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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 20549

 

 

FORM N-Q

 

 

QUARTERLY SCHEDULE OF PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS

OF REGISTERED MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANY

Investment Company Act file number 811-21624

 

 

Allianz Variable Insurance Products Fund of Funds Trust

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

 

 

5701 Golden Hills Drive, Minneapolis, MN 55416-1297

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)

 

 

Citi Fund Services Ohio, Inc., 3435 Stelzer Road, Columbus, OH 43219-8000

(Name and address of agent for service)

 

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: 1-800-624-0197

Date of fiscal year end: December 31

Date of reporting period: September 30, 2016

 

 

 


Item 1. Schedule of Investments.


AZL Balanced Index Strategy Fund

Schedule of Portfolio Investments

September 30, 2016 (Unaudited)

 

Shares

        Fair Value  

Affiliated Investment Companies (100.1%):

  

20,405,633

  

AZL Enhanced Bond Index Fund

   $ 222,829,517   

3,906,498

  

AZL International Index Fund

     56,136,381   

1,678,812

  

AZL Mid Cap Index Fund

     33,744,118   

8,640,183

  

AZL S&P 500 Index Fund, Class 2

     117,160,878   

1,401,320

  

AZL Small Cap Stock Index Fund

     18,020,971   
     

 

 

 

Total Affiliated Investment Companies
(Cost $377,266,777)

     447,891,865   
     

 

 

 

Total Investment Securities
(Cost $377,266,777)(a)—100.1%

     447,891,865   

Net other assets (liabilities)—(0.1)%

     (262,120 ) 
     

 

 

 

Net Assets - 100.0%

   $ 447,629,745   
     

 

 

 

Percentages indicated are based on net assets as of September 30, 2016.

 

(a) See Federal Tax Information listed in the Notes to the Schedules of Portfolio Investments.
 

See accompanying notes to the schedules of portfolio investments.


AZL DFA Multi-Strategy Fund

Schedule of Portfolio Investments

September 30, 2016 (Unaudited)

 

Shares

        Fair Value  

Affiliated Investment Companies (100.0%):

  

6,825,314

  

AZL DFA Emerging Markets Core Equity Fund

   $ 60,608,792   

  46,621,147

  

AZL DFA Five-Year Global Fixed Income Fund

     472,738,431   

9,140,536

  

AZL DFA International Core Equity Fund

     84,824,177   

45,053,561

  

AZL DFA U.S. Core Equity Fund

     457,293,642   

11,913,904

  

AZL DFA U.S. Small Cap Fund

     121,521,818   
     

 

 

 

Total Affiliated Investment Companies (Cost $1,193,753,804)

     1,196,986,860   
     

 

 

 

Total Investment Securities
(Cost $1,193,753,804)(a)—100.0%

     1,196,986,860   

Net other assets (liabilities)—0.0%

     11,559   
     

 

 

 

Net Assets—100.0%

   $ 1,196,998,419   
     

 

 

 

Percentages indicated are based on net assets as of September 30, 2016.

 

(a) See Federal Tax Information listed in the Notes to the Schedules of Portfolio Investments.
 

 

See accompanying notes to the schedules of portfolio investments.


AZL MVP Balanced Index Strategy Fund

Schedule of Portfolio Investments

September 30, 2016 (Unaudited)

 

Shares

        Fair Value  

Affiliated Investment Companies (95.0%):

  

  12,614,233

  

AZL Enhanced Bond Index Fund

   $ 137,747,423   

2,566,473

  

AZL International Index Fund

     36,880,223   

1,098,107

  

AZL Mid Cap Index Fund

     22,071,958   

5,109,692

  

AZL S&P 500 Index Fund, Class 2

     69,287,426   

915,324

  

AZL Small Cap Stock Index Fund

     11,771,062   
     

 

 

 

Total Affiliated Investment Companies (Cost $268,344,058)

     277,758,092   
     

 

 

 

Unaffiliated Investment Companies (1.0%):

  

264,504

  

Dreyfus Treasury Prime Cash Management Fund, Institutional Shares, 0.16%(a)

     264,504   

2,648,815

  

Goldman Sachs Financial Square Federal Fund, Institutional Shares, 0.16%(a)

     2,648,815   
     

 

 

 

Total Unaffiliated Investment Companies (Cost $2,913,319)

     2,913,319   
     

 

 

 

Total Investment Securities (Cost $271,257,377)(b)—96.0%

     280,671,411   

Net other assets (liabilities)—4.0%

     11,822,431   
     

 

 

 

Net Assets—100.0%

   $ 292,493,842   
     

 

 

 

Percentages indicated are based on net assets as of September 30, 2016.

 

(a) The rate represents the effective yield at September 30, 2016.
(b) See Federal Tax Information listed in the Notes to the Schedules of Portfolio Investments.
 

 

Continued


AZL MVP Balanced Index Strategy Fund

Schedule of Portfolio Investments

September 30, 2016 (Unaudited)

 

Futures Contracts

Cash of $9,365,885 has been segregated to cover margin requirements for the following open contracts as of September 30, 2016:

 

Description

   Type      Expiration
Date
     Number of
Contracts
     Notional
Value
     Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
 

S&P 500 Index E-Mini December Futures

     Long         12/16/16         68       $ 7,345,360       $ 149,050   

U.S. Treasury 10-Year Note December Futures

     Long         12/20/16         55         7,211,875         38,634   
              

 

 

 

Total

               $ 187,684   
              

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to the schedules of portfolio investments.


AZL MVP BlackRock Global Allocation Fund

Consolidated Schedule of Portfolio Investments

September 30, 2016 (Unaudited)

Shares

        Fair Value  

Common Stocks (52.0%):

  

Aerospace & Defense (1.5%):

  

313,297   

BAE Systems plc(a)

   $ 2,125,201   
853   

Boeing Co. (The)(a)

     112,374   
1,047   

Dassault Aviation SA(a)

     1,159,370   
46,972   

European Aeronautic Defence & Space Co. NV(a)

     2,840,911   
1,444   

General Dynamics Corp.(a)

     224,051   
6,592   

Hexcel Corp.^(a)

     292,026   
84,338   

Meggitt plc(a)

     492,982   
1,009   

Northrop Grumman Corp.(a)

     215,876   
1,102   

Raytheon Co.(a)

     150,015   
37,977   

Safran SA(a)

     2,730,316   
35,101   

Textron, Inc.(a)

     1,395,264   
     

 

 

 
        11,738,386   
     

 

 

 

Airlines (1.0%):

  

41,800   

Delta Air Lines, Inc.(a)

     1,645,248   
85,300   

Japan Airlines Co., Ltd.(a)

     2,511,518   
30,568   

Southwest Airlines Co.(a)

     1,188,790   
50,762   

United Continental Holdings,
Inc.*(a)

     2,663,482   
     

 

 

 
        8,009,038   
     

 

 

 

Auto Components (1.1%):

  

19,500   

Aisin Sieki Co., Ltd.(a)

     893,046   
34,500   

Bridgestone Corp.(a)

     1,272,634   
    161,683   

Cheng Shin Rubber Industry Co., Ltd.(a)

     341,516   
43,900   

Denso Corp.(a)

     1,752,841   
3,800   

Exedy Corp.(a)

     96,703   
26,400   

Futaba Industrial Co., Ltd.(a)

     131,404   
2,946   

Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.(a)

     95,156   
10,500   

Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd.(a)

     511,254   
2,098   

Lear Corp.(a)

     254,320   
10,200   

Stanley Electric Co., Ltd.(a)

     274,399   
51,800   

Sumitomo Electric Industries,
Ltd.(a)

     732,694   
47,500   

Toyota Industries Corp.(a)

     2,204,333   
     

 

 

 
        8,560,300   
     

 

 

 

Automobiles (1.4%):

  

308,000   

Brilliance China Automotive Holdings, Ltd.(a)

     347,301   
96,153   

Ford Motor Co.(a)

     1,160,567   
70,900   

Fuji Heavy Industries, Ltd.(a)

     2,662,997   
35,300   

Honda Motor Co., Ltd.(a)

     1,016,439   
7,881   

Hyundai Motor Co.(a)

     973,255   
73,800   

Isuzu Motors, Ltd.(a)

     867,999   
7,327   

Maruti Suzuki India, Ltd.(a)

     605,044   
73,200   

Suzuki Motor Corp.(a)

     2,450,865   
8,200   

Toyota Motor Corp.(a)

     475,619   
270   

Volkswagen AG(a)

     39,168   
93,770   

Yulon Motor Co., Ltd.(a)

     82,552   
     

 

 

 
        10,681,806   
     

 

 

 

Banks (3.9%):

  

7,770   

ABN AMRO Group NV(a)

     160,757   
25,832   

Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA(a)

     156,157   
35,500   

Banco Santander SA(a)

     156,960   
265,490   

Bank of America Corp.(a)

     4,154,919   
27,833   

BNP Paribas SA(a)

     1,430,868   
46,501   

Citigroup, Inc.(a)

     2,196,242   
22,947   

Commerzbank AG(a)

     147,923   
16,920   

Credit Agricole SA(a)

     166,921   
5,500   

Erste Group Bank AG(a)

     162,873   
2,917   

Fifth Third Bancorp(a)

     59,682   
108,000   

Fukuoka Financial Group, Inc.(a)

     448,672   
518,138   

HSBC Holdings plc(a)

     3,889,479   
144,256   

ING Groep NV(a)

     1,778,023   
63,712   

JPMorgan Chase & Co.(a)

     4,242,581   
2,681   

KBC Groep NV*(a)

     156,046   
21,400   

Mediobanca SpA(a)

     139,347   

Shares

        Fair Value  

Common Stocks, continued

  

Banks, continued

  

257,400   

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc.(a)

   $ 1,298,164   
36,450   

Natixis(a)

     169,863   
11,321   

Raiffeisen International Bank-Holding AG*(a)

     172,363   
4,492   

Societe Generale(a)

     155,002   
49,500   

Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc.(a)

     1,668,542   
21,205   

SunTrust Banks, Inc.(a)

     928,779   
101,351   

Svenska Handelsbanken AB,
Class A(a)

     1,392,308   
32,873   

Toronto-Dominion Bank (The)(a)

     1,459,463   
39,158   

U.S. Bancorp^(a)

     1,679,487   
62,695   

UniCredit SpA(a)

     146,102   
79,898   

Wells Fargo & Co.(a)

     3,537,883   
67,975   

Westpac Banking Corp.(a)

     1,545,006   
     

 

 

 
        33,600,412   
     

 

 

 

Beverages (0.6%):

  

11,534   

Anheuser-Busch InBev NV(a)

     1,513,915   
27,600   

Asahi Breweries, Ltd.(a)

     1,004,675   
22,942   

Coca-Cola Co. (The)(a)

     970,905   
1,525   

Coca-Cola European Partners plc(a)

     60,848   
1,398   

Constellation Brands, Inc.,
Class C(a)

     232,753   
8,632   

Diageo plc, ADR(a)

     1,001,657   
1,183   

Dr Pepper Snapple Group, Inc.(a)

     108,020   
2,975   

PepsiCo, Inc.(a)

     323,591   
     

 

 

 
        5,216,364   
     

 

 

 

Biotechnology (1.2%):

  

2,032   

AbbVie, Inc.(a)

     128,158   
6,052   

Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*(a)

     741,612   
16,785   

Amgen, Inc.(a)

     2,799,906   
1,461   

Biogen Idec, Inc.*(a)

     457,337   
4,468   

Celgene Corp.*(a)

     467,040   
46,326   

Gilead Sciences, Inc.(a)

     3,665,313   
31,581   

Invitae Corp.*^(a)

     276,650   
25,499   

Shire plc(a)

     1,647,816   
     

 

 

 
        10,183,832   
     

 

 

 

Building Products (0.4%):

  

21,985   

Compagnie de Saint-Gobain SA(a)

     949,042   
10,600   

Daikin Industries, Ltd.(a)

     987,708   
13,678   

Fortune Brands Home & Security, Inc.^(a)

     794,692   
29,128   

Masco Corp.(a)

     999,381   
     

 

 

 
        3,730,823   
     

 

 

 

Capital Markets (0.8%):

  

31,413   

Brookfield Asset Management, Inc., Class A(a)

     1,105,109   
2,242   

Brookfield Asset Management, Inc., Class A(a)

     78,841   
37,316   

Charles Schwab Corp. (The)(a)

     1,178,066   
13,468   

CME Group, Inc.^(a)

     1,407,675   
    140,000   

Daiwa Securities Group, Inc.(a)

     788,497   
10,471   

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The)(a)

     1,688,659   
1,948   

Morgan Stanley(a)

     62,453   
88,813   

UBS Group AG(a)

     1,206,334   
     

 

 

 
        7,515,634   
     

 

 

 

Chemicals (2.4%):

  

4,341   

Air Products & Chemicals, Inc.(a)

     652,626   
45,607   

AkzoNobel NV(a)

     3,085,894   
5,252   

Arkema SA(a)

     485,748   
118,000   

Asahi Kasei Corp.(a)

     940,367   
83,415   

Axalta Coating Systems, Ltd.*(a)

     2,358,142   
11,923   

BASF SE(a)

     1,019,495   
39,230   

E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co.(a)

     2,627,232   
 

 

Continued


AZL MVP BlackRock Global Allocation Fund

Consolidated Schedule of Portfolio Investments

September 30, 2016 (Unaudited)

 

Shares

        Fair Value  

Common Stocks, continued

  

Chemicals, continued

  

19,567   

Evonik Industries AG(a)

   $ 661,252   
22,000   

Formosa Chemicals & Fibre
Corp.(a)

     59,484   
26,000   

Formosa Plastics Corp.(a)

     64,560   
32,700   

Hitachi Chemical Co., Ltd.(a)

     749,601   
11,300   

JSR Corp.(a)

     177,610   
6,800   

Kuraray Co., Ltd.(a)

     100,948   
6,773   

Monsanto Co.(a)

     692,201   
27,000   

Nan Ya Plastics Corp.(a)

     53,528   
16,800   

Nitto Denko Corp.^(a)

     1,090,519   
37,900   

PTT Global Chemical Public Co., Ltd.(a)

     64,587   
41,600   

Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.(a)

     2,904,796   
79,000   

Toray Industries, Inc.(a)

     768,735   
299,000   

Ube Industries, Ltd.(a)

     571,659   
10,731   

Umicore SA(a)

     672,925   
     

 

 

 
        19,801,909   
     

 

 

 

Commercial Services & Supplies (0.0%):

  

23,446   

Aggreko plc(a)

     289,742   
2,086   

Cintas Corp.(a)

     234,884   
3,300   

SECOM Co., Ltd.(a)

     246,305   
     

 

 

 
        770,931   
     

 

 

 

Communications Equipment (0.6%):

  

45,316   

Cisco Systems, Inc.(a)

     1,437,424   
64,713   

CommScope Holding Co., Inc.*(a)

     1,948,508   
    272,962   

Nokia Oyj(a)

     1,581,911   
     

 

 

 
        4,967,843   
     

 

 

 

Construction & Engineering (0.4%):

  

24,000   

Chiyoda Corp.(a)

     197,201   
9,100   

ComSys Holdings Corp.(a)

     161,373   
35,100   

JGC Corp.(a)

     610,091   
21,000   

Kinden Corp.(a)

     241,696   
6,000   

Maeda Road Construction Co.,
Ltd.(a)

     107,373   
8,000   

Nippo Corp.(a)

     152,013   
84,000   

Okumura Corp.(a)

     477,425   
2,000   

Sho-Bond Holdings Co., Ltd.(a)

     93,063   
88,000   

Toda Corp.^(a)

     464,104   
12,884   

Vinci SA(a)

     985,056   
     

 

 

 
        3,489,395   
     

 

 

 

Construction Materials (0.1%):

  

29,404   

CRH plc(a)

     974,832   
8,200   

The Siam Cement Public Co.,
Ltd.(a)

     122,405   
     

 

 

 
        1,097,237   
     

 

 

 

Consumer Finance (0.2%):

  

2,213   

Capital One Financial Corp.(a)

     158,960   
21,581   

Discover Financial Services(a)

     1,220,405   
     

 

 

 
        1,379,365   
     

 

 

 

Containers & Packaging (0.2%):

  

2,230   

Crown Holdings, Inc.*(a)

     127,311   
3,167   

International Paper Co.(a)

     151,953   
1,936   

Packaging Corp. of America(a)

     157,319   
1,561   

Sealed Air Corp.(a)

     71,525   
25,029   

WestRock Co.(a)

     1,213,406   
     

 

 

 
        1,721,514   
     

 

 

 

Distributors (0.0%):

  

7,600   

Canon Marketing Japan, Inc.(a)

     141,426   
     

 

 

 

Diversified Consumer Services (0.0%):

  

15,186   

H&R Block, Inc.^(a)

     351,556   
     

 

 

 

Diversified Financial Services (0.6%):

  

11   

Berkshire Hathaway, Inc.,
Class A*^(a)

     2,378,420   
19,170   

Berkshire Hathaway, Inc.,
Class B*(a)

     2,769,490   

Shares

        Fair Value  

Common Stocks, continued

  

Diversified Financial Services, continued

  

75,000   

Fubon Financial Holdings Co.,
Ltd.(a)

   $ 111,456   
4,600   

Zenkoku Hosho Co., Ltd.(a)

     190,185   
     

 

 

 
        5,449,551   
     

 

 

 

Diversified Telecommunication Services (1.1%):

  

1,855   

AT&T, Inc.(a)

     75,332   
85,215   

Cellnex Telecom SAU(a)

     1,541,141   
33,000   

Chunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd.(a)

     116,491   
107,067   

Deutsche Telekom AG, Registered Shares(a)

     1,794,571   
27,016   

El Towers SpA*(a)

     1,423,964   
25,900   

Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corp.(a)

     1,183,038   
39,800   

Singapore Telecommunications, Ltd.(a)

     116,729   
32,883   

Telecom Italia SpA(a)

     22,315   
    1,734,221   

Telecom Italia SpA*(a)

     1,434,805   
620,022   

Telesites SAB*(a)

     350,232   
10,726   

Verizon Communications, Inc.(a)

     557,537   
     

 

 

 
        8,616,155   
     

 

 

 

Electric Utilities (0.4%):

  

2,161   

CEZ(a)

     38,599   
12,000   

Cheung Kong Infrastructure Holdings, Ltd.(a)

     103,949   
35,500   

Chubu Electric Power Co., Inc.(a)

     516,944   
12,000   

CLP Holdings, Ltd.(a)

     124,589   
142,333   

Enel SpA(a)

     634,724   
15,300   

Kyushu Electric Power Co., Inc.(a)

     142,331   
16,533   

NextEra Energy, Inc.(a)

     2,022,317   
     

 

 

 
        3,583,453   
     

 

 

 

Electrical Equipment (0.3%):

  

85,000   

GS Yuasa Corp.(a)

     350,062   
4,600   

Mabuchi Motor Co., Ltd.(a)

     254,900   
    156,000   

Mitsubishi Electric Corp.(a)

     1,997,485   
801   

Rockwell Automation, Inc.^(a)

     97,994   
     

 

 

 
        2,700,441   
     

 

 

 

Electronic Equipment, Instruments &
Components (0.6%):

   

36,188   

Fitbit, Inc., Class A*^(a)

     537,030   
1,500   

Hirose Electric Co., Ltd.(a)

     197,187   
48,400   

Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.(a)

     122,552   
1,000   

Keyence Corp.(a)

     727,925   
17,400   

Kyocera Corp.(a)

     834,884   
12,300   

Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.(a)

     1,604,575   
7,600   

Omron Corp.(a)

     273,127   
47,255   

VeriFone Systems, Inc.*(a)

     743,794   
     

 

 

 
        5,041,074   
     

 

 

 

Energy Equipment & Services (0.1%):

  

1,698   

Helmerich & Payne, Inc.^(a)

     114,275   
15,618   

Schlumberger, Ltd.(a)

     1,228,200   
     

 

 

 
        1,342,475   
     

 

 

 

Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (0.5%):

  

2,511   

American Tower Corp.(a)

     284,572   
2,865   

Crown Castle International
Corp.(a)

     269,912   
447,647   

Fibra UNO Amdinistracion SA(a)

     818,627   
17,000   

Link REIT (The)(a)

     125,438   
9,902   

Simon Property Group, Inc.(a)

     2,049,812   
3,491   

Unibail-Rodamco SE(a)

     941,065   
     

 

 

 
        4,489,426   
     

 

 

 

Food & Staples Retailing (0.6%):

  

14,726   

CVS Health Corp.(a)

     1,310,467   
20,158   

Kroger Co. (The)(a)

     598,289   
25,800   

Seven & I Holdings Co., Ltd.(a)

     1,219,484   
 

 

Continued


AZL MVP BlackRock Global Allocation Fund

Consolidated Schedule of Portfolio Investments

September 30, 2016 (Unaudited)

 

Shares

        Fair Value  

Common Stocks, continued

  

Food & Staples Retailing, continued

  

13,016   

Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc.(a)

   $ 1,049,350   
49,902   

Whole Foods Market, Inc.^(a)

     1,414,722   
     

 

 

 
        5,592,312   
     

 

 

 

Food Products (1.0%):

  

53,600   

Ajinomoto Co., Inc.(a)

     1,194,147   
15,007   

Danone SA(a)

     1,112,961   
29,745   

Mondelez International, Inc., Class A(a)

     1,305,806   
51,573   

Nestle SA, Registered Shares(a)

     4,064,879   
1,518   

Tyson Foods, Inc., Class A(a)

     113,349   
     

 

 

 
        7,791,142   
     

 

 

 

Gas Utilities (0.3%):

  

27,888   

Gas Natural SDG SA(a)

     573,071   
27,327   

Snam SpA(a)

     151,378   
344,000   

Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd.(a)

     1,530,801   
     

 

 

 
        2,255,250   
     

 

 

 

Health Care Equipment & Supplies (0.6%):

  

17,088   

Baxter International, Inc.(a)

     813,389   
48,900   

HOYA Corp.(a)

     1,964,075   
4,628   

Medtronic plc(a)

     399,859   
885   

Stryker Corp.(a)

     103,023   
13,534   

Zimmer Holdings, Inc.(a)

     1,759,691   
     

 

 

 
        5,040,037   
     

 

 

 

Health Care Providers & Services (1.8%):

  

25,204   

Aetna, Inc.(a)

     2,909,801   
8,900   

Alfresa Holdings Corp.(a)

     188,287   
18,689   

Anthem, Inc.(a)

     2,341,918   
66,124   

Brookdale Senior Living, Inc.*(a)

     1,153,864   
2,323   

Cardinal Health, Inc.(a)

     180,497   
15,132   

Centene Corp.*^(a)

     1,013,239   
15,543   

DaVita, Inc.*(a)

     1,026,926   
974   

HCA Holdings, Inc.*(a)

     73,664   
16,108   

Integrated Diagnostics Holdings plc(a)

     54,440   
9,153   

McKesson Corp.(a)

     1,526,263   
10,200   

Medipal Holdings Corp.(a)

     176,461   
61,358   

NMC Health plc(a)

     1,088,152   
    613,699   

PT Siloam International Hospital Tbk*(a)

     484,337   
206,503   

Spire Healthcare Group plc(a)

     1,055,984   
4,500   

Suzuken Co., Ltd.(a)

     148,544   
65,845   

Tenet Healthcare Corp.*^(a)

     1,492,048   
992   

UnitedHealth Group, Inc.(a)

     138,880   
     

 

 

 
        15,053,305   
     

 

 

 

Health Care Technology (0.0%):

  

3,224   

HTG Molecular Diagnostics, Inc.*^(a)

     7,480   
     

 

 

 

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure (0.4%):

  
25,242   

Accor SA(a)

     1,001,106   
3,759   

Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc.*^(a)

     1,591,937   
1,473   

McDonald’s Corp.(a)

     169,925   
12,831   

Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings, Ltd.*^(a)

     483,729   
1,949   

Wyndham Worldwide Corp.(a)

     131,226   
     

 

 

 
        3,377,923   
     

 

 

 

Household Durables (0.3%):

  

6,200   

Alpine Electronics, Inc.(a)

     81,805   
20,403   

Berkeley Group Holdings plc (The)(a)

     683,234   
1,324   

Coway Co., Ltd.(a)

     114,571   
124,000   

Haier Electronics Group Co., Ltd.(a)

     205,351   
4,985   

Mohawk Industries, Inc.*(a)

     998,695   
5,400   

Rinnai Corp.(a)

     501,600   

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Sekisui Chemical Co., Ltd.(a)

   $ 17,250   
     

 

 

 
        2,602,506   
     

 

 

 

Independent Power & Renewable Electricity Producers (0.1%):

   

11,299   

Calpine Corp.*(a)

     142,819   
20,291   

NextEra Energy Partners LP(a)

     567,540   
     

 

 

 
        710,359   
     

 

 

 

Industrial Conglomerates (1.1%):

  

1,009   

3M Co., Class C(a)

     177,816   
77,219   

Beijing Enterprises Holdings, Ltd.(a)

     393,277   
107,474   

General Electric Co.^(a)

     3,183,380   
1,100   

Jardine Matheson Holdings, Ltd.(a)

     66,821   
179,900   

Keppel Corp., Ltd.(a)

     719,955   
53,086   

Koninklijke Philips Electronics NV(a)

     1,571,482   
9,674   

Roper Industries, Inc.^(a)

     1,765,215   
8,079   

Siemens AG, Registered Shares(a)

     945,629   
47,787   

Smiths Group plc(a)

     906,619   
     

 

 

 
        9,730,194   
     

 

 

 

Insurance (2.2%):

  
    151,400   

AIA Group, Ltd.(a)

     1,014,423   
25,890   

Allstate Corp. (The)(a)

     1,791,070   
17,151   

American International Group, Inc.(a)

     1,017,740   
54,204   

AXA SA(a)

     1,153,108   
2,321   

Axis Capital Holdings, Ltd.(a)

     126,100   
14,645   

Chubb, Ltd.(a)

     1,840,145   
1,170   

Fairfax Financial Holdings, Ltd.(a)

     685,625   
7,995   

Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. (The)(a)

     342,346   
22,058   

Marsh & McLennan Cos., Inc.(a)

     1,483,401   
36,068   

MetLife, Inc.(a)

     1,602,501   
48,300   

MS&AD Insurance Group Holdings, Inc.(a)

