N-Q 1 d13453dnq.htm MASSMUTUAL PREMIER FUNDS MASSMUTUAL PREMIER FUNDS

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM N-Q

 

 

QUARTERLY SCHEDULE OF PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS

OF REGISTERED MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANY

Investment Company Act file number 811-08690

 

 

MassMutual Premier Funds

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

 

 

 

   100 Bright Meadow Blvd., Enfield, CT    06082           
   (Address of principal executive offices)    (Zip code)             

 

 

Eric Wietsma

100 Bright Meadow Blvd., Enfield, CT 06082

(Name and address of agent for service)

 

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (860) 562-1000

Date of fiscal year end: 9/30/2016

Date of reporting period: 12/31/2015

 

 

 


Item 1. Schedule of Investments.


MassMutual Premier Money Market Fund – Portfolio of Investments

 

December 31, 2015 (Unaudited)

 

     Principal
Amount
     Value  
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS — 99.7%   
Commercial Paper — 60.3%      

Air Products & Chemicals, Inc. (a)
0.390% 2/08/16

   $ 9,000,000       $ 8,996,295   

American Express Credit Corp.
0.260% 1/05/16

     10,000,000         9,999,711   

American Honda Finance Corp.
0.200% 1/07/16

     9,000,000         8,999,700   

Basin Electric Power Coorperative (a)
0.480% 2/01/16

     9,000,000         8,996,282   

BMW US Capital LLC (a)
0.200% 1/06/16

     7,500,000         7,499,792   

Caterpillar Financial Services Co.
0.550% 3/10/16

     9,000,000         8,990,512   

CDP Financial, Inc. (a)
0.260% 1/22/16

     10,000,000         9,998,483   

Coca-Cola Co. (a)
0.220% 2/16/16

     2,400,000         2,399,325   

Emerson Electric Co. (a)
0.470% 2/25/16

     9,000,000         8,993,537   

Export-Import Bank of Korea
0.420% 2/09/16

     9,000,000         8,995,905   

Honeywell International, Inc. (a)
0.270% 1/29/16

     8,750,000         8,748,162   

Intel Corp. (a)
0.500% 4/27/16

     9,000,000         8,985,375   

Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. (a)
0.600% 1/04/16

     9,000,000         8,999,550   

International Business Machines Corp. (a)
0.420% 3/23/16

     8,145,000         8,137,208   

John Deere Capital Corp. (a)
0.250% 1/06/16

     6,000,000         5,999,792   

John Deere Capital Corp. (a)
0.450% 2/03/16

     3,000,000         2,998,763   

National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance Corp.
0.400% 2/08/16

     1,100,000         1,099,536   

National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance Corp.
0.410% 2/02/16

     2,200,000         2,199,198   

National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance Corp.
0.430% 1/25/16

     5,000,000         4,998,567   

Paccar Financial Corp.
0.400% 2/12/16

     7,000,000         6,996,733   

Paccar Financial Corp.
0.500% 3/18/16

     975,000         973,957   

Parker-hannifin Corp. (a)
0.200% 1/04/16

     9,000,000         8,999,850   

Pfizer, Inc. (a)
0.600% 4/04/16

     5,600,000         5,591,227   
     Principal
Amount
     Value  

Reckitt Benckiser Treasury Services PLC (a)
0.350% 2/04/16

   $ 9,000,000       $ 8,997,025   

Rockwell Automation, Inc. (a)
0.450% 1/11/16

     4,100,000         4,099,488   

Toyota Motor Credit Corp.
0.530% 3/18/16

     7,000,000         6,992,065   

United Healthcare Co. (a)
0.680% 1/19/16

     9,000,000         8,996,940   

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (a)
0.240% 1/25/16

     8,200,000         8,198,688   

Westpac Banking Corp. (a)
0.380% 2/10/16

     9,000,000         8,996,200   

Wisconsin Gas Co.
0.500% 1/05/16

     9,000,000         8,999,500   
     

 

 

 
        213,877,366   
     

 

 

 
Corporate Debt — 1.3%      

General Electric Capital Corp., FRN
0.518% 1/08/16

     1,100,000         1,100,034   

General Electric Capital Corp., FRN
0.918% 1/08/16

     3,500,000         3,500,379   
     

 

 

 
        4,600,413   
     

 

 

 
Discount Notes — 15.5%      

Federal Farm Credit Discount Notes
0.420% 3/18/16

     4,600,000         4,595,868   

Federal Home Loan Bank Discount Notes
0.135% 1/07/16

     1,400,000         1,399,968   

Federal Home Loan Bank Discount Notes
0.140% 2/09/16

     1,400,000         1,399,788   

Federal Home Loan Bank Discount Notes
0.150% 1/21/16

     600,000         599,950   

Federal Home Loan Bank Discount Notes
0.150% 1/22/16

     1,000,000         999,912   

Federal Home Loan Bank Discount Notes
0.150% 2/23/16

     2,000,000         1,999,558   

Federal Home Loan Bank Discount Notes
0.158% 1/04/16

     400,000         399,995   

Federal Home Loan Bank Discount Notes
0.160% 1/08/16

     415,000         414,987   

Federal Home Loan Bank Discount Notes
0.165% 1/13/16

     900,000         899,950   

Federal Home Loan Bank Discount Notes
0.170% 2/03/16

     600,000         599,907   
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the portfolio of investments.

 

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MassMutual Premier Money Market Fund – Portfolio of Investments (Continued)

 

     Principal
Amount
     Value  

Federal Home Loan Bank Discount Notes
0.175% 2/08/16

   $ 800,000       $ 799,852   

Federal Home Loan Bank Discount Notes
0.190% 1/11/16

     2,300,000         2,299,879   

Federal Home Loan Bank Discount Notes
0.190% 1/14/16

     1,920,000         1,919,868   

Federal Home Loan Bank Discount Notes
0.200% 1/27/16

     500,000         499,928   

Federal Home Loan Bank Discount Notes
0.200% 2/05/16

     2,710,000         2,709,473   

Federal Home Loan Bank Discount Notes
0.240% 1/25/16

     400,000         399,936   

Federal Home Loan Bank Discount Notes
0.270% 2/19/16

     1,075,000         1,074,605   

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.
0.130% 1/13/16

     1,700,000         1,699,926   

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.
0.140% 2/22/16

     2,900,000         2,899,414   

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.
0.150% 1/04/16

     5,850,000         5,849,927   

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.
0.150% 3/07/16

     200,000         199,945   

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.
0.160% 2/03/16

     600,000         599,912   

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.
0.200% 1/05/16

     900,000         899,980   

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.
0.200% 2/19/16

     2,000,000         1,999,456   

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.
0.220% 2/03/16

     500,000         499,899   

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.
0.270% 2/29/16

     2,000,000         1,999,115   

Federal National Mortgage Association
0.125% 2/08/16

     600,000         599,921   

Federal National Mortgage Association
0.135% 1/14/16

     1,500,000         1,499,927   

Federal National Mortgage Association
0.163% 1/14/16

     6,700,000         6,699,606   

Federal National Mortgage Association
0.170% 3/01/16

     400,000         399,887   

Federal National Mortgage Association
0.175% 2/08/16

     1,000,000         999,815   

Federal National Mortgage Association
0.180% 1/14/16

     500,000         499,968   

Federal National Mortgage Association
0.180% 1/20/16

     350,000         349,967   
     Principal
Amount
     Value  

Federal National Mortgage Association
0.200% 1/15/16

   $ 795,000       $ 794,938   

Federal National Mortgage Association
0.200% 2/02/16

     1,500,000         1,499,733   

Federal National Mortgage Association
0.200% 2/10/16

     1,600,000         1,599,644   

Federal National Mortgage Association
0.246% 2/08/16

     500,000         499,870   
     

 

 

 
        55,104,274   
     

 

 

 
Repurchase Agreement — 5.1%      

HSBC Securities (USA) Inc. Tri-Party Repurchase Agreement,
dated 12/31/15,
0.260%, due 1/04/16 (b)

     18,000,000         18,000,000   
     

 

 

 
Time Deposit — 0.0%      

Euro Time Deposit
0.010% 1/04/16

     34,580         34,580   
     

 

 

 
U.S. Government Obligations — 16.8%   

U.S. Treasury Note
0.305% 1/31/16

     15,000,000         14,999,975   

U.S. Treasury Note
0.329% 4/30/16

     10,000,000         10,000,600   

U.S. Treasury Note
0.375% 1/31/16

     5,000,000         5,000,776   

U.S. Treasury Note
0.375% 5/31/16

     10,000,000         10,002,481   

U.S. Treasury Note
0.625% 7/15/16

     5,000,000         5,003,035   

U.S. Treasury Note
0.625% 8/15/16

     5,000,000         5,000,374   

U.S. Treasury Note
1.000% 8/31/16

     8,000,000         8,015,643   

U.S. Treasury Note
1.500% 6/30/16

     1,700,000         1,707,676   
     

 

 

 
        59,730,560   
     

 

 

 
U.S. Treasury Bill — 0.7%      

U.S. Treasury Bill
0.000% 6/23/16

     2,300,000         2,294,164   
     

 

 

 
TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS
(Cost $353,641,357)
        353,641,357   
     

 

 

 
TOTAL INVESTMENTS — 99.7%
(Cost $353,641,357) (c)
        353,641,357   
Other Assets/(Liabilities) — 0.3%         1,001,601   
     

 

 

 
NET ASSETS — 100.0%       $ 354,642,958   
     

 

 

 
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the portfolio of investments.

 

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MassMutual Premier Money Market Fund – Portfolio of Investments (Continued)

 

Notes to Portfolio of Investments

Percentages are stated as a percent of net assets.

FRN Floating Rate Note
(a) Securities exempt from registration under rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. These securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. At December 31, 2015, these securities amounted to a value of $144,631,982 or 40.78% of net assets.
(b) Maturity value of $18,000,520. Collateralized by U.S. Government Agency obligations with a rate of 3.875%, maturity date of 4/15/29, and an aggregate market value, including accrued interest, of $18,360,475.
(c) See Note 3 for aggregate cost for federal tax purposes.
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the portfolio of investments.

 

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MassMutual Premier Short-Duration Bond Fund – Portfolio of Investments

 

December 31, 2015 (Unaudited)

 

     Number
of Shares
     Value  
EQUITIES — 0.1%      
PREFERRED STOCK — 0.1%      
Energy — 0.1%      
Oil & Gas — 0.1%      

Southwestern Energy Co. 6.250%

     12,900       $ 239,295   
     

 

 

 
TOTAL PREFERRED STOCK
(Cost $645,000)
        239,295   
     

 

 

 
TOTAL EQUITIES
(Cost $645,000)
        239,295   
     

 

 

 
     Principal
Amount
        
BONDS & NOTES — 100.2%      
CORPORATE DEBT — 39.3%      
Aerospace & Defense — 0.6%      

Exelis, Inc.
4.250% 10/01/16

   $ 740,000         753,275   

Harris Corp.
1.999% 4/27/18

     2,800,000         2,768,545   
     

 

 

 
        3,521,820   
     

 

 

 
Agriculture — 1.3%      

Bunge Ltd. Finance Corp.
3.200% 6/15/17

     4,895,000         4,942,966   

Imperial Tobacco Finance PLC (a)
2.950% 7/21/20

     2,285,000         2,289,479   
     

 

 

 
        7,232,445   
     

 

 

 
Airlines — 0.0%      

American Airlines Pass-Through Trust, Series 2014-1, Class B
4.375% 4/01/24

     104,507         103,985   
     

 

 

 
Auto Manufacturers — 1.5%      

Ford Motor Credit Co. LLC
2.240% 6/15/18

     3,080,000         3,051,997   

General Motors Co.
3.500% 10/02/18

     595,000         600,974   

General Motors Financial Co., Inc.
3.100% 1/15/19

     905,000         903,685   

General Motors Financial Co., Inc.
3.200% 7/13/20

     705,000         694,145   

Hyundai Capital America (a)
2.400% 10/30/18

     2,350,000         2,342,710   

Hyundai Capital America (a)
2.550% 2/06/19

     485,000         481,235   
     

 

 

 
        8,074,746   
     

 

 

 
Banks — 4.7%      

Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA
3.000% 10/20/20

     2,740,000         2,728,240   

BNP Paribas SA
2.375% 5/21/20

     795,000         786,959   
     Principal
Amount
     Value  

CIT Group, Inc.
4.250% 8/15/17

   $ 3,200,000       $ 3,272,000   

Credit Agricole SA (a)
2.750% 6/10/20

     1,395,000         1,402,483   

Credit Suisse Group Funding Guernsey Ltd. (a)
2.750% 3/26/20

     2,800,000         2,773,459   

First Horizon National Corp.
3.500% 12/15/20

     2,800,000         2,775,685   

The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
2.750% 9/15/20

     3,000,000         2,998,029   

Intesa Sanpaolo SpA
3.875% 1/16/18

     2,760,000         2,830,137   

Itau Unibanco Holding SA (a)
2.850% 5/26/18

     840,000         798,840   

Mitsubishi UFJ Trust & Banking Corp. (a)
2.650% 10/19/20

     2,830,000         2,827,079   

Nordea Bank AB (a)
2.500% 9/17/20

     1,960,000         1,948,369   

Regions Financial Corp.
7.500% 5/15/18

     340,000         377,788   

Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB (a)
2.375% 3/25/19

     305,000         306,403   

SVB Financial Group
5.375% 9/15/20

     225,000         246,160   
     

 

 

 
        26,071,631   
     

 

 

 
Biotechnology — 0.5%      

Celgene Corp.
2.875% 8/15/20

     2,525,000         2,505,967   
     

 

 

 
Building Materials — 0.5%      

Martin Marietta Material, Inc. 3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.100%, FRN
1.426% 6/30/17

     585,000         580,930   

Masco Corp.
7.125% 3/15/20

     1,750,000         2,021,250   
     

 

 

 
        2,602,180   
     

 

 

 
Chemicals — 1.1%      

Airgas, Inc.
3.050% 8/01/20

     2,885,000         2,903,031   

Ashland, Inc.
3.875% 4/15/18

     1,950,000         1,989,000   

LyondellBasell Industries NV
5.000% 4/15/19

     450,000         478,710   

RPM International, Inc.
6.125% 10/15/19

     850,000         929,761   
     

 

 

 
        6,300,502   
     

 

 

 
Commercial Services — 1.5%      

Leidos Holdings, Inc.
4.450% 12/01/20

     2,861,000         2,847,808   

McGraw Hill Financial, Inc.
3.300% 8/14/20

     2,050,000         2,067,517   
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the portfolio of investments.

 

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MassMutual Premier Short-Duration Bond Fund – Portfolio of Investments (Continued)

 

     Principal
Amount
     Value  

The Western Union Co.
5.930% 10/01/16

   $ 3,050,000       $ 3,146,847   
     

 

 

 
        8,062,172   
     

 

 

 
Computers — 0.5%      

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. (a)
2.850% 10/05/18

     2,730,000         2,728,477   
     

 

 

 
Distribution & Wholesale — 0.1%      

Arrow Electronics, Inc.
3.000% 3/01/18

     295,000         294,762   
     

 

 

 
Diversified Financial — 5.4%      

AerCap Ireland Capital Ltd./AerCap Global Aviation Trust
4.500% 5/15/21

     2,050,000         2,083,313   

Air Lease Corp.
2.125% 1/15/18

     2,200,000         2,161,500   

Air Lease Corp.
3.375% 1/15/19

     1,075,000         1,080,375   

Air Lease Corp. STEP
5.625% 4/01/17

     190,000         197,125   

Ally Financial, Inc.
3.600% 5/21/18

     1,285,000         1,285,000   

Ally Financial, Inc.
4.750% 9/10/18

     2,000,000         2,047,500   

Capital One Bank USA NA
1.150% 11/21/16

     500,000         498,796   

Icahn Enterprises LP/Icahn Enterprises Finance Corp.
3.500% 3/15/17

     2,730,000         2,743,650   

International Lease Finance Corp. 3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.950%, FRN
2.462% 6/15/16

     1,800,000         1,795,500   

International Lease Finance Corp.
3.875% 4/15/18

     270,000         272,025   

International Lease Finance Corp.
5.750% 5/15/16

     2,208,000         2,238,360   

Lazard Group LLC
4.250% 11/14/20

     895,000         927,020   

Lazard Group LLC
6.850% 6/15/17

     104,000         110,730   

Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc.
5.700% 5/02/17

     3,100,000         3,232,916   

Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc.
6.050% 5/16/16

     2,025,000         2,058,394   

Morgan Stanley
4.750% 3/22/17

     4,500,000         4,661,185   

Visa, Inc.
2.200% 12/14/20

     1,995,000         1,991,287   
     

 

 

 
        29,384,676   
     

 

 

 
Electric — 0.8%      

Ameren Corp.
2.700% 11/15/20

     1,165,000         1,160,564   
     Principal
Amount
     Value  

Entergy Texas, Inc.
7.125% 2/01/19

   $ 1,780,000       $ 2,015,409   

IPALCO Enterprises, Inc.
5.000% 5/01/18

     900,000         942,750   

Kansas Gas & Electric Co.
5.647% 3/29/21

     265,860         267,521   

Tri-State Generation & Transmission Association, Series 2003, Class A (a)
6.040% 1/31/18

     177,401         186,555   
     

 

 

 
        4,572,799   
     

 

 

 
Electronics — 0.2%      

Avnet, Inc.
6.625% 9/15/16

     595,000         615,708   

Jabil Circuit, Inc.
7.750% 7/15/16

     410,000         420,250   

Jabil Circuit, Inc.
8.250% 3/15/18

     255,000         280,819   
     

 

 

 
        1,316,777   
     

 

 

 
Environmental Controls — 0.3%      

Clean Harbors, Inc.
5.250% 8/01/20

     1,400,000         1,428,000   
     

 

 

 
Foods — 0.1%      

JBS Investments GmbH (a)
7.750% 10/28/20

     634,000         608,640   

Tyson Foods, Inc.
2.650% 8/15/19

     180,000         180,100   
     

 

 

 
        788,740   
     

 

 

 
Forest Products & Paper — 0.6%      

Domtar Corp.
10.750% 6/01/17

     262,000         291,534   

Sappi Papier Holding GmbH (a)
7.750% 7/15/17

     2,750,000         2,856,562   
     

 

 

 
        3,148,096   
     

 

 

 
Hand & Machine Tools — 0.4%      

Kennametal, Inc.
2.650% 11/01/19

     350,000         340,590   

Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.
2.451% 11/17/18

     1,890,000         1,897,375   
     

 

 

 
        2,237,965   
     

 

 

 
Health Care – Products — 0.4%      

Boston Scientific Corp.
2.850% 5/15/20

     785,000         780,911   

Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc.
2.000% 4/01/18

     1,213,000         1,205,527   
     

 

 

 
        1,986,438   
     

 

 

 
Health Care – Services — 0.2%      

Anthem, Inc.
1.875% 1/15/18

     1,055,000         1,050,423   
     

 

 

 
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the portfolio of investments.

 

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MassMutual Premier Short-Duration Bond Fund – Portfolio of Investments (Continued)

 

     Principal
Amount
     Value  
Holding Company – Diversified — 0.5%   

Hutchison Whampoa International 14 Ltd. (a)
1.625% 10/31/17

   $ 2,580,000       $ 2,557,226   
     

 

 

 
Home Builders — 0.8%      

DR Horton, Inc.
3.750% 3/01/19

     2,900,000         2,900,000   

Lennar Corp.
4.500% 11/15/19

     1,383,000         1,406,338   
     

 

 

 
        4,306,338   
     

 

 

 
Insurance — 1.3%      

AXIS Specialty Finance PLC
2.650% 4/01/19

     265,000         263,873   

Reinsurance Group of America, Inc.
5.625% 3/15/17

     1,365,000         1,422,552   

TIAA Asset Management Finance Co. LLC (a)
2.950% 11/01/19

     3,700,000         3,707,374   

Willis Group Holdings PLC
4.125% 3/15/16

     180,000         180,976   

Willis Group Holdings PLC
5.750% 3/15/21

     840,000         928,296   

Willis North America, Inc.
6.200% 3/28/17

     835,000         878,159   
     

 

 

 
        7,381,230   
     

 

 

 
Internet — 0.5%      

Expedia, Inc.
7.456% 8/15/18

     2,715,000         3,025,534   
     

 

 

 
Investment Companies — 0.5%      

Ares Capital Corp.
3.875% 1/15/20

     1,450,000         1,472,021   

FS Investment Corp.
4.000% 7/15/19

     1,040,000         1,030,447   
     

 

 

 
        2,502,468   
     

 

 

 
Iron & Steel — 0.6%      

Allegheny Technologies, Inc.
9.375% 6/01/19

     2,710,000         2,168,000   

ArcelorMittal STEP
5.500% 2/25/17

     75,000         72,442   

ArcelorMittal
6.125% 6/01/18

     445,000         407,175   

Commercial Metals Co.
6.500% 7/15/17

     355,000         367,869   

Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co.
6.200% 11/15/16

     499,000         515,728   
     

 

 

 
        3,531,214   
     

 

 

 
Lodging — 0.3%      

Marriott International, Inc.
2.875% 3/01/21

     1,845,000         1,830,502   
     

 

 

 
     Principal
Amount
     Value  
Machinery – Diversified — 0.5%      

CNH Industrial Capital LLC
3.375% 7/15/19

   $ 660,000       $ 622,050   

CNH Industrial Capital LLC
3.625% 4/15/18

     265,000         260,893   

CNH Industrial Capital LLC
6.250% 11/01/16

     510,000         519,562   

Roper Technologies, Inc.
1.850% 11/15/17

     1,125,000         1,119,084   
     

 

 

 
        2,521,589   
     

 

 

 
Manufacturing — 0.4%      

SPX FLOW, Inc.
6.875% 9/01/17

     505,000         536,563   

Tyco Electronics Group SA
6.550% 10/01/17

     1,461,000         1,574,496   
     

 

 

 
        2,111,059   
     

 

 

 
Media — 0.6%      

CCO Safari II LLC (a)
3.579% 7/23/20

     1,845,000         1,833,947   

Sirius XM Radio, Inc. (a)
4.250% 5/15/20

     1,450,000         1,464,500   
     

 

 

 
        3,298,447   
     

 

 

 
Mining — 0.8%      

Freeport-McMoRan, Inc.
2.300% 11/14/17

     1,500,000         1,278,750   

Vale Overseas Ltd.
6.250% 1/11/16

     3,330,000         3,329,500   
     

 

 

 
        4,608,250   
     

 

 

 
Office Equipment/Supplies — 0.1%      

Pitney Bowes, Inc.
4.750% 1/15/16

     300,000         300,280   

Pitney Bowes, Inc.
5.750% 9/15/17

     74,000         78,062   
     

 

 

 
        378,342   
     

 

 

 
Oil & Gas — 1.3%      

Chesapeake Energy Corp., Convertible
2.500% 5/15/37

     485,000         227,950   

Noble Holding International Ltd.
4.000% 3/16/18

     300,000         271,656   

Petrobras Global Finance BV
3.250% 3/17/17

     1,265,000         1,170,125   

Petroleos Mexicanos
3.125% 1/23/19

     155,000         149,945   

Pioneer Natural Resources Co.
3.450% 1/15/21

     2,810,000         2,594,622   

Rowan Cos., Inc.
5.000% 9/01/17

     170,000         168,721   

Southwestern Energy Co.
3.300% 1/23/18

     400,000         328,000   

Transocean, Inc. STEP
5.800% 12/15/16

     200,000         194,000   
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the portfolio of investments.

 

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MassMutual Premier Short-Duration Bond Fund – Portfolio of Investments (Continued)

 

     Principal
Amount
     Value  

Transocean, Inc.
6.000% 3/15/18

   $ 220,000       $ 195,800   

Whiting Petroleum Corp., Convertible (a)
1.250% 4/01/20

     1,000,000         680,000   

WPX Energy, Inc.
7.500% 8/01/20

     1,145,000         927,450   
     

 

 

 
        6,908,269   
     

 

 

 
Oil & Gas Services — 1.0%      

Cameron International Corp.
1.400% 6/15/17

     3,300,000         3,253,199   

SESI LLC
6.375% 5/01/19

     315,000         292,361   

Superior Energy Services, Inc.
7.125% 12/15/21

     2,409,000         2,144,010   
     

 

 

 
        5,689,570   
     

 

 

 
Pharmaceuticals — 1.2%      

AbbVie, Inc.
1.800% 5/14/18

     2,590,000         2,578,076   

Actavis Funding SCS Co.
2.350% 3/12/18

     1,580,000         1,581,646   

Baxalta, Inc. (a)
2.000% 6/22/18

     1,525,000         1,509,352   

McKesson Corp.
2.284% 3/15/19

     255,000         253,988   

Mylan, Inc.
1.350% 11/29/16

     500,000         495,808   
     

 

 

 
        6,418,870   
     

 

 

 
Pipelines — 0.8%      

Boardwalk Pipelines LP
5.875% 11/15/16

     1,100,000         1,110,667   

Energy Transfer Partners LP
2.500% 6/15/18

     1,070,000         1,024,895   

Kinder Morgan Finance Co. LLC (a)
6.000% 1/15/18

     925,000         932,642   

Kinder Morgan, Inc. (a)
5.000% 2/15/21

     1,290,000         1,226,134   
     

 

 

 
        4,294,338   
     

 

 

 
Real Estate — 0.2%      

Regency Centers LP
5.875% 6/15/17

     892,000         940,639   
     

 

 

 
Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITS) — 2.4%   

American Tower Corp.
4.500% 1/15/18

     850,000         886,459   

DDR Corp.
7.500% 7/15/18

     2,400,000         2,693,021   

DDR Corp.
9.625% 3/15/16

     145,000         147,264   

Digital Delta Holdings LLC (a)
3.400% 10/01/20

     925,000         926,014   

Duke Realty LP
5.950% 2/15/17

     2,450,000         2,558,016   
     Principal
Amount
     Value  

Duke Realty LP
8.250% 8/15/19

   $ 550,000       $ 650,598   

HCP, Inc.
6.000% 1/30/17

     1,450,000         1,510,463   

Highwoods Realty LP
5.850% 3/15/17

     710,000         740,184   

Highwoods Realty LP
7.500% 4/15/18

     170,000         187,877   

Realty Income Corp.
2.000% 1/31/18

     205,000         205,117   

UDR, Inc.
5.250% 1/15/16

     1,500,000         1,501,444   

Vereit Operating Partnership LP
2.000% 2/06/17

     640,000         633,600   

Vereit Operating Partnership LP
3.000% 2/06/19

     320,000         307,840   
     

 

 

 
        12,947,897   
     

 

 

 
Retail — 0.4%      

AutoNation, Inc.
3.350% 1/15/21

     735,000         732,388   

Best Buy Co., Inc.
3.750% 3/15/16

     1,450,000         1,455,220   

Macy’s Retail Holdings, Inc.
7.450% 7/15/17

     135,000         145,864   
     

 

 

 
        2,333,472   
     

 

 

 
Savings & Loans — 0.6%      

Glencore Funding LLC (a)
1.700% 5/27/16

     2,638,000         2,611,620   

Glencore Funding LLC (a)
3.125% 4/29/19

     1,150,000         960,250   
     

 

 

 
        3,571,870   
     

 

 

 
Semiconductors — 0.9%      

KLA-Tencor Corp.
2.375% 11/01/17

     3,495,000         3,496,817   

Micron Technology, Inc., Convertible
3.000% 11/15/43

     1,750,000         1,454,688   
     

 

 

 
        4,951,505   
     

 

 

 
Telecommunications — 1.1%      

Crown Castle Towers LLC (a)
4.174% 8/15/37

     1,100,000         1,124,786   

Frontier Communications Corp.
8.250% 4/15/17

     2,310,000         2,425,500   

Qwest Corp.
8.375% 5/01/16

     975,000         988,406   

Sprint Communications, Inc. (a)
9.000% 11/15/18

     1,185,000         1,247,213   

Telefonica Emisiones SAU
6.421% 6/20/16

     331,000         338,607   
     

 

 

 
        6,124,512   
     

 

 

 
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the portfolio of investments.

 

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MassMutual Premier Short-Duration Bond Fund – Portfolio of Investments (Continued)

 

     Principal
Amount
     Value  
Transportation — 0.8%      

Asciano Finance (a)
5.000% 4/07/18

   $ 1,678,000       $ 1,727,654   

Ryder System, Inc.
2.500% 3/01/18

     1,295,000         1,292,704   

Ryder System, Inc.
2.550% 6/01/19

     190,000         188,846   

Ryder System, Inc.
2.875% 9/01/20

     1,080,000         1,066,938   
     

 

 

 
        4,276,142   
     

 

 

 
Trucking & Leasing — 1.0%      

Aviation Capital Group Corp. (a)
2.875% 9/17/18

     3,260,000         3,241,294   

GATX Corp.
3.500% 7/15/16

     105,000         106,132   

Penske Truck Leasing Co. LP/PTL Finance Corp. (a)
2.500% 6/15/19

     770,000         757,424   

Penske Truck Leasing Co. LP/PTL Finance Corp. (a)
3.050% 1/09/20

     1,650,000         1,636,341   
     

 

 

 
        5,741,191   
     

 

 

 
TOTAL CORPORATE DEBT
(Cost $219,948,369)
        215,663,075   
     

 

 

 
MUNICIPAL OBLIGATIONS — 0.5%   

Access to Loans for Learning Student Loan Corp., Series 2004-IV, Class Note FRN
0.520% 4/25/24

     866,636         862,390   

Louisiana State Public Facilities Authority FRN
1.219% 4/26/27

     311,087         312,978   

State of Illinois
5.365% 3/01/17

     1,200,000         1,244,556   
     

 

 

 
        2,419,924   
     

 

 

 
TOTAL MUNICIPAL OBLIGATIONS
(Cost $2,362,557)
        2,419,924   
     

 

 

 
NON-U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENCY
OBLIGATIONS — 30.8%
   
Auto Floor Plan ABS — 0.1%      

NCF Dealer Floorplan Master Trust, Series 2014-1A, Class A, 1 mo. LIBOR + 1.500%, FRN (a)
1.902% 10/20/20

     630,000         630,000   
     

 

 

 
Automobile ABS — 3.7%      

American Credit Acceptance Receivables Trust,
Series 2014-3, Class A (a)
0.990% 8/10/18

     183,995         183,929   
     Principal
Amount
     Value  

American Credit Acceptance Receivables Trust, Series 2015-2, Class A (a)
1.570% 6/12/19

   $ 927,275       $ 925,383   

American Credit Acceptance Receivables Trust, Series 2015-3, Class A (a)
1.950% 9/12/19

     1,498,759         1,494,244   

Avis Budget Rental Car Funding AESOP LLC, Series 2012-3A, Class A (a)
2.100% 3/20/19

     600,000         597,579   

Capital Automotive REIT,
Series 2012-1A, Class A (a)
4.700% 7/15/42

     512,251         524,486   

CFC LLC, Series 2014-2A, Class A (a)
1.440% 11/16/20

     396,207         393,805   

CFC LLC, Series 2015-1A, Class A (a)
1.750% 6/15/21

     649,808         642,626   

Chesapeake Funding LLC,
Series 2015-1A, Class B, 1 mo. LIBOR + .950%, FRN (a)
1.219% 2/07/27

     400,000         399,579   

CPS Auto Trust, Series 2014-B, Class A (a)
1.110% 11/15/18

     511,933         507,959   

CPS Auto Trust, Series 2014-C, Class A (a)
1.310% 2/15/19

     575,306         573,827   

CPS Auto Trust, Series 2014-D, Class A (a)
1.490% 4/15/19

     368,244         365,901   

CPS Auto Trust, Series 2013-D, Class A (a)
1.540% 7/16/18

     247,232         247,222   

CPS Auto Trust, Series 2013-C, Class A (a)
1.640% 4/16/18

     250,217         250,228   

CPS Auto Trust, Series 2013-B, Class A (a)
1.820% 9/15/20

     671,578         671,093   

CPS Auto Trust, Series 2015-C, Class B (a)
2.550% 2/18/20

     750,000         746,157   

Credit Acceptance Auto Loan Trust, Series 2014-2A, Class A (a)
1.880% 3/15/22

     1,100,000         1,093,453   

Exeter Automobile Receivables Trust, Series 2014-2A, Class A (a)
1.060% 8/15/18

     228,266         228,221   

Exeter Automobile Receivables Trust, Series 2014-1A, Class A (a)
1.290% 5/15/18

     90,270         90,294   

Exeter Automobile Receivables Trust, Series 2014-3A, Class A (a)
1.320% 1/15/19

     264,291         263,766   
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the portfolio of investments.

 

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MassMutual Premier Short-Duration Bond Fund – Portfolio of Investments (Continued)

 

     Principal
Amount
     Value  

Exeter Automobile Receivables Trust, Series 2015-2A, Class A (a)
1.540% 11/15/19

   $ 578,939       $ 576,130   

Exeter Automobile Receivables Trust, Series 2015-1A, Class A (a)
1.600% 6/17/19

     605,328         603,803   

Exeter Automobile Receivables Trust, Series 2015-3A, Class A (a)
2.000% 3/16/20

     909,650         906,511   

Exeter Automobile Receivables Trust, Series 2013-2A, Class B (a)
3.090% 7/16/18

     872,628         874,663   

First Investors Auto Owner Trust, Series 2013-3A, Class A3 (a)
1.440% 10/15/19

     570,988         570,520   

First Investors Auto Owner Trust, Series 2015-2A, Class A1 (a)
1.590% 12/16/19

     598,252         596,698   

Flagship Credit Auto Trust,
Series 2013-1, Class A (a)
1.320% 4/16/18

     372,490         372,473   

Flagship Credit Auto Trust,
Series 2014-2, Class A (a)
1.430% 12/16/19

     486,138         482,914   

Flagship Credit Auto Trust,
Series 2013-2, Class A (a)
1.940% 1/15/19

     212,411         212,671   

Flagship Credit Auto Trust,
Series 2015-2, Class A (a)
1.980% 10/15/20

     753,646         750,402   

Flagship Credit Auto Trust,
Series 2015-3, Class A (a)
2.380% 10/15/20

     1,660,319         1,650,214   

GLS Auto Receivables Trust, Series 2015-1A, Class A (a)
2.250% 12/15/20

     401,256         400,440   

GO Financial Auto Securitization Trust, Series 2015-1, Class A (a)
1.810% 3/15/18

     226,226         225,864   

NextGear Floorplan Master Owner Trust, Series 2015-2A, Class A (a)
2.380% 10/15/20

     780,000         772,507   

Oscar US Funding Trust,
Series 2014-1A, Class A2 (a)
1.000% 8/15/17

     439,880         439,516   

Santander Drive Auto Receivables Trust, Series 2015-S2, Class R1 (a)
1.840% 11/18/19

     254,508         253,236   

SNAAC Auto Receivables Trust, Series 2014-1A, Class A (a)
1.030% 9/17/18

     89,218         89,151   

Westlake Automobile Receivables Trust, Series 2014-2A, Class A2 (a)
0.970% 10/16/17

     215,089         214,967   
     

 

 

 
        20,192,432   
     

 

 

 
     Principal
Amount
     Value  
Commercial MBS — 6.0%      

Banc of America Commercial Mortgage, Inc., Series 2007-3, Class A4, VRN
5.558% 6/10/49

   $ 851,364       $ 877,364   

Banc of America Commercial Mortgage, Inc., Series 2007-4, Class A4, VRN
5.742% 2/10/51

     566,856         591,518   

Banc of America Commercial Mortgage, Inc., Series 2007-4, Class AM, VRN
5.809% 2/10/51

     500,000         520,024   

Banc of America Commercial Mortgage, Inc., Series 2008-1, Class A4, VRN
6.215% 2/10/51

     1,275,933         1,349,541   

Bear Stearns Commercial Mortgage Securities, Series 2006-PW14, Class A4
5.201% 12/11/38

     712,524         725,740   

Bear Stearns Commercial Mortgage Securities, Series 2006-PW14, Class AM
5.243% 12/11/38

     900,000         924,113   

Bear Stearns Commercial Mortgage Securities, Series 2007-T26, Class AM, VRN
5.513% 1/12/45

     1,185,000         1,222,220   

Bear Stearns Commercial Mortgage Securities, Series 2006-T24, Class AM, VRN
5.568% 10/12/41

     880,000         896,462   

Bear Stearns Commercial Mortgage Securities, Series 2007-PW17, Class A4, VRN
5.694% 6/11/50

     679,144         706,078   

Bear Stearns Commercial Mortgage Securities, Series 2007-PW18, Class A4
5.700% 6/11/50

     625,000         649,323   

Bear Stearns Commercial Mortgage Securities, Series 2006-PW12, Class AM, VRN
5.752% 9/11/38

     900,000         907,243   

Bear Stearns Commercial Mortgage Securities, Series 2007-PW17, Class AM, VRN
5.882% 6/11/50

     1,215,000         1,268,633   

Commercial Mortgage Pass Through Certificates, Series 2014-BBG, Class A, 1 mo. LIBOR + .800%, FRN (a)
1.131% 3/15/29

     1,085,000         1,082,278   

Commercial Mortgage Pass Through Certificates, Series 2014-CR14, Class A2
3.147% 2/10/47

     845,000         863,309   
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the portfolio of investments.

 

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MassMutual Premier Short-Duration Bond Fund – Portfolio of Investments (Continued)

 

     Principal
Amount
     Value  

Commercial Mortgage Pass Through Certificates, Series 2006-C7, Class A1A, VRN
5.757% 6/10/46

   $ 438,849       $ 441,659   

Commercial Mortgage Pass Through Certificates, Series 2006-C7, Class AM, VRN
5.793% 6/10/46

     400,000         403,316   

Commercial Mortgage Pass Through Certificates, Series 2007-C9,
Class A4, VRN
5.796% 12/10/49

     1,054,443         1,101,009   

DBRR Trust, Series 2013-EZ3,
Class A, VRN (a)
1.635% 12/18/49

     431,609         430,319   

DBUBS Mortgage Trust,
Series 2011-LC2A, Class A2 (a)
3.386% 7/10/44

     383,574         385,277   

DBUBS Mortgage Trust,
Series 2011-LC1A, Class A1 (a)
3.742% 11/10/46

     214,862         215,457   

GCCFC Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 2006-GG7, Class AM, VRN
5.826% 7/10/38

     1,215,000         1,229,500   

Greenwich Capital Commercial Funding Corp., Series 2006-GG7,
Class A4, VRN
5.826% 7/10/38

     804,815         810,074   

JP Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Corp., Series 2006-CB17, Class A4
5.429% 12/12/43

     1,143,479         1,161,198   

JP Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Corp., Series 2006-CB14, Class AM, VRN
5.488% 12/12/44

     817,009         816,104   

JP Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Corp., Series 2007-CB20, Class AM, VRN
5.882% 2/12/51

     900,000         944,418   

Merrill Lynch/Countrywide Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 2006-4, Class AM
5.204% 12/12/49

     1,360,000         1,389,052   

Merrill Lynch/Countrywide Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 2007-9, Class A4
5.700% 9/12/49

     801,989         831,828   

ML-CFC Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 2007-9, Class AM, VRN
5.856% 9/12/49

     680,000         709,083   

Morgan Stanley Capital I,
Series 2006-IQ12, Class AM
5.370% 12/15/43

     450,000         460,101   
     Principal
Amount
     Value  

Morgan Stanley Capital I,
Series 2007-HQ11, Class AM, VRN
5.478% 2/12/44

   $ 885,000       $ 911,241   

Morgan Stanley Capital I,
Series 2007-HQ11, Class AJ, VRN
5.508% 2/12/44

     600,000         607,985   

Morgan Stanley Capital I,
Series 2007-IQ14, Class A2
5.610% 4/15/49

     275,276         275,014   

Morgan Stanley Capital I,
Series 2008-T29, Class A4, VRN
6.267% 1/11/43

     353,487         377,127   

Morgan Stanley Capital I Trust, Series 2012-C4, Class A2
2.111% 3/15/45

     575,000         576,723   

STRIPs Ltd., Series 2012-1A, Class A (a)
1.500% 12/25/44

     125,268         122,888   

TIAA Seasoned Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 2007-C4, Class AJ, VRN
5.510% 8/15/39

     219,791         219,780   

VFC LLC, Series 2014-2, Class A (Acquired 7/9/14,
Cost $600,000) (a) (b)
2.750% 7/20/30

     69,995         69,998   

VFC LLC, Series 2015-3, Class A, (Acquired 3/25/15,
Cost $249,531) (a) (b)
2.750% 12/20/31

     147,262         147,152   

Wachovia Bank Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 2006-C29, Class AM
5.339% 11/15/48

     1,300,000         1,329,805   

Wachovia Bank Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 2007-C31, Class A4
5.509% 4/15/47

     1,450,000         1,473,946   

Wachovia Bank Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 2007-C33,
Class AM, VRN
5.952% 2/15/51

     240,000         250,463   

Wachovia Bank Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 2006-C26,
Class AM, VRN
5.962% 6/15/45

     1,200,000         1,215,113   

Wells Fargo Reremic Trust,
Series 2012-IO, Class A (a)
1.750% 8/20/21

     74,514         74,514   

WF-RBS Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 2012-C10, Class A2
1.765% 12/15/45

     880,000         876,869   

WF-RBS Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 2011-C3, Class A2 (a)
3.240% 3/15/44

     200,770         201,318   
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the portfolio of investments.

 

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MassMutual Premier Short-Duration Bond Fund – Portfolio of Investments (Continued)

 

     Principal
Amount
     Value  

WF-RBS Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 2011-C2, Class A2 (a)
3.791% 2/15/44

   $ 201,166       $ 201,028   
     

 

 

 
        32,843,205   
     

 

 

 
Home Equity ABS — 1.6%      

ACE Securities Corp.,
Series 2005-AG1, Class A1B1,
1 mo. USD LIBOR + .270%, FRN
0.491% 8/25/35

     168,047         167,690   

ACE Securities Corp.,
Series 2005-HE7, Class A2D,
1 mo. USD LIBOR + .660%, FRN
0.881% 11/25/35

     236,483         236,167   

ACE Securities Corp.,
Series 2005-HE5, Class M2,
1 mo. USD LIBOR + .735%, FRN
0.956% 8/25/35

     518,708         517,558   

Asset-Backed Funding Certificates, Series 2005-WMC1, Class M1,
1 mo. USD LIBOR + .660%, FRN
0.881% 6/25/35

     41,904         41,882   

Bear Stearns Asset Backed Securities I Trust, Series 2006-HE3, Class A2, 1 mo. USD LIBOR + .180%, FRN
0.602% 4/25/36

     113,785         113,351   

Bear Stearns Asset-Backed Securities I Trust, Series 2005-HE12, Class M1, 1 mo. USD LIBOR + .480%, FRN
0.902% 12/25/35

     926,421         905,247   

Citigroup Mortgage Loan Trust, Series 2005-OPT4, Class M2,
1 mo. USD LIBOR + .430%, FRN
0.651% 7/25/35

     117,266         115,069   

Countrywide Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2005-3, Class MV2,
1 mo. USD LIBOR + .450%, FRN
0.872% 8/25/35

     52,557         52,505   

Countrywide Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2004-5, Class 3A,
1 mo. USD LIBOR + .460%, FRN
0.882% 9/25/34

     83,223         82,253   

Credit Suisse Seasoned Loan Trust, Series 2006-1, Class A,
1 mo. USD LIBOR + .240%, FRN (a)
0.662% 10/25/34

     588,347         584,753   

First Franklin Mortgage Loan Trust, Series 2005-FF6, Class M1,
1 mo. USD LIBOR + .420%, FRN
0.641% 5/25/36

     331,636         329,209   

GSAMP Trust,
Series 2005-AHL, Class M1,
1 mo. USD LIBOR + .430%, FRN
0.852% 4/25/35

     148,724         148,765   
     Principal
Amount
     Value  

Home Equity Asset Trust,
Series 2006-4, Class 2A3,
1 mo. USD LIBOR + .170%, FRN
0.592% 8/25/36

   $ 107,096       $ 106,944   

Home Equity Asset Trust,
Series 2005-HF1, Class A1,
1 mo. LIBOR + .520%, FRN
0.942% 2/25/36

     239,664         234,883   

Home Equity Asset Trust,
Series 2005-HF1, Class A2B,
1 mo. LIBOR + .700%, FRN
1.122% 2/25/36

     267,645         262,536   

JP Morgan Mortgage Acquisition Corp., Series 2005-FRE1, Class A2V2,
1 mo. USD LIBOR + .220%, FRN
0.441% 10/25/35

     531,351         529,942   

Long Beach Mortgage Loan Trust, Series 2005-WL1, Class M2,
1 mo. USD LIBOR + .825%, FRN
1.247% 6/25/35

     598,041         590,855   

MASTR Asset-Backed Securities Trust, Series 2005-WMC1, Class M3,
1 mo. USD LIBOR + .720%, FRN
1.142% 3/25/35

     875,000         872,697   

Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors Trust, Series 2006-FF1, Class A2C,
1 mo. USD LIBOR + .200%, FRN
0.622% 8/25/36

     47,585         47,561   

Morgan Stanley Capital, Inc.,
Series 2005-WMC6, Class M2,
1 mo. USD LIBOR + .750%, FRN
0.971% 7/25/35

     274,368         276,103   

New Century Home Equity Loan Trust, Series 1997-NC5, Class A6, STEP
6.390% 10/25/28

     50         51   

NovaStar Mortgage Funding Trust,
Series 2005-3, Class A2D,
1 mo. LIBOR + .370%, FRN
0.792% 1/25/36

     731,163         731,820   

Park Place Securities, Inc.,
Series 2005-WCW3, Class A2C, 1 mo. USD LIBOR + .380%, FRN
0.601% 8/25/35

     107,419         107,236   

Park Place Securities, Inc.,
Series 2005-WHQ1, Class M2,
1 mo. USD LIBOR + .750%, FRN
0.971% 3/25/35

     107,784         107,765   

Residential Asset Mortgage Products, Inc., Series 2005-EFC5, Class M1, 1 mo. USD LIBOR + .400%, FRN
0.822% 10/25/35

     451,181         450,243   

Residential Asset Securities Corp.,
Series 2005-AHL3, Class A2,
1 mo. USD LIBOR + .240%, FRN
0.662% 11/25/35

     570,561         567,033   
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the portfolio of investments.

 

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     Principal
Amount
     Value  

Residential Asset Securities Corp., Series 2005-EMX4, Class M1,
1 mo. USD LIBOR + .430%, FRN
0.852% 11/25/35

   $ 307,040       $ 304,074   

Security National Mortgage Loan Trust, Series 2006-3A, Class A1,
1 mo. LIBOR + .280%, FRN (a)
0.501% 1/25/37

     176,107         176,056   

Structured Asset Investment Loan Trust, Series 2005-7, Class A5,
1 mo. USD LIBOR + .720%, FRN
1.142% 8/25/35

     90,457         90,529   
     

 

 

 
        8,750,777   
     

 

 

 
Other ABS — 14.3%      

321 Henderson Receivables I LLC, Series 2006-1A, Class A1,
1 mo. LIBOR + .200%, FRN (a)
0.531% 3/15/41

     486,135         469,837   

321 Henderson Receivables I LLC, Series 2006-2A, Class A1,
1 mo. LIBOR + .200%, FRN (a)
0.531% 6/15/41

     558,601         540,076   

321 Henderson Receivables I LLC, Series 2010-3A, Class A (a)
3.820% 12/15/48

     955,023         979,347   

AIMCO CLO Ltd., Series 2014-AA, Class A, 3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.540%, FRN (a)
1.857% 7/20/26

     1,000,000         993,998   

ALM VIII Ltd., Series 2013-8A, Class A1A, 3 mo. USD
LIBOR + 1.450%, FRN (a)
1.767% 1/20/26

     730,000         724,241   

Alterna Funding I LLC, Series 2014-1A, Class NOTE (a)
1.639% 2/15/21

     445,760         443,183   

Arbys Funding LLC, Series 2015-1A, Class A2 (a)
4.969% 10/30/45

     850,000         849,915   

ARL First LLC, Series 2012-1A, Class A1, 1 mo. LIBOR + 1.750%, FRN (a)
2.081% 12/15/42

     1,150,765         1,148,834   

Ascentium Equipment Receivables LLC, Series 2014-1A, Class A2 (a)
1.040% 1/10/17

     192,579         192,597   

Ascentium Equipment Receivables LLC, Series 2014-1A, Class B (a)
1.580% 10/10/18

     700,000         699,934   

BCC Funding VIII LLC, Series 2014-1A, Class A (a)
1.794% 6/20/20

     183,724         183,035   
     Principal
Amount
     Value  

BCC Funding X LLC, Series 2015-1, Class A2 (a)
2.224% 10/20/20

   $ 1,300,000       $ 1,299,725   

Birchwood Park CLO Ltd.,
Series 2014-1A, Class A, 3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.440%, FRN (a)
1.761% 7/15/26

     1,010,000         1,001,268   

Blue Hill CLO Ltd., Series 2013-1A, Class A, 3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.480%, FRN (a)
1.801% 1/15/26

     2,315,000         2,280,076   

BlueMountain CLO Ltd.,
Series 2015-2A, Class A1, 3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.430%, FRN (a)
1.714% 7/18/27

     1,475,000         1,454,844   

BlueVirgo Trust, Series 2015-1A, Class NOTE (a)
3.000% 12/15/22

     2,795,082         2,777,110   

CAN Capital Funding LLC,
Series 2014-1A, Class A (a)
3.117% 4/15/20

     880,000         877,105   

Carlyle Global Market Strategies,
Series 2014-4A, Class A1, 3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.500%, FRN (a)
1.821% 10/15/26

     2,050,000         2,036,105   

Carlyle Global Market Strategies,
Series 2014-1A, Class A, 3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.520%, FRN (a)
1.837% 4/17/25

     1,520,000         1,512,736   

Cazenovia Creek Funding I LLC,
Series 2015-1A, Class A (a)
2.000% 12/10/23

     635,195         635,786   

Citi Held For Asset Issuance, Series 2015-PM1, Class A (a)
1.850% 12/15/21

     242,151         241,671   

Citi Held For Asset Issuance, Series 2015-PM2, Class A (a)
2.350% 3/15/22

     871,049         868,415   

Citi Held For Asset Issuance, Series 2015-PM3, Class A (a)
2.600% 5/16/22

     370,000         369,653   

CKE Restaurant Holdings, Inc., Series 2013-1A, Class A2 (a)
4.474% 3/20/43

     484,169         484,169   

Credit-Based Asset Servicing and Securitization LLC,
Series 2006-RP2, Class A3, 1 mo. LIBOR + .300%, FRN (a)
0.722% 7/25/36

     774,985         769,338   

DB Master Finance LLC,
Series 2015-1A, Class A2I (a)
3.262% 2/20/45

     664,975         669,630   
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the portfolio of investments.

 

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     Principal
Amount
     Value  

Diamond Resorts Owner Trust, Series 2014-1, Class A (a)
2.540% 5/20/27

   $ 323,667       $ 325,496   

Diamond Resorts Owner Trust, Series 2015-1, Class A (a)
2.730% 7/20/27

     611,508         610,349   

Diamond Resorts Owner Trust, Series 2015-2, Class B (a)
3.540% 5/22/28

     719,096         719,057   

Direct Capital Funding V LLC, Series 2013-2, Class A2 (a)
1.730% 8/20/18

     267,361         267,285   

Domino’s Pizza Master Issuer LLC, Series 2015-1A, Class A2I (a)
3.484% 10/25/45

     1,320,000         1,293,600   

Domino’s Pizza Master Issuer LLC, Series 2012-1A, Class A2 (a)
5.216% 1/25/42

     1,020,788         1,054,028   

Dong Fang Container Finance II SPV Ltd., Series 2014-1A, Class A1 (a)
1.950% 11/25/39

     729,167         718,166   

Drug Royalty Corp., Inc., Series 2014-1, Class A1, 3 mo. LIBOR + 2.850%, FRN (a)
3.139% 7/15/23

     659,039         666,822   

Drug Royalty Corp., Inc., Series 2012-1, Class A1, 3 mo. LIBOR + 5.250%, FRN (a)
5.571% 7/15/24

     534,000         545,881   

Eaton Vance CLO, Series 2014-1A, Class A, 3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.450%, FRN (a)
1.771% 7/15/26

     1,275,000         1,263,896   

Elara HGV Timeshare Issuer LLC, Series 2014-A, Class B (a)
3.020% 2/25/27

     680,220         671,358   

Element Rail Leasing I LLC, Series 2014-1A, Class A1 (a)
2.299% 4/19/44

     521,599         513,238   

Element Rail Leasing II LLC, Series 2015-1A, Class A1 (a)
2.707% 2/19/45

     265,784         262,813   

Entegry New Orleans Storm Recovery Funding I LLC, Series 2015-1, Class A 2.670% 6/01/27

     310,000         316,258   

First Franklin Mortgage Loan Trust, Series 2005-FF4, Class M1, 1 mo. USD LIBOR + .645%, FRN
1.067% 5/25/35

     214,848         214,666   

FNA Trust, Series 2014-1A, Class A (a)
1.296% 12/10/22

     1,026,580         1,024,815   

FNA Trust, Series 2015-1, Class A (a)
3.240% 12/10/23

     819,049         816,738   
     Principal
Amount
     Value  

Fremont Home Loan Trust,
Series 2005-E, Class 2A3,
1 mo. USD LIBOR + .240%, FRN
0.461% 1/25/36

   $ 151,827       $ 146,375   

FRS I LLC, Series 2013-1A, Class A1 (a)
1.800% 4/15/43

     242,304         238,825   

Galaxy XX CLO Ltd.,
Series 2015-20A, Class A, 3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.450%, FRN (a)
1.731% 7/20/27

     1,475,000         1,467,840   

Global Container Assets Ltd., Series 2015-1A, Class A1 (a)
2.100% 2/05/30

     475,000         472,001   

Global Container Assets Ltd., Series 2013-1A, Class A1 (a)
2.200% 11/05/28

     433,656         433,522   

Global SC Funding One Ltd., Series 2015-1, Class B1 (a)
2.740% 1/18/30

     333,583         274,849   

GoldenTree Loan Opportunities VII Ltd., Series 2013-7A, Class A, 3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.150%, FRN (a)
1.470% 4/25/25

     1,505,000         1,473,667   

Green Tree Agency Advance Funding Trust I, Series 2015-T2, Class AT2 (a)
3.095% 10/15/48

     1,060,000         1,048,700   

Hercules Capital Funding Trust, Series 2014-1A, Class A (a)
3.524% 4/16/21

     420,000         418,819   

HFG Healthco-4 LLC,
Series 2011-1A, Class A, 1 mo. LIBOR + 2.250%, FRN (a)
2.519% 6/02/17

     575,000         576,981   

Hilton Grand Vacations Trust, Series 2014-AA, Class A (a)
1.770% 11/25/26

     765,474         755,333   

Hilton Grand Vacations Trust, Series 2013-A, Class A (a)
2.280% 1/25/26

     608,013         609,112   

Horizon Funding Trust, Series 2013-1A, Class A (a)
3.000% 5/15/18

     116,371         116,444   

Icon Brand Holdings LLC,
Series 2012-1A, Class A (a)
4.229% 1/25/43

     431,117         432,336   

Icon Brand Holdings LLC,
Series 2013-1A, Class A (a)
4.352% 1/25/43

     462,994         465,100   

ING Investment Management CLO Ltd., Series 2013-3A, Class A1, 3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.450%, FRN (a)
1.765% 1/18/26

     790,000         779,536   
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the portfolio of investments.

 

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MassMutual Premier Short-Duration Bond Fund – Portfolio of Investments (Continued)

 

     Principal
Amount
     Value  

ING Investment Management CLO V Ltd., Series 2007-5A, Class A1A, 3 mo. USD LIBOR + .230%, FRN (a)
0.559% 5/01/22

   $ 907,076       $ 897,743   

LCM Ltd., Series 16A, Class A, 3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.500%, FRN (a)
1.821% 7/15/26

     1,250,000         1,244,425   

LCM XI LP, Series 11A, Class A, 3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.300%, FRN (a)
1.615% 4/19/22

     3,660,000         3,630,603   

Madison Park Funding XII Ltd., Series 2014-12A, Class A, 3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.500%, FRN (a)
1.817% 7/20/26

     2,175,000         2,157,787   

Madison Park Funding XIV Ltd., Series 2014-14A, Class A2, 3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.450%, FRN (a)
1.767% 7/20/26

     930,000         920,402   

Miramax LLC,
Series 2014-1A, Class A2 (a)
3.340% 7/20/26

     542,360         538,458   

Morgan Stanley ABS Capital I, Inc. Trust, Series 2005-WMC4, Class M4, 1 mo. USD LIBOR + .945%, FRN
1.166% 4/25/35

     900,402         895,961   

MVW Owner Trust, Series 2013-1A, Class A (a)
2.150% 4/22/30

     565,975         563,748   

MVW Owner Trust, Series 2014-2, Class A (a)
2.250% 9/22/31

     1,033,567         1,025,685   

Nations Equipment Finance Funding II LLC, Series 2014-1A, Class A (a)
1.558% 7/20/18

     251,546         251,378   

Navitas Equipment Receivables LLC, Series 2015-1, Class A2 (a)
2.120% 11/15/18

     750,000         751,079   

New Residential Advance Receivables Trust, Series 2015-T3, Class AT3 (a)
2.540% 11/15/46

     770,000         768,748   

New York City Tax Lien, Series 2014-A, Class A (a)
1.030% 11/10/27

     105,516         105,340   

Ocwen Master Advance Receivables Trust, Series 2015-T2, Class AT2 (a)
2.532% 11/15/46

     900,000         899,910   

Ocwen Master Advance Receivables Trust, Series 15-1, Class AT1 (a)
2.537% 9/17/46

     400,000         399,650   

OnDeck Asset Securitization Trust, Series 2014-1A, Class A (a)
3.150% 5/17/18

     500,000         499,521   
     Principal
Amount
     Value  

Orange Lake Timeshare Trust,
Series 2014-AA, Class A (a)
2.290% 7/09/29

   $ 206,632       $ 205,130   

Oxford Finance Funding Trust,
Series 2014-1A, Class A (a)
3.475% 12/15/22

     320,000         318,381   

Park Place Securities, Inc.,
Series 2005-WHQ4, Class A1A,
1 mo. USD LIBOR + .260%, FRN
0.481% 9/25/35

     202,040         201,927   

RAAC, Series 2006-RP2, Class A,
1 mo. USD LIBOR + .250%, FRN (a)
0.446% 2/25/37

     547,255         540,047   

Race Point VIII CLO Ltd.,
Series 2012-7A, Class A, 3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.420%, FRN (a)
1.764% 11/08/24

     550,000         546,414   

SBA Tower Trust, Series 2014-1A,
Class C, STEP (a)
2.898% 10/15/44

     847,947         828,622   

Sierra Receivables Funding Co. LLC, Series 2014-2A, Class A (a)
2.050% 6/20/31

     458,368         455,814   

Sierra Receivables Funding Co. LLC, Series 2013-2A, Class A (a)
2.280% 11/20/25

     405,201         404,780   

Sierra Receivables Funding Co. LLC, Series 2015-3A, Class A (a)
2.580% 9/20/32

     734,173         734,030   

Sierra Receivables Funding Co. LLC, Series 2012-1A, Class A (a)
2.840% 11/20/28

     118,749         119,612   

Sierra Receivables Funding Co. LLC, Series 2015-3A, Class B (a)
3.080% 9/20/32

     275,315         275,313   

Sierra Receivables Funding Co. LLC, Series 2011-3A, Class A (a)
3.370% 7/20/28

     81,341         82,204   

Sonic Capital LLC, Series 2011-1A, Class A2 (a)
5.438% 5/20/41

     1,076,950         1,111,843   

SpringCastle America Funding LLC, Series 2014-AA, Class A (a)
2.700% 5/25/23

     1,700,762         1,702,888   

SPS Servicer Advance Receivables Trust, Series 2015-T3, Class AT3 (a)
2.540% 7/15/47

     550,000         549,432   

Store Master Funding I LLC, Series 2015-1A, Class A1 (a)
3.750% 4/20/45

     199,333         197,762   

SVO VOI Mortgage LLC,
Series 2010-AA, Class A (a)
3.650% 7/20/27

     116,263         116,084   
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the portfolio of investments.

 

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MassMutual Premier Short-Duration Bond Fund – Portfolio of Investments (Continued)

 

     Principal
Amount
     Value  

Symphony CLO XV Ltd.,
Series 2014-15A, Class A, 3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.450%, FRN (a)
1.765% 10/17/26

   $ 1,140,000       $ 1,130,295   

TAL Advantage LLC, Series 2006-1A, 1 mo. LIBOR + .190%, FRN (a)
0.592% 4/20/21

     1,146,667         1,146,042   

TAL Advantage LLC, Series 2014-2A, Class A1 (a)
1.700% 5/20/39

     595,867         589,635   

Trade MAPS 1 Ltd.,
Series 2013-1A, Class A,
1 mo. LIBOR + .700%, FRN (a)
0.993% 12/10/18

     1,275,000         1,266,900   

Trip Rail Master Funding LLC, Series 2011-1A, Class A1B,
1 mo. LIBOR + 2.500%, FRN (a)
2.831% 7/15/41

     572,843         592,896   

Trip Rail Master Funding LLC, Series 2011-1A, Class A1A (a)
4.370% 7/15/41

     536,278         561,773   

Welk Resorts LLC,
Series 2015-AA, Class A (a)
2.790% 6/16/31

     470,640         469,308   

Wendy’s Funding LLC,
Series 2015-1A, Class A2I (a)
3.371% 6/15/45

     1,246,875         1,223,184   

Westgate Resorts LLC, Series 2014-1A, Class A (a)
2.150% 12/20/26

     728,044         713,265   

Westgate Resorts LLC, Series 2015-2A, Class A (a)
3.200% 7/20/28

     1,359,466         1,354,783   
     

 

 

 
        78,485,336   
     

 

 

 
Student Loans ABS — 3.9%      

Access Group, Inc., Series 2004-A, Class A2, 3 mo. LIBOR + .260%, FRN
0.580% 4/25/29

     347,922         345,997   

Access Group, Inc., Series 2015-1, Class A, 1 mo. LIBOR + .700%, FRN (a)
0.921% 7/25/56

     1,286,956         1,249,432   

Access Group, Inc., Series 2003-A, Class A3, 3 mo. Treasury + 1.200%, FRN
1.340% 7/01/38

     732,466         660,638   

Access Group, Inc., Series 2015-1, Class B, 1 mo. LIBOR + 1.500%, FRN (a)
1.721% 7/25/58

     430,000         364,853   
     Principal
Amount
     Value  

CIT Education Loan Trust,
Series 2005-1, Class A3, 3 mo. LIBOR + .120%, FRN
0.632% 3/15/26

   $ 359,072       $ 353,535   

College Loan Corp Trust I,
Series 2005-2, Class B,
3 mo. LIBOR + .490%, FRN
0.811% 1/15/37

     950,441         822,041   

Credit Suisse ABS Repackaging Trust, Series 2013-A, Class B (a)
2.500% 1/25/30

     477,906         454,578   

DRB Prime Student Loan Trust, Series 2015-D, Class A1, 1 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.700%, FRN (a)
1.899% 1/25/40

     1,400,000         1,369,411   

DRB Prime Student Loan Trust, Series 2015-A, Class A3
2.320% 4/25/30

     1,028,315         1,029,939   

DRB Prime Student Loan Trust, Series 2015-B, Class A3 (a)
2.540% 4/27/26

     740,001         735,189   

Education Funding Capital Trust I, Series 2004-1, Class A4, 28 day ARS, FRN
1.697% 6/15/43

     1,050,000         997,772   

Education Funding Capital Trust I, Series 2004-1, Class B1, 28 day ARS, FRN
1.846% 6/15/43

     100,000         90,801   

Education Funding Capital Trust I, Series 2004-1, Class A6, 28 day ARS, FRN
1.908% 6/15/43

     450,000         441,093   

Kentucky Higher Education Student Loan Corp., Series 2015-1, Class A1, 1 mo. LIBOR + .750%, FRN
0.938% 12/01/31

     839,404         814,793   

KeyCorp Student Loan Trust, Series 2004-A, Class 2A2,
3 mo. LIBOR + .300%, FRN
0.623% 10/28/41

     168,720         168,000   

KeyCorp Student Loan Trust, Series 2006-A, Class 2A4,
3 mo. LIBOR + .310%, FRN
0.913% 9/27/35

     684,229         657,021   

National Collegiate Student Loan Trust, Series 2007-1, Class A2,
1 mo. LIBOR + .130%, FRN
0.552% 11/27/28

     348,843         347,099   

National Collegiate Student Loan Trust, Series 2006-3, Class A3,
1 mo. LIBOR + .150%, FRN
0.572% 10/25/27

     687,303         682,601   
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the portfolio of investments.

 

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     Principal
Amount
     Value  

National Collegiate Student Loan Trust, Series 2005-1, Class A4,
1 mo. LIBOR + .240%, FRN
0.662% 11/27/28

   $ 636,942       $ 628,150   

National Collegiate Student Loan Trust, Series 2004-1, Class A2,
3 mo. LIBOR + .260%, FRN
0.863% 6/25/27

     655,626         653,491   

Navient Private Education Loan Trust, Series 2015-BA, Class A1,
1 mo. LIBOR + .600%, FRN (a)
0.931% 5/15/23

     650,579         649,759   

Navient Private Education Loan Trust, Series 2014-AA, Class A2A (a)
2.740% 2/15/29

     930,000         924,037   

Nelnet Student Loan Trust, Series 2015-3A, Class B, 1 mo. LIBOR + 1.500%, FRN (a)
1.721% 7/27/50

     395,000         337,452   

North Carolina State Education Assistance Authority, Series 2011-1, Class A2,
3 mo. LIBOR + .900%, FRN
1.220% 1/26/26

     442,894         442,825   

Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency, Series 2003-1, Class A3, 28 day ARS, FRN
1.751% 7/25/42

     900,000         885,004   

SLC Student Loan Trust,
Series 2006-A, Class A5,
3 mo. LIBOR + .170%, FRN
0.491% 7/15/36

     255,789         253,495   

SLM Student Loan Trust,
Series 2006-1, Class A5,
3 mo. LIBOR + .110%, FRN
0.430% 7/26/21

     600,000         586,880   

SLM Student Loan Trust,
Series 2007-5, Class A6,
3 mo. LIBOR + .110%, FRN
0.430% 1/26/43

     480,000         408,014   

SLM Student Loan Trust,
Series 2006-10, Class B,
3 mo. LIBOR + .220%, FRN
0.540% 3/25/44

     481,570         392,985   

SLM Student Loan Trust,
Series 2003-14, Class A6,
3 mo. LIBOR + .300%, FRN
0.620% 7/25/25

     520,000         499,666   

SLM Student Loan Trust,
Series 2005-8, Class B,
3 mo. LIBOR + .310%, FRN
0.630% 1/25/40

     757,547         635,800   

SLM Student Loan Trust,
Series 2004-10, Class B,
3 mo. LIBOR + .370%, FRN
0.690% 1/25/40

     710,368         589,161   
     Principal
Amount
     Value  

SLM Student Loan Trust,
Series 2003-11, Class B,
3 mo. LIBOR + .650%, FRN
1.162% 12/15/38

   $ 615,771       $ 551,006   

SLM Student Loan Trust,
Series 2012-A, Class A1,
1 mo. LIBOR + 1.400%, FRN (a)
1.731% 8/15/25

     167,617         168,237   

SLM Student Loan Trust,
Series 2003-5, Class A7, 28 day ARS, FRN
2.760% 6/17/30

     100,000         100,000   

Social Professional Loan Program LLC, Series 2014-B, Class A1, 1 mo. LIBOR + 1.250%, FRN (a)
1.471% 8/25/32

     907,002         902,106   

Social Professional Loan Program LLC, Series 2014-A, Class A2 (a)
3.020% 10/25/27

     349,132         352,950   
     

 

 

 
        21,545,811   
     

 

 

 
WL Collateral CMO — 1.2%      

Bank of America Mortgage Securities, Series 2004-G, Class 2A7, FRN
2.807% 8/25/34

     106,868         102,236   

Connecticut Avenue Securities, Series 2015-C02, Class 1M1,
1 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.150%, FRN
1.371% 5/25/25

     1,014,761         1,011,743   

Connecticut Avenue Securities, Series 2015-C03, Class 1M1,
1 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.500%, FRN
1.721% 7/25/25

     2,229,422         2,225,686   

Connecticut Avenue Securities, Series 2015-C04, Class 1M1,
1 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.600%, FRN
1.831% 4/25/28

     1,244,592         1,243,098   

Countrywide Home Loans, Inc., Series 2004-2, Class 1A1, FRN
2.616% 2/25/34

     26,022         24,364   

Countrywide Home Loans, Inc., Series 2003-42, Class 1A1, FRN
3.028% 9/25/33

     9,425         8,602   

GS Mortgage Securities Corp., Series 2014-4R, Class AS, 1 mo. USD LIBOR + .180%, FRN (a)
0.376% 1/26/34

     621,665         599,488   

GSR Mortgage Loan Trust,
Series 2004-9, Class 2A1, FRN
2.764% 8/25/34

     21,045         19,661   

IndyMac Index Mortgage Loan Trust, Series 2004-AR4, Class 1A, FRN
2.496% 8/25/34

     89,032         73,267   
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the portfolio of investments.

 

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     Principal
Amount
     Value  

Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors, Inc., Series 2005-A8, Class A3A2, 1 mo. USD LIBOR + .250%, FRN
0.471% 8/25/36

   $ 69,844       $ 68,438   

Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors, Inc., Series 2004-A1, Class IIA2, FRN
2.483% 2/25/34

     201,657         202,120   

Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors, Inc., Series 2003-A4, Class IA, FRN 2.905% 7/25/33

     5,574         5,400   

Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors, Inc., Series 2004-A1, Class IA, FRN 3.011% 2/25/34

     11,527         11,026   

Morgan Stanley Mortgage Loan Trust, Series 2004-2AR, Class 1A, FRN
2.499% 2/25/34

     314         319   

Structured Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan Trust, Series 2004-2, Class 2A, FRN
2.556% 3/25/34

     54,755         54,549   

Structured Agency Credit Risk Debt Notes, Series 2015-DNA1, Class M1, 1 mo. USD LIBOR + .900%, FRN
1.121% 10/25/27

     526,206         524,743   

WaMu Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2004-AR2, Class A, 12 mo. MTA + 1.400%, FRN
1.643% 4/25/44

     124,306         120,260   
     

 

 

 
        6,295,000   
     

 

 

 
WL Collateral PAC — 0.0%      

Structured Asset Securities Corp., Series 2007-BC4, Class A3, 1 mo. USD LIBOR + .250%, FRN
0.672% 11/25/37

     126,384         126,234   

Structured Asset Securities Corp., Series 2002-11A, Class 2A1, FRN
2.885% 6/25/32

     33,530         31,683   
     

 

 

 
        157,917   
     

 

 

 
TOTAL NON-U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENCY OBLIGATIONS
(Cost $170,580,564)
        168,900,478   
     

 

 

 
U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENCY OBLIGATIONS AND INSTRUMENTALITIES — 6.9%    
Collateralized Mortgage Obligations — 6.4%   

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.
Series 4291, Class K
3.000% 5/15/38

     2,559,295         2,601,148   
     Principal
Amount
     Value  

Series 4447, Class PA
3.000% 12/15/44

   $ 658,583       $ 677,823   

Series 3990, Class VA
3.500% 1/15/25

     1,601,559         1,689,972   

Series 4213, Class VE
3.500% 6/15/26

     1,513,956         1,588,618   

Series 4290, Class CA
3.500% 12/15/38

     3,516,615         3,650,545   

Series 4443, Class BA
3.500% 4/15/41

     890,746         922,207   

Series 2626, Class A
4.000% 6/15/33

     994,373         1,058,329   

Series 4328, Class DA
4.000% 1/15/36

     2,914,186         3,064,341   

Series 4325, Class MA
4.000% 9/15/39

     3,395,711         3,565,353   

Series 4336, Class MA
4.000% 1/15/40

     5,438,191         5,716,499   

Series 4323, Class CA
4.000% 3/15/40

     1,555,044         1,642,979   

Federal National Mortgage Association
Series 2015-58, Class JP
2.500% 3/25/37

     1,246,460         1,253,810   

Series 2015-20, Class EV
3.500% 7/25/26

     1,700,175         1,792,885   

Series 2014-14, Class A
3.500% 2/25/37

     1,829,542         1,893,127   

Series 2015-62, Class VA
4.000% 10/25/26

     509,232         546,810   

Series 2014-48, Class AB
4.000% 10/25/40

     1,635,204         1,719,408   

Series 2013-112, Class HQ
4.000% 11/25/43

     679,758         715,331   

Government National Mortgage Association,
Series 2014-131, Class BW, FRN
3.856% 5/20/41

     1,017,713         1,043,402   
     

 

 

 
        35,142,587   
     

 

 

 
Pass-Through Securities — 0.5%      

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.
Pool #1Q0239 1 year
CMT + 2.255%, FRN 2.509%
3/01/37

     798,817         847,749   

Federal National Mortgage Association
Pool #775539, 12 mo. USD
LIBOR + 1.623%, FRN 2.332%
5/01/34

     123,544         129,865   

Pool #725692, 1 year
CMT + 2.146%, FRN 2.398%
10/01/33

     146,065         154,160   

Pool #888586, 1 year
CMT + 2.213%, FRN 2.481%
10/01/34

     286,814         303,460   
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the portfolio of investments.

 

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     Principal
Amount
     Value  

Pool #684154 5.500%
2/01/18

   $ 5,047       $ 5,225   

Pool #702331 5.500%
5/01/18

     73,178         76,164   

Pool #725796 5.500%
9/01/19

     531,017         559,293   

Pool #844564 5.500%
12/01/20

     111,782         119,070   

Government National Mortgage Association
Pool #507545 7.500%
8/15/29

     32,188         38,457   

Government National Mortgage Association II
Pool #82488 1 year CMT + 1.500%, FRN 1.750% 3/20/40

     365,087         378,126   

Pool #82462 1 year CMT + 1.500%, FRN 2.500% 1/20/40

     283,481         293,321   
     

 

 

 
        2,904,890   
     

 

 

 
TOTAL U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENCY OBLIGATIONS AND INSTRUMENTALITIES
(Cost $38,509,544)
        38,047,477   
     

 

 

 
U.S. TREASURY OBLIGATIONS — 22.7%   
U.S. Treasury Bonds & Notes — 22.7%   

U.S. Treasury Note
0.625% 8/31/17

     10,100,000         10,035,790   

U.S. Treasury Note (c)
0.875% 11/15/17

     19,850,000         19,782,056   

U.S. Treasury Note
0.875% 7/15/18

     43,700,000         43,305,678   

U.S. Treasury Note
1.000% 12/15/17

     42,520,000         42,460,208   

U.S. Treasury Note
1.250% 12/15/18

     4,000,000         3,991,250   

U.S. Treasury Note
1.375% 4/30/20

     500,000         493,540   

U.S. Treasury Note
1.500% 11/30/19

     4,700,000         4,681,273   
     

 

 

 
        124,749,795   
     

 

 

 
TOTAL U.S. TREASURY OBLIGATIONS
(Cost $125,094,907)
        124,749,795   
     

 

 

 
TOTAL BONDS & NOTES
(Cost $556,495,941)
        549,780,749   
     

 

 

 
     Notional
Amount
     Value  
PURCHASED OPTIONS — 0.0%      
Financial — 0.0%      
Diversified Financial — 0.0%      

5 Year CDX.NA.IG 25 Swaption, Put, Expires 3/16/16, Strike 120.00 (OTC -JP Morgan Chase Bank); Underlying swap terminates 1/14/16

   $ 13,700,000       $ 16,056   

5 Year CDX.NA.IG 25 Swaption, Put, Expires 3/16/16, Strike 120.00 (OTC -JP Morgan Chase Bank); Underlying swap terminates 1/15/16

     37,900,000         44,419   

5 Year CDX.NA.IG 25 Swaption, Put, Expires 3/16/16, Strike 120.00 (OTC -JP Morgan Chase Bank); Underlying swap terminates 1/14/16

     75,750,000         88,779   
     

 

 

 
        149,254   
     

 

 

 
TOTAL PURCHASED OPTIONS (Cost $263,325)         149,254   
     

 

 

 
TOTAL LONG-TERM INVESTMENTS
(Cost $557,404,266)
        550,169,298   
     

 

 

 
     Principal
Amount
        
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS — 2.0%   
Commercial Paper — 2.0%      

EnCana Corp. (a)
1.100% 1/04/16

     11,000,000         10,999,535   
     

 

 

 
Time Deposit — 0.0%      

Euro Time Deposit
0.010% 1/04/16

     49,239         49,239   
     

 

 

 
TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS
(Cost $11,048,231)
        11,048,774   
     

 

 

 
TOTAL INVESTMENTS — 102.3%
(Cost $568,452,497) (d)
        561,218,072   
Other Assets/(Liabilities) — (2.3)%         (12,554,363
     

 

 

 
NET ASSETS — 100.0%       $ 548,663,709   
     

 

 

 
     
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the portfolio of investments.

 

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Notes to Portfolio of Investments

Percentages are stated as a percent of net assets.

ABS Asset-Backed Security
ARS Auction Rate Security
CLO Collateralized Loan Obligation
CMO Collateralized Mortgage Obligation
CMT Constant Maturity Treasury Index
FRN Floating Rate Note
MBS Mortgage-Backed Security
MTA Monthly Treasury Average Index
PAC Planned Amortization Class
STEP Step Up Bond
VRN Variable Rate Note
WL Whole Loan
(a) Securities exempt from registration under rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. These securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. At December 31, 2015, these securities amounted to a value of $170,024,708 or 30.99% of net assets.
(b) Restricted security. Certain securities are restricted as to resale. At December 31, 2015, these securities amounted to a value of $217,150 or 0.04% of net assets. The Fund generally bears the costs, if any, associated with the disposition of restricted securities.
(c) A portion of this security is held as collateral for open futures contracts. (Note 2).
(d) See Note 3 for aggregate cost for federal tax purposes.
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the portfolio of investments.

 

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December 31, 2015 (Unaudited)

 

     Principal
Amount
     Value  
BONDS & NOTES — 145.1%      
CORPORATE DEBT — 4.7%      
Auto Manufacturers — 0.7%      

General Motors Financial Co., Inc. 3 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.060%, FRN
2.388% 1/15/19

   $ 1,280,000       $ 1,286,620   

Nissan Motor Acceptance Corp. 3 mo. USD LIBOR + .550%, FRN (a)
0.972% 3/03/17

     1,100,000         1,097,192   
     

 

 

 
        2,383,812   
     

 

 

 
Banks — 0.7%      

Deutsche Bank AG 3 mo. USD
LIBOR + .610%, FRN
0.969% 2/13/17

     1,750,000         1,739,015   

The Huntington National Bank 3 mo. USD LIBOR + .425%, FRN
0.745% 4/24/17

     765,000         761,167   
     

 

 

 
        2,500,182   
     

 

 

 
Computers — 0.4%      

Hewlett-Packard Co. 3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.930%, FRN (a)
2.248% 10/05/18

     1,300,000         1,303,413   
     

 

 

 
Diversified Financial — 1.5%      

The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. 3 mo. USD LIBOR + .625%, FRN
1.061% 6/04/17

     1,625,000         1,620,390   

The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. 3 mo. USD LIBOR + .800%, FRN
1.312% 12/15/17

     2,250,000         2,250,958   

Ally Financial, Inc.
3.600% 5/21/18

     1,295,000         1,295,000   
     

 

 

 
        5,166,348   
     

 

 

 
Holding Company – Diversified — 0.3%      

MUFG Americas Holdings Corp. 3 mo. USD LIBOR + .570%, FRN
0.914% 2/09/18

     870,000         866,478   
     

 

 

 
Pharmaceuticals — 0.8%      

Actavis Funding SCS 3 mo. USD LIBOR + .875%, FRN
1.289% 9/01/16

     1,250,000         1,250,765   

Actavis Funding SCS 3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.080%, FRN
1.582% 3/12/18

     1,250,000         1,254,017   
     

 

 

 
        2,504,782   
     

 

 

 
Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITS) — 0.3%      

DDR Corp.
9.625% 3/15/16

     945,000         959,754   
     

 

 

 
TOTAL CORPORATE DEBT
(Cost $11,498,493)
        15,684,769   
     

 

 

 
     Principal
Amount
     Value  
MUNICIPAL OBLIGATIONS — 0.2%   

Access to Loans for Learning Student Loan Corp., Series 2004-IV, Class Note FRN
0.520% 4/25/24

   $ 543,707       $ 541,043   

Louisiana State Public Facilities Authority FRN
1.219% 4/26/27

     211,539         212,825   
     

 

 

 
        753,868   
     

 

 

 
TOTAL MUNICIPAL OBLIGATIONS
(Cost $745,731)
        753,868   
     

 

 

 
NON-U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENCY OBLIGATIONS — 44.1%   
Auto Floor Plan ABS — 0.7%      

Ally Master Owner Trust, Series 2015-2, Class A1, 1 mo. LIBOR + .570%, FRN 0.901% 1/15/21

     900,000         896,471   

Navistar Financial Dealer Note Master Trust, Series 2014-1, Class A (a)
1.171% 10/25/19

     1,300,000         1,296,007   

NCF Dealer Floorplan Master Trust, Series 2014-1A, Class A, 1 mo. LIBOR + 1.500%, FRN (a)
1.902% 10/20/20

     250,000         250,000   
     

 

 

 
        2,442,478   
     

 

 

 
Automobile ABS — 13.4%      

American Credit Acceptance Receivables Trust, Series 2014-3, Class A (a)
0.990% 8/10/18

     101,197         101,161   

American Credit Acceptance Receivables Trust, Series 2014-4, Class A (a)
1.330% 7/10/18

     318,637         318,154   

American Credit Acceptance Receivables Trust, Series 2013-1, Class A (a)
1.450% 4/16/18

     2,978         2,978   

American Credit Acceptance Receivables Trust, Series 2015-2, Class A (a)
1.570% 6/12/19

     570,631         569,466   

American Credit Acceptance Receivables Trust, Series 2015-3, Class A (a)
1.950% 9/12/19

     1,705,175         1,700,038   

AmeriCredit Automobile Receivables Trust, Series 2014-3, Class A2B, 1 mo. USD LIBOR + .320%, FRN
0.596% 4/09/18

     582,162         581,930   

Avis Budget Rental Car Funding LLC, Series 2010-5A, Class A (a)
3.150% 3/20/17

     325,000         325,813   

Bank of The West Auto Trust, Series 2014-1, Class A4 (a)
1.650% 3/16/20

     420,000         416,428   
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the portfolio of investments.

