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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 811-03836

 

 

Anchor Series Trust

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

 

 

Harborside Financial Center, 3200 Plaza 5 Jersey City, NJ 07311

(Address of principal executive offices)             (Zip code)

John T. Genoy

Senior Vice President

SunAmerica Asset Management, LLC

Harborside Financial Center,

3200 Plaza 5

Jersey City, NJ 07311

(Name and address of agent for service)

 

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (201) 324-6414

Date of fiscal year end: December 31

Date of reporting period: June 30, 2015

 

 

 


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ANCHOR SERIES TRUST

 

 

SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT

JUNE 30, 2015

 

 

 


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Dear Anchor Series Trust Investor:

We are pleased to present our semiannual report for the Anchor Series Trust, the underlying investment portfolios for the series of variable products issued by our Life Companies.

The following report contains the investment portfolio information and the financial statements of the Anchor Series Trust portfolios for the reporting period ended June 30, 2015. The report may also contain information on portfolios not currently available in your variable contract.

We believe this information will give you some insight into the performance of your underlying investments. If you have any questions, please contact your investment representative, or you may contact us directly at 1-800-445-7862.

Thank you for the confidence you place in us with your financial future, and we look forward to reporting to you again in six months.

Sincerely,

 

LOGO

John T. Genoy

President

Anchor Series Trust

 

 

Note: All performance figures quoted are for the Anchor Series Trust. They do not reflect fees and charges associated with the variable annuity. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Annuities are long-term investment vehicles designed for retirement purposes. Early withdrawal may be subject to withdrawal charges and if taken prior to age 59 1/2, a 10% federal tax penalty may apply. An investment in a variable annuity involves investment risk, including possible loss of principal. The contract, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than the total amount invested.

Investments in stocks and bonds are subject to risks, including stock market and interest rate fluctuations. Investments in growth stocks as well as small and mid-cap company stocks may be subject to volatile price swings and therefore present a greater potential for loss than other investments. Investments in non-U.S. stocks and bonds are subject to additional risks such as fluctuations in foreign currencies, political and economic instability, differences in securities regulation and accounting standards, foreign tax laws, and limited availability of public information. Income seeking investment strategies may not be realized due to changes in dividend policies or the availability of capital resources.

Investments that concentrate on one economic sector or geographic region are generally subject to greater volatility than more diverse investments. Investments in real estate investment trusts (REITs) involve risks such as refinancing, economic conditions in the real estate industry, changes in property values, dependency on real estate management, and other risks associated with a concentration in one sector or geographic region. Investments in securities related to gold and other precious metals and minerals are speculative and impacted by a host of worldwide economic, financial and political factors.

Investments in debt securities are subject to credit risk (i.e., the risk that an issuer might not pay interest when due or repay principal at maturity of the obligation). Investments in lower-rated bonds and “junk bonds” are considered speculative due to the heightened risk of default and are subject to unpredictable losses as a result of changes in the issuer’s creditworthiness.

See reverse side for additional information.

 

 

 

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Investments in derivatives are subject to heightened risk; gains or losses from non-hedging positions may be substantially greater than the cost of the position. Active trading may result in high portfolio turnover and correspondingly greater transaction costs for the portfolio and underlying portfolios.

There can be no assurance that the Portfolios will meet their investment objectives. A full description of the investment goals, principal strategies, and risks for each Portfolio are provided in the prospectus.

Investments are not guaranteed or endorsed by any bank, is not a deposit or obligation of any bank, and is not federally insured by Federal Deposit Corporation (FDIC), the Federal Reserve Board or any other federal government agency.

• Not FDIC or NCUA/NCUSIF Insured

• May Lose Value • No Bank of Credit Union Guarantee

• Not a Deposit • Not insured by any Federal Government Agency

 

 

 
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ANCHOR SERIES TRUST

EXPENSE EXAMPLE

June 30, 2015

(unaudited)

 

Disclosure of Portfolio Expenses in Shareholder Reports

As a shareholder of a Portfolio in the Anchor Series Trust (the “Trust”), you incur ongoing costs, including management fees and/or service (12b-1) fees and other Portfolio expenses. This example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Portfolios and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds. The example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at January 1, 2015 and held until June 30, 2015. Shares of the Trust are not offered directly to the public. Instead, shares are currently issued and redeemed only in connection with investments in and payments under variable annuity contracts and variable life insurance policies (“Variable Contracts”) offered by life insurance companies affiliated with SunAmerica Asset Management, LLC, the Trust’s investment adviser and manager, as well as non-affiliated life insurance companies. The fees and expenses associated with the Variable Contracts are not included in these examples, and had such fees and expenses been included, your costs would have been higher. Please see your variable contract prospectus for more details on the fees associated with the Variable Contract.

Actual Expenses

The “Actual” section of the table provides information about your actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in these columns, 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 column under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During the Six Months Ended June 30, 2015” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period. The “Expenses Paid During the Six Months Ended June 30, 2015” column and the “Annualized Expense Ratio” column do not include fees and expenses that may be charged by the Variable Contracts in which the Portfolios are offered. Had these fees and expenses been included, the “Expenses Paid During the Six Months Ended June 30, 2015” column would have been higher and the “Ending Account Value” column would have been lower.

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes

The “Hypothetical” section of the table provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on each Portfolio’s actual expense ratio and an annual rate of return of 5% before expenses, which is not the Portfolio’s actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in these Portfolios and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of other funds. The “Expenses Paid During the Six Months Ended June 30, 2015” column and the “Annualized Expense Ratio” column do not include fees and expenses that may be charged by the Variable Contracts in which the Portfolios are offered. Had these fees and expenses been included, the “Expenses Paid During the Six Months Ended June 30, 2015” column would have been higher and the “Ending Account Value” column would have been lower.

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 that may be charged by the Variable Contracts. Please refer to your variable contract prospectus for more information. Therefore, the “Hypothetical” example 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 were included, your costs would have been higher.

 

 

 

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ANCHOR SERIES TRUST

EXPENSE EXAMPLE (continued)

June 30, 2015

(unaudited)

 

    Actual     Hypothetical        
Portfolio  

Beginning

Account Value

at January 1,

2015

   

Ending

Account Value

Using Actual

Return at

June 30,

2015

   

Expenses Paid

During the

Six Months
Ended

June 30,

2015*

   

Beginning

Account Value

at January 1,

2015

   

Ending

Account Value

Using a

Hypothetical

5% Annual

Return at

June 30,

2015

   

Expenses Paid

During the

Six Months
Ended

June 30,

2015*

   

Annualized

Expense
Ratio*

 

Government and Quality Bond Portfolio

             

Class 1

  $ 1,000.00      $ 998.02      $ 2.82      $ 1,000.00      $ 1,021.97      $ 2.86        0.57

Class 2

  $ 1,000.00      $ 997.37      $ 3.57      $ 1,000.00      $ 1,021.22      $ 3.61        0.72

Class 3

  $ 1,000.00      $ 996.70      $ 4.06      $ 1,000.00      $ 1,020.73      $ 4.11        0.82

Asset Allocation Portfolio

             

Class 1

  $ 1,000.00      $ 1,019.95      $ 3.81      $ 1,000.00      $ 1,021.03      $ 3.81        0.76

Class 2

  $ 1,000.00      $ 1,019.37      $ 4.56      $ 1,000.00      $ 1,020.28      $ 4.56        0.91

Class 3

  $ 1,000.00      $ 1,018.24      $ 5.05      $ 1,000.00      $ 1,019.79      $ 5.06        1.01

Growth and Income Portfolio

             

Class 1

  $ 1,000.00      $ 1,049.68      $ 3.76      $ 1,000.00      $ 1,021.12      $ 3.71        0.74

Growth Portfolio

             

Class 1

  $ 1,000.00      $ 1,036.67      $ 3.69      $ 1,000.00      $ 1,021.17      $ 3.66        0.73

Class 2

  $ 1,000.00      $ 1,036.03      $ 4.44      $ 1,000.00      $ 1,020.43      $ 4.41        0.88

Class 3

  $ 1,000.00      $ 1,035.46      $ 4.95      $ 1,000.00      $ 1,019.93      $ 4.91        0.98

Capital Appreciation Portfolio

             

Class 1

  $ 1,000.00      $ 1,087.17      $ 3.83      $ 1,000.00      $ 1,021.12      $ 3.71        0.74

Class 2

  $ 1,000.00      $ 1,086.27      $ 4.60      $ 1,000.00      $ 1,020.38      $ 4.46        0.89

Class 3

  $ 1,000.00      $ 1,085.68      $ 5.12      $ 1,000.00      $ 1,019.89      $ 4.96        0.99

Natural Resources Portfolio

             

Class 1

  $ 1,000.00      $ 973.82      $ 4.06      $ 1,000.00      $ 1,020.68      $ 4.16        0.83

Class 2

  $ 1,000.00      $ 973.73      $ 4.80      $ 1,000.00      $ 1,019.93      $ 4.91        0.98

Class 3

  $ 1,000.00      $ 973.07      $ 5.28      $ 1,000.00      $ 1,019.44      $ 5.41        1.08

SA BlackRock Multi-Asset Income Portfolio#+

  

           

Class 1

  $ 1,000.00      $ 992.66      $ 3.01      $ 1,000.00      $ 1,021.77      $ 3.06        0.61

Class 3

  $ 1,000.00      $ 991.41      $ 4.30      $ 1,000.00      $ 1,020.48      $ 4.36        0.87

Strategic Multi-Asset Portfolio#

             

Class 1

  $ 1,000.00      $ 1,039.54      $ 6.07      $ 1,000.00      $ 1,018.84      $ 6.01        1.20

 

* Expenses are equal to each Portfolio’s annualized expense ratio multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 181 days in the period then divided by 365 days (to reflect the one-half year period). These ratios do not reflect fees and expenses associated with the Variable Contracts. If such fees and expenses had been included, the expenses would have been higher. Please refer to your Variable Contract prospectus for details on the expenses that apply to the Variable Contracts of the insurance companies.
# During the stated period, the investment adviser either waived a portion of or all fees and assumed a portion of or all expenses for the Portfolios or through recoupment provisions, recovered a portion of or all fees and expenses waived or reimbursed in the previous two fiscal years. As a result, if these fees and expenses had not been waived or assumed, the “Actual/Hypothetical Ending Account Value” would have been lower and the “Actual/Hypothetical Expenses Paid During the Six Months Ended June 30, 2015” and “Annualized Expense Ratio” would have been higher. If these fees and expenses had not been recouped, the “Actual/Hypothetical Ending Account Value” would have been higher and the “Actual/Hypothetical Expenses Paid During the Six Months Ended June 30, 2015” and the “Annualized Expense Ratio” would have been lower.
+ See Note 1

 

 

 
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PORTFOLIO PROFILE — June 30, 2015 — (unaudited)

 

Industry Allocation*

 

United States Treasury Notes

     28.3

Federal National Mtg. Assoc.

     23.3   

U.S. Government Agencies

     12.0   

Repurchase Agreements

     11.3   

Government National Mtg. Assoc.

     6.5   

Federal Home Loan Mtg. Corp.

     6.1   

Diversified Financial Services

     6.0   

United States Treasury Bonds

     4.5   

Municipal Bonds & Notes

     2.4   

Diversified Banking Institutions

     2.1   

Banks-Commercial

     1.7   

Oil Companies-Integrated

     1.6   

Medical-Drugs

     1.1   

Finance-Commercial

     0.9   

Schools

     0.8   

Sovereign Agency

     0.7   

Banks-Super Regional

     0.7   

Auto-Cars/Light Trucks

     0.7   

Transport-Services

     0.6   

Insurance-Life/Health

     0.6   

Electric-Distribution

     0.4   

Oil Companies-Exploration & Production

     0.4   

Retail-Discount

     0.4   

Cellular Telecom

     0.3   

Multimedia

     0.3   

Medical Instruments

     0.3   

Computers

     0.3   

Medical Labs & Testing Services

     0.3   

Banks-Fiduciary

     0.3   

Electric-Integrated

     0.2   

Finance-Investment Banker/Broker

     0.2   

Special Purpose Entities

     0.2   

Machinery-Construction & Mining

     0.2   

Sovereign

     0.2   

Medical-Hospitals

     0.2   

Property Trust

     0.2   

Airlines

     0.2   

Building Societies

     0.2   

Oil-Field Services

     0.2   

Computers-Memory Devices

     0.1   

Brewery

     0.1   

Insurance-Multi-line

     0.1   

Electric-Generation

     0.1   

Food-Wholesale/Distribution

     0.1   

Diversified Operations

     0.1   

Medical-HMO

     0.1   

Insurance-Property/Casualty

     0.1   
  

 

 

 
     117.7%   
  

 

 

 

 

*   Calculated as a percentage of net assets

Credit Quality†#

 

Aaa

     76.9

Aa

     7.9   

A

     10.6   

Baa

     1.2   

Not Rated@

     3.4   
  

 

 

 
     100.0
  

 

 

 

 

@   Represents debt issues that either have no rating, or the rating is unavailable from the data source.
  Source: Moody's
#   Calculated as a percentage of total debt issues, excluding short-term securities.
 

 

 

 

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PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS — June 30, 2015(unaudited)

 

Security Description    Principal
Amount
     Value
(Note 2)
 

ASSET BACKED SECURITIES — 5.1%

  

  

Diversified Financial Services — 5.1%

  

  

Ally Master Owner Trust
Series 2012-5, Class A
1.54% due 09/15/2019

   $ 2,995,000       $ 3,003,092   

Ally Master Owner Trust
Series 2014-5, Class A2
1.60% due 10/15/2019

     6,885,000         6,914,241   

Apidos CLO XXI FRS
Series 2015-21A, Class A1
1.71% due 07/18/2027*(1)

     3,380,000         3,374,254   

Bear Stearns Commercial Mtg.
Securities Trust VRS
Series 2006-PW11, Class A4
5.60% due 03/11/2039,(2)

     3,564,235         3,609,465   

Citigroup/Deutsche Bank Commercial
Mtg. Trust VRS
Series 2005-CD1, Class A4
5.38% due 07/15/2044,(2)

     2,213,809         2,215,552   

Commercial Mtg. Pass Through Certs.
Series 2012-CR2, Class A4
3.15% due 08/15/2045,(2)

     1,020,000         1,039,120   

Commercial Mtg. Pass Trust Certs. VRS
Series 2006-C7, Class A4
5.94% due 06/10/2046,(2)

     4,022,578         4,117,362   

DBUBS Mtg. Trust
Series 2011-LC1A, Class A1
3.74% due 11/10/2046*,(2)

     2,648,467         2,677,524   

Drive Auto Receivables Trust
Series 2015-BA, Class B
2.12% due 06/17/2019*

     1,795,000         1,794,785   

Exeter Automobile Receivables Trust
Series 2015-2A, Class A
1.54% due 11/15/2019*

     2,546,404         2,546,032   

First Investors Auto Owner Trust
Series 2014-3A, Class A3
1.67% due 11/16/2020*

     2,320,000         2,318,255   

Ford Credit Floorplan Master Owner Trust
Series 2012-2, Class A
1.92% due 01/15/2019

     2,470,000         2,501,384   

Ford Credit Floorplan Master Owner Trust
Series 2013-2, Class A
2.09% due 03/15/2022*

     590,000         586,392   

Hilton USA Trust
Series 2013-HLT, Class AFX
2.66% due 11/05/2030*(2)

     2,250,000         2,235,760   

JP Morgan Chase Commercial Mtg. Securities Trust VRS
Series 2007-CB19, Class A4
5.88% due 02/12/2049(2)

     3,291,334         3,492,428   

LB-UBS Commercial Mtg. Trust VRS
Series 2008-C1, Class A2
6.32% due 04/15/2041(2)

     1,445,924         1,570,606   

ML-CFC Commercial Mtg. Trust VRS
Series 2007-7, Class A4
5.81% due 06/12/2050(2)

     5,097,433         5,428,980   

Prestige Auto Receivables Trust
Series 2014-1A, Class B
1.91% due 04/15/2020*

     825,000         826,274   

Santander Drive Auto Receivables Trust
Series BH3-1, Class B
1.97% due 11/15/2019

     2,255,000         2,262,527   
Security Description    Principal
Amount
     Value
(Note 2)
 

Diversified Financial Services (continued)

  

  

Santander Drive Auto Receivables Trust
Series 2013-5, Class C
2.25% due 06/17/2019

   $ 910,000       $ 920,992   

Santander Drive Auto Receivables Trust
Series 2014-1, Class C
2.36% due 04/15/2020

     3,657,000         3,681,944   

SFAVE Commercial Mtg. Securities Trust VRS
Series BH3-5AVE, Class A2B
4.14% due 01/05/2035*(2)

     3,400,000         3,252,607   

Springleaf Funding Trust
Series BH3-AA, Class A
3.16% due 11/15/2024*

     2,435,000         2,463,886   

Springleaf Funding Trust
Series 2015-BA, Class A
3.48% due 05/15/2028*

     1,070,000         1,071,612   

Springleaf Mtg. Loan Trust VRS
Series 2013-1A, Class M1
2.31% due 06/25/2058*(3)

     1,596,989         1,601,536   

Wachovia Bank Commercial Mtg. Trust,
Series 2006-C29, Class A4
5.31% due 11/15/2048(2)

     3,149,261         3,273,820   

Westlake Automobile Receivables Trust
Series 2014-A2, Class 2A
0.97% due 10/16/2017*

     2,192,009         2,191,483   

Westlake Automobile Receivables Trust
Series 2015-2A, Class B
1.83% due 01/15/2021*

     2,025,000         2,024,595   
     

 

 

 

Total Asset Backed Securities
(cost $73,455,889)

        72,996,508   
     

 

 

 

U.S. CORPORATE BONDS & NOTES — 12.0%

  

  

Airlines — 0.2%

  

  

Southwest Airlines Co.
Pass Through Certs.
Series 2007-1, Class A
6.15% due 02/01/2024

     2,009,562         2,300,948   
     

 

 

 

Auto-Cars/Light Trucks — 0.7%

  

  

Daimler Finance North America LLC
Company Guar. Notes
2.40% due 04/10/2017*

     4,000,000         4,072,940   

Toyota Motor Credit Corp.
Senior Notes
2.15% due 03/12/2020

     4,950,000         4,948,480   

Volkswagen Group of America Finance LLC
Company Guar. Notes
2.45% due 11/20/2019*

     795,000         797,726   
     

 

 

 
        9,819,146   
     

 

 

 

Banks-Commercial — 0.1%

  

  

Fifth Third Bank
Senior Notes
2.88% due 10/01/2021

     450,000         445,576   

PNC Bank NA
Senior Notes
3.30% due 10/30/2024

     865,000         852,912   
     

 

 

 
        1,298,488   
     

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
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PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS — June 30, 2015 — (unaudited) — (continued)

 

Security Description    Principal
Amount
     Value
(Note 2)
 

U.S. CORPORATE BONDS & NOTES (continued)

  

  

Banks-Fiduciary — 0.3%

  

  

Bank of New York Mellon Corp.
Senior Notes
2.15% due 02/24/2020

   $ 2,790,000       $ 2,760,563   

Bank of New York Mellon Corp.
Senior Notes
3.00% due 02/24/2025

     1,270,000         1,230,420   
     

 

 

 
        3,990,983   
     

 

 

 

Banks-Super Regional — 0.7%

     

Huntington National Bank
Senior Notes
2.20% due 04/01/2019

     1,050,000         1,043,754   

US Bancorp
Senior Notes
3.70% due 01/30/2024

     1,065,000         1,102,556   

US Bancorp
Sub. Notes
7.50% due 06/01/2026

     400,000         512,817   

Wachovia Corp.
Senior Notes
5.75% due 06/15/2017

     5,000,000         5,430,875   

Wells Fargo & Co.
Sub. Notes
3.45% due 02/13/2023

     1,405,000         1,397,392   

Wells Fargo & Co.
Sub. Notes
4.65% due 11/04/2044

     585,000         560,717   
     

 

 

 
        10,048,111   
     

 

 

 

Brewery — 0.1%

  

  

Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide, Inc.
Company Guar. Notes
2.50% due 07/15/2022

     1,640,000         1,577,150   
     

 

 

 

Cable/Satellite TV — 0.0%

     

Comcast Corp.
Company Guar. Notes
4.25% due 01/15/2033

     200,000         195,322   
     

 

 

 

Cellular Telecom — 0.2%

     

Crown Castle Towers LLC
Senior Sec. Notes
3.22% due 05/15/2042*

     3,550,000         3,493,555   
     

 

 

 

Computers — 0.3%

     

Apple, Inc.
Senior Notes
2.85% due 05/06/2021

     2,000,000         2,029,396   

Apple, Inc.
Senior Notes
3.45% due 05/06/2024

     1,815,000         1,850,817   

Apple, Inc.
Senior Notes
4.45% due 05/06/2044

     225,000         224,683   
     

 

 

 
        4,104,896   
     

 

 

 

Computers-Memory Devices — 0.1%

     

EMC Corp.
Senior Notes
1.88% due 06/01/2018

     375,000         375,727   

EMC Corp.
Senior Notes
2.65% due 06/01/2020

     625,000         631,409   
Security Description    Principal
Amount
     Value
(Note 2)
 

Computers-Memory Devices ( continued)

  

  

EMC Corp.
Senior Notes
3.38% due 06/01/2023

   $ 1,000,000       $ 1,001,582   
     

 

 

 
        2,008,718   
     

 

 

 

Diversified Banking Institutions — 1.8%

  

  

Bank of America Corp.
Senior Notes
2.60% due 01/15/2019

     3,885,000         3,927,308   

Bank of America Corp.
Senior Notes
4.13% due 01/22/2024

     2,200,000         2,254,712   

Bank of America Corp.
Senior Notes
5.00% due 01/21/2044

     1,000,000         1,038,283   

Bank of America Corp.
Senior Notes
5.88% due 01/05/2021

     1,400,000         1,601,785   

Citigroup, Inc.
Senior Notes
3.30% due 04/27/2025

     3,000,000         2,884,824   

Citigroup, Inc.
Senior Notes
6.13% due 05/15/2018

     3,000,000         3,347,730   

Citigroup, Inc.
Senior Notes
8.13% due 07/15/2039

     260,000         373,194   

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
Senior Notes
4.80% due 07/08/2044

     2,155,000         2,127,269   

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
Senior Notes
6.15% due 04/01/2018

     4,000,000         4,447,520   

JPMorgan Chase & Co.
Senior Notes
4.95% due 03/25/2020

     2,000,000         2,204,550   

JPMorgan Chase & Co.
Senior Notes
5.40% due 01/06/2042

     1,080,000         1,193,292   
     

 

 

 
        25,400,467   
     

 

 

 

Diversified Financial Services — 0.9%

     

General Electric Capital Corp.
Company Guar. Notes
4.63% due 01/07/2021

     6,000,000         6,606,018   

General Electric Capital Corp.
Company Guar. Notes
6.15% due 08/07/2037

     2,315,000         2,878,464   

General Electric Capital Corp.
Company Guar. Notes
6.75% due 03/15/2032

     2,320,000         3,011,940   

General Electric Capital Corp.
Company Guar. Notes
6.88% due 01/10/2039

     60,000         80,561   
     

 

 

 
        12,576,983   
     

 

 

 

Diversified Manufacturing Operations — 0.0%

  

  

Parker-Hannifin Corp.
Senior Notes
4.45% due 11/21/2044

     630,000         634,743   
     

 

 

 
 

 

 

 

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Security Description    Principal
Amount
     Value
(Note 2)
 

U.S. CORPORATE BONDS & NOTES (continued)

  

  

Electric-Integrated — 0.2%

     

Consolidated Edison Co. of New York, Inc.
Senior Notes
4.63% due 12/01/2054

   $ 565,000       $ 550,148   

Florida Power & Light Co.
1st Mtg. Notes
4.05% due 10/01/2044

     2,000,000         1,941,976   

Southern California Edison Co.
1st Mtg. Notes
2.40% due 02/01/2022

     885,000         860,767   
     

 

 

 
        3,352,891   
     

 

 

 

Finance-Commercial — 0.9%

     

Private Export Funding Corp.
Government Guar. Notes
2.25% due 12/15/2017

     5,960,000         6,126,677   

Private Export Funding Corp.
Government Guar. Notes
3.25% due 06/15/2025

     7,050,000         7,096,918   
     

 

 

 
        13,223,595   
     

 

 

 

Food-Wholesale/Distribution — 0.1%

     

Sysco Corp.
Company Guar. Notes
3.00% due 10/02/2021

     585,000         590,850   

Sysco Corp.
Company Guar. Notes
3.50% due 10/02/2024

     335,000         338,350   

Sysco Corp.
Company Guar. Notes
4.35% due 10/02/2034

     485,000         489,850   
     

 

 

 
        1,419,050   
     

 

 

 

Insurance-Life/Health — 0.6%

     

John Hancock Life Insurance Co.
Sub. Notes
7.38% due 02/15/2024*

     5,000,000         6,131,940   

Teachers Insurance & Annuity Assoc. of America
Sub. Notes
4.90% due 09/15/2044*

     2,055,000         2,095,609   
     

 

 

 
        8,227,549   
     

 

 

 

Insurance-Multi-line — 0.1%

     

MetLife, Inc.
Senior Notes
1.90% due 12/15/2017(4)

     425,000         426,867   

MetLife, Inc.
Senior Notes
4.88% due 11/13/2043

     1,025,000         1,063,802   
     

 

 

 
        1,490,669   
     

 

 

 

Insurance-Property/Casualty — 0.1%

     

ACE INA Holdings, Inc.
Company Guar. Notes
3.35% due 05/15/2024

     1,015,000         1,016,405   
     

 

 

 

Machinery-Construction & Mining — 0.2%

  

  

Caterpillar Financial Services Corp.
Senior Notes
2.63% due 03/01/2023

     1,140,000         1,113,512   
Security Description    Principal
Amount
     Value
(Note 2)
 

Machinery-Construction & Mining (continued)

  

  

Caterpillar, Inc.
Senior Notes
3.40% due 05/15/2024

   $ 920,000       $ 933,993   

Caterpillar, Inc.
Senior Notes
4.30% due 05/15/2044

     600,000         589,410   
     

 

 

 
        2,636,915   
     

 

 

 

Medical Instruments — 0.3%

     

Medtronic, Inc.
Company Guar. Notes
2.50% due 03/15/2020*

     750,000         751,252   

Medtronic, Inc.
Company Guar. Notes
3.15% due 03/15/2022*

     1,065,000         1,069,771   

Medtronic, Inc.
Company Guar. Notes
3.50% due 03/15/2025*

     1,700,000         1,694,198   

Medtronic, Inc.
Company Guar. Notes
3.63% due 03/15/2024

     425,000         435,687   

Medtronic, Inc.
Company Guar. Notes
4.38% due 03/15/2035*

     165,000         163,734   
     

 

 

 
        4,114,642   
     

 

 

 

Medical Labs & Testing Services — 0.3%

  

  

Roche Holdings, Inc.
Company Guar. Notes
2.88% due 09/29/2021*

     2,775,000         2,797,872   

Roche Holdings, Inc.
Company Guar. Notes
6.00% due 03/01/2019*

     1,111,000         1,264,271   
     

 

 

 
        4,062,143   
     

 

 

 

Medical-Drugs — 1.1%

     

Bayer US Finance LLC
Company Guar. Notes
2.38% due 10/08/2019*

     355,000         356,259   

Bayer US Finance LLC
Company Guar. Notes
3.00% due 10/08/2021*

     1,700,000         1,712,369   

Bayer US Finance LLC
Company Guar. Notes
3.38% due 10/08/2024*

     555,000         552,077   

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.
Senior Notes
3.25% due 11/01/2023

     990,000         1,008,700   

Eli Lilly & Co.
Senior Notes
2.75% due 06/01/2025

     620,000         598,957   

Merck & Co., Inc.
Senior Notes
2.75% due 02/10/2025

     2,680,000         2,569,946   

Merck & Co., Inc.
Senior Notes
2.80% due 05/18/2023

     1,880,000         1,849,708   

Merck & Co., Inc.
Senior Notes
4.15% due 05/18/2043

     760,000         738,740   

Novartis Capital Corp.
Company Guar. Notes
3.40% due 05/06/2024

     3,700,000         3,754,597   

Pfizer, Inc.
Senior Notes
6.20% due 03/15/2019

     2,500,000         2,859,628   
     

 

 

 
        16,000,981   
     

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
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PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS — June 30, 2015 — (unaudited) — (continued)

 

Security Description    Principal
Amount
     Value
(Note 2)
 

U.S. CORPORATE BONDS & NOTES (continued)

  

  

Medical-HMO — 0.1%

     

Kaiser Foundation Hospitals
Company Guar. Notes
3.50% due 04/01/2022

   $ 386,000       $ 390,814   

Kaiser Foundation Hospitals
Company Guar. Notes
4.88% due 04/01/2042

     730,000         763,720   
     

 

 

 
        1,154,534   
     

 

 

 

Medical-Hospitals — 0.2%

     

Dignity Health
Notes
2.64% due 11/01/2019

     260,000         262,600   

Dignity Health
Sec. Notes
3.81% due 11/01/2024

     540,000         553,014   

Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
Senior Notes
4.20% due 07/01/2055

     510,000         460,535   

New York and Presbyterian Hospital Notes
4.02% due 08/01/2045

     1,305,000         1,190,431   
     

 

 

 
        2,466,580   
     

 

 

 

Multimedia — 0.3%

     

NBCUniversal Enterprise, Inc.
Company Guar. Notes
1.66% due 04/15/2018*

     1,605,000         1,608,288   

NBCUniversal Enterprise, Inc.
Company Guar. Notes
1.97% due 04/15/2019*

     2,865,000         2,844,547   
     

 

 

 
        4,452,835   
     

 

 

 

Networking Products — 0.0%

     

Cisco Systems, Inc.
Senior Notes
2.90% due 03/04/2021

     250,000         255,155   
     

 

 

 

Oil Companies-Integrated — 0.1%

     

ConocoPhillips Co.
Company Guar. Notes
2.88% due 11/15/2021

     240,000         242,084   

ConocoPhillips Co.
Company Guar. Notes
4.30% due 11/15/2044

     480,000         458,889   
     

 

 

 
        700,973   
     

 

 

 

Retail-Building Products — 0.0%

     

Home Depot, Inc.
Senior Notes
4.40% due 03/15/2045

     340,000         339,510   
     

 

 

 

Retail-Discount — 0.4%

     

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
Senior Notes
3.63% due 07/08/2020

     5,000,000         5,322,120   
     

 

 

 

Schools — 0.8%

     

President and Fellows of Harvard College
Notes
6.30% due 10/01/2037

     5,000,000         5,212,485   

Stanford University
Notes
6.88% due 02/01/2024

     5,000,000         6,309,560   
     

 

 

 
        11,522,045   
     

 

 

 
Security Description    Principal
Amount
     Value
(Note 2)
 

Special Purpose Entity — 0.2%

     

Postal Square LP
Government Guar. Notes
8.95% due 06/15/2022

   $ 2,469,650       $ 2,993,381   
     

 

 

 

Transport-Services — 0.6%

     

Federal Express Corp.
Pass Through Certs.
Series 981A, Class A
6.72% due 07/15/2023

     2,456,650         2,840,625   

United Parcel Service of America, Inc.
Senior Notes
8.38% due 04/01/2020

     5,000,000         6,373,745   
     

 

 

 
        9,214,370   
     

 

 

 

Total U.S. Corporate Bonds & Notes
(cost $165,465,981)

        171,415,853   
     

 

 

 

FOREIGN CORPORATE BONDS & NOTES — 5.0%

  

  

Banks-Commercial — 1.6%

     

Bank of Montreal
Senior Notes
2.38% due 01/25/2019

     3,500,000         3,544,772   

Bank of Nova Scotia
Senior Notes
2.05% due 10/30/2018

     3,000,000         3,014,757   

Barclays Bank PLC
Senior Notes
3.75% due 05/15/2024

     4,000,000         4,017,416   

Credit Suisse New York
Senior Notes
3.00% due 10/29/2021

     860,000         853,294   

Credit Suisse New York
Senior Notes
3.63% due 09/09/2024

     2,200,000         2,186,930   

ING Bank NV
Senior Notes
3.75% due 03/07/2017*

     5,300,000         5,506,880   

Macquarie Bank, Ltd.
Senior Notes
2.40% due 01/21/2020*

     635,000         632,245   

Svenska Handelsbanken AB
Senior Notes
5.13% due 03/30/2020*

     3,000,000         3,388,476   
     

 

 

 
        23,144,770   
     

 

 

 

Building Societies — 0.2%

     

Nationwide Building Society
Senior Notes
2.35% due 01/21/2020*

     2,200,000         2,192,298   
     

 

 

 

Cellular Telecom — 0.1%

     

America Movil SAB de CV
Senior Notes
3.13% due 07/16/2022

     635,000         626,516   

America Movil SAB de CV
Senior Notes
4.38% due 07/16/2042

     530,000         492,190   
     

 

 

 
        1,118,706   
     

 

 

 

Diversified Banking Institutions — 0.3%

  

  

HSBC Holdings PLC
Senior Notes
4.00% due 03/30/2022

     1,160,000         1,214,490   
 

 

 

 

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PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS — June 30, 2015 — (unaudited) — (continued)

 

Security Description    Principal
Amount
     Value
(Note 2)
 

FOREIGN CORPORATE BONDS & NOTES (continued)

  

Diversified Banking Institutions (continued)

  

  

HSBC Holdings PLC
Sub. Notes
5.25% due 03/14/2044

   $ 280,000       $ 290,435   

HSBC Holdings PLC
Senior Notes
6.10% due 01/14/2042

     2,415,000         2,923,085   
     

 

 

 
        4,428,010   
     

 

 

 

Diversified Operations — 0.1%

     

Hutchison Whampoa International 14, Ltd.
Company Guar. Notes
3.63% due 10/31/2024*

     1,400,000         1,377,268   
     

 

 

 

E-Commerce/Products — 0.0%

     

Alibaba Group Holding, Ltd.
Company Guar. Notes
2.50% due 11/28/2019*

     490,000         484,651   
     

 

 

 

Electric-Distribution — 0.1%

     

State Grid Overseas Investment 2014, Ltd.
Company Guar. Notes
2.75% due 05/07/2019*

     2,000,000         2,020,198   
     

 

 

 

Electric-Generation — 0.1%

     

Abu Dhabi National Energy Co.
Senior Notes
5.88% due 10/27/2016*

     1,385,000         1,464,638   
     

 

 

 

Finance-Investment Banker/Broker — 0.2%

  

  

CDP Financial, Inc.
Company Guar. Notes
4.40% due 11/25/2019*

     2,900,000         3,172,884   
     

 

 

 

Oil Companies-Exploration & Production — 0.4%

  

  

Sinopec Group Overseas Development 2015, Ltd.
Company Guar. Notes
2.50% due 04/28/2020*

     5,660,000         5,574,760   
     

 

 

 

Oil Companies-Integrated — 1.5%

     

BP Capital Markets PLC
Company Guar. Notes
2.32% due 02/13/2020

     925,000         921,318   

BP Capital Markets PLC
Company Guar. Notes
3.51% due 03/17/2025

     2,270,000         2,238,588   

BP Capital Markets PLC
Company Guar. Notes
3.99% due 09/26/2023

     405,000         419,128   

BP Capital Markets PLC
Company Guar. Notes
4.74% due 03/11/2021

     1,100,000         1,213,809   

Shell International Finance BV
Company Guar. Notes
3.25% due 05/11/2025

     3,700,000         3,664,032   

Shell International Finance BV
Company Guar. Notes
4.38% due 03/25/2020

     2,625,000         2,873,776   

Statoil ASA
Company Guar. Notes
2.25% due 11/08/2019

     325,000         325,978   

Statoil ASA
Company Guar. Notes
2.45% due 01/17/2023

     211,000         203,346   
Security Description    Principal
Amount
     Value
(Note 2)
 

Oil Companies-Integrated (continued)

     

Statoil ASA
Company Guar. Notes
2.65% due 01/15/2024

   $ 185,000       $ 177,039   

Statoil ASA
Company Guar. Notes
2.75% due 11/10/2021

     475,000         474,381   

Statoil ASA
Company Guar. Notes
2.90% due 11/08/2020

     2,250,000         2,305,262   

Statoil ASA
Company Guar. Notes
3.25% due 11/10/2024

     2,395,000         2,381,279   

Statoil ASA
Company Guar. Notes
3.70% due 03/01/2024

     815,000         842,353   

Suncor Energy, Inc.
Senior Notes
3.60% due 12/01/2024

     835,000         830,927   

Total Capital SA
Company Guar. Notes
2.13% due 08/10/2018

     3,000,000         3,044,988   
     

 

 

 
        21,916,204   
     

 

 

 

Oil-Field Services — 0.2%

     

Schlumberger Investment SA
Company Guar. Notes
3.65% due 12/01/2023

     2,100,000         2,170,182   
     

 

 

 

Property Trust — 0.2%

     

Scentre Group Trust 1/Scentre Group Trust 2
Company Guar. Notes
2.38% due 11/05/2019*

     2,390,000         2,381,492   
     

 

 

 

Total Foreign Corporate Bonds & Notes
(cost $69,462,365)

        71,446,061   
     

 

 

 

FOREIGN GOVERNMENT OBLIGATIONS — 0.5%

  

  

Electric-Distribution — 0.3%

     

Hydro-Quebec
Government Guar. Notes
Series HY
8.40% due 01/15/2022

     3,000,000         3,962,430   
     

 

 

 

Sovereign — 0.2%

     

AID-Egypt
Government Guar. Notes
4.45% due 09/15/2015

     2,500,000         2,520,677   
     

 

 

 

Total Foreign Government Obligations (cost $5,617,125)

        6,483,107   
     

 

 

 

MUNICIPAL BONDS & NOTES — 2.4%

  

  

Atlanta Downtown Development Authority
Revenue Bonds
6.88% due 02/01/2021

     3,615,000         4,240,395   

Bay Area Toll Authority
Revenue Bonds
Series F-2
6.26% due 04/01/2049

     2,400,000         3,102,048   

Chicago Transit Authority
Revenue Bonds Series B
6.90% due 12/01/2040

     80,000         92,148   

Chicago Transit Authority
Revenue Bonds
Series A
6.90% due 12/01/2040

     635,000         731,653   
 

 

 

 
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PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS — June 30, 2015 — (unaudited) — (continued)

 

Security Description    Principal
Amount
     Value
(Note 2)
 

MUNICIPAL BONDS & NOTES (continued)

  

  

Curators of the University of Missouri System Facilities
Revenue Bonds
5.96% due 11/01/2039

   $ 2,170,000       $ 2,666,366   

Maryland State Transportation Authority
Revenue Bonds
5.89% due 07/01/2043

     1,245,000         1,557,321   

Municipal Electric Authority of Georgia
Revenue Bonds
6.64% due 04/01/2057

     1,100,000         1,332,859   

North Texas Tollway Authority
Revenue Bonds
Series B
6.72% due 01/01/2049

     3,450,000         4,756,894   

Oregon School Boards Association
General Obligation Bonds
4.76% due 06/30/2028

     2,800,000         3,059,308   

San Antonio, Texas Electric & Gas
Revenue Bonds
5.99% due 02/01/2039

     885,000         1,116,640   

State of California
General Obligation Bonds
7.55% due 04/01/2039

     915,000         1,322,697   

State of Wisconsin
Revenue Bonds
Series A
5.70% due 05/01/2026

     2,500,000         2,953,300   

University of California Regents
Revenue Bonds
5.77% due 05/15/2043

     2,955,000         3,599,367   

University of California Regents
Revenue Bonds
Series F
6.58% due 05/15/2049

     1,710,000         2,141,228   

Utility Debt Securitization Authority
Revenue Bonds
3.45% due 12/15/2025

     1,695,000         1,753,647   
     

 

 

 

Total Municipal Bonds & Notes
(cost $29,418,673)

        34,425,871   
     

 

 

 

U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENCIES — 36.6%

  

  

Federal Home Loan Mtg. Corp. — 6.1%

     

2.50% due July TBA

     8,400,000         8,497,125   

3.00% due 03/01/2045

     20,809,818         20,708,425   

3.00% due July TBA

     17,300,000         17,909,825   

3.50% due July TBA

     24,800,000         25,587,837   

4.00% due 09/01/2026

     1,535,902         1,623,225   

4.00% due 12/01/2040

     9,293,506         9,860,264   

5.50% due July TBA

     2,000,000         2,241,406   

6.00% due 12/01/2039

     302,425         342,157   

7.50% due 05/01/2027

     1,826         2,193   
     

 

 

 
        86,772,457   
     

 

 

 

Federal National Mtg. Assoc. — 23.3%

  

  

2.00% due July TBA

     2,900,000         2,852,551   

2.50% due July TBA

     1,800,000         1,726,829   

2.50% due 03/01/2030

     12,726,497         12,892,857   

2.82% due 12/01/2024

     4,983,506         4,995,715   

3.00% due 05/01/2027

     1,101,656         1,144,045   

3.00% due 06/01/2027

     632,374         656,756   

3.00% due 08/01/2027

     402,506         417,871   

3.00% due 04/01/2045

     78,066,199         77,859,230   

3.00% due July TBA

     53,500,000         53,379,895   
Security Description    Principal
Amount
     Value
(Note 2)
 

Federal National Mtg. Assoc. (continued)

  

  

3.01% due 12/01/2024

   $ 3,967,528       $ 4,031,969   

3.12% due 05/01/2033

     2,896,520         2,828,173   

3.50% due July TBA

     50,850,000         52,580,398   

4.00% due 09/01/2026

     10,858,507         11,579,552   

4.00% due July TBA

     8,500,000         9,065,857   

4.50% due 11/01/2026

     1,582,657         1,650,089   

4.50% due 01/01/2027

     1,993,663         2,108,755   

4.50% due 06/01/2038

     82,724         89,636   

4.50% due 05/01/2039

     70,845         76,731   

4.50% due 06/01/2039

     268,614         290,402   

4.50% due 08/01/2039

     13,866         15,029   

4.50% due 01/01/2040

     95,238         103,198   

4.50% due 04/01/2040

     93,509         101,109   

4.50% due 07/01/2040

     270,113         292,021   

4.50% due 09/01/2040

     18,164,266         19,680,793   

4.50% due 11/01/2040

     4,236,810         4,591,906   

4.50% due 12/01/2040

     654,093         709,032   

4.50% due 01/01/2041

     719,911         779,893   

4.50% due 02/01/2041

     886,282         960,884   

4.50% due 03/01/2041

     8,992,901         9,747,844   

4.50% due 04/01/2041

     1,067,626         1,157,313   

4.50% due 05/01/2041

     802,517         869,797   

4.50% due 06/01/2041

     1,215,209         1,317,419   

4.50% due 07/01/2041

     3,797,544         4,117,054   

4.50% due 08/01/2041

     2,216,842         2,404,618   

4.50% due 09/01/2041

     894,621         970,309   

4.50% due 04/01/2043

     815,135         884,884   

4.50% due 06/01/2043

     319,205         346,009   

4.50% due 10/01/2043

     1,081,706         1,172,058   

4.50% due 11/01/2043

     222,484         240,909   

4.50% due 08/01/2044

     531,218         575,558   

5.00% due July TBA

     24,000,000         26,512,500   

5.50% due 03/01/2038

     1,563,313         1,753,091   

5.50% due 06/01/2038

     71,854         80,559   

5.50% due 08/01/2038

     79,000         88,645   

5.50% due 09/01/2039

     52,032         58,528   

5.50% due 05/01/2040

     18,230         20,524   

5.50% due 06/01/2040

     18,912         21,542   

5.50% due July TBA

     11,700,000         13,140,563   

6.50% due 02/01/2038

     151,016         174,274   

6.50% due 10/01/2039

     174,571         200,480   
     

 

 

 
        333,315,654   
     

 

 

 

Government National Mtg. Assoc. — 6.5%

  

  

3.00% due July TBA

     13,175,000         13,299,545   

3.50% due July TBA

     35,275,000         36,610,219   

4.00% due 02/15/2041

     1,475,613         1,578,447   

4.00% due 09/15/2041

     1,283,435         1,367,266   

4.00% due 02/15/2042

     129,572         138,035   

4.00% due 08/15/2042

     167,100         180,688   

4.50% due 06/15/2040

     2,052,236         2,229,607   

4.50% due 05/15/2040

     1,346,444         1,462,814   

4.50% due 07/15/2040

     3,178,355         3,454,179   

4.50% due July TBA

     3,000,000         3,234,844   

4.50% due 05/15/2042

     311,810         339,169   

5.00% due 07/15/2033

     2,121,567         2,366,270   

5.00% due 10/15/2033

     102,979         115,337   

5.00% due 11/15/2033

     14,333         15,998   

5.00% due 12/15/2033

     41,373         46,020   

5.00% due 01/15/2034

     196,170         219,457   

5.00% due 02/15/2034

     112,505         124,949   

5.00% due 03/15/2034

     6,106         6,761   

5.00% due 05/15/2034

     15,450         17,484   
 

 

 

 

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PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS — June 30, 2015 — (unaudited) — (continued)

 

Security Description    Principal
Amount
     Value
(Note 2)
 

U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENCIES (continued)

  

  

Government National Mtg. Assoc. (continued)

  

  

5.00% due 06/15/2035

   $ 13,371       $ 14,830   

5.00% due 09/15/2035

     145,896         164,943   

5.00% due 11/15/2035

     65,562         72,778   

5.00% due 12/15/2035

     34,181         37,988   

5.00% due 02/15/2036

     25,134         28,012   

5.00% due 03/15/2036

     14,198         15,743   

5.00% due 09/15/2036

     6,349         7,065   

5.00% due 05/15/2038

     16,320         18,088   

5.00% due 07/15/2038

     380,866         422,738   

5.00% due 08/15/2038

     62,452         69,317   

5.00% due 11/15/2038

     171,959         190,546   

5.00% due 12/15/2038

     623,703         691,114   

5.00% due 06/15/2039

     824,366         914,503   

5.00% due 08/15/2039

     222,256         246,852   

5.00% due 07/15/2040

     206,726         228,928   

5.00% due 04/15/2041

     532,435         590,654   

5.50% due 10/15/2032

     2,483         2,822   

5.50% due 11/15/2032

     3,817         4,306   

5.50% due 02/15/2033

     134,856         152,064   

5.50% due 05/15/2033

     95,447         110,144   

5.50% due 06/15/2033

     125,678         144,518   

5.50% due 07/15/2033

     15,433         17,414   

5.50% due 08/15/2033

     17,898         20,345   

5.50% due 09/15/2033

     7,191         8,294   

5.50% due 11/15/2033

     269,027         310,445   

5.50% due 01/15/2034

     233,077         263,672   

5.50% due 02/15/2034

     80,609         92,208   

5.50% due 03/15/2034

     1,115,017         1,287,102   

5.50% due 04/15/2034

     35,349         40,794   

5.50% due 05/15/2034

     75,284         86,881   

5.50% due 06/15/2034

     27,144         31,060   

5.50% due 07/15/2034

     44,281         50,671   

5.50% due 08/15/2034

     27,325         31,153   

5.50% due 09/15/2034

     522,925         590,013   

5.50% due 10/15/2034

     304,304         343,450   

5.50% due 04/15/2036

     49,879         56,554   

6.00% due 03/15/2028

     8,479         9,608   

6.00% due 06/15/2028

     16,038         18,343   

6.00% due 08/15/2028

     52,189         59,972   

6.00% due 09/15/2028

     37,066         42,031   

6.00% due 10/15/2028

     12,969         14,696   

6.00% due 11/15/2028

     3,387         3,838   

6.00% due 12/15/2028

     72,039         82,397   

6.00% due 03/15/2029

     386         437   

6.00% due 04/15/2029

     3,092         3,548   

6.00% due 01/15/2032

     10,570         12,345   

6.00% due 02/15/2032

     270         307   

6.00% due 07/15/2032

     12,046         13,858   

6.00% due 09/15/2032

     13,456         15,262   

6.00% due 10/15/2032

     278,599         322,878   

6.00% due 11/15/2032

     17,740         20,126   

6.00% due 01/15/2033

     3,976         4,572   

6.00% due 02/15/2033

     31,876         36,908   

6.00% due 03/15/2033

     45,522         53,209   

6.00% due 04/15/2033

     51,000         57,838   

6.00% due 05/15/2033

     112,204         128,344   

6.00% due 12/15/2033

     35,375         41,328   

6.00% due 08/15/2034

     7,618         8,903   

6.00% due 09/15/2034

     110,047         126,528   

6.00% due 10/15/2034

     90,903         105,943   

6.00% due 05/15/2036

     36,960         43,131   

6.00% due 06/15/2036

     306,256         349,867   
Security Description    Principal
Amount
     Value
(Note 2)
 

Government National Mtg. Assoc. (continued)

  

  

6.00% due 07/15/2036

   $ 4,249,931       $ 4,958,279   

6.00% due 08/15/2036

     162,479         189,616   

6.00% due 12/15/2036

     309,279         360,198   

6.00% due 02/15/2037

     92,157         107,459   

6.00% due 08/15/2037

     114,871         131,284   

6.00% due 01/15/2038

     468,493         541,955   

6.00% due 03/15/2038

     203,274         232,307   

6.00% due 07/15/2038

     192,100         219,463   

6.00% due 08/15/2038

     547,394         626,223   

6.00% due 09/15/2038

     1,031,248         1,181,522   

6.00% due 10/15/2038

     1,336,266         1,532,439   

6.00% due 11/15/2038

     489,897         559,712   

6.00% due 12/15/2038

     379,793         433,656   

6.00% due 01/15/2039

     324,947         374,767   

6.00% due 02/15/2039

     222,870         254,768   

6.00% due 04/15/2039

     200,185         231,469   

6.00% due 12/15/2039

     265,575         303,410   

6.00% due 03/15/2040

     258,495         293,244   

6.00% due 04/15/2040

     112,444         128,463   

6.00% due 06/15/2041

     388,573         444,114   

6.50% due 05/15/2023

     6,375         7,272   

6.50% due 06/15/2023

     5,327         6,077   

6.50% due 07/15/2023

     21,678         24,730   

6.50% due 08/15/2023

     2,226         2,540   

6.50% due 10/15/2023

     18,524         21,131   

6.50% due 11/15/2023

     24,717         28,197   

6.50% due 12/15/2023

     64,409         73,478   

6.50% due 02/15/2027

     2,193         2,554   

6.50% due 12/15/2027

     1,963         2,243   

6.50% due 01/15/2028

     23,289         26,569   

6.50% due 02/15/2028

     10,109         11,532   

6.50% due 03/15/2028

     39,915         46,110   

6.50% due 04/15/2028

     20,142         23,036   

6.50% due 05/15/2028

     56,475         64,425   

6.50% due 06/15/2028

     113,920         130,166   

6.50% due 07/15/2028

     95,275         108,691   

6.50% due 08/15/2028

     53,257         61,284   

6.50% due 09/15/2028

     82,277         93,937   

6.50% due 10/15/2028

     64,781         73,943   

6.50% due 11/15/2028

     82,421         94,357   

6.50% due 12/15/2028

     82,769         94,650   

6.50% due 01/15/2029

     2,034         2,320   

6.50% due 02/15/2029

     13,868         15,819   

6.50% due 03/15/2029

     21,969         25,061   

6.50% due 04/15/2029

     17,649         20,134   

6.50% due 05/15/2029

     64,346         73,405   

6.50% due 06/15/2029

     21,643         24,691   

6.50% due 03/15/2031

     4,964         5,663   

6.50% due 04/15/2031

     1,153         1,373   

6.50% due 05/15/2031

     81,937         93,692   

6.50% due 06/15/2031

     54,929         62,661   

6.50% due 07/15/2031

     170,540         195,476   

6.50% due 08/15/2031

     31,514         35,958   

6.50% due 09/15/2031

     104,427         119,128   

6.50% due 10/15/2031

     93,217         107,039   

6.50% due 11/15/2031

     43,896         50,234   

6.50% due 01/15/2032

     205,484         234,678   

6.50% due 02/15/2032

     75,190         86,059   

6.50% due 03/15/2032

     1,822         2,078   

6.50% due 04/15/2032

     13,795         15,737   

6.50% due 05/15/2032

     56,361         64,297   

7.00% due 11/15/2031

     43,759         50,950   

7.00% due 03/15/2032

     26,631         31,579   
 

 

