g  Petroleum Co of Trinidad & Tobago Ltd   9.750   08/14/19   551,475 
 700,000      Phillips 66   1.950   03/05/15   710,615 
 625,000      Phillips 66   4.300   04/01/22   637,161 
 3,935,000      Plains Exploration & Production Co   6.500   11/15/20   4,221,952 
 800,000      Precision Drilling Trust   6.625   11/15/20   846,000 
 1,000,000   g  PTT Exploration & Production PCL   3.707   09/16/18   1,010,017 
 500,000   g  PTTEP Canada International Finance Ltd   5.692   04/05/21   532,130 
 500,000      Range Resources Corp   5.750   06/01/21   525,000 
 800,000      Regency Energy Partners LP   5.750   09/01/20   804,000 
 600,000      Regency Energy Partners LP   6.500   07/15/21   630,000 
 200,000      Regency Energy Partners LP   5.500   04/15/23   192,000 
 1,000,000   g  Reliance Holdings USA   5.400   02/14/22   1,002,114 
 750,000   g  Rosneft Oil Co via Rosneft International Finance Ltd   4.199   03/06/22   691,875 
 800,000      SandRidge Energy, Inc   8.125   10/15/22   808,000 
 600,000   g  Schlumberger Investment S.A.   2.400   08/01/22   551,216 
 2,000,000   g  Schlumberger Norge AS.   1.250   08/01/17   1,957,200 
 1,175,000      SESI LLC   7.125   12/15/21   1,283,688 
 525,000      Shell International Finance BV   4.300   09/22/19   579,562 
 575,000      Shell International Finance BV   4.550   08/12/43   566,476 
 1,000,000   g  Sibur Securities Ltd   3.914   01/31/18   950,000 
 300,000      SM Energy Co   6.500   01/01/23   306,000 
 1,000,000      Southwestern Energy Co   4.100   03/15/22   1,000,178 
 200,000      Statoil ASA   2.900   10/15/14   205,183 
 200,000      Statoil ASA   1.200   01/17/18   196,045 
 375,000      Statoil ASA   2.450   01/17/23   342,670 
 650,000      Total Capital Canada Ltd   1.450   01/15/18   641,355 
 1,000,000      Total Capital International S.A.   1.500   02/17/17   1,007,577 
 500,000      TransCanada Pipelines Ltd   5.850   03/15/36   553,918 
 250,000   i  TransCanada Pipelines Ltd   6.350   05/15/67   257,987 
 415,000      Vale Overseas Ltd   4.375   01/11/22   399,829 
 125,000      Vale Overseas Ltd   6.875   11/21/36   126,774 
 2,500,000      Whiting Petroleum Corp   5.000   03/15/19   2,506,250 
        TOTAL ENERGY           79,327,610 

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TIAA-CREF FUNDS - Bond Plus Fund

 

              MATURITY    
PRINCIPAL      ISSUER  RATE  DATE  VALUE 
FOOD & STAPLES RETAILING - 0.2%             
$185,000      CVS Caremark Corp   3.250%  05/18/15  $192,471 
 750,000      CVS Caremark Corp   2.750   12/01/22   692,986 
 2,000,000   g  Ingles Markets, Inc   5.750   06/15/23   1,930,000 
 260,000   g  Sun Merger Sub, Inc   5.250   08/01/18   266,500 
        TOTAL FOOD & STAPLES RETAILING           3,081,957 
              
FOOD, BEVERAGE & TOBACCO - 1.2%             
 500,000      Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide, Inc   2.875   02/15/16   523,143 
 1,250,000      Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide, Inc   1.375   07/15/17   1,244,741 
 1,775,000      Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide, Inc   2.500   07/15/22   1,642,081 
 255,000      B&G Foods, Inc   4.625   06/01/21   243,525 
 750,000   g  BRF-Brasil Foods S.A.   5.875   06/06/22   746,250 
 385,000   g  BRF-Brasil Foods S.A.   3.950   05/22/23   331,100 
 750,000      Coca-Cola Co   0.750   03/13/15   752,969 
 450,000   g  Coca-Cola Icecek AS.   4.750   10/01/18   447,799 
 225,000      ConAgra Foods, Inc   1.300   01/25/16   225,235 
 1,000,000   g  Embotelladora Andina S.A.   5.000   10/01/23   1,002,500 
 500,000      Fomento Economico Mexicano SAB de C.V.   2.875   05/10/23   444,881 
 2,000,000   g  Grupo Bimbo SAB de C.V.   4.875   06/30/20   2,088,308 
 2,000,000      Kraft Foods, Inc   6.125   02/01/18   2,312,482 
 2,625,000      Kraft Foods, Inc   5.375   02/10/20   2,964,074 
 620,000      Kraft Foods, Inc   6.500   02/09/40   727,715 
 25,000      PepsiAmericas, Inc   4.375   02/15/14   25,361 
 38,000      PepsiCo, Inc   7.900   11/01/18   48,373 
 1,500,000      PepsiCo, Inc   2.750   03/01/23   1,404,998 
 1,000,000   g  Pernod-Ricard S.A.   2.950   01/15/17   1,037,475 
 100,000      Philip Morris International, Inc   6.375   05/16/38   118,832 
 1,080,000      Post Holdings, Inc   7.375   02/15/22   1,135,350 
 160,000   g  Post Holdings, Inc   7.375   02/15/22   168,200 
 430,000      Smithfield Foods, Inc   6.625   08/15/22   443,437 
 500,000      TreeHouse Foods, Inc   7.750   03/01/18   528,750 
        TOTAL FOOD, BEVERAGE & TOBACCO           20,607,579 
                      
HEALTH CARE EQUIPMENT & SERVICES - 1.0%             
 800,000      Baxter International, Inc   3.200   06/15/23   780,554 
 250,000      Becton Dickinson & Co   1.750   11/08/16   255,135 
 225,000      CHS/Community Health Systems   5.125   08/15/18   228,937 
 1,000,000      CHS/Community Health Systems   8.000   11/15/19   1,048,750 
 750,000      Covidien International Finance S.A.   1.350   05/29/15   757,330 
 375,000      Covidien International Finance S.A.   3.200   06/15/22   367,517 
 675,000   h  Edwards Lifesciences Corp   2.875   10/15/18   672,343 
 3,100,000      Express Scripts Holding Co   2.100   02/12/15   3,149,479 
 625,000      Express Scripts Holding Co   3.900   02/15/22   633,127 
 1,722,000   g  Fresenius Medical Care Capital Trust   5.750   02/15/21   1,769,355 
 165,000      HCA, Inc   6.500   02/15/20   178,819 
 500,000      HCA, Inc   7.875   02/15/20   539,062 
 975,000      HCA, Inc   5.875   03/15/22   1,001,813 
 450,000      Healthsouth Corp   7.250   10/01/18   484,875 
 900,000      Kinetic Concepts, Inc   10.500   11/01/18   993,375 
 1,500,000      LifePoint Hospitals, Inc   6.625   10/01/20   1,571,250 
 325,000   g  Mallinckrodt International Finance S.A.   3.500   04/15/18   319,780 
 225,000   g  Tenet Healthcare Corp   6.000   10/01/20   230,063 

127

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              MATURITY    
PRINCIPAL      ISSUER  RATE  DATE  VALUE 
$875,000   g  Tenet Healthcare Corp   8.125%  04/01/22  $913,281 
 475,000      Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc   2.250   08/15/16   483,696 
 525,000   g  VPII Escrow Corp   7.500   07/15/21   565,688 
        TOTAL HEALTH CARE EQUIPMENT & SERVICES           16,944,229 
                      
HOUSEHOLD & PERSONAL PRODUCTS - 0.2%             
 500,000      Clorox Co   3.800   11/15/21   504,608 
 380,000      Colgate-Palmolive Co   2.300   05/03/22   356,766 
 375,000      Ecolab, Inc   1.450   12/08/17   367,658 
 405,000   g  First Quality Finance Co, Inc   4.625   05/15/21   367,537 
 1,125,000      Reynolds Group Issuer, Inc   5.750   10/15/20   1,129,219 
 175,000   g  Spectrum Brands Escrow Corp   6.375   11/15/20   182,438 
 175,000   g  Spectrum Brands Escrow Corp   6.625   11/15/22   181,563 
        TOTAL HOUSEHOLD & PERSONAL PRODUCTS           3,089,789 
                      
INSURANCE - 1.6%             
 275,000      ACE INA Holdings, Inc   5.875   06/15/14   284,868 
 250,000      Aetna, Inc   1.500   11/15/17   245,475 
 240,000      Aetna, Inc   6.500   09/15/18   284,192 
 150,000      Aetna, Inc   6.625   06/15/36   179,811 
 675,000      Allstate Corp   3.150   06/15/23   653,670 
 700,000      Allstate Corp   4.500   06/15/43   678,539 
 2,700,000      Berkshire Hathaway Finance Corp   1.300   05/15/18   2,635,783 
 2,000,000   g,i  Caelus Re Ltd   5.260   03/07/16   2,020,200 
 400,000      Chubb Corp   6.000   05/11/37   475,460 
 80,000      CIGNA Corp   5.125   06/15/20   88,166 
 1,000,000      CIGNA Corp   4.500   03/15/21   1,067,957 
 1,400,000   g  Fidelity & Guaranty Life Holdings, Inc   6.375   04/01/21   1,421,000 
 525,000      Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc   4.000   03/30/15   546,949 
 925,000      Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc   4.000   10/15/17   991,153 
 250,000      Lincoln National Corp   7.000   06/15/40   315,735 
 525,000   g  MetLife Institutional Funding II   1.625   04/02/15   531,869 
 525,000      Metlife, Inc   6.750   06/01/16   601,616 
 275,000      Metlife, Inc   5.700   06/15/35   304,488 
 1,000,000      Metlife, Inc   4.125   08/13/42   879,230 
 1,500,000   g  Onex USI Aquisition Corp   7.750   01/15/21   1,500,000 
 200,000      Principal Financial Group, Inc   1.850   11/15/17   198,274 
 600,000   g  Principal Life Global Funding I   5.125   10/15/13   600,946 
 525,000      Prudential Financial, Inc   2.300   08/15/18   529,594 
 750,000      Prudential Financial, Inc   5.400   06/13/35   781,079 
 750,000      Prudential Financial, Inc   5.100   08/15/43   741,793 
 3,400,000   i  Prudential Financial, Inc   5.200   03/15/44   3,083,800 
 300,000   g  Prudential Funding LLC   6.750   09/15/23   365,312 
 175,000   g  Swiss Re Treasury US Corp   2.875   12/06/22   164,668 
 450,000   g  Swiss Re Treasury US Corp   4.250   12/06/42   393,344 
 300,000      Travelers Cos, Inc   5.800   05/15/18   350,033 
 2,450,000      UnitedHealth Group, Inc   1.400   10/15/17   2,418,664 
 1,500,000      WellPoint, Inc   1.250   09/10/15   1,510,207 
 500,000      WellPoint, Inc   4.625   05/15/42   457,276 

128

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              MATURITY    
PRINCIPAL      ISSUER  RATE  DATE  VALUE 
$2,000,000      Willis Group Holdings plc   4.125%  03/15/16  $2,100,426 
 150,000      WR Berkley Corp   5.375   09/15/20   163,952 
        TOTAL INSURANCE           29,565,529 
              
MATERIALS - 3.3%             
 300,000      3M Co   5.700   03/15/37   349,323 
 75,000      Airgas, Inc   4.500   09/15/14   77,712 
 250,000      Airgas, Inc   7.125   10/01/18   258,908 
 1,000,000      Albemarle Corp   4.500   12/15/20   1,042,579 
 750,000      AngloGold Ashanti Holdings plc   8.500   07/30/20   770,625 
 440,000      ArcelorMittal   5.000   02/25/17   457,600 
 1,000,000      Ball Corp   5.750   05/15/21   1,055,000 
 945,000      Ball Corp   4.000   11/15/23   848,138 
 2,000,000      Barrick Gold Corp   2.900   05/30/16   2,025,368 
 750,000      Barrick Gold Corp   2.500   05/01/18   715,162 
 100,000      Barrick Gold Corp   4.100   05/01/23   88,060 
 850,000      Barrick North America Finance LLC   4.400   05/30/21   789,768 
 450,000   g  Belden, Inc   5.500   09/01/22   434,250 
 750,000   g  Braskem Finance Ltd   5.750   04/15/21   735,000 
 1,500,000   g  Cemex SAB de C.V.   7.250   01/15/21   1,496,250 
 1,500,000      CF Industries, Inc   7.125   05/01/20   1,758,546 
 825,000   g  Cia Minera Milpo SAA   4.625   03/28/23   742,500 
 200,000      Corning, Inc   1.450   11/15/17   197,707 
 1,000,000      Corning, Inc   4.250   08/15/20   1,079,131 
 750,000   g  Corp Nacional del Cobre de Chile-CODELCO   3.750   11/04/20   744,577 
 1,000,000   g  Corp Nacional del Cobre de Chile-CODELCO   4.500   08/13/23   1,008,103 
 200,000   g  Corp Nacional del Cobre de Chile-CODELCO   4.250   07/17/42   164,765 
 1,385,000      Crown Americas LLC   6.250   02/01/21   1,447,325 
 1,025,000   g  Crown Americas LLC   4.500   01/15/23   937,875 
 1,500,000   g  Eagle Spinco, Inc   4.625   02/15/21   1,440,000 
 750,000      EI du Pont de Nemours & Co   2.800   02/15/23   706,223 
 450,000      EI du Pont de Nemours & Co   4.150   02/15/43   403,397 
 1,550,000   g  Eldorado Gold Corp   6.125   12/15/20   1,495,750 
 750,000   g  Fibria Overseas Finance Ltd   6.750   03/03/21   800,250 
 1,000,000   g  Freeport McMoran   3.100   03/15/20   940,317 
 750,000   g  Gerdau Trade, Inc   4.750   04/15/23   667,500 
 2,000,000   g  Glencore Funding LLC   1.700   05/27/16   1,970,628 
 1,450,000   g  Glencore Funding LLC   2.500   01/15/19   1,359,192 
 2,000,000      Graphic Packaging International, Inc   4.750   04/15/21   1,940,000 
 1,790,000      Hexion US Finance Corp   6.625   04/15/20   1,790,000 
 2,000,000      International Paper Co   5.300   04/01/15   2,126,490 
 2,750,000      International Paper Co   4.750   02/15/22   2,896,179 
 250,000      International Paper Co   7.300   11/15/39   305,084 
 4,000,000      LyondellBasell Industries NV   5.000   04/15/19   4,402,984 
 633,000   g  PolyOne Corp   5.250   03/15/23   598,185 
 500,000      Praxair, Inc   2.450   02/15/22   469,586 
 1,450,000      Rio Tinto Finance USA Ltd   2.250   09/20/16   1,485,068 
 1,025,000      Rio Tinto Finance USA plc   2.250   12/14/18   1,010,616 
 325,000      Rio Tinto Finance USA plc   2.875   08/21/22   298,633 
 680,000      Rock Tenn Co   4.450   03/01/19   722,270 
 820,000      Rock Tenn Co   4.900   03/01/22   847,529 

129

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              MATURITY    
PRINCIPAL      ISSUER  RATE  DATE  VALUE 
$400,000      Rockwood Specialties Group, Inc   4.625%  10/15/20  $402,000 
 1,200,000      Rosetta Resources, Inc   5.625   05/01/21   1,140,000 
 550,000   g  Samarco Mineracao S.A.   4.125   11/01/22   478,500 
 250,000   g  Sappi Papier Holding AG.   6.625   04/15/21   232,500 
 800,000   g  Severstal OAO Via Steel Capital S.A.   5.900   10/17/22   771,000 
 425,000      Sherwin-Williams Co   1.350   12/15/17   414,936 
 500,000      Silgan Holdings, Inc   5.000   04/01/20   487,500 
 1,000,000   g  Silgan Holdings, Inc   5.500   02/01/22   972,500 
 750,000   g  Sociedad Quimica y Minera de Chile S.A.   3.625   04/03/23   646,154 
 650,000   g  Steel Dynamics, Inc   5.250   04/15/23   612,625 
 700,000      Teck Resources Ltd   2.500   02/01/18   692,621 
 800,000      Teck Resources Ltd   3.750   02/01/23   736,413 
 125,000      Teck Resources Ltd   6.000   08/15/40   116,173 
 525,000      Teck Resources Ltd   5.200   03/01/42   446,478 
 950,000      Tronox Finance LLC   6.375   08/15/20   940,500 
 625,000   g  Turkiye Sise ve Cam Fabrikalari AS.   4.250   05/09/20   540,000 
 355,000   g  USG Corp   7.875   03/30/20   384,731 
 500,000      Verso Paper Holdings LLC   11.750   01/15/19   516,250 
        TOTAL MATERIALS           58,431,034 
                      
MEDIA - 2.5%             
 2,000,000      AMC Entertainment, Inc   8.750   06/01/19   2,150,000 
 1,100,000      CCO Holdings LLC   6.500   04/30/21   1,116,500 
 2,000,000      Cinemark USA, Inc   5.125   12/15/22   1,875,000 
 2,350,000      Comcast Corp   2.850   01/15/23   2,228,449 
 2,625,000      Comcast Corp   4.250   01/15/33   2,475,512 
 1,000,000      CSC Holdings LLC   6.750   11/15/21   1,070,000 
 1,750,000      DIRECTV Holdings LLC   2.400   03/15/17   1,758,099 
 1,000,000      DIRECTV Holdings LLC   1.750   01/15/18   964,179 
 500,000      Discovery Communications LLC   4.950   05/15/42   462,454 
 925,000      Discovery Communications LLC   4.875   04/01/43   853,501 
 2,015,000      DISH DBS Corp   4.625   07/15/17   2,060,338 
 250,000      Interpublic Group of Cos, Inc   6.250   11/15/14   261,875 
 1,435,000      Lamar Media Corp   7.875   04/15/18   1,531,863 
 1,000,000      Lamar Media Corp   5.000   05/01/23   927,500 
 2,650,000   g  NBC Universal Enterprise, Inc   1.662   04/15/18   2,609,134 
 700,000   g  NBC Universal Enterprise, Inc   1.974   04/15/19   679,678 
 1,000,000      NBC Universal Media LLC   2.875   01/15/23   951,006 
 125,000      News America, Inc   7.625   11/30/28   153,419 
 90,000      News America, Inc   6.550   03/15/33   102,459 
 325,000      News America, Inc   6.650   11/15/37   369,267 
 250,000      News America, Inc   6.900   08/15/39   290,613 
 963,000      Nielsen Finance LLC   7.750   10/15/18   1,047,263 
 400,000      Nielsen Finance LLC   4.500   10/01/20   385,000 
 900,000      Regal Entertainment Group   5.750   06/15/23   848,250 
 450,000      Regal Entertainment Group   5.750   02/01/25   415,125 
 1,400,000   g  Sirius XM Radio, Inc   5.875   10/01/20   1,412,250 
 350,000      Time Warner Cable, Inc   8.750   02/14/19   411,777 
 625,000      Time Warner Cable, Inc   8.250   04/01/19   723,501 
 1,075,000      Time Warner Cable, Inc   4.500   09/15/42   785,999 
 940,000      Time Warner, Inc   3.150   07/15/15   978,438 
 1,000,000      Time Warner, Inc   4.700   01/15/21   1,068,735 

130

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              MATURITY    
PRINCIPAL      ISSUER  RATE  DATE  VALUE 
$1,000,000      Time Warner, Inc   3.400%  06/15/22  $970,764 
 275,000      Time Warner, Inc   6.500   11/15/36   306,007 
 700,000      Time Warner, Inc   4.900   06/15/42   654,791 
 2,000,000   g  Univision Communications, Inc   7.875   11/01/20   2,187,500 
 1,525,000   g  Univision Communications, Inc   5.125   05/15/23   1,460,188 
 1,500,000      Viacom, Inc   1.250   02/27/15   1,504,059 
 700,000      Viacom, Inc   2.500   12/15/16   717,276 
 1,500,000      Viacom, Inc   2.500   09/01/18   1,497,243 
 1,000,000      Viacom, Inc   5.850   09/01/43   1,018,020 
        TOTAL MEDIA           43,283,032 
              
PHARMACEUTICALS, BIOTECHNOLOGY & LIFE SCIENCES - 0.6%             
 1,500,000      AbbVie, Inc   1.200   11/06/15   1,505,427 
 1,200,000      AbbVie, Inc   1.750   11/06/17   1,190,148 
 475,000      AbbVie, Inc   2.900   11/06/22   444,225 
 1,050,000   g  CFR International S.p.A   5.125   12/06/22   963,736 
 429,000      Endo Pharmaceuticals Holdings, Inc   7.000   07/15/19   441,870 
 2,150,000      Hospira, Inc   5.200   08/12/20   2,187,399 
 1,000,000   g  Mylan, Inc   7.875   07/15/20   1,141,067 
 444,000      NBTY, Inc   9.000   10/01/18   487,290 
 400,000      Perrigo Co   2.950   05/15/23   386,698 
 1,000,000   g  Valeant Pharmaceuticals International   7.000   10/01/20   1,060,000 
 250,000      Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc   1.875   10/01/17   248,429 
 350,000      Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc   3.250   10/01/22   328,129 
        TOTAL PHARMACEUTICALS, BIOTECHNOLOGY & LIFE SCIENCES       10,384,418 
                      
REAL ESTATE - 0.7%             
 150,000      AMB Property LP   4.500   08/15/17   161,737 
 600,000      AvalonBay Communities, Inc   2.850   03/15/23   544,930 
 170,000      Camden Property Trust   4.625   06/15/21   179,412 
 1,000,000      Developers Diversified Realty Corp   4.750   04/15/18   1,079,390 
 500,000      Developers Diversified Realty Corp   7.875   09/01/20   611,989 
 25,000      Federal Realty Investment Trust   5.650   06/01/16   27,694 
 225,000      Federal Realty Investment Trust   3.000   08/01/22   208,917 
 1,375,000      Federal Realty Investment Trust   2.750   06/01/23   1,231,435 
 200,000      Healthcare Realty Trust, Inc   5.750   01/15/21   217,080 
 150,000      Healthcare Realty Trust, Inc   3.750   04/15/23   139,507 
 325,000   g  Healthcare Trust of America Holdings LP   3.700   04/15/23   304,605 
 1,783,000      Highwoods Properties, Inc   5.850   03/15/17   1,962,500 
 250,000      Kilroy Realty LP   3.800   01/15/23   234,702 
 325,000      Liberty Property LP   4.125   06/15/22   322,427 
 300,000      National Retail Properties, Inc   5.500   07/15/21   325,821 
 525,000      National Retail Properties, Inc   3.300   04/15/23   477,078 
 150,000      Regency Centers LP   5.250   08/01/15   160,285 
 25,000      Regency Centers LP   5.875   06/15/17   27,851 
 25,000      Simon Property Group LP   5.250   12/01/16   27,896 
 825,000      Simon Property Group LP   2.800   01/30/17   854,853 
 1,000,000   g  Simon Property Group LP   1.500   02/01/18   974,903 
 210,000      Simon Property Group LP   10.350   04/01/19   285,629 
 185,000      Ventas Realty LP   3.125   11/30/15   193,232 
 575,000      Ventas Realty LP   2.000   02/15/18   563,413 
 450,000      Ventas Realty LP   2.700   04/01/20   428,883 

131

TIAA-CREF FUNDS - Bond Plus Fund

 

              MATURITY    
PRINCIPAL      ISSUER  RATE  DATE  VALUE 
$1,140,000      Ventas Realty LP   3.250%  08/15/22  $1,064,947 
 450,000      Weingarten Realty Investors   3.500   04/15/23   418,493 
        TOTAL REAL ESTATE           13,029,609 
                      
RETAILING - 1.5%             
 907,000      Amerigas Partners LP   6.500   05/20/21   934,210 
 750,000      Asbury Automotive Group, Inc   8.375   11/15/20   826,875 
 500,000   g  Automotores Gildemeister S.A.   8.250   05/24/21   427,500 
 250,000   g  Automotores Gildemeister S.A.   6.750   01/15/23   193,750 
 1,475,000   g  BC Mountain LLC   7.000   02/01/21   1,463,937 
 810,000   g  Continental Rubber Of America Corp   4.500   09/15/19   844,830 
 1,500,000      Ferrellgas LP   6.500   05/01/21   1,496,250 
 1,000,000   g  Golden Eagle Retail Group Ltd   4.625   05/21/23   875,901 
 1,500,000      Home Depot, Inc   2.250   09/10/18   1,515,900 
 1,775,000      Home Depot, Inc   3.750   02/15/24   1,796,375 
 1,000,000      Home Depot, Inc   4.875   02/15/44   1,008,357 
 1,000,000      Limited Brands, Inc   7.000   05/01/20   1,105,000 
 625,000      Limited Brands, Inc   6.625   04/01/21   675,781 
 810,000      Limited Brands, Inc   5.625   02/15/22   830,250 
 2,000,000      Macy’s Retail Holdings, Inc   5.900   12/01/16   2,257,812 
 1,750,000      Macy’s Retail Holdings, Inc   2.875   02/15/23   1,573,523 
 400,000   g,o  New Academy Finance Co LLC   8.000   06/15/18   410,000 
 645,000      O’Reilly Automotive, Inc   4.875   01/14/21   684,673 
 295,000      O’Reilly Automotive, Inc   4.625   09/15/21   309,771 
 350,000      O’Reilly Automotive, Inc   3.800   09/01/22   344,342 
 1,100,000      Penske Automotive Group, Inc   5.750   10/01/22   1,078,000 
 150,000      QVC, Inc   5.125   07/02/22   147,477 
 300,000   g,o  Schaeffler Holding Finance BV   6.875   08/15/18   314,250 
 800,000      Sonic Automotive, Inc   5.000   05/15/23   732,000 
 3,000,000      Wal-Mart Stores, Inc   1.125   04/11/18   2,932,971 
 350,000      Wal-Mart Stores, Inc   4.250   04/15/21   380,107 
 725,000   g  WEX, Inc   4.750   02/01/23   659,750 
        TOTAL RETAILING           25,819,592 
                      
SOFTWARE & SERVICES - 1.0%             
 1,550,000   g  Activision Blizzard, Inc   5.625   09/15/21   1,551,937 
 200,000   g  Activision Blizzard, Inc   6.125   09/15/23   201,000 
 1,225,000   g  BMC Software Finance, Inc   8.125   07/15/21   1,270,937 
 300,000   g  Ceridian Corp   11.000   03/15/21   347,250 
 3,000,000      Fidelity National Information Services, Inc   5.000   03/15/22   3,043,500 
 3,500,000      International Business Machines Corp   0.750   05/11/15   3,517,077 
 950,000      International Business Machines Corp   1.250   02/06/17   953,114 
 1,225,000      NCR Corp   4.625   02/15/21   1,148,438 
 1,100,000      Oracle Corp   1.200   10/15/17   1,080,353 
 1,225,000      Oracle Corp   2.500   10/15/22   1,129,270 
 1,000,000      SunGard Data Systems, Inc   7.375   11/15/18   1,060,000 
 145,000      SunGard Data Systems, Inc   6.625   11/01/19   147,900 
 950,000   g  VeriSign, Inc   4.625   05/01/23   893,000 
        TOTAL SOFTWARE & SERVICES           16,343,776 

132

TIAA-CREF FUNDS - Bond Plus Fund

 

              MATURITY    
PRINCIPAL      ISSUER  RATE  DATE  VALUE 
TECHNOLOGY HARDWARE & EQUIPMENT - 1.5%             
$2,500,000      Apple, Inc   1.000%  05/03/18  $2,408,135 
 287,000      Brocade Communications Systems, Inc   6.875   01/15/20   309,960 
 100,000      CC Holdings GS V LLC   2.381   12/15/17   98,584 
 1,000,000      Flextronics International Ltd   4.625   02/15/20   970,000 
 5,950,000      General Electric Co   0.850   10/09/15   5,963,715 
 75,000      General Electric Co   5.250   12/06/17   85,361 
 475,000      General Electric Co   2.700   10/09/22   448,045 
 1,000,000      Hewlett-Packard Co   3.300   12/09/16   1,040,389 
 1,160,000      Jabil Circuit, Inc   5.625   12/15/20   1,194,800 
 2,985,000      L-3 Communications Corp   3.950   11/15/16   3,183,879 
 2,000,000      L-3 Communications Corp   4.950   02/15/21   2,117,848 
 575,000   g  NXP BV   3.750   06/01/18   560,625 
 600,000   g  NXP Funding LLC   5.750   03/15/23   594,000 
 500,000      Scientific Games Corp   8.125   09/15/18   533,750 
 564,000      Scientific Games Corp   9.250   06/15/19   607,710 
 1,000,000      Tyco Electronics Group S.A.   1.600   02/03/15   1,007,463 
 525,000      Xerox Corp   8.250   05/15/14   548,753 
 1,000,000      Xerox Corp   4.250   02/15/15   1,042,675 
 3,000,000      Xerox Corp   2.950   03/15/17   3,076,473 
 225,000      Xerox Corp   4.500   05/15/21   233,855 
        TOTAL TECHNOLOGY HARDWARE & EQUIPMENT           26,026,020 
                      
TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES - 2.7%             
 1,040,000      America Movil SAB de C.V.   3.125   07/16/22   957,276 
 2,000,000      American Tower Corp   3.400   02/15/19   1,976,778 
 475,000      American Tower Corp   4.700   03/15/22   461,529 
 550,000      American Tower Corp   3.500   01/31/23   482,792 
 2,250,000      AT&T, Inc   2.950   05/15/16   2,352,667 
 450,000      AT&T, Inc   1.400   12/01/17   439,275 
 1,200,000      AT&T, Inc   2.625   12/01/22   1,075,540 
 800,000      AT&T, Inc   6.300   01/15/38   864,614 
 443,000      AT&T, Inc   4.350   06/15/45   365,673 
 500,000      Axiata SPV1 (Labuan) Ltd   5.375   04/28/20   529,979 
 1,500,000   g  Bharti Airtel International Netherlands BV   5.125   03/11/23   1,342,500 
 550,000      Cellco Partnership   8.500   11/15/18   704,817 
 900,000   g,o  CommScope Holding Co, Inc   6.625   06/01/20   895,500 
 750,000   g  Deutsche Telekom International Finance BV   2.250   03/06/17   760,916 
 425,000   g  Deutsche Telekom International Finance BV   4.875   03/06/42   400,275 
 925,000      Intelsat Jackson Holdings S.A.   7.500   04/01/21   999,000 
 550,000   g  Intelsat Jackson Holdings S.A.   5.500   08/01/23   514,250 
 1,000,000   g  Intelsat Luxembourg S.A.   8.125   06/01/23   1,055,000 
 160,000   g  Lynx I Corp   5.375   04/15/21   156,000 
 780,000   g  Lynx II Corp   6.375   04/15/23   776,100 
 1,750,000   g  Oi S.A.   5.750   02/10/22   1,531,250 
 1,000,000      PCCW-HKT Capital No 4 Ltd   4.250   02/24/16   1,053,770 
 725,000      PCCW-HKT Capital No 5 Ltd   3.750   03/08/23   654,998 
 750,000   g  Qtel International Finance Ltd   3.875   01/31/28   656,250 
 175,000   g  SES   3.600   04/04/23   164,612 
 1,325,000   g  Sprint Corp   7.250   09/15/21   1,338,250 
 1,050,000   g  Sprint Corp   7.875   09/15/23   1,071,000 

133

TIAA-CREF FUNDS - Bond Plus Fund

 

