N-CSRS 1 tm231465d1_ncsrs.htm N-CSRS

 

 

 

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)

 

Thomas P. Trier, 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, 2023 

Date of reporting period: June 30, 2023

 

 

 

 

ITEM 1. REPORT TO STOCKHOLDERS.

 

Filed herewith.

 

 

SECURIAN FUNDS TRUST

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

Semi-Annual report

June 30, 2023

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.

 

Fund Reviews

 

SFT Balanced Stabilization Fund

   

1

   
SFT Core Bond Fund    

2

   

SFT Delaware IvySM​ Growth Fund

   

3

   

SFT Delaware IvySM​ Small Cap Growth Fund

   

4

   

SFT Equity Stabilization Fund

   

5

   

SFT Government Money Market Fund

   

6

   

SFT Index 400 Mid-Cap Fund

   

7

   
SFT Index 500 Fund    

8

   

SFT International Bond Fund

   

9

   

SFT Real Estate Securities Fund

   

11

   

SFT T. Rowe Price Value Fund

   

12

   

SFT Wellington Core Equity Fund

   

13

   

Investments In Securities

 

SFT Balanced Stabilization Fund

   

14

   
SFT Core Bond Fund    

21

   

SFT Delaware IvySM​ Growth Fund

   

35

   

SFT Delaware IvySM​ Small Cap Growth Fund

   

37

   

SFT Equity Stabilization Fund

   

39

   

SFT Government Money Market Fund

   

41

   

SFT Index 400 Mid-Cap Fund

   

42

   
SFT Index 500 Fund    

49

   

SFT International Bond Fund

   

56

   

SFT Real Estate Securities Fund

   

60

   

SFT T. Rowe Price Value Fund

   

61

   

SFT Wellington Core Equity Fund

   

64

   

Financial Statements

 

Statements of Assets and Liabilities

   

66

   

Statements of Operations

   

68

   

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

   

70

   

Financial Highlights

   

75

   

Notes to Financial Statements

   

87

   

Fund Expense Examples

   

104

   

Proxy Voting and Quarterly Holdings Information

   

105

   

Statement Regarding Basis for Approval of Advisory Contracts

   

106

   

Statement Regarding Liquidity Risk Management Program

   

109

   

Trustees and Executive Officers

   

110

   

SFT Balanced Stabilization Fund

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 U.S. Aggregate Bond Index (collectively, the Blended Benchmark Index).

The Fund invests primarily in Class 1 shares of the SFT Index 500 Fund for equity exposure, in a basket of fixed income securities issued 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

For the six-month period ended June 30, 2023, the Fund had a net return of 9.26 percent*. This return reflects the waiver, reimbursement or payment of certain of the Fund's expenses by its investment advisor**. The Blended Benchmark Index returned 10.81 percent over the same period.

Sector Diversification (shown as a percentage of net assets)

*  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 the 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 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

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 investment adviser for the Fund is Securian Asset Management, Inc. Metropolitan West Asset Management, LLC serves as investment sub-adviser to the Fund. The Fund invests in long-term, fixed income, high quality debt instruments. 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 Fund may fluctuate in response to changes in interest rates and is not guaranteed.

Performance Update

The Fund's performance for the six-month period ended June 30, 2023, for each class of shares offered was as follows:

Class 1

 

2.20 percent*

 

Class 2

 

2.07 percent*

 

The Fund's benchmark, the Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index, returned 2.09 percent for the same period.

Sector Diversification (shown as a percentage of net assets)

*  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

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. 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

For the six month period ended June 30, 2023, the Fund generated a total net return of 27.29 percent*. The Fund's benchmark the Russell 1000 Growth Index which returned 29.02 percent over the same period.

Sector Diversification (shown as a percentage of net assets)

*  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 investment sub-adviser.


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SFT Delaware IvySM​ Small Cap Growth Fund

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. 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

For the six month period ended June 30, 2023, the Fund generated a total net return of 12.06 percent*. The Fund's benchmark the Russell 2000 Growth Index which returned 13.55 percent over the same period.

Sector Diversification (shown as a percentage of net assets)

*  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 investment sub-adviser.


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SFT Equity Stabilization Fund

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 Fund invests at least 80% 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

For the six-month period ended June 30, 2023, the Fund had a net return of 3.97 percent*. This return reflects the waiver, reimbursement or payment of certain of the Fund's expenses by its investment advisor**. The Blended Benchmark Index, returned 1.12 percent for the same period.

Sector Diversification (shown as a percentage of net assets)

*  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 the 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 percent S&P 500®​ BMI International Developed Low Volatility Index and 20 percent Bloomberg U.S. 3-MonthTreasury 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

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% 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 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

For the six-month period ended June 30, 2023, the Fund had a net return of 2.03 percent*. This return reflects the waiver, reimbursement or payment of certain of the Fund's expenses by its investment advisor and principal underwriter**. The Fund's benchmark, the Bloomberg U.S. Treasury Bill 1-3 Month Index, returned 2.35 percent for the same period.

*  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 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 approved a Restated Net Investment Income Maintenance Agreement among Securian Funds Trust (on behalf of SFT Government Money Market 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 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 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, 2024, 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 Securian Funds Trust, on behalf of the SFT Government Money Market 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, 2024.

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

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 (S&P MidCap 400). The Fund 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 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 performance for the six-month period ended June 30, 2023, for each class of shares offered was as follows:

Class 1

 

8.57 percent*

 

Class 2

 

8.44 percent*

 

The Fund's benchmark, the S&P MidCap 400, returned 8.84 percent for the same period.

Sector Diversification (shown as a percentage of net assets)

*  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.

S&P MidCap 400®​ 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 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

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 (S&P 500). The Fund 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 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 performance for the six-month period ended June 30, 2023, for each class of shares was as follows:

Class 1

 

16.78 percent*

 

Class 2

 

16.63 percent*

 

The Fund's benchmark, the S&P 500, returned 16.89 percent for the same period.

Sector Diversification (shown as a percentage of net assets)

*  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 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

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. 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 performance for the six-month period ended June 30, 2023, for each class of shares offered was as follows:

Class 1

 

3.92 percent*

 

Class 2

 

3.82 percent*

 

The Fund's benchmark, the FTSE World Government Bond Index, returned 1.66 percent for the same period.

Sector Diversification (shown as a percentage of net assets)

Currency Diversification (shown as a percentage of net assets)

African

   

0.42

%

 

South African Rand

   

0.42

%

 

Americas

   

96.94

%

 

U.S. Dollar

   

94.23

%

 

Brazilian Real

   

1.41

%

 

Colombian Peso

   

1.10

%

 

Mexican Peso

   

0.46

%

 

Canadian Dollar**

   

-0.26

%

 

Asia Pacific

   

3.53

%

 

Japanese Yen

   

1.41

%

 

Australian Dollar

   

0.98

%

 

South Korean Won

   

0.90

%

 

Indian Rupee

   

0.45

%

 

New Zealand Dollar

   

0.28

%

 

Thailand Baht

   

0.15

%

 

Malaysian Ringgit**

   

0.00

%

 

Chinese Yaun Renminbi**

   

-0.64

%

 

Europe

   

-0.89

%

 

Norwegian Krone

   

1.38

%

 

Russian Ruble

   

0.20

%

 

Polish Zloty

   

0.00

%

 

British Pound**

   

-0.12

%

 

Euro**

   

-2.35

%

 

**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.

*  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.

Effective June 1, 2023, Securian Asset Management, Inc. ("Securian AM") and Securian Funds Trust (the "Trust"), on behalf of the SFT International Bond Fund (the "Fund"), entered into an Expense Limitation Agreement (the "Agreement") for the period dated June 1, 2023 through May 1, 2025. The Agreement limits the operating expenses of the Class 2 shares of the Fund to 0.99% of the average daily net assets of Class 2 shares. The Agreement may be continued annually upon the affirmative vote of the majority of the trustees of the Trust who are not "interested persons" of the Trust or any party to the Agreement, as such term is defined in the Investment Company


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Act of 1940, as amended, and may be terminated by Securian AM at any time after May 1, 2024, upon sixty (60) days' prior written notice. To the extent Securian AM absorbs other expenses to satisfy this limit on operating expenses, it may seek repayment of a portion or all of such amounts at any time within three (3) fiscal years after the fiscal year in which such amounts were absorbed, provided that such reimbursement will not cause the Class 2 shares to exceed the operating expense limit. Should the Fund make any 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 Fess and Expenses of the Fund.

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

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 investment sub-adviser to the Fund. 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 performance for the six-month period ended June 30, 2023, for each class of shares offered was as follows:

Class 1

 

5.83 percent*

 

Class 2

 

5.70 percent*

 

The Fund's benchmarks, the FSTE NAREIT All Equity REITs Index (effective August 1, 2022), returned 2.97% and the FTSE NAREIT Equity REITs Index (effective prior to August 1, 2022), returned 5.37 percent for the same period.

Sector Diversification (shown as a percentage of net assets)

*  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 NAREIT 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.

FTSE NAREIT Equity REITs Index contains all tax qualified REITs except timber and infrastructure REITs.


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SFT T. Rowe Price Value Fund

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 investment sub-adviser to the Fund. 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

For the six-month period ended June 30, 2023, the Fund had a net return of 4.02 percent*. The Fund's benchmark, the Russell 1000 Value Index, returned 5.12 percent for the same period.

Sector Diversification (shown as a percentage of net assets)

*  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

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 LLP serves as investment sub-adviser to the Fund. 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 performance for the six-month period ended June 30, 2023, for each class of shares offered was as follows:

Class 1

 

12.57 percent*

 

Class 2

 

12.43 percent*

 

The Fund's benchmark, the Standard & Poor's 500®​ Index, returned 16.89 percent for the same period.

Sector Diversification (shown as a percentage of net assets)

*  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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SFT Balanced Stabilization Fund
Investments in Securities

June 30, 2023
(Unaudited)

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

   

Principal

 

Value(a)

 

Long-Term Debt Securities (37.1%)

 

Government Obligations (4.7%)

 

U.S. Government Agencies and Obligations (4.7%)

 

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (0.0%)

 

3.000%, 09/01/43

 

$

49,733

   

$

44,814

   

3.500%, 10/01/44

   

52,007

     

48,459

   

3.500%, 11/01/44

   

50,556

     

47,107

   

3.500%, 12/01/44

   

55,015

     

51,263

   
         

191,643

   

Federal National Mortgage Association (0.0%)

 

3.000%, 04/01/43

   

76,872

     

69,327

   

3.000%, 05/01/43

   

25,561

     

23,053

   

3.000%, 06/01/43

   

113,988

     

102,795

   

3.500%, 08/01/42

   

51,075

     

48,060

   

3.500%, 02/01/43

   

66,976

     

63,456

   
         

306,691

   

U.S. Treasury (4.7%)

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

5,530,000

     

5,485,933

   

4.000%, 11/15/52

   

1,200,000

     

1,230,750

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

15,500,000

     

14,586,953

   

3.875%, 12/31/27

   

9,350,000

     

9,215,594

   
         

30,519,230

   
Total government obligations
(cost: $31,997,167)
       

31,017,564

   

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

     

1,303,310

   
Total other mortgage-backed securities
(cost: $1,542,982)
       

1,303,310

   

Corporate Obligations (32.2%)

 

Basic Materials (0.8%)

 

Chemicals (0.4%)

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

1,500,000

     

1,489,316

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

1,000,000

     

951,183

   
         

2,440,499

   

Mining (0.4%)

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

2,000,000

     

1,645,900

   
FMG Resources August
2006 Pty. Ltd.,
6.125%, 04/15/32 (b) (c)
   

1,000,000

     

950,000

   
         

2,595,900

   

Communications (1.4%)

 

Cable/Satellite TV (0.3%)

 
Comcast Corp.
2.887%, 11/01/51
   

1,319,000

     

883,793

   
   

Principal

 

Value(a)

 

2.937%, 11/01/56

 

$

327,000

   

$

212,700

   

4.200%, 08/15/34 (d)

   

500,000

     

464,749

   
         

1,561,242

   

Diversified Telecommunication Services (0.5%)

 
AT&T, Inc.
2.550%, 12/01/33
   

943,000

     

736,796

   

3.550%, 09/15/55

   

1,405,000

     

980,027

   

3.800%, 12/01/57

   

75,000

     

54,280

   

4.500%, 05/15/35

   

1,000,000

     

916,246

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

1,194,000

     

754,197

   
         

3,441,546

   

Media (0.4%)

 
Charter Communications
Operating LLC/Charter
Communications
Operating Capital,
3.750%, 02/15/28
   

1,500,000

     

1,374,697

   
Paramount Global,
4.000%, 01/15/26
   

250,000

     

238,171

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

1,000,000

     

960,274

   
         

2,573,142

   

Telecommunication (0.2%)

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

1,000,000

     

946,698

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

500,000

     

487,372

   
         

1,434,070

   

Wireless Telecommunication Services (0.0%)

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

250,000

     

248,526

   

Consumer Cyclical (1.2%)

 

Consumer Staples Distribution & Retail (0.3%)

 
Kroger Co.
4.450%, 02/01/47
   

1,000,000

     

863,531

   

5.150%, 08/01/43

   

1,100,000

     

1,010,327

   
         

1,873,858

   

Entertainment (0.2%)

 
Warnermedia Holdings,
Inc., 5.141%, 03/15/52
   

1,400,000

     

1,133,979

   

Home Furnishings (0.1%)

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

1,000,000

     

969,487

   

Retail (0.6%)

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

1,000,000

     

956,889

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

2,250,000

     

2,244,300

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

750,000

     

736,456

   
         

3,937,645

   

See accompanying notes to financial statements.
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SFT Balanced Stabilization Fund
Investments in Securities – continued

   

Principal

 

Value(a)

 

Consumer Discretionary (0.3%)

 

Broadline Retail (0.3%)

 
Amazon.com, Inc.
3.875%, 08/22/37
 

$

1,000,000

   

$

910,776

   

4.050%, 08/22/47

   

1,000,000

     

895,447

   
         

1,806,223

   

Consumer Staples (0.4%)

 

Consumer Products — Miscellaneous (0.1%)

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

750,000

     

726,583

   

Household Products (0.1%)

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

1,000,000

     

848,493

   

Personal Care (0.2%)

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

1,000,000

     

870,760

   

Consumer, Non-cyclical (3.6%)

 

Agricultural Operations (0.4%)

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

1,000,000

     

720,033

   

4.375%, 04/22/52 (c)

   

2,150,000

     

1,925,794

   
         

2,645,827

   

Beverages (0.4%)

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

1,000,000

     

923,511

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

2,050,000

     

1,969,205

   
         

2,892,716

   

Biotechnology (0.6%)

 
Amgen, Inc.,
4.050%, 08/18/29
   

2,000,000

     

1,894,178

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

2,000,000

     

1,750,726

   
         

3,644,904

   

Commercial Service — Finance (0.0%)

 
Moody's Corp.,
4.875%, 02/15/24
   

150,000

     

149,423

   

Commercial Services (0.3%)

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

2,000,000

     

1,927,222

   

Diagnostic Equipment (0.3%)

 
Abbott Laboratories
3.875%, 09/15/25
   

750,000

     

732,994

   

4.750%, 11/30/36

   

1,000,000

     

1,000,303

   

4.750%, 04/15/43

   

250,000

     

243,904

   
         

1,977,201

   

Drugstore Chains (0.0%)

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

116,945

     

118,970

   
   

Principal

 

Value(a)

 

Food (0.3%)

 
Mars, Inc.,
3.950%, 04/01/49 (c)
 

$

1,000,000

   

$

838,441

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

1,000,000

     

902,156

   
         

1,740,597

   

Food Products (0.1%)

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

1,002,000

     

706,482

   

Pharmaceuticals (1.2%)

 
AbbVie, Inc.
3.600%, 05/14/25
   

1,000,000

     

966,762

   

3.800%, 03/15/25

   

670,000

     

650,617

   

4.400%, 11/06/42

   

1,000,000

     

892,645

   

4.450%, 05/14/46

   

1,000,000

     

875,009

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

2,000,000

     

1,895,234

   
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.
3.250%, 11/01/23
   

500,000

     

496,262

   

3.875%, 08/15/25

   

229,000

     

221,704

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

500,000

     

491,541

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

1,000,000

     

991,064

   
         

7,480,838

   

Energy (1.9%)

 

Oil & Gas (1.1%)

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

1,000,000

     

922,712

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

1,000,000

     

967,724

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

1,000,000

     

981,425

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

1,000,000

     

941,448

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

750,000

     

730,036

   
Phillips 66,
4.650%, 11/15/34
   

1,000,000

     

943,528

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

750,000

     

738,868

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

1,000,000

     

952,317

   
         

7,178,058

   

Pipelines (0.8%)

 
Energy Transfer LP
4.250%, 04/01/24
   

1,000,000

     

983,879

   

4.900%, 03/15/35

   

1,000,000

     

906,521

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

250,000

     

247,612

   

See accompanying notes to financial statements.
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SFT Balanced Stabilization Fund
Investments in Securities – continued

   

Principal

 

Value(a)

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

$

750,000

   

$

716,034

   
MPLX LP,
4.950%, 09/01/32
   

2,000,000

     

1,912,782

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

500,000

     

470,656

   
         

5,237,484

   

Financial (10.3%)

 

Banks (6.0%)

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

750,000

     

704,258

   
Bank of America Corp.
Series L, 3.950%, 04/21/25
   

1,000,000

     

968,894

   

Series L, 4.183%, 11/25/27

   

1,000,000

     

950,401

   
4.244%, 04/24/38 (3-Month
USD TERM SOFR +
2.076%) (e)
   

1,000,000

     

873,600

   
4.948%, 07/22/28
(SOFRRATE + 2.040%) (e)
   

1,500,000

     

1,470,886

   
Bank of New York
Mellon Corp.
3.442%, 02/07/28
(3-Month USD TERM
SOFR + 1.331%) (e)
   

1,000,000

     

941,098

   
5.834%, 10/25/33
(SOFRRATE + 2.074%) (e)
   

1,000,000

     

1,038,258

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

1,500,000

     

1,447,467

   
5.468%, 02/01/29
(SOFRRATE + 2.080%) (e)
   

1,500,000

     

1,434,532

   
Citigroup, Inc.
3.300%, 04/27/25
   

750,000

     

721,359

   
3.980%, 03/20/30 (3-Month
USD TERM SOFR +
1.600%) (e)
   

1,000,000

     

924,016

   

4.650%, 07/23/48

   

1,250,000

     

1,121,687

   

4.750%, 05/18/46 (f)

   

1,200,000

     

1,014,262

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

2,000,000

     

1,623,902

   
Discover Bank,
4.250%, 03/13/26
   

500,000

     

471,177

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

1,000,000

     

932,393

   
First Republic Bank
4.375%, 08/01/46, FDIC
   

575,000

     

2,875

   

4.625%, 02/13/47, FDIC

   

1,379,000

     

6,895

   
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
3.850%, 01/26/27
   

1,000,000

     

949,665

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

2,000,000

     

1,930,174

   

5.150%, 05/22/45 (f)

   

1,000,000

     

934,074

   
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
3.125%, 01/23/25
   

1,000,000

     

967,306

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

2,000,000

     

1,456,504

   
KeyBank NA,
4.390%, 12/14/27
   

3,000,000

     

2,634,267

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

3,000,000

     

2,783,376

   
   

Principal

 

Value(a)

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

$

2,000,000

   

$

1,308,102

   
6.342%, 10/18/33
(SOFRRATE + 2.560%) (e)
   

1,000,000

     

1,058,095

   
PNC Bank NA
3.800%, 07/25/23
   

250,000

     

249,660

   

4.050%, 07/26/28

   

1,000,000

     

921,073

   
Synchrony Bank,
5.400%, 08/22/25
   

1,000,000

     

956,831

   
Truist Financial Corp.,
6.123%, 10/28/33
(SOFRRATE + 2.300%) (e)
   

2,000,000

     

2,034,146

   
U.S. Bancorp,
5.850%, 10/21/33
(SOFRRATE + 2.090%) (e)
   

1,000,000

     

1,001,815

   
Wells Fargo & Co.
3.068%, 04/30/41
(SOFRRATE + 2.530%) (e)
   

1,600,000

     

1,175,280

   

4.750%, 12/07/46 (f)

   

2,300,000

     

1,934,905

   
         

38,943,233

   

Finance (0.9%)

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

1,290,000

     

1,230,683

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

3,000,000

     

2,932,524

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

2,000,000

     

1,548,802

   
         

5,712,009

   

Financial Services (0.8%)

 
American Express Co.
3.300%, 05/03/27
   

1,000,000

     

932,199

   

4.050%, 12/03/42 (f)

   

2,000,000

     

1,737,498

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

1,000,000

     

961,043

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

1,000,000

     

951,200

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

1,000,000

     

926,941

   
         

5,508,881

   

Insurance (1.0%)

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

1,000,000

     

810,052

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

330,000

     

325,667

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

1,000,000

     

848,174

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

3,000,000

     

2,328,738

   

See accompanying notes to financial statements.
16


SFT Balanced Stabilization Fund
Investments in Securities – continued

   

Principal

 

Value(a)

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

$

3,000,000

   

$

2,300,499

   
         

6,613,130

   

Property / Casualty Insurance (0.2%)

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

1,000,000

     

955,265

   

Real Estate Investment Trust — Diversified (0.1%)

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

1,000,000

     

938,953

   

Real Estate Investment Trust — Health Care (0.6%)

 
Healthcare Realty
Holdings LP
3.750%, 07/01/27
   

1,000,000

     

918,589

   

3.875%, 05/01/25

   

1,000,000

     

953,168

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

1,000,000

     

941,397

   
Welltower OP LLC,
4.125%, 03/15/29
   

1,500,000

     

1,377,588

   
         

4,190,742

   

Real Estate Investment Trust — Office Property (0.1%)

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

500,000

     

471,050

   

Real Estate Investment Trust — Shopping Centers (0.0%)

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

250,000

     

246,294

   

Real Estate Investment Trust — Single Tenant (0.1%)

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

750,000

     

646,875

   

Specialized REITs (0.5%)

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

1,000,000

     

932,523

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

1,000,000

     

866,262

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

1,000,000

     

957,416

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

500,000

     

415,895

   
         

3,172,096

   

Health Care (0.8%)

 

Health Care Providers & Services (0.4%)

 
Aetna, Inc.,
3.875%, 08/15/47
   

1,000,000

     

778,088

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

1,000,000

     

867,471

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

250,000

     

248,426

   
UnitedHealth Group, Inc.,
3.750%, 07/15/25 (d)
   

1,000,000

     

973,344

   
         

2,867,329

   
   

Principal

 

Value(a)

 

Pharmaceuticals (0.4%)

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

$

1,000,000

   

$

962,634

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

1,000,000

     

1,044,990

   
Mylan, Inc.,
4.200%, 11/29/23
   

500,000

     

496,603

   
         

2,504,227

   

Industrials (3.8%)

 

Aerospace & Defense (0.7%)

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

1,000,000

     

970,651

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

1,000,000

     

969,684

   
Raytheon
Technologies Corp.
3.700%, 12/15/23
   

500,000

     

495,216

   

4.050%, 05/04/47

   

1,000,000

     

847,245

   

4.125%, 11/16/28

   

1,500,000

     

1,441,985

   
         

4,724,781

   

Air Freight & Logistics (0.1%)

 
FedEx Corp.,
4.400%, 01/15/47
   

1,000,000

     

842,101

   

Building Products (0.4%)

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

1,000,000

     

835,585

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

2,000,000

     

1,793,964

   
         

2,629,549

   

Containers & Packaging (0.3%)

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

1,000,000

     

949,713

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

1,000,000

     

1,037,500

   
         

1,987,213

   

Electrical Equipment (0.9%)

 
Flex Ltd.
4.750%, 06/15/25 (b)
   

1,000,000

     

973,936

   

4.875%, 06/15/29 (b)

   

1,000,000

     

952,611

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

2,000,000

     

1,942,636

   
Jabil, Inc.,
3.600%, 01/15/30
   

2,000,000

     

1,781,396

   
         

5,650,579

   

Environmental Control (0.2%)

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

1,000,000

     

957,363

   

Industrial Conglomerates (0.1%)

 
3M Co.,
3.625%, 10/15/47
   

1,000,000

     

760,870

   

Machinery (0.3%)

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

2,300,000

     

1,806,857

   

See accompanying notes to financial statements.
17


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Investments in Securities – continued

   

Principal

 

Value(a)

 

Miscellaneous Manufacturing (0.3%)

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

$

1,000,000

   

$

945,117

   
Textron, Inc.
3.875%, 03/01/25
   

750,000

     

728,212

   

4.300%, 03/01/24

   

500,000

     

494,710

   
         

2,168,039

   

Transportation (0.2%)

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

350,000

     

345,879

   
Canadian Pacific
Railway Co.,
4.300%, 05/15/43 (b)
   

250,000

     

215,743

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

1,000,000

     

985,370

   
         

1,546,992

   

Trucking & Leasing (0.3%)

 
GATX Corp.
3.250%, 03/30/25
   

1,000,000

     

949,633

   

4.550%, 11/07/28

   

1,000,000

     

954,010

   
         

1,903,643

   

Information Technology (1.6%)

 

Communications Equipment (0.2%)

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

1,000,000

     

988,389

   

Computers (0.7%)

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

1,000,000

     

944,880

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

2,000,000

     

2,067,208

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

2,000,000

     

1,832,500

   
         

4,844,588

   

Interactive Media & Services (0.1%)

 
eBay, Inc.,
3.450%, 08/01/24
   

750,000

     

733,705

   

IT Services (0.3%)

 
Global Payments, Inc.
4.800%, 04/01/26
   

750,000

     

729,223

   

5.300%, 08/15/29

   

1,500,000

     

1,452,354

   
         

2,181,577

   

Software (0.3%)

 
Fiserv, Inc.,
3.850%, 06/01/25
   

1,000,000

     

969,258

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

1,000,000

     

815,052

   
         

1,784,310

   

Materials (0.6%)

 

Chemicals (0.5%)

 
Mosaic Co.,
5.450%, 11/15/33
   

200,000

     

194,450

   
   

Principal

 

Value(a)

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

$

1,000,000

   

$

967,682

   
Yara International ASA
3.148%, 06/04/30 (b) (c)
   

1,000,000

     

832,995

   

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

   

1,000,000

     

944,143

   
         

2,939,270

   

Construction Materials (0.1%)

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

1,000,000

     

863,253

   

Technology (0.7%)

 

Semiconductor Equipment (0.5%)

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

2,000,000

     

1,667,686

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

2,000,000

     

1,566,682

   
         

3,234,368

   

Software (0.2%)

 
VMware, Inc.,
1.400%, 08/15/26
   

1,800,000

     

1,587,242

   

Transportation (1.2%)

 

Passenger Airlines (0.7%)

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

733,993

     

647,749

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

668,404

     

589,867

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

302,253

     

298,114

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

2,000,000

     

1,940,472

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

144,545

     

138,894

   
Series 2018-1, Class AA,
3.500%, 09/01/31
   

953,746

     

852,184

   
         

4,467,280

   

Transport — Rail (0.5%)

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

500,000

     

492,914

   
Union Pacific Corp.
3.750%, 03/15/24
   

500,000

     

495,311

   

5.375%, 06/01/33

   

2,500,000

     

2,531,062

   
         

3,519,287

   

Utilities (3.6%)

 

Electric Utilities (2.5%)

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

2,000,000

     

1,369,984

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

1,000,000

     

796,272

   

See accompanying notes to financial statements.
18


SFT Balanced Stabilization Fund
Investments in Securities – continued

   

Principal

 

Value(a)

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

$

1,000,000

   

$

798,950

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

3,150,000

     

2,981,639

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

1,000,000

     

940,034

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

1,000,000

     

1,090,657

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

1,000,000

     

764,653

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

3,000,000

     

2,739,849

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

1,000,000

     

756,521

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

800,000

     

594,157

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

1,000,000

     

810,321

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

3,000,000

     

2,739,858

   
         

16,382,895

   

Electric — Integrated (0.1%)

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

250,000

     

248,121

   

Gas Utilities (0.7%)

 
National Fuel Gas Co.
4.750%, 09/01/28
   

1,000,000

     

945,922

   

5.200%, 07/15/25

   

1,000,000

     

978,703

   
ONEOK, Inc.
4.000%, 07/13/27
   

500,000

     

467,470

   

4.350%, 03/15/29

   

1,500,000

     

1,395,115

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

1,000,000

     

763,455

   
         

4,550,665

   

Multi-Utilities (0.1%)

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

750,000

     

630,036

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

250,000

     

247,499

   
         

877,535

   
    Shares/
Principal
 

Value(a)

 

Water Utilities (0.2%)

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

$

1,000,000

   

$

788,524

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

500,000

     

489,303

   
         

1,277,827

   
Total corporate obligations
(cost: $224,531,778)
       

210,390,058

   
Total long-term debt securities
(cost: $258,071,927)
       

242,710,932

   

Mutual Funds (52.8%)

 

Investment Companies (52.8%)

 

iShares Core S&P 500 ETF

   

105,440

     

46,995,662

   

SFT Index 500 Fund (g)

   

14,224,618

     

274,114,718

   

SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (d)

   

36,170

     

16,033,438

   

Vanguard S&P 500 ETF

   

20,175

     

8,216,874

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

345,360,692

   

Short-Term Securities (8.2%)

 

Investment Companies (8.2%)

 
State Street Institutional
U.S. Government Money
Market Fund, current
rate 5.030%
   

53,843,636

     

53,843,636

   
Total short-term securities
(cost: $53,843,636)
       

53,843,636

   
Total investments excluding
purchased options (98.1%)
(cost: $480,836,859)
       

641,915,260

   
Total purchased options
outstanding (0.1%)
(cost: $653,966)
       

614,600

   
Total investments in securities
(cost: $481,490,825) (h)
       

642,529,860

   
Cash and other assets in excess
of liabilities (1.8%)
 

   

11,942,254

   

Total net assets (100.0%)

     

$

654,472,114

   

Investments in Securities Legend

(a)  Securities are valued in accordance with 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 June 30, 2023.

(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.

See accompanying notes to financial statements.
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SFT Balanced Stabilization Fund
Investments in Securities – continued

(h)  At June 30, 2023, the cost of investments for federal income tax purposes was $486,217,169. The aggregate unrealized appreciation and depreciation of investments based on this cost were:

Gross unrealized appreciation

 

$

181,115,253

   

Gross unrealized depreciation

   

(20,062,460

)

 

Net unrealized appreciation

 

$

161,052,793

   

Holdings of Open Futures Contracts

On June 30, 2023, securities with an aggregate market value of $19,478,482 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

 

September 2023

   

567

   

Long

 

$

122,408,235

   

$

127,241,887

   

$

4,833,652

   

Call Options Purchased:

The Fund had the following call options purchased open at June 30, 2023:

Description

  Exercise
Price
  Expiration
Date
  Number of
Contracts
  Notional
Amount
 

Value(a)

 

CBOE Volatility Index

 

$

21

   

July 2023

   

10,150

   

$

1,015,000

   

$

446,600

   

Put Options Purchased:

The Fund had the following put options purchased open at June 30, 2023:

Description

  Exercise
Price
  Expiration
Date
  Number of
Contracts
  Notional
Amount
 

Value(a)

 

S&P 500 Index

 

$

4,315

   

July 2023

   

100

   

$

10,000

   

$

168,000

   

Call Options Written:

The Fund had the following call options written open at June 30, 2023:

Description

  Exercise
Price
  Expiration
Date
  Number of
Contracts
  Notional
Amount
 

Value(a)

 

CBOE Volatility Index

 

$

40

   

July 2023

   

10,150

   

$

1,015,000

   

$

(71,050

)

 

Put Options Written:

The Fund had the following put options written open at June 30, 2023:

Description

  Exercise
Price
  Expiration
Date
  Number of
Contracts
  Notional
Amount
 

Value(a)

 

S&P 500 Index

 

$

3,865

   

July 2023

   

100

   

$

10,000

   

$

(22,500

)

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.
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SFT Core Bond Fund
Investments in Securities

June 30, 2023
(Unaudited)

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

   

Principal

 

Value(a)

 

Long-Term Debt Securities (108.3%)

 

Government Obligations (60.6%)

 

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

   

$

1,232,092

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

685,000

     

785,531

   
New York City Transitional
Finance Authority Future
Tax Secured Revenue,
5.508%, 08/01/37
   

620,000

     

646,040

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

250,000

     

249,587

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

325,000

     

313,638

   
         

3,226,888

   
U.S. Government Agencies and
Obligations (59.8%)
 
Export-Import Bank of the United
States (0.0%)
 
Export-Import Bank of the
U.S., 2.578%, 12/10/25
   

26,188

     

25,038

   

Federal Home Loan Bank (2.2%)

 

Federal Home Loan Banks

 

5.300%, 05/22/24

   

4,870,000

     

4,854,435

   

5.370%, 05/21/24

   

4,900,000

     

4,887,069

   
         

9,741,504

   

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (7.5%)

 

2.000%, 11/01/51

   

5,099,605

     

4,163,227

   

2.000%, 12/01/51

   

3,750,187

     

3,068,204

   

2.500%, 04/01/28

   

49,960

     

46,246

   

2.500%, 01/01/52

   

1,853,609

     

1,574,225

   

2.500%, 03/01/52

   

7,721,404

     

6,557,433

   

3.000%, 08/01/42

   

264,621

     

238,304

   

3.000%, 12/01/42

   

101,202

     

91,173

   

3.000%, 01/01/43

   

143,446

     

130,888

   

3.000%, 02/01/43

   

348,793

     

320,233

   

3.000%, 04/01/43

   

501,704

     

451,881

   

3.000%, 10/25/46

   

44,042

     

39,725

   

3.000%, 02/01/52

   

3,512,448

     

3,097,330

   

3.500%, 10/01/25

   

29,785

     

29,211

   

3.500%, 05/01/32

   

71,977

     

68,963

   

3.500%, 03/01/42

   

358,539

     

341,490

   

3.500%, 08/01/42

   

304,217

     

289,751

   

3.500%, 05/25/45

   

178,680

     

158,927

   

4.000%, 09/01/40

   

312,026

     

302,490

   

4.000%, 11/01/40

   

554,646

     

537,520

   

4.000%, 02/01/41

   

126,633

     

122,736

   

4.000%, 03/01/41

   

135,546

     

131,375

   
   

Principal

 

Value(a)

 

4.000%, 08/01/52

 

$

5,264,270

   

$

4,942,441

   

4.000%, 11/01/52

   

3,676,437

     

3,452,927

   

4.500%, 09/01/40

   

41,418

     

40,920

   

4.500%, 01/01/41

   

210,351

     

203,472

   

4.500%, 02/01/41

   

123,388

     

119,352

   

4.500%, 03/01/41

   

260,849

     

259,416

   

4.500%, 04/01/41

   

221,510

     

219,940

   

5.000%, 05/01/29

   

9,536

     

9,431

   

5.000%, 04/01/35

   

38,042

     

38,506

   

5.000%, 08/01/35

   

21,992

     

21,865

   

5.000%, 11/01/35

   

38,745

     

39,202

   

5.000%, 11/01/39

   

224,192

     

225,155

   

5.000%, 04/01/40

   

73,870

     

74,735

   

5.000%, 08/01/40

   

46,490

     

46,908

   

5.500%, 11/01/23

   

3,358

     

3,360

   

5.500%, 05/01/34

   

307,354

     

316,478

   

5.500%, 10/01/34

   

80,916

     

83,307

   

5.500%, 07/01/35

   

129,265

     

132,664

   

5.500%, 10/01/35

   

133,124

     

130,583

   

5.500%, 12/01/38

   

61,004

     

62,669

   

6.000%, 11/01/33

   

135,964

     

140,536

   
6.100%, 10/25/29
(1-Month USD LIBOR +
0.950%) (b)
   

312,498

     

303,116

   

6.250%, 12/15/23

   

1,072

     

1,068

   

6.500%, 09/01/32

   

14,620

     

15,261

   

6.500%, 11/01/32

   

13,010

     

14,215

   

6.500%, 06/01/36

   

86,703

     

86,932

   

7.000%, 12/01/37

   

23,235

     

24,434

   
         

32,770,225

   

Federal National Mortgage Association (28.1%)

 

2.000%, 11/01/51

   

10,000,419

     

8,165,747

   
2.000%, 07/13/53,
TBA (c)
   

5,100,000

     

4,156,500

   
2.000%, 08/14/53,
TBA (c)
   

11,325,000

     

9,231,645

   

2.500%, 03/01/27

   

69,734

     

65,630

   

2.500%, 11/01/27

   

117,948

     

111,452

   

2.500%, 03/01/28

   

91,986

     

86,544

   

2.500%, 07/01/28

   

123,362

     

116,078

   

2.500%, 12/01/51

   

2,566,045

     

2,194,856

   

2.500%, 03/01/52

   

2,683,972

     

2,276,622

   

2.500%, 04/01/52

   

4,468,494

     

3,799,395

   
2.500%, 07/13/53,
TBA (c)
   

24,375,000

     

20,661,621

   

3.000%, 11/01/27

   

53,891

     

51,990

   

3.000%, 09/01/42

   

69,764

     

62,806

   

3.000%, 01/01/46

   

62,859

     

56,319

   

3.000%, 04/01/52

   

5,858,068

     

5,156,240

   

3.000%, 06/01/52

   

480,562

     

425,053

   
3.000%, 07/13/53,
TBA (c)
   

11,075,000

     

9,744,270

   
3.000%, 08/14/53,
TBA (c)
   

9,675,000

     

8,521,181

   

3.500%, 11/01/25

   

36,070

     

35,375

   

3.500%, 01/01/26

   

44,012

     

43,165

   

3.500%, 12/01/32

   

72,240

     

68,856

   

3.500%, 11/01/40

   

247,358

     

227,774

   

3.500%, 01/01/41

   

272,460

     

253,270

   

3.500%, 02/01/41

   

324,838

     

303,400

   

3.500%, 04/01/41

   

171,996

     

158,666

   

See accompanying notes to financial statements.
21


SFT Core Bond Fund
Investments in Securities – continued

   

Principal

 

Value(a)

 

3.500%, 11/01/41

 

$

934,101

   

$

863,818

   

3.500%, 12/01/41

   

188,184

     

175,769

   

3.500%, 05/01/42

   

96,175

     

88,757

   

3.500%, 01/01/43

   

221,899

     

208,198

   

3.500%, 02/01/43

   

267,906

     

253,824

   

3.500%, 05/01/43

   

859,246

     

803,804

   
3.500%, 08/14/53,
TBA (c)
   

3,600,000

     

3,283,453

   

4.000%, 12/01/40

   

37,142

     

36,045

   

4.000%, 04/01/41

   

544,515

     

518,192

   

4.000%, 09/01/41

   

141,655

     

137,453

   

4.000%, 11/01/41

   

86,861

     

84,166

   

4.000%, 06/01/42

   

250,439

     

241,163

   

4.000%, 09/01/43

   

155,175

     

148,757

   
4.000%, 07/13/53,
TBA (c)
   

3,050,000

     

2,861,758

   

4.500%, 04/01/25

   

4,635

     

4,590

   

4.500%, 05/25/34

   

537,000

     

523,602

   

4.500%, 05/01/35

   

82,730

     

82,831

   

4.500%, 07/01/35

   

211,765

     

205,358

   

4.500%, 09/01/37

   

73,709

     

71,481

   

4.500%, 06/01/39

   

79,419

     

78,811

   

4.500%, 04/01/41

   

660,529

     

655,438

   

4.500%, 07/01/41

   

445,957

     

440,060

   

4.500%, 07/01/47

   

188,578

     

185,443

   

4.500%, 08/01/52

   

5,939,500

     