 

 
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PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS — June 30, 2015 — (unaudited) — (continued)

 

Security Description    Principal
Amount
     Value
(Note 2)
 

U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENCIES (continued)

  

  

Government National Mtg. Assoc. (continued)

  

  

7.00% due 01/15/2033

   $ 36,451       $ 43,324   

7.00% due 05/15/2033

     99,046         119,396   

7.00% due 07/15/2033

     75,788         90,087   

7.00% due 11/15/2033

     100,076         119,961   

8.00% due 10/15/2029

     429         431   

8.00% due 12/15/2029

     5,367         5,429   

8.00% due 01/15/2030

     17,619         18,704   

8.00% due 03/15/2030

     133         134   

8.00% due 04/15/2030

     24,257         24,651   

8.00% due 06/15/2030

     1,654         1,718   

8.00% due 08/15/2030

     1,965         1,965   

8.00% due 09/15/2030

     23,157         24,028   

8.00% due 11/15/2030

     2,590         3,029   

8.00% due 12/15/2030

     4,627         5,030   

8.00% due 02/15/2031

     39,753         43,579   

8.00% due 03/15/2031

     12,040         12,249   

10.00% due 04/20/2016

     284         286   

10.00% due 05/20/2016

     331         335   

10.00% due 08/20/2016

     393         398   

10.00% due 01/20/2017

     1,127         1,141   

10.00% due 03/20/2017

     1,286         1,302   

Government National Mtg. Assoc., REMIC

  

  

Series 2005-74, Class HA

     

7.50% due 09/16/2035(3)

     95,995         108,659   

Series 2005-74, Class HB

     

7.50% due 09/16/2035(3)

     469,286         549,248   

Series 2005-74, Class HC

     

7.50% due 09/16/2035(3)

     175,654         203,832   
     

 

 

 
        92,539,533   
     

 

 

 

Sovereign Agency — 0.7%

     

Resolution Funding Corp. STRIPS
zero coupon due 07/15/2020

     2,500,000         2,262,640   

Tennessee Valley Authority
Senior Notes
4.63% due 09/15/2060

     7,400,000         7,840,493   
     

 

 

 
        10,103,133   
     

 

 

 

Total U.S. Government Agencies
(cost $518,621,060)

        522,730,777   
     

 

 

 

U.S. GOVERNMENT TREASURIES — 32.8%

  

  

United States Treasury Bonds — 4.5%

  

  

2.88% due 05/15/2043

     37,880,000         36,098,466   

3.00% due 11/15/2044

     9,975,000         9,757,575   

3.13% due 08/15/2044

     1,435,000         1,437,355   

3.38% due 05/15/2044

     4,175,000         4,385,382   

3.63% due 02/15/2044

     11,290,000         12,412,824   
     

 

 

 
        64,091,602   
     

 

 

 

United States Treasury Notes — 28.3%

  

  

0.50% due 08/31/2016

     121,729,400         121,900,552   

0.50% due 01/31/2017

     17,400,000         17,394,571   

0.50% due 03/31/2017

     9,200,000         9,190,653   

0.63% due 05/31/2017

     16,000,000         15,997,504   

0.63% due 08/31/2017

     54,000,000         53,907,174   

0.75% due 03/31/2018

     2,800,000         2,785,782   

1.00% due 03/31/2017

     16,000,000         16,122,496   

1.00% due 09/15/2017

     12,000,000         12,069,372   

1.00% due 05/31/2018

     9,800,000         9,803,058   

1.25% due 11/30/2018

     6,800,000         6,817,000   
Security Description    Principal
Amount
    Value
(Note 2)
 

United States Treasury Notes (continued)

  

 

1.38% due 07/31/2018

   $ 18,200,000      $ 18,382,000   

1.38% due 09/30/2018

     23,200,000        23,392,119   

1.38% due 03/31/2020

     40,750,000        40,348,857   

2.00% due 02/15/2025

     33,350,000        32,401,593   

2.13% due 12/31/2015

     1,500,000        1,514,649   

2.38% due 08/15/2024

     2,725,000        2,739,690   

2.75% due 02/15/2024

     13,175,000        13,678,324   

3.13% due 04/30/2017

     4,500,000        4,707,774   
    

 

 

 
       403,153,168   
    

 

 

 

Total U.S. Government Treasuries
(cost $462,354,650)

       467,244,770   
    

 

 

 

Total Long-Term Investment Securities
(cost $1,324,395,743)

       1,346,742,947   
    

 

 

 

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENT SECURITIES — 12.0%

  

U.S. Government Agencies — 12.0%

  

 

Federal Home Loan Bank Disc. Notes

    

0.08% due 07/29/2015

     50,500,000        50,499,192   

0.09% due 08/05/2015

     120,000,000        119,995,320   
    

 

 

 

Total Short-Term Investment Securities
(cost $170,486,085)

       170,494,512   
    

 

 

 

REPURCHASE AGREEMENTS — 11.3%

  

 

Bank of America Securities LLC
Joint Repurchase Agreement(5)

     34,790,000        34,790,000   

Barclays Capital, Inc.
Joint Repurchase Agreement(5)

     30,750,000        30,750,000   

BNP Paribas SA
Joint Repurchase Agreement(5)

     30,750,000        30,750,000   

Deutsche Bank AG
Joint Repurchase Agreement(5)

     34,870,000        34,870,000   

RBS Securities, Inc.
Joint Repurchase Agreement(5)

     30,750,000        30,750,000   
    

 

 

 

Total Repurchase Agreements
(cost $161,910,000)

       161,910,000   
    

 

 

 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS
(cost $1,656,791,828)(6)

     117.7     1,679,147,459   

Liabilities in excess of other assets

     (17.7     (252,752,629
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET ASSETS

     100.0   $ 1,426,394,830   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

FORWARD SALES CONTRACTS — (4.0)%

  

 

U.S. Government Agencies — (4.0)%

  

 

Federal National Mtg. Assoc. — (3.3)%

  

 

4.50% due July TBA

   $ (43,750,000     (47,297,854
    

 

 

 

Government National Mtg. Assoc. — (0.7)%

  

 

4.00% due July TBA

     (2,000,000     (2,128,125

6.00% due July TBA

     (6,100,000     (6,909,055
    

 

 

 
       (9,037,180
    

 

 

 

Total Forward Sales Contracts
(cost $56,312,719)

     $ (56,335,034
    

 

 

 
 

 

 

 

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PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS — June 30, 2015 — (unaudited) — (continued)

 

 

*   Securities exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. These securities may be sold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. The Portfolio has no right to demand registration of these securities. At June 30, 2015, the aggregate value of these securities was $88,567,193 representing 6.2% of net assets. Unless otherwise indicated, these securities are not considered to be illiquid.
(1)   Collateralized Loan Obligation
(2)   Commercial Mortgage Backed Security
(3)   Collateralized Mortgage Obligation
(4)   “Step-up” security where the rate increases (“steps-up”) at a predetermined rate. Rate shown reflects the increased rate.
(5)   See Note 2 for details of Joint Repurchase Agreements.
(6)   See Note 6 for cost of investments on a tax basis.

REMIC — Real Estate Mortgage Investment Conduit

STRIPS — Separate trading of registered interest and principal of securities

TBA — Securities purchased on a forward commitment basis with an approximate principal amount and no definite maturity date. The actual principal amount and maturity date will be determined upon settlement date.

FRS — Floating Rate Security

VRS — Variable Rate Security

The rates shown on FRS and VRS are the current interest rates at June 30, 2015 and unless noted otherwise, the dates shown are the original maturity date.

 

The following is a summary of the inputs used to value the Portfolio’s net assets as of June 30, 2015 (see Note 2):

 

      Level 1 - Unadjusted
Quoted  Prices
     Level 2 - Other
Observable  Inputs
     Level 3 -  Significant
Unobservable Inputs
     Total  

ASSETS:

           

Investments at Value:*

           

Asset Backed Securities

   $       $ 72,996,508       $       $ 72,996,508   

U.S. Corporate Bonds & Notes

             171,415,853                 171,415,853   

Foreign Corporate Bonds & Notes

             71,446,061                 71,446,061   

Foreign Government Obligations

             6,483,107                 6,483,107   

Municipal Bonds & Notes

             34,425,871                 34,425,871   

U.S. Government Agencies

             522,730,777                 522,730,777   

U.S. Government Treasuries

             467,244,770                 467,244,770   

Short-Term Investment Securities

             170,494,512                 170,494,512   

Repurchase Agreements

             161,910,000                 161,910,000   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Investments at Value

   $       $ 1,679,147,459       $       $ 1,679,147,459   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

LIABILITIES:

           

Forward Sales Contracts:

           

U.S. Government Agencies

   $       $ 56,335,034       $       $ 56,335,034   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

*   For a detailed presentation of investments, please refer to the Portfolio of Investments.

The Portfolio’s policy is to recognize transfers between Levels as of the end of the reporting period. There were no material transfers between Levels during the reporting period.

At the beginning of the reporting period, Level 3 investments in securities were not considered a material portion of the Portfolio. There were no Level 3 investments at the end of the reporting period.

See Notes to Financial Statements

 

 

 
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PORTFOLIO PROFILE — June 30, 2015 — (unaudited)

 

Industry Allocation*

 

Diversified Financial Services

     4.6

Federal National Mtg. Assoc.

     4.5   

Exchange-Traded Funds

     3.8   

Real Estate Investment Trusts

     3.7   

Federal Home Loan Mtg. Corp.

     3.2   

Medical-Drugs

     2.9   

Repurchase Agreements

     2.8   

Electric-Integrated

     2.7   

Government National Mtg. Assoc.

     2.5   

Diversified Banking Institutions

     2.5   

Banks-Super Regional

     2.3   

Banks-Commercial

     2.1   

Oil Companies-Exploration & Production

     2.1   

Oil Companies-Integrated

     1.8   

Food-Misc./Diversified

     1.5   

Insurance-Multi-line

     1.4   

Computers

     1.3   

Medical Products

     1.3   

Pipelines

     1.2   

Oil Refining & Marketing

     1.1   

Chemicals-Diversified

     1.0   

Diversified Manufacturing Operations

     1.0   

Aerospace/Defense

     1.0   

Electronic Components-Misc.

     1.0   

Medical Instruments

     1.0   

Electronic Components-Semiconductors

     0.9   

Auto/Truck Parts & Equipment-Original

     0.9   

Oil & Gas Drilling

     0.9   

Beverages-Non-alcoholic

     0.8   

Finance-Mortgage Loan/Banker

     0.8   

Telephone-Integrated

     0.8   

Airlines

     0.8   

Machinery-Farming

     0.8   

Insurance-Property/Casualty

     0.8   

Medical-Biomedical/Gene

     0.8   

Oil-Field Services

     0.7   

Toys

     0.7   

Data Processing/Management

     0.7   

Auto-Cars/Light Trucks

     0.7   

Multimedia

     0.7   

Food-Retail

     0.7   

Medical-Hospitals

     0.7   

Insurance-Reinsurance

     0.6   

Brewery

     0.6   

Steel-Producers

     0.6   

Medical-Generic Drugs

     0.6   

Investment Management/Advisor Services

     0.6   

Finance-Investment Banker/Broker

     0.6   

Chemicals-Specialty

     0.6   

Semiconductor Components-Integrated Circuits

     0.6   

Enterprise Software/Service

     0.5   

Rental Auto/Equipment

     0.5   

Applications Software

     0.5   

Instruments-Scientific

     0.5   

Cosmetics & Toiletries

     0.5   

Transport-Marine

     0.5   

Gas-Distribution

     0.5   

Transport-Services

     0.5   

Retail-Restaurants

     0.5   

Diversified Minerals

     0.5   

Telecom Services

     0.5   

Medical Labs & Testing Services

     0.5   

Consumer Products-Misc.

     0.5 %  

Containers-Paper/Plastic

     0.5   

Computer Services

     0.4   

Non-Hazardous Waste Disposal

     0.4   

Electronic Parts Distribution

     0.4   

Human Resources

     0.4   

Retail-Discount

     0.4   

Internet Telephone

     0.4   

Finance-Other Services

     0.4   

Auto-Heavy Duty Trucks

     0.4   

Web Portals/ISP

     0.4   

Semiconductor Equipment

     0.4   

SupraNational Banks

     0.4   

Savings & Loans/Thrifts

     0.4   

Rubber-Tires

     0.4   

Physical Therapy/Rehabilitation Centers

     0.4   

Steel-Specialty

     0.4   

Electric-Transmission

     0.4   

Gambling (Non-Hotel)

     0.4   

Coatings/Paint

     0.3   

Advertising Services

     0.3   

Athletic Footwear

     0.3   

Office Furnishings-Original

     0.3   

United States Treasury Bonds

     0.3   

Transport-Rail

     0.3   

Medical-Wholesale Drug Distribution

     0.3   

Insurance Brokers

     0.3   

Computers-Memory Devices

     0.3   

Electronic Forms

     0.3   

Machine Tools & Related Products

     0.3   

E-Commerce/Products

     0.3   

Security Services

     0.3   

Housewares

     0.3   

Hotels/Motels

     0.3   

Retail-Drug Store

     0.3   

Finance-Credit Card

     0.3   

Retail-Apparel/Shoe

     0.3   

Satellite Telecom

     0.3   

Independent Power Producers

     0.3   

Retail-Major Department Stores

     0.3   

Storage/Warehousing

     0.2   

Alternative Waste Technology

     0.2   

Special Purpose Entities

     0.2   

Finance-Auto Loans

     0.2   

Food-Flour & Grain

     0.2   

Cellular Telecom

     0.2   

Office Automation & Equipment

     0.2   

Apparel Manufacturers

     0.2   

Cruise Lines

     0.2   

Auction Houses/Art Dealers

     0.2   

Tobacco

     0.2   

Industrial Gases

     0.2   

Investment Companies

     0.2   

Private Equity

     0.2   

Distribution/Wholesale

     0.2   

Agricultural Chemicals

     0.2   

Retail-Building Products

     0.2   

Cable/Satellite TV

     0.2   

Computer Software

     0.2   

Tools-Hand Held

     0.2   

Retail-Jewelry

     0.2   
 

 

 

 

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Non-Ferrous Metals

     0.2 %  

Dialysis Centers

     0.2   

Machinery-General Industrial

     0.1   

Batteries/Battery Systems

     0.1   

Networking Products

     0.1   

Casino Hotels

     0.1   

Casino Services

     0.1   

Trucking/Leasing

     0.1   

Instruments-Controls

     0.1   

Insurance-Mutual

     0.1   

Internet Security

     0.1   

Miscellaneous Manufacturing

     0.1   

Finance-Commercial

     0.1   

Retail-Automobile

     0.1   

Electric Products-Misc.

     0.1   

Motorcycle/Motor Scooter

     0.1   

Electronic Measurement Instruments

     0.1   

Building Products-Doors & Windows

     0.1   

Metal Processors & Fabrication

     0.1   

Insurance-Life/Health

     0.1   

Electric-Generation

     0.1   

Beverages-Wine/Spirits

     0.1   

Television

     0.1   

Veterinary Diagnostics

     0.1   

Computer Aided Design

     0.1   

Filtration/Separation Products

     0.1   

Airport Development/Maintenance

     0.1   

Medical Sterilization Products

     0.1   

Diversified Operations

     0.1   

Banks-Fiduciary

     0.1   

Coal

     0.1   

Water

     0.1   

Aerospace/Defense-Equipment

     0.1   

United States Treasury Notes

     0.1   
  

 

 

 
     100.2
  

 

 

 

 

*   Calculated as a percentage of net assets

 

 

 
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PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS — June 30, 2015 — (unaudited)

 

Security Description   Shares          
Value
(Note 2)
 

COMMON STOCKS — 58.9%

    

Advertising Agencies — 0.0%

    

Interpublic Group of Cos., Inc.

    431       $ 8,305   

Omnicom Group, Inc.

    152         10,563   
    

 

 

 
     18,868   
    

 

 

 

Advertising Services — 0.3%

    

Aimia, Inc.

    38,895         422,400   

Publicis Groupe ADR

    16,315         302,806   
    

 

 

 
     725,206   
    

 

 

 

Aerospace/Defense — 0.9%

    

Boeing Co.

    4,419         613,004   

Lockheed Martin Corp.

    1,782         331,274   

Northrop Grumman Corp.

    2,362         374,684   

Raytheon Co.

    3,161         302,444   

Rockwell Collins, Inc.

    115         10,620   

Teledyne Technologies, Inc.†

    2,237         236,026   
    

 

 

 
     1,868,052   
    

 

 

 

Aerospace/Defense-Equipment — 0.1%

  

  

Harris Corp.

    1,406         108,135   
    

 

 

 

Agricultural Chemicals — 0.2%

  

  

Incitec Pivot, Ltd. ADR

    121,708         371,209   

Monsanto Co.

    233         24,836   
    

 

 

 
     396,045   
    

 

 

 

Airlines — 0.6%

    

Alaska Air Group, Inc.

    10,221         658,539   

American Airlines Group, Inc.

    354         14,137   

Copa Holdings SA, Class A

    6,740         556,657   

Southwest Airlines Co.

    322         10,655   

United Continental Holdings, Inc.†

    198         10,496   
    

 

 

 
     1,250,484   
    

 

 

 

Airport Development/Maintenance — 0.1%

  

  

TAV Havalimanlari Holding AS ADR

    4,100         137,596   
    

 

 

 

Apparel Manufacturers — 0.2%

  

  

Michael Kors Holdings, Ltd.†

    120         5,051   

Ralph Lauren Corp.

    486         64,327   

Under Armour, Inc., Class A†

    102         8,511   

VF Corp.

    5,899         411,396   
    

 

 

 
     489,285   
    

 

 

 

Applications Software — 0.5%

  

  

Citrix Systems, Inc.†

    128         8,981   

Intuit, Inc.

    146         14,712   

Microsoft Corp.

    23,068         1,018,452   

Red Hat, Inc.†

    144         10,934   

salesforce.com, Inc.†

    298         20,750   

ServiceNow, Inc.†

    108         8,025   
    

 

 

 
     1,081,854   
    

 

 

 

Athletic Footwear — 0.3%

  

  

NIKE, Inc., Class B

    6,633         716,497   
    

 

 

 

Auction Houses/Art Dealers — 0.2%

  

  

Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers, Inc.

    15,814         441,527   
    

 

 

 

Audio/Video Products — 0.0%

  

  

Harman International Industries, Inc.

    64         7,612   
    

 

 

 

Auto-Cars/Light Trucks — 0.4%

  

  

Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. ADR

    42,300         884,493   

Tesla Motors, Inc.†

    48         12,877   
    

 

 

 
     897,370   
    

 

 

 
Security Description   Shares          
Value
(Note 2)
 

Auto-Heavy Duty Trucks — 0.4%

    

New Flyer Industries, Inc.

    5,834       $ 72,306   

PACCAR, Inc.

    12,100         772,101   
    

 

 

 
     844,407   
    

 

 

 

Auto/Truck Parts & Equipment-Original — 0.7%

  

  

Autoliv, Inc.

    6,224         726,652   

BorgWarner, Inc.

    191         10,856   

Johnson Controls, Inc.

    14,741         730,122   

WABCO Holdings, Inc.†

    82         10,145   
    

 

 

 
     1,477,775   
    

 

 

 

Banks-Commercial — 1.9%

    

Australia & New Zealand Banking Group, Ltd. ADR

    3,149         77,969   

Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA ADR

    79,771         787,340   

Bank of Nova Scotia

    4,653         240,234   

City Holding Co.

    638         31,422   

Cullen/Frost Bankers, Inc.

    11,108         872,867   

East West Bancorp, Inc.

    5,190         232,616   

FirstMerit Corp.

    5,759         119,960   

Grupo Financiero Santander Mexico SAB de CV ADR, Class B

    8,230         75,304   

ING Groep NV ADR

    49,669         823,512   

M&T Bank Corp.

    1,946         243,114   

PacWest Bancorp

    3,929         183,720   

SVB Financial Group†

    1,725         248,365   

Umpqua Holdings Corp.

    5,930         106,681   

Washington Trust Bancorp, Inc.

    2,112         83,382   
    

 

 

 
     4,126,486   
    

 

 

 

Banks-Fiduciary — 0.1%

    

State Street Corp.

    1,644         126,588   
    

 

 

 

Banks-Super Regional — 1.5%

    

PNC Financial Services Group, Inc.

    11,194         1,070,706   

US Bancorp

    17,150         744,310   

Wells Fargo & Co.

    23,335         1,312,361   
    

 

 

 
     3,127,377   
    

 

 

 

Batteries/Battery Systems — 0.1%

  

  

Energizer Holdings, Inc.

    2,245         295,330   
    

 

 

 

Beverages-Non-alcoholic — 0.6%

  

  

Coca-Cola Co.

    13,323         522,661   

Coca-Cola Enterprises, Inc.

    197         8,558   

Coca-Cola Femsa SAB de CV, ADR

    5,257         417,669   

Dr Pepper Snapple Group, Inc.

    2,499         182,177   

Monster Beverage Corp.†

    70         9,381   

PepsiCo, Inc.

    2,159         201,521   
    

 

 

 
     1,341,967   
    

 

 

 

Beverages-Wine/Spirits — 0.1%

  

  

Brown-Forman Corp., Class B

    1,812         181,526   

Constellation Brands, Inc., Class A

    106         12,298   
    

 

 

 
     193,824   
    

 

 

 

Brewery — 0.4%

    

Ambev SA ADR

    150,696         919,246   
    

 

 

 

Broadcast Services/Program — 0.0%

  

  

Discovery Communications, Inc., Class A†

    298         9,911   
    

 

 

 

Building & Construction Products-Misc. — 0.0%

  

  

Fortune Brands Home & Security, Inc.

    192         8,797   
    

 

 

 
 

 

 

 

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Security Description   Shares          
Value
(Note 2)
 

COMMON STOCKS (continued)

  

Building Products-Cement — 0.0%

  

Martin Marietta Materials, Inc.

    75       $ 10,613   
    

 

 

 

Building Products-Doors & Windows — 0.1%

  

Apogee Enterprises, Inc.

    4,110         216,350   
    

 

 

 

Building Products-Wood — 0.0%

  

Masco Corp.

    357         9,521   
    

 

 

 

Building-Heavy Construction — 0.0%

  

Granite Construction, Inc.

    844         29,970   

SBA Communications Corp., Class A†

    78         8,968   
    

 

 

 
     38,938   
    

 

 

 

Cable/Satellite TV — 0.1%

  

Charter Communications, Inc., Class A†

    62         10,618   

Comcast Corp., Class A

    989         59,478   

DIRECTV†

    213         19,764   

DISH Network Corp., Class A†

    118         7,990   

Time Warner Cable, Inc.

    137         24,409   
    

 

 

 
     122,259   
    

 

 

 

Casino Hotels — 0.0%

  

Las Vegas Sands Corp.

    220         11,565   
    

 

 

 

Cellular Telecom — 0.2%

    

China Mobile, Ltd. ADR

    317         20,317   

MTN Group, Ltd. ADR

    25,457         477,064   
    

 

 

 
     497,381   
    

 

 

 

Chemicals-Diversified — 0.8%

  

Akzo Nobel NV ADR

    25,600         622,592   

E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co.

    8,811         563,464   

Eastman Chemical Co.

    70         5,727   

FMC Corp.

    1,886         99,109   

Huntsman Corp.

    6,744         148,840   

LyondellBasell Industries NV, Class A

    204         21,118   

PPG Industries, Inc.

    2,372         272,116   
    

 

 

 
     1,732,966   
    

 

 

 

Chemicals-Specialty — 0.6%

  

Albemarle Corp.

    2,285         126,292   

Cabot Corp.

    9,581         357,276   

Ecolab, Inc.

    132         14,925   

H.B. Fuller Co.

    12,208         495,889   

International Flavors & Fragrances, Inc.

    2,307         252,132   
    

 

 

 
     1,246,514   
    

 

 

 

Coal — 0.1%

  

Alliance Resource Partners LP

    4,997         124,725   
    

 

 

 

Coatings/Paint — 0.3%

  

RPM International, Inc.

    1,657         81,143   

Sherwin-Williams Co.

    39         10,726   

Valspar Corp.

    7,800         638,196   
    

 

 

 
     730,065   
    

 

 

 

Coffee — 0.0%

  

Keurig Green Mountain, Inc.

    67         5,134   
    

 

 

 

Commercial Services-Finance — 0.0%

  

Automatic Data Processing, Inc.

    230         18,453   

FleetCor Technologies, Inc.†

    55         8,583   

MasterCard, Inc., Class A

    415         38,794   

McGraw Hill Financial, Inc.

    133         13,360   

Moody’s Corp.

    110         11,876   
    

 

 

 
     91,066   
    

 

 

 
Security Description   Shares          
Value
(Note 2)
 

Computer Aided Design — 0.1%

  

Autodesk, Inc.†

    3,444       $ 172,458   
    

 

 

 

Computer Services — 0.3%

  

Accenture PLC, Class A

    901         87,199   

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp., Class A†

    307         18,754   

International Business Machines Corp.

    3,001         488,143   

Teradata Corp.†

    2,829         104,673   
    

 

 

 
     698,769   
    

 

 

 

Computer Software — 0.2%

  

Akamai Technologies, Inc.†

    127         8,867   

Kudelski SA (BR)(1)

    25,500         361,383   
    

 

 

 
     370,250   
    

 

 

 

Computers — 1.1%

  

Apple, Inc.

    19,217         2,410,292   
    

 

 

 

Computers-Integrated Systems — 0.0%

  

MTS Systems Corp.

    791         54,539   
    

 

 

 

Computers-Memory Devices — 0.3%

  

EMC Corp.

    24,897         657,032   
    

 

 

 

Consulting Services — 0.0%

  

Verisk Analytics, Inc.†

    117         8,513   
    

 

 

 

Consumer Products-Misc. — 0.5%

  

Kimberly-Clark Corp.

    1,518         160,863   

Tumi Holdings, Inc.†

    28,327         581,270   

WD-40 Co.

    2,615         227,923   
    

 

 

 
     970,056   
    

 

 

 

Containers-Metal/Glass — 0.0%

  

Ball Corp.

    122         8,558   
    

 

 

 

Containers-Paper/Plastic — 0.1%

  

Packaging Corp. of America

    1,508         94,235   

Sealed Air Corp.

    199         10,225   
    

 

 

 
     104,460   
    

 

 

 

Cosmetics & Toiletries — 0.5%

  

Colgate-Palmolive Co.

    335         21,913   

Estee Lauder Cos., Inc., Class A

    133         11,526   

Procter & Gamble Co.

    3,393         265,468   

Unilever NV

    18,030         754,375   
    

 

 

 
     1,053,282   
    

 

 

 

Cruise Lines — 0.1%

  

Carnival Corp.

    4,216         208,228   

Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings, Ltd.†

    98         5,492   
    

 

 

 
     213,720   
    

 

 

 

Data Processing/Management — 0.7%

  

Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc.

    1,486         74,315   

Fair Isaac Corp.

    11,307         1,026,450   

Fidelity National Information Services, Inc.

    7,293         450,707   

Fiserv, Inc.†

    140         11,596   

Paychex, Inc.

    164         7,688   
    

 

 

 
     1,570,756   
    

 

 

 

Dialysis Centers — 0.2%

    

DaVita HealthCare Partners, Inc.†

    3,922         311,681   
    

 

 

 

Distribution/Wholesale — 0.2%

  

  

Fastenal Co.

    178         7,508   
 

 

 

 
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Security Description   Shares          
Value
(Note 2)
 

COMMON STOCKS (continued)

    

Distribution/Wholesale (continued)

  

  

Genuine Parts Co.

    2,387       $ 213,708   

Pool Corp.

    2,662         186,819   
    

 

 

 
     408,035   
    

 

 

 

Diversified Banking Institutions — 1.1%

  

  

BNP Paribas SA ADR

    26,100         795,267   

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.

    970         202,526   

HSBC Holdings PLC ADR

    3,184         142,675   

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

    16,422         1,112,755   
    

 

 

 
     2,253,223   
    

 

 

 

Diversified Manufacturing Operations — 1.0%

  

3M Co.

    1,259         194,264   

Crane Co.

    4,383         257,414   

Dover Corp.

    89         6,246   

General Electric Co.

    13,179         350,166   

Illinois Tool Works, Inc.

    163         14,962   

Parker-Hannifin Corp.

    3,601         418,904   

Siemens AG ADR

    5,713         580,041   

Vesuvius PLC†

    45,600         304,508   
    

 

 

 
     2,126,505   
    

 

 

 

Diversified Minerals — 0.1%

  

  

BHP Billiton, Ltd. ADR

    5,590         227,569   
    

 

 

 

Diversified Operations — 0.1%

  

  

China Merchants Holdings International Co., Ltd. ADR

    3,000         127,770   
    

 

 

 

E-Commerce/Products — 0.3%

  

  

Amazon.com, Inc.†

    1,054         457,531   

eBay, Inc.†

    2,701         162,708   
    

 

 

 
     620,239   
    

 

 

 

E-Commerce/Services — 0.0%

  

  

Netflix, Inc.†

    30         19,708   

Priceline Group, Inc.†

    23         26,482   
    

 

 

 
     46,190   
    

 

 

 

Electric Products-Misc. — 0.1%

  

  

AMETEK, Inc.

    189         10,353   

Emerson Electric Co.

    2,692         149,218   

Littelfuse, Inc.

    757         71,832   
    

 

 

 
     231,403   
    

 

 

 

Electric-Integrated — 1.5%

  

  

ALLETE, Inc.

    2,001         92,826   

Alliant Energy Corp.

    2,333         134,661   

Duke Energy Corp.

    3,564         251,690   

Eversource Energy

    18,215         827,143   

Great Plains Energy, Inc.

    2,898         70,016   

NextEra Energy, Inc.

    2,634         258,211   

PNM Resources, Inc.

    3,095         76,137   

WEC Energy Group Inc

    19,517         877,679   

Xcel Energy, Inc.

    17,131         551,276   
    

 

 

 
     3,139,639   
    

 

 

 

Electric-Transmission — 0.1%

  

  

ITC Holdings Corp.

    3,121         100,434   
    

 

 

 

Electronic Components-Misc. — 0.9%

  

Corning, Inc.

    8,052         158,866   

Garmin, Ltd.

    22,634         994,312   

TE Connectivity, Ltd.

    10,500         675,150   
    

 

 

 
     1,828,328   
    

 

 

 
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(Note 2)
 

Electronic Components-Semiconductors — 0.9%

  

Avago Technologies, Ltd.

    1,092       $ 145,160   

Intel Corp.

    7,378         224,402   

Microchip Technology, Inc.

    32,772         1,554,212   

Micron Technology, Inc.†

    240         4,522   

Qorvo, Inc.†

    65         5,217   

Skyworks Solutions, Inc.

    124         12,908   

Texas Instruments, Inc.

    471         24,261   

Xilinx, Inc.

    182         8,037   
    

 

 

 
     1,978,719   
    

 

 

 

Electronic Connectors — 0.0%

  

  

Amphenol Corp., Class A

    211         12,232   
    

 

 

 

Electronic Forms — 0.3%

  

  

Adobe Systems, Inc.†

    7,757         628,395   
    

 

 

 

Electronic Measurement Instruments — 0.1%

  

FLIR Systems, Inc.

    2,250         69,345   

Trimble Navigation, Ltd.†

    6,389         149,886   
    

 

 

 
     219,231   
    

 

 

 

Electronic Parts Distribution — 0.4%

  

  

Arrow Electronics, Inc.†

    13,700         764,460   

Avnet, Inc.

    3,465         142,446   
    

 

 

 
     906,906   
    

 

 

 

Electronic Security Devices — 0.0%

  

  

Tyco International PLC

    224         8,620   
    

 

 

 

Engines-Internal Combustion — 0.0%

  

  

Cummins, Inc.

    107         14,037   
    

 

 

 

Enterprise Software/Service — 0.4%

  

  

Omnicell, Inc.†

    3,666         138,245   

Oracle Corp.

    13,470         542,841   

Tyler Technologies, Inc.†

    1,539         199,116   
    

 

 

 
     880,202   
    

 

 

 

Entertainment Software — 0.0%

  

  

Electronic Arts, Inc.†

    158         10,507   
    

 

 

 

Environmental Monitoring & Detection — 0.0%

  

MSA Safety, Inc.

    893         43,319   
    

 

 

 

Filtration/Separation Products — 0.1%

  

  

Donaldson Co., Inc.

    3,996         143,057   

Pall Corp.

    92         11,449   
    

 

 

 
     154,506   
    

 

 

 

Finance-Credit Card — 0.3%

  

  

Alliance Data Systems Corp.†

    32         9,342   

American Express Co.

    133         10,337   

Discover Financial Services

    8,083         465,742   

Visa, Inc., Class A

    792         53,183   
    

 

 

 
     538,604   
    

 

 

 

Finance-Investment Banker/Broker — 0.2%

  

Charles Schwab Corp.

    13,324         435,028   

LPL Financial Holdings, Inc.

    181         8,415   

TD Ameritrade Holding Corp.

    250         9,205   
    

 

 

 
     452,648   
    

 

 

 

Finance-Leasing Companies — 0.0%

  

Fly Leasing, Ltd. ADR

    1,716         26,941   
    

 

 

 

Finance-Mortgage Loan/Banker — 0.8%

  

FNF Group

    48,186         1,782,400   
    

 

 

 
 

 

 

 

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COMMON STOCKS (continued)

  

Finance-Other Services — 0.4%

  

Deutsche Boerse AG ADR

    102,650       $ 849,942   
    

 

 

 

Food-Misc./Diversified — 1.1%

  

B&G Foods, Inc.

    20,084         572,997   

Danone SA ADR

    54,761         709,155   

General Mills, Inc.

    4,598         256,201   

Ingredion, Inc.

    1,126         89,866   

Kellogg Co.

    126         7,900   

Kraft Foods Group, Inc.

    2,546         216,766   

McCormick & Co., Inc.

    3,236         261,954   

Orkla ASA ADR

    24,078         191,119   
    

 

 

 
     2,305,958   
    

 

 

 

Food-Retail — 0.7%

  

Dairy Farm International Holdings, Ltd. ADR

    4,908         211,191   

Kroger Co.

    11,041         800,583   

Tesco PLC ADR

    21,300         213,106   

Whole Foods Market, Inc.

    4,758         187,656   
    

 

 

 
     1,412,536   
    

 

 

 

Gambling (Non-Hotel) — 0.1%

  

OPAP SA ADR(1)

    46,300         185,200   
    

 

 

 

Gas-Distribution — 0.5%

  

ONE Gas, Inc.

    1,526         64,946   

Sempra Energy

    9,066         896,990   

Vectren Corp.

    2,164         83,271   
    

 

 

 
     1,045,207   
    

 

 

 

Hazardous Waste Disposal — 0.0%

  

Stericycle, Inc.†

    459         61,465   
    

 

 

 

Home Decoration Products — 0.0%

  

Newell Rubbermaid, Inc.

    1,773         72,888   
    

 

 

 

Hotels/Motels — 0.0%

  

Marriott International, Inc., Class A

    132         9,820   

Wyndham Worldwide Corp.

    122         9,993   
    

 

 

 
     19,813   
    

 

 

 

Housewares — 0.3%

  

Tupperware Brands Corp.

    8,836         570,275   
    

 

 

 

Human Resources — 0.4%

  

Adecco SA ADR

    14,600         592,760   

Robert Half International, Inc.

    2,550         141,525   

TrueBlue, Inc.†

    5,319         159,038   
    

 

 

 
     893,323   
    

 

 

 

Industrial Automated/Robotic — 0.0%

  

Rockwell Automation, Inc.

    104         12,963   
    

 

 

 

Industrial Gases — 0.1%

  

Air Products & Chemicals, Inc.

    1,230         168,301   

Airgas, Inc.

    68         7,193   

Praxair, Inc.

    118         14,107   
    

 

 

 
     189,601   
    

 

 

 

Instruments-Controls — 0.1%

  

Honeywell International, Inc.

    2,513         256,251   
    

 

 

 

Instruments-Scientific — 0.5%

  

FEI Co.

    1,832         151,928   

Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.

    3,419         443,649   

Waters Corp.†

    3,648         468,330   
    

 

 

 
     1,063,907   
    

 

 

 
Security Description   Shares          
Value
(Note 2)
 

Insurance Brokers — 0.3%

  

Aon PLC

    102       $ 10,168   

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.

    1,961         92,755   

Marsh & McLennan Cos., Inc.

    149         8,448   

Willis Group Holdings PLC

    12,100         567,490   
    

 

 

 
     678,861   
    

 

 

 

Insurance-Multi-line — 1.4%

  

ACE, Ltd.

    13,067         1,328,653   

Allstate Corp.

    3,763         244,106   

MetLife, Inc.

    14,150         792,258   

XL Group PLC

    16,731         622,393   
    

 

 

 
     2,987,410   
    

 

 

 

Insurance-Property/Casualty — 0.5%

  

AmTrust Financial Services, Inc.

    2,098         137,440   

Chubb Corp.

    4,167         396,448   

Markel Corp.†

    767         614,122   
    

 

 

 
     1,148,010   
    

 

 

 

Insurance-Reinsurance — 0.4%

  

Swiss Re AG ADR

    36,192         804,548   

Validus Holdings, Ltd.

    3,275         144,067   
    

 

 

 
     948,615   
    

 

 

 

Internet Content-Entertainment — 0.0%

  

Facebook, Inc., Class A†

    832         71,356   

Twitter, Inc.†

    235         8,512   
    

 

 

 
     79,868   
    

 

 

 

Internet Content-Information/News — 0.0%

  

LinkedIn Corp., Class A†

    342         70,667   
    

 

 

 

Internet Infrastructure Software — 0.0%

  

F5 Networks, Inc.†

    68         8,184   
    

 

 

 

Internet Telephone — 0.4%

  

j2 Global, Inc.

    12,713         863,721   
    

 

 

 

Investment Companies — 0.2%

  

Ares Capital Corp.

    10,792         177,636   

Hercules Technology Growth Capital, Inc.

    7,146         82,536   

Oaktree Capital Group LLC

    2,217         117,900   

Triangle Capital Corp.

    1,938         45,427   
    

 

 

 
     423,499   
    

 

 

 

Investment Management/Advisor Services — 0.6%

  

Affiliated Managers Group, Inc.†

    50         10,930   

Ameriprise Financial, Inc.

    1,531         191,268   

BlackRock, Inc.

    1,526         527,965   

Eaton Vance Corp.

    196         7,669   

Franklin Resources, Inc.

    7,684         376,747   

T. Rowe Price Group, Inc.

    2,341         181,966   
    

 

 

 
     1,296,545   
    

 

 

 

Machine Tools & Related Products — 0.3%

  

Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc.

    10,296         626,923   
    

 

 

 

Machinery-Construction & Mining — 0.0%

  

Caterpillar, Inc.

    793         67,262   
    

 

 

 

Machinery-Farming — 0.8%

  

AG Growth International, Inc.

    14,700         552,867   

Deere & Co.

    11,717         1,137,135   
    

 

 

 
     1,690,002   
    

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
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COMMON STOCKS (continued)

    

Machinery-General Industrial — 0.1%

  

Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc.

    3,209       $ 127,237   

IDEX Corp.

    1,531         120,306   

Tennant Co.

    636         41,556   

Wabtec Corp.

    91         8,576   
    

 

 

 
     297,675   
    

 

 

 

Machinery-Pumps — 0.0%

  

Flowserve Corp.

    115         6,056   

Graco, Inc.

    111         7,884   
    

 

 

 
     13,940   
    

 

 

 

Medical Information Systems — 0.0%

  

Cerner Corp.†

    149         10,290   
    

 

 

 

Medical Instruments — 0.6%

  

Bio-Techne Corp.

    2,140         210,726   

Edwards Lifesciences Corp.†

    4,198         597,921   

Intuitive Surgical, Inc.†

    18         8,721   

Medtronic PLC

    6,443         477,426   

St. Jude Medical, Inc.

    135         9,865   
    

 

 

 
     1,304,659   
    

 

 

 

Medical Products — 1.3%

  

Baxter International, Inc.

    242         16,923   

Becton Dickinson and Co.

    3,753         531,612   

Halyard Health Inc†

    3,885         157,342   

Henry Schein, Inc.†

    60         8,527   

Sonova Holding AG ADR

    28,745         777,840   

Stryker Corp.

    108         10,322   

Teleflex, Inc.

    6,346         859,566   

Varian Medical Systems, Inc.†

    4,210         355,029   
    

 

 

 
     2,717,161   
    

 

 

 

Medical Sterilization Products — 0.1%

  

STERIS Corp.

    2,048         131,973   
    

 

 

 

Medical-Biomedical/Gene — 0.3%

  

Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.†

    97         17,535   

Amgen, Inc.

    312         47,898   

Biogen, Inc.†

    104         42,010   

BioMarin Pharmaceutical, Inc.†

    109         14,909   

Celgene Corp.†

    362         41,896   

Gilead Sciences, Inc.

    3,329         389,759   

Illumina, Inc.†

    66         14,412   

Incyte Corp.†

    98         10,212   

Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.†

    38         19,385   

Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.†

    114         14,077   
    

 

 

 
     612,093   
    

 

 

 

Medical-Drugs — 2.8%

  

Abbott Laboratories

    17,184         843,391   

AbbVie, Inc.

    5,667         380,766   

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.

    4,998         332,567   

Endo International PLC†

    107         8,523   

Furiex Pharmaceuticals CVR†(2)(3)

    17         0   

GlaxoSmithKline PLC ADR

    16,112         671,065   

Johnson & Johnson

    7,950         774,807   

Merck & Co., Inc.

    9,325         530,872   

Novartis AG ADR

    9,091         894,009   

Novo Nordisk A/S ADR

    10,500         574,980   

Pfizer, Inc.

    14,918         500,200   

Roche Holding AG ADR

    12,728         446,371   

Zoetis, Inc.

    270         13,019   
    

 

 

 
     5,970,570   
    

 

 

 
Security Description   Shares          
Value
(Note 2)
 

Medical-Generic Drugs — 0.5%

  

Allergan PLC†

    1,455       $ 441,534   

Mylan NV†

    203         13,775   

Perrigo Co. PLC

    673         124,391   

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries, Ltd. ADR

    8,128         480,365   
    

 

 

 
     1,060,065   
    

 

 

 

Medical-HMO — 0.0%

  

Centene Corp.†

    78         6,271   

Cigna Corp.

    81         13,122   

Humana, Inc.

    62         11,860   

UnitedHealth Group, Inc.

    322         39,284   
    

 

 

 
     70,537   
    

 

 

 

Medical-Hospitals — 0.4%

  

Universal Health Services, Inc., Class B

    5,603         796,186   
    

 

 

 

Medical-Wholesale Drug Distribution — 0.3%

  

AmerisourceBergen Corp.

    108         11,485   

McKesson Corp.

    3,055         686,794   
    

 

 

 
     698,279   
    

 

 

 

Metal Processors & Fabrication — 0.1%

  

Precision Castparts Corp.

    1,071         214,061   
    

 

 

 

Metal-Diversified — 0.0%

  

South32, Ltd. ADR†

    2,236         15,004   
    

 

 

 

Miscellaneous Manufacturing — 0.1%

  

AptarGroup, Inc.

    3,888         247,938   
    

 

 

 

Motorcycle/Motor Scooter — 0.1%

  

Harley-Davidson, Inc.

    4,085         230,190   
    

 

 

 

Multimedia — 0.7%

  

Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc., Class A

    624         20,308   

Viacom, Inc., Class B

    4,622         298,766   

Vivendi SA ADR

    10,700         270,603   

Walt Disney Co.

    7,215         823,520   
    

 

 

 
     1,413,197   
    

 

 

 

Networking Products — 0.1%

    

Cisco Systems, Inc.

    6,949         190,820   

Palo Alto Networks, Inc.†

    35         6,114   

Polycom, Inc.†

    7,333         83,890   
    

 

 

 
     280,824   
    

 

 

 

Non-Ferrous Metals — 0.2%

  

Cameco Corp.

    22,803         325,627   
    

 

 

 

Non-Hazardous Waste Disposal — 0.3%

  

Republic Services, Inc.

    9,045         354,293   

Waste Connections, Inc.

    5,829         274,662   
    

 

 

 
     628,955   
    

 

 

 

Office Furnishings-Original — 0.3%

  

HNI Corp.

    13,911         711,548   
    

 

 

 

Oil & Gas Drilling — 0.2%

  

Ensco PLC, Class A

    5,682         126,538   

Helmerich & Payne, Inc.

    2,887         203,303   
    

 

 

 
     329,841   
    

 

 

 

Oil Companies-Exploration & Production — 1.4%

  

Apache Corp.

    2,883         166,147   

BG Group PLC ADR

    12,759         214,096   

Cabot Oil & Gas Corp.

    235         7,412   

California Resources Corp.

    1         6   
 

 

 

 

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Value
(Note 2)
 

COMMON STOCKS (continued)

    

Oil Companies-Exploration & Production (continued)

  

Cimarex Energy Co.

    7,181       $ 792,136   

Crescent Point Energy Corp.

    13,919         285,624   

Devon Energy Corp.

    6,165         366,756   

Energen Corp.

    3,148         215,008   

Occidental Petroleum Corp.

    11,072         861,070   

Vermilion Energy, Inc.

    2,895         125,048   
    

 

 

 
     3,033,303   
    

 

 

 

Oil Companies-Integrated — 1.4%

  

Chevron Corp.

    8,901         858,680   

Exxon Mobil Corp.

    11,950         994,240   

Marathon Oil Corp.

    9,436         250,431   

Royal Dutch Shell PLC ADR, Class B

    14,541         833,926   
    

 

 

 
     2,937,277   
    

 

 

 

Oil Field Machinery & Equipment — 0.0%

  

FMC Technologies, Inc.†

    110         4,564   

Natural Gas Services Group, Inc.†

    3,950         90,139   
    

 

 

 
     94,703   
    

 

 

 

Oil Refining & Marketing — 0.7%

  

Cheniere Energy, Inc.†

    72         4,987   

HollyFrontier Corp.

    21,693         926,074   

Marathon Petroleum Corp.

    9,879         516,770   

Suburban Propane Partners LP

    1,900         75,772   
    

 

 

 
     1,523,603   
    

 

 

 

Oil-Field Services — 0.3%

  

Core Laboratories NV

    3,285         374,621   

Schlumberger, Ltd.

    3,037         261,759   
    

 

 

 
     636,380   
    

 

 

 

Paper & Related Products — 0.0%

  

International Paper Co.

    159         7,567   
    

 

 

 

Pharmacy Services — 0.0%

    

Express Scripts Holding Co.†

    318         28,283   
    

 

 

 

Pipelines — 0.5%

    

EnLink Midstream Partners LP

    4,995         109,740   

Enterprise Products Partners LP

    10,889         325,472   

Kinder Morgan, Inc.

    13,427         515,463   

Targa Resources Partners LP

    4,045         156,137   

Williams Cos., Inc.

    333         19,111   
    

 

 

 
     1,125,923   
    

 

 

 

Poultry — 0.0%

    

Sanderson Farms, Inc.

    1,204         90,493   
    

 

 

 

Power Converter/Supply Equipment — 0.0%

  

Hubbell, Inc., Class B

    673         72,872   
    

 

 

 

Private Equity — 0.2%

    

KKR & Co. LP

    17,997         411,231   
    

 

 

 

Real Estate Investment Trusts — 2.7%

  

Agree Realty Corp.

    2,107         61,461   

Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc.

    7,369         644,493   

American Capital Agency Corp.

    13,101         240,665   

American Tower Corp.

    147         13,714   

Annaly Capital Management, Inc.

    28,870         265,315   

BioMed Realty Trust, Inc.

    7,047         136,289   

Capstead Mtg. Corp.

    9,472         105,139   

Colony Capital, Inc, Class A.

    7,186         162,763   

Crown Castle International Corp.

    157         12,607   

CYS Investments, Inc.

    10,562         81,644   
Security Description   Shares          
Value
(Note 2)
 

Real Estate Investment Trusts (continued)

  

Digital Realty Trust, Inc.

    18,688       $ 1,246,116   

EastGroup Properties, Inc.

    487         27,384   

EPR Properties

    2,479         135,800   

Equinix, Inc.

    40         10,160   

Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc.

    203         10,674   

Essex Property Trust, Inc.

    712         151,300   

Hatteras Financial Corp.

    6,944         113,187   

HCP, Inc.

    2,079         75,821   

Health Care REIT, Inc.

    117         7,679   

Medical Properties Trust, Inc.

    13,236         173,524   

Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc.

    20,334         698,066   

Plum Creek Timber Co., Inc.

    8,065         327,197   

Sabra Health Care REIT, Inc.

    4,911         126,409   

Simon Property Group, Inc.

    86         14,880   

Tanger Factory Outlet Centers, Inc.

    17,200         545,240   

Ventas, Inc.

    3,709         230,292   

Weyerhaeuser Co.

    1,812         57,078   
    

 

 

 
     5,674,897   
    

 

 

 

Real Estate Management/Services — 0.0%

    

CBRE Group, Inc., Class A†

    359         13,283   
    

 

 

 

Rental Auto/Equipment — 0.4%

    

Aaron’s, Inc.

    21,102         764,103   

Hertz Global Holdings, Inc.†

    360         6,523   

McGrath RentCorp

    1,976         60,130   

United Rentals, Inc.†

    83         7,273   
    

 

 

 
     838,029   
    

 

 

 

Respiratory Products — 0.0%

    

ResMed, Inc.

    148         8,343   
    

 

 

 

Retail-Apparel/Shoe — 0.3%

    

Coach, Inc.

    181         6,264   

Gap, Inc.

    216         8,245   

lululemon athletica, Inc.†

    7,700         502,810   

PVH Corp.

    43         4,954   

Ross Stores, Inc.

    236         11,472   
    

 

 

 
     533,745   
    

 

 

 

Retail-Auto Parts — 0.0%

  

AutoZone, Inc.†

    14         9,337   

O’Reilly Automotive, Inc.†

    46         10,395   
    

 

 

 
     19,732   
    

 

 

 

Retail-Automobile — 0.1%

  

CarMax, Inc.†

    107         7,084   

Copart, Inc.†

    6,504         230,762   
    

 

 

 
     237,846   
    

 

 

 

Retail-Building Products — 0.2%

  

Home Depot, Inc.