     1,347,610   
42,900   

NKSJ Holdings, Inc.(a)

     1,269,597   
7,169   

Prudential Financial, Inc.(a)

     585,349   
34,183   

Prudential plc(a)

     606,583   
1,344   

Reinsurance Group of America, Inc.(a)

     145,071   
52,700   

Sony Financial Holdings, Inc.(a)

     725,714   
48,200   

Tokio Marine Holdings, Inc.(a)

     1,847,363   
2,396   

Travelers Cos., Inc. (The)(a)

     274,462   
21,483   

UnumProvident Corp.(a)

     758,565   
499   

Zurich Insurance Group AG(a)

     128,449   
     

 

 

 
        18,745,222   
     

 

 

 

Internet & Direct Marketing Retail (0.5%):

  

4,132   

Amazon.com, Inc.*(a)

     3,459,765   
9,609   

Expedia, Inc.(a)

     1,121,562   
     

 

 

 
        4,581,327   
     

 

 

 

Internet Software & Services (2.3%):

  

26,651   

Alibaba Group Holding, Ltd., ADR*^(a)

     2,819,409   
787   

Alphabet, Inc., Class A*(a)

     632,795   
10,480   

Alphabet, Inc., Class C*(a)

     8,145,998   
95,700   

Dropbox, Inc.*(a)(b)(c)

     1,167,540   
52,009   

Facebook, Inc., Class C*(a)

     6,671,194   
5,547   

Lookout, Inc.*(a)(b)(c)

     32,173   
2,196   

VeriSign, Inc.*^(a)

     171,815   
     

 

 

 
        19,640,924   
     

 

 

 

IT Services (0.8%):

  
2,021   

Accenture plc, Class C(a)

     246,906   
533   

Alliance Data Systems Corp.*(a)

     114,344   
3,091   

Amdocs, Ltd.(a)

     178,814   
11,190   

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp., Class C*(a)

     533,875   
 

 

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2,890   

Computer Sciences Corp.(a)

   $ 150,887   
15,378   

Global Payments, Inc.(a)

     1,180,415   
51,301   

Infosys, Ltd.(a)

     800,547   
14,427   

MasterCard, Inc., Class A(a)

     1,468,237   
24,939   

Sabre Corp.^(a)

     702,781   
51,291   

Square, Inc., Class A*^(a)

     598,053   
15,559   

Visa, Inc., Class A^(a)

     1,286,729   
     

 

 

 
        7,261,588   
     

 

 

 

Leisure Products (0.1%):

  

40,300   

Sega Sammy Holdings, Inc.(a)

     574,007   
11,400   

Yamaha Corp.(a)

     367,787   
     

 

 

 
        941,794   
     

 

 

 

Life Sciences Tools & Services (0.3%):

  

17,787   

Patheon NV*(a)

     527,029   
8,510   

Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.(a)

     1,353,601   
     

 

 

 
        1,880,630   
     

 

 

 

Machinery (1.0%):

  

214,090   

Haitian International Holdings, Ltd.(a)

     423,661   
15,800   

Hino Motors, Ltd.(a)

     169,180   
900   

Illinois Tool Works, Inc.^(a)

     107,856   
51,200   

Komatsu, Ltd.(a)

     1,173,374   
61,300   

Kubota Corp.(a)

     926,776   
6,400   

Kurita Water Industries, Ltd.(a)

     152,201   
6,100   

Makita Corp.(a)

     433,871   
15,300   

Nabtesco Corp.(a)

     433,211   
149,554   

SKF AB, Class B(a)

     2,580,845   
2,000   

SMC Corp.(a)

     577,026   
5,081   

WABCO Holdings, Inc.*(a)

     576,846   
     

 

 

 
        7,554,847   
     

 

 

 

Media (1.9%):

  

4,471   

Charter Communications, Inc., Class A*(a)

     1,207,036   
53,593   

Comcast Corp., Class A^(a)

     3,555,361   
    615,711   

Delta Topco, Ltd.*(a)(b)(c)

     6   
20,908   

DISH Network Corp., Class A*(a)

     1,145,340   
5,843   

Liberty Broadband Corp., Class A*(a)

     409,945   
11,183   

Liberty Broadband Corp., Class C*^(a)

     799,361   
1,875   

Liberty Global plc, Class A*(a)

     51,731   
18,161   

Liberty Global plc, Class A*(a)

     620,743   
20,943   

Liberty SiriusXM Group, Class A*(a)

     711,643   
39,306   

Liberty SiriusXM Group, Class C*(a)

     1,313,213   
10,800   

Nippon Television Holdings, Inc.(a)

     182,820   
81,382   

Pearson plc(a)

     794,813   
16,155   

Publicis Groupe SA(a)

     1,221,546   
134,983   

RAI Way SpA(a)

     546,010   
1,212   

Scripps Networks Interactive, Class C^(a)

     76,950   
17,700   

SKY Perfect JSAT Holdings, Inc.(a)

     86,965   
25,348   

Time Warner, Inc.(a)

     2,017,954   
6,800   

Toho Co., Ltd.(a)

     225,719   
6,400   

TV Asahi Holdings Corp.(a)

     117,674   
76,147   

Zon Multimedia Servicos de Telecommunicacoes e Multimedia SGPS SA(a)

     518,047   
     

 

 

 
        15,602,877   
     

 

 

 

Metals & Mining (0.0%):

  

112,347   

Platinum Group Metals, Ltd.*^(a)

     307,830   
35,396   

Platinum Group Metals, Ltd.*^(a)

     97,678   
4,800   

Yamato Kogyo Co., Ltd.(a)

     142,268   
     

 

 

 
        547,776   
     

 

 

 

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33,745   

Target Corp.^(a)

   $ 2,317,607   
     

 

 

 

Multi-Utilities (0.3%):

  

7,166   

Dominion Resources, Inc.(a)

     532,219   
28,269   

Engie Group(a)

     437,858   
8,669   

National Grid plc(a)

     122,497   
9,979   

Sempra Energy^(a)

     1,069,649   
     

 

 

 
        2,162,223   
     

 

 

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels (3.8%):

  

74,807   

Anadarko Petroleum Corp.(a)

     4,739,771   
56,520   

BP plc, ADR^(a)

     1,987,243   
60,908   

Cameco Corp.^(a)

     521,372   
39,595   

Cenovus Energy, Inc.(a)

     568,359   
631   

Chevron Corp.^(a)

     64,943   
156,037   

Coal India, Ltd.(a)

     757,614   
202,047   

EnCana Corp.(a)

     2,115,433   
15,198   

EQT Corp.^(a)

     1,103,679   
13,915   

Exxon Mobil Corp.(a)

     1,214,501   
144,400   

INPEX Corp.(a)

     1,309,374   
148,311   

Marathon Oil Corp.^(a)

     2,344,796   
134,862   

Marathon Petroleum Corp.(a)

     5,474,048   
1,725   

Phillips 66(a)

     138,949   
4,751   

Pioneer Natural Resources Co.(a)

     882,023   
5,009   

Polski Koncern Naftowy Orlen SA(a)

     85,582   
    130,870   

Reliance Industries, Ltd.(a)

     2,135,312   
56,832   

Royal Dutch Shell plc, ADR(a)

     2,845,579   
26,200   

Thai Oil Public Co., Ltd.(a)

     52,106   
18,984   

Total SA(a)

     899,671   
1,904   

Total SA, ADR^(a)

     90,821   
3,618   

Valero Energy Corp.^(a)

     191,754   
46,011   

Williams Cos., Inc. (The)(a)

     1,413,918   
     

 

 

 
        30,936,848   
     

 

 

 

Personal Products (0.5%):

  

33,988   

Edgewell Personal Care Co.*^(a)

     2,702,726   
30,398   

Unilever NV(a)

     1,402,090   
     

 

 

 
        4,104,816   
     

 

 

 

Pharmaceuticals (3.4%):

  

48,900   

Astellas Pharma, Inc.(a)

     763,781   
34,611   

AstraZeneca plc(a)

     2,241,686   
27,202   

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.(a)

     1,466,732   
32,066   

Catalent, Inc.*^(a)

     828,585   
27,219   

Eli Lilly & Co.(a)

     2,184,597   
59,405   

GlaxoSmithKline plc(a)

     1,265,710   
24,810   

Johnson & Johnson Co.(a)

     2,930,805   
20,680   

Merck & Co., Inc.(a)

     1,290,639   
47,331   

Mylan NV*(a)

     1,804,258   
17,082   

Novartis AG, Registered Shares(a)

     1,343,765   
10,689   

Novo Nordisk A/S, Class B(a)

     445,443   
6,200   

Otsuka Holdings Co., Ltd.(a)

     282,844   
17,180   

Perrigo Co. plc(a)

     1,586,229   
72,340   

Pfizer, Inc.(a)

     2,450,156   
4,786   

Roche Holding AG(a)

     1,186,031   
39,576   

Sanofi-Aventis SA(a)

     3,014,995   
3,100   

Sawai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.(a)

     220,018   
43,116   

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries, Ltd., ADR(a)

     1,983,767   
     

 

 

 
        27,290,041   
     

 

 

 

Professional Services (0.1%):

  

16,706   

Randstad Holding NV(a)

     760,890   
     

 

 

 

Real Estate Management & Development (1.4%):

  

820,200   

CapitaLand, Ltd.(a)

     1,937,802   
    1,333,500   

Global Logistic Properties, Ltd.(a)(d)

     1,838,338   
24,000   

Hang Lung Properties, Ltd.(a)

     54,480   
154,000   

Mitsubishi Estate Co., Ltd.(a)

     2,887,509   
24,000   

Sino Land Co., Ltd.(a)

     42,815   
 

 

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140,666   

Sun Hung Kai Properties, Ltd.(a)

   $ 2,143,855   
6,000   

Swire Pacific, Ltd., Class A(a)

     64,943   
67,467   

The St. Joe Co.*^(a)

     1,240,043   
29,532   

Vonovia SE(a)

     1,118,110   
18,000   

Wharf Holdings, Ltd. (The)(a)

     131,893   
     

 

 

 
        11,459,788   
     

 

 

 

Road & Rail (0.7%):

  

32,300   

ComfortDelGro Corp., Ltd.(a)

     66,920   
32,400   

East Japan Railway Co.(a)

     2,921,537   
15,420   

Kansas City Southern(a)

     1,438,994   
11,700   

Seino Holdings Co., Ltd.(a)

     122,964   
13,800   

West Japan Railway Co.(a)

     854,407   
     

 

 

 
        5,404,822   
     

 

 

 

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment (0.9%):

  

23,127   

Intel Corp.^(a)

     873,044   
1,630   

KLA-Tencor Corp.(a)

     113,627   
76,187   

Micron Technology, Inc.*^(a)

     1,354,605   
29,105   

QUALCOMM, Inc.(a)

     1,993,693   
21,600   

ROHM Co., Ltd.(a)

     1,138,757   
21,994   

SK Hynix, Inc.(a)

     805,053   
60,200   

SUMCO Corp.^(a)

     495,307   
140,000   

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.(a)

     821,157   
     

 

 

 
        7,595,243   
     

 

 

 

Software (1.3%):

  

19,597   

Activision Blizzard, Inc.(a)(k)

     868,147   
11,291   

Adobe Systems, Inc.*(a)

     1,225,525   
14,452   

Electronic Arts, Inc.*(a)

     1,234,201   
10,425   

Intuit, Inc.(a)

     1,146,854   
5,016   

Microsoft Corp.(a)

     288,922   
5,900   

Nintendo Co., Ltd.(a)

     1,561,407   
57,500   

Nuance Communications, Inc.*(a)

     833,750   
8,500   

Trend Micro, Inc.(a)

     296,155   
68,532   

Uber Technologies, Inc.*(a)(b)(c)

     3,393,705   
10,635   

UbiSoft Entertainment SA*(a)

     401,361   
     

 

 

 
        11,250,027   
     

 

 

 

Specialty Retail (0.8%):

  

5,600   

Autobacs Seven Co., Ltd.^(a)

     80,253   
17,728   

Bed Bath & Beyond, Inc.^(a)

     764,254   
9,258   

Home Depot, Inc. (The)(a)

     1,191,319   
15,051   

Lowe’s Cos., Inc.(a)

     1,086,833   
3,800   

Nitori Co., Ltd.(a)

     454,724   
20,400   

Sanrio Co., Ltd.^(a)

     373,818   
2,200   

Shimamura Co., Ltd.(a)

     266,802   
10,872   

Tiffany & Co.^(a)

     789,633   
20,222   

Williams-Sonoma, Inc.^(a)

     1,032,940   
159,100   

Yamada Denki Co., Ltd.(a)

     789,224   
     

 

 

 
        6,829,800   
     

 

 

 

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals (2.0%):

  

121,235   

Apple, Inc.(a)(k)

     13,705,616   
5,800   

Fujifilm Holdings Corp.(a)

     214,687   
    317,000   

NEC Corp.(a)

     819,093   
60,453   

Pure Storage, Inc., Class A*^(a)

     819,138   
16,817   

Western Digital Corp.^(a)

     983,290   
     

 

 

 
        16,541,824   
     

 

 

 

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods (0.5%):

  

16,860   

Burberry Group plc(a)

     301,676   
13,230   

Compagnie Financiere Richemont SA(a)

     805,793   
7,394   

Hugo Boss AG(a)

     408,849   
8,461   

Luxottica Group SpA(a)

     404,223   

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5,586   

LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SA(a)

   $ 952,165   
25,618   

Michael Kors Holdings, Ltd.*^(a)

     1,198,667   
4,279   

Ralph Lauren Corp.^(a)

     432,778   
     

 

 

 
        4,504,151   
     

 

 

 

Tobacco (0.3%):

  

23,677   

Altria Group, Inc.(a)

     1,497,097   
11,100   

Japan Tobacco, Inc.(a)

     453,558   
1,116   

KT&G Corp.(a)

     127,121   
     

 

 

 
        2,077,776   
     

 

 

 

Trading Companies & Distributors (0.2%):

  

18,189   

HD Supply Holdings, Inc.*(a)

     581,684   
16,162   

United Rentals, Inc.*(a)

     1,268,556   
     

 

 

 
        1,850,240   
     

 

 

 

Transportation Infrastructure (0.0%):

  

2,493   

Aeroports de Paris(a)

     247,197   
17,000   

Kamigumi Co., Ltd.(a)

     148,146   
     

 

 

 
        395,343   
     

 

 

 

Water Utilities (0.0%):

  

2,155   

American Water Works Co., Inc.(a)

     161,280   
     

 

 

 

Wireless Telecommunication Services (0.8%):

  

24,000   

Advanced Information Service plc(a)

     111,387   
30,000   

Far EasTone Telecommunications Co., Ltd.(a)

     71,045   
45,900   

Intouch Holdings Public Co., Ltd.(a)

     71,874   
62,100   

KDDI Corp.(a)

     1,911,258   
20,400   

NTT DoCoMo, Inc.(a)

     517,305   
600   

SK Telecom Co., Ltd.(a)

     122,804   
20,000   

Taiwan Mobile Co., Ltd.(a)

     72,073   
44,788   

Vodafone Group plc, ADR(a)

     1,305,570   
719,863   

Vodafone Group plc(a)

     2,063,733   
     

 

 

 
        6,247,049   
     

 

 

 

Total Common Stocks (Cost $402,400,905)

     434,987,607   
     

 

 

 

Preferred Stocks (1.7%):

  

Automobiles (0.1%):

  

7,098   

Volkswagen AG, 0.15%(a)

     932,366   
     

 

 

 

Banks (0.2%):

  

26,982   

Citigroup Capital XIII, Series A, 0.76%(a)

     710,706   
12,240   

HSBC Holdings plc, Series 2, 1.23%(a)

     319,586   
5,686   

U.S. Bancorp, Series G, 0.94%(a)

     145,903   
15,159   

U.S. Bancorp, Series F, 0.86%(a)

     456,589   
    208,000   

USB Capital IX, 3.50%(a)

     178,100   
     

 

 

 
        1,810,884   
     

 

 

 

Commercial Services & Supplies (0.1%):

  

6,516   

Stericycle, Inc., 7.97%(a)

     431,815   
     

 

 

 

Consumer Finance (0.1%):

  

35,484   

GMAC Capital Trust I, Series 2, 1.28%(a)

     901,648   
     

 

 

 

Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (0.2%):

  

3,376   

American Tower Corp., Series A(a)

     373,259   
13,344   

Welltower, Inc., Series I, 4.88%(a)

     888,043   
     

 

 

 
        1,261,302   
     

 

 

 

Health Care Providers & Services (0.2%):

  

40,838   

Anthem, Inc., 5.86%(a)

     1,777,269   
143,925   

Grand Rounds, Inc., Series C*(a)(b)(c)

     400,112   
     

 

 

 
        2,177,381   
     

 

 

 

Internet Software & Services (0.1%):

  

63,925   

Lookout, Inc., Series F, 4.88%*(a)(b)(c)

     612,402   
     

 

 

 
 

 

Continued


AZL MVP BlackRock Global Allocation Fund

Consolidated Schedule of Portfolio Investments

September 30, 2016 (Unaudited)

 

Shares

        Fair Value  

Preferred Stocks, continued

  

Multi-Utilities (0.1%):

  

27,671   

Dominion Resources, Inc.,
0.84%(a)

   $ 1,380,783   
7,500   

Dominion Resources, Inc.,
6.41%(a)

     373,200   
     

 

 

 
        1,753,983   
     

 

 

 

Pharmaceuticals (0.5%):

  

1,780   

Allergan plc, Series A, 6.68%(a)

     1,462,501   
2,893   

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries, Ltd., 0.14%(a)

     2,352,904   
     

 

 

 
        3,815,405   
     

 

 

 

Software (0.1%):

  

116,157   

Palantir Technologies, Inc., Series I*(a)(b)(c)

     839,815   
     

 

 

 

Total Preferred Stocks (Cost $15,381,432)

     14,537,001   
     

 

 

 

Warrant (0.0%):

  

Paper & Forest Products (0.0%):

  

    157,250   

TFS Corp., Ltd.(a)

     45,053   
     

 

 

 

Total Warrant (Cost $–)

     45,053   
     

 

 

 

Convertible Preferred Stocks (0.5%):

  

Banks (0.0%):

  

272   

Wells Fargo & Co., Series L, Class A, 0.12%(a)

     353,600   
     

 

 

 

Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (0.1%):

  

8,984   

Crown Castle International Corp., Series A(a)

     1,015,372   
     

 

 

 

Internet Software & Services (0.1%):

  

144,482   

Domo, Inc., Series E*(a)(b)(c)

     1,217,983   
     

 

 

 

Wireless Telecommunication Services (0.3%):

  

13,297   

Mandatory Exchange Trust,
1.29%(a)(d)

     1,716,244   
     

 

 

 

Total Convertible Preferred Stocks (Cost $3,777,551)

     4,303,199   
     

 

 

 

Contracts,

Shares,

Notional

Amount or

Principal

Amount

        Fair Value  

Private Placements (0.0%):

  

Household Durables (0.0%):

  

$  3,065,000   

AliphCom, Inc., 12.00%,
4/1/20(a)(b)(c)(e)

     317,840   
     

 

 

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels (0.0%):

  

268,000   

Project Samson BND Corp., 12.00%, 4/1/20(a)(b)(c)(e)

     27,792   
     

 

 

 

Total Private Placements (Cost $3,333,000)

     345,632   
     

 

 

 

Convertible Bonds (0.7%):

  

Diversified Telecommunication Services (0.2%):

  

500,000   

Telecom Italia Finance SA, 6.13%, 11/15/16+(a)(d)

     550,516   
100,000   

Telecom Italia Finance SA, Registered Shares, 6.13%, 11/15/16+(a)(d)

     109,917   
300,000   

Telefonica SA, Series TIT, 6.00%, 7/24/17+(a)(d)

     292,516   
900,000   

Telefonica SA, Series TEF, 4.90%, 9/25/17+(a)

     868,855   
     

 

 

 
        1,821,804   
     

 

 

 

Electrical Equipment (0.1%):

  

478,000   

Suzlon Energy, Ltd., Series SUEL, 5.75%, 7/16/19(a)(d)(e)

     478,000   
     

 

 

 

Contracts,

Shares,

Notional

Amount or

Principal

Amount

        Fair Value  

Convertible Bonds, continued

  

Food Products (0.0%):

  

$    400,000   

REI Agro, Ltd., Registered Shares, 5.50%, 11/13/14(a)(b)(c)(f)

   $ 2,000   
     

 

 

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels (0.2%):

  

936,000   

Cobalt International Energy, Inc., 2.63%, 12/1/19(a)

     476,190   
1,146,000   

Cobalt International Energy, Inc., 3.13%, 5/15/24(a)

     435,479   
1,123,330   

Dana Gas Sukuk, Ltd., 7.00%, 10/31/17(a)(d)

     1,027,847   
     

 

 

 
        1,939,516   
     

 

 

 

Real Estate Management & Development (0.1%):

  

750,000   

CapitaLand, Ltd., 2.10%, 11/15/16+(a)(d)

     546,657   
750,000   

CapitaLand, Ltd., 1.95%, 10/17/23+(a)(d)

     556,972   
     

 

 

 
        1,103,629   
     

 

 

 

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment (0.1%):

  

246,000   

Intel Corp., 3.25%, 8/1/39(a)

     449,873   
     

 

 

 

Total Convertible Bonds (Cost $7,985,503)

     5,794,822   
     

 

 

 

Floating Rate Loans (0.8%):

  

Capital Markets (0.2%):

  

880,182   

Promontoria Blue Holding 2 BV, 0.00%, 4/17/20(a)(c)(e)(g)

     988,624   
103,015   

Sheridan Production Partners, 4.25%, 12/2/20(a)(e)(g)

     68,505   
38,430   

Sheridan Production Partners, 4.25%, 12/16/20(a)(e)(g)

     25,556   
740,382   

Sheridan Production Partners, 4.25%, 12/16/20(a)(e)(g)

     492,354   
     

 

 

 
        1,575,039   
     

 

 

 

Energy Equipment & Services (0.1%):

  

371,328   

Drillships Financing Holdings, Inc., 5.50%, 3/31/21(a)(e)

     184,736   
1,276,781   

Seadrill, Ltd., 4.00%, 2/21/21(a)(e)

     633,066   
     

 

 

 
        817,802   
     

 

 

 

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure (0.2%):

  

    1,431,514   

Hilton Worldwide Finance LLC, 3.50%, 10/25/20(a)(e)

     1,438,670   
     

 

 

 

Independent Power & Renewable Electricity Producers (0.1%):

   

598,950   

Calpine Corp., 3.50%,
6/15/22(a)(e)

     600,244   
     

 

 

 

Marine (0.0%):

  

470,818   

Drillships Ocean Ventures, Inc., 3.50%, 7/9/21(a)(e)

     324,394   
     

 

 

 

Media (0.1%):

  

881,707   

Univision Communications, Inc., 4.00%, 3/1/20(a)(e)

     883,223   
     

 

 

 

Metals & Mining (0.0%):

  

346,500   

Novelis, Inc., 0.00%, 6/15/22(a)(e)

     348,018   
     

 

 

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels (0.0%):

  

405,533   

Fieldwood Energy LLC, 8.38%, 9/20/20(a)(e)

     157,481   
     

 

 

 

Pharmaceuticals (0.0%):

  

110   

Mallinckrodt International Finance SA, 3.25%, 2/24/21(a)(e)

     110   
     

 

 

 
 

 

Continued


AZL MVP BlackRock Global Allocation Fund

Consolidated Schedule of Portfolio Investments

September 30, 2016 (Unaudited)

 

Contracts,
Shares,

Notional

Amount or
Principal
Amount

       Fair Value  

Floating Rate Loans, continued

  

Trading Companies & Distributors (0.1%):

  

$    580,613   

Univar USA, Inc., 0.00%, 6/30/22(a)(e)

  $ 581,338   
    

 

 

 

Total Floating Rate Loans (Cost $8,146,689)

    6,726,319   
    

 

 

 

Collateralized Mortgage Obligations (0.1%):

  

459,000   

Logistics UK, Class F, Series 2015-1A, 0.66%, 8/20/25(a)(b)(c)(e)

    571,148   
    

 

 

 

Total Collateralized Mortgage Obligations (Cost $689,125)

    571,148   
    

 

 

 

Corporate Bonds (3.3%):

  

Automobiles (0.0%):

  

327,000   

Volkswagen AG, Registered Shares, 2.45%, 11/20/19(a)(d)

    330,264   
    

 

 

 

Banks (0.9%):

  

347,000   

Bank of America Corp., 2.00%, 1/11/18, MTN(a)

    348,598   
338,000   

Bank of America Corp., 2.60%, 1/15/19(a)

    344,597   
977,000   

Citigroup, Inc., 1.80%, 2/5/18(a)

    979,463   
298,000   

Citigroup, Inc., Series A, 5.95%, 12/29/49, Callable 1/30/23 @ 100^(a)(e)

    308,707   
829,000   

Citigroup, Inc., Series O, 5.87%, 12/29/49, Callable 3/27/20 @ 100^(a)(e)

    837,373   
930,000   

JPMorgan Chase & Co., 2.30%, 8/15/21, Callable 8/15/20 @ 100(a)

    932,023   
284,000   

JPMorgan Chase & Co., 4.35%, 8/15/21(a)

    311,844   
1,513,000   

JPMorgan Chase & Co., Series X, 6.10%, 10/29/49, Callable 10/1/24 @ 100(a)(e)

    1,598,106   
778,000   

JPMorgan Chase & Co., Series Q, 5.15%, 12/29/49, Callable 5/1/23 @ 100, Perpetual Bond^(a)(e)

    781,890   
336,000   

Merrill Lynch & Co., 6.88%, 4/25/18, MTN(a)

    362,496   
    

 

 

 
       6,805,097   
    

 

 

 

Biotechnology (0.2%):

  

730,000   

AbbVie, Inc., 2.50%, 5/14/20, Callable 4/14/20 @ 100(a)

    744,216   
591,000   

AbbVie, Inc., 2.30%, 5/14/21, Callable 4/14/21 @ 100(a)

    596,133   
    

 

 

 
       1,340,349   
    

 

 

 

Capital Markets (0.2%):

  

662,000   

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The), Series L, 5.70%, 12/29/49, Callable 5/10/19 @ 100^(a)(e)