 

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     Principal
Amount
     Value  

California Republic Auto Receivables Trust, Series 2013-2, Class A2
1.230% 3/15/19

   $ 219,330       $ 219,278   

California Republic Auto Receivables Trust, Series 2013-1, Class A2 (a)
1.410% 9/17/18

     567,936         568,034   

California Republic Auto Receivables Trust, Series 2015-4, Class A2 (a)
1.600% 9/17/18

     2,600,000         2,599,765   

Capital Auto Receivables Asset Trust, Series 2014-3, Class A1, 1 mo. USD LIBOR + .320%, FRN
0.722% 2/21/17

     368,060         367,925   

CFC LLC, Series 2014-2A, Class A (a)
1.440% 11/16/20

     594,310         590,707   

CFC LLC, Series 2014-1A, Class A (a)
1.460% 12/17/18

     113,461         113,286   

CFC LLC, Series 2013-2A, Class A (a)
1.750% 11/15/17

     13,691         13,692   

CFC LLC, Series 2015-1A, Class A (a)
1.750% 6/15/21

     455,535         450,500   

Chesapeake Funding LLC,
Series 2012-2A, Class A, 1 mo. LIBOR + .450%, FRN (a)
0.719% 5/07/24

     138,754         138,742   

Chesapeake Funding LLC,
Series 2015-1A, Class B, 1 mo. LIBOR + .950%, FRN (a)
1.219% 2/07/27

     260,000         259,726   

CPS Auto Trust, Series 2014-B, Class A (a)
1.110% 11/15/18

     341,289         338,640   

CPS Auto Trust, Series 2014-A, Class A (a)
1.210% 8/15/18

     121,856         121,640   

CPS Auto Trust, Series 2014-C, Class A (a)
1.310% 2/15/19

     366,104         365,163   

CPS Auto Trust, Series 2013-A, Class A (a)
1.310% 6/15/20

     307,492         305,722   

CPS Auto Trust, Series 2012-D,
Class A (a)
1.480% 3/16/20

     156,280         156,352   

CPS Auto Trust, Series 2014-D,
Class A (a)
1.490% 4/15/19

     2,424,271         2,408,847   

CPS Auto Trust, Series 2015-A,
Class A (a)
1.530% 7/15/19

     367,080         365,817   

CPS Auto Trust, Series 2013-D,
Class A (a)
1.540% 7/16/18

     239,383         239,374   
     Principal
Amount
     Value  

CPS Auto Trust, Series 2013-C,
Class A (a)
1.640% 4/16/18

   $ 161,340       $ 161,347   

CPS Auto Trust, Series 2015-B,
Class A (a)
1.650% 11/15/19

     663,784         661,321   

CPS Auto Trust, Series 2015-C,
Class A (a)
1.770% 6/17/19

     536,769         535,092   

CPS Auto Trust, Series 2012-C,
Class A (a)
1.820% 12/16/19

     157,848         158,097   

CPS Auto Trust, Series 2013-B,
Class A (a)
1.820% 9/15/20

     363,902         363,639   

CPS Auto Trust, Series 2015-C,
Class B (a)
2.550% 2/18/20

     450,000         447,694   

CPS Auto Trust, Series 2012-A,
Class A (a)
2.780% 6/17/19

     93,347         93,706   

CPS Auto Trust, Series 2011-B,
Class A (a)
3.680% 9/17/18

     120,382         120,391   

Credit Acceptance Auto Loan Trust, Series 2013-1A, Class A (a)
1.210% 10/15/20

     146,602         146,600   

Credit Acceptance Auto Loan Trust, Series 2013-2A, Class A (a)
1.500% 4/15/21

     193,989         193,650   

Credit Acceptance Auto Loan Trust, Series 2014-2A, Class A (a)
1.880% 3/15/22

     680,000         675,953   

Drive Auto Receivables Trust, Series 2015-DA, Class L1 (a)
0.520% 10/17/16

     924,766         924,745   

Drive Auto Receivables Trust,
Series 2015-BA, Class A2B, 1 mo. USD LIBOR + .600%, FRN (a)
0.931% 12/15/17

     607,222         607,222   

Drive Auto Receivables Trust,
Series 2015-AA, Class A2 (a)
1.010% 11/15/17

     338,925         338,875   

Drive Auto Receivables Trust,
Series 2015-CA, Class A2A (a)
1.030% 2/15/18

     884,862         884,308   

Drive Auto Receivables Trust,
Series 2015-DA, Class A2B, 1 mo. USD LIBOR + .870%, FRN (a)
1.201% 6/15/18

     1,200,000         1,199,860   

Drive Auto Receivables Trust,
Series 2015-BA, Class A3 (a)
1.300% 6/15/18

     350,000         349,603   
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the portfolio of investments.

 

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     Principal
Amount
     Value  

Drive Auto Receivables Trust,
Series 2015-AA, Class A3 (a)
1.430% 7/16/18

   $ 560,000       $ 559,883   

DT Auto Owner Trust,
Series 2014-3A, Class A (a)
0.980% 4/16/18

     114,110         114,020   

DT Auto Owner Trust,
Series 2015-1A, Class A (a)
1.060% 9/17/18

     847,005         846,277   

DT Auto Owner Trust,
Series 2015-2A, Class A (a)
1.240% 9/17/18

     1,531,232         1,531,342   

DT Auto Owner Trust,
Series 2015-3A, Class A (a)
1.660% 3/15/19

     430,863         429,703   

Enterprise Fleet Financing LLC,
Series 2014-1, Class A2 (a)
0.870% 9/20/19

     308,224         307,599   

Exeter Automobile Receivables Trust, Series 2014-2A, Class A (a)
1.060% 8/15/18

     132,395         132,368   

Exeter Automobile Receivables Trust, Series 2014-1A, Class A (a)
1.290% 5/15/18

     81,361         81,384   

Exeter Automobile Receivables Trust, Series 2014-3A, Class A (a)
1.320% 1/15/19

     151,024         150,723   

Exeter Automobile Receivables Trust, Series 2015-2A, Class A (a)
1.540% 11/15/19

     358,391         356,652   

Exeter Automobile Receivables Trust, Series 2015-1A, Class A (a)
1.600% 6/17/19

     352,191         351,303   

Exeter Automobile Receivables Trust, Series 2015-3A, Class A (a)
2.000% 3/16/20

     518,501         516,711   

Exeter Automobile Receivables Trust, Series 2012-2A, Class B (a)
2.220% 12/15/17

     238,671         238,921   

Exeter Automobile Receivables Trust, Series 2013-2A, Class B (a)
3.090% 7/16/18

     872,628         874,663   

First Investors Auto Owner Trust,
Series 2013-1A, Class A2 (a)
0.900% 10/15/18

     91,446         91,447   

First Investors Auto Owner Trust,
Series 2014-3A, Class A2 (a)
1.060% 11/15/18

     450,198         449,922   

First Investors Auto Owner Trust,
Series 2015-1A, Class A2 (a)
1.210% 4/15/19

     624,389         624,043   

First Investors Auto Owner Trust,
Series 2013-2A, Class A2 (a)
1.230% 3/15/19

     134,242         134,251   
     Principal
Amount
     Value  

First Investors Auto Owner Trust,
Series 2015-2A, Class A1 (a)
1.590% 12/16/19

   $ 683,716       $ 681,941   

Flagship Credit Auto Trust,
Series 2014-1, Class A (a)
1.210% 4/15/19

     233,320         232,765   

Flagship Credit Auto Trust,
Series 2013-1, Class A (a)
1.320% 4/16/18

     232,345         232,335   

Flagship Credit Auto Trust,
Series 2014-2, Class A (a)
1.430% 12/16/19

     270,076         268,285   

Flagship Credit Auto Trust,
Series 2015-1, Class A (a)
1.630% 6/15/20

     527,521         522,943   

Flagship Credit Auto Trust,
Series 2013-2, Class A (a)
1.940% 1/15/19

     182,719         182,943   

Flagship Credit Auto Trust,
Series 2015-2, Class A (a)
1.980% 10/15/20

     1,051,599         1,047,072   

Flagship Credit Auto Trust,
Series 2015-3, Class A (a)
2.380% 10/15/20

     1,367,322         1,359,000   

GLS Auto Receivables Trust,
Series 2015-1A, Class A (a)
2.250% 12/15/20

     770,412         768,845   

GO Financial Auto Securitization Trust, Series 2015-1, Class A (a)
1.810% 3/15/18

     509,009         508,195   

Oscar US Funding Trust,
Series 2014-1A, Class A2 (a)
1.000% 8/15/17

     351,904         351,613   

Oscar US Funding Trust III,
Series 2015-2A, Class A1 (a)
0.600% 10/17/16

     1,737,784         1,735,612   

Prestige Auto Receivables Trust,
Series 2014-1A, Class A2 (a)
0.970% 3/15/18

     78,227         78,181   

Santander Drive Auto Receivables Trust,
Series 2015-4, Class A1
0.500% 9/15/16

     305,007         305,013   

Santander Drive Auto Receivables Trust,
Series 2014-4, Class A2B,
1 mo. USD LIBOR + .320%, FRN
0.651% 1/16/18

     120,159         120,155   

Santander Drive Auto Receivables Trust, Series 2014-5, Class A2B,
1 mo. USD LIBOR + .400%, FRN
0.731% 4/16/18

     295,432         295,431   

Santander Drive Auto Receivables Trust, Series 2015-1, Class A2B, 1 mo. USD LIBOR + .450%, FRN
0.781% 7/16/18

     727,537         727,537   
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the portfolio of investments.

 

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     Principal
Amount
     Value  

Santander Drive Auto Receivables Trust, Series 2015-4, Class A2B,
1 mo. USD LIBOR + .700%, FRN
1.031% 12/17/18

   $ 1,100,000       $ 1,099,956   

Santander Drive Auto Receivables Trust, Series 2013-2, Class B
1.330% 3/15/18

     240,976         241,012   

Santander Drive Auto Receivables Trust, Series 2013-5, Class B
1.550% 10/15/18

     1,281,225         1,282,330   

Santander Drive Auto Receivables Trust, Series 2015-S2, Class R1 (a)
1.840% 11/18/19

     152,705         151,942   

Santander Drive Auto Receivables Trust, Series 2012-4, Class C
2.940% 12/15/17

     189,796         190,536   

United Auto Credit Securitization Trust,
Series 2015-1, Class A (a)
1.160% 2/15/17

     351,530         351,467   

Westlake Automobile Receivables Trust, Series 2015-2A, Class A1 (a)
0.600% 7/15/16

     361,858         361,860   

Westlake Automobile Receivables Trust, Series 2015-3A, Class A1 (a)
0.640% 10/17/16

     991,569         991,318   

Westlake Automobile Receivables Trust, Series 2014-1A, Class A2 (a)
0.700% 5/15/17

     3,518         3,518   

Westlake Automobile Receivables Trust, Series 2014-2A, Class A2 (a)
0.970% 10/16/17

     135,426         135,350   

Westlake Automobile Receivables Trust, Series 2015-1A, Class A2 (a)
1.170% 3/15/18

     639,559         637,925   

Westlake Automobile Receivables Trust, Series 2015-2A, Class A2A (a)
1.280% 7/16/18

     560,000         559,158   
     

 

 

 
        44,716,731   
     

 

 

 
Commercial MBS — 1.5%   

Banc of America Commercial Mortgage, Inc., Series 2007-3, Class A4, VRN
5.558% 6/10/49

     255,409         263,209   

Bear Stearns Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust, Series 2006-T22,
Class A4, VRN
5.620% 4/12/38

     138,347         138,409   

Bear Stearns Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust, Series 2006-T22,
Class AM, VRN
5.620% 4/12/38

     500,000         502,125   
     Principal
Amount
     Value  

Commercial Mortgage Pass Through Certificates, Series 2014-BBG, Class A, 1 mo. LIBOR + .800%, FRN (a)
1.131% 3/15/29

   $ 900,000       $ 897,742   

DBRR Trust, Series 2013-EZ3,
Class A, VRN (a)
1.636% 12/18/49

     226,903         226,225   

DBUBS Mortgage Trust,
Series 2011-LC1A, Class A1 (a)
3.742% 11/10/46

     147,011         147,418   

GCCFC Commercial Mortgage Trust,
Series 2006-GG7, Class AM, VRN
5.826% 7/10/38

     740,000         748,831   

GS Mortgage Securities Trust,
Series 2011-GC3, Class A2 (a)
3.645% 3/10/44

     100,946         100,859   

JPMorgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust, Series 2006-LDP7, Class AM, VRN
5.909% 4/15/45

     660,000         668,118   

Morgan Stanley Capital I,
Series 2007-HQ11, Class AJ, VRN
5.508% 2/12/44

     350,000         354,658   

STRIPs Ltd.,
Series 2012-1A, Class A (a)
1.500% 12/25/44

     622,106         610,286   

VFC LLC, Series 2014-2, Class A (Acquired 7/9/14,
Cost $300,000) (a) (b)
2.750% 7/20/30

     34,998         34,999   

VFC LLC, Series 2015-3,
Class A, (Acquired 3/25/15,
Cost $538,987) (a) (b)
2.750% 12/20/31

     86,625         86,560   

Wells Fargo Reremic Trust,
Series 2012-IO, Class A (a)
1.750% 8/20/21

     134,226         134,226   
     

 

 

 
        4,913,665   
     

 

 

 
Home Equity ABS — 0.3%   

ACE Securities Corp.,
Series 2005-AG1, Class A1B1,
1 mo. USD LIBOR + .270%, FRN
0.491% 8/25/35

     88,122         87,935   

ACE Securities Corp.,
Series 2005-HE5, Class M2,
1 mo. USD LIBOR + .735%, FRN
0.956% 8/25/35

     316,286         315,584   

Countrywide Asset-Backed Certificates,
Series 2004-5, Class 3A,
1 mo. USD LIBOR + .460%, FRN
0.882% 9/25/34

     51,162         50,566   
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the portfolio of investments.

 

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     Principal
Amount
     Value  

First Franklin Mortgage Loan Trust,
Series 2005-FF6, Class M1,
1 mo. USD LIBOR + .420%, FRN
0.641% 5/25/36

   $ 223,962       $ 222,323   

Long Beach Mortgage Loan Trust,
Series 2005-WL1, Class M2,
1 mo. USD LIBOR + .825%, FRN
1.247% 6/25/35

     367,664         363,246   

Mastr Asset Backed Securities Trust,
Series 2005-WMC1, Class M2,
1 mo. USD LIBOR + .675%, FRN
1.097% 3/25/35

     60,546         60,421   

Morgan Stanley Home Equity Loan Trust, Series 2005-3, Class M1,
1 mo. USD LIBOR + .450%, FRN
0.872% 8/25/35

     75,421         75,469   

Park Place Securities, Inc.,
Series 2005-WCW3, Class A2C,
1 mo. USD LIBOR + .380%, FRN
0.601% 8/25/35

     60,423         60,320   
     

 

 

 
        1,235,864   
     

 

 

 
Other ABS — 16.8%   

321 Henderson Receivables I LLC,
Series 2006-1A, Class A1,
1 mo. LIBOR + .200%, FRN (a)
0.531% 3/15/41

     663,761         641,508   

321 Henderson Receivables I LLC,
Series 2006-2A, Class A1,
1 mo. LIBOR + .200%, FRN (a)
0.531% 6/15/41

     2,164,299         2,092,526   

321 Henderson Receivables I LLC,
Series 2007-1A, Class A1,
1 mo. LIBOR + .200%, FRN (a)
0.531% 3/15/42

     776,567         740,475   

321 Henderson Receivables LLC,
Series 2006-3A, Class A1,
1 mo. LIBOR + .200%, FRN (a)
0.531% 9/15/41

     281,337         269,211   

321 Henderson Receivables LLC,
Series 2006-4A, Class A1,
1 mo. LIBOR + .200%, FRN (a)
0.531% 12/15/41

     566,510         547,850   

Alterna Funding I LLC,
Series 2014-1A, Class NOTE (a)
1.639% 2/15/21

     1,618,533         1,609,175   

Apidos CLO XXII,
Series 2015-22A, Class X, 3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.000%, FRN (a)
1.336% 10/20/27

     750,000         749,990   

ARL First LLC,
Series 2012-1A, Class A1, 1 mo. LIBOR + 1.750%, FRN (a)
2.081% 12/15/42

     1,072,919         1,071,119   
     Principal
Amount
     Value  

Ascentium Equipment Receivables LLC,
Series 2015-2A, Class A1 (a)
1.000% 11/10/16

   $ 2,648,560       $ 2,647,116   

Ascentium Equipment Receivables LLC,
Series 2014-1A, Class A2 (a)
1.040% 1/10/17

     93,756         93,764   

Ascentium Equipment Receivables LLC,
Series 2015-1A, Class A2 (a)
1.150% 7/10/17

     1,042,022         1,039,637   

Ascentium Equipment Receivables LLC,
Series 2015-2A, Class A2 (a)
1.570% 12/11/17

     1,740,000         1,728,052   

Ascentium Equipment Receivables LLC,
Series 2014-1A, Class B (a)
1.580% 10/10/18

     340,000         339,968   

BCC Funding VIII LLC,
Series 2014-1A, Class A (a)
1.794% 6/20/20

     321,517         320,311   

BCC Funding X LLC,
Series 2015-1, Class A1 (a)
0.800% 6/20/16

     773,408         773,265   

BCC Funding X LLC,
Series 2015-1, Class A2 (a)
2.224% 10/20/20

     800,000         799,831   

BlueVirgo Trust,
Series 2015-1A, Class NOTE (a)
3.000% 12/15/22

     1,746,926         1,735,694   

Cazenovia Creek Funding I LLC,
Series 2015-1A, Class A (a)
2.000% 12/10/23

     1,270,390         1,271,572   

CCG Receivables Trust,
Series 2015-1, Class A1 (a)
0.550% 9/14/16

     1,327,970         1,327,269   

CCG Receivables Truste,
Series 2013-1, Class A2 (a)
1.050% 8/14/20

     52,623         52,624   

CIT Equipment Collateral,
Series 2014-VT1, Class A2 (a)
0.860% 5/22/17

     1,040,572         1,040,055   

Citi Held For Asset Issuance,
Series 2015-PM1, Class A (a)
1.850% 12/15/21

     154,707         154,401   

Citi Held For Asset Issuance,
Series 2015-PM2, Class A (a)
2.350% 3/15/22

     522,629         521,049   

Citi Held For Asset Issuance,
Series 2015-PM3, Class A (a)
2.600% 5/16/22

     230,000         229,784   

ColumbusNova CLO Ltd.,
Series 2006-1A, Class A, 3 mo. USD LIBOR + .260%, FRN (a)
0.575% 7/18/18

     263,768         263,638   
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the portfolio of investments.

 

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     Principal
Amount
     Value  

Consumer Credit Origination Loan Trust,
Series 2015-1, Class A (a)
2.820% 3/15/21

   $ 126,205       $ 126,981   

DB Master Finance LLC,
Series 2015-1A, Class A2I (a)
3.262% 2/20/45

     397,000         399,779   

Dell Equipment Finance Trust,
Series 2015-2, Class A2B, 1 mo. USD LIBOR + .900%, FRN (a)
1.313% 12/22/17

     1,300,000         1,300,000   

Diamond Resorts Owner Trust,
Series 2013-1, Class A (a)
1.950% 1/20/25

     967,408         964,734   

Diamond Resorts Owner Trust,
Series 2013-2, Class A (a)
2.270% 5/20/26

     376,261         376,929   

Diamond Resorts Owner Trust,
Series 2015-1, Class A (a)
2.730% 7/20/27

     208,808         208,412   

Diamond Resorts Owner Trust,
Series 2015-2, Class B (a)
3.540% 5/22/28

     431,458         431,434   

Domino’s Pizza Master Issuer LLC,
Series 2012-1A, Class A2 (a)
5.216% 1/25/42

     806,850         833,124   

Dong Fang Container Finance II SPV Ltd., Series 2014-1A, Class A1 (a)
1.950% 11/25/39

     364,583         359,083   

Drug Royalty Corp., Inc.,
Series 2014-1, Class A1,
3 mo. LIBOR + 2.850%, FRN (a)
3.139% 7/15/23

     562,594         569,238   

Dryden XI-Leveraged Loan CDO,
Series 2006-11A, Class A1, 3 mo. USD LIBOR + .250%, FRN (a)
0.571% 4/12/20

     251,364         249,490   

Elara HGV Timeshare Issuer LLC,
Series 2014-A, Class B (a)
3.020% 2/25/27

     383,397         378,402   

First Franklin Mortgage Loan Trust,
Series 2005-FF4, Class M1, 1 mo. USD LIBOR + .645%, FRN
1.067% 5/25/35

     118,289         118,189   

FNA Trust, Series 2014-1A, Class A (a)
1.296% 12/10/22

     628,519         627,438   

FNA Trust, Series 2015-1, Class A (a)
3.240% 12/10/23

     867,228         864,781   

Global Container Assets Ltd.,
Series 2015-1A, Class A1 (a)
2.100% 2/05/30

     316,667         314,667   

Global Container Assets Ltd.,
Series 2013-1A, Class A1 (a)
2.200% 11/05/28

     571,405         571,229   
     Principal
Amount
     Value  

Global Container Assets Ltd.,
Series 2013-1A, Class A2 (a)
3.300% 11/05/28

   $ 750,000       $ 751,021   

Global SC Funding One Ltd.,
Series 2015-1, Class B1 (a)
2.740% 1/18/30

     306,897         252,861   

Green Tree Agency Advance Funding Trust I, Series 2015-T1, Class AT1 (a)
2.302% 10/15/46

     700,000         698,769   

Green Tree Agency Advance Funding Trust I, Series 2015-T2, Class AT2 (a)
3.095% 10/15/48

     620,000         613,391   

HFG Healthco-4 LLC,
Series 2011-1A, Class A,
1 mo. LIBOR + 2.250%, FRN (a)
2.519% 6/02/17

     375,000         376,292   

Hilton Grand Vacations Trust,
Series 2014-AA, Class A (a)
1.770% 11/25/26

     470,028         463,801   

Icon Brand Holdings LLC,
Series 2012-1A, Class A (a)
4.229% 1/25/43

     261,894         262,634   

ING Investment Management CLO V Ltd.,
Series 2007-5A, Class A1A,
3 mo. USD LIBOR + .230%, FRN (a)
0.559% 5/01/22

     388,747         384,747   

Leaf Receivables Funding 10 LLC,
Series 2015-1, Class A1 (a)
0.500% 5/16/16

     976,986         976,238   

Macquarie Equipment Funding Trust,
Series 2014-A, Class A2 (a)
0.800% 11/21/16

     297,409         297,185   

Macquarie Equipment Funding Trust,
Series 2012-A, Class B (a)
1.740% 10/22/18

     800,000         800,815   

Madison Park Funding XVIII Ltd.,
Series 2015-18A, Class X, 3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.000%, FRN (a)
1.311% 10/21/26

     430,000         429,999   

Miramax LLC,
Series 2014-1A, Class A2 (a)
3.340% 7/20/26

     701,194         696,149   

Morgan Stanley ABS Capital I, Inc. Trust, Series 2005-WMC4, Class M4, 1 mo. USD LIBOR + .945%, FRN
1.166% 4/25/35

     493,524         491,090   

Nations Equipment Finance Funding II LLC, Series 2014-1A, Class A (a)
1.558% 7/20/18

     150,928         150,827   

Navitas Equipment Receivables LLC, Series 2015-1, Class A1 (a)
0.550% 4/15/16

     214,871         214,851   
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the portfolio of investments.

 

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     Principal
Amount
     Value  

Navitas Equipment Receivables LLC, Series 2013-1, Class A (a)
1.950% 11/15/16

   $ 132,665       $ 132,608   

New Residential Advance Receivables Trust, Series 2015-T3, Class AT3 (a)
2.540% 11/15/46

     470,000         469,236   

New York City Tax Lien,
Series 2014-A, Class A (a)
1.030% 11/10/27

     58,034         57,937   

Ocwen Master Advance Receivables Trust, Series 2015-T2, Class AT2 (a)
2.532% 11/15/46

     560,000         559,944   

Ocwen Master Advance Receivables Trust, Series 15-1, Class AT1 (a)
2.537% 9/17/46

     230,000         229,799   

OneMain Financial Issuance Trust,
Series 2014-1A, Class A (a)
2.430% 6/18/24

     260,000         259,529   

Oxford Finance Funding Trust,
Series 2014-1A, Class A (a)
3.475% 12/15/22

     180,000         179,089   

PFS Financing Corp., Series 2013-AA, Class A, 1 mo. LIBOR + .550%, FRN (a)
0.881% 2/15/18

     2,100,000         2,099,129   

PFS Financing Corp., Series 2014-AA, Class A, 1 mo. LIBOR + .600%, FRN (a)
0.931% 2/15/19

     1,490,000         1,485,663   

PFS Financing Corp., Series 2014-BA, Class A, 1 mo. LIBOR + .600%, FRN (a)
0.931% 10/15/19

     1,000,000         986,524   

RAAC, Series 2006-RP2, Class A, 1 mo. USD LIBOR + .250%, FRN (a)
0.446% 2/25/37

     280,468         276,774   

Sierra Receivables Funding Co. LLC, Series 2012-1A, Class A (a)
2.840% 11/20/28

     641,243         645,903   

Sierra Receivables Funding Co. LLC, Series 2015-3A, Class B (a)
3.080% 9/20/32

     156,012         156,011   

Sierra Receivables Funding Co. LLC, Series 2011-2A, Class A (a)
3.260% 5/20/28

     233,893         234,698   

Sierra Timeshare Receivables Funding LLC, Series 2013-1A, Class A (a)
1.590% 11/20/29

     150,506         149,305   

Sierra Timeshare Receivables Funding LLC, Series 2015-2A, Class B (a)
3.020% 6/20/32

     271,470         268,096   

Sonic Capital LLC,
Series 2011-1A, Class A2 (a)
5.438% 5/20/41

     436,165         450,296   
     Principal
Amount
     Value  

SPS Servicer Advance Receivables Trust, Series 2015-T2, Class AT2 (a)
2.620% 1/15/47

   $ 1,850,000       $ 1,847,800   

SPS Servicer Advance Receivables Trust, Series 2015-T3, Class AT3 (a)
2.920% 7/15/47

     340,000         339,649   

Structured Asset Securities Corp,
Series 2006-OPT1, Class A4, 1 mo. USD LIBOR + .160%, FRN
0.381% 4/25/36

     100,151         100,060   

SVO VOI Mortgage LLC,
Series 2012-AA, Class A (a)
2.000% 9/20/29

     568,455         564,042   

TAL Advantage LLC, Series 2006-1A, 1 mo. LIBOR + .190%, FRN (a)
0.592% 4/20/21

     713,334         712,945   

TAL Advantage LLC,
Series 2014-2A, Class A1 (a)
1.700% 5/20/39

     297,933         294,817   

Trade MAPS 1 Ltd.,
Series 2013-1A, Class A, 1 mo. LIBOR + .700%, FRN (a)
0.993% 12/10/18

     1,620,000         1,609,708   

Trip Rail Master Funding LLC,
Series 2011-1A, Class A1B, 1 mo. LIBOR + 2.500%, FRN (a)
2.831% 7/15/41

     341,268         353,215   

Trip Rail Master Funding LLC,
Series 2011-1A, Class A1A (a)
4.370% 7/15/41

     390,020         408,562   

Westgate Resorts LLC,
Series 2014-1A, Class A (a)
2.150% 12/20/26

     397,115         389,054   

Westgate Resorts LLC,
Series 2015-1A, Class A (a)
2.750% 5/20/27

     511,741         510,494   

Westgate Resorts LLC,
Series 2015-2A, Class A (a)
3.200% 7/20/28

     825,390         822,547   

WG Horizons CLO I,
Series 2006-1A, Class A1,
3 mo. USD LIBOR + .260%, FRN (a)
0.667% 5/24/19

     998,322         991,382   
     

 

 

 
        56,199,280   
     

 

 

 
Student Loans ABS — 10.6%      

Academic Loan Funding Trust,
Series 2013-1A, Class A, 1 mo. LIBOR + .800%, FRN (a)
1.021% 12/26/44

     2,426,479         2,355,902   

Access Group, Inc., Series 2006-1, Class A2, 3 mo. LIBOR + .110%, FRN
0.503% 8/25/23

     494,264         489,469   
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the portfolio of investments.

 

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     Principal
Amount
     Value  

Access Group, Inc., Series 2005-B, Class A2, 3 mo. LIBOR + .230%, FRN 0.550% 7/25/22

   $ 57,060       $ 57,003   

Access Group, Inc., Series 2005-2, Class A3, 3 mo. LIBOR + .180%, FRN 0.558% 11/22/24

     349,880         346,988   

Access Group, Inc., Series 2004-A, Class A2, 3 mo. LIBOR + .260%, FRN 0.580% 4/25/29

     218,854         217,643   

Access Group, Inc., Series 2003-A, Class A3, 3 mo. Treasury + 1.200%, FRN
1.340% 7/01/38

     209,276         188,754   

Brazos Higher Education Authority, Inc., Series 2006-2, Class A10 FRN
0.446% 6/25/26

     350,000         321,816   

CIT Education Loan Trust,
Series 2005-1, Class A3, 3 mo. LIBOR + .120%, FRN
0.632% 3/15/26

     1,351,650         1,330,807   

College Loan Corp Trust I,
Series 2005-2, Class B,
3 mo. LIBOR + .490%, FRN
0.811% 1/15/37

     608,282         526,106   

College Loan Corp. Trust, Series 2005-1, Class A4, 3 mo. LIBOR + .150%, FRN 0.470% 4/25/27

     2,375,000         2,357,308   

Collegiate Funding Services Education Loan Trust, Series 2004-A, Class A3, 3 mo. LIBOR + .210%, FRN
0.813% 9/28/26

     375,163         372,817   

DRB Prime Student Loan Trust,
Series 2015-D, Class A1, 1 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.700%, FRN (a)
1.899% 1/25/40

     820,000         802,084   

DRB Prime Student Loan Trust,
Series 2015-A, Class A3
2.320% 4/25/30

     292,674         293,137   

DRB Prime Student Loan Trust,
Series 2015-B, Class A3 (a)
2.540% 4/27/26

     425,501         422,734   

Edsouth Indenture No 9 LLC,
Series 2015-1, Class A, 1 mo. LIBOR + .800%, FRN (a)
1.021% 10/25/56

     711,642         687,993   

Education Funding Capital Trust I,
Series 2004-1, Class A4, 28 day ARS, FRN
1.697% 6/15/43

     1,150,000         1,092,798   

Education Funding Capital Trust I,
Series 2004-1, Class B1, 28 day ARS, FRN
1.846% 6/15/43

     150,000         136,201   
     Principal
Amount
     Value  

Education Funding Capital Trust I,
Series 2004-1, Class A5, 28 day ARS, FRN
1.902% 6/15/43

   $ 650,000       $ 639,533   

Education Funding Capital Trust I,
Series 2004-1, Class A6, 28 day ARS, FRN
1.908% 6/15/43

     350,000         343,072   

Educational Services of America,
Series 2015-2, Class B FRN (a)
1.860% 12/25/58

     750,000         682,172   

GCO Education Loan Funding Trust, Series 2007-1A, Class A5L,
3 mo. LIBOR + .070%, FRN (a)
0.463% 5/25/23

     59,315         58,599   

Kentucky Higher Education Student Loan Corp., Series 2015-1, Class A1, 1 mo. LIBOR + .750%, FRN
0.938% 12/01/31

     504,536         489,743   

KeyCorp Student Loan Trust,
Series 2004-A, Class 2A2,
3 mo. LIBOR + .300%, FRN
0.623% 10/28/41

     857,753         854,096   

KeyCorp Student Loan Trust,
Series 2000-A, Class A2,
3 mo. LIBOR + .320%, FRN
0.713% 5/25/29

     331,160         312,546   

KeyCorp Student Loan Trust,
Series 2006-A, Class 2A4,
3 mo. LIBOR + .310%, FRN
0.913% 9/27/35

     1,498,313         1,438,732   

National Collegiate Student Loan Trust, Series 2007-1, Class A2,
1 mo. LIBOR + .130%, FRN
0.552% 11/27/28

     216,650         215,567   

National Collegiate Student Loan Trust, Series 2006-3, Class A3,
1 mo. LIBOR + .150%, FRN
0.572% 10/25/27

     418,358         415,496   

National Collegiate Student Loan Trust, Series 2005-1, Class A4,
1 mo. LIBOR + .240%, FRN
0.662% 11/27/28

     382,165         376,890   

National Collegiate Student Loan Trust, Series 2004-1, Class A2,
3 mo. LIBOR + .260%, FRN
0.863% 6/25/27

     152,487         151,991   

Navient Private Education Loan Trust, Series 2014-AA, Class A1,
1 mo. LIBOR + .480%, FRN (a)
0.811% 5/16/22

     485,406         484,708   
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the portfolio of investments.

 

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     Principal
Amount
     Value  

Navient Private Education Loan Trust, Series 2015-AA, Class A1,
1 mo. LIBOR + .500%, FRN (a)
0.831% 12/15/21

   $ 756,435       $ 754,196   

Navient Private Education Loan Trust, Series 2015-BA, Class A1,
1 mo. LIBOR + .600%, FRN (a)
0.931% 5/15/23

     375,334         374,861   

Navient Private Education Loan Trust, Series 2015-AA, Class A2B,
1 mo. LIBOR + 1.200%, FRN (a)
1.531% 12/15/28

     670,000         664,286   

Nelnet Student Loan Trust,
Series 2006-3, Class B,
3 mo. LIBOR + .250%, FRN
0.853% 6/25/41

     472,661         414,450   

Nelnet Student Loan Trust,
Series 2010-4A, Class A,
1 mo. LIBOR + .800%, FRN (a)
1.222% 4/25/46

     99,656         99,006   

Nelnet Student Loan Trust,
Series 2014-2A, Class B,
1 mo. LIBOR + 1.500%, FRN (a)
1.721% 6/25/41

     295,000         258,578   

Nelnet Student Loan Trust,
Series 2008-3, Class A4,
3 mo. LIBOR + 1.650%, FRN
2.043% 11/25/24

     1,175,000         1,181,864   

Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency, Series 2004-1, Class A2, 28 day ARS, FRN
1.697% 4/25/44

     450,000         443,982   

Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency, Series 2003-1, Class A3, 28 day ARS, FRN
1.751% 7/25/42

     600,000         590,003   

SLC Student Loan Trust,
Series 2006-A, Class A5,
3 mo. LIBOR + .170%, FRN
0.491% 7/15/36

     1,110,124         1,100,170   

SLM Student Loan Trust,
Series 2007-2, Class A4,
3 mo. LIBOR + .060%, FRN
0.380% 7/25/22

     400,000         377,100   

SLM Student Loan Trust,
Series 2006-3, Class A5,
3 mo. LIBOR + .100%, FRN
0.420% 1/25/21

     380,000         364,685   

SLM Student Loan Trust,
Series 2006-1, Class A5,
3 mo. LIBOR + .110%, FRN
0.430% 7/26/21

     370,000         361,909   
     Principal
Amount
     Value  

SLM Student Loan Trust,
Series 2007-5, Class A6,
3 mo. LIBOR + .110%, FRN
0.430% 1/26/43

   $ 460,000       $ 391,013   

SLM Student Loan Trust,
Series 2005-5, Class A4 FRN
0.459% 10/25/28

     500,000         470,459   

SLM Student Loan Trust,
Series 2006-2, Class B,
3 mo. LIBOR + .220%, FRN
0.540% 1/25/41

     457,747         379,052   

SLM Student Loan Trust,
Series 2003-14, Class A6,
3 mo. LIBOR + .300%, FRN
0.620% 7/25/25

     300,000         288,269   

SLM Student Loan Trust,
Series 2005-8, Class B,
3 mo. LIBOR + .310%, FRN
0.630% 1/25/40

     454,528         381,480   

SLM Student Loan Trust,
Series 2004-10, Class B,
3 mo. LIBOR + .370%, FRN
0.690% 1/25/40

     452,052         374,921   

SLM Student Loan Trust,
Series 2004-3, Class B,
3 mo. LIBOR + .470%, FRN
0.790% 10/25/39

     356,368         305,918   

SLM Student Loan Trust,
Series 2008-7, Class A2, 3
mo. LIBOR + .500%, FRN
0.820% 10/25/17

     7,286         7,285   

SLM Student Loan Trust,
Series 2014-A, Class A1,
1 mo. LIBOR + .600%, FRN (a)
0.931% 7/15/22

     733,658         731,737   

SLM Student Loan Trust,
Series 2012-E, Class A1,
1 mo. LIBOR + .750%, FRN (a)
1.081% 10/16/23

     129,737         129,684   

SLM Student Loan Trust,
Series 2003-11, Class B,
3 mo. LIBOR + .650%, FRN
1.162% 12/15/38

     419,844         375,686   

SLM Student Loan Trust,
Series 2012-C, Class A1,
1 mo. LIBOR + 1.100%, FRN (a)
1.431% 8/15/23

     74,064         74,138   

SLM Student Loan Trust,
Series 2005-6, Class A5B,
3 mo. LIBOR + 1.200%, FRN
1.520% 7/27/26

     618,414         621,506   
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the portfolio of investments.

 

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     Principal
Amount
     Value  

SLM Student Loan Trust,
Series 2012-A, Class A1,
1 mo. LIBOR + 1.400%, FRN (a)
1.731% 8/15/25

   $ 119,726       $ 120,169   

SLM Student Loan Trust,
Series 2008-5, Class A4,
3 mo. LIBOR + 1.700%, FRN
2.020% 7/25/23

     340,000         341,321   

SLM Student Loan Trust,
Series 2003-5, Class A7, 28 day ARS, FRN
2.760% 6/17/30

     500,000         500,000   

SLM Student Loan Trust,
Series 2002-7, Class A11, 28 day ARS, FRN
2.780% 3/15/28

     400,000         400,000   

SLM Student Loan Trust,
Series 2003-2, Class A7, 28 day ARS, FRN
2.860% 9/15/28

     900,000         900,000   

SLM Student Loan Trust,
Series 2003-5, Class A9, 28 day ARS, FRN
2.900% 6/17/30

     600,000         600,000   

SMB Private Education Loan Trust,
Series 2014-A, Class A1,
1 mo. LIBOR + .500%, FRN (a)
0.831% 9/15/21

     590,971         588,406   

Social Professional Loan Program LLC, Series 2015-A, Class A1, 1 mo. LIBOR + 1.200%, FRN (a)
1.421% 3/25/33

     395,211         394,244   

Social Professional Loan Program LLC, Series 2014-B, Class A1, 1 mo. LIBOR + 1.250%, FRN (a)
1.471% 8/25/32

     680,251         676,579   

Social Professional Loan Program LLC, Series 2014-A, Class A1, 1 mo. LIBOR + 1.600%, FRN (a)
2.022% 6/25/25

     844,081         851,990   
     

 

 

 
        35,351,652   
     

 

 

 
WL Collateral CMO — 0.8%   

Connecticut Avenue Securities,
Series 2015-C02, Class 1M1,
1 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.150%, FRN 1.371% 5/25/25

     687,729         685,684   

Connecticut Avenue Securities,
Series 2015-C03, Class 1M1,
1 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.500%, FRN 1.721% 7/25/25

     1,350,282         1,348,019   
    Principal
Amount
    Value  

Credit Suisse First Boston Mortgage Securities Corp., Series 2005-CF1, Class M1, 1 mo. USD LIBOR + .700%, FRN (a)
1.122% 3/25/45

  $ 213,820      $ 208,281   

Structured Agency Credit Risk Debt Notes, Series 2015-DNA1, Class M1, 1 mo. USD
LIBOR + .900%, FRN
1.121% 10/25/27

    338,275        337,335   
   

 

 

 
      2,579,319   
   

 

 

 
WL Collateral PAC — 0.0%   

Structured Asset Securities Corp.,
Series 2007-BC4, Class A3, 1 mo. USD LIBOR + .250%, FRN
0.672% 11/25/37

    62,118        62,045   
   

 

 

 
TOTAL NON-U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENCY OBLIGATIONS
(Cost $147,702,878)
      147,501,034   
   

 

 

 
U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENCY OBLIGATIONS AND INSTRUMENTALITIES — 0.1%    
Pass-Through Securities — 0.1%    

Government National Mortgage Association II
Pool #82462 1 year
CMT + 1.500%, FRN
2.500% 1/20/40

    188,988        195,547   
   

 

 

 
TOTAL U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENCY OBLIGATIONS AND INSTRUMENTALITIES
(Cost $200,622)
      195,547   
   

 

 

 
U.S. TREASURY OBLIGATIONS — 96.0%   
U.S. Treasury Bonds & Notes — 96.0%   

U.S. Treasury Inflation Index
0.125% 4/15/17

    6,115,414        6,103,232   

U.S. Treasury Inflation Index (c) (d) (e)
0.125% 4/15/18

    17,841,126        17,806,746   

U.S. Treasury Inflation Index (d)
0.125% 4/15/19

    17,671,672        17,567,904   

U.S. Treasury Inflation Index (d)
0.125% 4/15/20

    16,859,458        16,644,551   

U.S. Treasury Inflation Index (d)
0.125% 1/15/22

    14,238,882        13,798,174   

U.S. Treasury Inflation Index (d)
0.125% 7/15/22

    14,195,219        13,763,812   

U.S. Treasury Inflation Index (d)
0.125% 1/15/23

    14,528,781        13,930,035   

U.S. Treasury Inflation Index (d)
0.125% 7/15/24

    14,198,672        13,484,862   
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the portfolio of investments.

 

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     Principal
Amount
     Value  

U.S. Treasury Inflation Index (d)
0.250% 1/15/25

   $ 14,209,006       $ 13,562,382   

U.S. Treasury Inflation Index (d)
0.375% 7/15/23

     14,052,775         13,728,170   

U.S. Treasury Inflation Index (d)
0.375% 7/15/25

     14,111,366         13,662,300   

U.S. Treasury Inflation Index (d)
0.625% 7/15/21

     12,911,228         12,995,952   

U.S. Treasury Inflation Index (d)
0.625% 1/15/24

     14,112,624         13,952,573   

U.S. Treasury Inflation Index (d)
0.625% 2/15/43

     5,275,899         4,464,730   

U.S. Treasury Inflation Index (d)
0.750% 2/15/42

     6,810,193         5,982,863   

U.S. Treasury Inflation Index (d)
0.750% 2/15/45

     8,029,659         7,002,738   

U.S. Treasury Inflation Index (d)
1.125% 1/15/21

     12,117,513         12,492,562   

U.S. Treasury Inflation Index (d)
1.250% 7/15/20

     10,605,988         11,029,262   

U.S. Treasury Inflation Index (d)
1.375% 7/15/18

     5,316,267         5,503,926   

U.S. Treasury Inflation Index (d)
1.375% 1/15/20

     7,336,066         7,625,878   

U.S. Treasury Inflation Index (d)
1.375% 2/15/44

     6,929,331         7,052,035   

U.S. Treasury Inflation Index
1.625% 1/15/18

     4,541,200         4,683,290   

U.S. Treasury Inflation Index (d)
1.750% 1/15/28

     5,347,263         5,842,719   

U.S. Treasury Inflation Index (d)
1.875% 7/15/19

     5,948,333         6,307,404   

U.S. Treasury Inflation Index (d)
2.000% 1/15/26

     6,626,765         7,362,442   

U.S. Treasury Inflation Index (d)
2.125% 1/15/19

     4,913,049         5,198,875   

U.S. Treasury Inflation Index (d)
2.125% 2/15/40

     3,488,300         4,106,974   

U.S. Treasury Inflation Index (d)
2.125% 2/15/41

     3,665,520         4,340,012   

U.S. Treasury Inflation Index (d)
2.375% 1/15/25

     9,210,994         10,471,509   

U.S. Treasury Inflation Index (d)
2.375% 1/15/27

     5,950,023         6,878,399   

U.S. Treasury Inflation Index (d)
2.500% 1/15/29

     5,383,859         6,378,048   

U.S. Treasury Inflation Index (d)
3.375% 4/15/32

     2,137,220         2,891,676   

U.S. Treasury Inflation Index (d)
3.625% 4/15/28

     4,654,196         6,084,151   

U.S. Treasury Inflation Index (d)
3.875% 4/15/29

     5,787,120         7,861,820   
     

 

 

 
        320,562,006   
     

 

 

 
            Value  
TOTAL U.S. TREASURY OBLIGATIONS
(Cost $330,923,937)
      $ 320,562,006   
     

 

 

 
TOTAL BONDS & NOTES
(Cost $491,071,661)
        484,697,224   
     

 

 

 
     Notional
Amount
        
PURCHASED OPTIONS — 0.1%   
Financial — 0.1%   
Diversified Financial — 0.1%   

5 Year CDX.NA.IG 25 Swaption, Put, Expires 3/16/16, Strike 120.00 (OTC — JP Morgan Chase Bank) Underlying swap terminates 1/14/16

   $ 26,750,000         31,351   

5 Year CDX.NA.IG 25 Swaption, Put, Expires 3/16/16, Strike 120.00 (OTC — JP Morgan Chase Bank) Underlying swap terminates 1/15/16

     13,400,000         15,705   

5 Year CDX.NA.IG 25 Swaption, Put, Expires 3/16/16, Strike 120.00 (OTC — JP Morgan Chase Bank) Underlying swap terminates 1/14/16

     4,850,000         5,684   

USD Call CNH Put, Expires 7/27/16, Strike 6.65 (OTC — JP Morgan Chase Bank)

     5,700,000         151,956   

USD Call CNH Put, Expires 9/16/16, Strike 6.65 (OTC — HSBC Bank PLC)

     5,500,000         174,845   

USD Put CNH Call, Expires 5/16/16, Strike 6.65 (OTC — HSBC Bank PLC)

     5,500,000         108,658   
     

 

 

 
        488,199   
     

 

 

 
TOTAL PURCHASED OPTIONS
(Cost $302,119)
        488,199   
     

 

 

 
TOTAL LONG-TERM INVESTMENTS
(Cost $491,373,780)
        485,185,423   
     

 

 

 
     Principal
Amount
        
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS — 34.5%   
Commercial Paper — 34.1%      

Agrium, Inc.
0.800% 2/02/16

     5,000,000         4,997,791   

Airgas, Inc. (a)
0.580% 1/20/16

     5,000,000         4,998,703   
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the portfolio of investments.

 

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     Principal
Amount
     Value  

AutoZone, Inc. (a)
0.820% 1/25/16

   $ 3,400,000       $ 3,398,881   

BAT International Finance (a)
0.580% 1/27/16

     5,000,000         4,998,211   

CenterPoint Energy, Inc. (a)
0.610% 1/21/16

     5,000,000         4,998,629   

Cox Enterprises, Inc. (a)
1.020% 1/25/16

     5,000,000         4,998,354   

Daimler Finance North America LLC (a)
0.579% 1/27/16

     5,000,000         4,998,211   

Deutsche Telekom AG (a)
0.870% 1/08/16

     5,000,000         4,999,460   

Devon Energy Corp. (a)
0.650% 1/27/16

     5,000,000         4,998,211   

Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc. (a)
1.100% 1/06/16

     962,000         961,937   

ERAC USA Finance LLC (a)
0.580% 1/25/16

     5,000,000         4,998,354   

Harley-Davidson Funding Corp. (a)
0.860% 2/17/16

     5,000,000         4,996,693   

HP, Inc. (a)
0.660% 1/25/16

     5,000,000         4,998,882   

Hyundai Capital America (a)
0.550% 1/12/16

     5,000,000         4,999,282   

IntercontinentalExchange, Inc. (a)
0.850% 3/14/16

     5,000,000         4,995,540   

National Grid USA (a)
0.620% 1/11/16

     5,000,000         4,999,351   

Plains All American Pipeline LP (a)
0.640% 1/19/16

     5,000,000         4,998,778   

Sempra Energy Holdings (a)
0.600% 1/19/16

     5,000,000         4,998,778   

TELUS Corp. (a)
0.610% 2/18/16

     5,000,000         4,996,611   

Thomson Reuters Corp. (a)
0.570% 1/14/16

     4,955,000         4,954,202   

United Technologies Corp. (a)
0.750% 1/28/16

     5,000,000         4,998,141   

Virginia Electric and Power Co.
0.660% 2/16/16

     5,000,000         4,996,971   

Vodafone Group PLC (a)
0.920% 3/21/16

     4,500,000         4,494,523   

Volvo Group Treasury National (a)
0.680% 1/11/16

     5,000,000         4,999,351   
     

 

 

 
        113,773,845   
     

 

 

 
Repurchase Agreement — 0.4%   

State Street Bank & Trust Co. Repurchase Agreement, dated 12/31/15, 0.010%, due 1/04/16 (f)

     1,418,018         1,418,018   
     

 

 

 
    

 

   Value  
TOTAL SHORT-TERM
INVESTMENTS
(Cost $115,170,060)
      $ 115,191,863   
     

 

 

 
TOTAL INVESTMENTS — 179.7%
(Cost $606,543,840) (g)
        600,377,286   
Other Assets/(Liabilities) — (79.7)%         (266,345,464
     

 

 

 
NET ASSETS — 100.0%       $ 334,031,822   
     

 

 

 

Notes to Portfolio of Investments

Percentages are stated as a percent of net assets.

ABS Asset-Backed Security
ARS Auction Rate Security
CDO Collateralized Debt Obligation
CLO Collateralized Loan Obligation
CMO Collateralized Mortgage Obligation
CMT Constant Maturity Treasury Index
FRN Floating Rate Note
MBS Mortgage-Backed Security
PAC Planned Amortization Class
VRN Variable Rate Note
WL Whole Loan
(a) Securities exempt from registration under rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. These securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. At December 31, 2015, these securities amounted to a value of $216,159,926 or 64.71% of net assets.
(b) Restricted security. Certain securities are restricted as to resale. At December 31, 2015, these securities amounted to a value of $121,559 or 0.04% of net assets. The Fund generally bears the costs, if any, associated with the disposition of restricted securities.
(c) A portion of this security is held as collateral for open futures contracts. (Note 2).
(d) All or a portion of this security is held as collateral for open reverse repurchase agreements. (Note 2).
(e) All or a portion of this security is held as collateral for open swap agreements. (Note 2).
(f) Maturity value of $1,418,020. Collateralized by U.S. Government Agency obligations with a rate of 2.120%, maturity date of 11/07/22, and an aggregate market value, including accrued interest, of $1,450,504.
(g) See Note 3 for aggregate cost for federal tax purposes.
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the portfolio of investments.

 

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MassMutual Premier Core Bond Fund – Portfolio of Investments

 

December 31, 2015 (Unaudited)

 

     Number of
Shares
     Value  
EQUITIES — 0.3%      
PREFERRED STOCK — 0.3%      
Energy — 0.1%      
Oil & Gas — 0.1%      

Southwestern Energy Co. 6.250%

     38,550       $ 715,103   
     

 

 

 
Financial — 0.2%      
Insurance — 0.2%      

The Allstate Corp. 5.100%

     130,000         3,209,700   
     

 

 

 
TOTAL PREFERRED STOCK
(Cost $5,177,500)
        3,924,803   
     

 

 

 
TOTAL EQUITIES
(Cost $5,177,500)
        3,924,803   
     

 

 

 
     Principal
Amount
        
BONDS & NOTES — 99.4%      
CORPORATE DEBT — 47.9%      
Advertising — 0.1%      

WPP Finance 2010
4.750% 11/21/21

   $ 635,000         684,194   

WPP Finance 2010
5.625% 11/15/43

     1,338,000         1,357,435   
     

 

 

 
        2,041,629   
     

 

 

 
Aerospace & Defense — 0.2%      

Exelis, Inc.
4.250% 10/01/16

     2,465,000         2,509,224   

United Technologies Corp.
6.125% 7/15/38

     465,000         566,566   
     

 

 

 
        3,075,790   
     

 

 

 
Agriculture — 0.5%      

Bunge Ltd. Finance Corp.
3.200% 6/15/17

     1,785,000         1,802,491   

Bunge Ltd. Finance Corp.
3.500% 11/24/20

     1,145,000         1,138,626   

Imperial Tobacco Finance PLC (a)
2.950% 7/21/20

     2,745,000         2,750,380   

Philip Morris International, Inc.
6.375% 5/16/38

     225,000         283,792   

Reynolds American, Inc.
3.250% 6/12/20

     980,000         995,977   
     

 

 

 
        6,971,266   
     

 

 

 
Airlines — 0.3%      

American Airlines Pass-Through Trust, Series 2014-1, Class A
3.700% 4/01/28

     687,532         687,944   

American Airlines Pass-Through Trust, Series 2014-1, Class B
4.375% 4/01/24

     286,259         284,828   
     Principal
Amount
     Value  

Spirit Airlines Pass-Through Trust, Series 2015-1, Class A
4.100% 10/01/29

   $ 2,525,000       $ 2,487,125   

United Air Lines, Inc. (b)
10.110% 2/19/49

     139,543         35,409   

United Airlines Pass-Through Trust,
Series 2014-1, Class A
4.000% 10/11/27

     868,400         887,939   
     

 

 

 
        4,383,245   
     

 

 

 
Auto Manufacturers — 0.7%      

Ford Motor Credit Co. LLC
2.551% 10/05/18

     4,480,000         4,448,187   

General Motors Co.
5.200% 4/01/45

     1,725,000         1,617,581   

General Motors Financial Co., Inc.
3.200% 7/13/20

     2,435,000         2,397,508   

Hyundai Capital America (a)
2.550% 2/06/19

     1,150,000         1,141,074   
     

 

 

 
        9,604,350   
     

 

 

 
Automotive & Parts — 0.0%      

Lear Corp.
4.750% 1/15/23

     625,000         628,125   
     

 

 

 
Banks — 5.2%      

Associated Banc-Corp.
4.250% 1/15/25

     4,885,000         4,887,990   

Bank of America Corp.
3.950% 4/21/25

     8,590,000         8,364,676   

Bank of America Corp.
4.000% 4/01/24

     2,525,000         2,582,355   

Bank of America Corp.
5.650% 5/01/18

     1,150,000         1,236,604   

Bank of America Corp.
5.750% 12/01/17

     1,555,000         1,663,461   

The Bank of Nova Scotia
4.500% 12/16/25

     3,290,000         3,274,777   

Barclays PLC
4.375% 9/11/24

     1,585,000         1,549,846   

Commonwealth Bank of Australia (a)
4.500% 12/09/25

     3,790,000         3,758,225   

Compass Bank
3.875% 4/10/25

     3,535,000         3,240,075   

Credit Agricole SA (a)
2.750% 6/10/20

     2,640,000         2,654,161   

Credit Suisse AG
5.400% 1/14/20

     2,035,000         2,228,148   

Discover Bank
2.000% 2/21/18

     1,920,000         1,907,019   

First Horizon National Corp.
3.500% 12/15/20

     4,280,000         4,242,832   

FirstMerit Corp.
4.350% 2/04/23

     645,000         653,271   
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the portfolio of investments.

 

32


MassMutual Premier Core Bond Fund – Portfolio of Investments (Continued)

 

     Principal
Amount
     Value  

ICICI Bank Ltd. (a)
4.700% 2/21/18

   $ 1,800,000       $ 1,870,961   

ICICI Bank Ltd. (a)
4.750% 11/25/16

     1,300,000         1,330,726   

Intesa Sanpaolo SpA, USD 5 year swap rate + 5.462%, VRN (a)
7.700% 12/29/49

     2,000,000         2,037,500   

Itau Unibanco Holding SA (a)
2.850% 5/26/18

     5,860,000         5,572,860   

JP Morgan Chase & Co.
3.875% 9/10/24

     1,710,000         1,701,012   

Morgan Stanley
3.950% 4/23/27

     1,305,000         1,266,606   

Morgan Stanley
4.875% 11/01/22

     750,000         795,939   

MUFG Union Bank NA
2.625% 9/26/18

     550,000         555,279   

Regions Financial Corp.
7.500% 5/15/18

     895,000         994,470   

Santander Holdings USA, Inc.
2.650% 4/17/20

     2,470,000         2,423,238   

Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB (a)
2.375% 3/25/19

     760,000         763,496   

SVB Financial Group
3.500% 1/29/25

     4,285,000         4,105,369   

SVB Financial Group
5.375% 9/15/20

     515,000         563,432   

Valley National Bancorp
5.125% 9/27/23

     1,710,000         1,786,098   

Wachovia Bank NA
6.600% 1/15/38

     690,000         890,564   

Wells Fargo & Co.
4.300% 7/22/27

     4,325,000         4,418,135   

Wells Fargo & Co.
4.600% 4/01/21

     345,000         376,096   
     

 

 

 
        73,695,221   
     

 

 

 
Biotechnology — 0.1%      

Amgen, Inc.
5.150% 11/15/41

     1,600,000         1,624,374   
     

 

 

 
Building Materials — 0.5%      

CRH America, Inc.
8.125% 7/15/18

     1,730,000         1,968,057   

Lafarge SA
6.500% 7/15/16

     1,305,000         1,337,940   

Martin Marietta Material, Inc. 3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.100%, FRN
1.426% 6/30/17

     1,540,000         1,529,286   

Masco Corp.
4.450% 4/01/25

     604,000         591,920   

Owens Corning, Inc.
9.000% 6/15/19

     1,245,000         1,442,956   
     

 

 

 
        6,870,159   
     

 

 

 
     Principal
Amount
     Value  
Chemicals — 1.4%      

Ashland, Inc. STEP
4.750% 8/15/22

   $ 10,540,000       $ 10,250,150   

Ashland, Inc.
6.875% 5/15/43

     1,378,000         1,309,100   

Cabot Corp.
5.000% 10/01/16

     2,440,000         2,500,165   

Cytec Industries, Inc.
8.950% 7/01/17

     225,000         244,874   

The Dow Chemical Co.
8.550% 5/15/19

     375,000         441,993   

Ecolab, Inc.
4.350% 12/08/21

     650,000         694,050   

Incitec Pivot Finance LLC (a)
6.000% 12/10/19

     880,000         954,186   

Methanex Corp.
5.250% 3/01/22

     550,000         541,542   

RPM International, Inc.
6.125% 10/15/19

     800,000         875,070   

RPM International, Inc.
6.500% 2/15/18

     1,375,000         1,483,061   

Valspar Corp.
7.250% 6/15/19

     650,000         737,468   
     

 

 

 
        20,031,659   
     

 

 

 
Commercial Services — 0.8%      

The ADT Corp.
2.250% 7/15/17

     2,015,000         2,004,925   

Cardtronics, Inc., Convertible
1.000% 12/01/20

     1,400,000         1,299,375   

ERAC USA Finance LLC (a)
2.800% 11/01/18

     455,000         457,951   

ERAC USA Finance LLC (a)
6.700% 6/01/34

     355,000         418,710   

Leidos Holdings, Inc.
4.450% 12/01/20

     6,280,000         6,251,043   

The Western Union Co.
5.930% 10/01/16

     1,405,000         1,449,613   
     

 

 

 
        11,881,617   
     

 

 

 
Computers — 0.9%      

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. (a)
3.600% 10/15/20

     3,750,000         3,758,606   

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. (a)
4.900% 10/15/25

     4,555,000         4,466,697   

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. (a)
6.350% 10/15/45

     4,050,000         3,844,835   

SanDisk Corp., Convertible
0.500% 10/15/20

     1,057,000         1,093,995   
     

 

 

 
        13,164,133   
     

 

 

 
Cosmetics & Personal Care — 0.0%   

The Procter & Gamble Co.
5.800% 8/15/34

     270,000         326,562   
     

 

 

 
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the portfolio of investments.

 

33


MassMutual Premier Core Bond Fund – Portfolio of Investments (Continued)

 

     Principal
Amount
     Value  
Distribution & Wholesale — 0.2%   

Arrow Electronics, Inc.
4.500% 3/01/23

   $ 135,000       $ 136,389   

Ingram Micro, Inc.
4.950% 12/15/24

     3,265,000         3,252,965   
     

 

 

 
        3,389,354   
     

 

 

 
Diversified Financial — 5.5%      

AerCap Ireland Capital Ltd./AerCap Global Aviation Trust
4.500% 5/15/21

     5,300,000         5,386,125   

Affiliated Managers Group, Inc.
3.500% 8/01/25

     2,320,000         2,206,656   

Affiliated Managers Group, Inc.
4.250% 2/15/24

     1,470,000         1,484,891   

Air Lease Corp.
3.375% 1/15/19

     2,505,000         2,517,525   

Air Lease Corp.
3.875% 4/01/21

     1,825,000         1,834,125   

Air Lease Corp. STEP
5.625% 4/01/17

     600,000         622,500   

Ally Financial, Inc.
4.625% 5/19/22

     1,131,000         1,136,655   

American Express Co. 3 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.228%, VRN
6.800% 9/01/66

     200,000         201,500   

Ares Finance Co. LLC (a)
4.000% 10/08/24

     2,380,000         2,207,598   

The Bear Stearns Cos., Inc.
7.250% 2/01/18

     1,520,000         1,676,694   

Citigroup, Inc.
3.875% 3/26/25

     8,392,000         8,167,833   

Citigroup, Inc.
8.125% 7/15/39

     225,000         322,712   

Eaton Vance Corp.
3.625% 6/15/23

     707,000         713,645   

Eaton Vance Corp.
6.500% 10/02/17

     91,000         97,170   

GE Capital International Funding Co. (a)
2.342% 11/15/20

     496,000         491,863   

GE Capital International Funding Co. (a)
4.418% 11/15/35

     1,522,000         1,553,174   

General Electric Capital Corp.
5.500% 1/08/20

     172,000         192,910   

General Electric Capital Corp.
6.875% 1/10/39

     429,000         584,758   

The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
5.375% 3/15/20

     900,000         988,689   

The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
5.750% 1/24/22

     1,600,000         1,819,554   

The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
6.150% 4/01/18

     420,000         456,085   

The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
6.250% 2/01/41

     440,000         524,833   
     Principal
Amount
     Value  

The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
6.345% 2/15/34

   $ 550,000       $ 643,437   

The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
6.750% 10/01/37

     565,000         660,449   

Hyundai Capital America (a)
2.875% 8/09/18

     910,000         919,571   

Hyundai Capital America (a)
4.000% 6/08/17

     1,605,000         1,646,476   

Icahn Enterprises LP/Icahn Enterprises Finance Corp.
3.500% 3/15/17

     7,240,000         7,276,200   

International Lease Finance Corp.
3.875% 4/15/18

     2,065,000         2,080,488   

International Lease Finance Corp.
5.750% 5/15/16

     6,722,000         6,814,427   

Janus Capital Group, Inc.
4.875% 8/01/25

     2,440,000         2,503,938   

JP Morgan Chase & Co.
4.500% 1/24/22

     1,500,000         1,617,909   

Lazard Group LLC
6.850% 6/15/17

     601,000         639,893   

Legg Mason, Inc.
5.625% 1/15/44

     1,126,000         1,118,464   

Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc.
7.750% 5/14/38

     555,000         753,014   

Morgan Stanley
4.350% 9/08/26

     905,000         907,958   

Morgan Stanley
5.625% 9/23/19

     1,415,000         1,561,593   

Morgan Stanley
5.750% 1/25/21

     225,000         252,619   

Visa, Inc.
2.200% 12/14/20

     5,305,000         5,295,127   

Visa, Inc.
3.150% 12/14/25

     5,725,000         5,732,076   

Visa, Inc.
4.300% 12/14/45

     2,929,000         2,971,643   
     

 

 

 
        78,582,777   
     

 

 

 
Electric — 2.4%      

Ameren Corp.
3.650% 2/15/26

     1,015,000         1,010,409   

Berkshire Hathaway Energy
5.950% 5/15/37

     1,525,000         1,742,180   

CMS Energy Corp.
5.050% 2/15/18

     1,875,000         1,980,309   

Duke Energy Progress, Inc.
6.125% 9/15/33

     37,000         44,477   

Entergy Louisiana LLC
4.950% 1/15/45

     1,095,000         1,093,178   

Florida Power & Light Co.
4.950% 6/01/35

     950,000         1,043,085   

IPALCO Enterprises, Inc.
3.450% 7/15/20

     5,935,000         5,816,300   
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the portfolio of investments.

 

34


MassMutual Premier Core Bond Fund – Portfolio of Investments (Continued)

 

     Principal
Amount
     Value  

Kansas Gas & Electric Co.
5.647% 3/29/21

   $ 879,110       $ 884,604   

LG&E and KU Energy LLC
4.375% 10/01/21

     1,900,000         2,007,599   

Metropolitan Edison Co. (a)
4.000% 4/15/25

     1,505,000         1,489,965   

National Fuel Gas Co.
3.750% 3/01/23

     985,000         912,280   

Nevada Power Co. Series N
6.650% 4/01/36

     1,000,000         1,262,954   

Niagara Mohawk Power Corp. (a)
2.721% 11/28/22

     1,560,000         1,499,967   

Oncor Electric Delivery Co.
6.800% 9/01/18

     75,000         83,359   

Oncor Electric Delivery Co.
7.500% 9/01/38

     130,000         171,879   

Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
5.800% 3/01/37

     800,000         930,150   

Pennsylvania Electric Co. (a)
4.150% 4/15/25

     2,090,000         2,102,028   

PPL Capital Funding, Inc.
1.900% 6/01/18

     400,000         396,250   

PPL Capital Funding, Inc.
5.000% 3/15/44

     1,320,000         1,360,960   

Progress Energy, Inc.
7.000% 10/30/31

     505,000         621,798   

Puget Energy, Inc.
6.500% 12/15/20

     1,985,000         2,274,129   

Southern California Edison Co.
5.950% 2/01/38

     820,000         1,003,757   

Transelec SA (a)
4.625% 7/26/23

     1,250,000         1,304,614   

Tri-State Generation & Transmission Association, Series 2003, Class A (a)
6.040% 1/31/18

     507,874         534,080   

Virginia Electric and Power Co.
6.350% 11/30/37

     925,000         1,183,277   

Wisconsin Public Service Corp.
5.650% 11/01/17

     1,405,000         1,480,992   
     

 

 

 
        34,234,580   
     

 

 

 
Electronics — 0.5%      

Amphenol Corp.
2.550% 1/30/19

     1,445,000         1,445,251   

Arrow Electronics, Inc.
3.500% 4/01/22

     1,865,000         1,796,469   

Arrow Electronics, Inc.
5.125% 3/01/21

     750,000         788,013   

Avnet, Inc.
4.875% 12/01/22

     944,000         966,522   

Tech Data Corp.
3.750% 9/21/17

     1,345,000         1,361,065   
     

 

 

 
        6,357,320   
     

 

 

 
     Principal
Amount
     Value  
Engineering & Construction — 0.1%   

SBA Tower Trust (a)
3.156% 10/15/20

   $ 1,500,000       $ 1,475,655   
     

 

 

 
Environmental Controls — 0.1%      

Republic Services, Inc.
5.000% 3/01/20

     40,000         43,439   

Republic Services, Inc.
5.250% 11/15/21

     795,000         878,901   
     

 

 

 
        922,340   
     

 

 

 
Foods — 0.9%      

ConAgra Foods, Inc.
4.950% 8/15/20

     850,000         908,852   

ConAgra Foods, Inc.
6.625% 8/15/39

     500,000         538,755   

ConAgra Foods, Inc.
7.000% 4/15/19

     755,000         848,730   

JBS Investments GmbH (a)
7.750% 10/28/20

     3,288,000         3,156,480   

Kraft Foods, Inc.
6.500% 2/09/40

     381,000         465,106   

Tyson Foods, Inc.
2.650% 8/15/19

     485,000         485,269   

Tyson Foods, Inc.
4.875% 8/15/34

     745,000         760,360   

Whole Foods Market, Inc. (a)
5.200% 12/03/25

     5,220,000         5,212,274   
     

 

 

 
        12,375,826   
     

 

 

 
Forest Products & Paper — 0.3%      

Domtar Corp.
9.500% 8/01/16

     94,000         98,432   

Domtar Corp.
10.750% 6/01/17

     55,000         61,200   

International Paper Co.
4.750% 2/15/22

     700,000         747,608   

International Paper Co.
7.300% 11/15/39

     820,000         934,642   

International Paper Co.
9.375% 5/15/19

     290,000         348,032   

Sappi Papier Holding GmbH (a)
7.750% 7/15/17

     1,830,000         1,900,912   
     

 

 

 
        4,090,826   
     

 

 

 
Gas — 0.1%      

The Laclede Group, Inc.
4.700% 8/15/44

     2,000,000         1,974,128   
     

 

 

 
Hand & Machine Tools — 0.2%      

Kennametal, Inc.
2.650% 11/01/19

     1,200,000         1,167,737   

Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.
2.451% 11/17/18

     1,920,000         1,927,492   
     

 

 

 
        3,095,229   
     

 

 

 
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the portfolio of investments.

 

35


MassMutual Premier Core Bond Fund – Portfolio of Investments (Continued)

 

     Principal
Amount
     Value  
Health Care – Products — 0.6%      

Boston Scientific Corp.
6.000% 1/15/20

   $ 950,000       $ 1,054,891   

Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc.
3.550% 4/01/25

     3,395,000         3,298,996   

Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc.
4.450% 8/15/45

     4,280,000         3,935,978   
     

 

 

 
        8,289,865   
     

 

 

 
Health Care – Services — 0.3%      

Cigna Corp.
5.125% 6/15/20

     650,000         709,524   

Kaiser Foundation Hospitals
3.500% 4/01/22

     600,000         609,637   

UnitedHealth Group, Inc.
6.875% 2/15/38

     1,775,000         2,321,496   
     

 

 

 
        3,640,657   
     

 

 

 
Holding Company – Diversified — 0.1%   

Hutchison Whampoa International Ltd. (a)
5.750% 9/11/19

     1,220,000         1,353,873   
     

 

 

 
Home Builders — 0.3%      

Lennar Corp.
4.500% 11/15/19

     3,767,000         3,830,568   
     

 

 

 
Housewares — 0.1%      

Newell Rubbermaid, Inc.
2.050% 12/01/17

     1,250,000         1,227,674   
     

 

 

 
Insurance — 3.6%      

ACE INA Holdings, Inc.
3.350% 5/03/26

     1,250,000         1,246,170   

The Allstate Corp. 3 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.938%, VRN
5.750% 8/15/53

     2,270,000         2,333,560   

Arch Capital Group US, Inc.
5.144% 11/01/43

     1,150,000         1,163,573   

AXIS Specialty Finance PLC
2.650% 4/01/19

     660,000         657,192   

Brown & Brown, Inc.
4.200% 9/15/24

     2,040,000         2,014,408   

The Chubb Corp., 3 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.250%, VRN
6.375% 4/15/37

     916,000         879,662   

CNA Financial Corp.
3.950% 5/15/24

     1,250,000         1,244,373   

CNA Financial Corp.
7.350% 11/15/19

     1,000,000         1,151,327   

CNO Financial Group, Inc.
4.500% 5/30/20

     1,763,000         1,798,260   

CNO Financial Group, Inc.
5.250% 5/30/25

     2,104,000         2,140,820   

Five Corners Funding Trust (a)
4.419% 11/15/23

     1,465,000         1,529,435   
     Principal
Amount
     Value  

The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc., 3 mo. USD LIBOR + 4.603%, VRN
8.125% 6/15/38

   $ 2,070,000       $ 2,264,062   

Liberty Mutual Group, Inc. (a)
4.250% 6/15/23

     706,000         717,344   

Marsh & McLennan Cos., Inc.
5.875% 8/01/33

     900,000         1,033,142   

MetLife Capital Trust IV (a)
7.875% 12/15/37

     2,695,000         3,287,900   

Principal Financial Group, Inc.
8.875% 5/15/19

     620,000         741,855   

Prudential Financial, Inc. 3 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.040%, VRN
5.200% 3/15/44

     2,380,000         2,297,890   

Prudential Financial, Inc. 3 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.920%, VRN
5.625% 6/15/43

     1,845,000         1,886,513   

Prudential Financial, Inc. 3 mo. USD LIBOR + 5.000%, VRN
8.875% 6/15/38

     1,930,000         2,171,250   

Prudential Financial, Inc., 3 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.031%, VRN
5.375% 5/15/45

     1,800,000         1,797,750   

QBE Capital Funding III Ltd. USD 10 year swap rate + 4.050%, VRN (a)
7.250% 5/24/41

     1,425,000         1,569,340   

QBE Insurance Group Ltd. (a)
2.400% 5/01/18

     900,000         900,806   

Reinsurance Group of America, Inc.
4.700% 9/15/23

     1,270,000         1,339,125   

Reinsurance Group of America, Inc.
5.000% 6/01/21

     1,775,000         1,913,693   

Reinsurance Group of America, Inc.
6.450% 11/15/19

     1,675,000         1,884,742   

USF&G Capital I (a)
8.500% 12/15/45

     1,015,000         1,444,463   

Voya Financial, Inc.
5.500% 7/15/22

     900,000         1,007,087   

Voya Financial, Inc. 3 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.580%, VRN
5.650% 5/15/53

     1,510,000         1,487,350   

Willis Group Holdings PLC
4.125% 3/15/16

     530,000         532,873   

Willis Group Holdings PLC
5.750% 3/15/21

     1,825,000         2,016,835   

Willis North America, Inc.
7.000% 9/29/19

     706,000         791,240   

XLIT Ltd.
4.450% 3/31/25

     1,275,000         1,248,548   

XLIT Ltd.
6.375% 11/15/24

     1,990,000         2,319,737   
     

 

 

 
        50,812,325   
     

 

 

 
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the portfolio of investments.

 

36


MassMutual Premier Core Bond Fund – Portfolio of Investments (Continued)

 

     Principal
Amount
     Value  
Internet — 0.9%      

Baidu, Inc.
3.250% 8/06/18

   $ 1,965,000       $ 1,990,170   

Expedia, Inc.
4.500% 8/15/24

     6,190,000         5,974,278   

Expedia, Inc.
7.456% 8/15/18

     3,420,000         3,811,169   

Tencent Holdings Ltd. (a)
2.875% 2/11/20

     1,655,000         1,644,011   
     

 

 

 
        13,419,628   
     

 

 

 
Investment Companies — 0.5%      

Ares Capital Corp.
3.875% 1/15/20

     3,635,000         3,690,205   

FS Investment Corp.
4.000% 7/15/19

     2,720,000         2,695,014   
     

 

 

 
        6,385,219   
     

 

 

 
Iron & Steel — 1.0%      

Allegheny Technologies, Inc.
9.375% 6/01/19

     687,000         549,600   

ArcelorMittal
5.125% 6/01/20

     2,375,000         1,971,250   

ArcelorMittal STEP
5.500% 2/25/17

     245,000         236,645   

ArcelorMittal
6.125% 6/01/18

     279,000         255,285   

ArcelorMittal STEP
6.250% 8/05/20

     1,700,000         1,357,875   

Commercial Metals Co.
6.500% 7/15/17

     855,000         885,994   

Glencore Funding LLC (a)
2.875% 4/16/20

     4,475,000         3,490,500   

Glencore Funding LLC (a)
4.125% 5/30/23

     180,000         132,752   

Glencore Funding LLC (a)
4.625% 4/29/24

     435,000         315,027   

Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co.
4.500% 4/15/23

     1,125,000         1,047,216   

Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co.
6.200% 11/15/16

     2,562,000         2,647,886   

Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co.
6.850% 11/15/36

     1,536,000         1,599,959   
     

 

 

 
        14,489,989   
     

 

 

 
Lodging — 0.2%      

Choice Hotels International, Inc.
5.700% 8/28/20

     1,500,000         1,605,000   

Marriott International, Inc.
3.375% 10/15/20

     1,440,000         1,465,779   

Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc.
6.750% 5/15/18

     305,000         333,695   
     Principal
Amount
     Value  

Wyndham Worldwide Corp.
6.000% 12/01/16

   $ 9,000       $ 9,344   
     

 

 

 
        3,413,818   
     

 

 

 
Machinery – Diversified — 0.4%   

CNH Industrial Capital LLC
3.250% 2/01/17

     725,000         717,750   

CNH Industrial Capital LLC
3.375% 7/15/19

     1,595,000         1,503,287   

CNH Industrial Capital LLC
3.625% 4/15/18

     902,000         888,019   

CNH Industrial Capital LLC
6.250% 11/01/16

     1,705,000         1,736,969   

Xylem, Inc.
4.875% 10/01/21

     585,000         621,823   
     

 

 

 
        5,467,848   
     

 

 

 
Manufacturing — 0.2%      

Ingersoll-Rand Global Holding Co. Ltd.
6.875% 8/15/18

     960,000         1,059,649   

SPX FLOW, Inc.
6.875% 9/01/17

     1,370,000         1,455,625   
     

 

 

 
        2,515,274   
     

 

 

 
Media — 0.6%      

21st Century Fox America, Co.
6.900% 8/15/39

     525,000         620,856   

CBS Corp.
7.875% 7/30/30

     970,000         1,236,452   

CCO Safari II LLC (a)
3.579% 7/23/20

     2,005,000         1,992,988   

CCO Safari II LLC (a)
6.484% 10/23/45

     1,655,000         1,657,713   

NBCUniversal Media LLC
6.400% 4/30/40

     100,000         124,609   

Time Warner Cable, Inc.
6.750% 6/15/39

     655,000         657,360   

Time Warner Cable, Inc.
8.250% 4/01/19

     235,000         269,850   

Time Warner Cable, Inc.
8.750% 2/14/19

     365,000         423,419   

Time Warner, Inc.
4.700% 1/15/21

     900,000         968,634   

Time Warner, Inc.
6.100% 7/15/40

     950,000         1,026,133   

Time Warner, Inc.
6.250% 3/29/41

     15,000         16,659   
     

 

 

 
        8,994,673   
     

 

 

 
Mining — 0.6%      

Freeport-McMoRan, Inc.
2.375% 3/15/18

     810,000         631,800   

Freeport-McMoRan, Inc.
4.000% 11/14/21

     5,310,000         3,186,000   
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the portfolio of investments.

 

37


MassMutual Premier Core Bond Fund – Portfolio of Investments (Continued)

 

     Principal
Amount
     Value  

Freeport-McMoRan, Inc.
5.450% 3/15/43

   $ 1,210,000       $ 629,200   

Glencore Canada Corp.
5.500% 6/15/17

     1,230,000         1,200,787   

Glencore Finance Canada (a)
5.800% 11/15/16

     1,023,000         1,019,164   

Vale Overseas Ltd.
6.250% 1/23/17

     1,626,000         1,622,911   

Vale Overseas Ltd.
6.875% 11/10/39

     490,000         340,506   
     

 

 

 
        8,630,368   
     

 

 

 
Office Equipment/Supplies — 0.2%   

Pitney Bowes, Inc.
4.625% 3/15/24

     1,875,000         1,836,934   

Pitney Bowes, Inc.
4.750% 1/15/16

     1,140,000         1,141,063   

Pitney Bowes, Inc.
4.750% 5/15/18

     275,000         287,886   

Pitney Bowes, Inc.
5.750% 9/15/17

     188,000         198,321   
     

 

 

 
        3,464,204   
     

 

 

 
Office Furnishings — 0.0%      

Steelcase, Inc.
6.375% 2/15/21

     100,000         109,484   
     

 

 

 
Oil & Gas — 3.7%      

Anadarko Petroleum Corp.
6.450% 9/15/36

     402,000         387,471   

Apache Corp.
5.100% 9/01/40

     2,195,000         1,876,317   

Chesapeake Energy Corp., Convertible
2.500% 5/15/37

     1,580,000         742,600   

Chesapeake Energy Corp.
3.250% 3/15/16

     3,350,000         3,207,625   

ConocoPhillips Co.
4.300% 11/15/44

     712,000         591,688   

Devon Energy Corp.
5.600% 7/15/41

     1,145,000         865,423   

Devon Energy Corp.
6.300% 1/15/19

     660,000         679,998   

Ensco PLC
5.200% 3/15/25

     2,845,000         2,024,704   

Helmerich & Payne International Drilling Co.
4.650% 3/15/25

     1,415,000         1,415,640   

Newfield Exploration Co.
5.375% 1/01/26

     5,195,000         4,298,863   

Pemex Project Funding Master Trust
6.625% 6/15/38

     202,000         177,760   

Petrobras Global Finance BV
2.000% 5/20/16

     1,480,000         1,457,800   

Petrobras Global Finance BV
3.250% 3/17/17

     4,695,000         4,342,875   
     Principal
Amount
     Value  

Petrobras International Finance Co.
3.875% 1/27/16

   $ 1,275,000       $ 1,269,900   

Petroleos Mexicanos
3.125% 1/23/19

     395,000         382,119   

Petroleos Mexicanos
5.500% 1/21/21

     1,690,000         1,704,703   

Petroleos Mexicanos
6.375% 1/23/45

     640,000         541,684   

Phillips 66
5.875% 5/01/42

     2,245,000         2,250,289   

Pioneer Natural Resources Co.
4.450% 1/15/26

     2,430,000         2,188,006   

Pioneer Natural Resources Co.
5.875% 7/15/16

     1,370,000         1,391,410   

Pride International, Inc.
6.875% 8/15/20

     2,000,000         1,857,008   

Rowan Cos., Inc.
4.750% 1/15/24

     2,127,000         1,512,548   

Rowan Cos., Inc.
4.875% 6/01/22

     4,661,000         3,427,783   

Rowan Cos., Inc.
5.000% 9/01/17

     1,400,000         1,389,471   

Southwestern Energy Co.
4.050% 1/23/20

     2,450,000         1,776,250   

Southwestern Energy Co.
4.950% 1/23/25

     1,470,000         926,100   

Transocean, Inc. STEP
5.800% 12/15/16

     1,500,000         1,455,000   

Transocean, Inc.
6.000% 3/15/18

     2,813,000         2,503,570   

Whiting Petroleum Corp., Convertible (a)
1.250% 4/01/20

     2,165,000         1,472,200   

WPX Energy, Inc.
7.500% 8/01/20

     5,495,000         4,450,950   
     

 

 

 
        52,567,755   
     

 

 

 
Oil & Gas Services — 2.0%      

Cameron International Corp.
5.950% 6/01/41

     185,000         196,233   

Halliburton Co.
3.375% 11/15/22

     1,790,000         1,761,600   

Halliburton Co.
4.850% 11/15/35

     3,005,000         2,951,995   

Hornbeck Offshore Services, Inc., Convertible
1.500% 9/01/19

     2,850,000         1,613,812   

Schlumberger Holdings Corp. (a)
3.000% 12/21/20

     5,040,000         4,974,888   

Schlumberger Holdings Corp. (a)
4.000% 12/21/25

     4,590,000         4,529,316   

SEACOR Holdings, Inc., Convertible
3.000% 11/15/28

     970,000         768,725   
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the portfolio of investments.

 

38


MassMutual Premier Core Bond Fund – Portfolio of Investments (Continued)

 

     Principal
Amount
     Value  

SESI LLC
6.375% 5/01/19

   $ 725,000       $ 672,894   

Superior Energy Services, Inc.
7.125% 12/15/21

     5,789,000         5,152,210   

Weatherford International Ltd.
4.500% 4/15/22

     1,000,000         720,000   

Weatherford International Ltd.
5.125% 9/15/20

     3,169,000         2,566,890   

Weatherford International Ltd.
5.950% 4/15/42

     1,685,000         1,183,712   

Weatherford International Ltd.
6.000% 3/15/18

     725,000         668,523   
     

 

 

 
        27,760,798   
     

 

 

 
Packaging & Containers — 0.2%   

Brambles USA Inc., Series A (a)
5.350% 4/01/20

     685,000         746,931   

Brambles USA, Inc. (a)
4.125% 10/23/25

     1,530,000         1,538,504   
     

 

 

 
        2,285,435   
     

 

 

 
Pharmaceuticals — 0.9%      

AbbVie, Inc.
4.700% 5/14/45

     2,465,000         2,409,454   

Actavis Funding SCS
3.000% 3/12/20

     2,210,000         2,208,243   

Actavis Funding SCS
4.750% 3/15/45

     1,395,000         1,360,188   

Baxalta, Inc. (a)
3.600% 6/23/22

     805,000         804,785   

Baxalta, Inc. (a)
4.000% 6/23/25

     2,145,000         2,122,707   

Baxalta, Inc. (a)
5.250% 6/23/45

     1,070,000         1,073,609   

McKesson Corp.
2.284% 3/15/19

     675,000         672,322   

McKesson Corp.
3.796% 3/15/24

     550,000         552,875   

McKesson Corp.
4.750% 3/01/21

     850,000         918,140   

Pfizer, Inc.
7.200% 3/15/39

     970,000         1,335,843   
     

 

 

 
        13,458,166   
     

 

 

 
Pipelines — 3.2%      

Alliance Pipeline LP (a)
6.996% 12/31/19

     569,445         615,445   

Boardwalk Pipelines LLC
5.500% 2/01/17

     914,000         926,094   

Boardwalk Pipelines LP
5.875% 11/15/16

     2,670,000         2,695,891   

CenterPoint Energy Resources Corp.
4.500% 1/15/21

     650,000         682,256   

CenterPoint Energy Resources Corp.
5.850% 1/15/41

     645,000         712,447   
     Principal
Amount
     Value  

Colonial Pipeline Co. (a)
3.750% 10/01/25

   $ 2,720,000       $ 2,676,164   

Energy Transfer Partners LP 3 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.018%, FRN
3.346% 11/01/66

     2,000,000         1,260,000   

Energy Transfer Partners LP
4.050% 3/15/25

     3,070,000         2,521,268   

Energy Transfer Partners LP
4.150% 10/01/20

     1,360,000         1,254,590   

Energy Transfer Partners LP
4.750% 1/15/26

     3,845,000         3,233,964   

Energy Transfer Partners LP
4.900% 3/15/35

     1,775,000         1,290,622   

Enterprise Products Operating Co.
3.700% 2/15/26

     2,530,000         2,269,415   

Enterprise Products Operating Co.
5.950% 2/01/41

     630,000         578,680   

Enterprise Products Operating LLC
3.200% 2/01/16

     600,000         600,191   

Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP
6.500% 2/01/37

     571,000         490,515   

Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP
6.950% 1/15/38

     65,000         55,829   

Kinder Morgan Finance Co. LLC (a)
6.000% 1/15/18

     3,900,000         3,932,222   

Kinder Morgan, Inc.
4.300% 6/01/25

     2,970,000         2,566,101   

Magellan Midstream Partners LP
5.150% 10/15/43

     2,305,000         1,976,496   

Magellan Midstream Partners LP
6.550% 7/15/19

     1,125,000         1,228,221   

MPLX LP (a)
4.500% 7/15/23

     2,265,000         2,026,495   

MPLX LP (a)
4.875% 12/01/24

     5,725,000         5,138,187   

Phillips 66 Partners LP
3.605% 2/15/25

     869,000         747,548   

Williams Partners LP
5.250% 3/15/20

     2,045,000         1,899,292   

Williams Partners LP/ACMP Finance Corp.
4.875% 5/15/23

     4,270,000         3,461,540   
     

 

 

 
        44,839,473   
     

 

 

 
Real Estate — 0.1%      

Prologis LP
3.750% 11/01/25

     1,120,000         1,111,009   
     

 

 

 
Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITS) — 1.6%      

American Tower Corp.
3.400% 2/15/19

     1,245,000         1,277,107   

American Tower Corp.
3.450% 9/15/21

     3,025,000         3,039,828   

American Tower Corp.
4.500% 1/15/18

     1,900,000         1,981,497   
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the portfolio of investments.