    3,270         363,395   

Lowe’s Cos., Inc.

    447         29,936   
    

 

 

 
     393,331   
    

 

 

 

Retail-Catalog Shopping — 0.0%

  

Liberty Interactive Corp., Class A†

    268         7,437   
    

 

 

 

Retail-Discount — 0.4%

  

Costco Wholesale Corp.

    6,261         845,611   

Dollar General Corp.

    119         9,251   

Dollar Tree, Inc.†

    116         9,163   
    

 

 

 
     864,025   
    

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
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Security Description   Shares          
Value
(Note 2)
 

COMMON STOCKS (continued)

    

Retail-Drug Store — 0.3%

  

CVS Health Corp.

    5,171       $ 542,335   

Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc.

    157         13,257   
    

 

 

 
     555,592   
    

 

 

 

Retail-Gardening Products — 0.0%

  

Tractor Supply Co.

    86         7,735   
    

 

 

 

Retail-Jewelry — 0.2%

  

Tiffany & Co.

    3,703         339,935   
    

 

 

 

Retail-Major Department Stores — 0.3%

  

Nordstrom, Inc.

    6,771         504,440   

TJX Cos., Inc.

    312         20,645   
    

 

 

 
     525,085   
    

 

 

 

Retail-Regional Department Stores — 0.0%

  

Macy’s, Inc.

    156         10,525   
    

 

 

 

Retail-Restaurants — 0.5%

  

Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc.†

    13         7,865   

Dunkin’ Brands Group, Inc.

    185         10,175   

McDonald’s Corp.

    349         33,179   

Starbucks Corp.

    17,837         956,331   

Yum! Brands, Inc.

    206         18,557   
    

 

 

 
     1,026,107   
    

 

 

 

Retirement/Aged Care — 0.0%

  

Brookdale Senior Living, Inc.†

    212         7,356   
    

 

 

 

Rubber-Tires — 0.4%

  

Bridgestone Corp. ADR

    41,600         769,184   
    

 

 

 

Satellite Telecom — 0.3%

  

Inmarsat PLC ADR

    38,000         533,140   
    

 

 

 

Savings & Loans/Thrifts — 0.4%

  

Washington Federal, Inc.

    33,042         771,531   
    

 

 

 

Security Services — 0.3%

  

Secom Co., Ltd. ADR

    36,741         596,674   
    

 

 

 

Semiconductor Components-Integrated Circuits — 0.6%

  

Linear Technology Corp.

    173         7,652   

Maxim Integrated Products, Inc.

    10,364         358,335   

QUALCOMM, Inc.

    3,113         194,967   

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd. ADR

    30,128         684,207   
    

 

 

 
     1,245,161   
    

 

 

 

Semiconductor Equipment — 0.4%

  

Applied Materials, Inc.

    28,530         548,347   

KLA-Tencor Corp.

    117         6,576   

Lam Research Corp.

    2,900         235,915   
    

 

 

 
     790,838   
    

 

 

 

Steel-Producers — 0.1%

  

Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co.

    3,669         221,901   

Schnitzer Steel Industries, Inc., Class A

    4,329         75,628   
    

 

 

 
     297,529   
    

 

 

 

SupraNational Banks — 0.4%

  

Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior SA, Class E

    24,328         782,875   
    

 

 

 

Telecom Services — 0.2%

  

BCE, Inc.

    8,779         373,108   

Consolidated Communications Holdings, Inc.

    2,746         57,693   
Security Description   Shares          
Value
(Note 2)
 

Telecom Services (continued)

  

Level 3 Communications, Inc.†

    152       $ 8,006   
    

 

 

 
     438,807   
    

 

 

 

Telephone-Integrated — 0.6%

  

Telstra Corp., Ltd. ADR

    11,100         261,738   

Verizon Communications, Inc.

    21,866         1,019,174   
    

 

 

 
     1,280,912   
    

 

 

 

Television — 0.1%

  

CBS Corp., Class B

    273         15,151   

Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc., Class A

    5,803         161,962   
    

 

 

 
     177,113   
    

 

 

 

Tobacco — 0.2%

  

Altria Group, Inc.

    760         37,172   

Imperial Tobacco Group PLC ADR

    3,800         366,700   

Philip Morris International, Inc.

    403         32,308   

Reynolds American, Inc.

    58         4,330   
    

 

 

 
     440,510   
    

 

 

 

Tools-Hand Held — 0.2%

  

Snap-on, Inc.

    2,229         354,968   
    

 

 

 

Toys — 0.7%

  

Hasbro, Inc.

    21,178         1,583,903   
    

 

 

 

Transport-Equipment & Leasing — 0.0%

  

Greenbrier Cos., Inc.

    1,037         48,583   

TAL International Group, Inc.

    1,161         36,688   
    

 

 

 
     85,271   
    

 

 

 

Transport-Marine — 0.3%

  

Kirby Corp.†

    8,044         616,653   
    

 

 

 

Transport-Rail — 0.3%

  

Norfolk Southern Corp.

    2,403         209,926   

Union Pacific Corp.

    5,180         494,017   
    

 

 

 
     703,943   
    

 

 

 

Transport-Services — 0.5%

  

Expeditors International of Washington, Inc.

    17,844         822,698   

FedEx Corp.

    63         10,735   

TNT Express NV ADR

    2,981         25,160   

United Parcel Service, Inc., Class B

    1,873         181,512   
    

 

 

 
     1,040,105   
    

 

 

 

Veterinary Diagnostics — 0.1%

  

VCA, Inc.†

    3,194         173,770   
    

 

 

 

Vitamins & Nutrition Products — 0.0%

  

Mead Johnson Nutrition Co.

    116         10,466   
    

 

 

 

Water — 0.1%

  

California Water Service Group

    5,399         123,367   
    

 

 

 

Web Portals/ISP — 0.4%

  

Google, Inc., Class A†

    1,047         565,422   

Google, Inc., Class C†

    475         247,242   
    

 

 

 
     812,664   
    

 

 

 

Total Common Stocks
(cost $102,115,711)

       125,381,835   
    

 

 

 

EXCHANGE-TRADED FUNDS — 3.8%

  

iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Index ETF

    111,700         4,425,554   
 

 

 

 

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Security Description   Shares/
Principal
Amount
         
Value
(Note 2)
 

EXCHANGE-TRADED FUNDS (continued)

  

Vanguard Global ex-U.S. Real Estate ETF

    64,800       $ 3,593,808   
    

 

 

 

Total Exchange-Traded Funds
(cost $7,884,291)

       8,019,362   
    

 

 

 

PREFERRED SECURITIES/CAPITAL SECURITIES — 0.7%

  

Banks-Super Regional — 0.2%

  

PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. FRS
6.75% due 08/01/2021(4)

  $ 250,000         276,875   

Wells Fargo & Co. FRS
Series K
7.98% due 03/15/2018(4)

    250,000         270,937   
    

 

 

 
     547,812   
    

 

 

 

Diversified Banking Institutions — 0.5%

  

Bank of America Corp. FRS
Series M
8.13% due 05/15/2018(4)

    500,000         530,625   

JPMorgan Chase & Co. FRS
Series 1
7.90% due 04/30/2018(4)

    500,000         528,875   
    

 

 

 
     1,059,500   
    

 

 

 

Total Preferred Securities/Capital Securities
(cost $1,499,486)

   

     1,607,312   
    

 

 

 

ASSET BACKED SECURITIES — 4.2%

  

Diversified Financial Services — 4.2%

  

ACE Securities Corp. FRS
Series 2005-WF1, Class A2C
0.87% due 05/25/2035

    111,014         110,675   

ACE Securities Corp. Mtg. Loan Trust
Series 2007-D1, Class A2
6.34% due 02/25/2038*(5)

    200,000         194,145   

ACE Securities Corp. Mtg. Loan Trust
Series 2007-D1, Class A4
6.93% due 02/25/2038*(5)

    161,163         160,553   

AmeriCredit Automobile Receivables Trust
Series 2014-2, Class A2A
0.54% due 10/10/2017

    108,405         108,351   

Bear Stearns Commercial Mtg. Securities Trust VRS
Series 2007-T28, Class AJ
6.12% due 09/11/2042(6)

    300,000         320,780   

Cabela’s Credit Card Master Note Trust FRS
Series 2014-2, Class A
0.64% due 07/15/2022

    250,000         249,500   

Capital Auto Receivables Asset Trust
Series 2013-1, Class A4
0.97% due 01/22/2018

    200,000         200,148   

Citigroup Mtg. Loan Trust, Inc. VRS
Series 2009-11, Class 6A1
1.53% due 10/25/2035*(7)

    11,438         11,446   

Citigroup Mtg. Loan Trust, Inc. FRS
Series 2010-10, Class 2A2
2.47% due 02/25/2036*(7)

    400,000         357,703   

Citigroup Mtg. Loan Trust, Inc. FRS
Series 2009-6, Class 12A1
2.72% due 07/25/2036*(7)

    82,115         82,429   

Citigroup Mtg. Loan Trust, Inc.
Series 2010-9, Class 3A1
4.25% due 01/25/2036*(7)

    179,072         183,118   
Security Description       
Principal
Amount
         
Value
(Note 2)
 

Diversified Financial Services (continued)

    

Countrywide Home Loan Mtg. Pass Through Trust
Series 2004-J1, Class 1A1
4.50% due 01/25/2019(7)

    2,234       $ 2,261   

CPS Auto Receivables Trust
Series 2013-B, Class A
1.82% due 09/15/2020*

    101,322         101,363   

Credit Suisse First Boston Mtg. Securities Corp. FRS
Series 2004-AR4, Class 5A4
1.15% due 05/25/2034(7)

    16,304         15,779   

Credit Suisse Mtg. Capital Certs. VRS
Series 2013-IVR1, Class A2
3.00% due 03/25/2043*(7)

    170,795         166,631   

Goldman Sachs Mtg. Securities Trust VRS
Series 2011-GC5, Class AS
5.21% due 08/10/2044*(6)

    300,000         339,108   

Goldman Sachs Mtg. Securities Trust VRS
Series 2011-GC5, Class D
5.48% due 08/10/2044*(6)

    300,000         309,995   

GSMSC Pass-Through Trust FRS
Series 2009-4R, Class 2A1
0.63% due 12/26/2036*(7)

    70,873         69,988   

Jefferies Resecuritization Trust VRS
Series 2009-R2, Class 2A
2.57% due 12/26/2037*(7)

    174,893         174,099   

JPMorgan Chase Commercial Mtg. Securities Corp. VRS
Series 2013-C16, Class B
5.11% due 12/15/2046(6)

    200,000         218,231   

KeyCorp Student Loan Trust FRS
Series 2006-A, Class 2A4
0.59% due 09/27/2035

    250,000         243,005   

MASTR Alternative Loan Trust
Series 2005-1, Class 2A1
6.00% due 02/25/2035(7)

    94,663         103,113   

Morgan Stanley Re-REMIC Trust FRS
Series 2010-R1, Class 2B
2.55% due 07/26/2035*(7)

    300,000         284,175   

New Century Home Equity Loan Trust FRS
Series 2005-3, Class M1
0.67% due 07/25/2035

    107,575         107,127   

New Residential Mortgage Loan Trust VRS
Series 2014-3A, Class B1
4.75% due 11/25/2054*(7)

    229,576         239,505   

OneMain Financial Issuance Trust
Series 2014-1A, Class A
2.43% due 06/18/2024*

    210,000         211,176   

PFS Financing Corp. FRS
Series 2013-AA, Class A
0.74% due 02/15/2018*

    100,000         99,905   

Residential Accredit Loans, Inc.
Series 2003-QS23, Class A1
5.00% due 12/26/2018(7)

    49,493         50,127   

Residential Asset Securities Corp. VRS
Series 2003-KS10, Class AI4
4.47% due 03/25/2032

    32,107         32,384   

Santander Drive Auto Receivables Trust
Series 2014-2, Class A2A
0.54% due 07/17/2017

    74,582         74,552   
 

 

 

 
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Security Description       
Principal
Amount
         
Value
(Note 2)
 

ASSET BACKED SECURITIES (continued)

  

Diversified Financial Services (continued)

    

Sequoia Mtg. Trust VRS
Series 2013-4, Class A3
1.55% due 04/25/2043(7)

  $ 199,714       $ 193,091   

Sequoia Mtg. Trust VRS
Series 2012-5, Class A
2.50% due 11/25/2042(7)

    269,443         256,844   

Sequoia Mtg. Trust VRS
Series 2013-2, Class B1
3.66% due 02/25/2043(7)

    95,665         96,802   

SLM Private Credit Student Loan Trust FRS
Series 2002-A, Class A2
0.84% due 12/16/2030

    188,165         185,628   

SLM Private Education Loan Trust FRS
Series 2013-A, Class A1
0.79% due 08/15/2022*

    54,492         54,542   

Soundview Home Loan Trust FRS
Series 2005-CTX1, Class M1
0.60% due 11/25/2035

    37,967         37,547   

Springleaf Funding Trust
Series 2013-AA, Class A
2.58% due 09/15/2021*

    146,506         147,054   

Springleaf Mtg. Loan Trust VRS
Series 2012-2A, Class A
2.22% due 10/25/2057*(7)

    68,352         68,521   

Springleaf Mtg. Loan Trust VRS
Series 2013-3A, Class M1
3.79% due 09/25/2057*(7)

    200,000         201,236   

Structured Asset Securities Corp. VRS Pass Through Certs.
Series 2004-3, Class 4A1
5.67% due 03/25/2034(7)

    70,844         73,766   

UBS-Barclays Commercial Mtg. Trust
Series 2013-C5, Class AS
3.35% due 03/10/2046*(6)

    200,000         200,589   

Volkswagen Credit Auto Master Trust FRS
Series 2014-1A, Class A1
0.54% due 07/22/2019*

    342,000         341,453   

Wachovia Bank Commercial Mtg. Trust VRS
Series 2006-C25, Class AM
5.90% due 05/15/2043(6)

    300,000         309,317   

Wells Fargo Home Equity Trust FRS
Series 2004-2, Class A21B
0.61% due 10/25/2034

    15,785         15,367   

Westlake Automobile Receivables Trust
Series 2015-2A, Class A2A
1.28% due 07/16/2018*

    250,000         249,975   

WF-RBS Commercial Mtg. Trust VRS
Series 2013-C14, Class D
4.13% due 06/15/2046*(6)

    300,000         276,788   

WF-RBS Commercial Mtg. Trust VRS
Series 2014-LC14, Class C
4.34% due 03/15/2047(6)

    300,000         298,778   

WF-RBS Commercial Mtg. Trust VRS
Series 2011-C3, Class A4
4.38% due 03/15/2044*(6)

    415,000         449,667   

WF-RBS Commercial Mtg. Trust VRS
Series 2014-C20, Class C
4.51% due 05/15/2047(6)

    300,000         302,339   
Security Description       
Principal
Amount
         
Value
(Note 2)
 

Diversified Financial Services (continued)

    

WF-RBS Commercial Mtg. Trust
Series 2014-C23, Class B
4.52% due 10/15/2057(6)

  $ 300,000       $ 311,913   
    

 

 

 

Total Asset Backed Securities
(cost $8,753,529)

       8,892,589   
    

 

 

 

CONVERTIBLE BONDS & NOTES — 0.2%

  

Auto/Truck Parts & Equipment-Original — 0.2%

  

Meritor, Inc.
Company Guar. Notes
7.88% due 03/01/2026(5)
(cost $244,726)

    250,000         395,000   
    

 

 

 

U.S. CORPORATE BONDS & NOTES — 16.3%

  

Aerospace/Defense — 0.1%

  

Lockheed Martin Corp.
Senior Notes
4.07% due 12/15/2042

    250,000         236,223   
    

 

 

 

Airlines — 0.2%

  

US Airways Pass Through Trust Pass Through Certs.
Series 2012-2, Class B
6.75% due 12/03/2022

    448,839         483,624   
    

 

 

 

Alternative Waste Technology — 0.2%

  

ADS Waste Holdings, Inc.
Company Guar. Notes
8.25% due 10/01/2020

    500,000         517,500   
    

 

 

 

Auto-Cars/Light Trucks — 0.3%

  

American Honda Finance Corp.
Senior Notes
3.88% due 09/21/2020*

    250,000         266,166   

General Motors Co.
Senior Notes
4.88% due 10/02/2023

    250,000         263,568   
    

 

 

 
     529,734   
    

 

 

 

Banks-Super Regional — 0.6%

  

Bank of America NA FRS
Sub. Notes
0.59% due 06/15/2017

    250,000         248,114   

JPMorgan Chase Bank NA
Sub. Notes
6.00% due 10/01/2017

    250,000         272,588   

US Bancorp
Senior Notes
3.00% due 03/15/2022

    250,000         252,080   

US Bancorp
Sub. Notes
3.60% due 09/11/2024

    250,000         251,318   

Wells Fargo Bank NA
Sub. Notes
6.00% due 11/15/2017

    250,000         275,386   
    

 

 

 
     1,299,486   
    

 

 

 

Beverages-Non-alcoholic — 0.2%

  

Innovation Ventures LLC/Innovation Ventures Finance Corp.
Senior Sec. Notes
9.50% due 08/15/2019*

    500,000         520,000   
    

 

 

 

Brewery — 0.2%

  

Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide, Inc.
Company Guar. Notes
2.50% due 07/15/2022

    500,000         480,838   
    

 

 

 
 

 

 

 

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Security Description       
Principal
Amount
         
Value
(Note 2)
 

U.S. CORPORATE BONDS & NOTES (continued)

  

Cable/Satellite TV — 0.1%

  

Time Warner Cable, Inc.
Company Guar. Notes
6.55% due 05/01/2037

  $ 250,000       $ 260,256   
    

 

 

 

Casino Hotels — 0.1%

  

Boyd Gaming Corp.
Company Guar. Notes
6.88% due 05/15/2023

    250,000         256,250   
    

 

 

 

Casino Services — 0.1%

  

Peninsula Gaming LLC
Company Guar. Notes
8.38% due 02/15/2018*

    250,000         260,313   
    

 

 

 

Chemicals-Diversified — 0.2%

  

Axiall Corp.
Company Guar. Notes
4.88% due 05/15/2023

    250,000         241,250   

Eagle Spinco, Inc.
Company Guar. Notes
4.63% due 02/15/2021

    250,000         242,500   
    

 

 

 
     483,750   
    

 

 

 

Computer Services — 0.1%

  

International Business Machines Corp.
Senior Notes
1.95% due 02/12/2019

    250,000         251,025   
    

 

 

 

Computers — 0.2%

  

Apple, Inc.
Senior Notes
2.40% due 05/03/2023

    500,000         478,310   
    

 

 

 

Containers-Paper/Plastic — 0.4%

  

Graphic Packaging International, Inc.
Company Guar. Notes
4.88% due 11/15/2022

    500,000         502,500   

Sealed Air Corp.
Company Guar. Notes
6.88% due 07/15/2033*

    250,000         252,500   
    

 

 

 
     755,000   
    

 

 

 

Diversified Banking Institutions — 0.9%

  

Bank of America Corp.
Senior Notes
3.88% due 03/22/2017

    250,000         259,919   

Citigroup, Inc.
Senior Notes
6.13% due 05/15/2018

    250,000         278,977   

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
Senior Notes
5.25% due 07/27/2021

    500,000         555,259   

JPMorgan Chase & Co.
Senior Notes
3.63% due 05/13/2024

    250,000         248,187   

Morgan Stanley FRS
Senior Notes
1.13% due 01/24/2019

    250,000         249,907   

Morgan Stanley
Senior Notes
6.25% due 08/09/2026

    250,000         299,696   
    

 

 

 
     1,891,945   
    

 

 

 
Security Description       
Principal
Amount
         
Value
(Note 2)
 

Diversified Financial Services — 0.4%

  

General Electric Capital Corp.
Company Guar. Notes
2.30% due 01/14/2019

  $ 225,000       $ 228,118   

General Electric Capital Corp.
Company Guar. Notes
5.30% due 02/11/2021

    500,000         562,216   
    

 

 

 
     790,334   
    

 

 

 

Electric-Generation — 0.1%

  

Indiantown Cogeneration LP
1st Mtg. Notes
9.77% due 12/15/2020

    181,913         208,291   
    

 

 

 

Electric-Integrated — 1.0%

  

NiSource Finance Corp.
Company Guar. Notes
6.25% due 12/15/2040

    250,000         297,400   

PacifiCorp
1st Mtg. Notes
5.25% due 06/15/2035

    500,000         556,492   

PPL Energy Supply LLC
Senior Notes
4.60% due 12/15/2021

    1,000,000         917,500   

Public Service Co. of New Mexico
Senior Notes
7.95% due 05/15/2018

    250,000         290,919   
    

 

 

 
     2,062,311   
    

 

 

 

Electric-Transmission — 0.3%

  

Oncor Electric Delivery Co. LLC
Senior Sec. Notes
7.00% due 09/01/2022

    500,000         615,141   
    

 

 

 

Electronic Components-Misc. — 0.1%

  

Corning, Inc.
Senior Notes
4.75% due 03/15/2042

    250,000         255,971   
    

 

 

 

Enterprise Software/Service — 0.1%

  

Oracle Corp.
Senior Notes
3.40% due 07/08/2024

    250,000         250,638   
    

 

 

 

Finance-Auto Loans — 0.2%

  

Ford Motor Credit Co. LLC
Senior Notes
3.98% due 06/15/2016

    500,000         511,686   
    

 

 

 

Finance-Commercial — 0.1%

  

Jefferies Finance LLC/JFIN Co-Issuer Corp.
Senior Notes
7.38% due 04/01/2020*

    250,000         245,625   
    

 

 

 

Finance-Investment Banker/Broker — 0.4%

  

Jefferies Group LLC
Senior Notes
3.88% due 11/09/2015

    250,000         252,103   

Jefferies Group LLC
Senior Notes
5.13% due 04/13/2018

    250,000         265,471   

Jefferies Group LLC
Senior Notes
8.50% due 07/15/2019

    250,000         296,788   
    

 

 

 
     814,362   
    

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
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Security Description       
Principal
Amount
         
Value
(Note 2)
 

U.S. CORPORATE BONDS & NOTES (continued)

  

Food-Flour & Grain — 0.2%

  

Post Holdings Inc.
Company Guar. Notes
7.38% due 02/15/2022

  $ 500,000       $ 508,750   
    

 

 

 

Food-Misc./Diversified — 0.4%

  

Ingredion, Inc.
Senior Notes
3.20% due 11/01/2015

    250,000         251,628   

Kraft Heinz Foods Co.
Company Guar. Notes
3.95% due 07/15/2025*

    500,000         502,772   
    

 

 

 
     754,400   
    

 

 

 

Gambling (Non-Hotel) — 0.3%

  

Greektown Holdings LLC/Greektown Mothership Corp
Senior Sec. Notes
8.88% due 03/15/2019*

    500,000         525,000   
    

 

 

 

Hotels/Motels — 0.3%

  

Choice Hotels International, Inc.
Company Guar. Notes
5.75% due 07/01/2022

    500,000         541,875   
    

 

 

 

Independent Power Producers — 0.3%

  

GenOn Energy, Inc.
Senior Notes
9.88% due 10/15/2020

    250,000         254,375   

NRG Energy, Inc.
Company Guar. Notes
7.63% due 01/15/2018

    250,000         274,062   
    

 

 

 
     528,437   
    

 

 

 

Industrial Gases — 0.1%

  

Airgas Inc
Senior Notes
1.65% due 02/15/2018

    250,000         248,641   
    

 

 

 

Insurance-Life/Health — 0.1%

  

Prudential Covered Trust,
Series 2012-1, Class A
Sec. Notes
3.00% due 09/30/2015*

    210,000         211,099   
    

 

 

 

Insurance-Mutual — 0.1%

  

New York Life Global Funding
Sec. Notes
1.45% due 12/15/2017*

    250,000         249,852   
    

 

 

 

Insurance-Property/Casualty — 0.3%

  

Fidelity National Financial, Inc.
Senior Notes
6.60% due 05/15/2017

    500,000         541,129   
    

 

 

 

Insurance-Reinsurance — 0.2%

  

Berkshire Hathaway Finance Corp. FRS
Company Guar. Notes
0.58% due 01/12/2018

    500,000         500,621   
    

 

 

 

Internet Security — 0.1%

  

VeriSign, Inc.
Senior Notes
5.25% due 04/01/2025*

    250,000         249,375   
    

 

 

 

Medical Instruments — 0.4%

  

Medtronic, Inc.
Company Guar. Notes
2.50% due 03/15/2020*

    250,000         250,418   
Security Description       
Principal
Amount
         
Value
(Note 2)
 

Medical Instruments (continued)

  

Medtronic, Inc.
Company Guar. Notes
4.38% due 03/15/2035*

  $ 500,000       $ 496,162   
    

 

 

 
     746,580   
    

 

 

 

Medical Labs & Testing Services — 0.5%

  

Roche Holdings, Inc. FRS
Company Guar. Notes
0.62% due 09/30/2019*

    500,000         499,727   

Vantage Oncology LLC/Vantage Oncology Finance Co.
Senior Sec. Notes
9.50% due 06/15/2017*

    500,000         487,500   
    

 

 

 
     987,227   
    

 

 

 

Medical-Biomedical/Gene — 0.5%

  

Amgen, Inc.
Senior Notes
2.20% due 05/22/2019

    250,000         249,289   

Amgen, Inc.
Senior Notes
3.88% due 11/15/2021

    250,000         262,175   

Gilead Sciences, Inc.
Senior Notes
3.50% due 02/01/2025

    250,000         250,364   

Gilead Sciences, Inc.
Senior Notes
4.40% due 12/01/2021

    250,000         273,042   
    

 

 

 
     1,034,870   
    

 

 

 

Medical-Drugs — 0.1%

  

AbbVie, Inc.
Senior Notes
2.90% due 11/06/2022

    250,000         242,075   
    

 

 

 

Medical-Hospitals — 0.3%

  

HCA, Inc.
Company Guar. Notes
5.88% due 05/01/2023

    500,000         531,250   
    

 

 

 

Non-Hazardous Waste Disposal — 0.1%

  

Republic Services, Inc.
Company Guar. Notes
5.25% due 11/15/2021

    250,000         280,167   
    

 

 

 

Office Automation & Equipment — 0.2%

  

CDW LLC/CDW Finance Corp.
Company Guar. Notes
5.50% due 12/01/2024

    500,000         495,000   
    

 

 

 

Oil & Gas Drilling — 0.4%

  

Nabors Industries, Inc.
Company Guar. Notes
5.10% due 09/15/2023

    500,000         496,612   

Rowan Cos., Inc.
Company Guar. Notes
4.88% due 06/01/2022

    250,000         248,306   
    

 

 

 
     744,918   
    

 

 

 

Oil Companies-Exploration & Production — 0.7%

  

Linn Energy LLC/Linn Energy Finance Corp.
Company Guar. Notes
6.50% due 05/15/2019

    500,000         403,750   
 

 

 

 

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Security Description       
Principal
Amount
         
Value
(Note 2)
 

U.S. CORPORATE BONDS & NOTES (continued)

  

Oil Companies-Exploration & Production (continued)

  

W&T Offshore, Inc.
Company Guar. Notes
8.50% due 06/15/2019

  $ 750,000       $ 520,312   

Whiting Petroleum Corp.
Company Guar. Notes
5.75% due 03/15/2021

    250,000         246,000   

Whiting Petroleum Corp.
Company Guar. Notes
6.50% due 10/01/2018

    250,000         253,125   
    

 

 

 
     1,423,187   
    

 

 

 

Oil Refining & Marketing — 0.4%

  

Phillips 66
Company Guar. Notes
2.95% due 05/01/2017

    250,000         256,969   

Phillips 66
Company Guar. Notes
4.30% due 04/01/2022

    250,000         262,366   

Tesoro Corp.
Company Guar. Notes
5.38% due 10/01/2022

    250,000         253,750   
    

 

 

 
     773,085   
    

 

 

 

Oil-Field Services — 0.2%

  

Exterran Partners LP/EXLP Finance Corp.
Company Guar. Notes
6.00% due 04/01/2021

    500,000         482,500   
    

 

 

 

Physical Therapy/Rehabilitation Centers — 0.4%

  

HealthSouth Corp.
Company Guar. Notes
5.75% due 11/01/2024

    750,000         765,937   
    

 

 

 

Pipelines — 0.6%

  

Columbia Pipeline Group, Inc.
Company Guar. Notes
3.30% due 06/01/2020*

    250,000         250,975   

Columbia Pipeline Group, Inc.
Company Guar. Notes
5.80% due 06/01/2045*

    250,000         246,365   

El Paso Natural Gas Co. LLC
Senior Notes
7.50% due 11/15/2026

    500,000         606,031   

Southeast Supply Header LLC
Senior Notes
4.25% due 06/15/2024*

    250,000         246,675   
    

 

 

 
     1,350,046   
    

 

 

 

Real Estate Investment Trusts — 1.0%

  

Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc. Company Guar. Notes
4.60% due 04/01/2022

    250,000         263,359   

BioMed Realty LP
Company Guar. Notes
2.63% due 05/01/2019

    250,000         248,943   

CubeSmart LP
Company Guar. Notes
4.80% due 07/15/2022

    250,000         268,891   

Healthcare Realty Trust, Inc.
Senior Notes
5.75% due 01/15/2021

    250,000         276,831   

Hospitality Properties Trust
Senior Notes
4.65% due 03/15/2024

    250,000         249,428   
Security Description       
Principal
Amount
         
Value
(Note 2)
 

Real Estate Investment Trusts (continued)

  

Hospitality Properties Trust
Senior Notes
5.00% due 08/15/2022

  $ 250,000       $ 260,233   

Simon Property Group LP
Senior Notes
4.13% due 12/01/2021

    250,000         268,519   

Ventas Realty LP/Ventas Capital Corp.
Company Guar. Notes
3.25% due 08/15/2022

    250,000         241,453   
    

 

 

 
     2,077,657   
    

 

 

 

Rental Auto/Equipment — 0.1%

  

ERAC USA Finance LLC
Senior Notes
4.50% due 08/16/2021*

    250,000         269,904   
    

 

 

 

Savings & Loans/Thrifts — 0.0%

  

Washington Mutual Bank
Escrow Notes
5.50% due 1/15/2013†(2)(3)

    125,000         13   
    

 

 

 

Special Purpose Entities — 0.2%

  

MassMutual Global Funding II
Senior Sec. Notes
2.35% due 04/09/2019*

    250,000         252,545   

Murray Street Investment Trust I
Company Guar. Notes
4.65% due 03/09/2017(5)

    250,000         262,607   
    

 

 

 
     515,152   
    

 

 

 

Steel-Specialty — 0.4%

  

Allegheny Technologies, Inc.
Senior Notes
5.95% due 01/15/2021

    250,000         253,125   

Allegheny Technologies, Inc.
Senior Notes
6.38% due 08/15/2023

    500,000         509,375   
    

 

 

 
     762,500   
    

 

 

 

Storage/Warehousing — 0.2%

  

Mobile Mini, Inc.
Company Guar. Notes
7.88% due 12/01/2020

    500,000         523,750   
    

 

 

 

Telecom Services — 0.3%

  

Qwest Corp.
Senior Notes
6.75% due 12/01/2021

    500,000         551,875   
    

 

 

 

Telephone-Integrated — 0.2%

  

Sprint Capital Corp.
Company Guar. Notes
6.90% due 05/01/2019

    250,000         255,000   

Verizon Communications, Inc.
Senior Notes
5.50% due 02/15/2018

    200,000         219,949   
    

 

 

 
     474,949   
    

 

 

 

Trucking/Leasing — 0.1%

  

Penske Truck Leasing Co. LP/PTL Finance Corp.
Senior Notes
3.75% due 05/11/2017*

    250,000         258,653   
    

 

 

 

Total U.S. Corporate Bonds & Notes
(cost $34,066,838)

   

     34,609,087   
    

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
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Security Description       
Principal
Amount
         
Value
(Note 2)
 

FOREIGN CORPORATE BONDS & NOTES — 2.4%

  

Banks-Commercial — 0.2%

  

Australia & New Zealand Banking Group, Ltd. FRS
Senior Notes
0.83% due 05/15/2018

  $ 250,000       $ 250,421   

ING Bank NV
Senior Notes
3.75% due 03/07/2017*

    250,000         259,759   
    

 

 

 
     510,180   
    

 

 

 

Cruise Lines — 0.1%

  

Royal Caribbean Cruises, Ltd.
Senior Notes
7.25% due 03/15/2018

    250,000         275,000   
    

 

 

 

Diversified Minerals — 0.4%

  

Glencore Finance Canada ,Ltd.
Company Guar. Notes
2.70% due 10/25/2017*(5)

    250,000         252,592   

Glencore Finance Canada, Ltd.
Company Guar. Notes
4.95% due 11/15/2021*

    500,000         525,076   
    

 

 

 
     777,668   
    

 

 

 

Electric-Integrated — 0.2%

  

TransAlta Corp.
Senior Notes
4.50% due 11/15/2022

    250,000         248,111   

TransAlta Corp.
Senior Notes
6.65% due 05/15/2018

    200,000         221,025   
    

 

 

 
     469,136   
    

 

 

 

Medical-Generic Drugs — 0.1%

  

Actavis Funding SCS
Company Guar. Notes
4.55% due 03/15/2035

    250,000         237,693   
    

 

 

 

Oil Companies-Integrated — 0.4%

  

BP Capital Markets PLC
Company Guar. Notes
4.75% due 03/10/2019

    750,000         820,621   
    

 

 

 

Oil-Field Services — 0.2%

  

Weatherford International, Ltd.
Company Guar. Notes
4.50% due 04/15/2022

    500,000         469,533   
    

 

 

 

Pipelines — 0.1%

  

Express Pipeline LLC
Sec. Notes
7.39% due 12/31/2019*

    117,200         124,310   
    

 

 

 

Steel-Producers — 0.5%

  

ArcelorMittal
Senior Notes
6.25% due 03/01/2021(5)

    1,000,000         1,047,500   
    

 

 

 

Transport-Marine — 0.2%

  

Navios Maritime Holdings, Inc./Navios Maritime Finance II US, Inc.
Senior Sec. Notes
7.38% due 01/15/2022*

    500,000         433,125   
    

 

 

 

Total Foreign Corporate Bonds & Notes
(cost $5,089,516)

       5,164,766   
    

 

 

 
Security Description       
Principal
Amount
         
Value
(Note 2)
 

U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENCIES — 10.2%

  

Federal Home Loan Mtg. Corp. — 3.2%

  

1.38% due 05/01/2020

  $ 500,000       $ 492,895   

2.00% due 03/01/2028

    270,934         269,510   

2.00% due 06/01/2028

    79,322         78,905   

2.50% due 02/01/2028

    216,354         221,034   

3.00% due 01/01/2027

    233,071         241,779   

3.00% due 04/01/2035

    79,327         80,683   

3.00% due 10/01/2042

    287,381         286,592   

3.00% due 01/01/2043

    257,207         256,500   

3.50% due 02/01/2042

    252,924         260,780   

3.50% due 07/01/2042

    157,346         162,402   

3.50% due 09/01/2042

    109,984         113,420   

3.50% due 10/01/2042

    166,688         172,045   

3.50% due 08/01/2043

    267,606         276,215   

3.50% due 02/01/2044

    240,063         247,799   

4.00% due 12/01/2040

    342,016         363,143   

4.50% due 07/01/2039

    406,288         443,301   

4.50% due 11/01/2043

    169,677         186,885   

5.00% due 04/01/2035

    94,607         105,040   

5.50% due 11/01/2017

    14,555         15,172   

5.50% due 01/01/2018

    12,013         12,336   

5.50% due 05/01/2031

    37,917         42,506   

5.50% due 01/01/2036

    65,798         73,627   

6.00% due 04/01/2017

    8,023         8,274   

6.00% due 05/01/2017

    13,548         13,970   

6.00% due 05/01/2031

    19,153         21,869   

6.00% due 09/01/2032

    9,376         10,613   

6.50% due 01/01/2032

    95,630         113,397   

7.00% due 03/01/2016

    2,981         3,002   

7.00% due 01/01/2032

    6,377         6,650   

7.50% due 12/01/2030

    28,397         31,034   

7.50% due 01/01/2031

    30,113         34,069   

7.50% due 02/01/2031

    2,793         3,069   

Federal Home Loan Mtg. Corp. REMIC

    

Series 4350, Class AS

    

1.92% due 12/15/2037 VRS(7)(8)

    1,617,817         129,081   

Series 4127, Class EJ

    

2.50% due 11/15/2032(7)

    167,319         163,818   

Series 4033, Class ED

    

2.50% due 10/15/2036(7)

    287,280         291,736   

Series 4097, Class HI

    

3.00% due 08/15/2027(7)(8)

    1,302,401         159,814   

Series 4206, Class NY

    

3.00% due 05/15/2033(7)

    300,000         292,257   

Series 4390, Class NY

    

3.00% due 06/15/2040(7)

    93,372         95,698   

Series 4343, Class DI

    

3.50% due 08/15/2040(7)(8)

    552,432         84,018   

Series 4121, Class UI

    

3.50% due 10/15/2042(7)(8)

    649,301         142,144   

Series 3924, Class LB

    

4.00% due 05/15/2039(7)

    200,000         208,756   

Series 4135, Class DI

    

4.00% due 11/15/2042(7)(8)

    423,172         82,498   

Federal Home Loan Mtg. Corp. STRIPS VRS
1.87% due 10/15/2037(7)(8)

    3,368,425         251,855   

Federal Home Loan Mtg. Corp. STRIPS VRS
1.92% due 02/15/2038(7)(8)

    3,377,931         259,330   
    

 

 

 
     6,809,521   
    

 

 

 
 

 

 

 

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Security Description       
Principal
Amount
         
Value
(Note 2)
 

U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENCIES (continued)

  

Federal National Mtg. Assoc. — 4.5%

  

1.75% due 09/12/2019

  $ 500,000       $ 504,006   

2.00% due 10/01/2027

    286,642         284,866   

2.50% due 06/01/2027

    408,202         416,230   

2.50% due 07/01/2028

    256,762         258,164   

3.00% due 04/01/2027

    68,636         71,283   

3.00% due 05/01/2029

    86,974         90,442   

3.00% due 10/01/2042

    163,094         163,363   

3.00% due 11/01/2042

    264,937         265,375   

3.00% due 12/01/2042

    166,482         166,757   

3.00% due 02/01/2043

    392,786         393,374   

3.00% due 04/01/2043

    223,599         223,691   

3.50% due 08/01/2033

    248,031         259,639   

3.50% due 03/01/2042

    220,257         227,735   

3.50% due 07/01/2042

    125,348         129,604   

3.50% due 09/01/2042

    180,563         186,749   

3.50% due 11/01/2042

    243,584         252,052   

3.50% due 02/01/2043

    83,412         86,486   

3.50% due 11/01/2044

    193,372         200,548   

3.50% due 03/01/2045

    196,858         203,896   

4.00% due 09/01/2040

    249,682         265,931   

4.00% due 12/01/2040

    183,267         195,241   

4.00% due 01/01/2041

    267,285         284,823   

4.00% due 02/01/2041

    143,568         152,951   

4.00% due 11/01/2041

    166,043         176,394   

4.00% due 08/01/2043

    440,035         471,478   

4.00% due 10/01/2043

    87,050         93,057   

4.00% due 04/01/2044

    91,626         98,209   

4.00% due 08/01/2044

    187,520         200,992   

4.00% due 10/01/2044

    272,991         289,724   

4.50% due 10/01/2039

    249,125         273,916   

4.50% due 09/01/2043

    518,202         571,383   

4.50% due 05/01/2044

    190,727         206,630   

4.50% due 07/01/2044

    91,276         99,768   

5.00% due 05/01/2033

    79,421         89,387   

5.00% due 02/01/2040

    223,506         252,759   

5.00% due 07/01/2041

    372,293         419,592   

6.00% due 08/01/2018

    1,794         2,033   

6.00% due 05/01/2031

    9,828         11,262   

6.00% due 08/01/2031

    82,015         93,875   

6.00% due 04/01/2032

    26,709         30,653   

6.50% due 06/01/2019

    6,596         7,575   

6.50% due 09/01/2024

    21,432         24,613   

6.50% due 09/01/2025

    3,716         4,268   

6.50% due 11/01/2025

    6,932         7,961   

6.50% due 05/01/2026

    12,101         13,897   

6.50% due 11/01/2027

    488         560   

6.50% due 01/01/2032

    3,490         4,008   

7.00% due 12/01/2015

    61         62   

7.00% due 04/01/2016

    1,531         1,541   

7.00% due 05/01/2029

    6,871         8,127   

7.00% due 09/01/2029

    6,964         7,251   

7.00% due 12/01/2029

    1,013         1,017   

7.00% due 01/01/2031

    3,934         4,450   

7.50% due 01/01/2031

    14,459         16,211   

7.50% due 02/01/2031

    1,513         1,575   

8.00% due 01/01/2016

    2,244         2,259   

Federal National Mtg. Assoc. REMIC

    

Series 2012-122, Class AD

    

2.00% due 02/25/2040(7)

    78,938         78,044   
Security Description       
Principal
Amount
         
Value
(Note 2)
 

Federal National Mtg. Assoc. (continued)

  

Series 2013-2, Class BI

    

2.50% due 02/25/2028(7)(8)

  $ 723,529       $ 63,712   

Series 2012-16, Class GC

    

2.50% due 11/25/2041(7)

    133,702         133,537   

Series 2012-141, Class PB

    

2.50% due 12/25/2042(7)

    200,000         179,589   

Series 2012-149, Class IC

    

3.50% due 01/25/2028(7)(8)

    593,850         72,486   

Series 2012-125, Class IG

    

3.50% due 11/25/2042(7)(8)

    580,355         126,987   

Series 2002-16, Class TM

    

7.00% due 04/25/2032(7)

    137,620         158,024   
    

 

 

 
     9,582,072   
    

 

 

 

Government National Mtg. Assoc. — 2.5%

  

0.67% due 05/16/2054 VRS(6)(8)

    1,885,584         106,971   

3.00% due 11/15/2042

    288,802         292,531   

3.00% due 02/15/2043

    260,938         265,527   

3.50% due 09/15/2042

    218,326         227,007   

3.50% due 01/15/2044

    146,443         153,099   

4.00% due 08/15/2041

    135,050         146,047   

4.00% due 10/20/2044

    241,591         258,351   

4.50% due 05/15/2039

    77,180         83,924   

4.50% due 10/15/2039

    154,830         169,853   

5.00% due 02/15/2040

    111,604         123,876   

5.50% due 07/20/2033

    141,759         161,468   

6.00% due 05/20/2032

    35,873         41,178   

6.00% due 07/20/2033

    92,121         106,860   

6.50% due 12/15/2023

    20,292         23,149   

6.50% due 03/20/2027

    1,118         1,275   

6.50% due 04/20/2027

    9,660         11,016   

7.00% due 12/15/2022

    3,318         3,359   

7.00% due 05/15/2023

    626         634   

7.00% due 06/15/2023

    1,455         1,474   

7.00% due 12/15/2023

    4,067         4,644   

7.00% due 04/15/2028

    11,266         11,737   

7.50% due 08/15/2030

    13,917         14,324   

7.50% due 09/15/2030

    4,485         4,733   

7.50% due 11/15/2030

    18,671         20,079   

7.50% due 01/15/2031

    12,189         14,040   

Government National Mtg. Assoc. REMIC

    

Series 2013-7, Class IO

    

0.68% due 05/16/2053 VRS(6)(8)

    1,156,968         69,681   

Series 2012-44, Class IO

    

0.70% due 03/16/2049 VRS(6)(8)

    1,069,328         47,849   

Series 2013-74, Class IO

    

0.77% due 12/16/2053 VRS(6)(8)

    2,049,235         121,042   

Series 2012-125, Class IO

    

0.78% due 02/16/2053 VRS(6)(8)

    1,792,441         106,684   

Series 2013-57, Class IO

    

0.78% due 06/16/2054 VRS(6)(8)

    2,844,219         137,802   

Series 2013-101, Class IO

    

0.86% due 10/16/2054 VRS(6)(8)

    2,799,119         145,602   

Series 2012-139, Class IO

    

0.88% due 02/16/2053 VRS(6)(8)

    2,384,936         163,931   

Series 2012-131, Class IO

    

0.88% due 02/16/2053 VRS(6)(8)

    1,794,555         130,635   

Series 2013-80, Class IO

    

0.89% due 03/16/2052 VRS(6)(8)

    1,897,568         146,934   

Series 2015-33, Class IO

    

0.93% due 02/16/2056 VRS(6)(8)

    1,994,396         156,879   

Series 2013-13, Class IO

    

0.95% due 07/16/2047 VRS(6)(8)

    1,432,297         100,218   
 

 

 

 
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PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS — June 30, 2015 — (unaudited) — (continued)

 

Security Description       
Principal
Amount
         
Value
(Note 2)
 

U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENCIES (continued)

  

Government National Mtg. Assoc. (continued)

  

Series 2013-68, Class IO

    

0.96% due 02/16/2046 VRS(6)(8)

  $ 1,337,161       $ 86,397   

Series 2015-7, Class IO

    

0.96% due 01/16/2057 VRS(6)(8)

    1,076,605         89,541   

Series 2013-30, Class IO

    

0.98% due 09/16/2053 VRS(6)(8)

    1,871,422         125,507   

Series 2013-40, Class IO

    

1.06% due 06/16/2054 VRS(6)(8)

    2,198,536         139,688   

Series 2014-70, Class IO

    

1.29% due 03/16/2049 VRS(6)(8)

    2,700,203         174,798   

Series 2014-92, Class AB

    

1.78% due 06/16/2040(6)

    92,412         94,175   

Series 2014-13, Class A

    

2.60% due 09/16/2042(6)

    158,055         164,029   

Series 2015-32, Class HG

    

3.00% due 09/16/2049 VRS(6)

    121,608         111,588   

Series 2015-63, Class ZB

    

3.25% due 05/20/2045(7)

    80,599         81,502   

Series 2011-27, Class CB

    

3.48% due 07/16/2045 VRS(6)

    247,034         256,863   

Series 2012-3, Class LA

    

3.50% due 03/20/2038(7)

    246,506         261,950   

Series 2015-20, Class LZ

    

3.50% due 04/16/2044(7)

    232,552         225,851   

Series 2011-128, Class BI

    

4.00% due 09/16/2026(7)(8)

    16,063         2,081   

Series 2002-70, Class PA

    

4.50% due 08/20/2032(7)

    7,912         8,153   
    

 

 

 
       5,396,536   
    

 

 

 

Total U.S. Government Agencies
(cost $21,696,249)

       21,788,129   
    

 

 

 

U.S. GOVERNMENT TREASURIES — 0.4%

  

United States Treasury Bonds — 0.3%

  

3.00% due 11/15/2044

    250,000         244,551   

4.25% due 11/15/2040

    170,000         205,726   

5.25% due 11/15/2028

    200,000         260,688   
    

 

 

 
       710,965   
    

 

 

 

United States Treasury Notes — 0.1%

    

3.13% due 05/15/2021

    100,000         106,961   
    

 

 

 

Total U.S. Government Treasuries
(cost $871,863)

       817,926   
    

 

 

 

LOANS (9)(10)(12) — 0.3%

  

Oil & Gas Drilling — 0.3%

  

Drillships Financing Holding, Inc. FRS
Tranche B-1
6.00% due 03/31/2021

    248,734         201,848   

Drillships Ocean Ventures, Inc. FRS
BTL-B
5.50% due 07/25/2021

    496,250         420,075   
    

 

 

 

Total Loans
(cost $692,721)

       621,923   
    

 

 

 

Total Long-Term Investment Securities
(cost $182,914,930)

       207,297,929   
    

 

 

 
Security Description       
Principal
Amount
        
Value
(Note 2)
 

REPURCHASE AGREEMENTS — 2.8%

  

Agreement with State Street Bank and Trust Co., bearing interest at 0.00%, dated 06/30/2015, to be repurchased 07/01/2015 in the amount of $5,996,000 and collateralized by $5,840,000 of United States Treasury Bonds, bearing interest at 2.63% due 11/15/2020 and having an approximate value of $6,117,400
(cost $5,996,000)

  $ 5,996,000      $ 5,996,000   
   

 

 

 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS
(cost $188,910,930)(11)

    100.2     213,293,929   

Liabilities in excess of other assets

    (0.2     (449,369
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET ASSETS

    100.0   $ 212,844,560   
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

  Non-income producing security
*   Securities exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. These securities may be sold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. The Portfolio has no right to demand registration of these securities. At June 30, 2015, the aggregate value of these securities was $13,111,652 representing 6.2% of net assets. Unless otherwise indicated, these securities are not considered to be illiquid.
(1)   Fair valued security. Securities are classified as Level 2 based on the securities valuation inputs; see Note 2.
(2)   Fair valued security. Securities are classified as Level 3 based on the securities valuation inputs; see Note 2
(3)   Illiquid security. At June 30, 2015, the aggregate value of these securities was $13 representing 0.0% of net assets.
(4)   Perpetual maturity—maturity date reflects the next call date.
(5)   “Step-up” security where the rate increases (“steps-up”) at a predetermined rate. The rate reflected is as of June 30, 2015.
(6)   Commercial Mortgage Backed Security
(7)   Collateralized Mortgage Obligation
(8)   Interest Only
(9)   The Portfolio invests in senior loans which generally pay interest at rates which are periodically re-determined by reference to a base lending rate plus a premium. These base lending rates are generally either the lending rate offered by one or more major European banks, such as the London Inter-Bank Offer Rate (“LIBOR”) or the prime rate offered by one or more major United States banks, or the certificate of deposit rate. Senior loans are generally considered to be restrictive in that the Portfolio is ordinarily contractually obligated to receive approval from the Agent Bank and/or borrower prior to the disposition of a senior loan.
(10)   Senior loans in the Portfolio are generally subject to mandatory and/or optional prepayment. Because of these mandatory prepayment conditions and because there may be significant economic incentives for a borrower to prepay, prepayments may occur. As a result, the actual remaining maturity may be substantially less than the stated maturities shown.
(11)   See Note 6 for cost of investments on a tax basis.
(12)   All loans in the portfolio were purchased through assignment agreements unless otherwise indicated.

ADR — American Depository Receipt

BR — Bearer Shares

BTL — Bank Term Loan

CVR — Contingent Value Rights

ETF — Exchange-Traded Fund

 

 

 

 

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REMIC — Real Estate Mortgage Investment Conduit

STRIPS — Separate trading of registered interest and principal of securities

FRS — Floating Rate Security

VRS — Variable Rate Security

The rates shown on FRS and VRS are the current interest rates at June 30, 2015 and unless noted otherwise, the dates shown are the original maturity dates.