              MATURITY    
PRINCIPAL      ISSUER  RATE  DATE  VALUE 
$2,175,000      Sprint Nextel Corp   6.000%  11/15/22  $2,001,000 
 500,000      Starz LLC   5.000   09/15/19   495,000 
 1,000,000      Telefonica Emisiones SAU   3.992   02/16/16   1,035,876 
 800,000      Telefonica Emisiones SAU   3.192   04/27/18   789,352 
 750,000      Telefonica Emisiones SAU   4.570   04/27/23   719,233 
 500,000      Telefonos de Mexico SAB de C.V.   5.500   11/15/19   548,565 
 1,800,000      Verizon Communications, Inc   0.700   11/02/15   1,788,736 
 4,100,000      Verizon Communications, Inc   3.650   09/14/18   4,320,141 
 137,000      Verizon Communications, Inc   8.750   11/01/18   176,006 
 4,500,000      Verizon Communications, Inc   5.150   09/15/23   4,823,037 
 1,300,000      Verizon Communications, Inc   3.850   11/01/42   1,026,545 
 4,875,000      Verizon Communications, Inc   6.550   09/15/43   5,503,568 
 1,425,000      Windstream Corp   6.375   08/01/23   1,303,875 
        TOTAL TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES           48,111,545 
              
TRANSPORTATION - 0.9%             
 655,000   g  Asciano Finance Ltd   5.000   04/07/18   694,838 
 750,000   g  Bombardier, Inc   7.500   03/15/18   841,875 
 600,000   g  Bombardier, Inc   7.750   03/15/20   678,000 
 600,000   g  Bombardier, Inc   6.125   01/15/23   600,000 
 225,000      Bristow Group, Inc   6.250   10/15/22   234,000 
 1,000,000   g  DP World Ltd   6.850   07/02/37   1,005,000 
 167,747   g  Embraer Overseas Ltd   5.696   09/16/23   163,553 
 275,000      Embraer S.A.   5.150   06/15/22   266,750 
 1,000,000   g  ERAC USA Finance LLC   2.800   11/01/18   1,007,102 
 2,115,000      GATX Corp   2.375   07/30/18   2,089,609 
 1,000,000      Gulfmark Offshore, Inc   6.375   03/15/22   1,000,000 
 1,000,000   g  Hertz Corp   4.250   04/01/18   982,500 
 500,000      Hertz Corp   7.500   10/15/18   538,750 
 350,000      Hertz Corp   5.875   10/15/20   360,500 
 1,000,000      Hertz Corp   7.375   01/15/21   1,075,000 
 750,000      Hertz Corp   6.250   10/15/22   774,375 
 400,000   g  Kansas City Southern de Mexico S.A. de C.V.   2.350   05/15/20   381,339 
 250,000   g  Kansas City Southern Railway   4.300   05/15/43   221,266 
 375,000      Northrop Grumman Corp   1.750   06/01/18   368,056 
 575,000      Northrop Grumman Corp   3.250   08/01/23   543,443 
 1,060,000   g  Transnet Ltd   4.500   02/10/16   1,093,125 
 665,000   g  Transnet SOC Ltd   4.000   07/26/22   586,863 
 525,000      United Parcel Service, Inc   3.625   10/01/42   450,102 
        TOTAL TRANSPORTATION           15,956,046 
                      
UTILITIES - 3.0%             
 750,000   g  Abu Dhabi National Energy Co   5.875   10/27/16   832,500 
 1,750,000   g  Abu Dhabi National Energy Co   4.125   03/13/17   1,830,937 
 1,750,000      AES Corp   8.000   10/15/17   2,012,500 
 425,000      AES Corp   4.875   05/15/23   397,375 
 625,000      AGL Capital Corp   4.400   06/01/43   568,911 
 365,000      Alliant Energy Corp   4.000   10/15/14   377,133 
 250,000      Atmos Energy Corp   8.500   03/15/19   321,856 
 525,000      Atmos Energy Corp   4.150   01/15/43   466,175 
 675,000   g  Calpine Corp   7.500   02/15/21   717,187 

134

TIAA-CREF FUNDS - Bond Plus Fund

 

              MATURITY    
PRINCIPAL      ISSUER  RATE  DATE  VALUE 
$634,000   g  Calpine Corp   7.875%  01/15/23  $667,285 
 250,000      Carolina Power & Light Co   5.300   01/15/19   288,184 
 275,000      Carolina Power & Light Co   5.700   04/01/35   303,185 
 300,000      CenterPoint Energy Resources Corp   6.250   02/01/37   341,291 
 2,050,000   g  CEZ AS.   4.250   04/03/22   2,047,950 
 750,000      CLP Power Hong Kong Financing Ltd   3.375   10/26/27   650,859 
 1,000,000      CMS Energy Corp   5.050   03/15/22   1,071,140 
 500,000      CMS Energy Corp   4.700   03/31/43   463,072 
 1,025,000   g  Colbun S.A.   6.000   01/21/20   1,095,283 
 1,000,000   g  Comision Federal de Electricidad   4.875   05/26/21   1,025,000 
 625,000   g  Comision Federal de Electricidad   5.750   02/14/42   578,125 
 1,895,000      Commonwealth Edison Co   4.000   08/01/20   2,021,133 
 200,000      Commonwealth Edison Co   5.900   03/15/36   231,478 
 200,000      Connecticut Light & Power Co   5.500   02/01/19   230,940 
 750,000      Consolidated Edison Co of New York, Inc   3.950   03/01/43   666,073 
 1,000,000      Consumers Energy Co   3.375   08/15/23   998,115 
 375,000      Detroit Edison Co   3.950   06/15/42   339,018 
 200,000      Duke Energy Carolinas LLC   4.300   06/15/20   216,713 
 1,000,000      Duke Energy Corp   3.950   09/15/14   1,031,549 
 825,000      Duke Energy Ohio, Inc   3.800   09/01/23   842,978 
 975,000      Florida Power & Light Co   2.750   06/01/23   925,696 
 250,000      Indiana Michigan Power Co   7.000   03/15/19   299,934 
 415,000   g  Inergy Midstream LP   6.000   12/15/20   411,888 
 125,000      Integrys Energy Group, Inc   4.170   11/01/20   130,869 
 375,000   g  Israel Electric Corp Ltd   6.700   02/10/17   402,656 
 1,000,000   g  Israel Electric Corp Ltd   5.625   06/21/18   1,032,500 
 500,000   g  Israel Electric Corp Ltd   7.250   01/15/19   546,875 
 100,000   g  Kansas Gas & Electric   6.700   06/15/19   122,718 
 200,000   g  KazMunayGas National Co JSC   4.400   04/30/23   186,500 
 1,000,000      Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP   3.450   02/15/23   935,198 
 1,500,000   g  Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co Ltd   2.875   10/02/18   1,494,834 
 350,000      LG&E and KU Energy LLC   3.750   11/15/20   354,419 
 500,000   g  Majapahit Holding BV   7.875   06/29/37   520,000 
 250,000      Midamerican Energy Holdings Co   5.950   05/15/37   277,427 
 1,000,000      Nevada Power Co   5.450   05/15/41   1,096,880 
 750,000      NiSource Finance Corp   4.800   02/15/44   671,665 
 1,500,000      Northeast Utilities   1.450   05/01/18   1,461,527 
 1,500,000      NRG Energy, Inc   7.875   05/15/21   1,605,000 
 500,000      NRG Energy, Inc   6.625   03/15/23   490,000 
 750,000      NTPC Ltd   5.625   07/14/21   737,920 
 500,000      Oncor Electric Delivery Co LLC   4.550   12/01/41   479,144 
 300,000      ONEOK Partners LP   3.375   10/01/22   276,366 
 325,000      Pacific Gas & Electric Co   8.250   10/15/18   414,994 
 350,000      PacifiCorp   2.950   02/01/22   342,203 
 250,000      Pepco Holdings, Inc   2.700   10/01/15   256,996 
 200,000   g  Perusahaan Listrik Negara PT   5.500   11/22/21   191,000 
 500,000      PG&E Corp   5.750   04/01/14   512,080 
 50,000      Potomac Electric Power Co   7.900   12/15/38   72,305 
 500,000      PPL Capital Funding, Inc   4.200   06/15/22   497,552 
 275,000      Progress Energy, Inc   7.050   03/15/19   332,304 

135

TIAA-CREF FUNDS - Bond Plus Fund

 

              MATURITY    
PRINCIPAL      ISSUER  RATE  DATE  VALUE 
$550,000      Public Service Co of Colorado   4.750%  08/15/41  $566,195 
 400,000      Public Service Co of Oklahoma   5.150   12/01/19   454,547 
 1,150,000      Public Service Electric & Gas Co   2.375   05/15/23   1,053,332 
 1,750,000      Questar Market Resources, Inc   6.875   03/01/21   1,859,375 
 1,250,000   g  Sabine Pass Liquefaction LLC   5.625   02/01/21   1,223,438 
 500,000      Sabine Pass LNG LP   7.500   11/30/16   550,000 
 150,000      San Diego Gas & Electric Co   3.000   08/15/21   150,339 
 300,000      San Diego Gas & Electric Co   3.950   11/15/41   275,973 
 2,000,000      Southern California Edison Co   4.650   10/01/43   1,977,050 
 200,000      Tampa Electric Co   4.100   06/15/42   179,102 
 750,000   g  Transportadora de Gas del Peru S.A.   4.250   04/30/28   648,750 
 420,000      Virginia Electric and Power Co   2.950   01/15/22   413,386 
 850,000      Virginia Electric and Power Co   4.650   08/15/43   842,912 
 225,000      Williams Partners LP   3.800   02/15/15   233,545 
 650,000      Williams Partners LP   3.350   08/15/22   601,797 
 1,000,000   g  WPD Investment Holdings Ltd   3.900   05/01/16   1,048,166 
 300,000      Xcel Energy, Inc   4.800   09/15/41   294,470 
        TOTAL UTILITIES          52,085,772 
                      
        TOTAL CORPORATE BONDS           712,983,692 
        (Cost $712,719,565)             
              
GOVERNMENT BONDS -  39.2%             
              
AGENCY SECURITIES - 0.3%             
 750,000      Amber Circle Funding LTD   3.250   12/04/22   687,638 
 1,484,780      Cal Dive I- Title XI, Inc   4.930   02/01/27   1,611,726 
 415,000      Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp (FHLMC)   2.500   04/23/14   420,645 
 3,000,000      Private Export Funding Corp (PEFCO)   2.050   11/15/22   2,721,333 
        TOTAL AGENCY SECURITIES           5,441,342 
              
FOREIGN GOVERNMENT BONDS - 4.5%             
 1,000,000   g  Banco Nacional de Desenvolvimento Economico e Social   3.375   09/26/16   1,003,000 
 750,000   g  Barbados Government International Bond   7.000   08/04/22   706,875 
 1,000,000   g  Brazil Minas SPE via State of Minas Gerais   5.333   02/15/28   962,500 
 1,550,000      Brazilian Government International Bond   12.500   01/05/16   751,816 
 900,000      Brazilian Government International Bond   2.625   01/05/23   789,750 
 1,275,000      Canada Government International Bond   0.875   02/14/17   1,274,235 
 2,944,166   g,m  Carpintero Finance Ltd   2.581   11/11/24   2,895,500 
 215,000      Chile Government International Bond   3.875   08/05/20   224,137 
 260,000      Colombia Government International Bond   4.375   07/12/21   268,450 
 425,000      Colombia Government International Bond   2.625   03/15/23   376,125 
 1,375,000      Colombia Government International Bond   4.000   02/26/24   1,347,500 
 875,000   g  Costa Rica Government International Bond   4.250   01/26/23   783,125 
 750,000   g  Croatia Government International Bond   6.250   04/27/17   788,115 
 270,000   g  Croatia Government International Bond   6.375   03/24/21   278,842 
 700,000   g  Croatia Government International Bond   5.500   04/04/23   670,250 
 500,000   g  Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka   7.400   01/22/15   515,000 
 1,000,000   g  Dominican Republic International Bond   5.875   04/18/24   927,500 
 500,000      Egypt Government AID Bonds   4.450   09/15/15   538,026 
 275,000      European Investment Bank   4.875   02/15/36   304,203 

136

TIAA-CREF FUNDS - Bond Plus Fund

 

              MATURITY    
PRINCIPAL      ISSUER  RATE  DATE  VALUE 
$500,000      Export Development Canada   2.250%  05/28/15  $515,595 
 600,000      Export-Import Bank of Korea   1.250   11/20/15   600,443 
 550,000      Export-Import Bank of Korea   1.750   02/27/18   535,160 
 525,000      Export-Import Bank of Korea   5.125   06/29/20   575,884 
 100,000      Federative Republic of Brazil   6.000   01/17/17   111,850 
 630,000      Hungary Government International Bond   4.125   02/19/18   623,700 
 1,500,000   g  Iceland Government International Bond   4.875   06/16/16   1,569,000 
 750,000   g  Indonesia Government International Bond   3.750   04/25/22   675,000 
 225,000      Italy Government International Bond   5.375   06/12/17   245,317 
 180,000      Italy Government International Bond   6.875   09/27/23   216,076 
 3,000,000      KFW   2.625   01/25/22   2,972,943 
 1,900,000   g  Kommunalbanken AS.   1.375   06/08/17   1,907,600 
 1,000,000   g,i  Kommunalbanken AS.   0.444   02/20/18   998,719 
 2,800,000   g  Korea Housing Finance Corp   1.625   09/15/18   2,637,757 
 750,000   g  Lithuania Government International Bond   5.125   09/14/17   819,375 
 9,590,000      Mexican Bonos   8.000   12/07/23   837,508 
 750,000      Mexico Government International Bond   3.625   03/15/22   744,000 
 150,000      Mexico Government International Bond   6.750   09/27/34   177,750 
 250,000      Mexico Government International Bond   4.750   03/08/44   226,250 
 1,150,000   g  Morocco Government International Bond   4.250   12/11/22   1,046,730 
 500,000   g  Namibia International Bonds   5.500   11/03/21   505,000 
 575,000   g  National Bank of Canada   1.650   01/30/14   577,610 
 1,000,000   g  Nigeria Government International Bond   5.125   07/12/18   1,015,000 
 2,000,000      North American Development Bank   2.400   10/26/22   1,797,000 
 1,250,000      Panama Government International Bond   5.200   01/30/20   1,371,875 
 135,000      Peruvian Government International Bond   7.350   07/21/25   172,463 
 433,000      Poland Government International Bond   5.125   04/21/21   470,888 
 375,000      Poland Government International Bond   3.000   03/17/23   343,500 
 750,000      Province of British Columbia Canada   2.850   06/15/15   781,020 
 5,000,000      Province of British Columbia Canada   1.200   04/25/17   5,023,510 
 500,000      Province of Ontario Canada   2.950   02/05/15   517,085 
 1,750,000      Province of Ontario Canada   2.700   06/16/15   1,815,538 
 5,000,000      Province of Ontario Canada   2.300   05/10/16   5,188,500 
 620,000      Province of Quebec Canada   4.625   05/14/18   698,802 
 1,000,000      Province of Quebec Canada   3.500   07/29/20   1,046,400 
 3,000,000      Province of Quebec Canada   2.750   08/25/21   2,927,040 
 1,000,000   g  Republic of Ghana   7.875   08/07/23   970,000 
 1,000,000      Republic of Korea   3.875   09/11/23   1,017,992 
 1,500,000   g  Republic of Latvia   2.750   01/12/20   1,421,889 
 500,000   g  Republic of Serbia   4.875   02/25/20   466,875 
 197,394   i  Republic of Serbia   6.750   11/01/24   191,965 
 1,000,000      Republic of Turkey   7.500   07/14/17   1,131,250 
 750,000   g  Romanian Government International Bond   6.750   02/07/22   855,150 
 775,000   g  Romanian Government International Bond   4.375   08/22/23   741,094 
 750,000   g  Russian Foreign Bond - Eurobond   3.250   04/04/17   779,423 
 1,000,000   g  Slovakia Government International Bond   4.375   05/21/22   1,031,500 
 875,000   g  Slovenia Government International Bond   5.500   10/26/22   813,750 
 400,000      South Africa Government International Bond   5.875   05/30/22   432,000 
 750,000      South Africa Government International Bond   4.665   01/17/24   727,500 
 1,125,000      South Africa Government International Bond   5.875   09/16/25   1,182,656 
 2,000,000   g  Spain Government International Bond   4.000   03/06/18   2,032,600 

137

TIAA-CREF FUNDS - Bond Plus Fund

 

              MATURITY    
PRINCIPAL      ISSUER  RATE  DATE  VALUE 
$1,460,000   g  Sri Lanka Government International Bond   5.875%  07/25/22  $1,335,900 
 750,000      Turkey Government International Bond   6.750   04/03/18   828,000 
 1,000,000      Turkey Government International Bond   5.625   03/30/21   1,039,000 
 152,000      United Mexican States   5.875   02/17/14   154,812 
 300,000      United Mexican States   5.950   03/19/19   346,500 
 500,000      United Mexican States   5.125   01/15/20   557,250 
 882,000      Uruguay Government International Bond   4.500   08/14/24   895,230 
        TOTAL FOREIGN GOVERNMENT BONDS           76,645,173 
                      
MORTGAGE BACKED - 20.2%             
 257,030   i  Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp (FHLMC)   2.436   02/01/36   272,303 
 1,066,619   i  FHLMC   2.565   07/01/36   1,131,162 
 323,467   i  FHLMC   2.303   09/01/36   346,013 
 184,457   i  FHLMC   2.404   09/01/36   196,515 
 71,813   i  FHLMC   5.787   02/01/37   76,856 
 359,235   i  FHLMC   2.714   03/01/37   383,393 
 30,031   i  FHLMC   6.015   04/01/37   32,123 
 6,626   i  FHLMC   6.080   05/01/37   7,003 
 709,602   i  FHLMC   2.500   06/01/37   755,867 
 222,954   i  FHLMC   2.864   08/01/37   235,859 
 619,795      FHLMC   3.000   08/15/42   529,087 
 17,372      Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp Gold (FGLMC)   6.500   12/01/16   18,280 
 331,722      FGLMC   5.500   01/01/19   355,296 
 56,577      FGLMC   4.500   01/01/20   59,812 
 376,075      FGLMC   4.500   07/01/20   406,346 
 105,406      FGLMC   4.500   09/01/20   111,627 
 120,911      FGLMC   5.000   10/01/20   128,399 
 84,649      FGLMC   5.500   10/01/20   89,194 
 20,130      FGLMC   7.000   10/01/20   21,959 
 90,616      FGLMC   4.500   06/01/21   95,984 
 168,159      FGLMC   5.500   08/01/21   181,778 
 54,212      FGLMC   5.000   04/01/23   58,562 
 64,826      FGLMC   4.500   09/01/24   68,552 
 41,204      FGLMC   6.500   01/01/29   45,710 
 2,558      FGLMC   8.000   01/01/31   2,958 
 70,336      FGLMC   6.000   03/01/33   76,547 
 651,434      FGLMC   5.500   12/01/33   714,045 
 755,964      FGLMC   7.000   12/01/33   857,827 
 462,995      FGLMC   5.000   01/01/34   502,090 
 194,800      FGLMC   5.000   05/01/34   211,292 
 234,634      FGLMC   4.500   10/01/34   250,660 
 114,102      FGLMC   5.500   12/01/34   123,803 
 344,977      FGLMC   5.500   03/01/35   374,533 
 326,753      FGLMC   6.000   04/01/35   356,181 
 279,622      FGLMC   7.000   05/01/35   306,913 
 523,678      FGLMC   5.500   06/01/35   567,292 
 593,493      FGLMC   5.500   06/01/35   642,729 
 51,876      FGLMC   5.000   02/01/36   56,001 
 105,922      FGLMC   5.500   04/01/36   114,544 
 2,803      FGLMC   6.500   05/01/36   3,100 
 137,013      FGLMC   6.500   10/01/36   155,911 

138

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              MATURITY    
PRINCIPAL      ISSUER  RATE  DATE  VALUE 
$26,690      FGLMC   6.000%  09/01/37  $29,314 
 102,125      FGLMC   6.500   11/01/37   112,967 
 390,258      FGLMC   5.000   04/01/38   421,230 
 167,028      FGLMC   6.000   11/01/38   181,778 
 353,176      FGLMC   4.500   11/01/40   380,971 
 1,165,529      FGLMC   4.000   12/01/40   1,224,158 
 2,372,380      FGLMC   4.000   12/01/40   2,486,502 
 2,730,191      FGLMC   4.000   12/01/40   2,868,051 
 402,705      FGLMC   4.500   12/01/40   433,540 
 3,000,000   h  FGLMC   3.500   11/15/42   3,035,156 
 8,000,000   h  FGLMC   4.000   11/15/42   8,332,500 
 9,000,000   h  FGLMC   4.500   11/15/42   9,549,844 
 405,819      Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA)   4.854   02/01/14   406,518 
 2,556,668      FNMA   4.640   11/01/14   2,620,450 
 182,068      FNMA   4.832   01/01/15   185,699 
 28,300      FNMA   6.500   10/01/16   29,509 
 19,770      FNMA   6.500   11/01/16   20,832 
 80,839      FNMA   5.000   12/01/17   86,004 
 24,079      FNMA   6.500   02/01/18   25,682 
 88,398      FNMA   5.500   04/01/18   93,426 
 49,989      FNMA   5.500   05/01/18   52,652 
 40,209      FNMA   6.000   01/01/19   43,901 
 666,409      FNMA   4.000   02/25/19   697,430 
 220,344      FNMA   4.500   04/01/19   234,149 
 55,166      FNMA   4.500   06/01/19   58,637 
 86,734      FNMA   5.000   03/01/20   92,224 
 28,565      FNMA   4.500   11/01/20   30,352 
 29,947      FNMA   4.500   12/01/20   32,506 
 59,062      FNMA   5.000   12/01/20   63,357 
 139,912      FNMA   5.000   03/01/21   148,848 
 18,628      FNMA   8.000   03/01/23   21,048 
 166,726      FNMA   5.500   02/01/24   182,888 
 112,513      FNMA   4.000   05/01/24   119,477 
 375,202      FNMA   5.500   07/01/24   411,713 
 149,416      FNMA   4.500   08/01/24   158,890 
 699,541      FNMA   5.000   10/01/25   760,244 
 7,952      FNMA   9.000   11/01/25   9,380 
 4,348,279      FNMA   3.000   05/01/27   4,513,900 
 2,348,752      FNMA   2.500   10/01/27   2,365,530 
 3,674,408      FNMA   2.500   06/01/28   3,698,315 
 1,000,000   h  FNMA   2.500   10/25/28   1,005,625 
 29,000,000   h  FNMA   3.000   10/25/28   30,024,063 
 1,000,000   h  FNMA   4.000   10/25/28   1,060,938 
 7,491      FNMA   7.500   01/01/29   8,618 
 225,256      FNMA   7.000   07/01/32   257,154 
 164,554      FNMA   4.500   03/25/33   172,968 
 273,771      FNMA   4.500   10/01/33   293,239 
 470,740      FNMA   5.000   11/01/33   519,008 
 257,267      FNMA   5.000   11/01/33   278,811 
 104,556      FNMA   5.500   12/01/33   114,766 
 197,887      FNMA   6.000   08/01/34   218,985 

139

TIAA-CREF FUNDS - Bond Plus Fund

 

              MATURITY    
PRINCIPAL      ISSUER  RATE  DATE  VALUE 
$83,395      FNMA   6.000%  12/01/34  $91,662 
 308,294      FNMA   5.500   02/01/35   336,854 
 124,723      FNMA   6.000   04/01/35   138,020 
 1,030,629      FNMA   5.500   05/01/35   1,140,871 
 893,801      FNMA   5.500   05/01/35   975,005 
 360,968      FNMA   6.000   05/01/35   394,304 
 14,392      FNMA   7.500   06/01/35   15,762 
 194,418      FNMA   6.000   07/01/35   212,282 
 188,691      FNMA   5.500   12/01/35   205,291 
 157,621      FNMA   6.000   03/01/36   173,235 
 306,793      FNMA   6.000   04/01/36   335,934 
 287,873   i  FNMA   2.392   07/01/36   308,707 
 410,860   i  FNMA   2.693   09/01/36   438,094 
 96,395      FNMA   6.000   12/01/36   105,197 
 83,133      FNMA   7.000   02/01/37   95,399 
 197,125      FNMA   6.500   03/01/37   219,958 
 22,284      FNMA   7.000   04/01/37   25,864 
 63,422      FNMA   6.500   08/01/37   70,218 
 30,969      FNMA   6.000   09/01/37   34,566 
 43,155      FNMA   6.000   09/01/37   48,125 
 45,663      FNMA   6.000   09/01/37   50,965 
 31,291      FNMA   6.000   09/01/37   34,320 
 44,157      FNMA   6.500   09/01/37   48,804 
 174,636      FNMA   6.500   09/01/37   193,012 
 99,693   i  FNMA   2.478   10/01/37   106,315 
 1,263,823      FNMA   6.000   11/01/37   1,379,228 
 39,760      FNMA   6.000   11/01/37   43,391 
 248,622      FNMA   6.000   11/01/38   271,324 
 109,350      FNMA   6.000   01/01/39   119,335 
 93,939      FNMA   6.000   01/01/39   102,517 
 395,169      FNMA   4.500   02/01/39   421,740 
 3,445,157      FNMA   6.000   04/01/39   3,759,750 
 255,509      FNMA   4.500   08/01/39   272,726 
 614,429      FNMA   5.500   08/01/39   671,842 
 1,022,212      FNMA   4.500   09/01/40   1,092,273 
 3,362,338      FNMA   4.500   10/01/40   3,610,121 
 1,250,484      FNMA   4.500   11/01/40   1,339,065 
 1,929,606      FNMA   3.500   10/01/42   1,966,015 
 480,670      FNMA   3.000   12/01/42   470,041 
 1,006,047      FNMA   3.000   02/01/43   984,583 
 3,680,530      FNMA   3.000   03/01/43   3,599,430 
 998,842      FNMA   3.000   07/01/43   964,148 
 1,000,000   h  FNMA   2.500   10/25/43   929,063 
 23,000,000   h  FNMA   3.000   10/25/43   22,468,125 
 33,000,000   h  FNMA   3.500   10/25/43   33,592,970 
 25,000,000   h  FNMA   4.000   10/25/43   26,222,655 
 22,000,000   h  FNMA   4.500   10/25/43   23,495,314 
 11,000,000   h  FNMA   5.000   10/25/43   11,928,125 

140

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              MATURITY    
PRINCIPAL      ISSUER  RATE  DATE  VALUE 
$4,000,000   h  FNMA   5.500%  10/25/43  $4,360,000 
 2,000,000   h  FNMA   6.000   10/25/43   2,187,500 
 16,000,000   h  FNMA   3.500   11/25/43   16,235,001 
 33,000,000   h  FNMA   4.000   11/25/43   34,500,467 
 1,000,000   h  FNMA   4.500   11/25/43   1,065,000 
 18,225      Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA)   7.500   11/15/23   20,749 
 4,154      GNMA   7.500   08/15/28   4,262 
 22,254      GNMA   6.500   12/15/28   24,967 
 61,111      GNMA   6.500   03/15/29   70,184 
 23,084      GNMA   8.500   10/20/30   27,738 
 6,429      GNMA   7.000   06/20/31   7,297 
 137,525      GNMA   5.000   02/15/33   149,563 
 68,914      GNMA   5.500   07/15/33   75,515 
 703,856      GNMA   5.000   09/15/33   770,878 
 128,814      GNMA   5.500   11/20/33   142,751 
 515,513      GNMA   5.500   02/20/35   571,596 
 179,006      GNMA   5.500   03/20/35   198,481 
 80,868      GNMA   6.000   10/20/36   89,162 
 84,883      GNMA   6.000   01/20/37   93,568 
 125,576      GNMA   6.000   02/20/37   138,423 
 110,991      GNMA   5.000   04/15/38   120,776 
 100,793      GNMA   5.500   07/15/38   110,285 
 181,952      GNMA   5.500   07/20/38   200,109 
 73,181      GNMA   6.000   08/20/38   80,459 
 132,869      GNMA   5.000   07/20/39   146,028 
 158,162      GNMA   4.000   08/15/39   167,018 
 5,463,893      GNMA   4.500   01/20/41   5,913,406 
 4,000,000   h  GNMA   3.000   10/15/43   3,943,125 
 24,000,000   h  GNMA   3.500   10/15/43   24,671,251 
 6,000,000   h  GNMA   4.000   10/15/43   6,328,125 
 2,000,000   h  GNMA   4.500   10/15/43   2,146,875 
 7,000,000   h  GNMA   3.000   10/20/43   6,917,968 
 6,000,000   h  GNMA   3.500   10/20/43   6,189,376 
 1,000,000   h  GNMA   5.000   10/20/43   1,088,594 
        TOTAL MORTGAGE BACKED           355,356,895 
                      
MUNICIPAL BONDS - 3.8%             
 1,000,000      American Municipal Power   6.270   02/15/50   1,029,540 
 4,000,000      California State Department of Water Resources   3.237   12/01/27   3,684,680 
 3,000,000      Denver City & County School District No   4.242   12/15/37   2,750,430 
 600,000      Grant County Public Utility District No 2   5.630   01/01/27   675,414 
 2,000,000      Illinois Housing Development Authority   4.105   07/01/27   1,864,920 
 1,000,000      Maine Municipal Bond Bank   3.368   06/01/19   1,014,870 
 3,000,000      Maine Municipal Bond Bank   3.668   06/01/20   3,049,830 
 375,000      Massachusetts Housing Finance Agency   1.306   06/01/16   371,944 
 500,000      Massachusetts Housing Finance Agency   1.602   12/01/16   495,900 
 400,000      Massachusetts Housing Finance Agency   1.776   06/01/17   394,060 
 450,000      Massachusetts Housing Finance Agency   1.876   12/01/17   443,777 
 250,000      Massachusetts Housing Finance Agency   2.807   12/01/19   241,295 
 2,500,000      Massachusetts Housing Finance Agency   4.786   12/01/32   2,321,100 
 2,000,000      San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District   3.477   07/01/27   1,844,120 

141

TIAA-CREF FUNDS - Bond Plus Fund

 

              MATURITY    
PRINCIPAL      ISSUER  RATE  DATE  VALUE 
$5,000,000      State of California   4.988%  04/01/39  $4,704,950 
 775,000      State of California   7.625   03/01/40   1,013,289 
 5,000,000      State of Connecticut   3.517   08/15/21   5,055,650 
 6,975,000      State of Georgia   4.625   02/01/32   6,996,483 
 3,000,000      State of Georgia   4.530   02/01/33   2,902,890 
 5,000,000      State of Illinois   3.650   04/01/20   4,693,400 
 775,000      State of Illinois   6.725   04/01/35   778,294 
 3,000,000      State of Illinois   5.520   04/01/38   2,492,460 
 3,000,000      State of Michigan   3.800   05/15/33   2,553,510 
 5,000,000   h  Texas A&M University   4.772   05/15/33   5,061,000 
 1,310,000      Trustees of Boston College   3.519   07/01/21   1,317,493 
 3,000,000      Trustees of Boston College   3.769   07/01/22   3,014,670 
 4,000,000      University of California   4.062   05/15/33   3,641,400 
 2,740,000      Virginia Housing Development Authority   3.668   10/01/27   2,475,864 
        TOTAL MUNICIPAL BONDS           66,883,233 
                      
