UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Form N-CSR
CERTIFIED SHAREHOLDER REPORT OF
REGISTERED MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES
Investment Company Act file number: 811-08817
Voya Equity Trust
(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)
7337 East Doubletree Ranch Road, Suite 100, Scottsdale, AZ | | 85258 |
(Address of principal executive offices) | | (Zip code) |
CT Corporation System, 101 Federal Street, Boston, MA 02110
(Name and address of agent for service)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: 1-800-992-0180
Date of fiscal year end: May 31
Date of reporting period: May 31, 2022
Item 1. Reports to Stockholders.
The following is a copy of the report transmitted to stockholders pursuant to Rule 30e-1 under the Act (17 CFR 270.30e-1):
Annual Report
May 31, 2022
Classes A, C, I, P, P3, R, R6 and W
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Voya Large-Cap Growth Fund
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Voya Large Cap Value Fund
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Voya MidCap Opportunities Fund
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Voya Multi-Manager Mid Cap Value Fund
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Voya SmallCap Opportunities Fund
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Voya U.S. High Dividend Low Volatility Fund
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QUARTERLY PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS
The Funds file their complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the SEC for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form NPORT-P. The Funds’ Forms NPORT-P are available on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. Each Fund’s complete schedule of portfolio holdings is available at: www.voyainvestments.com and without charge upon request from the Fund by calling Shareholder Services toll-free at (800) 992-0180.
| | Index | | | | Description | | |
| | Russell 1000® Index | | | | A comprehensive large-cap index measuring the performance of the largest 1,000 U.S. incorporated companies. | | |
| | Russell 1000® Growth Index | | | | An index that measures the performance of those companies in the Russell 1000® Index with higher than average price-to-book ratio and forecasted growth. The index returns reflect no deductions for fees, expenses or taxes. | | |
| | Russell 1000® Value Index | | | | An index that measures the performance of those Russell 1000® securities with lower price-to-book ratios and lower forecasted growth values. | | |
| | Russell 2000® Growth Index | | | | An index that measures the performance of securities of smaller U.S. companies with greater than average growth orientation. | | |
| | Russell 2000® Index | | | | An index that measures the performance of securities of small U.S. companies. | | |
| | Russell Midcap® Index | | | | An index that measures the performance of the 800 smallest companies in the Russell 1000® Index, which represents approximately 26% of the total market capitalization of the Russell 1000® Index. | | |
| | Russell Midcap® Growth Index | | | | An index that measures the performance of those companies included in the Russell Midcap® Index with relatively higher price-to-book ratios and higher forecasted growth values. | | |
| | Russell Midcap® Value Index | | | | An index that measures the performance of the mid-cap value segment of the U.S. equity universe. It includes those Russell Midcap® Index companies with lower price-to-book ratios and lower forecasted growth values | | |
Voya Large-Cap Growth Fund | Portfolio Managers’ Report |
| Sector Diversification as of May 31, 2022 (as a percentage of net assets) | |
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| Information Technology | | | 43.5% | |
| Consumer Discretionary | | | 16.7% | |
| Health Care | | | 10.8% | |
| Communication Services | | | 7.5% | |
| Industrials | | | 6.3% | |
| Consumer Staples | | | 3.7% | |
| Financials | | | 2.3% | |
| Real Estate | | | 2.1% | |
| Energy | | | 1.7% | |
| Materials | | | 1.4% | |
| Assets in Excess of Other Liabilities* | | | 4.0% | |
| Net Assets | | | 100.0% | |
| *
Includes short-term investments. | |
| Portfolio holdings are subject to change daily. | |
Voya Large-Cap Growth Fund (the “Fund”) seeks long-term capital appreciation. The Fund is managed by Jeffrey Bianchi, CFA, Michael Pytosh, Kristy Finnegan, CFA, and Leigh Todd, CFA, Portfolio Managers*, of Voya Investment Management Co. LLC — the Sub-Adviser.Performance: For the year ended May 31, 2022, the Fund’s Class A shares, excluding sales charges, provided a total return of -12.50% compared to the Russell 1000® Growth Index (the “Index” or “Russell 1000® Growth”), which returned -6.25% for the same period.
Portfolio Specifics: For the reporting period, the Fund underperformed the Index, primarily due to unfavorable stock selection. On the sector level, stock selection within the information technology and the consumer discretionary sectors detracted the most from performance. At the individual stock level, key detractors included an overweight position in Visa Inc., as well as underweight positions in both Tesla Inc. and Apple Inc. By contrast, stock selection within the health care sector, and positive allocation effects to the energy sector contributed the most to performance. Key individual stock contributors included overweight positions in Eli Lilly and Company and Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. and a non-benchmark position in Marvell Technology, Inc.
Current Strategy and Outlook: We entered 2022 faced with a tenuous global outlook — prolonged inflationary pressures and supply chain headwinds, coupled with tighter monetary policy and more rate hikes on the horizon. While the certainty of a recession remains unknown, the degree of growth that we experienced following the COVID-19 induced drawdown has undeniably slowed, in our opinion. The Russian and Ukrainian conflict has only added another level of uncertainty in the equity markets.
| Top Ten Holdings as of May 31, 2022* (as a percentage of net assets) | |
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| Microsoft Corp. | | | 12.3% | |
| Apple, Inc. | | | 8.9% | |
| Amazon.com, Inc. | | | 7.6% | |
| Alphabet, Inc. - Class A | | | 6.6% | |
| Visa, Inc. - Class A | | | 3.5% | |
| Eli Lilly & Co. | | | 3.3% | |
| Nvidia Corp. | | | 3.1% | |
| Constellation Brands, Inc. | | | 2.7% | |
| Nike, Inc. - Class B | | | 2.1% | |
| Palo Alto Networks, Inc. | | | 2.0% | |
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Excludes short-term investments. | |
| Portfolio holdings are subject to change daily. | |
Given these dynamics, looking ahead, we believe the key to performing in what we anticipate will be a slower growth environment for the remainder of 2022, is to identify those companies which, in our view, have pricing power, are productivity enhancers, and will benefit from long-term secular themes. We are closely monitoring our exposures to travel stocks, which are undeniably linked to COVID-19 headlines, and while consumer savings rates are still strong, in our view, we are also continuously assessing our exposure to the low-income consumer as we believe inflationary and other macro pressures would likely dampen their desire and ability to spend. With expectations for continued volatility, we continue to maintain what we believe to be a balanced portfolio across sectors and believe we are well-positioned to take advantage of inflection points.As a disciplined manager, we remain true to our investment process regardless of the unpredictable market environment, investing in companies with what we believe to have strong fundamentals and attractive relative valuations.
* Effective December 31, 2021, Leigh Todd was added as a portfolio manager to the Fund.
The views expressed in this commentary are informed opinions. They should not be considered promises or advice. The views expressed reflect those of the portfolio managers, only through the end of the period as stated on the cover. The portfolio managers’ views are subject to change at any time based on market and other conditions.
Portfolio holdings and characteristics are subject to change and may not be representative of current holdings and characteristics. Fund holdings are subject to change daily. The outlook for this Fund may differ from that presented for other Voya mutual funds. This report contains statements that may be “forward-looking” statements. Actual results may differ materially from those projected in the “forward-looking” statements. The Fund’s performance returns shown reflect applicable fee waivers and/or expense limits in effect during this period. Absent such fee waivers/expense limitations, if any, performance would have been lower. Performance for the different classes of shares will vary based on differences in fees associated with each class. An index has no cash in its portfolio and imposes no sales charges. An investor cannot invest directly in an index.
Portfolio Managers’ Report | Voya Large-Cap Growth Fund |
| | Average Annual Total Returns for the Periods Ended May 31, 2022 | | |
| | | | | 1 Year | | | 5 Year | | | 10 Year | | | Since Inception of Class R May 30, 2014 | | | Since Inception of Class P3 June 1, 2018 | | |
| | Including Sales Charge: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Class A(1) | | | | | -17.53% | | | | | | 10.19% | | | | | | 12.43% | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | |
| | Class C(2) | | | | | -13.83% | | | | | | 10.68% | | | | | | 12.30% | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | |
| | Class I | | | | | -12.19% | | | | | | 11.92% | | | | | | 13.51% | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | |
| | Class P3 | | | | | -11.65% | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | 11.07% | | | |
| | Class R | | | | | -12.71% | | | | | | 11.23% | | | | | | — | | | | | | 11.13% | | | | | | — | | | |
| | Class R6(3) | | | | | -12.13% | | | | | | 12.00% | | | | | | 13.55% | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | |
| | Class W | | | | | -12.28% | | | | | | 11.78% | | | | | | 13.42% | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | |
| | Excluding Sales Charge: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Class A | | | | | -12.50% | | | | | | 11.50% | | | | | | 13.10% | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | |
| | Class C | | | | | -13.13% | | | | | | 10.68% | | | | | | 12.30% | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | |
| | Class I | | | | | -12.19% | | | | | | 11.92% | | | | | | 13.51% | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | |
| | Class P3 | | | | | -11.65% | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | 11.07% | | | |
| | Class R | | | | | -12.71% | | | | | | 11.23% | | | | | | — | | | | | | 11.13% | | | | | | — | | | |
| | Class R6(3) | | | | | -12.13% | | | | | | 12.00% | | | | | | 13.55% | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | |
| | Class W | | | | | -12.28% | | | | | | 11.78% | | | | | | 13.42% | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | |
| | Russell 1000® Growth | | | | | -6.25% | | | | | | 16.13% | | | | | | 16.06% | | | | | | 14.54% | | | | | | 14.59% | | | |
Based on a $10,000 initial investment, the graph and table above illustrate the total return of Voya Large-Cap Growth Fund against the index indicated. The index is unmanaged and has no cash in its portfolio and imposes no sales charges. An investor cannot invest directly in an index.
The Fund’s performance is shown both with and without the imposition of sales charges.
The performance graph and table do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder will pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares.
The performance shown includes, if applicable, the effect of fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements by the Investment Adviser and/or other service providers, which have the effect of increasing total return. Had all fees and expenses been considered, the total returns would have been lower.
Performance data represents past performance and is no assurance of future results. Investment return and principal value of an
investment in the Fund will fluctuate. Shares, when sold, may be worth more or less than their original cost. The Fund’s current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data shown. Please log on to www.voyainvestments.com or call (800) 992-0180 to get performance through the most recent month end.
Fund holdings are subject to change daily.
(1)
Reflects deduction of the maximum Class A sales charge of 5.75%.
(2)
Reflects deduction of the Class C deferred sales charge of 1% for the 1 year return.
(3)
Class R6 incepted on June 2, 2015. The Class R6 shares performance shown for the period prior to their inception date is the performance of Class I shares without adjustment for any differences in the expenses between the two classes. If adjusted for such differences, returns would be different.
Voya Large Cap Value Fund | Portfolio Managers’ Report |
| Sector Diversification as of May 31, 2022 (as a percentage of net assets) | |
| | | | | |
| Financials | | | 18.6% | |
| Health Care | | | 16.7% | |
| Information Technology | | | 10.9% | |
| Industrials | | | 9.3% | |
| Communication Services | | | 9.0% | |
| Energy | | | 8.4% | |
| Consumer Staples | | | 7.1% | |
| Utilities | | | 6.6% | |
| Materials | | | 4.4% | |
| Real Estate | | | 4.3% | |
| Consumer Discretionary | | | 4.0% | |
| Assets in Excess of Other Liabilities* | | | 0.7% | |
| Net Assets | | | 100.0% | |
| *
Includes short-term investments. | |
| Portfolio holdings are subject to change daily. | |
Voya Large Cap Value Fund (the “Fund”) seeks long-term growth of capital and current income. The Fund is managed by Vincent Costa, CFA, James Dorment, CFA, and Gregory Wachsman, CFA, Portfolio Managers, of Voya Investment Management Co. LLC — the Sub-Adviser.Performance: For the year ended May 31, 2021, the Fund’s Class A shares, excluding sales charges, provided a total return of 4.48% compared to the Russell 1000® Value Index (the “Index” or “Russell 1000® Value”), which returned 0.93% for the same period.
Portfolio Specifics: For the reporting period, the Fund outperformed the Index due to security selection. On the sector level, stock selection within the industrials and materials sectors had the largest positive impact on performance. At the individual stock level, key contributors included overweight positions in ConocoPhillips, McKesson Corporation and Diamondback Energy, Inc. By contrast, stock selection within the consumer discretionary sector detracted from performance. Key detractors included overweight positions in Gap, Inc. and Caesars Entertainment Inc, and not owning Exxon Mobil Corporation.
| Top Ten Holdings as of May 31, 2022 (as a percentage of net assets) | |
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| AT&T, Inc. | | | 4.9% | |
| UnitedHealth Group, Inc. | | | 3.5% | |
| Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. | | | 3.0% | |
| Raytheon Technologies Corp. | | | 2.6% | |
| Philip Morris International, Inc. | | | 2.5% | |
| ConocoPhillips | | | 2.3% | |
| Walmart, Inc. | | | 2.3% | |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp. | | | 2.3% | |
| Motorola Solutions, Inc. | | | 2.3% | |
| Howmet Aerospace, Inc. | | | 2.3% | |
| Portfolio holdings are subject to change daily. | |
Current Strategy and Outlook: We entered 2022 faced with a tenuous global outlook — prolonged inflationary pressures and supply chain headwinds, coupled with tighter monetary policy and more rate hikes on the horizon. While the certainty of a recession remains unknown, the degree of growth that we experienced following the COVID-19 induced drawdown has undeniably slowed, in our opinion. The Russian and Ukrainian conflict has only added another level of uncertainty in the equity markets.Given these dynamics, looking ahead, we believe the key to performing in what we anticipate will be a slower growth environment for the remainder of 2022, is to identify those companies which, in our view, have pricing power, are productivity enhancers, and will benefit from long-term secular themes. We are closely monitoring our exposures to travel stocks which are undeniably linked to COVID-19 headlines, and while consumer savings rates are still strong, in our view we are also continuously assessing our exposure to the low-income consumer as we believe inflationary and other macro pressures would likely dampen their desire and ability to spend. With expectations for continued volatility, we continue to maintain what we believe to be a balanced portfolio across sectors and believe we are well-positioned to take advantage of inflection points.
As a disciplined manager, we remain true to our investment process regardless of the unpredictable market environment, investing in companies with what we believe to have strong fundamentals and attractive relative valuations.
The views expressed in this commentary are informed opinions. They should not be considered promises or advice. The views expressed reflect those of the portfolio managers, only through the end of the period as stated on the cover. The portfolio managers’ views are subject to change at any time based on market and other conditions.
Portfolio holdings and characteristics are subject to change and may not be representative of current holdings and characteristics. Fund holdings are subject to change daily. The outlook for this Fund may differ from that presented for other Voya mutual funds. This report contains statements that may be “forward-looking” statements. Actual results may differ materially from those projected in the “forward-looking” statements. The Fund’s performance returns shown reflect applicable fee waivers and/or expense limits in effect during this period. Absent such fee waivers/expense limitations, if any, performance would have been lower. Performance for the different classes of shares will vary based on differences in fees associated with each class. An index has no cash in its portfolio and imposes no sales charges. An investor cannot invest directly in an index.
Portfolio Managers’ Report | Voya Large Cap Value Fund |
| | Average Annual Total Returns for the Periods Ended May 31, 2022 | | |
| | | | | 1 Year | | | 5 Year | | | 10 Year | | | Since Inception of Class P3 June 1, 2018 | | |
| | Including Sales Charge: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Class A(1) | | | | | -1.54% | | | | | | 8.95% | | | | | | 10.68% | | | | | | — | | | |
| | Class C(2) | | | | | 2.82% | | | | | | 9.43% | | | | | | 10.52% | | | | | | — | | | |
| | Class I | | | | | 4.82% | | | | | | 10.61% | | | | | | 11.73% | | | | | | — | | | |
| | Class P3 | | | | | 5.56% | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | 12.26% | | | |
| | Class R | | | | | 4.23% | | | | | | 10.01% | | | | | | 11.11% | | | | | | — | | | |
| | Class R6(3) | | | | | 4.84% | | | | | | 10.64% | | | | | | 11.70% | | | | | | — | | | |
| | Class W | | | | | 4.73% | | | | | | 10.54% | | | | | | 11.63% | | | | | | — | | | |
| | Excluding Sales Charge: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Class A | | | | | 4.48% | | | | | | 10.25% | | | | | | 11.34% | | | | | | — | | | |
| | Class C | | | | | 3.72% | | | | | | 9.43% | | | | | | 10.52% | | | | | | — | | | |
| | Class I | | | | | 4.82% | | | | | | 10.61% | | | | | | 11.73% | | | | | | — | | | |
| | Class P3 | | | | | 5.56% | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | 12.26% | | | |
| | Class R | | | | | 4.23% | | | | | | 10.01% | | | | | | 11.11% | | | | | | — | | | |
| | Class R6(3) | | | | | 4.84% | | | | | | 10.64% | | | | | | 11.70% | | | | | | — | | | |
| | Class W | | | | | 4.73% | | | | | | 10.54% | | | | | | 11.63% | | | | | | — | | | |
| | Russell 1000® Value | | | | | 0.93% | | | | | | 9.50% | | | | | | 12.06% | | | | | | 9.59% | | | |
Based on a $10,000 initial investment, the graph and table above illustrate the total return of Voya Large Cap Value Fund against the index indicated. The index is unmanaged and has no cash in its portfolio and imposes no sales charges. An investor cannot invest directly in an index.
The Fund’s performance is shown both with and without the imposition of sales charges.
The performance graph and table do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder will pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares.
The performance shown includes, if applicable, the effect of fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements by the Investment Adviser and/or other service providers, which have the effect of increasing total return. Had all fees and expenses been considered, the total returns would have been lower.
Performance data represents past performance and is no assurance of future results. Investment return and principal value of an
investment in the Fund will fluctuate. Shares, when sold, may be worth more or less than their original cost. The Fund’s current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data shown. Please log on to www.voyainvestments.com or call (800) 992-0180 to get performance through the most recent month end.
Fund holdings are subject to change daily.
(1)
Reflects deduction of the maximum Class A sales charge of 5.75%.
(2)
Reflects deduction of the Class C deferred sales charge of 1% for the 1 year return.
(3)
Class R6 incepted on May 31, 2013. The Class R6 shares performance shown for the period prior to their inception date is the performance of Class A shares without adjustment for any differences in the expenses between the two classes. If adjusted for such differences, returns would be different.
Voya MidCap Opportunities Fund | Portfolio Managers’ Report |
| Sector Diversification as of May 31, 2022 (as a percentage of net assets) | |
| | | | | |
| Information Technology | | | 32.9% | |
| Health Care | | | 16.7% | |
| Industrials | | | 14.1% | |
| Consumer Discretionary | | | 13.3% | |
| Financials | | | 3.9% | |
| Consumer Staples | | | 3.6% | |
| Energy | | | 3.1% | |
| Real Estate | | | 2.9% | |
| Materials | | | 2.8% | |
| Communication Services | | | 2.2% | |
| Assets in Excess of Other Liabilities* | | | 4.5% | |
| Net Assets | | | 100.0% | |
| *
Includes short-term investments. | |
| Portfolio holdings are subject to change daily. | |
Voya MidCap Opportunities Fund (the “Fund”) seeks long-term capital appreciation. The Fund is managed by Jeffrey Bianchi, CFA, Kristy Finnegan, CFA, Michael Pytosh, and Leigh Todd, CFA, Portfolio Managers*, of Voya Investment Management Co. LLC — the Sub-Adviser.Performance: For the year ended May 31, 2022, the Fund’s Class A shares, excluding sales charges, provided a total return of -20.04% compared to the Russell Midcap® Growth Index and the Russell Midcap® Index, which returned -18.71% and -6.77%, respectively, for the same period.
Portfolio Specifics: For the reporting period, the Fund underperformed the Russell Midcap® Growth Index primarily due to unfavorable stock selection effects. At the sector level, stock selection within the information technology sector, and to a much lesser degree, the financials sector, detracted the most from performance. On an individual stock level basis, key detractors included overweight positions in DocuSign, Inc. and Datadog Inc., as well as our positioning in Zscaler, Inc. By contrast, on the sector level, stock selection in the industrials and consumer discretionary sectors had the greatest positive impact on performance. On an individual stock level basis, key contributors were overweight positions in Diamondback Energy, Inc., Quanta Services, Inc. and Marvell Technology, Inc.
Current Strategy and Outlook: We entered 2022 faced with a tenuous global outlook — prolonged inflationary pressures and supply chain headwinds coupled with tighter monetary policy and more rate hikes on the horizon. While the certainty of a recession remains unknown, the degree of growth that we experienced following the COVID-19 induced drawdown has undeniably slowed, in our opinion. The Russian — Ukrainian conflict has only added another level of uncertainty in the equity | Top Ten Holdings as of May 31, 2022* (as a percentage of net assets) | |
| | | | | |
| Palo Alto Networks, Inc. | | | 3.9% | |
| Cadence Design Systems, Inc. | | | 3.9% | |
| Diamondback Energy, Inc. | | | 3.1% | |
| Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. | | | 3.1% | |
| Quanta Services, Inc. | | | 2.8% | |
| Waste Connections, Inc. | | | 2.8% | |
| Gartner, Inc. | | | 2.5% | |
| Lululemon Athletica, Inc. | | | 2.4% | |
| TransDigm Group, Inc. | | | 2.3% | |
| Ametek, Inc. | | | 2.3% | |
| *
Excludes short-term investments. | |
| Portfolio holdings are subject to change daily. | |
markets. Given these dynamics, looking ahead, we believe the key to performing in what we anticipate will be a slower growth environment for the remainder of 2022, is to identify those companies which, in our view, have pricing power, are productivity enhancers and will benefit from long-term secular themes. We are closely monitoring our exposures to travel stocks which are undeniably linked to COVID-19 headlines, and while consumer savings rates are still strong, in our view we are also continuously assessing our exposure to the low-income consumer as we believe inflationary and other macro pressures would likely dampen their desire and ability to spend. With expectations for continued volatility, we continue to maintain what we believe to be a balanced portfolio across sectors and believe we are well-positioned to take advantage of inflection points.
As a disciplined manager, we remain true to our investment process regardless of the unpredictable market environment, investing in companies with what we believe to have strong fundamentals and attractive relative valuations.
*
Effective December 31, 2021, Leigh Todd was added as a portfolio manager to the Fund.
The views expressed in this commentary are informed opinions. They should not be considered promises or advice. The views expressed reflect those of the portfolio managers, only through the end of the period as stated on the cover. The portfolio managers’ views are subject to change at any time based on market and other conditions.
Portfolio holdings and characteristics are subject to change and may not be representative of current holdings and characteristics. Fund holdings are subject to change daily. The outlook for this Fund may differ from that presented for other Voya mutual funds. This report contains statements that may be “forward-looking” statements. Actual results may differ materially from those projected in the “forward-looking” statements. The Fund’s performance returns shown reflect applicable fee waivers and/or expense limits in effect during this period. Absent such fee waivers/expense limitations, if any, performance would have been lower. Performance for the different classes of shares will vary based on differences in fees associated with each class. An index has no cash in its portfolio and imposes no sales charges. An investor cannot invest directly in an index.
Portfolio Managers’ Report | Voya MidCap Opportunities Fund |
| | Average Annual Total Returns for the Periods Ended May 31, 2022 | | |
| | | | | 1 Year | | | 5 Year | | | 10 Year | | | Since Inception of Class P3 June 1, 2018 | | |
| | Including Sales Charge: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Class A(1) | | | | | -24.63% | | | | | | 7.40% | | | | | | 10.06% | | | | | | — | | | |
| | Class C(2) | | | | | -21.05% | | | | | | 7.88% | | | | | | 9.89% | | | | | | — | | | |
| | Class I | | | | | -19.77% | | | | | | 9.02% | | | | | | 11.09% | | | | | | — | | | |
| | Class P3 | | | | | -19.04% | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | 8.67% | | | |
| | Class R | | | | | -20.23% | | | | | | 8.41% | | | | | | 10.44% | | | | | | — | | | |
| | Class R6(3) | | | | | -19.71% | | | | | | 9.12% | | | | | | 11.19% | | | | | | — | | | |
| | Class W | | | | | -19.82% | | | | | | 8.95% | | | | | | 10.99% | | | | | | — | | | |
| | Excluding Sales Charge: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Class A | | | | | -20.04% | | | | | | 8.67% | | | | | | 10.71% | | | | | | — | | | |
| | Class C | | | | | -20.58% | | | | | | 7.88% | | | | | | 9.89% | | | | | | — | | | |
| | Class I | | | | | -19.77% | | | | | | 9.02% | | | | | | 11.09% | | | | | | — | | | |
| | Class P3 | | | | | -19.04% | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | 8.67% | | | |
| | Class R | | | | | -20.23% | | | | | | 8.41% | | | | | | 10.44% | | | | | | — | | | |
| | Class R6(3) | | | | | -19.71% | | | | | | 9.12% | | | | | | 11.19% | | | | | | — | | | |
| | Class W | | | | | -19.82% | | | | | | 8.95% | | | | | | 10.99% | | | | | | — | | | |
| | Russell Midcap® Growth Index | | | | | -18.71% | | | | | | 10.65% | | | | | | 12.59% | | | | | | 8.47% | | | |
| | Russell Midcap® Index | | | | | -6.77% | | | | | | 10.48% | | | | | | 12.78% | | | | | | 9.71% | | | |
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Based on a $10,000 initial investment, the graph and table above illustrate the total return of Voya MidCap Opportunities Fund against the indices indicated. An index is unmanaged and has no cash in its portfolio and imposes no sales charges. An investor cannot invest directly in an index.
The Fund’s performance is shown both with and without the imposition of sales charges.
The performance graph and table do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder will pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares.
The performance shown includes, if applicable, the effect of fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements by the Investment Adviser and/or other service providers, which have the effect of increasing total return. Had all fees and expenses been considered, the total returns would have been lower.
Performance data represents past performance and is no assurance of future results. Investment return and principal value of an
investment in the Fund will fluctuate. Shares, when sold, may be worth more or less than their original cost. The Fund’s current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data shown. Please log on to www.voyainvestments.com or call (800) 992-0180 to get performance through the most recent month end.
Fund holdings are subject to change daily.
(1)
Reflects deduction of the maximum Class A sales charge of 5.75%.
(2)
Reflects deduction of the Class C deferred sales charge of 1% for the 1 year return.
(3)
Class R6 incepted on May 31, 2013. The Class R6 shares performance shown for the period prior to their inception date is the performance of Class I shares without adjustment for any differences in the expenses between the two classes. If adjusted for such differences, returns would be different.
Voya Multi-Manager Mid Cap Value Fund | Portfolio Managers’ Report |
| Sector Diversification as of May 31, 2022 (as a percentage of net assets) | |
| | | |
| Financials | | | 19.1% | |
| Information Technology | | | 14.6% | |
| Industrials | | | 13.8% | |
| Consumer Discretionary | | | 11.7% | |
| Real Estate | | | 10.4% | |
| Health Care | | | 8.6% | |
| Materials | | | 6.7% | |
| Consumer Staples | | | 4.2% | |
| Utilities | | | 3.2% | |
| Energy | | | 3.0% | |
| Communication Services | | | 2.5% | |
| Exchange-Traded Funds | | | 0.1% | |
| Assets in Excess of Other Liabilities* | | | 2.1% | |
| Net Assets | | | 100.0% | |
| *
Includes short-term investments. | |
| Portfolio holdings are subject to change daily. | |
Voya Multi-Manager Mid Cap Value Fund* (the “Fund”) seeks long-term capital appreciation. The Fund’s assets are managed by three sub-advisers — Hahn Capital Management, LLC (“Hahn Capital Management”), LSV Asset Management (“LSV”) and Voya Investment Management Co. LLC (“VIM”) (each a “Sub-Adviser” and collectively, the “Sub-Advisers”). Each Sub-Adviser manages a portion of the Fund’s assets (each a “Sleeve”) that is allocated to each Sub-Adviser. The following individuals are primarily responsible for the day-to-day management of their respective Sleeve: John D. Schaeffer and Michael Whitfield, CFA, Portfolio Managers of Hahn Capital Management; Josef Lakonishok, Ph.D., Menno Vermeulen, CFA, Guy Lakonishok, CFA, Greg Sleight and Puneet Mansharamani, CFA, Portfolio Managers of LSV; and Steve Wetter and Kai Yee Wong, Portfolio Managers of VIM.Performance: For the year ended May 31, 2022, the Fund’s Class I shares provided a total return of -2.44% compared to the Russell Midcap® Value Index (the “Index” or “Russell Midcap® Value”), which returned -0.06%, for the same period.
Portfolio Specifics: Hahn Capital Management Sleeve — The Sleeve underperformed the Russell Midcap® Value by approximately 684 basis points (-6.84%) for the year ended May 31, 2022. During the period, the Sleeve’s performance benefited from its relative overweight to the real estate sector and its relative underweight to the communication services, industrials and consumer discretionary sectors. The primary sector detractors were relative | Top Ten Holdings as of May 31, 2022* (as a percentage of net assets) | |
| | | |
| Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings | | | 1.6% | |
| Jacobs Engineering Group, Inc. | | | 1.5% | |
| CBRE Group, Inc. | | | 1.5% | |
| Keysight Technologies, Inc. | | | 1.4% | |
| Agilent Technologies, Inc. | | | 1.4% | |
| Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc. | | | 1.4% | |
| SLM Corp. | | | 1.3% | |
| Euronet Worldwide, Inc. | | | 1.2% | |
| Black Knight, Inc. | | | 1.2% | |
| East West Bancorp, Inc. | | | 1.2% | |
| *
Excludes short-term investments. | |
| Portfolio holdings are subject to change daily. | |
overweights in information technology, financials and healthcare and relative underweights in energy, utilities, consumer staples and materials. The best stock performance came from Albemarle (“ALB”), Xilinx (“XLNX”), Liberty Media FormulaOne (“FWONK”), Jacobs Engineering (“J”) and Becton Dickinson (“BDX”). The leading detractors from performance were Ross Stores, Euronet Worldwide (“EEFT”), PVH Corp (“PVH”), First Republic Bank, and Virtu Financial. Generally, the outperformers reflected company-specific factors such as XLNX, FWONK, J and BDX, as well as certain secular themes, such as ALB, while the underperformers reflected ongoing supply chain constraints, idiosyncratic issues and interest rate and performance. During the period, follow-on effects from COVID-19 restrictions particularly impacted EEFT and PVH, both of which typically benefit from heightened tourism in Europe and North America, respectively.
LSV Sleeve — The Sleeve underperformed the Russell Midcap® Value by approximately 103 basis points (-1.03%) for the year ended May 31, 2022, after fees and expenses. For the year ended May 31, 2022, the Sleeve outperformed the Index before fees and expenses as value stocks outperformed growth stocks by a wide margin and the deep value stocks owned in the Sleeve outperformed the overall value universe of stocks. The Sleeve smaller size bias relative to the Index detracted as smaller stocks fell by more than larger cap stocks. The Sleeve sector positioning which is a residual of our model’s bottom-up stock selection process also had a negative effect overall due mainly to an underweight to the energy sector which was up over 80% over the period as oil prices increased significantly since the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. An underweight to the utilities sector and an overweight to the consumer discretionary sector also detracted. The Sleeve is broadly diversified with 181 stocks so individual positions generally do not have a significant impact on relative performance however, collectively stock selection was very strong overall particularly so in the industrials, health care and technology sectors.
The Sleeve continues to trade at a 40%-45% discount to the Russell Midcap® Value on price to earnings and price to cash flow measures. The Sleeve is currently trading at less the seven times cash flow and less than ten times earnings, multiples which are as attractive as they have been in some time. The Sleeve owns what we believe to be attractively valued stocks across multiple sectors, particularly among the consumer discretionary, financials and consumer staples sectors.
Portfolio Managers’ Report | Voya Multi-Manager Mid Cap Value Fund |
VIM Sleeve — The Sleeve underperformed the Russell Midcap® Value by approximately 151 basis points (-1.51%) for the year ended May 31, 2022. The Sleeve also underperformed its internal benchmark, the Russell Mid Cap Select Factor Index (“RMID Index”), by an estimated 8 basis points (-0.08%). For the reporting period, the Sleeve generally tracked the RMID Index, but diverged from it somewhat by holding shares of an exchange-traded fund (“ETF”) and a modest, operational cash position.
At the allocation level, the cash position was a significant drag on results during a reporting period in which the first seven months saw stock market gains. By contrast, security selection contributed to results, most notably within the industrial and information technology sectors.
At the security level, detractors included a position in the iShares Russell Midcap ETF and slight underweights of HP Inc. and IHS Markit Ltd. Contributors included significant overweights of Fortinet, Inc. and CoStar Group, Inc. and a slight underweight of International Paper Company.
Current Strategy & Outlook: Hahn Capital Management Sleeve — Continued inflationary pressures have pushed expectations of interest rate hikes by the U.S. Federal Reserve Board (the “Fed”), by as much as 200 basis points (2.00%) across this year and into next. The Ukraine-Russia conflict, which began late February, has exacerbated consumer inflation as oil prices hit levels not seen since 2014. With economic sanctions put in place against Russia, that country disclosed targeted reductions of fertilizer exports. The upshot of which may be decreased crop yields and subsequently higher food prices, in our view. We currently expect the Fed will be forced to continue its rate increases. Can the Fed do so without sending the country into a recession? Will the Fed’s expected balance sheet reduction further hinder market liquidity and exacerbate volatility? We continue to expect elevated volatility in the near-term. We also continue to believe investment in high-quality companies is the appropriate strategy regardless of the environment.
LSV Sleeve — The Sleeve remains diversified across sectors and continues to trade at a significant discount to the overall market as well as the Index. A competitive advantage of the LSV quantitative approach, in our view, is the avoidance of introducing the judgmental biases and behavioral weaknesses that can easily influence investment decisions during periods of increased uncertainty such as the current environment investors with inflation and the war in Ukraine. Empirical evidence suggests that staying true to a discipline of holding portfolios of deeply discounted companies that are generating cash, paying dividends, buying back stock and have insider buying activity pays off well in the long-run despite market sentiment.
VIM Sleeve — Voya IM employs a “passive management” approach designed to track the performance of the RMID Index.
*
On January 27, 2022, the Board of Trustees of Voya Equity Trust approved changes with respect to the Fund’s principal investment strategies.
The views expressed in this commentary are informed opinions. They should not be considered promises or advice. The views expressed reflect those of the portfolio managers, only through the end of the period as stated on the cover. The portfolio managers’ views are subject to change at any time based on market and other conditions.
Portfolio holdings and characteristics are subject to change and may not be representative of current holdings and characteristics. Fund holdings are subject to change daily. The outlook for this Fund may differ from that presented for other Voya mutual funds. This report contains statements that may be “forward-looking” statements. Actual results may differ materially from those projected in the “forward-looking” statements. The Fund’s performance returns shown reflect applicable fee waivers and/or expense limits in effect during this period. Absent such fee waivers/expense limitations, if any, performance would have been lower. Performance for the different classes of shares will vary based on differences in fees associated with each class. An index has no cash in its portfolio and imposes no sales charges. An investor cannot invest directly in an index.
Voya Multi-Manager Mid Cap Value Fund | Portfolio Managers’ Report |
| | Average Annual Total Returns for the Periods Ended May 31, 2022 | | |
| | | | | 1 Year | | | 5 Year | | | 10 Year | | | Since Inception of Class P3 June 1, 2018 | | |
| | Class I | | | | | -2.44% | | | | | | 8.18% | | | | | | 11.04% | | | | | | — | | | |
| | Class P(1) | | | | | -1.68% | | | | | | 8.59% | | | | | | 11.26% | | | | | | — | | | |
| | Class P3 | | | | | -1.56% | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | 7.58% | | | |
| | Russell Midcap® Value | | | | | -0.06% | | | | | | 9.10% | | | | | | 12.31% | | | | | | 9.14% | | | |
Based on a $250,000 initial investment, the graph and table above illustrate the total return of Voya Multi-Manager Mid Cap Value Fund against the index indicated. The index is unmanaged and has no cash in its portfolio and imposes no sales charges. An investor cannot invest directly in an index.
The performance graph and table do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder will pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares.
The performance shown includes, if applicable, the effect of fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements by the Investment Adviser and/or other service providers, which have the effect of increasing total return. Had all fees and expenses been considered, the total returns would have been lower.
Performance data represents past performance and is no assurance of future results. Investment return and principal value of an investment in the Fund will fluctuate. Shares, when sold, may be worth more or less than their original cost. The Fund’s current performance may be lower or
higher than the performance data shown. Please log on to www.voyainvestments.com or call (800) 992-0180 to get performance through the most recent month end.
Fund holdings are subject to change daily.
Effective February 10, 2014, a sub-adviser was added to the Fund. Effective on the close of business on November 14, 2014, one of the three sub-advisers was removed from the Fund and effective December 1, 2014, a sub-adviser was added to the Fund. Effective on the close of business on November 15, 2019, one of the three sub-advisers was removed from the Fund and a sub-adviser was added to the Fund. The Fund’s performance information for these periods reflects returns achieved by different sub-advisers.
(1)
Class P incepted on February 28, 2019. The Class P shares performance shown for the period prior to their inception date is the performance of Class I shares without adjustment for any differences in the expenses between the two classes. If adjusted for such differences, returns would be different.
Portfolio Managers’ Report | Voya SmallCap Opportunities Fund |
| Sector Diversification as of May 31, 2022 (as a percentage of net assets) | |
| | | | | |
| Information Technology | | | 27.0% | |
| Industrials | | | 22.3% | |
| Health Care | | | 18.0% | |
| Consumer Discretionary | | | 13.2% | |
| Financials | | | 8.4% | |
| Energy | | | 4.3% | |
| Materials | | | 3.6% | |
| Exchange-Traded Funds | | | 1.4% | |
| Consumer Staples | | | 0.8% | |
| Assets in Excess of Other Liabilities* | | | 1.0% | |
| Net Assets | | | 100.0% | |
| *
Includes short-term investments and exchange-traded funds. | |
| Portfolio holdings are subject to change daily. | |
Voya SmallCap Opportunities Fund* (the “Fund”) seeks capital appreciation. The Fund is managed by Richard J. Johnson, CFA, Mitchell S. Brivic, CFA, Michael C. Coyne, CFA, and Scott W. Haugan, CFA, Portfolio Managers, of Voya Investment Management Co. LLC — the Sub-Adviser.Performance: For the year ended May 31, 2022, the Fund’s Class A shares, excluding sales charges, provided a total return of -21.12% compared to the Russell 2000® Growth Index and the Russell 2000® Index, which returned -25.71% and -16.92%, respectively, for the same period.
Portfolio Specifics: For the reporting period, the Fund outperformed the Russell 2000® Growth Index largely driven by stock selection effects. Prior to February 1, 2022, under the management of the predecessor portfolio management team, the Fund outperformed due to strong selection as well as favorable allocation effects — most notably within the pharmaceutical and biotechnology and software and services sectors. Stock selection within the transportation and diversified financials sectors proved unfavorable. For the remainder of the period under the new portfolio management team (February 1, 2022 — May 31, 2022), the strategy continued to outperform primarily driven by favorable stock selection. Stock selection within the information technology and health care sectors contributed the most to performance, while stock selection within the consumer discretionary and materials sector weighed on results. Individual contributors during the one-year period include a non-benchmark position in Tower Semiconductor Ltd. and overweight positions in Chart Industries, Inc. as well as LHC Group, Inc. Key detractors were an overweight position in HealthEquity Inc., not owning Southwestern Energy Company and owning a non-benchmark position in Natera, Inc.
Current Strategy and Outlook: We entered 2022 faced with a tenuous global outlook — prolonged inflationary pressures and supply chain headwinds coupled with tighter monetary policy and more rate hikes on the horizon. While the certainty of a | Top Ten Holdings as of May 31, 2022 (as a percentage of net assets) | |
| | | | | |
| CACI International, Inc. | | | 2.8% | |
| Genpact Ltd. | | | 2.8% | |
| Chart Industries, Inc. | | | 2.7% | |
| Planet Fitness, Inc. | | | 2.5% | |
| WNS Holdings Ltd. ADR | | | 2.3% | |
| WillScot Mobile Mini Holdings Corp. | | | 2.1% | |
| Clean Harbors, Inc. | | | 2.0% | |
| Focus Financial Partners, Inc. | | | 2.0% | |
| ICON PLC | | | 2.0% | |
| Wintrust Financial Corp. | | | 2.0% | |
| Portfolio holdings are subject to change daily. | |
recession remains unknown, the degree of growth that we experienced following the COVID-19 induced drawdown has undeniably slowed, in our opinion. The Russian — Ukrainian conflict has only added another level of uncertainty in the equity markets. Given these dynamics, looking ahead, we believe the key to performing in what we anticipate will be a slower growth environment in 2022, is to identify those companies which have, in our view, strong earnings growth potential and cash flow generation capabilities at sustainable valuations. We are closely monitoring our exposures to travel stocks which are undeniably linked to COVID-19 headlines, and while consumer savings rates are still strong in our view, we are also continuously assessing our exposure to the low-income consumer as inflationary and other macro pressures would likely dampen their desire and ability to spend.
As a disciplined manager, we remain true to our investment process regardless of the unpredictable market environment, investing in companies with what we believe to have strong fundamentals and attractive relative valuations.
*
On January 27, 2022, the Board of Trustees of Voya Equity Trust (the “Board”) approved changes with respect to the Fund’s principal investment strategies and portfolio management team. Effective February 1, 2022, James Hasso and Joseph Basset were removed as portfolio managers to the Fund and Richard J. Johnson, Mitchell S. Brivic, Michael C. Coyne, and Scott W. Haugan, were added as portfolio managers to the Fund.
On March 24, 2022, the Board approved a proposal to reorganize the Fund with and into Voya Small Cap Growth Fund, which is not included in this report, (the “Reorganization”). The proposed Reorganization is subject to approval by shareholders of the Fund at a shareholder meeting scheduled to be held on or about September 27, 2022. The Fund will notify its shareholders if shareholder approval of the Reorganization is not obtained. If shareholder approval of the Reorganization is obtained, it is expected that the Reorganization will take place on or about October 21, 2022.
The views expressed in this commentary are informed opinions. They should not be considered promises or advice. The views expressed reflect those of the portfolio managers, only through the end of the period as stated on the cover. The portfolio managers’ views are subject to change at any time based on market and other conditions.
Portfolio holdings and characteristics are subject to change and may not be representative of current holdings and characteristics. Fund holdings are subject to change daily. The outlook for this Fund may differ from that presented for other Voya mutual funds. This report contains statements that may be “forward-looking” statements. Actual results may differ materially from those projected in the “forward-looking” statements. The Fund’s performance returns shown reflect applicable fee waivers and/or expense limits in effect during this period. Absent such fee waivers/expense limitations, if any, performance would have been lower. Performance for the different classes of shares will vary based on differences in fees associated with each class. An index has no cash in its portfolio and imposes no sales charges. An investor cannot invest directly in an index.
Voya SmallCap Opportunities Fund | Portfolio Managers’ Report |
| | Average Annual Total Returns for the Periods Ended May 31, 2022 | | |
| | | | | 1 Year | | | 5 Year | | | 10 Year | | | Since Inception of Class P3 June 4, 2018 | | |
| | Including Sales Charge: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Class A(1) | | | | | -25.66% | | | | | | 2.38% | | | | | | 7.78% | | | | | | — | | | |
| | Class C(2) | | | | | -22.30% | | | | | | 2.81% | | | | | | 7.60% | | | | | | — | | | |
| | Class I | | | | | -20.90% | | | | | | 3.93% | | | | | | 8.76% | | | | | | — | | | |
| | Class P3 | | | | | -20.12% | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | 1.72% | | | |
| | Class R | | | | | -21.32% | | | | | | 3.34% | | | | | | 8.15% | | | | | | — | | | |
| | Class R6(3) | | | | | -20.73% | | | | | | 4.08% | | | | | | 8.89% | | | | | | — | | | |
| | Class W | | | | | -20.92% | | | | | | 3.87% | | | | | | 8.70% | | | | | | — | | | |
| | Excluding Sales Charge: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Class A | | | | | -21.12% | | | | | | 3.60% | | | | | | 8.42% | | | | | | — | | | |
| | Class C | | | | | -21.71% | | | | | | 2.81% | | | | | | 7.60% | | | | | | — | | | |
| | Class I | | | | | -20.90% | | | | | | 3.93% | | | | | | 8.76% | | | | | | — | | | |
| | Class P3 | | | | | -20.12% | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | 1.72% | | | |
| | Class R | | | | | -21.32% | | | | | | 3.34% | | | | | | 8.15% | | | | | | — | | | |
| | Class R6(3) | | | | | -20.73% | | | | | | 4.08% | | | | | | 8.89% | | | | | | — | | | |
| | Class W | | | | | -20.92% | | | | | | 3.87% | | | | | | 8.70% | | | | | | — | | | |
| | Russell 2000® Growth Index | | | | | -25.71% | | | | | | 6.87% | | | | | | 10.55% | | | | | | 2.45% | | | |
| | Russell 2000® Index | | | | | -16.92% | | | | | | 7.72% | | | | | | 10.83% | | | | | | 4.38% | | | |
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Based on a $10,000 initial investment, the graph and table above illustrate the total return of Voya SmallCap Opportunities Fund against the indices indicated. An index is unmanaged and has no cash in its portfolio and imposes no sales charges. An investor cannot invest directly in an index.
The Fund’s performance is shown both with and without the imposition of sales charges.
The performance graph and table do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder will pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares.
The performance shown includes, if applicable, the effect of fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements by the Investment Adviser and/or other service providers, which have the effect of increasing total return. Had all fees and expenses been considered, the total returns would have been lower.
Performance data represents past performance and is no assurance of future results. Investment return and principal value of an investment in the Fund will fluctuate. Shares, when sold, may be worth more or less than their original cost. The
Fund’s current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data shown. Please log on to www.voyainvestments.com or call (800) 992-0180 to get performance through the most recent month end.
Fund holdings are subject to change daily.
(1)
Reflects deduction of the maximum Class A sales charge of 5.75%.
(2)
Reflects deduction of the Class C deferred sales charge of 1% for the 1 year return.
(3)
Class R6 incepted on May 31, 2013. The Class R6 shares performance shown for the period prior to their inception date is the performance of Class I shares without adjustment for any differences in the expenses between the two classes. If adjusted for such differences, returns would be different.
The Fund’s performance prior to April 1, 2022 reflects returns achieved by a different portfolio management team and pursuant to different principal investment strategies. If the Fund’s current portfolio management team and strategies had been in place for the prior period, the performance information shown would have been different.
Portfolio Managers’ Report | Voya U.S. High Dividend Low Volatility Fund |
| Sector Diversification as of May 31, 2022 (as a percentage of net assets) | |
| | | | | |
| Health Care | | | 19.4% | |
| Financials | | | 18.7% | |
| Industrials | | | 9.7% | |
| Information Technology | | | 9.3% | |
| Consumer Staples | | | 8.4% | |
| Energy | | | 6.8% | |
| Utilities | | | 6.5% | |
| Communication Services | | | 6.2% | |
| Real Estate | | | 5.3% | |
| Materials | | | 4.4% | |
| Consumer Discretionary | | | 3.2% | |
| Exchange-Traded Funds | | | 1.4% | |
| Assets in Excess of Other Liabilities* | | | 0.7% | |
| Net Assets | | | 100.0% | |
| *
Includes short-term investments. | |
| Portfolio holdings are subject to change daily. | |
Voya U.S. High Dividend Low Volatility Fund (the “Fund”) seeks to maximize total return. The Fund is managed by Vincent Costa, CFA, Steve Wetter, Peg DiOrio, CFA, and Kai Yee Wong, Portfolio Managers, of Voya Investment Management Co. LLC — the Sub-Adviser.Performance: For the year ended May 31, 2022 the Fund’s Class A shares, excluding sales charges, provided a total return of 6.29% compared to the Russell 1000® Value Index (the “Index” or “Russell 1000® Value”) and the Russell 1000® Index, which returned 0.93% and -2.71%, respectively, for the same period.
Portfolio Specifics: For the reporting period, the Fund outperformed the Russell 1000® Value. In terms of the Fund’s performance, low beta was the primary contributor for the strategy followed by the core model. The smaller market capitalization and dividend yield also contributed to performance, but to a much lesser extent. On the sector level, stock selection in the information technology, health care and consumer discretionary sectors contributed to performance. By contrast, Fund holdings within the energy and materials sectors detracted from performance. At the individual stock level, key contributors for the period included not owning Walt Disney Company, an underweight in JPMorgan Chase & Co. and an overweight position in Coterra Energy Inc. Key detractors for the period included not owning Exxon Mobil Corporation and Berkshire | Top Ten Holdings as of May 31, 2022 (as a percentage of net assets) | |
| | | | | |
| Johnson & Johnson | | | 2.9% | |
| Procter & Gamble Co. | | | 2.2% | |
| Chevron Corp. | | | 2.2% | |
| Pfizer, Inc. | | | 1.9% | |
| Merck & Co., Inc. | | | 1.8% | |
| Verizon Communications, Inc. | | | 1.6% | |
| Comcast Corp. – Class A | | | 1.5% | |
| iShares Russell 1000 Value ETF | | | 1.4% | |
| Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. | | | 1.4% | |
| Cisco Systems, Inc. | | | 1.4% | |
| Portfolio holdings are subject to change daily. | |
Hathaway Inc., and an underweight in ConocoPhillips. Current Strategy and Outlook: This is an actively managed investment strategy that seeks to generate higher dividend income and total returns, with lower volatility and better downside capture, than the Index. We believe the investment process seeks to create a universe of sustainable dividend-paying stocks and utilizes fundamentally driven sector-specific alpha models to identify the most attractive stocks within each sector. The Fund is then optimized to achieve its dividend, maximize prospective alpha and volatility objectives.
The views expressed in this commentary are informed opinions. They should not be considered promises or advice. The views expressed reflect those of the portfolio managers, only through the end of the period as stated on the cover. The portfolio managers’ views are subject to change at any time based on market and other conditions.
Portfolio holdings and characteristics are subject to change and may not be representative of current holdings and characteristics. Fund holdings are subject to change daily. The outlook for this Fund may differ from that presented for other Voya mutual funds. This report contains statements that may be “forward-looking” statements. Actual results may differ materially from those projected in the “forward-looking” statements. The Fund’s performance returns shown reflect applicable fee waivers and/or expense limits in effect during this period. Absent such fee waivers/expense limitations, if any, performance would have been lower. Performance for the different classes of shares will vary based on differences in fees associated with each class. An index has no cash in its portfolio and imposes no sales charges. An investor cannot invest directly in an index.
Voya U.S. High Dividend Low Volatility Fund | Portfolio Managers’ Report |
| | Average Annual Total Returns for the Periods Ended May 31, 2022 | | |
| | | | | 1 Year | | | 5 Year | | | Since Inception of Class P3 September 28, 2018 | | |
| | Including Sales Charge: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Class A(1) | | | | | 0.21% | | | | | | 9.30% | | | | | | — | | | |
| | Class I | | | | | 6.67% | | | | | | 10.96% | | | | | | — | | | |
| | Class P3 | | | | | 6.95% | | | | | | — | | | | | | 10.01% | | | |
| | Class R6(2) | | | | | 6.68% | | | | | | 10.97% | | | | | | — | | | |
| | Excluding Sales Charge: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Class A | | | | | 6.29% | | | | | | 10.62% | | | | | | — | | | |
| | Class I | | | | | 6.67% | | | | | | 10.96% | | | | | | — | | | |
| | Class P3 | | | | | 6.95% | | | | | | — | | | | | | 10.01% | | | |
| | Class R6(2) | | | | | 6.68% | | | | | | 10.97% | | | | | | — | | | |
| | Russell 1000® Value | | | | | 0.93% | | | | | | 9.50% | | | | | | 9.01% | | | |
| | Russell 1000® | | | | | -2.71% | | | | | | 13.12% | | | | | | 11.59% | | | |
Based on a $10,000 initial investment, the graph and table above illustrate the total return of Voya U.S. High Dividend Low Volatility Fund against the index indicated. The index is unmanaged and has no cash in its portfolio and imposes no sales charges. An investor cannot invest directly in an index.
The Fund’s performance is shown both with and without the imposition of sales charges.
The performance graph and table do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder will pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares.
The performance shown includes, if applicable, the effect of fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements by the Investment Adviser and/or other service providers, which have the effect of increasing total return. Had all fees and expenses been considered, the total returns would have been lower.
Performance data represents past performance and is no assurance of future results. Investment return and principal value of an investment in the Fund will fluctuate. Shares, when sold, may be worth more or less than their original cost. The Fund’s current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data shown. Please log on to www.voyainvestments.com or call (800) 992-0180 to get performance through the most recent month end.
Fund holdings are subject to change daily.
(1)
Reflects deduction of the maximum Class A sales charge of 5.75%.
(2)
Class R6 incepted on September 30, 2019. The Class R6 shares performance shown for the period prior to their inception date is the performance of Class I shares without adjustment for any differences in the expenses between the two classes. If adjusted for such differences, returns would be different.
SHAREHOLDER EXPENSE EXAMPLES (Unaudited)
As a shareholder of a Fund, you incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, including sales charges (loads) on purchase payments, redemption fees, and exchange fees; and (2) ongoing costs, including management fees, distribution and/or service (12b-1) fees, and other Fund expenses. These Examples are intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in a Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.
The Examples are based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period from December 1, 2021 to May 31, 2022. Each Fund’s expenses are shown without the imposition of any sales charges or fees. Expenses would have been higher if such charges were included.
Actual Expenses
The left section of the table shown below, “Actual Fund Return,” provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this section, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the first section under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During the Period” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period.
Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes
The right section of the table shown below, “Hypothetical (5% return before expenses),” provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on a Fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Fund’s actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in each Fund and other mutual funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other mutual funds.
Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transactional costs, such as sales charges (loads), redemption fees, or exchange fees. Therefore, the hypothetical section of the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different mutual funds. In addition, if these transactional costs were included, your costs would have been higher.
| | | Actual Fund Return | | | Hypothetical (5% return before expenses) | |
| | | Beginning Account Value December 1, 2021 | | | Ending Account Value May 31, 2022 | | | Annualized Expense Ratio | | | Expenses Paid During the Period Ended May 31, 2022* | | | Beginning Account Value December 1, 2021 | | | Ending Account Value May 31, 2022 | | | Annualized Expense Ratio | | | Expenses Paid During the Period Ended May 31, 2022* | |
Voya Large-Cap Growth Fund | |
Class A | | | | $ | 1,000.00 | | | | | $ | 771.50 | | | | | | 0.97% | | | | | $ | 4.28 | | | | | $ | 1,000.00 | | | | | $ | 1,020.09 | | | | | | 0.97% | | | | | $ | 4.89 | | |
Class C | | | | | 1,000.00 | | | | | | 768.90 | | | | | | 1.72 | | | | | | 7.59 | | | | | | 1,000.00 | | | | | | 1,016.36 | | | | | | 1.72 | | | | | | 8.65 | | |
Class I | | | | | 1,000.00 | | | | | | 773.10 | | | | | | 0.61 | | | | | | 2.70 | | | | | | 1,000.00 | | | | | | 1,021.89 | | | | | | 0.61 | | | | | | 3.07 | | |
Class P3 | | | | | 1,000.00 | | | | | | 775.40 | | | | | | 0.00 | | | | | | 0.00 | | | | | | 1,000.00 | | | | | | 1,024.93 | | | | | | 0.00 | | | | | | 0.00 | | |
Class R | | | | | 1,000.00 | | | | | | 770.70 | | | | | | 1.22 | | | | | | 5.39 | | | | | | 1,000.00 | | | | | | 1,018.85 | | | | | | 1.22 | | | | | | 6.14 | | |
Class R6 | | | | | 1,000.00 | | | | | | 773.20 | | | | | | 0.56 | | | | | | 2.48 | | | | | | 1,000.00 | | | | | | 1,022.14 | | | | | | 0.56 | | | | | | 2.82 | | |
Class W | | | | | 1,000.00 | | | | | | 772.60 | | | | | | 0.72 | | | | | | 3.18 | | | | | | 1,000.00 | | | | | | 1,021.34 | | | | | | 0.72 | | | | | | 3.63 | | |
Voya Large Cap Value Fund | |
Class A | | | | $ | 1,000.00 | | | | | $ | 1,060.50 | | | | | | 1.10% | | | | | $ | 5.65 | | | | | $ | 1,000.00 | | | | | $ | 1,019.45 | | | | | | 1.10% | | | | | $ | 5.54 | | |
Class C | | | | | 1,000.00 | | | | | | 1,057.40 | | | | | | 1.85 | | | | | | 9.49 | | | | | | 1,000.00 | | | | | | 1,015.71 | | | | | | 1.85 | | | | | | 9.30 | | |
Class I | | | | | 1,000.00 | | | | | | 1,062.30 | | | | | | 0.76 | | | | | | 3.91 | | | | | | 1,000.00 | | | | | | 1,021.14 | | | | | | 0.76 | | | | | | 3.83 | | |
Class P3 | | | | | 1,000.00 | | | | | | 1,066.50 | | | | | | 0.00 | | | | | | 0.00 | | | | | | 1,000.00 | | | | | | 1,024.93 | | | | | | 0.00 | | | | | | 0.00 | | |
Class R | | | | | 1,000.00 | | | | | | 1,060.10 | | | | | | 1.30 | | | | | | 6.68 | | | | | | 1,000.00 | | | | | | 1,018.45 | | | | | | 1.30 | | | | | | 6.54 | | |
Class R6 | | | | | 1,000.00 | | | | | | 1,062.50 | | | | | | 0.74 | | | | | | 3.81 | | | | | | 1,000.00 | | | | | | 1,021.24 | | | | | | 0.74 | | | | | | 3.73 | | |
Class W | | | | | 1,000.00 | | | | | | 1,061.90 | | | | | | 0.85 | | | | | | 4.37 | | | | | | 1,000.00 | | | | | | 1,020.69 | | | | | | 0.85 | | | | | | 4.28 | | |
SHAREHOLDER EXPENSE EXAMPLES (Unaudited) (continued)
| | | Actual Fund Return | | | Hypothetical (5% return before expenses) | |
| | | Beginning Account Value December 1, 2021 | | | Ending Account Value May 31, 2022 | | | Annualized Expense Ratio | | | Expenses Paid During the Period Ended May 31, 2022* | | | Beginning Account Value December 1, 2021 | | | Ending Account Value May 31, 2022 | | | Annualized Expense Ratio | | | Expenses Paid During the Period Ended May 31, 2022* | |
Voya MidCap Opportunities Fund | |
Class A | | | | $ | 1,000.00 | | | | | $ | 747.50 | | | | | | 1.21% | | | | | $ | 5.27 | | | | | $ | 1,000.00 | | | | | $ | 1,018.90 | | | | | | 1.21% | | | | | $ | 6.09 | | |
Class C | | | | | 1,000.00 | | | | | | 745.70 | | | | | | 1.96 | | | | | | 8.53 | | | | | | 1,000.00 | | | | | | 1,015.16 | | | | | | 1.96 | | | | | | 9.85 | | |
Class I | | | | | 1,000.00 | | | | | | 749.10 | | | | | | 0.91 | | | | | | 3.97 | | | | | | 1,000.00 | | | | | | 1,020.39 | | | | | | 0.91 | | | | | | 4.58 | | |
Class P3 | | | | | 1,000.00 | | | | | | 752.40 | | | | | | 0.00 | | | | | | 0.00 | | | | | | 1,000.00 | | | | | | 1,024.93 | | | | | | 0.00 | | | | | | 0.00 | | |
Class R | | | | | 1,000.00 | | | | | | 746.60 | | | | | | 1.46 | | | | | | 6.36 | | | | | | 1,000.00 | | | | | | 1,017.65 | | | | | | 1.46 | | | | | | 7.34 | | |
Class R6 | | | | | 1,000.00 | | | | | | 749.40 | | | | | | 0.83 | | | | | | 3.62 | | | | | | 1,000.00 | | | | | | 1,020.79 | | | | | | 0.83 | | | | | | 4.18 | | |
Class W | | | | | 1,000.00 | | | | | | 748.60 | | | | | | 0.96 | | | | | | 4.19 | | | | | | 1,000.00 | | | | | | 1,020.14 | | | | | | 0.96 | | | | | | 4.84 | | |
Voya Multi-Manager Mid Cap Value Fund | |
Class I | | | | $ | 1,000.00 | | | | | $ | 973.90 | | | | | | 0.78% | | | | | $ | 3.84 | | | | | $ | 1,000.00 | | | | | $ | 1,021.04 | | | | | | 0.78% | | | | | $ | 3.93 | | |
Class P | | | | | 1,000.00 | | | | | | 978.20 | | | | | | 0.07 | | | | | | 0.35 | | | | | | 1,000.00 | | | | | | 1,024.58 | | | | | | 0.07 | | | | | | 0.35 | | |
Class P3 | | | | | 1,000.00 | | | | | | 979.50 | | | | | | 0.00 | | | | | | 0.00 | | | | | | 1,000.00 | | | | | | 1,024.93 | | | | | | 0.00 | | | | | | 0.00 | | |
Voya SmallCap Opportunities Fund | |
Class A | | | | $ | 1,000.00 | | | | | $ | 819.50 | | | | | | 1.26% | | | | | $ | 5.72 | | | | | $ | 1,000.00 | | | | | $ | 1,018.65 | | | | | | 1.26% | | | | | $ | 6.34 | | |
Class C | | | | | 1,000.00 | | | | | | 816.30 | | | | | | 2.01 | | | | | | 9.10 | | | | | | 1,000.00 | | | | | | 1,014.91 | | | | | | 2.01 | | | | | | 10.10 | | |
Class I | | | | | 1,000.00 | | | | | | 820.60 | | | | | | 0.97 | | | | | | 4.40 | | | | | | 1,000.00 | | | | | | 1,020.09 | | | | | | 0.97 | | | | | | 4.89 | | |
Class P3 | | | | | 1,000.00 | | | | | | 824.60 | | | | | | 0.00 | | | | | | 0.00 | | | | | | 1,000.00 | | | | | | 1,024.93 | | | | | | 0.00 | | | | | | 0.00 | | |
Class R | | | | | 1,000.00 | | | | | | 818.40 | | | | | | 1.51 | | | | | | 6.85 | | | | | | 1,000.00 | | | | | | 1,017.40 | | | | | | 1.51 | | | | | | 7.59 | | |
Class R6 | | | | | 1,000.00 | | | | | | 821.90 | | | | | | 0.87 | | | | | | 3.95 | | | | | | 1,000.00 | | | | | | 1,020.59 | | | | | | 0.87 | | | | | | 4.38 | | |
Class W | | | | | 1,000.00 | | | | | | 820.50 | | | | | | 1.01 | | | | | | 4.58 | | | | | | 1,000.00 | | | | | | 1,019.90 | | | | | | 1.01 | | | | | | 5.09 | | |
Voya U.S. High Dividend Low Volatility Fund | |
Class A | | | | $ | 1,000.00 | | | | | $ | 1,037.40 | | | | | | 0.60% | | | | | $ | 3.05 | | | | | $ | 1,000.00 | | | | | $ | 1,021.94 | | | | | | 0.60% | | | | | $ | 3.02 | | |
Class I | | | | | 1,000.00 | | | | | | 1,039.20 | | | | | | 0.33 | | | | | | 1.68 | | | | | | 1,000.00 | | | | | | 1,023.29 | | | | | | 0.33 | | | | | | 1.66 | | |
Class P3 | | | | | 1,000.00 | | | | | | 1,040.90 | | | | | | 0.00 | | | | | | 0.00 | | | | | | 1,000.00 | | | | | | 1,024.93 | | | | | | 0.00 | | | | | | 0.00 | | |
Class R6 | | | | | 1,000.00 | | | | | | 1,039.30 | | | | | | 0.32 | | | | | | 1.63 | | | | | | 1,000.00 | | | | | | 1,023.34 | | | | | | 0.32 | | | | | | 1.61 | | |
*
Expenses are equal to each Fund’s respective annualized expense ratios multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 182/365 to reflect the most recent fiscal half-year.
REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
To the Shareholders of Voya Large-Cap Growth Fund, Voya Large Cap Value Fund, Voya MidCap Opportunities Fund, Voya Multi-Manager Mid Cap Value Fund, Voya SmallCap Opportunities Fund, and Voya U.S. High Dividend Low Volatility Fund and the Board of Trustees of Voya Equity Trust
Opinion on the Financial Statements
We have audited the accompanying statements of assets and liabilities of Voya Large-Cap Growth Fund, Voya Large Cap Value Fund, Voya MidCap Opportunities Fund, Voya Multi-Manager Mid Cap Value Fund, Voya SmallCap Opportunities Fund, and Voya U.S. High Dividend Low Volatility Fund (collectively referred to as the “Funds”) (six of the funds constituting Voya Equity Trust (the “Trust”)), including the portfolios of investments, as of May 31, 2022, and the related statements of operations for the year then ended, the statements of changes in net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended, the financial highlights for each of the three years in the period then ended and the related notes (collectively referred to as the “financial statements”). In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Funds (six of the funds constituting Voya Equity Trust) at May 31, 2022, the results of their operations for the year then ended, the changes in their net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended and their financial highlights for each of the three years in the period then ended, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.
The financial highlights for each of the periods in the two-year period ended May 31, 2019, were audited by another independent registered public accounting firm whose report, dated July 25, 2019, expressed an unqualified opinion on those financial highlights.
Basis for Opinion
These financial statements are the responsibility of the Trust’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Funds’ financial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (“PCAOB”) and are required to be independent with respect to the Trust in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.
We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audits to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. The Trust is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of the Trust’s internal control over financial reporting. As part of our audits, we are required to obtain an understanding of internal control over financial reporting, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Trust’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion.
Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of May 31, 2022, by correspondence with the custodian and others or by other appropriate auditing procedures where replies from others were not received. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
We have served as the auditor of one or more Voya investment companies since 2019.
Boston, Massachusetts
July 29, 2022
STATEMENTS OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES as of May 31, 2022
| | | Voya Large-Cap Growth Fund | | | Voya Large Cap Value Fund | | | Voya MidCap Opportunities Fund | |
ASSETS: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Investments in securities at fair value+* | | | | $ | 811,891,135 | | | | | $ | 711,599,656 | | | | | $ | 723,547,304 | | |
Short-term investments at fair value† | | | | | 28,801,000 | | | | | | 15,907,568 | | | | | | 34,636,249 | | |
Cash | | | | | 85,088 | | | | | | 290,506 | | | | | | 41,160 | | |
Foreign currencies at value‡ | | | | | — | | | | | | 4,113 | | | | | | — | | |
Receivables: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Investment securities sold | | | | | 6,367,054 | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | |
Fund shares sold | | | | | 8,670,741 | | | | | | 189,868 | | | | | | 2,536,788 | | |
Dividends | | | | | 467,069 | | | | | | 1,202,182 | | | | | | 265,894 | | |
Foreign tax reclaims | | | | | 7,547 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 21,926 | | |
Prepaid expenses | | | | | 63,456 | | | | | | 52,367 | | | | | | 52,429 | | |
Reimbursement due from Investment Adviser | | | | | — | | | | | | 30,872 | | | | | | 34,176 | | |
Other assets | | | | | 22,156 | | | | | | 47,945 | | | | | | 42,595 | | |
Total assets | | | | | 856,375,246 | | | | | | 729,325,077 | | | | | | 761,178,521 | | |
LIABILITIES: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Payable for investment securities purchased | | | | | 8,308,165 | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | |
Payable for fund shares redeemed | | | | | 529,794 | | | | | | 4,916,374 | | | | | | 863,092 | | |
Payable upon receipt of securities loaned | | | | | — | | | | | | 6,925,568 | | | | | | 1,660,249 | | |
Payable for investment management fees | | | | | 358,663 | | | | | | 449,032 | | | | | | 541,914 | | |
Payable for distribution and shareholder service fees | | | | | 33,865 | | | | | | 97,024 | | | | | | 61,177 | | |
Payable to trustees under the deferred compensation plan (Note 6) | | | | | 22,156 | | | | | | 47,945 | | | | | | 42,595 | | |
Payable for trustee fees | | | | | 3,205 | | | | | | 1,881 | | | | | | 2,690 | | |
Other accrued expenses and liabilities | | | | | 1,015,982 | | | | | | 386,723 | | | | | | 377,662 | | |
Total liabilities | | | | | 10,271,830 | | | | | | 12,824,547 | | | | | | 3,549,379 | | |
NET ASSETS | | | | $ | 846,103,416 | | | | | $ | 716,500,530 | | | | | $ | 757,629,142 | | |
NET ASSETS WERE COMPRISED OF: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Paid-in capital | | | | $ | 622,597,845 | | | | | $ | 571,267,847 | | | | | $ | 796,114,827 | | |
Total distributable earnings (loss) | | | | | 223,505,571 | | | | | | 145,232,683 | | | | | | (38,485,685) | | |
NET ASSETS | | | | $ | 846,103,416 | | | | | $ | 716,500,530 | | | | | $ | 757,629,142 | | |
+
Including securities loaned at value | | | | $ | — | | | | | $ | 6,773,795 | | | | | $ | 1,624,903 | | |
*
Cost of investments in securities | | | | $ | 662,962,089 | | | | | $ | 600,802,004 | | | | | $ | 751,134,448 | | |
†
Cost of short-term investments | | | | $ | 28,801,000 | | | | | $ | 15,907,568 | | | | | $ | 34,636,249 | | |
‡
Cost of foreign currencies | | | | $ | — | | | | | $ | 4,969 | | | | | $ | — | | |
See Accompanying Notes to Financial Statements
STATEMENTS OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES as of May 31, 2022 (continued)
| | | Voya Large-Cap Growth Fund | | | Voya Large Cap Value Fund | | | Voya MidCap Opportunities Fund | |
Class A | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net assets | | | | $ | 115,265,319 | | | | | $ | 439,016,009 | | | | | $ | 246,265,217 | | |
Shares authorized | | | | | unlimited | | | | | | unlimited | | | | | | unlimited | | |
Par value | | | | $ | 0.010 | | | | | $ | 0.010 | | | | | $ | 0.010 | | |
Shares outstanding | | | | | 3,044,956 | | | | | | 36,915,944 | | | | | | 16,793,056 | | |
Net asset value and redemption price per share† | | | | $ | 37.85 | | | | | $ | 11.89 | | | | | $ | 14.66 | | |
Maximum offering price per share (5.75%)(1) | | | | $ | 40.16 | | | | | $ | 12.62 | | | | | $ | 15.55 | | |
Class C | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net assets | | | | $ | 10,879,140 | | | | | $ | 6,143,477 | | | | | $ | 9,451,283 | | |
Shares authorized | | | | | unlimited | | | | | | unlimited | | | | | | unlimited | | |
Par value | | | | $ | 0.010 | | | | | $ | 0.010 | | | | | $ | 0.010 | | |
Shares outstanding | | | | | 385,542 | | | | | | 517,284 | | | | | | 1,456,910 | | |
Net asset value and redemption price per share† | | | | $ | 28.22 | | | | | $ | 11.88 | | | | | $ | 6.49 | | |
Class I | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net assets | | | | $ | 577,159,592 | | | | | $ | 245,169,453 | | | | | $ | 346,729,493 | | |
Shares authorized | | | | | unlimited | | | | | | unlimited | | | | | | unlimited | | |
Par value | | | | $ | 0.010 | | | | | $ | 0.010 | | | | | $ | 0.010 | | |
Shares outstanding | | | | | 13,038,902 | | | | | | 18,305,256 | | | | | | 17,748,561 | | |
Net asset value and redemption price per share | | | | $ | 44.26 | | | | | $ | 13.39 | | | | | $ | 19.54 | | |
Class P3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net assets | | | | $ | 2,618 | | | | | $ | 3,341 | | | | | $ | 2,366 | | |
Shares authorized | | | | | unlimited | | | | | | unlimited | | | | | | unlimited | | |
Par value | | | | $ | 0.010 | | | | | $ | 0.010 | | | | | $ | 0.010 | | |
Shares outstanding | | | | | 57 | | | | | | 241 | | | | | | 114 | | |
Net asset value and redemption price per share | | | | $ | 45.69 | | | | | $ | 13.88 | | | | | $ | 20.84 | | |
Class R | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net assets | | | | $ | 857,529 | | | | | $ | 885,830 | | | | | $ | 2,240,639 | | |
Shares authorized | | | | | unlimited | | | | | | unlimited | | | | | | unlimited | | |
Par value | | | | $ | 0.010 | | | | | $ | 0.010 | | | | | $ | 0.010 | | |
Shares outstanding | | | | | 20,019 | | | | | | 74,265 | | | | | | 163,386 | | |
Net asset value and redemption price per share | | | | $ | 42.84 | | | | | $ | 11.93 | | | | | $ | 13.71 | | |
Class R6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net assets | | | | $ | 89,841,150 | | | | | $ | 20,125,706 | | | | | $ | 95,139,898 | | |
Shares authorized | | | | | unlimited | | | | | | unlimited | | | | | | unlimited | | |
Par value | | | | $ | 0.010 | | | | | $ | 0.010 | | | | | $ | 0.010 | | |
Shares outstanding | | | | | 2,026,272 | | | | | | 1,506,101 | | | | | | 4,788,617 | | |
Net asset value and redemption price per share | | | | $ | 44.34 | | | | | $ | 13.36 | | | | | $ | 19.87 | | |
Class W | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net assets | | | | $ | 52,098,068 | | | | | $ | 5,156,714 | | | | | $ | 57,800,246 | | |
Shares authorized | | | | | unlimited | | | | | | unlimited | | | | | | unlimited | | |
Par value | | | | $ | 0.010 | | | | | $ | 0.010 | | | | | $ | 0.010 | | |
Shares outstanding | | | | | 1,223,790 | | | | | | 385,608 | | | | | | 3,049,761 | | |
Net asset value and redemption price per share | | | | $ | 42.57 | | | | | $ | 13.37 | | | | | $ | 18.95 | | |
(1)
Maximum offering price is computed at 100/94.25 of net asset value. On purchases of $100,000 or more, the offering price is reduced.
†
Redemption price per share may be reduced for any applicable contingent deferred sales charges.
See Accompanying Notes to Financial Statements
STATEMENTS OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES as of May 31, 2022
| | | Voya Multi- Manager Mid Cap Value Fund | | | Voya SmallCap Opportunities Fund | | | Voya U.S. High Dividend Low Volatility Fund | |
ASSETS: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Investments in securities at fair value+* | | | | $ | 181,716,766 | | | | | $ | 104,078,869 | | | | | $ | 105,471,975 | | |
Short-term investments at fair value† | | | | | 5,454,585 | | | | | | 4,720,479 | | | | | | 930,037 | | |
Cash | | | | | 47,285 | | | | | | 34,945 | | | | | | 3,410 | | |
Receivables: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Investment securities sold | | | | | 7,886,387 | | | | | | 925,274 | | | | | | 3,183,659 | | |
Fund shares sold | | | | | 22,541 | | | | | | 17,085 | | | | | | 318,376 | | |
Dividends | | | | | 353,813 | | | | | | 34,742 | | | | | | 240,894 | | |
Foreign tax reclaims | | | | | — | | | | | | 1,159 | | | | | | 1,802 | | |
Prepaid expenses | | | | | 27,319 | | | | | | 40,112 | | | | | | 28,004 | | |
Reimbursement due from Investment Adviser | | | | | 14,951 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 7,840 | | |
Other assets | | | | | 6,628 | | | | | | 25,595 | | | | | | 2,765 | | |
Total assets | | | | | 195,530,275 | | | | | | 109,878,260 | | | | | | 110,188,762 | | |
LIABILITIES: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Payable for investment securities purchased | | | | | 70,668 | | | | | | 879,137 | | | | | | — | | |
Payable for fund shares redeemed | | | | | 8,857,499 | | | | | | 57,887 | | | | | | 3,274,534 | | |
Payable upon receipt of securities loaned | | | | | 817,682 | | | | | | 3,323,479 | | | | | | 667,037 | | |
Payable for investment management fees | | | | | 68,116 | | | | | | 69,404 | | | | | | 26,312 | | |
Payable for distribution and shareholder service fees | | | | | — | | | | | | 15,469 | | | | | | 779 | | |
Payable to trustees under the deferred compensation plan (Note 6) | | | | | 6,628 | | | | | | 25,595 | | | | | | 2,765 | | |
Payable for trustee fees | | | | | 585 | | | | | | 403 | | | | | | 306 | | |
Other accrued expenses and liabilities | | | | | 65,453 | | | | | | 368,837 | | | | | | 72,049 | | |
Total liabilities | | | | | 9,886,631 | | | | | | 4,740,211 | | | | | | 4,043,782 | | |
NET ASSETS | | | | $ | 185,643,644 | | | | | $ | 105,138,049 | | | | | $ | 106,144,980 | | |
NET ASSETS WERE COMPRISED OF: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Paid-in capital | | | | $ | 164,089,124 | | | | | $ | 130,577,445 | | | | | $ | 88,510,583 | | |
Total distributable earnings (loss) | | | | | 21,554,520 | | | | | | (25,439,396) | | | | | | 17,634,397 | | |
NET ASSETS | | | | $ | 185,643,644 | | | | | $ | 105,138,049 | | | | | $ | 106,144,980 | | |
+
Including securities loaned at value | | | | $ | 797,352 | | | | | $ | 3,243,844 | | | | | $ | 630,153 | | |
*
Cost of investments in securities | | | | $ | 169,803,412 | | | | | $ | 114,271,260 | | | | | $ | 97,525,398 | | |
†
Cost of short-term investments | | | | $ | 5,454,585 | | | | | $ | 4,720,479 | | | | | $ | 930,037 | | |
See Accompanying Notes to Financial Statements
STATEMENTS OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES as of May 31, 2022 (continued)
| | | Voya Multi- Manager Mid Cap Value Fund | | | Voya SmallCap Opportunities Fund | | | Voya U.S. High Dividend Low Volatility Fund | |
Class A | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net assets | | | | | n/a | | | | | $ | 56,439,044 | | | | | $ | 3,952,657 | | |
Shares authorized | | | | | n/a | | | | | | unlimited | | | | | | unlimited | | |
Par value | | | | | n/a | | | | | $ | 0.010 | | | | | $ | 0.010 | | |
Shares outstanding | | | | | n/a | | | | | | 1,296,494 | | | | | | 346,891 | | |
Net asset value and redemption price per share† | | | | | n/a | | | | | $ | 43.53 | | | | | $ | 11.39 | | |
Maximum offering price per share (5.75%)(1) | | | | | n/a | | | | | $ | 46.19 | | | | | $ | 12.08 | | |
Class C | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net assets | | | | | n/a | | | | | $ | 3,946,612 | | | | | | n/a | | |
Shares authorized | | | | | n/a | | | | | | unlimited | | | | | | n/a | | |
Par value | | | | | n/a | | | | | $ | 0.010 | | | | | | n/a | | |
Shares outstanding | | | | | n/a | | | | | | 143,542 | | | | | | n/a | | |
Net asset value and redemption price per share | | | | | n/a | | | | | $ | 27.49 | | | | | | n/a | | |
Class I | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net assets | | | | $ | 116,274,459 | | | | | $ | 37,834,618 | | | | | $ | 40,515,986 | | |
Shares authorized | | | | | unlimited | | | | | | unlimited | | | | | | unlimited | | |
Par value | | | | $ | 0.010 | | | | | $ | 0.010 | | | | | $ | 0.010 | | |
Shares outstanding | | | | | 11,811,217 | | | | | | 753,344 | | | | | | 3,533,688 | | |
Net asset value and redemption price per share | | | | $ | 9.84 | | | | | $ | 50.22 | | | | | $ | 11.47 | | |
Class P | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net assets | | | | $ | 69,366,095 | | | | | | n/a | | | | | | n/a | | |
Shares authorized | | | | | unlimited | | | | | | n/a | | | | | | n/a | | |
Par value | | | | $ | 0.010 | | | | | | n/a | | | | | | n/a | | |
Shares outstanding | | | | | 6,886,409 | | | | | | n/a | | | | | | n/a | | |
Net asset value and redemption price per share | | | | $ | 10.07 | | | | | | n/a | | | | | | n/a | | |
Class P3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net assets | | | | $ | 3,090 | | | | | $ | 3,227 | | | | | $ | 3,341 | | |
Shares authorized | | | | | unlimited | | | | | | unlimited | | | | | | unlimited | | |
Par value | | | | $ | 0.010 | | | | | $ | 0.010 | | | | | $ | 0.010 | | |
Shares outstanding | | | | | 303 | | | | | | 61 | | | | | | 285 | | |
Net asset value and redemption price per share | | | | $ | 10.19 | | | | | $ | 53.20 | | | | | $ | 11.74 | | |
Class R | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net assets | | | | | n/a | | | | | $ | 593,529 | | | | | | n/a | | |
Shares authorized | | | | | n/a | | | | | | unlimited | | | | | | n/a | | |
Par value | | | | | n/a | | | | | $ | 0.010 | | | | | | n/a | | |
Shares outstanding | | | | | n/a | | | | | | 14,257 | | | | | | n/a | | |
Net asset value and redemption price per share | | | | | n/a | | | | | $ | 41.63 | | | | | | n/a | | |
Class R6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net assets | | | | | n/a | | | | | $ | 1,494,699 | | | | | $ | 61,672,996 | | |
Shares authorized | | | | | n/a | | | | | | unlimited | | | | | | unlimited | | |
Par value | | | | | n/a | | | | | $ | 0.010 | | | | | $ | 0.010 | | |
Shares outstanding | | | | | n/a | | | | | | 29,282 | | | | | | 5,378,957 | | |
Net asset value and redemption price per share | | | | | n/a | | | | | $ | 51.05 | | | | | $ | 11.47 | | |
Class W | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net assets | | | | | n/a | | | | | $ | 4,826,320 | | | | | | n/a | | |
Shares authorized | | | | | n/a | | | | | | unlimited | | | | | | n/a | | |
Par value | | | | | n/a | | | | | $ | 0.010 | | | | | | n/a | | |
Shares outstanding | | | | | n/a | | | | | | 98,289 | | | | | | n/a | | |
Net asset value and redemption price per share | | | | | n/a | | | | | $ | 49.10 | | | | | | n/a | | |
(1)
Maximum offering price is computed at 100/94.25 of net asset value. On purchases of $100,000 or more, the offering price is reduced.
†
Redemption price per share may be reduced for any applicable contingent deferred sales charges.
