N-CSR 1 dncsr.htm SECURITY BENEFIT SBL FUND ANNUAL REPORT DATED 12/31/2006 Security Benefit SBL Fund Annual Report dated 12/31/2006
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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

   811-02753

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SBL FUND

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

 

ONE SECURITY BENEFIT PLACE, TOPEKA, KANSAS   66636-0001
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip code)

 

 

MICHAEL G. ODLUM, PRESIDENT

SBL FUND

ONE SECURITY BENEFIT PLACE

TOPEKA, KANSAS 66636-0001

(Name and address of agent for service)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (785) 438-3000

 

Date of fiscal year end: December 31

 

Date of reporting period: December 31, 2006

 

Form N-CSR is to be used by management investment companies to file reports with the Commission not later than 10 days after the transmission to stockholders of any report that is required to be transmitted to stockholders under Rule 30e-1 under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (17 CFR 270.30e-1). The Commission may use the information provided on Form N-CSR in its regulatory, disclosure review, inspection, and policymaking roles.

A registrant is required to disclose the information specified by Form N-CSR, and the Commission will make this information public. A registrant is not required to respond to the collection of information contained in Form N-CSR unless the Form displays a currently valid Office of Management and Budget (“OMB”) control number. Please direct comments concerning the accuracy of the information collection burden estimate and any suggestions for reducing the burden to Secretary, Securities and Exchange Commission, 450 Fifth Street, NW, Washington, DC 20549-0609. The OMB has reviewed this collection of information under the clearance requirements of 44 U.S.C. §3507.


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LOGO


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SBL Fund

December 31, 2006

Annual Report

Table of Contents

 

Series A (Equity Series)

   3

Series B (Large Cap Value Series)

   11

Series C (Money Market Series)

   19

Series D (Global Series)

   29

Series E (Diversified Income Series)

   39

Series H (Enhanced Index Series)

   49

Series J (Mid Cap Growth Series)

   61

Series N (Managed Asset Allocation Series)

   71

Series O (Equity Income Series)

   97

Series P (High Yield Series)

   107

Series Q (Small Cap Value Series)

   120

Series V (Mid Cap Value Series)

   131

Series X (Small Cap Growth Series)

   141

Series Y (Select 25 Series)

   149

Series Z (Alpha Opportunity Series)

   157

Notes to Financial Statements

   166

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

   178

Directors’ Disclosure

   179

Special Stockholders’ Meeting

   181

Directors and Officers

   182

 

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   Series A
Manager’s Commentary    (Equity Series)
February 15, 2007    (unaudited)

LOGO

Advisor, Security Management Company, LLC

LOGO

Mark A. Mitchell

Portfolio Manager

To Our Shareholders:

Series A of the SBL Fund - Equity Series returned 12.89% during the year, lagging the benchmark S&P 500 Index’s return of 15.79% and the Series’ peer group median return of 13.92%. Over the last few years, higher beta, smaller capitalization companies have helped drive equity markets higher. In such environments, we tend to under perform. We still believe the market is not yet recognizing the potential in several high quality large capitalization companies. Our performance has been disappointing and we feel not indicative of our potential. We are focused on improving your Series’ returns by upgrading the talent on our equity research team and strengthening our research process. We believe that our approach will deliver good performance over a long-term investment horizon.

Our investment philosophy is centered around three key tenants: First, good investments are purchased at less than their intrinsic value; second, a long-term approach and patience are critical to successful investing; and lastly, we concentrate our investments in companies that have the greatest return potential.

Our process is a bottom-up research driven investment process that attempts to identify companies that have a competitive advantage or have the ability to become more competitive in the future. We focus on owning these companies for three to five years or longer which we believe differentiates us from a majority of our peers and ultimately allows us to make better investment decisions. We buy these companies when their current price trades below their intrinsic value. We closely monitor each company’s progress. We will sell a company if the valuation no longer makes sense, we’ve made a mistake, our investment thesis is no longer valid, or we have a more attractive investment alternative. For this Series, we apply the approach to a broad range of both growth and value names.

Financial, Technology, and Industrial Stocks Top Performers

The Series’ financial holdings were up 35% compared to 19% for the Index. This was driven almost entirely by our position in First Marblehead Corporation, up over 150%. Ill-placed short-term concerns over the company’s competitive position offered a great buying opportunity for a leading student lender with a significant competitive advantage as a result of their loan under writing capability, superior economics, and additional value-added services.

The technology sector was up over 17% versus the comparable sector Index return of 9%. The largest contributor was Unisys Corporation, up 34%. The company benefited from improving its competitive position by lowering costs and improving business execution. Not owning Intel, down 17% and Yahoo, down 34%, helped the Series as well. While both are good companies, the valuations did not meet our criteria for an attractive risk/reward profile.

General Dynamics Corporation in the industrial sector was up 32%, with the company benefiting from strong results in its defense related segment and corporate aircraft segment.

Energy and Telecom Disappointing

Energy overall negatively impacted the Series. In the Series the sector was up just over 6% versus up 24% for the energy sector return within the Index. This was driven in part by Evergreen Energy, Inc., down over 42% (previously known as KFx), and Halliburton Company, up only 1%. Evergreen Energy was hurt by concerns over the viability of the initial production results of its proprietary clean coal technology. Halliburton was impacted more generally by the recent exodus from oil services related names as a result of a weakening energy commodity market.

The telecom sector in the benchmark was up over 36%, while our sector return was down 11%. Not owning AT&T, up 53%, and Bell South, up 80%, negatively impacted the Series. It appears the market is more confident in the newly-merged telecom players. We've avoided these names because we believe it’s very difficult to determine which, if any, company will be able to create a lasting competitive advantage that allows them to generate acceptable returns on the significant capital expenditures required to build out their services offerings. Our position in Sprint Nextel Corporation, down 10%, hurt the Series’ performance. Concerns over how the integration of Nextel was progressing and lack of improvement in its core legacy Sprint operations contributed to the weakness. We still believe in management’s ability to show steady improvement as demonstrated by the spinoff of its slower growing wireline business.

2007 Market Outlook

The current low return investment environment that exists outside of equities has continued to make available ample liquidity in the U.S. equity market. Falling energy prices have helped increase consumer confidence and provide support to corporate profit margins through lower raw material input prices. Additionally, businesses have very healthy balance sheets to help drive future growth initiatives.

 

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     Series A
Manager’s Commentary    (Equity Series)
February 15, 2007    (unaudited)

As we noted in last year’s shareholder letter, we’ve been concerned about a slowdown in U.S. consumer spending for some time. This concern has yet to materialize, but we still think it will happen. Lower energy prices will help, however, higher interest rates and a housing market slowdown provide likely headwinds. The Federal Reserve is walking a fine line between managing inflation risks while supporting economic growth. We’re unsure, like most in the market, what the Fed’s next move is. This uncertainty will weigh on the markets until it’s resolved.

We believe that investing is a long-term pursuit that requires patience and a consistent approach. Dollar cost averaging is a sound way to build long-term value1. We recognize there are many investment fund alternatives available today and thank you for your business and the confidence you place in us.

 

Sincerely,
  
Mark A. Mitchell, Portfolio Manager

 

1

Dollar cost averaging does not assure profits or protect against loss in a declining market.

PERFORMANCE

Series A vs. S&P 500 Index

LOGO

$10,000 Over 10 Years

The chart above assumes a hypothetical $10,000 investment in Series A (Equity Series) on December 31, 1996 and reflects the fees and expenses of Series A. The S&P 500 Index is a capitalization-weighted index composed of 500 selected common stocks that represent the broad domestic economy and is a widely recognized unmanaged index of market performance.

Average Annual Returns

 

Periods Ended 12-31-061

   1 Year     5 Years     10 Years  

Series A

   12.89 %   3.24 %   4.70 %

 

1

Performance figures do not reflect fees and expenses associated with an investment in variable insurance products offered by Security Benefit Life Insurance Company. If returns had taken into account these fees and expenses, performance would have been lower. Shares of a Series of SBL Fund are available only through the purchase of such products.

The performance data quoted above represents past performance. Past performance is not predictive of future performance. The investment return and principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost.

Portfolio Composition by Sector

 

Consumer Discretionary

   11.51 %

Consumer Staples

   8.58  

Energy

   10.50  

Financials

   20.43  

Health Care

   17.08  

Industrials

   16.40  

Information Technology

   10.83  

Materials

   0.88  

Telecommunication Services

   2.11  

Asset Backed Commercial Paper

   1.53  

Commercial Paper

   0.29  

Repurchase Agreement

   0.08  

Liabilities, less cash & other assets

   (0.22 )

Total net assets

   100.00 %
      

See accompanying notes.

 

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     Series A
Manager’s Commentary    (Equity Series)
December 31, 2006    (unaudited)

PERFORMANCE

Information About Your Series Expenses

Calculating your ongoing series expenses

Example

As a shareholder of the Series, you incur ongoing costs, including management fees and other series expenses. Performance figures and expense ratios do not reflect fees and expenses associated with an investment in variable insurance products. Shares of a Series of SBL Fund are available only through the purchase of such products. This example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Series and to compare these costs with ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds. The example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period, July 1, 2006 - December 31, 2006.

Actual Expenses

The first line in the table provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this table, 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.

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes

The second line in the table provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Series actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Series 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 the ongoing costs of investing in the Series and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other mutual funds.

Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any fees and expenses associated with an investment in variable insurance products. Therefore, the second line is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. In addition, if these fees and expenses associated with an investment in variable insurance products were included, your costs would have been higher.

Series Expenses

 

    

Beginning

Account Value

07-01-06

  

Ending

Account Value

12-31-061

  

Expenses Paid

During

Period2

        
        

Series A (Equity Series)

        

Actual

   $ 1,000.00    $ 1,107.60    $ 4.83

Hypothetical

     1,000.00      1,020.62      4.63

 

1

The actual ending account value is based on the actual total return of the Series for the period July 1, 2006 to December 31, 2006 after actual expenses and will differ from the hypothetical ending account value which is based on the Series expense ratio and a hypothetical annual return of 5% before expenses. The actual cumulative return at net asset value for the period July 1, 2006 to December 31, 2006 was 10.76%.

 

2

Expenses are equal to the Series annualized expense ratio of 0.91%, net of earnings credits, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 184/365 (to reflect the one-half year period).

 

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Schedule of Investments   Series A (Equity Series)
December 31, 2006  

 

     Shares    Value

COMMON STOCK - 98.3%

     

Aerospace & Defense - 4.0%

     

General Dynamics Corporation

     184,100    $ 13,687,835

L-3 Communications Holdings, Inc.

     46,000      3,761,880
         
        17,449,715
         

Air Freight & Logistics - 2.9%

     

FedEx Corporation

     119,500      12,980,090
         

Biotechnology - 3.4%

     

Amgen, Inc. *

     220,150      15,038,447
         

Broadcasting & Cable TV - 2.3%

     

CBS Corporation (CI.B)

     152,950      4,768,981

Univision Communications, Inc. *

     155,500      5,507,810
         
        10,276,791
         

Coal & Consumable Fuels - 2.0%

     

Evergreen Energy, Inc. *

     872,400      8,628,036
         

Communications Equipment - 1.6%

     

ADC Telecommunications, Inc. *

     474,114      6,888,876
         

Construction & Engineering - 2.2%

     

Shaw Group, Inc. * (1)

     292,200      9,788,700
         

Consumer Finance - 6.4%

     

American Express Company

     222,700      13,511,209

First Marblehead Corporation

     267,900      14,640,735
         
        28,151,944
         

Data Processing & Outsourced Services - 3.1%

     

First Data Corporation

     208,700      5,326,024

Western Union Company

     382,000      8,564,440
         
        13,890,464
         

Drug Retail - 2.9%

     

CVS Corporation

     419,500      12,966,745
         

Health Care Equipment - 3.1%

     

Hospira, Inc. *

     128,000      4,298,240

Zimmer Holdings, Inc. *

     121,300      9,507,494
         
        13,805,734
         

Health Care Services - 2.5%

     

Medco Health Solutions, Inc. *

     206,200      11,019,328
         

Home Improvement Retail - 4.0%

     

Home Depot, Inc.

     445,200      17,879,232
         

Hotels, Resorts & Cruise Lines - 2.6%

     

Carnival Corporation

     237,500      11,649,375
         

Hypermarkets & Super Centers - 5.7%

     

Costco Wholesale Corporation

     231,000      12,212,970

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

     275,800      12,736,444
         
        24,949,414
         

Industrial Conglomerates - 7.3%

     

General Electric Company

     522,700      19,449,667

Tyco International, Ltd.

     419,600      12,755,840
         
        32,205,507
         

Industrial Gases - 0.9%

     

Praxair, Inc.

     65,800      3,903,914
         

Integrated Oil & Gas - 6.5%

     

Chevron Corporation

     134,000      9,853,020

Exxon Mobil Corporation

     246,900      18,919,947
         
        28,772,967
         

IT Consulting & Other Services - 2.7%

     

Unisys Corporation *

     1,505,850      11,805,864
         

Managed Health Care - 5.1%

     

UnitedHealth Group, Inc.

     172,000      9,241,560

WellPoint, Inc. *

     166,600      13,109,754
         
        22,351,314
         

Movies & Entertainment - 2.5%

     

Time Warner, Inc.

     505,000      10,998,900
         

Multi-Line Insurance - 5.1%

     

American International Group, Inc.

     315,800      22,630,228
         

Oil & Gas Drilling - 0.7%

     

Transocean, Inc. * (1)

     40,200      3,251,778
         

Oil & Gas Equipment & Services - 1.3%

     

BJ Services Company

     70,900      2,078,788

Halliburton Company

     117,700      3,654,585
         
        5,733,373
         

Other Diversified Financial Services - 5.3%

     

Citigroup, Inc.

     278,600      15,518,020

JPMorgan Chase & Company

     165,900      8,012,970
         
        23,530,990
         

Pharmaceuticals - 3.0%

     

Johnson & Johnson

     201,400      13,296,428
         

Property & Casually Insurance - 3.6%

     

Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. *

     145      15,948,550
         

Systems Software -3.5%

     

Microsoft Corporation

     510,200      15,234,572
         

Wireless Telecommunication Services - 2.1%

     

Sprint Nextel Corporation

     492,800      9,308,992
         

TOTAL COMMON STOCK (Cost $350,874,900)

      $ 434,336,268
         
     Principal
Amount
   Value

ASSET BACKED COMMERCIAL PAPER - 1.5%

     

Financial Companies - Miscellaneous Receivables - 1.0%

     

Fairway Finance Corporation

     

5.35%, 1/5/2007

   $ 1,200,000      1,199,291

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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Schedule of Investments    Series A (Equity Series)
December 31, 2006 - continued   

 

     Principal
Amount
   Value  

ASSET BACKED COMMERCIAL PAPER (continued)

     

Financial Companies - Miscellaneous Receivables (continued)

     

Fairway Finance Corporation (continued)

     

5.35%, 1/9/2007

   $ 1,800,000    $ 1,797,880  

Jupiter Securitization Corporation

     

5.35%, 1/8/2007

     1,275,000      1,273,683  
           
        4,270,854  
           

Financial Companies - Trade Receivables - 0.5%

     

Old Line Funding LLC

     1,000,000      999,555  

5.26%, 1/4/2007

     

Sheffield Receivables Corporation

     1,500,000      1,499,781  

5.265%, 1/2/2007

     
           
        2,499,336  
           

TOTAL ASSET BACKED COMMERCIAL PAPER (Cost $6,770,190)

      $ 6,770,190  
           

COMMERCIAL PAPER - 0.3%

     

Brokerage - 0.3%

     

ING (U.S.) Funding LLC

     

5.35%, 1/3/2007

     1,300,000      1,299,614  
           

TOTAL COMMERCIAL PAPER (Cost $1,299,614)

      $ 1,299,614  
           

REPURCHASE AGREEMENT - 0.1%

     

United Missouri Bank, 4.85%, dated 12-29-06, matures 01-02-07; repurchase amount of $340,183 (Collateralized by FHLMC, 5.00%, 08-15-35 with a value of $346,821)

   $ 340,000    $ 340,000  
           

TOTAL REPURCHASE AGREEMENT (Cost $340,000)

      $ 340,000  
           

Total Investments (SBL A Fund)

      $ 442,746,072  

(Cost $359,284,704) - 100.2%

     

Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets - (0.2)%

        (957,992 )
           

TOTAL NET ASSETS - 100.0%

      $ 441,788,080  
           

Footnotes

Percentages are stated as a percent of net assets.

For federal income tax purposes the identified cost of investments owned at 12/31/2006 was $359,423,041.

 

* - Non-income producing security

 

1 - Security is segregated as collateral for open written options contracts.

See notes to financial statements.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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Series A

(Equity Series)

Statement of Assets and Liabilities

December 31, 2006

 

Assets:

  

Investments, at value1

   $ 442,746,072

Cash

     9

Receivables:

  

Fund shares sold

     70,395

Dividends

     334,570

Prepaid expenses

     9,800
      

Total assets

     443,160,846
      

Liabilities:

  

Payable for:

  

Fund shares redeemed

     780,398

Written options, at value (premiums received $121,596)

     178,500

Management fees

     280,197

Custodian fees

     8,088

Transfer agent/maintenance fees

     2,083

Administration fees

     35,581

Professional fees

     41,968

Directors’ fees

     10,000

Other

     35,951
      

Total liabilities

     1,372,766
      

Net Assets

   $ 441,788,080
      

Net assets consist of:

  

Paid in capital

   $ 309,680,133

Undistributed net investment income

     1,466,765

Undistributed net realized gain on sale of investments and options written

     47,236,718

Net unrealized appreciation in value of investments and options written

     83,404,464
      

Net assets

   $ 441,788,080
      

Capital shares authorized

     unlimited

Capital shares outstanding

     17,106,488

Net asset value per share (net assets divided by shares outstanding)

   $ 25.83
      

1Investments, at cost

   $ 359,284,704

Statement of Operations

For the Year Ended December 31, 2006

 

Investment Income:

  

Dividends

   $ 5,216,765  

Interest

     237,743  
        

Total investment income

     5,454,508  
        

Expenses:

  

Management fees

     3,321,940  

Administration fees

     421,083  

Transfer agent/maintenance fees

     25,229  

Custodian fees

     37,756  

Directors’ fees

     20,095  

Professional fees

     55,862  

Reports to shareholders

     84,267  

Other expenses

     21,517  
        

Total expenses

     3,987,749  

Less: Earnings credits applied

     (6 )
        

Net expenses

     3,987,743  
        

Net investment income

     1,466,765  
        

Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss):

  

Net realized gain during the year on:

  

Investments

     45,524,152  

Options written

     1,712,566  
        

Net realized gain

     47,236,718  
        

Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) during the year on:

  

Investments

     4,576,552  

Options written

     (131,470 )
        

Net unrealized appreciation

     4,445,082  
        

Net realized and unrealized gain

     51,681,800  
        

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

   $ 53,148,565  
        

See accompanying notes.

 

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Statement of Changes in Net Assets    Series A
     (Equity Series)

 

     Year Ended
December 31, 2006
    Year Ended
December 31, 2005
 

Increase (decrease) in net assets from operations:

    

Net investment income

   $ 1,466,765     $ 2,686,549  

Net realized gain during the year on investments and options written

     47,236,718       25,155,673  

Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) during the year on investments and options written

     4,445,082       (9,007,148 )
                

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

     53,148,565       18,835,074  
                

Capital share transactions:

    

Proceeds from sale of shares

     37,464,659       44,233,911  

Cost of shares redeemed

     (115,755,780 )     (126,234,284 )
                

Net decrease from capital share transactions

     (78,291,121 )     (82,000,373 )
                

Net decrease in net assets

     (25,142,556 )     (63,165,299 )
                

Net assets:

    

Beginning of year

     466,930,636       530,095,935  
                

End of year

   $ 441,788,080     $ 466,930,636  
                

Undistributed net investment income at end of year

   $ 1,466,765     $ 2,686,549  
                

Capital Share Activity:

    

Shares sold

     1,582,979       2,025,092  

Shares redeemed

     (4,888,558 )     (5,789,676 )
                

Total capital share activity

     (3,305,579 )     (3,764,584 )
                

See accompanying notes.

 

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Financial Highlights    Series A
Selected data for each share of capital stock outstanding throughout each year    (Equity Series)

 

     2006     2005     2004     2003     Year Ended,
December 31,
2002
 

Per Share Data

          

Net asset value, beginning of period

   $ 22.88     $ 21.93     $ 20.37     $ 16.83     $ 22.36  
                                        

Income (loss) from investment operations:

          

Net investment income

     0.11       0.16       0.18       0.13       0.10  

Net gain (loss) on securities (realized and unrealized)

     2.84       0.79       1.40       3.53       (5.47 )
                                        

Total from investment operations

     2.95       0.95       1.58       3.66       (5.37 )
                                        

Less distributions:

          

Dividends from net investment income

     —         —         (0.02 )     (0.12 )     (0.16 )
                                        

Total distributions

     —         —         (0.02 )     (0.12 )     (0.16 )
                                        

Net asset value, end of period

   $ 25.83     $ 22.88     $ 21.93     $ 20.37     $ 16.83  
                                        

Total Returna

     12.89 %     4.33 %     7.77 %     21.74 %     (24.10 %)
                                        

Ratios/Supplemental Data

          

Net assets, end of period (in thousands)

   $ 441,788     $ 466,931     $ 530,096     $ 559,290     $ 517,837  
                                        

Ratios to average net assets:

          

Net investment income

     0.33 %     0.55 %     0.81 %     0.66 %     0.49 %

Total expensesb

     0.90 %     0.89 %     0.87 %     0.82 %     0.82 %

Net expensesc

     0.90 %     0.89 %     0.87 %     0.82 %     0.82 %

Expenses prior to custodian earnings credits and net of expense waivers

     0.90 %     0.89 %     0.87 %     0.82 %     0.82 %
                                        

Portfolio turnover rate

     26 %     37 %     27 %     53 %     25 %

 

a

Total return does not take into account any of the expenses associated with an investment in variable insurance products offered by Security Benefit Life Insurance Company. If total return had taken into account these expenses, performance would have been lower. Shares of a series of SBL Fund are available only through the purchase of such products.

 

b

Total expense information reflects expense ratios absent fund expense reductions by the Investment Manager, and earnings credits, as applicable.

 

c

Net expense information reflects the expense ratios after voluntary expense waivers, reimbursements and custodian earnings credits, as applicable.

See accompanying notes.

 

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   Series B
Manager’s Commentary    (Large Cap Value Series)
February 15, 2007    (unaudited)

LOGO

Advisor, Security Management Company, LLC

LOGO

Mark Mitchell

Portfolio Manager

To Our Shareholders:

Series B of the SBL Fund - Large Cap Value series returned 22.00% during the year, lagging the benchmark Russell 1000 Value Index’s return of 22.25%, but out performing the Series’ peer group median return of 18.86%. Good stock selection was offset slightly by our sector weights in 2006. While being disappointed that our results were below the benchmark, we believe that our approach delivers performance over the long-term.

Our investment philosophy is centered around three key tenants: first, good investments are purchased at less than their intrinsic value; second, a long-term approach and patience are critical to successful investing; and lastly, we concentrate our investments in companies that have the greatest return potential.

Our process is a bottom-up research driven investment process that attempts to identify companies that have the ability to become more competitive in the future. We focus on owning these companies for three to five years or longer which we believe differentiates us from a majority of our peers and ultimately allows us to make better investment decisions. We buy these companies when their current price trades below their intrinsic value. We closely monitor each company’s progress. We will sell a company if the valuation no longer makes sense, we’ve made a mistake and our investment thesis is no longer valid, or we have a more attractive investment alternative. For this Series, we apply this philosophy to a broad range of value names.

Financials and Industrial Stocks Top Performers

The Series’ Financial holdings were up 37% compared to 20% for the Index. This was driven almost entirely by our position in First Marblehead Corporation, up over 150%. Ill-placed short-term concerns over the company’s competitive position offered a great buying opportunity for a leading student lender with a significant competitive advantage as a result of their loan underwriting capability, superior economics, and additional value-added services.

Holdings International, Inc., the industrial sector were up 28%. McDermott appreciated 71%, driven by strong demand for its energy infrastructure construction related services. Hughes Supply was up 27% as it agreed to be acquired by Home Depot, Inc. Hughes’ strong position in the professional contractor market fits well into Home Depot’s expansion plans in that segment.

Telecom and Energy Disappointing

The telecom sector in the benchmark was up over 39%, while our sector return was up just 1%. Not owning AT&T, up 53%, and Bell South, up 80%, negatively impacted the Series. It appears the market is more confident in the newly-merged telecom players. We’ve avoided these names because we believe it’s very difficult to determine which, if any, company will be able to create a lasting competitive advantage that allows them to generate acceptable returns on the significant capital expenditures required to build out their services offerings. Our position in Sprint Nextel Corporation, down 10%, hurt the Series’ performance. Concerns over how the integration of Nextel was progressing and lack of improvement in its core legacy Sprint operations contributed to the weakness. We still believe in management’s ability to show steady improvement as demonstrated by the spinoff of its slower growing wireline business.

Poor stock selection in the energy sector negatively impacted the Series as the sector underperformed the value index. Specifically, Halliburton Company, up just 1%, and an underweight position in Exxon Mobil Corporation, up 39%, had the largest negative impact. Halliburton was impacted more generally by the recent exodus from oil services related names as a result of a weakening energy commodity market. Exxon outperformed formed the diversified group of integrated oil companies we owned.

2007 Market Outlook

The current low return investment environment that exists outside of equities has continued to make available ample liquidity in the U.S. equity market. Falling energy prices have helped increase consumer confidence and provide support to corporate profit margins through lower raw material input prices. Additionally, businesses have very healthy balance sheets to help drive future growth initiatives.

As we noted in last year’s shareholder letter, we’ve been concerned about a slowdown in U.S. consumer spending for some time. This concern has yet to materialize, but we still think it will happen. Lower energy prices will help; however, higher interest rates and a housing market slowdown provide likely headwinds. The Federal Reserve is walking a fine line between managing inflation risks while supporting economic growth. We’re unsure, like most in the market, what the Fed’s next move is. This uncertainty will weigh on the markets until it’s resolved.

We believe that investing is a long-term pursuit that requires patience and a consistent approach. Dollar cost averaging is a sound way to build long-term value1. We recognize there are many investment fund alternatives available today and thank you for your business and the confidence you place in us.

 

Sincerely,
   
Mark A. Mitchell, Portfolio Manager

 

1

Dollar cost averaging does not assure profits or protect against loss in a declining market.

 

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   Series B
Manager’s Commentary    (Large Cap Value Series)
December 31, 2006    (unaudited)

PERFORMANCE

Series B vs. Russell 1000 Value Index

LOGO

$10,000 Over 10 Years

The chart above assumes a hypothetical $10,000 investment in Series B (Large Cap Value Series) on December 31, 1996 and reflects the fees and expenses of Series B. The Russell 1000 Value Index is an unmanaged index representing the performance of those Russell 1000 Index companies with lower price-to-book ratios and lower forecasted growth values.

Average Annual Returns

 

Periods Ended 12-31-061

   1 Year     5 Years     10 Years  

Series B

   22.00 %   7.86 %   5.94 %

 

1

Performance figures do not reflect fees and expenses associated with an investment in variable insurance products offered by Security Benefit Life Insurance Company. If returns had taken into account these fees and expenses, performance would have been lower. Shares of a Series of SBL Fund are available only through the purchase of such products.

The performance data quoted above represents past performance. Past performance is not predictive of future performance. The investment return and principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost.

Portfolio Composition by Sector

 

Consumer Discretionary

   11.09 %

Consumer Staples

   9.67  

Energy

   14.20  

Financials

   16.89  

Health Care

   6.65  

Industrials

   16.84  

Information Technology

   4.92  

Materials

   5.86  

Telecommunication Services

   3.57  

Utilities

   1.86  

Exchange Traded Funds

   5.93  

Asset Backed Commercial Paper

   2.37  

Commercial Paper

   0.48  

Repurchase Agreement

   0.10  

Liabilities, less cash & other assets

   (0.43 )

Total net assets

   100.00 %
      

See accompanying notes.

 

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  Series B
Manager’s Commentary   (Large Cap Value Series)
December 31, 2006   (unaudited)

PERFORMANCE

Information About Your Series Expenses

Calculating your ongoing series expenses

Example

As a shareholder of the Series, you incur ongoing costs, including management fees and other series expenses. Performance figures and expense ratios do not reflect fees and expenses associated with an investment in variable insurance products. Shares of a Series of SBL Fund are available only through the purchase of such products This example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Series and to compare these costs with ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds. The example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period, July 1, 2006 - December 31, 2006.

Actual Expenses

The first line in the table provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this table, 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.

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes

The second line in the table provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Series actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Series 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 the ongoing costs of investing in the Series and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other mutual funds.

Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any fees and expenses associated with an investment in variable insurance products. Therefore, the second line is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. In addition, if these fees and expenses associated with an investment in variable insurance products were included, your costs would have been higher.

Series Expenses

 

     Beginning
Account Value
07-01-06
   Ending
Account Value
12-31-061
   Expenses Paid
During
Period2

Series B (Large Cap Value Series)

        

Actual

   $ 1,000.00    $ 1,099.10    $ 4.18

Hypothetical

     1,000.00      1,021.22      4.02

 

1

The actual ending account value is based on the actual total return of the Series for the period July 1, 2006 to December 31, 2006 after actual expenses and will differ from the hypothetical ending account value which is based on the Series expense ratio and a hypothetical annual return of 5% before expenses. The actual cumulative return at net asset value for the period July 1, 2006 to December 31, 2006 was 9.91%.

 

2

Expenses are equal to the Series annualized expense ratio of 0.79%, net of earnings credits, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 184/365 (to reflect the one-half year period).

 

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Schedule of Investments   Series B (Large Cap Value Series)
December 31, 2006  

 

      Shares    Value

COMMON STOCK - 97.5%

     

Aerospace & Defense - 3.0%

     

United Technologies Corporation

   228,400    $ 14,279,568
         

Agricultural Products - 1.9%

     

Archer-Daniels-Midland Company

   281,400      8,993,544
         

Aluminum - 0.7%

     

Alcoa, Inc.

   119,600      3,589,196
         

Broadcasting & Cable TV - 2.6%

     

CBS Corporation (CI.B)

   402,100      12,537,478
         

Computer Hardware - 2.8%

     

Hewlett-Packard Company

   331,200      13,642,128
         

Construction & Engineering - 2.9%

     

Shaw Group, Inc. * (1)

   423,700      14,193,950
         

Consumer Finance - 3.2%

     

First Marblehead Corporation

   279,225      15,259,646
         

Diversified Chemicals - 3.3%

     

Dow Chemical Company

   176,400      7,045,416

E.I. Du Pont de Nemours & Company

   178,600      8,699,606
         
        15,745,022
         

Drug Retail - 3.1%

     

CVS Corporation

   477,800      14,768,798
         

Electric Utilities - 1.9%

     

Edison International

   196,300      8,927,724
         

Exchange Traded Funds - 5.9%

     

iShares Russell 1000 Value Index Fund

   170,600      14,093,266

iShares S&P 500 Value Index Fund

   187,600      14,424,564
         
        28,517,830
         

Health Care Equipment - 1.0%

     

Hospira, Inc. *

   139,000      4,667,620
         

Health Care Services - 2.9%

     

Medco Health Solutions, Inc. *

   258,200      13,798,208
         

Home Improvement Retail - 2.0%

     

Home Depot, Inc.

   242,000      9,718,720
         

Hypermarkets & Super Centers - 2.8%

     

Costco Wholesale Corporation

   254,200      13,439,554
         

Industrial Conglomerates - 8.6%

     

General Electric Company

   383,900      14,284,919

McDermott International, Inc. *

   286,500      14,571,390

Tyco International, Ltd.

   406,600      12,360,640
         
        41,216,949
         

Integrated Oil & Gas - 9.7%

     

Chevron Corporation

   151,000      11,103,030

ConocoPhillips

   92,500      6,655,375

Exxon Mobil Corporation

   204,600      15,678,498

Sasol, Ltd. ADR

   360,500      13,302,450
         
        46,739,353
         

Integrated Telecommunication Services - 1.0%

     

Windstream Corporation

   331,932      4,720,073
         

IT Consulting & Other Services - 2.1%

     

Unisys Corporation *

   1,273,500      9,984,240
         

Managed Health Care - 2.8%

     

WellPoint, Inc. *

   171,500      13,495,335
         

Movies & Entertainment - 6.5%

     

News Corporation

   488,800      10,499,424

Time Warner, Inc.

   712,600      15,520,428

Viacom, Inc. (CI.B) *

   122,100      5,009,763
         
        31,029,615
         

Multi-Line Insurance - 4.1%

     

American International Group, Inc.

   272,600      19,534,516
         

Oil & Gas Drilling - 0.7%

     

Transocean, Inc. * (1)

   39,100      3,162,799
         

Oil & Gas Equipment & Services - 1.5%

     

Halliburton Company

   232,600      7,222,230
         

Oil & Gas Storage & Transportation - 2.3%

     

Williams Companies, Inc.

   426,800      11,148,016
         

Other Diversified Financial Services - 5.3%

     

Citigroup, Inc.

   266,300      14,832,910

JPMorgan Chase & Company

   221,700      10,708,110
         
        25,541,020
         

Packaged Foods & Meats - 0.3%

     

Tyson Foods, Inc.

   83,700      1,376,865
         

Property & Casually Insurance - 4.3%

     

Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. *

   190      20,898,100
         

Railroads - 2.3%

     

Union Pacific Corporation

   122,800      11,300,056
         

Specialty Chemicals - 1.8%

     

Rohm & Haas Company

   172,200      8,802,864
         

Tobacco - 1.6%

     

Altria Group, Inc.

   91,800      7,878,276
         

Wireless Telecommunication Services - 2.6%

     

Alltel Corporation

   59,900      3,622,752

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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Schedule of Investments   Series B (Large Cap Value Series)
December 31, 2006 - continued  

 

     Shares    Value  

COMMON STOCK (continued)

     

Wireless Telecommunication Services (continued)

     

Sprint Nextel Corporation

     466,600    $ 8,814,074  
           
        12,436,826  
           

TOTAL COMMON STOCK (Cost $366,787,659)

      $ 468,566,119  
           
     Principal
Amount
   Value  

ASSET BACKED COMMERCIAL PAPER - 2.3%

     

Financial Companies - Diversified - 0.5%

     

Amsterdam Funding Corporation

     

5.28%, 1/4/2007

   $ 1,000,000      999,562  

5.28%, 1/10/2007

     1,600,000      1,597,888  
           
        2,597,450  
           

Financial Companies - Miscellaneous Receivables - 0.9%

     

Fairway Finance Corporation

     

5.35%, 1/9/2007

     1,608,000      1,606,088  

Falcon Asset Securitization Corporation

     

5.27%, 1/8/2007

     1,300,000      1,298,668  

5.30%, 1/11/2007

     1,500,000      1,497,791  
           
        4,402,547  
           

Financial Companies - Trade Receivables - 0.9%

     

Old Line Funding LLC

     

5.26%, 1/12/2007

     1,400,000      1,397,750  

5.28%, 1/16/2007

     1,500,000      1,496,700  

Sheffield Receivables Corporation

     

5.265%, 1/2/2007

     1,500,000      1,499,781  
           
        4,394,231  
           

TOTAL ASSET BACKED COMMERCIAL PAPER (Cost $11,394,228)

      $ 11,394,228  
           

COMMERCIAL PAPER - 0.5%

     

Brokerage - 0.5%

     

Credit Suisse First Boston USA

     

5.28%, 1/3/2007

     1,300,000      1,299,619  

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.

     

5.23%, 1/5/2007

     1,000,000      999,419  
           
        2,299,038  
           

TOTAL COMMERCIAL PAPER (Cost $2,299,038)

      $ 2,299,038  
           

REPURCHASE AGREEMENT - 0.1%

     

United Missouri Bank, 4. 85%, dated 12-29-06, matures 01-02-07; repurchase amount of $502,271 (Collateralized by FHLMC, 5.00%, 10-15-36 & FMNA, 5.00%, 06-01-18 with a combined value of $512,039)

     502,000    $ 502,000  
           

TOTAL REPURCHASE AGREEMENT (Cost $502,000)

      $ 502,000  
           

Total Investments (SBL B Fund) (Cost $380,982,925) - 100.4%

      $ 482,761,385  

Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets - (0.4)%

        (2,077,978 )
           

TOTAL NET ASSETS - 100.0%

      $ 480,683,407  
           

Footnotes

Percentages are stated as a percent of net assets.

For federal income tax purposes the identified cost of investments owned at 12/31/2006 was $381,029,891.

 

* - Non-income producing security

 

1 - Security is segregated as collateral for open written options contracts.

Glossary:

ADR    - American Depositary Receipt

See notes to financial statements.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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Series B

(Large Cap Value Series)

Statement of Assets and Liabilities

December 31, 2006

 

Assets:

  

Investments, at value1

   $ 482,761,385  

Cash

     471  

Receivables:

  

Fund shares sold

     940,605  

Dividends

     584,404  

Prepaid expenses

     10,064  
        

Total assets

     484,296,929  
        

Liabilities:

  

Payable for:

  

Fund shares redeemed

     442,154  

Securities purchased

     2,665,073  

Written options, at value (premiums received $101,419)

     122,210  

Management fees

     262,073  

Directors’ fees

     10,000  

Custodian fees

     2,625  

Transfer agent/maintenance fees

     2,083  

Administration fees

     38,453  

Professional fees

     35,837  

Other

     33,014  
        

Total liabilities

     3,613,522  
        

Net Assets

   $ 480,683,407  
        

Net assets consist of:

  

Paid in capital

   $ 602,529,743  

Undistributed net investment income

     3,504,848  

Accumulated net realized loss on sale of investments and options written

     (227,108,853 )

Net unrealized appreciation in value of investments and options written

     101,757,669  
        

Net assets

   $ 480,683,407  
        

Capital shares authorized

     unlimited  

Capital shares outstanding

     18,206,160  

Net asset value per share (net assets divided by shares outstanding)

   $ 26.40  
        

1Investments, at cost

   $ 380,982,925  

Statement of Operations

For the Year Ended December 31, 2006

 

Investment Income:

  

Dividends

   $ 6,404,311  

Interest

     569,285  
        

Total investment income

     6,973,596  
        

Expenses:

  

Management fees

     2,840,902  

Administration fees

     415,647  

Custodian fees

     22,097  

Transfer agent/maintenance fees

     25,234  

Directors’ fees

     20,120  

Professional fees

     45,859  

Reports to shareholders

     79,949  

Other expenses

     18,972  
        

Total expenses

     3,468,780  

Less: Earnings credits applied

     (32 )
        

Net expenses

     3,468,748  
        

Net investment income

     3,504,848  
        

Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss):

  

Net realized gain during the year on:

  

Investments

     25,798,929  

Options written

     1,220,908  
        

Net realized gain

     27,019,837  
        

Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) during the year on:

  

Investments

     57,175,374  

Options written

     (91,355 )
        

Net unrealized appreciation

     57,084,019  
        

Net realized and unrealized gain

     84,103,856  
        

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

   $ 87,608,704  
        

See accompanying notes.

 

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   Series B
Statement of Changes in Net Assets    (Large Cap Value Series)

 

     Year Ended
December 31, 2006
    Year Ended
December 31, 2005
 

Increase (decrease) in net assets from operations:

    

Net investment income

   $ 3,504,848     $ 3,971,506  

Net realized gain during the year on investments and options written

     27,019,837       48,032,291  

Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) during the year on investments and options written

     57,084,019       (11,665,891 )
                

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

     87,608,704       40,337,906  
                

Capital share transactions:

    

Proceeds from sale of shares

     88,964,012       39,815,974  

Cost of shares redeemed

     (106,581,077 )     (98,954,660 )
                

Net decrease from capital share transactions

     (17,617,065 )     (59,138,686 )
                

Net increase (decrease) in net assets

     69,991,639       (18,800,780 )
                

Net assets:

    

Beginning of year

     410,691,768       429,492,548  
                

End of year

   $ 480,683,407     $ 410,691,768  
                

Undistributed net investment income at end of year

   $ 3,504,848     $ 3,971,506  
                

Capital Share Activity:

    

Shares sold

     3,705,999       1,980,149  

Shares redeemed

     (4,475,464 )     (4,944,509 )
                

Total capital share activity

     (769,465 )     (2,964,360 )
                

See accompanying notes.

 

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Financial Highlights    Series B  
Selected data for each share of capital stock outstanding throughout each year    (Large Cap Value Series )

 

     2006     2005d     2004     2003     Year Ended,
December 31,
2002
 

Per Share Data

          

Net asset value, beginning of period

   $ 21.64     $ 19.58     $ 17.68     $ 13.84     $ 18.59  
                                        

Income (loss) from investment operations:

          

Net investment income

     0.20       0.24       0.21       0.14       0.13  

Net gain (loss) on securities (realized and unrealized)

     4.56       1.82       1.70       3.84       (4.58 )
                                        

Total from investment operations

     4.76       2.06       1.91       3.98       (4.45 )
                                        

Less distributions:

          

Dividends from net investment income

     —         —         (0.01 )     (0.14 )     (0.30 )
                                        

Total distributions

     —         —         (0.01 )     (0.14 )     (0.30 )
                                        

Net asset value, end of period

   $ 26.40     $ 21.64     $ 19.58     $ 17.68     $ 13.84  
                                        

Total Returna

     22.00 %     10.52 %     10.82 %     28.81 %     (24.14 %)
                                        

Ratios/Supplemental Data

          

Net assets, end of period (in thousands)

   $ 480,683     $ 410,692     $ 429,493     $ 434,575     $ 370,746  
                                        

Ratios to average net assets:

          

Net investment income

     0.80 %     0.98 %     1.09 %     0.93 %     0.74 %

Total expensesb

     0.79 %     0.84 %     0.92 %     0.89 %     0.91 %

Net expensesc

     0.79 %     0.84 %     0.87 %     0.83 %     0.82 %
                                        

Portfolio turnover rate

     20 %     99 %     73 %     60 %     68 %

 

a

Total return does not take into account any of the expenses associated with an investment in variable insurance products offered by Security Benefit Life Insurance Company. If total return had taken into account these expenses, performance would have been lower. Shares of a series of SBL Fund are available only through the purchase of such products.

 

b

Total expense information reflects expense ratios absent fund expense reductions by the Investment Manager, and earnings credits, as applicable.

 

c

Net expense information reflects the expense ratios after voluntary expense waivers, reimbursements and custodian earnings credits, as applicable.

 

d

SMC became the advisor of Series B effective June 30, 2005. Prior to June 30, 2005, SMC paid Dreyfus Corporation for sub-advisory services.

See accompanying notes.

 

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  Series C
Manager’s Commentary   (Money Market Series)
February 15, 2007   (unaudited)

LOGO

Advisor, Security Management Company, LLC

LOGO

Christi Fletcher

Portfolio Manager

To Our Shareholders:

The first half of 2006 proved to be comparable to 2005. The Federal Reserve Board’s campaign to increase interest rates resulted in four rate increases during the Series’ fiscal year ending at 5.25%. The yield of the Series C of the SBL Fund—Money Market Series rose accordingly, returning 4.43% for the year ended December 31, 2006, which exceeded the benchmark I-Money Net Retail Tier 1 of 4.30% for the same period.

Aside from the increases in short-term interest rates, the continued threat of higher inflation and a flat yield curve the past year proved positive for credit issuers. Companies continued to display solid balance sheet fundamentals, strong cash flows and good profit growth. In addition, the trend continues as firms utilize the excess cash flows for increasing dividends or share repurchases (shareholder friendly), rather than bolstering credit quality.

Characteristics of Portfolio Assets

At December 31, 2006, the average maturity of Series C was 51 days, which was a couple of days longer than the benchmark. This strategy positioned the Series to take advantage of longer dated securities, as the threat of decreasing rates loomed.

The yield curve for money market instruments went from upward trending during the first half of 2006 to relatively flat in the second half. This made for interesting challenges for additional yield along the maturity spectrum and among various types of money market instruments. The majority of the Series assets lie in the corporate debt sector via commercial paper, floating rate securities and Yankee CD’s, due to the strong balance sheet fundamentals of credit and because it represented good value against other sectors. At year end, approximately 52% of the Series was made up of Commercial Paper, 30% in Floating Rate securities (which includes Corporate and U.S. Government-Backed), 7% in U.S. Government/Agency obligations, 7% in Yankee CD’s, 3% in funding agreements, and 1% Mortgage-related products.

Outlook for 2007

In 2006, the economy continued to grow but with strong head winds from the long anticipated correction in the housing market, the Federal Reserve rate increases that started to take effect, and commodity prices yet again hitting all time highs. Looking forward to 2007, the economy will continue to grow but at a slower pace versus recent years. We expect short-term rates to remain at 5.25% for most of 2007. We believe the approach the Federal Reserve will take is one of a wait-and-see attitude. We are not anticipating a cut in short-term rates but have not factored in an increase either, unless we see an increase in inflation. At this point, there is limited evidence of either situation unfolding during 2007.

With a stable U.S. economy predicted in 2007, as fundamentals in the corporate sector remain solid and companies continue to generate strong cash flows and earnings growth, the Series will continue to be invested heavily in the corporate debt sectors within the money market arena.

As always, we will continue to monitor the economic and market conditions when deciding portfolio strategies and will adjust the asset mix and maturity structure in the portfolio accordingly.

Thank you for your investment in Series C. We appreciate the confidence that you have placed in us and remain focused on achieving the Series’ investment goals.

 

Sincerely,
   

Christina Fletcher

Portfolio Manager

 

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   Series C  

Manager’s Commentary

   (Money Market Series )

December 31, 2006

   (unaudited )

PERFORMANCE

Portfolio Composition by Quality Ratings (Based on Standard and Poor’s Ratings)

 

Tier 1 investments

   106.78 %

Repurchase Agreement

   0.24  

Liabilities, less cash & other assets

   (7.02 )

Total net assets

   100.00 %
      

Average Annual Returns

 

Periods Ended 12-31-061

   1 Year     5 Years     10 Years  

Series C

   4.43 %   1.91 %   3.41 %

 

1

Performance figures do not reflect fees and expenses associated with an investment in variable insurance products offered by Security Benefit Life Insurance Company. If returns had taken into account these fees and expenses, performance would have been lower. Shares of a Series of SBL Fund are available only through the purchase of such products.

The performance data quoted above represents past performance. Past performance is not predictive of future performance. The investment return and principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost.

See accompanying notes.

 

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   Series C  

Manager’s Commentary

   (Money Market Series )

December 31, 2006

   (unaudited )

PERFORMANCE

Information About Your Series Expenses

Calculating your ongoing series expenses

Example

As a shareholder of the Series, you incur ongoing costs, including management fees and other series expenses. Performance figures and expense ratios do not reflect fees and expenses associated with an investment in variable insurance products. Shares of a Series of SBL Fund are available only through the purchase of such products. This example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Series and to compare these costs with ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds. The example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period, July 1, 2006 - December 31, 2006.

Actual Expenses

The first line in the table provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this table, 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.

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes

The second line in the table provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Series actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Series 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 the ongoing costs of investing in the Series and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other mutual funds.

Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any fees and expenses associated with an investment in variable insurance products. Therefore, the second line is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. In addition, if these fees and expenses associated with an investment in variable insurance products were included, your costs would have been higher.

Series Expenses

 

     Beginning
Account Value
07-01-06
   Ending
Account Value
12-31-061
   Expenses Paid
During
Period2

Series C (Money Market Series)

        

Actual

   $ 1,000.00    $ 1,024.10    $ 3.47

Hypothetical

     1,000.00      1,021.78      3.47

 

1

The actual ending account value is based on the actual total return of the Series for the period July 1, 2006 to December 31, 2006 after actual expenses and will differ from the hypothetical ending account value which is based on the Series expense ratio and a hypothetical annual return of 5% before expenses. The actual cumulative return at net asset value for the period July 1, 2006 to December 31, 2006 was 2.41%.

 

2

Expenses are equal to the Series annualized expense ratio of 0.68%, net of earnings credits, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 184/365 (to reflect the one-half year period).

 

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Schedule of Investments

   Series C  

December 31, 2006

   (Money Market Series )

 

     Principal
Amount
   Value

CERTIFICATE OF DEPOSIT - 8.1%

     

Bank of Ireland

     

5.32%, 2/08/2007

   $ 3,000,000    $ 2,999,898

Barclay’s Bank pic NY

     

5.31%, 4/02/2007 (1)

     3,000,000      3,000,000

BNP Paribas NY Branch

     

5.33%, 3/16/2007

     2,000,000      1,999,889
         

TOTAL CERTIFICATE OF DEPOSIT (Cost $8,000,000)

      $ 7,999,787
         

CORPORATE BOND - 30.8%

     

Automotive - 6.1%

     

American Honda Finance Corporation

     

5.476%, 2/12/2007 (2)(3)(4)(5)

   $ 1,550,000      1,550,970

Toyota Motor Credit Corporation

     

5.21%, 1/02/2007 (2)(3)

     2,000,000      2,000,040

5.265%, 1/02/2007 (2)(3)

     2,500,000      2,501,173
         
        6,052,183
         

Brokerage - 12.5%

     

Bear Stearns Companies, Inc.

     

5.534%, 1/16/2007 (2)(3)

     1,300,000      1,300,083

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.

     

5.476%, 2/12/2007 (2)(3)

     1,100,000      1,100,495

5.50%, 1/02/2007 (2)(3)

     2,000,000      2,001,896

Lehman Brothers Holdings, Inc.

     

5.35%, 1/02/2007 (2)(3)

     1,000,000      1,000,599

5.494%, 1/22/2007 (2)(3)

     2,000,000      2,001,306

Merrill Lynch & Company, Inc.

     

5.30%, 1/03/2007 (2)(3)

     1,000,000      1,000,189

5.505%, 1/26/2007 (2)(3)

     2,385,000      2,385,267

Morgan Stanley

     

5.50%, 2/15/2007 (2)(3)

     1,600,000      1,600,285
         
        12,390,120
         

Financial Companies - Captive - 7.7%

     

Caterpillar Financial Services Corporate

     

5.39%, 1/29/2007 (2)(3)

     2,000,000      2,000,918

General Electric Capital Corporation

     

5.375%, 3/15/2007

     1,000,000      1,000,117

HSBC Finance Corporation

     

5.41%, 2/28/2007 (2)(3)

     3,000,000      3,000,519

5.525%, 2/09/2007 (2)(3)

     1,550,000      1,550,313
         
        7,551,867
         

Financial Companies - Noncaptive Consumer - 2.5%

     

SLM Corporation

     

5.50%, 1/25/2007 (2)(3)

     2,500,000      2,500,273
         

Non U.S. Banking - 2.0%

     

Royal Bank of Scotland pic

     

5.364%, 3/30/2007 (2)(3)(4)

     2,000,000      2,000,586
         

TOTAL CORPORATE BOND (Cost $30,491,715)

      $ 30,495,029
         

MISCELLANEOUS ASSET - 3.0%

     

Life Insurance - 3.0%

     

United of Omaha Life Insurance Company

     

5.40%, 1/01/2007 (2)

     3,000,000      3,000,000
         

TOTAL MISCELLANEOUS ASSET (Cost $3,000,000)

      $ 3,000,000
         

MORTGAGE BACKED SECURITIES -1.5%

     

Other Non-Agency - 1.5%

     

Pass-Thru’s - 1.5%

     

Small Business Administration Pools

     

#503295, 5.75% -

     

1/01/2007 (2)(3)

     131,048      131,769

#503303, 5.75% -

     

1/01/2007 (2)(3)

     207,296      208,436

#503308, 5.75% -

     

1/01/2007 (2)(3)

     148,783      148,783

#503459, 5.75% -

     

1/01/2007 (2)(3)

     78,808      78,512

#503176, 5.87%-

     

1/01/2007 (2)(3)

     25,335      25,462

#503343, 5.87% -

     

1/01/2007 (2)(3)

     237,983      237,983

#503347, 5.87% -

     

1/01/2007 (2)(3)

     416,797      416,797

#502353, 6.00% -

     

1/01/2007 (2)(3)

     40,409      40,409

#502163,6.25% -

     

1/01/2007 (2)(3)

     209,503      209,503
         
        1,497,654
         

TOTAL MORTGAGE BACKED SECURITIES (Cost $1,496,004)

      $ 1,497,654
         

U.S. GOVERNMENT SPONSORED AGENCY BONDS & NOTES - 7.6%

     

Federal Home Loan Bank

     

5.35% -11/21/2007

     2,000,000      1,998,944

5.40% - 9/12/2007

     2,000,000      1,999,638

5.50% -10/02/2007

     2,000,000      2,000,000

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporate

     

4.85% - 2/27/2007

     1,500,000      1,499,386
         

TOTAL U.S. GOVERNMENT SPONSORED AGENCY BONDS & NOTES (Cost $7,499,862)

      $ 7,497,968
         

ASSET BACKED COMMERCIAL PAPER - 33.0%

     

Financial Companies - Diversified - 8.3%

     

Amstel Funding Corporation

     

5.27%, 1/18/2007

     1,900,000      1,895,272

Amsterdam Funding Corporation

     

5.28%, 1/4/2007

     1,500,000      1,499,340

5.25%, 1/5/2007

     1,700,000      1,699,248

Govco, Inc.

     

5.25%, 1/22/2007

     2,000,000      1,994,064

5.23%, 3/7/2007

     1,100,000      1,089,661
         
        8,177,585
         

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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Schedule of Investments

   Series C (Money Market Series)

December 31, 2006 - continued

  

 

     Principal
Amount
   Value  

ASSET BACKED COMMERCIAL PAPER (continued)

     

Financial Companies - Miscellaneous

     

Receivables - 8.8%

     

Fairway Finance Corporation

     

5.28%, 1/3/2007

   $ 1,500,000    $ 1,499,557  

5.30%, 1/12/2007

     1,500,000      1,497,584  

Falcon Asset Securitization Corporation

     

5.25%, 1/30/2007

     1,500,000      1,493,656  

5.30%, 2/6/2007

     1,000,000      994,700  

5.27%, 2/12/2007

     1,300,000      1,292,007  

Jupiter Securitization Corporation

     

5.27%, 2/5/2007

     2,000,000      1,989,753  
           
        8,767,257  
           

Financial Companies - Securities - 3.9%

     

Galaxy Funding, Inc.

     

5.275%, 1/10/2007

     1,900,000      1,897,494  

5.255%, 1/29/2007

     2,000,000      1,992,020  
           
        3,889,514  
           

Financial Companies - Trade & Term Receivables - 3.5%

     

Eureka Securitization

     

5.264%, 1/8/2007

     700,000      699,375  

5.27%, 1/8/2007

     1,500,000      1,498,463  

5.26%, 1/11/2007

     1,300,000      1,298,258  
           
        3,496,096  
           

Financial Companies - Trade Receivables - 8.5%

     

Old Line Funding LLC

     

5.27%, 1/3/2007

     1,400,000      1,399,590  

5.26%, 1/4/2007

     1,300,000      1,299,430  

5.26%, 1/19/2007

     1,400,000      1,396,318  

Sheffield Receivables Corporation

     

5.265%, 1/2/2007

     2,000,000      1,999,708  

5.27%, 1/5/2007

     1,300,000      1,299,239  

5.27%, 1/9/2007

     1,000,000      998,829  
           
        8,393,114  
           

TOTAL ASSET BACKED COMMERCIAL PAPER (Cost $32,722,646)

      $ 32,723,566  
           

COMMERCIAL PAPER - 22.8%

     

Banking - 1.1%

     

UBS Finance (DE) LLC

     

5.27%, 3/8/2007 (1)

     1,100,000      1,089,050  
           

Brokerage - 6.0%

     

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.

     

5.29%, 2/1/2007

     1,100,000      1,094,989  

ING (US) Funding LLC

     

5.24%, 1/24/2007

     1,600,000      1,594,858  

5.28%, 2/20/2007

     1,000,000      992,667  

Morgan Stanley

     

5.20%, 5/21/2007

     2,300,000      2,253,546  
           
        5,936,060  
           

Financial - Other - 4.0%

     

Bank of America

     

5.17%, 4/4/2007

     3,000,000      2,959,750  

Countrywide Financial Corporation

     

5.42%, 1/2/2007

     1,000,000      999,849  
           
        3,959,599  
           

Financial Companies - Trade & Term

     

Receivables - 2.3%

     

Countrywide Financial Corporation

     

5.27%, 2/2/2007

     2,234,000      2,223,535  
           

Non U.S. Banking - 9.4%

     

Danske Corporation

     

5.30%, 1/30/2007

     1,100,000      1,095,304  

Societe Generale

     

5.23%, 3/5/2007

     1,100,000      1,090,075  

5.26%, 3/12/2007

     1,600,000      1,583,949  

5.22%, 3/29/2007

     1,100,000      1,086,275  

Westpac Banking Corporation

     

5.26%, 1/3/2007

     1,400,000      1,399,591  

5.30%, 2/5/2007

     1,700,000      1,691,240  

5.27%, 2/16/2007

     1,400,000      1,390,573  
           
        9,337,007  
           

TOTAL COMMERCIAL PAPER (Cost $22,544,877)

      $ 22,545,251  
           

REPURCHASE AGREEMENT - 0.2%

     

United Missouri Bank, 4.85%, dated 12-29-06, matures 01-02-07; repurchase amount $236,127 (Collateralized by FHLMC, 5.00%, 08-15-35 with a value of $241,694)

   $ 236,000    $ 236,000  
           

TOTAL REPURCHASE AGREEMENT (Cost $236,000)

      $ 236,000  
           

Total Investments (SBL C Fund) (Cost $105,991,104) - 107.0%

      $ 105,995,255  

Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets - (7.0)%

        (6,950,983 )
           

TOTAL NET ASSETS - 100.0%

      $ 99,044,272  
           

Footnotes

Percentages are stated as a percent of net assets.

For federal income tax purposes the identified cost of investments owned at 12/31/2006 was $105,991,104.

 

1

   - Security is fair valued by the Board of Directors. See Notes to financial statements.

2

   - Maturity date indicated is next interest reset date.

3

   - Variable rate security. Rate indicated is rate effective at December 31, 2006.

4

   - Security was acquired through a private placement.

5

   - Security is a 144A security, which places restrictions on resale. See Notes to financial statements.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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Schedule of Investments

   Series C (Money Market Series)

December 31, 2006 - continued

  

Glossary:

plc  -Public Limited Company

See notes to financial statements.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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Series C

(Money Market Series)

Statement of Assets and Liabilities

December 31, 2006

 

Assets:

  

Investments, at value1

   $ 105,995,255

Cash

     27,464

Receivables:

  

Fund shares sold

     737,267

Securities sold

     7,292

Interest

     424,664

Prepaid expenses

     2,513
      

Total assets

     107,194,455
      

Liabilities:

  

Payable for:

  

Fund shares redeemed

     3,053,248

Securities purchased

     5,023,831

Management fees

     41,650

Custodian fees

     3,021

Transfer agent/maintenance fees

     2,084

Administration fees

     8,889

Professional fees

     9,834

Directors’ fees

     2,000

Other fees

     5,626
      

Total liabilities

     8,150,183
      

Net Assets

   $ 99,044,272
      

Net assets consist of:

  

Paid in capital

   $ 94,863,364

Undistributed net investment income

     4,176,757

Net unrealized appreciation in value of investments

     4,151
      

Net assets

   $ 99,044,272
      

Capital shares authorized

     unlimited

Capital shares outstanding

     7,778,335

Net asset value per share (net assets divided by shares outstanding)

   $ 12.73
      

1Investments, at cost

   $ 105,991,104

Statement of Operations

For the Year Ended December 31, 2006

 

Investment Income:

  

Interest

   $ 4,819,560  
        

Total investment income

     4,819,560  
        

Expenses:

  

Management fees

     470,472  

Custodian fees

     16,944  

Transfer agent/maintenance fees

     25,277  

Administration fees

     92,803  

Directors’ fees

     4,321  

Professional fees

     15,113  

Reports to shareholders

     14,239  

Other expenses

     3,644  
        

Total expenses

     642,813  

Less: Earnings credits applied

     (10 )
        

Net expenses

     642,803  
        

Net investment income

     4,176,757  
        

Net Unrealized Gain:

  

Net unrealized appreciation during the year on:

  

Investments

     17,627  
        

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

   $ 4,194,384  
        

See accompanying notes.

 

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  Series C
Statement of Changes in Net Assets   (Money Market Series)

 

     Year Ended
December 31, 2006
    Year Ended
December 31, 2005
 

Increase (decrease) in net assets from operations:

    

Net investment income

   $ 4,176,757     $ 2,001,810  

Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) during the year on investments

     17,627       (2,778 )
                

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

     4,194,384       1,999,032  
                

Capital share transactions:

    

Proceeds from sale of shares

     290,303,698       201,348,365  

Cost of shares redeemed

     (267,108,743 )     (197,776,333 )
                

Net increase from capital share transactions

     23,194,955       3,572,032  
                

Net increase in net assets

     27,389,339       5,571,064  
                

Net assets:

    

Beginning of year

     71,654,933       66,083,869  
                

End of year

   $ 99,044,272     $ 71,654,933  
                

Undistributed net investment income at end of year

   $ 4,176,757     $ 2,001,810  
                

Capital Share Activity:

    

Shares sold

     23,327,782       16,766,162  

Shares redeemed

     (21,430,027 )     (16,450,894 )
                

Total capital share activity

     1,897,755       315,268  
                

See accompanying notes.

 

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Financial Highlights    Series C
Selected data for each share of capital stock outstanding throughout each year    (Money Market Series)

 

     2006     2005     2004     2003     Year Ended,
December 31,
2002
 

Per Share Data

          

Net asset value, beginning of period

   $ 12.19     $ 11.87     $ 11.79     $ 11.82     $ 12.20  
                                        

Income (loss) from investment operations:

          

Net investment income

     0.45       0.33       0.11       0.09       0.16  

Net gain (loss) on securities (realized and unrealized)

     0.09       (0.01 )     (0.02 )     (0.02 )     (0.02 )
                                        

Total from investment operations

     0.54       0.32       0.09       0.07       0.14  
                                        

Less distributions:

          

Dividends from net investment income

     —         —         (0.01 )     (0.10 )     (0.52 )
                                        

Total distributions

     —         —         (0.01 )     (0.10 )     (0.52 )
                                        

Net asset value, end of period

   $ 12.73     $ 12.19     $ 11.87     $ 11.79     $ 11.82  
                                        

Total Returna

     4.43 %     2.70 %     0.72 %     0.55 %     1.20 %
                                        

Ratios/Supplemental Data

          

Net assets, end of period (in thousands)

   $ 99,044     $ 71,655     $ 66,084     $ 86,458     $ 117,297  
                                        

Ratios to average net assets:

          

Net investment income

     4.43 %     2.63 %     0.70 %     0.63 %     1.26 %

Total expensesb

     0.68 %     0.69 %     0.65 %     0.59 %     0.58 %

Net expensesc

     0.68 %     0.69 %     0.65 %     0.59 %     0.58 %
                                        

 

a

Total return does not take into account any of the expenses associated with an investment in variable insurance products offered by Security Benefit Life Insurance Company. If total return had taken into account these expenses, performance would have been lower. Shares of a series of SBL Fund are available only through the purchase of such products.

 

b

Total expense information reflects expense ratios absent fund expense reductions by the Investment Manager, and earnings credits, as applicable.

 

c

Net expense information reflects the expense ratios after voluntary expense waivers, reimbursements and custodian earnings credits, as applicable.

See accompanying notes.

 

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    Series D
Manager’s Commentary   (Global Series)
February 15, 2007   (unaudited)

LOGO

Subadvisor, OppenheimerFunds, Inc.

LOGO

Rajeev Bhaman

Portfolio Manager

To Our Shareholders

Series D of the SBL Fund - Global Series returned 17.34% under-performing the benchmark, Morgan Stanley Capital International, Inc. (MSCI) World Index return of 20.07% for the year ended December 31, 2006. Our investment philosophy is based on the idea that earnings growth drives stock prices and that we are most likely to identify long-term earnings growth opportunities by examining trends that provide tailwinds for growth in the coming decade. We are very interested in attributes of industries and companies within those industries that are likely to be beneficiaries of these long-term trends. Ideally, we like to buy these businesses at a bargain price, that is, a price where we have the opportunity to double our investment in three to five years. This rarely happens except when there is a perception that something has gone wrong with an excellent business. If we can determine that the difficulty is temporary rather than permanent, then we consider it to be a good investment.

We had notable successes with a number of our larger holdings, such as Infosys Technologies Ltd., Reckitt Benckiser plc and H&M Hennes & Mauritz AB. However, there were significant underperformers, most notably eBay, Inc., Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. and Boston Scientific Corporation.

Additionally there were other disappointments, including a significant market slowdown in the demand for implantable cardiac defibrillators as well as a deceleration in the growth rate of knee and hip replacements, both of which impacted our holdings. We remain confident that the long-term opportunity for all of the segments that faced setbacks in the past year remains excellent and that our original thesis will come to pass.