    671,103   
695,000   

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The), Series M, 5.38%, 12/31/49, Callable 5/10/20 @ 100(a)(e)

    701,949   
493,000   

Morgan Stanley, Series H, 5.45%, 7/29/49, Callable 7/15/19 @ 100(a)(e)

    494,647   
    

 

 

 
       1,867,699   
    

 

 

 

Contracts,
Shares,
Notional
Amount or
Principal
Amount

        Fair Value  

Corporate Bonds, continued

  

Communications Equipment (0.1%):

  

$    473,000   

Cisco Systems, Inc., 2.20%, 2/28/21(a)

   $ 483,965   
     

 

 

 

Consumer Finance (0.4%):

  

628,000   

Ally Financial, Inc., 2.75%, 1/30/17(a)

     629,178   
431,000   

Ally Financial, Inc., 3.50%, 1/27/19^(a)

     434,771   
430,000   

American Express Co., Series C, 4.93%, 12/29/49, Callable 3/15/20 @ 100^(a)(e)

     424,088   
365,000   

Capital One Bank USA NA, Series BNKT, 2.15%, 11/21/18, Callable 10/21/18 @ 100(a)

     368,798   
595,000   

Ford Motor Credit Co. LLC, 5.00%, 5/15/18(a)

     624,544   
200,000   

Ford Motor Credit Co. LLC, 2.55%, 10/5/18(a)

     202,933   
517,000   

General Motors Financial Co., Inc., 3.50%, 7/10/19^(a)

     532,613   
255,000   

Hyundai Capital America, 2.00%, 3/19/18(a)(d)

     256,448   
179,000   

Synchrony Financial, 3.75%, 8/15/21, Callable 6/15/21 @ 100^(a)

     188,280   
     

 

 

 
        3,661,653   
     

 

 

 

Diversified Financial Services (0.1%):

  

477,000   

Berkshire Hathaway, Inc., 2.75%, 3/15/23, Callable 1/15/23 @ 100(a)

     495,691   
     

 

 

 

Diversified Telecommunication Services (0.3%):

  

851,000   

AT&T, Inc., 2.38%, 11/27/18^(a)

     867,023   
  1,355,000   

AT&T, Inc., 3.00%, 6/30/22, Callable 4/30/22 @ 100(a)

     1,393,086   
110,000   

Hughes Satellite Systems Corp., 7.63%, 6/15/21^(a)

     117,288   
146,000   

Verizon Communications, 1.75%, 8/15/21, Callable 7/15/21 @ 100(a)

     144,403   
322,000   

Verizon Communications, 2.63%, 8/15/26, Callable 5/15/26 @ 100^(a)

     316,033   
     

 

 

 
        2,837,833   
     

 

 

 

Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (0.0%):

  

162,000   

American Tower Corp., 3.40%, 2/15/19^(a)

     168,325   
     

 

 

 

Health Care Equipment & Supplies (0.1%):

  

764,000   

Medtronic, Inc., 3.15%, 3/15/22^(a)

     812,348   
     

 

 

 

Industrial Conglomerates (0.2%):

  

79,000   

General Electric Capital Corp., Series A, 5.55%, 5/4/20, MTN^(a)

     89,524   
404,000   

General Electric Capital Corp., 6.38%, 11/15/67, Callable 11/15/17 @ 100(a)(e)

     419,150   
710,000   

General Electric Co., Series D, 5.00%, 12/29/49, Callable 1/21/21 @ 100(a)(e)

     755,050   
     

 

 

 
        1,263,724   
     

 

 

 
 

 

Continued


AZL MVP BlackRock Global Allocation Fund

Consolidated Schedule of Portfolio Investments

September 30, 2016 (Unaudited)

 

Contracts,

Shares,

Notional

Amount or

Principal

Amount

        Fair Value  

Corporate Bonds, continued

  

Internet Software & Services (0.0%):

  

$    336,000   

eBay, Inc., 3.80%, 3/9/22, Callable 2/9/22 @ 100(a)

   $ 359,310   
     

 

 

 

Media (0.1%):

  

245,000   

Cablevision Systems Corp., 5.88%, 9/15/22(a)

     222,950   
624,776   

Delta Topco, Ltd., 10.00%, 11/24/60(a)(b)(c)

     593,537   
200,000   

NBCUniversal Enterprise, Inc., 5.25%, 12/31/99, Callable 3/19/21 @ 100(a)(d)

     213,500   
     

 

 

 
        1,029,987   
     

 

 

 

Metals & Mining (0.0%):

  

319,000   

Freeport-McMoRan, Inc., 3.88%, 3/15/23, Callable 12/15/22 @ 100^(a)

     286,277   
     

 

 

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels (0.0%):

  

111,961   

Fieldwood Holdings LLC, 0.00%, 8/31/20(a)(e)

     92,788   
270,000   

Sabine Pass Liquefaction LLC, 5.63%, 4/15/23, Callable 1/15/23 @ 100(a)

     288,225   
     

 

 

 
        381,013   
     

 

 

 

Personal Products (0.1%):

  

374,000   

Edgewell Personal Care Co., 4.70%, 5/19/21^(a)

     394,427   
342,000   

Edgewell Personal Care Co., 4.70%, 5/24/22(a)

     353,543   
     

 

 

 
        747,970   
     

 

 

 

Pharmaceuticals (0.1%):

  

308,000   

Forest Laboratories, Inc., 5.00%, 12/15/21, Callable 9/16/21 @ 100(a)(d)

     344,705   
471,000   

Mylan, Inc., 2.55%, 3/28/19(a)

     476,978   
     

 

 

 
        821,683   
     

 

 

 

Real Estate Management & Development (0.1%):

  

1,016,000   

Global Logistic Properties, Ltd., 3.88%, 6/4/25(a)(c)

     1,057,990   
     

 

 

 

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment (0.1%):

  

800,000   

QUALCOMM, Inc., 3.00%, 5/20/22(a)

     839,371   
     

 

 

 

Software (0.2%):

  

165,000   

Activision Blizzard, 2.30%, 9/15/21, Callable 8/15/21 @ 100(a)(d)

     165,431   
    1,455,000   

Oracle Corp., 1.90%, 9/15/21, Callable 8/15/21 @ 100(a)

     1,458,691   
     

 

 

 
        1,624,122   
     

 

 

 

Wireless Telecommunication Services (0.1%):

  

440,000   

T-Mobile USA, Inc., 6.00%, 4/15/24, Callable 4/15/19 @ 104.5^(a)

     470,800   
     

 

 

 

Total Corporate Bonds (Cost $26,886,344)

     27,685,471   
     

 

 

 

Foreign Bonds (15.5%):

  

Banks (0.2%):

  

610,000   

Lloyds TSB Bank plc, Series E, 13.00%, 1/29/49, Callable 1/21/29 @ 126+(a)(e)

     1,377,802   
     

 

 

 

Contracts,
Shares,
Notional
Amount or
Principal
Amount

        Fair Value  

Foreign Bonds, continued

  

Metals & Mining (0.0%):

  

$    270,000   

Constellium NV, 7.00%, 1/15/23, Callable 1/15/18 @ 105.25+(a)(d)

   $ 299,729   
     

 

 

 

Sovereign Bonds (15.3%):

  

4,140,000   

Australian Government, Series 124, 5.75%, 5/15/21+(a)

     3,750,643   
7,435,000   

Australian Government, Series 128, 5.75%, 7/15/22+(a)

     6,956,898   
1,465,000   

Bonos y Oblig del Estado (Spanish Government), 1.95%, 4/30/26+(a)(d)

     1,806,789   
6,591,000   

Brazil Nota do Tesouro Nacional, Series NTNF, 0.51%, 1/1/21+(a)(h)(i)

     1,983,159   
433,000   

Brazil Nota do Tesouro Nacional, Series NTNB, 0.00%, 8/15/22+(a)(i)

     394,779   
4,545,000   

Bundesobligation, Series 173, -0.62%, 4/9/21+(a)

     5,251,272   
    2,616,000   

Buoni del Tesoro Poliennali, 1.50%, 6/1/25+(a)

     3,054,362   
2,255,000   

Canada Housing Trust, 1.25%, 6/15/21+(a)(d)

     1,740,844   
3,493,000   

Canadian Government, 0.25%, 5/1/18+(a)

     2,651,730   
8,844,000   

Canadian Government, 0.50%, 8/1/18+(a)

     6,741,207   
2,203,000   

Canadian Government, 0.75%, 3/1/21+(a)

     1,692,437   
250,000   

Federative Republic of Brazil, 2.88%, 4/1/21+(a)

     285,996   
3,994,990   

Governemnt of France, 0.50%, 5/25/26+(a)(d)

     4,649,680   
159,750,000   

Government of Japan, Series 350, 0.10%, 3/15/17+(a)

     1,578,577   
3,732,000   

Government of Poland, 5.75%, 10/25/21+(a)

     1,132,634   
122,970,000   

Hungary Government Bond, Series 25/B, 5.50%, 6/24/25+(a)

     544,572   
437,050,000   

Japan Treasury Bill, Series 362, 0.10%, 3/15/18+(a)

     4,335,972   
920,000,000   

Japan Treasury Discount Bill, Series 617, 0.00%, 10/3/16+(a)(h)

     9,073,873   
190,000,000   

Japan Treasury Discount Bill, Series 619, 0.03%, 10/11/16+(a)(h)

     1,873,937   
460,000,000   

Japan Treasury Discount Bill, Series 620, 0.00%, 10/17/16+(a)(h)

     4,537,009   
280,000,000   

Japan Treasury Discount Bill, Series 622, 0.00%, 10/24/16+(a)(h)

     2,761,837   
930,000,000   

Japan Treasury Discount Bill, Series 623, 0.00%, 10/31/16+(a)(h)

     9,174,089   
190,000,000   

Japan Treasury Discount Bill, Series 624, 0.00%, 11/7/16+(a)(h)

     1,874,355   
940,000,000   

Japan Treasury Discount Bill, Series 628, 0.00%, 11/21/16+(a)(h)

     9,274,034   
  910,000,000   

Japan Treasury Discount Bill, Series 630, 0.00%, 12/5/16+(a)(h)

     8,978,969   
480,000,000   

Japan Treasury Discount Bill, Series 631, 0.00%, 3/10/17+(a)(h)

     4,740,458   
124,305,500   

Mexican Bonos Desarr, Series M, 6.50%, 6/10/21+(a)(e)(j)

     6,606,473   
4,897,000   

New Zealand Government, Series 0521, 6.00%, 5/15/21+(a)

     4,198,099   
 

 

Continued


AZL MVP BlackRock Global Allocation Fund

Consolidated Schedule of Portfolio Investments

September 30, 2016 (Unaudited)

 

Contracts,

Shares,

Notional

Amount or

Principal

Amount

       

Fair Value

 

Foreign Bonds, continued

  

Sovereign Bonds, continued

  

$    5,140,000   

Nota Do Tesouro Nacional, Series NTNF, 0.00%, 1/1/18+(a)(i)

   $ 1,584,104   
4,313,000   

Poland Government Bond, Series 1020, 5.25%, 10/25/20+(a)

     1,262,589   
7,277,000   

Poland Government Bond, Series 0725, 3.25%, 7/25/25+(a)

     1,963,693   
8,175,000   

Poland Government Bond, Series 0726, 2.50%, 7/25/26+(a)

     2,062,729   
1,013,000   

Republic of Indonesia, 2.63%, 6/14/23+(a)(d)

     1,194,132   
2,080,000   

Romania Government Bond, 4.75%, 2/24/25+(a)

     598,705   
124,495   

United Kingdom Treasury, 2.00%, 9/7/25+(a)

     180,014   
4,714,323   

United Kingdom Treasury, 1.50%, 7/22/26+(a)

     6,535,269   
     

 

 

 
        127,025,919   
     

 

 

 

Total Foreign Bonds (Cost $127,355,077)

     128,703,450   
     

 

 

 

Yankee Dollars (2.8%):

  

Banks (0.6%):

  
1,020,000   

BNP Paribas SA, 2.40%, 12/12/18(a)

     1,035,521   
1,275,000   

HSBC Holdings plc, 6.38%, 12/29/49, Callable 9/17/24 @ 100^(a)(e)

     1,255,875   
325,000   

ING Groep NV, 6.00%, 12/31/49, Callable 4/16/20 @ 100(a)(e)

     315,860   
865,000   

Intesa Sanpaolo SpA, 3.88%, 1/15/19(a)

     890,639   
200,000   

Lloyds Bank plc, 2.30%, 11/27/18(a)

     202,175   
250,000   

Rabobank Nederland, 3.95%, 11/9/22(a)

     262,069   
460,000   

Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp., 2.45%, 1/10/19(a)

     467,870   
     

 

 

 
        4,430,009   
     

 

 

 

Capital Markets (0.1%):

  
366,000   

UBS AG Stamford CT, 2.38%, 8/14/19(a)

     373,343   
495,000   

UBS Group AG, 4.13%, 9/24/25^(a)(d)

     518,755   
     

 

 

 
        892,098   
     

 

 

 

Diversified Financial Services (0.1%):

  
253,000   

Export-Import Bank of Korea, 2.88%, 9/17/18(a)

     260,490   
611,000   

Export-Import Bank of Korea, 2.63%, 12/30/20(a)

     632,219   
     

 

 

 
        892,709   
     

 

 

 

Diversified Telecommunication Services (0.1%):

  
568,000   

Intelsat Jackson Holdings SA, 7.50%, 4/1/21, Callable 11/7/16 @ 103.75(a)

     428,840   
190,000   

Intelsat Jackson Holdings SA, 8.00%, 2/15/24, Callable 2/15/19 @ 104^(a)(d)

     190,475   
572,000   

Telecom Italia SpA, 5.30%, 5/30/24^(a)(d)

     584,796   
     

 

 

 
        1,204,111   
     

 

 

 

Contracts,

Shares,

Notional

Amount or

Principal

Amount

       

Fair Value

 

Yankee Dollars, continued

  

Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (0.0%):

  

$      316,000   

Trust F/1401, 5.25%, 12/15/24, Callable 9/15/24 @ 100(a)(d)

   $ 327,850   
     

 

 

 

Industrial Conglomerates (0.0%):

  
255,000   

GE Capital International Funding, 2.34%, 11/15/20(a)

     261,908   
400,000   

Odebrecht Finance, Ltd., 4.38%, 4/25/25(a)(d)

     150,000   
     

 

 

 
        411,908   
     

 

 

 

Internet Software & Services (0.1%):

  
670,000   

Alibaba Group Holding, Ltd., 3.13%, 11/28/21, Callable 9/28/21 @ 100(a)

     698,605   
     

 

 

 

Media (0.0%):

  
200,000   

Unitymedia Hessen, 5.50%, 1/15/23, Callable 1/15/18 @ 102.75(a)(d)

     207,500   
     

 

 

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels (0.3%):

  
755,000   

Petroleos Mexicanos, 4.63%, 9/21/23^(a)(d)

     756,057   
1,558,000   

YPF SA, 8.50%, 7/28/25(a)(d)

     1,709,437   
     

 

 

 
        2,465,494   
     

 

 

 

Paper & Forest Products (0.3%):

  
2,106,000   

TFS Corp., Ltd., 8.75%, 8/1/23, Callable 8/1/19 @ 106.56(a)(b)

     2,148,120   
     

 

 

 

Pharmaceuticals (0.1%):

  
594,000   

Actavis Funding SCS, 3.00%, 3/12/20, Callable 2/12/20 @ 100(a)

     613,314   
     

 

 

 

Real Estate Management & Development (0.0%):

  
351,000   

IRSA Propiedades Comerciales SA, 8.75%, 3/23/23, Callable 3/23/20 @ 104.38(a)(d)

     393,120   
     

 

 

 

Road & Rail (0.0%):

  
527,380   

Inversiones Alsacia SA, 8.00%, 12/31/18, Callable 10/24/16 @ 100(a)(d)

     39,554   
     

 

 

 

Sovereign Bonds (1.1%):

  
487,000   

Federal Republic of Brazil, 4.88%, 1/22/21(a)

     519,873   
235,000   

Provincia de Buenos Aires, 9.13%, 3/16/24(a)(d)

     262,906   
1,185,000   

Republic of Argentina, 6.88%, 4/22/21(a)(d)

     1,289,873   
1,302,000   

Republic of Argentina, 7.50%, 4/22/26^(a)(d)

     1,468,655   
1,313,000   

Republic of Argentina, 7.13%, 7/6/36^(a)(d)

     1,390,467   
313,000   

Republic of Hungary, 6.25%, 1/29/20(a)

     351,749   
2,102,000   

Republic of Hungary, 6.38%, 3/29/21^(a)

     2,435,692   
480,000   

Republic of Indonesia, 6.88%, 1/17/18(a)(d)

     510,590   
619,000   

Republic of Turkey, 6.75%, 4/3/18(a)

     654,289   
     

 

 

 
        8,884,094   
     

 

 

 

Total Yankee Dollars (Cost $23,616,461)

     23,608,486   
     

 

 

 
 

 

Continued


AZL MVP BlackRock Global Allocation Fund

Consolidated Schedule of Portfolio Investments

September 30, 2016 (Unaudited)

 

Contracts,

Shares,

Notional

Amount or
Principal

Amount

       

Fair Value

 

U.S. Government Agency Mortgages (1.5%):

  

Federal National Mortgage Association (1.5%)

  

$    12,296,233   

3.00%, 11/25/45(a)

   $ 12,750,769   
     

 

 

 

Total U.S. Government Agency Mortgages (Cost $12,687,695)

     12,750,769   
     

 

 

 

U.S. Treasury Obligations (13.6%):

  

U.S. Treasury Bills (3.2%)

  
12,000,000   

0.18%, 11/10/16(a)(h)

     11,997,504   
10,313,000   

0.16%, 11/17/16(a)(h)

     10,310,741   
5,000,000   

0.16%, 11/25/16(a)(h)

     4,998,780   
     

 

 

 
        27,307,025   
     

 

 

 

U.S. Treasury Inflation Index Bonds (0.1%)

  
1,098,500   

1.00%, 2/15/46(a)

     1,233,296   
     

 

 

 

U.S. Treasury Bonds (0.1%)

  
33,000   

3.00%, 5/15/45

     38,024   
951,400   

2.25%, 8/15/46(a)(k)

     934,156   
     

 

 

 
        972,180   
     

 

 

 

U.S. Treasury Notes (7.5%)

  
2,281,000   

0.88%, 1/31/17(l)

     2,285,119   
8,031,500   

1.25%, 3/31/21(a)

     8,073,537   
1,869,500   

1.13%, 7/31/21(a)

     1,866,799   
19,194,500   

1.13%, 8/31/21(a)

     19,174,998   
23,786,000   

1.13%, 9/30/21(a)

     23,754,413   
6,754,800   

1.50%, 8/15/26(a)

     6,689,096   
     

 

 

 
        61,843,962   
     

 

 

 

U.S. Treasury Inflation Index Notes (2.7%)

  
7,867,400   

0.13%, 4/15/21(a)

     8,155,030   
13,631,800   

0.63%, 1/15/26(a)

     14,519,923   
     

 

 

 
        22,674,953   
     

 

 

 

Total U.S. Treasury Obligations (Cost $113,231,545)

     114,031,416   
     

 

 

 

Purchased Swaptions (0.0%):

  

Total Purchased Swaptions (Cost $321,424)

     144,886   
     

 

 

 

Purchased Options (0.4%):

  

Total Purchased Options (Cost $4,334,289)

     4,205,474   
     

 

 

 

Exchange Traded Funds (3.1%):

  
4,667   

ETFS Platinum Trust(l)

     461,100   
5,528   

ETFS Physical Palladium Shares(l)

     383,619   
124,200   

iShares Gold Trust(l)

     1,576,098   
9,367   

iShares Iboxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond Fund, 5.43%

     817,364   
183,224   

SPDR Gold Trust(k)(l)

     23,020,263   
     

 

 

 

Total Exchange Traded Fund (Cost $25,585,645)

     26,258,444   
     

 

 

 

Securities Held as Collateral for Securities on Loan (3.2%):

  
$  26,803,061   

AZL MVP BlackRock Global Allocation Fund Securities Lending Collateral Account(m)

     26,803,061   
     

 

 

 

Total Securities Held as Collateral for Securities on Loan (Cost $26,803,061)

     26,803,061   
     

 

 

 

Unaffiliated Investment Companies (1.7%):

  
7,911,447   

Goldman Sachs Financial Square Federal Fund, Institutional Shares, 0.16%(h)

     7,911,447   

Contracts,

Shares,

Notional

Amount or

Principal

Amount

       

Fair Value

 

Unaffiliated Investment Companies, continued

  

6,459,815   

Dreyfus Treasury Prime Cash Management Fund, Institutional Shares, 0.16%(h)(l) (n)

   $ 6,459,815   
     

 

 

 

Total Unaffiliated Investment Company (Cost $14,371,262)

     14,371,262   
     

 

 

 

Total Investment Securities (Cost $816,907,007)(o) - 100.9%

     845,873,500   

Net other assets (liabilities) - (0.9)%

     (9,712,611 ) 
     

 

 

 

Net Assets - 100.0%

   $ 836,160,889   
     

 

 

 

Percentages indicated are based on net assets as of September 30, 2016.

 

ADR   -    American Depositary Receipt
MTN   -    Medium Term Note
SPDR   -    Standard & Poor’s Depository Receipts

 

* Non-income producing security.
^ This security or a partial position of this security was on loan as of September 30, 2016. The total value of securities on loan as of September 30, 2016, was $26,184,201.
+ The principal amount is disclosed in local currency and the fair value is disclosed in U.S. Dollars.
(a) These securities are held by the AZL BlackRock Global Allocation Fund (the “VIP Subsidiary”).
(b) Rule 144A, Section 4(2) or other security which is restricted to resale to institutional investors. The sub-adviser has deemed these securities to be illiquid based on procedures approved by the Board of Trustees. As of September 30, 2016, these securities represent 1.35% of the net assets of the fund.
(c) Security was valued in good faith pursuant to procedures approved by the Board of Trustees as of September 30, 2016. The total of all such securities represent 0.00% of the net assets of the fund.
(d) Rule 144A, Section 4(2) or other security which is restricted to resale to institutional investors. The sub-adviser has deemed these securities to be liquid based on procedures approved by the Board of Trustees.
(e) Variable rate security. The rate presented represents the rate in effect at September 30, 2016. The date presented represents the final maturity date.
(f) Defaulted bond.
(g) The sub-adviser has deemed these securities to be illiquid based on procedures approved by the Board of Trustees. As of September 30, 2016, these securities represent 0.19% of the net assets of the Fund.
(h) The rate represents the effective yield at September 30, 2016.
(i) Principal amount is stated in 1,000 Brazilian Real Units.
(j) Principal amount is stated in 100 Mexican Peso Units.
(k) All or a portion of this security has been pledged as collateral for open derivative positions.
(l) All or a portion of these securities are held by the AZL Cayman Global Allocation Fund, Ltd. (the “Cayman Subsidiary”).
 

 

Continued


AZL MVP BlackRock Global Allocation Fund

Consolidated Schedule of Portfolio Investments

September 30, 2016 (Unaudited)

 

(m) Purchased with cash collateral held from securities lending. The value of the collateral could include collateral held for securities that were sold on or before September 30, 2016.
(n) All or a portion of these securities are held by the VIP Subsidiary.
(o) See Federal Tax Information listed in the Notes to the Schedules of Portfolio Investments.

Amounts shown as “—” are either $0 or round to less than $1.

The following represents the concentrations by country of risk (based on the domicile of the security issuer) relative to the total fair value of investments as of September 30, 2016:

 

Country

   Percentage  

Argentina

     0.7 % 

Australia

     1.8 % 

Austria

     —   %NM 

Belgium

     0.3 % 

Bermuda

     —   %NM 

Brazil

     0.6 % 

Canada

     2.3 % 

Cayman Islands

     0.1 % 

Chile

     —   %NM 

China

     0.4 % 

Czech Republic

     —   %NM 

Denmark

     0.1 % 

European Community

     —   %NM 

Finland

     0.2 % 

France

     3.0 % 

Germany

     1.4 % 

Guernsey

     —   %NM 

Hong Kong

     0.7 % 

Hungary

     0.4 % 

India

     0.6 % 

Indonesia

     0.3 % 

Ireland (Republic of)

     0.5 % 

Israel

     0.5 % 

Italy

     1.2 % 

Japan

     16.3 % 

Jersey

     0.2 % 

Luxembourg

     0.2 % 

Mexico

     1.0 % 

Netherlands

     1.8 % 

New Zealand

     0.5 % 

Poland

     0.8 % 

Portugal

     0.1 % 

Republic of Korea (South)

     0.4 % 

Romania

     0.1 % 

Singapore

     0.7 % 

Spain

     0.6 % 

Sweden

     0.5 % 

Switzerland

     1.2 % 

Taiwan, Province Of China

     0.2 % 

Thailand

     0.1 % 

Turkey

     0.1 % 

United Arab Emirates

     0.1 % 

United Kingdom

     4.4 % 

United States

     55.6 % 
  

 

 

 
     100.0 % 
  

 

 

 

NM    Not meaningful, amount is less than 0.05%.

    

 

 

Continued


AZL MVP BlackRock Global Allocation Fund

Consolidated Schedule of Portfolio Investments

September 30, 2016 (Unaudited)

 

Securities Sold Short (-0.4%):(a)

 

Security Description

   Proceeds
Received
    Fair Value     Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
 

Alcoa, Inc.

   $ (393,174 )    $ (407,080 )    $ (13,906 ) 

Church & Dwight Co., Inc.

     (552,930 )      (533,829 )      19,101   

Ecolab, Inc.

     (1,098,955 )      (1,143,194 )      (44,239 ) 

Gentex Corp.