See Accompanying Notes to Financial Statements
STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS for the year ended May 31, 2022
| | | Voya Large-Cap Growth Fund | | | Voya Large Cap Value Fund | | | Voya MidCap Opportunities Fund | |
INVESTMENT INCOME: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Dividends, net of foreign taxes withheld* | | | | $ | 7,165,752 | | | | | $ | 15,337,405 | | | | | $ | 4,327,892 | | |
Securities lending income, net | | | | | 8,662 | | | | | | 9,273 | | | | | | 5,140 | | |
Total investment income | | | | | 7,174,414 | | | | | | 15,346,678 | | | | | | 4,333,032 | | |
EXPENSES: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Investment management fees | | | | | 6,538,372 | | | | | | 5,645,378 | | | | | | 8,765,475 | | |
Distribution and shareholder service fees: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Class A | | | | | 365,426 | | | | | | 1,121,526 | | | | | | 837,064 | | |
Class C | | | | | 173,414 | | | | | | 79,418 | | | | | | 177,253 | | |
Class R | | | | | 5,636 | | | | | | 5,103 | | | | | | 14,408 | | |
Transfer agent fees: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Class A | | | | | 236,347 | | | | | | 498,759 | | | | | | 427,238 | | |
Class C | | | | | 28,040 | | | | | | 8,917 | | | | | | 22,496 | | |
Class I | | | | | 475,616 | | | | | | 62,264 | | | | | | 408,296 | | |
Class R | | | | | 1,823 | | | | | | 1,142 | | | | | | 3,685 | | |
Class R6 | | | | | 14,409 | | | | | | 125 | | | | | | 2,669 | | |
Class W | | | | | 119,158 | | | | | | 5,653 | | | | | | 104,459 | | |
Shareholder reporting expense | | | | | 35,690 | | | | | | 16,970 | | | | | | 19,696 | | |
Registration fees | | | | | 135,629 | | | | | | 109,661 | | | | | | 116,589 | | |
Professional fees | | | | | 93,480 | | | | | | 39,600 | | | | | | 62,011 | | |
Custody and accounting expense | | | | | 139,315 | | | | | | 85,800 | | | | | | 115,240 | | |
Trustee fees | | | | | 32,051 | | | | | | 18,818 | | | | | | 26,907 | | |
Miscellaneous expense | | | | | 138,657 | | | | | | 13,294 | | | | | | 29,339 | | |
Interest expense | | | | | 161 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 66 | | |
Total expenses | | | | | 8,533,224 | | | | | | 7,712,428 | | | | | | 11,132,891 | | |
Waived and reimbursed fees | | | | | (17) | | | | | | (388,865) | | | | | | (182,435) | | |
Net expenses | | | | | 8,533,207 | | | | | | 7,323,563 | | | | | | 10,950,456 | | |
Net investment income (loss) | | | | | (1,358,793) | | | | | | 8,023,115 | | | | | | (6,617,424) | | |
REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS): | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net realized gain (loss) on: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Investments | | | | | 216,123,483 | | | | | | 92,356,285 | | | | | | 93,602,587 | | |
Net realized gain | | | | | 216,123,483 | | | | | | 92,356,285 | | | | | | 93,602,587 | | |
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Investments | | | | | (309,590,048) | | | | | | (66,768,593) | | | | | | (282,133,318) | | |
Foreign currency related transactions | | | | | — | | | | | | (559) | | | | | | — | | |
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) | | | | | (309,590,048) | | | | | | (66,769,152) | | | | | | (282,133,318) | | |
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) | | | | | (93,466,565) | | | | | | 25,587,133 | | | | | | (188,530,731) | | |
Increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations | | | | $ | (94,825,358) | | | | | $ | 33,610,248 | | | | | $ | (195,148,155) | | |
*
Foreign taxes withheld | | | | $ | 9,904 | | | | | $ | 22,698 | | | | | $ | 27,856 | | |
See Accompanying Notes to Financial Statements
STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS for the year ended May 31, 2022
| | | Voya Multi- Manager Mid Cap Value Fund | | | Voya SmallCap Opportunities Fund | | | Voya U.S. High Dividend Low Volatility Fund | |
INVESTMENT INCOME: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Dividends, net of foreign taxes withheld* | | | | $ | 4,029,114 | | | | | $ | 662,617 | | | | | $ | 3,009,466 | | |
Securities lending income, net | | | | | 2,416 | | | | | | 28,538 | | | | | | 5,792 | | |
Total investment income | | | | | 4,031,530 | | | | | | 691,155 | | | | | | 3,015,258 | | |
EXPENSES: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Investment management fees | | | | | 1,674,841 | | | | | | 1,574,786 | | | | | | 354,827 | | |
Distribution and shareholder service fees: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Class A | | | | | — | | | | | | 179,082 | | | | | | 4,747 | | |
Class C | | | | | — | | | | | | 57,319 | | | | | | — | | |
Class R | | | | | — | | | | | | 4,583 | | | | | | — | | |
Transfer agent fees: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Class A | | | | | — | | | | | | 98,963 | | | | | | 9,502 | | |
Class C | | | | | — | | | | | | 7,938 | | | | | | — | | |
Class I | | | | | 13,712 | | | | | | 64,858 | | | | | | 1,516 | | |
Class P | | | | | 1,793 | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | |
Class P3 | | | | | — | | | | | | 41 | | | | | | — | | |
Class R | | | | | — | | | | | | 1,268 | | | | | | — | | |
Class R6 | | | | | — | | | | | | 563 | | | | | | 1,225 | | |
Class W | | | | | — | | | | | | 9,787 | | | | | | — | | |
Shareholder reporting expense | | | | | 2,462 | | | | | | 3,650 | | | | | | 2,476 | | |
Registration fees | | | | | 50,852 | | | | | | 98,071 | | | | | | 65,481 | | |
Professional fees | | | | | 22,235 | | | | | | 16,900 | | | | | | 14,835 | | |
Custody and accounting expense | | | | | 54,555 | | | | | | 37,020 | | | | | | 22,790 | | |
Trustee fees | | | | | 5,850 | | | | | | 4,032 | | | | | | 3,059 | | |
Licensing fee (Note 7) | | | | | 14,842 | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | |
Proxy and solicitation costs (Note 6) | | | | | — | | | | | | 140,000 | | | | | | — | | |
Miscellaneous expense | | | | | 11,675 | | | | | | 18,257 | | | | | | 17,025 | | |
Interest expense | | | | | 889 | | | | | | 257 | | | | | | 276 | | |
Total expenses | | | | | 1,853,706 | | | | | | 2,317,375 | | | | | | 497,759 | | |
Waived and reimbursed fees | | | | | (645,715) | | | | | | (489,254) | | | | | | (95,969) | | |
Net expenses | | | | | 1,207,991 | | | | | | 1,828,121 | | | | | | 401,790 | | |
Net investment income (loss) | | | | | 2,823,539 | | | | | | (1,136,966) | | | | | | 2,613,468 | | |
REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS): | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net realized gain (loss) on: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Investments | | | | | 38,296,785 | | | | | | 5,159,411 | | | | | | 18,756,084 | | |
Foreign currency related transactions | | | | | — | | | | | | (14) | | | | | | — | | |
Net realized gain | | | | | 38,296,785 | | | | | | 5,159,397 | | | | | | 18,756,084 | | |
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Investments | | | | | (43,779,668) | | | | | | (36,340,960) | | | | | | (13,742,272) | | |
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) | | | | | (43,779,668) | | | | | | (36,340,960) | | | | | | (13,742,272) | | |
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) | | | | | (5,482,883) | | | | | | (31,181,563) | | | | | | 5,013,812 | | |
Increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations | | | | $ | (2,659,344) | | | | | $ | (32,318,529) | | | | | $ | 7,627,280 | | |
*
Foreign taxes withheld | | | | $ | 153 | | | | | $ | 1,858 | | | | | $ | 1,127 | | |
See Accompanying Notes to Financial Statements
STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS for the year ended May 31, 2022
| | | Voya Large-Cap Growth Fund | | | Voya Large Cap Value Fund | |
| | | Year Ended May 31, 2022 | | | Year Ended May 31, 2021 | | | Year Ended May 31, 2022 | | | Year Ended May 31, 2021 | |
FROM OPERATIONS: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net investment income (loss) | | | | $ | (1,358,793) | | | | | $ | 513,231 | | | | | $ | 8,023,115 | | | | | $ | 8,257,418 | | |
Net realized gain | | | | | 216,123,483 | | | | | | 202,289,344 | | | | | | 92,356,285 | | | | | | 111,398,136 | | |
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) | | | | | (309,590,048) | | | | | | 138,306,436 | | | | | | (66,769,152) | | | | | | 149,673,760 | | |
Increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations | | | | | (94,825,358) | | | | | | 341,109,011 | | | | | | 33,610,248 | | | | | | 269,329,314 | | |
FROM DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Total distributions (excluding return of capital): | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Class A | | | | | (24,658,290) | | | | | | (16,271,775) | | | | | | (64,593,911) | | | | | | (32,874,061) | | |
Class C | | | | | (3,288,215) | | | | | | (3,217,181) | | | | | | (876,525) | | | | | | (871,279) | | |
Class I | | | | | (122,728,147) | | | | | | (84,305,103) | | | | | | (36,338,382) | | | | | | (20,941,826) | | |
Class P3 | | | | | (447) | | | | | | (2,268,529) | | | | | | (419) | | | | | | (933,386) | | |
Class R | | | | | (174,404) | | | | | | (114,365) | | | | | | (142,709) | | | | | | (82,135) | | |
Class R6 | | | | | (26,251,441) | | | | | | (33,867,002) | | | | | | (2,473,476) | | | | | | (1,289,470) | | |
Class W | | | | | (11,020,316) | | | | | | (5,104,301) | | | | | | (660,982) | | | | | | (362,901) | | |
Total distributions | | | | | (188,121,260) | | | | | | (145,148,256) | | | | | | (105,086,404) | | | | | | (57,355,058) | | |
FROM CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net proceeds from sale of shares | | | | | 213,171,480 | | | | | | 375,260,529 | | | | | | 75,635,423 | | | | | | 66,187,618 | | |
Reinvestment of distributions | | | | | 185,124,262 | | | | | | 142,880,986 | | | | | | 100,428,935 | | | | | | 54,851,925 | | |
| | | | | 398,295,742 | | | | | | 518,141,515 | | | | | | 176,064,358 | | | | | | 121,039,543 | | |
Cost of shares redeemed | | | | | (666,779,833) | | | | | | (475,464,179) | | | | | | (147,492,639) | | | | | | (177,675,442) | | |
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from capital share transactions | | | | | (268,484,091) | | | | | | 42,677,336 | | | | | | 28,571,719 | | | | | | (56,635,899) | | |
Net increase (decrease) in net assets | | | | | (551,430,709) | | | | | | 238,638,091 | | | | | | (42,904,437) | | | | | | 155,338,357 | | |
NET ASSETS: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Beginning of year or period | | | | | 1,397,534,125 | | | | | | 1,158,896,034 | | | | | | 759,404,967 | | | | | | 604,066,610 | | |
End of year or period | | | | $ | 846,103,416 | | | | | $ | 1,397,534,125 | | | | | $ | 716,500,530 | | | | | $ | 759,404,967 | | |
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STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS for the year ended May 31, 2022
| | | Voya MidCap Opportunities Fund | | | Voya Multi-Manager Mid Cap Value Fund | |
| | | Year Ended May 31, 2022 | | | Year Ended May 31, 2021 | | | Year Ended May 31, 2022 | | | Year Ended May 31, 2021 | |
FROM OPERATIONS: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net investment income (loss) | | | | $ | (6,617,424) | | | | | $ | (6,901,929) | | | | | $ | 2,823,539 | | | | | $ | 2,022,717 | | |
Net realized gain | | | | | 93,602,587 | | | | | | 260,576,401 | | | | | | 38,296,785 | | | | | | 7,213,010 | | |
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) | | | | | (282,133,318) | | | | | | 105,970,110 | | | | | | (43,779,668) | | | | | | 70,963,294 | | |
Increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations | | | | | (195,148,155) | | | | | | 359,644,582 | | | | | | (2,659,344) | | | | | | 80,199,021 | | |
FROM DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Total distributions (excluding return of capital): | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Class A | | | | | (80,007,971) | | | | | | (64,934,062) | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | |
Class C | | | | | (6,169,612) | | | | | | (7,717,106) | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | |
Class I | | | | | (95,141,473) | | | | | | (75,174,504) | | | | | | (18,826,165) | | | | | | (5,277,514) | | |
Class P | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | (10,346,472) | | | | | | (2,274,539) | | |
Class P3 | | | | | (531) | | | | | | (301,007) | | | | | | (442) | | | | | | (201,670) | | |
Class R | | | | | (682,966) | | | | | | (593,009) | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | |
Class R6 | | | | | (26,599,826) | | | | | | (22,169,153) | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | |
Class W | | | | | (15,443,884) | | | | | | (9,370,515) | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | |
Total distributions | | | | | (224,046,263) | | | | | | (180,259,356) | | | | | | (29,173,079) | | | | | | (7,753,723) | | |
FROM CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net proceeds from sale of shares | | | | | 207,755,327 | | | | | | 260,870,518 | | | | | | 28,231,898 | | | | | | 157,353,714 | | |
Reinvestment of distributions | | | | | 192,134,385 | | | | | | 157,274,427 | | | | | | 29,173,080 | | | | | | 7,753,723 | | |
| | | | | 399,889,712 | | | | | | 418,144,945 | | | | | | 57,404,978 | | | | | | 165,107,437 | | |
Cost of shares redeemed | | | | | (352,727,938) | | | | | | (421,648,179) | | | | | | (118,604,080) | | | | | | (68,666,289) | | |
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from capital share transactions | | | | | 47,161,774 | | | | | | (3,503,234) | | | | | | (61,199,102) | | | | | | 96,441,148 | | |
Net increase (decrease) in net assets | | | | | (372,032,644) | | | | | | 175,881,992 | | | | | | (93,031,525) | | | | | | 168,886,446 | | |
NET ASSETS: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Beginning of year or period | | | | | 1,129,661,786 | | | | | | 953,779,794 | | | | | | 278,675,169 | | | | | | 109,788,723 | | |
End of year or period | | | | $ | 757,629,142 | | | | | $ | 1,129,661,786 | | | | | $ | 185,643,644 | | | | | $ | 278,675,169 | | |
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STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS for the year ended May 31, 2022
| | | Voya SmallCap Opportunities Fund | | | Voya U.S. High Dividend Low Volatility Fund | |
| | | Year Ended May 31, 2022 | | | Year Ended May 31, 2021 | | | Year Ended May 31, 2022 | | | Year Ended May 31, 2021 | |
FROM OPERATIONS: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net investment income (loss) | | | | $ | (1,136,966) | | | | | $ | (1,658,694) | | | | | $ | 2,613,468 | | | | | $ | 3,879,511 | | |
Net realized gain | | | | | 5,159,397 | | | | | | 76,555,793 | | | | | | 18,756,084 | | | | | | 32,283,523 | | |
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) | | | | | (36,340,960) | | | | | | 8,760,890 | | | | | | (13,742,272) | | | | | | 17,256,123 | | |
Increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations | | | | | (32,318,529) | | | | | | 83,657,989 | | | | | | 7,627,280 | | | | | | 53,419,157 | | |
FROM DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Total distributions (excluding return of capital): | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Class A | | | | | (12,346,279) | | | | | | — | | | | | | (354,838) | | | | | | (14,722) | | |
Class C | | | | | (1,320,575) | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | |
Class I | | | | | (8,593,004) | | | | | | — | | | | | | (17,288,350) | | | | | | (2,438,571) | | |
Class P3 | | | | | (556) | | | | | | — | | | | | | (856) | | | | | | (78,430) | | |
Class R | | | | | (146,773) | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | |
Class R6 | | | | | (1,964,649) | | | | | | — | | | | | | (15,793,093) | | | | | | (2,265,796) | | |
Class W | | | | | (1,101,113) | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | |
Total distributions | | | | | (25,472,949) | | | | | | — | | | | | | (33,437,137) | | | | | | (4,797,519) | | |
FROM CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net proceeds from sale of shares | | | | | 15,249,427 | | | | | | 24,547,667 | | | | | | 42,939,884 | | | | | | 41,143,579 | | |
Reinvestment of distributions | | | | | 23,272,802 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 33,436,087 | | | | | | 4,797,061 | | |
| | | | | 38,522,229 | | | | | | 24,547,667 | | | | | | 76,375,971 | | | | | | 45,940,640 | | |
Cost of shares redeemed | | | | | (98,311,957) | | | | | | (151,642,576) | | | | | | (64,062,081) | | | | | | (171,837,134) | | |
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from capital share transactions | | | | | (59,789,728) | | | | | | (127,094,909) | | | | | | 12,313,890 | | | | | | (125,896,494) | | |
Net decrease in net assets | | | | | (117,581,206) | | | | | | (43,436,920) | | | | | | (13,495,967) | | | | | | (77,274,856) | | |
NET ASSETS: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Beginning of year or period | | | | | 222,719,255 | | | | | | 266,156,175 | | | | | | 119,640,947 | | | | | | 196,915,803 | | |
End of year or period | | | | $ | 105,138,049 | | | | | $ | 222,719,255 | | | | | $ | 106,144,980 | | | | | $ | 119,640,947 | | |
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Selected data for a share of beneficial interest outstanding throughout each year or period.
| | | | | | | | | Income (loss) from investment operations | | | | | | | | | Less Distributions | | | | | | Ratios to average net assets | | | Supplemental Data | |
| | | Net asset value, beginning of year or period | | | Net investment income (loss) | | | Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) | | | Total from investment operations | | | From net investment income | | | From net realized gains | | | From return of capital | | | Total distributions | | | Payment by affiliate | | | Net asset value, end of year or period | | | Total Return(1) | | | Expenses before reductions/additions(2)(3) | | | Expenses net of fee waivers and/or recoupments if any(2)(3) | | | Expense net of all reductions/additions(2)(3) | | | Net investment income (loss)(2)(3) | | | Net assets, end of year or period | | | Portfolio turnover rate | |
Year or period ended | | | ($) | | | ($) | | | ($) | | | ($) | | | ($) | | | ($) | | | ($) | | | ($) | | | ($) | | | ($) | | | (%) | | | (%) | | | (%) | | | (%) | | | (%) | | | $(000’s) | | | (%) | |
Voya Large-Cap Growth Fund | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Class A | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
05-31-22 | | | | | 51.32 | | | | | | (0.20)• | | | | | | (4.26) | | | | | | (4.46) | | | | | | — | | | | | | 9.01 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 9.01 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 37.85 | | | | | | (12.50) | | | | | | 0.97 | | | | 0.97 | | | 0.97 | | | (0.40) | | | | | 115,265 | | | | | | 76 | | |
05-31-21 | | | | | 44.45 | | | | | | (0.13)• | | | | | | 13.62 | | | | | | 13.49 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 6.62 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 6.62 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 51.32 | | | | | | 31.23 | | | | | | 0.96 | | | | 0.96 | | | 0.96 | | | (0.26) | | | | | 139,465 | | | | | | 93 | | |
05-31-20 | | | | | 38.36 | | | | | | 0.03 | | | | | | 8.04 | | | | | | 8.07 | | | | | | 0.15 | | | | | | 1.83 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 1.98 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 44.45 | | | | | | 21.30 | | | | | | 0.96 | | | | 1.04 | | | 1.04 | | | 0.06 | | | | | 104,447 | | | | | | 83 | | |
05-31-19 | | | | | 38.75 | | | | | | 0.12 | | | | | | 2.02 | | | | | | 2.14 | | | | | | 0.01 | | | | | | 2.52 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 2.53 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 38.36 | | | | | | 6.11 | | | | | | 0.95 | | | | 1.04 | | | 1.04 | | | 0.31 | | | | | 80,328 | | | | | | 95 | | |
05-31-18 | | | | | 35.17 | | | | | | 0.07 | | | | | | 5.68 | | | | | | 5.75 | | | | | | 0.06 | | | | | | 2.11 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 2.17 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 38.75 | | | | | | 16.63 | | | | | | 1.10 | | | | 1.06 | | | 1.06 | | | 0.17 | | | | | 77,434 | | | | | | 90 | | |
Class C | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
05-31-22 | | | | | 40.58 | | | | | | (0.46)• | | | | | | (2.89) | | | | | | (3.35) | | | | | | — | | | | | | 9.01 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 9.01 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 28.22 | | | | | | (13.13) | | | | | | 1.72 | | | | 1.72 | | | 1.72 | | | (1.16) | | | | | 10,879 | | | | | | 76 | | |
05-31-21 | | | | | 36.52 | | | | | | (0.41)• | | | | | | 11.09 | | | | | | 10.68 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 6.62 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 6.62 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 40.58 | | | | | | 30.25 | | | | | | 1.71 | | | | 1.71 | | | 1.71 | | | (1.01) | | | | | 21,109 | | | | | | 93 | | |
05-31-20 | | | | | 31.92 | | | | | | (0.23) | | | | | | 6.66 | | | | | | 6.43 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 1.83 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 1.83 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 36.52 | | | | | | 20.41 | | | | | | 1.71 | | | | 1.79 | | | 1.79 | | | (0.68) | | | | | 20,630 | | | | | | 83 | | |
05-31-19 | | | | | 32.92 | | | | | | (0.14) | | | | | | 1.66 | | | | | | 1.52 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 2.52 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 2.52 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 31.92 | | | | | | 5.28 | | | | | | 1.70 | | | | 1.79 | | | 1.79 | | | (0.43) | | | | | 32,386 | | | | | | 95 | | |
05-31-18 | | | | | 30.33 | | | | | | (0.18) | | | | | | 4.88 | | | | | | 4.70 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 2.11 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 2.11 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 32.92 | | | | | | 15.79 | | | | | | 1.83 | | | | 1.81 | | | 1.81 | | | (0.58) | | | | | 31,850 | | | | | | 90 | | |
Class I | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
05-31-22 | | | | | 58.45 | | | | | | (0.03)• | | | | | | (5.15) | | | | | | (5.18) | | | | | | 0.00* | | | | | | 9.01 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 9.01 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 44.26 | | | | | | (12.19) | | | | | | 0.61 | | | | 0.61 | | | 0.61 | | | (0.05) | | | | | 577,160 | | | | | | 76 | | |
05-31-21 | | | | | 49.83 | | | | | | 0.04• | | | | | | 15.32 | | | | | | 15.36 | | | | | | 0.12 | | | | | | 6.62 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 6.74 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 58.45 | | | | | | 31.64 | | | | | | 0.61 | | | | 0.63 | | | 0.63 | | | 0.07 | | | | | 851,822 | | | | | | 93 | | |
05-31-20 | | | | | 42.73 | | | | | | 0.21• | | | | | | 9.00 | | | | | | 9.21 | | | | | | 0.28 | | | | | | 1.83 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 2.11 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 49.83 | | | | | | 21.80 | | | | | | 0.59 | | | | 0.66 | | | 0.66 | | | 0.44 | | | | | 671,609 | | | | | | 83 | | |
05-31-19 | | | | | 42.89 | | | | | | 0.29 | | | | | | 2.24 | | | | | | 2.53 | | | | | | 0.17 | | | | | | 2.52 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 2.69 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 42.73 | | | | | | 6.47 | | | | | | 0.59 | | | | 0.66 | | | 0.66 | | | 0.70 | | | | | 600,368 | | | | | | 95 | | |
05-31-18 | | | | | 38.68 | | | | | | 0.23• | | | | | | 6.27 | | | | | | 6.50 | | | | | | 0.18 | | | | | | 2.11 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 2.29 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 42.89 | | | | | | 17.10 | | | | | | 0.73 | | | | 0.68 | | | 0.68 | | | 0.56 | | | | | 513,009 | | | | | | 90 | | |
Class P3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
05-31-22 | | | | | 59.74 | | | | | | 0.34• | | | | | | (5.38) | | | | | | (5.04) | | | | | | 0.00* | | | | | | 9.01 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 9.01 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 45.69 | | | | | | (11.65) | | | | | | 0.56 | | | | 0.00* | | | 0.00* | | | 0.57 | | | | | 3 | | | | | | 76 | | |
05-31-21 | | | | | 50.48 | | | | | | 0.39• | | | | | | 15.65 | | | | | | 16.04 | | | | | | 0.16 | | | | | | 6.62 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 6.78 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 59.74 | | | | | | 32.64 | | | | | | 0.55 | | | | 0.00* | | | 0.00* | | | 0.68 | | | | | 3 | | | | | | 93 | | |
05-31-20 | | | | | 43.02 | | | | | | 0.52• | | | | | | 9.08 | | | | | | 9.60 | | | | | | 0.31 | | | | | | 1.83 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 2.14 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 50.48 | | | | | | 22.58 | | | | | | 0.55 | | | | 0.00* | | | 0.00* | | | 1.10 | | | | | 16,021 | | | | | | 83 | | |
06-01-18(4) - 05-31-19 | | | | | 43.43 | | | | | | 0.59• | | | | | | 1.71 | | | | | | 2.30 | | | | | | 0.19 | | | | | | 2.52 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 2.71 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 43.02 | | | | | | 5.90 | | | | | | 0.55 | | | | 0.00* | | | 0.00* | | | 1.37 | | | | | 10,253 | | | | | | 95 | | |
Class R | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
05-31-22 | | | | | 57.15 | | | | | | (0.36)• | | | | | | (4.94) | | | | | | (5.30) | | | | | | — | | | | | | 9.01 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 9.01 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 42.84 | | | | | | (12.71) | | | | | | 1.22 | | | | 1.22 | | | 1.22 | | | (0.65) | | | | | 858 | | | | | | 76 | | |
05-31-21 | | | | | 49.02 | | | | | | (0.28)• | | | | | | 15.03 | | | | | | 14.75 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 6.62 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 6.62 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 57.15 | | | | | | 30.87 | | | | | | 1.21 | | | | 1.21 | | | 1.21 | | | (0.51) | | | | | 1,018 | | | | | | 93 | | |
05-31-20 | | | | | 42.09 | | | | | | (0.09)• | | | | | | 8.85 | | | | | | 8.76 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 1.83 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 1.83 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 49.02 | | | | | | 21.02 | | | | | | 1.21 | | | | 1.29 | | | 1.29 | | | (0.19) | | | | | 861 | | | | | | 83 | | |
05-31-19 | | | | | 42.36 | | | | | | 0.02 | | | | | | 2.23 | | | | | | 2.25 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 2.52 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 2.52 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 42.09 | | | | | | 5.84 | | | | | | 1.20 | | | | 1.29 | | | 1.29 | | | 0.07 | | | | | 1,082 | | | | | | 95 | | |
05-31-18 | | | | | 38.30 | | | | | | (0.04) | | | | | | 6.21 | | | | | | 6.17 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 2.11 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 2.11 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 42.36 | | | | | | 16.36 | | | | | | 1.33 | | | | 1.31 | | | 1.31 | | | (0.08) | | | | | 935 | | | | | | 90 | | |
Class R6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
05-31-22 | | | | | 58.51 | | | | | | (0.01)• | | | | | | (5.15) | | | | | | (5.16) | | | | | | 0.00* | | | | | | 9.01 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 9.01 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 44.34 | | | | | | (12.13) | | | | | | 0.56 | | | | 0.56 | | | 0.56 | | | (0.02) | | | | | 89,841 | | | | | | 76 | | |
05-31-21 | | | | | 49.87 | | | | | | 0.08• | | | | | | 15.33 | | | | | | 15.41 | | | | | | 0.15 | | | | | | 6.62 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 6.77 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 58.51 | | | | | | 31.74 | | | | | | 0.55 | | | | 0.55 | | | 0.55 | | | 0.14 | | | | | 306,068 | | | | | | 93 | | |
05-31-20 | | | | | 42.76 | | | | | | 0.24• | | | | | | 9.01 | | | | | | 9.25 | | | | | | 0.31 | | | | | | 1.83 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 2.14 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 49.87 | | | | | | 21.88 | | | | | | 0.55 | | | | 0.58 | | | 0.58 | | | 0.52 | | | | | 272,040 | | | | | | 83 | | |
05-31-19 | | | | | 42.90 | | | | | | 0.36• | | | | | | 2.22 | | | | | | 2.58 | | | | | | 0.20 | | | | | | 2.52 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 2.72 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 42.76 | | | | | | 6.60 | | | | | | 0.55 | | | | 0.58 | | | 0.58 | | | 0.85 | | | | | 294,339 | | | | | | 95 | | |
05-31-18 | | | | | 38.67 | | | | | | 0.25• | | | | | | 6.29 | | | | | | 6.54 | | | | | | 0.20 | | | | | | 2.11 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 2.31 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 42.90 | | | | | | 17.18 | | | | | | 0.61 | | | | 0.60 | | | 0.60 | | | 0.61 | | | | | 43,120 | | | | | | 90 | | |
See Accompanying Notes to Financial Statements
Financial Highlights (continued)
| | | | | | | | | Income (loss) from investment operations | | | | | | | | | Less Distributions | | | | | | Ratios to average net assets | | | Supplemental Data | |
| | | Net asset value, beginning of year or period | | | Net investment income (loss) | | | Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) | | | Total from investment operations | | | From net investment income | | | From net realized gains | | | From return of capital | | | Total distributions | | | Payment by affiliate | | | Net asset value, end of year or period | | | Total Return(1) | | | Expenses before reductions/additions(2)(3) | | | Expenses net of fee waivers and/or recoupments if any(2)(3) | | | Expense net of all reductions/additions(2)(3) | | | Net investment income (loss)(2)(3) | | | Net assets, end of year or period | | | Portfolio turnover rate | |
Year or period ended | | | ($) | | | ($) | | | ($) | | | ($) | | | ($) | | | ($) | | | ($) | | | ($) | | | ($) | | | ($) | | | (%) | | | (%) | | | (%) | | | (%) | | | (%) | | | $(000’s) | | | (%) | |
Voya Large-Cap Growth Fund (continued) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Class W | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
05-31-22 | | | | | 56.58 | | | | | | (0.08)• | | | | | | (4.92) | | | | | | (5.00) | | | | | | — | | | | | | 9.01 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 9.01 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 42.57 | | | | | | (12.28) | | | | | | 0.72 | | | | 0.72 | | | 0.72 | | | (0.15) | | | | | 52,098 | | | | | | 76 | | |
05-31-21 | | | | | 48.42 | | | | | | 0.01• | | | | | | 14.86 | | | | | | 14.87 | | | | | | 0.09 | | | | | | 6.62 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 6.71 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 56.58 | | | | | | 31.55 | | | | | | 0.71 | | | | 0.71 | | | 0.71 | | | 0.01 | | | | | 78,049 | | | | | | 93 | | |
05-31-20 | | | | | 41.60 | | | | | | 0.16• | | | | | | 8.74 | | | | | | 8.90 | | | | | | 0.25 | | | | | | 1.83 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 2.08 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 48.42 | | | | | | 21.64 | | | | | | 0.71 | | | | 0.79 | | | 0.79 | | | 0.35 | | | | | 73,288 | | | | | | 83 | | |
05-31-19 | | | | | 41.79 | | | | | | 0.21• | | | | | | 2.20 | | | | | | 2.41 | | | | | | 0.08 | | | | | | 2.52 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 2.60 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 41.60 | | | | | | 6.32 | | | | | | 0.70 | | | | 0.79 | | | 0.79 | | | 0.50 | | | | | 11,341 | | | | | | 95 | | |
05-31-18 | | | | | 37.75 | | | | | | 0.17• | | | | | | 6.12 | | | | | | 6.29 | | | | | | 0.14 | | | | | | 2.11 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 2.25 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 41.79 | | | | | | 16.95 | | | | | | 0.83 | | | | 0.81 | | | 0.81 | | | 0.42 | | | | | 17,220 | | | | | | 90 | | |
Voya Large Cap Value Fund | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Class A | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
05-31-22 | | | | | 13.25 | | | | | | 0.12• | | | | | | 0.45 | | | | | | 0.57 | | | | | | 0.10 | | | | | | 1.83 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 1.93 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 11.89 | | | | | | 4.48 | | | | | | 1.15 | | | | 1.10 | | | 1.10 | | | 0.95 | | | | | 439,016 | | | | | | 57 | | |
05-31-21 | | | | | 9.74 | | | | | | 0.12• | | | | | | 4.39 | | | | | | 4.51 | | | | | | 0.16 | | | | | | 0.84 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 1.00 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 13.25 | | | | | | 48.66 | | | | | | 1.16 | | | | 1.10 | | | 1.10 | | | 1.09 | | | | | 452,381 | | | | | | 94 | | |
05-31-20 | | | | | 11.04 | | | | | | 0.17 | | | | | | (0.34) | | | | | | (0.17) | | | | | | 0.21 | | | | | | 0.92 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 1.13 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 9.74 | | | | | | (2.79) | | | | | | 1.19 | | | | 1.10 | | | 1.10 | | | 1.55 | | | | | 331,769 | | | | | | 154 | | |
05-31-19 | | | | | 12.09 | | | | | | 0.19 | | | | | | (0.06) | | | | | | 0.13 | | | | | | 0.17 | | | | | | 1.01 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 1.18 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 11.04 | | | | | | 1.51 | | | | | | 1.18 | | | | 1.10 | | | 1.10 | | | 1.60 | | | | | 362,398 | | | | | | 90 | | |
05-31-18 | | | | | 12.64 | | | | | | 0.18 | | | | | | 0.62 | | | | | | 0.80 | | | | | | 0.19 | | | | | | 1.16 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 1.35 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 12.09 | | | | | | 6.27 | | | | | | 1.17 | | | | 1.10 | | | 1.10 | | | 1.42 | | | | | 386,969 | | | | | | 85 | | |
Class C | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
05-31-22 | | | | | 13.25 | | | | | | 0.02• | | | | | | 0.46 | | | | | | 0.48 | | | | | | 0.02 | | | | | | 1.83 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 1.85 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 11.88 | | | | | | 3.72 | | | | | | 1.90 | | | | 1.85 | | | 1.85 | | | 0.16 | | | | | 6,143 | | | | | | 57 | | |
05-31-21 | | | | | 9.74 | | | | | | 0.04• | | | | | | 4.38 | | | | | | 4.42 | | | | | | 0.07 | | | | | | 0.84 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 0.91 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 13.25 | | | | | | 47.49 | | | | | | 1.91 | | | | 1.85 | | | 1.85 | | | 0.37 | | | | | 10,327 | | | | | | 94 | | |
05-31-20 | | | | | 11.02 | | | | | | 0.08• | | | | | | (0.32) | | | | | | (0.24) | | | | | | 0.12 | | | | | | 0.92 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 1.04 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 9.74 | | | | | | (3.44) | | | | | | 1.94 | | | | 1.85 | | | 1.85 | | | 0.73 | | | | | 13,664 | | | | | | 154 | | |
05-31-19 | | | | | 12.05 | | | | | | 0.11 | | | | | | (0.06) | | | | | | 0.05 | | | | | | 0.07 | | | | | | 1.01 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 1.08 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 11.02 | | | | | | 0.81 | | | | | | 1.93 | | | | 1.85 | | | 1.85 | | | 0.84 | | | | | 39,550 | | | | | | 90 | | |
05-31-18 | | | | | 12.61 | | | | | | 0.09 | | | | | | 0.61 | | | | | | 0.70 | | | | | | 0.10 | | | | | | 1.16 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 1.26 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 12.05 | | | | | | 5.38 | | | | | | 1.92 | | | | 1.85 | | | 1.85 | | | 0.67 | | | | | 53,290 | | | | | | 85 | | |
Class I | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
05-31-22 | | | | | 14.68 | | | | | | 0.18• | | | | | | 0.50 | | | | | | 0.68 | | | | | | 0.14 | | | | | | 1.83 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 1.97 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 13.39 | | | | | | 4.82 | | | | | | 0.81 | | | | 0.76 | | | 0.76 | | | 1.27 | | | | | 245,169 | | | | | | 57 | | |
05-31-21 | | | | | 10.70 | | | | | | 0.18• | | | | | | 4.83 | | | | | | 5.01 | | | | | | 0.19 | | | | | | 0.84 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 1.03 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 14.68 | | | | | | 49.13 | | | | | | 0.82 | | | | 0.76 | | | 0.76 | | | 1.43 | | | | | 271,656 | | | | | | 94 | | |
05-31-20 | | | | | 12.03 | | | | | | 0.22 | | | | | | (0.39) | | | | | | (0.17) | | | | | | 0.24 | | | | | | 0.92 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 1.16 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 10.70 | | | | | | (2.48) | | | | | | 0.84 | | | | 0.76 | | | 0.76 | | | 1.90 | | | | | 230,991 | | | | | | 154 | | |
05-31-19 | | | | | 13.07 | | | | | | 0.25 | | | | | | (0.05) | | | | | | 0.20 | | | | | | 0.23 | | | | | | 1.01 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 1.24 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 12.03 | | | | | | 1.95 | | | | | | 0.84 | | | | 0.76 | | | 0.76 | | | 1.94 | | | | | 214,877 | | | | | | 90 | | |
05-31-18 | | | | | 13.57 | | | | | | 0.24 | | | | | | 0.66 | | | | | | 0.90 | | | | | | 0.24 | | | | | | 1.16 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 1.40 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 13.07 | | | | | | 6.55 | | | | | | 0.84 | | | | 0.76 | | | 0.76 | | | 1.76 | | | | | 242,245 | | | | | | 85 | | |
Class P3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
05-31-22 | | | | | 15.05 | | | | | | 0.30• | | | | | | 0.50 | | | | | | 0.80 | | | | | | 0.14 | | | | | | 1.83 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 1.97 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 13.88 | | | | | | 5.56 | | | | | | 0.79 | | | | 0.00* | | | 0.00* | | | 2.04 | | | | | 3 | | | | | | 57 | | |
05-31-21 | | | | | 10.86 | | | | | | 0.27• | | | | | | 4.95 | | | | | | 5.22 | | | | | | 0.19 | | | | | | 0.84 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 1.03 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 15.05 | | | | | | 50.41 | | | | | | 0.80 | | | | 0.00* | | | 0.00* | | | 2.13 | | | | | 3 | | | | | | 94 | | |
05-31-20 | | | | | 12.11 | | | | | | 0.32• | | | | | | (0.40) | | | | | | (0.08) | | | | | | 0.25 | | | | | | 0.92 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 1.17 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 10.86 | | | | | | (1.76) | | | | | | 0.80 | | | | 0.00* | | | 0.00* | | | 2.70 | | | | | 7,208 | | | | | | 154 | | |
06-01-18(4) - 05-31-19 | | | | | 13.18 | | | | | | 0.33 | | | | | | (0.16) | | | | | | 0.17 | | | | | | 0.23 | | | | | | 1.01 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 1.24 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 12.11 | | | | | | 1.77 | | | | | | 0.80 | | | | 0.00* | | | 0.00* | | | 2.75 | | | | | 3,945 | | | | | | 90 | | |
Class R | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
05-31-22 | | | | | 13.29 | | | | | | 0.09• | | | | | | 0.45 | | | | | | 0.54 | | | | | | 0.07 | | | | | | 1.83 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 1.90 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 11.93 | | | | | | 4.23 | | | | | | 1.40 | | | | 1.30 | | | 1.30 | | | 0.72 | | | | | 886 | | | | | | 57 | | |
05-31-21 | | | | | 9.76 | | | | | | 0.10• | | | | | | 4.40 | | | | | | 4.50 | | | | | | 0.13 | | | | | | 0.84 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 0.97 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 13.29 | | | | | | 48.48 | | | | | | 1.41 | | | | 1.30 | | | 1.30 | | | 0.88 | | | | | 1,032 | | | | | | 94 | | |
05-31-20 | | | | | 11.06 | | | | | | 0.14• | | | | | | (0.35) | | | | | | (0.21) | | | | | | 0.17 | | | | | | 0.92 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 1.09 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 9.76 | | | | | | (3.11) | | | | | | 1.44 | | | | 1.33 | | | 1.33 | | | 1.27 | | | | | 736 | | | | | | 154 | | |
05-31-19 | | | | | 12.07 | | | | | | 0.16• | | | | | | (0.04) | | | | | | 0.12 | | | | | | 0.12 | | | | | | 1.01 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 1.13 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 11.06 | | | | | | 1.44 | | | | | | 1.43 | | | | 1.32 | | | 1.32 | | | 1.38 | | | | | 1,297 | | | | | | 90 | | |
05-31-18 | | | | | 12.63 | | | | | | 0.16 | | | | | | 0.60 | | | | | | 0.76 | | | | | | 0.16 | | | | | | 1.16 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 1.32 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 12.07 | | | | | | 5.93 | | | | | | 1.42 | | | | 1.31 | | | 1.31 | | | 1.20 | | | | | 3,785 | | | | | | 85 | | |
See Accompanying Notes to Financial Statements
Financial Highlights (continued)
| | | | | | | | | Income (loss) from investment operations | | | | | | | | | Less Distributions | | | | | | Ratios to average net assets | | | Supplemental Data | |
| | | Net asset value, beginning of year or period | | | Net investment income (loss) | | | Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) | | | Total from investment operations | | | From net investment income | | | From net realized gains | | | From return of capital | | | Total distributions | | | Payment by affiliate | | | Net asset value, end of year or period | | | Total Return(1) | | | Expenses before reductions/additions(2)(3) | | | Expenses net of fee waivers and/or recoupments if any(2)(3) | | | Expense net of all reductions/additions(2)(3) | | | Net investment income (loss)(2)(3) | | | Net assets, end of year or period | | | Portfolio turnover rate | |
Year or period ended | | | ($) | | | ($) | | | ($) | | | ($) | | | ($) | | | ($) | | | ($) | | | ($) | | | ($) | | | ($) | | | (%) | | | (%) | | | (%) | | | (%) | | | (%) | | | $(000’s) | | | (%) | |
Voya Large Cap Value Fund (continued) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Class R6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
05-31-22 | | | | | 14.65 | | | | | | 0.18• | | | | | | 0.50 | | | | | | 0.68 | | | | | | 0.14 | | | | | | 1.83 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 1.97 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 13.36 | | | | | | 4.84 | | | | | | 0.79 | | | | 0.74 | | | 0.74 | | | 1.30 | | | | | 20,126 | | | | | | 57 | | |
05-31-21 | | | | | 10.68 | | | | | | 0.18• | | | | | | 4.82 | | | | | | 5.00 | | | | | | 0.19 | | | | | | 0.84 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 1.03 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 14.65 | | | | | | 49.15 | | | | | | 0.80 | | | | 0.74 | | | 0.74 | | | 1.45 | | | | | 18,739 | | | | | | 94 | | |
05-31-20 | | | | | 12.01 | | | | | | 0.22• | | | | | | (0.38) | | | | | | (0.16) | | | | | | 0.25 | | | | | | 0.92 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 1.17 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 10.68 | | | | | | (2.47) | | | | | | 0.80 | | | | 0.74 | | | 0.74 | | | 1.82 | | | | | 14,936 | | | | | | 154 | | |
05-31-19 | | | | | 13.06 | | | | | | 0.26 | | | | | | (0.07) | | | | | | 0.19 | | | | | | 0.23 | | | | | | 1.01 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 1.24 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 12.01 | | | | | | 1.90 | | | | | | 0.80 | | | | 0.74 | | | 0.74 | | | 1.96 | | | | | 106,327 | | | | | | 90 | | |
05-31-18 | | | | | 13.55 | | | | | | 0.24 | | | | | | 0.67 | | | | | | 0.91 | | | | | | 0.24 | | | | | | 1.16 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 1.40 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 13.06 | | | | | | 6.66 | | | | | | 0.80 | | | | 0.74 | | | 0.74 | | | 1.77 | | | | | 165,612 | | | | | | 85 | | |
Class W | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
05-31-22 | | | | | 14.66 | | | | | | 0.17• | | | | | | 0.50 | | | | | | 0.67 | | | | | | 0.13 | | | | | | 1.83 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 1.96 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 13.37 | | | | | | 4.73 | | | | | | 0.90 | | | | 0.85 | | | 0.85 | | | 1.20 | | | | | 5,157 | | | | | | 57 | | |
05-31-21 | | | | | 10.69 | | | | | | 0.17• | | | | | | 4.82 | | | | | | 4.99 | | | | | | 0.18 | | | | | | 0.84 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 1.02 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 14.66 | | | | | | 48.94 | | | | | | 0.91 | | | | 0.85 | | | 0.85 | | | 1.35 | | | | | 5,267 | | | | | | 94 | | |
05-31-20 | | | | | 12.01 | | | | | | 0.22• | | | | | | (0.39) | | | | | | (0.17) | | | | | | 0.23 | | | | | | 0.92 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 1.15 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 10.69 | | | | | | (2.50) | | | | | | 0.94 | | | | 0.85 | | | 0.85 | | | 1.79 | | | | | 4,762 | | | | | | 154 | | |
05-31-19 | | | | | 13.03 | | | | | | 0.23• | | | | | | (0.04) | | | | | | 0.19 | | | | | | 0.20 | | | | | | 1.01 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 1.21 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 12.01 | | | | | | 1.92 | | | | | | 0.93 | | | | 0.85 | | | 0.85 | | | 1.81 | | | | | 6,265 | | | | | | 90 | | |
05-31-18 | | | | | 13.53 | | | | | | 0.23 | | | | | | 0.65 | | | | | | 0.88 | | | | | | 0.22 | | | | | | 1.16 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 1.38 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 13.03 | | | | | | 6.46 | | | | | | 0.92 | | | | 0.85 | | | 0.85 | | | 1.67 | | | | | 13,689 | | | | | | 85 | | |
Voya MidCap Opportunities Fund | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Class A | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
05-31-22 | | | | | 23.82 | | | | | | (0.17)• | | | | | | (3.32) | | | | | | (3.49) | | | | | | — | | | | | | 5.67 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 5.67 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 14.66 | | | | | | (20.04) | | | | | | 1.23 | | | | 1.21 | | | 1.21 | | | (0.81) | | | | | 246,265 | | | | | | 62 | | |
05-31-21 | | | | | 20.41 | | | | | | (0.20)• | | | | | | 8.70 | | | | | | 8.50 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 5.09 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 5.09 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 23.82 | | | | | | 43.16 | | | | | | 1.27 | | | | 1.25 | | | 1.25 | | | (0.87) | | | | | 346,695 | | | | | | 82 | | |
05-31-20 | | | | | 19.28 | | | | | | (0.07) | | | | | | 2.67 | | | | | | 2.60 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 1.47 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 1.47 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 20.41 | | | | | | 13.68 | | | | | | 1.28 | | | | 1.27 | | | 1.27 | | | (0.34) | | | | | 275,279 | | | | | | 92 | | |
05-31-19 | | | | | 22.97 | | | | | | (0.07) | | | | | | 0.31 | | | | | | 0.24 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 3.93 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 3.93 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 19.28 | | | | | | 2.97 | | | | | | 1.26 | | | | 1.26 | | | 1.26 | | | (0.36) | | | | | 277,900 | | | | | | 103 | | |
05-31-18 | | | | | 23.52 | | | | | | (0.11) | | | | | | 3.05 | | | | | | 2.94 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 3.49 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 3.49 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 22.97 | | | | | | 13.13 | | | | | | 1.26 | | | | 1.26 | | | 1.26 | | | (0.42) | | | | | 266,052 | | | | | | 102 | | |
Class C | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
05-31-22 | | | | | 13.68 | | | | | | (0.18)• | | | | | | (1.34) | | | | | | (1.52) | | | | | | — | | | | | | 5.67 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 5.67 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 6.49 | | | | | | (20.58) | | | | | | 1.98 | | | | 1.96 | | | 1.96 | | | (1.58) | | | | | 9,451 | | | | | | 62 | | |
05-31-21 | | | | | 13.41 | | | | | | (0.23)• | | | | | | 5.59 | | | | | | 5.36 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 5.09 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 5.09 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 13.68 | | | | | | 42.15 | | | | | | 2.02 | | | | 2.00 | | | 2.00 | | | (1.62) | | | | | 23,803 | | | | | | 82 | | |
05-31-20 | | | | | 13.22 | | | | | | (0.14)• | | | | | | 1.80 | | | | | | 1.66 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 1.47 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 1.47 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 13.41 | | | | | | 12.81 | | | | | | 2.03 | | | | 2.02 | | | 2.02 | | | (1.04) | | | | | 27,377 | | | | | | 92 | | |
05-31-19 | | | | | 17.21 | | | | | | (0.18) | | | | | | 0.12 | | | | | | (0.06) | | | | | | — | | | | | | 3.93 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 3.93 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 13.22 | | | | | | 2.14 | | | | | | 2.01 | | | | 2.01 | | | 2.01 | | | (1.12) | | | | | 56,335 | | | | | | 103 | | |
05-31-18 | | | | | 18.55 | | | | | | (0.21)• | | | | | | 2.36 | | | | | | 2.15 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 3.49 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 3.49 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 17.21 | | | | | | 12.33 | | | | | | 2.01 | | | | 2.01 | | | 2.01 | | | (1.18) | | | | | 83,124 | | | | | | 102 | | |
Class I | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
05-31-22 | | | | | 29.83 | | | | | | (0.14)• | | | | | | (4.48) | | | | | | (4.62) | | | | | | — | | | | | | 5.67 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 5.67 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 19.54 | | | | | | (19.77) | | | | | | 0.93 | | | | 0.91 | | | 0.91 | | | (0.51) | | | | | 346,729 | | | | | | 62 | | |
05-31-21 | | | | | 24.53 | | | | | | (0.16)• | | | | | | 10.55 | | | | | | 10.39 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 5.09 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 5.09 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 29.83 | | | | | | 43.65 | | | | | | 0.94 | | | | 0.92 | | | 0.92 | | | (0.55) | | | | | 504,762 | | | | | | 82 | | |
05-31-20 | | | | | 22.84 | | | | | | (0.01) | | | | | | 3.17 | | | | | | 3.16 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 1.47 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 1.47 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 24.53 | | | | | | 14.01 | | | | | | 0.98 | | | | 0.97 | | | 0.97 | | | (0.01) | | | | | 431,603 | | | | | | 92 | | |
05-31-19 | | | | | 26.35 | | | | | | (0.02) | | | | | | 0.44 | | | | | | 0.42 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 3.93 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 3.93 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 22.84 | | | | | | 3.30 | | | | | | 0.96 | | | | 0.97 | | | 0.97 | | | (0.08) | | | | | 580,296 | | | | | | 103 | | |
05-31-18 | | | | | 26.44 | | | | | | (0.04) | | | | | | 3.44 | | | | | | 3.40 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 3.49 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 3.49 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 26.35 | | | | | | 13.44 | | | | | | 0.98 | | | | 0.98 | | | 0.98 | | | (0.15) | | | | | 716,855 | | | | | | 102 | | |
Class P3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
05-31-22 | | | | | 31.19 | | | | | | 0.12• | | | | | | (4.80) | | | | | | (4.68) | | | | | | — | | | | | | 5.67 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 5.67 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 20.84 | | | | | | (19.04) | | | | | | 0.85 | | | | 0.00* | | | 0.00* | | | 0.41 | | | | | 2 | | | | | | 62 | | |
05-31-21 | | | | | 25.25 | | | | | | 0.11• | | | | | | 10.92 | | | | | | 11.03 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 5.09 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 5.09 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 31.19 | | | | | | 45.04 | | | | | | 0.87 | | | | 0.00* | | | 0.00* | | | 0.37 | | | | | 3 | | | | | | 82 | | |
05-31-20 | | | | | 23.26 | | | | | | 0.22• | | | | | | 3.24 | | | | | | 3.46 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 1.47 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 1.47 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 25.25 | | | | | | 15.08 | | | | | | 0.87 | | | | 0.00* | | | 0.00* | | | 0.92 | | | | | 1,560 | | | | | | 92 | | |
06-01-18(4) - 05-31-19 | | | | | 26.81 | | | | | | 0.22• | | | | | | 0.16 | | | | | | 0.38 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 3.93 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 3.93 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 23.26 | | | | | | 3.17 | | | | | | 0.85 | | | | 0.00* | | | 0.00* | | | 0.90 | | | | | 1,126 | | | | | | 103 | | |
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Financial Highlights (continued)
| | | | | | | | | Income (loss) from investment operations | | | | | | | | | Less Distributions | | | | | | Ratios to average net assets | | | Supplemental Data | |
| | | Net asset value, beginning of year or period | | | Net investment income (loss) | | | Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) | | | Total from investment operations | | | From net investment income | | | From net realized gains | | | From return of capital | | | Total distributions | | | Payment by affiliate | | | Net asset value, end of year or period | | | Total Return(1) | | | Expenses before reductions/additions(2)(3) | | | Expenses net of fee waivers and/or recoupments if any(2)(3) | | | Expense net of all reductions/additions(2)(3) | | | Net investment income (loss)(2)(3) | | | Net assets, end of year or period | | | Portfolio turnover rate | |
Year or period ended | | | ($) | | | ($) | | | ($) | | | ($) | | | ($) | | | ($) | | | ($) | | | ($) | | | ($) | | | ($) | | | (%) | | | (%) | | | (%) | | | (%) | | | (%) | | | $(000’s) | | | (%) | |
Voya MidCap Opportunities Fund (continued) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Class R | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
05-31-22 | | | | | 22.68 | | | | | | (0.21)• | | | | | | (3.09) | | | | | | (3.30) | | | | | | — | | | | | | 5.67 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 5.67 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 13.71 | | | | | | (20.23) | | | | | | 1.48 | | | | 1.46 | | | 1.46 | | | (1.05) | | | | | 2,241 | | | | | | 62 | | |
05-31-21 | | | | | 19.65 | | | | | | (0.25)• | | | | | | 8.37 | | | | | | 8.12 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 5.09 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 5.09 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 22.68 | | | | | | 42.86 | | | | | | 1.52 | | | | 1.50 | | | 1.50 | | | (1.12) | | | | | 3,388 | | | | | | 82 | | |
05-31-20 | | | | | 18.66 | | | | | | (0.11)• | | | | | | 2.57 | | | | | | 2.46 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 1.47 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 1.47 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 19.65 | | | | | | 13.38 | | | | | | 1.53 | | | | 1.52 | | | 1.52 | | | (0.58) | | | | | 2,743 | | | | | | 92 | | |
05-31-19 | | | | | 22.42 | | | | | | (0.14) | | | | | | 0.31 | | | | | | 0.17 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 3.93 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 3.93 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 18.66 | | | | | | 2.70 | | | | | | 1.51 | | | | 1.51 | | | 1.51 | | | (0.62) | | | | | 3,021 | | | | | | 103 | | |
05-31-18 | | | | | 23.09 | | | | | | (0.14) | | | | | | 2.96 | | | | | | 2.82 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 3.49 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 3.49 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 22.42 | | | | | | 12.84 | | | | | | 1.51 | | | | 1.51 | | | 1.51 | | | (0.68) | | | | | 3,757 | | | | | | 102 | | |
Class R6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
05-31-22 | | | | | 30.22 | | | | | | (0.12)• | | | | | | (4.56) | | | | | | (4.68) | | | | | | — | | | | | | 5.67 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 5.67 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 19.87 | | | | | | (19.71) | | | | | | 0.85 | | | | 0.83 | | | 0.83 | | | (0.43) | | | | | 95,140 | | | | | | 62 | | |
05-31-21 | | | | | 24.78 | | | | | | (0.14)• | | | | | | 10.67 | | | | | | 10.53 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 5.09 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 5.09 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 30.22 | | | | | | 43.78 | | | | | | 0.86 | | | | 0.84 | | | 0.84 | | | (0.47) | | | | | 162,052 | | | | | | 82 | | |
05-31-20 | | | | | 23.04 | | | | | | 0.02 | | | | | | 3.19 | | | | | | 3.21 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 1.47 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 1.47 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 24.78 | | | | | | 14.11 | | | | | | 0.87 | | | | 0.86 | | | 0.86 | | | 0.08 | | | | | 133,027 | | | | | | 92 | | |
05-31-19 | | | | | 26.51 | | | | | | 0.01 | | | | | | 0.45 | | | | | | 0.46 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 3.93 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 3.93 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 23.04 | | | | | | 3.43 | | | | | | 0.85 | | | | 0.85 | | | 0.85 | | | 0.04 | | | | | 153,726 | | | | | | 103 | | |
05-31-18 | | | | | 26.56 | | | | | | (0.01) | | | | | | 3.45 | | | | | | 3.44 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 3.49 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 3.49 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 26.51 | | | | | | 13.54 | | | | | | 0.87 | | | | 0.87 | | | 0.87 | | | (0.03) | | | | | 134,196 | | | | | | 102 | | |
Class W | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
05-31-22 | | | | | 29.11 | | | | | | (0.15)• | | | | | | (4.34) | | | | | | (4.49) | | | | | | — | | | | | | 5.67 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 5.67 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 18.95 | | | | | | (19.82) | | | | | | 0.98 | | | | 0.96 | | | 0.96 | | | (0.56) | | | | | 57,800 | | | | | | 62 | | |
05-31-21 | | | | | 24.05 | | | | | | (0.17)• | | | | | | 10.32 | | | | | | 10.15 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 5.09 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 5.09 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 29.11 | | | | | | 43.51 | | | | | | 1.02 | | | | 1.00 | | | 1.00 | | | (0.61) | | | | | 88,959 | | | | | | 82 | | |
05-31-20 | | | | | 22.43 | | | | | | (0.02) | | | | | | 3.11 | | | | | | 3.09 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 1.47 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 1.47 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 24.05 | | | | | | 13.95 | | | | | | 1.03 | | | | 1.02 | | | 1.02 | | | (0.08) | | | | | 82,191 | | | | | | 92 | | |
05-31-19 | | | | | 25.96 | | | | | | (0.03) | | | | | | 0.43 | | | | | | 0.40 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 3.93 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 3.93 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 22.43 | | | | | | 3.26 | | | | | | 1.01 | | | | 1.01 | | | 1.01 | | | (0.12) | | | | | 108,707 | | | | | | 103 | | |
05-31-18 | | | | | 26.11 | | | | | | (0.04) | | | | | | 3.38 | | | | | | 3.34 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 3.49 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 3.49 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 25.96 | | | | | | 13.38 | | | | | | 1.01 | | | | 1.01 | | | 1.01 | | | (0.18) | | | | | 136,705 | | | | | | 102 | | |
Voya Multi-Manager Mid Cap Value Fund | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Class I | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
05-31-22 | | | | | 11.72 | | | | | | 0.11• | | | | | | (0.31) | | | | | | (0.20) | | | | | | 0.15 | | | | | | 1.53 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 1.68 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 9.84 | | | | | | (2.44) | | | | | | 0.79 | | | | 0.78 | | | 0.78 | | | 0.95 | | | | | 116,274 | | | | | | 30 | | |
05-31-21 | | | | | 7.83 | | | | | | 0.09• | | | | | | 4.22 | | | | | | 4.31 | | | | | | 0.10 | | | | | | 0.32 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 0.42 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 11.72 | | | | | | 56.34(5) | | | | | | 0.79 | | | | 0.78 | | | 0.78 | | | 0.93 | | | | | 175,387 | | | | | | 47 | | |
05-31-20 | | | | | 9.26 | | | | | | 0.12 | | | | | | (0.55) | | | | | | (0.43) | | | | | | 0.12 | | | | | | 0.88 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 1.00 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 7.83 | | | | | | (6.73) | | | | | | 0.88 | | | | 0.83 | | | 0.83 | | | 1.26 | | | | | 106,294 | | | | | | 63 | | |
05-31-19 | | | | | 11.99 | | | | | | 0.12 | | | | | | (1.15) | | | | | | (1.03) | | | | | | 0.13 | | | | | | 1.57 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 1.70 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 9.26 | | | | | | (7.77) | | | | | | 0.92 | | | | 0.88 | | | 0.88 | | | 1.04 | | | | | 113,560 | | | | | | 36 | | |
05-31-18 | | | | | 11.38 | | | | | | 0.11 | | | | | | 1.34 | | | | | | 1.45 | | | | | | 0.09 | | | | | | 0.75 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 0.84 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 11.99 | | | | | | 12.91 | | | | | | 0.86 | | | | 0.84 | | | 0.84 | | | 0.83 | | | | | 180,650 | | | | | | 26 | | |
Class P | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
05-31-22 | | | | | 11.87 | | | | | | 0.18• | | | | | | (0.30) | | | | | | (0.12) | | | | | | 0.15 | | | | | | 1.53 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 1.68 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 10.07 | | | | | | (1.68) | | | | | | 0.79 | | | | 0.07 | | | 0.07 | | | 1.64 | | | | | 69,366 | | | | | | 30 | | |
05-31-21 | | | | | 7.91 | | | | | | 0.16• | | | | | | 4.23 | | | | | | 4.39 | | | | | | 0.11 | | | | | | 0.32 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 0.43 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 11.87 | | | | | | 56.66(5) | | | | | | 0.79 | | | | 0.08 | | | 0.08 | | | 1.58 | | | | | 103,285 | | | | | | 47 | | |
05-31-20 | | | | | 9.27 | | | | | | 0.18 | | | | | | (0.54) | | | | | | (0.36) | | | | | | 0.12 | | | | | | 0.88 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 1.00 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 7.91 | | | | | | (5.97) | | | | | | 2.05 | | | | 0.15 | | | 0.15 | | | 1.91 | | | | | 3 | | | | | | 63 | | |
02-28-19(4) - 05-31-19 | | | | | 9.86 | | | | | | 0.04• | | | | | | (0.63) | | | | | | (0.59) | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | 9.27 | | | | | | (5.98) | | | | | | 1.99 | | | | 0.15 | | | 0.15 | | | 1.77 | | | | | 3 | | | | | | 36 | | |
Class P3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
05-31-22 | | | | | 11.98 | | | | | | 0.19• | | | | | | (0.30) | | | | | | (0.11) | | | | | | 0.15 | | | | | | 1.53 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 1.68 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 10.19 | | | | | | (1.56) | | | | | | 0.79 | | | | 0.00* | | | 0.00* | | | 1.71 | | | | | 3 | | | | | | 30 | | |
05-31-21 | | | | | 7.99 | | | | | | 0.16• | | | | | | 4.25 | | | | | | 4.41 | | | | | | 0.10 | | | | | | 0.32 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 0.42 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 11.98 | | | | | | 56.47(5) | | | | | | 0.79 | | | | 0.00* | | | 0.00* | | | 1.63 | | | | | 3 | | | | | | 47 | | |
05-31-20 | | | | | 9.35 | | | | | | 0.19• | | | | | | (0.55) | | | | | | (0.36) | | | | | | 0.12 | | | | | | 0.88 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 1.00 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 7.99 | | | | | | (5.86) | | | | | | 0.88 | | | | 0.00* | | | 0.00* | | | 2.07 | | | | | 3,492 | | | | | | 63 | | |
06-01-18(4) - 05-31-19 | | | | | 12.08 | | | | | | 0.20• | | | | | | (1.23) | | | | | | (1.03) | | | | | | 0.13 | | | | | | 1.57 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 1.70 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 9.35 | | | | | | (7.65) | | | | | | 0.92 | | | | 0.00* | | | 0.00* | | | 1.87 | | | | | 2,377 | | | | | | 36 | | |
See Accompanying Notes to Financial Statements
Financial Highlights (continued)
| | | | | | | | | Income (loss) from investment operations | | | | | | | | | Less Distributions | | | | | | Ratios to average net assets | | | Supplemental Data | |
| | | Net asset value, beginning of year or period | | | Net investment income (loss) | | | Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) | | | Total from investment operations | | | From net investment income | | | From net realized gains | | | From return of capital | | | Total distributions | | | Payment by affiliate | | | Net asset value, end of year or period | | | Total Return(1) | | | Expenses before reductions/additions(2)(3) | | | Expenses net of fee waivers and/or recoupments if any(2)(3) | | | Expense net of all reductions/additions(2)(3) | | | Net investment income (loss)(2)(3) | | | Net assets, end of year or period | | | Portfolio turnover rate | |
Year or period ended | | | ($) | | | ($) | | | ($) | | | ($) | | | ($) | | | ($) | | | ($) | | | ($) | | | ($) | | | ($) | | | (%) | | | (%) | | | (%) | | | (%) | | | (%) | | | $(000’s) | | | (%) | |
Voya SmallCap Opportunities Fund | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Class A | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
05-31-22 | | | | | 66.50 | | | | | | (0.48)• | | | | | | (11.78) | | | | | | (12.26) | | | | | | — | | | | | | 10.71 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 10.71 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 43.53 | | | | | | (21.12) | | | | | | 1.57 | | | | 1.26 | | | 1.26 | | | (0.83) | | | | | 56,439 | | | | | | 190 | | |
05-31-21 | | | | | 47.03 | | | | | | (0.54)• | | | | | | 20.01 | | | | | | 19.47 | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | 66.50 | | | | | | 41.40 | | | | | | 1.60 | | | | 1.35 | | | 1.35 | | | (0.92) | | | | | 79,301 | | | | | | 135 | | |
05-31-20 | | | | | 45.06 | | | | | | (0.32)• | | | | | | 2.29 | | | | | | 1.97 | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | 47.03 | | | | | | 4.37 | | | | | | 1.44 | | | | 1.40 | | | 1.40 | | | (0.69) | | | | | 66,553 | | | | | | 131 | | |
05-31-19 | | | | | 61.40 | | | | | | (0.25) | | | | | | (7.39) | | | | | | (7.64) | | | | | | — | | | | | | 8.70 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 8.70 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 45.06 | | | | | | (11.51) | | | | | | 1.36 | | | | 1.36 | | | 1.36 | | | (0.45) | | | | | 133,387 | | | | | | 123 | | |
05-31-18 | | | | | 58.22 | | | | | | (0.24) | | | | | | 9.16 | | | | | | 8.92 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 5.74 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 5.74 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 61.40 | | | | | | 15.86 | | | | | | 1.35 | | | | 1.35 | | | 1.35 | | | (0.38) | | | | | 195,549 | | | | | | 88 | | |
Class C | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
05-31-22 | | | | | 46.47 | | | | | | (0.62)• | | | | | | (7.65) | | | | | | (8.27) | | | | | | — | | | | | | 10.71 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 10.71 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 27.49 | | | | | | (21.71) | | | | | | 2.32 | | | | 2.01 | | | 2.01 | | | (1.58) | | | | | 3,947 | | | | | | 190 | | |
05-31-21 | | | | | 33.11 | | | | | | (0.68)• | | | | | | 14.04 | | | | | | 13.36 | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | 46.47 | | | | | | 40.35 | | | | | | 2.35 | | | | 2.10 | | | 2.10 | | | (1.67) | | | | | 7,285 | | | | | | 135 | | |
05-31-20 | | | | | 31.97 | | | | | | (0.48)• | | | | | | 1.62 | | | | | | 1.14 | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | 33.11 | | | | | | 3.57 | | | | | | 2.19 | | | | 2.15 | | | 2.15 | | | (1.44) | | | | | 8,062 | | | | | | 131 | | |
05-31-19 | | | | | 46.96 | | | | | | (0.48)• | | | | | | (5.81) | | | | | | (6.29) | | | | | | — | | | | | | 8.70 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 8.70 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 31.97 | | | | | | (12.24) | | | | | | 2.11 | | | | 2.11 | | | 2.11 | | | (1.19) | | | | | 19,506 | | | | | | 123 | | |
05-31-18 | | | | | 46.07 | | | | | | (0.53)• | | | | | | 7.16 | | | | | | 6.63 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 5.74 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 5.74 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 46.96 | | | | | | 15.03 | | | | | | 2.10 | | | | 2.10 | | | 2.10 | | | (1.13) | | | | | 36,198 | | | | | | 88 | | |
Class I | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
05-31-22 | | | | | 74.78 | | | | | | (0.37)• | | | | | | (13.48) | | | | | | (13.85) | | | | | | — | | | | | | 10.71 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 10.71 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 50.22 | | | | | | (20.90) | | | | | | 1.28 | | | | 0.97 | | | 0.97 | | | (0.55) | | | | | 37,835 | | | | | | 190 | | |
05-31-21 | | | | | 52.70 | | | | | | (0.37)• | | | | | | 22.45 | | | | | | 22.08 | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | 74.78 | | | | | | 41.90 | | | | | | 1.27 | | | | 1.00 | | | 1.00 | | | (0.58) | | | | | 97,121 | | | | | | 135 | | |
05-31-20 | | | | | 50.33 | | | | | | (0.19)• | | | | | | 2.56 | | | | | | 2.37 | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | 52.70 | | | | | | 4.71 | | | | | | 1.13 | | | | 1.07 | | | 1.07 | | | (0.37) | | | | | 113,287 | | | | | | 131 | | |
05-31-19 | | | | | 67.14 | | | | | | (0.07)• | | | | | | (8.04) | | | | | | (8.11) | | | | | | — | | | | | | 8.70 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 8.70 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 50.33 | | | | | | (11.20) | | | | | | 1.02 | | | | 1.02 | | | 1.02 | | | (0.11) | | | | | 233,232 | | | | | | 123 | | |
05-31-18 | | | | | 63.00 | | | | | | (0.06)• | | | | | | 9.94 | | | | | | 9.88 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 5.74 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 5.74 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 67.14 | | | | | | 16.19 | | | | | | 1.06 | | | | 1.06 | | | 1.06 | | | (0.09) | | | | | 845,689 | | | | | | 88 | | |
Class P3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ��� | | | | | | | | |
05-31-22 | | | | | 77.83 | | | | | | 0.30• | | | | | | (14.22) | | | | | | (13.92) | | | | | | — | | | | | | 10.71 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 10.71 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 53.20 | | | | | | (20.12) | | | | | | 2.24 | | | | 0.00* | | | 0.00* | | | 0.44 | | | | | 3 | | | | | | 190 | | |
05-31-21 | | | | | 54.31 | | | | | | 0.29• | | | | | | 23.23 | | | | | | 23.52 | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | 77.83 | | | | | | 43.31 | | | | | | 2.23 | | | | 0.00* | | | 0.00* | | | 0.42 | | | | | 4 | | | | | | 135 | | |
05-31-20 | | | | | 51.33 | | | | | | 0.37 | | | | | | 2.61 | | | | | | 2.98 | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | 54.31 | | | | | | 5.81 | | | | | | 2.20 | | | | 0.00* | | | 0.00* | | | 0.68 | | | | | 3 | | | | | | 131 | | |
06-04-18(4) - 05-31-19 | | | | | 68.64 | | | | | | 0.53• | | | | | | (9.14) | | | | | | (8.61) | | | | | | — | | | | | | 8.70 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 8.70 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 51.33 | | | | | | (11.62) | | | | | | 2.08 | | | | 0.00* | | | 0.00* | | | 0.90 | | | | | 3 | | | | | | 123 | | |
Class R | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
05-31-22 | | | | | 64.24 | | | | | | (0.61)• | | | | | | (11.29) | | | | | | (11.90) | | | | | | — | | | | | | 10.71 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 10.71 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 41.63 | | | | | | (21.32) | | | | | | 1.82 | | | | 1.51 | | | 1.51 | | | (1.08) | | | | | 594 | | | | | | 190 | | |
05-31-21 | | | | | 45.54 | | | | | | (0.66)• | | | | | | 19.36 | | | | | | 18.70 | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | 64.24 | | | | | | 41.06 | | | | | | 1.85 | | | | 1.60 | | | 1.60 | | | (1.17) | | | | | 1,242 | | | | | | 135 | | |
05-31-20 | | | | | 43.75 | | | | | | (0.43)• | | | | | | 2.22 | | | | | | 1.79 | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | 45.54 | | | | | | 4.09 | | | | | | 1.69 | | | | 1.65 | | | 1.65 | | | (0.95) | | | | | 1,027 | | | | | | 131 | | |
05-31-19 | | | | | 60.06 | | | | | | (0.36)• | | | | | | (7.25) | | | | | | (7.61) | | | | | | — | | | | | | 8.70 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 8.70 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 43.75 | | | | | | (11.73) | | | | | | 1.61 | | | | 1.61 | | | 1.61 | | | (0.70) | | | | | 3,284 | | | | | | 123 | | |
05-31-18 | | | | | 57.20 | | | | | | (0.39) | | | | | | 8.99 | | | | | | 8.60 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 5.74 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 5.74 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 60.06 | | | | | | 15.57 | | | | | | 1.60 | | | | 1.60 | | | 1.60 | | | (0.64) | | | | | 3,993 | | | | | | 88 | | |
Class R6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
05-31-22 | | | | | 75.69 | | | | | | (0.34)• | | | | | | (13.59) | | | | | | (13.93) | | | | | | — | | | | | | 10.71 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 10.71 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 51.05 | | | | | | (20.73) | | | | | | 1.18 | | | | 0.87 | | | 0.87 | | | (0.47) | | | | | 1,495 | | | | | | 190 | | |
05-31-21 | | | | | 53.26 | | | | | | (0.29)• | | | | | | 22.72 | | | | | | 22.43 | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | 75.69 | | | | | | 42.11 | | | | | | 1.10 | | | | 0.90 | | | 0.90 | | | (0.46) | | | | | 29,553 | | | | | | 135 | | |
05-31-20 | | | | | 50.81 | | | | | | (0.15)• | | | | | | 2.60 | | | | | | 2.45 | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | 53.26 | | | | | | 4.82 | | | | | | 1.01 | | | | 0.97 | | | 0.97 | | | (0.27) | | | | | 68,687 | | | | | | 131 | | |
05-31-19 | | | | | 67.61 | | | | | | (0.02) | | | | | | (8.08) | | | | | | (8.10) | | | | | | — | | | | | | 8.70 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 8.70 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 50.81 | | | | | | (11.10) | | | | | | 0.94 | | | | 0.94 | | | 0.94 | | | (0.03) | | | | | 221,728 | | | | | | 123 | | |
05-31-18 | | | | | 63.33 | | | | | | 0.03• | | | | | | 9.99 | | | | | | 10.02 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 5.74 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 5.74 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 67.61 | | | | | | 16.33 | | | | | | 0.92 | | | | 0.92 | | | 0.92 | | | 0.04 | | | | | 322,756 | | | | | | 88 | | |
See Accompanying Notes to Financial Statements
Financial Highlights (continued)
| | | | | | | | | Income (loss) from investment operations | | | | | | | | | Less Distributions | | | | | | Ratios to average net assets | | | Supplemental Data | |
| | | Net asset value, beginning of year or period | | | Net investment income (loss) | | | Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) | | | Total from investment operations | | | From net investment income | | | From net realized gains | | | From return of capital | | | Total distributions | | | Payment by affiliate | | | Net asset value, end of year or period | | | Total Return(1) | | | Expenses before reductions/additions(2)(3) | | | Expenses net of fee waivers and/or recoupments if any(2)(3) | | | Expense net of all reductions/additions(2)(3) | | | Net investment income (loss)(2)(3) | | | Net assets, end of year or period | | | Portfolio turnover rate | |
Year or period ended | | | ($) | | | ($) | | | ($) | | | ($) | | | ($) | | | ($) | | | ($) | | | ($) | | | ($) | | | ($) | | | (%) | | | (%) | | | (%) | | | (%) | | | (%) | | | $(000’s) | | | (%) | |
Voya SmallCap Opportunities Fund (continued) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Class W | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
05-31-22 | | | | | 73.38 | | | | | | (0.37)• | | | | | | (13.20) | | | | | | (13.57) | | | | | | — | | | | | | 10.71 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 10.71 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 49.10 | | | | | | (20.92) | | | | | | 1.32 | | | | 1.01 | | | 1.01 | | | (0.57) | | | | | 4,826 | | | | | | 190 | | |
05-31-21 | | | | | 51.77 | | | | | | (0.43)• | | | | | | 22.04 | | | | | | 21.61 | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | 73.38 | | | | | | 41.74 | | | | | | 1.35 | | | | 1.10 | | | 1.10 | | | (0.67) | | | | | 8,214 | | | | | | 135 | | |
05-31-20 | | | | | 49.47 | | | | | | (0.24)• | | | | | | 2.54 | | | | | | 2.30 | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | 51.77 | | | | | | 4.65 | | | | | | 1.19 | | | | 1.15 | | | 1.15 | | | (0.48) | | | | | 8,537 | | | | | | 131 | | |
05-31-19 | | | | | 66.21 | | | | | | (0.12) | | | | | | (7.92) | | | | | | (8.04) | | | | | | — | | | | | | 8.70 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 8.70 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 49.47 | | | | | | (11.25) | | | | | | 1.11 | | | | 1.11 | | | 1.11 | | | (0.20) | | | | | 68,643 | | | | | | 123 | | |
05-31-18 | | | | | 62.23 | | | | | | (0.09) | | | | | | 9.81 | | | | | | 9.72 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 5.74 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 5.74 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 66.21 | | | | | | 16.14 | | | | | | 1.10 | | | | 1.10 | | | 1.10 | | | (0.13) | | | | | 92,815 | | | | | | 88 | | |
Voya U.S. High Dividend Low Volatility Fund | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Class A | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
05-31-22 | | | | | 14.33 | | | | | | 0.23• | | | | | | 0.73 | | | | | | 0.96 | | | | | | 0.25 | | | | | | 3.65 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 3.90 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 11.39 | | | | | | 6.29 | | | | | | 1.14 | | | | 0.60 | | | 0.60 | | | 1.88 | | | | | 3,953 | | | | | | 91 | | |
05-31-21 | | | | | 11.05 | | | | | | 0.21• | | | | | | 3.34 | | | | | | 3.55 | | | | | | 0.27 | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | 0.27 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 14.33 | | | | | | 32.50 | | | | | | 1.23 | | | | 0.72 | | | 0.72 | | | 1.72 | | | | | 916 | | | | | | 97 | | |
05-31-20 | | | | | 11.31 | | | | | | 0.23 | | | | | | (0.07) | | | | | | 0.16 | | | | | | 0.28 | | | | | | 0.14 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 0.42 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 11.05 | | | | | | 1.29 | | | | | | 1.26 | | | | 0.80 | | | 0.80 | | | 2.07 | | | | | 766 | | | | | | 61 | | |
05-31-19 | | | | | 11.51 | | | | | | 0.25• | | | | | | 0.16 | | | | | | 0.41 | | | | | | 0.20 | | | | | | 0.41 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 0.61 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 11.31 | | | | | | 3.87 | | | | | | 1.26 | | | | 0.80 | | | 0.80 | | | 2.19 | | | | | 281 | | | | | | 62 | | |
05-31-18 | | | | | 10.74 | | | | | | 0.24• | | | | | | 1.02 | | | | | | 1.26 | | | | | | 0.30 | | | | | | 0.19 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 0.49 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 11.51 | | | | | | 11.77 | | | | | | 1.71 | | | | 0.80 | | | 0.80 | | | 2.09 | | | | | 130 | | | | | | 33 | | |
Class I | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
05-31-22 | | | | | 14.39 | | | | | | 0.28• | | | | | | 0.73 | | | | | | 1.01 | | | | | | 0.28 | | | | | | 3.65 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 3.93 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 11.47 | | | | | | 6.67 | | | | | | 0.40 | | | | 0.33 | | | 0.33 | | | 2.13 | | | | | 40,516 | | | | | | 91 | | |
05-31-21 | | | | | 11.10 | | | | | | 0.25• | | | | | | 3.35 | | | | | | 3.60 | | | | | | 0.31 | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | 0.31 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 14.39 | | | | | | 32.84 | | | | | | 0.49 | | | | 0.46 | | | 0.46 | | | 2.01 | | | | | 64,631 | | | | | | 97 | | |
05-31-20 | | | | | 11.36 | | | | | | 0.28• | | | | | | (0.09) | | | | | | 0.19 | | | | | | 0.31 | | | | | | 0.14 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 0.45 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 11.10 | | | | | | 1.57 | | | | | | 0.51 | | | | 0.51 | | | 0.51 | | | 2.33 | | | | | 101,037 | | | | | | 61 | | |
05-31-19 | | | | | 11.55 | | | | | | 0.26 | | | | | | 0.20 | | | | | | 0.46 | | | | | | 0.24 | | | | | | 0.41 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 0.65 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 11.36 | | | | | | 4.28 | | | | | | 0.51 | | | | 0.52 | | | 0.52 | | | 2.39 | | | | | 299,079 | | | | | | 62 | | |
05-31-18 | | | | | 10.77 | | | | | | 0.31• | | | | | | 0.99 | | | | | | 1.30 | | | | | | 0.33 | | | | | | 0.19 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 0.52 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 11.55 | | | | | | 12.09 | | | | | | 0.78 | | | | 0.55 | | | 0.55 | | | 2.76 | | | | | 155,151 | | | | | | 33 | | |
Class P3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
05-31-22 | | | | | 14.61 | | | | | | 0.33• | | | | | | 0.73 | | | | | | 1.06 | | | | | | 0.28 | | | | | | 3.65 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 3.93 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 11.74 | | | | | | 6.95 | | | | | | 0.40 | | | | 0.00* | | | 0.00* | | | 2.47 | | | | | 3 | | | | | | 91 | | |
05-31-21 | | | | | 11.21 | | | | | | 0.31• | | | | | | 3.40 | | | | | | 3.71 | | | | | | 0.31 | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | 0.31 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 14.61 | | | | | | 33.50 | | | | | | 0.49 | | | | 0.00* | | | 0.00* | | | 2.50 | | | | | 3 | | | | | | 97 | | |
05-31-20 | | | | | 11.40 | | | | | | 0.33• | | | | | | (0.07) | | | | | | 0.26 | | | | | | 0.31 | | | | | | 0.14 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 0.45 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 11.21 | | | | | | 2.19 | | | | | | 0.51 | | | | 0.00* | | | 0.00* | | | 2.78 | | | | | 2,475 | | | | | | 61 | | |
09-28-18(4) - 05-31-19 | | | | | 12.38 | | | | | | 0.23• | | | | | | (0.60) | | | | | | (0.37) | | | | | | 0.20 | | | | | | 0.41 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 0.61 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 11.40 | | | | | | (2.72) | | | | | | 0.52 | | | | 0.00* | | | 0.00* | | | 2.94 | | | | | 8,480 | | | | | | 62 | | |
Class R6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
05-31-22 | | | | | 14.39 | | | | | | 0.28• | | | | | | 0.73 | | | | | | 1.01 | | | | | | 0.28 | | | | | | 3.65 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 3.93 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 11.47 | | | | | | 6.68 | | | | | | 0.40 | | | | 0.32 | | | 0.32 | | | 2.15 | | | | | 61,673 | | | | | | 91 | | |
05-31-21 | | | | | 11.10 | | | | | | 0.25• | | | | | | 3.35 | | | | | | 3.60 | | | | | | 0.31 | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | 0.31 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 14.39 | | | | | | 32.85 | | | | | | 0.49 | | | | 0.45 | | | 0.45 | | | 2.02 | | | | | 54,091 | | | | | | 97 | | |
09-30-19(4) - 05-31-20 | | | | | 12.29 | | | | | | 0.18• | | | | | | (1.00) | | | | | | (0.82) | | | | | | 0.23 | | | | | | 0.14 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 0.37 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 11.10 | | | | | | (6.71) | | | | | | 0.51 | | | | 0.51 | | | 0.51 | | | 2.25 | | | | | 92,638 | | | | | | 61 | | |
(1)
Total return is calculated assuming reinvestment of all dividends, capital gain distributions and return of capital distributions, if any, at net asset value and excluding the deduction of sales charges or contingent deferred sales charges, if applicable. Total return for periods less than one year is not annualized.
(2)
Annualized for periods less than one year.
(3)
Ratios reflect operating expenses of a Fund. Expenses before reductions/additions do not reflect amounts reimbursed or recouped by the Investment Adviser and/or Distributor or reductions from brokerage service arrangements or other expense offset arrangements and do not represent the amount paid by a Fund during periods when reimbursements or reductions occur. Expenses net of fee waivers reflect expenses after reimbursement by the Investment Adviser and/or Distributor or recoupment of previously reimbursed fees by the Investment Adviser, but prior to reductions from brokerage service arrangements or other expense offset arrangements. Expenses net of all reductions/additions represent the net expenses paid by a Fund. Net investment income (loss) is net of all such additions or reductions.
See Accompanying Notes to Financial Statements
Financial Highlights (continued)
(4)
Commencement of operations.
(5)
Excluding a payment by affiliate in the fiscal year ended May 31, 2021, the total return for Multi-Manager Mid Cap Value would have been 56.13%, 56.45% and 56.26% on Classes I, P and P3, respectively.
•
Calculated using average number of shares outstanding throughout the year or period.
*
Amount is less than $0.005 or 0.005% or more than $(0.005) or (0.005)%.
See Accompanying Notes to Financial Statements
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS as of May 31, 2022
NOTE 1 — ORGANIZATION
Voya Equity Trust (the “Trust”) is a Massachusetts business trust and is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (“1940 Act”), as an open-end investment management company. The Trust was organized on June 12, 1998 and consists of eleven separate active investment series. This report is for: Voya Large-Cap Growth Fund (“Large-Cap Growth”), Voya Large Cap Value Fund (“Large Cap Value”), Voya MidCap Opportunities Fund (“MidCap Opportunities”), Voya Multi-Manager Mid Cap Value Fund (“Multi-Manager Mid Cap Value”), Voya SmallCap Opportunities Fund (“SmallCap Opportunities”), and Voya U.S. High Dividend Low Volatility Fund (“U.S. High Dividend Low Volatility”) (each, a “Fund” and collectively, the “Funds”). Each Fund, except Large-Cap Growth, is a diversified series of the Trust. Effective October 7, 2021, Large-Cap Growth is a non-diversified series of the Trust. Prior to October 7, 2021, Large-Cap Growth was a diversified series of the Trust.
Each Fund offers at least three or more of the following classes of shares: Class A, Class C, Class I, Class P, Class P3, Class R, Class R6, and Class W. The separate classes of shares differ principally in the applicable sales charges (if any), distribution fees (if any), shareholder servicing fees (if any) and transfer agency fees, as well as differences in the amount of waiver of fees and reimbursement of expenses, if any. Generally, shareholders of each class also bear certain expenses that pertain to that particular class. All shareholders are allocated the common expenses of a fund and earn income and realized gains/losses from a fund pro rata based on the daily ending net assets of each class, without distinction between share classes. Expenses that are specific to a fund or a class are charged directly to that fund or class. Other operating expenses shared by several funds are generally allocated among those funds based on average net assets. Distributions are determined separately for each class based on income and expenses allocated to each class. Realized gain distributions are allocated to each class pro rata based on the shares outstanding of each class on the date of distribution. Differences in per share dividend rates generally result from differences in separate class expenses, including distribution and shareholder servicing fees, if applicable, as well as differences in the amount of waiver of fees and reimbursement of expenses between the separate classes, if any.
Effective November 2, 2021, Class C shares, along with their pro rata reinvested dividend shares, automatically convert to Class A shares eight years after purchase. Prior to November 2, 2021, Class C shares, along with their
pro rata reinvested dividend shares, automatically converted to Class A shares ten years after purchase.
Voya Investments, LLC (“Voya Investments” or the “Investment Adviser”), an Arizona limited liability company, serves as the Investment Adviser to the Funds. Voya Investments has engaged Voya Investment Management Co. LLC (“Voya IM”), a Delaware limited liability company, to serve as sub-adviser to certain of the Funds. Voya Investments Distributor, LLC (“VID” or the “Distributor”), a Delaware limited liability company, serves as the principal underwriter to the Funds.
NOTE 2 — SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
The following significant accounting policies are consistently followed by the Funds in the preparation of their financial statements. Each Fund is considered an investment company under U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) and follows the accounting and reporting guidance applicable to investment companies.
A. Security Valuation. Each Fund is open for business every day the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) opens for regular trading (each such day, a “Business Day”). The net asset value (“NAV”) per share for each class of each Fund is determined each Business Day as of the close of the regular trading session (“Market Close”), as determined by the Consolidated Tape Association (“CTA”), the central distributor of transaction prices for exchange-traded securities (normally 4:00 p.m. Eastern time unless otherwise designated by the CTA). The data reflected on the consolidated tape provided by the CTA is generated by various market centers, including all securities exchanges, electronic communications networks, and third-market broker-dealers. The NAV per share of each class of each Fund is calculated by taking the value of the Fund’s assets attributable to that class, subtracting the Fund’s liabilities attributable to that class, and dividing by the number of shares of that class that are outstanding. On days when a Fund is closed for business, Fund shares will not be priced and a Fund does not transact purchase and redemption orders. To the extent a Fund’s assets are traded in other markets on days when a Fund does not price its shares, the value of a Fund’s assets will likely change and you will not be able to purchase or redeem shares of a Fund.
Assets for which market quotations are readily available are valued at market value. A security listed or traded on an exchange is valued at its last sales price or official closing price as of the close of the regular trading session on the exchange where the security is principally traded or, if such price is not available, at the last sale price as of the Market Close for such security provided by the CTA. Bank
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS as of May 31, 2022 (continued)
NOTE 2 — SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (continued)
loans are valued at the average of the averages of the bid and ask prices provided to an independent loan pricing service by brokers. Futures contracts are valued at the final settlement price set by an exchange on which they are principally traded. Listed options are valued at the mean between the last bid and ask prices from the exchange on which they are principally traded. Investments in open-end registered investment companies that do not trade on an exchange are valued at the end of day NAV per share. Investments in registered investment companies that trade on an exchange are valued at the last sales price or official closing price as of the close of the regular trading session on the exchange where the security is principally traded.
When a market quotation is not readily available or is deemed unreliable, each Fund will determine a fair value for the relevant asset in accordance with procedures adopted by the Funds’ Board of Trustees (“Board”). Such procedures provide, for example, that: (a) Exchange-traded securities are valued at the mean of the closing bid and ask; (b) Debt obligations are valued using an evaluated price provided by an independent pricing service. Evaluated prices provided by the pricing service may be determined without exclusive reliance on quoted prices, and may reflect factors such as institution-size trading in similar groups of securities, developments related to specific securities, benchmark yield, quality, type of issue, coupon rate, maturity, individual trading characteristics and other market data; (c) Securities traded in the over-the-counter (“OTC”) market are valued based on prices provided by independent pricing services or market makers; (d) Options not listed on an exchange are valued by an independent source using an industry accepted model, such as Black-Scholes; (e) Centrally cleared swap agreements are valued using a price provided by an independent pricing service; (f) OTC swap agreements are valued using a price provided by an independent pricing service; (g) Forward foreign currency exchange contracts are valued utilizing current and forward rates obtained from an independent pricing service. Such prices from the third party pricing service are for specific settlement periods and each Fund’s forward foreign currency exchange contracts are valued at an interpolated rate between the closest preceding and subsequent period reported by the independent pricing service; and (h) Securities for which market prices are not provided by any of the above methods may be valued based upon quotes furnished by brokers.
The prospectuses of the open-end registered investment companies in which each Fund may invest explain the circumstances under which they will use fair value pricing and the effects of using fair value pricing.
Foreign securities’ (including forward foreign currency exchange contracts) prices are converted into U.S. dollar amounts using the applicable exchange rates as of Market Close. If market quotations are available and believed to be reliable for foreign exchange-traded equity securities, the securities will be valued at the market quotations. Because trading hours for certain foreign securities end before Market Close, closing market quotations may become unreliable. An independent pricing service determines the degree of certainty, based on historical data, that the closing price in the principal market where a foreign security trades is not the current value as of Market Close. Foreign securities’ prices meeting the approved degree of certainty that the price is not reflective of current value will be valued by the independent pricing service using pricing models designed to estimate likely changes in the values of those securities between the times in which the trading in those securities is substantially completed and Market Close. Multiple factors may be considered by the independent pricing service in determining the value of such securities and may include information relating to sector indices, American Depositary Receipts and domestic and foreign index futures.
All other assets for which market quotations are not readily available or became unreliable (or if the above fair valuation methods are unavailable or determined to be unreliable) are valued at fair value as determined in good faith by or under the supervision of the Board following procedures approved by the Board. The Board has delegated to the Investment Adviser responsibility for overseeing the implementation of the Funds’ valuation procedures; a “Pricing Committee” comprised of employees of the Investment Adviser or its affiliates has responsibility for applying the fair valuation methods set forth in the procedures and, if a fair valuation cannot be determined pursuant to the fair valuation methods, determining the fair value of assets held by the Funds. Issuer specific events, transaction price, position size, nature and duration of restrictions on disposition of the security, market trends, bid/ask quotes of brokers and other market data may be reviewed in the course of making a good faith determination of a security’s fair value. Valuations change in response to many factors including the historical and prospective earnings of the issuer, the value of the issuer’s assets, general economic conditions, interest rates, investor perceptions and market liquidity. Because of the inherent uncertainties of fair valuation, the values used to determine each Fund’s NAV may materially differ from the value received upon actual sale of those investments. Thus, fair valuation may have an unintended dilutive or accretive effect on the value of shareholders’ investments in each Fund.
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS as of May 31, 2022 (continued)
NOTE 2 — SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (continued)
Each investment asset or liability of a Fund is assigned a level at measurement date based on the significance and source of the inputs to its valuation. Quoted prices in active markets for identical securities are classified as “Level 1,” inputs other than quoted prices for an asset or liability that are observable are classified as “Level 2” and significant unobservable inputs, including the sub-adviser’s or Pricing Committee’s judgment about the assumptions that a market participant would use in pricing an asset or liability are classified as “Level 3.” The inputs used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risks associated with investing in those securities. Short-term securities of sufficient credit quality are generally considered to be Level 2 securities under applicable accounting rules. A table summarizing each Fund’s investments under these levels of classification is included within the Portfolios of Investments.
GAAP requires a reconciliation of the beginning to ending balances for reported fair values that presents changes attributable to total realized and unrealized gains or losses, purchases and sales, and transfers in or out of the Level 3 category during the period. A reconciliation of Level 3 investments within the Portfolio of Investments is presented only when a Fund has a significant amount of Level 3 investments.
B. Securities Transactions and Revenue Recognition. Securities transactions are accounted for on the trade date. Realized gains and losses are reported on the basis of identified cost of securities sold. Interest income is recorded on an accrual basis. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date, or for certain foreign securities, when the information becomes available to the Funds. Premium amortization and discount accretion are determined by the effective yield method.
C. Foreign Currency Translation. The books and records of the Funds are maintained in U.S. dollars.
Any foreign currency amounts are translated into U.S. dollars on the following basis:
(1)
Market value of investment securities, other assets and liabilities — at the exchange rates prevailing at Market Close.
(2)
Purchases and sales of investment securities, income and expenses — at the exchange rates prevailing on the respective dates of such transactions.
Although the net assets and the market values are presented at the foreign exchange rates at Market Close, the Funds do not isolate the portion of the results of operations resulting from changes in foreign exchange
rates on investments from the fluctuations arising from changes in market prices of securities held. Such fluctuations are included with the net realized and unrealized gains or losses from investments. For securities which are subject to foreign withholding tax upon disposition, liabilities are recorded on the Statements of Assets and Liabilities for the estimated tax withholding based on the securities’ current market value. Upon disposition, realized gains or losses on such securities are recorded net of foreign withholding tax.
Reported net realized foreign exchange gains or losses arise from sales of foreign currencies, currency gains or losses realized between the trade and settlement dates on securities transactions, the difference between the amounts of dividends, interest, and foreign withholding tax reclaims recorded on each Fund’s books, and the U.S. dollar equivalent of the amounts actually received or paid. Net unrealized foreign exchange gains and losses arise from changes in the value of assets and liabilities other than investments in securities, resulting from changes in the exchange rate. Foreign security and currency transactions may involve certain considerations and risks not typically associated with investing in U.S. companies and U.S. government securities. These risks include, but are not limited to, revaluation of currencies and future adverse political and economic developments which could cause securities and their markets to be less liquid and prices more volatile than those of comparable U.S. companies and U.S. government securities. The foregoing risks are even greater with respect to securities of issuers in emerging markets.
D. Distributions to Shareholders. The Funds record distributions to their shareholders on the ex-dividend date. Each Fund declares and pays dividends, if any, as follows:
Annually | | | Quarterly | |
Large-Cap Growth MidCap Opportunities Multi-Manager Mid Cap Value SmallCap Opportunities | | | Large Cap Value U.S. High Dividend Low Volatility | |
Each Fund distributes capital gains, if any, annually. The Funds may make distributions on a more frequent basis to comply with the distribution requirements of the Internal Revenue Code. The characteristics of income and gains to be distributed are determined in accordance with income tax regulations, which may differ from GAAP for investment companies.
E. Federal Income Taxes. It is the policy of each Fund to comply with the requirements of subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code that are applicable to regulated investment companies and to distribute substantially all of its net investment income and any net realized capital gains to its shareholders. Therefore, a federal income tax
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS as of May 31, 2022 (continued)
NOTE 2 — SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (continued)
or excise tax provision is not required. Management has considered the sustainability of the Funds’ tax positions taken on federal income tax returns for all open tax years in making this determination. No capital gain distributions shall be made until the capital loss carryforwards have been fully utilized.
The Funds may utilize equalization accounting for tax purposes, whereby a portion of redemption payments are treated as distributions of income or gain for income tax purposes.
F. Use of Estimates. The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of increases and decreases in net assets from operations during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
G. Securities Lending. Each Fund has the option to temporarily loan securities representing up to 331∕3% of its total assets (except Large-Cap Growth which may temporarily lend up to 30% of its total assets) to brokers, dealers or other financial institutions in exchange for a negotiated lender’s fee. Securities lending involves two primary risks: “investment risk” and “borrower default risk.” When lending securities, the Funds will receive cash or U.S. government securities as collateral. Investment risk is the risk that the Funds will lose money from the investment of the cash collateral received from the borrower. Borrower default risk is the risk that the Funds will lose money due to the failure of a borrower to return a borrowed security. Loans are subject to termination at the option of the borrower or the Funds. Securities lending may result in leverage. The use of leverage may exaggerate any increase or decrease in the NAV, causing the Funds to be more volatile. The use of leverage may increase expenses and increase the impact of the Funds’ other risks.
H. Restricted Securities. Each Fund may invest in restricted securities which include those sold under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (“1933 Act”) or securities offered pursuant to Section 4(a)(2) of the 1933 Act, and/or are subject to legal or contractual restrictions on resale and may not be publicly sold without registration under the 1933 Act. Restricted securities are fair valued using market quotations when readily available. In the absence of market quotations, the securities are valued based upon their fair value determined in good faith under procedures approved by the Board.
Securities that are not registered for sale to the public under the 1933 Act are referred to as “restricted securities.” These securities may be sold in private placement transactions between issuers and their purchasers and may be neither listed on an exchange nor traded in other established markets. Many times these securities are subject to legal or contractual restrictions on resale. As a result of the absence of a public trading market, the prices of these securities may be more volatile, less liquid and more difficult to value than publicly traded securities. The price realized from the sale of these securities could be less than the amount originally paid or less than their fair value if they are resold in privately negotiated transactions. In addition, these securities may not be subject to disclosure and other investment protection requirements that are afforded to publicly traded securities. Certain investments may include investment in smaller, less seasoned issuers, which may involve greater risk.
