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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 811-4279

 

Securian Funds Trust

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

 

400 Robert Street North

St. Paul, Minnesota 55101-2098

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)

 

Paul J. Thibodeaux, Esq.

400 Robert Street North

St. Paul, Minnesota 55101-2098

(Name and address of agent for service)

 

Registrant's telephone number, including area code:

(651) 665-3500

 

Date of fiscal year end: December 31, 2022

Date of reporting period: December 31, 2022

 

 

 

 

 

 

ITEM 1. REPORT TO STOCKHOLDERS.

 

Filed herewith.

 

 

 

 

SECURIAN FUNDS TRUST

Offered in Minnesota Life
Insurance Company and
Securian Life Insurance
Company variable products

Annual report

December 31, 2022

SFT Balanced Stabilization Fund

SFT Core Bond Fund

SFT Delaware IvySM Growth Fund

SFT Delaware IvySM Small Cap Growth Fund

SFT Equity Stabilization Fund

SFT Government Money Market Fund

SFT Index 400 Mid-Cap Fund

SFT Index 500 Fund

SFT International Bond Fund

SFT Real Estate Securities Fund

SFT T. Rowe Price Value Fund

SFT Wellington Core Equity Fund


TABLE OF CONTENTS

   

Page No.

 

Letter from the President

   

1

   

Portfolio Manager Reviews

 

SFT Balanced Stabilization Fund

   

2

   
SFT Core Bond Fund    

7

   

SFT Delaware IvySM Growth Fund

   

12

   

SFT Delaware IvySM Small Cap Growth Fund

   

17

   

SFT Equity Stabilization Fund

   

21

   

SFT Government Money Market Fund

   

26

   

SFT Index 400 Mid-Cap Fund

   

28

   
SFT Index 500 Fund    

32

   

SFT International Bond Fund

   

36

   

SFT Real Estate Securities Fund

   

41

   

SFT T. Rowe Price Value Fund

   

45

   

SFT Wellington Core Equity Fund

   

49

   

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

   

53

   

Investments In Securities

 

SFT Balanced Stabilization Fund

   

54

   
SFT Core Bond Fund    

61

   

SFT Delaware IvySM Growth Fund

   

73

   

SFT Delaware IvySM Small Cap Growth Fund

   

75

   

SFT Equity Stabilization Fund

   

77

   

SFT Government Money Market Fund

   

79

   

SFT Index 400 Mid-Cap Fund

   

80

   
SFT Index 500 Fund    

87

   

SFT International Bond Fund

   

95

   

SFT Real Estate Securities Fund

   

98

   

SFT T. Rowe Price Value Fund

   

99

   

SFT Wellington Core Equity Fund

   

102

   

Financial Statements

 

Statements of Assets and Liabilities

   

104

   

Statements of Operations

   

106

   

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

   

108

   

Financial Highlights

   

113

   

Notes to Financial Statements

   

125

   

Fund Expense Examples

   

143

   

Proxy Voting and Quarterly Holdings Information

   

144

   

Statement Regarding Liquidity Risk Management Program

   

145

   

Trustees and Executive Officers

   

146

   

Letter from the President

Last year's market performance was one for the record books, but not in a positive way. While fourth quarter returns were generally upbeat, they were not enough to offset the significant losses occurring earlier in the year. Indeed, both equity and fixed income markets recorded sizable losses for the year, a most uncommon outcome.

A driving force in this market weakness was the Federal Reserve's attempt to slow inflation by raising short term interest rates, moving up the target Federal Funds rate to over 4 percent from near zero the year before. The last time rates had risen that aggressively was over forty years ago. Inflation appears to have peaked at 9.1 percent in June, but it still remains at unacceptable levels, so further Federal Reserve tightening is likely.

In 2023, optimistic corporate earnings expectations, continued geopolitical tensions and an inflation-fighting Federal Reserve will likely fuel continued volatility. For now however, the employment picture is strong, and services spending has been enough to offset weakness in manufacturing. But with so much ambiguity in the market, a recession—and higher unemployment—seem to be the base case for many market forecasters. Bond investors appear to be pricing Treasuries to reflect recession concerns, but corporate earnings estimates, and corporate bond spreads don't reflect a downturn. It appears that many risk assets still are not incorporating a generous margin of safety, therefore a level of caution is warranted.

As always, we believe the best investment tactic is to position for the long-term and use diversification to reduce risk of a downside surprise.

Sincerely,

David Kuplic
President, Securian Funds Trust


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SFT Balanced Stabilization Fund

Jeremy Gogos, Ph.D., CFA, Merlin Erickson Portfolio Managers
Securian Asset Management

Fund Objective

The SFT Balanced Stabilization Fund seeks to maximize risk-adjusted total return relative to its blended benchmark index comprised of 60 percent S&P 500® Index and 40 percent Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index (collectively, the "Blended Benchmark Index"). The SFT Balanced Stabilization Fund invests primarily in Class 1 shares of the SFT Index 500 Fund for equity exposure, in a basket of fixed income securities for fixed income exposure and certain derivative instruments. The Fund is subject to risks associated with such investments as described in detail in the Fund's prospectus. The net asset value of the Fund will fluctuate and is not guaranteed. It is possible to lose money by investing in the Fund. There is no assurance that efforts to manage Fund volatility will achieve the desired results.

Performance Update

The Fund generated a total net return of -12.62 percent over the 12 months ending December 31, 2022, outperforming the Blended Benchmark Index which returned -15.79 percent over the same period.

What influenced the Fund's return during the past 12 months?

Equity volatility is what guides the asset allocation of the Fund's strategy. When equity volatility is low, the equity exposure of this strategy will be high. Conversely, when equity volatility is high, the equity exposure of this strategy will be low.

In 2022, markets saw some of the worst risk asset performance in recent memory; essentially every major asset class delivered deeply negative performance. For example, for 2022, the S&P 500® returned -18.11 percent for 2022, and the Bloomberg US Credit Index returned -15.76 percent. Commodities were a lone bright spot in an otherwise challenging year, as the Bloomberg Commodity Index closed out 2022 up 13.75 percent.

In our view, the primary driver of 2022's awful risk asset performance was the monetary policy tightening happening in concert around the globe. We will further discuss this topic shortly. For now, suffice to say that we view the 2022 S&P 500® return of -18.11 percent, and realized volatility of 24.17 percent—an 85th percentile value—as direct consequences of the aggressive monetary tightening the Federal Reserve (the "Fed") pursued in response to the severe inflation backdrop of late 2021 and early 2022.

Elevated volatility wasn't confined to equity. Rates and spreads also saw outsized moves through all of 2022. The 10-year U.S. Treasury yield, investment grade spreads, and high yield spreads all saw volatility in 2022 that ranked in the 82nd to 83rd percentile historically.

Realized 20-day S&P 500® volatility saw a minimum of 13.29 percent, and a maximum of 34.87 percent, over the course of the year. Given this rather elevated volatility, the Fund equity exposure ranged from a minimum of 27.01 percent to a maximum of 50.25 percent, and averaged 36.10 percent for the year. This equity underweight was the primary reason the Fund outperformed its benchmark in 2022.

In absolute terms, the Fund's fixed income holdings modestly outperformed the benchmark's fixed income portion; they saw absolute returns of -12.69 percent and -13.07 percent, respectively. We continued to maintain an overall fixed income underweight relative to the benchmark for essentially all of 2022, and so the overall contributions to return for the Fund and benchmark fixed income were -4.10 percent and -5.19 percent, respectively.


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What other market conditions or events influenced the Fund's performance during the past 12 months?

In 2022, markets saw the correlation between the S&P 500® and the 10-Year U.S. Treasury go deeply negative again. As we have highlighted previously, the idea of fixed income being a portfolio bulwark against equity losses relies on this correlation being positive. That is, as equity prices decrease, bond yields also decrease and, by extension, bond prices rise, offsetting the equity decline. The prevailing inflation backdrop through all of 2022, and the market expectations for central bank action that that backdrop created, caused equity and fixed income assets to move in tandem for most of 2022. As a result, the canonical 60/40 portfolio saw its second-worst year ever in the available daily history of the S&P 500® Total Return and Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond indexes (1989-present), sorted by worst percent return. For reference, 2008 saw a -20.91 percent return on the same portfolio.

The "growth over value" trade also largely unwound over the course of 2022. The high-flying tech-focused names that powered the absurd COVID-19 equity rally of 2020-2021, and which ended up accounting for a wildly outsized portion of the S&P 500® market capitalization, saw extreme pullbacks in 2022. For example, Meta lost -64.22 percent, Tesla lost -65.03 percent, and Amazon lost -49.62 percent.

In short, 2022 exemplified the type of market regime we have repeatedly cautioned against, namely one in which investors need portfolio protection approaches beyond a fixed income allocation to mitigate losses.

What strategies and techniques did you employ that specifically affected Fund performance?

Throughout the year, the Fund held a core long position in cash equity that tracks the S&P 500®. In addition, the Fund had short positions in S&P 500® futures, long and short S&P 500® put options, long and short Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) Volatility Index (VIX) call options, and long and short VIX put options. These derivative positions were held either as expressions of the target equity allocation of the Fund given prevailing volatility, or as supplemental hedges for managing the Fund's risk.

What will affect the Fund going forward?

By multiple measures, inflation continued to be a serious economic and political problem through all of 2022. Consumer Price Index (CPI) peaked at 9.1 percent year-over-year on June 30, 2022, and Personal Consumption Expenditures (PCE) printed a 5.20 percent year-over-year change on September 30, 2022. While these inflation metrics, along with market inflation expectations, have been on a downward trajectory to close out the year, every inflation metric is still well above the Fed's stated 2.0 percent target. As a result, 2022 saw the Fed embark on a very aggressive monetary tightening campaign. Its policy rate was at zero to begin 2022; it ended 2022 at 4.25 percent. The Fed Funds rate hasn't increased by more than 4 percent in a one-year period since 1981, when the Fed was contending with inflation of nearly 15 percent year-over-year, and its policy rate was north of 10 percent.

For numerous years, we have been bearish on equities. We viewed easy monetary policy as having distorted valuations across multiple asset classes, and we felt that investors were often foolheartedly latching onto growth narratives to rationalize buying indefensibly overpriced stock. Perhaps ironically, in a year where we view a recession as likely, we are more bullish on equity than we have been for quite some time.

First, let us address the notion of a potential recession. The 10-year to 3-month yield curve was inverted from November 8, 2022 through year-end, and hit a minimum of -85 basis points on December 7, 2022. As many market commentators note, this yield curve anomaly highlights overly aggressive monetary policy moves, and it has happened leading up to every recession in modern history. Based on this data point alone, we would expect a recession within the next 12-24 months. Further, it is worth reiterating that gross domestic product (GDP) printed negative growth in Q1 and Q2 of 2022.

We think signals from the consumer sector also suggest a slowing economy. Consumers have been saving a smaller fraction of their disposable income than ever, and credit card utilization has now reached pre-pandemic levels. Both trajectories are unsustainable. We interpret both of these data points as suggesting a material decrease in consumer demand as 2023 unfolds. When you combine these consumer metrics with rates market data that suggests the Fed has hiked its policy rate to an unsustainable level, we see a 2023 recession as a strong possibility.


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Perhaps ironically, we view the somewhat grim macroeconomic picture as a potential tailwind for equities. Recent equity market responses to "easier" monetary policy suggest that any pivot in Fed policy will be enthusiastically received by risk markets. Further, in the asset rout of 2022, fundamental equity valuation metrics have reverted to more reasonable levels.

We also view recent geopolitical developments as supportive of a bullish equity view. First, while the response of Western nations has not been perfectly harmonious, our European allies have largely found ways to survive without Russian natural gas, and the Ukrainian resistance has proved a very formidable adversary for Russia's bumbling invasion force. As such, the potential impacts of Russian natural gas and oil supply shortages likely have fewer global economic knock-on effects than originally anticipated. Another key geopolitical development in late 2022 is that China abandoned its zero-COVID policy. The implementation of this policy change is taking an enormous human toll on the Chinese population, and we do not want to marginalize that tragedy. But, if we endeavor to keep our focus on economic issues, we anticipate that supply chain disruption will decrease materially once China's working population weathers this current COVID-19 wave that their government left them woefully unprepared for.

To summarize, we anticipate that the Fed is very close to the end of its tightening campaign. By extension, we think volatility will come down modestly from 2022 levels as 2023 unfolds. And, perhaps most importantly, we anticipate that a 2023 recession will give the Fed the justification it needs to pivot to monetary easing. Should this pivot come to pass, we think a broad risk asset rally is likely.

In a tactical sense, we will continue to use our volatility metrics to inform the equity allocation of the Fund. We will increase equity exposure if we believe volatility will decrease, and decrease equity exposure if we believe volatility will increase. Given our more bullish view of equity returns for the near future, we will maintain the Fund's equity exposure toward the upper end of its allowed range while keeping downside hedge positions in place.


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Ten Largest Holdings^

Security description   Market
value
  % of net
assets
 

iShares Core S&P 500 ETF

 

$

40,511,102

     

6.5

%

 

U.S. Treasury Note 1.000%, 12/15/24

   

14,509,453

     

2.3

%

 

SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust

   

13,832,493

     

2.2

%

 

U.S. Treasury Note 3.875%, 12/31/27

   

9,312,015

     

1.5

%

 

Vanguard S&P 500 ETF

   

7,088,284

     

1.1

%

 

U.S. Treasury Bond 4.000%, 11/15/42

   

5,452,234

     

0.9

%

 

CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric LLC, Series AJ 4.850%, 10/01/52

   

2,979,109

     

0.5

%

 

Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. 4.350%, 06/15/29

   

2,907,195

     

0.5

%

 

M&T Bank Corp. 4.553%, 08/16/28

   

2,903,016

     

0.5

%

 

KeyBank NA 4.390%, 12/14/27

   

2,890,011

     

0.4

%

 

 

$

102,384,912

     

16.4

%

 

    

^Does not include short-term investments or investments in Class 1 shares of the SFT Index 500 Fund, an affiliated Fund in Securian Funds Trust, which provides the SFT Balanced Stabilization Fund with its primary equity exposure.

Sector Diversification (shown as a percentage of net assets)

Asset Quality (shown as a percentage of fixed income investments)


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Comparison of Change in Investment Value*
A Hypothetical $10,000 Investment in SFT Balanced Stabilization Fund,
the Blended Benchmark Index and Consumer Price Index (CPI)

On the chart above you can see how the SFT Balanced Stabilization Fund's shares total return compared to its Blended Benchmark Index, comprised of 60 percent of the S&P 500® Index and 40 percent of the Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index, and the Consumer Price Index. The three lines represent the total return of a hypothetical $10,000 investment made on May 1, 2013 through December 31, 2022, assuming reinvestment of distributions, if any.

*  The results shown are past performance and are not an indication of future performance. Current performance may be lower or higher. The investment returns and principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that shares upon redemption may be worth more or less than their original cost. Performance figures of the Fund do not reflect charges pursuant to the terms of the variable life insurance policies and variable annuity contracts funded by separate accounts that invest in the Fund's shares. When such charges are deducted, actual investment performance in a variable policy or contract will be lower.

Securian Asset Management, Inc. ("Securian AM") and Securian Funds Trust, on behalf of the SFT Balanced Stabilization Fund (the "Fund"), have entered into an Expense Limitation Agreement, dated May 1, 2013, which limits the operating expenses of the Fund, excluding certain expenses (such as interest expense, acquired fund fees, cash overdraft fees, taxes, brokerage commissions, other expenditures which are capitalized in accordance with the generally accepted accounting principles, and other extraordinary expenses not incurred in the ordinary course of the Fund's business), to 0.80% of the Fund's average daily net assets through April 30, 2021. The Expense Limitation Agreement was terminated on May 1, 2021. The Fund is authorized to reimburse Securian AM for management fees previously waived and/or for the cost of expenses previously paid by Securian AM pursuant to this agreement, provided that such reimbursement will not cause the Fund to exceed any limits in effect at the time of such reimbursement. The Fund's ability to reimburse Securian AM in this manner only applies to fees waived or reimbursements made by Securian AM within the three fiscal years prior to the date of such reimbursement. To the extent that the Fund makes such reimbursements to Securian AM, the amount of the reimbursements will be reflected in the financial statements in the Fund's shareholder reports and in Other Expenses under Fees and Expenses of the Fund.

The Blended Benchmark Index is comprised of 60 percent of the S&P 500® Index and 40 percent of the Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index.

The S&P 500® Index is a broad, unmanaged index of 500 common stocks which are representative of the U.S. stock market overall. The Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index is an unmanaged benchmark composite representing the average market-weighted performance of U.S. Treasury and agency securities, investment grade corporate bonds and mortgage-backed securities with maturities greater than one year.


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SFT Core Bond Fund

Stephen M. Kane, CFA, Laird R. Landmann, Bryan T. Whalen, CFA
Portfolio Managers
TCW

Fund Objective

The SFT Core Bond Fund seeks as high a level of long-term total return as is consistent with prudent investment risk. Preservation of capital is a secondary objective. The SFT Core Bond Fund invests in long-term, fixed income, high quality debt instruments. The investment adviser for the Fund is Securian Asset Management, Inc. Metropolitan West Asset Management, LLC ("Met West") serves as the investment sub-adviser to the Fund and provides investment advice under a sub-advisory agreement. The risks incurred by investing in debt instruments include, but are not limited to, reinvestment of prepaid debt obligations at lower rates of return, and the inability to reinvest at higher interest rates when debt obligations are prepaid more slowly than expected. In addition, the net asset value of the SFT Core Bond Fund may fluctuate in response to changes in interest rates and is not guaranteed.

Performance Update

The Fund's Class 2 shares generated a total net return of -14.17 percent over the 12 months ending December 31, 2022, underperforming the Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index which returned -13.01 percent over the same period.

What influenced the Fund's return during the past 12 months?

While the challenging effects from the Federal Open Market Committee's shift in policy—from near-zero interest rates to one of the most aggressive hiking cycles in decades—was felt throughout nearly all segments of the market, perhaps no sector bore the brunt of this regime change more than residential Mortgage-Backed Securities ("MBS"). The mortgage market, spurred by pandemic-era stimulus and the Federal Reserve's (the "Fed") sizeable footprint in the agency MBS space, saw record low mortgage rates throughout 2020 and 2021, setting the stage for the downward repricing of the sector in 2022 as the surge in U.S. Treasury rates quickly moved a large segment of the mortgage universe "out of the money" (i.e., no incentive to refinance). As a result, durations extended across the coupon stack as prepayment expectations essentially fell to zero, and, when coupled with elevated volatility, increased hedging costs and heightened selling in the sector to meet outflows, the agency MBS sector posted the worst year of total returns on record, negatively impacting the Fund's sizeable allocation to the space. Similarly, spreads widened across non-agency backed issues amid broader macro uncertainty and elevated rate environment, resulting in falling prices across the sector and a headwind for performance.

What other market conditions or events influenced the Fund's performance during the past 12 months?

Much as any year brings its share of the unexpected, possibly the biggest surprise of 2022 was the Fed finding a long-lost resolve in the face of a capital markets-wide selloff precipitated by a rooted and flowered inflation, germinated in the pandemic (and seeded decades prior). As for the markets, the tumult of the year would be hard to overstate. Pricing weakness was felt across asset classes with broad stock and bond measures dropping more than 15 percent, a first for the record books and a nemesis to diversification. Compounding the deleterious effect of one of the most hawkish and synchronized central bank tightening campaigns in history, low bond yields and relatively lofty stock valuations to start the year set the stage for such disappointing results. What periodic relief there was in 2022 manifested itself as a pattern of sporadic bear market rallies and a near obsession with the word "pivot", though optimism proved unsustainable. "Pivot" now follows "transitory" in the Fed lexicon...will it too be forgotten as Chair Powell stays a steady course?


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Although late to take action to combat inflation, the Fed initiated its aggressive tightening measures in March to eventually get through four consecutive 75 basis point (bps) increases to the Fed Funds rate, followed by an additional 50 bps bump in December, bringing the target range to 4.25 percent to 4.50 percent by the end of the year. Resilient labor markets—sub 4 percent unemployment—provide continuing cover for an expected 50 bps of further tightening early in 2023 and peak short rates near 5 percent. Fed action has historically worked with a lag, though the first effects of slowing economic activity thus far have already shown up in the interest-rate sensitive housing market. Existing home sales fell for ten consecutive months in 2022, and are now down over 35 percent on a year-over-year basis as mortgage rates rose off historically low levels and affordability sharply deteriorated for new homebuyers on the higher financing costs and still high prices, at least for now.

Finding 4 percent for the first time since 2010 in early October and reaching a high of 4.24 percent later in the month, the 10-Year yield stabilized somewhat lower to close 2022 at 3.89 percent, though still nearly 240 bps above where it started the year. Fixed income remediated into the fourth quarter on reduced rate volatility, with the Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Index actually gaining 1.9 percent, but year-to-date losses were too steep to overcome, falling a crushing 13 percent. Credit markets lagged in 2022 as spreads widened in both the investment grade and high yield markets. Despite widening, investment grade spreads around 130 bps are still moderately tighter than their long-term averages and substantially narrower than they have been in recessions, suggesting there is room for them to widen further in 2023 if the economy endures a more significant downturn. For leveraged finance, despite a 4Q rally of 4.2 percent, high yield bonds were down 11.2 percent for the year and the amount of distressed debt in the U.S. alone jumped more than 300 percent in 12 months.

Even more affected than the corporate market, agency MBS spreads reached levels similar to where they were in 2008, and delivered an 11.8 percent loss for 2022 despite clawing back 2.1 percent in the fourth quarter. Similarly, non-agency MBS spreads reflected weaker economic expectations than those priced by credit markets, resulting in deeply negative year-to-date returns (though better than the agency MBS market). Meanwhile, commercial real estate remains vulnerable as the work from home dynamic has weighed on office properties, adding to stress in brick-and-mortar retailers and translating to lagging results and an increasing percentage of Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities ("CMBS") collateral loans going to special servicing. Both agency and non-agency CMBS tumbled approximately 11 percent on the year, with the agency market dragged down mostly on duration while non-agency CMBS experienced more pronounced spread widening. On the Asset-Backed Securities ("ABS") front, early signs of stress are emerging despite a modest current annual loss of 4.3 percent, with delinquencies and writeoffs picking up, especially among the highest risk borrowers.

What strategies and techniques did you employ that specifically affected Fund performance?

Though repositioning into weakness generally produces challenges to immediate performance, improved valuations resulting from spread widening and increased volatility provided attractive opportunities to add exposure to high-quality corporate sectors and issuers, especially more defensive sectors that traditionally withstand prolonged bouts of volatility. As such, positions were added among consumer non-cyclicals, communications, and banking within financials. The resultant overweight to non-cyclicals contributed positively to relative performance as the sector outpaced the broader Index, though communications and financials lagged. Banking was among the largest additions to the corporate basis during the year given strong balance sheets and well-regulated emphasis of liquidity and capital across the sector, though the liquidity needs for many banks led to programmatic issuance and a concomitant widening of spreads past the rest of the investment grade corporate universe. Consistent with the team's relative value discipline, exposure was added to the sector in a disciplined, dollar-cost averaging manner on these increased spread levels.

Similarly, wide spreads and discount dollar pricing provided opportunity to increase the Fund's allocation to residential MBS, which weighed on returns given the significant underperformance of both agency and non-agency backed issues. The immediate performance drag notwithstanding, the team remains constructive on both the relative value and outlook for the sector. Agency MBS, largely "priced to worst" amid fully extended durations, presents upside optionality should rate volatility level off or drop in the coming year, while the relatively high liquidity and government guarantee further underpin constructive sentiment. Among non-agency deals, despite current low prices, collateral backing the deals benefits from record levels of home price appreciation, decreasing


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loan to value ratios, improved lending standards, and structural supply and demand imbalances, all of which should help to cushion the sector, even in a recessionary environment.

What will affect the Fund going forward?

The path towards economic stability will be challenging as uncertainty over the trajectory of monetary policy, inflation, and geopolitical tensions renders the market susceptible to continued volatility. Without question, the effects of higher rates and tighter financial conditions will continue to be felt into 2023, with a recession the most likely outcome. However, unlike the last two recessions, we believe this one is not likely to be crisis-driven (i.e., subprime meltdown or pandemic), but rather by the Fed, suggesting a different look than recent versions. As such, the team's approach is to remain disciplined and opportunistic. Specific to the inflation picture in the U.S., prices appear to have peaked, with expectations for further deceleration as economic activity slows. As a corollary to that, it is anticipated that the yield curve will steepen significantly, with the two-year rate dropping quickly to reflect an easing Fed (by year-end 2022, the curve has steepened more than 30 bps from the cycle low). Positioning reflects this, under a belief that disciplined active managers will be well-situated to take advantage of market volatility and thus set the stage for strong prospective returns.

With the bellwether Treasury yield above the team's estimate of sustainable levels, the duration of the strategy was extended throughout 2022 to approximately 0.5 years long versus the Index. On sector positioning, allocations dictate caution given that corporate spread levels remain insufficient. As such, the strategy emphasizes more resilient sectors and issues subject to less would-be volatility, with the expectation that as recession unfolds, the non-linear move in spreads will allow for de-risking as valuations improve, while maintaining room to increase exposure during larger corrections. Unlike credit markets, both agency and non-agency MBS prices reflect economic pressure, and represent what we view as attractive value at this point. Expectations are that agency MBS could be used as buy liquidity for other opportunities in market volatility. As for non-agency holdings, especially long-seasoned legacy issues, these continue to exhibit good collateral performance, i.e., low delinquencies and improving loan-to-value ratios, though some volatility is possible, particularly if unemployment rises. The team remains selective in these sectors and, similar to credit, will look to reduce higher quality holdings, using proceeds to migrate down the quality spectrum as valuations cheapen to improve the return outlook. Finally, exposure to other securitized issues is higher quality, particularly in the CMBS market, which faces stress in 2023 as rising delinquencies ultimately filter through to defaults and losses. ABS at the top of the capital structure provides what we believe to be fair compensation given robust structures, with an ongoing focus on off-the-run sectors that offer more attractive yields than more traditional credit cards and auto receivables.


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Ten Largest Holdings^

Security description   Market
value
  % of net
assets
 

U.S. Treasury Bond 2.000%, 11/15/41

 

$

34,735,371

     

7.9

%

 

Federal National Mortgage Association 2.500%, 12/25/51, TBA

   

25,285,488

     

5.8

%

 

Federal National Mortgage Association 5.000%, 01/12/53, TBA

   

21,151,711

     

4.8

%

 

Federal National Mortgage Association 2.000%, 01/12/53, TBA

   

16,481,938

     

3.8

%

 

Federal National Mortgage Association 3.000%, 02/25/52, TBA

   

15,498,984

     

3.5

%

 

U.S. Treasury Bond 4.000%, 11/15/52

   

15,343,659

     

3.5

%

 

U.S. Treasury Note 3.750%, 12/31/27

   

9,122,788

     

2.1

%

 

Federal National Mortgage Association 2.000%, 11/01/51

   

8,401,492

     

1.9

%

 

Federal National Mortgage Association 4.500%, 01/12/53, TBA

   

6,296,625

     

1.4

%

 

U.S. Treasury Note 3.875%, 11/30/27

   

5,920,849

     

1.3

%

 

 

$

158,238,905

     

36.0

%

 

    

^Excludes short-term investments.

Sector Diversification (shown as a percentage of net assets)

Asset Quality (shown as a percentage of investments)


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Comparison of Change in Investment Value*
A Hypothetical $10,000 Investment in SFT Core Bond Fund,
Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index and Consumer Price Index (CPI)

On the chart above you can see how the SFT Core Bond Fund's Class 2 shares total return compared to the Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index and the Consumer Price Index. The three lines represent the total return of a hypothetical $10,000 investment made on December 31, 2012 through December 31, 2022, assuming reinvestment of distributions, if any.

*  The results shown are past performance and are not an indication of future performance. Current performance may be lower or higher. The investment returns and principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that shares upon redemption may be worth more or less than their original cost. Performance figures of the Fund do not reflect charges pursuant to the terms of the variable life insurance policies and variable annuity contracts funded by separate accounts that invest in the Fund's shares. When such charges are deducted, actual investment performance in a variable policy or contract will be lower.

The Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index is an unmanaged benchmark composite representing average market-weighted performance of U.S. Treasury and agency securities, investment-grade corporate bonds and mortgage-backed securities with maturities greater than one year.


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SFT Delaware IvySM Growth Fund

Bradley M. Klapmeyer, CFA, Brad Angermeier, CFA Portfolio Managers
Delaware Investments Fund Advisers

Fund Objective

The SFT Delaware IvySM Growth Fund seeks to provide growth of capital. The Fund pursues its objective by investing primarily in a diversified portfolio of common stocks issued by large capitalization companies. The investment adviser for the Fund is Securian Asset Management, Inc. Delaware Investments Fund Advisers serves as investment sub-adviser to the Fund and provides investment advice under a sub-advisory agreement. The risks incurred by investing in the Fund include, but are not limited to, the risk of declines in the market for large cap stocks or in the equity markets generally.

Performance Update

The Fund generated a total net return of -27.15 percent over the 12 months ending December 31, 2022, outperforming the Russell 1000 Growth® Index which returned -29.14 percent over the same period.

What influenced the Fund's return during the past 12 months?

After solid gains of 38.5 percent and 27.6 percent respectively for 2020 and 2021, the Russell 1000 Growth® Index posted a sizeable drawdown of 29.1 percent for calendar year 2022. Despite this decline, it is important to keep things in perspective. Excluding a slight drop of 1.5 percent in 2018, this marks the first year of a significant negative return for the Fund's benchmark since the recession of 2008-2009.

While value styles shined during 2022, there were also moments of clarity wherein investors were drawn back to business quality—profitability, cash flow, and competitive advantage—as a necessary consideration. The market's hunt for the next "thematic" trade, whether that be a peak interest rates, lower inflation, or a Federal Reserve (the "Fed") policy pivot, was not a sustainable and repeatable investment strategy. It is not surprising that in a period when the relative growth of many "hyper-growth" companies disappointed, investors returned to a theme with lasting power—business quality.

What other market conditions or events influenced the Fund's performance during the past 12 months?

There were some key events that occurred in 2022 that will shape the outlook for the coming year. Particularly notable was the aggressive increase of interest rates by the Fed. The Fed raised rates 4.25 percent, starting at near zero in March 2022 and ending the year at 4.375 percent. Additionally, starting in June 2022 the Fed initiated quantitative tightening by reducing its balance sheet by $80 to $90 billion per month. The inversion of the yield curve provided support for those arguing a recession is on the horizon.

This aggressive policy response was necessary as inflation hit a four-decade high. While a portion of the sharp move higher in inflation was attributable to unique circumstances associated with the pandemic, such as supply disruptions and continued China COVID-19 lockdowns, the services component continued to remain elevated. Exiting the year, the Fed made it clear that it wants to address the "stable prices" portion of its dual mandate and that it, too, believes some amount of economic pain is required to get there.

Labor markets remained strong throughout the year. The unemployment rate remained at a 50-year low despite the Fed's tightening and clear signals of economic slowing. One clear signal of slowing was the move lower in manufacturing data with headline data hovering around contraction territory. Housing data weakened as activity was directly affected by the higher rates, which more than doubled from their lows, cratering affordability. The ripple effects from a slowdown in housing can easily turn into waves given its importance to the overall economy.


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What strategies and techniques did you employ that specifically affected Fund performance?

From a sector perspective, strong stock selection in the consumer discretionary, information technology (IT) and communication services sectors were the largest contributors to the Fund's outperformance. Stock selection in the industrials and financials sectors, along with underweight positions in the energy and healthcare sectors, were the largest detractors to the Fund's performance.

The consumer discretionary sector was the largest contributor to the Fund's outperformance. Lack of exposure to Tesla Inc., accounted for most of the Fund's consumer discretionary contribution. We remain convicted in our view that economics in the auto industry will be competed away over time and Tesla is overpriced relative to its realizable future earnings. Additional positive contributors, but of lesser magnitude, included LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE Unsponsored ADR and Ferrari NV.

Positive relative performance in the IT sector was helped by outperformance from the Funds overweight positions in Motorola Solutions Inc., Visa Inc., and VeriSign Inc. Each of these names provide critical components or services to their customers such that their businesses should be able to outperform in periods of economic weakness. These positive contributions were able to overwhelm negative stock contributions from PayPal Holdings Inc., Salesforce Inc., and NVIDIA Corp.

Within communications services sector, relative outperformance was driven by Electronic Arts Inc. Despite benefiting from the pandemic, Electronic Arts has been able to sustain growth due to subscription-like video game franchises. Lack of exposure to Netflix, Inc. and an underweight exposure to Meta Platforms, Inc. also drove the Fund's outperformance.

The relative underperformance within the industrials sector was driven by weakness in TransUnion and Stanley, Black & Decker Inc., along with a lack of exposure to a machinery stocks. TransUnion's weakness was related to the company's exposure to both mortgage activity and to fintech health. Stanley, Black & Decker struggled to forecast end-market demand and was also hit with input prices. Machinery stocks, such a Caterpillar Inc. (not owned), saw strong relative performance as investors favored relative value. Notable positive offsets to this industrials' headwind were relative strength from the Fund's overweight positions in CoStar Group Inc. and J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc.

The energy sector was a negative contributor during the year as the Fund lacked exposure. Energy was driven by rising commodity prices related to unfortunate geopolitical events. We remain comfortable with our lack of exposure to these transitory trends.

What will affect the Fund going forward?

We are full of optimism that the current environment, while volatile, is extremely ripe for active stock picking to generate significant value. It is unlikely that we will return to a zero-rate environment and with that regime change comes a different set of standards. Higher valuation levels and access to capital will have to be earned through consistent growth, strong cash generation, strong profitability, and disciplined capital management. The days of free money and an "everyone wins" mentality is likely behind us.

We believe this regime change will highlight the importance of high-quality stock selection and the minimization, through a disciplined process, of behavioral mistakes. The likelihood of false positives, or mistakes, has already dramatically increased in the post-pandemic reopening euphoria and we believe this will likely continue to increase over the coming years. The tendency to favor growth as a way to validate quality will be exposed as a poor investment strategy resulting in a high degree of what we call "growth flame-outs" that can be associated with material disappointment.

Inflationary pressures are cooling, but they may prove to be more resilient. This is important because the persistence of inflation could keep the Fed involved longer, which we believe has negative ramifications on economic activity both for 2023 and likely for 2024. Risk assets (cyclicals and high growth) will periodically react


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positively to the concept of a "Fed Pivot" wherein the central bank would slow or pause its rate hikes, thereby creating a bullish narrative. We believe these "risk-on" events will be difficult to sustain until expectations are reset materially lower and overly optimistic outlooks are extinguished.

Investors should favor these high-quality stocks through cycles, and especially in periods of downside volatility, as we believe quality-first investing is a superior long-term strategy for durable compounding. If downside volatility does not surface, we believe our portfolio of high-quality growth stocks will likewise shine as their "growthy" attributes will prove to be more sustainable, remain underappreciated and allow for strong upside participation.

Our conviction is high as we believe business quality is more persistent than growth, and through-the-cycle outperformance can be achieved through a disciplined stock selection process that prioritizes high-quality business models first and growth second.


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Ten Largest Holdings^

Security description   Market
value
  % of net
assets
 

Microsoft Corp.

 

$

59,118,508

     

12.4

%

 

Apple, Inc.

   

37,856,924

     

7.9

%

 

Visa, Inc. Class A

   

28,353,423

     

5.9

%

 

Alphabet, Inc. Class A

   

24,128,611

     

5.0

%

 

Motorola Solutions, Inc.

   

23,366,050

     

4.9

%

 

VeriSign, Inc.

   

22,922,584

     

4.8

%

 

Amazon.com, Inc.

   

22,425,060

     

4.7

%

 

UnitedHealth Group, Inc.

   

20,417,232

     

4.3

%

 

CoStar Group, Inc.

   

20,280,745

     

4.2

%

 

Coca-Cola Co.

   

16,081,499

     

3.4

%

 

 

$

274,950,636

     

57.5

%

 

^Excludes short-term investments.

Sector Diversification (shown as a percentage of net assets)


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Comparison of Change in Investment Value*
A Hypothetical $10,000 Investment in SFT Delaware IvySM Growth Fund,
the Russell 1000 Growth® Index and Consumer Price Index (CPI)

On the chart above you can see how the SFT Delaware IvySM Growth Fund's shares total return compared to the Russell 1000 Growth® Index and the Consumer Price Index. The three lines represent the total return of a hypothetical $10,000 investment made on May 1, 2014 through December 31, 2022, assuming reinvestment of distributions, if any.

*  The results shown are past performance and are not an indication of future performance. Current performance may be lower or higher. The investment returns and principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that shares upon redemption may be worth more or less than their original cost. Performance figures of the Fund do not reflect charges pursuant to the terms of the variable life insurance policies and variable annuity contracts funded by separate accounts that invest in the Fund's shares. When such charges are deducted, actual investment performance in a variable policy or contract will be lower.

The Russell 1000 Growth® Index is an unmanaged index that measures the performance of those Russell 1000 Index companies with higher price-to-book ratios and higher forecasted growth values. The index measures the performance of the 1,000 largest companies in the Russell 3000 Index, which measures the performance of the 3,000 largest U.S. companies based on total market capitalization.

'Ivy' is the registered service mark of Ivy Distributors, Inc., an affiliate of the Delaware Investments Fund Advisers, the Fund's sub-adviser.


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SFT Delaware IvySM Small Cap Growth Fund

Timothy J. Miller, CFA, Kenneth G. McQuade, CFA Portfolio Managers
Delaware Investments Fund Advisers

Fund Objective

The SFT Delaware IvySM Small Cap Growth Fund seeks to provide growth of capital. The Fund pursues its objective by investing primarily in a diversified portfolio of common stocks issued by small capitalization companies. The investment adviser for the Fund is Securian Asset Management, Inc. Delaware Investments Fund Advisers serves as investment sub-adviser to the Fund and provides investment advice under a sub-advisory agreement. The risks incurred by investing in the Fund include, but are not limited to, the risk of declines in the market for small cap stocks or in the equity markets generally.

Performance Update

The Fund generated a total net return of -26.87 percent over the 12 months ending December 31, 2022, underperforming the Russell 2000 Growth® Index which returned -26.36 percent over the same period.

What influenced the Fund's return during the past 12 months?

For small-cap growth stocks, 2022 was the third-worst year of the past 25, eclipsed only by the global financial crisis of 2008-2009 and the 2002 "tech bubble." The double-whammy of rising interest rates, which hurt valuations, and the lingering pandemic-induced economic disruption, which dampened earnings estimates, was largely responsible. The 10-year Treasury yield, which had been in a downtrend since 2008, bottomed near zero and remained there for almost a year following the onset of the pandemic. In 2021, growth stocks thrived as the economy responded to significant fiscal and monetary stimulus. Earnings growth surged for most major sectors of the market. But that surprisingly strong growth led to significant shortages and supply-chain disruptions that fueled inflation and led to the conditions that stifled equity markets in 2022.

What other market conditions or events influenced the Fund's performance during the past 12 months?

Small-cap growth stocks had been a major beneficiary of the low interest rate, healthy economic environment and were thus vulnerable to rising rates. During 2022, the 10-year Treasury yield rose from 1.5 percent to 3.9 percent and the yield curve inverted midway through the year. High yield spreads rose more than 250 basis points by midyear signaling increased concern about a potential recession (a basis point equals one-hundredth of a percentage point). The combination crushed small-cap growth stocks by the end of the second quarter. A brief attempt at a late summer rally was thwarted over the balance of the year. The Russell 2000® Growth Index declined more than 26 percent for the year and lagged the Russell 2000® Value Index, which declined 16 percent. High-valuation, non-earning growth stocks were punished the most during the year. Energy was the only sector to generate a positive return. The worst-performing sectors were communication services, consumer discretionary, real estate, and information technology (IT).

What strategies and techniques did you employ that specifically affected Fund performance?

Throughout the fiscal year, the Fund consistently maintained its strategy of diversifying across sectors while emphasizing quality growth companies. The Fund performed ahead of the benchmark for most of the year before it succumbed to the relentless pressure on growth stocks. Those stocks that had outperformed most during the year were the last targets of the selloff. Energy stocks were a prime example. Although energy companies dramatically outperformed for the first 10 months of the year, beginning in mid-November, energy stocks sold off significantly in spite of a fundamental outlook that remains healthy. BJ's Wholesale Club Holdings Inc. was another example. A large position in the Fund, BJ's had been a strong performer throughout the year but fell under the pressure of the


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market selloff—again, despite consistently good sales and earnings results. The Fund's attribution for the year shows that stock selection contributed positively in all sectors of the Fund except healthcare.

Sector allocation, or weighting, detracted in the IT sector, which was consistently overweight the benchmark during the fiscal period. The Fund's small underweight in the energy sector also detracted. The benchmark energy sector was up 41.9 percent for the year while the Fund gained 39.4 percent. A weighting of one percentage point below the benchmark was to blame.

The Fund's allocation to the healthcare sector detracted, primarily the result of poor stock selection. Several holdings that previously were strong performers drastically reversed course due to high valuations, underwhelming profitability, weakness in procedure volumes, and disappointing sales as potential customers were constrained by rising prices. The overall healthcare sector underperformed the broader index, a departure from typical down years. More specifically, small-cap healthcare did not perform like a defensive sector. The repercussions of COVID-19 on the healthcare system lasted well beyond expectations. Many companies with new products or services faced challenges getting in front of decision-makers, obtaining budget sign offs, or hiring personnel to accept, install, and implement new product platforms.

In many cases we felt the new product or service was superior and would gain traction in the marketplace, but that scenario was rarely realized. For example, Omnicell Inc. has a best-in-class solution for medication management that has successfully gained share in past years but hit a significant wall this period due to budget constraints and facilities' inability to implement new platforms while labor is scarce. As a result, previously consistent revenues and bookings dried up for several quarters and visibility was lost.

For the healthcare sector as a whole, we decided to maintain our positions in some companies where we felt sufficiently confident that competitive advantages remained compelling. In other instances, we exited our positions and moved on. We may renew those positions if and when sales visibility better matches our investment horizon. Through this environment, we maintained our long-term philosophy of owning names with novel offerings that make healthcare more efficient and value based.

The industrials sector contributed on both an absolute and relative basis during the period, benefiting from advantageous stock selection. Our neutral allocation also contributed slightly as the industrial sector outperformed the market as a whole. We had exposure to alternative energy, resource management, and electrification, which we think have plenty of demand and visibility going forward. Lesser exposure to housing-related names, such as building supplies, and areas only growing via cyclical inflation also aided performance. We maintained our process of searching for areas of the economy that have long-term growth potential rather than attempting to time cyclical stocks.

The consumer discretionary sector was the largest positive contributor for the year while the IT sector was a modest drag. Stock selection led the way in the consumer discretionary sector. Monarch Casino & Resort Inc., Texas Roadhouse Inc., and Visteon Corp. were all significant contributors. Other relative contributors (declining less than the Russell 2000 Growth® Index) included Churchill Downs Inc. and Marriott Vacations Worldwide Corp. Pent-up demand for experiences, both travel and dining, helped drive success for these companies.

The IT sector has historically been a large driver of outperformance for the Fund and we expect it will continue to be the most-favored sector from a fundamental growth perspective. That said, the sector corrected last year, reflecting the macro factors mentioned above. We reduced our large overweight versus the index throughout the year as we exited less-seasoned companies in favor of a higher quality, profitable group of stocks. The result was performance for the year that essentially matched the benchmark, with the drag from an overweight offset by modestly positive stock selection. The Fund also benefited from several take-outs as private equity firms took advantage of lower stock prices to make strategic acquisitions. Sailpoint Technologies Holdings Inc., ForgeRock Inc., and Switch Inc. were among the companies acquired.

What will affect the Fund going forward?

At the end of the Fund's fiscal year, we see no need to change its strategic positioning as we navigate through the headwind of interest rate hikes and their impact on the economy. Clearly a lot of damage has been done to small-cap stock valuations, obviating the need to be overly defensive. The Fund's emphasis on high-quality, sustainable-growth businesses across all major sectors of the market has worked well in the small-cap growth asset class and remains the focus of the Fund.


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Ten Largest Holdings^

Security description   Market
value
  % of stock
portfolio
 

BJ's Wholesale Club Holdings, Inc.

 

$

3,992,756

     

2.8

%

 

Allegro MicroSystems, Inc.

   

3,852,917

     

2.7

%

 

Visteon Corp.

   

3,284,618

     

2.3

%

 

Red Rock Resorts, Inc. Class A

   

3,243,291

     

2.3

%

 

Marriott Vacations Worldwide Corp.

   

3,145,637

     

2.2

%

 

Kinsale Capital Group, Inc.

   

2,988,912

     

2.1

%

 

Cactus, Inc. Class A

   

2,977,503

     

2.1

%

 

Paycor HCM, Inc.

   

2,829,270

     

2.0

%

 

Inmode Ltd.

   

2,754,077

     

2.0

%

 

Texas Roadhouse, Inc.

   

2,748,509

     

2.0

%

 

 

$

31,817,490

     

22.5

%

 

    

^Excludes short-term investments.

Sector Diversification (shown as a percentage of net assets)


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Comparison of Change in Investment Value*
A Hypothetical $10,000 Investment in SFT Delaware IvySM Small Cap Growth Fund,
the Russell 2000 Growth® Index and Consumer Price Index (CPI)

On the chart above you can see how the SFT Delaware IvySM Small Cap Growth Fund's shares total return compared to the Russell 2000 Growth® Index and the Consumer Price Index. The three lines represent the total return of a hypothetical $10,000 investment made on May 1, 2014 through December 31, 2022, assuming reinvestment of distributions, if any.

*  The results shown are past performance and are not an indication of future performance. Current performance may be lower or higher. The investment returns and principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that shares upon redemption may be worth more or less than their original cost. Performance figures of the Fund do not reflect charges pursuant to the terms of the variable life insurance policies and variable annuity contracts funded by separate accounts that invest in the Fund's shares. When such charges are deducted, actual investment performance in a variable policy or contract will be lower.

The Russell 2000 Growth® Index is an unmanaged index of those Russell 2000 Index growth companies with higher price-to-book ratios and higher forecasted growth values. The index is broad-based, comprised of 2,000 of the smallest U.S.-domiciled company common stocks based on total market capitalization.

'Ivy' is the registered service mark of Ivy Distributors, Inc., an affiliate of the Delaware Investments Fund Advisers, the Fund's sub-adviser.


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SFT Equity Stabilization Fund

Jeremy Gogos, Ph.D., CFA, Merlin Erickson
Portfolio Managers
Securian Asset Management

Fund Objective

The SFT Equity Stabilization Fund seeks to maximize risk-adjusted total return relative to its blended benchmark index comprised of 60 percent S&P 500® Low Volatility Index, 20 percent S&P 500® BMI International Developed Low Volatility Index and 20 percent Bloomberg U.S. 3-Month Treasury Bellwether Index (collectively, the "Blended Benchmark Index"). The SFT Equity Stabilization Fund invests at least 80 percent of its assets in equity securities. Equity securities include those that are equity based, such as ETFs that invest primarily in U.S. and foreign equity securities. The Fund is subject to risks associated with such investments as described in detail in the Fund's prospectus. The net asset value of the Fund will fluctuate and is not guaranteed. It is possible to lose money by investing in the Fund. There is no assurance that efforts to manage Fund volatility will achieve the desired results.

Performance Update

The Fund generated a total net return of -9.71 percent over the 12 months ending December 31, 2022, underperforming the Blended Benchmark Index which returned -4.59 percent over the same period.

What influenced the Fund's return during the past 12 months?

Equity volatility is what guides the asset allocation of the Fund's strategy. When equity volatility is low, the equity exposure of the Fund's strategy will be high. Conversely, when equity volatility is high, the equity exposure of the Fund's strategy will be low.

In 2022, the markets saw some of the worst risk asset performance in recent memory, and the losses were not concentrated in a single asset class; essentially every major asset class delivered deeply negative performance in 2022. For example, the S&P 500® returned -18.11 percent for 2022, and the Bloomberg US Credit Index returned -15.76 percent. Commodities were a lone bright spot in an otherwise challenging year, as the Bloomberg Commodity Index closed out 2022 up 13.75 percent.

In our view, the primary driver of 2022's awful risk asset performance was the monetary policy tightening happening in concert around the globe. We will further discuss this topic shortly. For now, suffice to say that we view the 2022 S&P 500® return of -18.11 percent, and realized volatility of 24.17 percent—an 85th percentile value—as direct consequences of the aggressive monetary tightening the Federal Reserve (the "Fed") pursued in response to the severe inflation backdrop of late 2021 and early 2022.

Elevated volatility wasn't confined to equity. Rates and spreads also saw outsized moves through all of 2022. The 10-year U.S. Treasury yield, investment grade spreads, and high yield spreads all saw volatility in 2022 that ranked in the 82nd to 83rd percentile historically.

Realized 20-day S&P 500® volatility saw a minimum of 13.29 percent, and a maximum of 34.87 percent, over the course of the year. Similarly, the Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) Volatility Index (VIX) varied from a minimum of 16.60, to a maximum of 36.45, over the course of 2022. Its average value for the year was 25.62. Given this rather elevated volatility, the Fund equity exposure ranged from a minimum of 51.01 percent to a maximum of 92.92 percent, and averaged 70.78 percent for the year. This equity underweight was a key driver of performance for the Fund this past year. Style allocation within equity also drove performance through the Fund's low volatility and dividend-focused equity.


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What other market conditions or events influenced the Fund's performance during the past 12 months?

In 2022, the markets saw the correlation between the S&P 500® and the 10-year U.S. Treasury go deeply negative again. This correlation closed out 2022 at -0.45. As we have highlighted previously, the idea of fixed income being a portfolio bulwark against equity losses relies on this correlation being positive. That is, as equity prices decrease, bond prices rise, offsetting the equity decline. The prevailing inflation backdrop through all of 2022, and the market expectations for central bank action that that backdrop created, caused equity and fixed income assts to move in tandem for most of 2022. Thus, the canonical 60/40 portfolio saw its second-worst year ever (-15.56 percent) in the available daily history of the S&P Total Return and Bloomberg Aggregate indexes. For reference, 2008 saw a -20.91 percent return on the same portfolio.

The "growth over value" trade largely unwound over the course of 2022. The high-flying tech-focused names that powered the absurd COVID-19 equity rally of 2020-2021, and which ended up accounting for a wildly outsized portion of the S&P 500® market capitalization, saw extreme pullbacks in 2022. For example, Meta lost -64.22 percent, Tesla lost -65.03 percent, and Amazon lost -49.62 percent.

In short, 2022 exemplified the type of market regime we have repeatedly cautioned against, namely one in which investors need portfolio protection approaches beyond a fixed income allocation to mitigate losses.

What strategies and techniques did you employ that specifically affected Fund performance?

Throughout the year, the Fund held a core long position in domestic and international minimum volatility and dividend-focused cash equity. In addition, the Fund had long and short positions in S&P 500® futures, long and short S&P 500® put options, long and short S&P 500® call options, long and short Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) Volatility Index (VIX) call options, and long and short VIX put options. These derivative positions were held either as expressions of the target equity allocation of the Fund given prevailing volatility, or as supplemental hedges for managing the Fund's risk.

What will affect the Fund going forward?

By multiple measures, inflation continued to be a serious economic and political problem through all of 2022. Consumer Price Index (CPI) peaked at 9.1 percent year-over-year on June 30, 2022, and Personal Consumption Expenditures (PCE) printed a 5.20 percent year-over-year change on September 30, 2022. While these inflation metrics, along with market inflation expectations, have been on a downward trajectory to close out the year, every inflation metric is still well above the Fed's stated 2.0 percent target. As a result, the Fed hiked its policy rate from zero to begin 2022, to 4.25 percent at the end of the year. The Fed Funds rate hasn't increased by more than 4 percent in a one-year period since 1981, when the Fed was contending with inflation of nearly 15 percent year-over-year, and its policy rate was north of 10 percent.

For numerous years, we have been bearish on equities. We viewed easy monetary policy as having distorted valuations across multiple asset classes, and we felt that investors were often foolheartedly latching onto growth narratives to rationalize buying indefensibly overpriced stock. Perhaps ironically, in a year where we view a recession as likely, we are more bullish on equity than we have been for quite some time.

First, let us address the notion of a potential recession. The 10-year to 3-month yield curve was inverted from November 8, 2022 through year-end, and hit a minimum of -85 basis points on December 7, 2022. As many market commentators note, this yield curve anomaly highlights overly aggressive monetary policy moves, and it has happened leading up to every recession in modern history. Based on this data point alone, we would expect a recession within the next 12-24 months. Further, it is worth reiterating that gross domestic product (GDP) printed negative growth in Q1 and Q2 of 2022.

We think signals from the consumer sector also suggest a slowing economy. Consumers have been saving a smaller fraction of their disposable income than ever, and credit card utilization has now reached pre-pandemic levels. Both trajectories are unsustainable. We interpret both of these data points as suggesting a material decrease in consumer demand as 2023 unfolds. When you combine these consumer metrics with rates market data that suggests the Fed has hiked its policy rate to an unsustainable level, we see a 2023 recession as a strong possibility.


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Perhaps ironically, we view the somewhat grim macroeconomic picture as a potential tailwind for equities. Recent equity market responses to "easier" monetary policy suggest that any pivot in Fed policy will be enthusiastically received by risk markets. Further, in the asset rout of 2022, fundamental equity valuation metrics have reverted to more reasonable levels.

We also view recent geopolitical developments as supportive of a bullish equity view. First, while the response of Western nations has not been perfectly harmonious, our European allies have largely found ways to survive without Russian natural gas, and the Ukrainian resistance has proved a very formidable adversary for Russia's bumbling invasion force. As such, the potential impacts of Russian natural gas and oil supply shortages likely have fewer global economic knock-on effects than originally anticipated. Another key geopolitical development in late 2022 is that China abandoned its zero-COVID policy. The implementation of this policy change is taking an enormous human toll on the Chinese population, and we do not want to marginalize that tragedy. But, if we endeavor to keep our focus on economic issues, we anticipate that supply chain disruption will decrease materially once China's working population weathers this current COVID-19 wave that their government left them woefully unprepared for.

To summarize, we anticipate that the Fed is very close to the end of its tightening campaign. By extension, we think volatility will come down modestly from 2022 levels as 2023 unfolds. And, perhaps most importantly, we anticipate that a 2023 recession will give the Fed the justification it needs to pivot to monetary easing. Should this pivot come to pass, we think a broad risk asset rally is likely.

In a tactical sense, we will continue to use our volatility metrics to inform the equity allocation of the Fund. We will increase equity exposure if we believe volatility will decrease, and decrease equity exposure if we believe volatility will increase. Given our more bullish view of equity returns for the near future, we will maintain the Fund's equity exposure toward the upper end of its allowed range while keeping downside hedge positions in place.


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Ten Largest Holdings^

Security description   Market
value
  % of market
value
 

iShares Edge MSCI Minimum Volatility USA ETF

 

$

105,101,035

     

32.0

%

 

iShares Edge MSCI Minimum Volatility EAFE ETF

   

79,735,463

     

24.3

%

 

iShares Core High Dividend ETF

   

59,510,825

     

18.1

%

 

iShares Edge MSCI Minimum Volatility Emerging Markets ETF

   

21,385,516

     

6.5

%

 

iShares MSCI Germany ETF

   

16,326,301

     

5.0

%

 

BlackRock Short Maturity Bond ETF

   

15,698,407

     

4.7

%

 

 

$

297,757,547

     

90.6

%

 

    

^Excludes short-term investments.

Sector Diversification (shown as a percentage of net assets)


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Comparison of Change in Investment Value*
A Hypothetical $10,000 Investment in SFT Equity Stabilization Fund,
the Blended Benchmark Index and Consumer Price Index (CPI)

On the chart above you can see how the SFT Equity Stabilization Fund's shares total return compared to its Blended Benchmark Index, comprised of 60 percent of the S&P 500® Low Volatility Index, 20% S&P 500® BMI International Developed Low Volatility Index and 20% Bloomberg U.S. 3-Month Treasury Bellwether Index and the Consumer Price Index. The three lines represent the total return of a hypothetical $10,000 investment made on November 18, 2015 through December 31, 2022, assuming reinvestment of distributions, if any.

*  The results shown are past performance and are not an indication of future performance. Current performance may be lower or higher. The investment returns and principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that shares upon redemption may be worth more or less than their original cost. Performance figures of the Fund do not reflect charges pursuant to the terms of the variable life insurance policies and variable annuity contracts funded by separate accounts that invest in the Fund's shares. When such charges are deducted, actual investment performance in a variable policy or contract will be lower.

Securian Asset Management, Inc. ("Securian AM") and Securian Funds Trust, on behalf of the SFT Equity Stabilization Fund (the "Fund"), have entered into an Expense Limitation Agreement, dated November 18, 2015, which limits the operating expenses of the Fund, excluding certain expenses (such as interest expense, acquired fund fees, cash overdraft fees, taxes, brokerage commissions, other expenditures which are capitalized in accordance with the generally accepted accounting principles, and other extraordinary expenses not incurred in the ordinary course of the Fund's business), to 0.80% of the Fund's average daily net assets through April 30, 2021. The Expense Limitation Agreement was terminated on May 1, 2021. The Fund is authorized to reimburse Securian AM for management fees previously waived and/or for the cost of expenses previously paid by Securian AM pursuant to this agreement, provided that such reimbursement will not cause the Fund to exceed any limits in effect at the time of such reimbursement. The Fund's ability to reimburse Securian AM in this manner only applies to fees waived or reimbursements made by Securian AM within the three fiscal years prior to the date of such reimbursement. To the extent that the Fund makes such reimbursements to Securian AM, the amount of the reimbursements will be reflected in the financial statements in the Fund's shareholder reports and in Other Expenses under Fees and Expenses of the Fund.

The Blended Benchmark Index is comprised of 60 percent of the S&P 500® Low Volatility Index, 20% S&P 500® BMI International Developed Low Volatility Index and 20% Bloomberg U.S. 3-Month Treasury Bellwether Index.

The S&P 500® Low Volatility Index measures performance of the 100 least volatile stocks in the S&P 500®. The S&P 500® BMI International Developed Low Volatility Index measures the performance of the 200 least volatile stocks in the S&P Developed Market large/midcap universe. Constituents are weighted relative to the inverse of their corresponding volatility, with the least volatile stocks receiving the highest weights. The Bloomberg U.S. 3-Month Treasury Bellwether Index tracks the market for the on-the-run 3-month Treasury bill issued by the U.S. government.


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SFT Government Money Market Fund

Lena Harhaj, CFA, Katie Brisson
Portfolio Managers
Securian Asset Management

Fund Objective

The SFT Government Money Market Fund seeks maximum current income to the extent consistent with liquidity and the preservation of capital. The Fund invests at least 99.5 percent of its total assets in cash, government securities, and/or repurchase agreements that are collateralized fully (i.e., collateralized by cash or government securities). Investment in the SFT Government Money Market Fund is neither insured nor guaranteed by the U.S. Government, and there can be no assurance that the Fund will be able to maintain a stable net asset value of $1.00 per share. It is possible to lose money by investing in the Fund.

Performance Update

The Fund generated a total net return of 1.12 percent over the 12 months ending December 31, 2022; the 3-month U.S. Treasury Bill returned 1.51 percent over the same period.

What influenced the Fund's return during the past 12 months?

Money market funds in general outperformed stock and bond investments during the last year. Rates increased across the entire U.S. Treasury curve during an active Federal Reserve (the "Fed") hiking cycle. The Federal Open Market Committee voted to increase rates in 7 of the 8 meetings for a total of 425 basis points.

What other market conditions or events influenced the Fund's performance during the past 12 months?

Rates on the short end of the U.S. Treasury curve increased approximately 400-450 basis points, while the longer dated tenors ranged 200-325 basis points.

What strategies and techniques did you employ that specifically affected Fund performance?

The Fund continues to pick up incremental yield versus U.S. Treasury Bills by purchasing short-dated Agency Discount Notes.

What will affect the Fund going forward?

As the Fed finishes it's hiking cycle, short term rates will have settled to levels not seen since 2007. The yield curve remains inverted from 6-months to 10-year tenors and is therefore not incentivizing any duration extension in the broad fixed income market. The supply and demand of money market instruments, and in particular the gap, will impact yields in short-dated U.S. Treasury bills to the extent that they trade through reverse repo rates.