    

 

 

The following is a summary of the inputs used to value the Portfolio’s net assets as of June 30, 2015 (see Note 2):

 

      Level 1 - Unadjusted
Quoted  Prices
     Level 2 - Other
Observable Inputs
     Level 3 -  Significant
Unobservable Inputs
     Total  

ASSETS:

           

Investments at Value:*

           

Common Stocks:

           

Computer Software

   $ 8,867       $ 361,383       $       $ 370,250   

Gambling (non-hotel)

             185,200                 185,200   

Medical-Drugs

     5,970,570                 0         5,970,570   

Other Industries

     118,855,815                         118,855,815   

Exchange-Traded Funds

     8,019,362                         8,019,362   

Preferred Securities/Capital Securities

             1,607,312                 1,607,312   

Asset Backed Securities

             8,892,589                 8,892,589   

Convertible Bonds & Notes

             395,000                 395,000   

U.S. Corporate Bonds & Notes:

           

Savings & Loans/Thrifts

                     13         13   

Other Industries

             34,609,074                 34,609,074   

Foreign Corporate Bonds & Notes

             5,164,766                 5,164,766   

U.S. Government Agencies

             21,788,129                 21,788,129   

U.S. Government Treasuries

             817,926                 817,926   

Loans

             621,923                 621,923   

Repurchase Agreements

            5,996,000               5,996,000  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Investments at Value

   $ 132,854,614      $ 80,439,302      $ 13      $ 213,293,929  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

*   For a detailed presentation of investments, please refer to the Portfolio of Investments.

The Portfolio’s policy is to recognize transfers between Levels as of the end of the reporting period. There were no material transfers between Levels during the reporting period.

At the beginning and end of the reporting period, Level 3 investments were not considered a material portion of the Portfolio.

See Notes to Financial Statements

 

 

 
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PORTFOLIO PROFILE — June 30, 2015 — (unaudited)

 

Industry Allocation*

 

Medical-Drugs

     5.5

Diversified Banking Institutions

     4.3   

Computers

     4.3   

Commercial Services-Finance

     3.9   

Applications Software

     3.6   

Retail-Drug Store

     3.5   

Insurance-Multi-line

     3.2   

Medical-Biomedical/Gene

     3.0   

Medical-HMO

     3.0   

Retail-Restaurants

     2.8   

Computer Services

     2.6   

Oil Companies-Exploration & Production

     2.3   

Retail-Discount

     2.2   

Cosmetics & Toiletries

     2.1   

Medical-Generic Drugs

     2.0   

Exchange-Traded Funds

     2.0   

Coatings/Paint

     2.0   

Food-Misc./Diversified

     1.9   

Investment Management/Advisor Services

     1.8   

Web Portals/ISP

     1.8   

Repurchase Agreements

     1.8   

Oil Companies-Integrated

     1.8   

E-Commerce/Products

     1.7   

Diversified Manufacturing Operations

     1.7   

Retail-Building Products

     1.7   

Banks-Super Regional

     1.7   

Electric-Integrated

     1.6   

Electronic Components-Semiconductors

     1.6   

Retail-Apparel/Shoe

     1.5   

Medical-Wholesale Drug Distribution

     1.4   

Beverages-Non-alcoholic

     1.4   

Multimedia

     1.3   

E-Commerce/Services

     1.3   

Hotels/Motels

     1.2   

Tobacco

     1.2   

Networking Products

     1.2   

Instruments-Controls

     1.2   

Chemicals-Diversified

     1.1   

Telephone-Integrated

     1.1   

Containers-Metal/Glass

     1.0   

Insurance-Life/Health

     1.0   

Oil-Field Services

     1.0   

Machinery-General Industrial

     0.9   

Computer Software

     0.9   

Retail-Arts & Crafts

     0.9   

Medical Information Systems

     0.8   

Entertainment Software

     0.8   

Publishing-Periodicals

     0.8   

Medical Products

     0.7   

Computers-Integrated Systems

     0.7   

Human Resources

     0.7   

Aerospace/Defense

     0.7   

Electric Products-Misc.

     0.7   

Consulting Services

     0.7   

Oil Refining & Marketing

     0.6   

Rental Auto/Equipment

     0.6   

Enterprise Software/Service

     0.6   

Real Estate Investment Trusts

     0.5   
  

 

 

 
     99.9
  

 

 

 

 

*   Calculated as a percentage of net assets
 

 

 

 

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PORTFOLIO PROFILE — June 30, 2015 — (unaudited)

 

Security Description   Shares     

Value

(Note 2)

 

COMMON STOCKS — 96.1%

  

Aerospace/Defense — 0.7%

  

TransDigm Group, Inc.†

    6,345       $ 1,425,531   
    

 

 

 

Applications Software — 3.6%

  

Intuit, Inc.

    16,278         1,640,334   

Microsoft Corp.

    85,351         3,768,246   

PTC, Inc.†

    15,400         631,708   

salesforce.com, Inc.†

    15,890         1,106,421   
    

 

 

 
       7,146,709   
    

 

 

 

Banks-Super Regional — 1.7%

    

PNC Financial Services Group, Inc.

    33,980         3,250,187   
    

 

 

 

Beverages-Non-alcoholic — 1.4%

    

Monster Beverage Corp.†

    20,005         2,681,070   
    

 

 

 

Chemicals-Diversified — 1.1%

    

Dow Chemical Co.

    41,015         2,098,738   
    

 

 

 

Coatings/Paint — 2.0%

    

Sherwin-Williams Co.

    8,425         2,317,043   

Valspar Corp.

    19,380         1,585,672   
    

 

 

 
       3,902,715   
    

 

 

 

Commercial Services-Finance — 3.9%

    

Automatic Data Processing, Inc.

    25,850         2,073,945   

Equifax, Inc.

    22,630         2,197,147   

MasterCard, Inc., Class A

    22,860         2,136,953   

McGraw Hill Financial, Inc.

    13,510         1,357,079   
    

 

 

 
       7,765,124   
    

 

 

 

Computer Services — 2.6%

    

Accenture PLC, Class A

    23,490         2,273,362   

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp., Class A†

    25,203         1,539,651   

Genpact, Ltd.†

    63,610         1,356,802   
    

 

 

 
       5,169,815   
    

 

 

 

Computer Software — 0.9%

    

Akamai Technologies, Inc.†

    24,670         1,722,459   
    

 

 

 

Computers — 4.3%

    

Apple, Inc.

    67,550         8,472,459   
    

 

 

 

Computers-Integrated Systems — 0.7%

    

Jack Henry & Associates, Inc.

    22,255         1,439,899   
    

 

 

 

Consulting Services — 0.7%

    

Verisk Analytics, Inc.†

    18,330         1,333,691   
    

 

 

 

Containers-Metal/Glass — 1.0%

    

Crown Holdings, Inc.†

    37,700         1,994,707   
    

 

 

 

Cosmetics & Toiletries — 2.1%

    

Coty, Inc., Class A

    38,890         1,243,313   

Estee Lauder Cos., Inc., Class A

    34,210         2,964,639   
    

 

 

 
       4,207,952   
    

 

 

 

Diversified Banking Institutions — 4.3%

    

Citigroup, Inc.

    61,725         3,409,689   

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

    75,395         5,108,765   
    

 

 

 
       8,518,454   
    

 

 

 

Diversified Manufacturing Operations — 1.7%

  

  

Eaton Corp. PLC

    20,430         1,378,821   

Illinois Tool Works, Inc.

    21,655         1,987,712   
    

 

 

 
       3,366,533   
    

 

 

 

E-Commerce/Products — 1.7%

    

Amazon.com, Inc.†

    7,890         3,424,970   
    

 

 

 
Security Description   Shares     

Value

(Note 2)

 

E-Commerce/Services — 1.3%

    

Priceline Group, Inc.†

    2,300       $ 2,648,151   
    

 

 

 

Electric Products-Misc. — 0.7%

    

AMETEK, Inc.

    24,755         1,356,079   
    

 

 

 

Electric-Integrated — 1.6%

    

American Electric Power Co., Inc.

    28,935         1,532,687   

NextEra Energy, Inc.

    12,840         1,258,705   

Pinnacle West Capital Corp.

    7,880         448,293   
    

 

 

 
       3,239,685   
    

 

 

 

Electronic Components-Semiconductors — 1.6%

  

  

Freescale Semiconductor, Ltd.†

    31,355         1,253,259   

Intel Corp.

    64,130         1,950,514   
    

 

 

 
       3,203,773   
    

 

 

 

Enterprise Software/Service — 0.6%

    

Workday, Inc., Class A†

    14,090         1,076,335   
    

 

 

 

Entertainment Software — 0.8%

    

Activision Blizzard, Inc.

    67,420         1,632,238   
    

 

 

 

Food-Misc./Diversified — 1.9%

    

Mondelez International, Inc., Class A

    92,030         3,786,114   
    

 

 

 

Hotels/Motels — 1.2%

    

Hilton Worldwide Holdings, Inc.†

    89,070         2,453,879   
    

 

 

 

Human Resources — 0.7%

    

Team Health Holdings, Inc.†

    21,840         1,426,807   
    

 

 

 

Instruments-Controls — 1.2%

    

Honeywell International, Inc.

    22,480         2,292,286   
    

 

 

 

Insurance-Life/Health — 1.0%

    

Prudential Financial, Inc.

    22,595         1,977,514   
    

 

 

 

Insurance-Multi-line — 3.2%

    

ACE, Ltd.

    13,130         1,335,058   

Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc.

    37,290         1,550,145   

MetLife, Inc.

    36,725         2,056,233   

XL Group PLC

    37,800         1,406,160   
    

 

 

 
       6,347,596   
    

 

 

 

Investment Management/Advisor Services — 1.8%

  

  

Ameriprise Financial, Inc.

    17,770         2,220,006   

BlackRock, Inc.

    4,000         1,383,920   
    

 

 

 
       3,603,926   
    

 

 

 

Machinery-General Industrial — 0.9%

    

Middleby Corp.†

    15,780         1,770,989   
    

 

 

 

Medical Information Systems — 0.8%

    

Cerner Corp.†

    24,050         1,660,893   
    

 

 

 

Medical Products — 0.7%

    

Zimmer Holdings, Inc.

    13,345         1,457,674   
    

 

 

 

Medical-Biomedical/Gene — 3.0%

    

Biogen, Inc.†

    4,595         1,856,104   

Celgene Corp.†

    11,010         1,274,242   

Gilead Sciences, Inc.

    9,188         1,075,731   

Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.†

    3,521         1,796,168   
    

 

 

 
       6,002,245   
    

 

 

 

Medical-Drugs — 5.5%

    

Alkermes PLC†

    13,180         848,001   

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.

    55,310         3,680,328   

Eli Lilly & Co.

    32,760         2,735,132   

Merck & Co., Inc.

    62,120         3,536,492   
    

 

 

 
       10,799,953   
    

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
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Security Description   Shares          
Value
(Note 2)
 

COMMON STOCKS (continued)

    

Medical-Generic Drugs — 2.0%

    

Allergan PLC†

    13,300       $ 4,036,018   
    

 

 

 

Medical-HMO — 3.0%

    

Aetna, Inc.

    21,300         2,714,898   

UnitedHealth Group, Inc.

    26,175         3,193,350   
    

 

 

 
       5,908,248   
    

 

 

 

Medical-Wholesale Drug Distribution — 1.4%

  

  

McKesson Corp.

    12,065         2,712,333   
    

 

 

 

Multimedia — 1.3%

    

Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc., Class A

    81,370         2,648,187   
    

 

 

 

Networking Products — 1.2%

    

Cisco Systems, Inc.

    85,841         2,357,194   
    

 

 

 

Oil Companies-Exploration & Production — 2.3%

  

  

Anadarko Petroleum Corp.

    20,105         1,569,396   

EOG Resources, Inc.

    15,600         1,365,780   

Pioneer Natural Resources Co.

    7,496         1,039,620   

Southwestern Energy Co.†

    24,649         560,272   
    

 

 

 
       4,535,068   
    

 

 

 

Oil Companies-Integrated — 1.8%

    

Chevron Corp.

    24,350         2,349,045   

Exxon Mobil Corp.

    13,600         1,131,520   
    

 

 

 
       3,480,565   
    

 

 

 

Oil Refining & Marketing — 0.6%

    

Phillips 66

    15,360         1,237,402   
    

 

 

 

Oil-Field Services — 1.0%

    

Halliburton Co.

    45,439         1,957,058   
    

 

 

 

Publishing-Periodicals — 0.8%

    

Nielsen NV

    33,880         1,516,808   
    

 

 

 

Real Estate Investment Trusts — 0.5%

    

American Capital Agency Corp.

    48,020         882,127   
    

 

 

 

Rental Auto/Equipment — 0.6%

    

Hertz Global Holdings, Inc.†

    67,785         1,228,264   
    

 

 

 

Retail-Apparel/Shoe — 1.5%

    

PVH Corp.

    5,027         579,110   

Ross Stores, Inc.

    47,728         2,320,058   
    

 

 

 
       2,899,168   
    

 

 

 

Retail-Arts & Crafts — 0.9%

    

Michaels Cos., Inc.†

    63,180         1,700,174   
    

 

 

 

Retail-Building Products — 1.7%

    

Lowe’s Cos., Inc.

    50,240         3,364,573   
    

 

 

 

Retail-Discount — 2.2%

    

Costco Wholesale Corp.

    21,405         2,890,959   

Dollar Tree, Inc.†

    17,440         1,377,586   
    

 

 

 
       4,268,545   
    

 

 

 

Retail-Drug Store — 3.5%

    

CVS Health Corp.

    39,275         4,119,162   

Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc.

    32,809         2,770,392   
    

 

 

 
       6,889,554   
    

 

 

 
Security Description   Shares/
Principal
Amount
    Value
(Note 2)
 

Retail-Restaurants — 2.8%

   

Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc.†

    3,123      $ 1,889,384   

Starbucks Corp.

    68,160        3,654,398   
   

 

 

 
      5,543,782   
   

 

 

 

Telecommunication Equipment — 0.0%

  

 

Nortel Networks Corp.†

    147        0   
   

 

 

 

Telephone-Integrated — 1.1%

   

AT&T, Inc.

    58,430        2,075,434   
   

 

 

 

Tobacco — 1.2%

   

Altria Group, Inc.

    49,624        2,427,110   
   

 

 

 

Web Portals/ISP — 1.8%

   

Google, Inc., Class A†

    3,400        1,836,136   

Google, Inc., Class C†

    3,358        1,747,873   
   

 

 

 
      3,584,009   
   

 

 

 

Total Common Stocks
(cost $161,159,613)

      189,908,771   
   

 

 

 

EXCHANGE-TRADED FUNDS — 2.0%

  

 

SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust
(cost $4,030,534)

    19,190        3,950,262   
   

 

 

 

Total Long-Term Investment Securities
(cost $165,190,147)

      193,859,033   
   

 

 

 

REPURCHASE AGREEMENTS — 1.8%

  

 

Bank of America Securities LLC
Joint Repurchase Agreement(1)

  $   760,000        760,000   

Barclays Capital, Inc.
Joint Repurchase Agreement(1)

    670,000        670,000   

BNP Paribas SA
Joint Repurchase Agreement(1)

    670,000        670,000   

Deutsche Bank AG
Joint Repurchase Agreement(1)

    775,000        775,000   

RBS Securities, Inc.
Joint Repurchase Agreement(1)

    670,000        670,000   
   

 

 

 

Total Repurchase Agreements
(cost $3,545,000)

      3,545,000   
   

 

 

 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS
(cost $168,735,147)(2)

    99.9     197,404,033   

Other assets less liabilities

    0.1        204,477   
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET ASSETS

    100.0   $ 197,608,510   
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

  Non-income producing security
(1)   See Note 2 for details of Joint Repurchase Agreements.
(2)   See Note 6 for cost of investments on a tax basis.

ETF — Exchange-Traded Fund

 

 

 

 

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The following is a summary of the inputs used to value the Portfolio’s net assets as of June 30, 2015 (see Note 2):

 

      Level 1 - Unadjusted
Quoted Prices
     Level 2 - Other
Observable  Inputs
     Level 3 -  Significant
Unobservable Inputs
     Total  

ASSETS:

           

Investments at Value:*

           

Common Stocks

   $ 189,908,771       $       $     —       $ 189,908,771   

Exchange-Traded Funds

     3,950,262                         3,950,262   

Repurchase Agreements

             3,545,000                 3,545,000   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Investments at Value

   $ 193,859,033      $ 3,545,000      $       $ 197,404,033   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

*   For a detailed presentation of investments, please refer to the Portfolio of Investments.

The Portfolio’s policy is to recognize transfers between Levels as of the end of the reporting period. There were no transfers between Levels during the reporting period.

See Notes to Financial Statements

 

 

 
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PORTFOLIO PROFILE — June 30, 2015 — (unaudited)

 

Industry Allocation*

 

Medical-Drugs

     6.9

Medical-Biomedical/Gene

     5.6   

Diversified Banking Institutions

     3.7   

Oil Companies-Exploration & Production

     2.3   

Insurance-Life/Health

     2.2   

Applications Software

     2.2   

Computer Services

     2.1   

Insurance-Multi-line

     2.0   

Investment Management/Advisor Services

     1.9   

Transport-Services

     1.9   

Beverages-Non-alcoholic

     1.8   

E-Commerce/Services

     1.7   

Networking Products

     1.7   

Repurchase Agreements

     1.6   

Medical-Generic Drugs

     1.6   

Medical-HMO

     1.6   

Banks-Super Regional

     1.5   

Wire & Cable Products

     1.4   

Schools

     1.4   

Real Estate Investment Trusts

     1.4   

Retail-Auto Parts

     1.4   

Aerospace/Defense

     1.3   

Web Portals/ISP

     1.3   

Diversified Manufacturing Operations

     1.3   

Insurance Brokers

     1.3   

Retail-Building Products

     1.2   

Web Hosting/Design

     1.2   

Insurance-Property/Casualty

     1.2   

Audio/Video Products

     1.1   

Commercial Services-Finance

     1.1   

Casino Hotels

     1.1   

Medical Information Systems

     1.1   

Computers

     1.0   

Oil-Field Services

     1.0   

Retail-Major Department Stores

     1.0   

Building-Residential/Commercial

     1.0   

Medical Labs & Testing Services

     1.0   

Banks-Commercial

     0.9   

Entertainment Software

     0.9   

Industrial Gases

     0.9   

Electric-Integrated

     0.9   

Oil Companies-Integrated

     0.9   

E-Services/Consulting

     0.8   

Electronic Connectors

     0.8   

Retail-Restaurants

     0.8   

Medical Products

     0.7   

Computer Software

     0.7   

Retail-Arts & Crafts

     0.7   

Aerospace/Defense-Equipment

     0.7   

Retail-Automobile

     0.7   

Chemicals-Diversified

     0.7   

Finance-Consumer Loans

     0.7   

Internet Infrastructure Software

     0.7   

Medical-Hospitals

     0.7   

Medical-Wholesale Drug Distribution

     0.7   

Retail-Apparel/Shoe

     0.7   

Airlines

     0.7   

Decision Support Software

     0.7   

Television

     0.6   

Internet Security

     0.6   

Electric-Distribution

     0.6   
  

Telecommunication Equipment

     0.6

Medical Instruments

     0.6   

Steel-Producers

     0.6   

Motorcycle/Motor Scooter

     0.6   

Electronic Forms

     0.6   

Brewery

     0.6   

Distribution/Wholesale

     0.6   

Enterprise Software/Service

     0.6   

Internet Content-Entertainment

     0.5   

Multimedia

     0.5   

Office Furnishings-Original

     0.5   

Retail-Discount

     0.5   

Oil & Gas Drilling

     0.5   

Electronic Measurement Instruments

     0.5   

Telephone-Integrated

     0.5   

Building-Mobile Home/Manufactured Housing

     0.5   

Finance-Investment Banker/Broker

     0.5   

Human Resources

     0.4   

Transport-Rail

     0.4   

Finance-Credit Card

     0.4   

Banks-Fiduciary

     0.4   

Tobacco

     0.4   

Exchange-Traded Funds

     0.4   

Pharmacy Services

     0.3   

Semiconductor Components-Integrated Circuits

     0.3   

Electronic Components-Semiconductors

     0.3   

Appliances

     0.3   

Computers-Memory Devices

     0.3   

Oil Refining & Marketing

     0.3   

Retail-Vitamins & Nutrition Supplements

     0.3   

Cable/Satellite TV

     0.3   

Oil Field Machinery & Equipment

     0.3   

Financial Guarantee Insurance

     0.2   

Cellular Telecom

     0.2   

Consulting Services

     0.2   

Metal-Diversified

     0.2   

Power Converter/Supply Equipment

     0.2   

Building Products-Wood

     0.2   

Containers-Paper/Plastic

     0.2   

Diversified Financial Services

     0.2   

Chemicals-Specialty

     0.2   

Apparel Manufacturers

     0.1   

Non-Ferrous Metals

     0.1   

Metal-Aluminum

     0.1   
  

 

 

 
     100.4
  

 

 

 

 

*   Calculated as a percentage of net assets
 

 

 

 

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PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS — June 30, 2015 — (unaudited)

 

Security Description   Shares      Value
(Note 2)
 

COMMON STOCKS — 98.4%

    

Aerospace/Defense — 1.3%

  

  

Lockheed Martin Corp.

    21,702       $ 4,034,402   

Northrop Grumman Corp.

    23,819         3,778,408   

Raytheon Co.

    13,036         1,247,284   
    

 

 

 
       9,060,094   
    

 

 

 

Aerospace/Defense-Equipment — 0.7%

  

  

United Technologies Corp.

    43,924         4,872,489   
    

 

 

 

Airlines — 0.7%

  

  

American Airlines Group, Inc.

    59,700         2,384,119   

United Continental Holdings, Inc.†

    41,054         2,176,273   
    

 

 

 
       4,560,392   
    

 

 

 

Apparel Manufacturers — 0.1%

  

  

Global Brands Group Holding, Ltd.†

    4,508,000         936,313   
    

 

 

 

Appliances — 0.3%

  

  

Electrolux AB,
Series B

    71,342         2,235,825   
    

 

 

 

Applications Software — 2.2%

  

  

Microsoft Corp.

    125,922         5,559,456   

salesforce.com, Inc.†

    61,135         4,256,830   

Verint Systems, Inc.†

    78,700         4,780,632   
    

 

 

 
       14,596,918   
    

 

 

 

Audio/Video Products — 1.1%

  

  

Harman International Industries, Inc.

    65,000         7,731,100   
    

 

 

 

Banks-Commercial — 0.9%

  

  

M&T Bank Corp.

    39,360         4,917,245   

South State Corp.

    19,612         1,490,316   
    

 

 

 
       6,407,561   
    

 

 

 

Banks-Fiduciary — 0.4%

  

  

Northern Trust Corp.

    31,902         2,439,227   
    

 

 

 

Banks-Super Regional — 1.5%

  

  

PNC Financial Services Group, Inc.

    103,263         9,877,106   
    

 

 

 

Beverages-Non-alcoholic — 1.8%

  

  

Coca-Cola Co.

    169,819         6,661,999   

Monster Beverage Corp.†

    39,423         5,283,471   
    

 

 

 
       11,945,470   
    

 

 

 

Brewery — 0.6%

  

  

Anheuser-Busch InBev NV ADR

    31,017         3,742,821   
    

 

 

 

Building Products-Wood — 0.2%

  

  

Norbord, Inc.

    61,600         1,292,663   
    

 

 

 

Building-Mobile Home/Manufactured Housing — 0.5%

  

Thor Industries, Inc.

    58,800         3,309,264   
    

 

 

 

Building-Residential/Commercial — 1.0%

  

  

D.R. Horton, Inc.

    250,445         6,852,175   
    

 

 

 

Cable/Satellite TV — 0.3%

  

  

Sky PLC

    109,117         1,777,937   
    

 

 

 

Casino Hotels — 1.1%

  

  

Las Vegas Sands Corp.

    112,337         5,905,556   

Melco Crown Entertainment, Ltd. ADR

    43,873         861,227   

Sands China, Ltd.

    202,400         678,884   
    

 

 

 
       7,445,667   
    

 

 

 

Cellular Telecom — 0.2%

  

  

T-Mobile US, Inc.†

    39,364         1,526,142   
    

 

 

 
Security Description   Shares      Value
(Note 2)
 

Chemicals-Diversified — 0.7%

  

  

Celanese Corp.,
Series A

    47,273       $ 3,397,983   

Huntsman Corp.

    63,215         1,395,155   
    

 

 

 
       4,793,138   
    

 

 

 

Chemicals-Specialty — 0.2%

  

  

Cabot Corp.

    23,061         859,945   

Platform Specialty Products Corp.†

    6,000         153,480   
    

 

 

 
       1,013,425   
    

 

 

 

Commercial Services-Finance — 1.1%

  

  

Automatic Data Processing, Inc.

    32,538         2,610,524   

Equifax, Inc.

    52,171         5,065,282   
    

 

 

 
       7,675,806   
    

 

 

 

Computer Services — 2.1%

  

  

Accenture PLC, Class A

    57,253         5,540,945   

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp., Class A†

    66,295         4,049,962   

Genpact, Ltd.†

    222,840         4,753,177   
    

 

 

 
       14,344,084   
    

 

 

 

Computer Software — 0.7%

  

  

Akamai Technologies, Inc.†

    70,851         4,946,817   
    

 

 

 

Computers — 1.0%

  

  

Apple, Inc.

    56,070         7,032,580   
    

 

 

 

Computers-Memory Devices — 0.3%

  

  

Western Digital Corp.

    27,165         2,130,279   
    

 

 

 

Consulting Services — 0.2%

  

  

Verisk Analytics, Inc.†

    20,857         1,517,555   
    

 

 

 

Containers-Paper/Plastic — 0.2%

  

  

Bemis Co., Inc.

    25,400         1,143,254   
    

 

 

 

Decision Support Software — 0.7%

  

  

MSCI, Inc.

    73,482         4,522,817   
    

 

 

 

Distribution/Wholesale — 0.6%

  

  

Rexel SA

    60,701         978,544   

WESCO International, Inc.†

    39,843         2,734,824   
    

 

 

 
       3,713,368   
    

 

 

 

Diversified Banking Institutions — 3.7%

  

  

Bank of America Corp.

    187,850         3,197,207   

Citigroup, Inc.

    175,206         9,678,380   

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.

    8,594         1,794,341   

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

    155,684         10,549,148   
    

 

 

 
       25,219,076   
    

 

 

 

Diversified Financial Services — 0.2%

  

  

Julius Baer Group, Ltd.

    20,012         1,122,658   
    

 

 

 

Diversified Manufacturing Operations — 1.3%

  

  

Eaton Corp. PLC

    39,319         2,653,639   

General Electric Co.

    196,062         5,209,367   

Sulzer AG

    9,262         952,502   
    

 

 

 
       8,815,508   
    

 

 

 

E-Commerce/Services — 1.7%

  

  

Netflix, Inc.†

    5,791         3,804,340   

Priceline Group, Inc.†

    3,100         3,569,247   

TripAdvisor, Inc.†

    50,544         4,404,404   
    

 

 

 
       11,777,991   
    

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
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Security Description   Shares      Value
(Note 2)
 

COMMON STOCKS (continued)

    

E-Services/Consulting — 0.8%

  

  

CDW Corp.

    166,359       $ 5,702,787   
    

 

 

 

Electric-Distribution — 0.6%

  

  

PG&E Corp.

    86,236         4,234,188   
    

 

 

 

Electric-Integrated — 0.9%

    

Exelon Corp.

    109,155         3,429,650   

Xcel Energy, Inc.

    77,819         2,504,216   
    

 

 

 
       5,933,866   
    

 

 

 

Electronic Components-Semiconductors — 0.3%

  

  

Microsemi Corp.†

    64,983         2,271,156   
    

 

 

 

Electronic Connectors — 0.8%

  

  

Amphenol Corp., Class A

    89,340         5,179,040   
    

 

 

 

Electronic Forms — 0.6%

  

  

Adobe Systems, Inc.†

    46,755         3,787,623   
    

 

 

 

Electronic Measurement Instruments — 0.5%

  

  

Trimble Navigation, Ltd.†

    142,444         3,341,736   
    

 

 

 

Enterprise Software/Service — 0.6%

  

  

Workday, Inc., Class A†

    48,569         3,710,186   
    

 

 

 

Entertainment Software — 0.9%

  

  

Activision Blizzard, Inc.

    260,706         6,311,692   
    

 

 

 

Finance-Consumer Loans — 0.7%

  

  

PRA Group, Inc.†

    76,800         4,785,408   
    

 

 

 

Finance-Credit Card — 0.4%

  

  

Blackhawk Network Holdings, Inc.†

    60,100         2,476,120   
    

 

 

 

Finance-Investment Banker/Broker — 0.5%

  

  

Raymond James Financial, Inc.

    53,419         3,182,704   
    

 

 

 

Financial Guarantee Insurance — 0.2%

  

  

Assured Guaranty, Ltd.

    66,708         1,600,325   
    

 

 

 

Human Resources — 0.4%

  

  

ManpowerGroup, Inc.

    30,600         2,735,028   
    

 

 

 

Industrial Gases — 0.9%

  

  

Praxair, Inc.

    50,916         6,087,008   
    

 

 

 

Insurance Brokers — 1.3%

  

  

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.

    82,333         3,894,351   

Marsh & McLennan Cos., Inc.

    82,907         4,700,827   
    

 

 

 
       8,595,178   
    

 

 

 

Insurance-Life/Health — 2.2%

  

  

Lincoln National Corp.

    76,990         4,559,347   

Principal Financial Group, Inc.

    86,520         4,437,611   

Torchmark Corp.

    47,231         2,749,789   

Unum Group

    83,900         2,999,425   
    

 

 

 
       14,746,172   
    

 

 

 

Insurance-Multi-line — 2.0%

  

  

ACE, Ltd.

    51,950         5,282,276   

MetLife, Inc.

    148,393         8,308,524   
    

 

 

 
       13,590,800   
    

 

 

 

Insurance-Property/Casualty — 1.2%

  

  

Fairfax Financial Holdings, Ltd.

    6,764         3,335,318   

Markel Corp.†

    6,145         4,920,179   
    

 

 

 
       8,255,497   
    

 

 

 

Internet Content-Entertainment — 0.5%

  

  

Facebook, Inc., Class A†

    43,095         3,696,043   
    

 

 

 
Security Description   Shares      Value
(Note 2)
 

Internet Infrastructure Software — 0.7%

  

  

F5 Networks, Inc.†

    39,308       $ 4,730,718   
    

 

 

 

Internet Security — 0.6%

    

VeriSign, Inc.†

    69,138         4,267,197   
    

 

 

 

Investment Management/Advisor Services — 1.9%

  

  

Ameriprise Financial, Inc.

    29,445         3,678,564   

BlackRock, Inc.

    13,312         4,605,686   

Waddell & Reed Financial, Inc., Class A

    103,769         4,909,311   
    

 

 

 
       13,193,561   
    

 

 

 

Medical Information Systems — 1.1%

  

  

Everyday Health, Inc.†

    154,600         1,975,788   

IMS Health Holdings, Inc.†

    172,371         5,283,171   
    

 

 

 
       7,258,959   
    

 

 

 

Medical Instruments — 0.6%

  

  

Medtronic PLC

    54,202         4,016,368   
    

 

 

 

Medical Labs & Testing Services — 1.0%

  

  

ICON PLC†

    98,000         6,595,400   

Teladoc, Inc.†

    1,300         24,700   
    

 

 

 
       6,620,100   
    

 

 

 

Medical Products — 0.7%

  

  

Becton Dickinson and Co.

    27,962         3,960,817   

Zimmer Holdings, Inc.

    9,200         1,004,916   
    

 

 

 
       4,965,733   
    

 

 

 

Medical-Biomedical/Gene — 5.6%

  

  

Amgen, Inc.

    24,860         3,816,507   

Biogen, Inc.†

    17,084         6,900,911   

BioMarin Pharmaceutical, Inc.†

    31,369         4,290,652   

Celgene Corp.†

    35,400         4,097,019   

Gilead Sciences, Inc.

    56,495         6,614,435   

Incyte Corp.†

    36,286         3,781,364   

Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.†

    8,288         4,227,957   

Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.†

    33,039         4,079,656   
    

 

 

 
       37,808,501   
    

 

 

 

Medical-Drugs — 6.9%

  

  

Alkermes PLC†

    67,546         4,345,910   

AstraZeneca PLC ADR

    24,360         1,551,976   

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.

    224,150         14,914,941   

Johnson & Johnson

    41,606         4,054,921   

Mallinckrodt PLC†

    20,000         2,354,400   

Merck & Co., Inc.

    267,007         15,200,708   

Roche Holding AG

    12,885         3,610,749   

TESARO, Inc.†

    16,301         958,336   
    

 

 

 
       46,991,941   
    

 

 

 

Medical-Generic Drugs — 1.6%

  

  

Allergan PLC†

    25,990         7,886,926   

Mylan NV†

    44,927         3,048,746   
    

 

 

 
       10,935,672   
    

 

 

 

Medical-HMO — 1.6%

  

  

Aetna, Inc.

    12,623         1,608,927   

Anthem, Inc.

    21,570         3,540,500   

UnitedHealth Group, Inc.

    46,915         5,723,630   
    

 

 

 
       10,873,057   
    

 

 

 

Medical-Hospitals — 0.7%

  

  

HCA Holdings, Inc.†

    17,285         1,568,095   

Universal Health Services, Inc., Class B

    22,230         3,158,883   
    

 

 

 
       4,726,978   
    

 

 

 
 

 

 

 

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PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS — June 30, 2015 — (unaudited) (continued)

 

Security Description   Shares      Value
(Note 2)
 

COMMON STOCKS (continued)

    

Medical-Wholesale Drug Distribution — 0.7%

  

  

Cardinal Health, Inc.

    55,196       $ 4,617,145   
    

 

 

 

Metal-Aluminum — 0.1%

    

Constellium NV, Class A†

    73,423         868,594   
    

 

 

 

Metal-Diversified — 0.2%

    

Rio Tinto PLC ADR

    36,396         1,499,879   
    

 

 

 

Motorcycle/Motor Scooter — 0.6%

    

Harley-Davidson, Inc.

    67,868         3,824,362   
    

 

 

 

Multimedia — 0.5%

    

Markit, Ltd.†

    64,900         1,659,493   

Quebecor, Inc., Class B

    77,600         1,939,689   
    

 

 

 
       3,599,182   
    

 

 

 

Networking Products — 1.7%

    

Cisco Systems, Inc.

    416,293         11,431,406   
    

 

 

 

Non-Ferrous Metals — 0.1%

    

Cameco Corp.

    63,100         902,800   
    

 

 

 

Office Furnishings-Original — 0.5%

    

Herman Miller, Inc.

    93,925         2,717,250   

Knoll, Inc.

    35,174         880,405   
    

 

 

 
       3,597,655   
    

 

 

 

Oil & Gas Drilling — 0.5%

    

Atwood Oceanics, Inc.

    94,523         2,499,188   

Helmerich & Payne, Inc.

    13,278         935,037   
    

 

 

 
       3,434,225   
    

 

 

 

Oil Companies-Exploration & Production — 2.3%

  

  

Canadian Natural Resources, Ltd.

    90,939         2,469,903   

Cobalt International Energy, Inc.†

    135,652         1,317,181   

Laredo Petroleum, Inc.†

    105,580         1,328,197   

Pioneer Natural Resources Co.

    40,839         5,663,961   

QEP Resources, Inc.

    42,910         794,264   

Southwestern Energy Co.†

    186,536         4,239,963   
    

 

 

 
       15,813,469   
    

 

 

 

Oil Companies-Integrated — 0.9%

    

Imperial Oil, Ltd.

    149,051         5,756,350   
    

 

 

 

Oil Field Machinery & Equipment — 0.3%

  

  

National Oilwell Varco, Inc.

    35,216         1,700,228   
    

 

 

 

Oil Refining & Marketing — 0.3%

    

HollyFrontier Corp.

    49,874         2,129,121   
    

 

 

 

Oil-Field Services — 1.0%

    

Halliburton Co.

    153,273         6,601,468   

Trican Well Service, Ltd.

    129,500         430,284   
    

 

 

 
       7,031,752   
    

 

 

 

Pharmacy Services — 0.3%

    

Express Scripts Holding Co.†

    26,400         2,348,016   
    

 

 

 

Power Converter/Supply Equipment — 0.2%

  

  

Generac Holdings, Inc.†

    33,293         1,323,397   
    

 

 

 

Real Estate Investment Trusts — 1.4%

    

American Tower Corp.

    32,177         3,001,792   

AvalonBay Communities, Inc.

    16,951         2,709,956   

Columbia Property Trust, Inc.

    87,270         2,142,479   

Weyerhaeuser Co.

    42,521         1,339,412   
    

 

 

 
       9,193,639   
    

 

 

 
Security Description   Shares      Value
(Note 2)
 

Retail-Apparel/Shoe — 0.7%

    

L Brands, Inc.

    44,568       $ 3,820,815   

Vera Bradley, Inc.†

    66,435         748,722   
    

 

 

 
       4,569,537   
    

 

 

 

Retail-Arts & Crafts — 0.7%

    

Michaels Cos., Inc.†

    183,000         4,924,530   
    

 

 

 

Retail-Auto Parts — 1.4%

    

Advance Auto Parts, Inc.

    57,715         9,193,422   
    

 

 

 

Retail-Automobile — 0.7%

    

CarMax, Inc.†

    72,419         4,794,862   
    

 

 

 

Retail-Building Products — 1.2%

    

Home Depot, Inc.

    40,260         4,474,094   

Lowe’s Cos., Inc.

    58,943         3,947,413   
    

 

 

 
       8,421,507   
    

 

 

 

Retail-Discount — 0.5%

    

Dollar Tree, Inc.†

    45,175         3,568,373   
    

 

 

 

Retail-Major Department Stores — 1.0%

    

TJX Cos., Inc.

    105,185         6,960,091   
    

 

 

 

Retail-Restaurants — 0.8%

    

McDonald’s Corp.

    53,931         5,127,220   
    

 

 

 

Retail-Vitamins & Nutrition Supplements — 0.3%

  

  

GNC Holdings, Inc., Class A

    42,948         1,910,327   
    

 

 

 

Schools — 1.4%

    

American Public Education, Inc.†

    149,425         3,843,211   

Grand Canyon Education, Inc.†

    131,824         5,589,338   
    

 

 

 
       9,432,549   
    

 

 

 

Security Services — 0.0%

    

LifeLock, Inc.†

    13,000         213,200   
    

 

 

 

Semiconductor Components-Integrated Circuits — 0.3%

  

Maxim Integrated Products, Inc.

    67,162         2,322,126   
    

 

 

 

Steel-Producers — 0.6%

    

Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co.

    63,738         3,854,874   
    

 

 

 

Telecommunication Equipment — 0.6%

    

ARRIS Group, Inc.†

    131,450         4,022,370   
    

 

 

 

Telephone-Integrated — 0.5%

    

Verizon Communications, Inc.

    71,281         3,322,407   
    

 

 

 

Television — 0.6%

    

CBS Corp., Class B

    78,145         4,337,048   
    

 

 

 

Tobacco — 0.4%

    

Imperial Tobacco Group PLC

    50,287         2,423,342   
    

 

 

 

Transport-Rail — 0.4%

    

Canadian National Railway Co.

    46,900         2,705,856   
    

 

 

 

Transport-Services — 1.9%

    

FedEx Corp.

    21,050         3,586,920   

United Parcel Service, Inc., Class B

    94,523         9,160,224   
    

 

 

 
       12,747,144   
    

 

 

 

Web Hosting/Design — 1.2%

    

Web.com Group, Inc.†

    346,047         8,381,258   
    

 

 

 

Web Portals/ISP — 1.3%

    

Google, Inc., Class A†

    6,687         3,611,247   

Google, Inc., Class C†

    10,113         5,263,918   
    

 

 

 
       8,875,165   
    

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
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PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS — June 30, 2015 — (unaudited) (continued)

 

Security Description   Shares/
Principal
Amount
    Value
(Note 2)
 

COMMON STOCKS (continued)

   

Wire & Cable Products — 1.4%

   

Belden, Inc.

    117,252      $ 9,524,380   
   

 

 

 

Total Common Stocks
(cost $630,776,648)

      667,691,670   
   

 

 

 

EXCHANGE-TRADED FUNDS — 0.4%

  

 

Vanguard S&P 500 ETF
(cost $2,280,054)

    11,934        2,253,617   
   

 

 

 

Total Long-Term Investment Securities (cost $633,056,702)

      669,945,287   
   

 

 

 

REPURCHASE AGREEMENTS — 1.6%

  

 

Bank of America Securities LLC
Joint Repurchase Agreement(1)

  $ 2,370,000        2,370,000   

Barclays Capital, Inc.
Joint Repurchase Agreement(1)

    2,095,000        2,095,000   

BNP Paribas SA
Joint Repurchase Agreement(1)

    2,095,000        2,095,000   

Deutsche Bank AG
Joint Repurchase Agreement(1)

    2,390,000        2,390,000   

RBS Securities, Inc.
Joint Repurchase Agreement(1)

    2,095,000        2,095,000   
   

 

 

 

Total Repurchase Agreements
(cost $11,045,000)

      11,045,000   
   

 

 

 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS
(cost $644,101,702)(2)

    100.4     680,990,287   

Liabilities in excess of other assets

    (0.4     (2,658,861
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET ASSETS

    100.0   $ 678,331,426   
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

  Non-income producing security
(1)   See Note 2 for details of Joint Repurchase Agreements.
(2)   See Note 6 for cost of investments on a tax basis.

ADR — American Depository Receipt

ETF — Exchange-Traded Fund

 

The following is a summary of the inputs used to value the Portfolio’s net assets as of June 30, 2015 (see Note 2):

 

      Level 1 - Unadjusted
Quoted Prices
     Level 2 - Other
Observable Inputs
     Level 3 - Significant
Unobservable Inputs
     Total  

ASSETS:

           

Investments at Value:*

           

Common Stocks

   $ 667,691,670       $       $     —       $ 667,691,670   

Exchange-Traded Funds

     2,253,617                         2,253,617   

Repurchase Agreements

             11,045,000                 11,045,000   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Investments at Value

   $ 669,945,287      $ 11,045,000       $       $ 680,990,287   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

*   For a detailed presentation of investments, please refer to the Portfolio of Investments.

The Portfolio’s policy is to recognize transfers between Levels as of the end of the reporting period. Securities currently valued at $12,002,504 were transferred from Level 2 to Level 1 due to foreign equity securities whose values were previously adjusted for fair value pricing procedures for foreign equity securities. There were no additional transfers between Levels during the reporting period.

See Notes to Financial Statements

 

 

 

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PORTFOLIO PROFILE — June 30, 2015 — (unaudited)

 

Industry Allocation*

 

Computers

     7.9

Medical-Biomedical/Gene

     6.2   

E-Commerce/Products

     4.9   

Retail-Restaurants

     4.7   

E-Commerce/Services

     4.4   

Medical-Drugs

     4.2   

Enterprise Software/Service

     4.2   

Internet Content-Entertainment

     3.7   

Medical Instruments

     2.5   

Industrial Audio & Video Products

     2.5   

Web Portals/ISP

     2.4   

Distribution/Wholesale

     2.1   

Medical-Generic Drugs

     2.0   

Real Estate Investment Trusts

     2.0   

Semiconductor Components-Integrated Circuits

     2.0   

Drug Delivery Systems

     1.9   

Oil Companies-Exploration & Production

     1.8   

Repurchase Agreements

     1.7   

Energy-Alternate Sources

     1.7   

Retail-Building Products

     1.6   

Retail-Auto Parts

     1.5   

Beverages-Non-alcoholic

     1.5   

Networking Products

     1.4   

Auto-Cars/Light Trucks

     1.3   

Medical Information Systems

     1.2   

Chemicals-Specialty

     1.2   

Industrial Automated/Robotic

     1.2   

Applications Software

     1.2   

Audio/Video Products

     1.2   

Auto/Truck Parts & Equipment-Original

     1.2   

X-Ray Equipment

     1.2   

Computer Software

     1.1   

Diversified Manufacturing Operations

     1.0   

Commercial Services

     1.0   

Lighting Products & Systems

     1.0   

Oil-Field Services

     1.0   

Transport-Rail

     1.0   

Banks-Fiduciary

     1.0   

Medical Products

     1.0   

Brewery

     1.0   

Building & Construction Products-Misc.

     1.0   

Hotels/Motels

     1.0   

Diversified Financial Services

     1.0   

Physicians Practice Management

     1.0   

Diagnostic Equipment

     0.9   

Appliances

     0.9   

Food-Retail

     0.9   

Investment Management/Advisor Services

     0.9   

Power Converter/Supply Equipment

     0.8   

Multimedia

     0.8   

Hazardous Waste Disposal

     0.8   

Heart Monitors

     0.8   

Retail-Apparel/Shoe

     0.7   

Satellite Telecom

     0.6   

Data Processing/Management

     0.3   

B2B/E-Commerce

     0.3   

Electronic Forms

     0.3   

Computers-Memory Devices

     0.2   

Advertising Services

     0.1   
  

 

 

 
     100.9
  

 

 

 

 

*   Calculated as a percentage of net assets
 

 

 

 
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Security Description   Shares          
Value
(Note 2)
 

COMMON STOCKS — 95.3%

  

Appliances — 0.9%

  

Whirlpool Corp.

    77,194       $ 13,358,422   
    

 

 

 

Applications Software — 1.2%

  

New Relic, Inc.†

    79,014         2,780,503   

ServiceNow, Inc.†

    185,669         13,797,063   
    

 

 

 
       16,577,566   
    

 

 

 

Audio/Video Products — 1.2%

  

Harman International Industries, Inc.

    139,186         16,554,783   
    

 

 

 

Auto-Cars/Light Trucks — 1.3%

  

Tesla Motors, Inc.†

    69,873         18,744,131   
    

 

 

 

Auto/Truck Parts & Equipment-Original — 1.2%

  

Mobileye NV†

    308,852         16,421,661   
    

 

 

 

Banks-Fiduciary — 1.0%

  

Northern Trust Corp.

    185,128         14,154,887   
    

 

 

 

Beverages-Non-alcoholic — 1.5%

  

Monster Beverage Corp.†

    155,066         20,781,945   
    

 

 

 

Brewery — 1.0%

  

Anheuser-Busch InBev NV ADR

    114,702         13,841,090   
    

 

 

 

Building & Construction Products-Misc. — 1.0%

  

Fortune Brands Home & Security, Inc.

    301,938         13,834,799   
    

 

 

 

Chemicals-Specialty — 1.2%

  

Platform Specialty Products Corp.†

    192,925         8,344,656   

Platform Specialty Products Corp.†(2)(3)

    343,063         8,775,552   
    

 

 

 
       17,120,208   
    

 

 

 

Commercial Services — 1.0%

  

CoStar Group, Inc.†

    71,481         14,386,266   
    

 

 

 

Computer Software — 0.9%

  

Akamai Technologies, Inc.†

    191,495         13,370,181   
    

 

 

 

Computers — 7.9%

  

Apple, Inc.

    883,583         110,823,398   
    

 

 

 

Diagnostic Equipment — 0.9%

  

Danaher Corp.

    156,830         13,423,080   
    

 

 

 

Distribution/Wholesale — 2.1%

  

Fastenal Co.

    391,112         16,497,104   

HD Supply Holdings, Inc.†

    369,124         12,985,782   
    

 

 

 
       29,482,886   
    

 

 

 

Diversified Financial Services — 1.0%

  

Julius Baer Group, Ltd.

    245,544         13,774,836   
    

 

 

 

Diversified Manufacturing Operations — 1.0%

  

Textron, Inc.

    324,899         14,500,242   
    

 

 

 

Drug Delivery Systems — 1.9%

  

DexCom, Inc.†

    344,202         27,529,276   
    

 

 

 

E-Commerce/Products — 4.3%

  

Amazon.com, Inc.†

    135,002         58,603,018   

Honest Company, Inc.†(1)(2)(3)

    41,843         1,814,731   
    

 

 

 
       60,417,749   
    

 

 

 

E-Commerce/Services — 2.7%

  

Netflix, Inc.†

    33,971         22,316,909   

Zillow Group, Inc., Class A†

    177,103         15,361,914   
    

 

 

 
       37,678,823   
    

 

 

 
Security Description   Shares          
Value
(Note 2)
 

Energy-Alternate Sources — 1.7%

  

First Solar, Inc.†

    292,514       $ 13,742,308   

SunEdison, Inc.†

    328,351         9,820,978   
    

 

 

 
       23,563,286   
    

 

 

 

Enterprise Software/Service — 4.2%

  

Tyler Technologies, Inc.†

    96,349         12,465,633   

Veeva Systems, Inc., Class A†

    565,835         15,860,355   

Workday, Inc., Class A†

    400,230         30,573,570   
    

 

 

 
       58,899,558   
    

 

 

 

Food-Retail — 0.9%

  

Whole Foods Market, Inc.

    328,792         12,967,556   
    

 

 

 

Hazardous Waste Disposal — 0.8%

  

Clean Harbors, Inc.†

    208,465         11,202,909   
    

 

 

 

Heart Monitors — 0.8%

  

HeartWare International, Inc.†

    153,337         11,146,067   
    

 

 

 

Hotels/Motels — 1.0%

  

Hilton Worldwide Holdings, Inc.†

    500,590         13,791,255   
    

 

 

 

Industrial Audio & Video Products — 2.5%

  

GoPro, Inc., Class A†

    412,484         21,746,156   

IMAX Corp.†

    321,988         12,966,457   
    

 

 

 
       34,712,613   
    

 

 

 

Industrial Automated/Robotic — 1.2%

  

Cognex Corp.

    347,593         16,719,223   
    

 

 

 

Internet Content-Entertainment — 3.7%

  

Facebook, Inc., Class A†

    602,578         51,680,102   
    

 

 

 

Investment Management/Advisor Services — 0.9%

  

BlackRock, Inc.

    36,226         12,533,471   
    

 

 

 

Lighting Products & Systems — 1.0%

  

Acuity Brands, Inc.

    79,339         14,279,433   
    

 

 

 

Medical Information Systems — 1.2%

  

Cerner Corp.†

    249,065         17,200,429   
    

 

 

 

Medical Instruments — 2.5%

  

Intuitive Surgical, Inc.†

    72,663         35,205,223   
    

 

 

 

Medical Labs & Testing Services — 0.0%

  

Teladoc, Inc.†

    9,700         184,300   
    

 

 

 

Medical Products — 1.0%

  

Becton Dickinson and Co.

    97,912         13,869,235   
    

 

 

 

Medical-Biomedical/Gene — 6.2%

  

Biogen, Inc.†

    52,865         21,354,288   

Celgene Corp.†

    94,993         10,994,015   

Gilead Sciences, Inc.

    187,456         21,947,348   

Incyte Corp.†

    71,511         7,452,161   

Isis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.†

    104,363         6,006,091   

Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.†

    37,138         18,945,208   
    

 

 

 
       86,699,111   
    

 

 

 

Medical-Drugs — 4.2%

  

AstraZeneca PLC

    143,956         9,090,610   

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.

    621,363         41,345,494   

Eisai Co., Ltd.

    114,900         7,713,514   

Regulus Therapeutics, Inc.†

    97,055         1,063,723   
    

 

 

 
       59,213,341   
    

 

 

 

Medical-Generic Drugs — 2.0%

  

Allergan PLC†

    95,095         28,857,529   
    

 

 

 
 

 

 

 

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Security Description   Shares          
Value
(Note 2)
 

COMMON STOCKS (continued)

  

Multimedia — 0.8%

  

Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc., Class A

    348,083       $ 11,328,361   
    

 

 

 

Networking Products — 1.4%

  

Arista Networks, Inc.†

    245,789         20,090,793   
    

 

 

 

Oil Companies-Exploration & Production — 1.8%

  

Energen Corp.

