N-CSRS 1 d179763dncsrs.htm ALLIANZ VARIABLE INSURANCE PRODUCTS FUND OF FUNDS TRUST SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT ALLIANZ Variable Insurance Products Fund of Funds Trust Semi-Annual Report

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM N-CSR

 

 

CERTIFIED SHAREHOLDER REPORT OF REGISTERED

MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES

Investment Company Act file number 811-21624

 

 

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., 4400 Easton Commons, Suite 200, Columbus, OH 43219-8000

(Name and address of agent for service)

 

 

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

Date of fiscal year end: December 31

Date of reporting period: June 30, 2021

 

 

 


Item 1.

Reports to Stockholders.

 


AZL® Balanced Index Strategy Fund

Semi-Annual Report

June 30, 2021

(Unaudited)

 

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Table of Contents

 

Expense Examples and Portfolio Composition

Page 1

Schedule of Portfolio Investments

Page 2

Statement of Assets and Liabilities

Page 3

Statement of Operations

Page 3

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

Page 4

Financial Highlights

Page 5

Notes to the Financial Statements

Page 6

Special Joint Meeting of Shareholders

Page 10

Other Information

Page 12

Statement Regarding the Trust’s Liquidity Risk Management Program

Page 13

 

This report is submitted for the general information of the shareholder of the Fund. The report is not authorized for distribution to prospective investors in the Fund unless preceded or accompanied by an effective prospectus, which contains details concerning the sales charges and other pertinent information.


AZL Balanced Index Strategy Fund

Expense Examples

(Unaudited)

As a shareholder of the AZL Balanced Index Strategy Fund (the “Fund”), you incur ongoing costs, including management fees, distribution fees, and other Fund expenses. These examples are intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds. Please note that the expenses shown in each table do not reflect expenses that apply to the subaccount or the insurance contract. If the expenses that apply to the subaccount or the insurance contract were included, your costs would have been higher.

These examples are based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the periods presented below.

The Actual Expense table below provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information below, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the table under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During Period” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period.

 

     Beginning
Account Value
1/1/21
  Ending
Account Value
6/30/21
  Expenses Paid
During Period
1/1/21 - 6/30/21*
  Annualized Expense
Ratio During Period
1/1/21 - 6/30/21

AZL Balanced Index Strategy Fund

    $ 1,000.00     $ 1,062.90     $ 0.41       0.08 %

The Hypothetical Expense table below provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Fund’s actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of other funds.

 

     Beginning
Account Value
1/1/21
  Ending
Account Value
6/30/21
  Expenses Paid
During Period
1/1/21 - 6/30/21*
  Annualized Expense
Ratio During Period
1/1/21 - 6/30/21

AZL Balanced Index Strategy Fund

    $ 1,000.00     $ 1,024.40     $ 0.40       0.08 %

 

*

Expenses are equal to the average account value multiplied by the Fund’s annualized expense ratio multiplied by 181/365 (the number of days in the most recent fiscal half-year divided by the number of days in the fiscal year).

Portfolio Composition

(Unaudited)

 

Investments   Percent of Net Assets

Fixed Income Fund

      49.5 %

Domestic Equity Funds

      38.1

International Equity Fund

      12.3
   

 

 

 

Total Investment Securities

      99.9

Net other assets (liabilities)

      0.1
   

 

 

 

Net Assets

      100.0 %
   

 

 

 

 

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AZL Balanced Index Strategy Fund

Schedule of Portfolio Investments

June 30, 2021 (Unaudited)

 

Shares            Value  
Affiliated Investment Companies (99.9%):  
Domestic Equity Funds (38.1%):  
  1,221,711      AZL Mid Cap Index Fund, Class 2    $ 34,403,370  
  5,065,873      AZL S&P 500 Index Fund, Class 2      118,592,080  
  1,114,223      AZL Small Cap Stock Index Fund, Class 2      18,863,795  
     

 

 

 
        171,859,245  
     

 

 

 
Fixed Income Fund (49.5%):  
  19,300,650      AZL Enhanced Bond Index Fund      223,308,526  
     

 

 

 
International Equity Fund (12.3%):  
  2,947,664      AZL International Index Fund, Class 2      55,799,288  
     

 

 

 
 

Total Affiliated Investment Companies (Cost $314,738,475)

     450,967,059  
     

 

 

 
 

Total Investment Securities (Cost $314,738,475) — 99.9%

     450,967,059  
 

Net other assets (liabilities) — 0.1%

     227,583  
     

 

 

 
 

Net Assets — 100.0%

   $ 451,194,642  
     

 

 

 

Percentages indicated are based on net assets as of June 30, 2021.

 

See accompanying notes to the financial statements.

 

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AZL Balanced Index Strategy Fund

 

Statement of Assets and Liabilities

June 30, 2021

(Unaudited)

Assets:

   

Investments in affiliates, at cost

    $ 314,738,475
   

 

 

 

Investments in affiliates, at value

    $ 450,967,059

Interest and dividends receivable

      6

Receivable for capital shares issued

      269,055

Receivable for affiliated investments sold

      146,431

Prepaid expenses

      1,042
   

 

 

 

Total Assets

      451,383,593
   

 

 

 

Liabilities:

   

Cash overdraft

      146,428

Payable for capital shares redeemed

      3,258

Manager fees payable

      17,924

Administration fees payable

      5,429

Custodian fees payable

      113

Administrative and compliance services fees payable

      609

Transfer agent fees payable

      694

Trustee fees payable

      3,059

Other accrued liabilities

      11,437
   

 

 

 

Total Liabilities

      188,951
   

 

 

 

Net Assets

    $ 451,194,642
   

 

 

 

Net Assets Consist of:

   

Paid in capital

    $ 278,715,998

Total distributable earnings

      172,478,644
   

 

 

 

Net Assets

    $ 451,194,642
   

 

 

 

Shares of beneficial interest (unlimited number of shares authorized, no par value)

      24,287,414

Net Asset Value (offering and redemption price per share)

    $ 18.58
   

 

 

 

Statement of Operations

For the Six Months Ended June 30, 2021

(Unaudited)

 

Investment Income:

   

Dividends from non-affiliates

    $ 8
   

 

 

 

Total Investment Income

      8
   

 

 

 

Expenses:

   

Manager fees

      105,397

Administration fees

      31,018

Custodian fees

      610

Administrative and compliance services fees

      3,188

Transfer agent fees

      2,872

Trustee fees

      11,436

Professional fees

      9,224

Shareholder reports

      7,233

Other expenses

      2,696
   

 

 

 

Total expenses

      173,674
   

 

 

 

Net Investment Income/(Loss)

      (173,666 )
   

 

 

 

Net realized and Change in net unrealized gains/losses on investments:

   

Net realized gains/(losses) on affiliated underlying funds

      9,302,314

Change in net unrealized appreciation/depreciation on affiliated underlying funds

      17,061,584
   

 

 

 

Net realized and Change in net unrealized gains/losses on investments

      26,363,898
   

 

 

 

Change in Net Assets Resulting From Operations

    $ 26,190,232
   

 

 

 
 

 

See accompanying notes to the financial statements.

 

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AZL Balanced Index Strategy Fund

 

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 

     For the
Six Months Ended
June 30, 2021
  For the
Year Ended
December 31, 2020
    (Unaudited)    

Change In Net Assets:

       

Operations:

       

Net investment income/(loss)

    $ (173,666 )     $ 7,756,670

Net realized gains/(losses) on investments

      9,302,314       20,721,292

Change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation on investments

      17,061,584       16,625,532
   

 

 

     

 

 

 

Change in net assets resulting from operations

      26,190,232       45,103,494
   

 

 

     

 

 

 

Distributions to Shareholders:

       

Distributions

      —       (21,226,334 )
   

 

 

     

 

 

 

Change in net assets resulting from distributions to shareholders

      —       (21,226,334 )
   

 

 

     

 

 

 

Capital Transactions:

       

Proceeds from shares issued

      27,781,720       17,350,329

Proceeds from dividends reinvested

      —       21,226,334

Value of shares redeemed

      (20,029,930 )       (42,603,563 )
   

 

 

     

 

 

 

Change in net assets resulting from capital transactions

      7,751,790       (4,026,900 )
   

 

 

     

 

 

 

Change in net assets

      33,942,022       19,850,260

Net Assets:

       

Beginning of period

      417,252,620       397,402,360
   

 

 

     

 

 

 

End of period

    $ 451,194,642     $ 417,252,620
   

 

 

     

 

 

 

Share Transactions:

       

Shares issued

      1,519,257       1,061,470

Dividends reinvested

      —       1,296,660

Shares redeemed

      (1,107,174 )       (2,627,060 )
   

 

 

     

 

 

 

Change in shares

      412,083       (268,930 )
   

 

 

     

 

 

 

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

 

See accompanying notes to the financial statements.

 

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AZL Balanced Index Strategy Fund

Financial Highlights

(Selected data for a share of beneficial interest outstanding throughout the periods indicated)

 

     Six Months
Ended
June 30, 2021
  Year Ended
December 31,
2020
  Year Ended
December 31,
2019
  Year Ended
December 31,
2018
  Year Ended
December 31,
2017
  Year Ended
December 31,
2016
    (Unaudited)                    

Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period

    $ 17.48     $ 16.46     $ 14.89     $ 16.34     $ 15.75     $ 15.44
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Investment Activities:

                       

Net Investment Income/(Loss)

      (0.01 )(a)       0.33 (a)       0.30 (a)       0.31       0.15       0.30

Net Realized and Unrealized Gains/(Losses) on Investments

      1.11       1.62       2.22       (0.99 )       1.62       0.73
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total from Investment Activities

      1.10       1.95       2.52       (0.68 )       1.77       1.03
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Distributions to Shareholders From:

                       

Net Investment Income

      —       (0.33 )       (0.38 )       (0.16 )       (0.38 )       (0.43 )

Net Realized Gains

      —       (0.60 )       (0.57 )       (0.61 )       (0.80 )       (0.29 )
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total Dividends

      —       (0.93 )       (0.95 )       (0.77 )       (1.18 )       (0.72 )
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net Asset Value, End of Period

    $ 18.58     $ 17.48     $ 16.46     $ 14.89     $ 16.34     $ 15.75
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total Return(b)

      6.29 %(c)       12.24 %       17.24 %       (4.36 )%       11.50 %       6.75 %

Ratios to Average Net Assets/Supplemental Data:

                       

Net Assets, End of Period (000’s)

    $ 451,195     $ 417,253     $ 397,402     $ 386,189     $ 448,381     $ 438,300

Net Investment Income/(Loss)(d)

      (0.08 )%       2.01 %       1.87 %       1.82 %       0.78 %       1.83 %

Expenses Before Reductions*(d)(e)

      0.08 %       0.09 %       0.09 %       0.08 %       0.08 %       0.08 %

Expenses Net of Reductions*(d)

      0.08 %       0.09 %       0.09 %       0.08 %       0.08 %       0.08 %

Portfolio Turnover Rate

      7 %(c)       19 %       5 %       5 %       6 %       12 %

 

*

The expense ratios exclude the impact of fees/expenses paid by each underlying fund.

 

(a)

Calculated using the average shares method.

 

(b)

The returns include reinvested dividends and fund level expenses, but exclude insurance contract charges. If these charges were included, the returns would have been lower.

 

(c)

Not annualized for periods less than one year.

 

(d)

Annualized for periods less than one year.

 

(e)

Excludes fee reductions. If such fee reductions had not occurred, the ratios would have been as indicated.

 

See accompanying notes to the financial statements.

 

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AZL Balanced Index Strategy Fund

Notes to the Financial Statements

June 30, 2021 (Unaudited)

 

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 an 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, and follows the investment company accounting and reporting guidance under Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Topic 946 “Financial Services — Investment Companies”. The Trust consists of 12 separate investment portfolios (collectively, the “Funds”), of which one is included in this report, the AZL Balanced Index Strategy Fund (the “Fund”), and 11 are presented in separate reports. The Fund is a diversified series of the Trust.

The Fund is a “fund of funds”, which means that the Fund invests primarily in other mutual funds (the “Underlying Funds”). Underlying Funds invest in stock, 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 Fund will adjust its asset allocation as it seeks to achieve its investment objective.

The Trust is authorized to issue an unlimited number of shares of the Fund without par value. Shares of the Fund are available through the variable annuity contracts offered through the separate accounts of participating insurance companies. Currently, the Fund only offers its 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 Fund. In addition, in the normal course of business, the Fund may enter into contracts with its vendors and others that provide for general indemnifications. The Fund’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown, as this would involve future claims that may be made against the Fund. However, based on experience, the Fund expects that risk of loss to be remote.

2. Significant Accounting Policies

The following is a summary of significant accounting policies followed by the Fund in the preparation of its financial statements. The policies conform with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“U.S. GAAP”). The preparation of financial statements requires management to make certain estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of increases and decreases in net assets from operations during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

Security Valuation

The Fund records its 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 and Investment Income

Investment transactions are accounted for on trade date. Net realized gains and losses on investments sold and on foreign currency transactions are recorded on the basis of identified cost. Interest income is recorded on the accrual basis and includes, where applicable, the amortization of premiums or accretion of discounts. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date except in the case of foreign securities, in which case dividends are recorded as soon as such information becomes available.

Distributions to Shareholders

Distributions to shareholders are recorded on the ex-dividend date. The Fund distributes its dividends from net investment income and net realized capital gains, if any, on an annual basis. The amount of distributions from net investment income and from net realized gains is determined in accordance with federal income tax regulations, which may differ from U.S. GAAP. These “book/tax” differences are either temporary or permanent in nature. To the extent these differences are permanent in nature (e.g., return of capital, net operating loss, reclassification of certain market discounts, gain/loss, paydowns, and distributions), such amounts are reclassified within the composition of net assets based on their federal tax-basis treatment; temporary differences (e.g., wash sales and differing treatment on certain investments) do not require reclassification. Distributions to shareholders that exceed net investment income and net realized gains for tax purposes are reported as distributions of capital.

Expense Allocation

Expenses directly attributable to the Fund are charged directly to the Fund, while expenses attributable to more than one Fund are allocated among the respective Funds based upon relative net assets or some other reasonable method. Expenses which are attributable to more than one Trust are allocated across the Allianz Variable Insurance Products and Allianz Variable Insurance Products Fund of Funds Trusts based upon relative net assets or another reasonable basis. Allianz Investment Management LLC (the “Manager”), serves as the investment manager for the Trust and the Allianz Variable Insurance Products Trust.

Affiliated Securities Transactions

Pursuant to Rule 17a-7 under the 1940 Act (the “Rule”), the Fund may engage in securities transactions with affiliated investment companies and advisory accounts managed by the Manager. Any such purchase or sale transaction must be effected without a brokerage commission or other remuneration, except for customary transfer fees. The transaction must be effected at the current market price, which is either the security’s last sale price on an exchange or, if there are no transactions in the security that day, at the average of the highest bid and lowest asked price. During the period ended June 30, 2021, the Fund did not engage in any Rule 17a-7 transactions under the Rule.

3. Fees and Transactions with Affiliates and Other Parties

The Manager provides investment advisory and management services for the Fund. The Manager has contractually agreed to waive fees and reimburse the Fund to limit the annual expenses, excluding interest expense (e.g., cash overdraft fees), taxes, brokerage commissions, acquired fund fees and expenses, other expenditures that are capitalized in accordance with U.S. GAAP and other extraordinary expenses not incurred in the ordinary course of the Fund’s business, based on the daily net assets of the Fund, through April 30, 2022. Expenses incurred for investment advisory and management services are reflected on the Statement of Operations as “Manager fees.”

 

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AZL Balanced Index Strategy Fund

Notes to the Financial Statements

June 30, 2021 (Unaudited)

 

For the period ended June 30, 2021, the annual rate due to the Manager and the annual expense limit were as follows:

 

        Annual Rate      Annual Expense Limit

AZL Balanced Index Strategy Fund

         0.05 %          0.20 %

Any amounts contractually waived or reimbursed by the Manager in a particular fiscal year will be subject to repayment by the Fund to the Manager to the extent that from time to time through the next three fiscal years the repayment will not cause the Fund’s expenses to exceed the lesser of the stated limit at the time of the waiver or the current stated limit. Any amounts recouped by the Manager during the period are reflected on the Statement of Operations as “Recoupment of prior expenses reimbursed by the Manager.” At June 30, 2021, there were no remaining contractual reimbursements subject to repayment by the Fund in subsequent years.    

In addition, the Manager may voluntarily waive or reimburse additional fees in order to maintain more competitive expense ratios. Any voluntary waivers or reimbursements are not subject to repayment in subsequent years. Information on the total amount waived/reimbursed by the Manager or repaid to the Manager by the Fund during the period can be found on the Statement of Operations. During the period ended June 30, 2021, there were no voluntary waivers.

The Manager or an affiliate of the Manager serves as the investment adviser of certain underlying funds in which the Fund invests. At June 30, 2021, these underlying funds are noted as Affiliated Investment Companies in the Fund’s Schedule of Portfolio Investments. Additional information, including financial statements, about these Funds is available at www.allianzlife.com. The Manager or an affiliate of the Manager is paid a separate fee from the underlying funds for such services. A summary of the Fund’s investments in affiliated investment companies for the period ended June 30, 2021 is as follows:

 

     Value
12/31/2020
  Purchases
at Cost
  Proceeds from
Sales
  Net
Realized
Gains(Losses)
  Change in Net
Unrealized
Appreciation/
Depreciation
  Value
6/30/2021
  Shares as of
6/30/2021
  Dividend
Income
  Net Realized
Gains Distributions
from Affiliated
Underlying Funds

AZL Enhanced Bond Index Fund

    $ 197,444,720     $ 29,396,467     $ —     $ —     $ (3,532,661 )     $ 223,308,526       19,300,650     $ —     $ —

AZL International Index Fund, Class 2

      54,883,083       1,238,508       (4,889,309 )       1,226,297       3,340,709       55,799,288       2,947,664       —       —

AZL Mid Cap Index Fund, Class 2

      34,034,506       256,287       (5,273,028 )       2,322,398       3,063,207       34,403,370       1,221,711       —       —

AZL S&P 500 Index Fund, Class 2

      111,255,841       4,359,526       (12,992,178 )       4,009,605       11,959,286       118,592,080       5,065,873       —       —

AZL Small Cap Stock Index Fund, Class 2

      19,497,119       —       (4,608,381 )       1,744,014       2,231,043       18,863,795       1,114,223       —       —
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 
    $ 417,115,269     $ 35,250,788     $ (27,762,896 )     $ 9,302,314     $ 17,061,584     $ 450,967,059       29,650,121     $ —     $ —
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Pursuant to separate agreements between the Trust and the Manager, the Manager provides a Chief Compliance Officer (“CCO”) and certain compliance oversight and regulatory filing services to the Trust. Under these agreements, the Manager is entitled to an amount equal to a portion of the compensation and certain other expenses related to the individuals performing the CCO and compliance oversight services, as well as $100 per hour for time incurred in connection with the preparation and filing of certain documents with the SEC. The fees are paid to the Manager on a quarterly basis. The total expenses incurred by the Fund for these services are reflected on the Statement of Operations as “Administrative and compliance services fees.”

Citi Fund Services Ohio, Inc. (“Citi” or the “Administrator”), a wholly owned subsidiary of Citigroup, Inc., with which an officer of the Trust is affiliated, serves as the Trust’s administrator and fund accountant, and assists the Trust in all aspects of its administration and operation. The Administrator is entitled to a fee, accrued daily and paid monthly. The Administrator is entitled to an annual fee for each additional class of shares of any Fund, certain annual fees in supporting fair values services, and a Trust-wide annual fee for providing infrastructure and support in implementing the written policies and procedures comprising the Fund’s compliance program. The Administrator is also reimbursed for certain expenses incurred. The total expenses incurred by the Fund for these services are reflected on the Statement of Operations as “Administration fees.”

FIS Investor Services LLC (“FIS”) serves as the Fund’s transfer agent. Under the Transfer Agent Agreement, the Trust pays FIS a fee for its services and reimburses FIS for all of their reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred in providing these services.

The Bank of New York Mellon (“BNY Mellon” or the “Custodian”) serves as the Trust’s custodian and securities lending agent. For these services as custodian, the Funds pay BNY Mellon a fee based on a percentage of assets held on behalf of the Funds, plus certain out-of-pocket charges.

Allianz Life Financial Services, LLC (“ALFS”), an affiliate of the Manager, serves as distributor of the Fund. ALFS receives an annual Trust-wide annual fee of $7,500, paid by the Manager from its profits and not by the Trust, for recordkeeping and reporting services.

Certain Officers and Trustees of the Trust are affiliated with the Manager or the Administrator. Such Officers (except for the Trust’s CCO as noted above) and Trustees receive no compensation from the Trust for serving in their respective roles. For their service to the Trust and to the Allianz Variable Insurance Products Trust, each non-interested Trustee receives a $191,625 annual Board retainer, the Lead Director receives an additional $37,500, the Chair of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee receives an additional $7,500 annually, the Co-Chairs of the Investment Committee receive $3,750 annually and the Chair of the Audit Committee receives an additional $11,250 annually. In addition, the Trustees are reimbursed for certain expenses associated with attending Board meetings. Compensation to the Trustees is allocated between the Trust and the Allianz Variable Insurance Products Trust in proportion to the assets under management of each trust. During the period ended June 30, 2021, actual Trustee compensation was $702,562 in total for both trusts.

4. Investment Valuation Summary

The valuation techniques employed by the Fund, 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 Fund’s 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, prepayments speeds, credit risk, etc.)

  ●  

Level 3 — significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments)

 

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AZL Balanced Index Strategy Fund

Notes to the Financial Statements

June 30, 2021 (Unaudited)

 

Changes in valuation techniques may result in transfers in or out of an assigned level within the disclosure hierarchy. The inputs or methodology used for valuing investments is not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those investments.

Investments in other investment companies are valued at their published net asset value (“NAV”). Security prices are generally provided by an independent third party pricing service approved by the Trust’s Board of Trustees (the “Board” or “Trustees”) as of the close of the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) (generally 4:00 pm Eastern Time). The investments utilizing Level 1 valuations represent investments in open-end investment companies.

The following is a summary of the valuation inputs used as of June 30, 2021 in valuing the Fund’s investments based upon the three levels defined above:

 

Investment Securities:      Level 1      Level 2      Level 3      Total

Affiliated Investment Companies

       $ 450,967,059        $ —        $ —        $ 450,967,059
      

 

 

        

 

 

        

 

 

        

 

 

 

Total Investment Securities

       $ 450,967,059        $ —        $ —        $ 450,967,059
      

 

 

        

 

 

        

 

 

        

 

 

 

5. Security Purchases and Sales

For the period ended June 30, 2021, cost of purchases and proceeds from sales of securities (excluding securities maturing less than one year from acquisition) were as follows:

 

        Purchases      Sales

AZL Balanced Index Strategy Fund

       $ 35,250,788        $ 27,762,896

6. Investment Risks

The risks below are presented in an order intended to facilitate readability. Their order does not imply that the realization of one risk is more likely to occur more frequently than another risk, nor does it imply that the realization of one risk is likely to have a greater adverse impact than another risk.

Derivatives Risk: The Fund may invest directly or through affiliated or unaffiliated mutual funds or unregistered investment pools in derivative instruments such as futures, options, and options on futures. 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 other party to a derivatives contract could default. During the year ended June 30, 2021, the Fund did not directly invest in derivatives.

Foreign Securities Risk: Investing in the securities of non-U.S. issuers involves a number of risks, such as fluctuations in currency values, adverse political, social or economic developments, and differences in social and economic developments or policies.

Fund of Fund Risk: The Fund, as a shareholder of the underlying funds, indirectly bears its proportionate share of any investment management fees and other expenses of the underlying funds. Further due to the fees and expenses paid by the Fund, as well as small variations in the Fund’s actual allocations to the underlying funds and any futures and cash held in the Fund’s portfolio, the performance and income distributions of the Fund will not be the same as the performance and income distributions of the underlying funds. In addition, the Fund maintains indirect exposure to various types of risk which may exist in the underlying Funds, such as foreign securities risk, fixed income securities risk and other risks.

Interest Rate Risk: Debt securities held by an underlying fund may decline in value due to rising interest rates.

Market Risk: The market price of securities owned by the underlying funds may go up or down, sometimes rapidly and unpredictably. Securities may decline in value due to factors affecting securities markets generally or particular industries represented in the securities markets. The value of a security may decline due to general market conditions that are not specifically related to a particular company, such as real or perceived adverse economic conditions, changes in the general outlook for corporate earnings, changes in interest or currency rates, or adverse investor sentiment, as well as natural disasters, and outbreaks of infectious illnesses or other widespread public health issues.

7. Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic

During the first quarter of 2020, the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 to be a public health emergency. COVID-19 has led to increased short-term market volatility and may have adverse long-term effects on U.S. and world economies and markets in general. COVID-19 may adversely impact the Fund’s ability to achieve its investment objectives. The extent of the impact on the performance of the Fund and its investments will depend on future developments, including the duration and spread of the COVID-19 outbreak, related restrictions and advisories, and the effects on the financial markets and economy overall, all of which are highly uncertain and cannot be predicted.

8. Federal Tax Information

It is the policy of the Fund to continue to qualify as a regulated investment company by complying with the provisions available to certain investment companies, as defined under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code, and to make distributions of net investment income and net realized gains sufficient to relieve it from all, or substantially all, federal income taxes. Accordingly, no provisions for federal income taxes are required in the financial statements.

 

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AZL Balanced Index Strategy Fund

Notes to the Financial Statements

June 30, 2021 (Unaudited)

 

Management of the Fund has reviewed tax positions taken in tax years that remain subject to examination by all major tax jurisdictions, including federal (i.e., the last four tax year ends and the interim tax period since then, as applicable). Management believes that there is no tax liability resulting from unrecognized tax benefits related to uncertain tax positions taken.

Cost of securities, including derivatives and short positions as applicable, for federal income tax purposes at December 31, 2020 was $300,030,850. The gross unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) on a tax basis was as follows:

 

Unrealized appreciation

  $ 117,084,419  

Unrealized (depreciation)

    —  
 

 

 

 

Net unrealized appreciation/(depreciation)

  $ 117,084,419  
 

 

 

 

The tax character of dividends paid to shareholders during the year ended December 31, 2020, was as follows:

 

        Ordinary
Income
    

Net

Long-Term
Capital Gains

     Total
Distributions(a)

AZL Balanced Index Strategy Fund

       $ 7,606,135        $ 13,620,199        $ 21,226,334

 

(a)

Total distributions paid may differ from the Statements of Changes in Net Assets because dividends are recognized when actually paid for tax purposes.

At December 31, 2020, the components of accumulated earnings on a tax basis were as follows:

 

        Undistributed
Ordinary
Income
     Undistributed
Long-Term
Capital Gains
     Accumulated
Capital and
Other Losses
     Unrealized
Appreciation/
Depreciation(a)
     Total
Accumulated
Earnings/
(Deficit)

AZL Balanced Index Strategy Fund

       $ 7,990,450        $ 21,213,543        $ —        $ 117,084,419        $ 146,288,412

 

(a)

The difference between book-basis and tax-basis unrealized appreciation/depreciation was attributable primarily to tax deferral of losses on wash sales.

9. Ownership and Principal Holders

The beneficial ownership, either directly or indirectly, of more than 25% of the voting securities of a fund creates presumptions of control of the fund, under section 2 (a)(9) of the 1940 Act. As of June 30, 2021, the Fund had an individual shareholder account which is affiliated with the Manager representing ownership in excess of 90% of the Fund. Investment activities of these shareholders could have a material impact to the Fund.

10. Subsequent Events

Management of the Fund has evaluated the need for additional disclosures or adjustments resulting from events through the date the financial statements were issued. Based on this evaluation, there were no subsequent events to report that would have material impact on the Fund’s financial statements.

 

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AZL Balanced Index Strategy Fund

Special Joint Meeting of Shareholders

June 30, 2021 (Unaudited)

 

A special meeting of the Allianz Variable Insurance Products Fund Of Funds Trust’s (the “Trust”) shareholders was held on June 3, 2021. The results of the matters voted upon at the meeting are reported below.

Election of Trustees

To elect seven nominees as Trustees of the Trust to serve until a successor is elected and qualified or until such Trustee dies, resigns, retires, or is removed for election as provided in the governing documents of the Trust. The nominees were Peter R. Burnim, Peggy L. Ettestad, Tamara Lynn Fagely, Richard H. Forde, Claire R. Leonardi, Dickson W. Lewis, and Brian Muench. There was no other Trustee whose term of office as a Trustee continued after the meeting.

 

                FOR      WITHHELD
Peter R. Burnim      Votes          9,698,300,664.000          461,262,722.733
     % of votes entitled to be cast          95.460 %          4.540 %
Peggy L. Ettestad      Votes          9,744,785,844.047          414,777,542.686
     % of votes entitled to be cast          95.917 %          4.083 %
Tamara Lynn Fagely      Votes          9,749,721,430.073          409,841,956.660
     % of votes entitled to be cast          95.966 %          4.034 %
Richard H. Forde      Votes          9,725,296,590.351          434,266,796.382
     % of votes entitled to be cast          95.726 %          4.274 %
Claire R. Leonardi      Votes          9,756,832,186.929          402,731,199.804
     % of votes entitled to be cast          96.036 %          3.964 %
Dickson W. Lewis      Votes          9,683,252,333.341          476,311,053.392
     % of votes entitled to be cast          95.312 %          4.688 %
Brian Muench      Votes          9,739,692,821.948          419,870,564.785
     % of votes entitled to be cast          95.867 %          4.133 %

Approve amended fundamental restrictions regarding investments in commodities

To approve that the Trust’s fundamental policies with respect to commodities are replaced with the following: “No Fund may: Purchase or sell commodities except to the extent permitted by the 1940 Act or any rules, exemptions or interpretations thereunder that may be adopted, granted or issued by the SEC.”

 

FUND              FOR      AGAINST      ABSTAIN
AZL MVP FusionSM Balanced Fund      Votes          724,020,610.631          25,965,700.395          64,480,992.029
     % of votes entitled to be cast          88.895 %          3.188 %          7.917 %
AZL MVP FusionSM Conservative Fund      Votes          207,849,507.478          7,714,328.807          20,132,965.915
     % of votes entitled to be cast          88.185 %          3.273 %          8.542 %
AZL MVP FusionSM Moderate Fund      Votes          1,675,644,566.951          51,935,064.499          151,957,164.856
     % of votes entitled to be cast          89.152 %          2.763 %          8.085 %
AZL® Balanced Index Strategy Fund      Votes          370,109,866.443          8,120,911.689          37,825,978.335
     % of votes entitled to be cast          88.957 %          1.952 %          9.092 %
AZL® MVP Balanced Index Strategy Fund      Votes          272,508,300.262          8,100,202.921          38,940,957.230
     % of votes entitled to be cast          85.279 %          2.535 %          12.186 %
AZL® MVP Growth Index Strategy Fund      Votes          2,253,168,549.922          81,030,934.965          243,425,209.080
     % of votes entitled to be cast          87.413 %          3.144 %          9.444 %
AZL® MVP Moderate Index Strategy Fund      Votes          459,489,269.089          21,433,634.607          44,698,959.196
     % of votes entitled to be cast          87.418 %          4.078 %          8.504 %
AZL® MVP Global Balanced Index Strategy Fund      Votes          607,120,765.403          28,580,727.312          67,371,200.883
     % of votes entitled to be cast          86.352 %          4.065 %          9.582 %
AZL® DFA Multi-Strategy Fund      Votes          838,713,716.278          44,467,726.830          71,863,407.006
     % of votes entitled to be cast          87.819 %          4.656 %          7.525 %
AZL® MVP DFA Multi-Strategy Fund      Votes          82,637,136.168          3,643,849.372          7,250,675.011
     % of votes entitled to be cast          88.352 %          3.896 %          7.752 %
AZL® MVP Fidelity Institutional Asset Management® Multi-Strategy Fund      Votes          215,631,261.075          8,954,953.342          29,292,949.884
     % of votes entitled to be cast          84.935 %          3.527 %          11.538 %
AZL® MVP T. Rowe Price Capital Appreciation Plus Fund      Votes          1,222,126,591.953          56,285,445.413          107,069,305.504
     % of votes entitled to be cast          88.210 %          4.063 %          7.728 %

 

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Approve amended fundamental restrictions regarding borrowing

To approve that the Trust’s fundamental and related non-fundamental policies with respect to borrowing are replaced with the following: “No Fund may: Borrow money, except to the extent permitted by the 1940 Act, or any rules, exemptions or interpretations thereunder that may be adopted, granted or issued by the SEC.”

 

FUND              FOR      AGAINST      ABSTAIN
AZL MVP FusionSM Balanced Fund      Votes          709,309,612.667          31,798,584.250          73,359,106.138
     % of votes entitled to be cast          87.089 %          3.904 %          9.007 %
AZL MVP FusionSM Conservative Fund      Votes          210,036,621.710          8,331,208.078          17,328,972.411
     % of votes entitled to be cast          89.113 %          3.535 %          7.352 %
AZL MVP FusionSM Moderate Fund      Votes          1,642,136,577.503          69,923,524.523          167,476,694.280
     % of votes entitled to be cast          87.369 %          3.720 %          8.911 %
AZL® Balanced Index Strategy Fund      Votes          371,193,748.544          7,499,541.088          37,363,466.836
     % of votes entitled to be cast          89.217 %          1.803 %          8.980 %
AZL® MVP Balanced Index Strategy Fund      Votes          269,242,580.863          12,559,386.314          37,747,493.235
     % of votes entitled to be cast          84.257 %          3.930 %          11.813 %
AZL® MVP Growth Index Strategy Fund      Votes          2,202,090,386.602          118,938,115.278          256,596,192.088
     % of votes entitled to be cast          85.431 %          4.614 %          9.955 %
AZL® MVP Moderate Index Strategy Fund      Votes          448,098,738.171          33,266,593.465          44,256,531.255
     % of votes entitled to be cast          85.251 %          6.329 %          8.420 %
AZL® MVP Global Balanced Index Strategy Fund      Votes          609,771,514.679          31,023,055.053          62,278,123.866
     % of votes entitled to be cast          86.729 %          4.412 %          8.858 %
AZL® DFA Multi-Strategy Fund      Votes          829,772,912.326          48,960,106.404          76,311,831.384
     % of votes entitled to be cast          86.883 %          5.126 %          7.990 %
AZL® MVP DFA Multi-Strategy Fund      Votes          80,825,430.550          3,740,847.678          8,965,382.323
     % of votes entitled to be cast          86.415 %          4.000 %          9.585 %
AZL® MVP Fidelity Institutional Asset Management® Multi-Strategy Fund      Votes          211,483,269.699          12,637,803.011          29,758,091.590
     % of votes entitled to be cast          83.301 %          4.978 %          11.721 %
AZL® MVP T. Rowe Price Capital Appreciation Plus Fund      Votes          1,191,897,700.679          69,546,262.813          124,037,379.379
     % of votes entitled to be cast          86.028 %          5.020 %          8.953 %

 

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Other Information (Unaudited)

A description of the policies and procedures that the Fund uses to determine how to vote proxies relating to portfolio securities is available, without charge, upon request, by visiting the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (‘‘Commission’’) website at www.sec.gov, or by calling 800-624-0197.

Information regarding how the Fund voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30th is available (i) without charge, upon request, by calling 800-624-0197; (ii) on the Trust’s website at https://www.allianzlife.com; and (iii) on the Commission’s website at http://www.sec.gov.

The Fund files complete Schedules of Portfolio Holdings with the Commission for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-PORT. Schedules of Portfolio Holdings for the Fund are available without charge on the Commission’s website at http://www.sec.gov or may be obtained by calling 800-624-0197.

 

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Statement Regarding the Trust’s Liquidity Risk Management Program (Unaudited)

Each series (each such series a “Fund” and, together, the “Funds”) of the Allianz Variable Insurance Products Trust, but not the AZL Government Money Market Fund, and of the Allianz Variable Insurance Products Fund of Funds Trust (each such trust a “Trust” and, together, the “Trusts”) has adopted and implemented a written liquidity risk management program (the “Program”) pursuant to Rule 22e-4 under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “Liquidity Rule”). The Program includes policies and procedures reasonably designed to assess and manage each Fund’s liquidity risk (the “risk that a fund could not meet requests to redeem shares issued by the fund without significant dilution of remaining investors’ interests in the fund”) and to comply with the requirements of the Liquidity Rule, including: (i) assessment, management and periodic review of liquidity risk; (ii) classification of portfolio holdings; (iii) establishment of a highly liquid investment minimum (“HLIM”), as applicable; (iv) limitation of illiquid investments; and (v) redemptions in-kind.

The Board of Trustees of each Fund (together, the “Board”) approved the designation of the individual officers of the Trusts who serve as the administrators of the Program (the “Program Administrators”). The Program Administrators oversee the implementation of the Program, including the monitoring of liquidity and liquidity risk for each Fund on an ongoing basis.

At a meeting of the Board held on February 16, 2021, the Program Administrators provided their annual written report (the “Report”) to the Board addressing the operation of the Program and assessing its adequacy and effectiveness of implementation for the annual period from January 1, 2020 through December 31, 2020 (the “Reporting Period”). This Report included an overview of the operation of the Program, including liquidity events relevant to the Funds, if any, during the Reporting Period and conclusions with respect to the adequacy of the policies and procedures of the Program and the effectiveness of Program implementation. The Report also included a summary of the annual assessment of each Fund’s liquidity risk, which took into account the following factors enumerated in the Liquidity Rule and identified in the Program, as applicable:

1) Each Fund’s investment strategy and liquidity of portfolio investments during both normal and reasonably foreseeable stressed conditions, including: (i) whether the Fund’s investment strategy is appropriate for an open-end fund; (ii) the extent to which the Fund’s strategy involves a relatively concentrated portfolio or large positions in particular issuers; and, as applicable, (iii) the Fund’s use of borrowings for investment purposes; and (iv) the Fund’s use of derivatives;

2) Short-term and long-term cash flow projections during both normal and reasonably foreseeable stressed conditions; and

3) Holdings of cash and cash equivalents, as well as borrowing arrangements and other funding sources.

Based on the information considered, the Report concluded that each Fund continues to have an investment strategy that is appropriate for an open-end fund, and that each Fund is reasonably likely to be able to meet redemption requests without significant dilution of remaining shareholders’ interests in the Fund. There were no material liquidity matters impacting the Funds identified in the Report and the Report concluded that the Program operated effectively during the Reporting Period, including during periods of market volatility and net redemptions.

In accordance with the Program, each Fund’s portfolio investments were classified into one of four liquidity categories as provided in the Liquidity Rule as applicable during the Reporting Period. Liquidity classification determinations take into account a variety of factors including market, trading and investment-specific considerations, as well as market depth in accordance with the requirements of the Liquidity Rule and as specified in the Program, and generally incorporate analysis from a third-party data vendor. The Report reviewed the classification methodology as provided in the Program and noted there were no material issues with respect to liquidity classifications during the Reporting Period.

Pursuant to the Liquidity Rule, no Fund may acquire any illiquid investment if, after the acquisition, the Fund would have invested more than 15% of its assets in illiquid investments that are assets. The Program includes provisions reasonably designed to comply with the 15% limit on illiquid investments. During the Reporting Period, no Fund breached the 15% limit on illiquid investments.

During the Reporting Period, each Fund maintained a designated HLIM. The Report stated that the Program Administrators reviewed each Fund’s HLIM as provided in the Program and concluded that each Fund’s applicable HLIM operated as intended during the Reporting Period and no changes to the HLIM for any Fund were recommended. During the Reporting Period, no Fund fell below its designated HLIM. The Report concluded that the Program includes provisions reasonably designed to comply with the HLIM for each Fund.

The Funds that engage in or reserve the right to redeem in kind have adopted policies and procedures regarding in-kind redemptions as required by the Liquidity Rule.

On the basis of the review, the Report concluded that: (i) the Program remains reasonably designed to manage each Fund’s liquidity risk; (ii) the Program was implemented and operated effectively to achieve the goal of assessing and managing each Fund’s liquidity risk during the Reporting Period; and (iii) each Fund was able to meet requests for redemption without significant dilution of remaining investors in the Fund during the Reporting Period. The Report noted that there were no material changes to the Program during the Reporting Period, and none were recommended by the Program Administrators in connection with the Report.

 

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The Allianz VIP Fund of Funds are distributed by Allianz Life Financial Services, LLC.   
These Funds are not FDIC Insured.   

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AZL® DFA Multi-Strategy Fund

Semi-Annual Report

June 30, 2021

(Unaudited)

 

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Table of Contents

 

Expense Examples and Portfolio Composition

Page 1

Schedule of Portfolio Investments

Page 2

Statement of Assets and Liabilities

Page 3

Statement of Operations

Page 3

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

Page 4

Financial Highlights

Page 5

Notes to the Financial Statements

Page 6

Special Joint Meeting of Shareholders

Page 10

Other Information

Page 12

Statement Regarding the Trust’s Liquidity Risk Management Program

Page 13

 

This report is submitted for the general information of the shareholder of the Fund. The report is not authorized for distribution to prospective investors in the Fund unless preceded or accompanied by an effective prospectus, which contains details concerning the sales charges and other pertinent information.


AZL DFA Multi-Strategy Fund

Expense Examples

(Unaudited)

 

As a shareholder of the AZL DFA Multi-Strategy Fund (the “Fund”), you incur ongoing costs, including management fees, distribution fees, and other Fund expenses. These examples are intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds. Please note that the expenses shown in each table do not reflect expenses that apply to the subaccount or the insurance contract. If the expenses that apply to the subaccount or the insurance contract were included, your costs would have been higher.

These examples are based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the periods presented below.

The Actual Expense table below provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information below, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the table under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During Period” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period.

 

     Beginning
Account Value
1/1/21
  Ending
Account Value
6/30/21
  Expenses Paid
During Period
1/1/21 - 6/30/21*
  Annualized Expense
Ratio During Period
1/1/21 - 6/30/21

AZL DFA Multi-Strategy Fund

    $ 1,000.00     $ 1,103.30     $ 0.37       0.07 %

The Hypothetical Expense table below provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Fund’s actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of other funds.

 

     Beginning
Account Value
1/1/21
  Ending
Account Value
6/30/21
  Expenses Paid
During Period
1/1/21 - 6/30/21*
  Annualized Expense
Ratio During Period
1/1/21 - 6/30/21

AZL DFA Multi-Strategy Fund

    $ 1,000.00     $ 1,024.45     $ 0.35       0.07 %

 

*

Expenses are equal to the average account value multiplied by the Fund’s annualized expense ratio multiplied by 181/365 (the number of days in the most recent fiscal half-year divided by the number of days in the fiscal year).

Portfolio Composition

(Unaudited)

 

Investments   Percent of Net Assets

Domestic Equity Funds

      48.9 %

Fixed Income Fund

      39.0

International Equity Fund

      12.1
   

 

 

 

Total Investment Securities

      100.0

Net other assets (liabilities)

       — † 
   

 

 

 

Net Assets

      100.0 %
   

 

 

 

 

†

Represents less than 0.05%.

 

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AZL DFA Multi-Strategy Fund

Schedule of Portfolio Investments

June 30, 2021 (Unaudited)

 

Shares            Value  
Affiliated Investment Companies (100.0%):       
Domestic Equity Funds (48.9%):  
  21,742,635      AZL DFA U.S. Core Equity Fund    $ 372,451,340  
  6,438,844      AZL DFA U.S. Small Cap Fund      99,608,909  
     

 

 

 
        472,060,249  
     

 

 

 
Fixed Income Fund (39.0%):  
  38,973,823      AZL DFA Five-Year Global Fixed Income Fund      375,707,657  
International Equity Fund (12.1%):  
  9,501,123      AZL DFA International Core Equity Fund      117,053,837  
     

 

 

 
 

Total Affiliated Investment Companies (Cost $760,886,290)

     964,821,743  
     

 

 

 
 

Total Investment Securities (Cost $760,886,290) — 100.0%

     964,821,743  
  

Net other assets (liabilities) — 0.0%†

     (392,969 ) 
     

 

 

 
 

Net Assets — 100.0%

   $ 964,428,774  
  

 

 

 

Percentages indicated are based on net assets as of June 30, 2021.

 

†

Represents less than 0.05%.

 

 

See accompanying notes to the financial statements.

 

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AZL DFA Multi-Strategy Fund

 

Statement of Assets and Liabilities

June 30, 2021

(Unaudited)

 

Assets:

   

Investments in affiliates, at cost

    $ 760,886,290
   

 

 

 

Investments in affiliates, at value

    $ 964,821,743

Receivable for affiliated investments sold

      368,867

Prepaid expenses

      2,326
   

 

 

 

Total Assets

      965,192,936
   

 

 

 

Liabilities:

   

Cash overdraft

      368,867

Payable for capital shares redeemed

      308,746

Manager fees payable

      39,800

Administration fees payable

      6,555

Custodian fees payable

      161

Administrative and compliance services fees payable

      1,564

Transfer agent fees payable

      816

Trustee fees payable

      7,888

Other accrued liabilities

      29,765
   

 

 

 

Total Liabilities

      764,162
   

 

 

 

Net Assets

    $ 964,428,774
   

 

 

 

Net Assets Consist of:

   

Paid in capital

    $ 675,761,662

Total distributable earnings

      288,667,112
   

 

 

 

Net Assets

    $ 964,428,774
   

 

 

 

Shares of beneficial interest (unlimited number of shares authorized, no par value)

      60,216,203

Net Asset Value (offering and redemption price per share)

    $ 16.02
   

 

 

 

Statement of Operations

For the Six Months Ended June 30, 2021

(Unaudited)

 

Investment Income:

   

Dividends from affiliates

    $ —
   

 

 

 

Total Investment Income

      —
   

 

 

 

Expenses:

   

Manager fees

      239,163

Administration fees

      30,407

Custodian fees

      714

Administrative and compliance services fees

      6,706

Transfer agent fees

      2,750

Trustee fees

      24,026

Professional fees

      19,409

Shareholder reports

      15,178

Other expenses

      6,144
   

 

 

 

Total expenses

      344,497
   

 

 

 

Net Investment Income/(Loss)

      (344,497 )
   

 

 

 

Net realized and Change in net unrealized gains/losses on investments:

   

Net realized gains/(losses) on affiliated underlying funds

      25,906,529

Change in net unrealized appreciation/depreciation on affiliated underlying funds

      68,895,980
   

 

 

 

Net realized and Change in net unrealized gains/losses on investments

      94,802,509
   

 

 

 

Change in Net Assets Resulting From Operations

    $ 94,458,012
   

 

 

 

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

 

 

See accompanying notes to the financial statements.

 

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AZL DFA Multi-Strategy Fund

 

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 

     For the
Six Months Ended
June 30, 2021
  For the
Year Ended
December 31, 2020
    (Unaudited)    

Change In Net Assets:

       

Operations:

       

Net investment income/(loss)

    $ (344,497 )     $ 14,272,691

Net realized gains/(losses) on investments

      25,906,529       45,404,007

Change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation on investments

      68,895,980       27,849,308
   

 

 

     

 

 

 

Change in net assets resulting from operations

      94,458,012       87,526,006
   

 

 

     

 

 

 

Distributions to Shareholders:

       

Distributions

      —       (77,281,164 )
   

 

 

     

 

 

 

Change in net assets resulting from distributions to shareholders

      —       (77,281,164 )
   

 

 

     

 

 

 

Capital Transactions:

       

Proceeds from shares issued

      2,121,932       3,783,474

Proceeds from dividends reinvested

      —       77,281,164

Value of shares redeemed

      (72,923,751 )       (133,814,143 )
   

 

 

     

 

 

 

Change in net assets resulting from capital transactions

      (70,801,819 )       (52,749,505 )
   

 

 

     

 

 

 

Change in net assets

      23,656,193       (42,504,663 )

Net Assets:

       

Beginning of period

      940,772,581       983,277,244
   

 

 

     

 

 

 

End of period

    $ 964,428,774     $ 940,772,581
   

 

 

     

 

 

 

Share Transactions:

       

Shares issued

      135,066       284,210

Dividends reinvested

      —       5,771,558

Shares redeemed

      (4,721,422 )       (9,746,106 )
   

 

 

     

 

 

 

Change in shares

      (4,586,356 )       (3,690,338 )
   

 

 

     

 

 

 

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

 

See accompanying notes to the financial statements.

 

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AZL DFA Multi-Strategy Fund

Financial Highlights

(Selected data for a share of beneficial interest outstanding throughout the periods indicated)

 

     Six Months
Ended
June 30, 2021
  Year Ended
December 31,
2020
  Year Ended
December 31,
2019
  Year Ended
December 31,
2018
  Year Ended
December 31,
2017
  Year Ended
December 31,
2016
    (Unaudited)                    

Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period

    $ 14.52     $ 14.36     $ 12.99     $ 14.19     $ 12.69     $ 18.08
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Investment Activities:

                       

Net Investment Income/(Loss)

      (0.01 )(a)       0.22 (a)       0.38 (a)       0.15       0.15       0.10

Net Realized and Unrealized Gains/(Losses) on Investments

      1.51       1.20       1.73       (0.97 )       1.46       1.32
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total from Investment Activities

      1.50       1.42       2.11       (0.82 )       1.61       1.42
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Distributions to Shareholders From:

                       

Net Investment Income

      —       (0.45 )       (0.16 )       (0.17 )       (0.11 )       —

Net Realized Gains

      —       (0.81 )       (0.58 )       (0.21 )       —       (6.81 )
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total Dividends

      —       (1.26 )       (0.74 )       (0.38 )       (0.11 )       (6.81 )
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net Asset Value, End of Period

    $ 16.02     $ 14.52     $ 14.36     $ 12.99     $ 14.19     $ 12.69
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total Return(b)

      10.33 %(c)       10.64 %       16.57 %       (5.91 )%       12.69 %       9.32 %

Ratios to Average Net Assets/Supplemental Data:

                       

Net Assets, End of Period (000’s)

    $ 964,429     $ 940,773     $ 983,277     $ 972,134     $ 1,204,197     $ 1,194,169

Net Investment Income/(Loss)(d)

      (0.07 )%       1.60 %       2.74 %       0.84 %       1.02 %       0.75 %

Expenses Before Reductions*(d)(e)

      0.07 %       0.08 %       0.07 %       0.07 %       0.07 %       0.07 %

Expenses Net of Reductions*(d)

      0.07 %       0.08 %       0.07 %       0.07 %       0.07 %       0.07 %

Portfolio Turnover Rate

      2 %(c)       18 %       6 %       7 %       2 %       2 %

 

*

The expense ratios exclude the impact of fees/expenses paid by each underlying fund.

 

(a)

Calculated using the average shares method.

 

(b)

The returns include reinvested dividends and fund level expenses, but exclude insurance contract charges. If these charges were included, the returns would have been lower.

 

(c)

Not annualized for periods less than one year.

 

(d)

Annualized for periods less than one year.

 

(e)

Excludes fee reductions. If such fee reductions had not occurred, the ratios would have been as indicated.

 

See accompanying notes to the financial statements.

 

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AZL DFA Multi-Strategy Fund

Notes to the Financial Statements

June 30, 2021 (Unaudited)

 

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 an 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, and follows the investment company accounting and reporting guidance under Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Topic 946 “Financial Services — Investment Companies”. The Trust consists of 12 separate investment portfolios (collectively, the “Funds”), of which one is included in this report, the AZL DFA Multi-Strategy Fund (the “Fund”), and 11 are presented in separate reports. The Fund is a diversified series of the Trust.

The Fund is a “fund of funds”, which means that the Fund invests primarily in other mutual funds (the “Underlying Funds”). Underlying Funds invest in stock, 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 Fund will adjust its asset allocation as it seeks to achieve its investment objective.

The Trust is authorized to issue an unlimited number of shares of the Fund without par value. Shares of the Fund are available through the variable annuity contracts offered through the separate accounts of participating insurance companies. Currently, the Fund only offers its 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 Fund. In addition, in the normal course of business, the Fund may enter into contracts with its vendors and others that provide for general indemnifications. The Fund’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown, as this would involve future claims that may be made against the Fund. However, based on experience, the Fund expects that risk of loss to be remote.

2. Significant Accounting Policies

The following is a summary of significant accounting policies followed by the Fund in the preparation of its financial statements. The policies conform with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“U.S. GAAP”). The preparation of financial statements requires management to make certain estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of increases and decreases in net assets from operations during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

Security Valuation

The Fund records its 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 and Investment Income

Investment transactions are accounted for on trade date. Net realized gains and losses on investments sold and on foreign currency transactions are recorded on the basis of identified cost. Interest income is recorded on the accrual basis and includes, where applicable, the amortization of premiums or accretion of discounts. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date except in the case of foreign securities, in which case dividends are recorded as soon as such information becomes available.

Distributions to Shareholders

Distributions to shareholders are recorded on the ex-dividend date. The Fund distributes its dividends from net investment income and net realized capital gains, if any, on an annual basis. The amount of distributions from net investment income and from net realized gains is determined in accordance with federal income tax regulations, which may differ from U.S. GAAP. These “book/tax” differences are either temporary or permanent in nature. To the extent these differences are permanent in nature (e.g., return of capital, net operating loss, reclassification of certain market discounts, gain/loss, paydowns, and distributions), such amounts are reclassified within the composition of net assets based on their federal tax-basis treatment; temporary differences (e.g., wash sales and differing treatment on certain investments) do not require reclassification. Distributions to shareholders that exceed net investment income and net realized gains for tax purposes are reported as distributions of capital.

Expense Allocation

Expenses directly attributable to the Fund are charged directly to the Fund, while expenses attributable to more than one Fund are allocated among the respective Funds based upon relative net assets or some other reasonable method. Expenses which are attributable to more than one Trust are allocated across the Allianz Variable Insurance Products and Allianz Variable Insurance Products Fund of Funds Trusts based upon relative net assets or another reasonable basis. Allianz Investment Management LLC (the “Manager”), serves as the investment manager for the Trust and the Allianz Variable Insurance Products Trust.

Affiliated Securities Transactions

Pursuant to Rule 17a-7 under the 1940 Act (the “Rule”), the Fund may engage in securities transactions with affiliated investment companies and advisory accounts managed by the Manager. Any such purchase or sale transaction must be effected without a brokerage commission or other remuneration, except for customary transfer fees. The transaction must be effected at the current market price, which is either the security’s last sale price on an exchange or, if there are no transactions in the security that day, at the average of the highest bid and lowest asked price. During the period ended June 30, 2021, the Fund did not engage in any Rule 17a-7 transactions under the Rule.

3. Fees and Transactions with Affiliates and Other Parties

The Manager provides investment advisory and management services for the Fund. The Manager has contractually agreed to waive fees and reimburse the Fund to limit the annual expenses, excluding interest expense (e.g., cash overdraft fees), taxes, brokerage commissions, acquired fund fees and expenses, other expenditures that are capitalized in

 

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AZL DFA Multi-Strategy Fund

Notes to the Financial Statements

June 30, 2021 (Unaudited)

 

accordance with U.S. GAAP and other extraordinary expenses not incurred in the ordinary course of the Fund’s business, based on the daily net assets of the Fund, through April 30, 2022. Expenses incurred for investment advisory and management services are reflected on the Statement of Operations as “Manager fees.”    

For the period ended June 30, 2021, the annual rate due to the Manager and the annual expense limit were as follows:

 

        Annual Rate      Annual Expense Limit

AZL DFA Multi-Strategy Fund

         0.05 %          0.20 %

Any amounts contractually waived or reimbursed by the Manager in a particular fiscal year will be subject to repayment by the Fund to the Manager to the extent that from time to time through the next three fiscal years the repayment will not cause the Fund’s expenses to exceed the lesser of the stated limit at the time of the waiver or the current stated limit. Any amounts recouped by the Manager during the period are reflected on the Statement of Operations as “Recoupment of prior expenses reimbursed by the Manager.” At June 30, 2021, there were no remaining contractual reimbursements subject to repayment by the Fund in subsequent years.    

In addition, the Manager may voluntarily waive or reimburse additional fees in order to maintain more competitive expense ratios. Any voluntary waivers or reimbursements are not subject to repayment in subsequent years. Information on the total amount waived/reimbursed by the Manager or repaid to the Manager by the Fund during the period can be found on the Statement of Operations. During the period ended June 30, 2021, there were no voluntary waivers.

The Manager or an affiliate of the Manager serves as the investment adviser of certain underlying funds in which the Fund invests. At June 30, 2021, these underlying funds are noted as Affiliated Investment Companies in the Fund’s Schedule of Portfolio Investments. Additional information, including financial statements, about these Funds is available at www.allianzlife.com. The Manager or an affiliate of the Manager is paid a separate fee from the underlying funds for such services. A summary of the Fund’s investments in affiliated investment companies for the period ended June 30, 2021 is as follows:

 

     Value
12/31/2020
  Purchases
at Cost
  Proceeds
from Sales
  Net
Realized
Gains(Losses)
  Change in Net
Unrealized
Appreciation/
Depreciation
  Value
6/30/2021
  Shares
as of
6/30/2021
  Dividend
Income
  Net Realized
Gains Distributions
from Affiliated
Underlying Funds

AZL DFA Five-Year Global Fixed Income Fund

    $ 360,715,295     $ 15,367,702     $ —     $ —     $ (375,340)       $ 375,707,657       38,973,823     $ —     $ —

AZL DFA International Core Equity Fund

      117,971,959       —       (13,967,968 )       2,313,775       10,736,071       117,053,837       9,501,123       —       —

AZL DFA U.S. Core Equity Fund

      363,995,312       —       (51,129,847 )       16,725,285       42,860,590       372,451,340       21,742,635       —       —

AZL DFA U.S. Small Cap Fund

      99,000,343       —       (21,933,562 )       6,867,469       15,674,659       99,608,909       6,438,844       —       —
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 
    $ 941,682,909     $ 15,367,702     $ (87,031,377)       $ 25,906,529     $ 68,895,980     $ 964,821,743       76,656,425     $ —     $ —
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Pursuant to separate agreements between the Trust and the Manager, the Manager provides a Chief Compliance Officer (“CCO”) and certain compliance oversight and regulatory filing services to the Trust. Under these agreements, the Manager is entitled to an amount equal to a portion of the compensation and certain other expenses related to the individuals performing the CCO and compliance oversight services, as well as $100 per hour for time incurred in connection with the preparation and filing of certain documents with the SEC. The fees are paid to the Manager on a quarterly basis. The total expenses incurred by the Fund for these services are reflected on the Statement of Operations as “Administrative and compliance services fees.”

Citi Fund Services Ohio, Inc. (“Citi” or the “Administrator”), a wholly owned subsidiary of Citigroup, Inc., with which an officer of the Trust is affiliated, serves as the Trust’s administrator and fund accountant, and assists the Trust in all aspects of its administration and operation. The Administrator is entitled to a fee, accrued daily and paid monthly. The Administrator is entitled to an annual fee for each additional class of shares of any Fund, certain annual fees in supporting fair values services, and a Trust-wide annual fee for providing infrastructure and support in implementing the written policies and procedures comprising the Fund’s compliance program. The Administrator is also reimbursed for certain expenses incurred. The total expenses incurred by the Fund for these services are reflected on the Statement of Operations as “Administration fees.”

FIS Investor Services LLC (“FIS”) serves as the Fund’s transfer agent. Under the Transfer Agent Agreement, the Trust pays FIS a fee for its services and reimburses FIS for all of their reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred in providing these services.

The Bank of New York Mellon (“BNY Mellon” or the “Custodian”) serves as the Trust’s custodian and securities lending agent. For these services as custodian, the Funds pay BNY Mellon a fee based on a percentage of assets held on behalf of the Funds, plus certain out-of-pocket charges.

Allianz Life Financial Services, LLC (“ALFS”), an affiliate of the Manager, serves as distributor of the Fund. ALFS receives an annual Trust-wide annual fee of $7,500, paid by the Manager from its profits and not by the Trust, for recordkeeping and reporting services.

Certain Officers and Trustees of the Trust are affiliated with the Manager or the Administrator. Such Officers (except for the Trust’s CCO as noted above) and Trustees receive no compensation from the Trust for serving in their respective roles. For their service to the Trust and to the Allianz Variable Insurance Products Trust, each non-interested Trustee receives a $191,625 annual Board retainer, the Lead Director receives an additional $37,500, the Chair of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee receives an additional $7,500 annually, the Co-Chairs of the Investment Committee receive $3,750 annually and the Chair of the Audit Committee receives an additional $11,250 annually. In addition, the Trustees are reimbursed for certain expenses associated with attending Board meetings. Compensation to the Trustees is allocated between the Trust and the Allianz Variable Insurance Products Trust in proportion to the assets under management of each trust. During the period ended June 30, 2021, actual Trustee compensation was $702,562 in total for both trusts.

 

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AZL DFA Multi-Strategy Fund

Notes to the Financial Statements

June 30, 2021 (Unaudited)

 

4. Investment Valuation Summary

The valuation techniques employed by the Fund, 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 Fund’s 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, prepayments speeds, credit risk, etc.)

  ●  

Level 3 — significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund’s 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 inputs or methodology used for valuing investments is not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those investments.

Investments in other investment companies are valued at their published net asset value (“NAV”). Security prices are generally provided by an independent third party pricing service approved by the Trust’s Board of Trustees (the “Board” or “Trustees”) as of the close of the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) (generally 4:00 pm Eastern Time). The investments utilizing Level 1 valuations represent investments in open-end investment companies.

The following is a summary of the valuation inputs used as of June 30, 2021 in valuing the Fund’s investments based upon the three levels defined above:

 

Investment Securities:      Level 1      Level 2      Level 3      Total
                             

Affiliated Investment Companies

       $ 964,821,743        $ —        $ —        $ 964,821,743
      

 

 

        

 

 

        

 

 

        

 

 

 

Total Investments

       $ 964,821,743        $ —        $ —        $ 964,821,743
      

 

 

        

 

 

        

 

 

        

 

 

 

5. Security Purchases and Sales

For the period ended June 30, 2021, cost of purchases and proceeds from sales of securities (excluding securities maturing less than one year from acquisition) were as follows:

 

        Purchases      Sales

AZL DFA Multi-Strategy Fund

       $ 15,367,702        $ 87,031,377

6. Investment Risks

The risks below are presented in an order intended to facilitate readability. Their order does not imply that the realization of one risk is more likely to occur more frequently than another risk, nor does it imply that the realization of one risk is likely to have a greater adverse impact than another risk.

Derivatives Risk: The Fund may invest directly or through affiliated or unaffiliated mutual funds or unregistered investment pools in derivative instruments such as futures, options, and options on futures. 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 other party to a derivatives contract could default. During the period ended June 30, 2021, the Fund did not directly invest in derivatives.

Foreign Securities Risk: Investing in the securities of non-U.S. issuers involves a number of risks, such as fluctuations in currency values, adverse political, social or economic developments, and differences in social and economic developments or policies.

Fund of Fund Risk: The Fund, as a shareholder of the underlying funds, indirectly bears its proportionate share of any investment management fees and other expenses of the underlying funds. Further due to the fees and expenses paid by the Fund, as well as small variations in the Fund’s actual allocations to the underlying funds and any futures and cash held in the Fund’s portfolio, the performance and income distributions of the Fund will not be the same as the performance and income distributions of the underlying funds. In addition, the Fund maintains indirect exposure to various types of risk which may exist in the underlying Funds, such as foreign securities risk, fixed income securities risk and other risks.

Interest Rate Risk: Debt securities held by an underlying fund may decline in value due to rising interest rates.

Market Risk: The market price of securities owned by the underlying funds may go up or down, sometimes rapidly and unpredictably. Securities may decline in value due to factors affecting securities markets generally or particular industries represented in the securities markets. The value of a security may decline due to general market conditions that are not specifically related to a particular company, such as real or perceived adverse economic conditions, changes in the general outlook for corporate earnings, changes in interest or currency rates, or adverse investor sentiment, as well as natural disasters, and outbreaks of infectious illnesses or other widespread public health issues.

7. Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic

During the first quarter of 2020, the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 to be a public health emergency. COVID-19 has led to increased short-term market volatility and may have adverse long-term effects on U.S. and world economies and markets in general. COVID-19 may adversely impact the Fund’s ability to achieve its investment objectives. The extent of the impact on the performance of the Fund and its investments will depend on future developments, including the duration and spread of the COVID-19 outbreak, related restrictions and advisories, and the effects on the financial markets and economy overall, all of which are highly uncertain and cannot be predicted.

 

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AZL DFA Multi-Strategy Fund

Notes to the Financial Statements

June 30, 2021 (Unaudited)

 

8. Federal Tax Information

It is the policy of the Fund to continue to qualify as a regulated investment company by complying with the provisions available to certain investment companies, as defined under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code, and to make distributions of net investment income and net realized gains sufficient to relieve it from all, or substantially all, federal income taxes. Accordingly, no provisions for federal income taxes are required in the financial statements.

Management of the Fund has reviewed tax positions taken in tax years that remain subject to examination by all major tax jurisdictions, including federal (i.e., the last four tax year ends and the interim tax period since then, as applicable). Management believes that there is no tax liability resulting from unrecognized tax benefits related to uncertain tax positions taken.

Cost of securities, including derivatives and short positions as applicable, for federal income tax purposes at December 31, 2020 was $ 808.668,852. The gross unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) on a tax basis was as follows:

 

Unrealized appreciation

  $ 144,058,521

Unrealized (depreciation)

    (11,044,464 ) 
 

 

 

 

Net unrealized appreciation/(depreciation)

  $ 133,014,057  
 

 

 

 

The tax character of dividends paid to shareholders during the year ended December 31, 2020, was as follows:

 

        Ordinary
Income
    

Net

Long-Term
Capital Gains

     Total
Distributions(a)

AZL DFA Multi-Strategy Fund

       $ 27,763,354        $ 49,517,810        $ 77,281,164

 

(a)

Total distributions paid may differ from the Statements of Changes in Net Assets because dividends are recognized when actually paid for tax purposes.

At December 31, 2020, the components of accumulated earnings on a tax basis were as follows:

 

        Undistributed
Ordinary
Income
     Undistributed
Long-Term
Capital Gains
     Accumulated
Capital and
Other Losses
     Unrealized
Appreciation/
Depreciation(a)
     Total
Accumulated
Earnings/
(Deficit)

AZL DFA Multi-Strategy Fund

       $ 14,639,510        $ 46,555,533        $ —        $ 133,014,057        $ 194,209,100

 

(a)

The difference between book-basis and tax-basis unrealized appreciation/depreciation was attributable primarily to tax deferral of losses on wash sales.