 

39


MassMutual Premier Core Bond Fund – Portfolio of Investments (Continued)

 

     Principal
Amount
     Value  

Boston Properties LP
4.125% 5/15/21

   $ 840,000       $ 879,816   

Brandywine Operating Partners LP
4.950% 4/15/18

     1,100,000         1,151,227   

DDR Corp.
4.750% 4/15/18

     1,400,000         1,464,494   

DDR Corp.
7.875% 9/01/20

     1,600,000         1,914,952   

Duke Realty LP
8.250% 8/15/19

     1,975,000         2,336,239   

ERP Operating LP
4.625% 12/15/21

     600,000         651,169   

Federal Realty Investment Trust
5.900% 4/01/20

     455,000         513,811   

HCP, Inc.
2.625% 2/01/20

     1,415,000         1,393,188   

Highwoods Realty LP
5.850% 3/15/17

     2,600,000         2,710,534   

Host Hotels & Resorts LP
4.000% 6/15/25

     752,000         720,871   

ProLogis LP
2.750% 2/15/19

     610,000         616,379   

Simon Property Group LP
5.650% 2/01/20

     225,000         252,163   

Vereit Operating Partnership LP
2.000% 2/06/17

     1,530,000         1,514,700   

Vereit Operating Partnership LP
3.000% 2/06/19

     765,000         735,930   
     

 

 

 
        23,153,905   
     

 

 

 
Retail — 1.5%   

AutoNation, Inc.
4.500% 10/01/25

     895,000         907,874   

Bed Bath & Beyond, Inc.
5.165% 8/01/44

     915,000         775,018   

CVS Health Corp.
6.125% 9/15/39

     895,000         1,045,078   

CVS Pass-Through Trust (a)
5.926% 1/10/34

     2,165,707         2,378,927   

Dollar General Corp.
3.250% 4/15/23

     4,455,000         4,242,635   

El Puerto de Liverpool SAB de CV (a)
3.950% 10/02/24

     2,975,000         2,889,469   

GNC Holdings, Inc., Convertible (a)
1.500% 8/15/20

     450,000         360,281   

Macy’s Retail Holdings, Inc.
7.450% 7/15/17

     310,000         334,948   

O’Reilly Automotive, Inc.
3.850% 6/15/23

     759,000         765,750   

O’Reilly Automotive, Inc.
4.875% 1/14/21

     875,000         946,508   

QVC, Inc.
3.125% 4/01/19

     1,075,000         1,061,000   
     Principal
Amount
     Value  

QVC, Inc.
4.375% 3/15/23

   $ 1,140,000       $ 1,082,030   

QVC, Inc.
4.450% 2/15/25

     1,225,000         1,136,105   

QVC, Inc.
5.125% 7/02/22

     750,000         747,610   

Tiffany & Co.
4.900% 10/01/44

     1,140,000         1,055,037   

Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc.
2.700% 11/18/19

     750,000         748,589   

Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc.
3.800% 11/18/24

     1,505,000         1,460,103   
     

 

 

 
        21,936,962   
     

 

 

 
Savings & Loans — 0.5%   

Glencore Funding LLC (a)
1.700% 5/27/16

     1,593,000         1,577,070   

Glencore Funding LLC (a)
2.500% 1/15/19

     1,841,000         1,537,235   

Glencore Funding LLC (a)
3.125% 4/29/19

     1,040,000         868,400   

Nationwide Building Society (a)
2.350% 1/21/20

     2,665,000         2,647,081   
     

 

 

 
        6,629,786   
     

 

 

 
Semiconductors — 0.7%   

Applied Materials, Inc.
5.850% 6/15/41

     1,500,000         1,618,445   

Lam Research Corp.
2.750% 3/15/20

     2,460,000         2,378,985   

Lam Research Corp.
3.800% 3/15/25

     2,210,000         2,080,178   

Microchip Technology, Inc., Convertible (a)
1.625% 2/15/25

     2,274,000         2,259,787   

Micron Technology, Inc., Convertible
3.000% 11/15/43

     566,000         470,488   

QUALCOMM, Inc.
3.450% 5/20/25

     1,248,000         1,197,030   
     

 

 

 
        10,004,913   
     

 

 

 
Software — 0.3%   

Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc.
3.950% 9/01/20

     745,000         772,159   

CA, Inc.
2.875% 8/15/18

     835,000         838,234   

CA, Inc.
5.375% 12/01/19

     1,476,000         1,592,759   

Citrix Systems, Inc., Convertible
0.500% 4/15/19

     1,170,000         1,272,375   
     

 

 

 
        4,475,527   
     

 

 

 
Telecommunications — 1.3%   

America Movil SAB de CV
5.000% 3/30/20

     730,000         792,146   
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the portfolio of investments.

 

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     Principal
Amount
     Value  

America Movil SAB de CV
6.125% 3/30/40

   $ 760,000       $ 836,080   

AT&T, Inc.
4.750% 5/15/46

     1,970,000         1,803,724   

AT&T, Inc.
6.550% 2/15/39

     1,005,000         1,129,772   

British Telecom PLC STEP
9.625% 12/15/30

     1,050,000         1,532,113   

CenturyLink, Inc.
6.150% 9/15/19

     760,000         775,200   

Crown Castle Towers LLC (a)
6.113% 1/15/40

     940,000         1,025,216   

Deutsche Telekom International Finance BV STEP
8.750% 6/15/30

     290,000         402,068   

Embarq Corp.
7.082% 6/01/16

     561,000         569,751   

Embarq Corp.
7.995% 6/01/36

     200,000         206,000   

Rogers Communications, Inc.
7.500% 8/15/38

     160,000         207,117   

Sprint Communications, Inc. (a)
9.000% 11/15/18

     2,925,000         3,078,562   

Telefonica Emisiones SAU
5.462% 2/16/21

     650,000         726,449   

Verizon Communications, Inc.
2.625% 2/21/20

     1,866,000         1,872,488   

Verizon Communications, Inc.
4.862% 8/21/46

     1,366,000         1,293,228   

Verizon Communications, Inc.
5.012% 8/21/54

     1,222,000         1,118,852   

Verizon Communications, Inc.
6.550% 9/15/43

     1,218,000         1,446,022   
     

 

 

 
        18,814,788   
     

 

 

 
Transportation — 0.5%   

Asciano Finance (a)
4.625% 9/23/20

     845,000         852,930   

Asciano Finance (a)
5.000% 4/07/18

     1,650,000         1,698,825   

Autoridad del Canal de Panama (a)
4.950% 7/29/35

     1,340,000         1,380,200   

Burlington Northern Santa Fe LLC
6.750% 3/15/29

     1,053,000         1,297,674   

Ryder System, Inc.
2.550% 6/01/19

     480,000         477,085   

Ryder System, Inc.
2.650% 3/02/20

     1,215,000         1,195,249   

Union Pacific Corp.
4.000% 2/01/21

     700,000         748,065   
     

 

 

 
        7,650,028   
     

 

 

 
     Principal
Amount
     Value  
Trucking & Leasing — 0.8%   

Aviation Capital Group Corp. (a)
2.875% 9/17/18

   $ 6,665,000       $ 6,626,756   

GATX Corp.
2.375% 7/30/18

     1,175,000         1,166,499   

GATX Corp.
4.750% 6/15/22

     1,200,000         1,259,330   

Penske Truck Leasing Co. LP/PTL Finance Corp. (a)
2.500% 6/15/19

     2,025,000         1,991,928   
     

 

 

 
        11,044,513   
     

 

 

 
TOTAL CORPORATE DEBT
(Cost $703,582,789)
        682,574,690   
     

 

 

 
MUNICIPAL OBLIGATIONS — 1.2%   

JobsOhio Beverage System Series B
4.532% 1/01/35

     5,550,000         5,903,091   

New York City Municipal Water Finance Authority BAB
5.882% 6/15/44

     390,000         506,423   

State of California
5.950% 4/01/16

     895,000         906,948   

State of California BAB
7.550% 4/01/39

     505,000         733,518   

State of California BAB
7.600% 11/01/40

     3,925,000         5,825,681   

State of Illinois
5.365% 3/01/17

     2,910,000         3,018,048   
     

 

 

 
        16,893,709   
     

 

 

 
TOTAL MUNICIPAL OBLIGATIONS
(Cost $16,303,836)
        16,893,709   
     

 

 

 
NON-U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENCY
OBLIGATIONS — 22.6%
  
Auto Floor Plan ABS — 0.1%   

NCF Dealer Floorplan Master Trust,
Series 2014-1A, Class A, 1 mo. LIBOR + 1.500%, FRN (a)
1.902% 10/20/20

     1,630,000         1,629,999   
     

 

 

 
Automobile ABS — 0.7%   

Avis Budget Rental Car Funding AESOP LLC, Series 2014-2A, Class A (a)
2.500% 2/20/21

     1,600,000         1,588,033   

Capital Automotive REIT,
Series 2014-1A, Class A (a)
3.660% 10/15/44

     1,100,000         1,105,269   

Capital Automotive REIT,
Series 2012-1A, Class A (a)
4.700% 7/15/42

     1,764,420         1,806,563   
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the portfolio of investments.

 

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MassMutual Premier Core Bond Fund – Portfolio of Investments (Continued)

 

     Principal
Amount
     Value  

CFC LLC, Series 2014-2A, Class A (a)
1.440% 11/16/20

   $ 1,153,952       $ 1,146,956   

CPS Auto Trust, Series 2014-A, Class A (a)
1.210% 8/15/18

     615,693         614,601   

CPS Auto Trust, Series 2011-B, Class A (a)
3.680% 9/17/18

     172,037         172,050   

GLS Auto Receivables Trust,
Series 2015-1A, Class A (a)
2.250% 12/15/20

     1,284,019         1,281,408   

GO Financial Auto Securitization Trust, Series 2015-1, Class A (a)
1.810% 3/15/18

     678,678         677,593   

Santander Drive Auto Receivables Trust, Series 2015-S2, Class R1 (a)
1.840% 11/18/19

     732,984         729,319   
     

 

 

 
        9,121,792   
     

 

 

 
Commercial MBS — 5.4%   

Banc of America Commercial Mortgage, Inc., Series 2007-4, Class A4, VRN
5.742% 2/10/51

     1,917,003         2,000,405   

Banc of America Commercial Mortgage, Inc., Series 2008-1, Class AM, VRN
6.258% 2/10/51

     1,445,000         1,533,672   

Bear Stearns Commercial Mortgage Securities, Series 2006-PW14, Class A4
5.201% 12/11/38

     2,650,590         2,699,753   

Bear Stearns Commercial Mortgage Securities, Series 2006-PW14, Class AM
5.243% 12/11/38

     1,295,000         1,329,696   

Bear Stearns Commercial Mortgage Securities, Series 2007-T26,
Class A4, VRN
5.471% 1/12/45

     713,451         735,835   

Bear Stearns Commercial Mortgage Securities, Series 2007-T26,
Class AM, VRN
5.513% 1/12/45

     2,765,000         2,851,847   

Bear Stearns Commercial Mortgage Securities, Series 2007-PW17,
Class A4, VRN
5.694% 6/11/50

     970,205         1,008,682   

Bear Stearns Commercial Mortgage Securities, Series 2007-PW18, Class A4
5.700% 6/11/50

     2,150,000         2,233,673   

Bear Stearns Commercial Mortgage Securities, Series 2006-PW12,
Class AM, VRN
5.752% 9/11/38

     2,375,000         2,394,114   
     Principal
Amount
     Value  

Bear Stearns Commercial Mortgage Securities, Series 2007-T28,
Class AM, VRN
5.835% 9/11/42

   $ 1,170,000       $ 1,227,155   

Bear Stearns Commercial Mortgage Securities, Series 2007-PW18,
Class AM, VRN
6.084% 6/11/50

     1,660,000         1,743,965   

COMM 2015-CCRE23 Mortgage Trust, Series 2015-CR23, Class B, VRN
4.183% 5/10/48

     1,200,000         1,186,512   

Commercial Mortgage Pass Through Certificates, Series 2014-UBS2, Class A5
3.961% 3/10/47

     2,176,000         2,268,749   

Commercial Mortgage Pass Through Certificates, Series 2015-CR23,
Class C, VRN
4.257% 5/10/48

     1,050,000         943,374   

Commercial Mortgage Pass Through Certificates, Series 2007-C9,
Class AM, VRN
5.650% 12/10/49

     1,320,000         1,372,444   

Commercial Mortgage Pass Through Certificates, Series 2006-C7,
Class A4, CMO,, VRN
5.768% 6/10/46

     812,223         814,635   

Commercial Mortgage Pass Through Certificates, Series 2007-C9,
Class A4, VRN
5.796% 12/10/49

     3,691,049         3,854,052   

DBCCRE Mortgage Trust,
Series 2014-ARCP, Class A (a)
4.238% 1/10/34

     1,100,000         1,151,050   

DBRR Trust, Series 2013-EZ3,
Class A, VRN (a)
1.636% 12/18/49

     1,072,856         1,069,648   

DBUBS Mortgage Trust,
Series 2011-LC2A, Class A2 (a)
3.386% 7/10/44

     1,578,132         1,585,138   

DBUBS Mortgage Trust,
Series 2011-LC3A, Class A2
3.642% 8/10/44

     1,247,861         1,254,363   

DBUBS Mortgage Trust,
Series 2011-LC1A, Class A1 (a)
3.742% 11/10/46

     169,628         170,098   

DBUBS Mortgage Trust,
Series 2011-LC1A, Class B, VRN (a)
5.471% 11/10/46

     860,000         952,548   

GCCFC Commercial Mortgage Trust,
Series 2006-GG7, Class AM, VRN
5.826% 7/10/38

     3,600,000         3,642,962   
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the portfolio of investments.

 

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MassMutual Premier Core Bond Fund – Portfolio of Investments (Continued)

 

     Principal
Amount
     Value  

Greenwich Capital Commercial Funding Corp., Series 2006-GG7, Class A4, VRN
5.826% 7/10/38

   $ 2,769,953       $ 2,788,053   

GS Mortgage Securities Corp. II,
Series 2012-GC6, Class AS (a)
4.948% 1/10/45

     800,000         874,147   

JP Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Corp., Series 2011-C4,
Class A2 (a)
3.341% 7/15/46

     397,315         397,779   

JP Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Corp., Series 2006-CB17, Class A4
5.429% 12/12/43

     2,858,697         2,902,996   

Merrill Lynch/Countrywide Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 2006-4,
Class AM
5.204% 12/12/49

     1,675,000         1,710,781   

Merrill Lynch/Countrywide Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 2006-2,
Class A4, VRN
5.882% 6/12/46

     651,279         653,603   

ML-CFC Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 2006-3, Class AM, VRN
5.456% 7/12/46

     1,315,000         1,331,164   

ML-CFC Commercial Mortgage Trust,
Series 2007-9, Class AM, VRN
5.856% 9/12/49

     1,800,000         1,876,986   

Morgan Stanley Capital I,
Series 2011-C2, Class B, VRN (a)
5.200% 6/15/44

     825,000         884,476   

Morgan Stanley Capital I,
Series 2006-IQ12, Class A4
5.332% 12/15/43

     1,003,068         1,020,960   

Morgan Stanley Capital I,
Series 2006-IQ12, Class AM
5.370% 12/15/43

     1,525,000         1,559,233   

Morgan Stanley Capital I,
Series 2007-IQ14, Class A2
5.610% 4/15/49

     701,618         700,949   

Morgan Stanley Capital I,
Series 2008-T29, Class A4, VRN
6.460% 1/11/43

     1,215,111         1,296,374   

STRIPs Ltd., Series 2012-1A, Class A (a)
1.500% 12/25/44

     440,129         431,767   

TIAA Seasoned Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 2007-C4, Class AJ, VRN
5.510% 8/15/39

     744,848         744,810   

VFC LLC, (Acquired 7/9/14,
Cost $1,500,000) Series 2014-2,
Class A (a) (c)
2.750% 7/20/30

     174,988         174,994   
     Principal
Amount
     Value  

VFC LLC, Series 2015-3, Class A, (Acquired 3/25/15,
Cost $1,716,775) (a) (c)
2.750% 12/20/31

   $ 372,486       $ 372,207   

VNO Mortgage Trust,
Series 2013-PENN, Class A (a)
3.808% 12/13/29

     1,610,000         1,671,285   

Wachovia Bank Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 2007-C31, Class A4
5.509% 4/15/47

     4,525,000         4,599,727   

Wachovia Bank Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 2007-C31, Class AM, VRN
5.591% 4/15/47

     1,530,000         1,579,441   

Wachovia Bank Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 2006-C25, Class AM, VRN
5.767% 5/15/43

     1,250,000         1,254,763   

Wachovia Bank Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 2007-C33, Class A4, VRN
5.952% 2/15/51

     2,042,106         2,106,957   

Wachovia Bank Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 2007-C33, Class AM, VRN
5.952% 2/15/51

     1,775,000         1,852,381   

Wachovia Bank Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 2006-C26, Class AM, VRN
5.962% 6/15/45

     1,345,000         1,361,939   

Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 2010-C1, Class A1 (a)
3.349% 11/15/43

     248,174         255,064   

Wells Fargo Reremic Trust,
Series 2012-IO, Class A (a)
1.750% 8/20/21

     255,983         255,983   

WF-RBS Commercial Mortgage Trust,
Series 2011-C3, Class A2 (a)
3.240% 3/15/44

     1,002,657         1,005,397   

WF-RBS Commercial Mortgage Trust,
Series 2011-C2, Class A2 (a)
3.791% 2/15/44

     518,797         518,441   
     

 

 

 
        76,207,027   
     

 

 

 
Home Equity ABS — 1.0%   

ACE Securities Corp.,
Series 2005-AG1, Class A1B1, 1 mo. USD LIBOR + .270%, FRN
0.491% 8/25/35

     455,980         455,012   

Asset-Backed Funding Certificates, Series 2005-WMC1, Class M1, 1 mo. USD LIBOR + .660%, FRN
0.881% 6/25/35

     109,381         109,324   
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the portfolio of investments.

 

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MassMutual Premier Core Bond Fund – Portfolio of Investments (Continued)

 

     Principal
Amount
     Value  

Bayview Financial Mortgage Pass-Through Trust, Series 2005-B,
Class M1, 1 mo. LIBOR + .450%, FRN
0.643% 4/28/39

   $ 741,633       $ 740,348   

Citigroup Mortgage Loan Trust,
Series 2005-OPT4, Class M2, 1 mo. USD LIBOR + .430%, FRN
0.651% 7/25/35

     375,648         368,611   

Countrywide Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2005-3, Class MV2, 1 mo. USD LIBOR + .450%, FRN
0.872% 8/25/35

     159,576         159,419   

Countrywide Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2004-5, Class 3A, 1 mo. USD LIBOR + .460%, FRN
0.882% 9/25/34

     254,614         251,648   

Countrywide Partnership Trust,
Series 2004-EC1, Class M1, 1 mo. USD LIBOR + .900%, FRN
1.322% 2/25/35

     773,329         682,403   

First Franklin Mortgage Loan Trust,
Series 2005-FF6, Class M1, 1 mo. USD LIBOR + .420%, FRN
0.641% 5/25/36

     1,096,120         1,088,099   

First Franklin Mortgage Loan Trust,
Series 2005-FF2, Class M3, 1 mo. USD LIBOR + .720%, FRN
1.142% 3/25/35

     1,012,277         1,005,942   

GSAMP Trust, Series 2005-HE5, Class M1, 1 mo. USD LIBOR + .420%, FRN
0.842% 11/25/35

     753,264         748,226   

GSAMP Trust, Series 2005-AHL, Class M1, 1 mo. USD LIBOR + .430%, FRN
0.852% 4/25/35

     371,809         371,912   

Home Equity Asset Trust, Series 2006-4, Class 2A3, 1 mo. USD LIBOR + .170%, FRN
0.592% 8/25/36

     285,589         285,183   

Long Beach Mortgage Loan Trust,
Series 2005-WL1, Class M2, 1 mo. USD LIBOR + .825%, FRN
1.247% 6/25/35

     1,752,270         1,731,216   

MASTR Asset-Backed Securities Trust,
Series 2005-WMC1, Class M3, 1 mo. USD LIBOR + .720%, FRN
1.142% 3/25/35

     2,070,000         2,064,553   

Morgan Stanley Capital, Inc.,
Series 2005-WMC6, Class M2, 1 mo. USD LIBOR + .750%, FRN
0.971% 7/25/35

     919,220         925,032   
     Principal
Amount
     Value  

New Century Home Equity Loan Trust,
Series 1997-NC5, Class A6, STEP
6.390% 10/25/28

   $ 194       $ 198   

NovaStar Mortgage Funding Trust,
Series 2005-3, Class A2D, 1 mo. LIBOR + .370%, FRN
0.792% 1/25/36

     1,874,778         1,876,461   

Park Place Securities, Inc.,
Series 2005-WCW3, Class A2C, 1 mo. USD LIBOR + .380%, FRN
0.601% 8/25/35

     278,616         278,143   

Park Place Securities, Inc.,
Series 2005-WHQ1, Class M2, 1 mo. USD LIBOR + .750%, FRN
0.971% 3/25/35

     287,424         287,372   

Residential Asset Mortgage Products, Inc., Series 2005-EFC5, Class M1, 1 mo. USD LIBOR + .400%, FRN
0.822% 10/25/35

     1,109,410         1,107,105   

Structured Asset Investment Loan Trust,
Series 2005-7, Class A5, 1 mo. USD LIBOR + .720%, FRN
1.142% 8/25/35

     282,254         282,479   
     

 

 

 
        14,818,686   
     

 

 

 
Other ABS — 11.1%   

321 Henderson Receivables I LLC,
Series 2007-1A, Class A1, 1 mo. LIBOR + .200%, FRN (a)
0.531% 3/15/42

     850,525         810,996   

321 Henderson Receivables I LLC,
Series 2015-1A, Class A (a)
3.260% 9/15/72

     633,061         612,655   

Aames Mortgage Investment Trust,
Series 2004-1, Class M5, 1 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.725%, FRN
1.946% 1/25/35

     2,128,017         2,123,048   

AIMCO CLO Ltd., Series 2014-AA,
Class A, 3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.540%, FRN (a)
1.857% 7/20/26

     2,500,000         2,484,995   

ALM VIII Ltd., Series 2013-8A,
Class A1A, 3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.450%, FRN (a)
1.767% 1/20/26

     1,590,000         1,577,456   

ALM XIV Ltd., Series 2014-14A, Class A1, 3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.430%, FRN (a)
1.753% 7/28/26

     4,835,000         4,783,531   

Alterna Funding I LLC,
Series 2014-1A, Class NOTE (a)
1.639% 2/15/21

     1,167,467         1,160,716   
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the portfolio of investments.

 

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MassMutual Premier Core Bond Fund – Portfolio of Investments (Continued)

 

     Principal
Amount
     Value  

Apidos CLO XV, Series 2013-15A, Class A1, 3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.350%, FRN (a)
1.667% 10/20/25

   $ 1,000,000       $ 989,694   

Applebee’s/IHOP Funding LLC,
Series 2014-1, Class A2 (a)
4.277% 9/05/44

     1,580,000         1,599,978   

Arbys Funding LLC, Series 2015-1A,
Class A2 (a)
4.969% 10/30/45

     2,200,000         2,199,780   

ARL Second LLC, Series 2014-1A,
Class A1 (a)
2.920% 6/15/44

     1,097,759         1,075,961   

Ascentium Equipment Receivables LLC, Series 2014-1A, Class A2 (a)
1.040% 1/10/17

     171,041         171,057   

Atlas Senior Loan Fund V Ltd.,
Series 2014-1A, Class A, 3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.550%, FRN (a)
1.867% 7/16/26

     1,000,000         992,533   

Avery Point CLO Ltd., Series 2014-5A, Class A, 3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.460%, FRN (a)
1.775% 7/17/26

     2,500,000         2,481,862   

Avery Point III CLO Ltd.,
Series 2013-3A, Class A, 3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.400%, FRN (a)
1.715% 1/18/25

     1,400,000         1,378,667   

Avery Point VI CLO Ltd.,
Series 2015-6A, Class A, 3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.450%, FRN (a)
1.784% 8/05/27

     4,225,000         4,183,506   

BCC Funding VIII LLC,
Series 2014-1A, Class A (a)
1.794% 6/20/20

     471,558         469,790   

Birchwood Park CLO Ltd.,
Series 2014-1A, Class A, 3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.440%, FRN (a)
1.761% 7/15/26

     2,415,000         2,394,120   

Blue Hill CLO Ltd., Series 2013-1A, Class A, 3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.480%, FRN (a)
1.801% 1/15/26

     1,400,000         1,378,880   

BlueMountain CLO Ltd.,
Series 2013-2A, Class A, 3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.200%, FRN (a)
1.520% 1/22/25

     1,100,000         1,081,784   

BlueMountain CLO Ltd.,
Series 2015-2A, Class A1, 3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.430%, FRN (a)
1.714% 7/18/27

     2,855,000         2,815,986   
     Principal
Amount
     Value  

BlueMountain CLO Ltd.,
Series 2013-3A, Class A, 3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.400%, FRN (a)
1.724% 10/29/25

   $ 725,000       $ 717,607   

BlueVirgo Trust, Series 2015-1A,
Class NOTE (a)
3.000% 12/15/22

     4,312,413         4,284,684   

CAN Capital Funding LLC,
Series 2014-1A, Class A (a)
3.117% 4/15/20

     1,700,000         1,694,407   

Carlyle Global Market Strategies,
Series 2014-1A, Class A, 3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.520%, FRN (a)
1.837% 4/17/25

     3,765,000         3,747,007   

Cazenovia Creek Funding I LLC,
Series 2015-1A, Class A (a)
2.000% 12/10/23

     1,693,854         1,695,429   

Citi Held For Asset Issuance,
Series 2015-PM1, Class A (a)
1.850% 12/15/21

     739,905         738,439   

CKE Restaurant Holdings, Inc.,
Series 2013-1A, Class A2 (a)
4.474% 3/20/43

     1,279,931         1,279,931   

CLI Funding V LLC, Series 2014-1A,
Class A (a)
3.290% 6/18/29

     1,621,773         1,568,254   

Consumers Securitization Funding LLC,
Series 2014-A, Class A2
2.962% 11/01/25

     1,300,000         1,312,982   

Cronos Containers Program I Ltd.,
Series 2014-2A, Class A (a)
3.270% 11/18/29

     967,593         942,661   

DB Master Finance LLC,
Series 2015-1A, Class A2I (a)
3.262% 2/20/45

     1,786,500         1,799,006   

Diamond Resorts Owner Trust,
Series 2014-1, Class A (a)
2.540% 5/20/27

     701,279         705,242   

Diamond Resorts Owner Trust,
Series 2015-1, Class A (a)
2.730% 7/20/27

     894,890         893,193   

Diamond Resorts Owner Trust,
Series 2015-2, Class A (a)
2.990% 5/22/28

     2,492,868         2,492,150   

Domino’s Pizza Master Issuer LLC,
Series 2015-1A, Class A2I (a)
3.484% 10/25/45

     3,560,000         3,488,800   

Domino’s Pizza Master Issuer LLC,
Series 2015-1A, Class A2II (a)
4.474% 10/25/45

     3,750,000         3,733,594   

Domino’s Pizza Master Issuer LLC,
Series 2012-1A, Class A2 (a)
5.216% 1/25/42

     2,004,900         2,070,187   
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the portfolio of investments.

 

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MassMutual Premier Core Bond Fund – Portfolio of Investments (Continued)

 

     Principal
Amount
     Value  

Drug Royalty Corp., Inc., Series 2014-1,
Class A2 (a)
3.484% 7/15/23

   $ 642,965       $ 647,075   

Drug Royalty Corp., Inc., Series 2012-1,
Class A2 (a)
5.800% 7/15/24

     420,000         427,553   

Dryden XXXI Senior Loan Fund,
Series 2014-31A, Class A, 3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.350%, FRN (a)
1.667% 4/18/26

     3,530,000         3,492,667   

Eaton Vance CLO, Series 2014-1A, Class A, 3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.450%, FRN (a)
1.771% 7/15/26

     3,300,000         3,271,260   

Element Rail Leasing II LLC,
Series 2015-1A, Class A1 (a)
2.707% 2/19/45

     744,196         735,876   

Entegry New Orleans Storm Recovery Funding I LLC, Series 2015-1, Class A 2.670% 6/01/27

     865,000         882,463   

Fairway Outdoor Funding LLC,
Series 2012-1A, Class A2 (a)
4.212% 10/15/42

     3,074,096         3,075,620   

First Franklin Mortgage Loan Trust,
Series 2005-FF7, Class M1, 1 mo. USD LIBOR + .450%, FRN
0.872% 7/25/35

     755,112         754,300   

Fremont Home Loan Trust,
Series 2005-E, Class 2A3, 1 mo. USD LIBOR + .240%, FRN
0.461% 1/25/36

     393,369         379,244   

Galaxy XX CLO Ltd., Series 2015-20A, Class A, 3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.450%, FRN (a)
1.731% 7/20/27

     3,170,000         3,154,613   

Global Container Assets Ltd.,
Series 2013-1A, Class A1 (a)
2.200% 11/05/28

     765,275         765,039   

Global Container Assets Ltd.,
Series 2015-1A, Class A2 (a)
3.450% 2/05/30

     1,461,495         1,474,219   

Global SC Finance II SRL,
Series 2014-1A, Class A1 (a)
3.190% 7/17/29

     429,167         421,580   

Global SC Funding One Ltd.,
Series 2015-1, Class B1 (a)
2.740% 1/18/30

     600,450         494,729   

GoldenTree Loan Opportunities VII Ltd.,
Series 2013-7A, Class A, 3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.150%, FRN (a)
1.470% 4/25/25

     4,060,000         3,975,475   
     Principal
Amount
     Value  

GoldenTree Loan Opportunities VII Ltd.,
Series 2014-8A, Class A, 3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.450%, FRN (a)
1.765% 4/19/26

   $ 2,670,000       $ 2,648,806   

Hercules Capital Funding Trust,
Series 2014-1A, Class A (a)
3.524% 4/16/21

     1,000,000         997,188   

HFG Healthco-4 LLC, Series 2011-1A, Class A, 1 mo. LIBOR + 2.250%, FRN (a)
2.519% 6/02/17

     2,125,000         2,132,322   

Hilton Grand Vacations Trust,
Series 2013-A, Class A (a)
2.280% 1/25/26

     668,331         669,540   

Icon Brand Holdings LLC,
Series 2012-1A, Class A (a)
4.229% 1/25/43

     1,875,561         1,880,862   

ING Investment Management CLO Ltd., Series 2013-3A, Class A1, 3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.450%, FRN (a)
1.765% 1/18/26

     2,025,000         1,998,179   

J.G. Wentworth XXXV LLC,
Series 2015-2A, Class A (a)
3.870% 3/15/58

     799,200         790,260   

LCM Ltd., Series 16A, Class A, 3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.500%, FRN (a)
1.821% 7/15/26

     3,200,000         3,185,728   

Long Beach Mortgage Loan Trust,
Series 2005-1, Class M2, 1 mo. USD LIBOR + .795%, FRN
1.217% 2/25/35

     1,057,956         1,048,021   

Madison Park Funding XII Ltd.,
Series 2014-12A, Class A, 3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.500%, FRN (a)
1.817% 7/20/26

     3,200,000         3,174,675   

Madison Park Funding XIV Ltd.,
Series 2014-14A, Class A2, 3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.450%, FRN (a)
1.767% 7/20/26

     2,585,000         2,558,323   

Marriott Vacation Club Owner Trust,
Series 2012-1A, Class A (a)
2.510% 5/20/30

     861,329         865,289   

Miramax LLC, Series 2014-1A,
Class A2 (a)
3.340% 7/20/26

     1,565,096         1,553,835   

MVW Owner Trust, Series 2015-1A,
Class A (a)
2.520% 12/20/32

     1,836,330         1,831,748   

Nations Equipment Finance Funding II LLC, Series 2014-1A, Class A (a)
1.558% 7/20/18

     718,703         718,223   
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the portfolio of investments.

 

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MassMutual Premier Core Bond Fund – Portfolio of Investments (Continued)

 

     Principal
Amount
     Value  

New Residential Advance Receivables Trust, Series 2015-T3, Class AT3 (a)
2.540% 11/15/46

   $ 2,000,000       $ 1,996,747   

Nomad CLO Ltd., Series 2013-1A,
Class A1, 3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.200%, FRN (a)
1.521% 1/15/25

     2,575,000         2,537,081   

Oak Hill Credit Partners VIII Ltd.,
Series 2013-8A, Class A, 3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.120%, FRN (a)
1.437% 4/20/25

     2,410,000         2,361,829   

OHA Loan Funding Ltd.,
Series 2013-1A, Class A, 3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.250%, FRN (a)
1.566% 7/23/25

     1,930,000         1,906,965   

OnDeck Asset Securitization Trust,
Series 2014-1A, Class A (a)
3.150% 5/17/18

     1,400,000         1,398,659   

Orange Lake Timeshare Trust,
Series 2014-AA, Class A (a)
2.290% 7/09/29

     548,867         544,878   

Oxford Finance Funding Trust,
Series 2014-1A, Class A (a)
3.475% 12/15/22

     800,000         795,952   

Park Place Securities, Inc.,
Series 2005-WHQ4, Class A1A,
1 mo. USD LIBOR + .260%, FRN
0.481% 9/25/35

     554,740         554,429   

Race Point VIII CLO Ltd.,
Series 2013-8A, Class A, 3 mo. LIBOR + 1.250%, FRN (a)
1.620% 2/20/25

     700,000         695,419   

Race Point VIII CLO Ltd.,
Series 2012-7A, Class A, 3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.420%, FRN (a)
1.764% 11/08/24

     1,300,000         1,291,524   

Sierra Receivables Funding Co. LLC, Series 2014-1A, Class A (a)
2.070% 3/20/30

     756,841         749,908   

Sierra Receivables Funding Co. LLC, Series 2012-1A, Class A (a)
2.840% 11/20/28

     225,623         227,262   

Sierra Receivables Funding Co. LLC, Series 2015-3A, Class B (a)
3.080% 9/20/32

     780,058         780,054   

Sierra Receivables Funding Co. LLC, Series 2011-1A, Class A (a)
3.350% 4/20/26

     446,558         446,911   

Sonic Capital LLC,
Series 2011-1A, Class A2 (a)
5.438% 5/20/41

     1,391,958         1,437,057   
     Principal
Amount
     Value  

Spirit Master Funding LLC,
Series 2014-4A, Class A1 (a)
3.501% 1/20/45

   $ 1,100,000       $ 1,088,780   

SpringCastle America Funding LLC, Series 2014-AA, Class A (a)
2.700% 5/25/23

     2,335,554         2,338,473   

SPS Servicer Advance Receivables Trust, Series 2015-T3, Class AT3 (a)
2.920% 7/15/47

     1,450,000         1,448,502   

Store Master Funding I LLC,
Series 2015-1A, Class A1 (a)
3.750% 4/20/45

     558,133         553,733   

Store Master Funding I LLC,
Series 2015-1A, Class A2 (a)
4.170% 4/20/45

     328,900         327,107   

Structured Receivables Finance LLC, Series 2010-B, Class A (a)
3.730% 8/15/36

     491,352         510,480   

Symphony CLO XV Ltd.,
Series 2014-15A, Class A, 3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.450%, FRN (a)
1.765% 10/17/26

     3,100,000         3,073,610   

Textainer Marine Containers III Ltd., Series 2014-1A, Class A (a)
3.270% 10/20/39

     503,500         489,445   

Trinity Rail Leasing 2012 LLC,
Series 2013-1A, Class A (a)
3.898% 7/15/43

     843,151         851,796   

Trip Rail Master Funding LLC,
Series 2011-1A, Class A1A (a)
4.370% 7/15/41

     853,170         893,730   

Wendy’s Funding LLC,
Series 2015-1A, Class A2I (a)
3.371% 6/15/45

     3,591,000         3,522,771   

Wendys Funding LLC,
Series 2015-1A, Class A2II (a)
4.080% 6/15/45

     2,329,163         2,336,453   

Wendys Funding LLC,
Series 2015-1A, Class A23 (a)
4.497% 6/15/45

     3,192,000         3,159,090   
     

 

 

 
        158,253,925   
     

 

 

 
Student Loans ABS — 3.6%      

Access Group, Inc., Series 2005-2, Class A3, 3 mo. LIBOR + .180%, FRN
0.558% 11/22/24

     813,358         806,635   

Access Group, Inc., Series 2003-A, Class A3, 3 mo. Treasury + 1.200%, FRN
1.340% 7/01/38

     810,944         731,421   
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the portfolio of investments.

 

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MassMutual Premier Core Bond Fund – Portfolio of Investments (Continued)

 

     Principal
Amount
     Value  

College Loan Corp. Trust, Series 2007-1,
Class B2, 28 day ARS, FRN
1/25/47

   $ 875,000       $ 659,199   

College Loan Corp. Trust I,
Series 2002-2, Class A29,
28 day ARS, FRN (a)
1.566% 3/01/42

     950,000         879,895   

DRB Prime Student Loan Trust,
Series 2015-B, Class A1, 1 mo. LIBOR + 1.900%, FRN (a)
2.121% 10/27/31

     573,441         573,438   

DRB Prime Student Loan Trust,
Series 2015-D, Class A2 (a)
3.200% 1/25/40

     1,740,000         1,696,857   

Education Funding Capital Trust I,
Series 2004-1, Class A4, 28 day
ARS, FRN
6/15/43

     2,600,000         2,470,673   

Education Funding Capital Trust I,
Series 2004-1, Class A5, 28 day
ARS, FRN
1.450% 6/15/43

     2,475,000         2,435,145   

Education Funding Capital Trust I,
Series 2004-1, Class B1, 28 day
ARS, FRN
1.846% 6/15/43

     700,000         635,606   

Education Funding Capital Trust I,
Series 2004-1, Class A6, 28 day
ARS, FRN
1.908% 6/15/43

     1,700,000         1,666,350   

Education Loan Asset-Backed Trust I, Series 2003-1, Class A2, 28 day
ARS, FRN (a)
2/01/43

     1,300,000         1,216,829   

Education Loan Asset-Backed Trust I, Series 2003-2, Class 2A1, 28 day
ARS, FRN (a)
0.017% 8/01/43

     1,950,000         1,827,643   

Higher Education Funding I,
Series 2004-1, Class B1, 28 day
ARS, FRN (a)
1/01/44

     600,000         519,380   

Higher Education Funding I,
Series 2004-1, Class B2, 28 day
ARS, FRN (a)
0.008% 1/01/44

     600,000         484,436   

National Collegiate Student Loan Trust, Series 2006-3, Class A3, 1 mo.
LIBOR + .150%, FRN
0.572% 10/25/27

     1,792,963         1,780,697   
     Principal
Amount
     Value  

National Collegiate Student Loan Trust, Series 2005-1, Class A4, 1 mo.
LIBOR + .240%, FRN
0.662% 11/27/28

   $ 1,091,901       $ 1,076,829   

Navient Student Loan Trust,
Series 2015-3, Class B, 1 mo.
LIBOR + 1.500%, FRN
1.721% 10/25/58

     1,200,000         992,561   

Nelnet Student Loan Trust,
Series 2005-1, Class A5, 3 mo.
LIBOR + .110%, FRN
0.430% 10/25/33

     1,440,000         1,374,862   

Nelnet Student Loan Trust,
Series 2015-2A, Class B, 1 mo.
LIBOR + 1.500%, FRN (a)
1.721% 5/25/49

     1,130,000         929,726   

Nelnet Student Loan Trust,
Series 2015-3A, Class B, 1 mo.
LIBOR + 1.500%, FRN (a)
1.721% 7/27/50

     1,100,000         939,739   

Nelnet Student Loan Trust,
Series 2014-3A, Class B, 1 mo.
LIBOR + 1.500%, FRN (a)
1.721% 10/25/50

     850,000         740,628   

Nelnet Student Loan Trust,
Series 2014-5A, Class B, 1 mo.
LIBOR + 1.500%, FRN (a)
1.922% 5/25/49

     1,200,000         1,039,289   

Nelnet Student Loan Trust,
Series 2008-3, Class A4, 3 mo.
LIBOR + 1.650%, FRN
2.043% 11/25/24

     2,220,000         2,232,969   

SLC Private Student Loan Trust,
Series 2006-A, Class C, 3 mo.
LIBOR + .450%, FRN
0.771% 7/15/36

     1,700,000         1,505,603   

SLC Student Loan Trust,
Series 2006-A, Class A5, 3 mo.
LIBOR + .170%, FRN
0.491% 7/15/36

     818,525         811,185   

SLC Student Loan Trust,
Series 2006-A, Class B, 3 mo.
LIBOR + .300%, FRN
0.621% 7/15/36

     697,000         671,454   

SLM Student Loan Trust,
Series 2003-5, Class A7, 28 day
ARS, FRN
6/17/30

     450,000         450,000   

SLM Student Loan Trust,
Series 2006-1, Class A5, 3 mo.
LIBOR + .110%, FRN
0.430% 7/26/21

     1,800,000         1,760,640   
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the portfolio of investments.

 

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MassMutual Premier Core Bond Fund – Portfolio of Investments (Continued)

 

     Principal
Amount
     Value  

SLM Student Loan Trust,
Series 2005-5, Class A4 FRN
0.460% 10/25/28

   $ 2,300,000       $ 2,164,110   

SLM Student Loan Trust,
Series 2007-3, Class B, 3 mo.
LIBOR + .150%, FRN
0.470% 1/25/28

     2,600,000         1,902,217   

SLM Student Loan Trust,
Series 2005-8, Class B, 3 mo.
LIBOR + .310%, FRN
0.630% 1/25/40

     2,203,774         1,849,599   

SLM Student Loan Trust,
Series 2014-1, Class A3, 1 mo.
LIBOR + .600%, FRN
0.821% 2/26/29

     1,200,000         1,147,600   

SLM Student Loan Trust,
Series 2008-2, Class A3, 3 mo.
LIBOR + .750%, FRN
1.070% 4/25/23

     1,054,317         1,015,567   

SLM Student Loan Trust,
Series 2008-7, Class A4, 3 mo.
LIBOR + .900%, FRN
1.220% 7/25/23

     1,700,000         1,658,988   

SLM Student Loan Trust,
Series 2003-2, Class A7, 28 day
ARS, FRN
1.660% 9/15/28

     600,000         600,000   

SLM Student Loan Trust,
Series 2013-2, Class B, 1 mo.
LIBOR + 1.500%, FRN
1.721% 6/25/43

     1,970,000         1,717,113   

SLM Student Loan Trust,
Series 2008-5, Class A4, 3 mo.
LIBOR + 1.700%, FRN
2.020% 7/25/23

     1,300,000         1,305,051   

SLM Student Loan Trust,
Series 2002-7, Class A11, 28 day
ARS, FRN
2.780% 3/15/28

     1,900,000         1,900,000   

South Carolina Student Loan Corp., Series 2014-1, Class A2, 1 mo.
LIBOR + 1.000%, FRN
1.243% 1/03/33

     2,030,000         1,949,456   

South Carolina Student Loan Corp.,
Series 2014-1, Class B, 1 mo.
LIBOR + 1.500%, FRN
1.743% 8/01/35

     1,300,000         1,149,257   
     

 

 

 
        51,268,647   
     

 

 

 
WL Collateral CMO — 0.7%      

Bank of America Mortgage Securities, Series 2004-G, Class 2A7, FRN
2.807% 8/25/34

     370,539         354,478   
     Principal
Amount
     Value  

Connecticut Avenue Securities,
Series 2015-C03, Class 1M1, 1 mo.
USD LIBOR + 1.500%, FRN
1.721% 7/25/25

   $ 3,691,418       $ 3,685,231   

Countrywide Home Loans, Inc.,
Series 2004-2, Class 1A1, FRN
2.616% 2/25/34

     91,634         85,794   

Countrywide Home Loans, Inc.,
Series 2003-42, Class 1A1, FRN
3.028% 9/25/33

     34,172         31,189   

GS Mortgage Securities Corp.,
Series 2014-4R, Class AS, 1 mo.
USD LIBOR + .180%, FRN (a)
0.376% 1/26/34

     1,678,919         1,619,025   

GSR Mortgage Loan Trust,
Series 2004-9, Class 2A1, FRN
2.764% 8/25/34

     71,864         67,137   

IndyMac Index Mortgage Loan Trust, Series 2004-AR4, Class 1A, FRN
2.496% 8/25/34

     274,497         225,891   

Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors, Inc., Series 2005-A8, Class A3A2, 1 mo. USD LIBOR + .250%, FRN
0.471% 8/25/36

     206,846         202,681   

Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors, Inc., Series 2003-A4, Class IA, FRN 2.905% 7/25/33

     13,048         12,642   

Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors, Inc., Series 2004-A1, Class IA, FRN 3.011% 2/25/34

     43,750         41,846   

Morgan Stanley Mortgage Loan Trust, Series 2004-2AR, Class 1A, FRN
2.499% 2/25/34

     1,046         1,062   

Structured Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan Trust, Series 2004-2, Class 2A, FRN
2.556% 3/25/34

     196,334         195,599   

Structured Agency Credit Risk Debt Notes, Series 2015-DNA1, Class M1, 1 mo. USD LIBOR + .900%, FRN
1.121% 10/25/27

     1,597,410         1,592,971   

Structured Agency Credit Risk Debt Notes, Series 2015-DNA3, Class M1, 1 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.350%, FRN
1.772% 4/25/28

     1,475,138         1,475,979   

WaMu Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2004-AR2, Class A, 12 mo. MTA + 1.400%, FRN
1.643% 4/25/44

     427,612         413,694   
     

 

 

 
        10,005,219   
     

 

 

 
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the portfolio of investments.

 

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     Principal
Amount
     Value  
WL Collateral PAC — 0.0%      

Structured Asset Securities Corp.,
Series 2007-BC4, Class A3, 1 mo. USD LIBOR + .250%, FRN
0.672% 11/25/37

   $ 332,634       $ 332,239   

Structured Asset Securities Corp.,
Series 2002-11A, Class 2A1, FRN
2.885% 6/25/32

     119,339         112,767   
     

 

 

 
        445,006   
     

 

 

 
TOTAL NON-U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENCY OBLIGATIONS (Cost $325,309,118)         321,750,301   
     

 

 

 
SOVEREIGN DEBT OBLIGATIONS — 0.9%      

Colombia Government International Bond
6.125% 1/18/41

     2,980,000         2,875,700   

Export-Import Bank of Korea
1.750% 2/27/18

     705,000         697,965   

Peruvian Government International Bond 6.550% 3/14/37

     560,000         646,800   

Poland Government International Bond
6.375% 7/15/19

     1,260,000         1,439,550   

Province of Quebec Canada
7.500% 9/15/29

     540,000         776,653   

Republic of Turkey International Bond 4.875% 4/16/43

     534,000         469,920   

Republic of Turkey International Bond 6.750% 4/03/18

     935,000         1,006,060   

United Mexican States
4.750% 3/08/44

     3,050,000         2,778,550   

United Mexican States
5.125% 1/15/20

     1,110,000         1,209,900   

United Mexican States
6.750% 9/27/34

     950,000         1,140,000   
     

 

 

 
        13,041,098   
     

 

 

 
TOTAL SOVEREIGN DEBT OBLIGATIONS
(Cost $13,250,076)
        13,041,098   
     

 

 

 
U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENCY OBLIGATIONS AND INSTRUMENTALITIES — 26.2%    
Collateralized Mortgage Obligations — 2.0%   

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.
Series 4303, Class AP
3.000% 8/15/43

     5,481,801         5,680,359   

Series 4290, Class CA
3.500% 12/15/38

     3,030,408         3,145,821   

Series 2617, Class Z
5.500% 5/15/33

     2,591,844         2,902,964   

Series 2693, Class Z
5.500% 10/15/33

     4,415,719         4,877,004   
     Principal
Amount
     Value  

Series 3423, Class PB
5.500% 3/15/38

   $ 825,000       $ 923,338   

Series 2178, Class PB
7.000% 8/15/29

     353,499         399,983   

Federal National Mortgage Association
Series 2014-7, Class VA
3.500% 5/25/25

     1,845,097         1,937,235   

Series 2014-48, Class AB
4.000% 10/25/40

     4,323,097         4,545,712   

Series 2007-32, Class Z
5.500% 4/25/37

     1,394,839         1,543,126   

Series 2010-60, Class HJ
5.500% 5/25/40

     1,013,862         1,109,185   

Series 1989-20, Class A
6.750% 4/25/18

     5,892         5,885   

Federal National Mortgage Association REMIC, Series 2007-B2, Class ZA 5.500% 6/25/37

     1,319,137         1,449,504   

U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs, Series 1992-1, Class 2Z
7.750% 5/15/22

     313,363         349,295   
     

 

 

 
        28,869,411   
     

 

 

 
Pass-Through Securities — 24.2%      

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.
Pool #Q37467 3.500%
11/01/45

     8,362,296         8,623,291   

Pool #Q37468 3.500%
11/01/45

     6,240,573         6,443,148   

Pool #Z40047 4.000%
10/01/41

     485,788         514,765   

Pool #E84025 6.000%
6/01/16

     2,320         2,340   

Pool #G11431 6.000%
2/01/18

     2,255         2,316   

Pool #G11122 6.500%
5/01/16

     1,246         1,251   

Pool #E84450 6.500%
7/01/16

     1,253         1,267   

Pool #E84660 6.500%
7/01/16

     435         441   

Pool #C00836 7.000%
7/01/29

     14,677         17,069   

Pool #C49314 7.000%
4/01/31

     7,391         8,613   

Pool #C51422 7.000%
5/01/31

     1,972         2,302   

Pool #C53034 7.000%
6/01/31

     13,951         16,227   

Pool #G01311 7.000%
9/01/31

     79,928         92,884   

Pool #G01317 7.000%
10/01/31

     54,854         63,749   
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the portfolio of investments.

 

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     Principal
Amount
     Value  

Pool #G00143 7.500%
6/01/23

   $ 824       $ 931   

Pool #C55867 7.500%
2/01/30

     36,366         42,376   

Pool #C41497 7.500%
9/01/30

     128         152   

Pool #C44509 7.500%
11/01/30

     14,777         17,646   

Pool #C44830 7.500%
11/01/30

     26         31   

Pool #C45235 7.500%
12/01/30

     17,567         20,790   

Pool #C46038 7.500%
12/01/30

     1,072         1,270   

Pool #C01116 7.500%
1/01/31

     1,904         2,255   

Pool #C46309 7.500%
1/01/31

     562         668   

Pool #C46560 7.500%
1/01/31

     613         712   

Pool #C46810 7.500%
1/01/31

     670         795   

Pool #C47060 7.500%
1/01/31

     1,652         1,957   

Pool #C47063 7.500%
1/01/31

     3,208         3,791   

Pool #555481 8.250%
5/01/17

     3,679         3,819   

Pool #G00653 8.500%
11/01/25

     23,742         27,806   

Pool #554904 9.000%
3/01/17

     48         49   

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.
TBA
Pool #648 3.500%
6/01/43 (d)

     9,900,000         10,190,039   

Pool #4200 4.000%
4/01/42 (d)

     22,900,000         24,188,125   

Federal National Mortgage Association
Pool #775539, 12 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.623%, FRN 2.332%
5/01/34

     371,110         390,100   

Pool #725692, 1 year CMT + 2.146%, FRN 2.398%
10/01/33

     495,785         523,262   

Pool #888586, 1 year CMT + 2.213%, FRN 2.481%
10/01/34

     875,189         925,984   

Pool #890564 3.000%
6/01/43

     4,390,041         4,404,960   

Pool #AR8708 3.500%
4/01/43

     1,683,379         1,738,023   
     Principal
Amount
     Value  

Pool #AT4050 3.500%
5/01/43

   $ 2,154,757       $ 2,224,702   

Pool #MA1463 3.500%
6/01/43

     5,482,465         5,660,430   

Pool #AS6187 3.500%
11/01/45

     19,169,291         19,803,525   

Pool #AS6293 3.500%
12/01/45

     10,461,625         10,807,757   

Pool #AS6306 3.500%
12/01/45

     6,388,852         6,608,219   

Pool #AB6261 4.000%
9/01/42

     10,807,640         11,470,875   

Pool #675713 5.000%
3/01/18

     4,538         4,692   

Pool #545636 6.500%
5/01/17

     14,832         15,175   

Pool #254379 7.000%
7/01/32

     51,023         59,506   

Pool #252717 7.500%
9/01/29

     3,007         3,534   

Pool #535996 7.500%
6/01/31

     12,353         14,594   

Pool #254009 7.500%
10/01/31

     27,991         33,088   

Pool #253394 8.000%
7/01/20

     14,320         15,656   

Pool #323992 8.000%
11/01/29

     2,469         2,945   

Pool #525725 8.000%
2/01/30

     4,969         5,866   

Pool #253266 8.000%
5/01/30

     5,133         6,142   

Pool #537433 8.000%
5/01/30

     2,599         3,129   

Pool #253347 8.000%
6/01/30

     8,124         9,742   

Pool #544976 8.000%
7/01/30

     468         559   

Pool #535428 8.000%
8/01/30

     7,951         9,521   

Pool #543290 8.000%
9/01/30

     60         73   

Pool #547786 8.000%
9/01/30

     2,381         2,810   

Pool #550767 8.000%
9/01/30

     4,092         4,882   

Pool #553061 8.000%
9/01/30

     13,020         15,477   

Pool #253481 8.000%
10/01/30

     6,966         8,359   

Pool #535533 8.000%
10/01/30

     6,970         8,352   
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the portfolio of investments.

 

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     Principal
Amount
     Value  

Pool #560741 8.000%
11/01/30

   $ 2,906       $ 3,499   

Pool #253644 8.000%
2/01/31

     3,363         4,036   

Pool #581170 8.000%
5/01/31

     1,538         1,828   

Pool #583916 8.000%
5/01/31

     2,046         2,472   

Pool #593848 8.000%
7/01/31

     989         1,192   

Pool #190317 8.000%
8/01/31

     40,847         48,887   

Pool #545240 8.000%
9/01/31

     4,367         5,236   

Pool #541202 8.500%
8/01/26

     61,164         69,972   

Federal National Mortgage Association TBA
Pool #3348 2.500%
3/01/28 (d)

     21,650,000         21,822,525   

Pool #1048 2.500%
7/01/42 (d)

     29,850,000         28,829,736   

Pool #4241 3.000%
12/01/42 (d)

     46,756,000         46,745,040   

Pool #9174 4.000%
9/01/42 (d)

     3,675,000         3,888,035   

Government National Mortgage Association
Pool #783896 3.500%
5/15/44

     6,477,084         6,775,384   

Pool #784026 3.500%
12/20/44

     3,678,055         3,849,602   

Pool #404246 6.500%
8/15/28

     430         493   

Pool #781038 6.500%
5/15/29

     85,664         98,473   

Pool #781468 6.500%
7/15/32

     5,489         6,363   

Pool #781496 6.500%
9/15/32

     28,528         32,956   

Pool #363066 7.000%
8/15/23

     6,522         7,375   

Pool #352049 7.000%
10/15/23

     2,951         3,337   

Pool #354674 7.000%
10/15/23

     5,230         5,860   

Pool #358555 7.000%
10/15/23

     2,698         3,039   

Pool #345964 7.000%
11/15/23

     1,681         1,879   

Pool #380866 7.000%
3/15/24

     1,122         1,262   
     Principal
Amount
     Value  

Pool #781124 7.000%
12/15/29

   $ 9,909       $ 11,597   

Pool #781319 7.000%
7/15/31

     198,960         233,832   

Pool #565982 7.000%
7/15/32

     15,461         18,228   

Pool #581417 7.000%
7/15/32

     73,967         86,912   

Pool #588012 7.000%
7/15/32

     19,780         23,293   

Pool #591581 7.000%
8/15/32

     7,661         9,033   

Pool #190766 7.500%
1/15/17

     4,048         4,147   

Pool #187548 7.500%
4/15/17

     1,940         2,009   

Pool #203940 7.500%
4/15/17

     6,280         6,461   

Pool #201622 7.500%
5/15/17

     6,328         6,554   

Pool #192796 7.500%
6/15/17

     1,468         1,524   

Pool #357262 7.500%
9/15/23

     2,635         2,994   

Pool #441009 8.000%
11/15/26

     1,072         1,257   

Pool #522777 8.000%
12/15/29

     6,174         7,412   

Pool #434719 8.000%
2/15/30

     98         119   

Pool #523043 8.000%
3/15/30

     320         383   

Pool #529134 8.000%
3/15/30

     1,835         2,208   

Pool #477036 8.000%
4/15/30

     737         887   

Pool #503157 8.000%
4/15/30

     25,452         30,200   

Pool #528714 8.000%
4/15/30

     1,934         2,330   

Pool #544640 8.000%
11/15/30

     23,117         27,912   

Pool #531298 8.500%
8/15/30

     1,952         2,376   

Government National Mortgage Association II
Pool #82488, 1 year CMT + 1.500%, FRN 1.750%
3/20/40

     1,561,002         1,616,754   

Pool #82462, 1 year CMT + 1.500%, FRN 2.500%
1/20/40

     1,201,421         1,243,121   
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the portfolio of investments.

 

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    Principal
Amount
     Value  

Government National Mortgage Association II TBA

    

Pool #188 3.000%
8/01/43 (d)

  $ 20,425,000       $ 20,691,483   

Pool #207 3.500%
12/01/43 (d)

    19,300,000         20,120,250   

Pool #872 4.500%
3/01/41 (d)

    67,400,000         72,412,875   
    

 

 

 
       343,849,446   
    

 

 

 
TOTAL U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENCY OBLIGATIONS AND INSTRUMENTALITIES
(Cost $373,434,057)
       372,718,857   
    

 

 

 
U.S. TREASURY OBLIGATIONS — 0.6%   
U.S. Treasury Bonds & Notes — 0.6%   

U.S. Treasury Bond (e) (f)
2.750% 8/15/42

    679,000         649,533   

U.S. Treasury Bond
3.000% 11/15/44

    3,100,000         3,091,160   

U.S. Treasury Note (e)
1.375% 4/30/20

    3,250,000         3,208,010   

U.S. Treasury Note
2.125% 5/15/25

    1,400,000         1,381,652   
    

 

 

 
       8,330,355   
    

 

 

 
TOTAL U.S. TREASURY OBLIGATIONS
(Cost $8,245,257)
       8,330,355   
    

 

 

 
TOTAL BONDS & NOTES
(Cost $1,440,125,133)
       1,415,309,010   
    

 

 

 
    Notional
Amount
        
PURCHASED OPTIONS — 0.0%   
Financial — 0.0%     
Diversified Financial — 0.0%   

5 year CDX.NA. IG 25 Swaption, Put, Expires 3/16/16, Strike 120.00 (OTC — JP Morgan Chase Bank); Underlying swap terminates 1/14/16

  $ 44,350,000         51,978   

5 year CDX.NA. IG 25 Swaption, Put, Expires 3/16/16, Strike 120.00 (OTC — JP Morgan Chase Bank); Underlying swap terminates 1/15/16

    245,050,000         287,199   
     Notional
Amount
     Value  

5 year CDX.NA. IG 25 Swaption, Put, Expires 3/16/16, Strike 120.00 (OTC — JP Morgan Chase Bank); Underlying swap terminates 1/14/16

   $ 122,500,000       $ 143,570   
     

 

 

 
        482,747   
     

 

 

 
TOTAL PURCHASED OPTIONS
(Cost $851,685)
        482,747   
     

 

 

 
TOTAL LONG-TERM INVESTMENTS
(Cost $1,446,154,318)
        1,419,716,560   
     

 

 

 
     Principal
Amount
        
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS — 17.9%   
Commercial Paper — 17.4%   

Agrium, Inc.
0.850% 1/19/16

   $ 15,000,000         14,996,335   

Airgas, Inc. (a)
0.580% 1/20/16

     5,000,000         4,998,703   

Amphenol Corp. (a)
0.570% 1/04/16

     7,500,000         7,499,682   

AutoZone, Inc. (a)
0.820% 1/25/16

     8,000,000         7,997,367   

Bacardi Ltd. (a)
0.700% 1/20/16

     7,150,000         7,148,145   

BAT International Finance (a)
0.580% 1/27/16

     7,500,000         7,497,317   

COX Enterprises, Inc. (a)
0.880% 1/04/16

     2,000,000         1,999,915   

COX Enterprises, Inc. (a)
0.900% 2/01/16

     25,000,000         24,989,311   

Daimler Finance North America LLC (a)
0.579% 1/27/16

     10,000,000         9,996,422   

Deutsche Telekom AG (a)
0.870% 1/08/16

     25,750,000         25,747,219   

Dominion Resources, Inc. (a)
0.833% 3/07/16

     4,000,000         3,996,077   

Enterprise Products Operating LLC (a)
0.548% 1/26/16

     10,000,000         9,996,562   

Enterprise Products Operating LLC (a)
0.670% 1/11/16

     5,000,000         4,999,351   

ERAC USA Finance LLC (a)
0.650% 2/18/16

     10,000,000         9,993,222   

FMC Technologies, Inc. (a)
0.900% 1/19/16

     15,000,000         14,996,335   
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the portfolio of investments.

 

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    Principal
Amount
    Value  

Harley-Davidson Funding Corp. (a)
0.860% 2/17/16

  $ 4,000,000      $ 3,997,355   

Holcim US Finance SARL & Cie (a)
0.850% 3/22/16

    5,000,000        4,993,827   

Hyundai Capital America (a)
0.550% 1/12/16

    12,500,000        12,498,204   

Hyundai Capital America (a)
1.030% 3/21/16

    7,500,000        7,490,871   

IntercontinentalExchange, Inc. (a)
0.850% 3/14/16

    10,000,000        9,991,079   

Leggett & Platt, Inc. (a)
0.800% 1/11/16

    5,622,000        5,621,270   

National Grid USA (a)
0.620% 1/11/16

    3,500,000        3,499,545   

TELUS Corp. (a)
0.610% 2/18/16

    15,000,000        14,989,832   

United Technologies Corp. (a)
0.750% 1/28/16

    15,000,000        14,994,423   

Virginia Electric and Power Co.
0.660% 2/16/16

    5,000,000        4,996,971   

Volvo Group Treasury National (a)
0.750% 1/25/16

    8,500,000        8,497,202   
   

 

 

 
      248,422,542   
   

 

 

 
Time Deposit — 0.4%    

Euro Time Deposit
0.010% 1/04/16

    5,430,324        5,430,324   
   

 

 

 
U.S. Treasury Bill — 0.1%    

U.S. Treasury Bill
0.000% 3/17/16

    1,000,000        999,797   
   

 

 

 
TOTAL SHORT-TERM
INVESTMENTS
(Cost $254,797,769)
      254,852,663   
   

 

 

 
TOTAL INVESTMENTS — 117.6%
(Cost $1,700,952,087) (g)
      1,674,569,223   
Other Assets/
(Liabilities) — (17.6)%
      (250,111,857
   

 

 

 
NET ASSETS — 100.0%     $ 1,424,457,366   
   

 

 

 

Notes to Portfolio of Investments

Percentages are stated as a percent of net assets.
ABS Asset-Backed Security
ARS Auction Rate Security
BAB Build America Bonds
CLO Collateralized Loan Obligation
CMO Collateralized Mortgage Obligation
CMT Constant Maturity Treasury Index
FRN Floating Rate Note
MBS Mortgage-Backed Security
MTA Monthly Treasury Average Index
PAC Planned Amortization Class
STEP Step Up Bond
TBA To Be Announced
VRN Variable Rate Note
WL Whole Loan
(a) Securities exempt from registration under rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. These securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. At December 31, 2015, these securities amounted to a value of $559,771,833 or 39.30% of net assets.
(b) Security is currently in default due to bankruptcy or failure to make payment of principal or interest of the issuer. Income is not being accrued. At December 31, 2015, these securities amounted to a value of $35,409 or 0.00% of net assets.
(c) Restricted security. Certain securities are restricted as to resale. At December 31, 2015, these securities amounted to a value of $547,201 or 0.04% of net assets. The Fund generally bears the costs, if any, associated with the disposition of restricted securities.
(d) A portion of this security is purchased on a when-issued, delayed-delivery or forward commitment basis. (Note 2).
(e) A portion of this security is held as collateral for open futures contracts. (Note 2).
(f) All or a portion of this security is held as collateral for open swap agreements. (Note 2).
(g) See Note 3 for aggregate cost for federal tax purposes.
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the portfolio of investments.

 

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December 31, 2015 (Unaudited)

 

     Number
of Shares
     Value  
EQUITIES — 0.2%   
COMMON STOCK — 0.0%   
Basic Materials — 0.0%   
Forest Products & Paper — 0.0%   

The Newark Group, Inc. (a) (b)

     26,904       $ 24,752   
     

 

 

 
TOTAL COMMON STOCK
(Cost $22,684)
        24,752   
     

 

 

 
PREFERRED STOCK — 0.2%   
Energy — 0.1%   
Oil & Gas — 0.1%   

Southwestern Energy Co. 6.250%

     5,000         92,750   
     

 

 

 
Financial — 0.1%   
Insurance — 0.1%   

The Allstate Corp. 5.100%, 3 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.165%, VRN

     10,000         246,900   
     

 

 

 
TOTAL PREFERRED STOCK
(Cost $500,000)
        339,650   
     

 

 

 
TOTAL EQUITIES
(Cost $522,684)
        364,402   
     

 

 

 
     Principal
Amount
        
BONDS & NOTES — 94.9%   
CORPORATE DEBT — 39.1%   
Advertising — 0.2%   

Omnicom Group, Inc.
3.625% 5/01/22

   $ 150,000         151,416   

WPP Finance 2010
5.625% 11/15/43

     225,000         228,268   
     

 

 

 
        379,684   
     

 

 

 
Aerospace & Defense — 0.7%   

Harris Corp.
2.700% 4/27/20

     90,000         88,296   

Harris Corp.
3.832% 4/27/25

     50,000         49,247   

Moog, Inc. (c)
5.250% 12/01/22

     600,000         606,000   

Orbital ATK, Inc.
5.250% 10/01/21

     435,000         437,175   

United Technologies Corp.
6.125% 7/15/38

     105,000         127,934   
     

 

 

 
        1,308,652   
     

 

 

 
Agriculture — 0.7%   

Altria Group, Inc.
2.850% 8/09/22

     110,000         107,237   

Altria Group, Inc.
4.250% 8/09/42

     50,000         45,877   
     Principal
Amount
     Value  

Bunge Ltd. Finance Corp.
3.200% 6/15/17

   $ 65,000       $ 65,637   

Bunge Ltd. Finance Corp.
3.500% 11/24/20

     50,000         49,722   

Imperial Tobacco Finance PLC (c)
3.750% 7/21/22

     510,000         512,041   

Reynolds American, Inc.
4.450% 6/12/25

     200,000         209,166   

Reynolds American, Inc.
5.850% 8/15/45

     150,000         166,761   
     

 

 

 
        1,156,441   
     

 

 

 
Airlines — 0.1%   

American Airlines Pass Through Trust,
Series 2014-1, Class A
3.700% 4/01/28

     61,219         61,255   

American Airlines Pass-Through Trust,
Series 2014-1, Class B
4.375% 4/01/24

     22,719         22,605   

United Airlines Pass-Through Trust,
Series 2014-1, Class A
4.000% 10/11/27

     58,217         59,527   
     

 

 

 
        143,387   
     

 

 

 
Auto Manufacturers — 0.7%   

Ford Motor Co.
6.500% 8/01/18

     100,000         110,696   

Ford Motor Co.
7.450% 7/16/31

     200,000         246,803   

Ford Motor Credit Co. LLC
2.551% 10/05/18

     200,000         198,580   

General Motors Co.
5.200% 4/01/45

     225,000         210,989   

General Motors Financial Co., Inc.
4.300% 7/13/25

     200,000         193,938   

Hyundai Capital America (c)
1.450% 2/06/17

     145,000         144,323   

Hyundai Capital America (c)
2.550% 2/06/19

     80,000         79,379   
     

 

 

 
        1,184,708   
     

 

 

 
Automotive & Parts — 0.3%   

Cooper Tire & Rubber Co.
8.000% 12/15/19

     255,000         285,600   

International Automotive Components Group SA (c)
9.125% 6/01/18

     9,000         7,695   

Meritor, Inc.
6.750% 6/15/21

     185,000         170,200   

Meritor, Inc., Convertible STEP
7.875% 3/01/26

     22,000         26,235   
     

 

 

 
        489,730   
     

 

 

 
Banks — 3.9%   

Associated Banc-Corp.
2.750% 11/15/19

     310,000         307,702   
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the portfolio of investments.

 

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MassMutual Premier Diversified Bond Fund – Portfolio of Investments (Continued)

 

     Principal
Amount
     Value  

Associated Banc-Corp.
4.250% 1/15/25

   $ 495,000       $ 495,303   

Bank of America Corp.
3.625% 3/17/16

     165,000         165,849   

Bank of America Corp.
3.950% 4/21/25

     315,000         306,737   

Bank of America Corp.
4.000% 4/01/24

     165,000         168,748   

Bank of America Corp.
5.650% 5/01/18

     30,000         32,259   

Bank of America Corp.
5.875% 2/07/42

     55,000         64,189   

Bank of America Corp.
7.625% 6/01/19

     850,000         984,570   

The Bank of Nova Scotia
4.500% 12/16/25

     155,000         154,283   

Barclays PLC
4.375% 9/11/24

     200,000         195,564   

Commonwealth Bank of Australia (c)
4.500% 12/09/25

     200,000         198,323   

Compass Bank
3.875% 4/10/25

     250,000         229,142   

Credit Suisse AG
5.400% 1/14/20

     130,000         142,339   

Discover Bank
7.000% 4/15/20

     600,000         683,150   

FirstMerit Corp.
4.350% 2/04/23

     35,000         35,449   

The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
5.150% 5/22/45

     290,000         281,702   

The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. 3 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.922%, VRN
5.375% 12/29/49

     240,000         238,500   

HSBC Holdings PLC
6.500% 9/15/37

     125,000         149,965   

ICICI Bank Ltd. (c)
4.750% 11/25/16

     275,000         281,500   

Itau Unibanco Holding SA (c)
2.850% 5/26/18

     200,000         190,200   

JP Morgan Chase & Co.
3.875% 9/10/24

     140,000         139,264   

JP Morgan Chase & Co.
4.950% 6/01/45

     270,000         269,948   

Morgan Stanley
3.950% 4/23/27

     200,000         194,116   

Santander Holdings USA, Inc.
2.650% 4/17/20

     250,000         245,267   

SVB Financial Group
3.500% 1/29/25

     295,000         282,633   

SVB Financial Group
5.375% 9/15/20

     35,000         38,292   

Valley National Bancorp
5.125% 9/27/23

     110,000         114,895   
     Principal
Amount
     Value  

Wells Fargo & Co.
4.300% 7/22/27

   $ 280,000       $ 286,030   

Wells Fargo & Co.
4.600% 4/01/21

     25,000         27,253   
     

 

 

 
        6,903,172   
     

 

 

 
Beverages — 0.5%   

Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide, Inc.
8.200% 1/15/39

     250,000         360,363   

Constellation Brands, Inc.
4.250% 5/01/23

     97,000         97,000   

Fomento Economico Mexicano SAB de CV
2.875% 5/10/23

     35,000         32,674   

JB y Cia SA de CV (c)
3.750% 5/13/25

     350,000         333,843   
     

 

 

 
        823,880   
     

 

 

 
Biotechnology — 0.4%   

Amgen, Inc.
5.150% 11/15/41

     175,000         177,666   

Celgene Corp.
3.550% 8/15/22

     420,000         424,083   

Gilead Sciences, Inc.
4.750% 3/01/46

     95,000         96,142   
     

 

 

 
        697,891   
     

 

 

 
Building Materials — 0.3%   

CRH America, Inc. (c)
3.875% 5/18/25

     200,000         198,605   

CRH America, Inc.
8.125% 7/15/18

     95,000         108,073   

Owens Corning, Inc.
4.200% 12/01/24

     140,000         136,255   
     

 

 

 
        442,933   
     

 

 

 
Chemicals — 1.3%   

Ashland, Inc.
3.875% 4/15/18

     210,000         214,200   

The Chemours Co. (c)
7.000% 5/15/25

     578,000         394,485   

Cytec Industries, Inc.
3.500% 4/01/23

     30,000         28,282   

Cytec Industries, Inc.
8.950% 7/01/17

     88,000         95,773   

The Dow Chemical Co.
8.550% 5/15/19

     100,000         117,865   

Hercules, Inc., Convertible
6.500% 6/30/29

     150,000         132,000   

Incitec Pivot Finance LLC (c)
6.000% 12/10/19

     50,000         54,215   

LYB International Finance BV
5.250% 7/15/43

     250,000         240,022   

Methanex Corp.
5.250% 3/01/22

     40,000         39,385   
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the portfolio of investments.

 

56


MassMutual Premier Diversified Bond Fund – Portfolio of Investments (Continued)

 

     Principal
Amount
     Value  

RPM International, Inc.
6.125% 10/15/19

   $ 650,000       $ 710,994   

RPM International, Inc.
6.500% 2/15/18

     75,000         80,894   

Tronox Finance LLC
6.375% 8/15/20

     122,000         73,419   

Valspar Corp.
7.250% 6/15/19

     150,000         170,185   
     

 

 

 
        2,351,719   
     

 

 

 
Commercial Services — 1.1%   

The ADT Corp.
6.250% 10/15/21

     750,000         783,412   

Cardtronics, Inc., Convertible
1.000% 12/01/20

     100,000         92,813   

ERAC USA Finance LLC (c)
2.800% 11/01/18

     25,000         25,162   

ERAC USA Finance LLC (c)
3.300% 10/15/22

     75,000         73,784   

ERAC USA Finance LLC (c)
7.000% 10/15/37

     50,000         60,935   

Leidos Holdings, Inc.
4.450% 12/01/20

     350,000         348,386   

McGraw Hill Financial, Inc.
3.300% 8/14/20

     240,000         242,051   

McGraw Hill Financial, Inc.
4.000% 6/15/25

     160,000         160,389   

The Western Union Co.
5.930% 10/01/16

     80,000         82,540   
     

 

 

 
        1,869,472   
     

 

 

 
Computers — 0.2%   

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. (c)
3.600% 10/15/20

     170,000         170,390   

SanDisk Corp., Convertible
0.500% 10/15/20

     89,000         92,115   
     

 

 

 
        262,505   
     

 

 

 
Distribution & Wholesale — 0.2%   

Arrow Electronics, Inc.
3.000% 3/01/18

     45,000         44,964   

Arrow Electronics, Inc.
4.500% 3/01/23

     45,000         45,463   

Ingram Micro, Inc.
4.950% 12/15/24

     335,000         333,765   
     

 

 

 
        424,192   
     

 

 

 
Diversified Financial — 3.8%      

Affiliated Managers Group, Inc.
4.250% 2/15/24

     245,000         247,482   

Air Lease Corp.
2.625% 9/04/18

     450,000         444,808   

Air Lease Corp.
3.375% 1/15/19

     175,000         175,875   
     Principal
Amount
     Value  

Air Lease Corp.
3.875% 4/01/21

   $ 125,000       $ 125,625   

Air Lease Corp. STEP
5.625% 4/01/17

     40,000         41,500   

Ally Financial, Inc.
5.125% 9/30/24

     495,000         506,756   

American Express Co. 3 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.228%, VRN
6.800% 9/01/66

     5,000         5,038   

Ares Finance Co. LLC (c)
4.000% 10/08/24

     225,000         208,702   

Citigroup, Inc.
3.875% 3/26/25

     440,000         428,247   

Citigroup, Inc.
5.875% 1/30/42

     75,000         86,056   

Eaton Vance Corp.
3.625% 6/15/23

     43,000         43,404   

Eaton Vance Corp.
6.500% 10/02/17

     25,000         26,695   

Ford Motor Credit Co. LLC
3.000% 6/12/17

     200,000         201,944   

GE Capital International Funding Co. (c)
4.418% 11/15/35

     254,000         259,202   

General Electric Capital Corp.
6.875% 1/10/39

     72,000         98,141   

The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
5.950% 1/15/27

     375,000         417,131   

The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
6.250% 2/01/41

     35,000         41,748   

The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
6.345% 2/15/34

     40,000         46,796   

The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
6.750% 10/01/37

     40,000         46,757   

Guanay Finance Ltd. (c)
6.000% 12/15/20

     250,000         246,875   

Hyundai Capital America (c)
2.875% 8/09/18

     60,000         60,631   

IntercontinentalExchange Group, Inc.
4.000% 10/15/23

     125,000         128,741   

International Lease Finance Corp.
5.875% 4/01/19

     341,000         361,460   

JP Morgan Chase & Co.
4.500% 1/24/22

     175,000         188,756   

Lazard Group LLC
4.250% 11/14/20

     915,000         947,735   

Lazard Group LLC
6.850% 6/15/17

     24,000         25,553   

Legg Mason, Inc.
5.625% 1/15/44

     125,000         124,163   

Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc.
7.750% 5/14/38

     125,000         169,598   

Morgan Stanley
3.800% 4/29/16

     200,000         201,693   
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the portfolio of investments.

 

57


MassMutual Premier Diversified Bond Fund – Portfolio of Investments (Continued)

 

     Principal
Amount
     Value  

Morgan Stanley
4.350% 9/08/26

   $ 80,000       $ 80,262   

Morgan Stanley
5.750% 1/25/21

     60,000         67,365   

Morgan Stanley
6.625% 4/01/18

     600,000         657,918   

Stifel Financial Corp.
4.250% 7/18/24

     70,000         69,548   
     

 

 

 
        6,782,205   
     

 

 

 
Electric — 1.3%   

Appalachian Power Co.
3.400% 6/01/25

     120,000         117,101   

Berkshire Hathaway Energy
5.950% 5/15/37

     120,000         137,089   

Elwood Energy LLC
8.159% 7/05/26

     270,484         294,827   

Entergy Louisiana LLC
4.950% 1/15/45

     110,000         109,817   

IPALCO Enterprises, Inc.
3.450% 7/15/20

     290,000         284,200   

LG&E and KU Energy LLC
4.375% 10/01/21

     250,000         264,158   

Metropolitan Edison Co. (c)
4.000% 4/15/25

     105,000         103,951   

National Fuel Gas Co.
3.750% 3/01/23

     55,000         50,939   

NiSource Finance Corp.
4.800% 2/15/44

     90,000         91,475   

Pennsylvania Electric Co. (c)
4.150% 4/15/25

     150,000         150,863   

PPL Capital Funding, Inc.
5.000% 3/15/44

     90,000         92,793   

Puget Energy, Inc.
3.650% 5/15/25

     100,000         96,889   

Puget Sound Energy, Inc.
4.300% 5/20/45

     210,000         212,702   

Southern California Edison Co.
5.950% 2/01/38

     60,000         73,446   

Tri-State Generation & Transmission Association, Series 2003, Class A (c)
6.040% 1/31/18

     38,015         39,976   

Tri-State Generation & Transmission Association, Series 2003, Class B (c)
7.144% 7/31/33

     185,000         234,506   
     

 

 

 
        2,354,732   
     

 

 

 
Electrical Components & Equipment — 0.2%   

Legrand France SA
8.500% 2/15/25

     250,000         332,107   
     

 

 

 
Electronics — 0.2%   

Agilent Technologies, Inc.
3.875% 7/15/23

     73,000         73,052   
     Principal
Amount
     Value  

Amphenol Corp.
2.550% 1/30/19

   $ 100,000       $ 100,017   

Avnet, Inc.
4.875% 12/01/22

     67,000         68,599   

Jabil Circuit, Inc.
8.250% 3/15/18

     45,000         49,556   

PerkinElmer, Inc.
5.000% 11/15/21

     125,000         131,996   
     

 

 

 
        423,220   
     

 

 

 
Engineering & Construction — 0.1%   

SBA Tower Trust (c)
3.156% 10/15/20

     180,000         177,079   

Zachry Holdings, Inc. (c)
7.500% 2/01/20

     56,000         54,880   
     

 

 

 
        231,959   
     

 

 

 
Foods — 0.7%   

ConAgra Foods, Inc.
4.950% 8/15/20

     275,000         294,040   

ConAgra Foods, Inc.
6.625% 8/15/39

     30,000         32,325   

Kraft Heinz Foods, Co. (c)
2.800% 7/02/20

     280,000         279,276   

Tyson Foods, Inc.
2.650% 8/15/19

     45,000         45,025   

Tyson Foods, Inc.
3.950% 8/15/24

     90,000         92,404   

Tyson Foods, Inc.
4.500% 6/15/22

     150,000         159,655   

Tyson Foods, Inc.
4.875% 8/15/34

     65,000         66,340   

Tyson Foods, Inc. STEP
6.600% 4/01/16

     95,000         96,257   

Whole Foods Market, Inc. (c)
5.200% 12/03/25

     155,000         154,771   

WM Wrigley Jr. Co. (c)
2.400% 10/21/18

     35,000         35,093   
     

 

 

 
        1,255,186   
     

 

 

 
Forest Products & Paper — 0.2%   

Celulosa Arauco y Constitucion SA
4.750% 1/11/22

     200,000         203,556   

International Paper Co.
4.750% 2/15/22

     75,000         80,101   

International Paper Co.
9.375% 5/15/19

     110,000         132,012   
     

 

 

 
        415,669   
     

 

 

 
Health Care – Products — 0.5%   

St. Jude Medical, Inc.
2.800% 9/15/20

     280,000         280,106   

Wright Medical Group, Inc., Convertible (c)
2.000% 2/15/20

     400,000         413,750   
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the portfolio of investments.