U.S. TREASURY SECURITIES - 10.4%             
 3,902,500      United States Treasury Bond   5.250   02/15/29   4,878,734 
 15,500,000      United States Treasury Bond   5.375   02/15/31   19,767,336 
 742,500      United States Treasury Bond   4.750   02/15/41   889,724 
 14,130,000      United States Treasury Bond   4.375   05/15/41   15,975,731 
 6,372,000      United States Treasury Bond   3.125   02/15/43   5,708,917 
 4,975,000      United States Treasury Bond   2.875   05/15/43   4,222,531 
 4,000,000      United States Treasury Bond   3.625   08/15/43   3,953,752 
 830,000      United States Treasury Note   0.125   12/31/13   830,162 
 200,000      United States Treasury Note   0.250   06/30/14   200,226 
 1,895,000      United States Treasury Note   0.250   09/30/14   1,897,516 
 1,500,000      United States Treasury Note   0.250   10/31/14   1,501,758 
 2,886,000      United States Treasury Note   0.250   11/30/14   2,889,270 
 2,745,000      United States Treasury Note   0.250   02/28/15   2,746,823 
 2,887,000      United States Treasury Note   2.500   04/30/15   2,989,737 
 8,978,000      United States Treasury Note   0.250   05/31/15   8,976,249 
 8,002,000      United States Treasury Note   1.250   09/30/15   8,149,541 
 5,230,000      United States Treasury Note   0.500   06/15/16   5,225,094 
 2,590,000      United States Treasury Note   0.875   09/15/16   2,609,021 
 18,346,000      United States Treasury Note   1.500   08/31/18   18,467,836 
 530,000      United States Treasury Note   1.750   10/31/18   538,820 
 205,000      United States Treasury Note   1.250   10/31/19   199,074 
 7,500,000      United States Treasury Note   1.125   12/31/19   7,190,625 
 5,000,000      United States Treasury Note   1.375   01/31/20   4,860,545 
 5,000,000      United States Treasury Note   1.125   04/30/20   4,753,125 
 7,500,000      United States Treasury Note   1.375   05/31/20   7,236,915 
 19,485,000      United States Treasury Note   2.000   07/31/20   19,533,712 
 7,500,000      United States Treasury Note   2.125   08/31/20   7,566,210 
 5,000,000      United States Treasury Note   2.000   09/30/20   4,995,310 
 280,000      United States Treasury Note   2.625   11/15/20   291,200 
 3,302,000   l  United States Treasury Note   8.000   11/15/21   4,725,730 
 9,080,000      United States Treasury Note   2.500   08/15/23   8,987,784 
        TOTAL U.S. TREASURY SECURITIES           182,759,008 
                      
        TOTAL GOVERNMENT BONDS           687,085,651 
        (Cost $679,677,190)             

142

TIAA-CREF FUNDS - Bond Plus Fund

 

              MATURITY    
PRINCIPAL      ISSUER  RATE  DATE  VALUE 
STRUCTURED ASSETS - 9.6%             
              
ASSET BACKED - 4.7%             
$504,741   i  Accredited Mortgage Loan Trust   4.330%  06/25/33  $432,652 
        Series - 2003 1 (Class A1)             
 374,960   i  Ameriquest Mortgage Securities   0.499   05/25/35   374,280 
        Series - 0 R3 (Class A3D)             
 4,500,000   i  Asset Backed Securities Corp Home Equity Loan Trust   0.884   04/25/35   4,415,701 
        Series - 2005 HE3 (Class M3)             
 2,000,000   g  Avis Budget Rental Car Funding AESOP LLC   4.720   02/20/18   2,145,378 
        Series - 2011 5A (Class B)             
 3,589,620   i  Bear Stearns Asset Backed Securities Trust   0.579   02/25/36   3,366,874 
        Series - 2006 EC2 (Class M1)             
 582,492   i  Bear Stearns Asset Backed Securities Trust   0.919   11/25/39   568,905 
        Series - 2005 SD3 (Class 2A1)             
 1,000,000   g,m  CCR, Inc   4.750   07/10/22   970,000 
        Series - 2012 CA (Class C)             
 493,888      Centex Home Equity   5.540   01/25/32   495,589 
        Series - 2002 A (Class AF6)             
 2,936,967   i  Conseco Financial Corp   7.300   06/15/25   3,071,416 
        Series - 1995 4 (Class B1)             
 998,335   i  Conseco Financial Corp   7.600   04/15/26   879,320 
        Series - 1996 2 (Class M1)             
 1,258,642   i  Countrywide Asset-Backed Certificates   5.216   10/25/17   1,258,951 
        Series - 2002 S4 (Class A5)             
 9,923   i  Countrywide Asset-Backed Certificates   0.599   02/25/36   9,911 
        Series - 2005 11 (Class 3AV3)             
 3,000,000   i  Countrywide Asset-Backed Certificates   0.649   02/25/36   2,918,670 
        Series - 2005 11 (Class MV1)             
 39,186   g,i  Credit-Based Asset Servicing and Securitization LLC   6.159   12/25/36   39,626 
        Series - 2007 MX1 (Class A1)             
 1,025,000   g,i  DB/UBS Mortgage Trust   5.729   11/10/46   1,098,844 
        Series - 2011 LC1A (Class C)             
 4,585,202   i  FBR Securitization Trust   0.549   11/25/35   4,325,019 
        Series - 2005 5 (Class AV24)             
 3,172,670   i  First Frankin Mortgage Loan Trust   0.419   01/25/36   3,039,478 
        Series - 2006 FF1 (Class 2A3)             
 1,374,768   i  First Franklin Mortgage Loan Asset Backed Certificates   0.839   03/25/35   1,367,370 
        Series - 2005 FF2 (Class M2)             
 1,256,152   g,i  Flagstar Home Equity Loan Trust   5.781   01/25/35   1,254,567 
        Series - 2007 1A (Class AF3)             
 1,771,411   g,i  GMAC Mortgage Corp Loan Trust   0.929   02/25/31   1,671,094 
        Series - 2004 VF1 (Class A1)             
 1,267,624   i  Greenpoint Mortgage Funding Trust   0.899   07/25/30   1,257,127 
        Series - 2005 HE4 (Class 2A4C)             
 324,116   i  Greenpoint Mortgage Funding Trust   0.309   04/25/47   321,338 
        Series - 2007 AR2 (Class 1A1)             
 485,741   i  HSI Asset Securitization Corp Trust   0.539   07/25/35   483,278 
        Series - 2005 NC1 (Class 2A3)             
 4,259,070   i  Lehman XS Trust   0.459   08/25/35   4,002,393 
        Series - 2005 2 (Class 1A1)             

143

TIAA-CREF FUNDS - Bond Plus Fund

 

              MATURITY    
PRINCIPAL      ISSUER  RATE  DATE  VALUE 
$1,023,084   i  Lehman XS Trust   0.429%  02/25/36  $906,954 
        Series - 2006 1 (Class 1A1)             
 1,160,478      Lehman XS Trust   6.500   06/25/46   871,299 
        Series - 2006 13 (Class 2A1)             
 336,605   i  Long Beach Mortgage Loan Trust   0.929   02/25/35   334,522 
        Series - 2005 1 (Class M1)             
 1,000,000   g,i  Longpoint Re Ltd   4.005   05/18/16   1,017,500 
        Series - 2013 144A (Class )             
 2,270,344   i  Morgan Stanley Capital I   0.359   02/25/36   2,238,455 
        Series - 2006 NC2 (Class A2C)             
 1,818,095      Oakwood Mortgage Investors, Inc   5.410   11/15/32   1,821,826 
        Series - 2002 C (Class A1)             
 5,380,051   i  Park Place Securities, Inc Asset-Backed Pass-Through Certificates   0.699   01/25/36   5,343,747 
        Series - 2005 WCH1 (Class M2)             
 1,434,411   i  Renaissance Home Equity Loan Trust   5.392   07/25/34   1,480,400 
        Series - 2004 2 (Class AF4)             
 2,000,000   g  Rental Car Finance Corp   4.380   02/25/16   2,055,466 
        Series - 2011 1A (Class B1)             
 226,827   i  Residential Asset Mortgage Products, Inc   4.970   09/25/33   235,298 
        Series - 2003 RZ5 (Class A7)             
 123,215   i  Residential Asset Securities Corp   6.489   10/25/30   123,343 
        Series - 2001 KS2 (Class AI6)             
 94,414   i  Residential Asset Securities Corp   0.609   04/25/35   93,501 
        Series - 2005 KS3 (Class M3)             
 499,726      Residential Funding Mortgage Securities II, Inc   5.500   08/25/25   512,617 
        Series - 2006 HI5 (Class A3)             
 1,850,000   i  Residential Funding Mortgage Securities II, Inc   6.130   09/25/35   1,743,751 
        Series - 2005 HI3 (Class M5)             
 343,926      Residential Funding Mortgage Securities II, Inc   5.960   02/25/36   348,753 
        Series - 2006 HI3 (Class A3)             
 500,000   i  Residential Funding Mortgage Securities II, Inc   6.010   02/25/36   497,373 
        Series - 2006 HI1 (Class M1)             
 3,500,000   i  Residential Funding Mortgage Securities II, Inc   6.060   02/25/36   3,467,090 
        Series - 2006 HI1 (Class M2)             
 440,842   i  SACO I, Inc   0.739   11/25/35   435,778 
        Series - 2005 8 (Class A1)             
 1,104,152   i  SACO I, Inc   0.939   11/25/35   1,093,014 
        Series - 2005 8 (Class A3)             
 1,000,000   g,i  Sanders Re Ltd   4.005   05/05/17   997,500 
        Series - 2013 144A (Class)             
 544,929   i  Saxon Asset Securities Trust   6.120   11/25/30   581,594 
        Series - 2002 2 (Class AF6)             
 643,455   i  Securitized Asset Backed Receivables LLC   0.479   10/25/35   627,142 
        Series - 2006 OP1 (Class A2C)             
 368,488   g  Sierra Receivables Funding Co LLC   3.420   03/20/29   373,209 
        Series - 2012 2A (Class B)             
 1,400,000   g  SLM Student Loan Trust   4.370   04/17/28   1,490,847 
        Series - 2011 A (Class A2)             
 590,000   g  SLM Student Loan Trust   3.740   02/15/29   619,082 
        Series - 2011 B (Class A2)             
 1,500,000   g  SLM Student Loan Trust   3.830   01/17/45   1,566,200 
        Series - 2012 A (Class A2)             

144

TIAA-CREF FUNDS - Bond Plus Fund

 

              MATURITY    
PRINCIPAL      ISSUER  RATE  DATE  VALUE 
$913,607   i  Soundview Home Equity Loan Trust   0.479%  11/25/35  $900,111 
        Series - 2005 OPT3 (Class A4)             
 477,115   i  Structured Asset Investment Loan Trust   0.779   05/25/35   474,896 
        Series - 2005 4 (Class M1)             
 145,297   i  Structured Asset Investment Loan Trust   0.459   12/25/35   144,979 
        Series - 2005 10 (Class A5)             
 5,113,110   g,i  Structured Asset Securities Corp   0.329   07/25/36   4,952,150 
        Series - 2006 EQ1A (Class A4)             
 3,922,779   i  Structured Asset Securities Corp Mortgage Loan Trust   0.339   03/25/36   3,694,277 
        Series - 2006 BC1 (Class A5)             
 3,116,714   g,i  Structured Asset Securities Corp Mortgage Loan Trust   0.399   10/25/36   3,004,920 
        Series - 2006 GEL4 (Class A2)             
 12,161   g,i  Terwin Mortgage Trust   1.049   02/25/35   12,152 
        Series - 2005 1SL (Class M1)             
 4,000,000   g,i  Vitality Re IV Ltd   2.760   01/09/17   4,070,000 
        Series - 2013 IV B (Class )             
 455,000   g  Vornado DP LLC   5.280   09/13/28   490,955 
        Series - 2010 VNO (Class C)             
 571,971   g,m  Wachovia Amortization Controlled Heloc NIM   5.683   08/12/47   577,691 
        Series - 2006 N1 (Class N1)             
 141,142   g,i  Wachovia Loan Trust   0.539   05/25/35   130,933 
        Series - 2005 SD1 (Class A)             
 72,400   i  Wells Fargo Home Equity Trust   0.319   07/25/36   71,633 
        Series - 2006 2 (Class A3)             
        TOTAL ASSET BACKED           89,168,739 
                      
OTHER MORTGAGE BACKED - 4.9%             
 1,818,026   g  7 WTC Depositor LLC Trust   4.082   03/13/31   1,897,128 
        Series - 2012 7WTC (Class A)             
 2,174,077   g,i  Banc of America Large Loan, Inc   6.119   02/15/51   2,407,992 
        Series - 2010 UB3 (Class A4B3)             
 2,100,000   i  Bear Stearns Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust   5.568   10/12/41   2,295,640 
        Series - 2006 T24 (Class AM)             
 3,940,000      Bear Stearns Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust   5.363   02/11/44   3,997,812 
        Series - 2007 PW15 (Class AM)             
 18,216      Chase Mortgage Finance Corp   5.500   10/25/35   18,135 
        Series - 2005 S2 (Class A25)             
 787,987      Citicorp Mortgage Securities, Inc   5.500   07/25/35   747,865 
        Series - 2005 4 (Class 1A7)             
 5,598   g,i  Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust   0.322   04/15/22   5,564 
        Series - 2007 FL3A (Class A2)             
 284,598      Countrywide Alternative Loan Trust   5.500   08/25/16   289,190 
        Series - 2004 30CB (Class 1A15)             
 2,713,197      Countrywide Alternative Loan Trust   5.000   04/25/20   2,751,605 
        Series - 2005 6CB (Class 2A1)             
 442,562      Countrywide Alternative Loan Trust   5.500   08/25/34   442,791 
        Series - 2004 14T2 (Class A2)             
 747,510   i  Countrywide Alternative Loan Trust   0.410   07/20/35   628,847 
        Series - 2005 24 (Class 4A1)             
 4,372,855   i  Countrywide Alternative Loan Trust   1.653   09/25/35   3,718,151 
        Series - 2005 38 (Class A1)             

145

TIAA-CREF FUNDS - Bond Plus Fund

 

              MATURITY    
PRINCIPAL      ISSUER  RATE  DATE  VALUE 
$1,944,794   i  Countrywide Home Loan Mortgage Pass Through Trust   2.692%  11/20/34  $1,800,922 
        Series - 2004 HYB6 (Class A2)             
 25,885      Countrywide Home Loan Mortgage Pass Through Trust   5.250   05/25/35   25,702 
        Series - 2005 12 (Class 1A5)             
 334,699      Countrywide Home Loan Mortgage Pass Through Trust   5.250   09/25/35   325,272 
        Series - 2005 17 (Class 1A10)             
 1,150,000      Credit Suisse First Boston Mortgage Securities Corp   4.771   07/15/37   1,196,458 
        Series - 2005 C3 (Class AJ)             
 99,325   g,i  Credit Suisse Mortgage Capital Certificates   0.362   04/15/22   97,954 
        Series - 2007 TF2A (Class A1)             
 725,000   g  Credit Suisse Mortgage Capital Certificates   5.626   05/15/23   802,616 
        Series - 2006 OMA (Class D)             
 140,000      Credit Suisse Mortgage Capital Certificates   5.509   09/15/39   149,568 
        Series - 2006 C4 (Class AM)             
 1,870,000   g  Credit Suisse Mortgage Capital Certificates   5.383   02/15/40   1,979,427 
        Series - 2009 RR1 (Class A3C)             
 4,217,489   i  Harborview Mortgage Loan Trust   0.511   09/19/35   3,121,157 
        Series - 2005 8 (Class 1A2A)             
 3,331,552   i  Impac CMB Trust   0.429   05/25/35   2,799,204 
        Series - 0 4 (Class 1A1B)             
 513,312   i  Impac CMB Trust   0.839   02/25/36   451,827 
        Series - 2004 11 (Class 2A1)             
 310,000   g,i  JP Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Corp   5.433   07/15/46   328,292 
        Series - 2011 C4 (Class C)             
 2,080,000   i  JP Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Corp   6.140   02/15/51   2,160,989 
        Series - 2007 C1 (Class AM)             
 4,520,000   i  JP Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust   4.911   07/15/42   4,519,738 
        Series - 2005 LDP2 (Class C)             
 3,500,000   i  JP Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust   6.196   02/15/51   3,152,534 
        Series - 2007 LD12 (Class AJ)             
 4,603,622   i  JP Morgan Mortgage Acquisition Corp   5.450   10/25/36   4,485,309 
        Series - 0 AV3 (Class )             
 2,645,040   i  JP Morgan Mortgage Trust   2.753   11/25/33   2,662,733 
        Series - 2006 A2 (Class 5A3)             
 330,000      LB-UBS Commercial Mortgage Trust   5.378   11/15/38   354,569 
        Series - 2006 C7 (Class AM)             
 3,500,000   i  LB-UBS Commercial Mortgage Trust   5.493   02/15/40   3,613,341 
        Series - 2007 C2 (Class AM)             
 1,080,000   i  LB-UBS Commercial Mortgage Trust   5.057   09/15/40   1,134,067 
        Series - 2005 C5 (Class AJ)             
 2,112,945      Lehman Mortgage Trust   5.500   11/25/35   2,054,254 
        Series - 2005 1 (Class 2A4)             
 2,227,903   i  Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors, Inc   2.591   12/25/35   2,197,572 
        Series - 2005 A9 (Class 2A1B)             
 75,000   i  Merrill Lynch Mortgage Trust   6.452   02/12/51   80,766 
        Series - 0 C1 (Class AJA)             
 1,040,000   i  Morgan Stanley Capital I   5.832   07/12/44   1,098,413 
        Series - 2006 HQ9 (Class B)             
 1,830,000   i  Morgan Stanley Capital I   5.842   07/12/44   1,861,615 
        Series - 2006 HQ9 (Class C)             
 82,000   g,i  Morgan Stanley Capital I   5.420   09/15/47   83,430 
        Series - 2011 C1 (Class D)             

146

TIAA-CREF FUNDS - Bond Plus Fund

 

              MATURITY    
PRINCIPAL      ISSUER  RATE  DATE  VALUE 
$125,000   i  Morgan Stanley Capital I   5.544%  11/12/49  $136,305 
        Series - 2007 T25 (Class AM)             
 231,129   i  Opteum Mortgage Acceptance Corp   0.579   02/25/35   229,365 
        Series - 2005 1 (Class A4)             
 2,599,436      RALI Trust   4.250   12/26/33   2,653,756 
        Series - 2003 QS22 (Class A5)             
 514,747   i  RALI Trust   0.479   01/25/35   499,903 
        Series - 2005 QA1 (Class A1)             
 940,062      Residential Accredit Loans, Inc   4.350   03/25/34   958,122 
        Series - 2004 QS4 (Class A1)             
 2,366,780   i  Residential Accredit Loans, Inc   0.369   05/25/46   1,726,054 
        Series - 2006 QO5 (Class 2A1)             
 1,150,998      RFMSI Trust   5.500   03/25/35   1,166,875 
        Series - 2005 S2 (Class A6)             
 1,076,853   g,i  Springleaf Mortgage Loan Trust   2.667   09/25/57   1,096,301 
        Series - 2012 1A (Class A)             
 477,504   g,i  Springleaf Mortgage Loan Trust   2.220   10/25/57   483,753 
        Series - 0 2A (Class A)             
 2,579,779   i  Structured Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan Trust   0.519   08/25/35   2,347,885 
        Series - 2005 16XS (Class A1)             
 3,655,000      Wachovia Bank Commercial Mortgage Trust   5.383   12/15/43   3,891,084 
        Series - 2007 C30 (Class AM)             
 5,000,000   i  Wachovia Bank Commercial Mortgage Trust   6.166   05/15/46   5,022,135 
        Series - 2007 C34 (Class AJ)             
 275,000      Wachovia Bank Commercial Mortgage Trust   5.500   04/15/47   305,897 
        Series - 2007 C31 (Class A5)             
 235,000   i  Wachovia Bank Commercial Mortgage Trust   5.591   04/15/47   252,401 
        Series - 2007 C31 (Class AM)             
 4,000,000   i  Wachovia Bank Commercial Mortgage Trust   5.660   04/15/47   3,830,100 
        Series - 2007 C31 (Class AJ)             
        TOTAL OTHER MORTGAGE BACKED           86,338,385 
                      
        TOTAL STRUCTURED ASSETS           175,507,124 
        (Cost $171,806,691)             
                      
        TOTAL BONDS           1,575,576,467 
        (Cost $1,564,203,446)             
                      
SHARES      COMPANY             
PREFERRED STOCKS - 0.1%             
              
DIVERSIFIED FINANCIALS - 0.1%             
 54,446      GMAC Capital Trust I   8.125   02/15/40   1,441,404 
        TOTAL DIVERSIFIED FINANCIALS           1,441,404 
        TOTAL PREFERRED STOCKS           1,441,404 
        (Cost $1,361,150)             
                      
PRINCIPAL      ISSUER             
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS - 22.6%             
              
GOVERNMENT AGENCY DEBT - 5.8%             
$2,300,000      Federal Home Loan Bank (FHLB)   0.055   02/26/14   2,299,717 

147

TIAA-CREF FUNDS - Bond Plus Fund

 

              MATURITY    
PRINCIPAL      ISSUER  RATE  DATE  VALUE 
$5,200,000      FHLB   0.020%  10/25/13  $5,199,931 
 2,745,000      FHLB   0.025   11/27/13   2,744,891 
 30,000,000      FHLB   0.025   12/20/13   29,998,680 
 7,000,000      FHLB   0.040   12/27/13   6,999,664 
 20,000,000      Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp (FHLMC)   0.060   03/10/14   19,997,340 
 34,400,000   d  Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA)   0.030   10/07/13   34,399,828 
        TOTAL GOVERNMENT AGENCY DEBT           101,640,051 
              
TREASURY DEBT - 16.8%             
 15,000,000   d  United States Treasury Bill   0.020-0.050   10/03/13   14,999,968 
 23,000,000   d  United States Treasury Bill   0.040-0.055   10/10/13   22,999,748 
 900,000      United States Treasury Bill   0.081   10/17/13   899,968 
 17,900,000   d  United States Treasury Bill   0.035-0.046   10/31/13   17,899,460 
 20,000,000   d  United States Treasury Bill   0.031-0.060   11/07/13   19,999,145 
 8,600,000   d  United States Treasury Bill   0.030-0.050   11/21/13   8,599,504 
 63,000,000   d  United States Treasury Bill   0.050-0.071   12/05/13   62,999,433 
 52,650,000   d  United States Treasury Bill   0.040-0.052   12/19/13   52,648,262 
 2,000,000      United States Treasury Bill   0.056   02/27/14   1,999,918 
 8,000,000   d  United States Treasury Bill   0.081   03/06/14   7,999,480 
 3,000,000   d  United States Treasury Bill   0.063   04/03/14   2,999,502 
 2,900,000   d  United States Treasury Bill   0.108   07/24/14   2,898,509 
 42,800,000   d  United States Treasury Bill   0.103-0.106   08/21/14   42,771,110 
 35,000,000      United States Treasury Note   1.250   04/15/14   35,220,115 
        TOTAL TREASURY DEBT          294,934,122 
                      
       TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS           396,574,173 
        (Cost $396,549,667)             
                      
        TOTAL INVESTMENTS - 116.5%           2,047,187,070 
        (Cost $2,035,649,563)             
        OTHER ASSETS & LIABILITIES, NET - (16.5)%           (289,417,748)
        NET ASSETS - 100.0%          $1,757,769,322 

 

               
        d   All or a portion of these securities have been segregated by the custodian to cover collateral requirements on mortgage dollar rolls.
        g   Security is exempt from registration under Rule 144(A) of the Securities Act of 1933. Such securities are deemed liquid and may be re-sold in transactions exempt from registration to qualified institutional buyers. At 9/30/2013, the aggregate value of these securities was $261,870,825 or 14.9% of net assets.
        h   All or a portion of these securities were purchased on a delayed delivery basis.
        i   Floating or variable rate security. Coupon rate reflects the rate at period end.
        l   All or a portion of these securities have been segregated by the custodian to cover collateral requirements on swap agreements.
        m   Indicates a security that has been deemed illiquid.
        o   Payment in Kind Bond.
148

TIAA-CREF FUNDS - High-Yield Fund

 

TIAA-CREF FUNDS

HIGH-YIELD FUND

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (unaudited)

September 30, 2013

 

             MATURITY    
PRINCIPAL        ISSUER  RATE  DATE   VALUE  
BANK LOAN OBLIGATIONS - 11.8%            
                    
AUTOMOBILES & COMPONENTS - 0.8%            
$11,578,950  i  Allison Transmission, Inc   3.750%  08/23/19  $11,566,908 
 8,821,815  i  DaimlerChrysler Group LLC   4.250   05/24/17   8,874,745 
        TOTAL AUTOMOBILES & COMPONENTS           20,441,653 
                      
CAPITAL GOODS - 1.1%            
 11,088,000  i  FMG Resources August 2006 Pty Ltd   5.250   10/18/17   11,113,724 
 7,855,000  i  Generac Power Systems, Inc   3.500   05/31/20   7,809,834 
 9,825,750  i  Sequa Corp   5.250   06/19/17   9,850,314 
        TOTAL CAPITAL GOODS           28,773,872 
                      
COMMERCIAL & PROFESSIONAL SERVICES - 1.0%            
 14,850,000  i  Pilot Corp   4.250   08/07/19   14,837,675 
 10,000,000   h  Pitney Bowes Management   7.500   09/25/19   9,966,700 
        TOTAL COMMERCIAL & PROFESSIONAL SERVICES           24,804,375 
                      
CONSUMER SERVICES - 2.0%            
 9,100,000  i  ARAMARK Corp   4.000   09/09/19   9,102,821 
 8,400,000  i  Boyd Gaming Corp   4.000   08/14/20   8,376,900 
 2,231,926  i  Burger King Corp   3.750   09/28/19   2,229,538 
 12,000,000   h  Hilton Worldwide   4.000   09/23/20   11,978,160 
 5,359,500  i  MGM Resorts International   3.500   12/20/19   5,331,845 
 12,330,492  i  Peninsula Gaming LLC   4.250   11/20/17   12,349,728 
 467,634  i  Penn National Gaming, Inc   3.750   07/16/18   467,344 
        TOTAL CONSUMER SERVICES           49,836,336 
                      
ENERGY - 0.6%      
 16,787,565  i  Arch Coal, Inc   5.750   05/16/18   16,273,530 
        TOTAL ENERGY           16,273,530 
                      
FOOD & STAPLES RETAILING - 0.5%            
 2,000,000  i  Rite Aid Corp   5.750   08/21/20   2,046,660 
 11,000,000  i  Rite Aid Corp   4.875   06/21/21   11,017,160 
        TOTAL FOOD & STAPLES RETAILING           13,063,820 
                      
FOOD, BEVERAGE & TOBACCO - 0.2%           
 4,848,955  i  Del Monte Foods Co   4.000   03/08/18   4,825,922 
        TOTAL FOOD, BEVERAGE & TOBACCO           4,825,922 
                      
HEALTH CARE EQUIPMENT & SERVICES - 1.7%            
 11,970,000  i  Apria Healthcare Group, Inc   6.750   04/06/20   12,049,600 
 6,633,126   h,i  Biomet, Inc   4.500   07/25/17   6,652,826 
 12,366,343  i  Capsugel Holdings US, Inc   3.500   08/01/18   12,281,386 
 7,940,000  i  DaVita, Inc   4.000   11/01/19   7,957,865 
149

TIAA-CREF FUNDS - High-Yield Fund

 

                MATURITY     
PRINCIPAL      ISSUER  RATE  DATE  VALUE  
$4,000,000   h,i  Kinetic Concepts, Inc   4.500%  05/04/18  $4,016,240 
        TOTAL HEALTH CARE EQUIPMENT & SERVICES           42,957,917 
                      
INSURANCE - 0.6%            
 13,994,250   i  Compass Investors, Inc   5.000   12/27/19   14,011,743 
        TOTAL INSURANCE           14,011,743 
                      
MATERIALS - 0.4%            
 8,753,063   i  Tronox Pigments BV   4.500   03/19/20   8,790,875 
        TOTAL MATERIALS           8,790,875 
                      
MEDIA - 0.4%         
 5,445,090   i  MTL Publishing LLC   4.250   06/29/18   5,426,958 
 4,907,967   i  Univision Communications, Inc   4.500   03/02/20   4,888,041 
        TOTAL MEDIA           10,314,999 
                      
PHARMACEUTICALS, BIOTECHNOLOGY & LIFE SCIENCES - 0.0%           
 596,124   i  NBTY, Inc   3.500   10/01/17   595,564 
        TOTAL PHARMACEUTICALS, BIOTECHNOLOGY & LIFE SCIENCES           595,564 
                      
RETAILING - 0.6%            
 13,835,126   i  Academy Ltd   4.500   08/03/18   13,861,136 
        TOTAL RETAILING           13,861,136 
                      
SOFTWARE & SERVICES - 0.7%            
 375,703   i  IMS Health, Inc   3.750   09/01/17   375,076 
 4,502,418   i  Lawson Software, Inc   5.250   04/05/18   4,521,193 
 3,994,813   i  RP Crown Parent LLC   6.750   12/21/18   4,017,543 
 3,850,000   i  RP Crown Parent LLC   11.250   12/21/19   3,917,375 
 4,477,500   i  SunGard Data Systems, Inc   4.500   01/31/20   4,522,185 
        TOTAL SOFTWARE & SERVICES           17,353,372 
                      
TECHNOLOGY HARDWARE & EQUIPMENT - 0.8%            
 20,000,000   h,i  Scientific Games International, Inc   4.250   05/22/20   19,825,000 
        TOTAL TECHNOLOGY HARDWARE & EQUIPMENT           19,825,000 
                      
TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES - 0.2%            
 3,925,313   i  Windstream Corp   4.000   08/08/19   3,918,757 
        TOTAL TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES           3,918,757 
                      
UTILITIES - 0.2%            
 4,455,000   i  Calpine Corp   4.000   10/09/19   4,451,659 
        TOTAL UTILITIES           4,451,659 
                      
        TOTAL BANK LOAN OBLIGATIONS           294,100,530 
        (Cost $293,235,993)             
150

TIAA-CREF FUNDS - High-Yield Fund

 

               MATURITY      
PRINCIPAL      ISSUER  RATE  DATE   VALUE  
BONDS - 85.1%            
                     
CORPORATE BONDS - 85.1%            
             
AUTOMOBILES & COMPONENTS - 0.5%            
$5,000,000      DaimlerChrysler Group LLC   8.000%  06/15/19  $5,525,000 
 7,600,000      Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co   6.500   03/01/21   7,733,000 
        TOTAL AUTOMOBILES & COMPONENTS           13,258,000 
                      
BANKS - 2.4%            
 1,683,000   g  Alfa Bond Issuance plc for OJSC Alfa Bank   7.750   04/28/21   1,783,980 
 13,300,000   i  Fifth Third Bancorp   5.100   12/30/49   11,571,000 
 2,600,000   i  JPMorgan Chase & Co   7.900   12/30/49   2,821,000 
 9,500,000   i  JPMorgan Chase & Co   5.150   12/30/49   8,312,500 
 4,750,000   g,i  Lloyds Banking Group plc   6.657   01/29/49   4,393,750 
 6,725,000   g  National Savings Bank   8.875   09/18/18   6,893,125 
 900,000      Regions Bank   6.450   06/26/37   941,454 
 450,000      Regions Financial Corp   7.375   12/10/37   476,450 
 9,250,000      Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc   6.125   12/15/22   9,318,635 
 4,500,000      Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc   6.100   06/10/23   4,539,708 
 4,000,000   i  Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc   7.640   12/30/49   3,800,000 
 4,000,000   i  Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc   7.648   12/30/49   4,100,000 
        TOTAL BANKS           58,951,602 
                      