9. Ownership and Principal Holders

The beneficial ownership, either directly or indirectly, of more than 25% of the voting securities of a fund creates presumptions of control of the fund, under section 2 (a)(9) of the 1940 Act. As of June 30, 2021, the Fund had an individual shareholder account which is affiliated with the Manager representing ownership in excess of 90% of the Fund. As of June 30, 2021, the Fund had a controlling interest (in excess of 50%) in the AZL DFA Five-Year Global Fixed Income Fund and AZL DFA U.S. Core Equity Fund, which are affiliated with the Manager. Investment activities of these shareholders could have a material impact to the Fund.

10. Subsequent Events

Management of the Fund has evaluated the need for additional disclosures or adjustments resulting from events through the date the financial statements were issued. Based on his evaluation, there were no subsequent events to report that would have material impact on the Fund’s financial statements.

 

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AZL DFA Multi-Strategy Fund

Special Joint Meeting of Shareholders

June 30, 2021 (Unaudited)

 

A special meeting of the Allianz Variable Insurance Products Fund Of Funds Trust’s (the “Trust”) shareholders was held on June 3, 2021. The results of the matters voted upon at the meeting are reported below.

Election of Trustees

To elect seven nominees as Trustees of the Trust to serve until a successor is elected and qualified or until such Trustee dies, resigns, retires, or is removed for election as provided in the governing documents of the Trust. The nominees were Peter R. Burnim, Peggy L. Ettestad, Tamara Lynn Fagely, Richard H. Forde, Claire R. Leonardi, Dickson W. Lewis, and Brian Muench. There was no other Trustee whose term of office as a Trustee continued after the meeting.

 

          FOR   WITHHELD

Peter R. Burnim

  Votes   9,698,300,664.000   461,262,722.733
  % of votes entitled to be cast   95.460%   4.540%

Peggy L. Ettestad

  Votes   9,744,785,844.047   414,777,542.686
  % of votes entitled to be cast   95.917%   4.083%

Tamara Lynn Fagely

  Votes   9,749,721,430.073   409,841,956.660
  % of votes entitled to be cast   95.966%   4.034%

Richard H. Forde

  Votes   9,725,296,590.351   434,266,796.382
  % of votes entitled to be cast   95.726%   4.274%

Claire R. Leonardi

  Votes   9,756,832,186.929   402,731,199.804
  % of votes entitled to be cast   96.036%   3.964%

Dickson W. Lewis

  Votes   9,683,252,333.341   476,311,053.392
  % of votes entitled to be cast   95.312%   4.688%

Brian Muench

  Votes   9,739,692,821.948   419,870,564.785
  % of votes entitled to be cast   95.867%   4.133%

Approve amended fundamental restrictions regarding investments in commodities

To approve that the Trust’s fundamental policies with respect to commodities are replaced with the following: “No Fund may: Purchase or sell commodities except to the extent permitted by the 1940 Act or any rules, exemptions or interpretations thereunder that may be adopted, granted or issued by the SEC.”

 

FUND        FOR   AGAINST   ABSTAIN

AZL MVP FusionSM Balanced Fund

  Votes   724,020,610.631   25,965,700.395   64,480,992.029
  % of votes entitled to be cast   88.895%   3.188%   7.917%

AZL MVP FusionSM Conservative Fund

  Votes   207,849,507.478   7,714,328.807   20,132,965.915
  % of votes entitled to be cast   88.185%   3.273%   8.542%

AZL MVP FusionSM Moderate Fund

  Votes   1,675,644,566.951   51,935,064.499   151,957,164.856
  % of votes entitled to be cast   89.152%   2.763%   8.085%

AZL® Balanced Index Strategy Fund

  Votes   370,109,866.443   8,120,911.689   37,825,978.335
  % of votes entitled to be cast   88.957%   1.952%   9.092%

AZL® MVP Balanced Index Strategy Fund

  Votes   272,508,300.262   8,100,202.921   38,940,957.230
  % of votes entitled to be cast   85.279%   2.535%   12.186%

AZL® MVP Growth Index Strategy Fund

  Votes   2,253,168,549.922   81,030,934.965   243,425,209.080
  % of votes entitled to be cast   87.413%   3.144%   9.444%

AZL® MVP Moderate Index Strategy Fund

  Votes   459,489,269.089   21,433,634.607   44,698,959.196
  % of votes entitled to be cast   87.418%   4.078%   8.504%

AZL® MVP Global Balanced Index Strategy Fund

  Votes   607,120,765.403   28,580,727.312   67,371,200.883
  % of votes entitled to be cast   86.352%   4.065%   9.582%

AZL® DFA Multi-Strategy Fund

  Votes   838,713,716.278   44,467,726.830   71,863,407.006
  % of votes entitled to be cast   87.819%   4.656%   7.525%

AZL® MVP DFA Multi-Strategy Fund

  Votes   82,637,136.168   3,643,849.372   7,250,675.011
  % of votes entitled to be cast   88.352%   3.896%   7.752%

 

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FUND        FOR   AGAINST   ABSTAIN

AZL® MVP Fidelity Institutional Asset Management® Multi-Strategy Fund

  Votes   215,631,261.075   8,954,953.342   29,292,949.884
  % of votes entitled to be cast   84.935%   3.527%   11.538%

AZL® MVP T. Rowe Price Capital Appreciation Plus Fund

  Votes   1,222,126,591.953   56,285,445.413   107,069,305.504
  % of votes entitled to be cast   88.210%   4.063%   7.728%

Approve amended fundamental restrictions regarding borrowing

To approve that the Trust’s fundamental and related non-fundamental policies with respect to borrowing are replaced with the following: “No Fund may: Borrow money, except to the extent permitted by the 1940 Act, or any rules, exemptions or interpretations thereunder that may be adopted, granted or issued by the SEC.”

 

FUND        FOR   AGAINST   ABSTAIN

AZL MVP FusionSM Balanced Fund

  Votes   709,309,612.667   31,798,584.250   73,359,106.138
  % of votes entitled to be cast   87.089%   3.904%   9.007%

AZL MVP FusionSM Conservative Fund

  Votes   210,036,621.710   8,331,208.078   17,328,972.411
  % of votes entitled to be cast   89.113%   3.535%   7.352%

AZL MVP FusionSM Moderate Fund

  Votes   1,642,136,577.503   69,923,524.523   167,476,694.280
  % of votes entitled to be cast   87.369%   3.720%   8.911%

AZL® Balanced Index Strategy Fund

  Votes   371,193,748.544   7,499,541.088   37,363,466.836
  % of votes entitled to be cast   89.217%   1.803%   8.980%

AZL® MVP Balanced Index Strategy Fund

  Votes   269,242,580.863   12,559,386.314   37,747,493.235
  % of votes entitled to be cast   84.257%   3.930%   11.813%

AZL® MVP Growth Index Strategy Fund

  Votes   2,202,090,386.602   118,938,115.278   256,596,192.088
  % of votes entitled to be cast   85.431%   4.614%   9.955%

AZL® MVP Moderate Index Strategy Fund

  Votes   448,098,738.171   33,266,593.465   44,256,531.255
  % of votes entitled to be cast   85.251%   6.329%   8.420%

AZL® MVP Global Balanced Index Strategy Fund

  Votes   609,771,514.679   31,023,055.053   62,278,123.866
  % of votes entitled to be cast   86.729%   4.412%   8.858%

AZL® DFA Multi-Strategy Fund

  Votes   829,772,912.326   48,960,106.404   76,311,831.384
  % of votes entitled to be cast   86.883%   5.126%   7.990%

AZL® MVP DFA Multi-Strategy Fund

  Votes   80,825,430.550   3,740,847.678   8,965,382.323
  % of votes entitled to be cast   86.415%   4.000%   9.585%

AZL® MVP Fidelity Institutional Asset Management® Multi-Strategy Fund

  Votes   211,483,269.699   12,637,803.011   29,758,091.590
  % of votes entitled to be cast   83.301%   4.978%   11.721%

AZL® MVP T. Rowe Price Capital Appreciation Plus Fund

  Votes   1,191,897,700.679   69,546,262.813   124,037,379.379
  % of votes entitled to be cast   86.028%   5.020%   8.953%

 

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Other Information (Unaudited)

A description of the policies and procedures that the Fund uses to determine how to vote proxies relating to portfolio securities is available, without charge, upon request, by visiting the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (‘‘Commission’’) website at www.sec.gov, or by calling 800-624-0197.

Information regarding how the Fund voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30th is available (i) without charge, upon request, by calling 800-624-0197; (ii) on the Trust’s website at https://www.allianzlife.com; and (iii) on the Commission’s website at http://www.sec.gov.

The Fund files complete Schedules of Portfolio Holdings with the Commission for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-PORT. Schedules of Portfolio Holdings for the Fund are available without charge on the Commission’s website at http://www.sec.gov or may be obtained by calling 800-624-0197.

 

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Statement Regarding the Trust’s Liquidity Risk Management Program (Unaudited)

Each series (each such series a “Fund” and, together, the “Funds”) of the Allianz Variable Insurance Products Trust, but not the AZL Government Money Market Fund, and of the Allianz Variable Insurance Products Fund of Funds Trust (each such trust a “Trust” and, together, the “Trusts”) has adopted and implemented a written liquidity risk management program (the “Program”) pursuant to Rule 22e-4 under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “Liquidity Rule”). The Program includes policies and procedures reasonably designed to assess and manage each Fund’s liquidity risk (the “risk that a fund could not meet requests to redeem shares issued by the fund without significant dilution of remaining investors’ interests in the fund”) and to comply with the requirements of the Liquidity Rule, including: (i) assessment, management and periodic review of liquidity risk; (ii) classification of portfolio holdings; (iii) establishment of a highly liquid investment minimum (“HLIM”), as applicable; (iv) limitation of illiquid investments; and (v) redemptions in-kind.

The Board of Trustees of each Fund (together, the “Board”) approved the designation of the individual officers of the Trusts who serve as the administrators of the Program (the “Program Administrators”). The Program Administrators oversee the implementation of the Program, including the monitoring of liquidity and liquidity risk for each Fund on an ongoing basis.

At a meeting of the Board held on February 16, 2021, the Program Administrators provided their annual written report (the “Report”) to the Board addressing the operation of the Program and assessing its adequacy and effectiveness of implementation for the annual period from January 1, 2020 through December 31, 2020 (the “Reporting Period”). This Report included an overview of the operation of the Program, including liquidity events relevant to the Funds, if any, during the Reporting Period and conclusions with respect to the adequacy of the policies and procedures of the Program and the effectiveness of Program implementation. The Report also included a summary of the annual assessment of each Fund’s liquidity risk, which took into account the following factors enumerated in the Liquidity Rule and identified in the Program, as applicable:

1) Each Fund’s investment strategy and liquidity of portfolio investments during both normal and reasonably foreseeable stressed conditions, including: (i) whether the Fund’s investment strategy is appropriate for an open-end fund; (ii) the extent to which the Fund’s strategy involves a relatively concentrated portfolio or large positions in particular issuers; and, as applicable, (iii) the Fund’s use of borrowings for investment purposes; and (iv) the Fund’s use of derivatives;

2) Short-term and long-term cash flow projections during both normal and reasonably foreseeable stressed conditions; and

3) Holdings of cash and cash equivalents, as well as borrowing arrangements and other funding sources.

Based on the information considered, the Report concluded that each Fund continues to have an investment strategy that is appropriate for an open-end fund, and that each Fund is reasonably likely to be able to meet redemption requests without significant dilution of remaining shareholders’ interests in the Fund. There were no material liquidity matters impacting the Funds identified in the Report and the Report concluded that the Program operated effectively during the Reporting Period, including during periods of market volatility and net redemptions.

In accordance with the Program, each Fund’s portfolio investments were classified into one of four liquidity categories as provided in the Liquidity Rule as applicable during the Reporting Period. Liquidity classification determinations take into account a variety of factors including market, trading and investment-specific considerations, as well as market depth in accordance with the requirements of the Liquidity Rule and as specified in the Program, and generally incorporate analysis from a third-party data vendor. The Report reviewed the classification methodology as provided in the Program and noted there were no material issues with respect to liquidity classifications during the Reporting Period.

Pursuant to the Liquidity Rule, no Fund may acquire any illiquid investment if, after the acquisition, the Fund would have invested more than 15% of its assets in illiquid investments that are assets. The Program includes provisions reasonably designed to comply with the 15% limit on illiquid investments. During the Reporting Period, no Fund breached the 15% limit on illiquid investments.

During the Reporting Period, each Fund maintained a designated HLIM. The Report stated that the Program Administrators reviewed each Fund’s HLIM as provided in the Program and concluded that each Fund’s applicable HLIM operated as intended during the Reporting Period and no changes to the HLIM for any Fund were recommended. During the Reporting Period, no Fund fell below its designated HLIM. The Report concluded that the Program includes provisions reasonably designed to comply with the HLIM for each Fund.

The Funds that engage in or reserve the right to redeem in kind have adopted policies and procedures regarding in-kind redemptions as required by the Liquidity Rule.

On the basis of the review, the Report concluded that: (i) the Program remains reasonably designed to manage each Fund’s liquidity risk; (ii) the Program was implemented and operated effectively to achieve the goal of assessing and managing each Fund’s liquidity risk during the Reporting Period; and (iii) each Fund was able to meet requests for redemption without significant dilution of remaining investors in the Fund during the Reporting Period. The Report noted that there were no material changes to the Program during the Reporting Period, and none were recommended by the Program Administrators in connection with the Report.

 

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The Allianz VIP Fund of Funds are distributed by Allianz Life Financial Services, LLC.   
These Funds are not FDIC Insured.    SARRPT0621 08/21


AZL® MVP Balanced Index Strategy Fund

Semi-Annual Report

June 30, 2021

(Unaudited)

 

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Table of Contents

 

Expense Examples and Portfolio Composition

Page 1

Schedule of Portfolio Investments

Page 2

Statement of Assets and Liabilities

Page 3

Statement of Operations

Page 3

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

Page 4

Financial Highlights

Page 5

Notes to the Financial Statements

Page 6

Special Joint Meeting of Shareholders

Page 11

Other Information

Page 13

Statement Regarding the Trust’s Liquidity Risk Management Program

Page 14

 

This report is submitted for the general information of the shareholder of the Fund. The report is not authorized for distribution to prospective investors in the Fund unless preceded or accompanied by an effective prospectus, which contains details concerning the sales charges and other pertinent information.


AZL MVP Balanced Index Strategy Fund

Expense Examples

(Unaudited)

 

As a shareholder of the AZL MVP Balanced Index Strategy Fund (the “Fund”), you incur ongoing costs, including management fees, distribution fees, and other Fund expenses. These examples are intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds. Please note that the expenses shown in each table do not reflect expenses that apply to the subaccount or the insurance contract. If the expenses that apply to the subaccount or the insurance contract were included, your costs would have been higher.

These examples are based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the periods presented below.

The Actual Expense table below provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information below, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the table under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During Period” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period.

 

     Beginning
Account Value
1/1/21
  Ending
Account Value
6/30/21
  Expenses Paid
During Period
1/1/21 - 6/30/21*
  Annualized Expense
Ratio During Period
1/1/21 - 6/30/21

AZL MVP Balanced Index Strategy Fund

    $ 1,000.00     $ 1,062.70     $ 0.72       0.14 %

The Hypothetical Expense table below provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Fund’s actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of other funds.

 

     Beginning
Account Value
1/1/21
  Ending
Account Value
6/30/21
  Expenses Paid
During Period
1/1/21 - 6/30/21*
  Annualized Expense
Ratio During Period
1/1/21 - 6/30/21

AZL MVP Balanced Index Strategy Fund

    $ 1,000.00     $ 1,024.10     $ 0.70       0.14 %

 

*

Expenses are equal to the average account value multiplied by the Fund’s annualized expense ratio multiplied by 181/365 (the number of days in the most recent fiscal half-year divided by the number of days in the fiscal year).

Portfolio Composition

(Unaudited)

 

Investments   Percent of Net Assets

Fixed Income Fund

      46.5 %

Domestic Equity Funds

      36.0

International Equity Fund

      12.5
   

 

 

 

Total Investment Securities

      95.0

Net other assets (liabilities)

      5.0
   

 

 

 

Net Assets

      100.0 %
   

 

 

 

 

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AZL MVP Balanced Index Strategy Fund

Schedule of Portfolio Investments

June 30, 2021 (Unaudited)

 

Shares            Value  
Affiliated Investment Companies (95.0%):       
Domestic Equity Funds (36.0%):  
  914,749      AZL Mid Cap Index Fund, Class 2    $ 25,759,332  
  3,397,589      AZL S&P 500 Index Fund, Class 2      79,537,569  
  830,501      AZL Small Cap Stock Index Fund, Class 2      14,060,387  
     

 

 

 
        119,357,288  
     

 

 

 
Fixed Income Fund (46.5%):  
  13,342,043      AZL Enhanced Bond Index Fund      154,367,437  
     

 

 

 
International Equity Fund (12.5%):  
  2,195,900      AZL International Index Fund, Class 2      41,568,378  
     

 

 

 
 

Total Affiliated Investment Companies (Cost $239,290,891)

     315,293,103  
  

 

 

 
 

Total Investment Securities (Cost $239,290,891) — 95.0%

     315,293,103  
 

Net other assets (liabilities) — 5.0%

     16,685,907  
  

 

 

 
 

Net Assets — 100.0%

   $ 331,979,010  
  

 

 

 
 

 

Percentages indicated are based on net assets as of June 30, 2021.

Futures Contracts

At June 30, 2021, the Fund’s open futures contracts were as follows:

Long Futures

 

Description    Expiration
Date
     Number of
Contracts
     Notional
Amount
     Value and
Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
 

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

     9/17/21        38      $ 8,148,340      $ 150,998  

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

     9/21/21        62        8,215,000        25,109  
           

 

 

 
            $ 176,107  
           

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to the financial statements.

 

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AZL MVP Balanced Index Strategy Fund

 

Statement of Assets and Liabilities

June 30, 2021

(Unaudited)

 

Assets:

   

Investments in affiliates, at cost

    $ 239,290,891
   

 

 

 

Investments in affiliates, at value

    $ 315,293,103

Deposit at broker for futures contracts collateral

      16,623,674

Interest and dividends receivable

      215

Receivable for capital shares issued

      179,863

Receivable for affiliated investments sold

      72,580

Prepaid expenses

      805
   

 

 

 

Total Assets

      332,170,240
   

 

 

 

Liabilities:

   

Cash overdraft

      72,578

Payable for capital shares redeemed

      71,025

Manager fees payable

      27,243

Administration fees payable

      6,054

Custodian fees payable

      161

Administrative and compliance services fees payable

      531

Transfer agent fees payable

      778

Trustee fees payable

      2,661

Other accrued liabilities

      10,199
   

 

 

 

Total Liabilities

      191,230
   

 

 

 

Net Assets

    $ 331,979,010
   

 

 

 

Net Assets Consist of:

   

Paid in capital

    $ 253,748,620

Total distributable earnings

      78,230,390
   

 

 

 

Net Assets

    $ 331,979,010
   

 

 

 

Shares of beneficial interest (unlimited number of shares authorized, no par value)

      22,248,825

Net Asset Value (offering and redemption price per share)

    $ 14.92
   

 

 

 

Statement of Operations

For the Six Months Ended June 30, 2021

(Unaudited)

 

Investment Income:

   

Interest

    $ 1,819

Dividends from non-affiliates

      2
   

 

 

 

Total Investment Income

      1,821
   

 

 

 

Expenses:

   

Manager fees

      161,641

Administration fees

      29,748

Custodian fees

      751

Administrative and compliance services fees

      2,380

Transfer agent fees

      2,767

Trustee fees

      8,550

Professional fees

      6,888

Shareholder reports

      5,844

Other expenses

      2,057
   

 

 

 

Total expenses

      220,626
   

 

 

 

Net Investment Income/(Loss)

      (218,805 )
   

 

 

 

Net realized and Change in net unrealized gains/losses on investments:

   

Net realized gains/(losses) on affiliated underlying funds

      5,054,729

Net realized gains/(losses) on futures contracts

      934,957

Change in net unrealized appreciation/depreciation on affiliated underlying funds

      14,013,653

Change in net unrealized appreciation/depreciation on futures contracts

      (14,004 )
   

 

 

 

Net realized and Change in net unrealized gains/losses on investments

      19,989,335
   

 

 

 

Change in Net Assets Resulting From Operations

    $ 19,770,530
   

 

 

 
 

 

See accompanying notes to the financial statements.

 

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AZL MVP Balanced Index Strategy Fund

 

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 

     For the
Six Months Ended
June 30, 2021
  For the
Year Ended
December 31, 2020
    (Unaudited)    

Change In Net Assets:

       

Operations:

       

Net investment income/(loss)

    $ (218,805 )     $ 5,601,421

Net realized gains/(losses) on investments

      5,989,686       (6,220,810 )

Change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation on investments

      13,999,649       17,344,831
   

 

 

     

 

 

 

Change in net assets resulting from operations

      19,770,530       16,725,442
   

 

 

     

 

 

 

Distributions to Shareholders:

       

Distributions

      —       (14,356,566 )
   

 

 

     

 

 

 

Change in net assets resulting from distributions to shareholders

      —       (14,356,566 )
   

 

 

     

 

 

 

Capital Transactions:

       

Proceeds from shares issued

      8,520,850       12,163,159

Proceeds from dividends reinvested

      —       14,356,566

Value of shares redeemed

      (16,799,902 )       (39,917,523 )
   

 

 

     

 

 

 

Change in net assets resulting from capital transactions

      (8,279,052 )       (13,397,798 )
   

 

 

     

 

 

 

Change in net assets

      11,491,478       (11,028,922 )

Net Assets:

       

Beginning of period

      320,487,532       331,516,454
   

 

 

     

 

 

 

End of period

    $ 331,979,010     $ 320,487,532
   

 

 

     

 

 

 

Share Transactions:

       

Shares issued

      584,587       906,687

Dividends reinvested

      —       1,090,924

Shares redeemed

      (1,158,364 )       (3,022,659 )
   

 

 

     

 

 

 

Change in shares

      (573,777 )       (1,025,048 )
   

 

 

     

 

 

 

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

 

See accompanying notes to the financial statements.

 

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AZL MVP Balanced Index Strategy Fund

Financial Highlights

(Selected data for a share of beneficial interest outstanding throughout the periods indicated)

 

     Six Months
Ended
June 30, 2021
  Year Ended
December 31,
2020
  Year Ended
December 31,
2019
  Year Ended
December 31,
2018
  Year Ended
December 31,
2017
  Year Ended
December 31,
2016
    (Unaudited)                    

Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period

    $ 14.04     $ 13.90     $ 12.37     $ 13.38     $ 12.74     $ 12.30
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Investment Activities:

                       

Net Investment Income/(Loss)

      (0.01 )(a)       0.24 (a)       0.25 (a)       0.24       0.11       0.17

Net Realized and Unrealized Gains/(Losses) on Investments

      0.89       0.54       1.82       (0.82 )       1.32       0.64
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total from Investment Activities

      0.88       0.78       2.07       (0.58 )       1.43       0.81
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Distributions to Shareholders From:

                       

Net Investment Income

      —       (0.27 )       (0.29 )       (0.11 )       (0.26 )       (0.28 )

Net Realized Gains

      —       (0.37 )       (0.25 )       (0.32 )       (0.53 )       (0.09 )
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total Dividends

      —       (0.64 )       (0.54 )       (0.43 )       (0.79 )       (0.37 )
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net Asset Value, End of Period

    $ 14.92     $ 14.04     $ 13.90     $ 12.37     $ 13.38     $ 12.74
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total Return(b)

      6.27 %(c)       5.98 %       16.92 %       (4.44 )%       11.40 %       6.61 %

Ratios to Average Net Assets/Supplemental Data:

                       

Net Assets, End of Period (000’s)

    $ 331,979     $ 320,488     $ 331,516     $ 301,934     $ 322,231     $ 312,745

Net Investment Income/(Loss)(d)

      (0.14 )%       1.82 %       1.84 %       1.79 %       0.72 %       1.69 %

Expenses Before Reductions*(d)(e)

      0.14 %       0.14 %       0.14 %       0.13 %       0.13 %       0.14 %

Expenses Net of Reductions*(d)

      0.14 %       0.14 %       0.14 %       0.13 %       0.13 %       0.14 %

Portfolio Turnover Rate

      4 %(c)       13 %       9 %       7 %       9 %       11 %

 

*

The expense ratios exclude the impact of fees/expenses paid by each underlying fund.

 

(a)

Calculated using the average shares method.

 

(b)

The returns include reinvested dividends and fund level expenses, but exclude insurance contract charges. If these charges were included, the returns would have been lower.

 

(c)

Not annualized for periods less than one year.

 

(d)

Annualized for periods less than one year.

 

(e)

Excludes fee reductions. If such fee reductions had not occurred, the ratios would have been as indicated.

 

 

See accompanying notes to the financial statements.

 

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AZL MVP Balanced Index Strategy Fund

Notes to the Financial Statements

June 30, 2021 (Unaudited)

 

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 an 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, and follows the investment company accounting and reporting guidance under Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Topic 946 “Financial Services — Investment Companies”. The Trust consists of 12 separate investment portfolios (collectively, the “Funds”), of which one is included in this report, the AZL MVP Balanced Index Strategy Fund (the “Fund”), and 11 are presented in separate reports. The Fund is a diversified series of the Trust.

The Fund is a “fund of funds”, which means that the Fund invests primarily in other mutual funds (the “Underlying Funds”). Underlying Funds invest in stock, 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 Fund will adjust its asset allocation as it seeks to achieve its investment objective.

The Trust is authorized to issue an unlimited number of shares of the Fund without par value. Shares of the Fund are available through the variable annuity contracts offered through the separate accounts of participating insurance companies. Currently, the Fund only offers its 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 Fund. In addition, in the normal course of business, the Fund may enter into contracts with its vendors and others that provide for general indemnifications. The Fund’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown, as this would involve future claims that may be made against the Fund. However, based on experience, the Fund expects that risk of loss to be remote.

2. Significant Accounting Policies

The following is a summary of significant accounting policies followed by the Fund in the preparation of its financial statements. The policies conform with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“U.S. GAAP”). The preparation of financial statements requires management to make certain estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of increases and decreases in net assets from operations during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

Security Valuation

The Fund records its 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 and Investment Income

Investment transactions are accounted for on trade date. Net realized gains and losses on investments sold and on foreign currency transactions are recorded on the basis of identified cost. Interest income is recorded on the accrual basis and includes, where applicable, the amortization of premiums or accretion of discounts. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date except in the case of foreign securities, in which case dividends are recorded as soon as such information becomes available.

Distributions to Shareholders

Distributions to shareholders are recorded on the ex-dividend date. The Fund distributes its dividends from net investment income and net realized capital gains, if any, on an annual basis. The amount of distributions from net investment income and from net realized gains is determined in accordance with federal income tax regulations, which may differ from U.S. GAAP. These “book/tax” differences are either temporary or permanent in nature. To the extent these differences are permanent in nature (e.g., return of capital, net operating loss, reclassification of certain market discounts, gain/loss, paydowns, and distributions), such amounts are reclassified within the composition of net assets based on their federal tax-basis treatment; temporary differences (e.g., wash sales and differing treatment on certain investments) do not require reclassification. Distributions to shareholders that exceed net investment income and net realized gains for tax purposes are reported as distributions of capital.

Expense Allocation

Expenses directly attributable to the Fund are charged directly to the Fund, while expenses attributable to more than one Fund are allocated among the respective Funds based upon relative net assets or some other reasonable method. Expenses which are attributable to more than one Trust are allocated across the Allianz Variable Insurance Products and Allianz Variable Insurance Products Fund of Funds Trusts based upon relative net assets or another reasonable basis. Allianz Investment Management LLC (the “Manager”), serves as the investment manager for the Trust and the Allianz Variable Insurance Products Trust.

Affiliated Securities Transactions

Pursuant to Rule 17a-7 under the 1940 Act (the “Rule”), the Fund may engage in securities transactions with affiliated investment companies and advisory accounts managed by the Manager. Any such purchase or sale transaction must be effected without a brokerage commission or other remuneration, except for customary transfer fees. The transaction must be effected at the current market price, which is either the security’s last sale price on an exchange or, if there are no transactions in the security that day, at the average of the highest bid and lowest asked price. During the period ended June 30, 2021, the Fund did not engage in any Rule 17a-7 transactions under the Rule.

Derivative Instruments

All open derivative positions at period end are reflected on the Fund’s Schedule of Portfolio Investments. The following is a description of the derivative instruments utilized by the Fund, including the primary underlying risk exposures related to each instrument type. The 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,

 

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AZL MVP Balanced Index Strategy Fund

Notes to the Financial Statements

June 30, 2021 (Unaudited)

 

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 Fund’s derivative positions could exceed 20% of the Fund’s value. The Fund may also use futures to gain equity exposure and may hold cash as a buffer in the event of market shocks.

Futures Contracts

During the period ended June 30, 2021, the Fund invested in futures contracts to reduce volatility and limit the need to decrease or increase allocations to underlying funds. Futures contracts are valued based upon their quoted daily settlement prices. Upon entering into a futures contract, the Fund is 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”), if any, is recorded by the Fund. 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 disclosed in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. 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. For the period ended June 30, 2021, the monthly average notional amount for long contracts was $16.1 million. There was no short contract activity during the period. Realized gains and losses are reported as “Net realized gains/(losses) on futures contracts” on the Statement of Operations.

Summary of Derivative Instruments

The following is a summary of the fair values of derivative instruments on the Fund’s Statement of Assets and Liabilities, categorized by risk exposure, as of June 30, 2021:

 

   

Asset Derivative

   

Liability Derivative

 
Primary Risk Exposure   Statement of Assets and Liabilities Location   Total Fair
Value
    Statement of Assets and Liabilities Location   Total Fair
Value
 

Equity Risk

       
Futures Contracts   Receivable for variation margin on futures contracts*   $ 150,998     Payable for variation margin on futures contracts*   $ —  

Interest Rate Risk

       
Futures Contracts   Receivable for variation margin on futures contracts*     25,109     Payable for variation margin on futures contracts*     —  

 

*

For futures contracts, the amounts represent the cumulative appreciation/depreciation of these futures contracts as reported in the Schedule of Portfolio Investments. Only current day’s variation margin is reported within the Statement of Assets and Liabilities as variation margin on futures contracts.

The following is a summary of the effect of derivative instruments on the Statement of Operations, categorized by risk exposure, for the period ended June 30, 2021:

 

Primary Risk Exposure   Location of Gains/(Losses)
on Derivatives
Recognized
   Realized Gains/(Losses)
on Derivatives
Recognized
     Change in Net Unrealized
Appreciation/Depreciation
on Derivatives Recognized
 

Equity Risk

       
Futures Contracts   Net realized gains/(losses) on futures contracts/ Change net in unrealized appreciation/depreciation on futures contracts    $ 1,156,183      $ (26,670 ) 

Interest Rate Risk

       
Futures Contracts   Net realized gains/(losses) on futures contracts/ Change net in unrealized appreciation/depreciation on futures contracts      (221,226 )       12,666  

3. Fees and Transactions with Affiliates and Other Parties

The Manager provides investment advisory and management services for the Fund. The Manager has contractually agreed to waive fees and reimburse the Fund to limit the annual expenses, excluding interest expense (e.g., cash overdraft fees), taxes, brokerage commissions, acquired fund fees and expenses, other expenditures that are capitalized in accordance with U.S. GAAP and other extraordinary expenses not incurred in the ordinary course of the Fund’s business, based on the daily net assets of the Fund, through April 30, 2022. Expenses incurred for investment advisory and management services are reflected on the Statement of Operations as “Manager fees.”

For the period ended June 30, 2021, the annual rate due to the Manager and the annual expense limit were as follows:

 

        Annual Rate      Annual Expense Limit

AZL MVP Balanced Index Strategy Fund

         0.10 %          0.20 %

Any amounts contractually waived or reimbursed by the Manager in a particular fiscal year will be subject to repayment by the Fund to the Manager to the extent that from time to time through the next three fiscal years the repayment will not cause the Fund’s expenses to exceed the lesser of the stated limit at the time of the waiver or the current stated limit. Any amounts recouped by the Manager during the period are reflected on the Statement of Operations as “Recoupment of prior expenses reimbursed by the Manager.” At June 30, 2021, there were no remaining contractual reimbursements subject to repayment by the Fund in subsequent years.

In addition, the Manager may voluntarily waive or reimburse additional fees in order to maintain more competitive expense ratios. Any voluntary waivers or reimbursements are not subject to repayment in subsequent years. Information on the total amount waived/reimbursed by the Manager or repaid to the Manager by the Fund during the period can be found on the Statement of Operations. During the period ended June 30, 2021, there were no voluntary waivers.

 

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AZL MVP Balanced Index Strategy Fund

Notes to the Financial Statements

June 30, 2021 (Unaudited)

 

The Manager or an affiliate of the Manager serves as the investment adviser of certain underlying funds in which the Fund invests. At June 30, 2021, these underlying funds are noted as Affiliated Investment Companies in the Fund’s Schedule of Portfolio Investments. Additional information, including financial statements, about these Funds is available at www.allianzlife.com. The Manager or an affiliate of the Manager is paid a separate fee from the underlying funds for such services. A summary of the Fund’s investments in affiliated investment companies for the period ended June 30, 2021 is as follows:

 

     Value
12/31/2020
  Purchases
at Cost
  Proceeds from
Sales
 

Net

Realized
Gains(Losses)

 

Change in Net

Unrealized
Appreciation/
Depreciation

  Value
6/30/2021
  Shares as of
6/30/2021
  Dividend
Income
  Net Realized
Gains Distributions
from Affiliated
Underlying Funds

AZL Enhanced Bond Index Fund

    $ 143,902,884     $ 13,042,857     $ —     $ —     $ (2,578,304 )     $ 154,367,437       13,342,043     $ —     $ —

AZL International Index Fund, Class 2

      42,056,547       —       (3,982,882 )       806,627       2,688,086       41,568,378       2,195,900       —       —

AZL Mid Cap Index Fund, Class 2

      25,956,033       —       (4,306,792 )       1,069,489       3,040,602       25,759,332       914,749       —       —

AZL S&P 500 Index Fund, Class 2

      77,667,949       —       (9,123,933 )       2,474,896       8,518,657       79,537,569       3,397,589       —       —

AZL Small Cap Stock Index Fund, Class 2

      14,844,819       —       (3,832,761 )       703,717       2,344,612       14,060,387       830,501       —       —
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 
    $ 304,428,232     $ 13,042,857     $ (21,246,368 )     $ 5,054,729     $ 14,013,653     $ 315,293,103       20,680,782     $ —     $ —
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Pursuant to separate agreements between the Trust and the Manager, the Manager provides a Chief Compliance Officer (“CCO”) and certain compliance oversight and regulatory filing services to the Trust. Under these agreements, the Manager is entitled to an amount equal to a portion of the compensation and certain other expenses related to the individuals performing the CCO and compliance oversight services, as well as $100 per hour for time incurred in connection with the preparation and filing of certain documents with the SEC. The fees are paid to the Manager on a quarterly basis. The total expenses incurred by the Fund for these services are reflected on the Statement of Operations as “Administrative and compliance services fees.”

Citi Fund Services Ohio, Inc. (“Citi” or the “Administrator”), a wholly owned subsidiary of Citigroup, Inc., with which an officer of the Trust is affiliated, serves as the Trust’s administrator and fund accountant, and assists the Trust in all aspects of its administration and operation. The Administrator is entitled to a fee, accrued daily and paid monthly. The Administrator is entitled to an annual fee for each additional class of shares of any Fund, certain annual fees in supporting fair values services, and a Trust-wide annual fee for providing infrastructure and support in implementing the written policies and procedures comprising the Fund’s compliance program. The Administrator is also reimbursed for certain expenses incurred. The total expenses incurred by the Fund for these services are reflected on the Statement of Operations as “Administration fees.”

FIS Investor Services LLC (“FIS”) serves as the Fund’s transfer agent. Under the Transfer Agent Agreement, the Trust pays FIS a fee for its services and reimburses FIS for all of their reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred in providing these services.

The Bank of New York Mellon (“BNY Mellon” or the “Custodian”) serves as the Trust’s custodian and securities lending agent. For these services as custodian, the Funds pay BNY Mellon a fee based on a percentage of assets held on behalf of the Funds, plus certain out-of-pocket charges.

Allianz Life Financial Services, LLC (“ALFS”), an affiliate of the Manager, serves as distributor of the Fund. ALFS receives an annual Trust-wide annual fee of $7,500, paid by the Manager from its profits and not by the Trust, for recordkeeping and reporting services.

Certain Officers and Trustees of the Trust are affiliated with the Manager or the Administrator. Such Officers (except for the Trust’s CCO as noted above) and Trustees receive no compensation from the Trust for serving in their respective roles. For their service to the Trust and to the Allianz Variable Insurance Products Trust, each non-interested Trustee receives a $191,625 annual Board retainer, the Lead Director receives an additional $37,500, the Chair of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee receives an additional $7,500 annually, the Co-Chairs of the Investment Committee receive $3,750 annually and the Chair of the Audit Committee receives an additional $11,250 annually. In addition, the Trustees are reimbursed for certain expenses associated with attending Board meetings. Compensation to the Trustees is allocated between the Trust and the Allianz Variable Insurance Products Trust in proportion to the assets under management of each trust. During the period ended June 30, 2021, actual Trustee compensation was $702,562 in total for both trusts.

4. Investment Valuation Summary

The valuation techniques employed by the Fund, 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 Fund’s 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, prepayments speeds, credit risk, etc.)

  ●  

Level 3 — significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund’s 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 inputs or methodology used for valuing investments is not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those investments.

Investments in other investment companies are valued at their published net asset value (“NAV”). Security prices are generally provided by an independent third party pricing service approved by the Trust’s Board of Trustees (the “Board” or “Trustees”) as of the close of the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) (generally 4:00 pm Eastern Time). The investments utilizing Level 1 valuations represent investments in open-end investment companies. 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.

 

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AZL MVP Balanced Index Strategy Fund

Notes to the Financial Statements

June 30, 2021 (Unaudited)

 

The following is a summary of the valuation inputs used as of June 30, 2021 in valuing the Fund’s investments based upon the three levels defined above:

 

Investment Securities:      Level 1      Level 2      Level 3      Total
                             

Affiliated Investment Companies

       $ 315,293,103        $ —        $ —        $ 315,293,103
      

 

 

        

 

 

        

 

 

        

 

 

 

Total Investment Securities

         315,293,103          —          —          315,293,103
      

 

 

        

 

 

        

 

 

        

 

 

 

Other Financial Instruments:*

                           

Futures Contracts

         176,107          —          —          176,107
      

 

 

        

 

 

        

 

 

        

 

 

 

Total Investments

       $ 315,469,210        $ —        $ —        $ 315,469,210
      

 

 

        

 

 

        

 

 

        

 

 

 

 

*

Other Financial Instruments would include any derivative instruments, such as futures contracts. These investments are generally presented in the financial statements at variation margin.

5. Security Purchases and Sales

For the period ended June 30, 2021, cost of purchases and proceeds from sales of securities (excluding securities maturing less than one year from acquisition) were as follows:

 

        Purchases      Sales

AZL MVP Balanced Index Strategy Fund

       $ 13,042,857        $ 21,246,366

6. Investment Risks

The risks below are presented in an order intended to facilitate readability. Their order does not imply that the realization of one risk is more likely to occur more frequently than another risk, nor does it imply that the realization of one risk is likely to have a greater adverse impact than another risk.

Derivatives Risk: The Fund may invest directly or through affiliated or unaffiliated mutual funds or unregistered investment pools in derivative instruments such as futures, options, and options on futures. 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 other party to a derivatives contract could default.

Foreign Securities Risk: Investing in the securities of non-U.S. issuers involves a number of risks, such as fluctuations in currency values, adverse political, social or economic developments, and differences in social and economic developments or policies.

Fund of Fund Risk: The Fund, as a shareholder of the underlying funds, indirectly bears its proportionate share of any investment management fees and other expenses of the underlying funds. Further due to the fees and expenses paid by the Fund, as well as small variations in the Fund’s actual allocations to the underlying funds and any futures and cash held in the Fund’s portfolio, the performance and income distributions of the Fund will not be the same as the performance and income distributions of the underlying funds. In addition, the Fund maintains indirect exposure to various types of risk which may exist in the underlying Funds, such as foreign securities risk, fixed income securities risk and other risks.

Interest Rate Risk: Debt securities held by an underlying fund may decline in value due to rising interest rates.

Market Risk: The market price of securities owned by the underlying funds may go up or down, sometimes rapidly and unpredictably. Securities may decline in value due to factors affecting securities markets generally or particular industries represented in the securities markets. The value of a security may decline due to general market conditions that are not specifically related to a particular company, such as real or perceived adverse economic conditions, changes in the general outlook for corporate earnings, changes in interest or currency rates, or adverse investor sentiment, as well as natural disasters, and outbreaks of infectious illnesses or other widespread public health issues.

7. Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic

During the first quarter of 2020, the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 to be a public health emergency. COVID-19 has led to increased short-term market volatility and may have adverse long-term effects on U.S. and world economies and markets in general. COVID-19 may adversely impact the Fund’s ability to achieve its investment objectives. The extent of the impact on the performance of the Fund and its investments will depend on future developments, including the duration and spread of the COVID-19 outbreak, related restrictions and advisories, and the effects on the financial markets and economy overall, all of which are highly uncertain and cannot be predicted.

8. Federal Tax Information

It is the policy of the Fund to continue to qualify as a regulated investment company by complying with the provisions available to certain investment companies, as defined under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code, and to make distributions of net investment income and net realized gains sufficient to relieve it from all, or substantially all, federal income taxes. Accordingly, no provisions for federal income taxes are required in the financial statements.

Management of the Fund has reviewed tax positions taken in tax years that remain subject to examination by all major tax jurisdictions, including federal (i.e., the last four tax year ends and the interim tax period since then, as applicable). Management believes that there is no tax liability resulting from unrecognized tax benefits related to uncertain tax positions taken.

Cost of securities, including derivatives and short positions as applicable, for federal income tax purposes at December 31, 2020 was $246,210,848. The gross unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) on a tax basis was as follows:

 

Unrealized appreciation

  $ 58,217,384

Unrealized (depreciation)

    —  
 

 

 

 

Net unrealized appreciation/(depreciation)

  $ 58,217,384  
 

 

 

 

 

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AZL MVP Balanced Index Strategy Fund

Notes to the Financial Statements

June 30, 2021 (Unaudited)

 

The tax character of dividends paid to shareholders during the year ended December 31, 2020, was as follows:

 

        Ordinary
Income
    

Net

Long-Term
Capital Gains

     Total
Distributions(a)

AZL MVP Balanced Index Strategy Fund

       $ 7,804,880        $ 6,551,686        $ 14,356,566

 

(a)

Total distributions paid may differ from the Statements of Changes in Net Assets because dividends are recognized when actually paid for tax purposes.

At December 31, 2020, the components of accumulated earnings on a tax basis were as follows:

 

        Undistributed
Ordinary
Income
     Undistributed
Long-Term
Capital Gains
     Accumulated
Capital and
Other Losses
     Unrealized
Appreciation/
Depreciation(a)
     Total
Accumulated
Earnings/
(Deficit)

AZL MVP Balanced Index Strategy Fund

       $ 12,933,760        $ 9,550,733        $ —        $ 58,217,384        $ 80,701,877

 

(a)

The difference between book-basis and tax-basis unrealized appreciation/depreciation was attributable primarily to tax deferral of losses on wash sales and mark-to-market of

futures contracts.

9. Ownership and Principal Holders

The beneficial ownership, either directly or indirectly, of more than 25% of the voting securities of a fund creates presumptions of control of the fund, under section 2 (a)(9) of the 1940 Act. As of June 30, 2021, the Fund had an individual shareholder account which is affiliated with the Manager representing ownership in excess of 85% of the Fund. Investment activities of these shareholders could have a material impact to the Fund.

10. Subsequent Events

Management of the Fund has evaluated the need for additional disclosures or adjustments resulting from events through the date the financial statements were issued. Based on this evaluation, there were no subsequent events to report that would have material impact on the Fund’s financial statements.

 

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AZL MVP Balanced Index Strategy Fund

Special Joint Meeting of Shareholders

June 30, 2021 (Unaudited)

 

A special meeting of the Allianz Variable Insurance Products Fund Of Funds Trust’s (the “Trust”) shareholders was held on June 3, 2021. The results of the matters voted upon at the meeting are reported below.

Election of Trustees

To elect seven nominees as Trustees of the Trust to serve until a successor is elected and qualified or until such Trustee dies, resigns, retires, or is removed for election as provided in the governing documents of the Trust. The nominees were Peter R. Burnim, Peggy L. Ettestad, Tamara Lynn Fagely, Richard H. Forde, Claire R. Leonardi, Dickson W. Lewis, and Brian Muench. There was no other Trustee whose term of office as a Trustee continued after the meeting.

 

          FOR   WITHHELD

Peter R. Burnim

  Votes   9,698,300,664.000   461,262,722.733
  % of votes entitled to be cast   95.460%   4.540%

Peggy L. Ettestad

  Votes   9,744,785,844.047   414,777,542.686
  % of votes entitled to be cast   95.917%   4.083%

Tamara Lynn Fagely

  Votes   9,749,721,430.073   409,841,956.660
  % of votes entitled to be cast   95.966%   4.034%

Richard H. Forde

  Votes   9,725,296,590.351   434,266,796.382
  % of votes entitled to be cast   95.726%   4.274%

Claire R. Leonardi

  Votes   9,756,832,186.929   402,731,199.804
  % of votes entitled to be cast   96.036%   3.964%

Dickson W. Lewis

  Votes   9,683,252,333.341   476,311,053.392
  % of votes entitled to be cast   95.312%   4.688%

Brian Muench

  Votes   9,739,692,821.948   419,870,564.785
  % of votes entitled to be cast   95.867%   4.133%

Approve amended fundamental restrictions regarding investments in commodities

To approve that the Trust’s fundamental policies with respect to commodities are replaced with the following: “No Fund may: Purchase or sell commodities except to the extent permitted by the 1940 Act or any rules, exemptions or interpretations thereunder that may be adopted, granted or issued by the SEC.”

 

FUND        FOR   AGAINST   ABSTAIN

AZL MVP FusionSM Balanced Fund

  Votes   724,020,610.631   25,965,700.395   64,480,992.029
  % of votes entitled to be cast   88.895%   3.188%   7.917%

AZL MVP FusionSM Conservative Fund

  Votes   207,849,507.478   7,714,328.807   20,132,965.915
  % of votes entitled to be cast   88.185%   3.273%   8.542%

AZL MVP FusionSM Moderate Fund

  Votes   1,675,644,566.951   51,935,064.499   151,957,164.856
  % of votes entitled to be cast   89.152%   2.763%   8.085%

AZL® Balanced Index Strategy Fund

  Votes   370,109,866.443   8,120,911.689   37,825,978.335
  % of votes entitled to be cast   88.957%   1.952%   9.092%

AZL® MVP Balanced Index Strategy Fund

  Votes   272,508,300.262   8,100,202.921   38,940,957.230
  % of votes entitled to be cast   85.279%   2.535%   12.186%

AZL® MVP Growth Index Strategy Fund

  Votes   2,253,168,549.922   81,030,934.965   243,425,209.080
  % of votes entitled to be cast   87.413%   3.144%   9.444%

AZL® MVP Moderate Index Strategy Fund

  Votes   459,489,269.089   21,433,634.607   44,698,959.196
  % of votes entitled to be cast   87.418%   4.078%   8.504%

AZL® MVP Global Balanced Index Strategy Fund

  Votes   607,120,765.403   28,580,727.312   67,371,200.883
  % of votes entitled to be cast   86.352%   4.065%   9.582%

AZL® DFA Multi-Strategy Fund

  Votes   838,713,716.278   44,467,726.830   71,863,407.006
  % of votes entitled to be cast   87.819%   4.656%   7.525%

AZL® MVP DFA Multi-Strategy Fund

  Votes   82,637,136.168   3,643,849.372   7,250,675.011
  % of votes entitled to be cast   88.352%   3.896%   7.752%

 

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FUND        FOR   AGAINST   ABSTAIN

AZL® MVP Fidelity Institutional Asset Management® Multi-Strategy Fund

  Votes   215,631,261.075   8,954,953.342   29,292,949.884
  % of votes entitled to be cast   84.935%   3.527%   11.538%

AZL® MVP T. Rowe Price Capital Appreciation Plus Fund

  Votes   1,222,126,591.953   56,285,445.413   107,069,305.504
  % of votes entitled to be cast   88.210%   4.063%   7.728%

Approve amended fundamental restrictions regarding borrowing

To approve that the Trust’s fundamental and related non-fundamental policies with respect to borrowing are replaced with the following: “No Fund may: Borrow money, except to the extent permitted by the 1940 Act, or any rules, exemptions or interpretations thereunder that may be adopted, granted or issued by the SEC.”

 

FUND        FOR   AGAINST   ABSTAIN

AZL MVP FusionSM Balanced Fund

  Votes   709,309,612.667   31,798,584.250   73,359,106.138
  % of votes entitled to be cast   87.089%   3.904%   9.007%

AZL MVP FusionSM Conservative Fund

  Votes   210,036,621.710   8,331,208.078   17,328,972.411
  % of votes entitled to be cast   89.113%   3.535%   7.352%

AZL MVP FusionSM Moderate Fund

  Votes   1,642,136,577.503   69,923,524.523   167,476,694.280
  % of votes entitled to be cast   87.369%   3.720%   8.911%

AZL® Balanced Index Strategy Fund

  Votes   371,193,748.544   7,499,541.088   37,363,466.836
  % of votes entitled to be cast   89.217%   1.803%   8.980%

AZL® MVP Balanced Index Strategy Fund

  Votes   269,242,580.863   12,559,386.314   37,747,493.235
  % of votes entitled to be cast   84.257%   3.930%   11.813%

AZL® MVP Growth Index Strategy Fund

  Votes   2,202,090,386.602   118,938,115.278   256,596,192.088
  % of votes entitled to be cast   85.431%   4.614%   9.955%

AZL® MVP Moderate Index Strategy Fund

  Votes   448,098,738.171   33,266,593.465   44,256,531.255
  % of votes entitled to be cast   85.251%   6.329%   8.420%

AZL® MVP Global Balanced Index Strategy Fund

  Votes   609,771,514.679   31,023,055.053   62,278,123.866
  % of votes entitled to be cast   86.729%   4.412%   8.858%

AZL® DFA Multi-Strategy Fund

  Votes   829,772,912.326   48,960,106.404   76,311,831.384
  % of votes entitled to be cast   86.883%   5.126%   7.990%

AZL® MVP DFA Multi-Strategy Fund

  Votes   80,825,430.550   3,740,847.678   8,965,382.323
  % of votes entitled to be cast   86.415%   4.000%   9.585%

AZL® MVP Fidelity Institutional Asset Management® Multi-Strategy Fund

  Votes   211,483,269.699   12,637,803.011   29,758,091.590
  % of votes entitled to be cast   83.301%   4.978%   11.721%

AZL® MVP T. Rowe Price Capital Appreciation Plus Fund

  Votes   1,191,897,700.679   69,546,262.813   124,037,379.379
  % of votes entitled to be cast   86.028%   5.020%   8.953%

 

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Other Information (Unaudited)

A description of the policies and procedures that the Fund uses to determine how to vote proxies relating to portfolio securities is available, without charge, upon request, by visiting the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (‘‘Commission’’) website at www.sec.gov, or by calling 800-624-0197.

Information regarding how the Fund voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30th is available (i) without charge, upon request, by calling 800-624-0197; (ii) on the Trust’s website at https://www.allianzlife.com; and (iii) on the Commission’s website at http://www.sec.gov.

The Fund files complete Schedules of Portfolio Holdings with the Commission for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-PORT. Schedules of Portfolio Holdings for the Fund are available without charge on the Commission’s website at http://www.sec.gov or may be obtained by calling 800-624-0197.

 

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Statement Regarding the Trust’s Liquidity Risk Management Program (Unaudited)

Each series (each such series a “Fund” and, together, the “Funds”) of the Allianz Variable Insurance Products Trust, but not the AZL Government Money Market Fund, and of the Allianz Variable Insurance Products Fund of Funds Trust (each such trust a “Trust” and, together, the “Trusts”) has adopted and implemented a written liquidity risk management program (the “Program”) pursuant to Rule 22e-4 under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “Liquidity Rule”). The Program includes policies and procedures reasonably designed to assess and manage each Fund’s liquidity risk (the “risk that a fund could not meet requests to redeem shares issued by the fund without significant dilution of remaining investors’ interests in the fund”) and to comply with the requirements of the Liquidity Rule, including: (i) assessment, management and periodic review of liquidity risk; (ii) classification of portfolio holdings; (iii) establishment of a highly liquid investment minimum (“HLIM”), as applicable; (iv) limitation of illiquid investments; and (v) redemptions in-kind.

The Board of Trustees of each Fund (together, the “Board”) approved the designation of the individual officers of the Trusts who serve as the administrators of the Program (the “Program Administrators”). The Program Administrators oversee the implementation of the Program, including the monitoring of liquidity and liquidity risk for each Fund on an ongoing basis.

At a meeting of the Board held on February 16, 2021, the Program Administrators provided their annual written report (the “Report”) to the Board addressing the operation of the Program and assessing its adequacy and effectiveness of implementation for the annual period from January 1, 2020 through December 31, 2020 (the “Reporting Period”). This Report included an overview of the operation of the Program, including liquidity events relevant to the Funds, if any, during the Reporting Period and conclusions with respect to the adequacy of the policies and procedures of the Program and the effectiveness of Program implementation. The Report also included a summary of the annual assessment of each Fund’s liquidity risk, which took into account the following factors enumerated in the Liquidity Rule and identified in the Program, as applicable:

1) Each Fund’s investment strategy and liquidity of portfolio investments during both normal and reasonably foreseeable stressed conditions, including: (i) whether the Fund’s investment strategy is appropriate for an open-end fund; (ii) the extent to which the Fund’s strategy involves a relatively concentrated portfolio or large positions in particular issuers; and, as applicable, (iii) the Fund’s use of borrowings for investment purposes; and (iv) the Fund’s use of derivatives;

2) Short-term and long-term cash flow projections during both normal and reasonably foreseeable stressed conditions; and

3) Holdings of cash and cash equivalents, as well as borrowing arrangements and other funding sources.

Based on the information considered, the Report concluded that each Fund continues to have an investment strategy that is appropriate for an open-end fund, and that each Fund is reasonably likely to be able to meet redemption requests without significant dilution of remaining shareholders’ interests in the Fund. There were no material liquidity matters impacting the Funds identified in the Report and the Report concluded that the Program operated effectively during the Reporting Period, including during periods of market volatility and net redemptions.

In accordance with the Program, each Fund’s portfolio investments were classified into one of four liquidity categories as provided in the Liquidity Rule as applicable during the Reporting Period. Liquidity classification determinations take into account a variety of factors including market, trading and investment-specific considerations, as well as market depth in accordance with the requirements of the Liquidity Rule and as specified in the Program, and generally incorporate analysis from a third-party data vendor. The Report reviewed the classification methodology as provided in the Program and noted there were no material issues with respect to liquidity classifications during the Reporting Period.

Pursuant to the Liquidity Rule, no Fund may acquire any illiquid investment if, after the acquisition, the Fund would have invested more than 15% of its assets in illiquid investments that are assets. The Program includes provisions reasonably designed to comply with the 15% limit on illiquid investments. During the Reporting Period, no Fund breached the 15% limit on illiquid investments.

During the Reporting Period, each Fund maintained a designated HLIM. The Report stated that the Program Administrators reviewed each Fund’s HLIM as provided in the Program and concluded that each Fund’s applicable HLIM operated as intended during the Reporting Period and no changes to the HLIM for any Fund were recommended. During the Reporting Period, no Fund fell below its designated HLIM. The Report concluded that the Program includes provisions reasonably designed to comply with the HLIM for each Fund.

The Funds that engage in or reserve the right to redeem in kind have adopted policies and procedures regarding in-kind redemptions as required by the Liquidity Rule.

On the basis of the review, the Report concluded that: (i) the Program remains reasonably designed to manage each Fund’s liquidity risk; (ii) the Program was implemented and operated effectively to achieve the goal of assessing and managing each Fund’s liquidity risk during the Reporting Period; and (iii) each Fund was able to meet requests for redemption without significant dilution of remaining investors in the Fund during the Reporting Period. The Report noted that there were no material changes to the Program during the Reporting Period, and none were recommended by the Program Administrators in connection with the Report.

 

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The Allianz VIP Fund of Funds are distributed by Allianz Life Financial Services, LLC.   
These Funds are not FDIC Insured.    SARRPT0621 08/21


AZL® MVP DFA Multi-Strategy Fund

Semi-Annual Report

June 30, 2021

(Unaudited)

 

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Table of Contents

 

Expense Examples and Portfolio Composition

Page 1

Schedule of Portfolio Investments

Page 2

Statement of Assets and Liabilities

Page 3

Statement of Operations

Page 3

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

Page 4

Financial Highlights

Page 5

Notes to the Financial Statements

Page 6

Special Joint Meeting of Shareholders

Page 11

Other Information

Page 13

Statement Regarding the Trust’s Liquidity Risk Management Program

Page 14

 

This report is submitted for the general information of the shareholder of the Fund. The report is not authorized for distribution to prospective investors in the Fund unless preceded or accompanied by an effective prospectus, which contains details concerning the sales charges and other pertinent information.


AZL MVP DFA Multi-Strategy Fund

Expense Examples

(Unaudited)

 

As a shareholder of the AZL MVP DFA Multi-Strategy Fund (the “Fund”), you incur ongoing costs, including management fees, distribution fees, and other Fund expenses. These examples are intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds. Please note that the expenses shown in each table do not reflect expenses that apply to the subaccount or the insurance contract. If the expenses that apply to the subaccount or the insurance contract were included, your costs would have been higher.

These examples are based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the periods presented below.

The Actual Expense table below provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information below, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the table under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During Period” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period.

 

     Beginning
Account Value
1/1/21
  Ending
Account Value
6/30/21
  Expenses Paid
During Period
1/1/21 - 6/30/21*
  Annualized Expense
Ratio During Period
1/1/21 - 6/30/21

AZL MVP DFA Multi-Strategy Fund

    $ 1,000.00     $ 1,101.00     $ 0.78       0.15 %

The Hypothetical Expense table below provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Fund’s actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of other funds.

 

     Beginning
Account Value
1/1/21
  Ending
Account Value
6/30/21
  Expenses Paid
During Period
1/1/21 - 6/30/21*
  Annualized Expense
Ratio During Period
1/1/21 - 6/30/21

AZL MVP DFA Multi-Strategy Fund

    $ 1,000.00     $ 1,024.05     $ 0.75       0.15 %

 

*

Expenses are equal to the average account value multiplied by the Fund’s annualized expense ratio multiplied by 181/365 (the number of days in the most recent fiscal half-year divided by the number of days in the fiscal year).

Portfolio Composition

(Unaudited)

 

Investments   Percent of Net Assets

Domestic Equity Funds

      45.6 %

Fixed Income Fund

      37.4

International Equity Fund

      12.0
   

 

 

 

Total Investment Securities

      95.0

Net other assets (liabilities)

      5.0
   

 

 

 

Net Assets

      100.0 %
   

 

 

 

 

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AZL MVP DFA Multi-Strategy Fund

Schedule of Portfolio Investments

June 30, 2021 (Unaudited)

 

Shares            Value  
Affiliated Investment Companies (95.0%):  
Domestic Equity Funds (45.6%):  
  2,023,203      AZL DFA U.S. Core Equity Fund    $ 34,657,461  
  646,092      AZL DFA U.S. Small Cap Fund      9,995,038  
     

 

 

 
        44,652,499  
     

 

 

 
Fixed Income Fund (37.4%):  
  3,794,653      AZL DFA Five-Year Global Fixed Income Fund      36,580,456  
     

 

 

 
International Equity Fund (12.0%):  
  955,810      AZL DFA International Core Equity Fund      11,775,585  
     

 

 

 
 

Total Affiliated Investment Companies (Cost $72,566,334)

     93,008,540  
     

 

 

 
 

Total Investment Securities (Cost $72,566,334) — 95.0%

     93,008,540  
 

Net other assets (liabilities) — 5.0%

     4,897,694  
     

 

 

 
 

Net Assets — 100.0%

   $ 97,906,234  
     

 

 

 
 

Percentages indicated are based on net assets as of June 30, 2021.

Futures Contracts

At June 30, 2021, the Fund’s open futures contracts were as follows:

Long Futures

 

Description    Expiration
Date
     Number of
Contracts
     Notional
Amount
     Value and
Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
 

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

     9/17/21        13      $ 2,787,590      $ 53,337  

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

     9/21/21        14        1,855,000        5,670  
           

 

 

 
            $ 59,007  
           

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to the financial statements.

 

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AZL MVP DFA Multi-Strategy Fund

 

Statement of Assets and Liabilities

June 30, 2021

(Unaudited)

 

Assets:

   

Investments in affiliates, at cost

    $ 72,566,334
   

 

 

 

Investments in affiliates, at value

    $ 93,008,540

Deposit at broker for futures contracts collateral

      4,901,885

Interest and dividends receivable

      64

Receivable for capital shares issued

      15,899

Receivable for affiliated investments sold

      33,083

Prepaid expenses

      218
   

 

 

 

Total Assets

      97,959,689
   

 

 

 

Liabilities:

   

Cash overdraft

      33,131

Payable for capital shares redeemed

      3,780

Manager fees payable

      4,730

Administration fees payable

      6,446

Custodian fees payable

      165

Administrative and compliance services fees payable

      175

Transfer agent fees payable

      838

Trustee fees payable

      875

Other accrued liabilities

      3,315
   

 

 

 

Total Liabilities

      53,455
   

 

 

 

Net Assets

    $ 97,906,234
   

 

 

 

Net Assets Consist of:

   

Paid in capital

    $ 78,627,666

Total distributable earnings

      19,278,568
   

 

 

 

Net Assets

    $ 97,906,234
   

 

 

 

Shares of beneficial interest (unlimited number of shares authorized, no par value)

      7,677,388

Net Asset Value (offering and redemption price per share)

    $ 12.75
   

 

 

 

Statement of Operations

For the Six Months Ended June 30, 2021

(Unaudited)

 

Investment Income:

   

Interest

    $ 466

Dividends from non-affiliates

      2
   

 

 

 

Total Investment Income

      468
   

 

 

 

Expenses:

   

Manager fees

      94,693

Administration fees

      31,369

Custodian fees

      782

Administrative and compliance services fees

      755

Transfer agent fees

      2,950

Trustee fees

      2,704

Professional fees

      2,194

Shareholder reports

      1,904

Other expenses

      660
   

 

 

 

Total expenses before reductions

      138,011

Less expenses voluntarily waived/reimbursed by the Manager

      (47,346 )

Less expense contractually waived/reimbursed by the Manager

      (19,644 )
   

 

 

 

Net expenses

      71,021
   

 

 

 

Net Investment Income/(Loss)

      (70,553 )
   

 

 

 

Net realized and Change in net unrealized gains/losses on investments:

   

Net realized gains/(losses) on affiliated underlying funds

      1,374,511

Net realized gains/(losses) on futures contracts

      364,096

Change in net unrealized appreciation/depreciation on affiliated underlying funds

      7,413,489

Change in net unrealized appreciation/depreciation on futures contracts

      (17,227 )
   

 

 

 

Net realized and Change in net unrealized gains/losses on investments

      9,134,869
   

 

 

 

Change in Net Assets Resulting From Operations

    $ 9,064,316
   

 

 

 
 

 

See accompanying notes to the financial statements.

 

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AZL MVP DFA Multi-Strategy Fund

 

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 

     For the
Six Months Ended
June 30, 2021
  For the
Year Ended
December 31, 2020
    (Unaudited)    

Change In Net Assets:

       

Operations:

       

Net investment income/(loss)

    $ (70,553 )     $ 1,261,107

Net realized gains/(losses) on investments

      1,738,607       (3,193,637 )

Change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation on investments

      7,396,262       4,854,796
   

 

 

     

 

 

 

Change in net assets resulting from operations

      9,064,316       2,922,266
   

 

 

     

 

 

 

Distributions to Shareholders:

       

Distributions

      —       (6,284,367 )
   

 

 

     

 

 

 

Change in net assets resulting from distributions to shareholders

      —       (6,284,367 )
   

 

 

     

 

 

 

Capital Transactions:

       

Proceeds from shares issued

      4,567,671       4,842,965

Proceeds from dividends reinvested

      —       6,284,367

Value of shares redeemed

      (6,393,817 )       (13,056,208 )
   

 

 

     

 

 

 

Change in net assets resulting from capital transactions

      (1,826,146 )       (1,928,876 )
   

 

 

     

 

 

 

Change in net assets

      7,238,170       (5,290,977 )

Net Assets:

       

Beginning of period

      90,668,064       95,959,041
   

 

 

     

 

 

 

End of period

    $ 97,906,234     $ 90,668,064
   

 

 

     

 

 

 

Share Transactions:

       

Shares issued

      370,013       443,013

Dividends reinvested

      —       586,228

Shares redeemed

      (519,789 )       (1,175,992 )
   

 

 

     

 

 

 

Change in shares

      (149,776 )       (146,751 )
   

 

 

     

 

 

 

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

 

See accompanying notes to the financial statements.