5,709,494

   
4.500%, 07/13/53,
TBA (c)
   

4,225,000

     

4,061,281

   

5.000%, 07/01/23

   

14

     

14

   

5.000%, 11/01/33

   

89,348

     

90,427

   

5.000%, 03/01/34

   

71,138

     

72,123

   

5.000%, 05/01/34

   

14,644

     

14,549

   

5.000%, 12/01/34

   

83,480

     

84,486

   

5.000%, 07/01/35

   

76,773

     

77,393

   

5.000%, 08/01/35

   

32,714

     

33,149

   

5.000%, 03/01/38

   

32,050

     

32,338

   

5.000%, 04/01/38

   

65,407

     

66,104

   

5.000%, 06/01/39

   

56,690

     

57,293

   

5.000%, 12/01/39

   

202,070

     

204,212

   

5.000%, 06/01/40

   

25,924

     

26,160

   

5.000%, 04/01/41

   

203,384

     

204,446

   
5.000%, 07/13/53,
TBA (c)
   

15,000,000

     

14,700,000

   

5.500%, 08/01/23

   

52

     

52

   

5.500%, 02/01/24

   

1,753

     

1,751

   

5.500%, 04/01/33

   

314,109

     

320,607

   

5.500%, 05/01/33

   

4,212

     

4,290

   

5.500%, 12/01/33

   

32,057

     

32,718

   

5.500%, 01/01/34

   

60,790

     

61,913

   

5.500%, 02/01/34

   

70,325

     

72,411

   

5.500%, 03/01/34

   

108,526

     

110,302

   

5.500%, 04/01/34

   

53,178

     

54,261

   

5.500%, 05/01/34

   

1,772

     

1,826

   

5.500%, 09/01/34

   

76,924

     

79,301

   

5.500%, 10/01/34

   

23,220

     

23,937

   

5.500%, 01/01/35

   

40,010

     

40,527

   

5.500%, 02/01/35

   

125,841

     

129,021

   

5.500%, 04/01/35

   

94,396

     

96,464

   

5.500%, 06/01/35

   

6,516

     

6,634

   

5.500%, 08/01/35

   

62,120

     

63,260

   

5.500%, 10/01/35

   

128,717

     

130,992

   

5.500%, 11/01/35

   

28,334

     

28,866

   

5.500%, 09/01/36

   

56,569

     

57,560

   

5.500%, 12/01/39

   

33,932

     

35,257

   
   

Principal

 

Value(a)

 
5.500%, 07/13/53,
TBA (c)
 

$

6,375,000

   

$

6,346,113

   

6.000%, 08/01/23

   

413

     

412

   

6.000%, 09/01/32

   

6,952

     

7,298

   

6.000%, 10/01/32

   

208,480

     

216,426

   

6.000%, 11/01/32

   

250,546

     

263,029

   

6.000%, 03/01/33

   

158,732

     

165,614

   

6.000%, 12/01/33

   

64,851

     

69,298

   

6.000%, 08/01/34

   

10,538

     

10,440

   

6.000%, 09/01/34

   

12,502

     

12,919

   

6.000%, 11/01/34

   

5,927

     

6,082

   

6.000%, 12/01/34

   

50,519

     

52,261

   

6.000%, 11/01/36

   

6,296

     

6,588

   

6.000%, 01/01/37

   

73,978

     

76,088

   

6.000%, 08/01/37

   

36,470

     

37,434

   

6.000%, 10/01/38

   

60,144

     

62,715

   

6.500%, 11/01/23

   

552

     

550

   

6.500%, 12/01/31

   

23,631

     

24,450

   

6.500%, 02/01/32

   

111,053

     

115,405

   

6.500%, 04/01/32

   

60,787

     

63,156

   

6.500%, 05/01/32

   

15,736

     

15,736

   

6.500%, 07/01/32

   

88,871

     

91,787

   

6.500%, 08/01/32

   

54,303

     

57,319

   

6.500%, 09/01/32

   

34,620

     

36,760

   

6.500%, 10/01/32

   

42,581

     

42,669

   

6.500%, 09/01/34

   

2,571

     

2,563

   

6.500%, 11/01/34

   

2,740

     

2,910

   

6.500%, 03/01/35

   

36,042

     

37,555

   

6.500%, 09/01/37

   

56,834

     

57,250

   

6.500%, 11/01/37

   

19,282

     

20,525

   

7.000%, 07/01/31

   

28,202

     

29,805

   

7.000%, 09/01/31

   

85,411

     

90,264

   

7.000%, 11/01/31

   

77,611

     

82,022

   

7.000%, 02/01/32

   

32,417

     

34,389

   

7.000%, 03/01/32

   

6,880

     

7,296

   

7.000%, 07/01/32

   

33,647

     

35,682

   

7.500%, 04/01/31

   

29,801

     

30,177

   

7.500%, 05/01/31

   

7,434

     

7,747

   
9.550%, 01/25/24
(1-Month USD LIBOR +
4.400%) (b)
   

29,274

     

29,778

   
9.600%, 01/25/29
(1-Month USD LIBOR +
4.450%) (b)
   

672,682

     

704,036

   
         

123,665,193

   

Government National Mortgage Association (2.0%)

 

0.000%, 06/17/45 (b) (d)

   

114,586

     

1

   

1.000%, 12/20/42

   

38,371

     

30,649

   

3.000%, 03/15/45

   

451,926

     

411,502

   

3.000%, 04/15/45

   

859,429

     

770,686

   

3.000%, 05/15/45

   

38,910

     

35,448

   

3.250%, 04/20/33

   

78,842

     

71,599

   

3.250%, 03/20/35

   

661,459

     

631,251

   

3.250%, 11/20/35

   

357,924

     

341,611

   

3.250%, 01/20/36

   

617,470

     

589,370

   

3.500%, 11/15/40

   

51,199

     

48,121

   

3.500%, 04/20/46

   

235,432

     

221,135

   

3.750%, 03/20/46

   

580,379

     

554,538

   

4.000%, 07/20/31

   

194,966

     

191,280

   

4.000%, 04/20/39

   

142,623

     

136,747

   

4.000%, 12/20/40

   

363,738

     

348,832

   

4.000%, 01/15/41

   

18,746

     

17,525

   

See accompanying notes to financial statements.
22


SFT Core Bond Fund
Investments in Securities – continued

   

Principal

 

Value(a)

 

4.000%, 02/15/41

 

$

158,897

   

$

151,427

   

4.000%, 10/15/41

   

99,307

     

94,103

   

4.000%, 12/20/44

   

44,056

     

42,744

   

4.500%, 06/15/40

   

116,803

     

116,160

   
4.500%, 07/20/53,
TBA (c)
   

2,400,000

     

2,316,375

   

5.000%, 05/15/33

   

27,824

     

28,096

   

5.000%, 12/15/39

   

41,516

     

42,202

   

5.000%, 01/15/40

   

348,879

     

351,056

   

5.000%, 07/15/40

   

78,737

     

79,231

   
5.000%, 07/20/53,
TBA (c)
   

1,125,000

     

1,105,313

   

5.500%, 07/15/38

   

92,790

     

93,308

   

5.500%, 10/15/38

   

134,717

     

135,684

   
         

8,955,994

   

U.S. Treasury (20.0%)

 

U.S. Treasury Bond

 

2.000%, 11/15/41

   

19,390,000

     

14,163,789

   

3.625%, 05/15/53

   

8,968,000

     

8,605,076

   

3.875%, 05/15/43

   

15,025,000

     

14,635,289

   
U.S. Treasury
Inflation-Indexed Notes
 

1.125%, 01/15/33

   

3,456,959

     

3,309,498

   

1.250%, 04/15/28

   

3,019,473

     

2,919,925

   

U.S. Treasury Note

 

3.375%, 05/15/33

   

4,070,000

     

3,922,463

   

3.625%, 05/31/28

   

3,190,000

     

3,119,222

   

4.000%, 06/30/28

   

16,390,000

     

16,292,684

   

4.250%, 05/31/25

   

1,696,000

     

1,674,270

   

4.625%, 06/30/25

   

19,305,000

     

19,214,508

   
         

87,856,724

   

Vendee Mortgage Trust (0.0%)

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

2,385

     

2,383

   
Total government obligations
(cost: $274,196,933)
       

266,243,949

   

Asset-Backed Securities (6.5%)

 
AGL CLO 12 Ltd.,
Series 2021-12A, Class B,
6.850%, 07/20/34
(3-Month USD LIBOR +
1.600%) (b) (e)
   

875,000

     

850,514

   
Bear Stearns Asset-Backed
Securities Trust,
Series 2004-HE1, Class M1,
5.527%, 02/25/34
(1-Month USD LIBOR +
0.975%) (b)
   

361,951

     

347,674

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

1,400,000

     

1,373,903

   

Chase Funding Trust

 
Series 2002-3, Class 2A1,
5.790%, 08/25/32
(1-Month USD LIBOR +
0.640%) (b)
   

94,443

     

90,139

   
Series 2003-2, Class 2A2,
5.710%, 02/25/33
(1-Month USD LIBOR +
0.560%) (b)
   

112,218

     

108,207

   
   

Principal

 

Value(a)

 
CIFC Funding Ltd.,
Series 2022-3A, Class A,
6.466%, 04/21/35
(3-Month USD TERM
SOFR + 1.410%) (b) (e)
 

$

1,250,000

   

$

1,228,135

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

18,377

     

17,017

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

580,557

     

537,057

   
Series 2018-AGS,
Class A2, 5.650%,
02/25/44 (1-Month USD
LIBOR + 0.500%) (b) (e)
   

172,550

     

170,487

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

1,218,160

     

1,062,833

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

509,403

     

428,439

   
Eaton Vance CLO Ltd.,
Series 2019-1A, Class AR,
6.360%, 04/15/31
(3-Month USD LIBOR +
1.100%) (b) (e)
   

1,000,000

     

985,000

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

1,850,000

     

1,800,196

   
FRTKL Group, Inc.,
Series 2021-SFR1,
Class G, 4.105%,
09/17/38 (e)
   

1,250,000

     

1,054,919

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

1,621,322

     

1,370,788

   
HPS Loan Management
Ltd., Series 2021-16A,
Class A1, 6.413%,
01/23/35 (3-Month USD
LIBOR + 1.140%) (b) (e)
   

1,150,000

     

1,122,449

   
Morgan Stanley Dean
Witter Capital I, Inc.,
Series 2002-NC3,
Class A2, 5.710%,
08/25/32 (1-Month USD
LIBOR + 0.560%) (b)
   

141,357

     

140,273

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

720,769

     

648,877

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

1,498,457

     

1,289,813

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

754,708

     

648,434

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

1,390,548

     

1,160,945

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

1,452,408

     

1,259,177

   

See accompanying notes to financial statements.
23


SFT Core Bond Fund
Investments in Securities – continued

   

Principal

 

Value(a)

 
Octagon 67 Ltd.,
Series 2023-1A,
Class A1, 6.565%,
04/25/36 (3-Month
USD TERM SOFR +
1.800%) (b) (e)
 

$

1,100,000

   

$

1,095,729

   
Octagon Investment
Partners 46 Ltd.,
Series 2020-2A,
Class BR, 6.910%,
07/15/36 (3-Month USD
LIBOR + 1.650%) (b) (e)
   

1,125,000

     

1,089,000

   
Park Avenue Institutional
Advisers CLO Ltd.,
Series 2021-1A,
Class A1A, 6.640%,
01/20/34 (3-Month USD
LIBOR + 1.390%) (b) (e)
   

675,000

     

666,816

   

Progress Residential Trust

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

1,525,000

     

1,223,467

   
Series 2021-SFR8,
Class F, 3.181%,
10/17/38 (e)
   

2,000,000

     

1,707,023

   
Rockford Tower CLO Ltd.,
Series 2021-2A, Class B,
7.000%, 07/20/34
(3-Month USD LIBOR +
1.750%) (b) (e)
   

450,000

     

431,226

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

545,492

     

525,635

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

1,500,000

     

1,365,125

   
Saxon Asset Securities
Trust, Series 2004-1,
Class A, 2.029%,
03/25/35 (1-Month USD
LIBOR + 0.540%) (b)
   

212,311

     

180,148

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

1,920,438

     

1,596,575

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

975,000

     

829,711

   
Total asset-backed securities
(cost: $30,769,483)
       

28,405,731

   

Other Mortgage-Backed Securities (12.6%)

 

Collateralized Mortgage Obligations/Mortgage Revenue Bonds (8.6%)

 
Agate Bay Mortgage Trust,
Series 2015-1, Class B2,
3.672%, 01/25/45 (b) (e)
   

75,475

     

68,930

   
   

Principal

 

Value(a)

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

$

22,356

   

$

21,340

   
CIM Trust,
4.500%, 01/25/63 (b) (e)
   

1,770,150

     

1,587,829

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

120,228

     

112,971

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

1,876,619

     

1,607,244

   

CSMC Trust

 
Series 2013-6, Class B4,
3.355%, 08/25/43 (b) (e)
   

902,794

     

792,966

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

908,247

     

792,359

   
Series 2020-RPL6,
Class A1, 2.688%,
03/25/59 (b) (e)
   

1,824,639

     

1,764,665

   
Eagle RE Ltd.,
Series 2020-1,
Class M1B, 6.600%,
01/25/30 (1-Month
USD LIBOR +
1.450%) (b) (e) (f)
   

2,116,470

     

2,114,051

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

1,541,722

     

1,238,051

   

Flagstar Mortgage Trust

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

2,022,235

     

1,734,067

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

2,126,836

     

1,807,811

   
GS Mortgage-Backed
Securities Trust,
Series 2014-EB1A,
Class B4, 4.308%,
07/25/44 (b) (e)
   

2,110,021

     

1,997,643

   

JP Morgan Mortgage Trust

 
Series 2014-2, Class B1,
3.415%, 06/25/29 (b) (e)
   

85,169

     

74,270

   
Series 2016-3, Class B3,
3.289%, 10/25/46 (b) (e)
   

195,640

     

172,683

   
Series 2017-2, Class B4,
3.650%, 05/25/47 (b) (e)
   

2,780,460

     

2,230,160

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

3,745,355

     

3,211,642

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

2,400,000

     

1,617,380

   
JP Morgan Trust,
Series 2015-6, Class B4,
3.521%, 10/25/45 (b) (e)
   

1,375,000

     

876,079

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

2,636

     

2,587

   

See accompanying notes to financial statements.
24


SFT Core Bond Fund
Investments in Securities – continued

   

Principal

 

Value(a)

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

$

881,190

   

$

853,291

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

1,024,918

     

998,577

   
Series 2021-3, Class TT,
2.000%, 03/25/61
   

1,199,818

     

1,061,899

   

Sequoia Mortgage Trust

 
Series 2013-8, Class B4,
3.481%, 06/25/43 (b)
   

441,116

     

320,140

   
Series 2015-1, Class B2,
3.920%, 01/25/45 (b) (e)
   

120,843

     

111,731

   
Series 2015-3, Class B1,
3.724%, 07/25/45 (b) (e)
   

189,917

     

175,774

   
Series 2015-4, Class B2,
3.129%, 11/25/30 (b) (e)
   

118,054

     

111,098

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

982,806

     

724,940

   
Shellpoint Co-Originator
Trust, Series 2017-1,
Class B4, 3.601%,
04/25/47 (b) (e)
   

1,329,243

     

915,221

   
Starwood Mortgage
Residential Trust
 
Series 2021-3, Class A1,
1.127%, 06/25/56 (b) (e)
   

901,800

     

652,429

   
Series 2021-6, Class A1,
1.920%, 11/25/66 (b) (e)
   

1,422,831

     

1,152,486

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

5,624

     

127

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

3,640

     

82

   

Towd Point Mortgage Trust

 
Series 2015-2, Class 2M2,
4.397%, 11/25/57 (b) (e)
   

2,028,331

     

1,967,790

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

2,118,995

     

2,036,276

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

1,727,401

     

1,570,398

   
WinWater Mortgage
Loan Trust,
Series 2015-4,
Class B3, 3.673%,
06/20/45 (b) (e)
   

1,560,807

     

1,392,182

   
         

37,869,169

   

Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities (4.0%)

 
BAMLL Commercial
Mortgage Securities Trust,
Series 2014-520M,
Class A, 4.325%,
08/15/46 (b) (e)
   

1,350,000

     

1,013,960

   

BB-UBS Trust

 
Series 2012-SHOW,
Class C, 4.160%,
11/05/36 (b) (e)
   

500,000

     

480,689

   
Series 2012-SHOW,
Class D, 4.160%,
11/05/36 (b) (e)
   

500,000

     

473,470

   
   

Principal

 

Value(a)

 
BCAP LLC Trust,
Series 2015- RR2,
Class 25A3, 3.095%,
10/28/36 (b) (e)
 

$

977,960

   

$

968,297

   
BX Trust, Series 2022-PSB,
Class D, 9.840%,
08/15/39 (1-Month
USD TERM SOFR +
4.693%) (b) (e)
   

740,873

     

738,380

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

500,000

     

463,287

   
Citigroup Commercial
Mortgage Trust,
Series 2018-TBR,
Class A, 6.148%,
12/15/36 (1-Month USD
LIBOR + 0.955%) (b) (e)
   

4,000,000

     

3,930,116

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

1,000,000

     

919,695

   
UBS Commercial
Mortgage Trust
 
Series 2017-C1, Class AS,
3.724%, 06/15/50
   

2,750,000

     

2,476,860

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

3,500,000

     

3,108,448

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

1,505,000

     

1,360,531

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

1,905,000

     

1,806,200

   
         

17,739,933

   
Total other mortgage-backed securities
(cost: $63,572,338)
       

55,609,102

   

Corporate Obligations (26.0%)

 

Basic Materials (0.2%)

 

Chemicals (0.2%)

 
International Flavors &
Fragrances, Inc.
 

2.300%, 11/01/30 (e)

   

1,235,000

     

977,789

   

3.468%, 12/01/50 (e)

   

100,000

     

66,382

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

50,000

     

39,625

   
         

1,083,796

   

Communications (1.9%)

 

Cable/Satellite TV (0.4%)

 
Charter Communications
Operating LLC/Charter
Communications
Operating Capital
2.800%, 04/01/31
   

1,130,000

     

908,544

   

4.800%, 03/01/50

   

1,000,000

     

754,063

   
         

1,662,607

   

See accompanying notes to financial statements.
25


SFT Core Bond Fund
Investments in Securities – continued

   

Principal

 

Value(a)

 

Interactive Media & Services (0.0%)

 
Northwest Fiber LLC/
Northwest Fiber
Finance Sub, Inc.,
4.750%, 04/30/27 (e)
 

$

50,000

   

$

44,062

   

Media (0.4%)

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

162,000

     

126,360

   

CSC Holdings LLC

 

5.375%, 02/01/28 (e)

   

200,000

     

160,750

   

5.750%, 01/15/30 (e)

   

200,000

     

94,000

   

6.500%, 02/01/29 (e)

   

554,000

     

446,663

   

7.500%, 04/01/28 (e)

   

50,000

     

28,500

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

535,000

     

441,993

   
VZ Secured Financing BV,
5.000%, 01/15/32 (e) (f)
   

385,000

     

315,219

   
         

1,613,485

   

Software (0.2%)

 

Meta Platforms, Inc.

 

4.450%, 08/15/52

   

255,000

     

221,175

   

5.600%, 05/15/53

   

680,000

     

698,831

   
         

920,006

   

Telecommunication (0.5%)

 
AT&T, Inc.,
3.550%, 09/15/55
   

787,000

     

548,955

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

264,000

     

207,900

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

625,000

     

579,557

   
Frontier Communications
Holdings LLC,
8.625%, 03/15/31 (e)
   

452,000

     

437,310

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

151,000

     

137,221

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

161,000

     

113,706

   
         

2,024,649

   

Wireless Telecommunication Services (0.4%)

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

475,000

     

470,665

   

T-Mobile USA, Inc.

 

2.550%, 02/15/31

   

1,500,000

     

1,246,279

   

2.625%, 04/15/26

   

250,000

     

231,957

   
         

1,948,901

   

Consumer Cyclical (0.7%)

 

Entertainment (0.5%)

 

Warnermedia Holdings, Inc.

 

5.050%, 03/15/42

   

1,000,000

     

834,583

   

5.141%, 03/15/52

   

1,500,000

     

1,214,977

   
         

2,049,560

   
   

Principal

 

Value(a)

 

Retail (0.2%)

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

$

500,000

   

$

359,800

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

113,000

     

95,768

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

254,000

     

228,918

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

341,000

     

229,322

   
         

913,808

   

Consumer, Non-cyclical (2.6%)

 

Agricultural Products (0.3%)

 

Imperial Brands Finance PLC

 

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

   

30,000

     

26,369

   

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

   

470,000

     

470,849

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

1,000,000

     

888,965

   
         

1,386,183

   

Beverages (0.0%)

 
Triton Water Holdings, Inc.,
6.250%, 04/01/29 (e)
   

252,000

     

215,775

   

Biotechnology (0.4%)

 

Amgen, Inc.

 

5.250%, 03/02/33

   

445,000

     

445,614

   

5.600%, 03/02/43

   

445,000

     

444,107

   

5.650%, 03/02/53

   

445,000

     

450,200

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

386,000

     

332,925

   
         

1,672,846

   

Commercial Services (0.1%)

 
Adtalem Global
Education, Inc.,
5.500%, 03/01/28 (c) (e)
   

45,000

     

40,725

   
Upbound Group, Inc.,
6.375%, 02/15/29 (e)
   

54,000

     

47,925

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

236,000

     

219,480

   
         

308,130

   

Food (0.2%)

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

830,000

     

776,050

   

Food Products (0.3%)

 

Pilgrim's Pride Corp.

 

3.500%, 03/01/32

   

1,320,000

     

1,042,800

   

6.250%, 07/01/33

   

60,000

     

58,050

   
         

1,100,850

   

Health Care Providers & Services (0.2%)

 
IQVIA, Inc., 5.700%,
05/15/28 (e)
   

825,000

     

816,750

   

See accompanying notes to financial statements.
26


SFT Core Bond Fund
Investments in Securities – continued

   

Principal

 

Value(a)

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

$

365,000

   

$

270,100

   
         

1,086,850

   

Household Products (0.0%)

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

132,000

     

120,450

   

Pharmaceuticals (1.1%)

 

BAT Capital Corp.

 

2.726%, 03/25/31

   

750,000

     

595,671

   

4.540%, 08/15/47

   

1,000,000

     

734,217

   

Bayer U.S. Finance II LLC

 

4.375%, 12/15/28 (e)

   

1,500,000

     

1,419,888

   

4.400%, 07/15/44 (e)

   

1,000,000

     

793,680

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

1,000,000

     

918,851

   
Kevlar SpA,
6.500%, 09/01/29 (e) (f)
   

375,000

     

320,481

   
         

4,782,788

   

Energy (1.6%)

 

Oil & Gas (0.4%)

 
Archrock Partners LP/
Archrock Partners
Finance Corp.,
6.250%, 04/01/28 (e)
   

50,000

     

46,500

   
Ecopetrol SA,
8.875%, 01/13/33 (f)
   

40,000

     

39,250

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

500,000

     

463,125

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

1,000,000

     

827,913

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

200,000

     

167,504

   
Transocean Titan
Financing Ltd.,
8.375%, 02/01/28 (e) (f)
   

350,000

     

356,125

   
         

1,900,417

   

Pipelines (1.2%)

 

Energy Transfer LP

 

5.000%, 05/15/50

   

93,000

     

78,486

   

6.850%, 02/15/40

   

1,850,000

     

1,863,385

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

443,550

     

378,584

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

500,000

     

435,968

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

256,000

     

231,680

   
Sabine Pass
Liquefaction LLC,
Series WI, 4.500%,
05/15/30
   

20,000

     

18,925

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

1,500,000

     

1,702,596

   
   

Principal

 

Value(a)

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

$

156,000

   

$

134,550

   
Venture Global Calcasieu
Pass LLC
 

3.875%, 11/01/33 (e)

   

50,000

     

40,750

   

4.125%, 08/15/31 (e)

   

360,000

     

307,800

   

6.250%, 01/15/30 (e)

   

125,000

     

123,281

   
         

5,316,005

   

Financial (13.4%)

 

Banks (9.6%)

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

500,000

     

417,724

   

Bank of America Corp.

 
2.496%, 02/13/31
(3-Month USD TERM
SOFR + 1.252%) (b)
   

1,000,000

     

833,799

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

685,000

     

555,309

   
3.194%, 07/23/30
(3-Month USD TERM
SOFR + 1.442%) (b)
   

2,410,000

     

2,120,352

   
3.974%, 02/07/30
(3-Month USD TERM
SOFR + 1.472%) (b)
   

1,630,000

     

1,505,489

   

Citigroup, Inc.

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

2,625,000

     

2,457,168

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

750,000

     

603,061

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

1,000,000

     

842,677

   
3.057%, 01/25/33
(SOFRRATE +
1.351%) (b)
   

330,000

     

274,212

   

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.

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

300,000

     

267,806

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

3,785,000

     

3,027,349

   

HSBC Holdings PLC

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

1,000,000

     

855,914

   
2.357%, 08/18/31
(SOFRRATE +
1.947%) (b) (f)
   

1,770,000

     

1,403,785

   
6.332%, 03/09/44
(SOFRRATE +
2.650%) (b) (f)
   

845,000

     

870,711

   

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

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

1,000,000

     

948,939

   

See accompanying notes to financial statements.
27


SFT Core Bond Fund
Investments in Securities – continued

   

Principal

 

Value(a)

 
1.040%, 02/04/27
(3-Month USD TERM
SOFR + 0.695%) (b)
 

$

2,500,000

   

$

2,226,152

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

1,500,000

     

1,323,825

   
2.580%, 04/22/32
(3-Month USD TERM
SOFR + 1.250%) (b)
   

865,000

     

716,295

   

Lloyds Banking Group PLC

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

500,000

     

441,934

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

1,000,000

     

904,676

   
4.976%, 08/11/33
(1 year CMT +
2.300%) (b) (f)
   

495,000

     

461,616

   

Morgan Stanley

 
1.164%, 10/21/25
(SOFRRATE +
0.560%) (b)
   

800,000

     

747,568

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

1,354,000

     

1,051,862

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

460,000

     

451,867

   
PNC Financial Services
Group, Inc., 5.068%,
01/24/34 (SOFRRATE +
1.933%) (b)
   

600,000

     

573,218

   
Santander UK Group
Holdings PLC
 
1.089%, 03/15/25
(SOFRRATE +
0.787%) (b) (f)
   

540,000

     

517,301

   
2.469%, 01/11/28
(SOFRRATE +
1.220%) (b) (f)
   

2,000,000

     

1,742,302

   

U.S. Bancorp

 

3.000%, 07/30/29

   

765,000

     

645,407

   
4.839%, 02/01/34
(SOFRRATE +
1.600%) (b)
   

320,000

     

299,457

   
Series J, 5.300%,
04/15/27 (3-Month
USD TERM SOFR +
3.176%) (b)
   

800,000

     

650,000

   
5.836%, 06/12/34
(SOFRRATE +
2.260%) (b)
   

255,000

     

255,273

   
5.850%, 10/21/33
(SOFRRATE +
2.090%) (b)
   

210,000

     

210,381

   

UBS Group AG

 
2.593%, 09/11/25
(SOFRRATE +
1.560%) (b) (e) (f)
   

555,000

     

525,964

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

3,795,000

     

3,054,038

   
   

Principal

 

Value(a)

 
6.373%, 07/15/26
(SOFRRATE +
3.340%) (b) (e) (f)
 

$

445,000

   

$

441,885

   
6.537%, 08/12/33
(SOFRRATE +
3.920%) (b) (e) (f)
   

320,000

     

324,000

   
9.016%, 11/15/33
(SOFRRATE +
5.020%) (b) (e) (f)
   

1,760,000

     

2,111,660

   

Wells Fargo & Co.

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

3,730,000

     

3,306,436

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

1,000,000

     

864,308

   

3.000%, 10/23/26

   

1,100,000

     

1,019,631

   
4.897%, 07/25/33
(SOFRRATE +
2.100%) (b)
   

195,000

     

186,900

   
         

42,038,251

   

Finance (0.9%)

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

1,500,000

     

1,222,521

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

1,500,000

     

1,273,200

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

1,500,000

     

1,262,040

   
GGAM Finance Ltd.,
8.000%, 06/15/28 (e) (f)
   

221,000

     

220,171

   
Jane Street Group/
JSG Finance, Inc.,
4.500%, 11/15/29 (e)
   

150,000

     

129,000

   
         

4,106,932

   

Financial Services (0.4%)

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

27,370

     

26,359

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

2,075,000

     

1,640,724

   
         

1,667,083

   

Insurance (0.9%)

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

48,000

     

46,440

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

1,000,000

     

802,036

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

500,000

     

393,406

   
Metropolitan Life
Global Funding I,
5.150%, 03/28/33 (e)
   

290,000

     

285,498

   

See accompanying notes to financial statements.
28


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Investments in Securities – continued

   

Principal

 

Value(a)

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

$

2,125,000

   

$

1,752,494

   
Willis North America, Inc.,
5.350%, 05/15/33
   

670,000

     

650,737

   
         

3,930,611

   

Investment Companies (0.1%)

 
Icahn Enterprises LP/Icahn
Enterprises Finance Corp.
 

5.250%, 05/15/27

   

206,000

     

176,645

   

6.250%, 05/15/26

   

150,000

     

136,875

   

6.375%, 12/15/25

   

50,000

     

46,438

   
         

359,958

   

Real Estate Investment Trust — Health Care (0.2%)

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

1,000,000

     

851,657

   

Real Estate Investment Trust — Office Property (0.1%)

 

Hudson Pacific Properties LP

 

3.250%, 01/15/30

   

705,000

     

445,787

   

3.950%, 11/01/27

   

65,000

     

46,881

   

5.950%, 02/15/28

   

25,000

     

19,750

   
         

512,418

   

REITS-Storage (0.0%)

 
Life Storage LP,
2.400%, 10/15/31
   

70,000

     

55,454

   

Residential REITs (0.1%)

 
Invitation Homes
Operating Partnership LP
 

2.000%, 08/15/31

   

60,000

     

45,622

   

2.700%, 01/15/34

   

460,000

     

346,364

   
         

391,986

   

Savings and Loans (0.1%)

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

500,000

     

448,392

   

Specialized REITs (1.0%)

 

American Tower Corp.

 

2.700%, 04/15/31

   

920,000

     

761,915

   

5.550%, 07/15/33

   

565,000

     

566,227

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

575,000

     

463,647

   
GLP Capital LP/GLP
Financing II, Inc.
 

3.250%, 01/15/32

   

7,000

     

5,605

   

4.000%, 01/15/30

   

465,000

     

399,114

   

5.300%, 01/15/29

   

1,000,000

     

937,631

   
Hudson Pacific
Properties LP,
4.650%, 04/01/29
   

110,000

     

77,962

   

VICI Properties LP

 

4.950%, 02/15/30

   

10,000

     

9,338

   

5.625%, 05/15/52

   

100,000

     

89,750

   
   

Principal

 

Value(a)

 
VICI Properties LP/
VICI Note Co., Inc.
 

3.750%, 02/15/27 (e)

 

$

20,000

   

$

18,300

   

3.875%, 02/15/29 (e)

   

1,470,000

     

1,286,250

   

4.125%, 08/15/30 (e)

   

17,000

     

14,918

   

4.500%, 01/15/28 (e)

   

17,000

     

15,576

   
         

4,646,233

   

Health Care (1.6%)

 

Health Care Providers & Services (1.6%)

 

Centene Corp.

 

3.000%, 10/15/30

   

1,087,000

     

904,927

   

4.250%, 12/15/27

   

715,000

     

669,597

   
CommonSpirit Health,
4.350%, 11/01/42 (c)
   

405,000

     

346,253

   

HCA, Inc.

 

3.500%, 09/01/30

   

650,000

     

569,563

   

3.625%, 03/15/32 (e)

   

1,513,000

     

1,312,491

   

4.625%, 03/15/52 (e)

   

400,000

     

328,305

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

1,175,000

     

787,994

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

1,829,000

     

1,285,714

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

1,115,000

     

995,391

   
         

7,200,235

   

Industrials (0.5%)

 

Construction & Engineering (0.0%)

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

162,000

     

140,940

   

Containers & Packaging (0.3%)

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

446,000

     

375,755

   
Berry Global, Inc.,
5.500%, 04/15/28 (e)
   

1,000,000

     

983,750

   
         

1,359,505

   

Environmental Control (0.1%)

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

354,000

     

327,007

   

Machinery (0.0%)

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

126,000

     

75,600

   

Transport Services (0.1%)

 
Transnet SOC Ltd.,
8.250%, 02/06/28 (e) (f)
   

200,000

     

194,000

   

Information Technology (0.7%)

 

Computers (0.1%)

 
NCR Corp.,
5.125%, 04/15/29 (e)
   

489,000

     

432,765

   

See accompanying notes to financial statements.
29


SFT Core Bond Fund
Investments in Securities – continued

   

Principal

 

Value(a)

 

IT Services (0.1%)

 

Global Payments, Inc.

 

5.400%, 08/15/32

 

$

225,000

   

$

219,203

   

5.950%, 08/15/52

   

293,000

     

279,781

   
         

498,984

   

Software (0.5%)

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

85,000

     

86,275

   

Oracle Corp.

 

3.600%, 04/01/50

   

1,000,000

     

712,368

   

3.850%, 07/15/36

   

500,000

     

416,717

   

3.950%, 03/25/51

   

600,000

     

453,752

   

6.500%, 04/15/38

   

160,000

     

170,940

   

6.900%, 11/09/52

   

105,000

     

117,566

   
         

1,957,618

   

Technology (0.1%)

 

Semiconductor Equipment (0.1%)

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

500,000

     

416,921

   

Transport-Services (0.1%)

 

Passenger Airlines (0.1%)

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

719,311

     

651,861

   

Utilities (2.6%)

 

Electric Utilities (1.7%)

 
Arizona Public Service Co.,
5.550%, 08/01/33
   

465,000

     

465,670

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

1,280,000

     

1,101,825

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

500,000

     

452,251

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

950,000

     

942,864

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

266,000

     

224,032

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

2,000,000

     

1,841,246

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

1,750,000

     

1,480,003

   
Niagara Mohawk
Power Corp.,
4.278%, 10/01/34 (e)
   

490,000

     

434,626

   
Puget Sound Energy, Inc.,
5.448%, 06/01/53
   

450,000

     

453,537

   
         

7,396,054

   

Gas Utilities (0.9%)

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

1,380,000

     

1,260,843

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

1,410,000

     

956,172

   
   

Principal

 

Value(a)

 
Southern Co. Gas
Capital Corp.
 

3.875%, 11/15/25

 

$

1,105,000

   

$

1,053,845

   

4.400%, 05/30/47

   

775,000

     

645,739

   
         

3,916,599

   
Total corporate obligations
(cost: $122,569,806)
       

114,504,282

   

Bank Loans (1.9%)

 
8th Avenue Food &
Provisions, Inc.,
2018 1st Lien Term Loan,
8.967%, 10/01/25
(1-Month USD
TERM SOFR +
3.750%) (b) (c) (e)
   

9,706

     

8,942

   
Acrisure LLC, 2020 Term
Loan B, 8.693%,
02/15/27 (1-Month USD
LIBOR + 3.500%) (b) (e)
   

247,442

     

240,122

   
AI Aqua Merger Sub, Inc.,
2021 1st Lien Term
Loan B, 8.896%, 07/31/28
(1-Month USD LIBOR +
3.750%) (b) (e)
   

247,500

     

242,086

   
Amentum Government
Services Holdings LLC,
Term Loan B, 9.217%,
01/29/27 (1-Month
USD TERM SOFR +
4.000%) (b) (e)
   

247,449

     

243,119

   
American Airlines, Inc.,
2021 Term Loan,
10.000%, 04/20/28
(3-Month USD LIBOR +
4.750%) (b) (e)
   

29,399

     

30,035

   
Arches Buyer, Inc.,
2021 Term Loan B,
8.453%, 12/06/27
(1-Month USD TERM
SOFR + 3.250%) (b) (e)
   

37,852

     

36,374

   
Asurion LLC
2018 Term Loan B7,
8.538%, 11/03/24 (b) (c) (e)
   

14,386

     

14,360

   
2022 Term Loan B10,
9.203%, 08/19/28
(1-Month USD TERM
SOFR + 4.000%) (b) (e)
   

248,125

     

234,271

   
Bausch & Lomb, Inc.,
Term Loan,
8.592%, 05/10/27
(3-Month USD TERM
SOFR + 3.250%) (b) (e)
   

39,919

     

38,703

   
CDK Global, Inc.,
2022 USD Term Loan B,
9.492%, 07/06/29
(3-Month USD TERM
SOFR + 4.250%) (b) (e)
   

248,750

     

247,874

   

See accompanying notes to financial statements.
30


SFT Core Bond Fund
Investments in Securities – continued

   

Principal

 

Value(a)

 
Chemours Co.,
2018 USD Term Loan B,
6.953%, 04/03/25
(1-Month USD TERM
SOFR + 1.750%) (b) (e)
 

$

7,194

   

$

7,122

   
City Brewing Co. LLC,
Closing Date Term Loan,
8.760%, 04/05/28
(3-Month USD LIBOR +
3.500%) (b) (c) (e)
   

35,376

     

22,817

   
CommScope, Inc.,
2019 Term Loan B,
8.467%, 04/06/26
(1-Month USD LIBOR +
3.250%) (b) (e)
   

247,429

     

236,542

   
Corporation Service Co.,
Term Loan B,
8.453%, 11/02/29
(1-Month USD TERM
SOFR + 3.250%) (b) (e)
   

238,750

     

238,929

   
Crown Finance US, Inc.,
2022 DIP Term Loan,
15.238%, 09/07/23
(1-Month USD TERM
SOFR + 10.000%) (b) (e)
   

106,781

     

107,804

   
CSC Holdings LLC,
2019 Term Loan B5,
7.693%,
04/15/27 (b) (c) (e)
   

63,801

     

55,613

   
Dave & Buster's, Inc.,
2023 Term Loan,
9.000%, 06/29/29
(1-Month USD
TERM SOFR +
5.000%) (b) (c) (e)
   

22,090

     

21,979

   
Deerfield Dakota
Holding LLC,
2020 USD Term Loan B,
8.992%, 04/09/27
(3-Month USD TERM
SOFR + 3.750%) (b) (e)
   

21,281

     

20,589

   
Delos Finance SARL,
2018 Term Loan B,
7.288%, 10/06/23
(3-Month USD LIBOR +
1.750%) (b) (c) (e)
   

22,940

     

22,915

   
DirecTV Financing LLC,
Term Loan,
10.217%, 08/02/27
(1-Month USD Term
SOFR + 5.000%) (b) (e)
   

225,871

     

220,628

   
Entegris, Inc.,
2023 Term Loan B,
7.989%, 07/06/29
(1-Month USD TERM
SOFR + 2.750%,
3-Month USD TERM
SOFR + 2.750%) (b) (e)
   

31,190

     

31,185

   
Fertitta Entertainment LLC,
2022 Term Loan B,
9.103%, 01/27/29
(1-Month USD TERM
SOFR + 4.000%) (b) (e)
   

247,494

     

244,207

   
   

Principal

 

Value(a)

 
Filtration Group Corp.,
2023 USD Term Loan,
9.326%, 10/21/28
(1-Month USD
TERM SOFR +
4.250%) (b) (c) (e)
 

$

30,273

   

$

30,178

   
Formula One Holdings Ltd.,
Term Loan B,
8.103%, 01/15/30
(1-Month USD TERM
SOFR + 3.000%) (b) (e)
   

8,453

     

8,443

   
Frontier Communications
Corp., 2021 1st Lien
Term Loan,
9.000%, 05/01/28
(1-Month USD LIBOR +
3.750%) (b) (e)
   

34,057

     

33,007

   
Gainwell Acquisition Corp.,
Term Loan B,
9.342%, 10/01/27
(3-Month USD TERM
SOFR + 4.000%) (b) (e)
   

247,462

     

243,131

   
Genesee & Wyoming, Inc.,
Term Loan,
7.342%, 12/30/26
(3-Month USD TERM
SOFR + 2.000%) (b) (e)
   

18,778

     

18,741

   
Grifols Worldwide
Operations USA, Inc.,
USD 2019 Term Loan B,
7.414%, 11/15/27
(1-Month USD LIBOR +
2.000%) (b) (c) (e)
   

50,000

     

49,170

   
H Food Holdings LLC,
2018 Term Loan B,
9.269%, 05/23/25
(6-Month USD LIBOR +
3.688%) (b) (e)
   

17,409

     

15,271

   
Hilton Domestic
Operating Co., Inc.,
2019 Term Loan B2,
6.939%, 06/22/26
(1-Month USD TERM
SOFR + 1.750%) (b) (e)
   

17,955

     

17,925

   
Hostess Brands LLC,
2023 Term Loan B,
7.742%, 06/21/30
(3-Month USD LIBOR +
2.250%) (b) (c) (e)
   

106,743

     

106,209

   
ICON Luxembourg SARL,
LUX Term Loan,
7.754%, 07/03/28
(3-Month USD TERM
SOFR + 2.250%) (b) (e)
   

60,597

     

60,559

   
II-VI, Inc.,
2022 Term Loan B,
7.967%, 07/02/29
(1-Month USD TERM
SOFR + 2.750%) (b) (e)
   

245,182

     

244,569

   

See accompanying notes to financial statements.
31


SFT Core Bond Fund
Investments in Securities – continued

   

Principal

 

Value(a)

 
Intelsat Jackson
Holdings SA,
2021 Exit Term Loan B,
9.444%, 02/01/29
(3-Month USD TERM
SOFR + 4.250%) (b) (e)
 

$

225,668

   

$

224,352

   
IQVIA, Inc.,
2018 USD Term Loan B3,
7.288%, 06/11/25
(1-Month USD LIBOR +
1.750%) (b) (e)
   

70,364

     

70,288

   
Jazz Financing Lux SARL,
USD Term Loan,
8.864%, 05/05/28
(1-Month USD LIBOR +
3.500%) (b) (e)
   

223,037

     

222,723

   
KFC Holding Co.,
2021 Term Loan B,
6.896%, 03/15/28
(1-Month USD LIBOR +
1.750%) (b) (e)
   

59,269

     

58,676

   
Medline Borrower LP,
USD Term Loan B,
8.353%, 10/23/28
(1-Month USD Term
SOFR + 3.250%) (b) (e)
   

147,998

     

146,200

   
MH Sub I LLC,
2023 Term Loan,
9.353%, 05/03/28
(1-Month USD TERM
SOFR + 4.250%) (b) (e)
   

44,381

     

42,458

   
Naked Juice LLC,
2nd Lien Term Loan,
11.342%, 01/24/30
(3-Month USD TERM
SOFR + 6.000%) (b) (e)
   

38,193

     

30,196

   
Naked Juice LLC,
Term Loan,
8.300%, 01/24/29
(1-Month USD TERM
SOFR + 3.250%,
3-Month USD TERM
SOFR + 3.250%) (b) (e)
   

248,120

     

230,530

   
NortonLifeLock, Inc.,
2021 Term Loan A,
6.953%, 09/10/27
(1-Month USD TERM
SOFR + 1.750%) (b) (e)
   

140,508

     

137,347

   

Open Text Corp.