     (389,265 )      (436,349 )      (47,084 ) 

LafargeHolcim, Ltd., Registered Shares

     (476,514 )      (521,495 )      (44,981 ) 

Procter & Gamble Co. (The)

     (1,195,332 )      (1,210,458 )      (15,126 ) 

Walt Disney Co. (The)

     (398,519 )      (371,626 )      26,893   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
   $ (4,504,689 )    $ (4,624,031 )    $ (119,342 ) 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Futures Contracts

Cash of $27,653,992 has been segregated to cover margin requirements for the following open contracts as of September 30, 2016:

 

Description

   Type      Expiration
Date
     Number of
Contracts
    Notional Value     Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
 

CAC 40 10 Euro October Futures (Euro)(a)

     Short         10/21/16         (3 )    $ (149,729 )    $ (2,515 ) 

DJ EURO STOXX 600 December Futures (Euro)(a)

     Short         12/16/16         (33 )      (633,454 )      (2,554 ) 

NIKKEI 225 Index December Futures (Japanese Yen)(a)

     Short         12/8/16         (9 )      (734,984 )      (4,966 ) 

Russell 2000 Mini Index December Futures (U.S. Dollar)(a)

     Short         12/16/16         (53 )      (6,615,990 )      (117,282 ) 

S&P 500 Index E-Mini December Futures (U.S. Dollar)(a)

     Short         12/16/16         37        3,996,740        417,045   

ASX SPI 200 Index December Futures (Australian Dollar)(a)

     Long         12/15/16         1        103,608        4,494   

DAX Index December Futures (Euro)(a)

     Long         12/16/16         2        590,384        8,021   

DJ EURO STOXX 50 December Futures (Euro)(a)

     Long         12/16/16         8        269,030        3,559   

FTSE 100 Index December Futures (British Pounds)(a)

     Long         12/16/16         1        88,867        2,868   

NASDAQ 100 E-Mini December Futures (U.S. Dollar)(a)

     Long         12/16/16         4        389,620        11,637   

TOPIX Index December Futures (Japanese Yen)(a)

     Long         12/8/16         10        1,304,862        (13,353 ) 

U.S. Treasury 10-Year Note December Futures (U.S. Dollar)

     Long         12/20/16         127        16,652,875        89,100   
            

 

 

 

Total

             $ 396,054   
            

 

 

 

Option Contracts(a)

Over-the-counter options purchased as of September 30, 2016 were as follows:

 

Description

   Counterparty    Put/
Call
   Strike Price      Expiration
Date
   Contracts      Fair Value  

AFLAC, Inc.

   Goldman Sachs    Call      85.00         USD       1/19/18      23,937       $ 32,616   

Allstate Corp.

   Goldman Sachs    Call      80.00         USD       1/19/18      15,243         24,148   

Apple, Inc.

   UBS Warburg    Call      110.00         USD       9/15/17      27,635         322,561   

BB&T Corp.

   Goldman Sachs    Call      40.00         USD       1/19/18      33,282         69,578   

Capital One Financial Corp.

   Goldman Sachs    Call      80.00         USD       1/19/18      34,070         159,124   

CBOE Holdings, Inc.

   Societe Generale    Call      22.00         USD       11/16/16      9,178         9,116   

Chicago Board Options Exchange SPX

   Citibank    Call      22.00         USD       10/19/16      9,203         1,962   

CIT Group, Inc.

   Goldman Sachs    Call      42.00         USD       1/19/18      20,475         55,075   

Citigroup, Inc.

   Goldman Sachs    Call      55.00         USD       1/19/18      46,690         127,625   

CME Group, Inc.

   Goldman Sachs    Call      115.00         USD       1/19/18      16,384         65,510   

Comerica, Inc.

   Goldman Sachs    Call      55.00         USD       1/19/18      28,632         74,798   

E*Trade Financial Corp.

   Goldman Sachs    Call      35.00         USD       1/19/18      42,404         88,887   

Euro Stoxx 50 Index

   Morgan Stanley    Call      3025.00         EUR       3/17/17      144         23,079   

Euro Stoxx 50 Index

   Morgan Stanley    Call      3025.00         EUR       3/17/17      144         23,079   

Euro Stoxx 50 Index

   Morgan Stanley    Call      3125.00         EUR       3/17/17      313         33,341   

Euro Stoxx 50 Index

   Citigroup Global Markets    Call      3150.00         EUR       6/16/17      540         56,752   

Euro Stoxx 50 Index

   Deutsche Bank    Call      3426.55         EUR       9/21/18      225         25,214   

 

See accompanying notes to the schedules of portfolio investments.


AZL MVP BlackRock Global Allocation Fund

Consolidated Schedule of Portfolio Investments

September 30, 2016 (Unaudited)

 

Fifth Third BanCorp

   Goldman Sachs    Call      25.00         USD       1/19/18      46,690       $ 35,973   

Franklin Resources, Inc.

   Goldman Sachs    Call      45.00         USD       1/19/18      42,153         48,315   

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

   Goldman Sachs    Call      70.00         USD       1/19/18      46,690         192,845   

KeyCorp

   Goldman Sachs    Call      15.00         USD       1/19/18      46,690         21,247   

Lincoln National Corp.

   Goldman Sachs    Call      55.00         USD       1/19/18      28,360         80,396   

MetLife, Inc.

   Goldman Sachs    Call      52.50         USD       1/19/18      46,690         86,226   

MetLife, Inc.

   UBS Warburg    Call      50.00         USD       1/20/17      12,874         6,537   

MetLife, Inc.

   UBS Warburg    Call      52.50         USD       1/20/17      11,800         2,891   

Morgan Stanley

   Goldman Sachs    Call      35.00         USD       1/19/18      46,690         119,807   

Manulife Financial Corp.

   Goldman Sachs    Call      22.00         CAD       1/19/18      46,690         19,737   

Prudential Financial, Inc.

   Morgan Stanley    Call      87.50         USD       1/20/17      14,400         26,124   

Qualcomm, Inc.

   Deutsche Bank    Call      52.50         USD       5/19/17      24,788         409,221   

Regions Financial Corp.

   Goldman Sachs    Call      12.00         USD       1/19/18      46,690         26,108   

SPDR Gold Shares(b)

   JPMorgan Chase    Call      127.00         USD       10/21/16      11,307         10,311   

SPDR Gold Shares(b)

   JPMorgan Chase    Call      100.00         USD       12/16/16      12,078         312,764   

SPDR Gold Shares(b)

   JPMorgan Chase    Call      125.00         USD       12/16/16      22,367         82,189   

SPDR Gold Shares(b)

   JPMorgan Chase    Call      127.00         USD       12/02/16      11,890         33,649   

SPDR Gold Shares(b)

   Societe Generale    Call      127.00         USD       12/02/16      11,891         32,344   

SPDR Gold Trust(b)

   Societe Generale    Call      121.00         USD       1/20/17      22,476         152,576   

State Street Corp.

   Goldman Sachs    Call      72.50         USD       1/19/18      31,589         202,260   

Stoxx Europe 600 Index

   Credit Suisse First Boston    Call      355.61         EUR       3/17/17      4,134         42,692   

SunTrust Banks, Inc.

   Goldman Sachs    Call      55.00         USD       1/19/18      46,690         57,477   

Synchrony Financial

   Goldman Sachs    Call      35.00         USD       1/19/18      46,690         54,616   

TD Ameritrade Holdg Corp.

   Goldman Sachs    Call      40.00         USD       1/19/18      39,795         82,478   

The Charles Schwab Corp.

   Goldman Sachs    Call      40.00         USD       1/19/18      46,690         63,860   

Travelers Companies, Inc.

   Goldman Sachs    Call      135.00         USD       1/19/18      14,440         29,445   

Wells Fargo & Co.

   Goldman Sachs    Call      55.00         USD       1/19/18      46,690         36,320   

Zions Bancorporation

   Goldman Sachs    Call      35.00         USD       1/19/18      38,281         74,989   

CBOE Holdings, Inc.

   Barclays Bank    Put      16.00         USD       10/19/16      45,982         68,811   

CBOE Volatility Index

   Citibank    Put      16.00         USD       10/19/16      18,758         28,071   

Cintas Corp.

   Bank Of America    Put      110.00         USD       10/21/16      2,086         2,158   

S&P 500 Index

   Credit Suisse First Boston    Put      2100.00         USD       10/21/16      3,230         25,479   

S&P 500 Index

   Credit Suisse First Boston    Put      2130.00         USD       11/18/16      6,476         190,965   

S&P 500 Index

   BNP Paribas    Put      2125.00         USD       11/30/16      3,243         109,970   

S&P 500 Index

   Societe Generale    Put      2140.00         USD       11/30/16      3,243         123,701   
                    

 

 

 

Total

                     $ 4,085,017   
                    

 

 

 

Over-the-counter options written as of September 30, 2016 were as follows:

 

Description

   Counterparty    Put/
Call
   Strike Price      Expiration
Date
   Contracts      Fair Value  

Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

   Credit Suisse First Boston    Call      125.00         USD       11/18/16      1,444       $ (8,478 ) 

Apple, Inc.

   UBS Warburg    Call      130.00         USD       9/15/17      27,635         (110,127 ) 

Cintas Corp.

   Bank Of America    Call      120.00         USD       10/21/16      2,086         (438 ) 

 

See accompanying notes to the schedules of portfolio investments.


AZL MVP BlackRock Global Allocation Fund

Consolidated Schedule of Portfolio Investments

September 30, 2016 (Unaudited)

 

Euro Stoxx 50 Index

   Morgan Stanley    Call      3450.00         EUR       3/17/17      313       $ (5,216 ) 

General Electric Co.

   Deutsche Bank    Call      32.50         USD       1/20/17      65,566         (9,726 ) 

Johnson & Johnson

   Barclays Bank    Call      110.00         USD       1/20/17      21,498         (201,949 ) 

Qualcomm, Inc.

   Deutsche Bank    Call      70.00         USD       5/19/17      24,788         (97,474 ) 

S&P 500 Index

   Credit Suisse First Boston    Call      2200.00         USD       10/21/16      3,230         (26,654 ) 

Apple, Inc.

   UBS Warburg    Put      100.00         USD       9/15/17      27,635         (164,239 ) 

Euro Stoxx 50 Index

   Morgan Stanley    Put      2375.00         EUR       3/17/17      144         (4,301 ) 

Euro Stoxx 50 Index

   Morgan Stanley    Put      2375.00         EUR       3/17/17      144         (4,301 ) 

Euro Stoxx 50 Index

   Morgan Stanley    Put      2400.00         EUR       3/17/17      313         (11,786 ) 

Euro Stoxx 50 Index

   Citigroup Global Markets    Put      2350.00         EUR       6/16/17      540         (35,478 ) 

Euro Stoxx 50 Index

   Deutsche Bank    Put      2586.07         EUR       9/21/18      225         (63,631 ) 

MetLife, Inc.

   UBS Warburg    Put      45.00         USD       1/20/17      6,437         (18,417 ) 

MetLife, Inc.

   UBS Warburg    Put      46.00         USD       1/20/17      5,900         (20,112 ) 

Prudential Financial, Inc.

   Morgan Stanley    Put      77.50         USD       1/20/17      7,200         (22,877 ) 

Qualcomm, Inc.

   Deutsche Bank    Put      40.00         USD       5/19/17      24,788         (6,442 ) 

S&P 500 Index

   Credit Suisse First Boston    Put      2000.00         USD       10/21/16      3,230         (4,709 ) 

S&P 500 Index

   Credit Suisse First Boston    Put      1955.00         USD       11/18/16      6,476         (44,303 ) 

S&P 500 Index

   BNP Paribas    Put      1950.00         USD       11/30/16      3,243         (30,760 ) 

S&P 500 Index

   Societe Generale    Put      1965.00         USD       11/30/16      3,243         (34,418 ) 
                    

 

 

 

Total

                     $ (925,836 ) 
                    

 

 

 

Exchange-traded options purchased as of September 30, 2016 were as follows:

 

Description

   Put/
Call
   Strike Price      Expiration
Date
   Contracts      Fair
Value
 

Biogen, Inc.

   Call      285.00         USD       10/21/16      2       $ 5,960   

SPDR Gold Shares(b)

   Call      130.00         USD       11/18/16      234         26,442   

Accenture plc

   Put      112.00         USD       10/07/16      12         480   
                 

 

 

 

Total

                  $ 32,882   
                 

 

 

 

Exchange-traded options written as of September 30, 2016 were as follows:

 

Description

   Put/
Call
   Strike Price      Expiration
Date
   Contracts      Fair
Value
 

Altria Group, Inc.

   Call      67.50         USD       12/16/16      90       $ (3,105 ) 

Biogen, Inc.

   Call      325.00         USD       10/21/16      2         (1,000 ) 

SPDR Gold Shares(b)

   Call      145.00         USD       1/20/17      225         (9,338 ) 

SPDR Gold Shares(b)

   Call      145.00         USD       12/16/16      224         (5,040 ) 

Tiffany & Co.

   Call      72.50         USD       2/17/17      54         (26,460 ) 

Tiffany & Co.

   Call      75.00         USD       2/17/17      54         (19,980 ) 

Williams-Sonoma, Inc.

   Call      55.00         USD       11/18/16      75         (7,500 ) 

Biogen, Inc.

   Put      260.00         USD       10/21/16      2         (500 ) 

 

See accompanying notes to the schedules of portfolio investments.


AZL MVP BlackRock Global Allocation Fund

Consolidated Schedule of Portfolio Investments

September 30, 2016 (Unaudited)

 

                    

 

 

 

Total

                     $ (72,923 ) 
                    

 

 

 

Exchange-traded currency options purchased as of September 30, 2016 were as follows:

 

Description

   Counterparty      Strike Price      Expiration
Date
     Notional
Amount
     Fair Value  

Japanese Yen Call Currency Option (USD/JPY)

     JPMorgan Chase         110.00         USD         10/04/16         43,938       $ 170   

Japanese Yen Call Currency Option (USD/JPY)

     Deutsche Bank         108.50         USD         11/15/16         44,615         4,947   

Japanese Yen Call Currency Option (USD/JPY)

     JPMorgan Chase         103.00         USD         2/01/17         47,169         82,458   
                 

 

 

 

Total

                  $ 87,575   
                 

 

 

 

Exchange-traded currency options written as of September 30, 2016 were as follows:

 

Description

   Counterparty    Strike Price      Expiration
Date
   Notional
Amount
     Fair Value  

Australian Dollar Call Currency Option (USD/AUD)

   Deutsche Bank      0.79         AUD       11/10/16      26,840       $ (7,236 ) 

Australian Dollar Call Currency Option (USD/AUD)

   Goldman Sachs      0.80         AUD       11/09/16      26,350         (3,273 ) 

Japanese Yen Call Currency Option (USD/JPY)

   JPMorgan Chase      117.00         USD       10/04/16      43,938         (170 ) 

Japanese Yen Call Currency Option (USD/JPY)

   Deutsche Bank      115.00         USD       11/15/16      44,615         (715 ) 

Japanese Yen Call Currency Option (USD/JPY)

   Goldman Sachs      111.00         USD       2/01/17      47,169         (11,626 ) 

New Zealand Call Currency Option (USD/NZD)

   JPMorgan Chase      0.73         NZD       11/10/16      29,040         (34,948 ) 

New Zealand Call Currency Option (USD/NZD)

   Morgan Stanley      0.73         NZD       11/08/16      28,600         (25,803 ) 

Australian Dollar Call Currency Option (USD/AUD)

   Deutsche Bank      0.67         AUD       11/10/16      26,840         (218 ) 

Australian Dollar Call Currency Option (USD/AUD)

   Goldman Sachs      0.69         AUD       11/09/16      26,350         (408 ) 

Japanese Yen Call Currency Option (USD/JPY)

   JPMorgan Chase      100.00         USD       10/04/16      43,938         (3,861 ) 

Japanese Yen Call Currency Option (USD/JPY)

   Deutsche Bank      98.00         USD       11/15/16      44,615         (30,145 ) 

Japanese Yen Call Currency Option (USD/JPY)

   Goldman Sachs      95.00         USD       2/01/17      47,169         (49,185 ) 

New Zealand Call Currency Option (USD/NZD)

   JPMorgan Chase      0.62         NZD       11/10/16      29,040         (373 ) 

New Zealand Call Currency Option (USD/NZD)

   Morgan Stanley      0.62         NZD       11/08/16      28,600         (360 ) 
                 

 

 

 

Total

                  $ (168,321 ) 
                 

 

 

 

Over-the-counter interest rate swaptions purchased as of September 30, 2016 were as follows:

 

Description

   Counterparty    Put/
Call
   Exercise
Rate
     Expiration
Date
   Notional
Amount
     Market
Value
 

5-Year Interest Rate Swap

   Deutsche Bank    Call      1.14         USD       11/15/16      1,840       $ 49,667   

10-Year Interest Rate Swap

   Goldman Sachs    Put      1.55         USD       12/12/16      949         85,099   

10-Year Interest Rate Swap

   Goldman Sachs    Put      1.95         USD       12/12/16      949         9,718   

5-Year Interest Rate Swap

   Deutsche Bank    Put      1.07         JPY       4/04/18      1,006,980         402   

 

See accompanying notes to the schedules of portfolio investments.


AZL MVP BlackRock Global Allocation Fund

Consolidated Schedule of Portfolio Investments

September 30, 2016 (Unaudited)

 

 

                    

 

 

 

Total

                     $     144,886   
                    

 

 

 

Over-the-counter interest rate swaptions written as of September 30, 2016 were as follows:

 

Description

   Counterparty    Put/
Call
   Exercise
Rate
     Expiration
Date
   Notional
Amount
     Market
Value
 

5-Year Interest Rate Swap

   Deutsche Bank    Call      0.94         USD       11/15/16      1,840       $ (8,040 ) 

10-Year Interest Rate Swap

   Goldman Sachs    Put      1.75         USD       12/12/16      1,898         (64,848 ) 

5-Year Interest Rate Swap

   Deutsche Bank    Put      1.44         USD       11/15/16      1,840         (12,850 ) 
                    

 

 

 

Total

                     $ (85,738 ) 
                    

 

 

 

Forward Currency Contracts(a)

At September 30, 2016, the Fund’s open forward currency contracts were as follows:

 

Type of Contract

   Counterparty      Delivery
Date
     Contract
Amount

(Local
Currency)
     Contract
Value
     Value      Net Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
 

Short Contracts:

                 

Australian Dollar

     Goldman Sachs         11/9/16         2,635,000       $ 1,954,353       $ 2,014,382       $ (60,029 ) 

Australian Dollar

     Deutsche Bank         11/10/16         2,684,000         1,955,305         2,051,796         (96,491 ) 

Australian Dollar

     Deutsche Bank         11/17/16         1,021,000         780,023         780,385         (362 ) 

Brazilian Real

     Deutsche Bank         12/2/16         2,993,000         802,413         903,806         (101,393 ) 

Chinese Renminbi

     Deutsche Bank         11/4/16         12,566,000         1,933,795         1,881,236         52,559   

Emirati Dirham

     BNP Paribas         1/19/17         2,788,058         753,000         758,505         (5,505 ) 

Emirati Dirham

     Goldman Sachs         1/19/17         2,790,242         753,000         759,099         (6,099 ) 

Emirati Dirham

     BNP Paribas         1/25/17         2,766,290         747,000         752,546         (5,546 ) 

Japanese Yen

     Deutsche Bank         10/3/16         920,000,000         8,964,852         9,075,072         (110,220 ) 

Japanese Yen

     JPMorgan Chase         10/11/16         190,000,000         1,797,234         1,874,860         (77,626 ) 

Japanese Yen

     Morgan Stanley         10/24/16         280,000,000         2,650,863         2,764,533         (113,670 ) 

Japanese Yen

     Morgan Stanley         10/31/16         930,000,000         8,911,034         9,184,992         (273,958 ) 

Japanese Yen

     Deutsche Bank         11/21/16         940,000,000         9,398,215         9,291,595         106,620   

Japanese Yen

     JPMorgan Chase         12/5/16         910,000,000         8,825,868         9,001,325         (175,457 ) 

Japanese Yen

     HSBC Bank         2/13/17         3,510,006         32,399         34,845         (2,446 ) 

Japanese Yen

     BNP Paribas         3/10/17         480,000,000         4,753,370         4,770,554         (17,184 ) 

Mexican Peso

     Goldman Sachs         10/27/16         35,757,000         1,934,640         1,839,337         95,303   

New Zealand Dollar

     Morgan Stanley         11/8/16         2,860,000         1,935,391         2,078,279         (142,888 ) 

New Zealand Dollar

     JPMorgan Chase         11/10/16         2,904,000         1,937,260         2,110,086         (172,826 ) 

Taiwanese Dollar

     Citibank         1/9/17         65,071,070         1,943,000         2,082,385         (139,385 ) 

Taiwanese Dollar

     Goldman Sachs         1/9/17         65,604,850         1,945,000         2,099,467         (154,467 ) 

Taiwanese Dollar

     JPMorgan Chase         1/9/17         64,779,873         1,943,000         2,073,066         (130,066 ) 

Taiwanese Dollar

     Credit Suisse First Boston         1/11/17         64,579,900         1,925,000         2,066,795         (141,795 ) 

Taiwanese Dollar

     Deutsche Bank         2/16/17         24,630,540         737,000         789,148         (52,148 ) 
           

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
            $ 69,313,015       $ 71,038,094       $ (1,725,079 ) 
           

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Long Contracts:

                 

Brazilian Real

     Deutsche Bank         12/2/16         2,993,000       $ 840,046       $ 903,806       $ 63,760   

Chinese Renminbi

     Deutsche Bank         11/4/16         12,566,000         1,913,070         1,881,237         (31,833 ) 

European Euro

     Morgan Stanley         11/10/16         994,000         1,121,515         1,118,561         (2,954 ) 

European Euro

     State Street         11/10/16         1,129,000         1,271,796         1,270,478         (1,318 ) 

European Euro

     Credit Suisse First Boston         11/25/16         1,357,000         1,541,064         1,528,030         (13,034 ) 

European Euro

     HSBC Bank         12/2/16         1,696,000         1,894,364         1,910,390         16,026   

Mexican Peso

     Goldman Sachs         10/27/16         13,068,019         661,234         672,218         10,984   

Norwegian Krone

     Morgan Stanley         11/10/16         6,811,971         802,001         852,595         50,594   

Taiwanese Dollar

     Citibank         1/9/17         65,071,070         1,992,927         2,082,385         89,458   

Taiwanese Dollar

     Credit Suisse First Boston         1/9/17         65,585,400         2,012,440         2,098,845         86,405   

Taiwanese Dollar

     JPMorgan Chase         1/9/17         64,779,873         1,985,255         2,073,066         87,811   

Taiwanese Dollar

     Credit Suisse First Boston         1/11/17         64,579,900         1,982,317         2,066,795         84,478   

Taiwanese Dollar

     Deutsche Bank         2/16/17         24,630,540         768,744         789,148         20,404   
           

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
            $ 18,786,773       $ 19,247,554       $ 460,781   
           

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to the schedules of portfolio investments.


AZL MVP BlackRock Global Allocation Fund

Consolidated Schedule of Portfolio Investments

September 30, 2016 (Unaudited)

 

At September 30, 2016, the Fund’s open forward cross currency contracts were as follows:

 

Purchase/Sale

   Counterparty      Amount
Purchased
     Amount Sold      Contract
Value
     Value      Net Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
 

European Euro/Japanese Yen

     HSBC Bank         668,000         EUR         83,094,190        JPY       $ 762,378       $ 692,568       $ (69,810 ) 

European Euro/Polish Zloty

     BNP Paribas         720,000         EUR         3,095,064         PLN         808,551         810,120         1,569   

Japanese Yen/European Euro

     HSBC Bank         86,604,196         JPY         668,000         EUR         764,503         869,158         104,655   
                 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
                  $ 2,335,432       $ 2,371,846       $ 36,414   
                 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Centrally Cleared Credit Default Swap Agreements - Sell Protection(a)(c)

At September 30, 2016, the Fund’s open centrally cleared credit default swap agreements were as follows:

 

Underlying Instrument

   Clearing Agent      Expiration
Date
   Implied
Credit

Spread at
September 30,
2016 (d)
    Notional
Amount (e)
     Fixed
Rate
    Value      Premiums
Paid/
(Received)
     Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
 

CDX North America High Yield Index Swap Agreement with JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., Series 27

     JPMorgan Chase       12/20/21      4.00 %    $ 3,688,794         5.00 %    $ 162,307       $ 155,234       $ 7,073   

CDX North America Investment Grade Index Swap Agreement with JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., Series 27

     JPMorgan Chase       12/20/21      0.75        17,827,565         1.00        222,875         220,033         2,842   

iTraxx Crossover Swap Agreement with JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., Series 26

     JPMorgan Chase       12/20/21      0.72        3,380,000         1.00        54,046         55,734         (1,688 ) 

iTraxx Crossover Swap Agreement with JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., Series 26

     JPMorgan Chase       12/20/21      3.27        5,442,778         5.00        480,632         475,962         4,670   
               

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
                $ 919,860       $ 906,963       $ 12,897   
               

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Over-the-Counter Currency Swap Agreements

At September 30, 2016, the Fund’s open over-the-counter currency swap agreements were as follows:

 

Pay/
Receive
Floating
Rate

  

Floating Rate Index

   Fixed
Rate
    Expiration
Date
     Counterparty      Notional
Amount
(Local)
     Value     Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
 

Pay

  

3-Month U.S. Dollar LIBOR BBA

     1.230 %      3/15/17         Bank of America         1,597,500         JPY       $ (254,311 )    $ (254,311 ) 

Pay

  

3-Month U.S. Dollar LIBOR BBA

     1.963        3/15/18         Bank of America         263,100,000         JPY         (277,471 )      (277,471 ) 

Pay

  

3-Month U.S. Dollar LIBOR BBA

     1.838        3/15/18         Bank of America         173,950,000         JPY         (174,961 )      (174,961 ) 
                   

 

 

   

 

 

 
                    $ (706,743 )    $ (706,743 ) 
                   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to the schedules of portfolio investments.