CAPITAL GOODS - 3.7%            
 4,550,000      Access Midstream Partners LP   5.875   04/15/21   4,675,125 
 1,495,000      Access Midstream Partners LP   4.875   05/15/23   1,405,300 
 2,875,000      Alliant Techsystems, Inc   6.875   09/15/20   3,047,500 
 2,300,000      Anixter, Inc   5.625   05/01/19   2,369,000 
 4,000,000      Chesapeake Midstream Partners LP   6.125   07/15/22   4,110,000 
 3,610,000   g  FMG Resources August 2006 Pty Ltd   7.000   11/01/15   3,718,300 
 5,250,000   g  FMG Resources August 2006 Pty Ltd   8.250   11/01/19   5,656,875 
 6,300,000   g  FMG Resources August 2006 Pty Ltd   6.875   04/01/22   6,300,000 
 3,700,000   g  Rexel S.A.   6.125   12/15/19   3,783,250 
 9,250,000   g  Rexel S.A.   5.250   06/15/20   9,018,750 
 3,375,000   g  Schaeffler Finance BV   7.750   02/15/17   3,780,000 
 8,275,000   g  Schaeffler Finance BV   8.500   02/15/19   9,226,625 
 1,625,000   g  Schaeffler Finance BV   4.750   05/15/21   1,576,250 
 6,975,000      Seagate HDD Cayman   7.000   11/01/21   7,742,250 
 12,500,000   g  Seagate HDD Cayman   4.750   06/01/23   12,031,250 
 3,158,000   g  Sealed Air Corp   8.125   09/15/19   3,521,170 
 1,600,000   g  Sealed Air Corp   6.500   12/01/20   1,676,000 
 4,158,000   g  Sealed Air Corp   8.375   09/15/21   4,708,935 
 1,400,000   g  Sealed Air Corp   5.250   04/01/23   1,326,500 
 2,250,000      SPX Corp   6.875   09/01/17   2,497,500 
        TOTAL CAPITAL GOODS           92,170,580 
                      
COMMERCIAL & PROFESSIONAL SERVICES - 3.2%            
 3,725,000   g  ADT Corp   6.250   10/15/21   3,780,875 
 8,150,000      Clean Harbors, Inc   5.250   08/01/20   8,068,500 
 1,925,000      Clean Harbors, Inc   5.125   06/01/21   1,860,031 
 5,000,000   g,o  Neovia Logistics Intermediate Holdings LLC   10.000   02/15/18   4,950,000 
151

TIAA-CREF FUNDS - High-Yield Fund

 

                MATURITY     
PRINCIPAL      ISSUER  RATE  DATE  VALUE  
$12,825,000      RR Donnelley & Sons Co   7.875%  03/15/21  $13,754,812 
 1,361,000      RR Donnelley & Sons Co   7.250   05/15/18   1,503,905 
 5,775,000      RR Donnelley & Sons Co   8.250   03/15/19   6,410,250 
 1,675,000      RR Donnelley & Sons Co   7.000   02/15/22   1,683,375 
 2,700,000      ServiceMaster Co   8.000   02/15/20   2,673,000 
 21,200,000   g  SPL Logistics Escrow LLC   8.875   08/01/20   22,207,000 
 3,000,000      United Rentals North America, Inc   7.375   05/15/20   3,232,500 
 4,700,000      United Rentals North America, Inc   8.250   02/01/21   5,217,000 
 2,825,000      United Rentals North America, Inc   7.625   04/15/22   3,072,188 
 3,334,000      Visant Corp   10.000   10/01/17   3,100,620 
        TOTAL COMMERCIAL & PROFESSIONAL SERVICES           81,514,056 
                      
 CONSUMER DURABLES & APPAREL - 1.2%            
 4,500,000      Beazer Homes USA, Inc   6.625   04/15/18   4,725,000 
 3,525,000      Hanesbrands, Inc   6.375   12/15/20   3,798,187 
 6,150,000      Levi Strauss & Co   6.875   05/01/22   6,519,000 
 12,403,000      Libbey Glass, Inc   6.875   05/15/20   13,209,195 
 1,800,000      Standard Pacific Corp   8.375   01/15/21   2,025,000 
        TOTAL CONSUMER DURABLES & APPAREL           30,276,382 
                      
CONSUMER SERVICES - 3.7%            
 10,526,000      Ameristar Casinos, Inc   7.500   04/15/21   11,447,025 
 3,375,000   g  ARAMARK Corp   5.750   03/15/20   3,408,750 
 11,227,000      Boyd Gaming Corp   9.000   07/01/20   12,181,295 
 2,500,000      DineEquity, Inc   9.500   10/30/18   2,781,250 
 3,315,000      Marina District Finance Co, Inc   9.500   10/15/15   3,476,606 
 1,000,000      MGM Resorts International   10.000   11/01/16   1,190,000 
 3,500,000      MGM Resorts International   11.375   03/01/18   4,453,750 
 4,250,000      MGM Resorts International   6.750   10/01/20   4,462,500 
 9,525,000      MGM Resorts International   6.625   12/15/21   9,858,375 
 12,500,000      MGM Resorts International   7.750   03/15/22   13,546,875 
 4,950,000   g  Service Corp International   5.375   01/15/22   4,721,063 
 14,435,000   g  Six Flags Entertainment Corp   5.250   01/15/21   13,749,338 
 6,900,000      Speedway Motorsports, Inc   6.750   02/01/19   7,331,250 
        TOTAL CONSUMER SERVICES           92,608,077 
                      
 DIVERSIFIED FINANCIALS - 5.7%            
 9,000,000      Ally Financial, Inc   4.750   09/10/18   8,959,770 
 4,500,000   g  Aralco Finance SA   10.125   05/07/20   3,600,000 
 4,500,000      CIT Group, Inc   5.000   08/15/22   4,398,750 
 4,000,000      CIT Group, Inc   5.250   03/15/18   4,190,000 
 2,000,000   g  CIT Group, Inc   6.625   04/01/18   2,200,000 
 3,000,000   g  CIT Group, Inc   5.500   02/15/19   3,150,000 
 9,500,000   i  Citigroup, Inc   5.350   12/30/49   8,265,000 
 2,000,000      General Motors Acceptance Corp LLC   8.000   11/01/31   2,225,000 
 3,000,000   g  General Motors Financial Co, Inc   4.750   08/15/17   3,105,000 
 3,200,000   g  General Motors Financial Co, Inc   3.250   05/15/18   3,112,000 
 7,000,000      GMAC, Inc   8.000   03/15/20   8,050,000 
 4,000,000      GMAC, Inc   7.500   09/15/20   4,495,000 
 7,000,000      GMAC, Inc   8.000   11/01/31   7,875,000 
152

TIAA-CREF FUNDS - High-Yield Fund

 

                MATURITY     
PRINCIPAL      ISSUER  RATE  DATE  VALUE  
$16,068,000   g,i  ILFC E-Capital Trust I   5.350%  12/21/65  $13,738,140 
 2,232,000      International Lease Finance Corp   8.750   03/15/17   2,561,220 
 8,000,000      International Lease Finance Corp   6.250   05/15/19   8,400,000 
 3,600,000      International Lease Finance Corp   8.250   12/15/20   4,104,000 
 9,500,000      International Lease Finance Corp   4.625   04/15/21   8,794,872 
 14,000,000      International Lease Finance Corp   5.875   08/15/22   13,790,000 
 6,650,000   i  PNC Financial Services Group, Inc   4.850   12/30/49   5,719,000 
 19,325,000      SLM Corp   5.500   01/15/19   19,136,736 
        TOTAL DIVERSIFIED FINANCIALS           139,869,488 
                      
ENERGY - 13.0%            
 1,000,000      Arch Coal, Inc   8.750   08/01/16   1,000,000 
 5,000,000      Arch Coal, Inc   7.000   06/15/19   3,875,000 
 4,700,000      Ashland, Inc   6.875   05/15/43   4,512,000 
 5,700,000   g  Atlas Pipeline Partners LP   4.750   11/15/21   5,151,375 
 3,855,000      Bill Barrett Corp   7.625   10/01/19   3,932,100 
 3,500,000      Chaparral Energy, Inc   8.250   09/01/21   3,692,500 
 7,400,000      Chaparral Energy, Inc   7.625   11/15/22   7,511,000 
 10,000,000      Chesapeake Energy Corp   5.375   06/15/21   9,975,000 
 4,546,000      Chesapeake Energy Corp   5.750   03/15/23   4,557,365 
 7,106,000      Cimarex Energy Co   5.875   05/01/22   7,177,060 
 2,750,000      Cloud Peak Energy Resources LLC   8.250   12/15/17   2,887,500 
 1,000,000      Cloud Peak Energy Resources LLC   8.500   12/15/19   1,080,000 
 11,450,000      Concho Resources, Inc   5.500   04/01/23   11,306,875 
 1,500,000      Consol Energy Inc   8.250   04/01/20   1,608,750 
 5,195,000      Continental Resources, Inc   5.000   09/15/22   5,227,469 
 5,840,000      Crosstex Energy LP   7.125   06/01/22   6,015,200 
 2,000,000      Crosstex Energy, Inc   8.875   02/15/18   2,125,000 
 2,210,000      Denbury Resources, Inc   4.625   07/15/23   2,022,150 
 12,450,000   g  Drill Rigs Holdings, Inc   6.500   10/01/17   12,854,625 
 3,975,000   g  EDC Finance Ltd   4.875   04/17/20   3,796,125 
 5,000,000      EP Energy LLC   6.875   05/01/19   5,337,500 
 11,000,000      EP Energy LLC   9.375   05/01/20   12,375,000 
 6,030,000      EP Energy LLC   7.750   09/01/22   6,542,550 
 12,900,000   g  Exterran Partners LP   6.000   04/01/21   12,513,000 
 2,850,000      Halcon Resources Corp   9.750   07/15/20   3,013,875 
 13,300,000      Halcon Resources Corp   8.875   05/15/21   13,632,500 
 6,750,000      Linn Energy LLC   6.500   05/15/19   6,480,000 
 9,600,000   g  Linn Energy LLC   6.750   11/01/19   9,048,000 
 5,625,000      Linn Energy LLC   7.750   02/01/21   5,653,125 
 2,560,000      MarkWest Energy Partners LP   6.750   11/01/20   2,764,800 
 2,249,000      MarkWest Energy Partners LP   6.250   06/15/22   2,367,072 
 5,000,000   g  Murphy Oil USA, Inc   6.000   08/15/23   4,975,000 
 2,800,000      Newfield Exploration Co   6.875   02/01/20   2,940,000 
 2,300,000      Newfield Exploration Co   5.750   01/30/22   2,294,250 
 13,900,000   g  Oasis Petroleum, Inc   6.875   03/15/22   14,664,500 
 4,800,000      Peabody Energy Corp   6.000   11/15/18   4,788,000 
 1,000,000      Peabody Energy Corp   6.500   09/15/20   985,000 
 9,500,000      Peabody Energy Corp   6.250   11/15/21   9,215,000 
 3,000,000      Peabody Energy Corp   4.750   12/15/41   2,407,500 
 2,665,000      Precision Drilling Corp   6.500   12/15/21   2,784,925 
153

TIAA-CREF FUNDS - High-Yield Fund

 

                MATURITY     
PRINCIPAL      ISSUER  RATE  DATE  VALUE  
$11,391,000      Precision Drilling Trust   6.625%  11/15/20  $12,045,983 
 1,000,000      Range Resources Corp   6.750   08/01/20   1,077,500 
 2,665,000      Range Resources Corp   5.000   08/15/22   2,578,387 
 4,000,000      Regency Energy Partners LP   5.750   09/01/20   4,020,000 
 5,400,000      Regency Energy Partners LP   6.500   07/15/21   5,670,000 
 4,685,000   g  Rockies Express Pipeline LLC   6.000   01/15/19   4,122,800 
 2,000,000      SandRidge Energy, Inc   8.750   01/15/20   2,120,000 
 5,175,000      SandRidge Energy, Inc   7.500   03/15/21   5,226,750 
 1,542,000      SandRidge Energy, Inc   8.125   10/15/22   1,557,420 
 4,150,000      SandRidge Energy, Inc   7.500   02/15/23   4,108,500 
 8,850,000      SESI LLC   7.125   12/15/21   9,668,625 
 4,000,000      SM Energy Co   6.500   11/15/21   4,160,000 
 5,795,000      SM Energy Co   6.500   01/01/23   5,910,900 
 4,350,000      Tesoro Corp   5.375   10/01/22   4,154,250 
 30,900,000      Whiting Petroleum Corp   5.000   03/15/19   30,977,250 
 4,000,000      WPX Energy, Inc   6.000   01/15/22   4,055,000 
        TOTAL ENERGY           326,542,056 
                      
FOOD & STAPLES RETAILING - 1.3%            
 15,000,000   g  Ingles Markets, Inc   5.750   06/15/23   14,475,000 
 5,000,000   g  Rite Aid Corp   6.750   06/15/21   5,193,750 
 3,800,000      Stater Bros Holdings, Inc   7.375   11/15/18   4,018,500 
 7,610,000   g  Sun Merger Sub, Inc   5.250   08/01/18   7,800,250 
        TOTAL FOOD & STAPLES RETAILING           31,487,500 
                      
FOOD, BEVERAGE & TOBACCO - 1.3%            
 6,575,000      Del Monte Foods Co   7.625   02/15/19   6,821,563 
 3,150,000   g  Post Holdings, Inc   7.375   02/15/22   3,311,438 
 12,185,000      Post Holdings, Inc   7.375   02/15/22   12,809,481 
 5,509,000      Smithfield Foods, Inc   6.625   08/15/22   5,681,156 
 5,000,000   g  USJ Acucar e Alcool S.A.   9.875   11/09/19   4,868,750 
        TOTAL FOOD, BEVERAGE & TOBACCO           33,492,388 
                      
HEALTH CARE EQUIPMENT & SERVICES - 5.5%            
 816,000      Apria Healthcare Group, Inc   12.375   11/01/14   821,100 
 1,625,000      CHS/Community Health Systems   5.125   08/15/18   1,653,437 
 14,950,000      CHS/Community Health Systems   8.000   11/15/19   15,678,812 
 5,047,000   g  Fresenius Medical Care Capital Trust   5.750   02/15/21   5,185,792 
 5,000,000   g  Fresenius Medical Care II   5.625   07/31/19   5,212,500 
 705,000      HCA Holdings, Inc   7.750   05/15/21   749,944 
 8,000,000      HCA, Inc   6.500   02/15/20   8,670,000 
 13,600,000      HCA, Inc   7.500   02/15/22   14,926,000 
 6,800,000      HCA, Inc   5.875   03/15/22   6,987,000 
 15,000,000      HCA, Inc   5.875   05/01/23   14,737,500 
 900,000      HCA, Inc   7.500   11/06/33   893,250 
 9,200,000      Kinetic Concepts, Inc   10.500   11/01/18   10,154,500 
 8,000,000      Kinetic Concepts, Inc   12.500   11/01/19   8,360,000 
 7,295,000      LifePoint Hospitals, Inc   6.625   10/01/20   7,641,513 
 2,500,000   g  Mallinckrodt International Finance S.A.   3.500   04/15/18   2,459,845 
 4,450,000   g  Tenet Healthcare Corp   6.000   10/01/20   4,550,125 
154

TIAA-CREF FUNDS - High-Yield Fund

 

                MATURITY     
PRINCIPAL      ISSUER  RATE  DATE  VALUE  
$4,225,000   g  Tenet Healthcare Corp   4.375%  10/01/21  $3,897,563 
 17,400,000   g  Tenet Healthcare Corp   8.125   04/01/22   18,161,250 
 1,750,000      Tenet Healthcare Corp   6.875   11/15/31   1,483,125 
 5,125,000   g  VPII Escrow Corp   7.500   07/15/21   5,522,188 
        TOTAL HEALTH CARE EQUIPMENT & SERVICES           137,745,444 
                      
HOUSEHOLD & PERSONAL PRODUCTS - 1.4%            
 4,800,000   g  First Quality Finance Co, Inc   4.625   05/15/21   4,356,000 
 4,000,000      Reynolds Group Issuer, Inc   8.500   05/15/18   4,180,000 
 13,125,000      Reynolds Group Issuer, Inc   5.750   10/15/20   13,174,219 
 5,000,000      Reynolds Group Issuer, Inc   6.875   02/15/21   5,337,500 
 1,750,000   g  Spectrum Brands Escrow Corp   6.375   11/15/20   1,824,375 
 1,750,000   g  Spectrum Brands Escrow Corp   6.625   11/15/22   1,815,625 
 3,000,000      Spectrum Brands, Inc   6.750   03/15/20   3,187,500 
        TOTAL HOUSEHOLD & PERSONAL PRODUCTS           33,875,219 
                      
INSURANCE - 1.0%            
 11,200,000   g  Fidelity & Guaranty Life Holdings, Inc   6.375   04/01/21   11,368,000 
 3,155,000   g  HBOS plc   6.000   11/01/33   2,969,170 
 11,250,000   g  Onex USI Aquisition Corp   7.750   01/15/21   11,250,000 
        TOTAL INSURANCE           25,587,170 
                      
MATERIALS - 5.9%            
 4,750,000      ArcelorMittal   5.750   08/05/20   4,868,750 
 4,750,000      ArcelorMittal   6.000   03/01/21   4,868,750 
 4,750,000      ArcelorMittal   6.750   02/25/22   4,999,375 
 3,700,000      ArcelorMittal   7.500   10/15/39   3,505,750 
 5,700,000      ArcelorMittal   7.250   03/01/41   5,215,500 
 3,700,000   g  Belden, Inc   5.500   09/01/22   3,570,500 
 8,100,000   g  CommScope, Inc   8.250   01/15/19   8,849,250 
 2,000,000      Crown Americas LLC   6.250   02/01/21   2,090,000 
 14,400,000   g  Eldorado Gold Corp   6.125   12/15/20   13,896,000 
 600,000      Greif, Inc   7.750   08/01/19   678,000 
 24,280,000      Hexion US Finance Corp   6.625   04/15/20   24,280,000 
 2,500,000      Lafarge S.A.   7.125   07/15/36   2,543,750 
 7,200,000      Momentive Performance Materials, Inc   8.875   10/15/20   7,560,000 
 1,133,000   g  PolyOne Corp   5.250   03/15/23   1,070,685 
 3,000,000      Rockwood Specialties Group, Inc   4.625   10/15/20   3,015,000 
 10,500,000      Rosetta Resources, Inc   5.625   05/01/21   9,975,000 
 2,778,000   g  Sappi Papier Holding AG.   6.625   04/15/21   2,583,540 
 2,000,000   g  Sappi Papier Holding GmbH   7.750   07/15/17   2,080,000 
 5,800,000   g  Sappi Papier Holding GmbH   8.375   06/15/19   6,061,000 
 8,000,000   g  Silgan Holdings, Inc   5.500   02/01/22   7,780,000 
 800,000      Steel Dynamics, Inc   6.125   08/15/19   834,000 
 650,000      Steel Dynamics, Inc   6.375   08/15/22   672,750 
 11,140,000      Tronox Finance LLC   6.375   08/15/20   11,028,600 
 4,200,000      United States Steel Corp   7.500   03/15/22   4,294,500 
 2,645,000   g  USG Corp   7.875   03/30/20   2,866,519 
 6,750,000      Verso Paper Holdings LLC   11.750   01/15/19   6,969,375 
        TOTAL MATERIALS           146,156,594 
155

TIAA-CREF FUNDS - High-Yield Fund

 

                MATURITY     
PRINCIPAL      ISSUER  RATE  DATE  VALUE  
MEDIA - 8.3%            
$1,825,000      AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc   9.750%  12/01/20  $2,080,500 
 7,700,000      AMC Entertainment, Inc   8.750   06/01/19   8,277,500 
 4,500,000      Cablevision Systems Corp   5.875   09/15/22   4,410,000 
 5,375,000      CCO Holdings LLC   8.125   04/30/20   5,845,312 
 4,175,000      CCO Holdings LLC   6.500   04/30/21   4,237,625 
 1,960,000      CCO Holdings LLC   6.625   01/31/22   1,989,400 
 10,700,000      CCO Holdings LLC   5.125   02/15/23   9,817,250 
 1,000,000      Cinemark USA, Inc   7.375   06/15/21   1,080,000 
 10,670,000      Cinemark USA, Inc   5.125   12/15/22   10,003,125 
 940,000      Clear Channel Worldwide Holdings, Inc   7.625   03/15/20   963,500 
 13,110,000      Clear Channel Worldwide Holdings, Inc   7.625   03/15/20   13,536,075 
 2,010,000      Clear Channel Worldwide Holdings, Inc   6.500   11/15/22   2,040,150 
 10,250,000      CSC Holdings LLC   6.750   11/15/21   10,967,500 
 3,705,000      DISH DBS Corp   4.625   07/15/17   3,788,362 
 13,900,000      DISH DBS Corp   4.250   04/01/18   13,917,375 
 8,000,000      DISH DBS Corp   6.750   06/01/21   8,410,000 
 7,000,000      DISH DBS Corp   5.875   07/15/22   6,895,000 
 4,075,000      Lamar Media Corp   5.875   02/01/22   4,075,000 
 8,000,000      Lamar Media Corp   5.000   05/01/23   7,420,000 
 8,000,000      Nielsen Finance LLC   4.500   10/01/20   7,700,000 
 14,250,000   g  PNK Finance Corp   6.375   08/01/21   14,535,000 
 7,650,000      Regal Entertainment Group   5.750   06/15/23   7,210,125 
 2,275,000      Regal Entertainment Group   5.750   02/01/25   2,098,688 
 15,400,000   g  Sirius XM Radio, Inc   5.875   10/01/20   15,534,750 
 2,000,000   g  Unitymedia Hessen GmbH & Co KG   7.500   03/15/19   2,160,000 
 13,100,000   g  Unitymedia Hessen GmbH & Co KG   5.500   01/15/23   12,412,250 
 5,193,000   g  Univision Communications, Inc   7.875   11/01/20   5,679,844 
 2,000,000   g  Univision Communications, Inc   8.500   05/15/21   2,190,000 
 7,625,000   g  Univision Communications, Inc   6.750   09/15/22   8,044,375 
 8,025,000   g  Univision Communications, Inc   5.125   05/15/23   7,683,937 
 2,700,000      WideOpenWest Finance LLC   10.250   07/15/19   2,929,500 
        TOTAL MEDIA           207,932,143 
                      
PHARMACEUTICALS, BIOTECHNOLOGY & LIFE SCIENCES - 2.0%            
 2,577,000      Endo Health Solutions, Inc   7.250   01/15/22   2,654,310 
 3,389,000      Endo Pharmaceuticals Holdings, Inc   7.000   07/15/19   3,490,670 
 1,250,000      Endo Pharmaceuticals Holdings, Inc   7.000   12/15/20   1,281,250 
 11,425,000      Hospira, Inc   5.200   08/12/20   11,623,738 
 2,000,000   g  Valeant Pharmaceuticals International   7.000   10/01/20   2,120,000 
 14,200,400   g  Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc   6.375   10/15/20   14,768,416 
 1,900,000   g  Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc   6.750   08/15/21   1,976,000 
 10,000,000   g  Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc   7.250   07/15/22   10,650,000 
        TOTAL PHARMACEUTICALS, BIOTECHNOLOGY & LIFE SCIENCES           48,564,384 
                      
RETAILING - 4.5%            
 4,000,000      AmeriGas Finance LLC   7.000   05/20/22   4,160,000 
 5,000,000      AmeriGas Partners LP   6.250   08/20/19   5,175,000 
 12,500,000      Asbury Automotive Group, Inc   8.375   11/15/20   13,781,250 
 2,000,000      AutoNation, Inc   6.750   04/15/18   2,262,500 
 4,166,000      AutoNation, Inc   5.500   02/01/20   4,337,847 
156

TIAA-CREF FUNDS - High-Yield Fund

 

                MATURITY     
PRINCIPAL      ISSUER  RATE  DATE  VALUE  
$13,700,000   g  BC Mountain LLC   7.000%  02/01/21  $13,597,250 
 4,080,000   g  Continental Rubber Of America Corp   4.500   09/15/19   4,255,440 
 4,180,000      Ferrellgas LP   6.500   05/01/21   4,169,550 
 10,838,000      Ferrellgas Partners LP   8.625   06/15/20   11,244,425 
 1,275,000      JC Penney Corp, Inc   5.650   06/01/20   953,063 
 3,000,000      JC Penney Corp, Inc   6.375   10/15/36   2,092,500 
 1,875,000      Limited Brands, Inc   7.000   05/01/20   2,071,875 
 1,000,000      Limited Brands, Inc   6.625   04/01/21   1,081,250 
 4,000,000   g,o  New Academy Finance Co LLC   8.000   06/15/18   4,100,000 
 11,759,000      Penske Automotive Group, Inc   5.750   10/01/22   11,523,820 
 3,460,000      Sally Holdings LLC   5.750   06/01/22   3,468,650 
12,275,000   g,o  Schaeffler Holding Finance BV   6.875  08/15/18  12,858,062 
 5,000,000      Sonic Automotive, Inc   7.000   07/15/22   5,350,000 
 3,975,000      Sonic Automotive, Inc   5.000   05/15/23   3,637,125 
 4,325,000   g  WEX, Inc   4.750   02/01/23   3,935,750 
        TOTAL RETAILING           114,055,357 
                      
SOFTWARE & SERVICES - 2.5%            
 8,400,000   g  Activision Blizzard, Inc   5.625   09/15/21   8,410,500 
 4,450,000   g  Activision Blizzard, Inc   6.125   09/15/23   4,472,250 
 12,575,000   g  BMC Software Finance, Inc   8.125   07/15/21   13,046,563 
 7,700,000   g  Ceridian Corp   11.000   03/15/21   8,912,750 
 5,775,000      Equinix, Inc   4.875   04/01/20   5,601,750 
 4,800,000   g  IMS Health, Inc   12.500   03/01/18   5,664,000 
 2,000,000   g  IMS Health, Inc   6.000   11/01/20   2,042,500 
 6,725,000      NCR Corp   4.625   02/15/21   6,304,688 
 3,000,000   g  Nielsen Co Luxembourg SARL   5.500   10/01/21   3,003,750 
 5,580,000      SunGard Data Systems, Inc   6.625   11/01/19   5,691,600 
 2,000,000      SunGard Data Systems, Inc   7.625   11/15/20   2,140,000 
        TOTAL SOFTWARE & SERVICES           65,290,351 
                      
TECHNOLOGY HARDWARE & EQUIPMENT - 1.3%            
 2,825,000   g  NXP BV   3.750   06/01/18   2,754,375 
 9,500,000   g  NXP Funding LLC   5.750   02/15/21   9,642,500 
 7,850,000   g  NXP Funding LLC   5.750   03/15/23   7,771,500 
 2,500,000      Scientific Games Corp   8.125   09/15/18   2,668,750 
 5,611,000      Scientific Games Corp   9.250   06/15/19   6,045,853 
 4,000,000      Scientific Games International, Inc   6.250   09/01/20   4,030,000 
        TOTAL TECHNOLOGY HARDWARE & EQUIPMENT           32,912,978 
                      
TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES - 10.1%            
 9,500,000      CenturyLink, Inc   5.625   04/01/20   9,274,375 
 6,000,000      CenturyLink, Inc   6.450   06/15/21   5,970,000 
 7,300,000      CenturyLink, Inc   5.800   03/15/22   6,862,000 
 3,300,000      CenturyLink, Inc   7.650   03/15/42   2,937,000 
 3,200,000      Citizens Communications Co   7.125   03/15/19   3,396,000 
 2,750,000      Citizens Communications Co   9.000   08/15/31   2,695,000 
 8,800,000   g,o  CommScope Holding Co, Inc   6.625   06/01/20   8,756,000 
 6,650,000      Frontier Communications Corp   8.500   04/15/20   7,348,250 
 3,225,000      Frontier Communications Corp   7.125   01/15/23   3,216,937 
 3,000,000      Intelsat Jackson Holdings S.A.   7.250   04/01/19   3,210,000 
 6,000,000      Intelsat Jackson Holdings S.A.   7.250   10/15/20   6,405,000 
157

TIAA-CREF FUNDS - High-Yield Fund

 

                MATURITY     
PRINCIPAL      ISSUER  RATE  DATE  VALUE  
$4,837,000      Intelsat Jackson Holdings S.A.   7.500%  04/01/21  $5,223,960 
 4,250,000   g  Intelsat Jackson Holdings S.A.   6.625   12/15/22   4,218,125 
 11,050,000   g  Intelsat Jackson Holdings S.A.   5.500   08/01/23   10,331,750 
 1,800,000   g  Intelsat Luxembourg S.A.   6.750   06/01/18   1,867,500 
 11,050,000   g  Intelsat Luxembourg S.A.   7.750   06/01/21   11,436,750 
 6,450,000   g  Intelsat Luxembourg S.A.   8.125   06/01/23   6,804,750 
 750,000   g  Lynx I Corp   5.375   04/15/21   731,250 
 16,200,000   g  Lynx II Corp   6.375   04/15/23   16,119,000 
 6,650,000   g  MetroPCS Wireless, Inc   6.625   04/01/23   6,666,625 
 9,724,000      Sprint Capital Corp   6.900   05/01/19   9,991,410 
 3,507,000      Sprint Capital Corp   6.875   11/15/28   3,129,998 
2,050,000      Sprint Capital Corp   8.750  03/15/32  2,083,313 
 12,825,000   g  Sprint Corp   7.250   09/15/21   12,953,250 
 15,000,000   g  Sprint Corp   7.875   09/15/23   15,300,000 
 5,000,000      Sprint Nextel Corp   6.000   12/01/16   5,300,000 
 4,500,000   g  Sprint Nextel Corp   9.000   11/15/18   5,276,250 
 3,125,000   g  Sprint Nextel Corp   7.000   03/01/20   3,359,375 
 16,375,000      Sprint Nextel Corp   6.000   11/15/22   15,065,000 
 10,638,000      Starz LLC   5.000   09/15/19   10,531,620 
 2,850,000   g  T-Mobile USA, Inc   5.250   09/01/18   2,899,875 
 2,750,000   g  Wind Acquisition Finance S.A.   11.750   07/15/17   2,921,875 
 13,786,000   g  Wind Acquisition Finance S.A.   7.250   02/15/18   14,268,510 
 2,725,000   g  Wind Acquisition Finance S.A.   6.500   04/30/20   2,793,125 
 2,500,000      Windstream Corp   7.875   11/01/17   2,787,500 
 2,105,000      Windstream Corp   8.125   09/01/18   2,262,875 
 2,000,000      Windstream Corp   7.500   04/01/23   1,975,000 
 8,575,000      Windstream Corp   6.375   08/01/23   7,846,125 
 9,500,000   g  Windstream Holdings, Inc   7.750   10/01/21   9,808,750 
        TOTAL TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES           254,024,123 
                      
TRANSPORTATION - 2.3%            
 4,000,000   g  Bombardier, Inc   7.500   03/15/18   4,490,000 
 6,000,000   g  Bombardier, Inc   7.750   03/15/20   6,780,000 
 7,825,000   g  Bombardier, Inc   6.125   01/15/23   7,825,000 
 2,525,000      Bristow Group, Inc   6.250   10/15/22   2,626,000 
 8,420,000      Gulfmark Offshore, Inc   6.375   03/15/22   8,420,000 
 8,700,000      Hertz Corp   6.750   04/15/19   9,200,250 
 5,650,000      Hertz Corp   5.875   10/15/20   5,819,500 
 2,000,000      Hertz Corp   7.375   01/15/21   2,150,000 
 8,750,000   g  Meccanica Holdings USA, Inc   6.250   07/15/19   9,012,500 
 1,800,000   g  Meccanica Holdings USA, Inc   7.375   07/15/39   1,655,393 
        TOTAL TRANSPORTATION           57,978,643 
                      
UTILITIES - 4.3%            
 5,600,000      AES Corp   8.000   10/15/17   6,440,000 
 11,145,000      AES Corp   7.375   07/01/21   12,259,500 
 2,775,000      AES Corp   4.875   05/15/23   2,594,625 
 5,400,000   g  Calpine Corp   7.500   02/15/21   5,737,500 
 7,681,000   g  Calpine Corp   7.875   01/15/23   8,084,253 
 5,435,000      El Paso Corp   7.750   01/15/32   5,556,124 
 6,120,000   g  Inergy Midstream LP   6.000   12/15/20   6,074,100 
158

TIAA-CREF FUNDS - High-Yield Fund

 