I. Indemnifications. In the normal course of business, the Trust may enter into contracts that provide certain indemnifications. The Trust’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is dependent on future claims that may be made against the Funds and, therefore, cannot be estimated; however, based on experience, management considers the risk of loss from such claims remote.
NOTE 3 — INVESTMENT TRANSACTIONS
For the year ended May 31, 2022, the cost of purchases and the proceeds from the sales of securities, excluding short-term securities, were as follows:
| | | Purchases | | | Sales | |
Large-Cap Growth | | | | $ | 947,155,850 | | | | | $ | 1,420,764,775 | | |
Large Cap Value | | | | | 419,975,058 | | | | | | 491,508,977 | | |
MidCap Opportunities | | | | | 655,478,309 | | | | | | 853,630,888 | | |
Multi-Manager Mid Cap Value | | | | | 69,184,456 | | | | | | 148,237,985 | | |
SmallCap Opportunities | | | | | 302,632,465 | | | | | | 387,380,413 | | |
U.S. High Dividend Low Volatility | | | | | 108,570,606 | | | | | | 128,300,087 | | |
NOTE 4 — INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT FEES
The Funds have entered into an investment management agreement (“Management Agreement”) with the Investment Adviser. The Investment Adviser has overall responsibility for the management of the Funds. The Investment Adviser oversees all investment advisory and portfolio management services for the Funds and assists in managing and supervising all aspects of the general day-to-day business activities and operations of the Funds, including custodial, transfer agency, dividend disbursing, accounting, auditing, compliance and related services. Voya Investments, the Investment Adviser to Multi-Manager Mid Cap Value, may, from time to time, directly manage a portion of the Fund’s investment
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS as of May 31, 2022 (continued)
NOTE 4 — INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT FEES (continued)
portfolio. The Management Agreement compensates the Investment Adviser with a management fee, computed daily and payable monthly, based on the average daily net assets of each Fund, at the following annual rates.
Fund | | | As a Percentage of Average Daily Net Assets | |
Large-Cap Growth | | | 0.51% on all assets | |
Large Cap Value | | | 0.75% on the first $1 billion; 0.725% on the next $1 billion; 0.70% on the next $1 billion; 0.675% on the next $1 billion; and 0.65% thereafter | |
MidCap Opportunities | | | 0.85% on the first $500 million; 0.80% on the next $400 million; 0.75% on the next $450 million; and 0.70% thereafter | |
Multi-Manager Mid Cap Value(1) | | | 0.80% on Direct Investments 0.40% on Passively Managed Assets | |
SmallCap Opportunities(2) | | | 0.80% on all assets | |
U.S. High Dividend Low Volatility | | | 0.29% on all assets | |
(1)
The Investment Adviser is contractually obligated to waive the management fee for Class P shares of Multi-Manager Mid Cap Value through October 1, 2022. This waiver is not eligible for recoupment. Termination or modification of this obligation requires approval by the Board.
(2)
Prior to April 1, 2022, the management fee rate was 1.00% on first $250 million; 0.90% on the next $250 million; 0.85% on the next $250 million; and 0.82% thereafter.
The Investment Adviser has entered into a sub-advisory agreement with each respective sub-adviser. These sub-advisers provide investment advice for certain Funds and are paid by the Investment Adviser based on the average daily net assets of the respective Funds. Subject to such policies as the Board or the Investment Adviser may determine, each sub-adviser manages each respective Fund’s assets in accordance with that Fund’s investment objectives, polices, and limitations. The sub-adviser of each Fund is as follows (*denotes an affiliated sub-adviser):
Fund | | | Sub-Adviser | |
Large-Cap Growth | | | Voya IM* | |
Large Cap Value | | | Voya IM* | |
MidCap Opportunities | | | Voya IM* | |
Multi-Manager Mid Cap Value | | | Hahn Capital Management, LLC, LSV Asset Management and Voya IM* | |
SmallCap Opportunities U.S High Dividend Low Volatility | | | Voya IM* Voya IM* | |
NOTE 5 — DISTRIBUTION AND SERVICE FEES
Class A, Class C, and Class R shares of each respective Fund has a plan (each a “Plan” and collectively, the
“Plans”), whereby the Distributor is reimbursed or compensated (depending on the class of shares) by the Funds for expenses incurred in the distribution of each Fund’s shares (“Distribution Fees”). Pursuant to the Plans, the Distributor is entitled to a payment each month to reimburse or compensate expenses incurred in the distribution and promotion of each Fund’s shares, including expenses incurred in printing prospectuses and reports used for sales purposes, expenses incurred in preparing and printing sales literature and other such distribution related expenses, including any distribution or shareholder servicing fees (“Service Fees”) paid to securities dealers who have executed a distribution agreement with the Distributor. Under the Plans, each share class pays the Distributor Distribution Fees and/or Service Fees based on average daily net assets at the following rates:
| | | Class A | | | Class C | | | Class R | |
Large-Cap Growth | | | | | 0.25%(1) | | | | | | 1.00% | | | | | | 0.50% | | |
Large Cap Value | | | | | 0.25% | | | | | | 1.00% | | | | | | 0.50%(2) | | |
MidCap Opportunities | | | | | 0.25% | | | | | | 1.00% | | | | | | 0.50% | | |
SmallCap Opportunities | | | | | 0.25% | | | | | | 1.00% | | | | | | 0.50% | | |
U.S. High Dividend Low Volatility | | | | | 0.25% | | | | | | N/A | | | | | | N/A | | |
(1)
Of this 0.25% rate, Distribution Fees shall not exceed 0.10%.
(2)
The Distributor has agreed to waive 0.05% of the distribution fee. Termination or modification of this obligation requires approval by the Board.
The Distributor may also retain the proceeds of the initial sales charge paid by shareholders upon the purchase of Class A shares, and the contingent deferred sales charge paid by shareholders upon certain redemptions for Class A and Class C shares. For the year ended May 31, 2022, the Distributor retained the following amounts in sales charges from the following Funds:
| | | Class A | | | Class C | |
Initial Sales Charges: | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Large-Cap Growth | | | | $ | 14,087 | | | | | $ | — | | |
Large Cap Value | | | | | 10,252 | | | | | | — | | |
MidCap Opportunities | | | | | 10,303 | | | | | | — | | |
SmallCap Opportunities | | | | | 2,938 | | | | | | — | | |
U.S. High Dividend Low Volatility | | | | | 2,691 | | | | | | — | | |
Contingent Deferred Sales Charges: | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Large-Cap Growth | | | | $ | 62 | | | | | $ | 1,338 | | |
Large Cap Value | | | | | 105 | | | | | | 546 | | |
MidCap Opportunities | | | | | 1,340 | | | | | | 467 | | |
SmallCap Opportunities | | | | | 111 | | | | | | 94 | | |
NOTE 6 — OTHER TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATES AND RELATED PARTIES
During the year ended May 31, 2022, SmallCap Opportunities incurred $140,000 of proxy and solicitation costs associated with obtaining shareholder approval relating to its merger with and into Voya Small Cap Growth
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS as of May 31, 2022 (continued)
NOTE 6 — OTHER TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATES AND RELATED PARTIES (continued)
Fund, which is not included in this report. The Investment Adviser reimbursed the Fund for these costs.
At May 31, 2022, the following direct or indirect, wholly-owned subsidiaries of Voya Financial, Inc. or affiliated investment companies owned more than 5% of the following Funds:
Subsidiary/Affiliated Investment Company | | | Fund | | | Percentage | |
Voya Global Diversified Payment Fund | | | U.S. High Dividend Low Volatility | | | | | 16.10% | | |
Voya Investment Trust Co. | | | Multi-Manager Mid Cap Value | | | | | 36.85 | | |
Voya Solution 2025 Portfolio | | | U.S. High Dividend Low Volatility | | | | | 24.23 | | |
Voya Solution 2035 Portfolio | | | Multi-Manager Mid Cap Value | | | | | 6.27 | | |
Voya Solution Income Portfolio | | | U.S. High Dividend Low Volatility | | | | | 10.15 | | |
Voya Solution Moderately Aggressive Portfolio | | | Multi-Manager Mid Cap Value | | | | | 11.11 | | |
The Investment Adviser may direct the Funds’ sub-advisers to use their best efforts (subject to obtaining best execution of each transaction) to allocate a Fund’s equity security transactions through certain designated broker-dealers. The designated broker-dealer, in turn, will reimburse a portion of the brokerage commissions to pay certain expenses of that Fund. Any amounts credited to the Funds are reflected as brokerage commission recapture in the accompanying Statements of Operations.
The Funds have adopted a deferred compensation plan (the “DC Plan”), which allows eligible independent trustees, as described in the DC Plan, to defer the receipt of all or a portion of the trustees’ fees that they are entitled to receive from the Funds. For purposes of determining the amount owed to the trustee under the DC Plan, the amounts deferred are invested in shares of the funds selected by the trustee (the “Notional Funds”). When the Funds purchase shares of the Notional Funds, which are all advised by Voya Investments, in amounts equal to the trustees’ deferred fees, this results in a Fund asset equal to the deferred compensation liability. Such assets, if applicable, are included as a component of “Other assets” on the accompanying Statements of Assets and Liabilities. Deferral of trustees’ fees under the DC Plan will not affect net assets of the Funds, and will not materially affect the
Funds’ assets, liabilities or net investment income per share. Amounts will be deferred until distributed in accordance with the DC Plan.
The Funds may pay per account fees to affiliates of Voya Investments for recordkeeping services provided on certain assets. For the year ended May 31, 2022, the per account fees for affiliated recordkeeping services paid by each Fund were as follows:
Fund | | | Amount | |
Large-Cap Growth | | | | $ | 4,094 | | |
Large Cap Value | | | | | 29,101 | | |
MidCap Opportunities | | | | | 20,530 | | |
Multi-Manager Mid Cap Value | | | | | — | | |
SmallCap Opportunities | | | | | 1,374 | | |
U.S. High Dividend Low Volatility | | | | | 6 | | |
NOTE 7 — LICENSING FEE
Multi-Manager Mid Cap Value pays an annual licensing fee to Frank Russell Company.
NOTE 8 — EXPENSE LIMITATION AGREEMENTS
The Investment Adviser has entered into a written expense limitation agreement (“Expense Limitation Agreement”) with each Fund whereby the Investment Adviser has agreed to limit expenses, excluding interest, taxes, investment-related costs, leverage expenses, extraordinary expenses and acquired fund fees and expenses to the levels listed below:
| | | Class A | | | Class C | | | Class I | | | Class P | | | Class P3 | | | Class R | | | Class R6 | | | Class W | |
Large-Cap Growth | | | | | 1.15% | | | | | | 1.90% | | | | | | 0.90% | | | | | | N/A | | | | | | 0.00% | | | | | | 1.40% | | | | | | 0.80% | | | | | | 0.90% | | |
Large Cap Value | | | | | 1.25% | | | | | | 2.00% | | | | | | 1.00% | | | | | | N/A | | | | | | 0.00% | | | | | | 1.50% | | | | | | 0.78% | | | | | | 1.00% | | |
MidCap Opportunities | | | | | 1.35% | | | | | | 2.10% | | | | | | 0.98% | | | | | | N/A | | | | | | 0.00% | | | | | | 1.60% | | | | | | 0.88% | | | | | | 1.10% | | |
Multi-Manager Mid Cap Value | | | | | N/A | | | | | | N/A | | | | | | 0.78% | | | | | | 0.15% | | | | | | 0.00% | | | | | | N/A | | | | | | N/A | | | | | | N/A | | |
SmallCap Opportunities | | | | | 1.50% | | | | | | 2.25% | | | | | | 1.15% | | | | | | N/A | | | | | | 0.00% | | | | | | 1.75% | | | | | | 1.05% | | | | | | 1.25% | | |
U.S. High Dividend Low Volatility | | | | | 0.60% | | | | | | N/A | | | | | | 0.35% | | | | | | N/A | | | | | | 0.00% | | | | | | N/A | | | | | | 0.32% | | | | | | N/A | | |
Pursuant to side letter agreements, through October 1, 2022, except for SmallCap Opportunities which is through October 1, 2023, the Investment Adviser has further lowered the expense limits for the following Funds. If the Investment Adviser elects not to renew a side letter agreement, the expense limits will revert to the limits listed in the table above. There is no guarantee that these side letter agreements will continue. Termination or modification of these obligations requires approval by the Board.
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS as of May 31, 2022 (continued)
NOTE 8 — EXPENSE LIMITATION AGREEMENTS (continued)
| | | Class A | | | Class C | | | Class I | | | Class P3 | | | Class R | | | Class R6 | | | Class W | |
Large-Cap Growth | | | | | 1.04% | | | | | | 1.79% | | | | | | 0.66% | | | | | | 0.00% | | | | | | 1.29% | | | | | | 0.58% | | | | | | 0.79% | | |
Large Cap Value | | | | | 1.10% | | | | | | 1.85% | | | | | | 0.76% | | | | | | 0.00% | | | | | | 1.35% | | | | | | 0.74% | | | | | | 0.85% | | |
MidCap Opportunities(1) | | | | | 1.26% | | | | | | 2.01% | | | | | | 0.93% | | | | | | 0.00% | | | | | | 1.51% | | | | | | 0.83% | | | | | | 1.01% | | |
SmallCap Opportunities(1)(2) | | | | | 1.30% | | | | | | 2.05% | | | | | | 0.95% | | | | | | 0.00% | | | | | | 1.55% | | | | | | 0.85% | | | | | | 1.05% | | |
(1)
Any fees waived pursuant to the side letter agreement shall not be eligible for recoupment.
(2)
Prior to January 1, 2022, the side letter expense limits were 1.33%, 2.08%, 0.98%, 1.58%, 0.88% and 1.08% for Class A, Class C, Class I, Class R, Class R6 and Class W, respectively.
Unless otherwise specified above and with the exception of the non-recoupable Class P management fee waiver for Multi-Manager Mid Cap Value, the Investment Adviser may at a later date recoup from a Fund for class specific fees waived and/or other expenses reimbursed by the Investment Adviser during the previous 36 months, but only if, after such recoupment, a Fund’s expense ratio does not exceed the percentage described above. Waived and reimbursed fees net of any recoupment by the Investment Adviser of such waived and reimbursed fees are reflected on the accompanying Statements of Operations. Amounts payable by the Investment Adviser are reflected on the accompanying Statements of Assets and Liabilities.
As of May 31, 2022, the amounts of waived and/or reimbursed fees that are subject to possible recoupment by the Investment Adviser and the related expiration dates are as follows:
| | | May 31, | | |
| | | 2023 | | | 2024 | | | 2025 | | | Total | |
Large-Cap Growth | | | | $ | 76,065 | | | | | $ | 100,499 | | | | | $ | 17 | | | | | $ | 176,581 | | |
Large Cap Value | | | | | 472,886 | | | | | | 450,348 | | | | | | 353,463 | | | | | | 1,276,697 | | |
Multi-Manager Mid Cap Value | | | | | 64,909 | | | | | | 37,487 | | | | | | 11,920 | | | | | | 114,316 | | |
U.S. High Dividend Low Volatility | | | | | 47,256 | | | | | | 79,810 | | | | | | 86,148 | | | | | | 213,214 | | |
In addition to the above waived and/or reimbursed fees, the amount of class specific fees waived or reimbursed that are subject to possible recoupment by the Investment Adviser, and the related expiration dates, as of May 31, 2022, are as follows:
| | | May 31, | | |
| | | 2023 | | | 2024 | | | 2025 | | | Total | |
Large Cap Value | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Class A | | | | $ | 122,954 | | | | | $ | 24,061 | | | | | $ | 28,637 | | | | | $ | 175,652 | | |
Class C | | | | | 8,552 | | | | | | 618 | | | | | | 464 | | | | | | 9,634 | | |
Class I | | | | | 53,489 | | | | | | 1,510 | | | | | | 5,474 | | | | | | 60,473 | | |
Class W | | | | | 1,930 | | | | | | 257 | | | | | | 317 | | | | | | 2,504 | | |
Multi-Manager Mid Cap Value | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Class I | | | | | — | | | | | | 11,056 | | | | | | 11,931 | | | | | | 22,987 | | |
Class P | | | | | 32 | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | 32 | | |
U.S. High Dividend Low Volatility | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Class A | | | | | 3,115 | | | | | | 3,563 | | | | | | 8,889 | | | | | | 15,567 | | |
Class R6 | | | | | — | | | | | | 1,828 | | | | | | 932 | | | | | | 2,760 | | |
The expense limitation agreements are contractual through October 1, 2022 and shall renew automatically for one-year terms. Termination or modification of these obligations requires approval by the Board.
NOTE 9 — LINE OF CREDIT
Effective June 14, 2021, the Funds, in addition to certain other funds managed by the Investment Adviser, entered into a 364-day unsecured committed revolving line of credit agreement (the “Credit Agreement”) with The Bank of New York Mellon (“BNY”) for an aggregate amount of $400,000,000 through June 13, 2022. The proceeds may be used only to finance temporarily: (1) the purchase or sale of investment securities; or (2) the repurchase or redemption of shares of a Fund or certain other funds managed by the Investment Adviser. The funds to which the line of credit is available pay a commitment fee equal to 0.15% per annum on the daily unused portion of the committed line amount payable quarterly in arrears. Prior to June 14, 2021, the predecessor line of credit was for an aggregate amount of $400,000,000 and the funds to which the line of credit was available paid a commitment fee equal to 0.15% per annum on the daily unused portion of the committed line amount through June 14, 2021.
Borrowings under the Credit Agreement accrue interest at the federal funds rate plus a specified margin. Repayments generally must be made within 60 days after the date of a revolving credit advance.
The following Funds utilized the line of credit during the year ended May 31, 2022:
Fund | | | Days Utilized | | | Approximate Average Daily Balance For Days Utilized | | | Approximate Weighted Average Interest Rate For Days Utilized | |
Large-Cap Growth | | | | | 1 | | | | | $ | 4,355,000 | | | | | | 1.33% | | |
MidCap Opportunities | | | | | 3 | | | | | | 596,000 | | | | | | 1.33 | | |
Multi-Manager Mid Cap Value | | | | | 3 | | | | | | 8,025,333 | | | | | | 1.33 | | |
SmallCap Opportunities | | | | | 6 | | | | | | 1,152,000 | | | | | | 1.34 | | |
U.S. High Dividend Low Volatility | | | | | 6 | | | | | | 1,565,167 | | | | | | 1.43 | | |
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS as of May 31, 2022 (continued)
NOTE 10 — CAPITAL SHARES
Transactions in capital shares and dollars were as follows:
| | | Shares sold | | | Shares issued in merger | | | Reinvestment of distributions | | | Shares redeemed | | | Shares converted | | | Net increase (decrease) in shares outstanding | | | Shares sold | | | Proceeds from shares issued in merger | | | Reinvestment of distributions | | | Shares redeemed | | | Shares converted | | | Net increase (decrease) | |
Year or period ended | | | # | | | # | | | # | | | # | | | # | | | # | | | ($) | | | ($) | | | ($) | | | ($) | | | ($) | | | ($) | |
Large-Cap Growth | |
Class A | |
5/31/2022 | | | | | 331,588 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 468,565 | | | | | | (472,756) | | | | | | — | | | | | | 327,397 | | | | | | 17,292,240 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 22,645,732 | | | | | | (22,794,968) | | | | | | — | | | | | | 17,143,004 | | |
5/31/2021 | | | | | 469,581 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 306,384 | | | | | | (407,925) | | | | | | — | | | | | | 368,040 | | | | | | 23,390,960 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 14,841,257 | | | | | | (20,300,623) | | | | | | — | | | | | | 17,931,593 | | |
Class C | |
5/31/2022 | | | | | 37,058 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 90,433 | | | | | | (262,092) | | | | | | — | | | | | | (134,601) | | | | | | 1,430,520 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 3,269,136 | | | | | | (10,724,891) | | | | | | — | | | | | | (6,025,235) | | |
5/31/2021 | | | | | 65,365 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 83,241 | | | | | | (193,340) | | | | | | — | | | | | | (44,734) | | | | | | 2,632,275 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 3,198,948 | | | | | | (7,760,182) | | | | | | — | | | | | | (1,928,960) | | |
Class I | |
5/31/2022 | | | | | 2,581,534 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 2,158,149 | | | | | | (6,274,179) | | | | | | — | | | | | | (1,534,496) | | | | | | 146,741,561 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 121,762,786 | | | | | | (345,252,190) | | | | | | — | | | | | | (76,747,844) | | |
5/31/2021 | | | | | 4,018,967 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 1,515,733 | | | | | | (4,438,897) | | | | | | — | | | | | | 1,095,803 | | | | | | 227,579,528 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 83,486,584 | | | | | | (248,079,272) | | | | | | — | | | | | | 62,986,840 | | |
Class P3 | |
5/31/2022 | | | | | | | | | | | — | | | | | | 8 | | | | | | (2) | | | | | | — | | | | | | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | — | | | | | | 447 | | | | | | (125) | | | | | | — | | | | | | 322 | | |
5/31/2021 | | | | | 154,857 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 40,459 | | | | | | (512,635) | | | | | | — | | | | | | (317,319) | | | | | | 8,803,735 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 2,268,529 | | | | | | (30,889,652) | | | | | | — | | | | | | (19,817,389) | | |
Class R | |
5/31/2022 | | | | | 3,481 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 3,185 | | | | | | (4,462) | | | | | | — | | | | | | 2,204 | | | | | | 204,181 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 174,404 | | | | | | (225,631) | | | | | | — | | | | | | 152,954 | | |
5/31/2021 | | | | | 4,543 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 2,118 | | | | | | (6,406) | | | | | | — | | | | | | 254 | | | | | | 251,169 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 114,365 | | | | | | (359,981) | | | | | | — | | | | | | 5,553 | | |
Class R6 | |
5/31/2022 | | | | | 702,956 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 464,627 | | | | | | (4,372,479) | | | | | | — | | | | | | (3,204,896) | | | | | | 41,384,222 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 26,251,441 | | | | | | (261,784,349) | | | | | | — | | | | | | (194,148,685) | | |
5/31/2021 | | | | | 1,293,763 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 614,423 | | | | | | (2,131,979) | | | | | | — | | | | | | (223,792) | | | | | | 73,399,777 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 33,867,002 | | | | | | (119,820,288) | | | | | | — | | | | | | (12,553,509) | | |
Class W | |
5/31/2022 | | | | | 110,930 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 202,990 | | | | | | (469,649) | | | | | | — | | | | | | (155,729) | | | | | | 6,118,881 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 11,020,316 | | | | | | (25,997,804) | | | | | | — | | | | | | (8,858,607) | | |
5/31/2021 | | | | | 705,143 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 95,694 | | | | | | (934,871) | | | | | | — | | | | | | (134,035) | | | | | | 39,203,085 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 5,104,301 | | | | | | (48,254,181) | | | | | | — | | | | | | (3,946,796) | | |
Large Cap Value | |
Class A | |
5/31/2022 | | | | | 1,450,702 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 5,079,914 | | | | | | (3,747,992) | | | | | | — | | | | | | 2,782,624 | | | | | | 18,577,350 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 60,100,685 | | | | | | (46,739,996) | | | | | | — | | | | | | 31,938,039 | | |
5/31/2021 | | | | | 1,211,822 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 2,791,991 | | | | | | (3,928,195) | | | | | | — | | | | | | 75,618 | | | | | | 13,567,380 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 30,483,723 | | | | | | (43,451,487) | | | | | | — | | | | | | 599,616 | | |
Class C | |
5/31/2022 | | | | | 146,404 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 74,354 | | | | | | (482,745) | | | | | | — | | | | | | (261,987) | | | | | | 1,866,506 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 875,906 | | | | | | (6,414,193) | | | | | | — | | | | | | (3,671,781) | | |
5/31/2021 | | | | | 73,218 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 77,964 | | | | | | (775,216) | | | | | | — | | | | | | (624,034) | | | | | | 862,554 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 850,985 | | | | | | (8,397,509) | | | | | | — | | | | | | (6,683,969) | | |
Class I | |
5/31/2022 | | | | | 3,557,651 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 2,714,433 | | | | | | (6,466,078) | | | | | | — | | | | | | (193,994) | | | | | | 49,300,499 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 36,179,203 | | | | | | (88,503,292) | | | | | | — | | | | | | (3,023,590) | | |
5/31/2021 | | | | | 3,437,157 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 1,728,314 | | | | | | (8,256,034) | | | | | | — | | | | | | (3,090,563) | | | | | | 43,126,118 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 20,851,910 | | | | | | (101,311,671) | | | | | | — | | | | | | (37,333,643) | | |
Class P3 | |
5/31/2022 | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | 30 | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | 30 | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | 419 | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | 419 | | |
5/31/2021 | | | | | 558,848 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 75,517 | | | | | | (1,297,841) | | | | | | — | | | | | | (663,476) | | | | | | 6,732,073 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 933,386 | | | | | | (18,399,199) | | | | | | — | | | | | | (10,733,740) | | |
Class R | |
5/31/2022 | | | | | 31,780 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 12,026 | | | | | | (47,255) | | | | | | — | | | | | | (3,449) | | | | | | 415,060 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 142,468 | | | | | ��� | (590,808) | | | | | | — | | | | | | (33,280) | | |
5/31/2021 | | | | | 27,087 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 7,477 | | | | | | (32,218) | | | | | | — | | | | | | 2,347 | | | | | | 289,742 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 81,952 | | | | | | (383,694) | | | | | | — | | | | | | (12,001) | | |
Class R6 | |
5/31/2022 | | | | | 371,145 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 185,982 | | | | | | (329,783) | | | | | | — | | | | | | 227,344 | | | | | | 5,122,983 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 2,473,476 | | | | | | (4,557,014) | | | | | | — | | | | | | 3,039,445 | | |
5/31/2021 | | | | | 86,356 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 107,040 | | | | | | (313,464) | | | | | | — | | | | | | (120,068) | | | | | | 1,158,254 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 1,289,470 | | | | | | (3,931,084) | | | | | | — | | | | | | (1,483,361) | | |
Class W | |
5/31/2022 | | | | | 25,859 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 49,376 | | | | | | (48,804) | | | | | | — | | | | | | 26,431 | | | | | | 353,025 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 656,778 | | | | | | (687,336) | | | | | | — | | | | | | 322,467 | | |
5/31/2021 | | | | | 38,861 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 29,939 | | | | | | (155,301) | | | | | | — | | | | | | (86,501) | | | | | | 451,498 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 360,499 | | | | | | (1,800,798) | | | | | | — | | | | | | (988,802) | | |
MidCap Opportunities | |
Class A | |
5/31/2022 | | | | | 1,525,089 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 3,583,252 | | | | | | (2,870,720) | | | | | | — | | | | | | 2,237,621 | | | | | | 33,584,764 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 67,902,629 | | | | | | (59,293,944) | | | | | | — | | | | | | 42,193,449 | | |
5/31/2021 | | | | | 1,411,614 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 2,445,731 | | | | | | (2,791,660) | | | | | | — | | | | | | 1,065,686 | | | | | | 32,707,295 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 54,931,122 | | | | | | (64,565,729) | | | | | | — | | | | | | 23,072,689 | | |
Class C | |
5/31/2022 | | | | | 85,361 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 701,974 | | | | | | (1,070,540) | | | | | | — | | | | | | (283,205) | | | | | | 894,452 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 5,903,600 | | | | | | (13,404,518) | | | | | | — | | | | | | (6,606,466) | | |
5/31/2021 | | | | | 146,261 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 581,350 | | | | | | (1,029,182) | | | | | | — | | | | | | (301,570) | | | | | | 2,061,008 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 7,522,675 | | | | | | (14,772,608) | | | | | | — | | | | | | (5,188,925) | | |
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS as of May 31, 2022 (continued)
NOTE 10 — CAPITAL SHARES (continued)
| | | Shares sold | | | Shares issued in merger | | | Reinvestment of distributions | | | Shares redeemed | | | Shares converted | | | Net increase (decrease) in shares outstanding | | | Shares sold | | | Proceeds from shares issued in merger | | | Reinvestment of distributions | | | Shares redeemed | | | Shares converted | | | Net increase (decrease) | |
Year or period ended | | | # | | | # | | | # | | | # | | | # | | | # | | | ($) | | | ($) | | | ($) | | | ($) | | | ($) | | | ($) | |
MidCap Opportunities (continued) | |
Class I | |
5/31/2022 | | | | | 4,166,979 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 3,162,411 | | | | | | (6,504,448) | | | | | | — | | | | | | 824,942 | | | | | | 113,395,004 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 79,724,378 | | | | | | (165,129,884) | | | | | | — | | | | | | 27,989,498 | | |
5/31/2021 | | | | | 4,074,895 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 2,318,218 | | | | | | (7,064,434) | | | | | | — | | | | | | (671,321) | | | | | | 116,965,946 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 65,095,569 | | | | | | (198,086,977) | | | | | | — | | | | | | (16,025,462) | | |
Class P3 | |
5/31/2022 | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | 20 | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | 20 | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | 531 | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | 531 | | |
5/31/2021 | | | | | 19,658 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 10,298 | | | | | | (91,659) | | | | | | — | | | | | | (61,703) | | | | | | 579,650 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 301,007 | | | | | | (2,935,532) | | | | | | — | | | | | | (2,054,875) | | |
Class R | |
5/31/2022 | | | | | 19,157 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 38,422 | | | | | | (43,586) | | | | | | — | | | | | | 13,993 | | | | | | 380,864 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 681,608 | | | | | | (1,015,439) | | | | | | — | | | | | | 47,033 | | |
5/31/2021 | | | | | 14,108 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 27,652 | | | | | | (31,932) | | | | | | — | | | | | | 9,828 | | | | | | 309,845 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 592,021 | | | | | | (717,121) | | | | | | — | | | | | | 184,745 | | |
Class R6 | |
5/31/2022 | | | | | 1,786,522 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 877,912 | | | | | | (3,238,955) | | | | | | — | | | | | | (574,521) | | | | | | 50,289,673 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 22,500,900 | | | | | | (87,741,739) | | | | | | — | | | | | | (14,951,166) | | |
5/31/2021 | | | | | 2,285,639 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 684,966 | | | | | | (2,975,196) | | | | | | — | | | | | | (4,591) | | | | | | 67,365,915 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 19,480,436 | | | | | | (85,658,729) | | | | | | — | | | | | | 1,187,622 | | |
Class W | |
5/31/2022 | | | | | 358,205 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 630,447 | | | | | | (994,734) | | | | | | — | | | | | | (6,082) | | | | | | 9,210,570 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 15,420,739 | | | | | | (26,142,414) | | | | | | — | | | | | | (1,511,105) | | |
5/31/2021 | | | | | 1,423,830 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 341,050 | | | | | | (2,126,980) | | | | | | — | | | | | | (362,100) | | | | | | 40,880,860 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 9,351,597 | | | | | | (54,911,483) | | | | | | — | | | | | | (4,679,027) | | |
Multi-Manager Mid Cap Value | |
Class I | |
5/31/2022 | | | | | 869,769 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 1,806,734 | | | | | | (5,830,155) | | | | | | — | | | | | | (3,153,652) | | | | | | 9,596,879 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 18,826,166 | | | | | | (66,550,385) | | | | | | — | | | | | | (38,127,340) | | |
5/31/2021 | | | | | 5,858,724 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 556,113 | | | | | | (5,029,088) | | | | | | — | | | | | | 1,385,749 | | | | | | 63,496,407 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 5,277,513 | | | | | | (47,813,742) | | | | | | — | | | | | | 20,960,179 | | |
Class P | |
5/31/2022 | | | | | 1,659,846 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 974,244 | | | | | �� | (4,448,675) | | | | | | — | | | | | | (1,814,585) | | | | | | 18,635,019 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 10,346,472 | | | | | | (52,053,695) | | | | | | — | | | | | | (23,072,204) | | |
5/31/2021 | | | | | 9,880,726 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 236,685 | | | | | | (1,416,752) | | | | | | — | | | | | | 8,700,658 | | | | | | 92,235,317 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 2,274,539 | | | | | | (13,712,549) | | | | | | — | | | | | | 80,797,307 | | |
Class P3 | |
5/31/2022 | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | 42 | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | 42 | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | 442 | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | 442 | | |
5/31/2021 | | | | | 171,604 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 20,812 | | | | | | (628,962) | | | | | | — | | | | | | (436,546) | | | | | | 1,621,990 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 201,671 | | | | | | (7,139,998) | | | | | | — | | | | | | (5,316,337) | | |
SmallCap Opportunities | |
Class A | |
5/31/2022 | | | | | 75,628 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 196,118 | | | | | | (167,822) | | | | | | — | | | | | | 103,924 | | | | | | 4,322,370 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 10,243,233 | | | | | | (9,374,633) | | | | | | — | | | | | | 5,190,970 | | |
5/31/2021 | | | | | 55,376 | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | (278,005) | | | | | | — | | | | | | (222,629) | | | | | | 3,239,591 | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | (15,735,694) | | | | | | — | | | | | | (12,496,104) | | |
Class C | |
5/31/2022 | | | | | 7,277 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 39,883 | | | | | | (60,370) | | | | | | — | | | | | | (13,210) | | | | | | 266,048 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 1,320,114 | | | | | | (2,443,743) | | | | | | — | | | | | | (857,581) | | |
5/31/2021 | | | | | 8,948 | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | (95,663) | | | | | | — | | | | | | (86,715) | | | | | | 385,814 | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | (3,669,283) | | | | | | — | | | | | | (3,283,469) | | |
Class I | |
5/31/2022 | | | | | 123,413 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 141,867 | | | | | | (810,751) | | | | | | — | | | | | | (545,471) | | | | | | 7,893,096 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 8,536,168 | | | | | | (54,836,276) | | | | | | — | | | | | | (38,407,012) | | |
5/31/2021 | | | | | 197,114 | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | (1,047,915) | | | | | | — | | | | | | (850,800) | | | | | | 13,340,129 | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | (64,500,540) | | | | | | — | | | | | | (51,160,411) | | |
Class P3 | |
5/31/2022 | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | 9 | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | 9 | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | 556 | | | | | | 0 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 556 | | |
5/31/2021 | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | |
Class R | |
5/31/2022 | | | | | 2,655 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 2,623 | | | | | | (10,354) | | | | | | — | | | | | | (5,076) | | | | | | 145,937 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 131,143 | | | | | | (597,969) | | | | | | — | | | | | | (320,889) | | |
5/31/2021 | | | | | 5,428 | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | (8,639) | | | | | | — | | | | | | (3,211) | | | | | | 307,007 | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | (471,705) | | | | | | — | | | | | | (164,699) | | |
Class R6 | |
5/31/2022 | | | | | 36,043 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 31,772 | | | | | | (428,999) | | | | | | — | | | | | | (361,184) | | | | | | 2,425,322 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 1,940,625 | | | | | | (28,934,328) | | | | | | — | | | | | | (24,568,381) | | |
5/31/2021 | | | | | 102,186 | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | (1,001,282) | | | | | | — | | | | | | (899,097) | | | | | | 6,654,408 | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | (63,392,502) | | | | | | — | | | | | | (56,738,094) | | |
Class W | |
5/31/2022 | | | | | 2,954 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 18,711 | | | | | | (35,302) | | | | | | — | | | | | | (13,637) | | | | | | 196,654 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 1,100,963 | | | | | | (2,125,008) | | | | | | — | | | | | | (827,391) | | |
5/31/2021 | | | | | 9,930 | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | (62,907) | | | | | | — | | | | | | (52,977) | | | | | | 620,718 | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | (3,872,852) | | | | | | — | | | | | | (3,252,133) | | |
U.S. High Dividend Low Volatility | |
Class A | |
5/31/2022 | | | | | 323,637 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 30,100 | | | | | | (70,733) | | | | | | — | | | | | | 283,004 | | | | | | 3,820,541 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 353,788 | | | | | | (838,993) | | | | | | — | | | | | | 3,335,336 | | |
5/31/2021 | | | | | 23,674 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 1,146 | | | | | | (30,207) | | | | | | — | | | | | | (5,387) | | | | | | 310,734 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 14,265 | | | | | | (372,416) | | | | | | — | | | | | | (47,418) | | |
Class I | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
5/31/2022 | | | | | 1,144,958 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 1,459,401 | | | | | | (3,560,565) | | | | | | — | | | | | | (956,206) | | | | | | 14,832,839 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 17,288,350 | | | | | | (43,162,599) | | | | | | — | | | | | | (11,041,410) | | |
5/31/2021 | | | | | 1,783,424 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 196,603 | | | | | | (6,592,249) | | | | | | — | | | | | | (4,612,223) | | | | | | 21,077,183 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 2,438,571 | | | | | | (83,446,302) | | | | | | — | | | | | | (59,930,547) | | |
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS as of May 31, 2022 (continued)
NOTE 10 — CAPITAL SHARES (continued)
| | | Shares sold | | | Shares issued in merger | | | Reinvestment of distributions | | | Shares redeemed | | | Shares converted | | | Net increase (decrease) in shares outstanding | | | Shares sold | | | Proceeds from shares issued in merger | | | Reinvestment of distributions | | | Shares redeemed | | | Shares converted | | | Net increase (decrease) | |
Year or period ended | | | # | | | # | | | # | | | # | | | # | | | # | | | ($) | | | ($) | | | ($) | | | ($) | | | ($) | | | ($) | |
U.S. High Dividend Low Volatility (continued) | |
Class P3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
5/31/2022 | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | 71 | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | 71 | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | 856 | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | 856 | | |
5/31/2021 | | | | | 168,838 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 6,149 | | | | | | (395,634) | | | | | | — | | | | | | (220,646) | | | | | | 2,070,339 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 78,430 | | | | | | (5,431,400) | | | | | | — | | | | | | (3,282,632) | | |
Class R6 | |
5/31/2022 | | | | | 1,865,148 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 1,334,200 | | | | | | (1,578,355) | | | | | | — | | | | | | 1,620,993 | | | | | | 24,286,504 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 15,793,093 | | | | | | (20,060,489) | | | | | | — | | | | | | 20,019,108 | | |
5/31/2021 | | | | | 1,481,848 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 181,635 | | | | | | (6,251,484) | | | | | | — | | | | | | (4,588,001) | | | | | | 17,685,323 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 2,265,796 | | | | | | (82,587,016) | | | | | | — | | | | | | (62,635,897) | | |
NOTE 11 — SECURITIES LENDING
Under a Master Securities Lending Agreement (the “Agreement”) with BNY, the Funds can lend their securities to approved brokers, dealers and other financial institutions. Loans are collateralized by cash and U.S. government securities. The collateral is equal to at least 105% of the market value of non-U.S. securities loaned and 102% of the market value of U.S. securities loaned. The market value of the loaned securities is determined at the Market Close of the Funds at their last sale price or official closing price on the principal exchange or system on which they are traded and any additional collateral is delivered to the Funds on the next business day. The cash collateral received is invested in approved investments as defined in the Agreement with BNY. The Funds bear the risk of loss with respect to the investment of collateral with the following exception: BNY provides the Funds indemnification from loss with respect to the investment of collateral to the extent the cash collateral is invested in overnight repurchase agreements.
Cash collateral received in connection with securities lending is invested in cash equivalents, money market funds, repurchase agreements with maturities of not more than 99 days that are collateralized with U.S. Government securities, or certain short-term investments that have a remaining maturity of 190 days or less (“Permitted Investments”). Short-term investments include: securities, units, shares or other participations in short-term investment funds, pools or trusts; commercial paper, notes, bonds or other debt obligations, certificates of deposit, time deposits and other bank obligations and asset-backed commercial paper backed by diversified receivables and repurchase-backed programs. Permitted Investments are subject to certain guidelines established by the Adviser regarding liquidity, diversification, credit quality and average credit life/duration requirements. The securities purchased with cash collateral received are reflected in the Portfolio of Investments under Short-Term Investments.
Generally, in the event of counterparty default, the Funds have the right to use the collateral to offset losses incurred. The Agreement contains certain guarantees by BNY in the event of counterparty default and/or a borrower’s failure to return a loaned security; however, there would be a potential loss to the Funds in the event the Funds are delayed or prevented from exercising their right to dispose of the collateral. Engaging in securities lending could have a leveraging effect, which may intensify the credit, market and other risks associated with investing in a fund.
The following table represents a summary of the Fund’s securities lending agreements by counterparty which are subject to offset under the Agreement as of May 31, 2022:
Large-Cap Value
Counterparty | | | Securities Loaned at Value | | | Cash Collateral Received(1) | | | Net Amount | |
Wells Fargo Securities LLC | | | | $ | 6,773,795 | | | | | $ | (6,773,795) | | | | | $ | — | | |
Total | | | | $ | 6,773,795 | | | | | $ | (6,773,795) | | | | | $ | — | | |
(1)
Cash Collateral with a fair value of $6,925,568 has been received in connection with the above securities lending transactions. Excess cash collateral received from the individual counterparty is not shown for financial reporting purposes.
MidCap Opportunities
Counterparty | | | Securities Loaned at Value | | | Cash Collateral Received(1) | | | Net Amount | |
BofA Securities Inc. | | | | $ | 1,160,430 | | | | | $ | (1,160,430) | | | | | $ | — | | |
UBS AG | | | | | 464,473 | | | | | | (464,473) | | | | | | — | | |
Total | | | | $ | 1,624,903 | | | | | $ | (1,624,903) | | | | | $ | — | | |
(1)
Cash Collateral with a fair value of $1,660,249 has been received in connection with the above securities lending transactions. Excess cash collateral received from the individual counterparty is not shown for financial reporting purposes.
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS as of May 31, 2022 (continued)
NOTE 11 — SECURITIES LENDING (continued)
Multi-Manager Mid Cap Value
Counterparty | | | Securities Loaned at Value | | | Cash Collateral Received(1) | | | Net Amount | |
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC | | | | $ | 149,524 | | | | | $ | (149,524) | | | | | $ | — | | |
National Bank of Canada Financial Inc. | | | | | 351,886 | | | | | | (351,886) | | | | | | — | | |
Wells Fargo Securities LLC | | | | | 295,942 | | | | | | (295,942) | | | | | | — | | |
Total | | | | $ | 797,352 | | | | | $ | (797,352) | | | | | $ | — | | |
(1)
Cash Collateral with a fair value of $817,682 has been received in connection with the above securities lending transactions. Excess cash collateral received from the individual counterparty is not shown for financial reporting purposes.
SmallCap Opportunities
Counterparty | | | Securities Loaned at Value | | | Cash Collateral Received(1) | | | Net Amount | |
Barclays Capital Inc. | | | | $ | 34,934 | | | | | $ | (34,934) | | | | | $ | — | | |
Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC | | | | | 49,763 | | | | | | (49,763) | | | | | | — | | |
National Bank of Canada Financial Inc. | | | | | 1,048,881 | | | | | | (1,048,881) | | | | | | — | | |
National Financial Services LLC | | | | | 420,853 | | | | | | (420,853) | | | | | | — | | |
Natixis Securities America LLC | | | | | 5,807 | | | | | | (5,807) | | | | | | — | | |
TD Prime Services LLC | | | | | 1,048,362 | | | | | | (1,048,362) | | | | | | — | | |
Wells Fargo Securities LLC | | | | | 635,244 | | | | | | (635,244) | | | | | | — | | |
Total | | | | $ | 3,243,844 | | | | | $ | (3,243,844) | | | | | $ | — | | |
(1)
Cash Collateral with a fair value of $3,323,479 has been received in connection with the above securities lending transactions. Excess cash collateral received from the individual counterparty is not shown for financial reporting purposes.
U.S. High Dividend Low Volitality
Counterparty | | | Securities Loaned at Value | | | Cash Collateral Received(1) | | | Net Amount | |
Citigroup Global Markets Inc. | | | | $ | 341,547 | | | | | $ | (341,547) | | | | | $ | — | | |
TD Prime Services LLC | | | | | 288,606 | | | | | | (288,606) | | | | | | — | | |
Total | | | | $ | 630,153 | | | | | $ | (630,153) | | | | | $ | — | | |
(1)
Cash Collateral with a fair value of $667,037 has been received in connection with the above securities lending transactions. Excess cash collateral received from the individual counterparty is not shown for financial reporting purposes.
NOTE 12 — FEDERAL INCOME TAXES
The amount of distributions from net investment income and net realized capital gains are determined in accordance with federal income tax regulations, which may differ from GAAP for investment companies. These book/tax differences may be either temporary or permanent. Permanent differences are reclassified within the capital accounts based on their federal tax-basis treatment; temporary differences are not reclassified. Key differences include the treatment of wash sale deferrals and distributions in connection with redemption of fund shares (equalization).
The following permanent tax differences have been reclassified as of May 31, 2022:
| | | Paid-in Capital | | | Distributable Earnings | |
Large-Cap Growth | | | | $ | 31,069,921(1) | | | | | $ | (31,069,921) | | |
Multi-Manager Mid Cap Value | | | | | 9,732,215(2) | | | | | | (9,732,215) | | |
(1)
Amount relates to equalization for years ending May 31, 2021 and May 31, 2022.
(2)
Amount relates to equalization.
Dividends paid by the Funds from net investment income and distributions of net realized short-term capital gains are, for federal income tax purposes, taxable as ordinary income to shareholders.
The tax composition of dividends and distributions to shareholders was as follows:
| | | Year Ended May 31, 2022 | | | Year Ended May 31, 2021 | |
| | | Ordinary Income | | | Long-term Capital Gains | | | Ordinary Income | | | Long-term Capital Gains | |
Large-Cap Growth | | | | $ | 71,816,890 | | | | | $ | 116,304,370 | | | | | $ | 44,791,431 | | | | | $ | 100,356,825 | | |
Large Cap Value | | | | | 28,238,589 | | | | | | 76,847,815 | | | | | | 9,818,581 | | | | | | 47,536,477 | | |
MidCap Opportunities | | | | | 93,737,162 | | | | | | 130,309,101 | | | | | | 86,068,130 | | | | | | 94,191,226 | | |
Multi-Manager Mid Cap Value | | | | | 9,458,957 | | | | | | 19,714,122 | | | | | | 3,478,461 | | | | | | 4,275,262 | | |
SmallCap Opportunities | | | | | 13,964,631 | | | | | | 11,508,318 | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | |
U.S. High Dividend Low Volatility | | | | | 12,188,538 | | | | | | 21,248,599 | | | | | | 4,797,519 | | | | | | — | | |
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS as of May 31, 2022 (continued)
NOTE 12 — FEDERAL INCOME TAXES (continued)
The tax-basis components of distributable earnings as of May 31, 2022 were:
| | | Undistributed Ordinary Income | | | Undistributed Long-term Capital Gains | | | Late Year Ordinary Losses Deferred | | | Post-October Capital Losses Deferred | | | Unrealized Appreciation/ (Depreciation) | | | Other | | | Total Distributable Earnings/(Loss) | |
Large-Cap Growth | | | | $ | — | | | | | $ | 127,925,844 | | | | | $ | (323,810) | | | | | $ | (42,160,558) | | | | | $ | 138,078,052 | | | | | $ | (13,957) | | | | | $ | 223,505,571 | | |
Large Cap Value | | | | | 6,552,562 | | | | | | 34,951,551 | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | 103,762,058 | | | | | | (33,488) | | | | | | 145,232,683 | | |
MidCap Opportunities | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | (1,818,512) | | | | | | (6,294,846) | | | | | | (30,346,621) | | | | | | (25,706) | | | | | | (38,485,685) | | |
Multi-Manager Mid Cap Value | | | | | 1,448,913 | | | | | | 8,790,234 | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | 11,319,429 | | | | | | (4,056) | | | | | | 21,554,520 | | |
SmallCap Opportunities | | | | | — | | | | | | 20,830 | | | | | | (385,010) | | | | | | (13,197,495) | | | | | | (11,863,069) | | | | | | (14,652) | | | | | | (25,439,396) | | |
U.S. High Dividend Low Volatility | | | | | 2,761,907 | | | | | | 7,533,077 | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | 7,341,094 | | | | | | (1,681) | | | | | | 17,634,397 | | |
At May 31, 2022, the Funds did not have any capital loss carryovers for U.S. federal income tax purposes.
The Funds’ major tax jurisdictions are U.S. federal and Arizona state.
As of May 31, 2022 no provision for income tax is required in the Funds’ financial statements as a result of tax positions taken on federal and state income tax returns for open tax years. The Funds’ federal and state income and federal excise tax returns for tax years for which the applicable statutes of limitations have not expired are subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service and state department of revenue. Generally, the preceding four tax years remain subject to examination by these jurisdictions.
NOTE 13 — LITIGATION
On September 24, 2012, certain Voya mutual funds, including Large Cap Value (the “Subject Fund”), were officially served and included as shareholder defendants in the matter of Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors of the Tribune Company v. FitzSimons, et al. (the “FitzSimons Action”). The FitzSimons Action arises from the Tribune Company (“Tribune”) Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings before the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware (the “Bankruptcy Court”).
In the FitzSimons Action, the plaintiff (a litigation trustee appointed by the Bankruptcy Court, the “Trustee”) alleges that Tribune acted with actual intent to defraud its creditors when it redeemed its shares from shareholders as part of a leveraged buy-out (“LBO”) of Tribune through which it converted to a privately-held company in 2007, and that those share transfers must now be unwound. To succeed on this claim, the Trustee must prove that Tribune — not the Subject Fund — acted with actual fraudulent intent when Tribune redeemed its shares. With regard to the Subject Fund, the Trustee need only show that the Subject Fund tendered its shares as part of the LBO and not on the open market. The Subject Fund’s lack of fraudulent intent in tendering its shares is not a defense to the Trustee’s actual fraud claim.
In addition to the FitzSimons Action, various additional actions, which also included the Subject Fund as a defendant, stemming from the same facts and circumstances underlying the FitzSimons Action, were filed in multiple U.S. District Courts (collectively, the “State Law Constructive Fraudulent Transfer Cases”). The plaintiffs in the State Law Constructive Fraudulent Transfer Cases (former creditors of Tribune) allege that these same share redemptions that were part of the LBO were constructively, as opposed to actually, fraudulent. Specifically, those suits assert that the LBO rendered Tribune insolvent, that there was not reasonably equivalent value for the redemptions, and therefore the redemptions are voidable under constructive fraudulent transfer law.
Procedural History of the State Law Constructive Fraudulent Transfer Cases
A motion was filed with the Multidistrict Litigation (“MDL”) Panel to consolidate the State Law Constructive Fraudulent Transfer Cases for purposes of all pretrial proceedings. On December 19, 2011, the MDL Panel ordered the State Law Constructive Fraudulent Transfer Cases to be transferred to the Southern District of New York (the “District Court”).
On September 23, 2013, the District Court dismissed the claims against the shareholder defendants, holding that the plaintiffs lacked standing to pursue the claims so long as the Trustee in the FitzSimons Action maintained the actual fraudulent transfer claims in the FitzSimons case against the same shareholders.
On December 20, 2013, the plaintiffs appealed the decision to the Second Circuit Court of Appeals (the “Second Circuit”). The Second Circuit affirmed the dismissal on March 24, 2016. The Second Circuit held that Section 546(e) of the Bankruptcy Code barred the state-law fraudulent constructive transfer claims, finding that the claims were preempted because they conflict with
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS as of May 31, 2022 (continued)
NOTE 13 — LITIGATION (continued)
the purpose of Section 546(e). On April 12, 2016, the plaintiffs moved for rehearing en banc in the Second Circuit; the motion was subsequently denied. The plaintiffs filed a petition for a writ of certiorari in the United States Supreme Court (the “Supreme Court”) on September 9, 2016. The shareholder defendants filed their opposition on October 24, 2016, to which the plaintiffs filed a reply on November 4, 2016.
On February 27, 2018, the Supreme Court issued its decision in Merit Management Group v. FTI Consulting (“Merit Management”), a case that, like Tribune, deals with the appropriate scope of section 546(e) of the Bankruptcy Code. On April 3, 2018, the Supreme Court issued a “statement” from two justices announcing that consideration of plaintiffs’ certiorari petition would be deferred for an undetermined period of time to “allow” the Second Circuit or the District Court to consider, among other things, whether the Second Circuit’s March 2016 decision should be vacated in light of Merit Management. On April 10, 2018, the plaintiffs asked the Second Circuit to vacate its prior decision and remand to the District Court for further proceedings. The shareholder defendants filed an opposition on April 20, 2018. On May 15, 2018, the Second Circuit entered an order recalling the mandate “in anticipation of further panel review.” The order did not provide any specific timing for, or guidance on, next steps.
Following the Second Circuit’s recall of its prior mandate in light of the Supreme Court’s decision in Merit Management, on December 19, 2019, the Second Circuit issued an amended opinion which vacated its prior March 24, 2016 opinion. This amended opinion once again affirmed the dismissal of the case — affirming the Second Circuit’s prior ruling regarding preemption, and holding that Tribune qualified as a “financial institution.” A new mandate was also issued. The plaintiffs once again moved for rehearing en banc in connection with this ruling on January 2, 2020, but this request was denied by the Second Circuit on February 6, 2020. On July 6, 2020 the plaintiffs filed a petition for writ of certiorari appealing the Second Circuit’s decision up to the Supreme Court. On April 19, 2021, the Supreme Court, after seeking the opinion of the Solicitor General on whether certiorari should be granted, denied the petition to hear the appeal. The Second Circuit’s dismissal of the consolidated state law constructive fraudulent transfer suits thus stands as a final decision; this matter may now be considered closed.
Procedural History of the FitzSimons Action
Similar to the State Law Constructive Fraudulent Transfer Cases, the FitzSimons Action was transferred to the District Court for pre-trial purposes. On November 20,
2013, the District Court entered an order stating that the FitzSimons Action would remain with the District Court. On January 6, 2017, the District Court dismissed the actual fraudulent transfer claims against the shareholder defendants without leave to replead. Because the January 6 decision did not fully dispose of all claims asserted in the complaint, the Trustee could not automatically appeal the decision. On February 1, 2017, the Trustee sought leave to file a motion for certification of the Motion to Dismiss. On February 23, 2017, the District Court issued an order stating that it intended to delay certification of the Motion to Dismiss until certain other pending motions to dismiss (not involving the shareholder defendants) were resolved.
On July 18, 2017, the Trustee sought permission from the District Court to file a motion seeking leave to amend its complaint to include a constructive fraudulent transfer claim based on the anticipated ruling in Merit Management. On August 24, 2017, the District Court denied the request without prejudice, but noted that affirmance of Merit Management would give the Trustee a strong argument that he should be allowed to amend his complaint. On March 8, 2018, the Trustee renewed his request to amend his complaint to add a constructive fraudulent transfer claim in light of the Merit Management decision. On March 13, 2018, counsel for a number of shareholder defendants (including counsel for the Subject Fund) filed an opposition.
On June 18, 2018, the District Court entered an order staying any decision on the Trustee’s request on the grounds that it would be preferable to hold off until the Second Circuit issued a further ruling in the State Law Constructive Fraudulent Transfer Cases. The District Court also instructed the parties to file a joint letter indicating their views on proceeding with efforts to seek to achieve a global resolution of the case. On July 9, 2018, the parties submitted a joint letter that voiced general support for a broad based mediation effort.
On November 30, 2018, Judge Sullivan granted motions to dismiss brought by certain Tribune directors and officers. This decision did not directly impact the shareholder defendants, and because it did not resolve all of the pending motions to dismiss, it did not facilitate an appeal of the dismissal of claims against the shareholder defendants (which had been dismissed almost two years prior). On December 1, 2018, the FitzSimons Action (along with all other Tribune cases still pending in the District Court) were reassigned from Judge Sullivan to Judge Denise Cote. On December 17, 2018, the Trustee filed a motion for reconsideration of Judge Sullivan’s November 30, 2018 decision. On February 12, 2019, Judge Cote denied the Trustee’s motion for reconsideration in its entirety.
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS as of May 31, 2022 (continued)
NOTE 13 — LITIGATION (continued)
On March 27, 2019, Judge Cote lifted the stay previously imposed by Judge Sullivan and allowed the Trustee to move to amend the complaint to assert a constructive fraudulent transfer claim. The Trustee filed his motion on April 4, 2019. The shareholder defendants’ opposition was filed on April 12, 2019. On April 23, 2019, Judge Cote denied the Trustee’s motion. Significantly, Judge Cote held that Tribune qualifies as a “financial institution” under section 546(e) of the Bankruptcy Code.
In mid-July 2019, the Trustee filed a notice of appeal from, among other things, the District Court’s order dismissing the intentional fraudulent transfer claims against the shareholder defendants as well as the order denying the Trustee’s request to amend the complaint to include constructive fraudulent transfer claims against the shareholder defendants. The Trustee filed his opening brief in early January 2020. The Second Circuit has directed that this appeal be heard in tandem with the appeal of the separate suit pursued by the Trustee against financial advisors Citigroup and Merrill Lynch. The defendants’ brief in the appeal of the Trustee’s fraudulent transfer action was filed on April 27, 2020, and a reply brief was filed by the Trustee on May 18, 2020. Oral argument in front of the Second Circuit occurred on August 24, 2020.
Almost a year later, the Second Circuit issued its ruling through a written decision published on August 20, 2021. The decision by the Second Circuit affirmed the District Court’s earlier dismissal of the Trustee’s claims against the shareholder defendants. (While the decision does permit the Trustee to pursue a limited claim against Tribune’s former financial advisors, this will not affect any shareholder defendants).
The Trustee attempted to appeal this decision but did not succeed. On September 7, 2021, the Trustee filed a petition with the Second Circuit seeking a panel rehearing or a rehearing en banc. One month later, on October 7, 2021, the Second Circuit issued an order denying the Trustee’s request for a rehearing. The Trustee proceeded to file a writ of certiorari with the Supreme Court, but the Supreme Court denied the petition for writ on February 22, 2022. As the Trustee has now exhausted all potential avenues for appeal, the Second Circuit’s decision stands as final. This matter may now be considered closed.
NOTE 14 — LONDON INTERBANK OFFERED RATE (“LIBOR”)
In 2017, the UK Financial Conduct Authority announced its intention to cease compelling banks to provide the quotations needed to sustain LIBOR after 2021. On March 5, 2021, ICE Benchmark Administration, the administrator of LIBOR, stated that non-U.S. dollar LIBOR
reference rates and the one-week and two-month LIBOR reference rates will cease to be provided or no longer be representative immediately after December 31, 2021 and the remaining more commonly used LIBOR settings will cease to be provided or no longer be representative immediately after June 30, 2023. In addition, global regulators have announced that, with limited exceptions, no new LIBOR-based contracts should be entered into after 2021. Actions by regulators have resulted in the establishment of alternative reference rates to LIBOR in most major currencies (e.g., the Secured Overnight Financing Rate for U.S. Dollar LIBOR and the Sterling Overnight Interbank Average Rate for Sterling LIBOR).
Discontinuance of LIBOR and adoption/implementation of alternative rates pose a number of risks, including among others whether any substitute rate will experience the market participation and liquidity necessary to provide a workable substitute for LIBOR; the effect on parties’ existing contractual arrangements, hedging transactions, and investment strategies generally from a conversion from LIBOR to alternative rates; the effect on a Fund’s existing investments (including, for example, fixed-income investments; senior loans; CLOs and CDOs; and derivatives transactions), including the possibility that some of those investments may terminate or their terms may be adjusted to the disadvantage of a Fund; and the risk of general market disruption during the period of the conversion. It is difficult to predict at this time the likely impact of the transition away from LIBOR on a Fund.
NOTE 15 — LIQUIDITY
Consistent with Rule 22e-4 under the 1940 Act, the Funds have established a liquidity risk management program to govern their approach to managing liquidity risk (the “Program”). The Board has approved the designation of the Funds’ Investment Adviser, Voya Investments, as the program administrator (the “Program Administrator”). The Program Administrator is responsible for implementing and monitoring the Program and has formed a Liquidity Risk Management Committee (the “Committee”) to assess and review, on an ongoing basis, each Fund’s liquidity risk.
The Program includes a number of elements that support the management and assessment of liquidity risk, including an annual assessment of liquidity risk factors and the periodic classification (or re- classification, as necessary) of a Fund’s investments into buckets (highly liquid, moderately liquid, less liquid and illiquid) that reflect the Committee’s assessment of the investments’ liquidity under current market conditions. The Committee also utilizes Fund-specific data, including information regarding a Fund’s shareholder base, characteristics of its investments, access to borrowing arrangements and
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS as of May 31, 2022 (continued)
NOTE 15 — LIQUIDITY (continued)
historical redemptions to determine whether a Fund will be able to meet its redemption obligations in a timely manner.
During the period covered by the annual assessment, January 1, 2021 through December 31, 2021, the Program supported the Funds’ ability to honor redemption requests in a timely manner and the Program Administrator’s management of each Fund’s liquidity risk, including during any periods of market volatility and net redemptions.
There can be no assurance that the Program will achieve its objectives under all circumstances in the future. Please refer to each Fund’s prospectus for more information regarding each Fund’s exposure to liquidity risk and other risks.
NOTE 16 — MARKET DISRUPTION
A Fund is subject to the risk that geopolitical events will disrupt securities markets and adversely affect global economies and markets. Due to the increasing interdependence among global economies and markets, conditions in one country, market, or region might adversely impact markets, issuers and/or foreign exchange rates in other countries, including the United States. Wars, terrorism, global health crises and pandemics, and other geopolitical events have led, and in the future may lead, to increased market volatility and may have adverse short- or long-term effects on U.S. and world economies and markets generally. For example, the COVID-19 pandemic has resulted, and may continue to result, in significant market volatility, exchange trading suspensions and closures, declines in global financial markets, higher default rates, and a substantial economic downturn in economies throughout the world. Natural and environmental disasters and systemic market dislocations are also highly disruptive to economies and markets. In addition, military action by Russia in Ukraine could adversely affect global energy and financial markets and therefore could affect the value of a Fund’s investments, including beyond a Fund’s direct exposure to Russian issuers or nearby geographic regions. The extent and duration of the military action, sanctions and resulting market disruptions are impossible to predict and could be substantial. Those events as well as other changes in non-U.S. and domestic economic, social, and political conditions also could adversely affect individual issuers or related groups of issuers, securities markets, interest rates, credit ratings, inflation, investor sentiment, and other factors affecting the value of the investments of the portfolio and of the Funds. Any of these occurrences could disrupt the operations of a Fund and of the Funds’ service providers.
NOTE 17 — OTHER ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS
In March 2020, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued Accounting Standards Update No. 2020-04 (“ASU 2020-04”), Reference Rate Reform (Topic 848) — Facilitation of the Effects of Reference Rate Reform on Financial Reporting. The amendments in ASU 2020-04 provide optional temporary financial reporting relief from the effect of certain types of contract modifications due to the planned discontinuation of LIBOR and other interbank-offered based reference rates as of the end of 2021. ASU 2020-04 is effective for certain reference rate-related contract modifications that occur during the period March 12, 2020 through December 31, 2022. Management is currently evaluating the impact, if any, of applying ASU 2020-04.
NOTE 18 — SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
Dividends: Subsequent to May 31, 2022, the following Funds declared dividends from net investment income of:
| | | Per Share Amount | | | Payable Date | | | Record Date | |
Large Cap Value | |
Class A | | | | $ | 0.0245 | | | | July 5, 2022 | | | June 30, 2022 | |
Class C | | | | $ | 0.0025 | | | | July 5, 2022 | | | June 30, 2022 | |
Class I | | | | $ | 0.0331 | | | | July 5, 2022 | | | June 30, 2022 | |
Class P3 | | | | $ | 0.0338 | | | | July 5, 2022 | | | June 30, 2022 | |
Class R | | | | $ | 0.0178 | | | | July 5, 2022 | | | June 30, 2022 | |
Class R6 | | | | $ | 0.0338 | | | | July 5, 2022 | | | June 30, 2022 | |
Class W | | | | $ | 0.0315 | | | | July 5, 2022 | | | June 30, 2022 | |
U.S. High Dividend Low Volatility | |
Class A | | | | $ | 0.0458 | | | | July 5, 2022 | | | June 30, 2022 | |
Class I | | | | $ | 0.0520 | | | | July 5, 2022 | | | June 30, 2022 | |
Class P3 | | | | $ | 0.0521 | | | | July 5, 2022 | | | June 30, 2022 | |
Class R6 | | | | $ | 0.0521 | | | | July 5, 2022 | | | June 30, 2022 | |
Line of Credit Renewal: Effective June 13, 2022, the funds to which the Credit Agreement is available have entered into a renewed 364-Day Credit Agreement with BNY for an aggregate amount of $400,000,000 and will pay a commitment fee equal to 0.15% per annum on the daily unused portion of the committed line amount payable quarterly in arrears.
Reorganization: The Board approved a proposal to reorganize SmallCap Opportunities (the “Disappearing Fund”) with and into Voya Small Cap Growth Fund, which is not included in this report, (the “Reorganization”). The proposed Reorganization is subject to approval by shareholders of the Disappearing Fund at a shareholder meeting scheduled to be held on or about September 27, 2022. The Disappearing Fund will notify its shareholders if
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS as of May 31, 2022 (continued)
NOTE 18 — SUBSEQUENT EVENTS (continued)
shareholder approval of the Reorganization is not obtained. If shareholder approval of the Reorganization is obtained, it is expected that the Reorganization will take place on or about October 21, 2022.
The Funds have evaluated events occurring after the Statements of Assets and Liabilities date through the date that the financial statements were issued (“subsequent events”) to determine whether any subsequent events necessitated adjustment to or disclosure in the financial statements. Other than the above, no such subsequent events were identified.
PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS
Voya Large-Cap Growth Fund | as of May 31, 2022 |
Shares | | | Value | | | Percentage of Net Assets | |
COMMON STOCK: 96.0% | |
| | | Communication Services: 7.5% | |
24,656 (1) | | | Alphabet, Inc. - Class A | | | | $ | 56,098,318 | | | | | | 6.6 | | |
57,068 (1) | | | Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. | | | | | 7,106,678 | | | | | | 0.9 | | |
| | | | | | | | 63,204,996 | | | | | | 7.5 | | |
| | | Consumer Discretionary: 16.7% | |
26,547 (1) | | | Amazon.com, Inc. | | | | | 63,824,032 | | | | | | 7.6 | | |
10,182 (1) | | | Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. | | | | | 14,280,764 | | | | | | 1.7 | | |
51,734 (1) | | | Etsy, Inc. | | | | | 4,196,662 | | | | | | 0.5 | | |
78,498 (1) | | | Expedia Group, Inc. | | | | | 10,152,146 | | | | | | 1.2 | | |
151,287 | | | Nike, Inc. - Class B | | | | | 17,980,460 | | | | | | 2.1 | | |
151,052 | | | Ross Stores, Inc. | | | | | 12,842,441 | | | | | | 1.5 | | |
116,513 (1) | | | Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. | | | | | 6,765,910 | | | | | | 0.8 | | |
14,633 (1) | | | Tesla, Inc. | | | | | 11,095,619 | | | | | | 1.3 | | |
| | | | | | | | 141,138,034 | | | | | | 16.7 | | |
| | | Consumer Staples: 3.7% | |
93,141 | | | Constellation Brands, Inc. | | | | | 22,863,322 | | | | | | 2.7 | | |
65,429 | | | Walmart, Inc. | | | | | 8,416,132 | | | | | | 1.0 | | |
| | | | | | | | 31,279,454 | | | | | | 3.7 | | |
| | | Energy: 1.7% | |
65,939 | | | Diamondback Energy, Inc. | | | | | 10,024,047 | | | | | | 1.2 | | |
36,501 | | | Valero Energy Corp. | | | | | 4,730,529 | | | | | | 0.5 | | |
| | | | | | | | 14,754,576 | | | | | | 1.7 | | |
| | | Financials: 2.3% | |
19,170 | | | LPL Financial Holdings, Inc. | | | | | 3,760,962 | | | | | | 0.5 | | |
35,009 | | | MSCI, Inc. - Class A | | | | | 15,486,231 | | | | | | 1.8 | | |
| | | | | | | | 19,247,193 | | | | | | 2.3 | | |
| | | Health Care: 10.8% | |
334,815 (1) | | | Boston Scientific Corp. | | | | | 13,730,763 | | | | | | 1.6 | | |
42,216 | | | Danaher Corp. | | | | | 11,137,425 | | | | | | 1.3 | | |
36,660 (1) | | | DexCom, Inc. | | | | | 10,922,481 | | | | | | 1.3 | | |
70,700 (1) | | | Edwards Lifesciences Corp. | | | | | 7,130,095 | | | | | | 0.9 | | |
88,296 | | | Eli Lilly & Co. | | | | | 27,675,498 | | | | | | 3.3 | | |
145,129 (1) | | | Horizon Therapeutics Plc | | | | | 13,016,620 | | | | | | 1.5 | | |
33,174 (1) | | | Intuitive Surgical, Inc. | | | | | 7,551,729 | | | | | | 0.9 | | |
| | | | | | | | 91,164,611 | | | | | | 10.8 | | |
| | | Industrials: 6.3% | |
102,450 | | | Eaton Corp. PLC | | | | | 14,199,570 | | | | | | 1.7 | | |
28,634 | | | L3Harris Technologies, Inc. | | | | | 6,897,931 | | | | | | 0.8 | | |
116,364 | | | Quanta Services, Inc. | | | | | 13,847,316 | | | | | | 1.6 | | |
17,996 (1) | | | TransDigm Group, Inc. | | | | | 10,894,239 | | | | | | 1.3 | | |
61,962 | | | Waste Connections, Inc. | | | | | 7,902,633 | | | | | | 0.9 | | |
| | | | | | | | 53,741,689 | | | | | | 6.3 | | |
| | | Information Technology: 43.5% | |
157,448 (1) | | | Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. | | | | | 16,037,653 | | | | | | 1.9 | | |
506,434 | | | Apple, Inc. | | | | | 75,377,637 | | | | | | 8.9 | | |
44,997 (1) | | | Crowdstrike Holdings, Inc. | | | | | 7,199,070 | | | | | | 0.9 | | |
Shares | | | Value | | | Percentage of Net Assets | |
COMMON STOCK: (continued) | |
| | | Information Technology (continued) | |
76,282 (1) | | | Datadog, Inc. | | | | $ | 7,276,540 | | | | | | 0.9 | | |
36,207 (1) | | | Gartner, Inc. | | | | | 9,500,717 | | | | | | 1.1 | | |
36,185 | | | Intuit, Inc. | | | | | 14,997,235 | | | | | | 1.8 | | |
218,127 | | | Marvell Technology, Inc. | | | | | 12,902,212 | | | | | | 1.5 | | |
384,241 | | | Microsoft Corp. | | | | | 104,463,601 | | | | | | 12.3 | | |
22,169 (1) | | | MongoDB, Inc. | | | | | 5,257,378 | | | | | | 0.6 | | |
35,708 | | | Motorola Solutions, Inc. | | | | | 7,846,476 | | | | | | 0.9 | | |
138,063 | | | Nvidia Corp. | | | | | 25,779,123 | | | | | | 3.1 | | |
33,444 (1) | | | Palo Alto Networks, Inc. | | | | | 16,814,974 | | | | | | 2.0 | | |
72,716 | | | Paychex, Inc. | | | | | 9,004,422 | | | | | | 1.1 | | |
32,854 (1) | | | ServiceNow, Inc. | | | | | 15,358,260 | | | | | | 1.8 | | |
139,731 | | | Visa, Inc. - Class A | | | | | 29,646,726 | | | | | | 3.5 | | |
30,529 (1) | | | Zebra Technologies Corp. | | | | | 10,324,603 | | | | | | 1.2 | | |
| | | | | | | | 367,786,627 | | | | | | 43.5 | | |
| | | Materials: 1.4% | |
110,922 | | | Crown Holdings, Inc. | | | | | 11,584,694 | | | | | | 1.4 | | |
| | | | |
| | | Real Estate: 2.1% | |
62,095 | | | ProLogis, Inc. | | | | | 7,915,870 | | | | | | 0.9 | | |
29,926 | | | SBA Communications Corp. | | | | | 10,073,391 | | | | | | 1.2 | | |
| | | | | | | | 17,989,261 | | | | | | 2.1 | | |
| | | Total Common Stock | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | (Cost $662,962,089) | | | | | 811,891,135 | | | | | | 96.0 | | |
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS: 3.4% | |
| | | Mutual Funds: 3.4% | |
28,801,000 (2) | | | BlackRock Liquidity Funds, FedFund, Institutional Class, 0.710% | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | (Cost $28,801,000) | | | | | 28,801,000 | | | | | | 3.4 | | |
| | | Total Short-Term Investments | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | (Cost $28,801,000) | | | | | 28,801,000 | | | | | | 3.4 | | |
| | | Total Investments in Securities (Cost $691,763,089) | | | | $ | 840,692,135 | | | | | | 99.4 | | |
| | | Assets in Excess of Other Liabilities | | | | | 5,411,281 | | | | | | 0.6 | | |
| | | Net Assets | | | | $ | 846,103,416 | | | | | | 100.0 | | |
|
(1)
Non-income producing security.
(2)
Rate shown is the 7-day yield as of May 31, 2022.
See Accompanying Notes to Financial Statements
PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS
Voya Large-Cap Growth Fund | as of May 31, 2022 (continued) |
Fair Value Measurements^
The following is a summary of the fair valuations according to the inputs used as of May 31, 2022 in valuing the assets and liabilities:
| | | Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Investments (Level 1) | | | Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) | | | Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) | | | Fair Value at May 31, 2022 | |
Asset Table | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Investments, at fair value | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Common Stock* | | | | $ | 811,891,135 | | | | | $ | — | | | | | $ | — | | | | | $ | 811,891,135 | | |
Short-Term Investments | | | | | 28,801,000 | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | 28,801,000 | | |
Total Investments, at fair value | | | | $ | 840,692,135 | | | | | $ | — | | | | | $ | — | | | | | $ | 840,692,135 | | |
^
See Note 2, “Significant Accounting Policies” in the Notes to Financial Statements for additional information.
*
For further breakdown of Common Stock by sector, please refer to the Portfolio of Investments.
At May 31, 2022, the aggregate cost of securities and other investments and the composition of unrealized appreciation and depreciation of securities and other investments on a tax basis were:
| Cost for federal income tax purposes was $702,614,083. | | |
| Net unrealized appreciation consisted of: | | | | | | | |
| Gross Unrealized Appreciation | | | | $ | 214,843,397 | | |
| Gross Unrealized Depreciation | | | | | (76,765,345) | | |
| Net Unrealized Appreciation | | | | $ | 138,078,052 | | |
See Accompanying Notes to Financial Statements
PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS
Voya Large Cap Value Fund | as of May 31, 2022 |
Shares | | | Value | | | Percentage of Net Assets | |
COMMON STOCK: 99.3% | |
| | | Communication Services: 9.0% | |
1,643,539 | | | AT&T, Inc. | | | | $ | 34,990,945 | | | | | | 4.9 | | |
302,727 | | | Fox Corp. - Class A | | | | | 10,749,836 | | | | | | 1.5 | | |
252,658 | | | Paramount Global - Class B | | | | | 8,673,749 | | | | | | 1.2 | | |
530,447 (1) | | | Warner Bros Discovery, Inc. | | | | | 9,786,747 | | | | | | 1.4 | | |
| | | | | | | | 64,201,277 | | | | | | 9.0 | | |
| | | Consumer Discretionary: 4.0% | |
142,015 (1) | | | Caesars Entertainment, Inc. | | | | | 7,124,892 | | | | | | 1.0 | | |
39,486 (1) | | | Expedia Group, Inc. | | | | | 5,106,724 | | | | | | 0.7 | | |
322,724 | | | Gap, Inc. | | | | | 3,559,646 | | | | | | 0.5 | | |
50,041 | | | McDonald’s Corp. | | | | | 12,620,841 | | | | | | 1.8 | | |
| | | | | | | | 28,412,103 | | | | | | 4.0 | | |
| | | Consumer Staples: 7.1% | |
160,407 | | | Coca-Cola Co. | | | | | 10,166,596 | | | | | | 1.4 | | |
88,975 | | | Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc. | | | | | 6,012,930 | | | | | | 0.9 | | |
170,826 | | | Philip Morris International, Inc. | | | | | 18,150,263 | | | | | | 2.5 | | |
128,624 | | | Walmart, Inc. | | | | | 16,544,905 | | | | | | 2.3 | | |
| | | | | | | | 50,874,694 | | | | | | 7.1 | | |
| | | Energy: 8.4% | |
439,597 | | | BP PLC ADR | | | | | 14,229,755 | | | | | | 2.0 | | |
41,972 | | | Chevron Corp. | | | | | 7,330,829 | | | | | | 1.0 | | |
149,406 | | | ConocoPhillips | | | | | 16,787,258 | | | | | | 2.3 | | |
69,176 | | | Diamondback Energy, Inc. | | | | | 10,516,136 | | | | | | 1.5 | | |
88,030 | | | Valero Energy Corp. | | | | | 11,408,688 | | | | | | 1.6 | | |
| | | | | | | | 60,272,666 | | | | | | 8.4 | | |
| | | Financials: 18.6% | |
173,584 | | | Apollo Global Management, Inc. | | | | | 10,005,382 | | | | | | 1.4 | | |
87,480 | | | Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. | | | | | 14,166,511 | | | | | | 2.0 | | |
88,573 | | | Assurant, Inc. | | | | | 15,649,964 | | | | | | 2.2 | | |
424,875 | | | Bank of America Corp. | | | | | 15,805,350 | | | | | | 2.2 | | |
354,941 | | | Bank of New York Mellon Corp. | | | | | 16,543,800 | | | | | | 2.3 | | |
50,484 | | | Chubb Ltd. | | | | | 10,666,764 | | | | | | 1.5 | | |
498,927 | | | Equitable Holdings, Inc. | | | | | 15,172,370 | | | | | | 2.1 | | |
63,685 | | | First Republic Bank | | | | | 9,873,086 | | | | | | 1.4 | | |
69,491 | | | PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. | | | | | 12,189,416 | | | | | | 1.7 | | |
261,361 | | | Truist Financial Corp. | | | | | 13,000,096 | | | | | | 1.8 | | |
| | | | | | | | 133,072,739 | | | | | | 18.6 | | |
| | | Health Care: 16.7% | |
91,096 (2) | | | Alcon, Inc. | | | | | 6,807,604 | | | | | | 0.9 | | |
316,238 (1) | | | Boston Scientific Corp. | | | | | 12,968,920 | | | | | | 1.8 | | |
288,710 | | | Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. | | | | | 21,783,170 | | | | | | 3.0 | | |
38,301 | | | Eli Lilly & Co. | | | | | 12,005,066 | | | | | | 1.7 | | |
48,554 | | | McKesson Corp. | | | | | 15,959,214 | | | | | | 2.2 | | |
24,095 | | | Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc. | | | | | 13,675,599 | | | | | | 1.9 | | |
Shares | | | Value | | | Percentage of Net Assets | |
COMMON STOCK: (continued) | |
| | | Health Care (continued) | |
50,354 | | | UnitedHealth Group, Inc. | | | | $ | 25,014,860 | | | | | | 3.5 | | |
22,776 (1) | | | Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | | | | | 6,118,772 | | | | | | 0.9 | | |
32,750 | | | Zoetis, Inc. | | | | | 5,597,958 | | | | | | 0.8 | | |
| | | | | | | | 119,931,163 | | | | | | 16.7 | | |
| | | Industrials: 9.3% | |
453,314 | | | Howmet Aerospace, Inc. | | | | | 16,215,042 | | | | | | 2.3 | | |
42,732 | | | L3Harris Technologies, Inc. | | | | | 10,294,139 | | | | | | 1.4 | | |
306,694 | | | nVent Electric PLC | | | | | 10,856,967 | | | | | | 1.5 | | |
197,788 | | | Raytheon Technologies Corp. | | | | | 18,813,594 | | | | | | 2.6 | | |
34,809 (1) | | | United Rentals, Inc. | | | | | 10,379,348 | | | | | | 1.5 | | |
| | | | | | | | 66,559,090 | | | | | | 9.3 | | |
| | | Information Technology: 10.9% | |
45,115 | | | Analog Devices, Inc. | | | | | 7,597,366 | | | | | | 1.1 | | |
14,530 | | | Broadcom, Inc. | | | | | 8,429,289 | | | | | | 1.2 | | |
122,490 | | | Dolby Laboratories, Inc. | | | | | 9,507,674 | | | | | | 1.3 | | |
74,088 | | | Motorola Solutions, Inc. | | | | | 16,280,097 | | | | | | 2.3 | | |
35,255 | | | NXP Semiconductor NV - NXPI - US | | | | | 6,689,989 | | | | | | 0.9 | | |
45,376 | | | Paychex, Inc. | | | | | 5,618,910 | | | | | | 0.8 | | |
36,575 (1) | | | PayPal Holdings, Inc. | | | | | 3,116,556 | | | | | | 0.4 | | |
21,902 | | | Roper Technologies, Inc. | | | | | 9,690,321 | | | | | | 1.3 | | |
70,544 (1) | | | Salesforce, Inc. | | | | | 11,303,970 | | | | | | 1.6 | | |
| | | | | | | | 78,234,172 | | | | | | 10.9 | | |
| | | Materials: 4.4% | |
29,064 | | | Air Products & Chemicals, Inc. | | | | | 7,154,394 | | | | | | 1.0 | | |
84,229 | | | Alcoa Corp. | | | | | 5,198,614 | | | | | | 0.7 | | |
55,772 | | | CF Industries Holdings, Inc. | | | | | 5,508,601 | | | | | | 0.7 | | |
76,889 | | | Eastman Chemical Co. | | | | | 8,470,092 | | | | | | 1.2 | | |
28,892 | | | Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co. | | | | | 5,616,605 | | | | | | 0.8 | | |
| | | | | | | | 31,948,306 | | | | | | 4.4 | | |
| | | Real Estate: 4.3% | |
77,277 | | | ProLogis, Inc. | | | | | 9,851,272 | | | | | | 1.4 | | |
58,763 (1) | | | Ryman Hospitality Properties | | | | | 5,246,948 | | | | | | 0.7 | | |
97,954 | | | UDR, Inc. | | | | | 4,682,201 | | | | | | 0.7 | | |
123,966 | | | Welltower, Inc. | | | | | 11,044,131 | | | | | | 1.5 | | |
| | | | | | | | 30,824,552 | | | | | | 4.3 | | |
| | | Utilities: 6.6% | |
83,025 | | | Ameren Corp. | | | | | 7,903,150 | | | | | | 1.1 | | |
117,379 | | | Entergy Corp. | | | | | 14,123,041 | | | | | | 2.0 | | |
256,008 | | | Exelon Corp. | | | | | 12,582,793 | | | | | | 1.7 | | |
167,260 | | | NextEra Energy, Inc. | | | | | 12,659,910 | | | | | | 1.8 | | |
| | | | | | | | 47,268,894 | | | | | | 6.6 | | |
| | | Total Common Stock | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | (Cost $600,802,004) | | | | | 711,599,656 | | | | | | 99.3 | | |
|
See Accompanying Notes to Financial Statements
PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS
Voya Large Cap Value Fund | as of May 31, 2022 (continued) |
Principal Amount† | | | Value | | | Percentage of Net Assets | |
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS: 2.2% | |
| | | Repurchase Agreements: 1.0% | |
1,612,066 (3) | | | Bank of America Inc., Repurchase Agreement dated 05/31/22, 0.80%, due 06/01/22 (Repurchase Amount $1,612,101, collateralized by various U.S. Government Agency Obligations, 1.000%- 8.500%, Market Value plus accrued interest $1,644,307, due 01/20/24-05/20/52) | | | | $ | 1,612,066 | | | | | | 0.2 | | |
1,612,066 (3) | | | Daiwa Capital Markets, Repurchase Agreement dated 05/31/22, 0.80%, due 06/01/22 (Repurchase Amount $1,612,101, collateralized by various U.S. Government/U.S. Government Agency Obligations, 0.000%- 6.500%, Market Value plus accrued interest $1,644,307, due 06/21/22-05/20/52) | | | | | 1,612,066 | | | | | | 0.2 | | |
477,304 (3) | | | HSBC Securities USA, Repurchase Agreement dated 05/31/22, 0.80%, due 06/01/22 (Repurchase Amount $477,314, collateralized by various U.S. Government Securities, 0.000%- 5.500%, Market Value plus accrued interest $486,850, due 07/31/22-02/15/50) | | | | | 477,304 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
1,612,066 (3) | | | RBC Dominion Securities Inc., Repurchase Agreement dated 05/31/22, 0.79%, due 06/01/22 (Repurchase Amount $1,612,101, collateralized by various U.S. Government/U.S. Government Agency Obligations, 0.000%- 5.500%, Market Value plus accrued interest $1,644,307, due 07/15/22-05/20/52) | | | | | 1,612,066 | | | | | | 0.3 | | |
Principal Amount† | | | Value | | | Percentage of Net Assets | |
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS: (continued) | |
| | | Repurchase Agreements (continued) | |
1,612,066 (3) | | | Truist Securities Inc., Repurchase Agreement dated 05/31/22, 0.80%, due 06/01/22 (Repurchase Amount $1,612,101, collateralized by various U.S. Government/U.S. Government Agency Obligations, 0.000%- 4.500%, Market Value plus accrued interest $1,644,312, due 06/28/22-10/01/51) | | | | $ | 1,612,066 | | | | | | 0.2 | | |
| | | Total Repurchase Agreements (Cost $6,925,568) | | | | | 6,925,568 | | | | | | 1.0 | | |
|
Shares | | | Value | | | Percentage of Net Assets | |
| | | Mutual Funds: 1.2% | |
8,982,000 (4) | | | BlackRock Liquidity Funds, FedFund, Institutional Class, 0.710% (Cost $8,982,000) | | | | | 8,982,000 | | | | | | 1.2 | | |
| | | Total Short-Term Investments (Cost $15,907,568) | | | | | 15,907,568 | | | | | | 2.2 | | |
| | | Total Investments in Securities (Cost $616,709,572) | | | | $ | 727,507,224 | | | | | | 101.5 | | |
| | | Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets | | | | | (11,006,694) | | | | | | (1.5) | | |
| | | Net Assets | | | | $ | 716,500,530 | | | | | | 100.0 | | |
†
Unless otherwise indicated, principal amount is shown in USD.
ADR
American Depositary Receipt
(1)
Non-income producing security.
(2)
Security, or a portion of the security, is on loan.
(3)
All or a portion of the security represents securities purchased with cash collateral received for securities on loan.
(4)
Rate shown is the 7-day yield as of May 31, 2022.
See Accompanying Notes to Financial Statements
PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS
Voya Large Cap Value Fund | as of May 31, 2022 (continued) |
Fair Value Measurements^
The following is a summary of the fair valuations according to the inputs used as of May 31, 2022 in valuing the assets and liabilities:
| | | Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Investments (Level 1) | | | Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) | | | Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) | | | Fair Value at May 31, 2022 | |
Asset Table | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Investments, at fair value | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Common Stock* | | | | $ | 711,599,656 | | | | | $ | — | | | | | $ | — | | | | | $ | 711,599,656 | | |
Short-Term Investments | | | | | 8,982,000 | | | | | | 6,925,568 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 15,907,568 | | |
Total Investments, at fair value | | | | $ | 720,581,656 | | | | | $ | 6,925,568 | | | | | $ | — | | | | | $ | 727,507,224 | | |
^
See Note 2, “Significant Accounting Policies” in the Notes to Financial Statements for additional information.
*
For further breakdown of Common Stock by sector, please refer to the Portfolio of Investments.