 
2022 Term Loan B,
8.584%, 01/31/30
(1-Month USD
TERM SOFR +
3.500%) (b) (c) (e)
   

45,861

     

45,935

   
Term Loan B,
6.952%, 05/30/25
(1-Month USD
TERM SOFR +
1.750%) (b) (c) (e)
   

35,479

     

35,468

   
   

Principal

 

Value(a)

 
Oracle Corp.,
Term Loan A1,
6.777%, 08/16/27
(1-Month USD
TERM SOFR +
1.600%) (b) (c) (e)
 

$

273,318

   

$

270,585

   
Organon & Co.,
USD Term Loan,
8.250%, 06/02/28
(1-Month USD LIBOR +
3.000%) (b) (e)
   

455,626

     

454,772

   
Patriot Container Corp.,
2018 1st Lien Term Loan,
8.834%, 03/20/25
(1-Month USD
TERM SOFR +
3.750%) (b) (c) (e)
   

9,706

     

8,917

   
Peraton Corp.,
Term Loan B,
8.953%, 02/01/28
(1-Month USD TERM
SOFR + 3.750%) (b) (e)
   

256,531

     

251,537

   
Playtika Holding Corp.,
2021 Term Loan,
7.943%, 03/13/28
(1-Month USD LIBOR +
2.750%) (b) (e)
   

247,468

     

246,308

   
PRA Health Sciences, Inc.,
US Term Loan,
7.754%, 07/03/28
(3-Month USD TERM
SOFR + 2.250%) (b) (e)
   

15,098

     

15,088

   
Pre-Paid Legal
Services, Inc.,
2021 Term Loan,
8.943%, 12/15/28
(1-Month USD LIBOR +
3.750%) (b) (e)
   

247,494

     

243,596

   
Proofpoint, Inc.,
1st Lien Term Loan,
8.467%, 08/31/28
(1-Month USD TERM
SOFR + 3.250%) (b) (e)
   

247,487

     

241,781

   
RealPage, Inc.,
1st Lien Term Loan,
8.217%, 04/24/28
(1-Month USD LIBOR +
3.000%) (b) (e)
   

21,778

     

21,261

   
Renaissance Holding Corp.,
2023 Refi Term Loan,
9.992%, 04/05/30
(1-Month USD TERM
SOFR + 4.750%) (b) (e)
   

56,770

     

56,025

   
SBA Senior Finance II LLC,
2018 Term Loan B,
6.950%, 04/11/25
(1-Month USD LIBOR +
1.750%) (b) (e)
   

346,034

     

345,849

   
Scientific Games
International, Inc.,
2022 USD Term Loan,
8.248%, 04/14/29
(1-Month USD TERM
SOFR + 3.000%) (b) (e)
   

247,500

     

246,793

   

See accompanying notes to financial statements.
32


SFT Core Bond Fund
Investments in Securities – continued

   

Principal

 

Value(a)

 
Spin Holdco, Inc.,
2021 Term Loan,
9.230%, 03/04/28
(3-Month USD LIBOR +
4.000%) (b) (e)
 

$

247,468

   

$

209,111

   
Sunshine Luxembourg
VII SARL,
2021 Term Loan B3,
9.092%, 10/01/26
(3-Month USD TERM
SOFR + 3.750%) (b) (e)
   

247,468

     

245,818

   
TransDigm, Inc.,
2023 Term Loan I,
8.492%, 08/24/28
(3-Month USD TERM
SOFR + 3.250%) (b) (e)
   

111,681

     

111,529

   
TruGreen LP,
2020 Term Loan,
9.203%, 11/02/27
(1-Month USD LIBOR +
4.000%) (b) (e)
   

247,462

     

227,046

   
United Airlines, Inc.,
2021 Term Loan B,
9.292%, 04/21/28
(3-Month USD LIBOR +
3.750%) (b) (e)
   

196,965

     

196,571

   
Whatabrands LLC,
2021 Term Loan B,
8.467%, 08/03/28
(1-Month USD LIBOR +
3.250%) (b) (e)
   

247,487

     

245,863

   
William Morris Endeavor
Entertainment LLC,
2018 1st Lien Term Loan,
7.950%, 05/18/25
(1-Month USD LIBOR +
2.750%) (b) (c) (e)
   

41,377

     

41,233

   
Zayo Group Holdings, Inc.,
USD Term Loan,
8.217%, 03/09/27
(1-Month USD TERM
SOFR + 3.000%) (b) (e)
   

300,000

     

234,643

   
Total Bank Loans
(cost: $8,517,445)
       

8,551,918

   

Foreign Bonds (0.7%)

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

200,000

     

177,117

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

300,000

     

232,919

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

150,000

     

127,125

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

250,000

     

193,124

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

600,000

     

496,256

   
    Shares/
Principal
 

Value(a)

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

$

500,000

   

$

380,625

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

500,000

     

443,750

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

400,000

     

348,566

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

22,000

     

23,056

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

200,000

     

175,500

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

300,000

     

248,100

   
Total Foreign Bonds
(cost: $2,846,432)
       

2,846,138

   
Total long-term debt securities
(cost: $502,472,437)
       

476,161,120

   

Short-Term Securities (10.6%)

 

Investment Companies (0.7%)

 
State Street Institutional
U.S. Government
Money Market Fund,
current rate 5.030%
   

2,951,126

     

2,951,126

   

U.S. Government Agencies and Obligations (9.9%)

 

U.S. Treasury Bill

 

4.454%, 07/20/23 (c)

   

32,640,000

     

32,562,163

   

4.882%, 08/03/23

   

813,000

     

809,398

   

5.288%, 10/12/23

   

2,235,000

     

2,202,425

   

5.317%, 10/19/23

   

8,430,000

     

8,298,239

   
Total U.S. Government
Agencies and Obligations
(cost: $43,872,461)
       

43,872,225

   
Total short-term securities
(cost: $46,823,587)
       

46,823,351

   
Total investments in securities
(cost: $549,296,024) (g)
       

522,984,471

   
Liabilities in excess of cash
and other assets (-18.9%)
       

(83,265,571

)

 

Total net assets (100.0%)

     

$

439,718,900

   

See accompanying notes to financial statements.
33


SFT Core Bond Fund
Investments in Securities – continued

Investments in Securities Legend

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

(b)  Variable rate security.

(c)  Security is issued on a when-issued or forward commitment basis. As of June 30, 2023, the total cost of investments issued on a when-issued or forward commitment basis was $109,666,615.

(d)  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.

(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 6.6% of net assets in foreign securities at June 30, 2023.

(g)  At June 30, 2023, the cost of investments for federal income tax purposes was $548,135,761. The aggregate unrealized appreciation and depreciation of investments based on this cost were:

Gross unrealized appreciation

 

$

1,610,391

   

Gross unrealized depreciation

   

(28,443,821

)

 

Net unrealized depreciation

 

$

(26,833,430

)

 

Holdings of Open Futures Contracts

On June 30, 2023, $1,154,000 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

 

September 2023

   

491

   

Long

 

$

101,304,036

   

$

99,841,781

   

$

(1,462,255

)

 

5 Year U.S. Treasury Note

 

September 2023

   

104

   

Long

   

11,351,740

     

11,137,750

     

(213,990

)

 

10 Year U.S. Ultra

 

September 2023

   

2

   

Long

   

241,004

     

236,875

     

(4,129

)

 

U.S. Ultra Bond

 

September 2023

   

7

   

Long

   

955,297

     

953,531

     

(1,766

)

 
                $112,169,937   $(1,682,140)  

See accompanying notes to financial statements.
34


SFT Delaware IvySM​ Growth Fund
Investments in Securities

June 30, 2023
(Unaudited)

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

   

Shares

 

Value(a)

 

Common Stocks (99.6%)

 

Communication Services (2.2%)

 

Entertainment (2.2%)

 

Electronic Arts, Inc.

   

98,854

   

$

12,821,364

   

Consumer Discretionary (13.0%)

 

Automobiles (2.3%)

 

Ferrari NV (b)

   

40,991

     

13,330,683

   

Broadline Retail (5.8%)

 

Amazon.com, Inc. (c)

   

256,324

     

33,414,397

   

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure (1.3%)

 

Booking Holdings, Inc. (c)

   

2,763

     

7,461,012

   

Specialty Retail (0.6%)

 

Home Depot, Inc.

   

11,492

     

3,569,875

   

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods (3.0%)

 
LVMH Moet Hennessy
Louis Vuitton SE ADR (b)
   

50,187

     

9,477,313

   

NIKE, Inc. Class B

   

73,149

     

8,073,455

   
         

17,550,768

   

Consumer Staples (2.7%)

 

Beverages (2.5%)

 

Coca-Cola Co.

   

243,821

     

14,682,901

   

Personal Products (0.2%)

 

Estee Lauder Cos., Inc. Class A

   

3,970

     

779,628

   

Financial (10.8%)

 

Capital Markets (5.0%)

 

Intercontinental Exchange, Inc.

   

135,119

     

15,279,256

   

S&P Global, Inc.

   

34,848

     

13,970,215

   
         

29,249,471

   

IT Services (5.8%)

 

Visa, Inc. Class A

   

142,423

     

33,822,614

   

Health Care (11.9%)

 

Health Care Equipment & Supplies (3.5%)

 

Cooper Cos., Inc.

   

28,507

     

10,930,439

   

Intuitive Surgical, Inc. (c)

   

27,513

     

9,407,795

   
         

20,338,234

   

Health Care Providers & Services (3.8%)

 

UnitedHealth Group, Inc.

   

45,502

     

21,870,082

   

Health Care Technology (1.0%)

 

Veeva Systems, Inc. Class A (c)

   

30,770

     

6,084,152

   

Life Sciences Tools & Services (2.7%)

 

Danaher Corp.

   

65,484

     

15,716,160

   

Pharmaceuticals (0.9%)

 

Zoetis, Inc.

   

31,715

     

5,461,640

   

Industrials (12.4%)

 

Commercial Services & Supplies (0.8%)

 

Waste Connections, Inc. (b)

   

33,579

     

4,799,446

   
   

Shares

 

Value(a)

 

Ground Transportation (2.0%)

 

JB Hunt Transport Services, Inc.

   

49,593

   

$

8,977,821

   

Union Pacific Corp.

   

12,482

     

2,554,067

   
         

11,531,888

   

IT Services (1.8%)

 

Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc.

   

61,855

     

10,245,044

   

Professional Services (7.8%)

 

CoStar Group, Inc. (c)

   

248,389

     

22,106,621

   

Equifax, Inc.

   

51,811

     

12,191,128

   

TransUnion

   

76,064

     

5,958,093

   

Verisk Analytics, Inc.

   

23,211

     

5,246,383

   
         

45,502,225

   

Information Technology (46.6%)

 

Communications Equipment (3.5%)

 

Motorola Solutions, Inc.

   

69,750

     

20,456,280

   

Computer Peripherals (8.2%)

 

Apple, Inc.

   

245,746

     

47,667,352

   

Interactive Media & Services (6.0%)

 

Alphabet, Inc. Class A (c)

   

247,955

     

29,680,214

   

Alphabet, Inc. Class C (c)

   

42,161

     

5,100,216

   
         

34,780,430

   

IT Services (4.2%)

 

VeriSign, Inc. (c)

   

108,747

     

24,573,559

   

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment (4.6%)

 

NVIDIA Corp.

   

62,979

     

26,641,376

   

Software (20.1%)

 

Adobe, Inc. (c)

   

19,286

     

9,430,661

   

Autodesk, Inc. (c)

   

29,780

     

6,093,286

   

Intuit, Inc.

   

29,128

     

13,346,159

   

Microsoft Corp.

   

232,504

     

79,176,912

   

Salesforce, Inc. (c)

   

41,174

     

8,698,419

   
         

116,745,437

   
Total common stocks
(cost: $332,375,399)
       

579,096,018

   

Short-Term Securities (0.4%)

 

Investment Companies (0.4%)

 
State Street Institutional
U.S. Government Money
Market Fund, current rate
5.030%
   

2,221,491

     

2,221,491

   
Total short-term securities
(cost: $2,221,491)
       

2,221,491

   
Total investments in securities
(cost: $334,596,890) (d)
       

581,317,509

   
Liabilities in excess of cash
and other assets (0.0%)
       

(152,616

)

 

Total net assets (100.0%)

     

$

581,164,893

   

See accompanying notes to financial statements.
35


SFT Delaware IvySM​ Growth Fund
Investments in Securities – continued

Investments in Securities Legend

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

(b)  Foreign security: the Fund held 4.8% of net assets in foreign securities at June 30, 2023.

(c)  Non-income producing security.

(d)  At June 30, 2023, the cost of investments for federal income tax purposes was $335,200,914. The aggregate unrealized appreciation and depreciation of investments based on this cost were:

Gross unrealized appreciation

 

$

249,658,111

   

Gross unrealized depreciation

   

(3,541,516

)

 

Net unrealized appreciation

 

$

246,116,595

   

See accompanying notes to financial statements.
36


SFT Delaware IvySM​ Small Cap Growth Fund
Investments in Securities

June 30, 2023
(Unaudited)

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

   

Shares

 

Value(a)

 

Common Stocks (98.7%)

 

Communication Services (1.6%)

 

Diversified Telecommunication Services (1.6%)

 

Iridium Communications, Inc.

   

38,990

   

$

2,422,059

   

Consumer Discretionary (14.0%)

 

Automobile Components (2.3%)

 

Fox Factory Holding Corp. (b)

   

10,875

     

1,180,046

   

Visteon Corp. (b)

   

16,348

     

2,347,736

   
         

3,527,782

   

Entertainment (1.1%)

 

IMAX Corp. (b) (c)

   

95,779

     

1,627,285

   

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure (7.7%)

 
First Watch Restaurant
Group, Inc. (b)
   

49,966

     

844,425

   
Marriott Vacations
Worldwide Corp.
   

9,196

     

1,128,533

   
Monarch Casino &
Resort, Inc.
   

12,246

     

862,731

   
Red Rock Resorts, Inc.
Class A
   

67,373

     

3,151,709

   

Texas Roadhouse, Inc.

   

32,159

     

3,610,813

   

Wingstop, Inc.

   

11,488

     

2,299,438

   
         

11,897,649

   

Household Durables (1.3%)

 

Meritage Homes Corp.

   

14,439

     

2,054,237

   

Specialty Retail (1.6%)

 

Boot Barn Holdings, Inc. (b)

   

29,575

     

2,504,707

   

Consumer Staples (2.3%)

 

Beverages (1.5%)

 

Duckhorn Portfolio, Inc. (b)

   

40,944

     

531,044

   

MGP Ingredients, Inc.

   

17,129

     

1,820,470

   
         

2,351,514

   

Personal Products (0.8%)

 

BellRing Brands, Inc. (b)

   

35,082

     

1,284,001

   

Energy (3.7%)

 

Energy Equipment & Services (3.2%)

 

Cactus, Inc. Class A

   

47,259

     

2,000,001

   
Weatherford
International PLC (b) (c)
   

43,240

     

2,872,001

   
         

4,872,002

   

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels (0.5%)

 

SM Energy Co.

   

26,723

     

845,248

   

Financial (5.8%)

 

Capital Markets (1.6%)

 

Houlihan Lokey, Inc.

   

24,770

     

2,435,139

   

Commercial Banks (0.8%)

 
Seacoast Banking Corp.
of Florida
   

54,035

     

1,194,173

   

Financial Services (1.1%)

 

Flywire Corp. (b)

   

56,868

     

1,765,183

   
   

Shares

 

Value(a)

 

Insurance (2.3%)

 

Kinsale Capital Group, Inc.

   

9,556

   

$

3,575,855

   

Health Care (22.5%)

 

Biotechnology (4.4%)

 

Halozyme Therapeutics, Inc. (b)

   

46,753

     

1,686,381

   

Insmed, Inc. (b)

   

63,456

     

1,338,921

   

PTC Therapeutics, Inc. (b)

   

18,327

     

745,359

   

Vericel Corp. (b)

   

80,854

     

3,037,685

   
         

6,808,346

   

Health Care Equipment & Supplies (6.1%)

 

Axonics, Inc. (b)

   

25,174

     

1,270,532

   

Inmode Ltd. (b) (c)

   

79,076

     

2,953,488

   

Penumbra, Inc. (b)

   

6,746

     

2,321,029

   

TransMedics Group, Inc. (b)

   

34,248

     

2,876,147

   
         

9,421,196

   

Health Care Providers & Services (6.0%)

 

Acadia Healthcare Co., Inc. (b)

   

34,724

     

2,765,419

   

Progyny, Inc. (b)

   

98,764

     

3,885,376

   

R1 RCM, Inc. (b)

   

138,141

     

2,548,702

   
         

9,199,497

   

Health Care Technology (1.8%)

 

Evolent Health, Inc. Class A (b)

   

92,254

     

2,795,296

   

Life Sciences Tools & Services (1.6%)

 

CryoPort, Inc. (b)

   

97,366

     

1,679,564

   

Cytek Biosciences, Inc. (b)

   

83,295

     

711,339

   
         

2,390,903

   

Pharmaceuticals (2.6%)

 
Harmony Biosciences
Holdings, Inc. (b)
   

59,571

     

2,096,304

   

Pacira BioSciences, Inc. (b)

   

48,288

     

1,934,900

   
         

4,031,204

   

Industrials (19.3%)

 

Aerospace & Defense (2.0%)

 

Parsons Corp. (b)

   

63,965

     

3,079,275

   

Building Products (0.9%)

 

AAON, Inc.

   

14,557

     

1,380,149

   

Commercial Services & Supplies (3.8%)

 
Casella Waste Systems, Inc.
Class A (b)
   

19,186

     

1,735,374

   

Clean Harbors, Inc. (b)

   

24,951

     

4,102,693

   
         

5,838,067

   

Electrical Equipment (3.5%)

 

EnerSys

   

26,650

     

2,892,058

   
Shoals Technologies
Group, Inc. Class A (b)
   

98,347

     

2,513,749

   
         

5,405,807

   

Ground Transportation (1.4%)

 

Saia, Inc. (b)

   

6,198

     

2,122,257

   

See accompanying notes to financial statements.
37


SFT Delaware IvySM​ Small Cap Growth Fund
Investments in Securities – continued

   

Shares

 

Value(a)

 

Machinery (2.1%)

 

Chart Industries, Inc. (b)

   

3,455

   

$

552,075

   

Federal Signal Corp.

   

41,007

     

2,625,678

   
         

3,177,753

   

Marine Transportation (1.8%)

 

Kirby Corp. (b)

   

37,104

     

2,855,153

   

Professional Services (2.0%)

 

CBIZ, Inc. (b)

   

57,816

     

3,080,437

   

Trading Companies & Distributors (1.8%)

 
SiteOne Landscape
Supply, Inc. (b)
   

16,340

     

2,734,662

   

Information Technology (26.4%)

 

Communications Equipment (1.3%)

 

Calix, Inc. (b)

   

40,585

     

2,025,597

   

Computer Peripherals (1.2%)

 

Super Micro Computer, Inc. (b)

   

7,241

     

1,804,819

   
Electronic Equipment,
Instruments & Components (1.1%)
 

Belden, Inc.

   

17,495

     

1,673,397

   

IT Services (1.6%)

 

Shift4 Payments, Inc. Class A (b)

   

36,443

     

2,474,844

   

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment (5.9%)

 

Allegro MicroSystems, Inc. (b)

   

79,347

     

3,581,723

   

Onto Innovation, Inc. (b)

   

16,166

     

1,882,854

   

Power Integrations, Inc.

   

17,900

     

1,694,593

   

Rambus, Inc. (b)

   

15,163

     

973,010

   

Silicon Laboratories, Inc. (b)

   

5,724

     

902,904

   
         

9,035,084

   
   

Shares

 

Value(a)

 

Software (15.3%)

 

Box, Inc. Class A (b)

   

79,747

   

$

2,342,967

   

CyberArk Software Ltd. (b) (c)

   

24,079

     

3,764,270

   

DoubleVerify Holdings, Inc. (b)

   

130,737

     

5,088,284

   

Instructure Holdings, Inc. (b)

   

67,809

     

1,706,074

   

Jamf Holding Corp. (b)

   

42,653

     

832,587

   

Paycor HCM, Inc. (b)

   

123,041

     

2,912,381

   

Smartsheet, Inc. Class A (b)

   

57,057

     

2,183,001

   

Sprout Social, Inc. Class A (b)

   

46,808

     

2,160,657

   

Tenable Holdings, Inc. (b)

   

60,373

     

2,629,244

   
         

23,619,465

   

Materials (2.3%)

 

Metals & Mining (2.3%)

 

ATI, Inc. (b)

   

79,814

     

3,530,173

   

Real Estate (0.8%)

 

Hotels & Resort REITs (0.8%)

 
Ryman Hospitality
Properties, Inc.
   

13,465

     

1,251,168

   
Total common stocks
(cost: $139,306,322)
       

152,091,383

   

Short-Term Securities (2.1%)

 

Investment Companies (2.1%)

 
State Street Institutional
U.S. Government Money
Market Fund, current rate
5.030%
   

3,190,876

     

3,190,876

   
Total short-term securities
(cost: $3,190,876)
       

3,190,876

   
Total investments in securities
(cost: $142,497,198) (d)
       

155,282,259

   
Liabilities in excess of cash
and other assets (-0.8%)
       

(1,240,244

)

 

Total net assets (100.0%)

     

$

154,042,015

   

Investments in Securities Legend

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

(b)  Non-income producing security.

(c)  Foreign security: the Fund held 7.3% of net assets in foreign securities at June 30, 2023.

(d)  At June 30, 2023, the cost of investments for federal income tax purposes was $143,347,721. The aggregate unrealized appreciation and depreciation of investments based on this cost were:

Gross unrealized appreciation

 

$

22,091,658

   

Gross unrealized depreciation

   

(10,157,120

)

 

Net unrealized appreciation

 

$

11,934,538

   

See accompanying notes to financial statements.
38


SFT Equity Stabilization Fund
Investments in Securities

June 30, 2023
(Unaudited)

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

   

Shares

 

Value(a)

 

Mutual Funds (89.7%)

 

Investment Companies (89.7%)

 
BlackRock Short Maturity
Bond ETF
   

318,620

   

$

15,841,786

   
iShares Core High
Dividend ETF
   

570,902

     

57,541,212

   
iShares Edge MSCI
Minimum Volatility
EAFE ETF
   

1,147,248

     

77,439,240

   
iShares Edge MSCI
Minimum Volatility
Emerging Markets ETF
   

347,420

     

19,101,152

   
iShares Edge MSCI
Minimum Volatility
USA ETF (b)
   

1,364,412

     

101,416,744

   
iShares MSCI
Germany ETF
   

448,182

     

12,804,560

   
Total mutual funds
(cost: $241,374,191)
       

284,144,694

   
   

Shares

 

Value(a)

 

Short-Term Securities (10.3%)

 

Investment Companies (10.3%)

 
State Street Institutional
U.S. Government Money
Market Fund, current rate
5.030%
   

32,696,933

   

$

32,696,933

   
Total investments excluding
purchased options
(cost: $274,071,124)
       

316,841,627

   
Total purchased options
outstanding (0.1%) (cost: $326,513)
       

306,860

   
Total investments in securities
(cost: $274,397,637) (c)
       

317,148,487

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

(457,054

)

 

Total net assets (100.0%)

     

$

316,691,433

   

Investments in Securities Legend

(a)  Securities are valued in accordance with 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 June 30, 2023, the cost of investments for federal income tax purposes was $270,180,376. The aggregate unrealized appreciation and depreciation of investments based on this cost were:

Gross unrealized appreciation

 

$

40,676,555

   

Gross unrealized depreciation

   

(157,329

)

 

Net unrealized appreciation

 

$

40,519,226

   

Holdings of Open Futures Contracts

On June 30, 2023, securities with an aggregate market value of $13,082,080 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

 

September 2023

   

243

   

Long

 

$

52,460,672

   

$

54,532,238

   

$

2,071,565

   

Call Options Purchased:

The Fund had the following call options purchased open at June 30, 2023:

Description

  Exercise
Price
  Expiration
Date
  Number of
Contracts
  Notional
Amount
 

Value(a)

 

CBOE Volatility Index

 

$

21

   

July 2023

   

5,065

   

$

506,500

   

$

222,860

   

Put Options Purchased:

The Fund had the following put options purchased open at June 30, 2023:

Description

  Exercise
Price
  Expiration
Date
  Number of
Contracts
  Notional
Amount
 

Value(a)

 

S&P 500 Index

 

$

4,315

   

July 2023

   

50

   

$

5,000

   

$

84,000

   

See accompanying notes to financial statements.
39


SFT Equity Stabilization Fund
Investments in Securities – continued

Call Options Written

The Fund had the following call options written open at June 30, 2023:

Description

  Exercise
Price
  Expiration
Date
  Number of
Contracts
  Notional
Amount
 

Value(a)

 

CBOE Volatility Index

 

$

40

   

July 2023

   

5,065

   

$

506,500

   

$

(8,509,200

)

 

Put Options Written:

The Fund had the following put options written open at June 30, 2023:

Description

  Exercise
Price
  Expiration
Date
  Number of
Contracts
  Notional
Amount
 

Value(a)

 

S&P 500 Index

 

$

3,865

   

July 2023

   

50

   

$

5,000

   

$

(11,250

)

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.
40


SFT Government Money Market Fund
Investments in Securities

June 30, 2023
(Unaudited)

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

   

Principal

 

Value(a)

 

Short-Term Securities (100.1%)

 

U.S. Government Obligations (89.9%)

 

Discount Notes (89.9%)

 

Federal Home Loan Bank

 

4.724%, 07/19/23 (b)

 

$

25,000,000

   

$

24,940,000

   

4.726%, 07/14/23 (b)

   

3,555,000

     

3,548,710

   

4.842%, 07/17/23 (b)

   

5,000,000

     

4,989,000

   

4.973%, 07/26/23 (b)

   

10,000,000

     

9,965,486

   

4.975%, 07/28/23 (b)

   

12,000,000

     

11,955,387

   

5.076%, 08/09/23 (b)

   

20,000,000

     

19,891,775

   

5.135%, 08/16/23 (b)

   

10,000,000

     

9,935,728

   

5.188%, 08/30/23 (b)

   

3,990,000

     

3,956,418

   

5.300%, 08/23/23 (b)

   

10,000,000

     

9,923,886

   

5.320%, 09/13/23 (b)

   

20,000,000

     

19,788,113

   
Federal Home Loan
Mortgage Corp.
 

4.060%, 07/05/23 (b)

   

5,000,000

     

4,997,275

   

U.S. Treasury Bill

 

4.917%, 08/17/23

   

25,000,000

     

24,842,681

   

4.962%, 07/13/23

   

20,000,000

     

19,965,533

   

5.170%, 08/10/23

   

5,000,000

     

4,971,767

   

5.175%, 08/01/23

   

10,000,000

     

9,955,865

   

5.270%, 08/22/23

   

20,000,000

     

19,851,395

   
Total U.S. government obligations
(cost: $203,479,019)
       

203,479,019

   
   

Shares

 

Value(a)

 

Investment Companies (10.2%)

 
State Street Institutional
U.S. Government Money
Market Fund, current rate
5.030%
   

23,121,178

   

$

23,121,178

   
Total short-term securities
(cost: $226,600,197)
       

226,600,197

   
Total investments in securities
(cost: $226,600,197) (c)
       

226,600,197

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

(208,434

)

 

Total net assets (100.0%)

     

$

226,391,763

   

Investments in Securities Legend

(a)  Securities are valued in accordance with 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 June 30, 2023.

See accompanying notes to financial statements.
41


SFT Index 400 Mid-Cap Fund
Investments in Securities

June 30, 2023
(Unaudited)

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

   

Shares

 

Value(a)

 

Common Stocks (96.1%)

 

Communication Services (0.5%)

 

Diversified Telecommunication Services (0.5%)

 
Frontier Communications
Parent, Inc. (b)
   

19,889

   

$

370,731

   
Iridium Communications,
Inc.
   

11,217

     

696,800

   
         

1,067,531

   

Consumer Discretionary (15.5%)

 

Automobile Components (1.6%)

 

Adient PLC (b) (c)

   

8,436

     

323,268

   

Autoliv, Inc.

   

6,881

     

585,160

   
Fox Factory Holding
Corp. (b)
   

3,742

     

406,044

   

Gentex Corp.

   

20,819

     

609,164

   
Goodyear Tire &
Rubber Co. (b)
   

25,248

     

345,393

   

Lear Corp.

   

5,258

     

754,786

   

Visteon Corp. (b)

   

2,500

     

359,025

   
         

3,382,840

   

Automobiles (0.4%)

 

Harley-Davidson, Inc.

   

11,654

     

410,337

   

Thor Industries, Inc.

   

4,765

     

493,178

   
         

903,515

   

Broadline Retail (0.5%)

 

Kohl's Corp.

   

9,865

     

227,388

   

Macy's, Inc.

   

24,259

     

389,357

   

Nordstrom, Inc.

   

10,066

     

206,051

   
Ollie's Bargain Outlet
Holdings, Inc. (b)
   

5,128

     

297,065

   
         

1,119,861

   

Diversified Consumer Services (0.8%)

 
Graham Holdings Co.
Class B
   

358

     

204,590

   
Grand Canyon
Education, Inc. (b)
   

2,719

     

280,628

   

H&R Block, Inc.

   

13,566

     

432,348

   

Service Corp. International

   

13,466

     

869,769

   
         

1,787,335

   

Entertainment (0.2%)

 
World Wrestling
Entertainment, Inc.
Class A
   

3,848

     

417,393

   

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure (3.4%)

 

Aramark

   

23,215

     

999,406

   

Boyd Gaming Corp.

   

6,839

     

474,421

   
Choice Hotels
International, Inc.
   

2,362

     

277,582

   

Churchill Downs, Inc.

   

5,869

     

816,789

   
Hilton Grand
Vacations, Inc. (b)
   

6,847

     

311,128

   

Light & Wonder, Inc. (b)

   

8,117

     

558,125

   
Marriott Vacations
Worldwide Corp.
   

3,279

     

402,399

   
   

Shares

 

Value(a)

 
Papa John's
International, Inc.
   

2,647

   

$

195,428

   
Penn Entertainment,
Inc. (b)
   

13,729

     

329,908

   
Planet Fitness, Inc.
Class A (b)
   

7,568

     

510,386

   

Texas Roadhouse, Inc.

   

5,962

     

669,413

   

Travel & Leisure Co.

   

6,797

     

274,191

   

Wendy's Co.

   

15,018

     

326,641

   

Wingstop, Inc.

   

2,668

     

534,027

   
Wyndham Hotels &
Resorts, Inc.
   

7,649

     

524,492

   
         

7,204,336

   

Household Durables (1.7%)

 

Helen of Troy Ltd. (b) (c)

   

2,147

     

231,919

   

KB Home

   

7,151

     

369,778

   

Leggett & Platt, Inc.

   

11,858

     

351,234

   
Taylor Morrison Home
Corp. (b)
   

9,720

     

474,045

   
Tempur Sealy
International, Inc.
   

15,328

     

614,193

   

Toll Brothers, Inc.

   

9,173

     

725,309

   

TopBuild Corp. (b)

   

2,813

     

748,314

   
         

3,514,792

   

Interactive Media & Services (0.1%)

 

TripAdvisor, Inc. (b)

   

9,429

     

155,484

   

Leisure Products (1.1%)

 

Brunswick Corp.

   

6,299

     

545,745

   

Mattel, Inc. (b)

   

31,531

     

616,116

   

Polaris, Inc.

   

4,765

     

576,232

   
Topgolf Callaway
Brands Corp. (b)
   

12,400

     

246,140

   

YETI Holdings, Inc. (b)

   

7,719

     

299,806

   
         

2,284,039

   

Media (0.8%)

 

Cable One, Inc.

   

448

     

294,372

   
New York Times Co.
Class A
   

14,596

     

574,790

   

Nexstar Media Group, Inc.

   

3,194

     

531,961

   

TEGNA, Inc.

   

20,046

     

325,547

   
         

1,726,670

   

Specialty Retail (2.9%)

 

AutoNation, Inc. (b)

   

2,803

     

461,402

   
Dick's Sporting
Goods, Inc.
   

5,450

     

720,435

   

Five Below, Inc. (b)

   

4,959

     

974,642

   

Foot Locker, Inc.

   

7,035

     

190,719

   
GameStop Corp.
Class A (b)
   

22,530

     

546,352

   

Gap, Inc.

   

19,005

     

169,715

   

Lithia Motors, Inc.

   

2,514

     

764,532

   

Murphy USA, Inc.

   

1,811

     

563,420

   

RH (b)

   

1,591

     

524,378

   

Valvoline, Inc.

   

12,400

     

465,124

   

Williams-Sonoma, Inc.

   

5,849

     

731,944

   
         

6,112,663

   

See accompanying notes to financial statements.
42


SFT Index 400 Mid-Cap Fund
Investments in Securities – continued

   

Shares

 

Value(a)

 

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods (2.0%)

 

Capri Holdings Ltd. (b) (c)

   

11,198

   

$

401,896

   

Carter's, Inc.

   

3,357

     

243,718

   

Columbia Sportswear Co.

   

3,132

     

241,916

   

Crocs, Inc. (b)

   

5,513

     

619,882

   

Deckers Outdoor Corp. (b)

   

2,423

     

1,278,520

   

PVH Corp.

   

5,593

     

475,237

   
Skechers U.S.A., Inc.
Class A (b)
   

11,961

     

629,866

   
Under Armour, Inc.
Class A (b)
   

16,810

     

121,368

   
Under Armour, Inc.
Class C (b)
   

16,887

     

113,312

   
         

4,125,715

   

Consumer Staples (4.2%)

 

Beverages (0.5%)

 
Boston Beer Co., Inc.
Class A (b)
   

885

     

272,969

   

Celsius Holdings, Inc. (b)

   

3,661

     

546,185

   
Coca-Cola Consolidated,
Inc.
   

420

     

267,128

   
         

1,086,282

   

Consumer Staples Distribution & Retail (1.8%)

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

11,971

     

754,293

   
Casey's General
Stores, Inc.
   

3,284

     

800,902

   
Grocery Outlet Holding
Corp. (b)
   

7,934

     

242,860

   
Performance Food
Group Co. (b)
   

13,910

     

837,938

   
Sprouts Farmers
Market, Inc. (b)
   

9,179

     

337,145

   
U.S. Foods Holding
Corp. (b)
   

20,148

     

886,512

   
         

3,859,650

   

Food Products (1.4%)

 
Darling Ingredients,
Inc. (b)
   

14,214

     

906,711

   

Flowers Foods, Inc.

   

17,171

     

427,214

   

Ingredion, Inc.

   

5,837

     

618,430

   

Lancaster Colony Corp.

   

1,797

     

361,359

   

Pilgrim's Pride Corp. (b)

   

3,947

     

84,821

   

Post Holdings, Inc. (b)

   

4,766

     

412,974

   
         

2,811,509

   

Household Products (0.1%)

 

Energizer Holdings, Inc.

   

5,851

     

196,477

   

Personal Products (0.4%)

 

BellRing Brands, Inc. (b)

   

11,830

     

432,978

   

Coty, Inc. Class A (b)

   

32,667

     

401,477

   
         

834,455

   

Energy (4.0%)

 

Energy Equipment & Services (0.7%)

 

ChampionX Corp.

   

17,636

     

547,421

   

NOV, Inc.

   

35,074

     

562,587

   

Valaris Ltd. (b) (c)

   

5,357

     

337,116

   
         

1,447,124

   
   

Shares

 

Value(a)

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels (3.3%)

 

Antero Midstream Corp.

   

29,910

   

$

346,956

   
Antero Resources
Corp. (b)
   

24,598

     

566,492

   

Chord Energy Corp.

   

3,689

     

567,368

   

CNX Resources Corp. (b)

   

14,750

     

261,370

   

DT Midstream, Inc. (b)

   

8,618

     

427,194

   

Equitrans Midstream Corp.

   

38,589

     

368,911

   

HF Sinclair Corp.