 

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AZL MVP DFA Multi-Strategy Fund

Financial Highlights

(Selected data for a share of beneficial interest outstanding throughout the periods indicated)

 

     Six Months
Ended
June 30, 2021
  Year Ended
December 31,
2020
  Year Ended
December 31,
2019
  Year Ended
December 31,
2018
  Year Ended
December 31,
2017
  Year Ended
December 31,
2016
    (Unaudited)                    

Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period

    $ 11.58     $ 12.03     $ 10.65     $ 11.60     $ 10.36     $ 9.50
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Investment Activities:

                       

Net Investment Income/(Loss)

      (0.01 )(a)       0.16 (a)       0.31 (a)       0.08       0.09       0.05

Net Realized and Unrealized Gains/(Losses) on Investments

      1.18       0.22       1.36       (0.79 )       1.21       0.81
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total from Investment Activities

      1.17       0.38       1.67       (0.71 )       1.30       0.86
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Distributions to Shareholders From:

                       

Net Investment Income

      —       (0.34 )       (0.11 )       (0.08 )       (0.05 )       —

Net Realized Gains

      —       (0.49 )       (0.18 )       (0.16 )       (0.01 )       —
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total Dividends

      —       (0.83 )       (0.29 )       (0.24 )       (0.06 )       —
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net Asset Value, End of Period

    $ 12.75     $ 11.58     $ 12.03     $ 10.65     $ 11.60     $ 10.36
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total Return(b)

      10.10 %(c)       3.77 %       15.81 %       (6.22 )%       12.55 %       9.05 %

Ratios to Average Net Assets/Supplemental Data:

                       

Net Assets, End of Period (000’s)

    $ 97,906     $ 90,668     $ 95,959     $ 86,601     $ 77,757     $ 53,326

Net Investment Income/(Loss)(d)

      (0.15 )%       1.44 %       2.71 %       0.91 %       0.96 %       0.71 %

Expenses Before Reductions*(d)(e)

      0.29 %       0.30 %       0.29 %       0.29 %       0.30 %       0.36 %

Expenses Net of Reductions*(d)

      0.15 %       0.15 %       0.15 %       0.15 %       0.15 %       0.15 %

Portfolio Turnover Rate

      4 %(c)       18 %       10 %       16 %       15 %       15 %

 

*

The expense ratios exclude the impact of fees/expenses paid by each underlying fund.

 

(a)

Calculated using the average shares method.

 

(b)

The returns include reinvested dividends and fund level expenses, but exclude insurance contract charges. If these charges were included, the returns would have been lower.

 

(c)

Not annualized for periods less than one year.

 

(d)

Annualized for periods less than one year.

 

(e)

Excludes fee reductions. If such fee reductions had not occurred, the ratios would have been as indicated.

 

See accompanying notes to the financial statements.

 

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AZL MVP DFA Multi-Strategy Fund

Notes to the Financial Statements

June 30, 2021 (Unaudited)

 

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 an 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, and follows the investment company accounting and reporting guidance under Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Topic 946 “Financial Services — Investment Companies”. The Trust consists of 12 separate investment portfolios (collectively, the “Funds”), of which one is included in this report, the AZL MVP DFA Multi-Strategy Fund (the “Fund”), and 11 are presented in separate reports. The Fund is a diversified series of the Trust.

The Fund is a “fund of funds”, which means that the Fund invests primarily in other mutual funds (the “Underlying Funds”). Underlying Funds invest in stock, 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 Fund will adjust its asset allocation as it seeks to achieve its investment objective.

The Trust is authorized to issue an unlimited number of shares of the Fund without par value. Shares of the Fund are available through the variable annuity contracts offered through the separate accounts of participating insurance companies. Currently, the Fund only offers its 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 Fund. In addition, in the normal course of business, the Fund may enter into contracts with its vendors and others that provide for general indemnifications. The Fund’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown, as this would involve future claims that may be made against the Fund. However, based on experience, the Fund expects that risk of loss to be remote.

2. Significant Accounting Policies

The following is a summary of significant accounting policies followed by the Fund in the preparation of its financial statements. The policies conform with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“U.S. GAAP”). The preparation of financial statements requires management to make certain estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of increases and decreases in net assets from operations during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

Security Valuation

The Fund records its 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 and Investment Income

Investment transactions are accounted for on trade date. Net realized gains and losses on investments sold and on foreign currency transactions are recorded on the basis of identified cost. Interest income is recorded on the accrual basis and includes, where applicable, the amortization of premiums or accretion of discounts. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date except in the case of foreign securities, in which case dividends are recorded as soon as such information becomes available.

Distributions to Shareholders

Distributions to shareholders are recorded on the ex-dividend date. The Fund distributes its dividends from net investment income and net realized capital gains, if any, on an annual basis. The amount of distributions from net investment income and from net realized gains is determined in accordance with federal income tax regulations, which may differ from U.S. GAAP. These “book/tax” differences are either temporary or permanent in nature. To the extent these differences are permanent in nature (e.g., return of capital, net operating loss, reclassification of certain market discounts, gain/loss, paydowns, and distributions), such amounts are reclassified within the composition of net assets based on their federal tax-basis treatment; temporary differences (e.g., wash sales and differing treatment on certain investments) do not require reclassification. Distributions to shareholders that exceed net investment income and net realized gains for tax purposes are reported as distributions of capital.

Expense Allocation

Expenses directly attributable to the Fund are charged directly to the Fund, while expenses attributable to more than one Fund are allocated among the respective Funds based upon relative net assets or some other reasonable method. Expenses which are attributable to more than one Trust are allocated across the Allianz Variable Insurance Products and Allianz Variable Insurance Products Fund of Funds Trusts based upon relative net assets or another reasonable basis. Allianz Investment Management LLC (the “Manager”), serves as the investment manager for the Trust and the Allianz Variable Insurance Products Trust.

Affiliated Securities Transactions

Pursuant to Rule 17a-7 under the 1940 Act (the “Rule”), the Fund may engage in securities transactions with affiliated investment companies and advisory accounts managed by the Manager. Any such purchase or sale transaction must be effected without a brokerage commission or other remuneration, except for customary transfer fees. The transaction must be effected at the current market price, which is either the security’s last sale price on an exchange or, if there are no transactions in the security that day, at the average of the highest bid and lowest asked price. During the period ended June 30, 2021, the Fund did not engage in any Rule 17a-7 transactions under the Rule.

Derivative Instruments

All open derivative positions at period end are reflected on the Fund’s Schedule of Portfolio Investments. The following is a description of the derivative instruments utilized by the Fund, including the primary underlying risk exposures related to each instrument type. The 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,

 

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AZL MVP DFA Multi-Strategy Fund

Notes to the Financial Statements

June 30, 2021 (Unaudited)

 

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 Fund’s derivative positions could exceed 20% of the Fund’s value. The Fund may also use futures to gain equity exposure and may hold cash as a buffer in the event of market shocks.

Futures Contracts

During the period ended June 30, 2021, the Fund invested in futures contracts to reduce volatility and limit the need to decrease or increase allocations to underlying funds. Futures contracts are valued based upon their quoted daily settlement prices. Upon entering into a futures contract, the Fund is 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”), if any, is recorded by the Fund. 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 disclosed in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. 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. For the period ended June 30, 2021, the monthly average notional amount for long contracts was $4.5 million. There was no short contract activity during the period. Realized gains and losses are reported as “Net realized gains/(losses) on futures contracts” on the Statement of Operations.

Summary of Derivative Instruments

The following is a summary of the fair values of derivative instruments on the Fund’s Statement of Assets and Liabilities, categorized by risk exposure, as of June 30, 2021:

 

   

Asset Derivative

   

Liability Derivative

 
Primary Risk Exposure   Statement of Assets and Liabilities Location   Total Fair
Value
    Statement of Assets and Liabilities Location   Total Fair
Value
 

Equity Risk

     
Futures Contracts   Receivable for variation margin on futures contracts*   $ 53,337     Payable for variation margin on futures contracts*   $ —  

Interest Rate Risk

     
Futures Contracts   Receivable for variation margin on futures contracts*     5,670     Payable for variation margin on futures contracts*     —  

 

*

For futures contracts, the amounts represent the cumulative appreciation/depreciation of these futures contracts as reported in the Schedule of Portfolio Investments. Only current day’s variation margin is reported within the Statement of Assets and Liabilities as variation margin on futures contracts.

The following is a summary of the effect of derivative instruments on the Statement of Operations, categorized by risk exposure, for the period ended June 30, 2021:

 

Primary Risk Exposure   Location of Gains/(Losses)
on Derivatives
Recognized
   Realized Gains/(Losses)
on Derivatives
Recognized
     Change in Net Unrealized
Appreciation/Depreciation on
Derivatives  Recognized
 

Equity Risk

       
Futures Contracts   Net realized gains/(losses) on futures contracts/ Change net in unrealized appreciation/depreciation on futures contracts    $ 413,326      $ (19,960 ) 

Interest Rate Risk

       
Futures Contracts   Net realized gains/(losses) on futures contracts/ Change net in unrealized appreciation/depreciation on futures contracts      (49,230 )       2,733  

3. Fees and Transactions with Affiliates and Other Parties

The Manager provides investment advisory and management services for the Fund. The Manager has contractually agreed to waive fees and reimburse the Fund to limit the annual expenses, excluding interest expense (e.g., cash overdraft fees), taxes, brokerage commissions, acquired fund fees and expenses, other expenditures that are capitalized in accordance with U.S. GAAP and other extraordinary expenses not incurred in the ordinary course of the Fund’s business, based on the daily net assets of the Fund, through April 30, 2022. Expenses incurred for investment advisory and management services are reflected on the Statement of Operations as “Manager fees.”

For the period ended June 30, 2021, the annual rate due to the Manager and the annual expense limit were as follows:

 

        Annual Rate      Annual Expense Limit

AZL MVP DFA Multi-Strategy Fund

         0.20 %          0.15 %

 

*

The Manager waived, prior to any application of expense limit, the management fee to 0.10% on all assets. The Manager reserves the right to increase the management fee to the amount shown in the table above (i.e., discontinue the waiver) at any time after April 30, 2022.

Any amounts contractually waived or reimbursed by the Manager in a particular fiscal year will be subject to repayment by the Fund to the Manager to the extent that from time to time through the next three fiscal years the repayment will not cause the Fund’s expenses to exceed the lesser of the stated limit at the time of the waiver or the current stated limit. Any amounts recouped by the Manager during the period are reflected on the Statement of Operations as “Recoupment of prior expenses reimbursed by the Manager.”

 

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AZL MVP DFA Multi-Strategy Fund

Notes to the Financial Statements

June 30, 2021 (Unaudited)

 

At June 30, 2021, the contractual reimbursements subject to repayment by the Fund in subsequent years were as follows:

 

        Expires
12/31/2021
     Expires
12/31/2022
     Expires
12/31/2023
     Expires
12/31/2024
     Total

AZL MVP DFA Multi-Strategy Fund

       $ 32,488        $ 34,113        $ 42,695        $ 19,644        $ 128,940

In addition, the Manager may voluntarily waive or reimburse additional fees in order to maintain more competitive expense ratios. Any voluntary waivers or reimbursements are not subject to repayment in subsequent years. Information on the total amount waived/reimbursed by the Manager or repaid to the Manager by the Fund during the period can be found on the Statement of Operations.

The Manager or an affiliate of the Manager serves as the investment adviser of certain underlying funds in which the Fund invests. At June 30, 2021, these underlying funds are noted as Affiliated Investment Companies in the Fund’s Schedule of Portfolio Investments. Additional information, including financial statements, about these Funds is available at www.allianzlife.com. The Manager or an affiliate of the Manager is paid a separate fee from the underlying funds for such services. A summary of the Fund’s investments in affiliated investment companies for the period ended June 30, 2021 is as follows:

 

     Value
12/31/2020
  Purchases
at Cost
  Proceeds
from Sales
  Net
Realized
Gains(Losses)
  Change in Net
Unrealized
Appreciation/
Depreciation
  Value
6/30/2021
  Shares
as of
6/30/2021
  Dividend
Income
  Net Realized
Gains Distributions
from Affiliated
Underlying Funds

AZL DFA Five-Year Global Fixed Income Fund

    $ 33,058,413     $ 3,558,021     $ —     $ —     $ (35,978 )     $ 36,580,456       3,794,653     $ —     $ —

AZL DFA International Core Equity Fund

      11,378,232       —       (879,249 )       152,515       1,124,087       11,775,585       955,810       —       —

AZL DFA U.S. Core Equity Fund

      32,291,077       —       (3,021,083 )       875,787       4,511,680       34,657,461       2,023,203       —       —

AZL DFA U.S. Small Cap Fund

      9,441,155       —       (1,606,026 )       346,209       1,813,700       9,995,038       646,092       —       —
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 
    $ 86,168,877     $ 3,558,021     $ (5,506,358 )     $ 1,374,511     $ 7,413,489     $ 93,008,540       7,419,758     $ —     $ —
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Pursuant to separate agreements between the Trust and the Manager, the Manager provides a Chief Compliance Officer (“CCO”) and certain compliance oversight and regulatory filing services to the Trust. Under these agreements, the Manager is entitled to an amount equal to a portion of the compensation and certain other expenses related to the individuals performing the CCO and compliance oversight services, as well as $100 per hour for time incurred in connection with the preparation and filing of certain documents with the SEC. The fees are paid to the Manager on a quarterly basis. The total expenses incurred by the Fund for these services are reflected on the Statement of Operations as “Administrative and compliance services fees.”

Citi Fund Services Ohio, Inc. (“Citi” or the “Administrator”), a wholly owned subsidiary of Citigroup, Inc., with which an officer of the Trust is affiliated, serves as the Trust’s administrator and fund accountant, and assists the Trust in all aspects of its administration and operation. The Administrator is entitled to a fee, accrued daily and paid monthly. The Administrator is entitled to an annual fee for each additional class of shares of any Fund, certain annual fees in supporting fair values services, and a Trust-wide annual fee for providing infrastructure and support in implementing the written policies and procedures comprising the Fund’s compliance program. The Administrator is also reimbursed for certain expenses incurred. The total expenses incurred by the Fund for these services are reflected on the Statement of Operations as “Administration fees.”

FIS Investor Services LLC (“FIS”) serves as the Fund’s transfer agent. Under the Transfer Agent Agreement, the Trust pays FIS a fee for its services and reimburses FIS for all of their reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred in providing these services.

The Bank of New York Mellon (“BNY Mellon” or the “Custodian”) serves as the Trust’s custodian and securities lending agent. For these services as custodian, the Funds pay BNY Mellon a fee based on a percentage of assets held on behalf of the Funds, plus certain out-of-pocket charges.

Allianz Life Financial Services, LLC (“ALFS”), an affiliate of the Manager, serves as distributor of the Fund. ALFS receives an annual Trust-wide annual fee of $7,500, paid by the Manager from its profits and not by the Trust, for recordkeeping and reporting services.

Certain Officers and Trustees of the Trust are affiliated with the Manager or the Administrator. Such Officers (except for the Trust’s CCO as noted above) and Trustees receive no compensation from the Trust for serving in their respective roles. For their service to the Trust and to the Allianz Variable Insurance Products Trust, each non-interested Trustee receives a $191,625 annual Board retainer, the Lead Director receives an additional $37,500, the Chair of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee receives an additional $7,500 annually, the Co-Chairs of the Investment Committee receive $3,750 annually and the Chair of the Audit Committee receives an additional $11,250 annually. In addition, the Trustees are reimbursed for certain expenses associated with attending Board meetings. Compensation to the Trustees is allocated between the Trust and the Allianz Variable Insurance Products Trust in proportion to the assets under management of each trust. During the period ended June 30, 2021, actual Trustee compensation was $702,562 in total for both trusts.

4. Investment Valuation Summary

The valuation techniques employed by the Fund, 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 Fund’s 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, prepayments speeds, credit risk, etc.)

  ●  

Level 3 — significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments)

 

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AZL MVP DFA Multi-Strategy Fund

Notes to the Financial Statements

June 30, 2021 (Unaudited)

 

Changes in valuation techniques may result in transfers in or out of an assigned level within the disclosure hierarchy. The inputs or methodology used for valuing investments is not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those investments.

Investments in other investment companies are valued at their published net asset value (“NAV”). Security prices are generally provided by an independent third party pricing service approved by the Trust’s Board of Trustees (the “Board” or “Trustees”) as of the close of the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) (generally 4:00 pm Eastern Time). The investments utilizing Level 1 valuations represent investments in open-end investment companies. 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.

The following is a summary of the valuation inputs used as of June 30, 2021 in valuing the Fund’s investments based upon the three levels defined above:

Investment Valuation Summary

 

Investment Securities:      Level 1      Level 2      Level 3      Total
                             

Affiliated Investment Companies

       $ 93,008,540        $ —        $ —        $ 93,008,540
      

 

 

        

 

 

        

 

 

        

 

 

 

Total Investment Securities

         93,008,540          —          —          93,008,540
      

 

 

        

 

 

        

 

 

        

 

 

 

Other Financial Instruments:*

                           

Futures Contracts

         59,007          —          —          59,007
      

 

 

        

 

 

        

 

 

        

 

 

 

Total Investments

       $ 93,067,547        $ —        $ —        $ 93,067,547
      

 

 

        

 

 

        

 

 

        

 

 

 

 

*

Other Financial Instruments would include any derivative instruments, such as futures contracts. These investments are generally presented in the financial statements at variation margin.

5. Security Purchases and Sales

For the period ended June 30, 2021, cost of purchases and proceeds from sales of securities (excluding securities maturing less than one year from acquisition) were as follows:

 

        Purchases      Sales

AZL MVP DFA Multi-Strategy Fund

       $ 3,558,021        $ 5,506,359

6. Investment Risks

The risks below are presented in an order intended to facilitate readability. Their order does not imply that the realization of one risk is more likely to occur more frequently than another risk, nor does it imply that the realization of one risk is likely to have a greater adverse impact than another risk.

Derivatives Risk: The Fund may invest directly or through affiliated or unaffiliated mutual funds or unregistered investment pools in derivative instruments such as futures, options, and options on futures. 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 other party to a derivatives contract could default.

Foreign Securities Risk: Investing in the securities of non-U.S. issuers involves a number of risks, such as fluctuations in currency values, adverse political, social or economic developments, and differences in social and economic developments or policies.

Fund of Fund Risk: The Fund, as a shareholder of the underlying funds, indirectly bears its proportionate share of any investment management fees and other expenses of the underlying funds. Further due to the fees and expenses paid by the Fund, as well as small variations in the Fund’s actual allocations to the underlying funds and any futures and cash held in the Fund’s portfolio, the performance and income distributions of the Fund will not be the same as the performance and income distributions of the underlying funds. In addition, the Fund maintains indirect exposure to various types of risk which may exist in the underlying Funds, such as foreign securities risk, fixed income securities risk and other risks.

Interest Rate Risk: Debt securities held by an underlying fund may decline in value due to rising interest rates.

Market Risk: The market price of securities owned by the underlying funds may go up or down, sometimes rapidly and unpredictably. Securities may decline in value due to factors affecting securities markets generally or particular industries represented in the securities markets. The value of a security may decline due to general market conditions that are not specifically related to a particular company, such as real or perceived adverse economic conditions, changes in the general outlook for corporate earnings, changes in interest or currency rates, or adverse investor sentiment, as well as natural disasters, and outbreaks of infectious illnesses or other widespread public health issues.

7. Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic

During the first quarter of 2020, the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 to be a public health emergency. COVID-19 has led to increased short-term market volatility and may have adverse long-term effects on U.S. and world economies and markets in general. COVID-19 may adversely impact the Fund’s ability to achieve its investment objectives. The extent of the impact on the performance of the Fund and its investments will depend on future developments, including the duration and spread of the COVID-19 outbreak, related restrictions and advisories, and the effects on the financial markets and economy overall, all of which are highly uncertain and cannot be predicted.

 

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AZL MVP DFA Multi-Strategy Fund

Notes to the Financial Statements

June 30, 2021 (Unaudited)

 

8. Federal Tax Information

It is the policy of the Fund to continue to qualify as a regulated investment company by complying with the provisions available to certain investment companies, as defined under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code, and to make distributions of net investment income and net realized gains sufficient to relieve it from all, or substantially all, federal income taxes. Accordingly, no provisions for federal income taxes are required in the financial statements.

Management of the Fund has reviewed tax positions taken in tax years that remain subject to examination by all major tax jurisdictions, including federal (i.e., the last four tax year ends and the interim tax period since then, as applicable). Management believes that there is no tax liability resulting from unrecognized tax benefits related to uncertain tax positions taken.

Cost of securities, including derivatives and short positions as applicable, for federal income tax purposes at December 31, 2020 was $74,546,797. The gross unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) on a tax basis was as follows:

 

Unrealized appreciation

  $ 12,588,995

Unrealized (depreciation)

    (966,915 ) 
 

 

 

 

Net unrealized appreciation/(depreciation)

  $ 11,622,080  
 

 

 

 

The tax character of dividends paid to shareholders during the year ended December 31, 2020 was as follows:

 

        Ordinary
Income
    

Net

Long-Term
Capital Gains

     Total
Distributions(a)

AZL MVP DFA Multi-Strategy Fund

       $ 2,866,512        $ 3,417,855        $ 6,284,367

 

(a)

Total distributions paid may differ from the Statements of Changes in Net Assets because dividends are recognized when actually paid for tax purposes.

At December 31, 2020, the components of accumulated earnings on a tax basis were as follows:

 

        Undistributed
Ordinary
Income
     Undistributed
Long-Term
Capital Gains
     Accumulated
Capital and
Other Losses
     Unrealized
Appreciation/
Depreciation(a)
     Total
Accumulated
Earnings/
(Deficit)

AZL MVP DFA Multi-Strategy Fund

       $ 3,153,395        $ 4,017,348        $ —        $ 11,622,080        $ 18,792,823

 

(a)

The difference between book-basis and tax-basis unrealized appreciation/depreciation was attributable primarily to tax deferral of losses on wash sales and mark-to-market of futures contracts.

9. Ownership and Principal Holders

The beneficial ownership, either directly or indirectly, of more than 25% of the voting securities of a fund creates presumptions of control of the fund, under section 2 (a)(9) of the 1940 Act. As of June 30, 2021, the Fund had an individual shareholder account which is affiliated with the Manager representing ownership in excess of 85% of the Fund. Investment activities of these shareholders could have a material impact to the Fund.

10. Subsequent Events

Management of the Fund has evaluated the need for additional disclosures or adjustments resulting from events through the date the financial statements were issued. Based on this evaluation, there were no subsequent events to report that would have material impact on the Fund’s financial statements.

 

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AZL MVP DFA Multi-Strategy Fund

Special Joint Meeting of Shareholders

June 30, 2021 (Unaudited)

 

A special meeting of the Allianz Variable Insurance Products Fund Of Funds Trust’s (the “Trust”) shareholders was held on June 3, 2021. The results of the matters voted upon at the meeting are reported below.

Election of Trustees

To elect seven nominees as Trustees of the Trust to serve until a successor is elected and qualified or until such Trustee dies, resigns, retires, or is removed for election as provided in the governing documents of the Trust. The nominees were Peter R. Burnim, Peggy L. Ettestad, Tamara Lynn Fagely, Richard H. Forde, Claire R. Leonardi, Dickson W. Lewis, and Brian Muench. There was no other Trustee whose term of office as a Trustee continued after the meeting.

 

          FOR   WITHHELD

Peter R. Burnim

  Votes   9,698,300,664.000   461,262,722.733
  % of votes entitled to be cast   95.460%   4.540%

Peggy L. Ettestad

  Votes   9,744,785,844.047   414,777,542.686
  % of votes entitled to be cast   95.917%   4.083%

Tamara Lynn Fagely

  Votes   9,749,721,430.073   409,841,956.660
  % of votes entitled to be cast   95.966%   4.034%

Richard H. Forde

  Votes   9,725,296,590.351   434,266,796.382
  % of votes entitled to be cast   95.726%   4.274%

Claire R. Leonardi

  Votes   9,756,832,186.929   402,731,199.804
  % of votes entitled to be cast   96.036%   3.964%

Dickson W. Lewis

  Votes   9,683,252,333.341   476,311,053.392
  % of votes entitled to be cast   95.312%   4.688%

Brian Muench

  Votes   9,739,692,821.948   419,870,564.785
  % of votes entitled to be cast   95.867%   4.133%

Approve amended fundamental restrictions regarding investments in commodities

To approve that the Trust’s fundamental policies with respect to commodities are replaced with the following: “No Fund may: Purchase or sell commodities except to the extent permitted by the 1940 Act or any rules, exemptions or interpretations thereunder that may be adopted, granted or issued by the SEC.”

 

FUND        FOR   AGAINST   ABSTAIN

AZL MVP FusionSM Balanced Fund

  Votes   724,020,610.631   25,965,700.395   64,480,992.029
  % of votes entitled to be cast   88.895%   3.188%   7.917%

AZL MVP FusionSM Conservative Fund

  Votes   207,849,507.478   7,714,328.807   20,132,965.915
  % of votes entitled to be cast   88.185%   3.273%   8.542%

AZL MVP FusionSM Moderate Fund

  Votes   1,675,644,566.951   51,935,064.499   151,957,164.856
  % of votes entitled to be cast   89.152%   2.763%   8.085%

AZL® Balanced Index Strategy Fund

  Votes   370,109,866.443   8,120,911.689   37,825,978.335
  % of votes entitled to be cast   88.957%   1.952%   9.092%

AZL® MVP Balanced Index Strategy Fund

  Votes   272,508,300.262   8,100,202.921   38,940,957.230
  % of votes entitled to be cast   85.279%   2.535%   12.186%

AZL® MVP Growth Index Strategy Fund

  Votes   2,253,168,549.922   81,030,934.965   243,425,209.080
  % of votes entitled to be cast   87.413%   3.144%   9.444%

AZL® MVP Moderate Index Strategy Fund

  Votes   459,489,269.089   21,433,634.607   44,698,959.196
  % of votes entitled to be cast   87.418%   4.078%   8.504%

AZL® MVP Global Balanced Index Strategy Fund

  Votes   607,120,765.403   28,580,727.312   67,371,200.883
  % of votes entitled to be cast   86.352%   4.065%   9.582%

AZL® DFA Multi-Strategy Fund

  Votes   838,713,716.278   44,467,726.830   71,863,407.006
  % of votes entitled to be cast   87.819%   4.656%   7.525%

AZL® MVP DFA Multi-Strategy Fund

  Votes   82,637,136.168   3,643,849.372   7,250,675.011
  % of votes entitled to be cast   88.352%   3.896%   7.752%

 

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FUND        FOR   AGAINST   ABSTAIN

AZL® MVP Fidelity Institutional Asset Management® Multi-Strategy Fund

  Votes   215,631,261.075   8,954,953.342   29,292,949.884
  % of votes entitled to be cast   84.935%   3.527%   11.538%

AZL® MVP T. Rowe Price Capital Appreciation Plus Fund

  Votes   1,222,126,591.953   56,285,445.413   107,069,305.504
  % of votes entitled to be cast   88.210%   4.063%   7.728%

Approve amended fundamental restrictions regarding borrowing

To approve that the Trust’s fundamental and related non-fundamental policies with respect to borrowing are replaced with the following: “No Fund may: Borrow money, except to the extent permitted by the 1940 Act, or any rules, exemptions or interpretations thereunder that may be adopted, granted or issued by the SEC.”

 

FUND        FOR   AGAINST   ABSTAIN

AZL MVP FusionSM Balanced Fund

  Votes   709,309,612.667   31,798,584.250   73,359,106.138
  % of votes entitled to be cast   87.089%   3.904%   9.007%

AZL MVP FusionSM Conservative Fund

  Votes   210,036,621.710   8,331,208.078   17,328,972.411
  % of votes entitled to be cast   89.113%   3.535%   7.352%

AZL MVP FusionSM Moderate Fund

  Votes   1,642,136,577.503   69,923,524.523   167,476,694.280
  % of votes entitled to be cast   87.369%   3.720%   8.911%

AZL® Balanced Index Strategy Fund

  Votes   371,193,748.544   7,499,541.088   37,363,466.836
  % of votes entitled to be cast   89.217%   1.803%   8.980%

AZL® MVP Balanced Index Strategy Fund

  Votes   269,242,580.863   12,559,386.314   37,747,493.235
  % of votes entitled to be cast   84.257%   3.930%   11.813%

AZL® MVP Growth Index Strategy Fund

  Votes   2,202,090,386.602   118,938,115.278   256,596,192.088
  % of votes entitled to be cast   85.431%   4.614%   9.955%

AZL® MVP Moderate Index Strategy Fund

  Votes   448,098,738.171   33,266,593.465   44,256,531.255
  % of votes entitled to be cast   85.251%   6.329%   8.420%

AZL® MVP Global Balanced Index Strategy Fund

  Votes   609,771,514.679   31,023,055.053   62,278,123.866
  % of votes entitled to be cast   86.729%   4.412%   8.858%

AZL® DFA Multi-Strategy Fund

  Votes   829,772,912.326   48,960,106.404   76,311,831.384
  % of votes entitled to be cast   86.883%   5.126%   7.990%

AZL® MVP DFA Multi-Strategy Fund

  Votes   80,825,430.550   3,740,847.678   8,965,382.323
  % of votes entitled to be cast   86.415%   4.000%   9.585%

AZL® MVP Fidelity Institutional Asset Management® Multi-Strategy Fund

  Votes   211,483,269.699   12,637,803.011   29,758,091.590
  % of votes entitled to be cast   83.301%   4.978%   11.721%

AZL® MVP T. Rowe Price Capital Appreciation Plus Fund

  Votes   1,191,897,700.679   69,546,262.813   124,037,379.379
  % of votes entitled to be cast   86.028%   5.020%   8.953%

 

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Other Information (Unaudited)

A description of the policies and procedures that the Fund uses to determine how to vote proxies relating to portfolio securities is available, without charge, upon request, by visiting the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (‘‘Commission’’) website at www.sec.gov, or by calling 800-624-0197.

Information regarding how the Fund voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30th is available (i) without charge, upon request, by calling 800-624-0197; (ii) on the Trust’s website at https://www.allianzlife.com; and (iii) on the Commission’s website at http://www.sec.gov.

The Fund files complete Schedules of Portfolio Holdings with the Commission for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-PORT. Schedules of Portfolio Holdings for the Fund are available without charge on the Commission’s website at http://www.sec.gov or may be obtained by calling 800-624-0197.

 

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Statement Regarding the Trust’s Liquidity Risk Management Program (Unaudited)

Each series (each such series a “Fund” and, together, the “Funds”) of the Allianz Variable Insurance Products Trust, but not the AZL Government Money Market Fund, and of the Allianz Variable Insurance Products Fund of Funds Trust (each such trust a “Trust” and, together, the “Trusts”) has adopted and implemented a written liquidity risk management program (the “Program”) pursuant to Rule 22e-4 under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “Liquidity Rule”). The Program includes policies and procedures reasonably designed to assess and manage each Fund’s liquidity risk (the “risk that a fund could not meet requests to redeem shares issued by the fund without significant dilution of remaining investors’ interests in the fund”) and to comply with the requirements of the Liquidity Rule, including: (i) assessment, management and periodic review of liquidity risk; (ii) classification of portfolio holdings; (iii) establishment of a highly liquid investment minimum (“HLIM”), as applicable; (iv) limitation of illiquid investments; and (v) redemptions in-kind.

The Board of Trustees of each Fund (together, the “Board”) approved the designation of the individual officers of the Trusts who serve as the administrators of the Program (the “Program Administrators”). The Program Administrators oversee the implementation of the Program, including the monitoring of liquidity and liquidity risk for each Fund on an ongoing basis.

At a meeting of the Board held on February 16, 2021, the Program Administrators provided their annual written report (the “Report”) to the Board addressing the operation of the Program and assessing its adequacy and effectiveness of implementation for the annual period from January 1, 2020 through December 31, 2020 (the “Reporting Period”). This Report included an overview of the operation of the Program, including liquidity events relevant to the Funds, if any, during the Reporting Period and conclusions with respect to the adequacy of the policies and procedures of the Program and the effectiveness of Program implementation. The Report also included a summary of the annual assessment of each Fund’s liquidity risk, which took into account the following factors enumerated in the Liquidity Rule and identified in the Program, as applicable:

1) Each Fund’s investment strategy and liquidity of portfolio investments during both normal and reasonably foreseeable stressed conditions, including: (i) whether the Fund’s investment strategy is appropriate for an open-end fund; (ii) the extent to which the Fund’s strategy involves a relatively concentrated portfolio or large positions in particular issuers; and, as applicable, (iii) the Fund’s use of borrowings for investment purposes; and (iv) the Fund’s use of derivatives;

2) Short-term and long-term cash flow projections during both normal and reasonably foreseeable stressed conditions; and

3) Holdings of cash and cash equivalents, as well as borrowing arrangements and other funding sources.

Based on the information considered, the Report concluded that each Fund continues to have an investment strategy that is appropriate for an open-end fund, and that each Fund is reasonably likely to be able to meet redemption requests without significant dilution of remaining shareholders’ interests in the Fund. There were no material liquidity matters impacting the Funds identified in the Report and the Report concluded that the Program operated effectively during the Reporting Period, including during periods of market volatility and net redemptions.

In accordance with the Program, each Fund’s portfolio investments were classified into one of four liquidity categories as provided in the Liquidity Rule as applicable during the Reporting Period. Liquidity classification determinations take into account a variety of factors including market, trading and investment-specific considerations, as well as market depth in accordance with the requirements of the Liquidity Rule and as specified in the Program, and generally incorporate analysis from a third-party data vendor. The Report reviewed the classification methodology as provided in the Program and noted there were no material issues with respect to liquidity classifications during the Reporting Period.

Pursuant to the Liquidity Rule, no Fund may acquire any illiquid investment if, after the acquisition, the Fund would have invested more than 15% of its assets in illiquid investments that are assets. The Program includes provisions reasonably designed to comply with the 15% limit on illiquid investments. During the Reporting Period, no Fund breached the 15% limit on illiquid investments.

During the Reporting Period, each Fund maintained a designated HLIM. The Report stated that the Program Administrators reviewed each Fund’s HLIM as provided in the Program and concluded that each Fund’s applicable HLIM operated as intended during the Reporting Period and no changes to the HLIM for any Fund were recommended. During the Reporting Period, no Fund fell below its designated HLIM. The Report concluded that the Program includes provisions reasonably designed to comply with the HLIM for each Fund.

The Funds that engage in or reserve the right to redeem in kind have adopted policies and procedures regarding in-kind redemptions as required by the Liquidity Rule.

On the basis of the review, the Report concluded that: (i) the Program remains reasonably designed to manage each Fund’s liquidity risk; (ii) the Program was implemented and operated effectively to achieve the goal of assessing and managing each Fund’s liquidity risk during the Reporting Period; and (iii) each Fund was able to meet requests for redemption without significant dilution of remaining investors in the Fund during the Reporting Period. The Report noted that there were no material changes to the Program during the Reporting Period, and none were recommended by the Program Administrators in connection with the Report.

 

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The Allianz VIP Fund of Funds are distributed by Allianz Life Financial Services, LLC.   
These Funds are not FDIC Insured.    SARRPT0621 08/21


AZL® MVP Fidelity Institutional Asset Management Multi-Strategy Fund

Semi-Annual Report

June 30, 2021

(Unaudited)

 

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Table of Contents

 

Expense Examples and Portfolio Composition

Page 1

Schedule of Portfolio Investments

Page 2

Statement of Assets and Liabilities

Page 3

Statement of Operations

Page 3

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

Page 4

Financial Highlights

Page 5

Notes to the Financial Statements

Page 6

Special Joint Meeting of Shareholders

Page 11

Other Information

Page 13

Statement Regarding the Trust’s Liquidity Risk Management Program

Page 14

 

This report is submitted for the general information of the shareholder of the Fund. The report is not authorized for distribution to prospective investors in the Fund unless preceded or accompanied by an effective prospectus, which contains details concerning the sales charges and other pertinent information.


AZL MVP Fidelity Institutional Asset Management (“FIAM”) Multi-Strategy Fund

Expense Examples

(Unaudited)

 

As a shareholder of the AZL MVP FIAM Multi-Strategy Fund (the “Fund”), you incur ongoing costs, including management fees, distribution fees, and other Fund expenses. These examples are intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds. Please note that the expenses shown in each table do not reflect expenses that apply to the subaccount or the insurance contract. If the expenses that apply to the subaccount or the insurance contract were included, your costs would have been higher.

These examples are based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the periods presented below.

The Actual Expense table below provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information below, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the table under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During Period” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period.

 

     Beginning
Account Value
1/1/21
  Ending
Account Value
6/30/21
  Expenses Paid
During Period
1/1/21 - 6/30/21*
  Annualized Expense
Ratio During Period
1/1/21 - 6/30/21

AZL MVP FIAM Multi-Strategy Fund

    $ 1,000.00     $ 1,063.80     $ 0.72       0.14 %

The Hypothetical Expense table below provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Fund’s actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of other funds.

 

     Beginning
Account Value
1/1/21
  Ending
Account Value
6/30/21
  Expenses Paid
During Period
1/1/21 - 6/30/21*
  Annualized Expense
Ratio During Period
1/1/21 - 6/30/21

AZL MVP FIAM Multi-Strategy Fund

    $ 1,000.00     $ 1,024.10     $ 0.70       0.14 %

 

*

Expenses are equal to the average account value multiplied by the Fund’s annualized expense ratio multiplied by 181/365 (the number of days in the most recent fiscal half-year divided by the number of days in the fiscal year).

Portfolio Composition

(Unaudited)

 

Investments   Percent of Net Assets

Balanced Fund

      95.2 %
   

 

 

 

Total Investment Securities

      95.2

Net other assets (liabilities)

      4.8
   

 

 

 

Net Assets

      100.0 %
   

 

 

 

 

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AZL MVP FIAM Multi-Strategy Fund

Schedule of Portfolio Investments

June 30, 2021 (Unaudited)

 

Shares            Value  
Affiliated Investment Company (95.2%):       
Balanced Fund (95.2%):  
  16,048,243      AZL Fidelity Institutional Asset Management Multi-Strategy Fund, Class 2    $ 247,463,914  
     

 

 

 
 

Total Affiliated Investment Company (Cost $199,970,921)

     247,463,914  
  

 

 

 
 

Total Investment Securities (Cost $199,970,921) — 95.2%

     247,463,914  
 

Net other assets (liabilities) — 4.8%

     12,571,981  
  

 

 

 
 

Net Assets — 100.0%

   $ 260,035,895  
  

 

 

 

Percentages indicated are based on net assets as of June 30, 2021.

 

Futures Contracts

At June 30, 2021, the Fund’s open futures contracts were as follows:

Long Futures

 

Description    Expiration
Date
     Number of
Contracts
     Notional
Amount
     Value and
Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
 

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

     9/17/21        24      $ 5,146,320      $ 95,367  

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

     9/21/21        58        7,685,000        23,489  
           

 

 

 
            $ 118,856  
           

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to the financial statements.

 

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AZL MVP FIAM Multi-Strategy Fund

 

Statement of Assets and Liabilities

June 30, 2021

(Unaudited)

 

Assets:

   

Investments in affiliates, at cost

    $ 199,970,921
   

 

 

 

Investments in affiliates, at value

    $ 247,463,914

Cash

      532,119

Deposit at broker for futures contracts collateral

      13,020,643

Interest and dividends receivable

      169

Prepaid expenses

      642
   

 

 

 

Total Assets

      261,017,487
   

 

 

 

Liabilities:

   

Payable for affiliated investments purchased

      532,118

Payable for capital shares redeemed

      410,548

Manager fees payable

      20,990

Administration fees payable

      6,078

Custodian fees payable

      137

Administrative and compliance services fees payable

      415

Transfer agent fees payable

      784

Trustee fees payable

      2,095

Other accrued liabilities

      8,427
   

 

 

 

Total Liabilities

      981,592
   

 

 

 

Net Assets

    $ 260,035,895
   

 

 

 

Net Assets Consist of:

   

Paid in capital

    $ 218,177,296

Total distributable earnings

      41,858,599
   

 

 

 

Net Assets

    $ 260,035,895
   

 

 

 

Shares of beneficial interest (unlimited number of shares authorized, no par value)

      18,807,344

Net Asset Value (offering and redemption price per share)

    $ 13.83
   

 

 

 

Statement of Operations

For the Six Months Ended June 30, 2021

(Unaudited)

 

Investment Income:

   

Interest

    $ 1,381

Dividends from non-affiliates

      1
   

 

 

 

Total Investment Income

      1,382
   

 

 

 

Expenses:

   

Manager fees

      125,878

Administration fees

      29,721

Custodian fees

      639

Administrative and compliance services fees

      1,885

Transfer agent fees

      2,774

Trustee fees

      6,759

Professional fees

      5,446

Shareholder reports

      5,096

Other expenses

      1,593
   

 

 

 

Net expenses

      179,791
   

 

 

 

Net Investment Income/(Loss)

      (178,409 )
   

 

 

 

Net realized and Change in net unrealized gains/losses on investments:

   

Net realized gains/(losses) on affiliated underlying funds

      1,542,379

Net realized gains/(losses) on futures contracts

      (80,640 )

Change in net unrealized appreciation/depreciation on affiliated underlying funds

      14,569,794

Change in net unrealized appreciation/depreciation on futures contracts

      (12,895 )
   

 

 

 

Net realized and Change in net unrealized gains/losses on investments

      16,018,638
   

 

 

 

Change in Net Assets Resulting From Operations

    $ 15,840,229
   

 

 

 
 

 

See accompanying notes to the financial statements.

 

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AZL MVP FIAM Multi-Strategy Fund

 

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 

     For the
Six Months Ended
June 30, 2021
  For the
Year Ended
December 31, 2020
    (Unaudited)    

Change In Net Assets:

       

Operations:

       

Net investment income/(loss)

    $ (178,409 )     $ 5,442,194

Net realized gains/(losses) on investments

      1,461,739       (4,983,951 )

Change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation on investments

      14,556,899       16,071,770
   

 

 

     

 

 

 

Change in net assets resulting from operations

      15,840,229       16,530,013
   

 

 

     

 

 

 

Distributions to Shareholders:

       

Distributions

      —       (6,705,233 )
   

 

 

     

 

 

 

Change in net assets resulting from distributions to shareholders

      —       (6,705,233 )
   

 

 

     

 

 

 

Capital Transactions:

       

Proceeds from shares issued

      3,040,073       7,217,662

Proceeds from dividends reinvested

      —       6,705,234

Value of shares redeemed

      (13,762,609 )       (34,192,310 )
   

 

 

     

 

 

 

Change in net assets resulting from capital transactions

      (10,722,536 )       (20,269,414 )
   

 

 

     

 

 

 

Change in net assets

      5,117,693       (10,444,634 )

Net Assets:

       

Beginning of period

      254,918,202       265,362,836
   

 

 

     

 

 

 

End of period

    $ 260,035,895     $ 254,918,202
   

 

 

     

 

 

 

Share Transactions:

       

Shares issued

      227,218       572,574

Dividends reinvested

      —       538,573

Shares redeemed

      (1,024,356 )       (2,791,887 )
   

 

 

     

 

 

 

Change in shares

      (797,138 )       (1,680,740 )
   

 

 

     

 

 

 

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

 

See accompanying notes to the financial statements.

 

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AZL MVP FIAM Multi-Strategy Fund

Financial Highlights

(Selected data for a share of beneficial interest outstanding throughout the periods indicated)

 

     Six Months
Ended
June 30, 2021
  Year Ended
December 31,
2020
  Year Ended
December 31,
2019
  Year Ended
December 31,
2018
  Year Ended
December 31,
2017
  Year Ended
December 31,
2016
    (Unaudited)                    

Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period

    $ 13.00     $ 12.47     $ 11.17     $ 11.81     $ 10.79     $ 11.33
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Investment Activities:

                       

Net Investment Income/(Loss)

      (0.01 )(a)       0.27 (a)       0.27 (a)       0.28       — (b)       0.15

Net Realized and Unrealized Gains/(Losses) on Investments

      0.84       0.61       1.52       (0.52 )       1.17       (0.07 )
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total from Investment Activities

      0.83       0.88       1.79       (0.24 )       1.17       0.08
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Distributions to Shareholders From:

                       

Net Investment Income

      —       (0.35 )       (0.49 )       (0.40 )       (0.15 )       (0.45 )

Net Realized Gains

      —       —       —       —       —       (0.17 )

Total Dividends

      —       (0.35 )       (0.49 )       (0.40 )       (0.15 )       (0.62 )
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net Asset Value, End of Period

    $ 13.83     $ 13.00     $ 12.47     $ 11.17     $ 11.81     $ 10.79
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total Return(c)

      6.38 %(d)       7.16 %       16.25 %       (2.14 )%       10.93 %       0.82 %

Ratios to Average Net Assets/Supplemental Data:

                       

Net Assets, End of Period (000’s)

    $ 260,036     $ 254,918     $ 265,363     $ 245,936     $ 274,843     $ 287,156

Net Investment Income/(Loss)(e)

      (0.14 )%       2.19 %       2.24 %       2.12 %       (0.09 )%       1.25 %

Expenses Before Reductions*(e)(f)

      0.14 %       0.15 %       0.14 %       0.14 %       0.13 %       0.13 %

Expenses Net of Reductions*(e)

      0.14 %       0.15 %       0.14 %       0.14 %       0.13 %       0.13 %

Portfolio Turnover Rate

      — (b)(d)       6 %       7 %       7 %       4 %       4 %

 

*

The expense ratios exclude the impact of fees/expenses paid by each underlying fund.

 

(a)

Calculated using the average shares method.

 

(b)

Represents less than $0.005 or 0.5%.

 

(c)

The returns include reinvested dividends and fund level expenses, but exclude insurance contract charges. If these charges were included, the returns would have been lower.

 

(d)

Not annualized for periods less than one year.

 

(e)

Annualized for periods less than one year.

 

(f)

Excludes fee reductions. If such fee reductions had not occurred, the ratios would have been as indicated.

 

See accompanying notes to the financial statements.

 

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AZL MVP FIAM Multi-Strategy Fund  

Notes to the Financial Statements

June 30, 2021 (Unaudited)

 

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 an 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, and follows the investment company accounting and reporting guidance under Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Topic 946 “Financial Services — Investment Companies”. The Trust consists of 12 separate investment portfolios (collectively, the “Funds”), of which one is included in this report, the AZL MVP FIAM Multi-Strategy Fund (the “Fund”), and 11 are presented in separate reports. The Fund is a diversified series of the Trust.

The Fund is a “fund of funds”, which means that the Fund invests primarily in other mutual funds (the “Underlying Funds”). Underlying Funds invest in stock, 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 Fund will adjust its asset allocation as it seeks to achieve its investment objective.

The Trust is authorized to issue an unlimited number of shares of the Fund without par value. Shares of the Fund are available through the variable annuity contracts offered through the separate accounts of participating insurance companies. Currently, the Fund only offers its 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 Fund. In addition, in the normal course of business, the Fund may enter into contracts with its vendors and others that provide for general indemnifications. The Fund’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown, as this would involve future claims that may be made against the Fund. However, based on experience, the Fund expects that risk of loss to be remote.

2. Significant Accounting Policies

The following is a summary of significant accounting policies followed by the Fund in the preparation of its financial statements. The policies conform with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“U.S. GAAP”). The preparation of financial statements requires management to make certain estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of increases and decreases in net assets from operations during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

Security Valuation

The Fund records its 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 and Investment Income

Investment transactions are accounted for on trade date. Net realized gains and losses on investments sold and on foreign currency transactions are recorded on the basis of identified cost. Interest income is recorded on the accrual basis and includes, where applicable, the amortization of premiums or accretion of discounts. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date except in the case of foreign securities, in which case dividends are recorded as soon as such information becomes available.

Distributions to Shareholders

Distributions to shareholders are recorded on the ex-dividend date. The Fund distributes its dividends from net investment income and net realized capital gains, if any, on an annual basis. The amount of distributions from net investment income and from net realized gains is determined in accordance with federal income tax regulations, which may differ from U.S. GAAP. These “book/tax” differences are either temporary or permanent in nature. To the extent these differences are permanent in nature (e.g., return of capital, net operating loss, reclassification of certain market discounts, gain/loss, paydowns, and distributions), such amounts are reclassified within the composition of net assets based on their federal tax-basis treatment; temporary differences (e.g., wash sales and differing treatment on certain investments) do not require reclassification. Distributions to shareholders that exceed net investment income and net realized gains for tax purposes are reported as distributions of capital.

Expense Allocation

Expenses directly attributable to the Fund are charged directly to the Fund, while expenses attributable to more than one Fund are allocated among the respective Funds based upon relative net assets or some other reasonable method. Expenses which are attributable to more than one Trust are allocated across the Allianz Variable Insurance Products and Allianz Variable Insurance Products Fund of Funds Trusts based upon relative net assets or another reasonable basis. Allianz Investment Management LLC (the “Manager”), serves as the investment manager for the Trust and the Allianz Variable Insurance Products Trust.

Affiliated Securities Transactions

Pursuant to Rule 17a-7 under the 1940 Act (the “Rule”), the Fund may engage in securities transactions with affiliated investment companies and advisory accounts managed by the Manager. Any such purchase or sale transaction must be effected without a brokerage commission or other remuneration, except for customary transfer fees. The transaction must be effected at the current market price, which is either the security’s last sale price on an exchange or, if there are no transactions in the security that day, at the average of the highest bid and lowest asked price. During the period ended June 30, 2021, the Fund did not engage in any Rule 17a-7 transactions under the Rule.

Derivative Instruments

All open derivative positions at period end are reflected on the Fund’s Schedule of Portfolio Investments. The following is a description of the derivative instruments utilized by the Fund, including the primary underlying risk exposures related to each instrument type. The 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,

 

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AZL MVP FIAM Multi-Strategy Fund

Notes to the Financial Statements

June 30, 2021 (Unaudited)

 

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 Fund’s derivative positions could exceed 20% of the Fund’s value. The Fund may also use futures to gain equity exposure and may hold cash as a buffer in the event of market shocks.

Futures Contracts

During the period ended June 30, 2021, the Fund invested in futures contracts to reduce volatility and limit the need to decrease or increase allocations to underlying funds. Futures contracts are valued based upon their quoted daily settlement prices. Upon entering into a futures contract, the Fund is 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”), if any, is recorded by the Fund. 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 disclosed in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. 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. For the period ended June 30, 2021, the monthly average notional amount for long contracts was $11.8 million, and the monthly average notional amount for short contracts was $0.1 million. Realized gains and losses are reported as “Net realized gains/(losses) on futures contracts” on the Statement of Operations.

Summary of Derivative Instruments

The following is a summary of the fair values of derivative instruments on the Fund’s Statement of Assets and Liabilities, categorized by risk exposure, as of June 30, 2021:

 

   

Asset Derivative

   

Liability Derivative

 
Primary Risk Exposure   Statement of Assets and Liabilities Location   Total Fair
Value
    Statement of Assets and Liabilities Location   Total Fair
Value
 

Equity Risk

     
Futures Contracts   Receivable for variation margin on futures contracts*   $ 95,367     Payable for variation margin on futures contracts*   $ —  

Interest Rate Risk

     
Futures Contracts   Receivable for variation margin on futures contracts*     23,489     Payable for variation margin on futures contracts*     —  

 

*

For futures contracts, the amounts represent the cumulative appreciation/depreciation of these futures contracts as reported in the Schedule of Portfolio Investments. Only current day’s variation margin is reported within the Statement of Assets and Liabilities as variation margin on futures contracts.

The following is a summary of the effect of derivative instruments on the Statement of Operations, categorized by risk exposure, for the period ended June 30, 2021:

 

Primary Risk Exposure   Location of Gains/(Losses)
on Derivatives
Recognized
   Realized Gains/(Losses)
on Derivatives
Recognized
     Change in Net Unrealized
Appreciation/Depreciation on
Derivatives  Recognized
 

Equity Risk

     
Futures Contracts   Net realized gains/(losses) on futures contracts/ Change net in unrealized appreciation/depreciation on futures contracts    $ 126,337      $ (25,292 ) 

Interest Rate Risk

     
Futures Contracts   Net realized gains/(losses) on futures contracts/ Change net in unrealized appreciation/depreciation on futures contracts      (206,977 )       12,397  

3. Fees and Transactions with Affiliates and Other Parties

The Manager provides investment advisory and management services for the Fund. The Manager has contractually agreed to waive fees and reimburse the Fund to limit the annual expenses, excluding interest expense (e.g., cash overdraft fees), taxes, brokerage commissions, acquired fund fees and expenses, other expenditures that are capitalized in accordance with U.S. GAAP and other extraordinary expenses not incurred in the ordinary course of the Fund’s business, based on the daily net assets of the Fund, through April 30, 2022. Expenses incurred for investment advisory and management services are reflected on the Statement of Operations as “Manager fees.”

For the period ended June 30, 2021, the annual rate due to the Manager and the annual expense limit were as follows:

 

        Annual Rate      Annual Expense Limit

AZL MVP FIAM Multi-Strategy Fund

         0.10 %          0.15 %

Any amounts contractually waived or reimbursed by the Manager in a particular fiscal year will be subject to repayment by the Fund to the Manager to the extent that from time to time through the next three fiscal years the repayment will not cause the Fund’s expenses to exceed the lesser of the stated limit at the time of the waiver or the current stated limit. Any amounts recouped by the Manager during the period are reflected on the Statement of Operations as “Recoupment of prior expenses reimbursed by the Manager.” At June 30, 2021, there were no remaining contractual reimbursements subject to repayment by the Fund in subsequent years.

 

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AZL MVP FIAM Multi-Strategy Fund

Notes to the Financial Statements

June 30, 2021 (Unaudited)

 

In addition, the Manager may voluntarily waive or reimburse additional fees in order to maintain more competitive expense ratios. Any voluntary waivers or reimbursements are not subject to repayment in subsequent years. Information on the total amount waived/reimbursed by the Manager or repaid to the Manager by the Fund during the period can be found on the Statement of Operations. During the period ended June 30, 2021, there were no voluntary waivers.

The Manager or an affiliate of the Manager serves as the investment adviser of certain underlying funds in which the Fund invests. At June 30, 2021, these underlying funds are noted as Affiliated Investment Companies in the Fund’s Schedule of Portfolio Investments. Additional information, including financial statements, about these Funds is available at www.allianzlife.com. The Manager or an affiliate of the Manager is paid a separate fee from the underlying funds for such services. A summary of the Fund’s investments in affiliated investment companies for the period ended June 30, 2021 is as follows:

 

     Value
12/31/2020
  Purchases
at Cost
  Proceeds
from Sales
  Net
Realized
Gains(Losses)
  Change in Net
Unrealized
Appreciation/
Depreciation
  Value
6/30/2021
 

Shares

as of
6/30/2021

  Dividend
Income
  Net Realized
Gains Distributions
from Affiliated
Underlying Funds

AZL FIAM Multi-Strategy Fund, Class 2

    $ 243,094,799     $ 1,050,583     $ (12,793,640 )     $ 1,542,379     $ 14,569,793     $ 247,463,914       16,048,243     $ —     $ —
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 
    $ 243,094,799     $ 1,050,583     $ (12,793,640 )     $ 1,542,379     $ 14,569,793     $ 247,463,914       16,048,243     $ —     $ —
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Pursuant to separate agreements between the Trust and the Manager, the Manager provides a Chief Compliance Officer (“CCO”) and certain compliance oversight and regulatory filing services to the Trust. Under these agreements, the Manager is entitled to an amount equal to a portion of the compensation and certain other expenses related to the individuals performing the CCO and compliance oversight services, as well as $100 per hour for time incurred in connection with the preparation and filing of certain documents with the SEC. The fees are paid to the Manager on a quarterly basis. The total expenses incurred by the Fund for these services are reflected on the Statement of Operations as “Administrative and compliance services fees.”

Citi Fund Services Ohio, Inc. (“Citi” or the “Administrator”), a wholly owned subsidiary of Citigroup, Inc., with which an officer of the Trust is affiliated, serves as the Trust’s administrator and fund accountant, and assists the Trust in all aspects of its administration and operation. The Administrator is entitled to a fee, accrued daily and paid monthly. The Administrator is entitled to an annual fee for each additional class of shares of any Fund, certain annual fees in supporting fair values services, and a Trust-wide annual fee for providing infrastructure and support in implementing the written policies and procedures comprising the Fund’s compliance program. The Administrator is also reimbursed for certain expenses incurred. The total expenses incurred by the Fund for these services are reflected on the Statement of Operations as “Administration fees.”

FIS Investor Services LLC (“FIS”) serves as the Fund’s transfer agent. Under the Transfer Agent Agreement, the Trust pays FIS a fee for its services and reimburses FIS for all of their reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred in providing these services.

The Bank of New York Mellon (“BNY Mellon” or the “Custodian”) serves as the Trust’s custodian and securities lending agent. For these services as custodian, the Funds pay BNY Mellon a fee based on a percentage of assets held on behalf of the Funds, plus certain out-of-pocket charges.

Allianz Life Financial Services, LLC (“ALFS”), an affiliate of the Manager, serves as distributor of the Fund. ALFS receives an annual Trust-wide annual fee of $7,500, paid by the Manager from its profits and not by the Trust, for recordkeeping and reporting services.

Certain Officers and Trustees of the Trust are affiliated with the Manager or the Administrator. Such Officers (except for the Trust’s CCO as noted above) and Trustees receive no compensation from the Trust for serving in their respective roles. For their service to the Trust and to the Allianz Variable Insurance Products Trust, each non-interested Trustee receives a $191,625 annual Board retainer, the Lead Director receives an additional $37,500, the Chair of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee receives an additional $7,500 annually, the Co-Chairs of the Investment Committee receive $3,750 annually and the Chair of the Audit Committee receives an additional $11,250 annually. In addition, the Trustees are reimbursed for certain expenses associated with attending Board meetings. Compensation to the Trustees is allocated between the Trust and the Allianz Variable Insurance Products Trust in proportion to the assets under management of each trust. During the period ended June 30, 2021, actual Trustee compensation was $702,562 in total for both trusts.

4. Investment Valuation Summary

The valuation techniques employed by the Fund, 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 Fund’s 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, prepayments speeds, credit risk, etc.)

  ●  

Level 3 — significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund’s 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 inputs or methodology used for valuing investments is not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those investments.

Investments in other investment companies are valued at their published net asset value (“NAV”). Security prices are generally provided by an independent third party pricing service approved by the Trust’s Board of Trustees (the “Board” or “Trustees”) as of the close of the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) (generally 4:00 pm Eastern Time). The investments utilizing Level 1 valuations represent investments in open-end investment companies. 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.

 

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AZL MVP FIAM Multi-Strategy Fund

Notes to the Financial Statements

June 30, 2021 (Unaudited)

 

The following is a summary of the valuation inputs used as of June 30, 2021 in valuing the Fund’s investments based upon the three levels defined above:

 

Investment Securities:      Level 1      Level 2      Level 3      Total

Affiliated Investment Company

       $ 247,463,914        $ —        $ —        $ 247,463,914
      

 

 

        

 

 

        

 

 

        

 

 

 

Total Investment Securities

         247,463,914          —          —          247,463,914
      

 

 

        

 

 

        

 

 

        

 

 

 

Other Financial Instruments:*

                           

Futures Contracts

         118,856          —          —          118,856
      

 

 

        

 

 

        

 

 

        

 

 

 

Total Investments

       $ 247,582,770        $ —        $ —        $ 247,582,770
      

 

 

        

 

 

        

 

 

        

 

 

 

 

*

Other Financial Instruments would include any derivative instruments, such as futures contracts. These investments are generally presented in the financial statements at variation margin.

5. Security Purchases and Sales

For the period ended June 30, 2021, cost of purchases and proceeds from sales of securities (excluding securities maturing less than one year from acquisition) were as follows:

 

        Purchases      Sales

AZL MVP FIAM Multi-Strategy Fund

       $ 1,050,583        $ 12,793,640

6. Investment Risks

The risks below are presented in an order intended to facilitate readability. Their order does not imply that the realization of one risk is more likely to occur more frequently than another risk, nor does it imply that the realization of one risk is likely to have a greater adverse impact than another risk.

Derivatives Risk: The Fund may invest directly or through affiliated or unaffiliated mutual funds or unregistered investment pools in derivative instruments such as futures, options, and options on futures. 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 other party to a derivatives contract could default.

Foreign Securities Risk: Investing in the securities of non-U.S. issuers involves a number of risks, such as fluctuations in currency values, adverse political, social or economic developments, and differences in social and economic developments or policies.

Fund of Fund Risk: The Fund, as a shareholder of the underlying funds, indirectly bears its proportionate share of any investment management fees and other expenses of the underlying funds. Further due to the fees and expenses paid by the Fund, as well as small variations in the Fund’s actual allocations to the underlying funds and any futures and cash held in the Fund’s portfolio, the performance and income distributions of the Fund will not be the same as the performance and income distributions of the underlying funds. In addition, the Fund maintains indirect exposure to various types of risk which may exist in the underlying Funds, such as foreign securities risk, fixed income securities risk and other risks.

Interest Rate Risk: Debt securities held by an underlying fund may decline in value due to rising interest rates.

Market Risk: The market price of securities owned by the underlying funds may go up or down, sometimes rapidly and unpredictably. Securities may decline in value due to factors affecting securities markets generally or particular industries represented in the securities markets. The value of a security may decline due to general market conditions that are not specifically related to a particular company, such as real or perceived adverse economic conditions, changes in the general outlook for corporate earnings, changes in interest or currency rates, or adverse investor sentiment, as well as natural disasters, and outbreaks of infectious illnesses or other widespread public health issues.

7. Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic

During the first quarter of 2020, the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 to be a public health emergency. COVID-19 has led to increased short-term market volatility and may have adverse long-term effects on U.S. and world economies and markets in general. COVID-19 may adversely impact the Fund’s ability to achieve its investment objectives. The extent of the impact on the performance of the Fund and its investments will depend on future developments, including the duration and spread of the COVID-19 outbreak, related restrictions and advisories, and the effects on the financial markets and economy overall, all of which are highly uncertain and cannot be predicted.

8. Federal Tax Information

It is the policy of the Fund to continue to qualify as a regulated investment company by complying with the provisions available to certain investment companies, as defined under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code, and to make distributions of net investment income and net realized gains sufficient to relieve it from all, or substantially all, federal income taxes. Accordingly, no provisions for federal income taxes are required in the financial statements.

Management of the Fund has reviewed tax positions taken in tax years that remain subject to examination by all major tax jurisdictions, including federal (i.e., the last four tax year ends and the interim tax period since then, as applicable). Management believes that there is no tax liability resulting from unrecognized tax benefits related to uncertain tax positions taken.

 

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AZL MVP FIAM Multi-Strategy Fund

Notes to the Financial Statements

June 30, 2021 (Unaudited)

 

Cost of securities, including derivatives and short positions as applicable, for federal income tax purposes at December 31, 2020 was $213,259,821. The gross unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) on a tax basis was as follows:

 

Unrealized appreciation

  $ 29,834,978  

Unrealized (depreciation)

    —  
 

 

 

 

Net unrealized appreciation/(depreciation)

  $ 29,834,978  
 

 

 

 

The tax character of dividends paid to shareholders during the year ended December 31, 2020, was as follows:

 

        Ordinary
Income
     Net
Long-Term
Capital Gains
     Total
Distributions(a)

AZL MVP FIAM Multi-Strategy Fund

       $ 6,705,233        $ —        $ 6,705,233

 

(a)

Total distributions paid may differ from the Statements of Changes in Net Assets because dividends are recognized when actually paid for tax purposes.

At December 31, 2020, the components of accumulated earnings on a tax basis were as follows:

 

        Undistributed
Ordinary
Income
     Undistributed
Long-Term
Capital Gains
     Accumulated
Capital and
Other Losses
     Unrealized
Appreciation/
Depreciation(a)
     Total
Accumulated
Earnings/
(Deficit)

AZL MVP FIAM Multi-Strategy Fund

       $ 6,339,696        $ 8,794,926        $ —        $ 29,834,978        $ 44,969,600

 

(a)

The difference between book-basis and tax-basis unrealized appreciation/depreciation was attributable primarily to tax deferral of losses on wash sales, straddles and mark-to-market of futures contracts.

9. Ownership and Principal Holders

The beneficial ownership, either directly or indirectly, of more than 25% of the voting securities of a fund creates presumptions of control of the fund, under section 2 (a)(9) of the 1940 Act. As of June 30, 2021, the Fund had an individual shareholder account which is affiliated with the Manager representing ownership in excess of 85% of the Fund. Investment activities of these shareholders could have a material impact to the Fund.

10. Subsequent Events

Management of the Fund has evaluated the need for additional disclosures or adjustments resulting from events through the date the financial statements were issued. Based on this evaluation, there were no subsequent events to report that would have material impact on the Fund’s financial statements.

 

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AZL MVP FIAM Multi-Strategy Fund

Special Joint Meeting of Shareholders

June 30, 2021 (Unaudited)

 

A special meeting of the Allianz Variable Insurance Products Fund Of Funds Trust’s (the “Trust”) shareholders was held on June 3, 2021. The results of the matters voted upon at the meeting are reported below.

Election of Trustees

To elect seven nominees as Trustees of the Trust to serve until a successor is elected and qualified or until such Trustee dies, resigns, retires, or is removed for election as provided in the governing documents of the Trust. The nominees were Peter R. Burnim, Peggy L. Ettestad, Tamara Lynn Fagely, Richard H. Forde, Claire R. Leonardi, Dickson W. Lewis, and Brian Muench. There was no other Trustee whose term of office as a Trustee continued after the meeting.

 

          FOR   WITHHELD

Peter R. Burnim

  Votes   9,698,300,664.000   461,262,722.733
  % of votes entitled to be cast   95.460%   4.540%

Peggy L. Ettestad

  Votes   9,744,785,844.047   414,777,542.686
  % of votes entitled to be cast   95.917%   4.083%

Tamara Lynn Fagely

  Votes   9,749,721,430.073   409,841,956.660
  % of votes entitled to be cast   95.966%   4.034%

Richard H. Forde

  Votes   9,725,296,590.351   434,266,796.382
  % of votes entitled to be cast   95.726%   4.274%

Claire R. Leonardi

  Votes   9,756,832,186.929   402,731,199.804
  % of votes entitled to be cast   96.036%   3.964%

Dickson W. Lewis

  Votes   9,683,252,333.341   476,311,053.392
  % of votes entitled to be cast   95.312%   4.688%

Brian Muench

  Votes   9,739,692,821.948   419,870,564.785
  % of votes entitled to be cast   95.867%   4.133%

Approve amended fundamental restrictions regarding investments in commodities

To approve that the Trust’s fundamental policies with respect to commodities are replaced with the following: “No Fund may: Purchase or sell commodities except to the extent permitted by the 1940 Act or any rules, exemptions or interpretations thereunder that may be adopted, granted or issued by the SEC.”