At May 31, 2022, the aggregate cost of securities and other investments and the composition of unrealized appreciation and depreciation of securities and other investments on a tax basis were:
| Cost for federal income tax purposes was $623,749,279. | | | | | | | |
| Net unrealized appreciation consisted of: | | | | | | | |
| Gross Unrealized Appreciation | | | | $ | 139,435,920 | | |
| Gross Unrealized Depreciation | | | | | (35,673,862) | | |
| Net Unrealized Appreciation | | | | $ | 103,762,058 | | |
See Accompanying Notes to Financial Statements
PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS
Voya MidCap Opportunities Fund | as of May 31, 2022 |
Shares | | | Value | | | Percentage of Net Assets | |
COMMON STOCK: 95.5% | |
| | | Communication Services: 2.2% | |
70,308 (1) | | | Pinterest, Inc. | | | | $ | 1,381,552 | | | | | | 0.2 | | |
43,469 (1) | | | Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. | | | | | 5,413,195 | | | | | | 0.7 | | |
245,993 (1) | | | ZoomInfo Technologies, Inc. | | | | | 9,935,657 | | | | | | 1.3 | | |
| | | | | | | | 16,730,404 | | | | | | 2.2 | | |
| | | Consumer Discretionary: 13.3% | |
16,749 (1) | | | Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. | | | | | 23,491,310 | | | | | | 3.1 | | |
30,043 | | | Darden Restaurants, Inc. | | | | | 3,755,375 | | | | | | 0.5 | | |
104,357 (1) | | | Etsy, Inc. | | | | | 8,465,440 | | | | | | 1.1 | | |
120,196 (1) | | | Expedia Group, Inc. | | | | | 15,544,949 | | | | | | 2.1 | | |
140,890 (1) | | | Floor & Decor Holdings, Inc. | | | | | 10,628,741 | | | | | | 1.4 | | |
62,967 (1) | | | Lululemon Athletica, Inc. | | | | | 18,429,811 | | | | | | 2.4 | | |
156,799 | | | Ross Stores, Inc. | | | | | 13,331,051 | | | | | | 1.8 | | |
117,240 (1) | | | Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. | | | | | 6,808,127 | | | | | | 0.9 | | |
| | | | | | | | 100,454,804 | | | | | | 13.3 | | |
| | | Consumer Staples: 3.6% | |
154,115 (1) | | | Celsius Holdings, Inc. | | | | | 10,339,575 | | | | | | 1.4 | | |
43,691 | | | Constellation Brands, Inc. | | | | | 10,724,830 | | | | | | 1.4 | | |
367,843 (1) | | | Olaplex Holdings, Inc. | | | | | 5,929,629 | | | | | | 0.8 | | |
| | | | | | | | 26,994,034 | | | | | | 3.6 | | |
| | | Energy: 3.1% | |
156,626 | | | Diamondback Energy, Inc. | | | | | 23,810,285 | | | | | | 3.1 | | |
| | | | |
| | | Financials: 3.9% | |
62,602 | | | LPL Financial Holdings, Inc. | | | | | 12,281,886 | | | | | | 1.6 | | |
38,820 | | | MSCI, Inc. - Class A | | | | | 17,172,027 | | | | | | 2.3 | | |
| | | | | | | | 29,453,913 | | | | | | 3.9 | | |
| | | Health Care: 16.7% | |
129,653 | | | Agilent Technologies, Inc. | | | | | 16,538,537 | | | | | | 2.2 | | |
30,440 | | | Bio-Techne Corp. | | | | | 11,254,581 | | | | | | 1.5 | | |
28,821 (1) | | | Charles River Laboratories International, Inc. | | | | | 6,746,420 | | | | | | 0.9 | | |
74,506 | | | Conmed Corp. | | | | | 8,664,303 | | | | | | 1.1 | | |
57,929 (1) | | | DexCom, Inc. | | | | | 17,259,366 | | | | | | 2.3 | | |
184,611 (1) | | | Horizon Therapeutics Plc | | | | | 16,557,761 | | | | | | 2.2 | | |
57,603 (1) | | | Novocure Ltd. | | | | | 4,630,129 | | | | | | 0.6 | | |
298,609 (1) | | | Progyny, Inc. | | | | | 9,439,030 | | | | | | 1.2 | | |
18,376 | | | Resmed, Inc. | | | | | 3,738,781 | | | | | | 0.5 | | |
90,685 (1) | | | Seagen, Inc. | | | | | 12,304,141 | | | | | | 1.6 | | |
116,349 (1) | | | Tandem Diabetes Care, Inc. | | | | | 7,931,511 | | | | | | 1.1 | | |
50,272 (1) | | | United Therapeutics Corp. | | | | | 11,579,652 | | | | | | 1.5 | | |
| | | | | | | | 126,644,212 | | | | | | 16.7 | | |
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COMMON STOCK: (continued) | |
| | | Industrials: 14.1% | |
142,234 | | | Ametek, Inc. | | | | $ | 17,277,164 | | | | | | 2.3 | | |
184,023 | | | Howmet Aerospace, Inc. | | | | | 6,582,503 | | | | | | 0.9 | | |
69,019 | | | Hubbell, Inc. | | | | | 13,103,948 | | | | | | 1.7 | | |
44,018 | | | IDEX Corp. | | | | | 8,431,648 | | | | | | 1.1 | | |
88,134 (1)(2) | | | Plug Power, Inc. | | | | | 1,628,716 | | | | | | 0.2 | | |
178,959 | | | Quanta Services, Inc. | | | | | 21,296,121 | | | | | | 2.8 | | |
29,430 (1) | | | TransDigm Group, Inc. | | | | | 17,816,039 | | | | | | 2.3 | | |
163,602 | | | Waste Connections, Inc. | | | | | 20,865,799 | | | | | | 2.8 | | |
| | | | | | | | 107,001,938 | | | | | | 14.1 | | |
| | | Information Technology: 32.9% | |
190,925 (1) | | | Cadence Design Systems, Inc. | | | | | 29,350,900 | | | | | | 3.9 | | |
100,006 | | | CDW Corp. | | | | | 16,987,019 | | | | | | 2.2 | | |
80,108 (1) | | | Crowdstrike Holdings, Inc. | | | | | 12,816,479 | | | | | | 1.7 | | |
141,088 (1) | | | Datadog, Inc. | | | | | 13,458,384 | | | | | | 1.8 | | |
272,689 (1) | | | Dynatrace, Inc. | | | | | 10,272,195 | | | | | | 1.4 | | |
93,701 | | | Entegris, Inc. | | | | | 10,397,063 | | | | | | 1.4 | | |
71,873 (1) | | | Gartner, Inc. | | | | | 18,859,475 | | | | | | 2.5 | | |
96,190 (1) | | | Keysight Technologies, Inc. | | | | | 14,005,264 | | | | | | 1.8 | | |
172,377 | | | Marvell Technology, Inc. | | | | | 10,196,100 | | | | | | 1.3 | | |
31,448 (1) | | | MongoDB, Inc. | | | | | 7,457,893 | | | | | | 1.0 | | |
30,504 | | | Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. | | | | | 13,738,697 | | | | | | 1.8 | | |
58,953 | | | Motorola Solutions, Inc. | | | | | 12,954,332 | | | | | | 1.7 | | |
58,850 (1) | | | Palo Alto Networks, Inc. | | | | | 29,588,603 | | | | | | 3.9 | | |
78,968 (1) | | | Paylocity Holding Corp. | | | | | 13,808,344 | | | | | | 1.8 | | |
26,829 | | | Roper Technologies, Inc. | | | | | 11,870,223 | | | | | | 1.6 | | |
41,117 (1) | | | Zebra Technologies Corp. | | | | | 13,905,358 | | | | | | 1.8 | | |
62,698 (1) | | | Zscaler, Inc. | | | | | 9,598,437 | | | | | | 1.3 | | |
| | | | | | | | 249,264,766 | | | | | | 32.9 | | |
| | | Materials: 2.8% | |
76,615 | | | Avery Dennison Corp. | | | | | 13,220,684 | | | | | | 1.7 | | |
76,024 | | | Crown Holdings, Inc. | | | | | 7,939,947 | | | | | | 1.1 | | |
| | | | | | | | 21,160,631 | | | | | | 2.8 | | |
| | | Real Estate: 2.9% | |
126,807 | | | Equity Lifestyle Properties, Inc. | | | | | 9,599,290 | | | | | | 1.3 | | |
36,936 | | | SBA Communications Corp. | | | | | 12,433,027 | | | | | | 1.6 | | |
| | | | | | | | 22,032,317 | | | | | | 2.9 | | |
| | | Total Common Stock (Cost $751,134,448) | | | | | 723,547,304 | | | | | | 95.5 | | |
|
See Accompanying Notes to Financial Statements
PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS
Voya MidCap Opportunities Fund | as of May 31, 2022 (continued) |
Principal Amount† | | | Value | | | Percentage of Net Assets | |
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS: 4.6% | |
| | | Repurchase Agreements: 0.2% | |
660,249 (3) | | | Citigroup, Inc., Repurchase Agreement dated 05/31/22, 0.80%, due 06/01/22 (Repurchase Amount $660,263, collateralized by various U.S. Government Securities, 0.000%- 6.125%, Market Value plus accrued interest $673,735, due 08/25/22-01/31/28) | | | | $ | 660,249 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
1,000,000 (3) | | | RBC Dominion Securities Inc., Repurchase Agreement dated 05/31/22, 0.79%, due 06/01/22 (Repurchase Amount $1,000,022, collateralized by various U.S. Government/U.S. Government Agency Obligations, 0.000%- 5.500%, Market Value plus accrued interest $1,020,000, due 07/15/22-05/20/52) | | | | | 1,000,000 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
| | | Total Repurchase Agreements (Cost $1,660,249) | | | | | 1,660,249 | | | | | | 0.2 | | |
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SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS: (continued) | |
| | | Mutual Funds: 4.4% | |
32,976,000 (4) | | | BlackRock Liquidity Funds, FedFund, Institutional Class, 0.710% (Cost $32,976,000) | | | | $ | 32,976,000 | | | | | | 4.4 | | |
| | | Total Short-Term Investments (Cost $34,636,249) | | | | | 34,636,249 | | | | | | 4.6 | | |
| | | Total Investments in Securities (Cost $785,770,697) | | | | $ | 758,183,553 | | | | | | 100.1 | | |
| | | Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets | | | | | (554,411) | | | | | | (0.1) | | |
| | | Net Assets | | | | $ | 757,629,142 | | | | | | 100.0 | | |
†
Unless otherwise indicated, principal amount is shown in USD.
(1)
Non-income producing security.
(2)
Security, or a portion of the security, is on loan.
(3)
All or a portion of the security represents securities purchased with cash collateral received for securities on loan.
(4)
Rate shown is the 7-day yield as of May 31, 2022.
Fair Value Measurements^
The following is a summary of the fair valuations according to the inputs used as of May 31, 2022 in valuing the assets and liabilities:
| | | Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Investments (Level 1) | | | Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) | | | Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) | | | Fair Value at May 31, 2022 | |
Asset Table | | | | | |
Investments, at fair value | | | | | |
Common Stock* | | | | $ | 723,547,304 | | | | | $ | — | | | | | $ | — | | | | | $ | 723,547,304 | | |
Short-Term Investments | | | | | 32,976,000 | | | | | | 1,660,249 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 34,636,249 | | |
Total Investments, at fair value | | | | $ | 756,523,304 | | | | | $ | 1,660,249 | | | | | $ | — | | | | | $ | 758,183,553 | | |
^
See Note 2, “Significant Accounting Policies” in the Notes to Financial Statements for additional information.
*
For further breakdown of Common Stock by sector, please refer to the Portfolio of Investments.
See Accompanying Notes to Financial Statements
PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS
Voya MidCap Opportunities Fund | as of May 31, 2022 (continued) |
At May 31, 2022, the aggregate cost of securities and other investments and the composition of unrealized appreciation and depreciation of securities and other investments on a tax basis were:
| Cost for federal income tax purposes was $788,530,174. | | |
| Net unrealized depreciation consisted of: | | |
| Gross Unrealized Appreciation | | | | $ | 77,191,646 | | |
| Gross Unrealized Depreciation | | | | | (107,538,267) | | |
| Net Unrealized Depreciation | | | | $ | (30,346,621) | | |
| | | |
See Accompanying Notes to Financial Statements
Voya Multi-Manager Mid Cap | PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS |
Value Fund | as of May 31, 2022 |
Shares | | | Value | | | Percentage of Net Assets | |
COMMON STOCK: 97.8% | |
| | | Communication Services: 2.5% | |
7,300 (1) | | | AMC Networks, Inc. | | | | $ | 286,598 | | | | | | 0.2 | | |
23,587 | | | Fox Corp. - Class A | | | | | 837,574 | | | | | | 0.4 | | |
1,841 | | | Fox Corp. - Class B | | | | | 60,266 | | | | | | 0.0 | | |
6,659 | | | Interpublic Group of Cos., Inc. | | | | | 214,620 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
16,743 (1) | | | Liberty Media Corp. - Liberty Formula One C Tracking Stock | | | | | 1,042,921 | | | | | | 0.6 | | |
39,991 | | | Lumen Technologies, Inc. | | | | | 489,490 | | | | | | 0.3 | | |
4,065 | | | News Corp - Class A | | | | | 70,731 | | | | | | 0.0 | | |
4,019 | | | Nexstar Media Group, Inc. | | | | | 704,209 | | | | | | 0.4 | | |
1,759 | | | Omnicom Group | | | | | 131,239 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
9,900 | | | Paramount Global - Class B | | | | | 339,867 | | | | | | 0.2 | | |
18,500 | | | TEGNA, Inc. | | | | | 405,150 | | | | | | 0.2 | | |
| | | | | | | | 4,582,665 | | | | | | 2.5 | | |
| | | Consumer Discretionary: 11.7% | |
1,176 | | | Advance Auto Parts, Inc. | | | | | 223,275 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
39,900 (1) | | | American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings, Inc. | | | | | 323,589 | | | | | | 0.2 | | |
431 (1) | | | Aptiv PLC | | | | | 45,789 | | | | | | 0.0 | | |
649 (1) | | | Autonation, Inc. | | | | | 77,594 | | | | | | 0.0 | | |
532 (1) | | | Autozone, Inc. | | | | | 1,095,734 | | | | | | 0.6 | | |
10,631 | | | Best Buy Co., Inc. | | | | | 872,380 | | | | | | 0.5 | | |
7,100 | | | Big Lots, Inc. | | | | | 173,879 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
9,200 | | | BorgWarner, Inc. | | | | | 370,944 | | | | | | 0.2 | | |
6,445 | | | Brunswick Corp. | | | | | 484,857 | | | | | | 0.3 | | |
722 (1) | | | Carmax, Inc. | | | | | 71,673 | | | | | | 0.0 | | |
13,170 | | | Carter’s, Inc. | | | | | 1,014,748 | | | | | | 0.6 | | |
90 (1) | | | Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. | | | | | 126,230 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
3,517 | | | D.R. Horton, Inc. | | | | | 264,303 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
168 (1) | | | Deckers Outdoor Corp. | | | | | 45,118 | | | | | | 0.0 | | |
6,194 | | | Dick’s Sporting Goods, Inc. | | | | | 503,139 | | | | | | 0.3 | | |
2,795 (1) | | | Dollar Tree, Inc. | | | | | 448,122 | | | | | | 0.2 | | |
322 | | | Domino’s Pizza, Inc. | | | | | 116,941 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
8,600 | | | eBay, Inc. | | | | | 418,562 | | | | | | 0.2 | | |
13,100 | | | Foot Locker, Inc. | | | | | 432,038 | | | | | | 0.2 | | |
1,474 | | | Garmin Ltd. | | | | | 155,684 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
1,953 | | | Gentex Corp. | | | | | 60,699 | | | | | | 0.0 | | |
2,731 | | | Genuine Parts Co. | | | | | 373,410 | | | | | | 0.2 | | |
30,393 (1) | | | Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. | | | | | 392,678 | | | | | | 0.2 | | |
17,700 | | | H&R Block, Inc. | | | | | 623,748 | | | | | | 0.3 | | |
21,900 | | | Hanesbrands, Inc. | | | | | 259,953 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
16,600 | | | Harley-Davidson, Inc. | | | | | 583,988 | | | | | | 0.3 | | |
1,000 | | | Hibbett, Inc. | | | | | 50,750 | | | | | | 0.0 | | |
460 | | | Hilton Worldwide Holdings, Inc. | | | | | 64,796 | | | | | | 0.0 | | |
6,600 | | | Kohl’s Corp. | | | | | 266,112 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
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COMMON STOCK: (continued) | |
| | | Consumer Discretionary (continued) | |
2,200 | | | Lear Corp. | | | | $ | 310,112 | | | | | | 0.2 | | |
6,427 | | | Lennar Corp. - Class A | | | | | 515,767 | | | | | | 0.3 | | |
3,324 | | | LKQ Corp. | | | | | 170,820 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
363 (1) | | | Lululemon Athletica, Inc. | | | | | 106,246 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
14,400 | | | Macy’s, Inc. | | | | | 340,560 | | | | | | 0.2 | | |
36,500 (1) | | | Modine Manufacturing Co. | | | | | 431,430 | | | | | | 0.2 | | |
7,459 (1) | | | Mohawk Industries, Inc. | | | | | 1,055,150 | | | | | | 0.6 | | |
22 (1) | | | NVR, Inc. | | | | | 97,914 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
9,100 (1) | | | ODP Corp./The | | | | | 347,529 | | | | | | 0.2 | | |
1,097 (1) | | | O’Reilly Automotive, Inc. | | | | | 698,975 | | | | | | 0.4 | | |
3,500 | | | Penske Auto Group, Inc. | | | | | 402,990 | | | | | | 0.2 | | |
18,800 (1) | | | Perdoceo Education Corp. | | | | | 205,108 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
541 | | | Polaris, Inc. | | | | | 57,644 | | | | | | 0.0 | | |
494 | | | Pool Corp. | | | | | 196,918 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
9,606 | | | Pulte Group, Inc. | | | | | 434,768 | | | | | | 0.2 | | |
12,762 | | | PVH Corp. | | | | | 904,443 | | | | | | 0.5 | | |
6,800 | | | Rent-A-Center, Inc. | | | | | 187,272 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
19,397 | | | Ross Stores, Inc. | | | | | 1,649,133 | | | | | | 0.9 | | |
1,783 | | | Service Corp. International | | | | | 124,863 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
4,000 (1) | | | Sleep Number Corp. | | | | | 183,720 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
3,100 | | | Sturm Ruger & Co., Inc. | | | | | 210,459 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
2,868 | | | Tapestry, Inc. | | | | | 98,946 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
5,600 | | | Thor Industries, Inc. | | | | | 425,432 | | | | | | 0.2 | | |
9,500 | | | Toll Brothers, Inc. | | | | | 479,465 | | | | | | 0.3 | | |
2,281 | | | Tractor Supply Co. | | | | | 427,368 | | | | | | 0.2 | | |
203 (1) | | | Ulta Beauty, Inc. | | | | | 85,889 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
5,608 | | | Whirlpool Corp. | | | | | 1,033,218 | | | | | | 0.6 | | |
765 | | | Williams-Sonoma, Inc. | | | | | 97,859 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
1,410 | | | Yum! Brands, Inc. | | | | | 171,273 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
7,700 (1) | | | Zumiez, Inc. | | | | | 252,637 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
| | | | | | | | 21,644,641 | | | | | | 11.7 | | |
| | | Consumer Staples: 4.2% | |
2,901 | | | Albertsons Cos, Inc. | | | | | 88,626 | | | | | | 0.0 | | |
9,719 | | | Archer-Daniels-Midland Co. | | | | | 882,680 | | | | | | 0.5 | | |
1,270 | | | Church & Dwight Co., Inc. | | | | | 114,376 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
361 | | | Clorox Co. | | | | | 52,475 | | | | | | 0.0 | | |
11,200 | | | Conagra Brands, Inc. | | | | | 368,368 | | | | | | 0.2 | | |
10,600 | | | Edgewell Personal Care Co. | | | | | 385,840 | | | | | | 0.2 | | |
2,423 | | | Flowers Foods, Inc. | | | | | 66,875 | | | | | | 0.0 | | |
1,143 | | | Hershey Co. | | | | | 241,984 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
4,511 | | | Ingredion, Inc. | | | | | 427,155 | | | | | | 0.2 | | |
3,793 | | | JM Smucker Co. | | | | | 475,528 | | | | | | 0.3 | | |
1,568 | | | Kellogg Co. | | | | | 109,352 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
35,797 | | | Kroger Co. | | | | | 1,896,167 | | | | | | 1.0 | | |
12,100 | | | Molson Coors Beverage Co. | | | | | 675,664 | | | | | | 0.4 | | |
9,000 | | | SpartanNash Co. | | | | | 309,690 | | | | | | 0.2 | | |
See Accompanying Notes to Financial Statements
Voya Multi-Manager Mid Cap | PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS |
Value Fund | as of May 31, 2022 (continued) |
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COMMON STOCK: (continued) | |
| | | Consumer Staples (continued) | |
16,600 (1) | | | Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc. | | | | $ | 449,694 | | | | | | 0.2 | | |
14,642 | | | Tyson Foods, Inc. | | | | | 1,312,070 | | | | | | 0.7 | | |
| | | | | | | | 7,856,544 | | | | | | 4.2 | | |
| | | Energy: 3.0% | |
1,266 | | | Cheniere Energy, Inc. | | | | | 173,151 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
3,217 | | | Coterra Energy, Inc. | | | | | 110,439 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
8,300 | | | EOG Resources, Inc. | | | | | 1,136,768 | | | | | | 0.6 | | |
20,600 | | | HF Sinclair Corp. | | | | | 1,011,460 | | | | | | 0.5 | | |
37,800 | | | Marathon Oil Corp. | | | | | 1,188,054 | | | | | | 0.6 | | |
5,500 | | | Marathon Petroleum Corp. | | | | | 559,845 | | | | | | 0.3 | | |
18,300 (1) | | | National Energy Services Reunited Corp. | | | | | 136,518 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
6,000 | | | PDC Energy, Inc. | | | | | 474,840 | | | | | | 0.3 | | |
797 | | | Pioneer Natural Resources Co. | | | | | 221,518 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
2,400 | | | Valero Energy Corp. | | | | | 311,040 | | | | | | 0.2 | | |
6,527 | | | Williams Cos., Inc. | | | | | 241,891 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
| | | | | | | | 5,565,524 | | | | | | 3.0 | | |
| | | Financials: 19.1% | |
445 | | | Affiliated Managers Group, Inc. | | | | | 59,461 | | | | | | 0.0 | | |
16,182 | | | Aflac, Inc. | | | | | 980,144 | | | | | | 0.5 | | |
6,000 | | | Allstate Corp. | | | | | 820,140 | | | | | | 0.4 | | |
13,749 | | | Ally Financial, Inc. | | | | | 605,506 | | | | | | 0.3 | | |
3,771 | | | American Financial Group, Inc. | | | | | 532,842 | | | | | | 0.3 | | |
7,700 | | | American International Group, Inc. | | | | | 451,836 | | | | | | 0.2 | | |
3,915 | | | Ameriprise Financial, Inc. | | | | | 1,081,597 | | | | | | 0.6 | | |
42,700 | | | Annaly Capital Management, Inc. | | | | | 282,247 | | | | | | 0.2 | | |
4,489 (1) | | | Arch Capital Group Ltd. | | | | | 213,048 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
1,709 | | | Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. | | | | | 276,755 | | | | | | 0.2 | | |
16,900 | | | Associated Banc-Corp. | | | | | 349,830 | | | | | | 0.2 | | |
410 | | | Assurant, Inc. | | | | | 72,443 | | | | | | 0.0 | | |
11,800 | | | Bank of New York Mellon Corp. | | | | | 549,998 | | | | | | 0.3 | | |
29,315 | | | Bank of NT Butterfield & Son Ltd. | | | | | 925,768 | | | | | | 0.5 | | |
2,521 | | | Brown & Brown, Inc. | | | | | 149,672 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
2,300 | | | Cathay General Bancorp. | | | | | 94,553 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
1,998 | | | Cboe Global Markets, Inc. | | | | | 224,395 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
2,320 | | | Cincinnati Financial Corp. | | | | | 296,635 | | | | | | 0.2 | | |
15,300 | | | Citizens Financial Group, Inc. | | | | | 633,114 | | | | | | 0.3 | | |
20,300 | | | CNO Financial Group, Inc. | | | | | 417,571 | | | | | | 0.2 | | |
116 (1) | | | Credit Acceptance Corp. | | | | | 69,056 | | | | | | 0.0 | | |
5,434 | | | Discover Financial Services | | | | | 616,705 | | | | | | 0.3 | | |
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COMMON STOCK: (continued) | |
| | | Financials (continued) | |
30,410 | | | East West Bancorp, Inc. | | | | $ | 2,236,351 | | | | | | 1.2 | | |
6,200 | | | Essent Group Ltd. | | | | | 265,298 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
721 | | | Evercore, Inc. | | | | | 82,338 | | | | | | 0.0 | | |
1,710 | | | Everest Re Group Ltd. | | | | | 483,075 | | | | | | 0.3 | | |
384 | | | Factset Research Systems, Inc. | | | | | 146,604 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
3,000 | | | Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corp. | | | | | 315,030 | | | | | | 0.2 | | |
25,837 | | | Fidelity National Financial, Inc. | | | | | 1,092,905 | | | | | | 0.6 | | |
17,220 | | | Fifth Third Bancorp | | | | | 678,985 | | | | | | 0.4 | | |
8,815 | | | First American Financial Corp. | | | | | 534,101 | | | | | | 0.3 | | |
890 | | | First Citizens BancShares, Inc. | | | | | 623,356 | | | | | | 0.3 | | |
10,992 | | | First Republic Bank | | | | | 1,704,090 | | | | | | 0.9 | | |
6,137 | | | Franklin Resources, Inc. | | | | | 166,190 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
31,300 (1) | | | Genworth Financial, Inc. | | | | | 126,765 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
17,010 | | | Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. | | | | | 1,233,395 | | | | | | 0.7 | | |
8,000 | | | HomeStreet, Inc. | | | | | 322,480 | | | | | | 0.2 | | |
4,743 | | | Huntington Bancshares, Inc. | | | | | 65,833 | | | | | | 0.0 | | |
2,936 | | | Invesco Ltd. | | | | | 56,782 | | | | | | 0.0 | | |
20,625 | | | Jefferies Financial Group, Inc. | | | | | 681,038 | | | | | | 0.4 | | |
37,647 | | | Keycorp | | | | | 751,434 | | | | | | 0.4 | | |
1,014 | | | KKR & Co., Inc. | | | | | 55,577 | | | | | | 0.0 | | |
8,381 (2) | | | Lazard Ltd. | | | | | 295,514 | | | | | | 0.2 | | |
4,900 | | | Lincoln National Corp. | | | | | 283,857 | | | | | | 0.2 | | |
959 | | | LPL Financial Holdings, Inc. | | | | | 187,384 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
596 | | | M&T Bank Corp. | | | | | 107,262 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
113 (1) | | | Markel Corp. | | | | | 154,746 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
24,000 | | | MGIC Investment Corp. | | | | | 334,320 | | | | | | 0.2 | | |
236 | | | Morningstar, Inc. | | | | | 60,659 | | | | | | 0.0 | | |
723 | | | MSCI, Inc. - Class A | | | | | 319,819 | | | | | | 0.2 | | |
1,580 | | | Nasdaq, Inc. | | | | | 245,311 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
23,000 | | | Navient Corp. | | | | | 368,000 | | | | | | 0.2 | | |
1,038 | | | Northern Trust Corp. | | | | | 115,997 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
13,400 | | | OFG Bancorp | | | | | 379,756 | | | | | | 0.2 | | |
21,424 | | | Old Republic International Corp. | | | | | 512,462 | | | | | | 0.3 | | |
2,184 | | | Principal Financial Group, Inc. | | | | | 159,279 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
44,300 (2) | | | Prospect Capital Corp. | | | | | 340,667 | | | | | | 0.2 | | |
2,533 | | | Prudential Financial, Inc. | | | | | 269,131 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
3,255 | | | Raymond James Financial, Inc. | | | | | 320,585 | | | | | | 0.2 | | |
39,388 | | | Regions Financial Corp. | | | | | 870,081 | | | | | | 0.5 | | |
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22,650 | | | SEI Investments Co. | | | | $ | 1,323,440 | | | | | | 0.7 | | |
223 | | | Signature Bank | | | | | 48,228 | | | | | | 0.0 | | |
123,975 | | | SLM Corp. | | | | | 2,428,670 | | | | | | 1.3 | | |
8,515 | | | State Street Corp. | | | | | 617,252 | | | | | | 0.3 | | |
948 | | | Stifel Financial Corp. | | | | | 60,833 | | | | | | 0.0 | | |
195 (1) | | | SVB Financial Group | | | | | 95,271 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
6,034 | | | Synchrony Financial | | | | | 223,499 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
3,504 | | | T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. | | | | | 445,323 | | | | | | 0.2 | | |
11,400 | | | Unum Group | | | | | 415,530 | | | | | | 0.2 | | |
13,500 | | | Victory Capital Holdings, Inc. | | | | | 381,780 | | | | | | 0.2 | | |
73,513 | | | Virtu Financial, Inc. | | | | | 1,920,895 | | | | | | 1.0 | | |
704 | | | Willis Towers Watson PLC | | | | | 148,593 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
1,669 | | | WR Berkley Corp. | | | | | 118,716 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
10,357 | | | Zions Bancorp NA | | | | | 590,763 | | | | | | 0.3 | | |
| | | | | | | | 35,468,566 | | | | | | 19.1 | | |
| | | Health Care: 8.6% | |
20,426 | | | Agilent Technologies, Inc. | | | | | 2,605,540 | | | | | | 1.4 | | |
7,636 | | | Becton Dickinson & Co. | | | | | 1,953,289 | | | | | | 1.1 | | |
336 (1) | | | Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. | | | | | 180,697 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
346 | | | Bio-Techne Corp. | | | | | 127,927 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
8,000 | | | Cardinal Health, Inc. | | | | | 450,560 | | | | | | 0.2 | | |
1,497 | | | Cerner Corp. | | | | | 141,990 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
237 (1) | | | Charles River Laboratories International, Inc. | | | | | 55,477 | | | | | | 0.0 | | |
416 | | | Cooper Cos., Inc. | | | | | 145,908 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
5,500 (1) | | | DaVita, Inc. | | | | | 536,195 | | | | | | 0.3 | | |
118 (1) | | | DexCom, Inc. | | | | | 35,157 | | | | | | 0.0 | | |
1,527 (1) | | | Embecta Corp. | | | | | 37,839 | | | | | | 0.0 | | |
1,579 (1) | | | Henry Schein, Inc. | | | | | 135,226 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
2,080 (1) | | | Hologic, Inc. | | | | | 156,562 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
795 (1) | | | Horizon Therapeutics Plc | | | | | 71,303 | | | | | | 0.0 | | |
532 (1) | | | Idexx Laboratories, Inc. | | | | | 208,342 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
915 (1) | | | IQVIA Holdings, Inc. | | | | | 196,954 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
2,800 (1) | | | Jazz Pharmaceuticals PLC | | | | | 419,104 | | | | | | 0.2 | | |
12,298 | | | Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings | | | | | 3,034,163 | | | | | | 1.6 | | |
226 (1) | | | Masimo Corp. | | | | | 31,737 | | | | | | 0.0 | | |
5,342 | | | McKesson Corp. | | | | | 1,755,862 | | | | | | 0.9 | | |
183 (1) | | | Mettler Toledo International, Inc. | | | | | 235,360 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
661 (1) | | | Molina Healthcare, Inc. | | | | | 191,835 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
3,777 | | | Organon & Co. | | | | | 143,375 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
946 | | | PerkinElmer, Inc. | | | | | 141,588 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
1,948 | | | Quest Diagnostics, Inc. | | | | | 274,707 | | | | | | 0.2 | | |
764 | | | Resmed, Inc. | | | | | 155,443 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
14,745 | | | Select Medical Holdings Corp. | | | | | 359,041 | | | | | | 0.2 | | |
387 | | | STERIS Public Ltd. Co. | | | | | 88,313 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
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2,390 (1) | | | United Therapeutics Corp. | | | | $ | 550,513 | | | | | | 0.3 | | |
2,900 | | | Universal Health Services, Inc. | | | | | 361,369 | | | | | | 0.2 | | |
378 (1) | | | Veeva Systems, Inc. | | | | | 64,358 | | | | | | 0.0 | | |
1,551 (1) | | | Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | | | | | 416,676 | | | | | | 0.2 | | |
31,200 | | | Viatris, Inc. | | | | | 382,824 | | | | | | 0.2 | | |
495 (1) | | | Waters Corp. | | | | | 162,335 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
731 | | | West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. | | | | | 226,888 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
| | | | | | | | 16,034,457 | | | | | | 8.6 | | |
| | | Industrials: 13.8% | |
44,500 | | | ACCO Brands Corp. | | | | | 335,530 | | | | | | 0.2 | | |
477 | | | Acuity Brands, Inc. | | | | | 83,485 | | | | | | 0.0 | | |
1,928 | | | AECOM | | | | | 134,671 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
9,132 | | | AGCO Corp. | | | | | 1,170,083 | | | | | | 0.6 | | |
42,898 | | | Air Lease Corp. | | | | | 1,613,394 | | | | | | 0.9 | | |
493 | | | Allegion Public Ltd. | | | | | 55,043 | | | | | | 0.0 | | |
16,500 | | | Allison Transmission Holdings, Inc. | | | | | 660,165 | | | | | | 0.4 | | |
171 | | | AMERCO | | | | | 83,787 | | | | | | 0.0 | | |
9,000 (1) | | | American Airlines Group, Inc. | | | | | 160,830 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
1,334 | | | Ametek, Inc. | | | | | 162,041 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
2,064 | | | AO Smith Corp. | | | | | 124,088 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
8,900 | | | Apogee Enterprises, Inc. | | | | | 370,240 | | | | | | 0.2 | | |
3,900 (1) | | | Atkore, Inc. | | | | | 424,788 | | | | | | 0.2 | | |
5,100 | | | Boise Cascade Co. | | | | | 394,332 | | | | | | 0.2 | | |
554 | | | Carlisle Cos., Inc. | | | | | 140,954 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
9,288 | | | Carrier Global Corp. | | | | | 365,111 | | | | | | 0.2 | | |
762 | | | CH Robinson Worldwide, Inc. | | | | | 82,685 | | | | | | 0.0 | | |
562 | | | Cintas Corp. | | | | | 223,861 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
1,499 (1) | | | Copart, Inc. | | | | | 171,680 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
3,576 | | | Cummins, Inc. | | | | | 747,813 | | | | | | 0.4 | | |
1,028 | | | Dover Corp. | | | | | 137,659 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
16,774 | | | EMCOR Group, Inc. | | | | | 1,771,838 | | | | | | 1.0 | | |
691 | | | Equifax, Inc. | | | | | 139,983 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
2,490 | | | Expeditors International Washington, Inc. | | | | | 271,012 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
5,267 | | | Fastenal Co. | | | | | 282,101 | | | | | | 0.2 | | |
1,329 | | | Fortive Corp. | | | | | 82,092 | | | | | | 0.0 | | |
625 | | | Fortune Brands Home & Security, Inc. | | | | | 43,344 | | | | | | 0.0 | | |
568 (1) | | | FTI Consulting, Inc. | | | | | 95,424 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
427 (1) | | | Generac Holdings, Inc. | | | | | 105,503 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
908 | | | Graco, Inc. | | | | | 57,476 | | | | | | 0.0 | | |
10,300 (1) | | | Hawaiian Holdings, Inc. | | | | | 182,825 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
8,400 | | | Hillenbrand, Inc. | | | | | 351,456 | | | | | | 0.2 | | |
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456 | | | Hubbell, Inc. | | | | $ | 86,576 | | | | | | 0.0 | | |
2,565 | | | Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc. | | | | | 539,830 | | | | | | 0.3 | | |
1,778 | | | IDEX Corp. | | | | | 340,576 | | | | | | 0.2 | | |
24,500 | | | Interface, Inc. | | | | | 352,555 | | | | | | 0.2 | | |
683 | | | ITT, Inc. | | | | | 50,419 | | | | | | 0.0 | | |
20,121 | | | Jacobs Engineering Group, Inc. | | | | | 2,818,751 | | | | | | 1.5 | | |
1,248 | | | JB Hunt Transport Services, Inc. | | | | | 215,380 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
2,542 | | | Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings, Inc. | | | | | 123,643 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
432 | | | Landstar System, Inc. | | | | | 65,418 | | | | | | 0.0 | | |
270 | | | Lennox International, Inc. | | | | | 56,403 | | | | | | 0.0 | | |
5,100 | | | Manpowergroup, Inc. | | | | | 457,011 | | | | | | 0.2 | | |
3,035 | | | Masco Corp. | | | | | 172,054 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
15,200 | | | MDU Resources Group, Inc. | | | | | 416,176 | | | | | | 0.2 | | |
4,800 | | | Moog, Inc. | | | | | 390,672 | | | | | | 0.2 | | |
316 | | | Nordson Corp. | | | | | 68,850 | | | | | | 0.0 | | |
1,100 | | | Old Dominion Freight Line | | | | | 284,064 | | | | | | 0.2 | | |
4,645 | | | Oshkosh Corp. | | | | | 431,567 | | | | | | 0.2 | | |
4,618 | | | Otis Worldwide Corp. | | | | | 343,579 | | | | | | 0.2 | | |
9,100 | | | Owens Corning, Inc. | | | | | 869,778 | | | | | | 0.5 | | |
856 | | | Paccar, Inc. | | | | | 74,335 | | | | | | 0.0 | | |
687 | | | Parker Hannifin Corp. | | | | | 186,981 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
1,943 | | | Pentair PLC | | | | | 97,480 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
13,700 | | | Primoris Services Corp. | | | | | 332,636 | | | | | | 0.2 | | |
2,724 | | | Quanta Services, Inc. | | | | | 324,156 | | | | | | 0.2 | | |
472 | | | Regal Rexnord Corp. | | | | | 58,976 | | | | | | 0.0 | | |
2,225 | | | Republic Services, Inc. | | | | | 297,794 | | | | | | 0.2 | | |
1,490 | | | Robert Half International, Inc. | | | | | 134,323 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
427 | | | Rockwell Automation, Inc. | | | | | 91,036 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
7,100 | | | Rush Enterprises, Inc. - Class A | | | | | 361,958 | | | | | | 0.2 | | |
3,720 | | | Ryder System, Inc. | | | | | 297,674 | | | | | | 0.2 | | |
4,900 (1) | | | Skywest, Inc. | | | | | 132,104 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
3,628 | | | Snap-On, Inc. | | | | | 804,981 | | | | | | 0.4 | | |
585 | | | Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. | | | | | 69,434 | | | | | | 0.0 | | |
1,195 | | | Textron, Inc. | | | | | 78,022 | | | | | | 0.0 | | |
3,500 | | | Timken Co. | | | | | 213,745 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
703 | | | Toro Co. | | | | | 57,990 | | | | | | 0.0 | | |
1,834 | | | Trane Technologies PLC | | | | | 253,202 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
582 | | | TransUnion | | | | | 50,523 | | | | | | 0.0 | | |
472 (1) | | | Trex Co., Inc. | | | | | 30,076 | | | | | | 0.0 | | |
8,400 | | | Triton International Ltd. | | | | | 535,668 | | | | | | 0.3 | | |
8,100 (1) | | | United Airlines Holdings, Inc. | | | | | 385,803 | | | | | | 0.2 | | |
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315 (1) | | | United Rentals, Inc. | | | | $ | 93,927 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
12,851 | | | Universal Logistics Holdings, Inc. | | | | | 358,414 | | | | | | 0.2 | | |
245 | | | Valmont Industries, Inc. | | | | | 62,904 | | | | | | 0.0 | | |
571 | | | Verisk Analytics, Inc. | | | | | 99,879 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
512 | | | Watsco, Inc. | | | | | 130,883 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
7,029 | | | Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corp. | | | | | 663,959 | | | | | | 0.4 | | |
339 | | | WW Grainger, Inc. | | | | | 165,117 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
867 | | | Xylem, Inc. | | | | | 73,045 | | | | | | 0.0 | | |
| | | | | | | | 25,625,621 | | | | | | 13.8 | | |
| | | Information Technology: 14.6% | |
13,190 (1) | | | Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. | | | | | 1,343,533 | | | | | | 0.7 | | |
671 (1) | | | Akamai Technologies, Inc. | | | | | 67,798 | | | | | | 0.0 | | |
6,352 | | | Amdocs Ltd. | | | | | 551,925 | | | | | | 0.3 | | |
32,600 | | | Amkor Technology, Inc. | | | | | 666,344 | | | | | | 0.4 | | |
3,982 | | | Amphenol Corp. | | | | | 282,165 | | | | | | 0.2 | | |
262 (1) | | | ANSYS, Inc. | | | | | 68,214 | | | | | | 0.0 | | |
1,386 (1) | | | Arista Networks, Inc. | | | | | 141,760 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
8,272 (1) | | | Arrow Electronics, Inc. | | | | | 998,017 | | | | | | 0.5 | | |
33,994 (1) | | | Black Knight, Inc. | | | | | 2,308,533 | | | | | | 1.2 | | |
891 | | | Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. ADR | | | | | 130,282 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
2,092 (1) | | | Cadence Design Systems, Inc. | | | | | 321,603 | | | | | | 0.2 | | |
1,341 | | | CDW Corp. | | | | | 227,782 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
2,309 | | | Corning, Inc. | | | | | 82,708 | | | | | | 0.0 | | |
6,000 (1) | | | Diodes, Inc. | | | | | 462,060 | | | | | | 0.3 | | |
11,200 (1) | | | DXC Technology Co. | | | | | 394,464 | | | | | | 0.2 | | |
798 | | | Entegris, Inc. | | | | | 88,546 | | | | | | 0.0 | | |
548 (1) | | | EPAM Systems, Inc. | | | | | 185,509 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
19,076 (1) | | | Euronet Worldwide, Inc. | | | | | 2,311,248 | | | | | | 1.2 | | |
548 (1) | | | F5, Inc. | | | | | 89,346 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
1,179 (1) | | | Fortinet, Inc. | | | | | 346,791 | | | | | | 0.2 | | |
675 (1) | | | Gartner, Inc. | | | | | 177,120 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
47,725 | | | Genpact Ltd. | | | | | 2,117,558 | | | | | | 1.1 | | |
43,162 | | | Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. | | | | | 673,327 | | | | | | 0.4 | | |
54,965 | | | HP, Inc. | | | | | 2,134,841 | | | | | | 1.2 | | |
15,917 | | | Jabil, Inc. | | | | | 979,214 | | | | | | 0.5 | | |
3,242 | | | Juniper Networks, Inc. | | | | | 99,465 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
18,032 (1) | | | Keysight Technologies, Inc. | | | | | 2,625,459 | | | | | | 1.4 | | |
3,233 | | | Marvell Technology, Inc. | | | | | 191,232 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
8,700 | | | Methode Electronics, Inc. | | | | | 391,935 | | | | | | 0.2 | | |
1,075 | | | Microchip Technology, Inc. | | | | | 78,099 | | | | | | 0.0 | | |
328 | | | Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. | | | | | 147,728 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
1,458 | | | Motorola Solutions, Inc. | | | | | 320,381 | | | | | | 0.2 | | |
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2,110 | | | NetApp, Inc. | | | | $ | 151,815 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
12,500 (1) | | | Netgear, Inc. | | | | | 238,125 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
238 (1) | | | Palo Alto Networks, Inc. | | | | | 119,662 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
3,090 | | | Paychex, Inc. | | | | | 382,635 | | | | | | 0.2 | | |
3,700 (1) | | | Qorvo, Inc. | | | | | 413,475 | | | | | | 0.2 | | |
2,885 | | | Roper Technologies, Inc. | | | | | 1,276,439 | | | | | | 0.7 | | |
9,700 (1) | | | Sanmina Corp. | | | | | 425,733 | | | | | | 0.2 | | |
10,600 | | | Seagate Technology Holdings PLC | | | | | 897,502 | | | | | | 0.5 | | |
982 | | | Skyworks Solutions, Inc. | | | | | 106,910 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
1,347 (1) | | | Synopsys, Inc. | | | | | 429,962 | | | | | | 0.2 | | |
3,800 | | | TD SYNNEX Corp. | | | | | 394,630 | | | | | | 0.2 | | |
183 (1) | | | Teledyne Technologies, Inc. | | | | | 74,143 | | | | | | 0.0 | | |
854 | | | Teradyne, Inc. | | | | | 93,308 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
903 (1) | | | Trimble, Inc. | | | | | 61,449 | | | | | | 0.0 | | |
211 (1) | | | Tyler Technologies, Inc. | | | | | 75,078 | | | | | | 0.0 | | |
545 (1) | | | VeriSign, Inc. | | | | | 95,130 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
20,000 | | | Western Union Co. | | | | | 362,800 | | | | | | 0.2 | | |
21,000 | | | Xerox Holdings Corp. | | | | | 395,220 | | | | | | 0.2 | | |
396 (1) | | | Zebra Technologies Corp. | | | | | 133,923 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
| | | | | | | | 27,132,926 | | | | | | 14.6 | | |
| | | Materials: 6.7% | |
8,029 | | | Albemarle Corp. | | | | | 2,090,912 | | | | | | 1.1 | | |
6,642 | | | Amcor PLC | | | | | 87,010 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
716 | | | Avery Dennison Corp. | | | | | 123,553 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
785 | | | Ball Corp. | | | | | 55,649 | | | | | | 0.0 | | |
8,401 (1) | | | Berry Global Group, Inc. | | | | | 490,030 | | | | | | 0.3 | | |
5,336 | | | Celanese Corp. - Series A | | | | | 835,191 | | | | | | 0.5 | | |
1,552 | | | CF Industries Holdings, Inc. | | | | | 153,291 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
12,900 | | | Chemours Co. | | | | | 555,861 | | | | | | 0.3 | | |
5,322 | | | Corteva, Inc. | | | | | 333,264 | | | | | | 0.2 | | |
693 | | | Crown Holdings, Inc. | | | | | 72,377 | | | | | | 0.0 | | |
12,300 | | | Dow, Inc. | | | | | 836,154 | | | | | | 0.5 | | |
649 | | | Eagle Materials, Inc. | | | | | 84,733 | | | | | | 0.0 | | |
3,952 | | | Eastman Chemical Co. | | | | | 435,352 | | | | | | 0.2 | | |
3,175 | | | Graphic Packaging Holding Co. | | | | | 70,675 | | | | | | 0.0 | | |
15,600 | | | Huntsman Corp. | | | | | 565,500 | | | | | | 0.3 | | |
4,700 (1) | | | Ingevity Corp. | | | | | 327,496 | | | | | | 0.2 | | |
932 | | | International Flavors & Fragrances, Inc. | | | | | 123,182 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
10,244 | | | International Paper Co. | | | | | 496,322 | | | | | | 0.3 | | |
10,500 | | | Koppers Holdings, Inc. | | | | | 284,550 | | | | | | 0.2 | | |
1,415 | | | Louisiana-Pacific Corp. | | | | | 97,720 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
3,800 | | | LyondellBasell Industries NV - Class A | | | | | 434,150 | | | | | | 0.2 | | |
457 | | | Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. | | | | | 155,097 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
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COMMON STOCK: (continued) | |
| | | Materials (continued) | |
3,615 | | | Nucor Corp. | | | | $ | 478,843 | | | | | | 0.3 | | |
24,600 (1) | | | O-I Glass, Inc. | | | | | 404,670 | | | | | | 0.2 | | |
444 | | | Packaging Corp. of America | | | | | 69,832 | | | | | | 0.0 | | |
918 | | | PPG Industries, Inc. | | | | | 116,118 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
4,969 | | | Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co. | | | | | 965,974 | | | | | | 0.5 | | |
706 | | | RPM International, Inc. | | | | | 62,199 | | | | | | 0.0 | | |
9,500 | | | Schweitzer-Mauduit International, Inc. | | | | | 257,640 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
1,265 | | | Sealed Air Corp. | | | | | 78,658 | | | | | | 0.0 | | |
9,000 | | | Silgan Holdings, Inc. | | | | | 394,290 | | | | | | 0.2 | | |
7,371 | | | Steel Dynamics, Inc. | | | | | 629,336 | | | | | | 0.3 | | |
799 (1) | | | Sylvamo Corp. | | | | | 40,541 | | | | | | 0.0 | | |
1,853 | | | Valvoline, Inc. | | | | | 62,001 | | | | | | 0.0 | | |
664 | | | Vulcan Materials Co. | | | | | 109,474 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
1,387 | | | WestRock Co. | | | | | 67,256 | | | | | | 0.0 | | |
| | | | | | | | 12,444,901 | | | | | | 6.7 | | |
| | | Real Estate: 10.4% | |
10,185 | | | Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc. | | | | | 1,690,201 | | | | | | 0.9 | | |
1,316 | | | AvalonBay Communities, Inc. | | | | | 273,675 | | | | | | 0.2 | | |
1,202 | | | Boston Properties, Inc. | | | | | 133,638 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
20,600 | | | Brandywine Realty Trust | | | | | 229,690 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
16,000 | | | Brixmor Property Group, Inc. | | | | | 390,080 | | | | | | 0.2 | | |
538 | | | Camden Property Trust | | | | | 77,198 | | | | | | 0.0 | | |
33,013 (1) | | | CBRE Group, Inc. | | | | | 2,734,797 | | | | | | 1.5 | | |
1,750 | | | CubeSmart | | | | | 77,927 | | | | | | 0.0 | | |
2,489 | | | Duke Realty Corp. | | | | | 131,494 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
2,777 | | | Equinix, Inc. | | | | | 1,908,049 | | | | | | 1.0 | | |
1,345 | | | Equity Lifestyle Properties, Inc. | | | | | 101,817 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
3,711 | | | Equity Residential | | | | | 285,116 | | | | | | 0.2 | | |
588 | | | Essex Property Trust, Inc. | | | | | 166,904 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
1,433 | | | Extra Space Storage, Inc. | | | | | 255,361 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
1,253 | | | First Industrial Realty Trust, Inc. | | | | | 66,597 | | | | | | 0.0 | | |
42,600 | | | Franklin Street Properties Corp. | | | | | 192,552 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
8,800 | | | Gaming and Leisure Properties, Inc. | | | | | 412,016 | | | | | | 0.2 | | |
1,855 | | | Healthpeak Properties, Inc. | | | | | 55,075 | | | | | | 0.0 | | |
12,500 | | | Industrial Logistics Properties Trust | | | | | 190,750 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
2,140 | | | Invitation Homes, Inc. | | | | | 80,721 | | | | | | 0.0 | | |
9,776 | | | Iron Mountain, Inc. | | | | | 526,926 | | | | | | 0.3 | | |
638 (1) | | | Jones Lang LaSalle, Inc. | | | | | 125,890 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
5,424 | | | Kimco Realty Corp. | | | | | 128,278 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
See Accompanying Notes to Financial Statements
Voya Multi-Manager Mid Cap | PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS |
Value Fund | as of May 31, 2022 (continued) |
Shares | | | Value | | | Percentage of Net Assets | |
COMMON STOCK: (continued) | |
| | | Real Estate (continued) | |
630 | | | Life Storage, Inc. | | | | $ | 73,559 | | | | | | 0.0 | | |
17,400 | | | Medical Properties Trust, Inc. | | | | | 323,292 | | | | | | 0.2 | | |
14,360 | | | Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc. | | | | | 2,599,160 | | | | | | 1.4 | | |
7,100 | | | National Health Investors, Inc. | | | | | 419,965 | | | | | | 0.2 | | |
40,100 | | | Necessity Retail REIT, Inc./The | | | | | 319,998 | | | | | | 0.2 | | |
6,900 | | | Office Properties Income Trust | | | | | 147,039 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
12,000 (2) | | | Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc. | | | | | 357,240 | | | | | | 0.2 | | |
29,400 | | | Paramount Group, Inc. | | | | | 266,364 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
24,600 | | | Piedmont Office Realty Trust, Inc. | | | | | 362,604 | | | | | | 0.2 | | |
1,517 | | | Realty Income Corp. | | | | | 103,490 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
17,700 | | | RLJ Lodging Trust | | | | | 237,711 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
25,400 | | | Sabra Healthcare REIT, Inc. | | | | | 356,616 | | | | | | 0.2 | | |
4,226 | | | SBA Communications Corp. | | | | | 1,422,514 | | | | | | 0.8 | | |
14,200 | | | Service Properties Trust | | | | | 89,886 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
4,571 | | | Simon Property Group, Inc. | | | | | 524,065 | | | | | | 0.3 | | |
21,500 | | | SITE Centers Corp. | | | | | 337,980 | | | | | | 0.2 | | |
372 | | | Sun Communities, Inc. | | | | | 61,056 | | | | | | 0.0 | | |
22,400 | | | Tanger Factory Outlet Centers, Inc. | | | | | 392,224 | | | | | | 0.2 | | |
1,110 | | | UDR, Inc. | | | | | 53,058 | | | | | | 0.0 | | |
34,400 | | | Uniti Group, Inc. | | | | | 390,096 | | | | | | 0.2 | | |
2,573 | | | VICI Properties, Inc. | | | | | 79,377 | | | | | | 0.0 | | |
3,891 | | | Weyerhaeuser Co. | | | | | 153,772 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
874 | | | WP Carey, Inc. | | | | | 73,538 | | | | | | 0.0 | | |
| | | | | | | | 19,379,356 | | | | | | 10.4 | | |
| | | Utilities: 3.2% | |
3,328 | | | AES Corp. | | | | | 73,349 | | | | | | 0.0 | | |
1,150 | | | Alliant Energy Corp. | | | | | 73,393 | | | | | | 0.0 | | |
1,407 | | | Ameren Corp. | | | | | 133,932 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
844 | | | American Water Works Co., Inc. | | | | | 127,655 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
1,296 | | | CMS Energy Corp. | | | | | 92,068 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
2,142 | | | Consolidated Edison, Inc. | | | | | 212,615 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
1,623 | | | DTE Energy Co. | | | | | 215,388 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
1,478 | | | Edison International | | | | | 103,327 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
1,466 | | | Entergy Corp. | | | | | 176,389 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
2,347 | | | Evergy, Inc. | | | | | 164,149 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
1,206 | | | Eversource Energy | | | | | 111,338 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
4,851 | | | FirstEnergy Corp. | | | | | 208,399 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
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COMMON STOCK: (continued) | |
| | | Utilities (continued) | |
7,456 | | | National Fuel Gas Co. | | | | $ | 548,240 | | | | | | 0.3 | | |
2,428 | | | NiSource, Inc. | | | | | 76,361 | | | | | | 0.0 | | |
22,120 | | | NRG Energy, Inc. | | | | | 1,018,405 | | | | | | 0.5 | | |
5,436 | | | PPL Corp. | | | | | 164,058 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
3,796 | | | Public Service Enterprise Group, Inc. | | | | | 260,178 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
13,093 | | | UGI Corp. | | | | | 559,595 | | | | | | 0.3 | | |
46,582 | | | Vistra Corp. | | | | | 1,228,367 | | | | | | 0.7 | | |
1,368 | | | WEC Energy Group, Inc. | | | | | 143,736 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
2,296 | | | Xcel Energy, Inc. | | | | | 172,981 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
| | | | | | | | 5,863,923 | | | | | | 3.2 | | |
| | | Total Common Stock (Cost $169,689,357) | | | | | 181,599,124 | | | | | | 97.8 | | |
EXCHANGE-TRADED FUNDS: 0.1% | |
1,633 | | | iShares Russell Midcap Index Fund | | | | | 117,642 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
| | | Total Exchange-Traded Funds (Cost $114,055) | | | | | 117,642 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
| | | Total Long-Term Investments (Cost $169,803,412) | | | | | 181,716,766 | | | | | | 97.9 | | |
|
| Principal Amount† | | | Value | | | Percentage of Net Assets | |
| SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS: 2.9% | |
| | | | | | | Repurchase Agreements: 0.4% | |
| | | 817,682 (3 | ) | | Bank of Montreal, Repurchase Agreement dated 05/31/22, 0.79%, due 06/01/22 (Repurchase Amount $817,700, collateralized by various U.S. Government/U.S. Government Agency Obligations, 1.500%-6.500%, Market Value plus accrued interest $834,036, due 12/01/25-04/20/72) | | | |
| | | | | | | (Cost $817,682) | | | | | 817,682 | | | | | | 0.4 | | |
See Accompanying Notes to Financial Statements
Voya Multi-Manager Mid Cap | PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS |
Value Fund | as of May 31, 2022 (continued) |
Shares | | | Value | | | Percentage of Net Assets | |
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS: (continued) | |
| | | | | | | Mutual Funds: 2.5% | |
| | | 4,636,903 (4 | ) | | BlackRock Liquidity Funds, FedFund, Institutional Class, 0.710% (Cost $4,636,903) | | | | $ | 4,636,903 | | | | | | 2.5 | | |
| | | | | | | Total Short-Term Investments (Cost $5,454,585) | | | | | 5,454,585 | | | | | | 2.9 | | |
| | | | | | | Total Investments in Securities (Cost $175,257,997) | | | | $ | 187,171,351 | | | | | | 100.8 | | |
| | | | | | | Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets | | | | | (1,527,707) | | | | | | (0.8) | | |
| | | | | | | Net Assets | | | | $ | 185,643,644 | | | | | | 100.0 | | |
†
Unless otherwise indicated, principal amount is shown in USD.
ADR American Depositary Receipt
(1)
Non-income producing security.
(2)
Security, or a portion of the security, is on loan.
(3)
All or a portion of the security represents securities purchased with cash collateral received for securities on loan.
(4)
Rate shown is the 7-day yield as of May 31, 2022.
Fair Value Measurements^
The following is a summary of the fair valuations according to the inputs used as of May 31, 2022 in valuing the assets and liabilities:
| | | Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Investments (Level 1) | | | Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) | | | Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) | | | Fair Value at May 31, 2022 | |
Asset Table | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Investments, at fair value | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Common Stock* | | | | $ | 181,599,124 | | | | | $ | — | | | | | $ | — | | | | | $ | 181,599,124 | | |
Exchange-Traded Funds | | | | | 117,642 | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | 117,642 | | |
Short-Term Investments | | | | | 4,636,903 | | | | | | 817,682 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 5,454,585 | | |
Total Investments, at fair value | | | | $ | 186,353,669 | | | | | $ | 817,682 | | | | | $ | — | | | | | $ | 187,171,351 | | |
^
See Note 2, “Significant Accounting Policies” in the Notes to Financial Statements for additional information.
*
For further breakdown of Common Stock by sector, please refer to the Portfolio of Investments.
At May 31, 2022, the aggregate cost of securities and other investments and the composition of unrealized appreciation and depreciation of securities and other investments on a tax basis were:
| Cost for federal income tax purposes was $175,851,921. | | | | | | | |
| Net unrealized appreciation consisted of: | | | | | | | |
| Gross Unrealized Appreciation | | | | $ | 23,529,089 | | |
| Gross Unrealized Depreciation | | | | | (12,209,660) | | |
| Net Unrealized Appreciation | | | | $ | 11,319,429 | | |
See Accompanying Notes to Financial Statements
PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS
Voya SmallCap Opportunities Fund | as of May 31, 2022 |
Shares | | | Value | | | Percentage of Net Assets | |
COMMON STOCK: 97.6% | |
| | | Consumer Discretionary: 13.2% | |
4,320 (1) | | | Cavco Industries, Inc. | | | | $ | 959,731 | | | | | | 0.9 | | |
6,250 | | | Churchill Downs, Inc. | | | | | 1,265,187 | | | | | | 1.2 | | |
19,241 (1) | | | Dave & Buster’s Entertainment, Inc. | | | | | 729,041 | | | | | | 0.7 | | |
16,272 (1) | | | Dorman Products, Inc. | | | | | 1,644,286 | | | | | | 1.6 | | |
3,836 (1) | | | Five Below, Inc. | | | | | 500,943 | | | | | | 0.5 | | |
24,306 (1) | | | Gentherm, Inc. | | | | | 1,675,656 | | | | | | 1.6 | | |
87,513 (1) | | | Lindblad Expeditions Holdings, Inc. | | | | | 1,256,687 | | | | | | 1.2 | | |
27,018 (1) | | | Liquidity Services, Inc. | | | | | 366,364 | | | | | | 0.4 | | |
38,024 (1) | | | Planet Fitness, Inc. | | | | | 2,675,749 | | | | | | 2.5 | | |
18,510 (1) | | | Revolve Group, Inc. | | | | | 543,824 | | | | | | 0.5 | | |
7,639 (1) | | | Skyline Champion Corp. | | | | | 405,860 | | | | | | 0.4 | | |
23,250 | | | Texas Roadhouse, Inc. | | | | | 1,812,803 | | | | | | 1.7 | | |
| | | | | | | | 13,836,131 | | | | | | 13.2 | | |
| | | Consumer Staples: 0.8% | |
11,710 (1) | | | Freshpet, Inc. | | | | | 842,769 | | | | | | 0.8 | | |
| | | | |
| | | Energy: 4.3% | |
119,396 (1) | | | Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc. | | | | | 553,997 | | | | | | 0.5 | | |
30,454 | | | Matador Resources Co. | | | | | 1,854,649 | | | | | | 1.8 | | |
69,488 | | | Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc. | | | | | 1,325,831 | | | | | | 1.3 | | |
60,639 (1) | | | ProPetro Holding Corp. | | | | | 791,339 | | | | | | 0.7 | | |
| | | | | | | | 4,525,816 | | | | | | 4.3 | | |
| | | Financials: 8.4% | |
55,608 (1) | | | Focus Financial Partners, Inc. | | | | | 2,096,422 | | | | | | 2.0 | | |
20,784 | | | Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital, Inc. | | | | | 791,247 | | | | | | 0.7 | | |
21,392 (2) | | | HCI Group, Inc. | | | | | 1,454,014 | | | | | | 1.4 | | |
4,565 | | | Kinsale Capital Group, Inc. | | | | | 1,003,752 | | | | | | 0.9 | | |
18,122 | | | Western Alliance Bancorp. | | | | | 1,474,587 | | | | | | 1.4 | | |
23,520 | | | Wintrust Financial Corp. | | | | | 2,055,413 | | | | | | 2.0 | | |
| | | | | | | | 8,875,435 | | | | | | 8.4 | | |
| | | Health Care: 18.0% | |
17,037 (1) | | | Alkermes PLC | | | | | 508,554 | | | | | | 0.5 | | |
6,841 (1) | | | Amedisys, Inc. | | | | | 792,940 | | | | | | 0.8 | | |
6,522 (1) | | | Apellis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | | | | | 270,337 | | | | | | 0.3 | | |
10,895 (1) | | | Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | | | | | 363,457 | | | | | | 0.3 | | |
4,539 (1) | | | Arvinas, Inc. | | | | | 189,231 | | | | | | 0.2 | | |
36,926 (1) | | | Axonics, Inc. | | | | | 1,846,300 | | | | | | 1.8 | | |
3,978 (1)(2) | | | Beam Therapeutics, Inc. | | | | | 139,946 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
4,724 (1) | | | Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Co. Ltd. | | | | | 678,981 | | | | | | 0.6 | | |
3,028 | | | Bio-Techne Corp. | | | | | 1,119,542 | | | | | | 1.1 | | |
6,148 (1) | | | Blueprint Medicines Corp. | | | | | 338,140 | | | | | | 0.3 | | |
4,546 (1) | | | CareDx, Inc. | | | | | 114,332 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
9,421 (1) | | | Denali Therapeutics, Inc. | | | | | 228,836 | | | | | | 0.2 | | |
Shares | | | Value | | | Percentage of Net Assets | |
COMMON STOCK: (continued) | |
| | | Health Care (continued) | |
19,181 (1) | | | Establishment Labs Holdings, Inc. | | | | $ | 1,183,468 | | | | | | 1.1 | | |
8,458 (1) | | | Fate Therapeutics, Inc. | | | | | 195,380 | | | | | | 0.2 | | |
14,416 (1) | | | Halozyme Therapeutics, Inc. | | | | | 662,848 | | | | | | 0.6 | | |
9,272 (1) | | | ICON PLC | | | | | 2,074,981 | | | | | | 2.0 | | |
5,488 (1) | | | Intellia Therapeutics, Inc. | | | | | 253,216 | | | | | | 0.2 | | |
7,366 (1) | | | Intra-Cellular Therapies, Inc. | | | | | 422,808 | | | | | | 0.4 | | |
34,895 | | | LeMaitre Vascular, Inc. | | | | | 1,595,399 | | | | | | 1.5 | | |
5,857 (1) | | | LHC Group, Inc. | | | | | 976,128 | | | | | | 0.9 | | |
12,538 (1) | | | ModivCare, Inc. | | | | | 1,196,501 | | | | | | 1.1 | | |
7,608 (1) | | | Pacira BioSciences, Inc. | | | | | 481,206 | | | | | | 0.5 | | |
41,845 (1) | | | Progyny, Inc. | | | | | 1,322,721 | | | | | | 1.3 | | |
8,012 (1) | | | PTC Therapeutics, Inc. | | | | | 235,312 | | | | | | 0.2 | | |
72,595 (1) | | | R1 RCM, Inc. | | | | | 1,558,615 | | | | | | 1.5 | | |
4,850 (1) | | | Twist Bioscience Corp. | | | | | 165,094 | | | | | | 0.2 | | |
| | | | | | | | 18,914,273 | | | | | | 18.0 | | |
| | | Industrials: 22.3% | |
15,114 (1) | | | ASGN, Inc. | | | | | 1,439,306 | | | | | | 1.4 | | |
7,915 (1) | | | Axon Enterprise, Inc. | | | | | 802,264 | | | | | | 0.8 | | |
10,686 (1) | | | CACI International, Inc. | | | | | 2,996,034 | | | | | | 2.8 | | |
26,566 (1) | | | Casella Waste Systems, Inc. | | | | | 1,901,594 | | | | | | 1.8 | | |
16,254 (1) | | | Chart Industries, Inc. | | | | | 2,858,753 | | | | | | 2.7 | | |
23,024 (1) | | | Clean Harbors, Inc. | | | | | 2,150,442 | | | | | | 2.0 | | |
22,313 | | | Columbus McKinnon Corp. | | | | | 753,064 | | | | | | 0.7 | | |
33,696 | | | H&E Equipment Services, Inc. | | | | | 1,201,262 | | | | | | 1.1 | | |
28,823 (1) | | | Kirby Corp. | | | | | 1,946,417 | | | | | | 1.9 | | |
7,679 | | | Quanta Services, Inc. | | | | | 913,801 | | | | | | 0.9 | | |
42,742 | | | Spirit Aerosystems Holdings, Inc. | | | | | 1,342,954 | | | | | | 1.3 | | |
55,008 (1) | | | Sterling Construction Co., Inc. | | | | | 1,353,747 | | | | | | 1.3 | | |
19,594 | | | TFI International, Inc. | | | | | 1,607,688 | | | | | | 1.5 | | |
61,801 (1) | | | WillScot Mobile Mini Holdings Corp. | | | | | 2,208,150 | | | | | | 2.1 | | |
| | | | | | | | 23,475,476 | | | | | | 22.3 | | |
| | | Information Technology: 27.0% | |
58,376 (1) | | | Cohu, Inc. | | | | | 1,776,382 | | | | | | 1.7 | | |
10,088 (1) | | | CyberArk Software Ltd. | | | | | 1,401,223 | | | | | | 1.3 | | |
11,604 (1) | | | Diodes, Inc. | | | | | 893,624 | | | | | | 0.9 | | |
11,569 (1) | | | ExlService Holdings, Inc. | | | | | 1,644,996 | | | | | | 1.6 | | |
18,076 (1) | | | Fabrinet | | | | | 1,570,262 | | | | | | 1.5 | | |
14,563 (1) | | | Five9, Inc. | | | | | 1,408,388 | | | | | | 1.3 | | |
65,334 | | | Genpact Ltd. | | | | | 2,898,870 | | | | | | 2.8 | | |
40,506 (1) | | | I3 Verticals, Inc. | | | | | 944,600 | | | | | | 0.9 | | |
131,863 (1)(2) | | | indie Semiconductor, Inc. | | | | | 1,014,026 | | | | | | 1.0 | | |
26,046 (2) | | | Kulicke & Soffa Industries, Inc. | | | | | 1,410,912 | | | | | | 1.3 | | |
5,976 | | | Littelfuse, Inc. | | | | | 1,614,715 | | | | | | 1.5 | | |
See Accompanying Notes to Financial Statements
PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS
Voya SmallCap Opportunities Fund | as of May 31, 2022 (continued) |
Shares | | | Value | | | Percentage of Net Assets | |
COMMON STOCK: (continued) | |
| | | Information Technology (continued) | |
11,936 | | | MAXIMUS, Inc. | | | | $ | 774,527 | | | | | | 0.7 | | |
20,105 (1) | | | Onto Innovation, Inc. | | | | | 1,616,040 | | | | | | 1.5 | | |
16,305 (1) | | | Perficient, Inc. | | | | | 1,596,422 | | | | | | 1.5 | | |
12,479 (1)(2) | | | Rapid7, Inc. | | | | | 884,387 | | | | | | 0.8 | | |
8,629 (1) | | | SiTime Corp. | | | | | 1,837,977 | | | | | | 1.8 | | |
18,892 (1) | | | Tower Semiconductor Ltd. | | | | | 911,728 | | | | | | 0.9 | | |
119,991 (1) | | | Viavi Solutions, Inc. | | | | | 1,736,270 | | | | | | 1.7 | | |
33,309 (1) | | | WNS Holdings Ltd. ADR | | | | | 2,423,896 | | | | | | 2.3 | | |
| | | | | | | | 28,359,245 | | | | | | 27.0 | | |
| | | Materials: 3.6% | |
28,003 (1) | | | Aspen Aerogels, Inc. | | | | | 490,612 | | | | | | 0.5 | | |
76,273 | | | Element Solutions, Inc. | | | | | 1,623,852 | | | | | | 1.5 | | |
16,689 | | | Innospec, Inc. | | | | | 1,702,779 | | | | | | 1.6 | | |
| | | | | | | | 3,817,243 | | | | | | 3.6 | | |
| | | Total Common Stock (Cost $112,353,954) | | | | | 102,646,388 | | | | | | 97.6 | | |
EXCHANGE-TRADED FUNDS: 1.4% | |
20,827 (1)(2) | | | SPDR S&P Biotech ETF | | | | | 1,432,481 | | | | | | 1.4 | | |
| | | Total Exchange-Traded Funds (Cost $1,917,306) | | | | | 1,432,481 | | | | | | 1.4 | | |
| | | Total Long-Term Investments (Cost $114,271,260) | | | | | 104,078,869 | | | | | | 99.0 | | |
|
Principal Amount† | | | Value | | | Percentage of Net Assets | |
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS: 4.5% | |
| | | Repurchase Agreements: 3.2% | |
1,000,000 (3) | | | Bank of America Inc., Repurchase Agreement dated 05/31/22, 0.80%, due 06/01/22 (Repurchase Amount $1,000,022, collateralized by various U.S. Government Agency Obligations, 1.000%-8.500%, Market Value plus accrued interest $1,020,000, due 01/20/24-05/20/52) | | | | | 1,000,000 | | | | | | 1.0 | | |
323,479 (3) | | | JPMorgan Securities LLC, Repurchase Agreement dated 05/31/22, 0.77%, due 06/01/22 (Repurchase Amount $323,486, collateralized by various U.S. Government Securities, 0.000%-2.500%, Market Value plus accrued interest $329,949, due 09/13/22-02/15/32) | | | | | 323,479 | | | | | | 0.3 | | |
Principal Amount† | | | Value | | | Percentage of Net Assets | |
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS: (continued) | |
| | | Repurchase Agreements (continued) | |
1,000,000 (3) | | | MUFG Securities America Inc., Repurchase Agreement dated 05/31/22, 0.80%, due 06/01/22 (Repurchase Amount $1,000,022, collateralized by various U.S. Government Agency Obligations, 2.000%-6.000%, Market Value plus accrued interest $1,020,000, due 01/01/24-05/01/52) | | | | $ | 1,000,000 | | | | | | 1.0 | | |
1,000,000 (3) | | | RBC Dominion Securities Inc., Repurchase Agreement dated 05/31/22, 0.79%, due 06/01/22 (Repurchase Amount $1,000,022, collateralized by various U.S. Government/U.S. Government Agency Obligations, 0.000%-5.500%, Market Value plus accrued interest $1,020,000, due 07/15/22-05/20/52) | | | | | 1,000,000 | | | | | | 0.9 | | |
| | | Total Repurchase Agreements (Cost $3,323,479) | | | | | 3,323,479 | | | | | | 3.2 | | |
|
Shares | | | Value | | | Percentage of Net Assets | |
| | | Mutual Funds: 1.3% | |
1,397,000 (4) | | | BlackRock Liquidity Funds, FedFund, Institutional Class, 0.710% (Cost $1,397,000) | | | | | 1,397,000 | | | | | | 1.3 | | |
| | | Total Short-Term Investments (Cost $4,720,479) | | | | $ | 4,720,479 | | | | | | 4.5 | | |
| | | Total Investments in Securities (Cost $118,991,739) | | | | $ | 108,799,348 | | | | | | 103.5 | | |
| | | Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets | | | | | (3,661,299) | | | | | | (3.5) | | |
| | | Net Assets | | | | $ | 105,138,049 | | | | | | 100.0 | | |
†
Unless otherwise indicated, principal amount is shown in USD.
ADR
American Depositary Receipt
(1)
Non-income producing security.
(2)
Security, or a portion of the security, is on loan.
(3)
All or a portion of the security represents securities purchased with cash collateral received for securities on loan.
(4)
Rate shown is the 7-day yield as of May 31, 2022.
See Accompanying Notes to Financial Statements
PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS
Voya SmallCap Opportunities Fund | as of May 31, 2022 (continued) |
Fair Value Measurements^
The following is a summary of the fair valuations according to the inputs used as of May 31, 2022 in valuing the assets and liabilities:
| | | Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Investments (Level 1) | | | Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) | | | Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) | | | Fair Value at May 31, 2022 | |
Asset Table | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Investments, at fair value | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Common Stock* | | | | $ | 102,646,388 | | | | | $ | — | | | | | $ | — | | | | | $ | 102,646,388 | | |
Exchange-Traded Funds | | | | | 1,432,481 | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | 1,432,481 | | |
Short-Term Investments | | | | | 1,397,000 | | | | | | 3,323,479 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 4,720,479 | | |
Total Investments, at fair value | | | | $ | 105,475,869 | | | | | $ | 3,323,479 | | | | | $ | — | | | | | $ | 108,799,348 | | |
^
See Note 2, “Significant Accounting Policies” in the Notes to Financial Statements for additional information.
*
For further breakdown of Common Stock by sector, please refer to the Portfolio of Investments.
At May 31, 2022, the aggregate cost of securities and other investments and the composition of unrealized appreciation and depreciation of securities and other investments on a tax basis were:
| Cost for federal income tax purposes was $120,662,417. | | | | | | | |
| Net unrealized depreciation consisted of: | | | | | | | |
| Gross Unrealized Appreciation | | | | $ | 3,654,933 | | |
| Gross Unrealized Depreciation | | | | | (15,518,002) | | |
| Net Unrealized Depreciation | | | | $ | (11,863,069) | | |
See Accompanying Notes to Financial Statements
Voya U.S. High Dividend | PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS |
Low Volatility Fund | as of May 31, 2022 |
Shares | | | Value | | | Percentage of Net Assets | |
COMMON STOCK: 97.9% | |
| | | Communication Services: 6.2% | |
62,021 | | | AT&T, Inc. | | | | $ | 1,320,427 | | | | | | 1.2 | | |
35,870 | | | Comcast Corp. – Class A | | | | | 1,588,324 | | | | | | 1.5 | | |
6,093 | | | Electronic Arts, Inc. | | | | | 843,171 | | | | | | 0.8 | | |
7,637 | | | Omnicom Group | | | | | 569,797 | | | | | | 0.5 | | |
96,841 (1) | | | Sirius XM Holdings, Inc. | | | | | 619,782 | | | | | | 0.6 | | |
32,692 | | | Verizon Communications, Inc. | | | | | 1,676,773 | | | | | | 1.6 | | |
| | | | | | | | 6,618,274 | | | | | | 6.2 | | |
| | | Consumer Discretionary: 3.2% | |
25,170 | | | H&R Block, Inc. | | | | | 886,991 | | | | | | 0.8 | | |
6,620 | | | Hasbro, Inc. | | | | | 594,145 | | | | | | 0.6 | | |
10,134 | | | Service Corp. International | | | | | 699,860 | | | | | | 0.7 | | |
3,748 | | | Target Corp. | | | | | 606,726 | | | | | | 0.6 | | |
4,884 | | | Yum! Brands, Inc. | | | | | 593,260 | | | | | | 0.5 | | |
| | | | | | | | 3,380,982 | | | | | | 3.2 | | |
| | | Consumer Staples: 8.4% | |
10,719 | | | Coca-Cola Co. | | | | | 679,370 | | | | | | 0.6 | | |
8,923 | | | Colgate-Palmolive Co. | | | | | 703,222 | | | | | | 0.7 | | |
8,102 | | | Conagra Brands, Inc. | | | | | 266,475 | | | | | | 0.3 | | |
24,300 | | | Flowers Foods, Inc. | | | | | 670,680 | | | | | | 0.6 | | |
13,041 | | | General Mills, Inc. | | | | | 902,707 | | | | | | 0.8 | | |
2,824 | | | Hershey Co. | | | | | 597,869 | | | | | | 0.6 | | |
9,969 | | | Kellogg Co. | | | | | 695,238 | | | | | | 0.7 | | |
2,516 | | | Kimberly-Clark Corp. | | | | | 334,678 | | | | | | 0.3 | | |
13,449 | | | Mondelez International, Inc. | | | | | 852,344 | | | | | | 0.8 | | |
5,046 | | | PepsiCo, Inc. | | | | | 846,466 | | | | | | 0.8 | | |
16,296 | | | Procter & Gamble Co. | | | | | 2,388,121 | | | | | | 2.2 | | |
| | | | | | | | 8,937,170 | | | | | | 8.4 | | |
| | | Energy: 6.8% | |
13,526 | | | Chevron Corp. | | | | | 2,362,451 | | | | | | 2.2 | | |
2,870 | | | ConocoPhillips | | | | | 322,473 | | | | | | 0.3 | | |
23,873 | | | Coterra Energy, Inc. | | | | | 819,560 | | | | | | 0.8 | | |
11,355 | | | DT Midstream, Inc. | | | | | 659,726 | | | | | | 0.6 | | |
2,805 | | | EOG Resources, Inc. | | | | | 382,474 | | | | | | 0.4 | | |
7,684 | | | Kinder Morgan, Inc. | | | | | 150,878 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
10,781 | | | Marathon Petroleum Corp. | | | | | 1,083,279 | | | | | | 1.0 | | |
6,866 | | | Targa Resources Corp. | | | | | 486,011 | | | | | | 0.5 | | |
24,515 | | | Williams Cos., Inc. | | | | | 908,526 | | | | | | 0.9 | | |
| | | | | | | | 7,175,378 | | | | | | 6.8 | | |
| | | Financials: 18.7% | |
3,678 | | | Aflac, Inc. | | | | | 222,776 | | | | | | 0.2 | | |
6,245 | | | Allstate Corp. | | | | | 853,629 | | | | | | 0.8 | | |
2,305 | | | Aon PLC | | | | | 635,419 | | | | | | 0.6 | | |
3,561 | | | Assurant, Inc. | | | | | 629,193 | | | | | | 0.6 | | |
10,229 | | | Axis Capital Holdings Ltd. | | | | | 599,113 | | | | | | 0.6 | | |
3,763 | | | Bank of Hawaii Corp. | | | | | 299,737 | | | | | | 0.3 | | |
12,280 | | | Bank OZK | | | | | 505,267 | | | | | | 0.5 | | |
1,468 | | | Blackrock, Inc. | | | | | 983,350 | | | | | | 0.9 | | |
5,142 | | | Cboe Global Markets, Inc. | | | | | 579,670 | | | | | | 0.5 | | |
12,824 | | | Citigroup, Inc. | | | | | 687,779 | | | | | | 0.6 | | |
4,286 | | | CME Group, Inc. | | | | | 852,185 | | | | | | 0.8 | | |
Shares | | | Value | | | Percentage of Net Assets | |
COMMON STOCK: (continued) | |
| | | Financials (continued) | |
13,376 | | | Essent Group Ltd. | | | | $ | 573,386 | | | | | | 0.5 | | |
461 | | | Everest Re Group Ltd. | | | | | 130,233 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
1,272 | | | Factset Research Systems, Inc. | | | | | 488,856 | | | | | | 0.5 | | |
4,953 | | | First American Financial Corp. | | | | | 299,060 | | | | | | 0.3 | | |
3,301 | | | Hancock Whitney Corp. | | | | | 164,522 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
2,865 | | | Hanover Insurance Group, Inc. | | | | | 420,009 | | | | | | 0.4 | | |
9,689 | | | Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. | | | | | 702,549 | | | | | | 0.7 | | |
6,562 | | | Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. | | | | | 671,883 | | | | | | 0.6 | | |
4,359 | | | International Bancshares Corp. | | | | | 182,801 | | | | | | 0.2 | | |
885 | | | JPMorgan Chase & Co. | | | | | 117,672 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
15,690 | | | Keycorp | | | | | 313,172 | | | | | | 0.3 | | |
6,361 | | | Marsh & McLennan Cos., Inc. | | | | | 1,017,442 | | | | | | 1.0 | | |
3,053 | | | Mercury General Corp. | | | | | 148,676 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
5,912 | | | Metlife, Inc. | | | | | 398,410 | | | | | | 0.4 | | |
44,031 | | | MGIC Investment Corp. | | | | | 613,352 | | | | | | 0.6 | | |
2,453 | | | Nasdaq, Inc. | | | | | 380,853 | | | | | | 0.4 | | |
25,904 | | | Old Republic International Corp. | | | | | 615,785 | | | | | | 0.6 | | |
8,795 | | | Progressive Corp. | | | | | 1,049,947 | | | | | | 1.0 | | |
8,469 | | | Prosperity Bancshares, Inc. | | | | | 614,003 | | | | | | 0.6 | | |
23,148 | | | Regions Financial Corp. | | | | | 511,339 | | | | | | 0.5 | | |
3,099 | | | RLI Corp. | | | | | 373,472 | | | | | | 0.3 | | |
2,261 | | | S&P Global, Inc. | | | | | 781,861 | | | | | | 0.7 | | |
3,915 | | | T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. | | | | | 497,557 | | | | | | 0.5 | | |
4,410 | | | Travelers Cos, Inc. | | | | | 789,566 | | | | | | 0.7 | | |
16,689 | | | US Bancorp | | | | | 885,685 | | | | | | 0.8 | | |
9,153 | | | Washington Federal, Inc. | | | | | 297,015 | | | | | | 0.3 | | |
| | | | | | | | 19,887,224 | | | | | | 18.7 | | |
| | | Health Care: 19.4% | |
9,314 | | | Abbott Laboratories | | | | | 1,094,023 | | | | | | 1.0 | | |
3,638 | | | AbbVie, Inc. | | | | | 529,280 | | | | | | 0.5 | | |
1,345 | | | Agilent Technologies, Inc. | | | | | 171,568 | | | | | | 0.2 | | |
3,169 | | | Amgen, Inc. | | | | | 813,609 | | | | | | 0.8 | | |
1,134 | | | Anthem, Inc. | | | | | 573,545 | | | | | | 0.5 | | |
9,659 | | | Baxter International, Inc. | | | | | 734,567 | | | | | | 0.7 | | |
3,799 | | | Becton Dickinson & Co. | | | | | 971,784 | | | | | | 0.9 | | |
19,612 | | | Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. | | | | | 1,479,725 | | | | | | 1.4 | | |
11,109 | | | Cardinal Health, Inc. | | | | | 625,710 | | | | | | 0.6 | | |
1,444 | | | Cerner Corp. | | | | | 135,892 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
6,413 | | | CVS Health Corp. | | | | | 620,458 | | | | | | 0.6 | | |
3,201 | | | Eli Lilly & Co. | | | | | 1,003,321 | | | | | | 0.9 | | |
16,177 | | | Gilead Sciences, Inc. | | | | | 1,049,079 | | | | | | 1.0 | | |
17,246 | | | Johnson & Johnson | | | | | 3,096,174 | | | | | | 2.9 | | |
2,856 | | | McKesson Corp. | | | | | 938,739 | | | | | | 0.9 | | |
3,044 | | | Medtronic PLC | | | | | 307,103 | | | | | | 0.3 | | |
See Accompanying Notes to Financial Statements
Voya U.S. High Dividend | PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS |
Low Volatility Fund | as of May 31, 2022 (continued) |
Shares | | | Value | | | Percentage of Net Assets | |
COMMON STOCK: (continued) | |
| | | Health Care (continued) | |
20,995 | | | Merck & Co., Inc. | | | | $ | 1,919,870 | | | | | | 1.8 | | |
39,022 | | | Pfizer, Inc. | | | | | 2,069,727 | | | | | | 1.9 | | |
1,638 | | | Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc. | | | | | 929,680 | | | | | | 0.9 | | |
2,248 | | | UnitedHealth Group, Inc. | | | | | 1,116,761 | | | | | | 1.1 | | |
2,640 | | | Zoetis, Inc. | | | | | 451,255 | | | | | | 0.4 | | |
| | | | | | | | 20,631,870 | | | | | | 19.4 | | |
| | | Industrials: 9.7% | |
6,469 | | | 3M Co. | | | | | 965,757 | | | | | | 0.9 | | |
1,578 | | | Allegion Public Ltd. | | | | | 177,155 | | | | | | 0.2 | | |
7,143 | | | Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp. | | | | | 613,298 | | | | | | 0.6 | | |
7,270 | | | CSX Corp. | | | | | 231,113 | | | | | | 0.2 | | |
2,117 | | | Cummins, Inc. | | | | | 442,707 | | | | | | 0.4 | | |
5,668 | | | Emerson Electric Co. | | | | | 502,525 | | | | | | 0.5 | | |
4,980 | | | Fortive Corp. | | | | | 309,215 | | | | | | 0.3 | | |
2,887 | | | Illinois Tool Works, Inc. | | | | | 600,698 | | | | | | 0.6 | | |
10,741 | | | Johnson Controls International plc | | | | | 582,687 | | | | | | 0.5 | | |
2,611 | | | L3Harris Technologies, Inc. | | | | | 628,990 | | | | | | 0.6 | | |
1,648 | | | Leidos Holdings, Inc. | | | | | 171,737 | | | | | | 0.2 | | |
1,425 | | | Lockheed Martin Corp. | | | | | 627,157 | | | | | | 0.6 | | |
3,205 | | | Manpowergroup, Inc. | | | | | 287,200 | | | | | | 0.3 | | |
12,299 | | | MDU Resources Group, Inc. | | | | | 337,680 | | | | | | 0.3 | | |
7,319 | | | MSC Industrial Direct Co. | | | | | 620,570 | | | | | | 0.6 | | |
5,596 | | | Robert Half International, Inc. | | | | | 504,479 | | | | | | 0.5 | | |
2,122 | | | Rockwell Automation, Inc. | | | | | 457,730 | | | | | | 0.4 | | |
3,015 | | | United Parcel Service, Inc. - Class B | | | | | 549,484 | | | | | | 0.5 | | |
3,257 | | | Verisk Analytics, Inc. | | | | | 569,255 | | | | | | 0.5 | | |
4,174 | | | Waste Connections, Inc. | | | | | 527,530 | | | | | | 0.5 | | |
1,179 | | | WW Grainger, Inc. | | | | | 574,256 | | | | | | 0.5 | | |
| | | | | | | | 10,281,223 | | | | | | 9.7 | | |
| | | Information Technology: 9.3% | |
8,032 | | | Amdocs Ltd. | | | | | 689,786 | | | | | | 0.7 | | |
3,050 | | | Automatic Data Processing, Inc. | | | | | 679,967 | | | | | | 0.6 | | |
32,032 | | | Cisco Systems, Inc. | | | | | 1,443,042 | | | | | | 1.4 | | |
9,139 | | | Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp. | | | | | 682,683 | | | | | | 0.6 | | |
6,760 | | | Dolby Laboratories, Inc. | | | | | 524,711 | | | | | | 0.5 | | |
9,340 | | | Genpact Ltd. | | | | | 413,947 | | | | | | 0.4 | | |
9,108 | | | International Business Machines Corp. | | | | | 1,258,034 | | | | | | 1.2 | | |
3,868 | | | Jack Henry & Associates, Inc. | | | | | 727,648 | | | | | | 0.7 | | |
1,818 | | | Microsoft Corp. | | | | | 494,260 | | | | | | 0.5 | | |
3,626 | | | NetApp, Inc. | | | | | 262,781 | | | | | | 0.2 | | |
20,911 | | | NortonLifeLock, Inc. | | | | | 509,770 | | | | | | 0.5 | | |
Shares | | | Value | | | Percentage of Net Assets | |
COMMON STOCK: (continued) | |
| | | Information Technology (continued) | |
6,371 | | | Oracle Corp. | | | | $ | 458,202 | | | | | | 0.4 | | |
4,809 | | | Paychex, Inc. | | | | | 595,498 | | | | | | 0.6 | | |
1,784 | | | Roper Technologies, Inc. | | | | | 789,313 | | | | | | 0.7 | | |
4,498 | | | SS&C Technologies Holdings, Inc. | | | | | 287,827 | | | | | | 0.3 | | |
| | | | | | | | 9,817,469 | | | | | | 9.3 | | |
| | | Materials: 4.4% | |
3,126 | | | Air Products & Chemicals, Inc. | | | | | 769,496 | | | | | | 0.7 | | |
58,373 | | | Amcor PLC | | | | | 762,061 | | | | | | 0.7 | | |
14,856 | | | International Paper Co. | | | | | 719,773 | | | | | | 0.7 | | |
11,849 | | | Newmont Corp. | | | | | 803,955 | | | | | | 0.8 | | |
4,204 | | | Packaging Corp. of America | | | | | 661,205 | | | | | | 0.6 | | |
1,293 | | | Sherwin-Williams Co. | | | | | 346,576 | | | | | | 0.3 | | |
10,539 | | | Sonoco Products Co. | | | | | 615,527 | | | | | | 0.6 | | |
| | | | | | | | 4,678,593 | | | | | | 4.4 | | |
| | | Real Estate: 5.3% | |
1,006 | | | Digital Realty Trust, Inc. | | | | | 140,427 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
5,854 | | | First Industrial Realty Trust, Inc. | | | | | 311,038 | | | | | | 0.3 | | |
13,309 | | | Gaming and Leisure Properties, Inc. | | | | | 620,997 | | | | | | 0.6 | | |
5,941 | | | Healthcare Realty Trust, Inc. | | | | | 172,364 | | | | | | 0.2 | | |
9,206 | | | Highwoods Properties, Inc. | | | | | 363,123 | | | | | | 0.3 | | |
9,266 | | | Invitation Homes, Inc. | | | | | 349,791 | | | | | | 0.3 | | |
4,470 | | | Life Storage, Inc. | | | | | 520,679 | | | | | | 0.5 | | |
804 | | | Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc. | | | | | 144,175 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
13,706 | | | National Retail Properties, Inc. | | | | | 607,176 | | | | | | 0.6 | | |
9,016 | | | National Storage Affiliates Trust | | | | | 472,378 | | | | | | 0.4 | | |
3,713 | | | ProLogis, Inc. | | | | | 473,333 | | | | | | 0.5 | | |
11,631 | | | Realty Income Corp. | | | | | 793,467 | | | | | | 0.8 | | |
8,063 | | | WP Carey, Inc. | | | | | 678,421 | | | | | | 0.6 | | |
| | | | | | | | 5,647,369 | | | | | | 5.3 | | |
| | | Utilities: 6.5% | |
2,968 | | | Consolidated Edison, Inc. | | | | | 294,604 | | | | | | 0.3 | | |
6,054 | | | DTE Energy Co. | | | | | 803,426 | | | | | | 0.7 | | |
9,270 | | | Duke Energy Corp. | | | | | 1,034,525 | | | | | | 1.0 | | |
10,492 | | | Edison International | | | | | 733,496 | | | | | | 0.7 | | |
4,969 | | | Entergy Corp. | | | | | 597,870 | | | | | | 0.5 | | |
5,303 | | | National Fuel Gas Co. | | | | | 386,445 | | | | | | 0.4 | | |
11,962 | | | Public Service Enterprise Group, Inc. | | | | | 819,876 | | | | | | 0.8 | | |
2,643 | | | Sempra Energy | | | | | 433,082 | | | | | | 0.4 | | |
13,696 | | | Southern Co. | | | | | 1,036,239 | | | | | | 1.0 | | |
See Accompanying Notes to Financial Statements
Voya U.S. High Dividend | PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS |
Low Volatility Fund | as of May 31, 2022 (continued) |
Shares | | | Value | | | Percentage of Net Assets | |
COMMON STOCK: (continued) | |
| | | Utilities (continued) | |
7,540 | | | WEC Energy Group, Inc. | | | | $ | 789,243 | | | | | | 0.7 | | |
| | | | | | | | 6,928,806 | | | | | | 6.5 | | |
| | | Total Common Stock (Cost $96,015,901) | | | | | 103,984,358 | | | | | | 97.9 | | |
EXCHANGE-TRADED FUNDS: 1.4% | |
9,325 | | | iShares Russell 1000 Value ETF | | | | | 1,487,617 | | | | | | 1.4 | | |
| | | Total Exchange-Traded Funds (Cost $1,509,497) | | | | | 1,487,617 | | | | | | 1.4 | | |
| | | Total Long-Term Investments (Cost $97,525,398) | | | | | 105,471,975 | | | | | | 99.3 | | |
|
Principal Amount† | | | Value | | | Percentage of Net Assets | |
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS: 0.9% | |
| | | Repurchase Agreements: 0.6% | |
667,037 (2) | | | Citigroup, Inc., Repurchase Agreement dated 05/31/22, 0.80%, due 06/01/22 (Repurchase Amount $667,052, collateralized by various U.S. Government Securities, 0.000%-6.125%, Market Value plus accrued interest $680,661, due 08/25/22-01/31/28) | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | (Cost $667,037) | | | | | 667,037 | | | | | | 0.6 | | |
Shares | | | Value | | | Percentage of Net Assets | |
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS: (continued) | |
| | | Mutual Funds: 0.3% | |
263,000 (3) | | | BlackRock Liquidity Funds, FedFund, Institutional Class, 0.710% | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | (Cost $263,000) | | | | $ | 263,000 | | | | | | 0.3 | | |
| | | Total Short-Term Investments (Cost $930,037) | | | | | 930,037 | | | | | | 0.9 | | |
| | | Total Investments in Securities (Cost $98,455,435) | | | | $ | 106,402,012 | | | | | | 100.2 | | |
| | | Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets | | | | | (257,032) | | | | | | (0.2) | | |
| | | Net Assets | | | | $ | 106,144,980 | | | | | | 100.0 | | |
†
Unless otherwise indicated, principal amount is shown in USD.