   

11,478

     

512,033

   

Matador Resources Co.

   

10,046

     

525,607

   

Murphy Oil Corp.

   

13,071

     

500,619

   

Ovintiv, Inc.

   

21,783

     

829,279

   

PBF Energy, Inc. Class A

   

9,772

     

400,066

   

PDC Energy, Inc.

   

7,790

     

554,181

   

Range Resources Corp.

   

21,494

     

631,924

   
Southwestern
Energy Co. (b)
   

98,104

     

589,605

   
         

7,081,605

   

Financial (13.0%)

 

Capital Markets (1.8%)

 

Affiliated Managers Group, Inc.

   

3,216

     

482,046

   

Evercore, Inc. Class A

   

3,143

     

388,444

   

Federated Hermes, Inc.

   

7,532

     

270,022

   
Interactive Brokers
Group, Inc. Class A
   

9,175

     

762,167

   
Janus Henderson
Group PLC (c)
   

11,805

     

321,686

   
Jefferies Financial
Group, Inc.
   

16,634

     

551,750

   

SEI Investments Co.

   

9,025

     

538,071

   

Stifel Financial Corp.

   

9,454

     

564,120

   
         

3,878,306

   

Commercial Banks (5.0%)

 

Associated Banc-Corp.

   

13,441

     

218,147

   

Bank OZK

   

9,602

     

385,616

   

Cadence Bank

   

16,275

     

319,641

   

Cathay General Bancorp

   

6,461

     

207,980

   
Columbia Banking
System, Inc.
   

18,570

     

376,600

   
Commerce Bancshares,
Inc.
   

10,110

     

492,357

   

Cullen/Frost Bankers, Inc.

   

5,737

     

616,900

   

East West Bancorp, Inc.

   

12,601

     

665,207

   
First Financial
Bankshares, Inc.
   

11,570

     

329,629

   

First Horizon Corp.

   

47,910

     

539,946

   

FNB Corp.

   

32,165

     

367,968

   

Glacier Bancorp, Inc.

   

9,876

     

307,835

   

Hancock Whitney Corp.

   

7,668

     

294,298

   

Home BancShares, Inc.

   

16,801

     

383,063

   
International Bancshares
Corp.
   

4,676

     

206,679

   
New York Community
Bancorp, Inc.
   

64,329

     

723,058

   

Old National Bancorp

   

26,065

     

363,346

   
Pinnacle Financial
Partners, Inc.
   

6,836

     

387,259

   

Prosperity Bancshares, Inc.

   

8,303

     

468,953

   

SouthState Corp.

   

6,763

     

445,005

   

Synovus Financial Corp.

   

13,016

     

393,734

   

See accompanying notes to financial statements.
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Texas Capital
Bancshares, Inc. (b)
   

4,264

   

$

219,596

   

UMB Financial Corp.

   

3,870

     

235,683

   

United Bankshares, Inc.

   

11,989

     

355,714

   

Valley National Bancorp

   

37,551

     

291,020

   

Webster Financial Corp.

   

15,566

     

587,616

   

Wintrust Financial Corp.

   

5,401

     

392,221

   
         

10,575,071

   

Consumer Finance (0.3%)

 

FirstCash Holdings, Inc.

   

3,281

     

306,216

   

SLM Corp.

   

21,591

     

352,365

   
         

658,581

   

Financial Services (1.5%)

 

Essent Group Ltd. (c)

   

9,555

     

447,174

   
Euronet Worldwide,
Inc. (b)
   

4,200

     

492,954

   

MGIC Investment Corp.

   

25,532

     

403,150

   

Voya Financial, Inc.

   

8,734

     

626,315

   

Western Union Co.

   

33,358

     

391,290

   

WEX, Inc. (b)

   

3,816

     

694,779

   
         

3,055,662

   

Insurance (3.7%)

 
American Financial
Group, Inc.
   

6,222

     

738,862

   
Brighthouse Financial,
Inc. (b)
   

5,956

     

282,017

   

CNO Financial Group, Inc.

   

10,204

     

241,529

   
First American Financial
Corp.
   

9,194

     

524,242

   
Hanover Insurance
Group, Inc.
   

3,199

     

361,583

   

Kemper Corp.

   

5,630

     

271,704

   

Kinsale Capital Group, Inc.

   

1,920

     

718,464

   
Old Republic
International Corp.
   

24,255

     

610,498

   

Primerica, Inc.

   

3,227

     

638,171

   
Reinsurance Group of
America, Inc.
   

5,928

     

822,154

   
RenaissanceRe
Holdings Ltd. (c)
   

4,475

     

834,677

   

RLI Corp.

   

3,612

     

492,930

   
Selective Insurance
Group, Inc.
   

5,389

     

517,075

   

Unum Group

   

16,502

     

787,145

   
         

7,841,051

   

Mortgage REITs (0.7%)

 
Annaly Capital
Management, Inc.
   

43,996

     

880,360

   
Starwood Property
Trust, Inc.
   

27,802

     

539,358

   
         

1,419,718

   

Health Care (9.1%)

 

Biotechnology (1.4%)

 
Arrowhead
Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (b)
   

9,523

     

339,590

   

Exelixis, Inc. (b)

   

29,008

     

554,343

   
Halozyme
Therapeutics, Inc. (b)
   

11,730

     

423,101

   
   

Shares

 

Value(a)

 
Neurocrine
Biosciences, Inc. (b)
   

8,692

   

$

819,656

   
United Therapeutics
Corp. (b)
   

4,230

     

933,772

   
         

3,070,462

   

Health Care Equipment & Supplies (3.5%)

 

Enovis Corp. (b)

   

4,185

     

268,342

   

Envista Holdings Corp. (b)

   

14,583

     

493,489

   
Globus Medical, Inc.
Class A (b)
   

7,034

     

418,804

   

Haemonetics Corp. (b)

   

4,486

     

381,938

   

ICU Medical, Inc. (b)

   

1,791

     

319,138

   

Inari Medical, Inc. (b)

   

4,583

     

266,456

   
Integra LifeSciences
Holdings Corp. (b)
   

6,347

     

261,052

   

Lantheus Holdings, Inc. (b)

   

6,087

     

510,821

   

LivaNova PLC (b) (c)

   

4,771

     

245,372

   

Masimo Corp. (b)

   

4,313

     

709,704

   

Neogen Corp. (b)

   

19,261

     

418,927

   

Omnicell, Inc. (b)

   

3,930

     

289,523

   

Penumbra, Inc. (b)

   

3,459

     

1,190,104

   

QuidelOrtho Corp. (b)

   

4,752

     

393,751

   
Shockwave Medical,
Inc. (b)
   

3,263

     

931,293

   

STAAR Surgical Co. (b)

   

4,258

     

223,843

   
         

7,322,557

   

Health Care Providers & Services (2.2%)

 
Acadia Healthcare Co.,
Inc. (b)
   

8,160

     

649,862

   

Amedisys, Inc. (b)

   

2,894

     

264,627

   

Chemed Corp.

   

1,411

     

764,296

   

Encompass Health Corp.

   

8,898

     

602,484

   

HealthEquity, Inc. (b)

   

7,591

     

479,296

   

Option Care Health, Inc. (b)

   

14,732

     

478,643

   

Patterson Cos., Inc.

   

7,746

     

257,632

   

Progyny, Inc. (b)

   

6,713

     

264,090

   

R1 RCM, Inc. (b)

   

12,294

     

226,824

   

Tenet Healthcare Corp. (b)

   

9,080

     

738,930

   
         

4,726,684

   

Health Care Technology (0.2%)

 

Doximity, Inc. Class A (b)

   

10,574

     

359,728

   

Life Sciences Tools & Services (1.3%)

 

Azenta, Inc. (b)

   

5,805

     

270,977

   

Bruker Corp.

   

8,888

     

657,001

   

Medpace Holdings, Inc. (b)

   

2,193

     

526,693

   

Repligen Corp. (b)

   

4,600

     

650,716

   

Sotera Health Co. (b)

   

8,808

     

165,943

   

Syneos Health, Inc. (b)

   

9,234

     

389,121

   
         

2,660,451

   

Pharmaceuticals (0.5%)

 

Jazz Pharmaceuticals PLC (b) (c)

   

5,681

     

704,274

   

Perrigo Co. PLC (c)

   

12,055

     

409,267

   
         

1,113,541

   

Industrials (22.0%)

 

Aerospace & Defense (1.2%)

 

BWX Technologies, Inc.

   

8,146

     

583,009

   

Curtiss-Wright Corp.

   

3,415

     

627,199

   

See accompanying notes to financial statements.
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Hexcel Corp.

   

7,516

   

$

571,366

   

Mercury Systems, Inc. (b)

   

5,157

     

178,381

   

Woodward, Inc.

   

5,329

     

633,671

   
         

2,593,626

   

Air Freight & Logistics (0.3%)

 

GXO Logistics, Inc. (b)

   

10,594

     

665,515

   

Building Products (3.7%)

 
Advanced Drainage
Systems, Inc.
   

5,572

     

633,982

   
Builders FirstSource,
Inc. (b)
   

11,418

     

1,552,848

   

Carlisle Cos., Inc.

   

4,541

     

1,164,903

   
Fortune Brands
Innovations, Inc.
   

11,287

     

812,100

   

Lennox International, Inc.

   

2,945

     

960,276

   

Owens Corning

   

8,027

     

1,047,523

   
Simpson Manufacturing
Co., Inc.
   

3,791

     

525,054

   

Trex Co., Inc. (b)

   

9,692

     

635,408

   

UFP Industries, Inc.

   

5,470

     

530,863

   
         

7,862,957

   

Commercial Services & Supplies (1.3%)

 

Brink's Co.

   

4,065

     

275,729

   

Clean Harbors, Inc. (b)

   

4,482

     

736,975

   

MSA Safety, Inc.

   

3,268

     

568,501

   

Stericycle, Inc. (b)

   

8,235

     

382,434

   

Tetra Tech, Inc.

   

4,742

     

776,455

   
         

2,740,094

   

Construction & Engineering (1.8%)

 

AECOM

   

12,382

     

1,048,631

   

EMCOR Group, Inc.

   

4,236

     

782,728

   

Fluor Corp. (b)

   

12,760

     

377,696

   

MasTec, Inc. (b)

   

5,400

     

637,038

   
MDU Resources
Group, Inc.
   

18,140

     

379,852

   

Valmont Industries, Inc.

   

1,943

     

565,510

   
         

3,791,455

   

Electrical Equipment (2.1%)

 

Acuity Brands, Inc.

   

2,833

     

462,006

   

EnerSys

   

3,607

     

391,432

   

Hubbell, Inc.

   

4,774

     

1,582,867

   

nVent Electric PLC (c)

   

14,758

     

762,546

   

Regal Rexnord Corp.

   

5,884

     

905,547

   

Sunrun, Inc. (b)

   

19,207

     

343,037

   

Vicor Corp. (b)

   

1,930

     

104,220

   
         

4,551,655

   

Ground Transportation (2.0%)

 
Avis Budget Group,
Inc. (b)
   

2,125

     

485,924

   
Hertz Global Holdings,
Inc. (b)
   

14,041

     

258,214

   
Knight-Swift
Transportation
Holdings, Inc.
   

14,345

     

797,008

   

Landstar System, Inc.

   

3,201

     

616,321

   

Ryder System, Inc.

   

4,141

     

351,115

   

Saia, Inc. (b)

   

2,362

     

808,772

   
   

Shares

 

Value(a)

 

Werner Enterprises, Inc.

   

5,244

   

$

231,680

   

XPO, Inc. (b)

   

10,304

     

607,936

   
         

4,156,970

   

Machinery (4.7%)

 

AGCO Corp.

   

5,535

     

727,410

   

Chart Industries, Inc. (b)

   

3,740

     

597,615

   

Crane Co.

   

4,243

     

378,136

   

Crane NXT Co.

   

4,243

     

239,475

   

Donaldson Co., Inc.

   

10,803

     

675,295

   

Esab Corp.

   

4,527

     

301,227

   

Flowserve Corp.

   

11,683

     

434,023

   

Graco, Inc.

   

14,996

     

1,294,905

   

ITT, Inc.

   

7,340

     

684,161

   
Lincoln Electric
Holdings, Inc.
   

5,126

     

1,018,177

   

Middleby Corp. (b)

   

4,767

     

704,706

   

Oshkosh Corp.

   

5,818

     

503,781

   

Terex Corp.

   

5,963

     

356,766

   

Timken Co.

   

5,868

     

537,098

   

Toro Co.

   

9,290

     

944,328

   
Watts Water
Technologies, Inc.
Class A
   

2,464

     

452,711

   
         

9,849,814

   

Marine Transportation (0.2%)

 

Kirby Corp. (b)

   

5,304

     

408,143

   

Passenger Airlines (0.1%)

 

JetBlue Airways Corp. (b)

   

29,210

     

258,801

   

Professional Services (3.1%)

 

ASGN, Inc. (b)

   

4,391

     

332,091

   
CACI International, Inc.
Class A (b)
   

2,031

     

692,246

   

Concentrix Corp.

   

3,801

     

306,931

   
ExlService Holdings,
Inc. (b)
   

2,926

     

442,002

   

Exponent, Inc.

   

4,528

     

422,553

   

FTI Consulting, Inc. (b)

   

3,027

     

575,735

   

Genpact Ltd. (c)

   

15,092

     

567,007

   

Insperity, Inc.

   

3,181

     

378,412

   

KBR, Inc.

   

12,090

     

786,575

   

ManpowerGroup, Inc.

   

4,463

     

354,362

   

Maximus, Inc.

   

5,412

     

457,368

   
Paylocity Holding
Corp. (b)
   

3,655

     

674,457

   
Science Applications
International Corp.
   

4,810

     

541,029

   
         

6,530,768

   

Trading Companies & Distributors (1.5%)

 

GATX Corp.

   

3,099

     

398,965

   
MSC Industrial Direct Co.,
Inc. Class A
   

4,210

     

401,129

   

Univar Solutions, Inc. (b)

   

14,052

     

503,624

   

Watsco, Inc.

   

2,957

     

1,128,007

   

WESCO International, Inc.

   

4,019

     

719,642

   
         

3,151,367

   

See accompanying notes to financial statements.
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Information Technology (10.4%)

 

Communications Equipment (0.6%)

 

Calix, Inc. (b)

   

5,083

   

$

253,692

   

Ciena Corp. (b)

   

13,287

     

564,565

   
Lumentum Holdings,
Inc. (b)
   

6,090

     

345,486

   
         

1,163,743

   

Computer Peripherals (0.5%)

 
Super Micro Computer,
Inc. (b)
   

4,068

     

1,013,949

   

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components (3.6%)

 

Arrow Electronics, Inc. (b)

   

5,032

     

720,733

   

Avnet, Inc.

   

8,142

     

410,764

   

Belden, Inc.

   

3,790

     

362,514

   

Cognex Corp.

   

15,375

     

861,307

   

Coherent Corp. (b)

   

12,416

     

632,968

   

IPG Photonics Corp. (b)

   

2,781

     

377,715

   

Jabil, Inc.

   

11,820

     

1,275,733

   

Littelfuse, Inc.

   

2,250

     

655,447

   
National Instruments
Corp.
   

11,714

     

672,384

   

Novanta, Inc. (b) (c)

   

3,150

     

579,915

   

TD SYNNEX Corp.

   

3,698

     

347,612

   
Vishay Intertechnology,
Inc.
   

11,365

     

334,131

   

Vontier Corp.

   

13,863

     

446,527

   
         

7,677,750

   

Interactive Media & Services (0.4%)

 

Ziff Davis, Inc. (b)

   

4,123

     

288,858

   
ZoomInfo Technologies,
Inc. (b)
   

24,013

     

609,690

   
         

898,548

   

IT Services (0.1%)

 

Kyndryl Holdings, Inc. (b)

   

18,240

     

242,227

   

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment (2.5%)

 
Allegro MicroSystems,
Inc. (b)
   

5,777

     

260,774

   

Amkor Technology, Inc.

   

8,949

     

266,233

   

Cirrus Logic, Inc. (b)

   

4,908

     

397,597

   
Lattice Semiconductor
Corp. (b)
   

12,262

     

1,178,010

   
MACOM Technology
Solutions Holdings,
Inc. (b)
   

4,566

     

299,210

   

MKS Instruments, Inc.

   

5,114

     

552,823

   

Power Integrations, Inc.

   

5,104

     

483,196

   
Silicon Laboratories,
Inc. (b)
   

2,805

     

442,461

   

Synaptics, Inc. (b)

   

3,518

     

300,367

   

Universal Display Corp.

   

3,843

     

553,891

   

Wolfspeed, Inc. (b)

   

11,088

     

616,382

   
         

5,350,944

   

Software (2.6%)

 

ACI Worldwide, Inc. (b)

   

9,649

     

223,567

   
Aspen Technology,
Inc. (b)
   

2,600

     

435,786

   

Blackbaud, Inc. (b)

   

3,950

     

281,161

   
   

Shares

 

Value(a)

 
CommVault Systems,
Inc. (b)
   

3,866

   

$

280,749

   

Dropbox, Inc. Class A (b)

   

24,227

     

646,134

   

Dynatrace, Inc. (b)

   

19,312

     

993,989

   

Envestnet, Inc. (b)

   

4,846

     

287,610

   
Manhattan Associates,
Inc. (b)
   

5,526

     

1,104,537

   

NCR Corp. (b)

   

12,426

     

313,135

   

Qualys, Inc. (b)

   

2,991

     

386,348

   

Teradata Corp. (b)

   

9,006

     

481,010

   
         

5,434,026

   

Technology Hardware Storage & Peripherals (0.1%)

 

Xerox Holdings Corp.

   

10,028

     

149,317

   

Materials (7.1%)

 

Chemicals (2.3%)

 

Ashland, Inc.

   

4,327

     

376,060

   

Avient Corp.

   

7,605

     

311,045

   
Axalta Coating Systems
Ltd. (b) (c)
   

19,734

     

647,473

   

Cabot Corp.

   

4,965

     

332,109

   

Chemours Co.

   

13,287

     

490,157

   

NewMarket Corp.

   

628

     

252,531

   

Olin Corp.

   

10,710

     

550,387

   

RPM International, Inc.

   

11,484

     

1,030,459

   

Scotts Miracle-Gro Co.

   

3,637

     

228,004

   
Sensient Technologies
Corp.
   

3,680

     

261,758

   

Westlake Corp.

   

3,058

     

365,339

   
         

4,845,322

   

Construction Materials (0.4%)

 

Eagle Materials, Inc.

   

3,183

     

593,375

   

Knife River Corp. (b)

   

4,529

     

197,011

   
         

790,386

   

Containers & Packaging (1.9%)

 

AptarGroup, Inc.

   

5,815

     

673,726

   

Berry Global Group, Inc.

   

10,618

     

683,162

   

Crown Holdings, Inc.

   

10,699

     

929,422

   
Graphic Packaging
Holding Co.
   

27,361

     

657,485

   

Greif, Inc. Class A

   

2,225

     

153,280

   

Silgan Holdings, Inc.

   

7,464

     

349,987

   

Sonoco Products Co.

   

8,722

     

514,773

   
         

3,961,835

   

Metals & Mining (2.3%)

 

Alcoa Corp.

   

15,892

     

539,215

   

Cleveland-Cliffs, Inc. (b)

   

45,885

     

769,033

   

Commercial Metals Co.

   

10,433

     

549,402

   

MP Materials Corp. (b)

   

8,228

     

188,257

   
Reliance Steel &
Aluminum Co.
   

5,238

     

1,422,588

   

Royal Gold, Inc.

   

5,851

     

671,578

   

U.S. Steel Corp.

   

20,173

     

504,527

   
Worthington
Industries, Inc.
   

2,658

     

184,651

   
         

4,829,251

   

Paper & Forest Products (0.2%)

 

Louisiana-Pacific Corp.

   

6,388

     

478,972

   

See accompanying notes to financial statements.
46


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Value(a)

 

Real Estate (7.1%)

 

Health Care REITs (1.1%)

 
Healthcare Realty
Trust, Inc.
   

33,924

   

$

639,807

   
Medical Properties
Trust, Inc.
   

53,298

     

493,539

   
Omega Healthcare
Investors, Inc.
   

20,877

     

640,715

   

Physicians Realty Trust

   

21,237

     

297,106

   
Sabra Health Care
REIT, Inc.
   

20,595

     

242,403

   
         

2,313,570

   

Hotels & Resort REITs (0.1%)

 

Park Hotels & Resorts, Inc.

   

19,209

     

246,259

   

Industrial REITs (1.4%)

 

EastGroup Properties, Inc.

   

3,978

     

690,581

   
First Industrial Realty
Trust, Inc.
   

11,780

     

620,099

   
Rexford Industrial
Realty, Inc.
   

17,901

     

934,790

   

STAG Industrial, Inc.

   

15,979

     

573,327

   
         

2,818,797

   

Office REITs (0.6%)

 
Corporate Office
Properties Trust
   

10,023

     

238,046

   

Cousins Properties, Inc.

   

13,513

     

308,097

   

Highwoods Properties, Inc.

   

9,386

     

224,419

   

Kilroy Realty Corp.

   

9,390

     

282,545

   

Vornado Realty Trust

   

14,358

     

260,454

   
         

1,313,561

   

Real Estate Management & Development (0.3%)

 
Jones Lang LaSalle,
Inc. (b)
   

4,247

     

661,683

   

Residential REITs (0.4%)

 
Apartment Income
REIT Corp.
   

13,291

     

479,672

   
Independence Realty
Trust, Inc.
   

19,982

     

364,072

   
         

843,744

   

Retail REITs (1.3%)

 

Agree Realty Corp.

   

8,302

     

542,868

   
Brixmor Property
Group, Inc.
   

26,773

     

589,006

   

Kite Realty Group Trust

   

19,538

     

436,479

   

NNN REIT, Inc.

   

16,220

     

694,054

   

Spirit Realty Capital, Inc.

   

12,587

     

495,676

   
         

2,758,083

   

Specialized REITs (1.9%)

 

CubeSmart

   

20,015

     

893,870

   

EPR Properties

   

6,634

     

310,471

   
Lamar Advertising Co.
Class A
   

7,793

     

773,455

   
    Shares/
Principal
 

Value(a)

 

Life Storage, Inc.

   

7,580

   

$

1,007,837

   
National Storage
Affiliates Trust
   

7,315

     

254,781

   

PotlatchDeltic Corp.

   

7,119

     

376,239

   

Rayonier, Inc.

   

13,204

     

414,606

   
         

4,031,259

   

Utilities (3.2%)

 

Electric Utilities (1.2%)

 

ALLETE, Inc.

   

5,095

     

295,357

   
Hawaiian Electric
Industries, Inc.
   

9,761

     

353,348

   

IDACORP, Inc.

   

4,508

     

462,521

   

OGE Energy Corp.

   

17,842

     

640,706

   

PNM Resources, Inc.

   

7,625

     

343,888

   
Portland General
Electric Co.
   

8,607

     

403,066

   
         

2,498,886

   

Gas Utilities (1.1%)

 

National Fuel Gas Co.

   

8,178

     

420,022

   
New Jersey Resources
Corp.
   

8,637

     

407,666

   

ONE Gas, Inc.

   

4,931

     

378,750

   
Southwest Gas
Holdings, Inc.
   

5,829

     

371,016

   

Spire, Inc.

   

4,651

     

295,059

   

UGI Corp.

   

18,647

     

502,910

   
         

2,375,423

   

Independent Power Producers & Energy Traders (0.2%)

 

Ormat Technologies, Inc.

   

4,680

     

376,553

   

Multi-Utilities (0.3%)

 

Black Hills Corp.

   

5,910

     

356,136

   

NorthWestern Corp.

   

5,326

     

302,304

   
         

658,440

   

Water Utilities (0.4%)

 

Essential Utilities, Inc.

   

21,432

     

855,351

   
Total common stocks
(cost: $147,938,684)
       

202,950,132

   

Long-Term Debt Securities (0.5%)

 

Government Obligation (0.5%)

 

U.S. Treasury (0.5%)

 
U.S. Treasury Note,
2.500%, 05/15/24 (d)
 

$

1,000,000

     

975,000

   
Total long-term debt securities
(cost: $981,535)
       

975,000

   

Mutual Funds (0.6%)

 

Investment Companies (0.6%)

 
SPDR S&P MidCap 400
ETF Trust
   

28,400

     

1,303,276

   
Total mutual funds
(cost: $1,227,208)
       

1,303,276

   

See accompanying notes to financial statements.
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Value(a)

 

Short-Term Securities (2.8%)

 

Investment Companies (2.8%)

 
State Street Institutional
U.S. Government Money
Market Fund, current rate
5.030%
   

5,885,883

   

$

5,885,883

   
Total short-term securities
(cost: $5,885,883)
       

5,885,883

   
Total investments in securities
(cost: $156,033,310) (e)
       

211,114,291

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

56,075

   

Total net assets (100.0%)

     

$

211,170,366

   

 

Investments in Securities Legend

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

(b)  Non-income producing security.

(c)  Foreign security: the Fund held 3.2% of net assets in foreign securities at June 30, 2023.

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

(e)  At June 30, 2023, the cost of investments for federal income tax purposes was $156,275,411. The aggregate unrealized appreciation and depreciation of investments based on this cost were:

Gross unrealized appreciation

 

$

67,543,041

   

Gross unrealized depreciation

   

(12,574,620

)

 

Net unrealized appreciation

 

$

54,968,421

   

Holdings of Open Futures Contracts

On June 30, 2023, securities with an aggregate market value of $975,000 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

 

September 2023

   

26

   

Long

 

$

6,745,119

   

$

6,874,660

   

$

129,541

   

See accompanying notes to financial statements.
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Investments in Securities

June 30, 2023
(Unaudited)

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

   

Shares

 

Value(a)

 

Common Stocks (97.9%)

 

Communication Services (2.6%)

 

Diversified Telecommunication Services (0.7%)

 

AT&T, Inc.

   

216,759

   

$

3,457,306

   

Verizon Communications, Inc.

   

127,465

     

4,740,423

   
         

8,197,729

   

Entertainment (1.0%)

 

Activision Blizzard, Inc. (b)

   

21,691

     

1,828,551

   

Electronic Arts, Inc.

   

7,826

     

1,015,032

   
Live Nation Entertainment,
Inc. (b)
   

4,363

     

397,513

   

Netflix, Inc. (b)

   

13,547

     

5,967,318

   
Take-Two Interactive
Software, Inc. (b)
   

4,804

     

706,957

   

Warner Bros Discovery, Inc. (b)

   

67,215

     

842,876

   
         

10,758,247

   

Interactive Media & Services (0.0%)

 

Match Group, Inc. (b)

   

8,407

     

351,833

   

Media (0.7%)

 
Charter Communications,
Inc. Class A (b)
   

3,127

     

1,148,766

   

Comcast Corp. Class A

   

126,113

     

5,239,995

   

Fox Corp. Class A

   

8,157

     

277,338

   

Fox Corp. Class B

   

4,051

     

129,186

   
Interpublic Group of
Cos., Inc.
   

11,691

     

451,039

   

News Corp. Class A

   

11,519

     

224,621

   

News Corp. Class B

   

3,493

     

68,882

   

Omnicom Group, Inc.

   

5,961

     

567,189

   

Paramount Global Class B

   

15,372

     

244,569

   
         

8,351,585

   

Wireless Telecommunication Services (0.2%)

 

T-Mobile U.S., Inc. (b)

   

17,462

     

2,425,472

   

Consumer Discretionary (10.9%)

 

Automobile Components (0.1%)

 

Aptiv PLC (b) (c)

   

8,187

     

835,811

   

BorgWarner, Inc.

   

7,089

     

346,723

   
         

1,182,534

   

Automobiles (2.2%)

 

Ford Motor Co.

   

119,155

     

1,802,815

   

General Motors Co.

   

42,127

     

1,624,417

   

Tesla, Inc. (b)

   

81,685

     

21,382,683

   
         

24,809,915

   

Broadline Retail (3.2%)

 

Amazon.com, Inc. (b)

   

270,653

     

35,282,325

   

eBay, Inc.

   

16,213

     

724,559

   

Etsy, Inc. (b)

   

3,721

     

314,834

   
         

36,321,718

   

Distributors (0.1%)

 

Genuine Parts Co.

   

4,210

     

712,458

   

LKQ Corp.

   

7,651

     

445,824

   

Pool Corp.

   

1,170

     

438,329

   
         

1,596,611

   
   

Shares

 

Value(a)

 

Entertainment (0.4%)

 

Walt Disney Co. (b)

   

55,313

   

$

4,938,344

   

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure (2.0%)

 

Booking Holdings, Inc. (b)

   

1,124

     

3,035,171

   
Caesars
Entertainment, Inc. (b)
   

6,434

     

327,941

   

Carnival Corp. (b) (c)

   

30,453

     

573,430

   
Chipotle Mexican
Grill, Inc. (b)
   

849

     

1,816,011

   

Darden Restaurants, Inc.

   

3,638

     

607,837

   

Domino's Pizza, Inc.

   

1,070

     

360,579

   

Expedia Group, Inc. (b)

   

4,323

     

472,893

   
Hilton Worldwide
Holdings, Inc.
   

7,965

     

1,159,306

   

Las Vegas Sands Corp. (b)

   

9,964

     

577,912

   
Marriott International,
Inc. Class A
   

7,818

     

1,436,088

   

McDonald's Corp.

   

22,132

     

6,604,410

   

MGM Resorts International

   

9,155

     

402,088

   
Norwegian Cruise Line
Holdings Ltd. (b) (c)
   

12,860

     

279,962

   
Royal Caribbean
Cruises Ltd. (b) (c)
   

6,631

     

687,900

   

Starbucks Corp.

   

34,699

     

3,437,283

   

Wynn Resorts Ltd.

   

3,125

     

330,031

   

Yum! Brands, Inc.

   

8,474

     

1,174,073

   
         

23,282,915

   

Household Durables (0.4%)

 

DR Horton, Inc.

   

9,379

     

1,141,331

   

Garmin Ltd. (c)

   

4,629

     

482,759

   

Lennar Corp. Class A

   

7,598

     

952,105

   

Mohawk Industries, Inc. (b)

   

1,513

     

156,081

   

Newell Brands, Inc.

   

11,396

     

99,145

   

NVR, Inc. (b)

   

94

     

596,958

   

PulteGroup, Inc.

   

6,746

     

524,029

   

Whirlpool Corp.

   

1,635

     

243,272

   
         

4,195,680

   

Leisure Products (0.0%)

 

Hasbro, Inc.

   

3,950

     

255,841

   

Specialty Retail (2.1%)

 

Advance Auto Parts, Inc.

   

1,798

     

126,399

   

AutoZone, Inc. (b)

   

561

     

1,398,775

   

Bath & Body Works, Inc.

   

6,850

     

256,875

   

Best Buy Co., Inc.

   

5,854

     

479,735

   

CarMax, Inc. (b)

   

4,756

     

398,077

   

Home Depot, Inc.

   

30,704

     

9,537,891

   

Lowe's Cos., Inc.

   

18,082

     

4,081,108

   

O'Reilly Automotive, Inc. (b)

   

1,841

     

1,758,707

   

Ross Stores, Inc.

   

10,355

     

1,161,106

   

TJX Cos., Inc.

   

34,858

     

2,955,610

   

Tractor Supply Co.

   

3,309

     

731,620

   

Ulta Beauty, Inc. (b)

   

1,578

     

742,599

   
         

23,628,502

   

See accompanying notes to financial statements.
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Value(a)

 

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods (0.4%)

 

NIKE, Inc. Class B

   

37,357

   

$

4,123,092

   

Ralph Lauren Corp.

   

1,233

     

152,029

   

Tapestry, Inc.

   

7,028

     

300,798

   

VF Corp.

   

10,016

     

191,206

   
         

4,767,125

   

Consumer Staples (6.5%)

 

Beverages (1.6%)

 
Brown-Forman Corp.
Class B
   

5,525

     

368,960

   

Coca-Cola Co.

   

118,009

     

7,106,502

   
Constellation Brands, Inc.
Class A
   

4,905

     

1,207,268

   

Keurig Dr Pepper, Inc.

   

25,537

     

798,542

   
Molson Coors
Beverage Co. Class B
   

5,647

     

371,798

   

Monster Beverage Corp. (b)

   

23,167

     

1,330,713

   

PepsiCo, Inc.

   

41,729

     

7,729,045

   
         

18,912,828

   

Consumer Staples Distribution & Retail (1.8%)

 

Costco Wholesale Corp.

   

13,431

     

7,230,982

   

Dollar General Corp.

   

6,643

     

1,127,848

   

Dollar Tree, Inc. (b)

   

6,234

     

894,579

   

Kroger Co.

   

19,800

     

930,600

   

Sysco Corp.

   

15,288

     

1,134,370

   

Target Corp.

   

13,914

     

1,835,256

   
Walgreens Boots
Alliance, Inc.
   

21,712

     

618,575

   

Walmart, Inc.

   

42,461

     

6,674,020

   
         

20,446,230

   

Food Products (1.0%)

 

Archer-Daniels-Midland Co.

   

16,498

     

1,246,589

   

Bunge Ltd. (c)

   

4,531

     

427,500

   

Campbell Soup Co.

   

5,989

     

273,757

   

Conagra Brands, Inc.

   

14,406

     

485,770

   

General Mills, Inc.

   

17,734

     

1,360,198

   

Hershey Co.

   

4,465

     

1,114,911

   

Hormel Foods Corp.

   

8,684

     

349,270

   

J M Smucker Co.

   

3,241

     

478,598

   

Kellogg Co.

   

7,794

     

525,316

   

Kraft Heinz Co.

   

24,186

     

858,603

   

Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc.

   

4,417

     

507,734

   

McCormick & Co., Inc.

   

7,516

     

655,621

   
Mondelez International, Inc.
Class A
   

41,263

     

3,009,723

   

Tyson Foods, Inc. Class A

   

8,590

     

438,434

   
         

11,732,024

   

Household Products (1.4%)

 

Church & Dwight Co., Inc.

   

7,406

     

742,303

   

Clorox Co.

   

3,720

     

591,629

   

Colgate-Palmolive Co.

   

25,137

     

1,936,554

   

Kimberly-Clark Corp.

   

10,231

     

1,412,492

   

Procter & Gamble Co.

   

71,432

     

10,839,092

   
         

15,522,070

   

Personal Products (0.1%)

 
Estee Lauder Cos., Inc.
Class A
   

7,031

     

1,380,748

   
   

Shares

 

Value(a)

 

Tobacco (0.6%)

 

Altria Group, Inc.

   

54,052

   

$

2,448,556

   
Philip Morris
International, Inc.
   

47,062

     

4,594,192

   
         

7,042,748

   

Energy (4.0%)

 

Energy Equipment & Services (0.3%)

 

Baker Hughes Co.

   

30,695

     

970,269

   

Halliburton Co.

   

27,337

     

901,848

   

Schlumberger NV (c)

   

43,216

     

2,122,770

   
         

3,994,887

   

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels (3.7%)

 

APA Corp.

   

9,356

     

319,695

   

Chevron Corp.

   

52,838

     

8,314,059

   

ConocoPhillips

   

36,689

     

3,801,347

   

Coterra Energy, Inc.

   

22,966

     

581,040

   

Devon Energy Corp.

   

19,456

     

940,503

   

Diamondback Energy, Inc.

   

5,464

     

717,751

   

EOG Resources, Inc.

   

17,648

     

2,019,637

   

EQT Corp.

   

10,915

     

448,934

   

Exxon Mobil Corp.

   

122,584

     

13,147,134

   

Hess Corp.

   

8,361

     

1,136,678

   

Kinder Morgan, Inc.

   

59,798

     

1,029,722

   

Marathon Oil Corp.

   

18,725

     

431,049

   

Marathon Petroleum Corp.

   

12,864

     

1,499,942

   

Occidental Petroleum Corp.

   

21,784

     

1,280,899

   

ONEOK, Inc.

   

13,533

     

835,257

   

Phillips 66

   

13,912

     

1,326,927

   
Pioneer Natural
Resources Co.
   

7,062

     

1,463,105

   

Targa Resources Corp.

   

6,820

     

519,002

   

Valero Energy Corp.

   

10,961

     

1,285,725

   

Williams Cos., Inc.

   

36,935

     

1,205,189

   
         

42,303,595

   

Financial (11.0%)

 

Capital Markets (2.6%)

 

Ameriprise Financial, Inc.

   

3,214

     

1,067,562

   
Bank of New York Mellon
Corp.
   

21,773

     

969,334

   

BlackRock, Inc.

   

4,525

     

3,127,408

   

Cboe Global Markets, Inc.

   

3,154

     

435,284

   

Charles Schwab Corp.

   

45,058

     

2,553,887

   

CME Group, Inc.

   

10,869

     

2,013,917

   
FactSet Research
Systems, Inc.
   

1,221

     

489,194

   

Franklin Resources, Inc.

   

8,635

     

230,641

   

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.

   

10,080

     

3,251,203

   

Intercontinental Exchange, Inc.

   

16,877

     

1,908,451

   

Invesco Ltd. (c)

   

13,891

     

233,508

   

MarketAxess Holdings, Inc.

   

1,169

     

305,600

   

Moody's Corp.

   

4,807

     

1,671,490

   

Morgan Stanley

   

39,459

     

3,369,799

   

MSCI, Inc.

   

2,447

     

1,148,353

   

Nasdaq, Inc.

   

10,242

     

510,564

   

Northern Trust Corp.

   

6,253

     

463,597

   

Raymond James Financial, Inc.

   

5,781

     

599,894

   

S&P Global, Inc.

   

9,962

     

3,993,666

   

State Street Corp.

   

10,134

     

741,606

   

T Rowe Price Group, Inc.

   

6,809

     

762,744

   
         

29,847,702

   

See accompanying notes to financial statements.
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Commercial Banks (3.0%)

 

Bank of America Corp.

   

210,214

   

$

6,031,040

   

Citigroup, Inc.

   

59,025

     

2,717,511

   

Citizens Financial Group, Inc.

   

14,674

     

382,698

   

Comerica, Inc.

   

3,925

     

166,263

   

Fifth Third Bancorp

   

20,540

     

538,353

   

Huntington Bancshares, Inc.

   

43,694

     

471,021

   

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

   

88,604

     

12,886,566

   

KeyCorp

   

28,357

     

262,019

   

M&T Bank Corp.

   

5,029

     

622,389

   
PNC Financial Services
Group, Inc.
   

12,087

     

1,522,358

   

Regions Financial Corp.

   

28,449

     

506,961

   

Truist Financial Corp.

   

40,384

     

1,225,654

   

U.S. Bancorp

   

42,295

     

1,397,427

   

Wells Fargo & Co.

   

113,768

     

4,855,618

   

Zions Bancorp NA

   

4,404

     

118,291

   
         

33,704,169

   

Consumer Finance (0.5%)

 

American Express Co.

   

17,998

     

3,135,252

   

Capital One Financial Corp.

   

11,517

     

1,259,614

   

Discover Financial Services

   

7,699

     

899,628

   

Synchrony Financial

   

12,994

     

440,757

   
         

5,735,251

   

Financial Services (1.9%)

 
Berkshire Hathaway, Inc.
Class B (b)
   

54,070

     

18,437,870

   

Global Payments, Inc.

   

7,865

     

774,860

   

Jack Henry & Associates, Inc.

   

2,188

     

366,118

   

PayPal Holdings, Inc. (b)

   

33,828

     

2,257,342

   
         

21,836,190

   

Insurance (2.0%)

 

Aflac, Inc.

   

16,671

     

1,163,636

   

Allstate Corp.

   

7,892

     

860,544

   
American International
Group, Inc.
   