Our investments in software companies, Intuit, Inc. and Adobe Systems, Inc., continue to remain positive, as the companies remain innovative with new products that not only impress their existing customer bases but achieve broader appeal. Our investments in Inditex S.A., the owner of Zara stores, and Tesco plc, the UK’s leading grocery chain, have been worthwhile as they continue to grow rapidly worldwide, leveraging their scale and supply chain to achieve high economic returns. Our investments in television companies, Zee Telefilms Ltd. in India, and Grupo Televisa SA in Mexico, contributed positively to the Series’ performance as they continue to retain high market shares in their respective markets and as the appeal of their programming grows worldwide.

We are finding excellent opportunities across a variety of areas particularly in technology. It should be noted that our investment philosophy is based on returns over a three to five year period rather than the next quarter or two. We continue to favor a number of our existing holdings, such as L.M. Ericsson and Juniper Networks, Inc. Additional investments may be made as the opportunity for communication network build-outs remains robust. Additionally, we are finding quality investment opportunities in the areas of analog and mixed signal semiconductors.

Companies such as Maxim Integrated Products, Inc. and Linear Technology Corporation. continue to see high margin profitable growth and are now available at a fraction of their valuations of only a few years ago. Leading companies in the Programmable Logic Devices arena such as Altera Corporation. and Xilinx, Inc., we believe, also provide significant investment upside. We have also invested significantly in companies such as Carnival Corporation. which operates the Carnival Cruise Lines, and the car manufacturer Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (BMW), which we feel has solid franchises. Both are available at bargain prices. Automatic Data Processing, Inc., the leading payroll processor in the world, is another investment we highly favor. Its business opportunities expand as more companies look to outsource more of their non-core activities to high-quality, lower cost providers. As global growth continues to be positive and interest rates remain relatively low, we remain optimistic about markets generally. As such, we expect to continue to see productive opportunities for investment. We remain focused on our long-term investment philosophy that looks for “good companies in good businesses at good prices.”

In closing, please remember that investing in foreign markets entails additional risks, including the risks associated with currency fluctuations and political uncertainties, as described in the prospectus.

 

Sincerely,
   

Rajeev Bhaman

Portfolio Manager

 

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    Series D
Manager’s Commentary   (Global Series)
December 31, 2006   (unaudited)

PERFORMANCE

Series D vs. MSCI World Index

LOGO

$10,000 Over Ten Years

The chart above assumes a hypothetical $10,000 investment in Series D (Global Series) on December 31, 1996 and reflects the fees and expenses of Series D. The MSCI World Index is an unmanaged capitalization-weighted index that is designed to measure global developed market equity performance.

Portfolio Composition by Sector

 

Consumer Discretionary

   20.77 %

Consumer Staples

   8.25  

Energy

   6.16  

Financials

   15.43  

Health Care

   10.99  

Industrials

   9.37  

Information Technology

   23.62  

Materials

   0.42  

Telecommunication Services

   3.86  

Utilities

   0.62  

Cash & other assets, less liabilities

   0.51  

Total net assets

   100.00 %
      

Average Annual Returns

 

Periods Ended 12-31-061

   1 Year     5 Years     10 Years  

Series D

   17.34 %   11.90 %   12.09 %

 

1

Performance figures do not reflect fees and expenses associated with an investment in variable insurance products offered by Security Benefit Life Insurance Company. If returns had taken into account these fees and expenses, performance would have been lower. Shares of a Series of SBL Fund are available only through the purchase of such products.

The performance data quoted above represents past performance. Past performance is not predictive of future performance. The investment return and principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost.

See accompanying notes.

 

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    Series D
Manager’s Commentary   (Global Series)
December 31, 2006   (unaudited)

PERFORMANCE

Information About Your Series Expenses

Calculating your ongoing series expenses

Example

As a shareholder of the Series, you incur ongoing costs, including management fees and other series expenses. Performance figures and expense ratios do not reflect fees and expenses associated with an investment in variable insurance products. Shares of a Series of SBL Fund are available only through the purchase of such products. This example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Series and to compare these costs with ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds. The example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period, July 1, 2006 - December 31, 2006.

Actual Expenses

The first line in the table provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this table, 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.

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes

The second line in the table provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Series actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Series 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 the ongoing costs of investing in the Series and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other mutual funds.

Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any fees and expenses associated with an investment in variable insurance products. Therefore, the second line is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. In addition, if these fees and expenses associated with an investment in variable insurance products were included, your costs would have been higher.

Series Expenses

 

     Beginning
Account Value
07-01-06
   Ending
Account Value
12-31-061
   Expenses Paid
During
Period2

Series D (Global Series)

        

Actual

   $ 1,000.00    $ 1,132.40    $ 6.72

Hypothetical

     1,000.00      1,018.90      6.36

 

1

The actual ending account value is based on the actual total return of the Series for the period July 1, 2006 to December 31, 2006 after actual expenses and will differ from the hypothetical ending account value which is based on the Series expense ratio and a hypothetical annual return of 5% before expenses. The actual cumulative return at net asset value for the period July 1, 2006 to December 31, 2006 was 13.24%.

 

2

Expenses are equal to the Series annualized expense ratio of 1.25%, net of earnings credits, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 184/365 (to reflect the one-half year period).

 

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Schedule of Investments    Series D (Global Series)
December 31, 2006   

 

     Shares    Value

COMMON STOCK - 98.8%

     

Bermuda - 0.3%

     

Everest Re Group, Ltd.

   16,400    $ 1,609,004
         

Brazil - 1.5%

     

Companhia de Bebidas das Americas ADR

   72,756      3,550,493

Empresa Brasileira de Aeronautica S.A. ADR

   124,326      5,148,340
         
        8,698,833
         

Canada - 1.6%

     

Husky Energy, Inc.

   94,000      6,290,311

Manulife Financial Corporation

   86,766      2,927,664
         
        9,217,975
         

Cayman Islands - 3.1%

     

ACE, Ltd.

   59,999      3,634,139

GlobalSantaFe Corporation

   84,700      4,978,666

Transocean, Inc. *

   78,600      6,357,954

XL Capital, Ltd.

   39,800      2,866,396
         
        17,837,155
         

Denmark - 0.3%

     

Novo-Nordisk A/S (CI.B)

   21,600      1,799,203
         

Finland - 0.7%

     

Fortum Oyj

   125,300      3,566,059

Neste Oil Oyj

   15,975      485,650
         
        4,051,709
         

France - 5.5%

     

Arkema *

   20,137      1,034,827

LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton S.A.

   68,300      7,208,217

NicOx S.A. *

   25,810      778,167

Sanofi-Aventis

   95,340      8,803,423

Societe Generale

   30,275      5,139,417

Technip S.A.

   90,310      6,199,089

Total S.A.

   34,432      2,483,940
         
        31,647,080
         

Germany - 4.9%

     

Allianz AG

   35,357      7,223,087

Bayerische Motoren Werke (BMW) AG *

   94,810      5,445,427

SAP AG

   118,648      6,305,549

Siemens AG

   92,992      9,223,706
         
        28,197,769
         

Hong Kong - 0.4%

     

Hutchison Whampoa, Ltd.

   212,918      2,163,862
         

India - 3.1%

     

Hindustan Lever, Ltd.

   608,300      2,979,507

ICICI Bank, Ltd. ADR

   35,950      1,500,553

Infosys Technologies, Ltd.

   145,765      7,396,385

Zee Entertainment Enterprises, Ltd. (1)

   642,400      5,591,492
         
        17,467,937
         

Italy - 0.5%

     

Bulgari SpA

   199,500      2,831,001
         

Japan - 10.6%

     

Canon, Inc.

   41,100      2,313,937

Chugai Pharmaceutical Company, Ltd.

   98,800      2,038,183

Credit Saison Company, Ltd.

   104,600      3,603,714

Fanuc, Ltd.

   16,200      1,595,429

Hoya Corporation

   94,600      3,688,450

KDDI Corporation

   817      5,540,263

Keyence Corporation

   12,600      3,122,340

Kyocera Corporation

   31,000      2,922,734

Murata Manufacturing Company, Ltd.

   77,400      5,235,662

Nidec Corporation

   21,400      1,654,384

Nintendo Company, Ltd.

   12,800      3,323,558

Resona Holdings, Inc.

   795      2,171,127

Secom Company, Ltd.

   45,000      2,333,095

Sega Sammy Holdings, Inc.

   34,700      935,986

Seven & I Holdings Company, Ltd.

   45,375      1,410,760

Shionogi & Company, Ltd.

   149,000      2,929,793

Sony Corporation

   154,100      6,604,008

Square Enix Company, Ltd.

   83,400      2,186,530

Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc.

   116      1,189,194

Toyota Motor Corporation

   86,800      5,805,874
         
        60,605,021
         

Mexico - 2.5%

     

Fomento Economico Mexicano, S.A. de C.V. *

   372,300      4,319,693

Grupo Modelo, S.A. de C.V. (CI.C)

   514,300      2,846,776

Grupo Televisa S.A. ADR

   251,432      6,791,178
         
        13,957,647
         

Netherlands - 2.3%

     

European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company N.V.

   186,080      6,411,046

Koninklijke (Royal) Philips Electronics N.V.

   177,900      6,709,264
         
        13,120,310
         

Norway - 0.4%

     

Tandberg ASA

   165,500      2,495,188
         

Panama - 1.3%

     

Carnival Corporation

   149,000      7,308,450
         

Republic of Korea - 2.0%

     

Hyundai Heavy Industries Company, Ltd. *

   13,810      1,873,046

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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Schedule of Investments    Series D (Global Series)
December 31, 2006 - continued   

 

     Shares    Value

COMMON STOCK (continued)

     

Republic of Korea (continued)

     

Samsung Electronics Company, Ltd.*

   5,821    $ 3,840,983

SK Telecom Company, Ltd. ADR

   203,980      5,401,391
         
        11,115,420
         

Singapore - 0.2%

     

Singapore Press Holdings, Ltd.

   467,466      1,304,613
         

Spain - 1.0%

     

Industria de Diseno Textil S.A.

   100,100      5,392,490
         

Sweden - 6.4%

     

Hennes & Mauritz AB (CI.B)

   221,900      11,213,946

lnvestor AB (CI.B) (2)

   143,293      3,516,084

Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (CI.B)

   5,441,000      21,973,483
         
        36,703,513
         

Switzerland - 3.4%

     

Credit Suisse Group

   111,974      7,834,045

Novartis AG

   52,111      3,004,348

Roche Holding AG

   40,237      7,215,252

Syngenta AG

   7,282      1,354,804
         
        19,408,449
         

Taiwan - 1.5%

     

Benq Corporation

   1,782,000      954,228

MediaTek, Inc.

   394,200      4,076,575

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd. ADR

   332,047      3,629,274
         
        8,660,077
         

United Kingdom - 12.7%

     

3i Group plc (2)

   74,126      1,464,665

BP plc ADR

   66,075      4,433,633

Burberry Group plc

   201,264      2,548,070

CadburySchweppes plc

   558,965      5,982,069

Diageo plc

   164,364      3,226,768

Experian Group, Ltd. *

   100,232      1,175,736

Home Retail Group

   89,232      714,695

HSBC Holdings plc

   309,619      5,676,262

Pearson plc

   162,540      2,454,095

Prudential plc

   392,576      5,377,595

Reckitt Benckiser plc

   182,633      8,351,083

Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc

   240,400      9,387,205

Smith & Nephew plc

   289,023      3,016,729

Tesco plc

   592,005      4,692,334

Vodafone Group plc

   4,000,277      11,084,680

WPP Group plc

   208,300      2,818,668
         
        72,404,287
         

United States - 32.6%

     

3M Company

   69,700      5,431,721

Adobe Systems, Inc. *

   177,300      7,290,576

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. *

   309,700      6,302,395

Affymetrix, Inc. *

   50,100      1,155,306

Altera Corporation *

   179,600      3,534,528

Amgen, Inc. *

   38,900      2,657,259

Atherogenics, Inc. *

   118,200      1,171,362

Automatic Data Processing, Inc.

   134,600      6,629,050

Avis Budget Group, Inc.

   20,500      444,645

Avon Products, Inc.

   77,500      2,560,600

Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. (CI.B) *

   940      3,446,040

Biomet, Inc.

   85,900      3,545,093

Boeing Company

   43,300      3,846,772

Boston Scientific Corporation *

   221,247      3,801,023

Chevron Corporation

   53,454      3,930,473

Cisco Systems, Inc. *

   95,400      2,607,282

Coach, Inc. *

   76,400      3,282,144

Colgate-Palmolive Company

   52,800      3,444,672

Corning, Inc. *

   263,100      4,922,601

Cree, Inc. *

   88,800      1,538,016

eBay, Inc. *

   275,800      8,293,306

Emerson Electric Company

   129,300      5,698,251

Express Scripts, Inc. *

   28,000      2,004,800

Genentech, Inc. *

   28,800      2,336,544

Getty Images, Inc. *

   35,500      1,520,110

Gilead Sciences, Inc. *

   65,900      4,278,887

International Game Technology

   79,300      3,663,660

International Rectifier Corporation *

   54,600      2,103,738

Intuit, Inc. *

   145,100      4,427,001

Johnson & Johnson

   21,800      1,439,236

JPMorgan Chase & Company

   58,792      2,839,654

Juniper Networks, Inc. *

   276,100      5,229,334

Linear Technology Corporation

   55,100      1,670,632

Lockheed Martin Corporation

   34,700      3,194,829

Maxim Integrated Products, Inc.

   127,000      3,888,740

McDonald’s Corporation

   83,500      3,701,555

Medtronic, Inc.

   39,700      2,124,347

Microsoft Corporation

   346,200      10,337,532

Morgan Stanley

   76,900      6,261,967

Nektar Therapeutics *

   42,668      648,980

Northern Trust Corporation

   90,200      5,474,238

Northrop Grumman Corporation

   38,600      2,613,220

Nuvelo, Inc. *

   29,800      119,200

Qualcomm, Inc.

   7,640      288,716

Quest Diagnostics, Inc.

   44,500      2,358,500

Raytheon Company

   63,800      3,368,640

Realogy Corporation *

   54,550      1,653,956

Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. *

   27,100      543,897

Sirius Satellite Radio, Inc. *

   1,083,900      3,837,006

Theravance, Inc. *

   42,000      1,297,380

Tiffany & Company

   116,800      4,583,232

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

   112,300      5,186,014

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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Schedule of Investments    Series D (Global Series)
December 31, 2006 – continued   

 

     Shares    Value

COMMON STOCK (continued)

     

United States (continued)

     

Walt Disney Company

   115,800    $ 3,968,466

Xilinx, Inc.

   120,000      2,857,200

Yahoo!, Inc. *

   38,600      985,844
         
        186,340,170
         

TOTAL COMMON STOCK (Cost $390,132,725)

      $ 564,337,163
         

PREFERRED STOCK - 0.7%

     

Germany - 0.7%

     

Porsche AG

   2,971      3,780,902
         

TOTAL PREFERRED STOCK (Cost $823,264)

      $ 3,780,902
         

Total Investments (SBL D Fund) (Cost $390,955,989) - 99.5%

      $ 568,118,065

Other Assets in Excess of Liabilities - 0.5%

        2,887,537
         

TOTAL NET ASSETS - 100.0%

      $ 571,005,602
         

INVESTMENT CONCENTRATION

At December 31, 2006, the investment diversification of the fund was as follows:

 

Industry

  

%of

Net Assets

    Value

Communications Equipment

   6.4 %   $ 37,516,604

Semiconductors

   5.9       33,442,081

Pharmaceuticals

   5.1       28,400,801

Aerospace & Defense

   4.3       24,582,846

Diversified Banks

   4.0       22,892,631

Wireless Telecommunication Services

   3.9       22,026,333

Application Software

   3.2       18,023,126

Integrated Oil & Gas

   3.0       17,138,357

Industrial Conglomerates

   2.9       16,819,289

Electronic Equipment Manufacturers

   2.9       16,623,570

Apparel Retail

   3.0       16,606,436

Broadcasting & Cable TV

   2.9       16,219,676

Apparel, Accessories & Luxury Goods

   2.9       15,869,432

Automobile Manufacturers

   2.6       15,032,203

Household Products

   2.6       14,775,262

Consumer Electronics

   2.3       13,313,272

Health Care Equipment

   2.2       12,487,193

Biotechnology

   2.0       12,011,334

Oil & Gas Drilling

   2.0       11,336,620

Systems Software

   1.8       10,337,532

Property & Casualty Insurance

   1.7       9,946,575

Internet Software & Services

   1.6       9,279,150

Life & Health Insurance

   1.4       8,305,260

Diversified Capital Markets

   1.4       7,834,045

IT Consulting & Other Services

   1.3       7,396,385

Hotels, Resorts & Cruise Lines

   1.3       7,308,450

Multi-Line Insurance

   1.3       7,223,087

Asset Management & Custody Banks

   1.2       6,938,903

Data Processing & Outsourced Services

   1.2       6,629,050

Brewers

   1.1       6,397,269

Investment Banking & Brokerage

   1.1       6,261,967

Oil & Gas Equipment & Services

   1.1       6,199,089

Food Retail

   1.0       6,103,094

Packaged Foods & Meats

   1.0       5,982,069

Electrical Components & Equipment

   1.0       5,698,251

Home Entertainment Software

   1.0       5,510,088

Publishing

   0.9       5,278,817

Hypermarkets & Super Centers

   0.9       5,186,014

Specialty Stores

   0.8       4,583,232

Health Care Services

   0.8       4,363,300

Soft Drinks

   0.8       4,319,693

Movies & Entertainment

   0.7       3,968,466

Diversified Commercial & Professional Services

   0.7       3,953,476

Restaurants

   0.6       3,701,555

Casinos & Gaming

   0.6       3,663,660

Consumer Finance

   0.6       3,603,714

Electric Utilities

   0.6       3,566,059

Multi-Sector Holdings

   0.6       3,516,084

Distillers & Vintners

   0.6       3,226,768

Other Diversified Financial Services

   0.5       2,839,654

Advertising

   0.5       2,818,668

Personal Products

   0.4       2,560,600

Office Electronics

   0.4       2,313,937

Regional Banks

   0.4       2,171,127

Construction & Farm Machinery & Heavy Trucks

   0.3       1,873,046

Life Sciences Tools & Services

   0.3       1,804,286

Real Estate Management & Development

   0.3       1,653,956

Reinsurance

   0.3       1,609,004

Industrial Machinery

   0.3       1,595,429

Fertilizers & Agricultural Chemicals

   0.2       1,354,804

Commodity Chemicals

   0.2       1,034,827

Computer Storage & Peripherals

   0.2       954,228

Leisure Products

   0.2       935,986

Catalog Retail

   0.1       714,695

Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing

   0.1       485,650
            

Total Investments

   99.5       568,118,065

Other Assets and Liabilities, Net

   0.5       2,887,537
            

Net Assets

   100 %   $ 571,005,602
            

Footnotes

Percentages are stated as a percent of net assets.

For federal income tax purposes the identified cost of investments owned at 12/31/2006 was $394,187,632.

 

* - Non-income producing security

 

1 - Security is fair valued by the Board of Directors. See Notes to financial statements.

 

2 - Security is a PFIC (Passive Foreign Investment Company)

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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Schedule of Investments    Series D (Global Series)
December 31, 2006 - continued   

Glossary:

 

ADR - American Depositary Receipt

 

plc - Public Limited Company

See notes to financial statements.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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Series D

(Global Series)

Statement of Assets and Liabilities

December 31, 2006

 

Assets:

  

Investments, at value1

   $ 568,118,065

Cash denominated in a foreign currency, at value2

     4,163,115

Receivables:

  

Fund shares sold

     344,104

Securities sold

     1,855,583

Dividends

     528,500

Foreign taxes recoverable

     115,212

Prepaid expenses

     12,838
      

Total assets

     575,137,417
      

Liabilities:

  

Cash Overdraft

     2,912,530

Payable for:

  

Fund shares redeemed

     556,197

Management fees

     487,094

Custodian fees

     3,209

Transfer agent/maintenance fees

     2,083

Administration fees

     76,664

Professional fees

     57,896

Directors’ fees

     9,250

Other fees

     26,892
      

Total liabilities

     4,131,815
      

Net Assets

   $ 571,005,602
      

Net assets consist of:

  

Paid in capital

   $ 348,318,376

Undistributed net investment income

     709,006

Undistributed net realized gain on sale of investments, options purchased and foreign currency transactions

     44,780,149

Net unrealized appreciation in value of investments and translation of assets and liabilities in foreign currency

     177,198,071
      

Net assets

   $ 571,005,602
      

Capital shares authorized

     unlimited

Capital shares outstanding

     51,752,419

Net asset value per share (net assets divided by shares outstanding)

   $ 11.03
      

1Investments, at cost

   $ 390,955,989

2Cash denominated in a foreign currency,at cost

     4,137,401

Statement of Operations

For the Year Ended December 31, 2006

 

Investment Income:

  

Dividends (net of foreign withholding tax of $689,997)

   $ 8,369,156  

Interest

     123,121  
        

Total investment income

     8,492,277  
        

Expenses:

  

Management fees

     5,452,108  

Custodian fees

     231,402  

Transfer agent/maintenance fees

     25,252  

Administration fees

     830,629  

Directors’ fees

     24,231  

Professional fees

     87,133  

Reports to shareholders

     83,785  

Other expenses

     32,245  
        

Total expenses

     6,766,785  
        

Less: Earnings credits applied

     (5,053 )
        

Net expenses

     6,761,732  
        

Net investment income

     1,730,545  
        

Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss):

  

Net realized gain (loss) during the year on:

  

Investments

     45,732,544  

Options purchased

     10,370  

Foreign currency transactions

     (74,126 )
        

Net realized gain

     45,668,788  
        

Net unrealized appreciation during the year on:

  

Investments

     39,176,497  

Translation of assets and liabilities in foreign currencies

     42,248  
        

Net unrealized appreciation

     39,218,745  
        

Net realized and unrealized gain

     84,887,533  
        

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

   $ 86,618,078  
        

See accompanying notes.

 

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Statement of Changes in Net Assets    Series D
   (Global Series)

 

     Year Ended
December 31, 2006
    Year Ended
December 31, 2005
 

Increase in net assets from operations:

    

Net investment income

   $ 1,730,545     $ 1,399,179  

Net realized gain during the year on investments, options purchased and foreign currency transactions

     45,668,788       47,319,645  

Net unrealized appreciation during the year on investments and translation of assets and liabilities in foreign currencies

     39,218,745       12,433,781  
                

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

     86,618,078       61,152,605  
                

Capital share transactions:

    

Proceeds from sale of shares

     160,312,177       116,417,418  

Cost of shares redeemed

     (192,137,583 )     (127,933,968 )
                

Net decrease from capital share transactions

     (31,825,406 )     (11,516,550 )
                

Net increase (decrease) in net assets

     54,792,672       49,636,055  
                

Net assets:

    

Beginning of year

     516,212,930       466,576,875  
                

End of year

   $ 571,005,602     $ 516,212,930  
                

Undistributed net investment income at end of year

   $ 709,006     $ 269,487  
                

Capital Share Activity:

    

Shares sold

     16,063,388       13,632,840  

Shares redeemed

     (19,215,494 )     (15,082,993 )
                

Total capital share activity

     (3,152,106 )     (1,450,153 )
                

See accompanying notes.

 

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Financial Highlights    Series D
Selected data for each share of capital stock outstanding throughout each year    (Global Series)

 

     2006     2005     2004     2003c     Year Ended,
December 31,
2002b
 

Per Share Data

          

Net asset value, beginning of period

   $ 9.40     $ 8.28     $ 6.97     $ 4.87     $ 6.31  
                                        

Income (loss) from investment operations:

          

Net investment income

     0.03       0.03       0.03       0.03       0.02  

Net gain (loss) on securities (realized and unrealized)

     1.60       1.09       1.28       2.09       (1.45 )
                                        

Total from investment operations

     1.63       1.12       1.31       2.12       (1.43 )
                                        

Less distributions:

          

Dividends from net investment income

     —         —         —         (0.02 )     (0.01 )
                                        

Total distributions

     —         —         —         (0.02 )     (0.01 )
                                        

Net asset value, end of period

   $ 11.03     $ 9.40     $ 8.28     $ 6.97     $ 4.87  
                                        

Total Returna

     17.34 %     13.53 %     18.79 %     43.45 %     (22.71 %)
                                        

Ratios/Supplemental Data

          

Net assets, end of period (in thousands)

   $ 571,006     $ 516,213     $ 466,577     $ 427,609     $ 305,053  
                                        

Ratios to average net assets:

          

Net investment income

     0.32 %     0.30 %     0.37 %     0.44 %     0.27 %

Total expensesd

     1.24 %     1.24 %     1.23 %     1.25 %     1.23 %

Net expensese

     1.24 %     1.24 %     1.23 %     1.25 %     1.23 %
                                        

Portfolio turnover rate

     23 %     33 %     28 %     44 %     48 %

 

a

Total return does not take into account any of the expenses associated with an investment in variable insurance products offered by Security Benefit Life Insurance Company. If total return had taken into account these expenses, performance would have been lower. Shares of a series of SBL Fund are available only through the purchase of such products.

 

b

The financial highlights for Series D exclude the historical financial highlights of Series M. The assets of Series M were acquired by Series D on August 27, 2002.

 

c

The financial highlights for Series D exclude the historical financial highlights of Series I. The assets of Series I were acquired by Series D on October 3, 2003.

 

d

Total expense information reflects expense ratios absent fund expense reductions, by the Investment Manager, and earnings credits, as applicable.

 

e

Net expense information reflects the expense ratios after voluntary expense waivers, reimbursements and custodian earnings credits, as applicable.

See accompanying notes.

 

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  Series E
Manager’s Commentary   (Diversified Income Series)
February 15, 2007   (unaudited)

LOGO

Advisor, Security Management Company, LLC

 

LOGO   LOGO

Steven M. Bowser

Portfolio Manager

 

Christopher L. Phalen

Portfolio Manager

To Our Shareholders:

2006 proved to be an interesting year for the fixed income markets. Interest rates across the yield curve increased, with long-term rates increasing less than short-term rates resulting in a more inverted yield curve. The Federal Reserve held the Fed funds’ rate unchanged at the August meeting after 17 consecutive increases, citing moderating economic growth, a slow down in the housing market, and the lagged effects of previous interest rate increases. Inflation still remained above levels preferred by the Fed so for the remainder of the year the market debated whether economic growth would slow down causing an interest rate cut, or inflation would continue to be high and cause another increase. The market also debated the impact of the inverted yield curve, which historically is a good indicator of future economic weakness, as equities and credit spreads continued to generate good performance signaling strong economic growth. Series E of the SBL Fund - Diversified Income Series earned a return of 3.80% for the year ended December 31, 2006, which lagged the benchmark Lehman Brothers Aggregate Index return of 4.33% for the same period.

Factors Affecting Performance in 2006

The returns for the bond market were again impacted by the Federal Reserve Bank’s four interest rate increases in the first half of 2006. As bond interest rates moved up across the yield curve, prices of bonds fell. The yield curve also inverted, with short-term rates higher than long term rates, which historically increases the risk of recession. Treasury securities underperformed the other fixed income sectors due to their lower yield.

During 2006, the Series was positioned shorter than the average maturity of its benchmark to mitigate the impact of rising rates. This strategy was correct and protected the Series from loss due to declining bond prices. The Series was slightly overweighted corporate bonds to take advantage of the strong credit fundamentals and low volatility of corporate spreads. While the corporate overweight was correct, it should have been larger given the strong performance of the sector. We kept the corporate weighting lower due to concerns about valuations and event risk in the sector. Mortgage-backed securities were slightly overweighted to take advantage of the additional yield and low volatility levels. This over weight proved successful as mortgage-backed securities were the top performing sector in the Lehman Aggregate Index. Again, to maximize performance the overweight should have been larger.

The Composition of Portfolio Assets

At the end of the year, the Series held 22% in mortgage backed securities, 2% in asset-backed and commercial mortgage-backed securities, 31% in corporate issues, 43% in U.S. Treasury and Government agencies, and 2% in cash. This portfolio composition is over weighted corporate bonds and mortgage-backed securities and underweighted in Treasury and Agency issues relative to the benchmark.

Outlook for 2007

In 2006 the economy continued to grow but with strong head winds from the long anticipated correction in the housing market, the Federal Reserves rate increases starting to take effect, and commodity prices hitting all time highs. Looking for ward to 2007 the economy should continue to grow but at a slower rate than the recent past. One of the main concerns widely discussed in 2006 was the slowdown in the housing market. The housing slowdown had a negative impact on economic growth in 2006, but it does not appear to be enough to push the economy into a recession with unemployment near all time lows and wage inflation still relatively high. The strong labor market should also drive consumer spending to continue growing at a reasonable rate. Commodity prices also declined in late 2006, which should add some positive stimulus to the economy and lower inflation expectations.

The yield curve remains flat or inverted which traditionally has been a sign of future economic weakness. In the current environment we believe that the strong demand for long U.S. Treasury securities from global investors and investors searching to match long liabilities has largely contributed to this situation rather than a pending recession.

We expect short term rates to remain at 5.25% for most of 2007. We believe the Fed has paused and will remain paused with a wait-and-see attitude. We believe it won’t raise rates because there’s no compelling reason to do so. On the other hand, we believe it won’t cut rates either. For the Fed to raise rates again, inflation would have to increase while the economy remained strong. For the Fed to cut rates, inflation would have to decline into its preferred range and economic growth would have to slow down. At this point, there is limited evidence of either situation. Also, due to the increasing amounts of leverage in the capital markets we believe cutting rates

 

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Manager’s Commentary   (Diversified Income Series)
February 15, 2007   (unaudited)

will also send an unwarranted bullish signal to the credit and equity markets. Our bias will be to position the portfolio short of the average maturity of the benchmark because the market is pricing in a higher probability of a Fed rate decrease than we believe will occur.

With a stable and growing economy predicted in 2007, the Series will be overweighted corporate bonds for their additional yield. Fundamentals in the corporate sector remain strong as companies generate strong cash flow and profit growth. The primary short-term risk in corporate bonds is increased share repurchases and leveraged buyouts, which negatively impact credit quality. Our focus will continue to be on companies and sectors where this activity has a low probability.

Our primary concern for 2007 is that most risk assets are priced at high valuations and the economy is entering the fifth year of an expansion. We find ourselves constantly asking when the wind will blow the other direction with the economy slowing and credit spreads widening. At this point the evidence tells us to continue to own the additional yield these assets provide but be prepared to change our views if the data changes.

 

Sincerely,
   

Steven M. Bowser and Christopher L. Phalen

Portfolio Managers

PERFORMANCE

Series E vs. Lehman Brothers

Aggregate Bond Index

LOGO

$10,000 Over 10 Years

The chart above assumes a hypothetical $10,000 investment in Series E (Diversified Income Series) on December 31, 1996 and reflects the fees and expenses of Series E. The Lehman Brothers Aggregate Bond Index is an unmanaged index that tracks investment grade bonds including U.S. Treasury and agency issues, corporate bond issues, asset-backed, commercial mortgage-backed and mortgage-backed securities and Yankee issues.

Average Annual Returns

 

Periods Ended 12-31-061

   1 Year     5 Years     10 Years  

Series E

   3.80 %   4.36 %   5.12 %

 

1

Performance figures do not reflect fees and expenses associated with an investment in variable insurance products offered by Security Benefit Life Insurance Company. If returns had taken into account these fees and expenses, performance would have been lower. Shares of a Series of SBL Fund are available only through the purchase of such products.

The performance data quoted above represents past performance. Past performance is not predictive of future performance. The investment return and principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost.

Portfolio Composition by Quality Ratings (Based on Standard and Poor’s Ratings)

 

AAA

   68.43 %

AA

   2.02  

A

   10.21  

BBB

   14.05  

BB

   2.47  

B

   0.43  

Asset Backed Commercial Paper

   0.79  

Commercial Paper

   0.66  

Repurchase Agreement

   0.29  

Cash & other assets, less liabilities

   0.65  

Total net assets

   100.00 %
      

See accompanying notes.

 

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  Series E
Managers’ Commentary   (Diversified Income Series)
December 31, 2006   (unaudited)

PERFORMANCE

Information About Your Series Expenses

Calculating your ongoing series expenses

Example

As a shareholder of the Series, you incur ongoing costs, including management fees and other series expenses. Performance figures and expense ratios do not reflect fees and expenses associated with an investment in variable insurance products. Shares of a Series of SBL Fund are available only through the purchase of such products. This example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Series and to compare these costs with ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds. The example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period, July 1, 2006 - December 31, 2006.

Actual Expenses

The first line in the table provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this table, 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.

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes

The second line in the table provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Series actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Series 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 the ongoing costs of investing in the Series and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other mutual funds.

Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any fees and expenses associated with an investment in variable insurance products. Therefore, the second line is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. In addition, if these fees and expenses associated with an investment in variable insurance products were included, your costs would have been higher.

Series Expenses

 

     Beginning
Account Value
07-01-06
   Ending
Account Value
12-31-061
   Expenses Paid
During
Period2

Series E (Diversified Income Series)

        

Actual

   $ 1,000.00    $ 1,048.00    $ 4.08

Hypothetical

     1,000.00      1,021.22      4.02

 

1

The actual ending account value is based on the actual total return of the Series for the period July 1, 2006 to December 31, 2006 after actual expenses and will differ from the hypothetical ending account value which is based on the Series expense ratio and a hypothetical annual return of 5% before expenses. The actual cumulative return at net asset value for the period July 1, 2006 to December 31, 2006 was 4.80%.

 

2

Expenses are equal to the Series annualized expense ratio of 0.79%, net of expense waivers and earnings credits, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 184/365 (to reflect the one-half year period).

 

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Schedule of Investments   Series E (Diversified Income Series)
December 31, 2006  

 

    

Principal

Amount

   Value

CORPORATE BOND - 28.0%

     

Automotive - 2.5%

     

Ford Motor Credit Company

     

6.50%, 2007

   $ 650,000    $ 650,109

GMAC LLC

     

6.274%, 2007 (1)

     3,000,000      2,999,979

6.31%, 2007

     105,000      104,343
         
        3,754,431
         

Banking - 3.5%

     

BankBoston Capital Trust IV

     

5.95%, 2028 (1)

     1,200,000      1,167,324

BOI Capital Funding No. 2, LP

     

5.57%, 2049 (1)(2)(3)

     650,000      634,800

Chase Capital III

     

5.92%, 2027 (1)

     1,200,000      1,160,095

Danske Bank A

     

7.40%, 2010 (1)(2)(3)

     800,000      807,486

Rabobank Capital Funding II

     

5.26%, 2049 (1)(2)(3)

     1,200,000      1,173,534

US Central Federal Credit Union

     

2.70%, 2009

     340,909      327,334
         
        5,270,573
         

Building Materials - 0.4%

     

CRH America, Inc.

     

6.95%, 2012

     600,000      634,203
         

Chemicals - 0.5%

     

PPG Industries, Inc.

     

7.40%, 2019

     650,000      732,189
         

Electric - 2.4%

     

Arizona Public Service Company

     

6.38%, 2011

     600,000      615,810

Cincinnati Gas & Electric

     

5.70%, 2012

     600,000      605,627

East Coast Power LLC

     

6.74%, 2008

     34,376      34,668

7.07%, 2012

     140,867      142,570

Kansas Gas & Electric

     

5.65%, 2021

     650,000      631,157

TXU Electric Delivery Company

     

6.38%, 2015

     600,000      618,466

WPS Resources Corporation

     

6.11%, 2066 (1)

     900,000      893,482
         
        3,541,780
         

Financial - Other - 1.9%

     

Berkshire Hathaway Finance Corporation

     

4.75%, 2012

     1,800,000      1,764,153

Willis North America, Inc.

     

5.63%, 2015

     1,200,000      1,148,666
         
        2,912,819
         

Financial Companies - Captive - 3.2%

     

CIT Group Funding Company of Canada

     

4.65%, 2010 (4)

     1,800,000      1,761,424

Residential Capital LLC

     

7.204%, 2009 (1)(2)(3)

     3,000,000      3,016,098
         
        4,777,522
         

Financial Companies - Noncaptive Consumer - 2.5%

     

Capital One Financial Corporation

     

4.74%, 2007

     650,000      648,121

Nelnet, Inc.

     

7.40%, 2036 (1)

     2,500,000      2,574,395

SLM Corporation

     

5.05%, 2014

     600,000      581,741
         
        3,804,257
         

Financial Companies - Noncaptive Diversified - 0.4%

     

General Electric Capital Corporation

     

5.88%, 2012

     600,000      616,988
         

Healthcare - 0.4%

     

Anthem, Inc.

     

6.80%, 2012

     600,000      636,405
         

Independent Energy - 0.4%

     

Devon Financing Corporation ULC

     

6.88%, 2011

     600,000      634,451
         

Insurance - Life - 3.4%

     

AIG SunAmerica Global Financing X

     

6.90%, 2032 (2)(3)

     1,200,000      1,373,559

AXA S.A.

     

6.379%, 2049 (1)(2)(3)

     700,000      691,154

Lincoln National Corporation

     

7.00%, 2066 (1)

     2,000,000      2,119,772

Metlife, Inc.

     

6.40%, 2036 (1)

     1,000,000      1,004,607
         
        5,189,092
         

Insurance - Properly & Casually - 1.8%

     

Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company

     

8.25%, 2031 (2)(3)

     650,000      796,824

Navigators Group, Inc.

     

7.00%, 2016

     700,000      715,758

Swiss Re Capital I, LP

     

6.854%, 2049 (1)(2)(3)

     1,200,000      1,258,919
         
        2,771,501
         

Media - Cable - 0.3%

     

Jones Intercable, Inc.

     

7.63%, 2008

     500,000      513,348
         

Natural Gas Pipelines - 0.7%

     

Consolidated Natural Gas Company

     

6.63%, 2013

     600,000      634,501

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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Schedule of Investments    Series E (Diversified Income Series)
December 31, 2006 - continued   

 

     Principal     
     Amount    Value

CORPORATE BOND (continued)

     

Natural Gas Pipelines (continued)

     

Express Pipeline, LP

     

6.47%, 2013 (2)(3)

   $ 338,400    $ 347,425
         
        981,926
         

Railroads - 0.9%

     

Canadian National Railway Company

     

6.25%, 2034

     1,200,000      1,281,554
         

REIP’s - 0.8%

     

Reckson Operating Partnership, LP

     

5.15%, 2011

     1,200,000      1,173,067
         

Services - 0.0%

     

American ECO Corporation

     

9.625%, 2008 (2)(5)(6)(7)

     500,000      —  
         

Technology - 0.4%

     

Science Applications International

     

Corporation

     

7.13%, 2032

     600,000      646,381
         

Telecommunications - Wireless - 0.8%

     

Nextel Communications, Inc.

     

6.88%, 2013

     1,200,000      1,212,396
         

Transportation Services - 0.4%

     

TTX Company

     

4.90%, 2015 (2)(3)

     650,000      620,070
         

U.S. Banking - 0.4%

     

PartnerRe Finance II

     

6.44%, 2066 (1)

     650,000      652,403
         

TOTAL CORPORATE BOND (Cost $42,643,776)

      $ 42,357,356
         

PREFERRED STOCK - 2.4%

     

Insurance Brokers - 0.8%

     

WoodBourne Pass-Through Trust

     

6.45%, 2008 (1)(2)(3)

     12      1,201,875
         

Property & Casually Insurance - 0.8%

     

Aspen Insurance Holdings, Ltd.

     

7.401%, 2017 (1)(4)

     48,000      1,228,800
         

U.S. Banking - 0.8%

     

Washington Mutual Preferred Funding

     

Delaware

     

6.53%, 2041 (1)(2)(3)

     1,250,000      1,235,625
         

TOTAL PREFERRED STOCK (Cost $3,660,506)

      $ 3,666,300
         

MORTGAGE BACKED SECURITIES - 58.9%

     

Other Non - Agency - 12.1%

     

CMO’s - 12.1%

     

Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities

     

Corporation

     

1998-1, 6.56% - 2030

     500,000      506,580

Chase Mortgage Finance Corporation

     

2005-A1 2A2, 5.247% - 2035 (1)

     2,413,393      2,390,960

Chaseflex Trust

     

2006-1, 5.94% - 2036 (1)

     3,000,000      3,016,474

Homebanc Mortgage Trust

     

2006-1, 6.18% - 2037 (1)

     2,519,668      2,553,410

JP Morgan Alternative Loan Trust

     

2006-S2, 5.81% - 2036

     3,007,000      3,003,877

2006-S3, 6.00% - 2036

     3,000,000      2,993,414

JP Morgan Mortgage Trust

     

2006-A3, 5.38% - 2036 (1)

     2,100,564      2,096,698

Washington Mutual, Inc.

     

2005-AR16 1A1, 5.11% - 2035 (1)

     1,754,275      1,736,948
         
        18,298,361
         

U.S. Government Sponsored

     

Agencies - 42.4%

     

CMO’s - 6.7%

     

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation

     

FHR 2520 AG, 5.00% - 2016

     2,238,791      2,222,805

FHR 188 H, 7.00% - 2021

     2,114      2,102

Federal National Mortgage Association

     

FNR 2005-46 TW, 5.00% - 2018

     3,000,000      2,932,298

FNR 1990-68 J, 6.95% - 2020

     5,250      5,428

FNR 1990-103 K, 7.50% - 2020

     1,500      1,517

FNR 2005-24 AH, 5.00% - 2029 (8)

     5,087,149      5,015,808
         
        10,179,958
         

Pass-Thru’s - 35.7%

     

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation

     

#E01378, 5.00% - 2018

     1,999,006      1,969,598

#E01488, 5.00% - 2018

     1,794,452      1,767,324

#E01538, 5.00% - 2018

     1,829,997      1,801,984

#C44050, 7.00% - 2030

     48,811      50,239

#C01079, 7.50% - 2030

     24,657      25,663

#C01172, 6.50% - 2031

     78,368      79,822

#C01210, 6.50% - 2031

     95,742      97,987

#C50964, 6.50% - 2031

     94,268      96,016

#C50967, 6.50% - 2031

     22,555      23,084

#C01277, 7.00% - 2031

     134,289      137,758

#C01292, 6.00% - 2032

     392,430      396,526

#C62801, 6.00% - 2032

     177,318      179,168

#C01287, 6.50% - 2032

     221,561      225,669

#C76358, 5.00% - 2033

     2,435,646      2,355,128

#C78238, 5.50% - 2033

     2,264,327      2,242,668

#A16943, 6.00% - 2033

     1,160,910      1,171,442

#G08014, 5.00% - 2034

     2,365,995      2,285,339

#G08015, 5.50% - 2034

     2,169,616      2,147,911

#A17903, 6.00% - 2034

     1,430,121      1,441,759

#1B2544, 5.292% - 2036 (1)

     3,158,813      3,152,651

#G02109, 6.00% - 2036

     2,740,149      2,761,033

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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Schedule of Investments    Series E (Diversified Income Series)
December 31, 2006 - continued   

 

    

Principal

Amount

   Value
     

MORTGAGE BACKED SECURITIES (continued)

     

U.S. Government Sponsored Agencies (continued)

     

Pass - Thru’s (continued)

     

Federal National Mortgage Association

     

#254473, 5.50% - 2017

   $ 1,755,909    $ 1,760,099

#720714, 4.50% - 2018

     1,841,156      1,780,489

#555549, 5.00% - 2018

     2,108,020      2,071,889

#750465, 5.00% - 2018

     1,839,663      1,812,592

#839353, 5.50% - 2018

     1,289,032      1,294,115

#780952, 4.00% - 2019

     2,300,499      2,168,088

#252806, 7.50% - 2029

     78,621      82,054

#252874, 7.50% - 2029

     28,179      29,410

#535277, 7.00% - 2030

     46,135      47,356

#551262, 7.50% - 2030

     18,008      18,752

#190307, 8.00% - 2030

     32,670      34,458

#253356, 8.00% - 2030

     36,507      38,505

#541735, 8.00% - 2030

     40,450      42,664

#535838, 6.50% - 2031

     69,656      70,971

#585348, 6.50% - 2031

     69,194      70,500

#591381, 6.50% - 2031

     123,946      126,285

#254477, 5.50% - 2032

     1,030,406      1,018,256

#254198, 6.00% - 2032

     384,837      387,450

#254377, 6.00% - 2032

     644,402      650,282

#254478, 6.00% - 2032

     301,824      304,578

#666750, 6.00% - 2032

     653,647      658,086

#254346, 6.50% - 2032

     176,518      179,850

#545691, 6.50% - 2032

     264,784      269,782

#659790, 6.50% - 2032

     239,576      245,067

#702879, 5.00% - 2033

     1,379,513      1,334,443

#709805, 5.00% - 2033

     1,943,763      1,880,259

#658077, 5.50% - 2033

     1,250,140      1,237,654

#688328, 5.50% - 2033

     1,175,426      1,163,445

#689108, 5.50% - 2033

     1,123,810      1,112,585

#709748, 5.50% - 2033

     1,878,586      1,859,822

#713971, 5.50% - 2033

     1,865,959      1,846,938

#754903, 5.50% - 2033

     1,058,328      1,041,461

#725033, 6.00% - 2034

     836,763      843,818

#255554, 5.50% - 2035

     2,161,791      2,138,615
         
        54,029,387
         
        64,209,345
         

U.S. Government Sponsored Securities - 4.4%

     

CMO’s - 3.1%

     

Government National Mortgage Association

     

GNR 2006 - 23 A, 6.00% - 2033

     4,766,453      4,714,843
         

Pass - Thru’s - 1.3%

     

Government National Mortgage Association

     

G2 181907, 9.50% - 2020

     14,421      15,882

#301465, 9.00% - 2021

     20,751      22,488

#305617, 9.00% - 2021

     16,629      18,020

#313107, 7.00% - 2022

     107,862      111,430

#352022, 7.00% - 2023

     71,175      73,529

#369303, 7.00% - 2023

     108,246      111,826

#780454, 7.00% - 2026

     112,491      116,212

G2 2445, 8.00% - 2027

     46,678      49,237

#462680, 7.00% - 2028

     69,339      71,632

#482668, 7.00% - 2028

     52,284      54,014

#518436, 7.25% - 2029

     19,574      20,294

#494109, 7.50% - 2029

     23,737      24,726

#510704, 7.50% - 2029

     26,721      27,834

#781079, 7.50% - 2029

     25,008      26,049

#479229, 8.00% - 2030

     17,421      18,446

#479232, 8.00% - 2030

     21,209      22,457

#508342, 8.00% - 2030

     42,631      45,138

G2 2909, 8.00% - 2030

     25,695      27,104

#538285, 6.50% - 2031

     84,309      86,502

#561561, 6.50% - 2031

     165,679      170,267

#564472, 6.50% - 2031

     243,118      249,850

#781414, 5.50% - 2032

     354,440      352,736

#552324, 6.50% - 2032

     148,756      152,625
         
        1,868,298
         
        6,583,141
         

TOTAL MORTGAGE BACKED SECURITIES (Cost $90,302,172)

      $ 89,090,847
         

U.S. GOVERNMENT SPONSORED AGENCY BONDS NOTES - 2.7%

     

Federal National Mortgage Association

     

5.00% - 2013 (4)(8)

     1,935,000      1,895,683

6.63% - 2030 (8)

     750,000      894,973

7.13% - 2030 (8)

     1,000,000      1,255,204
         

TOTAL U.S. GOVERNMENT SPONSORED AGENCY BONDS & NOTES (Cost $3,786,785)

      $ 4,045,860
         

U.S. GOVERNMENT SECURITIES - 3.6%

     

U.S. Treasury Bill

     

4.85%, 2007

     130,000      129,872

4.87%, 2007

     35,000      34,698

U.S. Treasury Bonds

     

5.38%, 2031

     5,000,000      5,355,860
         

TOTAL U.S. GOVERNMENT SECURITIES (Cost $5,738,605)

      $ 5,520,430
         

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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Schedule of Investments    Series E (Diversified Income Series)
December 31, 2006 - continued   

 

     Principal
Amount
   Value

ASSET BACKED SECURITIES - 2.0%

     

Home Equity Loans - 2.0%

     

Credit-Based Asset Servicing and Securitization LLC

     

2005-CB5, 5.61%, 2035 (1)

   $ 3,000,000    $ 3,012,982
         

TOTAL ASSET BACKED SECURITIES (Cost $3,000,000)

      $ 3,012,982
         

ASSET BACKED COMMERCIAL PAPER - 0.8%

     

Financial Companies - Trade

     

Receivables - 0.8%

     

Old Line Funding LLC

     

5.26%, 1/4/2007

     1,200,000      1,199,467
         

TOTAL ASSET BACKED COMMERCIAL PAPER (Cost $1,199,467)

      $ 1,199,467
         

COMMERCIAL PAPER - 0.7%

     

Financial-Other - 0.7%

     

Countrywide Financial Corporation

     

5.42%, 1/2/2007

     1,000,000      999,851
         

TOTAL COMMERCIAL PAPER (Cost $999,851)

      $ 999,851
         

REPURCHASE AGREEMENT - 0.3%

     

United Missouri Bank, 4.85%, 12-29-06, matures 01-02-07; repurchase amount $436,235 (Collateralized by FHLMC, 5.00%, 08-15-35 with a value of $445,070)

   $ 436,000    $ 436,000
         

TOTAL REPURCHASE AGREEMENT (Cost $436,000)

      $ 436,000
         

Total Investments (SBL E Fund) (Cost $151,767,162) - 99.4%

      $ 150,329,093

Other Assets in Excess of Liabilities - 0.6%

        981,904
         

TOTAL NET ASSETS -100.0%

      $ 151,310,997
         

Footnotes

Percentages are stated as a percent of net assets.

For federal income tax purposes the identified cost of investments

owned at 12/31/2006 was $152,768,800.

 

1 - Variable rate security. Rate indicated is rate effective at December 31, 2006.

 

2 - Security was acquired through a private placement.

 

3 - Security is a 144A security, which places restrictions on resale. See Notes to financial statements.

 

4 - Security is a step-up bond. Rate indicated is rate effective at December 31, 2006.

 

5 - Security is deemed illiquid. See Notes to financial statements.

 

6 - Security is in default of interest and/or principal obligations.

 

7 - Security is fair valued by the Board of Directors. See Notes to financial statements.

 

8 - Security is segregated as collateral for open futures contracts.

See notes to financial statements.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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Series E

(Diversified Income Series)

Statement of Assets and Liabilities

December 31, 2006

 

Assets:

  

Investments, at value1

   $ 150,329,093  

Cash

     46,289  

Receivables:

  

Fund shares sold

     89,178  

Securities sold

     4,220  

Dividend

     16,206  

Interest

     1,234,753  

Prepaid expenses

     3,667  
        

Total assets

     151,723,406  
        

Liabilities:

  

Payable for:

  

Variation margin on futures

     9,000  

Fund shares redeemed

     271,576  

Management fees

     77,567  

Directors’ fees

     4,000  

Transfer agent/maintenance fees

     2,083  

Administration fees

     15,057  

Professional fees

     16,560  

Other

     16,566  
        

Total liabilities

     412,409  
        

Net Assets

   $ 151,310,997  
        

Net assets consist of:

  

Paid in capital

   $ 159,715,964  

Undistributed net investment income

     6,546,424  

Accumulated net realized loss on sale of investments and futures

     (13,409,473 )

Net unrealized depreciation in value of investments and futures

     (1,541,918 )
        

Net assets

   $ 151,310,997  
        

Capital shares authorized

     unlimited  

Capital shares outstanding

     12,603,079  

Net asset value per share (net assets divided by shares outstanding)

   $ 12.01  
        

1Investments, at cost

   $ 151,767,162  

Statement of Operations

For the Year Ended December 31, 2006

 

Investment Income:

  

Interest

   $ 8,516,144  

Dividends

     84,592  
        

Total investment income

     8,600,736  
        

Expenses:

  

Management fees

     1,184,769  

Administration fees

     160,834  

Transfer agent/maintenance fees

     25,224  

Custodian fees

     27,140  

Professional fees

     22,584  

Directors’ fees

     7,613  

Reports to shareholders

     28,330  

Other expenses

     6,973  
        

Total expenses

     1,463,467  

Less: Expenses waived

     (236,955 )

Earning credits

     (49 )
        

Net expenses

     1,226,463  
        

Net investment income

     7,374,273  
        

Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss):

  

Net realized gain (loss) during the year on:

  

Investments

     (1,565,239 )

Futures

     53,513  
        

Net realized loss

     (1,511,726 )
        

Net unrealized depreciation during the year on:

  

Investments

     (182,938 )

Futures

     (103,849 )
        

Net unrealized depreciation

     (286,787 )
        

Net realized and unrealized loss

     (1,798,513 )
        

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

   $ 5,575,760  
        

See accompanying notes.

 

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  Series E
Statement of Changes in Net Assets   (Diversified Income Series)

 

     Year Ended
December 31, 2006
    Year Ended
December 31, 2005
 

Increase (decrease) in net assets from operations:

    

Net investment income

   $ 7,374,273     $ 6,633,185  

Net realized gain (loss) during the year on investments and futures

     (1,511,726 )     975,729  

Net unrealized depreciation during the year on investments and futures

     (286,787 )     (4,694,841 )
                

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

     5,575,760       2,914,073  
                

Capital share transactions:

    

Proceeds from sale of shares

     61,806,779       63,916,593  

Cost of shares redeemed

     (75,457,709 )     (66,971,923 )
                

Net decrease from capital share transactions

     (13,650,930 )     (3,055,330 )
                

Net decrease in net assets

     (8,075,170 )     (141,257 )
                

Net assets:

    

Beginning of year

     159,386,167       159,527,424  
                

End of year

   $ 151,310,997     $ 159,386,167  
                

Undistributed net investment income at end of year

   $ 6,546,424     $ 5,900,401  
                

Capital Share Activity:

    

Shares sold

     5,337,585       5,569,608  

Shares redeemed

     (6,512,120 )     (5,836,749 )
                

Total capital share activity

     (1,174,535 )     (267,141 )
                

See accompanying notes.

 

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Financial Highlights    Series E  
Selected data for each share of capital stock outstanding throughout each year    (Diversified Income Series )

 

     2006     2005     2004     2003    

Year Ended,
December 31,

2002

 

Per Share Data

          

Net asset value, beginning of period

   $ 11.57     $ 11.36     $ 11.04     $ 11.83     $ 11.40  

Income (loss) from investment operations:

          

Net investment income

     0.63       0.49       0.50       0.68       0.51  

Net gain (loss) on securities (realized and unrealized)

     (0.19 )     (0.28 )     (0.08 )     (0.31 )     0.51  
                                        

Total from investment operations

     0.44       0.21       0.42       0.37       1.02  
                                        

Less distributions:

          

Dividends from net investment income

     —         —         (0.10 )     (1.16 )     (0.59 )
                                        

Total distributions

     —         —         (0.10 )     (1.16 )     (0.59 )
                                        

Net asset value, end of period

   $ 12.01     $ 11.57     $ 11.36     $ 11.04     $ 11.83  
                                        

Total Returna

     3.80 %     1.85 %     3.82 %     3.19 %     9.29 %
                                        

Ratios/Supplemental Data

          

Net assets, end of period (in thousands)

   $ 151,311     $ 159,386     $ 159,527     $ 159,472     $ 195,754  
                                        

Ratios to average net assets:

          

Net investment income

     4.67 %     4.23 %     4.42 %     4.39 %     5.00 %

Total expensesb

     0.93 %     0.92 %     0.89 %     0.84 %     0.83 %

Net expensesc

     0.78 %     0.77 %     0.75 %     0.84 %     0.83 %
                                        

Portfolio turnover rate

     64 %     60 %     39 %     45 %     32 %

 

a

Total return does not take into account any of the expenses associated with an investment in variable insurance products offered by Security Benefit Life Insurance Company. If total return had taken into account these expenses, performance would have been lower. Shares of a series of SBL Fund are available only through the purchase of such products.

 

b

Total expense information reflects expense ratios absent fund expense reductions by the Investment Manager, and earnings credits, as applicable.

 

c

Net expense information reflects the expense ratios after voluntary expense waivers, reimbursements and custodian earnings credits, as applicable.

See accompanying notes.

 

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  Series H
Manager’s Commentary   (Enhanced Index Series)
February 15, 2007   (unaudited)

LOGO

Advisor, Northern Trust

To Our Shareholders:

Series H of the SBL Fund - Enhanced Index Series posted a total return of 15.55% for the year ended December 31, 2006. Its benchmark, the S&P 500 Index, was up 15.79%.

The U.S. equity market ended up for the fourth straight year in 2006. The first half of 2006 was characterized by mixed macroeconomic and earnings reports, inflation concerns, record oil prices, and increased geopolitical risk. The second half of the year saw a sustained market rally fed by falling oil prices, the announcement of several large M&A deals, and the Fed’s decision to pause on rates.

The Series Management Criteria

The Series is managed using a proprietary quantitative stock selection model that assigns each company in the S&P 500 an expected return based upon multiple factors. These factors are based on four broad characteristics: Valuation (is the stock reasonably priced?), Momentum (price and earnings momentum), Earnings (earnings quality and stability) and Management Signals (signals given by management and insiders trading in company stock). Additionally, there are strict risk constraints that limit deviations from the benchmark with respect to the individual stocks, sectors, industries, style and size.

Keys to the Series’ Gain

Driving the Series’ positive outperformance in 2006 was the portfolio’s exposure to companies with healthy accruals, management share buybacks, and book-to-price, whereas exposure to companies with analyst diffusion and momentum was a detractor.

During 2006, the market rewarded moderately valued securities that displayed attractive growth characteristics, especially within the Information Technology sector, where our bottom up stock selection model worked most effectively. Within that sector, the fund achieved a 15.4% return relative to the benchmark sector return of 8.6%, while maintaining neutral exposure to sectors at the portfolio level. The Series’ portfolio construction methodology is designed to ensure the portfolio will have neutral exposures to all sectors in line with the benchmark, and relies on stock selection within sectors to enhance returns.

Despite a discernable slowdown in U.S. economic growth, global financial markets powered ahead in the final quarter of 2006. Still-higher corporate profits and falling oil prices were the most prominent catalysts driving further advances in risk-based security prices. As 2006 came to a close, a series of positive economic reports also suggested that investors’ percolating recession fears were perhaps overblown, and the U.S. economy’s much-coveted soft-landing was safely “wheels down.”

Investors enter 2007 with a backdrop of favorable economic and financial trends: Global growth remains solid and the global economy appears set to strengthen in the first half of this year, sustaining the strongest business cycle since the early 1970s; credit and liquidity are plentiful; company balance sheet strength is its strongest in a decade; and corporate earnings remains in record territory as U.S. companies report better-than-expected results for the fourth quarter.

We express our gratitude to our shareholders for their confidence in the Series and assure them that we will continue to apply our disciplined, quantitative approach while adhering to our strict risk control process.

 

Sincerely,
   
Enhanced Index Team

 

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  Series H
Managers’ Commentary   (Enhanced Index Series)
December 31, 2006   (unaudited)

PERFORMANCE

Series H vs. S&P 500 Index

LOGO

$10,000 Since Inception

The chart above assumes a hypothetical $10,000 investment in Series H (Enhanced Index Series) on May 3, 1999 (date of inception) and reflects the fees and expenses of Series H. The S&P 500 Index is a capitalization-weighted index composed of 500 selected common stocks that represent the broad domestic economy and is a widely recognized unmanaged index of market performance.

Portfolio Composition by Sector

 

Consumer Discretionary

   10.03 %

Consumer Staples

   9.20  

Energy

   9.42  

Financials

   21.50  

Health Care

   11.67  

Industrials

   10.80  

Information Technology

   15.07  

Materials

   3.10  

Telecommunication Services

   3.46  

Utilities

   3.33  

U.S. Government Securities

   0.18  

Repurchase Agreement

   2.20  

Cash & other assets, less liabilities

   0.04  

Total net assets

   100.00 %
      

Average Annual Returns

 

Periods Ended 12-31-061

   1 Year     5 Years     Since Inception
(5-3-99)
 

Series H

   15.55 %   5.58 %   1.86 %

 

1

Performance figures do not reflect fees and expenses associated with an investment in variable insurance products offered by Security Benefit Life Insurance Company. If returns had taken into account these fees and expenses, performance would have been lower. Shares of a Series of SBL Fund are available only through the purchase of such products.

The performance data quoted above represents past performance. Past performance is not predictive of future performance. The investment return and principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost.

See accompanying notes

 

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     Series H
Managers’ Commentary    (Enhanced Index Series)
December 31, 2006    (unaudited)

PERFORMANCE

Information About Your Series Expenses

Calculating your ongoing series expenses

Example

As a shareholder of the Series, you incur ongoing costs, including management fees and other series expenses. Performance figures and expense ratios do not reflect fees and expenses associated with an investment in variable insurance products. Shares of a Series of SBL Fund are available only through the purchase of such products. This example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Series and to compare these costs with ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds. The example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period, July 1, 2006 - December 31, 2006.

Actual Expenses

The first line in the table provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this table, 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.

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes

The second line in the table provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Series actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Series 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 the ongoing costs of investing in the Series and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other mutual funds.

Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any fees and expenses associated with an investment in variable insurance products. Therefore, the second line is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. In addition, if these fees and expenses associated with an investment in variable insurance products were included, your costs would have been higher.

Series Expenses

 

     Beginning
Account Value
07-01-06
   Ending
Account Value
12-31-061
   Expenses Paid
During
Period2

Series H (Enhanced Index Series)

        

Actual

   $ 1,000.00    $ 1,128.40    $ 3.86

Hypothetical

     1,000.00      1,021.58      3.67

 

1

The actual ending account value is based on the actual total return of the Series for the period July 1, 2006 to December 31, 2006 after actual expenses and will differ from the hypothetical ending account value which is based on the Series expense ratio and a hypothetical annual return of 5% before expenses. The actual cumulative return at net asset value for the period July 1, 2006 to December 31, 2006 was 12.84%.

 

2

Expenses are equal to the Series annualized expense ratio of 0.72%, net of expense waivers and earnings credits, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 184/365 (to reflect the one-half year period).

 

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Schedule of Investments    Series H (Enhanced Index Series)
December 31, 2006   

 

     Shares    Value

COMMON STOCK -9 7.6%

     

Advertising - 0.4%

     

Omnicom Group, Inc.

   3,800    $ 397,252
         

Aerospace & Defense - 2.6%

     

Boeing Company

   10,771      956,896

Honeywell International, Inc.

   10,975      496,509

Lockheed Martin Corporation

   7,247      667,231

Northrop Grumman Corporation

   8,022      543,089

United Technologies Corporation

   3,365      210,380
         
        2,874,105
         

Agricultural Products - 0.5%

     

Archer-Daniels-Midland Company

   17,300      552,908
         

Air Freight & Logistics - 1.1%

     

FedEx Corporation

   5,800      629,996

United Parcel Service, Inc. (CI.B)

   7,793      584,319
         
        1,214,315
         

Airlines - 0.1%

     

Southwest Airlines Company

   6,571      100,668
         

Apparel Retail - 0.4%

     

TJX Companies, Inc.

   17,000      484,160
         

Apparel, Accessories & Luxury Goods - 0.4%

     

Jones Apparel Group, Inc.

   11,700      391,131
         

Application Software - 0.8%

     

Citrix Systems, Inc. *

   14,382      389,033

Intuit, Inc. *

   15,200      463,752
         
        852,785
         

Asset Management & Custody Banks - 0.5%

     

Ameriprise Financial, Inc.

   8,133      443,249

Mellon Financial Corporation

   3,455      145,628
         
        588,877
         

Automobile Manufacturers - 0.4%

     

Ford Motor Company

   400      3,004

General Motors Corporation

   15,900      488,448
         
        491,452
         

Automotive Retail - 0.1%

     

Autonation, Inc. *

   7,124      151,884
         

Biotechnology - 1.3%

     

Amgen, Inc. *

   15,242      1,041,181

Gilead Sciences, Inc. *

   5,900      383,087
         
        1,424,268
         

Brewers - 0.0%

     

Molson Coors Brewing Company

   300      22,932
         

Broadcasting & Cable TV - 1.7%

     

CBS Corporation (CI.B)

   18,400      573,712

Comcast Corporation *

   26,324      1,114,295

DIRECTV Group, Inc. *

   6,500      162,110
         
        1,850,117
         

Building Products - 0.3%

     

Masco Corporation

   10,796      322,476
         

Communications Equipment - 2.9%

     

Ciena Corporation *

   14,192      393,260

Cisco Systems, Inc. *

   60,283      1,647,535

JDS Uniphase Corporation *

   11,300      188,258

Motorola, Inc.

   3,629      74,612

Qualcomm, Inc.

   19,324      730,254

Tellabs, Inc. *

   11,449      117,467
         
        3,151,386
         

Computer & Electronics Retail - 0.4%

     

Best Buy Company, Inc.

   2,600      127,894

Circuit City Stores, Inc.

   17,773      337,332
         
        465,226
         

Computer Hardware - 3.6%

     

Apple Computer, Inc. *

   2,746      232,971

Dell, Inc. *

   5,176      129,866

Hewlett-Packard Company

   32,436      1,336,039

International Business Machines Corporation

   16,716      1,623,959

NCR Corporation *

   3,798      162,402

Sun Microsystems, Inc. *

   88,324      478,716
         
        3,963,953
         

Computer Storage & Peripherals - 0.4%

     

Lexmark International, Inc. *

   5,500      402,600
         

Construction & Farm Machinery & Heavy Trucks - 0.6%

     

Caterpillar, Inc.