 

58


MassMutual Premier Diversified Bond Fund – Portfolio of Investments (Continued)

 

     Principal
Amount
     Value  

Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc.
3.550% 4/01/25

   $ 260,000       $ 252,648   
     

 

 

 
        946,504   
     

 

 

 
Health Care – Services — 0.1%   

Kaiser Foundation Hospitals
3.500% 4/01/22

     65,000         66,044   

UnitedHealth Group, Inc.
3.950% 10/15/42

     85,000         79,115   

UnitedHealth Group, Inc.
6.875% 2/15/38

     75,000         98,091   
     

 

 

 
        243,250   
     

 

 

 
Home Furnishing — 0.0%   

Whirlpool Corp.
3.700% 3/01/23

     50,000         50,315   

Whirlpool Corp.
5.150% 3/01/43

     20,000         19,665   
     

 

 

 
        69,980   
     

 

 

 
Household Products — 0.0%   

Avery Dennison Corp.
3.350% 4/15/23

     30,000         29,234   
     

 

 

 
Housewares — 0.2%   

Newell Rubbermaid, Inc.
3.900% 11/01/25

     115,000         103,764   

Toro Co.
7.800% 6/15/27

     170,000         214,688   
     

 

 

 
        318,452   
     

 

 

 
Insurance — 2.5%   

The Allstate Corp.
5.550% 5/09/35

     50,000         57,837   

The Allstate Corp. 3 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.938%, VRN
5.750% 8/15/53

     790,000         812,120   

Arch Capital Group US, Inc.
5.144% 11/01/43

     80,000         80,944   

AXIS Specialty Finance PLC
2.650% 4/01/19

     45,000         44,809   

Brown & Brown, Inc.
4.200% 9/15/24

     190,000         187,616   

CNA Financial Corp.
3.950% 5/15/24

     85,000         84,617   

Five Corners Funding Trust (c)
4.419% 11/15/23

     100,000         104,398   

Liberty Mutual Group, Inc. (c)
4.250% 6/15/23

     43,000         43,691   

Marsh & McLennan Cos., Inc.
3.750% 3/14/26

     80,000         80,106   

Marsh & McLennan Cos., Inc.
5.875% 8/01/33

     150,000         172,190   

MetLife Capital Trust IV (c)
7.875% 12/15/37

     150,000         183,000   
     Principal
Amount
     Value  

Prudential Financial, Inc. 3 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.040%, VRN
5.200% 3/15/44

   $ 135,000       $ 130,343   

Prudential Financial, Inc. 3 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.920%, VRN
5.625% 6/15/43

     110,000         112,475   

Prudential Financial, Inc.
6.200% 11/15/40

     125,000         147,581   

Prudential Financial, Inc. 3 mo. USD LIBOR + 5.000%, VRN
8.875% 6/15/38

     715,000         804,375   

QBE Capital Funding III Ltd. USD 10 year swap rate + 4.050%, VRN (c)
7.250% 5/24/41

     313,000         344,704   

Reinsurance Group of America, Inc.
4.700% 9/15/23

     95,000         100,171   

Reinsurance Group of America, Inc.
5.000% 6/01/21

     95,000         102,423   

USF&G Capital I (c)
8.500% 12/15/45

     95,000         135,196   

Voya Financial, Inc.
5.500% 7/15/22

     100,000         111,899   

Voya Financial, Inc. 3 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.580%, VRN
5.650% 5/15/53

     255,000         251,175   

Willis Group Holdings PLC
4.125% 3/15/16

     20,000         20,108   

Willis North America, Inc.
7.000% 9/29/19

     43,000         48,192   

XLIT Ltd.
4.450% 3/31/25

     75,000         73,444   

XLIT Ltd.
5.500% 3/31/45

     200,000         186,854   
     

 

 

 
        4,420,268   
     

 

 

 
Internet — 0.6%   

Baidu, Inc.
2.250% 11/28/17

     200,000         200,022   

Expedia, Inc. (c)
5.000% 2/15/26

     280,000         273,262   

Expedia, Inc.
7.456% 8/15/18

     320,000         356,601   

Tencent Holdings Ltd. (c)
3.800% 2/11/25

     200,000         195,655   
     

 

 

 
        1,025,540   
     

 

 

 
Investment Companies — 0.2%      

Ares Capital Corp.
3.875% 1/15/20

     205,000         208,113   

FS Investment Corp.
4.000% 7/15/19

     200,000         198,163   
     

 

 

 
        406,276   
     

 

 

 
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the portfolio of investments.

 

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     Principal
Amount
     Value  
Iron & Steel — 0.4%   

AK Steel Corp., Convertible
5.000% 11/15/19

   $ 62,000       $ 31,697   

Gerdau Trade, Inc. (c)
4.750% 4/15/23

     90,000         63,000   

Glencore Funding LLC (c)
4.000% 4/16/25

     155,000         107,725   

Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co.
4.500% 4/15/23

     65,000         60,506   

Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co.
6.200% 11/15/16

     395,000         408,242   
     

 

 

 
        671,170   
     

 

 

 
Leisure Time — 0.0%   

Carnival Corp.
1.875% 12/15/17

     50,000         49,929   
     

 

 

 
Lodging — 0.5%   

Hyatt Hotels Corp.
3.375% 7/15/23

     40,000         37,981   

Marriott International, Inc.
3.375% 10/15/20

     95,000         96,701   

Wyndham Worldwide Corp.
2.950% 3/01/17

     60,000         60,365   

Wyndham Worldwide Corp.
5.625% 3/01/21

     650,000         698,938   

Wyndham Worldwide Corp.
6.000% 12/01/16

     2,000         2,077   
     

 

 

 
        896,062   
     

 

 

 
Machinery – Diversified — 0.1%   

Roper Technologies, Inc.
3.125% 11/15/22

     100,000         97,207   

Xylem, Inc.
4.875% 10/01/21

     100,000         106,294   
     

 

 

 
        203,501   
     

 

 

 
Manufacturing — 0.2%   

Carlisle Cos., Inc.
3.750% 11/15/22

     85,000         84,173   

JB Poindexter & Co., Inc. (c)
9.000% 4/01/22

     200,000         209,000   

Textron, Inc.
4.300% 3/01/24

     120,000         122,223   
     

 

 

 
        415,396   
     

 

 

 
Media — 2.5%   

21st Century Fox America, Co.
6.900% 8/15/39

     125,000         147,823   

CBS Corp.
7.875% 7/30/30

     100,000         127,469   

CCO Holdings LLC/CCO Holdings Capital Corp.
5.750% 1/15/24

     600,000         616,500   

CCO Safari II LLC (c)
4.464% 7/23/22

     340,000         338,813   
     Principal
Amount
     Value  

Discovery Communications LLC
4.875% 4/01/43

   $ 200,000       $ 164,623   

DISH DBS Corp.
5.875% 11/15/24

     1,000,000         890,000   

Sirius XM Radio, Inc. (c)
5.375% 4/15/25

     1,000,000         1,006,250   

TEGNA, Inc.
5.125% 7/15/20

     500,000         518,750   

Time Warner Cable, Inc.
4.500% 9/15/42

     420,000         329,609   

Time Warner Cable, Inc.
5.500% 9/01/41

     240,000         216,875   
     

 

 

 
        4,356,712   
     

 

 

 
Mining — 0.8%      

Freeport-McMoRan, Inc.
2.375% 3/15/18

     45,000         35,100   

Freeport-McMoRan, Inc.
4.000% 11/14/21

     325,000         195,000   

Freeport-McMoRan, Inc.
5.450% 3/15/43

     70,000         36,400   

Newcrest Finance Property Ltd. (c)
4.450% 11/15/21

     200,000         181,175   

Vale Overseas Ltd.
6.250% 1/23/17

     865,000         863,357   

Vale Overseas Ltd.
6.875% 11/10/39

     85,000         59,067   
     

 

 

 
        1,370,099   
     

 

 

 
Office Equipment/Supplies — 0.1%   

Pitney Bowes, Inc.
4.625% 3/15/24

     130,000         127,361   

Pitney Bowes, Inc.
4.750% 5/15/18

     10,000         10,469   

Pitney Bowes, Inc.
5.750% 9/15/17

     14,000         14,768   
     

 

 

 
        152,598   
     

 

 

 
Oil & Gas — 3.5%   

American Energy-Permian Basin LLC (c)
8.000% 5/01/22

     416,000         41,600   

Anadarko Petroleum Corp.
6.450% 9/15/36

     300,000         289,158   

Calumet Specialty Products Partners LP/Calumet Finance Corp.
6.500% 4/15/21

     300,000         261,000   

Calumet Specialty Products Partners LP/Calumet Finance Corp.
7.625% 1/15/22

     1,250,000         1,062,500   

Chesapeake Energy Corp., Convertible
2.500% 5/15/37

     355,000         166,850   

Citgo Holding, Inc. (c)
10.750% 2/15/20

     500,000         485,000   

Ecopetrol SA
4.250% 9/18/18

     15,000         14,925   
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the portfolio of investments.

 

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MassMutual Premier Diversified Bond Fund – Portfolio of Investments (Continued)

 

     Principal
Amount
     Value  

Ensco PLC
5.200% 3/15/25

   $ 75,000       $ 53,375   

EP Energy LLC/Everest Acquisition Finance, Inc.
9.375% 5/01/20

     500,000         318,750   

Helmerich & Payne International Drilling Co.
4.650% 3/15/25

     35,000         35,016   

Jupiter Resources, Inc. (c)
8.500% 10/01/22

     124,000         49,600   

KazMunayGas National Co. JSC (c)
4.400% 4/30/23

     90,000         83,687   

Newfield Exploration Co.
5.375% 1/01/26

     1,000,000         827,500   

PBF Holding Co. LLC/PBF Finance Corp.
8.250% 2/15/20

     555,000         574,425   

Pemex Project Funding Master Trust
6.625% 6/15/38

     51,000         44,880   

Petrobras International Finance Co.
3.875% 1/27/16

     220,000         219,120   

Petroleos Mexicanos
3.125% 1/23/19

     25,000         24,185   

Petroleos Mexicanos
5.500% 1/21/21

     375,000         378,262   

Petroleos Mexicanos
6.375% 1/23/45

     35,000         29,623   

Phillips 66
4.300% 4/01/22

     75,000         77,160   

Phillips 66
4.650% 11/15/34

     225,000         210,885   

Phillips 66
5.875% 5/01/42

     75,000         75,177   

Pioneer Natural Resources Co.
4.450% 1/15/26

     65,000         58,527   

Rowan Cos., Inc.
4.875% 6/01/22

     175,000         128,698   

Rowan Cos., Inc.
5.000% 9/01/17

     210,000         208,421   

Southwestern Energy Co.
4.100% 3/15/22

     170,000         106,923   

Southwestern Energy Co.
4.950% 1/23/25

     130,000         81,900   

Talisman Energy, Inc.
5.500% 5/15/42

     100,000         77,320   

Whiting Petroleum Corp., Convertible (c)
1.250% 4/01/20

     240,000         163,200   
     

 

 

 
        6,147,667   
     

 

 

 
Oil & Gas Services — 0.3%   

Hornbeck Offshore Services, Inc., Convertible
1.500% 9/01/19

     235,000         133,069   
     Principal
Amount
     Value  

Schlumberger Holdings Corp. (c)
4.000% 12/21/25

   $ 205,000       $ 202,290   

SEACOR Holdings, Inc., Convertible
3.000% 11/15/28

     80,000         63,400   

Weatherford International Ltd.
4.500% 4/15/22

     100,000         72,000   

Weatherford International Ltd.
5.950% 4/15/42

     155,000         108,887   

Weatherford International Ltd.
6.000% 3/15/18

     25,000         23,053   
     

 

 

 
        602,699   
     

 

 

 
Packaging & Containers — 0.1%   

Brambles USA Inc., Series A (c)
5.350% 4/01/20

     35,000         38,165   

Brambles USA, Inc. (c)
4.125% 10/23/25

     90,000         90,500   

Sonoco Products Co.
4.375% 11/01/21

     100,000         104,154   
     

 

 

 
        232,819   
     

 

 

 
Pharmaceuticals — 1.1%   

AbbVie, Inc.
3.600% 5/14/25

     160,000         157,910   

AbbVie, Inc.
4.400% 11/06/42

     50,000         46,696   

AbbVie, Inc.
4.500% 5/14/35

     210,000         205,715   

Actavis Funding SCS
3.450% 3/15/22

     370,000         370,404   

AstraZeneca PLC
6.450% 9/15/37

     250,000         316,150   

Baxalta, Inc. (c)
3.600% 6/23/22

     40,000         39,989   

Baxalta, Inc. (c)
4.000% 6/23/25

     80,000         79,169   

McKesson Corp.
1.292% 3/10/17

     40,000         39,888   

McKesson Corp.
2.284% 3/15/19

     45,000         44,821   

McKesson Corp.
3.796% 3/15/24

     75,000         75,392   

McKesson Corp.
4.883% 3/15/44

     70,000         69,965   

Pernix Therapeutics Holdings, Inc., Convertible (c)
4.250% 4/01/21

     250,000         144,219   

Valeant Pharmaceuticals International (c)
7.000% 10/01/20

     200,000         199,500   

Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc. (c)
6.125% 4/15/25

     113,000         100,852   
     

 

 

 
        1,890,670   
     

 

 

 
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the portfolio of investments.

 

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     Principal
Amount
     Value  
Pipelines — 1.5%   

CenterPoint Energy Resources Corp.
4.500% 1/15/21

   $ 175,000       $ 183,684   

CenterPoint Energy Resources Corp.
5.850% 1/15/41

     150,000         165,685   

Energy Transfer Equity LP
7.500% 10/15/20

     100,000         92,500   

Energy Transfer Partners LP
4.150% 10/01/20

     60,000         55,349   

Energy Transfer Partners LP
4.750% 1/15/26

     200,000         168,217   

Enterprise Products Operating Co.
5.950% 2/01/41

     135,000         124,003   

Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP
6.500% 2/01/37

     85,000         73,019   

Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP
6.950% 1/15/38

     15,000         12,884   

Kinder Morgan, Inc.
3.050% 12/01/19

     250,000         231,378   

MPLX LP
4.000% 2/15/25

     650,000         546,303   

MPLX LP (c)
4.875% 6/01/25

     1,000,000         895,000   

ONEOK Partners LP
6.125% 2/01/41

     100,000         76,416   
     

 

 

 
        2,624,438   
     

 

 

 
Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITS) — 1.4%   

American Tower Corp.
3.400% 2/15/19

     80,000         82,063   

American Tower Corp.
3.450% 9/15/21

     225,000         226,103   

Brandywine Operating Partners LP
4.950% 4/15/18

     300,000         313,971   

DCT Industrial Operating Partnership LP 4.500% 10/15/23

     60,000         60,044   

DDR Corp.
4.750% 4/15/18

     275,000         287,668   

DDR Corp.
9.625% 3/15/16

     95,000         96,483   

Digital Delta Holdings LLC (c)
3.400% 10/01/20

     140,000         140,154   

Digital Realty Trust LP
3.950% 7/01/22

     240,000         238,320   

Duke Realty LP
8.250% 8/15/19

     125,000         147,863   

Federal Realty Investment Trust
5.900% 4/01/20

     25,000         28,231   

HCP, Inc.
2.625% 2/01/20

     95,000         93,536   

Highwoods Realty LP
7.500% 4/15/18

     110,000         121,567   

Host Hotels & Resorts LP
4.000% 6/15/25

     160,000         153,377   
     Principal
Amount
     Value  

Liberty Property LP
3.375% 6/15/23

   $ 50,000       $ 47,422   

ProLogis LP
2.750% 2/15/19

     35,000         35,366   

ProLogis LP
3.350% 2/01/21

     165,000         167,075   

Vereit Operating Partnership LP
2.000% 2/06/17

     105,000         103,950   

Vereit Operating Partnership LP
3.000% 2/06/19

     50,000         48,100   

Vereit Operating Partnership LP
4.600% 2/06/24

     65,000         61,588   
     

 

 

 
        2,452,881   
     

 

 

 
Retail — 1.9%   

Bed Bath & Beyond, Inc.
3.749% 8/01/24

     30,000         29,262   

Bed Bath & Beyond, Inc.
5.165% 8/01/44

     75,000         63,526   

CVS Health Corp.
3.500% 7/20/22

     380,000         386,671   

CVS Health Corp.
6.125% 9/15/39

     25,000         29,192   

CVS Pass-Through Trust (c)
5.926% 1/10/34

     225,595         247,805   

CVS Pass-Through Trust (c)
7.507% 1/10/32

     17,313         20,411   

El Puerto de Liverpool SAB de CV (c)
3.950% 10/02/24

     280,000         271,950   

Family Tree Escrow LLC (c)
5.750% 3/01/23

     1,000,000         1,035,000   

GNC Holdings, Inc., Convertible (c)
1.500% 8/15/20

     45,000         36,028   

The Home Depot, Inc.
5.950% 4/01/41

     100,000         124,441   

O’Reilly Automotive, Inc.
3.850% 6/15/23

     46,000         46,409   

O’Reilly Automotive, Inc.
4.875% 1/14/21

     225,000         243,388   

Tiffany & Co.
4.900% 10/01/44

     105,000         97,174   

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
5.625% 4/01/40

     205,000         243,916   

Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc.
2.700% 11/18/19

     185,000         184,652   

Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc.
3.800% 11/18/24

     245,000         237,691   

Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc.
4.800% 11/18/44

     95,000         85,936   
     

 

 

 
        3,383,452   
     

 

 

 
Savings & Loans — 0.2%   

Glencore Funding LLC (c)
1.700% 5/27/16

     160,000         158,400   
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the portfolio of investments.

 

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     Principal
Amount
     Value  

Glencore Funding LLC (c)
2.500% 1/15/19

   $ 114,000       $ 95,190   

Glencore Funding LLC (c)
3.125% 4/29/19

     65,000         54,275   
     

 

 

 
        307,865   
     

 

 

 
Semiconductors — 0.4%   

KLA-Tencor Corp.
4.650% 11/01/24

     230,000         231,415   

Lam Research Corp.
3.800% 3/15/25

     145,000         136,482   

Microchip Technology, Inc., Convertible (c)
1.625% 2/15/25

     225,000         223,594   

NXP BV/NXP Funding LLC (c)
3.750% 6/01/18

     110,000         110,550   
     

 

 

 
        702,041   
     

 

 

 
Software — 0.2%   

Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc.
3.950% 9/01/20

     45,000         46,641   

Citrix Systems, Inc., Convertible
0.500% 4/15/19

     80,000         87,000   

Oracle Corp.
5.375% 7/15/40

     250,000         278,112   
     

 

 

 
        411,753   
     

 

 

 
Telecommunications — 1.3%   

AT&T, Inc.
3.400% 5/15/25

     270,000         259,494   

AT&T, Inc.
6.550% 2/15/39

     175,000         196,726   

Embarq Corp.
7.082% 6/01/16

     210,000         213,276   

Embarq Corp.
7.995% 6/01/36

     45,000         46,350   

Gogo, Inc., Convertible (c)
3.750% 3/01/20

     3,000         2,904   

Motorola Solutions, Inc.
3.500% 3/01/23

     90,000         78,952   

Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson
4.125% 5/15/22

     225,000         230,675   

Telefonica Emisiones SAU
3.992% 2/16/16

     275,000         275,757   

Verizon Communications, Inc.
2.625% 2/21/20

     115,000         115,400   

Verizon Communications, Inc.
3.500% 11/01/24

     240,000         237,048   

Verizon Communications, Inc.
5.012% 8/21/54

     77,000         70,500   

Verizon Communications, Inc.
5.150% 9/15/23

     95,000         104,436   

Verizon Communications, Inc.
6.550% 9/15/43

     79,000         93,790   
     Principal
Amount
     Value  

Verizon Global Funding Corp.
7.750% 12/01/30

   $ 300,000       $ 384,109   
     

 

 

 
        2,309,417   
     

 

 

 
Transportation — 0.9%   

Asciano Finance (c)
4.625% 9/23/20

     45,000         45,422   

Burlington Northern Santa Fe LLC
6.750% 3/15/29

     160,000         197,177   

Norfolk Southern Corp.
6.000% 5/23/2111

     125,000         130,800   

OPE KAG Finance Sub, Inc. (c)
7.875% 7/31/23

     720,000         715,500   

Ryder System, Inc.
2.550% 6/01/19

     30,000         29,818   

Watco Cos. LLC/Watco Finance Corp. (c)
6.375% 4/01/23

     500,000         492,500   
     

 

 

 
        1,611,217   
     

 

 

 
Trucking & Leasing — 0.5%   

Aviation Capital Group Corp. (c)
2.875% 9/17/18

     280,000         278,393   

GATX Corp.
3.500% 7/15/16

     90,000         90,970   

GATX Corp.
4.750% 6/15/22

     125,000         131,180   

Penske Truck Leasing Co. LP/PTL Finance Corp. (c)
2.500% 6/15/19

     145,000         142,632   

Penske Truck Leasing Co. LP/PTL Finance Corp. (c)
3.375% 2/01/22

     320,000         310,716   
     

 

 

 
        953,891   
     

 

 

 
TOTAL CORPORATE DEBT
(Cost $72,144,214)
        69,439,225   
     

 

 

 
MUNICIPAL OBLIGATIONS — 0.4%   

State of California
5.950% 4/01/16

     225,000         228,004   

State of California BAB
7.550% 4/01/39

     125,000         181,564   

State of California BAB
7.600% 11/01/40

     150,000         222,637   
     

 

 

 
        632,205   
     

 

 

 
TOTAL MUNICIPAL OBLIGATIONS
(Cost $579,836)
        632,205   
     

 

 

 
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the portfolio of investments.

 

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MassMutual Premier Diversified Bond Fund – Portfolio of Investments (Continued)

 

     Principal
Amount
     Value  
NON-U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENCY OBLIGATIONS — 21.5%   
Auto Floor Plan ABS — 0.2%      

Capital Automotive REIT, Series 2010-1A, Class A (c)
5.730% 12/15/38

   $ 208,037       $ 217,542   

NCF Dealer Floorplan Master Trust,
Series 2014-1A, Class A, 1 mo. LIBOR + 1.500%, FRN (c)
1.902% 10/20/20

     110,000         110,000   
     

 

 

 
        327,542   
     

 

 

 
Automobile ABS — 0.5%   

American Credit Acceptance Receivables Trust, Series 2013-1, Class A (c)
1.450% 4/16/18

     1,041         1,041   

Avis Budget Rental Car Funding AESOP LLC, Series 2014-2A, Class A (c)
2.500% 2/20/21

     120,000         119,103   

Capital Automotive REIT, Series 2014-1A, Class A (c)
3.660% 10/15/44

     100,000         100,479   

CFC LLC, Series 2014-2A, Class A (c)
1.440% 11/16/20

     74,289         73,838   

CPS Auto Trust, Series 2014-A, Class A (c)
1.210% 8/15/18

     41,688         41,614   

CPS Auto Trust, Series 2014-C, Class A (c)
1.310% 2/15/19

     135,981         135,632   

Exeter Automobile Receivables Trust,
Series 2014-3A, Class A (c)
1.320% 1/15/19

     64,185         64,057   

GLS Auto Receivables Trust,
Series 2015-1A, Class A (c)
2.250% 12/15/20

     128,402         128,141   

GO Financial Auto Securitization Trust,
Series 2015-1, Class A (c)
1.810% 3/15/18

     70,696         70,583   

Oscar US Funding Trust, Series 2014-1A,
Class A2 (c)
1.000% 8/15/17

     114,369         114,274   

Santander Drive Auto Receivables Trust,
Series 2015-S2, Class R1 (c)
1.840% 11/18/19

     76,353         75,971   
     

 

 

 
        924,733   
     

 

 

 
Commercial MBS — 4.0%   

Banc of America Commercial Mortgage, Inc., Series 2007-3, Class A4, VRN
5.558% 6/10/49

     229,868         236,888   

Banc of America Commercial Mortgage, Inc., Series 2007-4, Class AM, VRN
5.809% 2/10/51

     95,000         98,805   

Banc of America Commercial Mortgage, Inc., Series 2008-1, Class A4, VRN
6.215% 2/10/51

     347,623         367,677   
     Principal
Amount
     Value  

Banc of America Commercial Mortgage, Inc., Series 2008-1, Class AM, VRN
6.258% 2/10/51

   $ 100,000       $ 106,136   

Bear Stearns Commercial Mortgage Securities, Series 2007-T26, Class AM, VRN
5.513% 1/12/45

     190,000         195,968   

Bear Stearns Commercial Mortgage Securities, Series 2007-PW17, Class A4, VRN
5.694% 6/11/50

     616,080         640,513   

Bear Stearns Commercial Mortgage Securities, Series 2007-PW18, Class A4
5.700% 6/11/50

     155,000         161,032   

Bear Stearns Commercial Mortgage Securities, Series 2007-T28, Class AM, VRN
5.835% 9/11/42

     110,000         115,374   

Bear Stearns Commercial Mortgage Securities, Series 2007-PW17, Class AM, VRN
5.882% 6/11/50

     200,000         208,828   

Bear Stearns Commercial Mortgage Securities, Series 2007-PW18, Class AM, VRN
6.084% 6/11/50

     115,000         120,817   

Commercial Mortgage Pass Through Certificates, Series 2014-UBS2, Class A5
3.961% 3/10/47

     152,000         158,479   

Commercial Mortgage Pass Through Certificates, Series 2014-UBS2, Class AM
4.199% 3/10/47

     100,000         104,152   

Commercial Mortgage Pass Through Certificates, Series 2014-CR14, Class A4
4.236% 2/10/47

     110,000         117,498   

Commercial Mortgage Pass Through Certificates, Series 2015-CR23, Class C, VRN
4.257% 5/10/48

     110,000         98,830   

DBCCRE Mortgage Trust,
Series 2014-ARCP, Class A (c)
4.238% 1/10/34

     100,000         104,641   

DBRR Trust, Series 2013-EZ3, Class A, VRN (c)
1.635% 12/18/49

     71,524         71,310   

DBUBS Mortgage Trust,
Series 2011-LC1A, Class A1 (c)
3.742% 11/10/46

     58,804         58,967   

GCCFC Commercial Mortgage Trust,
Series 2006-GG7, Class AM, VRN
5.826% 7/10/38

     365,000         369,356   
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the portfolio of investments.

 

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     Principal
Amount
     Value  

JP Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Corp., Series 2006-CB17, Class A4
5.429% 12/12/43

   $ 290,634       $ 295,138   

Merrill Lynch/Countrywide Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 2006-4, Class AM
5.204% 12/12/49

     240,000         245,127   

ML-CFC Commercial Mortgage Trust,
Series 2006-3, Class AM, VRN
5.456% 7/12/46

     140,000         141,721   

ML-CFC Commercial Mortgage Trust,
Series 2007-9, Class AM, VRN
5.856% 9/12/49

     115,000         119,919   

Morgan Stanley Capital I, Series 2006-IQ12, Class AM
5.370% 12/15/43

     110,000         112,469   

Morgan Stanley Capital I, Series 2006-HQ8, Class AM, VRN
5.480% 3/12/44

     89,822         89,752   

Morgan Stanley Capital I,
Series 2007-HQ11, Class AJ, VRN
5.508% 2/12/44

     170,000         172,262   

Morgan Stanley Capital I, Series 2007-IQ14, Class A2
5.610% 4/15/49

     52,370         52,320   

STRIPs Ltd., Series 2012-1A, Class A (c)
1.500% 12/25/44

     32,163         31,552   

TIAA Seasoned Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 2007-C4, Class AJ, VRN
5.510% 8/15/39

     48,843         48,840   

VFC LLC, Series 2014-2, Class A, (Acquired 7/9/14, Cost $250,000) (c) (d)
2.750% 7/20/30

     29,165         29,166   

VFC LLC, Series 2015-3, Class A, (Acquired 3/25/15, Cost $249,531) (c) (d)
2.750% 12/20/31

     54,140         54,100   

VNO Mortgage Trust, Series 2013-PENN, Class A (c)
3.808% 12/13/29

     110,000         114,187   

Wachovia Bank Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 2006-C29, Class AM
5.339% 11/15/48

     321,000         328,360   

Wachovia Bank Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 2007-C31, Class A4
5.509% 4/15/47

     535,000         543,835   

Wachovia Bank Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 2007-C31, Class AM, VRN
5.591% 4/15/47

     110,000         113,555   

Wachovia Bank Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 2007-C33, Class A4, VRN
5.952% 2/15/51

     94,106         97,095   
     Principal
Amount
     Value  

Wachovia Bank Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 2007-C33, Class AM, VRN
5.952% 2/15/51

   $ 500,000       $ 521,797   

Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 2015-NXS1, Class C, VRN
3.848% 5/15/48

     140,000         122,775   

Wells Fargo Reremic Trust,
Series 2012-IO, Class A (c)
1.750% 8/20/21

     25,345         25,345   

WF-RBS Commercial Mortgage Trust,
Series 2012-C8, Class B
4.311% 8/15/45

     110,000         113,423   

WF-RBS Commercial Mortgage Trust,
Series 2012-C8, Class C, VRN
4.875% 8/15/45

     100,000         100,872   

WF-RBS Commercial Mortgage Trust,
Series 2011-C5, Class C, VRN (c)
5.634% 11/15/44

     170,000         180,669   

WF-RBS Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 2011-C5, Class D, VRN (c)
5.634% 11/15/44

     115,000         119,116   
     

 

 

 
        7,108,666   
     

 

 

 
Home Equity ABS — 1.3%      

Accredited Mortgage Loan Trust,
Series 2005-3, Class M1, 1 mo. USD LIBOR + .450%, FRN
0.670% 9/25/35

     120,000         118,724   

ACE Securities Corp., Series 2005-HE5, Class M2, 1 mo. USD LIBOR + .735%, FRN
0.956% 8/25/35

     253,029         252,467   

ACE Securities Corp., Series 2005-RM1, Class M2, 1 mo. USD LIBOR + .750%, FRN
0.971% 3/25/35

     103,833         104,586   

Asset-Backed Securities Corporation Home Equity, Series 2005-HE3, Class M3, 1 mo. USD LIBOR + .705%, FRN
0.926% 4/25/35

     98,207         98,031   

Bear Stearns Asset Backed Securities I Trust, Series 2006-HE3, Class A2, 1 mo. USD LIBOR + .180%, FRN
0.602% 4/25/36

     33,034         32,908   

Bear Stearns Asset-Backed Securities I Trust, Series 2005-HE12, Class M1, 1 mo. USD LIBOR + .480%, FRN
0.902% 12/25/35

     370,569         362,099   

Conseco Finance Corp., Series 2002-A, Class M1, 1 mo. LIBOR + 1.850%, FRN
2.181% 4/15/32

     93,570         93,962   
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the portfolio of investments.

 

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     Principal
Amount
     Value  

Countrywide Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2004-5, Class 3A, 1 mo. USD LIBOR + .460%, FRN
0.882% 9/25/34

   $ 54,572       $ 53,937   

Countrywide Partnership Trust,
Series 2004-EC1, Class M1,
1 mo. USD LIBOR + .900%, FRN
1.322% 2/25/35

     193,391         170,652   

Credit Suisse Seasoned Loan Trust,
Series 2006-1, Class A, 1 mo. USD LIBOR + .240%, FRN (c)
0.662% 10/25/34

     182,107         180,995   

JP Morgan Mortgage Acquisition Corp., Series 2005-FRE1, Class A2V2,
1 mo. USD LIBOR + .220%, FRN
0.441% 10/25/35

     102,805         102,532   

MASTR Asset Backed Securities Trust, Series 2005, Class M1, 1 mo. USD LIBOR + .720%, FRN
1.142% 12/25/34

     99,504         92,753   

MASTR Asset-Backed Securities Trust, Series 2005-WMC1, Class M3,
1 mo. USD LIBOR + .720%, FRN
1.142% 3/25/35

     120,000         119,684   

Morgan Stanley Capital, Inc.,
Series 2005-WMC6, Class M2,
1 mo. USD LIBOR + .750%, FRN
0.971% 7/25/35

     48,932         49,241   

New Century Home Equity Loan Trust, Series 1997-NC5, Class A6, STEP
6.390% 10/25/28

     9         9   

NovaStar Mortgage Funding Trust,
Series 2005-3, Class A2D,
1 mo. LIBOR + .370%, FRN
0.792% 1/25/36

     193,727         193,901   

Option One Mortgage Loan Trust,
Series 2005-5, Class A3, 1 mo. USD LIBOR + .210%, FRN
0.431% 12/25/35

     170,187         169,150   

Option One Mortgage Loan Trust,
Series 2005-3, Class M1, 1 mo. USD LIBOR + .470%, FRN
0.691% 8/25/35

     71,847         71,426   

Residential Asset Securities Corp.,
Series 2005-AHL3, Class A2,
1 mo. USD LIBOR + .240%, FRN
0.662% 11/25/35

     60,451         60,077   

Security National Mortgage Loan Trust, Series 2006-3A, Class A1,
1 mo. LIBOR + .280%, FRN (c)
0.501% 1/25/37

     27,812         27,804   
     

 

 

 
        2,354,938   
     

 

 

 
     Principal
Amount
     Value  
Other ABS — 11.6%      

321 Henderson Receivables I LLC,
Series 2015-1A, Class A (c)
3.260% 9/15/72

   $ 97,394       $ 94,255   

Aames Mortgage Investment Trust,
Series 2004-1, Class M5, 1 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.725%, FRN
1.946% 1/25/35

     135,976         135,658   

ALM VIII Ltd., Series 2013-8A, Class A1A, 3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.450%, FRN (c)
1.767% 1/20/26

     710,000         704,399   

Alterna Funding I LLC, Series 2014-1A, Class NOTE (c)
1.639% 2/15/21

     79,600         79,140   

Apidos CLO XVII, Series 2014-17A, Class A1A, 3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.500%, FRN (c)
1.815% 4/17/26

     250,000         248,432   

Applebee’s/IHOP Funding LLC,
Series 2014-1, Class A2 (c)
4.277% 9/05/44

     230,000         232,908   

Arbys Funding LLC, Series 2015-1A, Class A2 (c)
4.969% 10/30/45

     270,000         269,973   

ARL First LLC, Series 2012-1A, Class A1, 1 mo. LIBOR + 1.750%, FRN (c)
2.081% 12/15/42

     135,384         135,157   

Ascentium Equipment Receivables LLC, Series 2014-1A, Class B (c)
1.580% 10/10/18

     120,000         119,989   

Avery Point CLO Ltd., Series 2014-5A, Class A, 3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.460%, FRN (c)
1.775% 7/17/26

     250,000         248,186   

Avery Point III CLO Ltd., Series 2013-3A, Class A, 3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.400%, FRN (c)
1.715% 1/18/25

     250,000         246,191   

Avery Point VI CLO Ltd., Series 2015-6A, Class A, 3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.450%, FRN (c)
1.784% 8/05/27

     445,000         440,630   

Birchwood Park CLO Ltd., Series 2014-1A, Class A, 3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.440%, FRN (c)
1.761% 7/15/26

     250,000         247,838   

Blue Hill CLO Ltd., Series 2013-1A, Class A, 3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.480%, FRN (c)
1.801% 1/15/26

     250,000         246,228   

BlueMountain CLO Ltd., Series 2015-2A, Class A1, 3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.430%, FRN (c)
1.714% 7/18/27

     305,000         300,832   
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the portfolio of investments.

 

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     Principal
Amount
     Value  

BlueVirgo Trust, Series 2015-1A, Class NOTE (c)
3.000% 12/15/22

   $ 509,104       $ 505,831   

CAN Capital Funding LLC, Series 2014-1A,
Class A (c)
3.117% 4/15/20

     160,000         159,474   

Carlyle Global Market Strategies,
Series 2014-1A, Class A, 3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.520%, FRN (c)
1.837% 4/17/25

     265,000         263,734   

Carlyle Global Market Strategies CLO Ltd., Series 2013-4A, Class A1, 3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.470%, FRN (c)
1.791% 10/15/25

     600,000         592,819   

Citi Held For Asset Issuance,
Series 2015-PM1, Class A (c)
1.850% 12/15/21

     87,443         87,270   

Citigroup Mortgage Loan Trust,
Series 2006-SHL1, Class A1, 1 mo. USD LIBOR + .200%, FRN (c)
0.396% 11/25/45

     74,374         74,082   

Citigroup Mortgage Loan Trust, Inc.,
Series 2006-WFH2, Class A2A,
1 mo. USD LIBOR + .150%, FRN
0.371% 8/25/36

     148,231         145,526   

CKE Restaurant Holdings, Inc.,
Series 2013-1A, Class A2 (c)
4.474% 3/20/43

     426,644         426,644   

CLI Funding V LLC, Series 2014-2A, Class A (c)
3.380% 10/18/29

     88,312         85,530   

Consumer Credit Origination Loan Trust, Series 2015-1, Class A (c)
2.820% 3/15/21

     126,205         126,981   

Credit-Based Asset Servicing and Securitization LLC, Series 2006-RP2, Class A3, 1 mo. LIBOR + .300%, FRN (c)
0.722% 7/25/36

     213,121         211,568   

DB Master Finance LLC, Series 2015-1A, Class A2I (c)
3.262% 2/20/45

     198,500         199,890   

Diamond Resorts Owner Trust,
Series 2013-2, Class A (c)
2.270% 5/20/26

     80,896         81,040   

Diamond Resorts Owner Trust,
Series 2015-1, Class A (c)
2.730% 7/20/27

     104,404         104,206   

Diamond Resorts Owner Trust,
Series 2015-2, Class B (c)
3.540% 5/22/28

     220,523         220,511   

Domino’s Pizza Master Issuer LLC,
Series 2015-1A, Class A2I (c)
3.484% 10/25/45

     420,000         411,600   
     Principal
Amount
     Value  

Domino’s Pizza Master Issuer LLC,
Series 2015-1A, Class A2II (c)
4.474% 10/25/45

   $ 460,000       $ 457,987   

Domino’s Pizza Master Issuer LLC,
Series 2012-1A, Class A2 (c)
5.216% 1/25/42

     226,163         233,527   

Dong Fang Container Finance II SPV Ltd., Series 2014-1A, Class A2 (c)
3.550% 11/25/39

     226,524         221,751   

Drug Royalty Corp., Inc., Series 2012-1, Class A2 (c)
5.800% 7/15/24

     60,000         61,079   

Dryden XXXI Senior Loan Fund,
Series 2014-31A, Class A, 3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.350%, FRN (c)
1.667% 4/18/26

     370,000         366,087   

Eaton Vance CLO, Series 2014-1A, Class A, 3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.450%, FRN (c)
1.771% 7/15/26

     500,000         495,645   

Element Rail Leasing II LLC,
Series 2015-1A, Class A1 (c)
2.707% 2/19/45

     88,595         87,604   

Element Rail Leasing II LLC,
Series 2015-1A, Class A2 (c)
3.585% 2/19/45

     160,000         158,528   

Fairway Outdoor Funding LLC,
Series 2012-1A, Class A2 (c)
4.212% 10/15/42

     214,048         214,154   

First Franklin Mortgage Loan Trust,
Series 2005-FF7, Class M1, 1 mo. USD LIBOR + .450%, FRN
0.872% 7/25/35

     54,368         54,310   

Fremont Home Loan Trust, Series 2005-E, Class 2A3, 1 mo. USD LIBOR + .240%, FRN
0.461% 1/25/36

     69,012         66,534   

Fremont Home Loan Trust, Series 2005-2, Class M2, 1 mo. USD LIBOR + .720%, FRN
1.142% 6/25/35

     143,844         142,538   

Galaxy XX CLO Ltd., Series 2015-20A, Class A, 3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.450%, FRN (c)
1.731% 7/20/27

     340,000         338,350   

Global Container Assets Ltd.,
Series 2013-1A, Class A1 (c)
2.200% 11/05/28

     85,031         85,004   

GoldenTree Loan Opportunities VII Ltd., Series 2013-7A, Class A, 3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.150%, FRN (c)
1.470% 4/25/25

     365,000         357,401   

GoldenTree Loan Opportunities VII Ltd., Series 2014-8A, Class A, 3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.450%, FRN (c)
1.765% 4/19/26

     550,000         545,634   
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the portfolio of investments.

 

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     Principal
Amount
     Value  

Green Tree Agency Advance Funding Trust I, Series 2015-T2, Class AT2 (c)
3.095% 10/15/48

   $ 340,000       $ 336,376   

Hercules Capital Funding Trust,
Series 2014-1A, Class A (c)
3.524% 4/16/21

     250,000         249,297   

HFG Healthco-4 LLC, Series 2011-1A, Class A, 1 mo. LIBOR + 2.250%, FRN (c)
2.519% 6/02/17

     250,000         250,861   

Hilton Grand Vacations Trust,
Series 2014-AA, Class A (c)
1.770% 11/25/26

     94,006         92,760   

Hilton Grand Vacations Trust,
Series 2013-A, Class A (c)
2.280% 1/25/26

     118,225         118,439   

Icon Brand Holdings LLC, Series 2012-1A, Class A (c)
4.229% 1/25/43

     80,583         80,810   

Icon Brand Holdings LLC, Series 2013-1A, Class A (c)
4.352% 1/25/43

     66,738         67,041   

ING Investment Management CLO Ltd., Series 2013-3A, Class A1, 3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.450%, FRN (c)
1.765% 1/18/26

     250,000         246,689   

J.G. Wentworth XXXV LLC,
Series 2015-2A, Class A (c)
3.870% 3/15/58

     89,910         88,904   

JP Morgan Mortgage Acquisition Trust,
Series 2006-CH1, Class A5, 1 mo. USD LIBOR + .230%, FRN
0.451% 7/25/36

     150,000         144,324   

LCM Ltd., Series 16A, Class A, 3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.500%, FRN (c)
1.821% 7/15/26

     250,000         248,885   

Long Beach Mortgage Loan Trust,
Series 2005-1, Class M2, 1 mo. USD LIBOR + .795%, FRN
1.217% 2/25/35

     187,803         186,039   

Madison Park Funding XII Ltd.,
Series 2014-12A, Class A, 3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.500%, FRN (c)
1.817% 7/20/26

     250,000         248,021   

Madison Park Funding XIV Ltd.,
Series 2014-14A, Class A2, 3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.450%, FRN (c)
1.767% 7/20/26

     280,000         277,110   

Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors, Inc.,
Series 2005-WMC2, Class M3,
1 mo. USD LIBOR + .705%, FRN
0.926% 4/25/36

     81,493         80,996   

Miramax LLC, Series 2014-1A, Class A2 (c) 3.340% 7/20/26

     325,416         323,075   
     Principal
Amount
     Value  

MVW Owner Trust, Series 2013-1A, Class A (c)
2.150% 4/22/30

   $ 92,783       $ 92,418   

Nations Equipment Finance Funding II LLC, Series 2014-1A, Class A (c)
1.558% 7/20/18

     89,838         89,778   

New Residential Advance Receivables Trust, Series 2015-T3, Class AT3 (c)
2.540% 11/15/46

     240,000         239,610   

New York City Tax Lien, Series 2014-A,
Class A (c)
1.030% 11/10/27

     18,465         18,435   

Nomad CLO Ltd., Series 2013-1A, Class A1, 3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.200%, FRN (c)
1.521% 1/15/25

     250,000         246,318   

Oak Hill Credit Partners VIII Ltd.,
Series 2013-8A, Class A, 3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.120%, FRN (c)
1.437% 4/20/25

     225,000         220,503   

Ocwen Master Advance Receivables Trust, Series 15-1, Class AT1 (c)
2.537% 9/17/46

     120,000         119,895   

OHA Loan Funding Ltd., Series 2013-1A,
Class A, 3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.250%, FRN (c)
1.566% 7/23/25

     200,000         197,613   

OnDeck Asset Securitization Trust,
Series 2014-1A, Class A (c)
3.150% 5/17/18

     130,000         129,875   

OneMain Financial Issuance Trust,
Series 2014-2A, Class A (c)
2.470% 9/18/24

     120,000         119,480   

Orange Lake Timeshare Trust,
Series 2014-AA, Class A (c)
2.290% 7/09/29

     64,573         64,103   

Ownit Mortgage Loan Trust, Series 2005-2, Class M4, 1 mo. USD LIBOR + .930%, FRN
1.151% 3/25/36

     95,464         94,974   

Oxford Finance Funding Trust,
Series 2014-1A, Class A (c)
3.475% 12/15/22

     80,000         79,595   

Park Place Securities Inc,
Series 2005-WCW2, Class M1, ABS, 1 mo. USD LIBOR + .500%, FRN
0.721% 7/25/35

     105,000         104,133   

Park Place Securities, Inc.,
Series 2005-WHQ4, Class A1A,
1 mo. USD LIBOR + .260%, FRN
0.481% 9/25/35

     33,832         33,813   

Park Place Securities, Inc.,
Series 2005-WCW3, Class M1,
1 mo. USD LIBOR + .480%, FRN
0.701% 8/25/35

     100,000         95,224   
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the portfolio of investments.

 

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     Principal
Amount
     Value  

Popular ABS Mortgage Pass-Through Trust, Series 2006-B, Class A3, 1 mo. USD LIBOR + .280%, FRN
0.501% 5/25/36

   $ 130,653       $ 126,175   

RAAC, Series 2006-RP2, Class A,
1 mo. USD LIBOR + .250%, FRN (c)
0.446% 2/25/37

     109,451         108,009   

Race Point VIII CLO Ltd., Series 2013-8A,
Class A, 3 mo. LIBOR + 1.250%, FRN (c)
1.620% 2/20/25

     250,000         248,364   

Race Point VIII CLO Ltd., Series 2012-7A,
Class A, 3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.420%, FRN (c)
1.764% 11/08/24

     100,000         99,348   

Seneca Park CLO Ltd., Series 2014-1A,
Class A, 3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.480%, FRN (c)
1.795% 7/17/26

     250,000         248,553   

Sierra Receivables Funding Co. LLC,
Series 2015-3A, Class A (c)
2.580% 9/20/32

     229,429         229,384   

Sierra Receivables Funding Co. LLC,
Series 2012-1A, Class A (c)
2.840% 11/20/28

     15,833         15,948   

Sierra Receivables Funding Co. LLC,
Series 2015-3A, Class B (c)
3.080% 9/20/32

     100,949         100,948   

Sierra Timeshare Receivables Funding LLC, Series 2015-2A, Class B (c)
3.020% 6/20/32

     135,735         134,048   

Sonic Capital LLC, Series 2011-1A, Class A2 (c)
5.438% 5/20/41

     169,620         175,115   

Specialty Underwriting & Residential Finance Trust, Series 2005-AB2, Class M1, 1 mo. USD LIBOR + .450%, FRN
0.671% 6/25/36

     60,000         59,348   

Spirit Master Funding LLC, Series 2014-4A,
Class A1 (c)
3.501% 1/20/45

     110,000         108,878   

SpringCastle America Funding LLC,
Series 2014-AA, Class A (c)
2.700% 5/25/23

     395,248         395,742   

SPS Servicer Advance Receivables Trust, Series 2015-T3, Class AT3 (c)
2.920% 7/15/47

     170,000         169,824   

Store Master Funding I LLC,
Series 2015-1A, Class A1 (c)
3.750% 4/20/45

     99,667         98,881   

STORE Master Funding LLC,
Series 2013-3A, Class A1 (c)
4.240% 11/20/43

     116,209         119,114   
     Principal
Amount
     Value  

SVO VOI Mortgage LLC,
Series 2012-AA, Class A (c)
2.000% 9/20/29

   $ 3,706       $ 3,678   

Symphony CLO XV Ltd.,
Series 2014-15A, Class A, 3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.450%, FRN (c)
1.765% 10/17/26

     300,000         297,446   

TAL Advantage LLC, Series 2014-2A,
Class A1 (c)
1.700% 5/20/39

     160,884         159,201   

Trip Rail Master Funding LLC,
Series 2011-1A, Class A1A (c)
4.370% 7/15/41

     48,753         51,070   

Wendy’s Funding LLC, Series 2015-1A, Class A2I (c)
3.371% 6/15/45

     374,063         366,955   

Wendys Funding LLC, Series 2015-1A, Class A2II (c)
4.080% 6/15/45

     329,175         330,205   

Wendys Funding LLC, Series 2015-1A, Class A23 (c)
4.497% 6/15/45

     349,125         345,526   

Westgate Resorts LLC, Series 2014-1A, Class A (c)
2.150% 12/20/26

     178,702         175,074   
     

 

 

 
        20,484,883   
     

 

 

 
Student Loans ABS — 3.3%      

Access Group, Inc., Series 2006-1, Class B, 3 mo. LIBOR + .450%, FRN
0.843% 8/25/37

     421,864         371,950   

Access Group, Inc., Series 2003-A, Class A3, 3 mo. Treasury + 1.200%, FRN
1.340% 7/01/38

     52,319         47,189   

Access Group, Inc., Series 2015-1, Class B, 1 mo. LIBOR + 1.500%, FRN (c)
1.721% 11/25/28

     130,000         110,304   

College Loan Corp. Trust I,
Series 2002-1, Class A5, 28 day ARS, FRN (c)
1.076% 3/01/42

     150,000         138,858   

College Loan Corp. Trust I,
Series 2002-2, Class A30, 28 day ARS, FRN (c)
1.566% 3/01/42

     100,000         92,754   

College Loan Corp. Trust I,
Series 2003-1, Class A6, 28 day ARS, FRN (c)
1.685% 3/01/42

     200,000         185,732   

Credit Suisse ABS Repackaging Trust,
Series 2013-A, Class B (c)
2.500% 1/25/30

     246,865         234,815   
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the portfolio of investments.

 

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     Principal
Amount
     Value  

Education Funding Capital Trust I,
Series 2004-1, Class A4, 28 day ARS, FRN
1.697% 6/15/43

   $ 100,000       $ 95,026   

Education Funding Capital Trust I,
Series 2004-1, Class B1, 28 day ARS, FRN
1.846% 6/15/43

     200,000         181,602   

Education Funding Capital Trust I,
Series 2004-1, Class A5, 28 day ARS, FRN
1.902% 6/15/43

     350,000         344,364   

Education Funding Capital Trust I,
Series 2004-1, Class A6, 28 day ARS, FRN
1.908% 6/15/43

     200,000         196,041   

KeyCorp Student Loan Trust, Series 2004-A, Class 2A2, 3 mo. LIBOR + .300%, FRN
0.623% 10/28/41

     32,838         32,698   

KeyCorp Student Loan Trust,
Series 2004-A, Class 2B, 3 mo. LIBOR + .530%, FRN
0.853% 1/27/42

     100,000         96,087   

KeyCorp Student Loan Trust, Series 1999-B, Class CTFS, 3 mo. LIBOR + .720%, FRN 1.113% 11/25/36

     88,907         84,757   

National Collegiate Student Loan Trust,
Series 2004-1, Class A2, 3 mo. LIBOR + .260%, FRN
0.863% 6/25/27

     54,086         53,910   

Nelnet Student Loan Trust, Series 2006-3, Class B, 3 mo. LIBOR + .250%, FRN
0.853% 6/25/41

     225,423         197,661   

Nelnet Student Loan Trust, Series 2012-2A, Class B, 1 mo. LIBOR + 1.000%, FRN (c)
1.422% 11/25/36

     200,000         167,771   

Nelnet Student Loan Trust, Series 2012-1A, Class B, 1 mo. LIBOR + 1.000%, FRN (c)
1.422% 6/25/42

     150,000         127,752   

Nelnet Student Loan Trust, Series 2005-4, Class A4R2, 28 day ARS, FRN
1.422% 3/22/32

     150,000         140,135   

Nelnet Student Loan Trust, Series 2014-2A, Class B, 1 mo. LIBOR + 1.500%, FRN (c)
1.721% 6/25/41

     100,000         87,653   

Nelnet Student Loan Trust, Series 2014-1A, Class B, 1 mo. LIBOR + 1.500%, FRN (c)
1.721% 10/25/47

     240,000         207,816   

Nelnet Student Loan Trust, Series 2014-5A, Class B, 1 mo. LIBOR + 1.500%, FRN (c)
1.922% 5/25/49

     100,000         86,607   
     Principal
Amount
     Value  

Pennsylvania Higher Education,
Series 2015-1A, Class B, 1 mo. LIBOR + 1.500%, FRN (c)
1.721% 4/25/45

   $ 130,000       $ 108,135   

SLC Private Student Loan Trust,
Series 2006-A, Class C, 3 mo. LIBOR + .450%, FRN
0.771% 7/15/36

     190,000         168,273   

SLM Student Loan Trust, Series 2007-2,
Class A4, 3 mo. LIBOR + .060%, FRN
0.380% 7/25/22

     200,000         188,550   

SLM Student Loan Trust, Series 2005-3, Class B, 3 mo. LIBOR + .150%, FRN
0.470% 4/25/40

     186,539         155,125   

SLM Student Loan Trust, Series 2005-9, Class B, 3 mo. LIBOR + .300%, FRN
0.620% 1/25/41

     137,762         115,117   

SLM Student Loan Trust, Series 2004-3, Class B, 3 mo. LIBOR + .470%, FRN
0.790% 10/25/39

     184,124         158,058   

SLM Student Loan Trust, Series 2008-7, Class A4, 3 mo. LIBOR + .900%, FRN
1.220% 7/25/23

     300,000         292,763   

SLM Student Loan Trust, Series 2013-2, Class B, 1 mo. LIBOR + 1.500%, FRN
1.721% 6/25/43

     110,000         95,879   

SLM Student Loan Trust, Series 2013-1, Class B, ABS, FRN, 1 mo. LIBOR + 1.800%, FRN
2.222% 11/25/43

     381,000         339,712   

SLM Student Loan Trust, Series 2003-5, Class A7, 28 day ARS, FRN
2.760% 6/17/30

     50,000         50,000   

SLM Student Loan Trust, Series 2002-7, Class A11, 28 day ARS, FRN
2.780% 3/15/28

     200,000         200,000   

Social Professional Loan Program LLC, Series 2014-A, Class A2 (c)
3.020% 10/25/27

     95,730         96,777   

South Carolina Student Loan Corp.,
Series 2015-A, Class A, 1 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.500%, FRN
1.696% 1/25/36

     200,000         182,000   

South Carolina Student Loan Corp.,
Series 2014-1, Class B, 1 mo. LIBOR + 1.500%, FRN
1.743% 8/01/35

     400,000         353,618   
     

 

 

 
        5,785,489   
     

 

 

 
WL Collateral CMO — 0.6%      

Bank of America Mortgage Securities,
Series 2004-G, Class 2A7, FRN
2.807% 8/25/34

     59,263         56,694   
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the portfolio of investments.

 

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     Principal
Amount
     Value  

Connecticut Avenue Securities,
Series 2015-C03, Class 1M1,
1 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.500%, FRN
1.721% 7/25/25

   $ 699,427       $ 698,254   

Countrywide Home Loans, Inc.,
Series 2004-2, Class 1A1, FRN
2.616% 2/25/34

     11,468         10,737   

Countrywide Home Loans, Inc.,
Series 2003-42, Class 1A1, FRN
3.028% 9/25/33

     4,448         4,059   

GS Mortgage Securities Corp.,
Series 2014-4R, Class AS, 1 mo. USD LIBOR + .180%, FRN (c)
0.376% 1/26/34

     156,474         150,892   

GSR Mortgage Loan Trust, Series 2004-9, Class 2A1, FRN
2.764% 8/25/34

     10,523         9,830   

IndyMac Index Mortgage Loan Trust,
Series 2004-AR4, Class 1A, FRN
2.496% 8/25/34

     42,847         35,260   

Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors, Inc., Series 2005-A8, Class A3A2,
1 mo. USD LIBOR + .250%, FRN
0.471% 8/25/36

     63,397         62,121   

Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors, Inc., Series 2003-A4, Class IA, FRN
2.905% 7/25/33

     2,439         2,363   

Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors, Inc., Series 2004-A1, Class IA, FRN
3.011% 2/25/34

     4,877         4,665   

Morgan Stanley Mortgage Loan Trust, Series 2004-2AR, Class 1A, FRN
2.499% 2/25/34

     130         131   

Structured Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan Trust, Series 2004-2, Class 2A, FRN
2.556% 3/25/34

     22,098         22,015   

WaMu Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2004-AR2, Class A, 12 mo. MTA + 1.400%, FRN
1.643% 4/25/44

     55,008         53,217   
     

 

 

 
        1,110,238   
     

 

 

 
WL Collateral PAC — 0.0%      

Structured Asset Securities Corp.,
Series 2007-BC4, Class A3,
1 mo. USD LIBOR + .250%, FRN
0.672% 11/25/37

     11,093         11,080   

Structured Asset Securities Corp.,
Series 2002-11A, Class 2A1, FRN
2.885% 6/25/32

     14,858         14,040   
     

 

 

 
        25,120   
     

 

 

 
     Principal
Amount
     Value  
TOTAL NON-U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENCY OBLIGATIONS
(Cost $38,351,055)
      $ 38,121,609   
     

 

 

 
SOVEREIGN DEBT OBLIGATIONS — 0.8%   

Brazilian Government International Bond 4.875% 1/22/21

   $ 100,000         92,500   

Brazilian Government International Bond 5.625% 1/07/41

     235,000         170,375   

Province of Quebec Canada
2.625% 2/13/23

     192,000         190,340   

Province of Quebec Canada
7.500% 9/15/29

     125,000         179,781   

Republic of Turkey International Bond
4.875% 4/16/43

     236,000         207,680   

Republic of Turkey International Bond
6.750% 4/03/18

     100,000         107,600   

United Mexican States
6.750% 9/27/34

     375,000         450,000   
     

 

 

 
        1,398,276   
     

 

 

 
TOTAL SOVEREIGN DEBT OBLIGATIONS
(Cost $1,513,335)
        1,398,276   
     

 

 

 
U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENCY OBLIGATIONS AND INSTRUMENTALITIES — 24.7%    
Collateralized Mortgage Obligations — 1.2%   

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.
Series 4303, Class AP
3.000% 8/15/43

     400,187         414,682   

Series 4290, Class CA
3.500% 12/15/38

     209,572         217,553   

Series 2617, Class Z
5.500% 5/15/33

     188,678         211,327   

Series 2693, Class Z
5.500% 10/15/33

     326,195         360,271   

Series 3423, Class PB
5.500% 3/15/38

     90,000         100,728   

Series 2178, Class PB
7.000% 8/15/29

     19,212         21,738   

Federal National Mortgage Association Series 2014-7, Class VA
3.500% 5/25/25

     132,576         139,197   

Series 2014-48, Class AB
4.000% 10/25/40

     316,223         332,506   

Series 2007-32, Class Z
5.500% 4/25/37

     148,630         164,431   

Series 2010-60, Class HJ
5.500% 5/25/40

     74,549         81,558   

Federal National Mortgage Association REMIC, Series 2007-B2, Class ZA
5.500% 6/25/37

     95,590         105,037   
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the portfolio of investments.

 

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     Principal
Amount
     Value  

U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs,
Series 1992-1, Class 2Z
7.750% 5/15/22

   $ 11,376       $ 12,681   
     

 

 

 
        2,161,709   
     

 

 

 
Pass-Through Securities — 23.5%   

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.
Pool #Q37467 3.500%
11/01/45

     998,483         1,029,647   

Pool #Q37468 3.500%
11/01/45

     748,869         773,178   

Pool #G11476 5.000%
11/01/18

     26,858         27,902   

Pool #B16010 5.000%
8/01/19

     621         649   

Pool #B17058 5.000%
9/01/19

     1,037         1,094   

Pool #B18677 5.000%
1/01/20

     1,227         1,287   

Pool #E89199 6.000%
4/01/17

     1,052         1,078   

Pool #G11431 6.000%
2/01/18

     170         175   

Pool #G01311 7.000%
9/01/31

     1,686         1,959   

Pool #C80207 7.500%
9/01/24

     2,020         2,305   

Pool #C00530 7.500%
7/01/27

     1,413         1,657   

Pool #C00563 7.500%
11/01/27

     4,882         5,742   

Pool #C00612 7.500%
4/01/28

     282         332   

Pool #C55867 7.500%
2/01/30

     5,490         6,398   

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. TBA
Pool #648 3.500%
6/01/43 (e)

     1,200,000         1,235,156   

Pool #4200 4.000%
4/01/42 (e)

     2,750,000         2,904,687   

Federal National Mortgage Association
Pool #725692, 1 year CMT + 2.146%,
FRN 2.398%
10/01/33

     128,992         136,141   

Pool #888586, 1 year CMT + 2.213%,
FRN 2.481%
10/01/34

     264,977         280,356   

Pool #AR3007 3.000%
2/01/43

     284,729         285,252   

Pool #890564 3.000%
6/01/43

     303,766         304,798   
     Principal
Amount
     Value  

Pool #AR3816 3.500%
2/01/43

   $ 107,211       $ 110,691   

Pool #AB8527 3.500%
3/01/43

     642,523         663,380   

Pool #AR8708 3.500%
4/01/43

     95,093         98,180   

Pool #AT4050 3.500%
5/01/43

     121,809         125,763   

Pool #MA1437 3.500%
5/01/43

     104,890         108,295   

Pool #MA1463 3.500%
6/01/43

     316,804         327,087   

Pool #AS6187 3.500%
11/01/45

     2,265,462         2,340,417   

Pool #AS6293 3.500%
12/01/45

     946,528         977,845   

Pool #AS6306 3.500%
12/01/45

     768,659         795,051   

Pool #AX0120 4.000%
9/01/39

     293,492         311,961   

Pool #AB6261 4.000%
9/01/42

     1,115,198         1,183,635   

Pool #735010 5.000%
11/01/19

     114,987         120,250   

Pool #253880 6.500%
7/01/16

     191         194   

Pool #575579 7.500%
4/01/31

     9,086         10,724   

Pool #535996 7.500%
6/01/31

     1,709         2,019   

Federal National Mortgage Association TBA
Pool #3348 2.500%
3/01/28 (e)

     2,600,000         2,620,719   

Pool #1048 2.500%
7/01/42 (e)

     3,425,000         3,307,935   

Pool #4241 3.000%
12/01/42 (e)

     5,525,000         5,523,705   

Pool #9174 4.000%
9/01/42 (e)

     675,000         714,129   

Government National Mortgage Association
Pool #783896 3.500%
5/15/44

     460,370         481,572   

Pool #784026 3.500%
12/20/44

     495,294         518,395   

Pool #579140 6.500%
1/15/32

     912         1,051   

Pool #587280 6.500%
9/15/32

     1,315         1,508   

Pool #550659 6.500%
9/15/35

     120,642         139,314   
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the portfolio of investments.

 

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     Principal
Amount
     Value  

Pool #538689 6.500%
12/15/35

   $ 20,088       $ 23,163   

Pool #780651 7.000%
10/15/27

     1,990         2,302   

Pool #462384 7.000%
11/15/27

     1,078         1,245   

Pool #482668 7.000%
8/15/28

     1,597         1,851   

Pool #506804 7.000%
5/15/29

     7,525         8,680   

Pool #506914 7.000%
5/15/29

     28,142         32,534   

Pool #581417 7.000%
7/15/32

     4,500         5,288   

Pool #591581 7.000%
8/15/32

     658         776   

Pool #423836 8.000%
8/15/26

     1,208         1,420   

Pool #444619 8.000%
3/15/27

     9,246         10,813   

Government National Mortgage Association II
Pool #82488, 1 year CMT + 1.500%, FRN 1.750%
3/20/40

     92,125         95,415   

Pool #82462, 1 year CMT + 1.500%, FRN 2.500%
1/20/40

     67,496         69,838   

Government National Mortgage Association II TBA
Pool #188 3.000%
8/01/43 (e)

     2,450,000         2,481,965   

Pool #207 3.500%
12/01/43 (e)

     2,650,000         2,762,625   

Pool #872 4.500%
3/01/41 (e)

     8,125,000         8,729,297   
     

 

 

 
        41,710,825   
     

 

 

 
TOTAL U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENCY OBLIGATIONS AND INSTRUMENTALITIES
(Cost $43,914,066)
        43,872,534   
     

 

 

 
U.S. TREASURY OBLIGATIONS — 8.4%   
U.S. Treasury Bonds & Notes — 8.4%   

U.S. Treasury Bond
3.000% 11/15/44

     4,395,000         4,382,467   

U.S. Treasury Bond
3.500% 2/15/39

     995,000         1,101,030   

U.S. Treasury Note
0.625% 8/31/17

     880,000         874,406   

U.S. Treasury Note
0.875% 7/15/18

     150,000         148,646   

U.S. Treasury Note (f)
1.375% 4/30/20

     8,480,000         8,370,439   
     

 

 

 
        14,876,988   
     

 

 

 
                
Value
 
TOTAL U.S. TREASURY OBLIGATIONS
(Cost $15,134,943)
      $ 14,876,988   
     

 

 

 
TOTAL BONDS & NOTES
(Cost $171,637,449)
        168,340,837   
     

 

 

 
     Notional
Amount
        
PURCHASED OPTIONS — 0.6%   
Financial — 0.6%   
Diversified Financial — 0.6%      

5 Year CDX.NA.IG 25 Swaption, Put, Expires 3/16/16, Strike 120.00 (OTC — JP Morgan Chase Bank); Underlying swap terminates 1/14/16

   $ 25,550,000         29,944   

5 Year CDX.NA.IG 25 Swaption, Put, Expires 3/16/16, Strike 120.00 (OTC — JP Morgan Chase Bank); Underlying swap terminates 1/15/16

     4,650,000         5,450   

5 Year CDX.NA.IG 25 Swaption, Put, Expires 3/16/16, Strike 120.00 (OTC — JP Morgan Chase Bank); Underlying swap terminates 1/14/16

     12,800,000         15,002   

USD Call CNH Put, Expires 7/16/15, Strike 6.65 (OTC — JP Morgan Chase Bank)

     28,000,000         746,452   

USD Call CNH Put, Expires 9/29/16, Strike 6.65 (OTC — HSBC Bank PLC)

     6,500,000         206,635   

USD Put CNH Call, Expires 5/16/16, Strike 6.65 (OTC — HSBC Bank PLC)

     6,500,000         128,414   
     

 

 

 
        1,131,897   
     

 

 

 
TOTAL PURCHASED OPTIONS
(Cost $549,692)
        1,131,897   
     

 

 

 
TOTAL LONG-TERM INVESTMENTS
(Cost $172,709,825)
        169,837,136   
     

 

 

 
     Principal
Amount
        
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS — 22.6%   
Commercial Paper — 20.7%   

AutoZone, Inc. (c)
0.820% 1/25/16

   $ 3,500,000         3,498,848   

Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. (c)
0.810% 1/07/16

     3,500,000         3,499,728   

Commonwealth Edison Co. (c)
0.800% 1/05/16

     4,000,000         3,999,785   
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the portfolio of investments.

 

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     Principal
Amount
     Value  

COX Enterprises, Inc. (c)
0.880% 1/04/16

   $ 2,500,000       $ 2,499,894   

Deutsche Telekom AG (c)
0.870% 1/08/16

     3,000,000         2,999,676   

Eaton Corp. PLC (c)
0.690% 1/11/16

     3,000,000         2,999,610   

Eversource Energy (c)
0.700% 1/06/16

     2,500,000         2,499,848   

Holcim US Finance SARL & Cie (c)
0.700% 1/12/16

     3,000,000         2,999,569   

Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. (c)
0.600% 1/07/16

     2,250,000         2,249,869   

Leggett & Platt, Inc. (c)
0.800% 1/11/16

     4,000,000         3,999,481   

Pacific Gas & Electric Co. (c)
0.830% 1/14/16

     3,000,000         2,999,609   

Volvo Group Treasury National (c)
0.750% 1/25/16

     2,500,000         2,499,177   
     

 

 

 
        36,745,094   
     

 

 

 
Time Deposit — 1.9%   

Euro Time Deposit
0.010% 1/04/16

     3,371,680         3,371,680   
     

 

 

 
TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS
(Cost $40,113,525)
        40,116,774   
     

 

 

 
TOTAL INVESTMENTS — 118.3%
(Cost $212,823,350) (g)
        209,953,910   
Other Assets/(Liabilities) — (18.3)%         (32,481,690
     

 

 

 
NET ASSETS — 100.0%       $ 177,472,220   
     

 

 

 

Notes to Portfolio of Investments

Percentages are stated as a percent of net assets.

ABS Asset-Backed Security
ARS Auction Rate Security
BAB Build America Bonds
CLO Collateralized Loan Obligation
CMO Collateralized Mortgage Obligation
CMT Constant Maturity Treasury Index
CNH Offshore Chinese Yuan
FRN Floating Rate Note
MBS Mortgage-Backed Security
MTA Monthly Treasury Average Index
PAC Planned Amortization Class
STEP Step Up Bond
TBA To Be Announced
VRN Variable Rate Note
WL Whole Loan
(a) This security is fair valued in good faith in accordance with procedures approved by the Board of Trustees. At December 31, 2015, these securities amounted to a value of $24,752 or 0.01% of net assets.
(b) Non-income producing security.
(c) Securities exempt from registration under rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. These securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. At December 31, 2015, these securities amounted to a value of $75,736,877 or 42.68% of net assets.
(d) Restricted security. Certain securities are restricted as to resale. At December 31, 2015, these securities amounted to a value of $83,266 or 0.05% of net assets. The Fund generally bears the costs, if any, associated with the disposition of restricted securities.
(e) A portion of this security is purchased on a when-issued, delayed-delivery or forward commitment basis. (Note 2).
(f) A portion of this security is held as collateral for open futures contracts. (Note 2).
(g) See Note 3 for aggregate cost for federal tax purposes.
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the portfolio of investments.

 

74


MassMutual Premier High Yield Fund – Portfolio of Investments

 

December 31, 2015 (Unaudited)

 

     Number of
Shares
     Value  
EQUITIES — 0.1%      
COMMON STOCK — 0.1%      
Basic Materials — 0.1%      
Forest Products & Paper — 0.1%      

The Newark Group, Inc. (a) (b)

     329,969       $ 303,571   
     

 

 

 
TOTAL COMMON STOCK
(Cost $290,644)
        303,571   
     

 

 

 
TOTAL EQUITIES
(Cost $290,644)
        303,571   
     

 

 

 
     Principal
Amount
        
BONDS & NOTES — 95.3%      
BANK LOANS — 2.3%      
Oil & Gas — 1.4%      

Caelus Energy Alaska O3 LLC, 2nd Lien Term Loan
8.750% 4/15/20

   $ 5,254,429         2,758,575   

Fieldwood Energy LLC, 2nd Lien Term Loan
8.375% 9/30/20

     6,549,595         982,439   
     

 

 

 
        3,741,014   
     

 

 

 
Pharmaceuticals — 0.9%      

Synarc-Biocore Holdings LLC, 2nd Lien Term Loan
9.250% 3/10/22

     2,448,101         2,233,893   
     

 

 

 
TOTAL BANK LOANS
(Cost $11,447,036)
        5,974,907   
     

 

 

 
CORPORATE DEBT — 93.0%      
Aerospace & Defense — 1.4%      

Moog, Inc. (c)
5.250% 12/01/22

     948,000         957,479   

TransDigm, Inc.
6.500% 7/15/24

     2,035,000         2,023,807   

TransDigm, Inc. (c)
6.500% 5/15/25

     606,000         587,063   
     

 

 

 
        3,568,349   
     

 

 

 
Agriculture — 1.4%      

Pinnacle Operating Corp. (c)
9.000% 11/15/20

     3,873,000         3,640,620   
     

 

 

 
Airlines — 0.8%      

Allegiant Travel Co.
5.500% 7/15/19

     2,020,000         2,045,250   
     

 

 

 
Apparel — 0.5%      

Perry Ellis International, Inc.
7.875% 4/01/19

     1,386,000         1,386,000   
     

 

 

 
     Principal
Amount
     Value  
Auto Manufacturers — 1.4%      

Allied Specialty Vehicles, Inc. (c)
8.500% 11/01/19

   $ 3,600,000       $ 3,654,000   
     

 

 

 
Automotive & Parts — 2.3%      

Accuride Corp.
9.500% 8/01/18

     2,790,000         2,315,700   

Cooper Tire & Rubber Co.
8.000% 12/15/19

     691,000         773,920   

International Automotive Components Group SA (c)
9.125% 6/01/18

     3,268,000         2,794,140   
     

 

 

 
        5,883,760   
     

 

 

 
Banks — 1.0%      

Ally Financial, Inc.
8.000% 11/01/31

     2,175,000         2,512,125   
     

 

 

 
Beverages — 0.2%      

Constellation Brands, Inc.
4.750% 12/01/25

     481,000         490,019   
     

 

 

 
Building Materials — 2.3%      

Cemex Finance LLC (c)
9.375% 10/12/22

     2,400,000         2,526,000   

Cemex SAB de CV (c)
6.125% 5/05/25

     1,102,000         942,210   

Headwaters, Inc.
7.250% 1/15/19

     2,500,000         2,556,250   
     

 

 

 
        6,024,460   
     

 

 

 
Chemicals — 2.2%      

A Schulman, Inc. (c)
6.875% 6/01/23

     1,122,000         1,074,315   

The Chemours Co. (c)
7.000% 5/15/25

     859,000         586,268   

Omnova Solutions, Inc. STEP
7.875% 11/01/18

     2,011,000         1,970,780   

Platform Specialty Products Corp. (c)
10.375% 5/01/21

     589,000         587,527   

TPC Group, Inc. (c)
8.750% 12/15/20

     2,144,000         1,393,600   
     

 

 

 
        5,612,490   
     

 

 

 
Coal — 0.2%      

Murray Energy Corp. (c)
11.250% 4/15/21

     2,650,000         483,625   
     

 

 

 
Commercial Services — 5.7%      

Multi-Color Corp. (c)
6.125% 12/01/22

     2,464,000         2,439,360   

Mustang Merger Corp. (c)
8.500% 8/15/21

     7,420,000         7,698,250   

Prospect Medical Holdings, Inc. (c)
8.375% 5/01/19

     1,177,000         1,224,080   
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the portfolio of investments.

 

75


MassMutual Premier High Yield Fund – Portfolio of Investments (Continued)

 

     Principal
Amount
     Value  

StoneMor Partners LP/Cornerstone Family of WV
7.875% 6/01/21

   $ 3,245,000       $ 3,342,350   
     

 

 

 
        14,704,040   
     

 

 

 
Diversified Financial — 3.0%      

AerCap Ireland Capital Ltd./AerCap Global Aviation Trust
4.250% 7/01/20

     919,000         925,893   

AerCap Ireland Capital Ltd./AerCap Global Aviation Trust
4.625% 10/30/20

     1,542,000         1,578,622   

AerCap Ireland Capital Ltd./AerCap Global Aviation Trust
4.625% 7/01/22

     1,019,000         1,030,464   

Aircastle Ltd.
5.500% 2/15/22

     802,000         822,050   

Ally Financial, Inc.
3.250% 11/05/18

     500,000         490,625   

Icahn Enterprises LP/Icahn Enterprises Finance Corp.
5.875% 2/01/22

     2,000,000         1,955,000   

National Financial Partners Corp. (c)
9.000% 7/15/21

     1,192,000         1,090,680   
     

 

 

 
        7,893,334   
     

 

 

 
Electrical Components & Equipment — 0.7%   

International Wire Group Holdings, Inc. (c)
8.500% 10/15/17

     1,700,000         1,738,250   
     

 

 

 
Engineering & Construction — 1.1%   

Zachry Holdings, Inc. (c)
7.500% 2/01/20

     2,839,000         2,782,220   
     

 

 

 
Foods — 1.2%      

Dean Foods Co. (c)
6.500% 3/15/23

     623,000         647,920   

Post Holdings, Inc. (c)
7.750% 3/15/24

     1,392,000         1,458,120   

Post Holdings, Inc. (c)
8.000% 7/15/25

     911,000         965,660   
     

 

 

 
        3,071,700   
     

 

 

 
Forest Products & Paper — 2.0%   

Appvion, Inc. (c)
9.000% 6/01/20

     3,622,000         1,448,800   

Xerium Technologies, Inc.
8.875% 6/15/18

     3,926,000         3,847,971   
     

 

 

 
        5,296,771   
     

 

 

 
Gas — 0.4%      

LBC Tank Terminals Holding Netherlands BV (c)
6.875% 5/15/23

     1,188,000         1,176,120   
     

 

 

 
     Principal
Amount
     Value  
Health Care – Products — 1.8%      

Alere, Inc. (c)
6.375% 7/01/23

   $ 2,100,000       $ 1,963,500   

Alere, Inc.
6.500% 6/15/20

     2,065,000         1,982,400   

Mallinckrodt International Finance SA/Mallinckrodt CB LLC (c)
5.500% 4/15/25

     704,000         647,680   
     

 

 

 
        4,593,580   
     

 

 

 
Health Care – Services — 6.3%      

DaVita HealthCare Partners, Inc.
5.000% 5/01/25

     2,760,000         2,663,400   

HCA, Inc.
5.250% 4/15/25

     1,159,000         1,167,693   

HCA, Inc.
5.375% 2/01/25

     1,150,000         1,135,625   

HCA, Inc.
5.875% 2/15/26

     2,241,000         2,249,404   

HealthSouth Corp.
5.750% 11/01/24

     715,000         681,931   

HealthSouth Corp. (c)
5.750% 11/01/24

     2,421,000         2,309,029   

HealthSouth Corp. (c)
5.750% 9/15/25

     736,000         684,480   

Kindred Healthcare, Inc.
8.750% 1/15/23

     2,112,000         1,943,040   

MEDNAX, Inc. (c)
5.250% 12/01/23

     320,000         321,600   

Tenet Healthcare Corp.
6.750% 6/15/23

     1,261,000         1,169,577   

Tenet Healthcare Corp.
8.125% 4/01/22

     2,050,000         2,044,875   
     

 

 

 
        16,370,654   
     

 

 

 
Holding Company – Diversified — 0.7%   

Carlson Travel Holdings, Inc. (c)
7.500% 8/15/19

     1,755,000         1,728,675   
     

 

 

 
Home Builders — 4.3%      

Brookfield Residential Properties, Inc. (c)
6.375% 5/15/25

     897,000         834,210   

Brookfield Residential Properties, Inc. (c)
6.500% 12/15/20

     2,230,000         2,149,162   

Lennar Corp.
4.500% 11/15/19

     1,151,000         1,170,423   

Lennar Corp.
4.750% 5/30/25

     1,991,000         1,946,203   

M/I Homes, Inc. (c)
6.750% 1/15/21

     1,500,000         1,477,500   

William Lyon Homes, Inc. (c)
7.000% 8/15/22

     1,286,000         1,289,215   

William Lyon Homes, Inc.
8.500% 11/15/20

     2,238,000         2,366,685   
     

 

 

 
        11,233,398   
     

 

 

 
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the portfolio of investments.

 

76


MassMutual Premier High Yield Fund – Portfolio of Investments (Continued)

 

     Principal
Amount
     Value  
Insurance — 1.0%      

CNO Financial Group, Inc.
4.500% 5/30/20

   $ 338,000       $ 344,760   

CNO Financial Group, Inc.
5.250% 5/30/25

     362,000         368,335   

Onex York Acquisition Corp. (c)
8.500% 10/01/22

     2,302,000         1,887,640   
     

 

 

 
        2,600,735   
     

 

 

 
Leisure Time — 3.1%      

Brunswick Corp. (c)
4.625% 5/15/21

     910,000         907,725   

Brunswick Corp.
7.125% 8/01/27

     3,993,000         4,232,580   

Brunswick Corp.
7.375% 9/01/23

     650,000         702,000   

Carlson Wagonlit BV (c)
6.875% 6/15/19

     1,646,000         1,687,150   

Sabre GLBL, Inc. (c)
5.250% 11/15/23

     452,000         446,915   
     

 

 

 
        7,976,370   
     

 

 

 
Lodging — 1.1%      

Interval Acquisition Corp. (c)
5.625% 4/15/23

     2,917,000         2,895,123   
     

 

 

 
Machinery – Diversified — 0.3%      

Zebra Technologies Corp.
7.250% 10/15/22

     859,000         897,655   
     

 

 

 
Manufacturing — 3.3%      

CTP Transportation Products LLC/CTP Finance, Inc. (c)
8.250% 12/15/19

     1,385,000         1,443,862   

EnPro Industries, Inc.
5.875% 9/15/22

     3,159,000         3,127,410   

JB Poindexter & Co., Inc. (c)
9.000% 4/01/22

     3,805,000         3,976,225   
     

 

 

 
        8,547,497   
     

 

 

 
Media — 9.8%      

CCO Holdings LLC/CCO Holdings Capital Corp.
5.750% 1/15/24

     1,438,000         1,477,545   

CCO Holdings LLC/CCO Holdings Capital Corp. (c)
5.875% 5/01/27

     1,649,000         1,640,755   

DISH DBS Corp.
5.875% 11/15/24

     1,853,000         1,649,170   

Entercom Radio LLC
10.500% 12/01/19

     1,805,000         1,868,175   

Gray Television, Inc.
7.500% 10/01/20

     3,467,000         3,562,342   

Harron Communications LP/Harron Finance Corp. (c)
9.125% 4/01/20

     2,150,000         2,273,625   
     Principal
Amount
     Value  

MHGE Parent LLC/MHGE Parent Finance, Inc. (c)
8.500% 8/01/19

   $ 3,000,000       $ 2,970,000   

Midcontinent Communications & Midcontinent Finance Corp. (c)
6.875% 8/15/23

     1,624,000         1,644,300   

Numericable-SFR SAS (c)
6.000% 5/15/22

     770,000         746,900   

Numericable-SFR SAS (c)
6.250% 5/15/24

     385,000         371,525   

RCN Telecom Services LLC/RCN Capital Corp. (c)
8.500% 8/15/20

     3,253,000         3,285,530   

Sirius XM Radio, Inc. (c)
5.375% 4/15/25

     3,951,000         3,975,694   
     

 

 

 
        25,465,561   
     

 

 

 
Mining — 0.7%      

Hecla Mining Co.
6.875% 5/01/21

     2,433,000         1,776,090   
     

 

 

 
Oil & Gas — 6.4%      

Calumet Specialty Products Partners LP/Calumet Finance Corp.
7.625% 1/15/22

     750,000         637,500   

Citgo Holding, Inc. (c)
10.750% 2/15/20

     3,914,000         3,796,580   

EP Energy LLC/Everest Acquisition Finance, Inc.
9.375% 5/01/20

     4,017,000         2,560,837   

Hilcorp Energy I LP/Hilcorp
Finance Co. (c)
5.000% 12/01/24

     1,280,000         1,062,400   

Kosmos Energy Ltd. (c)
7.875% 8/01/21

     2,390,000         1,923,950   

Newfield Exploration Co.
5.375% 1/01/26

     850,000         703,375   

PBF Holding Co. LLC/PBF Finance Corp. (c)
7.000% 11/15/23

     1,536,000         1,497,600   

Seventy Seven Energy, Inc.
6.500% 7/15/22

     2,397,000         377,528   

Summit Midstream Holdings LLC/Summit Midstream Finance Corp.
5.500% 8/15/22

     680,000         503,200   

Summit Midstream Holdings LLC/Summit Midstream Finance Corp.
7.500% 7/01/21

     1,180,000         1,003,000   

Sunoco LP/Sunoco Finance Corp. (c)
5.500% 8/01/20

     833,000         789,267   

Tullow Oil PLC (c)
6.250% 4/15/22

     2,760,000         1,849,200   
     

 

 

 
        16,704,437   
     

 

 

 
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the portfolio of investments.

 

77


MassMutual Premier High Yield Fund – Portfolio of Investments (Continued)

 

     Principal
Amount
     Value  
Packaging & Containers — 2.2%      

Coveris Holdings SA (c)
7.875% 11/01/19

   $ 3,892,000       $ 3,395,770   

Sealed Air Corp. (c)
6.875% 7/15/33

     2,334,000         2,386,515   
     

 

 

 
        5,782,285   
     

 

 

 
Pharmaceuticals — 1.9%      

Capsugel SA (c)
7.000% 5/15/19

     755,000         736,125   

Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc. (c)
6.125% 4/15/25

     4,768,000         4,255,440   
     

 

 

 
        4,991,565   
     

 

 

 
Pipelines — 1.0%      

Genesis Energy LP/Genesis Energy Finance Corp.
6.000% 5/15/23

     2,125,000         1,700,000   

Genesis Energy LP/Genesis Energy Finance Corp.
6.750% 8/01/22

     1,200,000         1,020,000   
     

 

 

 
        2,720,000   
     

 

 

 
Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITS) — 0.5%      

RHP Hotel Properties LP/RHP Finance Corp.
5.000% 4/15/23

     1,426,000         1,426,000   
     

 

 

 
Retail — 2.8%      

Carrols Restaurant Group, Inc.
8.000% 5/01/22

     1,402,000         1,479,110   

Family Tree Escrow LLC (c)
5.250% 3/01/20

     827,000         853,878   

Family Tree Escrow LLC (c)
5.750% 3/01/23

     4,733,000         4,898,655   
     

 

 

 
        7,231,643   
     

 

 

 
Savings & Loans — 1.2%      

Consolidated Energy Finance SA (c)
6.750% 10/15/19

     3,360,000         3,211,992   
     

 

 

 
Software — 2.4%      

Audatex North America, Inc. (c)
6.125% 11/01/23

     2,800,000         2,817,500   

First Data Corp. (c)
7.000% 12/01/23

     2,604,000         2,604,000   

MSCI, Inc. (c)
5.750% 8/15/25

     709,000         726,725   
     

 

 

 
        6,148,225   
     

 

 

 
Telecommunications — 8.3%      

Altice Financing SA (c)
6.500% 1/15/22

     1,485,000         1,470,150   

Altice Finco SA (c)
8.125% 1/15/24

     1,094,000         1,058,445   
     Principal
Amount
     Value  

Altice SA (c)
7.750% 5/15/22

   $ 1,955,000       $ 1,764,387   

CPI International, Inc. STEP
8.750% 2/15/18

     3,278,000         3,228,830   

DigitalGlobe, Inc. (c)
5.250% 2/01/21

     1,050,000         882,000   

Frontier Communications Corp. (c) 8.875% 9/15/20

     931,000         942,638   

Frontier Communications Corp. (c) 10.500% 9/15/22

     2,639,000         2,629,104   

GCI, Inc.
6.875% 4/15/25

     4,000,000         4,090,000   

Sprint Corp.
7.250% 9/15/21

     1,460,000         1,101,862   

Sprint Corp.
7.875% 9/15/23

     1,580,000         1,186,580   

T-Mobile USA, Inc.
6.500% 1/15/26

     1,318,000         1,330,508   

West Corp. (c)
5.375% 7/15/22

     2,175,000         1,875,937   
     

 

 

 
        21,560,441   
     

 

 

 
Transportation — 6.1%   

OPE KAG Finance Sub, Inc. (c)
7.875% 7/31/23

     6,839,000         6,796,256   

Topaz Marine SA (c)
8.625% 11/01/18

     2,838,000         2,581,729   

Watco Cos. LLC/Watco Finance Corp. (c)
6.375% 4/01/23

     2,730,000         2,689,050   

XPO Logistics, Inc. (c)
6.500% 6/15/22

     2,700,000         2,497,500   

XPO Logistics, Inc. (c)
7.875% 9/01/19

     1,163,000         1,182,503   
     

 

 

 
        15,747,038   
     

 

 

 
TOTAL CORPORATE DEBT
(Cost $255,924,962)
        241,572,097   
     

 

 

 
TOTAL BONDS & NOTES
(Cost $267,371,998)
        247,547,004   
     

 

 

 
TOTAL LONG-TERM INVESTMENTS
(Cost $267,662,642)
        247,850,575   
     

 

 

 
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS — 5.4%   
Commercial Paper — 3.1%      

COX Enterprises, Inc. (c)
0.650% 1/04/16

     3,249,999         3,249,863   

Holcim US Finance SARL & Cie
0.710% 1/14/16

     4,800,000         4,799,171   
     

 

 

 
        8,049,034   
     

 

 

 
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the portfolio of investments.