         MATURITY        
PRINCIPAL        ISSUER    RATE  DATE   VALUE  
$3,000,000      NRG Energy, Inc   7.625%  05/15/19  $3,165,000 
 3,000,000      NRG Energy, Inc   8.250   09/01/20   3,292,500 
 11,320,000      NRG Energy, Inc   7.875   05/15/21   12,112,400 
 6,750,000      NRG Energy, Inc   6.625   03/15/23   6,615,000 
 1,765,000      QEP Resources, Inc   5.375   10/01/22   1,685,575 
 2,335,000      Questar Market Resources, Inc   6.875   03/01/21   2,480,937 
 8,335,000   g  Sabine Pass Liquefaction LLC   5.625   02/01/21   8,157,881 
 4,750,000   g  Sabine Pass Liquefaction LLC   5.625   04/15/23   4,554,063 
 7,570,000      Sabine Pass LNG LP   7.500   11/30/16   8,327,000 
 7,445,000   g  Sabine Pass LNG LP   6.500   11/01/20   7,556,675 
 1,055,000      Suburban Propane Partners LP   7.500   10/01/18   1,128,850 
 1,397,000      Suburban Propane Partners LP   7.375   08/01/21   1,494,790 
         TOTAL UTILITIES        107,316,773 
                       
         TOTAL CORPORATE BONDS           2,131,609,308 
         (Cost $2,121,393,712)             
                       
         TOTAL BONDS           2,131,609,308 
         (Cost $2,121,393,712)             
                       
SHARES       COMPANY             
 PREFERRED STOCKS - 0.3%             
                       
 BANKS - 0.2%             
 180,000       Regions Financial Corp   6.375   12/30/49   4,060,800 
         TOTAL BANKS         4,060,800 
                       
 DIVERSIFIED FINANCIALS - 0.1%             
 122,440       GMAC Capital Trust I   8.125   02/15/40   3,215,754 
         TOTAL DIVERSIFIED FINANCIALS         3,215,754 
         TOTAL PREFERRED STOCKS           7,276,554 
         (Cost $7,561,000)             
                       
PRINCIPAL         ISSUER                   
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS - 2.8%            
             
GOVERNMENT AGENCY DEBT - 2.1%            
$47,500,000      Federal Home Loan Bank (FHLB)   0.025   12/06/13   47,498,242 
 5,925,000      Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA)   0.050   10/16/13   5,924,877 
        TOTAL GOVERNMENT AGENCY DEBT         53,423,119 
                      
TREASURY DEBT - 0.7%            
 16,000,000      United States Treasury Bill   0.047   12/19/13   15,999,472 
        TOTAL TREASURY DEBT         15,999,472 
                      
        TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS           69,422,591 
        (Cost $69,421,049)             
                      
        TOTAL INVESTMENTS - 100.0%           2,502,408,983 
        (Cost $2,491,611,754)             
        OTHER ASSETS & LIABILITIES, NET - 0.0%           1,054,111 
        NET ASSETS - 100.0%          $2,503,463,094 
159

TIAA-CREF FUNDS - High-Yield Fund

 

               
        g   Security is exempt from registration under Rule 144(A) of the Securities Act of 1933. Such securities are deemed liquid and may be re-sold in transactions exempt from registration to qualified institutional buyers. At 9/30/2013, the aggregate value of these securities was $799,883,353 or 32.0% of net assets.
        h   All or a portion of these securities were purchased on a delayed delivery.
        i   Floating or variable rate security. Coupon rate reflects the rate at period end.
        o   Payment in Kind Bond.
160

TIAA-CREF FUNDS - Inflation-Linked Bond Fund

 

TIAA-CREF FUNDS

INFLATION-LINKED BOND FUND

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (unaudited)

September 30, 2013

 

              MATURITY    
PRINCIPAL      ISSUER  RATE  DATE  VALUE 
GOVERNMENT BONDS -  99.1%           
             
U.S. TREASURY SECURITIES - 99.1%                
$25,477,535   k  United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds   2.000%  07/15/14  $26,120,435 
 54,528,380   k  United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds   1.625   01/15/15   56,351,700 
 58,950,882   k  United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds   0.500   04/15/15   60,221,981 
 42,474,492   k  United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds   1.875   07/15/15   44,843,762 
 44,169,808   k  United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds   2.000   01/15/16   47,237,533 
 89,840,564   k  United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds   0.125   04/15/16   92,198,879 
 42,037,221   k  United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds   2.500   07/15/16   46,385,467 
 38,604,836   k  United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds   2.375   01/15/17   42,818,207 
 98,462,775   k  United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds   0.125   04/15/17   101,532,056 
 30,947,088   k  United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds   2.625   07/15/17   35,115,289 
 32,968,911   k  United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds   1.625   01/15/18   36,232,306 
 26,778,780   k  United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds   0.125   04/15/18   27,586,321 
 31,767,390   k  United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds   1.375   07/15/18   34,869,666 
 30,895,936   k  United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds   2.125   01/15/19   35,066,887 
 34,911,272   k  United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds   1.875   07/15/19   39,547,908 
 41,317,335   k  United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds   1.375   01/15/20   45,319,952 
 63,830,658   k  United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds   1.250   07/15/20   69,834,698 
 70,563,935   k  United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds   1.125   01/15/21   75,977,530 
 69,369,663   k  United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds   0.625   07/15/21   72,204,039 
 73,289,355   k  United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds   0.125   01/15/22   72,367,521 
 101,578,000   k  United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds   0.125   07/15/22   100,054,330 
 61,732,000   k  United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds   0.125   01/15/23   60,053,630 
 18,067,680   k  United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds   0.375   07/15/23   17,974,523 
 59,922,211   k  United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds   2.375   01/15/25   71,518,118 
 40,081,188   k  United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds   2.000   01/15/26   46,240,544 
 32,442,227   k  United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds   2.375   01/15/27   39,039,645 
 34,594,611   k  United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds   1.750   01/15/28   38,737,869 
 36,198,682   k  United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds   3.625   04/15/28   50,044,678 
 35,022,720   k  United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds   2.500   01/15/29   43,047,861 
 42,611,149   k  United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds   3.875   04/15/29   61,080,440 
 12,803,559   k  United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds   3.375   04/15/32   17,924,982 
 19,997,117   k  United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds   2.125   02/15/40   23,662,209 
 26,418,464   k  United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds   2.125   02/15/41   31,291,428 
 44,142,406   k  United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds   0.750   02/15/42   37,779,675 
 33,020,325   k  United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds   0.625   02/15/43   27,071,515 
 13,000,000      United States Treasury Note   1.750   05/15/23   12,046,333 
        TOTAL U.S. TREASURY SECURITIES              1,739,399,917  
                      
        TOTAL GOVERNMENT BONDS           1,739,399,917 
        (Cost $1,684,440,588)             
161

TIAA-CREF FUNDS - Inflation-Linked Bond Fund

 

                        MATURITY        
PRINCIPAL         ISSUER   RATE   DATE   VALUE  
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS - 0.3%                    
                     
GOVERNMENT AGENCY DEBT - 0.3%                    
$ 5,000,000         Federal Home Loan Bank (FHLB)     0.035 %   12/02/13   $  4,999,830  
            TOTAL GOVERNMENT AGENCY DEBT                  4,999,830  
                                 
            TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS                  4,999,830  
            (Cost $4,999,699)                    
                                 
            TOTAL INVESTMENTS - 99.4%                  1,744,399,747  
            (Cost $1,689,440,287)                    
            OTHER ASSETS & LIABILITIES, NET - 0.6%                  11,519,495  
            NET ASSETS - 100.0%               $ 1,755,919,242  

 

               
        k   Principal amount for interest accrual purposes is periodically adjusted based on changes in the Consumer Price Index.
162

TIAA-CREF FUNDS - Short-Term Bond Fund

 

TIAA-CREF FUNDS

SHORT-TERM BOND FUND

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (unaudited)

September 30, 2013

 

              MATURITY    
PRINCIPAL      ISSUER  RATE  DATE  VALUE 
BANK LOAN OBLIGATIONS - 0.9% 
             
CAPITAL GOODS - 0.1%  
$995,000   i  Apex Tool Group LLC   4.500%  01/31/20  $995,627 
 486,325   i  TransDigm, Inc   3.750   02/28/20   483,816 
        TOTAL CAPITAL GOODS           1,479,443 
                      
CONSUMER DURABLES & APPAREL - 0.0%  
 393,077   i  PVH Corp   3.250   02/13/20   391,665 
        TOTAL CONSUMER DURABLES & APPAREL           391,665 
                      
CONSUMER SERVICES - 0.1%  
 900,000   i  ARAMARK Corp   4.000   09/09/19   900,279 
        TOTAL CONSUMER SERVICES           900,279 
                      
DIVERSIFIED FINANCIALS - 0.2%  
 1,928,947   i  TransUnion LLC   4.250   02/10/19   1,935,371 
        TOTAL DIVERSIFIED FINANCIALS           1,935,371 
                      
FOOD, BEVERAGE & TOBACCO - 0.3%  
 1,859,592   i  Del Monte Foods Co   4.000   03/08/18   1,850,759 
 1,695,750   i  HJ Heinz Co   3.250   06/07/19   1,694,580 
        TOTAL FOOD, BEVERAGE & TOBACCO           3,545,339 
                      
MEDIA - 0.2%  
 298,500   i  Univision Communications, Inc   4.000   03/01/20   294,769 
 2,000,000   i  Virgin Media Investment Holdings Ltd   3.500   06/08/20   1,986,940 
        TOTAL MEDIA           2,281,709 
                      
        TOTAL BANK LOAN OBLIGATIONS           10,533,806 
        (Cost $10,544,024)             
                      
BONDS - 86.8%  
                        
CORPORATE BONDS - 36.1%  
                        
BANKS - 9.2%  
 7,000,000   g  Australia & New Zealand Banking Group Ltd   2.400   11/23/16   7,261,800 
 500,000   g,i  Banco Bradesco S.A.   2.363   05/16/14   502,559 
 500,000   g  Banco de Credito del Peru   4.750   03/16/16   522,500 
 500,000      Banco de Oro Unibank, Inc   3.875   04/22/16   503,750 
 5,825,000   g  Banco del Estado de Chile   2.000   11/09/17   5,683,272 
 788,000   g  Bank Nederlandse Gemeenten   1.375   09/27/17   784,375 
 7,000,000   g  Bank Nederlandse Gemeenten   1.375   03/19/18   6,887,916 
 1,000,000   g  Bank of India   3.625   09/21/18   946,600 
 250,000   g  Bank of Nova Scotia   1.650   10/29/15   255,225 
163

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              MATURITY    
PRINCIPAL      ISSUER  RATE  DATE  VALUE 
$4,800,000   g  Bank of Nova Scotia   2.150%  08/03/16  $4,964,160 
 1,000,000   g  Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ Ltd   2.250   02/24/14   1,005,567 
 1,000,000   g  Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ Ltd   2.350   02/23/17   1,018,669 
 1,000,000      BB&T Corp   3.200   03/15/16   1,047,932 
 1,000,000      BB&T Corp   1.450   01/12/18   976,372 
 325,000      BB&T Corp   2.050   06/19/18   323,697 
 500,000      BDO Unibank, Inc   4.500   02/16/17   511,250 
 2,800,000   g  Caixa Economica Federal   2.375   11/06/17   2,618,000 
 1,000,000   g  Caixa Economica Federal   4.500   10/03/18   993,100 
 4,000,000      Citigroup, Inc   2.500   09/26/18   3,977,784 
 750,000      Cooperatieve Centrale Raiffeisen-Boerenleenbank BA   3.375   01/19/17   798,027 
 1,000,000      First Horizon National Corp   5.375   12/15/15   1,080,704 
 525,000   g  HSBC Bank plc   1.500   05/15/18   510,309 
 900,000      HSBC USA, Inc   2.375   02/13/15   920,201 
 2,500,000      HSBC USA, Inc   1.625   01/16/18   2,450,573 
 1,550,000   g  Hutchison Whampoa International 12 II Ltd   2.000   11/08/17   1,531,927 
 1,750,000      JPMorgan Chase & Co   1.625   05/15/18   1,694,812 
 2,500,000   g  National Australia Bank Ltd   2.000   06/20/17   2,547,250 
 9,000,000   g  Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB   1.375   05/29/18   8,820,000 
 5,000,000   g  SpareBank Boligkreditt AS.   1.250   05/02/18   4,859,000 
 4,280,000   g  State Bank of India   4.125   08/01/17   4,247,712 
 300,000   g  State Bank of India   3.250   04/18/18   286,650 
 12,000,000   g  Toronto-Dominion Bank   2.200   07/29/15   12,361,200 
 2,200,000   g  Toronto-Dominion Bank   1.625   09/14/16   2,242,900 
 500,000   g  Turkiye Is Bankasi   3.875   11/07/17   479,375 
 500,000      Union Bank NA   2.125   06/16/17   502,755 
 1,000,000      US Bancorp   3.125   04/01/15   1,037,287 
 500,000      US Bancorp   1.650   05/15/17   502,922 
 2,000,000      Wells Fargo & Co   1.500   07/01/15   2,025,082 
 3,500,000      Wells Fargo & Co   2.100   05/08/17   3,573,301 
 4,000,000      Wells Fargo & Co   1.500   01/16/18   3,936,092 
 1,000,000      Westpac Banking Corp   3.000   08/04/15   1,042,918 
 6,000,000   g  Westpac Banking Corp   2.450   11/28/16   6,236,400 
 2,700,000   g  Westpac Banking Corp   1.250   12/15/17   2,655,720 
        TOTAL BANKS           107,127,645 
                      
CAPITAL GOODS - 0.7%  
 2,500,000      Caterpillar Financial Services Corp   1.550   12/20/13   2,506,378 
 475,000      Caterpillar, Inc   1.500   06/26/17   472,435 
 925,000      Pentair Finance S.A.   1.350   12/01/15   928,447 
 1,000,000   g  Schaeffler Finance BV   8.500   02/15/19   1,115,000 
 1,000,000   g  Sealed Air Corp   8.375   09/15/21   1,132,500 
 775,000   g  Turlock Corp   1.500   11/02/17   764,093 
 500,000      United Technologies Corp   1.800   06/01/17   508,734 
        TOTAL CAPITAL GOODS           7,427,587 
                      
COMMERCIAL & PROFESSIONAL SERVICES - 0.1%  
 1,000,000      Waste Management, Inc   2.600   09/01/16   1,033,416 
        TOTAL COMMERCIAL & PROFESSIONAL SERVICES           1,033,416 
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              MATURITY    
PRINCIPAL      ISSUER  RATE  DATE  VALUE  
CONSUMER DURABLES & APPAREL - 0.2%  
$1,000,000      Hanesbrands, Inc   8.000%  12/15/16  $1,053,760 
 500,000      Hanesbrands, Inc   6.375   12/15/20   538,750 
 1,000,000      Phillips-Van Heusen Corp   7.375   05/15/20   1,090,000 
        TOTAL CONSUMER DURABLES & APPAREL           2,682,510 
                      
CONSUMER SERVICES - 0.3%  
 1,000,000      DineEquity, Inc   9.500   10/30/18   1,112,500 
 1,000,000   g  SABMiller Holdings, Inc   2.450   01/15/17   1,027,407 
 1,000,000      Walt Disney Co   0.450   12/01/15   994,761 
        TOTAL CONSUMER SERVICES           3,134,668 
                      
DIVERSIFIED FINANCIALS - 7.9%  
 2,000,000   g  Abbey National Treasury Services plc   3.875   11/10/14   2,063,682 
 550,000      American Express Centurion Bank   0.875   11/13/15   549,889 
 500,000      American Express Centurion Bank   6.000   09/13/17   579,824 
 1,150,000      American Express Credit Corp   1.750   06/12/15   1,170,959 
 1,000,000      American Express Credit Corp   1.300   07/29/16   1,005,988 
 1,000,000      American Express Credit Corp   2.800   09/19/16   1,046,292 
 2,675,000      Bank of America Corp   3.750   07/12/16   2,834,657 
 9,350,000      Bank of America Corp   2.000   01/11/18   9,195,267 
 1,000,000      Bank of New York Mellon Corp   1.200   02/20/15   1,008,980 
 150,000   i  Bank of New York Mellon Corp   1.969   06/20/17   151,339 
 500,000      BlackRock, Inc   3.500   12/10/14   517,444 
 825,000      BlackRock, Inc   1.375   06/01/15   836,862 
 8,000,000   g  Caisse Centrale Desjardins du Quebec   1.600   03/06/17   8,097,600 
 3,250,000      Capital One Financial Corp   2.125   07/15/14   3,286,023 
 1,000,000      Capital One Financial Corp   1.000   11/06/15   994,963 
 1,000,000      Capital One Financial Corp   3.150   07/15/16   1,044,694 
 1,000,000      Citigroup, Inc   2.250   08/07/15   1,019,558 
 4,565,000      Citigroup, Inc   5.000   09/15/14   4,737,069 
 456,000      Citigroup, Inc   5.500   10/15/14   477,842 
 2,000,000      Citigroup, Inc   1.250   01/15/16   1,998,472 
 759,000      Citigroup, Inc   5.500   02/15/17   831,040 
 2,000,000   g  Credit Suisse AG.   1.625   03/06/15   2,029,600 
 1,675,000      Ford Motor Credit Co LLC   4.250   02/03/17   1,789,774 
 3,250,000      Ford Motor Credit Co LLC   3.000   06/12/17   3,340,522 
 825,000      Ford Motor Credit Co LLC   6.625   08/15/17   950,654 
 500,000      General Electric Capital Corp   3.750   11/14/14   518,600 
 3,000,000      General Electric Capital Corp   1.625   07/02/15   3,044,178 
 2,000,000      General Electric Capital Corp   2.300   04/27/17   2,051,870 
 500,000   g  General Motors Financial Co, Inc   2.750   05/15/16   498,750 
 1,375,000      Goldman Sachs Group, Inc   3.300   05/03/15   1,421,801 
 3,025,000      Goldman Sachs Group, Inc   2.375   01/22/18   3,003,550 
 160,000   g  Hyundai Capital America, Inc   3.750   04/06/16   167,945 
 200,000   g  Hyundai Capital Services, Inc   4.375   07/27/16   213,544 
 1,000,000   g  Hyundai Capital Services, Inc   3.500   09/13/17   1,039,661 
 150,000   g  International Lease Finance Corp   6.500   09/01/14   155,625 
 200,000      International Lease Finance Corp   5.750   05/15/16   212,056 
 200,000      International Lease Finance Corp   3.875   04/15/18   193,250 
 1,000,000      Jefferies Group, Inc   3.875   11/09/15   1,042,084 
165

TIAA-CREF FUNDS - Short-Term Bond Fund

 

              MATURITY    
PRINCIPAL      ISSUER  RATE  DATE  VALUE  
$1,000,000      John Deere Capital Corp   2.000%  01/13/17  $1,023,369 
 1,000,000      John Deere Capital Corp   1.400   03/15/17   995,662 
 10,000,000      JPMorgan Chase & Co   0.800   04/23/15   9,979,250 
 1,800,000      Morgan Stanley   1.750   02/25/16   1,808,680 
 5,000,000      Morgan Stanley   2.125   04/25/18   4,873,240 
 1,000,000      National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance Corp   1.000   02/02/15   1,006,826 
 500,000   g  PTTEP Australia International Finance Pty Ltd   4.152   07/19/15   515,569 
 225,000      State Street Corp   4.300   05/30/14   230,907 
 1,675,000      State Street Corp   1.350   05/15/18   1,633,031 
 500,000      Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp   2.500   07/19/18   505,879 
 1,000,000      Toyota Motor Credit Corp   1.000   02/17/15   1,008,001 
 500,000      Toyota Motor Credit Corp   2.050   01/12/17   511,486 
 750,000   g  Turkiye Vakiflar Bankasi Tao   3.750   04/15/18   697,500 
 1,000,000      Unilever Capital Corp   2.750   02/10/16   1,044,307 
 750,000      Unilever Capital Corp   2.200   03/06/19   755,373 
        TOTAL DIVERSIFIED FINANCIALS              91,710,988  
                      
ENERGY - 3.2%  
 250,000      Apache Corp   1.750   04/15/17   252,060 
 2,000,000      Ashland, Inc   3.000   03/15/16   2,025,000 
 1,000,000      BP Capital Markets plc   5.250   11/07/13   1,004,468 
 1,600,000      BP Capital Markets plc   1.375   05/10/18   1,552,123 
 2,000,000      Chevron Corp   1.104   12/05/17   1,971,304 
 350,000      ConocoPhillips   4.600   01/15/15   367,754 
 500,000      Devon Energy Corp   5.625   01/15/14   507,438 
 625,000      Devon Energy Corp   1.875   05/15/17   626,391 
 2,450,000      Ecopetrol S.A.   4.250   09/18/18   2,520,437 
 390,000   g  Empresa Nacional del Petroleo   4.875   03/15/14   395,125 
 1,150,000      EOG Resources, Inc   2.950   06/01/15   1,194,117 
 5,350,000   g  Gazprom OAO Via Gaz Capital S.A.   4.950   05/23/16   5,644,250 
 350,000      Marathon Petroleum Corp   3.500   03/01/16   367,586 
 2,000,000      Newfield Exploration Co   6.875   02/01/20   2,100,000 
 375,000      Noble Holding International Ltd   3.450   08/01/15   390,034 
 1,550,000      Noble Holding International Ltd   2.500   03/15/17   1,558,184 
 500,000   g  Novatek Finance Ltd   5.326   02/03/16   529,300 
 500,000      Occidental Petroleum Corp   2.500   02/01/16   517,517 
 1,850,000   i  Petrobras Global Finance BV   1.884   05/20/16   1,840,750 
 975,000      Petrobras International Finance Co   3.875   01/27/16   1,005,994 
 925,000      Petrobras International Finance Co   3.500   02/06/17   939,292 
 500,000      Petroleos Mexicanos   4.875   03/15/15   525,000 
 625,000      Petroleos Mexicanos   3.500   07/18/18   632,813 
 400,000      Phillips 66   1.950   03/05/15   406,066 
 1,000,000   g  PTT Exploration & Production PCL   3.707   09/16/18   1,010,017 
 509,000      Range Resources Corp   6.750   08/01/20   548,448 
 2,400,000   g  Rosneft Oil Co via Rosneft International Finance Ltd   3.149   03/06/17   2,400,000 
 100,000      Statoil ASA   2.900   10/15/14   102,592 
 750,000      Statoil ASA   1.200   01/17/18   735,170 
 1,000,000      Total Capital Canada Ltd   1.625   01/28/14   1,004,345 
166

TIAA-CREF FUNDS - Short-Term Bond Fund

 

              MATURITY    
PRINCIPAL      ISSUER  RATE  DATE  VALUE  
$500,000      Total Capital Canada Ltd   1.450%  01/15/18  $493,350 
 750,000      Total Capital International S.A.   1.500   02/17/17   755,683 
 1,000,000      Vale Overseas Ltd   6.250   01/23/17   1,120,938 
 475,000      Valero Energy Corp   4.500   02/01/15   497,549 
        TOTAL ENERGY               37,541,095 
  
FOOD & STAPLES RETAILING - 0.1% 
 1,075,000      CVS Caremark Corp   3.250   05/18/15   1,118,416 
        TOTAL FOOD & STAPLES RETAILING              1,118,416  
                      
FOOD, BEVERAGE & TOBACCO - 1.3%  
 700,000      Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide, Inc   4.125   01/15/15   732,281 
 500,000      Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide, Inc   2.875   02/15/16   523,143 
 2,075,000      Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide, Inc   1.375   07/15/17   2,066,270 
 2,000,000      Coca-Cola Co   0.750   03/13/15   2,007,918 
 600,000      Coca-Cola Co   1.800   09/01/16   616,811 
 1,000,000      Coca-Cola Enterprises, Inc   1.125   11/12/13   1,000,702 
 225,000      ConAgra Foods, Inc   1.300   01/25/16   225,235 
 2,000,000      Constellation Brands, Inc   8.375   12/15/14   2,155,000 
 135,000      General Mills, Inc   5.200   03/17/15   143,834 
 1,650,000      General Mills, Inc   0.875   01/29/16   1,649,284 
 1,000,000      Kraft Foods, Inc   5.250   10/01/13   1,000,000 
 1,000,000   g  Pernod-Ricard S.A.   2.950   01/15/17   1,037,475 
 2,000,000      TreeHouse Foods, Inc   7.750   03/01/18   2,115,000 
        TOTAL FOOD, BEVERAGE & TOBACCO              15,272,953  
                      
HEALTH CARE EQUIPMENT & SERVICES - 0.7%  
 1,000,000      Baxter International, Inc   0.950   06/01/16   1,001,997 
 200,000      Becton Dickinson & Co   1.750   11/08/16   204,108 
 500,000      Covidien International Finance S.A.   1.350   05/29/15   504,887 
 500,000   h  Edwards Lifesciences Corp   2.875   10/15/18   498,032 
 600,000      Express Scripts Holding Co   2.100   02/12/15   609,577 
 1,000,000   g  Fresenius US Finance II, Inc   9.000   07/15/15   1,110,000 
 1,000,000      HCA, Inc   7.875   02/15/20   1,078,125 
 350,000   g  Mallinckrodt International Finance S.A.   3.500   04/15/18   344,378 
 1,000,000      Medco Health Solutions, Inc   2.750   09/15/15   1,033,224 
 1,000,000      Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc   2.050   02/21/14   1,004,944 
 245,000      Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc   3.200   05/01/15   253,045 
        TOTAL HEALTH CARE EQUIPMENT & SERVICES              7,642,317  
                      
HOUSEHOLD & PERSONAL PRODUCTS - 0.1%  
 1,000,000      Ecolab, Inc   3.000   12/08/16   1,048,830 
 375,000      Ecolab, Inc   1.450   12/08/17   367,658 
        TOTAL HOUSEHOLD & PERSONAL PRODUCTS              1,416,488  
                      
INSURANCE - 1.2%  
 750,000      Aetna, Inc   1.500   11/15/17   736,426 
 2,575,000      Berkshire Hathaway Finance Corp   1.300   05/15/18   2,513,756 
 675,000      Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc   4.000   10/15/17   723,274 
 2,000,000      MetLife, Inc   2.375   02/06/14   2,014,312 
 400,000      Principal Financial Group, Inc   1.850   11/15/17   396,547 
167

TIAA-CREF FUNDS - Short-Term Bond Fund

 

              MATURITY    
PRINCIPAL      ISSUER  RATE  DATE  VALUE 
$1,000,000      Prudential Financial, Inc   3.875%  01/14/15  $1,039,421 
 1,000,000      Prudential Financial, Inc   6.000   12/01/17   1,159,364 
 200,000      Prudential Financial, Inc   2.300   08/15/18   201,750 
 550,000      UnitedHealth Group, Inc   0.850   10/15/15   551,389 
 2,425,000      UnitedHealth Group, Inc   1.400   10/15/17   2,393,984 
 1,500,000      Willis Group Holdings plc   4.125   03/15/16   1,575,320 
        TOTAL INSURANCE              13,305,543  
  
MATERIALS - 1.4% 
 2,000,000      Airgas, Inc   2.850   10/01/13   2,000,000 
 40,000      Airgas, Inc   4.500   09/15/14   41,446 
 675,000      ArcelorMittal   4.250   08/05/15   695,250 
 250,000      ArcelorMittal   5.000   02/25/17   260,000 
 750,000      Barrick Gold Corp   2.500   05/01/18   715,162 
 1,000,000      Bemis Co, Inc   5.650   08/01/14   1,040,479 
 300,000      Corning, Inc   1.450   11/15/17   296,561 
 2,000,000      Crown Americas LLC   6.250   02/01/21   2,090,000 
 1,000,000      E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co   3.250   01/15/15   1,034,546 
 1,324,000      Graphic Packaging International, Inc   7.875   10/01/18   1,443,160 
 2,000,000      International Paper Co   5.300   04/01/15   2,126,490 
 500,000      Rio Tinto Finance USA Ltd   2.250   09/20/16   512,093 
 1,750,000      Sherwin-Williams Co   1.350   12/15/17   1,708,560 
 1,000,000   g  Sociedad Quimica y Minera de Chile S.A.   6.125   04/15/16   1,081,533 
 1,000,000      Teck Resources Ltd   2.500   02/01/18   989,459 
        TOTAL MATERIALS              16,034,739  
                      
MEDIA - 1.5%  
 1,000,000      CCO Holdings LLC   6.500   04/30/21   1,015,000 
 2,000,000      DIRECTV Holdings LLC   2.400   03/15/17   2,009,256 
 525,000      DISH DBS Corp   4.250   04/01/18   525,656 
 1,000,000      Echostar DBS Corp   6.625   10/01/14   1,050,000 
 2,000,000      Interpublic Group of Cos, Inc   6.250   11/15/14   2,095,000 
 1,000,000      Lamar Media Corp   7.875   04/15/18   1,067,500 
 625,000   g  NBC Universal Enterprise, Inc   1.662   04/15/18   615,362 
 1,000,000      NBC Universal Media LLC   3.650   04/30/15   1,047,985 
 2,000,000      TCI Communications, Inc   8.750   08/01/15   2,280,596 
 1,000,000      Time Warner Cable, Inc   7.500   04/01/14   1,032,514 
 2,000,000      Time Warner Cable, Inc   5.850   05/01/17   2,174,974 
 250,000      Time Warner, Inc   3.150   07/15/15   260,223 
 1,000,000      Viacom, Inc   1.250   02/27/15   1,002,706 
 1,000,000      Viacom, Inc   3.500   04/01/17   1,052,127 
        TOTAL MEDIA               17,228,899 
                      
PHARMACEUTICALS, BIOTECHNOLOGY & LIFE SCIENCES - 0.9%  
 1,500,000      AbbVie, Inc   1.200   11/06/15   1,505,427 
 1,200,000      AbbVie, Inc   1.750   11/06/17   1,190,148 
 600,000      Johnson & Johnson   2.150   05/15/16   622,774 
 120,000      Life Technologies Corp   3.500   01/15/16   124,722 
 1,000,000      Merck & Co, Inc   2.250   01/15/16   1,034,032 
 3,000,000   g  Mylan, Inc   7.875   07/15/20   3,423,201 
168

TIAA-CREF FUNDS - Short-Term Bond Fund

 

              MATURITY    
PRINCIPAL      ISSUER  RATE  DATE  VALUE 
$1,000,000      NBTY, Inc   9.000%  10/01/18  $1,097,500 
 600,000   g  Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc   6.375   10/15/20   624,000 
 500,000      Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc   1.875   10/01/17   496,858 
        TOTAL PHARMACEUTICALS, BIOTECHNOLOGY & LIFE SCIENCES               10,118,662 
                      
REAL ESTATE - 0.1%  
 1,000,000   g  Simon Property Group LP   1.500   02/01/18   974,903 
 100,000      Ventas Realty LP   3.125   11/30/15   104,450 
 525,000      Ventas Realty LP   2.000   02/15/18   514,420 
        TOTAL REAL ESTATE              1,593,773  
                      
RETAILING - 1.0%  
 750,000      Home Depot, Inc   2.250   09/10/18   757,950 
 2,000,000      Limited Brands, Inc   5.250   11/01/14   2,075,000 
 2,212,000      Macy's Retail Holdings, Inc   5.750   07/15/14   2,297,231 
 1,000,000   g  QVC, Inc   7.500   10/01/19   1,076,127 
 2,300,000      Target Corp   1.125   07/18/14   2,314,478 
 1,000,000      Wal-Mart Stores, Inc   3.000   02/03/14   1,008,836 
 2,000,000      Wal-Mart Stores, Inc   1.125   04/11/18   1,955,314 
        TOTAL RETAILING               11,484,936 
                      