   11,594      711,060
         

Consumer Finance - 0.8%

     

American Express Company

   4,222      256,149

Capital One Financial Corporation

   1,178      90,494

SLM Corporation

   11,100      541,347
         
        887,990
         

Data Processing & Outsourced Services - 0.9%

     

Automatic Data Processing, Inc.

   12,300      605,775

Convergys Corporation *

   11,800      280,604

Paychex, Inc.

   100      3,954

Western Union Company

   3,500      78,470
         
        968,803
         

Department Stores - 1.2%

     

Dillard’s, Inc.

   10,900      381,173

JC Penney Company, Inc.

   5,722      442,654

Kohl's Corporation *

   7,000      479,010
         
        1,302,837
         

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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Schedule of Investments    Series H (Enhanced Index Series)
December 31, 2006 - continued   

 

     Shares    Value

COMMON STOCK (continued)

     

Distillers & Vintners - 0.0%

     

Brown-Forman Corporation

   100    $ 6,624
         

Diversified Banks - 2.4%

     

U.S. Bancorp

   4,325      156,522

Wachovia Corporation

   19,728      1,123,510

Wells Fargo & Company

   39,138      1,391,747
         
        2,671,779
         

Diversified Chemicals -1.0%

     

Dow Chemical Company

   8,089      323,075

E.I. Du Pont de Nemours & Company

   7,005      341,213

PPG Industries, Inc.

   7,160      459,744
         
        1,124,032
         

Diversified Metals & Mining - 0.2%

     

Phelps Dodge Corporation

   1,642      196,580
         

Drug Retail - 0.7%

     

CVS Corporation

   19,600      605,836

Walgreen Company

   4,193      192,417
         
        798,253
         

Electric Utilities - 1.3%

     

Allegheny Energy, Inc. *

   9,671      443,996

Edison International

   1,278      58,123

Exelon Corporation

   6,200      383,718

FirstEnergy Corporation

   8,900      535,869

Progress Energy, Inc. - Contingent Value Obligation * (1)

   1,100      341
         
        1,422,047
         

Electrical Components & Equipment - 0.4%

     

Cooper Industries, Ltd.

   98      8,862

Emerson Electric Company

   142      6,258

Rockwell Automation, Inc.

   6,100      372,588
         
        387,708
         

Electronic Manufacturing Services - 0.4%

     

Molex, Inc.

   13,042      412,518
         

Environmental & Facilities Services - 0.5%

     

Waste Management, Inc.

   14,873      546,880
         

Food Retail - 0.5%

     

Kroger Company

   22,100      509,847
         

Gas Utilities - 0.3%

     

Questar Corporation

   4,200      348,810
         

General Merchandise Stores - 0.2%

     

Family Dollar Stores, Inc.

   5,900      173,047

Target Corporation

   865      49,348
         
        222,395
         

Health Care Distributors - 0.9%

     

AmerisourceBergen Corporation

   9,884      444,385

Cardinal Health, Inc.

   9,107      586,764
         
        1,031,149
         

Health Care Equipment - 1.3%

     

Baxter International, Inc.

   7,200      334,008

Becton Dickinson & Company

   4,036      283,125

Medtronic, Inc.

   15,325      820,041
         
        1,437,174
         

Health Care Services - 0.8%

     

Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings *

   6,258      459,775

Quest Diagnostics, Inc.

   8,600      455,800
         
        915,575
         

Health Care Technology - 0.0%

     

IMS Health, Inc.

   1,400      38,472
         

Home Furnishings - 0.4%

     

Leggett & Platt, Inc.

   17,100      408,690
         

Home Improvement Retail - 0.3%

     

Home Depot, Inc.

   7,776      312,284

Lowe’s Companies, Inc.

   752      23,425
         
        335,709
         

Hotels, Resorts & Cruise Lines - 0.6%

     

Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc.

   7,600      475,000

Wyndham Worldwide Corporation *

   7,228      231,441
         
        706,441
         

Household Appliances - 0.2%

     

Black & Decker Corporation

   900      71,973

Whirlpool Corporation

   1,600      132,832
         
        204,805
         

Household Products - 1.9%

     

Clorox Company

   995      63,829

Colgate-Palmolive Company

   100      6,524

Kimberly-Clark Corporation

   9,500      645,525

Procter & Gamble Company

   21,329      1,370,815
         
        2,086,693
         

Hypermarkets & Super Centers -1.2%

     

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

   28,513      1,316,730
         

Independent Power Producers & Energy Traders - 0.5%

     

TXU Corporation

   10,789      584,872
         

Industrial Conglomerates - 3.7%

     

3M Company

   11,076      863,153

General Electric Company

   82,469      3,068,671

Tyco International, Ltd.

   4,685      142,424
         
        4,074,248
         

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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Schedule of Investments    Series H (Enhanced Index Series)
December 31, 2006 - continued   

 

     Shares    Value

COMMON STOCK (continued)

     

Industrial Machinery - 0.6%

     

Ingersoll-Rand Company, Ltd.

   5,022    $ 196,511

Parker Hannifin Corporation

   5,800      445,904
         
        642,415
         

Integrated Oil & Gas - 5.8%

     

Chevron Corporation

   13,768      1,012,361

ConocoPhillips

   19,117      1,375,468

Exxon Mobil Corporation (2)

   47,541      3,643,067

Marathon Oil Corporation

   3,300      305,250
         
        6,336,146
         

Integrated Telecommunication Services - 3.1%

     

AT&T, Inc.

   28,555      1,020,841

BellSouth Corporation

   14,889      701,421

CenturyTel, Inc.

   5,300      231,398

Qwest Communications International, Inc. *

   60,227      504,100

Verizon Communications, Inc.

   25,642      954,908
         
        3,412,668
         

Internet Software & Services - 1.1%

     

Google, Inc. *

   2,375      1,093,640

VeriSign, Inc. *

   4,098      98,557
         
        1,192,197
         

Investment Banking & Brokerage - 1.9%

     

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.

   5,436      1,083,667

Lehman Brothers Holdings, Inc.

   700      54,684

Merrill Lynch & Company, Inc.

   9,853      917,314
         
        2,055,665
         

Leisure Products - 0.2%

     

Mattel, Inc.

   10,000      226,600
         

Life & Health Insurance - 1.3%

     

Aflac, Inc.

   8,011      368,506

Metlife, Inc.

   12,864      759,105

Principal Financial Group, Inc.

   807      47,371

Prudential Financial, Inc.

   2,311      198,422
         
        1,373,404
         

Life Sciences Tools & Services - 0.0%

     

Applera Corporation - Applied Biosystems Group

   1,000      36,690

Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc. *

   100      4,529
         
        41,219
         

Managed Health Care - 0.8%

     

Aetna, Inc.

   2,300      99,314

UnitedHealth Group, Inc.

   14,620      785,533

WellPoint, Inc. *

   384      30,217
         
        915,064
         

Motorcycle Manufacturers - 0.2%

     

Harley-Davidson, Inc. *

   2,331      164,266
         

Movies & Entertainment - 1.3%

     

News Corporation

   2,594      55,719

Time Warner, Inc.

   16,358      356,277

Walt Disney Company

   28,422      974,022
         
        1,386,018
         

Multi-Line Insurance - 1.4%

     

American International Group, Inc.

   16,765      1,201,380

Genworth Financial, Inc.

   3,165      108,274

Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc.

   2,187      204,069
         
        1,513,723
         

Multi-Utilities - 1.2%

     

CMS Energy Corporation *

   5,600      93,520

Dominion Resources, Inc.

   300      25,152

PG&E Corporation

   10,916      516,654

Public Service Enterprise Group, Inc.

   7,600      504,488

Sempra Energy

   100      5,597

Xcel Energy, Inc.

   6,900      159,114
         
        1,304,525
         

Oil & Gas Drilling - 0.4%

     

Nabors Industries, Ltd. *

   8,376      249,437

Transocean, Inc. *

   2,100      169,869
         
        419,306
         

Oil & Gas Equipment & Services - 1.0%

     

Baker Hughes, Inc.

   100      7,466

BJ Services Company

   4,800      140,736

Halliburton Company

   4,356      135,254

National Oilwell Varco, Inc. *

   1,931      118,139

Schlumberger, Ltd.

   7,047      445,088

Weatherford International, Ltd. *

   7,100      296,709
         
        1,143,392
         

Oil & Gas Exploration & Production - 1.3%

     

Anadarko Petroleum Corporation

   12,500      544,000

Devon Energy Corporation

   7,022      471,036

EOG Resources, Inc.

   6,825      426,221
         
        1,441,257
         

Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing - 0.9%

     

Sunoco, Inc.

   6,600      411,576

Valero Energy Corporation

   10,184      521,013
         
        932,589
         

Oil & Gas Storage & Transportation - 0.1%

     

Kinder Morgan, Inc.

   847      89,570
         

Other Diversified Financial Services - 6.4%

     

Bank of America Corporation

   44,628      2,382,689

Citigroup, Inc.

   34,780      1,937,246

JPMorgan Chase & Company

   33,810      1,633,023

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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Table of Contents
Schedule of Investments    Series H (Enhanced Index Series)
December 31, 2006 - continued   

 

     Shares    Value

COMMON STOCK (continued)

     

Other Diversified Financial Services (continued)

     

Morgan Stanley

   13,693    $ 1,115,021
         
        7,067,979
         

Packaged Foods & Meats - 0.3%

     

McCormick & Company, Inc.

   8,800      339,328
         

Paper Packaging - 0.4%

     

Temple-Inland, Inc.

   8,649      398,113
         

Paper Products - 0.3%

     

International Paper Company

   9,700      330,770
         

Personal Products - 0.4%

     

Estee Lauder Companies, Inc.

   10,000      408,200
         

Pharmaceuticals - 6.4%

     

Abbott Laboratories

   5,747      279,936

Barr Pharmaceuticals, Inc. *

   7,825      392,189

Bristol-Myers Squibb Company

   1,875      49,350

Eli Lilly & Company

   1,771      92,269

Forest Laboratories, Inc. *

   1,000      50,600

Johnson & Johnson

   30,183      1,992,682

King Pharmaceuticals, Inc. *

   25,489      405,785

Merck & Company, Inc.

   16,476      718,354

Mylan Laboratories, Inc.

   20,173      402,653

Pfizer, Inc.

   75,638      1,959,024

Schering-Plough Corporation

   20,382      481,830

Wyeth

   4,155      211,573
         
        7,036,245
         

Photographic Products - 0.0%

     

Eastman Kodak Company

   1,400      36,120
         

Property & Casually Insurance - 2.4%

     

ACE, Ltd.

   3,700      224,109

Allstate Corporation

   11,065      720,442

AMBAC Financial Group, Inc.

   5,200      463,164

Chubb Corporation

   10,800      571,428

Cincinnati Financial Corporation

   9,628      436,245

Progressive Corporation

   4,200      101,724

St. Paul Travelers Companies, Inc.

   1,981      106,360
         
        2,623,472
         

Publishing - 0.4%

     

Gannett Company, Inc.

   471      28,477

McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

   6,600      448,932
         
        477,409
         

Railroads - 0.9%

     

Norfolk Southern Corporation

   9,200      462,668

Union Pacific Corporation

   6,045      556,261
         
        1,018,929
         

Regional Banks - 1.9%

     

Keycorp

   13,465      512,074

M&T Bank Corporation

   700      85,512

National City Corporation

   15,700      573,992

PNC Financial Services Group, Inc.

   622      46,053

Regions Financial Corporation

   16,300      609,620

Synovus Financial Corporation

   7,700      237,391

Zions Bancorporation

   400      32,976
         
        2,097,618
         

Residential REIPs - 0.4%

     

Apartment Investment & Management Company

   1,000      56,020

Archstone-Smith Trust

   6,164      358,806
         
        414,826
         

Restaurants - 0.7%

     

Darden Restaurants, Inc.

   10,589      425,360

McDonald’s Corporation

   1,775      78,686

Starbucks Corporation *

   6,800      240,856

Yum! Brands, Inc.

   200      11,760
         
        756,662
         

Retail REITs - 0.5%

     

Simon Property Group, Inc.

   5,458      552,841
         

Semiconductor Equipment - 0.3%

     

Novellus Systems, Inc. *

   11,000      378,620
         

Semiconductors - 2.2%

     

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. *

   21,865      444,953

Intel Corporation

   61,091      1,237,093

LSI Logic Corporation *

   15,929      143,361

National Semiconductor Corporation

   4,947      112,297

Texas Instruments, Inc.

   18,494      532,627
         
        2,470,331
         

Soft Drinks - 2.2%

     

Coca-Cola Company

   24,934      1,203,066

Pepsi Bottling Group, Inc.

   11,273      348,448

PepsiCo, Inc.

   14,347      897,405
         
        2,448,919
         

Specialized Finance - 0.4%

     

CIT Group, Inc.

   8,536      476,053
         

Specialty Chemicals - 0.4%

     

Rohm & Haas Company

   8,340      426,341
         

Specialty Stores - 0.5%

     

Office Depot, Inc. *

   11,336      432,695

Staples, Inc.

   5,000      133,500
         
        566,195
         

Steel - 0.9%

     

Nucor Corporation

   9,211      503,473

United States Steel Corporation

   5,900      431,526
         
        934,999
         

Systems Software - 2.5%

     

Microsoft Corporation

   85,250      2,545,565

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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Table of Contents
Schedule of Investments   Series H (Enhanced Index Series)
December 31, 2006 - continued  

 

     Shares    Value

COMMON STOCK (continued)

     

Systems Software (continued)

     

Oracle Corporation *

     14,929    $ 255,883
         
        2,801,448
         

Thrifts & Mortgage Finance - 1.2%

     

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation

     689      46,783

Federal National Mortgage Association

     2,169      128,817

MGIC Investment Corporation

     6,640      415,265

Washington Mutual, Inc.

     16,359      744,171
         
        1,335,036
         

Tobacco - 1.5%

     

Altria Group, Inc.

     16,500      1,416,030

Reynolds American, Inc.

     3,168      207,409
         
        1,623,439
         

Wireless Telecommunication

     

Services - 0.4%

     

Alltel Corporation

     5,100      308,448

Sprint Nextel Corporation

     4,854      91,692
         
        400,140
         

TOTAL COMMON STOCK (Cost $97,285,731)

      $ 107,371,273
         
    

Principal

Amount

   Value

U.S. GOVERNMENT SECURITIES - 0.2%

     

U.S. Treasury Bill 4.85%, 2007

   $ 195,000      193,693
         

TOTAL U.S. GOVERNMENT SECURITIES (Cost $193,634)

      $ 193,693
         

REPURCHASE AGREEMENT - 2.2%

     

United Missouri Bank, 4.85%, dated 12-29-06, matures 01-02-07; repurchase amount of $2,425,306 (Collateralized by GNMA, 4.50%, 11-16-31 & U.S. Treasury Note, 2.25%, 02-15-07 with a combined value of $2,473,400)

   $ 2,424,000    $ 2,424,000
         

TOTAL REPURCHASE AGREEMENT (Cost $2,424,000)

      $ 2,424,000
         

Total Investments (SBL H Fund) (Cost $99,903,365) - 100.0%

      $ 109,988,966

Other Assets in Excess of Liabilities - 0.0%

        40,784
         

TOTAL NET ASSETS - 100.0%

      $ 110,029,750
         

Footnotes

Percentages are stated as a percent of net assets.

For federal income tax purposes the identified cost of investments owned at 12/31/2006 was $101,473,483.

 

* - Non-income producing security

 

1 - Security is deemed illiquid. See Notes to financial statements.

 

2 - Security is segregated as collateral for open futures contracts.

See notes to financial statements.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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Series H

(Enhanced Index Series)

Statement of Assets and Liabilities

December 31, 2006

 

Assets:

  

Investments, at value1

   $ 109,988,966  

Cash

     1,095  

Receivables:

  

Fund shares sold

     58,330  

Dividends

     147,246  

Prepaid expenses

     2,240  
        

Total assets

     110,197,877  
        

Liabilities:

  

Payable for:

  

Fund shares redeemed

     69,297  

Variation margin on futures

     9,614  

Management fees

     46,513  

Custodian fees

     5,293  

Transfer agent/maintenance fees

     2,073  

Administration fees

     10,338  

Professional fees

     19,301  

Directors’ fees

     1,800  

Other

     3,898  
        

Total liabilities

     168,127  
        

Net Assets

   $ 110,029,750  
        

Net assets consist of:

  

Paid in capital

   $ 103,829,469  

Undistributed net investment income

     914,052  

Accumulated net realized loss on sale of investments and futures

     (4,798,811 )

Net unrealized appreciation in value of investments and futures

     10,085,040  
        

Net assets

   $ 110,029,750  
        

Capital shares authorized

     unlimited  

Capital shares outstanding

     9,937,987  

Net asset value per share (net assets divided by shares outstanding)

   $ 11.07  
        

1Investments, at cost

   $ 99,903,365  

Statement of Operations

For the Year Ended December 31, 2006

 

Investment Income:

  

Dividends

   $ 1,414,720  

Interest

     41,806  
        

Total investment income

     1,456,526  
        

Expenses:

  

Management fees

     554,933  

Custodian fees

     36,577  

Transfer agent/maintenance fees

     25,139  

Administration fees

     75,825  

Directors’ fees

     3,486  

Professional fees

     20,730  

Reports to shareholders

     8,730  

Other expenses

     2,088  
        

Total expenses

     727,508  

Less: Expenses waived

     (184,978 )

Earnings credits

     (56 )
        

Net expenses

     542,474  
        

Net investment income

     914,052  
        

Net Realized and Unrealized Gain:

  

Net realized gain during the year on:

  

Investments

     5,639,944  

Futures

     256,194  
        

Net realized gain

     5,896,138  
        

Net unrealized appreciation during the year on:

  

Investments

     8,174,946  

Futures

     8,304  
        

Net unrealized appreciation

     8,183,250  
        

Net realized and unrealized gain

     14,079,388  
        

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

   $ 14,993,440  
        

See accompanying notes.

 

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  Series H
Statement of Changes in Net Assets   (Enhanced Index Series)

 

     Year Ended
December 31, 2006
    Year Ended
December 31, 2005
 

Increase (decrease) in net assets from operations:

    

Net investment income

   $ 914,052     $ 436,418  

Net realized gain during the year on investments and futures

     5,896,138       2,299,595  

Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) during the year on investments and futures

     8,183,250       (780,247 )
                

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

     14,993,440       1,955,766  
                

Capital share transactions:

    

Proceeds from sale of shares

     42,070,411       13,631,499  

Issuance of shares in connection with SBL Series W merger (Note 13)

     52,171,107       —    

Cost of shares redeemed

     (39,306,280 )     (14,308,225 )
                

Net increase (decrease) from capital share transactions

     54,935,238       (676,726 )
                

Net increase in net assets

     69,928,678       1,279,040  
                

Net assets:

    

Beginning of year

     40,101,072       38,822,032  
                

End of year

   $ 110,029,750     $ 40,101,072  
                

Undistributed net investment income at end of year

   $ 914,052     $ 436,418  
                

Capital Share Activity:

    

Shares sold

     4,166,677       1,494,268  

Shares issued in connection with SBL Series W merger (Note 13)

     5,481,948       —    

Shares redeemed

     (3,896,675 )     (1,563,791 )
                

Total capital share activity

     5,751,950       (69,523 )
                

See accompanying notes.

 

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Financial Highlights    Series H
Selected data for each share of capital stock outstanding throughout each year    (Enhanced Index Series)

 

     2006e     2005     2004     2003d     Year Ended,
December 31,
2002
 

Per Share Data

          

Net asset value, beginning of period

   $ 9.58     $ 9.12     $ 8.31     $ 6.55     $ 8.62  
                                        

Income (loss) from investment operations:

          

Net investment income

     0.03       0.11       0.11       0.07       0.05  

Net gain (loss) on securities (realized and unrealized)

     1.46       0.35       0.71       1.75       (2.02 )
                                        

Total from investment operations

     1.49       0.46       0.82       1.82       (1.97 )
                                        

Less distributions:

          

Dividends from net investment income

     —         —         (0.01 )     (0.06 )     (0.10 )
                                        

Total distributions

     —         —         (0.01 )     (0.06 )     (0.10 )
                                        

Net asset value, end of period

   $ 11.07     $ 9.58     $ 9.12     $ 8.31     $ 6.55  
                                        

Total Returna

     15.55 %     5.04 %     9.85 %     27.78 %     (22.98 %)
                                        

Ratios/Supplemental Data

          

Net assets, end of period (in thousands)

   $ 110,030     $ 40,101     $ 38,822     $ 33,371     $ 25,052  
                                        

Ratios to average net assets:

          

Net investment income

     1.23 %     1.15 %     1.32 %     0.94 %     0.56 %

Total expensesb

     0.98 %     1.04 %     0.99 %     0.96 %     0.99 %

Net expensesc

     0.73 %     0.79 %     0.74 %     0.77 %     0.99 %
                                        

Portfolio turnover rate

     119 %     106 %     98 %     44 %     74 %

 

a

Total return does not take into account any of the expenses associated with an investment in variable insurance products offered by Security Benefit Life Insurance Company. If total return had taken into account these expenses, performance would have been lower. Shares of a series of SBL Fund are available only through the purchase of such products.

 

b

Total expense information reflects expense ratios absent fund expense reductions by the Investment Manager, and earnings credits, as applicable.

 

c

Net expense information reflects the expense ratios after voluntary expense waivers, reimbursements and custodian earnings credits, as applicable.

 

d

Northern Trust became the sub–adviser of Series H effective May 1, 2003. Prior to May 1, 2003, Security Management Company, LLC (SMC) paid Deutsche Asset Management for sub–advisory services.

 

e

The financial highlights for Series H as set forth herein exclude the historical financial highlights for Series W. The assets of Series W were acquired by Series H on June 16, 2006. A total of $53,926,052 was excluded from purchases in the portfolio turnover calculation, which represents the cost of the securities Series H received as a result of the merger.

See accompanying notes.

 

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     Series J
Manager’s Commentary    (Mid Cap Growth Series)
February 15, 2007    (unaudited)

LOGO

Advisor, Security Management Company, LLC

LOGO

James P. Schier

Senior Portfolio Manager

To Our Shareholders:

Series J of the SBL Fund - Mid Cap Growth Series posted a return of 4.93% for the year. These results lagged the benchmark, the Russell 2500 Growth, which gained 12.26%, and the median peer return of 8.70%.

Our approach to the Series is to seek securities of companies that are able to grow and/or reinvest in increasingly profitable ventures and hold them over three to five years to capture the best part of the improvements in profits or profitability. We are focused in investing in securities when we find opportunities, with our individual position sizes reflecting the magnitude and the confidence in the opportunity. For this Series, we target securities of companies that appear likely to generate above average profitability at prices that, as of yet, do not reflect that potential.

Stock Selection in Financials and Materials Helped Performance

Stock selection in financials was driven predominantly by First Marblehead Corporation, appreciating 76%. First Marblehead was driven brutally low on misplaced fears of competition and client losses that eventually proved to be ill-founded concerns. The Series benefited by acquiring the stock during this period of opportunity.

Stock selection was also positive in the materials sector lead by a 63% gain in Pactiv Corporation. Pactiv is a packaging company best known for its Hefty consumer plastic bag lines. It posted very solid earnings results in the face of commodity price input pressures.

Overweight Energy Sector Weight and Energy Stock Selection Negatively Affected Returns

The Series’ average energy weighting of 17% versus 7% for the benchmark provided a headwind as energy was a below average performer in 2006. Evergreen Energy, Inc., formerly known as KFx, declined 42%. Evergreen Energy suffered as investors moved away from the coal industry and short sellers spread negative rumors about the company. None of the rumors have proven to have any validity to date. We remain confident that the weakness in the stock is transitory and that the stock’s prior price levels can be easily re-attained. Evergreen Energy has a significant technological lead as the first company to provide a clean coal technology. We believe the clean coal industry has substantial competitive barriers, but will be a scalable business with a large addressable market for its product.

2007 Market Outlook

We continue to expect lack-luster returns for the market in 2007. This is similar to our outlook for the past two years, though the market did quite well.

Despite this, we remain firm on our outlook based on our bottom-up research rather than any global macro forecast. Most companies appear to be operating at very high levels of profitability and it is very difficult to confidently predict continued margin expansion. At present, the market is acting with a high degree of complacency.

The prevailing attitude appears to assume that either the Federal Reserve will panic and ease in the face of any operating weakness that is widespread or that the private equity market will bid for any public company that trades down. We view the recent M&A activity as somewhat bearish. If companies had abundant reinvestment opportunities in their core businesses, they wouldn’t need to pay inflated prices for acquisition candidates. Most recent mergers seem to fit the “acquisition out of desperation” category rather than the “acquisition of opportunity” camp.

Also in this environment, we have seen fewer companies with large revenue growth or large profit margin expansion potential. This is the major reason we maintained the energy overweight last year, even though the commodity price appeared extended and inventories were starting to build. The world consumes about six to seven barrels of oil for every new barrel discovered. Our research suggests that there is less excess capacity than is generally perceived. This coupled with the general political instability in key geographical regions suggests to us that energy could have a move again.

Industrials are also another sector that seems to offer good opportunity. The holdings we have in this sector are generally biased toward infrastructure and energy efficiency names that should benefit from pent up demand and a weaker dollar environment.

On behalf of Security Management Company, I would like to thank you for placing your trust and money with us.

 

Sincerely,
   
James P. Schier, Senior Portfolio Manager

 

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   Series J
Manager’s Commentary    (Mid Cap Growth Series)
December 31, 2006    (unaudited)

PERFORMANCE

Series J vs. Russell 2500 Growth Index

LOGO

$10,000 Over 10 Years

The chart above assumes a hypothetical $10,000 investment in Series J (Mid Cap Growth Series) on December 31, 1996 and reflects the fees and expenses of Series J. The Russell 2500 Growth Index is an unmanaged index that measures the performance of securities of small-to-mid U.S. companies with greater-than-average growth orientation.

Average Annual Returns

 

Periods Ended 12-31-061

   1 Year     5 Years     10 Years  

Series J

   4.93 %   6.55 %   12.07 %

 

1

Performance figures do not reflect fees and expenses associated with an investment in variable insurance products offered by Security Benefit Life Insurance Company. If returns had taken into account these fees and expenses, performance would have been lower. Shares of a Series of SBL Fund are available only through the purchase of such products.

The performance data quoted above represents past performance. Past performance is not predictive of future performance. The investment return and principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost.

Portfolio Composition by Sector

 

Consumer Discretionary

   5.79 %

Consumer Staples

   1.97  

Energy

   16.56  

Financials

   9.42  

Health Care

   10.63  

Industrials

   22.77  

Information Technology

   26.98  

Materials

   5.56  

Warrants

   0.21  

Repurchase Agreement

   0.26  

Liabilities, less cash & other assets

   (0.15 )

Total net assets

   100.00 %
      

See accompanying notes.

 

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   Series J
Manager’s Commentary    (Mid Cap Growth Series)
December 31, 2006    (unaudited)

PERFORMANCE

Information About Your Series Expenses

Calculating your ongoing series expenses

Example

As a shareholder of the Series, you incur ongoing costs, including management fees and other series expenses. Performance figures and expense ratios do not reflect fees and expenses associated with an investment in variable insurance products. Shares of a Series of SBL Fund are available only through the purchase of such products. This example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Series and to compare these costs with ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds. The example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period, July 1, 2006 - December 31, 2006.

Actual Expenses

The first line in the table provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this table, 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.

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes

The second line in the table provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Series actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Series 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 the ongoing costs of investing in the Series and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other mutual funds.

Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any fees and expenses associated with an investment in variable insurance products. Therefore, the second line is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. In addition, if these fees and expenses associated with an investment in variable insurance products were included, your costs would have been higher.

Series Expenses

 

     Beginning
Account Value
07-01-06
   Ending
Account Value
12-31-061
   Expenses Paid
During
Period2

Series J (Mid Cap Growth Series)

        

Actual

   $ 1,000.00    $ 1,029.60    $ 4.66

Hypothetical

     1,000.00      1,020.62      4.63

 

1

The actual ending account value is based on the actual total return of the Series for the period July 1, 2006 to December 31, 2006 after actual expenses and will differ from the hypothetical ending account value which is based on the Series expense ratio and a hypothetical annual return of 5% before expenses. The actual cumulative return at net asset value for the period July 1, 2006 to December 31, 2006 was 2.96%.

 

2

Expenses are equal to the Series annualized expense ratio of 0.91%, net of earnings credits, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 184/365 (to reflect the one-half year period).

 

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Schedule of Investments    Series J (Mid Cap Growth Series)
December 31, 2006   

 

     Shares    Value

COMMON STOCK - 99.6%

     

Aerospace & Defense - 1.0%

     

Argon ST, Inc. *

   185,850    $ 4,003,209
         

Apparel, Accessories & Luxury Goods - 0.7%

     

Maidenform Brands, Inc. *

   148,000      2,681,760
         

Application Software - 1.2%

     

TIBCO Software, Inc. *

   490,000      4,625,600
         

Asset Management & Custody Banks - 3.2%

     

Northern Trust Corporation (1)

   200,900      12,192,621
         

Auto Parts & Equipment - 0.6%

     

HydroGen Corporation * (2)

   435,324      2,146,148
         

Biotechnology - 4.1%

     

Cell Genesys, Inc. *

   391,800      1,328,202

Combinatorx, Inc. *

   276,700      2,396,222

Human Genome Sciences, Inc. *

   312,700      3,889,988

Incyte Corporation *

   598,400      3,494,656

lomai Corporation * (2)

   417,700      2,080,146

Isis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. *

   94,000      1,045,280

Zymogenetics, Inc. *

   102,600      1,597,482
         
        15,831,976
         

Broadcasting & Cable TV - 1.4%

     

Salem Communications Corporation

   311,700      3,724,815

WorldSpace, Inc. *

   508,800      1,780,800
         
        5,505,615
         

Coal & Consumable Fuels - 5.0%

     

Evergreen Energy, Inc. *

   1,912,500      18,914,625
         

Communications Equipment - 7.4%

     

ADC Telecommunications, Inc. *

   366,000      5,317,980

Finisar Corporation *

   3,620,100      11,692,923

PC-Tel, Inc. *

   461,000      4,310,350

Symmetricom, Inc. *

   751,700      6,705,164
         
        28,026,417
         

Computer Storage & Peripherals - 0.9%

     

Novatel Wireless, Inc. *

   353,000      3,413,510
         

Construction & Engineering - 6.4%

     

Insituform Technologies, Inc. *

   306,600      7,928,676

Shaw Group, Inc. * (1)

   491,400      16,461,900
         
        24,390,576
         

Consumer Finance - 2.1%

     

First Marblehead Corporation

   147,450      8,058,143
         

Data Processing & Outsourced Services -1.2%

     

Euronet Worldwide, Inc. *

   157,000      4,661,330
         

Diversified Commercial & Professional Services - 2.3%

     

Equifax, Inc.

   77,000      3,126,200

Navigant Consulting, Inc. *

   289,000      5,710,640
         
        8,836,840
         

Electrical Components & Equipment - 7.7%

     

Lime Energy Company * (2)

   218,800      196,920

Millennium Cell, Inc. *

   262,700      246,938

Power-One, Inc. *

   2,351,400      17,118,192

Roper Industries, Inc.

   184,500      9,269,280

UQM Technologies, Inc. * (2)

   961,172      2,633,611
         
        29,464,941
         

Electronic Equipment Manufacturers - 4.9%

     

Aeroflex, Inc. *

   380,000      4,453,600

Cogent, Inc. *

   163,000      1,794,630

Flir Systems, Inc. *

   386,500      12,302,295
         
        18,550,525
         

Electronic Manufacturing Services - 2.3%

     

Maxwell Technologies, Inc. *

   632,700      8,826,165
         

Health Care Equipment - 0.8%

     

Orthovita, Inc. *

   800,000      2,904,000
         

Health Care Facilities - 2.2%

     

United Surgical Partners International, Inc. *

   221,300      6,273,855

US Physical Therapy, Inc. *

   171,500      2,100,875
         
        8,374,730
         

Health Care Services - 2.3%

     

Hythiam, Inc. *

   216,400      1,999,536

Providence Service Corporation *

   268,700      6,752,431
         
        8,751,967
         

Health Care Supplies - 0.4%

     

Regeneration Technologies, Inc. *

   286,700      1,680,062
         

Heavy Electrical Equipment - 0.9%

     

Plug Power, Inc. *

   864,800      3,364,072
         

Homefurnishing Retail - 0.3%

     

Kirkland’s, Inc. * (2)

   221,565      1,112,256
         

Industrial Machinery -1.3%

     

Basin Water, Inc. *

   416,500      2,819,705

Tennant Company

   68,600      1,989,400
         
        4,809,105
         

IT Consulting & Other Services - 0.5%

     

Keane, Inc. *

   170,700      2,033,037
         

Marine Ports & Services - 0.0%

     

Aegean Marine Petroleum Network, Inc. *

     
   6,000      98,400
         

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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Schedule of Investments    Series J (Mid Cap Growth Series)
December 31, 2006 - continued   

 

      Shares    Value

COMMON STOCK (continued)

     

Metal & Glass Containers - 5.6%

     

Pactiv Corporation *

   593,100      $21,167,739

Oil & Gas Drilling - 3.9%

     

ENSCO International, Inc.

   150,900      7,554,054

Helmerich & Payne, Inc.

   296,300      7,250,461
         
        14,804,515
         

Oil & Gas Equipment & Services - 1.4%

     

BJ Services Company

   143,000      4,192,760

Superior Energy Services, Inc. *

   31,300      1,022,884
         
        5,215,644
         

Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing - 4.5%

     

Nova Biosource Fuels, Inc. *

   716,200      1,683,070

Rentech, Inc. *

   3,581,600      13,502,632

Syntroleum Corporation *

   527,000      1,823,420
         
        17,009,122
         

Oil & Gas Storage & Transportation - 1.9%

     

Williams Companies, Inc.

   271,600      7,094,192
         

Packaged Foods & Meats - 2.0%

     

Hormel Foods Corporation

   201,000      7,505,340
         

Pharmaceuticals - 0.8%

     

Artes Medical, Inc. *

   128,700      1,074,645

Hollis-Eden Pharmaceuticals, Inc. *

   353,000      1,856,780
         
        2,931,425
         

Publishing - 0.7%

     

Dow Jones & Company, Inc.

   70,400      2,675,200
         

Railroads - 1.8%

     

Kansas City Southern *

   242,300      7,021,854
         

Regional Banks - 1.1%

     

Boston Private Financial Holdings, Inc.

   145,600      4,107,376
         

Semiconductor Equipment - 0.0%

     

Semitool, Inc. *

   10,900      145,079
         

Semiconductors - 6.2%

     

Applied Micro Circuits Corporation *

   1,765,000      6,283,400

IXYS Corporation * (2)

   1,057,400      9,410,860

Mindspeed Technologies, Inc. *

   2,613,700      4,992,167

Netlogic Microsystems, Inc. *

   65,400      1,418,526

QuickLogic Corporation *

   517,900      1,538,163
         
        23,643,116
         

Specialized Consumer Services - 2.1%

     

Weight Watchers International, Inc.

   150,900      7,926,777
         

Systems Software - 2.3%

     

Progress Software Corporation *

   150,000      4,189,500

Sybase, Inc. *

   185,800      4,589,260
         
        8,778,760
         

Thrifts & Mortgage Finance - 3.0%

     

Clayton Holdings, Inc. *

   613,500      11,478,585
         

Trading Companies & Distributors - 1.2%

     

MSC Industrial Direct Company, Inc.

   115,000      4,502,250
         

TOTAL COMMON STOCK (Cost $303,177,380)

      $ 379,264,604
         

PREFERRED STOCK - 0.0%

     

Environmental & Facilities

     

Services - 0.0%

     

ThermoEnergy Corporation PIPE * (2)(3)(4)(5)(6)

   1,380,000      193,200
         

TOTAL PREFERRED STOCK (Cost $1,302,103)

      $ 193,200
         

WARRANTS - 0.2%

     

Warrants - 0.2%

     

Hollis-Eden Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

     

$ 15.45, 6/19/2007 (4)

   18,126      227

Lime Energy Company

     

$ 1.00, 3/19/2009 (2)(4)

   43,050      20,530

Nova Oil, Inc.

     

$ 2.40, 7/5/2011 (4)

   358,100      594,803

Orthovita, Inc.

     

$ 4.00, 6/26/2008 (4)

   175,000      102,837

Syntroleum Corporation

     

$ 7.60, 5/26/2008

   29,100      23,280

ThermoEnergy Corporation

     

$ 0.75, 7/14/2008 (2)(3)(4)(6)

   1,380,000      61,962
         
        803,639
         

TOTAL WARRANTS (Cost $1,676,719)

      $ 803,639
         

 

     

Principal

Amount

   Value  

REPURCHASE AGREEMENT - 0.3%

     

United Missouri Bank, 4.85%, dated 12-29-06, matures 01-02-07; repurchase amount of $970,523 (Collateralized by FHLMC, 5.00%, 08-15-35 & FHLMC, 5.00%, 09-15-36 with a combined value of $990,037)

   $ 970,000    $ 970,000  
               

TOTAL REPURCHASE AGREEMENT (Cost $970,000)

      $ 970,000  
           

Total Investments (SBL J Fund) (Cost $307,126,202) - 100.1%

      $ 381,231,443  

Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets - (0.1)%

        (567,443 )
           

TOTAL NET ASSETS - 100.0%

      $ 380,664,000  
           

Footnotes

Percentages are stated as a percent of net assets.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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Schedule of Investments    Series J (Mid Cap Growth Series)
December 31, 2006 - continued   

For federal income tax purposes the identified cost of investments owned at 12/31/2006 was $307,131,832.

 

* - Non-income producing security

 

1 - Security is segregated as collateral for open written options contracts.

 

2 - Security is deemed illiquid. See Notes to financial statements.

 

3 - Security is restricted from resale. See Notes to financial statements.

 

4 - Security is fair valued by the Board of Directors. See Notes to financial statements.

 

5 - PIPE (Private Investment in Public Equity)-Stock issued by a company in the secondary market as a means of raising capital more quickly and less expensively than through registration of a secondary public offering.

 

6 - Investment in an affiliated issuer. See Notes to Financials.

See notes to financial statements.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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Series J

(Mid Cap Growth Series)

Statement of Assets and Liabilities

December 31, 2006

 

Assets:

  

Investments in unaffiliated issues, at value1

   $ 380,976,281

Investments in affiliated issues, at value2

     255,162

Receivables:

  

Securities sold

     415,780

Fund shares sold

     74,447

Dividends

     83,776

Prepaid expenses

     9,476
      

Total assets

     381,814,922
      

Liabilities:

  

Payable for:

  

Fund shares redeemed .

     396,342

Securities purchased

     30,133

Written options, at value (premiums received, $ 273,294)

     366,750

Management fees

     241,143

Custodian fees

     4,735

Transfer agent/maintenance fees .

     2,083

Aministration fees

     30,995

Professional fees

     38,552

Directors’ fees

     10,000

Other fees

     30,189
      

Total liabilities

     1,150,922
      

Net Assets

   $ 380,664,000
      

Net assets consist of:

  

Paid in capital

   $ 266,550,022

Undistributed net realized gain on sale of investments and options written

     40,102,194

Net unrealized appreciation in value of investments and options written

     74,011,784
      

Net assets

   $ 380,664,000
      

Capital shares authorized

     unlimited

Capital shares outstanding

     12,176,028

Net asset value per share (net assets divided by shares outstanding)

   $ 31.26
      

1Investments in unaffiliated issues, at cost

   $ 305,470,202

2Investments in affiliated issues, at cost

   $ 1,656,000

Statement of Operations

For the Year Ended December 31, 2006

 

Investment Income:

  

Dividends

   $ 1,277,044  

Interest

     441,876  
        

Total investment income

     1,718,920  
        

Expenses:

  

Management fees

     3,091,598  

Custodian fees

     31,279  

Transfer agent/maintenance fees

     25,190  

Administration fees

     393,448  

Directors' fees

     19,862  

Professional fees

     55,066  

Reports to shareholders

     76,778  

Other expenses

     18,296  
        

Total expenses .

     3,711,517  

Less: Earnings credits applied

     (195 )
        

Net expenses

     3,711,322  
        

Net investment loss

     (1,992,402 )
        

Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss):

  

Net realized gain during the year on:

  

Investments

     41,479,934  

Options written

     1,427,852  
        

Net realized gain

     42,907,786  
        

Net unrealized depreciation during the year on:

  

Investments

     (20,891,208 )

Options written

     (183,400 )
        

Net unrealized depreciation

     (21,074,608 )
        

Net realized and unrealized gain

     21,833,178  
        

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

   $ 19,840,776  
        

See accompanying notes.

 

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     Series J
Statement of Changes in Net Assets    (Mid Cap Growth Series)

 

     Year Ended
December 31, 2006
    Year Ended
December 31, 2005
 

Increase (decrease) in net assets from operations:

    

Net investment loss

   $ (1,992,402 )   $ (1,885,536 )

Net realized gain during the year on investments and options written

     42,907,786       38,242,429  

Net unrealized depreciation during the year on investments and options written

     (21,074,608 )     (7,948,763 )
                

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

     19,840,776       28,408,130  
                

Capital share transactions:

    

Proceeds from sale of shares

     76,838,640       68,323,999  

Cost of shares redeemed

     (136,813,260 )     (113,722,888 )
                

Net decrease from capital share transactions

     (59,974,620 )     (45,398,889 )
                

Net decrease in net assets

     (40,133,844 )     (16,990,759 )
                

Net assets:

    

Beginning of year

     420,797,844       437,788,603  
                

End of year

   $ 380,664,000     $ 420,797,844  
                

Accumulated net investment loss at end of year

   $ —       $ —    
                

Capital Share Activity:

    

Shares sold

     2,485,919       2,526,797  

Shares redeemed

     (4,435,068 )     (4,248,530 )
                

Total capital share activity

     (1,949,149 )     (1,721,733 )
                

See accompanying notes.

 

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Financial Highlights    Series J
Selected data for each share of capital stock outstanding throughout each year    (Mid Cap Growth Series)

 

     2006     2005     2004     2003d     Year Ended,
December 31,
2002
 

Per Share Data

          

Net asset value, beginning of period

   $ 29.79     $ 27.63     $ 25.09     $ 16.05     $ 24.12  
                                        

Income (loss) from investment operations:

          

Net investment income (loss)

     (0.16 )     (0.13 )     (0.14 )     (0.11 )     (0.11 )

Net gain (loss) on securities (realized and unrealized)

     1.63       2.29       2.68       9.15       (6.69 )
                                        

Total from investment operations

     1.47       2.16       2.54       9.04       (6.80 )
                                        

Less distributions:

          

Distributions from realized gains

     —         —         —         —         (1.27 )
                                        

Total distributions

     —         —         —         —         (1.27 )
                                        

Net asset value, end of period

   $ 31.26     $ 29.79     $ 27.63     $ 25.09     $ 16.05  
                                        

Total Returna

     4.93 %     7.82 %     10.12 %     56.32 %     (29.48 %)
                                        

Ratios/Supplemental Data

          

Net assets, end of period (in thousands)

   $ 380,664     $ 420,798     $ 437,789     $ 447,928     $ 293,378  
                                        

Ratios to average net assets:

          

Net investment income (loss)

     (0.48 %)     (0.47 %)     (0.53 %)     (0.55 %)     (0.56 %)

Total expensesb

     0.90 %     0.90 %     0.88 %     0.83 %     0.83 %

Net expensesc

     0.90 %     0.90 %     0.88 %     0.83 %     0.83 %
                                        

Portfolio turnover rate

     29 %     29 %     37 %     61 %     41 %

 

a

Total return does not take into account any of the expenses associated with an investment in variable insurance products offered by Security Benefit Life Insurance Company. If total return had taken into account these expenses, performance would have been lower. Shares of a series of SBL Fund are available only through the purchase of such products.

 

b

Total expense information reflects expense ratios absent fund expense reductions by the Investment Manager, and earnings credits, as applicable.

 

c

Net expense information reflects the expense ratios after voluntary expense waivers, reimbursements and custodian earnings credits, as applicable.

 

d

The financial highlights for Series J exclude the historical financial highlights of Series T. The assets of Series T were acquired by Series J on October 3, 2003.

See accompanying notes.

 

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  Series N
Manager’s Commentary   (Managed Asset Allocation Series)
February 15, 2007   (unaudited)

LOGO

Advisor, T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc.

LOGO

Edmund M. Notzon

Portfolio Manager

Environment

Despite a sharp decline from mid-May through mid-June, U.S. stocks rose strongly in 2006, the market’s fourth consecutive year of gains since the end of the 2000-2002 bear market. In fact, several major indexes reached six-year highs, if not record levels. Equities were lifted by substantial merger and leveraged buyout activity, continued strong corporate earnings growth despite an economic deceleration, and declining oil prices and long-term interest rates in the second half of the year. Investors were also pleased that the Federal Reserve, which increased the federal funds target rate to 5.25% by mid-year, refrained from raising it in the last six months in anticipation that slower economic growth would allow inflation to moderate over time.

U.S. bonds produced good returns in 2006, thanks primarily to favorable performance stemming from falling intermediate- and long-term interest rates in the last six months. The economy appears to be in the middle of a “soft landing”, a period of below-average growth during an economic expansion that allows inflation and interest rates to ease but does not result in a recession. High-yield corporate bonds substantially outperformed investment-grade issues, as investors seeking higher returns continued to embrace risk. In the high-quality universe, mortgage-backed securities fared best, but asset-backed and corporate securities also did well. Treasuries lagged, as yields across all maturities at the end of 2006 were higher than at the end of 2005.

Non-U.S. stocks outperformed their domestic counterparts, as returns were enhanced by the U.S. dollar’s weakness versus European and some Asian currencies. Emerging markets did best, led by shares in Latin America. In the developed regions of the world, European equities produced excellent returns, whereas Japanese stock gains in U.S. dollar terms were more moderate. The MSCI EAFE Index, which measures the performance of equities in Europe, Australia, and the Far East, returned 10.40%.

Performance

Series N of the SBL Fund - Managed Asset Allocation Series returned 12.08% for the year ended December 31, 2006, outperforming its 60% S&P 500/40% Lehman Brothers U.S. Aggregate benchmark, which returned 11.11%. Overweighting stocks relative to bonds added to results. The S&P 500 returned 15.79% over the past year, and the Lehman Brothers U.S. Aggregate Index returned 4.33%.

Portfolio Highlights

At the start of the year, the Series had a 6% overweight in stocks and ended with a 3.5% overweight in stocks which benefited overall performance. Although we remain over weight stocks versus bonds, we have moderated our overweight position in light of lower economic growth expectations.

Stocks significantly outperformed bonds during the year. Series performance was helped by both the U.S. large-cap and international equity components. Following a prolonged period of outperformance by small-cap stocks and due to less compelling valuations, we have been favoring large-cap over small-cap stocks. Against a backdrop of potentially lower U.S. growth, sectors that are more sensitive to the domestic economy, such as small-cap stocks, may face a more challenging profit environment.

Outlook

Economic growth and corporate profits remain supportive of equities, although both are likely to trend lower reflecting the more moderate growth environment and input price pressures.

 

Sincerely,
   

Edmund N. Notzon,

Portfolio Manager

 

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  Series N
Manager’s Commentary   (Managed Asset Allocation Series)
December 31, 2006   (unaudited)

PERFORMANCE

Series N vs. Blended Index and S&P 500 Index

LOGO

$10,000 Over 10 Years

The chart above assumes a hypothetical $10,000 investment in Series N (Managed Asset Allocation Series) on December 31, 1996 and reflects the fees and expenses of Series N. The blended index is 60% S&P 500 Index and 40% Lehman Brothers Aggregate Bond Index. The S&P 500 Index is a capitalization-weighted index composed of 500 selected common stocks that represent the broad domestic economy and is a widely recognized unmanaged index of market performance. The Lehman Brothers Aggregate Bond Index is an unmanaged index that tracks investment grade bonds including U.S. Treasury and agency issues, corporate bond issues, asset-backed, commercial mortgage-backed and mortgage-backed securities and Yankee issues.

Average Annual Returns

 

Periods Ended 12-31-061

   1 Year     5 Years     10 Years  

Series N

   12.08 %   7.71 %   7.70 %

 

1

Performance figures do not reflect fees and expenses associated with an investment in variable insurance products offered by Security Benefit Life Insurance Company. If returns had taken into account these fees and expenses, performance would have been lower. Shares of a Series of SBL Fund are available only through the purchase of such products.

The performance data quoted above represents past performance. Past performance is not predictive of future performance. The investment return and principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost.

Portfolio Composition by Sector for Equity Holdings & Quality Ratings (Based on Standard and Poor’s Ratings) for Fixed Income Holdings

 

Consumer Discretionary

   7.09 %

Consumer Staples

   5.23  

Energy

   6.20  

Financials

   15.23  

Health Care

   7.46  

Industrials

   7.63  

Information Technology

   8.92  

Materials

   2.26  

Telecommunication Services

   2.31  

Utilities

   2.27  

AAA

   23.95  

AA

   0.79  

A

   2.80  

BBB

   3.14  

BB

   1.15  

B

   2.23  

CCC

   0.10  

Not Rated

   0.61  

Short Term Investments

   0.51  

Cash & other assets, less liabilities

   0.12  

Total net assets

   100.00 %
      

See accompanying notes.

 

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  Series N
Manager’s Commentary   (Managed Asset Allocation Series)
December 31, 2006   (unaudited)

PERFORMANCE

Information About Your Series Expenses

Calculating your ongoing series expenses

Example

As a shareholder of the Series, you incur ongoing costs, including management fees and other series expenses. Performance figures and expense ratios do not reflect fees and expenses associated with an investment in variable insurance products. Shares of a Series of SBL Fund are available only through the purchase of such products. This example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Series and to compare these costs with ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds. The example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period, July 1, 2006 - December 31, 2006.

Actual Expenses

The first line in the table provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this table, 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.

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes

The second line in the table provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Series actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Series 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 the ongoing costs of investing in the Series and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other mutual funds.

Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any fees and expenses associated with an investment in variable insurance products. Therefore, the second line is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. In addition, if these fees and expenses associated with an investment in variable insurance products were included, your costs would have been higher.

Series Expenses

 

     Beginning
Account Value
07-01-06
   Ending
Account Value
12-31-061
   Expenses Paid
During
Period2

Series N (Managed Asset Allocation Series)

        

Actual

   $ 1,000.00    $ 1,097.60    $ 7.51

Hypothetical

     1,000.00      1,018.05      7.22

 

1

The actual ending account value is based on the actual total return of the Series for the period July 1, 2006 to December 31, 2006 after actual expenses and will differ from the hypothetical ending account value which is based on the Series expense ratio and a hypothetical annual return of 5% before expenses. The actual cumulative return at net asset value for the period July 1, 2006 to December 31, 2006 was 9.76%.

 

2

Expenses are equal to the Series annualized expense ratio of 1.42%, net of earnings credits, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 184/365 (to reflect the one-half year period).

 

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Schedule of Investments   Series N (Managed Asset Allocation Series)
December 31, 2006  

 

     Shares    Value

COMMON STOCK - 55.1%

     

Advertising - 0.1%

     

Lamar Advertising Company *

   2,300    $ 150,397

WPP Group plc ADR

   100      6,774
         
        157,171
         

Aerospace & Defense - 1.2%

     

Boeing Company

   2,790      247,864

DRS Technologies, Inc.

   105      5,531

General Dynamics Corporation

   1,400      104,090

Honeywell International, Inc.

   4,700      212,628

L-3 Communications Holdings, Inc.

   200      16,356

MTC Technologies, Inc. *

   300      7,065

Raytheon Company

   3,400      179,520

Rockwell Collins, Inc.

   3,800      240,502

Teledyne Technologies, Inc. *

   100      4,013

Triumph Group, Inc.

   300      15,729

United Technologies Corporation

   3,710      231,949
         
        1,265,247
         

Agricultural Products - 0.1%

     

Archer-Daniels-Midland Company

   1,700      54,332
         

Air Freight & Logistics - 0.3%

     

Expediters International Washington, Inc.

   3,700      149,850

FedEx Corporation

   400      43,448

United Parcel Service, Inc. (CI.B)

   1,100      82,478

UTi Worldwide, Inc.

   900      26,910
         
        302,686
         

Airlines - 0.2%

     

Republic Airways Holdings, Inc. *

   800      13,424

Skywest, Inc.

   800      20,408

Southwest Airlines Company

   9,100      139,412
         
        173,244
         

Aluminum - 0.1%

     

Alcoa, Inc.

   2,000      60,020
         

Apparel Retail - 0.3%

     

AnnTaylor Stores Corporation *

   100      3,284

Chico’s FAS, Inc. *

   1,000      20,690

HOT Topic, Inc. *

   400      5,336

Pacific Sunwear of California *

   600      11,748

Ross Stores, Inc.

   3,800      111,340

TJX Companies, Inc.

   6,500      185,120
         
        337,518
         

Apparel, Accessories & Luxury Goods - 0.0%

     

Fossil, Inc. *

   600      13,548

Quiksilver, Inc. *

   300      4,725
         
        18,273
         

Application Software - 0.3%

     

Autodesk, Inc. *

   3,700      149,702

Cadence Design Systems, Inc. *

   400      7,164

Factset Research Systems, Inc.

   250      14,120

Fair Isaac Corporation

   645      26,219

Jack Henry & Associates, Inc.

   300      6,420

NAVTEQ Corporation *

   1,800      62,946
         
        266,571
         

Asset Management & Custody Banks - 0.8%

     

Affiliated Managers Group, Inc. *

   1,050      110,386

Ameriprise Financial, Inc.

   1,740      94,830

Eaton Vance Corporation

   600      19,806

Franklin Resources, Inc.

   1,000      110,170

Investors Financial Services Corporation

   2,600      110,942

Legg Mason, Inc.

   1,100      104,555

Northern Trust Corporation

   1,100      66,759

State Street Corporation

   3,700      249,528
         
        866,976
         

Auto Parts & Equipment - 0.0%

     

Autoliv, Inc.

   500      30,150

Gentex Corporation

   700      10,892
         
        41,042
         

Automobile Manufacturers - 0.0%

     

Winnebago Industries

   100      3,291
         

Biotechnology - 0.9%

     

Alkermes, Inc. *

   900      12,033

Amgen, Inc. *

   5,210      355,895

Biogen Idec, Inc. *

   2,000      98,380

Celgene Corporation *

   2,000      115,060

Cephalon, Inc. *

   895      63,017

Digene Corporation *

   300      14,376

Genentech, Inc. *

   1,300      105,469

Genzyme Corporation *

   600      36,948

Gilead Sciences, Inc. *

   2,400      155,832

Martek Biosciences Corporation *

   200      4,668

Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. *

   300      3,126

Senomyx, Inc. *

   200      2,598
         
        967,402
         

Brewers - 0.2%

     

Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc.

   4,200      206,640

Boston Beer Company, Inc. *

   400      14,392

Compania Cervecerias Unidas S.A. ADR

   900      26,730
         
        247,762
         

Broadcasting & Cable TV - 0.7%

     

Comcast Corporation *

   7,700      325,941

Cox Radio, Inc. *

   500      8,150

DIRECTV Group, Inc. *

   1,340      33,420

Discovery Holding Company *

   966      15,543

EchoStar Communications Corporation *

   3,800      144,514

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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Schedule of Investments   Series N (Managed Asset Allocation Series)
December 31, 2006 - continued  

 

     Shares    Value

COMMON STOCK (continued)

     

Broadcasting & Cable TV (continued)

     

Emmis Communications Corporation

   200    $ 1,648

EW Scripps Company

   600      29,964

Liberty Global, Inc. *

   275      8,016

Liberty Media Corporation - Capital *

   1,198      117,380

Radio One, Inc. (CI.D) *

   1,000      6,740
         
        691,316
         

Building Products - 0.1%

     

American Standard Companies, Inc.

   700      32,095

Masco Corporation

   2,700      80,649

Trex Company, Inc. *

   100      2,289

Universal Forest Products, Inc.

   200      9,324
         
        124,357
         

Casinos & Gaming - 0.4%

     

Harrah’s Entertainment, Inc.

   1,300      107,536

International Game Technology

   3,500      161,700

Shuffle Master, Inc. *

   400      10,480

Station Casinos, Inc.

   400      32,668

Wynn Resorts, Ltd.

   1,400      131,390
         
        443,774
         

Catalog Retail - 0.0%

     

Liberty Media Corporation - Interactive *

   1,341      28,925
         

Coal & Consumable Fuels - 0.1%

     

Consol Energy, Inc.

   2,300      73,899
         

Communications Equipment - 1.5%

     

Alcatel-Lucent ADR

   4,372      62,172

Blue Coat Systems, Inc. *

   300      7,185

Ciena Corporation *

   600      16,626

Cisco Systems, Inc. *

   23,000      628,590

F5 Networks, Inc. *

   400      29,684

Inter-Telephone, Inc.

   600      13,296

Juniper Networks, Inc. *

   15,400      291,676

Motorola, Inc.

   13,200      271,392

Nokia Oyj ADR

   1,100      22,352

Plantronics, Inc.

   200      4,240

Polycom, Inc. *

   500      15,455

Qualcomm, Inc.

   5,000      188,950
         
        1,551,618
         

Computer & Electronics Retail - 0.1%

     

Best Buy Company, Inc.

   2,325      114,367
         

Computer Hardware - 1.7%

     

Apple Computer, Inc. *

   5,800      492,072

Avid Technology, Inc. *

   600      22,356

Dell, Inc. *

   15,200      381,368

Hewlett-Packard Company

   7,600      313,044

International Business Machines Corporation

   1,420      137,953

Sun Microsystems, Inc. *

   72,800      394,576
         
        1,741,369
         

Computer Storage & Peripherals - 0.2%

     

EMC Corporation *

   7,500      99,000

Network Appliance, Inc. *

   1,400      54,992

Rackable Systems, Inc. *

   100      3,097

SanDisk Corporation *

   1,100      47,333
         
        204,422
         

Construction & Engineering - 0.0%

     

Fluor Corporation

   500      40,825

Insituform Technologies, Inc. *

   400      10,344
         
        51,169
         

Construction & Farm Machinery & Heavy Trucks - 0.1%

     

Caterpillar, Inc.

   700      42,931

Joy Global, Inc.

   1,200      58,008

Oshkosh Truck Corporation

   700      33,894
         
        134,833
         

Consumer Electronics - 0.0%

     

Harman International Industries, Inc.

   400      39,964
         

Consumer Finance - 0.4%

     

American Express Company

   4,100      248,747

SLM Corporation

   3,600      175,572
         
        424,319
         

Data Processing & Outsourced Services - 0.6%

     

Affiliated Computer Services, Inc. *

   1,000      48,840

Automatic Data Processing, Inc.

   3,800      187,150

Checkfree Corporation *

   900      36,144

Computer Sciences Corporation *

   700      37,359

DST Systems, Inc. *

   500      31,315

Fidelity National Information Services, Inc.

   600      24,054

First Data Corporation

   3,700      94,424

Global Payments, Inc.

   400      18,520

Heartland Payment Systems, Inc.

   100      2,825

Iron Mountain, Inc. *

   750      31,005

Western Union Company

   3,700      82,954
         
        594,590
         

Department Stores - 0.5%

     

Kohl’s Corporation *

   7,170      490,643

Lotte Shopping Company, Ltd. GDR * (1)(2)(3)

   900      18,678
         
        509,321
         

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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Distributors - 0.1%

     

Genuine Parts Company

   1,400    $ 66,402
         

Diversified Banks - 1.3%

     

U.S. Bancorp

   15,100      546,469

Wells Fargo & Company

   21,840      776,630
         
        1,323,099
         

Diversified Chemicals - 0.3%

     

Cabot Corporation

   300      13,071

Dow Chemical Company

   4,000      159,760

E.I. Du Pont de Nemours & Company

   3,851      187,582
         
        360,413
         

Diversified Commercial & Professional Services - 0.1%

     

Advisory Board Company *

   400      21,416

ChoicePoint, Inc. *

   266      10,475

Corporate Executive Board Company

   500      43,850

Global Cash Access Holdings, Inc. *

   400      6,492

Navigant Consulting, Inc. *

   300      5,928
         
        88,161
         

Diversified Metals & Mining - 0.1%

     

Phelps Dodge Corporation

   200      23,944

Rio Tinto plc ADR

   500      106,245
         
        130,189
         

Drug Retail - 0.3%

     

CVS Corporation

   3,500      108,185

Walgreen Company

   4,400      201,916
         
        310,101
         

Education Services - 0.0%

     

Apollo Group, Inc. *

   500      19,485

Corinthian Colleges, Inc. *

   100      1,363
         
        20,848
         

Electric Utilities - 1.1%

     

American Electric Power Company, Inc.

   1,100      46,838

Duke Energy Corporation

   7,200      239,112

Edison International

   2,800      127,344

El Paso Electric Company *

   300      7,311

Entergy Corporation

   2,600      240,032

Exelon Corporation

   4,760      294,596

Great Plains Energy, Inc.

   900      28,620

Pinnacle West Capital Corporation

   800      40,512

PPL Corporation

   3,700      132,608
         
        1,156,973
         

Electrical Components & Equipment - 0.0%

     

Belden CDT, Inc.

   300      11,727
         

Electronic Equipment Manufacturers - 0.1%

     

AVX Corporation

   800      11,832

Color Kinetics, Inc. *

   600      12,810

Flir Systems, Inc. *

   600      19,098

Littelfuse, Inc. *

   200      6,376

Tektronix, Inc.

   1,000      29,170
         
        79,286
         

Electronic Manufacturing Services - 0.1%

     

Cyberoptics Corporation *

   700      8,869

Flextronics International, Ltd. *

   3,700      42,476

Jabil Circuit, Inc.

   2,900      71,195

Mercury Computer Systems, Inc. *

   300      4,008

Plexus Corporation *

   600      14,328

TTM Technologies, Inc. *

   1,200      13,596
         
        154,472
         

Environmental & Facilities Services - 0.2%

     

Republic Services, Inc.

   2,700      109,809

Waste Connections, Inc. *

   300      12,465

Waste Management, Inc.

   2,400      88,248
         
        210,522
         

Fertilizers & Agricultural Chemicals - 0.1%

     

Monsanto Company

   2,400      126,072

Mosaic Company *

   800      17,088
         
        143,160
         

Food Distributors - 0.2%

     

Performance Food Group Company *

   300      8,292

Sysco Corporation

   3,900      143,364

United Natural Foods, Inc. *

   500      17,960
         
        169,616
         

Food Retail - 0.1%

     

Kroger Company

   2,100      48,447

Whole Foods Market, Inc.

   300      14,079
         
        62,526
         

Footwear - 0.1%

     

Nike, Inc. (CI.B)

   640      63,379
         

Forest Products - 0.1%

     

Weyerhaeuser Company

   1,400      98,910
         

Gas Utilities - 0.1%

     

AGL Resources, Inc.

   1,400      54,474

National Fuel Gas Company

   900      34,686

WGL Holdings, Inc.

   600      19,548
         
        108,708
         

General Merchandise Stores - 0.3%

     

Dollar Tree Stores, Inc. *

   200      6,020

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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General Merchandise Stores (continued)

     

Target Corporation

   5,300    $ 302,365
         
        308,385
         

Gold - 0.1%

     

Newmont Mining Corporation

   2,400      108,360
         

Health Care Equipment - 0.8%

     

Aspect Medical Systems, Inc. *

   500      9,405

Baxter International, Inc.

   1,200      55,668

Becton Dickinson & Company

   1,000      70,150

Boston Scientific Corporation *

   7,300      125,414

CR Bard, Inc.

   400      33,188

Cytyc Corporation *

   1,000      28,300

Edwards Lifesciences Corporation *

   300      14,112

Hospira, Inc. *

   1,300      43,654

Medtronic, Inc.

   6,100      326,411

Respironics, Inc. *

   100      3,775

St. Jude Medical, Inc. *

   2,800      102,368

STERIS Corporation

   700      17,619

Thoratec Corporation *

   700      12,306

Zimmer Holdings, Inc. *

   200      15,676
         
        858,046
         

Health Care Facilities - 0.1%

     

Community Health Systems, Inc. *

   400      14,608

LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. *

   200      6,740

Manor Care, Inc.

   1,800      84,456

Symbion, Inc. *

   400      7,404

Triad Hospitals, Inc. *

   210      8,784

United Surgical Partners International, Inc. *

   400      11,340
         
        133,332
         

Health Care Services - 0.5%

     

Caremark Rx, Inc.

   3,000      171,330

DaVita, Inc. *

   550      31,284

Express Scripts, Inc. *

   1,400      100,240

Medco Health Solutions, Inc. *

   2,963      158,343

Omnicare, Inc.

   2,700      104,301
         
        565,498
         

Health Care Supplies - 0.1%

     

Alcon, Inc.

   600      67,062

Dentsply International, Inc.

   600      17,910

Merit Medical Systems, Inc. *

   700      11,088
         
        96,060
         

Health Care Technology - 0.0%

     

Computer Programs & Systems, Inc.