 

FUND        FOR   AGAINST   ABSTAIN

AZL MVP FusionSM Balanced Fund

  Votes   724,020,610.631   25,965,700.395   64,480,992.029
  % of votes entitled to be cast   88.895%   3.188%   7.917%

AZL MVP FusionSM Conservative Fund

  Votes   207,849,507.478   7,714,328.807   20,132,965.915
  % of votes entitled to be cast   88.185%   3.273%   8.542%

AZL MVP FusionSM Moderate Fund

  Votes   1,675,644,566.951   51,935,064.499   151,957,164.856
  % of votes entitled to be cast   89.152%   2.763%   8.085%

AZL® Balanced Index Strategy Fund

  Votes   370,109,866.443   8,120,911.689   37,825,978.335
  % of votes entitled to be cast   88.957%   1.952%   9.092%

AZL® MVP Balanced Index Strategy Fund

  Votes   272,508,300.262   8,100,202.921   38,940,957.230
  % of votes entitled to be cast   85.279%   2.535%   12.186%

AZL® MVP Growth Index Strategy Fund

  Votes   2,253,168,549.922   81,030,934.965   243,425,209.080
  % of votes entitled to be cast   87.413%   3.144%   9.444%

AZL® MVP Moderate Index Strategy Fund

  Votes   459,489,269.089   21,433,634.607   44,698,959.196
  % of votes entitled to be cast   87.418%   4.078%   8.504%

AZL® MVP Global Balanced Index Strategy Fund

  Votes   607,120,765.403   28,580,727.312   67,371,200.883
  % of votes entitled to be cast   86.352%   4.065%   9.582%

AZL® DFA Multi-Strategy Fund

  Votes   838,713,716.278   44,467,726.830   71,863,407.006
  % of votes entitled to be cast   87.819%   4.656%   7.525%

 

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FUND        FOR   AGAINST   ABSTAIN

AZL® MVP DFA Multi-Strategy Fund

  Votes   82,637,136.168   3,643,849.372   7,250,675.011
  % of votes entitled to be cast   88.352%   3.896%   7.752%

AZL® MVP Fidelity Institutional Asset Management® Multi-Strategy Fund

  Votes   215,631,261.075   8,954,953.342   29,292,949.884
  % of votes entitled to be cast   84.935%   3.527%   11.538%

AZL® MVP T. Rowe Price Capital Appreciation Plus Fund

  Votes   1,222,126,591.953   56,285,445.413   107,069,305.504
  % of votes entitled to be cast   88.210%   4.063%   7.728%

Approve amended fundamental restrictions regarding borrowing

To approve that the Trust’s fundamental and related non-fundamental policies with respect to borrowing are replaced with the following: “No Fund may: Borrow money, except to the extent permitted by the 1940 Act, or any rules, exemptions or interpretations thereunder that may be adopted, granted or issued by the SEC.”

 

FUND        FOR   AGAINST   ABSTAIN

AZL MVP FusionSM Balanced Fund

  Votes   709,309,612.667   31,798,584.250   73,359,106.138
  % of votes entitled to be cast   87.089%   3.904%   9.007%

AZL MVP FusionSM Conservative Fund

  Votes   210,036,621.710   8,331,208.078   17,328,972.411
  % of votes entitled to be cast   89.113%   3.535%   7.352%

AZL MVP FusionSM Moderate Fund

  Votes   1,642,136,577.503   69,923,524.523   167,476,694.280
  % of votes entitled to be cast   87.369%   3.720%   8.911%

AZL® Balanced Index Strategy Fund

  Votes   371,193,748.544   7,499,541.088   37,363,466.836
  % of votes entitled to be cast   89.217%   1.803%   8.980%

AZL® MVP Balanced Index Strategy Fund

  Votes   269,242,580.863   12,559,386.314   37,747,493.235
  % of votes entitled to be cast   84.257%   3.930%   11.813%

AZL® MVP Growth Index Strategy Fund

  Votes   2,202,090,386.602   118,938,115.278   256,596,192.088
  % of votes entitled to be cast   85.431%   4.614%   9.955%

AZL® MVP Moderate Index Strategy Fund

  Votes   448,098,738.171   33,266,593.465   44,256,531.255
  % of votes entitled to be cast   85.251%   6.329%   8.420%

AZL® MVP Global Balanced Index Strategy Fund

  Votes   609,771,514.679   31,023,055.053   62,278,123.866
  % of votes entitled to be cast   86.729%   4.412%   8.858%

AZL® DFA Multi-Strategy Fund

  Votes   829,772,912.326   48,960,106.404   76,311,831.384
  % of votes entitled to be cast   86.883%   5.126%   7.990%

AZL® MVP DFA Multi-Strategy Fund

  Votes   80,825,430.550   3,740,847.678   8,965,382.323
  % of votes entitled to be cast   86.415%   4.000%   9.585%

AZL® MVP Fidelity Institutional Asset Management® Multi-Strategy Fund

  Votes   211,483,269.699   12,637,803.011   29,758,091.590
  % of votes entitled to be cast   83.301%   4.978%   11.721%

AZL® MVP T. Rowe Price Capital Appreciation Plus Fund

  Votes   1,191,897,700.679   69,546,262.813   124,037,379.379
  % of votes entitled to be cast   86.028%   5.020%   8.953%

 

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Other Information (Unaudited)

A description of the policies and procedures that the Fund uses to determine how to vote proxies relating to portfolio securities is available, without charge, upon request, by visiting the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (‘‘Commission’’) website at www.sec.gov, or by calling 800-624-0197.

Information regarding how the Fund voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30th is available (i) without charge, upon request, by calling 800-624-0197; (ii) on the Trust’s website at https://www.allianzlife.com; and (iii) on the Commission’s website at http://www.sec.gov.

The Fund files complete Schedules of Portfolio Holdings with the Commission for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-PORT. Schedules of Portfolio Holdings for the Fund are available without charge on the Commission’s website at http://www.sec.gov or may be obtained by calling 800-624-0197.

 

13


Statement Regarding the Trust’s Liquidity Risk Management Program (Unaudited)

Each series (each such series a “Fund” and, together, the “Funds”) of the Allianz Variable Insurance Products Trust, but not the AZL Government Money Market Fund, and of the Allianz Variable Insurance Products Fund of Funds Trust (each such trust a “Trust” and, together, the “Trusts”) has adopted and implemented a written liquidity risk management program (the “Program”) pursuant to Rule 22e-4 under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “Liquidity Rule”). The Program includes policies and procedures reasonably designed to assess and manage each Fund’s liquidity risk (the “risk that a fund could not meet requests to redeem shares issued by the fund without significant dilution of remaining investors’ interests in the fund”) and to comply with the requirements of the Liquidity Rule, including: (i) assessment, management and periodic review of liquidity risk; (ii) classification of portfolio holdings; (iii) establishment of a highly liquid investment minimum (“HLIM”), as applicable; (iv) limitation of illiquid investments; and (v) redemptions in-kind.

The Board of Trustees of each Fund (together, the “Board”) approved the designation of the individual officers of the Trusts who serve as the administrators of the Program (the “Program Administrators”). The Program Administrators oversee the implementation of the Program, including the monitoring of liquidity and liquidity risk for each Fund on an ongoing basis.

At a meeting of the Board held on February 16, 2021, the Program Administrators provided their annual written report (the “Report”) to the Board addressing the operation of the Program and assessing its adequacy and effectiveness of implementation for the annual period from January 1, 2020 through December 31, 2020 (the “Reporting Period”). This Report included an overview of the operation of the Program, including liquidity events relevant to the Funds, if any, during the Reporting Period and conclusions with respect to the adequacy of the policies and procedures of the Program and the effectiveness of Program implementation. The Report also included a summary of the annual assessment of each Fund’s liquidity risk, which took into account the following factors enumerated in the Liquidity Rule and identified in the Program, as applicable:

1) Each Fund’s investment strategy and liquidity of portfolio investments during both normal and reasonably foreseeable stressed conditions, including: (i) whether the Fund’s investment strategy is appropriate for an open-end fund; (ii) the extent to which the Fund’s strategy involves a relatively concentrated portfolio or large positions in particular issuers; and, as applicable, (iii) the Fund’s use of borrowings for investment purposes; and (iv) the Fund’s use of derivatives;

2) Short-term and long-term cash flow projections during both normal and reasonably foreseeable stressed conditions; and

3) Holdings of cash and cash equivalents, as well as borrowing arrangements and other funding sources.

Based on the information considered, the Report concluded that each Fund continues to have an investment strategy that is appropriate for an open-end fund, and that each Fund is reasonably likely to be able to meet redemption requests without significant dilution of remaining shareholders’ interests in the Fund. There were no material liquidity matters impacting the Funds identified in the Report and the Report concluded that the Program operated effectively during the Reporting Period, including during periods of market volatility and net redemptions.

In accordance with the Program, each Fund’s portfolio investments were classified into one of four liquidity categories as provided in the Liquidity Rule as applicable during the Reporting Period. Liquidity classification determinations take into account a variety of factors including market, trading and investment-specific considerations, as well as market depth in accordance with the requirements of the Liquidity Rule and as specified in the Program, and generally incorporate analysis from a third-party data vendor. The Report reviewed the classification methodology as provided in the Program and noted there were no material issues with respect to liquidity classifications during the Reporting Period.

Pursuant to the Liquidity Rule, no Fund may acquire any illiquid investment if, after the acquisition, the Fund would have invested more than 15% of its assets in illiquid investments that are assets. The Program includes provisions reasonably designed to comply with the 15% limit on illiquid investments. During the Reporting Period, no Fund breached the 15% limit on illiquid investments.

During the Reporting Period, each Fund maintained a designated HLIM. The Report stated that the Program Administrators reviewed each Fund’s HLIM as provided in the Program and concluded that each Fund’s applicable HLIM operated as intended during the Reporting Period and no changes to the HLIM for any Fund were recommended. During the Reporting Period, no Fund fell below its designated HLIM. The Report concluded that the Program includes provisions reasonably designed to comply with the HLIM for each Fund.

The Funds that engage in or reserve the right to redeem in kind have adopted policies and procedures regarding in-kind redemptions as required by the Liquidity Rule.

On the basis of the review, the Report concluded that: (i) the Program remains reasonably designed to manage each Fund’s liquidity risk; (ii) the Program was implemented and operated effectively to achieve the goal of assessing and managing each Fund’s liquidity risk during the Reporting Period; and (iii) each Fund was able to meet requests for redemption without significant dilution of remaining investors in the Fund during the Reporting Period. The Report noted that there were no material changes to the Program during the Reporting Period, and none were recommended by the Program Administrators in connection with the Report.

 

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The Allianz VIP Fund of Funds are distributed by Allianz Life Financial Services, LLC.   
These Funds are not FDIC Insured.    SARRPT0621 08/21


AZL® MVP FusionSM Balanced Fund

(formerly known as, AZL® MVP FusionSM Dynamic Balanced Fund)

Semi-Annual Report

June 30, 2021

(Unaudited)

 

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Table of Contents

 

Expense Examples and Portfolio Composition

Page 1

Schedule of Portfolio Investments

Page 2

Statement of Assets and Liabilities

Page 3

Statement of Operations

Page 3

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

Page 4

Financial Highlights

Page 5

Notes to the Financial Statements

Page 6

Special Joint Meeting of Shareholders

Page 11

Other Information

Page 13

Statement Regarding the Trust’s Liquidity Risk Management Program

Page 14

 

This report is submitted for the general information of the shareholder of the Fund. The report is not authorized for distribution to prospective investors in the Fund unless preceded or accompanied by an effective prospectus, which contains details concerning the sales charges and other pertinent information.


AZL MVP Fusion Balanced Fund

Expense Examples

(Unaudited)

 

As a shareholder of the AZL MVP Fusion Balanced Fund (the “Fund”), you incur ongoing costs, including management fees, distribution fees, and other Fund expenses. These examples are intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds. Please note that the expenses shown in each table do not reflect expenses that apply to the subaccount or the insurance contract. If the expenses that apply to the subaccount or the insurance contract were included, your costs would have been higher.

These examples are based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the periods presented below.

The Actual Expense table below provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information below, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the table under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During Period” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period.

 

     Beginning
Account Value
1/1/21
  Ending
Account Value
6/30/21
  Expenses Paid
During Period
1/1/21 - 6/30/21*
  Annualized Expense
Ratio During Period
1/1/21 - 6/30/21

AZL MVP Fusion Balanced Fund

    $ 1,000.00     $ 1,063.60     $ 0.87       0.17 %

The Hypothetical Expense table below provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Fund’s actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of other funds.

 

     Beginning
Account Value
1/1/21
  Ending
Account Value
6/30/21
  Expenses Paid
During Period
1/1/21 - 6/30/21*
  Annualized Expense
Ratio During Period
1/1/21 - 6/30/21

AZL MVP Fusion Balanced Fund

    $ 1,000.00     $ 1,023.95     $ 0.85       0.17 %

 

*

Expenses are equal to the average account value multiplied by the Fund’s annualized expense ratio multiplied by 181/365 (the number of days in the most recent fiscal half-year divided by the number of days in the fiscal year).

Portfolio Composition

(Unaudited)

 

Investments   Percent of Net Assets

Fixed Income Funds

      46.7 %

Domestic Equity Funds

      33.3

International Equity Funds

      15.1
   

 

 

 

Total Investment Securities

      95.1

Net other assets (liabilities)

      4.9
   

 

 

 

Net Assets

      100.0 %
   

 

 

 

 

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AZL MVP Fusion Balanced Fund

Schedule of Portfolio Investments

June 30, 2021 (Unaudited)

 

Shares            Value  
Affiliated Investment Companies (95.1%):       
Domestic Equity Funds (33.3%):       
  1,511,484      AZL DFA U.S. Core Equity Fund    $ 25,891,728  
  847,645      AZL DFA U.S. Small Cap Fund      13,113,075  
  1,125,026      AZL Gateway Fund      17,606,657  
  1,190,963      AZL Mid Cap Index Fund, Class 2      33,382,680  
  3,643,622      AZL Russell 1000 Growth Index Fund, Class 2      86,718,203  
  5,769,615      AZL Russell 1000 Value Index Fund, Class 2      83,947,892  
  771,352      AZL Small Cap Stock Index Fund, Class 2      13,058,989  
     

 

 

 
        273,719,224  
     

 

 

 
Fixed Income Funds (46.7%):       
  5,235,403      AZL Enhanced Bond Index Fund      60,573,607  
  7,392,489      AZL Fidelity Institutional Asset Management Total Bond Fund, Class 2      81,760,929  
  7,509,249      AZL MetWest Total Return Bond Fund      81,325,165  
  3,615,403      PIMCO VIT Income Portfolio      39,805,591  
  3,836,151      PIMCO VIT Low Duration Portfolio      39,665,799  
Shares            Value  
Affiliated Investment Companies, continued       
Fixed Income Funds, continued       
  7,506,473      PIMCO VIT Total Return Portfolio    $ 81,595,364  
     

 

 

 
        384,726,455  
     

 

 

 
International Equity Funds (15.1%):       
  2,355,757      AZL DFA International Core Equity Fund      29,022,926  
  3,661,954      AZL International Index Fund, Class 2      69,320,794  
  2,806,758      AZL MSCI Emerging Markets Equity Index Fund, Class 2      25,653,769  
     

 

 

 
        123,997,489  
     

 

 

 
 

Total Affiliated Investment Companies (Cost $634,553,243)

     782,443,168  
  

 

 

 
 

Total Investment Securities (Cost $634,553,243) — 95.1%

     782,443,168  
 

Net other assets (liabilities) — 4.9%

     40,661,916  
  

 

 

 
 

Net Assets — 100.0%

   $ 823,105,084  
  

 

 

 
 

 

Percentages indicated are based on net assets as of June 30, 2021.

 

Futures Contracts

At June 30, 2021, the Fund’s open futures contracts were as follows:

Long Futures

 

Description    Expiration
Date
     Number of
Contracts
     Notional
Amount
     Value and
Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
 

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

     9/17/21        96      $ 20,585,280      $ 383,150  

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

     9/21/21        155        20,537,500        63,553  
           

 

 

 
            $ 446,703  
           

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to the financial statements.

 

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AZL MVP Fusion Balanced Fund

 

Statement of Assets and Liabilities

June 30, 2021

(Unaudited)

 

Assets:

   

Investments in affiliates, at cost

    $ 634,553,243
   

 

 

 

Investments in affiliates, at value

    $ 782,443,168

Deposit at broker for futures contracts collateral

      41,273,091

Interest and dividends receivable

      214,670

Receivable for variation margin on futures contracts

      155

Prepaid expenses

      2,121
   

 

 

 

Total Assets

      823,933,205
   

 

 

 

Liabilities:

   

Cash overdraft

      161,612

Payable for affiliated investments purchased

      56,927

Payable for capital shares redeemed

      465,583

Manager fees payable

      101,568

Administration fees payable

      6,673

Custodian fees payable

      196

Administrative and compliance services fees payable

      1,348

Transfer agent fees payable

      839

Trustee fees payable

      6,794

Other accrued liabilities

      26,581
   

 

 

 

Total Liabilities

      828,121
   

 

 

 

Net Assets

    $ 823,105,084
   

 

 

 

Net Assets Consist of:

   

Paid in capital

    $ 681,105,941

Total distributable earnings

      141,999,143
   

 

 

 

Net Assets

    $ 823,105,084
   

 

 

 

Shares of beneficial interest (unlimited number of shares authorized, no par value)

      70,276,641

Net Asset Value (offering and redemption price per share)

    $ 11.71
   

 

 

 

Statement of Operations

For the Six Months Ended June 30, 2021

(Unaudited)

 

Investment Income:

   

Dividends from affiliates

    $ 1,329,418

Interest

      4,590
   

 

 

 

Total Investment Income

      1,334,008
   

 

 

 

Expenses:

   

Manager fees

      818,973

Administration fees

      29,442

Custodian fees

      833

Administrative and compliance services fees

      5,615

Transfer agent fees

      2,679

Trustee fees

      20,179

Professional fees

      16,201

Shareholder reports

      13,209

Other expenses

      5,264
   

 

 

 

Total expenses before reductions

      912,395

Less expenses voluntarily waived/reimbursed by the Manager

      (204,747 )
   

 

 

 

Net expenses

      707,648
   

 

 

 

Net Investment Income/(Loss)

      626,360
   

 

 

 

Net realized and Change in net unrealized gains/losses on investments:

   

Net realized gains/(losses) on affiliated underlying funds

      13,876,092

Net realized gains distributions from affiliated underlying funds

      3,456,440

Net realized gains/(losses) on futures contracts

      2,394,065

Change in net unrealized appreciation/depreciation on affiliated underlying funds

      31,141,611

Change in net unrealized appreciation/depreciation on futures contracts

      (51,122 )
   

 

 

 

Net realized and Change in net unrealized gains/losses on investments

      50,817,086
   

 

 

 

Change in Net Assets Resulting From Operations

    $ 51,443,446
   

 

 

 
 

 

See accompanying notes to the financial statements.

 

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AZL MVP Fusion Balanced Fund

 

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 

     For the
Six Months Ended
June 30, 2021
  For the
Year Ended
December 31, 2020
    (Unaudited)    

Change In Net Assets:

       

Operations:

       

Net investment income/(loss)

    $ 626,360     $ 15,357,100

Net realized gains/(losses) on investments

      19,726,597       (38,610,670 )

Change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation on investments

      31,090,489       48,112,574
   

 

 

     

 

 

 

Change in net assets resulting from operations

      51,443,446       24,859,004
   

 

 

     

 

 

 

Distributions to Shareholders:

       

Distributions

      —       (45,264,037 )
   

 

 

     

 

 

 

Change in net assets resulting from distributions to shareholders

      —       (45,264,037 )
   

 

 

     

 

 

 

Capital Transactions:

       

Proceeds from shares issued

      1,828,813       8,892,710

Proceeds from dividends reinvested

      —       45,264,037

Value of shares redeemed

      (57,900,798 )       (129,737,253 )
   

 

 

     

 

 

 

Change in net assets resulting from capital transactions

      (56,071,985 )       (75,580,506 )
   

 

 

     

 

 

 

Change in net assets

      (4,628,539 )       (95,985,539 )

Net Assets:

       

Beginning of period

      827,733,623       923,719,162
   

 

 

     

 

 

 

End of period

    $ 823,105,084     $ 827,733,623
   

 

 

     

 

 

 

Share Transactions:

       

Shares issued

      159,435       857,686

Dividends reinvested

      —       4,403,116

Shares redeemed

      (5,090,126 )       (12,264,964 )
   

 

 

     

 

 

 

Change in shares

      (4,930,691 )       (7,004,162 )
   

 

 

     

 

 

 

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

 

See accompanying notes to the financial statements.

 

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AZL MVP Fusion Balanced Fund

Financial Highlights

(Selected data for a share of beneficial interest outstanding throughout the periods indicated)

 

     Six Months
Ended
June 30, 2021
  Year Ended
December 31,
2020
  Year Ended
December 31,
2019
  Year Ended
December 31,
2018
  Year Ended
December 31,
2017
  Year Ended
December 31,
2016
    (Unaudited)                    

Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period

    $ 11.01     $ 11.24     $ 10.44     $ 11.91     $ 11.88     $ 12.15
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Investment Activities:

                       

Net Investment Income/(Loss)

      0.01 (a)       0.20 (a)       0.22 (a)       0.22       0.14       0.20

Net Realized and Unrealized Gains/(Losses) on Investments

      0.69       0.18       1.38       (0.83 )       1.27       0.44
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total from Investment Activities

      0.70       0.38       1.60       (0.61 )       1.41       0.64
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Distributions to Shareholders From:

                       

Net Investment Income

      —       (0.26 )       (0.29 )       (0.15 )       (0.22 )       (0.29 )

Net Realized Gains

      —       (0.35 )       (0.51 )       (0.71 )       (1.16 )       (0.62 )
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total Dividends

      —       (0.61 )       (0.80 )       (0.86 )       (1.38 )       (0.91 )
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net Asset Value, End of Period

    $ 11.71     $ 11.01     $ 11.24     $ 10.44     $ 11.91     $ 11.88
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total Return(b)

      6.36 %(c)       3.78 %       15.76 %       (5.40 )%       12.23 %       5.40 %

Ratios to Average Net Assets/Supplemental Data:

                       

Net Assets, End of Period (000’s)

    $ 823,105     $ 827,734     $ 923,719     $ 919,206     $ 1,099,494     $ 1,102,124

Net Investment Income/(Loss)(d)

      0.15 %       1.88 %       1.95 %       1.74 %       1.00 %       1.48 %

Expenses Before Reductions*(d)(e)

      0.22 %       0.23 %       0.23 %       0.22 %       0.22 %       0.22 %

Expenses Net of Reductions*(d)

      0.17 %       0.23 %       0.23 %       0.22 %       0.22 %       0.22 %

Portfolio Turnover Rate

      3 %(c)       17 %       12 %       15 %       17 %       52 %

 

*

The expense ratios exclude the impact of fees/expenses paid by each underlying fund.

 

(a)

Calculated using the average shares method.

 

(b)

The returns include reinvested dividends and fund level expenses, but exclude insurance contract charges. If these charges were included, the returns would have been lower.

 

(c)

Not annualized for periods less than one year.

 

(d)

Annualized for periods less than one year.

 

(e)

Excludes fee reductions. If such fee reductions had not occurred, the ratios would have been as indicated.

 

See accompanying notes to the financial statements.

 

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AZL MVP Fusion Balanced Fund  

Notes to the Financial Statements

June 30, 2021 (Unaudited)

 

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 an 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, and follows the investment company accounting and reporting guidance under Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Topic 946 “Financial Services — Investment Companies”. The Trust consists of 12 separate investment portfolios (collectively, the “Funds”), of which one is included in this report, the AZL MVP Fusion Balanced Fund (prior to February 1, 2021, AZL MVP Fusion Dynamic Balanced Fund) (the “Fund”), and 11 are presented in separate reports. The Fund is a diversified series of the Trust.

The Fund is a “fund of funds”, which means that the Fund invests primarily in other mutual funds (the “Underlying Funds”). Underlying Funds invest in stock, 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 Fund will adjust its asset allocation as it seeks to achieve its investment objective.

The Trust is authorized to issue an unlimited number of shares of the Fund without par value. Shares of the Fund are available through the variable annuity contracts offered through the separate accounts of participating insurance companies. Currently, the Fund only offers its 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 Fund. In addition, in the normal course of business, the Fund may enter into contracts with its vendors and others that provide for general indemnifications. The Fund’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown, as this would involve future claims that may be made against the Fund. However, based on experience, the Fund expects that risk of loss to be remote.

2. Significant Accounting Policies

The following is a summary of significant accounting policies followed by the Fund in the preparation of its financial statements. The policies conform with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“U.S. GAAP”). The preparation of financial statements requires management to make certain estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of increases and decreases in net assets from operations during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

Security Valuation

The Fund records its 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 and Investment Income

Investment transactions are accounted for on trade date. Net realized gains and losses on investments sold and on foreign currency transactions are recorded on the basis of identified cost. Interest income is recorded on the accrual basis and includes, where applicable, the amortization of premiums or accretion of discounts. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date except in the case of foreign securities, in which case dividends are recorded as soon as such information becomes available.

Distributions to Shareholders

Distributions to shareholders are recorded on the ex-dividend date. The Fund distributes its dividends from net investment income and net realized capital gains, if any, on an annual basis. The amount of distributions from net investment income and from net realized gains is determined in accordance with federal income tax regulations, which may differ from U.S. GAAP. These “book/tax” differences are either temporary or permanent in nature. To the extent these differences are permanent in nature (e.g., return of capital, net operating loss, reclassification of certain market discounts, gain/loss, paydowns, and distributions), such amounts are reclassified within the composition of net assets based on their federal tax-basis treatment; temporary differences (e.g., wash sales and differing treatment on certain investments) do not require reclassification. Distributions to shareholders that exceed net investment income and net realized gains for tax purposes are reported as distributions of capital.

Expense Allocation

Expenses directly attributable to the Fund are charged directly to the Fund, while expenses attributable to more than one Fund are allocated among the respective Funds based upon relative net assets or some other reasonable method. Expenses which are attributable to more than one Trust are allocated across the Allianz Variable Insurance Products and Allianz Variable Insurance Products Fund of Funds Trusts based upon relative net assets or another reasonable basis. Allianz Investment Management LLC (the “Manager”), serves as the investment manager for the Trust and the Allianz Variable Insurance Products Trust.

Affiliated Securities Transactions

Pursuant to Rule 17a-7 under the 1940 Act (the “Rule”), the Fund may engage in securities transactions with affiliated investment companies and advisory accounts managed by the Manager. Any such purchase or sale transaction must be effected without a brokerage commission or other remuneration, except for customary transfer fees. The transaction must be effected at the current market price, which is either the security’s last sale price on an exchange or, if there are no transactions in the security that day, at the average of the highest bid and lowest asked price. During the period ended June 30, 2021, the Fund did not engage in any Rule 17a-7 transactions under the Rule.

Derivative Instruments

All open derivative positions at period end are reflected on the Fund’s Schedule of Portfolio Investments. The following is a description of the derivative instruments utilized by the Fund, including the primary underlying risk exposures related to each instrument type. The Fund’s allocation to the MVP (Managed Volatility Portfolio) risk management process may

 

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AZL MVP Fusion Balanced Fund

Notes to the Financial Statements

June 30, 2021 (Unaudited)

 

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 Fund’s derivative positions could exceed 20% of the Fund’s value. The Fund may also use futures to gain equity exposure and may hold cash as a buffer in the event of market shocks.

Futures Contracts

During the period ended June 30, 2021, the Fund invested in futures contracts to reduce volatility and limit the need to decrease or increase allocations to underlying funds. Futures contracts are valued based upon their quoted daily settlement prices. Upon entering into a futures contract, the Fund is 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”), if any, is recorded by the Fund. 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 disclosed in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. 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. For the period ended June 30, 2021, the monthly average notional amount for long contracts was $40.8 million. There was no short contract activity during the period. Realized gains and losses are reported as “Net realized gains/(losses) on futures contracts” on the Statement of Operations.

Summary of Derivative Instruments

The following is a summary of the fair values of derivative instruments on the Fund’s Statement of Assets and Liabilities, categorized by risk exposure, as of June 30, 2021:

 

   

Asset Derivative

   

Liability Derivative

 
Primary Risk Exposure   Statement of Assets and Liabilities Location   Total Fair
Value
    Statement of Assets and Liabilities Location   Total Fair
Value
 

Equity Risk

     
Futures Contracts   Receivable for variation margin on futures contracts*   $ 383,150     Payable for variation margin on futures contracts*   $ —  

Interest Rate Risk

     
Futures Contracts   Receivable for variation margin on futures contracts*     63,553     Payable for variation margin on futures contracts*     —  

 

*

For futures contracts, the amounts represent the cumulative appreciation/depreciation of these futures contracts as reported in the Schedule of Portfolio Investments. Only current day’s variation margin is reported within the Statement of Assets and Liabilities as variation margin on futures contracts.

The following is a summary of the effect of derivative instruments on the Statement of Operations, categorized by risk exposure, for the period ended June 30, 2021:

 

Primary Risk Exposure   Location of Gains/(Losses) on Derivatives Recognized    Realized Gains/(Losses)
on Derivatives
Recognized
     Change in Net Unrealized
Appreciation/ Depreciation on
Derivatives Recognized
 

Equity Risk

       
Futures Contracts   Net realized gains/(losses) on futures contracts/ Change net in unrealized appreciation/depreciation on futures contracts    $ 2,966,329      $ (81,896 ) 

Interest Rate Risk

       
Futures Contracts   Net realized gains/(losses) on futures contracts/ Change net in unrealized appreciation/depreciation on futures contracts      (572,264 )       30,774  

3. Fees and Transactions with Affiliates and Other Parties

The Manager provides investment advisory and management services for the Fund. The Manager has contractually agreed to waive fees and reimburse the Fund to limit the annual expenses, excluding interest expense (e.g., cash overdraft fees), taxes, brokerage commissions, acquired fund fees and expenses, other expenditures that are capitalized in accordance with U.S. GAAP and other extraordinary expenses not incurred in the ordinary course of the Fund’s business, based on the daily net assets of the Fund, through April 30, 2022. Expenses incurred for investment advisory and management services are reflected on the Statement of Operations as “Manager fees.”    

For the period ended June 30, 2021, the annual rate due to the Manager and the annual expense limit were as follows:

 

        Annual Rate*      Annual Expense Limit

AZL MVP Fusion Balanced Fund

         0.20 %          0.30 %

 

*

The Manager waived, prior to any application of expense limit, the management fee to 0.15% on all assets. The Manager reserves the right to increase the management fee to the amount shown in the table above (i.e., discontinue the waiver) at any time after April 30, 2022.

Any amounts contractually waived or reimbursed by the Manager in a particular fiscal year will be subject to repayment by the Fund to the Manager to the extent that from time to time through the next three fiscal years the repayment will not cause the Fund’s expenses to exceed the lesser of the stated limit at the time of the waiver or the current stated limit. Any amounts recouped by the Manager during the period are reflected on the Statement of Operations as “Recoupment of prior expenses reimbursed by the Manager.” At June 30, 2021, there were no remaining contractual reimbursements subject to repayment by the Fund in subsequent years.

 

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AZL MVP Fusion Balanced Fund

Notes to the Financial Statements

June 30, 2021 (Unaudited)

 

In addition, the Manager may voluntarily waive or reimburse additional fees in order to maintain more competitive expense ratios. Any voluntary waivers or reimbursements are not subject to repayment in subsequent years. Information on the total amount waived/reimbursed by the Manager or repaid to the Manager by the Fund during the period can be found on the Statement of Operations.

The Manager or an affiliate of the Manager serves as the investment adviser of certain underlying funds in which the Fund invests. At June 30, 2021, these underlying funds are noted as Affiliated Investment Companies in the Fund’s Schedule of Portfolio Investments. Additional information, including financial statements, about these Funds is available at www.allianzlife.com. The Manager or an affiliate of the Manager is paid a separate fee from the underlying funds for such services. A summary of the Fund’s investments in affiliated investment companies for the period ended June 30, 2021 is as follows:

 

     Value
12/31/2020
  Purchases
at Cost
  Proceeds from
Sales
 

Net

Realized
Gains(Losses)

  Change in Net
Unrealized
Appreciation/
Depreciation
  Value
6/30/2021
  Shares as of
6/30/2021
  Dividend
Income
  Net Realized
Gains Distributions
from Affiliated
Underlying Funds

AZL DFA International Core Equity Fund

    $ 30,791,327     $ —     $ (5,134,277 )     $ 1,249,877     $ 2,115,999     $ 29,022,926       2,355,757     $ —     $ —

AZL DFA U.S. Core Equity Fund

      26,588,658       —       (4,979,233 )       1,557,295       2,725,008       25,891,728       1,511,484       —       —

AZL DFA U.S. Small Cap Fund

      14,066,883       —       (4,108,257 )       1,295,078       1,859,371       13,113,075       847,645       —       —

AZL Enhanced Bond Index Fund

      59,208,019       2,402,246       —       —       (1,036,658 )       60,573,607       5,235,403       —       —

AZL FIAM Total Bond Fund, Class 2

      80,039,915       1,697,674       —       —       23,340       81,760,929       7,392,489       —       —

AZL Gateway Fund

      16,889,455       40,730       (514,758 )       83,721       1,107,509       17,606,657       1,125,026       —       —

AZL International Index Fund, Class 2

      72,111,229       —       (8,820,840 )       2,162,781       3,867,624       69,320,794       3,661,954       —       —

AZL MetWest Total Return Bond Fund

      79,176,081       3,065,404       —       —       (916,320 )       81,325,165       7,509,249       —       —

AZL Mid Cap Index Fund, Class 2

      34,557,736       —       (6,665,381 )       1,361,530       4,128,795       33,382,680       1,190,963       —       —

AZL MSCI Emerging Markets Equity Index Fund, Class 2

      27,007,910       360,115       (3,591,516 )       817,383       1,059,877       25,653,769       2,806,758       —       —

AZL Russell 1000 Growth Index Fund, Class 2

      75,887,494       9,327,591       (8,745,943 )       2,993,251       7,255,810       86,718,203       3,643,622       —       —

AZL Russell 1000 Value Index Fund, Class 2

      97,124,921       —       (26,666,460 )       1,680,945       11,808,486       83,947,892       5,769,615       —       —

AZL Small Cap Stock Index Fund, Class 2

      14,061,597       —       (4,040,177 )       618,961       2,418,608       13,058,989       771,352       —       —

PIMCO VIT Income Portfolio

      40,890,645       556,165       (1,636,906 )       55,270       (59,583 )       39,805,591       3,615,403       556,170       —

PIMCO VIT Low Duration Portfolio

      39,011,536       806,764       —       —       (152,501 )       39,665,799       3,836,151       84,778       —

PIMCO VIT Total Return Portfolio

      79,106,667       7,552,451       —       —       (5,063,754 )       81,595,364       7,506,473       688,470       3,456,440
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 
    $ 786,520,073     $ 25,809,140     $ (74,903,748 )     $ 13,876,092     $ 31,141,611     $ 782,443,168       58,779,344     $ 1,329,418     $ 3,456,440
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Pursuant to separate agreements between the Trust and the Manager, the Manager provides a Chief Compliance Officer (“CCO”) and certain compliance oversight and regulatory filing services to the Trust. Under these agreements, the Manager is entitled to an amount equal to a portion of the compensation and certain other expenses related to the individuals performing the CCO and compliance oversight services, as well as $100 per hour for time incurred in connection with the preparation and filing of certain documents with the SEC. The fees are paid to the Manager on a quarterly basis. The total expenses incurred by the Fund for these services are reflected on the Statement of Operations as “Administrative and compliance services fees.”

Citi Fund Services Ohio, Inc. (“Citi” or the “Administrator”), a wholly owned subsidiary of Citigroup, Inc., with which an officer of the Trust is affiliated, serves as the Trust’s administrator and fund accountant, and assists the Trust in all aspects of its administration and operation. The Administrator is entitled to a fee, accrued daily and paid monthly. The Administrator is entitled to an annual fee for each additional class of shares of any Fund, certain annual fees in supporting fair values services, and a Trust-wide annual fee for providing infrastructure and support in implementing the written policies and procedures comprising the Fund’s compliance program. The Administrator is also reimbursed for certain expenses incurred. The total expenses incurred by the Fund for these services are reflected on the Statement of Operations as “Administration fees.”

FIS Investor Services LLC (“FIS”) serves as the Fund’s transfer agent. Under the Transfer Agent Agreement, the Trust pays FIS a fee for its services and reimburses FIS for all of their reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred in providing these services.

The Bank of New York Mellon (“BNY Mellon” or the “Custodian”) serves as the Trust’s custodian and securities lending agent. For these services as custodian, the Funds pay BNY Mellon a fee based on a percentage of assets held on behalf of the Funds, plus certain out-of-pocket charges.

Allianz Life Financial Services, LLC (“ALFS”), an affiliate of the Manager, serves as distributor of the Fund. ALFS receives an annual Trust-wide annual fee of $7,500, paid by the Manager from its profits and not by the Trust, for recordkeeping and reporting services.

Certain Officers and Trustees of the Trust are affiliated with the Manager or the Administrator. Such Officers (except for the Trust’s CCO as noted above) and Trustees receive no compensation from the Trust for serving in their respective roles. For their service to the Trust and to the Allianz Variable Insurance Products Trust, each non-interested Trustee receives a $191,625 annual Board retainer, the Lead Director receives an additional $37,500, the Chair of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee receives an additional $7,500 annually , the Co-Chairs of the Investment Committee receive $3,750 annually and the Chair of the Audit Committee receives an additional $11,250 annually. In addition, the Trustees are reimbursed for certain expenses associated with attending Board meetings. Compensation to the Trustees is allocated between the Trust and the Allianz Variable Insurance Products Trust in proportion to the assets under management of each trust. During the period ended June 30, 2021, actual Trustee compensation was $702,562 in total for both trusts.

 

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AZL MVP Fusion Balanced Fund

Notes to the Financial Statements

June 30, 2021 (Unaudited)

 

4. Investment Valuation Summary

The valuation techniques employed by the Fund, 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 Fund’s 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, prepayments speeds, credit risk, etc.)

  ●  

Level 3 — significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund’s 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 inputs or methodology used for valuing investments is not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those investments.

Investments in other investment companies are valued at their published net asset value (“NAV”). Security prices are generally provided by an independent third party pricing service approved by the Trust’s Board of Trustees (the “Board” or “Trustees”) as of the close of the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) (generally 4:00 pm Eastern Time). The investments utilizing Level 1 valuations represent investments in open-end investment companies. 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.

The following is a summary of the valuation inputs used as of June 30, 2021 in valuing the Fund’s investments based upon the three levels defined above:

 

Investment Securities:      Level 1      Level 2      Level 3      Total
                             

Affiliated Investment Companies

       $ 782,443,168        $ —        $ —        $ 782,443,168
      

 

 

        

 

 

        

 

 

        

 

 

 

Total Investment Securities

         782,443,168          —          —          782,443,168
      

 

 

        

 

 

        

 

 

        

 

 

 

Other Financial Instruments:*

                           

Futures Contracts

         446,703          —          —          446,703
      

 

 

        

 

 

        

 

 

        

 

 

 

Total Investments

       $ 782,889,871        $ —        $ —        $ 782,889,871
      

 

 

        

 

 

        

 

 

        

 

 

 

 

*

Other Financial Instruments would include any derivative instruments, such as futures contracts. These investments are generally presented in the financial statements at variation margin.

5. Security Purchases and Sales

For the period ended June 30, 2021, cost of purchases and proceeds from sales of securities (excluding securities maturing less than one year from acquisition) were as follows:

 

        Purchases      Sales

AZL MVP Fusion Balanced Fund

       $ 25,809,140        $ 74,903,748

6. Investment Risks

The risks below are presented in an order intended to facilitate readability. Their order does not imply that the realization of one risk is more likely to occur more frequently than another risk, nor does it imply that the realization of one risk is likely to have a greater adverse impact than another risk.

Derivatives Risk: The Fund may invest directly or through affiliated or unaffiliated mutual funds or unregistered investment pools in derivative instruments such as futures, options, and options on futures. 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 other party to a derivatives contract could default.

Foreign Securities Risk: Investing in the securities of non-U.S. issuers involves a number of risks, such as fluctuations in currency values, adverse political, social or economic developments, and differences in social and economic developments or policies.

Fund of Fund Risk: The Fund, as a shareholder of the underlying funds, indirectly bears its proportionate share of any investment management fees and other expenses of the underlying funds. Further due to the fees and expenses paid by the Fund, as well as small variations in the Fund’s actual allocations to the underlying funds and any futures and cash held in the Fund’s portfolio, the performance and income distributions of the Fund will not be the same as the performance and income distributions of the underlying funds. In addition, the Fund maintains indirect exposure to various types of risk which may exist in the underlying Funds, such as foreign securities risk, fixed income securities risk and other risks.

Interest Rate Risk: Debt securities held by an underlying fund may decline in value due to rising interest rates.

Market Risk: The market price of securities owned by the underlying funds may go up or down, sometimes rapidly and unpredictably. Securities may decline in value due to factors affecting securities markets generally or particular industries represented in the securities markets. The value of a security may decline due to general market conditions that are not specifically related to a particular company, such as real or perceived adverse economic conditions, changes in the general outlook for corporate earnings, changes in interest or currency rates, or adverse investor sentiment, as well as natural disasters, and outbreaks of infectious illnesses or other widespread public health issues.

 

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AZL MVP Fusion Balanced Fund

Notes to the Financial Statements

June 30, 2021 (Unaudited)

 

7. Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic

During the first quarter of 2020, the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 to be a public health emergency. COVID-19 has led to increased short-term market volatility and may have adverse long-term effects on U.S. and world economies and markets in general. COVID-19 may adversely impact the Fund’s ability to achieve its investment objectives. The extent of the impact on the performance of the Fund and its investments will depend on future developments, including the duration and spread of the COVID-19 outbreak, related restrictions and advisories, and the effects on the financial markets and economy overall, all of which are highly uncertain and cannot be predicted.

8. Federal Tax Information

It is the policy of the Fund to continue to qualify as a regulated investment company by complying with the provisions available to certain investment companies, as defined under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code, and to make distributions of net investment income and net realized gains sufficient to relieve it from all, or substantially all, federal income taxes. Accordingly, no provisions for federal income taxes are required in the financial statements.

Management of the Fund has reviewed tax positions taken in tax years that remain subject to examination by all major tax jurisdictions, including federal (i.e., the last four tax year ends and the interim tax period since then, as applicable). Management believes that there is no tax liability resulting from unrecognized tax benefits related to uncertain tax positions taken.

Cost of securities, including derivatives and short positions as applicable, for federal income tax purposes at December 31, 2020 was $680,910,735. The gross unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) on a tax basis was as follows:

 

Unrealized appreciation

  $ 105,609,338

Unrealized (depreciation)

    —  
 

 

 

 

Net unrealized appreciation/(depreciation)

  $ 105,609,338  
 

 

 

 

As of the end of its tax year ended December 31, 2020, the Fund had capital loss carry forwards (“CLCFs”) as summarized in the table below. The Board does not intend to authorize a distribution of any realized gain for the Fund until any applicable CLCF has been offset.

CLCFs not subject to expiration:

 

        Short-Term
Amount
     Long-Term
Amount
     Total
Amount

AZL MVP Fusion Balanced Fund

       $ 14,185,053        $ 11,160,703        $ 25,345,756

The tax character of dividends paid to shareholders during the year ended December 31, 2020 was as follows:

 

        Ordinary
Income
    

Net

Long-Term
Capital Gains

     Total
Distributions(a)

AZL MVP Fusion Balanced Fund

       $ 21,984,490        $ 23,279,547        $ 45,264,037

 

(a)

Total distributions paid may differ from the Statements of Changes in Net Assets because dividends are recognized when actually paid for tax purposes.

At December 31, 2020, the components of accumulated earnings on a tax basis were as follows:

 

        Undistributed
Ordinary
Income
     Undistributed
Long-Term
Capital Gains
     Accumulated
Capital and
Other Losses
    

Unrealized

Appreciation/
Depreciation(a)

    

Total
Accumulated

Earnings/
(Deficit)

AZL MVP Fusion Balanced Fund

       $ 17,895,749        $ —        $ (25,345,756 )        $ 105,609,338        $ 98,159,331

 

(a)

The difference between book-basis and tax-basis unrealized appreciation/depreciation was attributable primarily to tax deferral of losses on wash sales, straddles and mark-to-market of futures contracts.

9. Ownership and Principal Holders

The beneficial ownership, either directly or indirectly, of more than 25% of the voting securities of a fund creates presumptions of control of the fund, under section 2 (a)(9) of the 1940 Act. As of June 30, 2021, the Fund had an individual shareholder account which is affiliated with the Manager representing ownership in excess of 90% of the Fund. Investment activities of these shareholders could have a material impact to the Fund.

10. Subsequent Events

Management of the Fund has evaluated the need for additional disclosures or adjustments resulting from events through the date the financial statements were issued. Based on this evaluation, there were no subsequent events to report that would have material impact on the Fund’s financial statements.

 

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AZL MVP Fusion Balanced Fund

Special Joint Meeting of Shareholders

June 30, 2021 (Unaudited)

 

A special meeting of the Allianz Variable Insurance Products Fund Of Funds Trust’s (the “Trust”) shareholders was held on June 3, 2021. The results of the matters voted upon at the meeting are reported below.

Election of Trustees

To elect seven nominees as Trustees of the Trust to serve until a successor is elected and qualified or until such Trustee dies, resigns, retires, or is removed for election as provided in the governing documents of the Trust. The nominees were Peter R. Burnim, Peggy L. Ettestad, Tamara Lynn Fagely, Richard H. Forde, Claire R. Leonardi, Dickson W. Lewis, and Brian Muench. There was no other Trustee whose term of office as a Trustee continued after the meeting.

 

          FOR   WITHHELD

Peter R. Burnim

  Votes   9,698,300,664.000   461,262,722.733
  % of votes entitled to be cast   95.460%   4.540%

Peggy L. Ettestad

  Votes   9,744,785,844.047   414,777,542.686
  % of votes entitled to be cast   95.917%   4.083%

Tamara Lynn Fagely

  Votes   9,749,721,430.073   409,841,956.660
  % of votes entitled to be cast   95.966%   4.034%

Richard H. Forde

  Votes   9,725,296,590.351   434,266,796.382
  % of votes entitled to be cast   95.726%   4.274%

Claire R. Leonardi

  Votes   9,756,832,186.929   402,731,199.804
  % of votes entitled to be cast   96.036%   3.964%

Dickson W. Lewis

  Votes   9,683,252,333.341   476,311,053.392
  % of votes entitled to be cast   95.312%   4.688%

Brian Muench

  Votes   9,739,692,821.948   419,870,564.785
  % of votes entitled to be cast   95.867%   4.133%

Approve amended fundamental restrictions regarding investments in commodities

To approve that the Trust’s fundamental policies with respect to commodities are replaced with the following: “No Fund may: Purchase or sell commodities except to the extent permitted by the 1940 Act or any rules, exemptions or interpretations thereunder that may be adopted, granted or issued by the SEC.”

 

FUND        FOR   AGAINST   ABSTAIN

AZL MVP FusionSM Balanced Fund

  Votes   724,020,610.631   25,965,700.395   64,480,992.029
  % of votes entitled to be cast   88.895%   3.188%   7.917%

AZL MVP FusionSM Conservative Fund

  Votes   207,849,507.478   7,714,328.807   20,132,965.915
  % of votes entitled to be cast   88.185%   3.273%   8.542%

AZL MVP FusionSM Moderate Fund

  Votes   1,675,644,566.951   51,935,064.499   151,957,164.856
  % of votes entitled to be cast   89.152%   2.763%   8.085%

AZL® Balanced Index Strategy Fund

  Votes   370,109,866.443   8,120,911.689   37,825,978.335
  % of votes entitled to be cast   88.957%   1.952%   9.092%

AZL® MVP Balanced Index Strategy Fund

  Votes   272,508,300.262   8,100,202.921   38,940,957.230
  % of votes entitled to be cast   85.279%   2.535%   12.186%

AZL® MVP Growth Index Strategy Fund

  Votes   2,253,168,549.922   81,030,934.965   243,425,209.080
  % of votes entitled to be cast   87.413%   3.144%   9.444%

AZL® MVP Moderate Index Strategy Fund

  Votes   459,489,269.089   21,433,634.607   44,698,959.196
  % of votes entitled to be cast   87.418%   4.078%   8.504%

AZL® MVP Global Balanced Index Strategy Fund

  Votes   607,120,765.403   28,580,727.312   67,371,200.883
  % of votes entitled to be cast   86.352%   4.065%   9.582%

AZL® DFA Multi-Strategy Fund

  Votes   838,713,716.278   44,467,726.830   71,863,407.006
  % of votes entitled to be cast   87.819%   4.656%   7.525%

AZL® MVP DFA Multi-Strategy Fund

  Votes   82,637,136.168   3,643,849.372   7,250,675.011
  % of votes entitled to be cast   88.352%   3.896%   7.752%

 

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FUND        FOR   AGAINST   ABSTAIN

AZL® MVP Fidelity Institutional Asset Management® Multi-Strategy Fund

  Votes   215,631,261.075   8,954,953.342   29,292,949.884
  % of votes entitled to be cast   84.935%   3.527%   11.538%

AZL® MVP T. Rowe Price Capital Appreciation Plus Fund

  Votes   1,222,126,591.953   56,285,445.413   107,069,305.504
  % of votes entitled to be cast   88.210%   4.063%   7.728%

Approve amended fundamental restrictions regarding borrowing

To approve that the Trust’s fundamental and related non-fundamental policies with respect to borrowing are replaced with the following: “No Fund may: Borrow money, except to the extent permitted by the 1940 Act, or any rules, exemptions or interpretations thereunder that may be adopted, granted or issued by the SEC.”

 

FUND        FOR   AGAINST   ABSTAIN

AZL MVP FusionSM Balanced Fund

  Votes   709,309,612.667   31,798,584.250   73,359,106.138
  % of votes entitled to be cast   87.089%   3.904%   9.007%

AZL MVP FusionSM Conservative Fund

  Votes   210,036,621.710   8,331,208.078   17,328,972.411
  % of votes entitled to be cast   89.113%   3.535%   7.352%

AZL MVP FusionSM Moderate Fund

  Votes   1,642,136,577.503   69,923,524.523   167,476,694.280
  % of votes entitled to be cast   87.369%   3.720%   8.911%

AZL® Balanced Index Strategy Fund

  Votes   371,193,748.544   7,499,541.088   37,363,466.836
  % of votes entitled to be cast   89.217%   1.803%   8.980%

AZL® MVP Balanced Index Strategy Fund

  Votes   269,242,580.863   12,559,386.314   37,747,493.235
  % of votes entitled to be cast   84.257%   3.930%   11.813%

AZL® MVP Growth Index Strategy Fund

  Votes   2,202,090,386.602   118,938,115.278   256,596,192.088
  % of votes entitled to be cast   85.431%   4.614%   9.955%

AZL® MVP Moderate Index Strategy Fund

  Votes   448,098,738.171   33,266,593.465   44,256,531.255
  % of votes entitled to be cast   85.251%   6.329%   8.420%

AZL® MVP Global Balanced Index Strategy Fund

  Votes   609,771,514.679   31,023,055.053   62,278,123.866
  % of votes entitled to be cast   86.729%   4.412%   8.858%

AZL® DFA Multi-Strategy Fund

  Votes   829,772,912.326   48,960,106.404   76,311,831.384
  % of votes entitled to be cast   86.883%   5.126%   7.990%

AZL® MVP DFA Multi-Strategy Fund

  Votes   80,825,430.550   3,740,847.678   8,965,382.323
  % of votes entitled to be cast   86.415%   4.000%   9.585%

AZL® MVP Fidelity Institutional Asset Management® Multi-Strategy Fund

  Votes   211,483,269.699   12,637,803.011   29,758,091.590
  % of votes entitled to be cast   83.301%   4.978%   11.721%

AZL® MVP T. Rowe Price Capital Appreciation Plus Fund

  Votes   1,191,897,700.679   69,546,262.813   124,037,379.379
  % of votes entitled to be cast   86.028%   5.020%   8.953%

 

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Other Information (Unaudited)

A description of the policies and procedures that the Fund uses to determine how to vote proxies relating to portfolio securities is available, without charge, upon request, by visiting the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (‘‘Commission’’) website at www.sec.gov, or by calling 800-624-0197.

Information regarding how the Fund voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30th is available (i) without charge, upon request, by calling 800-624-0197; (ii) on the Trust’s website at https://www.allianzlife.com; and (iii) on the Commission’s website at http://www.sec.gov.

The Fund files complete Schedules of Portfolio Holdings with the Commission for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-PORT. Schedules of Portfolio Holdings for the Fund are available without charge on the Commission’s website at http://www.sec.gov or may be obtained by calling 800-624-0197.

 

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Statement Regarding the Trust’s Liquidity Risk Management Program (Unaudited)

Each series (each such series a “Fund” and, together, the “Funds”) of the Allianz Variable Insurance Products Trust, but not the AZL Government Money Market Fund, and of the Allianz Variable Insurance Products Fund of Funds Trust (each such trust a “Trust” and, together, the “Trusts”) has adopted and implemented a written liquidity risk management program (the “Program”) pursuant to Rule 22e-4 under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “Liquidity Rule”). The Program includes policies and procedures reasonably designed to assess and manage each Fund’s liquidity risk (the “risk that a fund could not meet requests to redeem shares issued by the fund without significant dilution of remaining investors’ interests in the fund”) and to comply with the requirements of the Liquidity Rule, including: (i) assessment, management and periodic review of liquidity risk; (ii) classification of portfolio holdings; (iii) establishment of a highly liquid investment minimum (“HLIM”), as applicable; (iv) limitation of illiquid investments; and (v) redemptions in-kind.

The Board of Trustees of each Fund (together, the “Board”) approved the designation of the individual officers of the Trusts who serve as the administrators of the Program (the “Program Administrators”). The Program Administrators oversee the implementation of the Program, including the monitoring of liquidity and liquidity risk for each Fund on an ongoing basis.

At a meeting of the Board held on February 16, 2021, the Program Administrators provided their annual written report (the “Report”) to the Board addressing the operation of the Program and assessing its adequacy and effectiveness of implementation for the annual period from January 1, 2020 through December 31, 2020 (the “Reporting Period”). This Report included an overview of the operation of the Program, including liquidity events relevant to the Funds, if any, during the Reporting Period and conclusions with respect to the adequacy of the policies and procedures of the Program and the effectiveness of Program implementation. The Report also included a summary of the annual assessment of each Fund’s liquidity risk, which took into account the following factors enumerated in the Liquidity Rule and identified in the Program, as applicable:

1) Each Fund’s investment strategy and liquidity of portfolio investments during both normal and reasonably foreseeable stressed conditions, including: (i) whether the Fund’s investment strategy is appropriate for an open-end fund; (ii) the extent to which the Fund’s strategy involves a relatively concentrated portfolio or large positions in particular issuers; and, as applicable, (iii) the Fund’s use of borrowings for investment purposes; and (iv) the Fund’s use of derivatives;

2) Short-term and long-term cash flow projections during both normal and reasonably foreseeable stressed conditions; and

3) Holdings of cash and cash equivalents, as well as borrowing arrangements and other funding sources.

Based on the information considered, the Report concluded that each Fund continues to have an investment strategy that is appropriate for an open-end fund, and that each Fund is reasonably likely to be able to meet redemption requests without significant dilution of remaining shareholders’ interests in the Fund. There were no material liquidity matters impacting the Funds identified in the Report and the Report concluded that the Program operated effectively during the Reporting Period, including during periods of market volatility and net redemptions.

In accordance with the Program, each Fund’s portfolio investments were classified into one of four liquidity categories as provided in the Liquidity Rule as applicable during the Reporting Period. Liquidity classification determinations take into account a variety of factors including market, trading and investment-specific considerations, as well as market depth in accordance with the requirements of the Liquidity Rule and as specified in the Program, and generally incorporate analysis from a third-party data vendor. The Report reviewed the classification methodology as provided in the Program and noted there were no material issues with respect to liquidity classifications during the Reporting Period.

Pursuant to the Liquidity Rule, no Fund may acquire any illiquid investment if, after the acquisition, the Fund would have invested more than 15% of its assets in illiquid investments that are assets. The Program includes provisions reasonably designed to comply with the 15% limit on illiquid investments. During the Reporting Period, no Fund breached the 15% limit on illiquid investments.

During the Reporting Period, each Fund maintained a designated HLIM. The Report stated that the Program Administrators reviewed each Fund’s HLIM as provided in the Program and concluded that each Fund’s applicable HLIM operated as intended during the Reporting Period and no changes to the HLIM for any Fund were recommended. During the Reporting Period, no Fund fell below its designated HLIM. The Report concluded that the Program includes provisions reasonably designed to comply with the HLIM for each Fund.

The Funds that engage in or reserve the right to redeem in kind have adopted policies and procedures regarding in-kind redemptions as required by the Liquidity Rule.

On the basis of the review, the Report concluded that: (i) the Program remains reasonably designed to manage each Fund’s liquidity risk; (ii) the Program was implemented and operated effectively to achieve the goal of assessing and managing each Fund’s liquidity risk during the Reporting Period; and (iii) each Fund was able to meet requests for redemption without significant dilution of remaining investors in the Fund during the Reporting Period. The Report noted that there were no material changes to the Program during the Reporting Period, and none were recommended by the Program Administrators in connection with the Report.

 

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The Allianz VIP Fund of Funds are distributed by Allianz Life Financial Services, LLC.   
These Funds are not FDIC Insured.    SARRPT0621 08/21


AZL® MVP FusionSM Conservative Fund

(formerly known as, AZL® MVP FusionSM Dynamic Conservative Fund)

Semi-Annual Report

June 30, 2021

(Unaudited)

 

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Table of Contents

 

Expense Examples and Portfolio Composition

Page 1

Schedule of Portfolio Investments

Page 2

Statement of Assets and Liabilities

Page 3

Statement of Operations

Page 3

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

Page 4

Financial Highlights

Page 5

Notes to the Financial Statements

Page 6

Special Joint Meeting of Shareholders

Page 11

Other Information

Page 13

Statement Regarding the Trust’s Liquidity Risk Management Program

Page 14

 

This report is submitted for the general information of the shareholder of the Fund. The report is not authorized for distribution to prospective investors in the Fund unless preceded or accompanied by an effective prospectus, which contains details concerning the sales charges and other pertinent information.


AZL MVP Fusion Conservative Fund

Expense Examples

(Unaudited)

 

As a shareholder of the AZL MVP Fusion Conservative Fund (the “Fund”), you incur ongoing costs, including management fees, distribution fees, and other Fund expenses. These examples are intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds. Please note that the expenses shown in each table do not reflect expenses that apply to the subaccount or the insurance contract. If the expenses that apply to the subaccount or the insurance contract were included, your costs would have been higher.

These examples are based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the periods presented below.

The Actual Expense table below provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information below, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the table under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During Period” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period.

 

     Beginning
Account Value
1/1/21
  Ending
Account Value
6/30/21
  Expenses Paid
During Period
1/1/21 - 6/30/21*
  Annualized Expense
Ratio During Period
1/1/21 - 6/30/21

AZL MVP Fusion Conservative Fund

    $ 1,000.00     $ 1,041.10     $ 0.96       0.19 %

The Hypothetical Expense table below provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Fund’s actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of other funds.

 

     Beginning
Account Value
1/1/21
  Ending
Account Value
6/30/21
  Expenses Paid
During Period
1/1/21 - 6/30/21*
  Annualized Expense
Ratio During Period
1/1/21 - 6/30/21

AZL MVP Fusion Conservative Fund

    $ 1,000.00     $ 1,023.85     $ 0.95       0.19 %

 

*

Expenses are equal to the average account value multiplied by the Fund’s annualized expense ratio multiplied by 181/365 (the number of days in the most recent fiscal half-year divided by the number of days in the fiscal year).

Portfolio Composition

(Unaudited)

 

Investments   Percent of Net Assets

Fixed Income Funds

      61.8 %

Domestic Equity Funds

      23.8

International Equity Funds

      9.4
   

 

 

 

Total Investment Securities

      95.0

Net other assets (liabilities)

      5.0
   

 

 

 

Net Assets

      100.0 %
   

 

 

 

 

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AZL MVP Fusion Conservative Fund

Schedule of Portfolio Investments

June 30, 2021 (Unaudited)

 

Shares            Value  
Affiliated Investment Companies (95.0%):       
Domestic Equity Funds (23.8%):       
  209,584      AZL DFA U.S. Core Equity Fund    $ 3,590,180  
  152,735      AZL DFA U.S. Small Cap Fund      2,362,816  
  229,000      AZL Gateway Fund      3,583,851  
  253,536      AZL Mid Cap Index Fund, Class 2      7,139,560  
  761,486      AZL Russell 1000 Growth Index Fund, Class 2      18,123,360  
  1,251,694      AZL Russell 1000 Value Index Fund, Class 2      18,212,144  
  209,283      AZL Small Cap Stock Index Fund, Class 2      3,543,155  
     

 

 

 
        56,555,066  
     

 

 

 
Fixed Income Funds (61.8%):       
  2,008,642      AZL Enhanced Bond Index Fund      23,239,985  
  2,803,932      AZL Fidelity Institutional Asset Management Total Bond Fund, Class 2      31,011,490  
  2,860,933      AZL MetWest Total Return Bond Fund      30,983,902  
  1,301,330      PIMCO VIT Income Portfolio, 4.30%      14,327,644  
  1,613,181      PIMCO VIT Low Duration Portfolio, 0.65%      16,680,295  
Shares            Value  
Affiliated Investment Companies, continued       
Fixed Income Funds, continued       
  2,854,063      PIMCO VIT Total Return Portfolio, 1.92%    $ 31,023,664  
     

 

 

 
        147,266,980  
     

 

 

 
International Equity Funds (9.4%):       
  477,347      AZL DFA International Core Equity Fund      5,880,917  
  683,215      AZL International Index Fund, Class 2      12,933,255  
  391,240      AZL MSCI Emerging Markets Equity Index Fund, Class 2      3,575,937  
     

 

 

 
        22,390,109  
     

 

 

 
 

Total Affiliated Investment Companies (Cost $193,942,315)

     226,212,155  
  

 

 

 
 

Total Investment Securities (Cost $193,942,315) — 95.0%

     226,212,155  
 

Net other assets (liabilities) — 5.0%

     11,977,164  
  

 

 

 
 

Net Assets — 100.0%

   $ 238,189,319  
  

 

 

 
 

 

Percentages indicated are based on net assets as of June 30, 2021.

Futures Contracts

At June 30, 2021, the Fund’s open futures contracts were as follows:

Long Futures

 

Description    Expiration
Date
   Number of
Contracts
   Notional
Amount
   Value and
Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)

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

       9/17/21        19      $ 4,074,170      $ 75,499

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

       9/21/21        58        7,685,000        23,489
                   

 

 

 
                    $ 98,988
                   

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to the financial statements.

 

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AZL MVP Fusion Conservative Fund

 

Statement of Assets and Liabilities

June 30, 2021

(Unaudited)

 

Assets:

   

Investments in affiliates, at cost

    $ 193,942,315
   

 

 

 

Investments in affiliates, at value

    $ 226,212,155

Deposit at broker for futures contracts collateral

      11,920,452

Interest and dividends receivable

      80,190

Receivable for capital shares issued

      103,865

Receivable for affiliated investments sold

      873,485

Prepaid expenses

      635
   

 

 

 

Total Assets

      239,190,782
   

 

 

 

Liabilities:

   

Cash overdraft

      955,080

Payable for capital shares redeemed

      1,293

Manager fees payable

      29,294

Administration fees payable

      5,740

Custodian fees payable

      185

Administrative and compliance services fees payable

      361

Transfer agent fees payable

      742

Trustee fees payable

      1,803

Other accrued liabilities

      6,965
   

 

 

 

Total Liabilities

      1,001,463
   

 

 

 

Net Assets

    $ 238,189,319
   

 

 

 

Net Assets Consist of:

   

Paid in capital

    $ 206,305,659

Total distributable earnings

      31,883,660
   

 

 

 

Net Assets

    $ 238,189,319
   

 

 

 

Shares of beneficial interest (unlimited number of shares authorized, no par value)

      19,176,374

Net Asset Value (offering and redemption price per share)

    $ 12.42
   

 

 

 

Statement of Operations

For the Six Months Ended June 30, 2021

(Unaudited)

 

Investment Income:

    

Dividends from affiliates

     $ 502,126

Interest

       1,362

Dividends from non-affiliates

       3
    

 

 

 

Total Investment Income

       503,491
    

 

 

 

Expenses:

    

Manager fees

       236,566

Administration fees

       29,268

Custodian fees

       906

Administrative and compliance services fees

       1,723

Transfer agent fees

       2,734

Trustee fees

       6,214

Professional fees

       4,971

Shareholder reports

       3,992

Other expenses

       1,513
    

 

 

 

Total expenses before reductions

       287,887

Less expenses voluntarily waived/reimbursed by the Manager

       (59,142 )
    

 

 

 

Net expenses

       228,745
    

 

 

 

Net Investment Income/(Loss)

       274,746
    

 

 

 

Net realized and Change in net unrealized gains/losses on investments:

    

Net realized gains/(losses) on affiliated underlying funds

       3,843,686

Net realized gains distributions from affiliated underlying funds

       1,311,716

Net realized gains/(losses) on futures contracts

       378,050

Change in net unrealized appreciation/depreciation on affiliated underlying funds

       3,783,617

Change in net unrealized appreciation/depreciation on futures contracts

       (6,382 )
    

 

 

 

Net realized and Change in net unrealized gains/losses on investments

       9,310,687
    

 

 

 

Change in Net Assets Resulting From Operations

     $ 9,585,433
    

 

 

 
 

 

See accompanying notes to the financial statements.

 

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AZL MVP Fusion Conservative Fund

 

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 

      For the
Six Months Ended
June 30, 2021
   For the
Year Ended
December 31, 2020
     (Unaudited)     

Change In Net Assets:

         

Operations:

         

Net investment income/(loss)

     $ 274,746      $ 4,644,267

Net realized gains/(losses) on investments

       5,533,452        (8,445,271 )

Change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation on investments

       3,777,235        15,091,584
    

 

 

      

 

 

 

Change in net assets resulting from operations

       9,585,433        11,290,580
    

 

 

      

 

 

 

Distributions to Shareholders:

         

Distributions

       —        (11,315,056 )
    

 

 

      

 

 

 

Change in net assets resulting from distributions to shareholders

       —        (11,315,056 )
    

 

 

      

 

 

 

Capital Transactions:

         

Proceeds from shares issued

       12,303,580        21,235,561

Proceeds from dividends reinvested

       —        11,315,056

Value of shares redeemed

       (23,817,503 )        (41,501,165 )
    

 

 

      

 

 

 

Change in net assets resulting from capital transactions

       (11,513,923 )        (8,950,548 )
    

 

 

      

 

 

 

Change in net assets

       (1,928,490 )        (8,975,024 )

Net Assets:

         

Beginning of period

       240,117,809        249,092,833
    

 

 

      

 

 

 

End of period

     $ 238,189,319      $ 240,117,809
    

 

 

      

 

 

 

Share Transactions:

         

Shares issued

       1,007,677        1,888,230

Dividends reinvested

       —        998,681

Shares redeemed

       (1,954,358 )        (3,587,115 )
    

 

 

      

 

 

 

Change in shares

       (946,681 )        (700,204 )
    

 

 

      

 

 

 

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

 

See accompanying notes to the financial statements.