(1)
Security, or a portion of the security, is on loan.
(2)
All or a portion of the security represents securities purchased with cash collateral received for securities on loan.
(3)
Rate shown is the 7-day yield as of May 31, 2022.
Fair Value Measurements^
The following is a summary of the fair valuations according to the inputs used as of May 31, 2022 in valuing the assets and liabilities:
| | | Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Investments (Level 1) | | | Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) | | | Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) | | | Fair Value at May 31, 2022 | |
Asset Table | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Investments, at fair value | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Common Stock* | | | | $ | 103,984,358 | | | | | $ | — | | | | | $ | — | | | | | $ | 103,984,358 | | |
Exchange-Traded Funds | | | | | 1,487,617 | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | 1,487,617 | | |
Short-Term Investments | | | | | 263,000 | | | | | | 667,037 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 930,037 | | |
Total Investments, at fair value | | | | $ | 105,734,975 | | | | | $ | 667,037 | | | | | $ | — | | | | | $ | 106,402,012 | | |
^
See Note 2, “Significant Accounting Policies” in the Notes to Financial Statements for additional information.
*
For further breakdown of Common Stock by sector, please refer to the Portfolio of Investments.
See Accompanying Notes to Financial Statements
Voya U.S. High Dividend | PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS |
Low Volatility Fund | as of May 31, 2022 (continued) |
At May 31, 2022, the aggregate cost of securities and other investments and the composition of unrealized appreciation and depreciation of securities and other investments on a tax basis were:
| Cost for federal income tax purposes was $99,060,918. | | | | | | | |
| Net unrealized appreciation consisted of: | | | | | | | |
| Gross Unrealized Appreciation | | | | $ | 10,934,907 | | |
| Gross Unrealized Depreciation | | | | | (3,593,813) | | |
| Net Unrealized Appreciation | | | | $ | 7,341,094 | | |
See Accompanying Notes to Financial Statements
TAX INFORMATION (Unaudited)
Dividends and distributions paid during the year ended May 31, 2022 were as follows:
Fund Name | | | Type | | | Per Share Amount | | |
Voya Large-Cap Growth Fund | | | | | | | | | | | |
Class A | | | NII | | | | $ | — | | | |
Class C | | | NII | | | | $ | — | | | |
Class I | | | NII | | | | $ | 0.0020 | | | |
Class P3 | | | NII | | | | $ | 0.0036 | | | |
Class R | | | NII | | | | $ | — | | | |
Class R6 | | | NII | | | | $ | 0.0036 | | | |
Class W | | | NII | | | | $ | — | | | |
All Classes | | | STCG | | | | $ | 3.4377 | | | |
All Classes | | | LTCG | | | | $ | 5.5701 | | | |
Voya Large Cap Value Fund | | | | | | | | | | | |
Class A | | | NII | | | | $ | 0.1011 | | | |
Class C | | | NII | | | | $ | 0.0169 | | | |
Class I | | | NII | | | | $ | 0.1418 | | | |
Class P3 | | | NII | | | | $ | 0.1446 | | | |
Class R | | | NII | | | | $ | 0.0705 | | | |
Class R6 | | | NII | | | | $ | 0.1437 | | | |
Class W | | | NII | | | | $ | 0.1296 | | | |
All Classes | | | STCG | | | | $ | 0.4005 | | | | | |
All Classes | | | LTCG | | | | $ | 1.4265 | | | | | |
Fund Name | | | Type | | | Per Share Amount | |
Voya MidCap Opportunities Fund | | | | | | | | | | |
All Classes | | | STCG | | | | $ | 2.3726 | | |
All Classes | | | LTCG | | | | $ | 3.2963 | | |
Voya Multi-Manager Mid Cap Value Fund | |
Class I | | | NII | | | | $ | 0.1528 | | |
Class P | | | NII | | | | $ | 0.1530 | | |
Class P3 | | | NII | | | | $ | 0.1533 | | |
All Classes | | | STCG | | | | $ | 0.3943 | | |
All Classes | | | LTCG | | | | $ | 1.1404 | | |
Voya SmallCap Opportunities Fund | |
All Classes | | | STCG | | | | $ | 5.8694 | | |
All Classes | | | LTCG | | | | $ | 4.8370 | | |
Voya U.S. High Dividend Low Volatility Fund | |
Class A | | | NII | | | | $ | 0.2479 | | |
Class I | | | NII | | | | $ | 0.2777 | | |
Class P3 | | | NII | | | | $ | 0.2781 | | |
Class R6 | | | NII | | | | $ | 0.2781 | | |
All Classes | | | STCG | | | | $ | 1.1348 | | |
All Classes | | | LTCG | | | | $ | 2.5135 | | |
NII – Net investment income
STCG – Short-term capital gain
LTCG – Long-term capital gain
Of the ordinary distributions made during the year ended May 31, 2022, the following percentages qualify for the dividends received deduction (DRD) available to corporate shareholders:
| Voya Large-Cap Growth Fund | | | | | 13.72% | | |
| Voya Large Cap Value Fund | | | | | 60.29% | | |
| Voya MidCap Opportunities Fund | | | | | 5.95% | | |
| Voya Multi-Manager Mid Cap Value Fund | | | | | 45.72% | | |
| Voya SmallCap Opportunities Fund | | | | | 9.71% | | |
| Voya U.S. High Dividend Low Volatility Fund | | | | | 36.27% | | |
For the year ended May 31, 2022, the following are percentages of ordinary distributions paid by the Funds that are designated as qualifying dividend income (QDI) subject to reduced income tax rates for individuals:
| Voya Large-Cap Growth Fund | | | | | 14.42% | | |
| Voya Large Cap Value Fund | | | | | 65.01% | | |
| Voya MidCap Opportunities Fund | | | | | 6.30% | | |
| Voya Multi-Manager Mid Cap Value Fund | | | | | 47.17% | | |
| Voya SmallCap Opportunities Fund | | | | | 9.68% | | |
| Voya U.S. High Dividend Low Volatility Fund | | | | | 37.26% | | |
TAX INFORMATION (Unaudited) (continued)
The Funds designate the following percentages of short-term capital gain distributions as short-term capital gain dividends as defined in Internal Revenue Code Section 871(k)(2):
| Voya Large-Cap Growth Fund | | | | | 100.00% | | |
| Voya Large Cap Value Fund | | | | | 100.00% | | |
| Voya MidCap Opportunities Fund | | | | | 100.00% | | |
| Voya Multi-Manager Mid Cap Value Fund | | | | | 100.00% | | |
| Voya SmallCap Opportunities Fund | | | | | 100.00% | | |
| Voya U.S. High Dividend Low Volatility Fund | | | | | 100.00% | | |
For the year ended May 31, 2022, the Funds designate the following amounts of long-term capital gain distributions as 20% rate long-term capital gain dividends under Internal Revenue Code Section 852(b)(3)(C):
| Voya Large-Cap Growth Fund | | | | $ | 116,304,370 | | |
| Voya Large Cap Value Fund | | | | $ | 76,847,815 | | |
| Voya MidCap Opportunities Fund | | | | $ | 130,309,101 | | |
| Voya Multi-Manager Mid Cap Value Fund | | | | $ | 19,714,122 | | |
| Voya SmallCap Opportunities Fund | | | | $ | 11,508,318 | | |
| Voya U.S. High Dividend Low Volatility Fund | | | | $ | 21,248,599 | | |
The Funds designate the following amounts as Section 199A dividends:
| Voya Large-Cap Growth Fund | | | | $ | 133,569 | | |
| Voya Large Cap Value Fund | | | | $ | 387,293 | | |
| Voya MidCap Opportunities Fund | | | | $ | 268,698 | | |
| Voya Multi-Manager Mid Cap Value Fund | | | | $ | 402,233 | | |
| Voya SmallCap Opportunities Fund | | | | $ | 77,053 | | |
| Voya U.S. High Dividend Low Volatility Fund | | | | $ | 145,317 | | |
Above figures may differ from those cited elsewhere in this report due to differences in the calculation of income and gains under U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (book) purposes and Internal Revenue Service (tax) purposes.
Shareholders are strongly advised to consult their own tax advisers with respect to the tax consequences of their investments in the Funds. In January, shareholders, excluding corporate shareholders, receive an IRS 1099-DIV regarding the federal tax status of the dividends and distributions they received in the calendar year.
SHAREHOLDER MEETING INFORMATION (Unaudited)
Proposal:
1
At this meeting, a proposal was submitted to approve a change in the sub-classification under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, of their respective Fund from “diversified” to “non-diversified”, including the elimination of the related fundamental investment restriction.
A shareholder meeting of Voya Large-Cap Growth Fund was held virtually on October 7, 2021.
| | | Proposal | | | Shares voted for | | | Shares voted against or withheld | | | Shares abstained | | | Broker non-vote | | | Total Shares Voted | |
Voya Large-Cap Growth Fund | | | | | 1* | | | | | | 13,259,361.018 | | | | | | 125,425.273 | | | | | | 175,384.381 | | | | | | 0.000 | | | | | | 13,560,170.672 | | |
*
Proposal Passed
TRUSTEE AND OFFICER INFORMATION (Unaudited)
The business and affairs of the Trust are managed under the direction of the Board. A Trustee, who is not an interested person of the Trust, as defined in the 1940 Act, is an independent trustee (“Independent Trustee”). The Trustees and Officers of the Trust are listed below. The Statement of Additional Information includes additional information about Trustees of the Trust and is available, without charge, upon request at (800) 992-0180.
Name, Address and Age | | | Position(s) Held with the Trust | | | Term of Office and Length of Time Served(1) | | | Principal Occupation(s) – During the Past 5 Years | | | Number of funds in Fund Complex Overseen by Trustee(2) | | | Other Board Positions Held by Trustee | |
Independent Trustees: | |
Colleen D. Baldwin 7337 East Doubletree Ranch Rd. Suite 100 Scottsdale, Arizona 85258 Age: 62 | | | Trustee Chairperson | | | November 2007 – Present January 2020 – Present | | | President, Glantuam Partners, LLC, a business consulting firm (January 2009 – Present). | | | 131 | | | RSR Partners, Inc. (2016 – Present). | |
John V. Boyer 7337 East Doubletree Ranch Rd. Suite 100 Scottsdale, Arizona 85258 Age: 69 | | | Trustee | | | January 2005 – Present | | | Retired. Formerly, President and Chief Executive Officer, Bechtler Arts Foundation, an arts and education foundation (January 2008 – December 2019). | | | 131 | | | None. | |
Patricia W. Chadwick 7337 East Doubletree Ranch Rd. Suite 100 Scottsdale, Arizona 85258 Age: 73 | | | Trustee | | | January 2006 – Present | | | Consultant and President, Ravengate Partners LLC, a consulting firm that provides advice regarding financial markets and the global economy (January 2000 – Present). | | | 131 | | | Wisconsin Energy Corporation (June 2006 – Present); The Royce Funds (22 funds) (December 2009 – Present); and AMICA Mutual Insurance Company (1992 – Present). | |
Martin J. Gavin 7337 East Doubletree Ranch Rd. Suite 100 Scottsdale, AZ 85258 Age: 72 | | | Trustee | | | August 2015 – Present | | | Retired. | | | 131 | | | None. | |
Joseph E. Obermeyer 7337 East Doubletree Ranch Rd. Suite 100 Scottsdale, Arizona 85258 Age: 64 | | | Trustee | | | May 2013 – Present | | | President, Obermeyer & Associates, Inc., a provider of financial and economic consulting services (November 1999 – Present). | | | 131 | | | None. | |
Sheryl K. Pressler 7337 East Doubletree Ranch Rd. Suite 100 Scottsdale, Arizona 85258 Age: 71 | | | Trustee | | | January 2006 – Present | | | Consultant (May 2001 – Present). | | | 131 | | | Centerra Gold Inc. (May 2008 – Present). | |
Christopher P. Sullivan 7337 East Doubletree Ranch Rd. Suite 100 Scottsdale, Arizona 85258 Age: 68 | | | Trustee | | | October 2015 – Present | | | Retired. | | | 131 | | | None. | |
TRUSTEE AND OFFICER INFORMATION (Unaudited) (continued)
Name, Address and Age | | | Position(s) Held with the Trust | | | Term of Office and Length of Time Served(1) | | | Principal Occupation(s) – During the Past 5 Years | | | Number of funds in Fund Complex Overseen by Trustee(2) | | | Other Board Positions Held by Trustee | |
Trustee who is an “interested person”: | |
Dina Santoro 230 Park Avenue New York, New York 10169 Age: 49 | | | Trustee | | | July 2018 – Present | | | President, Voya Investments, LLC and Voya Capital, LLC (March 2018 – Present); Senior Vice President, Voya Investments Distributor, LLC (April 2018 – Present); Chief Operating Officer, Voya Investment Management (January 2022 – Present); Senior Managing Director, Head of Product and Marketing Strategy, Voya Investment Management (September 2017 – Present). Formerly, Managing Director, Quantitative Management Associates, LLC (January 2004 – August 2017). | | | 131 | | | Voya Investments, LLC, Voya Capital, LLC, and Voya Funds Services, LLC (March 2018 – Present); Voya Investments Distributor, LLC (April 2018 – Present). | |
(1)
Trustees serve until their successors are duly elected and qualified. The tenure of each Trustee who is not an “interested person” as defined in the 1940 Act, of each Fund (“Independent Trustee”) is subject to the Board’s retirement policy which states that each duly elected or appointed Independent Trustee shall retire from and cease to be a member of the Board of Trustees at the close of business on December 31 of the calendar year in which the Independent Trustee attains the age of 75. A majority vote of the Board’s other Independent Trustees may extend the retirement date of an Independent Trustee if the retirement would trigger a requirement to hold a meeting of shareholders of the Trust under applicable law, whether for the purposes of appointing a successor to the Independent Trustee or otherwise comply under applicable law, in which case the extension would apply until such time as the shareholder meeting can be held or is no longer required (as determined by a vote of a majority of the other Independent Trustees).
(2)
For the purposes of this table, “Fund Complex” means the Voya family of funds including the following investment companies: Voya Asia Pacific High Dividend Equity Income Fund; Voya Balanced Portfolio, Inc.; Voya Emerging Markets High Dividend Equity Fund; Voya Equity Trust; Voya Funds Trust; Voya Global Advantage and Premium Opportunity Fund; Voya Global Equity Dividend and Premium Opportunity Fund; Voya Government Money Market Portfolio; Voya Infrastructure, Industrials and Materials Fund; Voya Intermediate Bond Portfolio; Voya Investors Trust; Voya Mutual Funds; Voya Partners, Inc.; Voya Senior Income Fund; Voya Separate Portfolios Trust; Voya Strategic Allocation Portfolios, Inc.; Voya Variable Funds; Voya Variable Insurance Trust; Voya Variable Portfolios, Inc.; and Voya Variable Products Trust. The number of funds in the Fund Complex is as of June 30, 2022.
TRUSTEE AND OFFICER INFORMATION (Unaudited) (continued)
Name, Address and Age | | | Position(s) Held With the Trust | | | Term of Office and Length of Time Served(1) | | | Principal Occupation(s) – During the Past 5 Years | |
Michael Bell One Orange Way Windsor, Connecticut 06095 Age: 53 | | | Chief Executive Officer | | | March 2018 – Present | | | Chief Executive Officer and Director, Voya Investments, LLC, Voya Capital, LLC, and Voya Funds Services, LLC (March 2018 – Present); Senior Vice President, Voya Investments Distributor, LLC (March 2020 – Present); Chief Financial Officer, Voya Investment Management (September 2014 – Present). Formerly, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Voya Investments Distributor, LLC (September 2019 – March 2020); Senior Vice President and Treasurer, Voya Investments Distributor, LLC (November 2015 – September 2019); Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, Voya Investments, LLC (November 2015 – March 2018). | |
Dina Santoro 230 Park Avenue New York, New York 10169 Age: 49 | | | President | | | March 2018 – Present | | | President and Director, Voya Investments, LLC and Voya Capital, LLC (March 2018 – Present); Director, Voya Funds Services, LLC (March 2018 – Present); Director and Senior Vice President, Voya Investments Distributor, LLC (April 2018 – Present); Chief Operating Officer, Voya Investment Management (January 2022 – Present); Senior Managing Director, Head of Product and Marketing Strategy, Voya Investment Management (September 2017 – Present). Formerly, Managing Director, Quantitative Management Associates, LLC (January 2004 – August 2017). | |
Jonathan Nash 230 Park Avenue New York, New York 10169 Age: 54 | | | Executive Vice President Chief Investment Risk Officer | | | March 2020 – Present March 2020 – Present | | | Executive Vice President and Chief Investment Risk Officer, Voya Investments, LLC (March 2020 – Present) and Senior Vice President, Investment Risk Management, Voya Investment Management (March 2017 – Present). Formerly, Vice President, Voya Investments, LLC (September 2018 – March 2020); Consultant, DA Capital LLC (January 2016 – March 2017). | |
James M. Fink 5780 Powers Ferry Road NW Atlanta, Georgia 30327 Age: 64 | | | Executive Vice President | | | March 2018 – Present | | | Managing Director, Voya Investments, LLC, Voya Capital, LLC, and Voya Funds Services, LLC (March 2018 – Present); Senior Vice President, Voya Investments Distributor, LLC (April 2018 – Present); Chief Administrative Officer, Voya Investment Management (September 2017 – Present). Formerly, Managing Director, Operations, Voya Investment Management (March 1999 – September 2017). | |
Kristin M. Lynch 7337 East Doubletree Ranch Rd. Suite 100 Scottsdale, Arizona 85258 Age: 40 | | | Chief Compliance Officer | | | April 2022 – Present | | | Chief Compliance Officer, Voya Family of Funds (April 2022 – Present); Vice President, Voya Investment Management (March 2019 – Present). Formerly, Assistant Vice President, Voya Investment Management (March 2014 – March 2019). | |
Todd Modic 7337 East Doubletree Ranch Rd. Suite 100 Scottsdale, Arizona 85258 Age: 54 | | | Senior Vice President, Chief/Principal Financial Officer and Assistant Secretary | | | March 2005 – Present | | | President, Voya Funds Services, LLC (March 2018 – Present) and Senior Vice President, Voya Investments, LLC (April 2005 – Present). | |
Kimberly A. Anderson 7337 East Doubletree Ranch Rd. Suite 100 Scottsdale, Arizona 85258 Age: 58 | | | Senior Vice President | | | November 2003 – Present | | | Senior Vice President, Voya Investments, LLC (September 2003 – Present). | |
Sara M. Donaldson 7337 East Doubletree Ranch Rd. Suite 100 Scottsdale, Arizona 85258 Age: 62 | | | Senior Vice President | | | June 2022 – Present | | | Senior Vice President, Voya Investments, LLC (February 2022 – Present); Senior Vice President, Head of Active Ownership, Voya Investment Management (September 2021 – Present). Formerly, Vice President, Voya Investments, LLC (October 2015 – February 2022); Vice President, Head of Proxy Voting, Voya Investment Management (October 2015 – August 2021). | |
TRUSTEE AND OFFICER INFORMATION (Unaudited) (continued)
Name, Address and Age | | | Position(s) Held With the Trust | | | Term of Office and Length of Time Served(1) | | | Principal Occupation(s) – During the Past 5 Years | |
Andrew K. Schlueter 7337 East Doubletree Ranch Rd. Suite 100 Scottsdale, Arizona 85258 Age: 46 | | | Senior Vice President | | | June 2022 – Present | | | Vice President, Voya Investments Distributor, LLC (April 2018 – Present); Vice President, Voya Investments, LLC and Voya Funds Services, LLC (March 2018 – Present); Senior Vice President, Head of Mutual Fund Operations, Voya Investment Management (March 2022 – Present). Formerly, Vice President, Head of Mutual Fund Operations, Voya Investment Management (February 2018 – February 2022); Vice President, Voya Investment Management (March 2014 – February 2018). | |
Robert Terris 5780 Powers Ferry Road NW Atlanta, Georgia 30327 Age: 52 | | | Senior Vice President | | | May 2006 – Present | | | Senior Vice President, Voya Investments Distributor, LLC (April 2018 – Present); Senior Vice President, Head of Investment Services, Voya Investments, LLC (April 2018 – Present) and Voya Funds Services, LLC (March 2006 – Present). Formerly, Senior Vice President, Head of Division Operations, Voya Investments, LLC (October 2015 – April 2018). | |
Joanne F. Osberg 7337 East Doubletree Ranch Rd. Suite 100 Scottsdale, Arizona 85258 Age: 40 | | | Vice President Secretary | | | June 2022 – Present September 2020 – Present | | | Vice President and Senior Counsel, Voya Investment Management – Mutual Fund Legal Department (September 2020 – Present). Formerly, Vice President, Counsel, Voya Investment Management – Mutual Fund Legal Department (January 2013 – September 2020). | |
Fred Bedoya 7337 East Doubletree Ranch Rd. Suite 100 Scottsdale, Arizona 85258 Age: 49 | | | Vice President Treasurer | | | September 2012 – Present | | | Vice President, Voya Investments, LLC (October 2015 – Present) and Voya Funds Services, LLC (July 2012 – Present). | |
Maria M. Anderson 7337 East Doubletree Ranch Rd. Suite 100 Scottsdale, Arizona 85258 Age: 64 | | | Vice President | | | September 2004 – Present | | | Vice President, Voya Investments, LLC (October 2015 – Present) and Voya Funds Services, LLC (September 2004 – Present). | |
Robyn L. Ichilov 7337 East Doubletree Ranch Rd. Suite 100 Scottsdale, Arizona 85258 Age: 54 | | | Vice President | | | November 1999 – Present | | | Vice President, Voya Funds Services, LLC (November 1995 – Present) and Voya Investments, LLC (August 1997 – Present). | |
Jason Kadavy 7337 East Doubletree Ranch Rd. Suite 100 Scottsdale, Arizona 85258 Age: 46 | | | Vice President | | | September 2012 – Present | | | Vice President, Voya Investments, LLC (October 2015 – Present) and Voya Funds Services, LLC (July 2007 – Present). | |
Erica McKenna 7337 East Doubletree Ranch Rd. Suite 100 Scottsdale, Arizona 85258 Age:49 | | | Vice President | | | June 2022 – Present | | | Vice President, Head of Mutual Fund Compliance, and Chief Compliance Officer, Voya Investments, LLC (May 2022 – Present). Formerly, Vice President, Fund Compliance Manager, Voya Investments, LLC (March 2021 – May 2022); Assistant Vice President, Fund Compliance Manager, Voya Investments, LLC (December 2016 – March 2021). | |
Craig Wheeler 7337 East Doubletree Ranch Rd. Suite 100 Scottsdale, Arizona 85258 Age: 53 | | | Vice President | | | May 2013 – Present | | | Vice President – Director of Tax, Voya Investments, LLC (October 2015 – Present). | |
Nicholas C.D. Ward 7337 East Doubletree Ranch Rd. Suite 100 Scottsdale, Arizona 85258 Age 29: | | | Assistant Vice President and Assistant Secretary | | | June 2022 – Present | | | Counsel, Voya Investment Management – Mutual Fund Legal Department (November 2021 – Present). Formerly, Associate, Dechert LLP (October 2018 – Present). | |
TRUSTEE AND OFFICER INFORMATION (Unaudited) (continued)
Name, Address and Age | | | Position(s) Held With the Trust | | | Term of Office and Length of Time Served(1) | | | Principal Occupation(s) – During the Past 5 Years | |
Gizachew Wubishet 7337 East Doubletree Ranch Rd. Suite 100 Scottsdale, Arizona 85258 Age: 46 | | | Assistant Secretary | | | June 2022 – Present | | | Assistant Vice President and Counsel, Voya Investment Management – Mutual Fund Legal Department (May 2019 – Present). Formerly, Attorney, Ropes & Gray LLP (October 2011 – April 2019). | |
Monia Piacenti One Orange Way Windsor, Connecticut 06095 Age: 45 | | | Anti-Money Laundering Officer | | | June 2018 – Present | | | Anti-Money Laundering Officer, Voya Investments Distributor, LLC, Voya Investment Management and Voya Investment Management Trust Co. (June 2018 – Present); Compliance Consultant, Voya Financial, Inc. (January 2019 – Present). Formerly, Senior Compliance Officer, Voya Investment Management (December 2009 – December 2018). | |
(1)
The Officers hold office until the next annual meeting of the Board of Trustees and until their successors shall have been elected and qualified.
Investment Adviser
Voya Investments, LLC
7337 East Doubletree Ranch Road, Suite 100
Scottsdale, Arizona 85258
Distributor
Voya Investments Distributor, LLC
7337 East Doubletree Ranch Road, Suite 100
Scottsdale, Arizona 85258
Transfer Agent
BNY Mellon Investment Servicing (U.S.) Inc.
301 Bellevue Parkway
Wilmington, Delaware 19809
Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
Ernst & Young LLP
200 Clarendon Street
Boston, Massachusetts 02116
Custodian
The Bank of New York Mellon
225 Liberty Street
New York, New York 10286
Legal Counsel
Ropes & Gray LLP
Prudential Tower
800 Boylston Street
Boston, Massachusetts 02199
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QUARTERLY PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS
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| | Index | | | | Description | | |
| | Russell 2000® Index | | | | An index that measures the performance of securities of small U.S. companies. | | |
| | S&P 100 Index* | | | | The S&P 100 Index, a sub-set of the S&P 500®, measures the performance of large cap companies in the United States. The Index comprises 100 major, blue chip companies across multiple industry groups. | | |
| | S&P 500® Index | | | | An index that measures the performance of securities of approximately 500 large-capitalization companies whose securities are traded on major U.S. stock markets. | | |
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The S&P 100 Index is a product of S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC, a division of S&P Global, or its affiliates (“SPDJI”), and has been licensed for use by Voya Financial. Standard & Poor’s® and S&P® are registered trademarks of Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC, a division of S&P Global (“S&P”); Dow Jones® is a registered trademark of Dow Jones Trademark Holdings LLC (“Dow Jones”). Voya Financial Product(s) is/are not sponsored, endorsed, sold or promoted by SPDJI, Dow Jones, S&P or their respective affiliates, and none of such parties make any representation regarding the advisability of investing in such product(s) nor do they have any liability for any errors, omissions, or interruptions of the S&P 100 Index.
Portfolio Managers’ Report | Voya Corporate Leaders® 100 Fund |
| Sector Diversification as of May 31, 2022 (as a percentage of net assets) | |
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| Information Technology | | | 15.0% | |
| Health Care | | | 14.9% | |
| Financials | | | 14.8% | |
| Industrials | | | 11.6% | |
| Consumer Staples | | | 11.6% | |
| Consumer Discretionary | | | 10.1% | |
| Communication Services | | | 7.7% | |
| Utilities | | | 4.3% | |
| Energy | | | 3.6% | |
| Materials | | | 3.2% | |
| Real Estate | | | 2.0% | |
| Assets in Excess of Other Liabilities* | | | 1.2% | |
| Net Assets | | | 100.0% | |
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Includes short-term investments. | |
| Portfolio holdings are subject to change daily. | |
Voya Corporate Leaders® 100 Fund (the “Fund”) seeks to outperform the S&P 500® Index. Under normal market conditions, the Fund invests primarily in equity securities of issuers listed on the S&P 100 Index. The Fund is managed by Vincent Costa, CFA, Steve Wetter and Kai Yee Wong, Portfolio Managers, of Voya Investment Management Co. LLC — the Sub-Adviser.Performance: For the year ended May 31, 2022, the Fund’s Class A shares, excluding sales charges, provided a total return of -0.68% compared to the S&P 500® Index (the “Index”), which returned -0.30% for the same period.
Portfolio Specifics: For the reporting period, the Fund underperformed the Index on a net-of-fees basis but outperformed on a gross-of-fees basis. Performance was driven by the Fund’s portfolio construction rules, which equally weight the stocks in the S&P 100 Index. The resulting portfolio differs from the more broadly based and capitalization-weighted Index. Holdings and an underweight in the information technology sector had the greatest negative impact on relative performance. The holdings and underweight allocation to the financials and industrials sectors also detracted. Key detractors were the underweight positions in Apple Inc. and Microsoft Corporation, and an overweight to Boeing Company. By contrast, holdings and overweights to the health care and utilities sectors had the largest positive impact on relative performance. Key contributors were the | Top Ten Holdings as of May 31, 2022 (as a percentage of net assets) | |
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| Exxon Mobil Corp. | | | 1.2% | |
| Philip Morris International, Inc. | | | 1.2% | |
| Merck & Co., Inc. | | | 1.2% | |
| ConocoPhillips | | | 1.2% | |
| Gilead Sciences, Inc. | | | 1.2% | |
| Eli Lilly & Co. | | | 1.2% | |
| Amgen, Inc. | | | 1.1% | |
| Dow, Inc. | | | 1.1% | |
| Chevron Corp. | | | 1.2% | |
| International Business Machines Corp. | | | 1.1% | |
| Portfolio holdings are subject to change daily. | |
underweight positions in Amazon.com, Inc and Meta Platforms Inc, and an overweight to ConocoPhillips. Sector exposures are purely a function of the strategy’s rules-based investment discipline, however, and are not actively managed.
Current Strategy and Outlook: The Fund’s investment strategy follows a strict rules-based approach. It starts by holding equal-weighted positions in the stocks of the S&P 100 Index at the beginning of each calendar quarter (implying that each holding represents approximately 1% of the portfolio). On a quarterly basis, if the value of a security rises by more than 50%, the sub-adviser immediately reduces the position size to 1%, and if the value of a security falls more than 30%, the sub-adviser sells the position. The sub-adviser rebalances the portfolio quarterly to realign the Fund’s holdings to their initial 1% weightings.
Most financial assets sustained losses over the one-year reporting period ended May 31, 2022. The Index struggled but saw a gain in the final month of the period that left it only slightly negative for the year. Other equity indexes and most fixed income indexes saw gains in May, though most remained negative for the full reporting period. Only commodities, propped up by inflationary pressures, delivered positive results throughout the period.
Market dynamics currently offer little clarity on whether we’re experiencing bear market rallies or are in the early stages of finding a market bottom, in our opinion. The market downturns, and effects of the U.S. Federal Reserve Board (the “Fed”) raising interest rates to curb inflation, are tightening financial conditions and slowing
Voya Corporate Leaders® 100 Fund | Portfolio Managers’ Report |
the rate of economic growth, in our view. Cross-currents of rising inflation and slowing growth make it harder, in our view, for the Fed to engineer a soft landing and avoid recession, but we believe at some point it will determine that financial conditions are tight enough to restore price stability.
We believe most of the needed tightening of financial conditions is already done. While consumers and corporations face tougher choices ahead with rising rates and inflation, from an investor’s perspective, profits have held in, and the labor market is strong, in our opinion. As signs of economic slowing accumulate, we could see further easing of inflation, which could convince the Fed to moderate its policy path and help the stock and bond markets get back on their feet.
The views expressed in this commentary are informed opinions. They should not be considered promises or advice. The views expressed reflect those of the portfolio managers, only through the end of the period as stated on the cover. The portfolio managers’ views are subject to change at any time based on market and other conditions.
Portfolio holdings and characteristics are subject to change and may not be representative of current holdings and characteristics. Fund holdings are subject to change daily. The outlook for this Fund may differ from that presented for other Voya mutual funds. This report contains statements that may be “forward-looking” statements. Actual results may differ materially from those projected in the “forward-looking” statements. The Fund’s performance returns shown reflect applicable fee waivers and/or expense limits in effect during this period. Absent such fee waivers/expense limitations, if any, performance would have been lower. Performance for the different classes of shares will vary based on differences in fees associated with each class. An index has no cash in its portfolio and imposes no sales charges. An investor cannot invest directly in an index.
Portfolio Managers’ Report | Voya Corporate Leaders® 100 Fund |
| | Average Annual Total Returns for the Periods Ended May 31, 2022 | | |
| | | | | 1 Year | | | 5 Year | | | 10 Year | | | Since Inception of Class P3 June 4, 2018 | | |
| | Including Sales Charge: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Class A(1) | | | | | -6.41% | | | | | | 10.27% | | | | | | 12.32% | | | | | | — | | | |
| | Class C(2) | | | | | -2.11% | | | | | | 11.00% | | | | | | 12.39% | | | | | | — | | | |
| | Class I | | | | | -0.37% | | | | | | 11.95% | | | | | | 13.34% | | | | | | — | | | |
| | Class P3 | | | | | 0.09% | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | 12.33% | | | |
| | Class R | | | | | -0.98% | | | | | | 11.26% | | | | | | 12.68% | | | | | | — | | | |
| | Class R6(3) | | | | | -0.36% | | | | | | 11.97% | | | | | | 13.35% | | | | | | — | | | |
| | Class W | | | | | -0.44% | | | | | | 11.89% | | | | | | 13.27% | | | | | | — | | | |
| | Excluding Sales Charge: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Class A | | | | | -0.68% | | | | | | 11.59% | | | | | | 12.99% | | | | | | — | | | |
| | Class C | | | | | -1.19% | | | | | | 11.00% | | | | | | 12.39% | | | | | | — | | | |
| | Class I | | | | | -0.37% | | | | | | 11.95% | | | | | | 13.34% | | | | | | — | | | |
| | Class P3 | | | | | 0.09% | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | 12.33% | | | |
| | Class R | | | | | -0.98% | | | | | | 11.26% | | | | | | 12.68% | | | | | | — | | | |
| | Class R6(3) | | | | | -0.36% | | | | | | 11.97% | | | | | | 13.35% | | | | | | — | | | |
| | Class W | | | | | -0.44% | | | | | | 11.89% | | | | | | 13.27% | | | | | | — | | | |
| | S&P 500® Index | | | | | -0.30% | | | | | | 13.38% | | | | | | 14.40% | | | | | | 12.74% | | | |
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Based on a $10,000 investment, the graph and table above illustrate the total return of Voya Corporate Leaders® 100 Fund against the index indicated. The index is unmanaged and has no cash in its portfolio and imposes no sales charges. An investor cannot invest directly in an index.
The Fund’s performance is shown both with and without the imposition of sales charges.
The performance graph and table do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder will pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares.
The performance shown includes, if applicable, the effect of fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements by the Investment Adviser and/or other service providers, which have the effect of increasing total return. Had all fees and expenses been considered, the total returns would have been lower.
Performance data represents past performance and is no assurance of future results. Investment return and principal value of an investment in the Fund will fluctuate. Shares, when sold, may be
worth more or less than their original cost. The Fund’s current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data shown. Please log on to www.voyainvestments.com or call (800) 992-0180 to get performance through the most recent month end.
Fund holdings are subject to change daily.
(1)
Reflects deduction of the maximum Class A sales charge of 5.75%.
(2)
Reflects deduction of the Class C deferred sales charge of 1% for the 1 year return.
(3)
Class R6 incepted on October 1, 2014. The Class R6 shares performance shown for the period prior to their inception date is the performance of Class I shares without adjustment for any differences in the expenses between the two classes. If adjusted for such differences, returns would be different.
Prior to the close of business on November 8, 2019, the Fund was a separate active series under Voya Series Fund, Inc.
Voya Small Company Fund | Portfolio Managers’ Report |
| Sector Diversification as of May 31, 2022 (as a percentage of net assets) | |
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| Information Technology | | | 19.9% | |
| Industrials | | | 16.7% | |
| Health Care | | | 15.8% | |
| Financials | | | 14.8% | |
| Real Estate | | | 6.6% | |
| Materials | | | 6.3% | |
| Energy | | | 5.9% | |
| Consumer Discretionary | | | 5.7% | |
| Utilities | | | 2.8% | |
| Communication Services | | | 2.0% | |
| Consumer Staples | | | 1.6% | |
| Exchange-Traded Funds | | | 0.5% | |
| Assets in Excess of Other Liabilities* | | | 1.4% | |
| Net Assets | | | 100.0% | |
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Includes short-term investments and exchange-traded funds. | |
| Portfolio holdings are subject to change daily. | |
Voya Small Company Fund* (the “Fund”) seeks growth of capital primarily through investment in a diversified portfolio of common stock of companies with smaller market capitalizations. The Fund is managed by Joseph Basset, CFA, and James Hasso, Portfolio Managers**, of Voya Investment Management Co. LLC — the Sub-Adviser.Performance: For the year ended May 31, 2022, the Fund’s Class A shares, excluding sales charges, provided a total return of -12.61% compared to the Russell 2000® Index (the “Index” or “Russell 2000®”), which returned -16.92% for the same period.
Portfolio Specifics: For the reporting period, the Fund outperformed the Index due to favorable sector allocation and stock selection effects. Most notably, our underweight allocation to and stock selection within the pharmaceutical and biotechnology sector contributed the most to performance. Stock selection within the health care equipment and services sector also added value. At the individual stock level, key contributors included owning non-benchmark positions in APA Corp. and Marathon Oil Corporation, as well as an overweight position in Civitas Resources, Inc. By contrast, stock selection in the transportation and banks sectors detracted the most from performance. Key detractors included overweight positions in Diebold Nixdorf Incorporated, Avaya Holdings Corp. and Silvergate Capital Corp.
Current Strategy and Outlook: We entered 2022 faced with a tenuous global outlook — prolonged inflationary pressures and supply chain headwinds coupled with tighter monetary policy and more rate hikes on the | Top Ten Holdings as of May 31, 2022* (as a percentage of net assets) | |
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| WEX, Inc. | | | 1.6% | |
| Cushman & Wakefield PLC | | | 1.5% | |
| Ovintiv, Inc. | | | 1.4% | |
| Hillenbrand, Inc. | | | 1.4% | |
| Euronet Worldwide, Inc. | | | 1.4% | |
| Civitas Resources, Inc. | | | 1.4% | |
| CSG Systems International, Inc. | | | 1.3% | |
| Matador Resources Co. | | | 1.3% | |
| Selective Insurance Group | | | 1.3% | |
| EMCOR Group, Inc. | | | 1.3% | |
| *
Excludes short-term investments. | |
| Portfolio holdings are subject to change daily. | |
horizon. While the certainty of a recession remains unknown, the degree of growth that we experienced following the COVID-19 induced drawdown has undeniably slowed, in our opinion. The Russian — Ukrainian conflict has only added another level of uncertainty in the equity markets, in our view. Given these dynamics, looking ahead, we believe the key to performing in what we anticipate will be a slower growth environment for the remainder of 2022, is to have a balanced portfolio across sectors, and we will seek to build positions, which have pulled back, to what we view as more reasonable valuations, which have continued upside potential.
As a disciplined manager, we remain true to our investment process regardless of the unpredictable market environment, investing in companies that we believe have strong fundamentals and attractive relative valuations.
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On May 25, 2022, the Board of Trustees of Voya Equity Trust approved changes with respect to the Fund’s principal investment strategies and portfolio management team.
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Effective June 1, 2022, James Hasso and Joseph Basset were removed as portfolio managers to the Fund and Vincent Costa, CFA, and Gareth Shepherd, Ph.D., CFA, were added as portfolio managers to the Fund.
The views expressed in this commentary are informed opinions. They should not be considered promises or advice. The views expressed reflect those of the portfolio managers, only through the end of the period as stated on the cover. The portfolio managers’ views are subject to change at any time based on market and other conditions.
Portfolio holdings and characteristics are subject to change and may not be representative of current holdings and characteristics. Fund holdings are subject to change daily. The outlook for this Fund may differ from that presented for other Voya mutual funds. This report contains statements that may be “forward-looking” statements. Actual results may differ materially from those projected in the “forward-looking” statements. The Fund’s performance returns shown reflect applicable fee waivers and/or expense limits in effect during this period. Absent such fee waivers/expense limitations, if any, performance would have been lower. Performance for the different classes of shares will vary based on differences in fees associated with each class. An index has no cash in its portfolio and imposes no sales charges. An investor cannot invest directly in an index.
Portfolio Managers’ Report | Voya Small Company Fund |
| | Average Annual Total Returns for the Periods Ended May 31, 2022 | | |
| | | | | 1 Year | | | 5 Year | | | 10 Year | | |
| | Including Sales Charge: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Class A(1) | | | | | -17.64% | | | | | | 4.02% | | | | | | 8.97% | | | |
| | Class C(2) | | | | | -13.94% | | | | | | 4.43% | | | | | | 8.79% | | | |
| | Class I | | | | | -12.36% | | | | | | 5.59% | | | | | | 9.98% | | | |
| | Class R(3) | | | | | -12.83% | | | | | | 5.38% | | | | | | 9.59% | | | |
| | Class R6(4) | | | | | -12.32% | | | | | | 5.64% | | | | | | 10.04% | | | |
| | Class W | | | | | -12.43% | | | | | | 5.52% | | | | | | 9.91% | | | |
| | Excluding Sales Charge: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Class A | | | | | -12.61% | | | | | | 5.26% | | | | | | 9.63% | | | |
| | Class C | | | | | -13.39% | | | | | | 4.43% | | | | | | 8.79% | | | |
| | Class I | | | | | -12.36% | | | | | | 5.59% | | | | | | 9.98% | | | |
| | Class R(3) | | | | | -12.83% | | | | | | 5.38% | | | | | | 9.59% | | | |
| | Class R6(4) | | | | | -12.32% | | | | | | 5.64% | | | | | | 10.04% | | | |
| | Class W | | | | | -12.43% | | | | | | 5.52% | | | | | | 9.91% | | | |
| | Russell 2000® | | | | | -16.92% | | | | | | 7.72% | | | | | | 10.83% | | | |
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Based on a $10,000 investment, the graph and table above illustrate the total return of Voya Small Company Fund against the index indicated. The index is unmanaged and has no cash in its portfolio and imposes no sales charges. An investor cannot invest directly in an index.
The Fund’s performance is shown both with and without the imposition of sales charges.
The performance graph and table do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder will pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares.
The performance shown includes, if applicable, the effect of fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements by the Investment Adviser and/or other service providers, which have the effect of increasing total return. Had all fees and expenses been considered, the total returns would have been lower.
Performance data represents past performance and is no assurance of future results. Investment return and principal value of an investment in the Fund will fluctuate. Shares, when sold, may be worth more or less than their original cost. The Fund’s current performance may be lower or
higher than the performance data shown. Please log on to www.voyainvestments.com or call (800) 992-0180 to get performance through the most recent month end.
Fund holdings are subject to change daily.
(1)
Reflects deduction of the maximum Class A sales charge of 5.75%.
(2)
Reflects deduction of the Class C deferred sales charge of 1% for the 1 year return.
(3)
Class R incepted on October 4, 2016. The Class R shares performance shown for the period prior to their inception date is the performance of Class A shares with adjustment for any differences in the expenses between the two classes.
(4)
Class R6 incepted on May 31, 2013. The Class R6 shares performance shown for the period prior to their inception date is the performance of Class I shares without adjustment for any differences in the expenses between the two classes. If adjusted for such differences, returns would be different.
Prior to the close of business on November 8, 2019, the Fund was a separate active series under Voya Series Fund, Inc.
SHAREHOLDER EXPENSE EXAMPLES (Unaudited)
As a shareholder of a Fund, you incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, including sales charges (loads) on purchase payments, redemption fees, and exchange fees; and (2) ongoing costs, including management fees, distribution and/or service (12b-1) fees, and other Fund expenses. These Examples are intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in a Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.
The Examples are based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period from December 1, 2021 to May 31, 2022. The Funds’ expenses are shown without the imposition of any sales charges or fees. Expenses would have been higher if such charges were included.
Actual Expenses
The left section of the table shown below, “Actual Fund Return,” provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this section, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the first section under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During the Period” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period.
Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes
The right section of the table shown below, “Hypothetical (5% return before expenses),” provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on each Fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Fund’s actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in each Fund and other mutual funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other mutual funds.
Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transactional costs, such as sales charges (loads), redemption fees, or exchange fees. Therefore, the hypothetical section of the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different mutual funds. In addition, if these transactional costs were included, your costs would have been higher.
| | | Actual Fund Return | | | Hypothetical (5% return before expenses) | |
| | | Beginning Account Value December 1, 2021 | | | Ending Account Value May 31, 2022 | | | Annualized Expense Ratio | | | Expenses Paid During the Period Ended May 31, 2022* | | | Beginning Account Value December 1, 2021 | | | Ending Account Value May 31, 2022 | | | Annualized Expense Ratio | | | Expenses Paid During the Period Ended May 31, 2022* | |
Voya Corporate Leaders® 100 Fund | |
Class A | | | | $ | 1,000.00 | | | | | $ | 962.90 | | | | | | 0.81% | | | | | $ | 3.96 | | | | | $ | 1,000.00 | | | | | $ | 1,020.89 | | | | | | 0.81% | | | | | $ | 4.08 | | |
Class C | | | | | 1,000.00 | | | | | | 960.60 | | | | | | 1.34 | | | | | | 6.55 | | | | | | 1,000.00 | | | | | | 1,018.25 | | | | | | 1.34 | | | | | | 6.74 | | |
Class I | | | | | 1,000.00 | | | | | | 964.70 | | | | | | 0.49 | | | | | | 2.40 | | | | | | 1,000.00 | | | | | | 1,022.49 | | | | | | 0.49 | | | | | | 2.47 | | |
Class P3 | | | | | 1,000.00 | | | | | | 966.90 | | | | | | 0.00 | | | | | | 0.00 | | | | | | 1,000.00 | | | | | | 1,024.93 | | | | | | 0.00 | | | | | | 0.00 | | |
Class R | | | | | 1,000.00 | | | | | | 961.40 | | | | | | 1.09 | | | | | | 5.33 | | | | | | 1,000.00 | | | | | | 1,019.50 | | | | | | 1.09 | | | | | | 5.49 | | |
Class R6 | | | | | 1,000.00 | | | | | | 964.80 | | | | | | 0.48 | | | | | | 2.35 | | | | | | 1,000.00 | | | | | | 1,022.54 | | | | | | 0.48 | | | | | | 2.42 | | |
Class W | | | | | 1,000.00 | | | | | | 964.20 | | | | | | 0.56 | | | | | | 2.74 | | | | | | 1,000.00 | | | | | | 1,022.14 | | | | | | 0.56 | | | | | | 2.82 | | |
Voya Small Company Fund | |
Class A | | | | $ | 1,000.00 | | | | | $ | 924.90 | | | | | | 1.34% | | | | | $ | 6.43 | | | | | $ | 1,000.00 | | | | | $ | 1,018.25 | | | | | | 1.34% | | | | | $ | 6.74 | | |
Class C | | | | | 1,000.00 | | | | | | 920.30 | | | | | | 2.09 | | | | | | 10.01 | | | | | | 1,000.00 | | | | | | 1,014.51 | | | | | | 2.09 | | | | | | 10.50 | | |
Class I | | | | | 1,000.00 | | | | | | 926.00 | | | | | | 1.03 | | | | | | 4.95 | | | | | | 1,000.00 | | | | | | 1,019.80 | | | | | | 1.03 | | | | | | 5.19 | | |
Class R | | | | | 1,000.00 | | | | | | 923.90 | | | | | | 1.59 | | | | | | 7.63 | | | | | | 1,000.00 | | | | | | 1,017.00 | | | | | | 1.59 | | | | | | 8.00 | | |
Class R6 | | | | | 1,000.00 | | | | | | 926.30 | | | | | | 1.00 | | | | | | 4.80 | | | | | | 1,000.00 | | | | | | 1,019.95 | | | | | | 1.00 | | | | | | 5.04 | | |
Class W | | | | | 1,000.00 | | | | | | 925.80 | | | | | | 1.09 | | | | | | 5.23 | | | | | | 1,000.00 | | | | | | 1,019.50 | | | | | | 1.09 | | | | | | 5.49 | | |
*
Expenses are equal to each Fund’s respective annualized expense ratios multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 182/365 to reflect the most recent fiscal half-year.
REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
To the Shareholders of Voya Corporate Leaders® 100 Fund and Voya Small Company Fund and the Board of Trustees of Voya Equity Trust
Opinion on the Financial Statements
We have audited the accompanying statements of assets and liabilities of Voya Corporate Leaders® 100 Fund and Voya Small Company Fund (collectively referred to as the “Funds”) (two of the funds constituting Voya Equity Trust (the “Trust”)), including the portfolios of investments, as of May 31, 2022, and the related statements of operations for the year then ended, the statements of changes in net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended, the financial highlights for each of the three years in the period then ended and the related notes (collectively referred to as the “financial statements”). In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Funds (two of the funds constituting Voya Equity Trust) at May 31, 2022, the results of their operations for the year then ended, the changes in their net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended and their financial highlights for each of the three years in the period then ended, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.
The financial highlights for each of the periods in the two-year period ended May 31, 2019, were audited by another independent registered public accounting firm whose report, dated July 25, 2019, expressed an unqualified opinion on those financial highlights.
Basis for Opinion
These financial statements are the responsibility of the Trust’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Funds’ financial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (“PCAOB”) and are required to be independent with respect to the Trust in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.
We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audits to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. The Trust is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of the Trust’s internal control over financial reporting. As part of our audits, we are required to obtain an understanding of internal control over financial reporting, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Trust’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion.
Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of May 31, 2022, by correspondence with the custodian and others or by other appropriate auditing procedures where replies from others were not received. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
We have served as the auditor of one or more Voya investment companies since 2019.
Boston, Massachusetts
July 29, 2022
STATEMENTS OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES as of May 31, 2022
| | | Voya Corporate Leaders® 100 Fund | | | Voya Small Company Fund | |
ASSETS: | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Investments in securities at fair value+* | | | | $ | 873,301,733 | | | | | $ | 213,140,171 | | |
Short-term investments at fair value† | | | | | 7,805,000 | | | | | | 8,812,843 | | |
Cash | | | | | 35,960 | | | | | | 7,564 | | |
Cash collateral for futures contracts | | | | | 380,800 | | | | | | — | | |
Receivables: | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Fund shares sold | | | | | 1,138,772 | | | | | | 45,035 | | |
Dividends | | | | | 1,993,909 | | | | | | 155,854 | | |
Foreign tax reclaims | | | | | — | | | | | | 5,275 | | |
Prepaid expenses | | | | | 67,126 | | | | | | 38,447 | | |
Reimbursement due from Investment Adviser | | | | | 72,635 | | | | | | — | | |
Other assets | | | | | 46,689 | | | | | | 24,206 | | |
Total assets | | | | | 884,842,624 | | | | | | 222,229,395 | | |
LIABILITIES: | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Payable for fund shares redeemed | | | | | 318,815 | | | | | | 371,999 | | |
Payable upon receipt of securities loaned | | | | | — | | | | | | 4,434,843 | | |
Variation margin payable on futures contracts | | | | | 41,650 | | | | | | — | | |
Payable for investment management fees | | | | | 351,189 | | | | | | 168,210 | | |
Payable to investment adviser (Note 6) | | | | | — | | | | | | 145,658 | | |
Payable for distribution and shareholder service fees | | | | | 155,378 | | | | | | 9,071 | | |
Payable to trustees under the deferred compensation plan (Note 6) | | | | | 46,689 | | | | | | 24,206 | | |
Payable for trustee fees | | | | | 2,192 | | | | | | 880 | | |
Other accrued expenses and liabilities | | | | | 522,019 | | | | | | 882,508 | | |
Total liabilities | | | | | 1,437,932 | | | | | | 6,037,375 | | |
NET ASSETS | | | | $ | 883,404,692 | | | | | $ | 216,192,020 | | |
NET ASSETS WERE COMPRISED OF: | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Paid-in capital | | | | $ | 561,149,033 | | | | | $ | 235,364,666 | | |
Total distributable earnings (loss) | | | | | 322,255,659 | | | | | | (19,172,646) | | |
NET ASSETS | | | | $ | 883,404,692 | | | | | $ | 216,192,020 | | |
+
Including securities loaned at value | | | | $ | — | | | | | $ | 4,331,463 | | |
*
Cost of investments in securities | | | | $ | 561,970,282 | | | | | $ | 232,053,037 | | |
†
Cost of short-term investments | | | | $ | 7,805,000 | | | | | $ | 8,812,843 | | |
See Accompanying Notes to Financial Statements
STATEMENTS OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES as of May 31, 2022 (continued)
| | | Voya Corporate Leaders® 100 Fund | | | Voya Small Company Fund | |
Class A | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net assets | | | | $ | 428,157,309 | | | | | $ | 34,939,752 | | |
Shares authorized | | | | | unlimited | | | | | | unlimited | | |
Par value | | | | $ | 0.010 | | | | | $ | 0.010 | | |
Shares outstanding | | | | | 20,621,636 | | | | | | 3,455,984 | | |
Net asset value and redemption price per share† | | | | $ | 20.76 | | | | | $ | 10.11 | | |
Maximum offering price per share (5.75%)(1) | | | | $ | 22.03 | | | | | $ | 10.73 | | |
Class C | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net assets | | | | $ | 63,021,991 | | | | | $ | 2,144,064 | | |
Shares authorized | | | | | unlimited | | | | | | unlimited | | |
Par value | | | | $ | 0.010 | | | | | $ | 0.010 | | |
Shares outstanding | | | | | 3,058,308 | | | | | | 343,901 | | |
Net asset value and redemption price per share† | | | | $ | 20.61 | | | | | $ | 6.23 | | |
Class I | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net assets | | | | $ | 308,185,112 | | | | | $ | 88,522,222 | | |
Shares authorized | | | | | unlimited | | | | | | unlimited | | |
Par value | | | | $ | 0.010 | | | | | $ | 0.010 | | |
Shares outstanding | | | | | 14,816,244 | | | | | | 6,553,041 | | |
Net asset value and redemption price per share | | | | $ | 20.80 | | | | | $ | 13.51 | | |
Class P3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net assets | | | | $ | 4,788 | | | | | | n/a | | |
Shares authorized | | | | | unlimited | | | | | | unlimited | | |
Par value | | | | $ | 0.010 | | | | | $ | 0.010 | | |
Shares outstanding | | | | | 219 | | | | | | n/a | | |
Net asset value and redemption price per share | | | | $ | 21.86 | | | | | | n/a | | |
Class R | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net assets | | | | $ | 62,864,727 | | | | | $ | 70,617 | | |
Shares authorized | | | | | unlimited | | | | | | unlimited | | |
Par value | | | | $ | 0.010 | | | | | $ | 0.010 | | |
Shares outstanding | | | | | 3,055,739 | | | | | | 7,004 | | |
Net asset value and redemption price per share | | | | $ | 20.57 | | | | | $ | 10.08 | | |
Class R6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net assets | | | | $ | 7,322,938 | | | | | $ | 41,309,673 | | |
Shares authorized | | | | | unlimited | | | | | | unlimited | | |
Par value | | | | $ | 0.010 | | | | | $ | 0.010 | | |
Shares outstanding | | | | | 351,910 | | | | | | 3,046,889 | | |
Net asset value and redemption price per share | | | | $ | 20.81 | | | | | $ | 13.56 | | |
Class W | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net assets | | | | $ | 13,847,827 | | | | | $ | 49,205,692 | | |
Shares authorized | | | | | unlimited | | | | | | unlimited | | |
Par value | | | | $ | 0.010 | | | | | $ | 0.010 | | |
Shares outstanding | | | | | 662,977 | | | | | | 3,646,370 | | |
Net asset value and redemption price per share | | | | $ | 20.89 | | | | | $ | 13.49 | | |
(1)
Maximum offering price is computed at 100/94.25 of net asset value. On purchases of $50,000 or more, the offering price is reduced.
†
Redemption price per share may be reduced for any applicable contingent deferred sales charges.
See Accompanying Notes to Financial Statements
STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS for the year ended May 31, 2022
| | | Voya Corporate Leaders® 100 Fund | | | Voya Small Company Fund | |
INVESTMENT INCOME: | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Dividends, net of foreign taxes withheld* | | | | $ | 18,514,671 | | | | | $ | 3,164,406 | | |
Securities lending income, net | | | | | — | | | | | | 11,229 | | |
Total investment income | | | | | 18,514,671 | | | | | | 3,175,635 | | |
EXPENSES: | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Investment management fees | | | | | 4,194,076 | | | | | | 3,291,739 | | |
Distribution and shareholder service fees: | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Class A | | | | | 1,127,235 | | | | | | 100,546 | | |
Class C | | | | | 735,954 | | | | | | 33,188 | | |
Class R | | | | | 318,681 | | | | | | 350 | | |
Transfer agent fees: | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Class A | | | | | 475,736 | | | | | | 46,724 | | |
Class C | | | | | 77,790 | | | | | | 3,863 | | |
Class I | | | | | 171,960 | | | | | | 38,593 | | |
Class P3 | | | | | 47 | | | | | | — | | |
Class R | | | | | 67,262 | | | | | | 82 | | |
Class R6 | | | | | 319 | | | | | | 995 | | |
Class W | | | | | 16,132 | | | | | | 71,224 | | |
Shareholder reporting expense | | | | | 27,440 | | | | | | 31,215 | | |
Registration fees | | | | | 113,088 | | | | | | 92,156 | | |
Professional fees | | | | | 46,942 | | | | | | 49,428 | | |
Custody and accounting expense | | | | | 86,760 | | | | | | 76,917 | | |
Trustee fees | | | | | 21,912 | | | | | | 8,802 | | |
Licensing fee (Note 7) | | | | | 174,862 | | | | | | — | | |
Miscellaneous expense | | | | | 20,748 | | | | | | 53,031 | | |
Interest expense | | | | | 1,268 | | | | | | 421 | | |
Total expenses | | | | | 7,678,212 | | | | | | 3,899,274 | | |
Waived and reimbursed fees | | | | | (913,930) | | | | | | (94,184) | | |
Net expenses | | | | | 6,764,282 | | | | | | 3,805,090 | | |
Net investment income (loss) | | | | | 11,750,389 | | | | | | (629,455) | | |
REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS): | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net realized gain (loss) on: | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Investments | | | | | 51,682,155 | | | | | | 30,792,310 | | |
Foreign currency related transactions | | | | | — | | | | | | (242) | | |
Futures | | | | | (448,543) | | | | | | — | | |
Net realized gain | | | | | 51,233,612 | | | | | | 30,792,068 | | |
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on: | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Investments | | | | | (73,020,896) | | | | | | (70,245,015) | | |
Foreign currency related transactions | | | | | — | | | | | | (138) | | |
Futures | | | | | (15,572) | | | | | | — | | |
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) | | | | | (73,036,468) | | | | | | (70,245,153) | | |
Net realized and unrealized loss | | | | | (21,802,856) | | | | | | (39,453,085) | | |
Decrease in net assets resulting from operations | | | | $ | (10,052,467) | | | | | $ | (40,082,540) | | |
*
Foreign taxes withheld | | | | $ | — | | | | | $ | 8,877 | | |
See Accompanying Notes to Financial Statements
STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS
| | | Voya Corporate Leaders® 100 Fund | | | Voya Small Company Fund | |
| | | Year Ended May 31, 2022 | | | Year Ended May 31, 2021 | | | Year Ended May 31, 2022 | | | Year Ended May 31, 2021 | |
FROM OPERATIONS: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net investment income (loss) | | | | $ | 11,750,389 | | | | | $ | 10,730,545 | | | | | $ | (629,455) | | | | | $ | (542,224) | | |
Net realized gain | | | | | 51,233,612 | | | | | | 86,924,970 | | | | | | 30,792,068 | | | | | | 102,627,421 | | |
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) | | | | | (73,036,468) | | | | | | 176,823,569 | | | | | | (70,245,153) | | | | | | 73,076,193 | | |
Increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations | | | | | (10,052,467) | | | | | | 274,479,084 | | | | | | (40,082,540) | | | | | | 175,161,390 | | |
FROM DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Total distributions (excluding return of capital): | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Class A | | | | | (34,318,260) | | | | | | (79,658,141) | | | | | | (10,321,775) | | | | | | — | | |
Class C | | | | | (5,106,144) | | | | | | (15,381,900) | | | | | | (1,127,065) | | | | | | — | | |
Class I | | | | | (21,690,727) | | | | | | (40,501,730) | | | | | | (26,121,367) | | | | | | (326,955) | | |
Class P3 | | | | | (376) | | | | | | (805) | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | |
Class R | | | | | (4,624,679) | | | | | | (11,520,824) | | | | | | (17,406) | | | | | | — | | |
Class R6 | | | | | (452,088) | | | | | | (2,801,723) | | | | | | (16,609,933) | | | | | | (120,570) | | |
Class W | | | | | (1,214,707) | | | | | | (3,341,049) | | | | | | (12,615,556) | | | | | | (41,718) | | |
Total distributions | | | | | (67,406,981) | | | | | | (153,206,172) | | | | | | (66,813,102) | | | | | | (489,243) | | |
FROM CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net proceeds from sale of shares | | | | | 276,012,808 | | | | | | 99,825,870 | | | | | | 42,437,959 | | | | | | 92,079,504 | | |
Reinvestment of distributions | | | | | 61,399,800 | | | | | | 138,189,682 | | | | | | 65,042,905 | | | | | | 476,539 | | |
| | | | | 337,412,608 | | | | | | 238,015,552 | | | | | | 107,480,864 | | | | | | 92,556,043 | | |
Cost of shares redeemed | | | | | (204,087,114) | | | | | | (168,864,852) | | | | | | (243,865,153) | | | | | | (209,641,065) | | |
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from capital share transactions | | | | | 133,325,494 | | | | | | 69,150,700 | | | | | | (136,384,289) | | | | | | (117,085,022) | | |
Net increase (decrease) in net assets | | | | | 55,866,046 | | | | | | 190,423,612 | | | | | | (243,279,931) | | | | | | 57,587,125 | | |
NET ASSETS: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Beginning of year or period | | | | | 827,538,646 | | | | | | 637,115,034 | | | | | | 459,471,951 | | | | | | 401,884,826 | | |
End of year or period | | | | $ | 883,404,692 | | | | | $ | 827,538,646 | | | | | $ | 216,192,020 | | | | | $ | 459,471,951 | | |
See Accompanying Notes to Financial Statements
Selected data for a share of beneficial interest outstanding throughout each year or period.
| | | | | | | | | Income (loss) from investment operations | | | | | | | | | Less Distributions | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Ratios to average net assets | | | Supplemental Data | |
| | | Net asset value, beginning of year or period | | | Net investment income (loss) | | | Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) | | | Total from investment operations | | | From net investment income | | | From net realized gains | | | From return of capital | | | Total distributions | | | Payment by affiliate | | | Net asset value, end of year or period | | | Total Return(1) | | | Expenses before reductions/additions(2)(3) | | | Expenses net of fee waivers and/or recoupments if any(2)(3) | | | Expenses net of all reductions/additions(2)(3) | | | Net investment income (loss)(2)(3) | | | Net assets, end of year or period | | | Portfolio turnover rate | |
Year or period ended | | | ($) | | | ($) | | | ($) | | | ($) | | | ($) | | | ($) | | | ($) | | | ($) | | | ($) | | | ($) | | | (%) | | | (%) | | | (%) | | | (%) | | | (%) | | | ($000’s) | | | (%) | |
Voya Corporate Leaders® 100 Fund | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Class A | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
05-31-22 | | | | | 22.56 | | | | | | 0.29• | | | | | | (0.31) | | | | | | (0.02) | | | | | | 0.28 | | | | | | 1.50 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 1.78 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 20.76 | | | | | | (0.68) | | | | | | 0.89 | | | | | | 0.81 | | | | | | 0.81 | | | | | | 1.29 | | | | | | 428,157 | | | | | | 28 | | |
05-31-21 | | | | | 19.35 | | | | | | 0.31• | | | | | | 7.79 | | | | | | 8.10 | | | | | | 0.40 | | | | | | 4.49 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 4.88 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 22.56 | | | | | | 46.33 | | | | | | 0.96 | | | | | | 0.81 | | | | | | 0.81 | | | | | | 1.49 | | | | | | 441,976 | | | | | | 27 | | |
05-31-20 | | | | | 20.14 | | | | | | 0.36• | | | | | | 0.86 | | | | | | 1.22 | | | | | | 0.38 | | | | | | 1.63 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 2.01 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 19.35 | | | | | | 5.08 | | | | | | 0.95 | | | | | | 0.82 | | | | | | 0.82 | | | | | | 1.73 | | | | | | 323,701 | | | | | | 103 | | |
05-31-19 | | | | | 21.70 | | | | | | 0.36• | | | | | | (0.02) | | | | | | 0.34 | | | | | | 0.37 | | | | | | 1.53 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 1.90 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 20.14 | | | | | | 1.99 | | | | | | 0.92 | | | | | | 0.81 | | | | | | 0.81 | | | | | | 1.68 | | | | | | 329,079 | | | | | | 23 | | |
05-31-18 | | | | | 20.11 | | | | | | 0.31• | | | | | | 1.93 | | | | | | 2.24 | | | | | | 0.33 | | | | | | 0.32 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 0.65 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 21.70 | | | | | | 11.08 | | | | | | 0.90 | | | | | | 0.81 | | | | | | 0.81 | | | | | | 1.46 | | | | | | 280,385 | | | | | | 14 | | |
Class C | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
05-31-22 | | | | | 22.39 | | | | | | 0.17• | | | | | | (0.31) | | | | | | (0.14) | | | | | | 0.14 | | | | | | 1.50 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 1.64 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 20.61 | | | | | | (1.19) | | | | | | 1.64 | | | | | | 1.34 | | | | | | 1.34 | | | | | | 0.75 | | | | | | 63,022 | | | | | | 28 | | |
05-31-21 | | | | | 19.21 | | | | | | 0.19• | | | | | | 7.73 | | | | | | 7.92 | | | | | | 0.25 | | | | | | 4.49 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 4.74 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 22.39 | | | | | | 45.54 | | | | | | 1.71 | | | | | | 1.38 | | | | | | 1.38 | | | | | | 0.92 | | | | | | 78,110 | | | | | | 27 | | |
05-31-20 | | | | | 20.01 | | | | | | 0.24• | | | | | | 0.86 | | | | | | 1.10 | | | | | | 0.27 | | | | | | 1.63 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 1.90 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 19.21 | | | | | | 4.51 | | | | | | 1.70 | | | | | | 1.36 | | | | | | 1.36 | | | | | | 1.17 | | | | | | 77,642 | | | | | | 103 | | |
05-31-19 | | | | | 21.54 | | | | | | 0.24• | | | | | | 0.00* | | | | | | 0.24 | | | | | | 0.24 | | | | | | 1.53 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 1.77 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 20.01 | | | | | | 1.48 | | | | | | 1.67 | | | | | | 1.35 | | | | | | 1.35 | | | | | | 1.11 | | | | | | 99,290 | | | | | | 23 | | |
05-31-18 | | | | | 19.97 | | | | | | 0.20• | | | | | | 1.90 | | | | | | 2.10 | | | | | | 0.21 | | | | | | 0.32 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 0.53 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 21.54 | | | | | | 10.47 | | | | | | 1.65 | | | | | | 1.35 | | | | | | 1.35 | | | | | | 0.93 | | | | | | 110,325 | | | | | | 14 | | |
Class I | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
05-31-22 | | | | | 22.60 | | | | | | 0.37• | | | | | | (0.32) | | | | | | 0.05 | | | | | | 0.35 | | | | | | 1.50 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 1.85 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 20.80 | | | | | | (0.37) | | | | | | 0.60 | | | | | | 0.49 | | | | | | 0.49 | | | | | | 1.64 | | | | | | 308,185 | | | | | | 28 | | |
05-31-21 | | | | | 19.37 | | | | | | 0.38• | | | | | | 7.80 | | | | | | 8.18 | | | | | | 0.46 | | | | | | 4.49 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 4.95 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 22.60 | | | | | | 46.84 | | | | | | 0.65 | | | | | | 0.49 | | | | | | 0.49 | | | | | | 1.80 | | | | | | 213,638 | | | | | | 27 | | |
05-31-20 | | | | | 20.15 | | | | | | 0.43• | | | | | | 0.87 | | | | | | 1.30 | | | | | | 0.45 | | | | | | 1.63 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 2.08 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 19.37 | | | | | | 5.45 | | | | | | 0.62 | | | | | | 0.50 | | | | | | 0.50 | | | | | | 2.04 | | | | | | 156,971 | | | | | | 103 | | |
05-31-19 | | | | | 21.71 | | | | | | 0.41• | | | | | | (0.01) | | | | | | 0.40 | | | | | | 0.43 | | | | | | 1.53 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 1.96 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 20.15 | | | | | | 2.29 | | | | | | 0.59 | | | | | | 0.49 | | | | | | 0.49 | | | | | | 1.92 | | | | | | 191,916 | | | | | | 23 | | |
05-31-18 | | | | | 20.12 | | | | | | 0.38• | | | | | | 1.93 | | | | | | 2.31 | | | | | | 0.40 | | | | | | 0.32 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 0.72 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 21.71 | | | | | | 11.43 | | | | | | 0.56 | | | | | | 0.49 | | | | | | 0.49 | | | | | | 1.78 | | | | | | 333,230 | | | | | | 14 | | |
Class P3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
05-31-22 | | | | | 23.56 | | | | | | 0.50• | | | | | | (0.35) | | | | | | 0.15 | | | | | | 0.35 | | | | | | 1.50 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 1.85 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 21.86 | | | | | | 0.09 | | | | | | 1.49 | | | | | | 0.00* | | | | | | 0.00* | | | | | | 2.10 | | | | | | 5 | | | | | | 28 | | |
05-31-21 | | | | | 19.93 | | | | | | 0.50• | | | | | | 8.09 | | | | | | 8.59 | | | | | | 0.47 | | | | | | 4.49 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 4.95 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 23.56 | | | | | | 47.63 | | | | | | 1.65 | | | | | | 0.00 | | | | | | 0.00 | | | | | | 2.30 | | | | | | 5 | | | | | | 27 | | |
05-31-20 | | | | | 20.38 | | | | | | 0.52 | | | | | | 0.87 | | | | | | 1.39 | | | | | | 0.21 | | | | | | 1.63 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 1.84 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 19.93 | | | | | | 5.94 | | | | | | 1.69 | | | | | | 0.01 | | | | | | 0.01 | | | | | | 2.53 | | | | | | 3 | | | | | | 103 | | |
06-04-18(4) - 05-31-19 | | | | | 21.98 | | | | | | 0.52 | | | | | | (0.27) | | | | | | 0.25 | | | | | | 0.32 | | | | | | 1.53 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 1.85 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 20.38 | | | | | | 1.58 | | | | | | 1.65 | | | | | | 0.00* | | | | | | 0.00* | | | | | | 2.48 | | | | | | 3 | | | | | | 23 | | |
Class R | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
05-31-22 | | | | | 22.37 | | | | | | 0.23• | | | | | | (0.32) | | | | | | (0.09) | | | | | | 0.21 | | | | | | 1.50 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 1.71 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 20.57 | | | | | | (0.98) | | | | | | 1.14 | | | | | | 1.09 | | | | | | 1.09 | | | | | | 1.02 | | | | | | 62,865 | | | | | | 28 | | |
05-31-21 | | | | | 19.21 | | | | | | 0.24• | | | | | | 7.73 | | | | | | 7.97 | | | | | | 0.32 | | | | | | 4.49 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 4.81 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 22.37 | | | | | | 45.93 | | | | | | 1.21 | | | | | | 1.13 | | | | | | 1.13 | | | | | | 1.17 | | | | | | 63,791 | | | | | | 27 | | |
05-31-20 | | | | | 20.01 | | | | | | 0.30• | | | | | | 0.85 | | | | | | 1.15 | | | | | | 0.32 | | | | | | 1.63 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 1.95 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 19.21 | | | | | | 4.77 | | | | | | 1.20 | | | | | | 1.11 | | | | | | 1.11 | | | | | | 1.43 | | | | | | 50,071 | | | | | | 103 | | |
05-31-19 | | | | | 21.55 | | | | | | 0.29• | | | | | | (0.01) | | | | | | 0.28 | | | | | | 0.29 | | | | | | 1.53 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 1.82 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 20.01 | | | | | | 1.70 | | | | | | 1.17 | | | | | | 1.10 | | | | | | 1.10 | | | | | | 1.36 | | | | | | 53,994 | | | | | | 23 | | |
05-31-18 | | | | | 19.98 | | | | | | 0.25• | | | | | | 1.91 | | | | | | 2.16 | | | | | | 0.27 | | | | | | 0.32 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 0.59 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 21.55 | | | | | | 10.76 | | | | | | 1.15 | | | | | | 1.10 | | | | | | 1.10 | | | | | | 1.18 | | | | | | 59,800 | | | | | | 14 | | |
Class R6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
05-31-22 | | | | | 22.61 | | | | | | 0.36• | | | | | | (0.31) | | | | | | 0.05 | | | | | | 0.35 | | | | | | 1.50 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 1.85 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 20.81 | | | | | | (0.36) | | | | | | 0.54 | | | | | | 0.48 | | | | | | 0.48 | | | | | | 1.58 | | | | | | 7,323 | | | | | | 28 | | |
05-31-21 | | | | | 19.38 | | | | | | 0.38• | | | | | | 7.81 | | | | | | 8.19 | | | | | | 0.47 | | | | | | 4.49 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 4.95 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 22.61 | | | | | | 46.83 | | | | | | 0.56 | | | | | | 0.48 | | | | | | 0.48 | | | | | | 1.82 | | | | | | 13,764 | | | | | | 27 | | |
05-31-20 | | | | | 20.16 | | | | | | 0.43• | | | | | | 0.88 | | | | | | 1.31 | | | | | | 0.46 | | | | | | 1.63 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 2.09 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 19.38 | | | | | | 5.47 | | | | | | 0.58 | | | | | | 0.49 | | | | | | 0.49 | | | | | | 2.04 | | | | | | 11,195 | | | | | | 103 | | |
05-31-19 | | | | | 21.71 | | | | | | 0.42• | | | | | | 0.00* | | | | | | 0.42 | | | | | | 0.44 | | | | | | 1.53 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 1.97 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 20.16 | | | | | | 2.35 | | | | | | 0.55 | | | | | | 0.48 | | | | | | 0.48 | | | | | | 1.96 | | | | | | 18,207 | | | | | | 23 | | |
05-31-18 | | | | | 20.12 | | | | | | 0.38• | | | | | | 1.93 | | | | | | 2.31 | | | | | | 0.40 | | | | | | 0.32 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 0.72 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 21.71 | | | | | | 11.44 | | | | | | 0.53 | | | | | | 0.48 | | | | | | 0.48 | | | | | | 1.79 | | | | | | 24,586 | | | | | | 14 | | |
Class W | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
05-31-22 | | | | | 22.69 | | | | | | 0.35• | | | | | | (0.32) | | | | | | 0.03 | | | | | | 0.33 | | | | | | 1.50 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 1.83 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 20.89 | | | | | | (0.44) | | | | | | 0.64 | | | | | | 0.56 | | | | | | 0.56 | | | | | | 1.54 | | | | | | 13,848 | | | | | | 28 | | |
05-31-21 | | | | | 19.41 | | | | | | 0.37• | | | | | | 7.82 | | | | | | 8.19 | | | | | | 0.42 | | | | | | 4.49 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 4.91 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 22.69 | | | | | | 46.75 | | | | | | 0.71 | | | | | | 0.56 | | | | | | 0.56 | | | | | | 1.74 | | | | | | 16,255 | | | | | | 27 | | |
05-31-20 | | | | | 20.18 | | | | | | 0.40• | | | | | | 0.90 | | | | | | 1.30 | | | | | | 0.44 | | | | | | 1.63 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 2.07 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 19.41 | | | | | | 5.43 | | | | | | 0.70 | | | | | | 0.57 | | | | | | 0.57 | | | | | | 1.90 | | | | | | 17,533 | | | | | | 103 | | |
05-31-19 | | | | | 21.73 | | | | | | 0.40• | | | | | | (0.01) | | | | | | 0.39 | | | | | | 0.41 | | | | | | 1.53 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 1.94 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 20.18 | | | | | | 2.24 | | | | | | 0.67 | | | | | | 0.56 | | | | | | 0.56 | | | | | | 1.88 | | | | | | 78,983 | | | | | | 23 | | |
05-31-18 | | | | | 20.14 | | | | | | 0.37• | | | | | | 1.92 | | | | | | 2.29 | | | | | | 0.38 | | | | | | 0.32 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 0.70 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 21.73 | | | | | | 11.35 | | | | | | 0.65 | | | | | | 0.56 | | | | | | 0.56 | | | | | | 1.71 | | | | | | 100,787 | | | | | | 14 | | |
See Accompanying Notes to Financial Statements
Financial Highlights (continued)
| | | | | | | | | Income (loss) from investment operations | | | | | | | | | Less Distributions | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Ratios to average net assets | | | Supplemental Data | |
| | | Net asset value, beginning of year or period | | | Net investment income (loss) | | | Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) | | | Total from investment operations | | | From net investment income | | | From net realized gains | | | From return of capital | | | Total distributions | | | Payment by affiliate | | | Net asset value, end of year or period | | | Total Return(1) | | | Expenses before reductions/additions(2)(3) | | | Expenses net of fee waivers and/or recoupments if any(2)(3) | | | Expenses net of all reductions/additions(2)(3) | | | Net investment income (loss)(2)(3) | | | Net assets, end of year or period | | | Portfolio turnover rate | |
Year or period ended | | | ($) | | | ($) | | | ($) | | | ($) | | | ($) | | | ($) | | | ($) | | | ($) | | | ($) | | | ($) | | | (%) | | | (%) | | | (%) | | | (%) | | | (%) | | | ($000’s) | | | (%) | |
Voya Small Company Fund | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Class A | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
05-31-22 | | | | | 15.58 | | | | | | (0.05)• | | | | | | (1.62) | | | | | | (1.67) | | | | | | — | | | | | | 3.80 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 3.80 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 10.11 | | | | | | (12.61) | | | | | | 1.39 | | | | | | 1.34 | | | | | | 1.34 | | | | | | (0.42) | | | | | | 34,940 | | | | | | 111 | | |
05-31-21 | | | | | 9.86 | | | | | | (0.05)• | | | | | | 5.77 | | | | | | 5.72 | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | 15.58 | | | | | | 58.01 | | | | | | 1.48 | | | | | | 1.35 | | | | | | 1.35 | | | | | | (0.41) | | | | | | 44,179 | | | | | | 143 | | |
05-31-20 | | | | | 10.56 | | | | | | (0.02) | | | | | | (0.67) | | | | | | (0.69) | | | | | | 0.01 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 0.00* | | | | | | 0.01 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 9.86 | | | | | | (6.49) | | | | | | 1.46 | | | | | | 1.36 | | | | | | 1.36 | | | | | | (0.13) | | | | | | 35,156 | | | | | | 135 | | |
05-31-19 | | | | | 14.60 | | | | | | 0.00* | | | | | | (1.69) | | | | | | (1.69) | | | | | | 0.01 | | | | | | 2.34 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 2.35 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 10.56 | | | | | | (10.71) | | | | | | 1.40 | | | | | | 1.35 | | | | | | 1.35 | | | | | | 0.00* | | | | | | 49,154 | | | | | | 111 | | |
05-31-18 | | | | | 14.88 | | | | | | (0.01) | | | | | | 1.74 | | | | | | 1.73 | | | | | | 0.00* | | | | | | 2.01 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 2.01 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 14.60 | | | | | | 12.08 | | | | | | 1.38 | | | | | | 1.35 | | | | | | 1.35 | | | | | | (0.07) | | | | | | 64,724 | | | | | | 79 | | |
Class C | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
05-31-22 | | | | | 11.22 | | | | | | (0.11)• | | | | | | (1.08) | | | | | | (1.19) | | | | | | — | | | | | | 3.80 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 3.80 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 6.23 | | | | | | (13.39) | | | | | | 2.14 | | | | | | 2.09 | | | | | | 2.09 | | | | | | (1.19) | | | | | | 2,144 | | | | | | 111 | | |
05-31-21 | | | | | 7.15 | | | | | | (0.10)• | | | | | | 4.17 | | | | | | 4.07 | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | 11.22 | | | | | | 56.92 | | | | | | 2.23 | | | | | | 2.10 | | | | | | 2.10 | | | | | | (1.16) | | | | | | 4,353 | | | | | | 143 | | |
05-31-20 | | | | | 7.71 | | | | | | (0.07)• | | | | | | (0.48) | | | | | | (0.55) | | | | | | 0.01 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 0.00* | | | | | | 0.01 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 7.15 | | | | | | (7.14) | | | | | | 2.21 | | | | | | 2.11 | | | | | | 2.11 | | | | | | (0.87) | | | | | | 3,590 | | | | | | 135 | | |
05-31-19 | | | | | 11.50 | | | | | | (0.08) | | | | | | (1.36) | | | | | | (1.44) | | | | | | 0.01 | | | | | | 2.34 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 2.35 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 7.71 | | | | | | (11.52) | | | | | | 2.15 | | | | | | 2.10 | | | | | | 2.10 | | | | | | (0.76) | | | | | | 7,105 | | | | | | 111 | | |
05-31-18 | | | | | 12.20 | | | | | | (0.10) | | | | | | 1.41 | | | | | | 1.31 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 2.01 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 2.01 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 11.50 | | | | | | 11.22 | | | | | | 2.13 | | | | | | 2.10 | | | | | | 2.10 | | | | | | (0.82) | | | | | | 11,809 | | | | | | 79 | | |
Class I | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
05-31-22 | | | | | 19.42 | | | | | | (0.02)• | | | | | | (2.09) | | | | | | (2.11) | | | | | | — | | | | | | 3.80 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 3.80 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 13.51 | | | | | | (12.36) | | | | | | 1.04 | | | | | | 1.03 | | | | | | 1.03 | | | | | | (0.14) | | | | | | 88,522 | | | | | | 111 | | |
05-31-21 | | | | | 12.27 | | | | | | (0.02)• | | | | | | 7.19 | | | | | | 7.17 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 0.02 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 0.02 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 19.42 | | | | | | 58.49 | | | | | | 1.24 | | | | | | 1.04 | | | | | | 1.04 | | | | | | (0.10) | | | | | | 235,238 | | | | | | 143 | | |
05-31-20 | | | | | 13.12 | | | | | | 0.03 | | | | | | (0.83) | | | | | | (0.80) | | | | | | 0.05 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 0.00* | | | | | | 0.05 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 12.27 | | | | | | (6.16) | | | | | | 1.23 | | | | | | 1.05 | | | | | | 1.05 | | | | | | 0.19 | | | | | | 224,718 | | | | | | 135 | | |
05-31-19 | | | | | 17.45 | | | | | | 0.05 | | | | | | (2.01) | | | | | | (1.96) | | | | | | 0.03 | | | | | | 2.34 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 2.37 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 13.12 | | | | | | (10.46) | | | | | | 1.17 | | | | | | 1.04 | | | | | | 1.04 | | | | | | 0.28 | | | | | | 319,622 | | | | | | 111 | | |
05-31-18 | | | | | 17.41 | | | | | | 0.04 | | | | | | 2.06 | | | | | | 2.10 | | | | | | 0.05 | | | | | | 2.01 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 2.06 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 17.45 | | | | | | 12.44 | | | | | | 1.16 | | | | | | 1.04 | | | | | | 1.04 | | | | | | 0.24 | | | | | | 618,289 | | | | | | 79 | | |
Class R | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
05-31-22 | | | | | 15.58 | | | | | | (0.08)• | | | | | | (1.62) | | | | | | (1.70) | | | | | | — | | | | | | 3.80 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 3.80 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 10.08 | | | | | | (12.83) | | | | | | 1.64 | | | | | | 1.59 | | | | | | 1.59 | | | | | | (0.65) | | | | | | 71 | | | | | | 111 | | |
05-31-21 | | | | | 9.89 | | | | | | (0.08)• | | | | | | 5.77 | | | | | | 5.69 | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | 15.58 | | | | | | 57.53 | | | | | | 1.73 | | | | | | 1.60 | | | | | | 1.60 | | | | | | (0.67) | | | | | | 70 | | | | | | 143 | | |
05-31-20 | | | | | 10.55 | | | | | | (0.04)• | | | | | | (0.57) | | | | | | (0.61) | | | | | | 0.05 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 0.00* | | | | | | 0.05 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 9.89 | | | | | | (5.80) | | | | | | 1.71 | | | | | | 1.61 | | | | | | 1.61 | | | | | | (0.39) | | | | | | 39 | | | | | | 135 | | |
05-31-19 | | | | | 14.51 | | | | | | 0.00* | | | | | | (1.61) | | | | | | (1.61) | | | | | | 0.01 | | | | | | 2.34 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 2.35 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 10.55 | | | | | | (10.15) | | | | | | 1.65 | | | | | | 1.60 | | | | | | 1.60 | | | | | | (0.07) | | | | | | 92 | | | | | | 111 | | |
05-31-18 | | | | | 14.83 | | | | | | (0.05)• | | | | | | 1.74 | | | | | | 1.69 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 2.01 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 2.01 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 14.51 | | | | | | 11.83 | | | | | | 1.63 | | | | | | 1.60 | | | | | | 1.60 | | | | | | (0.32) | | | | | | 7 | | | | | | 79 | | |
Class R6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
05-31-22 | | | | | 19.47 | | | | | | (0.02)• | | | | | | (2.09) | | | | | | (2.11) | | | | | | — | | | | | | 3.80 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 3.80 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 13.56 | | | | | | (12.32) | | | | | | 1.03 | | | | | | 1.00 | | | | | | 1.00 | | | | | | (0.09) | | | | | | 41,310 | | | | | | 111 | | |
05-31-21 | | | | | 12.30 | | | | | | (0.01)• | | | | | | 7.20 | | | | | | 7.19 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 0.02 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 0.02 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 19.47 | | | | | | 58.52 | | | | | | 1.05 | | | | | | 1.03 | | | | | | 1.03 | | | | | | (0.09) | | | | | | 108,522 | | | | | | 143 | | |
05-31-20 | | | | | 13.13 | | | | | | 0.04 | | | | | | (0.84) | | | | | | (0.80) | | | | | | 0.03 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 0.00* | | | | | | 0.03 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 12.30 | | | | | | (6.11) | | | | | | 1.04 | | | | | | 1.02 | | | | | | 1.02 | | | | | | 0.21 | | | | | | 69,755 | | | | | | 135 | | |
05-31-19 | | | | | 17.47 | | | | | | 0.07 | | | | | | (2.02) | | | | | | (1.95) | | | | | | 0.05 | | | | | | 2.34 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 2.39 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 13.13 | | | | | | (10.40) | | | | | | 0.98 | | | | | | 0.96 | | | | | | 0.96 | | | | | | 0.40 | | | | | | 109,363 | | | | | | 111 | | |
05-31-18 | | | | | 17.43 | | | | | | 0.06 | | | | | | 2.05 | | | | | | 2.11 | | | | | | 0.06 | | | | | | 2.01 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 2.07 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 17.47 | | | | | | 12.51 | | | | | | 0.97 | | | | | | 0.95 | | | | | | 0.95 | | | | | | 0.33 | | | | | | 106,249 | | | | | | 79 | | |
Class W | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
05-31-22 | | | | | 19.41 | | | | | | (0.03)• | | | | | | (2.09) | | | | | | (2.12) | | | | | | — | | | | | | 3.80 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 3.80 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 13.49 | | | | | | (12.43) | | | | | | 1.14 | | | | | | 1.09 | | | | | | 1.09 | | | | | | (0.17) | | | | | | 49,206 | | | | | | 111 | | |
05-31-21 | | | | | 12.27 | | | | | | (0.02)• | | | | | | 7.18 | | | | | | 7.16 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 0.02 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 0.02 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 19.41 | | | | | | 58.36 | | | | | | 1.23 | | | | | | 1.10 | | | | | | 1.10 | | | | | | (0.14) | | | | | | 67,110 | | | | | | 143 | | |
05-31-20 | | | | | 13.09 | | | | | | 0.07• | | | | | | (0.88) | | | | | | (0.81) | | | | | | 0.01 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 0.00* | | | | | | 0.01 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 12.27 | | | | | | (6.19) | | | | | | 1.21 | | | | | | 1.11 | | | | | | 1.11 | | | | | | 0.61 | | | | | | 66,879 | | | | | | 135 | | |
05-31-19 | | | | | 17.39 | | | | | | 0.03• | | | | | | (1.98) | | | | | | (1.95) | | | | | | 0.01 | | | | | | 2.34 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 2.35 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 13.09 | | | | | | (10.47) | | | | | | 1.15 | | | | | | 1.10 | | | | | | 1.10 | | | | | | 0.20 | | | | | | 1,445 | | | | | | 111 | | |
05-31-18 | | | | | 17.37 | | | | | | 0.03 | | | | | | 2.04 | | | | | | 2.07 | | | | | | 0.04 | | | | | | 2.01 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 2.05 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 17.39 | | | | | | 12.32 | | | | | | 1.13 | | | | | | 1.10 | | | | | | 1.10 | | | | | | 0.19 | | | | | | 4,417 | | | | | | 79 | | |
(1)
Total return is calculated assuming reinvestment of all dividends, capital gain distributions and return of capital distributions, if any, at net asset value and excluding the deduction of sales charges or contingent deferred sales charges, if applicable. Total return for periods less than one year is not annualized.
(2)
Annualized for periods less than one year.
See Accompanying Notes to Financial Statements
Financial Highlights (continued)
(3)
Ratios reflect operating expenses of a Fund. Expenses before reductions/additions do not reflect amounts reimbursed or recouped by the Investment Adviser and/or Distributor or reductions from brokerage service arrangements or other expense offset arrangements and do not represent the amount paid by a Fund during periods when reimbursements or reductions occur. Expenses net of fee waivers reflect expenses after reimbursement by the Investment Adviser and/or Distributor or recoupment of previously reimbursed fees by the Investment Adviser, but prior to reductions from brokerage service arrangements or other expense offset arrangements. Expenses net of all reductions/additions represent the net expenses paid by a Fund. Net investment income (loss) is net of all such additions or reductions.