21,944

     

1,262,658

   

Aon PLC Class A (c)

   

6,250

     

2,157,500

   

Arch Capital Group Ltd. (b) (c)

   

11,199

     

838,245

   

Arthur J Gallagher & Co.

   

6,495

     

1,426,107

   

Assurant, Inc.

   

1,555

     

195,495

   

Brown & Brown, Inc.

   

7,138

     

491,380

   

Chubb Ltd. (c)

   

12,523

     

2,411,429

   

Cincinnati Financial Corp.

   

4,677

     

455,166

   

Everest Re Group Ltd. (c)

   

1,352

     

462,195

   

Globe Life, Inc.

   

2,674

     

293,124

   
Hartford Financial
Services Group, Inc.
   

9,396

     

676,700

   

Lincoln National Corp.

   

4,648

     

119,732

   

Loews Corp.

   

5,735

     

340,544

   
Marsh &
McLennan Cos., Inc.
   

14,947

     

2,811,232

   

MetLife, Inc.

   

19,504

     

1,102,561

   
Principal Financial
Group, Inc.
   

6,800

     

515,712

   

Progressive Corp.

   

17,678

     

2,340,037

   

Prudential Financial, Inc.

   

11,056

     

975,360

   

Travelers Cos., Inc.

   

6,965

     

1,209,542

   

Willis Towers Watson PLC (c)

   

3,221

     

758,545

   

WR Berkley Corp.

   

6,029

     

359,087

   
         

23,226,531

   
   

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IT Services (1.0%)

 

Visa, Inc. Class A

   

49,065

   

$

11,651,956

   

Health Care (13.1%)

 

Biotechnology (1.9%)

 

AbbVie, Inc.

   

53,447

     

7,200,914

   

Amgen, Inc.

   

16,152

     

3,586,067

   

Biogen, Inc. (b)

   

4,445

     

1,266,158

   

Gilead Sciences, Inc.

   

37,757

     

2,909,932

   

Incyte Corp. (b)

   

5,614

     

349,472

   

Moderna, Inc. (b)

   

9,883

     

1,200,784

   
Regeneron
Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (b)
   

3,256

     

2,339,566

   
Vertex
Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (b)
   

7,827

     

2,754,400

   
         

21,607,293

   

Health Care Equipment & Supplies (2.8%)

 

Abbott Laboratories

   

52,693

     

5,744,591

   

Align Technology, Inc. (b)

   

2,132

     

753,960

   

Baxter International, Inc.

   

15,337

     

698,754

   

Becton Dickinson & Co.

   

8,620

     

2,275,766

   

Boston Scientific Corp. (b)

   

43,591

     

2,357,837

   

Cooper Cos., Inc.

   

1,566

     

600,451

   

Dentsply Sirona, Inc.

   

6,393

     

255,848

   

Dexcom, Inc. (b)

   

11,700

     

1,503,567

   
Edwards
Lifesciences Corp. (b)
   

18,380

     

1,733,785

   
GE HealthCare
Technologies, Inc.
   

11,768

     

956,032

   

Hologic, Inc. (b)

   

7,443

     

602,660

   

IDEXX Laboratories, Inc. (b)

   

2,588

     

1,299,771

   

Insulet Corp. (b)

   

2,103

     

606,379

   

Intuitive Surgical, Inc. (b)

   

10,668

     

3,647,816

   

Medtronic PLC (c)

   

40,276

     

3,548,316

   

ResMed, Inc.

   

4,406

     

962,711

   

STERIS PLC (c)

   

2,975

     

669,316

   

Stryker Corp.

   

10,277

     

3,135,410

   

Teleflex, Inc.

   

1,454

     

351,912

   

Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc.

   

6,243

     

908,981

   
         

32,613,863

   

Health Care Providers & Services (2.8%)

 

AmerisourceBergen Corp.

   

4,901

     

943,099

   

Cardinal Health, Inc.

   

7,700

     

728,189

   

Centene Corp. (b)

   

16,576

     

1,118,051

   

Cigna Group

   

8,944

     

2,509,686

   

CVS Health Corp.

   

38,781

     

2,680,931

   

DaVita, Inc. (b)

   

1,677

     

168,488

   

Elevance Health, Inc.

   

7,218

     

3,206,885

   

HCA Healthcare, Inc.

   

6,256

     

1,898,571

   

Henry Schein, Inc. (b)

   

3,972

     

322,129

   

Humana, Inc.

   

3,830

     

1,712,508

   
Laboratory Corp. of
America Holdings
   

2,666

     

643,386

   

McKesson Corp.

   

4,147

     

1,772,055

   

Molina Healthcare, Inc. (b)

   

1,740

     

524,158

   

Quest Diagnostics, Inc.

   

3,361

     

472,422

   

UnitedHealth Group, Inc.

   

28,229

     

13,567,987

   
Universal Health
Services, Inc. Class B
   

1,899

     

299,605

   
         

32,568,150

   

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Life Sciences Tools & Services (1.5%)

 

Agilent Technologies, Inc.

   

8,891

   

$

1,069,143

   
Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc.
Class A (b)
   

692

     

262,351

   

Bio-Techne Corp.

   

4,680

     

382,028

   
Charles River Laboratories
International, Inc. (b)
   

1,510

     

317,478

   

Danaher Corp.

   

20,136

     

4,832,640

   

Illumina, Inc. (b)

   

4,755

     

891,515

   

IQVIA Holdings, Inc. (b)

   

5,633

     

1,266,129

   
Mettler-Toledo
International, Inc. (b)
   

669

     

877,487

   

Revvity, Inc.

   

3,758

     

446,413

   
Thermo Fisher
Scientific, Inc.
   

11,695

     

6,101,866

   

Waters Corp. (b)

   

1,844

     

491,500

   
West Pharmaceutical
Services, Inc.
   

2,230

     

852,908

   
         

17,791,458

   

Pharmaceuticals (4.1%)

 

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.

   

63,698

     

4,073,487

   

Catalent, Inc. (b)

   

5,437

     

235,748

   

Eli Lilly & Co.

   

23,930

     

11,222,691

   

Johnson & Johnson

   

78,794

     

13,041,983

   

Merck & Co., Inc.

   

76,935

     

8,877,530

   

Organon & Co.

   

7,733

     

160,924

   

Pfizer, Inc.

   

171,166

     

6,278,369

   

Viatris, Inc.

   

36,354

     

362,813

   

Zoetis, Inc.

   

13,977

     

2,406,979

   
         

46,660,524

   

Industrials (8.4%)

 

Aerospace & Defense (1.6%)

 

Axon Enterprise, Inc. (b)

   

2,140

     

417,557

   

Boeing Co. (b)

   

17,146

     

3,620,549

   

General Dynamics Corp.

   

6,847

     

1,473,132

   

Howmet Aerospace, Inc.

   

11,065

     

548,381

   
Huntington Ingalls
Industries, Inc.
   

1,189

     

270,616

   

L3Harris Technologies, Inc.

   

5,731

     

1,121,958

   

Lockheed Martin Corp.

   

6,880

     

3,167,415

   

Northrop Grumman Corp.

   

4,343

     

1,979,539

   
Raytheon
Technologies Corp.
   

44,219

     

4,331,693

   

Textron, Inc.

   

6,114

     

413,490

   

TransDigm Group, Inc.

   

1,569

     

1,402,953

   
         

18,747,283

   

Air Freight & Logistics (0.6%)

 

CH Robinson Worldwide, Inc.

   

3,450

     

325,507

   
Expeditors International
of Washington, Inc.
   

4,632

     

561,074

   

FedEx Corp.

   

7,031

     

1,742,985

   
United Parcel Service, Inc.
Class B
   

21,975

     

3,939,019

   
         

6,568,585

   

Building Products (0.4%)

 

Allegion PLC (c)

   

2,654

     

318,533

   

AO Smith Corp.

   

3,750

     

272,925

   

Carrier Global Corp.

   

25,312

     

1,258,260

   
   

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Johnson Controls
International PLC (c)
   

20,709

   

$

1,411,111

   

Masco Corp.

   

6,767

     

388,291

   

Trane Technologies PLC (c)

   

6,932

     

1,325,814

   
         

4,974,934

   

Commercial Services & Supplies (0.5%)

 

Cintas Corp.

   

2,690

     

1,337,145

   

Copart, Inc. (b)

   

12,948

     

1,180,987

   

Republic Services, Inc.

   

6,216

     

952,105

   

Rollins, Inc.

   

6,944

     

297,411

   

Waste Management, Inc.

   

11,187

     

1,940,050

   
         

5,707,698

   

Construction & Engineering (0.1%)

 

Quanta Services, Inc.

   

4,402

     

864,773

   

Electrical Equipment (0.6%)

 

AMETEK, Inc.

   

6,939

     

1,123,285

   

Eaton Corp. PLC (c)

   

12,052

     

2,423,657

   

Emerson Electric Co.

   

17,301

     

1,563,838

   

Generac Holdings, Inc. (b)

   

1,818

     

271,118

   

Rockwell Automation, Inc.

   

3,513

     

1,157,358

   
         

6,539,256

   

Ground Transportation (0.8%)

 

CSX Corp.

   

61,642

     

2,101,992

   
JB Hunt Transport
Services, Inc.
   

2,471

     

447,325

   

Norfolk Southern Corp.

   

6,897

     

1,563,964

   
Old Dominion
Freight Line, Inc.
   

2,750

     

1,016,812

   

Union Pacific Corp.

   

18,477

     

3,780,764

   
         

8,910,857

   

Industrial Conglomerates (0.8%)

 

3M Co.

   

16,726

     

1,674,105

   

General Electric Co.

   

33,017

     

3,626,917

   

Honeywell International, Inc.

   

20,215

     

4,194,613

   
         

9,495,635

   

IT Services (0.1%)

 
Broadridge Financial
Solutions, Inc.
   

3,541

     

586,496

   

Machinery (1.7%)

 

Caterpillar, Inc.

   

15,626

     

3,844,777

   

Cummins, Inc.

   

4,310

     

1,056,640

   

Deere & Co.

   

8,188

     

3,317,696

   

Dover Corp.

   

4,180

     

617,177

   

Fortive Corp.

   

10,644

     

795,852

   

IDEX Corp.

   

2,249

     

484,120

   

Illinois Tool Works, Inc.

   

8,387

     

2,098,092

   

Ingersoll Rand, Inc.

   

12,235

     

799,680

   

Nordson Corp.

   

1,610

     

399,570

   

Otis Worldwide Corp.

   

12,476

     

1,110,489

   

PACCAR, Inc.

   

15,805

     

1,322,088

   

Parker-Hannifin Corp.

   

3,905

     

1,523,106

   

Pentair PLC (c)

   

4,970

     

321,062

   

Snap-On, Inc.

   

1,655

     

476,954

   
Stanley Black &
Decker, Inc.
   

4,643

     

435,095

   

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Westinghouse Air Brake
Technologies Corp.
   

5,395

   

$

591,670

   

Xylem, Inc.

   

7,247

     

816,157

   
         

20,010,225

   

Passenger Airlines (0.2%)

 

Alaska Air Group, Inc. (b)

   

3,861

     

205,328

   
American Airlines
Group, Inc. (b)
   

19,794

     

355,104

   

Delta Air Lines, Inc. (b)

   

19,487

     

926,412

   

Southwest Airlines Co.

   

18,042

     

653,301

   
United Airlines
Holdings, Inc. (b)
   

9,878

     

542,006

   
         

2,682,151

   

Professional Services (0.7%)

 
Automatic Data
Processing, Inc.
   

12,566

     

2,761,881

   
Ceridian HCM
Holding, Inc. (b)
   

4,700

     

314,759

   

CoStar Group, Inc. (b)

   

12,288

     

1,093,632

   

Equifax, Inc.

   

3,763

     

885,434

   

Jacobs Solutions, Inc.

   

3,807

     

452,614

   

Leidos Holdings, Inc.

   

4,158

     

367,900

   

Paychex, Inc.

   

9,714

     

1,086,705

   

Paycom Software, Inc.

   

1,440

     

462,586

   
Robert Half
International, Inc.
   

3,252

     

244,615

   

Verisk Analytics, Inc.

   

4,390

     

992,272

   
         

8,662,398

   

Trading Companies & Distributors (0.3%)

 

Fastenal Co.

   

17,244

     

1,017,224

   

United Rentals, Inc.

   

2,093

     

932,159

   

WW Grainger, Inc.

   

1,386

     

1,092,986

   
         

3,042,369

   

Information Technology (34.1%)

 

Communications Equipment (0.9%)

 

Arista Networks, Inc. (b)

   

7,595

     

1,230,846

   

Cisco Systems, Inc.

   

124,186

     

6,425,384

   

F5, Inc. (b)

   

1,821

     

266,339

   

Juniper Networks, Inc.

   

9,706

     

304,089

   

Motorola Solutions, Inc.

   

5,045

     

1,479,597

   
         

9,706,255

   

Computer Peripherals (7.6%)

 

Apple, Inc. (d)

   

448,283

     

86,953,453

   

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components (0.6%)

 

Amphenol Corp. Class A

   

17,981

     

1,527,486

   

CDW Corp.

   

4,027

     

738,955

   

Corning, Inc.

   

23,198

     

812,858

   
Keysight
Technologies, Inc. (b)
   

5,362

     

897,867

   

TE Connectivity Ltd. (c)

   

9,542

     

1,337,407

   
Teledyne
Technologies, Inc. (b)
   

1,468

     

603,509

   

Trimble, Inc. (b)

   

7,467

     

395,303

   
Zebra Technologies Corp.
Class A (b)
   

1,610

     

476,286

   
         

6,789,671

   
   

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Interactive Media & Services (5.2%)

 

Alphabet, Inc. Class A (b)

   

180,132

   

$

21,561,800

   

Alphabet, Inc. Class C (b)

   

154,947

     

18,743,939

   
Meta Platforms, Inc.
Class A (b)
   

67,073

     

19,248,610

   
         

59,554,349

   

IT Services (2.3%)

 

Accenture PLC Class A (c)

   

19,181

     

5,918,873

   

Akamai Technologies, Inc. (b)

   

4,614

     

414,660

   
Cognizant Technology
Solutions Corp. Class A
   

15,311

     

999,502

   

DXC Technology Co. (b)

   

6,903

     

184,448

   

EPAM Systems, Inc. (b)

   

1,789

     

402,078

   
Fidelity National
Information Services, Inc.
   

17,929

     

980,716

   

Fiserv, Inc. (b)

   

18,716

     

2,361,023

   

FleetCor Technologies, Inc. (b)

   

2,194

     

550,870

   

Gartner, Inc. (b)

   

2,411

     

844,598

   
International Business
Machines Corp.
   

27,532

     

3,684,057

   

Mastercard, Inc. Class A

   

25,371

     

9,978,414

   

VeriSign, Inc. (b)

   

2,788

     

630,004

   
         

26,949,243

   

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment (7.2%)

 
Advanced Micro
Devices, Inc. (b)
   

48,820

     

5,561,086

   

Analog Devices, Inc.

   

15,347

     

2,989,749

   

Applied Materials, Inc.

   

25,627

     

3,704,127

   

Broadcom, Inc.

   

12,653

     

10,975,592

   

Enphase Energy, Inc. (b)

   

4,122

     

690,353

   

First Solar, Inc. (b)

   

2,996

     

569,510

   

Intel Corp.

   

126,465

     

4,228,990

   

KLA Corp.

   

4,155

     

2,015,258

   

Lam Research Corp.

   

4,074

     

2,619,012

   

Microchip Technology, Inc.

   

16,563

     

1,483,879

   

Micron Technology, Inc.

   

33,182

     

2,094,116

   
Monolithic Power
Systems, Inc.
   

1,410

     

761,724

   

NVIDIA Corp.

   

74,986

     

31,720,578

   
NXP Semiconductors
NV (c)
   

7,880

     

1,612,878

   
ON Semiconductor
Corp. (b)
   

13,066

     

1,235,782

   

Qorvo, Inc. (b)

   

2,959

     

301,907

   

QUALCOMM, Inc.

   

33,761

     

4,018,909

   

Skyworks Solutions, Inc.

   

4,748

     

525,556

   
SolarEdge
Technologies, Inc. (b) (c)
   

1,764

     

474,604

   

Teradyne, Inc.

   

4,664

     

519,243

   

Texas Instruments, Inc.

   

27,521

     

4,954,330

   
         

83,057,183

   

Software (10.1%)

 

Adobe, Inc. (b)

   

13,962

     

6,827,278

   

ANSYS, Inc. (b)

   

2,627

     

867,619

   

Autodesk, Inc. (b)

   

6,504

     

1,330,784

   
Cadence Design
Systems, Inc. (b)
   

8,306

     

1,947,923

   

Fair Isaac Corp. (b)

   

762

     

616,618

   

Fortinet, Inc. (b)

   

19,760

     

1,493,658

   

Gen Digital, Inc.

   

17,223

     

319,487

   

See accompanying notes to financial statements.
53


SFT Index 500 Fund
Investments in Securities – continued

   

Shares

 

Value(a)

 

Intuit, Inc.

   

8,502

   

$

3,895,531

   

Microsoft Corp.

   

225,489

     

76,788,024

   

Oracle Corp.

   

46,659

     

5,556,620

   
Palo Alto
Networks, Inc. (b)
   

9,175

     

2,344,304

   

PTC, Inc. (b)

   

3,200

     

455,360

   

Roper Technologies, Inc.

   

3,262

     

1,568,370

   

Salesforce, Inc. (b)

   

29,684

     

6,271,042

   

ServiceNow, Inc. (b)

   

6,180

     

3,472,975

   

Synopsys, Inc. (b)

   

4,646

     

2,022,915

   
Tyler
Technologies, Inc. (b)
   

1,286

     

535,581

   
         

116,314,089

   

Technology Hardware Storage & Peripherals (0.2%)

 
Hewlett Packard
Enterprise Co.
   

39,291

     

660,089

   

HP, Inc.

   

26,284

     

807,182

   

NetApp, Inc.

   

6,387

     

487,967

   
Seagate Technology
Holdings PLC (c)
   

5,782

     

357,732

   

Western Digital Corp. (b)

   

9,700

     

367,921

   
         

2,680,891

   

Materials (2.5%)

 

Chemicals (1.7%)

 
Air Products &
Chemicals, Inc.
   

6,744

     

2,020,030

   

Albemarle Corp.

   

3,592

     

801,339

   

Celanese Corp.

   

2,991

     

346,358

   

CF Industries Holdings, Inc.

   

5,879

     

408,120

   

Corteva, Inc.

   

21,497

     

1,231,778

   

Dow, Inc.

   

21,445

     

1,142,161

   

DuPont de Nemours, Inc.

   

13,871

     

990,944

   

Eastman Chemical Co.

   

3,585

     

300,136

   

Ecolab, Inc.

   

7,470

     

1,394,574

   

FMC Corp.

   

3,706

     

386,684

   
International Flavors &
Fragrances, Inc.
   

7,703

     

613,082

   

Linde PLC (c)

   

14,893

     

5,675,424

   
LyondellBasell Industries
NV Class A (c)
   

7,632

     

700,847

   

Mosaic Co.

   

10,069

     

352,415

   

PPG Industries, Inc.

   

7,125

     

1,056,638

   

Sherwin-Williams Co.

   

7,126

     

1,892,096

   
         

19,312,626

   

Construction Materials (0.2%)

 

Martin Marietta Materials, Inc.

   

1,899

     

876,749

   

Vulcan Materials Co.

   

4,047

     

912,356

   
         

1,789,105

   

Containers & Packaging (0.2%)

 

Amcor PLC (c)

   

44,614

     

445,248

   

Avery Dennison Corp.

   

2,430

     

417,474

   

Ball Corp.

   

9,505

     

553,286

   

International Paper Co.

   

10,522

     

334,705

   
Packaging Corp.
of America
   

2,682

     

354,453

   

Sealed Air Corp.

   

4,294

     

171,760

   

Westrock Co.

   

7,710

     

224,129

   
         

2,501,055

   
   

Shares

 

Value(a)

 

Metals & Mining (0.4%)

 

Freeport-McMoRan, Inc.

   

43,457

   

$

1,738,280

   

Newmont Corp.

   

24,095

     

1,027,893

   

Nucor Corp.

   

7,626

     

1,250,512

   

Steel Dynamics, Inc.

   

4,868

     

530,271

   
         

4,546,956

   

Real Estate (2.3%)

 

Health Care REITs (0.2%)

 

Healthpeak Properties, Inc.

   

16,555

     

332,756

   

Ventas, Inc.

   

12,077

     

570,880

   

Welltower, Inc.

   

15,070

     

1,219,012

   
         

2,122,648

   

Hotels & Resort REITs (0.0%)

 

Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc.

   

21,505

     

361,929

   

Industrial REITs (0.3%)

 

Prologis, Inc.

   

27,999

     

3,433,517

   

Office REITs (0.1%)

 
Alexandria Real
Estate Equities, Inc.
   

4,769

     

541,234

   

Boston Properties, Inc.

   

4,310

     

248,213

   
         

789,447

   

Real Estate Management & Development (0.1%)

 

CBRE Group, Inc. Class A (b)

   

9,424

     

760,611

   

Residential REITs (0.3%)

 
AvalonBay
Communities, Inc.
   

4,341

     

821,621

   

Camden Property Trust

   

3,234

     

352,086

   

Equity Residential

   

10,277

     

677,974

   

Essex Property Trust, Inc.

   

1,910

     

447,513

   

Invitation Homes, Inc.

   

17,550

     

603,720

   
Mid-America Apartment
Communities, Inc.
   

3,537

     

537,129

   

UDR, Inc.

   

9,363

     

402,234

   
         

3,842,277

   

Retail REITs (0.3%)

 
Federal Realty
Investment Trust
   

2,185

     

211,442

   

Kimco Realty Corp.

   

18,795

     

370,637

   

Realty Income Corp.

   

20,412

     

1,220,434

   

Regency Centers Corp.

   

4,621

     

285,439

   
Simon Property
Group, Inc.
   

9,823

     

1,134,360

   
         

3,222,312

   

Specialized REITs (1.0%)

 

American Tower Corp.

   

14,071

     

2,728,930

   

Crown Castle, Inc.

   

13,094

     

1,491,930

   

Digital Realty Trust, Inc.

   

8,833

     

1,005,814

   

Equinix, Inc.

   

2,852

     

2,235,797

   

Extra Space Storage, Inc.

   

4,026

     

599,270

   

Iron Mountain, Inc.

   

8,842

     

502,402

   

Public Storage

   

4,841

     

1,412,991

   
SBA Communications
Corp.
   

3,234

     

749,512

   

VICI Properties, Inc.

   

30,390

     

955,158

   

Weyerhaeuser Co.

   

22,170

     

742,917

   
         

12,424,721

   

See accompanying notes to financial statements.
54


SFT Index 500 Fund
Investments in Securities – continued

   

Shares

 

Value(a)

 

Utilities (2.5%)

 

Electric Utilities (1.7%)

 

Alliant Energy Corp.

   

7,529

   

$

395,122

   
American Electric
Power Co., Inc.
   

15,527

     

1,307,374

   
Constellation
Energy Corp.
   

9,807

     

897,831

   

Duke Energy Corp.

   

23,268

     

2,088,070

   

Edison International

   

11,562

     

802,981

   

Entergy Corp.

   

6,411

     

624,239

   

Evergy, Inc.

   

6,950

     

406,019

   

Eversource Energy

   

10,524

     

746,362

   

Exelon Corp.

   

30,155

     

1,228,515

   

FirstEnergy Corp.

   

16,412

     

638,099

   

NextEra Energy, Inc.

   

61,350

     

4,552,170

   

NRG Energy, Inc.

   

6,975

     

260,795

   

PG&E Corp. (b)

   

49,015

     

846,979

   
Pinnacle West
Capital Corp.
   

3,392

     

276,312

   

PPL Corp.

   

22,348

     

591,328

   

Southern Co.

   

33,061

     

2,322,535

   

Xcel Energy, Inc.

   

16,686

     

1,037,369

   
         

19,022,100

   

Gas Utilities (0.0%)

 

Atmos Energy Corp.

   

4,334

     

504,218

   

Independent Power Producers & Energy Traders (0.0%)

 

AES Corp.

   

20,294

     

420,695

   

Multi-Utilities (0.7%)

 

Ameren Corp.

   

7,962

     

650,256

   

CenterPoint Energy, Inc.

   

19,132

     

557,698

   
   

Shares

 

Value(a)

 

CMS Energy Corp.

   

8,770

   

$

515,237

   

Consolidated Edison, Inc.

   

10,507

     

949,833

   

Dominion Energy, Inc.

   

25,345

     

1,312,618

   

DTE Energy Co.

   

6,249

     

687,515

   

NiSource, Inc.

   

12,524

     

342,531

   
Public Service Enterprise
Group, Inc.
   

15,076

     

943,908

   

Sempra Energy

   

9,532

     

1,387,764

   

WEC Energy Group, Inc.

   

9,465

     

835,192

   
         

8,182,552

   

Water Utilities (0.1%)

 
American Water
Works Co., Inc.
   

5,842

     

833,945

   
Total common stocks
(cost: $359,392,491)
       

1,126,510,776

   

Short-Term Securities (2.1%)

 

Investment Companies (2.1%)

 
State Street Institutional
U.S. Government Money
Market Fund, current rate
5.030%
   

23,762,004

     

23,762,004

   
Total short-term securities
(cost: $23,762,004)
       

23,762,004

   
Total investments in securities
(cost: $383,154,495) (e)
       

1,150,272,780

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

281,794

   

Total net assets (100.0%)

     

$

1,150,554,574

   

Investments in Securities Legend

(a)  Securities are valued in accordance with 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 June 30, 2023.

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

(e)  At June 30, 2023, the cost of investments for federal income tax purposes was $386,190,174. The aggregate unrealized appreciation and depreciation of investments based on this cost were:

Gross unrealized appreciation

 

$

778,881,814

   

Gross unrealized depreciation

   

(13,953,352

)

 

Net unrealized appreciation

 

$

764,928,462

   

Holdings of Open Futures Contracts

On June 30, 2023, securities with an aggregate market value of $27,155,800 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

 

September 2023

   

103

   

Long

 

$

22,268,631

   

$

23,114,487

   

$

845,856

   

See accompanying notes to financial statements.
55


SFT International Bond Fund
Investments in Securities

June 30, 2023
(Unaudited)

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

   

Principal(b)

 

Value(a)

 

Long-Term Debt Securities (97.7%)

 

Australia (3.4%)

 

Financial (3.4%)

 
Commonwealth Bank of
Australia (USD)
5.831%, 03/14/25
(SOFRRATE +
0.740%) (c) (d)
   

1,770,000

   

$

1,771,701

   
Macquarie Group Ltd.
(USD)
6.207%, 11/22/24 (c)
   

950,000

     

948,907

   
         

2,720,608

   

Brazil (6.3%)

 

Government (6.3%)

 
Brazil Notas do Tesouro
Nacional Serie F (BRL)
10.000%, 01/01/27
   

11,220,000

     

2,305,049

   

10.000%, 01/01/29

   

3,440,000

     

695,486

   

10.000%, 01/01/31

   

3,320,000

     

666,354

   

10.000%, 01/01/33

   

6,760,000

     

1,344,045

   
         

5,010,934

   

Canada (1.9%)

 

Government (1.9%)

 
Province of Ontario
Canada (CAD)
2.600%, 06/02/25
   

2,060,000

     

1,496,713

   

Colombia (8.1%)

 

Government (8.1%)

 
Colombian TES (COP)
6.000%, 04/28/28
   

8,020,000,000

     

1,649,355

   

7.000%, 03/26/31

   

6,010,000,000

     

1,217,134

   

7.250%, 10/26/50

   

2,720,000,000

     

463,284

   

9.250%, 05/28/42

   

14,230,000,000

     

3,062,205

   
         

6,391,978

   

Great Britain (9.8%)

 

Government (9.8%)

 
U.K. Gilts (GBP)
1.250%, 07/31/51
   

5,950,000

     

3,750,497

   

3.250%, 01/31/33

   

3,470,000

     

4,021,162

   
         

7,771,659

   

Mexico (14.7%)

 

Energy (0.9%)

 
Petroleos Mexicanos (USD)
6.950%, 01/28/60
   

1,200,000

     

748,500

   

Government (13.8%)

 
Mexican Bonos (MXN)
7.750%, 11/13/42
   

44,300,000

     

2,343,581

   

8.000%, 11/07/47

   

31,000,000

     

1,650,371

   

8.000%, 07/31/53

   

34,300,000

     

1,875,070

   

8.500%, 05/31/29

   

42,600,000

     

2,477,172

   

8.500%, 11/18/38

   

45,000,000

     

2,560,605

   
         

10,906,799

   
   

Principal(b)

 

Value(a)

 

New Zealand (0.8%)

 

Government (0.8%)

 
New Zealand Government
Bond (NZD)
2.750%, 05/15/51
   

1,450,000

   

$

612,844

   

Russia (0.2%)

 

Government (0.2%)

 
Russian Federal
Bond — OFZ (RUB)
7.650%, 04/10/30 (e)
   

29,000,000

     

119,888

   

South Africa (3.3%)

 

Government (3.3%)

 
Republic of South Africa
Government Bond (ZAR)
6.500%, 02/28/41
   

41,700,000

     

1,305,682

   

8.750%, 02/28/48

   

34,600,000

     

1,328,981

   
         

2,634,663

   

United States (49.2%)

 

Financial (1.9%)

 
Jackson National Life
Global Funding (USD)
6.242%, 06/28/24
(SOFRRATE +
1.150%) (c) (d)
   

1,530,000

     

1,530,000

   

Government (23.8%)

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

3,430,000

     

2,474,423

   

3.000%, 08/15/52

   

4,390,000

     

3,726,013

   
U.S. Treasury Note (USD)
1.875%, 02/15/32
   

2,130,000

     

1,823,147

   

3.500%, 02/15/33

   

9,640,000

     

9,385,444

   
5.449%, 01/31/25
(3-Month U.S. Treasury
Money Market Yield +
0.200%) (d)
   

1,450,000

     

1,454,125

   
         

18,863,152

   

Industrial (3.7%)

 
General Motors
Financial Co., Inc. (USD)
5.400%, 04/06/26
   

1,550,000

     

1,530,749

   
Toyota Motor Credit
Corp. (USD)
4.450%, 05/18/26
   

1,420,000

     

1,399,285

   
         

2,930,034

   

Mortgage Securities (19.8%)

 
Federal Home Loan
Mortgage Corp. (USD)
4.500%, 09/01/52
   

1,254,382

     

1,206,584

   

4.500%, 10/01/52

   

888,489

     

854,486

   

5.000%, 08/01/52

   

631,061

     

619,072

   

5.000%, 11/01/52

   

775,026

     

759,597

   

5.500%, 12/01/52

   

2,155,698

     

2,147,186

   
Federal National Mortgage
Association (USD)
4.500%, 09/01/52
   

1,817,738

     

1,748,453

   

See accompanying notes to financial statements.
56


SFT International Bond Fund
Investments in Securities – continued

   

Principal(b)

 

Value(a)

 

5.000%, 10/01/52

   

643,961

   

$

631,146

   

5.000%, 12/01/52

   

1,399,623

     

1,371,754

   

5.500%, 12/01/52

   

1,573,253

     

1,567,330

   
Government National
Mortgage Association
(USD)
5.000%, 06/20/53
   

1,070,000

     

1,051,472

   

5.500%, 02/20/53

   

750,814

     

747,945

   

5.500%, 04/20/53

   

1,363,446

     

1,358,217

   

5.500%, 05/20/53

   

928,087

     

924,541

   

5.500%, 06/20/53

   

680,000

     

677,418

   
         

15,665,201

   
Total long-term debt securities
(cost: $78,118,179)
       

77,402,973

   
   

Shares

 

Value(a)

 

Short-Term Securities (1.8%)

 

Investment Companies (1.8%)

 

United States (1.8%)

 
State Street Institutional
U.S. Government Money
Market Fund, current rate
5.030%
   

1,414,697

   

$

1,414,697

   
Total short-term securities
(cost: $1,414,697)
       

1,414,697

   
Total investments in securities
(cost: $79,532,876) (f)
       

78,817,670

   
Cash and other assets in excess
of liabilities (0.5%)
       

429,386

   

Total net assets (100.0%)

     

$

79,247,056

   

Investments in Securities Legend

(a)  Securities are valued in accordance with 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 June 30, 2023, the cost of investments for federal income tax purposes was $79,532,876. The aggregate unrealized appreciation and depreciation of investments based on this cost were:

Gross unrealized appreciation

 

$

3,003,536

   

Gross unrealized depreciation

   

(5,177,741

)

 

Net unrealized depreciation

 

$

(2,174,205

)

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.
57


SFT International Bond Fund
Investments in Securities – continued

Foreign Forward Currency Contracts

On June 30, 2023, 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

 

07/19/23

   

21,260,000

   

BRL

       

4,254,127

   

USD

     

$

   

$

(142,236

)

 

JPM

 

07/20/23

   

498,049

   

USD

       

2,020,000

   

PLN

       

     

(1,237

)

 

BLC

 

07/20/23

   

300,836

   

USD

       

1,230,000

   

PLN

       

1,677

     

   

BLC

 

07/20/23

   

319,081

   

USD

       

1,340,000

   

PLN

       

10,487

     

   

BLC

 

07/20/23

   

107,438

   

USD

       

450,000

   

PLN

       

3,238

     

   

BLC

 

07/20/23

   

336,963

   

USD

       

1,440,000

   

PLN

       

17,200

     

   

BLC

 

07/20/23

   

124,840

   

USD

       

530,000

   

PLN

       

5,511

     

   

BLC

 

07/20/23

   

190,231

   

USD

       

800,000

   

PLN

       

6,526

     

   

GSC

 

07/20/23

   

1,030,000

   

PLN

       

246,143

   

USD

       

     

(7,182

)

 

HSB

 

07/20/23

   

271,715

   

USD

       

1,130,000

   

PLN

       

6,204

     

   

MSC

 

07/20/23

   

185,717

   

USD

       

780,000

   

PLN

       

6,121

     

   

MSC

 

07/20/23

   

1,290,000

   

PLN

       

305,847

   

USD

       

     

(11,424

)

 

UBS

 

07/20/23

   

12,620,000

   

PLN

       

2,972,370

   

USD

       

     

(131,469

)

 

UBS

 

07/20/23

   

180,809

   

USD

       

750,000

   

PLN

       

3,650

     

   

UBS

 

07/20/23

   

462,112

   

USD

       

1,910,000

   

PLN

       

7,645

     

   

UBS

 

07/20/23

   

185,665

   

USD

       

780,000

   

PLN

       

6,173

     

   

UBS

 

07/20/23

   

422,900

   

USD

       

1,780,000

   

PLN

       

14,884

     

   

UBS

 

07/25/23

   

400,000

   

CAD

       

303,966

   

USD

       

1,592

     

   

JPM

 

07/25/23

   

1,000,000

   

CAD

       

743,972

   

USD

       

     

(11,964

)

 

MSC

 

07/25/23

   

860,000

   

CAD

       

631,878

   

USD

       

     

(18,228

)

 

UBS

 

07/28/23

   

183,500,000

   

MXN

       

9,967,845

   

USD

       

     

(684,567

)

 

BLC

 

07/28/23

   

23,600,000,000

   

COP

       

5,107,893

   

USD

       

     

(504,688

)

 

JPM

 

08/04/23

   

70,000

   

EUR

       

76,133

   

USD

       

     

(348

)

 

JPM

 

08/04/23

   

220,000

   

EUR

       

238,306

   

USD

       

     

(2,065

)

 

JPM

 

08/04/23

   

210,000

   

EUR

       

226,486

   

USD

       

     

(2,959

)

 

JPM

 

08/04/23

   

540,000

   

EUR

       

579,571

   

USD

       

     

(10,431

)

 

JPM

 

08/04/23

   

620,000

   

EUR

       

662,758

   

USD

       

     

(14,652

)

 

JPM

 

08/04/23

   

7,000,000

   

EUR

       

7,758,779

   

USD

       

110,600

     

   

JPM

 

08/04/23

   

1,781,235

   

USD

       

1,630,000

   

EUR

       

     

(302

)

 

JPM

 

08/04/23

   

1,528,159

   

USD

       

1,400,000

   

EUR

       

1,477

     

   

JPM

 

08/04/23

   

4,206,160

   

USD

       

3,920,000

   

EUR

       

76,820

     

   

JPM

 

08/15/23

   

314,389

   

USD

       

6,100,000

   

ZAR

       

7,209

     

   

HSB

 

08/15/23

   

51,700,000

   

ZAR

       

2,736,738

   

USD

       

11,062

     

   

HSB

 

08/17/23

   

3,690,000

   

CNH

       

534,032

   

USD

       

25,054

     

   

HSB

 

08/31/23

   

590,168

   

USD

       

890,000

   

AUD

       

3,199

     

   

JPM

 

08/31/23

   

184,474

   

USD

       

280,000

   

AUD

       

2,203

     

   

JPM

 

09/01/23

   

590,000

   

GBP

       

752,504

   

USD

       

2,227

     

   

JPM

 

09/01/23

   

1,310,000

   

GBP

       

1,667,106

   

USD

       

1,237

     

   

JPM

 

09/01/23

   

1,110,000

   

GBP

       

1,411,878

   

USD

       

340

     

   

JPM

 

09/01/23

   

3,260,000

   

GBP

       

4,060,330

   

USD

       

     

(85,268

)

 

JPM

 

09/11/23

   

352,057

   

USD

       

29,000,000

   

INR

       

645

     

   

BLC

 

09/13/23

   

717,039

   

USD

       

930,000,000

   

KRW

       

     

(7,502

)

 

HSB

 

09/14/23

   

121,669

   

USD

       

4,200,000

   

THB

       

     

(2,370

)

 

HSB

 

09/19/23

   

1,163,873

   

USD

       

160,000,000

   

JPY

       

     

(43,737

)

 

JPM

 

09/22/23

   

114,361

   

USD

       

1,200,000

   

NOK

       

     

(2,036

)

 

JPM

 

09/22/23

   

235,388

   

USD

       

2,500,000

   

NOK

       

     

(1,378

)

 

JPM

 

09/22/23

   

213,906

   

USD

       

2,300,000

   

NOK

       

1,383

     

   

JPM

 

09/26/23

   

640,000

   

NZD

       

396,782

   

USD

       

4,836

     

   

BLC

 

09/29/23

   

545,392

   

USD

       

5,700,000

   

NOK

       

     

(11,737

)

 

MSC

 
                   

$

339,200

   

$

(1,697,780

)

     

See accompanying notes to financial statements.
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Currency Legend

AUD  Australian Dollar

BRL  Brazilian Real

CAD  Canadian Dollar

CNH  Chinese Yuan Renminbi Offshore

COP  Colombian Peso

EUR  Euro

GBP  British Pound

INR  Indian Rupee

JPY  Japanese Yen

KRW  South Korean Won

MXN  Mexican Peso

MYR  Malaysian Ringgit

NOK  Norwegian Krone

NZD  New Zealand Dollar

PLN  Polish Zloty

RUB  Russian Ruble

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 June 30, 2023, $419,211 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)
 

10 Year U.S. Ultra

 

September 2023

   

81

   

Long

 

$

9,693,856

   

$

9,593,437

   

$

(100,419

)

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.
59


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Investments in Securities

June 30, 2023
(Unaudited)

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

   

Shares

 

Value(a)

 

Common Stocks (99.6%)

 

Consumer Discretionary (0.8%)

 

Casino Gaming (0.8%)

 

Boyd Gaming Corp.

   

14,555

   

$

1,009,680

   

Real Estate (98.8%)

 

Health Care REITs (10.5%)

 

Healthcare Realty Trust, Inc.

   

186,178

     

3,511,317

   

Medical Properties Trust, Inc.