 

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AZL MVP Fusion Conservative Fund

Financial Highlights

(Selected data for a share of beneficial interest outstanding throughout the periods indicated)

 

      Six Months
Ended
June 30, 2021
  Year Ended
December 31,
2020
  Year Ended
December 31,
2019
  Year Ended
December 31,
2018
  Year Ended
December 31,
2017
  Year Ended
December 31,
2016
     (Unaudited)                    

Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period

     $ 11.93     $ 11.96     $ 11.16     $ 12.23     $ 11.89     $ 11.93
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Investment Activities:

                        

Net Investment Income/(Loss)

       0.01 (a)       0.23 (a)       0.25 (a)       0.23       0.16       0.19

Net Realized and Unrealized Gains/(Losses) on Investments

       0.48       0.31       1.24       (0.67 )       0.93       0.44
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total from Investment Activities

       0.49       0.54       1.49       (0.44 )       1.09       0.63
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Distributions to Shareholders From:

                        

Net Investment Income

       —       (0.27 )       (0.30 )       (0.17 )       (0.23 )       (0.28 )

Net Realized Gains

       —       (0.30 )       (0.39 )       (0.46 )       (0.52 )       (0.39 )
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total Dividends

       —       (0.57 )       (0.69 )       (0.63 )       (0.75 )       (0.67 )
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net Asset Value, End of Period

     $ 12.42     $ 11.93     $ 11.96     $ 11.16     $ 12.23     $ 11.89
    

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total Return(b)

       4.11 %(c)       4.79 %       13.54 %       (3.75 )%       9.31 %       5.32 %

Ratios to Average Net Assets/Supplemental Data:

                        

Net Assets, End of Period (000’s)

     $ 238,189     $ 240,118     $ 249,093     $ 235,129     $ 268,572     $ 277,889

Net Investment Income/(Loss)(d)

       0.23 %       1.96 %       2.11 %       1.83 %       1.14 %       1.63 %

Expenses Before Reductions*(d)(e)

       0.24 %       0.25 %       0.25 %       0.24 %       0.23 %       0.24 %

Expenses Net of Reductions*(d)

       0.19 %       0.25 %       0.25 %       0.24 %       0.23 %       0.24 %

Portfolio Turnover Rate

       7 %(c)       17 %       21 %       16 %       18 %       62 %

 

*

The expense ratios exclude the impact of fees/expenses paid by each underlying fund.

 

(a)

Calculated using the average shares method.

 

(b)

The returns include reinvested dividends and fund level expenses, but exclude insurance contract charges. If these charges were included, the returns would have been lower.

 

(c)

Not annualized for periods less than one year.

 

(d)

Annualized for periods less than one year.

 

(e)

Excludes fee reductions. If such fee reductions had not occurred, the ratios would have been as indicated.

 

See accompanying notes to the financial statements.

 

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AZL MVP Fusion Conservative Fund

Notes to the Financial Statements

June 30, 2021 (Unaudited)

 

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 an 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, and follows the investment company accounting and reporting guidance under Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Topic 946 “Financial Services — Investment Companies”. The Trust consists of 12 separate investment portfolios (collectively, the “Funds”), of which one is included in this report, the AZL MVP Fusion Conservative Fund (prior to February 1, 2021, AZL MVP Fusion Dynamic Conservative Fund) (the “Fund”), and 11 are presented in separate reports. The Fund is a diversified series of the Trust.

The Fund is a “fund of funds”, which means that the Fund invests primarily in other mutual funds (the “Underlying Funds”). Underlying Funds invest in stock, 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 Fund will adjust its asset allocation as it seeks to achieve its investment objective.

The Trust is authorized to issue an unlimited number of shares of the Fund without par value. Shares of the Fund are available through the variable annuity contracts offered through the separate accounts of participating insurance companies. Currently, the Fund only offers its 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 Fund. In addition, in the normal course of business, the Fund may enter into contracts with its vendors and others that provide for general indemnifications. The Fund’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown, as this would involve future claims that may be made against the Fund. However, based on experience, the Fund expects that risk of loss to be remote.

2. Significant Accounting Policies

The following is a summary of significant accounting policies followed by the Fund in the preparation of its financial statements. The policies conform with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“U.S. GAAP”). The preparation of financial statements requires management to make certain estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of increases and decreases in net assets from operations during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

Security Valuation

The Fund records its 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 and Investment Income

Investment transactions are accounted for on trade date. Net realized gains and losses on investments sold and on foreign currency transactions are recorded on the basis of identified cost. Interest income is recorded on the accrual basis and includes, where applicable, the amortization of premiums or accretion of discounts. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date except in the case of foreign securities, in which case dividends are recorded as soon as such information becomes available.

Distributions to Shareholders

Distributions to shareholders are recorded on the ex-dividend date. The Fund distributes its dividends from net investment income and net realized capital gains, if any, on an annual basis. The amount of distributions from net investment income and from net realized gains is determined in accordance with federal income tax regulations, which may differ from U.S. GAAP. These “book/tax” differences are either temporary or permanent in nature. To the extent these differences are permanent in nature (e.g., return of capital, net operating loss, reclassification of certain market discounts, gain/loss, paydowns, and distributions), such amounts are reclassified within the composition of net assets based on their federal tax-basis treatment; temporary differences (e.g., wash sales and differing treatment on certain investments) do not require reclassification. Distributions to shareholders that exceed net investment income and net realized gains for tax purposes are reported as distributions of capital.

Expense Allocation

Expenses directly attributable to the Fund are charged directly to the Fund, while expenses attributable to more than one Fund are allocated among the respective Funds based upon relative net assets or some other reasonable method. Expenses which are attributable to more than one Trust are allocated across the Allianz Variable Insurance Products and Allianz Variable Insurance Products Fund of Funds Trusts based upon relative net assets or another reasonable basis. Allianz Investment Management LLC (the “Manager”), serves as the investment manager for the Trust and the Allianz Variable Insurance Products Trust.

Affiliated Securities Transactions

Pursuant to Rule 17a-7 under the 1940 Act (the “Rule”), the Fund may engage in securities transactions with affiliated investment companies and advisory accounts managed by the Manager. Any such purchase or sale transaction must be effected without a brokerage commission or other remuneration, except for customary transfer fees. The transaction must be effected at the current market price, which is either the security’s last sale price on an exchange or, if there are no transactions in the security that day, at the average of the highest bid and lowest asked price. During the period ended June 30, 2021, the Fund did not engage in any Rule 17a-7 transactions under the Rule.

Derivative Instruments

All open derivative positions at period end are reflected on the Fund’s Schedule of Portfolio Investments. The following is a description of the derivative instruments utilized by the Fund, including the primary underlying risk exposures related to each instrument type. The 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,

 

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AZL MVP Fusion Conservative Fund

Notes to the Financial Statements

June 30, 2021 (Unaudited)

 

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 Fund’s derivative positions could exceed 20% of the Fund’s value. The Fund may also use futures to gain equity exposure and may hold cash as a buffer in the event of market shocks.

Futures Contracts

During the period ended June 30, 2021, the Fund invested in futures contracts to reduce volatility and limit the need to decrease or increase allocations to underlying funds. Futures contracts are valued based upon their quoted daily settlement prices. Upon entering into a futures contract, the Fund is 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”), if any, is recorded by the Fund. 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 disclosed in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. 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. For the period ended June 30, 2021, the monthly average notional amount for long contracts was $11.7 million. There was no short contract activity during the period. Realized gains and losses are reported as “Net realized gains/(losses) on futures contracts” on the Statement of Operations.

Summary of Derivative Instruments

The following is a summary of the fair values of derivative instruments on the Fund’s Statement of Assets and Liabilities, categorized by risk exposure, as of June 30, 2021:

 

   

Asset Derivative

   

Liability Derivative

 
Primary Risk Exposure   Statement of Assets and Liabilities Location   Total Fair
Value
    Statement of Assets and Liabilities Location   Total Fair
Value
 

Equity Risk

       
Futures Contracts   Receivable for variation margin on futures contracts*   $ 75,499     Payable for variation margin on futures contracts*   $ —  

Interest Rate Risk

       
Futures Contracts   Receivable for variation margin on futures contracts*     23,489     Payable for variation margin on futures contracts*     —  

 

*

For futures contracts, the amounts represent the cumulative appreciation/depreciation of these futures contracts as reported in the Schedule of Portfolio Investments. Only current day’s variation margin is reported within the Statement of Assets and Liabilities as variation margin on futures contracts.

The following is a summary of the effect of derivative instruments on the Statement of Operations, categorized by risk exposure, for the period ended June 30, 2021:

 

Primary Risk Exposure  

Location of Gains/(Losses)

on Derivatives

Recognized

  

Realized Gains/(Losses)

on Derivatives

Recognized

    

Change in Net Unrealized

Appreciation/ Depreciation on

Derivatives Recognized

 

Equity Risk

       
Futures Contracts   Net realized gains/(losses) on futures contracts/ Change net in unrealized appreciation/depreciation on futures contracts    $ 591,969      $ (17,645 ) 

Interest Rate Risk

       
Futures Contracts   Net realized gains/(losses) on futures contracts/ Change net in unrealized appreciation/depreciation on futures contracts      (213,919 )       11,263  

3. Fees and Transactions with Affiliates and Other Parties

The Manager provides investment advisory and management services for the Fund. The Manager has contractually agreed to waive fees and reimburse the Fund to limit the annual expenses, excluding interest expense (e.g., cash overdraft fees), taxes, brokerage commissions, acquired fund fees and expenses, other expenditures that are capitalized in accordance with U.S. GAAP and other extraordinary expenses not incurred in the ordinary course of the Fund’s business, based on the daily net assets of the Fund, through April 30, 2022. Expenses incurred for investment advisory and management services are reflected on the Statement of Operations as “Manager fees.”

For the period ended June 30, 2021, the annual rate due to the Manager and the annual expense limit were as follows:

 

        Annual Rate*      Annual Expense Limit

AZL MVP Fusion Conservative Fund

         0.20 %          0.35 %

 

*

The Manager waived, prior to any application of expense limit, the management fee to 0.15% on all assets. The Manager reserves the right to increase the management fee to the amount shown in the table above (i.e., discontinue the waiver) at any time after April 30, 2022.

Any amounts contractually waived or reimbursed by the Manager in a particular fiscal year will be subject to repayment by the Fund to the Manager to the extent that from time to time through the next three fiscal years the repayment will not cause the Fund’s expenses to exceed the lesser of the stated limit at the time of the waiver or the current stated limit. Any amounts recouped by the Manager during the period are reflected on the Statement of Operations as “Recoupment of prior expenses reimbursed by the Manager.” At June 30, 2021, there were no remaining contractual reimbursements subject to repayment by the Fund in subsequent years.

In addition, the Manager may voluntarily waive or reimburse additional fees in order to maintain more competitive expense ratios. Any voluntary waivers or reimbursements are not subject to repayment in subsequent years. Information on the total amount waived/reimbursed by the Manager or repaid to the Manager by the Fund during the period can be found on the Statement of Operations.

 

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AZL MVP Fusion Conservative Fund

Notes to the Financial Statements

June 30, 2021 (Unaudited)

 

The Manager or an affiliate of the Manager serves as the investment adviser of certain underlying funds in which the Fund invests. At June 30, 2021, these underlying funds are noted as Affiliated Investment Companies in the Fund’s Schedule of Portfolio Investments. Additional information, including financial statements, about these Funds is available at www.allianzlife.com. The Manager or an affiliate of the Manager is paid a separate fee from the underlying funds for such services. A summary of the Fund’s investments in affiliated investment companies for the period ended June 30, 2021 is as follows:

 

     Value
12/31/2020
  Purchases
at Cost
  Proceeds from
Sales
 

Net

Realized
Gains(Losses)

 

Change in Net

Unrealized
Appreciation/
Depreciation

  Value
6/30/2021
  Shares as of
6/30/2021
  Dividend
Income
  Net Realized
Gains Distributions
from Affiliated
Underlying Funds

AZL DFA International Core Equity Fund

    $ 6,072,597     $ 272,770     $ (1,122,811 )     $ 247,883     $ 410,478     $ 5,880,917       477,347     $ —     $ —

AZL DFA U.S. Core Equity Fund

      3,731,622       69,259       (796,475 )       269,714       316,060       3,590,180       209,584       —       —

AZL DFA U.S. Small Cap Fund

      2,529,456       56,950       (772,517 )       231,629       317,298       2,362,816       152,735       —       —

AZL Enhanced Bond Index Fund

      23,199,473       1,293,730       (841,653 )       18,208       (429,773 )       23,239,985       2,008,642       —       —

AZL FIAM Total Bond Fund, Class 2

      31,005,747       1,342,744       (1,339,311 )       60,350       (58,040 )       31,011,490       2,803,932       —       —

AZL Gateway Fund

      3,703,325       48,656       (417,341 )       66,047       183,164       3,583,851       229,000       —       —

AZL International Index Fund, Class 2

      13,208,056       689,878       (2,066,107 )       429,193       672,235       12,933,255       683,215       —       —

AZL MetWest Total Return Bond Fund

      30,987,017       1,595,613       (1,232,947 )       19,808       (385,589 )       30,983,902       2,860,933       —       —

AZL Mid Cap Index Fund, Class 2

      7,308,286       291,152       (1,633,853 )       419,743       754,232       7,139,560       253,536       —       —

AZL MSCI Emerging Markets Equity Index Fund, Class 2

      3,774,701       262,156       (728,573 )       142,706       124,947       3,575,937       391,240       —       —

AZL Russell 1000 Growth Index Fund, Class 2

      15,973,356       3,784,340       (3,836,468 )       1,269,177       932,955       18,123,360       761,486       —       —

AZL Russell 1000 Value Index Fund, Class 2

      21,001,621       777,231       (6,405,435 )       385,667       2,453,060       18,212,144       1,251,694       —       —

AZL Small Cap Stock Index Fund, Class 2

      3,739,148       118,070       (1,103,906 )       240,227       549,616       3,543,155       209,283       —       —

PIMCO VIT Income Portfolio

      14,502,522       504,133       (679,392 )       39,863       (39,482 )       14,327,644       1,301,330       197,183       —

PIMCO VIT Low Duration Portfolio

      16,570,564       713,304       (539,458 )       6,303       (70,418 )       16,680,295       1,613,181       36,007       —

PIMCO VIT Total Return Portfolio

      31,035,978       3,244,078       (1,306,434 )       (2,832 )       (1,947,126 )       31,023,664       2,854,063       268,936       1,311,716
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 
    $ 228,343,469     $ 15,064,064     $ (24,822,681 )     $ 3,843,686     $ 3,783,617     $ 226,212,155       18,061,201     $ 502,126     $ 1,311,716
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Pursuant to separate agreements between the Trust and the Manager, the Manager provides a Chief Compliance Officer (“CCO”) and certain compliance oversight and regulatory filing services to the Trust. Under these agreements, the Manager is entitled to an amount equal to a portion of the compensation and certain other expenses related to the individuals performing the CCO and compliance oversight services, as well as $100 per hour for time incurred in connection with the preparation and filing of certain documents with the SEC. The fees are paid to the Manager on a quarterly basis. The total expenses incurred by the Fund for these services are reflected on the Statement of Operations as “Administrative and compliance services fees.”

Citi Fund Services Ohio, Inc. (“Citi” or the “Administrator”), a wholly owned subsidiary of Citigroup, Inc., with which an officer of the Trust is affiliated, serves as the Trust’s administrator and fund accountant, and assists the Trust in all aspects of its administration and operation. The Administrator is entitled to a fee, accrued daily and paid monthly. The Administrator is entitled to an annual fee for each additional class of shares of any Fund, certain annual fees in supporting fair values services, and a Trust-wide annual fee for providing infrastructure and support in implementing the written policies and procedures comprising the Fund’s compliance program. The Administrator is also reimbursed for certain expenses incurred. The total expenses incurred by the Fund for these services are reflected on the Statement of Operations as “Administration fees.”

FIS Investor Services LLC (“FIS”) serves as the Fund’s transfer agent. Under the Transfer Agent Agreement, the Trust pays FIS a fee for its services and reimburses FIS for all of their reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred in providing these services.

The Bank of New York Mellon (“BNY Mellon” or the “Custodian”) serves as the Trust’s custodian and securities lending agent. For these services as custodian, the Funds pay BNY Mellon a fee based on a percentage of assets held on behalf of the Funds, plus certain out-of-pocket charges.

Allianz Life Financial Services, LLC (“ALFS”), an affiliate of the Manager, serves as distributor of the Fund. ALFS receives an annual Trust-wide annual fee of $7,500, paid by the Manager from its profits and not by the Trust, for recordkeeping and reporting services.

Certain Officers and Trustees of the Trust are affiliated with the Manager or the Administrator. Such Officers (except for the Trust’s CCO as noted above) and Trustees receive no compensation from the Trust for serving in their respective roles. For their service to the Trust and to the Allianz Variable Insurance Products Trust, each non-interested Trustee receives a $191,625 annual Board retainer, the Lead Director receives an additional $37,500, the Chair of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee receives an additional $7,500 annually, the Co-Chairs of the Investment Committee receive $3,750 annually and the Chair of the Audit Committee receives an additional $11,250 annually. In addition, the Trustees are reimbursed for certain expenses associated with attending Board meetings. Compensation to the Trustees is allocated between the Trust and the Allianz Variable Insurance Products Trust in proportion to the assets under management of each trust. During the period ended June 30, 2021, actual Trustee compensation was $702,562 in total for both trusts.

 

8


AZL MVP Fusion Conservative Fund

Notes to the Financial Statements

June 30, 2021 (Unaudited)

 

4. Investment Valuation Summary

The valuation techniques employed by the Fund, 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 Fund’s 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, prepayments speeds, credit risk, etc.)

  ●  

Level 3 — significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund’s 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 inputs or methodology used for valuing investments is not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those investments.

Investments in other investment companies are valued at their published net asset value (“NAV”). Security prices are generally provided by an independent third party pricing service approved by the Trust’s Board of Trustees (the “Board” or “Trustees”) as of the close of the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) (generally 4:00 pm Eastern Time). The investments utilizing Level 1 valuations represent investments in open-end investment companies. 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.

The following is a summary of the valuation inputs used as of June 30, 2021 in valuing the Fund’s investments based upon the three levels defined above:

 

Investment Securities:      Level 1      Level 2      Level 3      Total
                             

Affiliated Investment Companies

       $ 226,212,155        $ —        $ —        $ 226,212,155
      

 

 

        

 

 

        

 

 

        

 

 

 

Total Investment Securities

         226,212,155          —          —          226,212,155
      

 

 

        

 

 

        

 

 

        

 

 

 

Other Financial Instruments:*

                           

Futures Contracts

         98,988          —          —          98,988
      

 

 

        

 

 

        

 

 

        

 

 

 

Total Investments

       $ 226,311,143        $ —        $ —        $ 226,311,143
      

 

 

        

 

 

        

 

 

        

 

 

 

 

*

Other Financial Instruments would include any derivative instruments, such as futures contracts. These investments are generally presented in the financial statements at variation margin.

5. Security Purchases and Sales

For the period ended June 30, 2021, cost of purchases and proceeds from sales of securities (excluding securities maturing less than one year from acquisition) were as follows:

 

        Purchases      Sales

AZL MVP Fusion Conservative Fund

       $ 15,064,064        $ 24,822,680

6. Investment Risks

The risks below are presented in an order intended to facilitate readability. Their order does not imply that the realization of one risk is more likely to occur more frequently than another risk, nor does it imply that the realization of one risk is likely to have a greater adverse impact than another risk.

Derivatives Risk: The Fund may invest directly or through affiliated or unaffiliated mutual funds or unregistered investment pools in derivative instruments such as futures, options, and options on futures. 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 other party to a derivatives contract could default.

Foreign Securities Risk: Investing in the securities of non-U.S. issuers involves a number of risks, such as fluctuations in currency values, adverse political, social or economic developments, and differences in social and economic developments or policies.

Fund of Fund Risk: The Fund, as a shareholder of the underlying funds, indirectly bears its proportionate share of any investment management fees and other expenses of the underlying funds. Further due to the fees and expenses paid by the Fund, as well as small variations in the Fund’s actual allocations to the underlying funds and any futures and cash held in the Fund’s portfolio, the performance and income distributions of the Fund will not be the same as the performance and income distributions of the underlying funds. In addition, the Fund maintains indirect exposure to various types of risk which may exist in the underlying Funds, such as foreign securities risk, fixed income securities risk and other risks.

Interest Rate Risk: Debt securities held by an underlying fund may decline in value due to rising interest rates.

Market Risk: The market price of securities owned by the underlying funds may go up or down, sometimes rapidly and unpredictably. Securities may decline in value due to factors affecting securities markets generally or particular industries represented in the securities markets. The value of a security may decline due to general market conditions that are not specifically related to a particular company, such as real or perceived adverse economic conditions, changes in the general outlook for corporate earnings, changes in interest or currency rates, or adverse investor sentiment, as well as natural disasters, and outbreaks of infectious illnesses or other widespread public health issues.

7. Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic

During the first quarter of 2020, the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 to be a public health emergency. COVID-19 has led to increased short-term market volatility and may have adverse long-term effects on U.S. and world economies and markets in general. COVID-19 may adversely impact the Fund’s ability to achieve its investment objectives. The extent of the impact on the performance of the Fund and its investments will depend on future developments, including the duration and spread of the COVID-19 outbreak, related restrictions and advisories, and the effects on the financial markets and economy overall, all of which are highly uncertain and cannot be predicted.

 

9


AZL MVP Fusion Conservative Fund

Notes to the Financial Statements

June 30, 2021 (Unaudited)

 

8. Federal Tax Information

It is the policy of the Fund to continue to qualify as a regulated investment company by complying with the provisions available to certain investment companies, as defined under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code, and to make distributions of net investment income and net realized gains sufficient to relieve it from all, or substantially all, federal income taxes. Accordingly, no provisions for federal income taxes are required in the financial statements.

Management of the Fund has reviewed tax positions taken in tax years that remain subject to examination by all major tax jurisdictions, including federal (i.e., the last four tax year ends and the interim tax period since then, as applicable). Management believes that there is no tax liability resulting from unrecognized tax benefits related to uncertain tax positions taken.

Cost of securities, including derivatives and short positions as applicable, for federal income tax purposes at December 31, 2020 was $203,973,047. The gross unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) on a tax basis was as follows:

 

Unrealized appreciation

  $ 24,370,422  

Unrealized (depreciation)

    —  
 

 

 

 

Net unrealized appreciation/(depreciation)

  $ 24,370,422  
 

 

 

 

As of the end of its tax year ended December 31, 2020, the Fund had capital loss carry forwards (“CLCFs”) as summarized in the table below. The Board does not intend to authorize a distribution of any realized gain for the Fund until any applicable CLCF has been offset.

CLCF’s not subject to expiration:

 

        Short-Term
Amount
     Long-Term
Amount
     Total
Amount

AZL MVP Fusion Conservative Fund

       $ 3,602,529        $ 2,848,153        $ 6,450,682

The tax character of dividends paid to shareholders during the year ended December 31, 2020, was as follows:

 

        Ordinary
Income
    

Net

Long-Term
Capital Gains

     Total
Distributions(a)

AZL MVP Fusion Conservative Fund

       $ 5,946,304        $ 5,368,752        $ 11,315,056

 

(a)

Total distributions paid may differ from the Statements of Changes in Net Assets because dividends are recognized when actually paid for tax purposes.

At December 31, 2020, the components of accumulated earnings on a tax basis were as follows:

 

        Undistributed
Ordinary
Income
     Undistributed
Long-Term
Capital Gains
     Accumulated
Capital and
Other Losses
     Unrealized
Appreciation/
Depreciation(a)
     Total
Accumulated
Earnings/
(Deficit)

AZL MVP Fusion Conservative Fund

       $ 5,520,744        $ —        $ (6,450,682 )        $ 24,370,422        $ 23,440,484

 

(a)

The difference between book-basis and tax-basis unrealized appreciation/depreciation was attributable primarily to tax deferral of losses on wash sales, straddles and mark-to-market of futures contracts.

9. Ownership and Principal Holders

The beneficial ownership, either directly or indirectly, of more than 25% of the voting securities of a fund creates presumptions of control of the fund, under section 2 (a)(9) of the 1940 Act. As of June 30, 2021, the Fund had an individual shareholder account which is affiliated with the Manager representing ownership in excess of 90% of the Fund. Investment activities of these shareholders could have a material impact to the Fund.

10. Subsequent Events

Management of the Fund has evaluated the need for additional disclosures or adjustments resulting from events through the date the financial statements were issued. Based on this evaluation, there were no subsequent events to report that would have material impact on the Fund’s financial statements.

 

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AZL MVP Fusion Conservative Fund

Special Joint Meeting of Shareholders

June 30, 2021 (Unaudited)

 

A special meeting of the Allianz Variable Insurance Products Fund Of Funds Trust’s (the “Trust”) shareholders was held on June 3, 2021. The results of the matters voted upon at the meeting are reported below.

Election of Trustees

To elect seven nominees as Trustees of the Trust to serve until a successor is elected and qualified or until such Trustee dies, resigns, retires, or is removed for election as provided in the governing documents of the Trust. The nominees were Peter R. Burnim, Peggy L. Ettestad, Tamara Lynn Fagely, Richard H. Forde, Claire R. Leonardi, Dickson W. Lewis, and Brian Muench. There was no other Trustee whose term of office as a Trustee continued after the meeting.

 

                FOR      WITHHELD
Peter R. Burnim      Votes          9,698,300,664.000          461,262,722.733
     % of votes entitled to be cast          95.460 %          4.540 %
Peggy L. Ettestad      Votes          9,744,785,844.047          414,777,542.686
     % of votes entitled to be cast          95.917 %          4.083 %
Tamara Lynn Fagely      Votes          9,749,721,430.073          409,841,956.660
     % of votes entitled to be cast          95.966 %          4.034 %
Richard H. Forde      Votes          9,725,296,590.351          434,266,796.382
     % of votes entitled to be cast          95.726 %          4.274 %
Claire R. Leonardi      Votes          9,756,832,186.929          402,731,199.804
     % of votes entitled to be cast          96.036 %          3.964 %
Dickson W. Lewis      Votes          9,683,252,333.341          476,311,053.392
     % of votes entitled to be cast          95.312 %          4.688 %
Brian Muench      Votes          9,739,692,821.948          419,870,564.785
     % of votes entitled to be cast          95.867 %          4.133 %

Approve amended fundamental restrictions regarding investments in commodities

To approve that the Trust’s fundamental policies with respect to commodities are replaced with the following: “No Fund may: Purchase or sell commodities except to the extent permitted by the 1940 Act or any rules, exemptions or interpretations thereunder that may be adopted, granted or issued by the SEC.”

 

FUND              FOR      AGAINST      ABSTAIN
                         
AZL MVP FusionSM Balanced Fund      Votes          724,020,610.631          25,965,700.395          64,480,992.029
     % of votes entitled to be cast          88.895 %          3.188 %          7.917 %
AZL MVP FusionSM Conservative Fund      Votes          207,849,507.478          7,714,328.807          20,132,965.915
     % of votes entitled to be cast          88.185 %          3.273 %          8.542 %
AZL MVP FusionSM Moderate Fund      Votes          1,675,644,566.951          51,935,064.499          151,957,164.856
     % of votes entitled to be cast          89.152 %          2.763 %          8.085 %
AZL® Balanced Index Strategy Fund      Votes          370,109,866.443          8,120,911.689          37,825,978.335
     % of votes entitled to be cast          88.957 %          1.952 %          9.092 %
AZL® MVP Balanced Index Strategy Fund      Votes          272,508,300.262          8,100,202.921          38,940,957.230
     % of votes entitled to be cast          85.279 %          2.535 %          12.186 %
AZL® MVP Growth Index Strategy Fund      Votes          2,253,168,549.922          81,030,934.965          243,425,209.080
     % of votes entitled to be cast          87.413 %          3.144 %          9.444 %
AZL® MVP Moderate Index Strategy Fund      Votes          459,489,269.089          21,433,634.607          44,698,959.196
     % of votes entitled to be cast          87.418 %          4.078 %          8.504 %
AZL® MVP Global Balanced Index Strategy Fund      Votes          607,120,765.403          28,580,727.312          67,371,200.883
     % of votes entitled to be cast          86.352 %          4.065 %          9.582 %
AZL® DFA Multi-Strategy Fund      Votes          838,713,716.278          44,467,726.830          71,863,407.006
     % of votes entitled to be cast          87.819 %          4.656 %          7.525 %
AZL® MVP DFA Multi-Strategy Fund      Votes          82,637,136.168          3,643,849.372          7,250,675.011
     % of votes entitled to be cast          88.352 %          3.896 %          7.752 %
AZL® MVP Fidelity Institutional Asset Management® Multi-Strategy Fund      Votes          215,631,261.075          8,954,953.342          29,292,949.884
     % of votes entitled to be cast          84.935 %          3.527 %          11.538 %
AZL® MVP T. Rowe Price Capital Appreciation Plus Fund      Votes          1,222,126,591.953          56,285,445.413          107,069,305.504
     % of votes entitled to be cast          88.210 %          4.063 %          7.728 %

 

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Approve amended fundamental restrictions regarding borrowing

To approve that the Trust’s fundamental and related non-fundamental policies with respect to borrowing are replaced with the following: “No Fund may: Borrow money, except to the extent permitted by the 1940 Act, or any rules, exemptions or interpretations thereunder that may be adopted, granted or issued by the SEC.”

 

FUND              FOR      AGAINST      ABSTAIN
AZL MVP FusionSM Balanced Fund      Votes          709,309,612.667          31,798,584.250          73,359,106.138
     % of votes entitled to be cast          87.089 %          3.904 %          9.007 %
AZL MVP FusionSM Conservative Fund      Votes          210,036,621.710          8,331,208.078          17,328,972.411
     % of votes entitled to be cast          89.113 %          3.535 %          7.352 %
AZL MVP FusionSM Moderate Fund      Votes          1,642,136,577.503          69,923,524.523          167,476,694.280
     % of votes entitled to be cast          87.369 %          3.720 %          8.911 %
AZL® Balanced Index Strategy Fund      Votes          371,193,748.544          7,499,541.088          37,363,466.836
     % of votes entitled to be cast          89.217 %          1.803 %          8.980 %
AZL® MVP Balanced Index Strategy Fund      Votes          269,242,580.863          12,559,386.314          37,747,493.235
     % of votes entitled to be cast          84.257 %          3.930 %          11.813 %
AZL® MVP Growth Index Strategy Fund      Votes          2,202,090,386.602          118,938,115.278          256,596,192.088
     % of votes entitled to be cast          85.431 %          4.614 %          9.955 %
AZL® MVP Moderate Index Strategy Fund      Votes          448,098,738.171          33,266,593.465          44,256,531.255
     % of votes entitled to be cast          85.251 %          6.329 %          8.420 %
AZL® MVP Global Balanced Index Strategy Fund      Votes          609,771,514.679          31,023,055.053          62,278,123.866
     % of votes entitled to be cast          86.729 %          4.412 %          8.858 %
AZL® DFA Multi-Strategy Fund      Votes          829,772,912.326          48,960,106.404          76,311,831.384
     % of votes entitled to be cast          86.883 %          5.126 %          7.990 %
AZL® MVP DFA Multi-Strategy Fund      Votes          80,825,430.550          3,740,847.678          8,965,382.323
     % of votes entitled to be cast          86.415 %          4.000 %          9.585 %
AZL® MVP Fidelity Institutional Asset Management® Multi-Strategy Fund      Votes          211,483,269.699          12,637,803.011          29,758,091.590
     % of votes entitled to be cast          83.301 %          4.978 %          11.721 %
AZL® MVP T. Rowe Price Capital Appreciation Plus Fund      Votes          1,191,897,700.679          69,546,262.813          124,037,379.379
     % of votes entitled to be cast          86.028 %          5.020 %          8.953 %

 

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Other Information (Unaudited)

A description of the policies and procedures that the Fund uses to determine how to vote proxies relating to portfolio securities is available, without charge, upon request, by visiting the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (‘‘Commission’’) website at www.sec.gov, or by calling 800-624-0197.

Information regarding how the Fund voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30th is available (i) without charge, upon request, by calling 800-624-0197; (ii) on the Trust’s website at https://www.allianzlife.com; and (iii) on the Commission’s website at http://www.sec.gov.

The Fund files complete Schedules of Portfolio Holdings with the Commission for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-PORT. Schedules of Portfolio Holdings for the Fund are available without charge on the Commission’s website at http://www.sec.gov or may be obtained by calling 800-624-0197.

 

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Statement Regarding the Trust’s Liquidity Risk Management Program (Unaudited)

Each series (each such series a “Fund” and, together, the “Funds”) of the Allianz Variable Insurance Products Trust, but not the AZL Government Money Market Fund, and of the Allianz Variable Insurance Products Fund of Funds Trust (each such trust a “Trust” and, together, the “Trusts”) has adopted and implemented a written liquidity risk management program (the “Program”) pursuant to Rule 22e-4 under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “Liquidity Rule”). The Program includes policies and procedures reasonably designed to assess and manage each Fund’s liquidity risk (the “risk that a fund could not meet requests to redeem shares issued by the fund without significant dilution of remaining investors’ interests in the fund”) and to comply with the requirements of the Liquidity Rule, including: (i) assessment, management and periodic review of liquidity risk; (ii) classification of portfolio holdings; (iii) establishment of a highly liquid investment minimum (“HLIM”), as applicable; (iv) limitation of illiquid investments; and (v) redemptions in-kind.

The Board of Trustees of each Fund (together, the “Board”) approved the designation of the individual officers of the Trusts who serve as the administrators of the Program (the “Program Administrators”). The Program Administrators oversee the implementation of the Program, including the monitoring of liquidity and liquidity risk for each Fund on an ongoing basis.

At a meeting of the Board held on February 16, 2021, the Program Administrators provided their annual written report (the “Report”) to the Board addressing the operation of the Program and assessing its adequacy and effectiveness of implementation for the annual period from January 1, 2020 through December 31, 2020 (the “Reporting Period”). This Report included an overview of the operation of the Program, including liquidity events relevant to the Funds, if any, during the Reporting Period and conclusions with respect to the adequacy of the policies and procedures of the Program and the effectiveness of Program implementation. The Report also included a summary of the annual assessment of each Fund’s liquidity risk, which took into account the following factors enumerated in the Liquidity Rule and identified in the Program, as applicable:

1) Each Fund’s investment strategy and liquidity of portfolio investments during both normal and reasonably foreseeable stressed conditions, including: (i) whether the Fund’s investment strategy is appropriate for an open-end fund; (ii) the extent to which the Fund’s strategy involves a relatively concentrated portfolio or large positions in particular issuers; and, as applicable, (iii) the Fund’s use of borrowings for investment purposes; and (iv) the Fund’s use of derivatives;

2) Short-term and long-term cash flow projections during both normal and reasonably foreseeable stressed conditions; and

3) Holdings of cash and cash equivalents, as well as borrowing arrangements and other funding sources.

Based on the information considered, the Report concluded that each Fund continues to have an investment strategy that is appropriate for an open-end fund, and that each Fund is reasonably likely to be able to meet redemption requests without significant dilution of remaining shareholders’ interests in the Fund. There were no material liquidity matters impacting the Funds identified in the Report and the Report concluded that the Program operated effectively during the Reporting Period, including during periods of market volatility and net redemptions.

In accordance with the Program, each Fund’s portfolio investments were classified into one of four liquidity categories as provided in the Liquidity Rule as applicable during the Reporting Period. Liquidity classification determinations take into account a variety of factors including market, trading and investment-specific considerations, as well as market depth in accordance with the requirements of the Liquidity Rule and as specified in the Program, and generally incorporate analysis from a third-party data vendor. The Report reviewed the classification methodology as provided in the Program and noted there were no material issues with respect to liquidity classifications during the Reporting Period.

Pursuant to the Liquidity Rule, no Fund may acquire any illiquid investment if, after the acquisition, the Fund would have invested more than 15% of its assets in illiquid investments that are assets. The Program includes provisions reasonably designed to comply with the 15% limit on illiquid investments. During the Reporting Period, no Fund breached the 15% limit on illiquid investments.

During the Reporting Period, each Fund maintained a designated HLIM. The Report stated that the Program Administrators reviewed each Fund’s HLIM as provided in the Program and concluded that each Fund’s applicable HLIM operated as intended during the Reporting Period and no changes to the HLIM for any Fund were recommended. During the Reporting Period, no Fund fell below its designated HLIM. The Report concluded that the Program includes provisions reasonably designed to comply with the HLIM for each Fund.

The Funds that engage in or reserve the right to redeem in kind have adopted policies and procedures regarding in-kind redemptions as required by the Liquidity Rule.

On the basis of the review, the Report concluded that: (i) the Program remains reasonably designed to manage each Fund’s liquidity risk; (ii) the Program was implemented and operated effectively to achieve the goal of assessing and managing each Fund’s liquidity risk during the Reporting Period; and (iii) each Fund was able to meet requests for redemption without significant dilution of remaining investors in the Fund during the Reporting Period. The Report noted that there were no material changes to the Program during the Reporting Period, and none were recommended by the Program Administrators in connection with the Report.

 

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The Allianz VIP Fund of Funds are distributed by Allianz Life Financial Services, LLC.   
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AZL® MVP FusionSM Moderate Fund

(formerly known as, AZL® MVP FusionSM Dynamic Moderate Fund)

Semi-Annual Report

June 30, 2021

(Unaudited)

 

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Table of Contents

 

Expense Examples and Portfolio Composition

Page 1

Schedule of Portfolio Investments

Page 2

Statement of Assets and Liabilities

Page 3

Statement of Operations

Page 3

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

Page 4

Financial Highlights

Page 5

Notes to the Financial Statements

Page 6

Special Joint Meeting of Shareholders

Page 11

Other Information

Page 13

Statement Regarding the Trust’s Liquidity Risk Management Program

Page 14

 

This report is submitted for the general information of the shareholder of the Fund. The report is not authorized for distribution to prospective investors in the Fund unless preceded or accompanied by an effective prospectus, which contains details concerning the sales charges and other pertinent information.


AZL MVP Fusion Moderate Fund

Expense Examples

(Unaudited)

 

As a shareholder of the AZL MVP Fusion Moderate Fund (the “Fund”), you incur ongoing costs, including management fees, distribution fees, and other Fund expenses. These examples are intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds. Please note that the expenses shown in each table do not reflect expenses that apply to the subaccount or the insurance contract. If the expenses that apply to the subaccount or the insurance contract were included, your costs would have been higher.

These examples are based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the periods presented below.

The Actual Expense table below provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information below, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the table under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During Period” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period.

 

     Beginning
Account Value
1/1/21
  Ending
Account Value
6/30/21
  Expenses Paid
During Period
1/1/21 - 6/30/21*
  Annualized Expense
Ratio During Period
1/1/21 - 6/30/21

AZL MVP Fusion Moderate Fund

    $ 1,000.00     $ 1,078.30     $ 0.88       0.17 %

The Hypothetical Expense table below provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Fund’s actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of other funds.

 

     Beginning
Account Value
1/1/21
  Ending
Account Value
6/30/21
  Expenses Paid
During Period
1/1/21 - 6/30/21*
  Annualized Expense
Ratio During Period
1/1/21 - 6/30/21

AZL MVP Fusion Moderate Fund

    $ 1,000.00     $ 1,023.95     $ 0.85       0.17 %

 

*

Expenses are equal to the average account value multiplied by the Fund’s annualized expense ratio multiplied by 181/365 (the number of days in the most recent fiscal half-year divided by the number of days in the fiscal year).

 

Portfolio Composition

(Unaudited)

 

Investments   Percent of Net Assets

Domestic Equity Funds

      39.1 %

Fixed Income Funds

      37.0

International Equity Funds

      19.0
   

 

 

 

Total Investment Securities

      95.1

Net other assets (liabilities)

      4.9
   

 

 

 

Net Assets

      100.0 %
   

 

 

 
 

 

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AZL MVP Fusion Moderate Fund

Schedule of Portfolio Investments

June 30, 2021 (Unaudited)

 

Shares            Value  
Affiliated Investment Companies (95.1%):       
Domestic Equity Funds (39.1%):  
  2,977,887      AZL DFA U.S. Core Equity Fund    $ 51,011,204  
  2,623,726      AZL DFA U.S. Small Cap Fund      40,589,042  
  3,254,208      AZL Gateway Fund      50,928,358  
  3,454,999      AZL Mid Cap Index Fund, Class 2      97,292,778  
  9,923,824      AZL Russell 1000 Growth Index Fund, Class 2      236,187,019  
  15,738,172      AZL Russell 1000 Value Index Fund, Class 2      228,990,409  
  2,395,178      AZL Small Cap Stock Index Fund, Class 2      40,550,361  
     

 

 

 
        745,549,171  
     

 

 

 
Fixed Income Funds (37.0%):  
  9,954,371      AZL Enhanced Bond Index Fund      115,172,077  
  13,993,095      AZL Fidelity Institutional Asset Management Total Bond Fund, Class 2      154,763,626  
  14,176,870      AZL MetWest Total Return Bond Fund      153,535,507  
  6,664,339      PIMCO VIT Income Portfolio      73,374,377  
Shares            Value  
Affiliated Investment Companies, continued       
Fixed Income Funds, continued  
  5,114,857      PIMCO VIT Low Duration Portfolio    $ 52,887,619  
  14,161,739      PIMCO VIT Total Return Portfolio      153,938,106  
     

 

 

 
        703,671,312  
     

 

 

 
International Equity Funds (19.0%):  
  7,768,810      AZL DFA International Core Equity Fund      95,711,740  
  9,960,833      AZL International Index Fund, Class 2      188,558,563  
  8,451,435      AZL MSCI Emerging Markets Equity Index Fund, Class 2      77,246,120  
     

 

 

 
        361,516,423  
     

 

 

 
 

Total Affiliated Investment Companies (Cost $1,425,864,741)

     1,810,736,906  
  

 

 

 
 

Total Investment Securities (Cost $1,425,864,741) — 95.1%

     1,810,736,906  
 

Net other assets (liabilities) — 4.9%

     94,023,128  
  

 

 

 
 

Net Assets — 100.0%

   $ 1,904,760,034  
  

 

 

 
 

 

Percentages indicated are based on net assets as of June 30, 2021.

Futures Contracts

At June 30, 2021, the Fund’s open futures contracts were as follows:

Long Futures

 

Description    Expiration
Date
     Number of
Contracts
     Notional
Amount
     Value and
Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
 

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

     9/17/21        267      $ 57,252,810      $ 1,062,644  

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

     9/21/21        288        38,160,000        117,509  
           

 

 

 
            $ 1,180,153  
           

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to the financial statements.

 

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AZL MVP Fusion Moderate Fund

 

Statement of Assets and Liabilities

June 30, 2021

(Unaudited)

 

Assets:

   

Investments in affiliates, at cost

    $ 1,425,864,741
   

 

 

 

Investments in affiliates, at value

    $ 1,810,736,906

Deposit at broker for futures contracts collateral

      95,498,192

Interest and dividends receivable

      393,275

Receivable for affiliated investments sold

      753,720

Receivable for variation margin on futures contracts

      155

Prepaid expenses

      4,766
   

 

 

 

Total Assets

      1,907,387,014
   

 

 

 

Liabilities:

   

Cash overdraft

      1,153,762

Payable for capital shares redeemed

      1,147,735

Manager fees payable

      235,275

Administration fees payable

      7,678

Custodian fees payable

      233

Administrative and compliance services fees payable

      3,225

Transfer agent fees payable

      921

Trustee fees payable

      16,270

Other accrued liabilities

      61,881
   

 

 

 

Total Liabilities

      2,626,980
   

 

 

 

Net Assets

    $ 1,904,760,034
   

 

 

 

Net Assets Consist of:

   

Paid in capital

    $ 1,533,899,969

Total distributable earnings

      370,860,065
   

 

 

 

Net Assets

    $ 1,904,760,034
   

 

 

 

Shares of beneficial interest (unlimited number of shares authorized, no par value)

      160,920,316

Net Asset Value (offering and redemption price per share)

    $ 11.84
   

 

 

 

Statement of Operations

For the Six Months Ended June 30, 2021

(Unaudited)

 

Investment Income:

   

Dividends from affiliates

    $ 2,440,208

Interest

      10,572

Dividends from non-affiliates

      2
   

 

 

 

Total Investment Income

      2,450,782
   

 

 

 

Expenses:

   

Manager fees

      1,889,182

Administration fees

      32,125

Custodian fees

      950

Administrative and compliance services fees

      12,725

Transfer agent fees

      2,801

Trustee fees

      45,673

Professional fees

      36,740

Shareholder reports

      28,101

Other expenses

      11,881
   

 

 

 

Total expenses before reductions

      2,060,178

Less expenses voluntarily waived/reimbursed by the Manager

      (472,304 )
   

 

 

 

Net expenses

      1,587,874
   

 

 

 

Net Investment Income/(Loss)

      862,908
   

 

 

 

Net realized and Change in net unrealized gains/losses on investments:

   

Net realized gains/(losses) on affiliated underlying funds

      31,902,445

Net realized gains distributions from affiliated underlying funds

      6,520,932

Net realized gains/(losses) on futures contracts

      7,158,017

Change in net unrealized appreciation/depreciation on affiliated underlying funds

      96,144,831

Change in net unrealized appreciation/depreciation on futures contracts

      (163,801 )
   

 

 

 

Net realized and Change in net unrealized gains/losses on investments

      141,562,424
   

 

 

 

Change in Net Assets Resulting From Operations

    $ 142,425,332
   

 

 

 
 

 

See accompanying notes to the financial statements.

 

3


AZL MVP Fusion Moderate Fund

 

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 

     For the
Six Months Ended
June 30, 2021
  For the
Year Ended
December 31, 2020
    (Unaudited)    

Change In Net Assets:

       

Operations:

       

Net investment income/(loss)

    $ 862,908     $ 33,508,525

Net realized gains/(losses) on investments

      45,581,394       (87,965,773 )

Change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation on investments

      95,981,030       126,944,021
   

 

 

     

 

 

 

Change in net assets resulting from operations

      142,425,332       72,486,773
   

 

 

     

 

 

 

Distributions to Shareholders:

       

Distributions

      —       (106,446,981 )
   

 

 

     

 

 

 

Change in net assets resulting from distributions to shareholders

      —       (106,446,981 )
   

 

 

     

 

 

 

Capital Transactions:

       

Proceeds from shares issued

      4,081,161       15,409,161

Proceeds from dividends reinvested

      —       106,446,981

Value of shares redeemed

      (135,171,528 )       (227,240,673 )
   

 

 

     

 

 

 

Change in net assets resulting from capital transactions

      (131,090,367 )       (105,384,531 )
   

 

 

     

 

 

 

Change in net assets

      11,334,965       (139,344,739 )

Net Assets:

       

Beginning of period

      1,893,425,069       2,032,769,808
   

 

 

     

 

 

 

End of period

    $ 1,904,760,034     $ 1,893,425,069
   

 

 

     

 

 

 

Share Transactions:

       

Shares issued

      359,812       1,505,502

Dividends reinvested

      —       10,497,730

Shares redeemed

      (11,821,212 )       (21,822,502 )
   

 

 

     

 

 

 

Change in shares

      (11,461,400 )       (9,819,270 )
   

 

 

     

 

 

 

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

 

See accompanying notes to the financial statements.

 

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AZL MVP Fusion Moderate Fund

Financial Highlights

(Selected data for a share of beneficial interest outstanding throughout the periods indicated)

 

     Six Months
Ended
June 30, 2021
  Year Ended
December 31,
2020
  Year Ended
December 31,
2019
  Year Ended
December 31,
2018
  Year Ended
December 31,
2017
  Year Ended
December 31,
2016
    (Unaudited)                    

Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period

    $ 10.98     $ 11.16     $ 10.31     $ 11.97     $ 11.60     $ 12.15
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Investment Activities:

                       

Net Investment Income/(Loss)

      0.01 (a)       0.19 (a)       0.20 (a)       0.21       0.12       0.18

Net Realized and Unrealized Gains/(Losses) on Investments

      0.85       0.26       1.53       (0.93 )       1.46       0.32
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total from Investment Activities

      0.86       0.45       1.73       (0.72 )       1.58       0.50
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Distributions to Shareholders From:

                       

Net Investment Income

      —       (0.23 )       (0.29 )       (0.14 )       (0.20 )       (0.27 )

Net Realized Gains

      —       (0.40 )       (0.59 )       (0.80 )       (1.01 )       (0.78 )
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total Dividends

      —       (0.63 )       (0.88 )       (0.94 )       (1.21 )       (1.05 )
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net Asset Value, End of Period

    $ 11.84     $ 10.98     $ 11.16     $ 10.31     $ 11.97     $ 11.60
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total Return(b)

      7.83 %(c)       4.54 %       17.31 %       (6.46 )%       13.98 %       4.29 %

Ratios to Average Net Assets/Supplemental Data:

                       

Net Assets, End of Period (000’s)

    $ 1,904,760     $ 1,893,425     $ 2,032,770     $ 1,953,730     $ 2,361,486     $ 2,336,333

Net Investment Income/(Loss)(d)

      0.09 %       1.84 %       1.81 %       1.66 %       0.90 %       1.38 %

Expenses Before Reductions*(d)(e)

      0.22 %       0.22 %       0.22 %       0.22 %       0.22 %       0.22 %

Expenses Net of Reductions*(d)

      0.17 %       0.22 %       0.22 %       0.22 %       0.22 %       0.22 %

Portfolio Turnover Rate

      4 %(c)       18 %       12 %       18 %       17 %       58 %

 

*

The expense ratios exclude the impact of fees/expenses paid by each underlying fund.

 

(a)

Calculated using the average shares method.

 

(b)

The returns include reinvested dividends and fund level expenses, but exclude insurance contract charges. If these charges were included, the returns would have been lower.

 

(c)

Not annualized for periods less than one year.

 

(d)

Annualized for periods less than one year.

 

(e)

Excludes fee reductions. If such fee reductions had not occurred, the ratios would have been as indicated.

 

See accompanying notes to the financial statements.

 

5


AZL MVP Fusion Moderate Fund

Notes to the Financial Statements

June 30, 2021 (Unaudited)

 

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 an 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, and follows the investment company accounting and reporting guidance under Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Topic 946 “Financial Services — Investment Companies”. The Trust consists of 12 separate investment portfolios (collectively, the “Funds”), of which one is included in this report, the AZL MVP Fusion Moderate Fund (prior to February 1, 2021, AZL MVP Fusion Dynamic Moderate Fund) (the “Fund”), and 11 are presented in separate reports. The Fund is a diversified series of the Trust.

The Fund is a “fund of funds”, which means that the Fund invests primarily in other mutual funds (the “Underlying Funds”). Underlying Funds invest in stock, 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 Fund will adjust its asset allocation as it seeks to achieve its investment objective.

The Trust is authorized to issue an unlimited number of shares of the Fund without par value. Shares of the Fund are available through the variable annuity contracts offered through the separate accounts of participating insurance companies. Currently, the Fund only offers its 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 Fund. In addition, in the normal course of business, the Fund may enter into contracts with its vendors and others that provide for general indemnifications. The Fund’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown, as this would involve future claims that may be made against the Fund. However, based on experience, the Fund expects that risk of loss to be remote.

2. Significant Accounting Policies

The following is a summary of significant accounting policies followed by the Fund in the preparation of its financial statements. The policies conform with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“U.S. GAAP”). The preparation of financial statements requires management to make certain estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of increases and decreases in net assets from operations during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

Security Valuation

The Fund records its 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 and Investment Income

Investment transactions are accounted for on trade date. Net realized gains and losses on investments sold and on foreign currency transactions are recorded on the basis of identified cost. Interest income is recorded on the accrual basis and includes, where applicable, the amortization of premiums or accretion of discounts. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date except in the case of foreign securities, in which case dividends are recorded as soon as such information becomes available.

Distributions to Shareholders

Distributions to shareholders are recorded on the ex-dividend date. The Fund distributes its dividends from net investment income and net realized capital gains, if any, on an annual basis. The amount of distributions from net investment income and from net realized gains is determined in accordance with federal income tax regulations, which may differ from U.S. GAAP. These “book/tax” differences are either temporary or permanent in nature. To the extent these differences are permanent in nature (e.g., return of capital, net operating loss, reclassification of certain market discounts, gain/loss, paydowns, and distributions), such amounts are reclassified within the composition of net assets based on their federal tax-basis treatment; temporary differences (e.g., wash sales and differing treatment on certain investments) do not require reclassification. Distributions to shareholders that exceed net investment income and net realized gains for tax purposes are reported as distributions of capital.

Expense Allocation

Expenses directly attributable to the Fund are charged directly to the Fund, while expenses attributable to more than one Fund are allocated among the respective Funds based upon relative net assets or some other reasonable method. Expenses which are attributable to more than one Trust are allocated across the Allianz Variable Insurance Products and Allianz Variable Insurance Products Fund of Funds Trusts based upon relative net assets or another reasonable basis. Allianz Investment Management LLC (the “Manager”), serves as the investment manager for the Trust and the Allianz Variable Insurance Products Trust.

Affiliated Securities Transactions

Pursuant to Rule 17a-7 under the 1940 Act (the “Rule”), the Fund may engage in securities transactions with affiliated investment companies and advisory accounts managed by the Manager. Any such purchase or sale transaction must be effected without a brokerage commission or other remuneration, except for customary transfer fees. The transaction must be effected at the current market price, which is either the security’s last sale price on an exchange or, if there are no transactions in the security that day, at the average of the highest bid and lowest asked price. During the period ended June 30, 2021, the Fund did not engage in any Rule 17a-7 transactions under the Rule.

Derivative Instruments

All open derivative positions at period end are reflected on the Fund’s Schedule of Portfolio Investments. The following is a description of the derivative instruments utilized by the Fund, including the primary underlying risk exposures related to each instrument type. The Fund’s allocation to the MVP (Managed Volatility Portfolio) risk management process may

 

6


AZL MVP Fusion Moderate Fund

Notes to the Financial Statements

June 30, 2021 (Unaudited)

 

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 Fund’s derivative positions could exceed 20% of the Fund’s value. The Fund may also use futures to gain equity exposure and may hold cash as a buffer in the event of market shocks.

Futures Contracts

During the period ended June 30, 2021, the Fund invested in futures contracts to reduce volatility and limit the need to decrease or increase allocations to underlying funds. Futures contracts are valued based upon their quoted daily settlement prices. Upon entering into a futures contract, the Fund is 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”), if any, is recorded by the Fund. 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 disclosed in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. 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. For the period ended June 30, 2021, the monthly average notional amount for long contracts was $94.4 million. There was no short contract activity during the period. Realized gains and losses are reported as “Net realized gains/(losses) on futures contracts” on the Statement of Operations.

Summary of Derivative Instruments

The following is a summary of the fair values of derivative instruments on the Fund’s Statement of Assets and Liabilities, categorized by risk exposure, as of June 30, 2021:

 

   

Asset Derivative

   

Liability Derivative

 
Primary Risk Exposure   Statement of Assets and Liabilities Location   Total Fair
Value
    Statement of Assets and Liabilities Location   Total Fair
Value
 

Equity Risk

     
Futures Contracts   Receivable for variation margin on futures contracts*   $ 1,062,644     Payable for variation margin on futures contracts*   $ —  

Interest Rate Risk

     
Futures Contracts   Receivable for variation margin on futures contracts*     117,509     Payable for variation margin on futures contracts*     —  

 

*

For futures contracts, the amounts represent the cumulative appreciation/depreciation of these futures contracts as reported in the Schedule of Portfolio Investments. Only current day’s variation margin is reported within the Statement of Assets and Liabilities as variation margin on futures contracts.

The following is a summary of the effect of derivative instruments on the Statement of Operations, categorized by risk exposure, for the period ended June 30, 2021:

 

Primary Risk Exposure  

Location of Gains/(Losses)

on Derivatives

Recognized

  

Realized Gains/(Losses)

on Derivatives

Recognized

    

Change in Net Unrealized

Appreciation/ Depreciation on

Derivatives Recognized

 

Equity Risk

     
Futures Contracts   Net realized gains/(losses) on futures contracts/ Change net in unrealized appreciation/depreciation on futures contracts    $ 8,209,429      $ (219,750 ) 

Interest Rate Risk

     
Futures Contracts   Net realized gains/(losses) on futures contracts/ Change net in unrealized appreciation/depreciation on futures contracts      (1,051,412 )       55,949  

3. Fees and Transactions with Affiliates and Other Parties

The Manager provides investment advisory and management services for the Fund. The Manager has contractually agreed to waive fees and reimburse the Fund to limit the annual expenses, excluding interest expense (e.g., cash overdraft fees), taxes, brokerage commissions, acquired fund fees and expenses, other expenditures that are capitalized in accordance with U.S. GAAP and other extraordinary expenses not incurred in the ordinary course of the Fund’s business, based on the daily net assets of the Fund, through April 30, 2022. Expenses incurred for investment advisory and management services are reflected on the Statement of Operations as “Manager fees.”    

For the period ended June 30, 2021, the annual rate due to the Manager and the annual expense limit were as follows:

 

        Annual Rate*      Annual Expense Limit

AZL MVP Fusion Moderate Fund

         0.20 %          0.35 %

 

*

The Manager waived, prior to any application of expense limit, the management fee to 0.15% on all assets. The Manager reserves the right to increase the management fee to the amount shown in the table above (i.e., discontinue the waiver) at any time after April 30, 2022.

Any amounts contractually waived or reimbursed by the Manager in a particular fiscal year will be subject to repayment by the Fund to the Manager to the extent that from time to time through the next three fiscal years the repayment will not cause the Fund’s expenses to exceed the lesser of the stated limit at the time of the waiver or the current stated limit. Any amounts recouped by the Manager during the period are reflected on the Statement of Operations as “Recoupment of prior expenses reimbursed by the Manager.” At June 30, 2021, there were no remaining contractual reimbursements subject to repayment by the Fund in subsequent years.    

 

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AZL MVP Fusion Moderate Fund

Notes to the Financial Statements

June 30, 2021 (Unaudited)

 

In addition, the Manager may voluntarily waive or reimburse additional fees in order to maintain more competitive expense ratios. Any voluntary waivers or reimbursements are not subject to repayment in subsequent years. Information on the total amount waived/reimbursed by the Manager or repaid to the Manager by the Fund during the period can be found on the Statement of Operations.

The Manager or an affiliate of the Manager serves as the investment adviser of certain underlying funds in which the Fund invests. At June 30, 2021, these underlying funds are noted as Affiliated Investment Companies in the Fund’s Schedule of Portfolio Investments. Additional information, including financial statements, about these Funds is available at www.allianzlife.com. The Manager or an affiliate of the Manager is paid a separate fee from the underlying funds for such services. A summary of the Fund’s investments in affiliated investment companies for the period ended June 30, 2021 is as follows:

 

     Value
12/31/2020
  Purchases
at Cost
  Proceeds from
Sales
 

Net

Realized
Gains(Losses)

  Change in Net
Unrealized
Appreciation/
Depreciation
  Value
6/30/2021
  Shares as of
6/30/2021
  Dividend
Income
 

Net Realized
Gains Distributions

from Affiliated

Underlying Funds

AZL DFA International Core Equity Fund

    $ 98,818,930     $ —     $ (13,863,183 )     $ 3,287,620     $ 7,468,373     $ 95,711,740       7,768,810     $ —     $ —

AZL DFA U.S. Core Equity Fund

      52,141,978       —       (9,310,977 )       2,684,203       5,496,000       51,011,204       2,977,887       —       —

AZL DFA U.S. Small Cap Fund

      42,729,486       —       (11,319,780 )       3,256,402       5,922,934       40,589,042       2,623,726       —       —

AZL Enhanced Bond Index Fund

      110,876,731       6,322,498       —       —       (2,027,152 )       115,172,077       9,954,371       —       —

AZL FIAM Total Bond Fund, Class 2

      148,936,968       5,798,689       —       —       27,969       154,763,626       13,993,095       —       —

AZL Gateway Fund

      47,719,696       2,960,926       (3,214,481 )       455,801       3,006,416       50,928,358       3,254,208       —       —

AZL International Index Fund, Class 2

      192,629,115       —       (20,246,219 )       4,964,787       11,210,880       188,558,563       9,960,833       —       —

AZL MetWest Total Return Bond Fund

      147,565,635       7,756,569       —       —       (1,786,697 )       153,535,507       14,176,870       —       —

AZL Mid Cap Index Fund, Class 2

      99,133,254       —       (17,672,119 )       3,103,848       12,727,795       97,292,778       3,454,999       —       —

AZL MSCI Emerging Markets Equity Index Fund, Class 2

      81,282,445       —       (9,613,477 )       2,236,776       3,340,376       77,246,120       8,451,435       —       —

AZL Russell 1000 Growth Index Fund, Class 2

      203,123,088       27,487,257       (22,011,935 )       7,462,057       20,126,552       236,187,019       9,923,824       —       —

AZL Russell 1000 Value Index Fund, Class 2

      261,426,796       —       (68,494,941 )       3,649,008       32,409,546       228,990,409       15,738,172       —       —

AZL Small Cap Stock Index Fund, Class 2

      42,713,375       —       (11,042,163 )       801,943       8,077,206       40,550,361       2,395,178       —       —

PIMCO VIT Income Portfolio

      72,219,414       1,151,605       —       —       3,358       73,374,377       6,664,339       1,000,090       —

PIMCO VIT Low Duration Portfolio

      50,378,695       2,713,406       —       —       (204,482 )       52,887,619       5,114,857       114,254       —

PIMCO VIT Total Return Portfolio

      147,789,478       15,802,871       —       —       (9,654,243 )       153,938,106       14,161,739       1,325,864       6,520,932
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 
    $ 1,799,485,084     $ 69,993,821     $ (186,789,275 )     $ 31,902,445     $ 96,144,831     $ 1,810,736,906       130,614,343     $ 2,440,208     $ 6,520,932
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Pursuant to separate agreements between the Trust and the Manager, the Manager provides a Chief Compliance Officer (“CCO”) and certain compliance oversight and regulatory filing services to the Trust. Under these agreements, the Manager is entitled to an amount equal to a portion of the compensation and certain other expenses related to the individuals performing the CCO and compliance oversight services, as well as $100 per hour for time incurred in connection with the preparation and filing of certain documents with the SEC. The fees are paid to the Manager on a quarterly basis. The total expenses incurred by the Fund for these services are reflected on the Statement of Operations as “Administrative and compliance services fees.”

Citi Fund Services Ohio, Inc. (“Citi” or the “Administrator”), a wholly owned subsidiary of Citigroup, Inc., with which an officer of the Trust is affiliated, serves as the Trust’s administrator and fund accountant, and assists the Trust in all aspects of its administration and operation. The Administrator is entitled to a fee, accrued daily and paid monthly. The Administrator is entitled to an annual fee for each additional class of shares of any Fund, certain annual fees in supporting fair values services, and a Trust-wide annual fee for providing infrastructure and support in implementing the written policies and procedures comprising the Fund’s compliance program. The Administrator is also reimbursed for certain expenses incurred. The total expenses incurred by the Fund for these services are reflected on the Statement of Operations as “Administration fees.”

FIS Investor Services LLC (“FIS”) serves as the Fund’s transfer agent. Under the Transfer Agent Agreement, the Trust pays FIS a fee for its services and reimburses FIS for all of their reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred in providing these services.

The Bank of New York Mellon (“BNY Mellon” or the “Custodian”) serves as the Trust’s custodian and securities lending agent. For these services as custodian, the Funds pay BNY Mellon a fee based on a percentage of assets held on behalf of the Funds, plus certain out-of-pocket charges.

 

8


AZL MVP Fusion Moderate Fund

Notes to the Financial Statements

June 30, 2021 (Unaudited)

 

Allianz Life Financial Services, LLC (“ALFS”), an affiliate of the Manager, serves as distributor of the Fund. ALFS receives an annual Trust-wide annual fee of $7,500, paid by the Manager from its profits and not by the Trust, for recordkeeping and reporting services.

Certain Officers and Trustees of the Trust are affiliated with the Manager or the Administrator. Such Officers (except for the Trust’s CCO as noted above) and Trustees receive no compensation from the Trust for serving in their respective roles. For their service to the Trust and to the Allianz Variable Insurance Products Trust, each non-interested Trustee receives a $191,625 annual Board retainer, the Lead Director receives an additional $37,500, the Chair of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee receives an additional $7,500 annually, the Co-Chairs of the Investment Committee receive $3,750 annually and the Chair of the Audit Committee receives an additional $11,250 annually. In addition, the Trustees are reimbursed for certain expenses associated with attending Board meetings. Compensation to the Trustees is allocated between the Trust and the Allianz Variable Insurance Products Trust in proportion to the assets under management of each trust. During the period ended June 30, 2021, actual Trustee compensation was $702,562 in total for both trusts.

4. Investment Valuation Summary

The valuation techniques employed by the Fund, 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 Fund’s 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, prepayments speeds, credit risk, etc.)

  ●  

Level 3 — significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund’s 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 inputs or methodology used for valuing investments is not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those investments.

Investments in other investment companies are valued at their published net asset value (“NAV”). Security prices are generally provided by an independent third party pricing service approved by the Trust’s Board of Trustees (the “Board” or “Trustees”) as of the close of the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) (generally 4:00 pm Eastern Time). The investments utilizing Level 1 valuations represent investments in open-end investment companies. 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.