SOFTWARE & SERVICES - 0.4%  
 2,500,000      International Business Machines Corp   0.750   05/11/15   2,512,197 
 1,075,000      International Business Machines Corp   1.250   02/06/17   1,078,524 
 1,050,000      Oracle Corp   1.200   10/15/17   1,031,246 
 150,000      SunGard Data Systems, Inc   4.875   01/15/14   151,125 
        TOTAL SOFTWARE & SERVICES               4,773,092 
                      
TECHNOLOGY HARDWARE & EQUIPMENT - 1.0%  
 250,000      Amphenol Corp   4.750   11/15/14   260,798 
 2,500,000      Apple, Inc   1.000   05/03/18   2,408,135 
 250,000      CC Holdings GS V LLC   2.381   12/15/17   246,461 
 3,000,000      General Electric Co   0.850   10/09/15   3,006,915 
 1,000,000      Jabil Circuit, Inc   7.750   07/15/16   1,132,500 
 1,000,000      L-3 Communications Corp   3.950   11/15/16   1,066,626 
 725,000   g  NXP BV   3.750   06/01/18   706,875 
 198,000      Seagate Technology HDD Holdings   6.800   10/01/16   223,740 
 1,000,000      Tyco Electronics Group S.A.   1.600   02/03/15   1,007,463 
 1,000,000      Xerox Corp   2.950   03/15/17   1,025,491 
        TOTAL TECHNOLOGY HARDWARE & EQUIPMENT               11,085,004 
                      
TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES - 1.9%  
 1,000,000      America Movil SAB de C.V.   2.375   09/08/16   1,016,800 
 1,000,000      American Tower Corp   3.400   02/15/19   988,389 
 1,000,000      AT&T, Inc   2.500   08/15/15   1,030,024 
 500,000      AT&T, Inc   2.950   05/15/16   522,815 
 980,000      AT&T, Inc   1.400   12/01/17   956,642 
 1,825,000      British Telecommunications plc   1.625   06/28/16   1,834,855 
 1,000,000      Cellco Partnership   7.375   11/15/13   1,008,066 
169

TIAA-CREF FUNDS - Short-Term Bond Fund

 

              MATURITY    
PRINCIPAL      ISSUER  RATE  DATE  VALUE 
$1,000,000      France Telecom S.A.   2.125%  09/16/15  $1,015,376 
 1,000,000   g  Sprint Nextel Corp   9.000   11/15/18   1,172,500 
 1,000,000      Telecom Italia Capital S.A.   5.250   11/15/13   1,004,517 
 553,000      Telecom Italia Capital S.A.   6.175   06/18/14   569,166 
 1,000,000      Telefonica Emisiones SAU   3.992   02/16/16   1,035,876 
 800,000      Telefonica Emisiones SAU   3.192   04/27/18   789,352 
 3,000,000      Verizon Communications, Inc   0.700   11/02/15   2,981,226 
 5,675,000      Verizon Communications, Inc   3.650   09/14/18   5,979,708 
        TOTAL TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES               21,905,312 
                      
TRANSPORTATION - 0.4%  
 350,000   g  Asciano Finance Ltd   3.125   09/23/15   357,067 
 3,000,000   g  ERAC USA Finance LLC   1.400   04/15/16   2,986,353 
 400,000   g  Hertz Corp   4.250   04/01/18   393,000 
 375,000      Northrop Grumman Corp   1.750   06/01/18   368,056 
 890,000   g  Transnet Ltd   4.500   02/10/16   917,813 
        TOTAL TRANSPORTATION              5,022,289  
                      
UTILITIES - 2.5%  
 750,000   g  Abu Dhabi National Energy Co   4.125   03/13/17   784,687 
 180,000      Alliant Energy Corp   4.000   10/15/14   185,983 
 2,150,000      American Electric Power Co, Inc   1.650   12/15/17   2,112,162 
 1,000,000      Commonwealth Edison Co   4.700   04/15/15   1,058,925 
 2,000,000      Commonwealth Edison Co   1.950   09/01/16   2,045,448 
 1,000,000      Dominion Resources, Inc   1.800   03/15/14   1,005,329 
 2,000,000      Dominion Resources, Inc   1.400   09/15/17   1,971,912 
 500,000      Duke Energy Carolinas LLC   5.750   11/15/13   503,087 
 1,000,000      Duke Energy Corp   2.100   06/15/18   997,335 
 1,900,000      FPL Group Capital, Inc   2.600   09/01/15   1,956,495 
 550,000   g  Israel Electric Corp Ltd   6.700   02/10/17   590,563 
 1,000,000   g  Israel Electric Corp Ltd   5.625   06/21/18   1,032,500 
 200,000   g  Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co Ltd   3.125   09/16/15   206,486 
 1,500,000   g  Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co Ltd   2.875   10/02/18   1,494,834 
 1,500,000      Northeast Utilities   1.450   05/01/18   1,461,527 
 2,950,000      ONEOK Partners LP   2.000   10/01/17   2,928,716 
 500,000      Pepco Holdings, Inc   2.700   10/01/15   513,991 
 500,000      PG&E Corp   5.750   04/01/14   512,080 
 2,000,000      Sempra Energy   2.300   04/01/17   2,038,520 
 450,000      Williams Partners LP   3.800   02/15/15   467,090 
 5,000,000      Xcel Energy, Inc   0.750   05/09/16   4,964,950 
        TOTAL UTILITIES               28,832,620 
                      
        TOTAL CORPORATE BONDS           417,492,952 
        (Cost $415,424,937)             
                        
GOVERNMENT BONDS -  28.2%  
                        
AGENCY SECURITIES - 2.8%  
 1,000,000      Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA)   2.500   05/15/14   1,014,832 
 6,285,004   g  Hospital for Special Surgery   3.500   01/01/23   6,613,597 
170

TIAA-CREF FUNDS - Short-Term Bond Fund

 

              MATURITY    
PRINCIPAL      ISSUER  RATE  DATE  VALUE 
$19,592,492   i  KE Export Leasing   0.523%  05/19/24  $19,514,102 
 6,000,000      Private Export Funding Corp (PEFCO)   1.375   02/15/17   6,046,644 
        TOTAL AGENCY SECURITIES              33,189,175  
                      
FOREIGN GOVERNMENT BONDS - 7.8%  
 1,225,000   g  Banco Nacional de Desenvolvimento Economico e Social   3.375   09/26/16   1,228,675 
 7,360,416   g,m  Carpintero Finance Ltd   2.581   11/11/24   7,238,750 
 1,950,000   g  Croatia Government International Bond   6.250   04/27/17   2,049,099 
 1,500,000   g  Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka   7.400   01/22/15   1,545,000 
 300,000      Export-Import Bank of Korea   8.125   01/21/14   306,579 
 225,000      Export-Import Bank of Korea   4.125   09/09/15   237,341 
 1,750,000      Export-Import Bank of Korea   1.250   11/20/15   1,751,291 
 500,000      Export-Import Bank of Korea   3.750   10/20/16   529,168 
 925,000      Export-Import Bank of Korea   1.750   02/27/18   900,043 
 3,500,000      FMS Wertmanagement AoeR   1.000   11/21/17   3,444,700 
 1,250,000      Hungary Government International Bond   4.125   02/19/18   1,237,500 
 2,500,000      Hydro Quebec   1.375   06/19/17   2,503,700 
 1,250,000      Hydro-Quebec   7.500   04/01/16   1,448,625 
 2,000,000   g  Iceland Government International Bond   4.875   06/16/16   2,092,000 
 2,370,000   g  Indonesia Government International Bond   6.875   03/09/17   2,621,813 
 20,000,000   g,i  International Finance Facility for Immunisation   0.434   07/05/16   20,006,118 
 5,000,000   g  Kommunalbanken AS.   0.875   10/03/16   4,993,500 
 2,500,000      Korea Development Bank   1.000   01/22/16   2,467,625 
 6,000,000      Korea Development Bank   1.500   01/22/18   5,782,908 
 410,000   g  Korea Housing Finance Corp   3.500   12/15/16   429,814 
 250,000   g  Korea Housing Finance Corp   1.625   09/15/18   235,514 
 400,000   g  Lithuania Government International Bond   5.125   09/14/17   437,000 
 400,000   g  Nigeria Government International Bond   5.125   07/12/18   406,000 
 420,000      Poland Government International Bond   3.875   07/16/15   440,496 
 3,000,000      Province of New Brunswick Canada   2.750   06/15/18   3,147,210 
 2,000,000      Province of Nova Scotia Canada   2.375   07/21/15   2,059,420 
 1,300,000      Province of Ontario Canada   2.700   06/16/15   1,348,685 
 791,000   g  Qatar Government International Bond   4.000   01/20/15   820,663 
 550,000      Republic of Italy   4.500   01/21/15   573,154 
 500,000      Republic of Korea   5.750   04/16/14   513,254 
 1,000,000   g  Republic of Serbia   4.875   02/25/20   933,750 
 2,000,000      Republic of Turkey   7.500   07/14/17   2,262,500 
 700,000   g  Russian Foreign Bond - Eurobond   3.625   04/29/15   727,300 
 1,600,000   g  Russian Foreign Bond - Eurobond   3.250   04/04/17   1,662,768 
 500,000      South Africa Government International Bond   6.500   06/02/14   517,300 
 7,000,000   g  Spain Government International Bond   4.000   03/06/18   7,114,100 
 3,525,000      Svensk Exportkredit AB   1.125   04/05/18   3,453,090 
 516,000      United Mexican States   5.875   02/17/14   525,546 
        TOTAL FOREIGN GOVERNMENT BONDS              89,991,999  
                      
MORTGAGE BACKED - 1.4%  
 1,945,449      Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp (FHLMC)   4.000   05/15/37   2,035,428 
 22,766      Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp Gold (FGLMC)   6.000   12/01/17   24,278 
 133,776      FGLMC   5.500   01/01/19   143,279 
 132,689      FGLMC   5.500   01/01/19   142,119 
 1,200,000      Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA)   1.510   06/01/17   1,214,762 
171

TIAA-CREF FUNDS - Short-Term Bond Fund

 

              MATURITY    
PRINCIPAL      ISSUER  RATE  DATE  VALUE 
$3,428,270      FNMA   2.030%  08/01/19  $3,416,948 
 4,931,512      FNMA   1.570   01/01/20   4,777,143 
 988,649      FNMA   2.110   01/01/20   980,833 
 791,084      FNMA   4.500   10/25/28   805,383 
 3,058,750      Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA)   2.300   10/15/19   3,146,920 
        TOTAL MORTGAGE BACKED              16,687,093  
                      
MUNICIPAL BONDS - 0.5%  
 5,000,000      Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund Finance Corp   1.298   07/01/16   4,977,700 
 500,000      New Jersey Health Care Facilities Financing Authority   5.000   07/01/16   519,570 
        TOTAL MUNICIPAL BONDS              5,497,270  
                      
U.S. TREASURY SECURITIES - 15.7%  
 29,700,000      United States Treasury Note   1.250   04/15/14   29,886,783 
 3,800,000      United States Treasury Note   0.250   06/30/14   3,804,305 
 1,635,000      United States Treasury Note   2.625   06/30/14   1,665,848 
 1,865,000      United States Treasury Note   2.375   10/31/14   1,909,803 
 6,680,000      United States Treasury Note   0.250   11/30/14   6,687,568 
 1,355,000      United States Treasury Note   0.250   01/31/15   1,356,271 
 5,745,000      United States Treasury Note   0.250   02/28/15   5,748,815 
 21,460,000      United States Treasury Note   0.250   05/31/15   21,455,815 
 35,790,000   l  United States Treasury Note   0.500   06/15/16   35,756,429 
 4,600,000      United States Treasury Note   0.625   07/15/16   4,606,109 
 26,315,000      United States Treasury Note   0.625   08/15/16   26,331,447 
 36,000,000      United States Treasury Note   0.875   09/15/16   36,264,385 
 200      United States Treasury Note   0.750   06/30/17   198 
 600      United States Treasury Note   0.875   01/31/18   592 
 6,338,300      United States Treasury Note   1.500   08/31/18   6,380,393 
        TOTAL U.S. TREASURY SECURITIES               181,854,761 
                      
        TOTAL GOVERNMENT BONDS           327,220,298 
        (Cost $326,532,326)             
                      
STRUCTURED ASSETS - 22.5%  
                        
ASSET BACKED - 16.7%  
 230,520   i  Aames Mortgage Trust   6.480   06/25/32   220,908 
        Series - 2002 1 (Class A3)             
 185,754   i  Accredited Mortgage Loan Trust   0.420   09/25/35   182,633 
        Series - 2005 3 (Class A1)             
 49,869   i  ACE Securities Corp   0.649   08/25/35   49,833 
        Series - 2005 HE5 (Class M1)             
 3,000,000   g  AESOP Funding II   3.270   02/20/18   3,148,773 
        Series - 2011 5A (Class A)             
 1,958,847      Ally Auto Receivables Trust   2.230   03/15/16   1,976,915 
        Series - 2011 1 (Class A4)             
 2,700,000   g  Ally Auto Receivables Trust   2.590   07/15/16   2,737,881 
        Series - 2011 2 (Class B)             
 3,300,000   g  Ally Auto Receivables Trust   1.900   11/15/16   3,317,860 
        Series - 2011 5 (Class B)             
172

TIAA-CREF FUNDS - Short-Term Bond Fund

 

              MATURITY    
PRINCIPAL      ISSUER  RATE  DATE  VALUE 
$8,000,000   g  Ally Master Owner Trust   4.250%  04/15/17  $8,367,760 
        Series - 2010 2 (Class A)             
 2,000,000      Ally Master Owner Trust   1.000   02/15/18   1,992,306 
        Series - 2013 1 (Class A2)             
 1,000,000      Ally Master Owner Trust   1.720   07/15/19   997,755 
        Series - 2012 4 (Class A)             
 1,000,000      Ally Master Owner Trust   1.540   09/15/19   987,958 
        Series - 2012 5 (Class A)             
 1,586,581      AmeriCredit Automobile Receivables Trust   2.040   09/08/15   1,591,596 
        Series - 2010 3 (Class B)             
 2,000,000      AmeriCredit Automobile Receivables Trust   2.330   03/08/16   2,011,404 
        Series - 2011 2 (Class B)             
 3,000,000      AmeriCredit Automobile Receivables Trust   2.450   12/08/16   3,052,977 
        Series - 2011 5 (Class B)             
 4,250,000      AmeriCredit Automobile Receivables Trust   1.310   11/08/17   4,247,501 
        Series - 2012 4 (Class B)             
 202,212   i  Ameriquest Mortgage Securities   0.499   05/25/35   201,846 
        Series - 0 R3 (Class A3D)             
 55,677   g  Asset Backed Funding Corp NIM Trust   5.900   07/26/35   1 
        Series - 2006 WMC1 (Class N1)             
 2,000,000   g  Avis Budget Rental Car Funding AESOP LLC   3.650   11/20/14   2,045,348 
        Series - 2011 2A (Class B)             
 4,500,000   g  Avis Budget Rental Car Funding AESOP LLC   2.090   04/20/15   4,523,202 
        Series - 2010 4A (Class A)             
 436,795   i  Bear Stearns Asset Backed Securities Trust   0.919   11/25/39   426,606 
        Series - 2005 SD3 (Class 2A1)             
 2,000,000   g  Cabela's Master Credit Card Trust   2.290   09/17/18   2,061,478 
        Series - 2010 2A (Class A1)             
 4,965,000   g  Cabela's Master Credit Card Trust   2.390   06/17/19   5,126,199 
        Series - 2011 2A (Class A1)             
 2,090,000   g  Cabela's Master Credit Card Trust   1.630   02/18/20   2,109,335 
        Series - 2012 1A (Class A1)             
 7,500,000      Capital Auto Receivables Asset Trust   0.970   01/22/18   7,462,905 
        Series - 2013 1 (Class A4)             
 3,500,000      Capital Auto Receivables Asset Trust   1.290   04/20/18   3,449,999 
        Series - 2013 1 (Class B)             
 1,000,000      CarMax Auto Owner Trust   2.630   11/15/16   1,024,474 
        Series - 2011 1 (Class B)             
 155,000      CarMax Auto Owner Trust   2.830   02/15/17   159,192 
        Series - 2011 1 (Class C)             
 5,870,000      CarMax Auto Owner Trust   1.730   02/15/18   5,946,774 
        Series - 2012 2 (Class B)             
 65,852      Centex Home Equity   5.540   01/25/32   66,079 
        Series - 2002 A (Class AF6)             
 452,236   i  Centex Home Equity   0.824   03/25/34   407,664 
        Series - 2004 B (Class M1)             
 337,182   i  Chase Funding Mortgage Loan Asset-Backed Certificates   5.700   02/25/35   242,183 
        Series - 2004 2 (Class 1M2)             
 6,000,000      CNH Equipment Trust   1.550   11/15/17   6,089,592 
        Series - 2011 C (Class A4)             
173

TIAA-CREF FUNDS - Short-Term Bond Fund

 

              MATURITY    
PRINCIPAL      ISSUER  RATE  DATE  VALUE 
$690,377   i  Credit-Based Asset Servicing and Securitization LLC   4.498%  08/25/35  $699,884 
        Series - 2005 CB5 (Class AF2)             
 57,127   i  Credit-Based Asset Servicing and Securitization LLC   4.935   04/25/37   57,822 
        Series - 2007 CB4 (Class A2A)             
 276,241   i  CSMC Trust   0.489   11/25/35   273,085 
        Series - 2006 CF1 (Class A1)             
 8,724,374      Entergy Louisiana Investment Recovery Funding I LLC   2.040   09/01/23   8,749,588 
        Series - 2011 A (Class A1)             
 251,230   g,i  Flagstar Home Equity Loan Trust   5.781   01/25/35   250,913 
        Series - 2007 1A (Class AF3)             
 2,000,000      Ford Credit Auto Owner Trust   2.380   07/15/16   2,052,006 
        Series - 2011 A (Class B)             
 5,000,000      Ford Credit Auto Owner Trust   1.150   07/15/18   4,941,360 
        Series - 2013 A (Class B)             
 2,000,000   g  Ford Credit Floorplan Master Owner Trust   2.410   02/15/16   2,013,468 
        Series - 2011 1 (Class B)             
 6,485,000   g  Ford Credit Floorplan Master Owner Trust   4.200   02/15/17   6,785,923 
        Series - 2010 3 (Class A1)             
 1,800,000      Ford Credit Floorplan Master Owner Trust   1.490   09/15/19   1,791,931 
        Series - 2012 5 (Class A)             
 7,435,000      GE Capital Credit Card Master Note Trust   4.470   03/15/20   8,213,898 
        Series - 2010 2 (Class A)             
 1,000,000   g  Hertz Vehicle Financing LLC   4.170   03/25/16   1,029,448 
        Series - 2011 1A (Class B1)             
 4,230,000   g  Hertz Vehicle Financing LLC   5.290   03/25/16   4,458,238 
        Series - 2009 2A (Class A2)             
 2,540,000   g  Hertz Vehicle Financing LLC   3.290   03/25/18   2,677,566 
        Series - 2011 1A (Class A2)             
 1,000,000   g  Hertz Vehicle Financing LLC   4.960   03/25/18   1,072,172 
        Series - 2011 1A (Class B2)             
 328,988   i  HSI Asset Securitization Corp Trust   0.539   07/25/35   327,320 
        Series - 2005 NC1 (Class 2A3)             
 2,000,000      Hyundai Auto Receivables Trust   2.450   04/15/16   2,041,890 
        Series - 2011 A (Class B)             
 8,000,000      Hyundai Auto Receivables Trust   1.350   06/17/19   7,842,216 
        Series - 2013 A (Class C)             
 1,023,084   i  Lehman XS Trust   0.429   02/25/36   906,954 
        Series - 2006 1 (Class 1A1)             
 224,403   i  Long Beach Mortgage Loan Trust   0.929   02/25/35   223,014 
        Series - 2005 1 (Class M1)             
 2,000,000   g  MMCA Automobile Trust   2.720   10/17/16   2,035,858 
        Series - 2011 A (Class B)             
 1,621,675   i  Morgan Stanley Capital I   0.359   02/25/36   1,598,896 
        Series - 2006 NC2 (Class A2C)             
 264,420   g  Morgan Stanley Capital I   2.602   09/15/47   269,144 
        Series - 2011 C1 (Class A1)             
 3,586,701   i  Park Place Securities, Inc Asset-Backed Pass-Through Certificates   0.699   01/25/36   3,562,498 
        Series - 2005 WCH1 (Class M2)             
 3,000,000   g  Rental Car Finance Corp   2.510   02/25/16   3,047,178 
        Series - 2011 1A (Class A1)             
174

TIAA-CREF FUNDS - Short-Term Bond Fund

 

              MATURITY    
PRINCIPAL      ISSUER  RATE  DATE  VALUE 
$2,000,000   g  Rental Car Finance Corp   4.380%  02/25/16  $2,055,466 
        Series - 2011 1A (Class B1)             
 210,024   i  Residential Asset Mortgage Products, Inc   0.479   04/25/35   204,560 
        Series - 2005 RZ1 (Class A3)             
 1,244,983      Residential Funding Mortgage Securities II, Inc   5.790   02/25/36   1,262,884 
        Series - 2006 HI2 (Class A3)             
 447,039      Residential Funding Mortgage Securities II, Inc   5.960   02/25/36   453,314 
        Series - 2006 HI3 (Class A3)             
 500,000   i  Residential Funding Mortgage Securities II, Inc   6.060   02/25/36   495,298 
        Series - 2006 HI1 (Class M2)             
 5,000,000      Santander Drive Auto Receivables Trust   2.090   08/15/16   5,048,270 
        Series - 2012 2 (Class B)             
 3,220,000      Santander Drive Auto Receivables Trust   3.090   05/15/17   3,265,550 
        Series - 2011 3 (Class C)             
 544,929   i  Saxon Asset Securities Trust   6.120   11/25/30   581,594 
        Series - 2002 2 (Class AF6)             
 214,485   i  Securitized Asset Backed Receivables LLC   0.479   10/25/35   209,047 
        Series - 2006 OP1 (Class A2C)             
 7,800,000   g  SLM Student Loan Trust   3.480   10/15/30   8,174,891 
        Series - 2012 B (Class A2)             
 9,000,000   g  SLM Student Loan Trust   3.830   01/17/45   9,397,197 
        Series - 2012 A (Class A2)             
 300,134   i  Soundview Home Equity Loan Trust   0.479   11/25/35   295,700 
        Series - 2005 OPT3 (Class A4)             
 597,306   i  Structured Asset Investment Loan Trust   1.239   11/25/34   583,399 
        Series - 2004 10 (Class A9)             
 254,461   i  Structured Asset Investment Loan Trust   0.779   05/25/35   253,278 
        Series - 2005 4 (Class M1)             
 113,914   i  Structured Asset Investment Loan Trust   0.459   12/25/35   113,665 
        Series - 2005 10 (Class A5)             
 3,420,141   g,i  Structured Asset Securities Corp   0.329   07/25/36   3,312,475 
        Series - 2006 EQ1A (Class A4)             
 1,951,587   g,i  Structured Asset Securities Corp Mortgage Loan Trust   0.399   10/25/36   1,881,586 
        Series - 2006 GEL4 (Class A2)             
 7,000,000   g  Volvo Financial Equipment LLC   0.970   08/15/19   6,939,443 
        Series - 2013 1A (Class A4)             
 44,147   i  Wells Fargo Home Equity Trust   0.319   07/25/36   43,679 
        Series - 2006 2 (Class A3)             
 4,500,000      World Financial Network Credit Card Master Trust   1.680   08/15/18   4,542,588 
        Series - 2011 A (Class A)             
 1,500,000      World Financial Network Credit Card Master Trust   3.960   04/15/19   1,577,997 
        Series - 2010 A (Class A)             
        TOTAL ASSET BACKED              193,841,088  
                      
OTHER MORTGAGE BACKED - 5.8%  
 5,000,000      Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust   1.813   09/10/45   5,006,730 
        Series - 2012 GC8 (Class A2)             
 237,087      Countrywide Alternative Loan Trust   5.500   08/25/34   237,209 
        Series - 2004 14T2 (Class A2)             
175

TIAA-CREF FUNDS - Short-Term Bond Fund

 

              MATURITY    
PRINCIPAL      ISSUER  RATE  DATE  VALUE 
$9,000,000      Credit Suisse Mortgage Capital Certificates   5.509%  09/15/39  $9,615,069 
        Series - 2006 C4 (Class AM)             
 291   i  Greenpoint Mortgage Funding Trust   0.279   09/25/46   291 
        Series - 2006 AR4 (Class A1A)             
 165   i  Greenpoint Mortgage Funding Trust   0.259   10/25/46   165 
        Series - 0 AR5 (Class A1A)             
 2,071,143      GS Mortgage Securities Trust   1.282   01/10/45   2,082,300 
        Series - 2012 GC6 (Class A1)             
 8,750,000      GS Mortgage Securities Trust   1.840   02/10/46   8,708,463 
        Series - 2013 GC10 (Class A2)             
 513,312   i  Impac CMB Trust   0.839   02/25/36   451,827 
        Series - 2004 11 (Class 2A1)             
 9,541,537      JP Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust   5.257   05/15/47   10,231,638 
        Series - 2006 LDP9 (Class A1A)             
 3,750,000   i  JP Morgan Mortgage Acquisition Corp   5.450   10/25/36   3,653,625 
        Series - 0 AV3 (Class )             
 785,000      LB-UBS Commercial Mortgage Trust   5.378   11/15/38   843,444 
        Series - 2006 C7 (Class AM)             
 5,000,000   i  LB-UBS Commercial Mortgage Trust   5.493   02/15/40   5,161,915 
        Series - 2007 C2 (Class AM)             
 4,500,000      LB-UBS Commercial Mortgage Trust   4.843   07/15/40   4,671,945 
        Series - 2005 C3 (Class AJ)             
 4,000,000      Morgan Stanley Bank of America Merrill Lynch Trust   1.868   11/15/45   4,035,244 
        Series - 2012 C6 (Class A2)             
 231,129   i  Opteum Mortgage Acceptance Corp   0.579   02/25/35   229,365 
        Series - 2005 1 (Class A4)             
 231,163      Residential Accredit Loans, Inc   4.350   03/25/34   235,604 
        Series - 2004 QS4 (Class A1)             
 1,150,998      RFMSI Trust   5.500   03/25/35   1,166,875 
        Series - 2005 S2 (Class A6)             
 610,426   g,i  Springleaf Mortgage Loan Trust   2.667   09/25/57   621,450 
        Series - 2012 1A (Class A)             
 367,311   g,i  Springleaf Mortgage Loan Trust   2.220   10/25/57   372,118 
        Series - 0 2A (Class A)             
 8,655,000      Wachovia Bank Commercial Mortgage Trust   5.383   12/15/43   9,214,044 
        Series - 2007 C30 (Class AM)             
 560,000   i  Wachovia Bank Commercial Mortgage Trust   5.591   04/15/47   601,465 
        Series - 2007 C31 (Class AM)             
        TOTAL OTHER MORTGAGE BACKED              67,140,786  
                      
        TOTAL STRUCTURED ASSETS           260,981,874 
        (Cost $261,776,042)             
                      
        TOTAL BONDS           1,005,695,124 
        (Cost $1,003,733,305)             
176

TIAA-CREF FUNDS - Short-Term Bond Fund

 

              MATURITY    
PRINCIPAL      ISSUER  RATE  DATE  VALUE 
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS - 11.0%  
   
GOVERNMENT AGENCY DEBT - 2.3%  
$26,500,000      Federal Home Loan Bank (FHLB)   0.020%  12/06/13  $26,499,020 
        TOTAL GOVERNMENT AGENCY DEBT              26,499,020  
                          
TREASURY DEBT - 8.7%  
 50,000,000      United States Treasury Bill   0.070   01/30/14   49,998,750 
 50,000,000      United States Treasury Note   1.750   03/31/14   50,419,900 
        TOTAL TREASURY DEBT              100,418,650  
                          
        TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS           126,917,670 
        (Cost $126,906,594)             
                      
        TOTAL INVESTMENTS - 98.7%           1,143,146,600 
        (Cost $1,141,183,923)             
        OTHER ASSETS & LIABILITIES, NET - 1.3%           15,228,573 
        NET ASSETS - 100.0%          $1,158,375,173 

 

                           
       g   Security is exempt from registration under Rule 144(A) of the Securities Act of 1933. Such securities are deemed liquid and may be re-sold in transactions exempt from registration to qualified institutional buyers. At 9/30/2013, the aggregate value of these securities was $281,636,843 or 24.3% of net assets.
       h   All or a portion of these securities were purchased on a delayed delivery basis.
       i   Floating or variable rate security. Coupon rate reflects the rate at period end.
       l   All or a portion of these securities have been segregated by the custodian to cover collateral requirements on swap agreements.
       m   Indicates a security that has been deemed illiquid.
177

TIAA-CREF FUNDS - Social Choice Bond Fund

 

TIAA-CREF FUNDS

SOCIAL CHOICE BOND FUND

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (unaudited)

September 30, 2013

 

PRINCIPAL      ISSUER  RATE  MATURITY
DATE
  VALUE 
BANK LOAN OBLIGATIONS - 0.4%            
                    
MEDIA - 0.4%            
$250,000   i  Virgin Media Investment Holdings Ltd   3.500%  06/08/20  $248,367 
        TOTAL MEDIA           248,367 
                      
        TOTAL BANK LOAN OBLIGATIONS           248,367 
        (Cost $249,450)             
                      
BONDS - 94.9%            
                    
CORPORATE BONDS - 41.2%            
                    
BANKS - 14.2%            
 250,000   g,i  Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ Ltd   0.712   02/26/16   250,606 
 500,000      BB&T Corp   2.050   06/19/18   497,995 
 250,000   i  Capital One NA   0.700   03/22/16   249,712 
 250,000      Capital One NA   1.500   03/22/18   242,697 
 250,000   i  Cooperatieve Centrale Raiffeisen-Boerenleenbank BA   0.732   03/18/16   250,870 
 250,000      Cooperatieve Centrale Raiffeisen-Boerenleenbank BA   1.700   03/19/18   246,818 
 250,000      Cooperatieve Centrale Raiffeisen-Boerenleenbank BA   3.950   11/09/22   239,866 
 250,000      Discover Bank   2.000   02/21/18   244,435 
 500,000      Discover Bank   4.200   08/08/23   498,491 
 515,000      First Niagara Financial Group, Inc   6.750   03/19/20   596,920 
 500,000   g,i  HSBC Bank plc   0.904   05/15/18   500,464 
 250,000      HSBC USA, Inc   1.625   01/16/18   245,057 
 500,000      Huntington Bancshares, Inc   2.600   08/02/18   500,225 
 500,000      Huntington National Bank   1.350   08/02/16   499,668 
 250,000      Manufacturers & Traders Trust Co   1.450   03/07/18   244,517 
 250,000   g  Mizuho Corporate Bank Ltd   1.850   03/21/18   244,212 
 500,000   i  National City Bank   0.604   12/15/16   492,818 
 507,000      People’s United Financial, Inc   3.650   12/06/22   483,053 
 500,000      Regions Financial Corp   2.000   05/15/18   485,329 
 250,000      Royal Bank of Canada   1.500   01/16/18   246,107 
 500,000      Royal Bank of Canada   2.200   07/27/18   501,597 
 250,000   g  Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB   1.750   03/19/18   244,855 
 500,000   g  Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB   1.375   05/29/18   490,000 
 250,000   i  State Street Bank and Trust Co   0.458   12/08/15   248,403 
 260,000      SVB Financial Group   5.375   09/15/20   286,147 
 500,000   i  Toronto-Dominion Bank   0.815   04/30/18   501,135 
 250,000      US Bancorp   2.950   07/15/22   235,192 
        TOTAL BANKS           9,767,189 
                      
CAPITAL GOODS - 2.1%            
 250,000   g  Ingersoll-Rand Global Holding Co Ltd   2.875   01/15/19   249,204 
 250,000   g  Ingersoll-Rand Global Holding Co Ltd   4.250   06/15/23   248,276 
 250,000      Pentair Finance S.A.   1.350   12/01/15   250,932 