    142,666         9,744,088   

Pioneer Natural Resources Co.

    110,965         15,389,736   
    

 

 

 
       25,133,824   
    

 

 

 

Oil-Field Services — 1.0%

  

Halliburton Co.

    329,879         14,207,889   
    

 

 

 

Physicians Practice Management — 1.0%

  

Envision Healthcare Holdings, Inc.†

    342,476         13,520,952   
    

 

 

 

Power Converter/Supply Equipment — 0.8%

  

Generac Holdings, Inc.†

    292,644         11,632,599   
    

 

 

 

Real Estate Investment Trusts — 2.0%

  

American Tower Corp.

    141,423         13,193,352   

Equinix, Inc.

    60,151         15,278,354   
    

 

 

 
       28,471,706   
    

 

 

 

Retail-Apparel/Shoe — 0.7%

  

Kate Spade & Co.†

    471,775         10,162,034   
    

 

 

 

Retail-Auto Parts — 1.5%

  

Advance Auto Parts, Inc.

    136,335         21,716,802   
    

 

 

 

Retail-Building Products — 1.6%

  

Lowe’s Cos., Inc.

    336,244         22,518,261   
    

 

 

 

Retail-Restaurants — 4.7%

  

Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc.†

    39,138         23,678,099   

Dunkin’ Brands Group, Inc.

    275,114         15,131,270   

Panera Bread Co., Class A†

    103,216         18,039,060   

Starbucks Corp.

    186,349         9,991,102   
    

 

 

 
       66,839,531   
    

 

 

 

Satellite Telecom — 0.6%

  

DigitalGlobe, Inc.†

    298,043         8,282,615   
    

 

 

 

Semiconductor Components-Integrated Circuits — 2.0%

  

NXP Semiconductor NV†

    285,864         28,071,845   
    

 

 

 

Transport-Rail — 1.0%

  

Kansas City Southern

    155,512         14,182,694   
    

 

 

 

Web Portals/ISP — 2.2%

  

Baidu, Inc. ADR†

    72,485         14,430,314   

Dropbox, Inc.†(1)(2)(3)

    313,518         5,925,741   

Google, Inc., Class C†

    19,450         10,123,919   
    

 

 

 
       30,479,974   
    

 

 

 

X-Ray Equipment — 1.2%

  

Hologic, Inc.†

    429,926         16,362,984   
    

 

 

 

Total Common Stocks
(cost $1,113,597,008)

       1,342,503,734   
    

 

 

 
Security Description   Principal
Amount
   

Value
(Note 2)

 

CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED SECURITIES — 3.9%

  

Advertising Services — 0.1%

  

Nanigans, Inc.†(1)(2)(3)

    126,818      $ 1,384,662   
   

 

 

 

B2B/E-Commerce — 0.3%

  

Airbnb, Inc., Series E.†(1)(2)(3)

    46,491        4,197,654   
   

 

 

 

Computer Software — 0.2%

  

Zuora, Inc., Series F†(1)(2)(3)

    732,120        2,781,544   
   

 

 

 

Computers-Memory Devices — 0.2%

  

Pure Storage, Inc., Series F†(1)(2)(3)

    177,438        3,083,872   
   

 

 

 

Data Processing/Management — 0.3%

  

Cloudera, Inc., Series F†(1)(2)(3)

    129,662        4,267,825   
   

 

 

 

E-Commerce/Products — 0.6%

  

Honest Company, Inc., Series C†(1)(2)(3)

    97,634        4,234,387   

One Kings Lane, Inc., Series E†(1)(2)(3)

    291,563        4,213,085   
   

 

 

 
      8,447,472   
   

 

 

 

E-Commerce/Services — 1.7%

  

Uber Technologies, Inc., Series D†(1)(2)(3)

    599,808        23,775,538   
   

 

 

 

Electronic Forms — 0.3%

  

Docusign, Inc., Series B†(1)(2)(3)

    8,662        165,384   

Docusign, Inc., Series B-1†(1)(2)(3)

    2,594        49,528   

Docusign, Inc., Series D†(1)(2)(3)

    6,224        118,835   

Docusign, Inc., Series E†(1)(2)(3)

    160,967        3,073,359   

Docusign, Inc., Series F†(1)(2)(3)

    29,200        557,519   
   

 

 

 
      3,964,625   
   

 

 

 

Web Portals/ISP — 0.2%

  

Pinterest, Inc., Series G†(1)(2)(3)

    78,188        2,806,594   
   

 

 

 

Total Convertible Preferred Securities
(cost $35,321,649)

      54,709,786   
   

 

 

 

Total Long-Term Investment Securities
(cost $1,148,918,657)

      1,397,213,520   
   

 

 

 

REPURCHASE AGREEMENTS — 1.7%

  

Bank of America Securities LLC
Joint Repurchase Agreement(4)

  $ 5,075,000        5,075,000   

Barclays Capital, Inc.
Joint Repurchase Agreement(4)

    4,485,000        4,485,000   

BNP Paribas SA
Joint Repurchase Agreement(4)

    4,485,000        4,485,000   

Deutsche Bank AG
Joint Repurchase Agreement(4)

    5,090,000        5,090,000   

RBS Securities, Inc.
Joint Repurchase Agreement(4)

    4,485,000        4,485,000   
   

 

 

 

Total Repurchase Agreements
(cost $23,620,000)

      23,620,000   
   

 

 

 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS
(cost $1,172,538,657)(5)

    100.9   $ 1,420,833,520   

Liabilities in excess of other assets

    (0.9     (12,129,442
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET ASSETS

    100.0   $ 1,408,704,078   
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

  Non-income producing security
(1)   Fair valued security. Securities are classified as Level 3 based on the securities valuation inputs; see Note 2.
(2)  

Denotes a restricted security that: (a) cannot be offered for public sale without first being registered, or being able to take advantage

 

 

 

 
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  of an exemption from registration, under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “1933 Act”); (b) is subject to a contractual restriction on public sales; or (c) is otherwise subject to a restriction on sales by operation of applicable law. Restricted securities are valued pursuant to Note 2. Certain restricted securities held by the Portfolio may not be sold except in exempt transactions or in a public offering registered under the 1933 Act. The Portfolio has no right to demand registration of these securities. The risk of investing in certain restricted securities is greater than the risk of investing in the securities of widely held, publicly traded companies. To the extent applicable, lack of a secondary market and resale restrictions may result in the inability of a Portfolio to sell a security at a fair price and may substantially delay the sale of the security. In addition, certain restricted securities may exhibit greater price volatility than securities for which secondary markets exist. As of June 30, 2015, the Capital Appreciation Portfolio held the following restricted securities:

 

Description

  Acquisition
Date
    Shares/
Principal
Amount
    Acquisition
Cost
    Value     Value
Per

Share
    % of
Net

Assets
 

Common Stocks

           

Dropbox, Inc.

    05/01/2012        313,518      $ 2,837,872      $ 5,925,741      $ 18.90        0.4

Honest Company, Inc.

    08/20/2014        41,843        1,132,159        1,814,731        43.37        0.2   

Platform Specialty Products Corp.

    10/03/2014        343,063        7,845,454        8,775,552        25.58        0.6   

Convertible Preferred Securities

           

Airbnb, Inc., Series E

    06/24/2015        46,491        4,328,052        4,197,654        90.29        0.3   

Cloudera, Inc., Series F

    02/05/2014        129,662        1,887,879        4,267,825        32.92        0.3   

Docusign, Inc., Series B

    02/28/2014        8,662        113,753        165,384        19.09        0.0   

Docusign, Inc., Series B-1

    02/28/2014        2,594        34,065        49,528        19.09        0.0   

Docusign, Inc., Series D

    02/28/2014        6,224        81,736        118,835        19.09        0.0   

Docusign, Inc., Series E

    02/28/2014        160,967        2,113,883        3,073,359        19.09        0.2   

Docusign, Inc., Series F

    04/30/2015        29,200        557,519        557,519        19.09        0.0   

Honest Company, Inc., Series C

    08/20/2014        97,634        2,641,712        4,234,387        43.37        0.3   

Nanigans, Inc.

    03/16/2015        126,818        1,384,662        1,384,662        10.92        0.1   

One Kings Lane, Inc., Series E

    01/28/2014        291,563        4,495,027        4,213,085        14.45        0.3   

Pinterest, Inc., Series G

    03/19/2015        78,188        2,806,594        2,806,594        35.90        0.2   

Description

  Acquisition
Date
    Shares/
Principal
Amount
    Acquisition
Cost
    Value     Value
Per

Share
    % of
Net

Assets
 

Pure Storage, Inc., Series F

    04/16/2014        177,438      $ 2,790,372      $ 3,083,872      $ 17.38        0.2

Uber Technologies, Inc., Series D

    06/05/2014        599,808        9,304,851        23,775,538        39.64        1.8   

Zoura, Inc., Series F

    01/15/2015        732,120        2,781,544        2,781,544        3.80        0.2   
       

 

 

     

 

 

 
        $ 71,225,810          5.1
       

 

 

     

 

 

 

 

(3)   Illiquid security. At June 30, 2015, the aggregate value of these securities was $71,225,810 representing 5.1% of net assets.
(4)   See Note 2 for details of Joint Repurchase Agreements.
(5)   See Note 6 for cost of investments on a tax basis.

ADR — American Depository Receipt

 

 

 

 

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The following is a summary of the inputs used to value the Portfolio’s net assets as of June 30, 2015 (see Note 2):

 

      Level 1 - Unadjusted
Quoted Prices
     Level 2 - Other
Observable Inputs
     Level 3 - Significant
Unobservable Inputs
     Total  

ASSETS:

           

Investments at Value:*

           

Common Stocks:

           

E-Commerce/Products

   $ 58,603,018       $       $ 1,814,731       $ 60,417,749   

Web Portals/ISP

     24,554,233                 5,925,741         30,479,974   

Other Industries

     1,251,606,011                         1,251,606,011   

Convertible Preferred Securities

                     54,709,786         54,709,786   

Repurchase Agreements

             23,620,000                 23,620,000   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Investments at Value

   $ 1,334,763,262       $ 23,620,000       $ 62,450,258       $ 1,420,833,520   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

*   For a detailed presentation of investments, please refer to the Portfolio of Investments.

The Portfolio’s policy is to recognize transfers between Levels as of the end of the reporting period. There were no material transfers between Levels during the reporting period.

The following is a reconciliation of Level 3 assets for which significant unobservable inputs were used to determine fair value:

 

      Common
Stocks
    Convertible
Preferred
Securities
 

Balance as of 12/31/2014

   $ 7,130,884      $ 36,605,980   

Accrued discounts

              

Accrued premiums

              

Realized gain

              

Realized loss

              

Change in unrealized appreciation(1)

     672,417        6,483,712   

Change in unrealized depreciation(1)

     (62,829     (238,276

Net purchases

            11,858,370   

Net sales

              

Transfers into Level 3

              

Transfers out of Level 3

              
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Balance as of 6/30/2015

   $ 7,740,472      $ 54,709,786   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(1)   The total change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) attributable to level 3 investments still held at June 30, 2015 includes:

 

    Common
Stocks
     Convertible
Preferred
Securities
 
    
    
 

 

 

 
  $ 609,588       $ 6,245,436   
 

 

 

    

 

 

 

Any differences between the change in appreciation (depreciation) in the Level 3 reconciliation and the total change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) is attributable to securities sold/no longer held at June 30, 2015.

 

 

 
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The following is quantitative information about Level 3 fair value measurements:

 

Description  

Fair Value

at 6/30/15

   

Valuation

Technique(s)

  Unobservable Input (1)   Range (weighted average)

Common Stocks

  $ 1,814,731      Market Approach   2016 Estimate Revenue Multiple*   3.1x
              Discount for Lack of Marketability   10.00%
  $ 5,925,741      Market Approach and Income Approach  

Transaction Price*

 

Enterprise Value/Revenue Multiple*

 

$19.1012

 

12.0x

       
      Discount for Lack of Marketability   15.0%
      Weighted Average Cost of Capital   17%
                Perpetual Growth Rate*   3.0%

Convertible Preferred Securities

  $ 38,980,788      Market Approach   Market Transaction Price*   $3.7993 -$39.638581 ($21.861234)
  $ 3,083,872      Market Approach   Next Twelve Months Estimate Revenue Multiple*   5.1x
              Discount for Lack of Marketability   10.00%
  $ 4,213,085      Market Approach with Option Pricing Method ("OPM")  

Last Twelve Months Revenue Mutliple*

 

Discount for Lack of Marketability

 

OPM assumptions:

 

1.40x

 

10.0%

 

       
       
          Volatility*   45.0%
          Term to liquidity event in years   1.4
                  Risk-free rate   0.6390%
  $ 4,234,387      Market Approach   2016 Estimate Revenue Multiple*   3.1x
              Discount for Lack of Marketability   10.00%
  $ 4,197,654      Market Approach and Income Approach  

Transaction Price*

 

Enterprise Value/Revenue Multiple*

 

$93.0944

 

15.5x

       
      Discount for Lack of Marketability   15.0%
      Weighted Average Cost of Capital   3.5%
              Perpetual Growth Rate*   16.0%

 

(1)   The significant unobservable inputs regarding the Level 3 securities in the table above are attributable to private securities and include assumptions made from non-public financial statements, private transactions, and/or market comparables. For those unobservable inputs indicated with *, a significant increase (decrease) in any of those inputs in isolation may result in a significantly higher (lower) fair value measurement, while the remaining unobservable inputs have a inverse relationship.

 

 

 

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Anchor Series Trust Natural Resources Portfolio

PORTFOLIO PROFILE — June 30, 2015 — (unaudited)

 

Industry Allocation*

 

Oil Companies-Integrated

     24.8

Oil Companies-Exploration & Production

     18.6   

Metal-Diversified

     10.4   

Oil-Field Services

     7.3   

Oil Refining & Marketing

     4.5   

Pipelines

     3.8   

Gold Mining

     3.7   

Diversified Minerals

     3.7   

Machinery-Construction & Mining

     3.3   

Oil Field Machinery & Equipment

     2.5   

Metal-Aluminum

     2.5   

Chemicals-Specialty

     2.4   

Repurchase Agreements

     1.6   

Steel-Producers

     1.6   

Agricultural Chemicals

     1.5   

Metal Processors & Fabrication

     1.3   

Chemicals-Diversified

     1.1   

Energy-Alternate Sources

     1.0   

Coal

     0.9   

Metal-Copper

     0.8   

Non-Ferrous Metals

     0.8   

Engineering/R&D Services

     0.7   

Building Products-Cement

     0.7   

Metal-Iron

     0.5   
  

 

 

 
     100.0%   
  

 

 

 

 

*   Calculated as a percentage of net assets
 

 

 

 
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Security Description   Shares          
Value
(Note 2)
 

COMMON STOCKS — 98.4%

    

Agricultural Chemicals — 1.5%

  

  

Mosaic Co.

    62,888       $ 2,946,303   
    

 

 

 

Building Products-Cement — 0.7%

  

  

Anhui Conch Cement Co., Ltd., Class H

    375,000         1,315,866   
    

 

 

 

Chemicals-Diversified — 1.1%

  

  

LyondellBasell Industries NV, Class A

    21,144         2,188,827   
    

 

 

 

Chemicals-Specialty — 2.4%

  

  

Methanex Corp.

    37,100         2,070,946   

Umicore SA

    56,983         2,701,824   
    

 

 

 
       4,772,770   
    

 

 

 

Coal — 0.9%

  

  

China Shenhua Energy Co., Ltd., Class H

    449,000         1,024,094   

Mongolian Mining Corp.†

    13,995,800         677,081   
    

 

 

 
       1,701,175   
    

 

 

 

Diversified Minerals — 3.7%

  

  

BHP Billiton PLC

    369,742         7,256,154   
    

 

 

 

Energy-Alternate Sources — 1.0%

  

  

First Solar, Inc.†

    41,749         1,961,368   
    

 

 

 

Engineering/R&D Services — 0.7%

  

  

JGC Corp.

    76,000         1,435,731   
    

 

 

 

Gold Mining — 3.7%

  

  

Eldorado Gold Corp.

    338,400         1,403,452   

Goldcorp, Inc.

    203,372         3,294,627   

Medusa Mining, Ltd.†

    1,183,880         762,708   

New Gold, Inc.†

    435,941         1,172,681   

Zijin Mining Group Co., Ltd., Class H

    1,844,000         649,434   
    

 

 

 
       7,282,902   
    

 

 

 

Machinery-Construction & Mining — 3.3%

  

  

Caterpillar, Inc.

    45,521         3,861,091   

Komatsu, Ltd.

    125,200         2,513,514   
    

 

 

 
       6,374,605   
    

 

 

 

Metal Processors & Fabrication — 1.3%

  

  

Aurubis AG

    42,814         2,515,432   
    

 

 

 

Metal-Aluminum — 2.5%

  

  

Alcoa, Inc.

    202,749         2,260,651   

Norsk Hydro ASA

    612,516         2,581,951   
    

 

 

 
       4,842,602   
    

 

 

 

Metal-Copper — 0.8%

  

  

First Quantum Minerals, Ltd.

    119,487         1,562,228   
    

 

 

 

Metal-Diversified — 10.4%

  

  

Boliden AB

    88,741         1,617,492   

Glencore PLC

    1,835,897         7,364,519   

MMG, Ltd.†

    3,552,000         1,255,553   

Rio Tinto PLC

    242,675         9,967,262   
    

 

 

 
       20,204,826   
    

 

 

 

Metal-Iron — 0.5%

  

  

Fortescue Metals Group, Ltd.

    669,166         986,124   
    

 

 

 

Non-Ferrous Metals — 0.8%

  

  

Cameco Corp.

    102,925         1,469,769   
    

 

 

 

Oil Companies-Exploration & Production — 18.6%

  

  

Anadarko Petroleum Corp.

    22,371         1,746,280   

Apache Corp.

    44,553         2,567,589   
Security Description   Shares/
Principal
Amount
     Value
(Note 2)
 

Oil Companies-Exploration & Production (continued)

  

  

BG Group PLC

    159,066       $ 2,648,034   

Cabot Oil & Gas Corp.

    53,593         1,690,323   

Canadian Natural Resources, Ltd.

    73,500         1,994,916   

Cimarex Energy Co.

    15,295         1,687,192   

Cobalt International Energy, Inc.†

    110,090         1,068,974   

ConocoPhillips

    108,280         6,649,475   

Energen Corp.

    20,105         1,373,172   

EOG Resources, Inc.

    33,728         2,952,886   

Hess Corp.

    31,911         2,134,208   

INPEX Corp.

    291,300         3,312,040   

Pioneer Natural Resources Co.

    12,890         1,787,714   

Santos, Ltd.

    392,675         2,372,243   

Tullow Oil PLC

    225,254         1,202,301   

Whiting Petroleum Corp.†

    33,382         1,121,635   
    

 

 

 
       36,308,982   
    

 

 

 

Oil Companies-Integrated — 24.8%

  

  

Chevron Corp.

    92,662         8,939,103   

China Petroleum & Chemical Corp., Class H

    1,748,000         1,506,362   

Eni SpA

    240,851         4,274,721   

Exxon Mobil Corp.

    191,989         15,973,485   

Imperial Oil, Ltd.

    57,765         2,230,884   

Marathon Oil Corp.

    79,852         2,119,272   

Royal Dutch Shell PLC, Class A

    352,419         9,892,535   

Statoil ASA

    183,681         3,282,173   
    

 

 

 
       48,218,535   
    

 

 

 

Oil Field Machinery & Equipment — 2.5%

  

  

Cameron International Corp.†

    26,364         1,380,683   

National Oilwell Varco, Inc.

    41,821         2,019,118   

Schoeller-Bleckmann Oilfield Equipment AG ADR

    252,237         1,524,091   
    

 

 

 
       4,923,892   
    

 

 

 

Oil Refining & Marketing — 4.5%

  

  

Phillips 66

    63,277         5,097,595   

Valero Energy Corp.

    58,797         3,680,692   
    

 

 

 
       8,778,287   
    

 

 

 

Oil-Field Services — 7.3%

  

  

Halliburton Co.

    83,032         3,576,188   

Schlumberger, Ltd.

    94,083         8,109,014   

Technip SA

    25,872         1,601,385   

TGS Nopec Geophysical Co. ASA

    43,985         1,027,193   
    

 

 

 
       14,313,780   
    

 

 

 

Pipelines — 3.8%

  

  

Kinder Morgan, Inc.

    105,024         4,031,871   

TransCanada Corp.

    81,900         3,328,458   
    

 

 

 
       7,360,329   
    

 

 

 

Steel-Producers — 1.6%

  

  

Nucor Corp.

    69,027         3,042,020   
    

 

 

 

Total Long-Term Investment Securities
(cost $217,611,779)

       191,762,507   
    

 

 

 

REPURCHASE AGREEMENTS — 1.6%

  

  

Bank of America Securities LLC
Joint Repurchase Agreement(1)

  $ 650,000         650,000   

Barclays Capital, Inc.
Joint Repurchase Agreement(1)

    575,000         575,000   

BNP Paribas SA
Joint Repurchase Agreement(1)

    575,000         575,000   
 

 

 

 

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PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS — June 30, 2015 — (unaudited) (continued)

 

Security Description       
Principal
Amount
    Value
(Note 2)
 

REPURCHASE AGREEMENTS (continued)

   

Deutsche Bank AG
Joint Repurchase Agreement(1)

  $ 670,000      $ 670,000   

RBS Securities, Inc.
Joint Repurchase Agreement(1)

    575,000        575,000   
   

 

 

 

Total Repurchase Agreements
(cost $3,045,000)

      3,045,000   
   

 

 

 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS
(cost $220,656,779)(2)

    100.0     194,807,507   

Liabilities in excess of other assets

    (0.0     (7,917
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET ASSETS

    100.0   $ 194,799,590   
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

  Non-income producing security
(1)   See Note 2 for details of Joint Repurchase Agreements.
(2)   See Note 6 for cost of investments on a tax basis.

ADR — American Depository Receipt

 

 

The following is a summary of the inputs used to value the Portfolio’s net assets as of June 30, 2015 (see Note 2):

 

      Level 1 - Unadjusted
Quoted  Prices
     Level 2 - Other
Observable  Inputs
     Level 3 - Significant
Unobservable Inputs
     Total  

ASSETS:

           
Investments at Value:*            

Common Stocks

   $ 191,762,507       $       $     —       $ 191,762,507   

Repurchase Agreements

             3,045,000                 3,045,000   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Investments at Value

   $ 191,762,507       $ 3,045,000       $       $ 194,807,507   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

*   For a detailed presentation of investments, please refer to the Portfolio of Investments.

The Portfolio’s policy is to recognize transfers between Levels as of the end of the reporting period. Securities currently valued at $53,011,103 were transferred from Level 2 to Level 1 due to foreign equity securities whose values were previously adjusted for fair value pricing procedures for foreign equity securities. There were no additional transfers between Levels during the reporting period.

See Notes to Financial Statements

 

 

 
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PORTFOLIO PROFILE — June 30, 2015 — (unaudited)

 

Industry Allocation*

 

Exchange-Traded Funds

     95.7

Time Deposits

     4.3   
  

 

 

 
     100.0
  

 

 

 

 

*   Calculated as a percentage of net assets
+   See Note 1
 

 

 

 

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PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS — June 30, 2015 — (unaudited)

 

Security Description   Shares/
Principal
Amount
    Value
(Note 2)
 

EXCHANGE-TRADED FUNDS — 95.7%

  

 

Alerian MLP ETF

    26,569      $ 413,414   

iShares 10+ Year Credit Bond ETF

    18,722        1,069,962   

iShares Barclays 1-3 Year Credit Bond Fund

    30,529        3,215,620   

iShares CMBS ETF

    20,680        1,063,366   

iShares Core High Dividend ETF

    28,074        2,065,404   

iShares Emerging Markets Dividend ETF

    14,930        618,251   

iShares Europe ETF

    11,400        498,522   

iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond Fund

    61,932        5,499,562   

iShares Intermediate Credit Bond ETF

    7,839        853,353   

iShares International Select Dividend ETF

    65,381        2,113,768   

iShares Select Dividend Fund

    8,236        618,935   

iShares US Preferred Stock ETF

    54,442        2,132,493   
   

 

 

 

Total Long-Term Investment Securities
(cost $20,619,056)

      20,162,650   
   

 

 

 

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENT SECURITIES — 4.3%

  

 

Time Deposits — 4.3%

   

Euro Time Deposit with State Street Bank and Trust Co.
0.01% due 07/01/2015
(cost $917,000)

  $ 917,000        917,000   
   

 

 

 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS
(cost $21,536,056)(1)

    100.0     21,079,650   

Liabilities in excess of other assets

    (0.0     (5,518
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET ASSETS

    100.0   $ 21,074,132   
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

@   See Note 1
(1)   See Note 6 for cost of investments on a tax basis.

ETF — Exchange-Traded Fund

 

 

Open Futures Contracts                              
Number
of
Contracts
    Type    Description    Expiration
Month
   Value at
Trade Date
     Value as of
June 30,
2015
     Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 
  4      Short   

S&P 500 E-Mini Index

  

September 2015

   $ 417,790       $ 410,880       $ 6,910   
  13      Short   

U.S. Treasury 10 Year Note

  

September 2015

     1,654,555         1,640,234         14,321   
  9      Short   

U.S. Treasury 5 Year Note

  

September 2015

     1,073,727         1,073,320         407   
  6      Short   

U.S. Treasury 2 Year Note

  

September 2015

     1,311,375         1,313,625         (2,250
                

 

 

 
                 $ 19,388   
                

 

 

 

 

 

 
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PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS — June 30, 2015 — (unaudited) (continued)

 

The following is a summary of the inputs used to value the Portfolio’s net assets as of June 30, 2015 (see Note 2):

 

      Level 1 - Unadjusted
Quoted Prices
     Level 2 - Other
Observable  Inputs
     Level 3 -  Significant
Unobservable Inputs
     Total  

ASSETS:

           

Investments at Value:*

           

Exchange-Traded Funds

   $ 20,162,650       $       $     —       $ 20,162,650   

Short-Term Investment Securities

             917,000                 917,000   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Investments at Value

   $ 20,162,650       $ 917,000       $       $ 21,079,650   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Other Financial Instruments:+

           

Futures Contracts

   $ 21,638       $       $       $ 21,638   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

LIABILITIES:

           

Other Financial Instruments:+

           

Futures Contracts

   $ 2,250       $       $       $ 2,250   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

@   See Note 1
*   For a detailed presentation of investments, please refer to the Portfolio of Investments.
+   Other financial instruments are derivative instruments, not reflected in the Portfolio of Investments, such as futures, forward, swap and written option contracts, which are valued at the unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on the instrument.

The Portfolio’s policy is to recognize transfers between Levels as of the end of the reporting period. There were no transfers between Levels during the reporting period.

At the beginning of the reporting period, Level 3 investments in securities were not considered a material portion of the Fund. There were no Level 3 investments at the end of the reporting period.

See Notes to Financial Statements

 

 

 

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PORTFOLIO PROFILE — June 30, 2015 — (unaudited)

 

Industry Allocation*

 

Sovereign

     31.5

Medical-Drugs

     4.6   

Banks-Commercial

     4.1   

Diversified Banking Institutions

     3.4   

Real Estate Management/Services

     2.3   

Medical-Biomedical/Gene

     2.1   

Investment Management/Advisor Services

     2.1   

Web Portals/ISP

     1.9   

E-Commerce/Products

     1.8   

Medical-Generic Drugs

     1.8   

Repurchase Agreements

     1.6   

Finance-Credit Card

     1.6   

United States Treasury Notes

     1.5   

Auto/Truck Parts & Equipment-Original

     1.5   

Retail-Apparel/Shoe

     1.5   

Brewery

     1.3   

Applications Software

     1.2   

Oil Companies-Exploration & Production

     1.2   

Auto-Cars/Light Trucks

     1.1   

Computer Services

     1.1   

Aerospace/Defense-Equipment

     1.0   

Insurance-Property/Casualty

     1.0   

Building Products-Cement

     1.0   

Instruments-Controls

     0.9   

Diversified Financial Services

     0.9   

Insurance-Life/Health

     0.9   

Internet Content-Entertainment

     0.9   

Food-Misc./Diversified

     0.8   

Cable/Satellite TV

     0.8   

Cosmetics & Toiletries

     0.8   

Medical-HMO

     0.8   

Food-Retail

     0.8   

Banks-Fiduciary

     0.8   

Building-Heavy Construction

     0.8   

Retail-Auto Parts

     0.8   

Airlines

     0.7   

Human Resources

     0.7   

Medical Products

     0.7   

Computers

     0.7   

Appliances

     0.7   

Publishing-Periodicals

     0.6   

Beverages-Non-alcoholic

     0.6   

Electronic Components-Semiconductors

     0.6   

Electric Products-Misc.

     0.6   

Computers-Memory Devices

     0.6   

Hotels/Motels

     0.6   

Networking Products

     0.6   

Medical-Wholesale Drug Distribution

     0.6   

Rubber-Tires

     0.5   

Athletic Footwear

     0.5   

Medical-Hospitals

     0.4   

Semiconductor Components-Integrated Circuits

     0.4   

E-Commerce/Services

     0.4   

Apparel Manufacturers

     0.4   

Motorcycle/Motor Scooter

     0.4   

Finance-Other Services

     0.4   

Gas-Distribution

     0.4   

Electric-Integrated

     0.4   

Medical Instruments

     0.4   

Retail-Restaurants

     0.4   

Commercial Services-Finance

     0.4   
  

Multimedia

     0.4

Aerospace/Defense

     0.4   

Telephone-Integrated

     0.4   

United States Treasury Bonds

     0.3   

Internet Content-Information/News

     0.3   

Chemicals-Specialty

     0.3   

Oil Companies-Integrated

     0.3   

Building-Residential/Commercial

     0.3   

Oil-Field Services

     0.2   

Transactional Software

     0.2   

Real Estate Operations & Development

     0.2   

Computer Software

     0.2   

Auto-Heavy Duty Trucks

     0.1   

Finance-Investment Banker/Broker

     0.1   
  

 

 

 
     99.6
  

 

 

 

 

*   Calculated as a percentage of net assets
 

 

 

 
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PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS — June 30, 2015 — (unaudited)

 

Security Description   Shares      Value
(Note 2)
 

COMMON STOCKS — 64.5%

    

Aerospace/Defense — 0.4%

    

Teledyne Technologies, Inc.†

    719       $ 75,862   
    

 

 

 

Aerospace/Defense-Equipment — 1.0%

    

Airbus Group SE

    3,195         207,305   
    

 

 

 

Airlines — 0.7%

    

American Airlines Group, Inc.

    2,610         104,230   

United Continental Holdings, Inc.†

    883         46,808   
    

 

 

 
       151,038   
    

 

 

 

Apparel Manufacturers — 0.4%

    

VF Corp.

    1,240         86,478   
    

 

 

 

Appliances — 0.7%

    

Electrolux AB, Series B

    4,373         137,048   
    

 

 

 

Applications Software — 1.2%

    

Microsoft Corp.

    5,657         249,757   
    

 

 

 

Athletic Footwear — 0.5%

    

Asics Corp.

    3,500         90,514   
    

 

 

 

Auto-Cars/Light Trucks — 0.9%

    

Honda Motor Co., Ltd.

    5,800         187,741   
    

 

 

 

Auto-Heavy Duty Trucks — 0.1%

    

Isuzu Motors, Ltd.

    1,857         24,391   
    

 

 

 

Auto/Truck Parts & Equipment-Original — 1.5%

  

  

Delphi Automotive PLC

    1,640         139,547   

WABCO Holdings, Inc.†

    1,344         166,280   
    

 

 

 
       305,827   
    

 

 

 

Banks-Commercial — 4.1%

    

Banca Generali SpA

    2,340         82,384   

China Construction Bank Corp., Class H

    141,000         128,966   

FinecoBank Banca Fineco SpA

    9,484         70,259   

HDFC Bank, Ltd. ADR

    550         33,292   

ICICI Bank, Ltd. ADR

    20,855         217,309   

ING Groep NV CVA

    9,760         161,147   

Standard Chartered PLC

    1,632         26,130   

Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc.

    2,600         115,973   
    

 

 

 
       835,460   
    

 

 

 

Banks-Fiduciary — 0.8%

    

Northern Trust Corp.

    2,030         155,214   
    

 

 

 

Beverages-Non-alcoholic — 0.6%

    

Monster Beverage Corp.†

    970         129,999   
    

 

 

 

Brewery — 1.3%

    

Anheuser-Busch InBev NV

    2,270         272,051   
    

 

 

 

Building Products-Cement — 1.0%

    

Cemex SAB de CV ADR†

    6,000         54,960   

CRH PLC

    2,413         67,715   

Vulcan Materials Co.

    889         74,614   
    

 

 

 
       197,289   
    

 

 

 

Building-Heavy Construction — 0.8%

    

SBA Communications Corp., Class A†

    1,320         151,760   
    

 

 

 

Building-Residential/Commercial — 0.3%

    

Daiwa House Industry Co., Ltd.

    2,445         56,997   
    

 

 

 

Cable/Satellite TV — 0.8%

    

Sky PLC

    10,304         167,892   
    

 

 

 

Chemicals-Specialty — 0.3%

    

Brenntag AG

    1,109         63,586   
    

 

 

 
Security Description   Shares      Value
(Note 2)
 

Commercial Services-Finance — 0.4%

    

Equifax, Inc.

    805       $ 78,157   
    

 

 

 

Computer Services — 1.1%

    

Accenture PLC, Class A

    2,263         219,013   
    

 

 

 

Computer Software — 0.2%

    

Envestnet, Inc.†

    740         29,918   
    

 

 

 

Computers — 0.7%

    

Apple, Inc.

    1,100         137,968   
    

 

 

 

Computers-Memory Devices — 0.6%

    

Western Digital Corp.

    1,560         122,335   
    

 

 

 

Cosmetics & Toiletries — 0.8%

    

Estee Lauder Cos., Inc., Class A

    1,923         166,647   
    

 

 

 

Diversified Banking Institutions — 3.4%

    

Bank of America Corp.

    18,248         310,581   

BNP Paribas SA

    3,605         217,630   

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.

    810         169,120   
    

 

 

 
       697,331   
    

 

 

 

Diversified Financial Services — 0.9%

    

Julius Baer Group, Ltd.†

    3,290         184,567   
    

 

 

 

E-Commerce/Products — 1.8%

    

Alibaba Group Holding, Ltd. ADR†

    1,674         137,720   

Amazon.com, Inc.†

    533         231,370   
    

 

 

 
       369,090   
    

 

 

 

E-Commerce/Services — 0.4%

    

Priceline Group, Inc.†

    77         88,655   
    

 

 

 

Electric Products-Misc. — 0.6%

    

Legrand SA

    2,282         128,120   
    

 

 

 

Electric-Integrated — 0.4%

    

Edison International

    1,030         57,247   

Kyushu Electric Power Co., Inc.†

    2,000         23,206   
    

 

 

 
       80,453   
    

 

 

 

Electronic Components-Semiconductors — 0.6%

  

  

SK Hynix, Inc.

    3,424         129,845   
    

 

 

 

Finance-Credit Card — 1.6%

    

Alliance Data Systems Corp.†

    385         112,397   

Visa, Inc., Class A

    3,060         205,479   
    

 

 

 
       317,876   
    

 

 

 

Finance-Investment Banker/Broker — 0.1%

    

Huatai Securities Co., Ltd.†*

    6,000         17,029   
    

 

 

 

Finance-Other Services — 0.4%

    

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing, Ltd.

    2,426         85,629   
    

 

 

 

Food-Misc./Diversified — 0.8%

    

Mondelez International, Inc., Class A

    4,115         169,291   
    

 

 

 

Food-Retail — 0.8%

    

Seven & I Holdings Co., Ltd.

    3,800         163,321   
    

 

 

 

Gas-Distribution — 0.4%

    

ENN Energy Holdings, Ltd.

    14,000         84,435   
    

 

 

 

Hotels/Motels — 0.6%

    

Hilton Worldwide Holdings, Inc.†

    4,340         119,567   
    

 

 

 

Human Resources — 0.7%

    

ManpowerGroup, Inc.

    710         63,460   

Robert Half International, Inc.

    1,554         86,247   
    

 

 

 
       149,707   
    

 

 

 
 

 

 

 

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PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS — June 30, 2015 — (unaudited) (continued)

 

Security Description   Shares          
Value
(Note 2)
 

COMMON STOCKS (continued)

    

Instruments-Controls — 0.9%

  

Honeywell International, Inc.

    1,820       $ 185,585   
    

 

 

 

Insurance-Life/Health — 0.9%

  

China Life Insurance Co., Ltd.

    24,000         104,031   

Lincoln National Corp.

    1,345         79,651   
    

 

 

 
       183,682   
    

 

 

 

Insurance-Property/Casualty — 1.0%

  

PICC Property & Casualty Co., Ltd.

    32,000         72,822   

Tokio Marine Holdings, Inc.

    3,000         124,868   
    

 

 

 
       197,690   
    

 

 

 

Internet Content-Entertainment — 0.9%

  

Facebook, Inc., Class A†

    2,104         180,450   
    

 

 

 

Internet Content-Information/News — 0.3%

  

M3, Inc.†

    3,200         64,374   
    

 

 

 

Investment Management/Advisor Services — 2.1%

  

BlackRock, Inc.

    602         208,280   

Invesco, Ltd.

    2,510         94,100   

Legg Mason, Inc.

    1,430         73,688   

WisdomTree Investments, Inc.

    2,322         51,002   
    

 

 

 
       427,070   
    

 

 

 

Medical Instruments — 0.4%

  

Olympus Corp.

    2,305         79,668   
    

 

 

 

Medical Products — 0.7%

  

Becton Dickinson and Co.

    1,020         144,483   
    

 

 

 

Medical-Biomedical/Gene — 2.1%

  

Biogen, Inc.†

    310         125,221   

Illumina, Inc.†

    530         115,731   

Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.†

    367         187,218   
    

 

 

 
       428,170   
    

 

 

 

Medical-Drugs — 4.6%

  

Alkermes PLC†

    2,011         129,388   

AstraZeneca PLC

    2,502         157,998   

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.

    5,699         379,211   

Eli Lilly & Co.

    1,485         123,983   

Merck & Co., Inc.

    2,566         146,082   
    

 

 

 
       936,662   
    

 

 

 

Medical-Generic Drugs — 1.8%

  

Allergan PLC†

    1,030         312,564   

Mylan NV†

    810         54,966   
    

 

 

 
       367,530   
    

 

 

 

Medical-HMO — 0.8%

  

Aetna, Inc.

    1,293         164,806   
    

 

 

 

Medical-Hospitals — 0.4%

  

HCA Holdings, Inc.†

    990         89,813   
    

 

 

 

Medical-Wholesale Drug Distribution — 0.6%

  

McKesson Corp.

    494         111,056   
    

 

 

 

Motorcycle/Motor Scooter — 0.4%

  

Harley-Davidson, Inc.

    1,521         85,708   
    

 

 

 

Multimedia — 0.4%

  

Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc., Class A

    2,335         75,993   
    

 

 

 

Networking Products — 0.6%

  

  

Cisco Systems, Inc.

    4,352         119,506   
    

 

 

 
Security Description           Shares/
Principal
Amount(1)
     Value
(Note 2)
 

Oil Companies-Exploration & Production — 1.2%

  

  

Anadarko Petroleum Corp.

       3,110       $ 242,767   
       

 

 

 

Oil Companies-Integrated — 0.3%

  

  

Imperial Oil, Ltd.

       630         24,337   

Petroleo Brasileiro SA ADR†

       3,790         34,300   
       

 

 

 
          58,637   
       

 

 

 

Oil-Field Services — 0.2%

  

  

Halliburton Co.

       1,037         44,664   
       

 

 

 

Publishing-Periodicals — 0.6%

  

  

Nielsen NV

       2,909         130,236   
       

 

 

 

Real Estate Management/Services — 2.3%

  

  

CBRE Group, Inc., Class A†

       3,640         134,680   

Daito Trust Construction Co., Ltd.

       1,060         109,824   

Deutsche Annington Immobilien SE

       8,040         226,774   
       

 

 

 
          471,278   
       

 

 

 

Real Estate Operations & Development — 0.2%

  

  

Mitsui Fudosan Co., Ltd.

       1,280         35,842   
       

 

 

 

Retail-Apparel/Shoe — 1.5%

  

  

Hennes & Mauritz AB, Class B

       2,820         108,584   

Inditex SA

       4,197         136,417   

L Brands, Inc.

       580         49,723   
       

 

 

 
          294,724   
       

 

 

 

Retail-Auto Parts — 0.8%

  

  

Advance Auto Parts, Inc.

       950         151,325   
       

 

 

 

Retail-Restaurants — 0.4%

  

  

Dunkin’ Brands Group, Inc.

       1,440         79,200   
       

 

 

 

Rubber-Tires — 0.5%

  

  

Continental AG

       439         103,879   
       

 

 

 

Semiconductor Components-Integrated Circuits — 0.4%

  

NXP Semiconductor NV†

       909         89,264   
       

 

 

 

Telephone-Integrated — 0.4%

  

  

Orange SA

       4,687         72,161   
       

 

 

 

Transactional Software — 0.2%

  

  

Solera Holdings, Inc.

       815         36,316   
       

 

 

 

Web Portals/ISP — 1.9%

  

  

Baidu, Inc. ADR†

       449         89,387   

Google, Inc., Class C†

       550         286,280   
       

 

 

 
          375,667   
       

 

 

 

Total Common Stocks
(cost $11,904,072)

          13,113,369   
       

 

 

 

PREFERRED SECURITIES — 0.2%

  

  

Auto-Cars/Light Trucks — 0.2%

  

  

Volkswagen AG
4.86%
(cost $39,574)

       158         36,638   
       

 

 

 

FOREIGN GOVERNMENT OBLIGATIONS — 31.5%

  

Sovereign — 31.5%

  

  

Commonwealth of Australia
Senior Notes
2.75% due 04/21/2024

    AUD         55,000         41,862   

Commonwealth of Australia
Senior Notes
3.25% due 04/21/2025

    AUD         70,000         55,066   
 

 

 

 
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Security Description               
Principal
Amount(1)
     Value
(Note 2)
 

FOREIGN GOVERNMENT OBLIGATIONS (continued)

  

Sovereign (continued)

       

Commonwealth of Australia
Senior Notes
3.25% due 04/21/2029

    AUD         30,000       $ 22,991   

Commonwealth of Australia
Senior Notes
3.75% due 04/21/2037

    AUD         15,000         11,769   

Commonwealth of Australia
Senior Notes
4.50% due 04/15/2020

    AUD         25,000         21,206   

Commonwealth of Australia
Senior Bonds
4.50% due 04/21/2033

    AUD         40,000         35,015   

Commonwealth of Australia
Senior Notes
4.75% due 04/21/2027

    AUD         25,000         22,320   

Commonwealth of Australia
Bonds
5.25% due 03/15/2019

    AUD         55,000         47,145   

Commonwealth of Australia
Senior Notes
5.50% due 01/21/2018

    AUD         40,000         33,512   

Commonwealth of Australia
Senior Notes
5.75% due 05/15/2021

    AUD         170,000         154,406   

Commonwealth of Australia
Senior Notes
6.00% due 02/15/2017

    AUD         140,000         114,911   

Federal Republic of Germany
Bonds
1.50% due 05/15/2024

    EUR         65,000         77,625   

Federal Republic of Germany
Bonds
3.75% due 01/04/2019

    EUR         20,000         25,316   

Federal Republic of Germany
Bonds
4.75% due 07/04/2034

    EUR         10,000         17,337   

Government of Canada
Bonds
1.50% due 02/01/2017

    CAD         200,000         162,690   

Government of Canada
Bonds
1.75% due 09/01/2019

    CAD         165,000         137,983   

Government of Canada
Bonds
2.50% due 06/01/2024

    CAD         85,000         73,129   

Government of Canada
Bonds
3.50% due 12/01/2045

    CAD         25,000         25,220   

Government of Canada
Bonds
4.00% due 06/01/2041

    CAD         25,000         26,514   

Government of Canada
Bonds
5.75% due 06/01/2033

    CAD         80,000         97,925   

Government of France
Bonds
0.01% due 05/25/2020

    EUR         25,000         27,420   
Security Description               
Principal
Amount(1)
     Value
(Note 2)
 

Sovereign (continued)

       

Government of France
Bonds
0.50% due 05/25/2025

    EUR         30,000       $ 31,300   

Government of Japan
Senior Notes
0.30% due 09/20/2018

    JPY         6,800,000         56,059   

Government of Japan
Senior Notes
0.80% due 09/20/2023

    JPY         10,400,000         88,249   

Government of Japan
Senior Bonds
1.70% due 06/20/2033

    JPY         6,750,000         60,931   

Government of Japan
Senior Notes
1.80% due 03/20/2043

    JPY         5,600,000         49,828   

Government of Japan
Senior Notes
2.10% due 12/20/2027

    JPY         7,150,000         68,688   

Government of Japan
Senior Notes
2.20% due 09/20/2028

    JPY         1,950,000         18,989   

Government of Japan
Senior Bonds
2.30% due 03/20/2039

    JPY         1,000,000         9,803   

Kingdom of Belgium
Senior Notes
3.00% due 06/22/2034*

    EUR         5,000         6,594   

Kingdom of Belgium
Bonds
3.75% due 09/28/2020*

    EUR         20,000         26,244   

Kingdom of Denmark
Bonds
1.50% due 11/15/2023

    DKK         1,085,000         171,903   

Kingdom of Denmark
Bonds
3.00% due 11/15/2021

    DKK         105,000         18,219   

Kingdom of Denmark
Bonds
4.00% due 11/15/2017

    DKK         320,000         52,566   

Kingdom of Denmark
Bonds
4.00% due 11/15/2019

    DKK         530,000         92,583   

Kingdom of Denmark
Bonds
4.50% due 11/15/2039

    DKK         625,000         146,230   

Kingdom of Netherlands
Bonds
4.00% due 01/15/2037*

    EUR         7,500         12,108   

Kingdom of Norway
Bonds
2.00% due 05/24/2023*

    NOK         1,585,000         207,372   

Kingdom of Norway
Bonds
3.75% due 05/25/2021*

    NOK         480,000         69,330   

Kingdom of Norway
Bonds
4.25% due 05/19/2017*

    NOK         150,000         20,363   

Kingdom of Norway
Bonds
4.50% due 05/22/2019*

    NOK         1,385,000         200,107   
 

 

 

 

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Security Description               
Principal
Amount(1)
     Value
(Note 2)
 

FOREIGN GOVERNMENT OBLIGATIONS (continued)

  

Sovereign (continued)

       

Kingdom of Spain
Bonds
1.60% due 04/30/2025*

    EUR         5,000       $ 5,245   

Kingdom of Spain
Bonds
4.50% due 01/31/2018

    EUR         10,000         12,257   

Kingdom of Spain
Senior Notes
4.70% due 07/30/2041*

    EUR         10,000         13,890   

Kingdom of Spain
Senior Notes
5.85% due 01/31/2022*

    EUR         10,000         14,000   

Kingdom of Sweden
Bonds
1.50% due 11/13/2023

    SEK         1,410,000         178,728   

Kingdom of Sweden
Bonds
3.00% due 07/12/2016

    SEK         535,000         66,772   

Kingdom of Sweden
Bonds
3.50% due 03/30/2039

    SEK         310,000         49,324   

Kingdom of Sweden
Bonds
4.25% due 03/12/2019

    SEK         1,730,000         241,130   

Republic of Austria
Senior Notes
3.65% due 04/20/2022*

    EUR         15,000         20,133   

Republic of Finland
Senior Notes
1.50% due 04/15/2023*

    EUR         5,000         5,881   

Republic of France
Bonds
0.50% due 11/25/2019

    EUR         15,000         16,925   

Republic of France
Bonds
2.50% due 05/25/2030

    EUR         5,000         6,161   

Republic of France
Bonds
3.25% due 05/25/2045

    EUR         10,000         13,715   

Republic of France
Bonds
5.00% due 10/25/2016

    EUR         20,000         23,814   

Republic of Ireland
Bonds
4.50% due 10/18/2018

    EUR         5,000         6,342   

Republic of Italy
Senior Bonds
3.50% due 03/01/2030*

    EUR         20,000         24,311   

Republic of Italy
Senior Notes
3.75% due 05/01/2021

    EUR         30,000         37,565   

Republic of Italy
Senior Bonds
3.75% due 09/01/2024

    EUR         20,000         24,983   

Republic of Italy
Bonds
4.75% due 09/01/2044*

    EUR         5,000         7,018   
Security Description               
Principal
Amount(1)
     Value
(Note 2)
 

Sovereign (continued)

       

Republic of Poland
Bonds
1.50% due 04/25/2020

    PLN         200,000       $ 50,266   

Republic of Poland
Bonds
2.50% due 07/25/2018

    PLN         200,000         53,529   

Republic of Poland
Bonds
3.75% due 04/25/2018

    PLN         260,000         72,005   

Republic of Poland
Bonds
4.00% due 10/25/2023

    PLN         140,000         39,423   

Republic of Poland
Bonds
5.50% due 10/25/2019

    PLN         570,000         169,939   

Republic of Poland
Bonds
5.75% due 09/23/2022

    PLN         375,000         116,440   

Republic of Singapore
Senior Notes
2.38% due 04/01/2017

    SGD         155,000         118,020   

Republic of Singapore
Senior Notes
2.75% due 04/01/2042

    SGD         55,000         38,570   

Republic of Singapore
Senior Bonds
3.00% due 09/01/2024

    SGD         50,000         38,256   

Republic of Singapore
Senior Notes
3.13% due 09/01/2022

    SGD         430,000         333,950   

Republic of South Africa
Senior Notes
6.25% due 03/31/2036

    ZAR         1,075,000         66,589   

Republic of South Africa
Bonds
6.50% due 02/28/2041

    ZAR         1,410,000         88,139   

Republic of South Africa
Senior Notes
6.75% due 03/31/2021

    ZAR         2,295,000         178,492   

Republic of South Africa
Bonds
7.75% due 02/28/2023

    ZAR         1,135,000         91,203   

Republic of South Africa
Bonds
8.00% due 01/31/2030

    ZAR         905,000         70,189   

Republic of South Africa
Bonds
8.25% due 09/15/2017

    ZAR         635,000         53,265   

Republic of South Africa
Bonds
10.50% due 12/21/2026

    ZAR         170,000         16,265   

United Kingdom Gilt Treasury
Bonds
1.00% due 09/07/2017

    GBP         15,000         23,699   

United Kingdom Gilt Treasury
Bonds
1.75% due 07/22/2019

    GBP         160,000         255,767   

United Kingdom Gilt Treasury
Bonds
2.00% due 07/22/2020

    GBP         55,000         88,461   
 

 

 

 
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Security Description               
Principal
Amount(1)
     Value
(Note 2)
 

FOREIGN GOVERNMENT OBLIGATIONS (continued)

  

Sovereign (continued)

       

United Kingdom Gilt Treasury
Bonds
2.00% due 09/07/2025

    GBP         10,000       $ 15,508   

United Kingdom Gilt Treasury
Bonds
3.25% due 01/22/2044

    GBP         30,000         51,992   

United Kingdom Gilt Treasury
Bonds
3.50% due 01/22/2045

    GBP         20,000         36,354   

United Kingdom Gilt Treasury
Notes
3.75% due 07/22/2052

    GBP         20,000         39,435   

United Kingdom Gilt Treasury
Bonds
4.75% due 12/07/2030

    GBP         30,000         61,177   

United Kingdom Gilt Treasury
Bonds
4.75% due 12/07/2038

    GBP         35,000         74,983   

United Kingdom Gilt Treasury
Bonds
5.00% due 03/07/2018

    GBP         60,000         104,775   

United Kingdom Gilt Treasury
Bonds
5.00% due 03/07/2025

    GBP         10,000         19,810   

United Mexican States
Bonds
6.50% due 06/10/2021

    MXN         1,055,300         69,914   

United Mexican States
Bonds
7.50% due 06/03/2027

    MXN         2,668,200         186,491   

United Mexican States
Bonds
8.00% due 12/17/2015

    MXN         3,052,500         198,431   

United Mexican States
Bonds
8.00% due 06/11/2020

    MXN         556,700         39,590   

United Mexican States
Bonds
8.00% due 12/07/2023

    MXN         427,600         30,743   

United Mexican States FRS
Bonds
8.50% due 12/13/2018

    MXN         348,000         24,717   

United Mexican States
Bonds
8.50% due 11/18/2038

    MXN         157,300         11,971   

United Mexican States
Bonds
10.00% due 12/05/2024

    MXN         854,100         69,581   

United Mexican States
Bonds
10.00% due 11/20/2036

    MXN         111,500         9,703   
       

 

 

 

Total Foreign Government Obligations
(cost $7,080,740)

          6,414,664   
       

 

 

 

U.S. GOVERNMENT TREASURIES — 1.8%

  

  

United States Treasury Bonds — 0.3%

  

  

2.88% due 05/15/2043

       10,000         9,530   

3.63% due 02/15/2044

       35,000         38,481   
Security Description             
Principal
Amount(1)
    Value
(Note 2)
 

United States Treasury Bonds (continued)

  

 

4.50% due 02/15/2036

     $ 15,000      $ 18,860   
      

 

 

 
         66,871   
      

 

 

 

United States Treasury Notes — 1.5%

  

 

0.88% due 12/31/2016

       70,000        70,410   

1.00% due 09/30/2019

       75,000        73,600   

1.63% due 12/31/2019

       110,000        110,455   

2.00% due 02/15/2025

       55,000        53,436   
      

 

 

 
         307,901   
      

 

 

 

Total U.S. Government Treasuries
(cost $375,075)

         374,772   
      

 

 

 

Total Long-Term Investment Securities
(cost $19,399,461)

         19,939,443   
      

 

 

 

REPURCHASE AGREEMENTS — 1.6%

  

 

Bank of America Securities LLC
Joint Repurchase Agreement(2)

       65,000        65,000   

Barclays Capital, Inc.
Joint Repurchase Agreement(2)

       60,000        60,000   

BNP Paribas SA
Joint Repurchase Agreement(2)

       60,000        60,000   

Deutsche Bank AG
Joint Repurchase Agreement(2)

       75,000        75,000   

RBS Securities, Inc.
Joint Repurchase Agreement(2)

       60,000        60,000   
      

 

 

 

Total Repurchase Agreements
(cost $320,000)

         320,000   
      

 

 

 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS
(cost $19,719,461)(3)

       99.6     20,259,443   

Other assets less liabilities

       0.4        71,595   
    

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET ASSETS

       100.0   $ 20,331,038   
    

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

  Non-income producing security
*   Securities exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. These securities may be sold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. The Portfolio has no right to demand registration of these securities. At June 30, 2015, the aggregate value of these securities was $649,625 representing 3.2% of net assets. Unless otherwise indicated, these securities are not considered to be illiquid.
(1)   Denominated in United States dollars unless otherwise indicated.
(2)   See Note 2 for details on Joint Repurchase Agreements.
(3)   See Note 6 for cost of investments on a tax basis.
ADR   — American Depository Receipt
FRS   — Floating Rate Security
AUD   — Australian Dollar
CAD   — Canadian Dollar
DKK   — Danish Krone
EUR   — Euro
GBP   — British Pound Sterling
JPY   — Japanese Yen
MXN   — Mexican Peso
NOK   — Norwegian Krone
PLN   — Polish Zloty
SEK   — Swedish Krona
SGD   — Singapore Dollar
ZAR   — South African Rand
 

 

 

 

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Open Futures Contracts                              
Number
of
Contracts
    Type    Description    Expiration
Month
   Value at
Trade Date
     Value as of
June 30,
2015
     Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 
  3      Long   

mini MSCI EAFE Index

  

September 2015

   $ 280,605       $ 275,100       $ (5,505
  3      Long   

S&P 500 E-Mini Index

  

September 2015

     315,158         308,160         (6,998
  3      Short   

Euro-Bund

  

September 2015

     504,495         508,371         (3,876
  4      Short   

U.S. Treasury 10 Year Note

  

September 2015

     509,096         504,688         4,408   
                

 

 

 
                 $ (11,971
                

 

 

 

 

Open Forward Foreign Currency Contracts                                 
Counterparty   Contract
to Deliver
    In
Exchange For
  Delivery
Date
  Unrealized
Appreciation
    Unrealized
Depreciation
 

Bank of America, N.A.