   800      27,192
         

Home Entertainment Software - 0.1%

     

Activision, Inc. *

   1,033      17,809

Electronic Arts, Inc. *

   1,100      55,396
         
        73,205
         

Home Furnishings - 0.0%

     

Mohawk Industries, Inc. *

   200      14,972
         

Home Improvement Retail - 0.6%

     

Home Depot, Inc.

   10,550      423,688

Lowe’s Companies, Inc.

   5,900      183,785
         
        607,473
         

Homebuilding - 0.2%

     

DR Horton, Inc.

   3,100      82,119

Lennar Corporation

   2,100      110,166

Meritage Homes Corporation *

   150      7,158

Toll Brothers, Inc. *

   600      19,338
         
        218,781
         

Homefurnishing Retail - 0.3%

     

Bed Bath & Beyond, Inc. *

   6,600      251,460

Cost Plus, Inc. *

   200      2,060

Williams-Sonoma, Inc.

   400      12,576
         
        266,096
         

Hotels, Resorts & Cruise Lines - 0.2%

     

Hilton Hotels Corporation

   1,700      59,330

Marriott International, Inc.

   2,800      133,616

Wyndham Worldwide Corporation *

   880      28,178
         
        221,124
         

Household Appliances - 0.0%

     

iRobot Corporation *

   200      3,612
         

Household Products - 1.2%

     

Clorox Company

   1,100      70,565

Colgate-Palmolive Company

   1,900      123,956

Kimberly-Clark Corporation

   1,200      81,540

Procter & Gamble Company

   15,715      1,010,003
         
        1,286,064
         

Housewares & Specialties - 0.1%

     

Fortune Brands, Inc.

   600      51,234

Jarden Corporation *

   100      3,479
         
        54,713
         

Human Resource & Employment Services - 0.2%

     

Manpower, Inc.

   200      14,986

Monster Worldwide, Inc. *

   2,100      97,944

Robert Half International, Inc.

   1,200      44,544

Taleo Corporation *

   1,200      16,404
         
        173,878
         

Hypermarkets & Super Centers - 0.6%

     

Costco Wholesale Corporation

   2,200      116,314

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

   11,100      512,598
         
        628,912
         

Independent Power Producers & Energy - 0.1%

     

Constellation Energy Group, Inc.

   1,300      89,531
         

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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Independent Power Producers & Energy Traders - 0.3%

     

AES Corporation *

   7,200    $ 158,688

Dynegy, Inc. *

   11,614      84,085

Mirant Corporation *

   1,500      47,355

NRG Energy, Inc. *

   800      44,808
         
        334,936
         

Industrial Conglomerates - 2.6%

     

3M Company

   4,800      374,064

General Electric Company

   44,800      1,667,008

Tyco International, Ltd.

   21,600      656,640
         
        2,697,712
         

Industrial Gases - 0.1%

     

Praxair, Inc.

   1,300      77,129
         

Industrial Machinery - 0.7%

     

Actuant Corporation

   700      33,355

Briggs & Stratton Corporation

   400      10,780

Danaher Corporation

   4,500      325,980

Eaton Corporation

   800      60,112

Harsco Corporation

   300      22,830

Illinois Tool Works, Inc.

   5,900      272,521

Nordson Corporation

   200      9,966

Pall Corporation

   1,100      38,005
         
        773,549
         

Industrial REIPs - 0.1%

     

AMB Property Corporation

   200      11,722

EastGroup Properties, Inc.

   400      21,424

First Potomac Realty Trust

   200      5,822

Prologis

   1,700      103,309
         
        142,277
         

Insurance Brokers - 0.3%

     

AON Corporation

   3,500      123,690

Arthur J Gallagher & Company

   500      14,775

Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc.

   2,500      76,650

Willis Group Holdings, Ltd.

   1,700      67,507
         
        282,622
         

Integrated Oil & Gas - 3.4%

     

BP pic ADR

   200      13,420

Chevron Corporation

   9,250      680,153

ConocoPhillips

   5,100      366,945

Exxon Mobil Corporation

   26,380      2,021,499

Murphy Oil Corporation

   2,700      137,295

Occidental Petroleum Corporation

   2,200      107,426

Petroleo Brasileiro S.A. ADR

   1,000      93,480

Royal Dutch Shell pic (CI.B) ADR

   100      7,115

Total S.A. ADR

   1,400      100,688
         
        3,528,021
         

Integrated Telecommunication Services - 1.2%

     

AT&T, Inc.

   14,500      518,375

BellSouth Corporation

   8,900      419,279

TELUS Corporation

   1,700      75,939

Verizon Communications, Inc.

   5,734      213,534
         
        1,227,127
         

Internet Retail - 0.2%

     

Amazon.com, Inc. *

   5,100      201,246

Drugstore.com *

   1,500      5,490

Expedia, Inc. *

   450      9,441

IAC*

   550      20,438
         
        236,615
         

Internet Software & Services - 0.8%

     

CNET Networks, Inc. *

   1,600      14,544

Cybersource Corporation *

   500      5,510

Digital Insight Corporation *

   500      19,245

Google, Inc. *

   1,210      557,181

VeriSign, Inc. *

   4,900      117,845

Websense, Inc. *

   900      20,547

Yahoo!, Inc. *

   4,800      122,592
         
        857,464
         

Investment Banking & Brokerage - 1.6%

     

Charles Schwab Corporation

   4,900      94,766

E*Trade Financial Corporation *

   8,800      197,296

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.

   2,600      518,310

Lehman Brothers Holdings, Inc.

   4,100      320,292

Merrill Lynch & Company, Inc.

   900      83,790

Morgan Stanley

   5,100      415,293

Stifel Financial Corporation *

   200      7,846

TD Ameritrade Holding Corporation

   1,200      19,416

TradeStation Group, Inc. *

   1,300      17,875
         
        1,674,884
         

IT Consulting & Other Services - 0.1%

     

Accenture, Ltd.

   2,900      107,097

CACI International, Inc. *

   100      5,650

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation *

   300      23,148

Inforte Corporation *

   1,500      5,610

NCI, Inc. *

   200      3,058

SRA International, Inc. *

   400      10,696
         
        155,259
         

Leisure Products - 0.1%

     

Brunswick Corporation

   1,000      31,900

Hasbro, Inc.

   1,600      43,600

Marvel Entertainment, Inc. *

   400      10,764

Pool Corporation

   612      23,972
         
        110,236
         

Life & Health Insurance - 0.6%

     

Metlife, Inc.

   5,500      324,555

Protective Life Corporation

   500      23,750

Prudential Financial, Inc.

   3,000      257,580

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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Life & Health Insurance (continued)

     

Stancorp Financial Group, Inc.

   500    $ 22,525
         
        628,410
         

Life Sciences Tools & Services - 0.2%

     

Charles River Laboratories International, Inc. *

   300      12,975

Invitrogen Corporation *

   316      17,882

Techne Corporation *

   200      11,090

Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc. *

   2,300      104,167

Waters Corporation *

   500      24,485
         
        170,599
         

Managed Health Care - 0.9%

     

Aetna, Inc.

   2,300      99,314

Cigna Corporation

   900      118,413

Healthspring, Inc. *

   100      2,035

Humana, Inc. *

   1,200      66,372

UnitedHealth Group, Inc.

   6,500      349,245

WellPoint, Inc. *

   3,300      259,677
         
        895,056
         

Mortgage REIT’s - 0.0%

     

CapitalSource, Inc.

   300      8,193
         

Motorcycle Manufacturers - 0.1%

     

Harley-Davidson, Inc.

   1,500      105,705
         

Movies & Entertainment - 0.9%

     

DreamWorks Animation SKG, Inc.*

   400      11,796

News Corporation

   7,200      154,656

Time Warner, Inc.

   12,700      276,606

Viacom, Inc. (CI.B) *

   4,800      196,944

Walt Disney Company

   8,000      274,160
         
        914,162
         

Multi-Line Insurance - 1.3%

     

American International Group, Inc.

   12,875      922,623

Assurant, Inc.

   500      27,625

Genworth Financial, Inc.

   3,700      126,577

Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc.

   2,200      205,282

Loews Corporation

   1,400      58,058
         
        1,340,165
         

Multi-Utilities - 0.3%

     

Alliant Energy Corporation

   800      30,216

Energy East Corporation

   1,000      24,800

NiSource, Inc.

   1,000      24,100

OGE Energy Corporation

   1,000      40,000

Public Service Enterprise Group, Inc.

   1,200      79,656

TECO Energy, Inc.

   3,800      65,474
         
        264,246
         

Office REIT’s - 0.3%

     

Boston Properties, Inc.

   1,400      156,632

Corporate Office Properties Trust SBI MD

   100      5,047

Duke Realty Corporation

   500      20,450

Reckson Associates Realty Corporation

   500      22,800

SL Green Realty Corporation

   500      66,390
         
        271,319
         

Office Services & Supplies - 0.2%

     

Avery Dennison Corporation

   1,100      74,723

Herman Miller, Inc.

   1,000      36,360

Pitney Bowes, Inc.

   1,800      83,142
         
        194,225
         

Oil & Gas Drilling - 0.3%

     

Grey Wolf, Inc. *

   1,500      10,290

Helmerich & Payne, Inc.

   1,000      24,470

Nabors Industries, Ltd. *

   2,400      71,472

Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc.

   800      18,584

Transocean, Inc. *

   2,809      227,220
         
        352,036
         

Oil & Gas Equipment & Services - 1.0%

     

Baker Hughes, Inc.

   2,200      164,252

BJ Services Company

   2,000      58,640

Cameron International Corporation *

   500      26,525

FMC Technologies, Inc. *

   1,871      115,310

Grant Prideco, Inc. *

   2,900      115,333

Halliburton Company

   1,100      34,155

National Oilwell Varco, Inc. *

   600      36,708

Schlumberger, Ltd.

   7,300      461,068

Smith International, Inc.

   100      4,107
         
        1,016,098
         

Oil & Gas Exploration & Production - 0.4%

     

Anadarko Petroleum Corporation

   1,126      49,004

Bois d’Arc Energy, Inc. *

   300      4,389

Comstock Resources, Inc. *

   1,000      31,060

Devon Energy Corporation

   1,000      67,080

EOG Resources, Inc.

   1,400      87,430

Forest Oil Corporation *

   400      13,072

Newfield Exploration Company *

   800      36,760

Pioneer Natural Resources Company

   700      27,783

XTO Energy, Inc.

   1,800      84,690
         
        401,268
         

Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing - 0.1%

     

Valero Energy Corporation

   2,200      112,552
         

Oil & Gas Storage & Transportation - 0.2%

     

Williams Companies, Inc.

   8,900      232,468
         

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Other Diversified Financial Services - 2.6%

     

Bank of America Corporation

   13,776    $ 735,501

Citigroup, Inc.

   25,773      1,435,556

JPMorgan Chase & Company

   11,936      576,509
         
        2,747,566
         

Packaged Foods & Meats - 0.3%

     

General Mills, Inc.

   2,500      144,000

Kellogg Company

   1,800      90,108

Kraft Foods, Inc.

   700      24,990

Sara Lee Corporation

   1,300      22,139

SunOpta, Inc. *

   2,900      25,520

Tootsie Roll Industries, Inc.

   169      5,526
         
        312,283
         

Paper Packaging - 0.0%

     

Smurfit-Stone Container Corporation *

   900      9,504
         

Paper Products - 0.2%

     

Bowater, Inc.

   1,200      27,000

International Paper Company

   4,100      139,810
         
        166,810
         

Personal Products - 0.1%

     

Avon Products, Inc.

   4,300      142,072
         

Pharmaceuticals - 3.1%

     

Abbott Laboratories

   5,000      243,550

Allergan, Inc.

   1,100      131,714

Barr Pharmaceuticals, Inc. *

   900      45,108

Bristol-Myers Squibb Company

   1,500      39,480

Eli Lilly & Company

   4,840      252,164

GlaxoSmithKline plc ADR

   500      26,380

Johnson & Johnson

   13,058      862,089

Medicis Pharmaceutical Corporation

   300      10,539

Merck & Company, Inc.

   9,800      427,280

Noven Pharmaceuticals, Inc. *

   600      15,270

Pfizer, Inc.

   28,773      745,221

Schering-Plough Corporation

   8,200      193,848

Sepracor, Inc. *

   300      18,474

Wyeth

   5,900      300,428
         
        3,311,545
         

Property & Casualty Insurance - 0.4%

     

Axis Capital Holdings, Ltd.

   1,800      60,066

Infinity Property & Casualty Corporation

   200      9,678

James River Group, Inc. *

   100      3,232

Markel Corporation *

   70      33,607

Mercury General Corporation

   200      10,546

Ohio Casualty Corporation

   200      5,962

ProAssurance Corporation *

   200      9,984

Progressive Corporation

   3,000      72,660

Selective Insurance Group

   100      5,729

St. Paul Travelers Companies, Inc.

   2,114      113,501

XL Capital, Ltd.

   1,300      93,626
         
        418,591
         

Publishing - 0.2%

     

Gannett Company, Inc.

   680      41,113

Getty Images, Inc. *

   400      17,128

Idearc, Inc. *

   110      3,151

McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

   1,300      88,426

Meredith Corporation

   300      16,905

Scholastic Corporation *

   200      7,168

Tribune Company

   1,500      46,170
         
        220,061
         

Railroads - 0.5%

     

Norfolk Southern Corporation

   6,100      306,769

Union Pacific Corporation

   2,300      211,646
         
        518,415
         

Regional Banks - 1.2%

     

City National Corporation

   100      7,120

Commerce Bancshares, Inc.

   570      27,601

East West Bancorp, Inc.

   500      17,710

Fifth Third Bancorp

   6,400      261,952

First Horizon National Corporation

   4,300      179,654

Mercantile Bankshares Corporation

   750      35,092

Popular, Inc.

   1,100      19,745

SunTrust Banks, Inc.

   5,100      430,695

Synovus Financial Corporation

   7,200      221,976

TCF Financial Corporation

   300      8,226

UCBH Holdings, Inc.

   1,400      24,584

Virginia Commerce Bancorp, Inc. *

   150      2,982

Westamerica Bancorporation

   100      5,063

Wilmington Trust Corporation

   600      25,302
         
        1,267,702
         

Residential REIT’s - 0.2%

     

Archstone-Smith Trust

   2,800      162,988

Camden Property Trust

   500      36,925
         
        199,913
         

Restaurants - 0.0%

     

California Pizza Kitchen, Inc. *

   300      9,993

Cheesecake Factory *

   200      4,920

PF Chang’s China Bistro, Inc. *

   200      7,676

Sonic Corporation *

   900      21,555
         
        44,144
         

Retail REIT’s - 0.2%

     

Kimco Realty Corporation

   900      40,455

Kite Realty Group Trust

   300      5,586

Pennsylvania Real Estate Investment Trust

   100      3,938

Regency Centers Corporation

   600      46,902

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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December 31, 2006 - continued   

 

     Shares    Value

COMMON STOCK (continued)

     

Retail REIT’s (continued)

     

Simon Property Group, Inc.

   800    $ 81,032

Weingarten Realty Investors

   800      36,888
         
        214,801
         

Semiconductor Equipment - 0.3%

     

Advanced Energy Industries, Inc. *

   500      9,435

Applied Materials, Inc.

   9,800      180,810

ASML Holding N.V. *

   2,300      56,649

ATMI, Inc. *

   200      6,106

Cymer, Inc. *

   200      8,790

Entegris, Inc. *

   1,112      12,032

Tessera Technologies, Inc. *

   500      20,170

Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates, Inc. *

   300      13,656
         
        307,648
         

Semiconductors - 1.2%

     

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. *

   7,500      152,625

Analog Devices, Inc.

   3,900      128,193

Broadcom Corporation *

   2,000      64,620

Intel Corporation

   24,900      504,225

Intersil Corporation

   1,100      26,312

Marvell Technology Group, Ltd. *

   10,200      195,738

Maxim Integrated Products, Inc.

   3,000      91,860

Microchip Technology, Inc.

   400      13,080

Omnivision Technologies, Inc. *

   900      12,285

Semtech Corporation *

   900      11,763

Texas Instruments, Inc.

   3,100      89,280

Zoran Corporation *

   989      14,420
         
        1,304,401
         

Soft Drinks - 0.8%

     

Coca-Cola Company

   9,700      468,025

PepsiCo, Inc.

   6,800      425,340
         
        893,365
         

Specialized Consumer Services - 0.1%

     

H&R Block, Inc.

   2,700      62,208

Jackson Hewitt Tax Service, Inc.

   500      16,985
         
        79,193
         

Specialized Finance - 0.5%

     

Chicago Mercantile Exchange Holdings, Inc.

   550      280,363

IntercontinentalExchange, Inc. *

   1,300      140,270

Moody’s Corporation

   1,000      69,060
         
        489,693
         

Specialized REIT’s - 0.1%

     

LaSalle Hotel Properties

   1,200      55,020

Potlatch Corporation

   710      31,112
         
        86,132
         

Specialty Chemicals - 0.1%

     

Arch Chemicals, Inc.

   700      23,317

Ecolab, Inc.

   1,600      72,320

Sigma-Aldrich Corporation

   300      23,316

Symyx Technologies *

   700      15,113

Valspar Corporation

   200      5,528
         
        139,594
         

Specialty Stores - 0.1%

     

AC Moore Arts & Crafts, Inc. *

   300      6,501

Dick’s Sporting Goods, Inc. *

   100      4,899

Hibbett Sporting Goods, Inc. *

   800      24,424

PetSmart, Inc.

   500      14,430

Staples, Inc.

   2,850      76,095
         
        126,349
         

Steel - 0.1%

     

Nucor Corporation

   2,140      116,972

Steel Dynamics, Inc.

   1,000      32,450
         
        149,422
         

Systems Software - 1.6%

     

Borland Software Corporation *

   600      3,264

Macrovision Corporation *

   100      2,826

McAfee, Inc. *

   3,700      105,006

Microsoft Corporation

   39,400      1,176,484

Oracle Corporation *

   10,000      171,400

Red Hat, Inc. *

   8,600      197,800
         
        1,656,780
         

Technology Distributors - 0.0%

     

CDW Corporation

   200      14,064

Insight Enterprises, Inc. *

   600      11,322

Tech Data Corporation *

   400      15,148
         
        40,534
         

Thrifts & Mortgage Finance - 0.5%

     

BankAtlantic Bancorp, Inc.

   1,700      23,477

Countrywide Financial Corporation

   6,100      258,945

IndyMac Bancorp, Inc.

   500      22,580

PMI Group, Inc.

   500      23,585

Radian Group, Inc.

   300      16,173

Sovereign Bancorp, Inc.

   2,200      55,858

Triad Guaranty, Inc. *

   400      21,948

Washington Mutual, Inc.

   2,600      118,274
         
        540,840
         

Tobacco - 0.8%

     

Altria Group, Inc.

   10,130      869,357
         

Trading Companies & Distributors - 0.0%

     

Fastenal Company

   1,000      35,880
         

Trucking - 0.0%

     

Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group *

   700      31,927

Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc. *

   850      20,460
         
        52,387
         

Wireless Telecommunication Services - 0.8%

     

America Movil S.A. de CV ADR

   1,500      67,830

American Tower Corporation *

   7,930      295,630

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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December 31, 2006 - continued   

 

     Shares    Value

COMMON STOCK (continued)

     

Wireless Telecommunication Services (continued)

     

Crown Castle International Corporation *

   8,800    $ 284,240

NTELOS Holdings Corporation *

   300      5,364

Rogers Communications, Inc. (CI.B)

   2,100      125,160

Vodafone Group plc ADR

   3,900      108,342

Wireless Facilities, Inc. *

   1,100      3,135
         
        889,701
         

TOTAL COMMON STOCK (Cost $48,935,546)

      $ 58,022,520
         

FOREIGN STOCK- 9.5%

     

Australia - 0.7%

     

Alinta, Ltd.

   5,488      51,200

Australia & New Zealand Banking Group, Ltd.

   5,218      116,185

Babcock & Brown, Ltd.

   3,497      68,452

BlueScope Steel, Ltd.

   12,621      85,870

CSL, Ltd.

   707      36,479

Goodman Fielder, Ltd.

   9,400      16,471

Insurance Australia Group, Ltd.

   10,631      53,283

Macquarie Bank, Ltd.

   1,050      65,414

Macquarie Infrastructure Group (4)

   7,634      20,848

Mirvac Group

   7,631      33,669

Pacific Brands, Ltd.

   8,506      17,523

QBE Insurance Group, Ltd.

   4,419      100,626

Rio Tinto, Ltd.

   944      55,361

Sydney Roads Group

   1      1
         
        721,382
         

Belgium - 0.2%

     

Fortis

   1,940      82,742

KBC Groep N.V. (4)

   538      65,976
         
        148,718
         

Bermuda - 0.1%

     

Esprit Holdings, Ltd.

   5,000      55,828
         

China - 0.0%

     

Industrial & Commercial Bank of China *

   36,000      22,355
         

Finland - 0.4%

     

Cargotec Corporation (CI.B)

   2,209      122,763

Kesko Oyj

   2,122      112,101

Nokia Oyj

   6,752      137,972

Sanoma-WSOY Oyj

   1,464      41,260
         
        414,096
         

France - 1.1%

     

Accor S.A.

   891      69,041

Arkema *

   36      1,824

AXA S.A.

   2,922      118,299

BNP Paribas

   1,206      131,577

Bouygues

   1,504      96,548

Pernod-Ricard S.A.

   615      141,258

Publicis Groupe

   2,561      108,011

Sanofi-Aventis

   1,765      162,975

Societe Generale

   661      112,210

Technip S.A.

   536      36,792

Total S.A.

   1,862      134,290
         
        1,112,825
         

Germany - 0.6%

     

Adidas AG

   1,092      54,387

BASF AG

   648      63,170

Bayerische Motoren Werke (BMW) AG

   1,712      98,329

Celesio AG

   798      42,810

E.ON AG

   1,410      191,394

Hypo Real Estate Holding AG

   661      41,656

Muenchener Rueckversicherungs AG

   426      73,340

ThyssenKrupp AG

   1,251      58,938

Wacker Chemie AG *

   174      22,643
         
        646,667
         

Hong Kong - 0.2%

     

China Communications Construction Company, Ltd. *

   9,000      8,898

China Overseas Land & Investment, Ltd.

   76,000      102,007

China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation

   44,000      40,728

Hutchison Whampoa, Ltd.

   2,700      27,440
         
        179,073
         

Ireland - 0.2%

     

Allied Irish Banks plc

   1,942      57,679

DCC plc

   3,790      128,827
         
        186,506
         

Italy - 0.4%

     

AEM SpA

   12,299      41,116

Banco Popolare di Verona e Novara SCRL *

   3,145      90,296

ENI SpA

   4,017      135,111

Piaggio & C SpA *

   6,078      25,233

Saipem SpA

   2,548      66,395

UniCredito Italiano SpA

   11,300      99,045
         
        457,196
         

Japan - 1.9%

     

Ajinomoto Company, Inc.

   3,000      39,654

Bank of Yokohama, Ltd.

   6,000      46,990

Canon, Inc.

   1,700      95,710

Eisai Company, Ltd.

   900      49,460

Fanuc, Ltd.

   400      39,393

Goldcrest Company, Ltd.

   530      27,345

Hamamatsu Photonics KK

   1,000      29,999

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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December 31, 2006 - continued   

 

     Shares    Value

FOREIGN STOCK (continued)

     

Japan (continued)

     

Haseko Corporation *

   6,000    $ 21,478

Hitachi Maxell, Ltd.

   1,900      28,339

Honda Motor Company, Ltd.

   2,100      82,938

Hoya Corporation

   700      27,293

JS Group Corporation

   1,300      27,364

KDDI Corporation

   8      54,250

Kobayashi Pharmaceutical Company, Ltd.

   1,100      41,040

Mitsubishi Electric Corporation

   4,000      36,503

Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company, Inc.

   4,000      41,847

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc.

   5      61,762

Mitsui & Company, Ltd.

   5,000      74,787

Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Company, Ltd.

   5,000      54,704

Nichias Corporation

   3,000      22,411

Nikon Corporation

   3,000      65,795

Nippon Mining Holdings, Inc.

   2,500      17,982

Nippon Oil Corporation

   3,000      20,066

Nippon Steel Corporation

   26,000      149,439

Nippon Yusen KK

   8,000      58,485

Resona Holdings, Inc.

   15      40,965

Seven & I Holdings Company, Ltd.

   1,700      52,855

Sony Corporation

   1,900      81,425

Sumitomo Trust & Banking Company, Ltd.

   14,000      146,817

Takeda Pharmaceutical Company, Ltd.

   1,100      75,518

Tokyo Electric Power Company, Inc.

   2,400      77,644

Tokyo Electron, Ltd.

   800      63,056

Tosoh Corporation

   6,000      26,520

Toyoda Gosei Company, Ltd.

   1,700      39,355

Toyota Motor Corporation

   2,600      173,909

Uniden Corporation

   1,000      6,832

Yusen Air & Sea Service Company, Ltd.

   1,000      21,722
         
        2,021,652
         

Mexico - 0.2%

     

Cemex S.A. de CV *

   12,896      43,701

Grupo Financiero Banorte S.A. de CV

   29,116      113,839

Wal-Mart de Mexico S.A. de CV

   8,700      38,276
         
        195,816
         

Netherlands - 0.1%

     

Aegon N.V.

   3,996      76,170

TomTom N.V. *

   991      42,803
         
        118,973
         

Norway - 0.1%

     

Statoil ASA

   1,597      42,327

Telenor ASA

   3,600      67,701
         
        110,028
         

Papua New Guinea - 0.0%

     

Oil Search, Ltd.

   12,681      33,530
         

Singapore - 0.2%

     

DBS Group Holdings, Ltd.

   6,000      88,419

SembCorp Industries, Ltd.

   25,900      64,851

StarHub, Ltd.

   29,000      49,733

Venture Corporation, Ltd.

   2,000      17,606
         
        220,609
         

Spain - 0.4%

     

Acciona S.A.

   945      176,014

Banco Santander Central Hispano S.A.

   6,628      123,715

Telefonica S.A.

   4,935      105,012
         
        404,741
         

Sweden - 0.5%

     

Autoliv, Inc.

   850      51,336

Nordea Bank AB

   9,127      140,639

Ssab Svenskt Staal AB

   6,359      150,927

Svenska Handelsbanken AB

   3,039      91,881

TeliaSonera AB

   8,500      69,834

Volvo AB

   800      55,093
         
        559,710
         

Switzerland - 0.5%

     

Holcim, Ltd.

   470      43,085

Nestle S.A.

   399      141,787

Novartis AG

   2,516      145,054

Panalpina Welttransport Holding AG

   309      42,147

Swiss Life Holding

   284      71,146

UBS AG

   2,072      125,918
         
        569,137
         

Taiwan, Province of China - 0.0%

     

Acer, Inc.

   3,060      6,385
         

United Kingdom - 1.7%

     

Aegis Group plc

   24,867      68,054

Alliance Boots plc

   2,752      45,108

Anglo American plc

   2,338      114,004

Arriva plc

   3,345      50,046

Aviva plc

   4,700      75,702

Barclays plc

   10,783      154,465

BP plc

   11,598      128,892

Bradford & Bingley plc

   3,908      35,969

Close Brothers Group plc

   1,387      27,623

Corus Group plc

   7,634      79,307

GKN plc

   5,382      29,247

GlaxoSmithKline plc

   5,174      136,176

HBOS plc

   2,930      65,009

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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December 31, 2006 - continued   

 

     Shares    Value

FOREIGN STOCK (continued)

     

United Kingdom (continued)

     

Informa plc

     3,491    $ 40,745

Persimmon plc

     1,234      36,828

QinetiQ plc

     4,600      17,318

Rolls-Royce Group plc *

     4,155      36,412

Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc

     5,816      227,105

Royal Dutch Shell plc (CI.B)

     4,491      157,425

Tesco plc

     10,338      81,941

Tomkins plc

     3,587      17,262

Unilever plc

     1,239      34,648

United Utilities plc

     5,013      76,621

Vodafone Group plc

     12,059      33,416

WPP Group plc

     3,118      42,192
         
        1,811,515
         

TOTAL FOREIGN STOCK (Cost $6,838,024)

      $ 9,996,742
         

PREFERRED STOCK - 0.0%

     

Apparel, Accessories & Luxury Goods - 0.0%

     

Anvil Holdings, Inc. (CI.B) * (1)(5)

     469      469
         

TOTAL PREFERRED STOCK (Cost $6,135)

      $ 469
         

WARRANTS- 0.0%

     

Warrants - 0.0%

     

Travelcenters of America, Inc.

     

$ 0.001, 5/1/2009 * (1)(5)

     150      7,659
         

TOTAL WARRANTS (Cost $2)

      $ 7,659
         
     Principal
Amount
   Value

CORPORATE BOND - 10.3%

     

Aerospace & Defense - 0.1%

     

BE Aerospace, Inc.

     

8.88%, 2011

   $ 25,000      25,875

Bombardier, Inc.

     

6.75%, 2012 (2)(3)

     50,000      49,000

United Technologies Corporation

     

5.40%, 2035

     20,000      19,323
         
        94,198
         

Automotive - 0.4%

     

Adesa, Inc.

     

7.63%, 2012

     25,000      25,812

Autonation, Inc.

     

7.374%, 2013 (6)

     25,000      25,125

7.00%, 2014

     25,000      25,188

DaimlerChrysler North America Holding Corporation

     

5.82%, 2009 (6)

     30,000      30,049

6.50%, 2013

     50,000      51,335

Erac USA Finance Company

     

5.60%, 2015 (1)(2)(3)

     40,000      39,706

Ford Motor Credit Company

     

5.80%, 2009

     65,000      63,820

General Motors Acceptance Corporation

     

6.75%, 2014

     100,000      102,713

Hertz Corporation

     

8.88%, 2014(2)(3)

     100,000      104,750
         
        468,498
         

Banking - 1.1%

     

BAC CAP TRUST VI

     

5.63%, 2035

     35,000      33,132

Bank of America Corporation

     

4.88%, 2012

     55,000      53,901

5.75%, 2016

     40,000      40,825

Bank One Corporation

     

5.25%, 2013

     160,000      158,669

BB&T Capital Trust II

     

6.75%, 2036

     60,000      65,517

BCP Crystal US Holdings Corporation

     

9.63%, 2014(3)

     100,000      110,500

Bear Stearns Companies, Inc.

     

5.50%, 2011

     35,000      35,345

5.55%, 2017

     20,000      19,983

Capital One Bank

     

6.50%, 2013

     65,000      68,518

Countrywide Financial Corporation

     

6.25%, 2016

     60,000      61,154

Credit Suisse USA, Inc.

     

5.50%, 2011

     30,000      30,327

HSBC Finance Corporation

     

5.00%, 2015

     50,000      48,618

Huntington National Bank

     

4.38%, 2010

     45,000      43,646

Merrill Lynch & Company, Inc.

     

6.22%, 2026

     30,000      30,914

Mizuho Capital Investment 1, Ltd.

     

6.686%, 2049(1)(2)(3)(6)

     16,000      16,143

Morgan Stanley

     

6.25%, 2026

     15,000      15,685

Northern Trust Company

     

4.60%, 2013

     25,000      24,029

Northern Trust Corporation

     

5.30%, 2011

     30,000      30,100

Residential Capital LLC

     

6.13%, 2008

     25,000      25,124

Svensk Exportkredit AB

     

4.875%, 2011

     35,000      34,693

U.S. Bancorp

     

4.50%, 2010

     45,000      43,974

Wachovia Corporation

     

6.40%, 2008

     20,000      20,250

5.50%, 2035

     25,000      23,824

Webster Financial Corporation

     

5.13%, 2014

     45,000      43,139

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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Amount
   Value

CORPORATE BOND (continued)

     

Banking (continued)

     

Wells Fargo & Company

     

4.88%, 2011

   $ 90,000    $ 89,106
         
        1,167,116
         

Basic Industry - Other - 0.0%

     

Vale Overseas, Ltd.

     

6.875%, 2036

     35,000      35,898

Xstrata Finance Canada, Ltd.

     

5.50%, 2011 (1)(2)(3)

     15,000      14,996
         
        50,894
         

Brokerage - 0.4%

     

Allied Capital Corporation

     

6.00%, 2012

     35,000      34,497

Citigroup, Inc.

     

5.00%, 2014

     60,000      58,584

Franklin Resources, Inc.

     

3.70%, 2008

     15,000      14,691

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.

     

6.35%, 2034

     100,000      101,225

Jefferies Group, Inc.

     

6.25%, 2036

     35,000      33,952

Legg Mason, Inc.

     

6.75%, 2008

     20,000      20,397

Lehman Brothers Holdings, Inc.

     

5.75%, 2017

     50,000      50,640

Merrill Lynch & Company, Inc.

     

6.05%, 2016

     100,000      103,504
         
        417,490
         

Building Materials - 0.1%

     

Celulosa Arauco y Constitucion S.A.

     

5.13%, 2013

     40,000      38,662

Centex Corporation

     

5.45%, 2012

     40,000      39,358

Collins & Aikman Floor Cover

     

9.75%, 2010

     25,000      25,562

CRH America, Inc.

     

6.00%, 2016

     30,000      30,282

Lafarge S.A.

     

6.15%, 2011

     20,000      20,471
         
        154,335
         

Capital Goods - Other - 0.1%

     

Freescale Semiconductor, Inc.

     

8.875%, 2014 (2)(3)

     100,000      99,625
         

Chemicals - 0.1%

     

Dow Chemical Company

     

6.13%, 2011

     30,000      30,840

El Du Pont de Nemours & Company

     

5.60%, 2036

     50,000      47,969

Hercules, Inc.

     

6.75%, 2029

     50,000      49,000

Huntsman International LLC

     

7.875%, 2014 (2)(3)

     25,000      25,187
         
        152,996
         

Communications - Other - 0.2%

     

CanWest MediaWorks, Inc.

     

8.00%, 2012

     34,875      36,401

Dun & Bradstreet Corporation

     

5.50%, 2011

     25,000      25,062

Lamar Media Corporation

     

6.625%, 2015

     100,000      99,125
         
        160,588
         

Construction Machinery - 0.0%

     

Owens Corning, Inc.

     

6.50%, 2016 (1)(2)(3)

     15,000      15,238
         

Consumer Cyclical - Other - 0.1%

     

Procter & Gamble Company

     

4.95%, 2014

     65,000      63,480
         

Consumer Products - 0.2%

     

Bunge, Ltd. Finance Corporation

     

4.38%, 2008

     50,000      48,946

Eastman Kodak Company

     

7.25%, 2013

     100,000      99,413

Fortune Brands, Inc.

     

5.13%, 2011

     30,000      29,439

Sealy Mattress Company

     

8.25%, 2014

     25,000      26,125

Visant Corporation

     

7.63%, 2012

     25,000      25,312
         
        229,235
         

Distributors - 0.1%

     

Atmos Energy Corporation

     

4.00%, 2009

     45,000      43,290

Southern California Gas Company

     

5.75%, 2035

     45,000      44,902
         
        88,192
         

Diversified Manufacturing - 0.0%

     

Hawk Corporation

     

8.75%, 2014

     25,000      24,937
         

Electric - 0.8%

     

AES Corporation

     

9.00%, 2015 (2)(3)

     25,000      26,875

Alabama Power Company

     

5.56%, 2009 (6)

     60,000      60,212

Appalachian Power Company

     

6.38%, 2036

     25,000      25,670

Black Hills Corporation

     

6.50%, 2013

     30,000      30,126

CE Electric UK Funding Company

     

7.00%, 2007 (1)(2)(3)

     35,000      35,457

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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Schedule of Investments    Series N (Managed Asset Allocation Series)
December 31, 2006 - continued   

 

     Principal
Amount
   Value

CORPORATE BOND (continued)

     

Electric (continued)

     

Centerpoint Energy, Inc.

     

7.25%, 2010

   $ 25,000    $ 26,341

El Paso Electric Company

     

6.00%, 2035

     45,000      43,136

Exelon Generation Company LLC

     

5.35%, 2014

     25,000      24,487

FirstEnergy Corporation

     

6.45%, 2011

     40,000      41,712

Florida Power & Light Company

     

6.20%, 2036 (1)(3)

     20,000      21,283

Midamerican Energy Holdings Company

     

6.125%, 2036

     35,000      35,282

Mirant Americas Generation LLC

     

8.30%, 2011

     100,000      102,500

Monongahela Power Company

     

5.70%, 2017 (1)(2)(3)

     40,000      39,972

Pacific Gas & Electric Company

     

4.80%, 2014

     30,000      28,756

Progress Energy, Inc.

     

5.63%, 2016

     30,000      29,930

Public Service Company of New Mexico

     

4.40%, 2008

     40,000      39,267

Public Service Electric & Gas Company

     

5.70%, 2036

     50,000      48,703

Sierra Pacific Resources

     

7.80%, 2012 (1)

     25,000      26,161

Southern California Edison Company

     

4.65%, 2015

     30,000      28,349

Virginia Electric and Power Company

     

6.00%, 2036

     40,000      39,808

Westar Energy, Inc.

     

5.10%, 2020

     25,000      23,246

Western Power Distribution Holdings, Ltd.

     

6.88%, 2007 (1)(2)(3)

     25,000      25,144
         
        802,417
         

Energy - Other - 0.0%

     

Dresser-Rand Group, Inc.

     

7.375%, 2014 (7)

     22,000      22,165
         

Entertainment - 0.1%

     

AMF Bowling Worldwide, Inc.

     

10.00%, 2010

     25,000      25,906

Diageo Capital plc

     

5.125%, 2012

     50,000      49,376

International Speedway Corporation

     

4.20%, 2009

     20,000      19,419

K2, Inc.

     

7.38%, 2014

     25,000      25,250
         
        119,951
         

Environmental - 0.0%

     

Allied Waste North America, Inc.

     

8.50%, 2008

     25,000      26,281

Casella Waste Systems, Inc.

     

9.75%, 2013

     25,000      26,188
         
        52,469
         

Financial - Other - 0.2%

     

AvalonBay Communities, Inc.

     

6.13%, 2012

     30,000      31,081

Boeing Capital Corporation, Ltd.

     

6.10%, 2011

     50,000      51,656

EnCana Holdings Finance Corporation

     

5.80%, 2014

     45,000      45,268

Kinder Morgan Finance Company ULC

     

5.70%, 2016

     45,000      41,288

Orion Power Holdings, Inc.

     

12.00%, 2010

     25,000      28,375

Sovereign Capital Trust VI

     

7.908%, 2036

     35,000      39,368
         
        237,036
         

Financial Companies - Noncaptive Consumer - 0.2%

     

American Express Company

     

5.25%, 2011

     40,000      40,043

American General Finance Corporation

     

5.40%, 2015

     50,000      49,497

SLM Corporation

     

3.19%, 2009 (6)

     35,000      34,031

5.577%, 2009 (6)

     55,000      55,194
         
        178,765
         

Financial Companies - Noncaptive Diversified - 0.4%

     

CIT Group, Inc.

     

6.00%, 2036

     30,000      29,579

FIA Card Services North America

     

4.63%, 2009

     45,000      44,385

General Electric Capital Corporation

     

5.88%, 2012

     70,000      71,982

6.00%, 2012

     140,000      144,924

5.375%, 2016

     60,000      60,080

International Lease Finance Corporation

     

5.45%, 2011

     50,000      50,168

John Deere Capital Corporation

     

7.00%, 2012

     45,000      48,156
         
        449,274
         

Food & Beverage - 0.1%

     

B&G Foods, Inc.

     

8.00%, 2011

     25,000      25,250

McCormick & Company, Inc.

     

5.20%, 2015

     40,000      38,993

Pantry, Inc.

     

7.75%, 2014

     25,000      25,156

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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Schedule of Investments    Series N (Managed Asset Allocation Series)
December 31, 2006 - continued   

 

     Principal
Amount
   Value

CORPORATE BOND (continued)

     

Food & Beverage (continued)

     

SABMiller plc

     

6.20%, 2011(1)(2)(3)

   $ 50,000    $ 51,177

WM Wrigley Jr Company

     

4.65%, 2015

     15,000      14,259
         
        154,835
         

Gaming - 0.0%

     

Harrah’s Operating Company, Inc.

     

5.50%, 2010

     45,000      44,107
         

Health Care - 0.3%

     

Amgen, Inc.

     

4.00%, 2009

     25,000      24,255

Cardinal Health, Inc.

     

5.64%, 2009(1)(2)(3)(6)

     30,000      30,014

Concentra Operating Corporation

     

9.13%, 2012

     25,000      26,250

Genentech, Inc.

     

4.75%, 2015

     35,000      33,507

Genesis HealthCare Corporation

     

8.00%, 2013

     25,000      26,062

Highmark, Inc.

     

6.80%, 2013(1)(2)(3)

     30,000      31,464

Kroger Company

     

8.05%, 2010

     45,000      48,148

Medtronic, Inc.

     

4.75%, 2015

     55,000      52,102

Vanguard Health Holding Company II LLC

     

9.00%, 2014

     25,000      25,312

WellPoint, Inc.

     

5.00%, 2011

     30,000      29,634
         
        326,748
         

Home Construction - 0.2%

     

DR Horton, Inc.

     

5.63%, 2014

     30,000      28,976

Lennar Corporation

     

5.60%, 2015

     30,000      28,685

MDC Holdings, Inc.

     

5.50%, 2013

     55,000      52,586

NVR, Inc.

     

5.00%, 2010

     20,000      19,510

Pulte Homes, Inc.

     

5.20%, 2015

     50,000      47,638
         
        177,395
         

Independent Energy - 0.2%

     

Devon Financing Corporation ULC

     

6.88%, 2011

     55,000      58,158

Forest Oil Corporation

     

8.00%, 2011

     25,000      26,000

Hilcorp Energy I, LP

     

10.50%, 2010(2)(3)

     50,000      53,500

NRG Energy, Inc.

     

7.25%, 2014

     25,000      25,187
         
        162,845
         

Insurance - Life - 0.4%

     

Genworth Financial, Inc.

     

5.75%, 2014

     40,000      40,757

6.15%, 2066 (6)

     18,000      17,975

Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc.

     

5.25%, 2011

     25,000      24,945

4.75%, 2014

     55,000      52,223

Metlife, Inc.

     

6.13%, 2011

     50,000      51,687

Nationwide Financial Services

     

5.90%, 2012

     50,000      50,958

NLV Financial Corporation

     

7.50%, 2033 (1)(2)(3)

     30,000      32,672

Principal Financial Group, Inc.

     

6.05%, 2036

     30,000      30,710

Principal Life Global Funding I

     

5.13%, 2013 (1)(2)(3)

     45,000      44,563

Sun Life Financial Global Funding, LP

     

5.614%, 2013 (1)(2)(3)(6)

     45,000      44,947

Torchmark Corporation

     

6.38%, 2016

     30,000      30,987
         
        422,424
         

Insurance - Property & Casualty - 0.1%

     

Ace INA Holdings, Inc.

     

5.88%, 2014

     35,000      35,672

Fund American Companies, Inc.

     

5.88%, 2013

     45,000      44,731

Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company

     

6.60%, 2034 (1)(2)(3)

     25,000      24,471
         
        104,874
         

Integrated Energy - 0.1%

     

ConocoPhillips

     

5.90%, 2032

     40,000      40,635

Hess Corporation

     

7.88%, 2029

     20,000      23,346

Petro-Canada

     

5.95%, 2035

     40,000      37,930
         
        101,911
         

Media - Cable - 0.5%

     

Charter Communications Operating LLC

     

8.00%, 2012 (2)(3)

     25,000      25,969

Comcast Cable Communications Holdings Inc.

     

8.38%, 2013

     45,000      51,258

Comcast Corporation

     

4.95%, 2016

     30,000      28,065

5.875%, 2018

     45,000      44,516

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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Schedule of Investments    Series N (Managed Asset Allocation Series)
December 31, 2006 - continued   

 

     Principal
Amount
   Value

CORPORATE BOND (continued)

     

Media - Cable (continued)

     

COX Communications, Inc.

     

7.13%, 2012

   $ 50,000    $ 53,303

CSC Holdings, Inc.

     

7.25%, 2008

     100,000      100,875

Rogers Cable, Inc.

     

5.50%, 2014

     40,000      38,248

Time Warner Entertainment Company, LP

     

7.25%, 2008

     40,000      41,125

8.38%, 2023

     40,000      46,926

Time Warner, Inc.

     

5.50%, 2011

     30,000      29,923

Viacom, Inc.

     

6.25%, 2016

     35,000      34,758
         
        494,966
         

Media - Non Cable - 0.2%

     

Advanstar Communications, Inc.

     

10.75%, 2010

     25,000      26,906

Affinity Group, Inc.

     

9.00%, 2012

     25,000      24,750

Dex Media East LLC

     

9.88%, 2009

     25,000      26,187

12.13%, 2012

     32,000      35,240

Idearc, Inc.

     

8.00%, 2016 (2)(3)

     100,000      101,500

News America, Inc.

     

6.40%, 2035

     45,000      44,705
         
        259,288
         

Metals & Mining - 0.2%

     

Alcan, Inc.

     

5.00%, 2015

     55,000      52,312

Alcoa, Inc.

     

6.00%, 2012

     30,000      30,784

Newmont Mining Corporation

     

5.88%, 2035

     20,000      18,591

Russel Metals, Inc.

     

6.38%, 2014

     25,000      23,844

Sunoco, Inc.

     

5.75%, 2017

     34,000      33,262
         
        158,793
         

Natural Gas Pipelines - 0.1%

     

Boardwalk Pipelines LLC

     

5.50%, 2017

     10,000      9,633

Duke Capital LLC

     

6.25%, 2013

     40,000      41,213

Williams Companies, Inc.

     

8.75%, 2032 (7)

     25,000      28,250
         
        79,096
         

Oil Field Services - 0.4%

     

Baker Hughes, Inc.

     

6.88%, 2029

     55,000      60,839

Chesapeake Energy Corporation

     

6.50%, 2017

     100,000      97,750

Denbury Resources, Inc.

     

7.50%, 2015

     50,000      51,000

Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc.

     

5.15%, 2014

     25,000      23,994

Halliburton Company

     

5.50%, 2010

     60,000      59,893

Pemex Project Funding Master Trust

     

6.66%, 2010 (1)(2)(3)(6)

     45,000      46,192

5.75%, 2015

     45,000      44,685

XTO Energy, Inc.

     

5.65%, 2016

     25,000      24,715
         
        409,068
         

Packaging - 0.1%

     

BWAY Corporation

     

10.00%, 2010 (7)

     25,000      26,187

Graphic Packaging International Corporation

     

8.50%, 2011

     25,000      25,875

Owens Brockway Glass Container, Inc.

     

8.88%, 2009

     25,000      25,563

8.75%, 2012

     25,000      26,500

Owens-Illinois, Inc.

     

7.35%, 2008

     25,000      25,156
         
        129,281
         

Paper - 0.2%

     

Boise Cascade LLC

     

7.13%, 2014

     25,000      24,187

Georgia-Pacific Corporation

     

7.13%, 2017 (2)(3)

     100,000      99,750

Sealed Air Corporation

     

5.38%, 2008 (1)(2)(3)

     40,000      39,808
         
        163,745
         

Pharmaceuticals - 0.2%

     

HCA, Inc.

     

8.75%, 2010

     125,000      130,312

Teva Pharmaceutical Finance LLC

     

5.55%, 2016

     20,000      19,557

VWR International, Inc.

     

8.00%, 2014

     25,000      25,750
         
        175,619
         

Pipelines - 0.1%

     

ANR Pipeline Company

     

8.88%, 2010

     25,000      26,227

Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line

     

4.80%, 2008

     20,000      19,703

Roseton

     

7.27%, 2010

     25,000      25,563

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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Schedule of Investments    Series N (Managed Asset Allocation Series)
December 31, 2006 - continued   

 

     Principal
Amount
   Value

CORPORATE BOND (continued)

     

Pipelines (continued)

     

Williams Companies, Inc.

     

7.75%, 2031

   $ 25,000    $ 26,250
         
        97,743
         

Railroads - 0.1%

     

CSX Corporation

     

6.00%, 2036

     25,000      24,996

Norfolk Southern Corporation

     

6.00%, 2008

     50,000      50,394
         
        75,390
         

Refining - 0.1%

     

Denbury Resources, Inc.

     

7.50%, 2013

     25,000      25,375

Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc.

     

4.88%, 2015

     30,000      28,160

Valero Energy Corporation

     

3.50%, 2009

     35,000      33,611
         
        87,146
         

REITs - 0.1%

     

Archstone-Smith Operating Trust

     

5.25%, 2015

     40,000      39,247

Federal Realty Invs Trust

     

6.00%, 2012

     15,000      15,309

Reckson Operating Partnership, LP

     

6.00%, 2016

     30,000      29,278

Simon Property Group, LP

     

3.75%, 2009

     45,000      43,706
         
        127,540
         

Retailers - 0.3%

     

AmeriGas Partners, LP

     

7.125%, 2016

     100,000      100,000

Home Depot, Inc.

     

5.40%, 2016

     65,000      63,573

JC Penney Corporation, Inc.

     

9.00%, 2012

     30,000      34,303

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

     

5.25%, 2035

     45,000      41,324

Yum! Brands, Inc.

     

7.70%, 2012

     25,000      27,329
         
        266,529
         

Services - 0.0%

     

Brickman Group, Ltd.

     

11.75%, 2009

     25,000      26,562
         

Sovereigns - 0.2%

     

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation

     

5.13%, 2009

     75,000      74,889

Italy Government International Bond

     

5.25%, 2016

     85,000      85,585
         
        160,474
         

Technology - 0.3%

     

Cisco Systems, Inc.

     

5.25%, 2011

     45,000      45,113

Oracle Corporation and Ozark Holding, Inc.

     

5.00%, 2011 (3)

     50,000      49,497

STATS ChipPAC, Ltd.

     

6.75%, 2011

     25,000      24,500

Sungard Data Systems, Inc.

     

9.125%, 2013

     100,000      105,000

Xerox Corporation

     

6.75%, 2017

     100,000      104,500
         
        328,610
         

Telecommunications - Wireless - 0.4%

     

America Movil S.A. de CV

     

6.38%, 2035

     25,000      24,391

New Cingular Wireless Services, Inc.

     

7.88%, 2011

     30,000      32,723

Rogers Wireless, Inc.

     

9.63%, 2011

     100,000      113,500

Sprint Capital Corporation

     

6.88%, 2028

     7,000      7,007

TELUS Corporation

     

8.00%, 2011

     55,000      60,145

UbiquiTel Operating Company

     

9.88%, 2011

     25,000      27,000

Verizon Communications, Inc.

     

5.55%, 2016

     75,000      74,741

Verizon Global Funding Corporation

     

7.75%, 2030

     40,000      46,919
         
        386,426
         

Telecommunications - Wirelines - 0.6%

     

AT&T, Inc.

     

5.30%, 2010

     30,000      30,004

5.10%, 2014

     35,000      33,983

6.45%, 2034

     60,000      60,890

Citizens Communications Company

     

6.25%, 2013

     100,000      98,125

Qwest Corporation

     

7.50%, 2014

     100,000      106,000

Telecom Italia Capital S.A.

     

5.25%, 2013

     95,000      90,582

Telefonica Emisiones SAU

     

6.42%, 2016

     75,000      77,371

Telefonos de Mexico S.A. de CV

     

5.50%, 2015

     30,000      29,204

Windstream Corporation

     

8.63%, 2016 (2)(3)

     100,000      109,500
         
        635,659
         

Textile - 0.1%

     

Invista

     

9.25%, 2012 (2)(3)

     100,000      107,250
         

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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Schedule of Investments    Series N (Managed Asset Allocation Series)
December 31, 2006 - continued   

 

     Principal
Amount
   Value

CORPORATE BOND (continued)

     

Transportation Services - 0.0%

     

GATX Financial Corporation

     

5.50%, 2012

   $ 30,000    $ 29,806
         

Utility - Other - 0.1%

     

NRG Energy, Inc.

     

7.38%, 2016

     75,000      75,375
         

TOTAL CORPORATE BOND (Cost $10,773,681)

      $ 10,818,404
         

FOREIGN BOND - 0.1%

     

Luxembourg - 0.1%

     

Tyco International Group S.A.

     

6.38%, 2011

     40,000      41,860
         

United Kingdom - 0.0%

     

HBOS plc

     

6.00%, 2033 (1)(2)(3)

     40,000      40,885
         

TOTAL FOREIGN BOND (Cost $82,237)

      $ 82,745
         

MUNICIPAL BOND 0.1%

     

Kansas - 0.0%

     

Kansas Development Finance Authority Revenue Bonds

     

5.50%, 2034

     30,000      30,074
         

New York - 0.1%

     

New York City Housing Development Corporation Revenue Bonds

     

6.42%, 2027

     30,000      31,005
         

Oregon - 0.0%

     

State of Oregon General Obligation Unlimited

     

5.89%, 2027

     15,000      15,706
         

TOTAL MUNICIPAL BOND (Cost $75,000)

      $ 76,785
         

FOREIGN GOVERNMENT BOND - 0.1

     

Mexico - 0.0%

     

Mexico Government International Bond

     

6.38%, 2013

     45,000      47,318
         

South Africa - 0.1%

     

South Africa Government International Bond

     

6.50%, 2014

     65,000      68,331
         

TOTAL FOREIGN GOVERNMENT BOND (Cost $112,468)

      $ 115,649
         

MORTGAGE BACKED SECURITIES - 10.2%

     

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation - 0.4%

     

Pass-Thru’s - 0.4%

     

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation

     

#G12463, 5.50% - 2021

     82,822      82,927

#J03615, 6.00% - 2021

     122,948      124,603

#J03640, 6.00% - 2021

     81,230      82,324

#J03672, 6.00% - 2021

     36,712      37,206

#1H2581, 5.145% - 2036 (6)

     91,391      91,279
         
        418,339
         

Other Non - Agency - 1.7%

     

CMO’s - 1.7%

     

Banc of America Commercial Mortgage Inc.

     

2003-1, 4.65% - 2036

     75,000      72,711

Banc of America Mortgage Securities

     

2005-J, 5.266% - 2035 (6)

     48,265      47,704

Banc of America Mortgage Securities, Inc.

     

2004-A, 4.116% - 2034 (6)

     56,875      55,916

2004-D, 4.197% - 2034 (6)

     4,571      4,504

2003-L, 4.259% - 2034 (6)

     101,060      99,530

2004-H, 4.75% - 2034 (6)

     26,906      26,691

2004-I, 4.92% - 2034 (6)

     27,918      27,544

Bear Stearns Commercial Mortgage Securities

     

2005-PW10, 5.09% - 2040

     132,843      132,238

2005-PWR8, 4.67% - 2041

     60,000      57,439

2006-PW13, 5.54% - 2041

     150,000      152,168

Citigroup

     

2005-CD1, 5.225% - 2044 (6)

     60,000      59,613

Citigroup Mortgage Loan Trust, Inc.

     

2006-AR2, 5.59% - 2036

     45,370      45,325

Commercial Mortgage Pass Through Certificates

     

2005-LP5, 4.24% - 2043

     71,375      70,190

DLJ Commercial Mortgage Corporation

     

1999-CG2, 7.30% - 2032

     75,000      77,884

GMAC Commercial Mortgage Securities Inc.

     

2001-C2, 6.70% - 2034

     125,000      131,880

Greenwich Capital Commercial Funding Corporation

     

2004-GG1, 3.84% - 2036

     16,277      16,152

JP Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Corporation

     

2001-CIBC, 6.26% - 2033

     104,664      107,884

2001-CIB2, 6.24% - 2035

     47,561      48,127

2004-LDP4, 4.82% - 2042 (6)

     75,000      73,088

LB-UBS Commercial Mortgage Trust

     

2004-C4, 4.567% - 2029 (6)

     75,000      73,874

2006-C1, 5.16% - 2031

     150,000      148,183

Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Capital I

     

2002-TOP7, 5.98% - 2039

     200,000      206,368

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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Schedule of Investments    Series N (Managed Asset Allocation Series)
December 31, 2006 - continued   

 

     Principal
Amount
   Value

MORTGAGE BACKED SECURITIES (continued)

     

Other Non-Agency (continued)

     

CMO’s (continued)

     

Washington Mutual, Inc.

     

2004-AR1, 4.23% - 2034 (6)

   $ 31,190    $ 30,639
         
        1,765,652
         

U.S. Government Sponsored Agencies - 7.3%

     

CMO’s - 0.4%

     

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation

     

FHR 2631 IG, 4.50% - 2011 (1)(8)

     92,311      1,304

FHR 2614 IH, 4.50% - 2016 (1)(8)

     102,000      10,444

FHR 2681 PC, 5.00% - 2019

     100,000      99,197

Federal National Mortgage Association

     

FNR 2003-92 NM, 3.50% - 2013

     58,026      57,020

FNR 2002-74 PJ, 5.00% - 2015

     150,000      149,037

FNR 2003-40 NI, 5.50% - 2028 (1)(8)

     13,441      1,088

FNR 2006-35 GK, 6.00% - 2032

     121,554      122,718

FNS 319 2, 6.50% - 2032 (1)(8)

     14,699      3,354
         
        444,162
         

Pass-Thru’s - 6.9%

     

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation

     

#M80714, 5.00% - 2008

     24,338      24,166

#E81544, 6.00% - 2009

     123,000      123,028

#B10343, 5.00% - 2018

     7,644      7,527

#E99933, 5.00% - 2018

     4,819      4,745

#E99966, 5.00% - 2018

     27,340      26,921

#E01341, 5.50% - 2018

     8,684      8,698

#G11759, 5.50% - 2018

     228,239      228,626

#B19214, 5.50%-2020

     32,806      32,779

#J02272, 5.50% - 2020

     81,236      81,170

#J02554, 5.50% - 2020

     88,802      88,729

#J03203, 6.00% - 2021

     96,032      97,325

#J03254, 6.00% - 2021

     30,104      30,509

#1B0527, 4.52% - 2032 (6)

     11,352      11,331

#C72128, 6.00% -2032

     70,922      71,614

#C68205, 7.00% - 2032

     6,756      6,945

#A12118, 5.00% - 2033

     57,812      55,880

#A15852, 5.00% - 2033

     20,787      20,092

#A15907, 5.00% - 2033

     27,791      26,863

#D86309, 5.00% - 2033

     32,078      31,006

#G01628, 6.00% - 2033

     139,221      140,484

#A21263, 4.50% - 2034

     143,038      134,188

#A46897, 4.50% - 2035

     99,298      93,051

#G01805, 4.50% - 2035

     323,834      304,862

#1G1762, 5.061% - 2035 (6)

     42,523      42,170

#1G0661, 5.428% - 2036 (6)

     22,747      22,820

Federal National Mortgage Association

     

#254140, 5.50% - 2017

     6,112      6,130

#254234, 5.50% - 2017

     6,030      6,047

#625931, 5.50% - 2017

     5,396      5,412

#357280, 6.50% - 2017

     26,610      27,254

#254720, 4.50% - 2018

     119,703      115,759

#555345, 5.50% - 2018

     6,008      6,025

#555446, 5.50% - 2018

     9,185      9,207

#555526, 5.50% - 2018

     142,691      143,031

#555693, 5.50% - 2018

     83,223      83,421

#685202, 5.50% - 2018

     74,199      74,340

#725098, 5.50% - 2018

     17,985      18,020

#357475, 4.50% - 2019

     122,930      118,879

#725528, 5.50% - 2019

     13,940      13,966

#789885, 5.50% - 2019

     16,459      16,491

#829028, 4.50% - 2020

     200,155      193,109

#896595, 6.00% - 2021

     117,823      119,482

TBA, 7.00% - 2031

     75,000      76,969

#254514, 5.50% - 2032

     3,376      3,342

#254550, 6.50% - 2032

     21,844      22,345

#545759, 6.50% - 2032

     131,050      133,524

#650075, 6.50% - 2032

     19,786      20,240

#728720, 5.00% - 2033

     125,237      121,146

#745944, 5.00% - 2033

     74,591      72,004

#254767, 5.50% - 2033

     166,212      164,518

#254983, 5.50% - 2033

     78,843      78,039

#744692, 5.50% - 2033

     41,748      41,323

#744750, 5.50% - 2033

     17,107      16,932

#747387, 5.50% - 2033

     26,885      26,611

#747549, 5.50% - 2033

     8,657      8,569

#750362, 5.50% - 2033

     33,814      33,469

#756190, 5.50% - 2033

     40,706      40,291

#555417, 6.00% - 2033

     92,184      93,087

#725232, 5.00% - 2034

     24,377      23,581

#255028, 5.50% - 2034

     19,326      19,098

#725424, 5.50% - 2034

     372,180      368,386

#725773, 5.50% - 2034

     285,922      282,550

#762076, 5.50% - 2034

     49,562      49,057

#789293, 5.50% - 2034

     157,759      156,338

#796104, 5.50% - 2034

     41,359      40,916

#804395, 5.50% - 2034

     108,706      107,541

#255459, 6.00% - 2034

     46,168      46,514

#725162, 6.00% - 2034

     85,609      86,331

#725690, 6.00% - 2034

     47,495      47,851

#725704, 6.00% - 2034

     393,666      396,985

#790044, 6.00% - 2034

     48,766      49,132

#790217, 6.00% - 2034

     19,430      19,575

#790237, 6.00% - 2034

     45,942      46,287

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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December 31, 2006 - continued   

 

    

Principal

Amount

   Value

MORTGAGE BACKED SECURITIES (continued)

     

U.S. Government Sponsored Agencies (continued)

     

Pass-Thru’s (continued)

     

Federal National Mortgage Association (continued)

     

#790629, 6.00% - 2034

   $ 45,831    $ 46,175

#790788, 6.00% - 2034

     51,265      51,649

#791574, 6.00% - 2034

     48,725      49,090

#745216, 4.777% - 2035 (6)

     76,386      76,167

#821765, 4.801% - 2035 (6)

     39,097      38,938

#830880, 5.00% - 2035

     77,957      75,286

#835753, 5.00% - 2035

     654,032      631,627

#850863, 5.32% - 2035 (6)

     37,057      37,044

#846551, 5.353% - 2035 (6)

     43,594      43,625

#848476, 5.517% - 2035 (6)

     66,140      66,430

#848522, 5.669% - 2035 (6)

     20,887      20,938

#745275, 5.00% - 2036

     34,842      33,649

#745167, 5.674% - 2036 (6)

     44,186      44,260

#893353, 6.00% - 2036

     65,273      65,715

#745554, 6.50% - 2036

     498,954      508,465

#896329, 6.50% - 2036

     48,746      49,665
         
        7,203,376
         
        7,647,538
         

U.S. Government Sponsored

     

Securities - 0.8%

     

Pass-Thru’s - 0.8%

     

Government National Mortgage

     

Association

     

#780766, 7.00% - 2013

     5,215      5,266

#781312, 7.00% - 2013

     25,997      26,831

#67365,11.50% - 2013

     1,564      1,725

G2 2102, 8.00% - 2025

     1,152      1,216

#427029, 8.50% - 2026

     7,970      8,550

G2 3295, 5.50% - 2032

     14,026      13,947

#604639, 5.00% - 2033

     75,035      73,065

#612919, 5.00%-2033

     204,475      199,106

#615278, 5.00% - 2033

     93,741      91,279

G2 3442, 5.00% - 2033

     181,679      176,190

G2 3458, 5.00% - 2033

     51,150      49,599

G2 3443, 5.50% - 2033

     60,786      60,412

G2 3490, 6.50% - 2033

     11,864      12,135

G2 3513, 5.00% - 2034

     64,325      62,340

G2 3529, 5.00% - 2034

     16,094      15,597

G2 3530, 5.50% - 2034

     28,337      28,148

G2 3517, 6.00% - 2034

     39,551      40,027

G2 3612, 6.50% - 2034

     21,350      21,830
         
        887,263
         

TOTAL MORTGAGE BACKED SECURITIES (Cost $10,850,580)

      $ 10,718,792
         

 

     Principal
Amount
   Value

U.S. GOVERNMENT SPONSORED AGENCY BONDS & NOTES - 2.0%

     

Federal Home Loan Bank

     

5.60% - 2011

   10,000      10,259

5.125% - 2013

   165,000      166,362

5.25% - 2014

   135,000      137,206

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation

     

4.13% - 2010

   145,000      141,016

Federal National Mortgage Association

     

3.25% - 2008

   690,000      670,636

3.38% - 2008

   185,000      179,354

6.63% - 2010

   140,000      148,269

6.00% - 2011

   362,000      376,926

4.38% - 2012

   105,000      102,018

4.875% - 2016

   165,000      163,153
         

TOTAL U.S. GOVERNMENT SPONSORED AGENCY BONDS & NOTES (Cost $2,122,107)

      $ 2,095,199
         

U.S. GOVERNMENT SECURITIES - 10.8%

     

U.S. Treasury Bonds

     

3.50%, 2010

   925,000      892,481

4.25%, 2013

   1,240,000      1,207,257

4.25%, 2014

   330,000      320,126

7.50%, 2016

   215,000      261,258

8.50%, 2020

   55,000      74,280

6.25%, 2023

   55,000      63,306

5.50%, 2028

   505,000      545,558

6.25%, 2030

   80,000      95,300

5.38%, 2031

   195,000      208,878

4.50%, 2036

   300,000      285,282

U.S. Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds

     

2.00%, 2014

   317,208      307,877

U.S. Treasury Notes

     

3.63%, 2007

   775,000      769,793

4.25%, 2007

   50,000      49,656

3.38%, 2008

   325,000      316,672

4.375%, 2008

   455,000      451,339

4.00%, 2009

   765,000      751,821

3.875%, 2010

   180,000      174,973

5.75%, 2010

   795,000      822,421

5.00%, 2011

   1,225,000      1,242,130

4.88%, 2012

   1,650,000      1,665,083

4.75%, 2014

   55,000      55,142

5.125%, 2016

   560,000      576,822

United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds

     

2.50%, 2016

   296,074      298,317
         

TOTAL U.S. GOVERNMENT SECURITIES (Cost $11,472,630)

      $ 11,435,772
         

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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     Principal
Amount
   Value

ASSET BACKED SECURITIES - 1.2%

     

Auto - 0.6%

     

AmeriCredit Automobile Receivables Trust

     

2006-RM, 5.53%, 2014

   $ 150,000    $ 151,589

Capital Auto Receivables Asset Trust

     

2006-1, 5.26%, 2010

     60,000      59,874

2006-SN1A B, 5.32%,

     

2010 (1)(2)(3)

     175,000      175,198

2006-SN1A A4A, 5.50%,

     

2010 (1)(2)(3)

     25,000      25,055

Hyundai Auto Receivables Trust

     

2006-A, 5.26%, 2012

     70,000      70,095

Triad Auto Receivables Owner Trust

     

2006-B, 5.52%, 2012

     100,000      100,897
         
        582,708
         

Credit Cards - 0.1%

     

Capital One Multi-Asset Execution Trust

     

2005-A7, 4.70%, 2015

     70,000      68,811

GE Capital Credit Card Master Note Trust

     

2006-1, 5.08%, 2012

     50,000      50,064
         
        118,875
         

Home Equity Loans - 0.1%

     

BankBoston Home Equity Loan Trust

     

1998-1, 6.35%, 2013

     16,369      16,418

Chase Funding Mortgage Loan

     

Asset-Backed Certificates

     

2002-2, 5.60%, 2031

     9,072      9,008

New Century Home Equity Loan Trust

     

2005-A, 4.95%, 2035

     50,000      48,586

2005-A, 5.34%, 2035

     45,000      44,073
         
        118,085
         

Other - 0.4%

     

CenterPoint Energy Transition Bond

     

Company LLC

     

2001-1, 5.63%, 2015

     75,000      76,701

GE Equipment Small Ticket LLC

     

2005-1A, 4.51%, 2014 (1)(2)(3)

     100,000      98,564

Marriott Vacation Club Owner Trust

     

2006-2A, 5.362%,

     

2028 (1)(2)(3)(5)

     44,924      44,875

2006-1A, 5.74%,

     

2028 (1)(2)(3)(5)

     120,822      122,195

Peco Energy Transition Trust

     

2001-A, 6.52%, 2010 (3)

     100,000      104,336
         
        446,671
         

TOTAL ASSET BACKED SECURITIES (Cost $1,269,672)

      $ 1,266,339
         

SHORT TERM INVESTMENTS - 0.5%

     

State Street GA Money Market Fund

   $ 30,158    $ 30,158
     

T. Rowe Price Reserve Investment Fund

   $ 502,471    $ 502,471
         

TOTAL SHORT TERM INVESTMENTS (Cost $532,629)

      $ 532,629
         

Total Investments (SBL N Fund) (Cost $93,070,711) - 99.9%

      $ 105,169,704

Other Assets in Excess of Liabilities - 0.1%

        130,609
         

TOTAL NET ASSETS - 100.0%

      $ 105,300,313
         

Footnotes

Percentages are stated as a percent of net assets.