 

78


MassMutual Premier High Yield Fund – Portfolio of Investments (Continued)

 

     Principal
Amount
     Value  
Time Deposit — 2.3%      

Euro Time Deposit
0.010% 1/04/16

   $ 6,036,820       $ 6,036,820   
     

 

 

 
TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS
(Cost $14,085,057)
        14,085,854   
     

 

 

 
TOTAL INVESTMENTS — 100.8%
(Cost $281,747,699) (d)
        261,936,429   
Other Assets/(Liabilities) — (0.8)%         (2,047,722
     

 

 

 
NET ASSETS — 100.0%       $ 259,888,707   
     

 

 

 

Notes to Portfolio of Investments

Percentages are stated as a percent of net assets.
STEP Step Up Bond
(a) This security is fair valued in good faith in accordance with procedures approved by the Board of Trustees. At December 31, 2015, these securities amounted to a value of $303,571 or 0.12% of net assets.
(b) Non-income producing security.
(c) Securities exempt from registration under rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. These securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. At December 31, 2015, these securities amounted to a value of $151,879,486 or 58.44% of net assets.
(d) See Note 3 for aggregate cost for federal tax purposes.
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the portfolio of investments.

 

79


MassMutual Premier Balanced Fund – Portfolio of Investments

 

December 31, 2015 (Unaudited)

 

     Number of
Shares
     Value  
EQUITIES — 56.9%   
COMMON STOCK — 56.8%   
Basic Materials — 1.1%   
Chemicals — 0.8%   

Airgas, Inc.

     3       $ 416   

CF Industries Holdings, Inc.

     425         17,344   

CSW Industrials, Inc. (a)

     3,900         146,913   

The Dow Chemical Co.

     6,593         339,408   

E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co.

     71         4,729   

Eastman Chemical Co.

     794         53,603   

Ecolab, Inc.

     4         457   

International Flavors & Fragrances, Inc.

     113         13,519   

LyondellBasell Industries NV Class A

     2,660         231,154   

Monsanto Co.

     49         4,827   

The Mosaic Co.

     3,500         96,565   

PPG Industries, Inc.

     8         791   

Praxair, Inc.

     4         410   

The Sherwin-Williams Co.

     57         14,797   
     

 

 

 
        924,933   
     

 

 

 
Forest Products & Paper — 0.0%   

International Paper Co.

     607         22,884   
     

 

 

 
Iron & Steel — 0.2%   

Nucor Corp.

     4,361         175,748   
     

 

 

 
Mining — 0.1%   

Alcoa, Inc.

     46         454   

Freeport-McMoRan, Inc.

     48         325   

Newmont Mining Corp.

     7,584         136,436   

Vulcan Materials Co.

     98         9,307   
     

 

 

 
        146,522   
     

 

 

 
        1,270,087   
     

 

 

 
Communications — 7.4%   
Advertising — 0.1%   

The Interpublic Group of Companies, Inc.

     4,933         114,840   

Omnicom Group, Inc.

     798         60,377   
     

 

 

 
        175,217   
     

 

 

 
Internet — 3.3%   

Akamai Technologies, Inc. (a)

     10         526   

Alphabet, Inc. Class A (a)

     1,024         796,682   

Alphabet, Inc. Class C (a)

     1,026         778,611   

Amazon.com, Inc. (a)

     1,446         977,337   

eBay, Inc. (a)

     9,665         265,594   

Expedia, Inc.

     1,023         127,159   

F5 Networks, Inc. (a)

     1,740         168,710   

Facebook, Inc. Class A (a)

     1,430         149,664   

Liberty Ventures Series A (a)

     1,600         72,176   

Netflix, Inc. (a)

     192         21,961   

The Priceline Group, Inc. (a)

     164         209,092   
     Number of
Shares
     Value  

Symantec Corp.

     4,979       $ 104,559   

TripAdvisor, Inc. (a)

     43         3,666   

VeriSign, Inc. (a)

     2,489         217,439   

Yahoo!, Inc. (a)

     34         1,131   
     

 

 

 
        3,894,307   
     

 

 

 
Media — 1.7%   

Cablevision Systems Corp. Class A

     900         28,710   

CBS Corp. Class B

     70         3,299   

Comcast Corp. Class A

     5,481         309,293   

Discovery Communications, Inc. Series A (a)

     4,900         130,732   

Discovery Communications, Inc. Series C (a)

     1,200         30,264   

The McGraw Hill Financial, Inc.

     89         8,774   

News Corp. Class A

     30         401   

Scripps Networks Interactive Class A

     1,724         95,182   

Starz Class A (a)

     3,650         122,275   

TEGNA, Inc.

     8,507         217,099   

Time Warner Cable, Inc.

     708         131,398   

Time Warner, Inc.

     3,288         212,635   

Twenty-First Century Fox Class A

     2,921         79,334   

Viacom, Inc. Class B

     2,690         110,720   

The Walt Disney Co.

     5,132         539,270   
     

 

 

 
        2,019,386   
     

 

 

 
Telecommunications — 2.3%   

AT&T, Inc.

     7,730         265,989   

CenturyLink, Inc.

     1,554         39,099   

Cisco Systems, Inc.

     23,224         630,648   

Corning, Inc.

     7,074         129,313   

Frontier Communications Corp.

     70         327   

Harris Corp.

     54         4,692   

Juniper Networks, Inc.

     8,248         227,645   

Motorola Solutions, Inc.

     3,134         214,522   

QUALCOMM, Inc.

     1,388         69,379   

Verizon Communications, Inc.

     22,032         1,018,319   

Windstream Holdings, Inc.

     6,200         39,928   
     

 

 

 
        2,639,861   
     

 

 

 
        8,728,771   
     

 

 

 
Consumer, Cyclical — 6.0%      
Airlines — 0.6%      

American Airlines Group, Inc.

     4,800         203,280   

Delta Air Lines, Inc.

     5,000         253,450   

Southwest Airlines Co.

     5,366         231,060   
     

 

 

 
        687,790   
     

 

 

 
Apparel — 0.4%      

Michael Kors Holdings Ltd. (a)

     3,100         124,186   

Nike, Inc. Class B

     5,684         355,250   

VF Corp.

     500         31,125   
     

 

 

 
        510,561   
     

 

 

 
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the portfolio of investments.

 

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MassMutual Premier Balanced Fund – Portfolio of Investments (Continued)

 

     Number of
Shares
     Value  
Auto Manufacturers — 0.5%   

Ford Motor Co.

     18,462       $ 260,129   

General Motors Co.

     6,400         217,664   

Oshkosh Corp.

     2,400         93,696   

Paccar, Inc.

     34         1,612   
     

 

 

 
        573,101   
     

 

 

 
Automotive & Parts — 0.3%   

Allison Transmission Holdings, Inc.

     3,400         88,026   

Delphi Automotive PLC

     1,000         85,730   

The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.

     6,361         207,814   

Johnson Controls, Inc.

     5         197   
     

 

 

 
        381,767   
     

 

 

 
Distribution & Wholesale — 0.1%   

Fastenal Co.

     70         2,858   

Fossil Group, Inc. (a)

     30         1,097   

Genuine Parts Co.

     536         46,037   

W.W. Grainger, Inc.

     4         810   

WESCO International, Inc. (a)

     850         37,128   
     

 

 

 
        87,930   
     

 

 

 
Entertainment — 0.1%   

The Madison Square Garden Co. Class A (a)

     790         127,822   
     

 

 

 
Home Builders — 0.0%   

D.R. Horton, Inc.

     59         1,890   

PulteGroup, Inc.

     74         1,319   
     

 

 

 
        3,209   
     

 

 

 
Home Furnishing — 0.1%   

Harman International Industries, Inc.

     124         11,682   

Whirlpool Corp.

     324         47,586   
     

 

 

 
        59,268   
     

 

 

 
Housewares — 0.0%   

Newell Rubbermaid, Inc.

     1,083         47,739   
     

 

 

 
Leisure Time — 0.4%   

Carnival Corp.

     2,373         129,281   

Harley-Davidson, Inc.

     8         363   

Jarden Corp. (a)

     2,400         137,088   

Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.

     2,000         202,420   
     

 

 

 
        469,152   
     

 

 

 
Lodging — 0.4%   

Marriott International, Inc. Class A

     313         20,983   

Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc.

     3,260         225,853   

Wyndham Worldwide Corp.

     3,122         226,813   

Wynn Resorts Ltd.

     9         623   
     

 

 

 
        474,272   
     

 

 

 
Retail — 3.0%   

AutoNation, Inc. (a)

     320         19,091   

AutoZone, Inc. (a)

     96         71,223   

Bed Bath & Beyond, Inc. (a)

     673         32,472   
     Number of
Shares
     Value  

Best Buy Co., Inc.

     1,408       $ 42,874   

CarMax, Inc. (a)

     500         26,985   

Coach, Inc.

     84         2,749   

Costco Wholesale Corp.

     248         40,052   

CVS Health Corp.

     3,693         361,065   

Darden Restaurants, Inc.

     573         36,466   

Dollar General Corp.

     600         43,122   

Dollar Tree, Inc. (a)

     71         5,483   

GameStop Corp. Class A

     5,261         147,518   

The Gap, Inc.

     205         5,064   

The Home Depot, Inc.

     2,440         322,690   

Kohl’s Corp.

     1,561         74,350   

L Brands, Inc.

     600         57,492   

Lowe’s Cos., Inc.

     3,729         283,553   

Macy’s, Inc.

     840         29,383   

McDonald’s Corp.

     3,425         404,629   

Nordstrom, Inc.

     11         548   

O’Reilly Automotive, Inc. (a)

     874         221,489   

PVH Corp.

     550         40,508   

Ross Stores, Inc.

     1,392         74,904   

Staples, Inc.

     2,683         25,408   

Starbucks Corp.

     3,890         233,517   

Target Corp.

     2,867         208,173   

Tiffany & Co.

     11         839   

The TJX Cos., Inc.

     1,140         80,837   

Urban Outfitters, Inc. (a)

     60         1,365   

Vista Outdoor, Inc. (a)

     2,200         97,922   

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

     5,853         358,789   

Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc.

     1,306         111,212   

Yum! Brands, Inc.

     136         9,935   
     

 

 

 
        3,471,707   
     

 

 

 
Textiles — 0.0%   

Cintas Corp.

     449         40,882   
     

 

 

 
Toys, Games & Hobbies — 0.1%   

Hasbro, Inc.

     747         50,318   

Mattel, Inc.

     61         1,657   
     

 

 

 
        51,975   
     

 

 

 
        6,987,175   
     

 

 

 
Consumer, Non-cyclical — 13.3%   
Agriculture — 1.0%   

Altria Group, Inc.

     10,841         631,055   

Archer-Daniels-Midland Co.

     1,226         44,970   

Philip Morris International, Inc.

     3,496         307,333   

Reynolds American, Inc.

     4,482         206,844   
     

 

 

 
        1,190,202   
     

 

 

 
Beverages — 1.2%   

Brown-Forman Corp. Class B

     1         99   

The Coca-Cola Co.

     1,624         69,767   

Coca-Cola Enterprises, Inc.

     4,985         245,461   

Constellation Brands, Inc. Class A

     672         95,720   

Dr. Pepper Snapple Group, Inc.

     1,210         112,772   
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the portfolio of investments.

 

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MassMutual Premier Balanced Fund – Portfolio of Investments (Continued)

 

     Number of
Shares
     Value  

Keurig Green Mountain, Inc.

     40       $ 3,599   

Molson Coors Brewing Co. Class B

     436         40,949   

Monster Beverage Corp. (a)

     250         37,240   

PepsiCo, Inc.

     8,442         843,525   
     

 

 

 
        1,449,132   
     

 

 

 
Biotechnology — 1.7%   

Amgen, Inc.

     4,775         775,126   

Biogen, Inc. (a)

     524         160,527   

Celgene Corp. (a)

     8         958   

Gilead Sciences, Inc.

     9,822         993,888   

Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

     10         5,429   

Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

     100         12,583   
     

 

 

 
        1,948,511   
     

 

 

 
Commercial Services — 1.4%   

The ADT Corp.

     850         28,033   

Automatic Data Processing, Inc.

     621         52,611   

Equifax, Inc.

     1,236         137,653   

H&R Block, Inc.

     3,442         114,653   

McKesson Corp.

     1,211         238,846   

Moody’s Corp.

     325         32,610   

Paychex, Inc.

     813         43,000   

PayPal Holdings, Inc. (a)

     4,165         150,773   

Quanta Services, Inc. (a)

     24         486   

Robert Half International, Inc.

     335         15,792   

Sotheby’s

     2,000         51,520   

Total System Services, Inc.

     2,721         135,506   

United Rentals, Inc. (a)

     2,900         210,366   

Visa, Inc. Class A

     1,860         144,243   

Western Union Co.

     13,407         240,119   
     

 

 

 
        1,596,211   
     

 

 

 
Cosmetics & Personal Care — 0.3%   

Colgate-Palmolive Co.

     806         53,696   

Coty, Inc. Class A

     4,100         105,083   

The Estee Lauder Cos., Inc. Class A

     796         70,096   

The Procter & Gamble Co.

     2,233         177,322   
     

 

 

 
        406,197   
     

 

 

 
Foods — 1.3%   

Campbell Soup Co.

     165         8,671   

ConAgra Foods, Inc.

     3,234         136,345   

General Mills, Inc.

     494         28,484   

The Hershey Co.

     419         37,404   

Hormel Foods Corp.

     1,094         86,514   

The J.M. Smucker Co.

     1,204         148,501   

Kellogg Co.

     135         9,756   

The Kraft Heinz Co.

     73         5,311   

The Kroger Co.

     4,368         182,713   

McCormick & Co., Inc.

     73         6,246   

Mondelez International, Inc. Class A

     8,821         395,534   

Sysco Corp.

     566         23,206   

Tyson Foods, Inc. Class A

     5,420         289,049   

WhiteWave Foods Co. (a)

     2,850         110,894   
     Number of
Shares
     Value  

Whole Foods Market, Inc.

     72       $ 2,412   
     

 

 

 
        1,471,040   
     

 

 

 
Health Care – Products — 1.4%   

Baxter International, Inc.

     22         839   

Becton, Dickinson & Co.

     171         26,350   

Boston Scientific Corp. (a)

     1,021         18,827   

C.R. Bard, Inc.

     364         68,956   

Edwards Lifesciences Corp. (a)

     540         42,649   

Intuitive Surgical, Inc. (a)

     14         7,646   

Johnson & Johnson

     7,529         773,379   

Medtronic PLC

     6,016         462,751   

St. Jude Medical, Inc.

     698         43,116   

Stryker Corp.

     1,069         99,353   

Varian Medical Systems, Inc. (a)

     674         54,459   

West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc.

     900         54,198   

Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc.

     364         37,343   
     

 

 

 
        1,689,866   
     

 

 

 
Health Care – Services — 1.0%   

Aetna, Inc.

     1,692         182,939   

Anthem, Inc.

     1,728         240,952   

Cigna Corp.

     1,429         209,105   

DaVita HealthCare Partners, Inc. (a)

     46         3,207   

HCA Holdings, Inc. (a)

     1,100         74,393   

Humana, Inc.

     225         40,165   

Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings (a)

     1         124   

Quest Diagnostics, Inc.

     635         45,174   

Tenet Healthcare Corp. (a)

     29         879   

Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.

     898         127,381   

UnitedHealth Group, Inc.

     1,611         189,518   

Universal Health Services, Inc. Class B

     110         13,144   
     

 

 

 
        1,126,981   
     

 

 

 
Household Products — 0.3%   

Avery Dennison Corp.

     3,182         199,384   

The Clorox Co.

     1,237         156,889   

Kimberly-Clark Corp.

     100         12,730   
     

 

 

 
        369,003   
     

 

 

 
Pharmaceuticals — 3.7%   

Abbott Laboratories

     4,204         188,802   

AbbVie, Inc.

     5,204         308,285   

Allergan PLC (a)

     49         15,313   

AmerisourceBergen Corp.

     1,830         189,789   

Baxalta, Inc.

     7,722         301,390   

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.

     612         42,099   

Cardinal Health, Inc.

     1,755         156,669   

DENTSPLY International, Inc.

     1,561         94,987   

Eli Lilly & Co.

     2,807         236,518   

Endo International PLC (a)

     500         30,610   

Express Scripts Holding Co. (a)

     4,245         371,055   

Mallinckrodt PLC (a)

     1,250         93,287   
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the portfolio of investments.

 

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MassMutual Premier Balanced Fund – Portfolio of Investments (Continued)

 

     Number of
Shares
     Value  

Mead Johnson Nutrition Co.

     24       $ 1,895   

Merck & Co., Inc.

     14,729         777,986   

Mylan NV (a)

     2,359         127,551   

Patterson Cos., Inc.

     61         2,758   

Perrigo Co. PLC

     190         27,493   

Pfizer, Inc.

     34,022         1,098,230   

Zoetis, Inc.

     5,960         285,603   
     

 

 

 
        4,350,320   
     

 

 

 
        15,597,463   
     

 

 

 
Diversified — 0.0%   
Holding Company – Diversified — 0.0%   

Leucadia National Corp.

     2,236         38,884   
     

 

 

 
Energy — 3.3%   
Coal — 0.0%   

CONSOL Energy, Inc.

     57         451   
     

 

 

 
Energy – Alternate Sources — 0.3%   

First Solar, Inc. (a)

     4,400         290,356   
     

 

 

 
Oil & Gas — 2.5%   

Anadarko Petroleum Corp.

     97         4,712   

Apache Corp.

     98         4,358   

Cabot Oil & Gas Corp.

     92         1,627   

Chesapeake Energy Corp.

     2,398         10,791   

Chevron Corp.

     4,170         375,133   

ConocoPhillips

     10         467   

Devon Energy Corp.

     17         544   

Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc.

     7,585         160,044   

Ensco PLC Class A

     15,100         232,389   

EOG Resources, Inc.

     92         6,513   

EQT Corp.

     29         1,512   

Exxon Mobil Corp.

     9,349         728,755   

Helmerich & Payne, Inc.

     40         2,142   

Hess Corp.

     1,347         65,303   

Marathon Oil Corp.

     85         1,070   

Marathon Petroleum Corp.

     2,664         138,102   

Murphy Oil Corp.

     1,422         31,924   

Murphy USA, Inc. (a)

     926         56,245   

Noble Energy, Inc.

     66         2,173   

Occidental Petroleum Corp.

     30         2,028   

Phillips 66

     5,905         483,029   

Pioneer Natural Resources Co.

     3         376   

Range Resources Corp.

     99         2,436   

Tesoro Corp.

     2,726         287,239   

Valero Energy Corp.

     5,410         382,541   
     

 

 

 
        2,981,453   
     

 

 

 
Oil & Gas Services — 0.5%   

Baker Hughes, Inc.

     374         17,260   

Cameron International Corp. (a)

     3,137         198,258   

FMC Technologies, Inc. (a)

     72         2,089   

Halliburton Co.

     71         2,417   

National Oilwell Varco, Inc.

     1,009         33,791   

Schlumberger Ltd.

     845         58,939   
     Number of
Shares
     Value  

Transocean Ltd.

     19,700       $ 243,886   
     

 

 

 
        556,640   
     

 

 

 
Pipelines — 0.0%   

Columbia Pipeline Group, Inc.

     172         3,440   

Kinder Morgan, Inc.

     60         895   

Spectra Energy Corp.

     71         1,700   

The Williams Cos., Inc.

     33         848   
     

 

 

 
        6,883   
     

 

 

 
        3,835,783   
     

 

 

 
Financial — 10.1%   
Banks — 3.0%   

Bank of America Corp.

     59,342         998,726   

The Bank of New York Mellon Corp.

     5,995         247,114   

BB&T Corp.

     2,712         102,541   

Capital One Financial Corp.

     2,075         149,773   

Comerica, Inc.

     124         5,187   

Fifth Third Bancorp

     13,121         263,732   

Huntington Bancshares, Inc.

     1,110         12,277   

KeyCorp

     3,472         45,796   

M&T Bank Corp.

     281         34,051   

Northern Trust Corp.

     1,061         76,487   

PNC Financial Services Group, Inc.

     2,445         233,033   

Regions Financial Corp.

     6,343         60,893   

State Street Corp.

     385         25,549   

SunTrust Banks, Inc.

     5,800         248,472   

U.S. Bancorp

     3,029         129,247   

Wells Fargo & Co.

     16,164         878,675   

Zions Bancorp

     49         1,338   
     

 

 

 
        3,512,891   
     

 

 

 
Diversified Financial — 3.0%   

American Express Co.

     288         20,030   

Ameriprise Financial, Inc.

     205         21,816   

BlackRock, Inc.

     410         139,613   

The Charles Schwab Corp.

     22         725   

Citigroup, Inc.

     14,984         775,422   

CME Group, Inc.

     555         50,283   

Discover Financial Services

     1,595         85,524   

E*TRADE Financial Corp. (a)

     4,993         147,993   

Franklin Resources, Inc.

     48         1,767   

The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.

     1,028         185,276   

Intercontinental Exchange, Inc.

     152         38,952   

Invesco Ltd.

     2,123         71,078   

JP Morgan Chase & Co.

     20,865         1,377,716   

Legg Mason, Inc.

     2,297         90,111   

MasterCard, Inc. Class A

     1,450         141,172   

Morgan Stanley

     1,396         44,407   

The Nasdaq, Inc.

     3,022         175,790   

Navient Corp.

     3,818         43,716   

Santander Consumer USA Holdings, Inc. (a)

     2,200         34,870   

Synchrony Financial (a)

     3,000         91,230   
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the portfolio of investments.

 

83


MassMutual Premier Balanced Fund – Portfolio of Investments (Continued)

 

     Number of
Shares
     Value  

T. Rowe Price Group, Inc.

     86       $ 6,148   
     

 

 

 
        3,543,639   
     

 

 

 
Insurance — 3.1%   

ACE Ltd.

     1,530         178,781   

Aflac, Inc.

     3,845         230,315   

The Allstate Corp.

     3,386         210,237   

American International Group, Inc.

     2,811         174,198   

Aon PLC

     706         65,100   

Assurant, Inc.

     3,610         290,749   

Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. Class B (a)

     3,873         511,391   

The Chubb Corp.

     1,964         260,505   

Cincinnati Financial Corp.

     3,624         214,432   

Fidelity & Guaranty Life

     1,700         43,129   

The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc.

     2,290         99,523   

Lincoln National Corp.

     958         48,149   

Loews Corp.

     6,134         235,546   

Marsh & McLennan Cos., Inc.

     1,230         68,204   

MetLife, Inc.

     3,729         179,775   

Principal Financial Group, Inc.

     1,735         78,040   

The Progressive Corp.

     1,634         51,961   

Prudential Financial, Inc.

     2,235         181,951   

Torchmark Corp.

     580         33,153   

The Travelers Cos., Inc.

     2,103         237,345   

Unum Group

     4,235         140,983   

XL Group PLC

     897         35,144   
     

 

 

 
        3,568,611   
     

 

 

 
Real Estate — 0.0%   

CBRE Group, Inc. (a)

     1,198         41,427   
     

 

 

 
Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITS) — 0.8%   

American Tower Corp.

     198         19,196   

Apartment Investment & Management Co. Class A

     164         6,565   

AvalonBay Communities, Inc.

     424         78,071   

Boston Properties, Inc.

     7         893   

Crown Castle International Corp.

     1,400         121,030   

Equity Residential

     901         73,513   

Essex Property Trust, Inc.

     300         71,823   

General Growth Properties, Inc.

     3,900         106,119   

HCP, Inc.

     976         37,322   

Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc.

     930         14,266   

Iron Mountain, Inc.

     73         1,972   

Kimco Realty Corp.

     1,410         37,309   

The Macerich Co.

     400         32,276   

Mack-Cali Realty Corp.

     2,050         47,867   

Plum Creek Timber Co., Inc.

     73         3,484   

Prologis, Inc.

     1,616         69,359   

Public Storage

     27         6,688   

Simon Property Group, Inc.

     554         107,720   

Ventas, Inc.

     36         2,031   

Vornado Realty Trust

     165         16,493   

Welltower, Inc.

     274         18,640   
     Number of
Shares
     Value  

Weyerhaeuser Co.

     77       $ 2,308   
     

 

 

 
        874,945   
     

 

 

 
Savings & Loans — 0.2%   

Beneficial Bancorp, Inc. (a)

     6,800         90,576   

People’s United Financial, Inc.

     11,359         183,448   
     

 

 

 
        274,024   
     

 

 

 
        11,815,537   
     

 

 

 
Industrial — 5.8%   
Aerospace & Defense — 1.2%   

The Boeing Co.

     3,686         532,959   

General Dynamics Corp.

     778         106,866   

KLX, Inc. (a)

     2,900         89,291   

L-3 Communications Holdings, Inc.

     1,334         159,426   

Lockheed Martin Corp.

     421         91,420   

Northrop Grumman Corp.

     1,123         212,034   

Raytheon Co.

     976         121,541   

Rockwell Collins, Inc.

     457         42,181   

United Technologies Corp.

     1,102         105,869   
     

 

 

 
        1,461,587   
     

 

 

 
Airlines — 0.2%   

United Continental Holdings, Inc. (a)

     3,400         194,820   
     

 

 

 
Building Materials — 0.2%   

Masco Corp.

     7,494         212,080   
     

 

 

 
Electrical Components & Equipment — 0.2%   

Emerson Electric Co.

     743         35,538   

Energizer Holdings, Inc.

     4,800         163,488   
     

 

 

 
        199,026   
     

 

 

 
Electronics — 0.6%   

Agilent Technologies, Inc.

     373         15,595   

Allegion PLC

     4,400         290,048   

Amphenol Corp. Class A

     72         3,761   

FLIR Systems, Inc.

     35         982   

Keysight Technologies, Inc. (a)

     3,200         90,656   

Kimball Electronics, Inc. (a)

     7,900         86,821   

Knowles Corp. (a)

     5,500         73,315   

PerkinElmer, Inc.

     24         1,286   

TE Connectivity Ltd.

     100         6,461   

Tyco International PLC

     1,200         38,268   

Waters Corp. (a)

     300         40,374   
     

 

 

 
        647,567   
     

 

 

 
Engineering & Construction — 0.0%   

Fluor Corp.

     347         16,385   

Jacobs Engineering Group, Inc. (a)

     524         21,982   
     

 

 

 
        38,367   
     

 

 

 
Environmental Controls — 0.1%   

Republic Services, Inc.

     87         3,827   

Stericycle, Inc. (a)

     87         10,492   

Waste Management, Inc.

     2,345         125,153   
     

 

 

 
        139,472   
     

 

 

 
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the portfolio of investments.

 

84


MassMutual Premier Balanced Fund – Portfolio of Investments (Continued)

 

     Number of
Shares
     Value  
Hand & Machine Tools — 0.0%   

Snap-on, Inc.

     85       $ 14,571   

Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.

     252         26,896   
     

 

 

 
        41,467   
     

 

 

 
Machinery – Construction & Mining — 0.2%   

Caterpillar, Inc.

     1,150         78,154   

Hyster-Yale Materials Handling, Inc.

     1,800         94,410   

Ingersoll-Rand PLC

     200         11,058   
     

 

 

 
        183,622   
     

 

 

 
Machinery – Diversified — 0.6%   

AGCO Corp.

     2,200         99,858   

Cummins, Inc.

     803         70,672   

Deere & Co.

     1,781         135,837   

Flowserve Corp.

     91         3,829   

Rockwell Automation, Inc.

     946         97,069   

Roper Technologies, Inc.

     434         82,369   

SPX FLOW, Inc. (a)

     5,000         139,550   

Xylem, Inc.

     701         25,587   
     

 

 

 
        654,771   
     

 

 

 
Manufacturing — 2.0%   

3M Co.

     505         76,073   

Danaher Corp.

     2,372         220,312   

Dover Corp.

     3,103         190,245   

Eaton Corp. PLC

     82         4,267   

General Electric Co.

     39,186         1,220,644   

Honeywell International, Inc.

     2,095         216,979   

Illinois Tool Works, Inc.

     1,360         126,045   

Leggett & Platt, Inc.

     1,595         67,022   

Parker Hannifin Corp.

     190         18,426   

Pentair PLC

     1,619         80,189   

Textron, Inc.

     3,585         150,606   
     

 

 

 
        2,370,808   
     

 

 

 
Metal Fabricate & Hardware — 0.0%   

Precision Castparts Corp.

     9         2,088   
     

 

 

 
Packaging & Containers — 0.2%   

Ball Corp.

     420         30,547   

Owens-Illinois, Inc. (a)

     22         383   

Sealed Air Corp.

     5,747         256,316   

WestRock Co.

     105         4,790   
     

 

 

 
        292,036   
     

 

 

 
Transportation — 0.3%   

American ExpressNorfolk Southern Corp.

     83         7,021   

C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc.

     1,654         102,581   

CSX Corp.

     73         1,894   

Expeditors International of Washington, Inc.

     1,984         89,478   

FedEx Corp.

     6         894   

Ryder System, Inc.

     274         15,572   

Union Pacific Corp.

     990         77,418   
     Number of
Shares
     Value  

United Parcel Service, Inc. Class B

     595       $ 57,257   
     

 

 

 
        352,115   
     

 

 

 
        6,789,826   
     

 

 

 
Technology — 8.3%   
Computers — 3.5%   

Accenture PLC Class A

     2,570         268,565   

Apple, Inc.

     22,006         2,316,351   

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp. Class A (a)

     1,818         109,116   

CSRA, Inc.

     4,775         143,250   

EMC Corp.

     3,153         80,969   

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co.

     8,363         127,118   

HP, Inc.

     8,363         99,018   

International Business Machines Corp.

     2,830         389,465   

NCR Corp. (a)

     5,500         134,530   

NetApp, Inc.

     6,109         162,072   

SanDisk Corp.

     710         53,953   

Science Applications International Corp.

     1,000         45,780   

Seagate Technology PLC

     4,400         161,304   

Teradata Corp. (a)

     98         2,589   

Western Digital Corp.

     441         26,482   
     

 

 

 
        4,120,562   
     

 

 

 
Office Equipment/Supplies — 0.1%   

Pitney Bowes, Inc.

     799         16,499   

Xerox Corp.

     9,973         106,013   
     

 

 

 
        122,512   
     

 

 

 
Semiconductors — 1.7%   

Analog Devices, Inc.

     1,459         80,712   

Applied Materials, Inc.

     67         1,251   

Avago Technologies Ltd.

     1,600         232,240   

Broadcom Corp. Class A

     1,824         105,464   

Intel Corp.

     16,311         561,914   

KLA-Tencor Corp.

     4,098         284,196   

Lam Research Corp.

     663         52,656   

Linear Technology Corp.

     381         16,181   

Microchip Technology, Inc.

     1,024         47,657   

Micron Technology, Inc. (a)

     5,533         78,347   

NVIDIA Corp.

     6,885         226,930   

Skyworks Solutions, Inc.

     690         53,013   

Texas Instruments, Inc.

     3,445         188,820   

Xilinx, Inc.

     1,561         73,320   
     

 

 

 
        2,002,701   
     

 

 

 
Software — 3.0%   

Activision Blizzard, Inc.

     2,300         89,033   

Adobe Systems, Inc. (a)

     1,405         131,986   

Autodesk, Inc. (a)

     47         2,864   

CA, Inc.

     3,685         105,244   

CDK Global, Inc.

     2,850         135,289   

Citrix Systems, Inc. (a)

     2,645         200,094   
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the portfolio of investments.

 

85


MassMutual Premier Balanced Fund – Portfolio of Investments (Continued)

 

     Number of
Shares
     Value  

The Dun & Bradstreet Corp.

     1,399       $ 145,398   

Electronic Arts, Inc. (a)

     1,086         74,630   

Fidelity National Information Services, Inc.

     1,760         106,656   

Fiserv, Inc. (a)

     2,094         191,517   

Intuit, Inc.

     959         92,543   

Microsoft Corp.

     27,741         1,539,071   

Oracle Corp.

     11,588         423,310   

Red Hat, Inc. (a)

     1,124         93,078   

Salesforce.com, Inc. (a)

     1,980         155,232   
     

 

 

 
        3,485,945   
     

 

 

 
        9,731,720   
     

 

 

 
Utilities — 1.5%   
Electric — 1.5%   

The AES Corp.

     5,677         54,329   

Ameren Corp.

     972         42,020   

American Electric Power Co., Inc.

     1,696         98,826   

CenterPoint Energy, Inc.

     1,535         28,183   

CMS Energy Corp.

     1,110         40,049   

Consolidated Edison, Inc.

     909         58,421   

Dominion Resources, Inc.

     362         24,486   

DTE Energy Co.

     612         49,076   

Duke Energy Corp.

     486         34,695   

Edison International

     1,534         90,828   

Entergy Corp.

     1,111         75,948   

Eversource Energy

     622         31,766   

Exelon Corp.

     6,023         167,259   

FirstEnergy Corp.

     4,166         132,187   

NextEra Energy, Inc.

     1,636         169,964   

NRG Energy, Inc.

     20         235   

Pepco Holdings, Inc.

     98         2,549   

PG&E Corp.

     323         17,180   

Pinnacle West Capital Corp.

     250         16,120   

PPL Corp.

     3,384         115,496   

Public Service Enterprise Group, Inc.

     3,609         139,632   

SCANA Corp.

     2,072         125,335   

The Southern Co.

     3,034         141,961   

TECO Energy, Inc.

     98         2,612   

WEC Energy Group, Inc.

     364         18,677   

Xcel Energy, Inc.

     1,145         41,117   
     

 

 

 
        1,718,951   
     

 

 

 
Gas — 0.0%   

AGL Resources, Inc.

     516         32,926   

NiSource, Inc.

     172         3,356   

Sempra Energy

     72         6,768   
     

 

 

 
        43,050   
     

 

 

 
        1,762,001   
     

 

 

 
TOTAL COMMON STOCK
(Cost $66,003,392)
        66,557,247   
     

 

 

 
     Number of
Shares
     Value  
PREFERRED STOCK — 0.1%   
Energy — 0.0%   
Oil & Gas — 0.0%      

Southwestern Energy Co. 6.250%

     1,200       $ 22,260   
     

 

 

 
Financial — 0.1%   
Insurance — 0.1%   

The Allstate Corp. 5.100%, 3 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.165%, VRN

     5,000         123,450   
     

 

 

 
TOTAL PREFERRED STOCK
(Cost $185,000)
        145,710   
     

 

 

 
TOTAL EQUITIES
(Cost $66,188,392)
        66,702,957   
     

 

 

 
     Principal
Amount
        
BONDS & NOTES — 33.1%   
CORPORATE DEBT — 15.5%   
Advertising — 0.0%   

WPP Finance 2010
4.750% 11/21/21

   $ 20,000         21,548   
     

 

 

 
Aerospace & Defense — 0.0%   

United Technologies Corp.
6.125% 7/15/38

     15,000         18,276   
     

 

 

 
Agriculture — 0.1%   

Altria Group, Inc.
4.250% 8/09/42

     20,000         18,351   

Bunge Ltd. Finance Corp.
3.200% 6/15/17

     45,000         45,441   

Bunge Ltd. Finance Corp.
3.500% 11/24/20

     30,000         29,833   

Philip Morris International, Inc.
6.375% 5/16/38

     5,000         6,307   

Reynolds American, Inc.
3.250% 6/12/20

     30,000         30,489   

Reynolds American, Inc.
5.850% 8/15/45

     30,000         33,352   
     

 

 

 
        163,773   
     

 

 

 
Airlines — 0.1%   

American Airlines Pass-Through Trust,
Series 2014-1, Class A
3.700% 4/01/28

     23,546         23,560   

American Airlines Pass-Through Trust,
Series 2014-1, Class B
4.375% 4/01/24

     13,631         13,563   

Spirit Airlines Pass-Through Trust,
Series 2015-1, Class A
4.100% 10/01/29

     85,000         83,725   

United Airlines Pass-Through Trust,
Series 2014-1, Class A
4.000% 10/11/27

     29,108         29,763   
     

 

 

 
        150,611   
     

 

 

 
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the portfolio of investments.

 

86


MassMutual Premier Balanced Fund – Portfolio of Investments (Continued)

 

     Principal
Amount
     Value  
Auto Manufacturers — 0.2%   

General Motors Co.
5.200% 4/01/45

   $ 60,000       $ 56,264   

General Motors Financial Co., Inc.
3.200% 7/13/20

     80,000         78,768   

Hyundai Capital America (b)
2.550% 2/06/19

     40,000         39,689   
     

 

 

 
        174,721   
     

 

 

 
Banks — 1.5%   

Associated Banc-Corp.
2.750% 11/15/19

     110,000         109,185   

Bank of America Corp.
4.000% 4/01/24

     75,000         76,704   

Bank of America Corp.
5.650% 5/01/18

     60,000         64,518   

Bank of America Corp.
5.875% 2/07/42

     40,000         46,683   

The Bank of Nova Scotia
4.500% 12/16/25

     90,000         89,584   

Credit Suisse AG
5.400% 1/14/20

     70,000         76,644   

Discover Bank
2.000% 2/21/18

     45,000         44,696   

First Horizon National Corp.
3.500% 12/15/20

     120,000         118,958   

FirstMerit Corp.
4.350% 2/04/23

     15,000         15,192   

ICICI Bank Ltd. (b)
4.750% 11/25/16

     59,000         60,394   

Intesa Sanpaolo SpA, USD 5 year swap rate + 5.462%, VRN (b)
7.700% 12/29/49

     200,000         203,750   

Itau Unibanco Holding SA (b)
2.850% 5/26/18

     200,000         190,200   

JP Morgan Chase & Co.
3.375% 5/01/23

     10,000         9,828   

JP Morgan Chase & Co.
3.875% 9/10/24

     50,000         49,737   

Morgan Stanley
3.950% 4/23/27

     40,000         38,823   

Regions Financial Corp.
7.500% 5/15/18

     30,000         33,334   

Santander Holdings USA, Inc.
2.650% 4/17/20

     85,000         83,391   

State Street Corp.
3.300% 12/16/24

     85,000         85,803   

SVB Financial Group
3.500% 1/29/25

     135,000         129,341   

SVB Financial Group
5.375% 9/15/20

     15,000         16,411   

Valley National Bancorp
5.125% 9/27/23

     50,000         52,225   
     Principal
Amount
     Value  

Wells Fargo & Co.
4.300% 7/22/27

   $ 145,000       $ 148,122   
     

 

 

 
        1,743,523   
     

 

 

 
Biotechnology — 0.0%   

Amgen, Inc.
5.150% 11/15/41

     45,000         45,686   
     

 

 

 
Building Materials — 0.2%   

CRH America, Inc.
8.125% 7/15/18

     50,000         56,880   

Lafarge SA
6.500% 7/15/16

     45,000         46,136   

Martin Marietta Material, Inc. 3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.100%, FRN
1.426% 6/30/17

     50,000         49,652   

Owens Corning, Inc.
6.500% 12/01/16

     3,000         3,087   

Owens Corning, Inc.
9.000% 6/15/19

     10,000         11,590   
     

 

 

 
        167,345   
     

 

 

 
Chemicals — 0.2%   

Ashland, Inc.
6.875% 5/15/43

     35,000         33,250   

Cytec Industries, Inc.
8.950% 7/01/17

     7,000         7,618   

The Dow Chemical Co.
8.550% 5/15/19

     15,000         17,680   

Ecolab, Inc.
4.350% 12/08/21

     15,000         16,016   

Incitec Pivot Finance LLC (b)
6.000% 12/10/19

     25,000         27,108   

Methanex Corp.
5.250% 3/01/22

     5,000         4,923   

RPM International, Inc.
6.125% 10/15/19

     50,000         54,692   

RPM International, Inc.
6.500% 2/15/18

     20,000         21,572   

Valspar Corp.
7.250% 6/15/19

     25,000         28,364   
     

 

 

 
        211,223   
     

 

 

 
Commercial Services — 0.2%   

The ADT Corp.
2.250% 7/15/17

     65,000         64,675   

Cardtronics, Inc., Convertible
1.000% 12/01/20

     50,000         46,406   

ERAC USA Finance LLC (b)
2.800% 11/01/18

     15,000         15,097   

ERAC USA Finance LLC (b)
6.700% 6/01/34

     35,000         41,282   
     

 

 

 
        167,460   
     

 

 

 
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the portfolio of investments.

 

87


MassMutual Premier Balanced Fund – Portfolio of Investments (Continued)

 

     Principal
Amount
     Value  
Computers — 0.1%   

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. (b)
6.350% 10/15/45

   $ 125,000       $ 118,668   

SanDisk Corp., Convertible
0.500% 10/15/20

     33,000         34,155   
     

 

 

 
        152,823   
     

 

 

 
Cosmetics & Personal Care — 0.0%   

TheProcter & Gamble Co.
5.800% 8/15/34

     10,000         12,095   
     

 

 

 
Distribution & Wholesale — 0.0%   

Arrow Electronics, Inc.
4.500% 3/01/23

     10,000         10,103   
     

 

 

 
Diversified Financial — 1.9%   

AerCap Ireland Capital Ltd./AerCap Global Aviation Trust
4.500% 5/15/21

     180,000         182,925   

Affiliated Managers Group, Inc.
3.500% 8/01/25

     70,000         66,580   

Affiliated Managers Group, Inc.
4.250% 2/15/24

     51,000         51,517   

Air Lease Corp.
3.375% 1/15/19

     90,000         90,450   

Air Lease Corp.
3.875% 4/01/21

     60,000         60,300   

Air Lease Corp. STEP
5.625% 4/01/17

     15,000         15,563   

Ally Financial, Inc.
4.625% 5/19/22

     38,000         38,190   

Ares Finance Co. LLC (b)
4.000% 10/08/24

     85,000         78,843   

Citigroup, Inc.
3.875% 3/26/25

     290,000         282,254   

Citigroup, Inc.
5.375% 8/09/20

     50,000         55,744   

Citigroup, Inc.
5.875% 1/30/42

     20,000         22,948   

Citigroup, Inc.
8.125% 7/15/39

     15,000         21,514   

Eaton Vance Corp.
3.625% 6/15/23

     21,000         21,197   

Eaton Vance Corp.
6.500% 10/02/17

     4,000         4,271   

General Electric Capital Corp.
6.000% 8/07/19

     30,000         33,985   

General Electric Capital Corp.
6.875% 1/10/39

     55,000         74,969   

The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
5.375% 3/15/20

     45,000         49,434   

The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
5.625% 1/15/17

     35,000         36,354   

The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
5.750% 1/24/22

     40,000         45,489   
     Principal
Amount
     Value  

The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
6.150% 4/01/18

   $ 20,000       $ 21,718   

The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
6.345% 2/15/34

     20,000         23,398   

HSBC Finance Corp.
6.676% 1/15/21

     30,000         34,430   

Hyundai Capital America (b)
2.875% 8/09/18

     30,000         30,316   

Icahn Enterprises LP/Icahn Enterprises Finance Corp.
3.500% 3/15/17

     235,000         236,175   

International Lease Finance Corp.
3.875% 4/15/18

     55,000         55,412   

International Lease Finance Corp. STEP
8.750% 3/15/17

     20,000         21,300   

Janus Capital Group, Inc.
4.875% 8/01/25

     80,000         82,096   

JP Morgan Chase & Co.
4.500% 1/24/22

     40,000         43,144   

JP Morgan Chase & Co.
4.950% 3/25/20

     70,000         75,903   

JP Morgan Chase & Co.
5.600% 7/15/41

     45,000         51,942   

Lazard Group LLC
6.850% 6/15/17

     13,000         13,841   

Legg Mason, Inc.
5.625% 1/15/44

     35,000         34,766   

Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc.
7.750% 5/14/38

     20,000         27,136   

Morgan Stanley
4.350% 9/08/26

     30,000         30,098   

Morgan Stanley
5.625% 9/23/19

     50,000         55,180   

Morgan Stanley
5.750% 1/25/21

     20,000         22,455   

Visa, Inc.
4.300% 12/14/45

     79,000         80,150   
     

 

 

 
        2,171,987   
     

 

 

 
Electric — 1.0%   

Ameren Corp.
3.650% 2/15/26

     25,000         24,887   

Appalachian Power Co.
3.400% 6/01/25

     90,000         87,826   

Entergy Louisiana LLC
4.950% 1/15/45

     40,000         39,934   

Florida Power & Light Co.
4.950% 6/01/35

     25,000         27,450   

IPALCO Enterprises, Inc.
3.450% 7/15/20

     200,000         196,000   

Kansas Gas & Electric Co.
5.647% 3/29/21

     43,044         43,313   

LG&E and KU Energy LLC
4.375% 10/01/21

     60,000         63,398   
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the portfolio of investments.

 

88


MassMutual Premier Balanced Fund – Portfolio of Investments (Continued)

 

     Principal
Amount
     Value  

Metropolitan Edison Co. (b)
4.000% 4/15/25

   $ 50,000       $ 49,501   

National Fuel Gas Co.
3.750% 3/01/23

     20,000         18,524   

Nevada Power Co. Series N
6.650% 4/01/36

     20,000         25,259   

Niagara Mohawk Power Corp. (b)
2.721% 11/28/22

     35,000         33,653   

NiSource Finance Corp.
5.800% 2/01/42

     40,000         45,464   

Oncor Electric Delivery Co.
6.800% 9/01/18

     5,000         5,557   

Oncor Electric Delivery Co.
7.500% 9/01/38

     15,000         19,832   

Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
5.800% 3/01/37

     25,000         29,067   

Pennsylvania Electric Co. (b)
4.150% 4/15/25

     70,000         70,403   

PPL Capital Funding, Inc.
1.900% 6/01/18

     15,000         14,859   

PPL Capital Funding, Inc.
5.000% 3/15/44

     45,000         46,396   

Progress Energy, Inc.
7.000% 10/30/31

     5,000         6,156   

Puget Energy, Inc.
3.650% 5/15/25

     85,000         82,355   

Puget Energy, Inc.
6.500% 12/15/20

     59,000         67,594   

Southern California Edison Co.
5.950% 2/01/38

     20,000         24,482   

Transelec SA (b)
4.625% 7/26/23

     25,000         26,092   

Tri-State Generation & Transmission Association, Series 2003, Class A (b)
6.040% 1/31/18

     30,412         31,981   

Virginia Electric and Power Co.
6.350% 11/30/37

     30,000         38,377   

Wisconsin Public Service Corp.
5.650% 11/01/17

     50,000         52,704   
     

 

 

 
        1,171,064   
     

 

 

 
Electronics — 0.1%   

Amphenol Corp.
2.550% 1/30/19

     50,000         50,009   

Amphenol Corp.
4.000% 2/01/22

     20,000         20,492   

Arrow Electronics, Inc.
3.500% 4/01/22

     60,000         57,795   

Avnet, Inc.
4.875% 12/01/22

     23,000         23,549   
     

 

 

 
        151,845   
     

 

 

 
     Principal
Amount
     Value  
Environmental Controls — 0.0%   

Republic Services, Inc.
3.800% 5/15/18

   $ 30,000       $ 31,075   

Republic Services, Inc.
5.250% 11/15/21

     5,000         5,528   
     

 

 

 
        36,603   
     

 

 

 
Foods — 0.2%   

ConAgra Foods, Inc.
4.950% 8/15/20

     30,000         32,077   

ConAgra Foods, Inc.
6.625% 8/15/39

     15,000         16,163   

ConAgra Foods, Inc.
7.000% 4/15/19

     32,000         35,973   

Kraft Foods, Inc.
6.500% 2/09/40

     14,000         17,090   

Tyson Foods, Inc.
2.650% 8/15/19

     15,000         15,008   

Tyson Foods, Inc.
4.875% 8/15/34

     25,000         25,515   

Whole Foods Market, Inc. (b)
5.200% 12/03/25

     130,000         129,808   
     

 

 

 
        271,634   
     

 

 

 
Forest Products & Paper — 0.3%   

International Paper Co.
4.750% 2/15/22

     20,000         21,360   

International Paper Co.
7.300% 11/15/39

     25,000         28,495   

International Paper Co.
9.375% 5/15/19

     15,000         18,002   

Sappi Papier Holding GmbH (b)
7.750% 7/15/17

     255,000         264,881   
     

 

 

 
        332,738   
     

 

 

 
Gas — 0.0%   

Boston Gas Co. (b)
4.487% 2/15/42

     10,000         9,725   
     

 

 

 
Hand & Machine Tools — 0.1%   

Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.
2.451% 11/17/18

     50,000         50,195   
     

 

 

 
Health Care – Products — 0.1%   

Boston Scientific Corp.
6.000% 1/15/20

     35,000         38,865   

Johnson & Johnson
5.850% 7/15/38

     10,000         12,845   

Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc.
3.550% 4/01/25

     115,000         111,748   
     

 

 

 
        163,458   
     

 

 

 
Health Care – Services — 0.1%   

Cigna Corp.
5.125% 6/15/20

     20,000         21,831   
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the portfolio of investments.

 

89


MassMutual Premier Balanced Fund – Portfolio of Investments (Continued)

 

     Principal
Amount
     Value  

Kaiser Foundation Hospitals
3.500% 4/01/22

   $ 15,000       $ 15,241   

UnitedHealth Group, Inc.
6.875% 2/15/38

     45,000         58,855   
     

 

 

 
        95,927   
     

 

 

 
Holding Company – Diversified — 0.1%   

Hutchison Whampoa International Ltd. (b)
5.750% 9/11/19

     45,000         49,938   
     

 

 

 
Home Builders — 0.2%   

Lennar Corp.
4.750% 12/15/17

     275,000         282,563   
     

 

 

 
Home Furnishing — 0.0%   

Whirlpool Corp.
5.150% 3/01/43

     10,000         9,832   
     

 

 

 
Housewares — 0.0%   

Newell Rubbermaid, Inc.
2.050% 12/01/17

     15,000         14,732   
     

 

 

 
Insurance — 1.2%   

ACE INA Holdings, Inc.
3.350% 5/03/26

     35,000         34,893   

The Allstate Corp. 3 mo. USD
LIBOR + 2.938%, VRN
5.750% 8/15/53

     70,000         71,960   

AXIS Specialty Finance PLC
2.650% 4/01/19

     20,000         19,915   

Brown & Brown, Inc.
4.200% 9/15/24

     70,000         69,122   

The Chubb Corp., 3 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.250%, VRN
6.375% 4/15/37

     31,000         29,770   

CNA Financial Corp.
3.950% 5/15/24

     40,000         39,820   

CNA Financial Corp.
7.350% 11/15/19

     40,000         46,053   

CNO Financial Group, Inc.
4.500% 5/30/20

     60,000         61,200   

CNO Financial Group, Inc.
5.250% 5/30/25

     72,000         73,260   

The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc., 3 mo. USD LIBOR + 4.603%, VRN
8.125% 6/15/38

     60,000         65,625   

Liberty Mutual Group, Inc. (b)
4.250% 6/15/23

     21,000         21,337   

Marsh & McLennan Cos., Inc.
4.800% 7/15/21

     45,000         48,982   

MetLife Capital Trust IV (b)
7.875% 12/15/37

     70,000         85,400   

Principal Financial Group, Inc.
8.875% 5/15/19

     30,000         35,896   
     Principal
Amount
     Value  

Prudential Financial, Inc. 3 mo. USD
LIBOR + 3.040%, VRN
5.200% 3/15/44

   $ 65,000       $ 62,758   

Prudential Financial, Inc. 3 mo. USD
LIBOR + 3.920%, VRN
5.625% 6/15/43

     45,000         46,013   

Prudential Financial, Inc. 3 mo. USD
LIBOR + 5.000%, VRN
8.875% 6/15/38

     55,000         61,875   

Prudential Financial, Inc., 3 mo. USD
LIBOR + 3.031%, VRN
5.375% 5/15/45

     60,000         59,925   

QBE Insurance Group Ltd. (b)
2.400% 5/01/18

     25,000         25,022   

Reinsurance Group of America, Inc.
4.700% 9/15/23

     55,000         57,994   

Reinsurance Group of America, Inc.
5.000% 6/01/21

     40,000         43,126   

Reinsurance Group of America, Inc.
6.450% 11/15/19

     45,000         50,635   

USF&G Capital I (b)
8.500% 12/15/45

     35,000         49,809   

Voya Financial, Inc.
5.500% 7/15/22

     30,000         33,570   

Voya Financial, Inc. 3 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.580%, VRN
5.650% 5/15/53

     45,000         44,325   

Willis Group Holdings PLC
4.125% 3/15/16

     5,000         5,027   

Willis Group Holdings PLC
5.750% 3/15/21

     55,000         60,781   

Willis North America, Inc.
7.000% 9/29/19

     21,000         23,535   

XLIT Ltd.
4.450% 3/31/25

     40,000         39,170   

XLIT Ltd.
6.375% 11/15/24

     55,000         64,113   
     

 

 

 
        1,430,911   
     

 

 

 
Internet — 0.1%   

Expedia, Inc.
7.456% 8/15/18

     90,000         100,294   

Tencent Holdings Ltd. (b)
2.875% 2/11/20

     55,000         54,635   
     

 

 

 
        154,929   
     

 

 

 
Investment Companies — 0.2%   

Ares Capital Corp.
3.875% 1/15/20

     130,000         131,975   

FS Investment Corp.
4.000% 7/15/19

     90,000         89,173   
     

 

 

 
        221,148   
     

 

 

 
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the portfolio of investments.

 

90


MassMutual Premier Balanced Fund – Portfolio of Investments (Continued)

 

     Principal
Amount
     Value  
Iron & Steel — 0.4%   

Allegheny Technologies, Inc.
9.375% 6/01/19

   $ 24,000       $ 19,200   

ArcelorMittal
5.125% 6/01/20

     80,000         66,400   

ArcelorMittal
6.125% 6/01/18

     11,000         10,065   

ArcelorMittal STEP
6.250% 8/05/20

     60,000         47,925   

Commercial Metals Co.
6.500% 7/15/17

     30,000         31,087   

Glencore Funding LLC (b)
2.875% 4/16/20

     150,000         117,000   

Glencore Funding LLC (b)
4.625% 4/29/24

     5,000         3,621   

Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co.
4.500% 4/15/23

     30,000         27,926   

Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co.
6.200% 11/15/16

     55,000         56,844   

Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co.
6.850% 11/15/36

     55,000         57,290   
     

 

 

 
        437,358   
     

 

 

 
Lodging — 0.1%   

Choice Hotels International, Inc.
5.700% 8/28/20

     55,000         58,850   

Marriott International, Inc.
3.375% 10/15/20

     50,000         50,895   

Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc.
6.750% 5/15/18

     5,000         5,471   
     

 

 

 
        115,216   
     

 

 

 
Machinery – Diversified — 0.1%   

CNH Industrial Capital LLC
3.250% 2/01/17

     25,000         24,750   

CNH Industrial Capital LLC
3.375% 7/15/19

     50,000         47,125   

CNH Industrial Capital LLC
3.625% 4/15/18

     25,000         24,612   

CNH Industrial Capital LLC
6.250% 11/01/16

     45,000         45,844   

Xylem, Inc.
4.875% 10/01/21

     20,000         21,259   
     

 

 

 
        163,590   
     

 

 

 
Manufacturing — 0.1%   

General Electric Co.
4.125% 10/09/42

     50,000         48,839   

Ingersoll-Rand Global Holding Co. Ltd.
6.875% 8/15/18

     40,000         44,152   

SPX FLOW, Inc.
6.875% 9/01/17

     45,000         47,813   
     

 

 

 
        140,804   
     

 

 

 
     Principal
Amount
     Value  
Media — 0.2%   

21st Century Fox America, Co.
6.900% 8/15/39

   $ 25,000       $ 29,565   

CBS Corp.
7.875% 7/30/30

     40,000         50,988   

CCO Safari II LLC (b)
3.579% 7/23/20

     65,000         64,611   

NBCUniversal Media LLC
6.400% 4/30/40

     5,000         6,230   

Time Warner Cable, Inc.
6.750% 6/15/39

     25,000         25,090   

Time Warner Cable, Inc.
8.250% 4/01/19

     10,000         11,483   

Time Warner Cable, Inc.
8.750% 2/14/19

     10,000         11,600   

Time Warner, Inc.
4.700% 1/15/21

     35,000         37,669   

Time Warner, Inc.
6.100% 7/15/40

     25,000         27,003   

Time Warner, Inc.
6.250% 3/29/41

     5,000         5,553   
     

 

 

 
        269,792   
     

 

 

 
Mining — 0.3%   

Freeport-McMoRan, Inc.
2.375% 3/15/18

     20,000         15,600   

Freeport-McMoRan, Inc.
4.000% 11/14/21

     190,000         114,000   

Freeport-McMoRan, Inc.
5.450% 3/15/43

     30,000         15,600   

Glencore Finance Canada (b)
5.800% 11/15/16

     45,000         44,831   

Rio Tinto Finance USA Ltd.
9.000% 5/01/19

     50,000         58,371   

Vale Overseas Ltd.
6.250% 1/23/17

     65,000         64,876   

Vale Overseas Ltd.
6.875% 11/10/39

     15,000         10,424   
     

 

 

 
        323,702   
     

 

 

 
Office Equipment/Supplies — 0.1%   

Pitney Bowes, Inc.
4.625% 3/15/24

     65,000         63,680   

Pitney Bowes, Inc.
4.750% 1/15/16

     25,000         25,023   

Pitney Bowes, Inc.
4.750% 5/15/18

     5,000         5,234   

Pitney Bowes, Inc.
5.750% 9/15/17

     6,000         6,330   
     

 

 

 
        100,267   
     

 

 

 
Office Furnishings — 0.1%   

Steelcase, Inc.
6.375% 2/15/21

     50,000         54,742   
     

 

 

 
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the portfolio of investments.

 

91


MassMutual Premier Balanced Fund – Portfolio of Investments (Continued)

 

     Principal
Amount
     Value  
Oil & Gas — 1.3%   

Anadarko Petroleum Corp.
6.450% 9/15/36

   $ 13,000       $ 12,530   

Apache Corp.
5.100% 9/01/40

     70,000         59,837   

Chesapeake Energy Corp., Convertible
2.500% 5/15/37

     45,000         21,150   

Chesapeake Energy Corp.
3.250% 3/15/16

     175,000         167,563   

ConocoPhillips Co.
4.300% 11/15/44

     20,000         16,621   

Devon Energy Corp.
5.600% 7/15/41

     40,000         30,233   

Ensco PLC
5.200% 3/15/25

     95,000         67,609   

Helmerich & Payne International Drilling Co.
4.650% 3/15/25

     45,000         45,020   

Pemex Project Funding Master Trust
6.625% 6/15/38

     5,000         4,400   

Petrobras Global Finance BV
2.000% 5/20/16

     35,000         34,475   

Petrobras International Finance Co.
3.875% 1/27/16

     59,000         58,764   

Petroleos Mexicanos
3.125% 1/23/19

     10,000         9,674   

Petroleos Mexicanos
5.500% 1/21/21

     60,000         60,522   

Petroleos Mexicanos
6.375% 1/23/45

     15,000         12,696   

Phillips 66
5.875% 5/01/42

     75,000         75,177   

Pioneer Natural Resources Co.
4.450% 1/15/26

     60,000         54,025   

Pioneer Natural Resources Co.
5.875% 7/15/16

     50,000         50,781   

Pioneer Natural Resources Co.
7.500% 1/15/20

     50,000         53,105   

Rowan Cos., Inc.
4.750% 1/15/24

     105,000         74,667   

Rowan Cos., Inc.
4.875% 6/01/22

     134,000         98,546   

Rowan Cos., Inc.
5.000% 9/01/17

     40,000         39,699   

Southwestern Energy Co.
4.050% 1/23/20

     85,000         61,625   

Southwestern Energy Co.
4.950% 1/23/25

     50,000         31,500   

Transocean, Inc. STEP
5.800% 12/15/16

     40,000         38,800   

Transocean, Inc.
6.000% 3/15/18

     96,000         85,440   
     Principal
Amount
     Value  

Whiting Petroleum Corp., Convertible (b)
1.250% 4/01/20

   $ 75,000       $ 51,000   

WPX Energy, Inc.
7.500% 8/01/20

     185,000         149,850   
     

 

 

 
        1,465,309   
     

 

 

 
Oil & Gas Services — 0.7%   

Halliburton Co.
3.375% 11/15/22

     50,000         49,207   

Halliburton Co.
4.850% 11/15/35

     85,000         83,501   

Hornbeck Offshore Services, Inc., Convertible
1.500% 9/01/19

     95,000         53,794   

Schlumberger Holdings Corp. (b)
3.000% 12/21/20

     140,000         138,191   

Schlumberger Holdings Corp. (b)
4.000% 12/21/25

     125,000         123,347   

SEACOR Holdings, Inc., Convertible
3.000% 11/15/28

     32,000         25,360   

SESI LLC
6.375% 5/01/19

     25,000         23,203   

Superior Energy Services, Inc.
7.125% 12/15/21

     187,000         166,430   

Weatherford International Ltd.
4.500% 4/15/22

     25,000         18,000   

Weatherford International Ltd.
5.125% 9/15/20

     138,000         111,780   

Weatherford International Ltd.
5.950% 4/15/42

     45,000         31,613   
     

 

 

 
        824,426   
     

 

 

 
Packaging & Containers — 0.1%   

Brambles USA Inc., Series A (b)
5.350% 4/01/20

     15,000         16,356   

Brambles USA, Inc. (b)
4.125% 10/23/25

     40,000         40,222   
     

 

 

 
        56,578   
     

 

 

 
Pharmaceuticals — 0.6%   

AbbVie, Inc.
3.600% 5/14/25

     100,000         98,694   

Actavis Funding SCS
3.000% 3/12/20

     75,000         74,940   

Actavis Funding SCS
3.800% 3/15/25

     105,000         104,464   

Actavis Funding SCS
4.750% 3/15/45

     45,000         43,877   

Baxalta, Inc. (b)
3.600% 6/23/22

     25,000         24,993   

Baxalta, Inc. (b)
4.000% 6/23/25

     70,000         69,272   

Baxalta, Inc. (b)
5.250% 6/23/45

     35,000         35,118   
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the portfolio of investments.

 

92


MassMutual Premier Balanced Fund – Portfolio of Investments (Continued)

 

     Principal
Amount
     Value  

Cardinal Health, Inc.
3.750% 9/15/25

   $ 105,000       $ 106,597   

McKesson Corp.
2.284% 3/15/19

     20,000         19,921   

McKesson Corp.
3.796% 3/15/24

     15,000         15,078   

McKesson Corp.
4.750% 3/01/21

     30,000         32,405   

McKesson Corp.
4.883% 3/15/44

     10,000         9,995   

McKesson Corp.
6.000% 3/01/41

     30,000         34,537   

Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
5.850% 6/30/39

     10,000         12,091   

Pfizer, Inc.
7.200% 3/15/39

     35,000         48,201   
     

 

 

 
        730,183   
     

 

 

 
Pipelines — 1.0%   

Boardwalk Pipelines LLC
5.500% 2/01/17

     40,000         40,529   

Boardwalk Pipelines LP
5.875% 11/15/16

     95,000         95,921   

CenterPoint Energy Resources Corp.
4.500% 1/15/21

     25,000         26,241   

CenterPoint Energy Resources Corp.
5.850% 1/15/41

     20,000         22,091   

Energy Transfer Partners LP 3 mo. USD
LIBOR + 3.018%, FRN
3.346% 11/01/66

     50,000         31,500   

Energy Transfer Partners LP
4.050% 3/15/25

     105,000         86,232   

Energy Transfer Partners LP
4.150% 10/01/20

     45,000         41,512   

Energy Transfer Partners LP
4.900% 3/15/35

     60,000         43,627   

Enterprise Products Operating Co.
3.700% 2/15/26

     85,000         76,245   

Enterprise Products Operating LLC
3.200% 2/01/16

     25,000         25,008   

Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP
6.000% 2/01/17

     25,000         25,292   

Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP
6.500% 2/01/37

     25,000         21,476   

Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP
6.950% 1/15/38

     5,000         4,295   

Kinder Morgan Finance Co. LLC (b)
6.000% 1/15/18

     35,000         35,289   

Kinder Morgan, Inc.
4.300% 6/01/25

     105,000         90,721   

Magellan Midstream Partners LP
5.150% 10/15/43

     110,000         94,323   

MPLX LP (b)
4.500% 7/15/23

     80,000         71,576   
     Principal
Amount
     Value  

MPLX LP (b)
4.875% 12/01/24

   $ 135,000       $ 121,163   

Phillips 66 Partners LP
3.605% 2/15/25

     2,000         1,721   

Southern Natural Gas Co. LLC STEP (b)
5.900% 4/01/17

     55,000         55,927   

Williams Partners LP
5.250% 3/15/20

     75,000         69,656   

Williams Partners LP/ACMP Finance Corp.
4.875% 5/15/23

     145,000         117,546   
     

 

 

 
        1,197,891   
     

 

 

 
Real Estate — 0.0%   

Prologis LP
3.750% 11/01/25

     30,000         29,759   
     

 

 

 
Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITS) — 0.5%   

American Tower Corp.
3.400% 2/15/19

     40,000         41,032   

American Tower Corp.
3.450% 9/15/21

     100,000         100,490   

American Tower Corp.
4.500% 1/15/18

     60,000         62,574   

Boston Properties LP
3.700% 11/15/18

     20,000         20,718   

Boston Properties LP
4.125% 5/15/21

     30,000         31,422   

Brandywine Operating Partners LP
4.950% 4/15/18

     40,000         41,863   

DDR Corp.
4.750% 4/15/18

     15,000         15,691   

Duke Realty LP
8.250% 8/15/19

     50,000         59,145   

ERP Operating LP
4.625% 12/15/21

     15,000         16,279   

Federal Realty Investment Trust
5.900% 4/01/20

     10,000         11,293   

HCP, Inc.
2.625% 2/01/20

     35,000         34,460   

Host Hotels & Resorts LP
4.000% 6/15/25

     25,000         23,965   

ProLogis LP
2.750% 2/15/19

     15,000         15,157   

Vereit Operating Partnership LP
2.000% 2/06/17

     55,000         54,450   

Vereit Operating Partnership LP
3.000% 2/06/19

     25,000         24,050   
     

 

 

 
        552,589   
     

 

 

 
Retail — 0.5%   

Bed Bath & Beyond, Inc.
5.165% 8/01/44

     35,000         29,646   

CVS Health Corp.
6.125% 9/15/39

     10,000         11,677   
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the portfolio of investments.

 

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MassMutual Premier Balanced Fund – Portfolio of Investments (Continued)

 

     Principal
Amount
     Value  

CVS Pass-Through Trust (b)
5.926% 1/10/34

   $ 54,143       $ 59,473   

Dollar General Corp.
3.250% 4/15/23

     140,000         133,326   

GNC Holdings, Inc., Convertible (b)
1.500% 8/15/20

     15,000         12,009   

The Home Depot, Inc.
5.950% 4/01/41

     30,000         37,332   

O’Reilly Automotive, Inc.
3.850% 6/15/23

     23,000         23,205   

O’Reilly Automotive, Inc.
4.875% 1/14/21

     40,000         43,269   

QVC, Inc.
3.125% 4/01/19

     35,000         34,544   

QVC, Inc.
4.375% 3/15/23

     25,000         23,729   

QVC, Inc.
4.450% 2/15/25

     45,000         41,735   

QVC, Inc.
5.125% 7/02/22

     10,000         9,968   

Tiffany & Co.
4.900% 10/01/44

     40,000         37,019   

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
5.625% 4/15/41

     40,000         47,582   

Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc.
2.700% 11/18/19

     25,000         24,953   

Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc.
3.800% 11/18/24

     45,000         43,658   
     

 

 

 
        613,125   
     

 

 

 
Savings & Loans — 0.1%   

Glencore Funding LLC (b)
1.700% 5/27/16

     33,000         32,670   

Glencore Funding LLC (b)
2.500% 1/15/19

     55,000         45,925   

Glencore Funding LLC (b)
3.125% 4/29/19

     30,000         25,050   
     

 

 

 
        103,645   
     

 

 

 
Semiconductors — 0.2%   

Lam Research Corp.
3.800% 3/15/25

     75,000         70,594   

Microchip Technology, Inc., Convertible (b)
1.625% 2/15/25

     78,000         77,513   

Micron Technology, Inc., Convertible
3.000% 11/15/43

     69,000         57,356   

QUALCOMM, Inc.
3.450% 5/20/25

     42,000         40,285   
     

 

 

 
        245,748   
     

 

 

 
Software — 0.1%   

Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc.
3.950% 9/01/20

     25,000         25,911   

CA, Inc.
2.875% 8/15/18

     25,000         25,097   
     Principal
Amount
     Value  

CA, Inc.
5.375% 12/01/19

   $ 28,000       $ 30,215   

Citrix Systems, Inc., Convertible
0.500% 4/15/19

     40,000         43,500   
     

 

 

 
        124,723   
     

 

 

 
Telecommunications — 0.5%   

America Movil SAB de CV
5.000% 3/30/20

     25,000         27,128   

America Movil SAB de CV
6.125% 3/30/40

     30,000         33,003   

AT&T, Inc.
4.750% 5/15/46

     65,000         59,514   

British Telecom PLC STEP
9.625% 12/15/30

     15,000         21,887   

CenturyLink, Inc.
6.150% 9/15/19

     30,000         30,600   

CenturyLink, Inc.
7.600% 9/15/39

     10,000         7,650   

Cisco Systems, Inc.
5.500% 1/15/40

     10,000         11,727   

Deutsche Telekom International Finance BV STEP
8.750% 6/15/30

     15,000         20,797   

Embarq Corp.
7.082% 6/01/16

     30,000         30,468   

Rogers Communications, Inc.
7.500% 8/15/38

     5,000         6,472   

Sprint Communications, Inc. (b)
9.000% 11/15/18

     95,000         99,988   

Telefonica Emisiones SAU
5.462% 2/16/21

     30,000         33,529   

Verizon Communications, Inc.
2.625% 2/21/20

     57,000         57,198   

Verizon Communications, Inc.
4.862% 8/21/46

     55,000         52,070   

Verizon Communications, Inc.
5.012% 8/21/54

     41,000         37,539   

Verizon Communications, Inc.
6.550% 9/15/43

     42,000         49,863   
     

 

 

 
        579,433   
     

 

 

 
Transportation — 0.2%   

Asciano Finance (b)
4.625% 9/23/20

     20,000         20,188   

Asciano Finance (b)
5.000% 4/07/18

     55,000         56,627   

Canadian National Railway Co.
6.375% 11/15/37

     20,000         25,954   

Norfolk Southern Corp.
6.000% 5/23/2111

     20,000         20,928   

Ryder System, Inc.
2.550% 6/01/19

     15,000         14,909   
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the portfolio of investments.

 

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MassMutual Premier Balanced Fund – Portfolio of Investments (Continued)

 

     Principal
Amount
     Value  

Ryder System, Inc.
2.650% 3/02/20

   $ 40,000       $ 39,350   

Union Pacific Corp.
4.000% 2/01/21

     25,000         26,717   
     

 

 

 
        204,673   
     

 

 

 
Trucking & Leasing — 0.1%   

GATX Corp.
2.375% 7/30/18

     30,000         29,783   

GATX Corp.
4.750% 6/15/22

     30,000         31,483   

Penske Truck Leasing Co. LP/PTL Finance Corp. (b)
2.500% 6/15/19

     65,000         63,939   
     

 

 

 
        125,205   
     

 

 

 
TOTAL CORPORATE DEBT
(Cost $18,672,493)
        18,117,174   
     

 

 

 
MUNICIPAL OBLIGATIONS — 0.6%   

JobsOhio Beverage System Series B
4.532% 1/01/35

     150,000         159,543   

San Diego County Regional Airport Authority
5.594% 7/01/43

     200,000         216,294   

State of California
5.950% 4/01/16

     35,000         35,467   

State of California BAB
7.550% 4/01/39

     25,000         36,313   

State of California BAB
7.600% 11/01/40

     85,000         126,161   

State of Illinois
5.365% 3/01/17

     100,000         103,713   
     

 

 

 
        677,491   
     

 

 

 
TOTAL MUNICIPAL OBLIGATIONS
(Cost $648,840)
        677,491   
     

 

 

 
NON-U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENCY OBLIGATIONS — 7.6%   
Auto Floor Plan ABS — 0.0%   

NCF Dealer Floorplan Master Trust,
Series 2014-1A, Class A,
1 mo. LIBOR + 1.500%, FRN (b)
1.902% 10/20/20

     50,000         50,000   
     

 

 

 
Automobile ABS — 0.2%   

Capital Automotive REIT,
Series 2011-1A, Class A (b)
5.610% 11/15/39

     94,719         100,543   

CPS Auto Trust, Series 2012-D,
Class A (b)
1.480% 3/16/20

     21,706         21,716   
     Principal
Amount
     Value  

Flagship Credit Auto Trust, Series 2013-1, Class A (b)
1.320% 4/16/18

   $ 5,163       $ 5,163   

Flagship Credit Auto Trust, Series 2013-2, Class A (b)
1.940% 1/15/19

     17,130         17,151   

GLS Auto Receivables Trust,
Series 2015-1A, Class A (b)
2.250% 12/15/20

     40,126         40,044   

GO Financial Auto Securitization Trust,
Series 2015-1, Class A (b)
1.810% 3/15/18

     22,623         22,586   
     

 

 

 
        207,203   
     

 

 

 
Commercial MBS — 1.8%   

Banc of America Commercial Mortgage, Inc., Series 2007-4, Class A4, VRN
5.742% 2/10/51

     51,532         53,774   

Banc of America Commercial Mortgage, Inc., Series 2007-4, Class AM, VRN
5.809% 2/10/51

     45,000         46,802   

Banc of America Commercial Mortgage, Inc., Series 2008-1, Class A4, VRN
6.215% 2/10/51

     59,254         62,672   

Banc of America Commercial Mortgage, Inc., Series 2008-1, Class AM, VRN
6.258% 2/10/51

     50,000         53,068   

Bear Stearns Commercial Mortgage Securities, Series 2006-PW14, Class A4
5.201% 12/11/38

     71,252         72,574   

Bear Stearns Commercial Mortgage Securities, Series 2006-PW14, Class AM
5.243% 12/11/38

     50,000         51,340   

Bear Stearns Commercial Mortgage Securities, Series 2007-T26, Class AM, VRN
5.513% 1/12/45

     105,000         108,298   

Bear Stearns Commercial Mortgage Securities, Series 2007-PW17, Class A4, VRN
5.694% 6/11/50

     38,808         40,347   

Bear Stearns Commercial Mortgage Securities, Series 2007-PW17, Class AM, VRN
5.882% 6/11/50

     120,000         125,297   

Commercial Mortgage Pass Through Certificates, Series 2013-GAM,
Class A1 (b)
1.705% 2/10/28

     95,658         93,829   

Commercial Mortgage Pass Through Certificates, Series 2012-CR4, Class B (b)
3.703% 10/15/45

     35,000         35,267   
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the portfolio of investments.

 

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MassMutual Premier Balanced Fund – Portfolio of Investments (Continued)

 

     Principal
Amount
     Value  

Commercial Mortgage Pass Through Certificates, Series 2015-CR23, Class C, VRN
4.257% 5/10/48

   $ 35,000       $ 31,446   

Commercial Mortgage Pass Through Certificates, Series 2007-C9, Class AM, VRN
5.650% 12/10/49

     50,000         51,987   

DBCCRE Mortgage Trust,
Series 2014-ARCP, Class A (b)
4.238% 1/10/34

     100,000         104,641   

DBRR Trust, Series 2013-EZ3,
Class A, VRN (b)
1.636% 12/18/49

     49,327         49,179   

GCCFC Commercial Mortgage Trust,
Series 2006-GG7, Class AM, VRN
5.826% 7/10/38

     100,000         101,193   

JP Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Corp., Series 2006-CB17,
Class A4
5.429% 12/12/43

     95,290         96,767   

JP Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Corp., Series 2007-CB18,
Class AM, VRN
5.466% 6/12/47

     65,000         66,790   

ML-CFC Commercial Mortgage Trust,
Series 2007-9, Class AM, VRN
5.856% 9/12/49

     60,000         62,566   

Morgan Stanley Capital I, Series 2011-C2,
Class B, VRN (b)
5.200% 6/15/44

     100,000         107,209   

Morgan Stanley Capital I, Series 2006-IQ12, Class AM
5.370% 12/15/43

     40,000         40,898   

Morgan Stanley Capital I,
Series 2007-HQ11, Class AM, VRN
5.478% 2/12/44

     60,000         61,779   

Morgan Stanley Capital I, Series 2006-HQ8, Class AM, VRN
5.480% 3/12/44

     43,115         43,081   

Morgan Stanley Capital I, Series 2007-IQ14, Class A2
5.610% 4/15/49

     28,199         28,172   

Morgan Stanley Capital I,
Series 2008-T29, Class A4, VRN
6.268% 1/11/43

     30,930         32,999   

STRIPs Ltd., Series 2012-1A, Class A (b)
1.500% 12/25/44

     16,928         16,606   

TIAA Seasoned Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 2007-C4, Class AJ, VRN
5.510% 8/15/39

     24,421         24,420   
     Principal
Amount
     Value  

Wachovia Bank Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 2006-C29, Class AM
5.339% 11/15/48

   $ 70,000       $ 71,605   

Wachovia Bank Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 2007-C31, Class A4
5.509% 4/15/47

     150,000         152,477   

Wachovia Bank Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 2007-C33, Class A4, VRN
5.952% 2/15/51

     32,937         33,983   

Wachovia Bank Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 2007-C33, Class AM, VRN
5.952% 2/15/51

     50,000         52,180   

Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust,
Series 2010-C1, Class A1 (b)
3.349% 11/15/43

     38,181         39,241   

WF-RBS Commercial Mortgage Trust,
Series 2011-C2, Class A2 (b)
3.791% 2/15/44

     42,351         42,322   

WF-RBS Commercial Mortgage Trust,
Series 2012-C8, Class B
4.311% 8/15/45

     40,000         41,245   

WF-RBS Commercial Mortgage Trust,
Series 2011-C3, Class B (b)
4.740% 3/15/44

     50,000         52,770   
     

 

 

 
        2,148,824   
     

 

 

 
Home Equity ABS — 0.4%   

ACE Securities Corp., Series 2005-AG1,
Class A1B1, 1 mo. USD LIBOR + .270%, FRN
0.491% 8/25/35

     34,839         34,765   

ACE Securities Corp., Series 2005-HE7,
Class A2D, 1 mo. USD LIBOR + .660%, FRN
0.881% 11/25/35

     23,021         22,990   

Asset-Backed Funding Certificates,
Series 2005-WMC1, Class M1,
1 mo. USD LIBOR + .660%, FRN
0.881% 6/25/35

     4,006         4,003   

Bayview Financial Mortgage Pass-Through Trust, Series 2005-B,
Class M1, 1 mo. LIBOR + .450%, FRN
0.643% 4/28/39

     16,760         16,731   

Citigroup Mortgage Loan Trust,
Series 2005-OPT4, Class M2,
1 mo. USD LIBOR + .430%, FRN
0.651% 7/25/35

     11,925         11,702   

Countrywide Asset-Backed Certificates,
Series 2005-3, Class MV2, 1 mo. USD LIBOR + .450%, FRN
0.872% 8/25/35

     4,951         4,946   
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the portfolio of investments.

 

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MassMutual Premier Balanced Fund – Portfolio of Investments (Continued)

 

     Principal
Amount
     Value  

Countrywide Asset-Backed Certificates,
Series 2004-5, Class 3A, 1 mo. USD LIBOR + .460%, FRN
0.882% 9/25/34

   $ 8,868       $ 8,765   

First Franklin Mortgage Loan Trust,
Series 2005-FF6, Class M1, 1 mo. USD LIBOR + .420%, FRN
0.641% 5/25/36

     30,149         29,928   

GSAMP Trust, Series 2005-AHL, Class M1, 1 mo. USD LIBOR + .430%, FRN
0.852% 4/25/35

     14,872         14,876   

Home Equity Asset Trust, Series 2006-4,
Class 2A3, 1 mo. USD LIBOR + .170%, FRN
0.592% 8/25/36

     11,900         11,883   

JP Morgan Mortgage Acquisition Corp.,
Series 2005-FLD1, Class M2, 1 mo. USD LIBOR + .735%, FRN
0.956% 7/25/35

     211         211   

Long Beach Mortgage Loan Trust,
Series 2005-WL1, Class M2, 1 mo. USD LIBOR + .825%, FRN
1.247% 6/25/35

     54,758         54,100   

MASTR Asset-Backed Securities Trust,
Series 2005-WMC1, Class M3,
1 mo. USD LIBOR + .720%, FRN
1.142% 3/25/35

     75,000         74,803   

Morgan Stanley Capital, Inc.,
Series 2005-WMC6, Class M2,
1 mo. USD LIBOR + .750%, FRN
0.971% 7/25/35

     19,223         19,345   

Morgan Stanley Home Equity Loan Trust,
Series 2005-3, Class M1, 1 mo. USD LIBOR + .450%, FRN
0.872% 8/25/35

     11,672         11,680   

NovaStar Mortgage Funding Trust,
Series 2005-3, Class A2D, 1 mo. LIBOR + .370%, FRN
0.792% 1/25/36

     62,493         62,549   

Park Place Securities, Inc.,
Series 2005-WCW3, Class A2C,
1 mo. USD LIBOR + .380%, FRN
0.601% 8/25/35

     10,071         10,053   

Park Place Securities, Inc.,
Series 2005-WHQ1, Class M2,
1 mo. USD LIBOR + .750%, FRN
0.971% 3/25/35

     10,265         10,263   

Security National Mortgage Loan Trust,
Series 2006-3A, Class A1,
1 mo. LIBOR + .280%, FRN (b)
0.501% 1/25/37

     14,574         14,569   
     Principal
Amount
     Value  

Structured Asset Investment Loan Trust,
Series 2005-7, Class A5, 1 mo. USD LIBOR + .720%, FRN
1.142% 8/25/35

   $ 7,089       $ 7,095   
     

 

 

 
        425,257   
     

 

 

 
Other ABS — 3.8%   

321 Henderson Receivables I LLC, Series 2015-1A, Class A (b)
3.260% 9/15/72

     48,697         47,127   

ALM XIV Ltd., Series 2014-14A, Class A1, 3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.430%, FRN (b)
1.753% 7/28/26

     250,000         247,339   

Alterna Funding I LLC, Series 2014-1A, Class NOTE (b)
1.639% 2/15/21

     53,067         52,760   

Applebee’s/IHOP Funding LLC,
Series 2014-1, Class A2 (b)
4.277% 9/05/44

     90,000         91,138   

Arbys Funding LLC, Series 2015-1A, Class A2 (b)
4.969% 10/30/45

     70,000         69,993   

Avery Point VI CLO Ltd., Series 2015-6A, Class A, 3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.450%, FRN (b)
1.784% 8/05/27

     250,000         247,545   

BCC Funding VIII LLC, Series 2014-1A, Class A (b)
1.794% 6/20/20

     30,621         30,506   

BlueVirgo Trust, Series 2015-1A, Class NOTE (b)
3.000% 12/15/22

     119,789         119,019   

Cazenovia Creek Funding I LLC,
Series 2015-1A, Class A (b)
2.000% 12/10/23

     84,693         84,772   

Citi Held For Asset Issuance,
Series 2015-PM1, Class A (b)
1.850% 12/15/21

     67,264         67,131   

Citigroup Mortgage Loan Trust,
Series 2006-SHL1, Class A1, 1 mo. USD LIBOR + .200%, FRN (b)
0.396% 11/25/45

     40,162         40,004   

CKE Restaurant Holdings, Inc., Series 2013-1A, Class A2 (b)
4.474% 3/20/43

     47,938         47,938   

CLI Funding V LLC, Series 2014-1A, Class A (b)
3.290% 6/18/29

     84,248         81,468   

DB Master Finance LLC, Series 2015-1A, Class A2I (b)
3.262% 2/20/45

     59,550         59,967   
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the portfolio of investments.