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The results shown are past performance and are not an indication of future performance. Current performance may be lower or higher. The investment returns and principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that shares upon redemption may be worth more or less than their original cost. Investment in the SFT Government Money Market Fund is neither insured nor guaranteed by the U.S. Government or any other agency, and there can be no assurance that the Fund will be able to maintain a stable net asset value of $1.00 per share. Shares upon redemption may be worth more or less than their original cost.

Performance figures of the Fund do not reflect charges pursuant to the terms of the variable life insurance policies and variable annuity contracts funded by separate accounts that invest in the Fund's shares. When such charges are deducted, actual investment performance in a variable policy or contract will be lower.

The Bloomberg U.S. Treasury Bill 1-3 Month Index is a market value-weighted index of investment-grade fixed-rate public obligations of the U.S. Treasury with maturities of three months, excluding zero coupons.

Effective May 1, 2012, the Board of Trustees of Securian Funds Trust (the "Trust") approved a Restated Net Investment Income Maintenance Agreement among the Trust (on behalf of the Fund), Securian Asset Management, Inc. ("Securian AM") and Securian Financial Services, Inc. ("Securian Financial"). A similar agreement was previously approved by the Board of Directors of Advantus Series Fund, Inc., the Trust's predecessor, effective October 29, 2009. Under such Agreement, Securian AM agrees to waive, reimburse or pay the Fund's expenses so that the Fund's daily net investment income does not fall below zero. Securian Financial may also waive its Rule 12b-1 fees. Securian AM and Securian Financial each has the option under the Agreement to recover the full amount waived, reimbursed or paid (the "Expense Waiver") on any day on which the Fund's net investment income exceeds zero. On any day, however, the Expense Waiver does not constitute an obligation of the Fund unless Securian AM or Securian Financial has expressly exercised its right to recover a specified portion of the Expense Waiver on that day, in which case such specified portion is then due and payable by the Fund. In addition, the right of Securian AM and/or Securian Financial to recover the Expense Waiver is subject to the following limitations: (1) if a repayment of the Expense Waiver by the Fund would cause the Fund's net investment income to fall below zero, such repayment is deferred until a date when repayment would not cause the Fund's net investment income to fall below zero; (2) the right to recover any portion of the Expense Waiver expires three years after the effective date of that portion of the Expense Waiver; and (3) any repayment of the Expense Waiver by the Fund cannot cause the Fund's expense ratio to exceed 1.25%. If Securian AM and Securian Financial exercise their rights to be paid such waived amounts, the Fund's future yield will be negatively affected for an indefinite period. The Agreement is effective through April 30, 2023, and shall continue in effect thereafter, provided such continuance is specifically approved by Securian AM, Securian Financial, and a majority of the Trust's independent Trustees.

Effective November 1, 2017, Securian AM and the Trust, on behalf of the Fund, entered into an Expense Limitation Agreement which limits the operating expenses of the Fund, excluding certain expenses, (such as interest expense, acquired fund fees, cash overdraft fees, taxes, brokerage commissions, other expenditures which are capitalized in accordance with GAAP, and other extraordinary expenses not incurred in the ordinary course of the Fund's business), to 0.70% of the Fund's average daily net assets through April 30, 2023.

The Expense Limitation Agreement renews annually for a full year each year thereafter unless terminated by Securian AM upon at least 30 day's notice prior to the end of the contract term. The Fund is authorized to reimburse Securian AM for management fees previously waived and/or for the cost of expenses previously paid by Securian AM pursuant to this agreement, provided that such reimbursement will not cause the Fund to exceed any limits in effect at the time of such reimbursement.

The Fund's ability to reimburse Securian AM in this manner only applies to fees waived or reimbursements made by Securian AM within the three fiscal years prior to the date of such reimbursement. To the extent that the Fund makes such reimbursements to Securian AM, the amount of the reimbursements will be reflected in the financial statements in the Fund's shareholder reports and in Other Expenses under Fees and Expenses of the Fund in the Fund's prospectus.


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SFT Index 400 Mid-Cap Fund

James Seifert
Portfolio Manager
Securian Asset Management

Fund Objective

The SFT Index 400 Mid-Cap Fund seeks to provide investment results generally corresponding to the aggregate price and dividend performance of publicly traded common stocks that comprise the Standard & Poor's MidCap 400® Index (the "S&P MidCap 400®"). It is designed to provide an economical and convenient means of maintaining a diversified portfolio in this equity security area as part of an overall investment strategy. The risks incurred by investing in the SFT Index 400 Mid-Cap Fund include, but are not limited to, the risk that the Fund may not be able to replicate the performance of the S&P MidCap 400®, and the risk of declines in the market for mid-cap stocks or in the equity markets generally.

Performance Update

The Fund's Class 2 shares generated a total net return of -13.60 percent over the 12 months ending December 31, 2022; the S&P MidCap 400® returned -13.06 percent over the same period.

What influenced the Fund's return during the past 12 months?

The SFT Index 400 Fund is passively managed. The Fund is fully invested and holds all names at published free float adjusted index weights. The Fund seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of the S&P MidCap 400® Index.

Only two of the nine sectors posted positive annual returns. Energy names, representing a 1.85 percent weight in the index, ended the year up 26.8 percent followed by the utility sector which ended the year up 6.4 percent. The materials and services sector, the largest sector—representing a 29.8 percent weight in the index, ended the year down 14.29 percent. However, the consumer durables sector, representing a 7.52 percent weight in the index, turned in the worst return down 21.98 percent. In terms of size, decile 2, (decile segments consist of 40 names sorted by market capitalization) consisting of names with market capitalizations between $8.9 billion and $11.1 billion and representing 15.2 percent of the index, ended the period with the worst return down 21.5 percent. All other decile groups ended the year with negative returns.

What other market conditions or events influenced the Fund's performance during the past 12 months?

The S&P MidCap 400® enjoyed a nice Q4 return of 10.78 percent. But the good performance in the fourth quarter wasn't enough to prevent a bloodbath for the year. With short-term treasuries closing December at over 4 percent, investors pummeled valuations on stocks and bonds that began the year with low yields. The Federal Reserve (the "Fed") hiked rates by over 4 percent during the year. When the dust cleared, long bonds produced equity-like losses with the Bloomberg Long Treasury Index returning a negative 29 percent for the year and the Bloomberg Corporate Bond Index losing over 15 percent. Commodities were the best performers against the inflationary backdrop though most of the performance came in the first half.

Most active market participants have never experienced a hiking cycle like this. At the beginning of the year, policymakers expected inflation to fall on its own as pandemic effects burned off. Instead, inflation broadened, and wage growth picked up. In response, the Fed raised rates seven times to increase the Federal Funds rate target by over 4 percent while signaling more to come. The last time policymakers increased rates this quickly was 1979-1980. Investors will also get a better feel for the impact of quantitative tightening in coming months. The Fed's asset reduction program reached its run rate in the fourth quarter and will add to tightening conditions.


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Inflation rolled over but is still at an unacceptable level as the Consumer Price Index (CPI) fell from its June peak of 9.1 percent to just over 7 percent in November. Supply chain bottlenecks are receding, and interest rates are taking a bite out of the housing market and related spending. Unfortunately, inflation remains a problem as consumers pivot to spending their savings on experiences, eating out and higher rents. Companies are still having to pay higher wages to attract workers.

The bottom line is that while the peak is almost certainly behind us, we don't have clarity about where inflation will normalize. Until the Fed sees a clear path to core inflation below 3 percent, policymakers are likely to seek tighter financial conditions.

What will affect the Fund going forward?

Inflation isn't the only thing slowing. Real gross domestic product ("GDP") growth for 2022 is likely to be much lower than anticipated at the beginning of last year, but solid, if unspectacular, all the same. However, estimates for 2023 are coming down quickly as the Fed turns the screws. According to Bloomberg, the median estimate for real GDP growth among economists polled is only 0.3 percent for the year, dangerously close to a recession. Investors are betting on a downturn, accepting lower yields on longer bonds compared to short paper. This inversion means that investors expect the Fed to have to start lowering rates in the second half of next year as the economy falls into a recession. The New York Fed's probability of recession index is at a level that preceded previous downturns. Saying that, these indicators have variable lags. For now, the employment picture is strong, and services spending has been enough to offset weakness in manufacturing.

Expectations for calendar year 2023 are surprisingly resilient with 5.3 percent expected earning per share ("EPS") growth on 3.3 percent revenue growth, implying margin expansion at a time when the economy is teetering near a recession. Overly optimistic earnings expectations continued geopolitical tensions and an inflation-fighting Fed will likely underpin continued volatility. Policymakers are faced with contradictory signals—manufacturing weakness vs services strength, weaker leading indicators measured against relatively strong concurrent data, and strong wage growth vs waning pandemic savings. The net result is a noisy economy that's drifting downward while the Fed tries to fine-tune its policies with imperfect information. While the timing is uncertain, this makes a recession our base case.

A recession—and higher unemployment—seem to be the base case for many market participants, yet volatility and spreads declined during the last quarter. Bond investors are pricing treasuries to reflect recession concerns, but earnings estimates and spreads don't reflect a downturn. Risk assets still are not incorporating a generous margin of safety as the Fed tightens into a slowdown. These conditions may set the stage for a capitulation if the data disappoint.


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Ten Largest Holdings^

Security description   Market
value
  % of net
assets
 

Fair Isaac Corp.

 

$

1,380,326

     

0.7

%

 

First Horizon Corp.

   

1,208,119

     

0.6

%

 

United Therapeutics Corp.

   

1,176,321

     

0.6

%

 

Hubbell, Inc.

   

1,168,002

     

0.6

%

 

RPM International, Inc.

   

1,160,142

     

0.6

%

 

Carlisle Cos., Inc.

   

1,125,229

     

0.6

%

 

Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co.

   

1,091,961

     

0.6

%

 

AECOM

   

1,091,520

     

0.5

%

 

Toro Co.

   

1,090,116

     

0.5

%

 

Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.

   

1,055,133

     

0.5

%

 

 

$

11,546,869

     

5.8

%

 

    

^Excludes short-term investments.

Sector Diversification (shown as a percentage of net assets)


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Comparison of Change in Investment Value*
A Hypothetical $10,000 Investment in SFT Index 400 Mid-Cap Fund,
S&P MidCap 400® Index and Consumer Price Index (CPI)

On the chart above you can see how the SFT Index 400 Mid-Cap Fund's Class 2 shares total return compared to the S&P MidCap 400® Index and the Consumer Price Index. The three lines represent the total return of a hypothetical $10,000 investment made on December 31, 2012 through December 31, 2022, assuming reinvestment of distributions, if any.

*  The results shown are past performance and are not an indication of future performance. Current performance may be lower or higher. The investment returns and principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that shares upon redemption may be worth more or less than their original cost. Performance figures of the Fund do not reflect charges pursuant to the terms of the variable life insurance policies and variable annuity contracts funded by separate accounts that invest in the Fund's shares. When such charges are deducted, actual investment performance in a variable policy or contract will be lower.

The S&P MidCap 400® Index provides investors with a benchmark for mid-sized companies. The index, which is distinct from the large-cap S&P 500®, is designed to measure the performance of 400 mid-sized companies, reflecting the distinctive risk and return characteristics of this market segment.

"Standard & Poor's®", "S&P®", "Standard & Poor's MidCap 400®" and "S&P MidCap 400®" are trademarks of the S&P Global, Inc. and have been licensed for use by the Securian Funds Trust—SFT Index 400 Mid-Cap Fund. The Fund is not sponsored, endorsed, sold or promoted by Standard & Poor's and Standard & Poor's makes no representation regarding the advisability of investing in the Fund.


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SFT Index 500 Fund

James Seifert
Portfolio Manager
Securian Asset Management

Fund Objective

The SFT Index 500 Fund seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance of the common stocks included in the Standard and Poor's 500® Index (the "S&P 500®"). It is designed to provide an economical and convenient means of maintaining a broad position in the equity market as part of an overall investment strategy. The risks incurred by investing in the SFT Index 500 Fund include, but are not limited to, the risk that the Fund may not be able to replicate the performance of the S&P 500®, and the risk of declines in the equity markets generally.

Performance Update

The Fund's Class 2 shares generated a total net return of -18.47 percent over the 12 months ending December 31, 2022; the S&P 500® returned -18.11 percent over the same period.

What influenced the Fund's return during the past 12 months?

The SFT Index 500 Fund is passively managed. The Fund is fully invested and holds all names at published float adjusted index weights. The Fund seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of the S&P 500®.

Only one of the nine sectors posted positive annual returns. Energy names, representing a 2.58 percent weight in the S&P 500® index, ended the year up 68 percent. The technology sector, the largest sector—representing 31.1 percent weight in the S&P 500® index, ended the year down 26.9 percent. However, consumer durable names, representing a 3.9 percent weight in the S&P 500® index, turned in the worst return down 46.7 percent. In terms of size, decile 1, (decile segments consist of 50 names sorted by market capitalization) consisting of the mega-cap names and representing 55.1 percent of the S&P 500® index, ended the period with the worst return down 25.03 percent. All other decile groups ended the year with negative returns.

What other market conditions or events influenced the Fund's performance during the past 12 months?

The S&P 500® enjoyed a nice Q4 return of 7.56 percent. But the good performance in the fourth quarter wasn't enough to prevent a bloodbath for the year. With short-term treasuries closing December at over 4 percent, investors pummeled valuations on stocks and bonds that began the year with low yields. The Federal Reserve (the "Fed") hiked rates by over 4 percent during the year. When the dust cleared, long bonds produced equity-like losses with the Bloomberg Long Treasury Index returning a negative 29 percent for the year and the Bloomberg Corporate Bond Index losing over 15 percent. Commodities were the best performers against the inflationary backdrop though most of the performance came in the first half.

Most active market participants have never experienced a hiking cycle like this. At the beginning of the year, policymakers expected inflation to fall on its own as pandemic effects burned off. Instead, inflation broadened, and wage growth picked up. In response, the Fed raised rates seven times to increase the Federal Funds rate target by over 4 percent while signaling more to come. The last time policymakers increased rates this quickly was in 1979-1980. Investors will also get a better feel for the impact of quantitative tightening in coming months. The Fed's asset reduction program reached its run rate in the fourth quarter and will add to tightening conditions. Inflation rolled over but is still at an unacceptable level as the Consumer Price Index (CPI) fell from its June peak


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of 9.1 percent to just over 7 percent in November. Supply chain bottlenecks are receding, and interest rates are taking a bite out of the housing market and related spending. Unfortunately, inflation remains a problem as consumers pivot to spending their savings on experiences, eating out and higher rents. Companies are still having to pay higher wages to attract workers.

The bottom line is that while the peak is almost certainly behind us, we don't have clarity about where inflation will normalize. Until the Fed sees a clear path to core inflation below 3 percent, policymakers are likely to seek tighter financial conditions.

What will affect the Fund going forward?

Inflation isn't the only thing slowing. Real gross domestic product ("GDP") growth for 2022 is likely to be much lower than anticipated at the beginning of last year, but solid, if unspectacular, all the same. However, estimates for 2023 are coming down quickly as the Fed turns the screws. According to Bloomberg, the median estimate for real GDP growth among economists polled is only 0.3 percent for the year, dangerously close to a recession. Investors are betting on a downturn, accepting lower yields on longer bonds compared to short paper. This inversion means that investors expect the Fed to have to start lowering rates in the second half of next year as the economy falls into a recession. The New York Fed's probability of recession index is at a level that preceded previous downturns. Saying that, these indicators have variable lags. For now, the employment picture is strong, and services spending has been enough to offset weakness in manufacturing.

Expectations for calendar year 2023 are surprisingly resilient with 5.3 percent expected earnings per share ("EPS") growth on 3.3 percent revenue growth, implying margin expansion at a time when the economy is teetering near a recession. Overly optimistic earnings expectations continued geopolitical tensions and an inflation-fighting Fed will likely underpin continued volatility. Policymakers are faced with contradictory signals—manufacturing weakness vs services strength, weaker leading indicators measured against relatively strong concurrent data, and strong wage growth vs waning pandemic savings. The net result is a noisy economy that's drifting downward while the Fed tries to fine-tune its policies with imperfect information. While the timing is uncertain, this makes a recession our base case.

A recession—and higher unemployment—seem to be the base case for many market participants, yet volatility and spreads declined during the last quarter. Bond investors are pricing treasuries to reflect recession concerns, but earnings estimates and spreads don't reflect a downturn. Risk assets still are not incorporating a generous margin of safety as the Fed tightens into a slowdown. These conditions may set the stage for a capitulation if the data disappoint.


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Ten Largest Holdings^

Security description   Market
value
  % of total
net assets
 

Apple, Inc.

 

$

58,707,831

     

6.0

%

 

Microsoft Corp.

   

54,018,496

     

5.5

%

 

Amazon.com, Inc.

   

22,527,288

     

2.3

%

 

Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. Class B

   

16,816,825

     

1.7

%

 

Alphabet, Inc. Class A

   

15,923,838

     

1.6

%

 

UnitedHealth Group, Inc.

   

14,968,572

     

1.5

%

 

Alphabet, Inc. Class C

   

14,195,824

     

1.4

%

 

Johnson & Johnson

   

13,955,350

     

1.4

%

 

Exxon Mobil Corp.

   

13,725,622

     

1.4

%

 

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

   

11,885,283

     

1.2

%

 

 

$

236,724,929

     

24.0

%

 

    

^Excludes short-term investments.

Sector Diversification (shown as a percentage of net assets)


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Comparison of Change in Investment Value*
A Hypothetical $10,000 Investment in SFT Index 500 Fund,
S&P 500® Index and Consumer Price Index (CPI)

On the chart above you can see how the SFT Index 500 Fund's Class 2 shares total return compared to the S&P 500® Index (as adjusted for dividend reinvestment) and the Consumer Price Index. The three lines represent the total return of a hypothetical $10,000 investment made on December 31, 2012 through December 31, 2022, assuming reinvestment of distributions, if any.

*  The results shown are past performance and are not an indication of future performance. Current performance may be lower or higher. The investment returns and principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that shares upon redemption may be worth more or less than their original cost. Performance figures of the Fund do not reflect charges pursuant to the terms of the variable life insurance policies and variable annuity contracts funded by separate accounts that invest in the Fund's shares. When such charges are deducted, actual investment performance in a variable policy or contract will be lower. The S&P 500® Index is a broad, unmanaged index of 500 common stocks which are representative of the U.S. stock market overall.

"Standard & Poor's®", "S&P®", "Standard & Poor's 500" and "S&P 500" are trademarks of the S&P Global, Inc. and have been licensed for use by Securian Funds Trust—SFT Index 500 Fund. The Fund is not sponsored, endorsed, sold or promoted by Standard & Poor's and Standard & Poor's makes no representation regarding the advisability of investing in the Fund.


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SFT International Bond Fund

David Hoffman, CFA, Managing Director Jack P. McIntyre, CFA, Anujeet Sareen, CFA,
Brian Kloss, JD, CPA, Tracy Chen, CFA, CAIA
Portfolio Managers
Brandywine Global Investment Management

Fund Objective

The SFT International Bond Fund seeks to maximize current income consistent with protection of principal. The Fund pursues its objective by investing primarily in debt securities issued by issuers located anywhere in the world. The investment adviser for the Fund is Securian Asset Management, Inc. Brandywine Global Investment Management, LLC serves as investment sub-adviser to the Fund and provides investment advice under a sub-advisory agreement. Investment risks associated with international investing in addition to other risks include currency fluctuations, political and economic instability, and differences in accounting standards when investing in foreign markets.

Performance Update

The Fund's Class 2 shares generated a total net return of -10.49 percent over the 12 months ending December 31, 2022, outperforming the FTSE World Government Bond Index which returned -18.26 percent over the same period.

What influenced the Fund's return during the past 12 months?

While global interest rates rose in most markets during the year, security selection and our underweight duration positioning during the first half of the year were among the largest contributors to relative results.

Developed market interest rates generally moved higher for the full calendar year in 2022 as many central banks around the world increased rates to battle high inflation. This was most notable in the U.S. and Europe. In the U.S., the Federal Reserve (the "Fed") raised interest rates 425 basis points (bps) during the calendar year, creating a headwind for bond investors.

The Fund's bond positions in Emerging Markets (EM) were also a headwind in 2022. Yields moved higher in most EM markets in calendar year 2022, but typically not as much as many Developed Markets. Emerging markets experienced high inflation, mixed growth prospects and knock-on effects from a persistently strong U.S. Dollar (USD). The largest detractor on the EM bond side was our position in long-dated Mexican sovereign bonds.

While the Fund is predominately hedged from a currency perspective, the USD remained strong for much of the calendar year and our small exposure to foreign currency positions were a minor detractor to relative results.

What other market conditions or events influenced the Fund's performance during the past 12 months?

While the Fed initially characterized surging inflation as being transitory, this proved to be widely inaccurate, as supply chain issues persisted and the war in Ukraine added fuel to the inflation fire. This left central banks little choice but to abruptly reverse course and aggressively raise rates in an attempt to rein in a four-decade high in inflation, even with the risk that this move could trigger a global recession. In the U.S., the Fed raised rates seven times and a total of 4.25 percent in 2022, the most since 1980. Europe was faced with an energy crisis and slowing


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growth largely due to the Russian war with Ukraine. Both the European Central Bank (ECB) and the Bank of England (BoE) also aggressively raised rates, by 250 bps and 325 bps, respectively, in 2022. At the end of the year, rates in both regions were the highest since 2008, with potentially more hikes on tap for 2023.

China continued its zero-COVID policy for much of 2022. This caused wide-spread lock-downs and negatively impacted the economy. The Chinese economy grew at the slowest rate in three decades during 2022 with knock-on effects to global markets around the world. Protests flared across the country late in the year and Chinese officials finally rolled back many of the zero-COVID policies.

What strategies and techniques did you employ that specifically affected Fund performance?

We maintained an underweight duration position versus the benchmark for the first half of the calendar year. We favored this posturing due to the potential for rising rates as inflation proved stickier and less transitory than originally expected. However, as the Fed began aggressively raising interest rates in the first half of 2022, we felt it was prudent to begin increasing duration to take advantage of value opportunities and in anticipation of the potential for slowing growth and inflation. By the end of the year, we moved from an underweight duration position versus the benchmark to an overweight position. We elected to increase duration for a couple of key reasons. First, we recognize that rate hikes tend to impact the economy on a lagged basis and we felt the aggressive hikes had the potential to materially slow growth and inflation to a point that the Fed may have to reverse course in 2023. Secondly, virtually all major economic indicators began to turn lower (some sharply) by late summer. It is rare that the Fed will continue to aggressively raise rates into slowing growth. By the end of the year, inflation and growth showed continued signs of slowing and we felt recession risk was elevated for 2023.

The increase in duration occurred primarily in longer-dated U.S. Treasuries. However, we added duration in European markets as well. Within Europe, we added exposure to France and Germany and increased our duration exposure to Poland. We anticipate rates to fall in 2023 in all these markets as growth and inflation slows in light of a hawkish central bank backdrop.

On the currency front, our USD exposure remained relatively stable during the calendar year 2022. Our dollar exposure was approximately 97 percent of the portfolio for most of the year. We had minor changes in our minimal foreign currency positions during the year. The most notable change being an increase in the Japanese Yen. As this portfolio is predominately hedged back to the USD, currency is not expected to be a significant driver of returns or volatility.

What will affect the Fund going forward?

The outlook for the global bond market remains complicated. Several factors add to the uncertainty for the global economy. For instance, the bond market is signaling that inflation is set to moderate, which can be seen by the inverted yield curve, while the Fed appears committed to reducing inflation and continuing their hawkish rhetoric. The U.S. Treasury yield curve indicates monetary policy is restrictive enough with rates where they are. This signal, plus more supply-side normalization, should lead to significantly slower inflation and a softer labor market.

Adding to the uncertainty is China's policymakers attempt to stimulate their economy as they try and improve growth and avoid deflation. Meanwhile, European policymakers are caught between fighting the worst inflation in decades, while subsidizing households from soaring energy costs. We believe the most intense period of global economic softness is likely to be in the first half of 2023. However, there are a range of factors that could limit downside recessionary forces, including the recent drop in energy prices, the rebound in the U.S. auto sector, and what could turn out to be a rapid decline in inflation.

The conditions for a credit crunch, commonly seen ahead of previous U.S. recessions, does not exist currently. There has been no extreme period of lending and household and corporate balance sheets are in relatively good shape. That said, recession odds increase significantly if Fed Chair Powell remains dogmatic about creating labor market slack through monetary policy. A pause in rate hikes seems probable, especially if the data show a steep decline in inflation.


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Outside of the U.S., the global economy is likely already in a recession because of the strong USD and a very weak Chinese economy, albeit China's recent re-opening is a positive development for the country's growth narrative. If the greenback weakens as the U.S. economy decelerates and inflation retreats, all while the U.S. avoids a deep recession, then we believe the global economy could stabilize by this time next year. All told, we are increasingly confident about bond markets in 2023; however, the path and timing of returns remains uncertain as macro uncertainty persists. We do not foresee a repeat of 2022, where the only asset class that performed well was cash. Instead, we believe 2023 will provide a better outcome for bond markets because of the starting point of yields, we just expect some volatility throughout the year.


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Ten Largest Holdings^

Security description   Market
value
  % of bond
portfolio
 

U.S. Treasury Bond 2.250%, 02/15/52

 

$

4,586,305

     

5.8

%

 

Korea Treasury Bond 2.000%, 06/10/31

   

4,427,064

     

5.6

%

 

Bundesrepublik Deutschland Bundesanleihe 1.700%, 08/15/32

   

4,381,879

     

5.6

%

 

U.S. Treasury Bond 3.000%, 08/15/52

   

3,914,219

     

5.0

%

 

French Republic Government Bond OAT 0.010%, 05/25/32

   

3,876,936

     

4.9

%

 

Republic of Poland Government Bond 1.750%, 04/25/32

   

3,410,512

     

4.4

%

 

Province of Ontario Canada 2.600%, 06/02/25

   

3,208,834

     

4.1

%

 

Mexican Bonos 8.500%, 11/18/38

   

2,414,018

     

3.1

%

 

Mexican Bonos 8.500%, 05/31/29

   

2,286,854

     

2.9

%

 

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. 5.500%, 12/01/52

   

2,255,095

     

2.9

%

 

 

$

34,761,716

     

44.3

%

 

    

^Excludes short-term investments.

Country Diversification (shown as a percentage of net assets)

Currency Diversification (shown as a percentage of net assets)

African

   

0.20

%

 

South African Rand

   

0.20

%

 

Americas

   

98.75

%

 

U.S. Dollar

   

96.61

%

 

Chilean Peso

   

0.93

%

 

Brazilian Real

   

0.87

%

 

Mexican Peso

   

0.47

%

 

Colombian Peso

   

0.17

%

 

Canadian Dollar*

   

-0.30

%

 

Asia Pacific

   

1.06

%

 

Japanese Yen

   

1.16

%

 

South Korean Won

   

0.48

%

 

Thailand Baht

   

0.16

%

 

Malaysian Ringgit*

   

-0.07

%

 

Australian Dollar*

   

-0.21

%

 

Chinese Yuan Renminbi*

   

-0.46

%

 

Europe

   

-0.01

%

 

Norwegian Krone

   

0.74

%

 

Swedish Krona

   

0.70

%

 

Polish Zloty

   

0.57

%

 

Russian Ruble

   

0.20

%

 

British Pound*

   

-0.63

%

 

Euro*

   

-1.59

%

 

*A negative figure reflects net "short" exposure, designed to benefit if the value of the associated currency decreases. Conversely, the Fund's value would potentially decline if the value of the associated currency increases.


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Comparison of Change in Investment Value*
A Hypothetical $10,000 Investment in SFT International Bond Fund,
FTSE World Government Bond Index and Consumer Price Index (CPI)

On the chart above you can see how the SFT International Bond Fund's Class 2 shares total return compared to the FTSE World Government Bond Index, and the Consumer Price Index. The three lines represent the total return of a hypothetical $10,000 investment made on December 31, 2012 through December 31, 2022, assuming reinvestment of distributions, if any.

*  The results shown are past performance and are not an indication of future performance. Current performance may be lower or higher. The investment returns and principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that shares upon redemption may be worth more or less than their original cost. Performance figures of the Fund do not reflect charges pursuant to the terms of the variable life insurance policies and variable annuity contracts funded by separate accounts that invest in the Fund's shares. When such charges are deducted, actual investment performance in a variable policy or contract will be lower.

The FTSE World Government Bond Index is a market capitalization weighted index consisting of the government bond markets from over twenty countries. Country eligibility is determined based upon market capitalization and investability criteria. The index includes all fixed-rate bonds with a remaining maturity of one year or longer and with amounts outstanding of at least the equivalent of U.S. $25 million. Government securities typically exclude floating or variable rate bonds, U.S./Canadian savings bonds and private placements. Each bond must have a minimum rating of BBB-/Baa3 by S&P or Moody's.


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SFT Real Estate Securities Fund

Jon Cheigh CIO, Mathew Kirschner, CFA,
Jason A. Yablon
Portfolio Managers
Cohen & Steers Capital Management

Fund Objective

The SFT Real Estate Securities Fund seeks above-average income and long-term growth of capital. The Fund intends to pursue its objective by investing primarily in equity securities of companies in the real estate industry. The investment adviser for the Fund is Securian Asset Management, Inc. Cohen & Steers Capital Management, Inc. serves as the investment sub-adviser to the Fund and provides investment advice under a sub-advisory agreement. Investment risks associated with investing in the Fund, in addition to other risks, include rental income fluctuations, depreciation, property tax value changes, and differences in real estate market value.

Performance Update

The Fund's Class 2 shares generated a total net return of -26.29 percent over the 12 months ending December 31, 2022, underperforming the FTSE NAREIT All Equity REITs Index which returned -24.95 percent, as well as the previous benchmark FTSE NAREIT Equity REIT Index, which returned -24.37 percent over the same period.

What influenced the Fund's return during the past 12 months?

2022 was marked by concerns of recession and persistently high inflation. Bond yields rose meaningfully and the Federal Reserve continued to aggressively raise interest rates to slow demand, which resulted in a broad decline in risk assets.

Within listed real estate, favorable supply/demand dynamics supported rising rents and healthy earnings growth in many sectors, with new supply checked by higher financing and building costs. Although real estate conditions generally remained sound, slowing economic growth and high inflation clouded the outlook for REITs.

What other market conditions or events influenced the Fund's performance during the past 12 months?

Retail REITs outperformed, bolstered by a resilient consumer. Regional malls (14.4 percent) total return and shopping centers (-0.1 percent) performed well despite inflationary headwinds, as the decline in oil prices and a strong job market aided discretionary spending. Free standing REITs (-6.1 percent) benefited partly from consumer spending trends, as well from the potential for attractive asset acquisitions from private real estate investors.

Demand for warehouse space remained exceedingly high, but growth expectations for industrial REITs (-11.2 percent) came down. Self storage (-14.9 percent) also declined as rental growth, while still well above the long-term trend, decelerated. Data centers (-10.2 percent) were caught up in the broader technology sector selloff, despite expectations for increased occupancy and margin expansion in 2023.

Residential property companies trailed on concerns around rental and leasing rates. Apartments (-18.0 percent) declined on softer rents in coastal markets and expectations for technology-related job losses. Single family homes (-20.0 percent) fell on concerns about asset values and as companies were hit with rising property taxes in some states. Nevertheless, asking rents rose amid affordability issues in the for-sale home market, which should support leasing strength in the sector. Hotels (-9.8 percent) declined on an uncertain outlook, even as business and leisure travel continued to rebound.

Office REITs (-17.3 percent) underperformed, with earnings results underscoring a difficult leasing environment as tenants reassessed their space needs. Infrastructure (-20.1 percent), the largest listed real estate sector, was pulled lower by rising interest rates and somewhat disappointing earnings results.


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What strategies and techniques did you employ that specifically affected Fund performance?

The portfolio's overweight allocation to regional malls, expressed as an overweight position in Simon Property Group, contributed to relative performance, as the company delivered strong results owing to a steady core business and a resilient balance sheet, and good visibility into 2023. Underweight allocations in the infrastructure and office sectors also aided relative performance.

The portfolio had no allocation in the specialty sector, which detracted from relative performance. This included a pair of gaming net lease companies that outperformed the benchmark. An overweight allocation in single family homes also hindered relative performance, as did an underweight in shopping centers.

What will affect the Fund going forward?

We believe listed real estate, which has seen improved valuations with the correction in share prices during the year, offers attractive return potential relative to broad equities. Slowing economic growth and high inflation temper the near-term outlook for real estate, particularly for sectors lacking pricing power. However, cash flows generally remain sound, and we anticipate healthy earnings growth in 2023. Moreover, real estate companies typically have high operating margins, low sensitivity to commodity and labor prices, and (in many cases) inflation-linked rents, making them better suited than traditional asset categories to defend against a prolonged environment of high inflation.

The portfolio may benefit from demand for shorter-lease-duration property types. We are overweight residential sectors and favor single family homes and Sunbelt apartments based on our positive view of rental housing demand (supported by the lack of affordability in the purchase market) and demographic tailwinds. The portfolio is also overweight self storage given healthy demand due to increased relocation activity. Though we have trimmed the weighting on decelerating fundamentals, we anticipate demand will outpace supply in 2023, suggesting companies will continue to have pricing power. In health care, we see value in senior housing, where occupancies fell dramatically in early 2020 but are now steadily recovering.

Data center REITs are well situated, in our view. We believe companies that provide information and logistics infrastructure, especially data centers and industrial warehouses, may continue to benefit from strong secular demand in the shift toward an e-everything economy.

Within retail, our holdings are concentrated in companies with high-quality assets that we believe may be long-term winners. Though we remain cautious toward offices as businesses reassess their future needs, we have allocated within the Sunbelt, which we favor over coastal locations.


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Ten Largest Holdings^

Security description   Market
value
  % of net
assets
 

Prologis, Inc.

 

$

10,438,798

     

9.0

%

 

American Tower Corp.

   

7,950,682

     

6.9

%

 

Simon Property Group, Inc.

   

7,250,748

     

6.3

%

 

Welltower, Inc.

   

6,436,420

     

5.5

%

 

Realty Income Corp.

   

6,039,487

     

5.2

%

 

Equinix, Inc.

   

5,775,400

     

5.0

%

 

Digital Realty Trust, Inc.

   

5,657,334

     

4.9

%

 

Invitation Homes, Inc.

   

5,550,446

     

4.8

%

 

Public Storage

   

5,437,647

     

4.7

%

 

Crown Castle, Inc.

   

4,805,047

     

4.1

%

 

 

$

65,342,009

     

56.4

%

 

    

^Excludes short-term investments.

Sector Diversification (shown as a percentage of net assets)


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Comparison of Change in Investment Value*
A Hypothetical $10,000 Investment in SFT Real Estate Securities Fund, FTSE NARIET All REITs Index,
FTSE NAREIT Equity REITS Index, and Consumer Price Index (CPI)

On the chart above you can see how the SFT Real Estate Securities Fund's Class 2 shares total return compared to the FTSE NARIET All REITs Index, FTSE NAREIT Equity REITs Index and the Consumer Price Index. The three lines represent the total return of a hypothetical $10,000 investment made on December 31, 2012 through December 31, 2022, assuming reinvestment of distributions, if any.

*  The results shown are past performance and are not an indication of future performance. Current performance may be lower or higher. The investment returns and principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that shares upon redemption may be worth more or less than their original cost. Performance figures of the Fund do not reflect charges pursuant to the terms of the variable life insurance policies and variable annuity contracts funded by separate accounts that invest in the Fund's shares. When such charges are deducted, actual investment performance in a variable policy or contract will be lower.

FTSE NARIET All Equity REITs Index is the benchmark beginning 8/1/2022 and thereafter. The FTSE NARIET All Equity REITs Index contains all tax-qualified REITs with more than 50 percent of total assets in qualifying real estate assets other than mortgages secured by real property that also meet minimum size and liquidity criteria.

The FTSE NARIET Equity REITs Index is the benchmark through 7/31/2022. The FTSE NAREIT Equity Index contains all tax-qualified REITs except timber and infrastructure REITs with more than 50 percent of total net assets in qualifying real estate assets other than mortgages secured by real property that also meet minimum size and liquidity criteria.


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SFT T. Rowe Price Value Fund

Mark Finn, CFA, CPA
Portfolio Manager
T. Rowe Price

Fund Objective

The SFT T. Rowe Price Value Fund seeks to provide long-term capital appreciation by investing in common stocks believed to be undervalued. Income is a secondary objective. The Fund pursues its objective by taking a value approach to investment selection. Holdings consist primarily of large cap stocks but may also include stocks of mid-cap and small-cap companies. The investment adviser for the Fund is Securian Asset Management, Inc. T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc. serves as the investment sub-adviser to the Fund and provides investment advice under a sub-advisory agreement. The Fund's value approach to investing carries the risk that the market will not recognize a security's intrinsic value for a long time or that a stock judged to be undervalued may actually be appropriately priced at a low level.

Performance Update

The Fund generated a total net return of -11.67 percent over the 12 months ending December 31, 2022, underperforming the Russell 1000 Value Index which returned -7.58 percent over the same period.

What influenced the Fund's return during the past 12 months?

Broadly speaking, sector allocation contributed to relative results.

What other market conditions or events influenced the Fund's performance during the past 12 months?

Major U.S. stock indexes fell sharply in 2022, the worst year for equities since the 2008 global financial crisis. Investors shunned riskier assets in response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine, elevated inflation exacerbated by rising commodity prices and global supply chain disruptions, surging U.S. Treasury yields, tightening financial conditions, and slowing economic and corporate earnings growth. The Federal Reserve's (the "Fed") aggressive short-term interest rate hikes that began in March, as well as comments that it would be willing to risk causing a recession by raising rates and keeping them at a higher level in order to bring inflation down, also weighed on the market. Although many indexes finished the year above their lowest levels of 2022, the year ended with many investors concerned that ongoing Fed rate hikes would hurt corporate earnings and push the economy into a recession in 2023.

What strategies and techniques did you employ that specifically affected Fund performance?

The largest contributor during the period was the consumer discretionary sector, where favorable security selection and an underweight allocation aided relative results. Shares of Dollar General contributed to relative performance over the period. Early in the year, the company reported financials that showed strong topline growth but margins being impacted by a one-time employee appreciation bonus. Midway in the year, the company reported revenue and earnings ahead of consensus and same-store sales that exceeded expectations, to which the market reacted favorably.

An underweight allocation in the information technology sector also contributed to relative performance. Many companies within the information technology sector operate at different stages of the economic cycle, and rising interest rates and recession fears continued to negatively impact tech stock.

Favorable stock selection and an overweight position in the financials sector contributed to relative results, as well. Chubb contributed to relative performance over the year as the company benefited from the continued upcycle in


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property and casualty ("P&C") and strong execution. During the fourth quarter, the company reported attractive underwriting results, driven by the rising P&C upcycle, and elevated investment income, due to higher yields.

On the other end of the spectrum, an underweight allocation in the energy sector, coupled with poor stock selection, detracted from relative results during the period. Our focus is on energy companies with strong balance sheets and the capital discipline to navigate the current rapidly changing environment and those that are making strides to invest in the transition to renewable energy.

The materials sector also hindered relative results, owing to unfavorable stock choices.

What will affect the Fund going forward?

We remain cautious on the direction of the economy and believe there is a considerable likelihood of the Fed causing an economic slowdown or recession. While goods inflation seems to be peaking, services inflation remains high and will be challenging to tame due to structural imbalances in the labor market. While the market multiple has contracted during 2022, we see elevated risk in earnings estimates, which have yet to reflect a likely recession in 2023.

As a result, we believe equity markets will remain choppy throughout the year, as expectations adjust to a slowing economy with tighter financial conditions. We believe a cautious stance remains appropriate, so we are looking to further emphasize company-level fundamentals and quality while being positioned for a variety of market environments. We believe we will have ample opportunities to increase the risk we are taking on in the portfolio as valuations become more favorable. Overall, our focus continues to be on finding high-quality companies that have attractive fundamentals and valuations. We believe this balanced approach should lead to a portfolio that has the potential to serve our clients well.


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Ten Largest Holdings^

Security description   Market
value
  % of net
assets
 

Elevance Health, Inc.

 

$

7,026,150

     

3.8

%

 

Johnson & Johnson

   

6,302,342

     

3.4

%

 

Southern Co.

   

5,873,044

     

3.2

%

 

Bank of America Corp.

   

5,746,651

     

3.1

%

 

Exxon Mobil Corp.

   

5,616,586

     

3.0

%

 

Becton Dickinson & Co.

   

5,237,817

     

2.8

%

 

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

   

4,844,497

     

2.6

%

 

Philip Morris International, Inc.

   

4,669,931

     

2.5

%

 

Travelers Cos., Inc.

   

4,141,467

     

2.3

%

 

Alphabet, Inc. Class C

   

4,112,636

     

2.2

%

 

 

$

53,571,121

     

28.9

%

 

    

^Excludes short-term investments.

Sector Diversification (shown as a percentage of net assets)


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Comparison of Change in Investment Value*
A Hypothetical $10,000 Investment in SFT T. Rowe Price Value Fund,
the Russell 1000 Value Index and Consumer Price Index (CPI)

On the chart above you can see how the SFT T. Rowe Price Value Fund's shares total return compared to the Russell 1000 Value Index and the Consumer Price Index. The three lines represent the total return of a hypothetical $10,000 investment made on May 1, 2014 through December 31, 2022, assuming reinvestment of distributions, if any.

*  The results shown are past performance and are not an indication of future performance. Current performance may be lower or higher. The investment returns and principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that shares upon redemption may be worth more or less than their original cost. Performance figures of the Fund do not reflect charges pursuant to the terms of the variable life insurance policies and variable annuity contracts funded by separate accounts that invest in the Fund's shares. When such charges are deducted, actual investment performance in a variable policy or contract will be lower.

Russell 1000 Value Index measures the performance of those Russell 1000 companies with lower price-to-book ratios and lower forecasted growth values.


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SFT Wellington Core Equity Fund

Mammen Chally, CFA, David A. Siegle, CFA,
Douglas W. McLane, CFA
Portfolio Managers
Wellington Management Company

Fund Objective

The SFT Wellington Core Equity Fund seeks long-term capital appreciation. The Fund pursues its objective by investing primarily in a diversified portfolio of common stocks. The investment adviser for the Fund is Securian Asset Management, Inc. Wellington Management Company LLC serves as the investment sub-adviser to the Fund and provides investment advice under a sub-advisory agreement. Risks associated with investing in the Fund include, but are not limited to, issuer-specific market volatility and risk of declines in the equity markets generally.

Performance Update

The Fund's Class 2 shares generated a total net return of -19.46 percent over the period ending December 31, 2022, underperforming the S&P 500® Index, which returned -18.11 percent over the same period.

What influenced the Fund's return during the past 12 months?

During the period, security selection was the primary driver of relative underperformance, and sector allocation, a fall-out of our bottom-up stock selection process, contributed to relative performance. Weak selection in communication services (underweight to Netflix, overweight to Alphabet), real estate (overweight to AvalonBay Communities, underweight to American Tower), and materials (overweight to PPG Industries and not owning Linde) was partially offset by stronger selection in consumer discretionary (underweight to Tesla, overweight to TJX Companies), information technology (underweights to NVIDIA and not owning PayPal), and industrials (overweights to Deere and Raytheon Technologies). From a sector allocation perspective, the Fund's overweight position in health care and underweight to consumer discretionary contributed to relative performance while underweight positions to energy and materials detracted, partially offsetting results.

What other market conditions or events influenced the Fund's performance during the past 12 months?

U.S. equities, as measured by the S&P 500® Index, fell over the trailing 12-month period ending December 31, 2022, amid rampant inflation, surging borrowing costs, uncertainty about corporate earnings, and an increased probability of recession. U.S. equities opened the year lower as they registered their first quarterly loss since March 2020. Fears about the economic implications of Russia's large-scale military attack on Ukraine and the prospect of aggressive monetary policy tightening by the Federal Reserve (the "Fed") drove the S&P 500® Index into correction territory in February. President Joe Biden signed into law a massive U.S. $1.5 trillion spending bill, which included substantial increases in domestic and national security programs and U.S. $13.6 billion of aid to Ukraine. U.S. equities continued to fall during a volatile second quarter. Growth stocks significantly underperformed their value counterparts as surging Treasury yields and disappointing earnings results from some of the largest technology companies drove the Nasdaq Composite Index to its largest quarterly loss since September 2001. The housing market was pressured by soaring mortgage rates, slowing demand, and elevated home prices. U.S. equities fell in the third quarter as risk sentiment deteriorated on fears that aggressive interest-rate hikes and tighter financial conditions would constrict economic growth and drive the U.S. to recession. U.S. equities rallied in the fourth quarter following three straight quarterly declines. Greater optimism that the Fed would begin to scale back its aggressive pace of interest-rate hikes, along with outsized short covering and hedging, helped to fuel a sharp rebound in stocks in October and November before risk sentiment waned in December amid recession fears, macroeconomic headwinds, and downside earnings risks in the coming quarters. In December, the Fed raised interest rates by 50 basis points (bps), snapping a streak of four consecutive hikes of 75 bps.


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What strategies and techniques did you employ that specifically affected Fund performance?

Over the period, the Fund increased exposure to health care and energy while we decreased exposure to communication services and information technology. Our largest new position was Pfizer, an American pharmaceutical company. We initiated a position in the company as it has many revenue drivers with a broad portfolio of medicines across therapeutic areas such as oncology, cardiovascular/diabetes, neurology, and autoimmune. In addition, Pfizer has had a strategic shift towards science and technology and away from generics after the sale of its Upjohn business to Mylan, a global healthcare company, which we believe should unlock value over the long term.

On the flipside, our largest elimination was Meta Platforms, a social media platform company. We eliminated our position in Meta following a 3Q22 earnings call where Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg's continued aggressive spending led us to believe that he is not committed to increasing shareholder value. The company's governance challenges coupled with the unknown spending plans for the Metaverse led to our decision to eliminate the stock.

What will affect the Fund going forward?

As we look ahead, there are increasing indications that inflationary pressures are abating in the goods components of both the consumer price index (CPI) and the personal consumption expenditures price index (PCE) and that there is a clearer path to a gradual disinflation in housing-related expenses by the second half of 2023. However, the services component of both indicators remains stubbornly high, driven by a still-resilient U.S. labor market driving continued upward wage pressure. Accordingly, the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) remains steadfast in its determination to continue to slow the U.S. economy and has indicated that incremental rate hikes should be expected in early 2023, with the FOMC's "dot plot" median rate projection now having increased from 4.6 percent to 5.1 percent for the end of 2023. It is increasingly clear that a mild recession is the likely scenario as the Fed seeks to cool wage inflation and bring down both realized inflation and future inflationary expectations.

With the Fed undertaking efforts to slow growth, companies may feel the impacts of decelerating revenue without relief from wage pressure in early 2023. Thus, a key challenge for and differentiator amongst companies will be the degree to which they can avoid the resultant margin compression through productivity offsets, innovation, or market share gains.

As we enter 2023, the conflict in Europe is approaching its one-year anniversary without any apparent cessation in sight. Both the preparation ahead of the winter season and milder than expected temperatures across the region have spared the continent from the worst-case scenario in terms of heating and energy supply, but much uncertainty remains in the conflict even after this winter has passed.

On the positive side, supply chain issues which plagued most industries in the preceding two years continue to ease, providing cost relief and improving visibility. Further, China appears to be relaxing its restrictive COVID-19-related policies in an effort to revitalize growth and placate an increasingly frustrated populace. This incremental source of demand could help offset the expected frictions from slower growth elsewhere in the world.


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Ten Largest Holdings^

Security description   Market
value
  % of stock
portfolio
 

Microsoft Corp.

 

$

5,601,236

     

5.1

%

 

Apple, Inc.

   

4,854,835

     

4.5

%

 

Alphabet, Inc. Class A

   

4,662,426

     

4.3

%

 

UnitedHealth Group, Inc.

   

3,707,018

     

3.4

%

 

Amazon.com, Inc.

   

3,208,632

     

2.9

%

 

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

   

2,732,019

     

2.5

%

 

Procter & Gamble Co.

   

2,683,673

     

2.5

%

 

EOG Resources, Inc.

   

2,676,013

     

2.5

%

 

Pfizer, Inc.

   

2,377,639

     

2.2

%

 

Eli Lilly & Co.

   

2,302,597

     

2.1

%

 

 

$

34,806,088

     

32.0

%

 

    

^Excludes short-term investments.

Sector Diversification (shown as a percentage of net assets)


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Comparison of Change in Investment Value*
A Hypothetical $10,000 Investment in SFT Wellington Core Equity Fund,
the S&P 500® Index and Consumer Price Index (CPI)

On the chart above you can see how the SFT Wellington Core Equity Fund's Class 2 shares total return compared to the S&P 500® Index and the Consumer Price Index. The three lines represent the total return of a hypothetical $10,000 investment made on May 1, 2014 through December 31, 2022, assuming reinvestment of distributions, if any.

*  The results shown are past performance and are not an indication of future performance. Current performance may be lower or higher. The investment returns and principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that shares upon redemption may be worth more or less than their original cost. Performance figures of the Fund do not reflect charges pursuant to the terms of the variable life insurance policies and variable annuity contracts funded by separate accounts that invest in the Fund's shares. When such charges are deducted, actual investment performance in a variable policy or contract will be lower.

The S&P 500® Index is a broad, unmanaged index of 500 common stocks which are representative of the U.S. stock market overall.


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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

To the Shareholders and Board of Trustees
Securian Funds Trust:

Opinion on the Financial Statements

We have audited the accompanying statements of assets and liabilities of SFT Balanced Stabilization Fund, SFT Core Bond Fund, SFT Delaware IvySM Growth Fund, SFT Delaware IvySM Small Cap Growth Fund, SFT Equity Stabilization Fund, SFT Government Money Market Fund, SFT Index 400 Mid-Cap Fund, SFT Index 500 Fund, SFT International Bond Fund, SFT Real Estate Securities Fund, SFT T. Rowe Price Value Fund, and SFT Wellington Core Equity Fund (collectively, the Funds), including the schedules of investments, as of December 31, 2022, the related statements of operations for the year then ended, the statements of changes in net assets for each of the years in the two-year period then ended, and the related notes (collectively, the financial statements) and the financial highlights for each of the years in the five-year period then ended. In our opinion, the financial statements and financial highlights present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Funds as of December 31, 2022, the results of their operations for the year then ended, the changes in their net assets for each of the years in the two-year period then ended, and the financial highlights for each of the years in the five-year period then ended, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.

Basis for Opinion

These financial statements and financial highlights are the responsibility of the Funds' management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements and financial highlights based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB) and are required to be independent with respect to the Funds in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements and financial highlights are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements and financial highlights, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements and financial highlights. Such procedures also included confirmation of securities owned as of December 31, 2022, by correspondence with the custodian and brokers; when replies were not received from brokers, we performed other auditing procedures. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements and financial highlights. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

  

We have served as the auditor of one or more Securian Funds Trust investment companies since 1985.

Minneapolis, Minnesota
February 23, 2023

KPMG LLP, a Delaware limited liability partnership and a member firm of
the KPMG global organization of independent member firms affiliated with
KPMG International Limited, a private English company limited by guarantee.


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Investments in Securities

December 31, 2022

(Percentages of each investment category relate to total net assets)

   

Principal

 

Value(a)

 

Long-Term Debt Securities (39.5%)

 

Government Obligations (5.0%)

 

U.S. Government Agencies and Obligations (3.5%)

 

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (0.0%)

 

3.000%, 09/01/43

 

$

52,009

   

$

46,845

   

3.500%, 10/01/44

   

54,450

     

50,889

   

3.500%, 11/01/44

   

53,038

     

49,570

   

3.500%, 12/01/44

   

58,106

     

54,306

   
         

201,610

   

Federal National Mortgage Association (0.1%)

 

3.000%, 04/01/43

   

80,482

     

72,753

   

3.000%, 05/01/43

   

26,921

     

24,344

   

3.000%, 06/01/43

   

118,892

     

107,491

   

3.500%, 08/01/42

   

53,768

     

50,962

   

3.500%, 02/01/43

   

71,449

     

66,864

   
         

322,414

   

U.S. Treasury (4.9%)

 

U.S. Treasury Bond

 

4.000%, 11/15/42

   

5,530,000

     

5,452,234

   

4.000%, 11/15/52

   

1,200,000

     

1,212,938

   
U.S. Treasury Note,
1.000%, 12/15/24
   

15,500,000

     

14,509,453

   

3.875%, 12/31/27

   

9,350,000

     

9,312,015

   
   

   

30,486,640

   
Total government obligations
(cost: $32,016,161)
 

   

31,010,664

   

Other Mortgage-Backed Securities (0.2%)

 

Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities (0.2%)

 
Bank, Series 2019-BNK18,
Class A4, 3.584%, 05/15/62
   

1,500,000

     

1,358,382

   
Total other mortgage-backed securities
(cost: $1,543,242)
       

1,358,382

   

Corporate Obligations (34.3%)

 

Basic Materials (0.8%)

 

Chemicals (0.4%)

 
Celanese U.S. Holdings LLC,
6.330%, 07/15/29
   

1,500,000

     

1,460,701

   
Nutrien Ltd.,
3.000%, 04/01/25 (b)
   

1,000,000

     

958,217

   
         

2,418,918

   

Mining (0.4%)

 
Anglo American Capital PLC,
2.625%, 09/10/30 (b) (c)
   

2,000,000

     

1,634,594

   
FMG Resources August Pty.
Ltd., 6.125%, 04/15/32 (b) (c)
   

1,000,000

     

926,250

   
         

2,560,844

   

Communications (1.5%)

 

Cable/Satellite TV (0.3%)

 

Comcast Corp.

 

2.887%, 11/01/51

   

1,319,000

     

854,911

   

2.937%, 11/01/56

   

327,000

     

206,113

   

4.200%, 08/15/34 (d)

   

500,000

     

460,949

   
         

1,521,973

   
   

Principal

 

Value(a)

 

Diversified Telecommunication Services (0.5%)

 

AT&T, Inc.

 

2.550%, 12/01/33

 

$

943,000

   

$

727,585

   

3.550%, 09/15/55

   

1,405,000

     

950,333

   

3.800%, 12/01/57

   

75,000

     

52,243

   

4.500%, 05/15/35

   

1,000,000

     

913,070

   
Verizon Communications,
Inc., 2.987%, 10/30/56
   

1,194,000

     

738,273

   
         

3,381,504

   

Internet & Catalog Retail (0.3%)

 

Amazon.com, Inc.

 

3.875%, 08/22/37

   

1,000,000

     

890,758

   

4.050%, 08/22/47

   

1,000,000

     

865,619

   
         

1,756,377

   

Media (0.2%)

 
Paramount Global,
4.000%, 01/15/26
   

250,000

     

239,567

   
Walt Disney Co.,
4.950%, 10/15/45
   

1,000,000

     

946,909

   
         

1,186,476

   

Telecommunication (0.2%)

 
Crown Castle Towers LLC,
3.663%, 05/15/45 (c)
   

1,000,000

     

965,463

   
Vodafone Group PLC,
4.125%, 05/30/25 (b)
   

500,000

     

492,129

   
         

1,457,592

   

Wireless Telecommunication Services (0.0%)

 
Rogers Communications, Inc.,
4.100%, 10/01/23 (b)
   

250,000

     

247,424

   

Consumer Cyclical (1.2%)

 

Entertainment (0.2%)

 
Warnermedia Holdings, Inc.,
5.141%, 03/15/52 (c)
   

1,400,000

     

1,030,336

   

Food & Staples Retailing (0.3%)

 

Kroger Co.

 

4.450%, 02/01/47

   

1,000,000

     

854,328

   

5.150%, 08/01/43

   

1,100,000

     

1,014,426

   
         

1,868,754

   

Home Furnishings (0.1%)

 
Harman International
Industries, Inc.,
4.150%, 05/15/25
   

1,000,000

     

974,197

   

Retail (0.6%)

 
AutoZone, Inc.,
3.250%, 04/15/25
   

1,000,000

     

960,086

   
Lowe's Cos., Inc.,
5.625%, 04/15/53
   

2,250,000

     

2,163,312

   
Target Corp.,
3.500%, 07/01/24 (d)
   

750,000

     

734,662

   
         

3,858,060

   

See accompanying notes to financial statements.
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Principal

 

Value(a)

 

Consumer Staples (0.7%)

 

Consumer Products — Miscellaneous (0.1%)

 
SC Johnson & Son, Inc.,
3.350%, 09/30/24 (c)
 

$

750,000

   

$

725,499

   

Household Products (0.4%)

 
Avery Dennison Corp.,
2.650%, 04/30/30
   

2,000,000

     

1,650,398

   
Kimberly-Clark Corp.,
3.900%, 05/04/47
   

1,000,000

     

822,619

   
         

2,473,017

   

Personal Care (0.2%)

 
Estee Lauder Cos., Inc.,
4.150%, 03/15/47
   

1,000,000

     

857,290

   

Consumer, Non-cyclical (3.7%)

 

Agricultural Operations (0.4%)

 
Cargill, Inc.
3.125%, 05/25/51 (c)
   

1,000,000

     

693,544

   

4.375%, 04/22/52 (c)

   

2,150,000

     

1,873,652

   
         

2,567,196

   

Beverages (0.5%)

 
Anheuser-Busch InBev
Worldwide, Inc.,
4.375%, 04/15/38
   

1,000,000

     

904,281

   
Constellation Brands, Inc.,
5.250%, 11/15/48
   

2,050,000

     

1,935,241

   
         

2,839,522

   

Biotechnology (0.6%)

 

Amgen, Inc., 4.050%, 08/18/29

   

2,000,000

     

1,877,166

   
Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc.,
3.700%, 03/15/32
   

2,000,000

     

1,721,446

   
         

3,598,612

   

Commercial Service — Finance (0.0%)

 
Moody's Corp.,
4.875%, 02/15/24
   

250,000

     

249,036

   

Commercial Services (0.3%)

 
Ashtead Capital, Inc.,
5.500%, 08/11/32 (c)
   

2,000,000

     

1,922,080

   

Diagnostic Equipment (0.3%)

 

Abbott Laboratories

 

3.875%, 09/15/25

   

750,000

     

736,707

   

4.750%, 11/30/36

   

1,000,000

     

994,783

   

4.750%, 04/15/43

   

250,000

     

240,620

   
         

1,972,110

   

Drugstore Chains (0.0%)

 
CVS Pass-Through Trust,
6.943%, 01/10/30
   

123,851

     

126,929

   

Food (0.3%)

 
Mars, Inc.,
3.950%, 04/01/49 (c)
   

1,000,000

     

827,261

   
Tyson Foods, Inc.,
5.150%, 08/15/44
   

1,000,000

     

930,676

   
         

1,757,937

   
   

Principal

 

Value(a)

 

Food Products (0.1%)

 
General Mills, Inc.,
3.000%, 02/01/51
 

$

1,002,000

   

$

678,730

   

Pharmaceuticals (1.2%)

 

AbbVie, Inc.

 

3.600%, 05/14/25

   

1,000,000

     

970,104

   

3.800%, 03/15/25

   

670,000

     

653,897

   

4.400%, 11/06/42

   

1,000,000

     

873,788

   

4.450%, 05/14/46

   

1,000,000

     

868,346

   
Becton Dickinson & Co.,
4.298%, 08/22/32
   

2,000,000

     

1,879,118

   

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.