AZL MVP BlackRock Global Allocation Fund

Consolidated Schedule of Portfolio Investments

September 30, 2016 (Unaudited)

 

Centrally Cleared Interest Rate Swap Agreements

At September 30, 2016, the Fund’s open centrally cleared interest rate swap agreements were as follows:

 

Pay/
Receive
Floating
Rate

  

Floating Rate Index

  Fixed
Rate
    Expiration
Date
    Clearing Agent     Notional
Amount
    Upfront
Premiums
Paid/
(Received)
    Value     Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
 

Pay

  

3-Month U.S. Dollar LIBOR BBA

    0.568 %      7/2/20        JPMorgan Chase        4,589,197        GBP      $ 76      $ (13,299 )    $ (13,375 ) 

Pay

  

3-Month U.S. Dollar LIBOR BBA

    0.563        7/2/20        JPMorgan Chase        4,589,197        GBP        76        (12,705 )      (12,781 ) 

Pay

  

3-Month U.S. Dollar LIBOR BBA

    0.584        7/2/20        JPMorgan Chase        4,589,197        GBP        77        (15,198 )      (15,275 ) 

Pay

  

3-Month U.S. Dollar LIBOR BBA

    0.537        7/2/20        JPMorgan Chase        4,566,584        GBP        —          (9,572 )      (9,572 ) 

Pay

  

3-Month U.S. Dollar LIBOR BBA

    0.989        7/5/20        JPMorgan Chase        5,968,906        USD        —          (27,617 )      (27,617 ) 

Pay

  

3-Month U.S. Dollar LIBOR BBA

    1.015        7/5/20        JPMorgan Chase        5,955,165        USD        —          (24,517 )      (24,517 ) 

Pay

  

3-Month U.S. Dollar LIBOR BBA

    1.058        7/5/20        JPMorgan Chase        5,955,165        USD        75        (19,496 )      (19,571 ) 

Pay

  

3-Month U.S. Dollar LIBOR BBA

    1.018        7/5/20        JPMorgan Chase        5,955,165        USD        75        (24,225 )      (24,300 ) 

Pay

  

3-Month U.S. Dollar LIBOR BBA

    0.608        7/16/20        JPMorgan Chase        4,601,100        GBP        77        (17,671 )      (17,748 ) 

Pay

  

3-Month U.S. Dollar LIBOR BBA

    0.604        7/16/20        JPMorgan Chase        4,601,100        GBP        —          (17,195 )      (17,195 ) 

Pay

  

3-Month U.S. Dollar LIBOR BBA

    0.638        7/16/20        JPMorgan Chase        4,601,100        GBP        —          (21,181 )      (21,181 ) 

Pay

  

3-Month U.S. Dollar LIBOR BBA

    0.640        7/16/20        JPMorgan Chase        4,601,200        GBP        —          (21,479 )      (21,479 ) 

Pay

  

3-Month U.S. Dollar LIBOR BBA

    1.208        7/19/20        JPMorgan Chase        5,981,400        USD        —          (2,600 )      (2,600 ) 

Pay

  

3-Month U.S. Dollar LIBOR BBA

    1.260        7/19/20        JPMorgan Chase        4,601,133        USD        —          2,735        2,735   

Pay

  

3-Month U.S. Dollar LIBOR BBA

    1.183        7/19/20        JPMorgan Chase        5,981,500        USD        —          (5,472 )      (5,472 ) 

Pay

  

3-Month U.S. Dollar LIBOR BBA

    1.219        7/19/20        JPMorgan Chase        5,981,500        USD        —          (1,251 )      (1,251 ) 

Pay

  

3-Month U.S. Dollar LIBOR BBA

    0.016        4/9/21        JPMorgan Chase        1,165,000        EUR        17        (12,447 )      (12,464 ) 
                

 

 

   

 

 

 
                 $ (243,190 )    $ (243,663 ) 
                

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Return Swaps at September 30, 2016    

 

Pay/
Receive

  

Reference Entity

   Expiration
Date
   Counterparty      Notional Amount      Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
 

Pay

  

EURO Stoxx 50 Index Dividends December Futures

   12/18/20      BNP Paribas SA         67,900         EUR       $ 550   

Pay

  

EURO Stoxx 50 Index Dividends December Futures

   12/18/20      BNP Paribas SA         213,400         EUR         1,730   

Pay

  

EURO Stoxx 50 Index Dividends December Futures

   12/18/20      BNP Paribas SA         67,480         EUR         1,022   

Pay

  

EURO Stoxx 50 Index Dividends December Futures

   12/18/20      BNP Paribas SA         134,820         EUR         2,201   

Pay

  

EURO Stoxx 50 Index Dividends December Futures

   12/18/20      BNP Paribas SA         57,720         EUR         1,011   

Pay

  

EURO Stoxx 50 Index Dividends December Futures

   12/23/20      BNP Paribas SA         57,600         EUR         1,146   

Pay

  

EURO Stoxx 50 Index Dividends December Futures

   12/15/17      BNP Paribas SA         357,346         EUR         (1,647 ) 

Pay

  

EURO Stoxx 50 Index Dividends December Futures

   12/15/17      BNP Paribas SA         148,460         EUR         876   

Pay

  

EURO Stoxx 50 Index Dividends December Futures

   12/21/18      BNP Paribas SA         192,100         EUR         (4,583 ) 

Pay

  

EURO Stoxx 50 Index Dividends December Futures

   12/21/18      BNP Paribas SA         179,040         EUR         (2,336 ) 

Pay

  

EURO Stoxx 50 Index Dividends December Futures

   12/21/18      BNP Paribas SA         363,120         EUR         (10,333 ) 

Pay

  

EURO Stoxx 50 Index Dividends December Futures

   12/20/19      BNP Paribas SA         244,080         EUR         5,661   

Pay

  

EURO Stoxx 50 Index Dividends December Futures

   12/20/19      BNP Paribas SA         120,600         EUR         4,448   

Pay

  

EURO Stoxx 50 Index Dividends December Futures

   12/20/19      BNP Paribas SA         262,860         EUR         7,885   

Pay

  

EURO Stoxx 50 Index Dividends December Futures

   12/18/20      BNP Paribas SA         207,670         EUR         2,774   

Pay

  

NIKKEI 225 Dividend Index E-Mini March Futures

   3/31/17      BNP Paribas SA         25,515,000         JPY         37,282   

Pay

  

NIKKEI 225 Dividend Index E-Mini March Futures

   3/31/17      BNP Paribas SA         27,850,000         JPY         46,356   

Pay

  

NIKKEI 225 Dividend Index E-Mini March Futures

   3/30/18      BNP Paribas SA         42,966,300         JPY         (2,577 ) 

Pay

  

NIKKEI 225 Dividend Index E-Mini March Futures

   3/30/18      BNP Paribas SA         43,387,500         JPY         (6,731 ) 

Pay

  

NIKKEI 225 Dividend Index E-Mini March Futures

   3/29/19      BNP Paribas SA         20,625,000         JPY         (6,657 ) 

Pay

  

NIKKEI 225 Dividend Index E-Mini March Futures

   3/29/19      BNP Paribas SA         44,447,000         JPY         (12,052 ) 

Pay

  

NIKKEI 225 Dividend Index E-Mini March Futures

   3/29/19      BNP Paribas SA         24,640,000         JPY         (13,463 ) 

Pay

  

NIKKEI 225 Dividend Index E-Mini March Futures

   3/31/20      BNP Paribas SA         31,410,000         JPY         (14,380 ) 

Pay

  

NIKKEI 225 Dividend Index E-Mini March Futures

   3/31/20      BNP Paribas SA         20,976,000         JPY         (9,942 ) 

Pay

  

NIKKEI 225 Dividend Index E-Mini March Futures

   3/31/20      BNP Paribas SA         37,400,000         JPY         (7,811 ) 

Pay

  

S&P 500 Index Dividends December Futures

   12/21/18      BNP Paribas SA         514,250         USD         17,050   

Pay

  

S&P 500 Index Dividends December Futures

   12/17/20      BNP Paribas SA         2,115,888         USD         8,663   

Pay

  

S&P 500 Index Dividends December Futures

   12/17/21      BNP Paribas SA         267,025         USD         13,475   
                 

 

 

 
                  $ 59,618   
                 

 

 

 

 

(a) These securities are held by the AZL BlackRock Global Allocation Fund (the “VIP Subsidiary”).
(b) All or a portion of these securities are held by the AZL Cayman Global Allocation Fund, Ltd. (the “Cayman Subsidiary”).

 

See accompanying notes to the schedules of portfolio investments.


AZL MVP BlackRock Global Allocation Fund

Consolidated Schedule of Portfolio Investments

September 30, 2016 (Unaudited)

 

(c) When a credit event occurs as defined under the terms of the swap agreement, the Fund as a seller of credit protection will either (i) pay to the buyer of protection an amount equal to the par value of the defaulted reference entity and take delivery of the reference entity or (ii) pay a net amount equal to the par value of the defaulted reference entity less its recovery value. Alternatively, the Fund as a buyer of credit protection will either (i) receive from the seller of protection an amount equal to the par value of the defaulted reference entity and deliver the reference entity to the seller or (ii) receive a net amount of equal to the par value of the defaulted reference entity less its recovery value.
(d) Implied credit spread, represented in absolute terms, utilized in determining the market value of the credit default swap agreements as of period end will 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 referenced entity reflects the cost of buying/selling protection and may include upfront or daily payments required to be made to enter into the agreement. Generally, wider credit spreads represent a perceived 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 swap agreement.
(e) The notional amount represents the maximum potential amount the Fund could be required to make as a seller of credit protection if a credit event occurs, as defined under the terms of the swap agreement.

 

See accompanying notes to the schedules of portfolio investments.


AZL MVP DFA Multi-Strategy Fund

Schedule of Portfolio Investments

September 30, 2016 (Unaudited)

 

Shares

        Fair Value  

Affiliated Investment Companies (95.0%):

  

244,974    AZL DFA Emerging Markets Core Equity Fund    $ 2,175,366   
1,621,067   

AZL DFA Five-Year Global Fixed Income Fund

     16,437,616   
329,411   

AZL DFA International Core Equity Fund

     3,056,936   
1,506,479   

AZL DFA U.S. Core Equity Fund

     15,290,767   
428,616   

AZL DFA U.S. Small Cap Fund

     4,371,884   
     

 

 

 

Total Affiliated Investment Companies (Cost $39,862,405)

     41,332,569   
     

 

 

 

Unaffiliated Investment Company (0.2%):

  
65,495   

Dreyfus Treasury Prime Cash Management Fund, Institutional Shares, 0.16% (a)

     65,495   
     

 

 

 

Total Unaffiliated Investment Company (Cost $65,495)

     65,495   
     

 

 

 

Total Investment Securities
(Cost $39,927,900)(b)—95.2%

     41,398,064   

Net other assets (liabilities)—4.8%

     2,081,593   
     

 

 

 

Net Assets—100.0%

   $ 43,479,657   
     

 

 

 

Percentages indicated are based on net assets as of September 30, 2016.

 

(a) The rate represents the effective yield at September 30, 2016.
(b) See Federal Tax Information listed in the Notes to the Schedules of Portfolio Investments.
 

 

Continued


AZL MVP DFA Multi-Strategy Fund

Schedule of Portfolio Investments

September 30, 2016 (Unaudited)

 

Futures Contracts

Cash of $1,169,122 has been segregated to cover margin requirements for the following open contracts as of September 30, 2016:

 

Description

   Type      Expiration
Date
     Number of
Contracts
   Notional
Value
     Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
 

S&P 500 Index E-Mini December Futures

     Long         12/16/16       12    $ 1,296,240       $ 25,481   

U.S. Treasury 10-Year Note December Futures

     Long         12/20/16       6      786,750         4,209   
              

 

 

 

Total

               $ 29,690   
              

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to the schedules of portfolio investments.


AZL MVP Franklin Templeton Founding Strategy Plus Fund

Schedule of Portfolio Investments

September 30, 2016 (Unaudited)

 

Shares

        Fair Value  

Affiliated Investment Company (95.3%):

  

23,061,048   

AZL Franklin Templeton Founding Strategy Plus Fund

   $ 285,034,555   
     

 

 

 

Total Affiliated Investment Company (Cost $298,630,237)

     285,034,555   
     

 

 

 

Unaffiliated Investment Company (0.0%):

  

56,625   

Goldman Sachs Financial Square Federal Fund, Institutional Shares, 0.16%(a)

     56,625   
     

 

 

 

Total Unaffiliated Investment Company (Cost $56,625)

     56,625   
     

 

 

 

Total Investment Securities
(Cost $298,686,862)(b)—95.3%

     285,091,180   

Net other assets (liabilities)—4.7%

     14,001,624   
     

 

 

 

Net Assets—100.0%

   $ 299,092,804   
     

 

 

 

Percentages indicated are based on net assets as of September 30, 2016.

 

(a) The rate represents the effective yield at September 30, 2016.
(b) See Federal Tax Information listed in the Notes to the Schedules of Portfolio Investments.
 

 

Continued


AZL MVP Franklin Templeton Founding Strategy Plus Fund

Schedule of Portfolio Investments

September 30, 2016 (Unaudited)

 

Futures Contracts

Cash of $9,286,015 has been segregated to cover margin requirements for the following open contracts as of September 30, 2016:

 

Description

   Type      Expiration
Date
     Number of
Contracts
     Notional
Value
     Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
 

S&P 500 Index E-Mini December Futures

     Long         12/16/16         80       $ 8,641,600       $ 175,544   

U.S. Treasury 10-Year Note December Futures

     Long         12/20/16         43         5,638,375         30,230   
              

 

 

 

Total

               $ 205,774   
              

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to the schedules of portfolio investments.


AZL MVP Fusion Balanced Fund

Schedule of Portfolio Investments

September 30, 2016 (Unaudited)

 

Shares

        Fair Value  

Affiliated Investment Companies (95.0%):

  

1,213,380   

AZL BlackRock Capital Appreciation Fund

   $ 17,145,053   
1,457,409   

AZL Boston Company Research Growth Fund

     17,051,689   
1,230,311   

AZL DFA International Core Equity Fund

     11,417,284   
1,128,551   

AZL DFA U.S. Core Equity Fund

     11,454,791   
1,683,354   

AZL DFA U.S. Small Cap Fund

     17,170,207   
956,009   

AZL Federated Clover Small Value Fund

     17,160,362   
1,895,078   

AZL Gateway Fund

     22,873,597   
1,582,714   

AZL International Index Fund

     22,743,597   
2,210,146   

AZL Invesco Growth and Income Fund

     28,731,899   
2,137,638   

AZL Invesco International Equity Fund

     34,031,198   
2,475,775   

AZL JPMorgan International Opportunities Fund

     39,562,877   
2,577,966   

AZL JPMorgan U.S. Equity Fund

     40,087,370   
12,274,790   

AZL MetWest Total Return Bond Fund

     127,044,075   
947,540   

AZL MFS Investors Trust Fund

     17,112,572   
1,313,430   

AZL MFS Mid Cap Value Fund

     11,466,244   
2,549,588   

AZL MFS Value Fund

     34,036,996   
568,774   

AZL Mid Cap Index Fund

     11,432,357   
1,512,389   

AZL Morgan Stanley Global Real Estate Fund

     16,938,761   
953,914   

AZL Multi-Manager Mid Cap Growth Fund

     11,466,046   
2,459,545   

AZL NFJ International Value Fund

     22,480,244   
1,951,691   

AZL Oppenheimer Discovery Fund

     22,698,163   
12,287,570   

AZL Pyramis Total Bond Fund

     127,053,471   
1,550,859   

AZL Russell 1000 Growth Index Fund

     19,959,552   
3,845,562   

AZL Russell 1000 Value Index Fund

     48,492,539   
1,626,433   

AZL Schroder Emerging Markets Equity Fund, Class 2

     11,352,501   
1,453,851   

AZL Wells Fargo Large Cap Growth Fund

     17,082,748   
1,551,062   

NFJ Dividend Value Portfolio

     17,154,748   
1,488,088   

PIMCO PVIT High Yield Portfolio

     11,547,562   
5,534,819   

PIMCO PVIT Income Portfolio

     57,340,723   
6,642,898   

PIMCO PVIT Low Duration Portfolio

     68,355,423   
1,815,756   

PIMCO PVIT Real Return Portfolio

     22,896,683   
11,594,863   

PIMCO PVIT Total Return Portfolio

     127,195,648   
     

 

 

 

Total Affiliated Investment Companies (Cost $962,031,105)

     1,082,536,980   
     

 

 

 

Unaffiliated Investment Company (1.0%):

  

11,090,582   

Goldman Sachs Financial Square Federal Fund,
Institutional Shares, 0.16%(a)

     11,090,582   
     

 

 

 

Total Unaffiliated Investment Company (Cost $11,090,582)

     11,090,582   
     

 

 

 

Total Investment Securities
(Cost $973,121,687)(b)—96.0%

     1,093,627,562   

Net other assets (liabilities)—4.0%

     45,850,492   
     

 

 

 

Net Assets—100.0%

   $ 1,139,478,054   
     

 

 

 

Percentages indicated are based on net assets as of September 30, 2016.

(a) The rate represents the effective yield at September 30, 2016.
(b) See Federal Tax Information listed in the Notes to the Schedules of Portfolio Investments.
 

 

Continued


AZL MVP Fusion Balanced Fund

Schedule of Portfolio Investments

September 30, 2016 (Unaudited)

 

Futures Contracts

Cash of $34,606,729 has been segregated to cover margin requirements for the following open contracts as of September 30, 2016:

 

Description

   Type      Expiration
Date
     Number of
Contracts
   Notional
Value
     Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
 

S&P 500 Index E-Mini December Futures

     Long         12/16/16       263    $ 28,409,260       $ 580,261   

U.S. Treasury 10-Year Note December Futures

     Long         12/20/16       215      28,191,875         149,964   
              

 

 

 

Total

               $ 730,225   
              

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to the schedules of portfolio investments.


AZL MVP Fusion Conservative Fund

Schedule of Portfolio Investments

September 30, 2016 (Unaudited)

Shares

          Fair Value  

 

Affiliated Investment Companies (94.9%):

  

  203,801       AZL BlackRock Capital Appreciation Fund    $ 2,879,714   
  243,310       AZL Boston Company Research Growth Fund      2,846,728   
  281,739       AZL DFA U.S. Core Equity Fund      2,859,655   
  240,480       AZL Federated Clover Small Value Fund      4,316,624   
  356,361       AZL Gateway Fund      4,301,282   
  398,120       AZL International Index Fund      5,720,978   
  554,484       AZL Invesco Growth and Income Fund      7,208,296   
  358,744       AZL Invesco International Equity Fund      5,711,198   
  357,420       AZL JPMorgan International Opportunities Fund      5,711,570   
  462,825       AZL JPMorgan U.S. Equity Fund      7,196,932   
  3,834,739       AZL MetWest Total Return Bond Fund      39,689,548   
  158,246       AZL MFS Investors Trust Fund      2,857,930   
  328,667       AZL MFS Mid Cap Value Fund      2,869,262   
  644,359       AZL MFS Value Fund      8,602,188   
  142,725       AZL Mid Cap Index Fund      2,868,779   
  254,826       AZL Morgan Stanley Global Real Estate Fund      2,854,054   
  239,673       AZL Multi-Manager Mid Cap Growth Fund      2,880,864   
  491,293       AZL Oppenheimer Discovery Fund      5,713,741   
  3,842,149       AZL Pyramis Total Bond Fund      39,727,822   
  138,205       AZL Russell 1000 Growth Index Fund      1,778,702   
  711,423       AZL Russell 1000 Value Index Fund      8,971,046   
  243,309       AZL Wells Fargo Large Cap Growth Fund      2,858,886   
  387,727       NFJ Dividend Value Portfolio      4,288,256   
  741,021       PIMCO PVIT High Yield Portfolio      5,750,321   
  1,662,607       PIMCO PVIT Income Portfolio      17,224,605   
  2,490,570       PIMCO PVIT Low Duration Portfolio      25,627,962   
  683,311       PIMCO PVIT Real Return Portfolio      8,616,550   
  3,622,756       PIMCO PVIT Total Return Portfolio      39,741,631   
     

 

 

 

 
 

Total Affiliated Investment Companies
(Cost $257,698,735)

     271,675,124   
     

 

 

 

 

Unaffiliated Investment Companies (1.0%):

  

  162,511       Dreyfus Treasury Prime Cash Management Fund, Institutional Shares, 0.16%(a)      162,511   
  2,764,504       Goldman Sachs Financial Square Federal Fund, Institutional Shares, 0.16%(a)      2,764,504   
     

 

 

 

 
 

Total Unaffiliated Investment Companies
(Cost $2,927,015)

     2,927,015   
     

 

 

 

 
 

Total Investment Securities (Cost
$260,625,750)(b)—95.9%

     274,602,139   

 

Net other assets (liabilities)—4.1%

     11,812,493   
     

 

 

 

 

Net Assets—100.0%

   $ 286,414,632   
     

 

 

 

Percentages indicated are based on net assets as of September 30, 2016.

 

(a) The rate represents the effective yield at September 30, 2016.
(b) See Federal Tax Information listed in the Notes to the Schedules of Portfolio Investments.
 

 

Continued


AZL MVP Fusion Conservative Fund

Schedule of Portfolio Investments

September 30, 2016 (Unaudited)

 

Futures Contracts

Cash of $8,723,392 has been segregated to cover margin requirements for the following open contracts as of September 30, 2016:

 

Description

   Type      Expiration
Date
     Number of
Contracts
   Notional
Value
     Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
 

S&P 500 Index E-Mini December Futures

     Long         12/16/16       46    $ 4,968,920       $ 102,037   

U.S. Treasury 10-Year Note December Futures

     Long         12/20/16       70      9,178,750         49,110   
              

 

 

 

Total

               $ 151,147   
              

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to the schedules of portfolio investments.


AZL MVP Fusion Growth Fund

Schedule of Portfolio Investments

September 30, 2016 (Unaudited)

Shares

        Fair Value  

Affiliated Investment Companies (96.1%):

  

1,183,743

  

AZL BlackRock Capital Appreciation Fund

   $ 16,726,285   

1,422,292

  

AZL Boston Company Research Growth Fund

     16,640,821   

1,802,696

  

AZL DFA International Core Equity Fund

     16,729,020   

1,650,202

  

AZL DFA U.S. Core Equity Fund

     16,749,553   

1,318,755

  

AZL DFA U.S. Small Cap Fund

     13,451,298   

749,200

  

AZL Federated Clover Small Value Fund

     13,448,136   

1,658,038

  

AZL Gateway Fund

     20,012,520   

2,321,843

  

AZL International Index Fund

     33,364,886   

1,554,725

  

AZL Invesco Growth and Income Fund

     20,211,419   

2,512,008

  

AZL Invesco International Equity Fund

     39,991,166   

3,331,199

  

AZL JPMorgan International Opportunities Fund

     53,232,559   

2,376,368

  

AZL JPMorgan U.S. Equity Fund

     36,952,518   

2,542,026

  

AZL MetWest Total Return Bond Fund

     26,309,970   

740,636

  

AZL MFS Investors Trust Fund

     13,375,883   

1,540,415

  

AZL MFS Mid Cap Value Fund

     13,447,821   

2,005,739

  

AZL MFS Value Fund

     26,776,622   

334,314

  

AZL Mid Cap Index Fund

     6,719,707   

1,767,447

  

AZL Morgan Stanley Global Real Estate Fund

     19,795,408   

1,112,504

  

AZL Multi-Manager Mid Cap Growth Fund

     13,372,300   

2,534,508

  

AZL NFJ International Value Fund

     23,165,408   

1,429,423

  

AZL Oppenheimer Discovery Fund

     16,624,186   

2,569,050

  

AZL Pyramis Total Bond Fund

     26,563,978   

1,035,622

  

AZL Russell 1000 Growth Index Fund

     13,328,455   

1,861,447

  

AZL Russell 1000 Value Index Fund

     23,472,842   

1,428,104

  

AZL Schroder Emerging Markets Equity Fund, Class 2

     9,968,164   

1,422,073

  

AZL Wells Fargo Large Cap Growth Fund

     16,709,355   

1,213,706

  

NFJ Dividend Value Portfolio

     13,423,584   

2,143,298

  

PIMCO PVIT Global Advantage Strategy Bond Portfolio

     20,018,400   

868,384

  

PIMCO PVIT High Yield Portfolio

     6,738,662   

647,657

  

PIMCO PVIT Low Duration Portfolio

     6,664,389   

1,058,940

  

PIMCO PVIT Real Return Portfolio

     13,353,233   

2,426,570

  

PIMCO PVIT Total Return Portfolio

     26,619,476   
     

 

 

 

Total Affiliated Investment Companies
(Cost $535,052,544)

     633,958,024   
     

 

 

 

Unaffiliated Investment Company (0.3%):

  

    1,715,279

  

Goldman Sachs Financial Square Federal Fund,
Institutional Shares, 0.16%(a)

     1,715,279   
     

 

 

 

Total Unaffiliated Investment Company (Cost $1,715,279)

     1,715,279   
     

 

 

 

Total Investment Securities
(Cost $536,767,823)(b)—96.4%

     635,673,303   

Net other assets (liabilities)—3.6%

     23,666,483   
     

 

 

 

Net Assets—100.0%

   $ 659,339,786   
     

 

 

 

Percentages indicated are based on net assets as of September 30, 2016.

(a) The rate represents the effective yield at September 30, 2016.
(b) See Federal Tax Information listed in the Notes to the Schedules of Portfolio Investments.
 

 

Continued


AZL MVP Fusion Growth Fund

Schedule of Portfolio Investments

September 30, 2016 (Unaudited)

 

Futures Contracts

Cash of $22,344,622 has been segregated to cover margin requirements for the following open contracts as of September 30, 2016:

 

Description

   Type      Expiration
Date
     Number of
Contracts
   Notional
Value
     Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
 

S&P 500 Index E-Mini December Futures

     Long         12/16/16       191    $ 20,631,820       $ 420,551   

U.S. Treasury 10-Year Note December Futures

     Long         12/20/16       39      5,113,875         26,205   
              

 

 

 

Total

               $ 446,756   
              

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to the schedules of portfolio investments.