  DKK     3,389,000        USD      508,593   07/31/2015   $ 1,759      $   
  GBP     4,000        USD      6,309   07/31/2015     25          
           

 

 

   

 

 

 
              1,784          
           

 

 

   

 

 

 

Bank of Montreal

  CAD     659,000        USD      532,407   07/31/2015     4,982          
  USD     381,329        CAD      472,000   07/31/2015            (3,568
  USD     133,649        GBP      85,000   07/31/2015            (119
  USD     174,135        JPY      21,300,000   07/31/2015            (35
           

 

 

   

 

 

 
              4,982        (3,722
           

 

 

   

 

 

 

Barclays Bank PLC

  EUR     85,000        USD      94,745   07/31/2015            (53
  USD     27,866        EUR      25,000   07/31/2015     16          
  USD     10,628        PLN      40,000   07/31/2015     2          
  USD     106,114        SEK      880,000   07/31/2015     100          
  USD     11,134        SGD      15,000   07/31/2015            (2
           

 

 

   

 

 

 
              118        (55
           

 

 

   

 

 

 

BNP Paribas SA

  USD     10,501        JPY      1,300,000   07/31/2015     125          
           

 

 

   

 

 

 

Citibank N.A.

  EUR     927,000        USD      1,039,666   07/31/2015     5,813          
  INR     3,520,000        USD      55,090   07/31/2015            (55
  KRW     15,770,000        USD      14,200   07/31/2015     127          
  SEK     6,043,000        USD      734,021   07/31/2015     4,640          
  SGD     740,000        USD      550,311   07/31/2015     1,124          
  USD     10,583        JPY      1,300,000   07/31/2015     43          
  USD     67,738        KRW      75,230,000   07/31/2015            (606
  USD     79,451        SEK      654,000   07/31/2015            (514
  USD     148,733        SGD      200,000   07/31/2015            (304
           

 

 

   

 

 

 
              11,747        (1,479
           

 

 

   

 

 

 

Deutsche Bank AG

  AUD     15,000        USD      11,564   07/31/2015     9          
  EUR     12,000        USD      13,311   07/31/2015            (72
           

 

 

   

 

 

 
              9        (72
           

 

 

   

 

 

 

Goldman Sachs International

  EUR     9,000        USD      9,920   07/31/2015            (118
           

 

 

   

 

 

 

HSBC Bank USA

  AUD     27,000        USD      20,725   07/31/2015            (74
  CHF     10,000        USD      10,747   07/31/2015     40          
  GBP     519,000        USD      815,703   07/31/2015     385          
  USD     156,913        CHF      146,000   07/31/2015            (585
  USD     11,197        EUR      10,000   07/31/2015            (44
  USD     471,504        GBP      300,000   07/31/2015            (222
  USD     84,828        ZAR      1,035,000   07/31/2015            (178
  ZAR     7,077,000        USD      580,030   07/31/2015     1,214          
           

 

 

   

 

 

 
              1,639        (1,103
           

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

 
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PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS — June 30, 2015 — (unaudited) (continued)

 

Open Forward Foreign Currency Contracts                                 
Counterparty   Contract
to Deliver
    In
Exchange For
  Delivery
Date
  Unrealized
Appreciation
    Unrealized
Depreciation
 

JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A

  AUD     9,000        USD      6,888   07/31/2015   $      $ (45
  CHF     12,000        USD      12,887   07/31/2015     38          
  EUR     52,000        USD      58,075   07/31/2015     82          
  PLN     1,969,000        USD      527,715   07/31/2015     4,446          
  NOK     4,011,000        USD      509,673   07/31/2015            (1,563
  SEK     150,000        USD      18,085   07/31/2015            (20
  USD     5,364        CHF      5,000   07/31/2015            (10
  USD     13,455        EUR      12,000   07/31/2015            (71
  USD     7,858        GBP      5,000   07/31/2015            (4
  USD     30,622        ILS      115,000   07/31/2015            (148
  USD     24,506        JPY      3,027,000   07/31/2015     236          
  USD     67,219        NOK      529,000   07/31/2015     206          
  USD     26,919        RUB      1,486,000   07/31/2015            (283
           

 

 

   

 

 

 
              5,008        (2,144
           

 

 

   

 

 

 

Morgan Stanley and Co. International PLC

  CHF     10,000        USD      10,738   07/31/2015     30          
  USD     157,844        CHF      147,000   07/31/2015            (445
           

 

 

   

 

 

 
              30        (445
           

 

 

   

 

 

 

National Australia Bank, Ltd.

  AUD     833,000        USD      639,519   07/31/2015            (2,162
  JPY     66,686,000        USD      537,695   07/31/2015            (7,380
  USD     336,266        AUD      438,000   07/31/2015     1,137          
  USD     61,900        JPY      7,677,000   07/31/2015     850          
           

 

 

   

 

 

 
              1,987        (9,542
           

 

 

   

 

 

 

Royal Bank of Canada

  MXN     9,698,000        USD      626,749   07/31/2015     10,997          
  SEK     275,000        USD      33,133   07/31/2015            (59
  USD     12,269        EUR      11,000   07/31/2015            (1
  USD     27,991        HKD      217,000   07/31/2015     3          
  USD     3,231        MXN      50,000   07/31/2015            (57
           

 

 

   

 

 

 
              11,000        (117
           

 

 

   

 

 

 

State Street Bank and Trust Co.

  USD     131,095        BRL      419,000   07/02/2015     3,670          
           

 

 

   

 

 

 

Toronto Dominion Bank

  MXN     390,000        USD      24,808   07/31/2015     47          
           

 

 

   

 

 

 

UBS AG

  AUD     23,000        USD      17,622   07/31/2015            (96
  BRL     419,000        USD      135,529   07/02/2015     763          
  CNY     1,410,000        USD      230,200   07/31/2015            (55
  JPY     1,206,000        USD      9,857   07/31/2015            (1
  USD     135,048        BRL      419,000   07/02/2015            (282
  USD     52,983        MYR      200,000   07/31/2015     181          
  USD     183,965        TWD      5,679,000   07/31/2015            (67
  USD     134,014        BRL      419,000   08/04/2015            (800
           

 

 

   

 

 

 
              944        (1,301
           

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net Unrealized Appreciation/(Depreciation)

  

      $ 43,090      $ (20,098
           

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

AUD  

—Australian Dollar

  ILS  

—Israeli Shekel

  PLN  

—Polish Zloty

BRL  

—Brazilian Real

  INR  

—Indian Rupee

  RUB  

—Russian Ruble

CAD  

—Canadian Dollar

  JPY  

—Japanese Yen

  SEK  

—Swedish Krona

CHF  

—Swiss Franc

  KRW  

—South Korean Won

  SGD  

—Singapore Dollar

DKK  

—Danish Krone

  MXN  

—Mexican Peso

  TWD  

—Taiwan Dollar

EUR  

—Euro

  MYR  

—Malaysian Ringgit

  USD  

—United States Dollar

GBP  

—British Pound Sterling

  NOK  

—Norwegian Krone

  ZAR  

—South African Rand

HKD  

—Hong Kong Dollar

  NZD  

—New Zealand Dollar

   

 

 

 

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PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS — June 30, 2015 — (unaudited) (continued)

 

The following is a summary of the inputs used to value the Portfolio’s net assets as of June 30, 2015 (see Note 2):

 

      Level 1 - Unadjusted
Quoted  Prices
     Level 2 - Other
Observable  Inputs
     Level 3 -  Significant
Unobservable Inputs
     Total  

ASSETS:

           

Investments at Value:*

           

Common Stocks

   $ 13,113,369       $       $       $ 13,113,369   

Preferred Securities

     36,638                         36,638   

Foreign Government Obligations

             6,414,664                 6,414,664   

U.S. Government Treasuries

             374,772                 374,772   

Repurchase Agreements

             320,000                 320,000   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Investments at Value

   $ 13,150,007       $ 7,109,436       $       $ 20,259,443   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Other Financial Instruments:+

           

Open Futures Contracts

   $ 4,408       $       $       $ 4,408   

Open Forward Foreign Currency Contracts

             43,090                 43,090   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Other Financial Instruments

   $ 4,408       $ 43,090       $       $ 47,498   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

LIABILITIES:

           

Other Financial Instruments:+

           

Open Futures Contracts

   $ 16,379       $       $       $ 16,379   

Open Forward Foreign Currency Contracts

             20,098                 20,098   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Other Financial Instruments

   $ 16,379       $ 20,098       $       $ 36,477   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

*   For a detailed presentation of investments, please refer to the Portfolio of Investments.
+   Other financial instruments are derivative instruments, not reflected in the Portfolio of Investments, such as futures, forward, swap and written option contracts, which are valued at the unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on the instrument.

The Portfolio’s policy is to recognize transfers between Levels as of the end of the reporting period. Securities currently valued at $2,706,685 were transferred from Level 2 to Level 1 due to foreign equity securities whose values were previously adjusted for fair value pricing procedures for foreign equity securities. There were no additional transfers between Levels during the reporting period.

See Notes to Financial Statements

 

 

 
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STATEMENTS OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES — June 30, 2015 — (unaudited)

 

      Government
and Quality
Bond Portfolio
    Asset
Allocation
Portfolio
 

ASSETS:

    

Investments at value (unaffiliated)*

   $ 1,517,237,459      $ 207,297,929   

Repurchase agreements (cost approximates value)

     161,910,000        5,996,000   
  

 

 

 

Total investments

     1,679,147,459        213,293,929   
  

 

 

 

Cash

     1,705        128,223   

Foreign cash*

              

Due from broker@

              

Receivable for:

    

Fund shares sold

     8,372,829        41,793   

Dividends and interest

     5,694,428        941,264   

Investments sold

     62,295,047        658,535   

Prepaid expenses and other assets

     8,010        4,424   

Due from investment adviser for expense reimbursements/fee waivers

              

Variation margin on futures contracts

              

Unrealized appreciation on forward foreign currency contracts

              
  

 

 

 

Total assets

     1,755,519,478        215,068,168   
  

 

 

 

LIABILITIES:

    

Payable for:

    

Fund shares redeemed

     105,349        188,106   

Investments purchased

     271,735,674        1,822,958   

Investment advisory and management fees

     621,394        116,624   

Service fees — Class 2

     4,852        1,917   

Service fees — Class 3

     155,513        12,018   

Transfer agent fees and expenses

     371        343   

Trustees' fees and expenses

     5,551        890   

Other accrued expenses

     160,910        80,752   

Variation margin on futures contracts

              

Unrealized depreciation on forward foreign currency contracts

              

Forward sales contracts, at value#

     56,335,034          
  

 

 

 

Total liabilities

     329,124,648        2,223,608   
  

 

 

 

Net Assets

   $ 1,426,394,830      $ 212,844,560   
  

 

 

 

NET ASSETS REPRESENTED BY:

    

Capital paid-in

     1,365,823,768        149,285,578   

Accumulated undistributed net investment income (loss)

     25,913,807        8,014,835   

Accumulated undistributed net realized gain (loss) on investments, futures contracts, options contracts, and foreign exchange transactions

     12,323,939        31,161,816   

Unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments

     22,355,631        24,382,999   

Unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on futures contracts

              

Unrealized foreign exchange gain (loss) on other assets and liabilities

            (668

Unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on forward sales contracts

     (22,315       
  

 

 

 

NET ASSETS

   $ 1,426,394,830      $ 212,844,560   
  

 

 

 

Class 1 (unlimited shares authorized):

    

Net assets

   $ 624,324,670      $ 139,308,681   

Shares of beneficial interest issued and outstanding

     41,215,143        8,256,821   

Net asset value, offering and redemption price per share

   $ 15.15      $ 16.87   
  

 

 

 

Class 2 (unlimited shares authorized):

    

Net assets

   $ 39,172,593      $ 15,333,494   

Shares of beneficial interest issued and outstanding

     2,586,362        910,728   

Net asset value, offering and redemption price per share

   $ 15.15      $ 16.84   
  

 

 

 

Class 3 (unlimited shares authorized):

    

Net assets

   $ 762,897,567      $ 58,202,385   

Shares of beneficial interest issued and outstanding

     50,596,697        3,474,115   

Net asset value, offering and redemption price per share

   $ 15.08      $ 16.75   
  

 

 

 

 

*Cost

    

Investments (unaffiliated)

   $ 1,494,881,828      $ 182,914,930   
  

 

 

 

Foreign cash

   $      $   
  

 

 

 

#  Proceeds from forward sales contracts

   $ 56,312,719      $   
  

 

 

 
+   See Note 1
@   See Note 2

See Notes to Financial Statements

 

 

 

 
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Growth and
Income
Portfolio
     Growth
Portfolio
    Capital
Appreciation
Portfolio
    Natural
Resources
Portfolio
    SA BlackRock
Multi-Asset  Income
Portfolio+
    Strategic
Multi-Asset
Portfolio
 
          
$ 193,859,033       $ 669,945,287      $ 1,397,213,520      $ 191,762,507      $ 21,079,650      $ 19,939,443   
  3,545,000         11,045,000        23,620,000        3,045,000               320,000   

 

 

 
  197,404,033         680,990,287        1,420,833,520        194,807,507        21,079,650        20,259,443   

 

 

 
  6,319         1,124        4,328,503        2,857        789        4,741   
          16,610        22        28,364               45,663   
                               53,031        41,434   
          
  193,784         457,216        356,255        169,954        289          
  158,369         688,636        207,080        199,886        517        93,263   
  393,509         3,329,714        18,685,077                      53,017   
  4,204         5,096        8,423        5,063        3,477        3,749   
                               33,868        8,272   
                               1,039        710   
                                      43,090   

 

 

 
  198,160,218         685,488,683        1,444,418,880        195,213,631        21,172,660        20,553,382   

 

 

 
          
          
  1,451         723,848        8,592,388        207,479        6,971        3,280   
  392,550         5,929,761        26,020,106                      128,554   
  110,446         386,865        828,714        124,987        17,576        17,007   
          2,804        6,906        1,114                 
          23,289        136,022        18,864        37          
  78         330        352        291        42        58   
  628         2,493        5,404        872        89        82   
  46,555         87,867        124,910        60,434        73,033        51,757   
                               780        1,508   
                                      20,098   
                                        

 

 

 
  551,708         7,157,257        35,714,802        414,041        98,528        222,344   

 

 

 
$ 197,608,510       $ 678,331,426      $ 1,408,704,078      $ 194,799,590      $ 21,074,132      $ 20,331,038   

 

 

 
          
  155,723,790         525,627,893        821,945,201        250,000,455        16,300,601        16,217,820   
  1,714,608         6,439,835        (1,630,784     5,200,850        473,507        297,566   
  11,501,226         109,375,167        340,096,634        (34,550,919     4,737,042        3,265,432   
  28,668,886         36,888,585        248,294,863        (25,849,272     (456,406     539,982   
                               19,388        (11,971
          (54     (1,836     (1,524            22,209   
                                        

 

 

 
$ 197,608,510       $ 678,331,426      $ 1,408,704,078      $ 194,799,590      $ 21,074,132      $ 20,331,038   

 

 

 
          
$ 197,608,510       $ 545,313,177      $ 707,782,599      $ 98,504,598      $ 20,892,498      $ 20,331,038   
  15,087,321         16,771,439        13,742,013        5,294,876        2,575,988        2,272,973   
$ 13.10       $ 32.51      $ 51.51      $ 18.60      $ 8.11      $ 8.94   

 

 

 
          
$       $ 22,143,115      $ 55,009,752      $ 8,615,134      $      $   
          681,458        1,094,959        464,975                 
$       $ 32.49      $ 50.24      $ 18.53      $      $   

 

 

 
          
$       $ 110,875,134      $ 645,911,727      $ 87,679,858      $ 181,634      $   
          3,420,555        13,068,731        4,758,362        22,488          
$       $ 32.41      $ 49.42      $ 18.43      $ 8.08      $   

 

 

 
          
$ 165,190,147       $ 633,056,702      $ 1,148,918,657      $ 217,611,779      $ 21,536,056      $ 19,399,461   

 

 

 
$       $ 16,640      $ 22      $ 28,363      $      $ 45,689   

 

 

 
$       $      $      $      $      $   

 

 

 

 

 

 

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STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS — For the Six Months Ended June 30, 2015 — (unaudited)

 

     Government
and Quality
Bond Portfolio
    Asset
Allocation
Portfolio
 

INVESTMENT INCOME:

   

Dividends (unaffiliated)

  $      $ 1,736,848   

Interest (unaffiliated)

    13,683,250        1,652,025   
 

 

 

 

Total investment income*

   
13,683,250
  
    3,388,873   
 

 

 

 

EXPENSES:

   

Investment advisory and management fees

    3,760,578        711,181   

Service fee:

   

Class 2

    31,286        11,634   

Class 3

    961,573        71,626   

Transfer agent fees and expenses

    2,254        1,315   

Custodian and accounting fees

    111,969        52,636   

Reports to shareholders

    74,488        10,882   

Audit and tax fees

    23,156        21,155   

Legal fees

    16,124        6,129   

Trustees' fees and expenses

    35,436        5,580   

Interest expense

             

Other expenses

    17,728        13,879   
 

 

 

 

Total expenses before fee waivers, expense reimbursements, expense recoupments, custody credits and fees paid indirectly

    5,034,592        906,017   

Fees waived and expenses reimbursed by investment advisor (Note 3)

             

Fees paid indirectly (Note 4)

           (173
 

 

 

 

Net expenses

    5,034,592        905,844   
 

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss)

    8,648,658        2,483,029   
 

 

 

 

NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS) ON INVESTMENTS AND FOREIGN CURRENCIES:

   

Net realized gain (loss) on investments (unaffiliated)

    8,840,989        10,420,164   

Net realized gain (loss) on futures contracts and written options contracts

    (951,918       

Net realized foreign exchange gain (loss) on other assets and liabilities

           (247
 

 

 

 

Net realized gain (loss) on investments and foreign currencies

    7,889,071        10,419,917   
 

 

 

 

Change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments (unaffiliated)

    (21,257,792     (8,633,252

Change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on futures contracts and written options contracts

    48,578          

Change in unrealized foreign exchange gain (loss) on other assets and liabilities

           (555

Change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on forward sales contracts

    292,335          
 

 

 

 

Net unrealized gain (loss) on investments and foreign currencies

    (20,916,879     (8,633,807
 

 

 

 

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments and foreign currencies

    (13,027,808     1,786,110   
 

 

 

 

NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS

  $ (4,379,150   $ 4,269,139   
 

 

 

 

 

*   Net of foreign withholding taxes on interest and dividends of

  $ 677      $ 36,224   
 

 

 

 
+   See Note 1

See Notes to Financial Statements

 

 

 

 
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Growth and
Income

Portfolio

    Growth
Portfolio
    Capital
Appreciation
Portfolio
    Natural
Resources
Portfolio
    SA BlackRock
Multi-Asset
Income  Portfolio+
    Strategic
Multi-Asset
Portfolio
 
         
$ 1,472,911      $ 5,151,786      $ 4,410,088      $ 3,754,119      $ 369,351      $ 131,683   
  927        3,488        5,455        1,190        5,907        96,713   

 

 

 
  1,473,838        5,155,274        4,415,543        3,755,309        375,258        228,396   

 

 

 
         
  629,084        2,286,737        4,931,109        759,466        108,062        104,171   
         
         17,777        42,466        7,393                 
         142,811        814,837        117,320        177          
  439        1,864        2,144        1,645        439        329   
  13,790        49,012        78,316        29,887        12,500        31,388   
  10,573        36,481        73,433        9,205        35,657        1,057   
  18,495        18,494        18,615        18,653        32,499        24,628   
  5,570        10,057        15,812        5,499               5,813   
  4,327        16,419        35,073        5,241        561        534   
                4,114        26               32   
  8,365        12,531        30,945        10,027        8,013        8,092   

 

 

 
 
 
    
690,643
 
  
    2,592,183        6,046,864        964,362        197,908        176,044   
                              (131,628     (51,040
  (1,385     (6,152     (3,419     (1,260     (29     (137

 

 

 
  689,258        2,586,031        6,043,445        963,102        66,251        124,867   

 

 

 
  784,580        2,569,243        (1,627,902     2,792,207        309,007        103,529   

 

 

 
         
  3,443,220        17,524,507        112,015,784        (23,561,300     2,109,263        918,107   
                              (2,846     30,560   
         4,531        (1,148     (9,613            511,472   

 

 

 
  3,443,220        17,529,038        112,014,636        (23,570,913     2,106,417        1,460,139   

 

 

 
  4,477,030        3,783,815        6,063,730        15,597,084        (2,594,068     (522,996
                              30,215        (3,138
         232        (693     (542            (188,862
                                       

 

 

 
  4,477,030        3,784,047        6,063,037        15,596,542        (2,563,853     (714,996

 

 

 
  7,920,250        21,313,085        118,077,673        (7,974,371     (457,436     745,143   

 

 

 
$ 8,704,830      $ 23,882,328      $ 116,449,771      $ (5,182,164   $ (148,429   $ 848,672   

 

 

 
$ 2,627      $ 78,140      $ 46,268      $ 210,650      $      $ 7,188   

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Anchor Series Trust

STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS

 

     Government and Quality Bond
Portfolio
 
     

For the six months

ended

June 30,

2015
(unaudited)

    

For the year
ended
December 31,
2014

 

INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS

     

Operations:

     

Net investment income (loss)

   $ 8,648,658       $ 16,671,415   

Net realized gain (loss) on investments and foreign currencies

     7,889,071         22,171,496   

Net unrealized gain (loss) on investments and foreign currencies

     (20,916,879      26,105,781   
  

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

     (4,379,150      64,948,692   
  

 

 

 

Distributions to shareholders from:

     

Net investment income — Class 1

             (9,837,045

Net investment income — Class 2

             (772,053

Net investment income — Class 3

             (13,223,007

Net realized gain on securities — Class 1

               

Net realized gain on securities — Class 2

               

Net realized gain on securities — Class 3

               
  

 

 

 

Total distributions to shareholders

             (23,832,105
  

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from capital share transactions (Note 7)

     30,659,790         81,491,734   
  

 

 

 

Total increase (decrease) in net assets

     26,280,640         122,608,321   

NET ASSETS:

     

Beginning of period

     1,400,114,190         1,277,505,869   
  

 

 

 

End of period†

   $ 1,426,394,830       $ 1,400,114,190   
  

 

 

 

 

† Includes accumulated undistributed net investment income (loss)

   $ 25,913,807       $ 17,265,149   
  

 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements

 

 

 

 
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Asset Allocation
Portfolio
    Growth and Income
Portfolio
    Growth
Portfolio
 

For the six months

ended

June 30,

2015
(unaudited)

   

For the year
ended
December 31,
2014

   

For the six months

ended

June 30,

2015
(unaudited)

    

For the year
ended
December 31,
2014

   

For the six months

ended

June 30,

2015
(unaudited)

    

For the year
ended
December 31,
2014

 
           
           
$ 2,483,029      $ 5,215,513      $ 784,580       $ 921,836      $ 2,569,243       $ 3,721,851   
  10,419,917        21,565,777        3,443,220         8,145,686        17,529,038         122,518,139   
  (8,633,807     (10,606,354     4,477,030         8,781,677        3,784,047         (83,395,187

 

 

 
  4,269,139        16,174,936        8,704,830         17,849,199        23,882,328         42,844,803   

 

 

 
           
         (3,615,843             (696,313             (2,633,069
         (359,729                            (102,689
         (1,244,489                            (366,505
         (4,068,814             (3,542,297               
         (434,796                              
         (1,536,297                              

 

 

 
         (11,259,968 )               (4,238,610             (3,102,263

 

 

 
  (10,066,803     (18,668,496     16,968,986         52,877,750        8,220,946         49,704,192   

 

 

 
  (5,797,664     (13,753,528 )       25,673,816         66,488,339        32,103,274         89,446,732   
           
  218,642,224        232,395,752        171,934,694         105,446,355        646,228,152         556,781,420   

 

 

 
$ 212,844,560      $ 218,642,224      $ 197,608,510       $ 171,934,694      $ 678,331,426       $ 646,228,152   

 

 

 
$ 8,014,835      $ 5,531,806      $ 1,714,608       $ 930,028      $ 6,439,835       $ 3,870,592   

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Anchor Series Trust

STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS — (continued)

 

     Capital Appreciation
Portfolio
 
     

For the six months
ended

June 30,

2015
(unaudited)

   

For the year
ended
December 31,
2014

 

INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS

    

Operations:

    

Net investment income (loss)

   $ (1,627,902   $ (3,230,550

Net realized gain (loss) on investments and foreign currencies

     112,014,636        233,826,374   

Net unrealized gain (loss) on investments and foreign currencies

     6,063,037        (44,171,146
  

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

     116,449,771        186,424,678   
  

 

 

 

Distributions to shareholders from:

    

Net investment income — Class 1

              

Net investment income — Class 2

              

Net investment income — Class 3

              

Net realized gain on securities — Class 1

            (109,880,909

Net realized gain on securities — Class 2

            (9,907,113

Net realized gain on securities — Class 3

            (113,026,027
  

 

 

 

Total distributions to shareholders

            (232,814,049
  

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from capital share transactions (Note 7)

     (67,940,886     115,832,302   
  

 

 

 

Total increase (decrease) in net assets

     48,508,885        69,442,931   

NET ASSETS:

    

Beginning of period

     1,360,195,193        1,290,752,262   
  

 

 

 

End of period†

   $ 1,408,704,078      $ 1,360,195,193   
  

 

 

 

 

† Includes accumulated undistributed net investment income (loss)

   $ (1,630,784   $ (2,882
  

 

 

 
*   See Note 1

See Notes to Financial Statements

 

 

 
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Natural Resources
Portfolio
    SA BlackRock Multi-Asset Income
Portfolio*
    Strategic Multi-Asset
Portfolio
 

For the six months
ended

June 30,

2015
(unaudited)

   

For the year
ended
December 31,
2014

   

For the six months

ended

June 30,

2015
(unaudited)

   

For the year
ended
December 31,
2014

   

For the six months

ended

June 30,

2015
(unaudited)

   

For the year
ended
December 31,
2014

 
         
         
$ 2,792,207      $ 2,701,219      $ 309,007      $ 150,323      $ 103,529      $ 116,200   
  (23,570,913     9,636,610        2,106,417        3,143,952        1,460,139        2,230,636   
  15,596,542        (55,954,133     (2,563,853     (1,244,277     (714,996     (1,300,078

 

 

 
  (5,182,164     (43,616,304     (148,429     2,049,998        848,672        1,046,758   

 

 

 
         
         (1,215,552            (210,188            (83,172
         (115,003                            
         (866,736            (907              
                                     (2,938,927
                                       
                                       

 

 

 
         (2,197,291            (211,095            (3,022,099

 

 

 
  (4,339,993     15,268,130        (1,070,960     (2,312,355     (1,584,415     687,924   

 

 

 
  (9,522,157     (30,545,465     (1,219,389     (473,452     (735,743     (1,287,417
         
  204,321,747        234,867,212        22,293,521        22,766,973        21,066,781        22,354,198   

 

 

 
$ 194,799,590      $ 204,321,747      $ 21,074,132      $ 22,293,521      $ 20,331,038      $ 21,066,781   

 

 

 
$ 5,200,850      $ 2,408,643      $ 473,507      $ 164,500      $ 297,566      $ 194,037   

 

 

 

 

 

 

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ANCHOR SERIES TRUST

NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (unaudited)

June 30, 2015

 

Note 1.  Organization

Anchor Series Trust (the “Trust”), organized as a business trust under the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts on August 26, 1983, is an open-end management investment company and consists of 8 separate series or portfolios (each, a “Portfolio” and collectively, the “Portfolios”). The Portfolios are managed by SunAmerica Asset Management, LLC (“SAAMCo” or the “Adviser”), an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of American International Group, Inc. (“AIG”). Shares of the Trust are issued and redeemed only in connection with investments in and payments under variable annuity contracts and variable life insurance policies (the “Variable Contracts”) of American General Life Insurance Company and The United States Life Insurance Company in the City of New York, each an affiliated insurance company of SAAMCo; and variable contracts issued by Phoenix Life Insurance Company, an unaffiliated life insurance company of SAAMCo. The life insurance companies listed above are collectively referred to as the “Life Companies.” All shares of the Trust are owned by “separate accounts” of the Life Companies. The Trust issues separate series of shares (the “Portfolios”), each of which represents a separate managed portfolio of securities with its own investment goal. All shares may be purchased or redeemed at net asset value without any sales or redemption charge.

Class 1 shares, Class 2 shares and Class 3 shares of each Portfolio may be offered in connection with certain Variable Contracts. Class 2 and Class 3 shares of a given Portfolio are identical in all respects to Class 1 shares of the same Portfolio, except that (i) each class may bear differing amounts of certain class-specific expenses, (ii) Class 2 and Class 3 shares are subject to service fees, while Class 1 shares are not, and (iii) Class 2 and Class 3 shares have voting rights on matters that pertain to the Rule 12b-1 plan adopted with respect to Class 2 and Class 3 shares. Class 2 and Class 3 shares of each Portfolio pay service fees at an annual rate of 0.15% and 0.25%, respectively, of each class’ average daily net assets.

Effective January 12, 2015, the Multi-Asset Portfolio’s name changed to the “SA BlackRock Multi-Asset Income Portfolio” along with certain changes to the Portfolio’s principal investment strategy and techniques. These changes are reflected below.

The investment goal for each Portfolio is as follows:

The Government and Quality Bond Portfolio seeks relatively high current income, liquidity and security of principal by investing, under normal circumstances, at least 80% of net assets in obligations issued, guaranteed or insured by the U.S. government, its agencies or instrumentalities and in high quality corporate fixed income securities (rated AA– or better by Standard & Poor’s Corporation or Aa3 or better by Moody’s Investor Services, Inc. or its equivalent by any other nationally recognized statistical rating organization). “Net Assets” will take into account borrowing for investment purposes.

The Asset Allocation Portfolio seeks high total return (including income and capital gains) consistent with long-term preservation of capital by investing in a diversified portfolio that may include common stocks and other securities with common stock characteristics, bonds and other intermediate and long-term fixed income securities and money market instruments.

The Growth and Income Portfolio seeks to provide long-term capital appreciation and current income by investing at least 65% of total assets in core equity securities. “Core equity securities” are stocks, primarily of well-established companies, diversified by industry and company type that are selected based on their predictable or anticipated earnings growth and best relative value.

The Growth Portfolio seeks capital appreciation primarily through investments in a portfolio of common stocks of companies that is widely diversified by industry and company.

The Capital Appreciation Portfolio seeks long-term capital appreciation by investing primarily in growth equity securities across a wide range of industries and companies, using a wide-ranging and flexible stock selection approach.

The Natural Resources Portfolio seeks a total return, in excess of the U.S. rate of inflation as represented by the Consumer Price Index, through investments primarily in equity securities of U.S. or foreign companies that are expected to provide favorable returns in periods of rising inflation, using a value-style investment approach. Under normal market circumstances, at least 80% of net assets are invested in securities related to natural resources, such as energy, metals, mining and forest products.

The SA BlackRock Multi-Asset Income Portfolio seeks current income with a secondary goal of capital appreciation by actively allocating the Portfolio’s assets among a broad range of income-producing investments, including fixed income securities and equity securities. The Portfolio may invest up to 100% of its assets in fixed income securities and up to 80% of its assets in equity securities. The Portfolio may also invest all or a portion of its assets in exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”), including ETFs affiliated with the Portfolio’s subadviser, that provide exposure to fixed income securities, equity securities or other asset classes.

The Strategic Multi-Asset Portfolio seeks high long-term total investment return by actively allocating the Portfolio’s assets among U.S. and foreign, large, medium and small company equity securities, global fixed income securities (including high-yield, high risk bonds) and cash.

 

 

 
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Indemnifications: The Trust’s organizational documents provide officers and trustees with a limited indemnification against liabilities arising out of the performance of their duties to the Trust. In addition, pursuant to Indemnification Agreements between the Trust and each of the current trustees who is not an “interested person,” as defined in Section 2(a)(19) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), of the Trust (collectively, the “Disinterested Trustees”), the Trust provides the Disinterested Trustees with a limited indemnification against liabilities arising out of the performance of their duties to the Trust, whether such liabilities are asserted during or after their service as trustees. In addition, in the normal course of business, the Trust enters into contracts that contain the obligation to indemnify others. The Trust’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown. Currently, however, the Trust expects the risk of loss to be remote.

Note 2.  Significant Accounting Policies

The preparation of financial statements in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Actual results could differ from those estimates and those differences could be significant. The following is a summary of significant accounting policies consistently followed by the Trust in the preparation of its financial statements:

Security Valuation

In accordance with the authoritative guidance on fair value measurements and disclosures under GAAP, the Portfolios disclose the fair value of their investments in a hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to measure the fair value. In accordance with GAAP, fair value is defined as the price that the Portfolios would receive upon selling an asset or transferring a liability in a timely transaction to an independent third party in the principal or most advantageous market. GAAP establishes a three-tier hierarchy to provide more transparency around the inputs used to measure fair value and to establish classification of fair value measurements for disclosure purposes. Inputs refer broadly to the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability, including assumptions about risk. Inputs may be observable or unobservable. Observable inputs are inputs that reflect the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability developed based on market data obtained from sources independent of the reporting entity. Unobservable inputs are inputs that reflect the reporting entity’s own assumptions about the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability developed based on the best information available in the circumstances. The three-tiers are as follows:

Level 1 — Unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical securities

Level 2 — Other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, referenced indices, quoted prices in inactive markets, adjusted quoted prices in active markets, adjusted quoted prices on foreign equity securities that were adjusted in accordance with pricing procedures approved by the Board of Trustees (the “Board”), etc.)

Level 3 — Significant unobservable inputs (includes inputs that reflect the Portfolios’ own assumptions about the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the security, developed based on the best information available under the circumstances)

Changes in valuation techniques may result in transfers in or out of an investment’s assigned Level within the hierarchy. The methodology used for valuing investments is not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those investments and the determination of the significance of a particular input to the fair value measurement in its entirety requires judgment and consideration of factors specific to each security.

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

The summary of each Portfolio’s assets and liabilities classified in the fair value hierarchy as of June 30, 2015, is reported on a schedule following each Portfolio’s Portfolio of Investments.

Stocks are generally valued based upon closing sales prices reported on recognized securities exchanges on which the securities are principally traded and are generally categorized as Level 1. Stocks listed on the NASDAQ are valued using the NASDAQ Official Closing Price (“NOCP”). Generally, the NOCP will be the last sale price unless the reported trade for the stock is outside the range of the bid/ask price. In such cases, the NOCP will be normalized to the nearer of the bid or ask price. For listed securities having no sales reported and for unlisted securities, such securities will be valued based upon the last reported bid price.

As of the close of regular trading on the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”), securities traded primarily on security exchanges outside the United States are valued at the last sale price on such exchanges on the day of valuation, or if there is no sale on the day of valuation, at the last-reported bid price. If a security’s price is available from more than one exchange, the Portfolios use the exchange that is the primary market for the security. Such securities are generally categorized as Level 1. However, depending on the foreign market, closing prices may be up to 15 hours old when they are used to price a Portfolio’s shares, and the Portfolio may determine that certain closing prices do not reflect the fair value of the security. This determination will be based on review of a number of factors, including developments in foreign markets, the performance of U.S. securities markets, and the performance of instruments trading in U.S. markets

 

 

 

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that represent foreign securities and baskets of foreign securities. If a Portfolio determines that closing prices do not reflect the fair value of the securities, the Portfolio will adjust the previous closing prices in accordance with pricing procedures approved by the Board to reflect what it believes to be the fair value of the securities as of the close of regular trading on the NYSE. The Portfolios may also fair value securities in other situations, for example, when a particular foreign market is closed but a Portfolio is open. For foreign equity securities and foreign equity futures contracts, the Portfolios use an outside pricing service to provide it with closing market prices and information used for adjusting those prices, and when so adjusted, such securities and futures are generally categorized as Level 2.

Bonds, debentures, and other debt securities, are valued at evaluated bid prices obtained for the day of valuation from a Board-approved pricing service, and are generally categorized as Level 2. The pricing service may use valuation models or matrix pricing which considers information with respect to comparable bond and note transactions, quotations from bond dealers, or by reference to other securities that are considered comparable in such characteristics as rating, interest rate, and maturity date, option adjusted spread models, prepayments projections, interest rate spreads, and yield curves to determine current value. If a price is unavailable from a Board-approved pricing service, the securities may be priced at the mean of two independent quotes obtained from brokers.

Senior floating rate loans (“Loans”) are valued at the average of available bids in the market for such Loans, as provided by a Board-approved loan pricing service, and are generally categorized as Level 2.

Investments in registered investment companies that do not trade on an exchange are valued at the end of day net asset value per share. Investments in registered investment companies that trade on an exchange are valued at the last sales price or official closing price as of the close of the customary trading session on the exchange where the security is principally traded. Registered investment companies are generally categorized as Level 1.

Futures contracts traded on national securities exchanges are valued at the quoted daily settlement price established by the exchange on which they trade reported by a Board-approved pricing service, and are generally categorized as Level 1. Option contracts traded on national securities exchanges are valued at the mean of the last bid and ask price reported by a Board-approved pricing service as of the close of the exchange on which they are traded, and are generally categorized as Level 1. Option contracts traded in the over-the-counter (“OTC”) market are valued based upon the average of quotations received from at least two brokers in such securities or currencies, and are generally categorized as Level 1. Forward foreign currency contracts (“forward contracts”) are valued at the 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time forward rate and are generally categorized as Level 2.

Other securities are valued on the basis of last sale or bid price (if a last sale price is not available) which is, in the opinion of the Adviser, the broadest and most representative market, that may be either a securities exchange or OTC market and are generally categorized as Level 1 or Level 2.

The Board is responsible for the share valuation process and has adopted policies and procedures (the “PRC Procedures”) for valuing the securities and other assets held by the Portfolios, including procedures for the fair valuation of securities and other assets for which market quotations are not readily available or are unreliable. The PRC Procedures provide for the establishment of a pricing review committee, which is responsible for, among other things, making certain determinations in connection with the Trust’s fair valuation procedures. Securities for which market quotations are not readily available or the values of which may be significantly impacted by the occurrence of developments or significant events are generally categorized as Level 3. There is no single standard for making fair value determinations, which may result in prices that vary from those of other funds.

Derivative Instruments:

Forward Foreign Currency Contracts: Certain Portfolios may enter into forward contracts for various purposes, including to facilitate settlement of foreign currency denominated portfolio transactions, to attempt to protect the value of securities and related receivables and payables against changes in future foreign exchange rates, to hedge portfolio exposure to benchmark currency allocations, to manage and/or gain exposure to certain foreign currencies or to enhance total return. During the six months ended June 30, 2015, the Strategic Multi-Asset Portfolio used forward contracts to attempt to protect the value of securities and related receivables and payables against changes in future foreign exchange rates and to enhance total return. As of June 30, 2015, the Strategic Multi-Asset Portfolio had open forward contracts, which are reported on a schedule following the Portfolio’s Portfolio of Investments.

A forward contract is an agreement between two parties to buy or sell currency at a set price on a future date. The market value of the contract will fluctuate with changes in currency exchange rates. The contract is marked-to-market daily using the forward rate and the cumulative change in market value is recorded by a Portfolio as unrealized appreciation or depreciation. On the settlement date, a Portfolio records either realized gains or losses equal to the difference between the value of the contract at the time it was opened and the value at the time it was closed.

Risks to the Portfolios of entering into forward contracts include counterparty risk, market risk and illiquidity risk. Counterparty risk arises upon entering into these contracts from the potential inability of counterparties to meet the terms of their contracts. If the counterparty defaults, a Portfolio’s loss will generally consist of the net amount of contractual payments that the Portfolio has not yet received though the Portfolio’s maximum exposure due to counterparty risk could extend to the notional amount of the contract. Market risk is the risk that the value of the forward contract will depreciate due to unfavorable changes in the exchange rates. These contracts may involve market risk in excess of the unrealized appreciation or depreciation reported on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Illiquidity risk arises because the secondary market for forwards may have less liquidity relative to markets for other securities. Currency transactions are also subject to risks different from those of other portfolio transactions. Because currency control is of great importance to the issuing governments and influences economic planning and policy, purchases and sales of currency and

 

 

 
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related instruments can be adversely affected by government exchange controls, limitations or restrictions on repatriation of currency, and manipulations or exchange restrictions imposed by governments.

Futures: Certain Portfolios may enter into futures contracts for various purposes, including to increase or decrease exposure to equity or bond markets, to hedge against changes in interest rates, prices of stocks, bonds or other instruments, or currency rates, to manage duration and yield curve positioning, or to enhance income or total return. During the six months ended June 30, 2015, Government and Quality Bond, SA BlackRock Multi-Asset Income and the Strategic Multi-Asset Portfolios used futures contracts to attempt to increase or decrease exposure to equity, bond and currency markets and to manage duration and yield curve positioning. As of June 30, 2015, the following Portfolios had open futures contracts: SA BlackRock Multi-Asset Income Portfolio and Strategic Multi-Asset Portfolio, which are reported on a schedule following each Portfolio’s Portfolio of Investments.

Common futures contracts include interest rate futures, single stock futures, stock index futures and currency futures. An interest rate futures contract is a contract to buy or sell specified debt securities at a future time for a fixed price. A single stock futures contract is a contract to buy a single stock at a future time for a fixed price. A stock index futures contract is similar in economic effect to a single stock futures contract, except that rather than being based on a specific security it is based on a specified index of stocks and not the stocks themselves. A currency futures contract is a contract to buy or sell a specific foreign currency at a future time for a fixed price.

A futures contract is an agreement between two parties to buy and sell a financial instrument at a set price on a future date. Upon entering into a futures transaction, a Portfolio will be required to segregate an initial margin payment of cash or other liquid securities with the futures commission merchant (the “broker”). Subsequent payments are made or received by the Portfolio as a result of changes in the value of the contract and/or changes in the value of the initial margin requirement. Such receipts or payments are recorded in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities as variation margin for changes in the value of the contracts and as due to/from broker for the changes in the value of the initial margin requirement. When a contract is closed, the Portfolios record a realized gain or loss equal to the difference between the value of the contract at the time it was opened and the value at the time it was closed.

The primary risk to the Portfolios of entering into futures contracts is market risk. Market risk is the risk that there will be an unfavorable change in the interest rate, value or currency rate of the underlying security(ies). Futures contracts involve, to varying degrees, risk of loss in excess of the variation margin disclosed on the Statements of Assets and Liabilities. There may also be trading restrictions or limitations imposed by an exchange, and government regulations may restrict trading in futures contracts. While the Portfolios will generally only purchase exchange-traded futures, due to market conditions, there may not always be a liquid secondary market for a futures contract and, as a result, a Portfolio may be unable to close out its futures contracts at a time which is advantageous. In addition, if a Portfolio has insufficient cash to meet margin requirements, the Portfolio may need to sell other investments, including at disadvantageous times. There is generally minimal counterparty risk to the Portfolios since the futures contracts are generally exchange-traded.

At June 30, 2015, the amount shown in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities as due from broker for the SA BlackRock Multi-Asset Income Portfolio and Strategic Multi-Asset Portfolio includes amounts set aside for margin requirements for open futures contracts.

Options: Certain Portfolios may enter into option contracts for various purposes, including to facilitate trading, increase or decrease a Portfolio’s market exposure, to seek higher investment returns, to seek protection against a decline in the value of a Portfolio’s securities or an increase in prices of securities that may be purchased, or to generate income. During the six months ended June 30, 2015, the Capital Appreciation Portfolio used purchased options contracts to seek protection against a decline in value of the Portfolio’s securities. As of June 30, 2015, none of the Portfolios had open options contracts.

An option is a contract conveying a right to buy or sell a financial instrument at a specified price during a stipulated period. When a Portfolio writes a call or a put option, it receives a premium which is equal to the current market value of the option written. The premiums on written options are recorded as a liability on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. If a Portfolio purchases a call or a put option, it pays a premium which reflects the current market value of the option and which is included on the Portfolio’s Statements of Assets and Liabilities as an investment. The option position is marked to market daily and its value fluctuates based upon the value of the underlying financial instrument, time to expiration, cost of borrowing funds, and volatility of the value of the underlying financial instrument. If an option which a Portfolio has written either expires on its stipulated expiration date, or if the Portfolio enters into a closing purchase transaction, the Portfolio realizes a gain (or loss if the cost of a closing purchase transaction exceeds the premium received when the option was written) without regard to any unrealized gain or loss on the underlying security, and the liability related to such options is extinguished. If a call option which a Portfolio has written is exercised, the Portfolio realizes a gain or loss from the sale of the underlying security and the proceeds from such sale are increased by the premium originally received. If a put option which a Portfolio has written is exercised, the amount of the premium originally received reduces the cost of the security which the Portfolio purchased upon exercise of the option. Options may be traded on a national securities exchange or in the OTC market.

Risks to the Portfolios of entering into option contracts include counterparty risk, market risk and, with respect to OTC options, illiquidity risk. Counterparty risk arises from the potential inability of counterparties to meet the terms of their contracts. If the counterparty defaults, a Portfolio’s loss will consist of the net amount of contractual payments that the Portfolio has not yet received. Market risk is the risk that there will be an unfavorable change in the value of the underlying securities. There is also the risk a Portfolio may not be able to enter into a closing transaction because of an illiquid market. In addition, unlisted options are not traded on an exchange and may not be as actively traded as listed options, making the valuation of such securities more difficult. An unlisted option also entails a greater risk that the party on the other side of the option transaction may default, which would make it impossible to close

 

 

 

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out an unlisted option position in some cases, and profits related to the transaction lost thereby. During the six months ended June 30, 2015, none of the Portfolios had transactions in options written.