178

TIAA-CREF FUNDS - Social Choice Bond Fund

 

PRINCIPAL      ISSUER  RATE  MATURITY
DATE
  VALUE 
$250,000      Pentair Finance S.A.   1.875%  09/15/17  $245,733 
 250,000   g  Turlock Corp   1.500   11/02/17   246,482 
 250,000   g  Turlock Corp   4.000   11/02/32   229,824 
        TOTAL CAPITAL GOODS         1,470,451 
                      
CONSUMER DURABLES & APPAREL - 0.7%            
 250,000      Mohawk Industries, Inc   3.850   02/01/23   237,954 
 250,000      Whirlpool Corp   5.150   03/01/43   239,695 
        TOTAL CONSUMER DURABLES & APPAREL         477,649 
                      
CONSUMER SERVICES - 0.4%            
 250,000   g  Service Corp International   5.375   01/15/22   238,437 
        TOTAL CONSUMER SERVICES         238,437 
                      
DIVERSIFIED FINANCIALS - 6.8%            
 250,000      American Express Co   1.550   05/22/18   244,392 
 325,000      American Express Credit Corp   2.125   07/27/18   326,263 
 250,000      Bank of New York Mellon Corp   1.300   01/25/18   244,533 
 250,000   i  Bank of New York Mellon Corp   0.825   08/01/18   250,123 
 500,000      Charles Schwab Corp   2.200   07/25/18   504,270 
 250,000      Discover Financial Services   5.200   04/27/22   263,459 
 500,000   i  Ford Motor Credit Co LLC   1.516   05/09/16   506,811 
 500,000      Ford Motor Credit Co LLC   2.375   01/16/18   496,066 
 500,000      Ford Motor Credit Co LLC   4.375   08/06/23   500,283 
 500,000   g  Nissan Motor Acceptance Corp   2.650   09/26/18   501,401 
 250,000   g  RCI Banque S.A.   3.500   04/03/18   254,280 
 500,000      State Street Corp   1.350   05/15/18   487,472 
 108,000      Unilever Capital Corp   0.850   08/02/17   105,437 
        TOTAL DIVERSIFIED FINANCIALS         4,684,790 
                      
ENERGY - 2.0%            
 250,000      Noble Holding International Ltd   2.500   03/15/17   251,320 
 500,000   g  Northern Natural Gas Co   4.100   09/15/42   440,430 
 500,000      Statoil ASA   2.650   01/15/24   462,409 
 250,000   g  Texas Eastern Transmission LP   2.800   10/15/22   227,134 
        TOTAL ENERGY         1,381,293 
                      
FOOD, BEVERAGE & TOBACCO - 0.7%            
 250,000   i  General Mills, Inc   0.564   01/29/16   250,183 
 250,000   i  PepsiCo, Inc   0.472   02/26/16   250,123 
        TOTAL FOOD, BEVERAGE & TOBACCO         500,306 
                      
HEALTH CARE EQUIPMENT & SERVICES - 0.7%            
 500,000   h  Edwards Lifesciences Corp   2.875   10/15/18   498,031 
        TOTAL HEALTH CARE EQUIPMENT & SERVICES         498,031 
                      
HOUSEHOLD & PERSONAL PRODUCTS - 0.3%            
 250,000      Colgate-Palmolive Co   1.950   02/01/23   225,207 
        TOTAL HOUSEHOLD & PERSONAL PRODUCTS         225,207 
179

TIAA-CREF FUNDS - Social Choice Bond Fund

 

PRINCIPAL      ISSUER  RATE  MATURITY
DATE
  VALUE 
INSURANCE - 2.1%            
$250,000      Aetna, Inc   1.500%  11/15/17  $245,475 
 250,000      Principal Financial Group, Inc   1.850   11/15/17   247,842 
 500,000      Prudential Financial, Inc   2.300   08/15/18   504,375 
 250,000   i  Prudential Financial, Inc   5.200   03/15/44   226,750 
 250,000   g  Swiss Re Treasury US Corp   4.250   12/06/42   218,525 
        TOTAL INSURANCE         1,442,967 
                      
MATERIALS - 0.1%            
 50,000      Rock Tenn Co   4.000   03/01/23   48,444 
        TOTAL MATERIALS         48,444 
                      
PHARMACEUTICALS, BIOTECHNOLOGY & LIFE SCIENCES - 2.1%            
 250,000      AbbVie, Inc   1.750   11/06/17   247,947 
 250,000      Bristol-Myers Squibb Co   3.250   08/01/42   200,076 
 250,000      Merck & Co, Inc   1.100   01/31/18   244,389 
 250,000      Merck & Co, Inc   4.150   05/18/43   231,436 
 250,000   g  Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc   6.375   10/15/20   260,000 
 250,000   g  VPII Escrow Corp   6.750   08/15/18   267,500 
        TOTAL PHARMACEUTICALS, BIOTECHNOLOGY & LIFE SCIENCES         1,451,348 
                      
REAL ESTATE - 2.8%            
 500,000      Federal Realty Investment Trust   5.950   08/15/14   521,366 
 500,000      Federal Realty Investment Trust   2.750   06/01/23   447,794 
 250,000      HCP, Inc   2.625   02/01/20   237,203 
 250,000      Kilroy Realty LP   3.800   01/15/23   234,702 
 250,000   g  Simon Property Group LP   1.500   02/01/18   243,726 
 250,000      Ventas Realty LP   2.000   02/15/18   244,962 
        TOTAL REAL ESTATE         1,929,753 
                      
RETAILING - 0.4%            
 250,000      O’Reilly Automotive, Inc   3.800   09/01/22   245,959 
        TOTAL RETAILING         245,959 
                      
TECHNOLOGY HARDWARE & EQUIPMENT - 0.4%            
 250,000      CC Holdings GS V LLC   2.381   12/15/17   246,461 
        TOTAL TECHNOLOGY HARDWARE & EQUIPMENT        246,461 
                      
TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES - 1.6%            
 250,000      American Tower Corp   3.500   01/31/23   219,451 
 150,000      Frontier Communications Corp   7.125   01/15/23   149,625 
 500,000   g  Sprint Corp   7.250   09/15/21   505,000 
 250,000      Vodafone Group plc   1.500   02/19/18   243,043 
        TOTAL TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES         1,117,119 
                      
TRANSPORTATION - 0.4%            
 250,000      GATX Corp   3.900   03/30/23   241,757 
        TOTAL TRANSPORTATION         241,757 
                      
UTILITIES - 3.4%            
 250,000   g  International Transmission Co   4.625   08/15/43   248,108 

180

TIAA-CREF FUNDS - Social Choice Bond Fund

 

PRINCIPAL      ISSUER  RATE  MATURITY
DATE
  VALUE 
$125,000      ITC Holdings Corp   5.300%  07/01/43  $123,296 
 250,000      NiSource Finance Corp   4.800   02/15/44   223,888 
 250,000      Northeast Utilities   1.450   05/01/18   243,588 
 500,000      Northeast Utilities   2.800   05/01/23   461,791 
 250,000      Northern States Power Co   2.600   05/15/23   233,957 
 250,000   i  NSTAR Electric Co   0.503   05/17/16   249,227 
 250,000   g  Topaz Solar Farms LLC   4.875   09/30/39   249,247 
 250,000   g  Topaz Solar Farms LLC   5.750   09/30/39   269,549 
        TOTAL UTILITIES         2,302,651 
                      
        TOTAL CORPORATE BONDS           28,269,812 
        (Cost $28,901,981)             
                    
GOVERNMENT BONDS - 45.2%            
                    
AGENCY SECURITIES - 5.4%            
 500,000      Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp (FHLMC)   1.000   09/29/17   495,751 
 225,000   j  Government Trust Certificate   0.000   04/01/21   178,501 
 244,906   i  KE Export Leasing   0.523   05/19/24   243,926 
 240,334   i  KE Export Leasing   0.512   02/25/25   239,568 
 239,757   i  KE Export Leasing   0.492   02/28/25   236,663 
 250,000   j  Overseas Private Investment Corp (OPIC)   0.000   04/30/15   251,645 
 246,324      OPIC   3.540   06/15/30   246,661 
 125,000      OPIC   2.310   11/15/30   115,001 
 246,429      OPIC   3.590   12/15/30   247,801 
 250,000      OPIC   3.938   12/20/32   250,000 
 395,000      United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)   4.140   08/01/14   408,119 
 250,000      HUD   2.050   08/01/19   251,020 
 300,000      HUD   2.450   08/01/20   301,920 
 250,000      UNM Sandoval Regional Medical Center   4.500   07/20/36   248,710 
        TOTAL AGENCY SECURITIES         3,715,286 
                      
FOREIGN GOVERNMENT BONDS - 6.8%            
 240,419   g,m  Carpintero Finance Ltd   2.004   09/18/24   239,694 
 245,347   g,m  Carpintero Finance Ltd   2.581   11/11/24   241,292 
 250,000      Council of Europe Development Bank   1.000   03/07/18   243,925 
 500,000      European Bank for Reconstruction & Development   1.625   04/10/18   505,430 
 250,000      Export-Import Bank of Korea   1.750   02/27/18   243,255 
 250,000      Hydro Quebec   1.375   06/19/17   250,370 
 305,000      International Bank for Reconstruction & Development   2.000   12/04/13   305,627 
 250,000      International Bank for Reconstruction & Development   0.500   12/16/13   250,099 
 500,000      International Bank for Reconstruction & Development   0.375   08/24/15   499,657 
 250,000      International Finance Corp   2.250   04/28/14   252,593 
 250,000      International Finance Corp   0.500   05/15/15   250,440 
 500,000      International Finance Corp   0.500   05/16/16   497,384 
 500,000   g,i  International Finance Facility for Immunisation   0.434   07/05/16   500,153 
 250,000      Province of Ontario Canada   1.200   02/14/18   245,596 

181

TIAA-CREF FUNDS - Social Choice Bond Fund

 

PRINCIPAL      ISSUER  RATE  MATURITY
DATE
  VALUE 
$250,000      Province of Quebec Canada   2.625%  02/13/23  $232,575 
        TOTAL FOREIGN GOVERNMENT BONDS           4,758,090 
                      
MORTGAGE BACKED - 16.7%             
 164,434      Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA)   4.500   10/01/19   174,743 
 332,873      FNMA   5.000   09/01/25   354,265 
 410,306      FNMA   3.500   11/01/25   434,243 
 872,009      FNMA   3.000   05/01/27   905,114 
 1,197,577      FNMA   2.500   10/01/27   1,205,386 
 295,982      FNMA   5.000   11/01/33   321,986 
 269,773      FNMA   5.500   04/01/34   294,768 
 304,080      FNMA   5.500   08/01/37   332,114 
 368,397      FNMA   6.000   05/01/38   402,037 
 1,294,116      FNMA   4.500   08/01/39   1,396,959 
 719,378      FNMA   4.500   04/01/40   776,516 
 901,416      FNMA   4.000   10/01/40   952,325 
 894,072      FNMA   3.500   08/01/42   912,806 
 244,024      FNMA   3.500   01/01/43   248,904 
 262,972      Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA)   5.000   10/20/39   287,954 
 359,669      GNMA   4.000   06/15/40   381,047 
 725,695      GNMA   4.000   05/20/42   769,565 
 319,572      GNMA   5.000   06/20/42   349,786 
 979,791      GNMA   3.000   02/20/43   970,030 
        TOTAL MORTGAGE BACKED           11,470,548 
                      
MUNICIPAL BONDS - 10.1%             
 300,000      American Municipal Power   6.270   02/15/50   308,862 
 250,000      Bay Area Water Supply & Conservation Agency   1.311   10/01/17   246,260 
 250,000      Bay Area Water Supply & Conservation Agency   2.735   10/01/22   236,587 
 250,000      California Pollution Control Financing Authority   5.000   07/01/27   249,242 
 500,000      California Pollution Control Financing Authority   5.000   07/01/37   470,190 
 250,000      City of Jersey City NJ   1.192   09/01/15   249,258 
 250,000      City of Jersey City NJ   3.055   09/01/21   236,138 
 180,000      Commonwealth Financing Authority   1.159   06/01/16   178,870 
 250,000      Commonwealth Financing Authority   2.675   06/01/21   238,587 
 500,000      Commonwealth of Massachusetts   5.000   08/01/33   536,420 
 250,000      Florida Governmental Utility Authority   2.000   10/01/16   247,627 
 500,000      Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund Finance Corp   1.298   07/01/16   497,770 
 250,000   j  Garden State Preservation Trust   0.000   11/01/22   184,252 
 250,000      Grant County Public Utility District No 2   4.700   01/01/28   249,218 
 500,000      Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority Industrial Development Corp   1.909   04/15/18   494,120 
 250,000      Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority Industrial Development Corp   4.633   04/15/33   239,895 
 200,000      Massachusetts St. Water Pollution Abatement   5.192   08/01/40   215,124 
 250,000      New York State Energy Research & Development Authority   1.028   07/01/16   249,178 
 250,000      New York State Energy Research & Development Authority   2.772   07/01/20   249,623 
 250,000      Niagara Area Development Corp   4.000   11/01/24   225,360 
 170,000      Ohio State Water Development Authority   4.879   12/01/34   171,399 
 250,000      Pend Oreille County Public Utility District No Box Canyon   1.987   01/01/16   251,020 
 205,000      Pend Oreille County Public Utility District No Box Canyon   2.417   01/01/17   205,935 
 250,000      South Dakota Conservancy District   1.648   08/01/18   247,883 
182

TIAA-CREF FUNDS - Social Choice Bond Fund

 

PRINCIPAL      ISSUER  RATE  MATURITY
DATE
  VALUE 
$250,000      State of California   4.988%  04/01/39  $235,247 
        TOTAL MUNICIPAL BONDS           6,914,065 
                      
U.S. TREASURY SECURITIES - 6.2%             
 250,000      United States Treasury Bond   2.875   05/15/43   212,188 
 210,000      United States Treasury Note   0.250   05/31/15   209,959 
 255,000      United States Treasury Note   0.500   06/15/16   254,761 
 195,000      United States Treasury Note   0.875   09/15/16   196,432 
 245,000      United States Treasury Note   1.500   08/31/18   246,627 
 1,500,000      United States Treasury Note   1.375   09/30/18   1,498,945 
 450,000      United States Treasury Note   1.875   06/30/20   447,926 
 1,170,000      United States Treasury Note   2.500   08/15/23   1,158,117 
        TOTAL U.S. TREASURY SECURITIES           4,224,955 
                      
        TOTAL GOVERNMENT BONDS           31,082,944 
        (Cost $31,786,274)             
                      
STRUCTURED ASSETS - 8.5%             
                      
ASSET BACKED - 2.8%             
 250,000      Ally Master Owner Trust   1.720   07/15/19   249,439 
        Series - 2012 4 (Class A)             
 250,000   g  Avis Budget Rental Car Funding AESOP LLC   2.100   03/20/19   249,324 
        Series - 2012 3A (Class A)             
 231,942   g  DB/UBS Mortgage Trust   3.742   11/10/46   244,111 
        Series - 2011 LC1A (Class A1)             
 500,000   g  Hertz Vehicle Financing LLC   6.440   02/25/19   565,715 
        Series - 2010 1A (Class B3)             
 170,440   i  Lehman XS Trust   0.429   02/25/36   151,093 
        Series - 2006 1 (Class 1A1)             
 243,896   i  Park Place Securities, Inc Asset-Backed Pass-Through Certificates   0.699   01/25/36   242,250 
        Series - 2005 WCH1 (Class M2)             
 195,159   g,i  Structured Asset Securities Corp Mortgage Loan Trust   0.399   10/25/36   188,158 
        Series - 2006 GEL4 (Class A2)             
        TOTAL ASSET BACKED           1,890,090 
                      
OTHER MORTGAGE BACKED - 5.7%             
 227,253   g  7 WTC Depositor LLC Trust   4.082   03/13/31   237,141 
        Series - 2012 7WTC (Class A)             
 500,000      Banc of America Commercial Mortgage Trust   5.390   10/10/45   530,930 
        Series - 2006 6 (Class AM)             
 448,799   i  Countrywide Home Loan Mortgage Pass Through Trust   2.692   11/20/34   415,598 
        Series - 2004 HYB6 (Class A2)             
 255,000      Credit Suisse Mortgage Capital Certificates   5.509   09/15/39   272,427 
        Series - 2006 C4 (Class AM)             
 250,000   g  GS Mortgage Securities Corp II   3.551   04/10/34   247,568 
        Series - 2012 ALOH (Class A)             
 85,697   i  Impac CMB Trust   0.839   02/25/36   75,432 
        Series - 2004 11 (Class 2A1)             
 250,000      JP Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Corp   3.507   05/15/45   249,512 
        Series - 2012 C6 (Class A3)             

183

TIAA-CREF FUNDS - Social Choice Bond Fund

 

PRINCIPAL      ISSUER  RATE  MATURITY
DATE
  VALUE 
$250,000      JP Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Corp   5.440%  05/15/45  $274,195 
        Series - 2006 LDP8 (Class AM)             
 500,000   i  LB-UBS Commercial Mortgage Trust   5.493   02/15/40   516,192 
        Series - 2007 C2 (Class AM)             
 250,000   g  OBP Depositor LLC Trust   4.646   07/15/45   273,711 
        Series - 2010 OBP (Class A)             
 302,894      RFMSI Trust   5.500   03/25/35   307,072 
        Series - 2005 S2 (Class A6)             
 250,000      UBS Barclays Commercial Mortgage Trust   3.525   05/10/63   247,856 
        Series - 2012 C2 (Class A4)             
 250,000   i  Wachovia Bank Commercial Mortgage Trust   5.660   04/15/47   239,381 
        Series - 2007 C31 (Class AJ)             
        TOTAL OTHER MORTGAGE BACKED         3,887,015 
                      
        TOTAL STRUCTURED ASSETS           5,777,105 
        (Cost $5,933,722)             
                      
        TOTAL BONDS           65,129,861 
        (Cost $66,621,977)             
                      
SHARES       COMPANY       
PREFERRED STOCKS - 0.4%             
                      
BANKS - 0.4%             
 250      M&T Bank Corp   5.000   12/30/49   250,355 
        TOTAL BANKS           250,355 
                      
        TOTAL PREFERRED STOCKS           250,355 
        (Cost $255,625)             
                      
        TOTAL INVESTMENTS - 95.7%           65,628,583 
        (Cost $67,127,052)             
        OTHER ASSETS & LIABILITIES, NET - 4.3%           2,936,916 
        NET ASSETS - 100.0%          $68,565,499 

 

               
        g   Security is exempt from registration under Rule 144(A) of the Securities Act of 1933. Such securities are deemed liquid and may be re-sold in transactions exempt from registration to qualified institutional buyers. At 9/30/2013, the aggregate value of these securities was $9,614,128 or 14.0% of net assets.
        h   All or a portion of these securities were purchased on a delayed delivery basis.
        i   Floating or variable rate security. Coupon rate reflects the rate at period end.
        j   Zero coupon.
        m   Indicates a security that has been deemed illiquid.
184

TIAA-CREF FUNDS - Tax-Exempt Bond Fund

 

TIAA-CREF FUNDS

TAX-EXEMPT BOND FUND

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (unaudited)

September 30, 2013

 

               MATURITY    
PRINCIPAL       ISSUER  RATE  DATE  VALUE 
LONG-TERM MUNICIPAL BONDS - 97.3%             
                       
ALABAMA - 0.3%             
$1,025,000       Alabama Public School & College Authority   5.000%  05/01/19  $1,189,451 
         TOTAL ALABAMA           1,189,451 
                       
ARIZONA - 2.3%             
 1,110,000       Arizona School Facilities Board, COP   5.750   09/01/18   1,311,176 
 1,225,000       Arizona School Facilities Board, COP   5.000   09/01/19   1,403,887 
 2,000,000       City of Tucson AZ, GO   5.000   07/01/20   2,321,940 
 905,000       Phoenix Industrial Development Authority   4.875   09/01/22   860,021 
 675,000       Phoenix Industrial Development Authority   5.375   09/01/32   615,546 
 725,000       Phoenix Industrial Development Authority   5.250   06/01/34   741,146 
 1,000,000       Phoenix Industrial Development Authority   5.625   09/01/42   896,030 
         TOTAL ARIZONA           8,149,746 
                       
ARKANSAS - 0.3%             
 1,000,000       Arkansas Development Finance Authority   5.500   12/01/18   1,157,770 
         TOTAL ARKANSAS           1,157,770 
                       
CALIFORNIA - 13.4%             
 2,000,000       California State Department of Water Resources   5.000   05/01/20   2,380,280 
 1,000,000       California State Public Works Board, GO   5.000   11/01/22   1,151,870 
 1,000,000       City of Los Angeles CA, GO   5.000   09/01/22   1,171,370 
 1,000,000       City of Los Angeles CA, GO   5.000   09/01/23   1,155,890 
 2,000,000       County of San Bernardino CA, COP   5.250   08/01/19   2,269,780 
 2,500,000       East Side Union High School District-Santa Clara County, GO   5.250   02/01/23   2,882,050 
 635,000       Sacramento City Financing Authority   5.400   11/01/20   721,328 
 1,855,000       State of California, GO   5.000   03/01/17   2,109,246 
 3,000,000       State of California, GO   5.000   02/01/18   3,468,330 
 5,000,000       State of California, GO   5.000   10/01/18   5,849,550 
 1,000,000       State of California, GO   5.000   03/01/19   1,168,770 
 850,000       State of California, GO   5.250   02/01/20   1,011,177 
 2,000,000       State of California, GO   5.000   02/01/22   2,340,940 
 2,000,000       State of California, GO   5.000   04/01/22   2,340,480 
 2,000,000       State of California, GO   5.250   10/01/22   2,385,480 
 3,000,000       State of California, GO   5.000   02/01/23   3,492,870 
 4,000,000       State of California, GO   5.000   09/01/23   4,666,440 
 2,000,000       University of California   5.000   05/15/38   2,107,620 
 1,710,000       West Contra Costa Unified School District, GO   5.700   02/01/21   2,048,922 
 1,450,000       West Contra Costa Unified School District, GO   6.000   08/01/21   1,783,225 
 1,810,000       West Contra Costa Unified School District, GO   5.700   02/01/22   2,178,027 
         TOTAL CALIFORNIA           48,683,645 
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             MATURITY    
PRINCIPAL      ISSUER  RATE  DATE  VALUE 
COLORADO - 1.6%             
$1,000,000      City & County of Denver CO Airport System Revenue   5.000%  11/15/23  $1,130,470 
 1,375,000      Denver City & County School District No, GO   5.000   12/01/23   1,627,505 
 1,000,000      Denver City & County School District No, GO   5.500   12/01/23   1,227,360 
 1,000,000      Jefferson County Colorado School District, GO   5.000   12/15/23   1,184,240 
 350,000      Rangely Hospital District, GO   5.000   11/01/15   374,147 
 350,000      Rangely Hospital District, GO   5.000   11/01/16   382,280 
        TOTAL COLORADO           5,926,002 
                      
CONNECTICUT - 4.4%             
 1,400,000      Connecticut State Health & Educational Facility Authority   5.000   07/01/22   1,564,780 
 1,000,000   i  State of Connecticut   0.300   03/01/16   990,760 
 1,000,000   i  State of Connecticut   0.410   03/01/17   987,760 
 3,000,000   i  State of Connecticut   0.950   08/15/18   2,997,210 
 1,000,000   i  State of Connecticut   0.620   03/01/19   979,100 
 3,000,000   i  State of Connecticut   1.090   08/15/20   2,994,390 
 4,000,000      State of Connecticut Special Tax Revenue   5.000   01/01/33   4,287,160 
 1,000,000      State of Connecticut, GO   5.000   05/15/21   1,180,740 
        TOTAL CONNECTICUT           15,981,900 
                      
DELAWARE - 0.2%             
 810,000      Delaware State Health Facilities Authority   5.000   07/01/18   861,557 
        TOTAL DELAWARE           861,557 
                      
FLORIDA - 1.6%             
 1,485,000      Broward County School Board, COP   5.250   07/01/16   1,644,311 
 552,000      City of Lakeland FL, ETM   5.750   10/01/19   594,217 
 845,000      County of Brevard FL, GO   5.000   07/01/16   900,897 
 1,365,000      County of Broward FL, GO   5.000   01/01/21   1,607,601 
 1,000,000      County of Orange FL   5.000   10/01/21   1,140,460 
        TOTAL FLORIDA           5,887,486 
                      
GEORGIA - 3.0%             
 2,500,000      City of Atlanta GA Water & Wastewater Revenue   5.000   11/01/23   2,891,975 
 1,155,000      Columbus Hospital Authority, GO   5.000   07/01/19   1,339,396 
 1,215,000      Columbus Hospital Authority, GO   5.000   07/01/20   1,419,643 
 745,000      Fulton County Development Authority   5.000   11/01/17   854,120 
 1,470,000      Fulton County Development Authority   5.000   11/01/18   1,705,009 
 1,300,000      Fulton County Development Authority   5.000   11/01/19   1,512,420 
 445,000      Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority   6.250   07/01/18   486,843 
 480,000      Municipal Electric Authority of Georgia   6.500   01/01/17   507,638 
        TOTAL GEORGIA           10,717,044 
                      
HAWAII - 0.7%             
 1,480,000   h  Hawaii State Department of Budget & Finance   5.500   07/01/43   1,511,213 
 1,000,000      State of Hawaii, GO   5.000   12/01/22   1,174,620 
        TOTAL HAWAII           2,685,833 
186

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              MATURITY    
PRINCIPAL      ISSUER  RATE  DATE  VALUE 
ILLINOIS - 12.7%             
$1,500,000      Chicago Board of Education   5.250%  12/01/18  $1,654,920 
 3,200,000      Chicago Board of Education   5.000   12/01/20   3,442,784 
 5,000,000   i  Chicago Board of Education   0.900   03/01/36   4,862,500 
 1,000,000      Chicago Board of Education, GO   5.000   12/01/18   1,091,430 
 2,560,000      Chicago Board of Education, GO   5.000   12/01/18   2,794,061 
 900,000      Chicago Board of Education, GO   5.000   12/01/18   982,287 
 1,230,000      Chicago Board of Education, GO   6.000   01/01/20   1,356,013 
 1,665,000      Chicago Board of Education, GO   5.000   12/01/21   1,770,328 
 1,000,000      Chicago Public Building Commission   5.250   03/01/24   1,096,620 
 2,085,000      Chicago State University   5.500   12/01/23   2,271,170 
 970,000      Chicago Transit Authority   5.000   12/01/22   1,085,624 
 465,000      Chicago Transit Authority   5.250   12/01/23   524,422 
 1,220,000      Chicago Transit Authority   5.250   12/01/24   1,355,725 
 3,000,000      City of Chicago IL O’Hare International Airport Revenue, AMT   5.000   01/01/22   3,356,160 
 470,000      City of Chicago IL   5.000   01/01/21   529,798 
 1,650,000      Regional Transportation Authority   6.000   06/01/23   1,950,679 
 1,500,000      State of Illinois   5.000   06/15/19   1,721,190 
 935,000      State of Illinois   6.250   12/15/20   1,029,744 
 3,000,000      State of Illinois, GO   5.000   04/01/18   3,308,910 
 2,045,000      State of Illinois, GO   5.000   01/01/20   2,126,268 
 1,835,000      State of Illinois, GO   5.000   01/01/20   2,011,821 
 1,650,000      State of Illinois, GO   5.000   01/01/20   1,807,047 
 1,000,000      State of Illinois, GO   5.250   01/01/20   1,109,180 
 875,000      State of Illinois, GO   5.000   04/01/21   920,587 
 1,610,000      State of Illinois, GO   5.000   08/01/23   1,714,087 
        TOTAL ILLINOIS           45,873,355 
                      
INDIANA - 2.7%             
 770,000      Franklin Community Multi-School Building Corp, GO   5.000   07/15/22   868,445 
 1,000,000      Griffith Multi-School Building Corp, GO   5.000   07/15/15   1,070,880 
 1,520,000      Hammond Multi-School Building Corp, GO   5.000   07/15/17   1,680,041 
 2,120,000      Indiana Bond Bank   5.250   04/01/19   2,409,401 
 250,000      Indiana Finance Authority   5.000   09/15/18   265,270 
 250,000      Indiana Finance Authority   5.000   09/15/19   263,930 
 1,940,000      Indianapolis Local Public Improvement Bond Bank   5.500   01/01/21   2,231,795 
 400,000      Lawrence Township School Building Corp, GO   5.000   07/10/19   446,792 
 535,000      New Albany Floyd County School Building Corp, GO   5.000   07/15/15   571,444 
        TOTAL INDIANA           9,807,998 
                      
KENTUCKY - 1.6%
 5,000,000      Kentucky Asset Liability Commission   5.250   09/01/23   5,790,850 
        TOTAL KENTUCKY           5,790,850 
                      
LOUISIANA - 0.3%                    
 1,000,000      Louisiana Public Facilities Authority   5.250   10/01/24   1,136,040 
        TOTAL LOUISIANA           1,136,040 
187

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               MATURITY    
PRINCIPAL       ISSUER  RATE  DATE  VALUE 
MAINE - 0.3%             
$1,000,000       Maine Health & Higher Educational Facilities Authority   5.000%  07/01/20  $1,138,930 
         TOTAL MAINE           1,138,930 
                       
MARYLAND - 0.2%             
 500,000       Maryland Health & Higher Educational Facilities Authority   5.000   05/15/23   565,445 
         TOTAL MARYLAND           565,445 
                       
MASSACHUSETTS - 1.2%             
 2,000,000       Commonwealth of Massachusetts   5.000   08/01/20   2,374,080 
 1,750,000       Massachusetts Development Finance Agency   5.000   07/01/23   2,069,725 
         TOTAL MASSACHUSETTS           4,443,805 
                       
MICHIGAN - 0.5%             
 1,005,000       Michigan Municipal Bond Authority   5.000   10/01/19   1,171,428 
 500,000       Michigan State Building Authority   5.000   10/15/20   565,350 
         TOTAL MICHIGAN           1,736,778 
                       
MINNESOTA - 1.8%             
 1,000,000       Minnesota Public Facilities Authority   5.000   03/01/16   1,101,360 
 3,000,000       St. Paul Port Authority   5.000   12/01/21   3,507,060 
 1,715,000       University of Minnesota   5.000   08/01/21   2,059,887 
         TOTAL MINNESOTA           6,668,307 
                       
MISSISSIPPI - 0.7%             
 2,100,000       Mississippi Development Bank Special Obligation   5.000   07/01/17   2,325,330 
         TOTAL MISSISSIPPI           2,325,330 
                       
MISSOURI - 0.5%             
 1,500,000       City of Kansas City MO Airport Revenue   5.000   09/01/19   1,716,375 
         TOTAL MISSOURI           1,716,375 
                       
NEBRASKA - 1.4%             
 1,000,000       Central Plains Energy Project   5.000   09/01/22   1,075,080 
 4,000,000       Omaha Public Power District   5.000   02/01/42   4,148,640 
         TOTAL NEBRASKA           5,223,720 
                       
NEW JERSEY - 5.2%             
 4,000,000       New Jersey Economic Development Authority   5.000   09/01/20   4,592,680 
 3,000,000       New Jersey Economic Development Authority   5.000   03/01/21   3,432,420 
 1,980,000       New Jersey Economic Development Authority, GO   5.250   12/15/20   2,316,759 
 60,000       New Jersey State Turnpike Authority, ETM   6.500   01/01/16   64,421 
 1,815,000       New Jersey Transportation Trust Fund Authority   5.250   12/15/19   2,123,822 
 500,000       New Jersey Transportation Trust Fund Authority   5.000   06/15/20   578,325 
 1,025,000       New Jersey Transportation Trust Fund Authority   5.250   12/15/20   1,208,906 
 2,800,000       New Jersey Transportation Trust Fund Authority   5.250   12/15/20   3,290,280 
188