 


AZL MVP Fusion Moderate Fund

Schedule of Portfolio Investments

September 30, 2016 (Unaudited)

 

Shares

        Fair Value  

Affiliated Investment Companies (96.6%):

  

3,453,886   

AZL BlackRock Capital Appreciation Fund

   $ 48,803,411   
4,139,318   

AZL Boston Company Research Growth Fund

     48,430,015   
5,243,773   

AZL DFA International Core Equity Fund

     48,662,213   
3,618,043   

AZL DFA U.S. Core Equity Fund

     36,723,140   
4,791,463   

AZL DFA U.S. Small Cap Fund

     48,872,923   
2,046,669   

AZL Federated Clover Small Value Fund

     36,737,709   
5,040,627   

AZL Gateway Fund

     60,840,364   
5,062,219   

AZL International Index Fund

     72,744,081   
5,653,374   

AZL Invesco Growth and Income Fund

     73,493,859   
7,592,150   

AZL Invesco International Equity Fund

     120,867,023   
9,042,585   

AZL JPMorgan International Opportunities Fund

     144,500,509   
6,274,846   

AZL JPMorgan U.S. Equity Fund

     97,573,850   
17,268,435   

AZL MetWest Total Return Bond Fund

     178,728,305   
2,699,511   

AZL MFS Investors Trust Fund

     48,753,162   
4,210,645   

AZL MFS Mid Cap Value Fund

     36,758,929   
6,337,710   

AZL MFS Value Fund

     84,608,422   
1,222,536   

AZL Mid Cap Index Fund

     24,572,969   
4,295,384   

AZL Morgan Stanley Global Real Estate Fund

     48,108,306   
3,053,543   

AZL Multi-Manager Mid Cap Growth Fund

     36,703,584   
7,160,089   

AZL NFJ International Value Fund

     65,443,211   
4,169,983   

AZL Oppenheimer Discovery Fund

     48,496,903   
17,285,071   

AZL Pyramis Total Bond Fund

     178,727,635   
3,545,084   

AZL Russell 1000 Growth Index Fund

     45,625,233   
7,471,888   

AZL Russell 1000 Value Index Fund

     94,220,508   
3,495,973   

AZL Schroder Emerging Markets Equity Fund, Class 2

     24,401,889   
4,140,739   

AZL Wells Fargo Large Cap Growth Fund

     48,653,679   
4,414,856   

NFJ Dividend Value Portfolio

     48,828,309   
5,214,968   

PIMCO PVIT Global Advantage Strategy Bond Portfolio

     48,707,801   
3,178,655   

PIMCO PVIT High Yield Portfolio

     24,666,364   
9,380,939   

PIMCO PVIT Income Portfolio

     97,186,532   
7,055,027   

PIMCO PVIT Low Duration Portfolio

     72,596,227   
1,946,794   

PIMCO PVIT Real Return Portfolio

     24,549,077   
16,304,494   

PIMCO PVIT Total Return Portfolio

     178,860,301   
     

 

 

 

Total Affiliated Investment Companies (Cost $2,038,502,650)

     2,297,446,443   
     

 

 

 

Unaffiliated Investment Company (0.6%):

  

14,671,269   

Goldman Sachs Financial Square Federal Fund, Institutional Shares, 0.16%(a)

     14,671,269   
     

 

 

 

Total Unaffiliated Investment Company (Cost $14,671,269)

     14,671,269   
     

 

 

 

Total Investment Securities (Cost $2,053,173,919)(b)—97.2%

     2,312,117,712   

Net other assets (liabilities)—2.8%

     67,696,256   
     

 

 

 

Net Assets—100.0%

   $ 2,379,813,968   
     

 

 

 

Percentages indicated are based on net assets as of September 30, 2016.

(a) The rate represents the effective yield at September 30, 2016.
(b) See Federal Tax Information listed in the Notes to the Schedules of Portfolio Investments.
 

 

Continued


AZL MVP Fusion Moderate Fund

Schedule of Portfolio Investments

September 30, 2016 (Unaudited)

 

Futures Contracts

Cash of $54,803,895 has been segregated to cover margin requirements for the following open contracts as of September 30, 2016:

 

Description

   Type      Expiration
Date
     Number of
Contracts
   Notional
Value
     Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
 

S&P 500 Index E-Mini December Futures

     Long         12/16/16       507    $ 54,766,140       $ 1,118,377   

U.S. Treasury 10-Year Note December Futures

     Long         12/20/16       223      29,240,875         155,623   
              

 

 

 

Total

               $ 1,274,000   
              

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to the schedules of portfolio investments.


AZL MVP Growth Index Strategy Fund

Schedule of Portfolio Investments

September 30, 2016 (Unaudited)

 

Shares

        Fair Value  

Affiliated Investment Companies (95.0%):

  

32,548,864   

AZL Enhanced Bond Index Fund

   $ 355,433,596   
20,481,484   

AZL International Index Fund

     294,318,924   
8,492,195   

AZL Mid Cap Index Fund

     170,693,128   
40,653,692   

AZL S&P 500 Index Fund, Class 2

     551,264,057   
6,766,473   

AZL Small Cap Stock Index Fund

     87,016,841   
     

 

 

 

Total Affiliated Investment Companies (Cost $1,415,796,464)

     1,458,726,546   
     

 

 

 

Unaffiliated Investment Company (0.9%):

  

13,363,387   

Goldman Sachs Financial Square Federal Fund, Institutional Shares, 0.16%(a)

     13,363,387   
     

 

 

 

Total Unaffiliated Investment Company (Cost $13,363,387)

     13,363,387   
     

 

 

 

Total Investment Securities (Cost $1,429,159,851)(b)—95.9%

     1,472,089,933   

Net other assets (liabilities)—4.1%

     63,288,016   
     

 

 

 

Net Assets—100.0%

   $ 1,535,377,949   
     

 

 

 

Percentages indicated are based on net assets as of September 30, 2016.

 

(a) The rate represents the effective yield at September 30, 2016.
(b) See Federal Tax Information listed in the Notes to the Schedules of Portfolio Investments.
 

 

Continued


AZL MVP Growth Index Strategy Fund

Schedule of Portfolio Investments

September 30, 2016 (Unaudited)

 

Futures Contracts

Cash of $50,251,785 has been segregated to cover margin requirements for the following open contracts as of September 30, 2016:

 

Description

   Type      Expiration
Date
     Number of
Contracts
   Notional
Value
     Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
 

S&P 500 Index E-Mini December Futures

     Long         12/16/16       535    $ 57,790,700       $ 1,176,512   

U.S. Treasury 10-Year Note December Futures

     Long         12/20/16       145      19,013,125         101,650   
              

 

 

 

Total

               $ 1,278,162   
              

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to the schedules of portfolio investments.


AZL MVP Invesco Equity and Income Fund

Schedule of Portfolio Investments

September 30, 2016 (Unaudited)

 

Shares

       Fair Value  

Affiliated Investment Company (95.4%):

  

33,383,181

 

AZL Invesco Equity and Income Fund

   $ 512,431,836   
    

 

 

 

Total Affiliated Investment Company
(Cost $492,771,316)

     512,431,836   
    

 

 

 
Unaffiliated Investment Company (0.0%):   

166,261

 

Goldman Sachs Financial Square Federal Fund, Institutional Shares, 0.16%(a)

     166,261   
    

 

 

 

Total Unaffiliated Investment Company
(Cost $166,261)

     166,261   
    

 

 

 

Total Investment Securities
(Cost $492,937,577)(b)—95.4%

     512,598,097   

Net other assets (liabilities)—4.6%

     24,904,100   
    

 

 

 

Net Assets—100.0%

   $ 537,502,197   
    

 

 

 

Percentages indicated are based on net assets as of September 30, 2016.

 

(a) The rate represents the effective yield at September 30, 2016.
(b) See Federal Tax Information listed in the Notes to the Schedules of Portfolio Investments.
 

 

Continued


AZL MVP Invesco Equity and Income Fund

Schedule of Portfolio Investments

September 30, 2016 (Unaudited)

 

Futures Contracts

Cash of $20,884,702 has been segregated to cover margin requirements for the following open contracts as of September 30, 2016:

 

Description

   Type      Expiration
Date
     Number of
Contracts
     Notional
Value
     Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
 

S&P 500 Index E-Mini December Futures

     Long         12/16/16         145       $ 15,662,900       $ 320,077   

U.S. Treasury 10-Year Note December Futures

     Long         12/20/16         79         10,358,875         54,596   
              

 

 

 

Total

               $ 374,673   
              

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to the schedules of portfolio investments.


AZL MVP T. Rowe Price Capital Appreciation Fund

Schedule of Portfolio Investments

September 30, 2016 (Unaudited)

 

Shares

        Fair Value  

Affiliated Investment Companies (94.8%):

  

119,670

   AZL Enhanced Bond Index Fund    $ 1,306,800   

175,170

   AZL S&P 500 Index Fund, Class 2      2,375,305   

49,121,783

   AZL T. Rowe Price Capital Appreciation Fund      805,597,234   
     

 

 

 

Total Affiliated Investment Companies
(Cost $798,617,682)

     809,279,339   
     

 

 

 

Unaffiliated Investment Companies (0.8%):

  

519,341

   Dreyfus Treasury Prime Cash Management Fund, Institutional Shares, 0.16%(a)      519,341   

6,356,040

   Goldman Sachs Financial Square Federal Fund, Institutional Shares, 0.16%(a)      6,356,040   
     

 

 

 

Total Unaffiliated Investment Companies
(Cost $6,875,381)

     6,875,381   
     

 

 

 

Total Investment Securities
(Cost $805,493,063)(b)—95.6%

     816,154,720   

Net other assets (liabilities)—4.4%

     37,265,234   
     

 

 

 

Net Assets—100.0%

   $ 853,419,954   
     

 

 

 

Percentages indicated are based on net assets as of September 30, 2016.

 

(a) The rate represents the effective yield at September 30, 2016.
(b) See Federal Tax Information listed in the Notes to the Schedules of Portfolio Investments.
 

 

Continued


AZL MVP T. Rowe Price Capital Appreciation Fund

Schedule of Portfolio Investments

September 30, 2016 (Unaudited)

 

Futures Contracts

Cash of $30,013,021 has been segregated to cover margin requirements for the following open contracts as of September 30, 2016:

 

Description

   Type      Expiration
Date
     Number of
Contracts
   Notional
Value
     Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
 

S&P 500 Index E-Mini December Futures

     Long         12/16/16       237    $ 25,600,740       $ 522,239   

U.S. Treasury 10-Year Note December Futures

     Long         12/20/16       129      16,915,125         89,956   
              

 

 

 

Total

               $ 612,195   
              

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to the schedules of portfolio investments.


1. Organization

The Allianz Variable Insurance Products Fund of Funds Trust (the “Trust”) was organized as a Delaware statutory trust on June 16, 2004. The Trust is a diversified open-end management investment company registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, (the “1940 Act”) and thus is determined to be an investment company for accounting purposes. The Trust consists of 13 separate investment portfolios (individually a “Fund,” collectively, the “Funds”), each of which is a series of the Trust, as follows:

 

  •   AZL Balanced Index Strategy Fund

 

  •   AZL DFA Multi-Strategy Fund

 

  •   AZL MVP Balanced Index Strategy Fund

 

  •   AZL MVP BlackRock Global Allocation Fund

 

  •   AZL MVP DFA Multi-Strategy Fund

 

  •   AZL MVP Franklin Templeton Founding Strategy Plus Fund

 

  •   AZL MVP Fusion Balanced Fund

 

  •   AZL MVP Fusion Conservative Fund

 

  •   AZL MVP Fusion Growth Fund

 

  •   AZL MVP Fusion Moderate Fund

 

  •   AZL MVP Growth Index Strategy Fund

 

  •   AZL MVP Invesco Equity and Income Fund

 

  •   AZL MVP T. Rowe Price Capital Appreciation Fund

The Funds are “fund of funds,” which means that the Funds invest primarily in other mutual funds. Underlying Funds invest in stocks, bonds, and other securities and reflect varying amounts of potential investment risk and reward. The Underlying Funds record their investments at fair value. Periodically, the Funds will adjust their asset allocations as they seek to achieve their investment objectives.

The Trust is authorized to issue an unlimited number of shares of the Funds without par value. Shares of the Funds are available through the variable annuity contracts offered through the separate accounts of participating insurance companies. Currently, the Funds only offer their shares to separate accounts of Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America and Allianz Life Insurance Company of New York, affiliates of the Trust and the Manager, as defined below.

Under the Trust’s organizational documents, its officers and trustees are indemnified against certain liabilities arising out of the performance of their duties to the Funds. In addition, in the normal course of business, the Funds may enter into contracts with their vendors and others that provide for general indemnifications. The Funds’ maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown, as this would involve future claims that may be made against the Funds. However, based on experience, the Funds expect the risk of loss to be remote.

2. Significant Accounting Policies

The following is a summary of significant accounting policies followed by the Trust in the preparation of its Schedules of Portfolio Investments (“Schedules”). The policies conform with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“U.S. GAAP”). The preparation of the Schedules requires management to make certain estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts at the date of the Schedules. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

Security Valuation

The Funds record their investments at fair value. Fair value is defined as the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between willing market participants at the measurement date. The valuation techniques used to determine fair value are further described in Note 4 below.

Investment Transactions

Investment transactions are recorded not later than on the business day following trade date. However, for financial reporting purposes, investment transactions are accounted for on trade date.

Consolidation of Subsidiaries

During the period ended September 30, 2016, the AZL MVP BlackRock Global Allocation Fund primarily invested in shares of another mutual fund managed by Allianz Investment Management LLC (the “Manager”), the AZL BlackRock Global Allocation Fund (the “VIP Subsidiary”), a wholly-owned and controlled subsidiary of the AZL MVP BlackRock Global Allocation Fund.

As of September 30, 2016, the AZL MVP BlackRock Global Allocation Fund’s aggregate investment in the VIP Subsidiary was $799,242,112, representing 95.6% of the AZL MVP BlackRock Global Allocation Fund’s net assets.


The VIP Subsidiary’s primary vehicle for gaining exposure to commodities markets is through investment in the AZL Cayman Global Allocation Fund, Ltd. (the “Cayman Subsidiary”), a wholly owned and controlled subsidiary of the VIP Subsidiary formed in the Cayman Islands, which invests primarily in commodity-related instruments.

The AZL MVP BlackRock Global Allocation Fund’s investments have been consolidated and include the portfolio holdings of the VIP Subsidiary and the Cayman Subsidiary.

Real Estate Investment Trusts

The AZL MVP BlackRock Global Allocation Fund, through the VIP Subsidiary, may own shares of real estate investment trusts (“REITs”) which report information on the source of their distributions annually. Certain distributions received from REITs during the period, which are known to be a return of capital, are recorded as a reduction to the cost of the individual REIT.

Foreign Currency Translation

The accounting records of the AZL MVP BlackRock Global Allocation Fund, through the VIP Subsidiary, are maintained in U.S. dollars. Foreign currency amounts are translated into U.S. dollars at the current rate of exchange to determine the fair value of investments, assets and liabilities. Purchases and sales of securities, and income and expenses are translated at the prevailing rate of exchange on the respective dates of such transactions. The AZL MVP BlackRock Global Allocation Fund does not isolate that portion of the results of operations resulting from changes in foreign exchange rates on investments from fluctuations arising from changes in market prices of securities held. Such fluctuations are included in the net realized and unrealized gain or loss on investments and foreign currencies.

Floating Rate Loans

The AZL MVP BlackRock Global Allocation Fund, through the VIP Subsidiary, may invest in floating rate loans, which usually take the form of loan participations and assignments. These loans are made by banks and other large financial institutions to various companies and are typically senior in the borrowing companies’ capital structure. Coupon rates are variable and are tied to a benchmark lending rate. Loans involve a risk of loss in case of default or insolvency of the financial intermediaries who are parties to the transactions. The AZL MVP BlackRock Global Allocation Fund, through the VIP Subsidiary, records an investment when the borrower withdraws money and records the interest as earned.

Short Sales

The AZL MVP BlackRock Global Allocation Fund, through the VIP Subsidiary, may engage in short sales against the box (i.e., where the Funds own or have an unconditional right to acquire at no additional cost a security substantially similar to the security sold short) for hedging purposes to limit exposure to a possible market decline in the value of its portfolio securities. In a short sale, the Funds sell a borrowed security and have a corresponding obligation to the lender to return the identical security. The Funds may also incur an interest expense if a security that has been sold short has an interest payment. When the Funds engage in a short sale, the Funds record a liability for securities sold short and record an asset equal to the proceeds received. The amount of the liability is subsequently marked to market to reflect the market value of the securities sold short. To borrow the security, the Funds also may be required to pay a premium, which would increase the cost of the security sold.

Securities Lending

To generate additional income, the AZL MVP BlackRock Global Allocation Fund, through the VIP Subsidiary, may lend up to 331/3% of its assets pursuant to agreements requiring that the loan be continuously secured by any combination of cash, U.S. government or U.S. government agency securities, equal initially to at least 102% of the fair value plus accrued interest on the securities loaned (105% for foreign securities). The borrower of securities is at all times required to post collateral to the Fund in an amount equal to 100% of the fair value of the securities loaned based on the previous day’s fair value of the securities loaned, marked-to-market daily. Any collateral shortfalls are adjusted the next business day. The Fund bears all of the gains and losses on such investments. The Fund receives payments from borrowers equivalent to the dividends and interest that would have been earned on securities lent while simultaneously seeking to earn income on the investment of cash collateral received. In extremely low interest rate environments, the broker rebate fee may exceed the interest earned or the cash collateral which would result in a loss to the Fund. The investment of cash collateral deposited by the borrower is subject to inherent market risks such as interest rate risk, credit risk, liquidity risk, and other risks that are present in the market, and as such, the value of these investments may not be sufficient, when liquidated, to repay the borrower when the loaned security is returned. There may be risks of delay in recovery of the securities or even loss of rights in the collateral should the borrower of the securities fail financially. However, loans will be made only to borrowers, such as broker-dealers, banks or institutional borrowers of securities, deemed by the Manager to be of good standing and credit worthy and when in its judgment, the consideration which can be earned currently from such securities loans justifies the attendant risks. Loans are subject to termination by the Trust or the borrower at any time, and are, therefore, not considered to be illiquid investments. Securities on loan at September 30, 2016 are presented on the Fund’s Consolidated Schedule of Portfolio Investments.

Cash collateral received in connection with securities lending is invested in a collateral account on behalf of the Fund managed by the Dreyfus Corporation, an affiliate of the Custodian and Securities Lending Agent. The collateral account invests in short-term investments that have a remaining maturity of 397 days or less, in accordance with Rule 2a-7 under the 1940 Act. The Fund pays the Securities Lending Agent 9% of the gross revenues received from securities lending activities and keeps 91%.

Derivative Instruments

All open derivative positions at period end are reflected on the Funds’ Schedules, as applicable. The following is a description of the derivative instruments used by the Funds, including the primary underlying risk exposures related to each instrument type. Each Fund’s allocation to the MVP (Managed Volatility Portfolio) risk management process may include (a) derivatives such as index futures, other futures contracts, options, and other similar securities and (b) cash, money market equivalents, short-term debt instruments, money market funds, and short-term debt funds to satisfy all applicable margin requirements and to provide additional portfolio liquidity to satisfy large redemptions and any margin calls. Due to the leverage provided by derivatives, the notional value of the Funds’ derivative positions could exceed 20% of each Fund’s value. Each Fund may also use futures to gain equity exposure and may hold cash as a buffer in the event of market shocks.


Forward Currency Contracts

During the period ended September 30, 2016, the AZL MVP BlackRock Global Allocation Fund, through the VIP Subsidiary, entered into forward currency contracts as an economic hedge against either specific transactions or portfolio instruments or to obtain exposure to foreign currencies. In addition to the foreign currency risk related to the use of these contracts, the Fund could be exposed to risks if the counterparties to the contracts are unable to meet the terms of their contracts and from unanticipated movements in the value of a foreign currency relative to the U.S. dollar. In the event of default by the counterparty to the transaction, the Fund’s maximum amount of loss, as either the buyer or the seller, is the unrealized appreciation of the contract. The forward currency contracts are adjusted by the daily exchange rate of the underlying currency and any gains or losses are recorded for financial statement purposes as unrealized gains or losses until the contract settlement date. When the contract is closed, the Fund records a realized gain or loss equal to the difference between the value at the time it was opened and the value at the time it was closed.

Futures Contracts

During the period ended September 30, 2016, the Funds (except AZL Balanced Index Strategy Fund and AZL DFA Multi-Strategy Fund) may invest in futures contracts to reduce volatility and limit the need to decrease or increase allocations to underlying funds. The AZL MVP BlackRock Global Allocation Fund, through the VIP Subsidiary, may enter into futures contracts to gain exposure to, or economically hedge against changes in the value of equity securities. Futures contracts are valued based upon their quoted daily settlement prices. Upon entering into a futures contract, the Funds are required to segregate liquid assets in accordance with the initial margin requirements of the broker or exchange. Futures contracts are marked to market daily and a payable or receivable for the change in value (“variation margin”) is recorded by the Funds. Gains or losses are recognized but not considered realized until the contracts expire or are closed. Futures contracts involve, to varying degrees, elements of market risk (generally equity price risk related to stock futures, interest rate risk related to bond futures, and foreign currency risk related to currency futures) and exposure to loss in excess of the variation margin. The primary risks associated with the use of futures contracts are the imperfect correlation between the change in fair value of the underlying securities and the prices of futures contracts, the possibility of an illiquid market, and the inability of the counterparty to meet the terms of the contract.

Options Contracts

The AZL MVP BlackRock Global Allocation Fund, through the VIP Subsidiary, may purchase or write put and call options on a security or an index of securities. During the period ended September 30, 2016, the Fund purchased and wrote call and put options to increase or decrease its exposure to underlying instruments (including equity risk, interest rate risk and/or foreign currency exchange rate risk) and/or, in the case of options written, to generate gains from options premiums.

Purchased Options Contracts—The Fund pays a premium which is marked to market to reflect the current value of the option. Premiums paid for purchasing put options that expire are treated as realized losses. When a put option is exercised or closed, premiums paid for purchasing put options are offset against proceeds to determine the realized gain/loss on the transaction. The Fund bears the risk of loss of the premium and change in value should the counterparty not perform under the contract.

Written Options Contracts—The Fund receives a premium which is recorded as a liability and is subsequently adjusted to the current value of the options written. Premiums received from writing options that expire are treated as realized gains. Premiums received from writing options that are either exercised or closed are offset against the proceeds received or the amount paid on the transaction to determine realized gains or losses. The risk associated with writing an option is that the Fund bears the market risk of an unfavorable change in the price of an underlying asset and is required to buy or sell an underlying asset under the contractual terms of the option at a price different from the current value.

The AZL MVP BlackRock Global Allocation Fund had the following transactions in purchased call and put options during the period ended September 30, 2016:

 

     Number of
Contracts
     Notional
Amount(a)
     Cost  

Options outstanding at December 31, 2015

     3,440,218       $ 2,993,098       $ 6,078,719   

Options purchased

     2,681,544         345,265         9,289,802   

Options exercised

     (108,746 )       —           (393,862 ) 

Options expired

     (776,832 )       (2,114,657 )       (3,564,357 ) 

Options closed

     (3,972,153 )       (77,226 )       (6,754,589 ) 
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Options outstanding at September 30, 2016

     1,259,978       $ 1,146,440       $ 4,655,713   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 


The AZL MVP BlackRock Global Allocation Fund had the following transactions in written call and put options during the period ended September 30, 2016:

 

     Number of
Contracts
     Notional
Amount(a)
     Premiums
Received
 

Options outstanding at December 31, 2015

     (3,749,332 )     $ (4,536 )     $ (3,251,054 ) 

Options written

     (1,694,691 )       (910,920 )       (4,618,987 ) 

Options exercised

     60,695         —           122,202   

Options expired

     986,367         201,612         1,245,429   

Options closed

     4,160,157         215,161         4,621,675   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Options outstanding at September 30, 2016

     (240,485 )     $ (498,683 )     $ (1,880,735 ) 
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(a) Includes swaptions and currency options, as applicable.

Swap Agreements

The AZL MVP BlackRock Global Allocation Fund, through the VIP Subsidiary, may invest in swap agreements. A swap is an agreement to exchange the return generated by one instrument for the return generated by another instrument. Swap agreements are privately negotiated in the over-the-counter (“OTC”) market and may be entered into as a bilateral contract (“OTC swaps”) or centrally cleared (“centrally cleared swaps”). The Fund may enter into swap agreements to manage its exposure to market, interest rate and credit risk. The value of swap agreements are equal to the Fund’s obligations (or rights) under swap agreements, which will generally be equal to the net amounts to be paid or received under the agreements based upon the relative values of the positions held by each party to the agreements. In connection with these arrangements, securities may be identified as collateral in accordance with the terms of the swap agreements to provide assets of value and recourse in the event of default or bankruptcy by the counterparty.

Swaps are marked to market daily using pricing sources approved by the Board of Trustees (“Trustees”) and the change in value, if any, is recorded as unrealized gain or loss. For OTC swaps, payments received or made at the beginning of the measurement period are recorded as realized gain or loss upon termination or maturity of the OTC swap. A liquidation payment received or made at the termination of the OTC swap is recorded as a realized gain or loss. Net periodic payments received or paid by the Fund are included as part of realized gains (losses). Upon entering a centrally cleared swap, the Fund is required to deposit initial margin with the broker in the form of cash or assets determined to be liquid (the amount is subject to the clearing organization that clears the trade). Daily changes in valuation of centrally cleared swaps, if any, are recorded as a receivable or payable, as applicable, for variation margin on centrally cleared swaps.

Swap agreements involve, to varying degrees, elements of market risk and exposure to loss. The primary risks associated with the use of swap agreements are imperfect correlation between movements in the notional amount and the price of the underlying instruments and the inability of counterparties or clearing house to perform. The counterparty risk for centrally cleared swap agreements is generally lower than for OTC swap agreements because generally a clearing organization becomes substituted for each counterparty to a centrally cleared swap agreement and, in effect, guarantees the parties’ performance under the contract as each party to a trade looks only to a clearing house for performance of financial obligations. However, there can be no assurance that the clearing house, or its members will satisfy its obligations to the Fund.

The notional amounts reflect the extent of the total investment exposure the Fund has under the swap agreement. The Fund bears the risk of loss of the amount expected to be received under a swap agreement (i.e., any unrealized appreciation) in the event of the default or bankruptcy of the swap agreement counterparty. The notional amount and related unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of each swap agreement at period end is disclosed in the swap tables in the Consolidated Schedule of Portfolio Investments. The Fund is party to International Swap Dealers Association, Inc. Master Agreements (“ISDA Master Agreements”) with select counterparties that govern transactions, such as OTC swap contracts, entered into by the Fund, through the VIP Subsidiary or Cayman Subsidiary, and those counterparties. The ISDA Master Agreements maintain provisions for general obligations, representations, agreements, collateral and events of default or termination. Events of termination include conditions that may entitle counterparties to elect to terminate early and cause settlement of all outstanding OTC swap transactions under the applicable ISDA Master Agreement.

