Quarterly Report
March 31, 2021
Elfun International Equity Fund
Elfun International Equity Fund
Other Information:
| The Fund had the following long futures contracts open at March 31, 2021: |
| Description | Expiration Date | Number of Contracts | Notional Amount | Value | Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) | |||||
| MSCI EAFE Mini Index Futures | June 2021 | 25 | $2,742,282 | $2,740,000 | $(2,282) |
The views expressed in
this document reflect our judgment as of the publication date and are subject to change at any time without notice. The securities cited may not be representative of the Fund’s future investments and should not
be construed as a recommendation to purchase or sell a particular security. See the Fund’s summary prospectus and statutory prospectus for complete descriptions of investment objectives, policies, risks and
permissible investments.
| (a) | At March 31, 2021, all or a portion of this security was pledged to cover collateral requirements for futures. |
| (b) | Non-income producing security. |
| (c) | Pursuant to Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, these securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. At March 31, 2021, these securities amounted to $4,080,033 or 2.03% of the net assets of the Elfun International Equity Fund. These securities have been determined to be liquid using procedures established by the Fund's Board of Trustees. |
| (d) | Coupon amount represents effective yield. |
| (e) | Sponsored by SSGA Funds Management, Inc., the Fund’s investment adviser and administrator, and an affiliate of State Street Bank & Trust Co., the Fund’s sub-administrator, custodian and accounting agent. |
| † | Percentages are based on net assets as of March 31, 2021. |
| Abbreviations: |
| ADR - American Depositary Receipt |
The following table
presents the Fund’s investments measured at fair value on a recurring basis at March 31, 2021:
| Fund | Investments | Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 | Total | |||||
| Elfun International Equity Fund | Investments in Securities | |||||||||
| Common Stock | $195,058,100 | $— | $— | $195,058,100 | ||||||
| Short-Term Investments | 4,944,156 | — | — | 4,944,156 | ||||||
| Total Investments in Securities | $200,002,256 | $— | $— | $200,002,256 | ||||||
| Other Financial Instruments | ||||||||||
| Long Futures Contracts - Unrealized Depreciation | $(2,282) | $— | $— | $(2,282) |
The Fund was invested
in the following sectors at March 31, 2021 (unaudited):
| Sector | Percentage (based on Fair Value) | ||
| Pharmaceuticals | 8.08% | ||
| Diversified Banks | 7.08% | ||
| Semiconductor Equipment | 5.22% | ||
| Life & Health Insurance | 4.97% | ||
| Packaged Foods & Meats | 4.85% | ||
| Building Products | 4.76% | ||
See accompanying notes to schedule of
investments.
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| Sector | Percentage (based on Fair Value) | ||
| Electrical Components & Equipment | 4.32% | ||
| Apparel, Accessories & Luxury Goods | 4.12% | ||
| Apparel Retail | 4.06% | ||
| Personal Products | 3.21% | ||
| Application Software | 3.02% | ||
| Industrial Gases | 2.71% | ||
| Integrated Oil & Gas | 2.58% | ||
| Semiconductors | 2.53% | ||
| Healthcare Supplies | 2.44% | ||
| Trading Companies & Distributors | 2.44% | ||
| Human Resource & Employment Services | 2.30% | ||
| Aerospace & Defense | 2.26% | ||
| Electronic Equipment & Instruments | 2.22% | ||
| Specialty Chemicals | 2.05% | ||
| Data Processing & Outsourced Services | 2.04% | ||
| Electronic Components | 1.98% | ||
| Diversified Metals & Mining | 1.93% | ||
| Construction Materials | 1.88% | ||
| Movies & Entertainment | 1.86% | ||
| Multi-Line Insurance | 1.80% | ||
| Financial Exchanges & Data | 1.74% | ||
| Construction Machinery & Heavy Trucks | 1.66% | ||
| Wireless Telecommunication Services | 1.59% | ||
| Property & Casualty Insurance | 1.54% | ||
| Industrial Machinery | 1.17% | ||
| Security & Alarm Services | 1.14% | ||
| Asset Management & Custody Banks | 1.07% | ||
| Internet & Direct Marketing Retail | 0.58% | ||
| Healthcare Services | 0.33% | ||
| 97.53% | |||
| Short-Term Investments | |||
| Short-Term Investments | 2.47% | ||
| 100.00% | |||
| Affiliate Table |
| Number of Shares Held at 12/31/20 | Value at 12/31/20 | Cost of Purchases | Proceeds from Shares Sold | Realized Gain (Loss) | Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) | Number of Shares Held at 3/31/21 | Value at 3/31/21 | Dividend Income | |||||||||
| State Street Institutional U.S. Government Money Market Fund, Class G Shares | 1,981,767 | $1,981,767 | $3,983,998 | $3,502,164 | $— | $— | 2,463,601 | $2,463,601 | $172 | ||||||||
| State Street Institutional Treasury Money Market Fund - Premier Class | 1,998,676 | 1,998,676 | 3,984,043 | 3,502,164 | — | — | 2,480,555 | 2,480,555 | 39 | ||||||||
| TOTAL | $3,980,443 | $7,968,041 | $7,004,328 | $— | $— | $4,944,156 | $211 |
See accompanying notes to schedule of
investments.