   

138,875

     

1,285,983

   

Welltower, Inc.

   

96,396

     

7,797,472

   
         

12,594,772

   

Hotels & Resort REITs (0.7%)

 

Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc.

   

51,824

     

872,198

   

Industrial REITs (13.8%)

 

Americold Realty Trust, Inc.

   

122,040

     

3,941,892

   
First Industrial Realty
Trust, Inc.
   

22,444

     

1,181,452

   

Prologis, Inc.

   

92,600

     

11,355,538

   
         

16,478,882

   

Office REITs (1.5%)

 

Highwoods Properties, Inc.

   

76,500

     

1,829,115

   

Residential REITs (24.8%)

 
American Homes 4 Rent
Class A
   

75,077

     

2,661,480

   
Apartment Income
REIT Corp.
   

43,815

     

1,581,283

   

Camden Property Trust

   

44,414

     

4,835,352

   

Essex Property Trust, Inc.

   

7,645

     

1,791,223

   

Invitation Homes, Inc.

   

187,262

     

6,441,813

   
Mid-America Apartment
Communities, Inc.
   

30,873

     

4,688,374

   

Sun Communities, Inc.

   

35,658

     

4,651,943

   

UDR, Inc.

   

69,364

     

2,979,877

   
         

29,631,345

   
   

Shares

 

Value(a)

 

Retail REITs (16.7%)

 

Kimco Realty Corp.

   

139,355

   

$

2,748,081

   

Realty Income Corp.

   

95,215

     

5,692,905

   

Simon Property Group, Inc.

   

61,719

     

7,127,310

   

SITE Centers Corp.

   

73,232

     

968,127

   

Spirit Realty Capital, Inc.

   

87,262

     

3,436,377

   
         

19,972,800

   

Specialized REITs (30.8%)

 

American Tower Corp.

   

29,617

     

5,743,921

   

Crown Castle, Inc.

   

46,974

     

5,352,218

   

Digital Realty Trust, Inc.

   

61,862

     

7,044,226

   

Equinix, Inc.

   

8,618

     

6,755,995

   

Extra Space Storage, Inc.

   

10,919

     

1,625,293

   

Iron Mountain, Inc.

   

30,916

     

1,756,647

   

Public Storage

   

11,214

     

3,273,142

   

SBA Communications Corp.

   

19,602

     

4,542,960

   

Weyerhaeuser Co.

   

21,600

     

723,816

   
         

36,818,218

   
Total common stocks
(cost: $124,343,562)
       

119,207,010

   

Short-Term Securities (0.5%)

 

Investment Companies (0.5%)

 
State Street Institutional
U.S. Government Money
Market Fund, current rate
5.030%
   

588,521

     

588,521

   
Total short-term securities
(cost: $588,521)
       

588,521

   
Total investments in securities
(cost: $124,932,083) (b)
       

119,795,531

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

(115,395

)

 

Total net assets (100.0%)

     

$

119,680,136

   

Investments in Securities Legend

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

(b)  At June 30, 2023, the cost of investments for federal income tax purposes was $125,873,445. The aggregate unrealized appreciation and depreciation of investments based on this cost were:

Gross unrealized appreciation

 

$

4,776,414

   

Gross unrealized depreciation

   

(10,854,328

)

 

Net unrealized depreciation

 

$

(6,077,914

)

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.
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Investments in Securities

June 30, 2023
(Unaudited)

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

   

Shares

 

Value(a)

 

Common Stocks (99.7%)

 

Communication Services (1.4%)

 

Diversified Telecommunication Services (0.6%)

 
Verizon Communications,
Inc.
   

30,000

   

$

1,115,700

   

Wireless Telecommunication Services (0.8%)

 

T-Mobile U.S., Inc. (b)

   

10,700

     

1,486,230

   

Consumer Discretionary (7.0%)

 

Automobiles (0.4%)

 

General Motors Co.

   

22,400

     

863,744

   

Broadline Retail (1.5%)

 

Amazon.com, Inc. (b)

   

21,700

     

2,828,812

   

Diversified Consumer Services (0.4%)

 

Service Corp. International

   

11,500

     

742,785

   

Entertainment (0.4%)

 

Walt Disney Co. (b)

   

8,381

     

748,256

   

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure (1.8%)

 

Booking Holdings, Inc. (b)

   

660

     

1,782,218

   

McDonald's Corp.

   

5,295

     

1,580,081

   
         

3,362,299

   

Specialty Retail (2.5%)

 

AutoZone, Inc. (b)

   

490

     

1,221,746

   

Bath & Body Works, Inc.

   

7,100

     

266,250

   

Best Buy Co., Inc.

   

7,600

     

622,820

   

Home Depot, Inc.

   

2,376

     

738,081

   

TJX Cos., Inc.

   

7,475

     

633,805

   

Ulta Beauty, Inc. (b)

   

2,600

     

1,223,547

   
         

4,706,249

   

Consumer Staples (9.2%)

 

Beverages (1.3%)

 

Coca-Cola Co.

   

13,112

     

789,605

   

PepsiCo, Inc.

   

8,700

     

1,611,414

   
         

2,401,019

   

Consumer Staples Distribution & Retail (1.1%)

 

Target Corp.

   

3,187

     

420,365

   

Walmart, Inc.

   

10,247

     

1,610,624

   
         

2,030,989

   

Food Products (2.7%)

 

General Mills, Inc.

   

8,600

     

659,620

   

Kraft Heinz Co.

   

34,979

     

1,241,755

   
Mondelez International, Inc.
Class A
   

44,675

     

3,258,594

   
         

5,159,969

   

Household Products (1.5%)

 

Procter & Gamble Co.

   

19,386

     

2,941,631

   

Personal Products (0.4%)

 

Kenvue, Inc. (b)

   

27,978

     

739,179

   
   

Shares

 

Value(a)

 

Tobacco (2.2%)

 
Philip Morris International,
Inc.
   

41,773

   

$

4,077,880

   

Energy (8.1%)

 

Energy Equipment & Services (0.7%)

 

Halliburton Co.

   

8,700

     

287,013

   

NOV, Inc.

   

15,400

     

247,016

   

Schlumberger NV (c)

   

18,300

     

898,896

   
         

1,432,925

   

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels (7.4%)

 

Chevron Corp.

   

22,600

     

3,556,110

   

EQT Corp.

   

38,200

     

1,571,166

   

Exxon Mobil Corp.

   

42,638

     

4,572,926

   

Kinder Morgan, Inc.

   

102,900

     

1,771,938

   

Range Resources Corp.

   

50,400

     

1,481,760

   
Southwestern Energy
Co. (b)
   

84,000

     

504,840

   

Williams Cos., Inc.

   

14,272

     

465,695

   
         

13,924,435

   

Financial (20.4%)

 

Capital Markets (0.7%)

 

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.

   

3,900

     

1,257,906

   

Commercial Banks (8.4%)

 

Bank of America Corp.

   

126,094

     

3,617,637

   

East West Bancorp, Inc.

   

5,643

     

297,894

   

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

   

37,663

     

5,477,707

   
PNC Financial Services
Group, Inc.
   

15,600

     

1,964,820

   

U.S. Bancorp

   

34,900

     

1,153,096

   

Wells Fargo & Co.

   

77,114

     

3,291,225

   
         

15,802,379

   

Consumer Finance (1.1%)

 

American Express Co.

   

12,304

     

2,143,357

   

Financial Services (3.6%)

 
Berkshire Hathaway, Inc.
Class B (b)
   

18,200

     

6,206,200

   

Corebridge Financial, Inc.

   

34,374

     

607,045

   
         

6,813,245

   

Insurance (6.6%)

 

Allstate Corp.

   

11,227

     

1,224,192

   

Chubb Ltd. (c)

   

10,124

     

1,949,477

   
Hartford Financial Services
Group, Inc.
   

15,055

     

1,084,261

   

MetLife, Inc.

   

55,333

     

3,127,974

   

Progressive Corp.

   

21,902

     

2,899,168

   

Travelers Cos., Inc.

   

12,789

     

2,220,938

   
         

12,506,010

   

Health Care (17.7%)

 

Biotechnology (1.2%)

 

Amgen, Inc.

   

6,900

     

1,531,938

   
Regeneron
Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (b)
   

1,000

     

718,540

   
         

2,250,478

   

See accompanying notes to financial statements.
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Shares

 

Value(a)

 

Health Care Equipment & Supplies (2.6%)

 

Becton Dickinson & Co.

   

8,362

   

$

2,207,652

   
GE HealthCare
Technologies, Inc.
   

23,148

     

1,880,543

   

Medtronic PLC (c)

   

10,200

     

898,620

   
         

4,986,815

   

Health Care Providers & Services (7.3%)

 

AmerisourceBergen Corp.

   

20,300

     

3,906,329

   

Elevance Health, Inc.

   

12,789

     

5,682,025

   

HCA Healthcare, Inc.

   

7,247

     

2,199,320

   

Humana, Inc.

   

2,800

     

1,251,964

   

UnitedHealth Group, Inc.

   

1,827

     

878,129

   
         

13,917,767

   

Life Sciences Tools & Services (1.8%)

 

Danaher Corp.

   

7,431

     

1,783,440

   

Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.

   

2,984

     

1,556,902

   
         

3,340,342

   

Pharmaceuticals (4.8%)

 

AstraZeneca PLC ADR (c)

   

27,955

     

2,000,739

   

Johnson & Johnson

   

28,504

     

4,717,982

   

Merck & Co., Inc.

   

20,100

     

2,319,339

   
         

9,038,060

   

Industrials (13.7%)

 

Aerospace & Defense (2.1%)

 

General Dynamics Corp.

   

2,600

     

559,390

   

L3Harris Technologies, Inc.

   

13,516

     

2,646,027

   

Northrop Grumman Corp.

   

1,620

     

738,396

   
         

3,943,813

   

Building Products (0.6%)

 

Carrier Global Corp.

   

22,050

     

1,096,106

   

Electrical Equipment (3.1%)

 

AMETEK, Inc.

   

10,813

     

1,750,408

   

Eaton Corp. PLC (c)

   

15,324

     

3,081,656

   

Hubbell, Inc.

   

3,008

     

997,333

   
         

5,829,397

   

Ground Transportation (3.4%)

 

CSX Corp.

   

92,991

     

3,170,993

   

Norfolk Southern Corp.

   

4,930

     

1,117,927

   

Union Pacific Corp.

   

10,900

     

2,230,358

   
         

6,519,278

   

Industrial Conglomerates (3.1%)

 

General Electric Co.

   

33,197

     

3,646,690

   
Honeywell International,
Inc.
   

5,937

     

1,231,928

   

Siemens AG (c)

   

5,870

     

976,892

   
         

5,855,510

   

Machinery (1.4%)

 

Cummins, Inc.

   

2,000

     

490,320

   

Deere & Co.

   

1,200

     

486,228

   

Dover Corp.

   

2,600

     

383,890

   
Westinghouse Air Brake
Technologies Corp.
   

12,100

     

1,327,007

   
         

2,687,445

   
   

Shares

 

Value(a)

 

Information Technology (14.1%)

 
Electronic Equipment, Instruments &
Components (0.7%)
 

TE Connectivity Ltd. (c)

   

9,100

   

$

1,275,456

   

Interactive Media & Services (1.7%)

 

Alphabet, Inc. Class C (b)

   

25,950

     

3,139,172

   

IT Services (3.2%)

 

Accenture PLC Class A (c)

   

2,484

     

766,512

   
Fidelity National Information
Services, Inc.
   

12,900

     

705,630

   

Fiserv, Inc. (b)

   

30,539

     

3,852,495

   
FleetCor Technologies,
Inc. (b)
   

3,122

     

783,872

   
         

6,108,509

   

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment (7.4%)

 

Applied Materials, Inc.

   

11,700

     

1,691,118

   

Broadcom, Inc.

   

3,191

     

2,767,969

   

KLA Corp.

   

541

     

262,396

   

Lam Research Corp.

   

4,605

     

2,960,370

   

Micron Technology, Inc.

   

26,600

     

1,678,726

   

NXP Semiconductors NV (c)

   

4,800

     

982,464

   

QUALCOMM, Inc.

   

6,900

     

821,376

   

Texas Instruments, Inc.

   

15,800

     

2,844,316

   
         

14,008,735

   

Software (1.1%)

 

Adobe, Inc. (b)

   

1,075

     

525,665

   

Microsoft Corp.

   

4,565

     

1,554,565

   
         

2,080,230

   

Materials (1.4%)

 

Chemicals (0.9%)

 

Nutrien Ltd. (c)

   

30,457

     

1,798,486

   

Metals & Mining (0.5%)

 

Freeport-McMoRan, Inc.

   

23,100

     

924,000

   

Real Estate (2.6%)

 

Industrial REITs (0.6%)

 

Prologis, Inc.

   

9,231

     

1,131,998

   

Residential REITs (0.5%)

 
Equity LifeStyle
Properties, Inc.
   

14,218

     

951,042

   

Specialized REITs (1.5%)

 

Life Storage, Inc.

   

4,600

     

611,616

   

Public Storage

   

4,300

     

1,255,084

   

Weyerhaeuser Co.

   

30,096

     

1,008,517

   
         

2,875,217

   

Utilities (4.1%)

 

Electric Utilities (3.7%)

 

Constellation Energy Corp.

   

17,600

     

1,611,280

   

Entergy Corp.

   

4,400

     

428,428

   

Evergy, Inc.

   

10,900

     

636,778

   

FirstEnergy Corp.

   

11,515

     

447,703

   

NextEra Energy, Inc.

   

23,000

     

1,706,600

   

Southern Co.

   

31,623

     

2,221,516

   
         

7,052,305

   

See accompanying notes to financial statements.
62


SFT T. Rowe Price Value Fund
Investments in Securities – continued

   

Shares

 

Value(a)

 

Multi-Utilities (0.4%)

 

Ameren Corp.

   

5,460

   

$

445,918

   

DTE Energy Co.

   

2,078

     

228,622

   
         

674,540

   
Total common stocks
(cost: $176,907,130)
       

188,569,700

   

Short-Term Securities (0.4%)

 

Investment Companies (0.4%)

 
State Street Institutional
U.S. Government Money
Market Fund, current rate
5.030%
   

471,256

     

471,256

   
T. Rowe Price Government
Reserve Fund, current
rate 5.130%
   

286,664

     

286,664

   
Total short-term securities
(cost: $757,920)
       

757,920

   
Total investments in securities
(cost: $177,665,050) (d)
       

189,327,620

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

(141,721

)

 

Total net assets (100.0%)

     

$

189,185,899

   

Investments in Securities Legend

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

(b)  Non-income producing security.

(c)  Foreign security: the Fund held 7.7% of net assets in foreign securities at June 30, 2023.

(d)  At June 30, 2023, the cost of investments for federal income tax purposes was $180,135,745. The aggregate unrealized appreciation and depreciation of investments based on this cost were:

Gross unrealized appreciation

 

$

14,640,850

   

Gross unrealized depreciation

   

(5,448,975

)

 

Net unrealized appreciation

 

$

9,191,875

   

See accompanying notes to financial statements.
63


SFT Wellington Core Equity Fund
Investments in Securities

June 30, 2023
(Unaudited)

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

   

Shares

 

Value(a)

 

Common Stocks (100.0%)

 

Consumer Discretionary (11.0%)

 

Automobiles (0.7%)

 

Tesla, Inc. (b)

   

3,099

   

$

811,225

   

Broadline Retail (4.5%)

 

Amazon.com, Inc. (b)

   

40,223

     

5,243,470

   

Entertainment (1.1%)

 

Walt Disney Co. (b)

   

14,906

     

1,330,808

   

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure (1.7%)

 

McDonald's Corp.

   

6,657

     

1,986,516

   

Specialty Retail (1.7%)

 

TJX Cos., Inc.

   

23,527

     

1,994,854

   

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods (1.3%)

 

NIKE, Inc. Class B

   

14,184

     

1,565,488

   

Consumer Staples (8.0%)

 

Beverages (2.6%)

 
Constellation Brands, Inc.
Class A
   

6,143

     

1,511,977

   

Monster Beverage Corp. (b)

   

26,669

     

1,531,867

   
         

3,043,844

   
Consumer Staples Distribution &
Retail (1.1%)
 

Sysco Corp.

   

16,607

     

1,232,240

   

Household Products (3.4%)

 

Colgate-Palmolive Co.

   

17,041

     

1,312,839

   

Procter & Gamble Co.

   

17,714

     

2,687,922

   
         

4,000,761

   

Personal Products (0.9%)

 

Estee Lauder Cos., Inc. Class A

   

5,622

     

1,104,048

   

Energy (3.3%)

 

Energy Equipment & Services (0.6%)

 

Schlumberger NV (c)

   

14,731

     

723,587

   

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels (2.7%)

 

ConocoPhillips

   

12,709

     

1,316,779

   

EOG Resources, Inc.

   

15,852

     

1,814,103

   
         

3,130,882

   

Financial (10.0%)

 

Capital Markets (1.4%)

 

Morgan Stanley

   

20,189

     

1,724,140

   

Commercial Banks (4.4%)

 

Bank of America Corp.

   

56,555

     

1,622,563

   

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

   

18,620

     

2,708,093

   
PNC Financial Services
Group, Inc.
   

6,500

     

818,675

   
         

5,149,331

   

Consumer Finance (1.1%)

 

American Express Co.

   

7,335

     

1,277,757

   
   

Shares

 

Value(a)

 

Insurance (3.1%)

 

Arch Capital Group Ltd. (b) (c)

   

13,893

   

$

1,039,891

   

Chubb Ltd. (c)

   

7,005

     

1,348,883

   

Progressive Corp.

   

9,268

     

1,226,805

   
         

3,615,579

   

Health Care (17.0%)

 

Biotechnology (2.1%)

 
Regeneron
Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (b)
   

1,328

     

954,221

   
Vertex
Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (b)
   

4,202

     

1,478,726

   
         

2,432,947

   

Health Care Equipment & Supplies (4.0%)

 

Abbott Laboratories

   

15,321

     

1,670,296

   

Becton Dickinson & Co.

   

6,112

     

1,613,629

   

Hologic, Inc. (b)

   

16,886

     

1,367,259

   
         

4,651,184

   

Health Care Providers & Services (2.9%)

 

UnitedHealth Group, Inc.

   

7,016

     

3,372,170

   

Life Sciences Tools & Services (2.6%)

 

Danaher Corp.

   

5,831

     

1,399,440

   

Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.

   

3,170

     

1,653,947

   
         

3,053,387

   

Pharmaceuticals (5.4%)

 

Eli Lilly & Co.

   

5,575

     

2,614,564

   

Merck & Co., Inc.

   

19,199

     

2,215,373

   

Pfizer, Inc.

   

42,058

     

1,542,687

   
         

6,372,624

   

Industrials (8.0%)

 

Aerospace & Defense (1.6%)

 

Raytheon Technologies Corp.

   

18,903

     

1,851,738

   

Building Products (0.9%)

 
Johnson Controls
International PLC (c)
   

16,079

     

1,095,623

   

Commercial Services & Supplies (0.8%)

 

Republic Services, Inc.

   

5,956

     

912,281

   

Electrical Equipment (1.3%)

 

AMETEK, Inc.

   

9,771

     

1,581,729

   

Machinery (3.4%)

 

Deere & Co.

   

3,580

     

1,450,580

   

IDEX Corp.

   

4,990

     

1,074,148

   

Illinois Tool Works, Inc.

   

5,687

     

1,422,660

   
         

3,947,388

   

Information Technology (36.6%)

 

Communications Equipment (1.5%)

 

Motorola Solutions, Inc.

   

6,171

     

1,809,831

   

Computer Peripherals (6.7%)

 

Apple, Inc.

   

40,625

     

7,880,031

   

See accompanying notes to financial statements.
64


SFT Wellington Core Equity Fund
Investments in Securities – continued

   

Shares

 

Value(a)

 
Electronic Equipment, Instruments &
Components (1.0%)
 

CDW Corp.

   

6,110

   

$

1,121,185

   

Interactive Media & Services (6.6%)

 

Alphabet, Inc. Class A (b)

   

48,534

     

5,809,520

   
Meta Platforms, Inc.
Class A (b)
   

6,552

     

1,880,293

   
         

7,689,813

   

IT Services (2.8%)

 

GoDaddy, Inc. Class A (b)

   

11,600

     

871,508

   

Mastercard, Inc. Class A

   

5,995

     

2,357,834

   
         

3,229,342

   
Semiconductors & Semiconductor
Equipment (8.5%)
 
Advanced Micro
Devices, Inc. (b)
   

11,238

     

1,280,121

   

Broadcom, Inc.

   

1,907

     

1,654,189

   

KLA Corp.

   

2,965

     

1,438,084

   

NVIDIA Corp.

   

6,466

     

2,735,247

   

QUALCOMM, Inc.

   

9,481

     

1,128,618

   

Texas Instruments, Inc.

   

9,575

     

1,723,692

   
         

9,959,951

   

Software (9.5%)

 

Microsoft Corp.

   

23,366

     

7,957,058

   

Palo Alto Networks, Inc. (b)

   

3,639

     

929,801

   

Salesforce, Inc. (b)

   

6,283

     

1,327,346

   

Workday, Inc. Class A (b)

   

4,335

     

979,233

   
         

11,193,438

   

Materials (1.3%)

 

Chemicals (1.3%)

 

PPG Industries, Inc.

   

9,898

     

1,467,873

   
   

Shares

 

Value(a)

 

Real Estate (1.8%)

 

Industrial REITs (1.0%)

 

Prologis, Inc.

   

9,516

   

$

1,166,947

   

Residential REITs (0.8%)

 

AvalonBay Communities, Inc.

   

4,852

     

918,338

   

Utilities (3.0%)

 

Electric Utilities (3.0%)

 
American Electric Power Co.,
Inc.
   

17,956

     

1,511,895

   

Duke Energy Corp.

   

13,989

     

1,255,373

   

Eversource Energy

   

10,973

     

778,205

   
         

3,545,473

   
Total common stocks
(cost: $77,121,543)
       

117,187,823

   

Short-Term Securities (0.1%)

 

Investment Companies (0.1%)

 
State Street Institutional
U.S. Government Money
Market Fund, current rate
5.030%
   

163,757

     

163,757

   
Total short-term securities
(cost: $163,757)
       

163,757

   
Total investments in securities
(cost: $77,285,300) (d)
       

117,351,580

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

(120,678

)

 

Total net assets (100.0%)

     

$

117,230,902

   

Investments in Securities Legend

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

(b)  Non-income producing security.

(c)  Foreign security: the Fund held 3.6% of net assets in foreign securities at June 30, 2023.

(d)  At June 30, 2023, the cost of investments for federal income tax purposes was $77,354,065. The aggregate unrealized appreciation and depreciation of investments based on this cost were:

Gross unrealized appreciation

 

$

42,436,305

   

Gross unrealized depreciation

   

(2,438,790

)

 

Net unrealized appreciation

 

$

39,997,515

   

See accompanying notes to financial statements.
65


Securian Funds Trust

Statements of Assets and Liabilities

June 30, 2023

(Unaudited)

    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
 
Assets                                                   
Investments in securities, at market value – see
accompanying schedule for detailed listing*
 

Unaffiliated issuers

 

$

368,415,142

   

$

522,984,471

   

$

581,317,509

   

$

155,282,259

   

$

317,148,487

   

$

226,600,197

   

Affiliated issuers (Note 8)

   

274,114,718

     

     

     

     

     

   

Cash on demand deposit

   

9,000,000

     

33,400

     

     

     

7,725,000

     

   

Due from broker1,3

   

     

1,154,000

     

     

     

     

   

Foreign currency on deposit2

   

     

6

     

     

     

     

   

Receivable:

 

Fund shares sold

   

     

4,083

     

     

     

138,982

     

   

Investment securities sold (including paydowns)

   

22,300

     

7,654,740

     

1,090,523

     

591,082

     

11,150

     

   
Investment securities sold on a when-issued or
forward – commitment basis (Note 2)
   

     

152,480

     

     

     

     

   

Investment securities sold on a TBA basis (Note 2)

   

     

21,837,970

     

     

     

     

   

Dividends and accrued interest

   

2,755,362

     

2,345,772

     

286,895

     

26,140

     

129,194

     

159,502

   

Refundable foreign income taxes withheld

   

     

1,021

     

     

     

     

   

Adviser (Note 4)

   

     

     

     

     

     

   

Variation margin on futures contracts

   

1,478,386

     

     

     

     

637,921

     

   

Unrealized appreciation on forward foreign currency contracts

   

     

     

     

     

     

   

Prepaid expenses

   

5,425

     

9,841

     

8,577

     

5,033

     

8,307

     

9,883

   

Total assets

   

655,791,333

     

556,177,784

     

582,703,504

     

155,904,514

     

325,799,041

     

226,769,582

   
Liabilities                                                   

Due to custodian

   

426,359

     

     

     

     

212,760

     

   

Payable:

 

Fund shares repurchased

   

59,054

     

314,184

     

63,227

     

10,327

     

     

202,185

   

Investment securities purchased

   

176,857

     

6,010,283

     

964,184

     

1,648,748

     

88,428

     

   
Investment securities purchased on a when-issued or
forward – commitment basis (Note 2)
   

     

403,495

     

     

     

     

   

Investment securities purchased on a TBA basis (Note 2)

   

     

109,263,120

     

     

     

     

   

Adviser

   

432,439

     

240,472

     

424,662

     

140,944

     

219,054

     

101,372

   

Variation margin on futures contracts

   

     

6,044

     

     

     

     

   

Accrued expenses

   

130,960

     

221,286

     

86,538

     

62,480

     

66,916

     

74,262

   

Unrealized depreciation on forward foreign currency contracts

   

     

     

     

     

     

   

Options written at value4

   

93,550

     

     

     

     

8,520,450

     

   

Total liabilities

   

1,319,219

     

116,458,884

     

1,538,611

     

1,862,499

     

9,107,608

     

377,819

   

Net assets applicable to outstanding capital stock

 

$

654,472,114

   

$

439,718,900

   

$

581,164,893

   

$

154,042,015

   

$

316,691,433

   

$

226,391,763

   

Net Assets Consist of:

 

Paid in capital**

 

$

379,530,600

   

$

382,605,350

   

$

(73,466,061

)

 

$

15,151,946

   

$

255,406,623

   

$

226,389,698

   

Total distributable earnings

   

274,941,514

     

57,113,550

     

654,630,954

     

138,890,069

     

61,284,810

     

2,065

   

Net assets

 

$

654,472,114

   

$

439,718,900

   

$

581,164,893

   

$

154,042,015

   

$

316,691,433

   

$

226,391,763

   

Net assets by class:

 

Class 1

 

$

N/A

   

$

7,127,976

   

$

N/A

   

$

N/A

   

$

N/A

   

$

N/A

   

Class 2

   

654,472,114

     

432,590,924

     

581,164,893

     

154,042,015

     

316,691,433

     

226,391,763

   

Net asset value per share of outstanding capital stock by class:

 

Class 1

   

N/A

     

2.416

     

N/A

     

N/A

     

N/A

     

N/A

   

Class 2

   

20.249

     

2.330

     

34.495

     

21.920

     

13.132

     

1.000

   

* Identified cost

 

Unaffiliated issuers

 

$

374,490,825

   

$

549,296,024

   

$

334,596,890

   

$

142,497,198

   

$

274,397,637

   

$

226,600,197

   

Affiliated issuers

   

107,000,000

     

     

     

     

     

   

** Shares outstanding by class:

 

Class 1

   

N/A

     

2,950,437

     

N/A

     

N/A

     

N/A

     

N/A

   

Class 2

   

32,321,493

     

185,690,592

     

16,847,947

     

7,027,359

     

24,116,234

     

226,391,763

   
1​ Cash collateral for open futures contracts  

$

   

$

1,154,000

   

$

   

$

   

$

   

$

   
2​ Collateral for open foreign currency contracts  

$

   

$

   

$

   

$

   

$

   

$

   
3​ Foreign currency on deposit (cost)  

$

   

$

5

   

$

   

$

   

$

   

$

   
4​ Premiums received  

$

73,050

   

$

   

$

   

$

   

$

36,475

   

$

   

See accompanying notes to financial statements.
66


    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

 

$

211,114,291

   

$

1,150,272,780

   

$

78,817,670

   

$

119,795,531

   

$

189,327,620

   

$

117,351,580

   

Affiliated issuers (Note 8)

   

     

     

     

     

     

   

Cash on demand deposit

   

     

5,199

     

     

     

     

   

Due from broker1,3

   

     

     

1,009,211

     

     

     

   

Foreign currency on deposit2

   

     

     

25,057

     

     

     

   

Receivable:

 

Fund shares sold

   

     

     

644

     

38,756

     

     

   

Investment securities sold (including paydowns)

   

     

     

     

     

1,369,649

     

   
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

   

267,880

     

820,769

     

1,073,152

     

324,974

     

208,524

     

72,958

   

Refundable foreign income taxes withheld

   

     

     

3,643

     

     

3,043

     

   

Adviser (Note 4)

   

     

     

20,628

     

     

     

   

Variation margin on futures contracts

   

42,902

     

23,564

     

     

     

     

   

Unrealized appreciation on forward foreign currency contracts

   

     

     

339,200

     

     

     

   

Prepaid expenses

   

5,052

     

11,201

     

5,130

     

5,883

     

25,125

     

5,660

   

Total assets

   

211,430,125

     

1,151,133,513

     

81,294,335

     

120,165,144

     

190,933,961

     

117,430,198

   
Liabilities                                                   

Due to custodian

   

     

     

     

     

     

   

Payable:

 

Fund shares repurchased

   

104,174

     

127,452

     

46,637

     

35,345

     

53,313

     

49,199

   

Investment securities purchased

   

     

     

     

290,046

     

1,485,830

     

   
Investment securities purchased on a when-issued or
forward – commitment basis (Note 2)
   

     

     

     

     

     

   

Investment securities purchased on a TBA basis (Note 2)

   

     

     

     

     

     

   

Adviser

   

67,041

     

292,099

     

62,760

     

95,134

     

131,171

     

81,169

   

Variation margin on futures contracts

   

     

     

100,274

     

     

     

   

Accrued expenses

   

88,544

     

159,388

     

139,828

     

64,483

     

77,748

     

68,928

   

Unrealized depreciation on forward foreign currency contracts

   

     

     

1,697,780

     

     

     

   

Options written at value4

   

     

     

     

     

     

   

Total liabilities

   

259,759

     

578,939

     

2,047,279

     

485,008

     

1,748,062

     

199,296

   

Net assets applicable to outstanding capital stock

 

$

211,170,366

   

$

1,150,554,574

   

$

79,247,056

   

$

119,680,136

   

$

189,185,899

   

$

117,230,902

   

Net Assets Consist of:

 

Paid in capital**

 

$

(54,498,268

)

 

$

(132,899,502

)

 

$

94,236,642

   

$

(10,285,130

)

 

$

34,730,235

   

$

5,726,332

   

Total distributable earnings

   

265,668,634

     

1,283,454,076

     

(14,989,586

)

   

129,965,266

     

154,455,664

     

111,504,570

   

Net assets

 

$

211,170,366

   

$

1,150,554,574

   

$

79,247,056

   

$

119,680,136

   

$

189,185,899

   

$

117,230,902

   

Net assets by class:

 

Class 1

 

$

33,126,609

   

$

389,478,472

   

$

2,250,189

   

$

12,688,622

   

$

N/A

   

$

4,871,248

   

Class 2

   

178,043,757

     

761,076,102

     

76,996,867

     

106,991,514

     

189,185,899

     

112,359,654

   

Net asset value per share of outstanding capital stock by class:

 

Class 1

   

7.323

     

19.270

     

2.207

     

6.229

     

N/A

     

25.180

   

Class 2

   

7.062

     

18.586

     

2.129

     

6.007

     

20.704

     

24.600

   

* Identified cost

 

Unaffiliated issuers

 

$

156,033,310

   

$

383,154,495

   

$

79,532,876

   

$

124,932,083

   

$

177,665,050

   

$

77,285,300

   

Affiliated issuers

   

     

     

     

     

     

   

** Shares outstanding by class:

 

Class 1

   

4,523,833

     

20,211,214

     

1,019,543

     

2,037,101

     

N/A

     

193,492

   

Class 2

   

25,210,008

     

40,948,001

     

36,166,300

     

17,811,932

     

9,137,443

     

4,566,556

   
1​ Cash collateral for open futures contracts  

$

   

$

   

$

419,211

   

$

   

$

   

$

   
2​ Collateral for open foreign currency contracts  

$

   

$

   

$

590,000

   

$

   

$

   

$

   
3​ Foreign currency on deposit (cost)  

$

   

$

   

$

31,779

   

$

   

$

   

$

   
4​ Premiums received  

$

   

$

   

$

   

$

   

$

   

$

   


67


Securian Funds Trust

Statements of Operations

Six months ended June 30, 2023

(Unaudited)

    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
 

Income:

 

Interest1

 

$

5,555,953

   

$

9,596,720

   

$

   

$

   

$

   

$

4,620,016

   

Dividends1

   

1,873,840

     

238,843

     

2,024,536

     

508,061

     

4,644,709

     

590,671

   

Foreign tax withholding

   

     

     

(44,091

)

   

     

     

   

Total investment income

   

7,429,793

     

9,835,563

     

1,980,445

     

508,061

     

4,644,709

     

5,210,687

   

Expenses (Note 4):

 

Investment advisory fee

   

1,739,845

     

883,867

     

1,698,593

     

627,250

     

891,593

     

277,669

   

Rule 12b-1 fees

   

790,839

     

543,232

     

654,119

     

184,485

     

405,269

     

277,669

   

Audit and accounting services

   

119,965

     

141,919

     

75,249

     

55,860

     

63,770

     

63,303

   

Administrative services fee

   

20,359

     

23,483

     

18,276

     

18,276

     

20,359

     

30,252

   

Legal fees

   

15,847

     

15,847

     

15,847

     

15,847

     

15,847

     

15,847

   

Custodian fees

   

6,943

     

36,448

     

6,744

     

9,075

     

7,041

     

4,860

   

Printing and shareholder reports

   

4,369

     

4,369

     

4,369

     

4,369

     

4,369

     

4,259

   

Trustee's fees

   

23,716

     

23,716

     

23,716

     

23,716

     

23,716

     

23,716

   

S&P licensing fee

   

     

     

     

     

     

   

Insurance

   

6,407

     

6,407

     

6,407

     

6,407

     

6,407

     

6,407

   

Other

   

6,339

     

8,552

     

24,764

     

19,903

     

10,256

     

4,931

   

Total expenses before fees waived

   

2,734,629

     

1,687,840

     

2,528,084

     

965,188

     

1,448,627

     

708,913

   

Less fees waived (Note 4)

   

     

     

     

     

     

   

Total expenses net of fees waived

   

2,734,629

     

1,687,840

     

2,528,084

     

965,188

     

1,448,627

     

708,913

   

Net investment income (loss)

   

4,695,164

     

8,147,723

     

(547,639

)

   

(457,127

)

   

3,196,082

     

4,501,774

   
Realized gains (losses) on investments and foreign
currencies:
 

Investments (Note 3)

 

Unaffiliated issuers

   

(4,798,432

)

   

(6,805,632

)

   

24,732,142

     

1,969,456

     

1,380,985

     

   

Written options contracts

   

627,453

     

     

     

     

328,111

     

   

Foreign forward currency contracts

   

     

     

     

     

     

   

Foreign currency transactions

   

     

     

     

     

     

   

Net increase from litigation payments

   

     

6

     

     

73,049

     

     

   

Futures contracts

   

2,912,320

     

(851,027

)

   

     

     

(615,801

)

   

   

Net change in unrealized appreciation or depreciation on:

 

Investments

 

Unaffiliated issuers, net of foreign capital gains tax

   

10,473,435

     

10,444,214

     

103,658,146

     

15,215,666

     

6,682,377

     

   

Affiliated issuers (Note 8)

   

39,379,759

     

     

     

     

     

   

Written options contracts

   

(208,325

)

   

     

     

     

(8,583,729

)

   

   

Translation of assets and liabilities in foreign currency

   

     

     

     

     

     

   

Foreign forward currency contracts

   

     

     

     

     

     

   

Futures contracts

   

3,484,316

     

(1,785,944

)

   

     

     

1,880,160

     

   

Net gains (losses) on investments

   

51,870,526

     

1,001,617

     

128,390,288

     

17,258,171

     

1,072,103

     

   
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from
operations
 

$

56,565,690

   

$

9,149,340

   

$

127,842,649

   

$

16,801,044

   

$

4,268,185

   

$

4,501,774

   

1​  All income is from unaffiliated issuers.