Master Agreements: Certain Portfolios that hold derivative instruments and other financial instruments may be a party to ISDA (International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc.) Master Agreements or similar agreements (“Master Agreements”) with certain counterparties that govern such instruments. Master Agreements may contain provisions regarding, among other things, the parties’ general obligations, representations, agreements, collateral requirements, events of default and early termination. Collateral can be in the form of cash or securities as agreed to by a Portfolio and applicable counterparty. Collateral requirements are generally determined based on a Portfolio’s net position with each counterparty. Master Agreements may also include certain provisions that require a Portfolio to post additional collateral upon the occurrence of certain events, such as when a Portfolio’s net assets fall below a specified level. In addition, Master Agreements typically specify certain standard termination events, such as failure of a party to pay or deliver, credit support defaults and other events of default. Termination events applicable to a Portfolio may also occur upon a decline in a Portfolio’s net assets below a specified level over a certain period of time. Additional termination events applicable to counterparties may occur upon a decline in a counterparty’s long-term and short-term credit ratings below a specified level, or upon a decline in the ratings of a counterparty’s credit support provider. Upon the occurrence of a termination event, the other party may elect to terminate early and cause settlement of all instruments outstanding pursuant to a particular Master Agreement, including the payment of any losses and costs resulting from such early termination, as reasonably determined by the terminating party. Any decision by one or more of a Portfolio’s counterparties to elect early termination could cause a Portfolio to accelerate the payment of liabilities, which settlement amounts could be in excess of the amount of assets that are already posted as collateral. Typically, the Master Agreement will permit a single net payment in the event of default. Note, however, that bankruptcy or insolvency laws of a particular jurisdiction may impose restrictions on or prohibitions against the right of offset in bankruptcy, insolvency or other events. As a result, the early termination with respect to derivative instruments subject to Master Agreements that are in a net liability position could be material to a Portfolio’s financial statements. See additional information on specific types of derivative instruments and other financial instruments as disclosed in the Notes to the Financial Statements. The Portfolios do not offset derivative assets and derivative liabilities that are subject to netting arrangements in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.

The following tables represent the value of derivatives held as of June 30, 2015, by their primary underlying risk exposure and respective location on the Statements of Assets and Liabilities and the effect of derivatives on the Statements of Operations for the six months ended June 30, 2015. For a detailed presentation of derivatives held as of June 30, 2015, please refer to each Portfolio’s Portfolio of Investments.

 

    Asset Derivatives
     Interest Rate Contracts   Equity Contracts   Foreign Exchange Contracts    
Portfolio   Futures Contracts(1)(4)   Futures Contracts(1)(4)   Forward Foreign Currency
Contracts(2)
  Total

SA BlackRock Multi-Asset Income

    $ 1,039       $   —       $       $ 1,039  

Strategic Multi-Asset

      710                 43,090         43,800  

 

    Liability Derivatives
     Interest Rate Contracts   Equity Contracts   Foreign Exchange Contracts    
Portfolio   Futures Contracts(1)(4)   Futures Contracts(1)(4)   Forward Foreign Currency
Contracts(3)
  Total

SA BlackRock Multi-Asset Income

    $      —       $ 780       $       $ 780  

Strategic Multi-Asset

      743         765         20,098         21,606  

 

Statement of Assets and Liabilities Location:

(1)   Variation margin on futures contracts
(2)   Unrealized appreciation on forward foreign currency contracts
(3)   Unrealized depreciation on forward foreign currency contracts
(4)   The variation margin on futures contracts is included in the cumulative appreciation (depreciation) as reported on each Portfolio's Portfolio of Investments in the following amounts:

 

Portfolio

  Cumulative Appreciation
(Depreciation)

SA BlackRock Multi-Asset Income

    $ 19,388  

Strategic Multi-Asset

      (11,971 )

 

    Realized Gain (Loss) on Derivatives Recognized in Statement of Operations
     Interest Rate Contracts   Equity Contracts   Foreign Exchange
Contracts
   
Portfolio   Futures Contracts(1)   Futures Contracts(1)   Options Purchased(2)   Forward Foreign
Currency Contracts(3)
  Total

Government and Quality Bond

    $ (951,918 )     $       $       $       $ (951,918 )

Capital Appreciation

                      (53,713 )               (53,713 )

SA BlackRock Multi-Asset Income

      (4,076 )       1,230                         (2,846 )

Strategic Multi-Asset

      (2,061 )        32,621                  517,259         547,819  

 

 

 
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    Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on Derivatives Recognized in Statement of Operations
     Interest Rate Contracts   Equity Contracts   Foreign Exchange
Contracts
   
Portfolio   Futures Contracts(4)   Futures Contracts(4)   Options Purchased(6)   Forward Foreign
Currency Contracts(5)
  Total

Government and Quality Bond

    $    48,578       $       $         —       $       $ 48,578  

SA BlackRock Multi-Asset Income

      12,545         17,670                         30,215  

Strategic Multi-Asset

      9,365         (12,503 )               (192,695 )       (195,833 )

 

Statement of Operations Location:

(1)   Net realized gain (loss) on futures contracts and written options contracts
(2)   Net realized gain (loss) on investments (unaffiliated)
(3)   Net realized foreign exchange gain (loss) on other assets and liabilities
(4)   Change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on futures contracts and written options contracts
(5)   Change in unrealized foreign exchange gain (loss) on other assets and liabilities
(6)   Change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments (unaffiliated)

The following table represents the average monthly balances of derivatives held during the period ended June 30, 2015.

 

    Average Amount Outstanding During the Period
Portfolio   Futures
Contracts(1)
  Foreign Exchange
Contracts(2)
  Purchased Put Options
Contracts(1)

Government and Quality Bond

    $ 24,216,904       $       $  

Capital Appreciation

                      122,253  

SA BlackRock Multi-Asset Income

      3,319,644                  

Strategic Multi-Asset

      1,501,862         11,336,264          

 

(1)   Amounts represent values in US dollars.
(2)   Amounts represent notional amounts in US dollars.

The following table sets forth the Portfolios’ derivative assets and liabilities by counterparty, net of amounts available for offset under Master Agreements and net of the related collateral pledged/(received) as of June 30, 2015. The repurchase agreements held by the Portfolios as of June 30, 2015, are also subject to Master Agreements but are not included in the following table. See each Portfolio’s Portfolio of Investments and the Notes to the Financial Statements for more information about the Portfolios’ holdings in repurchase agreements.

 

    Strategic Multi-Asset Portfolio                    
     Derivative Assets(1)      Derivative Liabilities(1)                    

Counterparty

  Forward
Foreign
Currency
Contracts
    OTC
Swaps
    Options
Purchased
    Total      Forward
Foreign
Currency
Contracts
    OTC
Swaps
    Options
Purchased
    Total     Net
Derivative
Assets
(Liabilities)
    Collateral
Pledged/
(Received)(2)
    Net
Amount(3)
 

Bank of America, N.A.

  $ 1,784      $      $      $ 1,784       $      $      $      $      $ 1,784      $      $ 1,784   

Bank of Montreal

    4,982                      4,982         3,722                      3,722        1,260               1,260   

Barclays Bank PLC

    118                      118         55                      55        63               63   

BNP Paribas SA

    125                      125                                     125               125   

Citibank N.A.

    11,747                      11,747         1,479                      1,479        10,268               10,268   

Deutsche Bank AG

    9                      9         72                      72        (63            (63

Goldman Sachs International

                                 118                      118        (118            (118

HSBC Bank USA

    1,639                      1,639         1,103                      1,103        536               536   

JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A

    5,008                      5,008         2,144                      2,144        2,864               2,864   

Morgan Stanley and Co. International PLC

    30                      30         445                      445        (415            (415

National Australia Bank, Ltd.

    1,987                      1,987         9,542                      9,542        (7,555            (7,555

Royal Bank of Canada

    11,000                      11,000         117                      117        10,883               10,883   

State Street Bank and Trust Co.

    3,670                      3,670                                     3,670               3,670   

Toronto Dominion Bank

    47                      47                                     47               47   

UBS AG

    944                      944         1,301                      1,301        (357            (357
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
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(2)   For each respective counterparty, collateral pledged or (received) is limited to an amount not to exceed 100% of the net amount of the derivative asset/liability in the table above.
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Foreign Currency Translation: The books and records of the Portfolios are maintained in U.S. dollars. Assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies and commitments under forward foreign currency contracts are translated into U.S. dollars based on the exchange rate of such currencies against U.S. dollars on the date of valuation.

The Portfolios do not isolate that portion of the results of operations arising as a result of changes in the foreign exchange rates from the changes in the market prices of securities held at the end of the period.

Similarly, the Portfolios do not isolate the effect of changes in foreign exchange rates from the changes in the market prices of portfolio securities sold during the period.

Realized foreign exchange gains and losses on other assets and liabilities and change in unrealized foreign exchange gains and losses on other assets and liabilities located in the Statements of Operations include realized foreign exchange gains and losses from currency gains or losses between the trade and the settlement dates of securities transactions, the difference between the amounts of interest, dividends and foreign withholding taxes recorded on the Portfolios’ books and the U.S. dollar equivalent amounts actually received or paid and changes in the unrealized foreign exchange gains and losses relating to the other assets and liabilities arising as a result of changes in the exchange rates and realized gains and losses on forward foreign currency contracts.

Securities Transactions, Investment Income, Expenses, Dividends and Distributions to Shareholders: Security transactions are recorded on a trade date basis. Realized gains and losses on the sale of investments are calculated on the identified cost basis. For financial statement purposes, the Portfolios amortize all premiums and accrete all discounts on fixed income securities.

Interest income is accrued daily from settlement date except when collection is not expected. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date except for certain dividends from foreign securities, which are recorded as soon as the Trust is informed after the ex-dividend date. Paydown gains and losses on mortgage and asset-backed securities are recorded as components of interest income on the Statement of Operations.

Portfolios which earn foreign income and capital gains may be subject to foreign withholding taxes and capital gains taxes at various rates. Under applicable foreign law, a withholding of tax may be imposed on interest, dividends, and capital gains from the sale of foreign securities at various rates. India, Thailand, and certain other countries’ tax regulations require that taxes be paid on capital gains realized by a Portfolio.

Distributions received from a Portfolio’s investments in U.S. real estate investment trusts (“REITS”) often include a “return of capital” which is recorded as a reduction to the cost basis of the securities held.

Net investment income, expenses other than class specific expenses, and realized and unrealized gains and losses are allocated daily to each class of shares based upon the relative net asset value of outstanding shares of each class of share at the beginning of the day (after adjusting for current capital shares activity of the respective class).

Expenses common to all Portfolios are allocated among the Portfolios based upon relative net assets or other appropriate allocation methods. In all other respects, expenses are charged to each Portfolio as incurred on a specific identification basis.

Dividends from net investment income and capital gain distributions, if any, are paid annually. The Portfolios record dividends and distributions to their shareholders on the ex-dividend date.

The amount of dividends and distributions from net investment income and net realized capital gains are determined in accordance with federal income tax regulations, which may differ from GAAP. These “book/tax” differences are either considered temporary or permanent in nature. To the extent these differences are permanent in nature, such amounts are reclassified within the capital accounts at fiscal year end based on their federal tax-basis treatment; temporary differences do not require reclassification. Net assets are not affected by these reclassifications.

Each Portfolio is considered a separate entity for tax purposes and intends to comply with the requirements of the Internal Revenue Code, as amended, applicable to regulated investment companies and distribute all of its taxable income, including any net capital gains on investments, to its shareholders. Each Portfolio also intends to distribute sufficient net investment income and net capital gains, if any, so that it will not be subject to excise tax on undistributed income and gains. Therefore, no federal income tax or excise tax provision is required.

The Portfolios recognize the tax benefits of uncertain tax positions only when the position is more likely than not to be sustained, assuming examination by tax authorities. Management has analyzed each Portfolio’s tax positions and concluded that no liability for unrecognized tax benefits should be recorded related to uncertain tax positions taken on returns filed for open tax years 2011 – 2013 or expected to be taken in each Portfolio’s 2014 tax return. The Portfolios are not aware of any tax provisions for which it is reasonably possible that the total amounts of unrecognized tax benefits will change materially in the next twelve months. The Portfolios file U.S. federal and certain state income tax returns. With few exceptions, the Portfolios are no longer subject to U.S. federal and state tax examinations by tax authorities for tax returns ending before 2011.

 

 

 
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Repurchase Agreements: The Portfolios, along with other affiliated registered investment companies, pursuant to procedures adopted by the Board and applicable guidance from the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), may transfer uninvested cash balances into a single joint account, the daily aggregate balance of which is invested in one or more repurchase agreements collateralized by U.S. Treasury or federal agency obligations. In a repurchase agreement, the seller of a security agrees to repurchase the security at a mutually agreed-upon time and price, which reflects the effective rate of return for the term of the agreement. For repurchase agreements and joint repurchase agreements, the Trust’s custodian takes possession of the collateral pledged for investments in such repurchase agreements (“repo” or collectively “repos”). The underlying collateral is valued daily on a mark to market basis, plus accrued interest to ensure that the value, at the time the agreement is entered into, is equal to at least 102% of the repurchase price, including accrued interest. In the event of default of the obligation to repurchase, a Portfolio has the right to liquidate the collateral and apply the proceeds in satisfaction of the obligation. If the seller defaults and the value of the collateral declines or if bankruptcy proceedings are commenced with respect to the seller of the security, realization of the collateral by a Portfolio may be delayed or limited.

As of June 30, 2015, the following Portfolios held an undivided interest in the joint repurchase agreement with Bank of America Securities LLC:

 

Portfolio

   Percentage
Ownership
    Principal
Amount
 

Government and Quality Bond

     41.02   $ 34,790,000   

Growth and Income

     0.90        760,000   

Growth

     2.79        2,370,000   

Capital Appreciation

     5.98        5,075,000   

Natural Resources

     0.77        650,000   

Strategic Multi-Asset

     0.08        65,000   

As of such date, the repurchase agreement in that joint account and the collateral thereof were as follows:

Bank of America Securities LLC, dated June 30, 2015, bearing interest at a rate of 0.10% per annum, with a principal amount of $84,805,000, a repurchase price of $84,805,236, and a maturity date of July 1, 2015. The repurchase agreement is collateralized by the following:

 

Type of Collateral

   Interest
Rate
    Maturity
Date
     Principal
Amount
     Market
Value
 

U.S. Treasury Notes

     1.50     01/31/2022       $ 57,561,500       $ 56,091,379   

U.S. Treasury Notes

     2.00        08/31/2021         30,317,000         30,628,659   

As of June 30, 2015, the following Portfolios held an undivided interest in the joint repurchase agreement with Barclays Capital, Inc.:

 

Portfolio

   Percentage
Ownership
    Principal
Amount
 

Government and Quality Bond

     41.02   $ 30,750,000   

Growth and Income

     0.89        670,000   

Growth

     2.79        2,095,000   

Capital Appreciation

     5.98        4,485,000   

Natural Resources

     0.77        575,000   

Strategic Multi-Asset

     0.08        60,000   

As of such date, the repurchase agreement in that joint account and the collateral thereof were as follows:

Barclays Capital, Inc., dated June 30, 2015, bearing interest at a rate of 0.10% per annum, with a principal amount of $74,960,000, a repurchase price of $74,960,208, and a maturity date of July 1, 2015. The repurchase agreement is collateralized by the following:

 

Type of Collateral

   Interest
Rate
    Maturity
Date
     Principal
Amount
     Market
Value
 

U.S. Treasury Notes

     1.63     06/30/2020       $ 76,596,000       $ 76,593,702   

As of June 30, 2015, the following Portfolios held an undivided interest in the joint repurchase agreement with BNP Paribas SA:

 

Portfolio

   Percentage
Ownership
    Principal
Amount
 

Government and Quality Bond

     41.02   $ 30,750,000   

Growth and Income

     0.89        670,000   

Growth

     2.79        2,095,000   

Capital Appreciation

     5.98        4,485,000   

Natural Resources

     0.77        575,000   

Strategic Multi-Asset

     0.08        60,000   

 

 

 

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As of such date, the repurchase agreement in that joint account and the collateral thereof were as follows:

BNP Paribas SA, dated June 30, 2015, bearing interest at a rate of 0.08% per annum, with a principal amount of $74,960,000, a repurchase price of $74,960,167, and a maturity date of July 1, 2015. The repurchase agreement is collateralized by the following:

 

Type of Collateral

   Interest
Rate
    Maturity
Date
     Principal
Amount
     Market
Value
 

U.S. Treasury Notes

     2.25     04/30/2021       $ 74,725,300       $ 76,596,422   

As of June 30, 2015, the following Portfolios held an undivided interest in the joint repurchase agreement with Deutsche Bank AG:

 

Portfolio

   Percentage
Ownership
    Principal
Amount
 

Government and Quality Bond

     40.94   $ 34,870,000   

Growth and Income

     0.91        775,000   

Growth

     2.81        2,390,000   

Capital Appreciation

     5.98        5,090,000   

Natural Resources

     0.79        670,000   

Strategic Multi-Asset

     0.09        75,000   

As of such date, the repurchase agreement in that joint account and the collateral thereof were as follows:

Deutsche Bank AG, dated June 30, 2015, bearing interest at a rate of 0.11% per annum, with a principal amount of $85,165,000, a repurchase price of $85,165,260, and a maturity date of July 1, 2015. The repurchase agreement is collateralized by the following:

 

Type of Collateral

   Interest
Rate
    Maturity
Date
     Principal
Amount
     Market
Value
 

U.S. Treasury Notes

     1.38     02/29/2020       $ 87,898,000       $ 87,587,720   

As of June 30, 2015, the following Portfolios held an undivided interest in the joint repurchase agreement with RBS Securities, Inc.:

 

Portfolio

   Percentage
Ownership
    Principal
Amount
 

Government and Quality Bond

     41.02   $ 30,750,000   

Growth and Income

     0.89        670,000   

Growth

     2.79        2,095,000   

Capital Appreciation

     5.98        4,485,000   

Natural Resources

     0.77        575,000   

Strategic Multi-Asset

     0.08        60,000   

As of such date, the repurchase agreement in that joint account and the collateral thereof were as follows:

RBS Securities, Inc., dated June 30, 2015, bearing interest at a rate of 0.08% per annum, with a principal amount of $74,960,000, a repurchase price of $74,960,167, and a maturity date of July 1, 2015. The repurchase agreement is collateralized by the following:

 

Type of Collateral

   Interest
Rate
    Maturity
Date
     Principal
Amount
     Market
Value
 

U.S. Treasury Notes

     2.38     12/31/2020       $ 74,212,000       $ 76,524,446   

Mortgage-Backed Dollar Rolls: During the six months ended June 30, 2015, the Government and Quality Bond Portfolio entered into dollar rolls using “to be announced” (“TBA”) mortgage-backed securities (“TBA Rolls”). TBA Roll transactions involve the sale of mortgage or other asset backed securities with the commitment to purchase substantially similar securities on a specified future date. The Portfolios’ policy is to record the components of TBA Rolls as purchase/sale transactions. Any difference between the purchase and sale price is recorded as a realized gain or loss on the date the transaction is entered into. The Government and Quality Bond Portfolio had TBA Rolls outstanding at the period end, which are included in receivable for investments sold and payable for investments purchased in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities. TBA Roll transactions involve the risk that the market value of the securities held by a Portfolio may decline below the price of the securities that the Portfolio has sold but is obligated to repurchase under the agreement. In the event that the buyer of securities in a TBA Roll transaction files bankruptcy or becomes insolvent, a Portfolio’s use of the proceeds from the sale of the securities may be restricted pending a determination by the other party, or its trustee or receiver, whether to enforce the Portfolio’s obligation to repurchase the securities. The return earned by a Portfolio with the proceeds of the TBA roll transaction may not exceed the transaction costs. For the six months ended June 30, 2015, the Government and Quality Bond Portfolio and SA BlackRock Multi-Asset Income Portfolio had realized gains (losses) from mortgage-backed dollar rolls of $1,030,488 and $6,375, respectively.

When-Issued Securities and Forward Commitments: Certain Portfolios may purchase or sell when-issued securities, including TBA securities that have been authorized, but not yet issued in the market. In addition, a Portfolio may purchase or sell securities on a forward commitment basis. A forward commitment involves entering into a contract to purchase or sell securities, typically on an extended settlement basis, for a fixed price at a future date. The Portfolios may engage in when-issued or forward commitment transactions in order to secure what is considered to be an advantageous price and yield at the time of entering into the obligation. The

 

 

 
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purchase of securities on a when-issued or forward commitment basis involves a risk of loss if the value of the security to be purchased declines before the settlement date. Conversely, the sale of securities on a when-issued or forward commitment basis involves the risk that the value of the securities sold may increase before the settlement date. For the six months ended June 30, 2015, the Government and Quality Bond Portfolio purchased and/or sold when-issued securities and/or sold forward commitments.

Stripped Mortgage-Backed Securities: Stripped Mortgage-Backed Securities (“SMBS”) are multiple-class mortgage-backed securities. SMBS are often structured with two classes that receive different proportions of the interest and principal distributions on a pool of mortgage assets. SMBS have greater market volatility than other types of U.S. government securities in which a Portfolio invests. A common type of SMBS has one class receiving some of the interest and all or most of the principal (the “principal only” class) from the mortgage pool, while the other class will receive all or most of the interest (the “interest only” class). The yield to maturity on an interest only class is extremely sensitive not only to changes in prevailing interest rates, but also to the rate of principal payments, including principal prepayments, on the underlying pool of mortgage assets, and a rapid rate of principal payment may have a material adverse effect on a Portfolio’s yield.

Note 3. Investment Advisory Agreement and Other Transactions with Affiliates

The Trust has entered into an Investment Advisory and Management Agreement (the “Management Agreement”) with SAAMCo with respect to each Portfolio. SAAMCo serves as manager for each of the Portfolios. The Management Agreement provides that SAAMCo shall act as investment adviser to the Trust; manage the Trust’s investments; administer its business affairs; furnish offices, necessary facilities and equipment; provide clerical, bookkeeping and administrative services; and permit any of its officers or employees to serve, without compensation, as trustees or officers of the Trust, if duly elected to such positions.

The Trust pays SAAMCo a monthly fee, calculated daily at the following annual percentages of each Portfolio’s average daily net assets:

 

Portfolio   

Average Daily

Net Assets

     Management
Fee
 
Government and      
Quality Bond      $0-$200 million         .625%   
   > $200 million         .575%   
   > $500 million         .500%   
Asset Allocation      $0-$50 million         .750%   
   > $50 million         .650%   
   > $150 million         .600%   
   > $250 million         .550%   
Growth and Income      $0-$100 million         .700%   
   > $100 million         .650%   
   > $250 million         .600%   
   > $500 million         .575%   
Portfolio   

Average Daily

Net Assets

     Management
Fee
 
Growth      $0-$250 million         .750%   
   > $250 million         .675%   
   > $500 million         .600%   
Capital Appreciation      $0-$50 million         .750%   
   > $50 million         .725%   
   > $100 million         .700%   
Natural Resources    > $0         .750%   
SA BlackRock Multi-Asset Income(1)(2)      $0-$200 million         1.000%   
   > $200 million         .875%   
   > $500 million         .800%   
Strategic Multi-Asset      $0-$200 million         1.000%   
   > $200 million         .875%   
   > $500 million         .800%   
 

 

(1)   Pursuant to a Fee Waiver Agreement, SAAMCo is contractually obligated to waive a portion of its management fee with respect to the Portfolio so that the management fee rate payable by the Portfolio to SAAMCo under the Management Agreement is 0.80% of the Portfolio’s average daily net assets on the first $100 million, 0.77% on the next $400 million, 0.75% of the next $500 million and 0.72% thereafter. This Fee Waiver Agreement became effective on January 12, 2015 and will continue in effect until April 30, 2016. The Fee Waiver Agreement will automatically terminate upon the termination of the Management Agreement. SAAMCo may not recoup any management fees waived with respect to the Portfolio pursuant to the Fee Waiver Agreement.
(2)   SAAMCo has also contractually agreed to waive a portion of its management fee with respect to the Portfolio in an amount equal to the Portfolio’s expenses related to investments in ETFs managed or advised by BlackRock Investment Management, LLC or its affiliates.

For the period ended June 30, 2015, the amount of investment advisory fees waived was $53,347 for the SA BlackRock Multi-Asset Income Portfolio. This amount is reflected in the Statement of Operations.

Wellington Management Company, LLP (“Wellington Management”) EDGE Asset Management, Inc. (“EDGE”) and BlackRock Investment Management, LLC (“BlackRock”), act as Subadvisers to the Trust pursuant to Subadvisory Agreements with SAAMCo. Under the Subadvisory Agreements, Wellington Management, EDGE and BlackRock manage the investment and reinvestment of the assets of the Portfolios of the Trust. Wellington Management, EDGE and BlackRock are independent of SAAMCo and discharge their responsibilities subject to the policies of the Board and oversight and supervision of SAAMCo, which pays Wellington Management, EDGE and BlackRock fees out of advisory fees it receives from the Portfolios.

 

 

 

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The subadvisory fees paid to Wellington Management for all Portfolios except Asset Allocation which is paid to EDGE and SA BlackRock Multi-Asset Income which is paid to BlackRock, are as follows:

 

Portfolio   

Average Daily

Net Assets

     Subadvisory
Fee
 
Government and      
Quality Bond      $0-$50 million         .225%   
   > $50 million         .125%   
   > $100 million         .100%   
Asset Allocation      $0-$50 million         .400%   
   > $50 million         .300%   
   >  $150 million         .250%   
   > $250 million         .200%   
Growth and Income      $0-$50 million         .325%   
   > $50 million         .225%   
   >  $150 million         .200%   
   > $500 million         .150%   
Growth      $0-$50 million         .325%   
   > $50 million         .225%   
   > $150 million         .200%   
   > $500 million         .150%   
Portfolio   

Average Daily

Net Assets

     Subadvisory
Fee
 
Capital Appreciation      $0-$50 million         .375%   
   > $50 million         .275%   
   >  $150 million         .250%   
Natural Resources      $0-$50 million         .350%   
   > $50 million         .250%   
   > $150 million         .200%   
   > $500 million         .150%   
SA BlackRock Multi-Asset Income(1)      $0-$100 million         .425%   
   > $100 million         .400%   
   >  $500 million         .375%   
   >  $1 billion         .350%   
Strategic Multi-Asset      $0-$50 million         .300%   
   > $50 million         .200%   
   > $150 million         .175%   
   > $500 million         .150%   
 

 

(1)   BlackRock has agreed to a contractual fee waiver arrangement pursuant to which it will waive all or a portion of its subadvisory fee in an amount equal to the Portfolio’s expenses related to investments in ETFs managed or advised by BlackRock or its affiliates. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the subadvisory fee waiver will not exceed 100% of the subadvisory fee.

For the six months ended June 30, 2015, SAAMCo accrued fees of $13,290,388 from the Trust, of which SAAMCo retained $9,211,833 and $4,078,555 was paid to Wellington Management, EDGE and BlackRock, collectively.

Class 2 and Class 3 shares of each Portfolio are subject to a Rule 12b-1 plan that provides for service fees payable at the annual rate of 0.15% and 0.25%, respectively of the average daily net assets of such Class 2 and Class 3 shares, respectively. The service fees will be used to compensate the Life Companies for expenditures made to financial intermediaries for providing services to contract holders who are the indirect beneficial owners of the Portfolios’ Class 2 and Class 3 shares.

The Trust has entered into a Transfer Agency and Services Agreement with VALIC Retirement Services Company (VRSCO), a wholly owned subsidiary of the Variable Annuity Life Insurance Company (“VALIC”), which is an affiliate of the Adviser. Under the agreement, VRSCO provides services, which include the issuance and redemption of shares, payment of dividends between the Trust and their “institutional” shareholders and certain shareholder reporting services including confirmation of transactions, statements of account and tax reporting. The Trust, SunAmerica Series Trust and Seasons Series Trust pay VRSCO an annual fee in the aggregate amount of $150,000 for Transfer Agency Services provided pursuant to the agreement, which is allocated based on shareholder accounts. Accordingly, for the six months ended June 30, 2015, transfer agent fees were paid (see Statement of Operations) based on the aforementioned agreement.

Effective January 12, 2015 through April 30, 2016, SAAMCo has contractually agreed to waive its fees and/or reimburse expenses to the extent the annual operating expenses of the SA BlackRock Multi-Asset Income Portfolio exceed 0.58% for Class 1 shares and 0.83% for Class 3 shares, respectively. SAAMCo had previously contractually agreed to waive its fees and/or reimburse expenses to the extent the annual operating expenses exceeded 1.10% for Class 1 shares and 1.35% for Class 3 shares, respectively. Further, SAAMCo is voluntarily waiving fees and/or reimbursing expenses, if necessary, for the Strategic Multi-Asset Portfolio, so that the annual operating expenses do not exceed 1.20% for Class 1 shares. For the purposes of waived fee and/or reimbursed expense calculations, annual operating expenses shall not include extraordinary expenses, as determined under GAAP, litigation, or acquired fund fees and expenses, brokerage commissions and other transactional expenses relating to the purchase and sale of portfolio securities, interest, taxes and governmental fees, and other expenses not incurred in the ordinary course of a Portfolio’s business. Any voluntary or contractual waivers or reimbursements made by SAAMCo with respect to the SA BlackRock Multi-Asset Income and Strategic Multi-Asset Portfolios are subject to recoupment from each Portfolio within two years after the occurrence of the waivers and/or reimbursements, provided that the Portfolios are able to effect such payment to SAAMCo and remain in compliance with the contractual expense limitations in effect at the time the waivers and/or reimbursements were made. The contractual fee waivers and/or expense limitations may be modified or discontinued prior to April 30, 2016, only with the approval of the Board. For the six months ended June 30, 2015, pursuant to the contractual and voluntary expense limitations mentioned above, SAAMCo waived fees and/or reimbursed expenses as follows:

 

Portfolio    Amount  

SA BlackRock Multi-Asset Income — Class 1

   $ 77,720   

SA BlackRock Multi-Asset Income — Class 3

     561   

Strategic Multi Asset

     51,040   

 

 

 
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For the six months ended June 30, 2015, expenses previously waived and/or reimbursed by SAAMCo that are subject to recoupment and expire during the time period indicated are as follows:

 

      Balance
Subject to Recoupment
 
Portfolio    December 31, 2015      December 31, 2016      December 31, 2017  

SA BlackRock Multi-Asset Income — Class 1

   $ 97,003       $ 249,376       $ 77,720   

SA BlackRock Multi-Asset Income — Class 3

     470         1,395         561   

Strategic Multi Asset

             61,301         51,040   

Note 4.  Expense Reductions

Through expense offset arrangements resulting from broker commission recapture, a portion of the expenses of the Portfolios set forth below have been reduced. For the six months ended June 30, 2015, the amount of expense reductions received by each Portfolio used to offset non-affiliated expenses were as follows:

 

Portfolio

   Total Expense
Reductions
 

Asset Allocation

   $ 173   

Growth and Income

     1,385   

Growth

     6,152   

Capital Appreciation

     3,419   

Natural Resources

     1,260   

SA BlackRock Multi-Asset Income

     29   

Strategic Multi-Asset

     137   

Note 5.  Purchases and Sales of Investment Securities

The cost of purchases and proceeds from sales and maturities of long-term investments during the six months ended June 30, 2015 were as follows:

 

    Government
and Quality
Bond Portfolio
    Asset
Allocation
Portfolio
    Growth and
Income
Portfolio
    Growth
Portfolio
    Capital
Appreciation
Portfolio
    Natural
Resources
Portfolio
    SA Blackrock
Multi-Asset
Income  Portfolio
    Strategic
Multi-Asset
Portfolio
 

Purchases (excluding U.S. government securities)

  $ 84,834,113      $ 32,746,663      $ 51,548,079      $ 279,265,280      $ 430,195,517      $ 115,794,370      $ 24,911,824      $ 8,618,436   

Sales (excluding U.S. government securities)

    59,122,481        39,101,613        35,606,198        266,914,272        496,836,048        101,146,212        19,146,211        9,554,961   

Purchases of U.S. government securities

    504,322,806        7,168,000                                    1,682,521        780,565   

Sales of U.S. government securities

    621,781,962        7,289,900                                    7,044,604        833,242   

Note 6.  Federal Income Taxes

The following details the tax basis of distributions as well as the components of distributable earnings. The tax basis components of distributable earnings differ from the amounts reflected in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities by temporary book/tax differences primarily arising from wash sales, post October losses, investments in passive foreign investment companies, investments in real estate investment trusts, investments in regulated investment companies, straddles, amortization for premium/discount, contingent payment debt instruments, investments in partnerships, treatment of defaulted securities and derivative transactions.

 

     For the year ended December 31, 2014  
     Distributable Earnings     Tax Distributions  

Portfolio

   Ordinary
Income
     Long-Term Gains/
Capital and
Other Losses
    Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)*
    Ordinary
Income
     Long-Term
Capital
Gains
 

Government and Quality Bond

   $ 24,873,809       $ 331,560      $ 40,493,059      $ 23,832,105       $   

Asset Allocation

     5,952,897         20,555,508        32,781,881        5,220,061         6,039,907   

Growth and Income

     4,007,691         5,037,890        24,134,395        3,728,579         510,031   

Growth

     3,872,040         93,501,275        31,449,344        3,102,263           

Capital Appreciation

     73,679,791         156,202,428        240,636,171        103,154,500         129,659,549   

Natural Resources

     2,410,081         (7,077,357     (45,351,004     2,197,291           

SA BlackRock Multi-Asset Income

     377,745         2,476,551        2,134,275        211,095           

Strategic Multi-Asset

     1,038,832         1,426,979        949,592        1,774,675         1,247,424   

 

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As of December 31, 2014, for Federal income tax purposes, the Portfolios indicated below have capital loss carryforwards, which expire in the year indicated, which are available to offset future capital gains, if any:

 

Fund

   Capital Loss
Carryforward†
     Unlimited†  
   2017      2018      ST      LT  

Government and Quality Bond

   $       $       $       $   

Asset Allocation

                               

Growth and Income

                               

Growth

                               

Capital Appreciation

                               

Natural Resources

                     528,608         6,548,749   

SA BlackRock Multi-Asset Income

                               

Strategic MultiAsset

                               

 

  On December 22, 2010, the Regulated Investment Company Modernization Act of 2010 (the “Act”) was enacted which changed various technical rules governing the tax treatment of regulated investment companies. The changes are generally effective for taxable years beginning after the date of enactment. Under the Act, the fund will be permitted to carry forward capital losses incurred in taxable years beginning after the date of enactment for an unlimited period. However, any losses incurred during those future taxable years will be required to be utilized prior to the losses incurred in pre-enactment taxable years, which carry an expiration date. As a result of this ordering rule, pre-enactment capital loss carryforwards may be more likely to expire unused. Additionally, post-enactment capital losses that are carried forward will retain their character as either short-term or long-term losses rather than being considered all short-term as under previous law.

As of June 30, 2015, the amounts of the aggregate unrealized gain (loss) and the cost of investment securities for federal income tax purposes, including short-term securities and repurchase agreements, were as follows:

 

Portfolio

   Aggregate
Unrealized
Gain
     Aggregate
Unrealized
Loss
    Net
Unrealized
Gain/(Loss)
    Cost of
Investments
 

Government and Quality Bond

   $ 26,839,741       $ (7,178,584   $ 19,661,157      $ 1,659,486,302   

Asset Allocation

     27,311,281         (3,162,539     24,148,742        189,145,187   

Growth and Income

     32,063,471         (3,452,046     28,611,425        168,792,608   

Growth

     64,357,059         (29,123,618     35,233,441        645,756,846   

Capital Appreciation

     294,299,044         (47,598,000     246,701,044        1,174,132,476   

Natural Resources

     3,962,290         (33,715,228     (29,752,938     224,560,445   

SA BlackRock Multi-Asset Income

             (463,817     (463,817     21,543,467   

Strategic Multi-Asset

     1,519,496         (1,119,184     400,312        19,859,131   

Note 7.  Capital Share Transactions

Transactions in capital shares of each class of each Portfolio were as follows:

 

     Government and Quality Bond Portfolio  
     Class 1     Class 2  
     For the six months ended
June 30, 2015
(unaudited)
    For the year ended
December 31, 2014
    For the six months ended
June 30, 2015
(unaudited)
    For the year ended
December 31, 2014
 
     Shares     Amount     Shares     Amount     Shares     Amount     Shares     Amount  

Shares sold

     4,539,010      $ 69,419,037        10,900,124      $ 164,126,032        26,025      $ 398,373        151,740      $ 2,288,034   

Reinvested dividends

                   659,934        9,837,045                      51,741        772,053   

Shares redeemed

     (1,054,535     (16,124,482     (2,451,317     (36,873,514     (335,199     (5,127,636     (670,054     (10,084,840
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease)

     3,484,475      $ 53,294,555        9,108,741      $ 137,089,563        (309,174   $ (4,729,263     (466,573   $ (7,024,753
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
    

 

                         
     Class 3                          
     For the six months ended
June 30, 2015
(unaudited)
    For the year ended
December 31, 2014
             
     Shares     Amount     Shares     Amount                          

Shares sold

     2,337,284      $ 35,544,308        5,180,331      $ 77,767,589           

Reinvested dividends

                   889,449        13,223,007           

Shares redeemed

     (3,510,399     (53,449,810     (9,316,131     (139,563,672        
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

         

Net increase (decrease)

     (1,173,115   $ (17,905,502     (3,246,351   $ (48,573,076        
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

         
                

 

 

 
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     Asset Allocation Portfolio  
     Class 1     Class 2  
     For the six months ended
June 30, 2015
(unaudited)
    For the year ended
December 31, 2014
    For the six months ended
June 30, 2015
(unaudited)
    For the year ended
December 31, 2014
 
     Shares     Amount     Shares     Amount     Shares     Amount     Shares     Amount  

Shares sold

     63,264      $ 1,061,413        183,678      $ 3,035,169        10,990      $ 186,807        66,358      $ 1,081,948   

Reinvested dividends

                   468,744        7,684,657                      48,508        794,525   

Shares redeemed

     (666,982     (11,275,360     (1,641,929     (27,158,439     (53,509     (900,527     (278,434     (4,588,405
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease)

     (603,718   $ (10,213,947     (989,507   $ (16,438,613     (42,519   $ (713,720     (163,568   $ (2,711,932
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
    

 

                         
     Class 3                          
     For the six months ended
June 30, 2015
(unaudited)
    For the year ended
December 31, 2014
                         
     Shares     Amount     Shares     Amount                          

Shares sold

     351,287      $ 5,898,277        453,253      $ 7,450,792           

Reinvested dividends

                   170,482        2,780,786           

Shares redeemed

     (299,889     (5,037,413     (592,624     (9,749,529        
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

         

Net increase (decrease)

     51,398      $ 860,864        31,111      $ 482,049           
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

         
                
     Growth and Income Portfolio  
     Class 1                          
     For the six months ended
June 30, 2015
(unaudited)
    For the year ended
December 31, 2014
                         
     Shares     Amount     Shares     Amount                          

Shares sold

     1,453,817      $ 18,789,516        4,232,742      $ 50,086,901           

Reinvested dividends

                   352,457        4,238,610           

Shares redeemed

     (142,134     (1,820,530     (125,120     (1,447,761        
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

         

Net increase (decrease)

     1,311,683      $ 16,968,986        4,460,079      $ 52,877,750           
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

         
                
     Growth Portfolio  
     Class 1     Class 2  
     For the six months ended
June 30, 2015
(unaudited)
    For the year ended
December 31, 2014
    For the six months ended
June 30, 2015
(unaudited)
    For the year ended
December 31, 2014
 
     Shares     Amount     Shares     Amount     Shares     Amount     Shares     Amount  

Shares sold

     1,134,031      $ 36,656,169        3,363,875      $ 101,714,509        4,433      $ 142,612        36,774      $ 1,080,725   

Reinvested dividends

                   84,705        2,633,069                      3,302        102,689   

Shares redeemed

     (486,375     (15,824,089     (1,073,149     (32,207,809     (110,589     (3,578,831     (178,103     (5,392,421
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease)

     647,656      $ 20,832,080        2,375,431      $ 72,139,769        (106,156   $ (3,436,219     (138,027   $ (4,209,007
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
    

 

                         
     Class 3                          
     For the six months ended
June 30, 2015
(unaudited)
    For the year ended
December 31, 2014
                         
     Shares     Amount     Shares     Amount                          

Shares sold

     64,026      $ 2,075,789        197,492      $ 5,935,403           

Reinvested dividends

                   11,803        366,505           

Shares redeemed .

     (347,471     (11,250,704     (813,411     (24,528,478        
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

         

Net increase (decrease)

     (283,445   $ (9,174,915     (604,116   $ (18,226,570        
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

         
                

 

 

 

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     Capital Appreciation Portfolio  
     Class 1     Class 2  
     For the six months ended
June 30, 2015
(unaudited)
    For the year ended
December 31, 2014
    For the six months ended
June 30, 2015
(unaudited)
    For the year ended
December 31, 2014
 
     Shares     Amount     Shares     Amount     Shares     Amount     Shares     Amount  

Shares sold .

     430,256      $ 21,608,484        1,102,507      $ 54,545,127        14,358      $ 708,885        25,516      $ 1,229,412   

Reinvested dividends

                   2,360,865        109,880,909                      217,965        9,907,113   

Shares redeemed .

     (800,209     (40,213,538     (1,656,060     (81,843,561     (143,501     (7,042,708     (249,916     (12,176,123
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease)

     (369,953   $ (18,605,054     1,807,312      $ 82,582,475        (129,143   $ (6,333,823     (6,435   $ (1,039,598
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
    

 

Class 3

                         
     For the six months ended
June 30, 2015
(unaudited)
    For the year ended
December 31, 2014
                         
     Shares     Amount     Shares     Amount                          

Shares sold .

     447,088      $ 21,440,326        894,550      $ 42,771,849           

Reinvested dividends

                   2,525,647        113,026,027           

Shares redeemed .

     (1,329,269     (64,442,335     (2,568,781     (121,508,451        
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

         

Net increase (decrease)

     (882,181   $ (43,002,009     851,416      $ 34,289,425           
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

         
                
     Natural Resources Portfolio  
     Class 1     Class 2  
     For the six months ended
June 30, 2015
(unaudited)
    For the year ended
December 31, 2014
    For the six months ended
June 30, 2015
(unaudited)
    For the year ended
December 31, 2014
 
     Shares     Amount     Shares     Amount     Shares     Amount     Shares     Amount  

Shares sold .

     567,715      $ 10,878,378        1,127,382      $ 26,501,260        12,389      $ 231,847        46,067      $ 943,877   

Reinvested dividends

                   49,265        1,215,552                      4,674        115,003   

Shares redeemed .

     (286,560     (5,497,735     (408,447     (9,642,106     (85,289     (1,652,897     (96,053     (2,274,212
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease)

     281,155      $ 5,380,643        768,200      $ 18,074,706        (72,900   $ (1,421,050     (45,312   $ (1,215,332
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
    

 

                         
 

 

                 
     Class 3                          
     For the six months ended
June 30, 2015
(unaudited)
    For the year ended
December 31, 2014
                         
     Shares     Amount     Shares     Amount                          

Shares sold .

     302,484      $ 5,641,452        1,113,869      $ 23,253,681           

Reinvested dividends

                   35,396        866,736           

Shares redeemed .

     (736,132     (13,941,038     (1,088,892     (25,711,661        
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

         

Net increase (decrease)

     (433,648   $ (8,299,586     60,373      $ (1,591,244        
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

         
                
     SA BlackRock Multi-Asset Income Portfolio  
     Class 1     Class 3  
     For the six months ended
June 30, 2015
(unaudited)
    For the year ended
December 31, 2014
    For the six months ended
June 30, 2015
(unaudited)
    For the year ended
December 31, 2014
 
     Shares     Amount     Shares     Amount     Shares     Amount     Shares     Amount  

Shares sold .

     17,774      $ 146,768        10,318      $ 82,314        6,910      $ 57,257             $   

Reinvested dividends

                   26,499        210,188                      114        907   

Shares redeemed .

     (155,164     (1,274,859     (334,347     (2,605,764     (15     (126              
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease)

     (137,390   $ (1,128,091     (297,530   $ (2,313,262     6,895      $ 57,131        114      $ 907   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
                

 

 

 
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     Strategic Multi-Asset Portfolio                     
     Class 1                     
     For the six months ended
June 30, 2015
(unaudited)
    For the year ended
December 31, 2014
                    
     Shares     Amount     Shares     Amount                     

Shares sold

     8,979      $ 81,983        31,717      $ 297,584              

Reinvested dividends

                   356,477        3,022,099              

Shares redeemed

     (187,038     (1,666,398     (286,366     (2,631,759           
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

            

Net increase (decrease)

     (178,059   $ (1,584,415     101,828      $ 687,924              
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

            

Note 8.  Trustees’ Retirement Plan

The Board has adopted the SunAmerica Disinterested Trustees’ and Directors’ Retirement Plan (the “Retirement Plan”) effective January 1, 1993, as amended, for the Disinterested Trustees. The Retirement Plan provides generally that a Disinterested Trustee may become a participant (“Participant”) in the Retirement Plan if he or she has at least 10 years of consecutive service as a Disinterested Trustee of any of the adopting SunAmerica mutual funds (the “Adopting Funds”) or has attained the age of 60 while a Trustee and completed five (5) consecutive years of service as a Trustee of any Adopting Fund (an “Eligible Trustee”). Pursuant to the Retirement Plan, an Eligible Trustee may receive benefits upon (i) his or her death or disability while a Trustee or (ii) the termination of his or her tenure as a Trustee, other than removal for cause from each of the Adopting Funds with respect to which he or she is an Eligible Trustee.

As of each of the first 10 birthdays after becoming a Participant and on which he or she is both a Trustee and Participant, each Eligible Trustee will be credited with an amount equal to 50% of his or her regular fees (excluding committee fees) for services as a Disinterested Trustee of each Adopting Fund for the calendar year in which such birthday occurs. In addition, an amount equal to 8.50% of any amounts credited under the preceding statement during prior years is added to each Eligible Trustee’s account. The rights of any Participant to benefits under the Retirement Plan shall be an unsecured claim against the assets of the Adopting Funds. An Eligible Trustee may receive any benefits payable under the Retirement Plan, at his or her election, either in one lump sum or in up to 15 annual installments. Any undistributed amounts shall continue to accrue interest at 8.50%.

Effective December 3, 2008, the Retirement Plan was amended to, among other things, (1) freeze the Retirement Plan as to future accruals for active Participants as of December 31, 2008, (2) prohibit Disinterested Trustees from first becoming participants in the Retirement Plan after December 31, 2008 and (3) permit active Participants to elect to receive a distribution of their entire Retirement Plan account balance in 2009. The freeze on future accruals does not apply to Participants that have commenced receiving benefits under the Retirement Plan on or before December 31, 2008.

The following amounts for the Retirement Plan Liabilities are included in the Trustees’ fees and expenses payable line on the Statements of Assets and Liabilities and the amounts for the Retirement Plan Expenses are included in the Trustees’ fees and expenses line on the Statements of Operations.

 

     As of June 30, 2015  

Portfolio

   Retirement
Plan
Liability
     Retirement
Plan
Expense
     Retirement
Plan
Payments
 

Government and Quality Bond

   $       $       $ 2,066   

Asset Allocation

                     445   

Growth and Income

                     86   

Growth

                     1,452   

Capital Appreciation

                     2,880   

Natural Resources

                     420   

SA BlackRock Multi-Asset Income

                     256   

Strategic Multi-Asset

                     178   

Note 9.  Line of Credit

The SunAmerica family of mutual funds has established a $75 million committed and a $50 million uncommitted line of credit with State Street Bank and Trust Company, the Trust’s custodian. Interest is currently payable at the higher of the Federal Funds Rate plus 125 basis points or the overnight London Interbank Offered Rate plus 125 basis points on the committed line and State Street Bank and Trust Company’s discretionary bid rate on the uncommitted line of credit. There is also a commitment fee of 15 basis points per annum on the daily unused portion of the committed line of credit and a one-time closing fee of 5 basis points on the uncommitted line of credit, both of

 

 

 

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which are included in other expenses on the Statements of Operations. Borrowings under the line of credit will commence when the respective Portfolio’s cash shortfall exceeds $100,000. For the six months ended June 30, 2015, the following Portfolios had borrowings:

 

Portfolio

   Days
outstanding
     Interest
Charges
     Average
Debt
Utilized
     Weighted
Average
Interest
 

Capital Appreciation

     20       $ 4,114       $ 5,364,675         1.38

Natural Resources

     5       $ 26       $ 136,363         1.38

Strategic Multi-Asset

     7       $ 32       $ 83,176         1.39

At June 30, 2015, there were no borrowings outstanding.

Note 10.  Interfund Lending Agreement

Pursuant to the exemptive relief granted by the SEC, the Portfolios are permitted to participate in an interfund lending program among investment companies advised by SAAMCo or an affiliate. The interfund lending program allows the participating Portfolios to borrow money from and lend money to each other for temporary or emergency purposes. An interfund loan will be made under this facility only if the participating Portfolios receive a more favorable interest rate than would otherwise be available from a typical bank for a comparable transaction. For the six months ended June 30, 2015, none of the Portfolios participated in this program.

Note 11.  Investment Concentration

Certain of the Portfolios may invest internationally, including in “emerging market” countries. Emerging market securities involve risks not typically associated with investing in securities of issuers in more developed markets. The markets of emerging market countries are typically more volatile and potentially less liquid than more developed countries. These securities may be denominated in currencies other than U.S. dollars. While investing internationally may reduce portfolio risk by increasing the diversification of portfolio investments, the value of the investment may be affected by fluctuating currency values, changing local and regional economic, political and social conditions, and greater market volatility. These risks are primary risks of the Strategic Multi-Asset Portfolio. At June 30, 2015, the Strategic Multi-Asset Portfolio had 6.9% of its net assets invested in securities domiciled in Japan.

The Government and Quality Bond Portfolio and Asset Allocation Portfolio may invest in obligations issued by agencies and instrumentalities of the U.S. Government that may vary in the level of support they receive from the government. The government may choose not to provide financial support to government sponsored agencies or instrumentalities if it is not legally obligated to do so, and if the issuer defaulted, the fund holding securities of such issuer might not be able to recover its investment from the U.S. Government. As a result of each Portfolio’s concentration in such investments, it may be subject to risks associated with the U.S. Government agencies or instrumentalities. At June 30, 2015, the Government and Quality Bond Portfolio and Asset Allocation Portfolio had 44.6%, and 10.2%, respectively, of their net assets invested in such securities.