 

3.250%, 11/01/23

   

500,000

     

492,944

   

3.875%, 08/15/25

   

229,000

     

223,000

   
Novartis Capital Corp.,
3.400%, 05/06/24 (d)
   

500,000

     

489,878

   
Takeda Pharmaceutical Co.
Ltd., 5.000%, 11/26/28 (b)
   

1,000,000

     

990,842

   
         

7,441,917

   

Energy (2.3%)

 

Oil & Gas (1.2%)

 
Baker Hughes Holdings LLC/
Baker Hughes Co-Obligor,
Inc., 3.337%, 12/15/27
   

1,000,000

     

925,052

   
BP Capital Markets America,
Inc., 4.234%, 11/06/28
   

1,000,000

     

968,064

   
Chevron USA, Inc.,
3.900%, 11/15/24
   

1,000,000

     

983,017

   
Coterra Energy, Inc.,
3.900%, 05/15/27
   

1,000,000

     

935,087

   
EOG Resources, Inc.,
2.625%, 03/15/23
   

250,000

     

248,851

   
Marathon Petroleum Corp.,
3.625%, 09/15/24
   

750,000

     

729,709

   
Phillips 66,
4.650%, 11/15/34
   

1,000,000

     

941,072

   
TotalEnergies Capital
International SA,
3.750%, 04/10/24 (b)
   

750,000

     

740,056

   
Valero Energy Corp.,
4.350%, 06/01/28
   

1,000,000

     

965,044

   
         

7,435,952

   

Pipelines (1.1%)

 

Energy Transfer LP

 

4.250%, 04/01/24

   

1,000,000

     

983,486

   

4.900%, 03/15/35

   

1,000,000

     

893,051

   
Enterprise Products
Operating LLC,
Series J, 5.750%, 03/01/35
   

250,000

     

240,185

   
Kinder Morgan, Inc.,
5.300%, 12/01/34
   

750,000

     

703,838

   
Magellan Midstream
Partners LP,
4.200%, 10/03/47
   

1,000,000

     

754,804

   
MPLX LP,
4.950%, 09/01/32
   

2,000,000

     

1,884,760

   

See accompanying notes to financial statements.
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Investments in Securities – continued

   

Principal

 

Value(a)

 
Southern Natural Gas Co.
LLC, 4.800%, 03/15/47 (c)
 

$

1,500,000

   

$

1,226,805

   
Williams Cos., Inc.,
3.750%, 06/15/27
   

500,000

     

471,238

   
         

7,158,167

   

Financial (11.4%)

 

Banks (6.4%)

 
Associated Banc-Corp.,
4.250%, 01/15/25
   

750,000

     

715,248

   

Bank of America Corp.

 

Series L, 3.950%, 04/21/25

   

1,000,000

     

972,806

   

Series L, 4.183%, 11/25/27

   

1,000,000

     

949,221

   
4.244%, 04/24/38
(3-Month USD LIBOR +
1.814%) (e)
   

1,000,000

     

858,189

   

Bank of New York Mellon Corp.

 
3.442%, 02/07/28
(3-Month USD LIBOR +
1.069%) (e)
   

1,000,000

     

940,298

   

5.834%, 10/25/33

   

1,000,000

     

1,043,178

   
Capital One Financial Corp.,
4.250%, 04/30/25
   

1,500,000

     

1,473,118

   

Citigroup, Inc.

 

3.300%, 04/27/25

   

750,000

     

724,740

   
3.980%, 03/20/30
(3-Month USD LIBOR +
1.338%) (e)
   

1,000,000

     

901,475

   

4.650%, 07/23/48

   

1,250,000

     

1,091,204

   

4.750%, 05/18/46 (f)

   

1,200,000

     

1,007,968

   
Comerica Bank,
5.332%, 08/25/33
(SOFRRATE + 2.610%) (e)
   

2,000,000

     

1,920,018

   
Discover Bank,
4.250%, 03/13/26
   

500,000

     

475,643

   
Fifth Third Bank NA,
3.950%, 07/28/25
   

1,000,000

     

979,669

   

First Republic Bank

 

4.375%, 08/01/46

   

575,000

     

438,691

   

4.625%, 02/13/47

   

1,379,000

     

1,099,721

   

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.

 

3.850%, 01/26/27

   

1,000,000

     

953,972

   
4.482%, 08/23/28
(SOFRRATE + 1.725%) (e)
   

2,000,000

     

1,918,994

   

5.150%, 05/22/45 (f)

   

1,000,000

     

909,112

   

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

 

3.125%, 01/23/25

   

1,000,000

     

965,839

   
3.328%, 04/22/52
(SOFRRATE + 1.580%) (e)
   

2,000,000

     

1,374,732

   
KeyBank NA,
4.390%, 12/14/27
   

3,000,000

     

2,890,011

   
M&T Bank Corp.,
4.553%, 08/16/28
(SOFRINDX + 1.780%) (e)
   

3,000,000

     

2,903,016

   

Morgan Stanley

 
2.802%, 01/25/52
(SOFRRATE + 1.430%) (e)
   

2,000,000

     

1,252,700

   

6.342%, 10/18/33

   

1,000,000

     

1,050,736

   
PNC Bank NA  

3.800%, 07/25/23

   

250,000

     

248,117

   

4.050%, 07/26/28

   

1,000,000

     

946,269

   
SVB Financial Group,
2.100%, 05/15/28
   

2,000,000

     

1,667,258

   
Synchrony Bank,
5.400%, 08/22/25
   

1,000,000

     

992,463

   
   

Principal

 

Value(a)

 
Truist Bank,
2.750%, 05/01/23
 

$

250,000

   

$

248,249

   
Truist Financial Corp.,
6.123%, 10/28/33
   

2,000,000

     

2,109,078

   
U.S. Bancorp,
5.850%, 10/21/33
   

1,000,000

     

1,046,147

   

Wells Fargo & Co.

 
3.068%, 04/30/41
(SOFRRATE +
2.530%) (e) (f)
   

1,600,000

     

1,148,654

   

4.750%, 12/07/46

   

2,300,000

     

1,945,800

   
         

40,162,334

   

Diversified Financial Services (1.1%)

 

American Express Co.

 

3.300%, 05/03/27

   

1,000,000

     

936,381

   

4.050%, 12/03/42 (f)

   

2,000,000

     

1,731,710

   
CME Group, Inc.,
3.000%, 03/15/25
   

1,000,000

     

966,279

   
Discover Financial Services,
3.750%, 03/04/25
   

1,000,000

     

960,368

   
Eaton Vance Corp.,
3.500%, 04/06/27
   

1,000,000

     

933,708

   
Pine Street Trust I,
4.572%, 02/15/29 (c)
   

1,500,000

     

1,388,424

   
         

6,916,870

   

Finance (0.9%)

 
Allied World Assurance Co.
Holdings Ltd.,
4.350%, 10/29/25 (b)
   

1,290,000

     

1,227,576

   
Intercontinental Exchange,
Inc., 4.350%, 06/15/29
   

3,000,000

     

2,907,195

   
Jefferies Group LLC/
Jefferies Group Capital
Finance, Inc.,
2.625%, 10/15/31
   

2,000,000

     

1,537,840

   
         

5,672,611

   

Insurance (1.3%)

 
American Financial Group,
Inc., 4.500%, 06/15/47
   

1,000,000

     

796,126

   
Assured Guaranty
U.S. Holdings, Inc.,
5.000%, 07/01/24
   

330,000

     

329,297

   
Liberty Mutual Group, Inc.,
4.250%, 06/15/23 (c)
   

750,000

     

744,438

   
Marsh & McLennan Cos., Inc.,
4.350%, 01/30/47
   

1,000,000

     

858,694

   
Metropolitan Life Global
Funding I,
1.550%, 01/07/31 (c)
   

3,000,000

     

2,334,009

   
Pacific Life Insurance Co.,
4.300%, 10/24/67
(3-Month USD LIBOR +
2.796%) (c) (e)
   

1,000,000

     

780,000

   
Principal Life Global Funding II,
1.500%, 08/27/30 (c)
   

3,000,000

     

2,276,127

   
         

8,118,691

   

Property / Casualty Insurance (0.2%)

 
Arch Capital Finance LLC,
4.011%, 12/15/26 (d)
   

1,000,000

     

955,919

   

See accompanying notes to financial statements.
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Investments in Securities – continued

   

Principal

 

Value(a)

 

Real Estate Investment Trust — Diversified (0.1%)

 
Kite Realty Group Trust,
4.000%, 03/15/25 (d)
 

$

1,000,000

   

$

952,180

   

Real Estate Investment Trust — Health Care (0.7%)

 

Healthcare Realty Holdings LP

 

3.750%, 07/01/27

   

1,000,000

     

928,128

   

3.875%, 05/01/25

   

1,000,000

     

958,992

   
Physicians Realty LP,
4.300%, 03/15/27
   

1,000,000

     

939,944

   
Welltower, Inc.,
4.125%, 03/15/29
   

1,500,000

     

1,369,158

   
         

4,196,222

   

Real Estate Investment Trust — Office Property (0.1%)

 
Alexandria Real Estate
Equities, Inc.,
4.500%, 07/30/29
   

500,000

     

472,117

   

Real Estate Investment Trust — Shopping Centers (0.0%)

 
Retail Opportunity
Investments Partnership LP,
5.000%, 12/15/23
   

250,000

     

247,148

   

Real Estate Investment Trust — Single Tenant (0.1%)

 
Office Properties Income
Trust, 4.500%, 02/01/25
   

750,000

     

679,655

   

Specialized REITs (0.5%)

 
American Tower Corp.,
3.375%, 10/15/26
   

1,000,000

     

936,953

   
Crown Castle, Inc.,
4.750%, 05/15/47
   

1,000,000

     

847,797

   
Essex Portfolio LP,
3.500%, 04/01/25
   

1,000,000

     

961,011

   
Goodman U.S. Finance Four
LLC, 4.500%, 10/15/37 (c)
   

500,000

     

416,960

   
         

3,162,721

   

Health Care (0.9%)

 

Health Care Providers & Services (0.5%)

 
Aetna, Inc.,
3.875%, 08/15/47
   

1,000,000

     

779,372

   
Elevance Health, Inc.,
4.375%, 12/01/47
   

1,000,000

     

867,843

   
Laboratory Corp. of America
Holdings, 4.000%, 11/01/23
   

250,000

     

247,540

   

UnitedHealth Group, Inc.

 

2.750%, 02/15/23 (d)

   

250,000

     

249,361

   

3.750%, 07/15/25 (d)

   

1,000,000

     

976,259

   
         

3,120,375

   

Pharmaceuticals (0.4%)

 
Cardinal Health, Inc.,
3.750%, 09/15/25
   

1,000,000

     

966,715

   
Mead Johnson Nutrition Co.,
5.900%, 11/01/39
   

1,000,000

     

1,044,463

   
Mylan, Inc.,
4.200%, 11/29/23
   

500,000

     

495,199

   
         

2,506,377

   
   

Principal

 

Value(a)

 

Industrials (4.0%)

 

Aerospace & Defense (0.8%)

 
General Dynamics Corp.,
3.500%, 05/15/25
 

$

1,000,000

   

$

973,544

   
L3Harris Technologies, Inc.,
3.832%, 04/27/25
   

1,000,000

     

972,314

   

Raytheon Technologies Corp.

 

3.700%, 12/15/23

   

500,000

     

494,568

   

4.050%, 05/04/47

   

1,000,000

     

825,286

   

4.125%, 11/16/28

   

1,500,000

     

1,440,733

   
         

4,706,445

   

Air Freight & Logistics (0.1%)

 
FedEx Corp.,
4.400%, 01/15/47
   

1,000,000

     

802,940

   

Building Products (0.4%)

 
CRH America Finance, Inc.,
4.400%, 05/09/47 (c)
   

1,000,000

     

829,956

   
Mohawk Industries, Inc.,
3.625%, 05/15/30
   

2,000,000

     

1,725,664

   
         

2,555,620

   

Containers & Packaging (0.3%)

 
Amcor Finance USA, Inc.,
4.500%, 05/15/28
   

1,000,000

     

944,362

   
Sealed Air Corp.,
6.875%, 07/15/33 (c)
   

1,000,000

     

992,500

   
         

1,936,862

   

Electrical Equipment (0.9%)

 

Flex Ltd.

 

4.750%, 06/15/25 (b)

   

1,000,000

     

977,379

   

4.875%, 06/15/29 (b)

   

1,000,000

     

942,011

   
General Motors Financial Co.,
Inc., 5.000%, 04/09/27
   

2,000,000

     

1,944,074

   

Jabil, Inc., 3.600%, 01/15/30

   

2,000,000

     

1,764,496

   
         

5,627,960

   

Environmental Control (0.2%)

 
Republic Services, Inc.,
3.950%, 05/15/28
   

1,000,000

     

951,547

   

Industrial Conglomerates (0.1%)

 

3M Co., 3.625%, 10/15/47

   

1,000,000

     

748,726

   

Machinery (0.3%)

 
Caterpillar, Inc.,
3.250%, 04/09/50
   

2,300,000

     

1,763,543

   

Miscellaneous Manufacturing (0.4%)

 
Carlisle Cos., Inc.,
3.750%, 12/01/27
   

1,000,000

     

932,726

   

Textron, Inc.

 

3.875%, 03/01/25

   

750,000

     

730,742

   

4.300%, 03/01/24

   

500,000

     

494,443

   
         

2,157,911

   

Road & Rail (0.0%)

 
Kansas City Southern,
4.300%, 05/15/43
   

250,000

     

207,190

   

See accompanying notes to financial statements.
57


SFT Balanced Stabilization Fund
Investments in Securities – continued

   

Principal

 

Value(a)

 

Transportation (0.2%)

 
Burlington Northern Santa
Fe LLC, 3.750%, 04/01/24
 

$

350,000

   

$

344,819

   
Penske Truck Leasing Co.
LP/PTL Finance Corp.,
3.900%, 02/01/24 (c)
   

1,000,000

     

980,098

   
         

1,324,917

   

Trucking & Leasing (0.3%)

 

GATX Corp.

 

3.250%, 03/30/25

   

1,000,000

     

952,482

   

4.550%, 11/07/28

   

1,000,000

     

945,425

   
         

1,897,907

   

Information Technology (1.7%)

 

Communications Equipment (0.2%)

 
QUALCOMM, Inc.,
4.650%, 05/20/35
   

1,000,000

     

969,747

   

Computers (0.8%)

 
Apple, Inc.,
4.375%, 05/13/45 (d)
   

1,000,000

     

930,063

   
Dell International LLC/EMC
Corp., 6.200%, 07/15/30
   

2,000,000

     

2,039,594

   

Leidos, Inc., 4.375%, 05/15/30

   

2,000,000

     

1,807,500

   
         

4,777,157

   

Interactive Media & Services (0.1%)

 
eBay, Inc.,
3.450%, 08/01/24
   

750,000

     

731,015

   

IT Services (0.3%)

 

Global Payments, Inc.

 

4.800%, 04/01/26

   

750,000

     

726,554

   

5.300%, 08/15/29

   

1,500,000

     

1,458,252

   
         

2,184,806

   

Software (0.3%)

 

Fiserv, Inc., 3.850%, 06/01/25

   

1,000,000

     

970,867

   

Oracle Corp., 3.800%, 11/15/37

   

1,000,000

     

795,299

   
         

1,766,166

   

Materials (0.6%)

 

Chemicals (0.5%)

 
Mosaic Co.,
5.450%, 11/15/33
   

200,000

     

197,529

   
Sherwin-Williams Co.,
3.950%, 01/15/26
   

1,000,000

     

973,708

   

Yara International ASA

 

3.148%, 06/04/30 (b) (c)

   

1,000,000

     

789,408

   

4.750%, 06/01/28 (b) (c)

   

1,000,000

     

921,583

   
         

2,882,228

   

Construction Materials (0.1%)

 
Vulcan Materials Co.,
4.500%, 06/15/47
   

1,000,000

     

835,700

   
   

Principal

 

Value(a)

 

Technology (0.5%)

 

Semiconductor Equipment (0.5%)

 
Broadcom, Inc.,
3.419%, 04/15/33 (c)
 

$

2,000,000

   

$

1,612,620

   
Micron Technology, Inc.,
2.703%, 04/15/32
   

2,000,000

     

1,507,182

   
         

3,119,802

   

Transportation (1.3%)

 

Airlines (0.7%)

 
Air Canada Pass Through Trust,
Series 2015-2A,
4.125%, 06/15/29 (b) (c)
   

760,708

     

616,173

   
American Airlines Pass
Through Trust,
Series 2015-2, Class A,
4.000%, 03/22/29
   

692,098

     

546,758

   
British Airways Pass
Through Trust,
Series 2013-1, Class A,
4.625%, 12/20/25 (c)
   

371,432

     

364,003

   
Delta Air Lines, Inc./
SkyMiles IP Ltd.,
4.750%, 10/20/28 (c)
   

2,000,000

     

1,880,312

   
United Airlines Pass
Through Trust,
Series AA, 3.500%, 09/01/31
   

983,882

     

835,681

   
United Airlines Pass
Through Trust,
Series 2013-1, Class A,
4.300%, 02/15/27
   

150,777

     

140,304

   
         

4,383,231

   

Transport — Rail (0.6%)

 
Norfolk Southern Corp.,
3.850%, 01/15/24
   

500,000

     

494,952

   

Union Pacific Corp.

 

3.750%, 03/15/24

   

500,000

     

492,962

   

5.375%, 06/01/33

   

2,500,000

     

2,516,420

   
         

3,504,334

   

Utilities (3.7%)

 

Electric Utilities (2.6%)

 
Alabama Power Co.,
3.125%, 07/15/51
   

2,000,000

     

1,384,540

   
Ameren Illinois Co.,
3.700%, 12/01/47
   

1,000,000

     

788,503

   
Arizona Public Service Co.,
4.350%, 11/15/45
   

1,000,000

     

787,302

   
CenterPoint Energy
Houston Electric LLC,
Series AJ,
4.850%, 10/01/52
   

3,150,000

     

2,979,109

   
Duke Energy Corp.,
4.500%, 08/15/32
   

1,000,000

     

941,639

   
Duke Energy Florida
LLC, 5.950%, 11/15/52
   

1,000,000

     

1,071,983

   
Duke Energy Progress
LLC, 3.600%, 09/15/47
   

1,000,000

     

765,745

   
Entergy Texas, Inc.,
3.450%, 12/01/27
   

3,000,000

     

2,763,333

   

See accompanying notes to financial statements.
58


SFT Balanced Stabilization Fund
Investments in Securities – continued

   

Principal

 

Value(a)

 
Northern States Power Co.,
3.750%, 12/01/47
 

$

1,000,000

   

$

740,052

   
Oglethorpe Power Corp.,
4.250%, 04/01/46
   

800,000

     

582,731

   
Oklahoma Gas & Electric Co.,
4.150%, 04/01/47
   

1,000,000

     

795,243

   
Wisconsin Power & Light Co.,
3.950%, 09/01/32
   

3,000,000

     

2,758,383

   
         

16,358,563

   

Electric — Integrated (0.1%)

 
Berkshire Hathaway Energy Co.,
3.750%, 11/15/23
   

250,000

     

247,156

   

Gas Utilities (0.7%)

 

National Fuel Gas Co.

 

4.750%, 09/01/28

   

1,000,000

     

943,650

   

5.200%, 07/15/25

   

1,000,000

     

991,989

   

ONEOK, Inc.

 

4.000%, 07/13/27

   

500,000

     

469,214

   

4.350%, 03/15/29

   

1,500,000

     

1,389,451

   
Washington Gas Light Co.,
Series K, 3.796%, 09/15/46
   

1,000,000

     

749,813

   
         

4,544,117

   

Multi-Utilities (0.1%)

 
Atmos Energy Corp.,
4.125%, 03/15/49
   

750,000

     

614,091

   
Eastern Energy Gas
Holdings LLC,
3.550%, 11/01/23
   

250,000

     

246,743

   
         

860,834

   

Water Utilities (0.2%)

 
American Water Capital Corp.,
3.750%, 09/01/47
   

1,000,000

     

782,880

   
Aquarion Co.,
4.000%, 08/15/24 (c)
   

500,000

     

493,099

   
         

1,275,979

   
Total corporate obligations
(cost: $228,781,821)
       

214,352,072

   
Total long-term debt securities
(cost: $262,341,224)
 

   

246,721,118

   
   

Shares

 

Value(a)

 

Mutual Funds (47.3%)

 

Investment Companies (47.3%)

 

iShares Core S&P 500 ETF

   

105,440

   

$

40,511,102

   

SFT Index 500 Fund (g)

   

14,224,618

     

234,734,959

   

SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (d)

   

36,170

     

13,832,493

   

Vanguard S&P 500 ETF

   

20,175

     

7,088,284

   
Total mutual funds
(cost: $168,921,296)
       

296,166,838

   

Short-Term Securities (12.3%)

 

Investment Companies (12.3%)

 
State Street Institutional
U.S. Government Money
Market Fund, current rate
4.120%
   

77,124,275

     

77,124,275

   
Total short-term securities
(cost: $77,124,275)
       

77,124,275

   
Total investments excluding
purchased options (99.1%)
(cost: $508,386,795)
 

   

620,012,231

   
Total purchased options
outstanding (0.1%)
(cost: $993,552)
       

553,957

   
Total investments in securities
(cost: $509,380,347) (h)
 

   

620,566,188

   
Cash and other assets in excess
of liabilities (0.8%)
 

   

4,845,852

   

Total net assets (100.0%)

     

$

625,412,040

   

Investments in Securities Legend

(a)  Securities are valued by procedures described in Note 2 of the notes to financial statements.

(b)  Foreign security: The Fund held 1.8% of net assets in foreign securities at December 31, 2022.

(c)  Security sold within terms of a private placement memorandum exempt from registration pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and may be sold only to dealers in that program.

(d)  Fully or partially pledged as initial margin deposits on open futures contracts.

(e)  Variable rate security.

(f)  Pursuant to the Fund's Liquidity Risk Management Program, this security has been determined to be illiquid by the Fund's Liquidity Risk Management Program Administrator.

(g)  Affiliated security.

(h)  At December 31, 2022, the cost of investments for federal income tax purposes was $510,224,207. The aggregate unrealized appreciation and depreciation of investments based on this cost were:

Gross unrealized appreciation

 

$

137,908,686

   

Gross unrealized depreciation

   

(26,308,858

)

 

Net unrealized appreciation

 

$

111,599,828

   

See accompanying notes to financial statements.
59


SFT Balanced Stabilization Fund
Investments in Securities – continued

Holdings of Open Futures Contracts

On December 31, 2022, securities with an aggregate market value of $17,738,529 have been pledged to cover margin requirements for the following open futures contracts:


Description
 
Expiration
Date
 
Number of
Contracts
 
Position
Type
 
Notional
Amount
 
Market
Value
  Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)(a)
 

S&P 500 E-Mini Index Future

 

March 2023

   

198

   

Short

 

$

(39,573,236

)

 

$

(38,223,900

)

 

$

1,349,336

   

Call Options Purchased:

The Fund had the following call options purchased open at December 31, 2022:

Description

  Exercise
Price
  Expiration
Date
  Number of
Contracts
  Notional
Amount
 

Value(a)

 

CBOE Volatility Index

 

$

25

   

January 2023

   

3,203

   

$

320,300

   

$

294,676

   

Put Options Purchased:

The Fund had the following put options purchased open at December 31, 2022:

Description

  Exercise
Price
  Expiration
Date
  Number of
Contracts
  Notional
Amount
 

Value(a)

 

S&P 500 Index

 

$

3,720

   

January 2023

   

81

   

$

8,100

   

$

259,281

   

Call Options Written:

The Fund had the following call options written open at December 31, 2022

Description

  Exercise
Price
  Expiration
Date
  Number of
Contracts
  Notional
Amount
 

Value(a)

 

CBOE Volatility Index

 

$

35

   

January 2023

   

3.203

   

$

320,300

   

$

(73,669

)

 

Put Options Written:

The Fund had the following put options written open at December 31, 2022:

Description

  Exercise
Price
  Expiration
Date
  Number of
Contracts
  Notional
Amount
 

Value(a)

 

S&P 500 Index

 

$

3,330

   

January 2023

   

81

   

$

8,100

   

$

(17,820

)

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.
60


SFT Core Bond Fund
Investments in Securities

December 31, 2022

(Percentages of each investment category relate to total net assets)

   

Principal

 

Value(a)

 

Long-Term Debt Securities (105.5%)

 

Government Obligations (53.6%)

 

Other Government Obligations (0.8%)

 

Provincial or Local Government Obligations (0.8%)

 
Douglas County Public
Utility District No. 1
Wells Hydroelectric
Project Revenue, Series A,
5.450%, 09/01/40
 

$

1,185,000

   

$

1,156,311

   
Municipal Electric Authority
of Georgia, 6.655%, 04/01/57
   

693,000

     

735,938

   
Ohio Water Development
Authority, Series A2,
4.817%, 12/01/30
   

250,000

     

248,028

   
Port Authority of New York &
New Jersey,
4.458%, 10/01/62
   

1,150,000

     

1,014,300

   
Texas A&M University,
Series D, 4.000%, 05/15/31
   

325,000

     

305,386

   
         

3,459,963

   
U.S. Government Agencies and
Obligations (52.8%)
 
Federal Home Loan Mortgage
Corporation (6.2%)
 

2.000%, 11/01/51

   

5,232,957

     

4,282,679

   

2.500%, 04/01/28

   

59,501

     

56,143

   

2.500%, 01/01/52

   

1,921,242

     

1,637,217

   

2.500%, 03/01/52

   

7,969,828

     

6,778,676

   

3.000%, 08/01/42

   

271,468

     

249,267

   

3.000%, 12/01/42

   

107,671

     

98,888

   

3.000%, 01/01/43

   

152,489

     

133,823

   

3.000%, 02/01/43

   

369,543

     

340,581

   

3.000%, 04/01/43

   

524,826

     

475,954

   

3.000%, 10/25/46

   

45,710

     

41,223

   

3.000%, 02/01/52

   

3,646,540

     

3,210,042

   

3.500%, 10/01/25

   

41,946

     

40,058

   

3.500%, 05/01/32

   

81,696

     

78,342

   

3.500%, 03/01/42

   

380,987

     

356,641

   

3.500%, 08/01/42

   

322,596

     

301,952

   

3.500%, 05/25/45

   

182,485

     

162,392

   

4.000%, 09/01/40

   

340,723

     

330,899

   

4.000%, 11/01/40

   

613,971

     

598,742

   

4.000%, 02/01/41

   

136,682

     

133,794

   

4.000%, 03/01/41

   

151,130

     

146,896

   

4.000%, 08/01/52

   

5,384,103

     

5,060,413

   

4.500%, 04/01/23

   

701

     

643

   

4.500%, 09/01/40

   

43,213

     

42,757

   

4.500%, 01/01/41

   

216,151

     

214,083

   

4.500%, 02/01/41

   

126,666

     

125,448

   

4.500%, 03/01/41

   

278,989

     

276,138

   

4.500%, 04/01/41

   

232,003

     

237,229

   

5.000%, 03/01/23

   

209

     

199

   

5.000%, 05/01/29

   

10,504

     

10,399

   

5.000%, 04/01/35

   

39,164

     

39,695

   

5.000%, 08/01/35

   

23,993

     

24,078

   

5.000%, 11/01/35

   

39,817

     

40,514

   

5.000%, 11/01/39

   

239,568

     

244,588

   

5.000%, 04/01/40

   

76,032

     

77,580

   

5.000%, 08/01/40

   

49,010

     

50,442

   
   

Principal

 

Value(a)

 
5.339%, 10/25/29
(1-Month USD LIBOR +
0.950%) (b)
 

$

340,525

   

$

323,440

   

5.500%, 11/01/23

   

10,395

     

9,744

   

5.500%, 05/01/34

   

329,795

     

341,486

   

5.500%, 10/01/34

   

96,356

     

96,581

   

5.500%, 07/01/35

   

135,361

     

141,382

   

5.500%, 10/01/35

   

142,480

     

143,771

   

5.500%, 12/01/38

   

70,172

     

71,539

   

6.000%, 11/01/33

   

143,458

     

151,078

   

6.250%, 12/15/23

   

3,044

     

3,042

   

6.500%, 09/01/32

   

18,479

     

19,472

   

6.500%, 11/01/32

   

14,639

     

16,059

   

6.500%, 06/01/36

   

92,374

     

93,353

   

7.000%, 12/01/37

   

23,857

     

25,010

   
         

27,334,372

   
Federal National Mortgage
Association (28.7%)
 

2.000%, 11/01/51

   

10,265,677

     

8,401,492

   

2.000%, 01/12/53, TBA (d)

   

20,200,000

     

16,481,938

   

2.500%, 03/01/27

   

88,442

     

82,096

   

2.500%, 11/01/27

   

135,525

     

127,861

   

2.500%, 03/01/28

   

108,770

     

102,025

   

2.500%, 07/01/28

   

146,475

     

137,062

   

2.500%, 03/01/52

   

2,758,461

     

2,342,745

   

2.500%, 04/01/52

   

2,484,965

     

2,112,302

   

2.500%, 12/25/51, TBA (d)

   

29,775,000

     

25,285,488

   

3.000%, 11/01/27

   

63,649

     

60,679

   

3.000%, 09/01/42

   

73,075

     

65,782

   

3.000%, 01/01/46

   

75,765

     

68,179

   

3.000%, 04/01/52

   

6,016,812

     

5,291,259

   

3.000%, 02/25/52, TBA (d)

   

17,625,000

     

15,498,984

   

3.500%, 11/01/25

   

51,859

     

51,302

   

3.500%, 01/01/26

   

59,332

     

58,695

   

3.500%, 12/01/32

   

78,889

     

76,501

   

3.500%, 11/01/40

   

254,419

     

234,192

   

3.500%, 01/01/41

   

283,450

     

263,313

   

3.500%, 02/01/41

   

344,709

     

324,472

   

3.500%, 04/01/41

   

181,772

     

167,563

   

3.500%, 11/01/41

   

980,046

     

905,813

   

3.500%, 12/01/41

   

199,094

     

186,328

   

3.500%, 05/01/42

   

104,487

     

96,350

   

3.500%, 01/01/43

   

234,041

     

217,684

   

3.500%, 02/01/43

   

285,795

     

267,458

   

3.500%, 05/01/43

   

925,892

     

868,347

   

3.500%, 02/25/49, TBA (d)

   

3,600,000

     

3,276,563

   

4.000%, 12/01/40

   

38,977

     

37,806

   

4.000%, 04/01/41

   

568,535

     

544,059

   

4.000%, 09/01/41

   

155,425

     

151,317

   

4.000%, 11/01/41

   

92,100

     

89,380

   

4.000%, 06/01/42

   

268,308

     

260,056

   

4.000%, 09/01/43

   

163,753

     

158,310

   

4.500%, 04/01/25

   

6,756

     

6,710

   

4.500%, 05/25/34

   

537,000

     

526,154

   

4.500%, 05/01/35

   

86,325

     

91,499

   

4.500%, 07/01/35

   

226,907

     

222,187

   

4.500%, 09/01/37

   

79,909

     

78,250

   

4.500%, 06/01/39

   

81,466

     

80,945

   

4.500%, 04/01/41

   

703,449

     

699,617

   

4.500%, 07/01/41

   

480,421

     

473,809

   

4.500%, 07/01/47

   

200,986

     

199,912

   

4.500%, 08/01/52

   

6,106,672

     

5,896,606

   

See accompanying notes to financial statements.
61


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Investments in Securities – continued

   

Principal

 

Value(a)

 

4.500%, 01/12/53, TBA (d)

 

$

6,525,000

   

$

6,296,625

   

5.000%, 06/25/23

   

2,550

     

2,537

   

5.000%, 07/01/23

   

2,380

     

2,399

   

5.000%, 11/01/33

   

96,534

     

98,245

   

5.000%, 03/01/34

   

75,061

     

76,487

   

5.000%, 05/01/34

   

15,866

     

15,886

   

5.000%, 12/01/34

   

91,535

     

93,148

   

5.000%, 07/01/35

   

83,077

     

85,298

   

5.000%, 08/01/35

   

34,051

     

34,797

   

5.000%, 03/01/38

   

38,075

     

38,846

   

5.000%, 04/01/38

   

67,054

     

68,282

   

5.000%, 06/01/39

   

58,124

     

59,684

   

5.000%, 12/01/39

   

215,358

     

221,181

   

5.000%, 06/01/40

   

27,490

     

27,781

   

5.000%, 04/01/41

   

222,978

     

227,713

   

5.000%, 01/12/53, TBA (d)

   

21,450,000

     

21,151,711

   

5.500%, 08/01/23

   

1,553

     

1,521

   

5.500%, 02/01/24

   

4,395

     

4,423

   

5.500%, 04/01/33

   

330,764

     

337,808

   

5.500%, 05/01/33

   

4,399

     

4,493

   

5.500%, 12/01/33

   

34,789

     

35,532

   

5.500%, 01/01/34

   

64,973

     

66,362

   

5.500%, 02/01/34

   

74,359

     

76,177

   

5.500%, 03/01/34

   

116,302

     

117,743

   

5.500%, 04/01/34

   

55,822

     

57,381

   

5.500%, 05/01/34

   

1,936

     

1,959

   

5.500%, 09/01/34

   

79,676

     

81,657

   

5.500%, 10/01/34

   

24,858

     

24,946

   

5.500%, 01/01/35

   

41,345

     

42,228

   

5.500%, 02/01/35

   

131,505

     

132,708

   

5.500%, 04/01/35

   

102,074

     

102,450

   

5.500%, 06/01/35

   

6,824

     

6,860

   

5.500%, 08/01/35

   

69,744

     

71,234

   

5.500%, 10/01/35

   

134,221

     

135,152

   

5.500%, 11/01/35

   

30,406

     

31,631

   

5.500%, 09/01/36

   

61,264

     

62,670

   

5.500%, 12/01/39

   

37,317

     

38,079

   

6.000%, 08/01/23

   

3,047

     

3,043

   

6.000%, 09/01/32

   

7,376

     

7,749

   

6.000%, 10/01/32

   

223,447

     

232,177

   

6.000%, 11/01/32

   

264,026

     

277,303

   

6.000%, 03/01/33

   

173,421

     

181,216

   

6.000%, 12/01/33

   

69,331

     

74,651

   

6.000%, 08/01/34

   

10,863

     

10,849

   

6.000%, 09/01/34

   

13,010

     

13,623

   

6.000%, 11/01/34

   

7,544

     

7,891

   

6.000%, 12/01/34

   

54,552

     

57,546

   

6.000%, 11/01/36

   

6,546

     

6,907

   

6.000%, 01/01/37

   

76,461

     

80,982

   

6.000%, 08/01/37

   

37,349

     

39,419

   

6.000%, 10/01/38

   

69,986

     

73,689

   

6.500%, 11/01/23

   

1,666

     

1,667

   

6.500%, 12/01/31

   

26,957

     

27,998

   

6.500%, 02/01/32

   

118,108

     

123,278

   

6.500%, 04/01/32

   

68,076

     

72,593

   

6.500%, 05/01/32

   

16,975

     

17,132

   

6.500%, 07/01/32

   

114,134

     

120,884

   

6.500%, 08/01/32

   

61,730

     

65,844

   

6.500%, 09/01/32

   

37,594

     

40,099

   

6.500%, 10/01/32

   

47,508

     

48,036

   

6.500%, 09/01/34

   

2,747

     

2,764

   

6.500%, 11/01/34

   

2,835

     

3,118

   

6.500%, 03/01/35

   

38,871

     

40,991

   

6.500%, 09/01/37

   

58,081

     

58,990

   

6.500%, 11/01/37

   

19,731

     

20,932

   
   

Principal

 

Value(a)

 

7.000%, 07/01/31

 

$

29,955

   

$

31,512

   

7.000%, 09/01/31

   

93,079

     

97,946

   

7.000%, 11/01/31

   

82,523

     

86,821

   

7.000%, 02/01/32

   

36,774

     

36,948

   

7.000%, 03/01/32

   

8,891

     

9,563

   

7.000%, 07/01/32

   

37,328

     

40,134

   

7.500%, 04/01/31

   

33,007

     

33,772

   

7.500%, 05/01/31

   

7,833

     

8,252

   
8.689%, 02/25/25
(1-Month USD LIBOR +
4.300%) (b)
   

333,624

     

338,890

   
8.789%, 01/25/24
(1-Month USD LIBOR +
4.400%) (b)
   

31,097

     

31,880

   
8.839%, 01/25/29
(1-Month USD LIBOR +
4.450%) (b)
   

762,420

     

780,189

   
         

125,710,002

   
Government National Mortgage
Association (1.3%)
 
0.000%,
06/17/45 (b) (c)
   

117,445

     

1

   

1.000%, 12/20/42

   

39,231

     

32,842

   

3.000%, 03/15/45

   

479,663

     

431,699

   

3.000%, 04/15/45

   

872,600

     

775,678

   

3.000%, 05/15/45

   

39,513

     

35,132

   

3.250%, 04/20/33

   

84,301

     

76,404

   

3.250%, 03/20/35

   

693,623

     

663,129

   

3.250%, 11/20/35

   

393,402

     

376,073

   

3.250%, 01/20/36

   

661,193

     

631,931

   

3.500%, 11/15/40

   

58,589

     

54,804

   

3.500%, 04/20/46

   

238,610

     

223,026

   

3.750%, 03/20/46

   

588,881

     

562,570

   

4.000%, 07/20/31

   

209,556

     

207,411

   

4.000%, 04/20/39

   

147,367

     

142,256

   

4.000%, 12/20/40

   

394,630

     

377,254

   

4.000%, 01/15/41

   

19,771

     

19,421

   

4.000%, 02/15/41

   

166,007

     

161,694

   

4.000%, 10/15/41

   

103,679

     

99,242

   

4.000%, 12/20/44

   

46,535

     

45,263

   

4.500%, 06/15/40

   

119,478

     

118,542

   

5.000%, 05/15/33

   

29,877

     

30,718

   

5.000%, 12/15/39

   

44,640

     

46,188

   

5.000%, 01/15/40

   

386,360

     

396,410

   

5.000%, 07/15/40

   

80,502

     

81,700

   

5.500%, 07/15/38

   

95,241

     

100,046

   

5.500%, 10/15/38

   

155,075

     

160,135

   
         

5,849,569

   

U.S. Treasury (16.6%)

 

U.S. Treasury Bond

 

2.000%, 11/15/41

   

48,275,000

     

34,735,371

   

4.000%, 11/15/52

   

15,180,000

     

15,343,659

   
U.S. Treasury Inflation-Indexed
Notes, 0.625%, 07/15/32
   

594,819

     

546,490

   

U.S. Treasury Note

 

3.750%, 12/31/27

   

9,160,000

     

9,122,788

   

3.875%, 11/30/27

   

5,945,000

     

5,920,849

   

4.125%, 10/31/27

   

255,000

     

256,275

   

4.125%, 11/15/32

   

5,490,000

     

5,621,245

   

4.250%, 12/31/24

   

95,000

     

94,718

   

4.500%, 11/30/24

   

1,235,000

     

1,235,772

   
         

72,877,167

   

See accompanying notes to financial statements.
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Investments in Securities – continued

   

Principal

 

Value(a)

 

Vendee Mortgage Trust (0.0%)

 
Vendee Mortgage Trust,
Series 1995-1, Class 2,
7.793%, 02/15/25
 

$

4,030

   

$

4,027

   
Total government obligations
(cost: $246,553,698)
       

235,235,100

   

Asset-Backed Securities (10.2%)

 
AGL CLO 12 Ltd.,
Series 2021-12A, Class B,
5.843%, 07/20/34
(3-Month USD LIBOR +
1.600%) (b) (e)
   

875,000

     

822,611

   

AMSR Trust

 
Series 2021-SFR2, Class D,
2.278%, 08/17/38 (e)
   

1,150,000

     

976,183

   
Series 2021-SFR4, Class B,
2.417%, 12/17/38 (e)
   

4,950,000

     

4,310,732

   
Bear Stearns Asset-Backed
Securities Trust,
Series 2004-HE1, Class M1,
5.363%, 02/25/34
(1-Month USD LIBOR +
0.975%) (b)
   

361,951

     

406,147

   
CarMax Auto Owner Trust,
Series 2019-4, Class D,
2.800%, 04/15/26
   

1,400,000

     

1,345,586

   

Chase Funding Trust

 
Series 2002-3, Class 2A1,
5.029%, 08/25/32
(1-Month USD LIBOR +
0.640%) (b)
   

94,443

     

105,464

   
Series 2003-2, Class 2A2,
4.576%, 02/25/33
(1-Month USD LIBOR +
0.560%) (b)
   

123,519

     

126,468

   
CIFC Funding Ltd.,
Series 2022-3A, Class A,
5.398%, 04/21/35
(SOFRRATE + 1.410%) (b) (e)
   

1,250,000

     

1,216,180

   
Commonbond Student
Loan Trust
 
Series 2017-AGS, Class C,
5.280%, 05/25/41 (e)
   

18,377

     

17,137

   
Series 2018-AGS, Class A1,
3.210%, 02/25/44 (e)
   

632,514

     

599,768

   
Series 2018-AGS, Class A2,
4.889%, 02/25/44
(1-Month USD LIBOR +
0.500%) (b) (e)
   

222,633

     

220,050

   
Series 2019-AGS, Class A1,
2.540%, 01/25/47 (e)
   

1,329,525

     

1,182,152

   
Series 2021-AGS, Class A,
1.200%, 03/25/52 (e)
   

550,277

     

464,555

   
Eaton Vance CLO Ltd.,
Series 2019-1A, Class AR,
5.179%, 04/15/31
(3-Month USD LIBOR +
1.100%) (b) (e)
   

1,000,000

     

981,056

   
Exeter Automobile
Receivables Trust,
Series 2020-3A, Class D,
1.730%, 07/15/26
   

1,850,000

     

1,774,071

   
   

Principal

 

Value(a)

 

FirstKey Homes Trust

 
Series 2021-SFR1, Class B,
1.788%, 08/17/38 (e)
 

$

2,075,000

   

$

1,766,804

   
Series 2021-SFR2, Class D,
2.058%, 09/17/38 (e)
   

1,950,000

     

1,653,766

   
Home Partners of America
Trust
 
Series 2021-1, Class A,
1.698%, 09/17/41 (e)
   

1,655,650

     

1,368,422

   
Series 2021-3, Class B,
2.649%, 01/17/41 (e)
   

3,738,556

     

3,114,813

   
HPS Loan Management Ltd.,
Series 2021-16A, Class A1,
5.465%, 01/23/35
(3-Month USD LIBOR +
1.140%) (b) (e)
   

1,150,000

     

1,111,759

   
Invitation Homes Trust,
Series 2018-SFR4, Class C,
5.739%, 01/17/38
(1-Month USD LIBOR +
1.400%) (b) (e)
   

5,049,767

     

5,014,336

   
Morgan Stanley Dean
Witter Capital I, Inc.,
Series 2002-NC3, Class A2,
4.949%, 08/25/32
(1-Month USD LIBOR +
0.560%) (b)
   

162,375

     

169,331

   
Navient Private Education
Refi Loan Trust
 
Series 2020-HA, Class A,
1.310%, 01/15/69 (e)
   

859,775

     

762,515

   
Series 2021-BA, Class A,
0.940%, 07/15/69 (e)
   

1,651,329

     

1,388,790

   
Series 2021-CA, Class A,
1.060%, 10/15/69 (e)
   

824,990

     

698,126

   
Series 2021-FA, Class A,
1.110%, 02/18/70 (e)
   

1,500,766

     

1,265,593

   
Series 2022-A, Class A,
2.230%, 07/15/70 (e)
   

1,554,427

     

1,364,142

   
Octagon Investment
Partners 46 Ltd.,
Series 2020-2A, Class BR,
5.729%, 07/15/36
(3-Month USD LIBOR +
1.650%) (b) (e)
   

1,125,000

     

1,076,640

   
Park Avenue Institutional
Advisers CLO Ltd.,
Series 2021-1A, Class A1A,
5.633%, 01/20/34
(3-Month USD LIBOR +
1.390%) (b) (e)
   

675,000

     

661,513

   
Progress Residential Trust,
Series 2021-SFR7, Class D,
2.341%, 08/17/40 (e)
   

1,525,000

     

1,187,120

   
Santander Bank Auto
Credit-Linked Notes,
Series 2021-1A, Class B,
1.833%, 12/15/31 (e)
   

801,839

     

770,975

   
Santander Consumer Auto
Receivables Trust,
Series 2021-AA, Class D,
1.570%, 01/15/27 (e)
   

1,500,000

     

1,309,185

   

See accompanying notes to financial statements.
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Investments in Securities – continued

   

Principal

 

Value(a)

 
Santander Drive Auto
Receivables Trust,
Series 2020-3, Class C,
1.120%, 01/15/26
 

$

984,988

   

$

977,300

   
Saxon Asset Securities
Trust, Series 2004-1,
Class A, 2.047%, 03/25/35
(1-Month USD LIBOR +
0.540%) (b)
   

222,524

     

223,579

   
SoFi Professional Loan
Program LLC, Series 2021-B,
Class AFX, 1.140%,
02/15/47 (e)
   

2,089,868

     

1,627,072

   
Tricon American Homes
Trust, Series 2020-SFR2,
Class B, 1.832%, 11/17/39 (e)
   

975,000

     

808,293

   
Tricon Residential Trust,
Series 2021-SFR1, Class B,
2.244%, 07/17/38 (e)
   

2,300,000

     

1,979,190

   
Total asset-backed securities
(cost: $49,982,591)
       

44,847,424

   

Other Mortgage-Backed Securities (12.4%)

 
Collateralized Mortgage Obligations/Mortgage
Revenue Bonds (8.3%)
 
Agate Bay Mortgage Trust,
Series 2015-1, Class B2,
3.666%, 01/25/4 (b) (e)
   

85,929

     

82,936

   
Bear Stearns Mortgage
Securities, Inc.,
Series 1996-6, Class B2,
8.000%, 11/25/29
   

23,746

     

22,635

   
Bellemeade RE Ltd.,
Series 2018-3A, Class M1B,
6.239%, 10/25/28
(1-Month USD LIBOR +
1.850%) (b) (e) (f)
   

317,107

     

316,854

   
Citigroup Mortgage Loan
Trust, Inc.
 
Series 2018-RP1, Class A1,
3.000%, 09/25/64 (b) (e)
   

143,843

     

137,134

   
Series 2021-INV1,
Class A7A, 2.500%,
05/25/51 (b) (e)
   

1,948,221

     

1,667,632

   

CSMC Trust

 
Series 2013-6,
Class B4,3.330%,
08/25/43 (b) (e)
   

1,039,606

     

877,732

   
Series 2017-HL1,
Class A12,3.500%,
06/25/47 (b) (e)
   

953,266

     

873,034

   
Eagle RE Ltd., Series 2020-1,
Class M1B, 5.839%, 01/25/30
(1-Month LIBOR +
1.450%) (b) (e) (f)
   

3,691,265

     

3,671,197

   
FARM Mortgage Trust,
Series 2021-1, Class A,
2.180%, 01/25/51 (b) (e)
   

1,585,331

     

1,348,405

   

Flagstar Mortgage Trust

 
Series 2021-5INV, Class A5,
2.500%, 07/25/51 (b) (e)
   

2,109,078

     

1,805,322

   
Series 2021-6INV, Class A6,
2.500%, 08/25/51 (b) (e)
   

2,216,681

     

1,916,620

   
   

Principal

 

Value(a)

 
GS Mortgage-Backed
Securities Trust,
Series 2014-EB1A,
Class B4, 3.148%,
07/25/44 (b) (e)
 

$

2,110,021

   

$

1,912,762

   

JP Morgan Mortgage Trust

 
Series 2014-2, Class B1,
3.412%, 06/25/29 (b) (e)
   

85,169

     

73,151

   
Series 2016-3, Class B3,
3.282%, 10/25/46 (b) (e)
   

209,681

     

193,601

   
Series 2017-2, Class B4,
3.654%, 05/25/47 (b) (e)
   

2,840,176

     

2,152,142

   
Series 2021-13, Class A4,
2.500%, 04/25/52 (b) (e)
   

3,941,441

     

3,390,871

   
Series 2021-4, Class A5,
2.500%, 08/25/51 (b) (e)
   

2,400,000

     

1,637,377

   
JP Morgan Trust,
Series 2015-6, Class B4,
3.535%, 10/25/45 (b) (e)
   

1,375,000

     

861,244

   
MRFC Mortgage Pass-Through
Trust, Series 1998-2,
Class B1, 6.750%, 06/25/28
   

3,046

     

3,075

   
Prudential Home Mortgage
Securities Co., Inc.,
Series 1994-E, Class 5B,
7.479%, 09/28/24 (b) (e)
   

35

     

35

   
Radnor RE Ltd., Series 2019-1,
Class M1B, 6.339%, 02/25/29
(1-Month USD LIBOR +
1.950%) (b) (e) (f)
   

726,645

     

718,304

   
Seasoned Credit Risk
Transfer Trust
 
Series 2017-2, Class M1,
4.000%, 08/25/56 (b) (e)
   

1,053,117

     

1,019,182

   
Series 2017-3, Class M1,
4.000%, 07/25/56 (b)
   

1,434,320

     

1,402,058

   

Sequoia Mortgage Trust

 
Series 2013-8, Class B4,
3.488%, 06/25/43 (b)
   

473,469

     

348,437

   
Series 2015-1, Class B2,
3.913%, 01/25/45 (b) (e)
   

132,359

     

124,739

   
Series 2015-3, Class B1,
3.723%, 07/25/45 (b) (e)
   

209,247

     

197,153

   
Series 2015-4, Class B2,
3.136%, 11/25/30 (b) (e)
   

180,951

     

172,922

   
Series 2017-1, Class B3,
3.607%, 02/25/47 (b) (e)
   

1,012,345

     

771,641

   
Shellpoint Co-Originator Trust,
Series 2017-1, Class B4,
3.603%, 04/25/47 (b) (e)
   

1,362,521

     

961,550

   
Structured Asset Mortgage
Investments, Inc.
 
Series 1998-2, Class B,
6.750%, 05/02/30 (b)
   

5,650

     

125

   
Series 1998-2, Class C,
6.750%, 05/02/30 (b)
   

3,657

     

81

   

Towd Point Mortgage Trust

 
Series 2015-2, Class 2M2,
4.166%, 11/25/57 (b) (e)
   

2,702,710

     

2,672,231

   
Series 2015-4, Class M2,
3.750%, 04/25/55 (b) (e)
   

2,505,000

     

2,447,852

   
Series 2018-4, Class A1,
3.000%, 06/25/58 (b) (e)
   

1,814,834

     

1,626,928

   

See accompanying notes to financial statements.
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Principal

 

Value(a)

 
WinWater Mortgage Loan
Trust, Series 2015-4,
Class B3, 3.677%,
06/20/45 (b) (e)
 

$

1,599,161

   

$

1,370,090

   
         

36,777,052

   

Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities (4.1%)

 
BAMLL Commercial
Mortgage Securities Trust,
Series 2014-520M, Class A,
4.185%, 08/15/46 (b) (e)
   

1,350,000

     

1,050,386

   

BB-UBS Trust

 
Series 2012-SHOW, Class C,
4.026%, 11/05/36 (b) (e)
   

500,000

     

479,875

   
Series 2012-SHOW, Class D,
4.026%, 11/05/36 (b) (e)
   

500,000

     

470,048

   
BX Trust, Series 2022-PSB,
Class D,
9.029%, 08/15/39 (b) (e)
   

820,507

     

812,155

   
CFCRE Commercial Mortgage
Trust, Series 2016-C7,
Class A3, 3.839%, 12/10/54
   

500,000

     

472,798

   
Citigroup Commercial
Mortgage Trust,
Series 2018-TBR, Class A,
5.273%, 12/15/36
(1-Month USD LIBOR +
0.830%) (b) (e)
   

4,000,000

     

3,910,245

   
Irvine Core Office Trust,
Series 2013-IRV, Class A1,
2.068%, 05/15/48 (e)
   

20,109

     

20,010

   
JPMCC Commercial
Mortgage Securities Trust,
Series 2017-JP5, Class A5,
3.723%, 03/15/50
   

1,000,000

     

933,830

   
One Market Plaza Trust,
Series 2017-1MKT, Class A,
3.614%, 02/10/32 (e)
   

992,000

     

960,495

   

UBS Commercial Mortgage Trust

 
Series 2017-C1, Class AS,
3.724%, 06/15/50
   

2,750,000

     

2,433,444

   
Series 2017-C6, Class A5,
3.580%, 12/15/50
   

3,500,000

     

3,206,865

   
Series 2017-C7, Class AS,
4.061%, 12/15/50 (b)
   

1,505,000

     

1,360,092

   
Wells Fargo Commercial
Mortgage Trust,
Series 2015-C29, Class A4,
3.637%, 06/15/48
   

1,905,000

     

1,810,046

   
         

17,920,289

   
Total other mortgage-backed
securities (cost: $62,602,573)
       

54,697,341

   

Corporate Obligations (26.3%)

 

Basic Materials (0.1%)

 

Chemicals (0.1%)

 
International Flavors &
Fragrances, Inc.,
2.300%, 11/01/30 (e)
   

500,000

     

395,576

   
SK Invictus Intermediate II
Sarl, 5.000%, 10/30/29 (e) (f)
   

50,000

     

40,063

   
         

435,639

   
   

Principal

 

Value(a)

 

Communication Services (0.3%)

 

Wireless Telecommunication Services (0.3%)

 
T-Mobile USA, Inc.,
2.550%, 02/15/31
 

$

1,500,000

   

$

1,229,249

   

Communications (1.6%)

 

Cable/Satellite TV (0.4%)

 
Charter Communications
Operating LLC/Charter
Communications Operating
Capital
 

2.800%, 04/01/31

   

1,130,000

     

883,683

   

4.800%, 03/01/50

   

1,000,000

     

733,849

   
         

1,617,532

   

Media (0.3%)

 
Cable One, Inc.,
4.000%, 11/15/30 (e)
   

162,000

     

127,575

   

CSC Holdings LLC

 

5.375%, 02/01/28 (e)

   

200,000

     

161,250

   

6.500%, 02/01/29 (e)

   

554,000

     

454,280

   

7.500%, 04/01/28 (e)

   

50,000

     

33,750

   
Paramount Global,
4.200%, 05/19/32
   

250,000

     

205,052

   
Time Warner Cable LLC,
5.500%, 09/01/41
   

535,000

     

446,163

   
         

1,428,070

   

Telecommunication (0.6%)

 

AT&T, Inc., 3.550%, 09/15/55

   

1,787,000

     

1,208,716

   
CommScope, Inc.,
4.750%, 09/01/29 (e)
   

264,000

     

212,850

   
Crown Castle Towers LLC,
4.241%, 07/15/48 (e)
   

625,000

     

570,277

   
Intelsat Jackson Holdings SA,
6.500%, 03/15/30 (e) (f)
   

151,000

     

132,314

   
Level 3 Financing, Inc.,
4.250%, 07/01/28 (e)
   

536,000

     

422,100

   
Zayo Group Holdings, Inc.,
4.000%, 03/01/27 (e)
   

161,000

     

118,536

   
         

2,664,793

   

Wireless Telecommunication Services (0.3%)

 
Sprint Spectrum Co. LLC/
Sprint Spectrum Co. II LLC/
Sprint Spectrum Co. III LLC,
5.152%, 09/20/29 (e)
   

500,000

     

493,433

   
T-Mobile USA, Inc.,
2.625%, 04/15/26
   

1,000,000

     

915,978

   
         

1,409,411

   

Consumer Cyclical (0.7%)

 

Entertainment (0.5%)

 

Caesars Entertainment, Inc.

 

4.625%, 10/15/29 (e)

   

169,000

     

137,524

   

8.125%, 07/01/27 (e)

   

92,000

     

90,275

   

Warnermedia Holdings, Inc.

 

5.050%, 03/15/42 (e)

   

1,000,000

     

770,881

   

5.141%, 03/15/52 (e)

   

1,500,000

     

1,103,931

   
         

2,102,611

   

See accompanying notes to financial statements.
65


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Investments in Securities – continued

   

Principal

 

Value(a)

 

Retail (0.2%)

 
Alimentation Couche-Tard,
Inc., 3.800%, 01/25/50 (e) (f)
 

$

500,000

   

$

353,262

   
Fertitta Entertainment LLC/
Fertitta Entertainment
Finance Co., Inc.,
6.750%, 01/15/30 (e)
   

55,000

     

44,275

   
FirstCash, Inc.,
5.625%, 01/01/30 (e)
   

254,000

     

226,060

   
Michaels Cos., Inc.,
7.875%, 05/01/29 (e)
   

341,000

     

226,765

   
         

850,362

   

Consumer, Non-cyclical (2.3%)

 

Agricultural Products (0.3%)

 

Imperial Brands Finance PLC

 

3.875%, 07/26/29 (e) (f)

   

30,000

     

25,671

   

6.125%, 07/27/27 (e) (f)

   

470,000

     

464,713

   
Reynolds American, Inc.,
5.850%, 08/15/45
   

1,000,000

     

858,961

   
         

1,349,345

   

Beverages (0.1%)

 
Anheuser-Busch InBev
Worldwide, Inc.,
4.600%, 04/15/48
   

371,000

     

327,547

   

Biotechnology (0.1%)

 
Grifols Escrow Issuer SA,
4.750%, 10/15/28 (e) (f)
   

271,000

     

234,754

   

Commercial Services (0.1%)

 
Rent-A-Center, Inc.,
6.375%, 02/15/29 (e)
   

54,000

     

43,267

   
WASH Multifamily
Acquisition, Inc.,
5.750%, 04/15/26 (e)
   

236,000

     

221,250

   
         

264,517

   

Food (0.3%)

 
JBS USA LUX SA/JBS USA
Food Co./JBS USA Finance,
Inc., 5.750%, 04/01/33 (e) (f)
   

1,500,000

     

1,425,000

   

Food Products (0.2%)

 
Kraft Heinz Foods Co.,
5.200%, 07/15/45
   

750,000

     

694,888

   
Pilgrim's Pride Corp.,
3.500%, 03/01/32 (e)
   

560,000

     

438,200

   
         

1,133,088

   

Household Products (0.0%)

 
Spectrum Brands, Inc.,
5.500%, 07/15/30 (e)
   

132,000

     

116,655

   

Pharmaceuticals (1.2%)

 

BAT Capital Corp.

 

2.726%, 03/25/31

   

750,000

     

586,775

   

4.540%, 08/15/47

   

1,000,000

     

715,383

   

Bayer U.S. Finance II LLC

 

4.375%, 12/15/28 (e)

   

1,500,000

     

1,413,480

   

4.400%, 07/15/44 (e)

   

1,000,000

     

791,207

   
   

Principal

 

Value(a)

 
Becton Dickinson & Co.,
4.298%, 08/22/32
 

$

1,000,000

   

$

939,559

   
CVS Health Corp.,
5.050%, 03/25/48
   

1,000,000

     

900,796

   
         

5,347,200

   

Energy (1.6%)

 

Oil & Gas (0.5%)

 
KazMunayGas National Co.
JSC, 5.375%, 04/24/30 (f)
   

500,000

     

453,125

   
NGPL PipeCo LLC,
3.250%, 07/15/31 (e)
   

1,000,000

     

814,532

   
Qatar Energy,
2.250%, 07/12/31 (f)
   

500,000

     

414,033

   
Transocean Phoenix 2 Ltd.,
7.750%, 10/15/24 (e) (f)
   

92,800

     

91,872

   
Transocean Proteus Ltd.,
6.250%, 12/01/24 (e) (f)
   

93,600

     

92,664

   
USA Compression Partners
LP/USA Compression
Finance Corp.,
6.875%, 09/01/27
   

246,000

     

231,240

   
         

2,097,466

   

Pipelines (1.1%)

 

Energy Transfer LP

 

6.250%, 04/15/49

   

190,000

     

178,260

   

6.850%, 02/15/40

   

1,850,000

     

1,776,364

   
Galaxy Pipeline Assets
Bidco Ltd.,
2.160%, 03/31/34 (e) (f)
   

462,330

     

392,745

   
Plains All American Pipeline
LP/PAA Finance Corp.,
3.550%, 12/15/29
   

500,000

     

434,032

   
Rockies Express Pipeline LLC,
4.950%, 07/15/29 (e)
   

256,000

     

231,680

   
Tennessee Gas Pipeline Co.
LLC, 8.375%, 06/15/32
   

1,500,000

     

1,711,561

   
TransMontaigne Partners
LP/TLP Finance Corp.,
6.125%, 02/15/26
   

156,000

     

134,160

   
Venture Global Calcasieu
Pass LLC,
4.125%, 08/15/31 (e)
   

260,000

     

220,350

   
         

5,079,152

   

Financial (13.7%)

 

Banks (10.3%)

 
ABN AMRO Bank NV,
2.470%, 12/13/29
(1-Year CMT +
1.100%) (b) (e) (f)
   

500,000

     

405,513

   

Bank of America Corp.