The following is a summary of the valuation inputs used as of June 30, 2021 in valuing the Fund’s investments based upon the three levels defined above:

 

Investment Securities:      Level 1      Level 2      Level 3      Total

Affiliated Investment Companies

       $ 1,810,736,906        $ —        $ —        $ 1,810,736,906
      

 

 

        

 

 

        

 

 

        

 

 

 

Total Investment Securities

         1,810,736,906          —          —          1,810,736,906
      

 

 

        

 

 

        

 

 

        

 

 

 

Other Financial Instruments:*

                           

Futures Contracts

         1,180,153          —          —          1,180,153
      

 

 

        

 

 

        

 

 

        

 

 

 

Total Investments

       $ 1,811,917,059        $ —        $ —        $ 1,811,917,059
      

 

 

        

 

 

        

 

 

        

 

 

 

 

*

Other Financial Instruments would include any derivative instruments, such as futures contracts. These investments are generally presented in the financial statements at variation margin.

5. Security Purchases and Sales

For the period ended June 30, 2021, cost of purchases and proceeds from sales of securities (excluding securities maturing less than one year from acquisition) were as follows:

 

        Purchases      Sales

AZL MVP Fusion Moderate Fund

       $ 69,993,821        $ 186,789,275

6. Investment Risks

The risks below are presented in an order intended to facilitate readability. Their order does not imply that the realization of one risk is more likely to occur more frequently than another risk, nor does it imply that the realization of one risk is likely to have a greater adverse impact than another risk.

Derivatives Risk: The Fund may invest directly or through affiliated or unaffiliated mutual funds or unregistered investment pools in derivative instruments such as futures, options, and options on futures. 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 other party to a derivatives contract could default.

Foreign Securities Risk: Investing in the securities of non-U.S. issuers involves a number of risks, such as fluctuations in currency values, adverse political, social or economic developments, and differences in social and economic developments or policies.

Fund of Fund Risk: The Fund, as a shareholder of the underlying funds, indirectly bears its proportionate share of any investment management fees and other expenses of the underlying funds. Further due to the fees and expenses paid by the Fund, as well as small variations in the Fund’s actual allocations to the underlying funds and any futures and cash held in the Fund’s portfolio, the performance and income distributions of the Fund will not be the same as the performance and income distributions of the underlying funds. In addition, the Fund maintains indirect exposure to various types of risk which may exist in the underlying Funds, such as foreign securities risk, fixed income securities risk and other risks.

Interest Rate Risk: Debt securities held by an underlying fund may decline in value due to rising interest rates.

 

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AZL MVP Fusion Moderate Fund

Notes to the Financial Statements

June 30, 2021 (Unaudited)

 

Market Risk: The market price of securities owned by the underlying funds may go up or down, sometimes rapidly and unpredictably. Securities may decline in value due to factors affecting securities markets generally or particular industries represented in the securities markets. The value of a security may decline due to general market conditions that are not specifically related to a particular company, such as real or perceived adverse economic conditions, changes in the general outlook for corporate earnings, changes in interest or currency rates, or adverse investor sentiment, as well as natural disasters, and outbreaks of infectious illnesses or other widespread public health issues.

7. Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic

During the first quarter of 2020, the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 to be a public health emergency. COVID-19 has led to increased short-term market volatility and may have adverse long-term effects on U.S. and world economies and markets in general. COVID-19 may adversely impact the Fund’s ability to achieve its investment objectives. The extent of the impact on the performance of the Fund and its investments will depend on future developments, including the duration and spread of the COVID-19 outbreak, related restrictions and advisories, and the effects on the financial markets and economy overall, all of which are highly uncertain and cannot be predicted.

8. Federal Tax Information

It is the policy of the Fund to continue to qualify as a regulated investment company by complying with the provisions available to certain investment companies, as defined under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code, and to make distributions of net investment income and net realized gains sufficient to relieve it from all, or substantially all, federal income taxes. Accordingly, no provisions for federal income taxes are required in the financial statements.

Management of the Fund has reviewed tax positions taken in tax years that remain subject to examination by all major tax jurisdictions, including federal (i.e., the last four tax year ends and the interim tax period since then, as applicable). Management believes that there is no tax liability resulting from unrecognized tax benefits related to uncertain tax positions taken.

Cost of securities, including derivatives and short positions as applicable, for federal income tax purposes at December 31, 2020 was $1,538,876,349. The gross unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) on a tax basis was as follows:

 

Unrealized appreciation

  $ 260,608,735  

Unrealized (depreciation)

    —  
 

 

 

 

Net unrealized appreciation/(depreciation)

  $ 260,608,735  
 

 

 

 

As of the end of its tax year ended December 31, 2020, the Fund had capital loss carry forwards (“CLCFs”) as summarized in the table below. The Board does not intend to authorize a distribution of any realized gain for the Fund until any applicable CLCF has been offset.

CLCF’s not subject to expiration:

 

        Short-Term
Amount
     Long-Term
Amount
     Total
Amount

AZL MVP Fusion Moderate Fund

       $ 29,606,703        $ 26,280,893        $ 55,887,596

The tax character of dividends paid to shareholders during the year ended December 31, 2020, was as follows:

 

        Ordinary
Income
    

Net

Long-Term
Capital Gains

     Total
Distributions(a)

AZL MVP Fusion Moderate Fund

       $ 45,117,215        $ 61,329,766        $ 106,446,981

 

(a)

Total distributions paid may differ from the Statements of Changes in Net Assets because dividends are recognized when actually paid for tax purposes.

At December 31, 2020, the components of accumulated earnings on a tax basis were as follows:

 

        Undistributed
Ordinary
Income
     Undistributed
Long-Term
Capital Gains
     Accumulated
Capital and
Other Losses
    

Unrealized

Appreciation/

Depreciation(a)

    

Total
Accumulated

Earnings/

(Deficit)

AZL MVP Fusion Moderate Fund

       $ 38,601,376        $ —        $ (55,887,596 )        $ 260,608,735        $ 243,322,515

 

(a)

The difference between book-basis and tax-basis unrealized appreciation/depreciation was attributable primarily to tax deferral of losses on wash sales, straddles and mark-to-market of futures contracts.

9. Ownership and Principal Holders

The beneficial ownership, either directly or indirectly, of more than 25% of the voting securities of a fund creates presumptions of control of the fund, under section 2 (a)(9) of the 1940 Act. As of June 30, 2021, the Fund had an individual shareholder account which is affiliated with the Manager representing ownership in excess of 85% of the Fund. As of June 30, 2021, the Fund had a controlling interest (in excess of 50%) in the AZL MetWest Total Return Bond fund, which is affiliated with the Manager. Investment activities of these shareholders could have a material impact to the Fund.

10. Subsequent Events

Management of the Fund has evaluated the need for additional disclosures or adjustments resulting from events through the date the financial statements were issued. Based on this evaluation, there were no subsequent events to report that would have material impact on the Fund’s financial statements.

 

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AZL MVP Fusion Moderate Fund

Special Joint Meeting of Shareholders

June 30, 2021 (Unaudited)

 

A special meeting of the Allianz Variable Insurance Products Fund Of Funds Trust’s (the “Trust”) shareholders was held on June 3, 2021. The results of the matters voted upon at the meeting are reported below.

Election of Trustees

To elect seven nominees as Trustees of the Trust to serve until a successor is elected and qualified or until such Trustee dies, resigns, retires, or is removed for election as provided in the governing documents of the Trust. The nominees were Peter R. Burnim, Peggy L. Ettestad, Tamara Lynn Fagely, Richard H. Forde, Claire R. Leonardi, Dickson W. Lewis, and Brian Muench. There was no other Trustee whose term of office as a Trustee continued after the meeting.

 

          FOR   WITHHELD

Peter R. Burnim

  Votes   9,698,300,664.000   461,262,722.733
  % of votes entitled to be cast   95.460%   4.540%

Peggy L. Ettestad

  Votes   9,744,785,844.047   414,777,542.686
  % of votes entitled to be cast   95.917%   4.083%

Tamara Lynn Fagely

  Votes   9,749,721,430.073   409,841,956.660
  % of votes entitled to be cast   95.966%   4.034%

Richard H. Forde

  Votes   9,725,296,590.351   434,266,796.382
  % of votes entitled to be cast   95.726%   4.274%

Claire R. Leonardi

  Votes   9,756,832,186.929   402,731,199.804
  % of votes entitled to be cast   96.036%   3.964%

Dickson W. Lewis

  Votes   9,683,252,333.341   476,311,053.392
  % of votes entitled to be cast   95.312%   4.688%

Brian Muench

  Votes   9,739,692,821.948   419,870,564.785
  % of votes entitled to be cast   95.867%   4.133%

Approve amended fundamental restrictions regarding investments in commodities

To approve that the Trust’s fundamental policies with respect to commodities are replaced with the following: “No Fund may: Purchase or sell commodities except to the extent permitted by the 1940 Act or any rules, exemptions or interpretations thereunder that may be adopted, granted or issued by the SEC.”

 

FUND        FOR   AGAINST   ABSTAIN

AZL MVP FusionSM Balanced Fund

  Votes   724,020,610.631   25,965,700.395   64,480,992.029
  % of votes entitled to be cast   88.895%   3.188%   7.917%

AZL MVP FusionSM Conservative Fund

  Votes   207,849,507.478   7,714,328.807   20,132,965.915
  % of votes entitled to be cast   88.185%   3.273%   8.542%

AZL MVP FusionSM Moderate Fund

  Votes   1,675,644,566.951   51,935,064.499   151,957,164.856
  % of votes entitled to be cast   89.152%   2.763%   8.085%

AZL® Balanced Index Strategy Fund

  Votes   370,109,866.443   8,120,911.689   37,825,978.335
  % of votes entitled to be cast   88.957%   1.952%   9.092%

AZL® MVP Balanced Index Strategy Fund

  Votes   272,508,300.262   8,100,202.921   38,940,957.230
  % of votes entitled to be cast   85.279%   2.535%   12.186%

AZL® MVP Growth Index Strategy Fund

  Votes   2,253,168,549.922   81,030,934.965   243,425,209.080
  % of votes entitled to be cast   87.413%   3.144%   9.444%

AZL® MVP Moderate Index Strategy Fund

  Votes   459,489,269.089   21,433,634.607   44,698,959.196
  % of votes entitled to be cast   87.418%   4.078%   8.504%

AZL® MVP Global Balanced Index Strategy Fund

  Votes   607,120,765.403   28,580,727.312   67,371,200.883
  % of votes entitled to be cast   86.352%   4.065%   9.582%

AZL® DFA Multi-Strategy Fund

  Votes   838,713,716.278   44,467,726.830   71,863,407.006
  % of votes entitled to be cast   87.819%   4.656%   7.525%

AZL® MVP DFA Multi-Strategy Fund

  Votes   82,637,136.168   3,643,849.372   7,250,675.011
  % of votes entitled to be cast   88.352%   3.896%   7.752%

 

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FUND        FOR   AGAINST   ABSTAIN

AZL® MVP Fidelity Institutional Asset Management® Multi-Strategy Fund

  Votes   215,631,261.075   8,954,953.342   29,292,949.884
  % of votes entitled to be cast   84.935%   3.527%   11.538%

AZL® MVP T. Rowe Price Capital Appreciation Plus Fund

  Votes   1,222,126,591.953   56,285,445.413   107,069,305.504
  % of votes entitled to be cast   88.210%   4.063%   7.728%

Approve amended fundamental restrictions regarding borrowing

To approve that the Trust’s fundamental and related non-fundamental policies with respect to borrowing are replaced with the following: “No Fund may: Borrow money, except to the extent permitted by the 1940 Act, or any rules, exemptions or interpretations thereunder that may be adopted, granted or issued by the SEC.”

 

FUND        FOR   AGAINST   ABSTAIN

AZL MVP FusionSM Balanced Fund

  Votes   709,309,612.667   31,798,584.250   73,359,106.138
  % of votes entitled to be cast   87.089%   3.904%   9.007%

AZL MVP FusionSM Conservative Fund

  Votes   210,036,621.710   8,331,208.078   17,328,972.411
  % of votes entitled to be cast   89.113%   3.535%   7.352%

AZL MVP FusionSM Moderate Fund

  Votes   1,642,136,577.503   69,923,524.523   167,476,694.280
  % of votes entitled to be cast   87.369%   3.720%   8.911%

AZL® Balanced Index Strategy Fund

  Votes   371,193,748.544   7,499,541.088   37,363,466.836
  % of votes entitled to be cast   89.217%   1.803%   8.980%

AZL® MVP Balanced Index Strategy Fund

  Votes   269,242,580.863   12,559,386.314   37,747,493.235
  % of votes entitled to be cast   84.257%   3.930%   11.813%

AZL® MVP Growth Index Strategy Fund

  Votes   2,202,090,386.602   118,938,115.278   256,596,192.088
  % of votes entitled to be cast   85.431%   4.614%   9.955%

AZL® MVP Moderate Index Strategy Fund

  Votes   448,098,738.171   33,266,593.465   44,256,531.255
  % of votes entitled to be cast   85.251%   6.329%   8.420%

AZL® MVP Global Balanced Index Strategy Fund

  Votes   609,771,514.679   31,023,055.053   62,278,123.866
  % of votes entitled to be cast   86.729%   4.412%   8.858%

AZL® DFA Multi-Strategy Fund

  Votes   829,772,912.326   48,960,106.404   76,311,831.384
  % of votes entitled to be cast   86.883%   5.126%   7.990%

AZL® MVP DFA Multi-Strategy Fund

  Votes   80,825,430.550   3,740,847.678   8,965,382.323
  % of votes entitled to be cast   86.415%   4.000%   9.585%

AZL® MVP Fidelity Institutional Asset Management® Multi-Strategy Fund

  Votes   211,483,269.699   12,637,803.011   29,758,091.590
  % of votes entitled to be cast   83.301%   4.978%   11.721%

AZL® MVP T. Rowe Price Capital Appreciation Plus Fund

  Votes   1,191,897,700.679   69,546,262.813   124,037,379.379
  % of votes entitled to be cast   86.028%   5.020%   8.953%

 

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Other Information (Unaudited)

A description of the policies and procedures that the Fund uses to determine how to vote proxies relating to portfolio securities is available, without charge, upon request, by visiting the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (‘‘Commission’’) website at www.sec.gov, or by calling 800-624-0197.

Information regarding how the Fund voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30th is available (i) without charge, upon request, by calling 800-624-0197; (ii) on the Trust’s website at https://www.allianzlife.com; and (iii) on the Commission’s website at http://www.sec.gov.

The Fund files complete Schedules of Portfolio Holdings with the Commission for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-PORT. Schedules of Portfolio Holdings for the Fund are available without charge on the Commission’s website at http://www.sec.gov or may be obtained by calling 800-624-0197.

 

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Statement Regarding the Trust’s Liquidity Risk Management Program (Unaudited)

Each series (each such series a “Fund” and, together, the “Funds”) of the Allianz Variable Insurance Products Trust, but not the AZL Government Money Market Fund, and of the Allianz Variable Insurance Products Fund of Funds Trust (each such trust a “Trust” and, together, the “Trusts”) has adopted and implemented a written liquidity risk management program (the “Program”) pursuant to Rule 22e-4 under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “Liquidity Rule”). The Program includes policies and procedures reasonably designed to assess and manage each Fund’s liquidity risk (the “risk that a fund could not meet requests to redeem shares issued by the fund without significant dilution of remaining investors’ interests in the fund”) and to comply with the requirements of the Liquidity Rule, including: (i) assessment, management and periodic review of liquidity risk; (ii) classification of portfolio holdings; (iii) establishment of a highly liquid investment minimum (“HLIM”), as applicable; (iv) limitation of illiquid investments; and (v) redemptions in-kind.

The Board of Trustees of each Fund (together, the “Board”) approved the designation of the individual officers of the Trusts who serve as the administrators of the Program (the “Program Administrators”). The Program Administrators oversee the implementation of the Program, including the monitoring of liquidity and liquidity risk for each Fund on an ongoing basis.

At a meeting of the Board held on February 16, 2021, the Program Administrators provided their annual written report (the “Report”) to the Board addressing the operation of the Program and assessing its adequacy and effectiveness of implementation for the annual period from January 1, 2020 through December 31, 2020 (the “Reporting Period”). This Report included an overview of the operation of the Program, including liquidity events relevant to the Funds, if any, during the Reporting Period and conclusions with respect to the adequacy of the policies and procedures of the Program and the effectiveness of Program implementation. The Report also included a summary of the annual assessment of each Fund’s liquidity risk, which took into account the following factors enumerated in the Liquidity Rule and identified in the Program, as applicable:

1) Each Fund’s investment strategy and liquidity of portfolio investments during both normal and reasonably foreseeable stressed conditions, including: (i) whether the Fund’s investment strategy is appropriate for an open-end fund; (ii) the extent to which the Fund’s strategy involves a relatively concentrated portfolio or large positions in particular issuers; and, as applicable, (iii) the Fund’s use of borrowings for investment purposes; and (iv) the Fund’s use of derivatives;

2) Short-term and long-term cash flow projections during both normal and reasonably foreseeable stressed conditions; and

3) Holdings of cash and cash equivalents, as well as borrowing arrangements and other funding sources.

Based on the information considered, the Report concluded that each Fund continues to have an investment strategy that is appropriate for an open-end fund, and that each Fund is reasonably likely to be able to meet redemption requests without significant dilution of remaining shareholders’ interests in the Fund. There were no material liquidity matters impacting the Funds identified in the Report and the Report concluded that the Program operated effectively during the Reporting Period, including during periods of market volatility and net redemptions.

In accordance with the Program, each Fund’s portfolio investments were classified into one of four liquidity categories as provided in the Liquidity Rule as applicable during the Reporting Period. Liquidity classification determinations take into account a variety of factors including market, trading and investment-specific considerations, as well as market depth in accordance with the requirements of the Liquidity Rule and as specified in the Program, and generally incorporate analysis from a third-party data vendor. The Report reviewed the classification methodology as provided in the Program and noted there were no material issues with respect to liquidity classifications during the Reporting Period.

Pursuant to the Liquidity Rule, no Fund may acquire any illiquid investment if, after the acquisition, the Fund would have invested more than 15% of its assets in illiquid investments that are assets. The Program includes provisions reasonably designed to comply with the 15% limit on illiquid investments. During the Reporting Period, no Fund breached the 15% limit on illiquid investments.

During the Reporting Period, each Fund maintained a designated HLIM. The Report stated that the Program Administrators reviewed each Fund’s HLIM as provided in the Program and concluded that each Fund’s applicable HLIM operated as intended during the Reporting Period and no changes to the HLIM for any Fund were recommended. During the Reporting Period, no Fund fell below its designated HLIM. The Report concluded that the Program includes provisions reasonably designed to comply with the HLIM for each Fund.

The Funds that engage in or reserve the right to redeem in kind have adopted policies and procedures regarding in-kind redemptions as required by the Liquidity Rule.

On the basis of the review, the Report concluded that: (i) the Program remains reasonably designed to manage each Fund’s liquidity risk; (ii) the Program was implemented and operated effectively to achieve the goal of assessing and managing each Fund’s liquidity risk during the Reporting Period; and (iii) each Fund was able to meet requests for redemption without significant dilution of remaining investors in the Fund during the Reporting Period. The Report noted that there were no material changes to the Program during the Reporting Period, and none were recommended by the Program Administrators in connection with the Report.

 

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The Allianz VIP Fund of Funds are distributed by Allianz Life Financial Services, LLC.   
These Funds are not FDIC Insured.   

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AZL® MVP Global Balanced Index Strategy Fund

Semi-Annual Report

June 30, 2021

(Unaudited)

 

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Table of Contents

 

Expense Examples and Portfolio Composition

Page 1

Schedule of Portfolio Investments

Page 2

Statement of Assets and Liabilities

Page 3

Statement of Operations

Page 3

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

Page 4

Financial Highlights

Page 5

Notes to the Financial Statements

Page 6

Special Joint Meeting of Shareholders

Page 12

Other Information

Page 14

Statement Regarding the Trust’s Liquidity Risk Management Program

Page 15

 

This report is submitted for the general information of the shareholder of the Fund. The report is not authorized for distribution to prospective investors in the Fund unless preceded or accompanied by an effective prospectus, which contains details concerning the sales charges and other pertinent information.


AZL MVP Global Balanced Index Strategy Fund

Expense Examples

(Unaudited)

 

As a shareholder of the AZL MVP Global Balanced Index Strategy Fund (the “Fund”), you incur ongoing costs, including management fees, distribution fees, and other Fund expenses. These examples are intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds. Please note that the expenses shown in each table do not reflect expenses that apply to the subaccount or the insurance contract. If the expenses that apply to the subaccount or the insurance contract were included, your costs would have been higher.

These examples are based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the periods presented below.

The Actual Expense table below provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information below, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the table under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During Period” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period.

 

     Beginning
Account Value
1/1/21
  Ending
Account Value
6/30/21
  Expenses Paid
During Period
1/1/21 - 6/30/21*
  Annualized Expense
Ratio During Period
1/1/21 - 6/30/21

AZL MVP Global Balanced Index Strategy Fund

    $ 1,000.00     $ 1,052.00     $ 0.66       0.13 %

The Hypothetical Expense table below provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Fund’s actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of other funds.

 

     Beginning
Account Value
1/1/21
  Ending
Account Value
6/30/21
  Expenses Paid
During Period
1/1/21 - 6/30/21*
  Annualized Expense
Ratio During Period
1/1/21 - 6/30/21

AZL MVP Global Balanced Index Strategy Fund

    $ 1,000.00     $ 1,024.15     $ 0.65       0.13 %

 

*

Expenses are equal to the average account value multiplied by the Fund’s annualized expense ratio multiplied by 181/365 (the number of days in the most recent fiscal half-year divided by the number of days in the fiscal year).

 

Portfolio Composition

(Unaudited)

 

Investments   Percent of Net Assets

International Equity Funds

      48.8 %

Fixed Income Fund

      45.9

Private Placements

      0.1

Corporate Bonds

      0.1

Preferred Stock

      0.1

Common Stock

      0.1

Convertible Bond

       — † 
   

 

 

 

Total Investment Securities

      95.1

Net other assets (liabilities)

      4.9
   

 

 

 

Net Assets

      100.0 %
   

 

 

 

Portfolio Composition

(Unaudited)

 

 

Investments   Percent of Net Assets

United States

      94.9 %

Australia

      0.2

India

       — † 
   

 

 

 

Total Investment Securities

      95.1

Net other assets (liabilities)

      4.9
   

 

 

 

Net Assets

      100.0 %
   

 

 

 

 

†

Represents less than 0.05%.

 

 

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AZL MVP Global Balanced Index Strategy Fund

Consolidated Schedule of Portfolio Investments

June 30, 2021 (Unaudited)

 

Shares            Value  
Common Stock (0.1%):       
Paper & Forest Products (0.1%):       
  386,370      Quintis Pty, Ltd.(a)(b)    $ 376,610  
     

 

 

 
 

Total Common Stock (Cost $253,669)

     376,610  
  

 

 

 
Preferred Stock (0.1%):       
Health Care Providers & Services (0.1%):       
  143,925      Grand Rounds, Inc., Series C(a)(b)      529,644  
     

 

 

 
 

Total Preferred Stock (Cost $400,112)

     529,644  
  

 

 

 
Private Placements (0.1%):       
Household Durables (0.0%†):       
  23,389      Jawbone, 0.00%(a)(b)      —  
     

 

 

 
Internet Software & Services (0.1%):       
  5,547      Lookout, Inc., 0.00%(a)(b)      64,623  
  63,925      Lookout, Inc. Preferred Shares, Series F, 0.00%(a)(b)      744,726  
     

 

 

 
 

Total Private Placements (Cost $485,378)

     809,349  
  

 

 

 
Principal Amount    Value  
Convertible Bond (0.0%†):       
Food Products (0.0%†):       
  400,000      REI Agro, Ltd., Registered Shares, 5.50%, 12/8/19(a)(b)(c)      —  
     

 

 

 
 

Total Convertible Bond (Cost $ —)

     —  
  

 

 

 
Corporate Bonds (0.1%):       
Paper & Forest Products (0.1%):       
  48,384      Quintis Pty, Ltd., 7.50%, 10/1/26, Callable 10/1/21 @ 105.63(a)(b)      48,384  
  730,672      Quintis Pty, Ltd., 0.00%, 10/1/28, Callable 8/9/21 @ 94(a)(b)      730,672  
     

 

 

 
 

Total Corporate Bonds (Cost $779,056)

     779,056  
  

 

 

 
Shares            Value  
Affiliated Investment Companies (94.7%):       
Fixed Income Fund (45.9%):  
  28,450,961      AZL Enhanced Bond Index Fund    $ 329,177,624  
     

 

 

 
International Equity Funds (48.8%):  
  4,284,009      AZL MSCI Emerging Markets Equity Index Fund, Class 2      39,155,845  
  19,260,053      AZL MSCI Global Equity Index Fund, Class 2      311,435,063  
     

 

 

 
        350,590,908  
     

 

 

 
 

Total Affiliated Investment Companies (Cost $562,862,497)

     679,768,532  
  

 

 

 
 

Total Investment Securities

  
 

(Cost $564,780,712) — 95.1%

     682,263,191  
 

Net other assets (liabilities) — 4.9%

     35,224,159  
  

 

 

 
 

Net Assets — 100.0%

   $ 717,487,350  
  

 

 

 
 

Percentages indicated are based on net assets as of June 30, 2021.

 

†

Represents less than 0.05%.

 

(a)

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 June 30, 2021, these securities represent 0.35% of the net assets of the fund.

 

(b)

Security was valued using unobservable inputs in good faith pursuant to procedures approved by the Board of Trustees as of June 30, 2021. The total of all such securities represent 0.35% of the net assets of the fund.

 

(c)

Defaulted bond.

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

Futures Contracts

At June 30, 2021, the Fund’s open futures contracts were as follows:

Long Futures

 

Description    Expiration
Date
     Number of
Contracts
     Notional
Amount
     Value and
Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
 

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

     9/17/21        82      $ 17,583,260      $ 325,839  

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

     9/21/21        133        17,622,500        53,988  
           

 

 

 
            $ 379,827  
           

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to the financial statements.

 

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AZL MVP Global Balanced Index Strategy Fund

 

Statement of Assets and Liabilities

June 30, 2021

(Unaudited)

 

Assets:

   

Investment in non-affiliates, at cost

    $ 1,918,215

Investments in affiliates, at cost

      562,862,497
   

 

 

 

Investment in non-affiliates, at value

    $ 2,494,659

Investments in affiliates, at value

      679,768,532

Deposit at broker for futures contracts collateral

      35,328,476

Interest and dividends receivable

      1,356

Receivable for investments sold

      439,217

Reclaims receivable

      103,560

Prepaid expenses

      1,827
   

 

 

 

Total Assets

      718,137,627
   

 

 

 

Liabilities:

   

Cash overdraft

      413,741

Payable for capital shares redeemed

      143,522

Manager fees payable

      59,027

Administration fees payable

      5,568

Custodian fees payable

      410

Administrative and compliance services fees payable

      998

Transfer agent fees payable

      703

Trustee fees payable

      5,015

Other accrued liabilities

      21,293
   

 

 

 

Total Liabilities

      650,277
   

 

 

 

Net Assets

    $ 717,487,350
   

 

 

 

Net Assets Consist of:

   

Paid in capital

    $ 578,766,634

Total distributable earnings

      138,720,716
   

 

 

 

Net Assets

    $ 717,487,350
   

 

 

 

Shares of beneficial interest (unlimited number of shares authorized, no par value)

      55,388,284

Net Asset Value (offering and redemption price per share)

    $ 12.95
   

 

 

 

Statement of Operations

For the Six Months Ended June 30, 2021

(Unaudited)

 

Investment Income:

   

Interest

    $ 5,402

Dividends from non-affiliates

      8

Foreign withholding tax

      (14,499 )
   

 

 

 

Total Investment Income

      (9,089 )
   

 

 

 

Expenses:

   

Manager fees

      354,852

Administration fees

      32,171

Custodian fees

      2,344

Administrative and compliance services fees

      5,396

Transfer agent fees

      2,940

Trustee fees

      19,403

Professional fees

      15,573

Shareholder reports

      16,188

Other expenses

      4,831
   

 

 

 

Total expenses

      453,698
   

 

 

 

Net Investment Income/(Loss)

      (462,787 )
   

 

 

 

Net realized and Change in net unrealized gains/losses on investments:

   

Net realized gains/(losses) on securities and foreign currencies

      1,802,695

Net realized gains/(losses) on affiliated underlying funds

      9,135,889

Net realized gains/(losses) on futures contracts

      1,844,770

Change in net unrealized appreciation/depreciation on securities and foreign currencies

      (1,396,598 )

Change in net unrealized appreciation/depreciation on affiliated underlying funds

      25,326,672

Change in net unrealized appreciation/depreciation on futures contracts

      12,620
   

 

 

 

Net realized and Change in net unrealized gains/losses on investments

      36,726,048
   

 

 

 

Change in Net Assets Resulting From Operations

    $ 36,263,261
   

 

 

 
 

 

See accompanying notes to the financial statements.

 

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AZL MVP Global Balanced Index Strategy Fund

 

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 

     For the
Six Months Ended
June 30, 2021
  For the
Year Ended
December 31, 2020
    (Unaudited)    

Change In Net Assets:

       

Operations:

       

Net investment income/(loss)

    $ (462,787 )     $ 10,435,456

Net realized gains/(losses) on investments

      12,783,354       (1,262,720 )

Change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation on investments

      23,942,694       41,143,229
   

 

 

     

 

 

 

Change in net assets resulting from operations

      36,263,261       50,315,965
   

 

 

     

 

 

 

Distributions to Shareholders:

       

Distributions

      —       (83,618,380 )
   

 

 

     

 

 

 

Change in net assets resulting from distributions to shareholders

      —       (83,618,380 )
   

 

 

     

 

 

 

Capital Transactions:

       

Proceeds from shares issued

      1,105,750       743,757

Proceeds from dividends reinvested

      —       83,618,380

Value of shares redeemed

      (36,806,944 )       (97,839,917 )
   

 

 

     

 

 

 

Change in net assets resulting from capital transactions

      (35,701,194 )       (13,477,780 )
   

 

 

     

 

 

 

Change in net assets

      562,067       (46,780,195 )

Net Assets:

       

Beginning of period

      716,925,283       763,705,478
   

 

 

     

 

 

 

End of period

    $ 717,487,350     $ 716,925,283
   

 

 

     

 

 

 

Share Transactions:

       

Shares issued

      88,845       55,636

Dividends reinvested

      —       7,214,701

Shares redeemed

      (2,917,618 )       (7,855,941 )
   

 

 

     

 

 

 

Change in shares

      (2,828,773 )       (585,604 )
   

 

 

     

 

 

 

 

Amounts

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

 

See accompanying notes to the financial statements.

 

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AZL MVP Global Balanced Index Strategy Fund

Financial Highlights

(Selected data for a share of beneficial interest outstanding throughout the periods indicated)

 

     Six Months
Ended
June 30, 2021
  Year Ended
December 31,
2020
  Year Ended
December 31,
2019†
  Year Ended
December 31,
2018
  Year Ended
December 31,
2017
  Year Ended
December 31,
2016
    (Unaudited)                    

Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period

    $ 12.31     $ 12.99     $ 11.62     $ 12.59     $ 11.33     $ 11.69
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Investment Activities:

                       

Net Investment Income/(Loss)

      (0.01 )(a)       0.19 (a)       0.18 (a)       0.18       0.11       0.10

Net Realized and Unrealized Gains/(Losses) on Investments

      0.65       0.73       1.68       (0.90 )       1.20       0.27
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total from Investment Activities

      0.64       0.92       1.86       (0.72 )       1.31       0.37
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Distributions to Shareholders From:

                       

Net Investment Income

      —       (1.22 )       (0.23 )       (0.18 )       (0.05 )       (0.31 )

Net Realized Gains

      —       (0.38 )       (0.26 )       (0.07 )       —       (0.42 )
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total Dividends

      —       (1.60 )       (0.49 )       (0.25 )       (0.05 )       (0.73 )
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net Asset Value, End of Period

    $ 12.95     $ 12.31     $ 12.99     $ 11.62     $ 12.59     $ 11.33
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total Return(b)

      5.20 %(c)       7.81 %       16.20 %       (5.77 )%       11.54 %       3.34 %

Ratios to Average Net Assets/Supplemental Data:

                       

Net Assets, End of Period (000’s)

    $ 717,487     $ 716,925     $ 763,705     $ 735,489     $ 834,164     $ 814,519

Net Investment Income/(Loss)(d)

      (0.13 )%       1.49 %       1.40 %       1.43 %       0.97 %       0.85 %

Expenses Before Reductions*(d)(e)

      0.13 %       0.13 %       0.66 %       0.69 %       0.71 %       1.11 %

Expenses Net of Reductions*(d)

      0.13 %       0.13 %       0.66 %       0.69 %       0.71 %       1.11 %

Portfolio Turnover Rate

      1 %(c)       9 %       103 %(f)       39 %       40 %       91 %

 

*

The expense ratios exclude the impact of fees/expenses paid by each underlying fund.

 

†

Prior to December 6, 2019, the Fund primarily invested in shares of a wholly-owned and controlled subsidiary which was liquidated as of that date. Amounts shown reflect consolidated figures for periods prior to December 6, 2019.

 

(a)

Calculated using the average shares method.

 

(b)

The returns include reinvested dividends and fund level expenses, but exclude insurance contract charges. If these charges were included, the returns would have been lower.

 

(c)

Not annualized for periods less than one year.

 

(d)

Annualized for periods less than one year.

 

(e)

Excludes fee reductions. If such fee reductions had not occurred, the ratios would have been as indicated.

 

(f)

Portfolio turnover increased significantly during the year due to a change in investment strategy of the Fund.

 

See accompanying notes to the financial statements.

 

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AZL MVP Global Balanced Index Strategy Fund  

Notes to the Financial Statements

June 30, 2021 (Unaudited)

 

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 an 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, and follows the investment company accounting and reporting guidance under Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Topic 946 “Financial Services — Investment Companies”. The Trust consists of 12 separate investment portfolios (collectively, the “Funds”), of which one is included in this report, the AZL MVP Global Balanced Index Strategy Fund (the “Fund”), and 11 are presented in separate reports. The Fund is a diversified series of the Trust.

The Fund is a “fund of funds”, which means that the Fund invests primarily in other mutual funds (the “Underlying Funds”). Underlying Funds invest in stock, 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 Fund will adjust its asset allocation as it seeks to achieve its investment objective.

The Trust is authorized to issue an unlimited number of shares of the Fund without par value. Shares of the Fund are available through the variable annuity contracts offered through the separate accounts of participating insurance companies. Currently, the Fund only offers its 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 Fund. In addition, in the normal course of business, the Fund may enter into contracts with its vendors and others that provide for general indemnifications. The Fund’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown, as this would involve future claims that may be made against the Fund. However, based on experience, the Fund expects that risk of loss to be remote.

2. Significant Accounting Policies

The following is a summary of significant accounting policies followed by the Fund in the preparation of its financial statements. The policies conform with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“U.S. GAAP”). The preparation of financial statements requires management to make certain estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of increases and decreases in net assets from operations during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

Security Valuation

The Fund records its 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 and Investment Income

Investment transactions are accounted for on trade date. Net realized gains and losses on investments sold and on foreign currency transactions are recorded on the basis of identified cost. Interest income is recorded on the accrual basis and includes, where applicable, the amortization of premiums or accretion of discounts. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date except in the case of foreign securities, in which case dividends are recorded as soon as such information becomes available.

Foreign Currency Translation and Withholding Taxes

The accounting records of the Fund 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 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.

Income received by the Fund from sources within foreign countries may be subject to withholding and other income or similar taxes imposed by such countries. The Fund accrues such taxes, as applicable, based on its current interpretation of tax rules in the foreign markets in which it invests.

Distributions to Shareholders

Distributions to shareholders are recorded on the ex-dividend date. The Fund distributes its dividends from net investment income and net realized capital gains, if any, on an annual basis. The amount of distributions from net investment income and from net realized gains is determined in accordance with federal income tax regulations, which may differ from U.S. GAAP. These “book/tax” differences are either temporary or permanent in nature. To the extent these differences are permanent in nature (e.g., return of capital, net operating loss, reclassification of certain market discounts, gain/loss, paydowns, and distributions), such amounts are reclassified within the composition of net assets based on their federal tax-basis treatment; temporary differences (e.g., wash sales and differing treatment on certain investments) do not require reclassification. Distributions to shareholders that exceed net investment income and net realized gains for tax purposes are reported as distributions of capital.

Expense Allocation

Expenses directly attributable to the Fund are charged directly to the Fund, while expenses attributable to more than one Fund are allocated among the respective Funds based upon relative net assets or some other reasonable method. Expenses which are attributable to more than one Trust are allocated across the Allianz Variable Insurance Products and Allianz Variable Insurance Products Fund of Funds Trusts based upon relative net assets or another reasonable basis. Allianz Investment Management LLC (the “Manager”), serves as the investment manager for the Trust and the Allianz Variable Insurance Products Trust.

 

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AZL MVP Global Balanced Index Strategy Fund

Notes to the Financial Statements

June 30, 2021 (Unaudited)

 

Affiliated Securities Transactions

Pursuant to Rule 17a-7 under the 1940 Act (the “Rule”), the Fund may engage in securities transactions with affiliated investment companies and advisory accounts managed by the Manager. Any such purchase or sale transaction must be effected without a brokerage commission or other remuneration, except for customary transfer fees. The transaction must be effected at the current market price, which is either the security’s last sale price on an exchange or, if there are no transactions in the security that day, at the average of the highest bid and lowest asked price. During the period ended June 30, 2021, the Fund did not engage in any Rule 17a-7 transactions under the Rule.

Derivative Instruments

All open derivative positions at period end are reflected on the Fund’s Schedule of Portfolio Investments. The following is a description of the derivative instruments utilized by the Fund, including the primary underlying risk exposures related to each instrument type. The 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 Fund’s derivative positions could exceed 20% of the Fund’s value. The Fund may also use futures to gain equity exposure and may hold cash as a buffer in the event of market shocks.

Futures Contracts

During the period ended June 30, 2021, the Fund invested in futures contracts to reduce volatility and limit the need to decrease or increase allocations to underlying funds. Futures contracts are valued based upon their quoted daily settlement prices. Upon entering into a futures contract, the Fund is 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”), if any, is recorded by the Fund. 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 disclosed in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. 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. For the period ended June 30, 2021, the monthly average notional amount for long contracts was $32.6 million. There was no short contract activity during the period. Realized gains and losses are reported as “Net realized gains/(losses) on futures contracts” on the Statement of Operations.

Summary of Derivative Instruments

The following is a summary of the fair values of derivative instruments on the Fund’s Statement of Assets and Liabilities, categorized by risk exposure, as of June 30, 2021:

 

   

Asset Derivative

   

Liability Derivative

 
Primary Risk Exposure   Statement of Assets and Liabilities Location   Total Fair
Value
    Statement of Assets and Liabilities Location   Total Fair
Value
 

Equity Risk

     
Futures Contracts   Receivable for variation margin on futures contracts*   $ 325,839     Payable for variation margin on futures contracts*   $ —  

Interest Rate Risk

     
Futures Contracts   Receivable for variation margin on futures contracts*     53,988     Payable for variation margin on futures contracts*     —  

 

*

For futures contracts, the amounts represent the cumulative appreciation/depreciation of these futures contracts as reported in the Schedule of Portfolio Investments. Only current day’s variation margin is reported within the Statement of Assets and Liabilities as variation margin on futures contracts.

The following is a summary of the effect of derivative instruments on the Statement of Operations, categorized by risk exposure, for the period ended June 30, 2021:

 

Primary Risk Exposure  

Location of Gains/(Losses)

on Derivatives Recognized

   Realized Gains/(Losses)
on Derivatives
Recognized
    

Change in Net Unrealized

Appreciation/Depreciation on

Derivatives Recognized

 

Equity Risk

       
Futures Contracts   Net realized gains/(losses) on futures contracts/ Change net in unrealized appreciation/depreciation on futures contracts    $ 2,262,321      $ (16,648 ) 

Interest Rate Risk

       
Futures Contracts   Net realized gains/(losses) on futures contracts/ Change net in unrealized appreciation/depreciation on futures contracts      (417,551 )       29,268  

3. Fees and Transactions with Affiliates and Other Parties

The Manager provides investment advisory and management services for the Fund. The Manager has contractually agreed to waive fees and reimburse the Fund to limit the annual expenses, excluding interest expense (e.g., cash overdraft fees), taxes, brokerage commissions, acquired fund fees and expenses, other expenditures that are capitalized in accordance with U.S. GAAP and other extraordinary expenses not incurred in the ordinary course of the Fund’s business, based on the daily net assets of the Fund, through April 30, 2022. Expenses incurred for investment advisory and management services are reflected on the Statement of Operations as “Manager fees.”    

 

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AZL MVP Global Balanced Index Strategy Fund

Notes to the Financial Statements

June 30, 2021 (Unaudited)

 

For the period ended June 30, 2021, the annual rate due to the Manager and the annual expense limit were as follows:

 

        Annual Rate      Annual Expense Limit

AZL MVP Global Balanced Index Strategy Fund

         0.10 %          0.15 %

Any amounts contractually waived or reimbursed by the Manager in a particular fiscal year will be subject to repayment by the Fund to the Manager to the extent that from time to time through the next three fiscal years the repayment will not cause the Fund’s expenses to exceed the lesser of the stated limit at the time of the waiver or the current stated limit. Any amounts recouped by the Manager during the period are reflected on the Statement of Operations as “Recoupment of prior expenses reimbursed by the Manager.” At June 30, 2021, there were no remaining contractual reimbursements subject to repayment by the Fund in subsequent years.    

In addition, the Manager may voluntarily waive or reimburse additional fees in order to maintain more competitive expense ratios. Any voluntary waivers or reimbursements are not subject to repayment in subsequent years. Information on the total amount waived/reimbursed by the Manager or repaid to the Manager by the Fund during the period can be found on the Statement of Operations. During the period ended June 30, 2021, there were no voluntary waivers.

The Manager or an affiliate of the Manager serves as the investment adviser of certain underlying funds in which the Fund invests. At June 30, 2021, these underlying funds are noted as Affiliated Investment Companies in the Fund’s Schedule of Portfolio Investments. Additional information, including financial statements, about these Funds is available at www.allianzlife.com. The Manager or an affiliate of the Manager is paid a separate fee from the underlying funds for such services. A summary of the Fund’s investments in affiliated investment companies for the period ended June 30, 2021 is as follows:

 

     Value
12/31/2020
  Purchases
at Cost
  Proceeds
from Sales
 

Net

Realized
Gains(Losses)

  Change in Net
Unrealized
Appreciation/
Depreciation
  Value
6/30/2021
  Shares as of
6/30/2021
  Dividend
Income
  Net Realized
Gains Distributions
from Affiliated
Underlying Funds

AZL Enhanced Bond Index Fund

    $ 325,541,660     $ 9,537,238     $ —     $ —     $ (5,901,274 )     $ 329,177,624       28,450,961     $ —     $ —

AZL MSCI Emerging Markets Equity Index Fund, Class 2

      39,749,031       —       (3,370,665 )       633,084       2,144,395       39,155,845       4,284,009       —       —

AZL MSCI Global Equity Index Fund, Class 2

      316,790,183       —       (42,941,476 )       8,502,805       29,083,551       311,435,063       19,260,053       —       —
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 
    $ 682,080,874     $ 9,537,238     $ (46,312,141 )     $ 9,135,889     $ 25,326,672     $ 679,768,532       51,995,023     $ —     $ —
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Pursuant to separate agreements between the Trust and the Manager, the Manager provides a Chief Compliance Officer (“CCO”) and certain compliance oversight and regulatory filing services to the Trust. Under these agreements, the Manager is entitled to an amount equal to a portion of the compensation and certain other expenses related to the individuals performing the CCO and compliance oversight services, as well as $100 per hour for time incurred in connection with the preparation and filing of certain documents with the SEC. The fees are paid to the Manager on a quarterly basis. The total expenses incurred by the Fund for these services are reflected on the Statement of Operations as “Administrative and compliance services fees.”

Citi Fund Services Ohio, Inc. (“Citi” or the “Administrator”), a wholly owned subsidiary of Citigroup, Inc., with which an officer of the Trust is affiliated, serves as the Trust’s administrator and fund accountant, and assists the Trust in all aspects of its administration and operation. The Administrator is entitled to a fee, accrued daily and paid monthly. The Administrator is entitled to an annual fee for each additional class of shares of any Fund, certain annual fees in supporting fair values services, and a Trust-wide annual fee for providing infrastructure and support in implementing the written policies and procedures comprising the Fund’s compliance program. The Administrator is also reimbursed for certain expenses incurred. The total expenses incurred by the Fund for these services are reflected on the Statement of Operations as “Administration fees.”

FIS Investor Services LLC (“FIS”) serves as the Fund’s transfer agent. Under the Transfer Agent Agreement, the Trust pays FIS a fee for its services and reimburses FIS for all of their reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred in providing these services.

The Bank of New York Mellon (“BNY Mellon” or the “Custodian”) serves as the Trust’s custodian and securities lending agent. For these services as custodian, the Funds pay BNY Mellon a fee based on a percentage of assets held on behalf of the Funds, plus certain out-of-pocket charges.

Allianz Life Financial Services, LLC (“ALFS”), an affiliate of the Manager, serves as distributor of the Fund. ALFS receives an annual Trust-wide annual fee of $7,500, paid by the Manager from its profits and not by the Trust, for recordkeeping and reporting services.

Certain Officers and Trustees of the Trust are affiliated with the Manager or the Administrator. Such Officers (except for the Trust’s CCO as noted above) and Trustees receive no compensation from the Trust for serving in their respective roles. For their service to the Trust and to the Allianz Variable Insurance Products Trust, each non-interested Trustee receives a $191,625 annual Board retainer, the Lead Director receives an additional $37,500, the Chair of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee receives an additional $7,500 annually, the Co-Chairs of the Investment Committee receive $3,750 annually and the Chair of the Audit Committee receives an additional $11,250 annually. In addition, the Trustees are reimbursed for certain expenses associated with attending Board meetings. Compensation to the Trustees is allocated between the Trust and the Allianz Variable Insurance Products Trust in proportion to the assets under management of each trust. During the period ended June 30, 2021, actual Trustee compensation was $702,562 in total for both trusts.

4. Investment Valuation Summary

The valuation techniques employed by the Fund, 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 Fund’s 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, prepayments speeds, credit risk, etc.)

  ●  

Level 3 — significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments)

 

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AZL MVP Global Balanced Index Strategy Fund

Notes to the Financial Statements

June 30, 2021 (Unaudited)

 

Changes in valuation techniques may result in transfers in or out of an assigned level within the disclosure hierarchy. The inputs ormethodology 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 Board of Trustees (the “Board” or “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. 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.

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.

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 Fund 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 the 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 Fund 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 June 30, 2021 in valuing the Fund’s investments based upon the three levels defined above:

 

Investment Securities:    Level 1    Level 2    Level 3    Total

Common Stock+

     $ —      $ —      $ 376,610      $ 376,610

Preferred Stock+

       —        —        529,644        529,644

Private Placements+

       —        —        809,349        809,349

Convertible Bond+

       —        —        — #        —

Corporate Bonds+

       —        —        779,056        779,056

Affiliated Investment Companies

       679,768,532        —        —        679,768,532
    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Total Investment Securities

       679,768,532        —        2,494,659        682,263,191
    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Other Financial Instruments:*

                   

Futures Contracts

       379,827        —        —        379,827
    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

Total Investments

     $ 680,148,359      $ —      $ 2,494,659      $ 682,643,018
    

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

      

 

 

 

 

+

For detailed industry descriptions, see the accompanying Schedule of Portfolio Investments.

 

#

Represents the interest in securities that were determined to have a value of zero at June 30, 2021.

 

*

Other Financial Instruments would include any derivative instruments, such as futures contracts. These investments are generally presented in the financial statements at variation margin.

5. Security Purchases and Sales

For the period ended June 30, 2021, cost of purchases and proceeds from sales of securities (excluding securities maturing less than one year from acquisition) were as follows:

 

        Purchases      Sales

AZL MVP Global Balanced Index Strategy Fund

       $ 9,539,099        $ 48,656,483

 

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AZL MVP Global Balanced Index Strategy Fund

Notes to the Financial Statements

June 30, 2021 (Unaudited)

 

6. 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 June 30, 2021 are identified below:

 

Security      Acquisition
Date(a)
     Acquisition
Cost
    

Shares

or

Principal Amount

     Fair
Value
     Percentage of
Net Assets

Grand Rounds, Inc., Series C

         3/31/15        $ 399,608          143,925        $ 529,644          0.07 %

Jawbone

         1/24/17          —          23,389          —          0.00 %

Lookout, Inc.

         3/4/15          63,364          5,547          64,623          0.01 %

Lookout, Inc. Preferred Shares, Series F

         9/19/14          730,222          63,925          744,726          0.10 %

Quintis Pty, Ltd.

         10/25/18          223,960          386,370          376,610          0.06 %

Quintis Pty, Ltd., 7.50%, 10/1/26,
Callable 10/1/21 @ 105.63

         10/25/18          48,384          48,384          48,384          0.01 %

Quintis Pty, Ltd., 10/1/28, Callable 2/11/21 @ 94.00

         10/25/18          730,672          730,672          730,672          0.10 %

REI Agro, Ltd., Registered Shares,
5.50%, 12/8/19

         2/7/12          300,000          400,000          –          0.00 %

 

(a)

Acquisition date represents the initial purchase date of the security.

7. Investment Risks

The risks below are presented in an order intended to facilitate readability. Their order does not imply that the realization of one risk is more likely to occur more frequently than another risk, nor does it imply that the realization of one risk is likely to have a greater adverse impact than another risk.

Derivatives Risk: The Fund may invest directly or through affiliated or unaffiliated mutual funds or unregistered investment pools in derivative instruments such as futures, options, and options on futures. 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 other party to a derivatives contract could default.

Foreign Securities Risk: Investing in the securities of non-U.S. issuers involves a number of risks, such as fluctuations in currency values, adverse political, social or economic developments, and differences in social and economic developments or policies.

Fund of Fund Risk: The Fund, as a shareholder of the underlying funds, indirectly bears its proportionate share of any investment management fees and other expenses of the underlying funds. Further due to the fees and expenses paid by the Fund, as well as small variations in the Fund’s actual allocations to the underlying funds and any futures and cash held in the Fund’s portfolio, the performance and income distributions of the Fund will not be the same as the performance and income distributions of the underlying funds. In addition, the Fund maintains indirect exposure to various types of risk which may exist in the underlying Funds, such as foreign securities risk, fixed income securities risk and other risks.

Interest Rate Risk: Debt securities held by an underlying fund may decline in value due to rising interest rates.

Market Risk: The market price of securities owned by the underlying funds may go up or down, sometimes rapidly and unpredictably. Securities may decline in value due to factors affecting securities markets generally or particular industries represented in the securities markets. The value of a security may decline due to general market conditions that are not specifically related to a particular company, such as real or perceived adverse economic conditions, changes in the general outlook for corporate earnings, changes in interest or currency rates, or adverse investor sentiment, as well as natural disasters, and outbreaks of infectious illnesses or other widespread public health issues.

8. Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic

During the first quarter of 2020, the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 to be a public health emergency. COVID-19 has led to increased short-term market volatility and may have adverse long-term effects on U.S. and world economies and markets in general. COVID-19 may adversely impact the Fund’s ability to achieve its investment objectives. The extent of the impact on the performance of the Fund and its investments will depend on future developments, including the duration and spread of the COVID-19 outbreak, related restrictions and advisories, and the effects on the financial markets and economy overall, all of which are highly uncertain and cannot be predicted.

9. Federal Tax Information

It is the policy of the Fund to continue to qualify as a regulated investment company by complying with the provisions available to certain investment companies, as defined under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code, and to make distributions of net investment income and net realized gains sufficient to relieve it from all, or substantially all, federal income taxes. Accordingly, no provisions for federal income taxes are required in the financial statements.

 

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AZL MVP Global Balanced Index Strategy Fund

Notes to the Financial Statements

June 30, 2021 (Unaudited)

 

Management of the Fund has reviewed tax positions taken in tax years that remain subject to examination by all major tax jurisdictions, including federal (i.e., the last four tax year ends and the interim tax period since then, as applicable). Management believes that there is no tax liability resulting from unrecognized tax benefits related to uncertain tax positions taken.

Cost of securities, including derivatives and short positions as applicable, for federal income tax purposes at December 31, 2020 was $593,456,768. The gross unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) on a tax basis was as follows:

 

Unrealized appreciation

  $ 93,062,422

Unrealized (depreciation)

    (6,483 ) 
 

 

 

 

Net unrealized appreciation/(depreciation)

  $ 93,055,939  
 

 

 

 

The tax character of dividends paid to shareholders during the year ended December 31, 2020, was as follows:

 

        Ordinary
Income
    

Net

Long-Term
Capital Gains

     Total
Distributions(a)

AZL MVP Global Balanced Index Strategy Fund

       $ 66,118,874        $ 17,499,506        $ 83,618,380

(a) Total distributions paid may differ from the Statements of Changes in Net Assets because dividends are recognized when actually paid for tax purposes.

At December 31, 2020, the components of accumulated earnings on a tax basis were as follows:

 

        Undistributed
Ordinary
Income
     Undistributed
Long-Term
Capital Gains
     Accumulated
Capital and
Other Losses
    

Unrealized

Appreciation/
Depreciation(a)

    

Total
Accumulated

Earnings/
(Deficit)

AZL MVP Global Balanced Index Strategy Fund

       $ 37,629,535        $ 13,696,458        $ —        $ 93,065,426        $ 144,391,419

 

(a)

The difference between book-basis and tax-basis unrealized appreciation/depreciation was attributable primarily to tax deferral of losses on wash sales and mark-to-market of futures contracts.

10. Ownership and Principal Holders

The beneficial ownership, either directly or indirectly, of more than 25% of the voting securities of a fund creates presumptions of control of the fund, under section 2 (a)(9) of the 1940 Act. As of June 30, 2021, the Fund had an individual shareholder account which is affiliated with the Manager representing ownership in excess of 85% of the Fund. As of June 30, 2021, the Fund had a controlling interest (in excess of 50%) in the AZL MSCI Global Equity Index Fund, which is affiliated with the Manager. Investment activities of these shareholders could have a material impact to the Fund.

11. Subsequent Events

Management of the Fund has evaluated the need for additional disclosures or adjustments resulting from events through the date the financial statements were issued. Based on this evaluation, there were no subsequent events to report that would have material impact on the Fund’s financial statements.

 

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AZL MVP Global Balanced Index Strategy Fund

Special Joint Meeting of Shareholders

June 30, 2021 (Unaudited)

 

A special meeting of the Allianz Variable Insurance Products Fund Of Funds Trust’s (the “Trust”) shareholders was held on June 3, 2021. The results of the matters voted upon at the meeting are reported below.

Election of Trustees

To elect seven nominees as Trustees of the Trust to serve until a successor is elected and qualified or until such Trustee dies, resigns, retires, or is removed for election as provided in the governing documents of the Trust. The nominees were Peter R. Burnim, Peggy L. Ettestad, Tamara Lynn Fagely, Richard H. Forde, Claire R. Leonardi, Dickson W. Lewis, and Brian Muench. There was no other Trustee whose term of office as a Trustee continued after the meeting.

 

          FOR   WITHHELD

Peter R. Burnim

  Votes   9,698,300,664.000   461,262,722.733
  % of votes entitled to be cast   95.460%   4.540%

Peggy L. Ettestad

  Votes   9,744,785,844.047   414,777,542.686
  % of votes entitled to be cast   95.917%   4.083%

Tamara Lynn Fagely

  Votes   9,749,721,430.073   409,841,956.660
  % of votes entitled to be cast   95.966%   4.034%

Richard H. Forde

  Votes   9,725,296,590.351   434,266,796.382
  % of votes entitled to be cast   95.726%   4.274%

Claire R. Leonardi

  Votes   9,756,832,186.929   402,731,199.804
  % of votes entitled to be cast   96.036%   3.964%

Dickson W. Lewis

  Votes   9,683,252,333.341   476,311,053.392
  % of votes entitled to be cast   95.312%   4.688%

Brian Muench

  Votes   9,739,692,821.948   419,870,564.785
  % of votes entitled to be cast   95.867%   4.133%

Approve amended fundamental restrictions regarding investments in commodities

To approve that the Trust’s fundamental policies with respect to commodities are replaced with the following: “No Fund may: Purchase or sell commodities except to the extent permitted by the 1940 Act or any rules, exemptions or interpretations thereunder that may be adopted, granted or issued by the SEC.”

 

FUND        FOR   AGAINST   ABSTAIN

AZL MVP FusionSM Balanced Fund

  Votes   724,020,610.631   25,965,700.395   64,480,992.029
  % of votes entitled to be cast   88.895%   3.188%   7.917%

AZL MVP FusionSM Conservative Fund

  Votes   207,849,507.478   7,714,328.807   20,132,965.915
  % of votes entitled to be cast   88.185%   3.273%   8.542%

AZL MVP FusionSM Moderate Fund

  Votes   1,675,644,566.951   51,935,064.499   151,957,164.856
  % of votes entitled to be cast   89.152%   2.763%   8.085%

AZL® Balanced Index Strategy Fund

  Votes   370,109,866.443   8,120,911.689   37,825,978.335
  % of votes entitled to be cast   88.957%   1.952%   9.092%

AZL® MVP Balanced Index Strategy Fund

  Votes   272,508,300.262   8,100,202.921   38,940,957.230
  % of votes entitled to be cast   85.279%   2.535%   12.186%

AZL® MVP Growth Index Strategy Fund

  Votes   2,253,168,549.922   81,030,934.965   243,425,209.080
  % of votes entitled to be cast   87.413%   3.144%   9.444%

AZL® MVP Moderate Index Strategy Fund

  Votes   459,489,269.089   21,433,634.607   44,698,959.196
  % of votes entitled to be cast   87.418%   4.078%   8.504%

AZL® MVP Global Balanced Index Strategy Fund

  Votes   607,120,765.403   28,580,727.312   67,371,200.883
  % of votes entitled to be cast   86.352%   4.065%   9.582%

AZL® DFA Multi-Strategy Fund

  Votes   838,713,716.278   44,467,726.830   71,863,407.006
  % of votes entitled to be cast   87.819%   4.656%   7.525%

AZL® MVP DFA Multi-Strategy Fund

  Votes   82,637,136.168   3,643,849.372   7,250,675.011
  % of votes entitled to be cast   88.352%   3.896%   7.752%

 

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FUND        FOR   AGAINST   ABSTAIN

AZL® MVP Fidelity Institutional Asset Management® Multi-Strategy Fund

  Votes   215,631,261.075   8,954,953.342   29,292,949.884
  % of votes entitled to be cast   84.935%   3.527%   11.538%

AZL® MVP T. Rowe Price Capital Appreciation Plus Fund

  Votes   1,222,126,591.953   56,285,445.413   107,069,305.504
  % of votes entitled to be cast   88.210%   4.063%   7.728%

Approve amended fundamental restrictions regarding borrowing

To approve that the Trust’s fundamental and related non-fundamental policies with respect to borrowing are replaced with the following: “No Fund may: Borrow money, except to the extent permitted by the 1940 Act, or any rules, exemptions or interpretations thereunder that may be adopted, granted or issued by the SEC.”

 

FUND        FOR   AGAINST   ABSTAIN

AZL MVP FusionSM Balanced Fund

  Votes   709,309,612.667   31,798,584.250   73,359,106.138
  % of votes entitled to be cast   87.089%   3.904%   9.007%

AZL MVP FusionSM Conservative Fund

  Votes   210,036,621.710   8,331,208.078   17,328,972.411
  % of votes entitled to be cast   89.113%   3.535%   7.352%

AZL MVP FusionSM Moderate Fund

  Votes   1,642,136,577.503   69,923,524.523   167,476,694.280
  % of votes entitled to be cast   87.369%   3.720%   8.911%

AZL® Balanced Index Strategy Fund

  Votes   371,193,748.544   7,499,541.088   37,363,466.836
  % of votes entitled to be cast   89.217%   1.803%   8.980%

AZL® MVP Balanced Index Strategy Fund

  Votes   269,242,580.863   12,559,386.314   37,747,493.235
  % of votes entitled to be cast   84.257%   3.930%   11.813%

AZL® MVP Growth Index Strategy Fund

  Votes   2,202,090,386.602   118,938,115.278   256,596,192.088
  % of votes entitled to be cast   85.431%   4.614%   9.955%

AZL® MVP Moderate Index Strategy Fund

  Votes   448,098,738.171   33,266,593.465   44,256,531.255
  % of votes entitled to be cast   85.251%   6.329%   8.420%

AZL® MVP Global Balanced Index Strategy Fund

  Votes   609,771,514.679   31,023,055.053   62,278,123.866
  % of votes entitled to be cast   86.729%   4.412%   8.858%

AZL® DFA Multi-Strategy Fund

  Votes   829,772,912.326   48,960,106.404   76,311,831.384
  % of votes entitled to be cast   86.883%   5.126%   7.990%

AZL® MVP DFA Multi-Strategy Fund

  Votes   80,825,430.550   3,740,847.678   8,965,382.323
  % of votes entitled to be cast   86.415%   4.000%   9.585%

AZL® MVP Fidelity Institutional Asset Management® Multi-Strategy Fund

  Votes   211,483,269.699   12,637,803.011   29,758,091.590
  % of votes entitled to be cast   83.301%   4.978%   11.721%

AZL® MVP T. Rowe Price Capital Appreciation Plus Fund

  Votes   1,191,897,700.679   69,546,262.813   124,037,379.379
  % of votes entitled to be cast   86.028%   5.020%   8.953%

 

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Other Information (Unaudited)

A description of the policies and procedures that the Fund uses to determine how to vote proxies relating to portfolio securities is available, without charge, upon request, by visiting the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (‘‘Commission’’) website at www.sec.gov, or by calling 800-624-0197.

Information regarding how the Fund voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30th is available (i) without charge, upon request, by calling 800-624-0197; (ii) on the Trust’s website at https://www.allianzlife.com; and (iii) on the Commission’s website at http://www.sec.gov.

The Fund files complete Schedules of Portfolio Holdings with the Commission for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-PORT. Schedules of Portfolio Holdings for the Fund are available without charge on the Commission’s website at http://www.sec.gov or may be obtained by calling 800-624-0197.

 

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Statement Regarding the Trust’s Liquidity Risk Management Program (Unaudited)

Each series (each such series a “Fund” and, together, the “Funds”) of the Allianz Variable Insurance Products Trust, but not the AZL Government Money Market Fund, and of the Allianz Variable Insurance Products Fund of Funds Trust (each such trust a “Trust” and, together, the “Trusts”) has adopted and implemented a written liquidity risk management program (the “Program”) pursuant to Rule 22e-4 under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “Liquidity Rule”). The Program includes policies and procedures reasonably designed to assess and manage each Fund’s liquidity risk (the “risk that a fund could not meet requests to redeem shares issued by the fund without significant dilution of remaining investors’ interests in the fund”) and to comply with the requirements of the Liquidity Rule, including: (i) assessment, management and periodic review of liquidity risk; (ii) classification of portfolio holdings; (iii) establishment of a highly liquid investment minimum (“HLIM”), as applicable; (iv) limitation of illiquid investments; and (v) redemptions in-kind.

The Board of Trustees of each Fund (together, the “Board”) approved the designation of the individual officers of the Trusts who serve as the administrators of the Program (the “Program Administrators”). The Program Administrators oversee the implementation of the Program, including the monitoring of liquidity and liquidity risk for each Fund on an ongoing basis.

At a meeting of the Board held on February 16, 2021, the Program Administrators provided their annual written report (the “Report”) to the Board addressing the operation of the Program and assessing its adequacy and effectiveness of implementation for the annual period from January 1, 2020 through December 31, 2020 (the “Reporting Period”). This Report included an overview of the operation of the Program, including liquidity events relevant to the Funds, if any, during the Reporting Period and conclusions with respect to the adequacy of the policies and procedures of the Program and the effectiveness of Program implementation. The Report also included a summary of the annual assessment of each Fund’s liquidity risk, which took into account the following factors enumerated in the Liquidity Rule and identified in the Program, as applicable:

1) Each Fund’s investment strategy and liquidity of portfolio investments during both normal and reasonably foreseeable stressed conditions, including: (i) whether the Fund’s investment strategy is appropriate for an open-end fund; (ii) the extent to which the Fund’s strategy involves a relatively concentrated portfolio or large positions in particular issuers; and, as applicable, (iii) the Fund’s use of borrowings for investment purposes; and (iv) the Fund’s use of derivatives;

2) Short-term and long-term cash flow projections during both normal and reasonably foreseeable stressed conditions; and

3) Holdings of cash and cash equivalents, as well as borrowing arrangements and other funding sources.

Based on the information considered, the Report concluded that each Fund continues to have an investment strategy that is appropriate for an open-end fund, and that each Fund is reasonably likely to be able to meet redemption requests without significant dilution of remaining shareholders’ interests in the Fund. There were no material liquidity matters impacting the Funds identified in the Report and the Report concluded that the Program operated effectively during the Reporting Period, including during periods of market volatility and net redemptions.

In accordance with the Program, each Fund’s portfolio investments were classified into one of four liquidity categories as provided in the Liquidity Rule as applicable during the Reporting Period. Liquidity classification determinations take into account a variety of factors including market, trading and investment-specific considerations, as well as market depth in accordance with the requirements of the Liquidity Rule and as specified in the Program, and generally incorporate analysis from a third-party data vendor. The Report reviewed the classification methodology as provided in the Program and noted there were no material issues with respect to liquidity classifications during the Reporting Period.

Pursuant to the Liquidity Rule, no Fund may acquire any illiquid investment if, after the acquisition, the Fund would have invested more than 15% of its assets in illiquid investments that are assets. The Program includes provisions reasonably designed to comply with the 15% limit on illiquid investments. During the Reporting Period, no Fund breached the 15% limit on illiquid investments.

During the Reporting Period, each Fund maintained a designated HLIM. The Report stated that the Program Administrators reviewed each Fund’s HLIM as provided in the Program and concluded that each Fund’s applicable HLIM operated as intended during the Reporting Period and no changes to the HLIM for any Fund were recommended. During the Reporting Period, no Fund fell below its designated HLIM. The Report concluded that the Program includes provisions reasonably designed to comply with the HLIM for each Fund.

The Funds that engage in or reserve the right to redeem in kind have adopted policies and procedures regarding in-kind redemptions as required by the Liquidity Rule.