 

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MassMutual Premier Balanced Fund – Portfolio of Investments (Continued)

 

     Principal
Amount
     Value  

Diamond Resorts Owner Trust,
Series 2014-1, Class A (b)
2.540% 5/20/27

   $ 53,945       $ 54,249   

Domino’s Pizza Master Issuer LLC, Series 2015-1A, Class A2I (b)
3.484% 10/25/45

     100,000         98,000   

Domino’s Pizza Master Issuer LLC, Series 2015-1A, Class A2II (b)
4.474% 10/25/45

     110,000         109,519   

Domino’s Pizza Master Issuer LLC, Series 2012-1A, Class A2 (b)
5.216% 1/25/42

     61,125         63,115   

Dryden XXXI Senior Loan Fund,
Series 2014-31A, Class A, 3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.350%, FRN (b)
1.667% 4/18/26

     250,000         247,356   

Eaton Vance CLO, Series 2014-1A, Class A, 3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.450%, FRN (b)
1.771% 7/15/26

     250,000         247,823   

Element Rail Leasing II LLC,
Series 2015-1A, Class A1 (b)
2.707% 2/19/45

     88,595         87,604   

Fairway Outdoor Funding LLC,
Series 2012-1A, Class A2 (b)
4.212% 10/15/42

     91,084         91,130   

First Franklin Mortgage Loan Trust,
Series 2005-FF7, Class M1, 1 mo. USD LIBOR + .450%, FRN
0.872% 7/25/35

     25,070         25,043   

First Franklin Mortgage Loan Trust,
Series 2005-FF4, Class M1, 1 mo. USD LIBOR + .645%, FRN
1.067% 5/25/35

     14,239         14,227   

Fremont Home Loan Trust, Series 2005-E, Class 2A3, 1 mo. USD LIBOR + .240%, FRN
0.461% 1/25/36

     13,802         13,307   

GoldenTree Loan Opportunities VII Ltd., Series 2013-7A, Class A, 3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.150%, FRN (b)
1.470% 4/25/25

     250,000         244,795   

Hilton Grand Vacations Trust,
Series 2013-A, Class A (b)
2.280% 1/25/26

     48,255         48,342   

Icon Brand Holdings LLC,
Series 2012-1A, Class A (b)
4.229% 1/25/43

     40,291         40,405   

Icon Brand Holdings LLC,
Series 2013-1A, Class A (b)
4.352% 1/25/43

     41,711         41,901   

LCM Ltd., Series 16A, Class A, 3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.500%, FRN (b)
1.821% 7/15/26

     250,000         248,885   
     Principal
Amount
     Value  

Long Beach Mortgage Loan Trust,
Series 2005-1, Class M2, 1 mo. USD LIBOR + .795%, FRN
1.217% 2/25/35

   $ 37,561       $ 37,208   

Madison Park Funding XII Ltd.,
Series 2014-12A, Class A, 3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.500%, FRN (b)
1.817% 7/20/26

     250,000         248,022   

Miramax LLC, Series 2014-1A,
Class A2 (b)
3.340% 7/20/26

     77,480         76,923   

Morgan Stanley ABS Capital I, Inc. Trust, Series 2005-WMC4, Class M4,
1 mo. USD LIBOR + .945%, FRN
1.367% 4/25/35

     73,694         73,330   

Nations Equipment Finance Funding II LLC, Series 2014-1A, Class A (b)
1.558% 7/20/18

     35,935         35,911   

New Residential Advance Receivables Trust, Series 2015-T3, Class AT3 (b)
2.540% 11/15/46

     100,000         99,837   

Oak Hill Credit Partners VIII Ltd.,
Series 2013-8A, Class A, 3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.120%, FRN (b)
1.437% 4/20/25

     200,000         196,002   

Park Place Securities, Inc.,
Series 2005-WHQ4, Class A1A, 1 mo. USD LIBOR + .260%, FRN
0.481% 9/25/35

     16,916         16,906   

SBA Tower Trust, Series 2014-1A,
Class C, STEP (b)
2.898% 10/15/44

     99,759         97,485   

Sierra Receivables Funding Co. LLC,
Series 2012-1A, Class A (b)
2.840% 11/20/28

     15,833         15,948   

Sierra Receivables Funding Co. LLC,
Series 2015-3A, Class B (b)
3.080% 9/20/32

     91,772         91,771   

Sierra Receivables Funding Co. LLC,
Series 2011-1A, Class A (b)
3.350% 4/20/26

     11,037         11,046   

Sonic Capital LLC, Series 2011-1A,
Class A2 (b)
5.438% 5/20/41

     53,848         55,592   

Specialty Underwriting & Residential Finance Trust, Series 2005-AB2,
Class M1, 1 mo. USD LIBOR + .450%, FRN
0.671% 6/25/36

     40,000         39,565   

Store Master Funding I LLC,
Series 2015-1A, Class A1 (b)
3.750% 4/20/45

     99,667         98,881   
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the portfolio of investments.

 

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MassMutual Premier Balanced Fund – Portfolio of Investments (Continued)

 

     Principal
Amount
     Value  

TAL Advantage LLC, Series 2006-1A, 1 mo. LIBOR + .190%, FRN (b)
0.592% 4/20/21

   $ 13,333       $ 13,326   

Trip Rail Master Funding LLC,
Series 2011-1A, Class A1A (b)
4.370% 7/15/41

     48,753         51,070   

Welk Resorts LLC, Series 2015-AA,
Class A (b)
2.790% 6/16/31

     43,578         43,454   

Wendy’s Funding LLC, Series 2015-1A, Class A2I (b)
3.371% 6/15/45

     119,700         117,426   

Wendys Funding LLC, Series 2015-1A,
Class A2II (b)
4.080% 6/15/45

     49,875         50,031   

Wendys Funding LLC, Series 2015-1A,
Class A23 (b)
4.497% 6/15/45

     74,813         74,041   
     

 

 

 
        4,506,183   
     

 

 

 
Student Loans ABS — 1.2%      

Access Group, Inc., Series 2003-A, Class A3, 3 mo. Treasury + 1.200%, FRN
1.340% 7/01/38

     26,160         23,594   

Access Group, Inc., Series 2015-1, Class B, 1 mo. LIBOR + 1.500%, FRN (b)
1.721% 7/25/58

     100,000         84,850   

College Loan Corp. Trust, Series 2007-1, Class B2, 28 day ARS, FRN
1.918% 1/25/47

     35,000         26,368   

College Loan Corp. Trust I, Series 2002-1, Class A5, 28 day ARS, FRN (b)
1.076% 3/01/42

     50,000         46,286   

College Loan Corp. Trust I, Series 2002-2, Class A29, 28 day ARS, FRN (b)
1.566% 3/01/42

     50,000         46,310   

College Loan Corp. Trust I, Series 2003-1, Class A6, 28 day ARS, FRN (b)
1.685% 3/01/42

     100,000         92,866   

EdLinc Student Loan Funding Trust,
Series 2012-1, Class B, 1 mo. LIBOR + 4.240%, FRN (b)
4.662% 11/26/40

     65,000         73,641   

Education Funding Capital Trust I,
Series 2004-1, Class A4, 28 day ARS, FRN
1.697% 6/15/43

     50,000         47,513   

Education Funding Capital Trust I,
Series 2004-1, Class B1, 28 day ARS, FRN
1.846% 6/15/43

     50,000         45,401   
     Principal
Amount
     Value  

Education Funding Capital Trust I,
Series 2004-1, Class A6, 28 day ARS, FRN
1.908% 6/15/43

   $ 50,000       $ 49,010   

Education Loan Asset-Backed Trust I,
Series 2003-2, Class 2A1, 28 day ARS, FRN (b)
0.017% 8/01/43

     50,000         46,863   

Goal Capital Funding Trust, Series 2007-1, Class C1, 3 mo. LIBOR + .400%, FRN
1.003% 6/25/42

     13,030         13,029   

Kentucky Higher Education Student Loan Corp., Series 2015-1, Class A1,
1 mo. LIBOR + .750%, FRN
0.938% 12/01/31

     89,298         86,680   

KeyCorp Student Loan Trust,
Series 2004-A, Class 2A2, 3 mo. LIBOR + .300%, FRN
0.623% 10/28/41

     33,404         33,262   

National Collegiate Student Loan Trust,
Series 2007-1, Class A2, 1 mo. LIBOR + .130%, FRN
0.552% 11/27/28

     36,720         36,537   

National Collegiate Student Loan Trust,
Series 2006-3, Class A3, 1 mo. LIBOR + .150%, FRN
0.572% 10/25/27

     65,742         65,292   

National Collegiate Student Loan Trust,
Series 2005-1, Class A4, 1 mo. LIBOR + .240%, FRN
0.662% 11/27/28

     36,397         35,894   

Navient Student Loan Trust, Series 2014-1, Class A4, 1 mo. LIBOR + .750%, FRN
0.971% 2/25/39

     100,000         91,865   

Navient Student Loan Trust,
Series 2015-3, Class B, 1 mo. LIBOR + 1.500%, FRN
1.721% 10/25/58

     40,000         33,085   

Securitized Asset Backed Receivables LLC, Series 2005-HE1, Class A3C, ABS, FRN, 1 mo. USD LIBOR + .660%, FRN
0.881% 10/25/35

     37,274         37,188   

SLC Private Student Loan Trust,
Series 2006-A, Class C, 3 mo. LIBOR + .450%, FRN
0.771% 7/15/36

     100,000         88,565   

SLM Student Loan Trust, Series 2006-10, Class B, 3 mo. LIBOR + .220%, FRN
0.540% 3/25/44

     79,598         64,956   

SLM Student Loan Trust, Series 2003-5, Class A7, 28 day ARS, FRN
2.760% 6/17/30

     50,000         50,000   
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the portfolio of investments.

 

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MassMutual Premier Balanced Fund – Portfolio of Investments (Continued)

 

     Principal
Amount
     Value  

SLM Student Loan Trust, Series 2003-5, Class A9, 28 day ARS, FRN
2.900% 6/17/30

   $ 50,000       $ 50,000   

South Carolina Student Loan Corp.,
Series 2010-1, Class A3, 3 mo. LIBOR + 1.050%, FRN
1.370% 10/27/36

     100,000         98,743   
     

 

 

 
        1,367,798   
     

 

 

 
WL Collateral CMO — 0.2%      

Connecticut Avenue Securities,
Series 2015-C03, Class 1M1, 1 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.500%, FRN
1.721% 7/25/25

     126,285         126,074   

Countrywide Home Loans, Inc.,
Series 2004-2, Class 1A1, FRN
2.616% 2/25/34

     5,734         5,368   

Countrywide Home Loans, Inc.,
Series 2003-42, Class 1A1, FRN
3.028% 9/25/33

     2,062         1,882   

GSR Mortgage Loan Trust, Series 2004-9, Class 2A1, FRN
2.764% 8/25/34

     4,460         4,166   

IndyMac Index Mortgage Loan Trust,
Series 2004-AR4, Class 1A, FRN
2.496% 8/25/34

     19,475         16,027   

Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors, Inc., Series 2005-A8, Class A3A2,
1 mo. USD LIBOR + .250%, FRN
0.471% 8/25/36

     7,522         7,371   

Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors, Inc., Series 2003-A4, Class IA, FRN
2.905% 7/25/33

     1,393         1,350   

Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors, Inc., Series 2004-A1, Class IA, FRN
3.011% 2/25/34

     2,660         2,544   

Morgan Stanley Mortgage Loan Trust, Series 2004-2AR, Class 1A, FRN
2.374% 2/25/34

     74         75   

Structured Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan Trust, Series 2004-2, Class 2A, FRN
2.556% 3/25/34

     12,222         12,176   

WaMu Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2004-AR2, Class A, 12 mo. MTA + 1.400%, FRN
1.643% 4/25/44

     26,427         25,567   
     

 

 

 
        202,600   
     

 

 

 
WL Collateral PAC — 0.0%      

Structured Asset Securities Corp.,
Series 2007-BC4, Class A3, 1 mo. USD LIBOR + .250%, FRN
0.672% 11/25/37

     11,093         11,079   
     Principal
Amount
     Value  

Structured Asset Securities Corp.,
Series 2002-11A, Class 2A1, FRN
2.885% 6/25/32

   $ 7,232       $ 6,834   
     

 

 

 
        17,913   
     

 

 

 
TOTAL NON-U.S. GOVERNMENT
AGENCY OBLIGATIONS
(Cost $9,016,399)
          8,925,778   
     

 

 

 
SOVEREIGN DEBT OBLIGATIONS — 0.4%   

Colombia Government International Bond
6.125% 1/18/41

     100,000         96,500   

Colombia Government International Bond
7.375% 3/18/19

     40,000         44,860   

Export-Import Bank of Korea
1.750% 2/27/18

     10,000         9,900   

Peruvian Government International Bond
6.550% 3/14/37

     20,000         23,100   

Poland Government International Bond
6.375% 7/15/19

     50,000         57,125   

Province of Quebec Canada
7.500% 9/15/29

     20,000         28,765   

Republic of Turkey International Bond
4.875% 4/16/43

     19,000         16,720   

United Mexican States
4.750% 3/08/44

     91,000         82,901   

United Mexican States
5.125% 1/15/20

     35,000         38,150   

United Mexican States
6.750% 9/27/34

     35,000         42,000   
     

 

 

 
        440,021   
     

 

 

 
TOTAL SOVEREIGN DEBT OBLIGATIONS
(Cost $449,274)
        440,021   
     

 

 

 
U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENCY OBLIGATIONS AND INSTRUMENTALITIES — 8.9%    
Collateralized Mortgage Obligations — 0.8%   

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.
Series 4303, Class AP
3.000% 8/15/43

     184,992         191,692   

Series 4290, Class CA
3.500% 12/15/38

     104,786         108,777   

Series 2617, Class Z
5.500% 5/15/33

     86,064         96,395   

Series 2693, Class Z
5.500% 10/15/33

     151,016         166,792   

Series 3423, Class PB
5.500% 3/15/38

     30,000         33,576   

Federal National Mortgage Association
Series 2014-7, Class VA
3.500% 5/25/25

     59,873         62,863   
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the portfolio of investments.

 

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MassMutual Premier Balanced Fund – Portfolio of Investments (Continued)

 

     Principal
Amount
     Value  

Series 2014-48, Class AB
4.000% 10/25/40

   $ 145,629       $ 153,128   

Series 2007-32, Class Z
5.500% 4/25/37

     51,449         56,919   

Series 2010-60, Class HJ
5.500% 5/25/40

     29,819         32,623   

Federal National Mortgage Association REMIC
Series 2007-B2, Class ZA
5.500% 6/25/37

     44,608         49,017   

U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs
Series 1992-1, Class 2Z
7.750% 5/15/22

     36,197         40,348   
     

 

 

 
        992,130   
     

 

 

 
Pass-Through Securities — 8.1%      

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. Pool #Q37467 3.500%
11/01/45

     249,621         257,412   

Pool #Q37468 3.500%
11/01/45

     174,736         180,408   

Pool #G05253 5.000%
2/01/39

     15,066         16,491   

Pool #E85389 6.000%
9/01/16

     1,287         1,306   

Pool #G11431 6.000%
2/01/18

     611         627   

Pool #E85015 6.500%
8/01/16

     382         388   

Pool #G00729 8.000%
6/01/27

     18,913         22,397   

Pool #554904 9.000%
3/01/17

     32         33   

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. TBA Pool #648 3.500%
6/01/43 (c)

     225,000         231,592   

Pool #4200 4.000%
4/01/42 (c)

     650,000         686,563   

Federal National Mortgage Association Pool #725692, 1 year CMT + 2.146%, FRN 2.398%
10/01/33

     18,969         20,021   

Pool #888586, 1 year CMT + 2.213%, FRN 2.481%
10/01/34

     32,245         34,117   

Pool #890564 3.000%
6/01/43

     158,125         158,662   

Pool #AB8527 3.500%
3/01/43

     92,997         96,016   

Pool #AR8708 3.500%
4/01/43

     47,546         49,090   

Pool #AT4050 3.500%
5/01/43

     58,804         60,713   

Pool #MA1463 3.500%
6/01/43

     158,402         163,544   
     Principal
Amount
     Value  

Pool #AS6187 3.500%
11/01/45

   $ 547,694       $ 565,815   

Pool #AS6293 3.500%
12/01/45

     169,379         174,983   

Pool #AS6306 3.500%
12/01/45

     179,686         185,856   

Pool #AB6261 4.000%
9/01/42

     391,298         415,310   

Pool #564594 7.000%
1/01/31

     7,798         9,031   

Pool #253795 7.000%
5/01/31

     6,920         8,076   

Pool #507061 7.500%
10/01/29

     804         944   

Pool #527761 7.500%
2/01/30

     1,708         1,943   

Pool #531196 7.500%
2/01/30

     938         1,109   

Pool #534119 7.500%
3/01/30

     243         287   

Pool #534420 7.500%
3/01/30

     657         777   

Pool #253183 7.500%
4/01/30

     2,740         3,230   

Pool #253265 7.500%
5/01/30

     1,950         2,282   

Pool #535248 8.000%
4/01/30

     180         214   

Pool #539460 8.000%
5/01/30

     1,218         1,467   

Pool #190317 8.000%
8/01/31

     2,070         2,478   

Federal National Mortgage Association TBA
Pool #3348 2.500%
3/01/28 (c)

     600,000         604,781   

Pool #1048 2.500%
7/01/42 (c)

     825,000         796,802   

Pool #4241 3.000%
12/01/42 (c)

     1,209,000         1,208,717   

Pool #9174 4.000%
9/01/42 (c)

     25,000         26,449   

Government National Mortgage Association
Pool #783896 3.500%
5/15/44

     223,348         233,634   

Pool #784026 3.500%
12/20/44

     59,435         62,207   

Pool #351528 7.000%
8/15/23

     3,309         3,506   

Pool #352049 7.000%
10/15/23

     989         1,118   

Pool #588012 7.000%
7/15/32

     3,344         3,938   
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the portfolio of investments.

 

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MassMutual Premier Balanced Fund – Portfolio of Investments (Continued)

 

     Principal
Amount
     Value  

Pool #591581 7.000%
8/15/32

   $ 2,068       $ 2,438   

Pool #189371 7.500%
6/15/17

     384         392   

Government National Mortgage Association II
Pool #82488, 1 year CMT + 1.500%, FRN 1.750%
3/20/40

     30,708         31,805   

Pool #82462, 1 year CMT + 1.500%, FRN 2.500%
1/20/40

     26,998         27,935   

Government National Mortgage Association II TBA
Pool #188 3.000%
8/01/43 (c)

     575,000         582,502   

Pool #207 3.500%
12/01/43 (c)

     550,000         573,375   

Pool #872 4.500%
3/01/41 (c)

     1,825,000         1,960,734   
     

 

 

 
        9,473,515   
     

 

 

 
TOTAL U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENCY OBLIGATIONS AND INSTRUMENTALITIES
(Cost $10,482,493)
        10,465,645   
     

 

 

 
U.S. TREASURY OBLIGATIONS — 0.1%   
U.S. Treasury Bonds & Notes — 0.1%   

U.S. Treasury Bond
3.000% 11/15/44

     45,000         44,872   

U.S. Treasury Note (d)
0.625% 5/31/17

     120,000         119,466   
     

 

 

 
        164,338   
     

 

 

 
TOTAL U.S. TREASURY OBLIGATIONS
(Cost $164,887)
        164,338   
     

 

 

 
TOTAL BONDS & NOTES
(Cost $39,434,386)
        38,790,447   
     

 

 

 
     Number of
Shares
        
MUTUAL FUNDS — 9.4%      
Diversified Financial — 9.4%      

iShares China Large-Cap ETF

     2,600         91,754   

iShares MSCI Australia Index Fund

     2,100         39,816   

iShares MSCI EAFE Index Fund

     73,430         4,314,012   

iShares MSCI France Index Fund

     9,200         222,732   

iShares MSCI Germany Index Fund

     8,700         227,853   

iShares MSCI Hong Kong Index Fund

     3,500         69,370   

iShares MSCI Italy Capped Index Fund

     4,200         57,708   
     Number of
Shares
     Value  

iShares MSCI Japan Index Fund

     36,200       $ 438,744   

iShares MSCI Netherlands ETF

     2,600         61,984   

iShares MSCI Singapore ETF

     200         2,056   

iShares MSCI South Korea Capped Index Fund

     900         44,703   

iShares MSCI Spain Index Fund

     3,600         101,772   

iShares MSCI Sweden Index Fund

     2,300         67,114   

iShares MSCI Switzerland Capped Index Fund

     7,200         223,488   

iShares MSCI Taiwan Index Fund

     4,400         56,188   

iShares MSCI United Kingdom ETF

     23,800         384,132   

Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets ETF

     74,840         2,748,125   

Vanguard MSCI Emerging Markets ETF

     55,800         1,825,218   
     

 

 

 
        10,976,769   
     

 

 

 
TOTAL MUTUAL FUNDS
(Cost $11,656,743)
        10,976,769   
     

 

 

 
     Notional
Amount
        
PURCHASED OPTIONS — 0.0%   
Financial — 0.0%      
Diversified Financial — 0.0%      

5 Year CDX.NA.IG 25 Swaption, Put, Expires 3/16/16, Strike 120.00 (OTC — JP Morgan Chase Bank); Underlying swap terminates 1/14/16

   $ 3,850,000         4,512   

5 Year CDX.NA.IG 25 Swaption, Put, Expires 3/16/16, Strike 120.00 (OTC — JP Morgan Chase Bank); Underlying swap terminates 1/15/16

     7,650,000         8,966   

5 Year CDX.NA.IG 25 Swaption, Put, Expires 3/16/16, Strike 120.00 (OTC — JP Morgan Chase Bank); Underlying swap terminates 1/14/16

     1,400,000         1,641   
     

 

 

 
        15,119   
     

 

 

 
TOTAL PURCHASED OPTIONS
(Cost $26,670)
        15,119   
     

 

 

 
     Number of
Shares
        
RIGHTS — 0.0%      
Consumer, Cyclical — 0.0%      
Auto Manufacturers — 0.0%      

Safeway Casa Ley Contingent
Value (a) (e)

     3,821         3,859   

Safeway PDC LLC Contingent
Value (a) (e)

     3,821         191   
     

 

 

 
        4,050   
     

 

 

 
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the portfolio of investments.

 

102


MassMutual Premier Balanced Fund – Portfolio of Investments (Continued)

 

            Value  
TOTAL RIGHTS
(Cost $4,050)
      $ 4,050   
     

 

 

 
TOTAL LONG-TERM
INVESTMENTS
(Cost $117,310,241)
        116,489,342   
     

 

 

 
     Principal
Amount
        
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS — 5.9%   
Commercial Paper — 5.7%      

AutoZone, Inc. (b)
0.820% 1/25/16

   $ 653,000         652,786   

Commonwealth Edison Co. (b)
0.800% 1/05/16

     530,000         529,972   

COX Enterprises, Inc. (b)
0.900% 2/01/16

     527,000         526,775   

FMC Technologies, Inc. (b)
0.750% 1/06/16

     786,000         785,948   

Holcim US Finance SARL & Cie (b)
0.700% 1/12/16

     722,000         721,896   

Hyundai Capital America (b)
0.630% 2/02/16

     250,000         249,890   

Hyundai Capital America (b)
0.850% 1/25/16

     477,000         476,843   

Magellan Midstream Partners LP (b)
0.780% 1/04/16

     630,000         629,973   

Spectra Energy Capital LLC (b)
0.870% 1/07/16

     500,000         499,961   

Vodafone Group PLC (b)
0.750% 3/21/16

     419,000         418,490   

Volvo Group Treasury National (b)
0.900% 1/11/16

     745,000         744,903   

Volvo Group Treasury National (b)
0.900% 1/13/16

     500,000         499,921   
     

 

 

 
        6,737,358   
     

 

 

 
Repurchase Agreement — 0.2%      

State Street Bank & Trust Co. Repurchase Agreement, dated 12/31/15, 0.010%, due 1/04/16 (f)

     196,709         196,709   
     

 

 

 
Time Deposit — 0.0%      

Euro Time Deposit
0.010% 1/04/16

     574         574   
     

 

 

 
TOTAL SHORT-TERM
INVESTMENTS
(Cost $6,933,676)
        6,934,641   
     

 

 

 
TOTAL INVESTMENTS — 105.3%
(Cost $124,243,917) (g)
        123,423,983   
Other Assets/(Liabilities) — (5.3)%         (6,251,245
     

 

 

 
NET ASSETS — 100.0%       $ 117,172,738   
     

 

 

 

Notes to Portfolio of Investments

Percentages are stated as a percent of net assets.
ABS Asset-Backed Security
ARS Auction Rate Security
BAB Build America Bonds
CLO Collateralized Loan Obligation
CMO Collateralized Mortgage Obligation
CMT Constant Maturity Treasury Index
ETF Exchange-Traded Fund
FRN Floating Rate Note
MBS Mortgage-Backed Security
MTA Monthly Treasury Average Index
PAC Planned Amortization Class
STEP Step Up Bond
TBA To Be Announced
VRN Variable Rate Note
WL Whole Loan
(a) Non-income producing security.
(b) Securities exempt from registration under rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. These securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. At December 31, 2015, these securities amounted to a value of $15,441,038 or 13.18% of net assets.
(c) A portion of this security is purchased on a when-issued, delayed-delivery or forward commitment basis. (Note 2).
(d) A portion of this security is held as collateral for open futures contracts. (Note 2).
(e) This security is fair valued in good faith in accordance with procedures approved by the Board of Trustees. At December 31, 2015, these securities amounted to a value of $4,050 or 0.00% of net assets.
(f) Maturity value of $196,710. Collateralized by U.S. Government Agency obligations with a rate of 2.120%, maturity date of 11/07/22, and an aggregate market value, including accrued interest, of $200,914.
(g) See Note 3 for aggregate cost for federal tax purposes.
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the portfolio of investments.

 

103


MassMutual Barings Dynamic Allocation Fund – Consolidated Portfolio of Investments

 

December 31, 2015 (Unaudited)

 

     Principal
Amount
     Value  
BONDS & NOTES — 15.7%      
SOVEREIGN DEBT OBLIGATIONS — 10.4%   

Australia Government Bond
AUD (a) (b)
3.250% 4/21/25

     814,000       $ 613,576   

Canadian Government Bond CAD (b) 2.250% 6/01/25

     752,000         584,122   
     

 

 

 
        1,197,698   
     

 

 

 
TOTAL SOVEREIGN DEBT OBLIGATIONS
(Cost $1,229,237)
        1,197,698   
     

 

 

 
U.S. TREASURY OBLIGATIONS — 5.3%      
U.S. Treasury Bonds & Notes — 5.3%      

U.S. Treasury Inflation Index
0.125% 1/15/23

   $ 635,351         609,167   
     

 

 

 
TOTAL U.S. TREASURY OBLIGATIONS
(Cost $618,538)
        609,167   
     

 

 

 
TOTAL BONDS & NOTES
(Cost $1,847,775)
        1,806,865   
     

 

 

 
     Number of
Shares
        
MUTUAL FUNDS — 74.1%      
Diversified Financial — 74.1%      

iShares Global Consumer Discretionary ETF

     7,361         655,276   

iShares Global Consumer Staples ETF

     6,673         622,191   

iShares International High Yield Bond ETF

     14,318         635,290   

iShares MSCI Eurozone ETF

     16,848         590,354   

iShares MSCI France Index Fund

     28,415         687,927   

iShares MSCI Italy Capped Index Fund

     48,275         663,299   

iShares MSCI Japan Index Fund

     97,179         1,177,809   

iShares US Regional Banks ETF

     24,791         866,693   

SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust

     2,721         554,785   

Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF

     23,128         1,153,625   

Vanguard Global ex-U.S. Real Estate ETF

     14,695         750,914   

Vanguard Information Technology ETF

     1,983         214,739   
     

 

 

 
        8,572,902   
     

 

 

 
TOTAL MUTUAL FUNDS
(Cost $8,852,917)
        8,572,902   
     

 

 

 
            Value  
TOTAL LONG-TERM INVESTMENTS
(Cost $10,700,692)
      $ 10,379,767   
     

 

 

 
     Principal
Amount
        
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS — 9.1%   
Repurchase Agreement — 8.2%   

State Street Bank & Trust Co. Repurchase Agreement, dated 12/31/15, 0.010%, due 1/04/16 (c)

   $ 952,745         952,745   
     

 

 

 
Time Deposit — 0.9%   

Euro Time Deposit (d)
0.010% 1/04/16

     110,265         110,265   
     

 

 

 
TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS
(Cost $1,063,010)
        1,063,010   
     

 

 

 
TOTAL INVESTMENTS — 98.9%
(Cost $11,763,702) (e)
        11,442,777   
Other Assets/(Liabilities) — 1.1%         125,512   
     

 

 

 
NET ASSETS — 100.0%       $ 11,568,289   
     

 

 

 

Notes to Consolidated Portfolio of Investments

Percentages are stated as a percent of net assets.
AUD Australian Dollar
CAD Canadian Dollar
ETF Exchange-Traded Fund
(a) Security exempt from registration under Regulation S of the Securities Act of 1933, which exempts from registration securities offered and sold outside the United States. Security may not be offered or sold in the United States except pursuant to an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933. At December 31, 2015, these securities amounted to a value of $613,576 or 5.30% of net assets.
(b) The principal amount of the security is in foreign currency. The market value is in U.S. dollars.
(c) Maturity value of $952,746. Collateralized by U.S. Government Agency obligations with a rate of 2.120%, maturity date of 11/07/22, and an aggregate market value, including accrued interest, of $975,170.
(d) All or a portion of this security is held by a wholly owned subsidiary. See Note 1 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for details on the wholly owned subsidiary.
(e) See Note 3 for aggregate cost for federal tax purposes.
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the consolidated portfolio of investments.

 

104


MassMutual Premier Value Fund – Portfolio of Investments

 

December 31, 2015 (Unaudited)

 

     Number of
Shares
     Value  
EQUITIES — 101.1%      
COMMON STOCK — 101.1%   
Basic Materials — 1.6%      
Chemicals — 1.2%      

Eastman Chemical Co.

     7,220       $ 487,423   

LyondellBasell Industries NV Class A

     3,738         324,832   
     

 

 

 
        812,255   
     

 

 

 
Foods — 0.4%      

BHP Billiton Ltd. Sponsored ADR (Australia) (a)

     9,720         250,387   
     

 

 

 
        1,062,642   
     

 

 

 
Communications — 5.8%      
Advertising — 0.3%      

Nielsen Holdings PLC

     4,330         201,778   
     

 

 

 
Internet — 1.1%      

Alphabet, Inc. Class A (b)

     860         669,089   
     

 

 

 
Media — 2.7%      

CBS Corp. Class B

     10,980         517,487   

DISH Network Corp. Class A (b)

     11,610         663,860   

The Walt Disney Co.

     5,690         597,905   
     

 

 

 
        1,779,252   
     

 

 

 
Telecommunications — 1.7%      

T-Mobile US, Inc. (b)

     10,890         426,017   

Verizon Communications, Inc.

     15,005         693,531   
     

 

 

 
        1,119,548   
     

 

 

 
        3,769,667   
     

 

 

 
Consumer, Cyclical — 10.0%      
Airlines — 0.6%      

Delta Air Lines, Inc.

     8,229         417,128   
     

 

 

 
Auto Manufacturers — 0.5%      

Ford Motor Co.

     24,210         341,119   
     

 

 

 
Automotive & Parts — 1.4%      

Johnson Controls, Inc.

     22,430         885,761   
     

 

 

 
Entertainment — 0.7%      

Cinemark Holdings, Inc.

     13,548         452,910   
     

 

 

 
Home Builders — 0.8%      

Lennar Corp. Class A (a)

     10,810         528,717   
     

 

 

 
Home Furnishing — 0.5%      

Whirlpool Corp.

     2,170         318,708   
     

 

 

 
Household Products — 1.0%      

Reckitt Benckiser Group PLC Sponsored ADR (United Kingdom) (a)

     35,481         664,914   
     

 

 

 
Leisure Time — 1.8%      

Carnival Corp.

     21,140         1,151,707   
     

 

 

 
     Number of
Shares
     Value  
Retail — 2.7%      

Costco Wholesale Corp.

     3,506       $ 566,219   

Kohl’s Corp.

     3,750         178,612   

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

     4,370         267,881   

Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc.

     8,760         745,958   
     

 

 

 
        1,758,670   
     

 

 

 
        6,519,634   
     

 

 

 
Consumer, Non-cyclical — 19.6%   
Agriculture — 1.4%      

Philip Morris International, Inc.

     4,890         429,880   

Reynolds American, Inc.

     10,330         476,729   
     

 

 

 
        906,609   
     

 

 

 
Beverages — 2.7%      

The Coca-Cola Co.

     20,580         884,117   

PepsiCo, Inc.

     8,687         868,005   
     

 

 

 
        1,752,122   
     

 

 

 
Biotechnology — 1.3%      

Amgen, Inc.

     2,874         466,537   

Gilead Sciences, Inc.

     3,960         400,712   
     

 

 

 
        867,249   
     

 

 

 
Cosmetics & Personal Care — 0.6%   

The Procter & Gamble Co.

     5,180         411,344   
     

 

 

 
Health Care – Services — 3.3%   

HCA Holdings, Inc. (b)

     3,000         202,890   

Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.

     3,710         526,263   

UnitedHealth Group, Inc.

     12,050         1,417,562   
     

 

 

 
        2,146,715   
     

 

 

 
Pharmaceuticals — 10.3%   

Allergan PLC (b)

     690         215,625   

Baxalta, Inc.

     7,752         302,560   

Cardinal Health, Inc.

     14,670         1,309,591   

Eli Lilly & Co.

     12,050         1,015,333   

Pfizer, Inc.

     52,710         1,701,479   

Quintiles Transnational Holdings, Inc. (b)

     4,800         329,568   

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. Sponsored ADR (Israel)

     28,640         1,879,930   
     

 

 

 
        6,754,086   
     

 

 

 
        12,838,125   
     

 

 

 
Energy — 10.8%      
Oil & Gas — 8.9%      

Anadarko Petroleum Corp.

     16,219         787,919   

Apache Corp.

     19,371         861,428   

BP PLC Sponsored ADR (United Kingdom)

     25,350         792,441   

Chesapeake Energy Corp. (a)

     76,370         343,665   

ConocoPhillips

     17,717         827,207   

Occidental Petroleum Corp.

     1,509         102,024   
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the portfolio of investments.

 

105


MassMutual Premier Value Fund – Portfolio of Investments (Continued)

 

     Number of
Shares
     Value  

Phillips 66

     6,410       $ 524,338   

Suncor Energy, Inc.

     62,440         1,610,952   
     

 

 

 
        5,849,974   
     

 

 

 
Oil & Gas Services — 1.0%   

Schlumberger Ltd.

     9,117         635,911   
     

 

 

 
Pipelines — 0.9%   

Enbridge, Inc.

     18,386         610,231   
     

 

 

 
        7,096,116   
     

 

 

 
Financial — 24.9%   
Banks — 4.5%   

Bank of America Corp.

     64,320         1,082,506   

Capital One Financial Corp.

     6,568         474,078   

Intesa Sanpaolo SpA Sponsored ADR (Italy)

     23,160         462,853   

Zions Bancorp

     33,117         904,094   
     

 

 

 
        2,923,531   
     

 

 

 
Diversified Financial — 14.1%   

Ally Financial, Inc. (b)

     90,910         1,694,562   

Citigroup, Inc.

     47,410         2,453,468   

The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.

     5,228         942,242   

JP Morgan Chase & Co.

     32,940         2,175,028   

Morgan Stanley

     31,107         989,514   

Synchrony Financial (b)

     18,870         573,837   

T. Rowe Price Group, Inc.

     5,089         363,813   
     

 

 

 
        9,192,464   
     

 

 

 
Insurance — 4.4%   

American International Group, Inc.

     30,390         1,883,268   

Aon PLC

     8,398         774,380   

Genworth Financial, Inc. Class A (b)

     64,850         241,890   
     

 

 

 
        2,899,538   
     

 

 

 
Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITS) — 1.9%   

Equity Residential

     6,665         543,797   

Public Storage

     2,787         690,340   
     

 

 

 
        1,234,137   
     

 

 

 
        16,249,670   
     

 

 

 
Industrial — 12.2%   
Aerospace & Defense — 1.2%   

Lockheed Martin Corp.

     3,590         779,568   
     

 

 

 
Building Materials — 1.1%   

Louisiana-Pacific Corp. (b)

     41,380         745,254   
     

 

 

 
Electronics — 1.7%   

TE Connectivity Ltd.

     16,863         1,089,518   
     

 

 

 
Environmental Controls — 1.0%   

Waste Management, Inc.

     12,473         665,684   
     

 

 

 
Machinery – Construction & Mining — 0.7%   

Caterpillar, Inc.

     6,854         465,798   
     

 

 

 
Manufacturing — 3.9%   

Danaher Corp.

     14,575         1,353,726   
     Number of
Shares
     Value  

Eaton Corp. PLC

     15,950       $ 830,038   

Parker Hannifin Corp.

     3,464         335,939   
     

 

 

 
        2,519,703   
     

 

 

 
Packaging & Containers — 0.2%   

WestRock Co.

     2,990         136,404   
     

 

 

 
Transportation — 2.4%   

CSX Corp.

     34,670         899,686   

FedEx Corp.

     4,500         670,455   
     

 

 

 
        1,570,141   
     

 

 

 
        7,972,070   
     

 

 

 
Technology — 12.0%   
Computers — 3.3%   

Apple, Inc.

     3,054         321,464   

SanDisk Corp.

     10,736         815,829   

Synopsys, Inc. (b)

     16,489         752,063   

Western Digital Corp.

     4,864         292,083   
     

 

 

 
        2,181,439   
     

 

 

 
Internet — 0.8%   

Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (b)

     6,152         500,650   
     

 

 

 
Semiconductors — 4.6%   

Broadcom Corp. Class A

     23,632         1,366,402   

Intel Corp.

     22,093         761,104   

Micron Technology, Inc. (b)

     27,635         391,312   

Texas Instruments, Inc.

     8,450         463,144   
     

 

 

 
        2,981,962   
     

 

 

 
Software — 3.3%   

First Data Corp. Class A (b)

     27,120         434,462   

Microsoft Corp.

     26,908         1,492,856   

Oracle Corp.

     6,401         233,829   
     

 

 

 
        2,161,147   
     

 

 

 
        7,825,198   
     

 

 

 
Utilities — 4.2%   
Electric — 4.2%   

Edison International

     27,203         1,610,690   

NextEra Energy, Inc.

     3,214         333,902   

PG&E Corp.

     7,490         398,393   

WEC Energy Group, Inc.

     7,740         397,139   
     

 

 

 
        2,740,124   
     

 

 

 
TOTAL COMMON STOCK
(Cost $63,686,250)
        66,073,246   
     

 

 

 
TOTAL EQUITIES
(Cost $63,686,250)
        66,073,246   
     

 

 

 
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the portfolio of investments.

 

106


MassMutual Premier Value Fund – Portfolio of Investments (Continued)

 

     Number of
Shares
     Value  
MUTUAL FUNDS — 2.0%   
Diversified Financial — 2.0%   

State Street Navigator Securities Lending Prime Portfolio (c)

     1,301,343       $ 1,301,343   
     

 

 

 
TOTAL MUTUAL FUNDS
(Cost $1,301,343)
        1,301,343   
     

 

 

 
TOTAL LONG-TERM INVESTMENTS
(Cost $64,987,593)
        67,374,589   
     

 

 

 
     Principal
Amount
        
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS — 0.5%   
Repurchase Agreement — 0.5%   

State Street Bank & Trust Co. Repurchase Agreement, dated 12/31/15, 0.010%, due 1/04/16 (d)

   $ 325,963         325,963   
     

 

 

 
TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS
(Cost $325,963)
        325,963   
     

 

 

 
TOTAL INVESTMENTS — 103.6% (Cost $65,313,556) (e)         67,700,552   
Other Assets/(Liabilities) — (3.6)%         (2,352,997
     

 

 

 
NET ASSETS — 100.0%       $ 65,347,555   
     

 

 

 

Notes to Portfolio of Investments

Percentages are stated as a percent of net assets.
ADR American Depositary Receipt
(a) Denotes all or a portion of security on loan. The total value of securities on loan as of December 31, 2015, was $1,262,000 or 1.93% of net assets. Total securities on loan may not correspond with the amounts identified in the Portfolio of Investments because pending sales may be in the process of recall from the brokers. (Note 2).
(b) Non-income producing security.
(c) Represents investment of security lending collateral. (Note 2).
(d) Maturity value of $325,964. Collateralized by U.S. Government Agency obligations with a rate of 4.000%, maturity date of 12/15/17, and an aggregate market value, including accrued interest, of $332,943.
(e) See Note 3 for aggregate cost for federal tax purposes.
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the portfolio of investments.

 

107


MassMutual Premier Disciplined Value Fund – Portfolio of Investments

 

December 31, 2015 (Unaudited)

 

     Number of
Shares
     Value  
EQUITIES — 99.9%      
COMMON STOCK — 99.9%      
Basic Materials — 2.2%      
Chemicals — 1.2%      

Ashland, Inc.

     3,850       $ 395,395   

Cabot Corp.

     4,300         175,784   

Celanese Corp. Series A

     5,300         356,849   

The Chemours Co.

     74,700         400,392   

The Dow Chemical Co.

     32,910         1,694,207   

Eastman Chemical Co.

     3,100         209,281   

Huntsman Corp.

     29,700         337,689   

The Mosaic Co.

     11,600         320,044   

Westlake Chemical Corp.

     60         3,259   
     

 

 

 
        3,892,900   
     

 

 

 
Forest Products & Paper — 0.3%   

Domtar Corp.

     13,200         487,740   

International Paper Co.

     8,000         301,600   
     

 

 

 
        789,340   
     

 

 

 
Iron & Steel — 0.4%   

Nucor Corp.

     14,900         600,470   

Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co.

     9,900         573,309   

Steel Dynamics, Inc.

     8,800         157,256   

United States Steel Corp.

     90         718   
     

 

 

 
        1,331,753   
     

 

 

 
Mining — 0.3%   

Freeport-McMoRan, Inc.

     31         210   

Newmont Mining Corp.

     31,500         566,685   

Vulcan Materials Co.

     2,500         237,425   
     

 

 

 
        804,320   
     

 

 

 
        6,818,313   
     

 

 

 
Communications — 6.5%   
Internet — 0.3%      

Liberty Interactive Corp. Class A (a)

     14,400         393,408   

Symantec Corp.

     19,900         417,900   
     

 

 

 
        811,308   
     

 

 

 
Media — 1.0%      

Cablevision Systems Corp. Class A

     18,500         590,150   

Comcast Corp. Class A

     6,300         355,509   

DISH Network Corp. Class A (a)

     2,700         154,386   

Gannett Co., Inc.

     49,677         809,238   

Graham Holdings Co. Class B

     856         415,134   

John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Class A

     1,400         63,042   

Liberty Broadband Corp. Class A (a)

     87         4,494   

Liberty Media Corp. Class A (a)

     350         13,737   

News Corp. Class A

     2,300         30,728   

TEGNA, Inc.

     855         21,820   

Thomson Reuters Corp.

     5,300         200,605   

Time Warner, Inc.

     5,190         335,637   
     Number of
Shares
     Value  

Tribune Media Co.

     2,900       $ 98,049   

Twenty-First Century Fox Class A

     6,500         176,540   
     

 

 

 
        3,269,069   
     

 

 

 
Telecommunications — 5.2%      

AT&T, Inc.

     160,814         5,533,610   

CenturyLink, Inc.

     23,407         588,920   

Cisco Systems, Inc.

     204,300         5,547,766   

CommScope Holding Co., Inc. (a)

     8,000         207,120   

Corning, Inc.

     43,200         789,696   

EchoStar Corp. Class A (a)

     800         31,288   

Frontier Communications Corp.

     12,989         60,659   

Harris Corp.

     38         3,302   

Juniper Networks, Inc.

     31,000         855,600   

Level 3 Communications, Inc. (a)

     8,700         472,932   

QUALCOMM, Inc.

     10,100         504,849   

T-Mobile US, Inc. (a)

     5,250         205,380   

Telephone & Data Systems, Inc.

     17,818         461,308   

Verizon Communications, Inc.

     11,300         522,286   

Viavi Solutions, Inc. (a)

     77,600         472,584   
     

 

 

 
        16,257,300   
     

 

 

 
        20,337,677   
     

 

 

 
Consumer, Cyclical — 7.0%   
Airlines — 0.4%      

JetBlue Airways Corp. (a)

     55,100         1,248,015   
     

 

 

 
Auto Manufacturers — 1.5%      

Ford Motor Co.

     124,600         1,755,614   

General Motors Co.

     71,300         2,424,913   

Paccar, Inc.

     9,200         436,080   
     

 

 

 
        4,616,607   
     

 

 

 
Automotive & Parts — 0.6%   

Allison Transmission Holdings, Inc.

     6,500         168,285   

The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.

     26,900         878,823   

Johnson Controls, Inc.

     400         15,796   

Lear Corp.

     7,270         892,974   
     

 

 

 
        1,955,878   
     

 

 

 
Distribution & Wholesale — 0.0%   

Genuine Parts Co.

     200         17,178   

WESCO International, Inc. (a)

     1,200         52,416   
     

 

 

 
        69,594   
     

 

 

 
Entertainment — 0.0%      

Gaming and Leisure Properties, Inc.

     76         2,113   
     

 

 

 
Home Builders — 0.2%      

Lennar Corp.

     9,800         393,764   

Lennar Corp. Class A

     2,600         127,166   
     

 

 

 
        520,930   
     

 

 

 
Home Furnishing — 0.1%      

Whirlpool Corp.

     2,850         418,580   
     

 

 

 
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the portfolio of investments.

 

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     Number of
Shares
     Value  
Household Products — 0.1%      

Tupperware Brands Corp.

     7,300       $ 406,245   
     

 

 

 
Housewares — 0.0%      

Newell Rubbermaid, Inc.

     900         39,672   
     

 

 

 
Leisure Time — 0.3%      

Carnival Corp.

     11,600         631,968   

Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.

     4,300         435,203   
     

 

 

 
        1,067,171   
     

 

 

 
Lodging — 0.0%      

Hyatt Hotels Corp. Class A (a)

     100         4,702   

MGM Resorts International (a)

     2,300         52,256   
     

 

 

 
        56,958   
     

 

 

 
Retail — 3.7%      

Best Buy Co., Inc.

     15,900         484,155   

Coach, Inc.

     15,200         497,496   

CST Brands, Inc.

     200         7,828   

CVS Health Corp.

     2,580         252,247   

Darden Restaurants, Inc.

     15,300         973,692   

Dick’s Sporting Goods, Inc.

     2,800         98,980   

Dillard’s, Inc. Class A

     720         47,311   

DSW, Inc. Class A

     5,000         119,300   

Foot Locker, Inc.

     14,000         911,260   

GameStop Corp. Class A

     24,300         681,372   

The Home Depot, Inc.

     3,380         447,005   

J.C. Penney Co., Inc. (a)

     5,500         36,630   

Kohl’s Corp.

     9,600         457,248   

Macy’s, Inc.

     3,244         113,475   

Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc. Class A

     13,200         500,148   

O’Reilly Automotive, Inc. (a)

     1,510         382,664   

Office Depot, Inc. (a)

     34,000         191,760   

PVH Corp.

     2,570         189,281   

Rite Aid Corp. (a)

     18,700         146,608   

Staples, Inc.

     28,400         268,948   

Target Corp.

     11,200         813,232   

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

     50,200         3,077,260   

Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc.

     7,100         604,600   

World Fuel Services Corp.

     3,500         134,610   
     

 

 

 
        11,437,110   
     

 

 

 
Toys, Games & Hobbies — 0.1%   

Hasbro, Inc.

     2,000         134,720   
     

 

 

 
        21,973,593   
     

 

 

 
Consumer, Non-cyclical — 18.2%   
Agriculture — 0.8%      

Altria Group, Inc.

     7,300         424,933   

Archer-Daniels-Midland Co.

     8,000         293,440   

Bunge Ltd.

     8,300         566,724   

Philip Morris International, Inc.

     14,700         1,292,277   
     

 

 

 
        2,577,374   
     

 

 

 
Beverages — 0.0%      

Molson Coors Brewing Co. Class B

     260         24,419   
     

 

 

 
     Number of
Shares
     Value  
Biotechnology — 0.3%      

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

     5,840       $ 809,774   
     

 

 

 
Commercial Services — 1.1%      

Aaron’s, Inc.

     900         20,151   

The ADT Corp.

     4,600         151,708   

Automatic Data Processing, Inc.

     4,100         347,352   

Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp.

     6,100         188,185   

CoreLogic, Inc. (a)

     10,200         345,372   

Donnelley (R.R.) & Sons Co.

     8,900         131,008   

H&R Block, Inc.

     13,100         436,361   

KAR Auction Services, Inc.

     12,200         451,766   

Macquarie Infrastructure Corp.

     4,500         326,700   

Manpower, Inc.

     6,700         564,743   

Paychex, Inc.

     300         15,867   

Towers Watson & Co. Class A

     4,090         525,401   
     

 

 

 
        3,504,614   
     

 

 

 
Cosmetics & Personal Care — 1.2%   

Colgate-Palmolive Co.

     2,600         173,212   

Edgewell Personal Care Co.

     80         6,270   

The Procter & Gamble Co.

     46,110         3,661,595   
     

 

 

 
        3,841,077   
     

 

 

 
Foods — 1.6%      

ConAgra Foods, Inc.

     6,200         261,392   

Ingredion, Inc.

     2,970         284,645   

The J.M. Smucker Co.

     1,820         224,479   

Mondelez International, Inc. Class A

     65,150         2,921,326   

Pilgrim’s Pride Corp.

     1,500         33,135   

Pinnacle Foods, Inc.

     1,900         80,674   

Sysco Corp.

     3,300         135,300   

Tyson Foods, Inc. Class A

     19,800         1,055,934   
     

 

 

 
        4,996,885   
     

 

 

 
Health Care – Products — 4.5%   

Alere, Inc. (a)

     5,700         222,813   

Boston Scientific Corp. (a)

     35,500         654,620   

Hill-Rom Holdings, Inc.

     7,600         365,256   

Johnson & Johnson

     74,030         7,604,362   

Medtronic PLC

     49,469         3,805,155   

QIAGEN NV (a)

     6,700         185,255   

St. Jude Medical, Inc.

     7,900         487,983   

Stryker Corp.

     900         83,646   

Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc.

     5,070         520,131   
     

 

 

 
        13,929,221   
     

 

 

 
Health Care – Services — 1.6%   

Aetna, Inc.

     8,701         940,752   

Anthem, Inc.

     7,650         1,066,716   

Community Health Systems, Inc. (a)

     1,000         26,530   

DaVita HealthCare Partners, Inc. (a)

     2,500         174,275   

HCA Holdings, Inc. (a)

     5,100         344,913   

Health Net, Inc. (a)

     1,600         109,536   

LifePoint Health, Inc. (a)

     1,600         117,440   
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the portfolio of investments.

 

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MassMutual Premier Disciplined Value Fund – Portfolio of Investments (Continued)

 

     Number of
Shares
     Value  

MEDNAX, Inc. (a)

     11,300       $ 809,758   

Quest Diagnostics, Inc.

     7,100         505,094   

Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.

     1,390         197,172   

UnitedHealth Group, Inc.

     2,850         335,274   

Universal Health Services, Inc. Class B

     2,190         261,683   
     

 

 

 
        4,889,143   
     

 

 

 
Household Products — 0.3%   

Avery Dennison Corp.

     2,300         144,118   

The Clorox Co.

     4,440         563,125   

Kimberly-Clark Corp.

     2,860         364,078   
     

 

 

 
        1,071,321   
     

 

 

 
Pharmaceuticals — 6.8%   

Abbott Laboratories

     46,900         2,106,279   

Allergan PLC (a)

     850         265,625   

Cardinal Health, Inc.

     2,700         241,029   

DENTSPLY International, Inc.

     100         6,085   

Endo International PLC (a)

     9,900         606,078   

Express Scripts Holding Co. (a)

     5,800         506,978   

Herbalife Ltd. (a)

     9,000         482,580   

Mallinckrodt PLC (a)

     7,860         586,592   

Merck & Co., Inc.

     108,428         5,727,167   

Mylan NV (a)

     10,100         546,107   

Perrigo Co. PLC

     1,750         253,225   

Pfizer, Inc.

     259,813         8,386,764   

Quintiles Transnational Holdings, Inc. (a)

     10,500         720,930   

VCA, Inc. (a)

     3,300         181,500   

VWR Corp. (a)

     16,800         475,608   
     

 

 

 
        21,092,547   
     

 

 

 
        56,736,375   
     

 

 

 
Diversified — 0.0%   
Holding Company – Diversified — 0.0%   

Leucadia National Corp.

     7,800         135,642   
     

 

 

 
Energy — 9.3%   
Energy – Alternate Sources — 0.3%   

First Solar, Inc. (a)

     15,500         1,022,845   
     

 

 

 
Oil & Gas — 7.8%   

Anadarko Petroleum Corp.

     80         3,886   

Apache Corp.

     28         1,245   

California Resources Corp.

     92         214   

Chevron Corp.

     52,085         4,685,567   

ConocoPhillips

     48         2,241   

CVR Energy, Inc.

     4,100         161,335   

Denbury Resources, Inc.

     14         28   

Devon Energy Corp.

     6,450         206,400   

Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc.

     25,500         538,050   

Ensco PLC Class A

     28,100         432,459   

Exxon Mobil Corp.

     112,090         8,737,416   

Hess Corp.

     4,700         227,856   

Marathon Petroleum Corp.

     18,240         945,562   
     Number of
Shares
     Value  

Murphy Oil Corp.

     6,100       $ 136,945   

Nabors Industries Ltd.

     5,100         43,401   

Noble Corp. PLC

     65,200         687,860   

Noble Energy, Inc.

     80         2,634   

Occidental Petroleum Corp.

     30         2,028   

PBF Energy, Inc. Class A

     28,500         1,049,085   

Phillips 66

     31,100         2,543,980   

Questar Corp.

     6,100         118,828   

Rowan Cos. PLC Class A

     41,000         694,950   

Seadrill Ltd. (a)

     71,700         243,063   

Tesoro Corp.

     8,950         943,062   

Valero Energy Corp.

     25,664         1,814,701   

WPX Energy, Inc. (a)

     66         379   
     

 

 

 
        24,223,175   
     

 

 

 
Oil & Gas Services — 1.1%   

Baker Hughes, Inc.

     17,903         826,223   

Cameron International Corp. (a)

     15,300         966,960   

Frank’s International NV

     28,900         482,341   

HollyFrontier Corp.

     14,500         578,405   

National Oilwell Varco, Inc.

     7,400         247,826   

NOW, Inc. (a)

     75         1,187   

Schlumberger Ltd.

     3,000         209,250   

Superior Energy Services, Inc.

     9,400         126,618   
     

 

 

 
        3,438,810   
     

 

 

 
Pipelines — 0.1%   

Kinder Morgan, Inc.

     16,500         246,180   

National Fuel Gas Co.

     1,150         49,163   

Spectra Energy Corp.

     3,000         71,820   
     

 

 

 
        367,163   
     

 

 

 
        29,051,993   
     

 

 

 
Financial — 31.0%   
Banks — 9.0%   

Associated Banc-Corp.

     7,350         137,813   

Bank of America Corp.

     441,973         7,438,406   

Bank of Hawaii Corp.

     920         57,868   

The Bank of New York Mellon Corp.

     44,550         1,836,351   

BB&T Corp.

     16,119         609,459   

BOK Financial Corp.

     700         41,853   

Capital One Financial Corp.

     16,250         1,172,925   

Citizens Financial Group, Inc.

     9,700         254,043   

Commerce Bancshares, Inc.

     4,111         174,882   

East West Bancorp, Inc.

     11,200         465,472   

Fifth Third Bancorp

     42,760         859,476   

First Horizon National Corp.

     46,016         668,152   

First Republic Bank

     2,600         171,756   

Huntington Bancshares, Inc.

     7,871         87,053   

KeyCorp

     28,000         369,320   

M&T Bank Corp.

     5         606   

Northern Trust Corp.

     300         21,627   

PacWest Bancorp

     3,800         163,780   

PNC Financial Services Group, Inc.

     17,636         1,680,887   
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the portfolio of investments.

 

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MassMutual Premier Disciplined Value Fund – Portfolio of Investments (Continued)

 

     Number of
Shares
     Value  

Popular, Inc.

     2,600       $ 73,684   

Regions Financial Corp.

     56,260         540,096   

State Street Corp.

     4,400         291,984   

SunTrust Banks, Inc.

     23,300         998,172   

SVB Financial Group (a)

     3,470         412,583   

Synovus Financial Corp.

     20,471         662,851   

U.S. Bancorp

     29,890         1,275,406   

Wells Fargo & Co.

     140,510         7,638,124   

Zions Bancorp

     50         1,365   
     

 

 

 
        28,105,994   
     

 

 

 
Diversified Financial — 7.9%      

Air Lease Corp.

     200         6,696   

Ally Financial, Inc. (a)

     25,900         482,776   

American Express Co.

     2,500         173,875   

Ameriprise Financial, Inc.

     160         17,027   

BlackRock, Inc.

     2,050         698,066   

CIT Group, Inc.

     18,400         730,480   

Citigroup, Inc.

     106,871         5,530,574   

CME Group, Inc.

     11,260         1,020,156   

Discover Financial Services

     13,900         745,318   

E*TRADE Financial Corp. (a)

     10,500         311,220   

FNF Group

     2,557         88,651   

The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.

     13,310         2,398,861   

Interactive Brokers Group, Inc. Class A

     1,400         61,040   

Intercontinental Exchange, Inc.

     1,237         316,994   

JP Morgan Chase & Co.

     144,027         9,510,103   

Legg Mason, Inc.

     5,200         203,996   

Morgan Stanley

     4,800         152,688   

The Nasdaq, Inc.

     11,700         680,589   

Navient Corp.

     12,900         147,705   

Raymond James Financial, Inc.

     300         17,391   

Santander Consumer USA Holdings, Inc. (a)

     40,600         643,510   

Synchrony Financial (a)

     25,200         766,332   
     

 

 

 
        24,704,048   
     

 

 

 
Diversified Financial Services — 0.0%   

Voya Financial, Inc.

     1,800         66,438   
     

 

 

 
Insurance — 9.5%      

ACE Ltd.

     12,340         1,441,929   

Aflac, Inc.

     17,300         1,036,270   

Alleghany Corp. (a)

     825         394,292   

Allied World Assurance Co. Holdings Ltd.

     7,960         296,032   

The Allstate Corp.

     14,400         894,096   

American Financial Group, Inc.

     8,000         576,640   

American International Group, Inc.

     14,802         917,280   

American National Insurance Co.

     1,120         114,542   

AmTrust Financial Services, Inc.

     7,400         455,692   

Arch Capital Group Ltd. (a)

     4,100         285,975   

Aspen Insurance Holdings Ltd.

     11,600         560,280   
     Number of
Shares
     Value  

Assurant, Inc.

     9,990       $ 804,595   

Assured Guaranty Ltd.

     31,400         829,902   

Axis Capital Holdings Ltd.

     3,100         174,282   

Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. Class B (a)

     44,630         5,892,945   

The Chubb Corp.

     8,160         1,082,343   

Cincinnati Financial Corp.

     9,920         586,966   

Endurance Specialty Holdings Ltd.

     11,400         729,486   

Everest Re Group Ltd.

     4,760         871,508   

Genworth Financial, Inc. Class A (a)

     56,860         212,088   

The Hanover Insurance Group, Inc.

     10,400         845,936   

The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc.

     19,590         851,381   

Lincoln National Corp.

     6,298         316,538   

Loews Corp.

     17,420         668,928   

Markel Corp. (a)

     555         490,259   

Marsh & McLennan Cos., Inc.

     3,600         199,620   

Mercury General Corp.

     890         41,447   

MetLife, Inc.

     22,940         1,105,938   

Old Republic International Corp.

     48,400         901,692   

PartnerRe Ltd.

     3,240         452,758   

Principal Financial Group, Inc.

     2,000         89,960   

ProAssurance Corp.

     1,900         92,207   

The Progressive Corp.

     9,400         298,920   

Prudential Financial, Inc.

     17,600         1,432,816   

Reinsurance Group of America, Inc.

     3,050         260,928   

RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd.

     4,700         531,993   

StanCorp Financial Group, Inc.

     1,220         138,934   

Torchmark Corp.

     890         50,872   

The Travelers Cos., Inc.

     10,069         1,136,387   

Unum Group

     8,600         286,294   

Validus Holdings Ltd.

     18,600         860,994   

W.R. Berkley Corp.

     900         49,275   

White Mountains Insurance Group Ltd.

     53         38,521   

XL Group PLC

     9,550         374,169   
     

 

 

 
        29,673,910   
     

 

 

 
Real Estate — 0.2%      

Four Corners Property Trust, Inc. (a)

     5,100         123,216   

Jones Lang LaSalle, Inc.

     3,580         572,299   

The RMR Group, Inc. Class A (a)

     79         1,138   

WP Carey, Inc.

     100         5,900   
     

 

 

 
        702,553   
     

 

 

 
Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITS) — 4.0%   

Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc.

     1,600         144,576   

American Campus Communities, Inc.

     100         4,134   

American Capital Agency Corp.

     5,700         98,838   

Annaly Capital Management, Inc.

     21,560         202,233   

Apartment Investment & Management Co. Class A

     4,300         172,129   

Apple Hospitality REIT, Inc.

     25,300         505,241   

AvalonBay Communities, Inc.

     4,294         790,654   

BioMed Realty Trust, Inc.

     1,600         37,904   
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the portfolio of investments.

 

111


MassMutual Premier Disciplined Value Fund – Portfolio of Investments (Continued)

 

     Number of
Shares
     Value  

Camden Property Trust

     2,100       $ 161,196   

Care Capital Properties, Inc.

     13,900         424,923   

CBL & Associates Properties, Inc.

     33,200         410,684   

Chimera Investment Corp.

     6,320         86,205   

Columbia Property Trust, Inc.

     4,300         100,964   

Communications Sales & Leasing, Inc. (a)

     72         1,346   

Corrections Corporation of America

     705         18,675   

Digital Realty Trust, Inc.

     1,900         143,678   

Duke Realty Corp.

     9,600         201,792   

Equity Commonwealth (a)

     67         1,858   

Equity Residential

     14,600         1,191,214   

Essex Property Trust, Inc.

     2,163         517,844   

General Growth Properties, Inc.

     19,940         542,567   

HCP, Inc.

     500         19,120   

Hospitality Properties Trust

     4,540         118,721   

Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc.

     13,503         207,136   

Kilroy Realty Corp.

     3,100         196,168   

Kimco Realty Corp.

     9,500         251,370   

Liberty Property Trust

     16,270         505,184   

The Macerich Co.

     4,182         337,446   

MFA Financial, Inc.

     94,400         623,040   

Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc.

     2,600         236,106   

National Retail Properties, Inc.

     7,500         300,375   

Post Properties, Inc.

     300         17,748   

Prologis, Inc.

     21,585         926,428   

Realty Income Corp.

     2,700         139,401   

Regency Centers Corp.

     4,800         326,976   

Senior Housing Properties Trust

     400         5,936   

SL Green Realty Corp.

     4,250         480,165   

Spirit Realty Capital, Inc.

     16,100         161,322   

Starwood Property Trust, Inc.

     8,400         172,704   

Taubman Centers, Inc.

     200         15,344   

Two Harbors Investment Corp.

     10,800         87,480   

UDR, Inc.

     8,400         315,588   

Ventas, Inc.

     3,300         186,219   

Vornado Realty Trust

     4,638         463,614   

Weingarten Realty Investors

     4,400         152,152   

Welltower, Inc.

     5,700         387,771   

Weyerhaeuser Co.

     100         2,998   

WP GLIMCHER, Inc.

     200         2,122   
     

 

 

 
        12,397,289   
     

 

 

 
Savings & Loans — 0.4%      

First Niagara Financial Group, Inc.

     9,700         105,245   

New York Community Bancorp, Inc.

     21,290         347,453   

People’s United Financial, Inc.

     37,200         600,780   
     

 

 

 
        1,053,478   
     

 

 

 
        96,703,710   
     

 

 

 
Industrial — 11.6%      
Aerospace & Defense — 1.8%      

General Dynamics Corp.

     4,710         646,965   
     Number of
Shares
     Value  

L-3 Communications Holdings, Inc.

     2,260       $ 270,093   

Northrop Grumman Corp.

     5,920         1,117,755   

Orbital ATK, Inc.

     10,200         911,268   

Raytheon Co.

     6,640         826,879   

Spirit AeroSystems Holdings, Inc. Class A (a)

     18,800         941,316   

United Technologies Corp.

     9,240         887,687   
     

 

 

 
        5,601,963   
     

 

 

 
Building Materials — 0.4%   

Armstrong World Industries, Inc. (a)

     11,400         521,322   

Owens Corning, Inc.

     18,800         884,164   
     

 

 

 
        1,405,486   
     

 

 

 
Electronics — 0.7%   

Agilent Technologies, Inc.

     13,000         543,530   

Arrow Electronics, Inc. (a)

     3,800         205,884   

Avnet, Inc.

     3,600         154,224   

Dolby Laboratories, Inc. Class A

     1,000         33,650   

Gentex Corp.

     2,900         46,429   

Jabil Circuit, Inc.

     39,500         919,955   

Keysight Technologies, Inc. (a)

     4,300         121,819   

PerkinElmer, Inc.

     2,610         139,818   
     

 

 

 
        2,165,309   
     

 

 

 
Engineering & Construction — 0.5%   

AECOM (a)

     3,411         102,432   

Chicago Bridge & Iron Co. NV

     10,300         401,597   

Fluor Corp.

     6,200         292,764   

Jacobs Engineering Group, Inc. (a)

     5,400         226,530   

KBR, Inc.

     37,600         636,192   
     

 

 

 
        1,659,515   
     

 

 

 
Environmental Controls — 0.4%   

Republic Services, Inc.

     3,290         144,727   

Waste Connections, Inc.

     50         2,816   

Waste Management, Inc.

     19,440         1,037,513   
     

 

 

 
        1,185,056   
     

 

 

 
Hand & Machine Tools — 0.2%   

Kennametal, Inc.

     700         13,440   

Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc.

     600         31,134   

Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.

     5,035         537,386   
     

 

 

 
        581,960   
     

 

 

 
Machinery – Construction & Mining — 0.1%   

Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises, Inc. (a)

     900         18,783   

Caterpillar, Inc.

     500         33,980   

Ingersoll-Rand PLC

     8,000         442,320   
     

 

 

 
        495,083   
     

 

 

 
Machinery – Diversified — 1.3%   

AGCO Corp.

     15,070         684,027   

BWX Technologies, Inc.

     30,200         959,454   

Deere & Co.

     11,600         884,732   
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the portfolio of investments.

 

112


MassMutual Premier Disciplined Value Fund – Portfolio of Investments (Continued)

 

     Number of
Shares
     Value  

IDEX Corp.

     1,000       $ 76,610   

Roper Technologies, Inc.

     2,760         523,821   

SPX FLOW, Inc. (a)

     27,700         773,107   

Xylem, Inc.

     1,700         62,050   
     

 

 

 
        3,963,801   
     

 

 

 
Manufacturing — 4.8%   

AptarGroup, Inc.

     5,100         370,515   

Crane Co.

     20         957   

Danaher Corp.

     11,600         1,077,408   

Dover Corp.

     6,000         367,860   

Eaton Corp. PLC

     5,672         295,171   

General Electric Co.

     354,290         11,036,133   

ITT Corp.

     2,400         87,168   

Parker Hannifin Corp.

     2,410         233,722   

Pentair PLC

     19         941   

SPX Corp.

     70         653   

Teleflex, Inc.

     1,740         228,723   

Textron, Inc.

     9,400         394,894   

Trinity Industries, Inc.

     33,900         814,278   
     

 

 

 
        14,908,423   
     

 

 

 
Metal Fabricate & Hardware — 0.2%   

Valmont Industries, Inc.

     6,380         676,408   
     

 

 

 
Packaging & Containers — 0.4%   

Bemis Co., Inc.

     11,060         494,271   

Crown Holdings, Inc. (a)

     12,200         618,540   

WestRock Co.

     240         10,949   
     

 

 

 
        1,123,760   
     

 

 

 
Transportation — 0.5%   

CSX Corp.

     15,100         391,845   

FedEx Corp.

     3,920         584,041   

Ryder System, Inc.

     3,590         204,019   

Teekay Corp.

     9,800         96,726   

Union Pacific Corp.

     4,600         359,720   
     

 

 

 
        1,636,351   
     

 

 

 
Trucking & Leasing — 0.3%   

AMERCO

     70         27,265   

GATX Corp.

     18,400         782,920   
     

 

 

 
        810,185   
     

 

 

 
        36,213,300   
     

 

 

 
Technology — 8.9%      
Computers — 2.6%      

Amdocs Ltd.

     5,800         316,506   

Brocade Communications Systems, Inc.

     23,300         213,894   

Computer Sciences Corp.

     29,970         979,419   

CSRA, Inc.

     13,470         404,100   

DST Systems, Inc.

     3,000         342,180   

EMC Corp.

     38,700         993,816   

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co.

     65,400         994,080   

HP, Inc.

     65,400         774,336   
     Number of
Shares
     Value  

International Business Machines Corp.

     4,730       $ 650,943   

NCR Corp. (a)

     33,600         821,856   

NetApp, Inc.

     28,000         742,840   

SanDisk Corp.

     5,600         425,544   

Synopsys, Inc. (a)

     6,500         296,465   

Western Digital Corp.

     2,200         132,110   
     

 

 

 
        8,088,089   
     

 

 

 
Office Equipment/Supplies — 0.4%   

Pitney Bowes, Inc.

     27,600         569,940   

Xerox Corp.

     54,156         575,678   
     

 

 

 
        1,145,618   
     

 

 

 
Semiconductors — 3.0%      

Analog Devices, Inc.

     1,100         60,852   

Broadcom Corp. Class A

     13,500         780,570   

Intel Corp.

     139,700         4,812,665   

Lam Research Corp.

     7,252         575,954   

Marvell Technology Group Ltd.

     10,000         88,200   

Maxim Integrated Products, Inc.

     5,400         205,200   

Micron Technology, Inc. (a)

     40,500         573,480   

NVIDIA Corp.

     28,300         932,768   

Teradyne, Inc.

     42,900         886,743   

Xilinx, Inc.

     9,000         422,730   
     

 

 

 
        9,339,162   
     

 

 

 
Software — 2.9%      

Activision Blizzard, Inc.

     9,400         363,874   

ANSYS, Inc. (a)

     1,400         129,500   

CA, Inc.

     12,990         370,995   

The Dun & Bradstreet Corp.

     2,610         271,257   

Fidelity National Information Services, Inc.

     1,900         115,140   

Leidos Holdings, Inc.

     15,950         897,347   

Microsoft Corp.

     94,600         5,248,408   

Nuance Communications, Inc. (a)

     12,700         252,603   

Oracle Corp.

     33,000         1,205,490   

SS&C Technologies Holdings, Inc

     3,800         259,426   
     

 

 

 
        9,114,040   
     

 

 

 
        27,686,909   
     

 

 

 
Utilities — 5.2%      
Electric — 4.5%      

The AES Corp.

     15,300         146,421   

Alliant Energy Corp.

     1,300         81,185   

Ameren Corp.

     14,660         633,752   

American Electric Power Co., Inc.

     20,930         1,219,591   

Calpine Corp. (a)

     6,900         99,843   

CenterPoint Energy, Inc.

     1,200         22,032   

CMS Energy Corp.

     10,500         378,840   

Consolidated Edison, Inc.

     11,460         736,534   

Dominion Resources, Inc.

     9,000         608,760   

DTE Energy Co.

     4,210         337,600   

Duke Energy Corp.

     3,214         229,447   
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the portfolio of investments.

 

113


MassMutual Premier Disciplined Value Fund – Portfolio of Investments (Continued)

 

     Number of
Shares
     Value  

Edison International

     11,080       $ 656,047   

Entergy Corp.

     2,400         164,064   

Eversource Energy

     7,081         361,627   

Exelon Corp.

     50,775         1,410,022   

FirstEnergy Corp.

     24,827         787,761   

Great Plains Energy, Inc.

     4,237         115,712   

Hawaiian Electric Industries, Inc.

     2,800         81,060   

NextEra Energy, Inc.

     5,790         601,523   

NRG Energy, Inc.

     2,000         23,540   

OGE Energy Corp.

     2,220         58,364   

Pepco Holdings, Inc.

     710         18,467   

PG&E Corp.

     12,330         655,833   

Pinnacle West Capital Corp.

     960         61,901   

PPL Corp.

     26,000         887,380   

Public Service Enterprise Group, Inc.

     26,900         1,040,761   

SCANA Corp.

     7,020         424,640   

The Southern Co.

     29,150         1,363,928   

TECO Energy, Inc.

     8,030         213,999   

WEC Energy Group, Inc.

     4,420         226,790   

Westar Energy, Inc.

     200         8,482   

Xcel Energy, Inc.

     9,720         349,045   
     

 

 

 
        14,004,951   
     

 

 

 
Gas — 0.7%      

AGL Resources, Inc.

     4,160         265,449   

Atmos Energy Corp.

     4,350         274,224   

NiSource, Inc.

     28,890         563,644   

Sempra Energy

     8,070         758,661   

UGI Corp.

     1,135         38,318   

Vectren Corp.

     4,150         176,043   
     

 

 

 
        2,076,339   
     

 

 

 
Water — 0.0%      

Aqua America, Inc.

     25         745   
     

 

 

 
        16,082,035   
     

 

 

 
TOTAL COMMON STOCK
(Cost $311,762,514)
        311,739,547   
     

 

 

 
TOTAL EQUITIES
(Cost $311,762,514)
        311,739,547   
     

 

 

 
RIGHTS — 0.0%      
Consumer, Cyclical — 0.0%      
Retail — 0.0%      

Safeway Casa Ley Contingent Value (a) (b)

     9,300         9,393   

Safeway PDC, LLC Contingent Value (a) (b)

     9,300         465   
     

 

 

 
        9,858   
     

 

 

 
TOTAL RIGHTS
(Cost $9,858)
        9,858   
     

 

 

 
            Value  
TOTAL LONG-TERM INVESTMENTS
(Cost $311,772,372)
      $ 311,749,405   
     

 

 

 
     Principal
Amount
        
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS — 0.5%   
Repurchase Agreement — 0.5%      

State Street Bank & Trust Co. Repurchase Agreement, dated 12/31/15, 0.010%, due 1/04/16 (c)

   $ 1,450,138         1,450,138   
     

 

 

 
Time Deposit — 0.0%      

Euro Time Deposit
0.010% 1/04/16

     6,129         6,129   
     

 

 

 
TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS
(Cost $1,456,267)
        1,456,267   
     

 

 

 
TOTAL INVESTMENTS — 100.4%
(Cost $313,228,639) (d)
        313,205,672   
Other Assets/(Liabilities) — (0.4)%         (1,126,473
     

 

 

 
NET ASSETS — 100.0%       $ 312,079,199   
     

 

 

 

Notes to Portfolio of Investments

Percentages are stated as a percent of net assets.

(a) Non-income producing security.
(b) This security is fair valued in good faith in accordance with procedures approved by the Board of Trustees. At December 31, 2015, these securities amounted to a value of $9,858 or 0.00% of net assets.
(c) Maturity value of $1,450,139. Collateralized by U.S. Government Agency obligations with a rate of 2.120%, maturity date of 11/07/22, and an aggregate market value, including accrued interest, of $1,479,906.
(d) See Note 3 for aggregate cost for federal tax purposes.
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the portfolio of investments.

 

114


MassMutual Premier Main Street Fund – Portfolio of Investments

 

December 31, 2015 (Unaudited)

 

     Number of
Shares
     Value  
EQUITIES — 98.0%      
COMMON STOCK — 98.0%      
Basic Materials — 1.7%      
Chemicals — 0.6%      

PPG Industries, Inc.

     8,360       $ 826,135   
     

 

 

 
Mining — 1.1%      

Teck Resources Ltd. Class B (a)

     21,210         81,870   

Vulcan Materials Co.

     13,645         1,295,866   
     

 

 

 
        1,377,736   
     

 

 

 
        2,203,871   
     

 

 

 
Communications — 15.2%      
Advertising — 1.3%      

Nielsen Holdings PLC

     34,300         1,598,380   
     

 

 

 
Internet — 8.4%      

Alphabet, Inc. Class C (b)

     8,737         6,630,335   

Amazon.com, Inc. (b)

     2,970         2,007,393   

Facebook, Inc. Class A (b)

     19,450         2,035,637   
     

 

 

 
        10,673,365   
     

 

 

 
Media — 3.8%      

Comcast Corp. Class A

     49,110         2,771,277   

The McGraw Hill Financial, Inc.

     20,520         2,022,862   
     

 

 

 
        4,794,139   
     

 

 

 
Telecommunications — 1.7%      

Verizon Communications, Inc.

     45,370         2,097,001   
     

 

 

 
        19,162,885   
     

 

 

 
Consumer, Cyclical — 5.9%      
Auto Manufacturers — 0.9%      

General Motors Co.

     33,280         1,131,853   
     

 

 

 
Automotive & Parts — 0.9%      

Delphi Automotive PLC

     8,970         768,998   

Lear Corp.

     3,060         375,860   
     

 

 

 
        1,144,858   
     

 

 

 
Leisure Time — 0.3%      

Harley-Davidson, Inc.

     8,430         382,637   
     

 

 

 
Retail — 3.8%      

AutoZone, Inc. (b)

     1,896         1,406,661   

Dunkin’ Brands Group, Inc.

     15,460         658,442   

The Home Depot, Inc.

     20,260         2,679,385   
     

 

 

 
        4,744,488   
     

 

 

 
        7,403,836   
     

 

 

 
Consumer, Non-cyclical — 28.3%   
Agriculture — 2.8%      

Philip Morris International, Inc.

     40,771         3,584,179   
     

 

 

 
Beverages — 2.5%      

PepsiCo, Inc.

     32,100         3,207,432   
     

 

 

 
     Number of
Shares
     Value  
Biotechnology — 2.3%      

Gilead Sciences, Inc.

     28,890       $ 2,923,379   
     

 

 

 
Commercial Services — 2.8%   

McKesson Corp.

     6,040         1,191,269   

PayPal Holdings, Inc. (b)

     63,060         2,282,772   
     

 

 

 
        3,474,041   
     

 

 

 
Foods — 4.5%   

The Kraft Heinz Co.

     18,090         1,316,228   

Mondelez International, Inc. Class A

     98,410         4,412,705   
     

 

 

 
        5,728,933   
     

 

 

 
Health Care – Products — 3.7%   

Boston Scientific Corp. (b)

     88,460         1,631,202   

Johnson & Johnson

     29,530         3,033,322   
     

 

 

 
        4,664,524   
     

 

 

 
Health Care – Services — 1.9%   

UnitedHealth Group, Inc.

     20,690         2,433,971   
     

 

 

 
Household Products — 0.9%   

Henkel AG & Co. KGaA

     11,597         1,112,873   
     

 

 

 
Pharmaceuticals — 6.9%   

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.

     34,780         2,392,516   

Express Scripts Holding Co. (b)

     32,530         2,843,447   

Merck & Co., Inc.

     34,910         1,843,946   

Mylan NV (b)

     29,420         1,590,740   
     

 

 

 
        8,670,649   
     

 

 

 
        35,799,981   
     

 

 

 
Energy — 6.4%   
Oil & Gas — 5.0%      

Chevron Corp.

     33,500         3,013,660   

Noble Energy, Inc.

     42,331         1,393,960   

Suncor Energy, Inc.

     73,870         1,905,846   
     

 

 

 
        6,313,466   
     

 

 

 
Oil & Gas Services — 0.6%   

HollyFrontier Corp.

     16,841         671,788   
     

 

 

 
Pipelines — 0.8%   

Magellan Midstream Partners LP

     15,310         1,039,855   
     

 

 

 
        8,025,109   
     

 

 

 
Financial — 16.8%   
Banks — 2.6%      

The Bank of New York Mellon Corp.

     55,010         2,267,512   

M&T Bank Corp.

     8,670         1,050,631   
     

 

 

 
        3,318,143   
     

 

 

 
Diversified Financial — 8.3%   

Citigroup, Inc.

     87,234         4,514,359   

CME Group, Inc.

     41,275         3,739,515   

Discover Financial Services

     26,850         1,439,697   

MasterCard, Inc. Class A

     8,680         845,085   
     

 

 

 
        10,538,656   
     

 

 

 
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the portfolio of investments.

 

115


MassMutual Premier Main Street Fund – Portfolio of Investments (Continued)

 

     Number of
Shares
     Value  
Insurance — 4.5%      

American International Group, Inc.

     17,450       $ 1,081,376   

Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. Class B (b)

     19,740         2,606,470   

Genworth Financial, Inc. Class A (b)

     101,370         378,110   

Marsh & McLennan Cos., Inc.

     29,573         1,639,823   
     

 

 

 
        5,705,779   
     

 

 

 
Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITS) — 1.4%      

Simon Property Group, Inc.

     8,790         1,709,128   
     

 

 

 
        21,271,706   
     

 

 

 
Industrial — 11.5%      
Aerospace & Defense — 1.9%      

Lockheed Martin Corp.

     6,130         1,331,130   

United Technologies Corp.

     11,690         1,123,058   
     

 

 

 
        2,454,188   
     

 

 

 
Electronics — 1.3%      

Tyco International PLC

     49,820         1,588,760   
     

 

 

 
Environmental Controls — 0.9%      

Republic Services, Inc.

     10,430         458,816   

Waste Connections, Inc.

     13,050         734,976   
     

 

 

 
        1,193,792   
     

 

 

 
Machinery – Diversified — 1.2%      

Deere & Co. (a)

     18,990         1,448,367   
     

 

 

 
Manufacturing — 4.0%      

General Electric Co.

     163,080         5,079,942   
     

 

 

 
Transportation — 2.2%      

Canadian National Railway Co.

     24,590         1,374,089   

Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd.

     4,840         617,584   

CSX Corp.

     29,290         760,075   
     

 

 

 
        2,751,748   
     

 

 

 
        14,516,797   
     

 

 

 
Technology — 9.1%      
Computers — 7.3%      

Amdocs Ltd.

     42,720         2,331,230   

Apple, Inc.

     55,695         5,862,456   

Western Digital Corp.

     16,626         998,391   
     

 

 

 
        9,192,077   
     

 

 

 
Office Equipment/Supplies — 1.0%   

Xerox Corp.

     122,610         1,303,344   
     

 

 

 
Semiconductors — 0.8%      

Applied Materials, Inc.

     53,950         1,007,247   
     

 

 

 
        11,502,668   
     

 

 

 
Utilities — 3.1%      
Electric — 2.6%      

ITC Holdings Corp.

     11,910         467,467   

PG&E Corp.