 
2.496%, 02/13/31
(3-Month USD LIBOR +
0.990%) (b)
   

1,000,000

     

814,438

   
2.572%, 10/20/32
(SOFRRATE + 1.210%) (b)
   

1,000,000

     

785,084

   
3.974%, 02/07/30
(3-Month USD LIBOR +
1.210%) (b)
   

4,040,000

     

3,667,201

   

See accompanying notes to financial statements.
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Principal

 

Value(a)

 

Citigroup, Inc.

 
1.281%, 11/03/25
(SOFRRATE + 0.528%) (b)
 

$

2,625,000

   

$

2,419,179

   
2.520%, 11/03/32
(SOFRRATE + 1.177%) (b)
   

750,000

     

584,637

   
2.666%, 01/29/31
(SOFRRATE + 1.146%) (b)
   

1,000,000

     

821,588

   

3.057%, 01/25/33 (b)

   

330,000

     

266,823

   

Credit Suisse Group AG

 
3.091%, 05/14/32
(SOFRRATE +
1.730%) (b) (e) (f)
   

3,935,000

     

2,725,531

   

6.537%, 08/12/33 (b) (e) (f)

   

320,000

     

282,491

   

9.016%, 11/15/33 (b) (e) (f)

   

1,690,000

     

1,741,312

   

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.

 
1.431%, 03/09/27
(SOFRRATE + 0.798%) (b)
   

300,000

     

263,152

   
2.383%, 07/21/32
(SOFRRATE + 1.248%) (b)
   

3,785,000

     

2,947,220

   

HSBC Holdings PLC

 
2.013%, 09/22/28
(SOFRRATE +
1.732%) (b) (f)
   

1,000,000

     

836,968

   

2.357%, 08/18/31 (b) (f)

   

1,770,000

     

1,355,200

   
2.804%, 05/24/32
(SOFRRATE +
1.187%) (b) (f)
   

1,500,000

     

1,159,663

   

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

 
0.969%, 06/23/25
(3-Month USD TERM
SOFR + 0.580%) (b)
   

1,000,000

     

932,662

   
1.470%, 09/22/27
(SOFRRATE + 0.765%) (b)
   

1,500,000

     

1,297,863

   
2.580%, 04/22/32
(SOFRRATE + 1.250%) (b)
   

1,000,000

     

804,978

   
3.540%, 05/01/28
(3-Month USD LIBOR +
1.380%) (b)
   

2,500,000

     

2,315,775

   
Lloyds Banking Group PLC,
4.976%, 08/11/33 (b) (f)
   

495,000

     

455,955

   

Lloyds Banking Group PLC

 
1.627%, 05/11/27
(1-Year CMT +
0.850%) (b) (f)
   

1,000,000

     

866,302

   
3.574%, 11/07/28
(3-Month USD LIBOR +
1.205%) (b) (f)
   

1,000,000

     

901,041

   

Morgan Stanley

 
0.529%, 01/25/24
(SOFRRATE + 0.455%) (b)
   

3,700,000

     

3,665,153

   

1.164%, 10/21/25 (b)

   

800,000

     

736,790

   
1.928%, 04/28/32
(SOFRRATE + 1.020%) (b)
   

1,894,000

     

1,436,732

   
NatWest Group PLC,
4.269%, 03/22/25
(3-Month USD LIBOR +
1.762%) (b) (f)
   

1,000,000

     

975,151

   
PNC Financial Services
Group, Inc.,
6.037%, 10/28/33
   

425,000

     

446,040

   
Santander UK Group
Holdings PLC,
2.469%, 01/11/28
(SOFRRATE + 1.220%) (b) (f)
   

2,000,000

     

1,711,150

   
   

Principal

 

Value(a)

 

U.S. Bancorp

 

3.000%, 07/30/29

 

$

765,000

   

$

673,800

   
Series J,5.300%, 04/15/27
(3-Month USD LIBOR +
2.914%) (b)
   

800,000

     

698,000

   

5.850%, 10/21/33

   

430,000

     

449,843

   

Wells Fargo & Co.

 
2.393%, 06/02/28
(SOFRRATE + 2.100%) (b)
   

4,125,000

     

3,649,235

   
2.879%, 10/30/30
(3-Month USD TERM
SOFR + 1.431%) (b)
   

1,000,000

     

852,960

   

3.000%, 10/23/26

   

1,100,000

     

1,018,038

   
         

44,963,468

   

Diversified Financial Services (0.4%)

 
DY7 Leasing LLC,
2.578%, 12/10/25
   

31,426

     

30,297

   
Helios Leasing I LLC,
1.825%, 05/16/25
   

34,056

     

32,735

   
Macquarie Group Ltd.,
2.691%, 06/23/32 (SOFRRATE +
1.440%) (b) (e) (f)
   

2,075,000

     

1,592,544

   
         

1,655,576

   

Finance (1.1%)

 
AerCap Ireland Capital DAC/
AerCap Global Aviation
Trust, 3.300%, 01/30/32 (f)
   

1,500,000

     

1,169,412

   
Air Lease Corp.,
3.250%, 10/01/29
   

1,500,000

     

1,277,508

   
Avolon Holdings Funding
Ltd., 2.528%, 11/18/27 (e) (f)
   

1,500,000

     

1,209,375

   
Seasoned Credit Risk
Transfer Trust,
Series 2021-3, Class TT,
2.000%, 03/25/61
   

1,292,498

     

1,158,829

   
         

4,815,124

   

Insurance (0.7%)

 
Acrisure LLC/Acrisure
Finance, Inc.,
7.000%, 11/15/25 (e)
   

48,000

     

44,040

   
Alliant Holdings Intermediate
LLC/Alliant Holdings
Co-Issuer,
6.750%, 10/15/27 (e)
   

50,000

     

44,938

   
AssuredPartners, Inc.,
5.625%, 01/15/29 (e)
   

48,000

     

39,120

   
Athene Global Funding,
1.985%, 08/19/28 (e)
   

1,000,000

     

806,408

   
Farmers Insurance Exchange,
4.747%, 11/01/57
(3-Month USD LIBOR +
3.231%) (b) (e)
   

500,000

     

397,155

   
Teachers Insurance &
Annuity Association of
America, 4.270%, 05/15/47 (e)
   

2,125,000

     

1,759,137

   
         

3,090,798

   

Real Estate Investment Trust — Health Care (0.2%)

 
Healthcare Realty Holdings
LP, 3.100%, 02/15/30
   

1,000,000

     

840,749

   

See accompanying notes to financial statements.
67


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Principal

 

Value(a)

 

Real Estate Investment Trust — Office Property (0.1%)

 

Hudson Pacific Properties LP

 

3.250%, 01/15/30

 

$

590,000

   

$

452,645

   

5.950%, 02/15/28

   

35,000

     

32,866

   
         

485,511

   

Residential REITs (0.0%)

 
Invitation Homes Operating
Partnership LP,
2.700%, 01/15/34
   

180,000

     

131,710

   

Savings and Loans (0.1%)

 
Nationwide Building Society,
2.972%, 02/16/28
(SOFRRATE +
1.290%) (b) (e) (f)
   

500,000

     

441,198

   

Specialized REITs (0.8%)

 
Extra Space Storage LP,
2.550%, 06/01/31
   

575,000

     

451,639

   
GLP Capital LP/GLP
Financing II, Inc.
 

4.000%, 01/15/30

   

472,000

     

413,963

   

5.300%, 01/15/29

   

1,000,000

     

947,668

   

5.375%, 04/15/26

   

500,000

     

491,850

   
VICI Properties LP/VICI
Note Co., Inc.
 

3.750%, 02/15/27 (e)

   

40,000

     

36,200

   

3.875%, 02/15/29 (e)

   

1,500,000

     

1,314,375

   
         

3,655,695

   

Health Care (2.1%)

 

Health Care Providers & Services (2.1%)

 

Centene Corp.

 

3.000%, 10/15/30

   

1,087,000

     

891,340

   

4.250%, 12/15/27

   

715,000

     

672,100

   
CommonSpirit Health,
4.350%, 11/01/42
   

460,000

     

389,188

   

HCA, Inc.

 

3.500%, 09/01/30

   

650,000

     

559,813

   

3.625%, 03/15/32 (e)

   

1,000,000

     

848,966

   

4.625%, 03/15/52 (e)

   

680,000

     

534,870

   

5.250%, 04/15/25

   

455,000

     

453,863

   

5.375%, 02/01/25

   

545,000

     

545,000

   
ModivCare Escrow Issuer,
Inc., 5.000%, 10/01/29 (e)
   

157,000

     

131,095

   
ModivCare, Inc.,
5.875%, 11/15/25 (e)
   

96,000

     

90,720

   
Molina Healthcare, Inc.,
3.875%, 05/15/32 (e)
   

789,000

     

668,677

   
New York & Presbyterian
Hospital,
2.256%, 08/01/40
   

1,175,000

     

780,514

   
NYU Langone Hospitals,
Series 2020,
3.380%, 07/01/55
   

2,354,000

     

1,613,549

   
Sinai Health System,
3.034%, 01/20/36
   

1,150,000

     

1,021,037

   
         

9,200,732

   
   

Principal

 

Value(a)

 

Industrials (0.2%)

 

Construction & Engineering (0.0%)

 
Artera Services LLC,
9.033%, 12/04/25 (e)
 

$

162,000

   

$

134,460

   

Containers & Packaging (0.1%)

 
Ardagh Packaging Finance
PLC/Ardagh Holdings USA,
Inc., 5.250%, 08/15/27 (e) (f)
   

446,000

     

336,730

   

Trivium Packaging Finance BV

 

5.500%, 08/15/26 (e) (f)

   

191,000

     

177,869

   

8.500%, 08/15/27 (e) (f)

   

48,000

     

44,220

   
         

558,819

   

Environmental Control (0.1%)

 
Waste Pro USA, Inc.,
5.500%, 02/15/26 (e)
   

354,000

     

311,962

   

Machinery (0.0%)

 
OT Merger Corp.,
7.875%, 10/15/29 (e)
   

63,000

     

33,390

   

Information Technology (0.6%)

 

Computers (0.1%)

 

NCR Corp., 5.125%, 04/15/29 (e)

   

489,000

     

405,870

   

IT Services (0.1%)

 

Global Payments, Inc.

 

5.400%, 08/15/32

   

225,000

     

215,433

   

5.950%, 08/15/52

   

293,000

     

267,908

   
         

483,341

   

Software (0.4%)

 
Gen Digital, Inc.,
6.750%, 09/30/27 (e)
   

225,000

     

220,500

   
Open Text Corp.,
6.900%, 12/01/27 (e)
   

85,000

     

85,106

   

Oracle Corp.

 

3.600%, 04/01/50

   

1,000,000

     

682,023

   

3.850%, 07/15/36

   

500,000

     

404,187

   

6.900%, 11/09/52

   

215,000

     

233,677

   
         

1,625,493

   

Real Estate (0.0%)

 

Residential REITs (0.0%)

 
Invitation Homes Operating
Partnership LP,
2.000%, 08/15/31
   

60,000

     

44,367

   

Technology (0.1%)

 

Semiconductor Equipment (0.1%)

 
Broadcom, Inc.,
3.419%, 04/15/33 (e)
   

500,000

     

403,155

   

Transport-Services (0.2%)

 

Airlines (0.2%)

 
JetBlue Pass Through Trust,
Series 2020-1, Class A,
4.000%, 05/15/34
   

747,448

     

656,821

   

See accompanying notes to financial statements.
68


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Investments in Securities – continued

   

Principal

 

Value(a)

 

Utilities (2.8%)

 

Electric Utilities (1.7%)

 
American Transmission
System, Inc.,
2.650%, 01/15/32 (e)
 

$

975,000

   

$

800,836

   
Duke Energy Carolinas LLC,
4.250%, 12/15/41
   

2,030,000

     

1,769,582

   
Entergy Mississippi LLC,
3.250%, 12/01/27
   

500,000

     

457,298

   
Eversource Energy, Series N,
3.800%, 12/01/23
   

950,000

     

938,749

   
FirstEnergy Corp.,
2.650%, 03/01/30
   

266,000

     

217,725

   
FirstEnergy Transmission LLC,
5.450%, 07/15/44 (e)
   

2,000,000

     

1,877,500

   
MidAmerican Energy Co.,
4.250%, 07/15/49
   

1,750,000

     

1,486,861

   
         

7,548,551

   

Electric — Integrated (0.2%)

 
Exelon Corp.,
4.050%, 04/15/30
   

1,000,000

     

931,474

   

Gas Utilities (0.9%)

 
East Ohio Gas Co.,
1.300%, 06/15/25 (e)
   

1,380,000

     

1,250,048

   
Piedmont Natural Gas Co.,
Inc., 3.350%, 06/01/50
   

1,410,000

     

954,966

   

Southern Co. Gas Capital Corp.

 

3.875%, 11/15/25

   

1,105,000

     

1,060,136

   

4.400%, 05/30/47

   

775,000

     

623,202

   
         

3,888,352

   
Total corporate obligations
(cost: $127,675,495)
       

115,419,007

   

Bank Loans (2.1%)

 
Acrisure LLC, 2020 Term
Loan B, 7.884%, 02/15/27
(1-Month USD LIBOR +
3.500%) (b) (e)
   

248,721

     

232,865

   
AI Aqua Merger Sub, Inc.,
2021 1st Lien Term Loan B,
7.967%, 07/31/28
(1-Month USD SOFRRATE+
3.750%) (b) (e)
   

248,750

     

233,203

   
Amentum Government
Services Holdings LLC,
Term Loan B,
8.170%, 01/29/27
(3-Month USD LIBOR +
4.000%) (b) (e)
   

248,725

     

242,506

   
American Airlines, Inc.,
2021 Term Loan,
8.993%, 04/20/28
(3-Month USD LIBOR +
4.750%) (b) (e)
   

29,399

     

29,227

   
Arches Buyer, Inc.,
2021 Term Loan B,
7.634%, 12/06/27
(1-Month USD LIBOR +
3.250%) (b) (d) (e)
   

38,046

     

35,106

   
   

Principal

 

Value(a)

 

Asurion LLC

 
2021 Second Lien Term
Loan B4, 9.634%, 01/20/29
(1-Month USD LIBOR +
5.250%) (b) (e)
 

$

22,509

   

$

17,370

   
2022 Term Loan B10,
8.680%, 08/19/28
(3-Month USD TERM
SOFR + 4.000%) (b) (e)
   

249,375

     

222,567

   
Bausch & Lomb, Inc.,
Term Loan, 7.842%, 05/10/27,
(3-Month USD SOFR +
3.250%) (b) (d) (e)
   

27,196

     

25,757

   
Caesars Resort Collection LLC,
2020 Term Loan B1,
7.884%, 07/21/25
(1-Month USD LIBOR +
3.500%) (b) (e)
   

347,294

     

346,100

   
CDK Global, Inc., 2022
USD Term Loan B,
9.080%, 07/06/29
(3-Month USD SOFR +
4.500%) (b) (e)
   

250,000

     

247,617

   
CommScope, Inc., 2019
Term Loan B,
7.634%, 04/06/26
(1-Month USD LIBOR +
3.250%) (b) (e)
   

248,715

     

233,869

   
Corporation Service Co.,
Term Loan B,
7.673%, 11/02/29
(1-Month USD SOFR +
3.250%) (b) (d) (e)
   

250,000

     

247,500

   
Crown Finance U.S., Inc,
2022 DIP Term Loan,
14.417%, 09/07/23
(1-Month USD SOFR +
10.000%) (b) (d) (e)
   

106,909

     

104,851

   
Deerfield Dakota Holding LLC,
2020 USD Term Loan B,
8.073%, 04/09/27
(1-Month USD SOFR +
3.750%) (b)
   

21,390

     

19,920

   
DirecTV Financing LLC,
Term Loan,
9.384%, 08/02/27
(1-Month USD LIBOR +
5.000%) (b) (e)
   

237,936

     

230,760

   
Fertitta Entertainment LLC,
2022 Term Loan B,
8.323%, 01/27/29
(1-Month USD SOFRRATE +
4.000%) (b) (e)
   

248,747

     

235,860

   
Formula One Holdings Ltd.,
Term Loan B,
7.573%, 01/15/30
(3-Month USD SOFR +
3.250%) (b) (d) (e)
   

8,453

     

8,444

   
Gainwell Acquisition Corp.,
Term Loan B,
8.730%, 10/01/27
(3-Month USD LIBOR +
4.000%) (b) (e)
   

248,731

     

234,740

   

See accompanying notes to financial statements.
69


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Investments in Securities – continued

   

Principal

 

Value(a)

 
Grifols Worldwide Operations
USA, Inc., USD 2019
Term Loan B,
6.384%, 11/15/27
(1-Month USD LIBOR +
2.000%) (b) (e)
 

$

250,000

   

$

240,972

   
Hostess Brands LLC, 2019
Term Loan,
6.665%, 08/03/25
(3-Month USD LIBOR +
2.250%) (b) (e)
   

226,337

     

225,291

   
Hub International Ltd., 2021
Term Loan B,
7.528%, 04/25/25
(3-Month USD LIBOR +
3.250%) (b) (e)
   

248,731

     

246,244

   
II-VI, Inc., 2022 Term Loan B,
7.134%, 07/02/29
(3-Month USD LIBOR +
2.750%) (b) (e)
   

262,031

     

259,083

   
Ingram Micro, Inc., 2021
Term Loan B,
8.230%, 06/30/28
(3-Month USD LIBOR +
3.500%) (b) (e)
   

248,737

     

244,540

   
Intelsat Jackson Holdings SA,
2021 Exit Term Loan B,
7.445%, 02/01/29
(6-Month USD SOFRRATE +
4.500%) (b) (e)
   

237,696

     

229,139

   
J&J Ventures Gaming LLC,
Term Loan,
8.730%, 04/26/28
(3-Month USD LIBOR +
4.000%) (b) (e)
   

248,741

     

237,547

   
Jazz Financing Lux SARL,
USD Term Loan,
7.884%, 05/05/28
(1-Month USD LIBOR +
3.500%) (b) (e)
   

224,299

     

222,088

   
Medline Borrower LP,
USD Term Loan B,
7.634%, 10/23/28
(1-Month USD LIBOR +
3.250%) (b) (e)
   

248,747

     

235,936

   
Mitnick Corporate Purchaser,
Inc., Term Loan,
8.944%, 05/02/29
(3-Month USD SOFR +
4.750%) (b) (e)
   

21,945

     

20,505

   
Naked Juice LLC, Term Loan,
7.930%, 01/24/29
(3-Month USD TERM
SOFRRATE + 3.250%) (b) (e)
   

249,373

     

222,165

   
NortonLifeLock, Inc., 2022
Term Loan B,
6.423%, 09/12/29
(1-Month USD SOFR +
2.000%) (b) (e)
   

250,000

     

245,312

   
Open Text Corp.,
Term Loan B,
6.134%, 05/30/25
(1-Month USD LIBOR +
1.750%) (b) (d) (e)
   

29,202

     

28,454

   
   

Principal

 

Value(a)

 
Organon & Co.,
USD Term Loan,
7.750%, 06/02/28
(3-Month USD LIBOR +
3.000%) (b) (e)
 

$

500,427

   

$

494,589

   
Peraton Corp., Term Loan B,
8.139%, 02/01/28
(1-Month USD LIBOR +
3.750%) (b) (e)
   

248,711

     

242,538

   
Playtika Holding Corp.,
2021 Term Loan,
7.134%, 03/13/28
(1-Month USD LIBOR +
2.750%) (b) (e)
   

249,367

     

237,522

   
Pre-Paid Legal Services, Inc.,
2021 Term Loan,
8.134%, 12/15/28
(1-Month USD LIBOR +
3.750%) (b) (e)
   

248,747

     

239,046

   
Proofpoint, Inc.,
1st Lien Term Loan,
7.985%, 08/31/28
(3-Month USD LIBOR +
3.250%) (b) (e)
   

248,744

     

238,561

   
RealPage, Inc.,
1st Lien Term Loan,
7.384%, 04/24/28
(1-Month USD LIBOR +
3.000%) (b) (e)
   

21,889

     

20,786

   
SBA Senior Finance II LLC,
2018 Term Loan B,
6.140%, 04/11/25
(1-Month USD LIBOR +
1.750%) (b) (e)
   

249,347

     

248,323

   
Scientific Games International,
Inc., 2022 USD Term Loan,
7.417%, 04/14/29
(1-Month USD SOFR +
3.000%) (b) (e)
   

248,750

     

244,915

   
Spin Holdco, Inc., 2021
Term Loan,
7.144%, 03/04/28
(3-Month USD LIBOR +
4.000%) (b) (e)
   

248,734

     

210,180

   
Sunshine Luxembourg VII
SARL, 2021 Term Loan B3,
8.480%, 10/01/26
(3-Month USD LIBOR +
3.750%) (b) (e)
   

248,734

     

237,817

   
Trans Union LLC, 2019
Term Loan B5,
6.134%, 11/16/26
(1-Month USD LIBOR +
1.750%) (b) (e)
   

100,860

     

99,373

   
TruGreen LP, 2020
Term Loan,
8.384%, 11/02/27
(1-Month USD LIBOR +
4.000%) (b) (e)
   

248,731

     

218,883

   
United Airlines, Inc., 2021
Term Loan B,
8.108%, 04/21/28
(3-Month USD LIBOR +
3.750%) (b) (e)
   

248,734

     

244,796

   

See accompanying notes to financial statements.
70


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Investments in Securities – continued

   

Principal

 

Value(a)

 
Whatabrands LLC, 2021
Term Loan B,
7.637%, 08/03/28
(1-Month USD LIBOR +
3.250%) (b) (e)
 

$

248,744

   

$

240,193

   
Yum Brands, 2021
Term Loan B,
6.089%, 03/15/28
(1-Month USD LIBOR +
1.750%) (b) (e)
   

59,572

     

58,567

   
Zayo Group Holdings, Inc.,
USD Term Loan,
7.384%, 03/09/27
(1-Month USD LIBOR +
3.000%) (b) (e)
   

300,000

     

241,792

   
Total Bank Loans
(cost: $9,203,909)
       

9,123,419

   

Foreign Bonds (0.9%)

 
Brazilian Government
International Bond,
3.875%, 06/12/30 (f)
   

400,000

     

347,371

   
Colombia Government
International Bond,
3.000%, 01/30/30 (f)
   

300,000

     

230,534

   
Dominican Republic
International Bond,
4.875%, 09/23/32 (f)
   

150,000

     

125,063

   
Guatemala Government
Bond, 4.900%, 06/01/30 (f)
   

200,000

     

189,000

   
Hungary Government
International Bond,
2.125%, 09/22/31 (f)
   

250,000

     

185,002

   
Mexico Government
International Bond,
2.659%, 05/24/31 (f)
   

600,000

     

486,000

   
Panama Government
International Bond,
2.252%, 09/29/32 (f)
   

500,000

     

370,625

   
Paraguay Government
International Bond,
4.950%, 04/28/31 (e) (f)
   

300,000

     

291,375

   
Perusahaan Penerbit SBSN
Indonesia III,
2.800%, 06/23/30 (e) (f)
   

500,000

     

437,500

   
Peruvian Government
International Bond,
2.844%, 06/20/30 (f)
   

400,000

     

339,406

   
Philippine Government
International Bond,
1.950%, 01/06/32 (f)
   

250,000

     

204,184

   
Republic of Poland
Government International
Bond, 5.750%, 11/16/32 (f)
   

22,000

     

23,392

   
Republic of South Africa
Government International
Bond, 4.850%, 09/30/29 (f)
   

400,000

     

356,494

   
Romanian Government
International Bond,
3.000%, 02/14/31 (f)
   

300,000

     

235,734

   
Total Foreign Bonds
(cost: $3,844,129)
       

3,821,680

   
Total long-term debt securities
(cost: $499,862,395)
       

463,143,971

   
    Shares/
Principal
 

Value(a)

 

Short-Term Securities (16.5%)

 

Investment Companies (4.4%)

 
State Street Institutional
U.S. Government Money
Market Fund, current rate
4.120%
   

19,232,086

   

$

19,232,086

   

U.S. Government Obligations (12.1%)

 
Federal Home Loan Bank,
4.290%, 02/28/23
 

$

15,000,000

     

14,898,585

   

U.S. Treasury Bill

 

3.300%, 01/19/23

   

36,575,000

     

36,513,148

   

4.640%, 05/25/23

   

1,785,000

     

1,753,105

   
Total U.S. government
obligations
(cost: $53,202,181)
       

53,164,838

   
Total short-term securities
(cost: $72,434,267)
       

72,396,924

   
Total investments in securities
(cost: $572,296,662) (g)
       

535,540,895

   
Liabilities in excess of cash
and other assets (-22.0%)
       

(96,583,197

)

 

Total net assets (100.0%)

     

$

438,957,698

   

See accompanying notes to financial statements.
71


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Investments in Securities – continued

Investments in Securities Legend

(a)  Securities are valued by procedures described in Note 2 of the notes to financial statements.

(b)  Variable rate security.

(c)  Interest-only security that entitles holders to receive only interest on the underlying mortgages. The principal amount of the underlying pool represents the notional amount on which current interest is calculated. The yield to maturity of an interest-only security is sensitive to the rate of principal payments on the underlying mortgage assets. The rate disclosed represents the market yield based upon the current cost basis and estimated timing and amount of future cash flows.

(d)  Security is issued on a when-issued or forward commitment basis. As of December 31, 2022, the total cost of investments issued on a when-issued or forward commitment basis was $89,082,094.

(e)  Security sold within terms of a private placement memorandum exempt from registration pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and may be sold only to dealers in that program.

(f)  Foreign security: The Fund held 7.1% of net assets in foreign securities at December 31, 2022.

(g)  At December 31, 2022, the cost of investments for federal income tax purposes was $572,787,759. The aggregate unrealized appreciation and depreciation of investments based on this cost were:

Gross unrealized appreciation

 

$

863,466

   

Gross unrealized depreciation

   

(38,006,526

)

 

Net unrealized depreciation

 

$

(37,143,060

)

 

Holdings of Open Futures Contracts

On December 31, 2022, $1,315,000 in cash has been pledged to cover margin requirements for the following open futures contracts:

Description

  Expiration
Date
  Number of
Contracts
  Position
Type
  Notional
Amount
  Market
Value
  Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)(a)
 

2 Year U.S. Treasury Note

 

March 2023

   

542

   

Long

 

$

111,026,155

   

$

111,152,344

   

$

126,189

   

5 Year U.S. Treasury Note

 

March 2023

   

90

   

Long

   

9,720,054

     

9,713,672

     

(6,382

)

 

10 Year U.S. Ultra

 

March 2023

   

40

   

Short

   

(4,744,168

)

   

(4,731,250

)

   

12,918

   

U.S. Ultra Bond

 

March 2023

   

103

   

Short

   

(13,805,267

)

   

(13,834,187

)

   

(28,921

)

 
                   

$

102,300,579

   

$

103,804

   

See accompanying notes to financial statements.
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Investments in Securities

December 31, 2022

(Percentages of each investment category relate to total net assets)

   

Shares

 

Value(a)

 

Common Stocks (99.2%)

 

Consumer Discretionary (12.8%)

 

Automobiles (2.1%)

 

Ferrari NV (b)

   

47,655

   

$

10,208,654

   

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure (1.2%)

 

Booking Holdings, Inc. (c)

   

2,926

     

5,896,709

   

Internet & Catalog Retail (4.7%)

 

Amazon.com, Inc. (c)

   

266,965

     

22,425,060

   

Specialty Retail (1.3%)

 

Home Depot, Inc.

   

19,896

     

6,284,351

   

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods (3.5%)

 
LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis
Vuitton SE ADR (b)
   

52,431

     

7,595,679

   

NIKE, Inc. Class B

   

76,392

     

8,938,628

   
         

16,534,307

   

Consumer Staples (3.6%)

 

Beverages (3.4%)

 

Coca-Cola Co.

   

252,814

     

16,081,499

   

Personal Care (0.2%)

 
Estee Lauder Cos., Inc.
Class A
   

4,429

     

1,098,879

   

Financial (4.9%)

 

Capital Markets (4.9%)

 

Intercontinental Exchange, Inc.

   

110,992

     

11,386,669

   

S&P Global, Inc.

   

35,929

     

12,034,059

   
         

23,420,728

   

Health Care (10.3%)

 

Health Care Equipment & Supplies (5.0%)

 

Cooper Cos., Inc.

   

29,217

     

9,661,185

   

Danaher Corp.

   

27,672

     

7,344,702

   

Intuitive Surgical, Inc. (c)

   

26,882

     

7,133,139

   
         

24,139,026

   

Health Care Providers & Services (4.3%)

 

UnitedHealth Group, Inc.

   

38,510

     

20,417,232

   

Pharmaceuticals (1.0%)

 

Zoetis, Inc.

   

32,679

     

4,789,108

   

Industrials (10.2%)

 

Professional Services (7.5%)

 

CoStar Group, Inc. (c)

   

262,432

     

20,280,745

   

Equifax, Inc.

   

13,996

     

2,720,262

   

TransUnion

   

157,593

     

8,943,403

   

Verisk Analytics, Inc.

   

23,272

     

4,105,646

   
         

36,050,056

   

Road & Rail (2.7%)

 

JB Hunt Transport Services, Inc.

   

51,657

     

9,006,915

   

Union Pacific Corp.

   

18,916

     

3,916,936

   
         

12,923,851

   
   

Shares

 

Value(a)

 

Information Technology (57.4%)

 

Communications Equipment (4.9%)

 

Motorola Solutions, Inc.

   

90,668

   

$

23,366,050

   

Computers & Peripherals (7.9%)

 

Apple, Inc.

   

291,364

     

37,856,924

   

Interactive Media & Services (5.8%)

 

Alphabet, Inc. Class A (c)

   

273,474

     

24,128,611

   

Alphabet, Inc. Class C (c)

   

42,161

     

3,740,946

   
         

27,869,557

   

IT Services (13.5%)

 
Broadridge Financial
Solutions, Inc.
   

65,715

     

8,814,353

   

PayPal Holdings, Inc. (c)

   

61,431

     

4,375,116

   

VeriSign, Inc. (c)

   

111,578

     

22,922,584

   

Visa, Inc. Class A

   

136,472

     

28,353,423

   
         

64,465,476

   

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment (2.7%)

 

NVIDIA Corp.

   

87,548

     

12,794,265

   

Software (22.6%)

 

Adobe, Inc. (c)

   

27,317

     

9,192,990

   

Autodesk, Inc. (c)

   

31,562

     

5,897,991

   

Electronic Arts, Inc.

   

121,496

     

14,844,381

   

Intuit, Inc.

   

28,321

     

11,023,099

   

Microsoft Corp.

   

246,512

     

59,118,508

   

Salesforce, Inc. (c)

   

45,991

     

6,097,947

   
Veeva Systems, Inc.
Class A (c)
   

11,413

     

1,841,830

   
         

108,016,746

   
Total common stocks
(cost: $331,576,005)
       

474,638,478

   

Short-Term Securities (0.8%)

 

Investment Companies (0.8%)

 
State Street Institutional
U.S. Government Money
Market Fund, current rate
4.120%
   

3,803,470

     

3,803,470

   
Total short-term securities
(cost: $3,803,470)
       

3,803,470

   
Total investments in securities
(cost: $335,379,475) (d)
       

478,441,948

   
Cash and other assets in excess
of liabilities (0.0%)
       

17,221

   

Total net assets (100.0%)

     

$

478,459,169

   

See accompanying notes to financial statements.
73


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Investments in Securities – continued

Investments in Securities Legend

(a)  Securities are valued by procedures described in Note 2 of the notes to financial statements.

(b)  Foreign security: The Fund held 3.7% of net assets in foreign securities at December 31, 2022.

(c)  Non-income producing security.

(d)  At December 31, 2022, the cost of investments for federal income tax purposes was $335,979,714. The aggregate unrealized appreciation and depreciation of investments based on this cost were:

Gross unrealized appreciation

 

$

156,856,407

   

Gross unrealized depreciation

   

(14,394,173

)

 

Net unrealized appreciation

 

$

142,462,234

   

See accompanying notes to financial statements.
74


SFT Delaware IvySM Small Cap Growth Fund
Investments in Securities

December 31, 2022

(Percentages of each investment category relate to total net assets)

   

Shares

 

Value(a)

 

Common Stocks (96.5%)

 

Communication Services (1.0%)

 

Diversified Telecommunication Services (1.0%)

 
Iridium Communications,
Inc. (b)
   

28,885

   

$

1,484,689

   

Consumer Discretionary (14.3%)

 

Auto Components (4.1%)

 

Fox Factory Holding Corp. (b)

   

28,464

     

2,596,771

   

Visteon Corp. (b)

   

25,106

     

3,284,618

   
         

5,881,389

   

Entertainment (1.9%)

 
Monarch Casino &
Resort, Inc. (b)
   

34,386

     

2,643,939

   

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure (6.5%)

 
Marriott Vacations
Worldwide Corp.
   

23,372

     

3,145,637

   

Red Rock Resorts, Inc. Class A

   

81,062

     

3,243,291

   

Texas Roadhouse, Inc.

   

30,220

     

2,748,509

   
         

9,137,437

   

Internet & Catalog Retail (0.3%)

 

Xometry, Inc. Class A (b)

   

11,997

     

386,663

   

Media (0.5%)

 
Nexstar Media Group, Inc.
Class A
   

3,964

     

693,819

   

Specialty Retail (1.0%)

 

Boot Barn Holdings, Inc. (b)

   

23,255

     

1,453,903

   

Consumer, Non-cyclical (0.9%)

 

Beverages (0.9%)

 

Duckhorn Portfolio, Inc. (b)

   

75,216

     

1,246,329

   

Energy (7.6%)

 

Electrical Equipment (1.7%)

 
Shoals Technologies
Group, Inc. Class A (b)
   

96,577

     

2,382,555

   

Energy Equipment & Services (4.1%)

 

Cactus, Inc. Class A

   

59,242

     

2,977,503

   

Liberty Energy, Inc. Class A

   

80,907

     

1,295,321

   
Weatherford
International PLC (b) (c)
   

30,454

     

1,550,718

   
         

5,823,542

   

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels (1.8%)

 

Northern Oil & Gas, Inc.

   

32,131

     

990,277

   

SM Energy Co.

   

43,129

     

1,502,183

   
         

2,492,460

   

Financial (4.5%)

 

Capital Markets (1.5%)

 
Focus Financial Partners, Inc.
Class A (b)
   

29,186

     

1,087,762

   

Houlihan Lokey, Inc.

   

11,854

     

1,033,195

   
         

2,120,957

   
   

Shares

 

Value(a)

 

Commercial Banks (0.9%)

 
Seacoast Banking
Corp. of Florida
   

38,302

   

$

1,194,639

   

Insurance (2.1%)

 

Kinsale Capital Group, Inc.

   

11,429

     

2,988,912

   

Health Care (21.1%)

 

Biotechnology (3.7%)

 

CareDx, Inc. (b)

   

58,394

     

666,276

   

Insmed, Inc. (b)

   

39,910

     

797,402

   

PTC Therapeutics, Inc. (b)

   

14,763

     

563,504

   

TransMedics Group, Inc. (b)

   

22,164

     

1,367,962

   

Vericel Corp. (b)

   

70,489

     

1,856,680

   
         

5,251,824

   

Health Care Equipment & Supplies (6.7%)

 

Axonics, Inc. (b)

   

23,482

     

1,468,329

   

CryoPort, Inc. (b)

   

95,979

     

1,665,236

   

Inmode Ltd. (b) (c)

   

77,145

     

2,754,077

   

Penumbra, Inc. (b)

   

11,916

     

2,650,833

   

Tandem Diabetes Care, Inc. (b)

   

19,374

     

870,861

   
         

9,409,336

   

Health Care Providers & Services (5.4%)

 
AMN Healthcare Services,
Inc. (b)
   

12,409

     

1,275,893

   

Option Care Health, Inc. (b)

   

57,621

     

1,733,816

   

Privia Health Group, Inc. (b)

   

84,409

     

1,916,929

   

Progyny, Inc. (b)

   

88,221

     

2,748,084

   
         

7,674,722

   

Health Care Technology (1.4%)

 
Evolent Health, Inc.
Class A (b)
   

70,363

     

1,975,793

   

Life Sciences Tools & Services (0.5%)

 

Cytek Biosciences, Inc. (b)

   

69,644

     

711,065

   

Pharmaceuticals (3.4%)

 
Harmony Biosciences
Holdings, Inc. (b)
   

46,214

     

2,546,391

   

Pacira BioSciences, Inc. (b)

   

57,908

     

2,235,828

   
         

4,782,219

   

Industrials (17.0%)

 

Aerospace & Defense (0.5%)

 

Parsons Corp. (b)

   

16,137

     

746,336

   

Air Freight & Logistics (1.3%)

 
Air Transport Services Group,
Inc. (b)
   

72,515

     

1,883,940

   

Building Products (0.8%)

 

AAON, Inc.

   

14,524

     

1,093,948

   

Commercial Services & Supplies (3.7%)

 
Casella Waste Systems, Inc.
Class A (b)
   

33,205

     

2,633,489

   

Clean Harbors, Inc. (b)

   

22,321

     

2,547,272

   
         

5,180,761

   

See accompanying notes to financial statements.
75


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Investments in Securities – continued

   

Shares

 

Value(a)

 

Construction & Engineering (1.6%)

 

Valmont Industries, Inc.

   

6,827

   

$

2,257,484

   

Electrical Equipment (1.8%)

 

EnerSys

   

33,819

     

2,497,195

   

Machinery (3.9%)

 

Chart Industries, Inc. (b)

   

8,185

     

943,158

   
Evoqua Water
Technologies Corp. (b)
   

46,767

     

1,851,973

   

Kornit Digital Ltd. (b) (c)

   

24,793

     

569,495

   

RBC Bearings, Inc. (b)

   

9,866

     

2,065,447

   
         

5,430,073

   

Marine (1.5%)

 

Kirby Corp. (b)

   

33,563

     

2,159,779

   

Professional Services (0.5%)

 

CBIZ, Inc. (b)

   

14,902

     

698,159

   

Road & Rail (1.4%)

 

Saia, Inc. (b)

   

9,525

     

1,997,202

   

Information Technology (23.3%)

 

Communications Equipment (1.8%)

 

Calix, Inc. (b)

   

17,373

     

1,188,834

   

Viavi Solutions, Inc. (b)

   

136,542

     

1,435,057

   
         

2,623,891

   

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components (0.7%)

 

Belden, Inc.

   

13,551

     

974,317

   

IT Services (1.5%)

 
Shift4 Payments, Inc.
Class A (b)
   

37,696

     

2,108,337

   

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment (4.2%)

 

Allegro MicroSystems, Inc. (b)

   

128,345

     

3,852,917

   

Onto Innovation, Inc. (b)

   

13,269

     

903,486

   

Power Integrations, Inc.

   

16,955

     

1,216,013

   
         

5,972,416

   

Software (15.1%)

 

Box, Inc. Class A (b)

   

70,672

     

2,200,019

   

CyberArk Software Ltd. (b) (c)

   

20,876

     

2,706,573

   

DoubleVerify Holdings, Inc. (b)

   

68,302

     

1,499,912

   

Five9, Inc. (b)

   

19,346

     

1,312,820

   
   

Shares

 

Value(a)

 

Globant SA (b) (c)

   

13,605

   

$

2,287,817

   

Instructure Holdings, Inc. (b)

   

58,914

     

1,380,944

   

Jamf Holding Corp. (b)

   

45,053

     

959,629

   

Paycor HCM, Inc. (b)

   

115,622

     

2,829,270

   

Smartsheet, Inc. Class A (b)

   

53,613

     

2,110,208

   

Sprout Social, Inc. Class A (b)

   

35,911

     

2,027,535

   

Tenable Holdings, Inc. (b)

   

51,634

     

1,969,837

   
         

21,284,564

   

Leisure and Consumer Staples (4.6%)

 

Beverages (1.2%)

 

MGP Ingredients, Inc.

   

16,097

     

1,712,399

   

Food & Staples Retailing (2.9%)

 
BJ's Wholesale Club
Holdings, Inc. (b)
   

60,350

     

3,992,756

   

Food Products (0.5%)

 

Sovos Brands, Inc. (b)

   

51,791

     

744,236

   

Materials (1.4%)

 

Metals & Mining (1.4%)

 

ATI, Inc. (b)

   

68,879

     

2,056,727

   

Real Estate (0.8%)

 

Hotels & Resort REITs (0.8%)

 
Ryman Hospitality
Properties, Inc.
   

13,624

     

1,114,171

   
Total common stocks
(cost: $138,695,488)
       

136,264,883

   

Short-Term Securities (3.6%)

 

Investment Companies (3.6%)

 
State Street Institutional
U.S. Government Money
Market Fund, current
rate 4.120%
   

5,052,123

     

5,052,123

   
Total short-term securities
(cost: $5,052,123)
       

5,052,123

   
Total investments in securities
(cost: $143,747,611) (d)
       

141,317,006

   
Liabilities in excess of cash
and other assets (-0.1%)
       

(179,214

)

 

Total net assets (100.0%)

     

$

141,137,792

   

Investments in Securities Legend

(a)  Securities are valued by procedures described in Note 2 of the notes to financial statements.

(b)  Non-income producing security.

(c)  Foreign security: The Fund held 7.0% of net assets in foreign securities at December 31, 2022.

(d)  At December 31, 2022, the cost of investments for federal income tax purposes was $144,049,566. The aggregate unrealized appreciation and depreciation of investments based on this cost were:

Gross unrealized appreciation

 

$

14,363,071

   

Gross unrealized depreciation

   

(17,095,631

)

 

Net unrealized depreciation

 

$

(2,732,560

)

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.
76


SFT Equity Stabilization Fund
Investments in Securities

December 31, 2022

(Percentages of each investment category relate to total net assets)

   

Shares

 

Value(a)

 

Mutual Funds (90.6%)

 

Investment Companies (90.6%)

 
BlackRock Short Maturity
Bond ETF
   

318,620

   

$

15,698,407

   
iShares Core High
Dividend ETF
   

570,902

     

59,510,825

   
iShares Edge MSCI
Minimum Volatility
EAFE ETF
   

1,253,998

     

79,735,463

   
iShares Edge MSCI
Minimum Volatility
Emerging Markets ETF
   

403,120

     

21,385,516

   
iShares Edge MSCI
Minimum Volatility
USA ETF (b)
   

1,457,712

     

105,101,035

   
iShares MSCI
Germany ETF
   

660,182

     

16,326,301

   
Total mutual funds
(cost: $261,455,687)
       

297,757,547

   
   

Shares

 

Value(a)

 

Short-Term Securities (8.0%)

 

Investment Companies (8.0%)

 
State Street Institutional
U.S. Government Money
Market Fund, current rate
4.120%
   

26,175,390

   

$

26,175,390

   
Total investments excluding
purchased options
(cost: $287,631,077)
       

323,932,937

   
Total purchased options
outstanding (0.1%)
(cost: $527,430)
       

294,043

   
Total investments in securities
(cost: $288,158,507) (c)
       

324,226,980

   
Cash and other assets in excess
of liabilities (1.3%)
       

4,118,022

   

Total net assets (100.0%)

     

$

328,345,002

   

Investments in Securities Legend

(a)  Securities are valued by procedures described in Note 2 of the notes to financial statements.

(b)  Fully or partially pledged as initial margin deposits on open futures contracts.

(c)  At December 31, 2022, the cost of investments for federal income tax purposes was $290,319,241. The aggregate unrealized appreciation and depreciation of investments based on this cost were:

Gross unrealized appreciation

 

$

36,636,418

   

Gross unrealized depreciation

   

(2,585,834

)

 

Net unrealized appreciation

 

$

34,050,584

   

Holdings of Open Futures Contracts

On December 31, 2022, securities with an aggregate market value of $12,689,600 have been pledged to cover margin requirements for the following open futures contracts:


Description
 
Expiration
Date
 
Number of
Contracts
 
Position
Type
 
Notional
Amount
 
Market
Value
  Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)(a)
 

S&P 500 E-Mini Index Future

 

March 2023

   

43

   

Short

 

$

(8,492,555

)

 

$

(8,301,150

)

 

$

191,405

   

Call Options Purchased:

The Fund had the following call options purchased open at December 31, 2022:

 

Description

  Exercise
Price
  Expiration
Date
  Number of
Contracts
  Notional
Amount
 

Value(a)

 

CBOE Volatility Index

 

$

25

   

January 2023

   

1,700

   

$

170,000

   

$

156,400

   

Put Options Purchased:

The Fund had the following put options purchased open at December 31, 2022:

 

Description

  Exercise
Price
  Expiration
Date
  Number of
Contracts
  Notional
Amount
 

Value(a)

 

S&P 500 Index

 

$

3,720

   

January 2023

   

43

   

$

4,300

   

$

137,643

   

See accompanying notes to financial statements.
77


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Investments in Securities – continued

Call Options Written:

The Fund had the following call options written open at December 31, 2022:

Exercise
Description
  Expiration
Price
  Number of
Date
  Notional
Contracts
 

Amount

 

Value(a)

 

CBOE Volatility Index

 

$

35

   

January 2023

   

1,700

   

$

170,000

   

$

(39,100

)

 

Put Options Written:

The Fund had the following put options written open at December 31, 2022:

Description

  Exercise
Price
  Expiration
Date
  Number of
Contracts
  Notional
Amount
 

Value(a)

 

S&P 500 Index

 

$

3,330

   

January 2023

   

43

   

$

4,300

   

$

(9,460

)

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.
78


SFT Government Money Market Fund
Investments in Securities

December 31, 2022

(Percentages of each investment category relate to total net assets)

   

Principal

 

Value(a)

 

Short-Term Securities (100.3%)

 

U.S. Government Obligations (91.6%)

 

Discount Notes (91.6%)

 
Federal Home Loan Bank
3.860%, 01/25/23 (b)
 

$

8,000,000

   

$

7,979,251

   

4.140%, 01/27/23 (b)

   

20,000,000

     

19,940,056

   

4.270%, 02/08/23 (b)

   

30,000,000

     

29,866,367

   

4.270%, 02/15/23 (b)

   

15,580,000

     

15,498,205

   

4.340%, 02/15/23 (b)

   

10,000,000

     

9,946,562

   

4.450%, 02/27/23 (b)

   

2,000,000

     

1,986,225

   

4.450%, 03/01/23 (b)

   

6,500,000

     

6,453,607

   

4.520%, 03/15/23 (b)

   

25,000,000

     

24,776,944

   

4.530%, 03/23/23 (b)

   

9,300,000

     

9,207,930

   

4.560%, 03/23/23 (b)

   

3,700,000

     

3,663,120

   

4.570%, 03/23/23 (b)

   

20,000,000

     

19,800,200

   
U.S. Treasury Bill
3.750%, 03/16/23
   

20,000,000

     

19,849,122

   

3.910%, 01/17/23

   

15,000,000

     

14,973,217

   

4.020%, 02/14/23

   

10,000,000

     

9,951,582

   

4.710%, 05/25/23

   

10,000,000

     

9,818,700

   
Total U.S. government obligations
(cost: $203,711,088)
       

203,711,088

   
   

Shares

 

Value(a)

 

Investment Companies (8.7%)

 
State Street Institutional
U.S. Government Money
Market Fund, current rate
4.120%
   

19,354,925

   

$

19,354,925

   
Total short-term securities
(cost: $223,066,013)
       

223,066,013

   
Total investments in securities
(cost: $223,066,013) (c)
       

223,066,013

   
Liabilities in excess of cash
and other assets (-0.3%)
       

(584,215

)

 

Total net assets (100.0%)

     

$

222,481,798

   

Investments in Securities Legend

(a)  Securities are valued by procedures described in Note 2 of the notes to financial statements.

(b)  Rate represents annualized yield at date of purchase.

(c)  Also represents the cost of securities for federal income tax purposes at December 31, 2022.

See accompanying notes to financial statements.
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Common Stocks (95.4%)

 

Communication Services (0.8%)

 

Diversified Telecommunication Services (0.6%)

 
Frontier Communications
Parent, Inc. (b)
   

20,403

   

$

519,869

   
Iridium Communications,
Inc. (b)
   

11,468

     

589,455

   
         

1,109,324

   

Electric Utilities (0.2%)

 

Portland General Electric Co.

   

8,140

     

398,860

   

Consumer Discretionary (14.6%)

 

Auto Components (1.4%)

 

Adient PLC (b) (c)

   

8,643

     

299,826

   

Dana, Inc.

   

11,650

     

176,264

   
Fox Factory Holding
Corp. (b)
   

3,842

     

350,506

   

Gentex Corp.

   

21,557

     

587,859

   
Goodyear Tire &
Rubber Co. (b)
   

25,993

     

263,829

   

Lear Corp.

   

5,458

     

676,901

   

Visteon Corp. (b)

   

2,600

     

340,158

   
         

2,695,343

   

Automobiles (0.4%)

 

Harley-Davidson, Inc.

   

12,145

     

505,232

   

Thor Industries, Inc.

   

4,965

     

374,808

   
         

880,040

   

Casino Gaming (0.2%)

 

Boyd Gaming Corp.

   

7,289

     

397,469

   

Diversified Consumer Services (1.0%)

 
Graham Holdings Co.
Class B
   

358

     

216,307

   
Grand Canyon
Education, Inc. (b)
   

2,819

     

297,855

   

H&R Block, Inc.

   

14,286

     

521,582

   

Service Corp. International

   

14,134

     

977,225

   
         

2,012,969

   

Entertainment (0.1%)

 
World Wrestling
Entertainment, Inc. Class A
   

3,948

     

270,517

   

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure (2.5%)

 
Choice Hotels
International, Inc.
   

2,547

     

286,894

   

Churchill Downs, Inc.

   

3,030

     

640,633

   
Cracker Barrel Old
Country Store, Inc.
   

2,080

     

197,059

   
Light & Wonder, Inc.
Class A (b)
   

8,542

     

500,561

   
Marriott Vacations
Worldwide Corp.
   

3,488

     

469,450

   
Papa John's
International, Inc.
   

2,986

     

245,778

   

Penn Entertainment, Inc. (b)

   

14,254

     

423,344

   

Texas Roadhouse, Inc.

   

6,162

     

560,434

   

Travel & Leisure Co.

   

7,469

     

271,871

   
   

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Wendy's Co.

   

15,660

   

$

354,386

   

Wingstop, Inc.

   

2,768

     

380,932

   
Wyndham Hotels &
Resorts, Inc.
   

8,116

     

578,752

   
         

4,910,094

   

Household Durables (1.3%)

 

Helen of Troy Ltd. (b) (c)

   

2,247

     

249,215

   

KB Home

   

7,614

     

242,506

   

Leggett & Platt, Inc.

   

12,183

     

392,658

   
Taylor Morrison
Home Corp. (b)
   

9,956

     

302,165

   
Tempur Sealy
International, Inc.
   

15,623

     

536,337

   

Toll Brothers, Inc.

   

9,664

     

482,427

   

TopBuild Corp. (b)

   

2,913

     

455,855

   
         

2,661,163

   

Interactive Media & Services (0.1%)

 

TripAdvisor, Inc. (b)

   

9,629

     

173,130

   

Leisure Equipment & Products (1.1%)

 

Brunswick Corp.

   

6,650

     

479,332

   

Mattel, Inc. (b)

   

32,567

     

580,995

   

Polaris, Inc.

   

5,007

     

505,707

   
Topgolf Callaway Brands
Corp. (b)
   

12,654

     

249,917

   

YETI Holdings, Inc. (b)

   

7,841

     

323,912

   
         

2,139,863

   

Media (1.0%)

 

Cable One, Inc.

   

448

     

318,913

   
John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Class A
   

3,856

     

154,471

   

New York Times Co. Class A

   

15,097

     

490,049

   
Nexstar Media Group, Inc.
Class A
   

3,450

     

603,854

   

TEGNA, Inc.

   

20,502

     

434,437

   
         

2,001,724

   

Multiline Retail (0.6%)

 

Kohl's Corp.

   

10,718

     

270,630

   

Macy's, Inc.

   

24,902

     

514,226

   

Nordstrom, Inc.

   

10,172

     

164,176

   
Ollie's Bargain Outlet
Holdings, Inc. (b)
   

5,349

     

250,547

   
         

1,199,579

   

Specialty Retail (2.7%)

 

AutoNation, Inc. (b)

   

3,143

     

337,244

   

Dick's Sporting Goods, Inc.

   

5,092

     

612,517

   

Five Below, Inc. (b)

   

5,122

     

905,928

   

Foot Locker, Inc.

   

7,235

     

273,411

   

GameStop Corp. Class A (b)

   

23,227

     

428,770

   

Gap, Inc.

   

19,384

     

218,652

   

Lithia Motors, Inc.

   

2,514

     

514,716

   

Murphy USA, Inc.

   

1,911

     

534,201

   

RH (b)

   

1,826

     

487,889

   

Victoria's Secret & Co. (b)

   

7,466

     

267,133

   

Williams-Sonoma, Inc.

   

6,131

     

704,575

   
         

5,285,036

   

See accompanying notes to financial statements.
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Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods (2.2%)

 

Capri Holdings Ltd. (b) (c)

   

11,835

   

$

678,382

   

Carter's, Inc.

   

3,461

     

258,225

   

Columbia Sportswear Co.

   

3,232

     

283,058

   

Crocs, Inc. (b)

   

5,713

     

619,461

   

Deckers Outdoor Corp. (b)

   

2,423

     

967,165

   

Hanesbrands, Inc.

   

32,066

     

203,940

   

PVH Corp.

   

5,993

     

423,046

   
Skechers U.S.A., Inc.
Class A (b)
   

12,296

     

515,817

   
Under Armour, Inc.
Class A (b)
   

17,339

     

176,164

   
Under Armour, Inc.
Class C (b)
   

18,105

     

161,497

   
         

4,286,755

   

Consumer Staples (2.6%)

 

Beverages (0.3%)

 
Boston Beer Co., Inc.
Class A (b)
   

885

     

291,626

   

Coca-Cola Consolidated, Inc.

   

420

     

215,191

   
         

506,817

   

Food & Staples Retailing (0.7%)

 

Casey's General Stores, Inc.

   

3,484

     

781,635

   
Grocery Outlet Holding
Corp. (b)
   

8,134

     

237,432

   
Sprouts Farmers Market,
Inc. (b)
   

9,712

     

314,377

   
         

1,333,444

   

Food Products (1.4%)

 

Darling Ingredients, Inc. (b)

   

14,728

     

921,826

   

Flowers Foods, Inc.

   

17,619

     

506,370

   

Ingredion, Inc.

   

6,037

     

591,203

   

Lancaster Colony Corp.

   

1,897

     

374,278

   

Post Holdings, Inc. (b)

   

4,966

     

448,231

   
         

2,841,908

   

Household Products (0.1%)

 

Energizer Holdings, Inc.

   

6,051

     

203,011

   

Personal Products (0.1%)

 

Coty, Inc. Class A (b)

   

33,592

     

287,548

   

Energy (3.7%)

 

Energy Equipment & Services (0.6%)

 

ChampionX Corp.

   

18,320

     

531,097

   

NOV, Inc.

   

36,096

     

754,045

   
         

1,285,142

   

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels (3.1%)

 

Antero Midstream Corp.

   

30,779

     

332,106

   

Antero Resources Corp. (b)

   

25,300

     

784,047

   

CNX Resources Corp. (b)

   

16,585

     

279,291

   

DT Midstream, Inc. (b)

   

8,818

     

487,283

   

Equitrans Midstream Corp.

   

39,770

     

266,459

   

HF Sinclair Corp.

   

12,359

     

641,309

   

Matador Resources Co.

   

10,246

     

586,481

   

Murphy Oil Corp.

   

13,428

     

577,538

   

PBF Energy, Inc. Class A

   

10,503

     

428,312

   

PDC Energy, Inc.

   

8,467

     

537,485

   
   

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Range Resources Corp.

   

22,205

   

$

555,569

   

Southwestern Energy Co. (b)

   

101,413

     

593,266

   
         

6,069,146

   

Financial (14.6%)

 

Capital Markets (2.0%)

 
Affiliated Managers
Group, Inc.
   

3,526

     

558,624

   

Evercore, Inc. Class A

   

3,288

     

358,655

   

Federated Hermes, Inc.

   

7,732

     

280,749

   
Interactive Brokers Group,
Inc. Class A
   

9,391

     

679,439

   
Janus Henderson Group
PLC (c)
   

12,101

     

284,616

   

Jefferies Financial Group, Inc.

   

16,834

     

577,069

   

SEI Investments Co.

   

9,402

     

548,137

   

Stifel Financial Corp.

   

9,766

     

570,041

   
         

3,857,330

   

Commercial Banks (6.7%)

 

Associated Banc-Corp.

   

13,817

     

319,035

   

Bank of Hawaii Corp.

   

3,689

     

286,119

   

Bank OZK

   

10,155

     

406,809

   

Cadence Bank

   

16,765

     

413,425

   

Cathay General Bancorp

   

6,751

     

275,373

   

Commerce Bancshares, Inc.

   

10,411

     

708,677

   

Cullen/Frost Bankers, Inc.

   

5,956

     

796,317

   

East West Bancorp, Inc.

   

12,952

     

853,537

   
First Financial
Bankshares, Inc.
   

11,844

     

407,434

   

First Horizon Corp.

   

49,311

     

1,208,119

   

FNB Corp.

   

32,235

     

420,667

   

Fulton Financial Corp.

   

15,391

     

259,031

   

Glacier Bancorp, Inc.

   

10,114

     

499,834

   

Hancock Whitney Corp.

   

7,790

     

376,958

   

Home BancShares, Inc.

   

17,414

     

396,865

   
International
Bancshares Corp.
   

4,776

     

218,550

   

Old National Bancorp

   

26,915

     

483,932

   

PacWest Bancorp

   

10,754

     

246,804

   
Pinnacle Financial
Partners, Inc.
   

6,963

     

511,084

   

Prosperity Bancshares, Inc.

   

8,403

     

610,730

   

Synovus Financial Corp.

   

13,366

     

501,893

   
Texas Capital
Bancshares, Inc. (b)
   

4,537

     

273,626

   

UMB Financial Corp.

   

3,970

     

331,574

   

Umpqua Holdings Corp.

   

19,946

     

356,036

   

United Bankshares, Inc.

   

12,374

     

501,023

   

Valley National Bancorp

   

38,621

     

436,803

   

Webster Financial Corp.

   

15,956

     

755,357

   

Wintrust Financial Corp.

   

5,601

     

473,397

   
         

13,329,009

   

Consumer Finance (0.4%)

 

FirstCash Holdings, Inc.

   

3,424

     

297,580

   

Navient Corp.

   

9,720

     

159,894

   

SLM Corp.

   

22,955

     

381,053

   
         

838,527

   

See accompanying notes to financial statements.
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Diversified Financial Services (0.3%)

 

Voya Financial, Inc.

   

8,941

   

$

549,782

   

Insurance (3.9%)

 
American Financial
Group, Inc.
   

6,477

     

889,163

   
Brighthouse Financial,
Inc. (b)
   

6,352

     

325,667

   

CNO Financial Group, Inc.

   

10,446

     

238,691

   
First American Financial
Corp.
   

9,511

     

497,806

   
Hanover Insurance
Group, Inc.
   

3,299

     

445,794

   

Kemper Corp.

   

5,830

     

286,836

   

Kinsale Capital Group, Inc.

   

2,020

     

528,270

   
Old Republic International
Corp.
   

26,006

     

628,045

   

Primerica, Inc.

   

3,420

     

485,024

   
Reinsurance Group of
America, Inc.
   

6,107

     

867,744

   
RenaissanceRe Holdings
Ltd. (c)
   

4,047

     

745,579

   

RLI Corp.

   

3,741

     

491,081

   
Selective Insurance
Group, Inc.
   

5,502

     

487,532

   

Unum Group

   

17,167

     

704,362

   
         

7,621,594

   

Residential REITs (0.6%)

 
Annaly Capital
Management, Inc.
   

42,994

     

906,314

   
Independence
Realty Trust, Inc.
   

20,569

     

346,793

   
         

1,253,107

   

Thrifts & Mortgage Finance (0.7%)

 

Essent Group Ltd. (c)

   

9,808

     

381,335

   

MGIC Investment Corp.

   

27,295

     

354,835

   
New York Community
Bancorp, Inc.
   

62,515

     

537,629

   

Washington Federal, Inc.