For federal income tax purposes the identified cost of investments owned at 12/31/2006 was $93,739,930.

 

* - Non-income producing security

 

1 - Security is deemed illiquid. See Notes to financial statements.

 

2 - Security was acquired through a private placement.

 

3 - Security is a 144A security, which places restrictions on resale. See Notes to financial statements.

 

4 - Security is a PFIC (Passive Foreign Investment Company)

 

5 - Security is fair valued by the Board of Directors. See Notes to financial statements.

 

6 - Variable rate security. Rate indicated is rate effective at December 31, 2006.

 

7 - Security is a step-up bond. Rate indicated is rate effective at December 31, 2006.

 

8 - Security is an interest-only strip. Rate indicated is effective yield at December 31, 2006.

 

Glossary:

 

ADR - American Depositary Receipt

 

GDR - Global Depositary Reciept

 

plc - Public Limited Company

See notes to financial statements.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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Series N

(Managed Asset Allocation Series)

Statement of Assets and Liabilities

December 31, 2006

 

Assets:

  

Investments, at value1

   $ 105,169,704

Cash

     17,082

Cash denominated in a foreign currency, at value2

     11,682

Receivables:

  

Fund shares sold

     102,456

Securities sold

     552,310

Interest

     391,079

Dividends

     87,633

Foreign taxes recoverable

     3,701

Prepaid expenses

     2,374
      

Total assets

     106,338,021
      

Liabilities:

  

Payable for:

  

Securities purchased

     601,152

Fund shares redeemed

     269,398

Management fees

     89,713

Custodian fees

     8,732

Transfer agent/maintenance fees

     2,083

Administration fees

     43,457

Professional fees

     14,036

Directors’ fees

     2,500

Other fees

     6,637
      

Total liabilities

     1,037,708
      

Net Assets

   $ 105,300,313
      

Net assets consist of:

  

Paid in capital

   $ 85,982,212

Undistributed net investment income

     1,461,148

Undistributed net realized gain on sale of investments and foreign currency transactions

     5,759,233

Net unrealized appreciation in value of investments and translation of assets and liabilities in foreign currency

     12,097,720
      

Net assets

   $ 105,300,313
      

Capital shares authorized

     unlimited

Capital shares outstanding

     5,677,439

Net asset value per share (net assets divided by shares outstanding)

   $ 18.55
      

1Investments, at cost

   $ 93,070,711

2Cash denominated in a foreign currency, at cost

     11,627

Statement of Operations

For the Year Ended December 31, 2006

 

Investment Income:

  

Dividends (net of foreign withholding tax of $ 33,171)

   $ 1,263,356  

Interest

     1,823,255  
        

Total investment income

     3,086,611  
        

Expenses:

  

Management fees

     1,017,950  

Administration fees

     273,424  

Custodian fees

     67,754  

Transfer agent/maintenance fees

     25,210  

Directors’ fees

     4,861  

Professional fees

     18,704  

Reports to shareholders

     17,755  

Other expenses

     5,872  
        

Total expenses

     1,431,530  

Less: Earnings credits applied

     (1,034 )
        

Net expenses

     1,430,496  
        

Net investment income

     1,656,115  
        

Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss):

  

Net realized gain (loss) during the year on:

  

Investments

     6,403,318  

Securities sold short

     (79,576 )

Foreign currency transactions

     (3,476 )
        

Net realized gain

     6,320,266  
        

Net unrealized appreciation during the year on:

  

Investments

     3,602,340  

Securities sold short

     2,143  

Translation of assets and liabilities in foreign currencies

     601  
        

Net unrealized appreciation

     3,605,084  
        

Net realized and unrealized gain

     9,925,350  
        

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

   $ 11,581,465  
        

See accompanying notes.

 

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     Series N
Statement of Changes in Net Assets    (Managed Asset Allocation Series)

 

     Year Ended
December 31, 2006
    Year Ended
December 31, 2005
 

Increase (decrease) in net assets from operations:

    

Net investment income

   $ 1,656,115     $ 1,346,957  

Net realized gain during the year on investments and foreign currency transactions

     6,320,266       6,118,086  

Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) during the year on investments and translation of assets and liabilities in foreign currencies

     3,605,084       (3,416,224 )
                

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

     11,581,465       4,048,819  
                

Capital share transactions:

    

Proceeds from sale of shares

     28,766,803       23,341,178  

Cost of shares redeemed

     (32,737,523 )     (22,787,887 )
                

Net increase (decrease) from capital share transactions

     (3,970,720 )     553,291  
                

Net increase in net assets

     7,610,745       4,602,110  
                

Net assets:

    

Beginning of year

     97,689,568       93,087,458  
                

End of year

   $ 105,300,313     $ 97,689,568  
                

Undistributed net investment income at end of year

   $ 1,461,148     $ 1,197,845  
                

Capital Share Activity:

    

Shares sold

     1,670,487       1,455,631  

Shares redeemed

     (1,896,770 )     (1,421,396 )
                

Total capital share activity

     (226,283 )     34,235  
                

See accompanying notes.

 

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Financial Highlights    Series N
Selected data for each share of capital stock outstanding throughout each year    (Managed Asset Allocation Series)

 

     2006     2005     2004     2003     Year Ended,
December 31,
2002
 

Per Share Data

          

Net asset value, beginning of period

   $ 16.55     $ 15.86     $ 14.40     $ 11.80     $ 13.63  
                                        

Income (loss) from investment operations:

          

Net investment income

     0.30       0.23       0.27       0.23       0.30  

Net gain (loss) on securities (realized and unrealized)

     1.70       0.46       1.27       2.59       (1.59 )
                                        

Total from investment operations

     2.00       0.69       1.54       2.82       (1.29 )
                                        

Less distributions:

          

Dividends from net investment income

     —         —         (0.08 )     (0.22 )     (0.54 )
                                        

Total distributions

     —         —         (0.08 )     (0.22 )     (0.54 )
                                        

Net asset value, end of period

   $ 18.55     $ 16.55     $ 15.86     $ 14.40     $ 11.80  
                                        

Total Returna

     12.08 %     4.35 %     10.72 %     23.90 %     (9.63 %)
                                        

Ratios/Supplemental Data

          

Net assets, end of period (in thousands)

   $ 105,300     $ 97,690     $ 93,087     $ 86,383     $ 67,762  
                                        

Ratios to average net assets:

          

Net investment income

     1.63 %     1.44 %     1.75 %     1.86 %     2.22 %

Total expensesb

     1.41 %     1.41 %     1.39 %     1.23 %     1.26 %

Net expensesc

     1.40 %     1.41 %     1.39 %     1.23 %     1.26 %
                                        

Portfolio turnover rate

     63 %     67 %     79 %     98 %     116 %

 

a

Total return does not take into account any of the expenses associated with an investment in variable insurance products offered by Security Benefit Life Insurance Company. If total return had taken into account these expenses, performance would have been lower. Shares of a series of SBL Fund are available only through the purchase of such products.

 

b

Total expense information reflects expense ratios absent fund expense reductions by the Investment Manager, and earnings credits, as applicable.

 

c

Net expense information reflects the expense ratios after voluntary expense waivers, reimbursements and custodian earnings credits, as applicable.

See accompanying notes.

 

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     Series O
Manager’s Commentary    (Equity Income Series)
February 15, 2007    (unaudited)

LOGO

Subadvisor, T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc.

LOGO

Brian C. Rogers

Portfolio Manager

Performance

Series O of the SBL Fund - Equity Income Series returned 18.82% during the year, outperforming its benchmark the S&P 500 Index return of 15.79%. The portfolio also outpaced the Lipper Equity Income Funds Index, a measure of the performance of leading equity income funds. Effective stock selection and allocation decisions across a number of sectors helped the portfolio beat its benchmark. Energy was the only sector that detracted from relative returns.

Market Environment

Every sector contributed positively to the index’s gains for the year, led by telecommunication services; energy and utilities also per formed very well. Health care performed the worst of the broad sectors but was still up more than 7%. Information technology was the only other sector in the index to post single-digit returns for the year. Looking at returns by size among the S&P indexes, large- and small-caps outperformed shares of medium-sized companies, while value again outperformed growth by a wide margin.

Portfolio Review

Stock selection in industrials and business services was key to the portfolio’s outperformance, led by positioning in the machinery and commercial services and supplies industries. The single largest contributor in the sector was equipment company Deere, which enjoyed record fourth-quarter earnings. Waste Management was a leading contributor in the commercial services industry, as healthy economic growth early in the year meant strong demand for its products.

In information technology, effective stock selection and an under weight to this lagging sector contributed to relative results. In particular, the portfolio had no exposure to the relatively poor performing Internet software and services industry. It was a similar story in computers and peripherals, where the portfolio was overweight in Dell, which had negative returns for the year. At the same time, we were over weight in IBM, which rallied after reporting strong third-quarter revenue growth. It’s worth mentioning that we added select tech names where we saw attractive values, building a sizable position in Microsoft during the year.

Health care was another sector where stock selection and an underweight position helped relative returns. The portfolio’s health care holdings are focused largely on the pharmaceutical industry, which performed well for the full year. Merck was the leading contributor in this segment, benefiting when one of its vaccines was made part of the routine vaccination schedule for girls.

At the other end of the spectrum, our performance would have been even better relative to the benchmark but for disappointing stock selection among energy shares. An underweight to ExxonMobil and poor performance by portfolio holding Anadarko limited the portfolio’s relative return.

In addition, our stock selection detracted in both the telecommunication services and consumer discretionary sectors; however, overweights to these winning sectors made them positive contributors overall.

Outlook

Going forward, we expect the pace of corporate earnings growth to slow along with the economy, though we still find equity valuations to be reasonable-valuations are neither too high nor compellingly attractive, and liquidity is good. Overall, we’re generally constructive on the outlook for stocks over the next few years, and we think the greater risk today is not a substantial decline from current levels but rather the improbability of earning higher-than-average returns over the foreseeable future. We will continue to employ the discipline that has served investors well over the years, seeking out reasonably valued stocks of high-quality companies while monitoring general economic conditions.

Sincerely,

Brian C. Rogers, Portfolio Manager

 

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     Series O
Manager’s Commentary    (Equity Income Series)
December 31, 2006    (unaudited)

PERFORMANCE

Series O vs. S&P 500 Index

LOGO

$10,000 Over 10 Years

The chart above assumes a hypothetical $10,000 investment in Series O (Equity Income Series) on December 31, 1996, and reflects the fees and expenses of Series O. The S&P 500 Index is a capitalization-weighted index composed of 500 selected common stocks that represent the broad domestic economy and is a widely recognized unmanaged index of market performance.

Portfolio Composition by Sector

 

Consumer Discretionary

   14.58 %

Consumer Staples

   8.69  

Energy

   9.35  

Financials

   17.45  

Health Care

   9.29  

Industrials

   12.95  

Information Technology

   6.70  

Materials

   5.23  

Telecommunication Services

   5.34  

Utilities

   5.55  

Convertible Bond

   0.44  

Short Term Investments

   4.44  

Liabilities, less cash & other assets

   (0.01 )

Total net assets

   100.00 %
      

Average Annual Returns

 

Periods Ended 12-31-061    1 Year   5 Years   10 Years

Series O

   18.82%   8.87%   9.70%

 

1

Performance figures do not reflect fees and expenses associated with an investment in variable insurance products offered by Security Benefit Life Insurance Company. If returns had taken into account these fees and expenses, performance would have been lower. Shares of a Series of SBL Fund are available only through the purchase of such products.

The performance data quoted above represents past performance. Past performance is not predictive of future performance. The investment return and principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost.

See accompanying notes.

 

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     Series O
Manager’s Commentary    (Equity Income Series)
December 31, 2006    (unaudited)

PERFORMANCE

Information About Your Series Expenses

Calculating your ongoing series expenses

Example

As a shareholder of the Series, you incur ongoing costs, including management fees and other series expenses. Performance figures and expense ratios do not reflect fees and expenses associated with an investment in variable insurance products. Shares of a Series of SBL Fund are available only through the purchase of such products. This example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Series and to compare these costs with ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds. The example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period, July 1, 2006 - December 31, 2006.

Actual Expenses

The first line in the table provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this table, 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.

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes

The second line in the table provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Series actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Series 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 the ongoing costs of investing in the Series and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other mutual funds.

Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any fees and expenses associated with an investment in variable insurance products. Therefore, the second line is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. In addition, if these fees and expenses associated with an investment in variable insurance products were included, your costs would have been higher.

Series Expenses

 

     Beginning
Account Value
07-01-06
  

Ending

Account Value
12-31-061

  

Expenses Paid
During

Period2

Series O (Equity Income Series)

        

Actual

   $ 1,000.00    $ 1,132.50    $ 6.18

Hypothetical

     1,000.00      1,019.41      5.85

 

1

The actual ending account value is based on the actual total return of the Series for the period July 1, 2006 to December 31, 2006 after actual expenses and will differ from the hypothetical ending account value which is based on the Series expense ratio and a hypothetical annual return of 5% before expenses. The actual cumulative return at net asset value for the period July 1, 2006 to December 31, 2006 was 13.25%.

 

2

Expenses are equal to the Series annualized expense ratio of 1.15%, net of earnings credits, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 184/365 (to reflect the one-half year period).

 

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Schedule of Investments    Series O (Equity Income Series)
December 31, 2006   

 

     Shares    Value

COMMON STOCK - 94.5%

     

Aerospace & Defense - 1.9%

     

Honeywell International, Inc.

   77,100    $ 3,488,004

Raytheon Company

   42,100      2,222,880
         
        5,710,884
         

Aluminum - 0.6%

     

Alcoa, Inc.

   56,000      1,680,560
         

Asset Management & Custody Banks - 2.0%

     

Mellon Financial Corporation

   79,200      3,338,280

State Street Corporation

   38,800      2,616,672
         
        5,954,952
         

Automobile Manufacturers - 0.2%

     

Ford Motor Company

   74,300      557,993
         

Biotechnology - 0.4%

     

Medimmune, Inc. *

   39,100      1,265,667
         

Brewers - 1.1%

     

Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc.

   65,600      3,227,520
         

Broadcasting & Cable TV - 1.0%

     

CBS Corporation (CLB)

   70,200      2,188,836

EchoStar Communications Corporation *

   18,200      692,146
         
        2,880,982
         

Building Products - 0.6%

     

Masco Corporation

   60,700      1,813,109
         

Communications Equipment - 1.6%

     

Cisco Systems, Inc. *

   44,300      1,210,719

Motorola, Inc.

   59,300      1,219,208

Nokia Oyj ADR

   109,400      2,223,008
         
        4,652,935
         

Computer & Electronics Retail - 0.2%

     

RadioShack Corporation

   43,100      723,218
         

Computer Hardware - 2.0%

     

Dell, Inc. *

   92,500      2,320,825

International Business Machines Corporation

   37,100      3,604,265
         
        5,925,090
         

Construction & Farm Machinery & Heavy Trucks - 0.0%

     

Deere & Company

   700      66,549
         

Construction Materials - 0.7%

     

Vulcan Materials Company

   22,200      1,995,114
         

Data Processing & Outsourced Services - 0.2%

     

Computer Sciences Corporation *

   8,800      469,656
         

Distributors - 0.6%

     

Genuine Parts Company

   35,600      1,688,508
         

Diversified Banks - 0.9%

     

U.S. Bancorp

   40,700      1,472,933

Wells Fargo & Company

   33,000      1,173,480
         
        2,646,413
         

Diversified Chemicals - 1.0%

     

E.I. Du Pont de Nemours & Company

   60,500      2,946,955
         

Electric Utilities - 2.7%

     

Entergy Corporation

   30,700      2,834,224

FirstEnergy Corporation

   30,557      1,839,837

Pinnacle West Capital Corporation

   23,900      1,210,296

Progress Energy, Inc.

   43,000      2,110,440
         
        7,994,797
         

Electrical Components & Equipment - 0.5%

     

Cooper Industries, Ltd.

   16,088      1,454,838
         

Environmental & Facilities Services - 0.6%

     

Waste Management, Inc.

   51,222      1,883,433
         

Food Distributors - 0.3%

     

Sysco Corporation

   24,500      900,620
         

Health Care Equipment - 1.0%

     

Baxter International, Inc.

   39,000      1,809,210

Boston Scientific Corporation *

   68,400      1,175,112
         
        2,984,322
         

Home Improvement Retail - 1.0%

     

Home Depot, Inc.

   72,000      2,891,520
         

Homebuilding - 0.5%

     

DR Horton, Inc.

   51,700      1,369,533
         

Homefurnishing Retail - 0.5%

     

Bed Bath & Beyond, Inc. *

   38,100      1,451,610
         

Household Products - 1.9%

     

Colgate-Palmolive Company

   56,300      3,673,012

Kimberly-Clark Corporation

   28,100      1,909,395
         
        5,582,407
         

Housewares & Specialties - 1.6%

     

Fortune Brands, Inc.

   22,800      1,946,892

Newell Rubbermaid, Inc.

   92,600      2,680,770
         
        4,627,662
         

Hypermarkets & Super Centers - 0.9%

     

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

   59,100      2,729,238
         

Industrial Conglomerates - 4.6%

     

3M Company

   32,300      2,517,139

General Electric Company

   235,100      8,748,071

Tyco International, Ltd.

   77,600      2,359,040
         
        13,624,250
         

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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Schedule of Investments    Series O (Equity Income Series)
December 31, 2006 - continued   

 

     Shares    Value

COMMON STOCK (continued)

     

Industrial Machinery - 2.0%

     

Eaton Corporation

   15,300    $ 1,149,642

Illinois Tool Works, Inc.

   37,700      1,741,363

Ingersoll-Rand Company, Ltd.

   34,200      1,338,246

Pall Corporation

   51,000      1,762,050
         
        5,991,301
         

Insurance Brokers - 1.6%

     

Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc.

   149,500      4,583,670
         

Integrated Oil & Gas - 8.0%

     

BP plc ADR

   34,384      2,307,166

Chevron Corporation

   78,332      5,759,752

Exxon Mobil Corporation

   75,968      5,821,428

Hess Corporation

   63,000      3,122,910

Murphy Oil Corporation

   40,900      2,079,765

Royal Dutch Shell plc ADR

   64,000      4,530,560
         
        23,621,581
         

Integrated Telecommunication Services - 3.8%

     

AT&T, Inc.

   150,201      5,369,686

Qwest Communications International, Inc. *

   323,901      2,711,051

Verizon Communications, Inc.

   69,636      2,593,245

Windstream Corporation

   42,804      608,673
         
        11,282,655
         

Investment Banking & Brokerage - 1.0%

     

Charles Schwab Corporation

   155,400      3,005,436
         

Leisure Products - 1.0%

     

Mattel, Inc.

   127,400      2,886,884
         

Life & Health Insurance - 1.5%

     

Lincoln National Corporation

   41,924      2,783,753

UnumProvident Corporation

   82,700      1,718,506
         
        4,502,259
         

Movies & Entertainment - 3.0%

     

Time Warner, Inc.

   187,800      4,090,284

Viacom, Inc. (CLB) *

   48,000      1,969,440

Walt Disney Company

   78,300      2,683,341
         
        8,743,065
         

Multi-Line Insurance - 1.3%

     

American International Group, Inc.

   52,500      3,762,150
         

Multi-Utilities - 2.8%

     

Duke Energy Corporation

   88,400      2,935,764

NiSource, Inc.

   123,900      2,985,990

TECO Energy, Inc.

   30,800      530,684

Xcel Energy, Inc.

   83,700      1,930,122
         
        8,382,560
         

Office Services & Supplies - 0.9%

     

Avery Dennison Corporation

   38,200      2,594,926
         

Oil & Gas Equipment & Services - 0.7%

     

Schlumberger, Ltd.

   31,800    $ 2,008,488
         

Oil & Gas Exploration & Production - 0.7%

     

Anadarko Petroleum Corporation

   45,000      1,958,400
         

Other Diversified Financial Services - 4.7%

     

Bank of America Corporation

   6,588      351,733

Citigroup, Inc.

   57,233      3,187,878

JPMorgan Chase & Company

   149,762      7,233,505

Morgan Stanley

   37,800      3,078,054
         
        13,851,170
         

Packaged Foods & Meats - 2.1%

     

Campbell Soup Company

   37,600      1,462,264

General Mills, Inc.

   42,900      2,471,040

Hershey Company

   3,300      164,340

McCormick & Company, Inc.

   32,100      1,237,776

Sara Lee Corporation

   41,600      708,448
         
        6,043,868
         

Paper Products - 1.9%

     

International Paper Company

   125,920      4,293,872

MeadWestvaco Corporation

   47,300      1,421,838
         
        5,715,710
         

Personal Products - 0.8%

     

Avon Products, Inc.

   73,300      2,421,832
         

Pharmaceuticals - 7.9%

     

Abbott Laboratories

   48,400      2,357,564

Bristol-Myers Squibb Company

   82,900      2,181,928

Eli Lilly & Company

   65,900      3,433,390

Johnson & Johnson

   45,700      3,017,114

Merck & Company, Inc.

   103,000      4,490,800

Pfizer, Inc.

   125,100      3,240,090

Schering-Plough Corporation

   51,900      1,226,916

Wyeth

   63,100      3,213,052
         
        23,160,854
         

Photographic Products - 0.7%

     

Eastman Kodak Company

   81,500      2,102,700
         

Property & Casualty Insurance - 1.3%

     

Chubb Corporation

   22,100      1,169,311

St. Paul Travelers Companies, Inc.

   51,184      2,748,069
         
        3,917,380
         

Publishing - 3.1%

     

Dow Jones & Company, Inc.

   58,800      2,234,400

Gannett Company, Inc.

   12,800      773,888

Idearc, Inc. *

   3,481      99,731

New York Times Company

   109,400      2,664,984

Tribune Company

   111,000      3,416,580
         
        9,189,583
         

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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Schedule of Investments    Series O (Equity Income Series)
December 31, 2006 - continued   

 

     Shares    Value

COMMON STOCK (continued)

     

Railroads - 1.7%

     

Norfolk Southern Corporation

   25,400    $ 1,277,366

Union Pacific Corporation

   41,200      3,791,224
         
        5,068,590
         

Regional Banks - 2.6%

     

Fifth Third Bancorp

   75,400      3,086,122

Mercantile Bankshares Corporation

   21,450      1,003,645

National City Corporation

   33,800      1,235,728

SunTrust Banks, Inc.

   28,600      2,415,270
         
        7,740,765
         

Semiconductors - 1.2%

     

Analog Devices, Inc.

   68,900      2,264,743

Intel Corporation

   62,900      1,273,725
         
        3,538,468
         

Soft Drinks - 1.1%

     

Coca-Cola Company

   68,300      3,295,475
         

Specialized Consumer Services - 0.7%

     

H&R Block, Inc.

   89,800      2,068,992
         

Specially Chemicals - 1.0%

     

Chemtura Corporation

   55,100      530,613

International Flavors & Fragrances, Inc.

   52,000      2,556,320
         
        3,086,933
         

Systems Software - 1.8%

     

Microsoft Corporation

   173,300      5,174,738
         

Thrifts & Mortgage Finance - 0.5%

     

Federal National Mortgage Association

   25,700      1,526,323
         

Tobacco - 0.5%

     

UST, Inc.

   24,500      1,425,900
         

Wireless Telecommunication Services - 1.5%

     

Alltel Corporation

   39,100      2,364,768

Sprint Nextel Corporation

   112,000      2,115,680
         
        4,480,448
         

TOTAL COMMON STOCK (Cost $224,366,036)

      $ 278,833,439
         

FOREIGN STOCK - 0.6%

     

Japan - 0.6%

     

Sony Corporation

   42,700      1,829,923
         

TOTAL FOREIGN STOCK (Cost $1,583,432)

      $ 1,829,923
         

 

    

Principal

Amount

   Value

CONVERTIBLE BOND - 0.4%

     

Automotive - 0.1%

     

Ford Motor Company

     

4.25%, 2036

   $ 380,000      406,125
         

Communications - 0.3%

     

Lucent Technologies, Inc.

     

8.00%, 2031

   $ 895,000    $ 895,000
         

TOTAL CONVERTIBLE BOND (Cost $1,0033,216)

      $ 1,301,125
         

SHORT TERM INVESTMENTS - 4.5%

     

State Street GA Money Market Fund

   $ 6,342,080    $ 6,342,080

T. Rowe Price Reserve Investment Fund

     6,784,102      6,784,102
         

TOTAL SHORT TERM INVESTMENTS (Cost $13,126,182)

      $ 13,126,182
         

Total Investments (SBLO Fund) (Cost $240,108,866) - 100.0%

        $295,090,669

Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets - 0.0%

        (41.325)
         

TOTAL NET ASSETS - 100.0%

        $295,049,344
         

Footnotes

Percentages are stated as a percent of net assets.

For federal income tax purposes the identified cost of investments owned at 12/31/2006 was $241,346,882.

 

* - Non-income producing security

Glossary:

 

ADR - American Depositary Receipt

 

plc - Public Limited Company

See notes to financial statements.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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Series O

(Equity Income Series)

Statement of Assets and Liabilities

December 31, 2006

 

Assets:

  

Investments, at value1

   $ 295,090,669

Cash denominated in a foreign currency, at value2

     3,751

Receivables:

  

Fund shares sold

     208,958

Securities sold

     984,153

Interest

     80,984

Dividends

     401,160

Prepaid expenses

     6,403
      

Total assets

     296,776,078
      

Liabilities:

  

Cash overdraft

     32,875

Payable for:

  

Fund shares redeemed

     387,933

Securities purchased

     983,212

Management fees

     250,629

Custodian fees

     1,728

Transfer agent/maintenance fees

     2,083

Administration fees

     24,559

Professional fees

     23,828

Directors’ fees

     5,000

Other fees

     14,887
      

Total liabilities

     1,726,734
      

Net Assets .

   $ 295,049,344
      

Net assets consist of:

  

Paid in capital

   $ 223,816,430

Undistributed net investment income

     3,879,221

Undistributed net realized gain on sale of investments and foreign currency transactions

     12,372,003

Net unrealized appreciation in value of investments and translation of assets and liabilities in foreign currency

     54,981,690
      

Net assets

   $ 295,049,344
      

Capital shares authorized

     unlimited

Capital shares outstanding

     12,982,017

Net asset value per share

  

(net assets divided by shares outstanding)

   $ 22.73
      

1Investments, at cost

   $ 240,108,866

2Cash denominated in a foreign currency, at cost

     3,638

Statement of Operations

For the Year Ended December 31, 2006

 

Investment Income:

  

Dividends (net of foreign withholding tax of $ 1,845)

   $ 6,440,802  

Interest

     597,493  
        

Total investment income

     7,038,295  
        

Expenses:

  

Management fees

     2,753,696  

Custodian fees

     19,413  

Transfer agent/maintenance fees

     25,216  

Administration fees

     264,495  

Directors’ fees

     12,226  

Professional fees

     33,185  

Reports to shareholders

     43,429  

Other expenses

     12,012  
        

Total expenses

     3,163,672  

Less: Earnings credits applied

     (2,279 )
        

Net expenses

     3,161,393  
        

Net investment income

     3,876,902  
        

Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss):

  

Net realized gain (loss) during the year on:

  

Investments

     14,012,498  

Foreign currency transactions

     (2,272 )
        

Net realized gain

     14,010,226  
        

Net unrealized appreciation during the year on:

  

Investments

     29,953,376  

Translation of assets and liabilities in foreign currencies

     27  
        

Net unrealized appreciation

     29,953,403  
        

Net realized and unrealized gain

     43,963,629  
        

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

   $ 47,840,531  
        

See accompanying notes.

 

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     Series O
Statement of Changes in Net Assets    (Equity Income Series)

 

     Year Ended
December 31, 2006
    Year Ended
December 31, 2005
 

Increase (decrease) in net assets from operations:

    

Net investment income

   $ 3,876,902     $ 3,214,208  

Net realized gain during the year on investments and foreign currency transactions

     14,010,226       13,982,774  

Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) during the year on investments and translation of assets and liabilities in foreign currencies

     29,953,403       (7,751,800 )
                

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

     47,840,531       9,445,182  
                

Capital share transactions:

    

Proceeds from sale of shares

     67,270,515       74,046,642  

Cost of shares redeemed

     (79,789,663 )     (64,596,753 )
                

Net increase (decrease) from capital share transactions

     (12,519,148 )     9,449,889  
                

Net increase in net assets

     35,321,383       18,895,071  
                

Net assets:

    

Beginning of year

     259,727,961       240,832,890  
                

End of year

   $ 295,049,344     $ 259,727,961  
                

Undistributed net investment income at end of year

   $ 3,879,221     $ 3,213,835  
                

Capital Share Activity:

    

Shares sold

     3,278,641       3,984,349  

Shares redeemed

     (3,873,880 )     (3,466,553 )
                

Total capital share activity

     (595,239 )     517,796  
                

See accompanying notes.

 

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Financial Highlights

Selected data for each share of capital stock outstanding throughout each year

  

Series O

(Equity Income Series)

 

     2006     2005     2004     2003     Year Ended,
December 31,
2002
 

Per Share Data

          

Net asset value, beginning of period

   $ 19.13     $ 18.44     $ 16.14     $ 13.17     $ 16.00  
                                        

Income (loss) from investment operations:

          

Net investment income

     0.31       0.23       0.21       0.22       0.20  

Net gain (loss) on securities (realized and unrealized)

     3.29       0.46       2.12       3.09       (2.26 )
                                        

Total from investment operations

     3.60       0.69       2.33       3.31       (2.06 )
                                        

Less distributions:

          

Dividends from net investment income

     —         —         (0.03 )     (0.20 )     (0.39 )

Distributions from realized gains

     —         —         —         (0.14 )     (0.38 )
                                        

Total distributions

     —         —         (0.03 )     (0.34 )     (0.77 )
                                        

Net asset value, end of period

   $ 22.73     $ 19.13     $ 18.44     $ 16.14     $ 13.17  
                                        

Total Returna

     18.82 %     3.74 %     14.43 %     25.25 %     (13.43 %)
                                        

Ratios/Supplemental Data

          

Net assets, end of period (in thousands)

   $ 295,049     $ 259,728     $ 240,833     $ 196,720     $ 163,555  
                                        

Ratios to average net assets:

          

Net investment income

     1.41 %     1.29 %     1.31 %     1.55 %     1.40 %

Total expensesb

     1.15 %     1.15 %     1.13 %     1.09 %     1.09 %

Net expensesc

     1.15 %     1.15 %     1.13 %     1.08 %     1.08 %
                                        

Portfolio turnover rate

     18 %     20 %     20 %     19 %     23 %

 

a

Total return does not take into account any of the expenses associated with an investment in variable insurance products offered by Security Benefit Life Insurance Company. If total return had taken into account these expenses, performance would have been lower. Shares of a series of SBL Fund are available only through the purchase of such products.

 

b

Total expense information reflects expense ratios absent fund expense reductions by the Investment Manager, and earnings credits, as applicable.

 

c

Net expense information reflects the expense ratios after voluntary expense waivers, reimbursements and custodian earnings credits, as applicable.

See accompanying notes.

 

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Manager’s Commentary

February 15, 2007

  

Series P

(High Yield Series)

(unaudited)

LOGO

Advisor, Security Management Company, LLC

LOGO

David Toussaint

Portfolio Manager

To Our Shareholders:

The high yield market, after producing lackluster results in 2005, came roaring back with an 11.9% return in 2006, its second best year since 1997. The U.S. economy’s continued growth allowed corporations to continue to increase profits and to further generate cash flow and improve their balance sheets, which helped move the high yield default rate near historic lows. At mid-year 2006, the Federal Reserve paused in its interest rate tightening cycle and this provided a spark to the equity and high yield markets. Series P of the SBL Fund—High Yield Series recorded a 11.18% return and the Series’ peer group was up 10.1% for the year. Part of the index's strong return is due to the large index weightings of automotive giants, General Motors and Ford. Both of these are around 6% of the index and GM returned 25% and Ford 22% during 2006. The high yield index without these two would have returned 10.2%, a full 1.7% lower. The high yield market was able to keep pace with the S&P 500’s return of 15.8% and easily outdistanced other competing fixed income returns such as government bonds which returned 3.5%, higher quality corporate bonds at 4.3%, and leveraged bank loans at 7.1%.

One of the primary reasons for high yield’s strong performance was the high yield corporate bond default rate nearly reaching historic lows. The high yield corporate default rate, which was expected to increase from 2005’s 2.3%, actually fell throughout the second half of 2006 and finished the year at 1.8%, the lowest since April 1997’s 1.7%. As a result, high yield corporate bond spreads, after widening slightly in the second quarter, tightened significantly in the second half and nearly reached historic lows by year-end.

The biggest story for 2006 was the amount of new issuance in the high yield market. In 2006, a record $142.4 billion was issued, surpassing the previous record of $137.3 in 1998. The issuance resulted from highly publicized mergers, acquisitions and leveraged buyouts. In fact, the top three LBO-related issues were almost $6 billion each. New issuance is expected to remain near these levels in 2007 as these transactions continue.

Shorter Maturity Bonds Provide Stable Income

The Series’ core holdings in shorter maturity bonds provided solid income generation and stable current yields for the Series during the year. These shor ter maturity bonds are not as sensitive to interest rate movements. Therefore, as rates moved higher during the year, these bonds lost little, if any, of their principal value while collecting their interest payments. Furthermore, most of these positions were in higher coupon issues. With ample liquidity in the bank loan market, these companies were able to refinance these bonds and tendered them at a premium. One such holding, Evergreen Aviation, returned 30% as it was able to refinance its bonds with a new bank loan.

Specific Portfolio Investments Enhanced Returns

The Series was able to enhance its return by investing in some lower quality, higher yielding securities. As the liquidity in the market was abundant, many of the Series’ holdings benefited. One of the Series’ best contributors was Worldspan, a travel services company, which returned 31% as air travel and lodging soared and the company was acquired in December. GMAC, the finance subsidiary of General Motors, returned 25% as a controlling interest in the company was sold to a private equity consortium and the corporate credit ratings were upgraded. United Rentals, an equipment rental company that is leveraged to the economy and to commercial construction booms, returned 20%.

Airline Exposure Proved Successful

The Series’ overweight to the airline sector helped the Fund. The Series was positioned in EETCs (Enhanced Equipment Trust Certificates) that performed well with the recovery in the airline industry and with the increasing value of the underlying aircraft collateral, returning around 20%, The Series’ position in these securities was a more conservative strategy to increase exposure to a risky industry.

Underweight to Riskier Large Issuers Hurt Performance versus Index

As mentioned earlier, some of the largest issuers in the index produced great returns in 2006. GM and Ford, each with a weighting of 6% of the index, returned approximately 25% and 22%, respectively. Charter Communications, a highly leveraged cable television company and 1.5% of the index, returned 34%. The Series had only a 2% weight in GM and 0.5% weight in Ford throughout the year and did not hold Charter. The Series does not think it is prudent to hold large concentrations in one issuer and typically will not hold more than 3% in any one issuer. Charter remained free cash flow negative throughout the year but was helped by some debt restructuring and the liquidity in the market.

 

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Manager’s Commentary

February 15, 2007

  

Series P

(High Yield Series)

(unaudited)

Outlook and Strategy for 2007

For 2007, the economy’s growth rate is expected to moderate. The corporate default rate is expected to slightly increase throughout the year and possibly reach 2.5% to 3% by year-end, but still remain well below the long run average of around 5%. The significant increase in mergers, acquisitions and leveraged buyouts may continue to help the high yield bonds for those companies being acquired. However, as a result of these leveraging transactions, new issuance will be of much lower quality. Additionally, highly levered issuers will be less able to weather an economic slowdown. Lower quality issuance may cause the default rate to increase over the next few years. Therefore, the Series will continue to hold shor ter maturity bonds to reduce interest rate and credit risk, while oppor tunistically adding selective lower quality securities to enhance returns.

Thank you for being an investor in the Series.

 

Sincerely,
   
David Toussaint, Portfolio Manager

PERFORMANCE

Series P vs. Lehman Brothers High Yield Indes

LOGO

$10,000 over 10 Years

The chart above assumes a hypothetical $10,000 investment in Series P (High Yield Series) on December 31, 1996 (date of inception) and reflects the fees and expenses of Series P. The Lehman Brothers High Yield Index is an unmanaged index that tracks below investment grade bonds.

Average Annual Returns

 

Periods Ended 12-31-061

   1 Year     5 Years    

Since Inception

(8-5-96)

 

Series P

   11.18 %   9.50 %   7.00 %

 

1

Performance figures do not reflect fees and expenses associated with an investment in variable insurance products offered by Security Benefit Life Insurance Company. If returns had taken into account these fees and expenses, performance would have been lower. Shares of a Series of SBL Fund are available only through the purchase of such products.

The performance data quoted above represents past performance. Past performance is not predictive of future performance. The investment return and principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost.

Quality Ratings

 

A

   0.12 %

BBB

   4.10  

BB

   20.84  

B

   42.56  

CCC

   16.69  

CC

   0.02  

D

   0.06  

NR

   6.16  

Common Stocks

   0.72  

Repurchase Agreement

   5.74  

Cash & other assets, less liablities

   2.99  

Total net assets

   100.00 %
      

See accompanying notes.

 

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Manager’s Commentary

December 31, 2006

  

Series P

(High Yield Series)

(unaudited)

PERFORMANCE

Information About Your Series Expenses

Calculating your ongoing series expenses

Example

As a shareholder of the Series, you incur ongoing costs, including management fees and other series expenses. Performance figures and expense ratios do not reflect fees and expenses associated with an investment in variable insurance products. Shares of a Series of SBL Fund are available only through the purchase of such products. This example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Series and to compare these costs with ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds. The example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period, July 1, 2006 - December 31, 2006.

Actual Expenses

The first line in the table provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this table, 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.

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes

The second line in the table provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Series actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Series 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 the ongoing costs of investing in the Series and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other mutual funds.

Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any fees and expenses associated with an investment in variable insurance products. Therefore, the second line is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. In addition, if these fees and expenses associated with an investment in variable insurance products were included, your costs would have been higher.

Series Expenses

 

     Beginning
Account Value
07-01-06
   Ending
Account Value
12-31-061
   Expenses Paid
During
Period2

Series P (High Yield Series)

        

Actual

   $ 1,000.00    $ 1,067.00    $ 4.79

Hypothetical

     1,000.00      1,020.57      4.69

 

1

The actual ending account value is based on the actual total return of the Series for the period July 1, 2006 to December 31, 2006 after actual expenses and will differ from the hypothetical ending account value which is based on the Series expense ratio and a hypothetical annual return of 5% before expenses. The actual cumulative return at net asset value for the period July 1, 2006 to December 31, 2006 was 6.70%.

 

2

Expenses are equal to the Series annualized expense ratio of 0.92%, net of earnings credits, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 184/365 (to reflect the one-half year period).

 

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Schedule of Investments    Series P (High Yield Series)
December 31, 2006   

 

     Shares    Value

COMMON STOCK - 0.7%

     

Air Freight & Logistics - 0.0%

     

Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, Inc. *

     26    $ 1,153
         

Airlines - 0.0%

     

ACE Aviation Holdings, Inc.

     32      1,039
         

Broadcasting & Cable TV - 0.0%

     

Cebridge Connections * (1)(2)

     558      —  
         

Electronic Manufacturing Services - 0.0%

     

Viasystems Group, Inc. * (1)(2)

     1,207      —  
         

Health Care Equipment - 0.0%

     

MEDIQ, Inc. * (1)(2)

     92      —  
         

Household Products - 0.0%

     

WKI Holding Company, Inc. * (1)(2)

     202      —  
         

Mortgage REIT’s - 0.3%

     

HomeBanc Corporation

     30,000      126,900

Opteum, Inc.

     30,450      231,420
         
        358,320
         

Oil & Gas Storage & Transportation - 0.4%

     

Double Hull Tankers, Inc.

     25,000      404,750
         

TOTAL COMMON STOCK (Cost $1,087,807)

      $ 765,262
         

PREFERRED STOCK - 0.0%

     

Steel - 0.0%

     

Weirton Steel Corporation * (1)(2)

     315      —  
         

TOTAL PREFERRED STOCK (Cost $264)

      $ —  
         
     Principal
Amount
   Value

CONVERTIBLE BOND - 2.1%

     

Aerospace & Defense - 0.8%

     

DRS Technologies, Inc.

     

2.00%, 2026 (3)(4)

   $ 800,000      842,000
         

Automobiles (including Replacement Parts) - 0.6%

     

Sonic Automotive, Inc.

     

5.25%, 2009

     650,000      637,000
         

Telecommunications - 0.7%

     

Nextel Communications, Inc.

     

5.25%, 2010

     750,000      737,813
         

TOTAL CONVERTIBLE BOND
(Cost $2,162,778

      $ 2,216,813
         

CORPORATE BOND - 83.4%

     

Aerospace & Defense - 4.7%

     

Bombardier, Inc.

     

6.75%, 2012 (3)(4)

     1,075,000      1,053,500

Esterline Technologies Corporation

     

7.75%, 2013 (4)

     610,000      622,200

L-3 Communications Corporation

     

7.63%, 2012

     1,275,000      1,319,625

Sequa Corporation

     

8.875%, 2008

     280,000      288,400

9.00%, 2009

     200,000      214,000

Vought Aircraft Industries, Inc.

     

8.00%, 2011

     1,575,000      1,515,937
         
        5,013,662
         

Airlines - 3.2%

     

Calair Capital Corporation

     

8.13%, 2008

     675,000      676,688

Continental Airlines, Inc.

     

7.03%, 2011

     398,379      396,885

8.31%, 2011

     621,768      624,877

Delta Air Lines, Inc.

     

7.90%, 2009 (5)

     75,000      50,250

7.71%, 2011

     530,000      528,012

7.78%, 2012

     1,146,500      1,139,334

Northwest Airlines, Inc.

     

9.875%, 2007(5)

     10,000      9,650
         
        3,425,696
         

Automotive - 4.4%

     

Dura Operating Corporation

     

8.625%, 2012(5)

     10,000      3,400

General Motors Acceptance Corporation

     

6.75%, 2014

     650,000      667,636

8.00%, 2031

     1,250,000      1,435,085

Group 1 Automotive, Inc.

     

8.25%, 2013

     1,050,000      1,076,250

Sonic Automotive, Inc.

     

8.63%, 2013

     600,000      618,000

Tenneco, Inc.

     

8.63%, 2014

     550,000      561,000

TRW Automotive, Inc.

     

9.38%, 2013

     312,000      334,620
         
        4,695,991
         

Banking - 3.2%

     

Cardtronics, Inc.

     

9.25%, 2013(6)

     900,000      947,250

Doral Financial Corporation

     

6.204%, 2007(7)

     2,250,000      2,044,697

E*Trade Financial Corporation

     

8.00%, 2011

     300,000      313,500

FCB Capital Trust

     

8.05%, 2028

     75,000      78,855

Western Financial Bank

     

9.625%, 2012

     5,000      5,463
         
        3,389,765
         

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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Schedule of Investments    Series P (High Yield Series)
December 31, 2006 - continued   

 

     Principal
Amount
   Value

CORPORATE BOND (continued)

     

Basic Industry - Other - 0.1%

     

Mobile Services Group, Inc.

     

9.75%, 2014 (3)(4)

   $ 125,000    $ 130,625
         

Building Materials - 1.7%

     

Building Materials Corporation of America

     

8.00%, 2007

     550,000      558,965

8.00%, 2008

     825,000      862,125

Interline Brands, Inc.

     

8.13%, 2014

     400,000      411,000
         
        1,832,090
         

Chemicals - 0.3%

     

CNA Holdings, Inc.

     

7.13%, 2009 (2)

     145,000      142,825

Lyondell Chemical Company

     

8.25%, 2016

     150,000      157,500

Methanex Corporation

     

8.75%, 2012

     5,000      5,437
         
        305,762
         

Communications - Other - 1.6%

     

Lamar Media Corporation

     

6.63%, 2015

     150,000      148,688

Satelites Mexicanos S.A. de CV

     

14.11%, 2011 (7)

     1,464,175      1,548,365
         
        1,697,053
         

Construction Machinery - 1.8%

     

Case New Holland, Inc.

     

9.25%, 2011

     650,000      688,187

United Rentals North America, Inc.

     

6.50%, 2012

     625,000      617,188

7.00%, 2014

     625,000      613,281
         
        1,918,656
         

Consumer Products - 0.2%

     

Hanesbrands, Inc.

     

8.735%, 2014 (3)(4)(7)

     150,000      152,625

Hasbro, Inc.

     

6.15%, 2008

     56,000      56,402

Icon Health & Fitness

     

11.25%, 2012

     25,000      26,000
         
        235,027
         

Distributors - 1.1%

     

SemGroup, LP

     

8.75%, 2015 (3)(4)

     1,200,000      1,206,000
         

Diversified Manufacturing - 0.6%

     

Briggs & Stratton Corporation

     

8.88%, 2011

     625,000      676,563
         

Electric - 4.3%

     

AES Corporation

     

9.50%, 2009

     1,400,000      1,498,000

Avista Corporation

     

9.75%, 2008

     50,000      52,419

CMS Energy Corporation

     

9.875%, 2007

     10,000      10,312

7.50%, 2009

     610,000      629,063

East Coast Power LLC

     

6.74%, 2008

     20,625      20,801

7.07%, 2012

     84,520      85,542

GrafTech Finance, Inc.

     

10.25%, 2012

     890,000      937,838

Reliant Energy, Inc.

     

9.25%, 2010

     550,000      577,500

6.75%, 2014

     650,000      635,375

Westar Energy, Inc.

     

7.125%, 2009

     90,000      93,025
         
        4,539,875
         

Entertainment - 0.9%

     

AMC Entertainment, Inc.

     

9.88%, 2012

     300,000      315,000

Speedway Motorsports, Inc.

     

6.75%, 2013

     625,000      625,000
         
        940,000
         

Environmental - 0.4%

     

Allied Waste North America, Inc.

     

8.50%, 2008

     20,000      21,025

Casella Waste Systems, Inc.

     

9.75%, 2013

     400,000      419,000
         
        440,025
         

Financial - Other - 0.3%

     

Ford Motor Credit Company

     

9.824%, 2012 (7)

     300,000      317,922
         

Food & Beverage - 2.5%

     

Dean Foods Company

     

8.15%, 2007

     650,000      658,125

Dole Food Company, Inc.

     

7.25%, 2010

     400,000      381,000

8.88%, 2011

     200,000      197,000

Harry & David Holdings, Inc.

     

9.00%, 2013

     900,000      877,950

Land O’ Lakes, Inc.

     

8.75%, 2011

     60,000      62,400

Pilgrim’s Pride Corporation

     

9.63%, 2011

     450,000      470,250
         
        2,646,725
         

Gaming - 3.7%

     

American Casino & Entertainment Properties LLC

     

7.85%, 2012

     300,000      306,375

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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December 31, 2006 - continued   

 

     Principal
Amount
   Value

CORPORATE BOND (continued)

     

Gaming (continued)

     

Galaxy Entertainment Finance Company, Ltd.

     

9.88%, 2012 (3)(4)

   $ 975,000    $ 1,044,469

Mandalay Resort Group

     

10.25%, 2007

     45,000      46,069

6.50%, 2009

     300,000      303,375

MGM Mirage

     

8.50%, 2010

     15,000      16,050

8.375%, 2011

     55,000      57,062

6.75%, 2012

     625,000      615,625

6.75%, 2013 (4)

     500,000      488,750

Station Casinos, Inc.

     

6.00%, 2012

     925,000      877,594

Turning Stone Resort Casino Enterprise

     

9.13%, 2014 (3)(4)

     150,000      153,375
         
        3,908,744
         

HealthCare - 3.4%

     

Coventry Health Care, Inc.

     

6.13%, 2015

     575,000      566,663

HCA, Inc.

     

6.50%, 2016

     1,850,000      1,558,625

Johnsondiversey, Inc.

     

9.625%, 2012

     5,000      5,238

U.S. Oncology Holdings, Inc.

     

10.675%, 2015 (7)

     1,400,000      1,438,500
         
        3,569,026
         

Home Construction - 0.0%

     

KB Home

     

9.50%, 2011

     35,000      36,050
         

Independent Energy - 2.8%

     

El Paso Production Holding Company

     

7.75%, 2013

     250,000      261,562

Forest Oil Corporation

     

8.00%, 2008

     15,000      15,356

Hilcorp Energy I, LP

     

10.50%, 2010 (3)(4)

     1,200,000      1,284,000

Magnum Hunter Resources, Inc.

     

9.60%, 2012

     918,000      965,048

MarkWest Energy Partners, LP

     

8.50%, 2016 (3)(4)

     400,000      416,000

Range Resources Corporation

     

7.38%, 2013

     75,000      76,875
         
        3,018,841
         

Industrial - Other - 2.7%

     

Anixter International, Inc.

     

5.95%, 2015

     250,000      231,250

Corrections Corporation of America

     

7.50%, 2011

     200,000      206,000

Iron Mountain, Inc.

     

8.25%, 2011

     800,000      802,000

USEC, Inc.

     

6.75%, 2009

   $ 1,625,000    $ 1,576,250
         
        2,815,500
         

Insurance - Life - 0.2%

     

Genamerica Capital I

     

8.53%, 2027 (3)(4)

     175,000      184,327
         

Insurance - Property & Casualty - 2.6%

     

Fairfax Financial Holdings, Ltd.

     

7.75%, 2012

     2,825,000      2,782,625
         

Lodging - 0.6%

     

Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc.

     

7.375%, 2007 (6)

     600,000      602,451
         

Media - Cable - 1.5%

     

Cablevision Systems Corporation

     

9.87%, 2009 (7)

     250,000      263,750

CSC Holdings, Inc.

     

7.25%, 2008

     375,000      378,281

8.125%, 2009 to 2009

     35,000      36,269

6.75%, 2012 (3)(4)(6)

     325,000      316,875

Frontiervision Holdings, LP

     

11.875%, 2007 (5)

     20,000      26,500

Jones Intercable, Inc.

     

7.63%, 2008

     200,000      205,339

Shaw Communications, Inc.

     

7.25%, 2011

     375,000      389,531
         
        1,616,545
         

Media-Non Cable - 3.6%

     

Block Communications, Inc.

     

8.25%, 2015 (3)(4)

     975,000      972,562

CMP Susquehanna Corporation

     

9.88%, 2014 (3)(4)

     1,200,000      1,194,000

Fisher Communications, Inc.

     

8.63%, 2014

     250,000      265,000

Historic TW, Inc.

     

9.125%, 2013

     30,000      34,950

Intelsat, Ltd.

     

7.63%, 2012

     725,000      676,062

Morris Publishing Group LLC

     

7.00%, 2013 (4)

     625,000      592,188

RH Donnelley Finance Corporation I

     

10.88%, 2012 (3)

     125,000      136,250
         
        3,871,012
         

Metals & Mining - 3.5%

     

AK Steel Corporation

     

7.88%, 2009

     1,495,000      1,495,000

Asia Aluminum Holdings, Ltd.

     

8.00%, 2011 (3)(4)

     1,400,000      1,396,500

Bulong Operations Pty, Ltd.

     

12.50%, 2008 (1)(2)(5)

     185,000      —  

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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Schedule of Investments    Series P (High Yield Series)
December 31, 2006 - continued   

 

     Principal
Amount
   Value

CORPORATE BOND (continued)

     

Metals & Mining (continued)

     

National Steel Corporation

     

9.875%, 2009 (1)(2)(5)

   $ 15,915    $ —  

Noble Group, Ltd.

     

6.63%, 2015 (3)(4)

     550,000      499,598

PNA Group, Inc.

     

10.75%, 2016 (3)(4)

     325,000      335,969

Steel Dynamics, Inc.

     

9.50%, 2009

     5,000      5,150
         
        3,732,217
         

Natural Gas Pipelines - 1.7%

     

Regency Energy Partners, LP

     

8.38%, 2013 (3)(4)

     300,000      300,750

Sonat, Inc.

     

7.63%, 2011

     1,050,000      1,113,000

Williams Companies, Inc.

     

6.38%, 2010 (3)(4)

     200,000      201,250

Williams Partners, LP

     

7.25%, 2017 (3)(4)

     150,000      153,000
         
        1,768,000
         

Oil Field Services - 0.5%

     

Parker Drilling Company

     

10.119%, 2010 (7)

     450,000      460,125

Pemex Project Funding Master Trust

     

8.50%, 2008

     30,000      30,900

7.875%, 2009 (6)

     35,000      36,680

9.125%, 2010

     40,000      44,860
         
        572,565
         

Packaging - 5.1%

     

Ball Corporation

     

6.88%, 2012

     250,000      255,000

Graham Packaging Company, Inc.

     

9.88%, 2014

     1,300,000      1,313,000

Owens Brockway Glass Container, Inc.

     

7.75%, 2011

     200,000      205,500

Owens-Illinois, Inc.

     

8.10%, 2007

     575,000      576,437

7.50%, 2010

     30,000      30,113

Smurfit-Stone Container Enterprises, Inc.

     

9.75%, 2011

     1,699,000      1,752,094

Solo Cup Company

     

8.50%, 2014

     1,425,000      1,232,625
         
        5,364,769
         

Paper -1.7%

     

Georgia-Pacific Corporation

     

7.13%, 2017 (3)(4)

     325,000      324,187

Sino-Forest Corporation

     

9.13%, 2011 (3)(4)

     1,375,000      1,486,719
         
        1,810,906
         

Pharmaceuticals - 0.8%

     

Valeant Pharmaceuticals International

     

7.00%, 2011

     850,000      816,000
         

Refining - 0.3%

     

Frontier Oil Corporation

     

6.63%, 2011

     300,000      299,250
         

REITs - 1.4%

     

American Real Estate Partners, LP

     

8.13%, 2012

     1,000,000      1,032,500

7.13%, 2013

     400,000      402,000
         
        1,434,500
         

Retailers - 2.1%

     

GSC Holdings Corporation

     

8.00%, 2012

     625,000      653,125

JC Penney Corporation, Inc.

     

7.375%, 2008

     40,000      40,962

Michaels Stores, Inc.

     

11.38%, 2016 (3)(4)

     1,500,000      1,563,750

PCA LLC

     

11.875%, 2009 (2)

     30,000      5,400
         
        2,263,237
         

Services - 0.2%

     

American Commercial Lines

     

9.50%, 2015

     146,000      162,242

American ECO Corporation

     

9.625%, 2008 (1)(2)(3)(5)

     200,000      —  
         
        162,242
         

Supermarkets - 0.0%

     

Fleming Companies, Inc.

     

9.88%, 2012 (1)(2)(5)

     400,000      —  
         

Technology - 4.7%

     

Amkor Technology, Inc.

     

7.75%, 2013

     1,200,000      1,104,000

Freescale Semiconductor, Inc.

     

10.13%, 2016 (3)(4)

     1,275,000      1,276,594

NXP BV

     

9.50%, 2015 (3)(4)

     650,000      666,250

Seagate Technology HDD Holdings

     

6.80%, 2016

     650,000      653,250

Worldspan, LP

     

11.624%, 2011 (7)

     1,250,000      1,287,500
         
        4,987,594
         

Telecommunications - Wireless - 4.6%

     

American Cellular Corporation

     

10.00%, 2011

     975,000      1,031,062

Dobson Communications Corporation

     

9.624%, 2012 (7)

     350,000      357,000

iPCS, Inc.

     

11.50%, 2012

     500,000      555,000

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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December 31, 2006 - continued   

 

     Principal
Amount
   Value

CORPORATE BOND (continued)

     

Telecommunications - Wireless (continued)

     

MetroPCS Wireless, Inc.

     

9.25%, 2014 (3)(4)

   $ 500,000    $ 522,500

Rural Cellular Corporation

     

9.75%, 2010

     1,175,000      1,207,313

11.121%, 2012 (7)

     650,000      677,625

UbiquiTel Operating Company

     

9.88%, 2011

     500,000      540,000
         
        4,890,500
         

Telecommunications-Wirelines - 2.7%

     

EXDS, Inc.

     

11.625%, 2010 (1)(2)(5)

     340,726      —  

LCI International, Inc.

     

7.25%, 2007

     2,675,000      2,681,688

Qwest Corporation

     

7.88%, 2011

     150,000      159,750

Telecommunications Technique

     

9.75%, 2008 (1)(2)(5)

     30,000      —  
         
        2,841,438
         

Textile - 0.3%

     

Invista

     

9.25%, 2012 (3)(4)

     250,000      268,125
         

Transportation Services - 1.4%

     

Overseas Shipholding Group

     

8.25%, 2013

     400,000      420,500

Stena AB

     

9.63%, 2012

     425,000      452,625

U.S. Shipping Partners, LP Shipping Finance Corporation

     

13.00%, 2014 (3)(4)

     625,000      656,250
         
        1,529,375
         

TOTAL CORPORATE BOND (Cost $87,226,741)

      $ 88,557,276
         

FOREIGN BOND - 0.1%

     

Tunisia - 0.1%

     

Banque Centrale de Tunisie

     

7.375%, 2012

     80,000      86,640
         

TOTAL FOREIGN BOND (Cost $79,198)

      $ 86,640
         

FOREIGN GOVERNMENT BOND - 0.8%

     

Chile - 0.1%

     

Chile Government International Bond

     

5.625%, 2007

     100,000      100,140

7.125%, 2012

     25,000      26,925
         
        127,065
         

Mexico - 0.2%

     

Mexico Government International Bond

     

8.375%, 2011

     85,000      94,563

7.50%, 2012

     116,000      127,136
         
        221,699
         

Peru - 0.1%

     

Peru Government International Bond

     

5.00%, 2017 (6)(7)

     110,400      109,572
         

Philippines - 0.0%

     

Philippine Government International Bond

     

8.375%, 2009

     30,000      31,875
         

Russia - 0.2%

     

Russia Government International Bond

     

10.00%, 2007

     100,000      102,120

8.25%, 2010 (3)(4)

     28,389      29,667

Russian Ministry of Finance

     

3.00%, 2011

     80,000      72,174
         
        203,961
         

South Africa - 0.2%

     

South Africa Government International Bond

     

9.125%, 2009

     95,000      102,600

7.375%, 2012

     35,000      37,625
         
        140,225
         

Ukraine - 0.0%

     

Ukraine Government International Bond

     

11.00%, 2007

     7,002      7,070
         

TOTAL FOREIGN GOVERNMENT BOND (Cost $750,981)

      $ 841,467
         

SENIOR FLOATING RATE INTERESTS - 4.2%

     

Automotive - 1.2%

     

Ford Motor Company

     

8.36%, 2013 (7)(8)

     1,300,000      1,300,812
         

Business Equipment & Services - 1.2%

     

VNU

     

8.125%, 2013 (7)(8)

     1,250,000      1,258,160
         

Health Care - 0.9%

     

DaVita, Inc.

     

7.422%, 2012 (7)(8)

     920,985      925,425
         

Utilities - 0.9%

     

NRG Energy, Inc.

     

7.364%, 2013 (7)(8)

     924,642      929,266
         

TOTAL SENIOR FLOATING RATE INTERESTS (Cost $4,415,854)

      $ 4,413,663
         

ASSET BACKED SECURITIES - 0.0%

     

Other - 0.0%

     

Pegasus Aviation Lease Securitization

     

2000-1, 8.42%, 2030 (1)(2)(3)(5)

     489,231      —  

TOTAL ASSET BACKED SECURITIES (Cost $370,950)

   $        —  

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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December 31, 2006 - continued   

 

     Principal
Amount
   Value

REPURCHASE AGREEMENT - 5.7%

     

United Missouri Bank, 4.85%, 12-29-06, matures 01-02-07; repuchase amount $6,099,285 (Collateralized by FHLMC, 4.00%, 05-01-09, FHLB, 5.125%, 09-10-10, FNMA, 5.00%, 09-25-30 & GNMA, 4.50%-5.00%, 10-16-28 thru 11-20-29, with a combined value of $6,218,111)

   $ 6,096,000    $ 6,096,000
         

TOTAL REPURCHASE AGREEMENT (Cost $6,096,000)

      $ 6,096,000
         

Total Investments (SBL P Fund) (Cost $102,190,573) - 97.0%

      $ 102,977,121

Other Assets in Excess of Liabilities - 3.0%

        3,166,991
         

TOTAL NET ASSETS -100.0%

      $ 106,144,112
         

Footnotes

Percentages are stated as a percent of net assets.

For federal income tax purposes the identified cost of investments owned at 12/31/2006 was $101,458,943.

 

* - Non-income producing security

 

1 - Security is deemed illiquid. See Notes to financial statements.

 

2 - Security is fair valued by the Board of Directors. See Notes to financial statements.

 

3 - Security was acquired through a private placement.

 

4 - Security is a 144A security, which places restrictions on resale. See Notes to financial statements.

 

5 - Security is in default of interest and/or principal obligations.

 

6 - Security is a step-up bond. Rate indicated is rate effective at December 31, 2006.

 

7 - Variable rate security. Rate indicated is rate effective at December 31, 2006.

 

8 - Security is a senior floating rate interest. See Notes to financial statements.