See accompanying notes to financial statements.
68


    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

 

$

5,187

   

$

   

$

2,236,975

   

$

   

$

12,885

   

$

   

Dividends1

   

1,848,369

     

9,482,913

     

41,144

     

2,351,084

     

2,046,163

     

931,963

   

Foreign tax withholding

   

(1,681

)

   

(2,382

)

   

(3,401

)

   

     

(35,279

)

   

(3,528

)

 

Total investment income

   

1,851,875

     

9,480,531

     

2,274,718

     

2,351,084

     

2,023,769

     

928,435

   

Expenses (Note 4):

 

Investment advisory fee

   

151,488

     

773,278

     

238,215

     

410,181

     

598,278

     

353,792

   

Rule 12b-1 fees

   

214,686

     

878,574

     

96,594

     

131,867

     

228,926

     

134,297

   

Audit and accounting services

   

66,901

     

113,618

     

78,202

     

62,598

     

55,860

     

58,139

   

Administrative services fee

   

18,276

     

18,276

     

26,086

     

18,276

     

18,276

     

18,276

   

Legal fees

   

15,847

     

15,847

     

15,847

     

15,847

     

15,847

     

15,847

   

Custodian fees

   

7,388

     

7,388

     

17,803

     

6,297

     

29,356

     

7,240

   

Printing and shareholder reports

   

4,369

     

4,369

     

4,369

     

4,369

     

4,369

     

4,369

   

Trustee's fees

   

23,716

     

23,716

     

23,716

     

23,716

     

23,716

     

23,716

   

S&P licensing fee

   

8,728

     

30,249

     

     

     

     

   

Insurance

   

6,407

     

6,407

     

6,407

     

6,407

     

6,407

     

6,407

   

Other

   

4,899

     

14,617

     

22,634

     

13,924

     

19,870

     

4,006

   

Total expenses before fees waived

   

522,705

     

1,886,339

     

529,873

     

693,482

     

1,000,905

     

626,089

   

Less fees waived (Note 4)

   

     

     

(20,628

)

   

     

     

   

Total expenses net of fees waived

   

522,705

     

1,886,339

     

509,245

     

693,482

     

1,000,905

     

626,089

   

Net investment income (loss)

   

1,329,170

     

7,594,192

     

1,765,473

     

1,657,602

     

1,022,864

     

302,346

   
Realized gains (losses) on investments and foreign
currencies:
 

Investments (Note 3)

 

Unaffiliated issuers

   

1,587,363

     

3,105,320

     

(3,881,384

)

   

317,430

     

440,978

     

2,306,929

   

Written options contracts

   

     

     

     

     

     

   

Foreign forward currency contracts

   

     

     

(3,318,998

)

   

     

     

   

Foreign currency transactions

   

     

     

(23,501

)

   

     

(179

)

   

   

Net increase from litigation payments

   

5,389

     

2,118

     

     

     

     

4,089

   

Futures contracts

   

146,054

     

1,330,926

     

(187,364

)

   

     

     

   

Net change in unrealized appreciation or depreciation on:

 

Investments

 

Unaffiliated issuers, net of foreign capital gains tax

   

13,250,518

     

151,384,809

     

8,425,801

     

4,731,464

     

5,847,861

     

10,649,095

   

Affiliated issuers (Note 8)

   

     

     

     

     

     

   

Written options contracts

   

     

     

     

     

     

   

Translation of assets and liabilities in foreign currency

   

     

     

10,619

     

     

(328

)

   

   

Foreign forward currency contracts

   

     

     

381,033

     

     

     

   

Futures contracts

   

359,426

     

1,386,638

     

60,325

     

     

     

   

Net gains (losses) on investments

   

15,348,750

     

157,209,811

     

1,466,531

     

5,048,894

     

6,288,332

     

12,960,113

   
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from
operations
 

$

16,677,920

   

$

164,804,003

   

$

3,232,004

   

$

6,706,496

   

$

7,311,196

   

$

13,262,459

   


69


Securian Funds Trust

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

Six months ended June 30, 2023 and year ended December 31, 2022

(Unaudited)

    SFT
Balanced
Stabilization
Fund
  SFT
Core Bond
Fund
  SFT
Delaware
IvySM​ Growth
Fund
 
   

2023

 

2022

 

2023

 

2022

 

2023

 

2022

 

Operations:

 

Net investment income

 

$

4,695,164

   

$

4,639,081

   

$

8,147,723

   

$

11,294,202

   

$

(547,639

)

 

$

(1,486,308

)

 

Net realized gains (losses) on investments

   

(1,258,659

)

   

(381,723

)

   

(7,656,653

)

   

(37,913,887

)

   

24,732,142

     

22,834,638

   
Net change in unrealized appreciation or
depreciation of investments
   

53,129,185

     

(95,775,031

)

   

8,658,270

     

(48,246,895

)

   

103,658,146

     

(208,274,945

)

 
Net increase (decrease) in net assets
resulting from operations
   

56,565,690

     

(91,517,673

)

   

9,149,340

     

(74,866,580

)

   

127,842,649

     

(186,926,615

)

 

Distributions to shareholders:

 

From distributable earnings

 

Class 2

   

     

     

     

     

     

   

Decrease in net assets from distributions

   

     

     

     

     

     

   

Capital stock transactions:

 

Proceeds from sales

 

Class 1

   

     

     

908,450

     

3,230,634

     

     

   

Class 2

   

8,619,039

     

29,621,512

     

9,336,621

     

16,187,058

     

2,987,228

     

3,132,710

   

Value of distributions reinvested

 

Class 2

   

     

     

     

     

     

   

Payments for redemption of shares

 

Class 1

   

     

     

(1,245,399

)

   

(2,572,439

)

   

     

   

Class 2

   

(36,124,655

)

   

(42,234,628

)

   

(17,387,810

)

   

(33,351,620

)

   

(28,124,153

)

   

(43,183,443

)

 
Increase (decrease) in net assets from
capital stock transactions
   

(27,505,616

)

   

(12,613,116

)

   

(8,388,138

)

   

(16,506,367

)

   

(25,136,925

)

   

(40,050,733

)

 

Total increase (decrease) in net assets

   

29,060,074

     

(104,130,789

)

   

761,202

     

(91,372,947

)

   

102,705,724

     

(226,977,348

)

 

Net assets at beginning of period

   

625,412,040

     

729,542,829

     

438,957,698

     

530,330,645

     

478,459,169

     

705,436,517

   

Net assets at end of period

 

$

654,472,114

   

$

625,412,040

   

$

439,718,900

   

$

438,957,698

   

$

581,164,893

   

$

478,459,169

   

Capital share transactions:

 

Proceeds from sales

 

Class 1

   

     

     

373,984

     

1,322,960

     

     

   

Class 2

   

444,881

     

1,556,915

     

3,984,308

     

6,535,013

     

100,241

     

111,963

   

Issued on reinvestment of distributions

 

Class 2

   

     

     

     

     

     

   

Payments for redemption of shares

 

Class 1

   

     

     

(512,725

)

   

(1,055,792

)

   

     

   

Class 2

   

(1,868,314

)

   

(2,209,032

)

   

(7,418,674

)

   

(13,939,714

)

   

(907,766

)

   

(1,418,840

)

 

Net change from capital transactions

   

(1,423,433

)

   

(652,117

)

   

(3,573,107

)

   

(7,137,533

)

   

(807,525

)

   

(1,306,877

)

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.
70


    SFT
Delaware
IvySM​ Small
Cap Growth
Fund
  SFT
Equity
Stabilization
Fund
 
   

2023

 

2022

 

2023

 

2022

 

Operations:

 

Net investment income

 

$

(457,127

)

 

$

(1,335,605

)

 

$

3,196,082

   

$

4,349,329

   

Net realized gains (losses) on investments

   

2,042,505

     

1,221,094

     

1,093,295

     

529,532

   
Net change in unrealized appreciation or
depreciation of investments
   

15,215,666

     

(53,902,189

)

   

(21,192

)

   

(40,818,899

)

 
Net increase (decrease) in net assets
resulting from operations
   

16,801,044

     

(54,016,700

)

   

4,268,185

     

(35,940,038

)

 

Distributions to shareholders:

 

From distributable earnings

 

Class 2

   

     

     

     

   

Decrease in net assets from distributions

   

     

     

     

   

Capital stock transactions:

 

Proceeds from sales

 

Class 1

   

     

     

     

   

Class 2

   

1,498,323

     

2,356,271

     

1,634,862

     

14,861,373

   

Value of distributions reinvested

 

Class 2

   

     

     

     

   

Payments for redemption of shares

 

Class 1

   

     

     

     

   

Class 2

   

(5,395,144

)

   

(11,868,005

)

   

(17,556,616

)

   

(22,909,068

)

 
Increase (decrease) in net assets from
capital stock transactions
   

(3,896,821

)

   

(9,511,734

)

   

(15,921,754

)

   

(8,047,695

)

 

Total increase (decrease) in net assets

   

12,904,223

     

(63,528,434

)

   

(11,653,569

)

   

(43,987,733

)

 

Net assets at beginning of period

   

141,137,792

     

204,666,226

     

328,345,002

     

372,332,735

   

Net assets at end of period

 

$

154,042,015

   

$

141,137,792

   

$

316,691,433

   

$

328,345,002

   

Capital share transactions:

 

Proceeds from sales

 

Class 1

   

     

     

     

   

Class 2

   

71,427

     

109,498

     

124,471

     

1,134,473

   

Issued on reinvestment of distributions

 

Class 2

   

     

     

     

   

Payments for redemption of shares

 

Class 1

   

     

     

     

   

Class 2

   

(259,349

)

   

(545,360

)

   

(1,326,327

)

   

(1,739,173

)

 

Net change from capital transactions

   

(187,922

)

   

(435,862

)

   

(1,201,856

)

   

(604,700

)

 


71


Securian Funds Trust

Statements of Changes in Net Assets – continued

Six months ended June 30, 2023 and year ended December 31, 2022

(Unaudited)

    SFT
Government
Money Market
Fund
  SFT
Index 400
Mid-Cap
Fund
  SFT
Index 500
Fund
 
   

2023

 

2022

 

2023

 

2022

 

2023

 

2022

 

Operations:

 

Net investment income

 

$

4,501,774

   

$

2,534,989

   

$

1,329,170

   

$

2,005,068

   

$

7,594,192

   

$

13,300,175

   

Net realized gains (losses) on investments

   

     

     

1,738,806

     

6,741,985

     

4,438,364

     

9,481,147

   
Net change in unrealized appreciation or
depreciation of investments
   

     

     

13,609,944

     

(40,506,111

)

   

152,771,447

     

(247,853,625

)

 
Net increase (decrease) in net assets
resulting from operations
   

4,501,774

     

2,534,989

     

16,677,920

     

(31,759,058

)

   

164,804,003

     

(225,072,303

)

 

Distributions to shareholders:

 

From distributable earnings

 

Class 2

   

(4,501,774

)

   

(2,534,989

)

   

     

     

     

   

Decrease in net assets from distributions

   

(4,501,774

)

   

(2,534,989

)

   

     

     

     

   

Capital stock transactions:

 

Proceeds from sales

 

Class 1

   

     

     

2,949,909

     

7,357,506

     

13,888,203

     

30,015,096

   

Class 2

   

15,555,467

     

84,358,046

     

4,483,043

     

2,800,098

     

15,502,093

     

18,902,724

   

Value of distributions reinvested

 

Class 2

   

4,501,774

     

2,534,989

     

     

     

     

   

Payments for redemption of shares

 

Class 1

   

     

     

(767,616

)

   

(747,878

)

   

(1,907,295

)

   

(4,441,720

)

 

Class 2

   

(16,147,276

)

   

(61,489,586

)

   

(9,840,916

)

   

(13,137,316

)

   

(29,316,229

)

   

(59,775,837

)

 
Increase (decrease) in net assets from
capital stock transactions
   

3,909,965

     

25,403,449

     

(3,175,580

)

   

(3,727,590

)

   

(1,833,228

)

   

(15,299,737

)

 

Total increase (decrease) in net assets

   

3,909,965

     

25,403,449

     

13,502,340

     

(35,486,648

)

   

162,970,775

     

(240,372,040

)

 

Net assets at beginning of period

   

222,481,798

     

197,078,349

     

197,668,026

     

233,154,674

     

987,583,799

     

1,227,955,839

   

Net assets at end of period

 

$

226,391,763

   

$

222,481,798

   

$

211,170,366

   

$

197,668,026

   

$

1,150,554,574

   

$

987,583,799

   

Capital share transactions:

 

Proceeds from sales

 

Class 1

   

     

     

423,980

     

1,065,896

     

783,339

     

1,712,141

   

Class 2

   

15,555,467

     

84,358,046

     

673,299

     

422,867

     

913,129

     

1,128,392

   

Issued on reinvestment of distributions

 

Class 2

   

4,501,774

     

2,534,989

     

     

     

     

   

Payments for redemption of shares

 

Class 1

   

     

     

(107,843

)

   

(110,879

)

   

(107,755

)

   

(263,959

)

 

Class 2

   

(16,147,276

)

   

(61,489,586

)

   

(1,455,983

)

   

(2,001,142

)

   

(1,707,981

)

   

(3,521,706

)

 

Net change from capital transactions

   

3,909,965

     

25,403,449

     

(466,547

)

   

(623,258

)

   

(119,268

)

   

(945,132

)

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.
72


  SFT
International Bond
Fund
  SFT
Real Estate
Securities
Fund
 
   

2023

 

2022

 

2023

 

2022

 

Operations:

 

Net investment income

 

$

1,765,473

   

$

2,019,613

   

$

1,657,602

   

$

1,919,382

   

Net realized gains (losses) on investments

   

(7,411,247

)

   

(2,691,176

)

   

317,430

     

11,797,899

   
Net change in unrealized appreciation or
depreciation of investments
   

8,877,778

     

(9,116,758

)

   

4,731,464

     

(55,799,207

)

 
Net increase (decrease) in net assets
resulting from operations
   

3,232,004

     

(9,788,321

)

   

6,706,496

     

(42,081,926

)

 

Distributions to shareholders:

 

From distributable earnings

 

Class 2

   

     

     

     

   

Decrease in net assets from distributions

   

     

     

     

   

Capital stock transactions:

 

Proceeds from sales

 

Class 1

   

512,175

     

354,918

     

1,733,123

     

2,477,049

   

Class 2

   

727,156

     

6,220,821

     

2,039,995

     

2,620,143

   

Value of distributions reinvested

 

Class 2

   

     

     

     

   

Payments for redemption of shares

 

Class 1

   

(60,885

)

   

(215,972

)

   

(981,087

)

   

(983,199

)

 

Class 2

   

(3,645,637

)

   

(8,842,598

)

   

(5,576,710

)

   

(20,081,328

)

 
Increase (decrease) in net assets from
capital stock transactions
   

(2,467,191

)

   

(2,482,831

)

   

(2,784,679

)

   

(15,967,335

)

 

Total increase (decrease) in net assets

   

764,813

     

(12,271,152

)

   

3,921,817

     

(58,049,261

)

 

Net assets at beginning of period

   

78,482,243

     

90,753,395

     

115,758,319

     

173,807,580

   

Net assets at end of period

 

$

79,247,056

   

$

78,482,243

   

$

119,680,136

   

$

115,758,319

   

Capital share transactions:

 

Proceeds from sales

 

Class 1

   

234,145

     

160,173

     

286,406

     

391,287

   

Class 2

   

347,891

     

2,857,112

     

347,747

     

450,796

   

Issued on reinvestment of distributions

 

Class 2

   

     

     

     

   

Payments for redemption of shares

 

Class 1

   

(27,908

)

   

(98,419

)

   

(154,304

)

   

(144,006

)

 

Class 2

   

(1,726,062

)

   

(4,146,064

)

   

(933,345

)

   

(2,886,927

)

 

Net change from capital transactions

   

(1,171,934

)

   

(1,227,198

)

   

(453,496

)

   

(2,188,850

)

 


73


Securian Funds Trust

Statements of Changes in Net Assets – continued

Six months ended June 30, 2023 and year ended December 31, 2022

(Unaudited)

    SFT
T. Rowe Price
Value
Fund
  SFT
Wellington
Core Equity
Fund
 
   

2023

 

2022

 

2023

 

2022

 

Operations:

 

Net investment income

 

$

1,022,864

   

$

1,772,026

   

$

302,346

   

$

460,593

   

Net realized gains (losses) on investments

   

440,799

     

8,300,227

     

2,311,018

     

3,374,122

   
Net change in unrealized appreciation or
depreciation of investments
   

5,847,533

     

(37,095,689

)

   

10,649,095

     

(31,436,967

)

 
Net increase (decrease) in net assets
resulting from operations
   

7,311,196

     

(27,023,436

)

   

13,262,459

     

(27,602,252

)

 

Distributions to shareholders:

 

From distributable earnings

 

Class 2

   

     

     

     

   

Decrease in net assets from distributions

   

     

     

     

   

Capital stock transactions:

 

Proceeds from sales

 

Class 1

   

     

     

632,352

     

2,003,044

   

Class 2

   

3,074,799

     

3,145,151

     

1,368,613

     

644,745

   

Value of distributions reinvested

 

Class 2

   

     

     

     

   

Payments for redemption of shares

 

Class 1

   

     

     

(131,996

)

   

(549,192

)

 

Class 2

   

(6,309,333

)

   

(30,345,304

)

   

(6,664,508

)

   

(10,492,245

)

 
Increase (decrease) in net assets from
capital stock transactions
   

(3,234,534

)

   

(27,200,153

)

   

(4,795,539

)

   

(8,393,648

)

 

Total increase (decrease) in net assets

   

4,076,662

     

(54,223,589

)

   

8,466,920

     

(35,995,900

)

 

Net assets at beginning of period

   

185,109,237

     

239,332,826

     

108,763,982

     

144,759,882

   

Net assets at end of period

 

$

189,185,899

   

$

185,109,237

   

$

117,230,902

   

$

108,763,982

   

Capital share transactions:

 

Proceeds from sales

 

Class 1

   

     

     

27,219

     

86,449

   

Class 2

   

154,103

     

156,376

     

59,610

     

28,079

   

Issued on reinvestment of distributions

 

Class 2

   

     

     

     

   

Payments for redemption of shares

 

Class 1

   

     

     

(5,561

)

   

(23,633

)

 

Class 2

   

(316,159

)

   

(1,478,169

)

   

(287,192

)

   

(450,239

)

 

Net change from capital transactions

   

(162,056

)

   

(1,321,793

)

   

(205,924

)

   

(359,344

)

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.
74


Securian Funds Trust
Financial Highlights

SFT Balanced Stabilization Fund

   

Class 2 Shares

 
    Six months
ended
June 30,
2023
 

Year ended December 31,

 
   

(unaudited)

 

2022

 

2021

 

2020

 

2019

 

2018

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

 

$

18.534

   

$

21.210

   

$

18.697

   

$

16.892

   

$

13.983

   

$

14.401

   

Income from investment operations:

 

Net investment income (a)

   

.142

     

.136

     

.019

     

.082

     

.185

     

.162

   
Net realized and unrealized
gain(loss) on investments
   

1.573

     

(2.812

)

   

2.494

     

1.723

     

2.724

     

(.580

)

 

Total from investment operations

   

1.715

     

(2.676

)

   

2.513

     

1.805

     

2.909

     

(.418

)

 

Net asset value, end of period

 

$

20.249

   

$

18.534

   

$

21.210

   

$

18.697

   

$

16.892

   

$

13.983

   

Total return (b)

   

9.26

%

   

(12.62

)%

   

13.46

%

   

10.67

%

   

20.81

%

   

(2.90

)%

 

Net assets, end of period (in thousands)

 

$

654,472

   

$

625,412

   

$

729,543

   

$

678,188

   

$

577,805

   

$

415,233

   

Ratios to average net assets:

 

Expenses before waiver (c)

   

.86

%(d)

   

.86

%

   

.85

%

   

.86

%

   

.90

%

   

.98

%

 

Expenses (c)

   

.86

%(d)

   

.86

%

   

.84

%(e)

   

.80

%(e)

   

.80

%(e)

   

.80

%(e)

 

Net investment income

   

1.48

%(d)

   

.71

%

   

.10

%

   

.48

%

   

1.18

%

   

1.12

%

 
Portfolio turnover rate (excluding
short-term securities)
   

1.5

%(f)

   

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. For periods less than one year, total return presented has not been annualized.

(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)  Adjusted to an annual basis.

(e)  Ratio is net of fees waived by the advisor and distributor (see Note 4).

(f)  Not Annualized.


75


Securian Funds Trust
Financial Highlights – continued

SFT Core Bond Fund

   

Class 1 Shares

 
    Six months
ended
June 30,
2023
 

Year ended December 31,

 
   

(unaudited)

 

2022

 

2021

 

2020

 

2019

 

2018

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

 

$

2.364

   

$

2.747

   

$

2.755

   

$

2.571

   

$

2.355

   

$

2.368

   

Income from investment operations:

 

Net investment income (a)

   

.047

     

.065

     

.056

     

.067

     

.078

     

.077

   
Net realized and unrealized gain(loss)
on investments
   

.005

     

(.448

)

   

(.064

)

   

.117

     

.138

     

(.090

)

 

Total from investment operations

   

.052

     

(.383

)

   

(.008

)

   

.184

     

.216

     

(.013

)

 

Net asset value, end of period

 

$

2.416

   

$

2.364

   

$

2.747

   

$

2.755

   

$

2.571

   

$

2.355

   

Total return (b)

   

2.20

%

   

(13.93

)%

   

(0.29

)%

   

7.15

%

   

9.18

%

   

(0.59

)%

 

Net assets, end of period (in thousands)

 

$

7,128

   

$

7,303

   

$

7,751

   

$

5,530

   

$

5,060

   

$

3,640

   

Ratios to average net assets:

 

Expenses (c)

   

.52

%(d)

   

.50

%

   

.49

%

   

.48

%

   

.49

%

   

.50

%

 

Net investment income

   

3.93

%(d)

   

2.62

%

   

2.03

%

   

2.52

%

   

3.11

%

   

3.29

%

 
Portfolio turnover rate (excluding
short-term securities)
   

99.1

%(e)

   

139.2

%

   

67.3

%

   

93.0

%

   

130.4

%

   

151.1

%

 
   

Class 2 Shares

 
    Six months
ended
June 30,
2023
 

Year ended December 31,

 
   

(unaudited)

 

2022

 

2021

 

2020

 

2019

 

2018

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

 

$

2.282

   

$

2.659

   

$

2.673

   

$

2.501

   

$

2.297

   

$

2.316

   

Income from investment operations:

 

Net investment income (a)

   

.043

     

.057

     

.047

     

.059

     

.070

     

.069

   
Net realized and unrealized gain(loss)
on investments
   

.005

     

(.434

)

   

(.061

)

   

.113

     

.134

     

(.088

)

 

Total from investment operations

   

.048

     

(.377

)

   

(.014

)

   

.172

     

.204

     

(.019

)

 

Net asset value, end of period

 

$

2.330

   

$

2.282

   

$

2.659

   

$

2.673

   

$

2.501

   

$

2.297

   

Total return (b)

   

2.07

%

   

(14.17

)%

   

(0.54

)%

   

6.88

%

   

8.90

%

   

(0.84

)%

 

Net assets, end of period (in thousands)

 

$

432,591

   

$

431,655

   

$

522,580

   

$

491,483

   

$

482,818

   

$

434,229

   

Ratios to average net assets:

 

Expenses (c)

   

.77

%(d)

   

.75

%

   

.74

%

   

.73

%

   

.74

%

   

.75

%

 

Net investment income

   

3.68

%(d)

   

2.38

%

   

1.78

%

   

2.28

%

   

2.87

%

   

3.04

%

 
Portfolio turnover rate (excluding
short-term securities)
   

99.1

%(e)

   

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. For periods less than one year, total return presented has not been annualized.

(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)  Adjusted to an annual basis.

(e)  Not Annualized.


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SFT Delaware IvySM​ Growth Fund

   

Class 2 Shares

 
    Six months
ended
June 30,
2023
 

Year ended December 31,

 
   

(unaudited)

 

2022

 

2021

 

2020

 

2019

 

2018

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

 

$

27.100

   

$

37.202

   

$

28.554

   

$

21.848

   

$

16.007

   

$

15.662

   

Income from investment operations:

 

Net investment income (loss) (a)

   

(.032

)

   

(.082

)

   

(.124

)

   

(.038

)

   

(.005

)

   

.008

   
Net realized and unrealized gain(loss)
on investments
   

7.427

     

(10.020

)

   

8.772

     

6.744

     

5.846

     

.337

   

Total from investment operations

   

7.395

     

(10.102

)

   

8.648

     

6.706

     

5.841

     

.345

   

Net asset value, end of period

 

$

34.495

   

$

27.100

   

$

37.202

   

$

28.554

   

$

21.848

   

$

16.007

   

Total return (b)

   

27.29

%

   

(27.15

)%

   

30.29

%

   

30.69

%

   

36.49

%

   

2.21

%

 

Net assets, end of period (in thousands)

 

$

581,165

   

$

478,459

   

$

705,437

   

$

606,247

   

$

544,843

   

$

453,883

   

Ratios to average net assets:

 

Expenses (c)

   

.97

%(d)

   

.96

%

   

.96

%

   

.97

%

   

.98

%

   

.97

%

 

Net investment income (loss)

   

(.21

)%(d)

   

(.27

)%

   

(.38

)%

   

(.16

)%

   

(.03

)%

   

.04

%

 
Portfolio turnover rate (excluding
short-term securities)
   

6.9

%(e)

   

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. For periods less than one year, total return presented has not been annualized.

(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)  Adjusted to an annual basis.

(e)  Not Annualized.


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SFT Delaware IvySM​ Small Cap Growth Fund

   

Class 2 Shares

 
    Six months
ended
June 30,
2023
 

Year ended December 31,

 
   

(unaudited)

 

2022

 

2021

 

2020

 

2019

 

2018

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

 

$

19.561

   

$

26.750

   

$

25.579

   

$

18.772

   

$

15.181

   

$

15.802

   

Income from investment operations:

 

Net investment loss (a)

   

(.064

)

   

(.179

)

   

(.233

)

   

(.161

)

   

(.146

)

   

(.102

)

 
Net realized and unrealized gain(loss)
on investments
   

2.423

     

(7.010

)

   

1.404

     

6.968

     

3.737

     

(.519

)

 

Total from investment operations

   

2.359

     

(7.189

)

   

1.171

     

6.807

     

3.591

     

(.621

)

 

Net asset value, end of period

 

$

21.920

   

$

19.561

   

$

26.750

   

$

25.579

   

$

18.772

   

$

15.181

   

Total return (b)

   

12.06

%

   

(26.87

)%

   

4.58

%

   

36.26

%

   

23.66

%

   

(3.93

)%

 

Net assets, end of period (in thousands)

 

$

154,042

   

$

141,138

   

$

204,666

   

$

211,834

   

$

176,721

   

$

163,367

   

Ratios to average net assets:

 

Expenses (c)

   

1.31

%(d)

   

1.27

%

   

1.23

%

   

1.24

%

   

1.23

%

   

1.21

%

 

Net investment loss

   

(.62

)%(d)

   

(.82

)%

   

(.84

)%

   

(.83

)%

   

(.81

)%

   

(.59

)%

 
Portfolio turnover rate (excluding
short-term securities)
   

34.3

%(e)

   

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. For periods less than one year, total return presented has not been annualized.

(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)  Adjusted to an annual basis.

(e)  Not Annualized.


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SFT Equity Stabilization Fund

   

Class 2 Shares

 
    Six months
ended
June 30,
2023
 

Year ended December 31,

 
   

(unaudited)

 

2022

 

2021

 

2020

 

2019

 

2018

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

 

$

12.969

   

$

14.363

   

$

12.804

   

$

13.527

   

$

11.594

   

$

12.195

   

Income from investment operations:

 

Net investment income (a)

   

.129

     

.169

     

.154

     

.173

     

.275

     

.220

   
Net realized and unrealized gain(loss)
on investments
   

.034

     

(1.563

)

   

1.405

     

(.896

)

   

1.658

     

(.821

)

 

Total from investment operations

   

.163

     

(1.394

)

   

1.559

     

(.723

)

   

1.933

     

(.601

)

 

Net asset value, end of period

 

$

13.132

   

$

12.969

   

$

14.363

   

$

12.804

   

$

13.527

   

$

11.594

   

Total return (b)

   

3.97

%

   

(9.71

)%

   

12.18

%

   

(5.35

)%

   

16.67

%

   

(4.93

)%

 

Net assets, end of period (in thousands)

 

$

316,691

   

$

328,345

   

$

372,333

   

$

355,582

   

$

390,478

   

$

298,485

   

Ratios to average net assets:

 

Expenses before waiver (c)

   

.89

%(d)

   

.88

%

   

.87

%

   

.88

%

   

.90

%

   

.97

%

 

Expenses (c)

   

.89

%(d)

   

.88

%

   

.85

%(e)

   

.80

%(e)

   

.80

%(e)

   

.80

%(e)

 

Net investment income

   

1.97

%(d)

   

1.28

%

   

1.13

%

   

1.38

%

   

2.17

%

   

1.82

%

 
Portfolio turnover rate (excluding
short-term securities)
   

0.6

%(f)

   

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. For periods less than one year, total return presented has not been annualized.

(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)  Adjusted to an annual basis.

(e)  Ratio is net of fees waived by the advisor and distributor (see Note 4).

(f)  Not Annualized.


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SFT Government Money Market Fund

   

Class 2 Shares

 
    Six months
ended
June 30,
2023
 

Year ended December 31,

 
   

(unaudited)

 

2022

 

2021

 

2020

 

2019

 

2018

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

 

$

1.000

   

$

1.000

   

$

1.000

   

$

1.000

   

$

1.000

   

$

1.000

   

Income from investment operations:

 

Net investment income (a)

   

.020

     

.011

     

     

.002

     

.015

     

.012

   
Net realized and unrealized
gain on investments
   

     

     

     

     

     

   

Total from investment operations

   

.020

     

.011

     

     

.002

     

.015

     

.012

   

Less distributions:

 
Distributions from net
investment income
   

(.020

)

   

(.011

)

   

     

(.002

)

   

(.015

)

   

(.012

)

 

Net asset value, end of period

 

$

1.000

   

$

1.000

   

$

1.000

   

$

1.000

   

$

1.000

   

$

1.000

   

Total return (b)

   

2.03

%

   

1.12

%

   

%

   

0.21

%

   

1.50

%

   

1.18

%

 

Net assets, end of period (in thousands)

 

$

226,392

   

$

222,482

   

$

197,078

   

$

196,877

   

$

188,351

   

$

72,761

   

Ratios to average net assets:

 

Expenses before waiver

   

.64

%(c)

   

.64

%

   

.66

%

   

.68

%

   

.83

%

   

.90

%

 

Expenses (d)

   

.64

%(c)

   

.48

%(e)

   

.04

%(e)

   

.29

%(e)

   

.70

%(e)

   

.70

%(e)

 

Net investment income

   

4.05

%(c)

   

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. For periods less than one year, total return presented has not been annualized.

(c)  Adjusted to an annual basis.

(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.

(e)  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

 
    Six months
ended
June 30,
2023
 

Year ended December 31,

 
   

(unaudited)

 

2022

 

2021

 

2020

 

2019

 

2018

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

 

$

6.745

   

$

7.786

   

$

6.264

   

$

5.527

   

$

4.392

   

$

4.955

   

Income from investment operations:

 

Net investment income (a)

   

.054

     

.084

     

.068

     

.065

     

.067

     

.065

   
Net realized and unrealized gain(loss)
on investments
   

.524

     

(1.125

)

   

1.454

     

.672

     

1.068

     

(.628

)

 

Total from investment operations

   

.578

     

(1.041

)

   

1.522

     

.737

     

1.135

     

(.563

)

 

Net asset value, end of period

 

$

7.323

   

$

6.745

   

$

7.786

   

$

6.264

   

$

5.527

   

$

4.392

   

Total return (b)

   

8.57

%

   

(13.38

)%

   

24.30

%

   

13.34

%

   

25.82

%

   

(11.36

)%

 

Net assets, end of period (in thousands)

 

$

33,127

   

$

28,379

   

$

25,327

   

$

15,838

   

$

12,088

   

$

7,662

   

Ratios to average net assets:

 

Expenses (c)

   

.31

%(d)

   

.30

%

   

.28

%

   

.31

%

   

.29

%

   

.27

%

 

Net investment income

   

1.54

%(d)

   

1.22

%

   

.93

%

   

1.27

%

   

1.31

%

   

1.29

%

 
Portfolio turnover rate (excluding
short-term securities)
   

9.4

%(e)

   

15.0

%

   

15.3

%

   

14.4

%

   

15.1

%

   

14.6

%

 
   

Class 2 Shares

 
    Six months
ended
June 30,
2023
 

Year ended December 31,

 
   

(unaudited)

 

2022

 

2021

 

2020

 

2019

 

2018

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

 

$

6.513

   

$

7.538

   

$

6.079

   

$

5.377

   

$

4.284

   

$

4.845

   

Income from investment operations:

 

Net investment income (a)

   

.043

     

.063

     

.050

     

.050

     

.054

     

.050

   
Net realized and unrealized gain(loss)
on investments
   

.506

     

(1.088

)

   

1.409

     

.652

     

1.039

     

(.611

)

 

Total from investment operations

   

.549

     

(1.025

)

   

1.459

     

.702

     

1.093

     

(.561

)

 

Net asset value, end of period

 

$

7.062

   

$

6.513

   

$

7.538

   

$

6.079

   

$

5.377

   

$

4.284

   

Total return (b)

   

8.44

%

   

(13.60

)%

   

23.99

%

   

13.06

%

   

25.51

%

   

(11.58

)%

 

Net assets, end of period (in thousands)

 

$

178,043

   

$

169,289

   

$

207,828

   

$

188,333

   

$

186,108

   

$

182,703

   

Ratios to average net assets:

 

Expenses (c)

   

.55

%(d)

   

.55

%

   

.53

%

   

.56

%

   

.54

%

   

.52

%

 

Net investment income

   

1.28

%(d)

   

.94

%

   

.71

%

   

1.02

%

   

1.09

%

   

1.03

%

 
Portfolio turnover rate (excluding
short-term securities)
   

9.4

%(e)

   

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. For periods less than one year, total return presented has not been annualized.

(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)  Adjusted to an annual basis.

(e)  Not Annualized.


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SFT Index 500 Fund

   

Class 1 Shares

 
    Six months
ended
June 30,
2023
 

Year ended December 31,

 
   

(unaudited)

 

2022

 

2021

 

2020

 

2019

 

2018

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

 

$

16.502

   

$

20.191

   

$

15.732

   

$

13.309

   

$

10.144

   

$

10.629

   

Income from investment operations:

 

Net investment income (a)

   

.138

     

.251

     

.215

     

.217

     

.215

     

.192

   
Net realized and unrealized gain(loss)
on investments
   

2.630

     

(3.940

)

   

4.244

     

2.206

     

2.950

     

(.677

)

 

Total from investment operations

   

2.768

     

(3.689

)

   

4.459

     

2.423

     

3.165

     

(.485

)

 

Net asset value, end of period

 

$

19.270

   

$

16.502

   

$

20.191

   

$

15.732

   

$

13.309

   

$

10.144

   

Total return (b)

   

16.78

%

   

(18.27

)%

   

28.35

%

   

18.20

%

   

31.20

%

   

(4.56

)%

 

Net assets, end of period (in thousands)

 

$

389,479

   

$

322,375

   

$

365,210

   

$

272,088

   

$

224,410

   

$

164,095

   

Ratios to average net assets:

 

Expenses (c)

   

.19

%(d)

   

.19

%

   

.19

%

   

.20

%

   

.20

%

   

.20

%

 

Net investment income

   

1.57

%(d)

   

1.44

%

   

1.19

%

   

1.62

%

   

1.81

%

   

1.74

%

 
Portfolio turnover rate (excluding
short-term securities)
   

0.7

%(e)

   

2.1

%

   

2.3

%

   

3.3

%

   

2.6

%

   

2.4

%

 
   

Class 2 Shares

 
    Six months
ended
June 30,
2023
 

Year ended December 31,

 
   

(unaudited)

 

2022

 

2021

 

2020

 

2019

 

2018

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

 

$

15.936

   

$

19.547

   

$

15.268

   

$

12.949

   

$

9.894

   

$

10.393

   

Income from investment operations:

 

Net investment income (a)

   

.112

     

.200

     

.164

     

.179

     

.181

     

.160

   
Net realized and unrealized gain(loss)
on investments
   

2.538

     

(3.811

)

   

4.115

     

2.140

     

2.874

     

(.659

)

 

Total from investment operations

   

2.650

     

(3.611

)

   

4.279

     

2.319

     

3.055

     

(.499

)

 

Net asset value, end of period

 

$

18.586

   

$

15.936

   

$

19.547

   

$

15.268

   

$

12.949

   

$

9.894

   

Total return (b)

   

16.63

%

   

(18.47

)%

   

28.03

%

   

17.91

%

   

30.88

%

   

(4.80

)%

 

Net assets, end of period (in thousands)

 

$

761,076

   

$

665,209

   

$

862,746

   

$

731,356

   

$

689,994

   

$

630,692

   

Ratios to average net assets:

 

Expenses (c)

   

.44

%(d)

   

.44

%

   

.44

%

   

.45

%

   

.45

%

   

.45

%

 

Net investment income

   

1.32

%(d)

   

1.18

%

   

.94

%

   

1.38

%

   

1.56

%

   

1.49

%

 
Portfolio turnover rate (excluding
short-term securities)
   

0.7

%(e)

   

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. For periods less than one year, total return presented has not been annualized.

(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)  Adjusted to an annual basis.

(e)  Not Annualized.


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SFT International Bond Fund

   

Class 1 Shares

 
    Six months
ended
June 30,
2023
 

Year ended December 31,

 
   

(unaudited)

 

2022

 

2021

 

2020

 

2019

 

2018

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

 

$

2.116

   

$

2.367

   

$

2.458

   

$

2.620

   

$

2.570

   

$

2.533

   

Income from investment operations:

 

Net investment income (a)

   

.050

     

.059

     

.028

     

.035

     

.116

     

.091

   
Net realized and unrealized gain(loss)
on investments
   

.041

     

(.310

)

   

(.119

)

   

(.197

)

   

(.066

)

   

(.054

)

 

Total from investment operations

   

.091

     

(.251

)

   

(.091

)

   

(.162

)

   

.050

     

.037

   

Net asset value, end of period

 

$

2.207

   

$

2.116

   

$

2.367

   

$

2.458

   

$

2.620

   

$

2.570

   

Total return (b)

   

3.92

%

   

(10.59

)%(c)

   

(3.70

)%(c)

   

(6.18

)%(c)

   

1.93

%

   

1.46

%

 

Net assets, end of period (in thousands)

 

$

2,250

   

$

1,721

   

$

1,779

   

$

1,531

   

$

1,396

   

$

1,237

   

Ratios to average net assets:

 

Expenses (d)

   

1.09

%(e)

   

1.03

%

   

1.04

%

   

.98

%

   

1.01

%

   

.95

%

 

Net investment income

   

4.66

%(e)

   

2.66

%

   

1.16

%

   

1.40

%

   

4.43

%

   

3.57

%

 
Portfolio turnover rate (excluding
short-term securities)
   

61.3

%(f)

   

108.7

%

   

124.2

%

   

62.1

%

   

23.4

%

   

20.4

%

 
   

Class 2 Shares

 
    Six months
ended
June 30,
2023
 

Year ended December 31,

 
   

(unaudited)

 

2022

 

2021

 

2020

 

2019

 

2018

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

 

$

2.045

   

$

2.291

   

$

2.385

   

$

2.549

   

$

2.507

   

$

2.477

   

Income from investment operations:

 

Net investment income (a)

   

.047

     

.051

     

.021

     

.028

     

.108

     

.082

   
Net realized and unrealized gain(loss)
on investments
   

.037

     

(.297

)

   

(.115

)

   

(.192

)

   

(.066

)

   

(.052

)

 

Total from investment operations

   

.084

     

(.246

)

   

(.094

)

   

(.164

)

   

.042

     

.030

   

Net asset value, end of period

 

$

2.129

   

$

2.045

   

$

2.291

   

$

2.385

   

$

2.549

   

$

2.507

   

Total return (b)

   

3.82

%

   

(10.76

)%(c)

   

3.94

%(c)

   

(6.43

)%(c)

   

1.68

%

   

1.21

%

 

Net assets, end of period (in thousands)

 

$

76,997

   

$

76,761

   

$

88,974

   

$

89,624

   

$

99,019

   

$

103,430

   

Ratios to average net assets:

 

Expenses before waiver (d)

   

1.34

%(e)

   

1.28

%

   

1.29

%

   

1.23

%

   

1.26

%

   

1.20

%

 

Expenses (d)

   

1.29

%(e)(g)

   

1.28

%

   

1.29

%

   

1.23

%

   

1.26

%

   

1.20

%

 

Net investment income

   

4.44

%(e)

   

2.38

%

   

.91

%

   

1.15

%

   

4.20

%

   

3.32

%

 
Portfolio turnover rate (excluding
short-term securities)
   

61.3

%(f)

   

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. For periods less than one year, total return presented has not been annualized.

(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.

(e)  Adjusted to an annual basis.

(f)  Not Annualized.

(g)  Ratio is net of fees waived by the advisor and distributor (see Note 4).