On the basis of the review, the Report concluded that: (i) the Program remains reasonably designed to manage each Fund’s liquidity risk; (ii) the Program was implemented and operated effectively to achieve the goal of assessing and managing each Fund’s liquidity risk during the Reporting Period; and (iii) each Fund was able to meet requests for redemption without significant dilution of remaining investors in the Fund during the Reporting Period. The Report noted that there were no material changes to the Program during the Reporting Period, and none were recommended by the Program Administrators in connection with the Report.

 

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AZL® MVP Growth Index Strategy Fund

Semi-Annual Report

June 30, 2021

(Unaudited)

 

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Table of Contents

 

Expense Examples and Portfolio Composition

Page 1

Schedule of Portfolio Investments

Page 2

Statement of Assets and Liabilities

Page 3

Statement of Operations

Page 3

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

Page 4

Financial Highlights

Page 5

Notes to the Financial Statements

Page 6

Special Joint Meeting of Shareholders

Page 11

Other Information

Page 13

Statement Regarding the Trust’s Liquidity Risk Management Program

Page 14

 

This report is submitted for the general information of the shareholder of the Fund. The report is not authorized for distribution to prospective investors in the Fund unless preceded or accompanied by an effective prospectus, which contains details concerning the sales charges and other pertinent information.


AZL MVP Growth Index Strategy Fund

Expense Examples

(Unaudited)

 

As a shareholder of the AZL MVP Growth Index Strategy Fund (the “Fund”), you incur ongoing costs, including management fees, distribution fees, and other Fund expenses. These examples are intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds. Please note that the expenses shown in each table do not reflect expenses that apply to the subaccount or the insurance contract. If the expenses that apply to the subaccount or the insurance contract were included, your costs would have been higher.

These examples are based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the periods presented below.

The Actual Expense table below provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information below, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the table under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During Period” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period.

 

     Beginning
Account Value
1/1/21
  Ending
Account Value
6/30/21
  Expenses Paid
During Period
1/1/21 -  6/30/21*
  Annualized Expense
Ratio During Period
1/1/21 - 6/30/21

AZL MVP Growth Index Strategy Fund

    $ 1,000.00     $ 1,103.40     $ 0.63       0.12 %

The Hypothetical Expense table below provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Fund’s actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of other funds.

 

     Beginning
Account Value
1/1/21
  Ending
Account Value
6/30/21
  Expenses Paid
During Period
1/1/21 - 6/30/21*
  Annualized Expense
Ratio During Period
1/1/21 - 6/30/21

AZL MVP Growth Index Strategy Fund

    $ 1,000.00     $ 1,024.20     $ 0.60       0.12 %

 

*

Expenses are equal to the average account value multiplied by the Fund’s annualized expense ratio multiplied by 181/365 (the number of days in the most recent fiscal half-year divided by the number of days in the fiscal year).

Portfolio Composition

(Unaudited)

 

Investments   Percent of Net Assets

Domestic Equity Funds

      54.4 %

Fixed Income Fund

      21.9

International Equity Fund

      19.3
   

 

 

 

Total Investment Securities

      95.6

Net other assets (liabilities)

      4.4
   

 

 

 

Net Assets

      100.0 %
   

 

 

 

 

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AZL MVP Growth Index Strategy Fund

Schedule of Portfolio Investments

June 30, 2021 (Unaudited)

 

Shares            Value  
Affiliated Investment Companies (95.6%):       
Domestic Equity Funds (54.4%):       
  10,933,305      AZL Mid Cap Index Fund, Class 2    $ 307,881,855  
  41,988,839      AZL S&P 500 Index Fund, Class 2      982,958,725  
  9,453,373      AZL Small Cap Stock Index Fund, Class 2      160,045,613  
     

 

 

 
        1,450,886,193  
     

 

 

 
Fixed Income Fund (21.9%):  
  50,453,265      AZL Enhanced Bond Index Fund      583,744,275  
     

 

 

 
International Equity Fund (19.3%):  
  27,144,606      AZL International Index Fund, Class 2      513,847,395  
     

 

 

 
 

Total Affiliated Investment Companies (Cost $1,751,668,027)

     2,548,477,863  
     

 

 

 
 

Total Investment Securities (Cost $1,751,668,027) — 95.6%

     2,548,477,863  
 

Net other assets (liabilities) — 4.4%

     117,389,485  
     

 

 

 
 

Net Assets — 100.0%

   $ 2,665,867,348  
     

 

 

 

Percentages indicated are based on net assets as of June 30, 2021.

 

Futures Contracts

At June 30, 2021, the Fund’s open futures contracts were as follows:

Long Futures

 

Description    Expiration
Date
     Number of
Contracts
     Notional
Amount
     Value and
Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
 

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

     9/17/21        413      $ 88,559,590      $ 1,638,877  

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

     9/21/21        222        29,415,000        90,843  
           

 

 

 
            $ 1,729,720  
           

 

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to the financial statements.

 

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AZL MVP Growth Index Strategy Fund

 

Statement of Assets and Liabilities

June 30, 2021

(Unaudited)

 

Assets:

   

Investments in affiliates, at cost

    $ 1,751,668,027
   

 

 

 

Investments in affiliates, at value

    $ 2,548,477,863

Deposit at broker for futures contracts collateral

      118,201,206

Interest and dividends receivable

      1,515

Receivable for capital shares issued

      188,181

Receivable for affiliated investments sold

      446,959

Receivable for variation margin on futures contracts

      155

Prepaid expenses

      6,349
   

 

 

 

Total Assets

      2,667,322,228
   

 

 

 

Liabilities:

   

Cash overdraft

      447,191

Payable for capital shares redeemed

      672,806

Manager fees payable

      219,605

Administration fees payable

      7,868

Custodian fees payable

      230

Administrative and compliance services fees payable

      4,379

Transfer agent fees payable

      911

Trustee fees payable

      22,002

Other accrued liabilities

      79,888
   

 

 

 

Total Liabilities

      1,454,880
   

 

 

 

Net Assets

    $ 2,665,867,348
   

 

 

 

Net Assets Consist of:

   

Paid in capital

    $ 1,935,157,210

Total distributable earnings

      730,710,138
   

 

 

 

Net Assets

    $ 2,665,867,348
   

 

 

 

Shares of beneficial interest (unlimited number of shares authorized, no par value)

      153,245,990

Net Asset Value (offering and redemption price per share)

    $ 17.40
   

 

 

 

Statement of Operations

For the Six Months Ended June 30, 2021

(Unaudited)

 

Investment Income:

   

Interest

    $ 11,727

Dividends from non-affiliates

      1
   

 

 

 

Total Investment Income

      11,728
   

 

 

 

Expenses:

   

Manager fees

      1,308,790

Administration fees

      34,325

Custodian fees

      968

Administrative and compliance services fees

      17,714

Transfer agent fees

      2,914

Trustee fees

      63,523

Professional fees

      51,271

Shareholder reports

      36,183

Other expenses

      16,377
   

 

 

 

Total expenses

      1,532,065
   

 

 

 

Net Investment Income/(Loss)

      (1,520,337 )
   

 

 

 

Net realized and Change in net unrealized gains/losses on investments:

   

Net realized gains/(losses) on affiliated underlying funds

      51,714,370

Net realized gains/(losses) on futures contracts

      10,145,917

Change in net unrealized appreciation/depreciation on affiliated underlying funds

      198,734,572

Change in net unrealized appreciation/depreciation on futures contracts

      (222,018 )
   

 

 

 

Net realized and Change in net unrealized gains/losses on investments

      260,372,841
   

 

 

 

Change in Net Assets Resulting From Operations

    $ 258,852,504
   

 

 

 
 

 

See accompanying notes to the financial statements.

 

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AZL MVP Growth Index Strategy Fund

 

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 

     For the
Six Months Ended
June 30, 2021
  For the
Year Ended
December 31, 2020
    (Unaudited)    

Change In Net Assets:

       

Operations:

       

Net investment income/(loss)

    $ (1,520,337 )     $ 43,069,399

Net realized gains/(losses) on investments

      61,860,287       (105,449,158 )

Change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation on investments

      198,512,554       166,112,078
   

 

 

     

 

 

 

Change in net assets resulting from operations

      258,852,504       103,732,319
   

 

 

     

 

 

 

Distributions to Shareholders:

       

Distributions

      —       (146,584,397 )
   

 

 

     

 

 

 

Change in net assets resulting from distributions to shareholders

      —       (146,584,397 )
   

 

 

     

 

 

 

Capital Transactions:

       

Proceeds from shares issued

      6,469,838       35,195,872

Proceeds from dividends reinvested

      —       146,584,397

Value of shares redeemed

      (177,497,194 )       (283,233,573 )
   

 

 

     

 

 

 

Change in net assets resulting from capital transactions

      (171,027,356 )       (101,453,304 )
   

 

 

     

 

 

 

Change in net assets

      87,825,148       (144,305,382 )

Net Assets:

       

Beginning of period

      2,578,042,200       2,722,347,582
   

 

 

     

 

 

 

End of period

    $ 2,665,867,348     $ 2,578,042,200
   

 

 

     

 

 

 

Share Transactions:

       

Shares issued

      390,320       2,437,703

Dividends reinvested

      —       10,088,396

Shares redeemed

      (10,656,670 )       (18,912,826 )
   

 

 

     

 

 

 

Change in shares

      (10,266,350 )       (6,386,727 )
   

 

 

     

 

 

 

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

 

See accompanying notes to the financial statements.

 

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AZL MVP Growth Index Strategy Fund

Financial Highlights

(Selected data for a share of beneficial interest outstanding throughout the periods indicated)

 

     Six Months
Ended
June 30, 2021
  Year Ended
December 31,
2020
  Year Ended
December 31,
2019
  Year Ended
December 31,
2018
  Year Ended
December 31,
2017
  Year Ended
December 31,
2016
    (Unaudited)                    

Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period

    $ 15.77     $ 16.02     $ 13.99     $ 15.56     $ 14.08     $ 13.55
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Investment Activities:

                       

Net Investment Income/(Loss)

      (0.01 )(a)       0.26 (a)       0.26 (a)       0.26       0.11       0.14

Net Realized and Unrealized Gains/(Losses) on Investments

      1.64       0.42       2.55       (1.22 )       2.10       0.77
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total from Investment Activities

      1.63       0.68       2.81       (0.96 )       2.21       0.91
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Distributions to Shareholders From:

                       

Net Investment Income

      —       (0.29 )       (0.35 )       (0.13 )       (0.18 )       (0.30 )

Net Realized Gains

      —       (0.64 )       (0.43 )       (0.48 )       (0.55 )       (0.08 )
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total Dividends

      —       (0.93 )       (0.78 )       (0.61 )       (0.73 )       (0.38 )
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net Asset Value, End of Period

    $ 17.40     $ 15.77     $ 16.02     $ 13.99     $ 15.56     $ 14.08
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total Return(b)

      10.34 %(c)       4.73 %       20.52 %       (6.45 )%       15.96 %       6.80 %

Ratios to Average Net Assets/Supplemental Data:

                       

Net Assets, End of Period (000’s)

    $ 2,665,867     $ 2,578,042     $ 2,722,348     $ 2,423,165     $ 2,634,555     $ 2,243,373

Net Investment Income/(Loss)(d)

      (0.12 )%       1.76 %       1.67 %       1.71 %       0.74 %       1.55 %

Expenses Before Reductions*(d)(e)

      0.12 %       0.12 %       0.12 %       0.12 %       0.11 %       0.12 %

Expenses Net of Reductions*(d)

      0.12 %       0.12 %       0.12 %       0.12 %       0.11 %       0.12 %

Portfolio Turnover Rate

      2 %(c)       12 %       5 %       4 %       4 %       4 %(f)

 

*

The expense ratios exclude the impact of fees/expenses paid by each underlying fund.

 

(a)

Calculated using the average shares method.

 

(b)

The returns include reinvested dividends and fund level expenses, but exclude insurance contract charges. If these charges were included, the returns would have been lower.

 

(c)

Not annualized for periods less than one year.

 

(d)

Annualized for periods less than one year.

 

(e)

Excludes fee reductions. If such fee reductions had not occurred, the ratios would have been as indicated.

 

(f)

Cost of purchases and proceeds from sales of portfolio securities incurred to realign the Fund’s portfolio after the fund merger are excluded from the portfolio turnover rate. If such amounts had not been excluded, the portfolio turnover rate would have been 4%.

 

See accompanying notes to the financial statements.

 

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AZL MVP Growth Index Strategy Fund

Notes to the Financial Statements

June 30, 2021 (Unaudited)

 

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 an 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, and follows the investment company accounting and reporting guidance under Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Topic 946 “Financial Services — Investment Companies”. The Trust consists of 12 separate investment portfolios (collectively, the “Funds”), of which one is included in this report, the AZL MVP Growth Index Strategy Fund (the “Fund”), and 11 are presented in separate reports. The Fund is a diversified series of the Trust.

The Fund is a “fund of funds”, which means that the Fund invests primarily in other mutual funds (the “Underlying Funds”). Underlying Funds invest in stock, 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 Fund will adjust its asset allocation as it seeks to achieve its investment objective.

The Trust is authorized to issue an unlimited number of shares of the Fund without par value. Shares of the Fund are available through the variable annuity contracts offered through the separate accounts of participating insurance companies. Currently, the Fund only offers its 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 Fund. In addition, in the normal course of business, the Fund may enter into contracts with its vendors and others that provide for general indemnifications. The Fund’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown, as this would involve future claims that may be made against the Fund. However, based on experience, the Fund expects that risk of loss to be remote.

2. Significant Accounting Policies

The following is a summary of significant accounting policies followed by the Fund in the preparation of its financial statements. The policies conform with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“U.S. GAAP”). The preparation of financial statements requires management to make certain estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of increases and decreases in net assets from operations during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

Security Valuation

The Fund records its 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 and Investment Income

Investment transactions are accounted for on trade date. Net realized gains and losses on investments sold and on foreign currency transactions are recorded on the basis of identified cost. Interest income is recorded on the accrual basis and includes, where applicable, the amortization of premiums or accretion of discounts. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date except in the case of foreign securities, in which case dividends are recorded as soon as such information becomes available.

Distributions to Shareholders

Distributions to shareholders are recorded on the ex-dividend date. The Fund distributes its dividends from net investment income and net realized capital gains, if any, on an annual basis. The amount of distributions from net investment income and from net realized gains is determined in accordance with federal income tax regulations, which may differ from U.S. GAAP. These “book/tax” differences are either temporary or permanent in nature. To the extent these differences are permanent in nature (e.g., return of capital, net operating loss, reclassification of certain market discounts, gain/loss, paydowns, and distributions), such amounts are reclassified within the composition of net assets based on their federal tax-basis treatment; temporary differences (e.g., wash sales and differing treatment on certain investments) do not require reclassification. Distributions to shareholders that exceed net investment income and net realized gains for tax purposes are reported as distributions of capital.

Expense Allocation

Expenses directly attributable to the Fund are charged directly to the Fund, while expenses attributable to more than one Fund are allocated among the respective Funds based upon relative net assets or some other reasonable method. Expenses which are attributable to more than one Trust are allocated across the Allianz Variable Insurance Products and Allianz Variable Insurance Products Fund of Funds Trusts based upon relative net assets or another reasonable basis. Allianz Investment Management LLC (the “Manager”), serves as the investment manager for the Trust and the Allianz Variable Insurance Products Trust.

Affiliated Securities Transactions

Pursuant to Rule 17a-7 under the 1940 Act (the “Rule”), the Fund may engage in securities transactions with affiliated investment companies and advisory accounts managed by the Manager. Any such purchase or sale transaction must be effected without a brokerage commission or other remuneration, except for customary transfer fees. The transaction must be effected at the current market price, which is either the security’s last sale price on an exchange or, if there are no transactions in the security that day, at the average of the highest bid and lowest asked price. During the period ended June 30, 2021, the Fund did not engage in any Rule 17a-7 transactions under the Rule.

Derivative Instruments

All open derivative positions at period end are reflected on the Fund’s Schedule of Portfolio Investments. The following is a description of the derivative instruments utilized by the Fund, including the primary underlying risk exposures related to each instrument type. The Fund’s allocation to the MVP (Managed Volatility Portfolio) risk management process may

 

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AZL MVP Growth Index Strategy Fund

Notes to the Financial Statements

June 30, 2021 (Unaudited)

 

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 Fund’s derivative positions could exceed 20% of the Fund’s value. The Fund may also use futures to gain equity exposure and may hold cash as a buffer in the event of market shocks.

Futures Contracts

During the period ended June 30, 2021, the Fund invested in futures contracts to reduce volatility and limit the need to decrease or increase allocations to underlying funds. Futures contracts are valued based upon their quoted daily settlement prices. Upon entering into a futures contract, the Fund is 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”), if any, is recorded by the Fund. 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 disclosed in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. 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. For the period ended June 30, 2021, the monthly average notional amount for long contracts was $111.5 million. There was no short contract activity during the period. Realized gains and losses are reported as “Net realized gains/(losses) on futures contracts” on the Statement of Operations.

Summary of Derivative Instruments

The following is a summary of the fair values of derivative instruments on the Fund’s Statement of Assets and Liabilities, categorized by risk exposure, as of June 30, 2021:

 

   

Asset Derivative

   

Liability Derivative

 
Primary Risk Exposure   Statement of Assets and Liabilities Location   Total Fair
Value
    Statement of Assets and Liabilities Location   Total Fair
Value
 

Equity Risk

     
Futures Contracts   Receivable for variation margin on futures contracts*   $ 1,638,877     Payable for variation margin on futures contracts*   $ —  

Interest Rate Risk

     
Futures Contracts   Receivable for variation margin on futures contracts*     90,843     Payable for variation margin on futures contracts*     —  

 

*

For futures contracts, the amounts represent the cumulative appreciation/depreciation of these futures contracts as reported in the Schedule of Portfolio Investments. Only current day’s variation margin is reported within the Statement of Assets and Liabilities as variation margin on futures contracts.

The following is a summary of the effect of derivative instruments on the Statement of Operations, categorized by risk exposure, for the period ended June 30, 2021:

 

Primary Risk Exposure  

Location of Gains/(Losses)

on Derivatives

Recognized

   Realized Gains/(Losses)
on Derivatives
Recognized
     Change in Net Unrealized
Appreciation/Depreciation on
Derivatives  Recognized
 

Equity Risk

     
Futures Contracts   Net realized gains/(losses) on futures contracts/ Change net in unrealized appreciation/depreciation on futures contracts    $ 10,877,148      $ (270,901 ) 

Interest Rate Risk

     
Futures Contracts   Net realized gains/(losses) on futures contracts/ Change net in unrealized appreciation/depreciation on futures contracts      (731,231 )       48,883  

3. Fees and Transactions with Affiliates and Other Parties

The Manager provides investment advisory and management services for the Fund. The Manager has contractually agreed to waive fees and reimburse the Fund to limit the annual expenses, excluding interest expense (e.g., cash overdraft fees), taxes, brokerage commissions, acquired fund fees and expenses, other expenditures that are capitalized in accordance with U.S. GAAP and other extraordinary expenses not incurred in the ordinary course of the Fund’s business, based on the daily net assets of the Fund, through April 30, 2022. Expenses incurred for investment advisory and management services are reflected on the Statement of Operations as “Manager fees.”

For the period ended June 30, 2021, the annual rate due to the Manager and the annual expense limit were as follows:

 

        Annual Rate      Annual Expense Limit

AZL MVP Growth Index Strategy Fund

         0.10 %          0.20 %

Any amounts contractually waived or reimbursed by the Manager in a particular fiscal year will be subject to repayment by the Fund to the Manager to the extent that from time to time through the next three fiscal years the repayment will not cause the Fund’s expenses to exceed the lesser of the stated limit at the time of the waiver or the current stated limit. Any amounts recouped by the Manager during the period are reflected on the Statement of Operations as “Recoupment of prior expenses reimbursed by the Manager.” At June 30, 2021, there were no remaining contractual reimbursements subject to repayment by the Fund in subsequent years.

 

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AZL MVP Growth Index Strategy Fund

Notes to the Financial Statements

June 30, 2021 (Unaudited)

 

In addition, the Manager may voluntarily waive or reimburse additional fees in order to maintain more competitive expense ratios. Any voluntary waivers or reimbursements are not subject to repayment in subsequent years. Information on the total amount waived/reimbursed by the Manager or repaid to the Manager by the Fund during the period can be found on the Statement of Operations. During the period ended June 30, 2021, there were no voluntary waivers.

The Manager or an affiliate of the Manager serves as the investment adviser of certain underlying funds in which the Fund invests. At June 30, 2021, these underlying funds are noted as Affiliated Investment Companies in the Fund’s Schedule of Portfolio Investments. Additional information, including financial statements, about these Funds is available at www.allianzlife.com. The Manager or an affiliate of the Manager is paid a separate fee from the underlying funds for such services. A summary of the Fund’s investments in affiliated investment companies for the period ended June 30, 2021 is as follows:

 

     Value
12/31/2020
  Purchases
at Cost
  Proceeds
from Sales
 

Net

Realized
Gains(Losses)

  Change in Net
Unrealized
Appreciation/
Depreciation
  Value
6/30/2021
  Shares
as of
6/30/2021
  Dividend
Income
  Net Realized
Gains Distributions
from Affiliated
Underlying Funds

AZL Enhanced Bond Index Fund

    $ 552,144,793     $ 41,764,841     $ —     $ —     $ (10,165,359 )     $ 583,744,275       50,453,265     $ —     $ —

AZL International Index Fund, Class 2

      510,235,006       —       (39,445,285 )       6,044,842       37,012,832       513,847,395       27,144,606       —       —

AZL Mid Cap Index Fund, Class 2

      300,904,342       —       (41,410,174 )       9,552,448       38,835,239       307,881,855       10,933,305       —       —

AZL S&P 500 Index Fund, Class 2

      951,380,916       —       (104,236,072 )       31,757,729       104,056,152       982,958,725       41,988,839       —       —

AZL Small Cap Stock Index Fund, Class 2

      159,337,682       —       (32,647,128 )       4,359,351       28,995,708       160,045,613       9,453,373       —       —
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 
    $ 2,474,002,739     $ 41,764,841     $ (217,738,659 )     $ 51,714,370     $ 198,734,572     $ 2,548,477,863       139,973,388     $ —     $ —
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Pursuant to separate agreements between the Trust and the Manager, the Manager provides a Chief Compliance Officer (“CCO”) and certain compliance oversight and regulatory filing services to the Trust. Under these agreements, the Manager is entitled to an amount equal to a portion of the compensation and certain other expenses related to the individuals performing the CCO and compliance oversight services, as well as $100 per hour for time incurred in connection with the preparation and filing of certain documents with the SEC. The fees are paid to the Manager on a quarterly basis. The total expenses incurred by the Fund for these services are reflected on the Statement of Operations as “Administrative and compliance services fees.”

Citi Fund Services Ohio, Inc. (“Citi” or the “Administrator”), a wholly owned subsidiary of Citigroup, Inc., with which an officer of the Trust is affiliated, serves as the Trust’s administrator and fund accountant, and assists the Trust in all aspects of its administration and operation. The Administrator is entitled to a fee, accrued daily and paid monthly. The Administrator is entitled to an annual fee for each additional class of shares of any Fund, certain annual fees in supporting fair values services, and a Trust-wide annual fee for providing infrastructure and support in implementing the written policies and procedures comprising the Fund’s compliance program. The Administrator is also reimbursed for certain expenses incurred. The total expenses incurred by the Fund for these services are reflected on the Statement of Operations as “Administration fees.”

FIS Investor Services LLC (“FIS”) serves as the Fund’s transfer agent. Under the Transfer Agent Agreement, the Trust pays FIS a fee for its services and reimburses FIS for all of their reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred in providing these services.

The Bank of New York Mellon (“BNY Mellon” or the “Custodian”) serves as the Trust’s custodian and securities lending agent. For these services as custodian, the Funds pay BNY Mellon a fee based on a percentage of assets held on behalf of the Funds, plus certain out-of-pocket charges.

Allianz Life Financial Services, LLC (“ALFS”), an affiliate of the Manager, serves as distributor of the Fund. ALFS receives an annual Trust-wide annual fee of $7,500, paid by the Manager from its profits and not by the Trust, for recordkeeping and reporting services.

Certain Officers and Trustees of the Trust are affiliated with the Manager or the Administrator. Such Officers (except for the Trust’s CCO as noted above) and Trustees receive no compensation from the Trust for serving in their respective roles. For their service to the Trust and to the Allianz Variable Insurance Products Trust, each non-interested Trustee receives a $191,625 annual Board retainer, the Lead Director receives an additional $37,500, the Chair of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee receives an additional $7,500 annually, the Co-Chairs of the Investment Committee receive $3,750 annually and the Chair of the Audit Committee receives an additional $11,250 annually. In addition, the Trustees are reimbursed for certain expenses associated with attending Board meetings. Compensation to the Trustees is allocated between the Trust and the Allianz Variable Insurance Products Trust in proportion to the assets under management of each trust. During the period ended June 30, 2021, actual Trustee compensation was $702,562 in total for both trusts.

4. Investment Valuation Summary

The valuation techniques employed by the Fund, 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 Fund’s 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, prepayments speeds, credit risk, etc.)

  ●  

Level 3 — significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund’s 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 inputs or methodology used for valuing investments is not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those investments.

Investments in other investment companies are valued at their published net asset value (“NAV”). Security prices are generally provided by an independent third party pricing service approved by the Trust’s Board of Trustees (the “Board” or “Trustees”) as of the close of the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) (generally 4:00 pm Eastern Time). The investments utilizing Level 1 valuations represent investments in open-end investment companies. 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.

 

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AZL MVP Growth Index Strategy Fund

Notes to the Financial Statements

June 30, 2021 (Unaudited)

 

The following is a summary of the valuation inputs used as of June 30, 2021 in valuing the Fund’s investments based upon the three levels defined above:

 

Investment Securities:      Level 1      Level 2      Level 3      Total

Affiliated Investment Companies

       $ 2,548,477,863        $ —        $ —        $ 2,548,477,863
      

 

 

        

 

 

        

 

 

        

 

 

 

Total Investment Securities

         2,548,477,863          —          —          2,548,477,863
      

 

 

        

 

 

        

 

 

        

 

 

 

Other Financial Instruments:*

                           

Futures Contracts

         1,729,720          —          —          1,729,720
      

 

 

        

 

 

        

 

 

        

 

 

 

Total Investments

       $ 2,550,207,583        $ —        $ —        $ 2,550,207,583
      

 

 

        

 

 

        

 

 

        

 

 

 

 

*

Other Financial Instruments would include any derivative instruments, such as futures contracts. These investments are generally presented in the financial statements at variation margin.

5. Security Purchases and Sales

For the period ended June 30, 2021, cost of purchases and proceeds from sales of securities (excluding securities maturing less than one year from acquisition) were as follows:

 

        Purchases      Sales

AZL MVP Growth Index Strategy Fund

       $ 41,764,841        $ 217,738,660

6. Investment Risks

The risks below are presented in an order intended to facilitate readability. Their order does not imply that the realization of one risk is more likely to occur more frequently than another risk, nor does it imply that the realization of one risk is likely to have a greater adverse impact than another risk.

Derivatives Risk: The Fund may invest directly or through affiliated or unaffiliated mutual funds or unregistered investment pools in derivative instruments such as futures, options, and options on futures. 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 other party to a derivatives contract could default.

Foreign Securities Risk: Investing in the securities of non-U.S. issuers involves a number of risks, such as fluctuations in currency values, adverse political, social or economic developments, and differences in social and economic developments or policies.

Fund of Fund Risk: The Fund, as a shareholder of the underlying funds, indirectly bears its proportionate share of any investment management fees and other expenses of the underlying funds. Further due to the fees and expenses paid by the Fund, as well as small variations in the Fund’s actual allocations to the underlying funds and any futures and cash held in the Fund’s portfolio, the performance and income distributions of the Fund will not be the same as the performance and income distributions of the underlying funds. In addition, the Fund maintains indirect exposure to various types of risk which may exist in the underlying Funds, such as foreign securities risk, fixed income securities risk and other risks.

Interest Rate Risk: Debt securities held by an underlying fund may decline in value due to rising interest rates.

Market Risk: The market price of securities owned by the underlying funds may go up or down, sometimes rapidly and unpredictably. Securities may decline in value due to factors affecting securities markets generally or particular industries represented in the securities markets. The value of a security may decline due to general market conditions that are not specifically related to a particular company, such as real or perceived adverse economic conditions, changes in the general outlook for corporate earnings, changes in interest or currency rates, or adverse investor sentiment, as well as natural disasters, and outbreaks of infectious illnesses or other widespread public health issues.

7. Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic

During the first quarter of 2020, the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 to be a public health emergency. COVID-19 has led to increased short-term market volatility and may have adverse long-term effects on U.S. and world economies and markets in general. COVID-19 may adversely impact the Fund’s ability to achieve its investment objectives. The extent of the impact on the performance of the Fund and its investments will depend on future developments, including the duration and spread of the COVID-19 outbreak, related restrictions and advisories, and the effects on the financial markets and economy overall, all of which are highly uncertain and cannot be predicted.

8. Federal Tax Information

It is the policy of the Fund to continue to qualify as a regulated investment company by complying with the provisions available to certain investment companies, as defined under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code, and to make distributions of net investment income and net realized gains sufficient to relieve it from all, or substantially all, federal income taxes. Accordingly, no provisions for federal income taxes are required in the financial statements.

Management of the Fund has reviewed tax positions taken in tax years that remain subject to examination by all major tax jurisdictions, including federal (i.e., the last four tax year ends and the interim tax period since then, as applicable). Management believes that there is no tax liability resulting from unrecognized tax benefits related to uncertain tax positions taken.

 

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AZL MVP Growth Index Strategy Fund

Notes to the Financial Statements

June 30, 2021 (Unaudited)

 

Cost of securities, including derivatives and short positions as applicable, for federal income tax purposes at December 31, 2020 was $1,909,371,323. The gross unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) on a tax basis was as follows:

 

Unrealized appreciation

  $ 564,631,416  

Unrealized (depreciation)

    —  
 

 

 

 

Net unrealized appreciation/(depreciation)

  $ 564,631,416  
 

 

 

 

The tax character of dividends paid to shareholders during the year ended December 31, 2020 was as follows:

 

        Ordinary
Income
    

Net

Long-Term
Capital Gains

     Total
Distributions(a)

AZL MVP Growth Index Strategy Fund

       $ 70,129,545        $ 76,454,852        $ 146,584,397

 

(a)

Total distributions paid may differ from the Statements of Changes in Net Assets because dividends are recognized when actually paid for tax purposes.

At December 31, 2020, the components of accumulated earnings on a tax basis were as follows:

 

        Undistributed
Ordinary
Income
     Undistributed
Long-Term
Capital Gains
     Accumulated
Capital and
Other Losses
     Unrealized
Appreciation/
Depreciation(a)
     Total
Accumulated
Earnings/
(Deficit)

AZL MVP Growth Index Strategy Fund

       $ 125,623,164        $ 113,579,446        $ —        $ 564,631,416        $ 803,834,026

 

(a)

The difference between book-basis and tax-basis unrealized appreciation/depreciation was attributable primarily to tax deferral of losses on wash sales and mark-to-market of futures contracts.

9. Ownership and Principal Holders

The beneficial ownership, either directly or indirectly, of more than 25% of the voting securities of a fund creates presumptions of control of the fund, under section 2 (a)(9) of the 1940 Act. As of June 30, 2021, the Fund had an individual shareholder account which is affiliated with the Manager representing ownership in excess of 85% of the Fund. Investment activities of these shareholders could have a material impact to the Fund.

10. Subsequent Events

Management of the Fund has evaluated the need for additional disclosures or adjustments resulting from events through the date the financial statements were issued. Based on this evaluation, there were no subsequent events to report that would have material impact on the Fund’s financial statements.

 

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AZL MVP Growth Index Strategy Fund

Special Joint Meeting of Shareholders

June 30, 2021 (Unaudited)

 

A special meeting of the Allianz Variable Insurance Products Fund Of Funds Trust’s (the “Trust”) shareholders was held on June 3, 2021. The results of the matters voted upon at the meeting are reported below.

Election of Trustees

To elect seven nominees as Trustees of the Trust to serve until a successor is elected and qualified or until such Trustee dies, resigns, retires, or is removed for election as provided in the governing documents of the Trust. The nominees were Peter R. Burnim, Peggy L. Ettestad, Tamara Lynn Fagely, Richard H. Forde, Claire R. Leonardi, Dickson W. Lewis, and Brian Muench. There was no other Trustee whose term of office as a Trustee continued after the meeting.

 

                FOR      WITHHELD
Peter R. Burnim      Votes          9,698,300,664.000          461,262,722.733
     % of votes entitled to be cast          95.460 %          4.540 %
Peggy L. Ettestad      Votes          9,744,785,844.047          414,777,542.686
     % of votes entitled to be cast          95.917 %          4.083 %
Tamara Lynn Fagely      Votes          9,749,721,430.073          409,841,956.660
     % of votes entitled to be cast          95.966 %          4.034 %
Richard H. Forde      Votes          9,725,296,590.351          434,266,796.382
     % of votes entitled to be cast          95.726 %          4.274 %
Claire R. Leonardi      Votes          9,756,832,186.929          402,731,199.804
     % of votes entitled to be cast          96.036 %          3.964 %
Dickson W. Lewis      Votes          9,683,252,333.341          476,311,053.392
     % of votes entitled to be cast          95.312 %          4.688 %
Brian Muench      Votes          9,739,692,821.948          419,870,564.785
     % of votes entitled to be cast          95.867 %          4.133 %

Approve amended fundamental restrictions regarding investments in commodities

To approve that the Trust’s fundamental policies with respect to commodities are replaced with the following: “No Fund may: Purchase or sell commodities except to the extent permitted by the 1940 Act or any rules, exemptions or interpretations thereunder that may be adopted, granted or issued by the SEC.”

 

FUND              FOR      AGAINST      ABSTAIN
AZL MVP FusionSM Balanced Fund      Votes          724,020,610.631          25,965,700.395          64,480,992.029
     % of votes entitled to be cast          88.895 %          3.188 %          7.917 %
AZL MVP FusionSM Conservative Fund      Votes          207,849,507.478          7,714,328.807          20,132,965.915
     % of votes entitled to be cast          88.185 %          3.273 %          8.542 %
AZL MVP FusionSM Moderate Fund      Votes          1,675,644,566.951          51,935,064.499          151,957,164.856
     % of votes entitled to be cast          89.152 %          2.763 %          8.085 %
AZL® Balanced Index Strategy Fund      Votes          370,109,866.443          8,120,911.689          37,825,978.335
     % of votes entitled to be cast          88.957 %          1.952 %          9.092 %
AZL® MVP Balanced Index Strategy Fund      Votes          272,508,300.262          8,100,202.921          38,940,957.230
     % of votes entitled to be cast          85.279 %          2.535 %          12.186 %
AZL® MVP Growth Index Strategy Fund      Votes          2,253,168,549.922          81,030,934.965          243,425,209.080
     % of votes entitled to be cast          87.413 %          3.144 %          9.444 %
AZL® MVP Moderate Index Strategy Fund      Votes          459,489,269.089          21,433,634.607          44,698,959.196
     % of votes entitled to be cast          87.418 %          4.078 %          8.504 %
AZL® MVP Global Balanced Index Strategy Fund      Votes          607,120,765.403          28,580,727.312          67,371,200.883
     % of votes entitled to be cast          86.352 %          4.065 %          9.582 %
AZL® DFA Multi-Strategy Fund      Votes          838,713,716.278          44,467,726.830          71,863,407.006
     % of votes entitled to be cast          87.819 %          4.656 %          7.525 %
AZL® MVP DFA Multi-Strategy Fund      Votes          82,637,136.168          3,643,849.372          7,250,675.011
     % of votes entitled to be cast          88.352 %          3.896 %          7.752 %
AZL® MVP Fidelity Institutional Asset Management® Multi-Strategy Fund      Votes          215,631,261.075          8,954,953.342          29,292,949.884
     % of votes entitled to be cast          84.935 %          3.527 %          11.538 %
AZL® MVP T. Rowe Price Capital Appreciation Plus Fund      Votes          1,222,126,591.953          56,285,445.413          107,069,305.504
     % of votes entitled to be cast          88.210 %          4.063 %          7.728 %

 

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Approve amended fundamental restrictions regarding borrowing

To approve that the Trust’s fundamental and related non-fundamental policies with respect to borrowing are replaced with the following: “No Fund may: Borrow money, except to the extent permitted by the 1940 Act, or any rules, exemptions or interpretations thereunder that may be adopted, granted or issued by the SEC.”

 

FUND              FOR      AGAINST      ABSTAIN
AZL MVP FusionSM Balanced Fund      Votes          709,309,612.667          31,798,584.250          73,359,106.138
     % of votes entitled to be cast          87.089 %          3.904 %          9.007 %
AZL MVP FusionSM Conservative Fund      Votes          210,036,621.710          8,331,208.078          17,328,972.411
     % of votes entitled to be cast          89.113 %          3.535 %          7.352 %
AZL MVP FusionSM Moderate Fund      Votes          1,642,136,577.503          69,923,524.523          167,476,694.280
     % of votes entitled to be cast          87.369 %          3.720 %          8.911 %
AZL® Balanced Index Strategy Fund      Votes          371,193,748.544          7,499,541.088          37,363,466.836
     % of votes entitled to be cast          89.217 %          1.803 %          8.980 %
AZL® MVP Balanced Index Strategy Fund      Votes          269,242,580.863          12,559,386.314          37,747,493.235
     % of votes entitled to be cast          84.257 %          3.930 %          11.813 %
AZL® MVP Growth Index Strategy Fund      Votes          2,202,090,386.602          118,938,115.278          256,596,192.088
     % of votes entitled to be cast          85.431 %          4.614 %          9.955 %
AZL® MVP Moderate Index Strategy Fund      Votes          448,098,738.171          33,266,593.465          44,256,531.255
     % of votes entitled to be cast          85.251 %          6.329 %          8.420 %
AZL® MVP Global Balanced Index Strategy Fund      Votes          609,771,514.679          31,023,055.053          62,278,123.866
     % of votes entitled to be cast          86.729 %          4.412 %          8.858 %
AZL® DFA Multi-Strategy Fund      Votes          829,772,912.326          48,960,106.404          76,311,831.384
     % of votes entitled to be cast          86.883 %          5.126 %          7.990 %
AZL® MVP DFA Multi-Strategy Fund      Votes          80,825,430.550          3,740,847.678          8,965,382.323
     % of votes entitled to be cast          86.415 %          4.000 %          9.585 %
AZL® MVP Fidelity Institutional Asset Management® Multi-Strategy Fund      Votes          211,483,269.699          12,637,803.011          29,758,091.590
     % of votes entitled to be cast          83.301 %          4.978 %          11.721 %
AZL® MVP T. Rowe Price Capital Appreciation Plus Fund      Votes          1,191,897,700.679          69,546,262.813          124,037,379.379
     % of votes entitled to be cast          86.028 %          5.020 %          8.953 %

 

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Other Information (Unaudited)

A description of the policies and procedures that the Fund uses to determine how to vote proxies relating to portfolio securities is available, without charge, upon request, by visiting the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (‘‘Commission’’) website at www.sec.gov, or by calling 800-624-0197.

Information regarding how the Fund voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30th is available (i) without charge, upon request, by calling 800-624-0197; (ii) on the Trust’s website at https://www.allianzlife.com; and (iii) on the Commission’s website at http://www.sec.gov.

The Fund files complete Schedules of Portfolio Holdings with the Commission for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-PORT. Schedules of Portfolio Holdings for the Fund are available without charge on the Commission’s website at http://www.sec.gov or may be obtained by calling 800-624-0197.

 

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Statement Regarding the Trust’s Liquidity Risk Management Program (Unaudited)

Each series (each such series a “Fund” and, together, the “Funds”) of the Allianz Variable Insurance Products Trust, but not the AZL Government Money Market Fund, and of the Allianz Variable Insurance Products Fund of Funds Trust (each such trust a “Trust” and, together, the “Trusts”) has adopted and implemented a written liquidity risk management program (the “Program”) pursuant to Rule 22e-4 under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “Liquidity Rule”). The Program includes policies and procedures reasonably designed to assess and manage each Fund’s liquidity risk (the “risk that a fund could not meet requests to redeem shares issued by the fund without significant dilution of remaining investors’ interests in the fund”) and to comply with the requirements of the Liquidity Rule, including: (i) assessment, management and periodic review of liquidity risk; (ii) classification of portfolio holdings; (iii) establishment of a highly liquid investment minimum (“HLIM”), as applicable; (iv) limitation of illiquid investments; and (v) redemptions in-kind.

The Board of Trustees of each Fund (together, the “Board”) approved the designation of the individual officers of the Trusts who serve as the administrators of the Program (the “Program Administrators”). The Program Administrators oversee the implementation of the Program, including the monitoring of liquidity and liquidity risk for each Fund on an ongoing basis.

At a meeting of the Board held on February 16, 2021, the Program Administrators provided their annual written report (the “Report”) to the Board addressing the operation of the Program and assessing its adequacy and effectiveness of implementation for the annual period from January 1, 2020 through December 31, 2020 (the “Reporting Period”). This Report included an overview of the operation of the Program, including liquidity events relevant to the Funds, if any, during the Reporting Period and conclusions with respect to the adequacy of the policies and procedures of the Program and the effectiveness of Program implementation. The Report also included a summary of the annual assessment of each Fund’s liquidity risk, which took into account the following factors enumerated in the Liquidity Rule and identified in the Program, as applicable:

1) Each Fund’s investment strategy and liquidity of portfolio investments during both normal and reasonably foreseeable stressed conditions, including: (i) whether the Fund’s investment strategy is appropriate for an open-end fund; (ii) the extent to which the Fund’s strategy involves a relatively concentrated portfolio or large positions in particular issuers; and, as applicable, (iii) the Fund’s use of borrowings for investment purposes; and (iv) the Fund’s use of derivatives;

2) Short-term and long-term cash flow projections during both normal and reasonably foreseeable stressed conditions; and

3) Holdings of cash and cash equivalents, as well as borrowing arrangements and other funding sources.

Based on the information considered, the Report concluded that each Fund continues to have an investment strategy that is appropriate for an open-end fund, and that each Fund is reasonably likely to be able to meet redemption requests without significant dilution of remaining shareholders’ interests in the Fund. There were no material liquidity matters impacting the Funds identified in the Report and the Report concluded that the Program operated effectively during the Reporting Period, including during periods of market volatility and net redemptions.

In accordance with the Program, each Fund’s portfolio investments were classified into one of four liquidity categories as provided in the Liquidity Rule as applicable during the Reporting Period. Liquidity classification determinations take into account a variety of factors including market, trading and investment-specific considerations, as well as market depth in accordance with the requirements of the Liquidity Rule and as specified in the Program, and generally incorporate analysis from a third-party data vendor. The Report reviewed the classification methodology as provided in the Program and noted there were no material issues with respect to liquidity classifications during the Reporting Period.

Pursuant to the Liquidity Rule, no Fund may acquire any illiquid investment if, after the acquisition, the Fund would have invested more than 15% of its assets in illiquid investments that are assets. The Program includes provisions reasonably designed to comply with the 15% limit on illiquid investments. During the Reporting Period, no Fund breached the 15% limit on illiquid investments.

During the Reporting Period, each Fund maintained a designated HLIM. The Report stated that the Program Administrators reviewed each Fund’s HLIM as provided in the Program and concluded that each Fund’s applicable HLIM operated as intended during the Reporting Period and no changes to the HLIM for any Fund were recommended. During the Reporting Period, no Fund fell below its designated HLIM. The Report concluded that the Program includes provisions reasonably designed to comply with the HLIM for each Fund.

The Funds that engage in or reserve the right to redeem in kind have adopted policies and procedures regarding in-kind redemptions as required by the Liquidity Rule.

On the basis of the review, the Report concluded that: (i) the Program remains reasonably designed to manage each Fund’s liquidity risk; (ii) the Program was implemented and operated effectively to achieve the goal of assessing and managing each Fund’s liquidity risk during the Reporting Period; and (iii) each Fund was able to meet requests for redemption without significant dilution of remaining investors in the Fund during the Reporting Period. The Report noted that there were no material changes to the Program during the Reporting Period, and none were recommended by the Program Administrators in connection with the Report.

 

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AZL® MVP Moderate Index Strategy Fund

Semi-Annual Report

June 30, 2021

(Unaudited)

 

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Table of Contents

 

Expense Examples and Portfolio Composition

Page 1

Schedule of Portfolio Investments

Page 2

Statement of Assets and Liabilities

Page 3

Statement of Operations

Page 3

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

Page 4

Financial Highlights

Page 5

Notes to the Financial Statements

Page 6

Special Joint Meeting of Shareholders

Page 11

Other Information

Page 13

Statement Regarding the Trust’s Liquidity Risk Management Program

Page 14

 

This report is submitted for the general information of the shareholder of the Fund. The report is not authorized for distribution to prospective investors in the Fund unless preceded or accompanied by an effective prospectus, which contains details concerning the sales charges and other pertinent information.


AZL MVP Moderate Index Strategy Fund

Expense Examples

(Unaudited)

 

As a shareholder of the AZL MVP Moderate Index Strategy Fund (the “Fund”), you incur ongoing costs, including management fees, distribution fees, and other Fund expenses. These examples are intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds. Please note that the expenses shown in each table do not reflect expenses that apply to the subaccount or the insurance contract. If the expenses that apply to the subaccount or the insurance contract were included, your costs would have been higher.

These examples are based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the periods presented below.

The Actual Expense table below provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information below, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the table under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During Period” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period.

 

     Beginning
Account Value
1/1/21
  Ending
Account Value
6/30/21
  Expenses Paid
During Period
1/1/21 - 6/30/21*
  Annualized Expense
Ratio During Period
1/1/21 - 6/30/21

AZL MVP Moderate Index Strategy Fund

    $ 1,000.00     $ 1,078.10     $ 0.67       0.13 %

The Hypothetical Expense table below provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Fund’s actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of other funds.

 

     Beginning
Account Value
1/1/21
  Ending
Account Value
6/30/21
  Expenses Paid
During Period
1/1/21 - 6/30/21*
  Annualized Expense
Ratio During Period
1/1/21 - 6/30/21

AZL MVP Moderate Index Strategy Fund

    $ 1,000.00     $ 1,024.15     $ 0.65       0.13 %

 

*

Expenses are equal to the average account value multiplied by the Fund’s annualized expense ratio multiplied by 181/365 (the number of days in the most recent fiscal half-year divided by the number of days in the fiscal year).

Portfolio Composition

(Unaudited)

 

Investments   Percent of Net Assets

Domestic Equity Funds

      43.4 %

Fixed Income Fund

      36.5

International Equity Fund

      15.1
   

 

 

 

Total Investment Securities

      95.0

Net other assets (liabilities)

      5.0
   

 

 

 

Net Assets

      100.0 %
   

 

 

 

 

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AZL MVP Moderate Index Strategy Fund

Schedule of Portfolio Investments

June 30, 2021 (Unaudited)

 

Shares            Value  
Affiliated Investment Companies (95.0%):       
Domestic Equity Funds (43.4%):       
  1,780,943      AZL Mid Cap Index Fund, Class 2    $ 50,151,364  
  6,694,682      AZL S&P 500 Index Fund, Class 2      156,722,496  
  1,539,084      AZL Small Cap Stock Index Fund, Class 2      26,056,694  
     

 

 

 
        232,930,554  
     

 

 

 
Fixed Income Fund (36.5%):       
  16,970,726      AZL Enhanced Bond Index Fund      196,351,294  
     

 

 

 
International Equity Fund (15.1%):       
  4,285,504      AZL International Index Fund, Class 2      81,124,585  
     

 

 

 
 

Total Affiliated Investment Companies (Cost $388,346,426)

     510,406,433  
     

 

 

 
 

Total Investment Securities (Cost $388,346,426) — 95.0%

     510,406,433  
 

Net other assets (liabilities) — 5.0%

     26,627,258  
     

 

 

 
 

Net Assets — 100.0%

   $ 537,033,691  
     

 

 

 

Percentages indicated are based on net assets as of June 30, 2021.

 

Futures Contracts

At June 30, 2021, the Fund’s open futures contracts were as follows:

Long Futures

 

Description    Expiration
Date
     Number of
Contracts
     Notional
Amount
     Value and
Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
 

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

     9/17/21        75      $ 16,082,250      $ 298,024  

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

     9/21/21        81        10,732,500        32,663  
           

 

 

 
            $ 330,687  
           

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to the financial statements.

 

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AZL MVP Moderate Index Strategy Fund

 

Statement of Assets and Liabilities

June 30, 2021

(Unaudited)

 

Assets:

   

Investments in affiliates, at cost

    $ 388,346,426
   

 

 

 

Investments in affiliates, at value

    $ 510,406,433

Deposit at broker for futures contracts collateral

      26,916,494

Interest and dividends receivable

      348

Receivable for affiliated investments sold

      502,114

Prepaid expenses

      1,356
   

 

 

 

Total Assets

      537,826,745
   

 

 

 

Liabilities:

   

Cash overdraft

      502,113

Payable for capital shares redeemed

      218,238

Manager fees payable

      44,197

Administration fees payable

      6,065

Custodian fees payable

      161

Administrative and compliance services fees payable

      834

Transfer agent fees payable

      772

Trustee fees payable

      4,181

Other accrued liabilities

      16,493
   

 

 

 

Total Liabilities

      793,054
   

 

 

 

Net Assets

    $ 537,033,691
   

 

 

 

Net Assets Consist of:

   

Paid in capital

    $ 398,286,865

Total distributable earnings

      138,746,826
   

 

 

 

Net Assets

    $ 537,033,691
   

 

 

 

Shares of beneficial interest (unlimited number of shares authorized, no par value)

      32,959,367

Net Asset Value (offering and redemption price per share)

    $ 16.29
   

 

 

 

Statement of Operations

For the Six Months Ended June 30, 2021

(Unaudited)

 

Investment Income:

   

Interest

    $ 2,981

Dividends from non-affiliates

      1
   

 

 

 

Total Investment Income

      2,982
   

 

 

 

Expenses:

   

Manager fees

      265,653

Administration fees

      29,650

Custodian fees

      754

Administrative and compliance services fees

      3,791

Transfer agent fees

      2,732

Trustee fees

      13,636

Professional fees

      10,955

Shareholder reports

      9,445

Other expenses

      3,431
   

 

 

 

Total expenses

      340,047
   

 

 

 

Net Investment Income/(Loss)

      (337,065 )
   

 

 

 

Net realized and Change in net unrealized gains/losses on investments:

   

Net realized gains/(losses) on affiliated underlying funds

      11,929,363

Net realized gains/(losses) on futures contracts

      1,998,657

Change in net unrealized appreciation/depreciation on affiliated underlying funds

      27,034,687

Change in net unrealized appreciation/depreciation on futures contracts

      (45,388 )
   

 

 

 

Net realized and Change in net unrealized gains/losses on investments

      40,917,319
   

 

 

 

Change in Net Assets Resulting From Operations

    $ 40,580,254
   

 

 

 
 

 

See accompanying notes to the financial statements.

 

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AZL MVP Moderate Index Strategy Fund

 

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 

     For the
Six Months Ended
June 30, 2021
  For the
Year Ended
December 31, 2020
    (Unaudited)    

Change In Net Assets:

       

Operations:

       

Net investment income/(loss)

    $ (337,065 )     $ 9,270,511

Net realized gains/(losses) on investments

      13,928,020       (5,436,251 )

Change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation on investments

      26,989,299       29,739,171
   

 

 

     

 

 

 

Change in net assets resulting from operations

      40,580,254       33,573,431
   

 

 

     

 

 

 

Distributions to Shareholders:

       

Distributions

      —       (26,222,624 )
   

 

 

     

 

 

 

Change in net assets resulting from distributions to shareholders

      —       (26,222,624 )
   

 

 

     

 

 

 

Capital Transactions:

       

Proceeds from shares issued

      1,992,590       31,629,823

Proceeds from dividends reinvested

      —       26,222,624

Value of shares redeemed

      (39,392,771 )       (65,647,289 )
   

 

 

     

 

 

 

Change in net assets resulting from capital transactions

      (37,400,181 )       (7,794,842 )
   

 

 

     

 

 

 

Change in net assets

      3,180,073       (444,035 )

Net Assets:

       

Beginning of period

      533,853,618       534,297,653
   

 

 

     

 

 

 

End of period

    $ 537,033,691     $ 533,853,618
   

 

 

     

 

 

 

Share Transactions:

       

Shares issued

      127,039       2,331,694

Dividends reinvested

      —       1,871,708

Shares redeemed

      (2,508,852 )       (4,573,739 )
   

 

 

     

 

 

 

Change in shares

      (2,381,813 )       (370,337 )
   

 

 

     

 

 

 

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

 

See accompanying notes to the financial statements.

 

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AZL MVP Moderate Index Strategy Fund

Financial Highlights

(Selected data for a share of beneficial interest outstanding throughout the periods indicated)

 

     Six Months
Ended
June 30, 2021
  Year Ended
December 31,
2020
  Year Ended
December 31,
2019
  Year Ended
December 31,
2018
  Year Ended
December 31,
2017
  Year Ended
December 31,
2016
    (Unaudited)                    

Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period

    $ 15.11     $ 14.96     $ 13.28     $ 14.68     $ 13.50     $ 13.49
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Investment Activities:

                       

Net Investment Income/(Loss)

      (0.01 )(a)       0.26 (a)       0.26 (a)       0.26       0.12       0.23

Net Realized and Unrealized Gains/(Losses) on Investments

      1.19       0.64       2.17       (1.00 )       1.64       0.48
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total from Investment Activities

      1.18       0.90       2.43       (0.74 )       1.76       0.71
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Distributions to Shareholders From:

                       

Net Investment Income

      —       (0.27 )       (0.32 )       (0.13 )       (0.24 )       (0.30 )

Net Realized Gains

      —       (0.48 )       (0.43 )       (0.53 )       (0.34 )       (0.40 )
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total Dividends

      —       (0.75 )       (0.75 )       (0.66 )       (0.58 )       (0.70 )
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net Asset Value, End of Period

    $ 16.29     $ 15.11     $ 14.96     $ 13.28     $ 14.68     $ 13.50
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total Return(b)

      7.81 %(c)       6.44 %       18.64 %       (5.26 )%       13.21 %       5.43 %

Ratios to Average Net Assets/Supplemental Data:

                       

Net Assets, End of Period (000’s)

    $ 537,034     $ 533,854     $ 534,298     $ 489,072     $ 551,868     $ 520,112

Net Investment Income/(Loss)(d)

      (0.13 )%       1.83 %       1.77 %       1.73 %       0.73 %       1.71 %

Expenses Before Reductions*(d)(e)

      0.13 %       0.13 %       0.13 %       0.13 %       0.12 %       0.13 %

Expenses Net of Reductions*(d)

      0.13 %       0.13 %       0.13 %       0.13 %       0.12 %       0.13 %

Portfolio Turnover Rate

      2 %(c)       18 %       5 %       5 %       5 %       108 %(f)

 

*

The expense ratios exclude the impact of fees/expenses paid by each underlying fund.

 

(a)

Calculated using the average shares method.

 

(b)

The returns include reinvested dividends and fund level expenses, but exclude insurance contract charges. If these charges were included, the returns would have been lower.

 

(c)

Not annualized for periods less than one year.

 

(d)

Annualized for periods less than one year.

 

(e)

Excludes fee reductions. If such fee reductions had not occurred, the ratios would have been as indicated.

 

(f)

Effective October 14, 2016, the investment strategy of the Fund changed. Costs of purchases and proceeds from sales of portfolio securities associated with the changes in investment strategy contributed to higher portfolio turnover rate for the period ended December 31, 2016 as compared to prior years.

 

See accompanying notes to the financial statements.

 

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AZL MVP Moderate Index Strategy Fund  

Notes to the Financial Statements

June 30, 2021 (Unaudited)

 

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 an 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, and follows the investment company accounting and reporting guidance under Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Topic 946 “Financial Services — Investment Companies”. The Trust consists of 12 separate investment portfolios (collectively, the “Funds”), of which one is included in this report, the AZL MVP Moderate Index Strategy Fund (the “Fund”), and 11 are presented in separate reports. The Fund is a diversified series of the Trust.

The Fund is a “fund of funds”, which means that the Fund invests primarily in other mutual funds (the “Underlying Funds”). Underlying Funds invest in stock, 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 Fund will adjust its asset allocation as it seeks to achieve its investment objective.

The Trust is authorized to issue an unlimited number of shares of the Fund without par value. Shares of the Fund are available through the variable annuity contracts offered through the separate accounts of participating insurance companies. Currently, the Fund only offers its 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 Fund. In addition, in the normal course of business, the Fund may enter into contracts with its vendors and others that provide for general indemnifications. The Fund’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown, as this would involve future claims that may be made against the Fund. However, based on experience, the Fund expects that risk of loss to be remote.

2. Significant Accounting Policies

The following is a summary of significant accounting policies followed by the Fund in the preparation of its financial statements. The policies conform with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“U.S. GAAP”). The preparation of financial statements requires management to make certain estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of increases and decreases in net assets from operations during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

Security Valuation

The Fund records its 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 and Investment Income

Investment transactions are accounted for on trade date. Net realized gains and losses on investments sold and on foreign currency transactions are recorded on the basis of identified cost. Interest income is recorded on the accrual basis and includes, where applicable, the amortization of premiums or accretion of discounts. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date except in the case of foreign securities, in which case dividends are recorded as soon as such information becomes available.

Distributions to Shareholders

Distributions to shareholders are recorded on the ex-dividend date. The Fund distributes its dividends from net investment income and net realized capital gains, if any, on an annual basis. The amount of distributions from net investment income and from net realized gains is determined in accordance with federal income tax regulations, which may differ from U.S. GAAP. These “book/tax” differences are either temporary or permanent in nature. To the extent these differences are permanent in nature (e.g., return of capital, net operating loss, reclassification of certain market discounts, gain/loss, paydowns, and distributions), such amounts are reclassified within the composition of net assets based on their federal tax-basis treatment; temporary differences (e.g., wash sales and differing treatment on certain investments) do not require reclassification. Distributions to shareholders that exceed net investment income and net realized gains for tax purposes are reported as distributions of capital.

Expense Allocation

Expenses directly attributable to the Fund are charged directly to the Fund, while expenses attributable to more than one Fund are allocated among the respective Funds based upon relative net assets or some other reasonable method. Expenses which are attributable to more than one Trust are allocated across the Allianz Variable Insurance Products and Allianz Variable Insurance Products Fund of Funds Trusts based upon relative net assets or another reasonable basis. Allianz Investment Management LLC (the “Manager”), serves as the investment manager for the Trust and the Allianz Variable Insurance Products Trust.

Affiliated Securities Transactions

Pursuant to Rule 17a-7 under the 1940 Act (the “Rule”), the Fund may engage in securities transactions with affiliated investment companies and advisory accounts managed by the Manager. Any such purchase or sale transaction must be effected without a brokerage commission or other remuneration, except for customary transfer fees. The transaction must be effected at the current market price, which is either the security’s last sale price on an exchange or, if there are no transactions in the security that day, at the average of the highest bid and lowest asked price. During the period ended June 30, 2021, the Fund did not engage in any Rule 17a-7 transactions under the Rule.

Derivative Instruments

All open derivative positions at period end are reflected on the Fund’s Schedule of Portfolio Investments. The following is a description of the derivative instruments utilized by the Fund, including the primary underlying risk exposures related to each instrument type. The Fund’s allocation to the MVP (Managed Volatility Portfolio) risk management process may

 

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AZL MVP Moderate Index Strategy Fund

Notes to the Financial Statements

June 30, 2021 (Unaudited)

 

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 Fund’s derivative positions could exceed 20% of the Fund’s value. The Fund may also use futures to gain equity exposure and may hold cash as a buffer in the event of market shocks.

Futures Contracts

During the period ended June 30, 2021, the Fund invested in futures contracts to reduce volatility and limit the need to decrease or increase allocations to underlying funds. Futures contracts are valued based upon their quoted daily settlement prices. Upon entering into a futures contract, the Fund is 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”), if any, is recorded by the Fund. 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 disclosed in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. 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. For the period ended June 30, 2021, the monthly average notional amount for long contracts was $26.5 million. There was no short contract activity during the period. Realized gains and losses are reported as “Net realized gains/(losses) on futures contracts” on the Statement of Operations.

Summary of Derivative Instruments

The following is a summary of the fair values of derivative instruments on the Fund’s Statement of Assets and Liabilities, categorized by risk exposure, as of June 30, 2021:

 

   

Asset Derivative

   

Liability Derivative

 
Primary Risk Exposure   Statement of Assets and Liabilities Location  

Total Fair

Value

    Statement of Assets and Liabilities Location  

Total Fair

Value

 

Equity Risk

       
Futures Contracts   Receivable for variation margin on futures contracts*   $ 298,024     Payable for variation margin on futures contracts*   $ —  

Interest Rate Risk

       
Futures Contracts   Receivable for variation margin on futures contracts*     32,663     Payable for variation margin on futures contracts*     —  

 

*

For futures contracts, the amounts represent the cumulative appreciation/depreciation of these futures contracts as reported in the Schedule of Portfolio Investments. Only current day’s variation margin is reported within the Statement of Assets and Liabilities as variation margin on futures contracts.

 

The

following is a summary of the effect of derivative instruments on the Statement of Operations, categorized by risk exposure, for the period ended June 30, 2021:

 

Primary Risk Exposure   Location of Gains/(Losses)
on Derivatives
Recognized
   Realized Gains/(Losses)
on Derivatives
Recognized
     Change in Net Unrealized
Appreciation/Depreciation on
Derivatives  Recognized
 

Equity Risk

     
Futures Contracts   Net realized gains/(losses) on futures contracts/ Change net in unrealized appreciation/depreciation on futures contracts    $ 2,292,450      $ (61,368 ) 

Interest Rate Risk

     
Futures Contracts   Net realized gains/(losses) on futures contracts/ Change net in unrealized appreciation/depreciation on futures contracts      (293,793 )       15,980  

3. Fees and Transactions with Affiliates and Other Parties

The Manager provides investment advisory and management services for the Fund. The Manager has contractually agreed to waive fees and reimburse the Fund to limit the annual expenses, excluding interest expense (e.g., cash overdraft fees), taxes, brokerage commissions, acquired fund fees and expenses, other expenditures that are capitalized in accordance with U.S. GAAP and other extraordinary expenses not incurred in the ordinary course of the Fund’s business, based on the daily net assets of the Fund, through April 30, 2022. Expenses incurred for investment advisory and management services are reflected on the Statement of Operations as “Manager fees.”

For the period ended June 30, 2021, the annual rate due to the Manager and the annual expense limit were as follows:

 

        Annual Rate      Annual Expense Limit

AZL MVP Moderate Index Strategy Fund

         0.10 %          0.15 %

Any amounts contractually waived or reimbursed by the Manager in a particular fiscal year will be subject to repayment by the Fund to the Manager to the extent that from time to time through the next three fiscal years the repayment will not cause the Fund’s expenses to exceed the lesser of the stated limit at the time of the waiver or the current stated limit. Any amounts recouped by the Manager during the period are reflected on the Statement of Operations as “Recoupment of prior expenses reimbursed by the Manager.” At June 30, 2021, there were no remaining contractual reimbursements subject to repayment by the Fund in subsequent years.

 

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AZL MVP Moderate Index Strategy Fund

Notes to the Financial Statements

June 30, 2021 (Unaudited)

 

In addition, the Manager may voluntarily waive or reimburse additional fees in order to maintain more competitive expense ratios. Any voluntary waivers or reimbursements are not subject to repayment in subsequent years. Information on the total amount waived/reimbursed by the Manager or repaid to the Manager by the Fund during the period can be found on the Statement of Operations. During the period ended June 30, 2021, there were no voluntary waivers.

The Manager or an affiliate of the Manager serves as the investment adviser of certain underlying funds in which the Fund invests. At June 30, 2021, these underlying funds are noted as Affiliated Investment Companies in the Fund’s Schedule of Portfolio Investments. Additional information, including financial statements, about these Funds is available at www.allianzlife.com. The Manager or an affiliate of the Manager is paid a separate fee from the underlying funds for such services. A summary of the Fund’s investments in affiliated investment companies for the period ended June 30, 2021 is as follows:

 

    

Value

12/31/2020

 

Purchases

at Cost

  Proceeds
from Sales
 

Net

Realized

Gains(Losses)

 

Change in Net
Unrealized

Appreciation/

Depreciation

 

Value

6/30/2021

 

Shares

as of

6/30/2021

 

Dividend

Income

 

Net Realized
Gains Distributions

from Affiliated

Underlying Funds

AZL Enhanced Bond Index Fund

      $191,116,827         $8,674,192         $ —         $ —         $(3,439,725)         $196,351,294         16,970,726         $—         $—  

AZL International Index Fund, Class 2

      83,321,813         —         (9,090,342)         2,157,294         4,735,820         81,124,585         4,285,504         —         —  

AZL Mid Cap Index Fund, Class 2

      50,356,290         —         (8,273,290)         2,213,598         5,854,766         50,151,364         1,780,943         —         —  

AZL S&P 500 Index Fund, Class 2

      155,900,914         —         (21,057,832)         6,289,208         15,590,206         156,722,496         6,694,682         —         —  

AZL Small Cap Stock Index Fund, Class 2

      26,688,151         —         (6,194,340)         1,269,263         4,293,620         26,056,694         1,539,084         —         —  
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 
      $507,383,995         $8,674,192         $(44,615,804)         $11,929,363         $27,034,687         $510,406,433         31,270,939         $—         $—  
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Pursuant to separate agreements between the Trust and the Manager, the Manager provides a Chief Compliance Officer (“CCO”) and certain compliance oversight and regulatory filing services to the Trust. Under these agreements, the Manager is entitled to an amount equal to a portion of the compensation and certain other expenses related to the individuals performing the CCO and compliance oversight services, as well as $100 per hour for time incurred in connection with the preparation and filing of certain documents with the SEC. The fees are paid to the Manager on a quarterly basis. The total expenses incurred by the Fund for these services are reflected on the Statement of Operations as “Administrative and compliance services fees.”