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Security Valuation
The Fund’s
investments are valued at fair value each day that the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) is open and, for financial reporting purposes, as of the report date should the reporting period end on a day that
the NYSE is not open. Fair value is generally defined as the price a fund would receive to sell an asset or pay to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. By
its nature, a fair value price is a good faith estimate of the valuation in a current sale and may not reflect an actual market price. The investments of the Fund are valued pursuant to the policy and procedures
developed by the Oversight Committee (the “Committee”) and approved by the Board of Trustees of the Trust (the “Board”). The Committee provides oversight of the valuation of investments for the
Fund. The Board has responsibility for overseeing the determination of the fair value of investments.
Valuation techniques
used to value the Fund’s investments by major category are as follows:
•Equity investments traded on a recognized securities exchange for which market quotations are readily available are valued at the last sale price or official closing price, as
applicable, on the primary market or exchange on which they trade. Equity investments traded on a recognized exchange for which there were no sales on that day are valued at the last published sale price or at fair
value.
•Investments in registered investment companies (including money market funds) or other unitized pooled investment vehicles that are not traded on an exchange are valued at that
day’s published net asset value (“NAV”) per share or unit.
•Exchange-traded futures contracts are valued at the closing settlement price on the primary market on which they are traded most extensively. Exchange-traded futures contracts traded on
a recognized exchange for which there were no sales on that day are valued at the last reported sale price obtained from independent pricing services or brokers or at fair value.
In the event prices or
quotations are not readily available or that the application of these valuation methods results in a price for an investment that is deemed to be not representative of the fair value of such investment, fair value
will be determined in good faith by the Committee, in accordance with the valuation policy and procedures approved by the Board.
A “significant
event” is an event that the Board believes, with a reasonably high degree of certainty, has caused the closing market prices of a Fund’s portfolio securities to no longer reflect their value at the time of
the Fund’s NAV calculation. Fair value may be determined using an independent fair value service under valuation procedures approved by the Board. The independent fair value service takes into account multiple
factors including, but not limited to, movements in the U.S. securities markets, certain depositary receipts, futures contracts and foreign currency exchange rates that have occurred subsequent to the close of foreign
securities exchanges. The use of the independent fair value service or alternative fair valuation methods would result in the investments being classified within Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy.
The Fund values its
assets and liabilities at fair value using a fair value hierarchy consisting of three broad levels that prioritize the inputs to valuation techniques giving the highest priority to readily available unadjusted quoted
prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1 measurements) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3 measurements) when market prices are not readily available or reliable. The
categorization of a value determined for an investment within the hierarchy is based upon the pricing transparency of the investment and is not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in it.
The three levels of the
fair value hierarchy are as follows:
•Level 1 — Unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for an identical asset or liability;
•Level 2 — Inputs other than quoted prices included within Level 1 that are observable for the asset or liability either directly or indirectly, including quoted prices for similar
assets or liabilities in active markets, quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not considered to be active, inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the asset
or liability (such as exchange rates, financing terms, interest rates, yield curves, volatilities, prepayment speeds, loss severities, credit risks and default rates) or other market-corroborated inputs; and
•Level 3 — Unobservable inputs for the asset or liability, including the Committee’s assumptions used in determining the fair value of investments.
The value of the
Fund’s investments according to the fair value hierarchy as of March 31, 2021 is disclosed in the Fund’s respective Schedule of Investments.
Futures Contracts
The Fund may enter into
futures contracts to meet the Fund’s objectives. A futures contract is a standardized, exchange-traded agreement to buy or sell a financial instrument at a set price on a future date. Upon entering into a
futures contract, the Fund is required to deposit with the broker, cash or securities in an amount equal to the minimum initial margin requirements of the clearing house. Securities deposited, if any, are designated
on the Schedule of Investments and cash deposited, if any, is included in Net cash at broker for futures contracts on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Subsequent payments are made or received by the Fund equal
to the daily change in the contract value,
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accumulated, exchange rates, and or
other transactional fees. The accumulation of those payments are recorded as variation margin receivable or payable with a corresponding offset to unrealized gains or losses. The Fund recognizes a realized gain or
loss when the contract is closed.
Losses may arise if the
value of a futures contract decreases due to unfavorable changes in the market rates or values of the underlying instrument during the term of the contract or if the counterparty does not perform under the contract.
The use of futures contracts also involves the risk that the movements in the price of the futures contracts do not correlate with the movement of the assets underlying such contracts.
For the period ended
March 31, 2021, the Fund entered into futures contracts Equitization of Cash.
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