See notes to financial statements.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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  Series P
  (High Yield Series)

Statement of Assets and Liabilities

December 31, 2006

 

Assets:

  

Investments, at value1

   $ 102,977,121

Cash

     170,870

Receivables:

  

Fund shares sold

     1,333,393

Interest

     1,892,447

Dividends

     7,523

Prepaid expenses

     1,985
      

Total assets

     106,383,339
      

Liabilities:

  

Payable for:

  

Fund shares redeemed

     140,482

Management fees

     65,624

Custodian fees

     996

Transfer agent/maintenance fees

     2,083

Administration fees

     11,912

Professional fees

     11,072

Directors’ fees

     1,500

Other

     5,558
      

Total liabilities

     239,227
      

Net Assets

   $ 106,144,112
      

Net assets consist of:

  

Paid in capital

   $ 97,837,797

Undistributed net investment income

     6,964,398

Undistributed net realized gain on sale of investments

     555,369

Net unrealized appreciation in value of investments

     786,548
      

Net assets

   $ 106,144,112
      

Capital shares authorized

     unlimited

Capital shares outstanding

     5,650,298

Net asset value per share (net assets divided by shares outstanding)

   $ 18.79
      

1Investments, at cost

   $ 102,190,573

Statement of Operations

For the Year Ended December 31, 2006

 

Investment Income:

  

Dividends

   $ 87,673  

Interest

     7,090,784  
        

Total investment income

     7,178,457  
        

Expenses:

  

Management fees

     658,247  

Custodian fees

     6,048  

Transfer agent/maintenance fees

     25,153  

Administration fees

     96,700  

Directors’ fees

     3,810  

Professional fees

     12,458  

Reports to shareholders

     12,380  

Other expenses

     3,305  
        

Total expenses

     818,101  

Less: Earnings credits applied

     (215 )
        

Net expenses

     817,886  
        

Net investment income

     6,360,571  
        

Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss):

  

Net realized gain during the year on:

  

Investments

     1,004,753  
        

Net realized gain

     1,004,753  
        

Net unrealized appreciation during the year on:

  

Investments

     1,995,013  
        

Net unrealized appreciation

     1,995,013  
        

Net realized and unrealized gain

     2,999,766  
        

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

   $ 9,360,337  
        

See accompanying notes.

 

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  Series P
Statement of Changes in Net Assets   (High Yield Series)

 

     Year Ended
December 31, 2006
    Year Ended
December 31, 2005
 

Increase (decrease) in net assets from operations:

    

Net investment income

   $ 6,360,571     $ 5,102,008  

Net realized gain during the year on investments

     1,004,753       1,405,466  

Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) during the year on investments

     1,995,013       (3,797,233 )
                

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

     9,360,337       2,710,241  
                

Capital share transactions:

    

Proceeds from sale of shares

     63,798,723       47,469,252  

Cost of shares redeemed

     (44,986,293 )     (46,523,696 )
                

Net increase from capital share transactions

     18,812,430       945,556  
                

Net increase in net assets

     28,172,767       3,655,797  
                

Net assets:

    

Beginning of year

     77,971,345       74,315,548  
                

End of year

   $ 106,144,112     $ 77,971,345  
                

Undistributed net investment income at end of year

   $ 6,964,398     $ 5,556,465  
                

Capital Share Activity:

    

Shares sold

     3,584,516       2,888,743  

Shares redeemed

     (2,547,382 )     (2,840,004 )
                

Total capital share activity

     1,037,134       48,739  
                

See accompanying notes.

 

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Financial Highlights    Series P  
Selected data for each share of capital stock outstanding throughout each year    (High Yield Series )

 

     2006     2005     2004     2003     Year Ended,
December 31,
2002d
 
Per Share Data           

Net asset value, beginning of period

   $ 16.90     $ 16.28     $ 14.71     $ 12.79     $ 13.60  

Income (loss) from investment operations:

          

Net investment income

     0.90       1.09       1.12       0.90       0.93  

Net gain (loss) on securities (realized and unrealized)

     0.99       (0.47 )     0.58       1.87       (0.88 )
                                        

Total from investment operations

     1.89       0.62       1.70       2.77       0.05  
                                        

Less distributions:

          

Dividends from net investment income

                 (0.13 )     (0.85 )     (0.86 )
                                        

Total distributions

                 (0.13 )     (0.85 )     (0.86 )
                                        

Net asset value, end of period

   $ 18.79     $ 16.90     $ 16.28     $ 14.71     $ 12.79  
                                        

Total Returna

     11.18 %     3.81 %     11.61 %     21.71 %     0.41 %
                                        
Ratios/Supplemental Data           

Net assets, end of period (in thousands)

   $ 106,144     $ 77,971     $ 74,316     $ 78,491     $ 41,381  
                                        

Ratios to average net assets:

          

Net investment income

     7.24 %     7.13 %     7.08 %     7.53 %     8.12 %

Total expensesb

     0.93 %     0.97 %     0.94 %     0.87 %     0.88 %

Net expensesc

     0.93 %     0.97 %     0.94 %     0.87 %     0.88 %
                                        

Portfolio turnover rate

     52 %     64 %     63 %     52 %     80 %

 

a

Total return does not take into account any of the expenses associated with an investment in variable insurance products offered by Security Benefit Life Insurance Company. If total return had taken into account these expenses, performance would have been lower. Shares of a series of SBL Fund are available only through the purchase of such products.

 

b

Total expense information reflects expense ratios absent fund expense reductions by the Investment Manager, and earnings credits, as applicable.

 

c

Net expense information reflects the expense ratios after voluntary expense waivers, reimbursements and custodian earnings credits, as applicable.

 

d

The financial highlights for Series P exclude the historical financial highlights of Series K. The assets of Series K were acquired by Series P on August 27, 2002.

See accompanying notes.

 

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Manager’s Commentary    (Small Cap Value Series )
February 15, 2007    (unaudited )

LOGO

Subadvisor, Wells Capital Management

LOGO

I. Charles Rinaldi

Portfolio Manager

To Our Shareholders:

This year’s market performance surprised many investors, especially those who thought the small cap, emerging and real estate markets had cooled off at the end of 2005. Small cap stocks, evidenced by value stocks in the Russell 2000 Index, turned in a very strong 4th quarter to finish the year at 23.48%. Series Q of the SBL Fund - Small Cap Value Series returned 13.41% in 2006, underperforming the Russell 2000 Value. As we look back to September 2005, we note the value of the portfolio’s energy stocks contributed to the overall investment results for 2005. We believe the portfolio’s natural gas infrastructure and crude oil producers stand to outperform the market as domestic companies race to ramp up supply across all energy sub-industries, in light of strong global demand for natural resources. In addition, our thorough stock selection in a number of industries has positioned the portfolio to outperform the market. With respect to the index’s strong performance in 2006, our significant underweight in banks and real estate investment trusts (REITs) was a major source of underperformance versus the benchmark. On a capitalization basis, large caps outperformed in December but small caps outperformed for the year. This was the eighth straight year that the Russell 2000 Index outperformed the S&P 500 Index. The two most recent years, however, have seen that margin narrow.

Our selection of materials and industrial processing stocks for the Series is comprised of 29 stocks that have met our requirements for inclusion in the portfolio. For the year, our materials stocks, specifically steel, chemical and gold, added the most value in terms of contribution to return. Much of the drive behind steel stocks has been the winds of worldwide steel mergers. While the steel stocks in the portfolio make up a small percentage of the total, the excellent returns in this area added over 1% to the year’s return. Chemicals stocks were also strong; a welcome change. Our identification of these stocks took place a number of years ago, with many of the companies coming through our intrinsic value process.

Gold dipped late in the year, yet still finished up 20% for the year. Gold mining stocks represent a small part of the portfolio, and have been solid performers, displaying sustained strength over the past four years. Paper companies staged a turnaround after a tough year in 2005. A top ten holding, Chicago Bridge & Iron, was up in the year. The power, environmental and natural gas services company continues to win large projects and has a significant backlog in the pipeline. We saw weakness in synthetic fiber company, Wellman and in Intertape Polymer, a resin and synthetic products company. Higher commodity prices, among other factors, caused pressure on these companies. Fifteen industries are represented in this sector, diversifying exposure to a broad slice of these types of stocks. For 2007, we look to the high cash levels at companies and the overall liquidity in the system to push projects at each of these industrials.

Total holdings in technology, a place where we have found cheap stocks and good values, have increased in the year. At least one of the themes we are seeing materialize is in radio frequency identification (RFID), a technology to allow for better inventory control in warehouses and stores. We’ve identified undervalued companies with excellent prospects and strong balance sheets as potential candidates. Technology stocks are represented by 17 companies spread throughout multiple sub-industries, including enterprise software, semi-conductors, testing hardware, and networking to name a few. For the year, we saw a small group of unrelated companies experience increased volatility in their prices. A significant detractor was Embarcadero, mired in an accounting issue. On the positive side, Symbol Technologies, a maker of handheld scanners commonly used at checkouts, was acquired by Motorola in September.

Cray Computer had a strong year, adding value to the portfolio’s return. The supercomputer maker in Seattle won a number of government and education contracts, fueling its stock price. Cray, a small niche player in a large market, has a long history developing large scale computers. Intermec, a company involved in barcode technology and also RFID research and development, was down sharply in the year. The company is in the midst of restructuring and has announced a reduction in its workforce. For 2007, we look to our selection of technology stocks to add value relative to the index.

The portfolio’s consumer stocks were up in the year; however, they underperformed the benchmark’s return in this sector. Our over weight in commercial services proved to add value to the year’s results from a broad group of companies.

Consumer stocks represent about 17% of the portfolio, with half of these stocks in commercial services, an area where we have found attractive valuations. ABM Industries, a company servicing high rise buildings, is an

 

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example of a well run company with large contracts to run everything from janitorial to security operations for companies. Commercial information services company ProQuest was off sharply, dragging down the sector following its announcement of a potential restatement of quarterly earnings. Traditional retailers contributed to performance, but underperformed the market. We have found the best value in companies with predictable revenue streams, such as those found in commercial services.

Our overweight in energy stocks helped boost performance for the year. Despite widespread concern over energy prices in the summer of 2006, the portfolio’s oil well and natural gas equipment and service stocks per formed well relative to the index, adding almost 200 basis points to the year’s return. We believe we are in a multi-year period of capital projects expansion in this industry, due to an extended time of underinvestment in domestic energy projects. Under water pipeline repair company Oceaneering International had a strong year, up over 50%. The company, which utilizes remote operated vehicles to repair lines, serves a niche market in deep water pipeline repair and has been an excellent addition to the portfolio. Global Industries, a top holding in the portfolio, began serving the offshore oil and gas industry over 25 years ago and has evolved into one of the largest providers of offshore services in the Gulf of Mexico. The company’s earnings have been improving as the framework laid a number of years ago has continued to reap benefits for shareholders.

Key Energy Services, also a top holding, continues to post improving rig hours in the U.S. and internationally amid strong demand for its services. The company has yet to file regulatory documents for previous years, a situation we are monitoring closely. Helmerich & Payne, a Tulsa, OK-based driller, was down in the year, despite a rather strong earnings announcement in November. Since September 2005, we have been reducing portfolio holdings in crude oil related companies, on our thesis that while there is opportunity in the long-term in these stocks, near term pressure may not be favorable to owning oil stocks. We witnessed extended volatility in oil throughout the year and used our vast research to steer us from a negative impact on performance. Lastly, another Tulsa-based oil service company, Matrix Service, positively contributed to the year’s return. In utilities, Cincinnati Bell continues to increase its revenue and operating income, sending its shares up in the past year. The company fits our investment criteria, having a solid customer base and multiple lines of business.

Financials were very strong in the year and our under weight in the area hurt our performance. The benchmark’s financials sector makes up 35% of the entire index, dominated by banks and real estate investment trusts (REIT). Our bottom-up process has identified a small number of REITs. The portfolio currently maintains approximately 4 percent in property and casualty insurance companies, an area where we believe value exists. REITs have been a large part of the index’s performance for the year; however, in December the small cap portfolio outperformed in this area.

Our underweight in banking and REITs has been an area of underperformance due to the continued extraordinary returns seen in commercial property, hotels and other related real estate vehicles. We have found a select number of REITs, of which some are recent IPOs, and added them to the portfolio throughout the year. We also continue to favor some insurance companies on the thesis their valuations may not be fully realized.

In healthcare, the services industry comprised of companies providing ser vices to hospitals, nursing homes, prisons and clinics, was the leading contributor in our healthcare stocks for the year. Gentiva Health Services and Healthcare Services Group were steady per formers throughout the year. Gentiva provides comprehensive home health services including nursing in the U.S. In February, Gentiva acquired the Healthfield Group, another provider of services to southeastern states with over 130 locations. Healthcare Services Group provides housekeeping, laundry, linen and food services to the healthcare industry. Laundry and linen represent a significant part of the company’s revenue. The portfolio is slightly over weight in the index in healthcare.

Our healthcare facilities stocks added value to the year’s performance. The portfolio has a small exposure to biotech research companies. One stock is Infinity Pharmaceuticals, a cancer drug development company, which had a busy year making progress on a number of its cancer drugs and completing a reverse merger with Discovery Partners. In pharma stocks, the portfolio’s holdings detracted largely due to CV Therapeutics, which was pushed lower on a delay in obtaining regulatory approval for its main drug Ranexa. Late in the year, the company filed for EU approval of its heart drug, in the face of domestic regulatory challenges.

The eight transportation stocks added a small contribution to the year’s return, with railroader Rail America coming in with a strong year, up nearly 50%. The short-haul transporter agreed to be sold to a hedge fund group at a 32% premium to its trading price in mid-November. In air transport, an industry in which the portfolio has 5 holdings, results were flat for the year. EGL Inc. was a detractor in this sector, pushed lower by flat revenue from its air transport segment, which accounts for over 60% of its sales. Slightly over 5% of the portfolio is invested in transportation related stocks.

 

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Producer durables account for approximately 2% of the portfolio, versus 6% in the index. Our allocation to this area was a detractor to performance; in addition, stock selection also did not work in our favor. In the past year, we have begun adding manufactured housing related stocks, on our belief that the value proposition for these types of companies fits well into current housing climate. Late in the year, these stocks were not favored by investors, being dragged down by the market’s overall negative investment view towards housing.

Thank you for your confidence in our investment team. We wish you all the best in 2007 and look forward to our partnership for many years to come.

 

Sincerely,
   

I. Charles Rinaldi

Portfolio Manager

PERFORMANCE

Series Q vs. Russell 2000 Index

LOGO

$10,000 Since Inception

The chart above assumes a hypothetical $10,000 investment in Series Q (Small Cap Value Series) on May 1, 2000 (date of inception), and reflects the fees and expenses of Series Q. The Russell 2000 Index is a capitalization-weighted index that measures the performance of the 2,000 smallest companies in the Russell 3000 Index, which represents approximately 10% of the total market capitalization of the Russell 3000 Index.

Average Annual Returns

 

Periods Ended 12-31-061

   1 Year     5 Years     Since Inception
(5-1-00)
 

Series Q

   13.41 %   17.02 %   17.18 %

 

1

Performance figures do not reflect fees and expenses associated with an investment in variable insurance products offered by Security Benefit Life Insurance Company. If returns had taken into account these fees and expenses, performance would have been lower. Shares of a Series of SBL Fund are available only through the purchase of such products.

The performance data quoted above represents past performance. Past performance is not predictive of future performance. The investment return and principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost.

Portfolio Composition by Sector

 

Consumer Discretionary

   6.87 %

Consumer Staples

   2.01  

Energy

   25.56  

Financials

   2.16  

Health Care

   6.93  

Industrials

   12.83  

Information Technology

   14.44  

Materials

   20.82  

Telecommunication Services

   0.72  

Repurchase Agreement

   9.81  

Liabilities, less cash & other assets

   (2.15 )

Total net assets

   100.00 %
      

See accompanying notes.

 

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PERFORMANCE

Information About Your Series Expenses

Calculating your ongoing series expenses

Example

As a shareholder of the Series, you incur ongoing costs, including management fees and other series expenses. Performance figures and expense ratios do not reflect fees and expenses associated with an investment in variable insurance products. Shares of a Series of SBL Fund are available only through the purchase of such products. This example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Series and to compare these costs with ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds. The example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period, July 1, 2006 - December 31, 2006.

Actual Expenses

The first line in the table provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this table, 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.

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes

The second line in the table provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Series actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Series 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 the ongoing costs of investing in the Series and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other mutual funds.

Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any fees and expenses associated with an investment in variable insurance products. Therefore, the second line is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. In addition, if these fees and expenses associated with an investment in variable insurance products were included, your costs would have been higher.

Series Expenses

 

     Beginning
Account Value
07-01-06
   Ending
Account Value
12-31-061
   Expenses Paid
During
Period2

Series Q (Small Cap Value Series)

        

Actual

   $ 1,000.00    $ 1,057.00    $ 6.58

Hypothetical

     1,000.00      1,018.80      6.46

 

1

The actual ending account value is based on the actual total return of the Series for the period July 1, 2006 to December 31, 2006 after actual expenses and will differ from the hypothetical ending account value which is based on the Series expense ratio and a hypothetical annual return of 5% before expenses. The actual cumulative return at net asset value for the period July 1, 2006 to December 31, 2006 was 5.70%.

 

2

Expenses are equal to the Series annualized expense ratio of 1.27%, net of earnings credits, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 184/365 (to reflect the one-half year period).

 

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December 31, 2006  

 

     Shares    Value

COMMON STOCK - 91.6%

     

Aerospace & Defense - 0.8%

     

Armor Holdings, Inc. *

   22,000    $ 1,206,700
         

Air Freight & Logistics - 0.6%

     

EGL, Inc. * (1)

   29,600      881,488
         

Airlines - 0.9%

     

Lan Airlines S.A. ADR

   27,700      1,520,453
         

Apparel Retail - 1.5%

     

Bakers Footwear Group, Inc. *

   44,295      400,427

Foot Locker, Inc.

   49,565      1,086,960

Payless ShoeSource, Inc. * (1)

   4,000      131,280

Tween Brands, Inc. * (1)

   20,700      826,551
         
        2,445,218
         

Apparel, Accessories & Luxury Goods - 0.6%

     

Hanesbrands, Inc. *

   39,600      935,352
         

Automobile Manufacturers - 0.6%

     

Fleetwood Enterprises, Inc. *

   123,800      979,258
         

Biotechnology - 1.8%

     

CV Therapeutics, Inc. * (1)

   188,000      2,624,480

Infinity Pharmaceuticals, Inc. *

   19,500      242,775
         
        2,867,255
         

Broadcasting & Cable TV - 0.5%

     

Discovery Holding Company *

   51,700      831,853
         

Casinos & Gaming - 1.2%

     

Boyd Gaming Corporation (1)

   13,200      598,092

Empire Resorts, Inc. *

   55,200      478,584

Progressive Gaming International Corporation *

   87,000      789,090
         
        1,865,766
         

Coal & Consumable Fuels - 0.3%

     

Aventine Renewable Energy Holdings, Inc. *

   22,840      538,110
         

Commercial Printing - 0.4%

     

Deluxe Corporation

   27,000      680,400
         

Commodity Chemicals - 0.5%

     

Calgon Carbon Corporation (1)

   79,500      492,900

Wellman, Inc.

   89,200      284,548
         
        777,448
         

Communications Equipment - 2.8%

     

3Com Corporation *

   335,600      1,379,316

China GrenTech Corporation, Ltd. ADR *

   59,280      1,093,123

Mastec, Inc. *

   80,700      931,278

Nortel Networks Corporation *

   40,230      1,075,348
         
        4,479,065
         

Computer Hardware - 0.9%

     

Cray, Inc. *

   122,815      1,459,042
         

Computer Storage & Peripherals - 2.6%

     

Electronics for Imaging *

   27,500      730,950

Intermec, Inc. *

   138,300      3,356,541
         
        4,087,491
         

Construction & Engineering - 2.6%

     

Chicago Bridge & Iron Company N.V. (1)

   150,600      4,117,404
         

Construction Materials - 0.6%

     

U.S. Concrete, Inc. * (1)

   129,200      919,904
         

Data Processing & Outsourced Services - 1.1%

     

Lightbridge, Inc. *

   124,700      1,688,438
         

Diversified Chemicals - 0.5%

     

Ashland, Inc. (1)

   12,500      864,750
         

Diversified Commercial & Professional Services - 1.9%

     

Geo Group, Inc. *

   66,755      2,504,648

Healthcare Services Group

   20,400      590,784
         
        3,095,432
         

Electrical Components & Equipment - 2.2%

     

Encore Wire Corporation * (1)

   42,250      929,922

GrafTech International, Ltd. *

   220,655      1,526,933

Power-One, Inc. *

   152,900      1,113,112
         
        3,569,967
         

Electronic Equipment Manufacturers - 4.1%

     

Cognex Corporation

   41,700      993,294

Coherent, Inc. *

   38,600      1,218,602

OSI Systems, Inc. *

   50,200      1,050,686

Symbol Technologies, Inc.

   225,800      3,373,452
         
        6,636,034
         

Environmental & Facilities Services - 2.1%

     

ABM Industries, Inc. (1)

   102,520      2,328,229

Layne Christensen Company *

   29,900      981,617
         
        3,309,846
         

Gold - 8.5%

     

Goldcorp, Inc.

   264,990      7,536,316

Meridian Gold, Inc.

   47,500      1,320,025

Randgold Resources, Ltd. ADR *

   199,900      4,689,654
         
        13,545,995
         

Health Care Facilities - 1.0%

     

Manor Care, Inc.

   34,800      1,632,816
         

Health Care Services - 1.7%

     

Cross Country Healthcare, Inc. *

   52,465      1,144,786

Gentiva Health Services, Inc. *

   78,618      1,498,459

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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     Shares    Value

COMMON STOCK (continued)

     

Health Care Services (continued)

     

Omnicare, Inc. (1)

   3,000    $ 115,890
         
        2,759,135
         

Health Care Supplies - 0.9%

     

OraSure Technologies, Inc. *

   179,200      1,480,192
         

Homebuilding - 0.1%

     

Champion Enterprises, Inc. *

   20,800      194,688
         

Housewares & Specialties - 0.3%

     

Jarden Corporation * (1)

   12,600      438,354
         

Human Resource & Employment Services - 0.9%

     

CDI Corporation

   15,770      392,673

Kforce, Inc. *

   87,100      1,060,007
         
        1,452,680
         

Integrated Oil & Gas - 1.1%

     

InterOil Corporation * (1)

   56,900      1,723,501
         

Integrated Telecommunication Services - 0.7%

     

Cincinnati Bell, Inc. *

   251,000      1,147,070
         

Internet Software & Services - 0.9%

     

Earthlink, Inc. *

   11,200      79,520

Vignette Corporation *

   76,300      1,302,441
         
        1,381,961
         

IT Consulting & Other Services - 0.7%

     

MPS Group, Inc. * (1)

   47,500      673,550

Tier Technologies, Inc. (CI.B) *

   63,700      404,495
         
        1,078,045
         

Life Sciences Tools & Services - 0.7%

     

Applera Corporation - Applied Biosystems Group (1)

   8,600      315,534

MDS, Inc.

   43,800      796,284
         
        1,111,818
         

Metal & Glass Containers - 0.8%

     

Constar International, Inc. *

   32,000      224,000

Intertape Polymer Group, Inc. *

   206,000      1,087,680
         
        1,311,680
         

Office REITs - 0.6%

     

Government Properties Trust, Inc.

   86,800      920,080
         

Oil & Gas Drilling - 3.0%

     

Helmerich & Payne, Inc.

   83,500      2,043,245

Parker Drilling Company * (1)

   30,800      251,636

Pride International, Inc. *

   41,416      1,242,480

Transocean, Inc. * (1)

   15,500      1,253,795
         
        4,791,156
         

Oil & Gas Equipment & Services - 11.3%

     

Global Industries, Ltd. *

   502,100      6,547,384

Hydril * (1)

   9,800      736,862

Input/Output, Inc. *

   56,200      766,006

Key Energy Services, Inc. *

   158,835      2,484,179

Matrix Service Company * (1)

   28,200      454,020

Newpark Resources *

   262,300      1,891,183

Oceaneering International, Inc. * (1)

   51,200      2,032,640

PHI, Inc. (Non Voting) *

   34,900      1,142,277

PHI, Inc. *

   6,400      202,688

Smith International, Inc. (1)

   13,700      562,659

Willbros Group, Inc. *

   67,500      1,275,750
         
        18,095,648
         

Oil & Gas Exploration & Production - 8.9%

     

Forest Oil Corporation * (1)

   37,900      1,238,572

Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc.*

   41,200      1,292,444

Mariner Energy, Inc. * (1)

   20,800      407,680

McMoRan Exploration Company * (1)

   108,885      1,548,345

Newfield Exploration Company * (1)

   22,500      1,033,875

Noble Energy, Inc. (1)

   26,200      1,285,634

PetroHawk Energy Corporation * (1)

   27,200      312,800

Petroquest Energy, Inc. *

   39,400      501,956

Pioneer Natural Resources Company (1)

   17,100      678,699

Range Resources Corporation

   216,417      5,942,811
         
        14,242,816
         

Oil & Gas Storage & Transportation - 0.4%

     

El Paso Corporation

   37,400      571,472
         

Packaged Foods & Meats - 1.4%

     

Del Monte Foods Company

   203,360      2,243,061
         

Paper Packaging - 0.3%

     

Chesapeake Corporation

   26,950      458,689
         

Paper Products - 0.9%

     

Wausau Paper Corporation

   93,700      1,404,563
         

Personal Products - 0.6%

     

Prestige Brands Holdings, Inc. *

   74,100      964,782
         

Pharmaceuticals - 0.8%

     

Alpharma, Inc.

   50,800      1,224,280
         

Precious Metals & Minerals - 2.0%

     

Apex Silver Mines, Ltd. *

   202,300      3,214,547
         

Properly & Casualty Insurance - 1.3%

     

Argonaut Group, Inc. *

   37,075      1,292,434

Donegal Group, Inc.

   7,850      153,782

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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COMMON STOCK (continued)

     

Property & Casualty Insurance (continued)

     

Mercury General Corporation

     11,900    $ 627,487  
           
        2,073,703  
           

Publishing - 1.9%

     

McClatchy Company

     17,500      757,750  

ProQuest Company *

     39,400      411,730  

RH Donnelley Corporation

     30,600      1,919,538  
           
        3,089,018  
           

Regional Banks - 0.3%

     

Colonial BancGroup, Inc.

     18,100      465,894  
           

Semiconductor Equipment - 0.6%

     

Credence Systems Corporation *

     186,175      968,110  
           

Semiconductors - 0.8%

     

STATS ChipPAC, Ltd. ADR *

     169,333      1,300,478  
           

Specialty Chemicals - 0.5%

     

OM Group, Inc. * (1)

     18,100      819,568  
           

Specialty Stores - 0.1%

     

Hancock Fabrics, Inc. *

     15,500      53,320  

Sharper Image Corporation *

     16,340      151,145  
           
        204,465  
           

Steel - 6.2%

     

Carpenter Technology Corporation (1)

     20,100      2,060,652  

IPSCO, Inc. (1)

     41,500      3,895,605  

Steel Dynamics, Inc. (1)

     97,440      3,161,928  

United States Steel Corporation (1)

     5,700      416,898  

Webco Industries, Inc. *

     4,740      369,720  
           
        9,904,803  
           

Trucking - 0.3%

     

Covenant Transport, Inc. *

     40,850      465,690  
           

TOTAL COMMON STOCK (Cost $109,770,030)

      $ 146,437,432  
           

FOREIGN STOCK- 0.8%

     

Canada - 0.8%

     

Air Canada *

     11,400      172,046  

Air Canada * (2)

     2,450      36,975  

Southwestern Resources Corporation *

     9,850      67,063  

Trilogy Energy Trust

     92,000      899,331  
           
        1,175,415  
           

TOTAL FOREIGN STOCK (Cost $1,703,864)

      $ 1,175,415  
           

REPURCHASE AGREEMENT - 9.8%

     

State Street, 2.75%, dated 12-29-06, matures 01-02-07; repurchase amount of $15,684,401 (Collateralized by FHLB, 04-16-07 with a value of $15,996,200)

   $ 15,679,610    $ 15,679,611  
           

TOTAL REPURCHASE AGREEMENT (Cost $15,679,611)

      $ 15,679,611  
           

Total Investments (SBL Q Fund) (Cost $127,153,505) - 102.2%

      $ 163,292,458  

Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets - (2.2)% (1)

        (3,440,525 )
           

TOTAL NET ASSETS - 100.0%

      $ 159,851,933  
           

Footnotes

Percentages are stated as a percent of net assets.

For federal income tax purposes the identified cost of investments owned at 12/31/2006 was $127,753,000.

 

* - Non-income producing security

 

1 - Security is segregated as collateral for open written options contracts.

 

2 - Security is a 144A security, which places restrictions on resale. See Notes to financial statements.

Glossary:

 

ADR - American Depositary Receipt

See notes to financial statements.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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Series Q

(Small Cap Value Series)

Statement of Assets and Liabilities

December 31, 2006

 

Assets:

  

Investments, at value1

   $ 163,292,458  

Cash

     109,676  

Receivables:

  

Fund shares sold

     603,765  

Securities sold

     637,611  

Dividends

     42,449  

Prepaid expenses

     3,777  
        

Total assets

     164,689,736  
        

Liabilities:

  

Payable for:

  

Securities purchased

     2,001,405  

Fund shares redeemed

     377,770  

Written options, at value (premiums received $2,869,580)

     2,267,495  

Management fees

     136,100  

Custodian fees

     11,728  

Transfer agent/maintenance fees

     2,083  

Administration fees

     16,529  

Professional fees

     13,028  

Directors’ fees

     2,500  

Other

     9,165  
        

Total liabilities

     4,837,803  
        

Net Assets

   $ 159,851,933  
        

Net assets consist of:

  

Paid in capital

   $ 108,719,396  

Accumulated net investment loss

     (152 )

Undistributed net realized gain on sale of investments, options written and foreign currency transactions

     14,391,860  

Net unrealized appreciation in value of investments, options written and translation of assets and liabilities in foreign currency

     36,740,829  
        

Net assets

   $ 159,851,933  
        

Capital shares authorized

     Unlimited  

Capital shares outstanding

     6,115,641  

Net asset value per share (net assets divided by shares outstanding)

   $ 26.14  
        

1Investments, at cost

   $ 127,153,505  

Statement of Operations

For the Year Ended December 31, 2006

 

Investment Income:

  

Dividends (net of foreign tax withholding of $14,590)

   $ 854,577  

Interest

     536,386  
        

Total investment income

     1,390,963  
        

Expenses:

  

Management fees

     1,571,718  

Custodian fees

     145,616  

Transfer agent/maintenance fees

     25,143  

Administration fees

     164,480  

Directors’ fees

     7,091  

Professional fees

     17,958  

Reports to shareholders

     22,964  

Other expenses

     5,638  
        

Total expenses

     1,960,608  

Less: Earnings credits applied

     (5,984 )
        

Net expenses

     1,954,624  
        

Net investment loss

     (563,661 )
        

Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss):

  

Net realized gain (loss) during the year on:

  

Investments

     16,032,712  

Options written

     (1,150,323 )

Foreign currency transactions

     (35 )
        

Net realized gain

     14,882,354  
        

Net unrealized appreciation during the year on:

  

Investments

     3,652,999  

Options written

     958,158  

Translation of assets and liabilities in foreign currencies

     (253 )
        

Net unrealized appreciation

     4,610,904  
        

Net realized and unrealized gain

     19,493,258  
        

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

   $ 18,929,597  
        

See accompanying notes.

 

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   Series Q
Statement of Changes in Net Assets    (Small Cap Value Series)

 

     Year Ended
December 31, 2006
    Year Ended
December 31, 2005
 

Increase (decrease) in net assets from operations:

    

Net investment loss

   $ (563,661 )   $ (705,100 )

Net realized gain during the year on investments, options written and foreign currency transactions

     14,882,354       12,654,238  

Net unrealized appreciation during the year on investments, options written and translation of assets and liabilities in foreign currencies

     4,610,904       4,976,015  
                

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

     18,929,597       16,925,153  
                

Capital share transactions:

    

Proceeds from sale of shares

     72,004,481       66,615,051  

Cost of shares redeemed

     (75,248,438 )     (51,506,782 )
                

Net increase from capital share transactions

     (3,243,957 )     15,108,269  
                

Net increase in net assets

     15,685,640       32,033,422  
                

Net assets:

    

Beginning of year

     144,166,293       112,132,871  
                

End of year

   $ 159,851,933     $ 144,166,293  
                

Accumulated net investment loss at end of year

   $ (152 )   $ —    
                

Capital Share Activity:

    

Shares sold

     2,918,282       3,141,404  

Shares redeemed

     (3,057,766 )     (2,458,032 )
                

Total capital share activity

     (139,484 )     683,372  
                

See accompanying notes.

 

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Financial Highlights    Series Q
Selected data for each share of capital stock outstanding throughout each year    (Small Cap Value Series)

 

     2006     2005     2004     2003     Year Ended,
December 31,
2002
 

Per Share Data

          

Net asset value, beginning of period

   $ 23.05     $ 20.13     $ 16.84     $ 11.24     $ 12.79  
                                        

Income (loss) from investment operations:

          

Net investment loss

     (0.09 )     (0.11 )     (0.12 )     (0.03 )     (0.09 )

Net gain (loss) on securities (realized and unrealized)

     3.18       3.03       3.53       5.73       (0.79 )
                                        

Total from investment operations

     3.09       2.92       3.41       5.70       (0.88 )
                                        

Less distributions:

          

Distributions from realized gains

     —         —         (0.12 )     (0.10 )     (0.67 )
                                        

Total distributions

     —         —         (0.12 )     (0.10 )     (0.67 )
                                        

Net asset value, end of period

   $ 26.14     $ 23.05     $ 20.13     $ 16.84     $ 11.24  
                                        

Total Returna

     13.41 %     14.51 %     20.37 %     50.90 %     (6.96 %)
                                        

Ratios/Supplemental Data

          

Net assets, end of period (in thousands)

   $ 159,852     $ 144,166     $ 112,133     $ 87,297     $ 50,830  
                                        

Ratios to average net assets:

          

Net investment loss

     (0.36 %)     (0.58 %)     (0.68 %)     (0.28 %)     (0.59 %)

Total expensesb

     1.25 %     1.22 %     1.19 %     1.22 %     1.22 %

Net expensesc

     1.24 %     1.22 %     1.19 %     1.22 %     1.22 %
                                        

Portfolio turnover rate

     46 %     37 %     43 %     37 %     56 %

 

a

Total return does not take into account any of the expenses associated with an investment in variable insurance products offered by Security Benefit Life Insurance Company. If total return had taken into account these expenses, performance would have been lower. Shares of a series of SBL Fund are available only through the purchase of such products.

 

b

Total expense information reflects expense ratios absent fund expense reductions by the Investment Manager, and earnings credits, as applicable.

 

c

Net expense information reflects the expense ratios after voluntary expense waivers, reimbursements and custodian earnings credits, as applicable.

See accompanying notes.

 

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     Series V
Manager’s Commentary    (Mid Cap Value Series)
February 15, 2007    (unaudited)

LOGO

Advisor, Security Management Company, LLC

LOGO

James P. Schier

Portfolio Manager

To Our Shareholders:

Series V of the SBL Fund - Mid Cap Value Series posted a solid return year gaining 14.66%. While these numbers were better than most broad market indices, the results lagged the gains provided by the Series’ benchmark. The Russell 2500 Value index was up 20.18%, but exceeded the Series’ median peer fund return of 14.46%.

Our approach to the Mid-Cap Value Series is to seek appreciable securities of companies that are able to grow and/or reinvest in increasingly profitable ventures and hold them over three to five years to capture the better part of the improvements in profitability. We are focused on investing in securities when we find opportunities, with our individual position sizes reflecting the magnitude and the confidence in the opportunity. For this Series, we target securities priced at or below a market multiple that are able to increase their return on invested capital over time.

Stock Selection in Energy, Consumer Staples, and Financials Drove Outperformance

McDermott, an energy company, gained 71% during the year. The company benefited from strong end markets in marine oil drilling construction and nuclear power. The company was also the beneficiary of a favorable resolution and settlement of its asbestos liabilities.

Archer Daniels Midland gained 55% as it continued to benefit from interest in its ethanol production capabilities. Having realized a four-fold appreciation in our investment in this stock since 1999, we sold our entire position in 2006.

Stock selection was also favorable in financials driven predominantly by First Marblehead, appreciating 151% during 2006. First Marblehead was driven brutally low on misplaced fears of competition and client losses that eventually proved to be ill-founded concerns. The Series benefited by acquiring the stock during this period of opportunity.

Overweight Energy Sector Weight and Energy Stock Selection Negatively Affected Returns

The Series’ average energy weighting of 15% versus 4% for the benchmark provided a headwind as energy was a below average performer in 2006. Evergreen Energy, formerly known as KFx, declined 42%. Evergreen Energy suffered as investors moved away from the coal industry and short sellers spread negative rumors about the company. None of the rumors have proven to have any validity to date. We remain confident that the weakness in the stock is transitory and that the stock’s prior price levels can be easily re-attained. Evergreen Energy has a significant technological lead as the first company to provide a clean coal technology. We believe the clean coal industry has substantial competitive barriers, but will be a scalable business with a large addressable market for its product.

2007 Market Outlook

We continue to expect lack-luster returns for the market in 2007. This is similar to our outlook for the past two years, though the market has done quite well.

Despite this, we remain firm in our outlook based on our bottom-up research rather than any global macro forecast. Most companies appear to be operating at very high levels of profitability and it is very difficult to confidently predict continued margin expansion. At present, the market is acting with a high degree of complacency.

The prevailing attitude appears to assume that either the Federal Reserve will panic and ease in the face of any operating weakness that is widespread or that the private equity market will bid for any public company that trades down. We view the recent M&A activity as somewhat bearish. If companies had abundant reinvestment opportunities in their core businesses, they wouldn’t need to pay inflated prices for acquisition candidates. Most recent mergers seem to fit the “acquisition out of desperation” category rather than the “acquisition of opportunity” camp.

Also in this environment, we have seen fewer companies with large revenue growth or large profit margin expansion potential. This is the major reason we maintained the energy overweight last year, even though the commodity price appeared extended and inventories were starting to build. The world consumes about six to seven barrels of oil for every new barrel discovered. Our research suggests that there is less excess capacity than is generally perceived. This coupled with the general political instability in key geographical regions suggests to us that energy could have a move again.

Industrials are also another sector that seems to offer good opportunity. The holdings we have in this sector are generally biased toward infrastructure and energy efficiency names that should benefit from pent up demand and a weaker dollar environment.

On behalf of Security Management Company, I would like to thank you for placing your trust and money with us.

 

Sincerely,
   
James P. Schier, Senior Portfolio Manager

 

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    Series V
Manager’s Commentary   (Mid Cap Value Series)
December 31, 2006   (unaudited)

PERFORMANCE

Series V vs. Russell 2500 Value Index

LOGO

$10,000 Since Inception

The chart above assumes a hypothetical $10,000 investment in Series V (Mid Cap Value Series) on May 1, 1997 (date of inception) and reflects the fees and expenses of Series V. The Russell 2500 Value Index is an unmanaged index that measures the performance of securities of small-to-mid cap U.S. companies with greater-than-average value orientation.

Average Annual Returns

 

Periods Ended 12-31-061

   1 Year     5 Years     Since Inception
(5-1-97)
 

Series V

   14.66 %   17.53 %   20.41 %

 

1

Performance figures do not reflect fees and expenses associated with an investment in variable insurance products offered by Security Benefit Life Insurance Company. If returns had taken into account these fees and expenses, performance would have been lower. Shares of a Series of SBL Fund are available only through the purchase of such products.

The performance data quoted above represents past performance. Past performance is not predictive of future performance. The investment return and principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost.

Portfolio Composition by Sector

 

Consumer Discretionary

   5.52 %

Consumer Staples

   8.25  

Energy

   18.13  

Financials

   12.49  

Health Care

   2.51  

Industrials

   20.90  

Information Technology

   15.61  

Materials

   3.63  

Utilities

   6.71  

Warrants

   0.15  

Convertible Bonds

   0.37  

Commercial Paper

   2.27  

Asset Backed Commercial Paper

   3.56  

U.S. Government Sponsored Agencies

   0.45  

Repurchase Agreement

   0.17  

Liabilities, less cash & other assets

   (0.72 )

Total net assets

   100.00 %
      

See accompanying notes.

 

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    Series V
Manager’s Commentary   (Mid Cap Value Series)
December 31, 2006   (unaudited)

PERFORMANCE

Information About Your Series Expenses

Calculating your ongoing series expenses

Example

As a shareholder of the Series, you incur ongoing costs, including management fees and other series expenses. Performance figures and expense ratios do not reflect fees and expenses associated with an investment in variable insurance products. Shares of a Series of SBL Fund are available only through the purchase of such products. This example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Series and to compare these costs with ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds. The example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period, July 1, 2006 -December 31, 2006.

Actual Expenses

The first line in the table provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this table, 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.

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes

The second line in the table provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Series actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Series 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 the ongoing costs of investing in the Series and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other mutual funds.

Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any fees and expenses associated with an investment in variable insurance products. Therefore, the second line is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. In addition, if these fees and expenses associated with an investment in variable insurance products were included, your costs would have been higher.

Series Expenses

 

     Beginning
Account Value
07-01-06
   Ending
Account Value
12-31-061
   Expenses Paid
During
Period2

Series V (Mid Cap Value Series)

        

Actual

   $ 1,000.00    $ 1,049.10    $ 4.65

Hypothetical

     1,000.00      1,020.67      4.58

 

1

The actual ending account value is based on the actual total return of the Series for the period July 1, 2006 to December 31, 2006 after actual expenses and will differ from the hypothetical ending account value which is based on the Series expense ratio and a hypothetical annual return of 5% before expenses. The actual cumulative return at net asset value for the period July 1, 2006 to December 31, 2006 was 4.91%.

 

2

Expenses are equal to the Series annualized expense ratio of 0.90%, net of earnings credits, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 184/365 (to reflect the one-half year period).

 

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Schedule of Investments   Series V (Mid Cap Value Series)
December 31, 2006  

 

     Shares    Value

COMMON STOCK - 93.5%

     

Aerospace & Defense -1.7%

     

Orbital Sciences Corporation *

   402,500    $ 7,422,100
         

Agricultural Products - 0.9%

     

Corn Products International, Inc.

   119,800      4,137,892
         

Air Freight & Logistics - 0.0%

     

Stonepath Group, Inc. *

   520,000      83,200
         

Application Software - 2.0%

     

EPIQ Systems, Inc. *

   383,100      6,501,207

PLATO Learning, Inc. *

   440,000      2,380,400
         
        8,881,607
         

Auto Parts & Equipment - 0.4%

     

HydroGen Corporation * (1)

   403,000      1,986,790
         

Building Products - 0.6%

     

Quixote Corporation

   126,300      2,484,321
         

Coal & Consumable Fuels - 6.7%

     

Arch Coal, Inc.

   300,000      9,009,000

Consol Energy, Inc.

   145,400      4,671,702

Evergreen Energy, Inc. *

   958,000      9,474,620

USEC, Inc.

   533,100      6,781,032
         
        29,936,354
         

Communications Equipment - 2.7%

     

Dycom Industries, Inc. *

   127,000      2,682,240

Mastec, Inc. *

   580,000      6,693,200

MRV Communications, Inc. *

   780,000      2,761,200
         
        12,136,640
         

Computer & Electronics Retail - 1.1%

     

RadioShack Corporation

   290,000      4,866,200
         

Construction & Engineering - 9.4%

     

Granite Construction, Inc. (2)

   50,000      2,516,000

Insituform Technologies, Inc. *

   163,750      4,234,575

Quanta Services, Inc. *

   600,700      11,815,769

Shaw Group, Inc. * (2)

   700,000      23,450,000
         
        42,016,344
         

Consumer Finance - 1.6%

     

First Marblehead Corporation

   132,000      7,213,800
         

Data Processing & Outsourced Services - 5.4%

     

Affiliated Computer Services, Inc. *

   225,000      10,989,000

Computer Sciences Corporation *

   250,000      13,342,500
         
        24,331,500
         

Diversified Commercial & Professional Services - 2.6%

     

FTI Consulting, Inc. *

   225,000      6,275,250

PHH Corporation *

   185,000      5,340,950
         
        11,616,200
         

Drug Retail - 1.0%

     

Longs Drug Stores Corporation

   105,700      4,479,566
         

Electric Utilities - 6.2%

     

Allete, Inc.

   33,500      1,559,090

Empire District Electric Company

   48,200      1,190,058

Great Plains Energy, Inc.

   661,350      21,030,930

Northeast Utilities

   125,300      3,528,448

Pepco Holdings, Inc.

   1,400      36,414

Westar Energy, Inc.

   15,600      404,976
         
        27,749,916
         

Electrical Components & Equipment - 2.0%

     

Lime Energy Company *

   80,000      72,000

Powell Industries, Inc. *

   63,000      1,988,910

Power-One, Inc. *

   925,000      6,734,000
         
        8,794,910
         

Electronic Manufacturing Services - 2.6%

     

Maxwell Technologies, Inc. *

   343,200      4,787,640

Merix Corporation *

   735,000      6,828,150
         
        11,615,790
         

Gas Utilities - 0.5%

     

Southern Union Company

   78,000      2,180,100
         

General Merchandise Stores - 0.3%

     

Dollar General Corporation

   98,350      1,579,501
         

Health Care Equipment - 0.4%

     

HealthTronics, Inc. *

   250,000      1,665,000
         

Health Care Facilities - 2.1%

     

Community Health Systems, Inc. *

   90,000      3,286,800

Triad Hospitals, Inc. *

   150,000      6,274,500
         
        9,561,300
         

Home Furnishings - 0.7%

     

Leggett & Platt, Inc.

   130,200      3,111,780
         

Independent Power Producers & Energy Traders - 0.0%

     

Dynegy, Inc. *

   11,430      82,753
         

Industrial Conglomerates - 3.4%

     

McDermott International, Inc. *

   295,900      15,049,474
         

Insurance Brokers - 0.3%

     

Hub International, Ltd.

   45,700      1,434,523
         

Integrated Oil & Gas - 1.6%

     

Murphy Oil Corporation

   137,000      6,966,450
         

Life & Health Insurance - 0.9%

     

KMG America Corporation *

   438,600      4,206,174
         

Mortgage REITs - 2.1%

     

HomeBanc Corporation

   321,600      1,360,368

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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Schedule of Investments   Series V (Mid Cap Value Series)
December 31, 2006 - continued  

 

     Shares    Value

COMMON STOCK (continued)

     

Mortgage REIT’s (continued)

     

MFA Mortgage Investments, Inc.

   276,400    $ 2,125,516

Opteum, Inc.

   768,100      5,837,560
         
        9,323,444
         

Multi - Line Insurance - 1.6%

     

American Financial Group, Inc.

   198,000      7,110,180
         

Multi-Utilities - 0.0%

     

TECO Energy, Inc.

   1,300      22,399
         

Oil & Gas Drilling - 2.0%

     

Helmerich & Payne, Inc.

   365,000      8,931,550
         

Oil & Gas Equipment & Services - 1.2%

     

Key Energy Services, Inc. *

   350,000      5,474,000
         

Oil & Gas Exploration & Production -1.7%

     

Gulfport Energy Corporation *

   125,300      1,702,827

Newfield Exploration Company *

   129,000      5,927,550
         
        7,630,377
         

Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing - 0.4%

     

Nova Biosource Fuels, Inc. *

   738,700      1,735,945
         

Oil & Gas Storage & Transportation - 4.6%

     

Double Hull Tankers, Inc.

   274,200      4,439,298

Williams Companies, Inc.

   611,500      15,972,380
         
        20,411,678
         

Packaged Foods & Meats - 4.0%

     

Hormel Foods Corporation

   233,000      8,700,220

JM Smucker Company

   150,000      7,270,500

Tyson Foods, Inc.

   105,000      1,727,250
         
        17,697,970
         

Paper Packaging - 2.9%

     

Bemis Company, Inc.

   172,000      5,844,560

Sonoco Products Company

   184,700      7,029,682
         
        12,874,242
         

Personal Products - 2.4%

     

Alberto-Culver Company

   90,000      1,930,500

Playtex Products, Inc. *

   600,000      8,634,000
         
        10,564,500
         

Properly & Casualty Insurance - 4.8%

     

Alleghany Corporation *

   14,357      5,220,205

First American Corporation

   174,000      7,078,320

Hanover Insurance Group, Inc.

   16,200      790,560

North Pointe Holdings Corporation * (1)

   254,000      2,692,400

United America Indemnity, Ltd. *

   70,000      1,773,100

W.R. Berkley Corporation

   115,900      3,999,709
         
        21,554,294
         

Regional Banks - 1.1%

     

Wilmington Trust Corporation

   113,000      4,765,210
         

Reinsurance - 0.0%

     

Arch Capital Group, Ltd. *

   3,500      236,635
         

Semiconductor Equipment - 0.9%

     

Ultratech, Inc. *

   310,000      3,868,800
         

Semiconductors - 2.0%

     

Applied Micro Circuits Corporation *

   460,000      1,637,600

IXYS Corporation *

   450,000      4,005,000

STATS ChipPAC, Ltd. ADR *

   434,000      3,333,120
         
        8,975,720
         

Specialized Consumer Services - 1.1%

     

Regis Corporation

   129,900      5,136,246
         

Specialty Chemicals - 0.5%

     

Material Sciences Corporation *

   57,000      737,580

Minerals Technologies, Inc.

   29,600      1,740,184
         
        2,477,764
         

Specialty Stores - 0.2%

     

Sally Beauty Holdings, Inc. *

   90,000      702,000
         

Tires & Rubber - 1.6%

     

Bandag, Inc.

   145,000      7,312,350
         

Trading Companies & Distributors - 1.3%

     

United Rentals, Inc. * (2)

   230,000      5,848,900
         

TOTAL COMMON STOCK (Cost $304,158,616)

      $ 418,244,389
         

PREFERRED STOCK - 0.2%

     

Diversified Metals & Mining - 0.2%

     

Arch Coal, Inc.

   5,200      759,200
         

Environmental & Facilities Services - 0.0%

     

ThermoEnergy Corporation PIPE * (1)(3)(4)(5)

   1,130,000      158,200
         

Metal & Glass Containers - 0.0%

     

Owens-Illinois, Inc.

   3,700      136,900
         

TOTAL PREFERRED STOCK (Cost $1,462,275)

      $ 1,054,300
         

WARRANTS - 0.1%

     

Warrants - 0.1%

     

Electric City Corporation $1.00, 3/19/2009 (4)

   23,333      11,127

Nova Oil, Inc. $2.40, 7/5/2011 (4)

   369,350      613,490

ThermoEnergy Corporation $0.75, 7/14/2008 (3)(4)

   1,130,000      50,737
        675,354
         

TOTAL WARRANTS (Cost $999,024)

      $ 675,354
         

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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Schedule of Investments   Series V (Mid Cap Value Series)
December 31, 2006 - continued  

 

     Principal
Amount
   Value  

CONVERTIBLE BOND - 0.4%

     

Natural Gas - 0.4%

     

Hanover Compressor Company

     

4.75%, 2008

   $ 1,700,000    $ 1,663,875  
           

TOTAL CONVERTIBLE BOND (Cost $1,676,332)

      $ 1,663,875  
           

U.S. GOVERNMENT SPONSORED AGENCY BONDS & NOTES - 0.4%

     

Federal National Mortgage Association

     

5.15% - 2007

     2,000,000      1,998,856  
           

TOTAL U.S. GOVERNMENT SPONSORED AGENCY BONDS & NOTES

      $ 1,998,856  
           

(Cost $1,998,856)

     

ASSET BACKED COMMERCIAL PAPER - 3.6%

     

Financial Companies - Diversified - 1.6%

     

Amstel Funding Corporation

     

5.275%, 1/16/2007

     1,420,000      1,416,835  

5.27%, 1/18/2007

     2,000,000      1,995,023  

Amsterdam Funding Corporation

     

5.25%, 1/5/2007

     1,300,000      1,299,424  

5.26%, 1/17/2007

     1,000,000      997,662  

Govco, Inc.

     

5.28%, 1/8/2007

     1,330,000      1,328,635  
           
        7,037,579  
           

Financial Companies - Miscellaneous Receivables - 0.5%

     

Fairway Finance Corporation

     

5.35%, 1/11/2007

     1,000,000      998,536  

5.26%, 1/16/2007

     1,200,000      1,197,370  
           
        2,195,906  
           

Financial Companies - Securities - 0.2%

     

Perry Global Funding LLC

     

5.35%, 1/9/2007

     1,000,000      998,811  
           

Financial Companies - Trade & Term Receivables - 0.2%

     

Eureka Securitization

     

5.264%, 1/8/2007

     1,000,000      998,977  
           

Financial Companies - Trade Receivables - 1.1%

     

Old Line Funding LLC

     

5.27%, 1/3/2007

     1,000,000      999,707  

5.31%, 1/11/2007

     1,200,000      1,198,223  

5.26%, 1/12/2007

     1,500,000      1,497,585  

Sheffield Receivables Corporation

     

5.265%, 1/2/2007

     1,000,000      999,854  
           
        4,695,369  
           

TOTAL ASSET BACKED COMMERCIAL PAPER (Cost $15,926,445)

      $ 15,926,642  
           

COMMERCIAL PAPER - 2.3%

     

Automotive - 0.2%

     

American Honda Finance

     

5.23%, 1/9/2007

     1,000,000      998,838  
           

Banking - 0.4%

     

UBS Finance (DE) LLC

     

5.28%, 1/2/2007

     1,591,000      1,590,767  
           

Brokerage - 1.1%

     

Citigroup Funding, Inc.

     

5.25%, 1/4/2007

     1,000,000      999,563  

5.25%, 1/10/2007

     1,500,000      1,498,031  

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.

     

5.30%, 1/12/2007

     2,200,000      2,196,437  
           
        4,694,031  
           

Electric - 0.3%

     

Florida Power & Light Company

     

5.30%, 1/3/2007

     1,384,000      1,383,592  
           

Non U.S. Banking - 0.3%

     

Societe Generale

     

5.35%, 1/4/2007

     1,500,000      1,499,331  
           

TOTAL COMMERCIAL PAPER (Cost $10,166,559)

      $ 10,166,559  
           

REPURCHASE AGREEMENT - 0.2%

     

United Missouri Bank, 4.85%, dated 12-29-06, matures 01-02-07; repurchase amount of $779,420 (Collateralized by FHLMC, 5.00%, 09-15-36 with a value of $794,735)

   $ 779,000    $ 779,000  
           

TOTAL REPURCHASE AGREEMENT (Cost $779,000)

      $ 779,000  
           

Total Investments (SBL V Fund) (Cost $337,167,107) - 100.7%

      $ 450,508,975  

Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets - (0.7)%

        (3,238,440 )
           

TOTAL NET ASSETS -100.0%

      $ 447,270,535  
           

Footnotes

Percentages are stated as a percent of net assets.

For federal income tax purposes the identified cost of investments owned at 12/31/2006 was $337,165,274.

 

* - Non-income producing security

 

1 - Security is deemed illiquid. See Notes to financial statements.

 

2 - Security is segregated as collateral for open written options contracts.

 

3 - Security is restricted from resale. See Notes to financial statements.

 

4 - Security is fair valued by the Board of Directors. See Notes to financial statements.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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Schedule of Investments   Series V (Mid Cap Value Series)
December 31, 2006 - continued  

 

5 - PIPE (Private Investment in Public Equity) - Stock issued by a company in the secondary market as a means of raising capital more quickly and less expensively than through registration of a secondary public offering.

Glossary:

 

ADR - American Depositary Receipt

See notes to financial statements.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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Series V

(Mid Cap Value Series)

Statement of Assets and Liabilities

December 31, 2006

 

Assets:

  

Investments, at value1

   $ 450,508,975

Cash

     3,341

Receivables:

  

Fund shares sold

     255,275

Securities sold

     262,130

Interest

     24,001

Dividends

     246,472

Prepaid expenses

     10,158
      

Total assets

     451,310,352
      

Liabilities:

  

Payable for:

  

Securities purchased

     2,846,342

Fund shares redeemed

     543,669

Written options, at value (premiums received, $305,606)

     259,000

Management fees

     287,101

Custodian fees

     5,277

Transfer agent/maintenance fees

     2,083

Administration fees

     36,936

Professional fees

     30,722

Directors’ fees

     7,000

Other fees

     21,687
      

Total liabilities

     4,039,817
      

Net Assets

   $ 447,270,535
      

Net assets consist of:

  

Paid in capital

   $ 285,437,694

Undistributed net investment income

     4,271,958

Undistributed net realized gain on sale of investments and options written

     44,172,409

Net unrealized appreciation in value of investments and options written

     113,388,474
      

Net assets

   $ 447,270,535
      

Capital shares authorized

     unlimited

Capital shares outstanding

     9,560,754

Net asset value per share (net assets divided by shares outstanding)

   $ 46.78
      

1Investments, at cost

   $ 337,167,107

Statement of Operations

For the Year Ended December 31, 2006

 

Investment Income:

  

Dividends

   $ 7,212,760  

Interest

     848,283  
        

Total investment income

     8,061,043  
        

Expenses:

  

Management fees

     3,183,614  

Custodian fees

     33,020  

Transfer agent/maintenance fees

     25,148  

Administration fees

     405,418  

Directors’ fees

     18,827  

Professional fees

     46,853  

Reports to shareholders

     60,978  

Other expenses

     15,375  
        

Total expenses

     3,789,233  

Less: Earnings credits

     (148 )
        

Net expenses

     3,789,085  
        

Net investment income

     4,271,958  
        

Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss):

  

Net realized gain during the year on:

  

Investments

     42,182,046  

Options written

     1,990,362  
        

Net realized gain

     44,172,408  
        

Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) during the year on:

  

Investments

     9,136,507  

Options written

     (608,132 )
        

Net unrealized appreciation

     8,528,375  
        

Net realized and unrealized gain

     52,700,783  
        

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

   $ 56,972,741  
        

See Accompanying notes.

 

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    Series V
Statement of Changes in Net Assets   (Mid Cap Value Series)

 

     Year Ended
December 31,
2006
    Year Ended
December 31,
2005
 

Increase in net assets from operations:

    

Net investment income

   $ 4,271,958     $ 1,434,043  

Net realized gain during the year on investments and options written

     44,172,408       37,176,541  

Net unrealized appreciation during the year on investments and options written

     8,528,375       13,415,356  
                

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

     56,972,741       52,025,940  
                

Capital share transactions:

    

Proceeds from sale of shares

     138,329,829       112,313,976  

Cost of shares redeemed

     (132,525,763 )     (87,382,578 )
                

Net increase from capital share transactions

     5,804,066       24,931,398  
                

Net increase in net assets

     62,776,807       76,957,338  
                

Net assets:

    

Beginning of year

     384,493,728       307,536,390  
                

End of year

   $ 447,270,535     $ 384,493,728  
                

Undistributed net investment income at end of year

   $ 4,271,958     $ 1,434,043  
                

Capital Share Activity:

    

Shares sold

     3,124,489       3,070,386  

Shares redeemed

     (2,988,899 )     (2,407,774 )
                

Total capital share activity

     135,590       662,612  
                

See accompanying notes.

 

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Financial Highlights    Series V
Selected data for each share of capital stock outstanding throughout each year    (Mid Cap Value Series)

 

     2006     2005     2004     2003     Year Ended,
December 31,
2002
 

Per Share Data

          

Net asset value, beginning of period

   $ 40.79     $ 35.10     $ 28.33     $ 18.68     $ 23.49  
                                        

Income (loss) from investment operations:

          

Net investment income

     0.44       0.14       0.11       0.07       0.10  

Net gain (loss) on securities (realized and unrealized)

     5.55       5.55       7.39       10.03       (3.16 )
                                        

Total from investment operations

     5.99       5.69       7.50       10.10       (3.06 )
                                        

Less distributions:

          

Dividends from net investment income

     —         —         (0.01 )     (0.06 )     (0.19 )

Distributions from realized gains

     —         —         (0.72 )     (0.39 )     (1.56 )
                                        

Total distributions

     —         —         (0.73 )     (0.45 )     (1.75 )
                                        

Net asset value, end of period

   $ 46.78     $ 40.79     $ 35.10     $ 28.33     $ 18.68  
                                        

Total Returna

     14.66 %     16.21 %     26.97 %     54.27 %     (14.07 %)
                                        

Ratios/Supplemental Data

          

Net assets, end of period (in thousands)

   $ 447,271     $ 384,494     $ 307,536     $ 223,658     $ 147,512  
                                        

Ratios to average net assets:

          

Net investment income

     1.01 %     0.44 %     0.37 %     0.36 %     0.46 %

Total expensesb

     0.89 %     0.90 %     0.88 %     0.83 %     0.84 %

Net expensesc

     0.89 %     0.90 %     0.88 %     0.83 %     0.84 %
                                        

Portfolio turnover rate

     42 %     29 %     43 %     59 %     65 %

 

a

Total return does not take into account any of the expenses associated with an investment in variable insurance products offered by Security Benefit Life Insurance Company. If total return had taken into account these expenses, performance would have been lower. Shares of a series of SBL Fund are available only through the purchase of such products.

 

b

Total expense information reflects expense ratios absent fund expense reductions by the Investment Manager, and earnings credits, as applicable.

 

c

Net expense information reflects expense ratios after expense reductions, fee waivers or reduction to custodian expenses, as applicable.

See accompanying notes.

 

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   Series X
Manager’s Commentary    (Small Cap Growth Series)
February 15, 2007    (unaudited)

LOGO

Subadvisor, RS Investments

LOGO

Bill Wolfenden

Portfolio Manager

To Our Shareholders:

The stock market and small-cap stocks continued their strong run in 2006. After three years of solid performance, 2006 proved to be a strong follow-on to what is now a multi-year small-cap rally. Unfortunately, Series X of the SBL Fund - Small-Cap Growth Series did not fare as well in 2006. The portfolio finished the fourth quarter with a 7.68% gross of fees (7.53% net of fees) rise, slightly trailing the 8.77% return of the benchmark Russell 2000® Growth Index. For the calendar year, the portfolio was up a disappointing 5.71% gross of fees (5.13% net of fees) compared with a strong increase of 13.35% for the benchmark.

Although the portfolio has often trailed in sharp small-cap rallies like those in the first and fourth quarters of 2006, our underperformance for the calendar year can be attributed to poor stock selection. We endured a number of problem stocks in the technology sector, which contributed nearly 50% of our 2006 underperformance. We are disappointed with this year’s return, but retain confidence in our investment process, which has served investors well over longer periods of time. In fact, we saw some encouraging performance signs in the fourth quarter that give us reason for optimism as we enter 2007.

Technology, Energy Sectors Yield Positive Returns

The technology sector was a source of positive returns in the fourth quarter. Over the past two quarters, our tech exposure has eased as we seek to concentrate assets in only the highest-conviction companies. That paid off as we experienced healthy gains from a number of top 20 positions, and avoided any further meaningful tech stock problems.

Omniture provides online business optimization software to a broad range of institutional clients. The company went public in summer 2006, and we started our position at that time. We built the position as the stock treaded water for much of the summer. In Omniture we have a business in a large secular growth market that is capable of growing both the revenue and the earnings line at more than 50% year over year. The stock provided a strong source of fourth quarter returns. We also enjoyed strong gains from Equinix, a leading provider of co-location data centers for businesses’ critical Internet and Internet Protocol operations. The stock was a strong contributor to gains in the second half of 2006.

One company in the tech universe that exhibits the attributes we look for in our process is SRS Labs. SRS had a breakout year in 2006, and we believe that the future looks bright for the company. SRS has a patented, defensible market position in delivering surround-sound systems and audio enhancement products for the flat-panel TV, mobile handset, automotive, PDA, PC and home theater markets. While operating results were satisfactory, the stock treaded water. We remained patient because the company possesses the critical elements that we look for: a definable competitive advantage, attractive valuation, and solid long-term anchor points (long-term goals and objectives that we or the company’s management team have set) around which it was growing its business.

We believed that SRS Labs could shed its money-losing semiconductor business and focus solely on its licensing business, which would greatly lower costs and improve margins, and free up management bandwidth to focus on new licensees and accelerate growth. In addition we believed that over time, SRS would gain market share to the point that it could tap into high-volume applications such as flat-panel TVs in China and mobile handsets (Motorola and Samsung were major wins). Management executed on its plan and now has a huge unit-growth opportunity as its technology is designed into many of the above-mentioned customers’ appliances. In essence, SRS has built a solid franchise through its design wins, and a waterfall of license revenues is imminent. We saw that come through in strong third quarter 2006 earnings results, and the stock responded with a 150% increase over its August low. This sharp rise in a short period of time has prompted us to reduce our position. We think SRS is in the early stages of discovery by other small-cap investors, however, and that we will be rewarded for early recognition and patience.

Energy-related positions also contributed positive returns in the final quarter, after proving difficult for much of the year. We had good returns from Superior Energy Services and Oil States International. Both companies provide equipment and services to offshore and land-based oil and natural gas drillers. The stocks had been beaten down over the summer and enjoyed a nice rally through the fourth quarter. We finished the year with modest energy exposure of approximately 5%, less than the benchmark weighting. We expect a tougher environment for these stocks in 2007.

Financial Sector Mixed

Financial services currently represent approximately 14% of the portfolio, a healthy overweighting with the index. We own a broad range of companies in this segment, ranging from specialty insurance providers, to asset management and private banking, to companies leverging technology across a number of financial ser vices applications. Some of these companies endured stock declines in the fourth quarter, detracting from our returns during the period. Investment Technology Group provides a number of trade management and execution services to money managers. Its stock declined during the fourth quarter as October trade volumes from its client base were lower than expected. We viewed the trade volume decline as transitory, and confirmed that long-term anchor points for the business remained solidly in place. The weakness hurt fourth quarter returns, but the stock has climbed back from much of the decline.