   

5,953

     

199,723

   
         

1,473,522

   

Health Care (9.5%)

 

Biotechnology (1.9%)

 
Arrowhead
Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (b)
   

9,639

     

390,958

   

Exelixis, Inc. (b)

   

29,641

     

475,442

   
Halozyme Therapeutics,
Inc. (b)
   

12,425

     

706,982

   
Neurocrine Biosciences,
Inc. (b)
   

8,834

     

1,055,133

   
United Therapeutics
Corp. (b)
   

4,230

     

1,176,321

   
         

3,804,836

   

Health Care Equipment & Supplies (3.4%)

 

Enovis Corp. (b)

   

4,385

     

234,685

   

Envista Holdings Corp. (b)

   

14,983

     

504,478

   
Globus Medical, Inc.
Class A (b)
   

7,134

     

529,842

   

Haemonetics Corp. (b)

   

4,686

     

368,554

   

ICU Medical, Inc. (b)

   

1,891

     

297,795

   
   

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Inari Medical, Inc. (b)

   

4,388

   

$

278,901

   
Integra LifeSciences
Holdings Corp. (b)
   

6,633

     

371,912

   

Lantheus Holdings, Inc. (b)

   

6,325

     

322,322

   

LivaNova PLC (b) (c)

   

4,871

     

270,535

   

Masimo Corp. (b)

   

4,413

     

652,903

   

Neogen Corp. (b)

   

19,859

     

302,453

   

Omnicell, Inc. (b)

   

4,030

     

203,193

   

Penumbra, Inc. (b)

   

3,560

     

791,958

   

QuidelOrtho Corp. (b)

   

4,952

     

424,238

   

Shockwave Medical, Inc. (b)

   

3,363

     

691,466

   

STAAR Surgical Co. (b)

   

4,358

     

211,537

   
Tandem Diabetes Care,
Inc. (b)
   

5,831

     

262,104

   
         

6,718,876

   

Health Care Providers & Services (2.3%)

 
Acadia Healthcare Co.,
Inc. (b)
   

8,360

     

688,195

   

Amedisys, Inc. (b)

   

2,994

     

250,119

   

Chemed Corp.

   

1,411

     

720,217

   

Encompass Health Corp.

   

9,098

     

544,151

   

HealthEquity, Inc. (b)

   

7,691

     

474,073

   

LHC Group, Inc. (b)

   

2,895

     

468,093

   

Option Care Health, Inc. (b)

   

14,115

     

424,720

   

Patterson Cos., Inc.

   

7,960

     

223,119

   

Progyny, Inc. (b)

   

6,913

     

215,340

   

R1 RCM, Inc. (b)

   

12,537

     

137,280

   

Tenet Healthcare Corp. (b)

   

9,936

     

484,777

   
         

4,630,084

   

Life Sciences Tools & Services (1.2%)

 

Bruker Corp.

   

9,198

     

628,683

   

Medpace Holdings, Inc. (b)

   

2,293

     

487,056

   

Repligen Corp. (b)

   

4,800

     

812,688

   

Sotera Health Co. (b)

   

9,024

     

75,170

   

Syneos Health, Inc. (b)

   

9,456

     

346,846

   
         

2,350,443

   

Pharmaceuticals (0.7%)

 
Jazz Pharmaceuticals
PLC (b) (c)
   

5,781

     

920,971

   

Perrigo Co. PLC (c)

   

12,372

     

421,762

   
         

1,342,733

   

Industrials (18.6%)

 

Aerospace & Defense (1.4%)

 

Axon Enterprise, Inc. (b)

   

6,266

     

1,039,717

   

Curtiss-Wright Corp.

   

3,515

     

586,970

   

Hexcel Corp.

   

7,662

     

450,909

   

Mercury Systems, Inc. (b)

   

5,257

     

235,198

   

Woodward, Inc.

   

5,529

     

534,157

   
         

2,846,951

   

Air Freight & Logistics (0.2%)

 

GXO Logistics, Inc. (b)

   

10,831

     

462,375

   

Airlines (0.1%)

 

JetBlue Airways Corp. (b)

   

29,762

     

192,858

   

Building Products (2.5%)

 

Builders FirstSource, Inc. (b)

   

13,525

     

877,502

   

Carlisle Cos., Inc.

   

4,775

     

1,125,229

   

See accompanying notes to financial statements.
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Fortune Brands Innovations,
Inc.
   

11,785

   

$

673,041

   

Lennox International, Inc.

   

2,945

     

704,532

   

Owens Corning

   

8,588

     

732,556

   
Simpson Manufacturing
Co., Inc.
   

3,891

     

344,976

   

Trex Co., Inc. (b)

   

10,068

     

426,179

   
         

4,884,015

   

Commercial Services & Supplies (1.5%)

 

Brink's Co.

   

4,265

     

229,073

   

Clean Harbors, Inc. (b)

   

4,588

     

523,583

   

IAA, Inc. (b)

   

12,292

     

491,680

   

MSA Safety, Inc.

   

3,368

     

485,632

   

Stericycle, Inc. (b)

   

8,395

     

418,827

   

Tetra Tech, Inc.

   

4,849

     

704,026

   
         

2,852,821

   

Construction & Engineering (1.8%)

 

AECOM

   

12,852

     

1,091,520

   

Dycom Industries, Inc. (b)

   

2,667

     

249,631

   

EMCOR Group, Inc.

   

4,379

     

648,574

   

Fluor Corp. (b)

   

13,057

     

452,556

   

MasTec, Inc. (b)

   

5,400

     

460,782

   

Valmont Industries, Inc.

   

2,044

     

675,889

   
         

3,578,952

   

Electrical Equipment (1.9%)

 

Acuity Brands, Inc.

   

2,987

     

494,677

   

EnerSys

   

3,707

     

273,725

   

Hubbell, Inc.

   

4,977

     

1,168,002

   

nVent Electric PLC (c)

   

15,308

     

588,899

   

Regal Rexnord Corp.

   

6,084

     

729,958

   

Sunrun, Inc. (b)

   

19,583

     

470,384

   

Vicor Corp. (b)

   

2,030

     

109,113

   
         

3,834,758

   

Machinery (4.5%)

 

AGCO Corp.

   

5,654

     

784,153

   

Chart Industries, Inc. (b)

   

3,850

     

443,636

   

Crane Holdings Co.

   

4,343

     

436,254

   

Donaldson Co., Inc.

   

11,264

     

663,112

   

Esab Corp.

   

4,727

     

221,791

   

Flowserve Corp.

   

12,010

     

368,467

   

Graco, Inc.

   

15,427

     

1,037,620

   

ITT, Inc.

   

7,621

     

618,063

   

Kennametal, Inc.

   

7,327

     

176,288

   
Lincoln Electric
Holdings, Inc.
   

5,326

     

769,554

   

Middleby Corp. (b)

   

4,989

     

668,027

   

Oshkosh Corp.

   

5,976

     

527,023

   

Terex Corp.

   

6,163

     

263,283

   

Timken Co.

   

6,084

     

429,956

   

Toro Co.

   

9,630

     

1,090,116

   
Watts Water Technologies,
Inc. Class A
   

2,564

     

374,934

   
         

8,872,277

   

Marine (0.2%)

 

Kirby Corp. (b)

   

5,504

     

354,182

   
   

Shares

 

Value(a)

 

Professional Services (1.8%)

 

ASGN, Inc. (b)

   

4,544

   

$

370,245

   
CACI International, Inc.
Class A (b)
   

2,165

     

650,777

   

FTI Consulting, Inc. (b)

   

3,231

     

513,083

   

Insperity, Inc.

   

3,281

     

372,722

   

KBR, Inc.

   

12,523

     

661,215

   

ManpowerGroup, Inc.

   

4,663

     

388,008

   
Science Applications
International Corp.
   

5,097

     

565,410

   
         

3,521,460

   

Road & Rail (1.7%)

 

Avis Budget Group, Inc. (b)

   

2,287

     

374,908

   
Knight-Swift Transportation
Holdings, Inc.
   

14,771

     

774,148

   

Landstar System, Inc.

   

3,326

     

541,805

   

RXO, Inc. (b)

   

10,504

     

180,669

   

Ryder System, Inc.

   

4,562

     

381,246

   

Saia, Inc. (b)

   

2,462

     

516,232

   

Werner Enterprises, Inc.

   

5,344

     

215,150

   

XPO, Inc. (b)

   

10,504

     

349,678

   
         

3,333,836

   

Trading Companies & Distributors (1.0%)

 

GATX Corp.

   

3,199

     

340,181

   
MSC Industrial Direct
Co., Inc. Class A
   

4,314

     

352,454

   

Univar Solutions, Inc. (b)

   

14,994

     

476,809

   

Watsco, Inc.

   

3,057

     

762,416

   
         

1,931,860

   

Information Technology (11.9%)

 

Communications Equipment (0.8%)

 

Calix, Inc. (b)

   

5,183

     

354,673

   

Ciena Corp. (b)

   

13,570

     

691,799

   

Lumentum Holdings, Inc. (b)

   

6,190

     

322,932

   

Viasat, Inc. (b)

   

6,899

     

218,353

   
         

1,587,757

   

Computers & Peripherals (0.1%)

 

Xerox Holdings Corp.

   

10,228

     

149,329

   
Electronic Equipment, Instruments &
Components (2.9%)
 

Arrow Electronics, Inc. (b)

   

5,652

     

591,030

   

Avnet, Inc.

   

8,409

     

349,646

   

Belden, Inc.

   

3,923

     

282,064

   

Cognex Corp.

   

15,891

     

748,625

   

Coherent Corp. (b)

   

12,744

     

447,314

   

IPG Photonics Corp. (b)

   

2,926

     

277,005

   

Jabil, Inc.

   

12,372

     

843,770

   

Littelfuse, Inc.

   

2,350

     

517,470

   

National Instruments Corp.

   

11,982

     

442,136

   

Novanta, Inc. (b) (c)

   

3,250

     

441,578

   

TD SYNNEX Corp.

   

3,851

     

364,728

   

Vishay Intertechnology, Inc.

   

11,827

     

255,108

   

Vontier Corp.

   

14,422

     

278,777

   
         

5,839,251

   

See accompanying notes to financial statements.
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Shares

 

Value(a)

 

Interactive Media & Services (0.2%)

 

Ziff Davis, Inc. (b)

   

4,323

   

$

341,949

   

IT Services (2.0%)

 

Concentrix Corp.

   

3,901

     

519,457

   

Euronet Worldwide, Inc. (b)

   

4,301

     

405,928

   

ExlService Holdings, Inc. (b)

   

3,026

     

512,695

   

Genpact Ltd. (c)

   

15,414

     

713,977

   

Kyndryl Holdings, Inc. (b)

   

18,756

     

208,567

   

Maximus, Inc.

   

5,512

     

404,195

   

Western Union Co.

   

35,487

     

488,656

   

WEX, Inc. (b)

   

3,982

     

651,654

   
         

3,905,129

   

Life Sciences Tools & Services (0.2%)

 

Azenta, Inc. (b)

   

6,836

     

397,992

   

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment (2.5%)

 

Allegro MicroSystems, Inc. (b)

   

5,977

     

179,429

   

Amkor Technology, Inc.

   

9,149

     

219,393

   

Cirrus Logic, Inc. (b)

   

5,008

     

372,996

   
Lattice Semiconductor
Corp. (b)
   

12,595

     

817,164

   
MACOM Technology
Solutions Holdings, Inc. (b)
   

4,666

     

293,865

   

MKS Instruments, Inc.

   

5,214

     

441,782

   

Power Integrations, Inc.

   

5,204

     

373,231

   

Silicon Laboratories, Inc. (b)

   

3,025

     

410,402

   

SiTime Corp. (b)

   

1,510

     

153,446

   

SunPower Corp. (b)

   

7,789

     

140,436

   

Synaptics, Inc. (b)

   

3,618

     

344,289

   

Universal Display Corp.

   

4,043

     

436,806

   

Wolfspeed, Inc. (b)

   

11,414

     

788,022

   
         

4,971,261

   

Software (3.2%)

 

ACI Worldwide, Inc. (b)

   

10,248

     

235,704

   

Aspen Technology, Inc. (b)

   

2,715

     

557,661

   

Blackbaud, Inc. (b)

   

4,050

     

238,383

   

CommVault Systems, Inc. (b)

   

4,066

     

255,507

   

Dynatrace, Inc. (b)

   

18,516

     

709,163

   

Envestnet, Inc. (b)

   

5,031

     

310,413

   

Fair Isaac Corp. (b)

   

2,306

     

1,380,326

   

Manhattan Associates, Inc. (b)

   

5,786

     

702,420

   

NCR Corp. (b)

   

12,626

     

295,575

   

Paylocity Holding Corp. (b)

   

3,855

     

748,872

   

Qualys, Inc. (b)

   

3,188

     

357,789

   

Super Micro Computer, Inc. (b)

   

4,241

     

348,186

   

Teradata Corp. (b)

   

9,287

     

312,600

   
         

6,452,599

   

Leisure and Consumer Staples (1.3%)

 

Beverages (0.2%)

 

Celsius Holdings, Inc. (b)

   

3,761

     

391,294

   

Food & Staples Retailing (0.8%)

 
BJ's Wholesale Club
Holdings, Inc. (b)
   

12,412

     

821,178

   
Performance Food
Group Co. (b)
   

14,305

     

835,269

   
         

1,656,447

   
   

Shares

 

Value(a)

 

Food Products (0.1%)

 

Pilgrim's Pride Corp. (b)

   

4,047

   

$

96,035

   

Personal Products (0.2%)

 

BellRing Brands, Inc. (b)

   

12,368

     

317,116

   

Materials (6.2%)

 

Chemicals (2.5%)

 

Ashland, Inc.

   

4,623

     

497,111

   

Avient Corp.

   

7,805

     

263,497

   

Cabot Corp.

   

5,165

     

345,229

   

Chemours Co.

   

13,868

     

424,638

   

Ingevity Corp. (b)

   

3,166

     

223,013

   

NewMarket Corp.

   

628

     

195,377

   

Olin Corp.

   

11,705

     

619,663

   

RPM International, Inc.

   

11,905

     

1,160,142

   

Scotts Miracle-Gro Co.

   

3,637

     

176,722

   

Sensient Technologies Corp.

   

3,880

     

282,930

   

Valvoline, Inc.

   

16,267

     

531,117

   

Westlake Corp.

   

3,158

     

323,821

   
         

5,043,260

   

Construction Materials (0.2%)

 

Eagle Materials, Inc.

   

3,441

     

457,137

   

Containers & Packaging (0.9%)

 

AptarGroup, Inc.

   

6,015

     

661,530

   

Greif, Inc. Class A

   

2,325

     

155,914

   

Silgan Holdings, Inc.

   

7,688

     

398,546

   

Sonoco Products Co.

   

8,922

     

541,655

   
         

1,757,645

   

Metals & Mining (2.4%)

 

Alcoa Corp.

   

16,259

     

739,297

   

Cleveland-Cliffs, Inc. (b)

   

47,353

     

762,857

   

Commercial Metals Co.

   

10,783

     

520,819

   

MP Materials Corp. (b)

   

8,429

     

204,656

   
Reliance Steel &
Aluminum Co.
   

5,394

     

1,091,961

   

Royal Gold, Inc.

   

6,084

     

685,789

   

U.S. Steel Corp.

   

21,528

     

539,276

   

Worthington Industries, Inc.

   

2,758

     

137,100

   
         

4,681,755

   

Paper & Forest Products (0.2%)

 

Louisiana-Pacific Corp.

   

6,588

     

390,009

   

Real Estate (7.6%)

 

Diversified REITs (0.4%)

 

STORE Capital Corp.

   

24,418

     

782,841

   

Health Care REITs (0.8%)

 
Healthcare Realty
Trust, Inc. Class A
   

34,972

     

673,911

   
Medical Properties
Trust, Inc.
   

54,953

     

612,176

   

Physicians Realty Trust

   

20,976

     

303,523

   
         

1,589,610

   

Hotels & Resort REITs (0.1%)

 

Park Hotels & Resorts, Inc.

   

20,662

     

243,605

   

See accompanying notes to financial statements.
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Investments in Securities – continued

   

Shares

 

Value(a)

 

Industrial REITs (1.1%)

 

EastGroup Properties, Inc.

   

3,978

   

$

588,983

   
First Industrial Realty
Trust, Inc.
   

12,142

     

585,973

   
Rexford Industrial
Realty, Inc.
   

16,862

     

921,339

   
         

2,096,295

   

Office REITs (0.9%)

 
Corporate Office
Properties Trust
   

10,248

     

265,833

   

Cousins Properties, Inc.

   

13,828

     

349,710

   

Douglas Emmett, Inc.

   

16,154

     

253,295

   

Highwoods Properties, Inc.

   

9,586

     

268,217

   

JBG SMITH Properties

   

9,087

     

172,471

   

Kilroy Realty Corp.

   

9,576

     

370,304

   

SL Green Realty Corp.

   

5,871

     

197,970

   
         

1,877,800

   

Real Estate Management & Development (0.4%)

 

Jones Lang LaSalle, Inc. (b)

   

4,347

     

692,781

   

Residential REITs (0.2%)

 
Apartment Income
REIT Corp.
   

13,777

     

472,689

   

Retail REITs (1.3%)

 
Brixmor Property
Group, Inc.
   

27,560

     

624,785

   

Kite Realty Group Trust

   

20,134

     

423,821

   

Macerich Co.

   

19,737

     

222,239

   
National Retail
Properties, Inc.
   

16,424

     

751,562

   

Spirit Realty Capital, Inc.

   

12,834

     

512,461

   
         

2,534,868

   

Specialized REITs (2.4%)

 

CubeSmart

   

20,637

     

830,639

   

EPR Properties

   

6,834

     

257,778

   
Lamar Advertising Co.
Class A
   

8,037

     

758,693

   

Life Storage, Inc.

   

7,811

     

769,383

   
National Storage
Affiliates Trust
   

7,692

     

277,835

   
Omega Healthcare
Investors, Inc.
   

21,520

     

601,484

   

Pebblebrook Hotel Trust

   

12,081

     

161,765

   

PotlatchDeltic Corp.

   

7,344

     

323,063

   

Rayonier, Inc.

   

13,455

     

443,477

   

Sabra Health Care REIT, Inc.

   

21,225

     

263,827

   
         

4,687,944

   

Utilities (4.0%)

 

Construction & Engineering (0.3%)

 

MDU Resources Group, Inc.

   

18,687

     

566,964

   

Electric Utilities (1.4%)

 

ALLETE, Inc.

   

5,195

     

335,129

   
Hawaiian Electric
Industries, Inc.
   

9,976

     

417,496

   

IDACORP, Inc.

   

4,630

     

499,346

   
    Shares/
Principal
 

Value(a)

 

OGE Energy Corp.

   

18,397

   

$

727,601

   

Ormat Technologies, Inc.

   

4,451

     

384,922

   

PNM Resources, Inc.

   

7,825

     

381,782

   
         

2,746,276

   

Gas Utilities (1.4%)

 

National Fuel Gas Co.

   

8,337

     

527,732

   

New Jersey Resources Corp.

   

8,765

     

434,919

   

ONE Gas, Inc.

   

4,931

     

373,375

   
Southwest Gas
Holdings, Inc.
   

5,629

     

348,323

   

Spire, Inc.

   

4,851

     

334,040

   

UGI Corp.

   

19,241

     

713,264

   
         

2,731,653

   

Multi-Utilities (0.4%)

 

Black Hills Corp.

   

5,910

     

415,709

   

NorthWestern Corp.

   

5,309

     

315,036

   
         

730,745

   

Water Utilities (0.5%)

 

Essential Utilities, Inc.

   

21,934

     

1,046,910

   
Total common stocks
(cost: $146,773,785)
       

188,622,016

   

Long-Term Debt Securities (0.5%)

 

Government Obligation (0.5%)

 

U.S. Treasury (0.5%)

 
U.S. Treasury Note,
1.750%, 05/15/23 (d)
 

$

1,000,000

     

989,219

   
Total long-term debt securities
(cost: $998,909)
       

989,219

   

Mutual Funds (0.2%)

 

Investment Companies (0.2%)

 
SPDR S&P MidCap 400
ETF Trust
   

700

     

309,953

   
Total mutual funds
(cost: $318,031)
       

309,953

   

Short-Term Securities (3.9%)

 

Investment Companies (3.9%)

 
State Street Institutional
U.S. Government Money
Market Fund, current
rate 4.120%
   

7,709,769

     

7,709,769

   
Total short-term securities
(cost: $7,709,769)
       

7,709,769

   
Total investments in securities
(cost: $155,800,494) (e)
       

197,630,957

   
Cash and other assets in excess
of liabilities (0.0%)
       

37,069

   

Total net assets (100.0%)

     

$

197,668,026

   

See accompanying notes to financial statements.
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Investments in Securities Legend

(a)  Securities are valued by procedures described in Note 2 of the notes to financial statements.

(b)  Non-income producing security.

(c)  Foreign security: The Fund held 3.0% of net assets in foreign securities at December 31, 2022.

(d)  Fully or partially pledged as initial margin deposits on open futures contracts.

(e)  At December 31, 2022, the cost of investments for federal income tax purposes was $155,781,997. The aggregate unrealized appreciation and depreciation of investments based on this cost were:

Gross unrealized appreciation

 

$

56,978,513

   

Gross unrealized depreciation

   

(15,359,438

)

 

Net unrealized appreciation

 

$

41,619,075

   

Holdings of Open Futures Contracts

On December 31, 2022, securities with an aggregate market value of $989,219 have been pledged to cover margin requirements for the following open futures contracts:

Description

  Expiration
Date
  Number of
Contracts
  Position
Type
  Notional
Amount
  Market
Value
  Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)(a)
 

S&P Mid 400® E-Mini Index Future

 

March 2023

   

35

   

Long

 

$

8,778,985

   

$

8,549,100

   

$

(229,885

)

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.
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December 31, 2022

(Percentages of each investment category relate to total net assets)

   

Shares

 

Value(a)

 

Common Stocks (98.3%)

 

Communication Services (1.3%)

 

Diversified Telecommunication Services (0.9%)

 

AT&T, Inc.

   

215,351

   

$

3,964,612

   

Lumen Technologies, Inc.

   

28,760

     

150,127

   

Verizon Communications, Inc.

   

126,902

     

4,999,939

   
         

9,114,678

   

Entertainment (0.1%)

 

Warner Bros Discovery, Inc. (b)

   

66,773

     

633,008

   

Interactive Media & Services (0.0%)

 

Match Group, Inc. (b)

   

8,407

     

348,806

   

Media (0.1%)

 

Fox Corp. Class A

   

9,081

     

275,790

   

Fox Corp. Class B

   

4,151

     

118,096

   

Paramount Global Class B

   

15,260

     

257,589

   
         

651,475

   

Wireless Telecommunication Services (0.2%)

 

T-Mobile U.S., Inc. (b)

   

18,063

     

2,528,820

   

Consumer Discretionary (11.1%)

 

Auto Components (0.1%)

 

Aptiv PLC (b) (c)

   

8,187

     

762,455

   

BorgWarner, Inc.

   

6,988

     

281,267

   
         

1,043,722

   

Automobiles (1.3%)

 

Ford Motor Co.

   

119,343

     

1,387,959

   

General Motors Co.

   

42,928

     

1,444,098

   

Tesla, Inc. (b)

   

81,103

     

9,990,268

   
         

12,822,325

   

Distributors (0.2%)

 

Genuine Parts Co.

   

4,210

     

730,477

   

LKQ Corp.

   

7,651

     

408,640

   

Pool Corp.

   

1,170

     

353,726

   
         

1,492,843

   

Entertainment (0.5%)

 

Walt Disney Co. (b)

   

55,085

     

4,785,785

   

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure (1.8%)

 

Booking Holdings, Inc. (b)

   

1,194

     

2,406,244

   
Caesars Entertainment,
Inc. (b)
   

6,434

     

267,654

   

Carnival Corp. (b) (c)

   

30,259

     

243,888

   
Chipotle Mexican Grill,
Inc. (b)
   

849

     

1,177,979

   

Darden Restaurants, Inc.

   

3,638

     

503,244

   

Domino's Pizza, Inc.

   

1,070

     

370,648

   

Las Vegas Sands Corp. (b)

   

9,860

     

473,970

   
Marriott International, Inc.
Class A
   

8,130

     

1,210,476

   

McDonald's Corp.

   

22,132

     

5,832,446

   

MGM Resorts International

   

9,631

     

322,927

   
Norwegian Cruise Line
Holdings Ltd. (b) (c)
   

12,644

     

154,763

   
   

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Royal Caribbean Cruises
Ltd. (b) (c)
   

6,631

   

$

327,770

   

Starbucks Corp.

   

34,685

     

3,440,752

   

Wynn Resorts Ltd. (b)

   

3,025

     

249,472

   

Yum! Brands, Inc.

   

8,474

     

1,085,350

   
         

18,067,583

   

Household Durables (0.3%)

 

DR Horton, Inc.

   

9,379

     

836,044

   

Garmin Ltd. (c)

   

4,629

     

427,210

   

Lennar Corp. Class A

   

7,698

     

696,669

   

Mohawk Industries, Inc. (b)

   

1,513

     

154,659

   

Newell Brands, Inc.

   

11,294

     

147,726

   

NVR, Inc. (b)

   

94

     

433,583

   

PulteGroup, Inc.

   

6,846

     

311,698

   

Whirlpool Corp.

   

1,635

     

231,287

   
         

3,238,876

   

Internet & Catalog Retail (2.8%)

 

Amazon.com, Inc. (b)

   

268,182

     

22,527,288

   

Etsy, Inc. (b)

   

3,721

     

445,702

   

Expedia Group, Inc. (b)

   

4,463

     

390,959

   

Netflix, Inc. (b)

   

13,447

     

3,965,251

   
         

27,329,200

   

Leisure Equipment & Products (0.0%)

 

Hasbro, Inc.

   

3,835

     

233,973

   

Media (0.7%)

 
Charter Communications,
Inc. Class A (b)
   

3,227

     

1,094,276

   

Comcast Corp. Class A

   

130,351

     

4,558,374

   
DISH Network Corp.
Class A (b)
   

7,594

     

106,620

   

Interpublic Group of Cos., Inc.

   

11,691

     

389,427

   
Live Nation Entertainment,
Inc. (b)
   

4,263

     

297,301

   

News Corp. Class A

   

11,519

     

209,646

   

News Corp. Class B

   

3,493

     

64,411

   

Omnicom Group, Inc.

   

6,161

     

502,553

   
         

7,222,608

   

Multiline Retail (0.5%)

 

Dollar General Corp.

   

6,869

     

1,691,491

   

Dollar Tree, Inc. (b)

   

6,334

     

895,881

   

Target Corp.

   

13,914

     

2,073,743

   
         

4,661,115

   

Specialty Retail (2.4%)

 

Advance Auto Parts, Inc.

   

1,798

     

264,360

   

AutoZone, Inc. (b)

   

586

     

1,445,182

   

Bath & Body Works, Inc.

   

6,850

     

288,659

   

Best Buy Co., Inc.

   

6,054

     

485,591

   

CarMax, Inc. (b)

   

4,756

     

289,593

   

Home Depot, Inc.

   

30,985

     

9,786,922

   

Lowe's Cos., Inc.

   

18,755

     

3,736,746

   

O'Reilly Automotive, Inc. (b)

   

1,941

     

1,638,262

   

Ross Stores, Inc.

   

10,455

     

1,213,512

   

TJX Cos., Inc.

   

35,058

     

2,790,617

   

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Tractor Supply Co.

   

3,309

   

$

744,426

   

Ulta Beauty, Inc. (b)

   

1,578

     

740,192

   
         

23,424,062

   

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods (0.5%)

 

NIKE, Inc. Class B

   

38,063

     

4,453,752

   

Ralph Lauren Corp.

   

1,233

     

130,291

   

Tapestry, Inc.

   

7,280

     

277,222

   

VF Corp.

   

9,909

     

273,588

   
         

5,134,853

   

Consumer Staples (7.4%)

 

Beverages (1.9%)

 
Brown-Forman Corp.
Class B
   

5,525

     

362,882

   

Coca-Cola Co.

   

117,603

     

7,480,727

   
Constellation Brands, Inc.
Class A
   

4,905

     

1,136,734

   

Keurig Dr Pepper, Inc.

   

25,676

     

915,606

   
Molson Coors Beverage Co.
Class B
   

5,647

     

290,933

   

Monster Beverage Corp. (b)

   

11,441

     

1,161,605

   

PepsiCo, Inc.

   

41,629

     

7,520,695

   
         

18,869,182

   

Food & Staples Retailing (1.9%)

 

Costco Wholesale Corp.

   

13,431

     

6,131,251

   

CVS Health Corp.

   

39,703

     

3,699,923

   

Kroger Co.

   

19,682

     

877,423

   

Sysco Corp.

   

15,288

     

1,168,768

   
Walgreens Boots
Alliance, Inc.
   

21,689

     

810,301

   

Walmart, Inc.

   

42,647

     

6,046,918

   
         

18,734,584

   

Food Products (1.2%)

 

Archer-Daniels-Midland Co.

   

16,598

     

1,541,124

   

Campbell Soup Co.

   

5,989

     

339,876

   

Conagra Brands, Inc.

   

14,406

     

557,512

   

General Mills, Inc.

   

17,934

     

1,503,766

   

Hershey Co.

   

4,465

     

1,033,960

   

Hormel Foods Corp.

   

8,684

     

395,556

   

J M Smucker Co.

   

3,241

     

513,569

   

Kellogg Co.

   

7,654

     

545,271

   

Kraft Heinz Co.

   

24,058

     

979,401

   

Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc.

   

4,297

     

383,980

   

McCormick & Co., Inc.

   

7,516

     

623,001

   
Mondelez International, Inc.
Class A
   

41,263

     

2,750,179

   

Tyson Foods, Inc. Class A

   

8,690

     

540,953

   
         

11,708,148

   

Household Products (1.5%)

 

Church & Dwight Co., Inc.

   

7,289

     

587,566

   

Clorox Co.

   

3,720

     

522,028

   

Colgate-Palmolive Co.

   

25,237

     

1,988,423

   

Kimberly-Clark Corp.

   

10,131

     

1,375,283

   

Procter & Gamble Co.

   

71,603

     

10,852,151

   
         

15,325,451

   
   

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Personal Care (0.2%)

 
Estee Lauder Cos., Inc.
Class A
   

7,031

   

$

1,744,461

   

Tobacco (0.7%)

 

Altria Group, Inc.

   

54,152

     

2,475,288

   
Philip Morris
International, Inc.
   

46,841

     

4,740,778

   
         

7,216,066

   

Energy (5.0%)

 

Energy Equipment & Services (0.4%)

 

Baker Hughes Co.

   

30,260

     

893,578

   

Halliburton Co.

   

27,437

     

1,079,646

   

Schlumberger Ltd. (c)

   

42,846

     

2,290,547

   
         

4,263,771

   

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels (4.6%)

 

APA Corp.

   

9,698

     

452,703

   

Chevron Corp.

   

53,753

     

9,648,126

   

ConocoPhillips

   

37,651

     

4,442,818

   

Coterra Energy, Inc.

   

23,773

     

584,103

   

Devon Energy Corp.

   

19,752

     

1,214,946

   

Diamondback Energy, Inc.

   

5,334

     

729,585

   

EOG Resources, Inc.

   

17,748

     

2,298,721

   

EQT Corp.

   

11,015

     

372,637

   

Exxon Mobil Corp.

   

124,439

     

13,725,622

   

Hess Corp.

   

8,361

     

1,185,757

   

Kinder Morgan, Inc.

   

59,768

     

1,080,605

   

Marathon Oil Corp.

   

19,189

     

519,446

   

Marathon Petroleum Corp.

   

14,161

     

1,648,199

   

Occidental Petroleum Corp.

   

21,971

     

1,383,953

   

Phillips 66

   

14,281

     

1,486,366

   
Pioneer Natural
Resources Co.
   

7,162

     

1,635,729

   

Targa Resources Corp.

   

6,820

     

501,270

   

Valero Energy Corp.

   

11,649

     

1,477,792

   

Williams Cos., Inc.

   

36,803

     

1,210,819

   
         

45,599,197

   

Financial (11.5%)

 

Capital Markets (3.1%)

 

Ameriprise Financial, Inc.

   

3,214

     

1,000,743

   
Bank of New York
Mellon Corp.
   

22,225

     

1,011,682

   

BlackRock, Inc.

   

4,525

     

3,206,551

   

Cboe Global Markets, Inc.

   

3,154

     

395,732

   

Charles Schwab Corp.

   

46,089

     

3,837,370

   

CME Group, Inc.

   

10,869

     

1,827,731

   
FactSet Research
Systems, Inc.
   

1,221

     

489,877

   

Franklin Resources, Inc.

   

8,524

     

224,863

   

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.

   

10,232

     

3,513,464

   
Intercontinental
Exchange, Inc.
   

16,877

     

1,731,411

   

Invesco Ltd. (c)

   

13,650

     

245,564

   

MarketAxess Holdings, Inc.

   

1,169

     

326,022

   

Moody's Corp.

   

4,807

     

1,339,326

   

Morgan Stanley

   

39,833

     

3,386,602

   

MSCI, Inc.

   

2,447

     

1,138,271

   

Nasdaq, Inc.

   

10,242

     

628,347

   

Northern Trust Corp.

   

6,253

     

553,328

   

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Raymond James
Financial, Inc.
   

5,781

   

$

617,700

   

S&P Global, Inc.

   

10,062

     

3,370,166

   

State Street Corp.

   

11,031

     

855,675

   

T Rowe Price Group, Inc.

   

6,708

     

731,575

   
         

30,432,000

   

Commercial Banks (3.8%)

 

Bank of America Corp.

   

210,894

     

6,984,809

   

Citigroup, Inc.

   

58,524

     

2,647,040

   
Citizens Financial
Group, Inc.
   

14,873

     

585,550

   

Comerica, Inc.

   

3,925

     

262,386

   

Fifth Third Bancorp

   

20,740

     

680,479

   

First Republic Bank

   

5,483

     

668,323

   

Huntington Bancshares, Inc.

   

43,593

     

614,661

   

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

   

88,630

     

11,885,283

   

KeyCorp

   

28,190

     

491,070

   

M&T Bank Corp.

   

5,147

     

746,624

   
PNC Financial Services
Group, Inc.
   

12,187

     

1,924,815

   

Regions Financial Corp.

   

28,235

     

608,747

   

Signature Bank

   

1,806

     

208,087

   

SVB Financial Group (b)

   

1,777

     

408,959

   

Truist Financial Corp.

   

40,089

     

1,725,030

   

U.S. Bancorp

   

40,855

     

1,781,687

   

Wells Fargo & Co.

   

115,138

     

4,754,048

   

Zions Bancorp NA

   

4,504

     

221,417

   
         

37,199,015

   

Consumer Finance (0.5%)

 

American Express Co.

   

17,998

     

2,659,205

   

Capital One Financial Corp.

   

11,517

     

1,070,620

   

Discover Financial Services

   

8,197

     

801,913

   

Synchrony Financial

   

13,613

     

447,323

   
         

4,979,061

   

Insurance (4.1%)

 

Aflac, Inc.

   

17,097

     

1,229,958

   

Allstate Corp.

   

7,992

     

1,083,715

   
American International
Group, Inc.
   

22,450

     

1,419,738

   

Aon PLC Class A (c)

   

6,250

     

1,875,875

   
Arch Capital
Group Ltd. (b) (c)
   

11,089

     

696,167

   

Arthur J Gallagher & Co.

   

6,371

     

1,201,188

   

Assurant, Inc.

   

1,555

     

194,468

   
Berkshire Hathaway, Inc.
Class B (b)
   

54,441

     

16,816,825

   

Brown & Brown, Inc.

   

7,034

     

400,727

   

Chubb Ltd. (c)

   

12,523

     

2,762,574

   

Cincinnati Financial Corp.

   

4,677

     

478,878

   

Everest Re Group Ltd. (c)

   

1,152

     

381,623

   

Globe Life, Inc.

   

2,674

     

322,351

   
Hartford Financial Services
Group, Inc.
   

9,596

     

727,665

   

Lincoln National Corp.

   

4,648

     

142,787

   

Loews Corp.

   

5,901

     

344,205

   
Marsh & McLennan
Cos., Inc.
   

14,947

     

2,473,430

   

MetLife, Inc.

   

19,914

     

1,441,176

   
Principal Financial
Group, Inc.
   

6,800

     

570,656

   
   

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Progressive Corp.

   

17,678

   

$

2,293,013

   

Prudential Financial, Inc.

   

11,056

     

1,099,630

   

Travelers Cos., Inc.

   

7,065

     

1,324,617

   
Willis Towers Watson
PLC (c)
   

3,321

     

812,250

   

WR Berkley Corp.

   

6,129

     

444,782

   
         

40,538,298

   

Health Care (15.2%)

 

Biotechnology (2.4%)

 

AbbVie, Inc.

   

53,437

     

8,635,954

   

Amgen, Inc.

   

16,152

     

4,242,161

   

Biogen, Inc. (b)

   

4,345

     

1,203,217

   

Gilead Sciences, Inc.

   

37,898

     

3,253,543

   

Incyte Corp. (b)

   

5,508

     

442,403

   

Moderna, Inc. (b)

   

9,983

     

1,793,146

   
Regeneron
Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (b)
   

3,236

     

2,334,742

   
Vertex Pharmaceuticals,
Inc. (b)
   

7,727

     

2,231,403

   
         

24,136,569

   

Health Care Equipment & Supplies (3.4%)

 

Abbott Laboratories

   

52,684

     

5,784,176

   

Align Technology, Inc. (b)

   

2,232

     

470,729

   

Baxter International, Inc.

   

15,232

     

776,375

   

Becton Dickinson & Co.

   

8,620

     

2,192,066

   

Boston Scientific Corp. (b)

   

43,279

     

2,002,519

   

Cooper Cos., Inc.

   

1,466

     

484,762

   

Danaher Corp.

   

19,797

     

5,254,520

   

Dentsply Sirona, Inc.

   

6,493

     

206,737

   

Dexcom, Inc. (b)

   

11,592

     

1,312,678

   
Edwards Lifesciences
Corp. (b)
   

18,681

     

1,393,789

   

Hologic, Inc. (b)

   

7,543

     

564,292

   

IDEXX Laboratories, Inc. (b)

   

2,488

     

1,015,004

   

Intuitive Surgical, Inc. (b)

   

10,668

     

2,830,754

   

Medtronic PLC (c)

   

40,162

     

3,121,391

   

ResMed, Inc.

   

4,406

     

917,021

   

STERIS PLC (c)

   

2,975

     

549,453

   

Stryker Corp.

   

10,177

     

2,488,175

   

Teleflex, Inc.

   

1,454

     

362,962

   
West Pharmaceutical
Services, Inc.
   

2,230

     

524,831

   
Zimmer Biomet
Holdings, Inc.
   

6,343

     

808,732

   
         

33,060,966

   

Health Care Providers & Services (3.3%)

 

AmerisourceBergen Corp.

   

4,901

     

812,145

   

Cardinal Health, Inc.

   

7,920

     

608,810

   

Centene Corp. (b)

   

17,051

     

1,398,352

   

Cigna Corp.

   

9,256

     

3,066,883

   

DaVita, Inc. (b)

   

1,571

     

117,307

   

Elevance Health, Inc.

   

7,218

     

3,702,617

   

HCA Healthcare, Inc.

   

6,460

     

1,550,142

   

Henry Schein, Inc. (b)

   

4,083

     

326,109

   

Humana, Inc.

   

3,830

     

1,961,688

   
Laboratory Corp. of
America Holdings
   

2,666

     

627,790

   

McKesson Corp.

   

4,331

     

1,624,645

   

Molina Healthcare, Inc. (b)

   

1,740

     

574,583

   

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Quest Diagnostics, Inc.

   

3,467

   

$

542,377

   

UnitedHealth Group, Inc.

   

28,233

     

14,968,572

   
Universal Health Services,
Inc. Class B
   

1,899

     

267,550

   
         

32,149,570

   

Life Sciences Tools & Services (1.3%)

 

Agilent Technologies, Inc.

   

8,891

     

1,330,538

   
Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc.
Class A (b)
   

692

     

290,979

   

Bio-Techne Corp.

   

4,680

     

387,879

   
Charles River Laboratories
International, Inc. (b)
   

1,510

     

329,029

   

Illumina, Inc. (b)

   

4,755

     

961,461

   

IQVIA Holdings, Inc. (b)

   

5,633

     

1,154,145

   
Mettler-Toledo
International, Inc. (b)
   

707

     

1,021,933

   

PerkinElmer, Inc.

   

3,758

     

526,947

   
Thermo Fisher
Scientific, Inc.
   

11,886

     

6,545,501

   

Waters Corp. (b)

   

1,844

     

631,718

   
         

13,180,130

   

Pharmaceuticals (4.8%)

 

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.

   

64,244

     

4,622,356

   

Catalent, Inc. (b)

   

5,437

     

244,719

   

Eli Lilly & Co.

   

23,830

     

8,717,967

   

Johnson & Johnson

   

79,000

     

13,955,350

   

Merck & Co., Inc.

   

76,610

     

8,499,880

   

Organon & Co.

   

7,631

     

213,134

   

Pfizer, Inc.

   

169,613

     

8,690,970

   

Viatris, Inc.

   

36,642

     

407,826

   

Zoetis, Inc.

   

14,077

     

2,062,984

   
         

47,415,186

   

Industrials (8.7%)

 

Aerospace & Defense (1.9%)

 

Boeing Co. (b)

   

16,928

     

3,224,615

   

General Dynamics Corp.

   

6,847

     

1,698,809

   

Howmet Aerospace, Inc.

   

11,065

     

436,072

   
Huntington Ingalls
Industries, Inc.
   

1,189

     

274,279

   

L3Harris Technologies, Inc.

   

5,731

     

1,193,251

   

Lockheed Martin Corp.

   

7,056

     

3,432,673

   

Northrop Grumman Corp.

   

4,443

     

2,424,145

   
Raytheon Technologies
Corp.
   

44,419

     

4,482,765

   
Teledyne Technologies,
Inc. (b)
   

1,468

     

587,068

   

TransDigm Group, Inc.

   

1,569

     

987,921

   
         

18,741,598

   

Air Freight & Logistics (0.6%)

 
CH Robinson Worldwide,
Inc.
   

3,550

     

325,038

   
Expeditors International of
Washington, Inc.
   

4,739

     

492,477

   

FedEx Corp.

   

7,203

     

1,247,560

   
United Parcel Service, Inc.
Class B
   

22,079

     

3,838,213

   
         

5,903,288

   
   

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Airlines (0.2%)

 

Alaska Air Group, Inc. (b)

   

3,756

   

$

161,283

   
American Airlines
Group, Inc. (b)
   

19,637

     

249,783

   

Delta Air Lines, Inc. (b)

   

19,374

     

636,629

   

Southwest Airlines Co. (b)

   

17,940

     

604,040

   
United Airlines
Holdings, Inc. (b)
   

9,878

     

372,400

   
         

2,024,135

   

Building Products (0.4%)

 

Allegion PLC (c)

   

2,654

     

279,360

   

AO Smith Corp.

   

3,750

     

214,650

   

Carrier Global Corp.

   

25,169

     

1,038,221

   
Johnson Controls
International PLC (c)
   

20,809

     

1,331,776

   

Masco Corp.

   

6,767

     

315,816

   

Trane Technologies PLC (c)

   

6,932

     

1,165,200

   
         

4,345,023

   

Commercial Services & Supplies (0.5%)

 

Cintas Corp.

   

2,590

     

1,169,696

   

Copart, Inc. (b)

   

12,948

     

788,404

   

Republic Services, Inc.

   

6,216

     

801,802

   

Rollins, Inc.

   

6,944

     

253,734

   

Waste Management, Inc.

   

11,287

     

1,770,704

   
         

4,784,340

   

Construction & Engineering (0.1%)

 

Jacobs Solutions, Inc.

   

3,807

     

457,106

   

Quanta Services, Inc.

   

4,281

     

610,043

   
         

1,067,149

   

Electrical Equipment (0.6%)

 

AMETEK, Inc.

   

6,939

     

969,517

   

Eaton Corp. PLC (c)

   

11,952

     

1,875,866

   

Emerson Electric Co.

   

17,866

     

1,716,208

   

Generac Holdings, Inc. (b)

   

1,817

     

182,899

   

Rockwell Automation, Inc.

   

3,513

     

904,844

   
         

5,649,334

   

Industrial Conglomerates (1.1%)

 

3M Co.

   

16,701

     

2,002,784

   

General Electric Co.

   

33,016

     

2,766,411

   

Honeywell International, Inc.

   

20,315

     

4,353,504

   

Roper Technologies, Inc.

   

3,262

     

1,409,477

   

Textron, Inc.

   

6,307

     

446,536

   
         

10,978,712

   

Machinery (1.8%)

 

Caterpillar, Inc.

   

15,689

     

3,758,457

   

Cummins, Inc.

   

4,310

     

1,044,270

   

Deere & Co.

   

8,320

     

3,567,283

   

Dover Corp.

   

4,180

     

566,014

   

Fortive Corp.

   

10,644

     

683,877

   

IDEX Corp.

   

2,249

     

513,514

   

Illinois Tool Works, Inc.

   

8,487

     

1,869,686

   

Ingersoll Rand, Inc.

   

12,235

     

639,279

   

Nordson Corp.

   

1,610

     

382,729

   

Otis Worldwide Corp.

   

12,576

     

984,826

   

PACCAR, Inc.

   

10,434

     

1,032,653

   

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Parker-Hannifin Corp.

   

3,905

   

$

1,136,355

   

Pentair PLC (c)

   

4,970

     

223,551

   

Snap-On, Inc.

   

1,655

     

378,151

   

Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.

   

4,397

     

330,303

   
Westinghouse Air Brake
Technologies Corp.
   

5,495

     

548,456

   

Xylem, Inc.

   

5,351

     

591,660

   
         

18,251,064

   

Professional Services (0.4%)

 

CoStar Group, Inc. (b)

   

12,288

     

949,617

   

Equifax, Inc.

   

3,663

     

711,941

   
Robert Half
International, Inc.
   

3,252

     

240,095

   

United Rentals, Inc. (b)

   

2,093

     

743,894

   

Verisk Analytics, Inc.

   

4,756

     

839,053

   
         

3,484,600

   

Road & Rail (0.9%)

 

CSX Corp.

   

63,526

     

1,968,036

   
JB Hunt Transport
Services, Inc.
   

2,471

     

430,844

   

Norfolk Southern Corp.

   

7,013

     

1,728,143

   
Old Dominion Freight
Line, Inc.
   

2,750

     

780,395

   

Union Pacific Corp.

   

18,577

     

3,846,739

   
         

8,754,157

   

Trading Companies & Distributors (0.2%)

 

Fastenal Co.

   

17,244

     

815,986

   

WW Grainger, Inc.

   

1,386

     

770,963

   
         

1,586,949

   

Information Technology (29.4%)

 

Communications Equipment (0.9%)

 

Arista Networks, Inc. (b)

   

7,395

     

897,383

   

Cisco Systems, Inc.

   

124,066

     

5,910,504

   

F5, Inc. (b)

   

1,821

     

261,332

   

Juniper Networks, Inc.

   

9,806

     

313,400

   

Motorola Solutions, Inc.

   

5,045

     

1,300,147

   
         

8,682,766

   

Computers & Peripherals (6.1%)

 

Apple, Inc. (d)

   

451,842

     

58,707,831

   

NetApp, Inc.

   

6,487

     

389,609

   
Seagate Technology
Holdings PLC (c)
   

5,782

     

304,191

   

Western Digital Corp. (b)

   

9,598

     

302,817

   
         

59,704,448

   
Electronic Equipment, Instruments &
Components (0.5%)
 

Amphenol Corp. Class A

   

17,981

     

1,369,073

   

CDW Corp.

   

4,127

     

737,000

   

Corning, Inc.

   

23,001

     

734,652

   
Keysight Technologies,
Inc. (b)
   

5,362

     

917,277

   

TE Connectivity Ltd. (c)

   

9,542

     

1,095,422

   

Trimble, Inc. (b)

   

7,353

     

371,768

   
         

5,225,192

   
   

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Interactive Media & Services (4.0%)

 
Akamai Technologies,
Inc. (b)
   

4,723

   

$

398,149

   

Alphabet, Inc. Class A (b)

   

180,481

     

15,923,838

   

Alphabet, Inc. Class C (b)

   

159,989

     

14,195,824

   

eBay, Inc.

   

16,385

     

679,486

   
Meta Platforms, Inc.
Class A (b)
   

67,946

     

8,176,622

   
         

39,373,919

   

IT Services (4.4%)

 

Accenture PLC Class A (c)

   

19,081

     

5,091,574

   
Automatic Data
Processing, Inc.
   

12,566

     

3,001,515

   
Broadridge Financial
Solutions, Inc.
   

3,541

     

474,954

   
Cognizant Technology
Solutions Corp. Class A
   

15,511

     

887,074

   

DXC Technology Co. (b)

   

6,898

     

182,797

   

EPAM Systems, Inc. (b)

   

1,789

     

586,327

   
Fidelity National Information
Services, Inc.
   

17,929

     

1,216,483

   

Fiserv, Inc. (b)

   

19,092

     

1,929,628

   
FleetCor Technologies,
Inc. (b)
   

2,194

     

402,994

   

Gartner, Inc. (b)

   

2,411

     

810,433

   

Global Payments, Inc.

   

8,158

     

810,253

   
International Business
Machines Corp.
   

27,319

     

3,848,974

   
Jack Henry &
Associates, Inc.
   

2,188

     

384,125

   

Leidos Holdings, Inc.

   

4,049

     

425,914

   

Mastercard, Inc. Class A

   

25,638

     

8,915,102

   

Paychex, Inc.

   

9,612

     

1,110,763

   

PayPal Holdings, Inc. (b)

   

34,447

     

2,453,315

   

VeriSign, Inc. (b)

   

2,788

     

572,767

   

Visa, Inc. Class A

   

49,404

     

10,264,175

   
         

43,369,167

   

Office Electronics (0.0%)

 
Zebra Technologies
Corp. Class A (b)
   

1,610

     

412,820

   

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment (5.0%)

 
Advanced Micro
Devices, Inc. (b)
   

48,719

     

3,155,530

   

Analog Devices, Inc.

   

15,505

     

2,543,285

   

Applied Materials, Inc.

   

25,995

     

2,531,393

   

Broadcom, Inc.

   

12,263

     

6,856,611

   

Enphase Energy, Inc. (b)

   

4,122

     

1,092,165

   

First Solar, Inc. (b)

   

2,996

     

448,771

   

Intel Corp.

   

124,702

     

3,295,874

   

KLA Corp.

   

4,255

     

1,604,263

   

Lam Research Corp.

   

4,144

     

1,741,723

   

Microchip Technology, Inc.

   

16,563

     

1,163,551

   

Micron Technology, Inc.

   

32,850

     

1,641,843

   
Monolithic Power
Systems, Inc.
   

1,410

     

498,590

   

NVIDIA Corp.

   

75,239

     

10,995,428

   

NXP Semiconductors NV (c)

   

7,780

     

1,229,473

   

ON Semiconductor Corp. (b)

   

13,066

     

814,926

   

Qorvo, Inc. (b)

   

3,059

     

277,268

   

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QUALCOMM, Inc.

   

33,872

   

$

3,723,888

   

Skyworks Solutions, Inc.

   

4,848

     

441,798

   
SolarEdge Technologies,
Inc. (b) (c)
   

1,664

     

471,361

   

Teradyne, Inc.

   

4,664

     

407,400

   

Texas Instruments, Inc.

   

27,421

     

4,530,498

   
         

49,465,639

   

Software (8.4%)

 

Activision Blizzard, Inc.

   

21,519

     

1,647,279

   

Adobe, Inc. (b)

   

14,113

     

4,749,448

   

ANSYS, Inc. (b)

   

2,627

     

634,657

   

Autodesk, Inc. (b)

   

6,504

     

1,215,402

   
Cadence Design
Systems, Inc. (b)
   

8,306

     

1,334,276

   
Ceridian HCM
Holding, Inc. (b)
   

4,592

     

294,577

   
Contra Abiomed, Inc.,
Contingent Value
Rights (b) (e)
   

1,425

     

1,453

   

Electronic Arts, Inc.

   

7,926

     

968,399

   

Fortinet, Inc. (b)

   

19,539

     

955,262

   

Gen Digital, Inc.

   

17,516

     

375,368

   

Intuit, Inc.

   

8,502

     

3,309,148

   

Microsoft Corp.

   

225,246

     

54,018,496

   

Oracle Corp.

   

46,436

     

3,795,679

   

Paycom Software, Inc. (b)

   

1,440

     

446,846

   

PTC, Inc. (b)

   

3,200

     

384,128

   

Salesforce, Inc. (b)

   

30,216

     

4,006,339

   

ServiceNow, Inc. (b)

   

6,080

     

2,360,682

   

Synopsys, Inc. (b)

   

4,646

     

1,483,421

   
Take-Two Interactive
Software, Inc. (b)
   

4,704

     

489,828

   

Tyler Technologies, Inc. (b)

   

1,286

     

414,619

   
         

82,885,307

   

Technology Hardware Storage & Peripherals (0.1%)

 
Hewlett Packard
Enterprise Co.
   

38,879

     

620,509

   

HP, Inc.

   

26,748

     

718,719

   
         

1,339,228

   

Materials (2.7%)

 

Chemicals (1.9%)

 
Air Products &
Chemicals, Inc.
   

6,744

     

2,078,905

   

Albemarle Corp.

   

3,592

     

778,961

   

Celanese Corp.

   

2,991

     

305,800

   

CF Industries Holdings, Inc.

   

5,879

     

500,891

   

Corteva, Inc.

   

21,497

     

1,263,594

   

Dow, Inc.

   

21,264

     

1,071,493

   

DuPont de Nemours, Inc.

   

14,930

     

1,024,646

   

Eastman Chemical Co.

   

3,585

     

291,962

   

Ecolab, Inc.

   

7,470

     

1,087,333

   

FMC Corp.

   

3,806

     

474,989

   
International Flavors &
Fragrances, Inc.
   

7,703

     

807,583

   

Linde PLC (c)

   

14,993

     

4,890,417

   
LyondellBasell Industries
NV Class A (c)
   

7,632

     

633,685

   

Mosaic Co.

   

10,260

     

450,106

   
   

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PPG Industries, Inc.

   

7,025

   

$

883,323

   

Sherwin-Williams Co.

   

7,126

     

1,691,214

   
         

18,234,902

   

Commercial Services & Supplies (0.1%)

 

Avery Dennison Corp.

   

2,430

     

439,830

   

Construction Materials (0.1%)

 
Martin Marietta
Materials, Inc.
   

1,899

     

641,805

   

Vulcan Materials Co.

   

4,047

     

708,670

   
         

1,350,475

   

Containers & Packaging (0.2%)

 

Amcor PLC (c)

   

44,992

     

535,855

   

Ball Corp.

   

9,399

     

480,665

   

International Paper Co.

   

10,747

     

372,168

   

Packaging Corp. of America

   

2,782

     

355,845

   

Sealed Air Corp.

   

4,294

     

214,185

   

WestRock Co.

   

7,592

     

266,935

   
         

2,225,653

   

Metals & Mining (0.4%)

 

Freeport-McMoRan, Inc.

   

43,188

     

1,641,144

   

Newmont Corp.

   

23,983

     

1,131,998

   

Nucor Corp.

   

7,726

     

1,018,364

   

Steel Dynamics, Inc.

   

5,049

     

493,287

   
         

4,284,793

   

Real Estate (2.8%)

 

Health Care REITs (0.2%)

 

Healthpeak Properties, Inc.

   

16,191

     

405,909

   

Ventas, Inc.

   

12,077

     

544,069

   

Welltower, Inc.

   

14,277

     

935,857

   
         

1,885,835

   

Hotels & Resort REITs (0.1%)

 
Hilton Worldwide
Holdings, Inc.
   

8,165

     

1,031,730

   

Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc.

   

21,605

     

346,760

   
         

1,378,490

   

Industrial REITs (0.3%)

 

Prologis, Inc.

   

27,891

     

3,144,152

   

Office REITs (0.1%)

 
Alexandria Real Estate
Equities, Inc.
   

4,524

     

659,011

   

Boston Properties, Inc.

   

4,310

     

291,270

   

Vornado Realty Trust

   

4,833

     

100,575

   
         

1,050,856

   

Real Estate Investment Trust (0.0%)

 
Federal Realty
Investment Trust
   

2,185

     

220,772

   

Real Estate Services (0.1%)

 
CBRE Group, Inc.
Class A (b)
   

9,537

     

733,967

   

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AvalonBay
Communities, Inc.
   

4,241

   

$

685,006

   

Camden Property Trust

   

3,180

     

355,778

   

Equity Residential

   

10,277

     

606,343

   

Essex Property Trust, Inc.

   

1,910

     

404,767

   

Invitation Homes, Inc.

   

17,550

     

520,182

   
Mid-America Apartment
Communities, Inc.
   

3,433

     

538,947

   

UDR, Inc.

   

9,165

     

354,961

   
         

3,465,984

   

Retail REITs (0.3%)

 

Kimco Realty Corp.

   

18,687

     

395,791

   

Realty Income Corp.

   

18,950

     

1,201,998

   

Regency Centers Corp.

   

4,621

     

288,813

   

Simon Property Group, Inc.

   

9,823

     

1,154,006

   
         

3,040,608

   

Specialized REITs (1.3%)

 

American Tower Corp.

   

14,071

     

2,981,082

   

Crown Castle, Inc.

   

13,094

     

1,776,070

   

Digital Realty Trust, Inc.

   

8,624

     

864,728

   

Equinix, Inc.

   

2,852

     

1,868,146

   

Extra Space Storage, Inc.

   

4,026

     

592,547

   

Iron Mountain, Inc.

   

8,722

     

434,792

   

Public Storage

   

4,741

     

1,328,381

   

SBA Communications Corp.

   

3,234

     

906,522

   

VICI Properties, Inc.

   

29,101

     

942,872

   

Weyerhaeuser Co.

   

22,170

     

687,270

   
         

12,382,410

   

Utilities (3.2%)

 

Electric Utilities (2.0%)

 

Alliant Energy Corp.

   

7,529

     

415,676

   
American Electric
Power Co., Inc.
   

15,527

     

1,474,289

   

Constellation Energy Corp.

   

9,807

     

845,461

   

Duke Energy Corp.

   

23,268

     

2,396,371

   

Edison International

   

11,445

     

728,131

   

Entergy Corp.

   

6,058

     

681,525

   

Evergy, Inc.

   

6,836

     

430,190

   

Eversource Energy

   

10,524

     

882,332

   

Exelon Corp.

   

30,027

     

1,298,067

   

FirstEnergy Corp.

   

16,412

     

688,319

   

NextEra Energy, Inc.

   

60,044

     

5,019,678

   

PG&E Corp. (b)

   

48,649

     

791,033

   

Pinnacle West Capital Corp.

   

3,392

     

257,928

   

PPL Corp.

   

22,248

     

650,087

   

Southern Co.

   

32,895

     

2,349,032

   

Xcel Energy, Inc.

   

16,535

     

1,159,269

   
         

20,067,388

   

Gas Utilities (0.1%)

 

Atmos Energy Corp.

   

4,141

     

464,082

   

ONEOK, Inc.

   

13,409

     

880,971

   
         

1,345,053

   

Independent Power Producers & Energy Traders (0.1%)

 

AES Corp.

   

20,182

     

580,434

   

NRG Energy, Inc.

   

6,868

     

218,540

   
         

798,974

   
   

Shares

 

Value(a)

 

Multi-Utilities (0.9%)

 

Ameren Corp.

   

7,811

   

$

694,554

   

CenterPoint Energy, Inc.

   

19,022

     

570,470

   

CMS Energy Corp.

   

8,770

     

555,404

   

Consolidated Edison, Inc.

   

10,640

     

1,014,098

   

Dominion Energy, Inc.

   

25,178

     

1,543,915

   

DTE Energy Co.

   

5,854

     

688,021

   

NiSource, Inc.

   

12,271

     

336,471

   
Public Service Enterprise
Group, Inc.
   

15,076

     

923,707

   

Sempra Energy

   

9,432

     

1,457,621

   

WEC Energy Group, Inc.