     52,420         2,788,220   
     

 

 

 
        3,255,687   
     

 

 

 
Gas — 0.5%      

AmeriGas Partners LP

     17,635         604,352   
     

 

 

 
        3,860,039   
     

 

 

 
     Number of
Shares
     Value  
TOTAL COMMON STOCK
(Cost $116,996,317)
      $ 123,746,892   
     

 

 

 
TOTAL EQUITIES
(Cost $116,996,317)
        123,746,892   
     

 

 

 
MUTUAL FUNDS — 0.9%   
Diversified Financial — 0.9%      

State Street Navigator Securities Lending Prime Portfolio (c)

     1,100,198         1,100,198   
     

 

 

 
TOTAL MUTUAL FUNDS
(Cost $1,100,198)
        1,100,198   
     

 

 

 
TOTAL LONG-TERM INVESTMENTS
(Cost $118,096,515)
        124,847,090   
     

 

 

 
     Principal
Amount
        
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS — 2.6%   
Repurchase Agreement — 2.6%      

State Street Bank & Trust Co. Repurchase Agreement, dated 12/31/15, 0.010%, due 1/04/16 (d)

   $ 3,305,157         3,305,157   
     

 

 

 
Time Deposit — 0.0%      

Euro Time Deposit
0.010% 1/04/16

     6,287         6,287   
     

 

 

 
TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS
(Cost $3,311,444)
        3,311,444   
     

 

 

 
TOTAL INVESTMENTS — 101.5%
(Cost $121,407,959) (e)
        128,158,534   
Other Assets/(Liabilities) — (1.5)%         (1,895,424
     

 

 

 
NET ASSETS — 100.0%       $ 126,263,110   
     

 

 

 

Notes to Portfolio of Investments

Percentages are stated as a percent of net assets.
(a) Denotes all or a portion of security on loan. The total value of securities on loan as of December 31, 2015, was $1,074,832 or 0.85% of net assets. Total securities on loan may not correspond with the amounts identified in the Portfolio of Investments because pending sales may be in the process of recall from the brokers. (Note 2).
(b) Non-income producing security.
(c) Represents investment of security lending collateral. (Note 2).
(d) Maturity value of $3,305,160. Collateralized by U.S. Government Agency obligations with a rate of 4.000%, maturity date of 12/15/17, and an aggregate market value, including accrued interest, of $3,371,286.
(e) See Note 3 for aggregate cost for federal tax purposes.
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the portfolio of investments.

 

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December 31, 2015 (Unaudited)

 

     Number of
Shares
     Value  
EQUITIES — 99.2%      
COMMON STOCK — 99.2%      
Basic Materials — 1.7%      
Chemicals — 1.6%      

Air Products & Chemicals, Inc.

     5,840       $ 759,843   

Ashland, Inc.

     280         28,756   

Celanese Corp. Series A

     14,590         982,345   

CF Industries Holdings, Inc.

     19,500         795,795   

The Chemours Co.

     22,900         122,744   

The Dow Chemical Co.

     21,200         1,091,376   

E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co.

     1,600         106,560   

Eastman Chemical Co.

     2,196         148,252   

Ecolab, Inc.

     8         915   

Huntsman Corp.

     60,900         692,433   

LyondellBasell Industries NV Class A

     27,570         2,395,833   

Monsanto Co.

     60         5,911   

The Sherwin-Williams Co.

     1,920         498,432   
     

 

 

 
        7,629,195   
     

 

 

 
Forest Products & Paper — 0.1%      

International Paper Co.

     6,400         241,280   
     

 

 

 
Iron & Steel — 0.0%      

Steel Dynamics, Inc.

     10,900         194,783   
     

 

 

 
Mining — 0.0%      

Southern Copper Corp.

     2         52   
     

 

 

 
        8,065,310   
     

 

 

 
Communications — 19.6%      
Advertising — 0.4%      

The Interpublic Group of Companies, Inc.

     42,700         994,056   

Omnicom Group, Inc.

     12,000         907,920   
     

 

 

 
        1,901,976   
     

 

 

 
Internet — 10.9%      

Alphabet, Inc. Class A (a)

     13,319         10,362,315   

Alphabet, Inc. Class C (a)

     12,079         9,166,511   

Amazon.com, Inc. (a)

     17,371         11,740,885   

CDW Corp.

     5,900         248,036   

eBay, Inc. (a)

     91,630         2,517,992   

Equinix, Inc.

     57         17,237   

Expedia, Inc.

     13,902         1,728,019   

F5 Networks, Inc. (a)

     3,360         325,786   

Facebook, Inc. Class A (a)

     61,860         6,474,268   

FireEye, Inc. (a)

     22,500         466,650   

GoDaddy, Inc. Class A (a)

     14,500         464,870   

Groupon, Inc. (a)

     45,400         139,378   

IAC/InterActiveCorp

     19,400         1,164,970   

Liberty Interactive Corp. QVC Group (a)

     22,100         603,772   

Liberty Ventures Series A (a)

     6,470         291,862   
     Number of
Shares
     Value  

LinkedIn Corp. Class A (a)

     2,780       $ 625,722   

Netflix, Inc. (a)

     7,097         811,755   

The Priceline Group, Inc. (a)

     2,565         3,270,247   

VeriSign, Inc. (a)

     15,640         1,366,310   
     

 

 

 
        51,786,585   
     

 

 

 
Media — 5.1%      

AMC Networks, Inc. Class A (a)

     6,900         515,292   

Cablevision Systems Corp. Class A

     35,500         1,132,450   

Comcast Corp. Class A

     71,500         4,034,745   

Discovery Communications, Inc. Series A (a)

     7,300         194,764   

Discovery Communications, Inc. Series C (a)

     8,000         201,760   

DISH Network Corp. Class A (a)

     7,500         428,850   

FactSet Research Systems, Inc.

     4,250         690,922   

The McGraw Hill Financial, Inc.

     9,160         902,993   

MSG Networks, Inc. Class A (a)

     55,900         1,162,720   

Scripps Networks Interactive Class A

     16,100         888,881   

Sirius XM Holdings, Inc. (a)

     162,300         660,561   

Starz Class A (a)

     19,200         643,200   

Time Warner Cable, Inc.

     9,040         1,677,734   

Time Warner, Inc.

     23,400         1,513,278   

Twenty-First Century Fox Class A

     11,900         323,204   

Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc. Class B

     10,800         294,084   

Viacom, Inc. Class B

     19,300         794,388   

The Walt Disney Co.

     76,960         8,086,957   
     

 

 

 
        24,146,783   
     

 

 

 
Telecommunications — 3.2%      

AT&T, Inc.

     45,500         1,565,655   

CommScope Holding Co., Inc. (a)

     40,300         1,043,367   

Harris Corp.

     8,970         779,493   

Juniper Networks, Inc.

     53,000         1,462,800   

Level 3 Communications, Inc. (a)

     40         2,174   

Motorola Solutions, Inc.

     8,400         574,980   

Palo Alto Networks, Inc. (a)

     1,700         299,438   

QUALCOMM, Inc.

     790         39,488   

Verizon Communications, Inc.

     203,300         9,396,526   
     

 

 

 
        15,163,921   
     

 

 

 
        92,999,265   
     

 

 

 
Consumer, Cyclical — 15.9%      
Airlines — 2.2%      

Alaska Air Group, Inc.

     26,800         2,157,668   

American Airlines Group, Inc.

     39,300         1,664,355   

Delta Air Lines, Inc.

     64,900         3,289,781   

JetBlue Airways Corp. (a)

     57,600         1,304,640   

Southwest Airlines Co.

     42,700         1,838,662   
     

 

 

 
        10,255,106   
     

 

 

 
Apparel — 1.3%      

Carter’s, Inc.

     5,100         454,053   
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the portfolio of investments.

 

117


MassMutual Premier Disciplined Growth Fund – Portfolio of Investments (Continued)

 

     Number of
Shares
     Value  

Michael Kors Holdings Ltd. (a)

     10,100       $ 404,606   

Nike, Inc. Class B

     71,580         4,473,750   

Ralph Lauren Corp.

     150         16,722   

Skechers U.S.A., Inc. Class A (a)

     21,810         658,880   

VF Corp.

     400         24,900   
     

 

 

 
        6,032,911   
     

 

 

 
Auto Manufacturers — 0.1%      

Paccar, Inc.

     11,900         564,060   
     

 

 

 
Automotive & Parts — 0.9%      

Allison Transmission Holdings, Inc.

     12,300         318,447   

BorgWarner, Inc.

     80         3,458   

Delphi Automotive PLC

     10,500         900,165   

Lear Corp.

     16,590         2,037,750   

Visteon Corp. (a)

     10,750         1,230,875   
     

 

 

 
        4,490,695   
     

 

 

 
Distribution & Wholesale — 0.4%      

Fossil Group, Inc. (a)

     10,310         376,934   

Genuine Parts Co.

     2,600         223,314   

HD Supply Holdings, Inc. (a)

     8,000         240,240   

Ingram Micro, Inc. Class A

     39,300         1,193,934   
     

 

 

 
        2,034,422   
     

 

 

 
Entertainment — 0.5%      

Cinemark Holdings, Inc.

     4,800         160,464   

The Madison Square Garden Co. Class A (a)

     2,233         361,299   

Regal Entertainment Group Class A

     40,000         754,800   

Six Flags Entertainment Corp.

     22,600         1,241,644   
     

 

 

 
        2,518,207   
     

 

 

 
Home Builders — 0.3%      

Lennar Corp.

     21,200         851,816   

NVR, Inc. (a)

     130         213,590   

Thor Industries, Inc.

     2,300         129,145   
     

 

 

 
        1,194,551   
     

 

 

 
Home Furnishing — 0.2%      

Harman International Industries, Inc.

     1,590         149,794   

Tempur Sealy International, Inc. (a)

     5,600         394,576   

Whirlpool Corp.

     3,560         522,857   
     

 

 

 
        1,067,227   
     

 

 

 
Household Products — 0.2%      

Tupperware Brands Corp.

     14,800         823,620   
     

 

 

 
Housewares — 0.1%      

Newell Rubbermaid, Inc.

     5,700         251,256   

The Toro Co.

     3,180         232,363   
     

 

 

 
        483,619   
     

 

 

 
Leisure Time — 0.3%      

Harley-Davidson, Inc.

     15,300         694,467   

Jarden Corp. (a)

     75         4,284   

Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. (a)

     8,400         492,240   
     

 

 

 
        1,190,991   
     

 

 

 
     Number of
Shares
     Value  
Lodging — 0.7%      

Hilton Worldwide Holdings, Inc.

     15,400       $ 329,560   

Las Vegas Sands Corp.

     15,500         679,520   

Marriott International, Inc. Class A

     6,167         413,436   

MGM Resorts International (a)

     1,300         29,536   

Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc.

     9,700         672,016   

Wyndham Worldwide Corp.

     15,600         1,133,340   
     

 

 

 
        3,257,408   
     

 

 

 
Retail — 8.4%      

AutoNation, Inc. (a)

     2,500         149,150   

AutoZone, Inc. (a)

     1,308         970,418   

Bed Bath & Beyond, Inc. (a)

     16,300         786,475   

Brinker International, Inc.

     6,200         297,290   

CarMax, Inc. (a)

     6,200         334,614   

Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. (a)

     3         1,440   

Coach, Inc.

     16,109         527,248   

Costco Wholesale Corp.

     14,380         2,322,370   

CST Brands, Inc.

     7,500         293,550   

CVS Health Corp.

     38,630         3,776,855   

Darden Restaurants, Inc.

     24,200         1,540,088   

Dick’s Sporting Goods, Inc.

     400         14,140   

Dillard’s, Inc. Class A

     9,150         601,246   

Dollar General Corp.

     4,500         323,415   

Dollar Tree, Inc. (a)

     27         2,085   

Domino’s Pizza, Inc.

     4,430         492,837   

DSW, Inc. Class A

     26,400         629,904   

Dunkin’ Brands Group, Inc.

     3,800         161,842   

Foot Locker, Inc.

     15,600         1,015,404   

The Gap, Inc.

     23,500         580,450   

GNC Holdings, Inc. Class A

     6,700         207,834   

The Home Depot, Inc.

     31,910         4,220,097   

L Brands, Inc.

     12,700         1,216,914   

Lowe’s Cos., Inc.

     45,600         3,467,424   

Macy’s, Inc.

     17,600         615,648   

McDonald’s Corp.

     36,220         4,279,031   

The Michaels Cos., Inc. (a)

     2,800         61,908   

Nordstrom, Inc.

     100         4,981   

Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc. Class A

     29,530         1,118,892   

O’Reilly Automotive, Inc. (a)

     8,450         2,141,399   

Office Depot, Inc. (a)

     198,300         1,118,412   

Penske Auto Group, Inc.

     700         29,638   

Rite Aid Corp. (a)

     27,100         212,464   

Ross Stores, Inc.

     5,560         299,184   

Sally Beauty Holdings, Inc. (a)

     2,100         58,569   

Starbucks Corp.

     61,900         3,715,857   

Target Corp.

     14,200         1,031,062   

Tiffany & Co.

     2,000         152,580   

The TJX Cos., Inc.

     7,320         519,061   

Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc.

     3,400         289,527   

Williams-Sonoma, Inc.

     1,000         58,410   

World Fuel Services Corp.

     3,300         126,918   

Yum! Brands, Inc.

     1,840         134,412   
     

 

 

 
        39,901,043   
     

 

 

 
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the portfolio of investments.

 

118


MassMutual Premier Disciplined Growth Fund – Portfolio of Investments (Continued)

 

     Number of
Shares
     Value  
Textiles — 0.2%      

Cintas Corp.

     11,500       $ 1,047,075   
     

 

 

 
Toys, Games & Hobbies — 0.1%   

Hasbro, Inc.

     4,370         294,363   
     

 

 

 
        75,155,298   
     

 

 

 
Consumer, Non-cyclical — 29.7%   
Agriculture — 1.6%      

Altria Group, Inc.

     80,670         4,695,800   

Philip Morris International, Inc.

     14,970         1,316,013   

Reynolds American, Inc.

     37,480         1,729,702   
     

 

 

 
        7,741,515   
     

 

 

 
Beverages — 3.0%      

Brown-Forman Corp. Class B

     7         695   

The Coca-Cola Co.

     78,560         3,374,938   

Coca-Cola Enterprises, Inc.

     16,600         817,384   

Constellation Brands, Inc. Class A

     7,680         1,093,939   

Dr. Pepper Snapple Group, Inc.

     12,000         1,118,400   

Keurig Green Mountain, Inc.

     20         1,800   

Monster Beverage Corp. (a)

     1,550         230,888   

PepsiCo, Inc.

     77,523         7,746,098   
     

 

 

 
        14,384,142   
     

 

 

 
Biotechnology — 6.0%      

Alkermes PLC (a)

     2,500         198,450   

Amgen, Inc.

     53,530         8,689,525   

Biogen, Inc. (a)

     12,170         3,728,279   

Celgene Corp. (a)

     31,110         3,725,734   

Charles River Laboratories International, Inc. (a)

     8,900         715,471   

Gilead Sciences, Inc.

     106,420         10,768,640   

Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

     650         352,865   

Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

     2,100         264,243   
     

 

 

 
        28,443,207   
     

 

 

 
Commercial Services — 5.1%      

Aaron’s, Inc.

     750         16,793   

Automatic Data Processing, Inc.

     7,080         599,818   

Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp.

     2,800         86,380   

CoreLogic, Inc. (a)

     38,300         1,296,838   

Donnelley (R.R.) & Sons Co.

     27,300         401,856   

Equifax, Inc.

     9,150         1,019,035   

FleetCor Technologies, Inc. (a)

     750         107,197   

Gartner, Inc. (a)

     3,900         353,730   

Genpact Ltd. (a)

     51,500         1,286,470   

Global Payments, Inc.

     20,440         1,318,584   

H&R Block, Inc.

     10,300         343,093   

KAR Auction Services, Inc.

     5,700         211,071   

McKesson Corp.

     14,730         2,905,198   

Moody’s Corp.

     7,900         792,686   

Paychex, Inc.

     5,200         275,028   

PayPal Holdings, Inc. (a)

     53,400         1,933,080   

Quanta Services, Inc. (a)

     31,700         641,925   

Robert Half International, Inc.

     4,100         193,274   
     Number of
Shares
     Value  

SEI Investments Co.

     11,200       $ 586,880   

Service Corp. International

     3,600         93,672   

ServiceMaster Global Holdings, Inc. (a)

     35,600         1,396,944   

Total System Services, Inc.

     21,200         1,055,760   

Towers Watson & Co. Class A

     960         123,322   

United Rentals, Inc. (a)

     16,070         1,165,718   

Vantiv, Inc. Class A (a)

     11,100         526,362   

Verisk Analytics, Inc. (a)

     7,800         599,664   

Visa, Inc. Class A

     41,620         3,227,631   

Western Union Co.

     79,220         1,418,830   

WEX, Inc. (a)

     3,270         289,068   
     

 

 

 
        24,265,907   
     

 

 

 
Cosmetics & Personal Care — 0.7%   

Colgate-Palmolive Co.

     10,980         731,488   

Coty, Inc. Class A

     65,500         1,678,765   

The Estee Lauder Cos., Inc. Class A

     8,860         780,211   
     

 

 

 
        3,190,464   
     

 

 

 
Foods — 1.5%      

Campbell Soup Co.

     1,200         63,060   

Flowers Foods, Inc.

     35,300         758,597   

General Mills, Inc.

     8,460         487,804   

The Hershey Co.

     900         80,343   

Hormel Foods Corp.

     14,000         1,107,120   

Ingredion, Inc.

     2,700         258,768   

Kellogg Co.

     940         67,934   

The Kraft Heinz Co.

     666         48,458   

The Kroger Co.

     59,720         2,498,087   

McCormick & Co., Inc.

     2,400         205,344   

Pilgrim’s Pride Corp.

     1,900         41,971   

Sysco Corp.

     1,200         49,200   

The Hain Celestial Group, Inc. (a)

     200         8,078   

Tyson Foods, Inc. Class A

     29,700         1,583,901   

WhiteWave Foods Co. (a)

     23         895   

Whole Foods Market, Inc.

     600         20,100   
     

 

 

 
        7,279,660   
     

 

 

 
Health Care – Products — 1.9%   

Alere, Inc. (a)

     2,200         85,998   

Baxter International, Inc.

     2,020         77,063   

Becton, Dickinson & Co.

     4,290         661,046   

Boston Scientific Corp. (a)

     1,500         27,660   

Bruker Corp. (a)

     4,100         99,507   

C.R. Bard, Inc.

     2,360         447,079   

Edwards Lifesciences Corp. (a)

     7,200         568,656   

Henry Schein, Inc. (a)

     2,590         409,712   

Hill-Rom Holdings, Inc.

     16,600         797,796   

Hologic, Inc. (a)

     19,100         738,979   

Intuitive Surgical, Inc. (a)

     1,676         915,364   

Johnson & Johnson

     17,660         1,814,035   

ResMed, Inc.

     5,900         316,771   

St. Jude Medical, Inc.

     8,140         502,808   
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the portfolio of investments.

 

119


MassMutual Premier Disciplined Growth Fund – Portfolio of Investments (Continued)

 

     Number of
Shares
     Value  

Stryker Corp.

     4,200       $ 390,348   

Varian Medical Systems, Inc. (a)

     10,200         824,160   

Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc.

     370         37,958   
     

 

 

 
        8,714,940   
     

 

 

 
Health Care – Services — 2.9%   

Aetna, Inc.

     8,800         951,456   

Anthem, Inc.

     9,330         1,300,975   

Centene Corp. (a)

     22,600         1,487,306   

Cigna Corp.

     9,890         1,447,204   

DaVita HealthCare Partners, Inc. (a)

     60         4,183   

HCA Holdings, Inc. (a)

     2,200         148,786   

Health Net, Inc. (a)

     10,200         698,292   

Humana, Inc.

     1,710         305,252   

Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings (a)

     1,677         207,344   

LifePoint Health, Inc. (a)

     14,200         1,042,280   

MEDNAX, Inc. (a)

     22,500         1,612,350   

Premier, Inc. (a)

     27,800         980,506   

Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.

     6,090         863,866   

UnitedHealth Group, Inc.

     20,420         2,402,209   

Universal Health Services, Inc. Class B

     530         63,330   
     

 

 

 
        13,515,339   
     

 

 

 
Household Products — 0.4%   

Avery Dennison Corp.

     9,900         620,334   

Church & Dwight Co., Inc.

     5,560         471,933   

The Clorox Co.

     2,790         353,856   

Kimberly-Clark Corp.

     4,640         590,672   
     

 

 

 
        2,036,795   
     

 

 

 
Pharmaceuticals — 6.6%   

AbbVie, Inc.

     50,683         3,002,461   

Align Technology, Inc. (a)

     3,600         237,060   

Allergan PLC (a)

     3,558         1,111,875   

AmerisourceBergen Corp.

     17,100         1,773,441   

Baxalta, Inc.

     22,700         885,981   

BioMarin Pharmaceutical, Inc. (a)

     400         41,904   

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.

     43,500         2,992,365   

Cardinal Health, Inc.

     19,000         1,696,130   

DENTSPLY International, Inc.

     1,950         118,657   

Eli Lilly & Co.

     46,700         3,934,942   

Endo International PLC (a)

     9,300         569,346   

Express Scripts Holding Co. (a)

     33,780         2,952,710   

Herbalife Ltd. (a)

     23,580         1,264,360   

Jazz Pharmaceuticals Plc (a)

     1,060         148,994   

Mallinckrodt PLC (a)

     3,518         262,548   

Mead Johnson Nutrition Co.

     3,800         300,010   

Medivation, Inc. (a)

     8,260         399,288   

Merck & Co., Inc.

     26,500         1,399,730   

Mylan NV (a)

     25,900         1,400,413   

OPKO Health, Inc. (a)

     36,700         368,835   

Perrigo Co. PLC

     2,210         319,787   
     Number of
Shares
     Value  

Quintiles Transnational Holdings, Inc. (a)

     20,700       $ 1,421,262   

Sirona Dental Systems, Inc. (a)

     2,570         281,595   

United Therapeutics Corp. (a)

     13,390         2,097,008   

VCA, Inc. (a)

     7,500         412,500   

VWR Corp. (a)

     43,200         1,222,992   

Zoetis, Inc.

     9,800         469,616   
     

 

 

 
        31,085,810   
     

 

 

 
        140,657,779   
     

 

 

 
Diversified — 0.0%      
Holding Company – Diversified — 0.0%   

Leucadia National Corp.

     11,100         193,029   
     

 

 

 
Energy — 0.5%      
Oil & Gas — 0.3%      

Continental Resources, Inc. (a)

     40         919   

CVR Energy, Inc.

     7,400         291,190   

EOG Resources, Inc.

     90         6,371   

Marathon Petroleum Corp.

     8,800         456,192   

Tesoro Corp.

     4,500         474,165   
     

 

 

 
        1,228,837   
     

 

 

 
Oil & Gas Services — 0.2%      

FMC Technologies, Inc. (a)

     8,800         255,288   

HollyFrontier Corp.

     6,100         243,329   

Oceaneering International, Inc.

     5,600         210,112   

RPC, Inc.

     50         598   

Schlumberger Ltd.

     970         67,657   
     

 

 

 
        776,984   
     

 

 

 
Pipelines — 0.0%      

The Williams Cos., Inc.

     6,200         159,340   
     

 

 

 
        2,165,161   
     

 

 

 
Financial — 5.1%      
Banks — 0.4%      

The Bank of New York Mellon Corp.

     34,000         1,401,480   

Signature Bank (a)

     2,090         320,544   

SVB Financial Group (a)

     1,470         174,783   
     

 

 

 
        1,896,807   
     

 

 

 
Diversified Financial — 1.6%      

Air Lease Corp.

     21,500         719,820   

Ally Financial, Inc. (a)

     1,400         26,096   

American Express Co.

     6,200         431,210   

Ameriprise Financial, Inc.

     1,730         184,107   

BlackRock, Inc.

     2,350         800,222   

The Charles Schwab Corp.

     8,100         266,733   

Credit Acceptance Corp. (a)

     1,680         359,554   

Eaton Vance Corp.

     3,500         113,505   

Federated Investors, Inc. Class B

     80         2,292   

Intercontinental Exchange, Inc.

     1,090         279,323   

Invesco Ltd.

     8,900         297,972   

Lazard Ltd. Class A

     7,500         337,575   
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the portfolio of investments.

 

120


MassMutual Premier Disciplined Growth Fund – Portfolio of Investments (Continued)

 

     Number of
Shares
     Value  

Legg Mason, Inc.

     1,200       $ 47,076   

MasterCard, Inc. Class A

     15,060         1,466,241   

Santander Consumer USA Holdings, Inc. (a)

     61,000         966,850   

SLM Corp. (a)

     88,200         575,064   

T. Rowe Price Group, Inc.

     2,700         193,023   

TD Ameritrade Holding Corp.

     8,100         281,151   

Waddell & Reed Financial, Inc. Class A

     3,600         103,176   
     

 

 

 
        7,450,990   
     

 

 

 
Insurance — 0.9%   

AmTrust Financial Services, Inc.

     27,400         1,687,292   

Aon PLC

     3,850         355,008   

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.

     3,200         131,008   

Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. Class B (a)

     1,390         183,536   

Erie Indemnity Co. Class A

     90         8,608   

Markel Corp. (a)

     1,110         980,518   

Marsh & McLennan Cos., Inc.

     14,200         787,390   
     

 

 

 
        4,133,360   
     

 

 

 
Real Estate — 0.5%   

CBRE Group, Inc. (a)

     26,100         902,538   

Four Corners Property Trust, Inc. (a)

     8,066         194,875   

Jones Lang LaSalle, Inc.

     9,170         1,465,916   
     

 

 

 
        2,563,329   
     

 

 

 
Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITS) — 1.7%   

American Tower Corp.

     1,935         187,598   

Crown Castle International Corp.

     13,200         1,141,140   

Digital Realty Trust, Inc.

     600         45,372   

Equity Lifestyle Properties, Inc.

     2,800         186,676   

Extra Space Storage, Inc.

     2,200         194,062   

Iron Mountain, Inc.

     43         1,161   

Lamar Advertising Co.Class A

     16,700         1,001,666   

Public Storage

     5,100         1,263,270   

Simon Property Group, Inc.

     12,899         2,508,082   

Tanger Factory Outlet Centers, Inc.

     31,200         1,020,240   

Taubman Centers, Inc.

     400         30,688   

Welltower, Inc.

     8,300         564,649   
     

 

 

 
        8,144,604   
     

 

 

 
        24,189,090   
     

 

 

 
Industrial — 9.6%   
Aerospace & Defense — 2.0%   

The Boeing Co.

     40,180         5,809,626   

General Dynamics Corp.

     3,360         461,530   

Lockheed Martin Corp.

     1,790         388,698   

Northrop Grumman Corp.

     2,560         483,354   

Rockwell Collins, Inc.

     1,400         129,220   

Spirit AeroSystems Holdings, Inc. Class A (a)

     35,500         1,777,485   

TransDigm Group, Inc. (a)

     250         57,113   

United Technologies Corp.

     3,450         331,441   
     

 

 

 
        9,438,467   
     

 

 

 
     Number of
Shares
     Value  
Airlines — 0.4%   

United Continental Holdings, Inc. (a)

     29,855       $ 1,710,691   
     

 

 

 
Building Materials — 0.4%   

Armstrong World Industries, Inc. (a)

     19,600         896,308   

Lennox International, Inc.

     10         1,249   

Masco Corp.

     41,900         1,185,770   
     

 

 

 
        2,083,327   
     

 

 

 
Electrical Components & Equipment — 0.3%   

Acuity Brands, Inc.

     1,160         271,208   

AMETEK, Inc.

     8,575         459,534   

Emerson Electric Co.

     310         14,828   

SunPower Corp. (a)

     26,800         804,268   
     

 

 

 
        1,549,838   
     

 

 

 
Electronics — 1.0%   

Allegion PLC

     2,600         171,392   

Amphenol Corp. Class A

     500         26,115   

Gentex Corp.

     19,220         307,712   

Jabil Circuit, Inc.

     57,800         1,346,162   

Keysight Technologies, Inc. (a)

     6,110         173,096   

Mettler-Toledo International, Inc. (a)

     1,760         596,869   

PerkinElmer, Inc.

     12,500         669,625   

Trimble Navigation Ltd. (a)

     20         429   

Tyco International PLC

     17,900         570,831   

Waters Corp. (a)

     7,420         998,584   
     

 

 

 
        4,860,815   
     

 

 

 
Engineering & Construction — 0.1%   

AECOM (a)

     5,400         162,162   

TopBuild Corp. (a)

     1,700         52,309   
     

 

 

 
        214,471   
     

 

 

 
Environmental Controls — 0.2%   

Clean Harbors, Inc. (a)

     200         8,330   

Stericycle, Inc. (a)

     1,620         195,372   

Waste Management, Inc.

     13,400         715,158   
     

 

 

 
        918,860   
     

 

 

 
Hand & Machine Tools — 0.1%   

Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc.

     2,800         145,292   

Snap-on, Inc.

     2,270         389,146   
     

 

 

 
        534,438   
     

 

 

 
Machinery – Construction & Mining — 0.1%   

Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises, Inc. (a)

     400         8,348   

Caterpillar, Inc.

     3,180         216,113   

Ingersoll-Rand PLC

     1,300         71,877   
     

 

 

 
        296,338   
     

 

 

 
Machinery – Diversified — 1.1%   

BWX Technologies, Inc.

     41,800         1,327,986   

Cummins, Inc.

     2,580         227,066   

Deere & Co.

     4,800         366,096   

Flowserve Corp.

     90         3,787   
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the portfolio of investments.

 

121


MassMutual Premier Disciplined Growth Fund – Portfolio of Investments (Continued)

 

     Number of
Shares
     Value  

Graco, Inc.

     11,200       $ 807,184   

IDEX Corp.

     50         3,830   

The Middleby Corp. (a)

     4,900         528,563   

Rockwell Automation, Inc.

     8,590         881,420   

Roper Technologies, Inc.

     3,810         723,100   

Wabtec Corp.

     1,230         87,478   

Zebra Technologies Corp. Class A (a)

     50         3,482   
     

 

 

 
        4,959,992   
     

 

 

 
Manufacturing — 1.5%   

AptarGroup, Inc.

     10,100         733,765   

Danaher Corp.

     2,420         224,770   

Honeywell International, Inc.

     32,700         3,386,739   

Illinois Tool Works, Inc.

     15,300         1,418,004   

Leggett & Platt, Inc.

     5,400         226,908   

Parker Hannifin Corp.

     650         63,037   

Textron, Inc.

     19,200         806,592   
     

 

 

 
        6,859,815   
     

 

 

 
Metal Fabricate & Hardware — 0.2%   

Valmont Industries, Inc.

     9,660         1,024,153   
     

 

 

 
Miscellaneous – Manufacturing — 0.1%   

A.O. Smith Corp.

     5,100         390,711   
     

 

 

 
Packaging & Containers — 1.0%   

Ball Corp.

     11,200         814,576   

Bemis Co., Inc.

     7,200         321,768   

Crown Holdings, Inc. (a)

     24,400         1,237,080   

Graphic Packaging Holding Co.

     36,100         463,163   

Owens-Illinois, Inc. (a)

     3,700         64,454   

Sealed Air Corp.

     41,900         1,868,740   

Silgan Holdings, Inc.

     2,500         134,300   

WestRock Co.

     100         4,562   
     

 

 

 
        4,908,643   
     

 

 

 
Shipbuilding — 0.4%   

Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc.

     15,760         1,999,156   
     

 

 

 
Transportation — 0.4%   

C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc.

     4,400         272,888   

Expeditors International of Washington, Inc.

     16,600         748,660   

Landstar System, Inc.

     60         3,519   

Teekay Corp.

     500         4,935   

Union Pacific Corp.

     7,920         619,344   

United Parcel Service, Inc. Class B

     4,040         388,769   
     

 

 

 
        2,038,115   
     

 

 

 
Trucking & Leasing — 0.3%   

AMERCO

     3,880         1,511,260   
     

 

 

 
        45,299,090   
     

 

 

 
Technology — 17.0%   
Computers — 8.4%   

Accenture PLC Class A

     32,060         3,350,270   

Apple, Inc.

     286,983         30,207,831   
     Number of
Shares
     Value  

Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (a)

     22,000       $ 457,820   

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp. Class A (a)

     21,300         1,278,426   

DST Systems, Inc.

     2,930         334,196   

EMC Corp.

     7,780         199,790   

Fortinet, Inc. (a)

     21,700         676,389   

IHS, Inc. Class A (a)

     2,910         344,631   

International Business Machines Corp.

     8,210         1,129,860   

Jack Henry & Associates, Inc.

     3,600         281,016   

NetApp, Inc.

     44,860         1,190,136   

Synopsys, Inc. (a)

     5,300         241,733   

Teradata Corp. (a)

     1,700         44,914   
     

 

 

 
        39,737,012   
     

 

 

 
Office Equipment/Supplies — 0.0%   

Pitney Bowes, Inc.

     5,200         107,380   
     

 

 

 
Semiconductors — 2.3%   

Analog Devices, Inc.

     8,880         491,242   

Avago Technologies Ltd.

     13,300         1,930,495   

Intel Corp.

     27,900         961,155   

KLA-Tencor Corp.

     13,600         943,160   

Lam Research Corp.

     17,100         1,358,082   

Linear Technology Corp.

     420         17,837   

Maxim Integrated Products, Inc.

     14,500         551,000   

Microchip Technology, Inc.

     6,100         283,894   

Micron Technology, Inc. (a)

     63,400         897,744   

ON Semiconductor Corp. (a)

     9,500         93,100   

Skyworks Solutions, Inc.

     10,070         773,678   

Texas Instruments, Inc.

     44,050         2,414,380   

Xilinx, Inc.

     3,410         160,168   
     

 

 

 
        10,875,935   
     

 

 

 
Software — 6.3%   

Adobe Systems, Inc. (a)

     15,950         1,498,343   

ANSYS, Inc. (a)

     2,400         222,000   

Autodesk, Inc. (a)

     50         3,046   

Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc.

     7,960         427,691   

Citrix Systems, Inc. (a)

     8,100         612,765   

The Dun & Bradstreet Corp.

     10,020         1,041,379   

Electronic Arts, Inc. (a)

     14,600         1,003,312   

Fidelity National Information Services, Inc.

     8,000         484,800   

Fiserv, Inc. (a)

     9,900         905,454   

IMS Health Holdings, Inc. (a)

     35,800         911,826   

Inovalon Holdings, Inc. Class A (a)

     15,900         270,300   

Intuit, Inc.

     11,870         1,145,455   

King Digital Entertainment PLC

     29,800         532,824   

Leidos Holdings, Inc.

     17,300         973,298   

Microsoft Corp.

     167,860         9,312,873   

MSCI, Inc.

     18,100         1,305,553   

Oracle Corp.

     81,900         2,991,807   

PTC, Inc. (a)

     4,300         148,909   

Red Hat, Inc. (a)

     10,600         877,786   
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the portfolio of investments.

 

122


MassMutual Premier Disciplined Growth Fund – Portfolio of Investments (Continued)

 

     Number of
Shares
     Value  

Salesforce.com, Inc. (a)

     24,940       $ 1,955,296   

Servicenow, Inc. (a)

     2,600         225,056   

SolarWinds, Inc. (a)

     12,800         753,920   

Splunk, Inc. (a)

     4,600         270,526   

SS&C Technologies Holdings, Inc

     20,000         1,365,400   

Tableau Software, Inc. Class A (a)

     1,200         113,064   

Veeva Systems, Inc. Class A (a)

     11,000         317,350   

VMware, Inc. Class A (a)

     3,080         174,236   
     

 

 

 
        29,844,269   
     

 

 

 
        80,564,596   
     

 

 

 
Utilities — 0.1%      
Electric — 0.1%      

Calpine Corp. (a)

     11,600         167,852   

Dominion Resources, Inc.

     3,900         263,796   
     

 

 

 
        431,648   
     

 

 

 
TOTAL COMMON STOCK
(Cost $450,108,499)
        469,720,266   
     

 

 

 
TOTAL EQUITIES
(Cost $450,108,499)
        469,720,266   
     

 

 

 
MUTUAL FUNDS — 0.6%   
Diversified Financial — 0.6%   

iShares Russell 1000 Growth Index Fund

     29,900         2,974,452   
     

 

 

 
TOTAL MUTUAL FUNDS
(Cost $2,995,029)
        2,974,452   
     

 

 

 
TOTAL LONG-TERM INVESTMENTS
(Cost $453,103,528)
        472,694,718   
     

 

 

 
     Principal
Amount
        
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS — 0.4%   
Repurchase Agreement — 0.4%   

State Street Bank & Trust Co. Repurchase Agreement, dated 12/31/15, 0.010%, due 1/04/16 (b)

   $ 1,964,995         1,964,995   
     

 

 

 
Time Deposit — 0.0%   

Euro Time Deposit
0.010% 1/04/16

     48,977         48,977   
     

 

 

 
TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS
(Cost $2,013,972)
        2,013,972   
     

 

 

 
          Value  
TOTAL INVESTMENTS — 100.2%
(Cost $455,117,500) (c)
      $ 474,708,690   
Other Assets/(Liabilities) — (0.2)%         (1,100,174
     

 

 

 
NET ASSETS — 100.0%       $ 473,608,516   
     

 

 

 

Notes to Portfolio of Investments

Percentages are stated as a percent of net assets.
(a) Non-income producing security.
(b) Maturity value of $1,964,997. Collateralized by U.S. Government Agency obligations with a rate of 2.120%, maturity date of 11/07/22, and an aggregate market value, including accrued interest, of $2,009,144.
(c) See Note 3 for aggregate cost for federal tax purposes.
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the portfolio of investments.

 

123


MassMutual Premier Small Cap Opportunities Fund – Portfolio of Investments

 

December 31, 2015 (Unaudited)

 

     Number of
Shares
     Value  
EQUITIES — 98.2%      
COMMON STOCK — 98.2%      
Basic Materials — 3.9%      
Chemicals — 0.5%      

A. Schulman, Inc.

     26,931       $ 825,166   
     

 

 

 
Forest Products & Paper — 1.3%      

P.H. Glatfelter Co.

     107,899         1,989,657   
     

 

 

 
Mining — 2.1%      

Kaiser Aluminum Corp.

     32,100         2,685,486   

Osisko Gold Royalties Ltd.

     65,252         644,645   
     

 

 

 
        3,330,131   
     

 

 

 
        6,144,954   
     

 

 

 
Communications — 1.3%      
Internet — 0.8%      

Zynga, Inc. (a)

     455,480         1,220,687   
     

 

 

 
Telecommunications — 0.5%      

RigNet, Inc. (a) (b)

     41,190         852,221   
     

 

 

 
        2,072,908   
     

 

 

 
Consumer, Cyclical — 10.6%      
Airlines — 0.7%      

Spirit Airlines, Inc. (a)

     27,980         1,115,003   
     

 

 

 
Automotive & Parts — 2.2%      

Dana Holding Corp.

     161,105         2,223,249   

Visteon Corp. (a)

     10,210         1,169,045   
     

 

 

 
        3,392,294   
     

 

 

 
Entertainment — 0.7%      

International Speedway Corp. Class A

     34,960         1,178,851   
     

 

 

 
Retail — 6.5%      

Brinker International, Inc.

     17,420         835,289   

Burlington Stores, Inc. (a)

     58,720         2,519,088   

Party City Holdco, Inc. (a) (b)

     66,010         852,189   

Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen, Inc. (a)

     44,200         2,585,700   

Sally Beauty Holdings, Inc. (a)

     45,410         1,266,485   

Texas Roadhouse, Inc.

     60,590         2,167,304   
     

 

 

 
        10,226,055   
     

 

 

 
Storage & Warehousing — 0.5%      

Wesco Aircraft Holdings, Inc. (a)

     65,910         788,943   
     

 

 

 
        16,701,146   
     

 

 

 
Consumer, Non-cyclical — 28.7%      
Agriculture — 1.2%      

Universal Corp. (b)

     34,290         1,922,983   
     

 

 

 
Biotechnology — 0.8%      

Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical, Inc. (a)

     11,370         1,275,487   
     

 

 

 
Commercial Services — 12.0%      

ABM Industries, Inc.

     62,860         1,789,624   
     Number of
Shares
     Value  

Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp.

     65,400       $ 2,017,590   

DeVry Education Group, Inc. (b)

     35,840         907,110   

James River Group Holdings Ltd.

     46,800         1,569,672   

KAR Auction Services, Inc.

     87,710         3,247,901   

Korn/Ferry International

     93,573         3,104,752   

On Assignment, Inc. (a)

     56,450         2,537,428   

Paylocity Holding Corp. (a)

     55,180         2,237,549   

Team Health Holdings, Inc. (a)

     34,020         1,493,138   
     

 

 

 
        18,904,764   
     

 

 

 
Foods — 2.3%      

Pinnacle Foods, Inc.

     84,110         3,571,311   
     

 

 

 
Health Care – Products — 1.6%      

NxStage Medical, Inc. (a)

     61,650         1,350,752   

Spectranetics Corp. (a)

     70,790         1,066,097   
     

 

 

 
        2,416,849   
     

 

 

 
Health Care – Services — 4.9%      

Acadia Healthcare Co., Inc. (a)

     31,140         1,945,005   

Addus HomeCare Corp. (a)

     15,840         368,755   

HealthSouth Corp.

     53,093         1,848,167   

WellCare Health Plans, Inc. (a)

     45,296         3,542,600   
     

 

 

 
        7,704,527   
     

 

 

 
Household Products — 2.6%      

Acco Brands Corp. (a)

     220,990         1,575,659   

Prestige Brands Holdings, Inc. (a)

     49,086         2,526,947   
     

 

 

 
        4,102,606   
     

 

 

 
Pharmaceuticals — 3.3%      

Acadia Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

     32,610         1,162,546   

Aratana Therapeutics, Inc. (a)

     49,170         274,369   

Axovant Sciences Ltd. (a) (b)

     19,490         351,405   

Diplomat Pharmacy, Inc. (a) (b)

     46,740         1,599,443   

Santhera Pharmaceutical Holding AG (a) (b)

     5,220         464,461   

VWR Corp. (a)

     46,960         1,329,437   
     

 

 

 
        5,181,661   
     

 

 

 
        45,080,188   
     

 

 

 
Energy — 4.0%      
Energy – Alternate Sources — 0.9%   

Renewable Energy Group, Inc. (a)

     151,679         1,409,098   
     

 

 

 
Oil & Gas — 2.6%      

Range Resources Corp. (b)

     35,878         882,958   

Suburban Propane Partners LP

     50,250         1,221,578   

Western Refining, Inc.

     35,491         1,264,189   

WPX Energy, Inc. (a)

     121,610         698,041   
     

 

 

 
        4,066,766   
     

 

 

 
Pipelines — 0.5%      

Cone Midstream Partners LP

     80,160         789,576   
     

 

 

 
        6,265,440   
     

 

 

 
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the portfolio of investments.

 

124


MassMutual Premier Small Cap Opportunities Fund – Portfolio of Investments (Continued)

 

     Number of
Shares
     Value  
Financial — 21.2%      
Banks — 8.0%      

BancorpSouth, Inc.

     121,620       $ 2,917,664   

FirstMerit Corp.

     146,599         2,734,072   

MB Financial, Inc.

     88,190         2,854,710   

Talmer Bancorp, Inc.

     101,180         1,832,370   

Webster Financial Corp.

     59,870         2,226,565   
     

 

 

 
        12,565,381   
     

 

 

 
Diversified Financial — 1.2%      

Evercore Partners, Inc. Class A

     21,560         1,165,749   

Stifel Financial Corp. (a)

     18,240         772,647   
     

 

 

 
        1,938,396   
     

 

 

 
Insurance — 1.9%      

Endurance Specialty Holdings Ltd.

     25,650         1,641,343   

Old Republic International Corp.

     70,820         1,319,377   
     

 

 

 
        2,960,720   
     

 

 

 
Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITS) — 7.2%   

Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance, Inc.

     117,382         2,022,492   

Chatham Lodging Trust

     109,275         2,237,952   

CYS Investments, Inc.

     293,240         2,090,801   

DuPont Fabros Technology, Inc.

     49,900         1,586,321   

National Storage Affiliates Trust

     107,120         1,834,966   

STAG Industrial, Inc.

     85,190         1,571,755   
     

 

 

 
        11,344,287   
     

 

 

 
Savings & Loans — 2.9%      

BankUnited, Inc.

     87,788         3,165,635   

Oritani Financial Corp.

     81,918         1,351,647   
     

 

 

 
        4,517,282   
     

 

 

 
        33,326,066   
     

 

 

 
Industrial — 8.6%      
Aerospace & Defense — 0.8%      

AAR Corp.

     43,659         1,147,795   

Curtiss-Wright Corp.

     1,580         108,230   
     

 

 

 
        1,256,025   
     

 

 

 
Building Materials — 2.4%      

Boise Cascade Co. (a)

     61,060         1,558,862   

Masonite International Corp. (a)

     25,570         1,565,651   

Summit Materials, Inc. Class A (a)

     35,941         720,261   
     

 

 

 
        3,844,774   
     

 

 

 
Electrical Components & Equipment — 1.1%   

Energizer Holdings, Inc.

     19,880         677,113   

Generac Holdings, Inc. (a) (b)

     38,430         1,144,061   
     

 

 

 
        1,821,174   
     

 

 

 
Engineering & Construction — 1.0%   

AECOM (a)

     52,126         1,565,344   
     

 

 

 
Environmental Controls — 0.6%   

Progressive Waste Solutions Ltd.

     37,570         884,773   
     

 

 

 
     Number of
Shares
     Value  
Machinery – Diversified — 0.5%   

SPX FLOW, Inc. (a)

     26,650       $ 743,801   
     

 

 

 
Manufacturing — 0.9%      

Matthews International Corp. Class A

     26,350         1,408,407   
     

 

 

 
Transportation — 1.3%      

Saia, Inc. (a)

     38,143         848,682   

Swift Transportation Co. (a) (b)

     84,129         1,162,663   
     

 

 

 
        2,011,345   
     

 

 

 
        13,535,643   
     

 

 

 
Technology — 16.5%      
Computers — 5.5%      

CACI International, Inc. Class A (a)

     24,980         2,317,644   

FleetMatics Group PLC (a)

     30,900         1,569,411   

Fortinet, Inc. (a)

     46,227         1,440,896   

j2 Global, Inc.

     39,396         3,243,079   
     

 

 

 
        8,571,030   
     

 

 

 
Office Equipment/Supplies — 0.8%   

Pitney Bowes, Inc.

     58,530         1,208,645   
     

 

 

 
Semiconductors — 3.5%      

Cavium, Inc. (a)

     25,250         1,659,177   

Cypress Semiconductor Corp.

     115,811         1,136,106   

MKS Instruments, Inc.

     74,720         2,689,920   
     

 

 

 
        5,485,203   
     

 

 

 
Software — 6.7%      

Black Knight Financial Services, Inc. Class A (a)

     43,930         1,452,326   

Guidewire Software, Inc. (a)

     40,290         2,423,846   

Imperva, Inc. (a)

     32,550         2,060,741   

Proofpoint, Inc. (a)

     27,920         1,815,079   

SYNNEX Corp.

     31,440         2,827,399   
     

 

 

 
        10,579,391   
     

 

 

 
        25,844,269   
     

 

 

 
Utilities — 3.4%      
Electric — 2.8%      

Allete, Inc.

     45,860         2,331,064   

Portland General Electric Co.

     57,590         2,094,548   
     

 

 

 
        4,425,612   
     

 

 

 
Water — 0.6%      

California Water Service Group

     39,690         923,586   
     

 

 

 
        5,349,198   
     

 

 

 
TOTAL COMMON STOCK
(Cost $146,610,914)
        154,319,812   
     

 

 

 
TOTAL EQUITIES
(Cost $146,610,914)
        154,319,812   
     

 

 

 
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the portfolio of investments.

 

125


MassMutual Premier Small Cap Opportunities Fund – Portfolio of Investments (Continued)

 

     Number of
Shares
     Value  
MUTUAL FUNDS — 5.9%      
Diversified Financial — 5.9%      

State Street Navigator Securities Lending Prime Portfolio (c)

     9,208,319       $ 9,208,319   
     

 

 

 
TOTAL MUTUAL FUNDS
(Cost $9,208,319)
        9,208,319   
     

 

 

 
TOTAL LONG-TERM
INVESTMENTS
(Cost $155,819,233)
        163,528,131   
     

 

 

 
     Principal
Amount
        
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS — 2.4%   
Repurchase Agreement — 2.4%   

State Street Bank & Trust Co. Repurchase Agreement, dated 12/31/15, 0.010%, due 1/04/16 (d)

   $ 3,731,859         3,731,859   
     

 

 

 
TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS
(Cost $3,731,859)
        3,731,859   
     

 

 

 
TOTAL INVESTMENTS — 106.5%
(Cost $159,551,092) (e)
        167,259,990   
Other Assets/(Liabilities) — (6.5)%         (10,178,584
     

 

 

 
NET ASSETS — 100.0%       $ 157,081,406   
     

 

 

 

Notes to Portfolio of Investments

Percentages are stated as a percent of net assets.
(a) Non-income producing security.
(b) Denotes all or a portion of security on loan. The total value of securities on loan as of December 31, 2015, was $8,978,486 or 5.72% of net assets. Total securities on loan may not correspond with the amounts identified in the Portfolio of Investments because pending sales may be in the process of recall from the brokers. (Note 2).
(c) Represents investment of security lending collateral. (Note 2).
(d) Maturity value of $3,731,864. Collateralized by U.S. Government Agency obligations with a rate of 4.000%, maturity date of 12/15/17, and an aggregate market value, including accrued interest, of $3,806,935.
(e) See Note 3 for aggregate cost for federal tax purposes.
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the portfolio of investments.

 

126


MassMutual Premier Global Fund – Portfolio of Investments

 

December 31, 2015 (Unaudited)

 

     Number of
Shares
     Value  
EQUITIES — 98.7%      
COMMON STOCK — 96.8%      
Brazil — 0.8%      

Embraer SA Sponsored ADR (Brazil) (a)

     102,140       $ 3,017,216   
     

 

 

 
Cayman Islands — 1.8%      

JD.com, Inc. ADR (Cayman Islands) (b)

     151,252         4,880,146   

Qihoo 360 Technology Co. Ltd. ADR (Cayman Islands) (a) (b)

     23,910         1,740,887   

Theravance Biopharma, Inc. (a) (b)

     22,214         364,087   
     

 

 

 
        6,985,120   
     

 

 

 
Denmark — 0.3%      

FLSmidth & Co. A/S (a)

     30,251         1,047,859   
     

 

 

 
France — 4.6%      

Kering

     26,840         4,574,981   

LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE

     43,910         6,864,303   

Societe Generale SA

     76,530         3,530,136   

Technip SA

     54,280         2,681,217   
     

 

 

 
        17,650,637   
     

 

 

 
Germany — 7.4%      

Allianz SE

     38,955         6,901,099   

Bayer AG

     44,342         5,563,205   

Deutsche Bank AG

     137,725         3,380,340   

Linde AG

     20,800         3,019,189   

SAP SE

     94,431         7,521,542   

Siemens AG

     19,130         1,856,013   
     

 

 

 
        28,241,388   
     

 

 

 
India — 3.2%      

DLF Ltd.

     2,534,043         4,398,634   

ICICI Bank Ltd. Sponsored ADR (India)

     599,920         4,697,374   

Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd.

     496,440         3,276,080   
     

 

 

 
        12,372,088   
     

 

 

 
Italy — 1.5%      

Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena SpA (b)

     1,004,277         1,326,365   

Brunello Cucinelli SpA (a)

     64,078         1,129,491   

Prysmian SpA

     72,215         1,579,621   

Tod’s SpA (a)

     20,957         1,655,097   
     

 

 

 
        5,690,574   
     

 

 

 
Japan — 12.4%      

The Dai-ichi Life Insurance Co. Ltd.

     319,600         5,303,047   

Fanuc Corp.

     15,200         2,620,347   

KDDI Corp.

     229,400         5,938,470   

Keyence Corp.

     11,420         6,267,816   

Kyocera Corp.

     90,500         4,194,603   
     Number of
Shares
     Value  

Murata Manufacturing Co. Ltd.

     60,210       $ 8,641,743   

Nidec Corp.

     78,900         5,710,970   

Nintendo Co. Ltd.

     6,200         853,503   

Nomura Holdings, Inc.

     314,600         1,748,450   

Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc.

     107,900         4,070,236   

Suzuki Motor Corp.

     65,000         1,973,296   
     

 

 

 
        47,322,481   
     

 

 

 
Mexico — 0.6%      

Fomento Economico Mexicano SAB de CV, Series B Sponsored ADR (Mexico)

     22,533         2,080,923   
     

 

 

 
Netherlands — 2.3%      

Airbus Group SE

     129,500         8,695,080   
     

 

 

 
Spain — 3.2%      

Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA

     419,674         3,060,508   

Industria de Diseno Textil SA

     210,640         7,228,376   

Repsol YPF SA

     163,840         1,783,729   
     

 

 

 
        12,072,613   
     

 

 

 
Sweden — 3.1%      

Assa Abloy AB

     309,251         6,477,164   

Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson Class B

     567,387         5,496,109   
     

 

 

 
        11,973,273   
     

 

 

 
Switzerland — 5.0%      

Credit Suisse Group

     209,234         4,522,246   

Nestle SA

     52,281         3,875,259   

Roche Holding AG

     12,932         3,563,906   

UBS Group AG

     377,244         7,259,646   
     

 

 

 
        19,221,057   
     

 

 

 
United Kingdom — 5.6%      

Circassia Pharmaceuticals PLC (b)

     647,107         3,044,993   

Earthport PLC (b)

     1,456,102         531,304   

International Game Technology PLC (a)

     114,502         1,852,642   

Prudential PLC

     296,092         6,628,880   

Shire Ltd.

     35,430         2,428,153   

Unilever PLC

     159,202         6,816,675   
     

 

 

 
        21,302,647   
     

 

 

 
United States — 45.0%      

3M Co.

     35,240         5,308,554   

Acadia Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (b)

     68,990         2,459,494   

Adobe Systems, Inc. (b)

     89,460         8,403,872   

Aetna, Inc.

     85,900         9,287,508   

Alphabet, Inc. Class A (b)

     11,020         8,573,670   

Alphabet, Inc. Class C (b)

     11,438         8,680,070   

Anthem, Inc.

     46,250         6,449,100   

Biogen, Inc. (b)

     13,280         4,068,328   

BioMarin Pharmaceutical, Inc. (b)

     29,550         3,095,658   
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the portfolio of investments.

 

127


MassMutual Premier Global Fund – Portfolio of Investments (Continued)

 

     Number of
Shares
     Value  

Bluebird Bio, Inc. (b)

     27,010       $ 1,734,582   

Celldex Therapeutics, Inc. (a) (b)

     182,830         2,866,774   

Cigna Corp.

     6,900         1,009,677   

Citigroup, Inc.

     157,910         8,171,843   

Clovis Oncology, Inc. (a) (b)

     25,220         882,700   

Colgate-Palmolive Co.

     123,730         8,242,893   

eBay, Inc. (b)

     148,930         4,092,596   

Emerson Electric Co.

     53,280         2,548,382   

Facebook, Inc. Class A (b)

     66,230         6,931,632   

FNF Group

     83,740         2,903,266   

Gilead Sciences, Inc.

     50,780         5,138,428   

The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.

     31,310         5,643,001   

Humana, Inc.

     1,970         351,665   

Intuit, Inc.

     72,670         7,012,655   

Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a) (b)

     26,100         1,616,373   

MacroGenics, Inc. (b)

     59,420         1,840,237   

Maxim Integrated Products, Inc.

     199,370         7,576,060   

McDonald’s Corp.

     20,780         2,454,949   

The McGraw Hill Financial, Inc.

     102,380         10,092,621   

Medivation, Inc. (b)

     23,020         1,112,787   

PayPal Holdings, Inc. (b)

     148,930         5,391,266   

St. Jude Medical, Inc.

     37,920         2,342,318   

SunEdison, Inc. (a) (b)

     595,040         3,028,754   

Tiffany & Co.

     57,400         4,379,046   

United Parcel Service, Inc. Class B

     50,340         4,844,218   

Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (b)

     14,740         1,854,734   

The Walt Disney Co.

     68,340         7,181,167   

Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc.

     39,700         4,072,823   
     

 

 

 
        171,643,701   
     

 

 

 
TOTAL COMMON STOCK
(Cost $254,348,034)
        369,316,657   
     

 

 

 
PREFERRED STOCK — 1.9%      
Germany — 1.9%      

Bayerische Motoren Werke AG 3.960%

     83,307         6,978,175   

Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd. 6.000%

     11,204,529         152,428   
     

 

 

 
        7,130,603   
     

 

 

 
TOTAL PREFERRED STOCK (Cost $3,488,918)         7,130,603   
     

 

 

 
TOTAL EQUITIES
(Cost $257,836,952)
        376,447,260   
     

 

 

 
MUTUAL FUNDS — 5.8%      
United States — 5.8%      

Oppenheimer Institutional Money Market Fund Class E (c)

     6,849,825         6,849,825   

State Street Navigator Securities Lending Prime Portfolio (d)

     15,064,553         15,064,553   
     

 

 

 
        21,914,378   
     

 

 

 
     Number of
Shares
     Value  
TOTAL MUTUAL FUNDS
(Cost $21,914,378)
      $ 21,914,378   
     

 

 

 
RIGHTS — 0.0%      
Spain — 0.0%      

Repsol SA, Expires 1/14/16 (b)

     161,266         80,442   
     

 

 

 
TOTAL RIGHTS
(Cost $81,695)
        80,442   
     

 

 

 
TOTAL LONG-TERM INVESTMENTS
(Cost $279,833,025)
        398,442,080   
     

 

 

 
TOTAL INVESTMENTS — 104.5%
(Cost $279,833,025) (e)
        398,442,080   
Other Assets/(Liabilities) — (4.5)%         (17,088,446
     

 

 

 
NET ASSETS — 100.0%       $ 381,353,634   
     

 

 

 

Notes to Portfolio of Investments

Percentages are stated as a percent of net assets.
ADR American Depositary Receipt
(a) Denotes all or a portion of security on loan. The total value of securities on loan as of December 31, 2015, was $14,639,795 or 3.84% of net assets. Total securities on loan may not correspond with the amounts identified in the Portfolio of Investments because pending sales may be in the process of recall from the brokers. (Note 2).
(b) Non-income producing security.
(c) Affiliated issuer. See Note 4 for a summary of transactions in the investments of affiliated issuers.
(d) Represents investment of security lending collateral. (Note 2).
(e) See Note 3 for aggregate cost for federal tax purposes.
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the portfolio of investments.

 

128


MassMutual Premier International Equity Fund – Portfolio of Investments

 

December 31, 2015 (Unaudited)

 

     Number of
Shares
     Value  
EQUITIES — 99.8%      
COMMON STOCK — 99.8%      
Australia — 2.4%      

CIMIC Group Ltd. (a)

     152,942       $ 2,684,461   

CSL Ltd.

     80,500         6,137,564   

Sonic Healthcare Ltd.

     143,037         1,853,380   

Telstra Corp. Ltd.

     389,500         1,580,408   
     

 

 

 
        12,255,813   
     

 

 

 
Brazil — 0.5%      

Empresa Brasileira de Aeronautica SA

     358,019         2,649,293   
     

 

 

 
Canada — 3.5%      

Dollarama, Inc.

     143,745         8,304,528   

Hudson’s Bay Co.

     359,923         4,708,106   

Saputo, Inc.

     208,544         4,988,658   
     

 

 

 
        18,001,292   
     

 

 

 
Denmark — 4.4%      

Coloplast A/S Class B

     66,274         5,349,410   

Novo Nordisk A/S

     144,218         8,289,706   

Novozymes A/S

     111,361         5,332,490   

William Demant Holding (b)

     39,344         3,736,445   
     

 

 

 
        22,708,051   
     

 

 

 
Finland — 1.1%      

Nokia Oyj

     795,081         5,660,206   
     

 

 

 
France — 11.7%      

Cie Generale d’Optique Essilor International SA

     32,970         4,109,907   

Danone SA

     54,197         3,657,613   

Dassault Systemes SA

     72,467         5,797,985   

Edenred

     230,684         4,346,320   

Hermes International

     14,056         4,739,148   

Iliad SA

     22,290         5,317,954   

Legrand SA

     84,930         4,793,521   

LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE

     30,190         4,719,502   

Pernod-Ricard SA

     31,965         3,634,133   

Schneider Electric SE

     63,640         3,623,399   

SEB SA

     55,477         5,692,921   

Technip SA

     37,370         1,845,930   

Valeo SA

     50,158         7,743,634   
     

 

 

 
        60,021,967   
     

 

 

 
Germany — 8.7%      

Bayerische Motoren Werke AG

     39,528         4,163,029   

Brenntag AG

     103,431         5,398,302   

Continental AG

     38,252         9,284,356   

Infineon Technologies AG

     616,676         9,024,324   

ProSiebenSat.1 Media SE

     116,821         5,909,274   

SAP SE

     76,479         6,091,644   
     Number of
Shares
     Value  

United Internet AG

     87,322       $ 4,801,943   
     

 

 

 
        44,672,872   
     

 

 

 
Hong Kong — 0.9%      

Lenovo Group Ltd.

     4,410,000         4,443,879   
     

 

 

 
India — 1.6%      

Hero Honda Motors Ltd.

     131,385         5,319,781   

ICICI Bank Ltd. Sponsored ADR (India)

     386,725         3,028,057   
     

 

 

 
        8,347,838   
     

 

 

 
Ireland — 2.1%      

Experian PLC

     285,742         5,049,202   

James Hardie Industries NV

     458,200         5,780,216   
     

 

 

 
        10,829,418   
     

 

 

 
Japan — 6.0%      

Hoya Corp.

     143,400         5,846,231   

Keyence Corp.

     10,509         5,767,817   

Nidec Corp.

     89,700         6,492,699   

Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corp.

     208,400         8,273,862   

Yahoo! Japan Corp. (a)

     1,115,900         4,535,088   
     

 

 

 
        30,915,697   
     

 

 

 
Luxembourg — 0.7%      

SES SA

     137,300         3,805,884   
     

 

 

 
Mexico — 0.8%      

Grupo Televisa SAB Sponsored ADR (Mexico)

     141,110         3,839,603   
     

 

 

 
Netherlands — 7.8%      

Aalberts Industries NV

     209,261         7,196,731   

Airbus Group SE

     104,870         7,041,336   

ASML Holding NV

     65,608         5,846,749   

Boskalis Westminster

     82,355         3,354,925   

Gemalto NV

     36,451         2,178,056   

Gemalto NV

     43,268         2,598,878   

Heineken NV

     82,740         7,061,730   

Koninklijke Vopak NV

     107,752         4,633,815   
     

 

 

 
        39,912,220   
     

 

 

 
Panama — 1.5%      

Carnival Corp.

     144,670         7,881,622   
     

 

 

 
South Africa — 0.8%      

The SPAR Group Ltd.

     329,704         3,917,685   
     

 

 

 
Spain — 4.3%      

Amadeus IT Holding SA Class A

     155,012         6,825,685   

Grifols SA (a)

     143,511         6,606,646   

Industria de Diseno Textil SA

     134,082         4,601,192   

Prosegur Cia de Seguridad SA

     852,873         3,937,656   
     

 

 

 
        21,971,179   
     

 

 

 
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the portfolio of investments.

 

129


MassMutual Premier International Equity Fund – Portfolio of Investments (Continued)

 

     Number of
Shares
     Value  
Sweden — 2.6%      

Atlas Copco AB

     205,338       $ 5,002,373   

Swedish Match AB

     89,979         3,183,415   

Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson Class B

     551,581         5,343,002   
     

 

 

 
        13,528,790   
     

 

 

 
Switzerland — 13.4%      

ABB Ltd.

     112,854         2,003,163   

Aryzta AG

     107,835         5,456,021   

Barry Callebaut AG (a)

     4,292         4,680,975   

Cie Financiere Richemont SA

     68,375         4,911,607   

Galenica AG Registered (a)

     4,002         6,239,634   

Lonza Group AG Registered

     31,135         5,061,737   

Roche Holding AG

     25,402         7,000,490   

SGS SA

     1,735         3,305,333   

Sika AG

     1,259         4,513,328   

Sonova Holding AG

     35,483         4,504,435   

The Swatch Group AG (a)

     10,276         3,586,076   

Syngenta AG

     17,414         6,835,066   

Temenos Group AG (a)

     118,473         6,120,077   

UBS Group AG

     225,594         4,341,309   
     

 

 

 
        68,559,251   
     

 

 

 
Thailand — 0.9%      

CP ALL PCL

     4,186,500         4,566,351   
     

 

 

 
United Kingdom — 24.1%      

Aggreko PLC

     186,099         2,503,195   

ARM Holdings PLC

     284,770         4,300,207   

Aveva Group PLC

     74,067         1,756,746   

BT Group PLC

     955,450         6,603,315   

Bunzl PLC

     245,229         6,774,157   

Burberry Group PLC

     264,352         4,649,658   

Diageo PLC

     100,763         2,747,856   

Dignity PLC

     115,517         4,329,434   

Domino’s Pizza UK & IRL PLC

     399,120         6,181,114   

Essentra PLC

     490,286         5,954,261   

ICAP PLC

     891,293         6,690,876   

Inmarsat PLC

     264,940         4,414,307   

Intertek Group PLC

     138,030         5,644,993   

Prudential PLC

     225,473         5,047,868   

Reckitt Benckiser Group PLC

     65,115         5,993,767   

Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC

     462,610         3,915,748   

Royal Mail PLC

     761,465         4,954,997   

Sky PLC

     335,708         5,492,499   

Spectris PLC

     107,293         2,843,575   

Travis Perkins PLC

     197,558         5,708,149   

Tullett Prebon PLC

     298,459         1,633,923   

Unilever PLC

     114,838         4,917,107   

Vodafone Group PLC

     2,213,177         7,158,575   

The Weir Group PLC

     92,456         1,359,939   

William Hill PLC

     1,140,252         6,653,962   

Wolseley PLC

     97,659         5,308,631   
     

 

 

 
        123,538,859   
     

 

 

 
     Number of
Shares
     Value  
TOTAL COMMON STOCK
(Cost $482,188,442)
      $ 512,027,770   
     

 

 

 
PREFERRED STOCK — 0.0%      
Germany — 0.0%      

Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd. 6.000%

     6,533,478         88,882   
     

 

 

 
TOTAL PREFERRED STOCK
(Cost $19,494)
        88,882   
     

 

 

 
TOTAL EQUITIES
(Cost $482,207,936)
        512,116,652   
     

 

 

 
MUTUAL FUNDS — 3.6%      
United States — 3.6%      

Oppenheimer Institutional Money Market Fund Class E (c)

     3,420,512         3,420,512   

State Street Navigator Securities Lending Prime Portfolio (d)

     15,225,016         15,225,016   
     

 

 

 
        18,645,528   
     

 

 

 
TOTAL MUTUAL FUNDS
(Cost $18,645,528)
        18,645,528   
     

 

 

 
WARRANTS — 0.0%      
United States — 0.0%      

Mei Pharma, Inc., Expires 5/10/17, Strike 7.14 (b) (e)

     301,298         -   
     

 

 

 
TOTAL WARRANTS
(Cost $0)
        -   
     

 

 

 
TOTAL LONG-TERM INVESTMENTS
(Cost $500,853,464)
        530,762,180   
     

 

 

 
     Principal
Amount
        
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS — 0.4%      
Time Deposit — 0.4%      

Euro Time Deposit
0.010% 1/04/16

   $ 1,990,464         1,990,464   
     

 

 

 
TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS
(Cost $1,990,464)
        1,990,464   
     

 

 

 
TOTAL INVESTMENTS —103.8%
(Cost $502,843,928) (f)
        532,752,644   
Other Assets/
(Liabilities) — (3.8)%
        (19,583,955
     

 

 

 
NET ASSETS — 100.0%       $ 513,168,689   
     

 

 

 
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the portfolio of investments.

 

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MassMutual Premier International Equity Fund – Portfolio of Investments (Continued)

 

Notes to Portfolio of Investments

Percentages are stated as a percent of net assets.
ADR American Depositary Receipt
(a) Denotes all or a portion of security on loan. The total value of securities on loan as of December 31, 2015, was $14,473,895 or 2.82% of net assets. Total securities on loan may not correspond with the amounts identified in the Portfolio of Investments because pending sales may be in the process of recall from the brokers. (Note 2).
(b) Non-income producing security.
(c) Affiliated issuer. See Note 4 for a summary of transactions in the investments of affiliated issuers.
(d) Represents investment of security lending collateral. (Note 2).
(e) This security is fair valued in good faith in accordance with procedures approved by the Board of Trustees. At December 31, 2015, these securities amounted to a value of $0 or 0.00% of net assets.
(f) See Note 3 for aggregate cost for federal tax purposes.
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the portfolio of investments.

 

131


MassMutual Premier Strategic Emerging Markets Fund – Portfolio of Investments

 

December 31, 2015 (Unaudited)

 

     Number of
Shares
     Value  
EQUITIES — 96.3%      
COMMON STOCK — 93.8%      
Bermuda — 1.1%      

Jardine Strategic Holdings Ltd.

     67,014       $ 1,825,298   
     

 

 

 
Brazil — 4.5%      

BM&F BOVESPA SA

     574,500         1,571,726   

Diagnosticos da America SA

     103,200         263,648   

Embraer SA Sponsored ADR (Brazil) (a)

     73,390         2,167,941   

Estacio Participacoes SA

     262,700         919,239   

Kroton Educacional SA

     657,441         1,569,534   

Sul America SA

     155,900         730,991   
     

 

 

 
        7,223,079   
     

 

 

 
Cayman Islands — 22.3%      

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. Sponsored ADR (Cayman Islands) (b)

     74,100         6,022,107   

Baidu, Inc. Sponsored ADR (Cayman Islands) (b)

     26,920         5,088,957   

China Lodging Group Ltd. Sponsored ADR (Cayman Islands)

     8,774         274,275   

Ctrip.com International Ltd. ADR (Cayman Islands) (a) (b)

     89,860         4,163,214   

Homeinns Hotel Group ADR (Cayman Islands) (b)

     38,200         1,304,912   

JD.com, Inc. ADR (Cayman Islands) (b)

     143,520         4,630,673   

Melco Crown Entertainment Ltd. ADR (Cayman Islands) (a)

     112,560         1,891,008   

New Oriental Education & Technology Group, Inc. Sponsored ADR (Cayman Islands)

     80,600         2,528,422   

SOHO China Ltd.

     1,102,500         533,371   

Tencent Holdings Ltd.

     336,993         6,582,697   

Tingyi Cayman Islands Holding Corp.

     1,076,000         1,535,606   

Want Want China Holdings Ltd.

     1,646,000         1,217,516   
     

 

 

 
        35,772,758   
     

 

 

 
China — 4.9%      

China Life Insurance Co. Ltd.

     511,000         1,647,183   

China Oilfield Services Ltd.

     64,000         54,695   

China Pacific Insurance Group Co. Ltd. Class H

     413,600         1,693,916   

The People’s Insurance Co. Group Ltd. Class H

     771,000         374,509   

PICC Property & Casualty Co. Ltd. Class H

     512,000         1,009,196   

Sinopharm Group Co. Ltd. Class H

     636,000         2,536,729   

Tsingtao Brewery Co. Ltd. Class H

     118,000         531,283   
     

 

 

 
        7,847,511   
     

 

 

 
     Number of
Shares
     Value  
Colombia — 1.8%      

Almacenes Exito SA

     84,568       $ 359,692   

Almacenes Exito SA (c)

     50,600         215,182   

Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores (a)

     192,150         1,252,818   

Grupo de Inversiones Suramericana SA

     100,596         1,127,120   
     

 

 

 
        2,954,812   
     

 

 

 
Egypt — 0.6%      

Commercial International Bank

     199,016         965,844   
     

 

 

 
France — 2.2%      

Kering

     9,573         1,631,754   

LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE

     12,578         1,966,277   
     

 

 

 
        3,598,031   
     

 

 

 
Hong Kong — 4.7%      

AIA Group Ltd.

     534,800         3,186,102   

Hang Lung Properties Ltd.

     730,000         1,655,695   

Hang Lung Properties Ltd.

     224,000         724,873   

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Ltd.

     81,352         2,067,245   
     

 

 

 
        7,633,915   
     

 

 

 
India — 16.6%      

Apollo Hospitals Enterprise Ltd.

     68,732         1,515,374   

Asian Paints Ltd.

     25,319         336,650   

Cipla Ltd.

     78,678         773,130   

Dr Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd.

     41,257         1,928,931   

Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Ltd.

     36,463         504,202   

Housing Development Finance Corp.

     386,885         7,348,814   

ICICI Bank Ltd. Sponsored ADR (India)

     169,780         1,329,377   

Infosys Technologies Ltd.

     282,293         4,699,054   

Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd.

     48,226         519,673   

Lupin Ltd.

     18,372         505,967   

Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.

     85,899         1,057,444   

Tata Consultancy Services Ltd.

     62,425         2,284,577   

UltraTech Cement Ltd

     22,074         922,724   

Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd.

     438,302         2,892,419   
     

 

 

 
        26,618,336   
     

 

 

 
Indonesia — 1.9%      

Astra International Tbk PT

     3,261,000         1,401,395   

Indocement Tunggal Prakarsa Tbk PT

     584,500         932,518   

Semen Indonesia Persero Tbk PT

     909,000         741,462   

Sumber Alfaria Trijaya Tbk PT

     6,100         257   
     

 

 

 
        3,075,632   
     

 

 

 
Italy — 1.4%      

Prada SpA

     721,900         2,240,107   
     

 

 

 
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the portfolio of investments.

 

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MassMutual Premier Strategic Emerging Markets Fund – Portfolio of Investments (Continued)

 

     Number of
Shares
     Value  
Malaysia — 1.8%      

Genting Bhd

     1,250,900       $ 2,131,375   

Genting Malaysia

     674,100         686,589   
     

 

 

 
        2,817,964   
     

 

 

 
Mexico — 6.9%      

America Movil SAB de CV Series L ADR (Mexico) (a)

     90,740         1,275,804   

Fomento Economico Mexicano SAB de CV

     225,607         2,104,679   

Grupo Aeroportuario del Sureste SAB de CV

     48,512         687,266   

Grupo Financiero Banorte SAB de CV Class O

     570,918         3,140,389   

Grupo Financiero Inbursa SAB de CV

     828,163         1,499,723   

Grupo Televisa SAB Sponsored ADR (Mexico)

     57,620         1,567,840   

Wal-Mart de Mexico SAB de CV

     345,310         871,565   
     

 

 

 
        11,147,266   
     

 

 

 
Nigeria — 0.8%      

Guaranty Trust Bank PLC

     1,648,575         150,656   

Nigerian Breweries PLC

     1,031,049         706,019   

Zenith Bank PLC

     6,667,001         472,564   
     

 

 

 
        1,329,239   
     

 

 

 
Philippines — 3.1%      

Jollibee Foods Corp.

     263,400         1,224,361   

SM Investments Corp.

     105,240         1,927,604   

SM Prime Holdings, Inc.

     3,830,600         1,764,582   
     

 

 

 
        4,916,547   
     

 

 

 
Poland — 0.1%      

Bank Pekao SA

     4,651         169,594   
     

 

 

 
Republic of Korea — 1.3%      

NAVER Corp.

     3,767         2,097,877   
     

 

 

 
Russia — 7.0%      

Alrosa AO (b)

     1,200,226         918,739   

Magnit OJSC (b)

     33,311         5,093,087   

NovaTek OAO (d)

     41,732         3,420,961   

Sberbank of Russia PJSC Sponsored ADR (Russia)

     315,420         1,839,773   
     

 

 

 
        11,272,560   
     

 

 

 
Singapore — 0.6%      

Global Logistic Properties Ltd. (a)

     633,000         953,094   
     

 

 

 
Taiwan — 2.3%              

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd.

     858,000         3,702,335   
     

 

 

 
Thailand — 0.9%              

Airports of Thailand PCL

     56,600         544,216   

CP ALL PCL

     807,000         880,221   
     

 

 

 
        1,424,437   
     

 

 

 
     Number of
Shares
     Value  
Turkey — 1.1%      

Anadolu Efes Biracilik Ve Malt Sanayii AS

     127,600       $ 826,407   

BIM Birlesik Magazalar AS

     53,991         950,567   
     

 

 

 
        1,776,974   
     

 

 

 
United Arab Emirates — 1.5%      

DP World Ltd.

     117,239         2,375,675   
     

 

 

 
United Kingdom — 2.8%      

Glencore PLC

     420,105         558,980   

Old Mutual PLC

     800,333         2,140,797   

SABMiller PLC

     28,866         1,729,063   
     

 

 

 
        4,428,840   
     

 

 

 
United States — 1.6%      

Las Vegas Sands Corp.

     36,610         1,604,982   

MercadoLibre, Inc. (a)

     8,620         985,611   
     

 

 

 
        2,590,593   
     

 

 

 
TOTAL COMMON STOCK
(Cost $164,934,948)
        150,758,318   
     

 

 

 
PREFERRED STOCK — 2.5%      
Brazil — 2.1%      

Cia Brasileira de Distribuicao Grupo Pao de Acucar Class A 3.550%

     61,800         650,465   

Lojas Americanas SA 0.640%

     559,600         2,733,503   
     

 

 

 
        3,383,968   
     

 

 

 
Colombia — 0.3%      

Banco Davivienda SA 3.450%

     73,400         503,136   
     

 

 

 
Germany — 0.1%      

Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd. 6.000%

     6,129,060         83,381   
     

 

 

 
TOTAL PREFERRED STOCK (Cost $5,532,607)         3,970,485   
     

 

 

 
TOTAL EQUITIES
(Cost $170,467,555)
        154,728,803   
     

 

 

 
MUTUAL FUNDS — 7.5%      
United States — 7.5%      

State Street Navigator Securities Lending Prime Portfolio (e)

     11,948,041         11,948,041   
     

 

 

 
TOTAL MUTUAL FUNDS
(Cost $11,948,041)
        11,948,041   
     

 

 

 
WARRANTS — 0.0%      
Malaysia — 0.0%      

Genting BHD, Expires 12/18/18, Strike Price 7.96 (b)

     121,100         23,975   
     

 

 

 
TOTAL WARRANTS
(Cost $57,060)
        23,975   
     

 

 

 
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the portfolio of investments.

 

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MassMutual Premier Strategic Emerging Markets Fund – Portfolio of Investments (Continued)

 

           Value  
TOTAL LONG-TERM INVESTMENTS
(Cost $182,472,656)
     $ 166,700,819   
    

 

 

 
     Principal
Amount
       
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS — 4.1%     
Repurchase Agreement — 4.1%     

State Street Bank & Trust Co. Repurchase Agreement, dated 12/31/15, 0.010%, due 1/04/16 (f)

   $ 6,640,733        6,640,733   
    

 

 

 
TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS
(Cost $6,640,733)
       6,640,733   
    

 

 

 
TOTAL INVESTMENTS — 107.9%
(Cost $189,113,389) (g)
       173,341,552   
Other Assets/(Liabilities) — (7.9)%        (12,647,248
    

 

 

 
NET ASSETS — 100.0%      $ 160,694,304   
    

 

 

 

Notes to Portfolio of Investments

Percentages are stated as a percent of net assets.
ADR American Depositary Receipt
(a) Denotes all or a portion of security on loan. The total value of securities on loan as of December 31, 2015, was $11,625,799 or 7.23% of net assets. Total securities on loan may not correspond with the amounts identified in the Portfolio of Investments because pending sales may be in the process of recall from the brokers. (Note 2).
(b) Non-income producing security.
(c) Securities exempt from registration under rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. These securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. At December 31, 2015, these securities amounted to a value of $215,182 or 0.13% of net assets.
(d) Security exempt from registration under Regulation S of the Securities Act of 1933, which exempts from registration securities offered and sold outside the United States. Security may not be offered or sold in the United States except pursuant to an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933. At December 31, 2015, these securities amounted to a value of $3,420,961 or 2.13% of net assets.
(e) Represents investment of security lending collateral. (Note 2).
(f) Maturity value of $6,640,741. Collateralized by U.S. Government Agency obligations with a rate of 2.120%, maturity date of 11/07/22, and an aggregate market value, including accrued interest, of $6,777,184.
(g) See Note 3 for aggregate cost for federal tax purposes.
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the portfolio of investments.

 

134


Notes to Portfolio of Investments (Unaudited)

 

1.   The Funds

MassMutual Premier Funds (the “Trust”) is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), as an open-end, management investment company. The Trust is organized under the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts as a Massachusetts business trust pursuant to an Agreement and Declaration of Trust dated August 1, 1994, as amended and restated as of November 21, 2011, as it may be further amended from time to time. The Trust consists of the following series (each individually referred to as a “Fund” or collectively as the “Funds”):

MassMutual Premier Money Market Fund (“Money Market Fund”)

MassMutual Premier Short-Duration Bond Fund (“Short-Duration Bond Fund”)

MassMutual Premier Inflation-Protected and Income Fund (“Inflation-Protected and Income Fund”)

MassMutual Premier Core Bond Fund (“Core Bond Fund”)

MassMutual Premier Diversified Bond Fund (“Diversified Bond Fund”)

MassMutual Premier High Yield Fund (“High Yield Fund”)

MassMutual Premier Balanced Fund (“Balanced Fund”)

MassMutual Barings Dynamic Allocation Fund (“Barings Dynamic Allocation Fund”)

MassMutual Premier Value Fund (“Value Fund”)

MassMutual Premier Disciplined Value Fund (“Disciplined Value Fund”)

MassMutual Premier Main Street Fund (“Main Street Fund”)

MassMutual Premier Disciplined Growth Fund (“Disciplined Growth Fund”)

MassMutual Premier Small Cap Opportunities Fund (“Small Cap Opportunities Fund”)

MassMutual Premier Global Fund (“Global Fund”)

MassMutual Premier International Equity Fund (“International Equity Fund”)

MassMutual Premier Strategic Emerging Markets Fund (“Strategic Emerging Markets Fund”)

Each share class of a Fund represents an interest in the same portfolio of assets. The principal difference among the classes is the level of service and administration fees, and shareholder and distribution service expenses borne by the classes. Because each class will have different fees and expenses, performance and share prices will vary between the classes. The classes of shares are offered to different types of investors, as outlined in the Funds’ Prospectus.

 

2.   Significant Accounting Policies

The following is a summary of significant accounting policies followed consistently by each Fund in the preparation of the financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“generally accepted accounting principles”). The preparation of the financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

Basis of Consolidation

The accompanying portfolio of investments for the Barings Dynamic Allocation Fund includes the accounts of MassMutual Barings Cayman Dynamic Allocation Fund I, Ltd. (the “Subsidiary”), a wholly owned subsidiary of the Barings Dynamic Allocation Fund, which primarily invests in commodity-related investments consistent with the Fund’s investment objectives and policies as stated in its Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information. The Subsidiary allows the Barings Dynamic Allocation Fund to hold these commodity-related investments and still satisfy regulated investment company tax requirements. The Barings Dynamic Allocation Fund may invest up to 25% of its total assets in the Subsidiary. Intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated. As of December 31, 2015, the Barings Dynamic Allocation Fund’s net assets were approximately $11,568,289, of which approximately $93,680 or approximately 0.81%, represents the Subsidiary’s net assets.

 

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Investment Valuation

The net asset value of each Fund’s shares is determined once daily as of the close of regular trading on the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”), on each day the NYSE is open for trading (a “business day”). The NYSE normally closes at 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time, but may close earlier on some days.

Equity securities and derivative contracts that are actively traded on a national securities exchange or contract market are valued on the basis of information furnished by a pricing service, which provides the last reported sale price, or, in the case of futures contracts, the settlement price, for securities or derivatives listed on the exchange or contract market or the official closing price on the NASDAQ National Market System, or in the case of over-the-counter (“OTC”) securities for which an official closing price is unavailable or not reported on the NASDAQ System, the last reported bid price. Portfolio securities traded on more than one national securities exchange are valued at the last price at the close of the exchange representing the principal market for such securities. Debt securities (with the exception of debt securities held by the Money Market Fund) are valued on the basis of valuations furnished by a pricing service, which generally determines valuations taking into account factors such as institutional-size trading in similar securities, yield, quality, coupon rate, maturity, type of issue, trading characteristics, and other market data. Shares of other open-end mutual funds are valued at their closing net asset values as reported on each business day. The Money Market Fund’s debt securities are typically valued at amortized cost, but may be valued using a vendor quote if the Fund’s investment adviser determines it more closely approximates current market value, in accordance with Rule 2a-7 under the 1940 Act pursuant to which the Money Market Fund must adhere to certain conditions. It is the intention of the Money Market Fund to maintain a stable net asset value per share of $1.00, although this cannot be assured.

Investments for which market quotations are readily available are marked to market daily based on those quotations. Market quotations may be provided by third-party vendors or market makers, and may be determined on the basis of a variety of factors, such as broker quotations, financial modeling, and other market data, such as market indexes and yield curves, counterparty information, and foreign exchange rates. U.S. Government and agency securities may be valued on the basis of market quotations or using a model that may incorporate market observable data such as reported sales of similar securities, broker quotes, yields, bids, offers, quoted market prices, and reference data. The fair values of OTC derivative contracts, including forward, swap, and option contracts related to interest rates, foreign currencies, credit standing of reference entities, equity prices, or commodity prices, may be based on market quotations or may be modeled using a series of techniques, including simulation models, depending on the contract and the terms of the transaction. The fair values of asset-backed securities and mortgage-backed securities are estimated based on models that consider the estimated cash flows of each debt tranche of the issuer, established benchmark yield, and estimated tranche-specific spread to the benchmark yield based on the unique attributes of the tranche, including, but not limited to, prepayment speed assumptions and attributes of the collateral. Restricted securities are generally valued at a discount to similar publicly traded securities.