 

 

 
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ANCHOR SERIES TRUST

FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

 

  

 

 

Period
ended
  Net Asset
Value
beginning
of period
    Net
investment
income
(loss)(1)
    Net realized
& unrealized
gain (loss)
on
investments
    Total from
investment
operations
    Dividends
declared
from net
investment
income
    Distributions
from net
realized
gain on
investments
    Total
dividends
and
distributions
    Net Asset
Value
end of
period
    Total
Return(2)
    Net Assets
end of
period (000’s)
    Ratio of
expenses
to average
net assets
    Ratio of net
investment
income (loss)
to average
net assets
    Portfolio
turnover
rate
 
Government and Quality Bond Portfolio Class 1   
12/31/10   $ 14.95      $ 0.42      $ 0.33      $ 0.75      $ (0.63   $      $ (0.63   $ 15.07        4.98   $ 297,126        0.59     2.75     66

12/31/11

    15.07        0.35        0.71        1.06        (0.49     (0.07     (0.56     15.57        7.09        260,025        0.62        2.24        44   
12/31/12     15.57        0.29        0.31        0.60        (0.37     (0.22     (0.59     15.58        3.83        326,992        0.59        1.88        81   
12/31/13     15.58        0.21        (0.55     (0.34     (0.38     (0.15     (0.53     14.71        (2.15     421,167        0.59        1.40        184   
12/31/14     14.71        0.21        0.55        0.76        (0.29            (0.29     15.18        5.19        572,823        0.58        1.40        128   
06/30/15(3)     15.18        0.10        (0.13     (0.03                          15.15        (0.20     624,325        0.57 (4)      1.36 (4)      44   
Government and Quality Bond Portfolio Class 2   
12/31/10     14.94        0.40        0.33        0.73        (0.61            (0.61     15.06        4.83        80,584        0.74        2.60        66   

12/31/11

    15.06        0.32        0.71        1.03        (0.46     (0.07     (0.53     15.56        6.89        68,974        0.77        2.09        44   
12/31/12     15.56        0.27        0.30        0.57        (0.34     (0.22     (0.56     15.57        3.65        60,472        0.74        1.72        81   
12/31/13     15.57        0.19        (0.54     (0.35     (0.35     (0.15     (0.50     14.72        (2.22     49,484        0.74        1.26        184   
12/31/14     14.72        0.19        0.54        0.73        (0.26            (0.26     15.19        4.99        43,986        0.73        1.25        128   
06/30/15(3)     15.19        0.09        (0.13     (0.04                          15.15        (0.26     39,173        0.72 (4)      1.22 (4)      44   
Government and Quality Bond Portfolio Class 3   
12/31/10     14.91        0.38        0.33        0.71        (0.59            (0.59     15.03        4.74        737,455        0.84        2.50        66   

12/31/11

    15.03        0.31        0.71        1.02        (0.46     (0.07     (0.53     15.52        6.78        735,004        0.87        1.99        44   
12/31/12     15.52        0.25        0.30        0.55        (0.33     (0.22     (0.55     15.52        3.53        797,475        0.84        1.63        81   
12/31/13     15.52        0.17        (0.53     (0.36     (0.34     (0.15     (0.49     14.67        (2.28     806,854        0.84        1.16        184   
12/31/14     14.67        0.17        0.54        0.71        (0.25            (0.25     15.13        4.87        783,305        0.83        1.15        128   
06/30/15(3)     15.13        0.08        (0.13     (0.05                          15.08        (0.33     762,898        0.82 (4)      1.12 (4)      44   

 

(1)   Calculated based upon average shares outstanding.
(2)   Total return is not annualized and does not reflect expenses that apply to the separate accounts of the Life Companies. If such expenses had been included, the total return would have been lower for each period presented.
(3)   Unaudited
(4)   Annualized

See Notes to Financial Statements

 

 

 

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FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS — (continued)

 

  

 

 

Period
ended
  Net Asset
Value
beginning
of period
    Net
investment
income
(loss)(1)
    Net realized
& unrealized
gain (loss)
on
investments
    Total from
investment
operations
    Dividends
declared
from net
investment
income
    Distributions
from net
realized
gain on
investments
    Total
dividends
and
distributions
    Net Asset
Value
end of
period
    Total
Return(2)
    Net Assets
end of
period (000’s)
    Ratio of
expenses
to average
net assets(3)
    Ratio of net
investment
income (loss)
to average
net assets(3)
    Portfolio
turnover
rate
 
Asset Allocation Portfolio Class 1   
12/31/10   $ 12.00      $ 0.33      $ 1.30      $ 1.63      $ (0.34   $      $ (0.34   $ 13.29        13.89   $ 195,082        0.76     2.64     65

12/31/11

    13.29        0.38        (0.27     0.11        (0.37            (0.37     13.03        0.93        167,345        0.80        2.82        44   
12/31/12     13.03        0.37        1.18        1.55        (0.43            (0.43     14.15        11.95        159,351        0.80        2.65        30   
12/31/13     14.15        0.35        2.15        2.50        (0.44            (0.44     16.21        17.87        159,638        0.79        2.29        27   
12/31/14     16.21        0.40        0.80        1.20        (0.41     (0.46     (0.87     16.54        7.41        146,594        0.75        2.37        29   
06/30/15(4)     16.54        0.20        0.13        0.33                             16.87        2.00        139,309        0.76 (5)      2.37 (5)      19   
Asset Allocation Portfolio Class 2   
12/31/10     11.98        0.31        1.30        1.61        (0.33            (0.33     13.26        13.69        20,513        0.91        2.49        65   

12/31/11

    13.26        0.36        (0.27     0.09        (0.35            (0.35     13.00        0.76        18,303        0.95        2.67        44   
12/31/12     13.00        0.35        1.18        1.53        (0.41            (0.41     14.12        11.78        17,151        0.95        2.50        30   
12/31/13     14.12        0.33        2.14        2.47        (0.41            (0.41     16.18        17.68        18,074        0.94        2.14        27   
12/31/14     16.18        0.37        0.81        1.18        (0.38     (0.46     (0.84     16.52        7.31        15,750        0.90        2.22        29   
06/30/15(4)     16.52        0.19        0.13        0.32                             16.84        1.94        15,333        0.91 (5)      2.22 (5)      19   
Asset Allocation Portfolio Class 3   
12/31/10     11.96        0.30        1.30        1.60        (0.32            (0.32     13.24        13.61        34,612        1.01        2.40        65   

12/31/11

    13.24        0.34        (0.27     0.07        (0.34            (0.34     12.97        0.64        39,025        1.06        2.58        44   
12/31/12     12.97        0.33        1.18        1.51        (0.40            (0.40     14.08        11.68        43,328        1.05        2.41        30   
12/31/13     14.08        0.31        2.13        2.44        (0.40            (0.40     16.12        17.52        54,684        1.04        2.04        27   
12/31/14     16.12        0.35        0.81        1.16        (0.37     (0.46     (0.83     16.45        7.23        56,298        1.00        2.12        29   
06/30/15(4)     16.45        0.18        0.12        0.30                             16.75        1.82        58,202        1.01 (5)      2.13 (5)      19   
Growth and Income Portfolio Class 1   
12/31/10     7.16        0.00        0.85        0.85        (0.00            (0.00     8.01        11.93        9,669        1.56        0.03        67   

12/31/11

    8.01        (0.01     (0.45     (0.46     (0.00            (0.00     7.55        (5.71     7,449        1.82        (0.18     69   
12/31/12     7.55        0.08        0.94        1.02                             8.57        13.51        39,271        1.28        0.97        73   
12/31/13     8.57        0.10        2.68        2.78        (0.03            (0.03     11.32        32.43        105,446        0.86        1.03        109   
12/31/14     11.32        0.08        1.43        1.51        (0.06     (0.29     (0.35     12.48        13.45        171,935        0.77        0.68        64   
06/30/15(4)     12.48        0.05        0.57        0.62                             13.10        4.97        197,609        0.74 (5)      0.84 (5)      19   

 

(1)   Calculated based upon average shares outstanding.
(2)   Total return is not annualized and does not reflect expenses that apply to the separate accounts of the Life Companies. If such expenses had been included, the total return would have been lower for each period presented. Total return includes expense reductions.
(3)   Excludes expense reductions. If these expense reductions had been applied, the ratio of expenses to average net assets would have been lower and the ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets would have been higher by the following (See Note 4):

 

     12/31/10     12/31/11     12/31/12     12/31/13     12/31/14     06/30/15(4)(5)  

Asset Allocation Portfolio Class 1

     0.01     0.00     0.00     0.00     0.00     0.00

Asset Allocation Portfolio Class 2

     0.01        0.00        0.00        0.00        0.00        0.00   

Asset Allocation Portfolio Class 3

     0.01        0.00        0.00        0.00        0.00        0.00   

Growth and Income Portfolio Class 1

     0.00        0.00        0.00        0.00        0.00        0.00   
(4)   Unaudited
(5)   Annualized

See Notes to Financial Statements

 

 

 
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FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS — (continued)

 

  

 

 

 

Period
ended
  Net Asset
Value
beginning
of period
    Net
investment
income
(loss)(1)
    Net realized
& unrealized
gain (loss)
on
investments
    Total from
investment
operations
    Dividends
declared
from net
investment
income
    Distributions
from net
realized
gain on
investments
    Total
dividends
and
distributions
    Net Asset
Value
end of
period
    Total
Return(2)
    Net Assets
end of
period (000’s)
    Ratio of
expenses
to average
net assets(3)
    Ratio of net
investment
income (loss)
to average
net assets(3)
    Portfolio
turnover
rate
 
Growth Portfolio Class 1   
12/31/10   $ 18.33      $ 0.13      $ 2.43      $ 2.56      $ (0.13   $      $ (0.13   $ 20.76        14.10   $ 244,740        0.78     0.66     82

12/31/11

    20.76        0.11        (1.41     (1.30     (0.15            (0.15     19.31        (6.21     190,613        0.83        0.55        84   
12/31/12     19.31        0.22        2.47        2.69        (0.12            (0.12     21.88        13.95        244,122        0.79        1.05        92   
12/31/13     21.88        0.19        7.48        7.67        (0.21            (0.21     29.34        35.14        403,439        0.77        0.74        78   
12/31/14     29.34        0.20        1.99        2.19        (0.17            (0.17     31.36        7.48        505,595        0.74        0.68        118   
06/30/15(5)     31.36        0.13        1.02        1.15                             32.51        3.67        545,313        0.73 (6)      0.81 (6)      41   
Growth Portfolio Class 2   
12/31/10     18.32        0.10        2.44        2.54        (0.11            (0.11     20.75        13.96        37,148        0.93        0.51        82   

12/31/11

    20.75        0.08        (1.41     (1.33     (0.12            (0.12     19.30        (6.40     27,851        0.98        0.39        84   
12/31/12     19.30        0.18        2.48        2.66        (0.08            (0.08     21.88        13.81        25,506        0.94        0.85        92   
12/31/13     21.88        0.15        7.48        7.63        (0.16            (0.16     29.35        34.97        27,163        0.92        0.60        78   
12/31/14     29.35        0.16        1.97        2.13        (0.12            (0.12     31.36        7.28        24,700        0.89        0.54        118   
06/30/15(5)     31.36        0.11        1.02        1.13                             32.49        3.60        22,143        0.88 (6)      0.66 (6)      41   
Growth Portfolio Class 3   
12/31/10     18.28        0.08        2.44        2.52        (0.09            (0.09     20.71        13.89        151,712        1.03        0.41        82   
12/31/11     20.71        0.06        (1.41     (1.35     (0.10            (0.10     19.26        (6.52     122,324        1.08        0.30        84   
12/31/12     19.26        0.16        2.48        2.64        (0.06            (0.06     21.84        13.72        118,352        1.04        0.76        92   
12/31/13     21.84        0.13        7.46        7.59        (0.14            (0.14     29.29        34.82        126,179        1.02        0.50        78   
12/31/14     29.29        0.13        1.97        2.10        (0.09            (0.09     31.30        7.18        115,933        0.99        0.44        118   
06/30/15(5)     31.30        0.09        1.02        1.11                             32.41        3.55        110,875        0.98 (6)      0.56 (6)      41   
Capital Appreciation Portfolio Class 1   
12/31/10     29.97        (0.04     6.84        6.80        (0.04            (0.04     36.73        22.72        556,674        0.75        (0.14     96   

12/31/11

    36.73        (0.07     (2.52     (2.59                          34.14        (7.05     435,001        0.79        (0.19     91   
12/31/12     34.14        (0.07     8.23        8.16               (1.72     (1.72     40.58        23.90 (4)      480,705        0.74        (0.17     103   
12/31/13     40.58        (0.10     14.19        14.09               (5.43     (5.43     49.24        35.80        605,894        0.75        (0.22     105   
12/31/14     49.24        (0.06     7.41        7.35               (9.21     (9.21     47.38        15.26        668,565        0.74        (0.12     91   
06/30/15(5)     47.38        (0.03     4.16        4.13                             51.51        8.72        707,783        0.74 (6)      (0.11 )(6)      31   
Capital Appreciation Portfolio Class 2   
12/31/10     29.63        (0.09     6.77        6.68        (0.01            (0.01     36.30        22.53        72,088        0.90        (0.29     96   

12/31/11

    36.30        (0.13     (2.48     (2.61                          33.69        (7.19     54,499        0.94        (0.34     91   
12/31/12     33.69        (0.13     8.12        7.99               (1.72     (1.72     39.96        23.71 (4)      54,464        0.89        (0.33     103   
12/31/13     39.96        (0.17     13.97        13.80               (5.43     (5.43     48.33        35.62        59,470        0.90        (0.37     105   
12/31/14     48.33        (0.13     7.26        7.13               (9.21     (9.21     46.25        15.08        56,610        0.89        (0.27     91   
06/30/15(5)     46.25        (0.06     4.05        3.99                             50.24        8.63        55,010        0.89 (6)      (0.26 )(6)      31   
Capital Appreciation Portfolio Class 3   
12/31/10     29.43        (0.12     6.72        6.60                             36.03        22.43        546,714        1.00        (0.38     96   

12/31/11

    36.03        (0.16     (2.46     (2.62                          33.41        (7.27     499,914        1.04        (0.45     91   
12/31/12     33.41        (0.16     8.04        7.88               (1.72     (1.72     39.57        23.58 (4)      535,916        0.99        (0.42     103   
12/31/13     39.57        (0.21     13.81        13.60               (5.43     (5.43     47.74        35.46        625,388        1.00        (0.47     105   
12/31/14     47.74        (0.18     7.17        6.99               (9.21     (9.21     45.52        14.96        635,020        0.99        (0.37     91   
06/30/15(5)     45.52        (0.09     3.99        3.90                             49.42        8.57        645,912        0.99 (6)      (0.36 )(6)      31   

 

(1)   Calculated based upon average shares outstanding.
(2)   Total return is not annualized and does not reflect expenses that apply to the separate accounts of the Life Companies. If such expenses had been included, the total return would have been lower for each period presented. Total return includes expense reductions.
(3)   Excludes expense reductions. If these expense reductions had been applied, the ratio of expenses to average net assets would have been lower and the ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets would have been higher by the following (See Note 4):

 

     12/31/10     12/31/11     12/31/12     12/31/13     12/31/14     06/30/14(5)(6)  

Growth Portfolio Class 1

     0.00     0.00     0.00     0.00     0.00     0.00

Growth Portfolio Class 2

     0.00        0.00        0.00        0.00        0.00        0.00   

Growth Portfolio Class 3

     0.00        0.00        0.00        0.00        0.00        0.00   

Capital Appreciation Portfolio Class 1

     0.01        0.01        0.00        0.00        0.00        0.00   

Capital Appreciation Portfolio Class 2

     0.01        0.01        0.00        0.00        0.00        0.00   

Capital Appreciation Portfolio Class 3

     0.01        0.01        0.00        0.00        0.00        0.00   
(4)   Total return was increased by less than 0.01% from gains on the disposal of investments in violation of investment restrictions.
(5)   Unaudited
(6)   Annualized

See Notes to Financial Statements

 

 

 

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FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS — (continued)

 

 

 

Period
ended
  Net Asset
Value
beginning
of period
    Net
investment
income
(loss)(1)
    Net realized
&
unrealized
gain  (loss)
on
investments
    Total from
investment
operations
    Dividends
declared
from net
investment
income
    Distributions
from net
realized
gain on
investments
    Total
dividends
and
distributions
    Net Asset
Value
end of
period
    Total
Return(2)
    Net Assets
end of
period
(000’s)
    Ratio of
expenses
to average
net assets(3)
    Ratio of net
investment
income
(loss)
to average
net assets(3)
    Portfolio
turnover
rate
 
Natural Resources Portfolio Class 1   
12/31/10   $ 39.96      $ 0.27      $ 5.53      $ 5.80      $ (0.36   $ (2.57   $ (2.93   $ 42.83        16.20 (4)%    $ 123,891        0.82     0.70     82

12/31/11

    42.83        0.32        (8.38     (8.06     (0.28     (10.11     (10.39     24.38        (20.27     81,957        0.87        0.87        89   
12/31/12     24.38        0.28        0.55        0.83        (0.27     (2.33     (2.60     22.61        3.54        84,409        0.83        1.18        55   
12/31/13     22.61        0.18        1.12        1.30        (0.22            (0.22     23.69        5.80        100,572        0.84        0.80        77   
12/31/14     23.69        0.30        (4.63     (4.33     (0.26            (0.26     19.10        (18.53     95,751        0.82        1.28        91   
06/30/15(7)     19.10        0.28        (0.78     (0.50                          18.60        (2.62     98,505        0.83 (8)      2.89 (8)      51   
Natural Resources Portfolio Class 2   
12/31/10     39.85        0.21        5.51        5.72        (0.31     (2.57     (2.88     42.69        16.01 (4)      24,994        0.97        0.55        82   

12/31/11

    42.69        0.26        (8.33     (8.07     (0.22     (10.11     (10.33     24.29        (20.38     17,284        1.02        0.72        89   
12/31/12     24.29        0.24        0.55        0.79        (0.22     (2.33     (2.55     22.53        3.37        15,018        0.98        1.01        55   
12/31/13     22.53        0.15        1.11        1.26        (0.18            (0.18     23.61        5.64        13,767        0.99        0.66        77   
12/31/14     23.61        0.27        (4.63     (4.36     (0.22            (0.22     19.03        (18.68     10,238        0.97        1.15        91   
06/30/15(7)     19.03        0.26        (0.76     (0.50                          18.53        (2.63     8,615        0.98 (8)      2.73 (8)      51   
Natural Resources Portfolio Class 3   
12/31/10     39.73        0.17        5.50        5.67        (0.27     (2.57     (2.84     42.56        15.93 (4)      175,152        1.07        0.45        82   

12/31/11

    42.56        0.22        (8.31     (8.09     (0.18     (10.11     (10.29     24.18        (20.47     140,166        1.12        0.62        89   
12/31/12     24.18        0.22        0.54        0.76        (0.20     (2.33     (2.53     22.41        3.25        131,121        1.08        0.92        55   
12/31/13     22.41        0.13        1.11        1.24        (0.16            (0.16     23.49        5.56        120,528        1.09        0.56        77   
12/31/14     23.49        0.24        (4.60     (4.36     (0.19            (0.19     18.94        (18.74     98,333        1.07        1.04        91   
06/30/15(7)     18.94        0.25        (0.76     (0.51                          18.43        (2.69     87,680        1.08 (8)      2.61 (8)      51   
SA BlackRock Multi-Asset Income Portfolio Class 1+   
12/31/10     5.68        0.06        0.44        0.50        (0.08            (0.08     6.10        9.00        26,790        1.34        1.09        53   

12/31/11

    6.10        0.04        (0.11     (0.07     (0.08            (0.08     5.95        (1.17     23,405        1.46        0.69        53   
12/31/12     5.95        0.06        0.51        0.57        (0.06            (0.06     6.46        9.50        22,114        1.42 (5)      0.90 (5)      75   
12/31/13     6.46        0.06        1.08        1.14        (0.08            (0.08     7.52        17.67        22,651        1.10 (5)      0.86 (5)      71   
12/31/14     7.52        0.05        0.68        0.73        (0.08            (0.08     8.17        9.68        22,167        1.10 (5)      0.67 (5)      88   
06/30/15(7)     8.17        0.12        (0.18     (0.06                          8.11        (0.73     20,892        0.61 (5)(8)      2.86 (5)(8)      126   
SA BlackRock Multi-Asset Income Portfolio Class 3+   
10/08/12(6) - 12/31/12     6.53        0.01        (0.08     (0.07                          6.46        (1.07     99        1.35 (5)(8)      0.92 (5)(8)      75   
12/31/13     6.46        0.04        1.07        1.11        (0.07            (0.07     7.50        17.30        116        1.35 (5)      0.60 (5)      71   
12/31/14     7.50        0.03        0.68        0.71        (0.06            (0.06     8.15        9.47        127        1.35 (5)      0.42 (5)      88   
06/30/15(7)     8.15        0.11        (0.18     (0.07                          8.08        (0.86     182        0.86 (5)(8)      2.81 (5)(8)      126   
Strategic Multi-Asset Portfolio Class 1   
12/31/10     6.79        0.02        0.86        0.88                             7.67        12.96        25,272        1.55        0.34        99   

12/31/11

    7.67        0.04        (0.33     (0.29     (0.08            (0.08     7.30        (3.81     21,089        1.71        0.51        120   
12/31/12     7.30        0.04        1.06        1.10        (0.20            (0.20     8.20        15.10        21,316        1.71        0.54        105   
12/31/13     8.20        0.04        1.55        1.59        (0.21     (0.06     (0.27     9.52        19.65        22,354        1.80        0.50        99   
12/31/14     9.52        0.05        0.41        0.46        (0.04     (1.34     (1.38     8.60        5.04        21,067        1.42 (5)      0.54 (5)      96   
06/30/15(7)     8.60        0.04        0.30        0.34                             8.94        3.95        20,331        1.20 (5)(8)      0.99 (5)(8)      46   

 

(1)   Calculated based upon average shares outstanding.
(2)   Total return is not annualized and does not reflect expenses that apply to the separate accounts of the Life Companies. If such expenses had been included, the total return would have been lower for each period presented. Total return includes expense reimbursements (recoupments) and expense reductions.
(3)   Excludes expense reductions. If these expense reductions had been applied, the ratio of expenses to average net assets would have been lower and the ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets would have been higher by the following (See Note 4):

 

     12/31/10     12/31/11     12/31/12     12/31/13     12/31/14     06/30/15(7)(8)  

Natural Resources Portfolio Class 1

     0.00     0.00     0.00     0.00     0.00     0.00

Natural Resources Portfolio Class 2

     0.00        0.00        0.00        0.00        0.00        0.00   

Natural Resources Portfolio Class 3

     0.00        0.00        0.00        0.00        0.00        0.00   

SA BlackRock Multi-Asset Income Portfolio Class 1

     0.00        0.00        0.00        0.00        0.00        0.00   

SA BlackRock Multi-Asset Income Portfolio Class 3

                   0.00 (8)      0.00        0.00        0.00   

Strategic Multi-Asset Portfolio Class 1

     0.00        0.00        0.00        0.00        0.00        0.00   
(4)   Total return for Class 1, Class 2, and Class 3 were increased by 0.25%, 0.22%, and 0.22% respectively, from gains on the disposal of investments in violation of investment restrictions.
(5)   Net of the following expense reimbursements/fee waivers (based on average net assets) (See Note 3):

 

     12/31/12          12/31/13          12/31/14    

 

   06/30/15(7)(8)  

SA BlackRock Multi-Asset Income Portfolio Class 1

     0.17        0.44        1.12        1.21

SA BlackRock Multi-Asset Income Portfolio Class 3

     0.76 (8)         0.43           1.16           1.32   

Strategic Multi-Asset Portfolio Class 1

                         0.28           0.49   
(6)   Commencement of operations.
(7)   Unaudited
(8)   Annualized
 +   See Note 1

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ANCHOR SERIES TRUST

APPROVAL OF THE INVESTMENT ADVISORY AND MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT AND SUBADVISORY AGREEMENTS – (unaudited)

 

The Board of Trustees (the “Board,” the members of which are referred to as “Trustees”) of Anchor Series Trust (the “Trust”), including the Trustees who are not “interested persons,” as defined in Section 2(a)(19) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”) (the “Independent Trustees”), of the Trust or its separate series (each, a “Portfolio” and together, the “Portfolios”), SunAmerica Asset Management, LLC (“SunAmerica”), Edge Asset Management, Inc. (“Edge”) or Wellington Management Company LLP (“Wellington,” and together with Edge, the “Subadvisers”), approved the continuation of the Investment Advisory and Management Agreement between the Trust, on behalf of the Portfolios, and SunAmerica (the “Advisory Agreement”) for a one-year period ending June 30, 2016 at an in-person meeting held on June 2, 2015 (the “Meeting”). The Trust currently consists of the following eight separate Portfolios: Asset Allocation Portfolio, Capital Appreciation Portfolio, Government and Quality Bond Portfolio, Growth Portfolio, Growth and Income Portfolio, SA BlackRock Multi-Asset Income Portfolio, Natural Resources Portfolio and Strategic Multi-Asset Portfolio.

At the Meeting, the Board, including the Independent Trustees, also approved the continuation of the Subadvisory Agreement between SunAmerica and Wellington with respect to the Growth and Income Portfolio, Growth Portfolio, Capital Appreciation Portfolio, Natural Resources Portfolio, Strategic Multi-Asset Portfolio and Government and Quality Bond Portfolio and the Subadvisory Agreement between SunAmerica and Edge with respect to the Asset Allocation Portfolio (the “Subadvisory Agreements,” and together with the Advisory Agreement, the “Agreements”), each for a one-year period ending June 30, 2016.1

In accordance with Section 15(c) of the 1940 Act, the Board requested, and SunAmerica and the Subadvisers provided, materials relating to the Board’s consideration of whether to approve the continuation of the Agreements. These materials included: (a) a summary of the services provided to the Portfolios by SunAmerica and its affiliates, and by the Subadvisers; (b) information independently compiled and prepared by Lipper, Inc. (“Lipper”), an independent third-party provider of mutual fund data, on fees and expenses of the Portfolios, and the investment performance of the Portfolios as compared with a peer group of funds, along with fee and performance data with respect to the Portfolios and any other mutual funds or other accounts advised or subadvised by SunAmerica or the Subadvisers with similar investment objectives and/or strategies, as applicable; (c) information on the profitability of SunAmerica and its affiliates, and a discussion relating to indirect benefits; (d) information relating to economies of scale; (e) information about SunAmerica’s general compliance policies and procedures and the services it provides in connection with its oversight of subadvisers; (f) information about SunAmerica’s and the Subadvisers’ risk management processes; (g) information regarding brokerage and soft dollar practices; and (h) information about the key personnel of SunAmerica, and its affiliates, and the Subadvisers, that are involved in the investment management, administration, compliance and risk management activities with respect to the Portfolios, as well as current and projected staffing levels and compensation practices.

In determining whether to approve the continuation of the Agreements, the Board, including the Independent Trustees, considered at the Meeting, and from time to time as appropriate, factors that it deemed relevant, including the following information:

Nature, Extent and Quality of Services Provided by SunAmerica and the Subadvisers.    The Board, including the Independent Trustees, considered the nature, extent and quality of services provided by SunAmerica. The Board noted that the services include acting as investment manager and adviser to the Portfolios, managing the daily business affairs of the Portfolios, and obtaining and evaluating economic, statistical and financial information to formulate and implement investment policies. Additionally, the Board observed that SunAmerica provides office space, bookkeeping, accounting, legal and compliance, clerical and administrative services, and has authorized its officers and employees, if elected, to serve as officers or Trustees of the Trust without compensation. The Board also noted that SunAmerica is responsible for monitoring and reviewing the activities of affiliated and unaffiliated third-party service providers, including the Subadvisers. In addition to the quality of the advisory services provided by SunAmerica, the Board considered the quality of the administrative and other services provided by SunAmerica to the Portfolios pursuant to the Advisory Agreement.

In connection with the services provided by SunAmerica, the Board analyzed the structure and duties of SunAmerica’s fund administration, accounting, operations, legal and compliance departments and concluded that they were adequate to meet the needs of the Portfolios. The Board also reviewed the personnel responsible for providing advisory services to the Portfolios and other key personnel of SunAmerica in addition to current and projected staffing levels and compensation practices. The Board further considered certain strategic changes that SunAmerica had implemented with respect to its investment department, and concluded, based on their experience and interaction with SunAmerica, that: (i) SunAmerica has been able to retain quality investment and other personnel; (ii) SunAmerica has exhibited a high level of diligence and attention to detail in carrying out its advisory and other responsibilities

   

 

1     At an in-person meeting of the Board of Trustees held on September 30, 2014, the Board approved the Subadvisory Agreement between SunAmerica, on behalf of the SA BlackRock Multi-Asset Income Portfolio, and BlackRock Investment Management, LLC (“BlackRock”) for an initial term ending on June 30, 2016. Therefore, the Board did not consider the Subadvisory Agreement with respect to the SA BlackRock Multi-Asset Income Portfolio at the Meeting.

 

 

 

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under the Advisory Agreement; (iii) SunAmerica has been responsive to requests of the Board; and (iv) SunAmerica has kept the Board apprised of developments relating to the Portfolios and the industry in general. The Board concluded that the nature and extent of services provided under the Advisory Agreement were reasonable and appropriate in relation to the management fee and that the quality of services continues to be high.

The Board also considered SunAmerica’s reputation and long-standing relationship with the Portfolios and considered the benefit to shareholders of investing in funds that are part of a family of funds offering a variety of types of mutual funds and shareholder services. The Board considered SunAmerica’s experience in providing management and investment advisory and administrative services to advisory clients and noted that as of March 31, 2015, SunAmerica managed, advised and/or administered approximately $74.7 billion in assets. In addition, the Board considered SunAmerica’s code of ethics and its commitment to compliance generally and with respect to its management and administration of the Portfolios. The Board also considered SunAmerica’s risk management processes. The Board further observed that SunAmerica has developed internal procedures, adopted by the Board, for monitoring compliance with the investment objectives, policies and restrictions of the Portfolios as set forth in the Portfolios’ prospectuses. The Board also reviewed SunAmerica’s compliance and regulatory history, and noted that there were no material legal, regulatory or compliance issues that would potentially impact SunAmerica in effectively serving as the investment adviser to the Portfolios.

The Board also considered the nature, extent and quality of subadvisory services provided by each Subadviser to the applicable Portfolios. The Board observed that the Subadvisers are responsible for providing day-to-day portfolio management services, including investment research, advice and supervision, and determining which securities will be purchased or sold by the Portfolio that each Subadviser manages, subject to the oversight and review of SunAmerica. The Board reviewed each Subadviser’s history, structure, size, visibility and resources, which are needed to attract and retain highly qualified investment professionals. The Board reviewed the personnel that are responsible for providing subadvisory services to the Portfolios, and other key personnel of each Subadviser, in addition to current and projected staffing levels and compensation practices, and concluded, based on their experience with the Subadvisers, that each Subadviser: (i) has been able to retain high quality portfolio managers and other investment personnel; (ii) has exhibited a high level of diligence and attention to detail in carrying out its responsibilities under the applicable Subadvisory Agreement; and (iii) has been responsive to requests of the Board and of SunAmerica. In addition, the Board considered each Subadviser’s code of ethics and risk management processes. The Board further observed that each Subadviser has developed internal policies and procedures for monitoring compliance with the investment objectives, policies and restrictions of the Portfolios as set forth in the Portfolios’ prospectuses. The Board also reviewed each Subadviser’s compliance and regulatory history, and noted that there were no material legal, regulatory or compliance issues that would potentially impact the Subadvisers from effectively serving as subadvisers to the Portfolios. The Board concluded that the nature and extent of services provided by each Subadviser under the respective Subadvisory Agreement were reasonable and appropriate in relation to the subadvisory fee and that the quality of services continues to be high.

Investment Performance.    The Board, including the Independent Trustees, also considered the investment performance of SunAmerica and the Subadvisers with respect to the Portfolios. In connection with its review, the Board received and reviewed information regarding the investment performance of the Portfolios as compared to each Portfolio’s peer group (“Peer Group”) and/or peer universe (“Peer Universe”) as independently determined by Lipper and to an appropriate index or combination of indices, including the Portfolios’ benchmarks. The Board was provided with a description of the methodology used by Lipper to select the funds in the Peer Groups and Peer Universes.

The Board noted that performance information was for the periods ended March 31, 2015. The Board also noted that it regularly reviews the performance of the Portfolios throughout the year. The Board further noted that, while it monitors performance of the Portfolios closely, it generally attaches more importance to performance over relatively long periods of time, typically three to five years.

Asset Allocation Portfolio.    The Board considered that the Portfolio’s performance was below the median of its Peer Group for the one- and five-year periods and above the median of its Peer Group for the three-year period. The Board further considered that the Portfolio’s performance was above the median of its Peer Universe for the one-year period, equal to the median of its Peer Universe for the three-year period and below the median of its Peer Universe for the five-year period. The Board further considered that the Portfolio outperformed its Lipper Index for the one-, three- and five year periods. The Board concluded that the Portfolio’s overall performance was satisfactory.

Capital Appreciation Portfolio.    The Board considered that the Portfolio’s performance was above the medians of its Peer Group and Performance Universe for the one-, three- and five-year periods. The Board also considered that the Portfolio outperformed its Lipper Index for the one-, three- and five-year periods. The Board concluded that the Portfolio’s performance was satisfactory.

Growth and Income Portfolio.    The Board considered that the Portfolio’s performance was above the median of its Peer Group for the one-year period and below the median of its Peer Group for the three- and five-year periods. The Board further considered that the Portfolio’s performance was above the median of its Peer Universe for the one- and three-year periods and below the median of its Peer Universe for the five-year period. The Board also considered that the Portfolio outperformed its Lipper Index for the one- and three-year periods and underperformed its Lipper Index for the five-year period. The Board noted management’s discussion of the Portfolio’s performance, including the continued monitoring of the Portfolio as well as the fact that a new portfolio management team within Wellington had assumed responsibility for the day-to-day management of the Portfolio in May 2013. The Board noted that since the

 

 

 
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new management team assumed responsibility for management of the Portfolio, performance had improved and concluded that the Portfolio’s performance was being addressed.

Growth Portfolio.    The Board considered that the Portfolio’s performance was below the medians of its Peer Group and Peer Universe for the one-, three- and five-year periods. The Board also considered that the Portfolio outperformed its Lipper Index for the one- and three-year periods and underperformed its Lipper Index for the five-year period. The Board noted management’s discussion of the Portfolio’s performance, including the continued monitoring of the Portfolio as well as the fact that a new portfolio management team within Wellington had assumed responsibility for the day-to-day management of the Portfolio in June 2014. The Board concluded that the Portfolio’s performance was being addressed.

Government and Quality Bond Portfolio.    The Board considered that the Portfolio’s performance was above the medians of its Peer Group and Peer Universe for the one-, three- and five-year periods. The Board also considered that the Portfolio outperformed its Lipper Index for the one- and three-year periods and underperformed its Lipper Index for the five-year period. The Board concluded that the Portfolio’s performance was satisfactory.

SA BlackRock Multi-Asset Income Portfolio.    The Board considered that the Portfolio’s performance was equal to the median of its Peer Group for the one-year period and below the median of its Peer Group for the three- and five-year periods. The Board further considered that the Portfolio’s performance was above the median of its Peer Universe for the one-year period and below the median of its Peer Universe for the three- and five-year periods. The Board also considered that the Portfolio outperformed its Lipper Index for the one-year period and underperformed its Lipper Index for the three and five-year periods. The Board noted management’s discussion of the Fund’s performance and that effective January 12, 2015, the Portfolio changed its name and certain of the Fund’s principal investment strategies and techniques, and BlackRock was appointed as the subadviser to the Portfolio. The Board concluded that the Portfolio’s performance was being addressed.

Natural Resources Portfolio.     The Board considered that the Portfolio’s performance was below the medians of its Peer Group and Peer Universe for the one-, three-, and five-year periods. The Board further considered that the Portfolio underperformed its Lipper Index for the one-, three- and five-year periods. The Board noted management’s discussions of the Portfolio’s performance, as well as management’s continued monitoring of the Portfolio. The Board concluded that the Portfolio’s performance was being addressed.

Strategic Multi-Asset Portfolio.    The Board considered that the Portfolio’s performance was above the medians of its Peer Group and Peer Universe for the one- and three-year periods and below the medians of its Peer Group and Peer Universe for the five- year period. The Board also considered that the Portfolio outperformed its Lipper Index for the one-, three- and five-year periods. The Board concluded that the Portfolio’s performance was satisfactory.

While the Board noted its concern with respect to the performance of certain of the Portfolios, it also considered that appropriate resources were being dedicated to address these performance concerns. The Board further noted that it would continue to evaluate each such Portfolio’s performance.

Consideration of the Management Fees and Subadvisory Fees and the Cost of the Services and Profits to be Realized by SunAmerica, the Subadvisers and their Affiliates from the Relationship with the Portfolios.    The Board, including the Independent Trustees, received and reviewed information regarding the fees to be paid by the Portfolios to SunAmerica pursuant to the Advisory Agreement and the fees paid by SunAmerica to the Subadvisers pursuant to the Subadvisory Agreements. The Board examined this information in order to determine the reasonableness of the fees in light of the nature and quality of services to be provided and any potential additional benefits to be received by SunAmerica, the Subadvisers or their affiliates in connection with providing such services to the Portfolios.

To assist in analyzing the reasonableness of the management fee for each of the Portfolios, the Board received reports independently prepared by Lipper. The reports showed comparative fee information for each Portfolio’s Peer Group and/or Peer Universe, as determined by Lipper, including rankings within each category. In considering the reasonableness of the management fee to be paid by each Portfolio to SunAmerica, the Board reviewed a number of expense comparisons, including: (i) contractual and actual management fees; and (ii) actual total operating expenses. The Board also considered the various expense components of the Portfolios and compared each Portfolio’s net expense ratio to those of other funds within its Peer Group and/or Peer Universe as a guide to help assess the reasonableness of the management fee for the Portfolios. The Board acknowledged that it was difficult to make precise comparisons with other funds in the Peer Groups and Peer Universes since the exact nature of services provided under the various fund agreements is often not apparent. The Board noted, however, that the comparative fee information provided by Lipper as a whole was useful in assessing whether SunAmerica was providing services at a cost that was competitive with other, similar funds.

The Board also considered management fees received by SunAmerica with respect to other mutual funds and accounts with similar investment strategies to the Portfolios, as applicable. The Board noted that the mutual funds identified as similar to the Portfolios are sold only in the variable annuity market and, accordingly, are in different Lipper classifications, with peer groups consisting of funds underlying variable insurance products. The Board noted that the management fees paid by the Portfolios were reasonable as compared to the fees SunAmerica was receiving from other mutual funds and accounts for which it serves as adviser or subadviser.

The Board also received and reviewed information regarding the fees paid by SunAmerica to the Subadvisers pursuant to the Subadvisory Agreements. To assist in analyzing the reasonableness of the subadvisory fees, the Board received a report prepared independently by Lipper. The report showed comparative fee information for the Portfolios’ Peer Groups and/or Peer Universes that the Trustees used as a guide to help assess the reasonableness of the subadvisory fees. The Trustees noted that Peer Group information

 

 

 

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as a whole was useful in assessing whether the Subadvisers were providing services at a cost that was competitive with other similar funds. The Trustees also considered that the subadvisory fees are paid by SunAmerica out of its management fee and not by the Portfolios, and that subadvisory fees may vary widely within a Peer Group for various reasons, including market pricing demands, existing relationships, experience and success, and individual client needs. The Board further considered the amount of subadvisory fees paid out by SunAmerica and the amount of the management fees which it retained and determined that these amounts were reasonable in light of the services performed by SunAmerica and the Subadvisers, respectively.

The Board also considered advisory fees received by the Subadvisers with respect other mutual funds and accounts with similar investment strategies to the Portfolio or Portfolios for which they serve as adviser or subadviser, as applicable. The Board noted in particular that certain of the similar accounts identified by Wellington were institutional separate accounts, and Wellington highlighted certain differences between these separate accounts and the applicable Portfolios, including that these separate accounts are subject to different investment limitations and restrictions and do not experience daily cash flows in a manner similar to the Portfolios. The Board also recognized that, with respect to the Asset Allocation Portfolio, the similar account identified by Edge utilizes a fund of funds structure, which increases overall expenses due to additional fees in the underlying funds held and that these material differences make performance and fee comparisons with the Portfolio less meaningful. The Board then noted that the subadvisory fees paid by SunAmerica to the Subadvisers were reasonable as compared to fees the Subadvisers receive for other such investment companies or clients for which it serves as adviser or subadviser.

Asset Allocation Portfolio.    The Board considered that the Portfolio’s actual management fees were below the median of its Peer Group and above the median of its Peer Universe. The Board also considered that the Portfolio’s total expenses were below the median of its Peer Group and Peer Universe. The Board noted that the Portfolio’s advisory fee contains breakpoints and further noted management’s discussion regarding the Portfolio’s expenses.

Capital Appreciation Portfolio.    The Board considered that the Portfolio’s actual management fees were above the median of its Peer Group and Peer Universe. The Board also considered that the Portfolio’s total expenses were below the median of its Peer Group and Peer Universe. The Board noted that the Portfolio’s advisory fee contains breakpoints and further noted management’s discussion regarding the Portfolio’s expenses.

Growth and Income Portfolio.    The Board considered that the Portfolio’s actual management fees were above the median of its Peer Group and Peer Universe. The Board also considered that the Portfolio’s total expenses were equal to the median of its Peer Group and above the median of its Peer Universe. The Board noted that the Portfolio’s advisory fee contains breakpoints and further noted management’s discussion regarding the Portfolio’s expenses, including the impact of the Portfolio’s small size on its expenses.

Growth Portfolio.    The Board considered that the Portfolio’s actual management fees were below the median of its Peer Group and above the median of its Peer Universe. The Board also considered that the Portfolio’s total expenses were below the median of its Peer Group and Peer Universe. The Board noted that the Portfolio’s advisory fee contains breakpoints and further noted management’s discussion regarding the Portfolio’s expenses.

Government and Quality Bond Portfolio.    The Board considered that the Portfolio’s actual management fees were above the median of its Peer Group and Peer Universe. The Board also considered that the Portfolio’s total expenses were above the median of its Peer Group and equal to the median of its Peer Universe. The Board noted that the Portfolio’s advisory fee contains breakpoints and further noted management’s discussions regarding the Portfolio’s expenses.

SA BlackRock Multi-Asset Income Portfolio.    The Board considered that the Portfolio’s actual management fees were below the median of its Peer Group and its Peer Universe. The Board also considered that the Portfolio’s total expenses were below the median of its Peer Group and its Peer Universe. The Board noted that the Portfolio’s advisory fee contains breakpoints.

Natural Resources Portfolio.    The Board considered that the Portfolio’s actual management fees were below the median of its Peer Group and above the median of its Peer Universe. The Board also considered that the Portfolio’s total expenses were below the median of its Peer Group and above the median of its Peer Universe. The Board noted management’s discussion regarding the Portfolio’s expenses.

Strategic Multi-Asset Portfolio.    The Board considered that the Portfolio’s actual management fees were above the median of its Peer Group and its Peer Universe. The Board also considered that the Portfolio’s total expenses were above the median of its Peer Group and its Peer Universe. The Board noted that the Portfolio’s advisory fee contains breakpoints and further noted management’s discussions regarding the Portfolio’s expenses, including the impact of the Portfolio’s small size on its expenses.

Profitability.    The Board also considered SunAmerica’s profitability and the benefits SunAmerica and its affiliates received from their relationship with the Portfolios. The Board received and reviewed financial statements relating to SunAmerica’s financial condition and profitability with respect to the services it provided the Portfolios and considered how profit margins could affect SunAmerica’s ability to attract and retain high quality investment professionals and other key personnel. The Board was also provided with a profitability analysis that detailed the revenue earned and the expenses incurred by SunAmerica, and its affiliates that provide services to the Portfolios on a Portfolio-by-Portfolio basis.

The Board considered the profitability of SunAmerica under the Advisory Agreement, including the amount of management fees it retained after payment to the Subadvisers, and considered the profitability of SunAmerica’s affiliates under the Rule 12b-1 Plans.

 

 

 
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Additionally, the Board considered whether SunAmerica, the Subadvisers and their affiliates received any indirect benefits from the relationship with the Portfolios. Specifically, the Board observed that, SunAmerica and affiliated insurance companies have entered into arrangements, including arrangements relating to services provided by the insurance companies with respect to certain funds that are available as investment options in annuity products (including the Portfolios). The Board further observed that in calculating their corporate income tax liability as insurance companies, certain affiliated life insurance companies receive a tax benefit with respect to dividends paid by the Portfolios. In addition, it was noted that such affiliated life insurance companies may also rely on foreign tax credits with respect to certain foreign securities held in applicable Portfolios. The Board also noted that certain affiliated life insurance companies also receive financial support from SunAmerica and certain Subadvisers for distribution-related activities, including payments to help offset costs for education and training to support sales of the Portfolios, as well as occasional gifts, entertainment or other compensation as incentives and that such payments may be derived from investment management fees received by SunAmerica or Subadvisers.

The Board further considered whether there were any collateral or “fall-out” benefits that SunAmerica and its affiliates may derive as a result of their relationship with the Portfolios. The Board noted that SunAmerica believes that any such benefits are de minimis and do not impact the reasonableness of the management fees.

The Board also reviewed the Subadvisers’ financial statements and considered whether the Subadvisers had the financial resources necessary to attract and retain high quality investment management personnel and to provide a high quality of services.

The Board concluded that SunAmerica and the Subadvisers had the financial resources necessary to perform their obligations under the Agreements and to continue to provide the Portfolios with the high quality services that they had provided in the past. The Board also concluded that the management fee and subadvisory fees were reasonable in light of the factors discussed above.

Economies of Scale.    The Board, including the Independent Trustees, considered whether the shareholders would benefit from economies of scale and whether there was potential for future realization of economies with respect to the Portfolios. The Board considered that as a result of being part of the SunAmerica fund complex, the Portfolios share common resources and may share certain expenses, and if the size of the complex increases, each Portfolio could incur lower expenses than they otherwise would achieve as stand-alone entities. The Board also took into account that the management fee arrangements (other than with respect to the Natural Resources Portfolio) included breakpoints that will adjust the fee downward as the size of Portfolios increase, thereby allowing the shareholders to participate in any economies of scale. The Board concluded that the Portfolios’ management fee structures were reasonable and that it would continue to review fees in connection with the renewal of the Advisory Agreement, including whether the implementation of additional breakpoints would be appropriate in the future due to an increase in asset size or otherwise.

The Board noted that the Subadvisory Agreements included breakpoints, but did not review specific information regarding whether there have been economies of scale with respect to the Subadvisers’ management of the Portfolios because it regards that information as less relevant at the subadviser level. Rather, the Board considered information regarding economies of scale in the context of the renewal of the Advisory Agreement and concluded that the management fee structure, including the amount of management fees retained by SunAmerica, was reasonable in light of the factors described above.

Other Factors.    In consideration of the Agreements, the Board also received information regarding SunAmerica’s and the Subadvisers’ brokerage and soft dollar practices. The Board considered that the Subadvisers are responsible for decisions to buy and sell securities for the Portfolios they manage, selection of broker-dealers and negotiation of commission rates. The Board noted that it receives reports from SunAmerica and from an independent third party which include information on brokerage commissions and execution throughout the year. The Board also considered the benefits SunAmerica and the Subadvisers derive from their soft dollar arrangements, including arrangements under which brokers provide brokerage and/or research services to SunAmerica and/or the Subadvisers in return for allocating brokerage.

Conclusion.    After a full and complete discussion, the Board approved the Agreements, each for a one-year period ending June 30, 2016. Based upon their evaluation of all these factors in their totality, the Board, including the Independent Trustees, was satisfied that the terms of the Agreements were fair and reasonable and in the best interests of the Portfolios and the Portfolios’ shareholders. In arriving at a decision to approve the Agreements, the Board did not identify any single factor or group of factors as all-important or controlling, but considered all factors together, and each Independent Trustee may have attributed different weights to different factors. The Independent Trustees were also assisted by the advice of independent legal counsel in making this determination.

 

 

 

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ANCHOR SERIES TRUST

 

VOTING PROXIES ON TRUST PORTFOLIO SECURITIES

A description of the policies and procedures that the Trust uses to determine how to vote proxies related to securities held in the Trust’s Portfolios which is available in the Trust’s Statement of Additional Information, may be obtained without charge upon request, by calling (800) 445-SUN2. This information is also available from the EDGAR database on the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s website at http://www.sec.gov.

PROXY VOTING RECORD ON TRUST PORTFOLIO SECURITIES

Information regarding how Anchor Series Trust Portfolios voted proxies related to securities held in Anchor Series Trust Portfolios during the most recent twelve month period ended June 30 is available once filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, without charge, upon request, by calling (800) 445-SUN2 or on the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s website at http://www.sec.gov.

DISCLOSURE OF QUARTERLY PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS

The Trust is required to file its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for its first and third fiscal quarters on Form N-Q. The Trust’s Forms N-Q are available on the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s website at http://www.sec.gov. You can also review and obtain copies of the Forms N-Q at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s Public Reference Room in Washington, DC (information on the operation of the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 800-SEC-0330).

This report is submitted solely for the general information of shareholders of the Trust. Distribution of this report to persons other than shareholders of the Trust is authorized only in connection with a currently effective prospectus, setting forth details of the Trust, which must precede or accompany this report.

Additional information concerning the Trustees and Officers is contained in the Statement of Additional Information and is available without charge by calling (800) 445-SUN2.

The accompanying report has not been audited by independent accountants and accordingly no opinion has been expressed thereon.

 

 

 
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Item 2. Code of Ethics.

Not applicable.

 

Item 3. Audit Committee Financial Expert.

Not applicable.

 

Item 4. Principal Accountant Fees and Services.

Not applicable.

 

Item 5. Audit Committee of Listed Registrants.

Not applicable.

 

Item 6. Investments.

Included in Item 1 to the Form.

 

Item 7. Disclosure of Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures for Closed-End Management Investment Companies.

Not applicable.

 

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

Not applicable.

 

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

Not applicable.

 

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

There were no material changes to the procedures by which shareholders may recommend nominees to the registrant’s Board of Trustees that were implemented after the registrant last provided disclosure in response to the requirements of Item 407(c)(2)(iv) of Regulation S-K (17 CFR 229.407) (as required by Item 22(b)(15) of Schedule 14A (17 CFR 240.14a - 101)), or this Item 10.

 

Item 11. Controls and Procedures.

 

  (a) An evaluation was performed within 90 days of the filing of this report, under the supervision and with the participation of the registrant’s management, including the President and Treasurer, of the effectiveness of the design and operation of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (17 CFR 270.30a-3(c))). Based on that evaluation, the registrant’s management, including the President and Treasurer, concluded that the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures are effective.

 

  (b) There was no change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (17 CFR 270.30a-3(d))) that occurred during the registrant’s last fiscal quarter of the period covered by this report that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

Item 12. Exhibits.

 

  (a) (1) Not applicable.

 

       (2) Certifications pursuant to Rule 30a-2(a) under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (17 CFR 270.30a-2(a)) attached hereto as Exhibit 99.CERT.

 

       (3) Not applicable.

 

  (b) Certification pursuant to Rule 30a-2(b) under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (17 CFR 270.30a-2(a)) and Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 attached hereto as Exhibit 99.906.CERT.


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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.

 

Anchor Series Trust

By:   /s/ John T. Genoy        
 

John T. Genoy

President

Date: September 4, 2015

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

By:   /s/ John T. Genoy        
 

John T. Genoy

President

Date: September 4, 2015

By:   /s/ Gregory R. Kingston        
 

Gregory R. Kingston

Treasurer

Date: September 4, 2015