   

9,465

     

887,438

   
         

8,671,699

   

Water Utilities (0.1%)

 
American Water Works
Co., Inc.
   

5,432

     

827,945

   
Total common stocks
(cost: $355,130,532)
       

970,864,008

   

Short-Term Securities (2.1%)

 

Investment Companies (2.1%)

 
State Street Institutional
U.S. Government Money
Market Fund, current
rate 4.120%
   

20,839,604

     

20,839,604

   
Total short-term securities
(cost: $20,839,604)
       

20,839,604

   
Total investments in securities
(cost: $375,970,136) (f)
       

991,703,612

   
Liabilities in excess of cash
and other assets (-0.4%)
       

(4,119,813

)

 

Total net assets (100.0%)

     

$

987,583,799

   

See accompanying notes to financial statements.
93


SFT Index 500 Fund
Investments in Securities – continued

Investments in Securities Legend

(a)  Securities are valued by procedures described in Note 2 of the notes to financial statements.

(b)  Non-income producing security.

(c)  Foreign security: The Fund held 3.4% of net assets in foreign securities at December 31, 2022.

(d)  Fully or partially pledged as initial margin deposits on open futures contracts.

(e)  This security is fair valued by Securian AM, as the Valuation Designee, in accordance with procedures approved by the Board of Trustees of Securian Funds Trust and in accordance with provisions of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

(f)  At December 31, 2022, the cost of investments for federal income tax purposes was $377,771,146. The aggregate unrealized appreciation and depreciation of investments based on this cost were:

Gross unrealized appreciation

 

$

638,954,919

   

Gross unrealized depreciation

   

(25,563,235

)

 

Net unrealized appreciation

 

$

613,391,684

   

Holdings of Open Futures Contracts

On December 31, 2022, securities with an aggregate market value of $18,190,200 have been pledged to cover margin requirements for the following open futures contracts:

Description

  Expiration
Date
  Number of
Contracts
  Position
Type
  Notional
Amount
  Market
Value
  Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)(a)
 

S&P 500 E-Mini Index Future

 

March 2023

   

80

   

Long

 

$

15,984,782

   

$

15,444,000

   

$

(540,782

)

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.
94


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Investments in Securities

December 31, 2022

(Percentages of each investment category relate to total net assets)

   

Principal(b)

 

Value(a)

 

Long-Term Debt Securities (99.2%)

 

Australia (7.0%)

 

Financial (4.4%)

 
Commonwealth Bank of
Australia (USD)
5.046%, 03/14/25
(SOFRRATE +
0.740%) (c) (d)
   

1,770,000

   

$

1,759,966

   
Macquarie
Group Ltd. (USD)
6.207%, 11/22/24 (c)
   

1,660,000

     

1,670,674

   
         

3,430,640

   

Government (2.6%)

 
New South Wales
Treasury Corp. (AUD)
4.000%, 04/20/23
   

530,000

     

360,200

   
Queensland Treasury
Corp. (AUD)
4.250%, 07/21/23 (c)
   

1,210,000

     

824,155

   
Western Australian
Treasury Corp. (AUD)
6.000%, 10/16/23
   

1,280,000

     

883,995

   
         

2,068,350

   

Brazil (5.6%)

 

Government (5.6%)

 
Brazil Notas do Tesouro
Nacional Serie F (BRL)
10.000%, 01/01/27
   

11,950,000

     

2,085,058

   

10.000%, 01/01/29

   

3,440,000

     

583,059

   

10.000%, 01/01/31

   

3,320,000

     

548,923

   

10.000%, 01/01/33

   

7,260,000

     

1,179,911

   
   

   

4,396,951

   

Canada (4.1%)

 

Government (4.1%)

 
Province of Ontario
Canada (CAD)
2.600%, 06/02/25
   

4,500,000

     

3,208,834

   

Colombia (4.4%)

 

Government (4.4%)

 
Colombian TES (COP)
6.000%, 04/28/28
   

8,700,000,000

     

1,339,265

   

6.250%, 11/26/25

   

5,300,000,000

     

936,982

   

7.000%, 03/26/31

   

6,010,000,000

     

877,426

   

7.250%, 10/26/50

   

2,720,000,000

     

320,254

   
         

3,473,927

   

France (6.5%)

 

Government (6.5%)

 
French Republic
Government Bond
OAT (EUR)
0.010%, 05/25/32
   

4,830,000

     

3,876,936

   

0.750%, 05/25/52

   

2,110,000

     

1,186,975

   
         

5,063,911

   
   

Principal(b)

 

Value(a)

 

Germany (5.6%)

 

Government (5.6%)

 
Bundesrepublik
Deutschland
Bundesanleihe (EUR)
1.700%, 08/15/32
   

4,430,000

   

$

4,381,879

   

Malaysia (2.9%)

 

Government (2.9%)

 
Malaysia Government
Bond (MYR)
3.480%, 03/15/23
   

4,950,000

     

1,124,701

   

3.899%, 11/16/27

   

3,350,000

     

761,549

   

3.955%, 09/15/25

   

1,700,000

     

387,951

   
         

2,274,201

   

Mexico (12.7%)

 

Government (12.7%)

 
Mexican Bonos (MXN)
7.750%, 11/13/42
   

47,700,000

     

2,164,619

   

8.000%, 11/07/47

   

32,700,000

     

1,498,784

   

8.000%, 07/31/53

   

36,100,000

     

1,692,239

   

8.500%, 05/31/29

   

45,500,000

     

2,286,854

   

8.500%, 11/18/38

   

49,300,000

     

2,414,018

   
   

   

10,056,514

   

Poland (4.3%)

 

Government (4.3%)

 
Republic of Poland
Government Bond (PLN)
1.750%, 04/25/32
   

22,790,000

     

3,410,512

   

Russia (0.2%)

 

Government (0.2%)

 
Russian Federal
Bond—OFZ (RUB)
7.650%, 04/10/30 (e)
   

29,000,000

     

119,178

   

South Africa (4.3%)

 

Government (4.3%)

 
Republic of South Africa
Government
Bond (ZAR)
6.500%, 02/28/41
   

44,700,000

     

1,644,682

   

8.750%, 02/28/48

   

37,000,000

     

1,701,610

   
         

3,346,292

   

South Korea (7.4%)

 

Government (7.4%)

 
Korea Treasury
Bond (KRW)
1.875%, 03/10/51
   

2,600,000,000

     

1,417,005

   

2.000%, 06/10/31

   

6,430,000,000

     

4,427,064

   
         

5,844,069

   

United States (34.2%)

 

Financial (4.1%)

 
Goldman Sachs Group,
Inc. (USD)
5.700%, 11/01/24
   

1,660,000

     

1,679,869

   

See accompanying notes to financial statements.
95


SFT International Bond Fund
Investments in Securities – continued

   

Principal(b)

 

Value(a)

 
Jackson National Life
Global Funding (USD)
5.473%, 06/28/24 (c) (d)
   

1,530,000

   

$

1,530,304

   
         

3,210,173

   

Government (15.6%)

 
U.S. Treasury Bond (USD)
1.875%, 11/15/51
   

2,020,000

     

1,291,537

   
U.S. Treasury Bond (USD)
2.250%, 02/15/52
   

6,530,000

     

4,586,305

   
U.S. Treasury Bond (USD)
3.000%, 08/15/52
   

4,700,000

     

3,914,219

   
U.S. Treasury Note (USD)
1.875%, 02/15/32
   

2,260,000

     

1,922,765

   
U.S. Treasury Note (USD)
4.435%, 07/31/24
(3-Month U.S. Treasury
Money Market Yield +
0.037%) (d)
   

540,000

     

539,593

   
         

12,254,419

   

Mortgage Securities (14.5%)

 
Federal Home Loan
Mortgage Corp. (USD)
4.500%, 09/01/52
   

1,289,270

     

1,244,285

   

4.500%, 10/01/52

   

912,734

     

881,212

   

5.000%, 08/01/52

   

648,802

     

639,882

   

5.000%, 11/01/52

   

801,710

     

790,842

   

5.500%, 12/01/52

   

2,247,173

     

2,255,095

   
    Principal(b)/
Shares
 

Value(a)

 
Federal National
Mortgage
Association (USD)
4.500%, 09/01/52
   

1,864,479

   

$

1,800,084

   

5.000%, 12/01/52

   

1,443,373

     

1,423,807

   

5.000%, 10/01/52

   

667,894

     

658,713

   

5.500%, 12/01/52

   

1,641,879

     

1,648,094

   
         

11,342,014

   
Total long-term debt securities
(cost: $87,035,003)
 

   

77,881,864

   

Short-Term Securities (1.2%)

 

Investment Companies (1.2%)

 

United States (1.2%)

 
State Street Institutional
U.S. Government
Money Market Fund,
current rate 4.120%
   

944,622

     

944,622

   
Total short-term securities
(cost: $944,622)
       

944,622

   
Total investments in securities
(cost: $87,979,625) (f)
 

   

78,826,486

   
Liabilities in excess of cash
and other assets (-0.4%)
 

   

(344,243

)

 

Total net assets (100.0%)

     

$

78,482,243

   

Investments in Securities Legend

(a)  Securities are valued by procedures described in Note 2 of the notes to financial statements.

(b)  Principal amounts for foreign debt securities are denominated in the currencies indicated. United States debt securities are denominated in U.S. Dollars.

(c)  Security sold within terms of a private placement memorandum exempt from registration pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and may be sold only to dealers in that program.

(d)  Variable rate security.

(e)  Pursuant to the Fund's Liquidity Risk Management Program, this security has been determined to be illiquid by the Fund's Liquidity Risk Management Program Administrator.

(f)  At December 31, 2022, the cost of investments for federal income tax purposes was $86,153,565 . The aggregate unrealized appreciation and depreciation of investments based on this cost were:

Gross unrealized appreciation

 

$

625,214

   

Gross unrealized depreciation

   

(9,852,650

)

 

Net unrealized depreciation

 

$

(9,227,436

)

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.
96


SFT International Bond Fund
Investments in Securities – continued

Foreign Forward Currency Contracts

On December 31, 2022, SFT International Bond Fund had entered into forward foreign currency contracts that obligate the Fund to deliver currencies at specified future dates. Unrealized appreciation and depreciation on these contracts is included in the accompanying financial statements. The terms of the open contracts were as follows:

Settlement
Date
  Currency to be
delivered – SELL
  Currency to be
received – BUY
  Unrealized
Appreciation(a)
  Unrealized
Depreciation(a)
 

Counterparty

 

01/13/23

   

516,225

   

USD

       

5,700,000

   

SEK

     

$

31,151

   

$

   

HSB

 

01/19/23

   

19,099

   

USD

       

100,000

   

BRL

       

     

(212

)

 

JPM

 

01/19/23

   

127,937

   

USD

       

680,000

   

BRL

       

493

     

   

JPM

 

01/19/23

   

22,980,000

   

BRL

       

4,295,327

   

USD

       

     

(44,865

)

 

JPM

 

01/20/23

   

13,670,000

   

PLN

       

2,717,054

   

USD

       

     

(396,885

)

 

GSC

 

01/20/23

   

395,889

   

USD

       

1,810,000

   

PLN

       

16,417

     

   

MSC

 

01/20/23

   

1,430,000

   

PLN

       

315,788

   

USD

       

     

(9,957

)

 

UBS

 

01/25/23

   

4,680,000

   

CAD

       

3,399,433

   

USD

       

     

(55,037

)

 

GSC

 

01/27/23

   

15,890,000,000

   

COP

       

3,176,031

   

USD

       

     

(87,768

)

 

JPM

 

01/27/23

   

1,100,000,000

   

COP

       

225,549

   

USD

       

     

(390

)

 

JPM

 

01/31/23

   

104,763

   

USD

       

2,100,000

   

MXN

       

2,488

     

   

GSC

 

01/31/23

   

364,429

   

USD

       

7,100,000

   

MXN

       

     

(1,817

)

 

JPM

 

01/31/23

   

187,600,000

   

MXN

       

9,240,108

   

USD

       

     

(341,011

)

 

MSC

 

01/31/23

   

13,300,000

   

MXN

       

665,957

   

USD

       

     

(13,301

)

 

MSC

 

02/03/23

   

9,680,000

   

EUR

       

9,719,253

   

USD

       

     

(631,865

)

 

BLC

 

02/03/23

   

653,470

   

USD

       

610,000

   

EUR

       

     

(1,179

)

 

HSB

 

02/03/23

   

480,000

   

EUR

       

504,735

   

USD

       

     

(8,543

)

 

MSC

 

02/03/23

   

490,000

   

EUR

       

525,216

   

USD

       

1,244

     

   

MSC

 

02/15/23

   

56,500,000

   

ZAR

       

3,243,938

   

USD

       

     

(64,960

)

 

HSB

 

02/16/23

   

2,500,000

   

CNH

       

359,619

   

USD

       

     

(2,936

)

 

MSC

 

03/03/23

   

410,000

   

GBP

       

498,871

   

USD

       

4,970

     

   

JPM

 

03/07/23

   

3,330,000

   

AUD

       

2,265,442

   

USD

       

1,506

     

   

JPM

 

03/08/23

   

103,076

   

USD

       

130,000,000

   

KRW

       

23

     

   

HSB

 

03/08/23

   

7,050,000,000

   

KRW

       

5,419,950

   

USD

       

     

(171,233

)

 

HSB

 

03/10/23

   

121,739

   

USD

       

4,200,000

   

THB

       

319

     

   

HSB

 

03/14/23

   

881,887

   

USD

       

119,000,000

   

JPY

       

28,372

     

   

JPM

 

03/20/23

   

721,608

   

USD

       

630,000,000

   

CLP

       

10,439

     

   

JPM

 

03/20/23

   

587,487

   

USD

       

5,700,000

   

NOK

       

     

(6,841

)

 

MSC

 

03/21/23

   

10,300,000

   

MYR

       

2,347,846

   

USD

       

1,765

     

   

BLC

 
                                   

$

99,187

   

$

(1,838,800

)

         

Currency Legend

AUD  Australian Dollar

BRL  Brazilian Real

CAD  Canadian Dollar

CLP  Chilean Peso

CNH  Chinese Yuan Renminbi Offshore

COP  Colombian Peso

EUR  Euro

GBP  British Pound

JPY  Japanese Yen

KRW  South Korean Won

MXN  Mexican Peso

MYR  Malaysian Ringgit

NOK  Norwegian Krone

PLN  Polish Zloty

Currency Legend

RUB  Russian Ruble

SEK  Swedish Krona

THB  Thai Baht

USD  United States Dollar

ZAR  South African Rand

Counterparty Legend

BLC  Barclays Bank PLC

GSC  Goldman Sachs

HSB  HSBC Bank PLC

JPM  JPMorgan Chase Bank NA

MSC  Morgan Stanley and Co., Inc.

UBS  UBS AG

Holdings of Open Futures Contracts

On December 31, 2022, $307,450 in cash has been pledged to cover margin requirements for the following open futures contracts:

Description

  Expiration
Date
  Number of
Contracts
  Position
Type
  Notional
Amount
  Market
Value
  Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)(a)
 

U.S. Ultra Bond

 

March 2023

   

43

   

Long

 

$

5,936,182

   

$

5,775,438

   

$

(160,744

)

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.
97


SFT Real Estate Securities Fund
Investments in Securities

December 31, 2022

(Percentages of each investment category relate to total net assets)

   

Shares

 

Value(a)

 

Common Stocks (97.9%)

 

Consumer Discretionary (0.9%)

 

Boyd Gaming Corp.

   

19,383

   

$

1,056,955

   

Real Estate (97.0%)

 

Health Care REITs (9.3%)

 
Healthcare Realty Trust, Inc.
Class A
   

144,644

     

2,787,290

   

Healthpeak Properties, Inc.

   

60,617

     

1,519,668

   

Welltower, Inc.

   

98,191

     

6,436,420

   
         

10,743,378

   

Hotels & Resort REITs (2.2%)

 

Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc.

   

156,046

     

2,504,538

   

Industrial REITs (12.0%)

 

Americold Realty Trust, Inc.

   

122,040

     

3,454,953

   

Prologis, Inc.

   

92,600

     

10,438,798

   
         

13,893,751

   

Office REITs (1.8%)

 

Highwoods Properties, Inc.

   

76,500

     

2,140,470

   

Residential REITs (22.6%)

 
American Homes 4 Rent
Class A
   

76,800

     

2,314,752

   
Apartment Income
REIT Corp. (a)
   

51,977

     

1,783,331

   

Camden Property Trust

   

39,597

     

4,430,112

   

Essex Property Trust, Inc.

   

2,698

     

571,760

   

Invitation Homes, Inc.

   

187,262

     

5,550,446

   
Mid-America Apartment
Communities, Inc.
   

23,711

     

3,722,390

   

Sun Communities, Inc.

   

30,422

     

4,350,346

   

UDR, Inc.

   

88,088

     

3,411,648

   
         

26,134,785

   
   

Shares

 

Value(a)

 

Retail REITs (17.3%)

 

Kimco Realty Corp.

   

107,600

   

$

2,278,968

   

Realty Income Corp.

   

95,215

     

6,039,487

   

Simon Property Group, Inc.

   

61,719

     

7,250,748

   

SITE Centers Corp.

   

80,257

     

1,096,311

   

Spirit Realty Capital, Inc.

   

82,856

     

3,308,440

   
         

19,973,954

   

Specialized REITs (31.8%)

 

American Tower Corp.

   

37,528

     

7,950,682

   

Crown Castle, Inc.

   

35,425

     

4,805,047

   

Digital Realty Trust, Inc.

   

56,421

     

5,657,334

   

Equinix, Inc.

   

8,817

     

5,775,400

   

Extra Space Storage, Inc.

   

9,962

     

1,466,207

   

Life Storage, Inc.

   

31,907

     

3,142,839

   

Public Storage

   

19,407

     

5,437,647

   

SBA Communications Corp.

   

6,903

     

1,934,980

   

Weyerhaeuser Co.

   

21,600

     

669,600

   
         

36,839,736

   
Total common stocks
(cost: $123,155,583)
       

113,287,567

   

Short-Term Securities (1.9%)

 

Investment Companies (1.9%)

 
State Street Institutional
U.S. Government Money
Market Fund, current
rate 4.120%
   

2,207,429

     

2,207,429

   
Total short-term securities
(cost: $2,207,429)
       

2,207,429

   
Total investments in securities
(cost: $125,363,012) (b)
       

115,494,996

   
Cash and other assets in excess
of liabilities (0.2%)
       

263,323

   

Total net assets (100.0%)

     

$

115,758,319

   

Investments in Securities Legend

(a)  Securities are valued by procedures described in Note 2 of the notes to financial statements.

(b)  At December 31, 2022, the cost of investments for federal income tax purposes was $126,556,516. The aggregate unrealized appreciation and depreciation of investments based on this cost were:

Gross unrealized appreciation

 

$

1,627,027

   

Gross unrealized depreciation

   

(12,688,547

)

 

Net unrealized depreciation

 

$

(11,061,520

)

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.
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December 31, 2022

(Percentages of each investment category relate to total net assets)

   

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Value(a)

 

Common Stocks (98.9%)

 

Communication Services (1.1%)

 

Diversified Telecommunication Services (1.1%)

 

Verizon Communications, Inc.

   

48,700

   

$

1,918,780

   

Consumer Discretionary (6.2%)

 

Entertainment (0.7%)

 

Walt Disney Co. (b)

   

14,281

     

1,240,733

   

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure (2.3%)

 

Booking Holdings, Inc. (b)

   

10

     

20,153

   

McDonald's Corp.

   

12,364

     

3,258,285

   

Yum! Brands, Inc.

   

7,072

     

905,782

   
         

4,184,220

   

Multiline Retail (0.8%)

 

Dollar General Corp.

   

6,096

     

1,501,140

   

Specialty Retail (2.4%)

 

Home Depot, Inc.

   

5,600

     

1,768,816

   

Ross Stores, Inc.

   

5,792

     

672,277

   

TJX Cos., Inc.

   

12,180

     

969,528

   

Ulta Beauty, Inc. (b)

   

2,400

     

1,125,768

   
         

4,536,389

   

Consumer Staples (10.6%)

 

Beverages (1.2%)

 

Coca-Cola Co.

   

13,112

     

834,055

   
Constellation Brands, Inc.
Class A
   

1,255

     

290,846

   

Keurig Dr Pepper, Inc.

   

32,129

     

1,145,720

   
         

2,270,621

   

Food & Staples Retailing (1.8%)

 

Walmart, Inc.

   

22,647

     

3,211,118

   

Food Products (2.9%)

 

Kraft Heinz Co.

   

51,179

     

2,083,497

   
Mondelez International, Inc.
Class A
   

49,895

     

3,325,502

   
         

5,408,999

   

Household Products (2.2%)

 

Kimberly-Clark Corp.

   

5,400

     

733,050

   

Procter & Gamble Co.

   

22,086

     

3,347,354

   
         

4,080,404

   

Tobacco (2.5%)

 
Philip Morris
International, Inc.
   

46,141

     

4,669,931

   

Energy (5.9%)

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels (5.9%)

 

Chevron Corp.

   

17,100

     

3,069,279

   

ConocoPhillips

   

3,300

     

389,400

   

Exxon Mobil Corp.

   

50,921

     

5,616,586

   

Kinder Morgan, Inc.

   

102,900

     

1,860,432

   
         

10,935,697

   
   

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Value(a)

 

Financial (21.7%)

 

Capital Markets (0.7%)

 

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.

   

3,700

   

$

1,270,506

   

Commercial Banks (8.9%)

 

Bank of America Corp.

   

173,510

     

5,746,651

   

Citigroup, Inc.

   

18,900

     

854,847

   

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

   

36,126

     

4,844,497

   

U.S. Bancorp

   

42,200

     

1,840,342

   

Wells Fargo & Co.

   

76,814

     

3,171,650

   
         

16,457,987

   

Diversified Financial Services (0.3%)

 

Corebridge Financial, Inc.

   

25,109

     

503,687

   

Insurance (11.8%)

 

Allstate Corp.

   

11,361

     

1,540,552

   
American International
Group, Inc.
   

18,951

     

1,198,461

   
Berkshire Hathaway, Inc.
Class B (b)
   

11,700

     

3,614,130

   

Chubb Ltd. (c)

   

17,006

     

3,751,523

   
Hartford Financial Services
Group, Inc.
   

16,455

     

1,247,783

   

MetLife, Inc.

   

42,233

     

3,056,402

   

Progressive Corp.

   

26,102

     

3,385,690

   

Travelers Cos., Inc.

   

22,089

     

4,141,467

   
         

21,936,008

   

Health Care (20.6%)

 

Biotechnology (1.8%)

 

AbbVie, Inc.

   

14,357

     

2,320,235

   

Amgen, Inc.

   

4,000

     

1,050,560

   
         

3,370,795

   

Health Care Equipment & Supplies (3.5%)

 

Becton Dickinson & Co.

   

20,597

     

5,237,817

   

Danaher Corp.

   

4,131

     

1,096,450

   
GE HealthCare
Technologies, Inc. (b)
   

3,530

     

206,082

   
         

6,540,349

   

Health Care Providers & Services (8.0%)

 

AmerisourceBergen Corp.

   

6,472

     

1,072,475

   

Centene Corp. (b)

   

24,973

     

2,048,036

   

Cigna Corp.

   

2,470

     

818,410

   

Elevance Health, Inc.

   

13,697

     

7,026,150

   

HCA Healthcare, Inc.

   

9,047

     

2,170,918

   

Humana, Inc.

   

2,050

     

1,049,989

   

UnitedHealth Group, Inc.

   

1,167

     

618,720

   
         

14,804,698

   

Life Sciences Tools & Services (1.6%)

 

PerkinElmer, Inc.

   

6,119

     

858,006

   
Thermo Fisher
Scientific, Inc.
   

3,694

     

2,034,249

   
         

2,892,255

   

See accompanying notes to financial statements.
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Value(a)

 

Pharmaceuticals (5.7%)

 

AstraZeneca PLC ADR (c)

   

38,955

   

$

2,641,149

   

Johnson & Johnson

   

35,677

     

6,302,342

   

Merck & Co., Inc.

   

13,800

     

1,531,110

   
         

10,474,601

   

Industrials (10.9%)

 

Aerospace & Defense (2.1%)

 

L3Harris Technologies, Inc.

   

14,316

     

2,980,734

   

Northrop Grumman Corp.

   

1,620

     

883,888

   
         

3,864,622

   

Commercial Services & Supplies (0.4%)

 

Republic Services, Inc.

   

5,792

     

747,110

   

Electrical Equipment (2.4%)

 

AMETEK, Inc.

   

3,613

     

504,808

   

Eaton Corp. PLC (c)

   

19,024

     

2,985,817

   

Hubbell, Inc.

   

3,708

     

870,194

   
         

4,360,819

   

Industrial Conglomerates (3.2%)

 

General Electric Co.

   

37,697

     

3,158,632

   

Honeywell International, Inc.

   

8,737

     

1,872,339

   

Siemens AG (c)

   

6,880

     

951,904

   
         

5,982,875

   

Machinery (0.3%)

 

Cummins, Inc.

   

800

     

193,832

   

Dover Corp.

   

2,600

     

352,066

   
         

545,898

   

Road & Rail (2.5%)

 

CSX Corp.

   

71,291

     

2,208,595

   

Norfolk Southern Corp.

   

6,056

     

1,492,320

   

Union Pacific Corp.

   

4,900

     

1,014,643

   
         

4,715,558

   

Information Technology (11.1%)

 

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components (0.3%)

 

TE Connectivity Ltd. (c)

   

4,600

     

528,080

   

Interactive Media & Services (2.2%)

 

Alphabet, Inc. Class C (b)

   

46,350

     

4,112,636

   

IT Services (2.2%)

 

Accenture PLC Class A (c)

   

2,400

     

640,416

   
Booz Allen Hamilton
Holding Corp.
   

900

     

94,068

   
Fidelity National
Information Services, Inc.
   

8,600

     

583,510

   

Fiserv, Inc. (b)

   

27,563

     

2,785,792

   
         

4,103,786

   

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment (5.5%)

 

Applied Materials, Inc.

   

10,200

     

993,276

   

Broadcom, Inc.

   

4,761

     

2,662,018

   

KLA Corp.

   

7,731

     

2,914,819

   

Lam Research Corp.

   

2,600

     

1,092,780

   

Micron Technology, Inc.

   

21,000

     

1,049,580

   

Texas Instruments, Inc.

   

9,400

     

1,553,068

   
         

10,265,541

   
   

Shares

 

Value(a)

 

Software (0.9%)

 

Activision Blizzard, Inc.

   

10,400

   

$

796,120

   

Microsoft Corp.

   

3,365

     

806,994

   
         

1,603,114

   

Materials (2.0%)

 

Chemicals (2.0%)

 
International Flavors &
Fragrances, Inc.
   

8,700

     

912,108

   

Nutrien Ltd. (c)

   

25,957

     

1,895,640

   

Sherwin-Williams Co.

   

3,600

     

854,388

   
         

3,662,136

   

Real Estate (1.9%)

 

Industrial REITs (1.1%)

 

Prologis, Inc.

   

17,131

     

1,931,177

   

Office REITs (0.1%)

 

Boston Properties, Inc.

   

2,900

     

195,982

   

Residential REITs (0.2%)

 
Equity LifeStyle
Properties, Inc.
   

6,263

     

404,590

   

Specialized REITs (0.5%)

 

Weyerhaeuser Co.

   

29,797

     

923,707

   

Utilities (6.9%)

 

Electric Utilities (4.7%)

 
American Electric
Power Co., Inc.
   

12,813

     

1,216,594

   

FirstEnergy Corp.

   

25,200

     

1,056,888

   

Southern Co.

   

82,244

     

5,873,044

   

Xcel Energy, Inc.

   

7,399

     

518,744

   
         

8,665,270

   

Multi-Utilities (2.2%)

 

Ameren Corp.

   

8,160

     

725,587

   

Dominion Energy, Inc.

   

10,011

     

613,875

   

DTE Energy Co.

   

6,178

     

726,100

   

Sempra Energy

   

11,944

     

1,845,826

   

WEC Energy Group, Inc.

   

2,800

     

262,528

   
         

4,173,916

   
Total common stocks
(cost: $177,181,026)
       

182,995,735

   

Short-Term Securities (1.6%)

 

Investment Companies (1.6%)

 
State Street Institutional
U.S. Government Money
Market Fund, current
rate 4.120%
   

505,739

     

505,739

   
T. Rowe Price Government
Reserve Fund, current
rate 4.300%
   

2,441,999

     

2,441,999

   
Total short-term securities
(cost: $2,947,738)
       

2,947,738

   
Total investments in securities
(cost: $180,128,764) (d)
       

185,943,473

   
Liabilities in excess of cash
and other assets (-0.5%)
       

(834,236

)

 

Total net assets (100.0%)

     

$

185,109,237

   

See accompanying notes to financial statements.
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Investments in Securities Legend

(a)  Securities are valued by procedures described in Note 2 of the notes to financial statements.

(b)  Non-income producing security.

(c)  Foreign security: The Fund held 7.2% of net assets in foreign securities at December 31, 2022.

(d)  At December 31, 2022, the cost of investments for federal income tax purposes was $183,976,527. The aggregate unrealized appreciation and depreciation of investments based on this cost were:

Gross unrealized appreciation

 

$

5,952,055

   

Gross unrealized depreciation

   

(3,985,109

)

 

Net unrealized appreciation

 

$

1,966,946

   

See accompanying notes to financial statements.
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Investments in Securities

December 31, 2022

(Percentages of each investment category relate to total net assets)

   

Shares

 

Value(a)

 

Common Stocks (98.9%)

 

Consumer Discretionary (10.4%)

 

Automobiles (0.9%)

 

Ford Motor Co.

   

63,854

   

$

742,622

   

Tesla, Inc. (b)

   

1,809

     

222,833

   
         

965,455

   

Entertainment (1.2%)

 

Walt Disney Co. (b)

   

14,532

     

1,262,540

   

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure (2.0%)

 

Airbnb, Inc. Class A (b)

   

5,162

     

441,351

   

McDonald's Corp.

   

6,698

     

1,765,124

   
         

2,206,475

   

Internet & Catalog Retail (2.9%)

 

Amazon.com, Inc. (b)

   

38,198

     

3,208,632

   

Specialty Retail (1.9%)

 

TJX Cos., Inc.

   

26,502

     

2,109,559

   

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods (1.5%)

 

NIKE, Inc. Class B

   

13,753

     

1,609,238

   

Consumer Staples (7.6%)

 

Beverages (2.9%)

 
Constellation Brands, Inc.
Class A
   

6,837

     

1,584,475

   

Monster Beverage Corp. (b)

   

15,570

     

1,580,822

   
         

3,165,297

   

Food & Staples Retailing (1.2%)

 

Sysco Corp.

   

16,091

     

1,230,157

   

Household Products (3.5%)

 

Colgate-Palmolive Co.

   

14,630

     

1,152,697

   

Procter & Gamble Co.

   

17,707

     

2,683,673

   
         

3,836,370

   

Energy (3.9%)

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels (3.9%)

 

ConocoPhillips

   

12,788

     

1,508,984

   

EOG Resources, Inc.

   

20,661

     

2,676,013

   
         

4,184,997

   

Financial (12.1%)

 

Capital Markets (2.9%)

 

Charles Schwab Corp.

   

14,299

     

1,190,535

   

Morgan Stanley

   

23,002

     

1,955,630

   
         

3,146,165

   

Commercial Banks (5.2%)

 

Bank of America Corp.

   

56,907

     

1,884,760

   

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

   

20,373

     

2,732,019

   
PNC Financial Services
Group, Inc.
   

6,296

     

994,390

   
         

5,611,169

   

Consumer Finance (1.5%)

 

American Express Co.

   

11,323

     

1,672,973

   
   

Shares

 

Value(a)

 

Insurance (2.5%)

 

Chubb Ltd. (c)

   

6,934

   

$

1,529,640

   

Progressive Corp.

   

9,326

     

1,209,676

   
         

2,739,316

   

Health Care (18.5%)

 

Biotechnology (2.9%)

 
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals,
Inc. (b)
   

2,375

     

1,713,539

   
Vertex Pharmaceuticals,
Inc. (b)
   

4,953

     

1,430,327

   
         

3,143,866

   

Health Care Equipment & Supplies (5.2%)

 

Abbott Laboratories

   

12,956

     

1,422,439

   

Becton Dickinson & Co.

   

6,020

     

1,530,886

   

Danaher Corp.

   

5,685

     

1,508,913

   

Hologic, Inc. (b)

   

16,456

     

1,231,073

   
         

5,693,311

   

Health Care Providers & Services (4.3%)

 
Laboratory Corp. of America
Holdings
   

4,158

     

979,126

   

UnitedHealth Group, Inc.

   

6,992

     

3,707,018

   
         

4,686,144

   

Life Sciences Tools & Services (1.8%)

 
Thermo Fisher Scientific,
Inc.
   

3,563

     

1,962,109

   

Pharmaceuticals (4.3%)

 

Eli Lilly & Co.

   

6,294

     

2,302,597

   

Pfizer, Inc.

   

46,402

     

2,377,639

   
         

4,680,236

   

Industrials (9.5%)

 

Aerospace & Defense (1.6%)

 

Raytheon Technologies Corp.

   

17,525

     

1,768,623

   

Building Products (2.0%)

 
Fortune Brands Innovations,
Inc.
   

12,310

     

703,024

   
Johnson Controls
International PLC (c)
   

22,672

     

1,451,008

   
         

2,154,032

   

Commercial Services & Supplies (0.7%)

 

Republic Services, Inc.

   

5,768

     

744,014

   

Electrical Equipment (1.3%)

 

AMETEK, Inc.

   

10,290

     

1,437,719

   

Machinery (3.9%)

 

Deere & Co.

   

4,020

     

1,723,615

   

IDEX Corp.

   

5,371

     

1,226,360

   

Illinois Tool Works, Inc.

   

5,919

     

1,303,956

   
         

4,253,931

   

See accompanying notes to financial statements.
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Value(a)

 

Information Technology (30.4%)

 

Communications Equipment (2.5%)

 

F5, Inc. (b)

   

5,859

   

$

840,825

   

Motorola Solutions, Inc.

   

7,218

     

1,860,151

   
         

2,700,976

   

Computers & Peripherals (5.2%)

 

Apple, Inc.

   

37,365

     

4,854,835

   

NetApp, Inc.

   

14,273

     

857,236

   
         

5,712,071

   

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components (2.0%)

 

CDW Corp.

   

6,879

     

1,228,452

   

Corning, Inc.

   

30,165

     

963,470

   
         

2,191,922

   

Interactive Media & Services (5.1%)

 

Alphabet, Inc. Class A (b)

   

52,844

     

4,662,426

   

GoDaddy, Inc. Class A (b)

   

11,600

     

867,912

   
         

5,530,338

   

IT Services (3.4%)

 

Global Payments, Inc.

   

6,465

     

642,104

   

Leidos Holdings, Inc.

   

10,185

     

1,071,360

   

Mastercard, Inc. Class A

   

5,731

     

1,992,840

   
         

3,706,304

   

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment (4.8%)

 
Advanced Micro Devices,
Inc. (b)
   

11,308

     

732,419

   

KLA Corp.

   

3,443

     

1,298,114

   

NVIDIA Corp.

   

2,777

     

405,831

   

QUALCOMM, Inc.

   

9,240

     

1,015,846

   

Texas Instruments, Inc.

   

10,713

     

1,770,002

   
         

5,222,212

   

Software (7.4%)

 

Microsoft Corp.

   

23,356

     

5,601,236

   

Palo Alto Networks, Inc. (b)

   

5,608

     

782,540

   

Salesforce, Inc. (b)

   

7,296

     

967,377

   

Workday, Inc. Class A (b)

   

4,172

     

698,101

   
         

8,049,254

   
   

Shares

 

Value(a)

 

Materials (1.1%)

 

Chemicals (1.1%)

 

PPG Industries, Inc.

   

9,646

   

$

1,212,888

   

Real Estate (1.7%)

 

Industrial REITs (1.0%)

 

Prologis, Inc.

   

9,274

     

1,045,458

   

Residential REITs (0.7%)

 

AvalonBay Communities, Inc.

   

4,644

     

750,099

   

Utilities (3.7%)

 

Electric Utilities (3.7%)

 
American Electric
Power Co., Inc.
   

17,730

     

1,683,463

   

Duke Energy Corp.

   

13,538

     

1,394,279

   

Eversource Energy

   

10,628

     

891,052

   
         

3,968,794

   
Total common stocks
(cost: $78,145,459)
       

107,562,644

   

Short-Term Securities (1.7%)

 

Investment Companies (1.7%)

 
State Street Institutional
U.S. Government Money
Market Fund, current
rate 4.120%
   

1,856,525

     

1,856,525

   
Total short-term securities
(cost: $1,856,525)
       

1,856,525

   
Total investments in securities
(cost: $80,001,984) (d)
       

109,419,169

   
Liabilities in excess of cash
and other assets (-0.6%)
       

(655,187

)

 

Total net assets (100.0%)

     

$

108,763,982

   

Investments in Securities Legend

(a)  Securities are valued by procedures described in Note 2 of the notes to financial statements.

(b)  Non-income producing security.

(c)  Foreign security: The Fund held 2.7% of net assets in foreign securities at December 31, 2022.

(d)  At December 31, 2022, the cost of investments for federal income tax purposes was $80,077,146. The aggregate unrealized appreciation and depreciation of investments based on this cost were:

Gross unrealized appreciation

 

$

34,225,281

   

Gross unrealized depreciation

   

(4,883,258

)

 

Net unrealized appreciation

 

$

29,342,023

   

See accompanying notes to financial statements.
103


Securian Funds Trust

Statements of Assets and Liabilities

December 31, 2022

    SFT
Balanced
Stabilization
Fund
  SFT
Core Bond
Fund
  SFT
Delaware
IvySM Growth
Fund
  SFT
Delaware
IvySM Small
Cap Growth
Fund
  SFT
Equity
Stabilization
Fund(a)
  SFT
Government
Money
Market
Fund
 

Assets

                                                 
Investments in securities, at market value – see
accompanying schedule for detailed listing*
 

Unaffiliated issuers

 

$

385,831,229

   

$

535,540,895

   

$

478,441,948

   

$

141,317,006

   

$

324,226,980

   

$

223,066,013

   

Affiliated issuers (Note 8)

   

234,734,959

     

     

     

     

     

   

Cash on demand deposit

   

9,000,000

     

59,214

     

     

     

7,225,000

     

   

Due from broker1,3

   

     

1,315,000

     

     

     

500,000

     

   

Foreign currency on deposit2

   

     

6

     

     

     

     

   

Receivable:

 

Fund shares sold

   

     

319

     

     

     

     

   

Investment securities sold

   

12,745,189

     

1,317,625

     

423,466

     

151,433

     

     

   
Investment securities sold on a when-issued or forward – commitment
basis (Note 2)
   

     

15,147

     

     

     

     

   

Investment securities sold on a TBA basis (Note 2)

   

     

5,799,770

     

     

     

     

   
Dividends and accrued interest    

2,766,172

     

2,230,671

     

192,592

     

53,935

     

84,924

     

77,989

   

Refundable foreign income taxes withheld

   

     

     

     

     

     

   

Variation margin on futures contracts

   

106,425

     

     

     

     

3,085

     

   

Unrealized appreciation on forward foreign currency contracts

   

     

     

     

     

     

   

Prepaid expenses

   

11,611

     

11,610

     

11,440

     

11,440

     

11,440

     

13,767

   
Total assets    

645,195,585

     

546,290,257

     

479,069,446

     

141,533,814

     

332,051,429

     

223,157,769

   

Liabilities

                                                 

Payable:

 

Fund shares repurchased

   

98,761

     

540,591

     

162,208

     

20,880

     

486,822

     

516,570

   
Investment securities purchased    

19,077,411

     

11,645,973

     

     

183,722

     

2,888,042

     

   
Investment securities purchased on a when-issued or forward –
commitment basis (Note 2)
   

     

413,515

     

     

     

     

   

Investment securities purchased on a TBA basis (Note 2)

   

     

94,324,118

     

     

     

     

   

Adviser

   

438,261

     

252,853

     

382,890

     

142,244

     

234,170

     

106,665

   

Variation margin on futures contracts

   

     

38,414

     

     

     

     

   

Accrued expenses

   

77,623

     

117,095

     

65,179

     

49,176

     

48,833

     

52,736

   

Unrealized depreciation on forward foreign currency contracts

   

     

     

     

     

     

   

Options written at value4

   

91,489

     

     

     

     

48,560

     

   
Total liabilities    

19,783,545

     

107,332,559

     

610,277

     

396,022

     

3,706,427

     

675,971

   

Net assets applicable to outstanding capital stock

 

$

625,412,040

   

$

438,957,698

   

$

478,459,169

   

$

141,137,792

   

$

328,345,002

   

$

222,481,798

   

Net Assets Consist of:

 

Paid in capital**

 

$

407,036,216

   

$

390,993,488

   

$

(48,329,136

)

 

$

19,048,767

   

$

271,328,377

   

$

222,479,733

   
Total distributable earnings    

218,375,824

     

47,964,210

     

526,788,305

     

122,089,025

     

57,016,625

     

2,065

   

Net assets

 

$

625,412,040

   

$

438,957,698

   

$

478,459,169

   

$

141,137,792

   

$

328,345,002

   

$

222,481,798

   

Net assets by class:

 

Class 1

 

$

N/A

   

$

7,302,723

   

$

N/A

   

$

N/A

   

$

N/A

   

$

N/A

   
Class 2    

625,412,040

     

431,654,975

     

478,459,169

     

141,137,792

     

328,345,002

     

222,481,798

   

Net asset value per share of outstanding capital stock by class:

 

Class 1

   

N/A

     

2.364

     

N/A

     

N/A

     

N/A

     

N/A

   

Class 2

   

18.534

     

2.282

     

27.100

     

19.561

     

12.969

     

1.000

   

* Identified cost

 

Unaffiliated issuers

 

$

402,380,347

   

$

572,296,662

   

$

335,379,475

   

$

143,747,611

   

$

288,158,507

   

$

223,066,013

   

Affiliated issuers

   

107,000,000

     

     

     

     

     

   

** Shares outstanding by class:

 

Class 1

   

N/A

     

3,089,179

     

N/A

     

N/A

     

N/A

     

N/A

   

Class 2

   

33,744,926

     

189,124,958

     

17,655,472

     

7,215,281

     

25,318,090

     

222,481,798

   
1 Cash collateral for open futures contracts  

$

   

$

1,315,000

   

$

   

$

   

$

500,000

   

$

   
2 Foreign currency on deposit (cost)  

$

   

$

5

   

$

   

$

   

$

   

$

   
3 Collateral for open foreign currency contracts  

$

   

$

   

$

   

$

   

$

   

$

   
4 Premiums received  

$

279,314

   

$

   

$

   

$

   

$

148,314

   

$

   

See accompanying notes to financial statements.
104


    SFT
Index 400
Mid-Cap
Fund
  SFT
Index 500
Fund
  SFT
International
Bond
Fund
  SFT
Real Estate
Securities
Fund
  SFT
T. Rowe Price
Value
Fund
  SFT
Wellington
Core Equity
Fund
 

Assets

                                                 
Investments in securities, at market value – see
accompanying schedule for detailed listing*
 

Unaffiliated issuers

 

$

197,630,957

   

$

991,703,612

   

$

78,826,486

   

$

115,494,996

   

$

185,943,473

   

$

109,419,169

   

Affiliated issuers (Note 8)

   

     

     

     

     

     

   

Cash on demand deposit

   

     

5,685

     

     

     

22,442

     

   

Due from broker1,3

   

     

     

497,450

     

     

     

   

Foreign currency on deposit2

   

     

     

30,600

     

     

261

     

   

Receivable:

 

Fund shares sold

   

21,741

     

88,148

     

382

     

2,751

     

     

   

Investment securities sold

   

     

     

     

155,083

     

290,045

     

   
Investment securities sold on a when-issued or forward – commitment
basis (Note 2)
   

     

     

     

     

     

   

Investment securities sold on a TBA basis (Note 2)

   

     

     

     

     

     

   
Dividends and accrued interest    

274,905

     

918,321

     

1,017,870

     

376,314

     

240,585

     

60,563

   

Refundable foreign income taxes withheld

   

     

     

3,374

     

     

10,513

     

   

Variation margin on futures contracts

   

     

     

9,528

     

     

     

   

Unrealized appreciation on forward foreign currency contracts

   

     

     

99,187

     

     

     

   

Prepaid expenses

   

11,440

     

11,440

     

11,440

     

11,440

     

30,930

     

11,440

   
Total assets    

197,939,043

     

992,727,206

     

80,496,317

     

116,040,584

     

186,538,249

     

109,491,172

   

Liabilities

                                                 

Payable:

 

Fund shares repurchased

   

93,570

     

4,691,154

     

15,313

     

51,194

     

42,247

     

15,397

   
Investment securities purchased    

     

     

     

79,054

     

1,180,443

     

573,211

   
Investment securities purchased on a when-issued or forward –
commitment basis (Note 2)
   

     

     

     

     

     

   

Investment securities purchased on a TBA basis (Note 2)

   

     

     

     

     

     

   

Adviser

   

69,068

     

280,670

     

66,554

     

99,483

     

152,842

     

90,799

   

Variation margin on futures contracts

   

46,910

     

62,398

     

     

     

     

   

Accrued expenses

   

61,469

     

109,185

     

93,407

     

52,534

     

53,480

     

47,783

   

Unrealized depreciation on forward foreign currency contracts

   

     

     

1,838,800

     

     

     

   

Options written at value4

   

     

     

     

     

     

   
Total liabilities    

271,017

     

5,143,407

     

2,014,074

     

282,265

     

1,429,012

     

727,190

   

Net assets applicable to outstanding capital stock

 

$

197,668,026

   

$

987,583,799

   

$

78,482,243

   

$

115,758,319

   

$

185,109,237

   

$

108,763,982

   

Net Assets Consist of:

 

Paid in capital**

 

$

(51,322,689

)

 

$

(131,066,274

)

 

$

96,703,833

   

$

(7,500,451

)

 

$

37,964,769

   

$

10,521,871

   
Total distributable earnings    

248,990,715

     

1,118,650,073

     

(18,221,590

)

   

123,258,770

     

147,144,468

     

98,242,111

   

Net assets

 

$

197,668,026

   

$

987,583,799

   

$

78,482,243

   

$

115,758,319

   

$

185,109,237

   

$

108,763,982

   

Net assets by class:

 

Class 1

 

$

28,379,168

   

$

322,374,733

   

$

1,721,136

   

$

11,211,677

   

$

N/A

   

$

3,843,062

   
Class 2    

169,288,858

     

665,209,066

     

76,761,107

     

104,546,642

     

185,109,237

     

104,920,920

   

Net asset value per share of outstanding capital stock by class:

 

Class 1

   

6.745

     

16.502

     

2.116

     

5.885

     

N/A

     

22.365

   

Class 2

   

6.513

     

15.936

     

2.045

     

5.683

     

19.905

     

21.885

   

* Identified cost

 

Unaffiliated issuers

 

$

155,800,494

   

$

375,970,136

   

$

87,979,625

   

$

125,363,012

   

$

180,128,764

   

$

80,001,984

   

Affiliated issuers

   

     

     

     

     

     

   

** Shares outstanding by class:

 

Class 1

   

4,207,696

     

19,535,630

     

813,306

     

1,904,998

     

N/A

     

171,833

   

Class 2

   

25,992,692

     

41,742,853

     

37,544,471

     

18,397,530

     

9,299,498

     

4,794,138

   
1 Cash collateral for open futures contracts  

$

   

$

   

$

307,450

   

$

   

$

   

$

   
2 Foreign currency on deposit (cost)  

$

   

$

   

$

31,735

   

$

   

$

261

   

$

   
3 Collateral for open foreign currency contracts  

$

   

$

   

$

190,000

   

$

   

$

   

$

   
4 Premiums received  

$

   

$

   

$

   

$

   

$

   

$

   


105


Securian Funds Trust

Statements of Operations

Year ended December 31, 2022

    SFT
Balanced
Stabilization
Fund
  SFT
Core Bond
Fund
  SFT
Delaware
IvySM Growth
Fund
  SFT
Delaware
IvySM Small
Cap Growth
Fund
  SFT
Equity
Stabilization
Fund(a)
  SFT
Government
Money
Market
Fund
 

Income:

 

Interest1

 

$

7,095,302

   

$

14,668,014

   

$

   

$

   

$

   

$

3,069,896

   

Dividends1

   

3,159,677

     

160,249

     

3,779,682

     

729,500

     

7,349,301

     

517,395

   

Foreign tax withholding

   

     

     

(43,160

)

   

     

     

   

Total investment income

   

10,254,979

     

14,828,263

     

3,736,522

     

729,500

     

7,349,301

     

3,587,291

   

Expenses (Note 4):

 

Investment advisory fee

   

3,594,312

     

1,899,176

     

3,522,880

     

1,377,838

     

1,865,667

     

546,785

   

Rule 12b-1 fees

   

1,633,778

     

1,169,037

     

1,360,089

     

405,247

     

848,031

     

546,785

   

Audit and accounting services

   

237,433

     

277,725

     

160,683

     

109,540

     

127,007

     

138,503

   

Administrative services fee

   

39,099

     

45,099

     

35,098

     

35,098

     

39,099

     

58,101

   

Legal fees

   

29,101

     

29,101

     

29,101

     

29,101

     

29,101

     

29,101

   

Custodian fees

   

15,100

     

33,756

     

12,301

     

16,801

     

14,899

     

9,702

   

Printing and shareholder reports

   

8,599

     

8,599

     

8,599

     

8,599

     

8,599

     

8,399

   

Trustee's fees

   

38,458

     

38,458

     

38,458

     

38,458

     

38,458

     

38,458

   

S&P licensing fee

   

     

     

     

     

     

   

Insurance

   

12,665

     

12,665

     

12,665

     

12,665

     

12,665

     

12,665

   

Other

   

7,353

     

20,445

     

42,956

     

31,758

     

16,446

     

12,243

   

Total expenses before fees waived

   

5,615,898

     

3,534,061

     

5,222,830

     

2,065,105

     

2,999,972

     

1,400,742

   

Less fees waived (Note 4)

   

     

     

     

     

     

(348,440

)

 

Total expenses net of fees waived

   

5,615,898

     

3,534,061

     

5,222,830

     

2,065,105

     

2,999,972

     

1,052,302

   

Net investment income (loss)

   

4,639,081

     

11,294,202

     

(1,486,308

)

   

(1,335,605

)

   

4,349,329

     

2,534,989

   
Realized gains (losses) on investments and foreign
currencies:
 

Investments (Note 3)

 

Unaffiliated issuers

   

(5,869,240

)

   

(35,171,287

)

   

22,834,638

     

1,195,339

     

10,476,268

     

   

Written options contracts

   

424,854

     

     

     

     

568,144

     

   

Foreign currency transactions

   

     

     

     

     

     

   

Foreign forward currency contracts

   

     

     

     

     

     

   

Net increase from litigation payments

   

     

41,752

     

     

25,755

     

     

   

Futures contracts

   

5,062,663

     

(2,784,352

)

   

     

     

(10,514,880

)

   

   

Net change in unrealized appreciation or depreciation on:

 

Investments

 
Unaffiliated issuers, net of foreign capital gains tax    

(44,832,276

)

   

(48,291,558

)

   

(208,274,945

)

   

(53,902,189

)

   

(41,184,950

)

   

   

Affiliated issuers (Note 8)

   

(52,479,679

)

   

     

     

     

     

   

Written options contracts

   

187,588

     

     

     

     

99,660

     

   

Translation of assets and liabilities in foreign currency

   

     

1

     

     

     

     

   

Foreign forward currency contracts

   

     

     

     

     

     

   

Futures contracts

   

1,349,336

     

44,662

     

     

     

266,391

     

   
Net gains (losses) on investments    

(96,156,754

)

   

(86,160,782

)

   

(185,440,307

)

   

(52,681,095

)

   

(40,289,367

)

   

   
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from
operations
 

$

(91,517,673

)

 

$

(74,866,580

)

 

$

(186,926,615

)

 

$

(54,016,700

)

 

$

(35,940,038

)

 

$

2,534,989

   

1  All income is from unaffiliated issuers.

See accompanying notes to financial statements.
106


    SFT
Index 400
Mid-Cap
Fund
  SFT
Index 500
Fund
  SFT
International
Bond
Fund
  SFT
Real Estate
Securities
Fund
  SFT
T. Rowe Price
Value
Fund
  SFT
Wellington
Core Equity
Fund
 

Income:

 

Interest1

 

$

13,351

   

$

6,683

   

$

3,082,332

   

$

   

$

85,723

   

$

56

   

Dividends1

   

3,052,276

     

17,152,410

     

39,097

     

3,438,507

     

3,902,127

     

1,796,141

   

Foreign tax withholding

   

(3,148

)

   

(3,974

)

   

(24,946

)

   

     

(60,552

)

   

(7,169

)

 

Total investment income

   

3,062,479

     

17,155,119

     

3,096,483

     

3,438,507

     

3,927,298

     

1,789,028

   

Expenses (Note 4):

 

Investment advisory fee

   

307,452

     

1,552,501

     

507,470

     

940,102

     

1,343,326

     

775,985

   

Rule 12b-1 fees

   

446,758

     

1,817,289

     

207,096

     

307,258

     

501,241

     

290,483

   

Audit and accounting services

   

130,956

     

234,675

     

153,014

     

126,175

     

110,211

     

114,368

   

Administrative services fee

   

35,098

     

35,098

     

49,100

     

35,098

     

35,098

     

35,098

   

Legal fees

   

29,101

     

41,300

     

29,101

     

29,101

     

29,101

     

29,101

   

Custodian fees

   

17,400

     

18,998

     

49,889

     

13,001

     

44,800

     

15,100

   

Printing and shareholder reports

   

8,599

     

8,599

     

8,599

     

8,599

     

8,599

     

8,599

   

Trustee's fees

   

38,458

     

38,458

     

38,458

     

38,458

     

38,458

     

38,458

   

S&P licensing fee

   

20,355

     

62,591

     

     

     

     

   

Insurance

   

12,665

     

12,665

     

12,665

     

12,665

     

12,665

     

12,665

   

Other

   

10,569

     

32,770

     

21,478

     

8,668

     

31,773

     

8,578

   

Total expenses before fees waived

   

1,057,411

     

3,854,944

     

1,076,870

     

1,519,125

     

2,155,272

     

1,328,435

   

Less fees waived (Note 4)

   

     

     

     

     

     

   

Total expenses net of fees waived

   

1,057,411

     

3,854,944

     

1,076,870

     

1,519,125

     

2,155,272

     

1,328,435

   

Net investment income (loss)

   

2,005,068

     

13,300,175

     

2,019,613

     

1,919,382

     

1,772,026

     

460,593

   
Realized gains (losses) on investments and foreign
currencies:
 

Investments (Note 3)

 

Unaffiliated issuers

   

8,500,797

     

13,540,964

     

(1,683,074

)

   

11,797,899

     

8,292,243

     

3,350,908

   

Written options contracts

   

     

     

     

     

     

   

Foreign currency transactions

   

     

     

(86,827

)

   

     

(7,553

)

   

   

Foreign forward currency contracts

   

22,111

     

15,172

     

2,059,228

     

     

15,537

     

23,214

   

Net increase from litigation payments

   

     

     

19,201

     

     

     

   

Futures contracts

   

(1,780,923

)

   

(4,074,989

)

   

(2,999,704

)

   

     

     

   

Net change in unrealized appreciation or depreciation on:

 

Investments

 
Unaffiliated issuers, net of foreign capital gains tax    

(40,073,756

)

   

(246,609,124

)

   

(7,097,260

)

   

(55,799,207

)

   

(37,095,919

)

   

(31,436,967

)

 

Affiliated issuers (Note 8)

   

     

     

     

     

     

   

Written options contracts

   

     

     

     

     

     

   

Translation of assets and liabilities in foreign currency

   

     

     

12,518

     

     

230

     

   

Foreign forward currency contracts

   

     

     

(1,987,630

)

   

     

     

   

Futures contracts

   

(432,355

)

   

(1,244,501

)

   

(44,386

)

   

     

     

   
Net gains (losses) on investments    

(33,764,126

)

   

(238,372,478

)

   

(11,807,934

)

   

(44,001,308

)

   

(28,795,462

)

   

(28,062,845

)

 
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from
operations
 

$

(31,759,058

)

 

$

(225,072,303

)

 

$

(9,788,321

)

 

$

(42,081,926

)

 

$

(27,023,436

)

 

$

(27,602,252

)

 


107


Securian Funds Trust

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

Year ended December 31, 2022 and year ended December 31, 2021

    SFT
Balanced
Stabilization
Fund
  SFT
Core Bond
Fund
  SFT
Delaware
IvySM Growth
Fund
 
   

2022

 

2021

 

2022

 

2021

 

2022

 

2021

 

Operations:

 

Net investment income (loss)

 

$

4,639,081

   

$

680,135

   

$

11,294,202

   

$

9,127,135

   

$

(1,486,308

)

 

$

(2,511,586

)

 

Net realized gains (losses) on investments

   

(381,723

)

   

30,773,557

     

(37,913,887

)

   

(467,086

)

   

22,834,638

     

80,994,825

   
Net change in unrealized appreciation or
depreciation of investments
   

(95,775,031

)

   

57,575,189

     

(48,246,895

)

   

(11,323,520

)

   

(208,274,945

)

   

95,694,143

   
Net increase (decrease) in net assets
resulting from operations
   

(91,517,673

)

   

89,028,881

     

(74,866,580

)

   

(2,663,471

)

   

(186,926,615

)

   

174,177,382

   

Distributions to shareholders:

 

From distributable earnings

 

Class 2

   

     

     

     

     

     

   

Decrease in net assets from distributions

   

     

     

     

     

     

   

Capital stock transactions:

 

Proceeds from sales

 

Class 1

   

     

     

3,230,634

     

2,557,649

     

     

   

Class 2

   

29,621,512

     

20,502,040

     

16,187,058

     

57,112,903

     

3,132,710

     

533,469

   

Value of distributions reinvested

 

Class 2

   

     

     

     

     

     

   

Payments for redemption of shares

 

Class 1

   

     

     

(2,572,439

)

   

(321,527

)

   

     

   

Class 2

   

(42,234,628

)

   

(58,176,028

)

   

(33,351,620

)

   

(23,367,538

)

   

(43,183,443

)

   

(75,521,572

)

 
Increase (decrease) in net assets from
capital stock transactions
   

(12,613,116

)

   

(37,673,988

)

   

(16,506,367

)

   

35,981,487

     

(40,050,733

)

   

(74,988,103

)

 
Total increase (decrease) in net assets    

(104,130,789

)

   

51,354,893

     

(91,372,947

)

   

33,318,016

     

(226,977,348

)

   

99,189,279

   

Net assets at beginning of period

   

729,542,829

     

678,187,936

     

530,330,645

     

497,012,629

     

705,436,517

     

606,247,238

   

Net assets at end of period

 

$

625,412,040

   

$

729,542,829

   

$

438,957,698

   

$

530,330,645

   

$

478,459,169

   

$

705,436,517

   

Capital share transactions:

 

Proceeds from sales

 

Class 1

   

     

     

1,322,960

     

931,524

     

     

   

Class 2

   

1,556,915

     

1,040,728

     

6,535,013

     

21,495,901

     

111,963

     

18,676

   

Issued on reinvestment of distributions

 

Class 2

   

     

     

     

     

     

   

Payments for redemption of shares

 

Class 1

   

     

     

(1,055,792

)

   

(117,009

)

   

     

   

Class 2

   

(2,209,032

)

   

(2,916,842

)

   

(13,939,714

)

   

(8,812,950

)

   

(1,418,840

)

   

(2,287,884

)

 

Net change from capital transactions

   

(652,117

)

   

(1,876,114

)

   

(7,137,533

)

   

13,497,466

     

(1,306,877

)

   

(2,269,208

)

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.
108


    SFT
Delaware
IvySM Small
Cap Growth
Fund
  SFT
Equity
Stabilization
Fund
 
   

2022

 

2021

 

2022

 

2021

 

Operations:

 

Net investment income (loss)

 

$

(1,335,605

)

 

$

(1,843,532

)