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              MATURITY    
PRINCIPAL      ISSUER  RATE  DATE  VALUE 
$1,000,000      New Jersey Transportation Trust Fund Authority   5.250%  06/15/23  $1,141,810 
        TOTAL NEW JERSEY           18,749,423 
                     
NEW YORK - 14.1%             
 500,000      Build NYC Resource Corp   5.000   04/01/33   466,930 
 3,010,000      Build NYC Resource Corp   5.500   04/01/43   2,879,035 
 3,700,000   i  City of New York NY   0.450   08/01/21   3,692,711 
 2,000,000   i  City of New York NY   0.540   08/01/21   1,991,100 
 1,500,000   i  City of New York NY   0.620   08/01/25   1,492,170 
 1,000,000      Metropolitan Transportation Authority   5.000   11/15/20   1,172,710 
 1,000,000      Metropolitan Transportation Authority   5.250   11/15/20   1,170,420 
 1,000,000      Metropolitan Transportation Authority   5.000   11/15/21   1,150,870 
 1,000,000      Metropolitan Transportation Authority   5.250   11/15/23   1,154,430 
 5,000,000      Monroe County Industrial Development Corp   5.000   07/01/43   5,163,250 
 2,000,000      New York City Health & Hospital Corp   5.000   02/15/20   2,315,500 
 1,000,000      New York State Dormitory Authority   5.000   07/01/16   1,106,280 
 2,250,000      New York State Dormitory Authority   5.000   10/01/17   2,573,033 
 1,000,000      New York State Dormitory Authority   5.000   10/01/18   1,156,330 
 1,000,000      New York State Dormitory Authority   5.000   02/15/19   1,142,070 
 1,405,000      New York State Dormitory Authority   5.000   07/01/19   1,592,624 
 1,000,000      New York State Dormitory Authority   5.000   10/01/19   1,159,490 
 1,100,000      New York State Dormitory Authority   5.000   07/01/20   1,281,544 
 135,000      New York State Dormitory Authority   5.000   07/01/21   150,760 
 1,175,000      New York State Dormitory Authority   5.000   02/15/24   1,341,356 
 1,000,000      New York State Environmental Facilities Corp   5.000   06/15/23   1,203,610 
 1,100,000      New York State Urban Development Corp   5.000   03/15/18   1,275,934 
 2,000,000      New York State Urban Development Corp   5.000   03/15/20   2,356,060 
 5,000,000      New York State Urban Development Corp   5.000   03/15/32   5,390,150 
 1,635,000      Port Authority of New York & New Jersey, AMT   5.000   09/15/20   1,888,621 
 2,000,000      Tobacco Settlement Financing Corp   5.000   06/01/18   2,301,300 
 1,500,000      Westchester County NY Local Development Corp   5.000   01/01/34   1,460,760 
 1,200,000      Westchester County NY Local Development Corp   5.000   01/01/28   1,178,328 
        TOTAL NEW YORK           51,207,376 
                     
NORTH CAROLINA - 1.8%             
 1,000,000      County of New Hanover NC, GO   5.000   12/01/20   1,198,470 
 5,000,000      University of North Carolina at Greensboro   5.000   04/01/36   5,232,350 
        TOTAL NORTH CAROLINA           6,430,820 
                      
OHIO - 8.0%             
 2,000,000      City of Cincinnati OH   5.000   12/01/21   2,383,260 
 2,500,000      City of Columbus OH   5.000   08/15/23   2,987,875 
 1,500,000      City of Columbus OH, GO   5.000   07/01/21   1,785,750 
 1,290,000      Lorain County Port Authority   5.000   11/15/22   1,399,999 
 1,760,000      Lorain County Port Authority   5.000   11/15/30   1,800,603 
 5,155,000      Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District   5.000   11/15/38   5,407,543 
 1,000,000      Ohio Air Quality Development Authority   5.625   06/01/18   1,089,710 
 1,500,000      Ohio State Turnpike Commission   5.000   02/15/20   1,714,665 
 3,000,000      Ohio State Water Development Authority   5.000   06/01/23   3,569,160 
 1,660,000      State of Ohio   5.000   01/15/21   1,845,837 

189

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              MATURITY    
PRINCIPAL      ISSUER  RATE  DATE  VALUE 
$1,200,000      State of Ohio   5.000%  01/01/23  $1,352,676 
 1,000,000      State of Ohio, GO   5.000   09/15/20   1,186,610 
 1,000,000      State of Ohio, GO   5.000   08/01/21   1,186,860 
 1,000,000      State of Ohio, GO   5.000   09/15/22   1,191,410 
        TOTAL OHIO           28,901,958 
                       
OREGON - 0.3%             
 740,000      State of Oregon   5.000   05/01/21   881,606 
        TOTAL OREGON           881,606 
                       
PENNSYLVANIA - 1.4%             
 1,925,000      Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, GO   5.000   02/15/19   2,253,790 
 500,000      Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission   5.000   07/01/22   569,790 
 195,000      Lackawanna Housing Authority   5.000   09/01/16   211,518 
 1,000,000      Pennsylvania Higher Educational Facilities Authority   5.000   08/15/22   1,142,110 
 1,000,000   i  Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission   1.220   12/01/19   1,002,080 
        TOTAL PENNSYLVANIA           5,179,288 
                       
PUERTO RICO - 1.2%             
 3,200,000      Puerto Rico Commonwealth Infrastructure Financing Authority   5.500   07/01/19   2,718,368 
 750,000      Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority   5.500   07/01/17   699,173 
 1,200,000      Puerto Rico Infrastructure Financing Authority   5.500   07/01/21   1,002,792 
        TOTAL PUERTO RICO           4,420,333 
                       
RHODE ISLAND - 1.0%             
 315,000      Providence Housing Authority   5.000   09/01/18   352,211 
 900,000      Rhode Island Student Loan Authority, AMT   5.000   12/01/16   987,219 
 2,000,000      State of Rhode Island, GO   5.000   08/01/21   2,311,860 
        TOTAL RHODE ISLAND           3,651,290 
                       
SOUTH CAROLINA - 0.9%             
 750,000      Lexington County Health Services District, Inc   5.000   11/01/19   863,318 
 1,120,000      Scago Educational Facilities Corp for Colleton School District   5.000   12/01/16   1,254,579 
 1,000,000      Scago Public Facilities Corp for Georgetown County   5.000   12/01/19   1,175,600 
        TOTAL SOUTH CAROLINA           3,293,497 
                       
SOUTH DAKOTA - 0.1%             
 410,000      State of South Dakota   6.700   09/01/17   450,225 
        TOTAL SOUTH DAKOTA           450,225 
                       
TENNESSEE - 1.6%             
 5,500,000      Tennessee State School Bond Authority   5.000   05/01/39   5,801,840 
        TOTAL TENNESSEE           5,801,840 
                       
TEXAS - 3.7%             
 970,000      Bexar Metropolitan Water District   5.000   05/01/17   1,080,289 
190

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              MATURITY    
PRINCIPAL      ISSUER   RATE  DATE  VALUE 
$2,000,000      City of Dallas TX, GO   5.000%  02/15/18  $2,312,200 
 1,100,000   i  Harris County Cultural Education Facilities Finance Corp   0.470   06/01/16   1,098,933 
 1,000,000   i  Harris County Cultural Education Facilities Finance Corp   0.670   06/01/18   995,060 
 1,065,000   i  Harris County Cultural Education Facilities Finance Corp   0.820   06/01/20   1,051,421 
 1,500,000      Lewisville Independent School District   5.000   08/15/19   1,766,070 
 1,500,000      Lewisville Independent School District   5.000   08/15/20   1,777,830 
 1,000,000      Lubbock Health Facilities Development Corp   5.000   07/01/19   1,145,060 
 1,000,000      State of Texas, GO   5.000   10/01/22   1,178,550 
 1,000,000      Texas Water Development Board   5.000   07/15/16   1,120,370 
        TOTAL TEXAS           13,525,783 
                      
UTAH - 1.0%             
 2,000,000      Intermountain Power Agency   5.000   07/01/16   2,221,200 
 1,000,000      State of Utah   5.000   07/01/21   1,200,710 
        TOTAL UTAH           3,421,910 
                      
VIRGINIA - 1.7%             
 220,000      Tobacco Settlement Financing Corp, ETM   5.500   06/01/26   232,962 
 1,000,000      Virginia College Building Authority   5.000   02/01/23   1,188,500 
 4,480,000      Virginia Resources Authority   5.000   11/01/42   4,764,301 
        TOTAL VIRGINIA           6,185,763 
                      
WASHINGTON - 1.8%             
 3,150,000      Port of Seattle WA   5.500   09/01/17   3,601,017 
 2,470,000      State of Washington, GO   5.000   07/01/23   2,937,472 
        TOTAL WASHINGTON           6,538,489 
                      
WEST VIRGINIA - 0.8%             
 695,000      City of Princeton WV   4.000   05/01/15   710,262 
 1,500,000      City of Princeton WV   5.000   05/01/21   1,598,190 
 500,000      City of Princeton WV   5.000   05/01/22   526,335 
        TOTAL WEST VIRGINIA           2,834,787 
                      
WISCONSIN - 1.0%             
 1,040,000      State of Wisconsin   5.000   05/01/19   1,212,245 
 1,000,000      State of Wisconsin   5.000   05/01/21   1,179,150 
 1,000,000      Wisconsin Department of Transportation   5.000   07/01/18   1,160,180 
        TOTAL WISCONSIN           3,551,575 
                      
        TOTAL LONG-TERM MUNICIPAL BONDS           352,693,330 
        (Cost $346,633,179)             
                      
        TOTAL INVESTMENTS - 97.3%           352,693,330 
        (Cost $346,633,179)             
        OTHER ASSETS & LIABILITIES, NET - 2.7%           9,730,129 
        NET ASSETS - 100.0%          $362,423,459 
191

TIAA-CREF FUNDS - Tax-Exempt Bond Fund

 

                 
         Abbreviation(s):
       AMT  Alternative Minimum Tax (subject to)
       COP  Certificate of Participation
       ETM  Escrowed to Maturity
       GO  General Obligation
                                   
       h  These securities were purchased on a delayed delivery basis.
       i  Floating or variable rate security. Coupon rate reflects the rate at period end.
192

TIAA-CREF FUNDS - Money Market Fund

 

TIAA-CREF FUNDS

MONEY MARKET FUND

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (unaudited)

September 30, 2013

 

PRINCIPAL        ISSUER  RATE  MATURITY
DATE
    VALUE  
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS - 99.9%         
                      
CERTIFICATE OF DEPOSIT - 5.3%           
$5,000,000      Banco Del Estado De Chile   0.215%  10/22/13  $5,000,000 
 2,000,000      Banco Del Estado De Chile   0.205   11/12/13   2,000,000 
 3,000,000      Bank of Montreal   0.130   10/29/13   3,000,000 
 11,500,000      Standard Chartered Bank   0.210   12/02/13   11,500,000 
 10,000,000      Toronto-Dominion Bank   0.120   10/24/13   10,000,000 
 5,000,000      Toronto-Dominion Bank   0.160   12/30/13   5,000,000 
 3,000,000      Toronto-Dominion Bank   0.150   01/06/14   3,000,000 
 5,000,000      Wells Fargo Bank NA   0.180   12/11/13   5,000,000 
        TOTAL CERTIFICATE OF DEPOSIT           44,500,000 
                     
COMMERCIAL PAPER - 43.0%           
 3,000,000      American Honda Finance Corp   0.110   10/04/13   2,999,973 
 5,000,000      American Honda Finance Corp   0.110   10/07/13   4,999,908 
 4,100,000      American Honda Finance Corp   0.090   10/08/13   4,099,928 
 3,000,000      American Honda Finance Corp   0.100   10/24/13   2,999,808 
 3,000,000      American Honda Finance Corp   0.115   11/07/13   2,999,646 
 5,000,000      American Honda Finance Corp   0.120   11/12/13   4,999,300 
 3,495,000      Bank of Nova Scotia   0.170   10/01/13   3,495,000 
 454,000      Bank of Nova Scotia   0.130   11/13/13   453,930 
 750,000      Bank of Nova Scotia   0.150   12/24/13   749,737 
 3,000,000      Bank of Nova Scotia   0.175   01/02/14   2,998,644 
 2,000,000      Bank of Nova Scotia   0.175   01/08/14   1,999,037 
 1,325,000      Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ Ltd   0.150   10/07/13   1,324,967 
 5,000,000      Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ Ltd   0.170   10/24/13   4,999,457 
 8,000,000      Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ Ltd   0.190   11/14/13   7,998,142 
 500,000      Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ Ltd   0.190   11/15/13   499,881 
 3,500,000      Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ Ltd   0.190-0.200   12/03/13   3,498,796 
 5,000,000   y  Bedford Row Funding Corp   0.220   02/03/14   4,996,181 
 2,130,000   y  Coca-Cola Co   0.125   10/08/13   2,129,948 
 5,000,000   y  Coca-Cola Co   0.135   10/23/13   4,999,587 
 4,000,000   y  Coca-Cola Co   0.190   11/18/13   3,998,987 
 4,500,000   y  Coca-Cola Co   0.185   11/21/13   4,498,821 
 2,000,000   y  Coca-Cola Co   0.120   12/19/13   1,999,473 
 8,000,000   y  Coca-Cola Co   0.130   12/20/13   7,997,689 
 1,500,000   y  Coca-Cola Co   0.130   01/23/14   1,499,383 
 700,000   y  Coca-Cola Co   0.180   02/10/14   699,538 
 3,000,000   y  Commonwealth Bank of Australia   0.185   10/08/13   2,999,892 
 5,400,000   y  Commonwealth Bank of Australia   0.150   11/20/13   5,398,875 
 9,500,000   y  Commonwealth Bank of Australia   0.150-0.160   11/25/13   9,497,746 
 1,000,000   y  Commonwealth Bank of Australia   0.190   12/05/13   999,657 
 1,300,000   y  DBS Bank Ltd   0.200-0.240   01/06/14   1,299,252 
 2,032,000   y  Fairway Finance LLC   0.210   10/11/13   2,031,881 
 8,015,000   y  Fairway Finance LLC   0.170   10/25/13   8,014,092 
 3,815,000   y  Fairway Finance LLC    0.160-0.170   10/28/13   3,814,522 

193

TIAA-CREF FUNDS - Money Market Fund

 

PRINCIPAL      ISSUER  RATE  MATURITY
DATE
  VALUE 
$5,000,000   y  Fairway Finance LLC   0.170%  11/04/13  $4,999,197 
 1,800,000      General Electric Capital Corp   0.200   10/04/13   1,799,970 
 7,500,000      General Electric Capital Corp   0.180   11/04/13   7,498,725 
 3,000,000      General Electric Capital Corp   0.140   12/19/13   2,999,078 
 2,500,000      General Electric Capital Corp   0.200   12/20/13   2,498,889 
 5,000,000      General Electric Capital Corp   0.100   01/07/14   4,998,639 
 10,000,000      General Electric Capital Corp   0.130   01/24/14   9,995,847 
 161,000      JPMorgan Chase Bank NA   0.260   10/21/13   160,977 
 223,000      JPMorgan Chase Bank NA   0.260   10/28/13   222,957 
 346,000      JPMorgan Chase Bank NA   0.200-0.260   11/04/13   345,923 
 172,000      JPMorgan Chase Bank NA   0.230   11/12/13   171,954 
 236,000      JPMorgan Chase Bank NA   0.230   01/13/14   235,843 
 3,000,000   y  Liberty Street Funding LLC   0.170   10/15/13   2,999,802 
 1,040,000   y  Liberty Street Funding LLC   0.170   10/16/13   1,039,926 
 5,000,000   y  Liberty Street Funding LLC   0.180   11/01/13   4,999,225 
 3,375,000   y  Liberty Street Funding LLC   0.170   11/12/13   3,374,331 
 2,625,000   y  Liberty Street Funding LLC   0.170   11/13/13   2,624,467 
 6,100,000   y  Merck & Co, Inc   0.040   10/21/13   6,099,864 
 10,000,000   y  Microsoft Corp   0.070   11/20/13   9,999,028 
 13,411,000   y  National Australia Funding Delaware, Inc   0.014-0.180   10/01/13   13,411,000 
 1,500,000   y  National Australia Funding Delaware, Inc   0.160   10/07/13   1,499,960 
 1,375,000   y  National Australia Funding Delaware, Inc   0.165   10/16/13   1,374,906 
 1,450,000   y  National Australia Funding Delaware, Inc   0.140   11/04/13   1,449,808 
 5,000,000   y  National Australia Funding Delaware, Inc   0.165   12/04/13   4,998,533 
 2,000,000   y  Nestle Capital Corp   0.135   10/16/13   1,999,887 
 5,280,000   y  Nestle Capital Corp   0.090   11/12/13   5,279,446 
 2,500,000   y  Nestle Capital Corp   0.100   11/19/13   2,499,660 
 10,000,000   y  Nestle Capital Corp   0.070   12/06/13   9,998,717 
 4,000,000   y  Old Line Funding LLC   0.200   10/11/13   3,999,778 
 2,000,000   y  Old Line Funding LLC   0.200   10/29/13   1,999,689 
 350,000   y  Old Line Funding LLC   0.215   11/20/13   349,895 
 5,000,000   y  Old Line Funding LLC   0.240   02/12/14   4,995,533 
 350,000      PACCAR Financial Corp   0.050   10/04/13   349,999 
 2,000,000      PACCAR Financial Corp   0.060   10/09/13   1,999,973 
 4,400,000      PACCAR Financial Corp   0.060   10/17/13   4,399,883 
 5,000,000   y  Pfizer, Inc   0.030   10/03/13   4,999,992 
 3,000,000   y  Private Export Funding Corp   0.110   12/17/13   2,999,294 
 735,000   y  Private Export Funding Corp   0.250   04/07/14   734,040 
 3,100,000   y  Procter & Gamble Co   0.080   12/12/13   3,099,504 
 1,000,000      Province of British Columbia   0.150   10/07/13   999,975 
 3,000,000      Province of British Columbia   0.150   12/02/13   2,999,225 
 3,000,000      Province of Ontario Canada   0.110   10/21/13   2,999,817 
 5,000,000      Province of Ontario Canada   0.120   11/06/13   4,999,400 
 4,500,000   y  Province of Quebec Canada   0.070   10/08/13   4,499,939 
 1,500,000   y  Province of Quebec Canada   0.110   10/09/13   1,499,963 
 5,000,000   y  Province of Quebec Canada   0.150   10/17/13   4,999,667 
 2,000,000   y  Province of Quebec Canada   0.130   11/08/13   1,999,725 
 1,960,000   y  Province of Quebec Canada   0.105   11/13/13   1,959,754 
 2,720,000   y  Province of Quebec Canada   0.060   11/26/13   2,719,746 
 2,500,000   y  Province of Quebec Canada   0.100   12/09/13   2,499,521 
 6,930,000   y  PSP Capital, Inc   0.145   10/02/13   6,929,972 
 2,500,000   y  PSP Capital, Inc   0.110   11/08/13   2,499,710 

194

TIAA-CREF FUNDS - Money Market Fund

 

PRINCIPAL      ISSUER   RATE  MATURITY
DATE
  VALUE  
$2,000,000   y  PSP Capital, Inc   0.140%  11/13/13  $1,999,666 
 5,000,000   y  PSP Capital, Inc   0.110   11/19/13   4,999,251 
 5,750,000   y  PSP Capital, Inc   0.130   12/17/13   5,748,401 
 3,549,000      Shell International Finance BV   4.000   03/21/14   3,611,214 
 1,100,000   y  Standard Chartered Bank   0.290   10/01/13   1,100,000 
 1,300,000   y  Standard Chartered Bank   0.210   11/04/13   1,299,742 
 4,000,000   y  Standard Chartered Bank   0.205   11/08/13   3,999,135 
 4,010,000   y  Standard Chartered Bank   0.185   11/19/13   4,008,990 
 3,630,000   y  Thunder Bay Funding LLC   0.170   12/27/13   3,628,509 
 370,000   y  Toronto-Dominion Holdings USA, Inc   0.160   12/18/13   369,872 
 3,000,000      Toyota Motor Credit Corp   0.100   10/15/13   2,999,883 
 4,200,000      Toyota Motor Credit Corp   0.110   11/05/13   4,199,551 
 7,700,000      Toyota Motor Credit Corp   0.120   11/06/13   7,699,076 
 2,100,000   y  United Overseas Bank Ltd   0.180   12/09/13   2,099,275 
 5,000,000   y  Wal-Mart Stores, Inc   0.050   10/07/13   4,999,958 
 1,610,000   y  Wal-Mart Stores, Inc   0.060-0.085   10/16/13   1,609,950 
 1,150,000   y  Wal-Mart Stores, Inc   0.060   10/17/13   1,149,969 
 5,000,000   y  Wal-Mart Stores, Inc   0.050   10/29/13   4,999,806 
 1,200,000   y  Westpac Banking Corp   0.210   01/03/14   1,199,342 
        TOTAL COMMERCIAL PAPER           360,823,821 
                     
GOVERNMENT AGENCY DEBT - 24.5%           
 2,000,000      Federal Farm Credit Bank (FFCB)   0.065   10/10/13   1,999,967 
 5,000,000      FFCB   0.020   12/04/13   4,999,822 
 1,461,000      Federal Home Loan Bank (FHLB)   0.045-0.060   10/04/13   1,460,994 
 900,000      FHLB   0.050   10/09/13   899,990 
 1,430,000      FHLB   0.060   10/11/13   1,429,976 
 10,000,000      FHLB   0.055   10/18/13   9,999,740 
 5,000,000      FHLB   0.040   10/23/13   4,999,878 
 2,380,000      FHLB   0.040-0.070   10/25/13   2,379,929 
 9,375,000      FHLB   0.050   10/30/13   9,374,622 
 11,270,000      FHLB   0.040-0.045   11/08/13   11,269,510 
 12,115,000      FHLB   0.040-0.070   11/13/13   12,114,242 
 14,500,000      FHLB   0.030-0.060   11/22/13   14,499,047 
 11,300,000      FHLB   0.030-0.040   11/27/13   11,299,363 
 5,390,000      FHLB   0.040-0.060   12/04/13   5,389,578 
 8,000,000      FHLB   0.035-0.047   12/06/13   7,999,377 
 10,000,000      FHLB   0.020   12/09/13   9,999,617 
 285,000      FHLB   0.040   12/11/13   284,977 
 6,900,000      FHLB   0.035-0.150   12/13/13   6,898,764 
 1,000,000      FHLB   0.100   12/16/13   999,789 
 4,670,000      FHLB   0.020   12/18/13   4,669,798 
 5,000,000      FHLB   0.030   12/19/13   4,999,671 
 1,752,000      FHLB   0.040   12/26/13   1,751,832 
 3,000,000      FHLB   0.045   12/27/13   2,999,674 
 3,500,000      FHLB   0.145   01/02/14   3,498,689 
 350,000      Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp (FHLMC)   0.050   10/01/13   350,000 
 1,100,000      FHLMC   0.050   10/03/13   1,099,997 
 2,471,000      FHLMC   0.040-0.050   10/08/13   2,470,977 
 4,933,000      FHLMC   0.040   10/15/13   4,932,923 
 3,885,000      FHLMC   0.045-0.065   10/21/13   3,884,882 
 5,385,000      FHLMC   0.060   10/28/13   5,384,758 

195

TIAA-CREF FUNDS - Money Market Fund

 

PRINCIPAL       ISSUER  RATE  MATURITY DATE  VALUE 
$2,500,000       FHLMC   0.040%  11/05/13  $2,499,903 
 200,000       FHLMC   0.070   11/26/13   199,978 
 2,000,000       FHLMC   0.035   12/03/13   1,999,878 
 3,780,000       FHLMC   0.030   12/10/13   3,779,780 
 6,240,000       FHLMC   0.040-0.080   12/16/13   6,239,346 
 7,000,000       FHLMC   0.025-0.037   12/23/13   6,999,541 
 1,400,000       FHLMC   0.120   01/15/14   1,399,505 
 600,000       FHLMC   0.090   01/27/14   599,823 
 821,000       FHLMC   0.145   01/29/14   820,603 
 390,000       FHLMC   0.130   02/04/14   389,823 
 683,000       FHLMC   0.050-0.060   02/11/14   682,868 
 1,770,000       FHLMC   0.130   02/24/14   1,769,067 
 1,500,000       Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA)   0.030-0.095   10/09/13   1,499,976 
 2,400,000       FNMA   0.050   10/16/13   2,399,950 
 2,000,000       FNMA   0.040   10/23/13   1,999,951 
 300,000       FNMA   0.125   11/20/13   299,948 
 8,640,000       FNMA   0.025   12/16/13   8,639,544 
 40,000       FNMA   0.160   01/09/14   39,982 
 300,000       FNMA   0.160   01/27/14   299,843 
 8,300,000       FNMA   0.040   01/29/14   8,298,893 
         TOTAL GOVERNMENT AGENCY DEBT           205,200,585 
                       
TREASURY DEBT - 17.1%          
 6,285,000       United States Treasury Bill   0.083-0.089   10/03/13   6,284,970 
 165,000       United States Treasury Bill   0.049   10/10/13   164,998 
 8,000,000       United States Treasury Bill   0.083-0.086   10/17/13   7,999,703 
 2,485,000       United States Treasury Bill   0.023-0.063   10/24/13   2,484,961 
 5,167,000       United States Treasury Bill   0.033-0.078   11/07/13   5,166,592 
 5,040,000       United States Treasury Bill   0.031-0.052   11/21/13   5,039,683 
 5,175,000       United States Treasury Bill   0.032-0.073   11/29/13   5,174,552 
 2,000,000       United States Treasury Bill   0.068   12/05/13   1,999,756 
 185,000       United States Treasury Bill   0.139   12/12/13   184,949 
 5,825,000       United States Treasury Bill   0.020-0.062   12/26/13   5,824,478 
 6,000,000       United States Treasury Bill   0.031-0.048   01/09/14   5,999,392 
 67,000       United States Treasury Bill   0.045   02/06/14   66,989 
 1,260,000       United States Treasury Bill   0.038   03/20/14   1,259,777 
 975,000       United States Treasury Bill   0.035   03/27/14   974,832 
 7,825,000       United States Treasury Note   0.500   10/15/13   7,826,072 
 7,100,000       United States Treasury Note   0.250   10/31/13   7,100,674 
 9,420,000       United States Treasury Note   0.500   11/15/13   9,424,053 
 4,540,000       United States Treasury Note   0.750   12/15/13   4,545,427 
 5,950,000       United States Treasury Note   0.125   12/31/13   5,950,581 
 5,000,000       United States Treasury Note   1.000   01/15/14   5,013,650 
 9,670,000       United States Treasury Note   0.250   01/31/14   9,674,190 
 7,695,000       United States Treasury Note   0.250   02/28/14   7,699,492 
 5,090,000       United States Treasury Note   0.250   03/31/14   5,093,097 
 3,230,000       United States Treasury Note   1.250   04/15/14   3,250,296 
 6,240,000       United States Treasury Note   0.250   04/30/14   6,243,481 
 6,000,000       United States Treasury Note   1.000   05/15/14   6,031,865 
 5,815,000       United States Treasury Note   0.750   06/15/14   5,839,446 
 2,000,000       United States Treasury Note   0.250   06/30/14   2,002,229 
 5,140,000       United States Treasury Note   0.625   07/15/14   5,159,639 

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TIAA-CREF FUNDS - Money Market Fund

 

PRINCIPAL      ISSUER  RATE  MATURITY
DATE
  VALUE  
$1,230,000      United States Treasury Note   0.125%  07/31/14  $1,229,807 
 1,020,000      United States Treasury Note   0.500   08/15/14   1,023,122 
 2,000,000      United States Treasury Note   0.250   09/15/14   2,001,584 
        TOTAL TREASURY DEBT           143,734,337 
                         
VARIABLE RATE SECURITIES - 10.0%                 
 8,000,000   i  Federal Farm Credit Bank (FFCB)   0.100   10/01/13   7,994,888 
 4,600,000   i  FFCB   0.120   10/01/13   4,600,000 
 5,000,000   i  FFCB   0.180   10/01/13   4,999,137 
 5,000,000   i  FFCB   0.180   10/01/13   5,000,000 
 5,000,000   i  FFCB   0.200   10/01/13   5,002,326 
 4,500,000   i  FFCB   0.160   10/08/13   4,500,678 
 4,950,000   i  FFCB   0.220   10/15/13   4,949,829 
 9,000,000   i  FFCB   0.250   02/10/14   8,999,343 
 5,000,000   i  FFCB   0.152   04/16/14   5,000,000 
 2,580,000   i  FFCB   0.330   05/19/14   2,581,417 
 4,500,000   i  Federal Home Loan Bank (FHLB)   0.200   10/01/13   4,500,000 
 5,000,000   i  Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA)   0.320   10/28/13   5,000,000 
 5,000,000   i  FNMA   0.160   06/20/14   4,999,389 
 9,500,000   i  Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce   0.275   01/03/14   9,500,861 
 4,000,000   i  Royal Bank of Canada   0.280   06/10/14   4,000,000 
 2,350,000   i  Toronto-Dominion Bank   0.715   11/01/13   2,350,995 
        TOTAL VARIABLE RATE SECURITIES           83,978,863 
                      
        TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS           838,237,606 
        (Cost $838,237,606)             
                      
        TOTAL INVESTMENTS- 99.9%           838,237,606 
        (Cost $838,237,606)             
        OTHER ASSETS & LIABILITIES, NET - 0.1%           1,053,386 
        NET ASSETS - 100.0%          $839,290,992 

 

               
        i   Floating or variable rate security. Coupon rate reflects the rate at period end.
        y Security exempt from registration under Section 4(2) of the Securities Act of 1933. Such securities are deemed liquid and may be re-sold in transactions exempt from registration only to dealers in that program or other “accredited investors.” At 9/30/2013, the aggregate value of these securities was $241,520,869 or 28.8% of net assets.
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Item 7. Disclosure of Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures for Closed-End Management Investment Companies.

Not Applicable.

 

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

Not Applicable.

 

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

Not Applicable.

 

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

There were no material changes to the procedures by which shareholders may recommend nominees to the Registrant’s Board of Trustees.

 

Item 11. Controls and Procedures.

(a) An evaluation was performed within 90 days of the filing date of the report under the supervision of the Registrant’s management, including the principal executive officer and principal financial officer, of the effectiveness of the design and operation of the Registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures. Based on that evaluation, the Registrant’s management, including the principal executive officer and principal financial officer, concluded that the Registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures were effective for this semi-annual reporting period.

 

(b) There were no changes in the Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the Registrant’s semi-annual period covered by this report that materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the Registrant's internal control over financial reporting.

 

Item 12. Exhibits.

12(a)(2)(i) Section 302 certification of the principal executive officer

12(a)(2)(ii) Section 302 certification of the principal financial officer

12(b) Section 906 certification of principal executive officer and principal financial officer

 

 

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.

TIAA-CREF FUNDS

 

 

Dated: November 20, 2013 By: /s/ Robert G. Leary          
      Robert G. Leary
      President and Principal Executive Officer

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.

 

Dated:  November 20, 2013 By: /s/ Robert G. Leary          
      Robert G. Leary
      President and Principal Executive Officer
      (principal executive officer)

 

 

Dated: November 20, 2013 By: /s/ Phillip G. Goff            
      Phillip G. Goff
      Principal Financial Officer, Principal Accounting
      Officer and Treasurer
      (principal financial officer)
 

EXHIBIT INDEX

Item 12. Exhibits.

12(a)(2)(i) Section 302 certification of the principal executive officer

12(a)(2)(ii) Section 302 certification of the principal financial officer

12(b) Section 906 certification of principal executive officer and principal financial officer