(4)
Commencement of operations.
•
Calculated using average number of shares outstanding throughout the year or period.
*
Amount is less than $0.005 or 0.005% or more than $(0.005) or (0.005)%.
See Accompanying Notes to Financial Statements
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS as of May 31, 2022
NOTE 1 — ORGANIZATION
Voya Equity Trust (the “Trust”) is a Massachusetts business trust and is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (“1940 Act”), as an open-end investment management company. The Trust was organized on June 12, 1998 and consists of eleven separate active investment series. This report is for: Voya Corporate Leaders® 100 Fund (“Corporate Leaders® 100”) and Voya Small Company Fund (“Small Company”) (each, a “Fund” and collectively, the “Funds”). Each Fund is a diversified series of the Trust.
Each Fund offers at least six or more of the following classes of shares: Class A, Class C, Class I, Class P3, Class R, Class R6, and Class W. The separate classes of shares differ principally in the applicable sales charges (if any), distribution fees and shareholder servicing fees, as well as differences in the amount of waiver of fees and reimbursement of expenses, if any. Generally, shareholders of each class also bear certain expenses that pertain to that particular class. All shareholders are allocated the common expenses of a fund and earn income and realized gains/losses from a fund pro rata based on the daily ending net assets of each class, without distinction between share classes. Expenses that are specific to a fund or a class are charged directly to that fund or class. Other operating expenses shared by several funds are generally allocated among those funds based on average net assets. Distributions are determined separately for each class based on income and expenses allocated to each class. Realized gain distributions are allocated to each class pro rata based on the shares outstanding of each class on the date of distribution. Differences in per share dividend rates generally result from differences in separate class expenses, including distribution, and shareholder servicing fees, if applicable, as well as differences in the amount of waiver of fees and reimbursement of expenses between the separate classes, if any.
Effective November 2, 2021, Class C shares, along with their pro rata reinvested dividend shares, automatically convert to Class A shares eight years after purchase. Prior to November 2, 2021, Class C shares, along with their pro rata reinvested dividend shares, automatically converted to Class A shares ten years after purchase.
Voya Investments, LLC (“Voya Investments” or the “Investment Adviser”), an Arizona limited liability company, serves as the Investment Adviser to the Funds. Voya Investments has engaged Voya Investment Management Co. LLC (“Voya IM” or the “Sub-Adviser”), a Delaware limited liability company, to serve as the Sub-Adviser to the Funds. Voya Investments Distributor, LLC (“VID” or the
“Distributor”), a Delaware limited liability company, serves as the principal underwriter to the Funds.
NOTE 2 — SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
The following significant accounting policies are consistently followed by the Funds in the preparation of their financial statements. Each Fund is considered an investment company under U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) and follows the accounting and reporting guidance applicable to investment companies.
A. Security Valuation. Each Fund is open for business every day the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) opens for regular trading (each such day, a “Business Day”). The net asset value (“NAV”) per share for each class of each Fund is determined each Business Day as of the close of the regular trading session (“Market Close”), as determined by the Consolidated Tape Association (“CTA”), the central distributor of transaction prices for exchange-traded securities (normally 4:00 p.m. Eastern time unless otherwise designated by the CTA). The data reflected on the consolidated tape provided by the CTA is generated by various market centers, including all securities exchanges, electronic communications networks, and third-market broker-dealers. The NAV per share of each class of each Fund is calculated by taking the value of the Fund’s assets attributable to that class, subtracting the Fund’s liabilities attributable to that class, and dividing by the number of shares of that class that are outstanding. On days when a Fund is closed for business, Fund shares will not be priced and a Fund does not transact purchase and redemption orders. To the extent a Fund’s assets are traded in other markets on days when a Fund does not price its shares, the value of a Fund’s assets will likely change and you will not be able to purchase or redeem shares of a Fund.
Assets for which market quotations are readily available are valued at market value. A security listed or traded on an exchange is valued at its last sales price or official closing price as of the close of the regular trading session on the exchange where the security is principally traded or, if such price is not available, at the last sale price as of the Market Close for such security provided by the CTA. Bank loans are valued at the average of the averages of the bid and ask prices provided to an independent loan pricing service by brokers. Futures contracts are valued at the final settlement price set by an exchange on which they are principally traded. Listed options are valued at the mean between the last bid and ask prices from the exchange on which they are principally traded. Investments in open-end registered investment companies that do not trade on an exchange are valued at the end of day NAV per share. Investments in registered investment companies that trade
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS as of May 31, 2022 (continued)
NOTE 2 — SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (continued)
on an exchange are valued at the last sales price or official closing price as of the close of the regular trading session on the exchange where the security is principally traded.
When a market quotation is not readily available or is deemed unreliable, each Fund will determine a fair value for the relevant asset in accordance with procedures adopted by the Funds’ Board of Trustees (“Board”). Such procedures provide, for example, that: (a) Exchange-traded securities are valued at the mean of the closing bid and ask; (b) Debt obligations are valued using an evaluated price provided by an independent pricing service. Evaluated prices provided by the pricing service may be determined without exclusive reliance on quoted prices, and may reflect factors such as institution-size trading in similar groups of securities, developments related to specific securities, benchmark yield, quality, type of issue, coupon rate, maturity, individual trading characteristics and other market data; (c) Securities traded in the over-the-counter (“OTC”) market are valued based on prices provided by independent pricing services or market makers; (d) Options not listed on an exchange are valued by an independent source using an industry accepted model, such as Black-Scholes; (e) Centrally cleared swap agreements are valued using a price provided by an independent pricing service; (f) OTC swap agreements are valued using a price provided by an independent pricing service; (g) Forward foreign currency exchange contracts are valued utilizing current and forward rates obtained from an independent pricing service. Such prices from the third party pricing service are for specific settlement periods and each Fund’s forward foreign currency exchange contracts are valued at an interpolated rate between the closest preceding and subsequent period reported by the independent pricing service; and (h) Securities for which market prices are not provided by any of the above methods may be valued based upon quotes furnished by brokers.
The prospectuses of the open-end registered investment companies in which each Fund may invest explain the circumstances under which they will use fair value pricing and the effects of using fair value pricing.
Foreign securities’ (including forward foreign currency exchange contracts) prices are converted into U.S. dollar amounts using the applicable exchange rates as of Market Close. If market quotations are available and believed to be reliable for foreign exchange-traded equity securities, the securities will be valued at the market quotations. Because trading hours for certain foreign securities end before Market Close, closing market quotations may become unreliable. An independent pricing service
determines the degree of certainty, based on historical data, that the closing price in the principal market where a foreign security trades is not the current value as of Market Close. Foreign securities’ prices meeting the approved degree of certainty that the price is not reflective of current value will be valued by the independent pricing service using pricing models designed to estimate likely changes in the values of those securities between the times in which the trading in those securities is substantially completed and Market Close. Multiple factors may be considered by the independent pricing service in determining the value of such securities and may include information relating to sector indices, American Depositary Receipts and domestic and foreign index futures.
All other assets for which market quotations are not readily available or became unreliable (or if the above fair valuation methods are unavailable or determined to be unreliable) are valued at fair value as determined in good faith by or under the supervision of the Board following procedures approved by the Board. The Board has delegated to the Investment Adviser responsibility for overseeing the implementation of the Funds’ valuation procedures; a “Pricing Committee” comprised of employees of the Investment Adviser or its affiliates has responsibility for applying the fair valuation methods set forth in the procedures and, if a fair valuation cannot be determined pursuant to the fair valuation methods, determining the fair value of assets held by the Funds. Issuer specific events, transaction price, position size, nature and duration of restrictions on disposition of the security, market trends, bid/ask quotes of brokers and other market data may be reviewed in the course of making a good faith determination of a security’s fair value. Valuations change in response to many factors including the historical and prospective earnings of the issuer, the value of the issuer’s assets, general economic conditions, interest rates, investor perceptions and market liquidity. Because of the inherent uncertainties of fair valuation, the values used to determine each Fund’s NAV may materially differ from the value received upon actual sale of those investments. Thus, fair valuation may have an unintended dilutive or accretive effect on the value of shareholders’ investments in each Fund.
Each investment asset or liability of the Funds is assigned a level at measurement date based on the significance and source of the inputs to its valuation. Quoted prices in active markets for identical securities are classified as “Level 1,” inputs other than quoted prices for an asset or liability that are observable are classified as “Level 2” and significant unobservable inputs, including the Sub-Adviser’s or Pricing Committee’s judgment about the assumptions that a market participant would use in pricing an asset or liability are classified as “Level 3.” The inputs used for valuing
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS as of May 31, 2022 (continued)
NOTE 2 — SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (continued)
securities are not necessarily an indication of the risks associated with investing in those securities. Short-term securities of sufficient credit quality are generally considered to be Level 2 securities under applicable accounting rules. A table summarizing each Fund’s investments under these levels of classification is included within the Portfolios of Investments.
GAAP requires a reconciliation of the beginning to ending balances for reported fair values that presents changes attributable to total realized and unrealized gains or losses, purchases and sales, and transfers in or out of the Level 3 category during the period. A reconciliation of Level 3 investments within the Portfolio of Investments is presented only when a Fund has a significant amount of Level 3 investments.
B. Securities Transactions and Revenue Recognition. Securities transactions are accounted for on the trade date. Realized gains and losses are reported on the basis of identified cost of securities sold. Interest income is recorded on an accrual basis. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date, or for certain foreign securities, when the information becomes available to the Funds. Premium amortization and discount accretion are determined by the effective yield method.
C. Foreign Currency Translation. The books and records of the Funds are maintained in U.S. dollars. Any foreign currency amounts are translated into U.S. dollars on the following basis:
(1)
Market value of investment securities, other assets and liabilities — at the exchange rates prevailing at Market Close.
(2)
Purchases and sales of investment securities, income and expenses — at the exchange rates prevailing on the respective dates of such transactions.
Although the net assets and the market values are presented at the foreign exchange rates at Market Close, the Funds do not isolate the portion of the results of operations resulting from changes in foreign exchange rates on investments from the fluctuations arising from changes in market prices of securities held. Such fluctuations are included with the net realized and unrealized gains or losses from investments. For securities which are subject to foreign withholding tax upon disposition, liabilities are recorded on the Statements of Assets and Liabilities for the estimated tax withholding based on the securities’ current market value. Upon disposition, realized gains or losses on such securities are recorded net of foreign withholding tax.
Reported net realized foreign exchange gains or losses arise from sales of foreign currencies, currency gains or losses realized between the trade and settlement dates on securities transactions, the difference between the amounts of dividends, interest, and foreign withholding tax reclaims recorded on each Fund’s books, and the U.S. dollar equivalent of the amounts actually received or paid. Net unrealized foreign exchange gains and losses arise from changes in the value of assets and liabilities other than investments in securities, resulting from changes in the exchange rate. Foreign security and currency transactions may involve certain considerations and risks not typically associated with investing in U.S. companies and U.S. government securities. These risks include, but are not limited to, revaluation of currencies and future adverse political and economic developments which could cause securities and their markets to be less liquid and prices more volatile than those of comparable U.S. companies and U.S. government securities.
D. Risk Exposures and the Use of Derivative Instruments. The Funds’ investment strategies permit them to enter into various types of derivatives contracts, including, but not limited to, futures contracts, forward foreign currency exchange contracts, credit default swaps, interest rate swaps, total return swaps, and purchased and written options. In doing so, the Funds will employ strategies in differing combinations to permit them to increase or decrease the level of risk, or change the level or types of exposure to risk factors. This may allow the Funds to pursue their objectives more quickly, and efficiently than if they were to make direct purchases or sales of securities capable of affecting a similar response to market or credit factors.
In pursuit of its investment objectives, a Fund may seek to increase or decrease its exposure to the following market or credit risk factors:
Credit Risk. The price of a bond or other debt instrument is likely to fall if the issuer’s actual or perceived financial health deteriorates, whether because of broad economic or issuer-specific reasons. In certain cases, the issuer could be late in paying interest or principal, or could fail to pay its financial obligations altogether.
Equity Risk. Stock prices may be volatile or have reduced liquidity in response to real or perceived impacts of factors including, but not limited to, economic conditions, changes in market interest rates, and political events. Stock markets tend to be cyclical, with periods when stock prices generally rise and periods when stock prices generally decline. Any given stock market segment may remain out of favor with investors for a short or long period of time, and stocks as an asset class may underperform bonds or other asset classes during some periods. Additionally,
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS as of May 31, 2022 (continued)
NOTE 2 — SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (continued)
legislative, regulatory or tax policies or developments in these areas may adversely impact the investment techniques available to a manager, add to costs and impair the ability of a Fund to achieve its investment objectives.
Foreign Exchange Rate Risk. To the extent that a Fund invests directly in foreign (non-U.S.) currencies or in securities denominated in, or that trade in, foreign (non-U.S.) currencies, it is subject to the risk that those foreign (non-U.S.) currencies will decline in value relative to the U.S. dollar or, in the case of hedging positions, that the U.S. dollar will decline in value relative to the currency being hedged by a Fund through foreign currency exchange transactions.
Currency rates may fluctuate significantly over short periods of time. Currency rates may be affected by changes in market interest rates, intervention (or the failure to intervene) by U.S. or foreign governments, central banks or supranational entities such as the International Monetary Fund, by the imposition of currency controls, or other political or economic developments in the United States or abroad.
Interest Rate Risk. With bonds and other fixed rate debt instruments, a rise in market interest rates generally causes values to fall; conversely, values generally rise as market interest rates fall. The higher the credit quality of the instrument, and the longer its maturity or duration, the more sensitive it is likely to be to interest rate risk. In the case of inverse securities, the interest rate paid by the securities is a floating rate, which generally will decrease when the market rate of interest to which the inverse security is indexed increases and will increase when the market rate of interest to which the inverse security is indexed decreases. As of the date of this report, the United States experiences a low interest rate environment, which may increase a Fund’s exposure to risks associated with rising market interest rates. Rising market interest rates could have unpredictable effects on the markets and may expose fixed-income and related markets to heightened volatility. For a fund that invests in fixed-income securities, an increase in market interest rates may lead to increased redemptions and increased portfolio turnover, which could reduce liquidity for certain investments, adversely affect values, and increase costs. If dealer capacity in fixed-income markets is insufficient for market conditions, it may further inhibit liquidity and increase volatility in the fixed-income markets. Further, recent and potential changes in government policy may affect interest rates.
Risks of Investing in Derivatives. The Funds’ use of derivatives can result in losses due to unanticipated
changes in the market or credit risk factors and the overall market. In instances where the Funds are using derivatives to decrease, or hedge, exposures to market or credit risk factors for securities held by the Funds, there are also risks that those derivatives may not perform as expected resulting in losses for the combined or hedged positions.
Derivative instruments are subject to a number of risks, including the risk of changes in the market price of the underlying securities, credit risk with respect to the counterparty, risk of loss due to changes in market interest rates and liquidity and volatility risk. The amounts required to purchase certain derivatives may be small relative to the magnitude of exposure assumed by a Fund. Therefore, the purchase of certain derivatives may have an economic leveraging effect on a Fund and exaggerate any increase or decrease in the NAV. Derivatives may not perform as expected, so a Fund may not realize the intended benefits. When used for hedging purposes, the change in value of a derivative may not correlate as expected with the currency, security or other risk being hedged. When used as an alternative or substitute for direct cash investments, the return provided by the derivative may not provide the same return as direct cash investment. In addition, given their complexity, derivatives expose a Fund to the risk of improper valuation.
Generally, derivatives are sophisticated financial instruments whose performance is derived, at least in part, from the performance of an underlying asset or assets. Derivatives include, among other things, swap agreements, options, forwards and futures. Investments in derivatives are generally negotiated OTC with a single counterparty and as a result are subject to credit risks related to the counterparty’s ability or willingness to perform its obligations; any deterioration in the counterparty’s creditworthiness could adversely affect the value of the derivative. In addition, derivatives and their underlying securities may experience periods of illiquidity which could cause a Fund to hold a security it might otherwise sell, or to sell a security it otherwise might hold at inopportune times or at an unanticipated price. A manager might imperfectly judge the direction of the market. For instance, if a derivative is used as a hedge to offset investment risk in another security, the hedge might not correlate to the market’s movements and may have unexpected or undesired results such as a loss or a reduction in gains.
E. Foreign Currency Transactions and Futures Contracts. For the purposes of hedging only, each Fund may enter into foreign currency exchange transactions to convert to and from different foreign currencies and to and from the U.S. dollar in connection with the planned purchases or sales of securities. The Funds either enter
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS as of May 31, 2022 (continued)
NOTE 2 — SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (continued)
into these transactions on a spot basis at the spot rate prevailing in the foreign currency exchange market or use forward foreign currency contracts to purchase or sell foreign currencies. When the contract is fulfilled or closed, gains or losses are realized. Until then, the gain or loss is included in unrealized appreciation or depreciation. Risks may arise upon entering into forward contracts from the potential inability of counterparties to meet the terms of their forward contracts and from unanticipated movements in the value of foreign currencies relative to the U.S. dollar.
Each Fund may enter into futures contracts involving foreign currency, interest rates, securities and security indices. A futures contract is a commitment to buy or sell a specific amount of a financial instrument at a negotiated price on a stipulated future date. The Funds may buy and sell futures contracts. Futures contracts traded on a commodities or futures exchange will be valued at the final settlement price or official closing price on the principal exchange as reported by such principal exchange at its trading session ending at, or most recently prior to, the time when the Funds’ assets are valued.
Upon entering into a futures contract, the Funds are required to deposit either cash or securities (initial margin) in an amount equal to a certain percentage of the contract value. Subsequent payments (variation margin) are made or received by the Funds each day. The variation margin payments are equal to the daily changes in the contract value and are recorded as unrealized gains and losses and, if any, shown as variation margin receivable or payable on futures contracts on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.Open futures contracts are reported on a table following each Fund’s Portfolio of Investments. Securities held in collateralized accounts to cover initial margin requirements, if any, on open futures contracts are footnoted in the Portfolio of Investments. Cash collateral held by the broker to cover initial margin requirements on open futures contracts are noted in the Funds’ Statements of Assets and Liabilities. The net change in unrealized appreciation and depreciation is reported in the Funds’ Statements of Operations. Realized gains (losses) are reported in the Funds’ Statements of Operations at the closing or expiration of futures contracts.
Futures contracts are exposed to the market risk factor of the underlying financial instrument. During the year ended May 31, 2022, Corporate Leaders® 100 purchased futures contracts on various equity indices to “equitize” cash. Futures contracts are purchased to provide immediate market exposure proportionate to the size of the Fund’s respective cash flows and residual cash balances in order to decrease potential tracking error if the cash remained
uninvested in the market. Additional associated risks of entering into futures contracts include the possibility that there may be an illiquid market where the Funds are unable to liquidate the contract or enter into an offsetting position and, if used for hedging purposes, the risk that the price of the contract will correlate imperfectly with the prices of the Funds’ securities. With futures, there is minimal counterparty credit risk to the Funds since futures are exchange traded and the exchange’s clearinghouse, as counterparty to all exchange traded futures, guarantees the futures against default.
During the year ended May 31, 2022, Corporate Leaders® 100 had an average notional amount on futures contracts purchased of $8,676,543. Please refer to the table within the Portfolio of Investments for open futures contracts for Corporate Leaders® 100 at May 31, 2022.
F. Distributions to Shareholders. The Funds record distributions to their shareholders on the ex-dividend date. The Funds declare and pay dividends, if any, annually. Each Fund distributes capital gains, if any, annually. The Funds may make distributions on a more frequent basis to comply with the distribution requirements of the Internal Revenue Code. The characteristics of income and gains to be distributed are determined in accordance with income tax regulations, which may differ from GAAP for investment companies.
G. Federal Income Taxes. It is the policy of each Fund to comply with the requirements of subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code that are applicable to regulated investment companies and to distribute substantially all of its net investment income and any net realized capital gains to its shareholders. Therefore, a federal income tax or excise tax provision is not required. Management has considered the sustainability of the Funds’ tax positions taken on federal income tax returns for all open tax years in making this determination. No capital gain distributions shall be made until the capital loss carryforwards have been fully utilized.
The Funds may utilize equalization accounting for tax purposes, whereby a portion of redemption payments are treated as distributions of income or gain for income tax purposes.
H. Use of Estimates. The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of increases and decreases in net assets from operations during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS as of May 31, 2022 (continued)
NOTE 2 — SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (continued)
I. Securities Lending. Each Fund has the option to temporarily loan securities representing up to 331∕3% of its total assets to brokers, dealers or other financial institutions in exchange for a negotiated lender’s fee. Securities lending involves two primary risks: “investment risk” and “borrower default risk.” When lending securities, the Funds will receive cash or U.S. government securities as collateral. Investment risk is the risk that the Funds will lose money from the investment of the cash collateral received from the borrower. Borrower default risk is the risk that the Funds will lose money due to the failure of a borrower to return a borrowed security. Loans are subject to termination at the option of the borrower or the Funds. Securities lending may result in leverage. The use of leverage may exaggerate any increase or decrease in the NAV, causing the Funds to be more volatile. The use of leverage may increase expenses and increase the impact of the Funds’ other risks.
J. Restricted Securities. Each Fund may invest in restricted securities which include those sold under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (“1933 Act”) or securities offered pursuant to Section 4(a)(2) of the 1933 Act, and/or are subject to legal or contractual restrictions on resale and may not be publicly sold without registration under the 1933 Act. Restricted securities are fair valued using market quotations when readily available. In the absence of market quotations, the securities are valued based upon their fair value determined in good faith under procedures approved by the Board.
Securities that are not registered for sale to the public under the 1933 Act are referred to as “restricted securities.” These securities may be sold in private placement transactions between issuers and their purchasers and may be neither listed on an exchange nor traded in other established markets. Many times these securities are subject to legal or contractual restrictions on resale. As a result of the absence of a public trading market, the prices of these securities may be more volatile, less liquid and more difficult to value than publicly traded securities. The price realized from the sale of these securities could be less than the amount originally paid or less than their fair value if they are resold in privately negotiated transactions. In addition, these securities may not be subject to disclosure and other investment protection requirements that are afforded to publicly traded securities. Certain investments may include investment in smaller, less seasoned issuers, which may involve greater risk.
K. Indemnifications. In the normal course of business, the Trust may enter into contracts that provide certain indemnifications. The Trust’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is dependent on future claims that may be made against the Funds and, therefore, cannot be estimated; however, based on experience, management considers the risk of loss from such claims remote.
NOTE 3 — INVESTMENT TRANSACTIONS
For the year ended May 31, 2022, the cost of purchases and the proceeds from the sales of securities, excluding short-term securities, were as follows:
| | | Purchases | | | Sales | |
Corporate Leaders® 100 | | | | $ | 331,003,650 | | | | | $ | 256,977,309 | | |
Small Company | | | | | 389,578,283 | | | | | | 595,449,553 | | |
NOTE 4 — INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT FEES
The Funds have entered into an investment management agreement (“Management Agreement”) with the Investment Adviser. The Investment Adviser has overall responsibility for the management of the Funds. The Investment Adviser oversees all investment advisory and portfolio management services for the Funds and assists in managing and supervising all aspects of the general day-to-day business activities and operations of the Funds, including custodial, transfer agency, dividend disbursing, accounting, auditing, compliance and related services. This Management Agreement compensates the Investment Adviser with a management fee, computed daily and payable monthly, based on the average daily net assets of each Fund, at the following annual rates:
Fund | | | As a Percentage of Average Daily Net Assets | |
Corporate Leaders® 100 | | | 0.500% on the first $500 million; 0.450% on the next $500 million; and 0.400% in excess of $1 billion | |
Small Company(1) | | | 0.950% on the first $250 million; 0.900% on the next $250 million; 0.875% on the next $250 million; 0.850% on the next $1.25 billion; and 0.825% in excess of $2 billion | |
(1)
The Investment Adviser is contractually obligated to waive 0.02% of the management fee for Small Company. This waiver is not eligible for recoupment. Termination or modification of this obligation requires approval by the Board.
The Investment Adviser has entered into a sub-advisory agreement with Voya IM with respect to each Fund. Voya IM provides investment advice for the Funds and is paid by the Investment Adviser based on the average daily net assets of each respective Fund. Subject to such policies as the Board or the Investment Adviser may determine, Voya IM manages each Fund’s assets in accordance with the Fund’s investment objectives, policies, and limitations.
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS as of May 31, 2022 (continued)
NOTE 5 — DISTRIBUTION AND SERVICE FEES
Class A, Class C and Class R shares of each Fund has a plan (each a “Plan” and collectively, the “Plans”), whereby the Distributor is compensated by the Funds for expenses incurred in the distribution of each Fund’s shares (“Distribution Fees”). Pursuant to the Plans, the Distributor is entitled to a payment each month to compensate for expenses incurred in the distribution and promotion of each Fund’s shares, including expenses incurred in printing prospectuses and reports used for sales purposes, expenses incurred in preparing and printing sales literature and other such distribution related expenses, including any distribution or shareholder servicing fees (“Service Fees”) paid to securities dealers who have executed a distribution agreement with the Distributor. Under the Plans, each class of shares of the Funds pays the Distributor Distribution Fees and/or Service Fees based on average daily net assets at the following rates:
| | | Class A | | | Class C | | | Class R | |
Corporate Leaders® 100 | | | | | 0.25% | | | | | | 1.00%(1) | | | | | | 0.50% | | |
Small Company | | | | | 0.25% | | | | | | 1.00% | | | | | | 0.50% | | |
(1)
The Distributor has agreed to waive 0.25% of the Distribution Fee. Termination or modification of this contractual waiver requires approval by the Board.
The Distributor may also retain the proceeds of the initial sales charge paid by shareholders upon the purchase of Class A shares of the Funds, and the contingent deferred sales charge paid by shareholders upon certain redemptions for Class A and Class C shares. For the year ended May 31, 2022, the Distributor retained the following amounts in sales charges:
| | | Class A | | | Class C | |
Initial Sales Charges: | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Corporate Leaders® 100 | | | | $ | 46,396 | | | | | $ | — | | |
Small Company | | | | | 1,819 | | | | | | — | | |
Contingent Deferred Sales Charges: | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Corporate Leaders® 100 | | | | $ | 37 | | | | | $ | 1,221 | | |
Small Company | | | | | 196 | | | | | | 1,384 | | |
NOTE 6 — OTHER TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATES AND RELATED PARTIES
At May 31, 2022, Small Company had $145,658 payable to the investment adviser.
At May 31, 2022, the following direct or indirect, wholly-owned subsidiaries of Voya Financial, Inc. or affiliated investment companies owned more than 5% of the following Funds:
Subsidiary/Affiliated Investment Company | | | Fund | | | Percentage | |
Voya Global Perspectives Fund | | | Small Company | | | | | 5.65% | | |
Voya Institutional Trust Company | | | Corporate Leaders® 100 | | | | | 10.62 | | |
The Investment Adviser may direct the Funds’ Sub-Adviser to use its best efforts (subject to obtaining best execution of each transaction) to allocate the Funds’ equity security transactions through certain designated broker-dealers. The designated broker-dealer, in turn, will reimburse a portion of the brokerage commissions to pay certain expenses of that Fund. Any amount credited to the Fund is reflected as brokerage commission recapture on the accompanying Statements of Operations.
The Funds have adopted a deferred compensation plan (the “DC Plan”), which allows eligible independent trustees, as described in the DC Plan, to defer the receipt of all or a portion of the trustees’ fees that they are entitled to receive from the Funds. For purposes of determining the amount owed to the trustee under the DC Plan, the amounts deferred are invested in shares of the funds selected by the trustee (the “Notional Funds”). When the Funds purchase shares of the Notional Funds, which are all advised by Voya Investments, in amounts equal to the trustees’ deferred fees, this results in a Fund asset equal to the deferred compensation liability. Such assets, if applicable, are included as a component of “Other assets” on the accompanying Statements of Assets and Liabilities. Deferral of trustees’ fees under the DC Plan will not affect net assets of the Funds, and will not materially affect the Funds’ assets, liabilities or net investment income per share. Amounts will be deferred until distributed in accordance with the DC Plan.
The Funds may pay per account fees to affiliates of Voya Investments for recordkeeping services provided on certain assets. For the year ended May 31, 2022, the per account fees for affiliated recordkeeping services paid by each Fund were as follows:
Fund | | | Amount | |
Corporate Leaders® 100 | | | | $ | 142,590 | | |
Small Company | | | | | 16,221 | | |
At May 31, 2022, Small Company had a payable to the Investment Advisor of $145,658.
NOTE 7 — LICENSING FEE
Corporate Leaders® 100 pays an annual licensing fee to S&P Opco, LLC.
NOTE 8 — EXPENSE LIMITATION AGREEMENTS
The Investment Adviser has entered into a written expense limitation agreement (“Expense Limitation Agreement”) with each Fund whereby the Investment Adviser has
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS as of May 31, 2022 (continued)
NOTE 8 — EXPENSE LIMITATION AGREEMENTS (continued)
agreed to limit expenses, excluding interest, taxes, investment-related costs, leverage expenses, extraordinary expenses and acquired fund fees and expenses to the levels listed below:
| | | Class A | | | Class C | | | Class I | | | Class P3 | | | Class R | | | Class R6 | | | Class W | |
Corporate Leaders® 100 | | | | | 0.90% | | | | | | 1.45% | | | | | | 0.65% | | | | | | 0.00% | | | | | | 1.15% | | | | | | 0.65% | | | | | | 0.65% | | |
Small Company | | | | | 1.50% | | | | | | 2.25% | | | | | | 1.25% | | | | | | N/A | | | | | | 1.75% | | | | | | 1.04% | | | | | | 1.25% | | |
Pursuant to side letter agreements, through October 1, 2022, except Small Company which is through October 1, 2023, the Investment Adviser has further lowered the expense limits for certain share classes of shares of the following Funds. If the Investment Adviser elects not to renew a side letter agreement, the expense limits will revert to the limits listed in the table above. There is no guarantee that these side letter agreements will continue. Termination or modification of these obligations requires approval by the Board.
| | | Class A | | | Class C | | | Class I | | | Class P3 | | | Class R | | | Class R6 | | | Class W | |
Corporate Leaders® 100 | | | | | 0.81% | | | | | | 1.45% | | | | | | 0.49% | | | | | | 0.00% | | | | | | 1.15% | | | | | | 0.48% | | | | | | 0.56% | | |
Small Company(1)(2) | | | | | 1.31% | | | | | | 2.06% | | | | | | 1.00% | | | | | | N/A | | | | | | 1.56% | | | | | | 1.00% | | | | | | 1.06% | | |
(1)
Any fees waived pursuant to the side letter agreement shall not be eligible for recoupment.
(2)
Prior to January 1, 2022, the side letter agreement was 1.35%, 2.10%, 1.04%, 1.60%, 1.04% and 1.10% for Class A, Class C, Class I, Class R, Class R6 and Class W, respectively.
Unless otherwise specified above and with the exception of the non-recoupable management fee waiver for Small Company, the Investment Adviser may at a later date recoup from a Fund for class specific fees waived and/or other expenses reimbursed by the Investment Adviser during the previous 36 months, but only if, after such recoupment, a Fund’s expense ratio does not exceed the percentage described above. Waived and reimbursed fees net of any recoupment by the Investment Adviser of such waived and reimbursed fees are reflected on the accompanying Statements of Operations. Amounts payable by the Investment Adviser are reflected on the accompanying Statements of Assets and Liabilities.
As of May 31, 2022, the amounts of waived and/or reimbursed fees that are subject to possible recoupment by the Investment Adviser and the related expiration dates are as follows:
| | | May 31, | | | | | | | |
| | | 2023 | | | 2024 | | | 2025 | | | Total | |
Corporate Leaders® 100 | | | | $ | 690,831 | | | | | $ | 598,047 | | | | | $ | 461,785 | | | | | $ | 1,750,663 | | |
In addition to the above waived and/or reimbursed fees, the amount of class specific fees waived or reimbursed that are subject to possible recoupment by the Investment Adviser and the related expiration dates, as of May 31, 2022, are as follows:
| | | May 31, | | | | | | | |
| | | 2023 | | | 2024 | | | 2025 | | | Total | |
Corporate Leaders® 100 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Class A | | | | $ | 146,428 | | | | | $ | 252,555 | | | | | $ | 117,079 | | | | | $ | 516,062 | | |
Class I | | | | | 60,450 | | | | | | 139,456 | | | | | | 146,804 | | | | | | 346,710 | | |
Class R6 | | | | | 359 | | | | | | 234 | | | | | | 314 | | | | | | 907 | | |
Class W | | | | | 26,534 | | | | | | 11,098 | | | | | | 3,960 | | | | | | 41,592 | | |
The Expense Limitation Agreement is contractual through October 1, 2022 and shall renew automatically for one-year terms. Termination or modification of these obligations requires approval by the Board.
NOTE 9 — LINE OF CREDIT
Effective June 14, 2021, the Funds, in addition to certain other funds managed by the Investment Adviser, entered into a 364-day unsecured committed revolving line of credit agreement (the “Credit Agreement”) with The Bank of New York Mellon (“BNY”) for an aggregate amount of $400,000,000 through June 13, 2022. The proceeds may be used only to finance temporarily: (1) the purchase or sale of investment securities; or (2) the repurchase or redemption of shares of a Fund or certain other funds managed by the Investment Adviser. The funds to which the line of credit is available pay a commitment fee equal to 0.15% per annum on the daily unused portion of the committed line amount payable quarterly in arrears. Prior to June 14, 2021, the predecessor line of credit was for an aggregate amount of $400,000,000 and the funds to which the line of credit was available paid a commitment fee equal to 0.15% per annum on the daily unused portion of the committed line amount through June 14, 2021.
Borrowings under the Credit Agreement accrue interest at the federal funds rate plus a specified margin. Repayments generally must be made within 60 days after the date of a revolving credit advance.
The below Funds utilized the line of credit during the year ended May 31, 2022, as follows:
Fund | | | Days Utilized | | | Approximate Average Daily Balance For Days Utilized | | | Approximate Weighted Average Interest Rate For Days Utilized | |
Corporate Leaders® 100 | | | | | 6 | | | | | $ | 5,596,000 | | | | | | 1.36% | | |
Small Company | | | | | 9 | | | | | | 1,887,000 | | | | | | 1.48 | | |
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS as of May 31, 2022 (continued)
NOTE 10 — CAPITAL SHARES
Transactions in capital shares and dollars were as follows:
| | | Shares sold | | | Shares issued in merger | | | Reinvestment of distributions | | | Shares redeemed | | | Shares converted | | | Net increase (decrease) in shares outstanding | | | Shares sold | | | Proceeds from shares issued in merger | | | Reinvestment of distributions | | | Shares redeemed | | | Shares converted | | | Net increase (decrease) | |
Year or period ended | | | # | | | # | | | # | | | # | | | # | | | # | | | ($) | | | ($) | | | ($) | | | ($) | | | ($) | | | ($) | |
Corporate Leaders® 100 | |
Class A | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
5/31/2022 | | | | | 2,025,999 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 1,374,804 | | | | | | (2,366,262) | | | | | | — | | | | | | 1,034,541 | | | | | | 45,970,461 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 30,823,092 | | | | | | (53,092,993) | | | | | | — | | | | | | 23,700,560 | | |
5/31/2021 | | | | | 1,599,041 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 3,734,823 | | | | | | (2,478,065) | | | | | | — | | | | | | 2,855,799 | | | | | | 32,860,530 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 71,484,517 | | | | | | (51,486,320) | | | | | | — | | | | | | 52,858,727 | | |
Class C | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
5/31/2022 | | | | | 391,709 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 220,494 | | | | | | (1,042,371) | | | | | | — | | | | | | (430,168) | | | | | | 8,705,963 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 4,919,227 | | | | | | (23,325,044) | | | | | | — | | | | | | (9,699,854) | | |
5/31/2021 | | | | | 256,439 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 784,241 | | | | | | (1,594,030) | | | | | | — | | | | | | (553,350) | | | | | | 5,404,264 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 14,931,957 | | | | | | (32,704,331) | | | | | | — | | | | | | (12,368,110) | | |
Class I | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
5/31/2022 | | | | | 9,104,368 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 869,014 | | | | | | (4,610,468) | | | | | | — | | | | | | 5,362,914 | | | | | | 205,185,714 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 19,491,987 | | | | | | (102,498,535) | | | | | | — | | | | | | 122,179,166 | | |
5/31/2021 | | | | | 2,486,565 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 1,800,885 | | | | | | (2,938,344) | | | | | | — | | | | | | 1,349,106 | | | | | | 54,364,702 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 34,468,936 | | | | | | (60,315,627) | | | | | | — | | | | | | 28,518,011 | | |
Class P3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
5/31/2022 | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | 16 | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | 16 | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | 376 | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | 376 | | |
5/31/2021 | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | 40 | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | 40 | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | 805 | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | 805 | | |
Class R | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
5/31/2022 | | | | | 405,204 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 207,677 | | | | | | (408,849) | | | | | | — | | | | | | 204,032 | | | | | | 8,896,044 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 4,620,818 | | | | | | (9,112,706) | | | | | | — | | | | | | 4,404,156 | | |
5/31/2021 | | | | | 134,911 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 605,452 | | | | | | (494,986) | | | | | | — | | | | | | 245,377 | | | | | | 2,801,725 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 11,503,593 | | | | | | (10,339,279) | | | | | | — | | | | | | 3,966,039 | | |
Class R6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
5/31/2022 | | | | | 207,613 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 15,011 | | | | | | (479,464) | | | | | | — | | | | | | (256,840) | | | | | | 4,587,754 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 336,847 | | | | | | (10,994,056) | | | | | | — | | | | | | (6,069,455) | | |
5/31/2021 | | | | | 170,388 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 130,363 | | | | | | (269,814) | | | | | | — | | | | | | 30,937 | | | | | | 3,553,669 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 2,496,448 | | | | | | (5,771,930) | | | | | | — | | | | | | 278,187 | | |
Class W | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
5/31/2022 | | | | | 114,645 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 53,593 | | | | | | (221,758) | | | | | | — | | | | | | (53,520) | | | | | | 2,666,872 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 1,207,453 | | | | | | (5,063,780) | | | | | | — | | | | | | (1,189,455) | | |
5/31/2021 | | | | | 39,368 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 171,874 | | | | | | (398,101) | | | | | | — | | | | | | (186,859) | | | | | | 840,980 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 3,303,426 | | | | | | (8,247,365) | | | | | | — | | | | | | (4,102,959) | | |
Small Company | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Class A | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
5/31/2022 | | | | | 173,339 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 899,367 | | | | | | (451,592) | | | | | | — | | | | | | 621,114 | | | | | | 2,252,201 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 9,848,070 | | | | | | (5,740,160) | | | | | | — | | | | | | 6,360,111 | | |
5/31/2021 | | | | | 140,286 | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | (870,553) | | | | | | — | | | | | | (730,267) | | | | | | 1,805,675 | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | (10,098,242) | | | | | | — | | | | | | (8,292,567) | | |
Class C | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
5/31/2022 | | | | | 17,555 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 160,980 | | | | | | (222,660) | | | | | | — | | | | | | (44,125) | | | | | | 131,280 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 1,091,446 | | | | | | (1,899,260) | | | | | | — | | | | | | (676,534) | | |
5/31/2021 | | | | | 27,871 | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | (141,769) | | | | | | — | | | | | | (113,898) | | | | | | 291,719 | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | (1,231,236) | | | | | | — | | | | | | (939,517) | | |
Class I | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
5/31/2022 | | | | | 1,163,010 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 1,728,860 | | | | | | (8,450,497) | | | | | | — | | | | | | (5,558,627) | | | | | | 19,056,904 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 25,258,648 | | | | | | (148,435,986) | | | | | | — | | | | | | (104,120,434) | | |
5/31/2021 | | | | | 1,283,273 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 18,931 | | | | | | (7,505,381) | | | | | | — | | | | | | (6,203,177) | | | | | | 20,519,113 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 318,805 | | | | | | (112,349,776) | | | | | | — | | | | | | (91,511,858) | | |
Class P3(1) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
5/31/2022 | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | |
5/31/2021 | | | | | 59,750 | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | (198,686) | | | | | | — | | | | | | (138,937) | | | | | | 800,049 | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | (2,696,119) | | | | | | — | | | | | | (1,896,071) | | |
Class R | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
5/31/2022 | | | | | 1,871 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 1,593 | | | | | | (927) | | | | | | — | | | | | | 2,537 | | | | | | 24,909 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 17,406 | | | | | | (14,166) | | | | | | — | | | | | | 28,149 | | |
5/31/2021 | | | | | 1,077 | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | (574) | | | | | | — | | | | | | 503 | | | | | | 12,149 | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | (8,136) | | | | | | — | | | | | | 4,013 | | |
Class R6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
5/31/2022 | | | | | 836,478 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 1,105,851 | | | | | | (4,468,559) | | | | | | — | | | | | | (2,526,230) | | | | | | 14,237,839 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 16,211,779 | | | | | | (70,839,305) | | | | | | — | | | | | | (40,389,687) | | |
5/31/2021 | | | | | 1,950,472 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 6,869 | | | | | | (2,054,965) | | | | | | — | | | | | | (97,624) | | | | | | 33,150,375 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 116,016 | | | | | | (30,967,232) | | | | | | — | | | | | | 2,299,159 | | |
Class W | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
5/31/2022 | | | | | 389,027 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 864,079 | | | | | | (1,063,511) | | | | | | — | | | | | | 189,595 | | | | | | 6,734,826 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 12,615,556 | | | | | | (16,936,276) | | | | | | — | | | | | | 2,414,106 | | |
5/31/2021 | | | | | 1,946,084 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 2,477 | | | | | | (3,943,727) | | | | | | — | | | | | | (1,995,166) | | | | | | 35,500,425 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 41,718 | | | | | | (52,290,324) | | | | | | — | | | | | | (16,748,181) | | |
(1)
Class P3 of Small Company was fully redeemed on November 2, 2020
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS as of May 31, 2022 (continued)
NOTE 11 — SECURITIES LENDING
Under a Master Securities Lending Agreement (the “Agreement”) with BNY, the Funds can lend their securities to approved brokers, dealers and other financial institutions. Loans are collateralized by cash and U.S. government securities. The collateral is equal to at least 105% of the market value of non-U.S. securities loaned and 102% of the market value of U.S. securities loaned. The market value of the loaned securities is determined at the Market Close of the Funds at their last sale price or official closing price on the principal exchange or system on which they are traded and any additional collateral is delivered to the Funds on the next business day. The cash collateral received is invested in approved investments as defined in the Agreement with BNY. The Funds bear the risk of loss with respect to the investment of collateral with the following exception: BNY provides the Funds indemnification from loss with respect to the investment of collateral to the extent the cash collateral is invested in overnight repurchase agreements.
Cash collateral received in connection with securities lending is invested in cash equivalents, money market funds, repurchase agreements with maturities of not more than 99 days that are collateralized with U.S. Government securities, or certain short-term investments that have a remaining maturity of 190 days or less (“Permitted Investments”). Short-term investments include: securities, units, shares or other participations in short-term investment funds, pools or trusts; commercial paper, notes, bonds or other debt obligations, certificates of deposit, time deposits and other bank obligations and asset-backed commercial paper backed by diversified receivables and repurchase-backed programs. Permitted Investments are subject to certain guidelines established by the Adviser regarding liquidity, diversification, credit quality and average credit life/duration requirements. The securities purchased with cash collateral received are reflected in the Portfolio of Investments under Short-Term Investments.
Generally, in the event of counterparty default, the Funds have the right to use the collateral to offset losses incurred. The Agreement contains certain guarantees by BNY in the event of counterparty default and/or a borrower’s failure to return a loaned security; however, there would be a potential loss to the Funds in the event the Funds are delayed or prevented from exercising their right to dispose of the collateral. Engaging in securities lending could have a leveraging effect, which may intensify the credit, market and other risks associated with investing in a fund.
The following table represents a summary of the Fund’s securities lending agreements by counterparty which are subject to offset under the Agreement as of May 31, 2022:
Small Company
Counterparty | | | Securities Loaned at Value | | | Cash Collateral Received(1) | | | Net Amount | |
Barclays Capital Inc. | | | | $ | 297,597 | | | | | $ | (297,597) | | | | | $ | — | | |
BNP Paribas Prime Brokerage Intl Ltd | | | | | 1,571,163 | | | | | | (1,571,163) | | | | | | — | | |
Citigroup Global Markets Inc. | | | | | 262,921 | | | | | | (262,921) | | | | | | — | | |
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC | | | | | 482,821 | | | | | | (482,821) | | | | | | — | | |
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC | | | | | 587,876 | | | | | | (587,876) | | | | | | — | | |
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC | | | | | 761,862 | | | | | | (761,862) | | | | | | — | | |
State Street Bank and Trust Company | | | | | 136,800 | | | | | | (136,800) | | | | | | — | | |
Wells Fargo Securities LLC | | | | | 230,422 | | | | | | (230,422) | | | | | | — | | |
Total | | | | $ | 4,331,463 | | | | | $ | (4,331,463) | | | | | $ | — | | |
(1)
Cash Collateral with a fair value of $4,434,843 has been received in connection with the above securities lending transactions. Excess cash collateral received from the individual counterparty is not shown for financial reporting purposes.
NOTE 12 — FEDERAL INCOME TAXES
The amount of distributions from net investment income and net realized capital gains are determined in accordance with federal income tax regulations, which may differ from GAAP for investment companies. These book/tax differences may be either temporary or permanent. Permanent differences are reclassified within the capital accounts based on their federal tax-basis treatment; temporary differences are not reclassified. Key differences include the treatment of wash sale deferrals and distributions in connection with redemption of fund shares (equalization).
The following permanent tax differences have been reclassified as of May 31, 2022:
| | | |
| | | Paid-in Capital | | | Distributable Earnings | |
Small Company(1) | | | | $ | 22,721,978 | | | | | $ | (22,721,978) | | |
(1)
Amount relates to equalization.
Dividends paid by the Funds from net investment income and distributions of net realized short-term capital gains are, for federal income tax purposes, taxable as ordinary income to shareholders.
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS as of May 31, 2022 (continued)
NOTE 12 — FEDERAL INCOME TAXES (continued)
The tax composition of dividends and distributions to shareholders was as follows:
| | | Year Ended May 31, 2022 | | | Year Ended May 31, 2021 | |
| | | Ordinary Income | | | Long-term Capital Gains | | | Ordinary Income | | | Long-term Capital Gains | |
Corporate Leaders® 100 | | | | $ | 42,551,882 | | | | | $ | 24,855,099 | | | | | $ | 28,588,546 | | | | | $ | 124,617,626 | | |
Small Company | | | | | 66,813,102 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 489,243 | | | | | | — | | |
The tax-basis components of distributable earnings as of May 31, 2022 were:
| | | Undistributed Ordinary Income | | | Undistributed Long-term Capital Gains | | | Late Year Ordinary Losses Deferred | | | Post-October Capital Losses Deferred | | | Unrealized Appreciation/ (Depreciation) | | | Other | | | Total Distributable Earnings/(Loss) | |
Corporate Leaders® 100 | | | | $ | 6,615,342 | | | | | $ | 23,856,981 | | | | | $ | — | | | | | $ | — | | | | | $ | 291,815,035 | | | | | $ | (31,699) | | | | | $ | 322,255,659 | | |
Small Company | | | | | — | | | | | | 6,843,983 | | | | | | (131,326) | | | | | | (6,165,254) | | | | | | (19,702,858) | | | | | | (17,191) | | | | | | (19,172,646) | | |
The Funds’ major tax jurisdictions are U.S. federal and Arizona state.
As of May 31, 2022, no provision for income tax is required in the Funds’ financial statements as a result of tax positions taken on federal and state income tax returns for open tax years. The Funds’ federal and state income and federal excise tax returns for tax years for which the applicable statutes of limitations have not expired are subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service and state department of revenue. Generally, the preceding four tax years remain subject to examination by these jurisdictions.
NOTE 13 — LONDON INTERBANK OFFERED RATE (“LIBOR”)
In 2017, the UK Financial Conduct Authority announced its intention to cease compelling banks to provide the quotations needed to sustain LIBOR after 2021. On March 5, 2021, ICE Benchmark Administration, the administrator of LIBOR, stated that non-U.S. dollar LIBOR reference rates and the one-week and two-month LIBOR reference rates will cease to be provided or no longer be representative immediately after December 31, 2021 and the remaining more commonly used LIBOR settings will cease to be provided or no longer be representative immediately after June 30, 2023. In addition, global regulators have announced that, with limited exceptions, no new LIBOR-based contracts should be entered into after 2021. Actions by regulators have resulted in the establishment of alternative reference rates to LIBOR in most major currencies (e.g., the Secured Overnight Financing Rate for U.S. Dollar LIBOR and the Sterling Overnight Interbank Average Rate for Sterling LIBOR).
Discontinuance of LIBOR and adoption/implementation of alternative rates pose a number of risks, including among others whether any substitute rate will experience the market participation and liquidity necessary to provide a workable substitute for LIBOR; the effect on parties’ existing contractual arrangements, hedging transactions, and investment strategies generally from a conversion from LIBOR to alternative rates; the effect on a Fund’s existing investments (including, for example, fixed-income
investments; senior loans; CLOs and CDOs; and derivatives transactions), including the possibility that some of those investments may terminate or their terms may be adjusted to the disadvantage of a Fund; and the risk of general market disruption during the period of the conversion. It is difficult to predict at this time the likely impact of the transition away from LIBOR on a Fund.
NOTE 14 — LIQUIDITY
Consistent with Rule 22e-4 under the 1940 Act, the Funds have established a liquidity risk management program to govern their approach to managing liquidity risk (the “Program”). The Board has approved the designation of the Funds’ Investment Adviser, Voya Investments, as the program administrator (the “Program Administrator”). The Program Administrator is responsible for implementing and monitoring the Program and has formed a Liquidity Risk Management Committee (the “Committee”) to assess and review, on an ongoing basis, each Fund’s liquidity risk.
The Program includes a number of elements that support the management and assessment of liquidity risk, including an annual assessment of liquidity risk factors and the periodic classification (or re-classification, as necessary) of a Fund’s investments into buckets (highly liquid, moderately liquid, less liquid and illiquid) that reflect the Committee’s assessment of the investments’ liquidity under current market conditions. The Committee also utilizes Fund-specific data, including information regarding a Fund’s shareholder base, characteristics of its
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS as of May 31, 2022 (continued)
NOTE 14 — LIQUIDITY (continued)
investments, access to borrowing arrangements and historical redemptions to determine whether a Fund will be able to meet its redemption obligations in a timely manner.
During the period covered by the annual assessment, January 1, 2021 through December 31, 2021, the Program supported the Funds’ ability to honor redemption requests in a timely manner and the Program Administrator’s management of each Fund’s liquidity risk, including during any periods of market volatility and net redemptions.
There can be no assurance that the Program will achieve its objectives under all circumstances in the future. Please refer to each Fund’s prospectus for more information regarding each Fund’s exposure to liquidity risk and other risks.
NOTE 15 — MARKET DISRUPTION
A Fund is subject to the risk that geopolitical events will disrupt securities markets and adversely affect global economies and markets. Due to the increasing interdependence among global economies and markets, conditions in one country, market, or region might adversely impact markets, issuers and/or foreign exchange rates in other countries, including the United States. Wars, terrorism, global health crises and pandemics, and other geopolitical events have led, and in the future may lead, to increased market volatility and may have adverse short- or long-term effects on U.S. and world economies and markets generally. For example, the COVID-19 pandemic has resulted, and may continue to result, in significant market volatility, exchange trading suspensions and closures, declines in global financial markets, higher default rates, and a substantial economic downturn in economies throughout the world. Natural and environmental disasters and systemic market dislocations are also highly disruptive to economies and markets. In addition, military action by Russia in Ukraine could adversely affect global energy and financial markets and therefore could affect the value of a Fund’s investments, including beyond a Fund’s direct exposure to Russian issuers or nearby geographic regions. The extent and duration of the military action, sanctions and resulting market disruptions are impossible to predict and could be substantial. Those events as well as other changes in non-U.S. and domestic economic, social, and political conditions also could adversely affect individual issuers or related groups of issuers, securities markets, interest rates, credit ratings, inflation, investor sentiment, and other
factors affecting the value of the investments of the portfolio and of the Funds. Any of these occurrences could disrupt the operations of a Fund and of the Funds’ service providers.
NOTE 16 — OTHER ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS
In March 2020, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued Accounting Standards Update No. 2020-04 (“ASU 2020-04”), Reference Rate Reform (Topic 848) — Facilitation of the Effects of Reference Rate Reform on Financial Reporting. The amendments in ASU 2020-04 provide optional temporary financial reporting relief from the effect of certain types of contract modifications due to the planned discontinuation of LIBOR and other interbank-offered based reference rates as of the end of 2021. ASU 2020-04 is effective for certain reference rate-related contract modifications that occur during the period March 12, 2020 through December 31, 2022. Management is currently evaluating the impact, if any, of applying ASU 2020-04.
NOTE 17 — SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
Management Fee and Expense Limitation Agreement: On May 25, 2022, the Board approved changes to the management fee and expense limitations with respect to Small Company. Effective June 1, 2022, the management fee is 0.75% on all assets and the 0.02% management fee waiver has been terminated. The new recoupable Expense Limitation Agreement, effective June 1, 2022 through October 1, 2023, limits expenses to 1.17%, 1.92%, 0.86%, 1.42%, 0.86% and 0.92% for Class A, Class C, Class I, Class R, Class R6 and Class W, respectively. The non-recoupable side-letter agreement for Small Company was also terminated effective June 1, 2022.
Line of Credit Renewal: Effective June 13, 2022, the funds to which the Credit Agreement is available have entered into a renewed 364-Day Credit Agreement with BNY for an aggregate amount of $400,000,000 and will pay a commitment fee equal to 0.15% per annum on the daily unused portion of the committed line amount payable quarterly in arrears.
The Funds have evaluated events occurring after the Statements of Assets and Liabilities date through the date that the financial statements were issued (“subsequent events”) to determine whether any subsequent events necessitated adjustment to or disclosure in the financial statements. Other than the above, no such subsequent events were identified.
PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS
Voya Corporate Leaders® 100 Fund | as of May 31, 2022 |
Shares | | | Value | | | Percentage of Net Assets | |
COMMON STOCK: 98.8% | |
| | | Communication Services: 7.7% | |
3,337 (1) | | | Alphabet, Inc. - Class C | | | | $ | 7,610,963 | | | | | | 0.9 | | |
394,418 | | | AT&T, Inc. | | | | | 8,397,159 | | | | | | 0.9 | | |
16,700 (1) | | | Charter Communications, Inc. | | | | | 8,465,731 | | | | | | 1.0 | | |
199,649 | | | Comcast Corp. - Class A | | | | | 8,840,458 | | | | | | 1.0 | | |
41,787 (1) | | | Meta Platforms, Inc. | | | | | 8,091,635 | | | | | | 0.9 | | |
74,033 (1) | | | T-Mobile US, Inc. | | | | | 9,867,858 | | | | | | 1.1 | | |
184,485 | | | Verizon Communications, Inc. | | | | | 9,462,236 | | | | | | 1.1 | | |
67,546 (1) | | | Walt Disney Co. | | | | | 7,459,780 | | | | | | 0.8 | | |
| | | | | | | | 68,195,820 | | | | | | 7.7 | | |
| | | Consumer Discretionary: 10.1% | |
2,863 (1) | | | Amazon.com, Inc. | | | | | 6,883,196 | | | | | | 0.8 | | |
4,090 (1) | | | Booking Holdings, Inc. | | | | | 9,176,160 | | | | | | 1.0 | | |
551,316 | | | Ford Motor Co. | | | | | 7,542,003 | | | | | | 0.9 | | |
210,554 (1) | | | General Motors Co. | | | | | 8,144,229 | | | | | | 0.9 | | |
30,867 | | | Home Depot, Inc. | | | | | 9,344,984 | | | | | | 1.1 | | |
45,449 | | | Lowe’s Cos, Inc. | | | | | 8,876,190 | | | | | | 1.0 | | |
38,233 | | | McDonald’s Corp. | | | | | 9,642,745 | | | | | | 1.1 | | |
68,725 | | | Nike, Inc. - Class B | | | | | 8,167,966 | | | | | | 0.9 | | |
104,594 | | | Starbucks Corp. | | | | | 8,210,629 | | | | | | 0.9 | | |
42,896 | | | Target Corp. | | | | | 6,944,005 | | | | | | 0.8 | | |
8,704 (1) | | | Tesla, Inc. | | | | | 6,599,895 | | | | | | 0.7 | | |
| | | | | | | | 89,532,002 | | | | | | 10.1 | | |
| | | Consumer Staples: 11.6% | |
182,925 | | | Altria Group, Inc. | | | | | 9,894,413 | | | | | | 1.1 | | |
153,050 | | | Coca-Cola Co. | | | | | 9,700,309 | | | | | | 1.1 | | |
124,689 | | | Colgate-Palmolive Co. | | | | | 9,826,740 | | | | | | 1.1 | | |
16,516 | | | Costco Wholesale Corp. | | | | | 7,700,090 | | | | | | 0.9 | | |
241,656 | | | Kraft Heinz Co. | | | | | 9,141,847 | | | | | | 1.1 | | |
151,733 | | | Mondelez International, Inc. | | | | | 9,644,150 | | | | | | 1.1 | | |
56,687 | | | PepsiCo, Inc. | | | | | 9,509,244 | | | | | | 1.1 | | |
101,355 | | | Philip Morris International, Inc. | | | | | 10,768,969 | | | | | | 1.2 | | |
61,671 | | | Procter & Gamble Co. | | | | | 9,119,907 | | | | | | 1.0 | | |
200,616 | | | Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. | | | | | 8,792,999 | | | | | | 1.0 | | |
63,529 | | | Walmart, Inc. | | | | | 8,171,735 | | | | | | 0.9 | | |
| | | | | | | | 102,270,403 | | | | | | 11.6 | | |
| | | Energy: 3.6% | |
57,538 | | | Chevron Corp. | | | | | 10,049,587 | | | | | | 1.2 | | |
94,177 | | | ConocoPhillips | | | | | 10,581,728 | | | | | | 1.2 | | |
113,646 | | | Exxon Mobil Corp. | | | | | 10,910,016 | | | | | | 1.2 | | |
| | | | | | | | 31,541,331 | | | | | | 3.6 | | |
| | | Financials: 14.8% | |
50,175 | | | American Express Co. | | | | | 8,470,543 | | | | | | 1.0 | | |
149,964 | | | American International Group, Inc. | | | | | 8,799,888 | | | | | | 1.0 | | |
221,423 | | | Bank of America Corp. | | | | | 8,236,936 | | | | | | 0.9 | | |
Shares | | | Value | | | Percentage of Net Assets | |
COMMON STOCK: (continued) | |
| | | Financials (continued) | |
183,666 | | | Bank of New York Mellon Corp. | | | | $ | 8,560,672 | | | | | | 1.0 | | |
26,624 (1) | | | Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. - Class B | | | | | 8,412,652 | | | | | | 1.0 | | |
12,248 | | | Blackrock, Inc. | | | | | 8,194,892 | | | | | | 0.9 | | |
70,806 | | | Capital One Financial Corp. | | | | | 9,053,255 | | | | | | 1.0 | | |
107,269 | | | Charles Schwab Corp. | | | | | 7,519,557 | | | | | | 0.9 | | |
173,209 | | | Citigroup, Inc. | | | | | 9,251,093 | | | | | | 1.0 | | |
28,372 | | | Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. | | | | | 9,273,388 | | | | | | 1.1 | | |
67,748 | | | JPMorgan Chase & Co. | | | | | 8,958,318 | | | | | | 1.0 | | |
132,923 | | | Metlife, Inc. | | | | | 8,957,681 | | | | | | 1.0 | | |
105,475 | | | Morgan Stanley | | | | | 9,085,616 | | | | | | 1.0 | | |
172,549 | | | US Bancorp | | | | | 9,157,175 | | | | | | 1.0 | | |
190,007 | | | Wells Fargo & Co. | | | | | 8,696,620 | | | | | | 1.0 | | |
| | | | | | | | 130,628,286 | | | | | | 14.8 | | |
| | | Health Care: 14.9% | |
79,094 | | | Abbott Laboratories | | | | | 9,290,381 | | | | | | 1.0 | | |
58,144 | | | AbbVie, Inc. | | | | | 8,568,681 | | | | | | 1.0 | | |
39,251 | | | Amgen, Inc. | | | | | 10,077,302 | | | | | | 1.1 | | |
129,154 | | | Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. | | | | | 9,744,669 | | | | | | 1.1 | | |
91,949 | | | CVS Health Corp. | | | | | 8,896,066 | | | | | | 1.0 | | |
32,020 | | | Danaher Corp. | | | | | 8,447,516 | | | | | | 0.9 | | |
32,845 | | | Eli Lilly & Co. | | | | | 10,294,937 | | | | | | 1.2 | | |
159,592 | | | Gilead Sciences, Inc. | | | | | 10,349,541 | | | | | | 1.2 | | |
53,017 | | | Johnson & Johnson | | | | | 9,518,142 | | | | | | 1.1 | | |
85,346 | | | Medtronic PLC | | | | | 8,547,402 | | | | | | 1.0 | | |
115,549 | | | Merck & Co., Inc. | | | | | 10,633,975 | | | | | | 1.2 | | |
181,565 | | | Pfizer, Inc. | | | | | 9,630,208 | | | | | | 1.1 | | |
15,997 | | | Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc. | | | | | 9,079,417 | | | | | | 1.0 | | |
18,281 | | | UnitedHealth Group, Inc. | | | | | 9,081,635 | | | | | | 1.0 | | |
| | | | | | | | 132,159,872 | | | | | | 14.9 | | |
| | | Industrials: 11.6% | |
62,875 | | | 3M Co. | | | | | 9,386,609 | | | | | | 1.1 | | |
48,850 (1) | | | Boeing Co. | | | | | 6,418,890 | | | | | | 0.7 | | |
42,680 | | | Caterpillar, Inc. | | | | | 9,212,478 | | | | | | 1.0 | | |
96,194 | | | Emerson Electric Co. | | | | | 8,528,560 | | | | | | 1.0 | | |
40,473 | | | FedEx Corp. | | | | | 9,089,426 | | | | | | 1.0 | | |
38,970 | | | General Dynamics Corp. | | | | | 8,764,743 | | | | | | 1.0 | | |
100,669 | | | General Electric Co. | | | | | 7,881,376 | | | | | | 0.9 | | |
48,444 | | | Honeywell International, Inc. | | | | | 9,379,727 | | | | | | 1.1 | | |
21,350 | | | Lockheed Martin Corp. | | | | | 9,396,348 | | | | | | 1.1 | | |
94,429 | | | Raytheon Technologies Corp. | | | | | 8,982,086 | | | | | | 1.0 | | |
34,411 | | | Union Pacific Corp. | | | | | 7,562,850 | | | | | | 0.8 | | |
43,238 | | | United Parcel Service, Inc. ‑ Class B | | | | | 7,880,126 | | | | | | 0.9 | | |
| | | | | | | | 102,483,219 | | | | | | 11.6 | | |
See Accompanying Notes to Financial Statements
PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS
Voya Corporate Leaders® 100 Fund | as of May 31, 2022 (continued) |
Shares | | | Value | | | Percentage of Net Assets | |
COMMON STOCK: (continued) | |
| | | Information Technology: 15.0% | |
28,131 | | | Accenture PLC | | | | $ | 8,395,978 | | | | | | 1.0 | | |
20,695 (1) | | | Adobe, Inc. | | | | | 8,619,054 | | | | | | 1.0 | | |
53,559 | | | Apple, Inc. | | | | | 7,971,722 | | | | | | 0.9 | | |
15,087 | | | Broadcom, Inc. | | | | | 8,752,421 | | | | | | 1.0 | | |
169,870 | | | Cisco Systems, Inc. | | | | | 7,652,643 | | | | | | 0.9 | | |
185,131 | | | Intel Corp. | | | | | 8,223,519 | | | | | | 0.9 | | |
72,060 | | | International Business Machines Corp. | | | | | 10,004,810 | | | | | | 1.1 | | |
26,285 | | | Mastercard, Inc. - Class A | | | | | 9,406,613 | | | | | | 1.1 | | |
30,336 | | | Microsoft Corp. | | | | | 8,247,448 | | | | | | 0.9 | | |
34,386 | | | Nvidia Corp. | | | | | 6,420,554 | | | | | | 0.7 | | |
114,219 | | | Oracle Corp. | | | | | 8,214,630 | | | | | | 0.9 | | |
80,355 (1) | | | PayPal Holdings, Inc. | | | | | 6,847,050 | | | | | | 0.8 | | |
62,340 | | | Qualcomm, Inc. | | | | | 8,928,335 | | | | | | 1.0 | | |
44,298 (1) | | | Salesforce, Inc. | | | | | 7,098,312 | | | | | | 0.8 | | |
50,793 | | | Texas Instruments, Inc. | | | | | 8,978,171 | | | | | | 1.0 | | |
42,514 | | | Visa, Inc. - Class A | | | | | 9,020,195 | | | | | | 1.0 | | |
| | | | | | | | 132,781,455 | | | | | | 15.0 | | |
| | | Materials: 3.2% | |
148,167 | | | Dow, Inc. | | | | | 10,072,393 | | | | | | 1.1 | | |
124,396 | | | DuPont de Nemours, Inc. | | | | | 8,440,268 | | | | | | 1.0 | | |
29,241 | | | Linde PLC | | | | | 9,493,968 | | | | | | 1.1 | | |
| | | | | | | | 28,006,629 | | | | | | 3.2 | | |
| | | Real Estate: 2.0% | |
37,953 | | | American Tower Corp. | | | | | 9,720,902 | | | | | | 1.1 | | |
70,637 | | | Simon Property Group, Inc. | | | | | 8,098,532 | | | | | | 0.9 | | |
| | | | | | | | 17,819,434 | | | | | | 2.0 | | |
Shares | | | Value | | | Percentage of Net Assets | |
COMMON STOCK: (continued) | |
| | | Utilities: 4.3% | |
85,407 | | | Duke Energy Corp. | | | | $ | 9,609,996 | | | | | | 1.1 | | |
201,592 | | | Exelon Corp. | | | | | 9,908,247 | | | | | | 1.1 | | |
111,360 | | | NextEra Energy, Inc. | | | | | 8,428,838 | | | | | | 1.0 | | |
131,327 | | | Southern Co. | | | | | 9,936,201 | | | | | | 1.1 | | |
| | | | | | | | 37,883,282 | | | | | | 4.3 | | |
| | | Total Common Stock (Cost $561,970,282) | | | | | 873,301,733 | | | | | | 98.8 | | |
| | | | |
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS: 0.9% | |
| | | Mutual Funds: 0.9% | |
7,805,000 (2) | | | BlackRock Liquidity Funds, FedFund, Institutional Class, 0.710% (Cost $7,805,000) | | | | | 7,805,000 | | | | | | 0.9 | | |
| | | Total Short-Term Investments (Cost $7,805,000) | | | | | 7,805,000 | | | | | | 0.9 | | |
| | | Total Investments in Securities (Cost $569,775,282) | | | | $ | 881,106,733 | | | | | | 99.7 | | |
| | | Assets in Excess of Other Liabilities | | | | | 2,297,959 | | | | | | 0.3 | | |
| | | Net Assets | | | | $ | 883,404,692 | | | | | | 100.0 | | |
|
(1)
Non-income producing security.
(2)
Rate shown is the 7-day yield as of May 31, 2022.
Fair Value Measurements^
The following is a summary of the fair valuations according to the inputs used as of May 31, 2022 in valuing the assets and liabilities:
| | | Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Investments (Level 1) | | | Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) | | | Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) | | | Fair Value at May 31, 2022 | |
Asset Table | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Investments, at fair value | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Common Stock* | | | | $ | 873,301,733 | | | | | $ | — | | | | | $ | — | | | | | $ | 873,301,733 | | |
Short-Term Investments | | | | | 7,805,000 | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | 7,805,000 | | |
Total Investments, at fair value | | | | $ | 881,106,733 | | | | | $ | — | | | | | $ | — | | | | | $ | 881,106,733 | | |
Other Financial Instruments+ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Futures | | | | | 104,897 | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | 104,897 | | |
Total Assets | | | | $ | 881,211,630 | | | | | $ | — | | | | | $ | — | | | | | $ | 881,211,630 | | |
^
See Note 2, “Significant Accounting Policies” in the Notes to Financial Statements for additional information.
+
Other Financial Instruments may include open forward foreign currency contracts, futures, centrally cleared swaps, OTC swaps and written options. Forward foreign currency contracts, futures and centrally cleared swaps are fair valued at the unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on the instrument. OTC swaps and written options are valued at the fair value of the instrument.
See Accompanying Notes to Financial Statements
PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS
Voya Corporate Leaders® 100 Fund | as of May 31, 2022 (continued) |
*
For further breakdown of Common Stock by sector, please refer to the Portfolio of Investments.
At May 31, 2022, the following futures contracts were outstanding for Voya Corporate Leaders® 100 Fund:
Description | | | Number of Contracts | | | Expiration Date | | | Notional Amount | | | Unrealized Appreciation/ (Depreciation) | |
Long Contracts: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
S&P 500® E-Mini | | | | | 34 | | | | | | 06/17/22 | | | | | $ | 7,023,125 | | | | | $ | 104,897 | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | $ | 7,023,125 | | | | | $ | 104,897 | | |
A summary of derivative instruments by primary risk exposure is outlined in the following tables.
The fair value of derivative instruments as of May 31, 2022 was as follows:
Derivatives not accounted for as hedging instruments | | | Location on Statement of Assets and Liabilities | | | Fair Value | |
Asset Derivatives | | | | | | | | | | |
Equity contracts | | | Variation margin receivable on futures contracts* | | | | $ | 104,897 | | |
Total Asset Derivatives | | | | | | | $ | 104,897 | | |
*
The fair value presented above represents the cumulative unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on futures contracts as reported in the table within the Portfolio of Investments. In the Statement of Assets and Liabilities, only current day’s unsettled variation margin is reported in receivables or payables on futures contracts and the net cumulative unrealized appreciation (depreciation) is included in total distributable earnings (loss).
The effect of derivative instruments on the Fund’s Statement of Operations for the year ended May 31, 2022 was as follows:
| | | Amount of Realized Gain or (Loss) on Derivatives Recognized in Income | |
Derivatives not accounted for as hedging instruments | | | Futures | |
Equity contracts | | | | $ | (448,543) | | |
Total | | | | $ | (448,543) | | |
| | | Change in Unrealized Appreciation or (Depreciation) on Derivatives Recognized in Income | |
Derivatives not accounted for as hedging instruments | | | Futures | |
Equity contracts | | | | $ | (15,572) | | |
Total | | | | $ | (15,572) | | |
At May 31, 2022, the aggregate cost of securities and other investments and the composition of unrealized appreciation and depreciation of securities and other investments on a tax basis were:
| Cost for federal income tax purposes was $589,396,596. | | | | | | | |
| Net unrealized appreciation consisted of: | | | | | | | |
| Gross Unrealized Appreciation | | | | $ | 322,049,501 | | |
| Gross Unrealized Depreciation | | | | | (30,234,466) | | |
| Net Unrealized Appreciation | | | | $ | 291,815,035 | | |
See Accompanying Notes to Financial Statements
PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS
Voya Small Company Fund | as of May 31, 2022 |
Shares | | | Value | | | Percentage of Net Assets | |
COMMON STOCK: 98.1% | |
| | | Communication Services: 2.0% | |
98,688 (1) | | | Imax Corp. | | | | $ | 1,709,276 | | | | | | 0.8 | | |
32,895 (1) | | | Ziff Davis, Inc. | | | | | 2,511,204 | | | | | | 1.2 | | |
| | | | | | | | 4,220,480 | | | | | | 2.0 | | |
| | | Consumer Discretionary: 5.7% | |
73,611 (2) | | | Bloomin Brands, Inc. | | | | | 1,553,928 | | | | | | 0.7 | | |
19,438 | | | Kohl’s Corp. | | | | | 783,740 | | | | | | 0.3 | | |
10,544 | | | LCI Industries | | | | | 1,260,219 | | | | | | 0.6 | | |
147,912 (1) | | | Lindblad Expeditions Holdings, Inc. | | | | | 2,124,016 | | | | | | 1.0 | | |
11,680 | | | Marriott Vacations Worldwide Corp. | | | | | 1,725,370 | | | | | | 0.8 | | |
25,405 (1) | | | Mattel, Inc. | | | | | 638,174 | | | | | | 0.3 | | |
184,232 (1) | | | Modine Manufacturing Co. | | | | | 2,177,622 | | | | | | 1.0 | | |
65,556 (1) | | | Taylor Morrison Home Corp. | | | | | 1,899,157 | | | | | | 0.9 | | |
4,446 (1) | | | YETI Holdings, Inc. | | | | | 203,405 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
| | | | | | | | 12,365,631 | | | | | | 5.7 | | |
| | | Consumer Staples: 1.6% | |
6,585 | | | Casey’s General Stores, Inc. | | | | | 1,379,821 | | | | | | 0.7 | | |
46,058 (1) | | | Performance Food Group Co. | | | | | 1,996,154 | | | | | | 0.9 | | |
| | | | | | | | 3,375,975 | | | | | | 1.6 | | |
| | | Energy: 5.9% | |
36,270 | | | APA Corp. | | | | | 1,705,053 | | | | | | 0.8 | | |
39,003 | | | Civitas Resources, Inc. | | | | | 2,977,879 | | | | | | 1.4 | | |
66,549 | | | Marathon Oil Corp. | | | | | 2,091,635 | | | | | | 1.0 | | |
45,444 | | | Matador Resources Co. | | | | | 2,767,539 | | | | | | 1.3 | | |
56,005 | | | Ovintiv, Inc. | | | | | 3,135,720 | | | | | | 1.4 | | |
| | | | | | | | 12,677,826 | | | | | | 5.9 | | |
| | | Financials: 14.8% | |
31,937 | | | Atlantic Union Bankshares Corp. | | | | | 1,126,099 | | | | | | 0.5 | | |
13,066 | | | BankUnited, Inc. | | | | | 544,330 | | | | | | 0.3 | | |
13,437 | | | Capstar Financial Holdings, Inc. | | | | | 279,893 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
46,176 | | | ConnectOne Bancorp, Inc. | | | | | 1,272,611 | | | | | | 0.6 | | |
12,909 | | | CVB Financial Corp. | | | | | 319,885 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
93,571 | | | Eastern Bankshares, Inc. | | | | | 1,821,827 | | | | | | 0.8 | | |
8,003 | | | Kinsale Capital Group, Inc. | | | | | 1,759,700 | | | | | | 0.8 | | |
16,565 (1) | | | Metropolitan Bank Holding Corp. | | | | | 1,279,315 | | | | | | 0.6 | | |
58,521 | | | OFG Bancorp | | | | | 1,658,485 | | | | | | 0.8 | | |
29,528 | | | Origin Bancorp, Inc. | | | | | 1,153,954 | | | | | | 0.5 | | |
57,282 | | | Pacific Premier Bancorp, Inc. | | | | | 1,865,102 | | | | | | 0.9 | | |
31,542 (1) | | | Palomar Holdings, Inc. | | | | | 1,960,335 | | | | | | 0.9 | | |
21,803 | | | Pinnacle Financial Partners, Inc. | | | | | 1,775,200 | | | | | | 0.8 | | |
Shares | | | Value | | | Percentage of Net Assets | |
COMMON STOCK: (continued) | |
| | | Financials (continued) | |
83,247 | | | Provident Financial Services, Inc. | | | | $ | 1,913,848 | | | | | | 0.9 | | |
98,833 | | | Radian Group, Inc. | | | | | 2,125,898 | | | | | | 1.0 | | |
19,958 | | | RLI Corp. | | | | | 2,417,313 | | | | | | 1.1 | | |
34,684 | | | Selective Insurance Group | | | | | 2,750,441 | | | | | | 1.3 | | |
12,197 (1) | | | Silvergate Capital Corp. | | | | | 957,464 | | | | | | 0.4 | | |
22,005 | | | Stifel Financial Corp. | | | | | 1,412,061 | | | | | | 0.7 | | |
20,593 (1) | | | Texas Capital Bancshares, Inc. | | | | | 1,164,122 | | | | | | 0.5 | | |
9,607 (1) | | | Third Coast Bancshares, Inc. | | | | | 238,638 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
5,120 (1) | | | Trupanion, Inc. | | | | | 342,426 | | | | | | 0.2 | | |
22,300 | | | Wintrust Financial Corp. | | | | | 1,948,797 | | | | | | 0.9 | | |
| | | | | | | | 32,087,744 | | | | | | 14.8 | | |
| | | Health Care: 15.8% | |
25,641 (1) | | | Acadia Healthcare Co., Inc. | | | | | 1,824,870 | | | | | | 0.8 | | |
24,095 (1) | | | Acadia Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | | | | | 389,134 | | | | | | 0.2 | | |
22,775 (1) | | | Addus HomeCare Corp. | | | | | 1,901,712 | | | | | | 0.9 | | |
12,322 (1) | | | Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | | | | | 411,062 | | | | | | 0.2 | | |
9,797 (1) | | | Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Co. Ltd. | | | | | 1,408,123 | | | | | | 0.7 | | |
22,640 (1) | | | Blueprint Medicines Corp. | | | | | 1,245,200 | | | | | | 0.6 | | |
24,817 | | | Encompass Health Corp. | | | | | 1,626,506 | | | | | | 0.8 | | |
27,827 | | | Ensign Group, Inc. | | | | | 2,258,718 | | | | | | 1.0 | | |
35,557 (1) | | | Envista Holdings Corp. | | | | | 1,530,373 | | | | | | 0.7 | | |
22,131 (1) | | | Global Blood Therapeutics, Inc. | | | | | 551,947 | | | | | | 0.3 | | |
39,258 (1) | | | Halozyme Therapeutics, Inc. | | | | | 1,805,083 | | | | | | 0.8 | | |
33,960 (1) | | | Insmed, Inc. | | | | | 639,127 | | | | | | 0.3 | | |
21,062 (1) | | | Integer Holdings Corp. | | | | | 1,680,326 | | | | | | 0.8 | | |
29,669 (1) | | | Intellia Therapeutics, Inc. | | | | | 1,368,928 | | | | | | 0.6 | | |
18,724 (1) | | | ModivCare, Inc. | | | | | 1,786,831 | | | | | | 0.8 | | |
35,492 (1) | | | NuVasive, Inc. | | | | | 2,037,596 | | | | | | 0.9 | | |
20,497 (1) | | | Omnicell, Inc. | | | | | 2,278,447 | | | | | | 1.1 | | |
57,806 | | | Owens & Minor, Inc. | | | | | 2,016,273 | | | | | | 0.9 | | |
37,606 (1) | | | Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc. | | | | | 211,722 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
52,385 (1) | | | Phreesia, Inc. | | | | | 950,264 | | | | | | 0.4 | | |
46,353 | | | Premier, Inc. | | | | | 1,734,066 | | | | | | 0.8 | | |
49,041 (1) | | | R1 RCM, Inc. | | | | | 1,052,910 | | | | | | 0.5 | | |
105,568 | | | Select Medical Holdings Corp. | | | | | 2,570,581 | | | | | | 1.2 | | |
28,223 (1) | | | Twist Bioscience Corp. | | | | | 960,711 | | | | | | 0.4 | | |
| | | | | | | | 34,240,510 | | | | | | 15.8 | | |
See Accompanying Notes to Financial Statements
PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS
Voya Small Company Fund | as of May 31, 2022 (continued) |
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COMMON STOCK: (continued) | |
| | | Industrials: 16.7% | |
61,641 (1) | | | Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings, Inc. | | | | $ | 2,511,254 | | | | | | 1.2 | | |
47,547 (1) | | | Air Transport Services Group, Inc. | | | | | 1,436,870 | | | | | | 0.7 | | |
12,033 | | | Alamo Group, Inc. | | | | | 1,415,442 | | | | | | 0.7 | | |
40,496 (1) | | | Alaska Air Group, Inc. | | | | | 1,954,337 | | | | | | 0.9 | | |
38,402 | | | Altra Industrial Motion Corp. | | | | | 1,505,742 | | | | | | 0.7 | | |
14,244 (1) | | | ASGN, Inc. | | | | | 1,356,456 | | | | | | 0.6 | | |
22,638 (1) | | | Builders FirstSource, Inc. | | | | | 1,473,507 | | | | | | 0.7 | | |
12,304 | | | BWX Technologies, Inc. | | | | | 629,965 | | | | | | 0.3 | | |
25,686 (1) | | | Casella Waste Systems, Inc. | | | | | 1,838,604 | | | | | | 0.8 | | |
14,117 | | | Curtiss-Wright Corp. | | | | | 2,004,332 | | | | | | 0.9 | | |
26,034 | | | EMCOR Group, Inc. | | | | | 2,749,971 | | | | | | 1.3 | | |
14,502 | | | GATX Corp. | | | | | 1,565,491 | | | | | | 0.7 | | |
21,056 (1) | | | GXO Logistics, Inc. | | | | | 1,142,709 | | | | | | 0.5 | | |
74,126 | | | Hillenbrand, Inc. | | | | | 3,101,432 | | | | | | 1.4 | | |
23,273 (1) | | | IAA, Inc. | | | | | 908,345 | | | | | | 0.4 | | |
7,393 | | | ICF International, Inc. | | | | | 755,639 | | | | | | 0.3 | | |
18,765 | | | John Bean Technologies Corp. | | | | | 2,284,639 | | | | | | 1.1 | | |
28,476 | | | Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings, Inc. | | | | | 1,385,073 | | | | | | 0.6 | | |
13,591 | | | Mantech International Corp. | | | | | 1,299,979 | | | | | | 0.6 | | |
13,600 (1) | | | Mercury Systems, Inc. | | | | | 813,416 | | | | | | 0.4 | | |
11,673 | | | Regal Rexnord Corp. | | | | | 1,458,541 | | | | | | 0.7 | | |
45,234 | | | Shyft Group, Inc./The | | | | | 1,003,743 | | | | | | 0.5 | | |
43,556 (1) | | | WillScot Mobile Mini Holdings Corp. | | | | | 1,556,256 | | | | | | 0.7 | | |
| | | | | | | | 36,151,743 | | | | | | 16.7 | | |
| | | Information Technology: 19.9% | |
74,268 (1) | | | ACI Worldwide, Inc. | | | | | 1,978,500 | | | | | | 0.9 | | |
39,814 (1)(2) | | | Asana, Inc. | | | | | 865,556 | | | | | | 0.4 | | |
18,827 | | | Badger Meter, Inc. | | | | | 1,489,969 | | | | | | 0.7 | | |
26,219 (1) | | | Blackline, Inc. | | | | | 1,919,755 | | | | | | 0.9 | | |
40,427 (1) | | | Calix, Inc. | | | | | 1,493,373 | | | | | | 0.7 | | |
63,818 (1) | | | Cohu, Inc. | | | | | 1,941,982 | | | | | | 0.9 | | |
41,782 (1) | | | Commvault Systems, Inc. | | | | | 2,549,120 | | | | | | 1.2 | | |
44,688 | | | CSG Systems International, Inc. | | | | | 2,779,147 | | | | | | 1.3 | | |
39,182 (1) | | | Digital Turbine, Inc. | | | | | 996,398 | | | | | | 0.5 | | |
24,890 (1) | | | Envestnet, Inc. | | | | | 1,658,172 | | | | | | 0.8 | | |
24,946 (1) | | | Euronet Worldwide, Inc. | | | | | 3,022,457 | | | | | | 1.4 | | |
33,711 | | | EVERTEC, Inc. | | | | | 1,278,995 | | | | | | 0.6 | | |
141,135 (1) | | | Harmonic, Inc. | | | | | 1,359,130 | | | | | | 0.6 | | |
69,878 (1) | | | Knowles Corp. | | | | | 1,343,055 | | | | | | 0.6 | | |
Shares | | | Value | | | Percentage of Net Assets | |
COMMON STOCK: (continued) | |
| | | Information Technology (continued) | |
14,720 | | | MKS Instruments, Inc. | | | | $ | 1,817,920 | | | | | | 0.8 | | |
16,052 (1) | | | Onto Innovation, Inc. | | | | | 1,290,260 | | | | | | 0.6 | | |
20,731 | | | Power Integrations, Inc. | | | | | 1,749,282 | | | | | | 0.8 | | |
23,987 (1) | | | Q2 Holdings, Inc. | | | | | 1,264,834 | | | | | | 0.6 | | |
29,131 (1) | | | Semtech Corp. | | | | | 1,867,006 | | | | | | 0.9 | | |
57,169 (1) | | | SMART Global Holdings, Inc. | | | | | 1,409,216 | | | | | | 0.6 | | |
32,751 (1) | | | Super Micro Computer, Inc. | | | | | 1,639,515 | | | | | | 0.8 | | |
34,548 (1) | | | Tenable Holdings, Inc. | | | | | 1,737,764 | | | | | | 0.8 | | |
40,134 (1) | | | Ultra Clean Holdings, Inc. | | | | | 1,346,897 | | | | | | 0.6 | | |
20,434 (1) | | | WEX, Inc. | | | | | 3,479,502 | | | | | | 1.6 | | |
72,238 (1) | | | Zuora, Inc. | | | | | 732,493 | | | | | | 0.3 | | |
| | | | | | | | 43,010,298 | | | | | | 19.9 | | |
| | | Materials: 6.3% | |
42,468 | | | Avient Corp. | | | | | 2,089,426 | | | | | | 1.0 | | |
58,139 (1) | | | Cleveland-Cliffs, Inc. | | | | | 1,347,662 | | | | | | 0.6 | | |
39,762 | | | Commercial Metals Co. | | | | | 1,579,744 | | | | | | 0.7 | | |
103,347 | | | Glatfelter Corp. | | | | | 890,851 | | | | | | 0.4 | | |
178,586 | | | HudBay Minerals, Inc. | | | | | 1,023,298 | | | | | | 0.5 | | |
32,377 (1) | | | Ingevity Corp. | | | | | 2,256,029 | | | | | | 1.0 | | |
13,622 | | | Minerals Technologies, Inc. | | | | | 902,594 | | | | | | 0.4 | | |
21,326 | | | Sensient Technologies Corp. | | | | | 1,864,746 | | | | | | 0.9 | | |
59,711 (1) | | | Summit Materials, Inc. | | | | | 1,630,707 | | | | | | 0.8 | | |
| | | | | | | | 13,585,057 | | | | | | 6.3 | | |
| | | Real Estate: 6.6% | |
36,925 | | | American Assets Trust, Inc. | | | | | 1,259,143 | | | | | | 0.6 | | |
46,747 | | | CubeSmart | | | | | 2,081,644 | | | | | | 1.0 | | |
168,323 (1) | | | Cushman & Wakefield PLC | | | | | 3,142,590 | | | | | | 1.5 | | |
68,554 | | | Easterly Government Properties, Inc. | | | | | 1,345,715 | | | | | | 0.6 | | |
42,254 | | | EPR Properties | | | | | 2,165,095 | | | | | | 1.0 | | |
51,986 (2) | | | eXp World Holdings, Inc. | | | | | 726,245 | | | | | | 0.3 | | |
106,690 | | | Kite Realty Group Trust | | | | | 2,236,222 | | | | | | 1.0 | | |
14,228 (1) | | | Ryman Hospitality Properties | | | | | 1,270,418 | | | | | | 0.6 | | |
| | | | | | | | 14,227,072 | | | | | | 6.6 | | |
| | | Utilities: 2.8% | |
30,525 | | | Black Hills Corp. | | | | | 2,340,046 | | | | | | 1.1 | | |
30,328 | | | NorthWestern Corp. | | | | | 1,858,197 | | | | | | 0.8 | | |
38,529 | | | Portland General Electric Co. | | | | | 1,897,553 | | | | | | 0.9 | | |
| | | | | | | | 6,095,796 | | | | | | 2.8 | | |
| | | Total Common Stock | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | (Cost $230,945,435) | | | | | 212,038,132 | | | | | | 98.1 | | |
|
See Accompanying Notes to Financial Statements
PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS
Voya Small Company Fund | as of May 31, 2022 (continued) |
Shares | | | Value | | | Percentage of Net Assets | |
EXCHANGE-TRADED FUNDS: 0.5% | |
5,947 (2) | | | iShares Russell 2000 ETF | | | | $ | 1,102,039 | | | | | | 0.5 | | |
| | | Total Exchange-Traded Funds (Cost $1,107,602) | | | | | 1,102,039 | | | | | | 0.5 | | |
| | | Total Long-Term Investments (Cost $232,053,037) | | | | | 213,140,171 | | | | | | 98.6 | | |
|
Principal Amount† | | | Value | | | Percentage of Net Assets | |
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS: 4.1% | |
| | | Repurchase Agreements: 2.1% | |
1,032,282 (3) | | | Bank of America Inc., Repurchase Agreement dated 05/31/22, 0.80%, due 06/01/22 (Repurchase Amount $1,032,305, collateralized by various U.S. Government Agency Obligations, 1.000%-8.500%, Market Value plus accrued interest $1,052,928, due 01/20/24-05/20/52) | | | | | 1,032,282 | | | | | | 0.5 | | |
305,715 (3) | | | Barclays Capital, Inc., Repurchase Agreement dated 05/31/22, 0.80%, due 06/01/22 (Repurchase Amount $305,722, collateralized by various U.S. Government Securities, 0.000%-7.250%, Market Value plus accrued interest $311,829, due 06/02/22-11/15/51) | | | | | 305,715 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
1,032,282 (3) | | | Daiwa Capital Markets, Repurchase Agreement dated 05/31/22, 0.80%, due 06/01/22 (Repurchase Amount $1,032,305, collateralized by various U.S. Government/U.S. Government Agency Obligations, 0.000%-6.500%, Market Value plus accrued interest $1,052,928, due 06/21/22-05/20/52) | | | | | 1,032,282 | | | | | | 0.5 | | |
Principal Amount† | | | Value | | | Percentage of Net Assets | |
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS: (continued) | |
| | | Repurchase Agreements (continued) | |
1,032,282 (3) | | | MUFG Securities America Inc., Repurchase Agreement dated 05/31/22, 0.80%, due 06/01/22 (Repurchase Amount $1,032,305, collateralized by various U.S. Government Agency Obligations, 2.000%-6.000%, Market Value plus accrued interest $1,052,928, due 01/01/24-05/01/52) | | | | $ | 1,032,282 | | | | | | 0.5 | | |
1,032,282 (3) | | | RBC Dominion Securities Inc., Repurchase Agreement dated 05/31/22, 0.79%, due 06/01/22 (Repurchase Amount $1,032,304, collateralized by various U.S. Government/U.S. Government Agency Obligations, 0.000%-5.500%, Market Value plus accrued interest $1,052,928, due 07/15/22-05/20/52) | | | | | 1,032,282 | | | | | | 0.5 | | |
| | | Total Repurchase Agreements (Cost $4,434,843) | | | | | 4,434,843 | | | | | | 2.1 | | |
|
Shares | | | Value | | | Percentage of Net Assets | |
| | | Mutual Funds: 2.0% | |
4,378,000 (4) | | | BlackRock Liquidity Funds, FedFund, Institutional Class, 0.710% (Cost $4,378,000) | | | | | 4,378,000 | | | | | | 2.0 | | |
| | | Total Short-Term Investments (Cost $8,812,843) | | | | | 8,812,843 | | | | | | 4.1 | | |
| | | Total Investments in Securities (Cost $240,865,880) | | | | $ | 221,953,014 | | | | | | 102.7 | | |
| | | Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets | | | | | (5,760,994) | | | | | | (2.7) | | |
| | | Net Assets | | | | $ | 216,192,020 | | | | | | 100.0 | | |
†
Unless otherwise indicated, principal amount is shown in USD.