 

$

4,349,329

   

$

4,062,284

   

Net realized gains (losses) on investments

   

1,221,094

     

35,934,114

     

529,532

     

13,648,891

   
Net change in unrealized appreciation or
depreciation of investments
   

(53,902,189

)

   

(23,831,963

)

   

(40,818,899

)

   

23,514,377

   
Net increase (decrease) in net assets
resulting from operations
   

(54,016,700

)

   

10,258,619

     

(35,940,038

)

   

41,225,552

   

Distributions to shareholders:

 

From distributable earnings

 

Class 2

   

     

     

     

   

Decrease in net assets from distributions

   

     

     

     

   

Capital stock transactions:

 

Proceeds from sales

 

Class 1

   

     

     

     

   

Class 2

   

2,356,271

     

1,835,165

     

14,861,373

     

11,333,212

   

Value of distributions reinvested

 

Class 2

   

     

     

     

   

Payments for redemption of shares

 

Class 1

   

     

     

     

   

Class 2

   

(11,868,005

)

   

(19,261,342

)

   

(22,909,068

)

   

(35,808,323

)

 
Increase (decrease) in net assets from
capital stock transactions
   

(9,511,734

)

   

(17,426,177

)

   

(8,047,695

)

   

(24,475,111

)

 
Total increase (decrease) in net assets    

(63,528,434

)

   

(7,167,558

)

   

(43,987,733

)

   

16,750,441

   

Net assets at beginning of period

   

204,666,226

     

211,833,784

     

372,332,735

     

355,582,294

   

Net assets at end of period

 

$

141,137,792

   

$

204,666,226

   

$

328,345,002

   

$

372,332,735

   

Capital share transactions:

 

Proceeds from sales

 

Class 1

   

     

     

     

   

Class 2

   

109,498

     

67,382

     

1,134,473

     

820,033

   

Issued on reinvestment of distributions

 

Class 2

   

     

     

     

   

Payments for redemption of shares

 

Class 1

   

     

     

     

   

Class 2

   

(545,360

)

   

(697,889

)

   

(1,739,173

)

   

(2,668,223

)

 

Net change from capital transactions

   

(435,862

)

   

(630,507

)

   

(604,700

)

   

(1,848,190

)

 


109


Securian Funds Trust

Statements of Changes in Net Assets – continued

Year ended December 31, 2022 and year ended December 31, 2021

    SFT
Government
Money Market
Fund
  SFT
Index 400
Mid-Cap
Fund
  SFT
Index 500
Fund
 
   

2022

 

2021

 

2022

 

2021

 

2022

 

2021

 

Operations:

 

Net investment income (loss)

 

$

2,534,989

   

$

   

$

2,005,068

   

$

1,652,494

   

$

13,300,175

   

$

11,323,005

   

Net realized gains (losses) on investments

   

     

     

6,741,985

     

25,848,251

     

9,481,147

     

54,598,627

   
Net change in unrealized appreciation or
depreciation of investments
   

     

     

(40,506,111

)

   

19,807,664

     

(247,853,625

)

   

208,627,322

   
Net increase (decrease) in net assets
resulting from operations
   

2,534,989

     

     

(31,759,058

)

   

47,308,409

     

(225,072,303

)

   

274,548,954

   

Distributions to shareholders:

 

From distributable earnings

 

Class 2

   

(2,534,989

)

   

     

     

     

     

   

Decrease in net assets from distributions

   

(2,534,989

)

   

     

     

     

     

   

Capital stock transactions:

 

Proceeds from sales

 

Class 1

   

     

     

7,357,506

     

5,959,281

     

30,015,096

     

29,049,479

   

Class 2

   

84,358,046

     

38,077,001

     

2,800,098

     

2,325,362

     

18,902,724

     

19,582,173

   

Value of distributions reinvested

 

Class 2

   

2,534,989

     

     

     

     

     

   

Payments for redemption of shares

 

Class 1

   

     

     

(747,878

)

   

(573,325

)

   

(4,441,720

)

   

(14,455,661

)

 

Class 2

   

(61,489,586

)

   

(37,875,640

)

   

(13,137,316

)

   

(26,036,416

)

   

(59,775,837

)

   

(84,212,900

)

 
Increase (decrease) in net assets from
capital stock transactions
   

25,403,449

     

201,361

     

(3,727,590

)

   

(18,325,098

)

   

(15,299,737

)

   

(50,036,909

)

 

Total increase (decrease) in net assets

   

25,403,449

     

201,361

     

(35,486,648

)

   

28,983,311

     

(240,372,040

)

   

224,512,045

   

Net assets at beginning of period

   

197,078,349

     

196,876,988

     

233,154,674

     

204,171,363

     

1,227,955,839

     

1,003,443,794

   

Net assets at end of period

 

$

222,481,798

   

$

197,078,349

   

$

197,668,026

   

$

233,154,674

   

$

987,583,799

   

$

1,227,955,839

   

Capital share transactions:

 

Proceeds from sales

 

Class 1

   

     

     

1,065,896

     

803,253

     

1,712,141

     

1,537,397

   

Class 2

   

84,358,046

     

38,077,001

     

422,867

     

326,818

     

1,128,392

     

1,090,964

   

Issued on reinvestment of distributions

 

Class 2

   

2,534,989

     

     

     

     

     

   

Payments for redemption of shares

 

Class 1

   

     

     

(110,879

)

   

(78,858

)

   

(263,959

)

   

(745,439

)

 

Class 2

   

(61,489,586

)

   

(37,875,640

)

   

(2,001,142

)

   

(3,734,848

)

   

(3,521,706

)

   

(4,855,719

)

 

Net change from capital transactions

   

25,403,449

     

201,361

     

(623,258

)

   

(2,683,635

)

   

(945,132

)

   

(2,972,797

)

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.
110


    SFT
International Bond
Fund
  SFT
Real Estate
Securities
Fund
 
   

2022

 

2021

 

2022

 

2021

 

Operations:

 

Net investment income (loss)

 

$

2,019,613

   

$

831,779

   

$

1,919,382

   

$

1,254,508

   

Net realized gains (losses) on investments

   

(2,691,176

)

   

(9,883,969

)

   

11,797,899

     

18,190,448

   
Net change in unrealized appreciation or
depreciation of investments
   

(9,116,758

)

   

5,392,471

     

(55,799,207

)

   

34,305,944

   
Net increase (decrease) in net assets
resulting from operations
   

(9,788,321

)

   

(3,659,719

)

   

(42,081,926

)

   

53,750,900

   

Distributions to shareholders:

 

From distributable earnings

 

Class 2

   

     

     

     

   

Decrease in net assets from distributions

   

     

     

     

   

Capital stock transactions:

 

Proceeds from sales

 

Class 1

   

354,918

     

685,192

     

2,477,049

     

3,897,473

   

Class 2

   

6,220,821

     

7,322,451

     

2,620,143

     

10,951,153

   

Value of distributions reinvested

 

Class 2

   

     

     

     

   

Payments for redemption of shares

 

Class 1

   

(215,972

)

   

(376,322

)

   

(983,199

)

   

(375,521

)

 

Class 2

   

(8,842,598

)

   

(4,372,840

)

   

(20,081,328

)

   

(20,337,710

)

 
Increase (decrease) in net assets from
capital stock transactions
   

(2,482,831

)

   

3,258,481

     

(15,967,335

)

   

(5,864,605

)

 

Total increase (decrease) in net assets

   

(12,271,152

)

   

(401,238

)

   

(58,049,261

)

   

47,886,295

   

Net assets at beginning of period

   

90,753,395

     

91,154,633

     

173,807,580

     

125,921,285

   

Net assets at end of period

 

$

78,482,243

   

$

90,753,395

   

$

115,758,319

   

$

173,807,580

   

Capital share transactions:

 

Proceeds from sales

 

Class 1

   

160,173

     

287,069

     

391,287

     

542,889

   

Class 2

   

2,857,112

     

3,148,037

     

450,796

     

1,590,621

   

Issued on reinvestment of distributions

 

Class 2

   

     

     

     

   

Payments for redemption of shares

 

Class 1

   

(98,419

)

   

(158,139

)

   

(144,006

)

   

(56,722

)

 

Class 2

   

(4,146,064

)

   

(1,885,931

)

   

(2,886,927

)

   

(3,079,110

)

 

Net change from capital transactions

   

(1,227,198

)

   

1,391,036

     

(2,188,850

)

   

(1,002,322

)

 


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Statements of Changes in Net Assets – continued

Year ended December 31, 2022 and year ended December 31, 2021

    SFT
T. Rowe Price
Value
Fund
  SFT
Wellington
Core Equity
Fund
 
   

2022

 

2021

 

2022

 

2021

 

Operations:

 

Net investment income (loss)

 

$

1,772,026

   

$

897,403

   

$

460,593

   

$

238,717

   

Net realized gains (losses) on investments

   

8,300,227

     

55,592,342

     

3,374,122

     

14,602,167

   
Net change in unrealized appreciation or
depreciation of investments
   

(37,095,689

)

   

696,317

     

(31,436,967

)

   

14,573,796

   
Net increase (decrease) in net assets
resulting from operations
   

(27,023,436

)

   

57,186,062

     

(27,602,252

)

   

29,414,680

   

Distributions to shareholders:

 

From distributable earnings

 

Class 2

   

     

     

     

   

Decrease in net assets from distributions

   

     

     

     

   

Capital stock transactions:

 

Proceeds from sales

 

Class 1

   

     

     

2,003,044

     

1,136,597

   

Class 2

   

3,145,151

     

10,386,456

     

644,745

     

885,222

   

Value of distributions reinvested

 

Class 2

   

     

     

     

   

Payments for redemption of shares

 

Class 1

   

     

     

(549,192

)

   

(304,280

)

 

Class 2

   

(30,345,304

)

   

(34,589,303

)

   

(10,492,245

)

   

(16,668,396

)

 
Increase (decrease) in net assets from
capital stock transactions
   

(27,200,153

)

   

(24,202,847

)

   

(8,393,648

)

   

(14,950,857

)

 

Total increase (decrease) in net assets

   

(54,223,589

)

   

32,983,215

     

(35,995,900

)

   

14,463,823

   

Net assets at beginning of period

   

239,332,826

     

206,349,611

     

144,759,882

     

130,296,059

   

Net assets at end of period

 

$

185,109,237

   

$

239,332,826

   

$

108,763,982

   

$

144,759,882

   

Capital share transactions:

 

Proceeds from sales

 

Class 1

   

     

     

86,449

     

43,942

   

Class 2

   

156,376

     

480,185

     

28,079

     

37,894

   

Issued on reinvestment of distributions

 

Class 2

   

     

     

     

   

Payments for redemption of shares

 

Class 1

   

     

     

(23,633

)

   

(12,427

)

 

Class 2

   

(1,478,169

)

   

(1,710,343

)

   

(450,239

)

   

(682,712

)

 

Net change from capital transactions

   

(1,321,793

)

   

(1,230,158

)

   

(359,344

)

   

(613,303

)

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.
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Financial Highlights

SFT Balanced Stabilization Fund

   

Class 2 Shares

 
   

Year ended December 31,

 
   

2022

 

2021

 

2020

 

2019

 

2018

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

 

$

21.210

   

$

18.697

   

$

16.892

   

$

13.983

   

$

14.401

   

Income from investment operations:

 

Net investment income (a)

   

.136

     

.019

     

.082

     

.185

     

.162

   
Net realized and unrealized gain(loss)
on investments
   

(2.812

)

   

2.494

     

1.723

     

2.724

     

(.580

)

 
Total from investment operations    

(2.676

)

   

2.513

     

1.805

     

2.909

     

(.418

)

 

Net asset value, end of period

 

$

18.534

   

$

21.210

   

$

18.697

   

$

16.892

   

$

13.983

   

Total return (b)

   

(12.62

)%

   

13.46

%

   

10.67

%

   

20.81

%

   

(2.90

)%

 

Net assets, end of period (in thousands)

 

$

625,412

   

$

729,543

   

$

678,188

   

$

577,805

   

$

415,233

   

Ratios to average net assets:

 

Expenses before waiver (c)

   

.86

%

   

.85

%

   

.86

%

   

.90

%

   

.98

%

 

Expenses (c)

   

.86

%

   

.84

%(d)

   

.80

%(d)

   

.80

%(d)

   

.80

%(d)

 

Net investment income

   

.71

%

   

.10

%

   

.48

%

   

1.18

%

   

1.12

%

 
Portfolio turnover rate (excluding
short-term securities)
   

12.0

%

   

5.8

%

   

%

   

1.2

%

   

2.2

%

 

(a)  Based on average shares outstanding during the year.

(b)  Total return figures are based on a share outstanding throughout the period and assume reinvestment of distributions at net asset value. Total return figures do not reflect charges pursuant to the terms of the variable life insurance policies and variable annuity contracts funded by separate accounts that invest in the Fund's shares.

(c)  In addition to fees and expenses which the Fund bears directly, the Fund indirectly bears a pro rata share of the fees and expenses of the acquired funds in which it invests. Such indirect expenses are not included in the above reported expense ratios.

(d)  Ratio is net of fees waived by the advisor and distributor (see Note 4).


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Financial Highlights – continued

SFT Core Bond Fund

   

Class 1 Shares

 
   

Year ended December 31,

 
   

2022

 

2021

 

2020

 

2019

 

2018

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

 

$

2.747

   

$

2.755

   

$

2.571

   

$

2.355

   

$

2.368

   

Income from investment operations:

 

Net investment income (a)

   

.065

     

.056

     

.067

     

.078

     

.077

   
Net realized and unrealized gain(loss)
on investments
   

(.448

)

   

(.064

)

   

.117

     

.138

     

(.090

)

 

Total from investment operations

   

(.383

)

   

(.008

)

   

.184

     

.216

     

(.013

)

 

Net asset value, end of period

 

$

2.364

   

$

2.747

   

$

2.755

   

$

2.571

   

$

2.355

   

Total return (b)

   

(13.93

)%

   

(0.29

)%

   

7.15

%

   

9.18

%

   

(0.59

)%

 

Net assets, end of period (in thousands)

 

$

7,303

   

$

7,751

   

$

5,530

   

$

5,060

   

$

3,640

   

Ratios to average net assets:

 

Expenses (c)

   

.50

%

   

.49

%

   

.48

%

   

.49

%

   

.50

%

 

Net investment income

   

2.62

%

   

2.03

%

   

2.52

%

   

3.11

%

   

3.29

%

 
Portfolio turnover rate (excluding
short-term securities)
   

139.2

%

   

67.3

%

   

93.0

%

   

130.4

%

   

151.1

%

 
   

Class 2 Shares

 
   

Year ended December 31,

 
   

2022

 

2021

 

2020

 

2019

 

2018

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

 

$

2.659

   

$

2.673

   

$

2.501

   

$

2.297

   

$

2.316

   

Income from investment operations:

 

Net investment income (a)

   

.057

     

.047

     

.059

     

.070

     

.069

   
Net realized and unrealized gain(loss)
on investments
   

(.434

)

   

(.061

)

   

.113

     

.134

     

(.088

)

 

Total from investment operations

   

(.377

)

   

(.014

)

   

.172

     

.204

     

(.019

)

 

Net asset value, end of period

 

$

2.282

   

$

2.659

   

$

2.673

   

$

2.501

   

$

2.297

   

Total return (b)

   

(14.17

)%

   

(0.54

)%

   

6.88

%

   

8.90

%

   

(0.84

)%

 

Net assets, end of period (in thousands)

 

$

431,655

   

$

522,580

   

$

491,483

   

$

482,818

   

$

434,229

   

Ratios to average net assets:

 

Expenses (c)

   

.75

%

   

.74

%

   

.73

%

   

.74

%

   

.75

%

 

Net investment income

   

2.38

%

   

1.78

%

   

2.28

%

   

2.87

%

   

3.04

%

 
Portfolio turnover rate (excluding
short-term securities)
   

139.2

%

   

67.3

%

   

93.0

%

   

130.4

%

   

151.1

%

 

(a)  Based on average shares outstanding during the year.

(b)  Total return figures are based on a share outstanding throughout the period and assume reinvestment of distributions at net asset value. Total return figures do not reflect charges pursuant to the terms of the variable life insurance policies and variable annuity contracts funded by separate accounts that invest in the Fund's shares.

(c)  In addition to fees and expenses which the Fund bears directly, the Fund indirectly bears a pro rata share of the fees and expenses of the acquired funds in which it invests. Such indirect expenses are not included in the above reported expense ratios.


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Financial Highlights – continued

SFT Delaware IvySM Growth Fund

   

Class 2 Shares

 
   

Year ended December 31,

 
   

2022

 

2021

 

2020

 

2019

 

2018

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

 

$

37.202

   

$

28.554

   

$

21.848

   

$

16.007

   

$

15.662

   

Income from investment operations:

 

Net investment income (loss) (a)

   

(.082

)

   

(.124

)

   

(.038

)

   

(.005

)

   

.008

   
Net realized and unrealized gain(loss)
on investments
   

(10.020

)

   

8.772

     

6.744

     

5.846

     

.337

   

Total from investment operations

   

(10.102

)

   

8.648

     

6.706

     

5.841

     

.345

   

Net asset value, end of period

 

$

27.100

   

$

37.202

   

$

28.554

   

$

21.848

   

$

16.007

   

Total return (b)

   

(27.15

)%

   

30.29

%

   

30.69

%

   

36.49

%

   

2.21

%

 

Net assets, end of period (in thousands)

 

$

478,459

   

$

705,437

   

$

606,247

   

$

544,843

   

$

453,883

   

Ratios to average net assets:

 

Expenses (c)

   

.96

%

   

.96

%

   

.97

%

   

.98

%

   

.97

%

 

Net investment income (loss)

   

(.27

)%

   

(.38

)%

   

(.16

)%

   

(.03

)%

   

.04

%

 
Portfolio turnover rate (excluding
short-term securities)
   

8.5

%

   

14.4

%

   

28.9

%

   

29.9

%

   

42.3

%

 

(a)  Based on average shares outstanding during the year.

(b)  Total return figures are based on a share outstanding throughout the period and assume reinvestment of distributions at net asset value. Total return figures do not reflect charges pursuant to the terms of the variable life insurance policies and variable annuity contracts funded by separate accounts that invest in the Fund's shares.

(c)  In addition to fees and expenses which the Fund bears directly, the Fund indirectly bears a pro rata share of the fees and expenses of the acquired funds in which it invests. Such indirect expenses are not included in the above reported expense ratios.


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Securian Funds Trust
Financial Highlights – continued

SFT Delaware IvySM Small Cap Growth Fund

   

Class 2 Shares

 
   

Year ended December 31,

 
   

2022

 

2021

 

2020

 

2019

 

2018

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

 

$

26.750

   

$

25.579

   

$

18.772

   

$

15.181

   

$

15.802

   

Income from investment operations:

 

Net investment loss (a)

   

(.179

)

   

(.233

)

   

(.161

)

   

(.146

)

   

(.102

)

 
Net realized and unrealized gain(loss)
on investments
   

(7.010

)

   

1.404

     

6.968

     

3.737

     

(.519

)

 

Total from investment operations

   

(7.189

)

   

1.171

     

6.807

     

3.591

     

(.621

)

 

Net asset value, end of period

 

$

19.561

   

$

26.750

   

$

25.579

   

$

18.772

   

$

15.181

   

Total return (b)

   

(26.87

)%

   

4.58

%

   

36.26

%

   

23.66

%

   

(3.93

)%

 

Net assets, end of period (in thousands)

 

$

141,138

   

$

204,666

   

$

211,834

   

$

176,721

   

$

163,367

   

Ratios to average net assets:

 

Expenses (c)

   

1.27

%

   

1.23

%

   

1.24

%

   

1.23

%

   

1.21

%

 

Net investment loss

   

(.82

)%

   

(.84

)%

   

(.83

)%

   

(.81

)%

   

(.59

)%

 
Portfolio turnover rate (excluding
short-term securities)
   

61.8

%

   

47.1

%

   

53.6

%

   

43.3

%

   

53.1

%

 

(a)  Based on average shares outstanding during the year.

(b)  Total return figures are based on a share outstanding throughout the period and assume reinvestment of distributions at net asset value. Total return figures do not reflect charges pursuant to the terms of the variable life insurance policies and variable annuity contracts funded by separate accounts that invest in the Fund's shares.

(c)  In addition to fees and expenses which the Fund bears directly, the Fund indirectly bears a pro rata share of the fees and expenses of the acquired funds in which it invests. Such indirect expenses are not included in the above reported expense ratios.


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Financial Highlights – continued

SFT Equity Stabilization Fund

   

Class 2 Shares

 
   

Year ended December 31,

 
   

2022

 

2021

 

2020

 

2019

 

2018

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

 

$

14.363

   

$

12.804

   

$

13.527

   

$

11.594

   

$

12.195

   

Income from investment operations:

 

Net investment income (a)

   

.169

     

.154

     

.173

     

.275

     

.220

   
Net realized and unrealized gain(loss)
on investments
   

(1.563

)

   

1.405

     

(.896

)

   

1.658

     

(.821

)

 

Total from investment operations

   

(1.394

)

   

1.559

     

(.723

)

   

1.933

     

(.601

)

 

Net asset value, end of period

 

$

12.969

   

$

14.363

   

$

12.804

   

$

13.527

   

$

11.594

   

Total return (b)

   

(9.71

)%

   

12.18

%

   

(5.35

)%

   

16.67

%

   

(4.93

)%

 

Net assets, end of period (in thousands)

 

$

328,345

   

$

372,333

   

$

355,582

   

$

390,478

   

$

298,485

   

Ratios to average net assets:

 

Expenses before waiver (c)

   

.88

%

   

.87

%

   

.88

%

   

.90

%

   

.97

%

 

Expenses (c)

   

.88

%

   

.85

%(d)

   

.80

%(d)

   

.80

%(d)

   

.80

%(d)

 

Net investment income

   

1.28

%

   

1.13

%

   

1.38

%

   

2.17

%

   

1.82

%

 
Portfolio turnover rate (excluding
short-term securities)
   

12.3

%

   

3.4

%

   

20.1

%

   

%

   

%

 

(a)  Based on average shares outstanding during the year.

(b)  Total return figures are based on a share outstanding throughout the period and assume reinvestment of distributions at net asset value. Total return figures do not reflect charges pursuant to the terms of the variable life insurance policies and variable annuity contracts funded by separate accounts that invest in the Fund's shares.

(c)  In addition to fees and expenses which the Fund bears directly, the Fund indirectly bears a pro rata share of the fees and expenses of the acquired funds in which it invests. Such indirect expenses are not included in the above reported expense ratios.

(d)  Ratio is net of fees waived by the advisor and distributor (see Note 4).


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Financial Highlights – continued

SFT Government Money Market Fund

   

Class 2 Shares

 
   

Year ended December 31,

 
   

2022

 

2021

 

2020

 

2019

 

2018

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

 

$

1.000

   

$

1.000

   

$

1.000

   

$

1.000

   

$

1.000

   

Income from investment operations:

 
Net investment income (a)    

.011

     

     

.002

     

.015

     

.012

   
Net realized and unrealized gain
on investments
   

     

     

     

     

   
Total from investment operations    

.011

     

     

.002

     

.015

     

.012

   

Less distributions:

 
Distributions from net investment income    

(.011

)

   

     

(.002

)

   

(.015

)

   

(.012

)

 

Net asset value, end of period

 

$

1.000

   

$

1.000

   

$

1.000

   

$

1.000

   

$

1.000

   

Total return (b)

   

1.12

%

   

%

   

0.21

%

   

1.50

%

   

1.18

%

 

Net assets, end of period (in thousands)

 

$

222,482

   

$

197,078

   

$

196,877

   

$

188,351

   

$

72,761

   

Ratios to average net assets:

 

Expenses before waiver

   

.64

%

   

.66

%

   

.68

%

   

.83

%

   

.90

%

 

Expenses net of waiver (c)(d)

   

.48

%

   

.04

%

   

.29

%

   

.70

%

   

.70

%

 

Net investment income

   

1.16

%

   

%

   

.20

%

   

1.35

%

   

1.18

%

 

(a)  Based on average shares outstanding during the year.

(b)  Total return figures are based on a share outstanding throughout the period and assume reinvestment of distributions at net asset value. Total return figures do not reflect charges pursuant to the terms of the variable life insurance policies and variable annuity contracts funded by separate accounts that invest in the Fund's shares.

(c)  In addition to fees and expenses which the Fund bears directly, the Fund indirectly bears a pro rata share of the fees and expenses of the acquired funds in which it invests. Such indirect expenses are not included in the above reported expense ratios.

(d)  Ratio is net of fees waived by the advisor and distributor (see Note 4).


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SFT Index 400 Mid-Cap Fund

   

Class 1 Shares

 
   

Year ended December 31,

 
   

2022

 

2021

 

2020

 

2019

 

2018

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

 

$

7.786

   

$

6.264

   

$

5.527

   

$

4.392

   

$

4.955

   

Income from investment operations:

 
Net investment income (a)    

.084

     

.068

     

.065

     

.067

     

.065

   
Net realized and unrealized gain(loss)
on investments
   

(1.125

)

   

1.454

     

.672

     

1.068

     

(.628

)

 

Total from investment operations

   

(1.041

)

   

1.522

     

.737

     

1.135

     

(.563

)

 

Net asset value, end of period

 

$

6.745

   

$

7.786

   

$

6.264

   

$

5.527

   

$

4.392

   

Total return (b)

   

(13.38

)%

   

24.30

%

   

13.34

%

   

25.82

%

   

(11.36

)%

 

Net assets, end of period (in thousands)

 

$

28,379

   

$

25,327

   

$

15,838

   

$

12,088

   

$

7,662

   

Ratios to average net assets:

 

Expenses (c)

   

.30

%

   

.28

%

   

.31

%

   

.29

%

   

.27

%

 
Net investment income    

1.22

%

   

.93

%

   

1.27

%

   

1.31

%

   

1.29

%

 
Portfolio turnover rate (excluding
short-term securities)
   

15.0

%

   

15.3

%

   

14.4

%

   

15.1

%

   

14.6

%

 
   

Class 2 Shares

 
   

Year ended December 31,

 
   

2022

 

2021

 

2020

 

2019

 

2018

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

 

$

7.538

   

$

6.079

   

$

5.377

   

$

4.284

   

$

4.845

   

Income from investment operations:

 
Net investment income (loss) (a)    

.063

     

.050

     

.050

     

.054

     

.050

   
Net realized and unrealized gain(loss)
on investments
   

(1.088

)

   

1.409

     

.652

     

1.039

     

(.611

)

 

Total from investment operations

   

(1.025

)

   

1.459

     

.702

     

1.093

     

(.561

)

 

Net asset value, end of period

 

$

6.513

   

$

7.538

   

$

6.079

   

$

5.377

   

$

4.284

   

Total return (b)

   

(13.60

)%

   

23.99

%

   

13.06

%

   

25.51

%

   

(11.58

)%

 

Net assets, end of period (in thousands)

 

$

169,289

   

$

207,828

   

$

188,333

   

$

186,108

   

$

182,703

   

Ratios to average net assets:

 

Expenses (c)

   

.55

%

   

.53

%

   

.56

%

   

.54

%

   

.52

%

 
Net investment income    

0.94

%

   

.71

%

   

1.02

%

   

1.09

%

   

1.03

%

 
Portfolio turnover rate (excluding
short-term securities)
   

15.0

%

   

15.3

%

   

14.4

%

   

15.1

%

   

14.6

%

 

(a)  Based on average shares outstanding during the year.

(b)  Total return figures are based on a share outstanding throughout the period and assume reinvestment of distributions at net asset value. Total return figures do not reflect charges pursuant to the terms of the variable life insurance policies and variable annuity contracts funded by separate accounts that invest in the Fund's shares.

(c)  In addition to fees and expenses which the Fund bears directly, the Fund indirectly bears a pro rata share of the fees and expenses of the acquired funds in which it invests. Such indirect expenses are not included in the above reported expense ratios.


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SFT Index 500 Fund

   

Class 1 Shares

 
   

Year ended December 31,

 
   

2022

 

2021

 

2020

 

2019

 

2018

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

 

$

20.191

   

$

15.732

   

$

13.309

   

$

10.144

   

$

10.629

   

Income from investment operations:

 
Net investment income (a)    

.251

     

.215

     

.217

     

.215

     

.192

   
Net realized and unrealized gain(loss)
on investments
   

(3.940

)

   

4.244

     

2.206

     

2.950

     

(.677

)

 

Total from investment operations

   

(3.689

)

   

4.459

     

2.423

     

3.165

     

(.485

)

 

Net asset value, end of period

 

$

16.502

   

$

20.191

   

$

15.732

   

$

13.309

   

$

10.144

   

Total return (b)

   

(18.27

)%

   

28.35

%

   

18.20

%

   

31.20

%

   

(4.56

)%

 

Net assets, end of period (in thousands)

 

$

322,375

   

$

365,210

   

$

272,088

   

$

224,410

   

$

164,095

   

Ratios to average net assets:

 

Expenses (c)

   

.19

%

   

.19

%

   

.20

%

   

.20

%

   

.20

%

 
Net investment income    

1.44

%

   

1.19

%

   

1.62

%

   

1.81

%

   

1.74

%

 
Portfolio turnover rate (excluding
short-term securities)
   

2.1

%

   

2.3

%

   

3.3

%

   

2.6

%

   

2.4

%

 
   

Class 2 Shares

 
   

Year ended December 31,

 
   

2022

 

2021

 

2020

 

2019

 

2018

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

 

$

19.547

   

$

15.268

   

$

12.949

   

$

9.894

   

$

10.393

   

Income from investment operations:

 
Net investment income (a)    

.200

     

.164

     

.179

     

.181

     

.160

   
Net realized and unrealized gain(loss)
on investments
   

(3.811

)

   

4.115

     

2.140

     

2.874

     

(.659

)

 

Total from investment operations

   

(3.611

)

   

4.279

     

2.319

     

3.055

     

(.499

)

 

Net asset value, end of period

 

$

15.936

   

$

19.547

   

$

15.268

   

$

12.949

   

$

9.894

   

Total return (b)

   

(18.47

)%

   

28.03

%

   

17.91

%

   

30.88

%

   

(4.80

)%

 

Net assets, end of period (in thousands)

 

$

665,209

   

$

862,746

   

$

731,356

   

$

689,994

   

$

630,692

   

Ratios to average net assets:

 

Expenses (c)

   

.44

%

   

.44

%

   

.45

%

   

.45

%

   

.45

%

 
Net investment income    

1.18

%

   

.94

%

   

1.38

%

   

1.56

%

   

1.49

%

 
Portfolio turnover rate (excluding
short-term securities)
   

2.1

%

   

2.3

%

   

3.3

%

   

2.6

%

   

2.4

%

 

(a)  Based on average shares outstanding during the year.

(b)  Total return figures are based on a share outstanding throughout the period and assume reinvestment of distributions at net asset value. Total return figures do not reflect charges pursuant to the terms of the variable life insurance policies and variable annuity contracts funded by separate accounts that invest in the Fund's shares.

(c)  In addition to fees and expenses which the Fund bears directly, the Fund indirectly bears a pro rata share of the fees and expenses of the acquired funds in which it invests. Such indirect expenses are not included in the above reported expense ratios.


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SFT International Bond Fund

   

Class 1 Shares

 
   

Year ended December 31,

 
   

2022

 

2021

 

2020

 

2019

 

2018

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

 

$

2.367

   

$

2.458

   

$

2.620

   

$

2.570

   

$

2.533

   

Income from investment operations:

 

Net investment income (a)

   

.059

     

.028

     

.035

     

.116

     

.091

   
Net realized and unrealized loss
on investments
   

(.310

)

   

(.119

)

   

(.197

)

   

(.066

)

   

(.054

)

 

Total from investment operations

   

(.251

)

   

(.091

)

   

(.162

)

   

.050

     

.037

   

Net asset value, end of period

 

$

2.116

   

$

2.367

   

$

2.458

   

$

2.620

   

$

2.570

   
Total return (b)    

(10.59

)%(c)

   

(3.70

)%(c)

   

(6.18

)%(c)

   

1.93

%

   

1.46

%

 

Net assets, end of period (in thousands)

 

$

1,721

   

$

1,779

   

$

1,531

   

$

1,396

   

$

1,237

   

Ratios to average net assets:

 

Expenses (d)

   

1.03

%

   

1.04

%

   

.98

%

   

1.01

%

   

.95

%

 

Net investment income

   

2.66

%

   

1.16

%

   

1.40

%

   

4.43

%

   

3.57

%

 
Portfolio turnover rate (excluding
short-term securities)
   

108.7

%

   

124.2

%

   

62.1

%

   

23.4

%

   

20.4

%

 
   

Class 2 Shares

 
   

Year ended December 31,

 
   

2022

 

2021

 

2020

 

2019

 

2018

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

 

$

2.291

   

$

2.385

   

$

2.549

   

$

2.507

   

$

2.477

   

Income from investment operations:

 

Net investment income (a)

   

.051

     

.021

     

.028

     

.108

     

.082

   
Net realized and unrealized loss
on investments
   

(.297

)

   

(.115

)

   

(.192

)

   

(.066

)

   

(.052

)

 

Total from investment operations

   

(.246

)

   

(.094

)

   

(.164

)

   

.042

     

.030

   

Net asset value, end of period

 

$

2.045

   

$

2.291

   

$

2.385

   

$

2.549

   

$

2.507

   
Total return (b)    

(10.76

)%(c)

   

(3.94

)%(c)

   

(6.43

)%(c)

   

1.68

%

   

1.21

%

 

Net assets, end of period (in thousands)

 

$

76,761

   

$

88,974

   

$

89,624

   

$

99,019

   

$

103,430

   

Ratios to average net assets:

 

Expenses (d)

   

1.28

%

   

1.29

%

   

1.23

%

   

1.26

%

   

1.20

%

 

Net investment income

   

2.38

%

   

.91

%

   

1.15

%

   

4.20

%

   

3.32

%

 
Portfolio turnover rate (excluding
short-term securities)
   

108.7

%

   

124.2

%

   

62.1

%

   

23.4

%

   

20.4

%

 

(a)  Based on average shares outstanding during the year.

(b)  Total return figures are based on a share outstanding throughout the period and assume reinvestment of distributions at net asset value. Total return figures do not reflect charges pursuant to the terms of the variable life insurance policies and variable annuity contracts funded by separate accounts that invest in the Fund's shares.

(c)  The return includes adjustments in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles required at period end date.

(d)  In addition to fees and expenses which the Fund bears directly, the Fund indirectly bears a pro rata share of the fees and expenses of the acquired funds in which it invests. Such indirect expenses are not included in the above reported expense ratios.


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SFT Real Estate Securities Fund

   

Class 1 Shares

 
   

Year ended December 31,

 
   

2022

 

2021

 

2020

 

2019

 

2018

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

 

$

7.964

   

$

5.515

   

$

5.661

   

$

4.534

   

$

4.781

   

Income from investment operations:

 
Net investment income (a)    

.114

     

.061

     

.087

     

.096

     

.085

   
Net realized and unrealized gain(loss)
on investments
   

(2.193

)

   

2.388

     

(.233

)

   

1.031

     

(.332

)

 

Total from investment operations

   

(2.079

)

   

2.449

     

(.146

)

   

1.127

     

(.247

)

 

Net asset value, end of period

 

$

5.885

   

$

7.964

   

$

5.515

   

$

5.661

   

$

4.534

   

Total return (b)

   

(26.10

)%

   

44.41

%

   

(2.59

)%

   

24.87

%

   

(5.16

)%

 

Net assets, end of period (in thousands)

 

$

11,211

   

$

13,201

   

$

6,461

   

$

5,858

   

$

4,122

   

Ratios to average net assets:

 

Expenses (c)

   

.90

%

   

.87

%

   

.91

%

   

.88

%

   

.87

%

 
Net investment income    

1.71

%

   

.91

%

   

1.69

%

   

1.79

%

   

1.83

%

 
Portfolio turnover rate (excluding
short-term securities)
   

78.7

%

   

59.7

%

   

74.9

%

   

55.5

%

   

70.0

%

 
   

Class 2 Shares

 
   

Year ended December 31,

 
   

2022

 

2021

 

2020

 

2019

 

2018

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

 

$

7.709

   

$

5.352

   

$

5.508

   

$

4.422

   

$

4.674

   

Income from investment operations:

 
Net investment income (a)    

.091

     

.055

     

.073

     

.082

     

.072

   
Net realized and unrealized gain(loss)
on investments
   

(2.117

)

   

2.302

     

(.229

)

   

1.004

     

(.324

)

 

Total from investment operations

   

(2.026

)

   

2.357

     

(.156

)

   

1.086

     

(.252

)

 

Net asset value, end of period

 

$

5.683

   

$

7.709

   

$

5.352

   

$

5.508

   

$

4.422

   

Total return (b)

   

(26.29

)%

   

44.05

%

   

(2.83

)%

   

24.56

%

   

(5.40

)%

 

Net assets, end of period (in thousands)

 

$

104,547

   

$

160,607

   

$

119,460

   

$

128,350

   

$

116,067

   

Ratios to average net assets:

 

Expenses (c)

   

1.15

%

   

1.12

%

   

1.16

%

   

1.13

%

   

1.12

%

 
Net investment income    

1.40

%

   

.85

%

   

1.46

%

   

1.59

%

   

1.60

%

 
Portfolio turnover rate (excluding
short-term securities)
   

78.7

%

   

59.7

%

   

74.9

%

   

55.5

%

   

70.0

%

 

(a)  Based on average shares outstanding during the year.

(b)  Total return figures are based on a share outstanding throughout the period and assume reinvestment of distributions at net asset value. Total return figures do not reflect charges pursuant to the terms of the variable life insurance policies and variable annuity contracts funded by separate accounts that invest in the Fund's shares.

(c)  In addition to fees and expenses which the Fund bears directly, the Fund indirectly bears a pro rata share of the fees and expenses of the acquired funds in which it invests. Such indirect expenses are not included in the above reported expense ratios.


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SFT T. Rowe Price Value Fund

   

Class 2 Shares

 
   

Year ended December 31,

 
   

2022

 

2021

 

2020

 

2019

 

2018

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

 

$

22.533

   

$

17.411

   

$

15.818

   

$

12.568

   

$

13.933

   

Income from investment operations:

 

Net investment income (a)

   

.180

     

.082

     

.147

     

.186

     

.174

   
Net realized and unrealized gain(loss)
on investments
   

(2.808

)

   

5.040

     

1.446

     

3.064

     

(1.539

)

 

Total from investment operations

   

(2.628

)

   

5.122

     

1.593

     

3.250

     

(1.365

)

 

Net asset value, end of period

 

$

19.905

   

$

22.533

   

$

17.411

   

$

15.818

   

$

12.568

   

Total return (b)

   

(11.67

)%

   

29.43

%

   

10.06

%

   

25.86

%

   

(9.80

)%

 

Net assets, end of period (in thousands)

 

$

185,109

   

$

239,333

   

$

206,350

   

$

201,178

   

$

181,589

   

Ratios to average net assets:

 

Expenses (c)

   

1.07

%

   

1.05

%

   

1.06

%

   

1.06

%

   

1.04

%

 

Net investment income

   

.88

%

   

.40

%

   

1.01

%

   

1.28

%

   

1.26

%

 
Portfolio turnover rate (excluding
short-term securities)
   

186.4

%

   

100.1

%

   

113.2

%

   

131.1

%

   

140.0

%

 

(a)  Based on average shares outstanding during the year.

(b)  Total return figures are based on a share outstanding throughout the period and assume reinvestment of distributions at net asset value. Total return figures do not reflect charges pursuant to the terms of the variable life insurance policies and variable annuity contracts funded by separate accounts that invest in the Fund's shares.

(c)  In addition to fees and expenses which the Fund bears directly, the Fund indirectly bears a pro rata share of the fees and expenses of the acquired funds in which it invests. Such indirect expenses are not included in the above reported expense ratios.


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SFT Wellington Core Equity Fund

 

Class 1 Shares

 
   

Year ended December 31,

 
   

2022

 

2021

 

2020

 

2019

 

2018

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

 

$

27.698

   

$

22.304

   

$

18.861

   

$

14.069

   

$

14.369

   

Income from investment operations:

 

Net investment income (a)

   

.152

     

.105

     

.116

     

.120

     

.099

   
Net realized and unrealized gain(loss)
on investments
   

(5.485

)

   

5.289

     

3.327

     

4.672

     

(.399

)

 

Total from investment operations

   

(5.333

)

   

5.394

     

3.443

     

4.792

     

(.300

)

 

Net asset value, end of period

 

$

22.365

   

$

27.698

   

$

22.304

   

$

18.861

   

$

14.069

   

Total return (b)

   

(19.26

)%

   

24.18

%

   

18.25

%

   

34.06

%

   

(2.09

)%

 

Net assets, end of period (in thousands)

 

$

3,843

   

$

3,020

   

$

1,729

   

$

1,251

   

$

757

   

Ratios to average net assets:

 

Expenses (c)

   

.87

%

   

.84

%

   

.86

%

   

.86

%

   

.84

%

 

Net investment income

   

.65

%

   

.42

%

   

.61

%

   

.71

%

   

.66

%

 
Portfolio turnover rate (excluding
short-term securities)
   

14.0

%

   

14.4

%

   

23.0

%

   

14.9

%

   

21.6

%

 
   

Class 2 Shares

 
   

Year ended December 31,

 
   

2022

 

2021

 

2020

 

2019

 

2018

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

 

$

27.173

   

$

21.936

   

$

18.596

   

$

13.906

   

$

14.238

   

Income from investment operations:

 

Net investment income (a)

   

.088

     

.042

     

.068

     

.077

     

.060

   
Net realized and unrealized gain(loss)
on investments
   

(5.376

)

   

5.195

     

3.272

     

4.613

     

(.392

)

 

Total from investment operations

   

(5.288

)

   

5.237

     

3.340

     

4.690

     

(.332

)

 

Net asset value, end of period

 

$

21.885

   

$

27.173

   

$

21.936

   

$

18.596

   

$

13.906

   

Total return (b)

   

(19.46

)%

   

23.87

%

   

17.96

%

   

33.73

%

   

(2.33

)%

 

Net assets, end of period (in thousands)

 

$

104,921

   

$

141,740

   

$

128,567

   

$

123,630

   

$

102,769

   

Ratios to average net assets:

 

Expenses (c)

   

1.12

%

   

1.08

%

   

1.11

%

   

1.11

%

   

1.09

%

 

Net investment income

   

.38

%

   

.17

%

   

.37

%

   

.47

%

   

.40

%

 
Portfolio turnover rate (excluding
short-term securities)
   

14.0

%

   

14.4

%

   

23.0

%

   

14.9

%

   

21.6

%

 

(a)  Based on average shares outstanding during the year.

(b)  Total return figures are based on a share outstanding throughout the period and assume reinvestment of distributions at net asset value. Total return figures do not reflect charges pursuant to the terms of the variable life insurance policies and variable annuity contracts funded by separate accounts that invest in the Fund's shares.

(c)  In addition to fees and expenses which the Fund bears directly, the Fund indirectly bears a pro rata share of the fees and expenses of the acquired funds in which it invests. Such indirect expenses are not included in the above reported expense ratios.


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December 31, 2022

(1)   Organization

Securian Funds Trust (the "Trust") is a Delaware statutory trust registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the 1940 Act), each of whose Funds operate as a no-load, diversified open-end management investment company, except that the SFT Delaware IvySM Growth Fund and the SFT International Bond Fund operate as non-diversified, open-end management investment companies. The Trust is a series trust that includes the Funds and share classes listed below:

Fund Name

 

Share Class 1

 

Share Class 2

 

SFT Balanced Stabilization Fund

   

NA

     

🗸

   
SFT Core Bond Fund    

🗸

     

🗸

   

SFT Delaware IvySM Growth Fund

   

NA

     

🗸

   

SFT Delaware IvySM Small Cap Growth Fund

   

NA

     

🗸

   

SFT Equity Stabilization Fund

   

NA

     

🗸

   

SFT Government Money Market Fund

   

NA

     

🗸

   

SFT Index 400 Mid-Cap Fund

   

🗸

     

🗸

   
SFT Index 500 Fund    

🗸

     

🗸

   

SFT International Bond Fund

   

🗸

     

🗸

   

SFT Real Estate Securities Fund

   

🗸

     

🗸

   

SFT T. Rowe Price Value Fund

   

NA

     

🗸

   

SFT Wellington Core Equity Fund

   

🗸

     

🗸

   

Securian Asset Management, Inc. ("Securian AM"), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Securian Financial Group, Inc. ("Securian Financial Group"), serves as the investment adviser to each of the Funds in the Trust pursuant to an investment advisory agreement between Securian AM and the Trust. The Funds' prospectus provides a detailed description of each Fund's investment objective, policies and strategies.

Class 2 shares are subject to a Rule 12b-1 distribution fee. Both classes of shares have identical voting, dividend, liquidation and other rights, and the same terms and conditions, except that Class 1 shares are not subject to a Rule 12b-1 distribution fee. Income, expenses (other than Rule 12b-1 fees) and realized and unrealized gains or losses are allocated to each class of shares based upon their relative net assets.

The Trust accounts for the assets, liabilities and operations of each Fund separately. Shares of the Funds are not offered directly to the public, but sold only to Minnesota Life Insurance Company ("Minnesota Life") and Securian Life Insurance Company ("Securian Life") in connection with Minnesota Life and Securian Life variable life insurance policies and variable annuity contracts, and to certain other separate accounts of life insurance affiliates of Minnesota Life and Securian Life, and may also be offered to certain qualified plans.

The Funds are investment companies and follow accounting and reporting guidance under Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) Accounting Standards Codification (ASC) Topic 946, "Financial Services—Investment Companies." The significant accounting policies followed consistently by the Trust are as follows:

Use of Estimates

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, including disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities, as of the statement of assets and liabilities date and the reported amounts of revenue and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.


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(2)   Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

Investments in Securities

Each Fund's net asset value is generally calculated as of the close of normal trading on the New York Stock Exchange (typically 3:00 p.m. Central Time). Investments in securities traded on a U.S. or foreign securities exchange are valued at the last sale price on that exchange prior to the time when assets are valued; securities traded in the over-the-counter market and listed securities for which no sale was reported on that date are valued on the basis of the last current bid price by an independent pricing service or at a price deemed best to reflect fair value quoted by dealers who make markets in these securities. The pricing service may use models that price securities based on current yields and relative security characteristics, such as coupon rate, maturity date, issuer credit quality and prepayment speeds, as applicable. When market quotations are not readily available, securities are valued at fair value as determined in good faith by Securian AM, as the Valuation Designee, in accordance with procedures approved by the Board of Trustees (the "Board") of Securian Funds Trust and in accordance with provisions of the 1940 act. The Board has delegated the daily oversight of the securities valuation function to Securian AM who ensures the valuations comply with the valuation policies and affirms the reasonableness of the fair valuation determinations. The fair valued securities are reviewed by the Board at their quarterly meetings.

A Fund's investments will also be valued at fair value by Securian AM if it determines that an event impacting the value of an investment occurred after the close of the security's primary exchange or market (for example, a foreign exchange or market) and before the time the Fund's net asset value is calculated. If a significant event impacting the value of a security or group of securities occurs, Securian AM is immediately notified and promptly determines whether fair value pricing is needed in accordance with the Fund's valuation procedures and, if so, approves the pricing methodology to be used.

Short-term securities, with the exception of those held in the SFT Government Money Market Fund, are valued at market value. Pursuant to Rule 2a-7 of the 1940 Act, all securities in the SFT Government Money Market Fund are valued at amortized cost, which approximates market value, in order to attempt to maintain a stable net asset value of $1.00 per share. However, there is no assurance the SFT Government Money Market Fund will maintain the $1.00 net asset value.

Security transactions are accounted for on the date the securities are purchased or sold. Realized gains and losses are calculated using the first in, first out basis. Paydowns of securities are recorded as receivables as of the due date, which varies by the issuer. Dividend income is recognized on the ex-dividend date or upon dividend notification for certain foreign securities, and interest income, including amortization of bond premium and accretion of bond discount computed on an effective yield basis, is accrued daily.

Foreign Currency Translations and Forward Foreign Currency Contracts

Securities and other assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are translated daily into U.S. dollars at the closing rate of exchange. Foreign currency amounts related to the purchase or sale of securities, income and expenses are translated at the exchange rate on the transaction date.

Net realized foreign exchange gains or losses arise from sales and maturities of short-term securities, sales of foreign currencies, currency gains or losses realized between trade and settlement dates on security transactions, the difference between the amounts of dividends, interest and foreign withholding taxes recorded on the Fund's books and the U.S. dollar equivalent of the amounts actually received or paid. Net unrealized foreign exchange gains and losses arise from changes in the value of assets and liabilities, other than investments in securities, resulting from changes in the exchange rates.


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The Funds do not separately report changes in foreign exchange rates on investments from the fluctuations arising from changes in market prices of securities.

SFT International Bond Fund may enter into forward foreign currency exchange contracts for operational purposes and to protect against adverse exchange rate fluctuations. A forward foreign currency contract is an agreement between the Fund and a counterparty to buy or sell a foreign currency at a specific exchange rate on a future date. SFT International Bond Fund may also enter into these contracts for purposes of increasing exposure to a foreign currency or to shift exposure to foreign currency fluctuations from one country to another. The net U.S. dollar value of foreign currency underlying all contractual commitments held by SFT International Bond Fund and the resulting unrealized appreciation or depreciation are determined using foreign currency exchange rates from an independent pricing service. SFT International Bond Fund is subject to the credit risk that the other party will not complete the obligations of the contract. The fair values of the forward foreign currency exchange contracts are obtained from an independent pricing source.

Futures Transactions

To gain exposure to, or for protection from market changes, the Funds (excluding the SFT Government Money Market Fund) may buy and sell financial futures contracts traded on any U.S. or foreign exchange. The Funds may also buy and write put and call options on these futures contracts. Risks of entering into futures contracts and related options include the possibility of an illiquid market and that a change in the value of the contract or option may not correlate with changes in the value of the underlying securities.

Upon entering into a futures contract, a Fund is required to deposit either cash or securities in an amount (initial margin) equal to a certain percentage of the contract value as determined by each relevant clearing agency and is aggregated at a Futures Commission Merchant ("FCM") which is registered with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission or the applicable regulator. Subsequent payments (variation margin) are made or received by a Fund each day. The variation margin payments are equal to the daily changes in the contract value and are recorded as unrealized gains and losses. A Fund recognizes a realized gain or loss when the contract is closed or expired. In the event of default, counterparty risk is significantly reduced as creditors to the FCM do not have claim to a Fund's assets in the segregated account. For a listing of open futures contracts see the Investments in Securities for each Fund.

Options Transactions

Each Fund (excluding the SFT Government Money Market Fund) may write (i.e., sell) covered call and secured put options and purchase and sell put and call options written by others. An option is a type of derivative financial instrument. The Funds may invest in derivative financial instruments, including options, in order to manage risk or gain exposure to various other investments or markets. The risk in writing a call option is that the Fund gives up the opportunity for profit if the market price of the security increases. The risk in writing a put option is that a Fund may incur a loss if the market price of the security decreases and the option is exercised.

The risk in buying an option is that the Fund pays a premium whether or not the option is exercised. The Fund also has the additional risk of not being able to enter into a closing transaction if a liquid secondary market does not exist. Option contracts are valued daily and unrealized appreciation or depreciation is recorded. The Fund will realize a gain or loss upon expiration or closing of the option transaction. When an option is exercised, the proceeds on sales for a written call option, the purchase cost for a written put option, or the cost of a security for a purchased put or call option is adjusted by the amount of premium received or paid. The Funds designate


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collateral consisting of cash, U.S. government securities or other liquid assets sufficient to collateralize the market value of written options.

Bank Loans

The SFT Core Bond Fund may enter into bank loans. Bank loans are interests in amounts owed by corporate or other borrowers and may be in the form of loans, trade claims or other receivables and may include standby financing commitments such as revolving credit facilities that obligate the Fund to supply additional cash to the borrower on demand. Bank loans may be made directly with a borrower or acquired through assignment or participation. The Fund's right to enforce a borrower's compliance with the terms of the loan agreement, or benefit directly from the collateral supporting the loan, varies when the loan is a direct borrowing, an assignment, or a participation. Investments in bank loans may involve special risks including risk of loss in case of default, insolvency, or the bankruptcy of the borrower and are generally subject to restrictions on transfer with limited opportunities to sell them in secondary markets. The Fund may also invest in loan commitments, which are contractual obligations for a future funding. The Fund may earn a commitment fee on any unfunded portion of these commitments which is amortized to interest income over the commitment period. Both the funded portion of a loan interest as well as its unfunded commitment, if any, is reflected on the Schedule of Investments. Although typically secured, bank loans may not be backed by sufficient collateral to satisfy their issuers' obligations in the event of bankruptcy, insolvency or similar distressed scenarios. Bank loans may also be illiquid, not readily marketable, or subject to restrictions on resale.

Repurchase Agreements

Each Fund may enter into repurchase agreements with respect to securities. A repurchase agreement is a transaction in which a Fund acquires a security and simultaneously commits to resell that security to the seller (a bank or securities dealer) at an agreed-upon price on an agreed-upon date. Each Fund requires at all times that the repurchase agreement be collateralized by cash, U.S. Government securities, U.S. Government agencies securities or corporate securities having a value equal to, or in excess of, the value of the repurchase agreement. If the seller of the agreement defaults on its obligation to repurchase the underlying securities at a time when the value of those securities has declined, a Fund may incur a loss upon disposition of the securities. Repurchase agreements are carried at amortized cost. At December 31, 2022, no Funds were invested in repurchase agreements.

Federal Taxes

Each Fund, other than SFT Balanced Stabilization Fund, SFT Equity Stabilization Fund, SFT International Bond Fund, and SFT T. Rowe Price Value Fund, qualifies as a partnership for federal income tax purposes under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code"). A Fund is treated, for federal income tax purposes, as a partnership if it has more than one shareholder. A Fund's election to be treated as a partnership is not expected to result in any material adverse federal income tax consequences to any owner of a variable annuity contract or variable life insurance policy, or in the tax treatment of any such contract or policy. As a partnership, a Fund is not subject to income tax, and any income, gains, deductions, or losses of the Fund will instead pass through and be considered for federal income tax purposes by its partners, which will be Minnesota Life and Securian Life through their respective separate accounts. SFT Balanced Stabilization Fund, SFT Equity Stabilization Fund and SFT T. Rowe Price Value Fund are treated as disregarded entities for federal income tax purposes. While the Trust anticipates that each Fund other than SFT Balanced Stabilization Fund, SFT Equity Stabilization Fund, and SFT T. Rowe Price Value Fund will always have two shareholders, Minnesota Life and Securian Life, a wholly owned subsidiary of Minnesota Life, such ownership could change and accordingly a Fund may at some time have only one shareholder and would be treated as a disregarded entity for federal income tax purposes. A disregarded entity is disregarded for federal income tax purposes as an entity separate


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from its owner, and the owner is treated as directly owning the assets of the disregarded entity and considers for federal income tax purposes the income, gains, deductions, and losses relating to those assets.

SFT International Bond Fund qualifies as a regulated investment company for federal income tax purposes. The Fund's policy is to comply with the requirements of subchapter M of the Code that are applicable to regulated investment companies and to distribute all (or a sufficient amount) of its taxable income and net capital gain to its shareholders. Therefore, no income tax provision is required.

The FASB ASC 740, "Income Taxes" (ASC 740), provides guidance for how uncertain tax positions should be recognized, measured, presented, and disclosed in the financial statements. The Funds have evaluated the implications of ASC 740 for all open tax years, and have determined there is no impact to the Funds' financial statements as of December 31, 2022. The Funds' federal and state income returns for which the applicable statutes of limitations have not expired (2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022) remain subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service and states' department of revenue.

Net investment income (loss) and net realized gains (losses) may differ for financial statement and tax purposes primarily because of temporary book-to-tax differences.

Distributions to Shareholders

Distributions to shareholders from net investment income and realized gains (if any) for the SFT Government Money Market Fund are declared daily and reinvested at month-end in additional shares of capital stock.

Distributions to shareholders from net investment income and realized gains (if any) for the SFT International Bond Fund are generally declared and reinvested in additional shares of capital stock on an annual basis. The SFT International Bond Fund uses consent dividends in place of regular distributions. The Funds that are partnerships and disregarded entities (those funds other than SFT Government Money Market Fund and SFT International Bond Fund) are not required to and will not distribute taxable income.

The federal income tax character of distributions paid to shareholders during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022 was as follows:

   

December 31, 2022

 

December 31, 2021

 

Fund

  Ordinary
Income
  Long-Term
Capital Gain
  Ordinary
Income
  Long-Term
Capital Gain
 
SFT International Bond Fund  

$

   

$

   

$

   

$

   

At December 31, 2022, as a result of permanent book-to-tax difference, the following reclassification adjustments were made on the Statements of Assets and Liabilities primarily relate to net operating losses:

Fund

 

Paid-In Capital

  Total
Distributable
Earnings (Loss)
 
SFT International Bond Fund  

$

1,226,385

   

$

(1,226,385

)

 


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Distributable Earnings

As of December 31, 2022, the components of distributable earnings on a federal income tax basis were:

Fund

  Undistributed
Ordinary Income
  Undistributed
Long-Term
Capital Gains
  Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
  Post October
Capital/
Late Year
Ordinary Loss
  Capital Loss
Carryforward
 
SFT International Bond Fund  

$

   

$

   

$

(9,230,747

)

 

$

   

$

(8,990,843

)

 

For the year ending December 31, 2022, the SFT International Bond Fund had a foreign tax credit of $10,495 and foreign sourced income of $2,243,808.

Securities Purchased on a When-Issued or Forward Commitment Basis

Delivery and payment for securities which have been purchased or sold by a Fund on a when-issued or forward commitment basis, including To Be Announced ("TBA") securities, can take place a month or more after the transaction date. During this period, such securities are subject to market fluctuations. As of December 31, 2022, the SFT Core Bond Fund had entered into outstanding, when-issued or forward commitments, including TBA securities, at a fair value of $88,441,421.

Cross-Trades

The Funds are permitted to purchase and sell securities (i.e., "cross-trade") from and to other Funds within the Trust as well as outside of the Trust, where both accounts are managed by the same adviser or sub-adviser pursuant to "Cross-Trading" procedures adopted by the Board. These procedures have been designed to ensure that any cross-trade of securities by a respective Fund from and to another Fund that is or could be considered an affiliate of the Funds under certain limited circumstances by virtue of having a common investment adviser, common officer, or common trustee complies with Rule 17a-7 under the 1940 Act. Further, as defined under these procedures, each cross-trade is effected at the current market price to save costs where allowed. For the year ended December 31, 2022, the Funds engaged in the following cross-trades, which resulted in the following net realized gains (losses):

   

Purchases

 

Sales

  Net Realized
Gains (Losses)
 

SFT T. Rowe Price Value Fund

 

$

   

$

1,513,526

   

$

615,870

   

(3)   Investment Security Transactions

The cost of purchases and proceeds from sales of investment securities, other than temporary investments in short-term securities, for the year ended December 31, 2022 were as follows:

   

Non-U.S. Government

 

U.S. Government*

 
   

Purchases

 

Sales

 

Purchases

 

Sales

 

SFT Balanced Stabilization Fund

 

$

110,556,003

   

$

42,654,717

   

$

52,751,922

   

$

20,384,599

   
SFT Core Bond Fund    

117,721,921

     

197,685,265

     

503,019,830

     

465,317,493

   

SFT Delaware IvySM Growth Fund

   

46,703,337

     

89,647,687

     

     

   

SFT Delaware IvySM Small Cap Growth Fund

   

98,668,777

     

110,351,487

     

     

   

SFT Equity Stabilization Fund

   

40,123,706

     

37,207,763

     

     

   

SFT Index 400 Mid-Cap Fund

   

29,640,272

     

28,553,062

     

997,035

     

1,000,000

   
SFT Index 500 Fund    

24,299,647

     

21,373,491

     

     

   

SFT International Bond Fund

   

32,906,754

     

23,666,421

     

55,679,860

     

65,659,899

   

SFT Real Estate Securities Fund

   

105,281,980

     

117,848,870

     

     

   

SFT T. Rowe Price Value Fund

   

367,306,195

     

392,993,736

     

     

   

SFT Wellington Core Equity Fund

   

16,716,781

     

24,892,969

     

     

   

*  Includes U.S. government-sponsored enterprise securities.