Interest rate swaps involve the exchange of commitments to pay and receive interest based on a notional amount and are subject to interest rate risk exposure. Interest rate swaps do not involve the delivery of securities, other underlying assets or principal. Accordingly, the risk of loss with respect to interest rate swaps is limited to the net amount of interest payments that a Fund is contractually obligated to make. If the other party to an interest rate swap defaults, a Fund’s risk of loss consists of the net amount of interest payments that the Fund is contractually entitled to receive. As of September 30, 2016, the Fund, through the VIP Subsidiary, entered into OTC and centrally cleared interest rate swap agreements to gain or reduce exposure to interest rates or to manage duration, the yield curve or interest rate risk by economically hedging the value of the fixed rate bonds which may decrease when interest rates rise (interest rate risk).

Currency swaps are interest rate swaps in which one party pays a stream of interest payments, either fixed or floating, in exchange for another party’s stream of interest payments, either fixed or floating, based on the notional amounts of two different currencies. The notional amounts are typically determined based on the spot exchange rates at the inception of the trade. Currency swaps may also involve an exchange of notional amounts at the start, during and/or at expiration of the contract, either at the current spot rate or another specified rate.


Total return swap agreements involve commitments to pay interest in exchange for a market-linked return, both based on notional amounts. To the extent the total return of the security or index underlying the transaction exceeds or falls short of the offsetting interest rate obligation, the Fund will receive a payment from or make a payment to the counterparty.

Credit default swap agreements may have as reference obligations one or more securities that are not currently held by the Fund. The protection “buyer” in a credit default contract is generally obligated to pay the protection “seller” an upfront, periodic, or daily stream of payments over the term of the contract provided that no credit event, such as a default, on a reference obligation has occurred. If a credit event occurs, the seller generally must pay the buyer the “par value” (full notional value) of the swap in exchange for an equal face amount of deliverable obligations of the reference entity described in the swap, or the seller may be required to deliver the related net cash amount, if the swap is cash settled. The Fund may be either the buyer or seller in the transaction. If the Fund is a buyer and no credit event occurs, the Fund may recover nothing if the swap is held through its termination date. However, if a credit event occurs, the buyer generally may elect to receive the full notional value of the swap in exchange for an equal face amount of deliverable obligations of the reference entity whose value may have significantly decreased. As a seller, the Fund generally receives an upfront payment or a fixed rate of income throughout the term of the swap provided that there is no credit event. As the seller, the Fund would effectively add leverage to its portfolio because, in addition to its total net assets, the Fund would be subject to investment exposure on the notional amount of the swap.

Credit default swap agreements involve greater risks than if the Fund had invested in the reference obligation directly since, in addition to general market risks, credit default swaps are subject to illiquidity risk, counterparty risk and credit risk. The Fund will enter into credit default swap agreements only with counterparties that meet certain standards of creditworthiness. A buyer generally also will lose its investment and recover nothing should no credit event occur and the swap is held to its termination date. If a credit event were to occur, the value of any deliverable obligation received by the seller, coupled with the upfront, periodic, or daily payments previously received, may be less than the full notional value it pays to the buyer, resulting in a loss of value to the seller. The Fund’s obligations under a credit default swap agreement will be accrued daily (offset against any amounts owing to the Fund). In connection with credit default swaps in which the Fund is the buyer, the Fund will segregate or “earmark” cash or assets determined to be liquid, or enter into certain offsetting positions, with a value at least equal to the Fund’s exposure (any accrued but unpaid net amounts owed by the Fund to any counterparty), on a marked-to-market basis. In connection with credit default swaps in which the Fund is the seller, the Fund will segregate or “earmark” cash or assets determined to be liquid, or enter into offsetting positions, with a value at least equal to the full notional amount of the swap (minus any amounts owed to the Fund). Such segregation or “earmarking” will ensure that the Fund has assets available to satisfy its obligations with respect to the transaction and will limit any potential leveraging of the Fund’s portfolio. Such segregation or “earmarking” will not limit the Fund’s exposure to loss.

As of September 30, 2016 the AZL MVP BlackRock Global Allocation Fund, through the VIP Subsidiary, entered into credit default swaps to manage its exposure to the market or certain sectors of the market, to reduce its risk exposure to defaults of corporate and/or sovereign issuers or to create exposure to corporate and/or sovereign issuers to which they are not otherwise exposed (credit risk).


3. Related Party Transactions

The Manager or an affiliate of the Manager serves as the investment adviser of certain underlying funds in which each Fund invests. At September 30, 2016, these underlying funds are noted as Affiliated Investment Companies in each Fund’s Schedule. A summary of each Fund’s investments in affiliated investment companies as of September 30, 2016 is as follows:

 

     Fair Value
12/31/15
     Purchases at
Cost
     Proceeds from
Sales
    Fair Value
9/30/16
     Dividend
Income
 

AZL Balanced Index Strategy Fund

             

AZL Enhanced Bond Index Fund

   $ 217,300,256       $ 20,204,245       $ (17,390,404 )    $ 222,829,517       $ 4,339,676   

AZL International Index Fund

     53,818,168         5,778,770         (3,554,377 )      56,136,381         1,427,574   

AZL Mid Cap Index Fund

     32,048,328         6,178,546         (3,475,706 )      33,744,118         338,224   

AZL S&P 500 Index Fund, Class 2

     112,168,493         18,006,653         (8,553,493 )      117,160,878         2,068,710   

AZL Small Cap Stock Index Fund

     16,961,754         3,447,417         (1,905,338 )      18,020,971         190,601   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 
   $ 432,296,999       $ 53,615,631       $ (34,879,318 )    $ 447,891,865       $ 8,364,785   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

AZL DFA Multi-Strategy Fund

             

AZL DFA Emerging Markets Core Equity Fund

   $ 60,421,230       $ 512,089       $ (10,613,915 )    $ 60,608,792       $ 501,744   

AZL DFA Five-Year Global Fixed Income Fund

     506,986,619         7,745,110         (53,223,710 )      472,738,431         3,595,605   

AZL DFA International Core Equity Fund

     88,856,567         2,682,638         (9,224,177 )      84,824,177         960,107   

AZL DFA U.S. Core Equity Fund

     477,504,072         6,297,242         (57,419,983 )      457,293,642         4,241,541   

AZL DFA U.S. Small Cap Fund

     125,295,203         1,417,355         (18,018,671 )      121,521,818         532,009   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 
   $ 1,259,063,691       $ 18,654,434       $ (148,500,456 )    $ 1,196,986,860       $ 9,831,006   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

AZL MVP Balanced Index Strategy Fund

             

AZL Enhanced Bond Index Fund

   $ 121,830,641       $ 27,653,513       $ (13,083,917 )    $ 137,747,423       $ 2,676,871   

AZL International Index Fund

     31,706,193         8,504,791         (3,566,715 )      36,880,223         923,271   

AZL Mid Cap Index Fund

     18,971,382         6,424,085         (2,735,814 )      22,071,958         217,904   

AZL S&P 500 Index Fund, Class 2

     59,684,175         18,018,098         (5,819,126 )      69,287,426         1,204,546   

AZL Small Cap Stock Index Fund

     10,102,837         3,572,559         (1,663,186 )      11,771,062         122,382   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 
   $ 242,295,228       $ 64,173,046       $ (26,868,758 )    $ 277,758,092       $ 5,144,974   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

AZL MVP DFA Multi-Strategy Fund

             

AZL DFA Emerging Markets Core Equity Fund

   $ 1,306,652       $ 753,679       $ (199,026 )    $ 2,175,366       $ 17,250   

AZL DFA Five-Year Global Fixed Income Fund

     9,943,121         7,420,737         (1,171,980 )      16,437,616         122,351   

AZL DFA International Core Equity Fund

     1,813,335         1,244,518         (126,644 )      3,056,936         33,398   

AZL DFA U.S. Core Equity Fund

     9,063,066         5,986,572         (745,515 )      15,290,767         136,424   

AZL DFA U.S. Small Cap Fund

     2,582,883         1,499,843         (149,741 )      4,371,884         18,288   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 
   $ 24,709,057       $ 16,905,349       $ (2,392,906 )    $ 41,332,569       $ 327,711   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

AZL MVP Franklin Templeton Founding Strategy Plus Fund

             

AZL Franklin Templeton Founding Strategy Plus Fund

   $ 292,302,682       $ 9,835,641       $ (24,474,747 )    $ 285,034,555       $ 4,110,681   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 
   $ 292,302,682       $ 9,835,641       $ (24,474,747 )    $ 285,034,555       $ 4,110,681   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 


AZL MVP Fusion Balanced Fund

             

AZL BlackRock Capital Appreciation Fund

   $ 17,804,205       $ 1,768,774       $ (1,136,288 )    $ 17,145,053       $ —     

AZL Boston Company Research Growth Fund

     17,832,600         2,758,608         (1,207,527 )      17,051,689         47,562   

AZL DFA International Core Equity Fund

     11,695,614         129,652         (735,732 )      11,417,284         128,516   

AZL DFA U.S. Core Equity Fund

     11,839,464         107,714         (1,291,272 )      11,454,791         106,578   

AZL DFA U.S. Small Cap Fund

     17,193,496         105,289         (1,943,951 )      17,170,207         74,745   

AZL Federated Clover Small Value Fund

     17,276,335         758,628         (1,628,093 )      17,160,362         135,869   

AZL Gateway Fund

     23,748,181         454,687         (1,544,246 )      22,873,597         452,414   

AZL International Index Fund

     23,031,702         579,947         (818,493 )      22,743,597         577,673   

AZL Invesco Growth and Income Fund

     29,244,633         3,145,962         (2,774,834 )      28,731,899         623,633   

AZL Invesco International Equity Fund

     35,302,480         1,968,610         (2,277,442 )      34,031,198         596,037   

AZL JPMorgan International Opportunities Fund

     41,138,740         1,789,563         (2,164,749 )      39,562,877         492,334   

AZL JPMorgan U.S. Equity Fund

     41,104,543         3,777,540         (3,201,587 )      40,087,370         305,184   

AZL MetWest Total Return Bond Fund

     131,131,192         2,786,530         (11,180,770 )      127,044,075         1,423,260   

AZL MFS Investors Trust Fund

     17,782,165         2,012,424         (1,602,291 )      17,112,572         109,588   

AZL MFS Mid Cap Value Fund

     11,763,400         835,107         (1,485,265 )      11,466,244         96,703   

AZL MFS Value Fund

     35,220,247         1,015,348         (4,222,352 )      34,036,996         656,232   

AZL Mid Cap Index Fund

     11,691,526         1,672,812         (1,604,931 )      11,432,357         114,900   

AZL Morgan Stanley Global Real Estate Fund

     17,842,604         245,403         (2,313,803 )      16,938,761         243,698   

AZL Multi-Manager Mid Cap Growth Fund

     11,480,951         1,184,265         (263,557 )      11,466,046         —     

AZL NFJ International Value Fund

     22,123,729         1,821,427         (190,330 )      22,480,244         606,083   

AZL Oppenheimer Discovery Fund

     22,692,149         3,479,686         (1,912,891 )      22,698,163         —     

AZL Pyramis Total Bond Fund

     131,393,263         4,193,021         (14,827,173 )      127,053,471         4,094,956   

AZL Russell 1000 Growth Index Fund

     20,714,157         4,001,259         (1,842,535 )      19,959,552         195,467   

AZL Russell 1000 Value Index Fund

     49,813,499         5,101,617         (5,747,634 )      48,492,539         852,351   

AZL Schroder Emerging Markets Equity Fund, Class 2

     10,609,329         147,815         (1,070,695 )      11,352,501         62,567   

AZL Wells Fargo Large Cap Growth Fund

     17,753,139         17,996         (664,247 )      17,082,748         16,291   

NFJ Dividend Value Portfolio

     17,517,968         1,188,817         (1,413,710 )      17,154,748         354,104   

PIMCO PVIT Global Advantage Strategy Bond Portfolio

     12,037,749         40,450         (12,453,473 )      —           38,769   

PIMCO PVIT High Yield Portfolio

     35,523,393         866,388         (26,432,829 )      11,547,562         842,387   

PIMCO PVIT Income Portfolio

     —           57,976,462         (2,497,750 )      57,340,723         559,368   

PIMCO PVIT Low Duration Portfolio

     70,809,315         765,484         (3,479,612 )      68,355,423         749,606   

PIMCO PVIT Real Return Portfolio

     47,251,691         438,691         (27,029,317 )      22,896,683         433,647   

PIMCO PVIT Total Return Portfolio

     130,913,717         2,142,972         (10,470,302 )      127,195,648         2,012,541   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 
   $ 1,113,277,176       $ 109,278,948       $ (153,429,681 )    $ 1,082,536,980       $ 17,003,063   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 


AZL MVP Fusion Conservative Fund

             

AZL BlackRock Capital Appreciation Fund

   $ 2,667,296       $ 749,978       $ (347,000 )    $ 2,879,714       $ —     

AZL Boston Company Research Growth Fund

     2,676,961         876,307         (335,175 )      2,846,728         7,848   

AZL DFA U.S. Core Equity Fund

     2,642,702         423,156         (412,709 )      2,859,655         26,325   

AZL Federated Clover Small Value Fund

     3,989,301         973,146         (858,077 )      4,316,624         33,659   

AZL Gateway Fund

     4,074,260         378,281         (189,018 )      4,301,282         84,421   

AZL International Index Fund

     5,342,590         1,266,132         (914,692 )      5,720,978         143,286   

AZL Invesco Growth and Income Fund

     6,665,181         2,228,430         (1,497,712 )      7,208,296         154,718   

AZL Invesco International Equity Fund

     5,358,332         1,369,479         (882,702 )      5,711,198         98,471   

AZL JPMorgan International Opportunities Fund

     5,342,377         1,401,400         (909,042 )      5,711,570         69,800   

AZL JPMorgan U.S. Equity Fund

     6,680,672         1,984,122         (1,214,053 )      7,196,932         54,236   

AZL MetWest Total Return Bond Fund

     37,397,862         5,869,936         (4,847,025 )      39,689,548         442,087   

AZL MFS Investors Trust Fund

     2,670,812         712,104         (352,235 )      2,857,930         18,084   

AZL MFS Mid Cap Value Fund

     2,645,872         599,081         (468,047 )      2,869,262         23,950   

AZL MFS Value Fund

     7,999,665         1,557,986         (1,449,919 )      8,602,188         162,911   

AZL Mid Cap Index Fund

     2,641,953         851,669         (550,121 )      2,868,779         28,445   

AZL Morgan Stanley Global Real Estate Fund

     2,708,491         423,342         (470,443 )      2,854,054         40,511   

AZL Multi-Manager Mid Cap Growth Fund

     2,718,779         857,094         (503,148 )      2,880,864         —     

AZL Oppenheimer Discovery Fund

     5,306,190         2,149,173         (1,407,103 )      5,713,741         —     

AZL Pyramis Total Bond Fund

     37,473,948         5,209,608         (4,794,766 )      39,727,822         1,271,958   

AZL Russell 1000 Growth Index Fund

     1,667,655         575,019         (215,091 )      8,971,046         17,268   

AZL Russell 1000 Value Index Fund

     8,350,464         2,371,083         (1,630,375 )      1,778,702         155,663   

AZL Wells Fargo Large Cap Growth Fund

     2,655,401         548,154         (365,648 )      2,858,886         2,678   

NFJ Dividend Value Portfolio

     4,012,969         917,749         (620,908 )      4,288,256         84,476   

PIMCO PVIT Global Advantage Strategy Bond Portfolio

     2,701,480         45,436         (2,830,725 )      —           8,789   

PIMCO PVIT High Yield Portfolio

     13,546,724         922,557         (9,372,102 )      5,750,321         352,207   

PIMCO PVIT Income Portfolio

     —           17,221,385         (542,178 )      17,224,605         164,483   

PIMCO PVIT Low Duration Portfolio

     24,192,395         3,351,620         (2,012,911 )      25,627,962         270,506   

PIMCO PVIT Real Return Portfolio

     13,498,545         993,206         (6,548,203 )      8,616,550         154,878   

PIMCO PVIT Total Return Portfolio

     37,387,202         5,629,953         (4,670,262 )      39,741,631         605,515   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 
   $ 255,016,079       $ 62,456,586       $ (51,211,390 )    $ 271,675,124       $ 4,477,173   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 


AZL MVP Fusion Growth Fund

             

AZL BlackRock Capital Appreciation Fund

   $ 18,515,992       $ 1,745,720       $ (2,205,062 )    $ 16,726,285       $ —     

AZL Boston Company Research Growth Fund

     18,501,975         2,690,474         (2,253,191 )      16,640,821         46,416   

AZL DFA International Core Equity Fund

     18,489,761         190,033         (2,396,440 )      16,729,020         190,033   

AZL DFA U.S. Core Equity Fund

     18,502,462         156,768         (3,037,507 )      16,749,553         156,768   

AZL DFA U.S. Small Cap Fund

     14,631,047         81,975         (2,693,951 )      13,451,298         59,152   

AZL Federated Clover Small Value Fund

     14,720,605         597,980         (2,464,697 )      13,448,136         107,338   

AZL Gateway Fund

     22,229,014         399,515         (2,738,838 )      20,012,520         399,515   

AZL International Index Fund

     36,745,603         853,292         (4,091,913 )      33,364,886         853,292   

AZL Invesco Growth and Income Fund

     22,169,452         2,237,209         (3,531,164 )      20,211,419         443,890   

AZL Invesco International Equity Fund

     44,128,563         2,324,021         (5,186,260 )      39,991,166         704,866   

AZL JPMorgan International Opportunities Fund

     58,689,142         1,616,131         (5,337,332 )      53,232,559         664,949   

AZL JPMorgan U.S. Equity Fund

     40,488,768         3,497,749         (5,482,771 )      36,952,518         282,878   

AZL MetWest Total Return Bond Fund

     29,321,306         435,521         (4,354,018 )      26,309,970         292,635   

AZL MFS Investors Trust Fund

     14,835,745         1,583,643         (2,165,985 )      13,375,883         86,312   

AZL MFS Mid Cap Value Fund

     14,862,838         984,607         (2,787,396 )      13,447,821         114,170   

AZL MFS Value Fund

     29,488,953         796,083         (5,037,853 )      26,776,622         516,252   

AZL Mid Cap Index Fund

     7,468,763         992,434         (1,551,225 )      6,719,707         68,213   

AZL Morgan Stanley Global Real Estate Fund

     22,163,939         286,762         (3,987,946 )      19,795,408         286,762   

AZL Multi-Manager Mid Cap Growth Fund

     14,886,012         1,232,725         (1,591,869 )      13,372,300         —     

AZL NFJ International Value Fund

     25,042,068         627,866         (1,041,250 )      23,165,408         627,866   

AZL Oppenheimer Discovery Fund

     18,059,719         2,033,055         (2,263,319 )      16,624,186         —     

AZL Pyramis Total Bond Fund

     29,388,328         876,553         (5,020,417 )      26,563,978         858,653   

AZL Russell 1000 Growth Index Fund

     14,825,828         2,687,013         (2,204,612 )      23,472,842         131,330   

AZL Russell 1000 Value Index Fund

     25,872,103         2,489,995         (4,505,717 )      13,328,455         416,409   

AZL Schroder Emerging Markets Equity Fund, Class 2

     10,789,905         56,296         (2,401,849 )      9,968,164         56,296   

AZL Wells Fargo Large Cap Growth Fund

     18,436,313         15,974         (1,682,284 )      16,709,355         15,974   

NFJ Dividend Value Portfolio

     14,848,094         958,537         (2,207,038 )      13,423,584         285,923   

PIMCO PVIT Global Advantage Strategy Bond Portfolio

     22,075,908         264,183         (3,577,693 )      20,018,400         261,729   

PIMCO PVIT High Yield Portfolio

     7,378,469         274,825         (1,372,846 )      6,738,662         270,550   

PIMCO PVIT Low Duration Portfolio

     7,414,046         74,752         (848,984 )      6,664,389         73,804   

PIMCO PVIT Real Return Portfolio

     14,752,643         246,739         (2,391,821 )      13,353,233         246,584   

PIMCO PVIT Total Return Portfolio

     29,295,593         427,988         (4,062,397 )      26,619,476         420,222   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 
   $ 699,018,957       $ 33,736,418       $ (96,475,645 )    $ 633,958,024       $ 8,938,781   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 


AZL MVP Fusion Moderate Fund

             

AZL BlackRock Capital Appreciation Fund

   $ 50,328,837       $ 5,037,209       $ (2,871,837 )    $ 48,803,411       $ —     

AZL Boston Company Research Growth Fund

     50,337,874         7,830,124         (3,116,279 )      48,430,015         135,085   

AZL DFA International Core Equity Fund

     49,437,510         547,641         (2,711,157 )      48,662,213         547,641   

AZL DFA U.S. Core Equity Fund

     37,827,249         341,402         (3,991,931 )      36,723,140         341,402   

AZL DFA U.S. Small Cap Fund

     48,891,631         295,271         (5,472,710 )      48,872,923         213,065   

AZL Federated Clover Small Value Fund

     37,135,743         1,625,263         (3,638,037 )      36,737,709         291,737   

AZL Gateway Fund

     62,902,297         1,205,204         (3,825,821 )      60,840,364         1,205,204   

AZL International Index Fund

     73,591,005         1,847,698         (2,531,692 )      72,744,081         1,847,698   

AZL Invesco Growth and Income Fund

     74,869,579         8,050,881         (7,125,396 )      73,493,859         1,597,393   

AZL Invesco International Equity Fund

     123,843,714         6,969,710         (6,489,834 )      120,867,023         2,113,885   

AZL JPMorgan International Opportunities Fund

     148,517,692         4,362,903         (3,960,407 )      144,500,509         1,795,095   

AZL JPMorgan U.S. Equity Fund

     99,561,222         9,187,497         (7,272,315 )      97,573,850         743,031   

AZL MetWest Total Return Bond Fund

     184,042,489         2,968,644         (14,272,568 )      178,728,305         1,994,692   

AZL MFS Investors Trust Fund

     50,196,448         5,728,474         (4,076,855 )      48,753,162         312,214   

AZL MFS Mid Cap Value Fund

     37,659,270         2,676,947         (4,683,419 )      36,758,929         310,405   

AZL MFS Value Fund

     87,233,557         2,515,453         (10,095,048 )      84,608,422         1,631,246   

AZL Mid Cap Index Fund

     25,256,049         3,598,767         (3,578,874 )      24,572,969         247,355   

AZL Morgan Stanley Global Real Estate Fund

     50,337,373         692,134         (6,182,007 )      48,108,306         692,134   

AZL Multi-Manager Mid Cap Growth Fund

     36,501,500         3,322,392         (109,109 )      36,703,584         —     

AZL NFJ International Value Fund

     67,686,831         1,753,553         (36,516 )      65,443,211         1,753,553   

AZL Oppenheimer Discovery Fund

     48,294,451         5,881,137         (2,186,018 )      48,496,903         —     

AZL Pyramis Total Bond Fund

     184,410,195         5,882,090         (20,327,141 )      178,727,635         5,761,970   

AZL Russell 1000 Growth Index Fund

     47,138,571         9,165,776         (3,999,894 )      45,625,233         447,984   

AZL Russell 1000 Value Index Fund

     96,605,035         9,917,001         (10,922,937 )      94,220,508         1,658,450   

AZL Schroder Emerging Markets Equity Fund, Class 2

     22,017,103         135,033         (1,186,276 )      24,401,889         135,033   

AZL Wells Fargo Large Cap Growth Fund

     50,214,179         46,397         (1,531,017 )      48,653,679         46,397   

NFJ Dividend Value Portfolio

     49,908,535         3,376,047         (4,035,833 )      48,828,309         1,007,043   

PIMCO VIT Income Portfolio

     —           97,518,559         (3,488,344 )      97,186,532         949,059   

PIMCO PVIT Global Advantage Strategy Bond Portfolio

     75,491,591         718,227         (31,342,585 )      48,707,801         709,836   

PIMCO PVIT High Yield Portfolio

     50,382,020         1,412,072         (29,647,790 )      24,666,364         1,382,868   

PIMCO PVIT Low Duration Portfolio

     75,392,750         807,058         (3,879,087 )      72,596,227         797,414   

PIMCO PVIT Real Return Portfolio

     75,381,720         484,680         (54,699,316 )      24,549,077         483,888   

PIMCO PVIT Total Return Portfolio

     183,590,172         2,859,930         (14,022,641 )      178,860,301         2,811,268   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 
   $ 2,354,984,192       $ 208,761,174       $ (277,310,691 )    $ 2,297,446,443       $ 33,964,045   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 


AZL MVP Growth Index Strategy Fund

             

AZL Enhanced Bond Index Fund

   $ 331,777,725       $ 26,412,593       $ (6,908,670 )    $ 355,433,596       $ 6,850,143   

AZL International Index Fund

     264,425,252         37,304,666         (8,386,598 )      294,318,924         7,474,714   

AZL Mid Cap Index Fund

     152,345,889         28,505,784         (3,840,943 )      170,693,128         1,713,464   

AZL S&P 500 Index Fund, Class 2

     497,220,720         83,163,641         (7,015,301 )      551,264,057         9,700,713   

AZL Small Cap Stock Index Fund

     75,970,242         16,664,445         (2,623,748 )      87,016,841         915,015   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 
   $ 1,321,739,828       $ 192,051,129       $ (28,775,260 )    $ 1,458,726,546       $ 26,654,049   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

AZL MVP Invesco Equity and Income Fund

             

AZL Invesco Equity and Income Fund

   $ 494,565,552       $ 33,812,695       $ (26,971,066 )    $ 512,431,836       $ 9,550,108   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 
   $ 494,565,552       $ 33,812,695       $ (26,971,066 )    $ 512,431,836       $ 9,550,108   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

AZL MVP T. Rowe Price Capital Appreciation Fund

             

AZL Enhanced Bond Index Fund

   $ —         $ 1,317,605       $ —        $ 1,306,800       $ —     

AZL S&P 500 Index Fund, Class 2

     —           2,369,484         —          2,375,305         —     

AZL T. Rowe Price Capital Appreciation Fund

     630,242,972         165,709,480         (5,343,582 )      805,597,234         5,730,426   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 
   $ 630,242,972       $ 169,396,569       $ (5,343,582 )    $ 809,279,339       $ 5,730,426   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

4. Investment Valuation Summary

The valuation techniques employed by the Funds, as described below, maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs in determining fair value. The inputs used for valuing the Funds’ investments are summarized in the three broad levels listed below:

 

  •   Level 1—quoted prices in active markets for identical assets

 

  •   Level 2—other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.)