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SFT Real Estate Securities Fund

   

Class 1 Shares

 
    Six months
ended
June 30,
2023
 

Year ended December 31,

 
   

(unaudited)

 

2022

 

2021

 

2020

 

2019

 

2018

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

 

$

5.885

   

$

7.964

   

$

5.515

   

$

5.661

   

$

4.534

   

$

4.781

   

Income from investment operations:

 

Net investment income (a)

   

.093

     

.114

     

.061

     

.087

     

.096

     

.085

   
Net realized and unrealized gain(loss)
on investments
   

.251

     

(2.193

)

   

2.388

     

(.233

)

   

1.031

     

(.332

)

 

Total from investment operations

   

.344

     

(2.079

)

   

2.449

     

(.146

)

   

1.127

     

(.247

)

 

Net asset value, end of period

 

$

6.229

   

$

5.885

   

$

7.964

   

$

5.515

   

$

5.661

   

$

4.534

   

Total return (b)

   

5.83

%

   

(26.10

)%

   

44.41

%

   

(2.59

)%

   

24.87

%

   

(5.16

)%

 

Net assets, end of period (in thousands)

 

$

12,689

   

$

11,211

   

$

13,201

   

$

6,461

   

$

5,858

   

$

4,122

   

Ratios to average net assets:

 

Expenses (c)

   

.96

%(d)

   

.90

%

   

.87

%

   

.91

%

   

.88

%

   

.87

%

 

Net investment income

   

3.08

%(d)

   

1.71

%

   

.91

%

   

1.69

%

   

1.79

%

   

1.83

%

 
Portfolio turnover rate (excluding
short-term securities)
   

17.4

%(e)

   

78.7

%

   

59.7

%

   

74.9

%

   

55.5

%

   

70.0

%

 
   

Class 2 Shares

 
    Six months
ended
June 30,
2023
 

Year ended December 31,

 
   

(unaudited)

 

2022

 

2021

 

2020

 

2019

 

2018

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

 

$

5.683

   

$

7.709

   

$

5.352

   

$

5.508

   

$

4.422

   

$

4.674

   

Income from investment operations:

 

Net investment income (a)

   

.082

     

.091

     

.055

     

.073

     

.082

     

.072

   
Net realized and unrealized gain(loss)
on investments
   

.242

     

(2.117

)

   

2.302

     

(.229

)

   

1.004

     

(.324

)

 

Total from investment operations

   

.324

     

(2.026

)

   

2.357

     

(.156

)

   

1.086

     

(.252

)

 

Net asset value, end of period

 

$

6.007

   

$

5.683

   

$

7.709

   

$

5.352

   

$

5.508

   

$

4.422

   

Total return (b)

   

5.70

%

   

(26.29

)%

   

44.05

%

   

(2.83

)%

   

24.56

%

   

(5.40

)%

 

Net assets, end of period (in thousands)

 

$

106,991

   

$

104,547

   

$

160,607

   

$

119,460

   

$

128,350

   

$

116,067

   

Ratios to average net assets:

 

Expenses (c)

   

1.21

%(d)

   

1.15

%

   

1.12

%

   

1.16

%

   

1.13

%

   

1.12

%

 

Net investment income

   

2.80

%(d)

   

1.40

%

   

.85

%

   

1.46

%

   

1.59

%

   

1.60

%

 
Portfolio turnover rate (excluding
short-term securities)
   

17.4

%(e)

   

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. For periods less than one year, total return presented has not been annualized.

(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)  Adjusted to an annual basis.

(e)  Not Annualized.


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SFT T. Rowe Price Value Fund

   

Class 2 Shares

 
    Six months
ended
June 30,
2023
 

Year ended December 31,

 
   

(unaudited)

 

2022

 

2021

 

2020

 

2019

 

2018

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

 

$

19.905

   

$

22.533

   

$

17.411

   

$

15.818

   

$

12.568

   

$

13.933

   

Income from investment operations:

 

Net investment income (a)

   

.111

     

.180

     

.082

     

.147

     

.186

     

.174

   
Net realized and unrealized gain(loss)
on investments
   

.688

     

(2.808

)

   

5.040

     

1.446

     

3.064

     

(1.539

)

 

Total from investment operations

   

.799

     

(2.628

)

   

5.122

     

1.593

     

3.250

     

(1.365

)

 

Net asset value, end of period

 

$

20.704

   

$

19.905

   

$

22.533

   

$

17.411

   

$

15.818

   

$

12.568

   

Total return (b)

   

4.02

%

   

(11.67

)%

   

29.43

%

   

10.06

%

   

25.86

%

   

(9.80

)%

 

Net assets, end of period (in thousands)

 

$

189,186

   

$

185,109

   

$

239,333

   

$

206,350

   

$

201,178

   

$

181,589

   

Ratios to average net assets:

 

Expenses (c)

   

1.09

%(d)

   

1.07

%

   

1.05

%

   

1.06

%

   

1.06

%

   

1.04

%

 

Net investment income

   

1.12

%(d)

   

.88

%

   

.40

%

   

1.01

%

   

1.28

%

   

1.26

%

 
Portfolio turnover rate (excluding
short-term securities)
   

35.1

%(e)

   

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. For periods less than one year, total return presented has not been annualized.

(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)  Adjusted to an annual basis.

(e)  Not Annualized.


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SFT Wellington Core Equity Fund

   

Class 1 Shares

 
    Six months
ended
June 30,
2023
 

Year ended December 31,

 
   

(unaudited)

 

2022

 

2021

 

2020

 

2019

 

2018

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

 

$

22.365

   

$

27.698

   

$

22.304

   

$

18.861

   

$

14.069

   

$

14.369

   

Income from investment operations:

 

Net investment income (a)

   

.090

     

.152

     

.105

     

.116

     

.120

     

.099

   
Net realized and unrealized gain(loss)
on investments
   

2.725

     

(5.485

)

   

5.289

     

3.327

     

4.672

     

(.399

)

 

Total from investment operations

   

2.815

     

(5.333

)

   

5.394

     

3.443

     

4.792

     

(.300

)

 

Net asset value, end of period

 

$

25.180

   

$

22.365

   

$

27.698

   

$

22.304

   

$

18.861

   

$

14.069

   

Total return (b)

   

12.57

%

   

(19.26

)%

   

24.18

%

   

18.25

%

   

34.06

%

   

(2.09

)%

 

Net assets, end of period (in thousands)

 

$

4,871

   

$

3,843

   

$

3,020

   

$

1,729

   

$

1,251

   

$

757

   

Ratios to average net assets:

 

Expenses (c)

   

.88

%(d)

   

.87

%

   

.84

%

   

.86

%

   

.86

%

   

.84

%

 

Net investment income

   

.78

%(d)

   

.65

%

   

.42

%

   

.61

%

   

.71

%

   

.66

%

 
Portfolio turnover rate (excluding
short-term securities)
   

11.3

%(e)

   

14.0

%

   

14.4

%

   

23.0

%

   

14.9

%

   

21.6

%

 
   

Class 2 Shares

 
    Six months
ended
June 30,
2023
 

Year ended December 31,

 
   

(unaudited)

 

2022

 

2021

 

2020

 

2019

 

2018

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

 

$

21.885

   

$

27.173

   

$

21.936

   

$

18.596

   

$

13.906

   

$

14.238

   

Income from investment operations:

 

Net investment income (a)

   

.061

     

.088

     

.042

     

.068

     

.077

     

.060

   
Net realized and unrealized gain(loss)
on investments
   

2.654

     

(5.376

)

   

5.195

     

3.272

     

4.613

     

(.392

)

 

Total from investment operations

   

2.715

     

(5.288

)

   

5.237

     

3.340

     

4.690

     

(.332

)

 

Net asset value, end of period

 

$

24.600

   

$

21.885

   

$

27.173

   

$

21.936

   

$

18.596

   

$

13.906

   

Total return (b)

   

12.43

%

   

(19.46

)%

   

23.87

%

   

17.96

%

   

33.73

%

   

(2.33

)%

 

Net assets, end of period (in thousands)

 

$

112,360

   

$

104,921

   

$

141,740

   

$

128,567

   

$

123,630

   

$

102,769

   

Ratios to average net assets:

 

Expenses (c)

   

1.13

%(d)

   

1.12

%

   

1.08

%

   

1.11

%

   

1.11

%

   

1.09

%

 

Net investment income

   

.53

%(d)

   

.38

%

   

.17

%

   

.37

%

   

.47

%

   

.40

%

 
Portfolio turnover rate (excluding
short-term securities)
   

11.3

%(e)

   

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. For periods less than one year, total return presented has not been annualized.

(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)  Adjusted to an annual basis.

(e)  Not Annualized.


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Securian Funds Trust
Notes to Financial Statements

June 30, 2023

(Unaudited)

(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 a 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.

(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


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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 the 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, which ensures that valuations comply with the valuation policies. The summary of fair valued securities are presented to 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 Trust'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.

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.


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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 each Fund pays a premium whether or not the option is exercised. Each 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. Each 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 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


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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. As of June 30, 2023, 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 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 for the six months ended June 30, 2023. 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.


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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.

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 June 30, 2023, the SFT Core Bond Fund had entered into outstanding, when-issued or forward commitments, including TBA securities, at fair value of $120,672,972.

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 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 six months ended June 30, 2023, 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

 

$

   

$

312,206

   

$

63,314

   

(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 six months ended June 30, 2023 were as follows:

   

Non-U.S. Government

 

U.S. Government*

 
   

Purchases

 

Sales

 

Purchases

 

Sales

 

SFT Balanced Stabilization Fund

 

$

5,866,152

   

$

8,711,440

   

$

9,290,498

   

$

   
SFT Core Bond Fund    

38,145,187

     

52,998,118

     

360,058,669

     

325,506,169

   

SFT Delaware IvySM​ Growth Fund

   

36,050,373

     

59,983,121

     

     

   

SFT Delaware IvySM​ Small Cap Growth Fund

   

49,797,503

     

51,181,882

     

     

   

SFT Equity Stabilization Fund

   

1,649,690

     

24,838,026

     

     

   

SFT Index 400 Mid-Cap Fund

   

18,200,738

     

17,558,096

     

978,636

     

1,000,000

   
SFT Index 500 Fund    

8,512,965

     

7,570,577

     

     

   

SFT International Bond Fund

   

17,718,315

     

33,556,241

     

29,682,888

     

18,394,079

   

SFT Real Estate Securities Fund

   

21,264,436

     

20,393,887

     

     

   

SFT T. Rowe Price Value Fund

   

64,624,368

     

65,339,246

     

     

   

SFT Wellington Core Equity Fund

   

12,677,179

     

16,008,025

     

     

   

*  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(a)

 

0.57% of assets to $300 million; and 0.55% of next $200 million of assets; and 0.525% of next $500 million of assets; and 0.50% of assets exceeding $1 billion

 

SFT Wellington Core Equity Fund(b)

 

0.55% of assets to $300 million; and 0.525% of next $200 million of assets; and 0.50% of next $500 million of assets; and 0.45% of assets exceeding $1 billion

 

(a)  Prior to June 1, 2023, the Fund's investment advisory fee was 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.

(b)  Prior to June 1, 2023, the Fund's investment advisory fee was 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


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Fund and the SFT Delaware IvySM​ Small 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.

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 the 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 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 the SFT Wellington Core Equity Fund, under which Securian AM pays Wellington Management an annual fee ranging from 0.27% 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 $8,000 to $20,000.

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 2023, 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.


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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 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, 2024.

As of June 30, 2023, the amounts waived and eligible for recovery are as follows:

   

Agreement

  Advisory
Fees Waived
for the
six months
ended
  12b-1 Fees
Waived
for the
six months
ended
  Excess Expense
Waived
for the
six months
ended
  Total
eligible for
recovery
as of
 

Expiring June 30,

 

Fund

 

Date

 

June 30, 2023*

 

June 30, 2023*

 

June 30, 2023*

 

June 30, 2023

 

2024

 

2025

 

2026

 
SFT Government
Money Market
Fund
 

May 1, 2012

 

$

   

$

   

$

   

$

2,130,690

   

$

1,187,852

   

$

942,838

   

$

   

*  This amount is reflected in fees waived in the accompanying Statements of Operations.

SFT Balanced Stabilization Fund, SFT Equity Stabilization Fund, SFT Government Money Market Fund, and SFT International Bond 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 separate 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 Expense Limitation Agreement runs through April 30, 2024. The SFT International Bond Fund entered into an Expense Limitation Agreement dated June 1, 2023 that runs through May 1, 2025.

The SFT International Bond Fund Expense Limitation Agreement may be renewed annually upon the affirmative vote of the majority of the trustees of the Trust who are not "interested persons" of the Trust or any party to the Agreement, as such term is defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and may be terminated by Securian AM at any time after May 1, 2024, upon 60 days' prior written notice. The Agreement limits the operating expenses of the Class 2 shares of the Fund, to 0.99% of the average daily net assets of Class 2 shares. To the extent Securian AM absorbs other expenses to satisfy this limit on operating expenses, it may seek repayment of a portion or all of such amounts at any time within three fiscal years after the fiscal year in which such amounts were absorbed, provided that such reimbursement will not cause the Class 2 shares to


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exceed the operating expense limit. Should the Fund make any 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.

As of June 30, 2023, the amounts waived and eligible for recovery are as follows:

   

Agreement

 

Expense

  Advisory Fees
Waived for the
six months
ended
  Total eligible
for recovery
as of
 

Expiring June 30,

 

Fund

 

Date

 

Limit

 

June 30, 2023*

 

June 30, 2023

 

2024

 

2025

 

2026

 
SFT Balanced
Stabilization Fund
 

Terminated May 1, 2021

   

N/A

   

$

   

$

323,480

   

$

323,480

   

$

   

$

   
SFT Equity
Stabilization Fund
 

Terminated May 1, 2021

   

N/A

   

$

   

$

228,047

   

$

228,047

   

$

   

$

   
SFT Government
Money Market Fund
 

November 1, 2017

   

0.70

%

 

$

   

$

   

$

   

$

   

$

   
SFT International
Bond Fund
 

June 1, 2023

   

0.99

%

 

$

20,628

   

$

20,628

   

$

   

$

   

$

20,628

   

*  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 June 30, 2023, the SFT Balanced Stabilization Fund and SFT International Bond Fund held 4 and 1 illiquid securities with a market value of $5,620,739 and $119,888, which represents 0.9% and 0.2% of net assets, respectively.

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 June 30, 2023, 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


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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.

The following is a summary of the levels used for the six months ended June 30, 2023, 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
June 30, 2023 using
     

Fund

 

Level 1

 

Level 2

 

Level 3

 

Total

 

SFT Balanced Stabilization Fund

 

Assets

 

Government Obligations

 

$

   

$

31,017,564

   

$

   

$

31,017,564

   

Other Mortgage-Backed Securities

   

     

1,303,310

     

     

1,303,310

   

Corporate Obligations

   

     

210,390,058

     

     

210,390,058

   

Purchased Options

   

614,600

     

     

     

614,600

   

Investment Companies

   

399,204,328

     

     

     

399,204,328

   

Total Investments

   

399,818,928

     

242,710,932

     

     

642,529,860

   
Other Financial Instruments*
Futures Contracts
   

4,833,652

     

     

     

4,833,652

   

Liabilities

 
Other Financial Instruments*
Written Options
   

(93,550

)

   

     

     

(93,550

)

 

SFT Core Bond Fund

 

Assets

 

Government Obligations

   

     

266,243,949

     

     

266,243,949

   

Asset-Backed Securities

   

     

28,405,731

     

     

28,405,731

   

Other Mortgage-Backed Securities

   

     

55,609,102

     

     

55,609,102

   

Corporate Obligations

   

     

114,504,282

     

     

114,504,282

   

Bank Loans

   

     

8,551,918

     

     

8,551,918

   

Foreign Bonds

   

     

2,846,138

     

     

2,846,138

   
U.S. Government Agencies and
Obligations
   

     

43,872,225

     

     

43,872,225

   

Investment Companies

   

2,951,126

     

     

     

2,951,126

   

Total Investments

   

2,951,126

     

520,033,345

     

     

522,984,471

   

Liabilities

 
Other Financial Instruments*
Futures Contracts
   

(1,682,140

)

   

     

     

(1,682,140

)

 

SFT Delaware IvySM​ Growth Fund

 

Assets

 

Common Stocks

   

579,096,018

     

     

     

579,096,018

   

Investment Companies

   

2,221,491

     

     

     

2,221,491

   

Total Investments

   

581,317,509

     

     

     

581,317,509

   

SFT Delaware IvySM​ Small Cap Growth Fund

 

Assets

 

Common Stocks

   

152,091,383

     

     

     

152,091,383

   

Investment Companies

   

3,190,876

     

     

     

3,190,876

   

Total Investments

   

155,282,259

     

     

     

155,282,259

   


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(6)  Fair Value Measurement – (continued)

    Fair Value Measurement at
June 30, 2023 using
     

Fund

 

Level 1

 

Level 2

 

Level 3

 

Total

 

SFT Equity Stabilization Fund

 

Assets

 

Investment Companies

 

$

316,841,627

   

$

   

$

   

$

316,841,627

   

Purchased Options

   

306,860

     

     

     

306,860

   

Total Investments

   

317,148,487

     

     

     

317,148,487

   
Other Financial Instruments*
Futures Contracts
   

2,071,565

     

     

     

2,071,565

   

Liabilities

 
Other Financial Instruments*
Written Options
   

(8,520,450

)

   

     

     

(8,520,450

)

 

SFT Government Money Market Fund

 

Assets

 

U.S. Government Obligations

   

     

203,479,019

     

     

203,479,019

   

Investment Companies

   

23,121,178

     

     

     

23,121,178

   

Total Investments

   

23,121,178

     

203,479,019

     

     

226,600,197

   

SFT Index 400 Mid-Cap Fund

 

Assets

 

Common Stocks

   

202,950,132

     

     

     

202,950,132

   

Long-Term Debt Securities

   

     

975,000

     

     

975,000

   

Investment Companies

   

7,189,159

     

     

     

7,189,159

   

Total Investments

   

210,139,291

     

975,000

     

     

211,114,291

   
Other Financial Instruments*
Futures Contracts
   

129,541

     

     

     

129,541

   

SFT Index 500 Fund

 

Assets

 

Common Stocks

   

1,126,510,776

     

     

     

1,126,510,776

   

Investment Companies

   

23,762,004

     

     

     

23,762,004

   

Total Investments

   

1,150,272,780

     

     

     

1,150,272,780

   
Other Financial Instruments*
Futures Contracts
   

845,856

     

     

     

845,856

   

SFT International Bond Fund

 

Assets

 

Long-Term Debt Securities

   

     

77,402,973

     

     

77,402,973

   

Investment Companies

   

1,414,697

     

     

     

1,414,697

   

Total Investments

   

1,414,697

     

77,402,973

     

     

78,817,670

   
Other Financial Instruments*
Forward Foreign Currency Contracts
   

     

339,200

     

     

339,200

   

Liabilities

 
Other Financial Instruments*
Forward Foreign Currency Contracts
   

     

(1,697,780

)

   

     

(1,697,780

)

 

Futures Contracts

   

(100,419

)

   

     

     

(100,419

)

 

SFT Real Estate Securities Fund

 

Assets

 

Common Stocks

   

119,207,010

     

     

     

119,207,010

   

Investment Companies

   

588,521

     

     

     

588,521

   

Total Investments

   

119,795,531

     

     

     

119,795,531

   


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    Fair Value Measurement at
June 30, 2023 using
     

Fund

 

Level 1

 

Level 2

 

Level 3

 

Total

 

SFT T. Rowe Price Value Fund

 

Assets

 

Common Stocks

 

$

188,569,700

   

$

   

$

   

$

188,569,700

   

Investment Companies

   

757,920

     

     

     

757,920

   

Total Investments

   

189,327,620

     

     

     

189,327,620

   

SFT Wellington Core Equity Fund

 

Assets

 

Common Stocks

   

117,187,823

     

     

     

117,187,823

   

Investment Companies

   

163,757

     

     

     

163,757

   

Total Investments

   

117,351,580

     

     

     

117,351,580

   

*  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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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 six months ended June 30, 2023:

    Average
Notional Amount
 

SFT Balanced Stabilization Fund

 

Futures contracts

 

$

69,420,348

   

Purchased options contracts

   

393,289

(a)

 

Written options contracts

   

(55,359

)(a)

 

SFT Core Bond Fund

 

Futures contracts

 

$

107,740,296

   

SFT Equity Stabilization Fund

 

Futures contracts

 

$

23,110,989

   

Purchased options contracts

   

196,577

(a)

 

Written options contracts

   

(1,725,055

)(a)

 

SFT Index 400 Mid-Cap Fund

 

Futures contracts

 

$

7,040,511

   

SFT Index 500 Fund

 

Futures contracts

 

$

21,750,549

   

SFT International Bond Fund

 

Futures contracts

 

$

7,934,664

   

Forward foreign currency contracts

   

60,083,983

   

(a)  Positions were open for five 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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(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 June 30, 2023
 

Assets:

 

Investments in securities, at market value (purchased options)

 

$

614,600

   

$

   

$

   

Variation margin on futures contracts*

   

4,833,652

     

     

   

Total

 

$

5,448,252

   

$

   

$

   

Liabilities:

 

Written options contracts

 

$

(93,550

)

 

$

   

$

   
The Effect of Derivative Instruments on the Statement of Operations
for the period ended June 30, 2023
 

Net Realized Gain (Loss) on Derivatives:

 

Futures contracts

 

$

2,912,320

   

$

   

$

   

Purchased options contracts

   

(3,312,763

)

   

     

   

Written options contracts

   

627,453

     

     

   

Total

 

$

227,010

   

$

   

$

   

Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on Derivatives:

 

Futures contracts

 

$

3,484,316

   

$

   

$

   

Purchased options contracts

   

400,229

     

     

   

Written options contracts

   

(208,325

)

   

     

   

Total

 

$

3,676,220

   

$

   

$

   

SFT Core Bond Fund

 
Fair Value of Derivative Instruments on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities
as of June 30, 2023
 

Liabilities:

 

Variation margin on futures contracts*

 

$

   

$

(1,682,140

)

 

$

   
The Effect of Derivative Instruments on the Statement of Operations
for the period ended June 30, 2023
 

Net Realized Gain (Loss) on Derivatives:

 

Futures contracts

 

$

   

$

(851,027

)

 

$

   

Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on Derivatives:

 

Futures contracts

 

$

   

$

(1,785,944

)

 

$

   


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Risk Exposure

 
    Equity
Contracts
  Interest
Rate
Contracts
  Foreign
Exchange
Contracts
 

SFT Equity Stabilization Fund

 
Fair Value of Derivative Instruments on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities
as of June 30, 2023
 

Assets:

 

Investments in securities, at market value (purchased options)

 

$

306,860

   

$

   

$

   

Variation margin on futures contracts*

   

2,071,565

     

     

   

Total

 

$

2,378,425

   

$

   

$

   

Liabilities:

 

Written options contracts

 

$

(8,520,450

)

 

$

   

$

   
The Effect of Derivative Instruments on the Statement of Operations
for the period ended June 30, 2023
 

Net Realized Gain (Loss) on Derivatives:

 

Futures contracts

 

$

(615,801

)

 

$

   

$

   

Purchased options contracts

   

(1,725,855

)

   

     

   

Written options contracts

   

328,111

     

     

   

Total

 

$

(2,013,545

)

 

$

   

$

   

Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on Derivatives:

 

Futures contracts

 

$

1,880,160

   

$

   

$

   

Purchased options contracts

   

213,734

     

     

   

Written options contracts

   

(8,583,729

)

   

     

   

Total

 

$

(6,489,835

)

 

$

   

$

   

SFT Index 400 Mid-Cap Fund

 
Fair Value of Derivative Instruments on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities
as of June 30, 2023
 

Assets:

 

Variation margin on futures contracts*

 

$

129,541

   

$

   

$

   
The Effect of Derivative Instruments on the Statement of Operations
for the period ended June 30, 2023
 

Net Realized Gain (Loss) on Derivatives:

 

Futures contracts

 

$

146,054

   

$

   

$

   

Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on Derivatives:

 

Futures contracts

 

$

359,426

   

$

   

$

   

SFT Index 500 Fund

 
Fair Value of Derivative Instruments on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities
as of June 30, 2023
 

Assets:

 

Variation margin on futures contracts*

 

$

845,856

   

$

   

$

   
The Effect of Derivative Instruments on the Statement of Operations
for the period ended June 30, 2023
 

Net Realized Gain (Loss) on Derivatives:

 

Futures contracts

 

$

1,330,926

   

$

   

$

   

Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on Derivatives:

 

Futures contracts

 

$

1,386,638

   

$

   

$

   


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Risk Exposure

 
    Equity
Contracts
  Interest
Rate
Contracts
  Foreign
Exchange
Contracts
 

SFT International Bond Fund

 
Fair Value of Derivative Instruments on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities
as of June 30, 2023
 

Assets:

 

Unrealized appreciation on forward foreign currency contracts

 

$

   

$

   

$

339,200

   

Liabilities:

 

Unrealized depreciation on forward foreign currency contracts

 

$

   

$

   

$

(1,697,780

)

 

Variation margin on futures contracts*

   

     

(100,419

)

   

   

Total

 

$

   

$

(100,419

)

 

$

(1,697,780

)

 
The Effect of Derivative Instruments on the Statement of Operations
for the period ended June 30, 2023
 

Net Realized Gain (Loss) on Derivatives:

 

Foreign currency contracts

 

$

   

$

   

$

(3,318,998

)

 

Futures contracts

   

     

(187,364

)

   

   

Total

 

$

   

$

(187,364

)

 

$

(3,318,998

)

 

Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on Derivatives:

 

Foreign currency contracts

 

$

   

$

   

$

381,033

   

Futures contracts

   

     

60,325

     

   

Total

 

$

   

$

60,325

   

$

381,033

   

*  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.

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 six months ended June 30, 2023, 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.


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(8)  Affiliated Ownership – (continued)

A summary of all transactions with the affiliated SFT Index 500 Fund as of June 30, 2023 are as follows:

           

As of June 30, 2023

 

Fund/Underlying Fund

  Beginning Value
as of
January 1, 2023
  Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation/
Depreciation
  Ending
Value
  Share
Balance
 

SFT Balanced Stabilization Fund

 
SFT Index 500 Fund  

$

234,734,959

   

$

39,379,759

   

$

274,114,718

     

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, financial institution failures, or other events, can adversely affect local and global markets and normal market operations.

(10)  Subsequent Events

At a meeting held on July 27, 2023, the Board of the Trust unanimously approved a Plan of Liquidation and Dissolution of the SFT International Bond Fund. Accordingly, the SFT International Bond Fund will be liquidated on or about December 8, 2023 (the "Liquidation Date"), although the Fund may sell portfolio holdings prior to such date. Shareholders may redeem their shares until the Liquidation Date. On or promptly after the Liquidation Date, the SFT International Bond Fund will make a liquidating distribution to its remaining shareholders equal to each shareholder's proportionate interest in the assets of the Fund, in complete redemption and cancellation of the Fund's shares held by the shareholders, and the Fund will be dissolved. The liquidation of the SFT International Bond Fund's portfolio holdings is likely to result in increased transaction costs, which will be borne by the Fund and its shareholders.


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(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; (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) redemption fees; 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, January 1, 2023 through June 30, 2023. 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

   

$

1,092.60

     

0.86

%

 

$

4.46

   
SFT Core Bond Fund    

1,000

   

$

1,022.00

     

0.52

%

 

$

2.61

     

1,020.70

     

0.77

%

   

3.86

   

SFT Delaware IvySM​ Growth Fund

   

1,000

     

NA

     

NA

     

NA

     

1,272.90

     

0.97

%

   

5.47

   
SFT Delaware IvySM​ Small Cap Growth
Fund
   

1,000

     

NA

     

NA

     

NA

     

1,120.60

     

1.31

%

   

6.89

   

SFT Equity Stabilization Fund

   

1,000

     

NA

     

NA

     

NA

     

1,039.70

     

0.89

%

   

4.50

   

SFT Government Money Market Fund

   

1,000

     

NA

     

NA

     

NA

     

1,020.30

     

0.64

%

   

3.21

   

SFT Index 400 Mid-Cap Fund

   

1,000

     

1,085.70

     

0.31

%

   

1.60

     

1,084.40

     

0.55

%

   

2.84

   
SFT Index 500 Fund    

1,000

     

1,167.80

     

0.19

%

   

1.02

     

1,166.30

     

0.44

%

   

2.36

   

SFT International Bond Fund

   

1,000

     

1,039.20

     

1.09

%

   

5.51

     

1,038.20

     

1.29

%

   

6.52

   

SFT Real Estate Securities Fund

   

1,000

     

1,058.30

     

0.96

%

   

4.90

     

1,057.00

     

1.21

%

   

6.17

   

SFT T. Rowe Price Value Fund

   

1,000

     

NA

     

NA

     

NA

     

1,040.20

     

1.09

%

   

5.51

   

SFT Wellington Core Equity Fund

   

1,000

     

1,125.70

     

0.88

%

   

4.64

     

1,124.30

     

1.13

%

   

5.95

   


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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

   

$

1,020.53

     

0.86

%

 

$

4.31

   
SFT Core Bond Fund    

1,000

   

$

1,022.22

     

0.52

%

 

$

2.61

     

1,020.98

     

0.77

%

   

3.86

   

SFT Delaware IvySM​ Growth Fund

   

1,000

     

NA

     

NA

     

NA

     

1,019.98

     

0.97

%

   

4.86

   
SFT Delaware IvySM​ Small Cap Growth
Fund
   

1,000

     

NA

     

NA

     

NA

     

1,018.30

     

1.31

%

   

6.56

   

SFT Equity Stabilization Fund

   

1,000

     

NA

     

NA

     

NA

     

1,020.38

     

0.89

%

   

4.46

   

SFT Government Money Market Fund

   

1,000

     

NA

     

NA

     

NA

     

1,021.62

     

0.64

%

   

3.21

   

SFT Index 400 Mid-Cap Fund

   

1,000

     

1,023.26

     

0.31

%

   

1.56

     

1,022.07

     

0.55

%

   

2.76

   
SFT Index 500 Fund    

1,000

     

1,023.85

     

0.19

%

   

0.95

     

1,022.61

     

0.44

%

   

2.21

   

SFT International Bond Fund

   

1,000

     

1,019.39

     

1.09

%

   

5.46

     

1,018.40

     

1.29

%

   

6.46

   

SFT Real Estate Securities Fund

   

1,000

     

1,020.03

     

0.96

%

   

4.81

     

1,018.79

     

1.21

%

   

6.06

   

SFT T. Rowe Price Value Fund

   

1,000

     

NA

     

NA

     

NA

     

1,019.39

     

1.09

%

   

5.46

   

SFT Wellington Core Equity Fund

   

1,000

     

1,020.43

     

0.88

%

   

4.41

     

1,019.19

     

1.13

%

   

5.66

   

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 Basis for Approval of Advisory Contracts

(unaudited)

Each year, the Board of the Trust votes on the renewal of the Trust's investment advisory agreement (the "Investment Advisory Agreement") with Securian AM. The Board most recently unanimously reapproved the Investment Advisory Agreement on February 23, 2023. At this meeting, the Board also reapproved the investment sub- advisory agreements (each an "Investment Sub-Advisory Agreement," and together with the Investment Advisory Agreement, the "Advisory Contracts") between Securian AM and Brandywine Global Investment Management, LLC (for the SFT International Bond Fund), between Securian AM and Delaware Investments Fund Advisers (for SFT Delaware Ivy Growth Fund), between Securian AM and Delaware Investments Fund Advisers (for SFT Delaware Ivy Small Cap Growth Fund), between Securian AM and Wellington Management Company LLC (for SFT Wellington Core Equity Fund), between Securian AM and Cohen & Steers Capital Management, Inc. (for SFT Real Estate Securities Fund), between Securian AM and Metropolitan West Asset Management, LLC (for SFT Core Bond Fund) and between Securian AM and T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc. (for SFT T. Rowe Price Value Fund). Collectively, the Funds managed by sub-advisers are referred to as the "Sub-Advised Funds."

The Board receives a variety of information throughout the year about each Fund's investment performance, adherence to investment policies, expenses, sales and redemptions, regulatory compliance and management. The Board meets at least once each year with each Fund's portfolio management team (or, in the case of the Sub-Advised Funds, representatives of such team). The Board also receives frequent updates on industry developments and best practices, changes in Securian AM's organization and staffing, brokerage allocation and other matters.

In preparing for the Board's meeting on February 23, 2023, the members of the Board who are not "interested persons" of the Trust, as defined in the 1940 Act (the "Independent Trustees") also met in executive session on February 9, 2023 to review the responses to various information requests made to Securian AM and the sub-advisers to the Sub-Advised Funds. The Board also reviewed a memorandum from independent legal counsel outlining their legal duties and responsibilities in connection with this annual review.

The Board considered various factors described below, none of which by itself was considered dispositive. However, the material factors and conclusions that formed the basis for the Board's determination to approve the continuation of the Advisory Contracts are discussed separately below.

Fees Charged to Other Advisory Clients of Securian AM

The Board observed that Securian AM's advisory fees for non-fund institutional clients are generally lower than the advisory fees charged to a Fund with a similar strategy. The Board concluded, however, that the fees charged to the Funds are justified by the additional services provided by Securian AM in managing the Funds (including the provision of office facilities, officers, administration and compliance, the coordination of Trust Board, committee and vendor functions, sub-adviser oversight, regulatory filings and the performance of most Trust operations).

Costs of Services Provided and Profitability to Securian AM

The Board reviewed Board reports on Securian AM's profitability in managing each Fund and did not view Securian AM's profitability from any Fund as excessive.

Investment Results

The Board reviewed the January 2023 report (the "Broadridge Report") prepared by Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. ("Broadridge") containing comparisons of each Fund's total return performance and Board reports comparing each Fund's investment performance for the most recently completed calendar quarter and one,


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Statement Regarding Basis for Approval of Advisory Contracts – continued
(unaudited)

three, five and, where applicable, ten-year periods ended December 31, 2022 with Broadridge peer groups and with one or more benchmark indices.

The Board noted that the SFT S&P 400 Mid-Cap Index Fund slightly underperformed its benchmark during all reporting periods, but slightly outperformed its Lipper peers during the one, three and 10-year periods. They also noted that the SFT S&P 500 Index Fund slightly underperformed their Lipper peers and benchmark during all reporting periods. They also noted that the SFT Government Money Market Fund's slightly underperformed its Lipper peers and benchmark for all relevant periods. The Board then observed that the SFT Balanced Stabilization Fund and the SFT Equity Stabilization Fund performed consistently with their objectives and were competitive with their peers. With respect to the Sub-Advised Funds, the Board noted that SFT Delaware Ivy Growth Fund outperformed its Lipper peers, and performed in line with its benchmark during all reporting periods. They noted that the SFT Delaware Ivy Small Cap Growth Fund underperformed both its Lipper peers and benchmark for the most recent quarter, underperformed its Lipper peers during the three and five-year periods and its benchmark during the one-year period, but outperformed its benchmark during the three and five-year periods. The Board observed that the SFT Real Estate Securities Fund outperformed its Lipper peers and underperformed its benchmark during the most recent quarter and one-year period, but outperformed its Lipper peers and benchmark during the three-year period, and outperformed its Lipper peers and underperformed its benchmark for the five and 10-year periods. The Board noted that the SFT Core Bond Fund underperformed its Lipper peers for the most recent quarter and its Lipper peers for the three and five-year periods, outperformed its Lipper peers for the one and 10-year periods, but underperformed its benchmark for the most recent quarter and one, three and five-year periods. They noted that the SFT International Bond Fund underperformed its Lipper peers and outperformed its benchmark for the most recent quarter, outperformed its Lipper peers and benchmark for the one-year period, but underperformed its Lipper peers and benchmark for the three, five and 10-year periods. The Board then observed that SFT Wellington Core Equity Fund underperformed its Lipper peers and benchmark for the most recent quarter and one and three-year periods and outperformed its Lipper peers and underperformed its benchmark for the five-year period. Finally, the Board noted that SFT T. Rowe Price Value Fund underperformed its Lipper peers and benchmark for the most recent quarter and one-year period, but outperformed its Lipper peers and benchmark for the three and five-year periods. The Board reviewed attribution analyses and portfolio positioning on all Funds, particularly the Funds with more recent underperformance.

Ancillary Benefits to Securian AM and Its Affiliates

The Board also considered that Securian AM and its affiliates benefit from certain soft-dollar arrangements. The Board noted that Securian AM's profitability would be somewhat lower if it had to pay for these benefits out of its own assets. The Board also noted that Securian Financial Services, Inc. (the Trust's distributor), an affiliate of Securian AM, receives 12b-1 fees from the Funds. The Board also noted that Minnesota Life Insurance Company, an affiliate of Securian AM, benefits by performing certain legal, compliance and other administrative services for the Trust, in return for a reimbursement of costs it incurs in connection with its provision of such services. The Board also recognize that Securian AM and its affiliates derive reputational and other benefits from their association with the Funds and Trust.

Nature, Extent and Quality of Services Provided by Securian AM

In addition to investment management services, Securian AM provides the Trust with office space, administrative and other services (exclusive of, and in addition to, any such services provided by other Trust services providers) and executive and other personnel as are necessary for its operations. Securian AM pays all of the compensation of officers and employees of the Trust (except that each Fund pays an equitable share of the compensation


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Statement Regarding Basis for Approval of Advisory Contracts – continued
(unaudited)

expense of the Trust's Chief Compliance Officer). The Board considered the quality and scope of services provided by Securian AM under the Investment Advisory Agreement and concluded that Securian AM has provided acceptable executive and administrative management and other services during and prior to the last year.

Management Fee and Other Expenses

The Board reviewed the Broadridge Report comparisons of each Fund's investment management, non-management and total expenses with industry peers that were independently selected by Broadridge and analyzed factors that contributed to higher expenses for certain Funds, including the small size of certain of the Funds in comparison to the industry peers selected by Broadridge. The Board reviewed whether current fee levels appropriately capture and share economies of scale (if any) with Fund investors, and the Board noted that all of the Funds have breakpoints in their fee structures that provide the opportunity for sharing economies of scale with Fund investors as such Funds' assets grow. Based on this information, the Board concluded that the advisory fee payable by each Fund to Securian AM is fair and reasonable in light of the nature, extent and quality of services provided by Securian AM.

Investment Sub-Advisory Agreements

At the February 23, 2023 meeting, the Board also unanimously reapproved the Investment Sub-Advisory Agreements. In addition to the Board's review of the Sub-Advised Funds' investment performance and expense ratios (as set forth above), the Board also requested and evaluated other information, including a report on each sub-adviser's organization and current staffing, a report on brokerage allocation practices and related soft dollar arrangements, assurances that each Sub-Advised Fund will be managed in accordance with its stated investment objectives, policies and limitations, assurances that all disclosures relating to the sub-adviser reflected in the Trust's registration statement are complete and accurate, and assurance that the sub-adviser will operate in full compliance with applicable laws, regulations and exemptive orders. The Board also reviewed a summary of each sub- adviser's code of ethics and compliance program. However, the Board noted that Securian AM is unaffiliated with each sub-adviser and that the Investment Sub-Advisory Agreements were negotiated on an "arm's-length" basis.

The Board also reviewed the allocation of duties and responsibilities with respect to each Sub-Advised Fund between Securian AM and the Fund's sub-adviser. The Board noted that Securian AM is responsible for the selection, monitoring and oversight of each sub-adviser, the fulfillment or oversight of substantially all of each Sub-Advised Fund's legal and regulatory requirements, the preparation for and facilitation of all Board, Audit Committee of the Board and Governance Committee of the Board meetings, and many other requirements. Based on this review, the Board concluded that the allocation of the overall advisory fee of each Sub-Advised Fund between Securian AM and the sub-adviser is fair and appropriate. The Board also concluded that the portion of each Sub-Advised Fund's overall advisory fee that is retained by Securian AM represents fair and appropriate compensation to Securian AM for its retained duties and responsibilities.

Based on the foregoing factors, the Board concluded that reapproving each Investment Sub-Advisory Agreement was in the best interest of each Sub-Advised Fund and its shareholders.


108


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, 2023.

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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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. Several senior investment positions with RBC Wealth Management (formerly Dain Bosworth and Dain Rauscher) from 1985-2004, including—Senior Vice President and Director of Fixed Income Research and Strategies, from 2000-2004. 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

 

Interested Trustee

                 
David M. Kuplic
Year of birth: 1957
 

Trustee, President and Principal Executive Officer

 

Trustee since 2016, President and Principal Executive 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, 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

 

None

 


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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.

 

Not applicable at this time. The information required by Item 4 is only required in an annual report on Form N-CSR.

 

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 director 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 director, 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.

 

 

 

 

(3)           Any written solicitation to purchase securities under Rule 23c-1 under the Investment Company Act of 1940 sent or given during the period covered by this report by or on behalf of the registrant to 10 or more persons:

 

Not applicable.

 

(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: August 24, 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: August 24, 2023