Investments for which market quotations are not available or for which a pricing service or vendor does not provide a value, or for which such market quotations or values are considered by the investment adviser or subadviser to be unreliable (including, for example, certain foreign securities, thinly-traded securities, certain restricted securities, certain initial public offerings, or securities whose values may have been affected by a significant event) are stated at fair valuations determined in good faith by the Funds’ Valuation Committee1 in accordance with procedures approved annually by the Board of Trustees (“Trustees”), and under the general oversight of the Trustees. The Funds’ Valuation Committee employs various methods to determine fair valuations including a regular review of significant inputs and assumptions and review of any related market activity. The Funds’ Valuation Committee reports to the Trustees at their regularly scheduled meetings. It is possible that fair value prices will be used by the Funds to a significant extent. The value determined for an investment using the Funds’ fair value procedures may differ from recent market prices for the investment and may be significantly different from the value realized upon the sale of such investment.

 

1  The Valuation Committee consists of the President, Treasurer, Assistant Treasurers, Vice Presidents (except for the CCO), Secretary, and Assistant Secretaries of the Trust, as well as such alternate members as the Trustees may from time to time designate. The Valuation Committee reviews and determines the fair valuation of portfolio securities and the Funds’ pricing procedures in general.

 

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The Funds may invest in securities that are traded principally in foreign markets and that trade on weekends and other days when the Funds do not price their shares. As a result, the values of the Funds’ portfolio securities may change on days when the prices of the Funds’ shares are not calculated. The prices of the Funds’ shares will reflect any such changes when the prices of the Funds’ shares are next calculated, which is the next business day. The Funds may use fair value pricing more frequently for securities primarily traded in foreign markets because, among other things, most foreign markets close well before the Funds value their securities. The earlier close of these foreign markets gives rise to the possibility that significant events, including broad market moves, may have occurred in the interim. The Funds’ investments may be priced based on fair values provided by a third-party vendor, based on certain factors and methodologies applied by such vendor, in the event that there is movement in the U.S. market, between the close of the foreign market and the time the Funds calculate their net asset values. All assets and liabilities expressed in foreign currencies are converted into U.S. dollars at the mean between the buying and selling rates of such currencies against the U.S. dollar at the end of each business day.

Fair value is defined as the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. A three-tier hierarchy is utilized to maximize the use of observable market data inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs and to establish classification of fair value measurements for disclosure purposes. Inputs refer broadly to the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability, including assumptions about risk, for example, the risk inherent in a particular valuation technique used to measure fair value (such as a pricing model) and/or the risk inherent in the inputs to the valuation technique. Inputs may be observable or unobservable. Observable inputs are inputs that reflect the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability and are developed based on market data obtained from sources independent of the reporting entity. Unobservable inputs are inputs that reflect the reporting entity’s own assumptions about the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability and are developed based on the best information available in the circumstances. The three-tier hierarchy of inputs is summarized in the three broad Levels listed below. The inputs or methodology used for valuing investments are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those investments and the determination of the significance of a particular input to the fair value measurement in its entirety requires judgment and consideration of factors specific to each security.

Level 1 – quoted prices (unadjusted) in active markets for identical investments that the Funds can access at the measurement date

The types of assets and liabilities categorized in Level 1 generally include actively traded domestic and certain foreign equity securities, derivatives actively traded on a national securities exchange (such as some warrants, rights, futures, and options), and shares of open-end mutual funds.

Level 2 – other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar investments, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.)

The types of assets and liabilities categorized in Level 2 generally include debt securities such as U.S. government and agency securities, mortgage-backed securities, asset-backed securities, municipal obligations, sovereign debt obligations, bank loans, corporate bonds, and those securities valued at amortized cost; OTC derivatives such as swaps, options, swaptions, and forward foreign currency exchange contracts; certain restricted securities; and non-exchange traded equity securities and certain foreign equity securities traded on particular foreign exchanges that close before the Funds determine their net asset values.

Level 3 – significant unobservable inputs (including the Funds’ own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments)

The types of assets and liabilities categorized in Level 3 generally include securities for which prices, spreads, or any of the other aforementioned significant inputs are unobservable. Generally, securities whose trading has been suspended or that have been de-listed from their current primary trading exchange; securities in default or bankruptcy proceedings for which there is no current market quotation; securities and certain derivatives valued by broker quotes which may include brokers’ assumptions; and any illiquid Rule 144A securities or restricted securities issued by non-public entities are categorized in Level 3.

The availability of observable inputs can vary from security to security and is affected by a wide variety of factors, including, for example, the type of security, whether the security is new and not yet established in the marketplace, the liquidity of markets, and other characteristics particular to the security. To the extent that valuation is based on models or inputs that are less observable or unobservable in the market, the determination of fair value requires more judgment. Accordingly, the degree of judgment exercised in determining fair value is greatest for instruments categorized in Level 3.

 

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Changes in valuation techniques may result in transfers in or out of an investment’s assigned Level within the hierarchy. In addition, in periods of market dislocation, the observability of prices and inputs may be reduced for many instruments. This condition, as well as changes related to liquidity of investments, could cause a security to be reclassified between Level 1, Level 2, or Level 3.

In certain cases, the inputs used to measure fair value may fall into different levels of the fair value hierarchy. In such cases, for disclosure purposes the level in the fair value hierarchy within which the fair value measurement falls is determined based on the lowest level input that is significant to the overall fair value measurement.

The Money Market Fund characterized all investments at Level 2, as of December 31, 2015. The Disciplined Growth Fund and Small Cap Opportunities Fund characterized all long-term investments at Level 1, and all short-term investments at Level 2, as of December 31, 2015. For each Fund noted in the preceding sentences, the level classification by major category of investments is the same as the category presentation in the Portfolio of Investments.

The following is the aggregate value by input level, as of December 31, 2015, for the remaining Funds’ investments:

 

 

 

     Level 1     Level 2     Level 3      Total  

Short-Duration Bond Fund

         

Asset Investments

         

Preferred Stock

   $ 239,295      $ -      $ -       $ 239,295   

Corporate Debt

     -        215,663,075        -         215,663,075   

Municipal Obligations

     -        2,419,924        -         2,419,924   

Non-U.S. Government Agency Obligations

     -        168,683,328        217,150         168,900,478   

U.S. Government Agency Obligations and Instrumentalities

     -        38,047,477        -         38,047,477   

U.S. Treasury Obligations

     -        124,749,795        -         124,749,795   

Purchased Options

     -        149,254        -         149,254   

Short-Term Investments

     -        11,048,774        -         11,048,774   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 
Total Investments    $ 239,295      $ 560,761,627      $ 217,150       $ 561,218,072   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Asset Derivatives

         

Futures Contracts

   $ 40,854      $ -      $ -       $ 40,854   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Liability Derivatives

         

Futures Contracts

   $ (513,304   $ -      $ -       $ (513,304

Swap Agreements

     -        (47,145     -         (47,145
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 
Total    $ (513,304   $ (47,145   $ -       $ (560,449
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Inflation-Protected and Income Fund

         

Asset Investments

         

Corporate Debt

   $ -      $ 15,684,769      $ -       $ 15,684,769   

Municipal Obligations

     -        753,868        -         753,868   

Non-U.S. Government Agency Obligations

     -        147,379,475        121,559         147,501,034   

U.S. Government Agency Obligations and Instrumentalities

     -        195,547        -         195,547   

U.S. Treasury Obligations

     -        320,562,006        -         320,562,006   

Purchased Options

     -        488,199        -         488,199   

Short-Term Investments

     -        115,191,863        -         115,191,863   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 
Total Investments    $ -      $ 600,255,727      $ 121,559       $ 600,377,286   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Asset Derivatives

         

Futures Contracts

   $ 1,867      $ -      $ -       $ 1,867   

Swap Agreements

     -        36,378        -         36,378   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 
Total    $ 1,867      $ 36,378      $ -       $ 38,245   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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     Level 1     Level 2     Level 3      Total  

Inflation-Protected and Income Fund (Continued)

         

Liability Derivatives

         

Futures Contracts

   $ (5,125   $ -      $ -       $ (5,125

Swap Agreements

     -        (54,689     -         (54,689
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 
Total    $ (5,125   $ (54,689   $ -       $ (59,814
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Core Bond Fund

         

Asset Investments

         

Preferred Stock

   $ 3,924,803      $ -      $ -       $ 3,924,803   

Corporate Debt

     -        682,574,690        -         682,574,690   

Municipal Obligations

     -        16,893,709        -         16,893,709   

Non-U.S. Government Agency Obligations

     -        321,203,100        547,201         321,750,301   

Sovereign Debt Obligations

     -        13,041,098        -         13,041,098   

U.S. Government Agency Obligations and Instrumentalities

     -        372,718,857        -         372,718,857   

U.S. Treasury Obligations

     -        8,330,355        -         8,330,355   

Purchased Options

     -        482,747        -         482,747   

Short-Term Investments

     -        254,852,663        -         254,852,663   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 
Total Investments    $ 3,924,803      $ 1,670,097,219      $ 547,201       $ 1,674,569,223   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Asset Derivatives

         

Futures Contracts

   $ 980,463      $ -      $ -       $ 980,463   

Swap Agreements

     -        914        -         914   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 
Total    $ 980,463      $ 914      $ -       $ 981,377   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Liability Derivatives

         

Futures Contracts

   $ (856,925   $ -      $ -       $ (856,925

Swap Agreements

     -        (128,864     -         (128,864
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 
Total    $ (856,925   $ (128,864   $ -       $ (985,789
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Diversified Bond Fund

         

Asset Investments

         

Common Stock

   $ -      $ -      $ 24,752       $ 24,752   

Preferred Stock

     339,650        -        -         339,650   

Corporate Debt

     -        69,439,225        -         69,439,225   

Municipal Obligations

     -        632,205        -         632,205   

Non-U.S. Government Agency Obligations

     -        38,038,343        83,266         38,121,609   

Sovereign Debt Obligations

     -        1,398,276        -         1,398,276   

U.S. Government Agency Obligations and Instrumentalities

     -        43,872,534        -         43,872,534   

U.S. Treasury Obligations

     -        14,876,988        -         14,876,988   

Purchased Options

     -        1,131,897        -         1,131,897   

Short-Term Investments

     -        40,116,774        -         40,116,774   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 
Total Investments    $ 339,650      $ 209,506,242      $ 108,018       $ 209,953,910   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Asset Derivatives

         

Forward Contracts

   $ -      $ 33,675      $ -       $ 33,675   

Futures Contracts

     44,406        -        -         44,406   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 
Total    $ 44,406      $ 33,675      $ -       $ 78,081   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Liability Derivatives

         

Forward Contracts

   $ -      $ (78,902   $ -       $ (78,902

Futures Contracts

     (69,096     -        -         (69,096

Swap Agreements

     -        (14,144     -         (14,144
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 
Total    $ (69,096   $ (93,046   $ -       $ (162,142
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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     Level 1     Level 2     Level 3      Total  

High Yield Fund

         

Asset Investments

         

Common Stock

   $ -      $ -      $ 303,571       $ 303,571   

Bank Loans

     -        5,974,907        -         5,974,907   

Corporate Debt

     -        241,572,097        -         241,572,097   

Short-Term Investments

     -        14,085,854        -         14,085,854   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 
Total Investments    $ -      $ 261,632,858      $ 303,571       $ 261,936,429   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Balanced Fund

         

Asset Investments

         

Common Stock

   $ 66,557,247      $ -      $ -       $ 66,557,247   

Preferred Stock

     145,710        -        -         145,710   

Corporate Debt

     -        18,117,174        -         18,117,174   

Municipal Obligations

     -        677,491        -         677,491   

Non-U.S. Government Agency Obligations

     -        8,925,778        -         8,925,778   

Sovereign Debt Obligations

     -        440,021        -         440,021   

U.S. Government Agency Obligations and Instrumentalities

     -        10,465,645        -         10,465,645   

U.S. Treasury Obligations

     -        164,338        -         164,338   

Mutual Funds

     10,976,769        -        -         10,976,769   

Purchased Options

     -        15,119        -         15,119   

Rights

     -        -        4,050         4,050   

Short-Term Investments

     -        6,934,641        -         6,934,641   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 
Total Investments    $ 77,679,726      $ 45,740,207      $ 4,050       $ 123,423,983   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Asset Derivatives

         

Futures Contracts

   $ 24,316      $ -      $ -       $ 24,316   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Liability Derivatives

         

Futures Contracts

   $ (20,335   $ -      $ -       $ (20,335

Swap Agreements

     -        (4,400     -         (4,400
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 
Total    $ (20,335   $ (4,400   $ -       $ (24,735
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Barings Dynamic Allocation Fund

         

Asset Investments

         

Sovereign Debt Obligations

   $ -      $ 1,197,698      $ -       $ 1,197,698   

U.S. Treasury Obligations

     -        609,167        -         609,167   

Mutual Funds

     8,572,902        -        -         8,572,902   

Short-Term Investments

     -        1,063,010        -         1,063,010   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 
Total Investments    $ 8,572,902      $ 2,869,875      $ -       $ 11,442,777   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Asset Derivatives

         

Forward Contracts

   $ -      $ 59,605      $ -       $ 59,605   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Liability Derivatives

         

Forward Contracts

   $ -      $ (37,879   $ -       $ (37,879
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Value Fund

         

Asset Investments

         

Common Stock

   $ 64,945,479      $ 1,127,767      $ -       $ 66,073,246   

Mutual Funds

     1,301,343        -        -         1,301,343   

Short-Term Investments

     -        325,963        -         325,963   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 
Total Investments    $ 66,246,822      $ 1,453,730      $ -       $ 67,700,552   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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     Level 1      Level 2     Level 3      Total  

Disciplined Value Fund

          

Asset Investments

          

Common Stock

   $ 311,739,547       $ -      $ -       $ 311,739,547   

Rights

     -         -        9,858         9,858   

Short-Term Investments

     -         1,456,267        -         1,456,267   
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 
Total Investments    $ 311,739,547       $ 1,456,267      $ 9,858       $ 313,205,672   
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Main Street Fund

          

Asset Investments

          

Common Stock

   $ 122,634,019       $ 1,112,873   $ -       $ 123,746,892   

Mutual Funds

     1,100,198         -        -         1,100,198   

Short-Term Investments

     -         3,311,444        -         3,311,444   
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 
Total Investments    $ 123,734,217       $ 4,424,317      $ -       $ 128,158,534   
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Global Fund

          

Asset Investments

          
Common Stock*           

Brazil

   $ 3,017,216       $ -      $ -       $ 3,017,216   

Cayman Islands

     6,985,120         -        -         6,985,120   

Denmark

     -         1,047,859        -         1,047,859   

France

     -         17,650,637        -         17,650,637   

Germany

     -         28,241,388        -         28,241,388   

India

     4,697,374         7,674,714        -         12,372,088   

Italy

     -         5,690,574        -         5,690,574   

Japan

     -         47,322,481        -         47,322,481   

Mexico

     2,080,923         -        -         2,080,923   

Netherlands

     -         8,695,080        -         8,695,080   

Spain

     -         12,072,613        -         12,072,613   

Sweden

     -         11,973,273        -         11,973,273   

Switzerland

     -         19,221,057        -         19,221,057   

United Kingdom

     1,852,642         19,450,005        -         21,302,647   

United States

     171,643,701         -        -         171,643,701   
Preferred Stock           

Germany

     -         7,130,603        -         7,130,603   
Mutual Funds      21,914,378         -        -         21,914,378   
Rights      -         80,442        -         80,442   
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 
Total Investments    $ 212,191,354       $ 186,250,726      $ -       $ 398,442,080   
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

International Equity Fund

          

Asset Investments

          
Common Stock*           

Australia

   $ -       $ 12,255,813      $ -       $ 12,255,813   

Brazil

     -         2,649,293        -         2,649,293   

Canada

     18,001,292         -        -         18,001,292   

Denmark

     -         22,708,051        -         22,708,051   

Finland

     -         5,660,206        -         5,660,206   

France

     -         60,021,967        -         60,021,967   

Germany

     -         44,672,872        -         44,672,872   

Hong Kong

     -         4,443,879        -         4,443,879   

India

     3,028,057         5,319,781        -         8,347,838   

 

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     Level 1      Level 2      Level 3     Total  

International Equity Fund (Continued)

          
Common Stock (Continued)           

Ireland

   $ -       $ 10,829,418       $ -      $ 10,829,418   

Japan

     -         30,915,697         -        30,915,697   

Luxembourg

     -         3,805,884         -        3,805,884   

Mexico

     3,839,603         -         -        3,839,603   

Netherlands

     -         39,912,220         -        39,912,220   

Panama

     7,881,622         -         -        7,881,622   

South Africa

     -         3,917,685         -        3,917,685   

Spain

     -         21,971,179         -        21,971,179   

Sweden

     -         13,528,790         -        13,528,790   

Switzerland

     -         68,559,251         -        68,559,251   

Thailand

     -         4,566,351         -        4,566,351   

United Kingdom

     -         123,538,859         -        123,538,859   
Preferred Stock           

Germany

     -         88,882         -        88,882   
Mutual Funds      18,645,528         -         -        18,645,528   
Warrants      -         -         - †      -   
Short-Term Investments      -         1,990,464         -        1,990,464   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 
Total Investments    $ 51,396,102       $ 481,356,542       $ -      $ 532,752,644   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Strategic Emerging Markets Fund

          

Asset Investments

          
Common Stock*           

Bermuda

   $ -       $ 1,825,298       $         -      $ 1,825,298   

Brazil

     2,167,941         5,055,138         -        7,223,079   

Cayman Islands

     25,903,568         9,869,190         -        35,772,758   

China

     -         7,847,511         -        7,847,511   

Colombia

     1,468,000         1,486,812         -        2,954,812   

Egypt

     -         965,844         -        965,844   

France

     -         3,598,031         -        3,598,031   

Hong Kong

     -         7,633,915         -        7,633,915   

India

     1,329,377         25,288,959         -        26,618,336   

Indonesia

     -         3,075,632         -        3,075,632   

Italy

     -         2,240,107         -        2,240,107   

Malaysia

     -         2,817,964         -        2,817,964   

Mexico

     11,147,266         -         -        11,147,266   

Nigeria

     -         1,329,239         -        1,329,239   

Philippines

     -         4,916,547         -        4,916,547   

Poland

     -         169,594         -        169,594   

Republic of Korea

     -         2,097,877         -        2,097,877   

Russia

     -         11,272,560         -        11,272,560   

Singapore

     -         953,094         -        953,094   

Taiwan

     -         3,702,335         -        3,702,335   

Thailand

     -         1,424,437         -        1,424,437   

Turkey

     -         1,776,974         -        1,776,974   

United Arab Emirates

     -         2,375,675         -        2,375,675   

United Kingdom

     -         4,428,840         -        4,428,840   

United States

     2,590,593         -         -        2,590,593   
Preferred Stock           

Brazil

     -         3,383,968         -        3,383,968   

Colombia

     -         503,136         -        503,136   

 

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     Level 1      Level 2      Level 3      Total  

Strategic Emerging Markets Fund (Continued)

           
Common Stock (Continued)            

Germany

   $ -       $ 83,381       $         -       $ 83,381   
Mutual Funds      11,948,041         -         -         11,948,041   
Warrants      -         23,975         -         23,975   
Short-Term Investments      -         6,640,733         -         6,640,733   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
Total Investments    $ 56,554,786       $ 116,786,766       $ -       $ 173,341,552   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

* Includes foreign equity securities whose values were adjusted to reflect market trading of comparable securities or other correlated instruments after the close of trading in their applicable foreign markets.
Represents a security at $0 value as of December 31, 2015.

Following is a reconciliation of investments for which significant unobservable inputs (Level 3) were used in determining value:

Asset Valuation Inputs

 

 

    Investments in Securities  
    Balance
as of
9/30/15
    Accrued
Discounts
(Premiums)
    Realized
Gain
(Loss)
    Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
    Purchases     (Sales)     Transfers
into
Level 3*
    Transfers
(out)
of Level 3*
    Balance
as of
12/31/15
    Net Change
in Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
from
Investments
Still Held
as of 12/31/15
 

Short-Duration Bond Fund

                   

Non-U.S. Government Agency Obligations†

  $ 612,365      $         -      $ 482      $ (174   $         -      $ (395,523   $         -      $         -      $ 217,150      $ (174
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Inflation-Protected and Income Fund

                   

Non-U.S. Government Agency Obligations†

  $ 341,827      $ -      $ 284      $ (100   $ -      $ (220,452   $ -      $ -      $ 121,559      $ (100
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Core Bond Fund

                   

Non-U.S. Government Agency Obligations†

  $ 1,542,794      $ -      $ 1,220      $ (441   $ -      $ (996,372   $ -      $ -      $ 547,201      $ (441
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Diversified Bond Fund

                   

Common Stock

  $ 24,752      $ -      $ -      $ -      $ -      $ -      $ -      $ -      $ 24,752      $ -   

Non-U.S. Government Agency Obligations†

    235,350        -        177        (66     -        (152,195     -        -        83,266        (66
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
  $ 260,102      $ -      $ 177      $ (66   $ -      $ (152,195   $ -      $ -      $ 108,018      $ (66
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

High Yield Fund

                   

Common Stock

  $ 303,571      $ -      $ -      $ -      $ -      $ -      $ -      $ -      $ 303,571      $ -   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Balanced Fund

                   

Rights

  $ 4,050      $         -      $         -      $         -      $         -      $         -      $         -      $         -      $ 4,050      $         -   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Disciplined Value Fund

                   

Rights

  $ 9,858      $ -      $ -      $ -      $ -      $ -      $ -      $ -      $ 9,858      $ -   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

International Equity Fund

                   

Warrants

  $ - **    $ -      $ -      $ -      $ -      $ -      $ -      $ -      $ - ***    $ -   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

* The Fund(s) recognize transfers between the Levels as of the beginning of the year.
** Represents a security at $0 value as of September 30, 2015.
*** Represents a security at $0 value as of December 31, 2015.
Represents (i) an illiquid 144A security valued by a broker quote or vendor price or (ii) a restricted security issued by a non-public entity valued by a broker quote or vendor price.

 

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The Funds had no transfers between Level 1, Level 2, and Level 3 of the fair value hierarchy at December 31, 2015. The Funds recognize transfers between the Levels as of the beginning of the year.

None of the unobservable inputs, individually or collectively, had a material impact on the Fund(s).

Derivative Instruments

Derivatives are financial instruments whose values are based on the values of one or more indicators, such as a security, asset, currency, interest rate, or index. Derivative transactions can create investment leverage and may be highly volatile. Gains or losses from derivatives can be substantially greater than the derivatives original cost and can sometimes be unlimited. A Fund may not be able to close out a derivative transaction at a favorable time or price. For those Funds that held derivatives at December 31, 2015, the following table shows how the Fund used these types of derivatives during the period (marked with an “A”), as well as additional uses, if any, it may have for them in the future (marked with an “M”).

 

Type of Derivative and Objective for Use

 

Short-
Duration
Bond
Fund

 

Inflation-
Protected
and Income
Fund

 

Core
Bond

Fund

 

Diversified
Bond
Fund

 

Balanced
Fund

 

Barings
Dynamic
Allocation
Fund

Foreign Currency Exchange Transactions*

             

Hedging/Risk Management

              A      

A

Directional Exposures to Currencies

              M      

M

Intention to Create Investment Leverage in Portfolio

              M        
             

Futures Contracts**

             

Hedging/Risk Management

 

A

 

A

 

A

 

A

 

A

   

Duration/Credit Quality Management

 

A

 

A

 

A

 

A

 

A

   

Substitution for Direct Investment

 

A

 

A

 

A

 

A

 

A

   

Intention to Create Investment Leverage in Portfolio

 

M

 

M

 

M

 

M

 

M

   
             

Interest Rate Swaps***

             

Hedging/Risk Management

      A  

A

           

Duration Management

      M  

M

           

Asset/Liability Management

      M  

M

           

Substitution for Direct Investment

      M  

M

           

Intention to Create Investment Leverage in Portfolio

      M  

M

           
             

Credit Default Swaps (Protection Buyer)

             

Hedging/Risk Management

  A   A  

A

  A   A    

Duration/Credit Quality Management

  A   A  

A

  A   A    

Income

  A   A   A   A   A    

Substitution for Direct Investment

  A   A  

A

  A   A    

Intention to Create Investment Leverage in Portfolio

  M   M  

M

  M   M    
             

Purchased Options

             

Hedging/Risk Management

  A  

A

  A  

A

  A    

Duration/Credit Quality Management

  A  

A

  A  

A

  A    

Substitution for Direct Investment

  A  

A

  A  

A

  A    

Directional Investment

  A  

A

  A  

A

  A    

Intention to Create Investment Leverage in Portfolio

  M  

M

  M  

M

  M    
             

Rights and Warrants

             

Hedging/Risk Management

                 

M

   

Duration/Credit Quality Management

                 

M

   

Directional Investment

                 

M

   

Intention to Create Investment Leverage in Portfolio

                 

M

   

Result of a Corporate Action

                 

A

   

 

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Type of Derivative and Objective for Use

 

Disciplined
Value

Fund

 

Global
Fund

 

International
Equity
Fund

 

Strategic
Emerging
Markets
Fund

Rights and Warrants

         

Hedging/Risk Management

 

M

           

Duration/Credit Quality Management

 

M

           

Directional Investment

 

M

           

Intention to Create Investment Leverage in Portfolio

 

M

           

Result of a Corporate Action

 

A

 

A

 

A

 

A

 

* Includes any options purchased or written, futures contracts, forward contracts, and swap agreements, if applicable.
** Includes any options purchased or written on futures contracts, if applicable.
*** Includes any caps, floors, and collars, and related purchased or written options, if applicable.

At December 31, 2015, the Fund(s) had the following derivatives and transactions in derivatives, grouped into the indicated risk categories:

 

 

 

     Credit Risk      Equity
Risk
     Foreign
Exchange
Risk
     Interest
Rate
Risk
     Total  
Short-Duration Bond Fund               
Asset Derivatives               

Purchased Options

   $ 149,254       $         -       $         -       $ -       $ 149,254   

Futures Contracts

     -         -         -         40,854         40,854   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Value

   $ 149,254       $ -       $ -       $ 40,854       $ 190,108   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
Liability Derivatives               

Futures Contracts

   $ -       $ -       $ -       $ (513,304    $ (513,304

Swap Agreements

     (47,145      -         -         -         (47,145
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Value

   $ (47,145    $ -       $ -       $ (513,304    $ (560,449
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
Number of Contracts, Notional Amounts or Shares/Units†               

Purchased Options

   $ 127,350,000       $         -       $ -       $ -       $ 127,350,000   

Futures Contracts

     -         -         -         1,639         1,639   

Swap Agreements

   $ 1,500,000       $ -       $ -       $ -       $ 1,500,000   
Inflation-Protected and Income Fund               
Asset Derivatives               

Purchased Options

   $ 52,740       $ -       $ 435,459       $ -       $ 488,199   

Futures Contracts

     -         -         -         1,867         1,867   

Swap Agreements

     -         -         -         36,378         36,378   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Value

   $ 52,740       $ -       $ 435,459       $ 38,245       $ 526,444   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
Liability Derivatives               

Futures Contracts

   $ -       $ -       $ -       $ (5,125    $ (5,125

Swap Agreements

     (54,689      -         -         -         (54,689
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Value

   $ (54,689    $ -       $ -       $ (5,125    $ (59,814
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
Number of Contracts, Notional Amounts or Shares/Units†               

Purchased Options

   $ 45,000,000       $ -       $ 16,700,000       $ -       $ 61,700,000   

Futures Contracts

     -         -         -         32         32   

Swap Agreements

   $ 1,740,000       $ -       $ -       $ 15,500,000       $ 17,240,000   

 

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     Credit Risk      Equity
Risk
     Foreign
Exchange
Risk
     Interest
Rate
Risk
     Total  
Core Bond Fund               
Asset Derivatives               

Purchased Options

   $ 482,747       $ -       $ -       $ -       $ 482,747   

Futures Contracts

     -         -            980,463         980,463   

Swap Agreements

     -         -         -         914         914   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Value

   $ 482,747       $ -       $ -       $ 981,377       $ 1,464,124   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
Liability Derivatives               

Futures Contracts

   $ -       $ -       $ -       $ (856,925    $ (856,925

Swap Agreements

     (128,864      -         -         -         (128,864
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Value

   $ (128,864    $ -       $ -       $ (856,925    $ (985,789
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
Number of Contracts, Notional Amounts or Shares/Units†               

Purchased Options

   $ 411,900,000       $ -       $ -       $ -       $ 411,900,000   

Futures Contracts

     -         -         -         4,121         4,121   

Swap Agreements

   $ 4,100,000       $ -       $ -       $ 4,000,000       $ 8,100,000   
Diversified Bond Fund               
Asset Derivatives               

Purchased Options

   $ 50,396       $ -       $ 1,081,501       $ -       $ 1,131,897   

Forward Contracts

     -         -         33,675         -         33,675   

Futures Contracts

     -         -         -         44,406         44,406   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Value

   $ 50,396       $ -       $ 1,115,176       $ 44,406       $ 1,209,978   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
Liability Derivatives               

Forward Contracts

   $ -       $         -       $ (78,902    $ -       $ (78,902

Futures Contracts

     -         -         -         (69,096      (69,096

Swap Agreements

     (14,144      -         -         -         (14,144
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Value

   $ (14,144    $ -       $ (78,902    $ (69,096    $ (162,142
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
Number of Contracts, Notional Amounts or Shares/Units†               

Purchased Options

   $ 43,000,000       $ -       $ 41,000,000       $ -       $ 84,000,000   

Forward Contracts

   $ -       $ -       $ 5,276,910       $ -       $ 5,276,910   

Futures Contracts

     -         -         -         272         272   

Swap Agreements

   $ 450,000       $ -       $ -       $ -       $ 450,000   
Balanced Fund               
Asset Derivatives               

Purchased Options

   $ 15,119       $ -       $ -       $ -       $ 15,119   

Futures Contracts

     -         -         -         24,316         24,316   

Rights

     -         4,050         -         -         4,050   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Value

   $ 15,119       $ 4,050       $ -       $ 24,316       $ 43,485   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
Liability Derivatives               

Futures Contracts

   $ -       $ -       $ -       $ (20,335    $ (20,335

Swap Agreements

     (4,400      -         -         -         (4,400
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Value

   $ (4,400    $ -       $ -       $ (20,335    $ (24,735
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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Notes to Portfolio of Investments (Unaudited) (Continued)

 

     Credit Risk      Equity
Risk
    Foreign
Exchange
Risk
     Interest
Rate
Risk
     Total  
Balanced Fund (Continued)              
Number of Contracts, Notional Amounts or
Shares/Units†
             

Purchased Options

   $ 12,900,000       $ -      $ -       $ -       $ 12,900,000   

Futures Contracts

     -         -        -         96         96   

Swap Agreements

   $ 140,000       $ -      $ -       $ -       $ 140,000   

Rights

     -         7,642        -         -         7,642   
Barings Dynamic Allocation Fund              
Asset Derivatives              

Forward Contracts

   $ -       $ -      $ 59,605       $ -       $ 59,605   
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
Liability Derivatives              

Forward Contracts

   $ -       $ -      $ (37,879    $ -       $ (37,879
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
Number of Contracts, Notional Amounts or
Shares/Units†
             

Forward Contracts

   $ -       $ -      $ 4,920,667       $ -       $ 4,920,667   
Disciplined Value Fund              
Asset Derivatives              

Rights

   $ -       $ 9,858      $ -       $ -       $ 9,858   
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
Number of Contracts, Notional Amounts or
Shares/Units†
             

Rights

     -         18,600        -         -         18,600   
Global Fund              
Asset Derivatives              

Rights

   $         -       $ 80,442     $ -       $ -       $ 80,442   
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
Number of Contracts, Notional Amounts or
Shares/Units†
             

Rights

     -         161,266       -         -         161,266   
International Equity Fund              
Asset Derivatives              

Warrants

   $ -       $ - ††    $ -       $ -       $ -   
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
Number of Contracts, Notional Amounts or
Shares/Units†
             

Warrants

     -         301,298       -         -         301,298   
Strategic Emerging Markets Fund              
Asset Derivatives              

Warrants

   $ -       $ 23,975      $ -       $ -       $ 23,975   
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
Number of Contracts, Notional Amounts or
Shares/Units†
             

Warrants

     -         121,100       -         -         121,100   

 

Amount(s) disclosed represent number of contracts for futures contracts, notional amounts for purchased options, forward contracts, and swap agreements, or shares/units outstanding for rights and warrants at December 31, 2015.
†† Represents a security at $0 value as of December 31, 2015.

 

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Further details regarding the derivatives and other investments held by the Fund(s) at December 31, 2015, are discussed below.

Foreign Currency Exchange Transactions

A Fund may engage in foreign currency exchange transactions for hedging purposes in order to protect against uncertainty in the level of future foreign currency exchange rates, or for other, non-hedging purposes.

Forward Foreign Currency Contracts and Foreign Currency Options. A Fund may enter into foreign currency exchange transactions, including foreign currency forward contracts. These contracts call for the Fund to deliver in the future an amount of one currency in return for an amount of another currency, at an exchange rate determined at the time the contract is entered into. Forward contracts are private contractual arrangements and a Fund is subject to the risk that its counterparty will not, or will not be able to, perform its obligations. This type of arrangement may require the Fund to post margin. A Fund may also buy and sell options on currencies. When the Fund buys an option, its loss should generally be limited to the amount of the premium paid and any transaction costs. If a Fund sells an option on a currency, it is subject generally to the same risks as if it had entered into a forward contract with respect to that currency. A Fund may enter into foreign currency exchange transactions in order to hedge against changes in the values of the assets or liabilities denominated in one or more foreign currencies, or otherwise to increase or reduce a Fund’s exposure to various foreign currencies. The use of foreign currency exchange transactions may create investment leverage.

Whenever a Fund enters into a foreign currency exchange transaction, it is subject to the risk that the value of the transaction will move in a direction unfavorable to it. When the Fund uses the transactions for hedging purposes, it is likely that the Fund will have an asset or liability that will offset any loss (or gain) on the transactions, at least in part. If a Fund enters into foreign currency exchange transactions other than for hedging purposes (for example, seeking to profit from an anticipated change in the values of currencies by creating directional exposures in the portfolio with respect to one or more currencies), it will generally be subject to the same risks, but is less likely to have assets or liabilities that will offset any losses on the transactions. There can be no assurance that a Fund will be able to terminate any foreign currency exchange transaction prior to its maturity in order to limit its loss on the transaction.

Forward foreign currency contracts are marked to market daily and the change in their value is recorded by the Funds as an unrealized gain or loss. Forward foreign currency contracts are valued at the settlement price established through dealers or other market sources on the day which they are traded. When a forward foreign currency contract is extinguished, through delivery or offset by entering into another forward foreign currency contract, the Funds record a realized gain or loss equal to the difference between the value of the contract at the time it was opened and the value of the contract at the time it was extinguished or offset. The notional or contractual amounts of these instruments do not necessarily represent the amounts potentially subject to risk. The measurement of the risk associated with these instruments is meaningful only when all related and offsetting transactions and counterparty risks are considered. For information regarding the accounting treatment of options, see “Options, Rights, and Warrants” below.

The Fund(s) listed in the following table had open forward foreign currency contracts at December 31, 2015. A Fund’s current exposure to a counterparty is the unrealized appreciation on the contract.

 

 

          

Counterparty

  

Settlement
Date

       In Exchange
for
     Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
 
Diversified Bond Fund   
Contracts to Buy   
KZT     15,890,000       Bank of America N.A.    02/02/16      $   50,000       $ (5,622
MXN     1,654,202       Bank of America N.A.    01/06/16        100,000         (4,025
MYR     430,192       Bank of America N.A.    01/05/16        100,280         (84
MYR     430,192       Bank of America N.A.    03/29/16        100,110         (508
RON     190,719       Bank of America N.A.    02/16/16        45,742         128   
TRY     467,397       Bank of America N.A.    01/04/16        150,000         10,265   
ZAR     1,411,765       Bank of America N.A.    01/05/16        100,000         (8,712
ZAR     2,882,638       Bank of America N.A.    02/09/16        200,000         (14,786
            

 

 

    

 

 

 
               846,132         (23,344
            

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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Counterparty

  

Settlement
Date

       In Exchange
for
     Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
 
Diversified Bond Fund (Continued)   
Contracts to Buy (Continued)   
MXN     848,050       Barclays Bank PLC    01/05/16      $    51,457       $ (2,251
MYR     237,309       Barclays Bank PLC    01/05/16        55,318         (46
NOK     424,327       Barclays Bank PLC    02/02/16        50,000         (2,076
SEK     426,610       Barclays Bank PLC    02/02/16        50,000         580   
TRY     270,496       Barclays Bank PLC    01/04/16        94,000         (1,250
TRY     576,648       Barclays Bank PLC    03/22/16        192,108         1,294   
ZAR     1,411,765       Barclays Bank PLC    03/29/16        90,702         (822
            

 

 

    

 

 

 
               583,585         (4,571
            

 

 

    

 

 

 
BRL     386,380       JP Morgan Chase Bank    02/02/16        100,000         (3,297
COP     299,559,000       JP Morgan Chase Bank    02/16/16        95,796         (1,842
IDR     701,950,000       JP Morgan Chase Bank    02/02/16        50,000         577   
MXN     1,654,202       JP Morgan Chase Bank    03/29/16        95,750         (345
MYR     667,500       JP Morgan Chase Bank    01/05/16        150,000         5,468   
ZAR     2,079,715       JP Morgan Chase Bank    02/16/16        143,930         (10,477
            

 

 

    

 

 

 
               635,476         (9,916
            

 

 

    

 

 

 
             $ 2,065,193       $ (37,831
            

 

 

    

 

 

 
Contracts to Deliver           
BRL     386,380       Bank of America N.A.    02/02/16        99,029         2,326   
CHF     94,621       Bank of America N.A.    02/16/16        93,168         (1,470
CLP     52,147,500       Bank of America N.A.    02/02/16        75,000         1,647   
CLP     20,126,400       Bank of America N.A.    03/01/16        28,000         (221
KZT     15,890,000       Bank of America N.A.    02/02/16        45,174         796   
MXN     848,050       Bank of America N.A.    01/05/16        50,000         793   
MYR     430,192       Bank of America N.A.    01/05/16        100,228         32   
NZD     148,754       Bank of America N.A.    02/23/16        96,697         (4,741
PEN     343,300       Bank of America N.A.    03/01/16        100,000         383   
            

 

 

    

 

 

 
               687,296         (455
            

 

 

    

 

 

 
GBP     63,797       Barclays Bank PLC    02/16/16        97,041         2,983   
MYR     237,309       Barclays Bank PLC    01/05/16        55,000         (272
PHP     4,714,800       Barclays Bank PLC    02/02/16        100,000         (30
TRY     576,648       Barclays Bank PLC    01/04/16        196,323         (1,403
ZAR     1,411,765       Barclays Bank PLC    01/05/16        92,112         824   
            

 

 

    

 

 

 
               540,476         2,102   
            

 

 

    

 

 

 
AUD     33,339       Goldman Sachs International    02/16/16        24,000         (244
            

 

 

    

 

 

 
AUD     106,541       JP Morgan Chase Bank    02/16/16        75,168         (2,307
CAD     98,978       JP Morgan Chase Bank    02/16/16        74,162         2,623   
EUR     943       JP Morgan Chase Bank    01/05/16        1,030         5   
EUR     294,831       JP Morgan Chase Bank    02/16/16        314,616         (6,124
IDR     701,950,000       JP Morgan Chase Bank    02/02/16        49,950         (627
IDR     1,415,500,000       JP Morgan Chase Bank    03/01/16        100,000         (1,290
MXN     1,654,202       JP Morgan Chase Bank    01/06/16        96,290         315   
MYR     667,500       JP Morgan Chase Bank    01/05/16        155,598         130   
NOK     424,327       JP Morgan Chase Bank    02/02/16        48,729         805   

 

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Counterparty

  

Settlement
Date

       In Exchange
for
     Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
 
Diversified Bond Fund (Continued)   
Contracts to Deliver (Continued)   
SEK     426,610       JP Morgan Chase Bank    02/02/16      $   50,320       $ (260
SGD     362,303       JP Morgan Chase Bank    02/16/16        253,725         (1,437
TRY     161,244       JP Morgan Chase Bank    01/04/16        55,000         (289
            

 

 

    

 

 

 
               1,274,588         (8,456
            

 

 

    

 

 

 
             $ 2,526,360       $ (7,053
            

 

 

    

 

 

 
Cross Currency Forwards   
HRK     719,420       Bank of America N.A.    03/01/16   EUR    $ 94,000       $ (41
HUF     22,033,123       Bank of America N.A.    02/02/16   EUR      70,000         (246
HUF     36,856,214       Bank of America N.A.    03/01/16   EUR      118,000         (1,537
PLN     413,935       Bank of America N.A.    02/02/16   EUR      97,000         (32
PLN     592,408       Bank of America N.A.    03/01/16   EUR      138,000         676   
               

 

 

 
                  (1,180
               

 

 

 
EUR     40,000       JP Morgan Chase Bank    01/05/16   RON      177,235         848   
EUR     38,968       JP Morgan Chase Bank    03/29/16   RON      177,235         (188
RON     177,235       JP Morgan Chase Bank    01/05/16   EUR      39,057         177   
               

 

 

 
                  837   
               

 

 

 
                $ (343
               

 

 

 
Barings Dynamic Allocation Fund   
Contract to Buy   
JPY     84,138,000       JP Morgan Chase Bank    02/18/16      $ 699,616       $ 1,032   
            

 

 

    

 

 

 
Contracts to Deliver   
AUD     854,000       Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce    01/21/16        614,205         (7,621
CAD     811,000       Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce    01/21/16        612,012         25,884   
JPY     168,865,000       Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce    02/18/16        1,375,941         (30,258
            

 

 

    

 

 

 
               2,602,158         (11,995
            

 

 

    

 

 

 
EUR     1,459,000       State Street Bank and Trust    01/21/16        1,618,893         32,689   
            

 

 

    

 

 

 
             $ 4,221,051       $ 20,694   
            

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

 

AUD Australian Dollar
BRL Brazilian Real
CAD Canadian Dollar
CHF Swiss Franc
CLP Chilean Peso
COP Colombian Peso
EUR Euro
GBP British Pound
HRK Croatian Kuna
HUF Hungary Forint
IDR Indonesian Rupiah
JPY Japanese Yen
KZT Kazakhstani Tenge
MXN Mexican Peso
MYR Malaysian Ringgit
NOK Norwegian Krone
NZD New Zealand Dollar
PEN Peruvian Sol
PHP Philippine Peso
PLN Polish Zloty
RON Romanian New Leu
SEK Swedish Krona
SGD Singapore Dollar
TRY Turkey Lira
ZAR South African Rand
 

 

Futures Contracts

A Fund may seek to manage a variety of different risks, such as interest rate risk, equity price risk, and currency risk, through the use of futures contracts. A Fund may use interest rate futures contracts to adjust the interest rate sensitivity (duration) of its portfolio or the credit exposure of the portfolio. Interest rate futures contracts obligate the long or short holder to take or make delivery of a specified quantity of a financial instrument, such as a specific fixed-income security, during a specified future period

 

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at a specified price. A Fund may use index futures to hedge against broad market risks to its portfolio or to gain broad market exposure when it holds uninvested cash or as an inexpensive substitute for cash investments directly in securities or other assets. Securities index futures contracts are contracts to buy or sell units of a securities index at a specified future date at a price agreed upon when the contract is made and are settled in cash. Positions in futures may be closed out only on an exchange or board of trade which provides a secondary market for such futures. Because futures contracts are exchange-traded, they typically have minimal exposure to counterparty risk.

Parties to a futures contract are not required to post the entire notional amount of the contract, but rather a small percentage of that amount (by way of margin), both at the time they enter into futures transactions, and then on a daily basis if their positions decline in value; as a result, futures contracts are highly leveraged. Such payments are known as variation margin and are recorded by the Funds as unrealized gains or losses. Because futures markets are highly leveraged, they can be extremely volatile, and there can be no assurance that the pricing of a futures contract will correlate precisely with the pricing of the asset or index underlying it or the asset or liability of the Fund that is the subject of the hedge. It may not always be possible for a Fund to enter into a closing transaction with respect to a futures contract it has entered into, at a favorable time or price. When a Fund enters into a futures transaction, it is subject to the risk that the value of the futures contract will move in a direction unfavorable to it. When a Fund uses futures contracts for hedging purposes, it is likely that the Fund will have an asset or liability that will offset any loss (or gain) on the transactions, at least in part.

When a futures contract is closed, the Fund records a realized gain or loss equal to the difference between the value of the contract at the time it was opened and the value at the time it was closed. Futures contracts are valued at the settlement price established each day by the board of trade or exchange on which they are traded.

The Fund(s) listed in the following table had open futures contracts at December 31, 2015:

 

 

 

     Expiration
Date
   Number of
Contracts
     Notional
Amount
     Net Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
 
Short-Duration Bond Fund   
Futures Contracts — Long   
U.S. Treasury Note 2 Year    03/31/16      880       $ 191,166,251       $ (356,440
U.S. Treasury Note 5 Year    03/31/16      639         75,606,680         (156,864
           

 

 

 
            $ (513,304
           

 

 

 
Futures Contracts — Short   
U.S. Treasury Note 10 Year    03/21/16      120       $ (15,108,750    $ 40,854   
           

 

 

 

Inflation-Protected and Income Fund

  

Futures Contracts — Short   
U.S. Treasury Long Bond    03/21/16      3       $ (461,250    $ 375   
U.S. Treasury Note 10 Year    03/21/16      9         (1,133,156      (1,125
U.S. Treasury Ultra Long Bond    03/21/16      10         (1,586,875      (4,000
U.S. Treasury Note 5 Year    03/31/16      10         (1,183,203      1,492   
           

 

 

 
            $ (3,258
           

 

 

 

Core Bond Fund

  

Futures Contracts — Long   
U.S. Treasury Ultra Long Bond    03/21/16      581       $ 92,197,437       $ 536,536   
U.S. Treasury Note 2 Year    03/31/16      253         54,960,297         (89,546
U.S. Treasury Note 5 Year    03/31/16      2,159         255,453,556         (688,909
           

 

 

 
            $ (241,919
           

 

 

 
Futures Contracts — Short   
U.S. Treasury Long Bond    03/21/16      211       $ (32,441,250    $ (78,470
U.S. Treasury Note 10 Year    03/21/16      917         (115,456,031      443,927   
           

 

 

 
            $ 365,457   
           

 

 

 

 

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     Expiration
Date
   Number of
Contracts
     Notional
Amount
     Net Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
 
Diversified Bond Fund   
Futures Contracts — Long   
U.S. Treasury Ultra Long Bond    03/21/16      26       $ 4,125,875       $ 24,781   
U.S. Treasury Note 2 Year    03/31/16      110         23,895,781         (43,909
U.S. Treasury Note 5 Year    03/31/16      104         12,305,313         (25,187
           

 

 

 
            $ (44,315
           

 

 

 
Futures Contracts — Short   
U.S. Treasury Note 10 Year    03/21/16      32       $ (4,029,000    $ 19,625   
           

 

 

 

Balanced Fund

  

Futures Contracts — Long   
U.S. Treasury Ultra Long Bond    03/21/16      15       $ 2,380,312       $ 13,825   
U.S. Treasury Note 2 Year    03/31/16      7         1,520,641         (1,405
U.S. Treasury Note 5 Year    03/31/16      51         6,034,336         (16,332
           

 

 

 
            $ (3,912
           

 

 

 
Futures Contracts — Short   
U.S. Treasury Long Bond    03/21/16      6       $ (922,500    $ (2,598
U.S. Treasury Note 10 Year    03/21/16      17         (2,140,406      10,491   
           

 

 

 
            $ 7,893   
           

 

 

 

 

Swap Agreements

Swap agreements are typically two-party contracts entered into primarily by institutional investors. In a standard “swap” transaction, two parties agree to exchange the returns (or differentials in rates of return) earned or realized on particular predetermined investments or instruments, which may be adjusted for an interest factor. The gross returns to be exchanged or “swapped” between the parties are generally calculated with respect to a “notional amount,” (i.e., the return on or increase in value of a particular dollar amount invested at a particular interest rate or in a “basket” of securities representing a particular index).

Interest Rate Swaps. When a Fund enters into an interest rate swap, it typically agrees to make payments to its counterparty based on a specified long- or short-term interest rate, and will receive payments from its counterparty based on another interest rate. Other forms of interest rate swap agreements include interest rate caps, under which, in return for a specified payment stream, one party agrees to make payments to the other to the extent that interest rates exceed a specified rate, or “cap”; interest rate floors, under which, in return for a specified payment stream, one party agrees to make payments to the other to the extent that interest rates fall below a specified rate, or “floor”; and interest rate collars, under which a party sells a cap and purchases a floor or vice versa in an attempt to protect itself against interest rate movements exceeding given minimum or maximum levels. A Fund may enter into an interest rate swap in order, for example, to hedge against the effect of interest rate changes on the value of specific securities in its portfolio, or to adjust the interest rate sensitivity (duration) or the credit exposure of its portfolio overall, or otherwise as a substitute for a direct investment in debt securities.

Credit Default Swaps. A Fund also may enter into credit default swap transactions, as a “buyer” or “seller” of credit protection. In a credit default swap, one party provides what is in effect insurance against a default or other adverse credit event affecting an issuer of debt securities (typically referred to as a “reference entity”). In general, the buyer of credit protection is obligated to pay the protection seller an upfront amount or a periodic stream of payments over the term of the swap. If a “credit event” occurs, the buyer has the right to deliver to the seller bonds or other obligations of the reference entity (with a value up to the full notional value of the swap), and to receive a payment equal to the par value of the bonds or other obligations. Credit events that would trigger a request that the seller make payment are specific to each credit default swap agreement, but generally include bankruptcy, failure to pay, restructuring, acceleration, default, or repudiation/moratorium. When a Fund buys protection, it may or may not own securities of the reference entity. If it does own securities of the reference entity, the swap serves as a hedge against a decline in the

 

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value of the securities due to the occurrence of a credit event involving the issuer of the securities. If the Fund does not own securities of the reference entity, the credit default swap may be seen to create a short position in the reference entity. If a Fund is a buyer and no credit event occurs, the Fund will typically recover nothing under the swap, but will have had to pay the required upfront payment or stream of continuing payments under the swap. When a Fund sells protection under a credit default swap, the position may have the effect of creating leverage in the Fund’s portfolio through the Fund’s indirect long exposure to the issuer or securities on which the swap is written. When a Fund sells protection, it may do so either to earn additional income or to create a “synthetic” long position.

Whenever a Fund enters into a swap agreement, it takes on counterparty risk — the risk that its counterparty will be unable or unwilling to meet its obligations under the swap agreement. The Fund also takes the risk that the market will move against its position in the swap agreement. In the case of an interest rate swap, the value of the swap may increase or decrease depending on changes in interest rates. In the case of a credit default swap, the swap will become more or less valuable depending on the credit of the issuer of the underlying security, and, if a credit event occurs under a swap where the Fund is the seller of credit protection, the Fund could be required to purchase the security at par value, resulting in a significant loss to the Fund. When the Fund enters into any type of swap for hedging purposes, it is likely that the Fund will have an asset or liability that will offset any loss (or gain) on the swap, at least in part. Swap agreements may be non-transferable or otherwise highly illiquid, and a Fund may not be able to terminate or transfer a swap agreement at any particular time or at an acceptable price.

Swaptions. A Fund may also enter into options on swap agreements (“swaptions”). A swaption is a contract that gives a counterparty the right (but not the obligation) to enter into a new swap agreement or to shorten, extend, cancel, or otherwise modify an existing swap agreement, at some designated future time on specified terms. A Fund may write (sell) and purchase put and call swaptions. Depending on the terms of the particular option agreement, a Fund will generally incur a greater degree of risk when it writes a swaption than it will incur when it purchases a swaption. When a Fund purchases a swaption, it risks losing only the amount of the premium it has paid should it decide to let the option expire unexercised. However, when a Fund writes a swaption, upon exercise of the option the Fund will become obligated according to the terms of the underlying agreement. A Fund may enter into swaptions for the same purposes as swaps. For information regarding the accounting treatment of options, see “Options, Rights, and Warrants” below.

Centrally Cleared Swaps. Certain clearinghouses currently offer clearing for limited types of derivatives transactions, principally certain interest rate swaps, certain index swaps, and credit derivatives. In a cleared derivative transaction, a Fund typically enters into the transaction with a financial institution counterparty, and performance of the transaction is effectively guaranteed by a central clearinghouse, thereby reducing or eliminating the Fund’s exposure to the credit risk of its original counterparty. The Fund will be required to post amounts (“initial margin”) with the clearinghouse or at the instruction of the clearinghouse. The initial margin required by a clearinghouse may be greater than the initial margin the Fund would be required to post in an uncleared transaction. If cash is deposited as the initial margin, it is shown as collateral on a Fund’s Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Swap agreements are marked-to-market daily and subsequent payments (“variation margin”) are made or received by a Fund depending on whether unrealized gains or losses are incurred. These amounts are reflected as receivables or payables on a Fund’s Statement of Assets and Liabilities (“Variation margin on open derivative instruments”) and as a component of net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on a Fund’s Statement of Operations. Only a limited number of transaction types are currently eligible for clearing.

During the term of a swap transaction, changes in the value of the swap are recognized as unrealized gains or losses by marking to market to reflect the market value of the swap. When the swap is terminated, a Fund will record a realized gain or loss equal to the difference, if any, between the proceeds from (or cost of) the closing transaction and a Fund’s basis in the agreement. Upfront swap premium payments paid or received by a Fund, if any, are recorded within the value of the open swap agreement on the Fund’s Statement of Assets and Liabilities and represent payments paid or received upon entering into the swap agreement to compensate for differences between stated terms of the swap agreement and prevailing market conditions (credit spreads, currency exchange rates, and other relevant factors). These upfront payments are recorded as realized gain or loss on the Fund’s Statement of Operations upon termination or maturity of the swap agreement.

During the term of a swap transaction, the periodic net payments can be made for a set period of time or may be triggered by a predetermined credit event. The net periodic payments may be based on a fixed or variable interest rate, the change in market value of a specified security, basket of securities or index, or the return generated by a security.

 

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The Fund(s) listed in the following table had open swap transactions at December 31, 2015. A Fund’s current exposure to a counterparty is the fair value of the transaction.

 

 

 

Counterparty

 

Currency

  Notional
Amount
   

Expiration
Date

  Receive (Pay)
Fixed Rate
 

Deliverable on Default

  Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
    Premium
(Received)
Paid
    Value  

Short-Duration Bond Fund*

         

Credit Default Swaps — Buy Protection

         

OTC Swaps

  

           
Goldman Sachs International   USD     1,500,000      11/17/45   (3.000)%   CMBX.NA.BBB.6†   $ (48,069   $ 924      $ (47,145
           

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Inflation-Protected and Income Fund**

         

Credit Default Swaps — Buy Protection

         

OTC Swaps

  

           
Goldman Sachs International   USD     1,220,000      11/17/45   (3.000)%   CMBX.NA.BBB.6†   $ (39,097   $ 752      $ (38,345
JP Morgan Chase Bank   USD     520,000      11/17/45   (3.000)%   CMBX.NA.BBB.6†     (16,984     640        (16,344
           

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
              (56,081     1,392        (54,689
           

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Counterparty

 

Currency

  Notional
Amount
   

Expiration
Date

  Payments
Made by Fund
 

Payments Received by Fund

  Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
    Premium
Received
(Paid)
    Value  

Interest Rate Swaps

         

OTC Swaps

         

Goldman Sachs International

  USD     6,500,000      10/13/17   1.125%  

USA-CPI-U

  $ 21,060      $       -      $ 21,060   

Bank of America

  USD     9,000,000      11/06/17   1.275%  

USA-CPI-U

    15,318        -        15,318   
           

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
              36,378        -        36,378   
           

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Counterparty

 

Currency

  Notional
Amount
   

Expiration
Date

  Receive (Pay)
Fixed Rate
 

Deliverable on Default

  Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
    Premium
(Received)
Paid
    Value  

Core Bond Fund***

         

Credit Default Swaps — Buy Protection

         

OTC Swaps

         
Goldman Sachs International   USD     4,100,000      11/17/45   (3.000)%   CMBX.NA.BBB.6†   $ (131,390   $ 2,526      $ (128,864
           

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Counterparty

 

Currency

  Notional
Amount
   

Expiration
Date

  Payments
Made by Fund
 

Payments Received by Fund

  Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
    Premium
Received
(Paid)
    Value  
Interest Rate Swaps          

Centrally Cleared Swaps

         
  USD     4,000,000      5/17/16   Fixed 0.530%   3-Month USD-LIBOR-BBA   $ 646      $ 268      $ 914   
           

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Counterparty

 

Currency

  Notional
Amount
   

Expiration
Date

  Receive (Pay)
Fixed Rate
 

Deliverable on Default

  Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
    Premium
(Received)
Paid
    Value  

Diversified Bond Fund****

         

Credit Default Swaps — Buy Protection

         

OTC Swaps

         
Goldman Sachs International   USD     450,000      11/17/45   (3.000)%   CMBX.NA.BBB.6†   $ (14,421   $ 277      $ (14,144
           

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Balanced Fund

         

Credit Default Swaps — Buy Protection

         

OTC Swaps

         
Goldman Sachs International   USD     140,000      11/17/45   (3.000)%   CMBX.NA.BBB.6†   $ (4,486   $ 86      $ (4,400
           

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

USD U.S. Dollar

 

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* A portion of the cash collateral received from JP Morgan Chase Bank in the amount of $350,000 was related to swap agreements at December 31, 2015.
** A portion of the securities collateral received from HSBC Bank PLC in the amount of $298,169 was related to swap agreements at December 31, 2015.
*** A portion of the cash collateral received from JP Morgan Chase Bank in the amount of $810,000 was related to swap agreements at December 31, 2015; and a portion of the securities collateral received from HSBC Bank PLC in the amount of $8,588 was related to swap agreements at December 31, 2015.
**** A portion of the cash collateral received from JP Morgan Chase Bank in the amount of $560,000 was related to swap agreements at December 31, 2015; and a portion of the securities collateral received from HSBC Bank PLC in the amount of $348,027 was related to swap agreements at December 31, 2015.
Payment is based on a percentage of the index. Reference entities are a number of individual issuers comprising the index.

Options, Rights, and Warrants

A Fund may purchase and sell put and call options on securities or an index of securities to enhance investment performance or to protect against changes in market prices. A Fund that invests in debt securities may also purchase and sell put and call options to adjust the interest rate sensitivity of its portfolio or the credit exposure of the portfolio.

Call Options. A call option gives the holder the right to purchase, and obligates the writer to sell, a security at the strike price at any time before the expiration date.

Put Options. A put option gives the holder the right to sell, and obligates the writer to buy, a security at the exercise price at any time before the expiration date.

Purchasing put and call options. A Fund may purchase put options to protect portfolio holdings against a decline in market value of a security or securities held by it. A Fund may also purchase a put option hoping to profit from an anticipated decline in the value of the underlying security. If the Fund holds the security underlying the option, the option premium and any transaction costs will reduce any profit the Fund might have realized had it sold the underlying security instead of buying the put option. A Fund may purchase call options to hedge against an increase in the price of securities that the Fund wants ultimately to buy. A Fund may also purchase a call option as a long directional investment hoping to profit from an anticipated increase in the value of the underlying security. In order for a call option to be profitable, the market price of the underlying security must rise sufficiently above the exercise price to cover the premium and transaction costs. These costs will reduce any profit the Fund might have realized had it bought the underlying security at the time it purchased the call option.

When a Fund purchases an option, it runs the risk that it will lose its entire investment in the option in a relatively short period of time, unless the Fund exercises the option or enters into a closing sale transaction before the option’s expiration. If the price of the underlying security does not rise (in the case of a call) or fall (in the case of a put) to an extent sufficient to cover the option premium and transaction costs, the Fund will lose part or all of its investment in the option. This contrasts with an investment by a Fund in the underlying security, since the Fund will not realize a loss if the security’s price does not change. Premiums paid for purchasing options that expire are treated as realized losses.

OTC Options. OTC options purchased or sold by a Fund are not traded on securities or options exchanges or backed by clearinghouses. Rather, they are entered into directly between a Fund and the counterparty to the option. In the case of an OTC option purchased by the Fund, the value of the option to the Fund will depend on the willingness and ability of the option writer to perform its obligations to the Fund. In addition, OTC options may not be transferable and there may be little or no secondary market for them, so they may be considered illiquid. It may not be possible to enter into closing transactions with respect to OTC options or otherwise to terminate such options, and as a result a Fund may be required to remain obligated on an unfavorable OTC option until its expiration. OTC options are valued using prices supplied by a primary pricing source, selected pursuant to procedures approved by the Trustees.

Rights and Warrants. A Fund may purchase or hold warrants or rights in order to gain exposure to the underlying security without owning the security, including, for example, cases where the Fund hopes to lock in the price today of a security it may wish to purchase in the future. Warrants generally give the holder the right, but not the obligation, to buy a security at a stated price. In

 

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order for a warrant to be profitable, the market price of the underlying security must rise sufficiently above the exercise price to cover any premium and transaction costs. Rights may similarly confer on the holder the right to purchase or acquire securities, including through participation in a so-called rights offering. Bonds may be issued with warrants or other rights attached to purchase or acquire equity or other debt securities, typically of the bond issuer. The market prices of bonds with warrants or rights attached to purchase equity securities or bonds may, to some degree, reflect changes in the values of the underlying securities.

When a Fund purchases or otherwise acquires warrants or other rights, it runs the risk that it will lose its entire investment in the warrants or rights, unless the Fund exercises the warrant or right, acquires the underlying securities, or enters into a closing transaction before expiration. If the price of the underlying security does not rise to an extent sufficient to cover any premium and transaction costs, the Fund will lose part or all of its investment. Any premiums or purchase price paid for warrants or other rights that expire are treated as realized losses. Warrants and similar rights differ from options in that they are typically written by the issuer of the security underlying the warrant or right. Although some warrants and rights may be non-transferable, others may be traded over-the-counter or on an exchange.

Inflation-Indexed Bonds

The Funds may invest in inflation-indexed bonds, which are fixed income securities whose principal value or coupon is periodically adjusted according to the rate of inflation, as measured by the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (“CPI-U”) (for U.S. Treasury inflation-indexed bonds) or, generally, by a comparable inflation index calculated by the foreign government issuing the inflation-indexed bonds.

If the periodic adjustment rate measuring inflation falls, the principal value of inflation-indexed bonds will be adjusted downward, and consequently the interest payable on these securities (calculated with respect to a smaller principal amount) will be reduced. Repayment of the original bond principal upon maturity (as adjusted for inflation) is guaranteed in the case of U.S. Treasury inflation-indexed bonds, even during a period of deflation. However, the current market value of the bonds is not guaranteed, and will fluctuate. The Funds may also invest in other inflation related bonds which may or may not provide a similar guarantee. If a guarantee of principal is not provided, the adjusted principal value of the bond repaid at maturity may be less than the original principal. Any adjustments to the principal amount of an inflation-indexed bond due to inflation will be reflected as increases or decreases to interest income. Such adjustments may have a significant impact on the Fund’s distributions.

The value of inflation-indexed bonds is generally based on changes in real interest rates, which in turn are tied to the relationship between nominal interest rates and the rate of inflation. Therefore, if nominal interest rates increased at a faster rate than inflation, real interest rates might rise, leading to a decrease in value of inflation-indexed bonds. While the values of these securities are expected to be protected from long-term inflationary trends, short-term increases in inflation may lead to a decline in value. There can be no assurance that the CPI-U or any foreign inflation index will accurately measure the real rate of inflation, or that the rate of inflation in a foreign country will correlate to the rate of inflation in the United States. Additionally, if interest rates rise due to reasons other than inflation, investors in these securities may not be protected to the extent that the increase is not reflected in the bond’s inflation measure.

Bank Loans

Certain of the Funds may invest in bank loans including, for example, corporate loans, loan participations, direct debt, bank debt, and bridge debt. A Fund may invest in a loan by lending money to a borrower directly as part of a syndicate of lenders. In a syndicated loan, the agent that originated and structured the loan typically administers and enforces the loan on behalf of the syndicate. Failure by the agent to fulfill its obligations may delay or adversely affect receipt of payment by a Fund. A Fund may also invest in loans through novations, assignments, and participation interests. In a novation, a Fund typically assumes all of the rights of a lending institution in a loan, including the right to receive payments of principal and interest and other amounts directly from the borrower and to enforce its rights as a lender directly against the borrower. When a Fund takes an assignment of a loan, the Fund acquires some or all of the interest of another lender (or assignee) in the loan. In such cases, the Fund may be required generally to rely upon the assignor to demand payment and enforce rights under the loan. If a Fund acquires a participation in the loan, the Fund purchases an indirect interest in a loan held by a third party and the Fund typically will have a contractual relationship only with the third party loan investor, not with the borrower. As a result, a Fund may have the right to receive payments of principal, interest, and any fees to which it is entitled only from the loan investor selling the participation and only

 

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upon receipt by such loan investor of such payments from the borrower. In such cases, a Fund assumes the credit risk of both the borrower and the loan investor selling the participation, and the Fund may be unable to realize some or all of the value of its interest in the loan in the event of the insolvency of the third party.

Changes in the financial condition of the borrower or economic conditions or other circumstances may reduce the capacity of the borrower to make principal and interest payments on such instruments and may lead to defaults. The value of any collateral securing a bank loan may decline after the Fund invests, and there is a risk that the value of the collateral may not be sufficient to cover the amount owed to the Fund.

At December 31, 2015, the Funds had no unfunded loan commitments.

Repurchase Agreements

Each Fund may enter into repurchase agreements with certain banks and broker-dealers whereby a Fund acquires a security for cash and obtains a simultaneous commitment from the seller to repurchase the security at an agreed upon price and date. A Fund, through its custodian, takes possession of the securities collateralizing the repurchase agreement in a segregated account. Repurchase agreements must be fully collateralized at all times, but involve some risk to a Fund if the other party should default on its obligation and the Fund is delayed or prevented from recovering the collateral, or if the Fund is required to return collateral to a borrower at a time when it may realize a loss on the investment of that collateral. Collateral for certain tri-party repurchase agreements is held at the Fund’s custodian or sub-custodian in a segregated account for the benefit of the Fund and the counterparty.

Reverse Repurchase Agreements

Each Fund may enter into reverse repurchase agreements with banks and broker-dealers to enhance return. Reverse repurchase agreements involve sales by a Fund of portfolio securities concurrently with an agreement by the Fund to repurchase the same securities at a later date at a fixed price (typically equal to the original sale price plus interest). During the reverse repurchase agreement period, the Fund continues to receive principal and interest payments on the securities and also has the opportunity to earn a return on the purchase price received by it from the counterparty.

Certain agreements have no stated maturity and can be terminated by either party at any time. Interest on the value of the reverse repurchase agreements issued and outstanding is based upon competitive market rates determined at the time of issuance. A Fund may utilize reverse repurchase agreements when it is anticipated that the interest income to be earned from the investment of the proceeds of the transaction is greater than the interest expense of the transaction. Reverse repurchase agreements generally create investment leverage and involve the risk that the market value of the security that a Fund is obligated to repurchase under the agreement may decline below the repurchase price. For financial reporting purposes, cash received in exchange for securities delivered plus accrued interest payments to be made to the counterparty is recorded as a liability in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities at face value including accrued interest. Due to the short term nature of reverse repurchase agreements, face value approximates fair value. Interest payments made by a Fund to the counterparties are recorded as a component of interest expense in the Statements of Operations. In periods of increased demand for a security, a Fund may receive a fee for use of the security by the counterparty, which may result in interest income to the Fund.

Reverse repurchase transactions are entered into by a Fund under a Master Repurchase Agreement (“MRA”), which permits the Fund, under certain circumstances, including an event of default (such as bankruptcy or insolvency), to offset payables and/or receivables under the MRA with collateral held and/or posted to the counterparty and creates one single net payment due to or from the Fund. With reverse repurchase transactions, typically a Fund and the counterparties are permitted to sell, re-pledge, or use the collateral associated with the transaction. However, bankruptcy or insolvency laws of a particular jurisdiction may impose restrictions on or prohibitions against such a right of offset in the event of an MRA counterparty’s bankruptcy or insolvency. Pursuant to the terms of the MRA, a Fund receives or posts securities as collateral with a market value in excess of the repurchase price to be paid or received by the Fund upon the maturity of the transaction. Upon a bankruptcy or insolvency of the MRA counterparty, the Fund is considered an unsecured creditor with respect to excess collateral and, as such, the return of excess collateral may be delayed.

 

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In the event the buyer of securities under an MRA files for bankruptcy or becomes insolvent, a Fund’s use of the proceeds from the sale of its securities may be restricted or forfeited, and the counterparty may fail to return/resell the securities in question to the Fund.

The Fund(s) listed in the following table had open reverse repurchase transactions at December 31, 2015:

 

 

 

Description

     Value  
Inflation-Protected and Income Fund     

Agreement with Banque Paribas, dated 9/02/15, 0.490%, to be repurchased on demand until 1/05/16 at value plus accrued interest.

     $ 54,912,000   

Agreement with Daiwa Securities, dated 10/07/15, 0.380%, to be repurchased on demand until 1/07/16 at value plus accrued interest.

       31,997,500   

Agreement with Daiwa Securities, dated 12/04/15, 0.600%, to be repurchased on demand until 1/07/16 at value plus accrued interest.

       7,472,250   

Agreement with Goldman Sachs & Co., dated 10/09/15, 0.380%, to be repurchased on demand until 1/08/16 at value plus accrued interest.

       87,136,536   

Agreement with HSBC Finance Corp., dated 10/06/15, 0.380%, to be repurchased on demand until 1/05/16 at value plus accrued interest.

       33,351,409   

Agreement with HSBC Finance Corp., dated 11/04/15, 0.400%, to be repurchased on demand until 1/07/16 at value plus accrued interest.

       22,538,044   

Agreement with Morgan Stanley, dated 11/05/15, 0.510%, to be repurchased on demand until 2/02/16 at value plus accrued interest.

       30,871,875   
    

 

 

 
     $ 268,279,614   
    

 

 

 

Average balance outstanding

     $ 263,565,560   

Maximum balance outstanding

     $ 268,279,614   

Average interest rate

       0.42%   

Weighted average maturity

       51 days   
    

 

 

 

 

Average balance outstanding was calculated based on daily balances outstanding during the period that the Fund had entered into reverse repurchase transactions.

When-Issued, Delayed-Delivery, Forward Commitment, and To-Be-Announced Transactions

A Fund may enter into when-issued, delayed-delivery, forward commitment, or to-be-announced (“TBA”) transactions (collectively, the “Forward Transactions”) in order to lock in the purchase price of the underlying security, or in order to adjust the interest rate exposure of the Fund’s existing portfolio. In Forward Transactions, a Fund commits to purchase or sell particular securities, with payment and delivery to take place at a future date. In the case of TBA purchase commitments, the unit price and the estimated principal amount are established when the Fund enters into a commitment, with the actual principal amount being within a specified range of the estimate. Although a Fund does not typically pay for the securities in these types of transactions until they are delivered, it immediately assumes the risks of ownership, including the risk of price fluctuation. As a result, each of these types of transactions may create investment leverage in a Fund’s portfolio and increase the volatility of the Fund. If a Fund’s counterparty fails to deliver a security purchased in a Forward Transaction, there may be a loss, and the Fund may have missed an opportunity to make an alternative investment.

These securities are valued on the basis of valuations furnished by a pricing service, selected pursuant to procedures approved by the Trustees, which determines valuations taking into account appropriate factors such as institutional-size trading in similar groups of securities, yield, quality, coupon rate, maturity, type of issue, trading characteristics, and other market data. Securities for which no market quotation is available are valued at fair value in accordance with procedures approved by the Trustees. The Funds record on a daily basis the unrealized appreciation (depreciation) based upon changes in the values of these securities. When a Forward Transaction is closed, the Funds record a realized gain or loss equal to the difference between the value of the transaction at the time it was opened and the value of the transaction at the time it was closed.

 

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Securities Lending

Each Fund may lend its securities; however, lending cannot exceed 33% of the total assets of the Fund taken at current value. The Funds’ securities lending activities are governed by a Securities Lending Agency Agreement (“Lending Agreement”) between each Fund and the lending agent (“agent”). The Lending Agreement authorizes the agent to lend qualifying U.S. and foreign securities held by a Fund to approved borrowers (each, a “Borrower”).

Each Fund expects that in connection with any securities on loan, the loan will be secured continuously by collateral consisting of cash or securities adjusted daily to have market value at least equal to the current market value of the securities loaned. The market value of the loaned securities is determined at the close of business of a Fund and any additional collateral is delivered to the Fund the next business day. As with other extensions of credit, the Funds may bear the risk of delay in recovery or even loss of rights in the collateral should the Borrower of the securities fail financially. The Funds receive compensation for lending their securities in the form of a securities loan fee paid by the Borrower, as well as a share of the income earned on investment of the cash collateral received for the loaned securities. At December 31, 2015, the Funds’ collateral was equal to or greater than 100% of the market value of securities on loan.

Security loans can be terminated at the discretion of either the lending agent or the Fund and the related securities must be returned within the earlier of the standard trade settlement period for such securities or within three business days. For all Funds, all securities on loan are classified as common stock in the Fund’s Portfolio of Investments at December 31, 2015.

Accounting for Investment Transactions

Investment transactions are accounted for on the trade date. Realized gains and losses on sales of investments and unrealized appreciation and depreciation of investments are computed by the specific identification cost method. Proceeds received from litigation, if any, are included in realized gains on investment transactions for any investments that are no longer held in the portfolio and as a reduction in cost for investments that continue to be held in the portfolio. Interest income, adjusted for amortization of discounts and premiums on debt securities, is earned from the settlement date and is recorded on the accrual basis. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date. Withholding taxes on foreign interest, dividends, and capital gains have been provided for in accordance with the applicable country’s tax rules and rates. Foreign dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date or as soon as practicable after the Fund determines the existence of a dividend declaration after exercising reasonable due diligence. Distributions received on securities that represent a return of capital or capital gain are recorded as a reduction of cost of investments and/or as a realized gain. The Funds determine the classification of distributions received as return of capital distributions or capital gain distributions.

Foreign Currency Translation

The books and records of the Funds are maintained in U.S. dollars. The market values of foreign currencies, foreign securities, and other assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollars at the mean of the buying and selling rates of such currencies against the U.S. dollar at the end of each business day. Purchases and sales of foreign securities and income and expense items are translated at the rates of exchange prevailing on the respective dates of such transactions. The Funds do not isolate that portion of the results of operations arising from changes in the exchange rates from that portion arising from changes in the market prices of securities. Net realized foreign currency gains and losses resulting from changes in exchange rates include foreign currency gains and losses between trade date and settlement date on investment securities transactions, foreign currency transactions, and the difference between the amounts of dividends or interest recorded on the books of the Funds and the amount actually received.

Allocation of Operating Activity

In maintaining the records for the Funds, the income and expense accounts are allocated daily to each class of shares. Investment income and loss, and unrealized and realized gains or losses are prorated among the classes of shares based on the relative net assets of each. Expenses are allocated to each class of shares depending on the nature of the expenditures. Administration and service fees, if any, which are directly attributable to a class of shares, are charged to that class’s operations. Expenses of a Fund not directly attributable to the operations of any specific class of shares of the Fund are prorated among the classes to which the expense relates based on relative net assets.

 

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Foreign Securities

The Global Fund invests a significant amount of its assets and each of the International Equity Fund and Strategic Emerging Markets Fund invests substantially all of its assets in foreign securities.

The other Funds may also invest in foreign securities. Foreign securities, including American Depositary Receipts, are subject to additional risks compared to securities of U.S. issuers, including international trade, currency, political, regulatory, and diplomatic risks. In addition, fluctuations in currency exchange rates may adversely affect the values of foreign securities and the price of a Fund’s shares. Emerging markets securities are subject to greater risks than securities issued in developed foreign markets, including less liquidity, greater price volatility, higher relative rates of inflation, greater political, economic, and social instability, greater custody and operational risks, and greater volatility in currency exchange rates.

Federal Income Tax

It is each Fund’s intent to continue to comply with the provisions of subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), applicable to a regulated investment company. Under such provisions, the Funds would not be subject to federal income taxes on their ordinary income and net realized capital gains to the extent they are distributed or deemed to have been distributed to their shareholders. Therefore, the Funds have not made any provision for federal income tax.

The Subsidiary is classified as a controlled foreign corporation under the Code. Therefore, the Barings Dynamic Allocation Fund is required to increase its taxable income by its share of the Subsidiary’s income. Net losses of the Subsidiary cannot be deducted by the Barings Dynamic Allocation Fund in the current period nor carried forward to offset taxable income in future periods.

Dividends and Distributions to Shareholders

Dividends from net investment income of each Fund, other than the Money Market Fund, are declared and paid annually and at other times as may be required to satisfy tax or regulatory requirements. Dividends from net investment income are declared daily and paid monthly for the Money Market Fund. Distributions of any net realized capital gains of each Fund are declared and paid annually and at other times as may be required to satisfy tax or regulatory requirements.

Distributions to shareholders are recorded on the ex-dividend date. Income and capital gain distributions are determined in accordance with income tax regulations, which may differ from generally accepted accounting principles. As a result, net investment income and net realized capital gains on investment transactions for a reporting period may differ significantly from distributions during such period.

 

3.   Federal Income Tax Information

At December 31, 2015, the cost of securities and the unrealized appreciation (depreciation) in the value of investments owned by the Fund(s), as computed on a federal income tax basis, were as follows:

 

 

 

     Federal Income
Tax Cost
     Tax Basis
Unrealized
Appreciation
     Tax Basis
Unrealized
(Depreciation)
    Net Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 

Short-Duration Bond Fund

   $ 568,452,497       $ 5,571,826       $ (12,806,251   $ (7,234,425

Inflation-Protected and Income Fund

     606,543,840         6,156,141         (12,322,695     (6,166,554

Core Bond Fund

     1,700,952,087         20,791,537         (47,174,401     (26,382,864

Diversified Bond Fund

     212,823,350         2,693,337         (5,562,777     (2,869,440

High Yield Fund

     281,747,699         2,659,996         (22,471,266     (19,811,270

Balanced Fund

     124,243,917         4,768,559         (5,588,493     (819,934

Barings Dynamic Allocation Fund

     11,763,702         127,843         (448,768     (320,925

Value Fund

     65,313,556         7,020,532         (4,633,536     2,386,996   

Disciplined Value Fund

     313,228,639         17,551,003         (17,573,970     (22,967

Main Street Fund

     121,407,959         13,270,882         (6,520,307     6,750,575   

 

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     Federal Income
Tax Cost
     Tax Basis
Unrealized
Appreciation
     Tax Basis
Unrealized
(Depreciation)
    Net Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 

Disciplined Growth Fund

   $ 455,117,500       $ 38,691,514       $ (19,100,324   $ 19,591,190   

Small Cap Opportunities Fund

     159,551,092         18,935,600         (11,226,702     7,708,898   

Global Fund

     279,833,025         134,374,456         (15,765,401     118,609,055   

International Equity Fund

     502,843,928         74,428,218         (44,519,502     29,908,716   

Strategic Emerging Markets Fund

     189,113,389         10,372,351         (26,144,188     (15,771,837

 

Note: The aggregate cost for investments for the Money Market Fund at December 31, 2015, is the same for financial reporting and federal income tax purposes.

4. Investment in Affiliated Issuers

A summary of the Funds’ transactions in the securities of affiliated issuers during the period ended December 31, 2015, was as follows:

 

 

 

     Number of
Shares Held
as of
9/30/15
     Purchases      Sales      Number of
Shares Held
as of
12/31/15
     Value as of
12/31/15
     Dividend
Income
     Net
Realized
Gain (Loss)
 

Global Fund

                    

Oppenheimer Institutional Money Market Fund Class E*

     5,023,047         16,288,990         14,462,212         6,849,825       $ 6,849,825       $ 4,637       $         -   
              

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

International Equity Fund

                    

Oppenheimer Institutional Money Market Fund Class E*

     5,956,422         33,472,386         36,008,296         3,420,512       $ 3,420,512       $ 3,738       $ -   
              

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

* Fund advised by OFI Global Asset Management, Inc.

 

5.   New Accounting Pronouncements

In May 2015, The Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update No. 2015-07, Fair Value Measurement (Topic 820): “Disclosures for Investments in Certain Entities That Calculate Net Asset Value per Share (or Its Equivalent)” (“ASU 2015-07”) to address the diversity in practice of how investments measured at net asset value with redemption dates in the future (including periodic redemption dates) are categorized within the fair value hierarchy. ASU 2015-07 is effective for interim and annual reporting periods in fiscal years that begin after December 15, 2015. Management is currently evaluating the implications of these changes and their impact to the financial statements.

 

6.   Legal Proceedings

On December 7, 2010, the Trust was named as a defendant and putative member of the proposed defendant class of shareholders named in an adversary proceeding brought by The Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors of Tribune Company (the “Official Committee”) in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware, in connection with Tribune Company’s Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceeding (In re Tribune Company). The proceeding relates to a leveraged buyout (“LBO”) transaction by which Tribune Company converted to a privately-held company in 2007, and the putative defendant class is comprised of beneficial owners of shares of Tribune Company who received proceeds (the “Proceeds”) of the LBO. The Official Committee seeks to recover payments of those Proceeds.

The potential amounts sought to be recovered from the Balanced Fund, Disciplined Value Fund, and Small Cap Opportunities Fund, plus interest and the Official Committee’s court costs, are approximately $44,200, $299,880, and $414,800, respectively.

 

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In addition, on June 2, 2011, the Disciplined Value Fund and Small Cap Opportunities Fund were named as defendants in a closely related, parallel adversary proceeding brought in connection with the Tribune Company’s LBO by Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, in its capacity as successor indenture trustee for a certain series of Senior Notes, Law Debenture Trust Company of New York, in its capacity as successor indenture trustee for a certain series of Senior Notes, and Wilmington Trust Company, in its capacity as successor indenture trustee for the PHONES Notes (together, the “Plaintiffs”), in the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts. The Plaintiffs also seek to recover payments of the Proceeds.

The Funds cannot predict the outcome of these proceedings. Accordingly, the Funds have not accrued any amounts related to these proceedings. If the proceedings were to be decided in a manner adverse to the Funds, or if the Funds were to enter into a settlement agreement with the Official Committee or the Plaintiffs, as applicable, the payment of such judgment or settlement could potentially have a material adverse effect on the Funds’ net asset values depending on the net assets of each applicable Fund at the time of such judgment or settlement.

 

7.   Subsequent Events

Management has evaluated the events and transactions subsequent to December 31, 2015, through the date when the Portfolios of Investments were issued, and determined that there are no subsequent events or transactions that would require adjustments to or disclosures in the Funds’ Portfolios of Investments.

 

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Item 2. Controls and Procedures.

(a) The Registrant’s Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer have concluded that the Registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”) (17 CFR 270.30a-3(c))), are effective, as of a date within 90 days of the filing date of this Form N-Q, to provide reasonable assurance that the information required to be disclosed by the Registrant on Form N-Q is recorded, processed, summarized, and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms, based on their evaluation of these disclosure controls and procedures required by Rule 30a-3(b) under the 1940 Act (17 CFR 270.30a-3(b)) and Rules 13a-15(b) or 15d-15(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (17 CFR 240.13a-15(b) or 240.15d-15(b)).

(b) There were no changes in the Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the 1940 Act (17 CFR 270.30a-3(d))) that occurred during the Registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

Item 3. Exhibits.

(a) Certifications of the Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer of the Registrant as required by Rule 30a-2(a) under the 1940 Act (17 CFR 270.30a-2(a)) are attached hereto as Exhibit 99CERT.


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)   MassMutual Premier Funds
By   /s/ Eric Wietsma
 

Eric Wietsma,

President and Principal Executive Officer

Date   2/23/16

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

 

By   /s/ Eric Wietsma
 

Eric Wietsma,

President and Principal Executive Officer

Date   2/23/16
By   /s/ Nicholas H. Palmerino
 

Nicholas H. Palmerino,

Treasurer and Principal Financial Officer

Date   2/23/16