 

  •   Level 3—significant unobservable inputs (including the Funds’ own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments)

Changes in valuation techniques may result in transfers in or out of an assigned level within the disclosure hierarchy. The Trust determines transfers between fair value hierarchy levels at the reporting period end. The inputs or methodology used for valuing investments is not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those investments.


Security prices are generally provided by an independent third party pricing service approved by the Trust’s Trustees as of the close of the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) (generally 4:00 pm Eastern Time). Equity securities are valued at the last quoted sale price or, if there is no sale, the last quoted bid price is used for long securities and the last quoted ask price is used for securities sold short. Securities listed on NASDAQ Stock Market, Inc. (“NASDAQ”) are valued at the official closing price as reported by NASDAQ. In each of these situations, valuations are typically categorized as a Level 1 in the fair value hierarchy. Investments in open-end investment companies are valued at their respective net asset value as reported by such companies and are typically categorized as Level 1 in the fair value hierarchy.

Debt and other fixed income securities are generally valued at an evaluated bid price provided by an independent pricing source approved by the Trustees. To value debt securities, pricing services may use various pricing techniques which take into account appropriate factors such as market activity, yield, quality, coupon rate, maturity, type of issue, trading characteristics, call features, credit ratings and other data, as well as broker quotes. Short term securities of sufficient credit quality with sixty days or less remaining until maturity may be valued at amortized cost, which approximates fair value. In each of these situations, valuations are typically categorized as Level 2 in the fair value hierarchy.

Futures contracts are valued at the last sales price as of the close of the primary exchange and are typically categorized as Level 1 in the fair value hierarchy.

Options are generally valued at the average of the closing bid and ask quotations on the principal exchange on which the option is traded, which are then typically categorized as Level 1 in the fair value hierarchy.

Forward currency contracts are generally valued at the foreign currency exchange rate as of the close of the NYSE and are typically categorized as Level 2 in the fair value hierarchy.

Non exchange-traded derivatives, such as swaps and certain options, are generally valued by approved independent pricing services utilizing techniques which take into account factors such as yields, quality, maturity, type of issue, trading characteristics, call features, credit ratings and other data, as well as broker quotes and are typically categorized as Level 2 in the fair value hierarchy.

Other assets and securities for which market quotations are not readily available, or are deemed unreliable are valued at fair value as determined in good faith by the Trustees or persons acting on the behalf of the Trustees. Fair value pricing may be used for significant events such as securities whose trading has been suspended, whose price has become stale or for which there is no currently available price at the close of the NYSE. Depending on the source and relative significance of valuation inputs, these instruments may be classified as Level 2 or Level 3 in the fair value hierarchy. The Trust utilizes a pricing service to assist in determining the fair value of securities when certain significant events occur that may affect the value of foreign securities.

In accordance with procedures adopted by the Trustees, fair value pricing may be used if events materially affecting the value of foreign securities occur between the time when the exchange on which they are traded closes and the time when a Fund’s net asset value is calculated. Management identifies possible fluctuation in international securities by monitoring the increase or decrease in the value of a designated benchmark index. In the event of an increase or decrease greater than predetermined levels, the Funds may use a systematic valuation model provided by an independent third party to fair value its international equity securities which are then typically categorized as Level 2 in the fair value hierarchy.

The following is a summary of the valuation inputs used as of September 30, 2016 in valuing the Funds’ investments based upon three levels defined above:

AZL Balanced Index Strategy Fund

 

Investment Securities:

  

Level 1

   

Level 2

   

Level 3

    

Total

 

Affiliated Investment Companies

   $ 447,891,865      $ —        $ —         $ 447,891,865   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Investment Securities

   $ 447,891,865      $ —        $ —         $ 447,891,865   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 
AZL DFA Multi-Strategy Fund          

Investment Securities:

  

Level 1

   

Level 2

   

Level 3

    

Total

 

Affiliated Investment Companies

   $ 1,196,986,860      $ —        $ —         $ 1,196,986,860   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Investment Securities

   $ 1,196,986,860      $ —        $ —         $ 1,196,986,860   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 
AZL MVP Balanced Index Strategy Fund          

Investment Securities:

  

Level 1

   

Level 2

   

Level 3

    

Total

 

Affiliated Investment Company

   $ 277,758,092      $ —        $ —         $ 277,758,092   

Unaffiliated Investment Company

     2,913,319        —          —           2,913,319   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Investment Securities

     280,671,411        —          —           280,671,411   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Other Financial Instruments:*

         

Futures Contracts

     187,684        —          —           187,684   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Investments

   $ 280,859,095      $ —        $ —         $ 280,859,095   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 
AZL MVP BlackRock Global Allocation Fund          

Investment Securities:

  

Level 1

   

Level 2

   

Level 3

    

Total

 

Common Stocks+

         

Aerospace & Defense

   $ 2,389,606      $ 9,348,780      $ —         $ 11,738,386   

Airlines

     5,497,520        2,511,518        —           8,009,038   

Auto Components

     349,476        8,210,824        —           8,560,300   

Automobiles

     1,160,567        9,521,239        —           10,681,806   

Banks

     20,667,963        12,932,449        —           33,600,412   

Beverages

     2,697,774        2,518,590        —           5,216,364   

Biotechnology

     8,536,016        1,647,816        —           10,183,832   

Building Products

     1,794,073        1,936,750        —           3,730,823   

Capital Markets

     5,520,803        1,994,831        —           7,515,634   

Chemicals

     7,003,126        12,798,783        —           19,801,909   

Commercial Services & Supplies

     234,884        536,047        —           770,931   

Communications Equipment

     3,385,932        1,581,911        —           4,967,843   

Construction & Engineering

     —          3,489,395        —           3,489,395   

Construction Materials

     —          1,097,237        —           1,097,237   

Distributors

     —          141,426        —           141,426   

Diversified Financial Services

     5,147,910        301,641        —           5,449,551   

Diversified Telecommunication Services

     983,101        7,633,054        —           8,616,155   

Electric Utilities

     2,022,317        1,561,136        —           3,583,453   

Electrical Equipment

     97,994        2,602,447        —           2,700,441   

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components

     1,280,824        3,760,250        —           5,041,074   

Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts

     4,363,988        125,438        —           4,489,426   

Food & Staples Retailing

     4,372,828        1,219,484        —           5,592,312   

Food Products

     1,419,155        6,371,987        —           7,791,142   

Gas Utilities

     573,071        1,682,179        —           2,255,250   

Health Care Equipment & Supplies

     3,075,962        1,964,075        —           5,040,037   

Health Care Providers & Services

     12,913,084        2,140,221        —           15,053,305   

Household Durables

     998,695        1,603,811        —           2,602,506   

Industrial Conglomerates

     6,033,030        3,697,164        —           9,730,194   

Insurance

     11,933,932        6,811,290        —           18,745,222   

Internet Software & Services

     18,441,211        —          1,199,713         19,640,924   

IT Services

     6,461,041        800,547        —           7,261,588   

Leisure Products

     —          941,794        —           941,794   

Machinery

     684,702        6,870,145        —           7,554,847   

Media

     13,648,870        1,954,001        6         15,602,877   

Metals & Mining

     405,508        142,268        —           547,776   

Multi-Utilities

     2,039,726        122,497        —           2,162,223   

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels

     25,697,189        5,239,659        —           30,936,848   

Personal Products

     2,702,726        1,402,090        —           4,104,816   

Pharmaceuticals

     17,869,533        9,420,508        —           27,290,041   

Real Estate Management & Development

     1,240,043        10,219,745        —           11,459,788   

Road & Rail

     1,438,994        3,965,828        —           5,404,822   

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment

     4,334,969        3,260,274        —           7,595,243   

Software

     5,998,760        1,857,562        3,393,705         11,250,027   

Specialty Retail

     5,654,203        1,175,597        —           6,829,800   

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals

     15,508,044        1,033,780        —           16,541,824   

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods

     1,631,445        2,872,706        —           4,504,151   

Tobacco

     1,497,097        580,679        —           2,077,776   

Transportation Infrastructure

     247,197        148,146        —           395,343   

Wireless Telecommunication Services

     1,305,570        4,941,479        —           6,247,049   

Other Common Stocks+

     20,442,646        —          —           20,442,646   

Preferred Stocks

         

Automobiles

     —          932,366        —           932,366   

Banks

     1,632,784        178,100        —           1,810,884   

Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts

     888,043        373,259        —           1,261,302   

Health Care Providers & Services

     —          1,777,269        400,112         2,177,381   

Internet Software & Services

     —          —          612,402         612,402   

Software

     —          —          839,815         839,815   

Other Preferred Stocks+

     6,902,851        —          —           6,902,851   

Warrant

     —          45,053        —           45,053   

Convertible Preferred Stocks

         

Banks

     —          353,600        —           353,600   

Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts

     1,015,372        —          —           1,015,372   

Internet Software & Services

     —          —          1,217,983         1,217,983   

Wireless Telecommunication Services

     —          1,716,244        —           1,716,244   

Private Placements+

     —          —          345,632         345,632   

Convertible Bonds+

     —          5,794,822        —           5,794,822   

Floating Rate Loans+

     —          6,726,319        —           6,726,319   

Collateralized Mortgage Obligations

     —          571,148        —           571,148   

Corporate Bonds

         

Media

     —          436,450        593,537         1,029,987   

Other Corporate Bonds+

     —          26,655,484        —           26,655,484   

Foreign Bonds+

     —          128,703,450        —           128,703,450   

Yankee Dollars+

     —          23,608,486        —           23,608,486   

U.S. Government Agency Mortgages

     —          12,750,769        —           12,750,769   

U.S. Treasury Obligations

     —          114,031,416        —           114,031,416   

Purchased Swaptions

     —          144,886        —           144,886   

Purchased Options

     32,882        4,172,592        —           4,205,474   

Exchange Traded Funds

     26,258,444        —          —           26,258,444   

Securities Held as Collateral for Securities on Loan

     —          26,803,061        —           26,803,061   

Unaffiliated Investment Company

     14,371,262        —          —           14,371,262   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Investment Securities

     312,804,743        524,465,852        8,602,905         845,873,500   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Securities Sold Short

     (4,102,536 )      (521,495 )      —           (4,624,031 ) 

Other Financial Instruments:*

         

Futures Contracts

     396,054        —          —           396,054   

Written Options

     67,739        382,189        —           449,928   

Written Swaptions

     —          177,989        —           177,989   

Forward Currency Contracts

     —          (1,227,883 )      —           (1,227,883 ) 

Credit Default Swaps

     —          12,897        —           12,897   

Currency Swaps

     —          (706,743 )      —           (706,743 ) 

Interest Rate Swaps

     —          (243,663 )      —           (243,663 ) 

Total Return Swaps

     —          59,618        —           59,618   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Investments

   $ 309,166,000      $ 522,398,761      $ 8,602,905       $ 840,167,666   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 
AZL MVP DFA Multi-Strategy Fund          

Investment Securities:

  

Level 1

   

Level 2

   

Level 3

    

Total

 

Affiliated Investment Company

   $ 41,332,569      $ —        $ —         $ 41,332,569   

Unaffiliated Investment Company

     65,495        —          —           65,495   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Investment Securities

     41,398,064        —          —           41,398,064   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Other Financial Instruments:*

         

Futures Contracts

     29,690        —          —           29,690   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Investments

   $ 41,427,754      $ —        $ —         $ 41,427,754   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 
AZL MVP Franklin Templeton Founding Strategy Plus Fund          

Investment Securities:

  

Level 1

   

Level 2

   

Level 3

    

Total

 

Affiliated Investment Company

   $ 285,034,555      $ —        $ —         $ 285,034,555   

Unaffiliated Investment Company

     56,625        —          —           56,625   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Investment Securities

     285,091,180        —          —           285,091,180   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Other Financial Instruments:*

         

Futures Contracts

     205,774        —          —           205,774   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Investments

   $ 285,296,954      $ —        $ —         $ 285,296,954   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 


AZL MVP Fusion Balanced Fund

 

Investment Securities:

  

Level 1

    

Level 2

    

Level 3

    

Total

 

Affiliated Investment Company

   $ 1,082,536,980       $ —         $ —         $ 1,082,536,980   

Unaffiliated Investment Company

     11,090,582         —           —           11,090,582   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Investment Securities

     1,093,627,562         —           —           1,093,627,562   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Other Financial Instruments:*

           

Futures Contracts

     730,225         —           —           730,225   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Investments

   $ 1,094,357,787       $ —         $ —         $ 1,094,357,787   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
AZL MVP Fusion Conservative Fund            

Investment Securities:

  

Level 1

    

Level 2

    

Level 3

    

Total

 

Affiliated Investment Company

   $ 271,675,124       $ —         $ —         $ 271,675,124   

Unaffiliated Investment Company

     2,927,015         —           —           2,927,015   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Investment Securities

     274,602,139         —           —           274,602,139   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Other Financial Instruments:*

           

Futures Contracts

     151,147         —           —           151,147   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Investments

   $ 274,753,286       $ —         $ —         $ 274,753,286   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
AZL MVP Fusion Growth Fund            

Investment Securities:

  

Level 1

    

Level 2

    

Level 3

    

Total

 

Affiliated Investment Company

   $ 633,958,024       $ —         $ —         $ 633,958,024   

Unaffiliated Investment Company

     1,715,279         —           —           1,715,279   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Investment Securities

     635,673,303         —           —           635,673,303   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Other Financial Instruments:*

           

Futures Contracts

     446,756         —           —           446,756   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Investments

   $ 636,120,059       $ —         $ —         $ 636,120,059   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
AZL MVP Fusion Moderate Fund            

Investment Securities:

  

Level 1

    

Level 2

    

Level 3

    

Total

 

Affiliated Investment Company

   $ 2,297,446,443       $ —         $ —         $ 2,297,446,443   

Unaffiliated Investment Company

     14,671,269         —           —           14,671,269   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Investment Securities

     2,312,117,712         —           —           2,312,117,712   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Other Financial Instruments:*

           

Futures Contracts

     1,274,000         —           —           1,274,000   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Investments

   $ 2,313,391,712       $ —         $ —         $ 2,313,391,712   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
AZL MVP Growth Index Strategy Fund            

Investment Securities:

  

Level 1

    

Level 2

    

Level 3

    

Total

 

Affiliated Investment Company

   $ 1,458,726,546       $ —         $ —         $ 1,458,726,546   

Unaffiliated Investment Company

     13,363,387         —           —           13,363,387   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Investment Securities

     1,472,089,933         —           —           1,472,089,933   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Other Financial Instruments:*

           

Futures Contracts

     1,278,162         —           —           1,278,162   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Investments

   $ 1,473,368,095       $ —         $ —         $ 1,473,368,095   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
AZL MVP Invesco Equity and Income Fund            

Investment Securities:

  

Level 1

    

Level 2

    

Level 3

    

Total

 

Affiliated Investment Company

   $ 512,431,836       $ —         $ —         $ 512,431,836   

Unaffiliated Investment Company

     166,261         —           —           166,261   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Investment Securities

     512,598,097         —           —           512,598,097   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Other Financial Instruments:*

           

Futures Contracts

     374,673         —           —           374,673   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Investments

   $ 512,972,770       $ —         $ —         $ 512,972,770   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
AZL MVP T. Rowe Price Capital Appreciation Fund            

Investment Securities:

  

Level 1

    

Level 2

    

Level 3

    

Total

 

Affiliated Investment Company

   $ 809,279,339       $ —         $ —         $ 809,279,339   

Unaffiliated Investment Company

     6,875,381         —           —           6,875,381   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Investment Securities

     816,154,720         —           —           816,154,720   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Other Financial Instruments:*

           

Futures Contracts

     612,195         —           —           612,195   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Investments

   $ 816,766,915       $ —         $ —         $ 816,766,915   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

* Other Financial Instruments would include any derivative instruments, such as futures contracts, written options, forward currency contracts, and swaps. These investments are generally recorded in the financial statements at the unrealized gain or loss on the investment.
+ For detailed industry descriptions, see the accompanying Schedule of Portfolio Investments.

A reconciliation of assets in which level 3 inputs are used in determining fair value, along with additional quantitative disclosures, are presented when there are significant level 3 investments at the end of the period.

For the period ended September 30, 2016, there have been no significant changes to the Funds’ fair valuation methodologies. Changes in valuation techniques may result in transfers out of an investment’s assigned level within the hierarchy during the reporting period. The Trust defines a significant transfer as aggregate transfers that are greater than 2% of a Fund’s net assets. There were no significant transfers between Level 1 and Level 2 as of September 30, 2016.

5. Restricted Securities

A restricted security is a security which has been purchased through a private offering and cannot be resold to the general public without prior registration under the Securities Act of 1933 (the “1933 Act”) or pursuant to the resale limitations provided by Rule 144A under the 1933 Act, or an exemption from the registration requirements of the 1933 Act. Whether a restricted security is illiquid is determined pursuant to guidelines established by the Trustees. Not all restricted securities are considered illiquid. The illiquid restricted securities held as of September 30, 2016 are identified below.

AZL MVP BlackRock Global Allocation Fund

 

Security

  

Acquisition
Date

    

Acquisition
Cost

    

Shares or
Principal
Amount

    

Fair

Value

    

Percentage of Net
Assets

 

AliphCom, Inc., 12.00%, 4/1/20

     4/27/15       $ 3,065,000       $ 3,065,000       $ 317,841         0.04 % 

Delta Topco, Ltd.

     5/2/12         379,997         615,711         6         0.00 % 

Delta Topco, Ltd., 10.00%, 11/24/60

     5/2/12         758,660         624,776         593,537         0.07 % 

Domo, Inc., Series E

     4/1/15         1,218,214         144,482         1,217,983         0.15 % 

Dropbox, Inc.

     1/28/14         1,827,985         95,700         1,167,540         0.14 % 

Grand Rounds, Inc.

     3/31/15         399,608         143,925         400,112         0.05 % 

Logistics UK, Series 2015-1A, Class F,
0.66%, 8/20/25

     8/3/15         440,732         459,000         571,148         0.07 % 

Lookout, Inc., 4.88%

     9/19/14         730,222         63,925         612,402         0.07 % 

Lookout, Inc.

     3/4/15         63,364         5,547         32,173         0.00 % 

Palantir Technologies, Inc., Series I

     3/27/14         712,042         116,157         839,815         0.10 % 

Project Samson BND Corp., 12.00%, 4/1/20

     11/11/15         268,000         268,000         27,792         0.00 % 

REI Agro, Ltd., Registered Shares,
5.50%, 11/13/14

     2/7/12         300,000         400,000         2,000         0.00 % 

TFS Corp., Ltd., 8.75%, 8/1/23, Callable 8/1/19 @ 106.56

     7/20/16         2,106,000         2,106,000         2,148,120         0.26 % 

Uber Technologies, Inc.

     3/21/14         1,063,120         68,532         3,393,705         0.41 % 

6. Investment Risks

Commodities-Related Investment Risk: Exposure to the commodities markets may subject the Fund to greater volatility than investments in traditional securities. The value of commodity-linked derivative investments may be affected by changes in overall market movements, commodity index volatility, changes in interest rates, or sectors affecting a particular industry or commodity, such as drought, floods, weather, embargoes, tariffs and international economic, political and regulatory developments. The U.S. Commodities Futures Trading Commission has proposed changes to certain of its rules governing investment in commodities by mutual funds, such as the Fund. In the event these changes are adopted, or if there are changes in the tax treatment of the Fund’s direct and indirect investments in commodities, the Fund may be unable to obtain exposure to commodity markets, or may be limited in the extent to which or manner in which it can obtain such exposure.


Derivatives Risk: The AZL MVP BlackRock Global Allocation Fund may invest in derivatives as a principal strategy. A derivative is a financial contract whose value depends on, or is derived from, the value of an underlying asset, reference rate, or risk. Use of derivative instruments involves risks different from, or possibly greater than, the risks associated with investing directly in securities and other traditional investments. Derivatives are subject to a number of other risks, such as liquidity risk, interest rate risk, market risk, credit risk, and selection risk. Derivatives also involve the risk of mispricing or improper valuation and the risk that changes in the value may not correlate perfectly with the underlying asset, rate, or index. Using derivatives may result in losses, possibly in excess of the principal amount invested. Also, suitable derivative transactions may not be available in all circumstances. The counterparty to a derivatives contract could default. As required by applicable law, a Fund that invests in derivatives segregates cash or liquid securities, or both, to the extent that its obligations under the instrument are not covered through ownership of the underlying security, financial instrument, or currency.

Emerging Markets Risk: Emerging markets may have less developed trading markets and exchanges which may make it more difficult to sell securities at an acceptable price and their prices may be more volatile than securities of companies in more developed markets. Settlements of trades may be subject to greater delays so that the Fund may not receive the proceeds of a sale of a security on a timely basis. Emerging countries may also have less developed legal and accounting systems and investments may be subject to greater risks of government restrictions, nationalization, or confiscation.

Foreign Securities and Currencies Risk: Investments in securities of foreign issuers carry certain risks not ordinarily associated with investments in securities of domestic issuers. Such risks include future political and economic developments, and the possible imposition of exchange controls or other foreign governmental laws and restrictions. In addition, with respect to certain countries, there is the possibility of expropriation of assets, confiscatory taxation, political or social instability or diplomatic developments which could adversely affect investments in those securities.

Security Quality Risk (also known as “High Yield Risk”): The Fund may invest in high yield, high risk debt securities and unrated securities of similar credit quality (commonly known as “junk bonds”) may be subject to greater levels of credit and liquidity risk than funds that do not invest in such securities. These securities are considered predominately speculative with respect to the issuer’s continuing ability to make principal and interest payments. An economic downturn or period of rising interest rates could adversely affect the market for these securities and reduce the Fund’s ability to sell these securities (liquidity risk). If the issuer of a security is in default with respect to interest or principal payments, the Fund may lose the value of its entire investment.

7. Federal Tax Cost Information

At September 30, 2016, the cost and aggregate gross unrealized appreciation and depreciation of securities, for federal tax purposes were as follows:

 

Fund

  

Tax Cost

    

Gross Tax
Unrealized
Appreciation

    

Gross Tax
Unrealized
(Depreciation)

   

Net Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)

 

AZL Balanced Index Strategy Fund

   $ 379,125,840       $ 70,625,088       $ (1,859,063 )    $ 68,766,025   

AZL DFA Multi-Strategy Fund

     1,194,117,854         15,860,265         (12,991,259 )      2,869,006   

AZL MVP Balanced Index Strategy Fund

     273,455,791         10,472,527         (3,256,907 )      7,215,620   

AZL MVP BlackRock Global Allocation Fund

     826,987,524         57,981,339         (39,095,363 )      18,885,976   

AZL MVP DFA Multi-Strategy Fund

     40,095,967         1,470,165         (168,068 )      1,302,097   

AZL MVP Franklin Templeton Founding Strategy Plus Fund

     300,444,374         —           (15,353,194 )      (15,353,194 ) 

AZL MVP Fusion Balanced Fund

     986,915,862         129,543,804         (22,832,104 )      106,711,700   

AZL MVP Fusion Conservative Fund

     264,302,338         15,002,318         (4,702,517 )      10,299,801   

AZL MVP Fusion Growth Fund

     568,944,872         109,399,758         (42,671,327 )      66,728,431   

AZL MVP Fusion Moderate Fund

     2,092,541,189         288,527,075         (68,950,552 )      219,576,523   

AZL MVP Growth Index Strategy Fund

     1,432,007,508         59,180,790         (19,098,365 )      40,082,425   

AZL MVP Invesco Equity and Income Fund

     494,914,674         19,660,520         (1,977,097 )      17,683,423   

AZL MVP T. Rowe Price Capital Appreciation Fund

     805,890,126         10,672,462         (407,868 )      10,264,594   


8. Subsequent Events

Effective as of the close of business on October 14, 2016, the following funds changed names as part of investment strategy changes:

 

New Fund Name

  

Previous Fund Name

AZL MVP BlackRock Global Strategy Plus Fund    AZL MVP BlackRock Global Allocation Fund
AZL MVP Fusion Dynamic Balanced Fund    AZL MVP Fusion Balanced Fund
AZL MVP Fusion Dynamic Conservative Fund    AZL MVP Fusion Conservative Fund
AZL MVP Fusion Dynamic Moderate Fund    AZL MVP Fusion Moderate Fund
AZL MVP Moderate Index Strategy Fund    AZL MVP Invesco Equity and Income Fund
AZL MVP Pyramis Multi-Strategy Fund    AZL MVP Franklin Templeton Founding Strategy Plus Fund
AZL MVP T. Rowe Price Capital Appreciation Plus Fund    AZL MVP T. Rowe Price Capital Appreciation Fund

Effective as of the close of business October 21, 2016, the AZL MVP Growth Index Strategy Fund acquired the assets and assumed the liabilities of the AZL MVP Fusion Growth Fund in a fund merger / reorganization transaction.


Item 2. Controls and Procedures.

(a) The registrant’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer have concluded, based on their evaluation of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures as conducted within 90 days of the filing date of this report, that these disclosure controls and procedures are adequately designed and are operating effectively to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the registrant on Form N-Q is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the Securities and Exchange Commission’s rules and forms.

(b) There were no changes in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Act (17 CFR 270.30a-3(d)) that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

Item 3. Exhibits.

Certifications pursuant to Rule 30a-2(a) are attached hereto.


SIGNATURES

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

(Registrant) Allianz Variable Insurance Products Fund of Funds Trust

 

By (Signature and Title)   /s/ Brian Muench
  Brian Muench, Principal Executive Officer

Date November 28, 2016

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

 

By (Signature and Title)   /s/ Brian Muench
  Brian Muench, Principal Executive Officer

Date November 28, 2016

 

By (Signature and Title)   /s/ Bashir Asad
  Bashir Asad, Principal Financial Officer & Principal Accounting Officer

Date November 22, 2016