Online Resources Corporation is a leading provider of online banking technology services to small banks. It’s capturing significant market share as the small-bank market seeks to modernize its ser vice offering with online banking and automated bill payment. The company acquired Princeton eCom last year, thereby bolstering its client reach and removing a

 

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Manager’s Commentary    (Small Cap Growth Series)
February 15, 2007    (unaudited)

competitor from the marketplace. The acquisition looks to be dilutive in the short-term, which prompted a decline in the stock in the fourth quarter. We remain optimistic about the long-term opportunity and retain our position in Online Resources.

2007 Outlook

Interest rates have stopped rising (at least for the time being), oil prices have declined, and it seems as though the housing correction is near an end. These headwinds have historically been bad for the consumer and for small companies, yet the broad stock market, and small-caps have per formed well throughout. I am looking forward to a time when the wind may actually be at our backs for a change, and that could be 2007. As I have mentioned in previous letters, however, the Series is not dependent on positive macro events and is structured for flat-to-modestly positive growth in the Gross Domestic Product. The Series holds companies offering unique products, services, and/or business models that can grow sales and earnings by creating new markets or capturing market share. We measure the success (or the lack thereof) by pegging them to anchor points. We believe that fast-growing companies with seasoned management teams, unique business models, and a strong competitive advantage can usually achieve their goals over time and hit these anchor points. When this execution success occurs, great stock performance often accompanies it.

Looking to 2007, I continue to believe that our investment process works over the long-term, which is reflected in our long-term results. As a fellow investor in the strategy, I thank you for your continued confidence and support.

 

Sincerely,
   
Bill Wolfenden, Portfolio Manager

PERFORMANCE

Series X vs. Russell 2000 Growth Index

LOGO

$10,000 Since Inception

The chart above assumes a hypothetical $10,000 investment in Series X (Small Cap Growth Series) on October 15, 1997 (date of inception), and reflects the fees and expenses of Series X. The Russell 2000 Growth Index measures the performance of those Russell 2000 companies with higher price-to-book ratios and higher forecasted growth values.

Average Annual Returns

 

Periods Ended 12-31-061

   1 Year     5 Years     Since Inception
(10-15-97)
 

Series X

   5.13 %   8.77 %   7.84 %

 

1

Performance figures do not reflect fees and expenses associated with an investment in variable insurance products offered by Security Benefit Life Insurance Company. If returns had taken into account these fees and expenses, performance would have been lower. Shares of a Series of SBL Fund are available only through the purchase of such products.

The performance data quoted above represents past per formance. Past performance is not predictive of future performance. The investment return and principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost.

Portfolio Composition by Sector

 

Consumer Discretionary

   14.87 %

Consumer Staples

   3.17  

Energy

   4.42  

Financials

   14.30  

Health Care

   21.55  

Industrials

   14.82  

Information Technology

   19.49  

Telecommunications Services

   1.10  

Repurchase Agreement

   5.83  

Cash & other assets, less liabilities

   0.45  

Total net assets

   100.00 %
      

See accompanying notes.

 

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Manager’s Commentary    (Small Cap Growth Series)
December 31, 2006    (unaudited)

PERFORMANCE

Information About Your Series Expenses

Calculating your ongoing series expenses

Example

As a shareholder of the Series, you incur ongoing costs, including management fees and other series expenses. Performance figures and expense ratios do not reflect fees and expenses associated with an investment in variable insurance products. Shares of a Series of SBL Fund are available only through the purchase of such products. This example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Series and to compare these costs with ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds. The example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period, July 1, 2006 - December 31, 2006.

Actual Expenses

The first line in the table provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this table, 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.

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes

The second line in the table provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Series actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Series 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 the ongoing costs of investing in the Series and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other mutual funds.

Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any fees and expenses associated with an investment in variable insurance products. Therefore, the second line is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. In addition, if these fees and expenses associated with an investment in variable insurance products were included, your costs would have been higher.

Series Expenses

 

     Beginning
Account Value
07-01-06
   Ending
Account Value
12-31-061
   Expenses
Paid During
Period2

Series X (Small Cap Growth Series)

        

Actual

   $ 1,000.00    $ 1,036.00    $ 6.21

Hypothetical

     1,000.00      1,019.11      6.16

 

1

The actual ending account value is based on the actual total return of the Series for the period July 1, 2006 to December 31, 2006 after actual expenses and will differ from the hypothetical ending account value which is based on the Series expense ratio and a hypothetical annual return of 5% before expenses. The actual cumulative return at net asset value for the period July 1, 2006 to December 31, 2006 was 3.60%.

 

2

Expenses are equal to the Series annualized expense ratio of 1.21%, net of earnings credits, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 184/365 (to reflect the one-half year period).

 

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Schedule of Investments  
December 31, 2006   Series X (Small Cap Value Series)

 

     Shares    Value

COMMON STOCK - 93.7%

     

Aerospace & Defense - 3.5%

     

BE Aerospace, Inc. *

   54,130    $ 1,390,058

Ceradyne, Inc. *

   22,130      1,250,345

Heico Corporation

   14,960      580,897
         
        3,221,300
         

Alternative Carriers - 1.1%

     

Time Warner Telecom, Inc. *

   51,030      1,017,028
         

Apparel Retail - 2.7%

     

Cache, Inc. *

   54,050      1,364,222

Jos A. Bank Clothiers, Inc. *

   37,627      1,104,352
         
        2,468,574
         

Apparel, Accessories & Luxury Goods - 0.9%

     

Carter’s, Inc. *

   31,490      802,995
         

Application Software - 2.7%

     

Advent Software, Inc. *

   36,890      1,301,848

Concur Technologies, Inc. *

   72,750      1,166,910
         
        2,468,758
         

Automotive Retail - 1.3%

     

Midas, Inc. *

   53,080      1,220,840
         

Biotechnology - 1.1%

     

Solexa, Inc. *

   80,530      1,058,970
         

Casinos & Gaming - 4.2%

     

Century Casinos, Inc. *

   131,770      1,470,553

Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc. *

   19,500      646,230

Scientific Games Corporation *

   58,690      1,774,199
         
        3,890,982
         

Communications Equipment - 1.6%

     

Occam Networks, Inc. *

   42,480      700,920

Oplink Communications, Inc. *

   40,350      829,596
         
        1,530,516
         

Computer Hardware - 0.9%

     

Cray, Inc. *

   68,800      817,344
         

Construction & Farm Machinery & Heavy Trucks - 1.4%

     

American Railcar Industries, Inc.

   38,270      1,302,711
         

Diversified Commercial & Professional Services - 1.7%

     

FirstService Corporation *

   68,730      1,587,663
         

Electrical Components & Equipment - 0.7%

     

Regal-Beloit Corporation

   12,960      680,530
         

Environmental & Facilities Services - 3.1%

     

Rollins, Inc.

   62,590      1,383,865

Team, Inc. *

   43,260      1,506,746
         
        2,890,611
         

Food Distributors - 0.9%

     

Central European Distribution Corporation *

   26,740      794,178
         

Footwear - 1.2%

     

Iconix Brand Group, Inc. *

   59,730      1,158,165
         

Health Care Equipment - 12.3%

     

American Medical Systems Holdings, Inc. *

   80,260      1,486,415

Angiodynamics, Inc. *

   67,250      1,445,203

Arthrocare Corporation *

   19,120      763,270

Cutera, Inc. *

   37,010      999,270

Kyphon, Inc. *

   16,400      662,560

LeMaitre Vascular, Inc. *

   126,680      760,080

Micrus Endovascular Corporation *

   58,900      1,123,812

NuVasive, Inc. *

   34,790      803,649

Orthovita, Inc. *

   201,550      731,627

Resmed, Inc. *

   21,670      1,066,597

Spectranetics Corporation *

   124,640      1,407,186

Vital Signs, Inc.

   3,370      168,230
         
        11,417,899
         

Health Care Facilities - 2.8%

     

Five Star Quality Care, Inc. *

   158,700      1,769,505

NovaMed, Inc. *

   104,100      788,037
         
        2,557,542
         

Health Care Services - 1.9%

     

AMN Healthcare Services, Inc. *

   33,820      931,403

HMS Holdings Corporation *

   57,190      866,428
         
        1,797,831
         

Health Care Supplies - 1.6%

     

PolyMedica Corporation

   36,646      1,480,865
         

Health Care Technology - 1.3%

     

Systems Xcellence, Inc. *

   21,300      429,621

Vital Images, Inc. *

   23,130      804,924
         
        1,234,545
         

Home Entertainment Software - 1.6%

     

The9, Ltd. ADR *

   44,760      1,442,167
         

Hotels, Resorts & Cruise Lines - 0.5%

     

Ctrip.com International, Ltd. ADR

   7,400      462,352
         

Household Products - 1.3%

     

Central Garden and Pet Company *

   25,390      1,229,384
         

Human Resource & Employment Services - 1.3%

     

Barrett Business Services

   50,810      1,189,970
         

Industrial Machinery - 1.2%

     

Flow International Corporation *

   103,150      1,136,713
         

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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December 31, 2006 - continued   Series X (Small Cap Value Series)

 

     Shares    Value

COMMON STOCK (continued)

     

Internet Retail - 1.5%

     

Nutri/System, Inc. *

     22,030    $ 1,396,482
         

Internet Software & Services - 8.4%

     

DealerTrack Holdings, Inc. *

     29,570      869,949

Equinix, Inc. *

     9,510      719,146

j2 Global Communications, Inc. *

     51,540      1,404,465

Marchex, Inc. (CI.B)

     74,140      991,993

Online Resources Corporation *

     116,270      1,187,117

Perficient, Inc. *

     48,130      789,813

RADVision, Ltd. *

     41,830      839,947

WebEx Communications, Inc. *

     28,540      995,761
         
        7,798,191
         

Investment Banking & Brokerage - 4.3%

     

Greenhill & Company, Inc.

     13,300      981,540

Investment Technology Group, Inc. *

     40,430      1,733,638

optionsXpress Holdings, Inc.

     23,450      532,081

TradeStation Group, Inc. *

     55,740      766,425
         
        4,013,684
         

Leisure Facilities - 1.2%

     

Life Time Fitness, Inc. *

     23,760      1,152,598
         

Marine Ports & Services - 0.9%

     

Aegean Marine Petroleum Network, Inc. *

     48,400      793,760
         

Mortgage REIT’s - 1.5%

     

KKR Financial Corporation

     52,250      1,399,778
         

Office Services & Supplies -1.0%

     

American Reprographics Company *

     28,340      944,005
         

Oil & Gas Equipment & Services - 4.4%

     

Core Laboratories N.V. *

     5,230      423,630

Dril-Quip, Inc. *

     24,280      950,805

Oil States International, Inc. *

     42,280      1,362,684

Superior Energy Services, Inc. *

     41,840      1,367,331
         
        4,104,450
         

Packaged Foods & Meats - 1.0%

     

SunOpta, Inc. *

     104,350      918,280
         

Pharmaceuticals -0.5%

     

KV Pharmaceutical Company *

     19,090      453,960
         

Property & Casualty Insurance - 5.1%

     

Amerisafe, Inc. *

     95,290      1,473,183

Amtrust Financial Services, Inc.

     95,850      819,518

First Mercury Financial Corporation *

     44,490      1,046,405

Security Capital Assurance, Ltd.

     48,780      1,357,547
         
        4,696,653
         

Regional Banks - 0.6%

     

PrivateBancorp, Inc.

     14,280      594,476
         

Semiconductor Equipment - 0.8%

     

Cymer, Inc. *

     16,650      731,767
         

Semiconductors - 3.5%

     

Atheros Communications, Inc. *

     41,250      879,450

Silicon Image, Inc. *

     69,110      879,079

Silicon Motion Technology Corporation ADR *

     61,080      969,340

SRS Labs, Inc. *

     52,030      562,964
         
        3,290,833
         

Specialized Consumer Services - 1.4%

     

Steiner Leisure, Ltd. *

     27,610      1,256,255
         

Specialized Finance - 2.8%

     

International Securities Exchange Holdings, Inc.

     9,750      456,203

NewStar Financial, Inc. *

     41,130      758,849

Portfolio Recovery Associates, Inc. *

     28,750      1,342,337
         
        2,557,389
         

TOTAL COMMON STOCK (Cost $77,512,369)

      $ 86,962,994
         
     Principal
Amount
   Value

REPURCHASE AGREEMENT - 5.9%

     

United Missouri Bank, 4.85%, dated 12-29-06, matures 01-02-07; repurchase amount $5,416,918 (Collateralized by FHLB, 5.25%, 06-10-11, FNMA, 5.00%, 09-25-30 & U.S. Treasury Notes, 3.375% & 3.50%, 10-15-09 & 08-15-09, with a combined value of $5,523,547)

   $ 5,414,000    $ 5,414,000
         

TOTAL REPURCHASE AGREEMENT (Cost $5,414,000)

      $ 5,414,000
         

Total Investments (SBL X Fund) (Cost $82,926,369) - 99.6%

      $ 92,376,994

Other Assets in Excess of Liabilities - 0.4%

        412,500
         

TOTAL NET ASSETS -100.0%

      $ 92,789,494
         

Footnotes

Percentages are stated as a percent of net assets.

For federal income tax purposes the identified cost of investments owned at 12/31/2006 was $83,061,778.

 

* - Non-income producing security

Glossary:

 

ADR - American Depositary Receipt

See notes to financial statements.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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Series X

(Small Cap Growth Series)

Statement of Assets and Liabilities

December 31, 2006

 

Assets:

  

Investments, at value1

   $ 92,376,994  

Cash

     411,985  

Receivables:

  

Fund shares sold

     31,146  

Securities sold

     495,772  

Dividends

     4,592  

Prepaid expenses

     2,055  
        

Total assets

     93,322,544  
        

Liabilities:

  

Payable for:

  

Securities purchased

     217,068  

Fund shares redeemed

     205,538  

Management fees

     79,271  

Custodian fees

     3,517  

Transfer agent/maintenance fees

     2,083  

Administration fees

     8,071  

Professional fees

     10,625  

Directors’ fees

     2,000  

Other fees

     4,877  
        

Total liabilities

     533,050  
        

Net Assets

   $ 92,789,494  
        

Net assets consist of:

  

Paid in capital

   $ 101,022,486  

Accumulated net realized loss on sale of investments

     (17,683,617 )

Net unrealized appreciation in value of investments

     9,450,625  
        

Net assets

   $ 92,789,494  
        

Capital shares authorized

     unlimited  

Capital shares outstanding

     4,815,752  

Net asset value per share (net assets divided by shares outstanding)

   $ 19.27  
        

1Investments, at cost

   $ 82,926,369  

Statement of Operations

For the Year Ended December 31, 2006

 

Investment Income:

  

Dividends

   $ 213,154  

Interest

     278,795  
        

Total investment income

     491,949  
        

Expenses:

  

Management fees

     928,345  

Custodian fees

     26,048  

Transfer agent/maintenance fees

     25,148  

Administration fees

     90,282  

Directors’ fees

     4,334  

Professional fees

     17,769  

Reports to shareholders

     15,700  

Other expenses

     3,864  
        

Total expenses

     1,111,490  

Less: Earnings credits applied

     (2,190 )
        

Net expenses

     1,109,300  
        

Net investment loss

     (617,351 )
        

Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss):

  

Net realized gain during the year on:

  

Investments

     7,308,120  
        

Net realized gain

     7,308,120  
        

Net unrealized depreciation during the year on:

  

Investments

     (2,144,750 )
        

Net unrealized depreciation

     (2,144,750 )
        

Net realized and unrealized gain

     5,163,370  
        

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

   $ 4,546,019  
        

See accompanying notes.

 

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   Series X
Statement of Changes in Net Assets    (Small Cap Growth Series)

 

     Year Ended
December 31,
2006
    Year Ended
December 31,
2005
 

Increase (decrease) in net assets from operations:

    

Net investment loss

   $ (617,351 )   $ (726,687 )

Net realized gain during the year on investments

     7,308,120       8,252,526  

Net unrealized depreciation during the year on investments

     (2,144,750 )     (1,603,848 )
                

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

     4,546,019       5,921,991  
                

Capital share transactions:

    

Proceeds from sale of shares

     40,950,861       25,405,430  

Cost of shares redeemed

     (43,378,540 )     (32,524,330 )
                

Net decrease from capital share transactions

     (2,427,679 )     (7,118,900 )
                

Net increase (decrease) in net assets

     2,118,340       (1,196,909 )
                

Net assets:

    

Beginning of year

     90,671,154       91,868,063  
                

End of year

   $ 92,789,494     $ 90,671,154  
                

Accumulated net investment loss at end of year

   $ —       $ —    
                

Capital Share Activity:

    

Shares sold

     2,187,874       1,479,550  

Shares redeemed

     (2,319,526 )     (1,920,417 )
                

Total capital share activity

     (131,652 )     (440,867 )
                

See accompanying notes.

 

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Financial Highlights    Series X
Selected data for each share of capital stock outstanding throughout each year    (Small Cap Growth Series)

 

     2006     2005     2004     2003     Year Ended,
December 31,
2002d
 

Per Share Data

          

Net asset value, beginning of period

   $ 18.33     $ 17.05     $ 14.55     $ 9.30     $ 12.66  

Income (loss) from investment operations:

          

Net investment loss

     (0.13 )     (0.15 )     (0.14 )     (0.10 )     (0.10 )

Net gain (loss) on securities (realized and unrealized)

     1.07       1.43       2.64       5.35       (3.26 )
                                        

Total from investment operations

     0.94       1.28       2.50       5.25       (3.36 )
                                        

Net asset value, end of period

   $ 19.27     $ 18.33     $ 17.05     $ 14.55     $ 9.30  
                                        

Total Returna

     5.13 %     7.51 %     17.18 %     56.45 %     (26.54 %)
                                        

Ratios/Supplemental Data

          

Net assets, end of period (in thousands)

   $ 92,789     $ 90,671     $ 91,868     $ 89,740     $ 48,193  
                                        

Ratios to average net assets:

          

Net investment loss

     (0.66 %)     (0.85 %)     (0.89 %)     (1.00 %)     (0.89 %)

Total expensesb

     1.20 %     1.19 %     1.17 %     1.17 %     1.15 %

Net expensesc

     1.19 %     1.18 %     1.17 %     1.16 %     1.15 %
                                        

Portfolio turnover rate

     149 %     116 %     146 %     208 %     282 %

 

a

Total return does not take into account any of the expenses associated with an investment in variable insurance products offered by Security Benefit Life Insurance Company. If total return had taken into account these expenses, performance would have been lower. Shares of a series of SBL Fund are available only through the purchase of such products.

 

b

Total expense information reflects expense ratios absent fund expense reductions by the Investment Manager, and earnings credits, as applicable.

 

c

Net expense information reflects the expense ratios after voluntary expense waivers, reimbursements and custodian earnings credits, as applicable.

 

d

RS Investments, Inc. became the sub–adviser of Series X effective September 3, 2002. Prior to September 3, 2002, Security Management Company, LLC (SMC) paid Strong Capital Management, Inc. for sub–advisory services.

See accompanying notes.

 

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   Series Y
Manager’s Commentary    (Select 25 Series)
February 15, 2007    (unaudited)

LOGO

Advisor Security Management Company, LLC

LOGO

Mark A. Mitchell

Portfolio Manager

To Our Shareholders:

Series Y of the SBL Fund - Select 25 Series returned 7.54% in the year, lagging the benchmark Russell 1000 Growth Index’s return of 9.07%, but out performing the Series’ peer group median return of 6.37%. Poor stock selection was only partially offset by solid sector positioning in 2006. While being disappointed that our results were below the benchmark, we believe that our approach delivers performance over the long-term.

Our investment philosophy is centered around three key tenants: first, good investments are purchased at less than their intrinsic value; second, a long-term approach and patience are critical to successful investing; and lastly, we concentrate our investments in companies that have the greatest return potential.

Our bottom-up research driven investment process attempts to identify companies that have a competitive advantage or have the ability to become more competitive in the future. We focus on owning these companies for three to five years or longer which we believe differentiates us from a majority of our peers and ultimately allows us to make better investment decisions. We buy these companies when their current price trades below their intrinsic value. We closely monitor each company’s progress. We will sell a company if the valuation no longer makes sense, we’ve made a mistake and our investment thesis is no longer valid, or we have a more attractive investment alternative.

We ultimately structure the portfolio with 25-30 names. This philosophy is applied to a broad range of growth names.

Financials and Technology Stocks Top Performers

The Series’ Financial holdings were up 54% compared to 17% for the index. This was driven almost entirely by our position in First Marblehead, up over 150%. III-placed short-term concerns over the company’s competitive position offered a great buying opportunity for a leading student lender with a significant competitive advantage as a result of its loan underwriting capability, superior economics, and additional value-added services.

The Technology sector was up 12% versus the comparable sector index return of 7%. The largest contributor was an overweight position in Cisco, up 60%. Cisco benefited from strong enterprise equipment demand and continued solid business execution. ADC Telecom had a negative impact, down 35%. The company was hurt by unanticipated spending delays by telecom carriers as the industry has undergone significant consolidation.

Energy and Industrial Sectors Disappoint

The Energy sector was down over 14%, compared to up 4% for the benchmark. Evergreen Energy, down 42% (previously known as KFx), and BJ Services, down 20%, both contributed negatively to the fund. Evergreen Energy was hurt by concerns over the viability of the initial production results of its proprietary clean coal technology. BJ Services was impacted more generally by the recent exodus from oil services related names as a result of a weakening energy commodity market.

Holdings in the Industrial sector performed poorly this year. We were positioned to take advantage of several unique opportunities in companies that benefit broadly from strong global economic growth. Concerns regarding a slowdown in the U.S. have impacted the group. We still like the fundamentals of the companies we own, including FedEx Corporation, W.W. Grainger, L-3 Communications, and Shaw Group.

2007 Market Outlook

The current low return investment environment that exists outside of equities has continued to make available ample liquidity in the U.S. equity market. Falling energy prices have helped increase consumer confidence and provide support to corporate profit margins through lower raw material input prices. Additionally, businesses have very healthy balance sheets to help drive future growth initiatives.

As we noted in last year’s shareholder letter, we’ve been concerned about a slowdown in U.S. consumer spending for some time. This concern has yet to materialize, but we still think in will happen. Lower energy prices will help, however, higher interest rates and a housing market slowdown provide likely headwinds. The Federal Reserve is walking a fine line between managing inflation risks while supporting economic growth. We’re unsure, like most in the market, what the Fed’s next move is. This uncertainty will weigh on the markets until it’s resolved.

 

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   Series Y
Manager’s Commentary    (Select 25 Series)
February 15, 2007    (unaudited)

We believe that investing is a long-term pursuit that requires patience and a consistent approach. Dollar cost averaging is a sound way to build long-term value.1 We recognize there are many investment fund alternatives available today and thank you for your business and the confidence you place in us.

 

Sincerely,
   
Mark A. Mitchell, Portfolio Manager

 

1

Dollar cost averaging does not assure profits or protect against loss in a declining market.

PERFORMANCE

Series Y vs. Russell 1000 Growth Index

LOGO

$10,000 Since Inception

The chart above assumes a hypothetical $10,000 investment in Series Y (Select 25 Series) on May 3, 1999 (date of inception), and reflects the fees and expenses of Series Y. The Russell 1000 Growth Index is an unmanaged capitalization-weighted index which includes stocks incorporated in the United States and its territories and measures the performance of the Russell 1000 companies with higher price-to-book ratios and higher forecasted growth values.

Average Annual Returns

 

Periods Ended 12-31-061

   1 Year     5 Years     Since Inception
(5-3-99)
 

Series Y

   7.54 %   3.00 %   1.06 %

 

1

Performance figures do not reflect fees and expenses associated with an investment in variable insurance products offered by Security Benefit Life Insurance Company. If returns had taken into account these fees and expenses, performance would have been lower. Shares of a Series of SBL Fund are available only through the purchase of such products.

The performance data quoted above represents past performance. Past performance is not predictive of future performance. The investment return and principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost.

Portfolio Composition by Sector

 

Consumer Discretionary

   14.97 %

Consumer Staples

   5.20  

Energy

   11.96  

Financials

   14.38  

Health Care

   15.94  

Industrials

   16.09  

Information Technology

   11.66  

Materials

   0.82  

Exchange Traded Funds

   6.31  

Asset Backed Commercial Paper

   2.80  

Repurchase Agreement

   0.30  

Liabilities, less cash & other assets

   (0.43 )

Total net assets

   100.00 %
      

See accompanying notes.

 

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Manager’s Commentary    (Select 25 Series)
December 31, 2006    (unaudited)

PERFORMANCE

Information About Your Series Expenses

Calculating your ongoing series expenses

Example

As a shareholder of the Series, you incur ongoing costs, including management fees and other series expenses. Performance figures and expense ratios do not reflect fees and expenses associated with an investment in variable insurance products. Shares of a Series of SBL Fund are available only through the purchase of such products. This example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Series and to compare these costs with ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds. The example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period, July 1, 2006 - December 31, 2006.

Actual Expenses

The first line in the table provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this table, 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.

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes

The second line in the table provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Series actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Series 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 the ongoing costs of investing in the Series and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other mutual funds.

Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any fees and expenses associated with an investment in variable insurance products. Therefore, the second line is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. In addition, if these fees and expenses associated with an investment in variable insurance products were included, your costs would have been higher.

Series Expenses

 

     Beginning
Account Value
07-01-06
   Ending
Account Value
12-31-061
   Expenses Paid
During
Period2

Series Y (Select 25 Series)

        

Actual

   $ 1,000.00    $ 1,061.70    $ 4.94

Hypothetical

     1,000.00      1,020.42      4.84

 

1

The actual ending account value is based on the actual total return of the Series for the period July 1, 2006 to December 31, 2006 after actual expenses and will differ from the hypothetical ending account value which is based on the Series expense ratio and a hypothetical annual return of 5% before expenses. The actual cumulative return at net asset value for the period July 1, 2006 to December 31, 2006 was 6.17%.

 

2

Expenses are equal to the Series annualized expense ratio of 0.95%, net of earnings credits, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 184/365 (to reflect the one-half year period).

 

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Schedule of Investments   Series Y (Select 25 Series)

December 31, 2006

 

 

     Shares    Value

COMMON STOCK - 97.3%

     

Aerospace & Defense - 2.0%

     

L-3 Communications Holdings, Inc.

   21,300    $ 1,741,914
         

Air Freight & Logistics - 4.5%

     

FedEx Corporation

   35,600      3,866,872
         

Biotechnology - 5.3%

     

Amgen, Inc. *

   66,400      4,535,784
         

Broadcasting & Cable TV - 3.6%

     

CBS Corporation (CI.B)

   40,300      1,256,554

Univision Communications, Inc. *

   52,600      1,863,092
         
        3,119,646
         

Coal & Consumable Fuels - 2.7%

     

Evergreen Energy, Inc. *

   233,000      2,304,370
         

Communications Equipment - 5.4%

     

ADC Telecommunications, Inc. *

   155,071      2,253,175

Cisco Systems, Inc. *

   86,800      2,372,244
         
        4,625,419
         

Construction & Engineering - 5.1%

     

Shaw Group, Inc. * (1)

   131,000      4,388,500
         

Consumer Finance - 5.5%

     

First Marblehead Corporation

   85,650      4,680,773
         

Data Processing & Outsourced Services - 4.2%

     

First Data Corporation

   59,600      1,520,992

Western Union Company

   94,300      2,114,206
         
        3,635,198
         

Exchange Traded Funds - 6.3%

     

iShares Russell 1000 Growth Index Fund

   50,000      2,750,000

iShares S&P 500 Growth Index Fund

   41,000      2,661,310
         
        5,411,310
         

Health Care Equipment - 2.2%

     

Zimmer Holdings, Inc. *

   24,200      1,896,796
         

Home Improvement Retail - 5.1%

     

Home Depot, Inc.

   107,900      4,333,264
         

Hotels, Resorts & Cruise Lines - 4.3%

     

Carnival Corporation

   75,900      3,722,895
         

Hypermarkets & Super Centers - 3.7%

     

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

   68,100      3,144,858
         

Industrial Gases - 0.8%

     

Praxair, Inc.

   11,900      706,027
         

Life Sciences Tools & Services - 4.1%

     

Covance, Inc. *

   59,300      3,493,363
         

Movies & Entertainment - 1.9%

     

Viacom, Inc. (CI.B) *

   40,300      1,653,509
         

Multi-Line Insurance - 5.7%

     

American International Group, Inc.

   67,600      4,844,216
         

Oil & Gas Equipment & Services - 3.4%

     

BJ Services Company

   98,600      2,890,952
         

Oil & Gas Storage & Transportation - 5.9%

     

Williams Companies, Inc.

   193,500      5,054,220
         

Other Diversified Financial Services - 3.3%

     

Citigroup, Inc.

   50,200      2,796,140
         

Pharmaceuticals - 4.4%

     

Johnson & Johnson

   56,500      3,730,130
         

Soft Drinks -1.5%

     

PepsiCo, Inc.

   21,000      1,313,550
         

Systems Software -2.0%

     

Microsoft Corporation

   57,900      1,728,894
         

Trading Companies & Distributors - 4.4%

     

W.W. Grainger, Inc.

   54,200      3,790,748
         

TOTAL COMMON STOCK (Cost $70,345,176)

      $ 83,409,348
         

 

     Principal
Amount
   Value  

ASSET BACKED COMMERCIAL PAPER - 2.8%

     

Financial Companies - Diversified -1.2%

     

Amsterdam Funding Corporation

     

5.31%, 1/3/2007

     1,000,000      999,705  
           

Financial Companies - Miscellaneous Receivables -1.6%

     

Fairway Finance Corporation

     

5.35%, 1/5/2007

     1,400,000      1,399,174  
           

TOTAL ASSET BACKED COMMERCIAL PAPER (Cost $2,398,879)

      $ 2,398,879  
           

REPURCHASE AGREEMENT - 0.3%

     

United Missouri Bank, 4.85%, dated 12-29-06, matures 01-02-07; repurchase amount of $257,138 (Collateralized by FHLMC, 5.00%, 09-15-36 with a value of $262,957)

   $ 257,000    $ 257,000  
           

TOTAL REPURCHASE AGREEMENT (Cost $257,000)

      $ 257,000  
           

Total Investments (SBL Y Fund) (Cost $73,001,055) -100.4%

      $ 86,065,227  

Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets - (0.4)%

        (370,179 )
           

TOTAL NET ASSETS -100.0%

      $ 85,695,048  
           

Footnotes

Percentages are stated as a percent of net assets.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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Schedule of Investments   Series Y (Select 25 Series)

December 31, 2006 - continued

 

For federal income tax purposes the identified cost of investments owned at 12/31/2006 was $73,388,747.

 

* - Non-income producing security

 

1 - Security is segregated as collateral for open written options contracts.

See notes to financial statements.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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Series Y

(Select 25 Series)

Statement of Assets and Liabilities

December 31, 2006

 

Assets:

  

Investments, at value1

   $ 86,065,227  

Cash

     104  

Receivables:

  

Fund shares sold

     49,787  

Dividends

     35,689  

Prepaid expenses

     2,368  
        

Total assets

     86,153,175  
        

Liabilities:

  

Payable for:

  

Fund shares redeemed

     85,708  

Written options, at value

  

(premiums received, $ 93,926)

     286,560  

Management fees

     54,491  

Custodian fees

     1,641  

Transfer agent/maintenance fees

     2,083  

Administration fees

     6,992  

Professional fees

     15,757  

Other

     3,495  

Directors’ fees

     1,400  
        

Total liabilities

     458,127  
        

Net Assets

   $ 85,695,048  
        

Net assets consist of:

  

Paid in capital

   $ 105,799,928  

Undistributed net investment income

     140,430  

Accumulated net realized loss on sale of investments and options written

     (33,116,848 )

Net unrealized appreciation in value of investments and options written

     12,871,538  
        

Net assets

   $ 85,695,048  
        

Capital shares authorized

     Unlimited  

Capital shares outstanding

     7,905,694  

Net asset value per share (net assets divided by shares outstanding)

   $ 10.84  
        

1Investments, at cost

   $ 73,001,055  

Statement of Operations

For the Year Ended December 31, 2006

 

Investment Income:

  

Dividends

   $ 594,899  

Interest

     165,948  
        

Total investment income

     760,847  
        

Expenses:

  

Management fees

     490,145  

Custodian fees

     11,975  

Transfer agent/maintenance fees

     25,148  

Administration fees

     62,343  

Directors’ fees

     2,944  

Professional fees

     17,389  

Reports to shareholders

     8,597  

Other expenses

     1,888  
        

Total expenses

     620,429  

Less: Earnings credits applied

     (12 )
        

Net expenses

     620,417  
        

Net investment income

     140,430  
        

Net Realized and Unrealized Gain:

  

Net realized gain during the year on:

  

Investments

     3,680,983  

Options written

     176,247  
        

Net realized gain

     3,857,230  
        

Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) during the year on:

  

Investments

     5,719,478  

Options written

     (202,405 )
        

Net unrealized appreciation

     5,517,073  
        

Net realized and unrealized gain

     9,374,303  
        

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

   $ 9,514,733  
        

See accompanying notes.

 

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     Series Y
Statement of Changes in Net Assets    (Select 25 Series)

 

     Year Ended
December 31, 2006
    Year Ended
December 31, 2005
 

Increase (decrease) in net assets from operations:

    

Net investment income (loss)

   $ 140,430     $ (13,661 )

Net realized gain during the year on investments and options written

     3,857,230       1,552,451  

Net unrealized appreciation during the year on investments and options written

     5,517,073       2,068,207  
                

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

     9,514,733       3,606,997  
                

Capital share transactions:

    

Proceeds from sale of shares

     37,946,575       13,147,535  

Issuance of shares in connection with SBL G merger (Note 14)

     42,870,151       —    

Cost of shares redeemed

     (41,654,270 )     (13,568,691 )
                

Net increase (decrease) from capital share transactions

     39,162,456       (421,156 )
                

Net increase in net assets

     48,677,189       3,185,841  
                

Net assets:

    

Beginning of year

     37,017,859       33,832,018  
                

End of year

   $ 85,695,048     $ 37,017,859  
                

Undistributed net investment income at end of year

   $ 140,430     $ —    
                

Capital Share Activity:

    

Shares sold

     3,680,058       1,425,367  

Shares issued in connection with SBL Series G merger (Note 14)

     4,606,863       —    

Shares redeemed

     (4,055,072 )     (1,501,879 )
                

Total capital share activity

     4,231,849       (76,512 )
                

See accompanying notes.

 

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Financial Highlights    Series Y  
Selected data for each share of capital stock outstanding throughout each year    (Select 25 Series )

 

     2006d     2005     2004     2003     Year Ended,
December 31,
2002
 

Per Share Data

          

Net asset value, beginning of period

   $ 10.08     $ 9.02     $ 8.08     $ 6.86     $ 9.35  
                                        

Income (loss) from investment operations:

          

Net investment income (loss)

     0.02       —         (0.01 )     —         (0.01 )

Net gain (loss) on securities (realized and unrealized)

     0.74       1.06       0.95       1.22       (2.48 )
                                        

Total from investment operations

     0.76       1.06       0.94       1.22       (2.49 )
                                        

Net asset value, end of period

   $ 10.84     $ 10.08     $ 9.02     $ 8.08     $ 6.86  
                                        

Total Returna

     7.54 %     11.75 %     11.63 %     17.78 %     (26.63 %)
                                        

Ratios/Supplemental Data

          

Net assets, end of period (in thousands)

   $ 85,695     $ 37,018     $ 33,832     $ 34,790     $ 34,286  
                                        

Ratios to average net assets:

          

Net investment income (loss)

     0.21 %     (0.04 %)     (0.15 %)     (0.01 %)     (0.18 %)

Total expensesb

     0.95 %     0.99 %     0.95 %     0.93 %     0.89 %

Net expensesc

     0.95 %     0.99 %     0.95 %     0.93 %     0.89 %
                                        

Portfolio turnover rate

     40 %     28 %     42 %     49 %     34 %

 

a

Total return does not take into account any of the expenses associated with an investment in variable insurance products offered by Security Benefit Life Insurance Company. If total return had taken into account these expenses, performance would have been lower. Shares of a series of SBL Fund are available only through the purchase of such products.

 

b

Total expense information reflects expense ratios absent fund expense reductions by the Investment Manager, and earnings credits, as applicable.

 

c

Net expense information reflects the expense ratios after voluntary expense waivers, reimbursements and custodian earnings credits, as applicable.

 

d

The financial highlights for Series Y as set forth herein exclude the historical financial highlights of Series G. The assets of Series G were acquired by Series Y on June 16, 2006. A total of $40,543,215 was excluded from purchases in the portfolio turnover calculation, which represents the cost of the securities Series Y received as a result of the merger.

See accompanying notes.

 

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     Series Z
Managers’ Commentary    (Alpha Opportunity Series)
February 15, 2007    (unaudited)

 

Advised by:         
   and    LOGO   

Subadvisor, Mainstream

Investment Advisers

LOGO         

 

LOGO   LOGO
Bill Jenkins   Mark Lamb
Co-Portfolio Manager   Co-Portfolio Manager

To Our Shareholders:

For the year ended December 31, 2006, Series Z of the SBL Fund - Alpha Opportunity Series total return was 13.13%, trailing the Series’ median peer group return of 13.92% and the 15.79% return for the costless S&P 500 Total Return Index. Although disappointed with the Series’ return that trailed its S&P 500 benchmark, we believe our investment approach delivers significant long-term value, as demonstrated by the Series’ cumulative total return of 60.72% since its July 7, 2003 inception, which exceeded the S&P 500’s Total Return by 10.27%.

During this period, the performance of the Series’ assets managed using the active value strategy underperformed the index, while the passive strategy of the Series performed as expected. The passive strategy replicates the index by investing in high-quality, short-term fixed income instruments and by being long the index futures. While the passive strategy provides the necessary liquidity, the active strategy focuses on adding long-term value while maintaining a risk profile that is less than the marketplace in general.

The 2006 underperformance of the Series’ assets managed using the active value strategy can be partially attributed to the strong rise in stocks in 2006 which made it difficult to make absolute return in the portfolio’s short positions. Further contributing to underperformance were the strong performances by non-theme sectors such as finance where we were not only underweighted but short in some portions.

The fundamental investment philosophy of the active value strategy rests first upon the belief that it is critical to identify the long-term investment theme governing the equity markets. These themes may persist for 15 to 20 years. Second, while we also believe that valuation adds important perspective to investment decisions, it is not an efficient means of timing purchase and sale decisions. We believe those decisions are best made using technical analysis. We believe technical analysis, the study of price trends, allows us to efficiently capture gains and avoid material losses. The third tenet of our philosophy is that changes in stock prices lead changes in fundamental corporate developments. A proactive asset management approach helps to keep our investment themes fresh and our risk levels moderate.

2006 was a year marked by great volatility. Our active value strategy investments in the Energy sector performed well as that sector returned over 22% during the year. Individual holdings remain broadly diversified within sector concentrations in Industrials and Materials of 23.5% and 22.5%, respectively. Our top five profitable positions were in these three sectors: McDermott in Energy; General Cable, Amphenol and Commscope in Industrials; and Votorantim Cellulose in Materials.

We were most disappointed in the short exposure of the active value strategy portfolio. It is very difficult to achieve an absolute positive return in a year when stocks record double digit gains. We ended the year at a low 4% short position, for the active value portion of the Series, primarily due to our constructive view of the 2007 market. The most disappointing short position for us was PNC Bank. Despite this disappointment, however, we remain negative on regional banks and select consumer stocks. Regional bank profits should continue to suffer from a competitive lending environment and an inverted yield curve. Subdued economic growth in 2007 will put added pressure on the consumer, negatively impacting the profits of restaurants and other retail companies.

We are optimistic on the outlook for stocks in 2007. Equity valuations in general remain fair across most sectors, with no individual sector appearing meaningfully overvalued. Also favoring stocks is the large amount of cash on the sidelines. These large cash positions, coupled with net equity exposures for long/short funds near historic lows, suggest stock prices will continue to trend higher in 2007. Fundamentally, the revision of third quarter GDP growth up from 1.6% to 2.0% leads us to believe that the U.S. economy is basing, thereby averting recession next year. This should allow for the resumption of the secular uptrend in commodities.

 

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     Series Z
Managers’ Commentary    (Alpha Opportunity Series)
February 15, 2007    (unaudited)

There continue to be opportunities within commodities and companies related to their production. In our active value strategy, we like a broad spectrum of agricultural related stocks ranging from seed producers, such as Monsanto, to makers of fertilizers, like Potash. The agricultural theme carries over into industrial companies such as Deere and Case New Holland. Current weakness in commodities may take awhile to work out. In the meantime, opportunities in transportation and infrastructure are being addressed.

 

All the best for 2007,
   
Mark Lamb
Co-Portfolio Manager
Security Management Company, LLC

 

   
William H. Jenkins
Mainstream Investment Advisers, LLC
(Sub-adviser for the active value portion of the Fund)

PERFORMANCE

Series Z vs. S&P 500 Index

LOGO

$10,000 Since Inception

The chart above assumes a hypothetical $10,000 investment in Series Z (Alpha Opportunity Series) on July 7, 2003 (date of inception), and reflects the fees and expenses of Series Z. The S&P 500 Index is a capitalization weighted index composed of 500 selected common stocks that represent the broad domestic economy and is a widely recognized unmanaged index of market performance.

Average Annual Returns

 

Periods Ended 12-31-061

  

1 Year

  

Since Inception (7-7-03)

Series Z

   13.13%    14.59%

 

1

Performance figures do not reflect fees and expenses associated with an investment in variable insurance products offered by Security Benefit Life Insurance Company. If returns had taken into account these fees and expenses, performance would have been lower. Shares of a Series of SBL Fund are available only through the purchase of such products.

The performance data quoted above represents past performance. Past performance is not predictive of future performance. The investment return and principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost.

Portfolio Composition by Sector*

 

Consumer Discretionary

   2.82 %

Consumer Staples

   0.67  

Energy

   4.55  

Financials

   (0.54 )

Industrials

   16.88  

Information Technology

   3.54  

Materials

   12.48  

Exchange Traded Funds

   0.03  

U.S. Agency Bonds & Notes

   41.24  

Cash & other assets, less liabilities

   18.33  

Total net assets

   100.00 %
      

 

* Securities sold short are netted with long positions in common stocks in the appropriate sectors.

See accompanying notes.

 

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   Series Z
Managers’ Commentary    (Alpha Opportunity Series)
December 31, 2006    (unaudited)

PERFORMANCE

Information About Your Series Expenses

Calculating your ongoing series expenses

Example

As a shareholder of the Series, you incur ongoing costs, including management fees and other series expenses. Performance figures and expense ratios do not reflect fees and expenses associated with an investment in variable insurance products. Shares of a Series of SBL Fund are available only through the purchase of such products. This example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Series and to compare these costs with ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds. The example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period, July 1, 2006 - December 31, 2006.

Actual Expenses

The first line in the table provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this table, 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.

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes

The second line in the table provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Series actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Series 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 the ongoing costs of investing in the Series and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other mutual funds.

Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any fees and expenses associated with an investment in variable insurance products. Therefore, the second line is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. In addition, if these fees and expenses associated with an investment in variable insurance products were included, your costs would have been higher.

Series Expenses

 

     Beginning
Account Value
07-01-06
   Ending
Account Value
12-31-061
   Expenses Paid
During
Period2

Series Z (Alpha Opportunity Series)

        

Actual

   $ 1,000.00    $ 1,052.80    $ 13.35

Hypothetical

     1,000.00      1,012.20      13.09

 

1

The actual ending account value is based on the actual total return of the Series for the period July 1, 2006 to December 31, 2006 after actual expenses and will differ from the hypothetical ending account value which is based on the Series expense ratio and a hypothetical annual return of 5% before expenses. The actual cumulative return at net asset value for the period July 1, 2006 to December 31, 2006 was 5.28%.

 

2

Expenses are equal to the Series annualized expense ratio of 2.58%, net of earnings credits, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 184/365 (to reflect the one-half year period).

 

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Schedule of Investments    Series Z (Alpha Opportunity Series)
December 31, 2006   

 

     Shares    Value

COMMON STOCK - 42.2%

     

Aerospace & Defense - 1.0%

     

Empresa Brasileira de Aeronautica S.A. ADR

   5,300    $ 219,473

Goodrich Corporation

   3,200      145,760
         
        365,233
         

Airlines - 1.9%

     

Continental Airlines, Inc. *

   2,700      111,375

Copa Holdings S.A.

   1,000      46,560

JetBlue Airways Corporation *

   17,300      245,660

US Airways Group, Inc. *

   5,700      306,945
         
        710,540
         

Apparel Retail - 0.3%

     

Guess ?, Inc. *

   1,800      114,174
         

Apparel, Accessories & Luxury Goods - 1.2%

     

Jones Apparel Group, Inc.

   10,300      344,329

Kellwood Company

   3,100      100,812
         
        445,141
         

Building Products - 0.3%

     

American Standard Companies, Inc.

   2,000      91,700
         

Commodity Chemicals - 0.0%

     

Lyondell Chemical Company

   600      15,342
         

Computer Hardware - 0.3%

     

Sun Microsystems, Inc. *

   18,200      98,644
         

Computer Storage & Peripherals - 0.9%

     

Imation Corporation

   6,700      311,081
         

Construction & Engineering - 2.9%

     

Chicago Bridge & Iron Company N.V.

   4,200      114,828

EMCOR Group, Inc. *

   2,400      136,440

Insituform Technologies, Inc. *

   4,200      108,612

URS Corporation *

   9,400      402,790

Washington Group International, Inc. *

   5,100      304,929
         
        1,067,599
         

Construction & Farm Machinery & Heavy Trucks - 3.8%

     

AGCO Corporation *

   7,900      244,426

American Railcar Industries, Inc.

   600      20,424

CNH Global N.V.

   500      13,650

Deere & Company (1)

   6,200      589,434

Lindsay Corporation

   12,400      404,860

Trinity Industries, Inc.

   3,400      119,680
         
        1,392,474
         

Construction Materials - 0.7%

     

Texas Industries, Inc.

   3,800      244,074
         

Diversified Chemicals - 0.3%

     

Dow Chemical Company

   2,500      99,850
         

Diversified Commercial & Professional Services - 0.3%

     

Ritchie Bros Auctioneers, Inc.

   2,000      107,080
         

Diversified Metals & Mining - 3.1%

     

AMCOL International Corporation

   2,400      66,576

Anglo American plc ADR

   9,300      227,013

Brush Engineered Materials, Inc. *

   1,400      47,278

Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold, Inc. (CI.B)

   7,400      412,402

Northern Orion Resources, Inc. *

   1,100      4,026

Peru Copper, Inc. *

   28,500      97,470

Teck Cominco, Ltd. (CI.B)

   2,900      218,515

Titanium Metals Corporation *

   1,600      47,216
         
        1,120,496
         

Electrical Components & Equipment - 2.1%

     

Belden CDT, Inc.

   3,200      125,088

General Cable Corporation *

   6,600      288,486

Thomas & Betts Corporation *

   7,500      354,600
         
        768,174
         

Environmental & Facilities Services - 0.5%

     

Allied Waste Industries, Inc. *

   3,100      38,099

Layne Christensen Company *

   1,500      49,245

Waste Connections, Inc. *

   2,200      91,410
         
        178,754
         

Exchange Traded Funds - 0.0%

     

PowerShares DB Commodity Index Tracking Fund

   400      9,832
         

Fertilizers & Agricultural Chemicals - 3.8%

     

Agrium, Inc.

   1,700      53,533

Mosaic Company *

   3,400      72,624

Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan, Inc. (1)

   6,500      932,620

Sociedad Quimicay Minera de Chile S.A. ADR

   2,400      325,368
         
        1,384,145
         

General Merchandise Stores - 0.2%

     

Dollar General Corporation

   4,200      67,452
         

Gold - 1.3%

     

Barrick Gold Corporation

   5,600      171,920

Bema Gold Corporation *

   2,600      13,650

Miramar Mining Corporation *

   2,500      11,300

Randgold Resources, Ltd. ADR *

   12,600      295,596
         
        492,466
         

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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December 31, 2006 - continued   

 

     Shares    Value

COMMON STOCK (continued)

     

Homefurnishing Retail - 1.2%

     

Bed Bath & Beyond, Inc. *

     11,200    $ 426,720
         

Hotels, Resorts & Cruise Lines - 0.4%

     

Lodgian, Inc. *

     1,600      21,760

Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc.

     1,800      112,500
         
        134,260
         

Industrial Conglomerates - 0.5%

     

McDermott International, Inc. *

     3,400      172,924
         

Industrial Gases - 0.2%

     

Praxair, Inc.

     1,000      59,330
         

Industrial Machinery - 2.1%

     

Ampco-Pittsburgh Corporation

     3,300      110,484

Badger Meter, Inc.

     400      11,080

Barnes Group, Inc.

     3,900      84,825

Nordson Corporation

     1,100      54,813

Valmont Industries, Inc.

     9,200      510,508
         
        771,710
         

Integrated Oil & Gas - 1.8%

     

Imperial Oil, Ltd.

     600      22,098

Suncor Energy, Inc. (1)

     8,100      639,171
         
        661,269
         

Marine - 0.6%

     

Kirby Corporation *

     5,900      201,367
         

Office Electronics - 0.2%

     

Xerox Corporation *

     5,300      89,835
         

Oil & Gas Drilling - 0.8%

     

ENSCO International, Inc.

     2,200      110,132

Pride International, Inc. *

     1,000      30,000

Rowan Companies, Inc.

     4,400      146,080
         
        286,212
         

Oil & Gas Equipment & Services - 0.7%

     

Lone Star Technologies, Inc. *

     5,400      261,414
         

Oil & Gas Exploration & Production - 0.9%

     

Devon Energy Corporation

     4,900      328,692
         

Oil & Gas Storage & Transportation - 0.3%

     

Tsakos Energy Navigation, Ltd.

     2,600      119,340
         

Packaged Foods & Meats - 0.3%

     

Dean Foods Company *

     2,400      101,472

Perdigao S.A. ADR *

     400      11,028
         
        112,500
         

Paper Products - 1.4%

     

Aracruz Celulose S.A. ADR

     1,900      116,356

Stora Enso Oyj ADR

     3,800      60,002

Votorantim Celulose e Papel S.A. ADR

     16,800      329,448
         
        505,806
         

Personal Products - 0.4%

     

Estee Lauder Companies, Inc.

     3,200      130,624
         

Precious Metals & Minerals - 0.3%

     

Coeur d’Alene Mines Corporation *

     2,900      14,355

Stillwater Mining Company *

     6,200      77,438
         
        91,793
         

Real Estate Management & Development - 0.3%

     

Brookfield Asset Management, Inc.

     2,500      120,450
         

Semiconductor Equipment - 0.2%

     

MEMC Electronic Materials, Inc. *

     2,300      90,022
         

Semiconductors - 0.1%

     

Volterra Semiconductor Corporation *

     2,100      31,500
         

Specially Chemicals - 0.5%

     

Chemtura Corporation

     14,900      143,487

Nalco Holding Company *

     2,800      57,288
         
        200,775
         

Steel - 0.9%

     

Gerdau Ameristeel Corporation

     2,000      17,840

Reliance Steel & Aluminum Company

     1,700      66,946

Steel Technologies, Inc.

     14,100      247,455
         
        332,241
         

Technology Distributors - 2.2%

     

Anixter International, Inc. * (1)

     14,900      809,070
         

Trading Companies & Distributors - 1.0%

     

UAP Holding Corporation

     14,200      357,556
         

TOTAL COMMON STOCK (Cost $15,632,007)

      $ 15,379,661
         
     Principal
Amount
   Value

U.S. GOVERNMENT SPONSORED AGENCY BONDS & NOTES - 41.2%

     

Federal Farm Credit Discount Note

     

5.13% - 2007 (1)

   $ 1,150,000      1,147,866

Federal Home Loan Bank

     

5.125% - 2007 (1)

     725,000      716,338

5.14% - 2007 (1)

     375,000      372,382

5.14% - 2007 (1)

     1,000,000      992,732

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation

     

5.087% - 2007 (2)

     2,975,000      2,972,450

5.125% - 2007 (1)

     200,000      198,379

5.143% - 2007 (1)

     300,000      298,547

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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Schedule of Investments    Series Z (Alpha Opportunity Series)
December 31, 2006 - continued   

 

     Principal
Amount
   Value

U.S. GOVERNMENT SPONSORED AGENCY BONDS & NOTES (continued)

     

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (continued)

     

5.16% - 2007 (1)

   $ 475,000    $ 471,277

5.155% - 2007 (1)

     350,000      346,565

Federal National Mortgage Association

     

5.115% - 2007 (1)

     2,017,000      2,017,000

5.13% - 2007 (1)

     1,550,000      1,544,910

5.14% - 2007 (1)

     700,000      697,107

5.14% - 2007 (1)

     250,000      248,753

5.14% - 2007 (1)

     1,200,000      1,192,818

5.15% - 2007 (1)

     575,000      573,276

5.145% - 2007 (1)

     175,000      173,581

5.152% - 2007 (1)

     575,000      569,848

5.16% - 2007 (1)

     500,000      494,525
         

TOTAL U.S. GOVERNMENT SPONSORED AGENCY BONDS & NOTES (Cost $15,023,912)

      $ 15,028,354
         

Total Investments (SBL Z Fund) (Cost $30,655,919) - 83.4%

      $ 30,408,015

Other Assets in Excess of Liabilities - 16.6%

        6.034.151
         

TOTAL NET ASSETS - 100.0%

      $ 36,442,166
         

Schedule of Securities Sold Short

December 31, 2006

SBL Z Fund

 

     Shares     Value  

COMMON STOCK - (1.8)%

    

Asset Management & Custody Banks - (0.2)%

    

Calamos Asset Management, Inc.

   (2,100 )   $ (56,343 )
          

Building Products - (0.1)%

    

Griffon Corporation *

   (1,000 )     (25,500 )
          

Computer & Electronics Retail - (0.3)%

    

RadioShack Corporation

   (6,500 )     (109,070 )
          

Electronic Equipment Manufacturers - 0.0%

    

AU Optronics Corporation ADR

   (500 )     (6,905 )
          

Regional Banks - (0.7)%

    

Sterling Bancorp

   (2,900 )     (57,130 )

UnionBanCal Corporation

   (500 )     (30,625 )

Zions Bancorporation

   (1,900 )     (156,636 )
          
       (244,391 )
          

Restaurants - (0.1)%

    

Wendy’s International, Inc.

   (1,500 )     (49,635 )
          

Semiconductor Equipment - (0.2)%

    

Rudolph Technologies, Inc. *

   (4,400 )     (70,048 )
          

Systems Software - (0.2)%

    

CA, Inc.

   (3,100 )     (70,215 )
          

Thrifts & Mortgage Finance - 0.0%

    

Flagstar Bancorp, Inc.

   (1,000 )     (14,840 )
          

TOTAL COMMON STOCK (Proceeds $641,909)

       (646,947 )
          

Total Securities Sold Short (SBL Z Fund) (Proceeds $641,909)

       (646,947 )
          

Footnotes

Percentages are stated as a percent of net assets.

For federal income tax purposes the identified cost of investments owned at 12/31/2006 was $30,738,165.

 

* - Non-income producing security

 

1 - Security is segregated as collateral for open futures contracts.

 

2 - Security is segregated as collateral for short positions.

 

Glossary:

 

ADR - American Depositary Receipt

 

plc - Public Limited Company

See notes to financial statements.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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Series Z

(Alpha Opportunity Series)

Statement of Assets and Liabilities

December 31, 2006

 

Assets:

  

Investments, at value1

   $ 30,408,015  

Cash

     6,192,633  

Receivables:

  

Fund shares sold

     57,395  

Securities sold

     3,254,705  

Dividends

     11,925  

Prepaid expenses

     1,865  
        

Total assets

     39,926,538  
        

Liabilities:

  

Securities sold short, at value2

     646,947  

Payable for:

  

Securities purchased

     2,638,087  

Fund shares redeemed

     55,577  

Variation margin in futures

     57,756  

Management fees

     61,782  

Transfer agent/maintenance fees

     2,083  

Administration fees

     6,034  

Professional fees

     14,245  

Directors’ fees

     500  

Other fees

     1,361  
        

Total liabilities

     3,484,372  
        

Net Assets

   $ 36,442,166  
        

Net assets consist of:

  

Paid in capital

   $ 32,916,558  

Undistributed net realized gain on sale of investments, futures and securities sold short

     3,781,561  

Net unrealized depreciation in value of investments, futures and securities sold short

     (255,953 )
        

Net assets

   $ 36,442,166  
        

Capital shares authorized

     unlimited  

Capital shares outstanding

     2,611,313  

Net asset value per share (net assets divided by shares outstanding)

   $ 13.96  
        

1Investments, at cost

   $ 30,655,919  

2Securites sold short, at proceeds

     641,909  

Statement of Operations

For the Year Ended December 31, 2006

 

Investment Income:

  

Dividends

   $ 156,474  

Interest

     622,197  
        

Total investment income

     778,671  
        

Expenses:

  

Management fees

     646,278  

Custodian fees

     56,134  

Transfer agent/maintenance fees

     25,104  

Administration fees

     49,468  

Directors’ fees

     1,299  

Professional fees

     23,603  

Reports to shareholders

     4,073  

Other expenses

     1,001  

Dividends on securities sold short

     27,219  
        

Total expenses

     834,179  
        

Less: Earnings credits applied

     (47,753 )
        

Net expenses

     786,426  
        

Net investment loss

     (7,755 )
        

Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss):

  

Net realized gain (loss) during the year on:

  

Investments

     3,008,951  

Futures

     1,135,612  

Securities sold short

     (431,843 )
        

Net realized gain

     3,712,720  
        

Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) during the year on:

  

Investments

     (169,373 )

Futures

     132,809  

Securities sold short

     (5,038 )
        

Net unrealized depreciation

     (41,602 )
        

Net realized and unrealized gain

     3,671,118  
        

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

   $ 3,663,363  
        

See accompanying notes.

 

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   Series Z
Statement of Changes in Net Assets    (Alpha Opportunity Series)

 

     Year Ended
December 31, 2006
    Year Ended
December 31, 2005
 

Increase (decrease) in net assets from operations:

    

Net investment loss

   $ (7,755 )   $ (45,586 )

Net realized gain during the year on investments, futures, and securities sold short

     3,712,720       2,178,395  

Net unrealized depreciation during the year on investments, futures, and securities sold short

     (41,602 )     (576,530 )
                

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

     3,663,363       1,556,279  
                

Capital share transactions:

    

Proceeds from sale of shares

     19,973,403       14,871,584  

Cost of shares redeemed

     (12,854,101 )     (9,929,853 )
                

Net increase from capital share transactions

     7,119,302       4,941,731  
                

Net increase in net assets

     10,782,665       6,498,010  
                

Net assets:

    

Beginning of year

     25,659,501       19,161,491  
                

End of year

   $ 36,442,166     $ 25,659,501  
                

Accumulated net investment loss at end of year

   $ —       $ —    
                

Capital Share Activity:

    

Shares sold

     1,505,711       1,269,271  

Shares redeemed

     (973,096 )     (846,525 )
                

Total capital share activity

     532,615       422,746  
                

See accompanying notes.

 

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Financial Highlights    Series Z
Selected data for each share of capital stock outstanding throughout each period    (Alpha Opportunity Series)

 

     Period Ended, December 31,  
     2006     2005     2004     2003d  

Per Share Data

        

Net asset value, beginning of period

   $ 12.34     $ 11.57     $ 11.18     $ 10.00  
                                

Income (loss) from investment operations:

        

Net investment income (loss)

     —         (0.02 )     (0.07 )     (0.06 )

Net gain (loss) on securities (realized and unrealized)

     1.62       0.79       1.42       1.88  
                                

Total from investment operations

     1.62       0.77       1.35       1.82  
                                

Less distributions:

        

Distributions from realized gains

     —         —         (0.96 )     (0.64 )
                                

Total distributions

     —         —         (0.96 )     (0.64 )
                                

Net asset value, end of period

   $ 13.96     $ 12.34     $ 11.57     $ 11.18  
                                

Total Returna

     13.13 %     6.66 %     12.58 %     18.33 %
                                

Ratios/Supplemental Data

        

Net assets, end of period (in thousands)

   $ 36,442     $ 25,660     $ 19,161     $ 6,738  
                                

Ratios to average net assets:

        

Net investment loss

     (0.03 %)     (0.21 %)     (1.12 %)     (1.33 %)

Total expensesb

     2.94 %     2.50 %     2.78 %     2.62 %

Net expensesc

     2.62 %     2.50 %     2.57 %     2.50 %

Expenses prior to custodian earnings credits and net of expense waivers

     2.78 %     2.50 %     2.57 %     2.52 %

Net expenses prior to performance fee adjustmente

     2.47 %     2.47 %     —         —    
                                

Portfolio turnover rate

     1,285 %     1,509 %     1,054 %     966 %

 

a

Total return does not take into account any of the expenses associated with an investment in variable insurance products offered by Security Benefit Life Insurance Company. If total return had taken into account these expenses, performance would have been lower. Shares of a series of SBL Fund are available only through the purchase of such products.

 

b

Total expense information reflects expense ratios absent fund expense reductions by the Investment Manager, and earnings credits, as applicable.

 

c

Net expense information reflects the expense ratios after voluntary expense waivers, reimbursements and custodian earnings credits, as applicable.

 

d

Series Z was initially capitalized on July 7, 2003 with a net asset value of $10 per share. Percentage amounts for the period, except for total return, have been annualized.

 

e

Net expenses prior to performance fee adjustment reflect ratios after voluntary expense waivers, reimbursements, custodian earnings credits, and before performance fee adjustments, as applicable.

See accompanying notes.

 

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Notes to Financial Statements

December 31, 2006

 

1. Significant Accounting Policies

SBL Fund (The Fund) is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, as an open-end management investment company of the series type. Each series, in effect, represents a separate fund. The Fund is required to account for the assets of each series separately and to allocate general liabilities of the Fund to each series based on the net asset value of each series. Shares of the Fund will be sold only to separate accounts of Security Benefit Life Insurance Company (SBL). The following is a summary of the significant accounting policies followed by the Fund in the preparation of its financial statements.

A. Security Valuation - Valuations of the Fund’s securities are supplied by pricing services approved by the Board of Directors. The Fund’s officers, under the general supervision of the Board of Directors, regularly review procedures used by, and valuations provided by, the pricing services. Each security owned by a Fund that is listed on a securities exchange is valued at its last sale price on that exchange on the date as of which assets are valued. Where the security is listed on more than one exchange, the Fund will use the price of that exchange that it generally considers to be the principal exchange on which the stock is traded. Securities listed on the Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc. (“Nasdaq”) will be valued at the Nasdaq Official Closing Price. Securities for which market quotations are not readily available are valued by a pricing service considering securities with similar yields, quality, type of issue, coupon, duration and rating. If there is no bid price or if the bid price is deemed to be unsatisfactory by the Board of Directors or by the Fund's investment manager, then the securities are valued in good faith by such method as the Board of Directors determines will reflect the fair value. If events occur after the close of a foreign exchange that will affect the value of a fund’s portfolio securities before the time as of which the NAV is calculated (a “significant event”), the security will generally be priced using a fair value procedure. If the Valuation Committee determines a significant event has occurred, it will evaluate the impact of that event on an affected security or securities, to determine whether a fair value adjustment would materially affect the Fund’s net asset value per share. Some of the factors which may be considered by the Board of Directors in determining fair value are fundamental analytical data relating to the investment; the nature and duration of any restrictions on disposition; trading in similar securities of the same issuer or comparable companies; information from broker-dealers; and an evaluation of the forces that influence the market in which the securities are purchased and sold. The Fund generally will value short-term debt securities at prices based on market quotations for such securities or securities of similar type, yield, quality and duration, except those securities purchased with 60 days or less to maturity are valued on the basis of amortized cost which approximates market value.

Generally, trading in foreign securities markets is substantially completed each day at various times prior to the close of the New York Stock Exchange. The values of foreign securities are determined as of the close of such foreign markets or the close of the New York Stock Exchange, if earlier. All investments quoted in foreign currency are valued in U.S. dollars on the basis of the foreign currency exchange rates prevailing at the close of business. Investments in foreign securities may involve risks not present in domestic investments. The Valuation Committee will determine the current value of such foreign securities by taking into consideration certain factors which may include those discussed above, as well as the following factors, among others: the value of the securities traded on other foreign markets, ADR trading, closed-end fund trading, foreign currency exchange activity, and the trading prices of financial products that are tied to foreign securities such as WEBS®. In addition, the Board of Directors has authorized the Valuation Committee and Administrator to use prices and other information supplied by Interactive Data Corporation’s Fair Value Information Service in valuing foreign securities. Since foreign securities may be denominated in a foreign currency and involve settlement and pay interest or dividends in foreign currencies, changes in the relationship of these foreign currencies to the U.S. dollar can significantly affect the value of the investments and earnings of the Fund. Foreign investments may also subject the Series to foreign government exchange restrictions, expropriation, taxation or other political, social or economic developments, all of which could affect the market value and/or credit risk of the investments.