See Accompanying Notes to Financial Statements
PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS
Voya Small Company Fund | as of May 31, 2022 (continued) |
(1)
Non-income producing security.
(2)
Security, or a portion of the security, is on loan.
(3)
All or a portion of the security represents securities purchased with cash collateral received for securities on loan.
(4)
Rate shown is the 7-day yield as of May 31, 2022.
Fair Value Measurements^
The following is a summary of the fair valuations according to the inputs used as of May 31, 2022 in valuing the assets and liabilities:
| | | Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Investments (Level 1) | | | Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) | | | Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) | | | Fair Value at May 31, 2022 | |
Asset Table | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Investments, at fair value | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Common Stock* | | | | $ | 212,038,132 | | | | | $ | — | | | | | $ | — | | | | | $ | 212,038,132 | | |
Exchange-Traded Funds | | | | | 1,102,039 | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | 1,102,039 | | |
Short-Term Investments | | | | | 4,378,000 | | | | | | 4,434,843 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 8,812,843 | | |
Total Investments, at fair value | | | | $ | 217,518,171 | | | | | $ | 4,434,843 | | | | | $ | — | | | | | $ | 221,953,014 | | |
^
See Note 2, “Significant Accounting Policies” in the Notes to Financial Statements for additional information.
*
For further breakdown of Common Stock by sector, please refer to the Portfolio of Investments.
At May 31, 2022, the aggregate cost of securities and other investments and the composition of unrealized appreciation and depreciation of securities and other investments on a tax basis were:
| Cost for federal income tax purposes was $241,655,854. | | | | | | | |
| Net unrealized depreciation consisted of: | | | | | | | |
| Gross Unrealized Appreciation | | | | $ | 10,338,548 | | |
| Gross Unrealized Depreciation | | | | | (30,041,406) | | |
| Net Unrealized Depreciation | | | | $ | (19,702,858) | | |
See Accompanying Notes to Financial Statements
TAX INFORMATION (Unaudited)
Dividends and distributions paid during the year ended May 31, 2022 were as follows:
Fund Name | | | Type | | | Per Share Amount | |
Voya Corporate Leaders® 100 Fund | | | | | | | | | | |
Class A | | | NII | | | | $ | 0.2759 | | |
Class C | | | NII | | | | $ | 0.1360 | | |
Class I | | | NII | | | | $ | 0.3484 | | |
Class P3 | | | NII | | | | $ | 0.3501 | | |
Class R | | | NII | | | | $ | 0.2079 | | |
Class R6 | | | NII | | | | $ | 0.3501 | | |
Fund Name | | | Type | | | Per Share Amount | |
Class W | | | NII | | | | $ | 0.3319 | | |
All Classes | | | STCG | | | | $ | 0.8439 | | |
All Classes | | | LTCG | | | | $ | 0.6585 | | |
Voya Small Company Fund | | | | | | | | | | |
All Classes | | | STCG | | | | $ | 3.7960 | | |
NII – Net investment income
STCG – Short-term capital gain
LTCG – Long-term capital gain
Of the ordinary distributions made during the year ended May 31, 2022, the following percentages qualify for the dividends received deduction (DRD) available to corporate shareholders:
| Voya Corporate Leaders® 100 Fund | | | | | 51.82% | | |
| Voya Small Company Fund | | | | | 8.04% | | |
For the year ended May 31, 2022, the following are percentages of ordinary distributions paid by the Funds that are designated as qualifying dividend income (QDI) subject to reduced income tax rates for individuals:
| Voya Corporate Leaders® 100 Fund | | | | | 52.80% | | |
| Voya Small Company Fund | | | | | 7.92% | | |
The Funds designate the following percentage of short-term capital gain distributions as short-term capital gain dividends as defined in Internal Revenue Code Section 871(k)(2):
| Voya Corporate Leaders® 100 Fund | | | | | 100.00% | | |
| Voya Small Company Fund | | | | | 100.00% | | |
The Funds designate the following amount of long-term capital gain distributions as 20% rate long-term capital gain dividends under Internal Revenue Code Section 852(b)(3)(C):
| Voya Corporate Leaders® 100 Fund | | | | $ | 24,855,099 | | |
The Funds designate the following amounts as Section 199A dividends:
| Voya Corporate Leaders® 100 Fund | | | | $ | 496,572 | | |
| Voya Small Company Fund | | | | $ | 387,601 | | |
Above figures may differ from those cited elsewhere in this report due to differences in the calculation of income and gains under U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (book) purposes and Internal Revenue Service (tax) purposes.
Shareholders are strongly advised to consult their own tax advisers with respect to the tax consequences of their investments in the Funds. In January, shareholders, excluding corporate shareholders, receive an IRS 1099-DIV regarding the federal tax status of the dividends and distributions they received in the calendar year.
Trustee and Officer Information (Unaudited)
The business and affairs of the Trust are managed under the direction of the Board. A Trustee, who is not an interested person of the Trust, as defined in the 1940 Act, is an independent trustee (“Independent Trustee”). The Trustees and Officers of the Trust are listed below. The Statement of Additional Information includes additional information about Trustees of the Trust and is available, without charge, upon request at (800) 992-0180.
Name, Address and Age | | | Position(s) Held with the Trust | | | Term of Office and Length of Time Served(1) | | | Principal Occupation(s) – During the Past 5 Years | | | Number of funds in Fund Complex Overseen by Trustee(2) | | | Other Board Positions Held by Trustee | |
Independent Trustees: | |
Colleen D. Baldwin 7337 East Doubletree Ranch Rd. Suite 100 Scottsdale, Arizona 85258 Age: 62 | | | Trustee Chairperson | | | November 2007 – Present January 2020 – Present | | | President, Glantuam Partners, LLC, a business consulting firm (January 2009 – Present). | | | 131 | | | RSR Partners, Inc. (2016 – Present). | |
John V. Boyer 7337 East Doubletree Ranch Rd. Suite 100 Scottsdale, Arizona 85258 Age: 69 | | | Trustee | | | January 2005 – Present | | | Retired. Formerly, President and Chief Executive Officer, Bechtler Arts Foundation, an arts and education foundation (January 2008 – December 2019). | | | 131 | | | None. | |
Patricia W. Chadwick 7337 East Doubletree Ranch Rd. Suite 100 Scottsdale, Arizona 85258 Age: 73 | | | Trustee | | | January 2006 – Present | | | Consultant and President, Ravengate Partners LLC, a consulting firm that provides advice regarding financial markets and the global economy (January 2000 – Present). | | | 131 | | | Wisconsin Energy Corporation (June 2006 – Present); The Royce Funds (22 funds) (December 2009 – Present); and AMICA Mutual Insurance Company (1992 – Present). | |
Martin J. Gavin 7337 East Doubletree Ranch Rd. Suite 100 Scottsdale, AZ 85258 Age: 72 | | | Trustee | | | August 2015 – Present | | | Retired. | | | 131 | | | None. | |
Joseph E. Obermeyer 7337 East Doubletree Ranch Rd. Suite 100 Scottsdale, Arizona 85258 Age: 64 | | | Trustee | | | May 2013 – Present | | | President, Obermeyer & Associates, Inc., a provider of financial and economic consulting services (November 1999 – Present). | | | 131 | | | None. | |
Sheryl K. Pressler 7337 East Doubletree Ranch Rd. Suite 100 Scottsdale, Arizona 85258 Age: 71 | | | Trustee | | | January 2006 – Present | | | Consultant (May 2001 – Present). | | | 131 | | | Centerra Gold Inc. (May 2008 – Present). | |
Christopher P. Sullivan 7337 East Doubletree Ranch Rd. Suite 100 Scottsdale, Arizona 85258 Age: 68 | | | Trustee | | | October 2015 – Present | | | Retired. | | | 131 | | | None. | |
Trustee and Officer Information (Unaudited) (continued)
Name, Address and Age | | | Position(s) Held with the Trust | | | Term of Office and Length of Time Served(1) | | | Principal Occupation(s) – During the Past 5 Years | | | Number of funds in Fund Complex Overseen by Trustee(2) | | | Other Board Positions Held by Trustee | |
Trustee who is an “interested person”: | |
Dina Santoro 230 Park Avenue New York, New York 10169 Age: 49 | | | Trustee | | | July 2018 – Present | | | President, Voya Investments, LLC and Voya Capital, LLC (March 2018 – Present); Senior Vice President, Voya Investments Distributor, LLC (April 2018 – Present); Chief Operating Officer, Voya Investment Management (January 2022 – Present); Senior Managing Director, Head of Product and Marketing Strategy, Voya Investment Management (September 2017 – Present). Formerly, Managing Director, Quantitative Management Associates, LLC (January 2004 – August 2017). | | | 131 | | | Voya Investments, LLC, Voya Capital, LLC, and Voya Funds Services, LLC (March 2018 – Present); Voya Investments Distributor, LLC (April 2018 – Present). | |
(1)
Trustees serve until their successors are duly elected and qualified. The tenure of each Trustee who is not an “interested person” as defined in the 1940 Act, of each Fund (“Independent Trustee”) is subject to the Board’s retirement policy which states that each duly elected or appointed Independent Trustee shall retire from and cease to be a member of the Board of Trustees at the close of business on December 31 of the calendar year in which the Independent Trustee attains the age of 75. A majority vote of the Board’s other Independent Trustees may extend the retirement date of an Independent Trustee if the retirement would trigger a requirement to hold a meeting of shareholders of the Trust under applicable law, whether for the purposes of appointing a successor to the Independent Trustee or otherwise comply under applicable law, in which case the extension would apply until such time as the shareholder meeting can be held or is no longer required (as determined by a vote of a majority of the other Independent Trustees).
(2)
For the purposes of this table, “Fund Complex” means the Voya family of funds including the following investment companies: Voya Asia Pacific High Dividend Equity Income Fund; Voya Balanced Portfolio, Inc.; Voya Emerging Markets High Dividend Equity Fund; Voya Equity Trust; Voya Funds Trust; Voya Global Advantage and Premium Opportunity Fund; Voya Global Equity Dividend and Premium Opportunity Fund; Voya Government Money Market Portfolio; Voya Infrastructure, Industrials and Materials Fund; Voya Intermediate Bond Portfolio; Voya Investors Trust; Voya Mutual Funds; Voya Partners, Inc.; Voya Senior Income Fund; Voya Separate Portfolios Trust; Voya Strategic Allocation Portfolios, Inc.; Voya Variable Funds; Voya Variable Insurance Trust; Voya Variable Portfolios, Inc.; and Voya Variable Products Trust. The number of funds in the Fund Complex is as of June 30, 2022.
Trustee and Officer Information (Unaudited) (continued)
Name, Address and Age | | | Position(s) Held With the Trust | | | Term of Office and Length of Time Served(1) | | | Principal Occupation(s) – During the Past 5 Years | |
Michael Bell One Orange Way Windsor, Connecticut 06095 Age: 53 | | | Chief Executive Officer | | | March 2018 – Present | | | Chief Executive Officer and Director, Voya Investments, LLC, Voya Capital, LLC, and Voya Funds Services, LLC (March 2018 – Present); Senior Vice President, Voya Investments Distributor, LLC (March 2020 – Present); Chief Financial Officer, Voya Investment Management (September 2014 – Present). Formerly, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Voya Investments Distributor, LLC (September 2019 – March 2020); Senior Vice President and Treasurer, Voya Investments Distributor, LLC (November 2015 – September 2019); Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, Voya Investments, LLC (November 2015 – March 2018). | |
Dina Santoro 230 Park Avenue New York, New York 10169 Age: 49 | | | President | | | March 2018 – Present | | | President and Director, Voya Investments, LLC and Voya Capital, LLC (March 2018 – Present); Director, Voya Funds Services, LLC (March 2018 – Present); Director and Senior Vice President, Voya Investments Distributor, LLC (April 2018 – Present); Chief Operating Officer, Voya Investment Management (January 2022 – Present); Senior Managing Director, Head of Product and Marketing Strategy, Voya Investment Management (September 2017 – Present). Formerly, Managing Director, Quantitative Management Associates, LLC (January 2004 – August 2017). | |
Jonathan Nash 230 Park Avenue New York, New York 10169 Age: 54 | | | Executive Vice President Chief Investment Risk Officer | | | March 2020 – Present March 2020 – Present | | | Executive Vice President and Chief Investment Risk Officer, Voya Investments, LLC (March 2020 – Present) and Senior Vice President, Investment Risk Management, Voya Investment Management (March 2017 – Present). Formerly, Vice President, Voya Investments, LLC (September 2018 – March 2020); Consultant, DA Capital LLC (January 2016 – March 2017). | |
James M. Fink 5780 Powers Ferry Road NW Atlanta, Georgia 30327 Age: 64 | | | Executive Vice President | | | March 2018 – Present | | | Managing Director, Voya Investments, LLC, Voya Capital, LLC, and Voya Funds Services, LLC (March 2018 – Present); Senior Vice President, Voya Investments Distributor, LLC (April 2018 – Present); Chief Administrative Officer, Voya Investment Management (September 2017 – Present). Formerly, Managing Director, Operations, Voya Investment Management (March 1999 – September 2017). | |
Kristin M. Lynch 7337 East Doubletree Ranch Rd. Suite 100 Scottsdale, Arizona 85258 Age: 40 | | | Chief Compliance Officer | | | April 2022 – Present | | | Chief Compliance Officer, Voya Family of Funds (April 2022 – Present); Vice President, Voya Investment Management (March 2019 – Present). Formerly, Assistant Vice President, Voya Investment Management (March 2014 – March 2019). | |
Todd Modic 7337 East Doubletree Ranch Rd. Suite 100 Scottsdale, Arizona 85258 Age: 54 | | | Senior Vice President, Chief/Principal Financial Officer and Assistant Secretary | | | March 2005 – Present | | | President, Voya Funds Services, LLC (March 2018 – Present) and Senior Vice President, Voya Investments, LLC (April 2005 – Present). | |
Kimberly A. Anderson 7337 East Doubletree Ranch Rd. Suite 100 Scottsdale, Arizona 85258 Age: 58 | | | Senior Vice President | | | November 2003 – Present | | | Senior Vice President, Voya Investments, LLC (September 2003 – Present). | |
Sara M. Donaldson 7337 East Doubletree Ranch Rd. Suite 100 Scottsdale, Arizona 85258 Age: 62 | | | Senior Vice President | | | June 2022 – Present | | | Senior Vice President, Voya Investments, LLC (February 2022 – Present); Senior Vice President, Head of Active Ownership, Voya Investment Management (September 2021 – Present). Formerly, Vice President, Voya Investments, LLC (October 2015 – February 2022); Vice President, Head of Proxy Voting, Voya Investment Management (October 2015 – August 2021). | |
Trustee and Officer Information (Unaudited) (continued)
Name, Address and Age | | | Position(s) Held With the Trust | | | Term of Office and Length of Time Served(1) | | | Principal Occupation(s) – During the Past 5 Years | |
Andrew K. Schlueter 7337 East Doubletree Ranch Rd. Suite 100 Scottsdale, Arizona 85258 Age: 46 | | | Senior Vice President | | | June 2022 – Present | | | Vice President, Voya Investments Distributor, LLC (April 2018 – Present); Vice President, Voya Investments, LLC and Voya Funds Services, LLC (March 2018 – Present); Senior Vice President, Head of Mutual Fund Operations, Voya Investment Management (March 2022 – Present). Formerly, Vice President, Head of Mutual Fund Operations, Voya Investment Management (February 2018 – February 2022); Vice President, Voya Investment Management (March 2014 – February 2018). | |
Robert Terris 5780 Powers Ferry Road NW Atlanta, Georgia 30327 Age: 52 | | | Senior Vice President | | | May 2006 – Present | | | Senior Vice President, Voya Investments Distributor, LLC (April 2018 – Present); Senior Vice President, Head of Investment Services, Voya Investments, LLC (April 2018 – Present) and Voya Funds Services, LLC (March 2006 – Present). Formerly, Senior Vice President, Head of Division Operations, Voya Investments, LLC (October 2015 – April 2018). | |
Joanne F. Osberg 7337 East Doubletree Ranch Rd. Suite 100 Scottsdale, Arizona 85258 Age: 40 | | | Vice President Secretary | | | June 2022 – Present September 2020 – Present | | | Vice President and Senior Counsel, Voya Investment Management – Mutual Fund Legal Department (September 2020 – Present). Formerly, Vice President, Counsel, Voya Investment Management – Mutual Fund Legal Department (January 2013 – September 2020). | |
Fred Bedoya 7337 East Doubletree Ranch Rd. Suite 100 Scottsdale, Arizona 85258 Age: 49 | | | Vice President Treasurer | | | September 2012 – Present | | | Vice President, Voya Investments, LLC (October 2015 – Present) and Voya Funds Services, LLC (July 2012 – Present). | |
Maria M. Anderson 7337 East Doubletree Ranch Rd. Suite 100 Scottsdale, Arizona 85258 Age: 64 | | | Vice President | | | September 2004 – Present | | | Vice President, Voya Investments, LLC (October 2015 – Present) and Voya Funds Services, LLC (September 2004 – Present). | |
Robyn L. Ichilov 7337 East Doubletree Ranch Rd. Suite 100 Scottsdale, Arizona 85258 Age: 54 | | | Vice President | | | November 1999 – Present | | | Vice President, Voya Funds Services, LLC (November 1995 – Present) and Voya Investments, LLC (August 1997 – Present). | |
Jason Kadavy 7337 East Doubletree Ranch Rd. Suite 100 Scottsdale, Arizona 85258 Age: 46 | | | Vice President | | | September 2012 – Present | | | Vice President, Voya Investments, LLC (October 2015 – Present) and Voya Funds Services, LLC (July 2007 – Present). | |
Erica McKenna 7337 East Doubletree Ranch Rd. Suite 100 Scottsdale, Arizona 85258 Age: 49 | | | Vice President | | | June 2022 – Present | | | Vice President, Head of Mutual Fund Compliance, and Chief Compliance Officer, Voya Investments, LLC (May 2022 – Present). Formerly, Vice President, Fund Compliance Manager, Voya Investments, LLC (March 2021 – May 2022); Assistant Vice President, Fund Compliance Manager, Voya Investments, LLC (December 2016 – March 2021). | |
Craig Wheeler 7337 East Doubletree Ranch Rd. Suite 100 Scottsdale, Arizona 85258 Age: 53 | | | Vice President | | | May 2013 – Present | | | Vice President – Director of Tax, Voya Investments, LLC (October 2015 – Present). | |
Nicholas C.D. Ward 7337 East Doubletree Ranch Rd. Suite 100 Scottsdale, Arizona 85258 Age: 29 | | | Assistant Vice President and Assistant Secretary | | | June 2022 – Present | | | Counsel, Voya Investment Management – Mutual Fund Legal Department (November 2021 – Present). Formerly, Associate, Dechert LLP (October 2018 – Present). | |
Trustee and Officer Information (Unaudited) (continued)
Name, Address and Age | | | Position(s) Held With the Trust | | | Term of Office and Length of Time Served(1) | | | Principal Occupation(s) – During the Past 5 Years | |
Gizachew Wubishet 7337 East Doubletree Ranch Rd. Suite 100 Scottsdale, Arizona 85258 Age: 46 | | | Assistant Secretary | | | June 2022 – Present | | | Assistant Vice President and Counsel, Voya Investment Management – Mutual Fund Legal Department (May 2019 – Present). Formerly, Attorney, Ropes & Gray LLP (October 2011 – April 2019). | |
Monia Piacenti One Orange Way Windsor, Connecticut 06095 Age: 45 | | | Anti-Money Laundering Officer | | | June 2018 – Present | | | Anti-Money Laundering Officer, Voya Investments Distributor, LLC, Voya Investment Management and Voya Investment Management Trust Co. (June 2018 – Present); Compliance Consultant, Voya Financial, Inc. (January 2019 – Present). Formerly, Senior Compliance Officer, Voya Investment Management (December 2009 – December 2018). | |
(1)
The Officers hold office until the next annual meeting of the Board of Trustees and until their successors shall have been elected and qualified.
ADVISORY AND SUB-ADVISORY CONTRACT APPROVAL DISCUSSION (Unaudited)
BOARD CONSIDERATION AND APPROVAL OF NEW SUB-SUB-ADVISORY CONTRACT
Section 15(c) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), provides that an investment company such as Voya Equity Trust (“VET”), on behalf of Voya Small Company Fund (the “Fund”), a series of VET, can enter into a new sub-sub-advisory agreement, only if the Board of Trustees of VET (the “Board”), including a majority of the Board members who have no direct or indirect interest in the sub-advisory agreement, and who are not “interested persons” of the Fund, as such term is defined under the 1940 Act (the “Independent Trustees”), determine to approve the new arrangement. Thus, at its meeting held on May 25, 2022 (the “May 25 Meeting”), the Board, including a majority of the Independent Trustees, considered a proposal by management that the Board approve a sub-sub-advisory agreement between Voya Investment Management Co. LLC (“VIM”) and Voya UK Limited (“Voya UK”) (the “Sub-Sub-Advisory Agreement”) under which Voya UK would serve as the sub-sub-adviser to the Fund. The Fund has been sub-advised by VIM since January 4, 1994.
In determining whether to initially approve the Sub-Sub-Advisory Agreement with respect to the Fund, the Board received and evaluated such information as it deemed necessary for an informed determination of whether to approve the Sub-Sub-Advisory Agreement. The materials provided included the following: (1) memoranda and related materials provided to the Board in advance of the May 25 Meeting discussing: (a) VIM’s rationale for requesting that Voya UK be added as a sub-sub-adviser to the Fund, and (b) Voya UK’s investment philosophy and how it supports VIM’s overall investment process for the Fund; (2) VIM’s responses to inquiries from counsel to the
Independent Trustees; (3) supporting documentation, including a copy of the proposed Sub-Sub-Advisory Agreement; and (4) other information relevant to the Board’s evaluation. The Board also considered that the Fund would not experience any increase in aggregate fees paid for services under the Sub-Sub-Advisory Agreement.
In reviewing the proposed Sub-Sub-Advisory Agreement, the Board considered a number of factors, including, but not limited to: (1) the information that had been provided by Voya UK in advance of the May 25 Meeting; (2) presentations made to the Board or a committee of the Board by Voya UK’s Equity Machine Intelligence portfolio management team with respect to their investing philosophy and process; (3) the nature, extent and quality of the services to be provided by Voya UK under the Sub-Sub-Advisory Agreement; (4) the personnel, operations, financial condition, and investment management capabilities, methodologies and resources of VIM and Voya UK’s fit as a sub-sub-adviser to the Fund; (5) the potential fall-out benefits to their respective affiliates from their relationship with the Fund; and (6) the appropriateness of the selection of Voya UK in light of the Fund’s investment objective and investor base.
After its deliberation, the Board determined to appoint Voya UK as a sub-sub-adviser to the Fund under the Sub-Sub-Advisory Agreement and that the nature, extent and quality of the services to be provided by Voya UK under the Sub-Sub-Advisory Agreement were reasonable. Based on these conclusions and other factors, the Board voted to approve the Sub-Sub-Advisory Agreement for the Fund. During their deliberations, different Board members may have given different weight to different individual factors and related conclusions.
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RETIREMENT | INVESTMENTS | INSURANCE
voyainvestments.com
Annual Report
May 31, 2022
Classes A, C, I, P3, R and W
Domestic Equity Fund
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Voya Mid Cap Research Enhanced Index Fund
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PROXY VOTING INFORMATION
A description of the policies and procedures that the Fund uses to determine how to vote proxies related to portfolio securities is available: (1) without charge, upon request, by calling Shareholder Services toll-free at (800) 992-0180; (2) on the Fund’s website at www.voyainvestments.com; and (3) on the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (“SEC’s”) website at www.sec.gov. Information regarding how the Fund voted proxies related to portfolio securities during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30 is available without charge on the Fund’s website at www.voyainvestments.com and on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.
QUARTERLY PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS
The Fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the SEC for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form NPORT-P. The Fund’s Forms NPORT-P are available on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. The Fund’s complete schedule of portfolio holdings is available at: www.voyainvestments.com and without charge upon request from the Fund by calling Shareholder Services toll-free at (800) 992-0180.
| | Index | | | | Description | | |
| | S&P MidCap 400® Index* | | | | An index that measures the performance of the mid-size company segment of the U.S. market. | | |
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The S&P MidCap 400® Index is a product of S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC, a division of S&P Global, or its affiliates (“SPDJI”), and has been licensed for use by Voya Financial. Standard & Poor’s® and S&P® are registered trademarks of Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC, a division of S&P Global (“S&P”); Dow Jones® is a registered trademark of Dow Jones Trademark Holdings LLC (“Dow Jones”). Voya Financial Product(s) is/are not sponsored, endorsed, sold or promoted by SPDJI, Dow Jones, S&P or their respective affiliates, and none of such parties make any representation regarding the advisability of investing in such product(s) nor do they have any liability for any errors, omissions, or interruptions of the S&P MidCap 400® Index.
Voya Mid Cap Research Enhanced Index Fund | Portfolio Managers’ Report |
| Sector Diversification as of May 31, 2022 (as a percentage of net assets) | |
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| Industrials | | | 17.1% | |
| Financials | | | 15.0% | |
| Consumer Discretionary | | | 14.0% | |
| Information Technology | | | 13.1% | |
| Real Estate | | | 9.3% | |
| Health Care | | | 8.9% | |
| Materials | | | 7.4% | |
| Energy | | | 4.6% | |
| Consumer Staples | | | 3.7% | |
| Utilities | | | 3.5% | |
| Exchange-Traded Funds | | | 1.9% | |
| Communication Services | | | 1.4% | |
| Assets in Excess of Other Liabilities* | | | 0.1% | |
| Net Assets | | | 100.0% | |
| *
Includes short-term investments. | |
| Portfolio holdings are subject to change daily. | |
Voya Mid Cap Research Enhanced Index Fund (the “Fund”) seeks long-term capital growth. The Fund is managed by Steve Wetter, Vincent Costa, CFA, Peg DiOrio, CFA, and Kai Yee Wong, Portfolio Managers, of Voya Investment Management Co. LLC — the Sub-Adviser.Performance: For the year ended May 31, 2022, the Fund’s Class A shares, excluding sales charges, provided a total return of -6.18% compared to the S&P MidCap 400® Index (the “Index” or “S&P MidCap 400”), which returned -6.52% for the same period.
Portfolio Specifics: For the reporting period, the Fund outperformed the Index due to strong security selection. On the sector level, stock selection within the consumer staples, information technology and real estate sectors had the largest impact on performance. At the individual stock level, our positioning in out-of-benchmark stocks Valero Energy Corporation and McKesson Corporation contributed, along with the underweight position in Boston Beer Company, Inc. Conversely, stock selection within the financials and communication services sectors had the largest negative impact on performance. Among the key detractors were underweight positions in Builders FirstSource, Inc. and FactSet Research Systems Inc., and not owning positions in American Financial Group, Inc.
| Top Ten Holdings as of May 31, 2022 (as a percentage of net assets) | |
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| iShares Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF | | | 1.9% | |
| Targa Resources Corp. | | | 1.1% | |
| UGI Corp. | | | 0.9% | |
| Owens Corning, Inc. | | | 0.9% | |
| Arrow Electronics, Inc. | | | 0.9% | |
| AECOM | | | 0.8% | |
| National Fuel Gas Co. | | | 0.8% | |
| Old Republic International Corp. | | | 0.8% | |
| National Retail Properties, Inc. | | | 0.8% | |
| Genpact Ltd. | | | 0.8% | |
| Portfolio holdings are subject to change daily. | |
Current Strategy and Outlook: The Fund uses an actively managed strategy that combines fundamental stock research with our proprietary quantitative models, what some like to call “quantamental.” Our proprietary quantitative models seek to identify what we believe are high quality, profitable companies that are relatively undervalued, have growth potential and are, in our view, likely to be favored by investors. The Fund also utilizes fundamental equity research to select companies that we believe would outperform the Index and that are uncorrelated to our quantitative models. We believe this unique approach of combining fundamental equity research with in-house quantitative models seeks to provide diversified excess returns and disciplined, risk-controlled portfolios.
The views expressed in this commentary are informed opinions. They should not be considered promises or advice. The views expressed reflect those of the portfolio managers, only through the end of the period as stated on the cover. The portfolio managers’ views are subject to change at any time based on market and other conditions.
Portfolio holdings and characteristics are subject to change and may not be representative of current holdings and characteristics. Fund holdings are subject to change daily. The outlook for this Fund may differ from that presented for other Voya mutual funds. This report contains statements that may be “forward-looking” statements. Actual results may differ materially from those projected in the “forward-looking” statements. The Fund’s performance returns shown reflect applicable fee waivers and/or expense limits in effect during this period. Absent such fee waivers/expense limitations, if any, performance would have been lower. Performance for the different classes of shares will vary based on differences in fees associated with each class. An index has no cash in its portfolio and imposes no sales charges. An investor cannot invest directly in an index.
Portfolio Managers’ Report | Voya Mid Cap Research Enhanced Index Fund |
| | Average Annual Total Returns for the Periods Ended May 31, 2022 | | |
| | | | | 1 Year | | | 5 Year | | | 10 Year | | | Since Inception of Class P3 June 4, 2018 | | |
| | Including Sales Charge: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Class A(1) | | | | | -11.58% | | | | | | 6.39% | | | | | | 9.49% | | | | | | — | | | |
| | Class C(2) | | | | | -7.46% | | | | | | 7.13% | | | | | | 9.28% | | | | | | — | | | |
| | Class I | | | | | -5.99% | | | | | | 7.91% | | | | | | 10.11% | | | | | | — | | | |
| | Class P3 | | | | | -5.30% | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | 7.72% | | | |
| | Class R | | | | | -6.42% | | | | | | 7.39% | | | | | | 9.55% | | | | | | — | | | |
| | Class W | | | | | -5.93% | | | | | | 7.85% | | | | | | 10.05% | | | | | | — | | | |
| | Excluding Sales Charge: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Class A | | | | | -6.18% | | | | | | 7.65% | | | | | | 9.82% | | | | | | — | | | |
| | Class C | | | | | -6.66% | | | | | | 7.13% | | | | | | 9.28% | | | | | | — | | | |
| | Class I | | | | | -5.99% | | | | | | 7.91% | | | | | | 10.11% | | | | | | — | | | |
| | Class P3 | | | | | -5.30% | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | 7.72% | | | |
| | Class R | | | | | -6.42% | | | | | | 7.39% | | | | | | 9.55% | | | | | | — | | | |
| | Class W | | | | | -5.93% | | | | | | 7.85% | | | | | | 10.05% | | | | | | — | | | |
| | S&P MidCap 400 | | | | | -6.52% | | | | | | 9.56% | | | | | | 12.24% | | | | | | 8.00% | | | |
Based on a $10,000 initial investment, the graph and table above illustrate the total return of Voya Mid Cap Research Enhanced Index Fund against the index indicated. The index is unmanaged and has no cash in its portfolio and imposes no sales charges. An investor cannot invest directly in an index.
The Fund’s performance is shown both with and without the imposition of sales charges.
The performance graph and table do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder will pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares.
The performance shown includes, if applicable, the effect of fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements by the Investment Adviser and/or other service providers, which have the effect of increasing total return. Had all fees and expenses been considered, the total returns would have been lower.
Performance data represents past performance and is no assurance of future results. Investment return and principal value of an
investment in the Fund will fluctuate. Shares, when sold, may be worth more or less than their original cost. The Fund’s current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data shown. Please log on to www.voyainvestments.com or call (800) 992-0180 to get performance through the most recent month end.
Fund holdings are subject to change daily.
(1)
Reflects deduction of the maximum Class A sales charge of 3%. Effective November 15, 2012, the maximum Class A sales charge was increased to 5.75%.
(2)
Reflects deduction of the Class C deferred sales charge of 1.00% for the 1 year return. Prior to November 15, 2012, the Class C deferred sales charge was 0.75%.
Prior to the close of business on November 8, 2019, the Fund was a separate active series under Voya Series Fund, Inc.
SHAREHOLDER EXPENSE EXAMPLE (Unaudited)
As a shareholder of the Fund, you incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, including sales charges (loads) on purchase payments, redemption fees, and exchange fees, and (2) ongoing costs, including management fees, distribution and/or service (12b-1) fees, and other Fund expenses. These Examples are intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.
The Examples are based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period from December 1, 2021 to May 31, 2022. The Fund’s expenses are shown without the imposition of any sales charges or fees. Expenses would have been higher if such charges were included.
Actual Expenses
The left section of the table shown below, “Actual Fund Return,” provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this section, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the first section under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During the Period” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period.
Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes
The right section of the table shown below, “Hypothetical (5% return before expenses),” provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Fund’s actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Fund and other mutual funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other mutual funds.
Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transactional costs, such as sales charges (loads), redemption fees, or exchange fees. Therefore, the hypothetical section of the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different mutual funds. In addition, if these transactional costs were included, your costs would have been higher.
| | | Actual Fund Return | | | Hypothetical (5% return before expenses) | |
| | | Beginning Account Value December 1, 2021 | | | Ending Account Value May 31, 2022 | | | Annualized Expense Ratio | | | Expenses Paid During the Period Ended May 31, 2022* | | | Beginning Account Value December 1, 2021 | | | Ending Account Value May 31, 2022 | | | Annualized Expense Ratio | | | Expenses Paid During the Period Ended May 31, 2022* | |
Class A | | | | $ | 1,000.00 | | | | | $ | 937.30 | | | | | | 0.95% | | | | | $ | 4.59 | | | | | $ | 1,000.00 | | | | | $ | 1,020.19 | | | | | | 0.95% | | | | | $ | 4.78 | | |
Class C | | | | | 1,000.00 | | | | | | 934.80 | | | | | | 1.45 | | | | | | 6.99 | | | | | | 1,000.00 | | | | | | 1,017.70 | | | | | | 1.45 | | | | | | 7.29 | | |
Class I | | | | | 1,000.00 | | | | | | 938.00 | | | | | | 0.70 | | | | | | 3.38 | | | | | | 1,000.00 | | | | | | 1,021.44 | | | | | | 0.70 | | | | | | 3.53 | | |
Class P3 | | | | | 1,000.00 | | | | | | 941.50 | | | | | | 0.00 | | | | | | 0.00 | | | | | | 1,000.00 | | | | | | 1,024.93 | | | | | | 0.00 | | | | | | 0.00 | | |
Class R | | | | | 1,000.00 | | | | | | 935.80 | | | | | | 1.20 | | | | | | 5.79 | | | | | | 1,000.00 | | | | | | 1,018.95 | | | | | | 1.20 | | | | | | 6.04 | | |
Class W | | | | | 1,000.00 | | | | | | 938.20 | | | | | | 0.70 | | | | | | 3.38 | | | | | | 1,000.00 | | | | | | 1,021.44 | | | | | | 0.70 | | | | | | 3.53 | | |
*
Expenses are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 182/365 to reflect the most recent fiscal half-year.
REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
To the Shareholders of Voya Mid Cap Research Enhanced Index Fund and the Board of Trustees of Voya Equity Trust
Opinion on the Financial Statements
We have audited the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities of Voya Mid Cap Research Enhanced Index Fund (the “Fund”) (one of the funds constituting Voya Equity Trust (the “Trust”)), including the portfolio of investments, as of May 31, 2022, and the related statement of operations for the year then ended, the statements of changes in net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended, the financial highlights for each of the three years in the period then ended and the related notes (collectively referred to as the “financial statements”). In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Fund (one of the funds constituting Voya Equity Trust) at May 31, 2022, the results of its operations for the year then ended, the changes in its net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended and its financial highlights for each of the three years in the period then ended, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.
The financial highlights for each of the periods in the two-year period ended May 31, 2019, were audited by another independent registered public accounting firm whose report, dated July 25, 2019, expressed an unqualified opinion on those financial highlights.
Basis for Opinion
These financial statements are the responsibility of the Trust’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Fund’s financial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (“PCAOB”) and are required to be independent with respect to the Trust in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.
We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audits to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. The Trust is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of the Trust’s internal control over financial reporting. As part of our audits, we are required to obtain an understanding of internal control over financial reporting, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Trust’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion.
Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of May 31, 2022, by correspondence with the custodian and others or by other appropriate auditing procedures where replies from others were not received. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
We have served as the auditor of one or more Voya investment companies since 2019.
Boston, Massachusetts
July 29, 2022
STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES as of May 31, 2022
| ASSETS: | | | | | | | |
| Investments in securities at fair value+* | | | | $ | 139,374,797 | | |
| Short-term investments at fair value† | | | | | 1,041,314 | | |
| Cash | | | | | 9,848 | | |
| Receivables: | | | | | | | |
| Fund shares sold | | | | | 4,199 | | |
| Dividends | | | | | 139,885 | | |
| Prepaid expenses | | | | | 30,890 | | |
| Reimbursement due from Investment Adviser | | | | | 23,785 | | |
| Other assets | | | | | 17,797 | | |
| Total assets | | | | | 140,642,515 | | |
| LIABILITIES: | | | | | | | |
| Payable for fund shares redeemed | | | | | 18,310 | | |
| Payable upon receipt of securities loaned | | | | | 766,314 | | |
| Payable for investment management fees | | | | | 59,898 | | |
| Payable for distribution and shareholder service fees | | | | | 27,938 | | |
| Payable to trustees under the deferred compensation plan (Note 6) | | | | | 17,797 | | |
| Payable for trustee fees | | | | | 352 | | |
| Other accrued expenses and liabilities | | | | | 148,248 | | |
| Total liabilities | | | | | 1,038,857 | | |
| NET ASSETS | | | | $ | 139,603,658 | | |
| NET ASSETS WERE COMPRISED OF: | | | | | | | |
| Paid-in capital | | | | $ | 117,199,480 | | |
| Total distributable earnings | | | | | 22,404,178 | | |
| NET ASSETS | | | | $ | 139,603,658 | | |
| +
Including securities loaned at value | | | | $ | 747,034 | | |
| *
Cost of investments in securities | | | | $ | 126,238,365 | | |
| †
Cost of short-term investments | | | | $ | 1,041,314 | | |
See Accompanying Notes to Financial Statements
STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES as of May 31, 2022 (continued)
| Class A | | | | | | | |
| Net assets | | | | $ | 108,606,111 | | |
| Shares authorized | | | | | unlimited | | |
| Par value | | | | $ | 0.010 | | |
| Shares outstanding | | | | | 6,337,751 | | |
| Net asset value and redemption price per share† | | | | $ | 17.14 | | |
| Maximum offering price per share (5.75%)(1) | | | | $ | 18.19 | | |
| Class C | | | | | | | |
| Net assets | | | | $ | 583,701 | | |
| Shares authorized | | | | | unlimited | | |
| Par value | | | | $ | 0.010 | | |
| Shares outstanding | | | | | 37,487 | | |
| Net asset value and redemption price per share† | | | | $ | 15.57 | | |
| Class I | | | | | | | |
| Net assets | | | | $ | 18,325,926 | | |
| Shares authorized | | | | | unlimited | | |
| Par value | | | | $ | 0.010 | | |
| Shares outstanding | | | | | 1,027,099 | | |
| Net asset value and redemption price per share | | | | $ | 17.84 | | |
| Class P3 | | | | | | | |
| Net assets | | | | $ | 4,059 | | |
| Shares authorized | | | | | unlimited | | |
| Par value | | | | $ | 0.010 | | |
| Shares outstanding | | | | | 218 | | |
| Net asset value and redemption price per share | | | | $ | 18.59 | | |
| Class R | | | | | | | |
| Net assets | | | | $ | 11,972,625 | | |
| Shares authorized | | | | | unlimited | | |
| Par value | | | | $ | 0.010 | | |
| Shares outstanding | | | | | 716,529 | | |
| Net asset value and redemption price per share | | | | $ | 16.71 | | |
| Class W | | | | | | | |
| Net assets | | | | $ | 111,236 | | |
| Shares authorized | | | | | unlimited | | |
| Par value | | | | $ | 0.010 | | |
| Shares outstanding | | | | | 6,211 | | |
| Net asset value and redemption price per share | | | | $ | 17.91 | | |
(1)
Maximum offering price is computed at 100/94.25 of net asset value. On purchases of $50,000 or more, the offering price is reduced.
†
Redemption price per share may be reduced for any applicable contingent deferred sales charges.
See Accompanying Notes to Financial Statements
STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS for the year ended May 31, 2022
| INVESTMENT INCOME: | | | | | | | |
| Dividends, net of foreign taxes withheld* | | | | $ | 2,010,594 | | |
| Securities lending income, net | | | | | 4,247 | | |
| Total investment income | | | | | 2,014,841 | | |
| EXPENSES: | | | | | | | |
| Investment management fees | | | | | 774,238 | | |
| Distribution and shareholder service fees: | | | | | | | |
| Class A | | | | | 297,542 | | |
| Class C | | | | | 5,437 | | |
| Class R | | | | | 67,405 | | |
| Transfer agent fees: | | | | | | | |
| Class A | | | | | 199,776 | | |
| Class C | | | | | 1,216 | | |
| Class I | | | | | 7,935 | | |
| Class P3 | | | | | 44 | | |
| Class R | | | | | 22,627 | | |
| Class W | | | | | 217 | | |
| Shareholder reporting expense | | | | | 13,350 | | |
| Registration fees | | | | | 77,296 | | |
| Professional fees | | | | | 41,610 | | |
| Custody and accounting expense | | | | | 53,290 | | |
| Trustee fees | | | | | 3,519 | | |
| Licensing fee (Note 7) | | | | | 21,118 | | |
| Miscellaneous expense | | | | | 18,166 | | |
| Interest expense | | | | | 128 | | |
| Total expenses | | | | | 1,604,914 | | |
| Waived and reimbursed fees | | | | | (249,663) | | |
| Net expenses | | | | | 1,355,251 | | |
| Net investment income | | | | | 659,590 | | |
| REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS): | | | | | | | |
| Net realized gain (loss) on: | | | | | | | |
| Investments | | | | | 20,201,452 | | |
| Net realized gain | | | | | 20,201,452 | | |
| Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on: | | | | | | | |
| Investments | | | | | (28,726,457) | | |
| Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) | | | | | (28,726,457) | | |
| Net realized and unrealized loss | | | | | (8,525,005) | | |
| Decrease in net assets resulting from operations | | | | $ | (7,865,415) | | |
| *
Foreign taxes withheld | | | | $ | 975 | | |
See Accompanying Notes to Financial Statements
STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS
| | | Year Ended May 31, 2022 | | | Year Ended May 31, 2021 | |
FROM OPERATIONS: | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net investment income | | | | $ | 659,590 | | | | | $ | 574,229 | | |
Net realized gain | | | | | 20,201,452 | | | | | | 15,451,539 | | |
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) | | | | | (28,726,457) | | | | | | 38,684,956 | | |
Increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations | | | | | (7,865,415) | | | | | | 54,710,724 | | |
FROM DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS: | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Total distributions (excluding return of capital): | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Class A | | | | | (16,500,306) | | | | | | (641,134) | | |
Class C | | | | | (99,395) | | | | | | (412) | | |
Class I | | | | | (892,850) | | | | | | (54,466) | | |
Class P3 | | | | | (569) | | | | | | (30) | | |
Class R | | | | | (1,870,501) | | | | | | (48,323) | | |
Class W | | | | | (17,256) | | | | | | (1,181) | | |
Total distributions | | | | | (19,380,877) | | | | | | (745,546) | | |
FROM CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS: | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net proceeds from sale of shares | | | | | 14,825,872 | | | | | | 3,072,160 | | |
Reinvestment of distributions | | | | | 19,109,607 | | | | | | 733,662 | | |
| | | | | 33,935,479 | | | | | | 3,805,822 | | |
Cost of shares redeemed | | | | | (13,050,481) | | | | | | (16,267,912) | | |
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from capital share transactions | | | | | 20,884,998 | | | | | | (12,462,090) | | |
Net increase (decrease) in net assets | | | | | (6,361,294) | | | | | | 41,503,088 | | |
NET ASSETS: | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Beginning of year or period | | | | | 145,964,952 | | | | | | 104,461,864 | | |
End of year or period | | | | $ | 139,603,658 | | | | | $ | 145,964,952 | | |
See Accompanying Notes to Financial Statements
Selected data for a share of beneficial interest outstanding throughout each year or period.
| | | | | | | | | Income (loss) from investment operations | | | | | | | | | Less Distributions | | | | | | Ratios to average net assets | | | Supplemental Data | |
| | | Net asset value, beginning of year or period | | | Net investment income (loss) | | | Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) | | | Total from investment operations | | | From net investment income | | | From net realized gains | | | From return of capital | | | Total distributions | | | Payment by affiliate | | | Net asset value, end of year or period | | | Total Return(1) | | | Expenses before reductions/additions(2)(3) | | | Expenses net of fee waivers and/or recoupments if any(2)(3) | | | Expenses net of all reductions/additions(2)(3) | | | Net investment income (loss)(2)(3) | | | Net assets, end of year or period | | | Portfolio turnover rate | |
Year or period ended | | | ($) | | | ($) | | | ($) | | | ($) | | | ($) | | | ($) | | | ($) | | | ($) | | | ($) | | | ($) | | | (%) | | | (%) | | | (%) | | | (%) | | | (%) | | | ($000’s) | | | (%) | |
Class A | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
05-31-22 | | | | | 21.15 | | | | | | 0.09• | | | | | | (1.18) | | | | | | (1.09) | | | | | | 0.11 | | | | | | 2.81 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 2.92 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 17.14 | | | | | | (6.18) | | | | | | 1.13 | | | | | | 0.95 | | | | | | 0.95 | | | | | | 0.48 | | | | | | 108,606 | | | | | | 72 | | |
05-31-21 | | | | | 13.61 | | | | | | 0.08• | | | | | | 7.57 | | | | | | 7.65 | | | | | | 0.11 | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | 0.11 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 21.15 | | | | | | 56.36 | | | | | | 1.18 | | | | | | 0.95 | | | | | | 0.95 | | | | | | 0.48 | | | | | | 122,817 | | | | | | 65 | | |
05-31-20 | | | | | 14.21 | | | | | | 0.13 | | | | | | (0.60) | | | | | | (0.47) | | | | | | 0.13 | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | 0.13 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 13.61 | | | | | | (3.44) | | | | | | 1.20 | | | | | | 0.96 | | | | | | 0.96 | | | | | | 0.86 | | | | | | 87,097 | | | | | | 51 | | |
05-31-19 | | | | | 17.34 | | | | | | 0.14• | | | | | | (1.50) | | | | | | (1.36) | ��� | | | | | 0.15 | | | | | | 1.62 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 1.77 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 14.21 | | | | | | (7.34) | | | | | | 1.14 | | | | | | 0.95 | | | | | | 0.95 | | | | | | 0.92 | | | | | | 96,138 | | | | | | 66 | | |
05-31-18 | | | | | 16.93 | | | | | | 0.09 | | | | | | 1.61 | | | | | | 1.70 | | | | | | 0.08 | | | | | | 1.21 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 1.29 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 17.34 | | | | | | 10.16 | | | | | | 1.12 | | | | | | 0.98 | | | | | | 0.98 | | | | | | 0.50 | | | | | | 45,219 | | | | | | 83 | | |
Class C | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
05-31-22 | | | | | 19.48 | | | | | | (0.00)*• | | | | | | (1.08) | | | | | | (1.08) | | | | | | 0.02 | | | | | | 2.81 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 2.83 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 15.57 | | | | | | (6.66) | | | | | | 1.63 | | | | | | 1.45 | | | | | | 1.45 | | | | | | (0.01) | | | | | | 584 | | | | | | 72 | | |
05-31-21 | | | | | 12.53 | | | | | | (0.00)*• | | | | | | 6.96 | | | | | | 6.96 | | | | | | 0.01 | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | 0.01 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 19.48 | | | | | | 55.55 | | | | | | 1.68 | | | | | | 1.45 | | | | | | 1.45 | | | | | | (0.01) | | | | | | 816 | | | | | | 65 | | |
05-31-20 | | | | | 13.07 | | | | | | 0.05• | | | | | | (0.55) | | | | | | (0.50) | | | | | | 0.04 | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | 0.04 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 12.53 | | | | | | (3.85) | | | | | | 1.70 | | | | | | 1.46 | | | | | | 1.46 | | | | | | 0.37 | | | | | | 749 | | | | | | 51 | | |
05-31-19 | | | | | 16.07 | | | | | | 0.06 | | | | | | (1.39) | | | | | | (1.33) | | | | | | 0.05 | | | | | | 1.62 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 1.67 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 13.07 | | | | | | (7.80) | | | | | | 1.64 | | | | | | 1.45 | | | | | | 1.45 | | | | | | 0.39 | | | | | | 4,252 | | | | | | 66 | | |
05-31-18 | | | | | 15.77 | | | | | | 0.01 | | | | | | 1.50 | | | | | | 1.51 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 1.21 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 1.21 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 16.07 | | | | | | 9.65 | | | | | | 1.62 | | | | | | 1.48 | | | | | | 1.48 | | | | | | (0.00)* | | | | | | 5,315 | | | | | | 83 | | |
Class I | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
05-31-22 | | | | | 21.90 | | | | | | 0.15• | | | | | | (1.24) | | | | | | (1.09) | | | | | | 0.16 | | | | | | 2.81 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 2.97 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 17.84 | | | | | | (5.99) | | | | | | 0.82 | | | | | | 0.70 | | | | | | 0.70 | | | | | | 0.75 | | | | | | 18,326 | | | | | | 72 | | |
05-31-21 | | | | | 14.08 | | | | | | 0.13• | | | | | | 7.83 | | | | | | 7.96 | | | | | | 0.14 | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | 0.14 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 21.90 | | | | | | 56.78 | | | | | | 0.88 | | | | | | 0.70 | | | | | | 0.70 | | | | | | 0.74 | | | | | | 7,901 | | | | | | 65 | | |
05-31-20 | | | | | 14.70 | | | | | | 0.17• | | | | | | (0.62) | | | | | | (0.45) | | | | | | 0.17 | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | 0.17 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 14.08 | | | | | | (3.25) | | | | | | 0.89 | | | | | | 0.71 | | | | | | 0.71 | | | | | | 1.11 | | | | | | 6,603 | | | | | | 51 | | |
05-31-19 | | | | | 17.83 | | | | | | 0.19• | | | | | | (1.54) | | | | | | (1.35) | | | | | | 0.16 | | | | | | 1.62 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 1.78 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 14.70 | | | | | | (7.08) | | | | | | 0.83 | | | | | | 0.70 | | | | | | 0.70 | | | | | | 1.14 | | | | | | 8,015 | | | | | | 66 | | |
05-31-18 | | | | | 17.38 | | | | | | 0.13 | | | | | | 1.66 | | | | | | 1.79 | | | | | | 0.13 | | | | | | 1.21 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 1.34 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 17.83 | | | | | | 10.43 | | | | | | 0.82 | | | | | | 0.73 | | | | | | 0.73 | | | | | | 0.75 | | | | | | 9,844 | | | | | | 83 | | |
Class P3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
05-31-22 | | | | | 22.57 | | | | | | 0.30• | | | | | | (1.28) | | | | | | (0.98) | | | | | | 0.19 | | | | | | 2.81 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 3.00 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 18.59 | | | | | | (5.30) | | | | | | 1.74 | | | | | | 0.00* | | | | | | 0.00* | | | | | | 1.43 | | | | | | 4 | | | | | | 72 | | |
05-31-21 | | | | | 14.42 | | | | | | 0.26• | | | | | | 8.05 | | | | | | 8.31 | | | | | | 0.16 | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | 0.16 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 22.57 | | | | | | 57.88 | | | | | | 1.93 | | | | | | 0.00* | | | | | | 0.00* | | | | | | 1.43 | | | | | | 4 | | | | | | 65 | | |
05-31-20 | | | | | 14.88 | | | | | | 0.28• | | | | | | (0.65) | | | | | | (0.37) | | | | | | 0.09 | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | 0.09 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 14.42 | | | | | | (2.58) | | | | | | 1.89 | | | | | | 0.01 | | | | | | 0.01 | | | | | | 1.81 | | | | | | 3 | | | | | | 51 | | |
06-04-18(4) - 05-31-19 | | | | | 18.07 | | | | | | 0.30 | | | | | | (1.77) | | | | | | (1.47) | | | | | | 0.10 | | | | | | 1.62 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 1.72 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 14.88 | | | | | | (7.63) | | | | | | 1.83 | | | | | | 0.00* | | | | | | 0.00* | | | | | | 1.88 | | | | | | 3 | | | | | | 66 | | |
Class R | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
05-31-22 | | | | | 20.69 | | | | | | 0.04• | | | | | | (1.15) | | | | | | (1.11) | | | | | | 0.06 | | | | | | 2.81 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 2.87 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 16.71 | | | | | | (6.42) | | | | | | 1.38 | | | | | | 1.20 | | | | | | 1.20 | | | | | | 0.23 | | | | | | 11,973 | | | | | | 72 | | |
05-31-21 | | | | | 13.32 | | | | | | 0.04• | | | | | | 7.40 | | | | | | 7.44 | | | | | | 0.07 | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | 0.07 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 20.69 | | | | | | 55.97 | | | | | | 1.43 | | | | | | 1.20 | | | | | | 1.20 | | | | | | 0.23 | | | | | | 14,249 | | | | | | 65 | | |
05-31-20 | | | | | 13.98 | | | | | | 0.09 | | | | | | (0.58) | | | | | | (0.49) | | | | | | 0.17 | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | 0.17 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 13.32 | | | | | | (3.70) | | | | | | 1.45 | | | | | | 1.21 | | | | | | 1.21 | | | | | | 0.61 | | | | | | 9,927 | | | | | | 51 | | |
05-31-19 | | | | | 17.06 | | | | | | 0.11 | | | | | | (1.48) | | | | | | (1.37) | | | | | | 0.09 | | | | | | 1.62 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 1.71 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 13.98 | | | | | | (7.54) | | | | | | 1.39 | | | | | | 1.20 | | | | | | 1.20 | | | | | | 0.64 | | | | | | 11,824 | | | | | | 66 | | |
05-31-18 | | | | | 16.67 | | | | | | 0.05 | | | | | | 1.59 | | | | | | 1.64 | | | | | | 0.04 | | | | | | 1.21 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 1.25 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 17.06 | | | | | | 9.93 | | | | | | 1.37 | | | | | | 1.23 | | | | | | 1.23 | | | | | | 0.25 | | | | | | 13,969 | | | | | | 83 | | |
Class W | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
05-31-22 | | | | | 21.96 | | | | | | 0.15• | | | | | | (1.23) | | | | | | (1.08) | | | | | | 0.16 | | | | | | 2.81 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 2.97 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 17.91 | | | | | | (5.93) | | | | | | 0.88 | | | | | | 0.70 | | | | | | 0.70 | | | | | | 0.73 | | | | | | 111 | | | | | | 72 | | |
05-31-21 | | | | | 14.13 | | | | | | 0.13• | | | | | | 7.85 | | | | | | 7.98 | | | | | | 0.15 | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | 0.15 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 21.96 | | | | | | 56.68 | | | | | | 0.93 | | | | | | 0.70 | | | | | | 0.70 | | | | | | 0.73 | | | | | | 178 | | | | | | 65 | | |
05-31-20 | | | | | 14.60 | | | | | | 0.17• | | | | | | (0.64) | | | | | | (0.47) | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | 14.13 | | | | | | (3.22) | | | | | | 0.95 | | | | | | 0.71 | | | | | | 0.71 | | | | | | 1.11 | | | | | | 84 | | | | | | 51 | | |
05-31-19 | | | | | 17.81 | | | | | | 0.19 | | | | | | (1.61) | | | | | | (1.42) | | | | | | 0.17 | | | | | | 1.62 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 1.79 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 14.60 | | | | | | (7.48) | | | | | | 0.89 | | | | | | 0.70 | | | | | | 0.70 | | | | | | 1.14 | | | | | | 105 | | | | | | 66 | | |
05-31-18 | | | | | 17.34 | | | | | | 0.14 | | | | | | 1.67 | | | | | | 1.81 | | | | | | 0.13 | | | | | | 1.21 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 1.34 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 17.81 | | | | | | 10.57 | | | | | | 0.87 | | | | | | 0.73 | | | | | | 0.73 | | | | | | 0.71 | | | | | | 136 | | | | | | 83 | | |
(1)
Total return is calculated assuming reinvestment of all dividends, capital gain distributions and return of capital distributions, if any, at net asset value and excluding the deduction of sales charges or contingent deferred sales charges, if applicable. Total return for periods less than one year is not annualized.
(2)
Annualized for periods less than one year.
See Accompanying Notes to Financial Statements
Financial Highlights (continued)
(3)
Ratios reflect operating expenses of a Fund. Expenses before reductions/additions do not reflect amounts reimbursed or recouped by the Investment Adviser and/or Distributor or reductions from brokerage service arrangements or other expense offset arrangements and do not represent the amount paid by a Fund during periods when reimbursements or reductions occur. Expenses net of fee waivers reflect expenses after reimbursement by the Investment Adviser and/or Distributor or recoupment of previously reimbursed fees by the Investment Adviser, but prior to reductions from brokerage service arrangements or other expense offset arrangements. Expenses net of all reductions/additions represent the net expenses paid by a Fund. Net investment income (loss) is net of all such additions or reductions.
(4)
Commencement of operations.
•
Calculated using average number of shares outstanding throughout the year or period.
*
Amount is less than $0.005 or 0.005% or more than $(0.005) or (0.005)%.
See Accompanying Notes to Financial Statements
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS as of May 31, 2022
NOTE 1 — ORGANIZATION
Voya Equity Trust (the “Trust”) is a Massachusetts business trust and is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (“1940 Act”), as an open-end investment management company. The Trust was organized on June 12, 1998 and consists of eleven separate active investment series. This report is for Voya Mid Cap Research Enhanced Index Fund (“Mid Cap Research Enhanced Index” or the “Fund”), a diversified series of the Trust.
The Fund offers the following classes of shares: Class A, Class C, Class I, Class P3, Class R and Class W. The separate classes of shares differ principally in the applicable sales charges (if any), distribution fees and shareholder servicing fees, as well as differences in the amount of waiver of fees and reimbursement of expenses, if any. Generally, shareholders of each class also bear certain expenses that pertain to that particular class. All shareholders are allocated the common expenses of a fund and earn income and realized gains/losses from a fund pro rata based on the daily ending net assets of each class, without distinction between share classes. Expenses that are specific to a fund or a class are charged directly to that fund or class. Other operating expenses shared by several funds are generally allocated among those funds based on average net assets. Distributions are determined separately for each class based on income and expenses allocated to each class. Realized gain distributions are allocated to each class pro rata based on the shares outstanding of each class on the date of distribution. Differences in per share dividend rates generally result from differences in separate class expenses, including distribution and shareholder servicing fees, if applicable, as well as differences in the amount of waiver of fees and reimbursement of expenses between the separate classes, if any.
Effective November 2, 2021, Class C shares, along with their pro rata reinvested dividend shares, automatically convert to Class A shares eight years after purchase. Prior to November 2, 2021, Class C shares, along with their pro rata reinvested dividend shares, automatically converted to Class A shares ten years after purchase.
Voya Investments, LLC (“Voya Investments” or the “Investment Adviser”), an Arizona limited liability company, serves as the Investment Adviser to the Fund. Voya Investments has engaged Voya Investment Management Co. LLC (“Voya IM” or the “Sub-Adviser”), a Delaware limited liability company, to serve as the Sub-Adviser to the Fund. Voya Investments Distributor, LLC (“VID” or the “Distributor”), a Delaware limited liability company, serves as the principal underwriter to the Fund.
NOTE 2 — SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
The following significant accounting policies are consistently followed by the Fund in the preparation of its financial statements. The Fund is considered an investment company under U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) and follows the accounting and reporting guidance applicable to investment companies.
A. Security Valuation. The Fund is open for business every day the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) opens for regular trading (each such day, a “Business Day”). The net asset value (“NAV”) per share for each class of the Fund is determined each Business Day as of the close of the regular trading session (“Market Close”), as determined by the Consolidated Tape Association (“CTA”), the central distributor of transaction prices for exchange-traded securities (normally 4:00 p.m. Eastern time unless otherwise designated by the CTA). The data reflected on the consolidated tape provided by the CTA is generated by various market centers, including all securities exchanges, electronic communications networks, and third-market broker-dealers. The NAV per share of each class of the Fund is calculated by taking the value of the Fund’s assets attributable to that class, subtracting the Fund’s liabilities attributable to that class, and dividing by the number of shares of that class that are outstanding. On days when the Fund is closed for business, Fund shares will not be priced and the Fund does not transact purchase and redemption orders. To the extent the Fund’s assets are traded in other markets on days when the Fund does not price its shares, the value of the Fund’s assets will likely change and you will not be able to purchase or redeem shares of the Fund.
Assets for which market quotations are readily available are valued at market value. A security listed or traded on an exchange is valued at its last sales price or official closing price as of the close of the regular trading session on the exchange where the security is principally traded or, if such price is not available, at the last sale price as of the Market Close for such security provided by the CTA. Bank loans are valued at the average of the averages of the bid and ask prices provided to an independent loan pricing service by brokers. Futures contracts are valued at the final settlement price set by an exchange on which they are principally traded. Listed options are valued at the mean between the last bid and ask prices from the exchange on which they are principally traded. Investments in open-end registered investment companies that do not trade on an exchange are valued at the end of day NAV per share. Investments in registered investment companies that trade on an exchange are valued at the last sales price or official closing price as of the close of the regular trading session on the exchange where the security is principally traded.
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS as of May 31, 2022 (continued)
NOTE 2 — SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (continued)
When a market quotation is not readily available or is deemed unreliable, the Fund will determine a fair value for the relevant asset in accordance with procedures adopted by the Fund’s Board of Trustees (“Board”). Such procedures provide, for example, that: (a) Exchange-traded securities are valued at the mean of the closing bid and ask; (b) Debt obligations are valued using an evaluated price provided by an independent pricing service. Evaluated prices provided by the pricing service may be determined without exclusive reliance on quoted prices, and may reflect factors such as institution-size trading in similar groups of securities, developments related to specific securities, benchmark yield, quality, type of issue, coupon rate, maturity, individual trading characteristics and other market data; (c) Securities traded in the over-the-counter (“OTC”) market are valued based on prices provided by independent pricing services or market makers; (d) Options not listed on an exchange are valued by an independent source using an industry accepted model, such as Black-Scholes; (e) Centrally cleared swap agreements are valued using a price provided by an independent pricing service; (f) OTC swap agreements are valued using a price provided by an independent pricing service; (g) Forward foreign currency exchange contracts are valued utilizing current and forward rates obtained from an independent pricing service. Such prices from the third party pricing service are for specific settlement periods and the Fund’s forward foreign currency exchange contracts are valued at an interpolated rate between the closest preceding and subsequent period reported by the independent pricing service; and (h) Securities for which market prices are not provided by any of the above methods may be valued based upon quotes furnished by brokers.
The prospectuses of the open-end registered investment companies in which the Fund may invest explain the circumstances under which they will use fair value pricing and the effects of using fair value pricing.
Foreign securities’ (including forward foreign currency exchange contracts) prices are converted into U.S. dollar amounts using the applicable exchange rates as of Market Close. If market quotations are available and believed to be reliable for foreign exchange-traded equity securities, the securities will be valued at the market quotations. Because trading hours for certain foreign securities end before Market Close, closing market quotations may become unreliable. An independent pricing service determines the degree of certainty, based on historical data, that the closing price in the principal market where a foreign security trades is not the current value as of Market Close. Foreign securities’ prices meeting the approved degree of certainty that the price is not reflective of current
value will be valued by the independent pricing service using pricing models designed to estimate likely changes in the values of those securities between the times in which the trading in those securities is substantially completed and Market Close. Multiple factors may be considered by the independent pricing service in determining the value of such securities and may include information relating to sector indices, American Depositary Receipts and domestic and foreign index futures.
All other assets for which market quotations are not readily available or became unreliable (or if the above fair valuation methods are unavailable or determined to be unreliable) are valued at fair value as determined in good faith by or under the supervision of the Board following procedures approved by the Board. The Board has delegated to the Investment Adviser responsibility for overseeing the implementation of the Fund’s valuation procedures; a “Pricing Committee” comprised of employees of the Investment Adviser or its affiliates has responsibility for applying the fair valuation methods set forth in the procedures and, if a fair valuation cannot be determined pursuant to the fair valuation methods, determining the fair value of assets held by the Fund. Issuer specific events, transaction price, position size, nature and duration of restrictions on disposition of the security, market trends, bid/ask quotes of brokers and other market data may be reviewed in the course of making a good faith determination of a security’s fair value. Valuations change in response to many factors including the historical and prospective earnings of the issuer, the value of the issuer’s assets, general economic conditions, interest rates, investor perceptions and market liquidity. Because of the inherent uncertainties of fair valuation, the values used to determine the Fund’s NAV may materially differ from the value received upon actual sale of those investments. Thus, fair valuation may have an unintended dilutive or accretive effect on the value of shareholders’ investments in the Fund.
Each investment asset or liability of the Fund is assigned a level at measurement date based on the significance and source of the inputs to its valuation. Quoted prices in active markets for identical securities are classified as “Level 1,” inputs other than quoted prices for an asset or liability that are observable are classified as “Level 2” and significant unobservable inputs, including the Sub-Adviser’s or Pricing Committee’s judgment about the assumptions that a market participant would use in pricing an asset or liability are classified as “Level 3.” The inputs used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risks associated with investing in those securities. Short-term securities of sufficient credit quality are generally considered to be Level 2 securities under applicable
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS as of May 31, 2022 (continued)
NOTE 2 — SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (continued)
accounting rules. A table summarizing the Fund’s investments under these levels of classification is included within the Portfolio of Investments.
GAAP requires a reconciliation of the beginning to ending balances for reported fair values that presents changes attributable to total realized and unrealized gains or losses, purchases and sales, and transfers in or out of the Level 3 category during the period. A reconciliation of Level 3 investments within the Portfolio of Investments is presented only when the Fund has a significant amount of Level 3 investments.
B. Securities Transactions and Revenue Recognition. Securities transactions are accounted for on the trade date. Realized gains and losses are reported on the basis of identified cost of securities sold. Interest income is recorded on an accrual basis. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date, or for certain foreign securities, when the information becomes available to the Fund. Premium amortization and discount accretion are determined by the effective yield method.
C. Foreign Currency Translation. The books and records of the Fund are maintained in U.S. dollars. Any foreign currency amounts are translated into U.S. dollars on the following basis:
(1)
Market value of investment securities, other assets and liabilities — at the exchange rates prevailing at Market Close.
(2)
Purchases and sales of investment securities, income and expenses — at the exchange rates prevailing on the respective dates of such transactions.
Although the net assets and the market values are presented at the foreign exchange rates at Market Close, the Fund does not isolate the portion of the results of operations resulting from changes in foreign exchange rates on investments from the fluctuations arising from changes in market prices of securities held. Such fluctuations are included with the net realized and unrealized gains or losses from investments. For securities which are subject to foreign withholding tax upon disposition, liabilities are recorded on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities for the estimated tax withholding based on the securities’ current market value. Upon disposition, realized gains or losses on such securities are recorded net of foreign withholding tax.
Reported net realized foreign exchange gains or losses arise from sales of foreign currencies, currency gains or losses realized between the trade and settlement dates on securities transactions, the difference between the amounts of dividends, interest, and foreign withholding tax
reclaims recorded on the Fund’s books, and the U.S. dollar equivalent of the amounts actually received or paid. Net unrealized foreign exchange gains and losses arise from changes in the value of assets and liabilities other than investments in securities, resulting from changes in the exchange rate. Foreign security and currency transactions may involve certain considerations and risks not typically associated with investing in U.S. companies and U.S. government securities. These risks include, but are not limited to, revaluation of currencies and future adverse political and economic developments which could cause securities and their markets to be less liquid and prices more volatile than those of comparable U.S. companies and U.S. government securities.
D. Distributions to Shareholders. The Fund records distributions to its shareholders on the ex-dividend date. The Fund declares and pays dividends and capital gain distributions, if any, at least annually to comply with the distribution requirements of the Internal Revenue Code and may make distributions on a more frequent basis. The characteristics of income and gains to be distributed are determined in accordance with income tax regulations, which may differ from GAAP for investment companies.
E. Federal Income Taxes. It is the policy of the Fund to comply with the requirements of subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code and related excise tax provisions applicable to regulated investment companies and to distribute substantially all of its net investment income and any net realized capital gains to its shareholders. Therefore, no federal income tax provision is required. Management has considered the sustainability of the Fund’s tax positions taken on federal income tax returns for all open tax years in making this determination. No capital gain distributions will be made until any capital loss carryforwards have been fully utilized.
The Fund may utilize equalization accounting for tax purposes, whereby a portion of redemption payments are treated as distributions of income or gain.
F. Use of Estimates. The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of increases and decreases in net assets from operations during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
G. Securities Lending. The Fund has the option to temporarily loan up to 331∕3% of its total assets to brokers, dealers or other financial institutions in exchange for a negotiated lender’s fee. Securities lending involves two primary risks: “investment risk” and “borrower default risk.” When lending securities, the Fund will receive cash or U.S.
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS as of May 31, 2022 (continued)
NOTE 2 — SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (continued)
government securities as collateral. Investment risk is the risk that the Fund will lose money from the investment of the cash collateral received from the borrower. Borrower default risk is the risk that the Fund will lose money due to the failure of a borrower to return a borrowed security. Loans are subject to termination at the option of the borrower or the Fund. Securities lending may result in leverage. The use of leverage may exaggerate any increase or decrease in the NAV, causing the Fund to be more volatile. The use of leverage may increase expenses and increase the impact of the Fund’s other risks.
H. Indemnifications. In the normal course of business, the Trust may enter into contracts that provide certain indemnifications. The Trust’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is dependent on future claims that may be made against the Fund and, therefore, cannot be estimated; however, based on experience, management considers the risk of loss from such claims remote.
NOTE 3 — INVESTMENT TRANSACTIONS
For the year ended May 31, 2022, the cost of purchases and the proceeds from the sales of securities, excluding short-term securities, were as follows:
| Purchases | | | Sales | |
| $104,364,951 | | | | $ | 101,891,126 | | |
NOTE 4 — INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT FEES
The Fund has entered into an investment management agreement (“Management Agreement”) with the Investment Adviser. The Investment Adviser has overall responsibility for the management of the Fund. The Investment Adviser oversees all investment advisory and portfolio management services for the Fund and assists in managing and supervising all aspects of the general day-to-day business activities and operations of the Fund, including custodial, transfer agency, dividend disbursing, accounting, auditing, compliance and related services. This Management Agreement compensates the Investment Adviser with a management fee, computed daily and payable monthly, based on the average daily net assets of the Fund, at the following annual rates: 0.550% on the first $500 million, 0.525% on the next $250 million, 0.500% on the next $1.25 billion, and 0.475% in excess of $2 billion.
The Investment Adviser has entered into a sub-advisory agreement with Voya IM. Voya IM provides investment advice for the Fund and is paid by the Investment Adviser based on the average daily net assets of the Fund. Subject to such policies as the Board or the Investment Adviser may determine, Voya IM manages the Fund’s assets in accordance with the Fund’s investment objectives, policies, and limitations.
NOTE 5 — DISTRIBUTION AND SERVICE FEES
Class A, Class C, and Class R shares of the Fund has a plan (each a “Plan” and collectively, the “Plans”), whereby the Distributor is compensated by the Fund for expenses incurred in the distribution of the Fund’s shares (“Distribution Fees”). Pursuant to the Plans, the Distributor is entitled to a payment each month to compensate for expenses incurred in the distribution and promotion of the Fund’s shares, including expenses incurred in printing prospectuses and reports used for sales purposes, expenses incurred in preparing and printing sales literature and other such distribution related expenses, including any distribution or shareholder servicing fees (“Service Fees”) paid to securities dealers who have executed a distribution agreement with the Distributor. Under the Plans, each class of shares of the Fund pays the Distributor Distribution Fees and/or Service Fees based on average daily net assets at the following rates:
| Class A | | | Class C | | | Class R | |
| 0.25% | | | 0.75% | | | 0.50% | |
The Distributor may also retain the proceeds of the initial sales charge paid by shareholders upon the purchase of Class A shares of the Fund, and the contingent deferred sales charge paid by shareholders upon certain redemptions for Class A and Class C shares. For the year ended May 31, 2022, the Distributor retained the following amounts in sales charges:
| | | Class A | | | Class C | |
Initial Sales Charges: | | | | $ | 1,787 | | | | | $ | — | | |
Contingent Deferred Sales Charges: | | | | $ | 6 | | | | | $ | 71 | | |
NOTE 6 — OTHER TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATES AND RELATED PARTIES
At May 31, 2022, the following direct or indirect, wholly-owned subsidiaries of Voya Financial, Inc. or affiliated investment companies owned more than 5% of the Fund:
Subsidiary/Affiliated Investment Company | | | Percentage | |
Voya Global Perspectives Fund | | | | | 8.21% | | |
Voya Institutional Trust Company | | | | | 8.40 | | |
The Investment Advisor may direct the Fund’s Sub-Adviser to use its best efforts (subject to obtaining best execution of each transaction) to allocate the Fund’s equity security transactions through certain designated broker-dealers. The designated broker-dealer, in turn, will reimburse a portion of the brokerage commissions to pay certain expenses of the Fund. Any amount credited to the Fund is reflected as brokerage commission recapture on the accompanying Statement of Operations.
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS as of May 31, 2022 (continued)
NOTE 6 — OTHER TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATES AND RELATED PARTIES (continued)
The Fund has adopted a deferred compensation plan (the “DC Plan”), which allows eligible independent trustees, as described in the DC Plan, to defer the receipt of all or a portion of the trustees’ fees that they are entitled to receive from the Fund. For purposes of determining the amount owed to the trustee under the DC Plan, the amounts deferred are invested in shares of the funds selected by the trustee (the “Notional Funds”). When the Fund purchases shares of the Notional Funds, which are all advised by Voya Investments, in amounts equal to the trustees’ deferred fees, this results in a Fund asset equal to the deferred compensation liability. Such assets, if applicable, are included as a component of “Other assets” on the accompanying Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Deferral of trustees’ fees under the DC Plan will not affect net assets of the Fund, and will not materially affect the Fund’s assets, liabilities or net investment income per share. Amounts will be deferred until distributed in accordance with the DC Plan.
The Fund may pay per account fees to affiliates of Voya Investments for recordkeeping services provided on certain assets. For the year ended May 31, 2022, the per account fees for affiliated recordkeeping services paid by the Fund were $22,238.
NOTE 7 — LICENSING FEE
The Fund pays an annual licensing fee to S&P Opco, LLC.
NOTE 8 — EXPENSE LIMITATION AGREEMENTS
The Investment Adviser has entered into a written expense limitation agreement (“Expense Limitation Agreement”) with the Fund whereby the Investment Adviser has agreed to limit expenses, excluding interest, taxes, investment-related costs, leverage expenses, extraordinary expenses and acquired fund fees and expenses to the levels listed below:
| Class A | | | Class C | | | Class I | | | Class P3 | | | Class R | | | Class W | |
| 1.00% | | | 1.50% | | | 0.75% | | | 0.00% | | | 1.25% | | | 0.75% | |
Pursuant to a side letter agreement, through October 1, 2022, the Investment Adviser has further lowered the expense limits to the levels listed below. Any fees waived pursuant to the side letter agreement shall not be eligible for recoupment. Termination or modification of this obligation requires approval by the Board.
| Class A | | | Class C | | | Class I | | | Class P3 | | | Class R | | | Class W | |
| 0.95% | | | 1.45% | | | 0.70% | | | 0.00% | | | 1.20% | | | 0.70% | |
Unless otherwise specified above, the Investment Adviser may at a later date recoup from the Fund for class specific fees waived and/or other expenses reimbursed by the Investment Adviser during the previous 36 months, but only if, after such recoupment, the Fund’s expense ratio does not exceed the percentage described above. Waived and reimbursed fees net of any recoupment by the Investment Adviser of such waived and reimbursed fees are reflected on the accompanying Statement of Operations. Amounts payable by the Investment Adviser are reflected on the accompanying Statement of Assets and Liabilities.
As of May 31, 2022, the Fund did not have any amount of waived and/or reimbursed fees that are subject to possible recoupment by the Investment Advisor.
The Expense Limitation Agreement is contractual through October 1, 2022 and the Expense Limitation Agreement shall renew automatically for one-year terms. Termination or modification of this obligation requires approval by the Board.
NOTE 9 — LINE OF CREDIT
Effective June 14, 2021, the Fund, in addition to certain other funds managed by the Investment Adviser, entered into a 364-day unsecured committed revolving line of credit agreement (the “Credit Agreement”) with The Bank of New York Mellon (“BNY”) for an aggregate amount of $400,000,000 through June 13, 2022. The proceeds may be used only to finance temporarily: (1) the purchase or sale of investment securities; or (2) the repurchase or redemption of shares of the Fund or certain other funds managed by the Investment Adviser. The funds to which the line of credit is available pay a commitment fee equal to 0.15% per annum on the daily unused portion of the committed line amount payable quarterly in arrears. Prior to June 14, 2021, the predecessor line of credit was for an aggregate amount of $400,000,000 and the funds to which the line of credit was available paid a commitment fee equal to 0.15% per annum on the daily unused portion of the committed line amount through June 14, 2021.
Borrowings under the Credit Agreement accrue interest at the federal funds rate plus a specified margin. Repayments generally must be made within 60 days after the date of a revolving credit advance.
The Fund utilized the line of credit during the year ended May 31, 2022, as follows:
| Days Utilized | | | Approximate Average Daily Balance For Days Utilized | | | Approximate Weighted Average Interest Rate For Days Utilized | |
| 3 | | | | $ | 1,037,000 | | | | | | 1.48% | | |
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS as of May 31, 2022 (continued)
NOTE 10 — CAPITAL SHARES
Transactions in capital shares and dollars were as follows:
| | | Shares sold | | | Shares issued in merger | | | Reinvestment of distributions | | | Shares redeemed | | | Net increase (decrease) in shares outstanding | | | Shares sold | | | Proceeds from shares issued in merger | | | Reinvestment of distributions | | | Shares redeemed | | | Net increase (decrease) | |
Year or period ended | | | # | | | # | | | # | | | # | | | # | | | ($) | | | ($) | | | ($) | | | ($) | | | ($) | |
Class A | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
5/31/2022 | | | | | 99,471 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 877,585 | | | | | | (447,353) | | | | | | 529,703 | | | | | | 1,966,083 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 16,270,425 | | | | | | (8,738,935) | | | | | | 9,497,573 | | |
5/31/2021 | | | | | 93,434 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 36,517 | | | | | | (723,240) | | | | | | (593,289) | | | | | | 1,652,057 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 631,014 | | | | | | (12,092,271) | | | | | | (9,809,200) | | |
Class C | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
5/31/2022 | | | | | 5,851 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 5,818 | | | | | | (16,074) | | | | | | (4,405) | | | | | | 102,714 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 98,261 | | | | | | (297,817) | | | | | | (96,842) | | |
5/31/2021 | | | | | 4,532 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 26 | | | | | | (22,427) | | | | | | (17,869) | | | | | | 76,072 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 408 | | | | | | (331,801) | | | | | | (255,321) | | |
Class I | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
5/31/2022 | | | | | 705,823 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 44,472 | | | | | | (84,028) | | | | | | 666,267 | | | | | | 12,112,010 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 857,860 | | | | | | (1,861,874) | | | | | | 11,107,996 | | |
5/31/2021 | | | | | 21,237 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 3,004 | | | | | | (132,354) | | | | | | (108,113) | | | | | | 381,765 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 53,690 | | | | | | (2,075,737) | | | | | | (1,640,282) | | |
Class P3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ��� | |
5/31/2022 | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | 28 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 28 | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | 570 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 570 | | |
5/31/2021 | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | 2 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 2 | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | 30 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 30 | | |
Class R | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
5/31/2022 | | | | | 33,146 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 103,342 | | | | | | (108,676) | | | | | | 27,812 | | | | | | 644,956 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 1,870,501 | | | | | | (2,097,667) | | | | | | 417,790 | | |
5/31/2021 | | | | | 49,715 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 2,833 | | | | | | (109,200) | | | | | | (56,652) | | | | | | 930,574 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 47,934 | | | | | | (1,768,000) | | | | | | (789,492) | | |
Class W | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
5/31/2022 | | | | | 5 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 619 | | | | | | (2,510) | | | | | | (1,886) | | | | | | 109 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 11,990 | | | | | | (54,188) | | | | | | (42,089) | | |
5/31/2021 | | | | | 2,149 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 33 | | | | | | (6) | | | | | | 2,176 | | | | | | 31,692 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 586 | | | | | | (103) | | | | | | 32,175 | | |
NOTE 11 — SECURITIES LENDING
Under a Master Securities Lending Agreement (the “Agreement”) with BNY, the Fund can lend its securities to approved brokers, dealers and other financial institutions. Loans are collateralized by cash and U.S. government securities. The collateral is equal to at least 105% of the market value of non-U.S. securities loaned and 102% of the market value of U.S. securities loaned. The market value of the loaned securities is determined at the Market Close of the Fund at its last sale price or official closing price on the principal exchange or system on which it is traded and any additional collateral is delivered to the Fund on the next business day. The cash collateral received is invested in approved investments as defined in the Agreement with BNY. The Fund bears the risk of loss with respect to the investment of collateral with the following exception: BNY provides the Fund indemnification from loss with respect to the investment of collateral to the extent the cash collateral is invested in overnight repurchase agreements.
Cash collateral received in connection with securities lending is invested in cash equivalents, money market funds, repurchase agreements with maturities of not more than 99 days that are collateralized with U.S. Government securities, or certain short-term investments that have a remaining maturity of 190 days or less (“Permitted Investments”). Short-term investments include: , units, shares or other participations in short-term investment funds, pools or trusts; commercial paper, notes, bonds or
other debt obligations, certificates of deposit, time deposits and other bank obligations and asset-backed commercial paper backed by diversified receivables and repurchase-backed programs. Permitted Investments are subject to certain guidelines established by the Adviser regarding liquidity, diversification, credit quality and average credit life/duration requirements. The securities purchased with cash collateral received are reflected in the Portfolio of Investments under Short-Term Investments.
Generally, in the event of counterparty default, the Fund has the right to use the collateral to offset losses incurred. The Agreement contains certain guarantees by BNY in the event of counterparty default and/or a borrower’s failure to return a loaned security; however, there would be a potential loss to the Fund in the event the Fund is delayed or prevented from exercising its right to dispose of the collateral. Engaging in securities lending could have a leveraging effect, which may intensify the credit, market and other risks associated with investing in the fund.
The following table represents a summary of the Fund’s securities lending agreements by counterparty which are subject to offset under the Agreement as of May 31, 2022:
Counterparty | | | Securities Loaned at Value | | | Cash Collateral Received(1) | | | Net Amount | |
BofA Securities Inc. | | | | $ | 287,818 | | | | | $ | (287,818) | | | | | $ | — | | |
Citadel Clearing LLC | | | | | 57,105 | | | | | | (57,105) | | | | | | — | | |
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC | | | | | 131,419 | | | | | | (131,419) | | | | | | — | | |
Nomura Securities International, Inc. | | | | | 32,843 | | | | | | (32,843) | | | | | | — | | |
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS as of May 31, 2022 (continued)
NOTE 11 — SECURITIES LENDING (continued)
Counterparty | | | Securities Loaned at Value | | | Cash Collateral Received(1) | | | Net Amount | |
Scotia Capital (USA) Inc. | | | | $ | 61,314 | | | | | $ | (61,314) | | | | | $ | — | | |
UBS AG | | | | | 20,170 | | | | | | (20,170) | | | | | | — | | |
Wells Fargo Securities LLC | | | | | 156,366 | | | | | | (156,366) | | | | | | — | | |
Total | | | | $ | 747,034 | | | | | $ | (747,034) | | | | | $ | — | | |
|
(1)
Cash Collateral with a fair value of $766,314 has been received in connection with the above securities lending transactions. Excess cash collateral received from the individual counterparty is not shown for financial reporting purposes.
NOTE 12 — FEDERAL INCOME TAXES
The amount of distributions from net investment income and net realized capital gains are determined in accordance with federal income tax regulations, which may differ from GAAP for investment companies. These book/tax differences may be either temporary or permanent. Permanent differences are reclassified within the capital accounts based on their federal tax-basis treatment; temporary differences are not reclassified. Key differences include the treatment of wash sale deferrals and distributions in connection with redemption of fund shares (equalization).
The following permanent tax differences have been reclassified as of May 31, 2022:
| Paid-in Capital | | | Distributable Earnings | |
| $712,875 | | | | $ | (712,875) | | |
Dividends paid by the Fund from net investment income and distributions of net realized short-term capital gains are, for federal income tax purposes, taxable as ordinary income to shareholders.
The tax composition of dividends and distributions to shareholders was as follows:
| Year Ended May 31, 2022 | | | Year Ended May 31, 2021 | |
| Ordinary Income | | | Long-term Capital Gain | | | Ordinary Income | |
| $6,119,908 | | | | $ | 13,260,969 | | | | | $ | 745,546 | | |
The tax-basis components of distributable earnings as of May 31, 2022 were:
Undistributed Ordinary Income | | | Undistributed Long-term Capital Gains | | | Unrealized Appreciation/ (Depreciation) | | | Other | | | Total Distributable Earnings/(Loss) | |
$897,421 | | | | $ | 8,913,003 | | | | | $ | 12,613,014 | | | | | $ | (19,260) | | | | | $ | 22,404,178 | | |
At May 31, 2022, the Fund did not have any capital loss carryforwards for U.S. federal income tax purposes.
The Fund’s major tax jurisdictions are U.S. federal and Arizona state.
As of May 31, 2022, no provision for income tax is required in the Fund’s financial statements as a result of tax positions taken on federal and state income tax returns for open tax years. The Fund’s federal and state income and federal excise tax returns for tax years for which the applicable statutes of limitations have not expired are subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service and state department of revenue. Generally, the preceding four tax years remain subject to examination by these jurisdictions.
NOTE 13 — LONDON INTERBANK OFFERED RATE (“LIBOR”)
In 2017, the UK Financial Conduct Authority announced its intention to cease compelling banks to provide the quotations needed to sustain LIBOR after 2021. On March 5, 2021, ICE Benchmark Administration, the administrator of LIBOR, stated that non-U.S. dollar LIBOR reference rates and the one-week and two-month LIBOR reference rates will cease to be provided or no longer be representative immediately after December 31, 2021 and the remaining more commonly used LIBOR settings will cease to be provided or no longer be representative immediately after June 30, 2023. In addition, global regulators have announced that, with limited exceptions, no new LIBOR-based contracts should be entered into after 2021. Actions by regulators have resulted in the establishment of alternative reference rates to LIBOR in most major currencies (e.g., the Secured Overnight Financing Rate for U.S. Dollar LIBOR and the Sterling Overnight Interbank Average Rate for Sterling LIBOR).
Discontinuance of LIBOR and adoption/implementation of alternative rates pose a number of risks, including among others whether any substitute rate will experience the market participation and liquidity necessary to provide a workable substitute for LIBOR; the effect on parties’ existing contractual arrangements, hedging transactions, and investment strategies generally from a conversion from LIBOR to alternative rates; the effect on the Fund’s existing investments (including, for example, fixed-income investments; senior loans; CLOs and CDOs; and derivatives transactions), including the possibility that some of those investments may terminate or their terms may be adjusted to the disadvantage of the Fund; and the risk of general market disruption during the period of the conversion. It is difficult to predict at this time the likely impact of the transition away from LIBOR on the Fund.
NOTE 14 — LIQUIDITY
Consistent with Rule 22e-4 under the 1940 Act, the Fund has established a liquidity risk management program to govern its approach to managing liquidity risk (the “Program”). The Board has approved the designation of
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS as of May 31, 2022 (continued)
NOTE 14 — LIQUIDITY (continued)
the Fund’s Investment Adviser, Voya Investments, as the program administrator (the “Program Administrator”). The Program Administrator is responsible for implementing and monitoring the Program and has formed a Liquidity Risk Management Committee (the “Committee”) to assess and review, on an ongoing basis, the Fund’s liquidity risk.
The Program includes a number of elements that support the management and assessment of liquidity risk, including an annual assessment of liquidity risk factors and the periodic classification (or re-classification, as necessary) of the Fund’s investments into buckets (highly liquid, moderately liquid, less liquid and illiquid) that reflect the Committee’s assessment of the investments’ liquidity under current market conditions. The Committee also utilizes Fund-specific data, including information regarding the Fund’s shareholder base, characteristics of its investments, access to borrowing arrangements and historical redemptions to determine whether the Fund will be able to meet its redemption obligations in a timely manner.
During the period covered by the annual assessment, January 1, 2021 through December 31, 2021, the Program supported the Fund’s ability to honor redemption requests in a timely manner and the Program Administrator’s management of the Fund’s liquidity risk, including during any periods of market volatility and net redemptions.
There can be no assurance that the Program will achieve its objectives under all circumstances in the future. Please refer to the Fund’s prospectus for more information regarding the Fund’s exposure to liquidity risk and other risks.