Citi Fund Services Ohio, Inc. (“Citi” or the “Administrator”), a wholly owned subsidiary of Citigroup, Inc., with which an officer of the Trust is affiliated, serves as the Trust’s administrator and fund accountant, and assists the Trust in all aspects of its administration and operation. The Administrator is entitled to a fee, accrued daily and paid monthly. The Administrator is entitled to an annual fee for each additional class of shares of any Fund, certain annual fees in supporting fair values services, and a Trust-wide annual fee for providing infrastructure and support in implementing the written policies and procedures comprising the Fund’s compliance program. The Administrator is also reimbursed for certain expenses incurred. The total expenses incurred by the Fund for these services are reflected on the Statement of Operations as “Administration fees.”

FIS Investor Services LLC (“FIS”) serves as the Fund’s transfer agent. Under the Transfer Agent Agreement, the Trust pays FIS a fee for its services and reimburses FIS for all of their reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred in providing these services.

The Bank of New York Mellon (“BNY Mellon” or the “Custodian”) serves as the Trust’s custodian and securities lending agent. For these services as custodian, the Funds pay BNY Mellon a fee based on a percentage of assets held on behalf of the Funds, plus certain out-of-pocket charges.

Allianz Life Financial Services, LLC (“ALFS”), an affiliate of the Manager, serves as distributor of the Fund. ALFS receives an annual Trust-wide annual fee of $7,500, paid by the Manager from its profits and not by the Trust, for recordkeeping and reporting services.

Certain Officers and Trustees of the Trust are affiliated with the Manager or the Administrator. Such Officers (except for the Trust’s CCO as noted above) and Trustees receive no compensation from the Trust for serving in their respective roles. For their service to the Trust and to the Allianz Variable Insurance Products Trust, each non-interested Trustee receives a $191,625 annual Board retainer, the Lead Director receives an additional $37,500, the Chair of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee receives an additional $7,500 annually, the Co-Chairs of the Investment Committee receive $3,750 annually and the Chair of the Audit Committee receives an additional $11,250 annually. In addition, the Trustees are reimbursed for certain expenses associated with attending Board meetings. Compensation to the Trustees is allocated between the Trust and the Allianz Variable Insurance Products Trust in proportion to the assets under management of each trust. During the period ended June 30, 2021, actual Trustee compensation was $702,562 in total for both trusts.

4. Investment Valuation Summary

The valuation techniques employed by the Fund, 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 Fund’s 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, prepayments speeds, credit risk, etc.)

  ●  

Level 3 — significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund’s 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 inputs or methodology used for valuing investments is not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those investments.

Investments in other investment companies are valued at their published net asset value (“NAV”). Security prices are generally provided by an independent third party pricing service approved by the Trust’s Board of Trustees (the “Board” or “Trustees”) as of the close of the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) (generally 4:00 pm Eastern Time). The investments utilizing Level 1 valuations represent investments in open-end investment companies. 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.

 

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AZL MVP Moderate Index Strategy Fund

Notes to the Financial Statements

June 30, 2021 (Unaudited)

 

The following is a summary of the valuation inputs used as of June 30, 2021 in valuing the Fund’s investments based upon the three levels defined above:

 

Investment Securities:      Level 1      Level 2      Level 3      Total

Affiliated Investment Companies

       $ 510,406,433        $ —        $ —        $ 510,406,433
      

 

 

        

 

 

        

 

 

        

 

 

 

Total Investment Securities

         510,406,433          —          —          510,406,433
      

 

 

        

 

 

        

 

 

        

 

 

 

Other Financial Instruments:*

                           

Futures Contracts

         330,687          —          —          330,687
      

 

 

        

 

 

        

 

 

        

 

 

 

Total Investments

       $ 510,737,120        $ —        $ —        $ 510,737,120
      

 

 

        

 

 

        

 

 

        

 

 

 

 

*

Other Financial Instruments would include any derivative instruments, such as futures contracts. These investments are generally presented in the financial statements at variation margin.

5. Security Purchases and Sales

For the period ended June 30, 2021, cost of purchases and proceeds from sales of securities (excluding securities maturing less than one year from acquisition) were as follows:

 

        Purchases      Sales

AZL MVP Moderate Index Strategy Fund

       $ 8,674,192        $ 44,615,804

6. Investment Risks

The risks below are presented in an order intended to facilitate readability. Their order does not imply that the realization of one risk is more likely to occur more frequently than another risk, nor does it imply that the realization of one risk is likely to have a greater adverse impact than another risk.

Derivatives Risk: The Fund may invest directly or through affiliated or unaffiliated mutual funds or unregistered investment pools in derivative instruments such as futures, options, and options on futures. 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 other party to a derivatives contract could default.

Foreign Securities Risk: Investing in the securities of non-U.S. issuers involves a number of risks, such as fluctuations in currency values, adverse political, social or economic developments, and differences in social and economic developments or policies.

Fund of Fund Risk: The Fund, as a shareholder of the underlying funds, indirectly bears its proportionate share of any investment management fees and other expenses of the underlying funds. Further due to the fees and expenses paid by the Fund, as well as small variations in the Fund’s actual allocations to the underlying funds and any futures and cash held in the Fund’s portfolio, the performance and income distributions of the Fund will not be the same as the performance and income distributions of the underlying funds. In addition, the Fund maintains indirect exposure to various types of risk which may exist in the underlying Funds, such as foreign securities risk, fixed income securities risk and other risks.

Interest Rate Risk: Debt securities held by an underlying fund may decline in value due to rising interest rates.

Market Risk: The market price of securities owned by the underlying funds may go up or down, sometimes rapidly and unpredictably. Securities may decline in value due to factors affecting securities markets generally or particular industries represented in the securities markets. The value of a security may decline due to general market conditions that are not specifically related to a particular company, such as real or perceived adverse economic conditions, changes in the general outlook for corporate earnings, changes in interest or currency rates, or adverse investor sentiment, as well as natural disasters, and outbreaks of infectious illnesses or other widespread public health issues.

7. Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic

During the first quarter of 2020, the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 to be a public health emergency. COVID-19 has led to increased short-term market volatility and may have adverse long-term effects on U.S. and world economies and markets in general. COVID-19 may adversely impact the Fund’s ability to achieve its investment objectives. The extent of the impact on the performance of the Fund and its investments will depend on future developments, including the duration and spread of the COVID-19 outbreak, related restrictions and advisories, and the effects on the financial markets and economy overall, all of which are highly uncertain and cannot be predicted.

8. Federal Tax Information

It is the policy of the Fund to continue to qualify as a regulated investment company by complying with the provisions available to certain investment companies, as defined under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code, and to make distributions of net investment income and net realized gains sufficient to relieve it from all, or substantially all, federal income taxes. Accordingly, no provisions for federal income taxes are required in the financial statements.

Management of the Fund has reviewed tax positions taken in tax years that remain subject to examination by all major tax jurisdictions, including federal (i.e., the last four tax year ends and the interim tax period since then, as applicable). Management believes that there is no tax liability resulting from unrecognized tax benefits related to uncertain tax positions taken.

 

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AZL MVP Moderate Index Strategy Fund

Notes to the Financial Statements

June 30, 2021 (Unaudited)

 

Cost of securities, including derivatives and short positions as applicable, for federal income tax purposes at December 31, 2020 was $415,016,896. The gross unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) on a tax basis was as follows:

 

Unrealized appreciation

  $ 92,367,899

Unrealized (depreciation)

    —  
 

 

 

 

Net unrealized appreciation/(depreciation)

  $ 92,367,899  
 

 

 

 

The tax character of dividends paid to shareholders during the year ended December 31, 2020, was as follows:

 

        Ordinary
Income
    

Net

Long-Term
Capital Gains

     Total
Distributions(a)

AZL MVP Moderate Index Strategy Fund

       $ 13,525,251        $ 12,697,373        $ 26,222,624

 

(a)

Total distributions paid may differ from the Statements of Changes in Net Assets because dividends are recognized when actually paid for tax purposes.

At December 31, 2020, the components of accumulated earnings on a tax basis were as follows:

 

        Undistributed
Ordinary
Income
     Undistributed
Long-Term
Capital Gains
     Accumulated
Capital and
Other Losses
     Unrealized
Appreciation/
Depreciation(a)
     Total
Accumulated
Earnings/
(Deficit)

AZL MVP Moderate Index Strategy Fund

       $ 24,370,018        $ 21,247,433        $ —        $ 92,367,899        $ 137,985,350

 

(a)

The difference between book-basis and tax-basis unrealized appreciation/depreciation was attributable primarily to tax deferral of losses on wash sales and mark-to-market of futures contracts.

9. Ownership and Principal Holders

The beneficial ownership, either directly or indirectly, of more than 25% of the voting securities of a fund creates presumptions of control of the fund, under section 2 (a)(9) of the 1940 Act. As of June 30, 2021, the Fund had an individual shareholder account which is affiliated with the Manager representing ownership in excess of 85% of the Fund. Investment activities of these shareholders could have a material impact to the Fund.

10. Subsequent Events

Management of the Fund has evaluated the need for additional disclosures or adjustments resulting from events through the date the financial statements were issued. Based on this evaluation, there were no subsequent events to report that would have material impact on the Fund’s financial statements.

 

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AZL MVP Moderate Index Strategy Fund

Special Joint Meeting of Shareholders

June 30, 2021 (Unaudited)

 

A special meeting of the Allianz Variable Insurance Products Fund Of Funds Trust’s (the “Trust”) shareholders was held on June 3, 2021. The results of the matters voted upon at the meeting are reported below.

Election of Trustees

To elect seven nominees as Trustees of the Trust to serve until a successor is elected and qualified or until such Trustee dies, resigns, retires, or is removed for election as provided in the governing documents of the Trust. The nominees were Peter R. Burnim, Peggy L. Ettestad, Tamara Lynn Fagely, Richard H. Forde, Claire R. Leonardi, Dickson W. Lewis, and Brian Muench. There was no other Trustee whose term of office as a Trustee continued after the meeting.

 

          FOR   WITHHELD

Peter R. Burnim

  Votes   9,698,300,664.000   461,262,722.733
  % of votes entitled to be cast   95.460%   4.540%

Peggy L. Ettestad

  Votes   9,744,785,844.047   414,777,542.686
  % of votes entitled to be cast   95.917%   4.083%

Tamara Lynn Fagely

  Votes   9,749,721,430.073   409,841,956.660
  % of votes entitled to be cast   95.966%   4.034%

Richard H. Forde

  Votes   9,725,296,590.351   434,266,796.382
  % of votes entitled to be cast   95.726%   4.274%

Claire R. Leonardi

  Votes   9,756,832,186.929   402,731,199.804
  % of votes entitled to be cast   96.036%   3.964%

Dickson W. Lewis

  Votes   9,683,252,333.341   476,311,053.392
  % of votes entitled to be cast   95.312%   4.688%

Brian Muench

  Votes   9,739,692,821.948   419,870,564.785
  % of votes entitled to be cast   95.867%   4.133%

Approve amended fundamental restrictions regarding investments in commodities

To approve that the Trust’s fundamental policies with respect to commodities are replaced with the following: “No Fund may: Purchase or sell commodities except to the extent permitted by the 1940 Act or any rules, exemptions or interpretations thereunder that may be adopted, granted or issued by the SEC.”

 

FUND        FOR   AGAINST   ABSTAIN

AZL MVP FusionSM Balanced Fund

  Votes   724,020,610.631   25,965,700.395   64,480,992.029
  % of votes entitled to be cast   88.895%   3.188%   7.917%

AZL MVP FusionSM Conservative Fund

  Votes   207,849,507.478   7,714,328.807   20,132,965.915
  % of votes entitled to be cast   88.185%   3.273%   8.542%

AZL MVP FusionSM Moderate Fund

  Votes   1,675,644,566.951   51,935,064.499   151,957,164.856
  % of votes entitled to be cast   89.152%   2.763%   8.085%

AZL® Balanced Index Strategy Fund

  Votes   370,109,866.443   8,120,911.689   37,825,978.335
  % of votes entitled to be cast   88.957%   1.952%   9.092%

AZL® MVP Balanced Index Strategy Fund

  Votes   272,508,300.262   8,100,202.921   38,940,957.230
  % of votes entitled to be cast   85.279%   2.535%   12.186%

AZL® MVP Growth Index Strategy Fund

  Votes   2,253,168,549.922   81,030,934.965   243,425,209.080
  % of votes entitled to be cast   87.413%   3.144%   9.444%

AZL® MVP Moderate Index Strategy Fund

  Votes   459,489,269.089   21,433,634.607   44,698,959.196
  % of votes entitled to be cast   87.418%   4.078%   8.504%

AZL® MVP Global Balanced Index Strategy Fund

  Votes   607,120,765.403   28,580,727.312   67,371,200.883
  % of votes entitled to be cast   86.352%   4.065%   9.582%

AZL® DFA Multi-Strategy Fund

  Votes   838,713,716.278   44,467,726.830   71,863,407.006
  % of votes entitled to be cast   87.819%   4.656%   7.525%

AZL® MVP DFA Multi-Strategy Fund

  Votes   82,637,136.168   3,643,849.372   7,250,675.011
  % of votes entitled to be cast   88.352%   3.896%   7.752%

 

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FUND        FOR   AGAINST   ABSTAIN

AZL® MVP Fidelity Institutional Asset Management® Multi-Strategy Fund

  Votes   215,631,261.075   8,954,953.342   29,292,949.884
  % of votes entitled to be cast   84.935%   3.527%   11.538%

AZL® MVP T. Rowe Price Capital Appreciation Plus Fund

  Votes   1,222,126,591.953   56,285,445.413   107,069,305.504
  % of votes entitled to be cast   88.210%   4.063%   7.728%

Approve amended fundamental restrictions regarding borrowing

To approve that the Trust’s fundamental and related non-fundamental policies with respect to borrowing are replaced with the following: “No Fund may: Borrow money, except to the extent permitted by the 1940 Act, or any rules, exemptions or interpretations thereunder that may be adopted, granted or issued by the SEC.”

 

FUND        FOR   AGAINST   ABSTAIN

AZL MVP FusionSM Balanced Fund

  Votes   709,309,612.667   31,798,584.250   73,359,106.138
  % of votes entitled to be cast   87.089%   3.904%   9.007%

AZL MVP FusionSM Conservative Fund

  Votes   210,036,621.710   8,331,208.078   17,328,972.411
  % of votes entitled to be cast   89.113%   3.535%   7.352%

AZL MVP FusionSM Moderate Fund

  Votes   1,642,136,577.503   69,923,524.523   167,476,694.280
  % of votes entitled to be cast   87.369%   3.720%   8.911%

AZL® Balanced Index Strategy Fund

  Votes   371,193,748.544   7,499,541.088   37,363,466.836
  % of votes entitled to be cast   89.217%   1.803%   8.980%

AZL® MVP Balanced Index Strategy Fund

  Votes   269,242,580.863   12,559,386.314   37,747,493.235
  % of votes entitled to be cast   84.257%   3.930%   11.813%

AZL® MVP Growth Index Strategy Fund

  Votes   2,202,090,386.602   118,938,115.278   256,596,192.088
  % of votes entitled to be cast   85.431%   4.614%   9.955%

AZL® MVP Moderate Index Strategy Fund

  Votes   448,098,738.171   33,266,593.465   44,256,531.255
  % of votes entitled to be cast   85.251%   6.329%   8.420%

AZL® MVP Global Balanced Index Strategy Fund

  Votes   609,771,514.679   31,023,055.053   62,278,123.866
  % of votes entitled to be cast   86.729%   4.412%   8.858%

AZL® DFA Multi-Strategy Fund

  Votes   829,772,912.326   48,960,106.404   76,311,831.384
  % of votes entitled to be cast   86.883%   5.126%   7.990%

AZL® MVP DFA Multi-Strategy Fund

  Votes   80,825,430.550   3,740,847.678   8,965,382.323
  % of votes entitled to be cast   86.415%   4.000%   9.585%

AZL® MVP Fidelity Institutional Asset Management® Multi-Strategy Fund

  Votes   211,483,269.699   12,637,803.011   29,758,091.590
  % of votes entitled to be cast   83.301%   4.978%   11.721%

AZL® MVP T. Rowe Price Capital Appreciation Plus Fund

  Votes   1,191,897,700.679   69,546,262.813   124,037,379.379
  % of votes entitled to be cast   86.028%   5.020%   8.953%

 

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Other Information (Unaudited)

A description of the policies and procedures that the Fund uses to determine how to vote proxies relating to portfolio securities is available, without charge, upon request, by visiting the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (‘‘Commission’’) website at www.sec.gov, or by calling 800-624-0197.

Information regarding how the Fund voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30th is available (i) without charge, upon request, by calling 800-624-0197; (ii) on the Trust’s website at https://www.allianzlife.com; and (iii) on the Commission’s website at http://www.sec.gov.

The Fund files complete Schedules of Portfolio Holdings with the Commission for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-PORT. Schedules of Portfolio Holdings for the Fund are available without charge on the Commission’s website at http://www.sec.gov or may be obtained by calling 800-624-0197.

 

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Statement Regarding the Trust’s Liquidity Risk Management Program (Unaudited)

Each series (each such series a “Fund” and, together, the “Funds”) of the Allianz Variable Insurance Products Trust, but not the AZL Government Money Market Fund, and of the Allianz Variable Insurance Products Fund of Funds Trust (each such trust a “Trust” and, together, the “Trusts”) has adopted and implemented a written liquidity risk management program (the “Program”) pursuant to Rule 22e-4 under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “Liquidity Rule”). The Program includes policies and procedures reasonably designed to assess and manage each Fund’s liquidity risk (the “risk that a fund could not meet requests to redeem shares issued by the fund without significant dilution of remaining investors’ interests in the fund”) and to comply with the requirements of the Liquidity Rule, including: (i) assessment, management and periodic review of liquidity risk; (ii) classification of portfolio holdings; (iii) establishment of a highly liquid investment minimum (“HLIM”), as applicable; (iv) limitation of illiquid investments; and (v) redemptions in-kind.

The Board of Trustees of each Fund (together, the “Board”) approved the designation of the individual officers of the Trusts who serve as the administrators of the Program (the “Program Administrators”). The Program Administrators oversee the implementation of the Program, including the monitoring of liquidity and liquidity risk for each Fund on an ongoing basis.

At a meeting of the Board held on February 16, 2021, the Program Administrators provided their annual written report (the “Report”) to the Board addressing the operation of the Program and assessing its adequacy and effectiveness of implementation for the annual period from January 1, 2020 through December 31, 2020 (the “Reporting Period”). This Report included an overview of the operation of the Program, including liquidity events relevant to the Funds, if any, during the Reporting Period and conclusions with respect to the adequacy of the policies and procedures of the Program and the effectiveness of Program implementation. The Report also included a summary of the annual assessment of each Fund’s liquidity risk, which took into account the following factors enumerated in the Liquidity Rule and identified in the Program, as applicable:

1) Each Fund’s investment strategy and liquidity of portfolio investments during both normal and reasonably foreseeable stressed conditions, including: (i) whether the Fund’s investment strategy is appropriate for an open-end fund; (ii) the extent to which the Fund’s strategy involves a relatively concentrated portfolio or large positions in particular issuers; and, as applicable, (iii) the Fund’s use of borrowings for investment purposes; and (iv) the Fund’s use of derivatives;

2) Short-term and long-term cash flow projections during both normal and reasonably foreseeable stressed conditions; and

3) Holdings of cash and cash equivalents, as well as borrowing arrangements and other funding sources.

Based on the information considered, the Report concluded that each Fund continues to have an investment strategy that is appropriate for an open-end fund, and that each Fund is reasonably likely to be able to meet redemption requests without significant dilution of remaining shareholders’ interests in the Fund. There were no material liquidity matters impacting the Funds identified in the Report and the Report concluded that the Program operated effectively during the Reporting Period, including during periods of market volatility and net redemptions.

In accordance with the Program, each Fund’s portfolio investments were classified into one of four liquidity categories as provided in the Liquidity Rule as applicable during the Reporting Period. Liquidity classification determinations take into account a variety of factors including market, trading and investment-specific considerations, as well as market depth in accordance with the requirements of the Liquidity Rule and as specified in the Program, and generally incorporate analysis from a third-party data vendor. The Report reviewed the classification methodology as provided in the Program and noted there were no material issues with respect to liquidity classifications during the Reporting Period.

Pursuant to the Liquidity Rule, no Fund may acquire any illiquid investment if, after the acquisition, the Fund would have invested more than 15% of its assets in illiquid investments that are assets. The Program includes provisions reasonably designed to comply with the 15% limit on illiquid investments. During the Reporting Period, no Fund breached the 15% limit on illiquid investments.

During the Reporting Period, each Fund maintained a designated HLIM. The Report stated that the Program Administrators reviewed each Fund’s HLIM as provided in the Program and concluded that each Fund’s applicable HLIM operated as intended during the Reporting Period and no changes to the HLIM for any Fund were recommended. During the Reporting Period, no Fund fell below its designated HLIM. The Report concluded that the Program includes provisions reasonably designed to comply with the HLIM for each Fund.

The Funds that engage in or reserve the right to redeem in kind have adopted policies and procedures regarding in-kind redemptions as required by the Liquidity Rule.

On the basis of the review, the Report concluded that: (i) the Program remains reasonably designed to manage each Fund’s liquidity risk; (ii) the Program was implemented and operated effectively to achieve the goal of assessing and managing each Fund’s liquidity risk during the Reporting Period; and (iii) each Fund was able to meet requests for redemption without significant dilution of remaining investors in the Fund during the Reporting Period. The Report noted that there were no material changes to the Program during the Reporting Period, and none were recommended by the Program Administrators in connection with the Report.

 

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AZL® MVP T. Rowe Price Capital Appreciation Plus Fund

Semi-Annual Report

June 30, 2021

(Unaudited)

 

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Table of Contents

 

Expense Examples and Portfolio Composition

Page 1

Schedule of Portfolio Investments

Page 2

Statement of Assets and Liabilities

Page 3

Statement of Operations

Page 3

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

Page 4

Financial Highlights

Page 5

Notes to the Financial Statements

Page 6

Special Joint Meeting of Shareholders

Page 11

Other Information

Page 13

Statement Regarding the Trust’s Liquidity Risk Management Program

Page 14

 

This report is submitted for the general information of the shareholder of the Fund. The report is not authorized for distribution to prospective investors in the Fund unless preceded or accompanied by an effective prospectus, which contains details concerning the sales charges and other pertinent information.


AZL MVP T. Rowe Price Capital Appreciation Plus Fund

Expense Examples

(Unaudited)

 

As a shareholder of the AZL MVP T. Rowe Price Capital Appreciation Plus Fund (the “Fund”), you incur ongoing costs, including management fees, distribution fees, and other Fund expenses. These examples are intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds. Please note that the expenses shown in each table do not reflect expenses that apply to the subaccount or the insurance contract. If the expenses that apply to the subaccount or the insurance contract were included, your costs would have been higher.

These examples are based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the periods presented below.

The Actual Expense table below provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information below, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the table under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During Period” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period.

 

     Beginning
Account Value
1/1/21
  Ending
Account Value
6/30/21
  Expenses Paid
During Period
1/1/21 - 6/30/21*
  Annualized Expense
Ratio During Period
1/1/21 - 6/30/21

AZL MVP T. Rowe Price Capital Appreciation Plus Fund

    $ 1,000.00     $ 1,091.70     $ 0.62       0.12 %

The Hypothetical Expense table below provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Fund’s actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of other funds.

 

     Beginning
Account Value
1/1/21
  Ending
Account Value
6/30/21
  Expenses Paid
During Period
1/1/21 - 6/30/21*
  Annualized Expense
Ratio During Period
1/1/21 - 6/30/21

AZL MVP T. Rowe Price Capital Appreciation Plus Fund

    $ 1,000.00     $ 1,024.20     $ 0.60       0.12 %

 

*

Expenses are equal to the average account value multiplied by the Fund’s annualized expense ratio multiplied by 181/365 (the number of days in the most recent fiscal half-year divided by the number of days in the fiscal year).

Portfolio Composition

(Unaudited)

 

Investments   Percent of Net Assets

Domestic Equity Funds

      79.6 %

Fixed Income Fund

      15.5
   

 

 

 

Total Investment Securities

      95.1

Net other assets (liabilities)

      4.9
   

 

 

 

Net Assets

      100.0 %
   

 

 

 

 

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AZL MVP T. Rowe Price Capital Appreciation Plus Fund

Schedule of Portfolio Investments

June 30, 2021 (Unaudited)

 

Shares            Value  
Affiliated Investment Companies (95.1%):       
Domestic Equity Funds (79.6%):  
  17,538,190      AZL S&P 500 Index Fund, Class 2    $ 410,569,028  
  32,027,782      AZL T. Rowe Price Capital Appreciation Fund      743,685,093  
     

 

 

 
        1,154,254,121  
     

 

 

 
Fixed Income Fund (15.5%):  
  19,358,254      AZL Enhanced Bond Index Fund      223,974,997  
     

 

 

 
 

Total Affiliated Investment Companies (Cost $975,323,057)

     1,378,229,118  
  

 

 

 
 

Total Investment Securities (Cost $975,323,057) — 95.1%

     1,378,229,118  
 

Net other assets (liabilities) — 4.9%

     71,364,329  
  

 

 

 
 

Net Assets — 100.0%

   $ 1,449,593,447  
  

 

 

 

Percentages indicated are based on net assets as of June 30, 2021.

 

Futures Contracts

At June 30, 2021, the Fund’s open futures contracts were as follows:

Long Futures

 

Description    Expiration
Date
     Number of
Contracts
     Notional
Amount
     Value and
Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
 

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

     9/17/21        203      $ 43,529,290      $ 808,331  

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

     9/21/21        219        29,017,500        88,706  
           

 

 

 
            $ 897,037  
           

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to the financial statements.

 

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AZL MVP T. Rowe Price Capital Appreciation Plus Fund

 

Statement of Assets and Liabilities

June 30, 2021

(Unaudited)

 

Assets:

   

Investments in affiliates, at cost

    $ 975,323,057
   

 

 

 

Investments in affiliates, at value

    $ 1,378,229,118

Deposit at broker for futures contracts collateral

      72,601,934

Interest and dividends receivable

      935

Receivable for affiliated investments sold

      357,647

Prepaid expenses

      3,356
   

 

 

 

Total Assets

      1,451,192,990
   

 

 

 

Liabilities:

   

Cash overdraft

      357,637

Payable for capital shares redeemed

      1,059,648

Manager fees payable

      118,708

Administration fees payable

      6,752

Custodian fees payable

      179

Administrative and compliance services fees payable

      2,331

Transfer agent fees payable

      818

Trustee fees payable

      11,607

Other accrued liabilities

      41,863
   

 

 

 

Total Liabilities

      1,599,543
   

 

 

 

Net Assets

    $ 1,449,593,447
   

 

 

 

Net Assets Consist of:

   

Paid in capital

    $ 1,039,451,655

Total distributable earnings

      410,141,792
   

 

 

 

Net Assets

    $ 1,449,593,447
   

 

 

 

Shares of beneficial interest (unlimited number of shares authorized, no par value)

      94,371,996

Net Asset Value (offering and redemption price per share)

    $ 15.36
   

 

 

 

Statement of Operations

For the Six Months Ended June 30, 2021

(Unaudited)

 

Investment Income:

   

Interest

    $ 7,723

Dividends from non-affiliates

      5
   

 

 

 

Total Investment Income

      7,728
   

 

 

 

Expenses:

   

Manager fees

      702,359

Administration fees

      31,239

Custodian fees

      786

Administrative and compliance services fees

      9,705

Transfer agent fees

      2,770

Trustee fees

      34,869

Professional fees

      28,191

Shareholder reports

      20,310

Other expenses

      8,863
   

 

 

 

Total expenses

      839,092
   

 

 

 

Net Investment Income/(Loss)

      (831,364 )
   

 

 

 

Net realized and Change in net unrealized gains/losses on investments:

   

Net realized gains/(losses) on affiliated underlying funds

      12,818,331

Net realized gains/(losses) on futures contracts

      5,482,742

Change in net unrealized appreciation/depreciation on affiliated underlying funds

      107,634,820

Change in net unrealized appreciation/depreciation on futures contracts

      (240,479 )
   

 

 

 

Net realized and Change in net unrealized gains/losses on investments

      125,695,414
   

 

 

 

Change in Net Assets Resulting From Operations

    $ 124,864,050
   

 

 

 
 

 

See accompanying notes to the financial statements.

 

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AZL MVP T. Rowe Price Capital Appreciation Plus Fund

 

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 

     For the
Six Months Ended
June 30, 2021
  For the
Year Ended
December 31, 2020
    (Unaudited)    

Change In Net Assets:

       

Operations:

       

Net investment income/(loss)

    $ (831,364 )     $ 17,864,050

Net realized gains/(losses) on investments

      18,301,073       (7,746,428 )

Change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation on investments

      107,394,341       89,706,792
   

 

 

     

 

 

 

Change in net assets resulting from operations

      124,864,050       99,824,414
   

 

 

     

 

 

 

Distributions to Shareholders:

       

Distributions

      —       (76,860,189 )
   

 

 

     

 

 

 

Change in net assets resulting from distributions to shareholders

      —       (76,860,189 )
   

 

 

     

 

 

 

Capital Transactions:

       

Proceeds from shares issued

      15,310,321       55,722,058

Proceeds from dividends reinvested

      —       76,860,189

Value of shares redeemed

      (63,249,522 )       (108,539,319 )
   

 

 

     

 

 

 

Change in net assets resulting from capital transactions

      (47,939,201 )       24,042,928
   

 

 

     

 

 

 

Change in net assets

      76,924,849       47,007,153

Net Assets:

       

Beginning of period

      1,372,668,598       1,325,661,445
   

 

 

     

 

 

 

End of period

    $ 1,449,593,447     $ 1,372,668,598
   

 

 

     

 

 

 

Share Transactions:

       

Shares issued

      1,066,752       4,151,981

Dividends reinvested

      —       5,813,933

Shares redeemed

      (4,268,304 )       (8,110,326 )
   

 

 

     

 

 

 

Change in shares

      (3,201,552 )       1,855,588
   

 

 

     

 

 

 

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

 

See accompanying notes to the financial statements.

 

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AZL MVP T. Rowe Price Capital Appreciation Plus Fund

Financial Highlights

(Selected data for a share of beneficial interest outstanding throughout the periods indicated)

 

    Six Months
Ended
June 30, 2021
 

Year Ended
December 31,

2020

 

Year Ended
December 31,

2019

 

Year Ended
December 31,

2018

 

Year Ended
December 31,

2017

 

Year Ended
December 31,

2016

  
    (Unaudited)                    

Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period

    $ 14.07     $ 13.85     $ 11.96     $ 12.71     $ 11.47     $ 10.88
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Investment Activities:

                       

Net Investment Income/(Loss)

      (0.01 )(a)       0.19 (a)       0.25 (a)       0.16       0.11       0.03

Net Realized and Unrealized Gains/(Losses) on Investments

      1.30       0.87       2.27       (0.34 )       1.50       0.79
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total from Investment Activities

      1.29       1.06       2.52       (0.18 )       1.61       0.82
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Distributions to Shareholders From:

                       

Net Investment Income

      —       (0.39 )       (0.25 )       (0.13 )       (0.15 )       (0.17 )

Net Realized Gains

      —       (0.45 )       (0.38 )       (0.44 )       (0.22 )       (0.06 )
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total Dividends

      —       (0.84 )       (0.63 )       (0.57 )       (0.37 )       (0.23 )
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net Asset Value, End of Period

    $ 15.36     $ 14.07     $ 13.85     $ 11.96     $ 12.71     $ 11.47
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total Return(b)

      9.17 %(c)       8.02 %       21.39 %       (1.67 )%       14.21 %       7.62 %

Ratios to Average Net Assets/Supplemental Data:

                       

Net Assets, End of Period (000’s)

    $ 1,449,593     $ 1,372,669     $ 1,325,661     $ 1,083,375     $ 1,096,093     $ 899,716

Net Investment Income/(Loss)(d)

      (0.12 )%       1.41 %       1.90 %       1.27 %       1.03 %       0.61 %

Expenses Before Reductions*(d)(e)

      0.12 %       0.12 %       0.12 %       0.12 %       0.12 %       0.12 %

Expenses Net of Reductions*(d)

      0.12 %       0.12 %       0.12 %       0.12 %       0.12 %       0.12 %

Portfolio Turnover Rate

      1 %(c)       10 %       5 %       5 %       3 %       52 %(f)

 

*

The expense ratios exclude the impact of fees/expenses paid by each underlying fund.

 

(a)

Calculated using the average shares method.

 

(b)

The returns include reinvested dividends and fund level expenses, but exclude insurance contract charges. If these charges were included, the returns would have been lower.

 

(c)

Not annualized for periods less than one year.

 

(d)

Annualized for periods less than one year.

 

(e)

Excludes fee reductions. If such fee reductions had not occurred, the ratios would have been as indicated.

 

(f)

Effective October 14, 2016, the investment strategy of the Fund changed. Costs of purchases and proceeds from sales of portfolio securities associated with the changes in investment strategy contributed to higher portfolio turnover rate for the period ended December 31, 2016 as compared to prior years.

 

See accompanying notes to the financial statements.

 

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AZL MVP T. Rowe Price Capital Appreciation Plus Fund

Notes to the Financial Statements

June 30, 2021 (Unaudited)

 

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 an 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, and follows the investment company accounting and reporting guidance under Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Topic 946 “Financial Services — Investment Companies”. The Trust consists of 12 separate investment portfolios (collectively, the “Funds”), of which one is included in this report, the AZL MVP T. Rowe Price Capital Appreciation Plus Fund (the “Fund”), and 11 are presented in separate reports. The Fund is a diversified series of the Trust.

The Fund is a “fund of funds”, which means that the Fund invests primarily in other mutual funds (the “Underlying Funds”). Underlying Funds invest in stock, 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 Fund will adjust its asset allocation as it seeks to achieve its investment objective.

The Trust is authorized to issue an unlimited number of shares of the Fund without par value. Shares of the Fund are available through the variable annuity contracts offered through the separate accounts of participating insurance companies. Currently, the Fund only offers its 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 Fund. In addition, in the normal course of business, the Fund may enter into contracts with its vendors and others that provide for general indemnifications. The Fund’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown, as this would involve future claims that may be made against the Fund. However, based on experience, the Fund expects that risk of loss to be remote.

2. Significant Accounting Policies

The following is a summary of significant accounting policies followed by the Fund in the preparation of its financial statements. The policies conform with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“U.S. GAAP”). The preparation of financial statements requires management to make certain estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of increases and decreases in net assets from operations during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

Security Valuation

The Fund records its 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 and Investment Income

Investment transactions are accounted for on trade date. Net realized gains and losses on investments sold and on foreign currency transactions are recorded on the basis of identified cost. Interest income is recorded on the accrual basis and includes, where applicable, the amortization of premiums or accretion of discounts. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date except in the case of foreign securities, in which case dividends are recorded as soon as such information becomes available.

Distributions to Shareholders

Distributions to shareholders are recorded on the ex-dividend date. The Fund distributes its dividends from net investment income and net realized capital gains, if any, on an annual basis. The amount of distributions from net investment income and from net realized gains is determined in accordance with federal income tax regulations, which may differ from U.S. GAAP. These “book/tax” differences are either temporary or permanent in nature. To the extent these differences are permanent in nature (e.g., return of capital, net operating loss, reclassification of certain market discounts, gain/loss, paydowns, and distributions), such amounts are reclassified within the composition of net assets based on their federal tax-basis treatment; temporary differences (e.g., wash sales and differing treatment on certain investments) do not require reclassification. Distributions to shareholders that exceed net investment income and net realized gains for tax purposes are reported as distributions of capital.

Expense Allocation

Expenses directly attributable to the Fund are charged directly to the Fund, while expenses attributable to more than one Fund are allocated among the respective Funds based upon relative net assets or some other reasonable method. Expenses which are attributable to more than one Trust are allocated across the Allianz Variable Insurance Products and Allianz Variable Insurance Products Fund of Funds Trusts based upon relative net assets or another reasonable basis. Allianz Investment Management LLC (the “Manager”), serves as the investment manager for the Trust and the Allianz Variable Insurance Products Trust.

Affiliated Securities Transactions

Pursuant to Rule 17a-7 under the 1940 Act (the “Rule”), the Fund may engage in securities transactions with affiliated investment companies and advisory accounts managed by the Manager. Any such purchase or sale transaction must be effected without a brokerage commission or other remuneration, except for customary transfer fees. The transaction must be effected at the current market price, which is either the security’s last sale price on an exchange or, if there are no transactions in the security that day, at the average of the highest bid and lowest asked price. During the period ended June 30, 2021, the Fund did not engage in any Rule 17a-7 transactions under the Rule.

Derivative Instruments

All open derivative positions at period end are reflected on the Fund’s Schedule of Portfolio Investments. The following is a description of the derivative instruments utilized by the Fund, including the primary underlying risk exposures related to each instrument type. The Fund’s allocation to the MVP (Managed Volatility Portfolio) risk management process may

 

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AZL MVP T. Rowe Price Capital Appreciation Plus Fund

Notes to the Financial Statements

June 30, 2021 (Unaudited)

 

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 Fund’s derivative positions could exceed 20% of the Fund’s value. The Fund may also use futures to gain equity exposure and may hold cash as a buffer in the event of market shocks.

Futures Contracts

During the period ended June 30, 2021, the Fund invested in futures contracts to reduce volatility and limit the need to decrease or increase allocations to underlying funds. Futures contracts are valued based upon their quoted daily settlement prices. Upon entering into a futures contract, the Fund is 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”), if any, is recorded by the Fund. 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 disclosed in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. 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. For the period ended June 30, 2021, the monthly average notional amount for long contracts was $70.5 million. There was no short contract activity during the period. Realized gains and losses are reported as “Net realized gains/(losses) on futures contracts” on the Statement of Operations.

Summary of Derivative Instruments

The following is a summary of the fair values of derivative instruments on the Fund’s Statement of Assets and Liabilities, categorized by risk exposure, as of June 30, 2021:

 

   

Asset Derivative

   

Liability Derivative

 
Primary Risk Exposure   Statement of Assets and Liabilities Location   Total Fair
Value
    Statement of Assets and Liabilities Location   Total Fair
Value
 

Equity Risk

       
Futures Contracts   Receivable for variation margin on futures contracts*     $808,331     Payable for variation margin on futures contracts*     $—  

Interest Rate Risk

     
Futures Contracts   Receivable for variation margin on futures contracts*     88,706     Payable for variation margin on futures contracts*     —  

 

*

For futures contracts, the amounts represent the cumulative appreciation/depreciation of these futures contracts as reported in the Schedule of Portfolio Investments. Only current day’s variation margin is reported within the Statement of Assets and Liabilities as variation margin on futures contracts.

The following is a summary of the effect of derivative instruments on the Statement of Operations, categorized by risk exposure, for the period ended June 30, 2021:

 

Primary Risk Exposure   Location of Gains/(Losses)
on Derivatives
Recognized
   Realized Gains/(Losses)
on Derivatives
Recognized
     Change in Net Unrealized
Appreciation/Depreciation on
Derivatives Recognized
 

Equity Risk

       
Futures Contracts   Net realized gains/(losses) on futures contracts/ Change net in unrealized appreciation/depreciation on futures contracts      $6,240,269        $(285,170)  

Interest Rate Risk

       
Futures Contracts   Net realized gains/(losses) on futures contracts/ Change net in unrealized appreciation/depreciation on futures contracts      (757,527)        44,691  

3. Fees and Transactions with Affiliates and Other Parties

The Manager provides investment advisory and management services for the Fund. The Manager has contractually agreed to waive fees and reimburse the Fund to limit the annual expenses, excluding interest expense (e.g., cash overdraft fees), taxes, brokerage commissions, acquired fund fees and expenses, other expenditures that are capitalized in accordance with U.S. GAAP and other extraordinary expenses not incurred in the ordinary course of the Fund’s business, based on the daily net assets of the Fund, through April 30, 2022. Expenses incurred for investment advisory and management services are reflected on the Statement of Operations as “Manager fees.”    

For the period ended June 30, 2021, the annual rate due to the Manager and the annual expense limit were as follows:

 

        Annual Rate      Annual Expense Limit

AZL MVP T. Rowe Price Capital Appreciation Plus Fund

         0.10 %          0.15 %

Any amounts contractually waived or reimbursed by the Manager in a particular fiscal year will be subject to repayment by the Fund to the Manager to the extent that from time to time through the next three fiscal years the repayment will not cause the Fund’s expenses to exceed the lesser of the stated limit at the time of the waiver or the current stated limit. Any amounts recouped by the Manager during the period are reflected on the Statement of Operations as “Recoupment of prior expenses reimbursed by the Manager.” At June 30, 2021, there were no remaining contractual reimbursements subject to repayment by the Fund in subsequent years.

 

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AZL MVP T. Rowe Price Capital Appreciation Plus Fund

Notes to the Financial Statements

June 30, 2021 (Unaudited)

 

In addition, the Manager may voluntarily waive or reimburse additional fees in order to maintain more competitive expense ratios. Any voluntary waivers or reimbursements are not subject to repayment in subsequent years. Information on the total amount waived/reimbursed by the Manager or repaid to the Manager by the Fund during the period can be found on the Statement of Operations. During the period ended June 30, 2021, there were no voluntary waivers.

The Manager or an affiliate of the Manager serves as the investment adviser of certain underlying funds in which the Fund invests. At June 30, 2021, these underlying funds are noted as Affiliated Investment Companies in the Fund’s Schedule of Portfolio Investments. Additional information, including financial statements, about these Funds is available at www.allianzlife.com. The Manager or an affiliate of the Manager is paid a separate fee from the underlying funds for such services. A summary of the Fund’s investments in affiliated investment companies for the period ended June 30, 2021 is as follows:

 

     Value
12/31/2020
  Purchases
at Cost
  Proceeds from
Sales
  Net
Realized
Gains(Losses)
  Change in Net
Unrealized
Appreciation/
Depreciation
  Value
6/30/2021
  Shares as of
6/30/2021
  Dividend
Income
  Net Realized
Gains Distributions
from Affiliated
Underlying Funds

AZL Enhanced Bond Index Fund

    $ 218,730,962     $ 9,143,199     $ —     $ —     $ (3,899,164 )     $ 223,974,997       19,358,254     $ —     $ —

AZL S&P 500 Index Fund, Class 2

      385,323,074       —       (30,885,748 )       8,437,461       47,694,241       410,569,028       17,538,190       —       —

AZL T. Rowe Price Capital Appreciation Fund

      700,758,523       —       (25,294,044 )       4,380,870       63,839,744       743,685,093       32,027,782       —       —
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 
    $ 1,304,812,559     $ 9,143,199     $ (56,179,792 )     $ 12,818,331     $ 107,634,821     $ 1,378,229,118       68,924,226     $ —     $ —
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Pursuant to separate agreements between the Trust and the Manager, the Manager provides a Chief Compliance Officer (“CCO”) and certain compliance oversight and regulatory filing services to the Trust. Under these agreements, the Manager is entitled to an amount equal to a portion of the compensation and certain other expenses related to the individuals performing the CCO and compliance oversight services, as well as $100 per hour for time incurred in connection with the preparation and filing of certain documents with the SEC. The fees are paid to the Manager on a quarterly basis. The total expenses incurred by the Fund for these services are reflected on the Statement of Operations as “Administrative and compliance services fees.”

Citi Fund Services Ohio, Inc. (“Citi” or the “Administrator”), a wholly owned subsidiary of Citigroup, Inc., with which an officer of the Trust is affiliated, serves as the Trust’s administrator and fund accountant, and assists the Trust in all aspects of its administration and operation. The Administrator is entitled to a fee, accrued daily and paid monthly. The Administrator is entitled to an annual fee for each additional class of shares of any Fund, certain annual fees in supporting fair values services, and a Trust-wide annual fee for providing infrastructure and support in implementing the written policies and procedures comprising the Fund’s compliance program. The Administrator is also reimbursed for certain expenses incurred. The total expenses incurred by the Fund for these services are reflected on the Statement of Operations as “Administration fees.”

FIS Investor Services LLC (“FIS”) serves as the Fund’s transfer agent. Under the Transfer Agent Agreement, the Trust pays FIS a fee for its services and reimburses FIS for all of their reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred in providing these services.

The Bank of New York Mellon (“BNY Mellon” or the “Custodian”) serves as the Trust’s custodian and securities lending agent. For these services as custodian, the Funds pay BNY Mellon a fee based on a percentage of assets held on behalf of the Funds, plus certain out-of-pocket charges.

Allianz Life Financial Services, LLC (“ALFS”), an affiliate of the Manager, serves as distributor of the Fund. ALFS receives an annual Trust-wide annual fee of $7,500, paid by the Manager from its profits and not by the Trust, for recordkeeping and reporting services.

Certain Officers and Trustees of the Trust are affiliated with the Manager or the Administrator. Such Officers (except for the Trust’s CCO as noted above) and Trustees receive no compensation from the Trust for serving in their respective roles. For their service to the Trust and to the Allianz Variable Insurance Products Trust, each non-interested Trustee receives a $191,625 annual Board retainer, the Lead Director receives an additional $37,500, the Chair of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee receives an additional $7,500 annually, the Co-Chairs of the Investment Committee receive $3,750 annually and the Chair of the Audit Committee receives an additional $11,250 annually. In addition, the Trustees are reimbursed for certain expenses associated with attending Board meetings. Compensation to the Trustees is allocated between the Trust and the Allianz Variable Insurance Products Trust in proportion to the assets under management of each trust. During the period ended June 30, 2021, actual Trustee compensation was $702,562 in total for both trusts.

4. Investment Valuation Summary

The valuation techniques employed by the Fund, 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 Fund’s 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, prepayments speeds, credit risk, etc.)

  ●  

Level 3 — significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund’s 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 inputs or methodology used for valuing investments is not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those investments.

Investments in other investment companies are valued at their published net asset value (“NAV”). Security prices are generally provided by an independent third party pricing service approved by the Trust’s Board of Trustees (the “Board” or “Trustees”) as of the close of the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) (generally 4:00 pm Eastern Time). The investments utilizing Level 1 valuations represent investments in open-end investment companies. 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.

 

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AZL MVP T. Rowe Price Capital Appreciation Plus Fund

Notes to the Financial Statements

June 30, 2021 (Unaudited)

 

The following is a summary of the valuation inputs used as of June 30, 2021 in valuing the Fund’s investments based upon the three levels defined above:

 

Investment Securities:      Level 1      Level 2      Level 3      Total
                             

Affiliated Investment Companies

       $ 1,378,229,118        $ —        $ —        $ 1,378,229,118
      

 

 

        

 

 

        

 

 

        

 

 

 

Total Investment Securities

         1,378,229,118          —          —          1,378,229,118
      

 

 

        

 

 

        

 

 

        

 

 

 

Other Financial Instruments:*

                           

Futures Contracts

         897,037          —          —          897,037
      

 

 

        

 

 

        

 

 

        

 

 

 

Total Investments

       $ 1,379,126,155        $ —        $ —        $ 1,379,126,155
      

 

 

        

 

 

        

 

 

        

 

 

 

 

*

Other Financial Instruments would include any derivative instruments, such as futures contracts. These investments are generally presented in the financial statements at variation margin.

5. Security Purchases and Sales

For the period ended June 30, 2021, cost of purchases and proceeds from sales of securities (excluding securities maturing less than one year from acquisition) were as follows:

 

        Purchases      Sales

AZL MVP T. Rowe Price Capital Appreciation Plus Fund

       $ 9,143,199        $ 56,179,792

6. Investment Risks

The risks below are presented in an order intended to facilitate readability. Their order does not imply that the realization of one risk is more likely to occur more frequently than another risk, nor does it imply that the realization of one risk is likely to have a greater adverse impact than another risk.

Derivatives Risk: The Fund may invest directly or through affiliated or unaffiliated mutual funds or unregistered investment pools in derivative instruments such as futures, options, and options on futures. 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 other party to a derivatives contract could default.

Foreign Securities Risk: Investing in the securities of non-U.S. issuers involves a number of risks, such as fluctuations in currency values, adverse political, social or economic developments, and differences in social and economic developments or policies.

Fund of Fund Risk: The Fund, as a shareholder of the underlying funds, indirectly bears its proportionate share of any investment management fees and other expenses of the underlying funds. Further due to the fees and expenses paid by the Fund, as well as small variations in the Fund’s actual allocations to the underlying funds and any futures and cash held in the Fund’s portfolio, the performance and income distributions of the Fund will not be the same as the performance and income distributions of the underlying funds. In addition, the Fund maintains indirect exposure to various types of risk which may exist in the underlying Funds, such as foreign securities risk, fixed income securities risk and other risks.

Interest Rate Risk: Debt securities held by an underlying fund may decline in value due to rising interest rates.

Market Risk: The market price of securities owned by the underlying funds may go up or down, sometimes rapidly and unpredictably. Securities may decline in value due to factors affecting securities markets generally or particular industries represented in the securities markets. The value of a security may decline due to general market conditions that are not specifically related to a particular company, such as real or perceived adverse economic conditions, changes in the general outlook for corporate earnings, changes in interest or currency rates, or adverse investor sentiment, as well as natural disasters, and outbreaks of infectious illnesses or other widespread public health issues.

7. Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic

During the first quarter of 2020, the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 to be a public health emergency. COVID-19 has led to increased short-term market volatility and may have adverse long-term effects on U.S. and world economies and markets in general. COVID-19 may adversely impact the Fund’s ability to achieve its investment objectives. The extent of the impact on the performance of the Fund and its investments will depend on future developments, including the duration and spread of the COVID-19 outbreak, related restrictions and advisories, and the effects on the financial markets and economy overall, all of which are highly uncertain and cannot be predicted.

8. Federal Tax Information

It is the policy of the Fund to continue to qualify as a regulated investment company by complying with the provisions available to certain investment companies, as defined under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code, and to make distributions of net investment income and net realized gains sufficient to relieve it from all, or substantially all, federal income taxes. Accordingly, no provisions for federal income taxes are required in the financial statements.

Management of the Fund has reviewed tax positions taken in tax years that remain subject to examination by all major tax jurisdictions, including federal (i.e., the last four tax year ends and the interim tax period since then, as applicable). Management believes that there is no tax liability resulting from unrecognized tax benefits related to uncertain tax positions taken.

Cost of securities, including derivatives and short positions as applicable, for federal income tax purposes at December 31, 2020 was $1,012,265,933. The gross unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) on a tax basis was as follows:

 

Unrealized appreciation

  $ 292,546,626

Unrealized (depreciation)

    —  
 

 

 

 

Net unrealized appreciation/(depreciation)

  $ 292,546,626  
 

 

 

 

 

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AZL MVP T. Rowe Price Capital Appreciation Plus Fund

Notes to the Financial Statements

June 30, 2021 (Unaudited)

 

The tax character of dividends paid to shareholders during the year ended December 31, 2020, was as follows:

 

        Ordinary
Income
    

Net

Long-Term
Capital Gains

     Total
Distributions(a)

AZL MVP T. Rowe Price Capital Appreciation Plus Fund

       $ 42,542,618        $ 34,317,571        $ 76,860,189

 

(a)

Total distributions paid may differ from the Statements of Changes in Net Assets because dividends are recognized when actually paid for tax purposes.

At December 31, 2020, the components of accumulated earnings on a tax basis were as follows:

 

        Undistributed
Ordinary
Income
     Undistributed
Long-Term
Capital Gains
     Accumulated
Capital and
Other Losses
    

Unrealized

Appreciation/
Depreciation(a)

     Total
Accumulated
Earnings/
(Deficit)

AZL MVP T. Rowe Price Capital Appreciation Plus Fund

       $ 68,964,540        $ 48,197,978        $ —        $ 292,546,626        $ 409,709,144

 

(a)

The difference between book-basis and tax-basis unrealized appreciation/depreciation was attributable primarily to tax deferral of losses on wash sales and mark-to-market of futures contracts.

9. Ownership and Principal Holders

The beneficial ownership, either directly or indirectly, of more than 25% of the voting securities of a fund creates presumptions of control of the fund, under section 2 (a)(9) of the 1940 Act. As of June 30, 2021, the Fund had an individual shareholder account which is affiliated with the Manager representing ownership in excess of 85% of the Fund. Investment activities of these shareholders could have a material impact to the Fund.

10. Subsequent Events

Management of the Fund has evaluated the need for additional disclosures or adjustments resulting from events through the date the financial statements were issued. Based on this evaluation, there were no subsequent events to report that would have material impact on the Fund’s financial statements.

 

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AZL MVP T. Rowe Price Capital Appreciation Plus Fund

Special Joint Meeting of Shareholders

June 30, 2021 (Unaudited)

 

A special meeting of the Allianz Variable Insurance Products Fund Of Funds Trust’s (the “Trust”) shareholders was held on June 3, 2021. The results of the matters voted upon at the meeting are reported below.

Election of Trustees

To elect seven nominees as Trustees of the Trust to serve until a successor is elected and qualified or until such Trustee dies, resigns, retires, or is removed for election as provided in the governing documents of the Trust. The nominees were Peter R. Burnim, Peggy L. Ettestad, Tamara Lynn Fagely, Richard H. Forde, Claire R. Leonardi, Dickson W. Lewis, and Brian Muench. There was no other Trustee whose term of office as a Trustee continued after the meeting.

 

                FOR      WITHHELD
Peter R. Burnim      Votes          9,698,300,664.000          461,262,722.733
     % of votes entitled to be cast          95.460 %          4.540 %
Peggy L. Ettestad      Votes          9,744,785,844.047          414,777,542.686
     % of votes entitled to be cast          95.917 %          4.083 %
Tamara Lynn Fagely      Votes          9,749,721,430.073          409,841,956.660
     % of votes entitled to be cast          95.966 %          4.034 %
Richard H. Forde      Votes          9,725,296,590.351          434,266,796.382
     % of votes entitled to be cast          95.726 %          4.274 %
Claire R. Leonardi      Votes          9,756,832,186.929          402,731,199.804
     % of votes entitled to be cast          96.036 %          3.964 %
Dickson W. Lewis      Votes          9,683,252,333.341          476,311,053.392
     % of votes entitled to be cast          95.312 %          4.688 %
Brian Muench      Votes          9,739,692,821.948          419,870,564.785
     % of votes entitled to be cast          95.867 %          4.133 %

Approve amended fundamental restrictions regarding investments in commodities

To approve that the Trust’s fundamental policies with respect to commodities are replaced with the following: “No Fund may: Purchase or sell commodities except to the extent permitted by the 1940 Act or any rules, exemptions or interpretations thereunder that may be adopted, granted or issued by the SEC.”

 

FUND              FOR      AGAINST      ABSTAIN
AZL MVP FusionSM Balanced Fund      Votes          724,020,610.631          25,965,700.395          64,480,992.029
     % of votes entitled to be cast          88.895 %          3.188 %          7.917 %
AZL MVP FusionSM Conservative Fund      Votes          207,849,507.478          7,714,328.807          20,132,965.915
     % of votes entitled to be cast          88.185 %          3.273 %          8.542 %
AZL MVP FusionSM Moderate Fund      Votes          1,675,644,566.951          51,935,064.499          151,957,164.856
     % of votes entitled to be cast          89.152 %          2.763 %          8.085 %
AZL® Balanced Index Strategy Fund      Votes          370,109,866.443          8,120,911.689          37,825,978.335
     % of votes entitled to be cast          88.957 %          1.952 %          9.092 %
AZL® MVP Balanced Index Strategy Fund      Votes          272,508,300.262          8,100,202.921          38,940,957.230
     % of votes entitled to be cast          85.279 %          2.535 %          12.186 %
AZL® MVP Growth Index Strategy Fund      Votes          2,253,168,549.922          81,030,934.965          243,425,209.080
     % of votes entitled to be cast          87.413 %          3.144 %          9.444 %
AZL® MVP Moderate Index Strategy Fund      Votes          459,489,269.089          21,433,634.607          44,698,959.196
     % of votes entitled to be cast          87.418 %          4.078 %          8.504 %
AZL® MVP Global Balanced Index Strategy Fund      Votes          607,120,765.403          28,580,727.312          67,371,200.883
     % of votes entitled to be cast          86.352 %          4.065 %          9.582 %
AZL® DFA Multi-Strategy Fund      Votes          838,713,716.278          44,467,726.830          71,863,407.006
     % of votes entitled to be cast          87.819 %          4.656 %          7.525 %
AZL® MVP DFA Multi-Strategy Fund      Votes          82,637,136.168          3,643,849.372          7,250,675.011
     % of votes entitled to be cast          88.352 %          3.896 %          7.752 %
AZL® MVP Fidelity Institutional Asset Management® Multi-Strategy Fund      Votes          215,631,261.075          8,954,953.342          29,292,949.884
     % of votes entitled to be cast          84.935 %          3.527 %          11.538 %
AZL® MVP T. Rowe Price Capital Appreciation Plus Fund      Votes          1,222,126,591.953          56,285,445.413          107,069,305.504
     % of votes entitled to be cast          88.210 %          4.063 %          7.728 %

 

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Approve amended fundamental restrictions regarding borrowing

To approve that the Trust’s fundamental and related non-fundamental policies with respect to borrowing are replaced with the following: “No Fund may: Borrow money, except to the extent permitted by the 1940 Act, or any rules, exemptions or interpretations thereunder that may be adopted, granted or issued by the SEC.”

 

FUND              FOR      AGAINST      ABSTAIN
AZL MVP FusionSM Balanced Fund      Votes          709,309,612.667          31,798,584.250          73,359,106.138
     % of votes entitled to be cast          87.089 %          3.904 %          9.007 %
AZL MVP FusionSM Conservative Fund      Votes          210,036,621.710          8,331,208.078          17,328,972.411
     % of votes entitled to be cast          89.113 %          3.535 %          7.352 %
AZL MVP FusionSM Moderate Fund      Votes          1,642,136,577.503          69,923,524.523          167,476,694.280
     % of votes entitled to be cast          87.369 %          3.720 %          8.911 %
AZL® Balanced Index Strategy Fund      Votes          371,193,748.544          7,499,541.088          37,363,466.836
     % of votes entitled to be cast          89.217 %          1.803 %          8.980 %
AZL® MVP Balanced Index Strategy Fund      Votes          269,242,580.863          12,559,386.314          37,747,493.235
     % of votes entitled to be cast          84.257 %          3.930 %          11.813 %
AZL® MVP Growth Index Strategy Fund      Votes          2,202,090,386.602          118,938,115.278          256,596,192.088
     % of votes entitled to be cast          85.431 %          4.614 %          9.955 %
AZL® MVP Moderate Index Strategy Fund      Votes          448,098,738.171          33,266,593.465          44,256,531.255
     % of votes entitled to be cast          85.251 %          6.329 %          8.420 %
AZL® MVP Global Balanced Index Strategy Fund      Votes          609,771,514.679          31,023,055.053          62,278,123.866
     % of votes entitled to be cast          86.729 %          4.412 %          8.858 %
AZL® DFA Multi-Strategy Fund      Votes          829,772,912.326          48,960,106.404          76,311,831.384
     % of votes entitled to be cast          86.883 %          5.126 %          7.990 %
AZL® MVP DFA Multi-Strategy Fund      Votes          80,825,430.550          3,740,847.678          8,965,382.323
     % of votes entitled to be cast          86.415 %          4.000 %          9.585 %
AZL® MVP Fidelity Institutional Asset Management® Multi-Strategy Fund      Votes          211,483,269.699          12,637,803.011          29,758,091.590
     % of votes entitled to be cast          83.301 %          4.978 %          11.721 %
AZL® MVP T. Rowe Price Capital Appreciation Plus Fund      Votes          1,191,897,700.679          69,546,262.813          124,037,379.379
     % of votes entitled to be cast          86.028 %          5.020 %          8.953 %

 

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Other Information (Unaudited)

A description of the policies and procedures that the Fund uses to determine how to vote proxies relating to portfolio securities is available, without charge, upon request, by visiting the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (‘‘Commission’’) website at www.sec.gov, or by calling 800-624-0197.

Information regarding how the Fund voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30th is available (i) without charge, upon request, by calling 800-624-0197; (ii) on the Trust’s website at https://www.allianzlife.com; and (iii) on the Commission’s website at http://www.sec.gov.

The Fund files complete Schedules of Portfolio Holdings with the Commission for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-PORT. Schedules of Portfolio Holdings for the Fund are available without charge on the Commission’s website at http://www.sec.gov or may be obtained by calling 800-624-0197.

 

13


Statement Regarding the Trust’s Liquidity Risk Management Program (Unaudited)

Each series (each such series a “Fund” and, together, the “Funds”) of the Allianz Variable Insurance Products Trust, but not the AZL Government Money Market Fund, and of the Allianz Variable Insurance Products Fund of Funds Trust (each such trust a “Trust” and, together, the “Trusts”) has adopted and implemented a written liquidity risk management program (the “Program”) pursuant to Rule 22e-4 under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “Liquidity Rule”). The Program includes policies and procedures reasonably designed to assess and manage each Fund’s liquidity risk (the “risk that a fund could not meet requests to redeem shares issued by the fund without significant dilution of remaining investors’ interests in the fund”) and to comply with the requirements of the Liquidity Rule, including: (i) assessment, management and periodic review of liquidity risk; (ii) classification of portfolio holdings; (iii) establishment of a highly liquid investment minimum (“HLIM”), as applicable; (iv) limitation of illiquid investments; and (v) redemptions in-kind.

The Board of Trustees of each Fund (together, the “Board”) approved the designation of the individual officers of the Trusts who serve as the administrators of the Program (the “Program Administrators”). The Program Administrators oversee the implementation of the Program, including the monitoring of liquidity and liquidity risk for each Fund on an ongoing basis.

At a meeting of the Board held on February 16, 2021, the Program Administrators provided their annual written report (the “Report”) to the Board addressing the operation of the Program and assessing its adequacy and effectiveness of implementation for the annual period from January 1, 2020 through December 31, 2020 (the “Reporting Period”). This Report included an overview of the operation of the Program, including liquidity events relevant to the Funds, if any, during the Reporting Period and conclusions with respect to the adequacy of the policies and procedures of the Program and the effectiveness of Program implementation. The Report also included a summary of the annual assessment of each Fund’s liquidity risk, which took into account the following factors enumerated in the Liquidity Rule and identified in the Program, as applicable:

1) Each Fund’s investment strategy and liquidity of portfolio investments during both normal and reasonably foreseeable stressed conditions, including: (i) whether the Fund’s investment strategy is appropriate for an open-end fund; (ii) the extent to which the Fund’s strategy involves a relatively concentrated portfolio or large positions in particular issuers; and, as applicable, (iii) the Fund’s use of borrowings for investment purposes; and (iv) the Fund’s use of derivatives;

2) Short-term and long-term cash flow projections during both normal and reasonably foreseeable stressed conditions; and

3) Holdings of cash and cash equivalents, as well as borrowing arrangements and other funding sources.

Based on the information considered, the Report concluded that each Fund continues to have an investment strategy that is appropriate for an open-end fund, and that each Fund is reasonably likely to be able to meet redemption requests without significant dilution of remaining shareholders’ interests in the Fund. There were no material liquidity matters impacting the Funds identified in the Report and the Report concluded that the Program operated effectively during the Reporting Period, including during periods of market volatility and net redemptions.

In accordance with the Program, each Fund’s portfolio investments were classified into one of four liquidity categories as provided in the Liquidity Rule as applicable during the Reporting Period. Liquidity classification determinations take into account a variety of factors including market, trading and investment-specific considerations, as well as market depth in accordance with the requirements of the Liquidity Rule and as specified in the Program, and generally incorporate analysis from a third-party data vendor. The Report reviewed the classification methodology as provided in the Program and noted there were no material issues with respect to liquidity classifications during the Reporting Period.

Pursuant to the Liquidity Rule, no Fund may acquire any illiquid investment if, after the acquisition, the Fund would have invested more than 15% of its assets in illiquid investments that are assets. The Program includes provisions reasonably designed to comply with the 15% limit on illiquid investments. During the Reporting Period, no Fund breached the 15% limit on illiquid investments.

During the Reporting Period, each Fund maintained a designated HLIM. The Report stated that the Program Administrators reviewed each Fund’s HLIM as provided in the Program and concluded that each Fund’s applicable HLIM operated as intended during the Reporting Period and no changes to the HLIM for any Fund were recommended. During the Reporting Period, no Fund fell below its designated HLIM. The Report concluded that the Program includes provisions reasonably designed to comply with the HLIM for each Fund.

The Funds that engage in or reserve the right to redeem in kind have adopted policies and procedures regarding in-kind redemptions as required by the Liquidity Rule.

On the basis of the review, the Report concluded that: (i) the Program remains reasonably designed to manage each Fund’s liquidity risk; (ii) the Program was implemented and operated effectively to achieve the goal of assessing and managing each Fund’s liquidity risk during the Reporting Period; and (iii) each Fund was able to meet requests for redemption without significant dilution of remaining investors in the Fund during the Reporting Period. The Report noted that there were no material changes to the Program during the Reporting Period, and none were recommended by the Program Administrators in connection with the Report.

 

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LOGO

 

The Allianz VIP Fund of Funds are distributed by Allianz Life Financial Services, LLC.   
These Funds are not FDIC Insured.    SARRPT0621 08/21


Item 2.

Code of Ethics.

Not applicable __ only for annual reports.

 

Item 3.

Audit Committee Financial Expert.

Not applicable __ only for annual reports.

 

Item 4.

Principal Accountant Fees and Services.

Not applicable __ only for annual reports.

 

Item 5.

Audit Committee of Listed Registrants.

Not applicable.

 

Item 6.

Investments.

 

(a)

The Schedule of Investments as of the close of the reporting period are included as part of the report to shareholders filed under Item 1 of the Form N-CSR.

 

(b)

Not applicable.

 

Item 7.

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

Not applicable.


Item 8.

Portfolio Managers of Closed-End Management Investment Companies.

Not applicable.

 

Item 9.

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

Not applicable.

 

Item 10.

Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

Not applicable.

 

Item 11.

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-CSR 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 period covered by this report that have materially affected or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

Item 12.

Disclosure of Securities Lending Activities for Closed-End Management Investment Companies.

Not applicable.

 

Item 13.

Exhibits.

 

(a)(1)

   Not applicable __ only for annual reports.

(a)(2)

   Certifications pursuant to Rule 30a-2(a) are attached herewith.

(a)(3)

   Not applicable.

(a)(4)

   Not applicable.

(b)

   Certifications pursuant to Rule 30a-2(b) are attached herewith.


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 August 23, 2021

 

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 August 23, 2021
By (Signature and Title)      

/s/ Bashir C. Asad

  Bashir C. Asad, Principal Financial Officer & Principal Accounting Officer
Date August 23, 2021

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