The senior floating rate interests (loans) in which Series P invests are not listed on any securities exchange or board of trade. Accordingly, determinations of the value of loans may be based on infrequent and dated trades. Typically loans are valued using information provided by an independent third party pricing service. If the pricing service cannot or does not provide a valuation for a particular loan or such valuation is deemed unreliable, such loan is fair valued. In determining fair value, consideration is given to several factors, which may include, among others, one or more of the following: the fundamental business data relating to the issuer or borrower; an evaluation of the forces which influence the market in which these loans are purchased and sold; type of holding; financial statements of the borrower; cost at date of purchase; size of holding; credit worthiness and cash flow of issuer; information as to any transactions in, or offers for, the holding; price and extent of public trading in similar securities (or equity securities) of the issuer/borrower, or comparable companies; coupon payments; quality, value and saleability of collateral securing the loan; business prospects of the issuer/borrower, including any ability to obtain money or resources from a parent or affiliate; the portfolio manager’s and/or the market’s assessment of the borrower’s management; prospects for the borrower’s industry, and multiples (of earnings and/or cash flow) being paid for similar businesses in that industry; borrower’s competitive position within the industry; borrower’s ability to access additional liquidity through public and/or private markets; and other relevant factors.

B. Repurchase Agreements - In connection with transactions in repurchase agreements, it is the Fund’s policy that its custodian take possession of the underlying collateral and that the fair value of the collateral exceed the principal amount of the repurchase transaction, including accrued interest, at all times. If the seller defaults, and the fair value of the collateral declines, realization of the collateral by the Funds may be delayed or limited.

 

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Notes to Financial Statements

December 31, 2006

 

C. Foreign Currency Transactions – The accounting records of the Fund are maintained in U.S. dollars. All assets and liabilities initially expressed in foreign currencies are converted into U.S. dollars at prevailing exchange rates. Purchases and sales of investment securities, dividend and interest income, and certain expenses are translated at the rates of exchange prevailing on the respective dates of such transactions.

The Fund does not isolate that portion of the results of operations resulting from changes in the foreign exchange rates on investments from the fluctuations arising from changes in the market prices of securities held. Such fluctuations are included with the net realized and unrealized gain or loss on investments.

Net realized foreign exchange gains and losses arise from sales of portfolio securities, sales of foreign currencies, and the difference between asset and liability amounts initially stated in foreign currencies and the U.S. dollar value of the amounts actually received or paid. Net unrealized foreign exchange gains or losses arise from changes in the value of other assets and liabilities at the end of the reporting period, resulting from changes in the exchange rates.

D. Forward Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts – The Fund may enter into forward foreign exchange contracts in order to manage foreign currency risk from purchase or sale of securities denominated in foreign currency. A series may also enter into such contracts to manage the effect of changes in foreign currency exchange rates on portfolio positions. These contracts are marked to market daily, by recognizing the difference between the contract exchange rate and the current market rate as unrealized gains or losses. Realized gains or losses are recognized when contracts are settled and are reflected in the Statement of Operations. These contracts involve market risk in excess of the amount reflected in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. The face or contract amount in U.S. dollars reflects the total exposure these funds have in that particular currency contract. Losses may arise due to changes in the value of the foreign currency or if the counterparty does not perform under the contract.

E. Futures The Fund may utilize futures contracts to a limited extent, with the objectives of maintaining full exposure to the underlying stock market, enhancing returns, maintaining liquidity, minimizing transaction costs and hedging possible variations in foreign exchange rates. The Fund may purchase or sell financial and foreign currency futures contracts to immediately position incoming cash in the market, thereby simulating a fully invested position in the underlying index while maintaining a cash balance for liquidity. In the event of redemptions, the series may pay from its cash balances and reduce its future positions accordingly. Returns may be enhanced by purchasing futures contracts instead of the underlying securities when futures are believed to be priced more attractively than the underlying securities. The primary risks associated with the use of futures contracts are imperfect correlation between changes in market values of stocks contained in the indexes and the prices of futures contracts, and the possibility of an illiquid market. Futures contracts are valued based upon their quoted daily settlement prices. Upon entering into a futures contract, the series are required to deposit and maintain as collateral either cash or securities, representing the initial margin, equal to a certain percentage of the contract value. Cash deposits are shown as restricted cash on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities; securities held as collateral are noted in the Schedule of Investments. Subsequent changes in the value of the contract are recorded as unrealized gains or losses. The variation margin is paid or received in cash daily by the series. The series realizes a gain or loss when the contract is closed or expires.

F. Options Written – The Fund may purchase put and call options and write such options on a covered basis on securities that are traded on recognized securities exchanges and over-the-counter markets. Call and put options on securities give the holder the right to purchase or sell (and the writer the obligation to sell or purchase), respectively, a security at a specified price, until a certain date. Options may be used to hedge the series portfolio, to increase returns or to maintain exposure to the equity markets. The primary risks associated with the use of options are an imperfect correlation between the change in market value of the securities held by the series and the price of the option, the possibility of an illiquid market, and the inability of the counterparty to meet the terms of the contract.

The premium received for a written option is recorded as an asset with an equal liability which is marked to market based on the option’s quoted daily settlement price. Fluctuations in the value of such instruments are recorded as unrealized appreciation (depreciation) until terminated, at which time realized gains and losses are recognized.

G. Security Transactions and Investment Income – Security transactions are accounted for on the date the securities are purchased or sold (trade date). Realized gains and losses are reported on an identified cost basis. Dividend income is accrued as of the ex-dividend date, except that certain dividends for foreign securities where the ex-dividend date may have passed are recorded as soon as the fund is informed of the dividend in the exercise of reasonable diligence. Interest income is recognized on the accrual basis including the amortization of premiums and accretion of discounts on debt securities.

H. Expenses – Expenses that are directly related to one of the series are charged directly to that series. Other operating expenses are allocated to the series on the basis of relative net assets within the Fund.

I. Distributions to Shareholders – Distributions to shareholders are recorded on the ex-dividend date. The character of distributions made during the year from net investment income or net realized gains may differ from their ultimate characterization for federal income tax purposes.

J. Taxes – The Fund intends to comply with the requirements of the Internal Revenue Code applicable to regulated investment companies and distribute all of its taxable net income and net realized gains sufficient to relieve it from all, or substantially all, federal income, excise and state income taxes. Therefore, no provision for federal or state income tax is required.

 

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K. Earnings Credits Under the fee agreement with the custodian, the Fund may earn credits based on overnight custody cash balances. These credits are utilized to reduce related custodial expenses. The custodian fees disclosed in the Statement of Operations are before the reduction in expense from the related earnings credits.

L. Use of Estimates – The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles requires management to make 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.

M. Securities Sold Short – Certain of the Series may make short sales “against the box,” in which the Series enters into a short sale of a security it owns. At no time will more than 15% of the value of the Series’ net assets be in deposits on short sales against the box. If a Series makes a short sale, the Series does not immediately deliver from its own account the securities sold and does not receive the proceeds from the sale. To complete the sale, the Series must borrow the security (generally from the broker through which the short sale is made) in order to make delivery to the buyer. The Series must replace the security borrowed by purchasing it at the market price at the time of replacement or delivering the security from its own portfolio. The Series is said to have a “short position” in securities sold until it delivers them to the broker, at which time it receives the proceeds of the sale. Certain Series may make short sales that are not “against the box,” which create opportunities to increase the Series’ return but, at the same time, involve specific risk considerations and may be considered a speculative technique. Such short sales theoretically involve unlimited loss potential, as the market price of securities sold short may continually increase, although a Series may mitigate such losses by replacing the securities sold short before the market price has increased significantly. For financial statement purposes, an amount equal to the settlement amount is included in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities as an asset and an equivalent liability. The amount of the liability is subsequently marked-to-market to reflect the current value of the short position. Subsequent fluctuations in the market prices of securities sold, but not yet purchased, may require purchasing the securities at prices which differ from the market value reflected on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. The Series are liable for any dividends or interest payable on securities while those securities are in a short position. As collateral for its short positions, the Series are required under the Investment Company Act of 1940 to maintain segregated assets consisting of cash, cash equivalents or liquid securities. These segregated assets are valued consistent with Note 1a above. These segregated assets are required to be adjusted daily to reflect changes in the market value of the securities sold short.

N. Indemnifications Under the Fund’s organizational documents, its Officers and Directors 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 enters into contracts that provide general indemnification to other parties. The Fund’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown as this would involve future claims that may be made against the Fund that have not yet occurred, and may not occur. However, the Fund has not had prior claims or losses pursuant to these contracts and expects the risk of loss to be remote.

O. Recent Accounting Pronouncements – On July 13, 2006, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) released FASB interpretation No. 48, “Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes” (“FIN 48”). FIN 48 provides guidance for how uncertain tax positions should be recognized, measured, presented and disclosed in the financial statements. FIN 48 requires the evaluation of tax positions taken or expected to e taken in the course of preparing the Company’s tax returns to determine whether the tax positions are “more-likely-than-not” of being sustained by the applicable tax authority. Tax positions not deemed to meet the more-likely-than-not threshold would be recorded as a tax benefit or expense in the current year. Adoption of FIN 48 is required for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2006 but not before its last NAV calculation in the first required financial statement reporting period for its fiscal year beginning after December 15, 2006 and is to be applied to all open tax years as of the effective date. At this time, management is evaluating the implication of FIN 48 and its impact in the financial statements has not yet been determined.

In September 2006, FASB issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 157, “Fair Value Measurements” (FAS 157). This standard clarifies the definition of fair value for financial reporting, establishes a framework for measuring fair value and requires additional disclosure about the use of fair value requirements. FAS 157 is effective for financial statements issued for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2007 and interim periods within those fiscal years. As of December 31, 2006, the Fund is currently evaluating the impact of FAS 157.

P. Senior Loans – Senior loans in which certain of the Series invests generally pay interest rates which are periodically adjusted by reference to short-term, floating rate plus a premium. These base lending rates are generally (i) the lending rate offered by one or more major European banks, such as the London Inter-Bank Offered Rate (LIBOR), (ii) the prime rate offered by one or more major United States banks, or (iii) the bank’s certificate of deposit rate. Senior floating rate interests often require prepayments from excess cash flows or permit the borrower to repay at its election. The rate at which the borrower repays cannot be predicted with accuracy. As a result, the actual remaining maturity may be substantially less than the stated maturities shown. The interest rate indicated is the rate in effect at December 31, 2006.

 

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2. Management fees and other transactions with affiliates

Management fees are paid monthly to Security Management Company, LLC (SMC), based on the following annual rates:

 

     Management
Fees (as a %
of net assets)
    Management
Fee Waivers
(as a % of
net assets)

Series A (Equity Series)

   0.75 %   N/A

Series B (Large Cap Value Series)

   0.65     N/A

Series C (Money Market Series)

   0.50     N/A

Series D (Global Series)

   1.00     N/A

Series E (Diversified Income Series)

   0.75     0.15

Series H (Enhanced Index Series)

   0.75     0.25

Series J (Mid Cap Growth Series)

   0.75     N/A

Series N (Managed Asset Allocation Series)

   1.00     N/A

Series O (Equity Income Series)

   1.00     N/A

Series P (High Yield Series)

   0.75     N/A

Series Q (Small Cap Value Series)

   1.00     N/A

Series V (Mid Cap Value Series)

   0.75     N/A

Series X (Small Cap Growth Series)

   1.00     N/A

Series Y (Select 25 Series)

   0.75     N/A

Series Z (Alpha Opportunity Series)*

   2.15 1   N/A

 

* Series Z’s management fee will range from 1.25% to 2.75% of average daily net assets as discussed below.

 

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SMC receives a management fee from Series Z that consists of two components. The first component is an annual base fee equal to 2.00% of Series Z’s average daily net assets. The second component is a base fee adjustment that either increases or decreases the base fee, depending on how Series Z performed relative to the S&P 500 Index over the prior 12-month period (the “Measuring Period”). SMC will receive the base fee of 2.00% without adjustment if the performance of Series Z matches the performance of the S&P 500 Index. The maximum base fee adjustment at each calculation period is 0.75% up or down in the event that Series Z outperforms or underperforms the S&P 500 Index by 15% or more. SMC calculates the base fee adjustment each month based upon Series Z’s performance relative to the S&P 500 Index during the Performance Period ending on the last day of the month. If Series Z outperforms the S&P 500 Index over the Measuring Period, the base fee is adjusted upward. The upward adjustment is equal to the amount by which Series Z’s performance exceeds that of the S&P 500 Index divided by 15 and multiplied by the average daily net assets of Series Z during the Measuring Period to determine the base fee adjustment for the month. If Series Z underperforms the Index, the base fee is adjusted downward on the same basis. SMC will determine the dollar amount of any performance adjustment each month by multiplying the adjustment percentage by the average daily net assets of Series Z during the Measuring Period and dividing by that number by the number of days in the Measuring Period and then multiplying that amount by the number of days in the current month.

SMC also acts as the administrative agent and transfer agent for the Fund, and as such performs administrative functions, transfer agency and dividend disbursing services, and the bookkeeping, accounting and pricing functions for each series. For these services, the Investment Manager receives the following:

 

     Administrative Fees
(as a % of net assets)*
 

Series A (Equity Series)

   0.095 %

Series B (Large Cap Value Series)

   0.095  

Series C (Money Market Series)

   0.095  

Series D (Global Series)

   0.150  

Series E (Diversified Income Series)

   0.095  

Series H (Enhanced Index Series)

   0.095  

Series J (Mid Cap Growth Series)

   0.095  

Series N (Managed Asset Allocation Series)

   0.150  

Series O (Equity Income Series)

   0.095  

Series P (High Yield Series)

   0.095  

Series Q (Small Cap Value Series)

   0.095  

Series V (Mid Cap Value Series)

   0.095  

Series X (Small Cap Growth Series)

   0.095  

Series Y (Select 25 Series)

   0.095  

Series Z (Alpha Opportunity Series)

   0.150  

 

* The minimum annual charge for administrative fees is $25,000 for Series A, B, C, E, H, J, O, P, Q, V, X, Y and Z and $60,000 for Series D and N.

SMC is paid the following for providing transfer agent services to the Fund:

 

Annual charge per account

   $ 5.00 - $8.00

Transaction fee

   $ 0.60 -$1.10

Minimum annual charge per series

   $ 25,000

Certain out-of-pocket charges

     Varies

The investment advisory contract between the Fund and SMC provides that the total annual expenses of each series (including management fees, but excluding interest, taxes, brokerage commissions and extraordinary expenses) will not exceed the level of expenses which the series is permitted to bear under the most restrictive expense limitation imposed by any state in which shares of the Fund are then offered for sale. For the year ended December 31, 2006, SMC agreed to limit the total expenses for Series P, V and X to an annual rate of 2% of the average daily net asset value of each respective series, and limit Series H, Q and Y to an annual rate of 1.75%. SMC has agreed to limit the total other expenses for Series Z to 0.50%.

At December 31, 2006, Security Benefit Life Insurance Company, through their insurance company separate accounts, owned 100% of the outstanding shares of each Series of the Fund, except for Series P in which it owned 99%.

 

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3. Unrealized Appreciation/Depreciation

For federal income tax purposes, the amounts of unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments at December 31, 2006, were as follows:

 

     Gross
unrealized
appreciation
   Gross
unrealized
(depreciation)
    Net unrealized
appreciation
(depreciation)
 

Series A
(Equity)

   $ 102,291,232    $ (18,968,201 )   $ 83,323,031  

Series B
(Large Cap Value)

     102,885,813      (1,154,319 )     101,731,494  

Series C
(Money Market)

     6,903      (2,752 )     4,151  

Series D
(Global)

     180,148,650      (6,218,217 )     173,930,433  

Series E
(Diversified Income)

     260,906      (2,700,613 )     (2,439,707 )

Series H
(Enhanced Index)

     9,836,898      (1,321,415 )     8,515,483  

Series J
(Mid Cap Growth)

     107,612,153      (33,512,542 )     74,099,611  

Series N
(Managed Asset Allocation)

     13,195,817      (1,766,043 )     11,429,774  

Series O
(Equity Income)

     59,392,156      (5,648,369 )     53,743,787  

Series P
(High Yield)

     3,808,267      (2,290,089 )     1,518,178  

Series Q
(Small Cap Value)

     39,441,814      (3,902,356 )     35,539,458  

Series V
(Mid Cap Value)

     126,436,208      (13,092,507 )     113,343,701  

Series X
(Small Cap Growth)

     10,891,692      (1,576,476 )     9,315,216  

Series Y
(Select 25)

     14,684,897      (2,008,417 )     12,676,480  

Series Z
(Alpha Opportunity)

     61,680      (391,830 )     (330,150 )

 

4. Restricted Securities

As of December 31, 2006, the following funds contained restricted securities. Market value, cost, percentage of total net assets and acquisition dates are as follows:

 

     Number of
Shares
   Price Per
Share
   Market
Value
   Cost    % of
Net Assets
    Acquisition
Dates

Series J

                

ThermoEnergy Corporation PIPE

   1,380,000    $ 0.14    $ 193,200    $ 1,302,103    0.1 %   07-14-05

ThermoEnergy Corporation Warrant

   1,380,000      0.0449      61,962      353,897    0.0 %   07-14-05

Series V

                

ThermoEnergy Corporation PIPE

   1,130,000      0.14      158,200      1,066,215    0.1 %   07-14-05

ThermoEnergy Corporation Warrant

   1,130,000      0.0449      50,737      289,785    0.0 %   07-14-05

These securities have been valued after considering certain pertinent factors, including the results of operations since the date of purchase, and the recent sales price of its common stock. No quoted market price exists for these shares. It is possible that the estimated value may differ significantly from the amount that might ultimately be realized in the near term, and difference could be material.

 

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5. Fair Valued Securities

As of December 31, 2006, the following Series contained securities that were valued using procedures approved by the Board of Directors. Market value, cost and percentage of total net assets are as follows:

 

     Market
Value
   % of
Net Assets
 

Series C

   $ 4,089,050    4.1 %

Series D

     5,591,492    1.0 %

Series E

     —      0.0 %

Series J

     973,559    0.3 %

Series N

     175,198    0.2 %

Series P

     148,225    0.1 %

Series V

     833,554    0.2 %

 

6. Illiquid Securities

As of December 31, 2006, the following Series contained securities that were considered illiquid. Market value, cost and percentage of total net assets are as follows:

 

    

Market

Value

   Cost    % of
Net Assets
 

Series E

   $ —      $ 500,000    0.0 %

Series H

     341      529    0.0 %

Series J

     17,855,633      30,572,514    4.7 %

Series N

     1,110,498      1,121,209    1.1 %

Series P

     —        1,463,258    0.0 %

Series V

     4,837,390      6,027,030    1.1 %

 

7. 144A Securities

As of December 31, 2006, the following Series contained securities that were considered 144A securities. Market value, cost and percentage of total net assets are as follows:

 

    

Market

Value

   Cost    % of
Net Assets
 

Series C

   $ 1,550,970    $ 1,550,805    1.6 %

Series E

     13,157,369      13,140,000    8.7 %

Series N

     2,145,936      2,113,596    2.0 %

Series P

     20,334,605      19,919,651    19.2 %

Series Q

     36,975      45,053    0.0 %

 

8. Investment Transactions

Investment transactions for the year ended December 31, 2006, (excluding overnight investments, short–term commercial paper and U.S. government securities) were as follows:

 

     Purchases    Proceeds from
Sales

Series A
(Equity)

   $ 111,472,345    $ 186,930,966

Series B
(Large Cap Value)

     83,940,646      105,861,994

Series C
(Money Market)

     —        —  

Series D
(Global)

     124,296,345      153,042,585

Series E
(Diversified Income)

     60,407,639      43,776,619

Series H
(Enhanced Index)

     86,529,588      86,084,192

Series J
(Mid Cap Growth)

     118,239,439      176,426,524

Series N
(Managed Asset Allocation)

     40,671,217      43,203,719

Series O
(Equity Income)

     48,225,625      60,158,090

Series P
(High Yield)

     63,306,592      41,822,498

Series Q
(Small Cap Value)

     65,231,022      64,581,454

Series V
(Mid Cap Value)

     179,157,774      171,467,116

Series X
(Small Cap Growth)

     130,127,584      134,893,273

Series Y
(Select 25)

     25,189,264      27,220,905

Series Z
(Alpha Opportunity)

     204,129,353      206,158,761

 

9. Open Futures Contracts

Open futures contracts for Series E, Series H and Series Z as of December 31, 2006 were as follows:

 

     Position    Number of
Contracts
   Expiration
Date
   Contract
Amount
  

Market

Value

   Unrealized
Loss
 

Series E

                 

U.S. 5-Year Note Future

   Long    15    03-30-2007    $ 1,587,474    $ 1,575,938    $ (11,536 )

U.S. 10-Year Note Future

   Long    57    03-21-2007      6,196,278      6,125,719      (70,559 )

U.S. Long Bond Future

   Long    10    03-21-2007      1,136,129      1,114,375      (21,754 )
                               
            $ 8,919,881    $ 8,816,032    $ (103,849 )
                               

Series H

                 

S&P 500 E-Mini Future

   Long    37    03-16-2007    $ 2,644,273    $ 2,642,725    $ (1,548 )

Series Z

                 

S&P 500 Index Future

   Long    42    03-16-2007    $ 15,001,211    $ 14,998,200    $ (3,0.11 )

 

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10. Options Written

Information as to options written by the Series during the year ended December 31, 2006 and options outstanding at year end is provided below.

Series A Call Options Outstanding

 

Common Stock

   Expiration
Date
   Exercise
Price
   Number of
Contracts
   Market
Value

Shaw Group, Inc.

   1-19-07    $ 30.00    373    $ 134,280

Transocean, Inc.

   1-12-07      85.00    402      44,220
                 

Total call options outstanding (premiums received, $121,596)

         775    $ 178,500
                 

Series A Call Options Written

 

      Number of
Contracts
    Premium
Amount
 

Balance at December 31, 2005

   —       $ —    

Opened

   9,531       1,117,698  

Expired

   (2,952 )     (409,330 )

Exercised

   (5,804 )     (586,772 )
              

Balance at December 31, 2006

   775     $ 121,596  
              

Series A Put Options Written

 

      Number of
Contracts
    Premium
Amount
 

Balance at December 31, 2005

   747     $ 149,266  

Opened

   10,665       1,483,632  

Bought Back

   (166 )     (49,466 )

Expired

   (8,915 )     (1,268,212 )

Exercised

   (2,331 )     (315,220 )
              

Balance at December 31, 2006

   —       $ —    
              

Series B Call Options Outstanding

 

Common Stock

   Expiration
Date
   Exercise
Price
   Number of
Contracts
   Market
Value

Shaw Group, Inc.

   1-19-07    $ 30.00    220    $ 79,200

Transocean, Inc.

   1-12-07      85.00    391      43,010
                 

Total call options outstanding (premiums received, $101,419)

         611    $ 122,210
                 

Series B Call Options Written

 

      Number of
Contracts
    Premium
Amount
 

Balance at December 31, 2005

   —       $ —    

Opened

   10,170       1,206,872  

Expired

   (4,158 )     (436,846 )

Exercised

   (5,401 )     (668,607 )
              

Balance at December 31, 2006

   611     $ 101,419  
              

Series B Put Options Written

 

      Number of
Contracts
    Premium
Amount
 

Balance at December 31, 2005

   650     $ 135,564  

Opened

   3,268       779,019  

Bought Back

   (161 )     (47,976 )

Expired

   (3,366 )     (750,093 )

Exercised

   (391 )     (116,514 )
              

Balance at December 31, 2006

   —       $ —    
              

Series J Call Options Outstanding

 

Common Stock

   Expiration
Date
   Exercise
Price
   Number of
Contracts
   Market
Value

Northern Trust Corporation

   1-19-07    $ 55.00    500    $ 295,000

Shaw Group, Inc.

   2-16-07      35.00    574      71,750
                 

Total call options outstanding (premiums received, $273,293)

         1,074    $ 366,750
                 

Series J Call Options Written

 

      Number of
Contracts
    Premium
Amount
 

Balance at December 31, 2005

   2,630     $ 664,314  

Opened

   10,165       1,470,097  

Bought Back

   (1,132 )     (82,634 )

Expired

   (6,985 )     (960,675 )

Exercised

   (3,604 )     (817,809 )
              

Balance at December 31, 2006

   1,074     $ 273,293  
              

Series J Put Options Written

 

      Number of
Contracts
    Premium
Amount
 

Balance at December 31, 2005

   2,118     $ 350,735  

Opened

   929       202,174  

Expired

   (3,047 )     (552,909 )
              

Balance at December 31, 2006

   —       $ —    
              

Series Q Call Options Outstanding

 

Common Stock

   Expiration
Date
   Exercise
Price
   Number of
Contracts
   Market
Value

ABM Industries, Inc.

   01-19-07    $ 20.00    5    $ 1,275

Applera Corporation - Applied Biosystems Group

   01-19-07
03-16-07
    
 
35.00
40.00
   55
25
    
 
10,450
1,375

Ashland, Inc.

   01-19-07
02-16-07
04-20-07
    
 
 
65.00
65.00
60.00
   15
55
55
    
 
 
21,300
28,600
56,650

Boyd Gaming Corporation

   01-19-07
01-19-07
03-16-07
    
 
 
40.00
50.00
45.00
   10
10
25
    
 
 
5,300
300
7,750

Calgon Carbon Corporation

   01-19-07      5.00    25      3,125

 

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Notes to Financial Statements

December 31, 2006

 

Common Stock (con’t)

   Expiration
Date
   Exercise
Price
   Number of
Contracts
   Market
Value

Carpenter Technology Corporation

   03-16-07
03-16-07
   $
 
90.00
95.00
   91
110
   $
 
141,960
134,200

Chicago Bridge & Iron Company N.V.

   01-19-07
01-19-07
04-20-07
    
 
 
22.50
25.00
30.00
   105
180
25
    
 
 
50,400
42,300
2,500

CV Therapeutics, Inc.

   02-16-07
02-16-07
04-20-07
04-20-07
04-20-07
04-20-07
04-20-07
    
 
 
 
 
 
 
12.50
15.00
10.00
12.50
15.00
17.50
20.00
   10
10
10
20
65
90
40
    
 
 
 
 
 
 
2,250
900
5,200
7,400
17,875
15,750
4,400

EGL, Inc.

   02-16-07
02-16-07
    
 
30.00
35.00
   180
5
    
 
27,900
100

Encore Wire Corporation

   02-16-07
02-16-07
    
 
20.00
22.50
   215
207
    
 
53,750
22,770

Forest Oil Corporation Hydril

   01-19-07
03-16-07
03-16-07
    
 
 
35.00
60.00
65.00
   50
75
15
    
 
 
750
123,750
18,600

InterOil Corporation

   01-19-07
02-16-07
02-16-07
    
 
 
30.00
30.00
35.00
   15
5
20
    
 
 
3,600
1,750
3,800

IPSCO, Inc.

   03-16-07
01-19-07
01-19-07
01-19-07
03-16-07
    
 
 
 
 
90.00
80.00
85.00
90.00
85.00
   60
70
120
5
125
    
 
 
 
 
52,800
98,700
93,600
2,650
147,500

Jarden Corporation

   01-19-07
01-19-07
04-20-07
    
 
 
30.00
35.00
25.00
   60
30
35
    
 
 
27,600
1,950
35,000

Mariner Energy, Inc.

   02-16-07
02-16-07
    
 
17.50
20.00
   45
65
    
 
10,350
4,875

Matrix Service Company

   02-16-07
02-16-07
    
 
12.50
15.00
   30
30
    
 
11,400
4,950

McMoRan Exploration Company

   02-16-07      17.50    40      200

MPS Group, Inc.

   03-16-07      15.00    35      1,750

Newfield Exploration Company

   01-19-07
03-16-07
03-16-07
    
 
 
35.00
45.00
50.00
   35
20
40
    
 
 
38,150
7,200
5,800

Noble Energy, Inc.

   01-19-07
02-16-07
02-16-07
02-16-07
05-18-07
    
 
 
 
 
50.00
55.00
40.00
50.00
50.00
   10
5
20
10
10
    
 
 
 
 
750
200
18,600
1,800
3,600

Oceaneering International, Inc.

   01-19-07
01-19-07
    
 
35.00
37.50
   15
25
    
 
7,050
6,250

OM Group, Inc.

   01-19-07
03-16-07
03-16-07
    
 
 
45.00
40.00
45.00
   41
70
70
    
 
 
9,840
50,400
28,000

Omnicare, Inc.

   01-19-07
03-16-07
    
 
40.00
37.50
   5
20
    
 
150
5,800

Parker Drilling Company

   01-19-07      7.50    25      1,625

Payless ShoeSource, Inc.

   03-16-07      25.00    40      32,800

Petrowawk Energy Corporation

   03-16-07      10.00    25      4,750

Pioneer Natural Resources Company

   01-19-07
01-19-07
03-16-07
03-16-07
    
 
 
 
35.00
40.00
35.00
40.00
   55
35
20
15
    
 
 
 
25,850
2,625
10,600
3,450

Smith International, Inc.

   01-19-07      37.50    40      14,800

Steel Dynamics, Inc.

   01-19-07
02-16-07
02-16-07
02-16-07
05-18-07
05-18-07
    
 
 
 
 
 
27.50
25.00
27.50
30.00
30.00
32.50
   75
484
50
165
25
25
    
 
 
 
 
 
37,500
372,680
27,500
59,400
12,250
8,750

Transocean, Inc.

   02-16-07      80.00    10      5,200

Tween Brands, Inc.

   02-16-07
02-16-07
05-18-07
05-18-07
    
 
 
 
35.00
40.00
35.00
40.00
   45
80
25
25
    
 
 
 
24,300
15,600
18,000
8,750

U.S. Concrete, Inc.

   03-16-07      7.50    40      2,200

United States Steel Corporation

   01-19-07
01-19-07
01-19-07
    
 
 
50.00
60.00
55.00
   20
12
10
    
 
 
46,000
15,720
18,000
                 

Total call options outstanding (premiums received $2,865,200)

         4,315    $ 2,263,295
                 

Series Q Put Options Outstanding

 

Common Stock

   Expiration
Date
   Exercise
Price
   Number of
Contracts
   Market
Value

CV Therapeutics, Inc.

   2-16-07    $ 12.50    25    $ 1,500
   2-16-07      15.00    15      2,700
                 

Total put options outstanding (premiums received, $4,380)

         40    $ 4,200
                 

Series Q Call Options Written

 

      Number of
Contracts
    Premium
Amount
 

Balance at December 31, 2005

   6,197     $ 2,559,077  

Opened

   54,858       23,348,210  

Bought Back

   (53,449 )     (21,997,615 )

Expired

   (1,815 )     (294,975 )

Exercised

   (1,476 )     (749,497 )
              

Balance at December 31, 2006

   4,315     $ 2,865,200  
              

Series Q Put Options Written

 

     Number of
Contracts
   Premium
Amount

Balance at December 31, 2005

   —      $ —  

Opened

   40      4,380
           

Balance at December 31, 2006

   40    $ 4,380
           

 

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December 31, 2006

Series V Call Options Outstanding

 

Common Stock

   Expiration
Date
   Exercise
Price
   Number of
Contracts
   Market
Value

Granite Construction, Inc.

   2-16-07    $ 50.00    500    $ 135,000

Shaw Group, Inc.

   2-16-07      35.00    650      81,250

United Rentals, Inc.

   2-16-07      25.00    342      42,750
                 

Total call options outstanding (premiums received, $305,606)

         1,492    $ 259,000
                 

Series V Call Options Written

 

      Number of
Contracts
    Premium
Amount
 

Balance at December 31, 2005

   2,226     $ 307,776  

Opened

   16,480       3,499,860  

Bought Back

   (870 )     (392,348 )

Expired

   (5,889 )     (1,063,709 )

Exercised

   (10,455 )     (2,045,973 )
              

Balance at December 31, 2006

   1,492     $ 305,606  
              

Series V Put Options Written

 

      Number of
Contracts
    Premium
Amount
 

Balance at December 31, 2005

   2,794     $ 448,752  

Opened

   5,696       629,240  

Expired

   (5,275 )     (747,393 )

Exercised

   (3,215 )     (330,599 )
              

Balance at December 31, 2006

   —       $ —    
              

Series Y Call Options Outstanding

 

Common Stock

   Expiration
Date
   Exercise
Price
   Number of
Contracts
   Market
Value

Shaw Group, Inc.

   1-19-07    $ 30.00    796    $ 286,560
                 

Total call options outstanding (premiums received, $93,926)

         796    $ 286,560
                 

Series Y Call Options Written

 

      Number of
Contracts
    Premium
Amount
 

Balance at December 31, 2005

   —       $ —    

Opened

   2,256       275,248  

Bought Back

   (787 )     (109,880 )

Expired

   (673 )     (71,442 )
              

Balance at December 31, 2006

   796     $ 93,926  
              

Series Y Put Options Written

 

      Number of
Contracts
    Premium
Amount
 

Balance at December 31, 2005

   90     $ 18,771  

Opened

   330       61,192  

Expired

   (288 )     (66,367 )

Exercised

   (132 )     (13,596 )
              

Balance at December 31, 2006

   —       $ —    
              

 

11. Federal Tax Matters

Net investment income and net realized gains (losses) may differ for financial statement and tax purposes because of temporary or permanent book/tax differences. These differences are primarily due to interest income accrued for defaulted and variable rate securities for tax purposes, differing book and tax amortization methods for premium and market discount, consent dividends, ordinary net operating losses and the expiration of capital loss carryovers. To the extent these differences are permanent differences, adjustments are made to the approriate equity accounts in the period that the differences arise. The following adjustments were made to the Statement of Assets and Liabilities at December 31, 2006 to reflect permanent differences:

 

      Accumulated
Net Realized
Gain/(Loss)
    Undistributed
Net Investment
Income
    Paid-in-Capital  

Series A

   $ (19,401,500 )   $ (2,686,549 )   $ 22,088,049  

Series B

     —         (3,971,506 )     3,971,506  

Series C

     —         (2,001,810 )     2,001,810  

Series D

     (24,721,481 )     (1,291,026 )     26,012,507  

Series E

     (199,200 )     (6,728,250 )     6,927,450  

Series H

     (498,555 )     (436,418 )     934,973  

Series J

     (36,353,377 )     1,992,402       34,360,975  

Series N

     (6,083,139 )     (1,392,812 )     7,475,951  

Series O

     (13,704,200 )     (3,211,516 )     16,915,716  

Series P

     204,950       (4,952,638 )     4,747,688  

Series Q

     (12,111,328 )     563,509       11,547,819  

Series V

     (37,176,541 )     (1,434,043 )     38,610,584  

Series X

     —         617,351       (617,351 )

Series Z

     (1,843,787 )     7,755       1,836,032  

 

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December 31, 2006

 

11. Federal Tax Matters (continued)

At December 31, 2006, the following funds had capital loss carryovers and deferred post-October losses to offset future realized capital gains as follows:

 

     Capital Loss
Carryover
Utilized
in 2006
   Capital Loss
Carryovers
   Expires In    Deferred
Post-October
Losses

Series B

   $ 27,019,837    $ 108,210,500    2008    $ —  
     —        5,057,813    2009   
     —        87,172,720    2010   
     —        26,620,854    2011   
                   
   $ 27,019,837    $ 227,061,887      
                   

Series E

   $ —      $ 389,008    2007      700
     —        9,322,945    2008   
     —        719,015    2010   
     —        350,320    2012   
     —        2,731,334    2014   
                   
   $ —      $ 13,512,622      
                   

Series H

   $ 207,817    $ —      2009      193,640
     3,351,705      —      2010   
     2,047,588      3,036,601    2011   
                   
   $ 5,607,110    $ 3,036,601      
                   

Series J

   $ —      $ —           157,698
                   
   $ —      $ —        
                   

Series P

   $ 653,319    $ —      2011      32,945
                   
   $ 653,319    $ —        
                   

Series Q

   $ —      $ —           152
                   
   $ —      $ —        
                   

Series X

   $ 7,214,871    $ 7,775,955    2009      —  
     –        9,772,253    2010   
                   
   $ 7,214,871    $ 17,548,208      
                   

Series Y

   $ 3,128,347    $ —      2007      —  
     477,438      6,578,402    2008   
     —        10,435,906    2009   
     —        9,284,391    2010   
     —        6,092,310    2011   
     —        338,14    2012   
                   
   $ 3,605,785    $ 32,729,156      
                   

 

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December 31, 2006

 

11. Federal Tax Matters (continued)

The Fund declared ordinary and long-term capital gain consent dividends for the year ended December 31, 2005, as shown below. These amounts have been deemed paid and contributed to the Fund as additional paid in capital.

 

     Ordinary Consent
Dividends
   Long-term Capital Gain
Consent Dividends

Series A

   $ 2,686,549    $ 19,401,500

Series B

     3,971,506      —  

Series C

     2,001,810      —  

Series D

     1,801,782      24,210,725

Series E

     6,927,450      —  

Series H

     436,418      —  

Series J

     —        34,360,975

Series N

     2,204,979      5,270,972

Series O

     4,493,249      12,422,467

Series P

     4,747,688      —  

Series Q

     —        12,111,362

Series V

     4,649,462      33,961,122

Series Z

     1,764,168      71,864

Short term distributions are treated as ordinary distributions for federal income tax purposes.

It is the Fund’s intent to utilize consent dividends for their 2006 taxable earnings.

As of December 31, 2006, the components of distributable earnings/(deficit) on a tax basis were as follows:

 

     Undistributed
Ordinary
Income
   Undistributed
Long-term
Gain
   Accumulated
Capital and
Other Losses
    Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
    Distributable
Earnings (Deficit)
 

Series A

   $ 13,085,742    $ 35,756,077    $ —       $ 83,266,128     $ 132,107,947  

Series B

     3,504,848      —        (227,061,887 )     101,710,703       (121,846,336 )

Series C

     4,176,757      —        —         4,151       4,180,908  

Series D

     4,908,631      43,812,167      —         173,966,428       222,687,226  

Series E

     7,548,062      —        (13,513,322 )     (2,439,707 )     (8,404,967 )

Series H

     914,052      —        (3,230,241 )     8,516,470       6,200,281  

Series J

     6,393,748      33,871,774      (157,698 )     74,006,154       114,113,978  

Series N

     3,036,928      4,852,672      —         11,428,501       19,318,101  

Series O

     4,582,353      12,906,887      —         53,743,674       71,232,914  

Series P

     6,792,790      308,596      (32,945 )     1,237,874       8,306,315  

Series Q

     —        14,991,355      (152 )     36,141,334       51,132,537  

Series V

     14,196,620      34,245,913      —         113,390,308       161,832,841  

Series X

     —        —        (17,548,208 )     9,315,216       (8,232,992 )

Series Y

     140,430      —        (32,729,156 )     12,483,846       (20,104,880 )

Series Z

     3,099,744      761,053      —         (335,189 )     3,525,608  

The difference between book basis and tax basis unrealized appreciation (depreciation) is attributable primarily to the tax deferral of losses on wash sales, the realization for tax purposes of unrealized gains on certain forward foreign currency contracts and passive foreign investment companies.

 

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Notes to Financial Statements

December 31, 2006

For federal income tax purposes, the following Series designate the amounts set forth below as capital gain dividends for the year ended December 31, 2006:

 

     Long-Term Capital
Gain Distributions*

Series A

   $ 35,756,077

Series D

     43,812,167

Series J

     33,871,774

Series N

     4,852,672

Series O

     12,906,887

Series P

     308,596

Series Q

     14,991,355

Series V

     34,245,913

Series Z

     761,053

 

* Paid via consent dividends

 

12. Affiliated Transactions*

Investments representing 5% or more of the outstanding voting securities of a portfolio company of a fund result in that portfolio company being considered an affiliated company of such fund, as defined in the 1940 Act. The aggregate market value of all securities of affiliated companies held in Series J as of December 31, 2006 amounted to $255,162 which represents 0.06% of net assets. There were no affiliated companies held in any other Series. Transactions in Series J during the year ended December 31, 2006 in which the portfolio company is an “affiliated person” are as follows:

 

     ThermoEnergy
Corporation
PIPE
   ThermoEnergy
Corporation
Warrants

December 31, 2005

     

Balance

     

Shares

     1,380,000      1,380,000

Cost

   $ 1,302,103    $ 353,897

Gross Additions

     

Shares

     —        —  

Cost

   $ —      $ —  

Gross Reductions

     

Shares

     —        —  

Cost

   $ —      $ —  

December 31, 2006

     

Balance

     

Shares

     1,380,000      1,380,000

Cost

   $ 1,302,103    $ 353,897

Realized Gain/(Loss)

     —        —  

Investment Income

     —        —  

 

* As a result of Series J’s beneficial ownership of the common stock of these portfolio companies, applicable regulations require that the Series state that it may be deemed an affiliate of the respective portfolio company. The Series disclaims that the “affiliated persons” are affiliates of the Distributor, Advisor, Series or any other client of the Advisor.

 

13. Acquisition of Series W of SBL Fund

Pursuant to a plan of reorganization approved by the stockholders of Series W of SBL Fund, Series H of SBL Fund acquired all of the net assets of Series W on June 16, 2006 which totaled $52,914,356. A total of 5,615,796 shares of Series W were exchanged for 5,481,948 shares of Series H immediately after the closing date. This exchange qualified as a tax-free reorganization under Section 368(a)(1)(c) of the Internal Revenue Code. Series W’s net assets included $743,249 of unrealized appreciation. The aggregate net assets of Series H immediately before the acquisition totaled $43,263,368 and following the acquisition, the combined net assets of Series H totalled $96,177,724.

 

14. Acquisition of Series G of SBL Fund

Pursuant to a plan of reorganization approved by the stockholders of Series G of SBL Fund, Series Y of SBL Fund acquired all of the net assets of Series G on June 16, 2006 which totaled $46,089,706. A total of 7,094,570 shares of Series G were exchanged for 4,606,863 shares of Series Y immediately after the closing date. This exchange qualified as a tax-free reorganization under Section 368(a)(1)(c) of the Internal Revenue Code. Series G’s net assets included $3,219,555 of unrealized appreciation and $16,205,387 of accumulated realized loss on sale of investments. The aggregate net assets of Series Y immediately before the acquisition totaled $45,276,152 and following the acquisition, the combined net assets of Series Y totalled $91,365,858.

 

15. Acquisition of Series S of SBL Fund

Pursuant to a plan of reorganization approved by the stockholders of Series S of SBL Fund, Neuberger Berman AMT Socially Responsive, Class S shares acquired all of the net assets of Series S on June 16, 2006 which totaled $85,059,343. This exchange qualified as a tax-free reorganization under Section 368(a)(1)(c) of the Internal Revenue Code.

 

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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

To the Contractholders and Board of Directors

SBL Fund

We have audited the accompanying statements of assets and liabilities, including the schedules of investments, of SBL Fund (comprised of Series A, B, C, D, E, H, J, N, O, P, Q, V, X, Y and Z portfolios) (the Fund), as of December 31, 2006, and the related statements of operations for the year then ended, the statement of changes in net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended, and the financial highlights for each of the periods indicated therein. These financial statements and financial highlights are the responsibility of the Fund’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements and financial highlights based on our audits.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements and financial highlights are free of material misstatement. We were not engaged to perform an audit of the Fund’s internal control over financial reporting. Our audits included consideration of internal control over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion of the effectiveness of the Fund’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit also includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements and financial highlights, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. Our procedures included confirmation of investments owned as of December 31, 2006, by correspondence with custodians and brokers or by other appropriate auditing procedures where replies from brokers were not received. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our opinion, the financial statements and financial highlights referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of each of the respective Series constituting the Fund at December 31, 2006, the results of their operations for the year then ended, the changes in their net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended, and the financial highlights for each of the periods indicated therein, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.

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February 23, 2007

 

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Directors’ Disclosure

(unaudited)

Director Approval of Investment Advisory Agreement

At an in-person meeting of the Fund’s Boards of Directors held on November 16-17, 2006, called for the purpose of, among other things, voting on the renewal of the investment advisory and sub-advisory agreements applicable to the Fund, the Fund’s Board of Directors, including the Independent Directors, unanimously approved the continuation for a one-year period of the investment advisory agreement between the Fund and Security Management Company, LLC (“SMC”), as well as each investment sub-advisory agreement applicable to the Fund. In reaching this conclusion, the Directors requested and obtained from SMC and each investment sub-adviser such information as the Directors deemed reasonably necessary to evaluate the proposed renewal of the agreements. The Fund’s Board of Directors carefully evaluated this information, and was advised by legal counsel with respect to its deliberations.

In considering the proposed continuation of the investment advisory and sub-advisory agreements, the Independent Directors evaluated a number of considerations, including, among others, (1) the nature, extent, and quality of the advisory services to be provided by SMC and the investment sub-advisers; (2) the investment performance of the Fund, SMC and the various investment sub-advisers; (3) the costs of the services to be provided and profits to be realized by SMC and its affiliates from the relationship with the Fund; (4) the extent to which economies of scale would be realized as the Fund grows; and (5) whether advisory and sub-advisory fee levels reflect these economies of scale for the benefit of Fund investors. Each Board of Directors also took into account other considerations that it believed, in light of the legal advice furnished to the Independent Directors by their independent legal counsel and the Directors’ own business judgment, to be relevant. Following its review, the Fund’s Board of Directors determined that the investment advisory agreement and each investment sub-advisory agreement applicable to the Fund (if any) will enable Fund shareholders to obtain high quality services at a cost that is appropriate, reasonable, and in the best interests of shareholders. Accordingly, the Directors, including the Independent Directors, unanimously approved the renewal of the investment advisory and investment sub-advisory agreements based upon the following considerations, among others:

 

   

The nature, extent and quality of the advisory services to be provided. The Board of Directors concluded that SMC and the investment sub-advisers retained to provide portfolio management services with respect to the Fund are capable of providing high quality services to the Fund, as indicated by the nature and quality of services provided in the past, SMC’s management capabilities demonstrated with respect to the Fund and other mutual funds managed by SMC, the professional qualifications and experience of SMC’s and the various sub-advisers’ portfolio managers, and SMC’s investment and management oversight processes. The Directors also determined that SMC and the sub-advisers proposed to provide investment and related services that were of the same quality and quantity as services provided to the Fund in the past, and that these services are appropriate in scope and extent in light of the Fund’s operations, the competitive landscape of the investment company business and investor needs.

 

   

The investment performance of the Fund. With respect to the Fund, the Directors concluded on the basis of information supplied by Lipper that SMC and the investment sub-advisers had achieved investment performance that was acceptable, and competitive or superior relative to comparable funds over trailing periods. On the basis of the Directors’ assessment of the nature, extent and quality of advisory services to be provided or procured by SMC, the Directors concluded that SMC is capable of generating a level of long-term investment performance that is appropriate in light of the Fund’s investment objectives, policies and strategies and competitive with many other investment companies.

 

   

The cost of advisory services provided and the level of profitability. On the basis of each Board’s review of the fees to be charged by SMC for investment advisory and other services, and the estimated profitability of SMC's relationship with the Fund, each Board concluded that the level of investment advisory fees and SMC’s profitability are appropriate in light of the management fees and overall expense ratios of comparable investment companies and the anticipated profitability of the relationship between the Fund and SMC and its affiliates. On the basis of comparative information supplied by Lipper the Directors determined that the advisory fees and estimated overall expense ratio of the Fund are consistent with, and often below, industry medians, particularly with respect to mutual funds of comparable size. With respect to the Series Z (Alpha Opportunity Series), the Directors noted that the Series had a competitive performance record for the year to date, and one year periods ended September 30, 2006 and strong performance for the three year period which helped to compensate for Series Z’s higher than average expense ratio. Further, the Directors noted that the Series Z’s investment advisory fee and expense ratio were above median due, at least in part, to its strong performance relative to its benchmark index, which increased the advisory fee payable under that Fund’s “fulcrum” advisory fee arrangement.

 

   

Whether the advisory fees reflect economies of scale. The Directors concluded that the Fund’s investment advisory fees appropriately reflect the current economic environment for SMC and the competitive nature of the mutual fund market. The Directors further determined that the Fund has yet to achieve meaningful economies of scale, which, therefore, cannot be reflected in the investment advisory fees.

 

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Directors’ Disclosure

(unaudited) (continued)

 

   

The extent to which economies of scale will be realized as the Fund grows. While the Fund’s investment advisory fees do not reduce should Fund assets grow meaningfully, the Directors determined that the investment advisory fees payable by the Fund other than Series Z (Alpha Opportunity Series) (whose investment advisory fee varies depending on that Fund’s performance relative to its benchmark index) already reflect potential future economies of scale to some extent by virtue of their competitive levels (determined with reference to industry standards as reported by Lipper and SMC’s estimated profitability at current or foreseeable asset levels. The Directors also considered that they will have the opportunity to periodically reexamine whether a Fund has achieved economies of scale, and the appropriateness of investment advisory fees payable to SMC and fees payable by SMC to the investment sub-advisers, in the future.

 

   

Benefits (such as soft dollars) to SMC from its relationship with the Fund (and any corresponding benefits to the Fund). The Directors concluded that other benefits described by SMC and the investment sub-advisers from their relationships with the Fund, including “soft dollar” benefits in connection with Fund brokerage transactions, are reasonable and fair, and consistent with industry practice and the best interests of the Fund and their shareholders. In addition, the Directors determined that the administration, transfer agency and fund accounting fees paid by the Fund to SMC are reasonable, fair and in the best interests of Fund shareholders in light of the nature and quality of the services provided, the associated costs, and the necessity of the services for the Fund’s operations.

 

   

Other Considerations: In approving the investment advisory and sub-advisory agreements, the Directors determined that SMC has made a substantial commitment to the recruitment and retention of high quality personnel, and maintains the financial, compliance and operational resources reasonably necessary to manage the Fund in a professional manner that is consistent with the best interests of the Fund and their shareholders. In this regard, the Directors favorably considered the compliance track record of the Fund and SMC. The Directors also concluded that SMC has made a significant entrepreneurial commitment to the management and success of the Fund, which entails a substantial financial and professional commitment, including investment advisory fee waivers and expense limitation arrangements with respect to the Fund to the benefit of Fund shareholders.

 

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Special Shareholders’ Meeting

(unaudited)

A special meeting of the shareholders of Series G, Series S and Series W of the SBL Fund was held on June 1, 2006. Each matter voted upon at the meeting, as well as the number of votes cast for, against or withheld, and the number of abstentions with respect to such matters are set forth below:

 

  (1) The approval of a plan of reorganization providing for the acquisition of all of the assets and liabilities of SBL Fund Series G solely in exchange for shares of the SBL Fund Series Y, followed by the complete liquidation of Series G. The following votes were cast regarding this matter:

 

     Votes For   

Votes Against/Abstentions

Series G

   7,012,314    961,409

 

  (2) The approval of a plan of reorganization providing for the acquisition of all of the assets and liabilities of SBL Fund Series W solely in exchange for shares of the SBL Fund Series H, followed by the complete liquidation of Series W. The following votes were cast regarding this matter:

 

     Votes For    Votes Against/Abstentions

Series W

   3,582,282    491,142

 

  (3) The approval of a plan of reorganization providing for the acquisition of all of the assets and liabilities of the SBL Fund Series S solely in exchange for shares of Neuberger Berman AMT Socially Responsive Fund, Class S shares, followed by the complete liquidation of Series S. The following votes were cast regarding this matter:

 

     Votes For    Votes Against/Abstentions

Series S

   3,351,972    459,565

 

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Directors and Officers (unaudited)

The business address of each director and officer is One Security Benefit Place, Topeka, KS 66636-0001.

Directors

 

Name
(Date of Birth)
Year Elected***

  

Principal Occupation(s) During Past 5 Years

Donald A. Chubb, Jr.**

   Business broker, Griffith & Blair Realtors

(12-14-46)

   Director - Jayhawk Area Boy Scouts Council

1994

  

Harry W. Craig, Jr.**

   Chairman, CEO, Secretary & Director, The Martin Tractor Company, Inc.;

(05-11-39)

   Director - Stormont-Vail Corporation

2004

   Director - Concerned Citizens for Topeka
   Director - Oscar S. Stauffer Executive in Residence

Jerry B. Farley**

   President, Washburn University

(09-20-46)

   President, J&J Bonanza

2005

  

Penny A. Lumpkin**

   Partner, Vivians’ Gift Shop (Corporate Retail)

(08-20-39)

   Vice President, Palmer Companies, Inc. (Small Business and Shopping Center Development)

1993

   Vice President, PLB (Real Estate Equipment Leasing)
   Vice President, Town Crier (Retail)
   Prior to 1999:
   Vice President & Treasurer, Palmer News, Inc.
   Vice President, M/S News, Inc.
   Secretary, Kansas City Periodicals
   Prior to 2002:
   Vice President, Bellaire Shopping Center (Managing and Leasing)
   Partner, Goodwin Enterprises (Retail)

Maynard F. Oliverius**

   President & Chief Executive Officer, Stormont-Vail HealthCare

(12-18-43)

   Director - VHA Mid-America

1998

   Director - Go Topeka

Michael G. Odlum*

   President & Managing Member Representative, Security Management Company, LLC

(01-12-52)

   Senior Vice President and Chief Investment Officer, Security Benefit Corporation and

2006 (Acting Chairman

   Security Benefit Life Insurance Company

of the Board)

   Vice President & Director, Security Distributors, Inc.

2004 (President)

   Director, Vice President and Chief Investment Officer, First Security Benefit Life Insurance and

2004 (Director)

   Annuity Company of New York

 

* This director is deemed to be an “interested person” of the Funds under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, by reason of his position with the Funds’ Investment Manager and/or the parent of the Investment Manager.

 

** These directors serve on the Fund’s joint audit committee, the purpose of which is to meet with the independent registered public accounting firm, to review the work of the independent registered public accounting firm, and to oversee the handling by Security Management Company, LLC of the accounting function for the Fund.

 

*** Each director oversees 28 Security Fund portfolios and serves until the next annual meeting, or until a successor has been duly elected and qualified.

 

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Directors and Officers (unaudited) (continued)

Officers

 

Name

(Date of Birth)

Title - Year Elected*

  

Principal Occupation(s) During Past 5 Years

Steven M. Bowser    Vice President & Senior Portfolio Manager, Security Management Company, LLC;
(02-11-60)    Vice President & Senior Portfolio Manager, Security Benefit Life Insurance Company
Vice President - 2003   
Christina Fletcher    Vice President & Portfolio Manager, Security Management Company, LLC
(07-25-72)    Credit Analyst/Portfolio Manager, Horizon Cash Management
Vice President - 2005    Senior Money Market Trader, Scudder Investments
Brenda M. Harwood    Vice President & Chief Compliance Officer, Security Management Company, LLC;
(11-03-63)    Assistant Vice President, Security Benefit Life Insurance Company
Chief Compliance Officer - 2004    Vice President, Assistant Treasurer & Director, Security Distributors, Inc.
Treasurer - 1988   
Richard J. King    Vice President & Head of Fixed Income Asset Management, Security Management Company, LLC;
(03-59)    Vice President & Head of Fixed Income Asset Management, Security Benefit Life Insurance Company
Vice President - 2005    Partner, Head of Portfolio Management, INVESCO
Mark Lamb    Vice President, Security Management Company, LLC,
(02-03-60)    Vice President, Security Benefit Life Insurance Company
Vice President - 2003   
Amy J. Lee    Secretary, Security Management Company, LLC.;
(06-05-61)    Secretary & Chief Compliance Officer, Security Distributors, Inc.
Secretary - 1987    Vice President, Associate General Counsel & Assistant Secretary, Security Benefit Corporation & Security Benefit Life Insurance Company
   Director, Brecek & Young Advisors, Inc.
Mark Mitchell    Vice President & Portfolio Manager, Security Management Company, LLC
(08-24-64)    Vice President & Portfolio Manager, Security Benefit Life Insurance Company
Vice President - 2003   
Christopher Phalen    Vice President & Portfolio Manager, Security Management
(11-9-70)    Company, LLC;
Vice President - 2002    Assistant Vice President & Portfolio Manager, Security Benefit Life Insurance Company
James P. Schier    Vice President & Senior Portfolio Manager, Security Management Company, LLC;
(12-28-57)    Vice President & Senior Portfolio Manager, Security Benefit Life Insurance Company
Vice President - 1998   
Cindy L. Shields    Vice President & Head of Equity Asset Management, Security Management Company, LLC,
(06-05-67)    Vice President & Head of Equity Asset Management, Security Benefit Life Insurance Company
Vice President - 1988   
Christopher D. Swickard    Assistant Secretary, Security Management Company, LLC;
(10-09-65)    Second Vice President & Assistant General Counsel, Security Benefit Corporation &
Assistant Secretary - 1996    Security Benefit Life Insurance Company
   Assistant Secretary, Security Distributors, Inc.
David G. Toussaint    Vice President & Portfolio Manager, Security Management Company, LLC;
(10-10-66)    Assistant Vice President & Portfolio Manager, Security Benefit Life Insurance Company
Vice President - 2001   
Eric Welt    Vice President, Director of Portfolio Risk Analysis & Consultant Relations,
(10-31-67)    Portfolio Risk Manager, Security Management Company, LLC;
Vice President - 2006    Associate Director - Senior Due Diligence Analyst, Bear Stearns & Company

 

* Officers serve until the next annual meeting or until a successor has been duly elected and qualified.

 

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Other Information

Each of the Security Funds files a complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. The Forms N-Q of each such Fund are available on the Commission’s website at www.sec.gov. The Forms N-Q may be reviewed and copied at the Commission’s Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. Information on the operation of the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 1-800-SEC-0330. The portfolio holdings of each of the Security Funds are available on their website, www.securitybenefit.com or by calling 1-800-888-2461.

A description of the policies and procedures that the Security Funds use to determine how to vote proxies relating to portfolio securities is available upon request, free of charge by calling 1-800-888-2461, or accessing the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission website at www.sec.gov. Information regarding how the Security Funds voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the 12 month period ended June 30, 2006 is available upon request, free of charge by calling 1-800-888-2461, or accessing the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission website at www.sec.gov.

The statement of additional information (“SAI”) includes additional information about the Funds’ Directors and is available upon request without charge by calling 1-800-888-2461.

 

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The Security Group of Mutual Funds

Security Equity Fund

 

   

Alpha Opportunity Series

 

   

Equity Series

 

   

Global Series

 

   

Mid Cap Value Series

 

   

Select 25 Series

 

   

Small Cap Growth Series

Security Large Cap Value Fund

Security Mid Cap Growth Fund

Security Income Fund

 

   

Capital Preservation Series

 

   

Diversified Income Series

 

   

High Yield Series

 

   

Income Opportunity Series

Security Cash Fund

Security Funds Officers and Directors

Directors

Donald A. Chubb, Jr.

Harry W. Craig, Jr.

Jerry B. Farley

Penny A. Lumpkin

Michael G. Odlum

Maynard F. Oliverius

Officers

Michael G. Odlum, President

Steve M. Bowser, Vice President

Christina Fletcher, Vice President

Richard J. King, Vice President

Mark Lamb, Vice President

Mark Mitchell, Vice President

Christopher Phalen, Vice President

James P. Schier, Vice President

Cindy L. Shields, Vice President

David G. Toussaint, Vice President

Eric Welt, Vice President

Amy J. Lee, Secretary

Christopher D. Swickard, Assistant Secretary

Brenda M. Harwood, Chief Compliance Officer & Treasurer

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

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Item 2. Code of Ethics.

The Registrant has adopted a code of ethics that applies to its principal executive officer and principal financial officer. A copy of the Registrant’s code of ethics is filed herewith as Exhibit 10(a)(1). No amendments were made to the provisions of the code of ethics during the period covered by this report. No implicit or explicit waivers to the provisions of the code of ethics were granted during the period covered by this report. The Registrant hereby undertakes to provide any person without charge, upon request, a copy of its Code by calling the Registrant at 1-800-888-2461.

 

Item 3. Audit Committee Financial Expert.

The Registrant’s Board of Directors has determined that Maynard Oliverius, a member of the Audit Committee of the Board, is an audit committee financial expert. Mr. Oliverius is “independent” for purposes of this item.

 

Item 4. Principal Accountant Fees and Services.

 

(a) Audit Fees. The aggregate fees billed for each of the last two fiscal years (the “Reporting Periods”) for professional services rendered by the Registrant’s principal accountant (the “Auditor”) for the audit of the Registrant’s annual financial statements, or services that are normally provided by the Auditor in connection with the statutory and regulatory filings or engagements for the Reporting Periods, were $327,000 in 2005 and $327,000 in 2006.

 

(b) Audit-Related Fees. The aggregate fees billed in the Reporting Periods for assurance and related services by the Auditor that are reasonably related to the performance of the audit of the Registrant’s financial statements and are not reported under paragraph (a) of this Item 4 were $5,000 in 2005 and $5,000 in 2006. These services consisted of a review of the Registrant’s semi-annual financial statements.

The aggregate fees billed in the Reporting Periods for assurance and related services by the Auditor to the Registrant’s investment adviser (not including any sub-investment adviser whose role is primarily portfolio management and is subcontracted with or overseen by another investment adviser), and any entity controlling, controlled by or under common control with the investment adviser that provides ongoing services to the Registrant (“Service Affiliates”) which required pre-approval by the Audit Committee were $17,000 in 2005 and $18,000 in 2006, which related to the review of the transfer agent function.


(c) Tax Fees. The aggregate fees billed to the Registrant in the Reporting Periods for professional services rendered by the Auditor for tax compliance, tax advice and tax planning (“Tax Services”) were $37,000 in 2005 and $45,000 in 2006. These services consisted of (i) review or preparation of U.S. federal, state and excise tax returns; (ii) U.S. federal and state tax planning, advice and assistance regarding statutory, regulatory or administrative developments, (iii) tax advice regarding tax qualification matters and/or treatment of various financial instruments held or proposed to be acquired or held, and (iv) calculation of tax adjustments for potential Passive Foreign Investment Companies (as determined by Fund personnel) and (v) review of U.S. federal excise distribution calculations.


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The aggregate fees billed in the Reporting Periods for Tax Services by the Auditor to Service Affiliates which required pre-approval by the Audit Committee were $0 in 2005 and $0 in 2006.


(d) All Other Fees. The aggregate fees billed to the Registrant in the Reporting Periods for products and services provided by the Auditor, other than the services reported in paragraphs (a) through (c) of this Item, were $0 in 2005 and $0 in 2006.

The aggregate fees billed in the Reporting Periods for Non-Audit Services by the Auditor to Service Affiliates, other than the services reported in paragraphs (b) through (d) of this Item, which required pre-approval by the Audit Committee were $0 in 2005 and $0 in 2006.


(e)    (1) Audit Committee Pre-Approval Policies and Procedures. The Registrant’s Audit Committee has established policies and procedures for pre-approval of the auditor’s engagements for audit and non-audit services to the Registrant. Pre-approval considerations include whether the proposed services are compatible with maintaining the auditor’s independence as specified in applicable rules.

 

(e)    (2) Percentage of Non-Audit Services Approved under (c)(7)(i)(C). The percentage of the services described in each of (b) through (d) of this Item 4 (only those that relate to the Registrant) that were approved by the Audit Committee pursuant to paragraph (c)(7)(i)(C) of Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X was 0%, 0% and 0%, respectively.

 

(f) Not applicable.

 

(g) Non-Audit Fees. The aggregate non-audit fees billed by the Auditor for services rendered to the Registrant, and rendered to Service Affiliates, for the Reporting Periods were $59,000 in 2005 and $68,000 in 2006.

 

(h) Auditor Independence. The Registrant’s Audit Committee was provided with information relating to the provision of non-audit services by Ernst & Young, LLP to the Registrant (and its affiliates) that were not pre-approved by the Audit Committee so that a determination could be made whether the provision of such services is compatible with maintaining Ernst & Young, LLP’s independence.

 

Item 5. Audit Committee of Listed Registrants.

Not applicable.

 

Item 6. Schedule of Investments.

The Schedule of Investments is included under Item 1 of this form.

 

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

Not applicable.


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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.

The registrant does not currently have in place procedures by which shareholders may recommend nominees to the registrant’s board.

There have been no changes to the procedures by which shareholders may recommend nominees to the registrant’s board.

 

Item 11. Controls and Procedures.

 

(a) The registrant’s President and Treasurer have concluded that the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) are effective based on their evaluation of these disclosure controls and procedures within 90 days of the filing date of this report on Form N-CSR.

 

(b) There were no significant changes in the registrant’s internal controls, or in other factors that could significantly affect these controls subsequent to the date of their evaluation, including any corrective actions with regard to significant deficiencies and material weaknesses.

 

Item 12. Exhibits.

 

(a)    (1) Code of Ethics pursuant to Item 2 above.

 

  (2) Certifications pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and required by Rule 30a-2(a) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, are attached hereto.

 

(b) Certifications pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and required by Rule 30a-2(a) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, are attached hereto.


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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.

 

SBL FUND
By:   /s/ MICHAEL G. ODLUM
  Michael G. Odlum, President
Date:   March 5, 2007

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

 

By:   /s/ MICHAEL G. ODLUM
  Michael G. Odlum, President
Date:   March 5, 2007
By:   /s/ BRENDA M. HARWOOD
  Brenda M. Harwood, Treasurer
Date:   March 5, 2007