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(4)  Expenses and Related Party Transactions

The Trust has entered into an investment advisory agreement with Securian AM, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Securian Financial Group. Under the advisory agreement, Securian AM manages the Funds' investments and provides research, statistical and advisory services and pays related office rental and executive expenses and salaries.

Each Fund pays Securian AM an annual fee, based on average daily net assets, in the following amounts:

Fund

 

Annual Fee on Net Assets

 

SFT Balanced Stabilization Fund

 

0.55% of assets to $750 million; and 0.50% of assets exceeding $750 million

 
SFT Core Bond Fund  

0.40% of assets to $750 million; and 0.35% of assets exceeding $750 million

 

SFT Delaware IvySM Growth Fund

 

0.67% of assets to $300 million; and 0.625% of next $200 million of assets; and 0.60% of next $500 million of assets; and 0.50% of assets exceeding $1 billion

 

SFT Delaware IvySM Small Cap Growth Fund

 

0.85% of assets to $300 million; and 0.80% of next $200 million of assets; and 0.75% of next $500 million of assets; and 0.70% of assets exceeding $1 billion

 

SFT Equity Stabilization Fund

 

0.55% of assets to $750 million; and 0.50% of assets exceeding $750 million

 

SFT Government Money Market Fund

 

0.25% of assets to $750 million; and 0.20% of assets exceeding $750 million

 

SFT Index 400 Mid-Cap Fund

 

0.15% of net assets to $1 billion; and 0.10% of net assets exceeding $1 billion

 
SFT Index 500 Fund  

0.15% of net assets to $1 billion; and 0.10% of net assets exceeding $1 billion

 

SFT International Bond Fund

 

0.60% of assets to $300 million; and 0.575% of next $200 million of assets; and 0.55% of next $500 million of assets; and 0.50% of assets exceeding $1 billion

 

SFT Real Estate Securities Fund

 

0.70% of assets to $300 million; and 0.675% of next $200 million of assets; and 0.65% of next $500 million of assets; and 0.60% of assets exceeding $1 billion

 

SFT T. Rowe Price Value Fund

 

0.67% of assets to $300 million; and 0.65% of next $200 million of assets; and 0.625% of next $500 million of assets; and 0.60% of assets exceeding $1 billion

 

SFT Wellington Core Equity Fund

 

0.65% of assets to $300 million; and 0.625% of next $200 million of assets; and 0.60% of next $500 million of assets; and 0.55% of assets exceeding $1 billion

 

Securian AM has entered into a sub-advisory agreement with Brandywine Global Investment Management, LLC ("Brandywine"), a wholly owned subsidiary of Franklin Resources, Inc., as sub-adviser to the SFT International Bond Fund, under which Securian AM pays Brandywine an annual fee of 0.30% based on average daily net assets.

Securian AM has entered into a sub-advisory agreement with Cohen & Steers Capital Management, Inc. ("Cohen & Steers"), as sub-adviser to the SFT Real Estate Securities Fund, under which Securian AM pays Cohen & Steers an annual fee ranging from 0.25% to 0.38% based on average daily net assets.

Securian AM has entered into a sub-advisory agreement with and Delaware Investments Fund Advisers ("DIFA"), a series of Macquarie Investment Management Business Trust, as sub-adviser to SFT Delaware IvySM Growth Fund and the SFT Delaware IvySM Call Cap Growth Fund, under which Securian AM pays DIFA an annual fee for SFT Delaware IvySM Growth Fund and the SFT Delaware IvySM Small Cap Growth Fund ranging from 0.33% to 0.55% and 0.40% to 0.82%, respectively, based on average daily net assets.


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Securian AM has entered into a sub-advisory agreement with Metropolitan West Asset Management, LLC ("MetWest"), a wholly-owned subsidiary of TCW Group, Inc., as sub-adviser to SFT Core Bond Fund, under which Securian pays MetWest an annual fee ranging from 0.10% to 0.18% based on average daily net assets.

Securian AM has entered into a sub-advisory agreement with T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc. ("T. Rowe Price"), as sub-adviser to for the SFT T. Rowe Price Value Fund, under which Securian AM pays T. Rowe Price an annual fee ranging from 0.25% to 0.48% based on average daily net assets.

Securian AM has entered into a sub-advisory agreement with Wellington Management Company LLP ("Wellington Management"), as sub-adviser to for the SFT Wellington Core Equity Fund, under which Securian AM pays Wellington Management an annual fee ranging from 0.28% to 0.31% based on average daily net assets.

The Trust bears certain other operating expenses including independent trustees' fees, federal registration fees, printing and shareholder report expenses, legal fees, audit fees, custodian fees, a percentage of the compensation paid to the Trust's Chief Compliance Officer, and other miscellaneous expenses. Each Fund will pay all expenses directly related to its individual operations.

Operating expenses not attributable to a specific Fund are generally allocated based upon the proportionate daily net assets of each Fund.

Administrative Services Fee

The Trust has entered into an agreement with Securian Financial Group under which Securian Financial Group provides accounting, legal, security valuations and other administrative services. Each Fund reimburses Securian Financial Group quarterly for the actual costs incurred in performing such services, as determined in accordance with Securian Financial Group's customary cost accounting procedures consistently applied. Total quarterly administrative fees by Fund range from $4,500 to $19,000.

Accounting Services

The Trust has entered into an agreement with State Street Bank and Trust Company ("State Street") in which State Street provides daily fund accounting and investment administration services. In 2022, these fees ranged from 0.01% to 0.05% of net assets depending on the size and makeup of the respective Fund. The fees are based upon a calculation of multiple factors including base fees, size of assets, and certain other fees.

Distribution Fees

The Trust has adopted a Rule 12b-1 Distribution Plan which covers all of its Class 2 shares (each, a "Covered Fund"). Each Covered Fund pays distribution fees at the annual rate of 0.25% of the average daily net assets of the Covered Fund. These fees are paid out of the Covered Fund's assets, which reduces a Covered Fund's net assets as do other Covered Fund expenses. The fees are paid to Securian Financial Services, Inc. ("Securian Financial"), the Trust's underwriter, to pay for distribution-related expenses and activities in connection with the distribution of the Covered Fund's shares. Securian Financial may also use the fees to pay insurance companies, dealers or others for certain non-distribution services as provided for in the distribution plan.

Net Investment Income Maintenance Agreement for the SFT Government Money Market Fund

Effective May 1, 2012, the Board approved a Restated Net Investment Income Maintenance Agreement among the Trust (on behalf of SFT Government Money Market Fund), Securian AM and Securian Financial. Under such Agreement, Securian AM agrees to waive, reimburse, or pay SFT Government Money Market Fund expenses so that the Fund's daily net investment income does not fall below zero. Securian Financial may also waive its Rule 12b-1 fees. Securian AM and Securian Financial each has the option under the Agreement to recover the full amount waived, reimbursed, or paid (the "Expense Waiver") on any day on which the Fund's net


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investment income exceeds zero. On any day, however, the Expense Waiver does not constitute an obligation of the Fund unless Securian AM or Securian Financial has expressly exercised its right to recover a specified portion of the Expense Waiver on that day, in which case such specified portion is then due and payable by the Fund. In addition, the right of Securian AM and/or Securian Financial to recover the Expense Waiver is subject to the following limitations: (1) if a repayment of the Expense Waiver by the Fund would cause the Fund's net investment income to fall below zero, such repayment is deferred until a date when repayment would not cause the Fund's net investment income to fall below zero; (2) the right to recover any portion of the Expense Waiver expires three years after the effective date of that portion of the Expense Waiver; and (3) any repayment of the Expense Waiver by the Fund cannot cause the Fund's expense ratio to exceed 1.25%. If Securian AM and Securian Financial exercise their rights to be paid such waived amounts, the Fund's future yield will be negatively affected for an indefinite period. The agreement runs through April 30, 2023.

As of December 31, 2022, the amounts waived and eligible for recovery are as follows:

   

Agreement

  Advisory
Fees Waived
for the
year ended
December 31,
  12b-1 Fees
Waived
for the
year ended
December 31,
  Excess Expense
Waived
for the
year ended
December 31,
  Total
eligible for
recovery
as of
December 31,
 

Expiring December 31,

 

Fund

 

Date

 

2022*

 

2022*

 

2022*

 

2022

 

2023

 

2024

 

2025

 
SFT Government
Money Market
Fund
 

May 1, 2012

 

$

159,432

   

$

159,432

   

$

29,576

   

$

2,327,804

   

$

776,001

   

$

1,203,364

   

$

348,440

   

*  This amount is reflected in fees waived in the accompanying Statements of Operations.

SFT Balanced Stabilization Fund, SFT Equity Stabilization Fund, and SFT Government Money Market Fund Expense Waivers

Securian AM and the Trust, on behalf of the SFT Balanced Stabilization Fund, SFT Equity Stabilization Fund and SFT Government Money Market Fund, have entered into seperate Expense Limitation Agreements which limit the operating expenses of these Funds, excluding certain expenses (such as interest expense, acquired fund fees, cash overdraft fees, taxes, brokerage commissions, other expenditures which are capitalized in accordance with GAAP, and other extraordinary expenses not incurred in the ordinary course of the Fund's business). The Expense Limitation Agreements for SFT Balanced Stabilization Fund and SFT Equity Stabilization Fund were terminated effective May 1, 2021. The SFT Government Money Market Fund Expense Limitation Agreement runs through April 30, 2023.

The SFT Government Money Market Expense Limitation Agreement renews annually for a full year each year thereafter unless terminated by Securian AM upon at least 30 days' notice prior to the end of a contract term. The Funds are authorized to reimburse Securian AM for management fees previously waived and/or for the cost of expenses previously paid by Securian AM pursuant to their respective Expense Limitation Agreement, provided that such reimbursement will not cause any Fund to exceed any limits in effect at the time of such reimbursement. A Fund's ability to reimburse Securian AM in this manner only applies to fees waived or reimbursements made by Securian AM within the three fiscal years prior to the date of such reimbursement. To the extent that the Fund makes such reimbursements to Securian AM, the amount of the reimbursements will be reflected in the financial statements in the Funds' shareholder reports and in Other Expenses under Fees and Expenses of the Fund in the Funds' prospectus.


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(4)  Expenses and Related Party Transactions – (continued)

As of December 31, 2022, the amounts waived and eligible for recovery are as follows:

   

Agreement

 

Expense

  Advisory Fees
Waived for the
year ended
December 31,
  Total eligible
for recovery
as of
December 31,
 

Expiring December 31,

 

Fund

 

Date

 

Limit

 

2022*

 

2022

 

2023

 

2024

 

2025

 
SFT Balanced
Stabilization Fund
 

Terminated May 1, 2021

   

N/A

   

$

   

$

494,720

   

$

373,980

   

$

120,740

   

$

   
SFT Equity
Stabilization Fund
 

Terminated May 1, 2021

   

N/A

   

$

   

$

361,396

   

$

274,362

   

$

87,034

   

$

   
SFT Government
Money Market Fund
 

November 1, 2017

   

0.70

%

 

$

   

$

   

$

   

$

   

$

   

*  This amount is reflected in fees waived in the accompanying Statements of Operations.

(5)  Illiquid Investments

Non-Money Market Funds—Pursuant to Rule 22e-4 under the 1940 Act, no Fund may acquire an "illiquid investment" if, immediately after the acquisition, the Fund would have invested more than 15% of its net assets in illiquid investments. Rule 22e-4 generally defines an illiquid investment as any investment that the Fund reasonably expects cannot be sold or disposed of in current market conditions in seven calendar days or less without the sale or disposition significantly changing the market value of the investment. At December 31, 2022, the SFT Balanced Stabilization Fund held four illiquid securities with a market value of $4,797,444, which represents 0.8% of net assets.

Government Money Market Funds—Money market funds are governed by Rule 2a-7 under the 1940 Act. By definition, a government money market fund is a fund that invests 99.5% or more of its total assets in cash, government securities, and/or repurchase agreements that are collateralized fully. Consequently, the SFT Government Money Market Fund currently limits investments in "illiquid securities" to 0.5% of net assets at the time of purchase. Rule 2a-7 defines an illiquid security as a security that cannot be sold or disposed of in the ordinary course of business within seven calendar days at approximately the value ascribed to it by the Fund. At December 31, 2022, the Fund did not hold illiquid securities.

(6)  Fair Value Measurement

The Trust utilizes a three-tier hierarchy to maximize the use of observable market data and minimize the use of unobservable inputs when determining fair value. The hierarchy also establishes a 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. Inputs may be observable or unobservable. Observable inputs include information market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability based on market data obtained from sources independent of the reporting entity. Unobservable inputs reflect the Trust's estimates about the assumptions market participants would use in valuing the financial asset or liability based on the best information available in the circumstances. Level 1 includes unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets and liabilities. Level 2 includes other significant observable market-based inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, credit risk and prepayment speed). Level 3 includes unobservable inputs, which may include the advisor's own assumptions in determining the fair value of an investment or are based on independent non-binding broker quotes. Other financial instruments are derivative instruments not reflected in total investments, such as futures, forwards, swaps, and written options.


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(6)   Fair Value Measurement – (continued)

The following is a summary of the levels used as of December 31, 2022, in valuing the Fund's assets and liabilities (please see the Investments in Securities for each Fund for a listing of all securities within each category):

    Fair Value Measurement at
December 31, 2022 using
     

Fund

 

Level 1

 

Level 2

 

Level 3

 

Total

 

SFT Balanced Stabilization Fund

 

Assets

 

Government Obligations

 

$

   

$

31,010,664

   

$

   

$

31,010,664

   

Other Mortgage-Backed Securities

   

     

1,358,382

     

     

1,358,382

   

Corporate Obligations

   

     

214,352,072

     

     

214,352,072

   

Purchased Options

   

553,957

     

     

     

553,957

   

Investment Companies

   

373,291,113

     

     

     

373,291,113

   

Total Investments

   

373,845,070

     

246,721,118

     

     

620,566,188

   

Other Financial Instruments*

 

Futures Contracts

   

1,349,336

     

     

     

1,349,336

   

Liabilities

 

Other Financial Instruments*

 

Written Options

   

(91,489

)

   

     

     

(91,489

)

 

SFT Core Bond Fund

 

Assets

 

Government Obligations

   

     

235,235,100

     

     

235,235,100

   

Asset-Backed Securities

   

     

44,847,424

     

     

44,847,424

   

Other Mortgage-Backed Securities

   

     

54,697,341

     

     

54,697,341

   

Corporate Obligations

   

     

115,419,007

     

     

115,419,007

   

Bank Loans

   

     

9,123,419

     

     

9,123,419

   

Foreign Bonds

   

     

3,821,680

     

     

3,821,680

   

U.S. Government Obligations

   

     

53,164,838

     

     

53,164,838

   

Investment Companies

   

19,232,086

     

     

     

19,232,086

   

Total Investments

   

19,232,086

     

516,308,809

     

     

535,540,895

   

Other Financial Instruments*

 

Futures Contracts

   

139,107

     

     

     

139,107

   

Liabilities

 

Other Financial Instruments*

 

Futures Contracts

   

(35,303

)

   

     

     

(35,303

)

 

SFT Delaware IvySM Growth Fund

 

Assets

 

Common Stocks

   

474,638,478

     

     

     

474,638,478

   

Investment Companies

   

3,803,470

     

     

     

3,803,470

   

Total Investments

   

478,441,948

     

     

     

478,441,948

   

SFT Delaware IvySM Small Cap Growth Fund

 

Assets

 

Common Stocks

   

136,264,883

     

     

     

136,264,883

   

Investment Companies

   

5,052,123

     

     

     

5,052,123

   

Total Investments

   

141,317,006

     

     

     

141,317,006

   


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(6)   Fair Value Measurement – (continued)

    Fair Value Measurement at
December 31, 2022 using
     

Fund

 

Level 1

 

Level 2

 

Level 3

 

Total

 

SFT Equity Stabilization Fund

 

Assets

 

Investment Companies

 

$

323,932,937

   

$

   

$

   

$

323,932,937

   

Purchased Options

   

294,043

     

     

     

294,043

   

Total Investments

   

324,226,980

     

     

     

324,226,980

   

Other Financial Instruments*

 

Futures Contracts

   

191,405

     

     

     

191,405

   

Liabilities

 

Other Financial Instruments*

 

Written Options

   

(48,560

)

   

     

     

(48,560

)

 

SFT Government Money Market Fund

 

Assets

 

U.S. Government Obligations

   

     

203,711,088

     

     

203,711,088

   

Investment Companies

   

19,354,925

     

     

     

19,354,925

   

Total Investments

   

19,354,925

     

203,711,088

     

     

223,066,013

   

SFT Index 400 Mid-Cap Fund

 

Assets

 

Common Stocks

   

188,622,016

     

     

     

188,622,016

   

Long-Term Debt Securities

   

     

989,219

     

     

989,219

   

Investment Companies

   

8,019,722

     

     

     

8,019,722

   

Total Investments

   

196,641,738

     

989,219

     

     

197,630,957

   

Liabilities

 

Other Financial Instruments*

 

Futures Contracts

   

(229,885

)

   

     

     

(229,885

)

 

SFT Index 500 Fund

 

Assets

 

Common Stocks

   

970,864,008

     

     

     

970,864,008

   

Investment Companies

   

20,839,604

     

     

     

20,839,604

   

Total Investments

   

991,703,612

     

     

     

991,703,612

   

Liabilities

 

Other Financial Instruments*

 

Futures Contracts

   

(540,782

)

   

     

     

(540,782

)

 

SFT International Bond Fund

 

Assets

 

Long-Term Debt Securities

   

     

77,881,864

     

     

77,881,864

   

Investment Companies

   

944,622

     

     

     

944,622

   

Total Investments

   

944,622

     

77,881,864

     

     

78,826,486

   

Other Financial Instruments*

 

Forward Foreign Currency Contracts

   

     

99,187

     

     

99,187

   

Liabilities

 

Other Financial Instruments*

 

Forward Foreign Currency Contracts

   

     

(1,838,800

)

   

     

(1,838,800

)

 

Futures Contracts

   

(160,744

)

   

     

     

(160,744

)

 

SFT Real Estate Securities Fund

 

Assets

 

Common Stocks

   

113,287,567

     

     

     

113,287,567

   

Investment Companies

   

2,207,429

     

     

     

2,207,429

   

Total Investments

   

115,494,996

     

     

     

115,494,996

   


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(6)   Fair Value Measurement – (continued)

    Fair Value Measurement at
December 31, 2022 using
     

Fund

 

Level 1

 

Level 2

 

Level 3

 

Total

 

SFT T. Rowe Price Value Fund

 

Assets

 

Common Stocks

 

$

182,995,735

   

$

   

$

   

$

182,995,735

   

Investment Companies

   

2,947,738

     

     

     

2,947,738

   

Total Investments

   

185,943,473

     

     

     

185,943,473

   

SFT Wellington Core Equity Fund

 

Assets

 

Common Stocks

   

107,562,644

     

     

     

107,562,644

   

Investment Companies

   

1,856,525

     

     

     

1,856,525

   

Total Investments

   

109,419,169

     

     

     

109,419,169

   

*  Investments in Other Financial Instruments are derivative instruments reflected in the Investment in Securities. All derivatives currently held are reflected at the gross unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on the investments.

Level 2 Measurements:

Government obligations comprised of U.S. Treasury, agency and government guaranteed fixed maturity securities – These securities are principally valued using the market approach. Valuation is based primarily on quoted prices in markets that are not active or using matrix pricing or other similar techniques using standard market observable inputs such as the benchmark U.S. Treasury yield curve, the spread of the U.S. Treasury curve for the identical security and comparable securities that are actively traded.

Asset-backed and other mortgage-backed securities comprised of RMBS, CMBS and ABS fixed maturity securities – These securities are principally valued using the market approach. Valuation is based primarily on matrix pricing or other similar techniques using standard market inputs including spreads for actively traded securities, spreads off benchmark yields, expected prepayment speeds and volumes, current and forecasted loss severity, rating, weighted average coupon, weighted average maturity, average delinquency rates, geographic region, debt-service coverage ratios and issuance-specific information including: collateral type, payment terms of the underlying assets, payment priority within the tranche, structure of the security, deal performance and vintage of loans, etc.

Corporate obligations comprised of U.S. corporate and foreign corporate fixed maturity securities – These securities are principally valued using the market and income approaches. Valuation is based primarily on quoted prices in markets that are not active, or using matrix pricing or other similar techniques that use standard market observable inputs such as benchmark yields, spreads off benchmark yields, new issuances, issuer rating, duration, and trades of identical or comparable securities. Investment grade privately placed securities are valued using discounted cash flow methodologies using standard market observable inputs, and inputs derived from, or corroborated by, market observable data including market yield curve, duration, call provisions, observable prices and spreads for similar publicly traded or privately traded issues that incorporate the credit quality and industry sector of the issuer.

Long-term and short-term debt securities comprised of foreign government and state and political subdivision fixed maturity securities – These securities are principally valued using the market approach. Valuation is based primarily on matrix pricing or other similar techniques using standard market observable inputs including benchmark U.S. Treasury or other yields, issuer ratings, broker-dealer quotes, issuer spreads and reported trades of similar securities, including those within the same sub-sector or with a similar maturity or credit rating.


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(6)   Fair Value Measurement – (continued)

Bank Loans – These securities are generally valued by independent pricing services based on the average of quoted prices received from multiple dealers or valued relative to other benchmark securities when broker-dealer quotes are unavailable. These quoted prices are based on interest rates, yield curves, option adjusted spreads, credit spreads and/or other criteria. To the extent that these inputs are observable, the values of Bank Loans are categorized as Level 2. To the extent that these inputs are unobservable, the values are categorized as Level 3.

Forward Foreign Currency – These derivatives are traded in the over-the-counter derivative market and are principally valued using market price quotations or industry recognized modeling techniques. The significant inputs to the models are observable in the market or can be derived from or corroborated by observable market data. These significant inputs may include interest rates, foreign currency exchange rates, interest rate curves, contractual terms, market prices, and measures of volatility.

The Funds' policy is to recognize transfers between the levels as of the end of the period. There were no transfers of financial assets between Levels 1, 2 and 3 during the period.

(7)  Derivative Instruments Reporting

The Trust provides, when applicable, disclosures of the location, by line item, of fair value amounts in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities and the location, by line item, of amounts of gains and losses reported in the Statement of Operations. The derivative instruments outstanding as of period end are disclosed in the Investments in Securities. The following tables represent the average monthly volume of the Fund's derivative transactions during the year ended December 31, 2022:

    Average
Notional Amount
 

SFT Balanced Stabilization Fund

 

Futures contracts

 

$

86,871,755

(a)

 

Purchased options contracts

   

1,145,765

   

Written options contracts

   

(159,218

)(a)

 

SFT Core Bond Fund

 

Futures contracts

 

$

123,895,092

(a)

 

SFT Equity Stabilization Fund

 

Futures contracts

 

$

47,909,095

   

Purchased options contracts

   

782,368

   

Written options contracts

   

(98,883

)

 

SFT Index 400 Mid-Cap Fund

 

Futures contracts

 

$

10,677,079

   

SFT Index 500 Fund

 

Futures contracts

 

$

23,195,450

   

SFT International Bond Fund

 

Futures contracts

 

$

11,246,030

   

Forward foreign currency contracts

   

56,177,789

   

(a)  Positions were open for eleven months during the period.

Equity derivatives were purchased or sold to manage the SFT Index 400 Mid-Cap and SFT Index 500 Funds' shareholder liquidity and to attempt to replicate intended stock investments to maintain fully invested Funds. Equity index options are utilized by the SFT Balanced Stabilization Fund and the SFT Equity Stabilization Fund to manage the equity exposure while attempting to reduce the volatility and risk of the Funds.


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Notes to Financial Statements – continued

(7)  Derivative Instruments Reporting – (continued)

Interest rate derivatives were purchased or sold in the SFT Core Bond Fund and SFT International Bond Fund to both manage the average duration of the fixed income portfolio and to hedge against the effects of interest rate changes on a portfolio's current or intended investments.

Foreign exchange derivatives were used to attempt to hedge against the effects of exchange rate changes within the SFT International Bond Fund's current or intended investments in foreign securities, as well as to more efficiently obtain exposure to foreign currencies or to take advantage of cross currency markets in order to benefit from valuation differentials and shifts in pricing within the currency markets.

The tables below detail the risk exposure of each Fund from derivative instruments:

   

Risk Exposure

 
    Equity
Contracts
  Interest
Rate
Contracts
  Foreign
Exchange
Contracts
 

SFT Balanced Stabilization Fund

 
Fair Value of Derivative Instruments on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities
as of December 31, 2022
 

Assets:

 

Investments in securities, at market value (purchased options)

 

$

553,957

   

$

   

$

   

Variation margin on futures contracts*

   

1,349,336

     

     

   

Total

 

$

1,903,293

   

$

   

$

   

Liabilities:

 

Written options contracts

 

$

(91,489

)

 

$

   

$

   
The Effect of Derivative Instruments on the Statement of Operations
for the year ended December 31, 2022
 

Net Realized Gain (Loss) on Derivatives:

 

Futures contracts

 

$

5,062,663

   

$

   

$

   

Purchased options contracts

   

1,301,206

     

     

   

Written options contracts

   

424,854

     

     

   

Total

 

$

6,788,723

   

$

   

$

   

Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on Derivatives:

 

Futures contracts

 

$

1,349,336

   

$

   

$

   

Purchased options contracts

   

(239,605

)

   

     

   

Written options contracts

   

187,588

     

     

   

Total

 

$

1,297,319

   

$

   

$

   


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Notes to Financial Statements – continued

(7)   Derivative Instruments Reporting – (continued)

   

Risk Exposure

 
    Equity
Contracts
  Interest
Rate
Contracts
  Foreign
Exchange
Contracts
 

SFT Core Bond Fund

 
Fair Value of Derivative Instruments on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities
as of December 31, 2022
 

Assets:

 

Variation margin on futures contracts*

 

$

   

$

139,107

   

$

   

Liabilities:

 

Variation margin on futures contracts*

 

$

   

$

(35,303

)

 

$

   
The Effect of Derivative Instruments on the Statement of Operations
for the year ended December 31, 2022
 

Net Realized Gain (Loss) on Derivatives:

 

Futures contracts

 

$

   

$

(2,784,352

)

 

$

   

Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on Derivatives:

 

Futures contracts

 

$

   

$

44,662

   

$

   

SFT Equity Stabilization Fund

 
Fair Value of Derivative Instruments on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities
as of December 31, 2022
 

Assets:

 

Investments in securities, at market value (purchased options)

 

$

294,043

   

$

   

$

   

Variation margin on futures contracts*

   

191,405

     

     

   

Total

 

$

485,448

   

$

   

$

   

Liabilities:

 

Written options contracts

 

$

(48,560

)

 

$

   

$

   
The Effect of Derivative Instruments on the Statement of Operations
for the year ended December 31, 2022
 

Net Realized Gain (Loss) on Derivatives:

 

Futures contracts

 

$

(10,514,880

)

 

$

   

$

   

Purchased options contracts

   

1,371,581

     

     

   

Written options contracts

   

568,144

     

     

   

Total

 

$

(8,575,155

)

 

$

   

$

   

Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on Derivatives:

 

Futures contracts

 

$

266,391

   

$

   

$

   

Purchased options contracts

   

(128,584

)

   

     

   

Written options contracts

   

99,660

     

     

   

Total

 

$

237,467

   

$

   

$

   


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Notes to Financial Statements – continued

(7)   Derivative Instruments Reporting – (continued)

   

Risk Exposure

 
    Equity
Contracts
  Interest
Rate
Contracts
  Foreign
Exchange
Contracts
 

SFT Index 400 Mid-Cap Fund

 
Fair Value of Derivative Instruments on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities
as of December 31, 2022
 

Liabilities:

 

Variation margin on futures contracts*

 

$

(229,885

)

 

$

   

$

   
The Effect of Derivative Instruments on the Statement of Operations
for the year ended December 31, 2022
 

Net Realized Gain (Loss) on Derivatives:

 

Futures contracts

 

$

(1,780,923

)

 

$

   

$

   

Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on Derivatives:

 

Futures contracts

 

$

(432,355

)

 

$

   

$

   

SFT Index 500 Fund

 
Fair Value of Derivative Instruments on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities
as of December 31, 2022
 

Liabilities:

 

Variation margin on futures contracts*

 

$

(540,782

)

 

$

   

$

   
The Effect of Derivative Instruments on the Statement of Operations
for the year ended December 31, 2022
 

Net Realized Gain (Loss) on Derivatives:

 

Futures contracts

 

$

(4,074,989

)

 

$

   

$

   

Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on Derivatives:

 

Futures contracts

 

$

(1,244,501

)

 

$

   

$

   

SFT International Bond Fund

 
Fair Value of Derivative Instruments on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities
as of December 31, 2022
 

Assets:

 

Unrealized appreciation on forward foreign currency contracts

 

$

   

$

   

$

99,187

   

Liabilities:

 

Unrealized depreciation on forward foreign currency contracts

 

$

   

$

   

$

(1,838,800

)

 

Variation margin on futures contracts*

   

     

(160,744

)

   

   

Total

 

$

   

$

(160,744

)

 

$

(1,838,800

)

 
The Effect of Derivative Instruments on the Statement of Operations
for the year ended December 31, 2022
 

Net Realized Gain (Loss) on Derivatives:

 

Foreign currency contracts

 

$

   

$

   

$

2,059,228

   

Futures contracts

   

     

(2,999,704

)

   

   

Total

 

$

   

$

(2,999,704

)

 

$

2,059,228

   

Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on Derivatives:

 

Foreign currency contracts

 

$

   

$

   

$

(1,987,630

)

 

Futures contracts

   

     

(44,386

)

   

   

Total

 

$

   

$

(44,386

)

 

$

(1,987,630

)

 

*  Includes cumulative appreciation/depreciation of futures contracts as reported in the notes to the Schedules of Investments in Securities. Only the current day's variation margin is reported within the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.


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Notes to Financial Statements – continued

(7)   Derivative Instruments Reporting – (continued)

The Funds may be exposed to credit-related losses in the event of nonperformance by counterparties to derivative financial instruments. The Funds manage credit risk related to derivatives by entering into transactions with highly rated counterparties. Generally, the current credit exposure of the derivative contracts is limited to the positive estimated fair value of derivative contracts at the reporting date after taking into consideration the existence of netting arrangements and any collateral received pursuant to credit support annexes. Because exchange traded derivatives are purchased through regulated exchanges and positions are settled regularly, the Funds have minimal exposure to credit-related losses in the event of nonperformance by counterparties to such derivative instruments. For the year ended December 31, 2022, none of the Funds' derivatives were subject to master netting arrangements.

(8)  Affiliated Ownership

The SFT Balanced Stabilization Fund invests in underlying securities and other investment companies, of which certain underlying funds (affiliated underlying funds) may be deemed to be under common control with the SFT Balanced Stabilization Fund because they share the same investment advisor, Securian AM, and because they are overseen by the same Board. The SFT Balanced Stabilization Fund achieves its equity exposure by investing primarily in Class 1 Shares of the SFT Index 500 Fund, an affiliated fund in the Trust that seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance of the common stocks included in the Standard & Poor's 500® Index. A summary of all transactions with the affiliated SFT Index 500 Fund as of December 31, 2022 are as follows:

           

As of December 31, 2022

 

Fund/Underlying Fund

  Beginning Value
as of
January 1, 2022
  Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation/
Depreciation
  Ending
Value
  Share
Balance
 

SFT Balanced Stabilization Fund

 
SFT Index 500 Fund  

$

287,214,638

   

$

(52,479,679

)

 

$

234,734,959

     

14,224,618

   

(9)  Other Risks

The Funds can invest in securities of foreign issuers, which may subject them to investment risks not normally associated with investing in U.S. securities. Significant market disruptions, such as those caused by pandemics (e.g., COVID-19 pandemic), natural or environmental disasters, war (e.g., Russia's invasion of Ukraine), acts of terrorism, or other events, can adversely affect local and global markets and normal market operations.

(10)  Subsequent Events

Management has evaluated subsequent events for the Trust through the date of the filing, and has concluded there were no material events that would require disclosure.


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Securian Funds Trust
Other Information
(unaudited)

Fund Expenses Paid by Shareholders

Shareholders of the Trust incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, including sales charges (loads) on purchase payments, reinvested dividends, or other distributions; redemption fees; (the Trust does not impose transaction costs, but you will incur such costs in connection with the variable life insurance policies and variable annuity contracts that invest in the Funds) and exchange fees; and (2) ongoing costs, including management fees; distribution and/or service (12b-1) fees; and other Trust expenses. The examples below are intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Funds and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.

The examples below are based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period, July 1, 2022 through December 31, 2022. Expenses paid during the period in the tables below are equal to the Fund's annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by number of days in most recent fiscal half-year divided by 365 to reflect the entire year.

Actual Expenses

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

   

Actual Expenses

 
   

CLASS 1

 

CLASS 2

 
    Beginning
Account
Value
  Ending
Account
Value
  Annual
Expense
Ratio
  Expenses
Paid During
Period
  Ending
Account
Value
  Annual
Expense
Ratio
  Expenses
Paid During
Period
 

SFT Balanced Stabilization Fund

 

$

1,000

     

NA

     

NA

     

NA

   

$

997.90

     

0.86

%

 

$

4.33

   
SFT Core Bond Fund    

1,000

   

$

955.90

     

0.51

%

 

$

2.51

     

954.50

     

0.76

%

   

3.74

   

SFT Delaware IvySM Growth Fund

   

1,000

     

NA

     

NA

     

NA

     

998.20

     

0.97

%

   

4.89

   
SFT Delaware IvySM Small Cap
Growth Fund
   

1,000

     

NA

     

NA

     

NA

     

1,001.90

     

1.29

%

   

6.51

   

SFT Equity Stabilization Fund

   

1,000

     

NA

     

NA

     

NA

     

1,003.70

     

0.89

%

   

4.49

   
SFT Government Money Market
Fund
   

1,000

     

NA

     

NA

     

NA

     

1,010.90

     

0.64

%

   

3.24

   

SFT Index 400 Mid-Cap Fund

   

1,000

     

1,078.50

     

0.30

%

   

1.57

     

1,077.10

     

0.55

%

   

2.88

   
SFT Index 500 Fund    

1,000

     

1,022.00

     

0.20

%

   

1.02

     

1,020.80

     

0.45

%

   

2.29

   

SFT International Bond Fund

   

1,000

     

973.40

     

1.04

%

   

5.17

     

972.10

     

1.29

%

   

6.41

   

SFT Real Estate Securities Fund

   

1,000

     

926.00

     

0.92

%

   

4.47

     

924.80

     

1.17

%

   

5.68

   

SFT T. Rowe Price Value Fund

   

1,000

     

NA

     

NA

     

NA

     

1,036.80

     

1.09

%

   

5.60

   

SFT Wellington Core Equity Fund

   

1,000

     

1,022.40

     

0.88

%

   

4.49

     

1,021.10

     

1.13

%

   

5.76

   


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Securian Funds Trust
Other Information – continued
(unaudited)

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes

The table below also provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Funds' actual expense ratios and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which are not the Funds' actual returns. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the year. You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Funds' and other funds. To do so, compare the 5% hypothetical example of the funds you own with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of other similar funds.

   

Hypothetical Expenses

 
   

CLASS 1

 

CLASS 2

 
    Beginning
Account
Value
  Ending
Account
Value
  Annual
Expense
Ratio
  Expenses
Paid During
Period
  Ending
Account
Value
  Annual
Expense
Ratio
  Expenses
Paid During
Period
 

SFT Balanced Stabilization Fund

 

$

1,000

     

NA

     

NA

     

NA

   

$

1,020.87

     

0.86

%

 

$

4.38

   
SFT Core Bond Fund    

1,000

   

$

1,022.63

     

0.51

%

 

$

2.60

     

1,021.37

     

0.76

%

   

3.87

   

SFT Delaware IvySM Growth Fund

   

1,000

     

NA

     

NA

     

NA

     

1,020.32

     

0.97

%

   

4.94

   
SFT Delaware IvySM Small Cap
Growth Fund
   

1,000

     

NA

     

NA

     

NA

     

1,018.70

     

1.29

%

   

6.56

   

SFT Equity Stabilization Fund

   

1,000

     

NA

     

NA

     

NA

     

1,020.72

     

0.89

%

   

4.53

   
SFT Government Money Market
Fund
   

1,000

     

NA

     

NA

     

NA

     

1,021.98

     

0.64

%

   

3.26

   

SFT Index 400 Mid-Cap Fund

   

1,000

     

1,023.69

     

0.30

%

   

1.53

     

1,022.43

     

0.55

%

   

2.80

   
SFT Index 500 Fund    

1,000

     

1,024.20

     

0.20

%

   

1.02

     

1,022.94

     

0.45

%

   

2.29

   

SFT International Bond Fund

   

1,000

     

1,019.96

     

1.04

%

   

5.30

     

1,018.70

     

1.29

%

   

6.56

   

SFT Real Estate Securities Fund

   

1,000

     

1,020.56

     

0.92

%

   

4.69

     

1,019.31

     

1.17

%

   

5.96

   

SFT T. Rowe Price Value Fund

   

1,000

     

NA

     

NA

     

NA

     

1,019.71

     

1.09

%

   

5.55

   

SFT Wellington Core Equity Fund

   

1,000

     

1,020.77

     

0.88

%

   

4.48

     

1,019.51

     

1.13

%

   

5.75

   

Please note that the expenses shown in both tables are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transactional costs, such as sales charges (loads), redemption fees, or exchange fees. Therefore, the information provided in the hypothetical example table 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 transactional costs were included, your costs would have been higher.

Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures

A description of the policies and procedures that Securian AM uses to vote proxies related to each Fund's portfolio securities is set forth in the Trust's Statement of Additional Information which is available without charge, upon request, by calling, toll-free, 800-995-3850 or on the Securities and Exchange Commission's ("SEC") website at www.sec.gov. The Trust will provide this document within three business days of receipt of a request, by first-class mail or other means designed to ensure equally prompt delivery.

Proxy Voting Record

The Trust's proxy voting record for the 12 month period ended June 30 is available by calling, toll-free, 866-330-7355 or on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov no later than August 31 each year. The Trust will also provide this information, within three business days of receipt of a request, by first-class mail or other means designed to ensure equally prompt delivery.

Availability of Quarterly Schedule of Investments

The Trust files its complete schedule of investment holdings with the SEC for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-PORT. The Trust's Form N-PORT are available on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov.


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Securian Funds Trust
Statement Regarding Liquidity Risk Management Program
(unaudited)

The following statement discusses the operation and effectiveness of the Funds' liquidity risk management program for the period from January 1, 2022 through December 31, 2022 and describes the Board's review of the Funds' liquidity risk management program that took place during the six-month period ended June 30, 2022.

The Funds have adopted a Liquidity Risk Management Program (the "LRM Program"). The Funds' Board has appointed the Securian AM Liquidity Risk Oversight Committee (the "Committee") as the administrator of the LRM Program. In its capacity as program administrator, the Committee oversees and monitors the LRM Program for the Funds. In addition, the Committee assesses and manages the Funds' liquidity risk, which is the risk that a Fund could not meet requests to redeem shares issued by the Fund without significant dilution of remaining investors' interests in the Fund. The Committee assesses and manages liquidity risk by classifying and reviewing periodically the classification of Fund investments for liquidity risk management purposes; reporting periodically to the Board on Fund liquidity risk and the status of the LRM Program; and determining the policies, procedures and controls necessary to create and maintain the LRM Program, among other means. The Committee's process of determining the degree of liquidity of the Funds' investments is supported by one or more third-party liquidity assessment vendors.

The Funds' Board reviewed a report prepared by the Committee to address the operation of the LRM Program, assess its adequacy and effectiveness of implementation, including (if applicable), the operation of the highly liquid investment minimum and any material changes to the LRM Program for the period from January 1, 2022 through December 31, 2022 (the "Covered Period"). To prepare this report, the Committee discussed the operation and effectiveness of the Funds' third-party liquidity assessment services in light of the liquidity risks posed by each Fund. Additionally, the Committee reviewed portfolio managers' responses to the LRM Program's Annual Liquidity Risk Assessment Review Checklist for each Fund. As a result of its review, the Committee reported the following to the Board:

—  The Funds' LRM Program operated effectively during the Covered Period, was adequately designed and was effectively implemented.

—  Because each Fund primarily holds assets that are highly liquid investments, the Funds do not have highly liquid investments minimums. It is expected each Fund will continue to primarily hold assets that are highly liquid investments for the foreseeable future.

—  There were no material changes to the LRM Program during the Covered Period.

—  There were no breaches of any Fund's restriction on holding greater than 15% illiquid assets.


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Securian Funds Trust
Trustees and Executive Officers
(unaudited)

Under Delaware law, the Board of Trustees of the Trust has overall responsibility for managing the Trust in good faith and in a manner reasonably believed to be in the best interests of the Trust. The Trustees meet periodically throughout the year to oversee the Trust's activities, review contractual arrangements with companies that provide services to the Trust, and review the performance of the Trust and its Funds. One of the six current Trustees is considered an "interested person" (as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940) of the Trust. The other five Trustees, because they are not interested persons of the Trust, are considered independent ("Independent Trustees") and are not employees or officers of, and have no financial interest in, the Trust's investment adviser, Securian Asset Management, Inc. ("Securian AM") or its affiliated companies, including Minnesota Life Insurance Company.

Only executive officers and other officers who perform policy-making functions with the Trust are listed. Each Trustee serves for an indefinite term, until his or her resignation, death or removal.

The Funds' Statement of Additional Information contains additional information about the Funds' Trustees and is available without charge upon request, by calling, toll free, 800-995-3850.


Name, Address(1)
and Age
  Position(s)
Held Within
the Trust
  Term of Office and
Length of Time
Served(2)
 
Principal Occupation(s)
During the Last 5 Years
  Other Directorships
Held During Past
5 Years by Trustee
 

Independent Trustees

                 
Julie K. Gethell
Year of birth: 1954
 

Trustee

 

Since 2011

 

Retired; Senior Financial Consultant Cargill, 2009-2012; Chief Financial Officer, La Grosse Global Fund Services, 2007-2009; Senior Managing Director, Black River Asset Management, 2005-2007; Consultant, Black River Asset Management, 2004-2005; Chief Financial Officer, Prestige Resorts & Destinations, 2001-2003; Chief Operating Officer, Insight Investment Management, Inc., 1991-1996; Chartered Financial Analyst; CPA—inactive

 

None

 
Brian E. Gustafson
Year of birth: 1967
 

Trustee

 

Since 2022

 

Managing Director, Investments, Tonkawa, from 2001 to present; Chartered Financial Analyst

 

None

 


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Securian Funds Trust
Trustees and Executive Officers – continued
(unaudited)


Name, Address(1)
and Age
  Position(s)
Held Within
the Trust
  Term of Office and
Length of Time
Served(2)
 
Principal Occupation(s)
During the Last 5 Years
  Other Directorships
Held During Past
5 Years by Trustee
 

Independent Trustees — continued

                 
Linda L. Henderson
Year of birth: 1949
 

Trustee

 

Since 2007

 

Retired: Professional Adviser, Carlson School of Management, working with faculty and MBA students managing Carlson Growth Fund. Semi-retirement, 2004-2007. RBC Wealth Management (formerly Dain Bosworth and Dain Rauscher) 1985-2004. Senior Vice President and Director of Fixed Income Research and Strategies, 2000-2004. Director of Retail Fixed Income. 1996-2000. Director of Financial Services, 1994-1996. Manager of the Investment Management Group, 1992-1994. Consultant, Investment Management Group, 1991-1992. Investment Executive, 1985-1991. Assistant Professor of Business Administration/Finance, University of Wisconsin-River Falls, 1980-1985. Chartered Financial Analyst

 

None

 
Wan-Chong Kung
Year of birth: 1960
 

Trustee

 

Since 2022

 

Retired; Portfolio Manager, Nuveen Asset Management, LLC, from 2011-2019

 

Federal Home Loan Bank of Des Moines, 2022-present; Trust for Advised Portfolios, 2020-present

 
William C. Melton
Year of birth: 1947
 

Trustee

 

Since 2002

 

Retired; member, State of Minnesota Council of Economic Advisors from 1988 to 1994, and again from 2010 to the present; various senior positions at American Express Financial Advisors (formerly Investors Diversified Services and, thereafter, IDS/American Express) from 1982 through 1997, including Chief Economist and, thereafter, Chief International Economist

 

None

 


147


Securian Funds Trust
Trustees and Executive Officers – continued
(unaudited)


Name, Address(1)
and Age
  Position(s)
Held Within
the Trust
  Term of Office and
Length of Time
Served(2)
 
Principal Occupation(s)
During the Last 5 Years
  Other Directorships
Held During Past
5 Years by Trustee
 

Interested Trustee

                 
David M. Kuplic
Year of birth: 1957
 

Trustee, President and Principal Executive Officer

 

Trustee since 2016, President and Principal Excutive Officer since since 2011

 

Retired; Senior Vice President, Minnesota Life Insurance Company from June 2007 to June 2021; President and CEO, Securian AM from November 2017 to June 2021; Senior Vice President and Director, Advantus Capital Management, Inc., February 2006 to November 2017; Senior Vice President, Securian Financial Group, Inc. from June 2007 to June 2021; Senior Vice President, Securian Life Insurance Company from June 2007 to June 2021; President and Director, Marketview Properties, LLC (entity holding real estate assets) from January 2010 to June 2021; President and Director, Marketview Properties II, LLC (entity holding real estate assets) from March 2010 to June 2021; President and Director, Marketview Properties III, LLC (entity holding real estate assets) from January 2012 to June 2021; President and Director, Marketview Properties IV, LLC (entity holding real estate assets) from January 2012 to June 2021

 

None

 


148


Securian Funds Trust
Trustees and Executive Officers – continued
(unaudited)


Name, Address(1)
and Age
  Position(s)
Held Within
the Trust
  Term of Office and
Length of Time
Served(2)
 
Principal Occupation(s)
During the Last 5 Years
 

Other Executive Officers(3)

             
Kevin L. Ligtenberg
Year of birth: 1973
 

Vice President and Treasurer

 

Since 2021

 

Vice President, Director of Investment Operations, Securian AM since August 2021; Director of Investment Operations, Securian AM from May 2021 to July 2021; Manager of Investment Operations, Securian AM from March 2013 to May 2021

 
Christopher B. Owens
Year of birth: 1977
 

Vice President

 

Since 2020

 

Second Vice President—Retail Life and Annuity Sales, Securian Financial Group, Inc. since June 2018; National Sales Vice President—Retail Life and Annuity Sales, Securian Financial Group, Inc., October 2011 to June 2018

 
Paul Jason Thibodeaux
Year of birth: 1979
 

Secretary

 

Since 2021

 

Vice President, Assistant General Counsel, Securian AM since June, 2022; Senior Investment Counsel, Securian AM from January, 2018 to May 2022; Attorney, Gray Plant Mooty (now known as Lathrop GPM, LLP) from 2014 to 2018

 

(1)  Unless otherwise noted, the address of each Trustee and officer is the address of the Trust: 400 Robert Street North, St. Paul, Minnesota 55101.

(2)  The years reflect when a person became a director or officer of Advantus Series Fund, the predecessor to the Trust.

(3)  Although not a corporate officer of the Trust, Michael T. Steinert, born in 1975, has served as the Trust's Chief Compliance Officer since August 2017. Mr. Steinert is also Senior Vice President, Chief Operating Officer, Treasurer and Chief Compliance Officer of Securian AM.


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ITEM 2. CODE OF ETHICS.

 

Filed herewith as Exhibit 12(a)(1). During the period covered by this report, there has been no amendment to the code of ethics that relates to any element of the code of ethics definition set forth in paragraph (b) of Item 2 of Form N-CSR, nor has the registrant granted a waiver, including an implicit waiver, from a provision of the code of ethics to the registrant’s principal executive officer, principal financial officer, principal accounting officer or controller, or persons performing similar functions that relates to one or more of the items set forth in paragraph (b) of Item 2 of form N-CSR.

 

ITEM 3. AUDIT COMMITTEE FINANCIAL EXPERT.

 

The Board of Trustees of the Trust has determined that Julie K. Getchell, a member of the Board's Audit Committee, possesses the technical attributes identified in Instruction 2(b) of Item 3 to Form N-CSR to qualify as an "audit committee financial expert," and has designated Ms. Getchell as the Audit Committee's financial expert. Ms. Getchell is an "independent" Trustee pursuant to paragraph (a)(2) of Item 3 to Form N-CSR.

 

 

 

 

ITEM 4. PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT FEES AND SERVICES.

 

(a)       Audit Fees

 

The aggregate fees billed for each of the last two fiscal years for professional services rendered by the principal accountant to the registrant for the audit of the registrant's annual financial statements or services that are normally provided by the accountant in connection with statutory and regulatory filings or engagements for those fiscal years were as follows:

 

 2022    2021 
$362,000   $333,668 

 

(b)       Audit-Related Fees

 

The aggregate fees billed in each of the last two fiscal years for assurance and related services rendered by the principal accountant to the registrant that are reasonably related to the performance of the audit of the registrant's financial statements and are not reported under paragraph (a) of this Item 4 were as follows:

 

 2022    2021 
$-   $- 

 

There were no fees billed in each of the last two fiscal years for assurance and related services rendered by the principal accountant to the registrant's investment adviser or to any entity controlling, controlled by or under common control with the investment adviser that provides ongoing services to the registrant that were required to be pre-approved by the audit committee pursuant to paragraph (c)(7)(ii) of Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X.

 

(c)       Tax Fees

 

The aggregate fees billed in each of the last two fiscal years for professional services rendered by the principal accountant to the registrant for tax compliance, tax advice, tax planning and tax return preparation were as follows:

 

2022   2021 
$5,600   $8,525 

 

There were no fees billed in each of the last two fiscal years for professional services rendered by the principal accountant to the investment adviser or to any entity controlling, controlled by or under common control with the investment adviser that provides ongoing services to the registrant for tax compliance, tax advice and tax planning that were required to be pre-approved by the audit committee pursuant to paragraph (c)(7)(ii) of Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X.

 

 

 

 

(d)       All Other Fees

 

The aggregate fees billed in each of the last two fiscal years for products and services provided by the principal accountant to the registrant, other than the services reported in paragraphs (a) – (c) of this Item 4 were as follows:

 

2022   2021 
$9,570   $3,941 

 

There were no fees billed in each of the last two fiscal years for products and services provided by the principal accountant to the investment adviser or to any entity controlling, controlled by or under common control with the investment adviser that provides ongoing services to the registrant, other than the services reported in paragraphs (a) – (c) of this Item 4, that were required to be pre-approved by the audit committee pursuant to paragraph (c)(7)(ii) of Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X.

 

(e)(1)   Registrant's audit committee has adopted the following pre-approval policies and procedures in accordance with paragraph (c)(7) of Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X:

 

 

 

 

SECURIAN FUNDS TRUST

AUDIT COMMITTEE POLICY

 

Regarding Pre-Approval of Services Provided by the Independent Auditor

 

The Audit Committee (the “Committee”) of the Securian Funds Trust (the “Trust”) has responsibility for ensuring that all services performed by the independent audit firm (the “Auditor”) for the Trust do not impair the Auditor’s independence. This review is intended to provide reasonable oversight without removing management from its responsibility for day-to-day operations. In this regard, the Committee should:

 

Understand the nature of the professional services expected to be provided and their impact on the Auditor’s independence and audit quality

 

Examine and evaluate the safeguards put into place by the Trust and the Auditor to safeguard independence

 

Meet semi-annually with the engagement partner of the Auditor

 

Consider approving categories of service that are not deemed to impair independence for a one-year period

 

It is important that a qualitative rather than a mere quantitative evaluation be performed by the Committee in discharging its responsibilities.

 

Policy for Audit and Non-Audit Services Provided to the Trust

 

On an annual basis, the Committee will review and consider whether to pre-approve the financial plan for audit fees as well as categories of audit-related and non-audit services that may be performed by the Auditor directly for the Trust. At least annually the Committee will receive a report from the Auditor of all audit and non-audit services, which were approved during the year.

 

The engagement of the Auditor for any non-audit service requires the written pre-approval of the Trust’s Treasurer, and all non-audit services performed by the Auditor will be disclosed in the required SEC periodic filings.

 

In connection with the Committee review and pre-approval responsibilities, the review by the Committee will consist of the following:

 

Audit Services

 

The categories of audit services and related fees to be reviewed and considered for pre-approval annually by the Committee or its delegate include the following:

 

Annual Trust financial statement audits
SEC and regulatory filings and consents

 

 

 

 

Audit-related Services

 

In addition, the following categories of audit-related services are deemed to be consistent with the role of the Auditor and, as such, will be considered for pre-approval by the Committee or its delegate, on an annual basis.

 

Accounting consultations
Trust merger support services
Other accounting related matters
Agreed Upon Procedure Reports
Attestation Reports
Other Internal Control Reports

 

Notwithstanding any annual pre-approval of these categories of services, individual projects with an estimated fee of $20,000 or more are subject to pre-approval by the Committee on a case-by-case basis. Individual projects with an estimated fee of less than $20,000 are subject to pre-approval by the then-serving Chair of the Committee on a case-by-case basis. The Chair shall thereafter report to the full Committee on any such matters at the Committee’s next regularly scheduled meeting.

 

Tax Services

 

The following categories of tax services are deemed to be consistent with the role of the Auditor and, as such, will be considered for pre-approval by the Committee or its delegate, on an annual basis.

 

Tax compliance services related to the filing or amendment of the following:
oFederal, state and local income tax compliance; and,
oSales and use tax compliance
Timely RIC qualification reviews
Tax distribution analysis and planning
Tax authority examination services
Tax appeals support services
Accounting methods studies
Trust merger support services
Tax consulting services and related projects

 

Notwithstanding any annual pre-approval of these categories of services, individual projects with an estimated fee of $20,000 or more are subject to pre-approval by the Committee on a case-by-case basis. Individual projects with an estimated fee of less than $20,000 are subject to pre-approval by the then-serving Chair of the Committee on a case-by-case basis. The Chair shall thereafter report to the full Committee on any such matters at the Committee’s next regularly scheduled meeting.

 

 

 

 

Other Non-audit Services

 

The SEC auditor independence rules adopted in response to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act specifically allow certain non-audit services. Because of the nature of these services, none of these services may be commenced by the Auditor without the prior approval of the Committee. The Committee may delegate this responsibility to one or more of the Committee members, with the decisions presented to the full Committee at the next scheduled meeting.

 

Proscribed Services

 

In accordance with SEC rules on independence, the Auditor is prohibited from performing services in the following categories of non-audit services:

 

Management functions
Accounting and bookkeeping services
Internal audit services
Financial information systems design and implementation
Valuation services supporting the financial statements
Actuarial services supporting the financial statements
Executive recruitment
Expert services (e.g., litigation support)

Investment banking

 

Policy for Pre approval of Non-Audit Services Provided to Other Affiliated Entities

 

The Committee is also responsible for pre-approving certain non-audit services provided to Securian Asset Management, Inc. (“Securian AM”) and any other entity under common control with Securian AM that provides ongoing services to the Trust. The only non-audit services provided to these entities which require pre-approval are those services that relate directly to the operations and financial reporting of the Trust.

 

Although the Committee is not required to pre-approve all services provided to Securian AM and affiliated service providers, the Committee will annually receive a report from the Auditor on the aggregate fees for all services provided to Securian AM and its affiliates.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(e)(2)   None of the services provided to the registrant described in paragraphs (b) – (d) of this Item 4 were pre-approved by the audit committee pursuant to paragraph (c)(7)(i)(C) of Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X.

 

(f)       No disclosures are required by this Item 4(f).

 

(g)       The aggregate non-audit fees billed for each of the last two fiscal years by the registrant's accountant for services rendered to the registrant and to the registrant's investment adviser (not including any sub-adviser whose role is primarily portfolio management and is subcontracted with or overseen by another investment adviser) and any entity controlling, controlled by or under common control with the adviser that provides ongoing services to the registrant were as follows:

 

 2022    2021 
$-   $- 

 

(h)       The registrant's audit committee has considered that the provision of the non-audit services rendered to the registrant's investment adviser (not including any sub-adviser whose role is primarily portfolio management and is subcontracted with or overseen by another investment adviser) and any entity controlling, controlled by or under common control with the adviser that provides ongoing services to the registrant that were not pre-approved pursuant to paragraph (c)(7)(ii) of Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X is compatible with maintaining the principal accountant's independence.

 

ITEM 5. AUDIT COMMITTEE OF LISTED REGISTRANTS.

 

Not applicable.

 

ITEM 6. SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS.

 

Not applicable. Schedule I – Investments in Securities of Unaffiliated Issuers is included as part of the report to shareholders filed under Item 1 of this Form N-CSR.

 

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

 

The registrant has a governance committee of its board of trustees, the members of which are all trustees who are not “interested persons” of the registrant, as defined in Section 2(a)(19) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (“independent trustees”). The governance committee, which operates in accordance with a separate governance committee charter approved by the board of trustees, selects and recommends to the board of trustees individuals for nomination as independent trustees. The names of potential independent trustee candidates are drawn from a number of sources, including recommendations from management of Securian Asset Management, Inc., the registrant’s investment adviser. Each candidate is evaluated by the governance committee with respect to the relevant business and industry experience that would enable the candidate to serve effectively as an independent trustee, as well as his or her compatibility with respect to business philosophy and style. The members of the governance committee may conduct an in-person interview of each viable candidate using a standardized questionnaire. When all of the viable candidates have been evaluated and interviewed, the governance committee determines which of the viable candidates should be presented to the board of trustees for selection to become a member of the board of trustees.

 

Inasmuch as the registrant does not hold annual meetings of shareholders and meetings of shareholders occur only intermittently, the governance committee does not at present consider nominees recommended by shareholders.

 

ITEM 11. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES.

 

(a)       Based upon their evaluation of the registrant's disclosure controls and procedures as conducted within 90 days of the filing date of this Form N-CSR, the registrant's principal financial officer and principal executive officer have concluded that those disclosure controls and procedures provide reasonable assurance that the material information required to be disclosed by the registrant on this report is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the Securities and Exchange Commission's rules and forms.

 

(b)       There were no changes in the registrant's internal controls over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) that occurred during the second 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. Disclosure of Securities Lending Activities for Closed-End Management Investment Companies.

 

(a)(1) Not applicable.

(a)(2) Not applicable.

(a)(3) Not applicable.

(a)(4) Not applicable.

(b) Not applicable.

 

 

 

 

ITEM 13. EXHIBITS.

 

(a)   File the exhibits listed below as part of this Form. Letter or number the exhibits in the sequence indicated.

 

(1)       Any code of ethics, or amendment thereto, that is the subject of the disclosure required by Item 2, to the extent that the registrant intends to satisfy the Item 2 requirements through filing of an exhibit:

 

Exhibit 99.CODE ETH attached hereto.

 

(2)       A separate certification for each principal executive officer and principal financial officer of the registrant as required by Rule 30a-2 under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (17 CFR 270.30a-2):

 

Exhibit 99.CERT attached hereto.

 

(b)   If the report is filed under Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, provide the certifications required by Rule 30a-2(b) under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (17 CFR 270.30a-2(b)), Rule 13a-14(b) or Rule 15d-14 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (17 CFR 240.13a-14(b) or 240.15d-14(b)) and Section 1350 of Chapter 63 of Title 18 of the United States Code (18 U.S.C. 1350) as an exhibit. A certification furnished pursuant to this paragraph will not be deemed "filed" for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78r), or otherwise subject to the liability of that section. Such certification will not be deemed to be incorporated by reference into any filing under the Securities Act of 1933 or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, except to the extent that the registrant specifically incorporates it by reference:

 

Exhibit 99.906 CERT attached hereto

 

 

 

 

SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 

(Registrant) Securian Funds Trust

 

By (Signature and Title) /s/ David M. Kuplic  
David M. Kuplic, President  

 

Date: February 27, 2023

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

 

By (Signature and Title) /s/ David M. Kuplic  
David M. Kuplic, President (Principal Executive Officer)  

 

By (Signature and Title) /s/ Kevin L. Ligtenberg  
Kevin L.Ligtenberg, Treasurer (Principal Financial Officer)  

 

Date: February 27, 2023