NOTE 15 — MARKET DISRUPTION
The Fund is subject to the risk that geopolitical events will disrupt securities markets and adversely affect global economies and markets. Due to the increasing interdependence among global economies and markets, conditions in one country, market, or region might adversely impact markets, issuers and/or foreign exchange rates in other countries, including the United States. Wars, terrorism, global health crises and pandemics, and other geopolitical events have led, and in the future may lead, to increased market volatility and may have adverse short- or long-term effects on U.S. and world economies and markets generally. For example, the COVID-19 pandemic has resulted, and may continue to result, in significant market volatility, exchange trading suspensions and closures, declines in global financial markets, higher default rates, and a substantial economic downturn in economies throughout the world. Natural and
environmental disasters and systemic market dislocations are also highly disruptive to economies and markets. In addition, military action by Russia in Ukraine could adversely affect global energy and financial markets and therefore could affect the value of a Fund’s investments, including beyond a Fund’s direct exposure to Russian issuers or nearby geographic regions. The extent and duration of the military action, sanctions and resulting market disruptions are impossible to predict and could be substantial. Those events as well as other changes in non-U.S. and domestic economic, social, and political conditions also could adversely affect individual issuers or related groups of issuers, securities markets, interest rates, credit ratings, inflation, investor sentiment, and other factors affecting the value of the investments of the portfolio and of the Fund. Any of these occurrences could disrupt the operations of the Fund and of the Fund’s service providers.
NOTE 16 — OTHER ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS
In March 2020, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued Accounting Standards Update No. 2020-04 (“ASU 2020-04”), Reference Rate Reform (Topic 848) — Facilitation of the Effects of Reference Rate Reform on Financial Reporting. The amendments in ASU 2020-04 provide optional temporary financial reporting relief from the effect of certain types of contract modifications due to the planned discontinuation of LIBOR and other interbank-offered based reference rates as of the end of 2021. ASU 2020-04 is effective for certain reference rate-related contract modifications that occur during the period March 12, 2020 through December 31, 2022. Management is currently evaluating the impact, if any, of applying ASU 2020-04.
NOTE 17 — SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
Line of Credit Renewal: Effective June 13, 2022, the funds to which the Credit Agreement is available have entered into a renewed 364-Day Credit Agreement with BNY for an aggregate amount of $400,000,000 and will pay a commitment fee equal to 0.15% per annum on the daily unused portion of the committed line amount payable quarterly in arrears.
The Fund has evaluated events occurring after the Statement of Assets and Liabilities date through the date that the financial statements were issued (“subsequent events”), to determine whether any subsequent events necessitated adjustment to or disclosure in the financial statements. Other than the above, no such subsequent events were identified.
Voya Mid Cap Research Enhanced | PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS |
Index Fund | as of May 31, 2022 |
Shares | | | Value | | | Percentage of Net Assets | |
COMMON STOCK: 98.0% | |
| | | Communication Services: 1.4% | |
18,957 (1) | | | Iridium Communications, Inc. | | | | $ | 703,494 | | | | | | 0.5 | | |
824 (1) | | | Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. | | | | | 78,321 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
13,367 | | | New York Times Co. | | | | | 461,028 | | | | | | 0.3 | | |
9,782 | | | News Corp - Class A | | | | | 170,207 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
4,230 (1) | | | Pinterest, Inc. | | | | | 83,119 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
815 (1) | | | Spotify Technology SA | | | | | 91,908 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
10,987 (1) | | | Yelp, Inc. | | | | | 323,128 | | | | | | 0.2 | | |
| | | | | | | | 1,911,205 | | | | | | 1.4 | | |
| | | Consumer Discretionary: 14.0% | |
16,569 (2) | | | American Eagle Outfitters, Inc. | | | | | 200,651 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
765 (1) | | | Aptiv PLC | | | | | 81,274 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
6,803 (1) | | | Autonation, Inc. | | | | | 813,367 | | | | | | 0.6 | | |
93 (1) | | | Autozone, Inc. | | | | | 191,547 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
3,555 | | | BorgWarner, Inc. | | | | | 143,338 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
13,091 | | | Boyd Gaming Corp. | | | | | 769,358 | | | | | | 0.5 | | |
7,565 | | | Brunswick Corp. | | | | | 569,115 | | | | | | 0.4 | | |
2,422 | | | Carter’s, Inc. | | | | | 186,615 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
1,478 | | | Columbia Sportswear Co. | | | | | 114,959 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
8,058 (1) | | | CROCS, Inc. | | | | | 449,314 | | | | | | 0.3 | | |
30,357 | | | Dana, Inc. | | | | | 502,712 | | | | | | 0.4 | | |
1,895 (1) | | | Deckers Outdoor Corp. | | | | | 508,921 | | | | | | 0.4 | | |
7,723 | | | Dick’s Sporting Goods, Inc. | | | | | 627,339 | | | | | | 0.4 | | |
585 (1) | | | Five Below, Inc. | | | | | 76,395 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
2,613 (1) | | | Fox Factory Holding Corp. | | | | | 214,318 | | | | | | 0.2 | | |
1,712 (1)(2) | | | GameStop Corp. | | | | | 213,555 | | | | | | 0.2 | | |
29,964 | | | Gentex Corp. | | | | | 931,281 | | | | | | 0.7 | | |
3,325 | | | Genuine Parts Co. | | | | | 454,627 | | | | | | 0.3 | | |
31,881 (1) | | | Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. | | | | | 411,902 | | | | | | 0.3 | | |
10,385 | | | Harley-Davidson, Inc. | | | | | 365,344 | | | | | | 0.3 | | |
6,587 | | | Kohl’s Corp. | | | | | 265,588 | | | | | | 0.2 | | |
4,161 | | | Lear Corp. | | | | | 586,535 | | | | | | 0.4 | | |
1,665 | | | Lennar Corp. - Class A | | | | | 133,616 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
3,036 | | | Lithia Motors, Inc. | | | | | 924,371 | | | | | | 0.7 | | |
6,239 | | | LKQ Corp. | | | | | 320,622 | | | | | | 0.2 | | |
19,149 | | | Macy’s, Inc. | | | | | 452,874 | | | | | | 0.3 | | |
3,576 | | | Marriott Vacations Worldwide Corp. | | | | | 528,247 | | | | | | 0.4 | | |
25,979 (1) | | | Mattel, Inc. | | | | | 652,592 | | | | | | 0.5 | | |
2,058 | | | MGM Resorts International | | | | | 71,968 | | | | | | 0.0 | | |
71 (1) | | | NVR, Inc. | | | | | 315,994 | | | | | | 0.2 | | |
2,007 (1) | | | Ollie’s Bargain Outlet Holdings, Inc. | | | | | 94,269 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
766 | | | Penske Auto Group, Inc. | | | | | 88,197 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
2,134 | | | PVH Corp. | | | | | 151,237 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
Shares | | | Value | | | Percentage of Net Assets | |
COMMON STOCK: (continued) | |
| | | Consumer Discretionary (continued) | |
462 (1) | | | RH | | | | $ | 134,017 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
10,011 (1) | | | Scientific Games Corp. | | | | | 528,581 | | | | | | 0.4 | | |
11,400 | | | Service Corp. International | | | | | 798,342 | | | | | | 0.6 | | |
23,675 (1) | | | Taylor Morrison Home Corp. | | | | | 685,865 | | | | | | 0.5 | | |
6,090 | | | Tempur Sealy International, Inc. | | | | | 160,593 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
5,293 | | | Texas Roadhouse, Inc. | | | | | 412,695 | | | | | | 0.3 | | |
1,660 | | | Thor Industries, Inc. | | | | | 126,110 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
10,844 | | | Toll Brothers, Inc. | | | | | 547,297 | | | | | | 0.4 | | |
1,699 (1) | | | TopBuild Corp. | | | | | 335,145 | | | | | | 0.2 | | |
6,215 | | | Travel + Leisure Co. | | | | | 317,649 | | | | | | 0.2 | | |
29,481 (1) | | | Tri Pointe Homes, Inc. | | | | | 621,165 | | | | | | 0.4 | | |
11,544 (1) | | | Under Armour, Inc. - Class A | | | | | 122,135 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
20,179 | | | Wendy’s Company | | | | | 376,137 | | | | | | 0.3 | | |
398 | | | Whirlpool Corp. | | | | | 73,327 | | | | | | 0.0 | | |
4,581 | | | Williams-Sonoma, Inc. | | | | | 586,002 | | | | | | 0.4 | | |
10,661 | | | Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, Inc. | | | | | 854,266 | | | | | | 0.6 | | |
9,423 (1) | | | YETI Holdings, Inc. | | | | | 431,102 | | | | | | 0.3 | | |
| | | | | | | | 19,522,470 | | | | | | 14.0 | | |
| | | Consumer Staples: 3.7% | |
4,171 | | | Archer-Daniels-Midland Co. | | | | | 378,810 | | | | | | 0.3 | | |
16,224 (1) | | | BellRing Brands, Inc. | | | | | 424,258 | | | | | | 0.3 | | |
5,789 (1) | | | BJ’s Wholesale Club Holdings, Inc. | | | | | 335,009 | | | | | | 0.2 | | |
10,474 (1) | | | Darling Ingredients, Inc. | | | | | 838,653 | | | | | | 0.6 | | |
3,350 | | | Energizer Holdings, Inc. | | | | | 100,466 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
34,546 | | | Flowers Foods, Inc. | | | | | 953,470 | | | | | | 0.7 | | |
6,862 (1) | | | Herbalife Nutrition Ltd. | | | | | 149,523 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
10,739 | | | Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc. | | | | | 500,974 | | | | | | 0.4 | | |
14,170 (1) | | | Performance Food Group Co. | | | | | 614,128 | | | | | | 0.4 | | |
5,357 (1) | | | Post Holdings, Inc. | | | | | 440,506 | | | | | | 0.3 | | |
567 | | | Sanderson Farms, Inc. | | | | | 113,117 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
3,954 | | | Tyson Foods, Inc. | | | | | 354,318 | | | | | | 0.2 | | |
| | | | | | | | 5,203,232 | | | | | | 3.7 | | |
| | | Energy: 4.6% | |
3,637 | | | APA Corp. | | | | | 170,975 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
8,427 | | | Baker Hughes Co. | | | | | 303,204 | | | | | | 0.2 | | |
21,345 | | | ChampionX Corp. | | | | | 496,698 | | | | | | 0.4 | | |
25,125 (1) | | | CNX Resources Corp. | | | | | 545,715 | | | | | | 0.4 | | |
17,268 | | | EQT Corp. | | | | | 824,029 | | | | | | 0.6 | | |
13,555 | | | Equitrans Midstream Corp. | | | | | 106,678 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
3,258 | | | HF Sinclair Corp. | | | | | 159,968 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
6,050 | | | Marathon Petroleum Corp. | | | | | 615,830 | | | | | | 0.4 | | |
5,961 | | | NOV, Inc. | | | | | 119,220 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
2,143 | | | PDC Energy, Inc. | | | | | 169,597 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
See Accompanying Notes to Financial Statements
Voya Mid Cap Research Enhanced | PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS |
Index Fund | as of May 31, 2022 (continued) |
Shares | | | Value | | | Percentage of Net Assets | |
COMMON STOCK: (continued) | |
| | | Energy (continued) | |
21,851 (1) | | | Range Resources Corp. | | | | $ | 741,841 | | | | | | 0.5 | | |
20,199 | | | Targa Resources Corp. | | | | | 1,454,732 | | | | | | 1.1 | | |
5,059 | | | Valero Energy Corp. | | | | | 655,646 | | | | | | 0.5 | | |
| | | | | | | | 6,364,133 | | | | | | 4.6 | | |
| | | Financials: 15.0% | |
4,436 | | | Affiliated Managers Group, Inc. | | | | | 592,738 | | | | | | 0.4 | | |
1,873 | | | Axis Capital Holdings Ltd. | | | | | 109,702 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
17,141 | | | Bank OZK | | | | | 710,837 | | | | | | 0.5 | | |
5,974 | | | Citizens Financial Group, Inc. | | | | | 247,204 | | | | | | 0.2 | | |
22,352 | | | CNO Financial Group, Inc. | | | | | 459,781 | | | | | | 0.3 | | |
2,506 | | | Discover Financial Services | | | | | 284,406 | | | | | | 0.2 | | |
11,333 | | | East West Bancorp, Inc. | | | | | 833,429 | | | | | | 0.6 | | |
19,926 | | | Essent Group Ltd. | | | | | 852,633 | | | | | | 0.6 | | |
4,624 | | | Evercore, Inc. | | | | | 528,061 | | | | | | 0.4 | | |
278 | | | Everest Re Group Ltd. | | | | | 78,535 | | | | | | 0.0 | | |
700 | | | Factset Research Systems, Inc. | | | | | 267,246 | | | | | | 0.2 | | |
12,152 | | | First American Financial Corp. | | | | | 736,290 | | | | | | 0.5 | | |
60,028 | | | FNB Corp. | | | | | 729,340 | | | | | | 0.5 | | |
19,305 | | | Hancock Whitney Corp. | | | | | 962,161 | | | | | | 0.7 | | |
6,464 | | | Hanover Insurance Group, Inc. | | | | | 947,622 | | | | | | 0.7 | | |
1,764 | | | Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. | | | | | 127,908 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
11,044 | | | International Bancshares Corp. | | | | | 463,075 | | | | | | 0.3 | | |
10,738 | | | Jefferies Financial Group, Inc. | | | | | 354,569 | | | | | | 0.2 | | |
17,375 | | | Keycorp | | | | | 346,805 | | | | | | 0.2 | | |
4,441 (2) | | | Lazard Ltd. | | | | | 156,590 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
6,075 | | | Loews Corp. | | | | | 397,852 | | | | | | 0.3 | | |
61,703 | | | MGIC Investment Corp. | | | | | 859,523 | | | | | | 0.6 | | |
5,001 | | | Navient Corp. | | | | | 80,016 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
27,818 | | | New Residential Investment Corp. | | | | | 314,343 | | | | | | 0.2 | | |
79,197 | | | New York Community Bancorp., Inc. | | | | | 790,386 | | | | | | 0.6 | | |
47,121 | | | Old Republic International Corp. | | | | | 1,127,134 | | | | | | 0.8 | | |
2,607 | | | PacWest Bancorp | | | | | 82,329 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
2,760 | | | Popular, Inc. | | | | | 225,520 | | | | | | 0.2 | | |
3,198 | | | Primerica, Inc. | | | | | 402,948 | | | | | | 0.3 | | |
9,018 | | | Prosperity Bancshares, Inc. | | | | | 653,805 | | | | | | 0.5 | | |
25,936 | | | Regions Financial Corp. | | | | | 572,926 | | | | | | 0.4 | | |
6,566 | | | Reinsurance Group of America, Inc. | | | | | 826,331 | | | | | | 0.6 | | |
Shares | | | Value | | | Percentage of Net Assets | |
COMMON STOCK: (continued) | |
| | | Financials (continued) | |
13,986 | | | Starwood Property Trust, Inc. | | | | $ | 334,125 | | | | | | 0.2 | | |
10,397 | | | Stifel Financial Corp. | | | | | 667,175 | | | | | | 0.5 | | |
21,907 | | | Synovus Financial Corp. | | | | | 934,334 | | | | | | 0.7 | | |
2,995 | | | T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. | | | | | 380,635 | | | | | | 0.3 | | |
7,710 | | | UMB Financial Corp. | | | | | 712,018 | | | | | | 0.5 | | |
22,906 | | | Unum Group | | | | | 834,924 | | | | | | 0.6 | | |
19,321 | | | Webster Financial Corp. | | | | | 948,468 | | | | | | 0.7 | | |
| | | | | | | | 20,933,724 | | | | | | 15.0 | | |
| | | Health Care: 8.9% | |
3,108 | | | Agilent Technologies, Inc. | | | | | 396,456 | | | | | | 0.3 | | |
2,613 (1) | | | Amedisys, Inc. | | | | | 302,873 | | | | | | 0.2 | | |
331 | | | Bio-Techne Corp. | | | | | 122,381 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
2,647 | | | Bruker Corp. | | | | | 165,384 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
426 (1) | | | Charles River Laboratories International, Inc. | | | | | 99,718 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
5,100 (1) | | | Enovis Corp. | | | | | 338,334 | | | | | | 0.2 | | |
5,855 (1) | | | Envista Holdings Corp. | | | | | 251,999 | | | | | | 0.2 | | |
29,469 (1) | | | Exelixis, Inc. | | | | | 540,167 | | | | | | 0.4 | | |
4,847 (1) | | | Globus Medical, Inc. | | | | | 322,810 | | | | | | 0.2 | | |
11,576 (1) | | | Halozyme Therapeutics, Inc. | | | | | 532,264 | | | | | | 0.4 | | |
2,481 (1) | | | HealthEquity, Inc. | | | | | 155,261 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
5,532 (1) | | | Hologic, Inc. | | | | | 416,394 | | | | | | 0.3 | | |
654 (1) | | | IQVIA Holdings, Inc. | | | | | 140,773 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
5,573 (1) | | | Jazz Pharmaceuticals PLC | | | | | 834,167 | | | | | | 0.6 | | |
1,531 | | | Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings | | | | | 377,728 | | | | | | 0.3 | | |
1,959 (1) | | | LHC Group, Inc. | | | | | 326,487 | | | | | | 0.2 | | |
3,498 (1) | | | LivaNova PLC | | | | | 238,109 | | | | | | 0.2 | | |
2,825 (1) | | | Masimo Corp. | | | | | 396,715 | | | | | | 0.3 | | |
2,082 | | | McKesson Corp. | | | | | 684,333 | | | | | | 0.5 | | |
3,212 (1) | | | Medpace Holdings, Inc. | | | | | 460,087 | | | | | | 0.3 | | |
92 (1) | | | Mettler Toledo International, Inc. | | | | | 118,323 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
2,033 (1) | | | Molina Healthcare, Inc. | | | | | 590,017 | | | | | | 0.4 | | |
1,944 (1) | | | Natera, Inc. | | | | | 71,325 | | | | | | 0.0 | | |
5,567 (1) | | | Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. | | | | | 520,459 | | | | | | 0.4 | | |
5,504 (1) | | | NuVasive, Inc. | | | | | 315,985 | | | | | | 0.2 | | |
8,824 (1) | | | Option Care Health, Inc. | | | | | 267,897 | | | | | | 0.2 | | |
7,425 | | | Patterson Cos., Inc. | | | | | 234,556 | | | | | | 0.2 | | |
487 (1) | | | Penumbra, Inc. | | | | | 71,550 | | | | | | 0.0 | | |
8,365 (1) | | | Progyny, Inc. | | | | | 264,418 | | | | | | 0.2 | | |
677 | | | Quest Diagnostics, Inc. | | | | | 95,470 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
2,676 (1) | | | QuidelOrtho Corp. | | | | | 254,300 | | | | | | 0.2 | | |
498 (1) | | | Repligen Corp. | | | | | 81,906 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
6,441 (1) | | | Sage Therapeutics, Inc. | | | | | 201,410 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
See Accompanying Notes to Financial Statements
Voya Mid Cap Research Enhanced | PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS |
Index Fund | as of May 31, 2022 (continued) |
Shares | | | Value | | | Percentage of Net Assets | |
COMMON STOCK: (continued) | |
| | | Health Care (continued) | |
1,273 (1) | | | Seagen, Inc. | | | | $ | 172,721 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
5,928 (1) | | | Staar Surgical Co. | | | | | 390,892 | | | | | | 0.3 | | |
1,024 (1) | | | Syneos Health, Inc. | | | | | 75,663 | | | | | | 0.0 | | |
7,717 (1) | | | Tandem Diabetes Care, Inc. | | | | | 526,068 | | | | | | 0.4 | | |
3,676 (1) | | | Tenet Healthcare Corp. | | | | | 237,874 | | | | | | 0.2 | | |
2,858 (1) | | | United Therapeutics Corp. | | | | | 658,312 | | | | | | 0.5 | | |
1,212 (1) | | | Veeva Systems, Inc. | | | | | 206,355 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
| | | | | | | | 12,457,941 | | | | | | 8.9 | | |
| | | Industrials: 17.1% | |
5,002 | | | Acuity Brands, Inc. | | | | | 875,450 | | | | | | 0.6 | | |
712 | | | Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. | | | | | 77,971 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
16,599 | | | AECOM | | | | | 1,159,440 | | | | | | 0.8 | | |
3,713 | | | AGCO Corp. | | | | | 475,747 | | | | | | 0.3 | | |
3,614 | | | Allegion Public Ltd. | | | | | 403,503 | | | | | | 0.3 | | |
4,298 | | | AO Smith Corp. | | | | | 258,396 | | | | | | 0.2 | | |
7,587 (1) | | | ASGN, Inc. | | | | | 722,510 | | | | | | 0.5 | | |
2,616 (1) | | | Avis Budget Group, Inc. | | | | | 497,773 | | | | | | 0.4 | | |
1,980 (1) | | | Axon Enterprise, Inc. | | | | | 200,693 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
1,385 | | | Brink’s Co. | | | | | 84,250 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
11,994 (1) | | | Builders FirstSource, Inc. | | | | | 780,689 | | | | | | 0.6 | | |
684 (1) | | | CACI International, Inc. | | | | | 191,773 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
1,110 | | | Carlisle Cos., Inc. | | | | | 282,417 | | | | | | 0.2 | | |
5,054 (1) | | | Clean Harbors, Inc. | | | | | 472,044 | | | | | | 0.3 | | |
1,808 (1) | | | Copart, Inc. | | | | | 207,070 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
3,456 (1)(2) | | | Core & Main, Inc. | | | | | 81,562 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
1,864 (1) | | | CoStar Group, Inc. | | | | | 113,592 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
9,575 | | | Crane Holdings Co. | | | | | 915,945 | | | | | | 0.7 | | |
2,731 | | | Curtiss-Wright Corp. | | | | | 387,747 | | | | | | 0.3 | | |
2,653 (1) | | | Dycom Industries, Inc. | | | | | 247,021 | | | | | | 0.2 | | |
2,143 | | | EMCOR Group, Inc. | | | | | 226,365 | | | | | | 0.2 | | |
1,862 | | | EnerSys | | | | | 126,095 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
5,100 (1) | | | Esab Corp. | | | | | 255,000 | | | | | | 0.2 | | |
24,971 | | | Flowserve Corp. | | | | | 786,587 | | | | | | 0.6 | | |
6,882 | | | Fortive Corp. | | | | | 425,101 | | | | | | 0.3 | | |
1,597 | | | Graco, Inc. | | | | | 101,090 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
2,866 (1) | | | GXO Logistics, Inc. | | | | | 155,538 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
6,051 | | | Hexcel Corp. | | | | | 347,630 | | | | | | 0.2 | | |
2,342 | | | Hubbell, Inc. | | | | | 444,652 | | | | | | 0.3 | | |
8,503 (1) | | | IAA, Inc. | | | | | 331,872 | | | | | | 0.2 | | |
6,758 | | | Insperity, Inc. | | | | | 676,273 | | | | | | 0.5 | | |
52,728 (1) | | | JetBlue Airways Corp. | | | | | 566,299 | | | | | | 0.4 | | |
1,847 | | | KBR, Inc. | | | | | 91,907 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
10,023 | | | Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings, Inc. | | | | | 487,519 | | | | | | 0.3 | | |
274 | | | Lennox International, Inc. | | | | | 57,239 | | | | | | 0.0 | | |
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COMMON STOCK: (continued) | |
| | | Industrials (continued) | |
7,350 | | | Manpowergroup, Inc. | | | | $ | 658,634 | | | | | | 0.5 | | |
7,417 (1) | | | Mastec, Inc. | | | | | 619,987 | | | | | | 0.4 | | |
1,576 (1) | | | Middleby Corp. | | | | | 238,701 | | | | | | 0.2 | | |
21,128 | | | nVent Electric PLC | | | | | 747,931 | | | | | | 0.5 | | |
13,137 | | | Owens Corning, Inc. | | | | | 1,255,634 | | | | | | 0.9 | | |
773 | | | Parker Hannifin Corp. | | | | | 210,387 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
5,088 | | | Pentair PLC | | | | | 255,265 | | | | | | 0.2 | | |
5,459 | | | Regal Rexnord Corp. | | | | | 682,102 | | | | | | 0.5 | | |
654 | | | Rockwell Automation, Inc. | | | | | 139,433 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
9,901 | | | Ryder System, Inc. | | | | | 792,278 | | | | | | 0.6 | | |
2,344 (1) | | | Saia, Inc. | | | | | 463,151 | | | | | | 0.3 | | |
4,244 | | | Sensata Technologies Holding PLC | | | | | 203,839 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
4,358 | | | Simpson Manufacturing Co., Inc. | | | | | 472,189 | | | | | | 0.3 | | |
1,440 | | | Snap-On, Inc. | | | | | 319,507 | | | | | | 0.2 | | |
13,993 | | | Terex Corp. | | | | | 495,212 | | | | | | 0.4 | | |
955 | | | Tetra Tech, Inc. | | | | | 128,896 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
9,269 | | | Timken Co. | | | | | 566,058 | | | | | | 0.4 | | |
1,003 | | | Toro Co. | | | | | 82,737 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
750 | | | TransUnion | | | | | 65,108 | | | | | | 0.0 | | |
2,334 (1) | | | Trex Co., Inc. | | | | | 148,722 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
3,836 | | | Trinity Industries, Inc. | | | | | 95,363 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
889 (1) | | | United Rentals, Inc. | | | | | 265,082 | | | | | | 0.2 | | |
721 | | | Verisk Analytics, Inc. | | | | | 126,117 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
1,015 (1) | | | Vicor Corp. | | | | | 68,310 | | | | | | 0.0 | | |
4,306 | | | Watts Water Technologies, Inc. | | | | | 563,354 | | | | | | 0.4 | | |
783 | | | Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corp. | | | | | 73,962 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
6,686 | | | Woodward, Inc. | | | | | 679,364 | | | | | | 0.5 | | |
| | | | | | | | 23,932,083 | | | | | | 17.1 | | |
| | | Information Technology: 13.1% | |
13,211 (1) | | | ACI Worldwide, Inc. | | | | | 351,941 | | | | | | 0.3 | | |
3,278 (1) | | | Akamai Technologies, Inc. | | | | | 331,209 | | | | | | 0.2 | | |
3,232 | | | Amdocs Ltd. | | | | | 280,828 | | | | | | 0.2 | | |
10,202 (1) | | | Arrow Electronics, Inc. | | | | | 1,230,871 | | | | | | 0.9 | | |
20,553 | | | Avnet, Inc. | | | | | 995,793 | | | | | | 0.7 | | |
1,002 (1) | | | Cadence Design Systems, Inc. | | | | | 154,037 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
5,988 (1) | | | Calix, Inc. | | | | | 221,197 | | | | | | 0.2 | | |
18,752 (1) | | | Ciena Corp. | | | | | 952,977 | | | | | | 0.7 | | |
7,292 | | | Cognex Corp. | | | | | 353,079 | | | | | | 0.3 | | |
8,401 (1) | | | Commvault Systems, Inc. | | | | | 512,545 | | | | | | 0.4 | | |
3,825 | | | Concentrix Corp. | | | | | 592,454 | | | | | | 0.4 | | |
497 (1) | | | Crowdstrike Holdings, Inc. | | | | | 79,515 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
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Voya Mid Cap Research Enhanced | PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS |
Index Fund | as of May 31, 2022 (continued) |
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COMMON STOCK: (continued) | |
| | | Information Technology (continued) | |
2,758 (1) | | | Digital Turbine, Inc. | | | | $ | 70,136 | | | | | | 0.0 | | |
952 (1) | | | DocuSign, Inc. | | | | | 79,882 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
1,656 | | | Dolby Laboratories, Inc. | | | | | 128,539 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
16,597 (1) | | | Dropbox, Inc. | | | | | 345,881 | | | | | | 0.2 | | |
4,242 (1) | | | Envestnet, Inc. | | | | | 282,602 | | | | | | 0.2 | | |
819 (1) | | | EPAM Systems, Inc. | | | | | 277,248 | | | | | | 0.2 | | |
2,856 (1) | | | Euronet Worldwide, Inc. | | | | | 346,033 | | | | | | 0.2 | | |
438 (1) | | | F5, Inc. | | | | | 71,412 | | | | | | 0.0 | | |
185 (1) | | | Fair Isaac Corp. | | | | | 75,767 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
982 (1) | | | First Solar, Inc. | | | | | 69,339 | | | | | | 0.0 | | |
24,182 | | | Genpact Ltd. | | | | | 1,072,955 | | | | | | 0.8 | | |
550 (1) | | | HubSpot, Inc. | | | | | 185,730 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
7,587 (1) | | | II-VI, Inc. | | | | | 474,188 | | | | | | 0.3 | | |
11,791 (1) | | | Kyndryl Holdings, Inc. | | | | | 145,501 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
17,203 (1) | | | Lattice Semiconductor Corp. | | | | | 894,900 | | | | | | 0.6 | | |
1,743 (1) | | | Lumentum Holdings, Inc. | | | | | 150,037 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
589 (1) | | | Manhattan Associates, Inc. | | | | | 71,228 | | | | | | 0.0 | | |
3,316 | | | MKS Instruments, Inc. | | | | | 409,526 | | | | | | 0.3 | | |
365 (1) | | | MongoDB, Inc. | | | | | 86,560 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
675 | | | Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. | | | | | 304,013 | | | | | | 0.2 | | |
13,470 | | | National Instruments Corp. | | | | | 475,760 | | | | | | 0.3 | | |
1,826 (1)(2) | | | nCino, Inc. | | | | | 59,655 | | | | | | 0.0 | | |
2,949 (1) | | | NCR Corp. | | | | | 102,301 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
790 (1) | | | Palo Alto Networks, Inc. | | | | | 397,196 | | | | | | 0.3 | | |
4,343 (1) | | | Paylocity Holding Corp. | | | | | 759,417 | | | | | | 0.5 | | |
3,701 | | | Power Integrations, Inc. | | | | | 312,290 | | | | | | 0.2 | | |
9,032 (1) | | | Pure Storage, Inc. - Class A | | | | | 214,329 | | | | | | 0.2 | | |
2,052 (1) | | | Qorvo, Inc. | | | | | 229,311 | | | | | | 0.2 | | |
4,827 (1) | | | Qualys, Inc. | | | | | 630,792 | | | | | | 0.5 | | |
10,363 (1) | | | Semtech Corp. | | | | | 664,165 | | | | | | 0.5 | | |
444 (1) | | | SiTime Corp. | | | | | 94,572 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
487 (1) | | | SolarEdge Technologies, Inc. | | | | | 132,849 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
3,841 (1) | | | Synaptics, Inc. | | | | | 568,929 | | | | | | 0.4 | | |
6,574 | | | TD SYNNEX Corp. | | | | | 682,710 | | | | | | 0.5 | | |
3,292 (1) | | | Teradata Corp. | | | | | 126,512 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
4,202 | | | Teradyne, Inc. | | | | | 459,111 | | | | | | 0.3 | | |
4,790 | | | Universal Display Corp. | | | | | 605,025 | | | | | | 0.4 | | |
1,013 (1) | | | Wolfspeed, Inc. | | | | | 76,208 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
893 (1) | | | Zendesk, Inc. | | | | | 81,665 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
| | | | | | | | 18,270,720 | | | | | | 13.1 | | |
| | | Materials: 7.4% | |
10,070 | | | Alcoa Corp. | | | | | 621,520 | | | | | | 0.4 | | |
790 | | | Ashland Global Holdings, Inc. | | | | | 84,546 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
6,239 | | | Avient Corp. | | | | | 306,959 | | | | | | 0.2 | | |
5,947 (1) | | | Axalta Coating Systems Ltd. | | | | | 161,520 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
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COMMON STOCK: (continued) | |
| | | Materials (continued) | |
9,220 | | | Chemours Co. | | | | $ | 397,290 | | | | | | 0.3 | | |
15,300 (1) | | | Cleveland-Cliffs, Inc. | | | | | 354,654 | | | | | | 0.3 | | |
8,486 | | | Commercial Metals Co. | | | | | 337,149 | | | | | | 0.2 | | |
6,038 | | | Corteva, Inc. | | | | | 378,100 | | | | | | 0.3 | | |
4,516 | | | Eagle Materials, Inc. | | | | | 589,609 | | | | | | 0.4 | | |
6,097 | | | Greif, Inc. - Class A | | | | | 362,589 | | | | | | 0.3 | | |
9,663 (1) | | | Ingevity Corp. | | | | | 673,318 | | | | | | 0.5 | | |
3,720 | | | Louisiana-Pacific Corp. | | | | | 256,903 | | | | | | 0.2 | | |
9,451 | | | Minerals Technologies, Inc. | | | | | 626,223 | | | | | | 0.4 | | |
10,537 | | | Olin Corp. | | | | | 693,229 | | | | | | 0.5 | | |
462 | | | Packaging Corp. of America | | | | | 72,663 | | | | | | 0.0 | | |
2,442 | | | Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co. | | | | | 474,725 | | | | | | 0.3 | | |
8,158 | | | Royal Gold, Inc. | | | | | 922,507 | | | | | | 0.7 | | |
6,202 | | | RPM International, Inc. | | | | | 546,396 | | | | | | 0.4 | | |
6,157 | | | Sensient Technologies Corp. | | | | | 538,368 | | | | | | 0.4 | | |
11,815 | | | Steel Dynamics, Inc. | | | | | 1,008,765 | | | | | | 0.7 | | |
16,314 | | | United States Steel Corp. | | | | | 408,992 | | | | | | 0.3 | | |
2,313 | | | Valvoline, Inc. | | | | | 77,393 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
9,888 | | | WestRock Co. | | | | | 479,469 | | | | | | 0.3 | | |
| | | | | | | | 10,372,887 | | | | | | 7.4 | | |
| | | Real Estate: 9.3% | |
8,774 | | | American Campus Communities, Inc. | | | | | 570,310 | | | | | | 0.4 | | |
36,503 | | | Brixmor Property Group, Inc. | | | | | 889,943 | | | | | | 0.6 | | |
2,562 | | | Camden Property Trust | | | | | 367,621 | | | | | | 0.3 | | |
3,888 (1) | | | CBRE Group, Inc. | | | | | 322,082 | | | | | | 0.2 | | |
3,406 | | | Corporate Office Properties Trust SBI MD | | | | | 94,142 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
20,458 | | | Cousins Properties, Inc. | | | | | 706,824 | | | | | | 0.5 | | |
5,901 | | | First Industrial Realty Trust, Inc. | | | | | 313,638 | | | | | | 0.2 | | |
11,009 | | | Healthcare Realty Trust, Inc. | | | | | 320,032 | | | | | | 0.2 | | |
20,981 | | | Highwoods Properties, Inc. | | | | | 824,344 | | | | | | 0.6 | | |
5,574 | | | Invitation Homes, Inc. | | | | | 210,251 | | | | | | 0.2 | | |
8,084 | | | Iron Mountain, Inc. | | | | | 435,728 | | | | | | 0.3 | | |
4,589 (1) | | | Jones Lang LaSalle, Inc. | | | | | 905,501 | | | | | | 0.6 | | |
14,622 | | | Kilroy Realty Corp. | | | | | 887,555 | | | | | | 0.6 | | |
9,900 | | | Lamar Advertising Co. | | | | | 969,705 | | | | | | 0.7 | | |
8,706 | | | Life Storage, Inc. | | | | | 1,016,513 | | | | | | 0.7 | | |
5,416 | | | Medical Properties Trust, Inc. | | | | | 100,629 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
1,973 | | | Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc. | | | | | 357,113 | | | | | | 0.3 | | |
24,873 | | | National Retail Properties, Inc. | | | | | 1,101,874 | | | | | | 0.8 | | |
See Accompanying Notes to Financial Statements
Voya Mid Cap Research Enhanced | PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS |
Index Fund | as of May 31, 2022 (continued) |
Shares | | | Value | | | Percentage of Net Assets | |
COMMON STOCK: (continued) | |
| | | Real Estate (continued) | |
9,722 | | | National Storage Affiliates Trust | | | | $ | 509,919 | | | | | | 0.4 | | |
16,939 | | | Physicians Realty Trust | | | | | 314,218 | | | | | | 0.2 | | |
1,233 | | | PS Business Parks, Inc. | | | | | 231,348 | | | | | | 0.2 | | |
1,202 | | | Rexford Industrial Realty, Inc. | | | | | 76,772 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
538 | | | SBA Communications Corp. | | | | | 181,096 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
20,866 | | | Spirit Realty Capital, Inc. | | | | | 876,163 | | | | | | 0.6 | | |
12,763 | | | STORE Capital Corp. | | | | | 352,131 | | | | | | 0.3 | | |
| | | | | | | | 12,935,452 | | | | | | 9.3 | | |
| | | Utilities: 3.5% | |
4,988 | | | ALLETE, Inc. | | | | | 309,356 | | | | | | 0.2 | | |
1,096 | | | Black Hills Corp. | | | | | 84,019 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
639 | | | DTE Energy Co. | | | | | 84,802 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
3,189 | | | Entergy Corp. | | | | | 383,700 | | | | | | 0.3 | | |
1,779 | | | Essential Utilities, Inc. | | | | | 82,297 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
1,566 | | | Eversource Energy | | | | | 144,573 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
15,439 | | | National Fuel Gas Co. | | | | | 1,135,230 | | | | | | 0.8 | | |
4,318 | | | ONE Gas, Inc. | | | | | 375,752 | | | | | | 0.3 | | |
2,667 | | | PPL Corp. | | | | | 80,490 | | | | | | 0.0 | | |
6,513 | | | Southwest Gas Holdings, Inc. | | | | | 606,556 | | | | | | 0.4 | | |
30,583 | | | UGI Corp. | | | | | 1,307,117 | | | | | | 0.9 | | |
11,670 | | | Vistra Corp. | | | | | 307,738 | | | | | | 0.2 | | |
| | | | | | | | 4,901,630 | | | | | | 3.5 | | |
| | | Total Common Stock (Cost $123,655,671) | | | | | 136,805,477 | | | | | | 98.0 | | |
EXCHANGE-TRADED FUNDS: 1.9% | |
10,229 | | | iShares Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF | | | | | 2,569,320 | | | | | | 1.9 | | |
| | | Total Exchange-Traded Funds (Cost $2,582,694) | | | | | 2,569,320 | | | | | | 1.9 | | |
| | | Total Long-Term Investments (Cost $126,238,365) | | | | | 139,374,797 | | | | | | 99.9 | | |
|
Principal Amount† | | | Value | | | Percentage of Net Assets | |
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS: 0.7% | |
| | | Repurchase Agreements: 0.5% | |
766,314 (3) | | | Nomura Securities, Repurchase Agreement dated 05/31/22, 0.79%, due 06/01/22 (Repurchase Amount $766,331, collateralized by various U.S. Government Agency Obligations, 2.000%-5.000%, Market Value plus accrued interest $781,640, due 12/01/40-04/20/52) (Cost $766,314) | | | | $ | 766,314 | | | | | | 0.5 | | |
Shares | | | Value | | | Percentage of Net Assets | |
| | | Mutual Funds: 0.2% | |
275,000 (4) | | | BlackRock Liquidity Funds, FedFund, Institutional Class, 0.710% (Cost $275,000) | | | | | 275,000 | | | | | | 0.2 | | |
| | | Total Short-Term Investments | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | (Cost $1,041,314) | | | | | 1,041,314 | | | | | | 0.7 | | |
| | | Total Investments in Securities (Cost $127,279,679) | | | | $ | 140,416,111 | | | | | | 100.6 | | |
| | | Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets | | | | | (812,453) | | | | | | (0.6) | | |
| | | Net Assets | | | | $ | 139,603,658 | | | | | | 100.0 | | |
†
Unless otherwise indicated, principal amount is shown in USD.
(1)
Non-income producing security.
(2)
Security, or a portion of the security, is on loan.
(3)
All or a portion of the security represents securities purchased with cash collateral received for securities on loan.
(4)
Rate shown is the 7-day yield as of May 31, 2022.
See Accompanying Notes to Financial Statements
Voya Mid Cap Research Enhanced | PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS |
Index Fund | as of May 31, 2022 (continued) |
Fair Value Measurements^
The following is a summary of the fair valuations according to the inputs used as of May 31, 2022 in valuing the assets and liabilities:
| | | Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Investments (Level 1) | | | Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) | | | Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) | | | Fair Value at May 31, 2022 | |
Asset Table | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Investments, at fair value | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Common Stock* | | | | $ | 136,805,477 | | | | | $ | — | | | | | $ | — | | | | | $ | 136,805,477 | | |
Exchange-Traded Funds | | | | | 2,569,320 | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | 2,569,320 | | |
Short-Term Investments | | | | | 275,000 | | | | | | 766,314 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 1,041,314 | | |
Total Investments, at fair value | | | | $ | 139,649,797 | | | | | $ | 766,314 | | | | | $ | — | | | | | $ | 140,416,111 | | |
^
See Note 2, “Significant Accounting Policies” in the Notes to Financial Statements for additional information.
*
For further breakdown of Common Stock by sector, please refer to the Portfolio of Investments.
At May 31, 2022, the aggregate cost of securities and other investments and the composition of unrealized appreciation and depreciation of securities and other investments on a tax basis were:
Cost for federal income tax purposes was $127,803,097.
Net unrealized appreciation consisted of:
| Gross Unrealized Appreciation | | | | $ | 20,941,036 | | |
| Gross Unrealized Depreciation | | | | | (8,328,022) | | |
| Net Unrealized Appreciation | | | | $ | 12,613,014 | | |
See Accompanying Notes to Financial Statements
TAX INFORMATION (Unaudited)
Dividends and distributions paid during the year ended May 31, 2022 were as follows:
Fund Name | | | Type | | | Per Share Amount | |
Voya Mid Cap Research Enhanced Index Fund | | | | | | | | | | |
Class A | | | NII | | | | $ | 0.1107 | | |
Class C | | | NII | | | | $ | 0.0210 | | |
Class I | | | NII | | | | $ | 0.1594 | | |
Class P3 | | | NII | | | | $ | 0.1862 | | |
Class R | | | NII | | | | $ | 0.0598 | | |
Class W | | | NII | | | | $ | 0.1585 | | |
All Classes | | | STCG | | | | $ | 0.8145 | | |
All Classes | | | LTCG | | | | $ | 1.9978 | | |
NII – Net investment income
STCG – Short-term capital gain
LTCG – Long-term capital gain
Of the ordinary distributions made during the year ended May 31, 2022, 40.09% qualify for the dividends received deduction (DRD) available to corporate shareholders.
For the year ended May 31, 2022, 40.71% of ordinary distributions paid by the Fund is designated as qualifying dividend income (QDI) subject to reduced income tax rates for individuals.
The Fund designates 100% of its short-term capital gain distributions as short-term capital gain dividends as defined in Internal Revenue Code Section 871(k)(2).
The Fund designates $13,260,969 of long-term capital gain distributions as 20% rate long-term capital gain dividends under Internal Revenue Code Section 852(b)(3)(C).
The Fund designates $321,726 as Section 199A dividends.
Above figures may differ from those cited elsewhere in this report due to differences in the calculation of income and gains under U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (book) purposes and Internal Revenue Service (tax) purposes.
Shareholders are strongly advised to consult their own tax advisers with respect to the tax consequences of their investments in the Fund. In January, shareholders, excluding corporate shareholders, receive an IRS 1099-DIV regarding the federal tax status of the dividends and distributions they received in the calendar year.
TRUSTEE AND OFFICER INFORMATION (Unaudited)
The business and affairs of the Trust are managed under the direction of the Board. A Trustee, who is not an interested person of the Trust, as defined in the 1940 Act, is an independent trustee (“Independent Trustee”). The Trustees and Officers of the Trust are listed below. The Statement of Additional Information includes additional information about Trustees of the Trust and is available, without charge, upon request at (800) 992-0180.
Name, Address and Age | | | Position(s) Held with the Trust | | | Term of Office and Length of Time Served(1) | | | Principal Occupation(s) – During the Past 5 Years | | | Number of funds in Fund Complex Overseen by Trustee(2) | | | Other Board Positions Held by Trustee | |
Independent Trustees: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Colleen D. Baldwin 7337 East Doubletree Ranch Rd. Suite 100 Scottsdale, Arizona 85258 Age: 62 | | | Trustee Chairperson | | | November 2007 – Present January 2020 – Present | | | President, Glantuam Partners, LLC, a business consulting firm (January 2009 – Present). | | | 131 | | | RSR Partners, Inc. (2016 – Present). | |
John V. Boyer 7337 East Doubletree Ranch Rd. Suite 100 Scottsdale, Arizona 85258 Age: 69 | | | Trustee | | | January 2005 – Present | | | Retired. Formerly, President and Chief Executive Officer, Bechtler Arts Foundation, an arts and education foundation (January 2008 – December 2019). | | | 131 | | | None. | |
Patricia W. Chadwick 7337 East Doubletree Ranch Rd. Suite 100 Scottsdale, Arizona 85258 Age: 73 | | | Trustee | | | January 2006 – Present | | | Consultant and President, Ravengate Partners LLC, a consulting firm that provides advice regarding financial markets and the global economy (January 2000 – Present). | | | 131 | | | Wisconsin Energy Corporation (June 2006 – Present); The Royce Funds (22 funds) (December 2009 – Present); and AMICA Mutual Insurance Company (1992 – Present). | |
Martin J. Gavin 7337 East Doubletree Ranch Rd. Suite 100 Scottsdale, AZ 85258 Age: 72 | | | Trustee | | | August 2015 – Present | | | Retired. | | | 131 | | | None. | |
Joseph E. Obermeyer 7337 East Doubletree Ranch Rd. Suite 100 Scottsdale, Arizona 85258 Age: 64 | | | Trustee | | | May 2013 – Present | | | President, Obermeyer & Associates, Inc., a provider of financial and economic consulting services (November 1999 – Present). | | | 132 | | | None. | |
Sheryl K. Pressler 7337 East Doubletree Ranch Rd. Suite 100 Scottsdale, Arizona 85258 Age: 71 | | | Trustee | | | January 2006 – Present | | | Consultant (May 2001 – Present). | | | 131 | | | Centerra Gold Inc. (May 2008 – Present). | |
Christopher P. Sullivan 7337 East Doubletree Ranch Rd. Suite 100 Scottsdale, Arizona 85258 Age: 68 | | | Trustee | | | October 2015 – Present | | | Retired. | | | 131 | | | None. | |
TRUSTEE AND OFFICER INFORMATION (Unaudited) (continued)
Name, Address and Age | | | Position(s) Held with the Trust | | | Term of Office and Length of Time Served(1) | | | Principal Occupation(s) – During the Past 5 Years | | | Number of funds in Fund Complex Overseen by Trustee(2) | | | Other Board Positions Held by Trustee | | | | | | |
Trustee who is an “interested person”: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Dina Santoro 230 Park Avenue New York, New York 10169 Age: 49 | | | Trustee | | | July 2018 – Present | | | President, Voya Investments, LLC and Voya Capital, LLC (March 2018 – Present); Senior Vice President, Voya Investments Distributor, LLC (April 2018 – Present); Chief Operating Officer, Voya Investment Management (January 2022 – Present); Senior Managing Director, Head of Product and Marketing Strategy, Voya Investment Management (September 2017 – Present). Formerly, Managing Director, Quantitative Management Associates, LLC (January 2004 – August 2017). | | | 131 | | | Voya Investments, LLC, Voya Capital, LLC, and Voya Funds Services, LLC (March 2018 – Present); Voya Investments Distributor, LLC (April 2018 – Present). | | | | | | |
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Trustees serve until their successors are duly elected and qualified. The tenure of each Trustee who is not an “interested person” as defined in the 1940 Act, of each Fund (“Independent Trustee”) is subject to the Board’s retirement policy which states that each duly elected or appointed Independent Trustee shall retire from and cease to be a member of the Board of Trustees at the close of business on December 31 of the calendar year in which the Independent Trustee attains the age of 75. A majority vote of the Board’s other Independent Trustees may extend the retirement date of an Independent Trustee if the retirement would trigger a requirement to hold a meeting of shareholders of the Trust under applicable law, whether for the purposes of appointing a successor to the Independent Trustee or otherwise comply under applicable law, in which case the extension would apply until such time as the shareholder meeting can be held or is no longer required (as determined by a vote of a majority of the other Independent Trustees).
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For the purposes of this table, “Fund Complex” means the Voya family of funds including the following investment companies: Voya Asia Pacific High Dividend Equity Income Fund; Voya Balanced Portfolio, Inc.; Voya Emerging Markets High Dividend Equity Fund; Voya Equity Trust; Voya Funds Trust; Voya Global Advantage and Premium Opportunity Fund; Voya Global Equity Dividend and Premium Opportunity Fund; Voya Government Money Market Portfolio; Voya Infrastructure, Industrials and Materials Fund; Voya Intermediate Bond Portfolio; Voya Investors Trust; Voya Mutual Funds; Voya Partners, Inc.; Voya Senior Income Fund; Voya Separate Portfolios Trust; Voya Strategic Allocation Portfolios, Inc.; Voya Variable Funds; Voya Variable Insurance Trust; Voya Variable Portfolios, Inc.; and Voya Variable Products Trust. The number of funds in the Fund Complex is as of June 30, 2022.
TRUSTEE AND OFFICER INFORMATION (Unaudited) (continued)
Name, Address and Age | | | Position(s) Held With the Trust | | | Term of Office and Length of Time Served(1) | | | Principal Occupation(s) – During the Past 5 Years | |
Michael Bell One Orange Way Windsor, Connecticut 06095 Age: 53 | | | Chief Executive Officer | | | March 2018 – Present | | | Chief Executive Officer and Director, Voya Investments, LLC, Voya Capital, LLC, and Voya Funds Services, LLC (March 2018 – Present); Senior Vice President, Voya Investments Distributor, LLC (March 2020 – Present); Chief Financial Officer, Voya Investment Management (September 2014 – Present). Formerly, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Voya Investments Distributor, LLC (September 2019 – March 2020); Senior Vice President and Treasurer, Voya Investments Distributor, LLC (November 2015 – September 2019); Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, Voya Investments, LLC (November 2015 – March 2018). | |
Dina Santoro 230 Park Avenue New York, New York 10169 Age: 49 | | | President | | | March 2018 – Present | | | President and Director, Voya Investments, LLC and Voya Capital, LLC (March 2018 – Present); Director, Voya Funds Services, LLC (March 2018 – Present); Director and Senior Vice President, Voya Investments Distributor, LLC (April 2018 – Present); Chief Operating Officer, Voya Investment Management (January 2022 – Present); Senior Managing Director, Head of Product and Marketing Strategy, Voya Investment Management (September 2017 – Present). Formerly, Managing Director, Quantitative Management Associates, LLC (January 2004 – August 2017). | |
Jonathan Nash 230 Park Avenue New York, New York 10169 Age: 54 | | | Executive Vice President Chief Investment Risk Officer | | | March 2020 – Present March 2020 – Present | | | Executive Vice President and Chief Investment Risk Officer, Voya Investments, LLC (March 2020 – Present) and Senior Vice President, Investment Risk Management, Voya Investment Management (March 2017 – Present). Formerly, Vice President, Voya Investments, LLC (September 2018 – March 2020); Consultant, DA Capital LLC (January 2016 – March 2017). | |
James M. Fink 5780 Powers Ferry Road NW Atlanta, Georgia 30327 Age: 64 | | | Executive Vice President | | | March 2018 – Present | | | Managing Director, Voya Investments, LLC, Voya Capital, LLC, and Voya Funds Services, LLC (March 2018 – Present); Senior Vice President, Voya Investments Distributor, LLC (April 2018 – Present); Chief Administrative Officer, Voya Investment Management (September 2017 – Present). Formerly, Managing Director, Operations, Voya Investment Management (March 1999 – September 2017). | |
Kristin M. Lynch 7337 East Doubletree Ranch Rd. Suite 100 Scottsdale, Arizona 85258 Age: 40 | | | Chief Compliance Officer | | | April 2022 – Present | | | Chief Compliance Officer, Voya Family of Funds (April 2022 – Present); Vice President, Voya Investment Management (March 2019 – Present). Formerly, Assistant Vice President, Voya Investment Management (March 2014 – March 2019). | |
Todd Modic 7337 East Doubletree Ranch Rd. Suite 100 Scottsdale, Arizona 85258 Age: 54 | | | Senior Vice President, Chief/Principal Financial Officer and Assistant Secretary | | | March 2005 – Present | | | President, Voya Funds Services, LLC (March 2018 – Present) and Senior Vice President, Voya Investments, LLC (April 2005 – Present). | |
Kimberly A. Anderson 7337 East Doubletree Ranch Rd. Suite 100 Scottsdale, Arizona 85258 Age: 58 | | | Senior Vice President | | | November 2003 – Present | | | Senior Vice President, Voya Investments, LLC (September 2003 – Present). | |
TRUSTEE AND OFFICER INFORMATION (Unaudited) (continued)
Name, Address and Age | | | Position(s) Held With the Trust | | | Term of Office and Length of Time Served(1) | | | Principal Occupation(s) – During the Past 5 Years | |
Sara M. Donaldson 7337 East Doubletree Ranch Rd. Suite 100 Scottsdale, Arizona 85258 Age: 62 | | | Senior Vice President | | | June 2022 – Present | | | Senior Vice President, Voya Investments, LLC (February 2022 – Present); Senior Vice President, Head of Active Ownership, Voya Investment Management (September 2021 – Present). Formerly, Vice President, Voya Investments, LLC (October 2015 – February 2022); Vice President, Head of Proxy Voting, Voya Investment Management (October 2015 – August 2021). | |
Andrew K. Schlueter 7337 East Doubletree Ranch Rd. Suite 100 Scottsdale, Arizona 85258 Age: 46 | | | Senior Vice President | | | June 2022 – Present | | | Vice President, Voya Investments Distributor, LLC (April 2018 – Present); Vice President, Voya Investments, LLC and Voya Funds Services, LLC (March 2018 – Present); Senior Vice President, Head of Mutual Fund Operations, Voya Investment Management (March 2022 – Present). Formerly, Vice President, Head of Mutual Fund Operations, Voya Investment Management (February 2018 – February 2022); Vice President, Voya Investment Management (March 2014 – February 2018). | |
Robert Terris 5780 Powers Ferry Road NW Atlanta, Georgia 30327 Age: 52 | | | Senior Vice President | | | May 2006 – Present | | | Senior Vice President, Voya Investments Distributor, LLC (April 2018 – Present); Senior Vice President, Head of Investment Services, Voya Investments, LLC (April 2018 – Present) and Voya Funds Services, LLC (March 2006 – Present). Formerly, Senior Vice President, Head of Division Operations, Voya Investments, LLC (October 2015 – April 2018). | |
Joanne F. Osberg 7337 East Doubletree Ranch Rd. Suite 100 Scottsdale, Arizona 85258 Age: 40 | | | Vice President Secretary | | | June 2022 – Present September 2020 – Present | | | Vice President and Senior Counsel, Voya Investment Management – Mutual Fund Legal Department (September 2020 – Present). Formerly, Vice President, Counsel, Voya Investment Management – Mutual Fund Legal Department (January 2013 – September 2020). | |
Fred Bedoya 7337 East Doubletree Ranch Rd. Suite 100 Scottsdale, Arizona 85258 Age: 49 | | | Vice President Treasurer | | | September 2012 – Present | | | Vice President, Voya Investments, LLC (October 2015 – Present) and Voya Funds Services, LLC (July 2012 – Present). | |
Maria M. Anderson 7337 East Doubletree Ranch Rd. Suite 100 Scottsdale, Arizona 85258 Age: 64 | | | Vice President | | | September 2004 – Present | | | Vice President, Voya Investments, LLC (October 2015 – Present) and Voya Funds Services, LLC (September 2004 – Present). | |
Robyn L. Ichilov 7337 East Doubletree Ranch Rd. Suite 100 Scottsdale, Arizona 85258 Age: 54 | | | Vice President | | | November 1999 – Present | | | Vice President, Voya Funds Services, LLC (November 1995 – Present) and Voya Investments, LLC (August 1997 – Present). | |
Jason Kadavy 7337 East Doubletree Ranch Rd. Suite 100 Scottsdale, Arizona 85258 Age: 46 | | | Vice President | | | September 2012 – Present | | | Vice President, Voya Investments, LLC (October 2015 – Present) and Voya Funds Services, LLC (July 2007 – Present). | |
Erica McKenna 7337 East Doubletree Ranch Rd. Suite 100 Scottsdale, Arizona 85258 Age:49 | | | Vice President | | | June 2022 – Present | | | Vice President, Head of Mutual Fund Compliance, and Chief Compliance Officer, Voya Investments, LLC (May 2022 – Present). Formerly, Vice President, Fund Compliance Manager, Voya Investments, LLC (March 2021 – May 2022); Assistant Vice President, Fund Compliance Manager, Voya Investments, LLC (December 2016 – March 2021). | |
TRUSTEE AND OFFICER INFORMATION (Unaudited) (continued)
Name, Address and Age | | | Position(s) Held With the Trust | | | Term of Office and Length of Time Served(1) | | | Principal Occupation(s) – During the Past 5 Years | |
Craig Wheeler 7337 East Doubletree Ranch Rd. Suite 100 Scottsdale, Arizona 85258 Age: 53 | | | Vice President | | | May 2013 – Present | | | Vice President – Director of Tax, Voya Investments, LLC (October 2015 – Present). | |
Nicholas C.D. Ward 7337 East Doubletree Ranch Rd. Suite 100 Scottsdale, Arizona 85258 Age 29: | | | Assistant Vice President and Assistant Secretary | | | June 2022 – Present | | | Counsel, Voya Investment Management – Mutual Fund Legal Department (November 2021 – Present). Formerly, Associate, Dechert LLP (October 2018 – Present). | |
Gizachew Wubishet 7337 East Doubletree Ranch Rd. Suite 100 Scottsdale, Arizona 85258 Age: 46 | | | Assistant Secretary | | | June 2022 – Present | | | Assistant Vice President and Counsel, Voya Investment Management – Mutual Fund Legal Department (May 2019 – Present). Formerly, Attorney, Ropes & Gray LLP (October 2011 – April 2019). | |
Monia Piacenti One Orange Way Windsor, Connecticut 06095 Age: 45 | | | Anti-Money Laundering Officer | | | June 2018 – Present | | | Anti-Money Laundering Officer, Voya Investments Distributor, LLC, Voya Investment Management and Voya Investment Management Trust Co. (June 2018 – Present); Compliance Consultant, Voya Financial, Inc. (January 2019 – Present). Formerly, Senior Compliance Officer, Voya Investment Management (December 2009 – December 2018). | |
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The Officers hold office until the next annual meeting of the Board of Trustees and until their successors shall have been elected and qualified.
Investment Adviser
Voya Investments, LLC
7337 East Doubletree Ranch Road, Suite 100
Scottsdale, Arizona 85258
Distributor
Voya Investments Distributor, LLC
7337 East Doubletree Ranch Road, Suite 100
Scottsdale, Arizona 85258
Transfer Agent
BNY Mellon Investment Servicing (U.S.) Inc.
301 Bellevue Parkway
Wilmington, Delaware 19809
Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
Ernst & Young LLP
200 Clarendon Street
Boston, Massachusetts 02116
Custodian
The Bank of New York Mellon
225 Liberty Street
New York, New York 10286
Legal Counsel
Ropes & Gray LLP
Prudential Tower
800 Boylston Street
Boston, Massachusetts 02199
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Annual Report
May 31, 2022
Voya Global Multi-Asset Fund
Classes A, C, I, R6 and W
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PROXY VOTING INFORMATION
A description of the policies and procedures that the Fund uses to determine how to vote proxies related to portfolio securities is available: (1) without charge, upon request, by calling Shareholder Services toll-free at (800) 992-0180; (2) on the Fund’s website at www.voyainvestments.com; and (3) on the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (“SEC’s”) website at www.sec.gov. Information regarding how the Fund voted proxies related to portfolio securities during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30 is available without charge on the Fund’s website at www.voyainvestments.com and on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.
QUARTERLY PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS
The Fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the SEC for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form NPORT-P. The Fund’s Forms NPORT-P are available on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. The Fund’s complete schedule of portfolio holdings is available at: www.voyainvestments.com and without charge upon request from the Fund by calling Shareholder Services toll-free at (800) 992-0180.
| | Index | | | | Description | | |
| | Bloomberg Global Aggregate Index | | | | Provides a broad-based measure of the global investment-grade fixed-rate debt markets. | | |
| | Bloomberg High Yield Bond Index | | | | The Bloomberg US Corporate High Yield Bond Index measures the USD-denominated, high yield, fixed-rate corporate bond market. Securities are classified as high yield if the middle rating of Moody’s, Fitch and S&P is Ba1/BB+/BB+ or below. Bonds from issuers with an emerging markets country of risk, based on Bloomberg EM country definition, are excluded. The US Corporate High Yield Index is a component of the US Universal and Global High Yield Indices. The index was created in 1986, with history backfilled to July 1, 1983. | | |
| | Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index | | | | An index of publicly issued investment grade U.S. government, mortgage-backed, asset-backed and corporate debt securities. | | |
| | Bloomberg U.S. Short Treasury 1-3 Month Index | | | | The index is designed to measure the performance of public obligations of the U.S. Treasury that have a remaining maturity of greater than or equal to 1 month and less than 3 months. | | |
| | Bloomberg U.S. Treasury TIPS Index | | | | A market capitalization-weighted index that measures the performance of public obligations of the U.S. Treasury that have a remaining maturity of one year or more. | | |
| | FTSE EPRA Nareit Developed Index | | | | The index is designed to track the performance of listed real estate companies and real-estate investment trusts (“REITs”) worldwide. Relevant activities are defined as the ownership, disposal and development of income-producing real estate. Constituents are classified into distinct property sectors based on gross invested book assets, as disclosed in the latest published financial statement. Index constituents are free-float adjusted, liquidity, size and revenue screened. | | |
| | MSCI Emerging Markets IndexSM | | | | An index that measures the performance of securities listed on exchanges in developing nations throughout the world. It includes the reinvestment of dividends and distributions net of withholding taxes, but does not reflect fees, brokerage commissions or other expenses of investing. | | |
| | MSCI Europe, Australasia and Far East® (“MSCI EAFE®”) Index | | | | An index that measures the performance of securities listed on exchanges in Europe, Australasia and the Far East. It includes the reinvestment of dividends net of withholding taxes, but does not reflect fees, brokerage commissions or other expenses of investing. | | |
| | Russell 1000® Growth Index | | | | An index that measures the performance of those companies in the Russell 1000® Index with higher than average price-to-book ratio and forecasted growth. The index returns reflect no deductions for fees, expenses or taxes. | | |
| | Russell 2000® Index | | | | An index that measures the performance of securities of small U.S. companies. | | |
| | Russell 3000® Index | | | | A broad-based, market capitalization weighted index that represents approximately 98% of the investable U.S. equity market. | | |
| | Russell Midcap® Index | | | | An index that measures the performance of the 800 smallest companies in the Russell 1000® Index, which represents approximately 26% of the total market capitalization of the Russell 1000® Index. | | |
| | S&P 500® Index | | | | An index that measures the performance of securities of approximately 500 large-capitalization companies whose securities are traded on major U.S. stock markets. | | |
| | S&P Target Risk® Growth Index | | | | Seeks to provide increased exposure to equities, while also using some fixed-income exposure to dampen risk. | | |
Voya Global Multi-Asset Fund | Portfolio Managers’ Report |
| Target Allocations as of May 31, 2022(1) (as a percentage of net assets) | |
| U.S. Large Cap Stocks | | | 34.0% | |
| U.S. Mid-Cap Stocks | | | 4.0% | |
| U.S. Small-Cap Stocks | | | 3.0% | |
| International Stocks | | | 20.0% | |
| Emerging Market Stocks | | | 4.0% | |
| Real Estate | | | 5.0% | |
| Core Fixed Income | | | 10.0% | |
| International Bonds | | | 7.0% | |
| High Yield | | | 9.0% | |
| TIPS | | | 2.0% | |
| Cash | | | 2.0% | |
| Total | | | 100% | |
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Fund’s current approximate target investment allocations (expressed as a percentage of net assets). As these are target allocations, the actual allocations of the Fund’s assets may deviate from the percentages shown. Although the Fund expects to be fully invested at all times, it may maintain liquidity reserves to meet redemption requests. | |
Voya Global Multi-Asset Fund* (the “Fund”) seeks to provide total return consisting of capital growth, both realized and unrealized, and current income. The Fund is managed by Paul Zemsky, CFA, and Barbara Reinhard, CFA, Portfolio Managers, of Voya Investment Management Co. LLC — the Sub-Adviser.The Fund is a fund-of-funds, which may invest in underlying funds and direct securities. It uses a proprietary asset allocation strategy to determine the percentage of the Fund’s net assets to invest in each of the underlying funds (the “target allocations”). Target allocations may be changed from time to time. The Fund’s strategic allocation benchmark, the Global Multi-Asset Fund Composite Index (“GMA Composite”)**, reflects these target allocations.
Performance: For the year ended May 31, 2022, the Fund’s Class A shares, excluding sales charges, provided a total return of -9.86% compared to the S&P Target Risk® Growth Index, the Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index, the MSCI EAFE® Index, the Russell 3000® Index and the GMA Composite, which returned -6.76%, -8.22%, -10.38%, -3.68% and -7.76%, respectively, during the same period.
Portfolio Specifics: For the reporting period, the Fund underperformed both the S&P Target Risk® Growth Index and its strategic GMA Composite. The GMA Composite underperformed the S&P Target Risk® Growth Index largely due to a greater allocation to equities relative to fixed income. From a sub-asset allocation standpoint, the GMA Composite was also hurt by greater allocations to mid- and small cap U.S. equities.
The Fund attempts to outperform the return of the GMA Composite through tactical asset allocation, i.e., deviating from the GMA Composite’s asset allocation over the short and medium-term. Fundamental tactical asset allocation was modestly positive over the period. The primary contributor to excess returns was an overweight to U.S. large cap equities. The Fund’s systematic tactical asset allocation strategies were also additive. Cross-asset relative value (“CARV”) was a headwind, but excess returns from tactical currency more than offset CARV’s minor drag.
The Fund’s managers have become less sanguine on the macro-outlook and have moved to a more defensive posture across the risk spectrum, lightening positioning in equities and low-quality credit. Within equities, they have continued to tilt the Fund toward U.S. large cap equities. The Fund’s managers believe larger companies are better situated to absorb high wages, pass inflation through to consumers and maintain margins in an environment, where multiples are being pressured.
The Fund also attempts to outperform the return of the GMA Composite through the selection of underlying funds, which represent the various asset classes within the GMA Composite. Underlying fund selection detracted over the period. The underlying funds with the largest outperformance versus their asset class benchmarks were Voya Large Cap Value Fund and Voya Multi-Manager International Factors Fund. The underlying funds that underperformed the most were Voya Multi-Manager International Equity Fund, Voya Multi-Manager Emerging Markets Equity Fund and Voya Multi-Manager Mid Cap Value Fund.
The Fund utilizes derivatives including futures, currency forwards and total return swaps, to execute some of its systematic tactical asset allocation strategies. These strategies are designed to be diversifying in nature and are employed within the Fund’s risk allocation guidelines. For the twelve-month reporting period, systematic strategies, in aggregate, contributed to performance.
Current Strategy and Outlook: We know growth is slowing, but is a U.S. recession on the horizon? We believe that the probability has risen, but we do not think a recession is imminent or inevitable over the next twelve months. As the effects from the pandemic continue to fade, mobility has picked up and, in our opinion, formerly left-behind sectors — travel, leisure and lodging — should become recipients of an increased amount of consumer spending in the spring and summer months. In our view, demand for labor remains strong — the unemployment rate fell to 3.6% in March and could go lower. The labor force participation rate has increased recently, and we think higher wages will increase participation more, at some point softening an extremely tight labor market. We do, however, acknowledge our later stage position in the business cycle and are aware that the policymakers need to take action to reel in prices. We believe this involves cutting aggregate demand in a manner that results in a soft landing. The war in Ukraine and sanctions on Russia have made that task more difficult; particularly in Europe, which imports significant energy resources from Russia, making it probable that Europe will experience a recession, in our opinion. The United States is energy independent and thus more insulated against prolonged disruption in Russian oil and gas supplies, in our view. What’s more, we believe that the winding down of COVID-19 will provide inflation relief on consumer prices for autos and shipping costs. We also realize the yield curve has inverted in spots on several occasions, most notably in the long-end, and has a
Portfolio Managers’ Report | Voya Global Multi-Asset Fund |
concerning track record of forecasting future recessions. Not all yield curve segments have the same predictive ability, however; the U.S. Federal Reserve (the “Fed”) has published research suggesting the short-end of the curve is a better indicator. The short-end doesn’t incorporate a term premium and is currently significantly negative. Moreover, the current level of policy accommodation needs to be considered, in our opinion. We believe that a good measure of this is the difference between the effective federal funds rate and the estimate of the neutral rate, which is still clearly negative. In our view, the key to maintaining positive U.S. growth this year will be a transition from accommodative fiscal and monetary policies to a period of increased private sector investment that leads to productivity enhancing technologies such as robotics and automation, the adoption of which already were accelerated by the pandemic.
Despite our view that a U.S. economic contraction is avoidable in the near-term, the outlook for equities has deteriorated since the beginning of the year and we think this sour spot is likely to last as monetary policy becomes tighter. If the Fed can anchor long-term inflation expectations, we believe there could be room for equities to outperform, but global earnings revisions reflect the slower growth future and are rolling over in every region of the world — most meaningfully in the emerging markets. There are also several tail risks that appear uncomfortably fat in our view; and in light of a smaller equity risk premium and other not particularly appealing valuation measures, we have reduced our allocation to stocks and now hold a neutral to slight overweight to most portfolios. We continue to prefer U.S. assets over the rest of the world, as its relative geographic and economic insulation provides a layer of defense against some of the most material risks, in our opinion. Within the U.S., large cap stocks remain our favorite asset class. It is our opinion that larger companies are in a better position to absorb high wages, pass through inflation to consumers and maintain margins in an environment where earnings multiples are likely to be pressured. Although earnings growth is coming down, our models forecast mid-teen earnings growth in 2022. This butts against the Fed tightening financial conditions and the likely countervailing force of contracting multiples. Taken together, we think U.S. large caps can deliver positive, albeit modest returns over the balance of 2022.
*
On January 27, 2022, the Board Trustees of Voya Equity Trust approved changes with respect to the Fund’s principal investment strategies.
**
The GMA Composite is composed of several indices that we believe provide an internal reference benchmark against which the actual performance of the Fund’s portfolio can be compared. As of May 31, 2022, the Index allocation is approximately: 31% of the S&P 500® Index, 10% of the Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index, 20% of the MSCI EAFE® Index, 4% of the MSCI Emerging Markets IndexSM, 3% of the Russell 2000® Index, 3% of the Russell 1000® Growth Index, 4% of the Russell Midcap® Index, 7% of the Bloomberg Global Aggregate Index, 9% of the Bloomberg High Yield Bond Index, 5% of the FTSE EPRA Nareit Developed Index, 2% of the Bloomberg U.S. Treasury TIPS Index and 2% of the Bloomberg U.S. Short Treasury 1-3 Month Index.
The views expressed in this commentary are informed opinions. They should not be considered promises or advice. The views expressed reflect those of the portfolio managers, only through the end of the period as stated on the cover. The portfolio managers’ views are subject to change at any time based on market and other conditions.
Portfolio holdings and characteristics are subject to change and may not be representative of current holdings and characteristics. Fund holdings are subject to change daily. The outlook for this Fund may differ from that presented for other Voya mutual funds. This report contains statements that may be “forward-looking” statements. Actual results may differ materially from those projected in the “forward-looking” statements. The Fund’s performance returns shown reflect applicable fee waivers and/or expense limits in effect during this period. Absent such fee waivers/expense limitations, if any, performance would have been lower. Performance for the different classes of shares will vary based on differences in fees associated with each class. An index has no cash in its portfolio and imposes no sales charges. An investor cannot invest directly in an index.
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| | Average Annual Total Returns for the Periods Ended May 31, 2022 | | |
| | | | | 1 Year | | | 5 Year | | | 10 Year | | |
| | Including Sales Charge: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Class A(1) | | | | | -15.02% | | | | | | 3.87% | | | | | | 5.64% | | | |
| | Class C(2) | | | | | -11.32% | | | | | | 4.34% | | | | | | 5.48% | | | |
| | Class I | | | | | -9.60% | | | | | | 5.39% | | | | | | 6.53% | | | |
| | Class R6(3) | | | | | -9.54% | | | | | | 5.22% | | | | | | 6.44% | | | |
| | Class W | | | | | -9.61% | | | | | | 5.38% | | | | | | 6.53% | | | |
| | Excluding Sales Charge: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Class A | | | | | -9.86% | | | | | | 5.11% | | | | | | 6.27% | | | |
| | Class C | | | | | -10.50% | | | | | | 4.34% | | | | | | 5.48% | | | |
| | Class I | | | | | -9.60% | | | | | | 5.39% | | | | | | 6.53% | | | |
| | Class R6(3) | | | | | -9.54% | | | | | | 5.22% | | | | | | 6.44% | | | |
| | Class W | | | | | -9.61% | | | | | | 5.38% | | | | | | 6.53% | | | |
| | S&P Target Risk® Growth Index | | | | | -6.76% | | | | | | 6.11% | | | | | | 7.44% | | | |
| | Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index | | | | | -8.22% | | | | | | 1.18% | | | | | | 1.71% | | | |
| | MSCI EAFE® Index | | | | | -10.38% | | | | | | 4.17% | | | | | | 7.15% | | | |
| | Russell 3000® Index | | | | | -3.68% | | | | | | 12.75% | | | | | | 14.00% | | | |
Based on a $10,000 initial investment, the graph and table above illustrate the total return of Voya Global Multi-Asset Fund against the indices indicated. An index is unmanaged and has no cash in its portfolio and imposes no sales charges. An investor cannot invest directly in an index.
The Fund’s performance is shown both with and without the imposition of sales charges.
The performance graph and table do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder will pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares.
The performance shown includes, if applicable, the effect of fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements by the Investment Adviser and/or other service providers, which have the effect of increasing total return. Had all fees and expenses been considered, the total returns would have been lower.
Performance data represents past performance and is no assurance of future results. Investment in the Fund will
fluctuate. Shares, when sold, may be worth more or less than their original cost. The Fund’s current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data shown. Please log on to www.voyainvestments.com or call (800) 992-0180 to get performance through the most recent month end.
Fund holdings are subject to change daily.
(1)
Reflects deduction of the maximum Class A sales charge of 5.75%.
(2)
Reflects deduction of the Class C deferred sales charge of 1% for the 1 year return.
(3)
Class R6 incepted on September 29, 2017. The Class R6 shares performance shown for the period prior to their inception date is the performance of Class I shares without adjustment for any differences in the expenses between the two classes. If adjusted for such differences, returns would be different.
Prior to the close of business on November 8, 2019, the Fund was a separate active series under Voya Series Fund, Inc.
Shareholder Expense Example (Unaudited)
As a shareholder of the Fund, you incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, including sales charges (loads) on purchase payments, redemption fees, and exchange fees; and (2) ongoing costs, including management fees, distribution and/or service (12b-1) fees, and other Fund expenses. These Examples are intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.
The Examples are based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period from December 1, 2021 to May 31, 2022. The Fund’s expenses are shown without the imposition of any sales charges or fees. Expenses would have been higher if such charges were included.
Actual Expenses
The left section of the table shown below, “Actual Fund Return,” provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this section, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the first section under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During the Period” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period.
Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes
The right section of the table shown below, “Hypothetical (5% return before expenses),” provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Fund’s actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Fund and other mutual funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other mutual funds.
Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transactional costs, such as sales charges (loads), redemption fees, or exchange fees. Therefore, the hypothetical section of the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different mutual funds. In addition, if these transactional costs were included, your costs would have been higher.
| | | Actual Fund Return | | | Hypothetical (5% return before expenses) | |
| | | Beginning Account Value December 1, 2021 | | | Ending Account Value May 31, 2022 | | | Annualized Expense Ratio* | | | Expenses Paid During the Period Ended May 31, 2022** | | | Beginning Account Value December 1, 2021 | | | Ending Account Value May 31, 2022 | | | Annualized Expense Ratio* | | | Expenses Paid During the Period Ended May 31, 2022** | |
Class A | | | | $ | 1,000.00 | | | | | $ | 883.30 | | | | | | 0.70% | | | | | $ | 3.29 | | | | | $ | 1,000.00 | | | | | $ | 1,021.44 | | | | | | 0.70% | | | | | $ | 3.53 | | |
Class C | | | | | 1,000.00 | | | | | | 880.30 | | | | | | 1.45 | | | | | | 6.80 | | | | | | 1,000.00 | | | | | | 1,017.70 | | | | | | 1.45 | | | | | | 7.29 | | |
Class I | | | | | 1,000.00 | | | | | | 884.90 | | | | | | 0.45 | | | | | | 2.11 | | | | | | 1,000.00 | | | | | | 1,022.69 | | | | | | 0.45 | | | | | | 2.27 | | |
Class R6 | | | | | 1,000.00 | | | | | | 884.90 | | | | | | 0.45 | | | | | | 2.11 | | | | | | 1,000.00 | | | | | | 1,022.69 | | | | | | 0.45 | | | | | | 2.27 | | |
Class W | | | | | 1,000.00 | | | | | | 884.80 | | | | | | 0.45 | | | | | | 2.11 | | | | | | 1,000.00 | | | | | | 1,022.69 | | | | | | 0.45 | | | | | | 2.27 | | |
*
The annualized expense ratios do not include expenses of the underlying funds.
**
Expenses are equal to the Fund’s respective annualized expense ratios multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 182/365 to reflect the most recent fiscal half-year.
REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
To the Shareholders of Voya Global Multi-Asset Fund and the Board of Trustees of Voya Equity Trust
Opinion on the Financial Statements
We have audited the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities of Voya Global Multi-Asset Fund (the “Fund”), (one of the funds constituting Voya Equity Trust (the “Trust”)), including the portfolio of investments, as of May 31, 2022, and the related statement of operations for the year then ended, the statements of changes in net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended, the financial highlights for each of the three years in the period then ended and the related notes (collectively referred to as the “financial statements”). In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Fund (one of the funds constituting Voya Equity Trust) at May 31, 2022, the results of its operations for the year then ended, the changes in its net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended and its financial highlights for each of the three years in the period then ended, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.
The financial highlights for each of the periods in the two-year period ended May 31, 2019, were audited by another independent registered public accounting firm whose report, dated July 25, 2019, expressed an unqualified opinion on those financial highlights.
Basis for Opinion
These financial statements are the responsibility of the Trust’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Fund’s financial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (“PCAOB”) and are required to be independent with respect to the Trust in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.
We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audits to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. The Trust is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of the Trust’s internal control over financial reporting. As part of our audits, we are required to obtain an understanding of internal control over financial reporting, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Trust’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion.
Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of May 31, 2022, by correspondence with the custodian and others or by other appropriate auditing procedures where replies from others were not received. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
We have served as the auditor of one or more Voya investment companies since 2019.
Boston, Massachusetts
July 29, 2022
STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES as of May 31, 2022
| ASSETS: | | | | | | | |
| Investments in securities at fair value* | | | | $ | 2,804 | | |
| Investments in affiliated underlying funds at fair value** | | | | | 75,991,536 | | |
| Investments in unaffiliated underlying funds at fair value*** | | | | | 52,006,603 | | |
| Short-term investments at fair value† | | | | | 610,333 | | |
| Cash collateral for futures contracts | | | | | 1,450,000 | | |
| Due from broker | | | | | 309,841 | | |
| Receivables: | | | | | | | |
| Investments in affiliated underlying funds sold | | | | | 6,517,781 | | |
| Investments in unaffiliated underlying funds sold | | | | | 136,401 | | |
| Fund shares sold | | | | | 13,494 | | |
| Unrealized appreciation on forward foreign currency contracts | | | | | 211,489 | | |
| Unrealized appreciation on OTC swap agreements | | | | | 224,190 | | |
| Prepaid expenses | | | | | 31,209 | | |
| Reimbursement due from Investment Adviser | | | | | 24,925 | | |
| Other assets | | | | | 19,956 | | |
| Total assets | | | | | 137,550,562 | | |
| LIABILITIES: | | | | | | | |
| Payable for investments in affiliated underlying funds purchased | | | | | 5,283,538 | | |
| Payable for investments in unaffiliated underlying funds purchased | | | | | 490,056 | | |
| Payable for fund shares redeemed | | | | | 61,148 | | |
| Unrealized depreciation on forward foreign currency contracts | | | | | 183,983 | | |
| Variation margin payable on futures contracts | | | | | 61,775 | | |
| Payable for investment management fees | | | | | 40,262 | | |
| Payable for distribution and shareholder service fees | | | | | 24,877 | | |
| Payable to trustees under the deferred compensation plan (Note 6) | | | | | 19,956 | | |
| Payable for trustee fees | | | | | 372 | | |
| Other accrued expenses and liabilities | | | | | 181,492 | | |
| Total liabilities | | | | | 6,347,459 | | |
| NET ASSETS | | | | $ | 131,203,103 | | |
| NET ASSETS WERE COMPRISED OF: | | | | | | | |
| Paid-in capital | | | | $ | 127,308,874 | | |
| Total distributable earnings | | | | | 3,894,229 | | |
| NET ASSETS | | | | $ | 131,203,103 | | |
| *
Cost of investments in securities | | | | $ | 2,956 | | |
| **
Cost of investments in affiliated underlying funds | | | | $ | 79,702,140 | | |
| ***
Cost of investments in unaffiliated underlying funds | | | | $ | 42,920,993 | | |
| †
Cost of short-term investments | | | | $ | 610,333 | | |
See Accompanying Notes to Financial Statements
STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES as of May 31, 2022 (continued)
| Class A | | | | | | | |
| Net assets | | | | $ | 114,575,203 | | |
| Shares authorized | | | | | unlimited | | |
| Par value | | | | $ | 0.010 | | |
| Shares outstanding | | | | | 10,327,440 | | |
| Net asset value and redemption price per share† | | | | $ | 11.09 | | |
| Maximum offering price per share (5.75%)(1) | | | | $ | 11.77 | | |
| Class C | | | | | | | |
| Net assets | | | | $ | 1,425,608 | | |
| Shares authorized | | | | | unlimited | | |
| Par value | | | | $ | 0.010 | | |
| Shares outstanding | | | | | 126,061 | | |
| Net asset value and redemption price per share† | | | | $ | 11.31 | | |
| Class I | | | | | | | |
| Net assets | | | | $ | 14,442,983 | | |
| Shares authorized | | | | | unlimited | | |
| Par value | | | | $ | 0.010 | | |
| Shares outstanding | | | | | 1,274,748 | | |
| Net asset value and redemption price per share | | | | $ | 11.33 | | |
| Class R6 | | | | | | | |
| Net assets | | | | $ | 636,633 | | |
| Shares authorized | | | | | unlimited | | |
| Par value | | | | $ | 0.010 | | |
| Shares outstanding | | | | | 56,011 | | |
| Net asset value and redemption price per share | | | | $ | 11.37 | | |
| Class W | | | | | | | |
| Net assets | | | | $ | 122,676 | | |
| Shares authorized | | | | | unlimited | | |
| Par value | | | | $ | 0.010 | | |
| Shares outstanding | | | | | 10,844 | | |
| Net asset value and redemption price per share | | | | $ | 11.31 | | |
(1)
Maximum offering price is computed at 100/94.25 of net asset value. On purchases of $100,000 or more, the offering price is reduced.
†
Redemption price per share may be reduced for any applicable contingent deferred sales charges.
See Accompanying Notes to Financial Statements
STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS for the Year Ended May 31, 2022
| INVESTMENT INCOME: | | | | | | | |
| Dividends from affiliated underlying funds | | | | $ | 1,715,172 | | |
| Dividends from unaffiliated underlying funds | | | | | 1,110,462 | | |
| Total investment income | | | | | 2,825,634 | | |
| EXPENSES: | | | | | | | |
| Investment management fees | | | | | 440,521 | | |
| Distribution and shareholder service fees: | | | | | | | |
| Class A | | | | | 325,024 | | |
| Class C | | | | | 21,858 | | |
| Transfer agent fees: | | | | | | | |
| Class A | | | | | 229,409 | | |
| Class C | | | | | 3,858 | | |
| Class I | | | | | 19,944 | | |
| Class R6 | | | | | 4,364 | | |
| Class W | | | | | 235 | | |
| Shareholder reporting expense | | | | | 12,955 | | |
| Registration fees | | | | | 75,016 | | |
| Professional fees | | | | | 39,055 | | |
| Custody and accounting expense | | | | | 57,305 | | |
| Trustee fees | | | | | 3,721 | | |
| Miscellaneous expense | | | | | 19,575 | | |
| Interest expense | | | | | 216 | | |
| Total expenses | | | | | 1,253,056 | | |
| Waived and reimbursed fees | | | | | (233,397) | | |
| Net expenses | | | | | 1,019,659 | | |
| Net investment income | | | | | 1,805,975 | | |
| REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS): | | | | | | | |
| Net realized gain (loss) on: | | | | | | | |
| Investments | | | | | 15,304 | | |
| Sale of affiliated underlying funds | | | | | 169,124 | | |
| Sale of unaffiliated underlying funds | | | | | (517,374) | | |
| Capital gain distributions from affiliated underlying funds | | | | | 6,585,733 | | |
| Capital gain distributions from unaffiliated underlying funds | | | | | 787,978 | | |
| Forward foreign currency contracts | | | | | 486,180 | | |
| Foreign currency related transactions | | | | | 49,853 | | |
| Futures | | | | | 118,325 | | |
| Swaps | | | | | (819,112) | | |
| Net realized gain | | | | | 6,876,011 | | |
| Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on: | | | | | | | |
| Investments | | | | | (250) | | |
| Affiliated underlying funds | | | | | (19,802,812) | | |
| Unaffiliated underlying funds | | | | | (3,442,730) | | |
| Forward foreign currency contracts | | | | | 198,993 | | |
| Foreign currency related transactions | | | | | (1,330) | | |
| Futures | | | | | (85,750) | | |
| Swaps | | | | | 224,190 | | |
| Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) | | | | | (22,909,689) | | |
| Net realized and unrealized loss | | | | | (16,033,678) | | |
| Decrease in net assets resulting from operations | | | | $ | (14,227,703) | | |
See Accompanying Notes to Financial Statements
STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS
| | | Year Ended May 31, 2022 | | | Year Ended May 31, 2021 | |
FROM OPERATIONS: | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net investment income | | | | $ | 1,805,975 | | | | | $ | 2,085,703 | | |
Net realized gain | | | | | 6,876,011 | | | | | | 11,606,442 | | |
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) | | | | | (22,909,689) | | | | | | 24,569,628 | | |
Increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations | | | | | (14,227,703) | | | | | | 38,261,773 | | |
FROM DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS: | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Total distributions (excluding return of capital): | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Class A | | | | | (13,645,677) | | | | | | (2,997,852) | | |
Class C | | | | | (176,074) | | | | | | (36,789) | | |
Class I | | | | | (1,628,380) | | | | | | (327,494) | | |
Class R6 | | | | | (72,172) | | | | | | (3,234) | | |
Class W | | | | | (14,271) | | | | | | (3,114) | | |
Total distributions | | | | | (15,536,574) | | | | | | (3,368,483) | | |
FROM CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS: | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net proceeds from sale of shares | | | | | 5,572,144 | | | | | | 7,773,002 | | |
Reinvestment of distributions | | | | | 14,624,764 | | | | | | 3,160,346 | | |
| | | | | 20,196,908 | | | | | | 10,933,348 | | |
Cost of shares redeemed | | | | | (14,126,863) | | | | | | (14,679,707) | | |
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from capital share transactions | | | | | 6,070,045 | | | | | | (3,746,359) | | |
Net increase (decrease) in net assets | | | | | (23,694,232) | | | | | | 31,146,931 | | |
NET ASSETS: | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Beginning of year or period | | | | | 154,897,335 | | | | | | 123,750,404 | | |
End of year or period | | | | $ | 131,203,103 | | | | | $ | 154,897,335 | | |
See Accompanying Notes to Financial Statements
Selected data for a share of beneficial interest outstanding throughout each year or period.
| | | | | | | | | Income (loss) from investment operations | | | | | | | | | Less Distributions | | | | | | Ratios to average net assets | | | Supplemental Data | |
| | | Net asset value, beginning of year or period | | | Net investment income (loss) | | | Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) | | | Total from investment operations | | | From net investment income | | | From net realized gains | | | From return of capital | | | Total distributions | | | Payment by affiliate | | | Net asset value, end of year or period | | | Total Return(1) | | | Expenses before reductions/additions(2)(3)(4) | | | Expenses net of fee waivers and/or recoupments if any(2)(3)(4) | | | Expenses net of all reductions/additions(2)(3)(4) | | | Net investment income (loss)(2)(3)(4) | | | Net assets, end of year or period | | | Portfolio turnover rate | |
Year or period ended | | | ($) | | | ($) | | | ($) | | | ($) | | | ($) | | | ($) | | | ($) | | | ($) | | | ($) | | | ($) | | | (%) | | | (%) | | | (%) | | | (%) | | | (%) | | | ($000’s) | | | (%) | |
Class A | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
05-31-22 | | | | | 13.66 | | | | | | 0.16• | | | | | | (1.30) | | | | | | (1.14) | | | | | | 0.47 | | | | | | 0.96 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 1.43 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 11.09 | | | | | | (9.86) | | | | | | 0.86 | | | | | | 0.70 | | | | | | 0.70 | | | | | | 1.20 | | | | | | 114,575 | | | | | | 44 | | |
05-31-21 | | | | | 10.58 | | | | | | 0.18• | | | | | | 3.21 | | | | | | 3.39 | | | | | | 0.31 | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | 0.31 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 13.66 | | | | | | 32.20 | | | | | | 0.90 | | | | | | 0.65 | | | | | | 0.65 | | | | | | 1.49 | | | | | | 134,478 | | | | | | 38 | | |
05-31-20 | | | | | 11.12 | | | | | | 0.27• | | | | | | (0.09) | | | | | | 0.18 | | | | | | 0.22 | | | | | | 0.50 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 0.72 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 10.58 | | | | | | 1.05 | | | | | | 0.88 | | | | | | 0.59 | | | | | | 0.59 | | | | | | 2.41 | | | | | | 109,357 | | | | | | 47 | | |
05-31-19 | | | | | 11.93 | | | | | | 0.19• | | | | | | (0.49) | | | | | | (0.30) | | | | | | 0.26 | | | | | | 0.25 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 0.51 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 11.12 | | | | | | (2.24) | | | | | | 0.80 | | | | | | 0.58 | | | | | | 0.58 | | | | | | 1.69 | | | | | | 111,044 | | | | | | 118 | | |
05-31-18 | | | | | 11.24 | | | | | | 0.22 | | | | | | 0.79 | | | | | | 1.01 | | | | | | 0.32 | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | 0.32 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 11.93 | | | | | | 8.99 | | | | | | 0.87 | | | | | | 0.52 | | | | | | 0.52 | | | | | | 1.76 | | | | | | 69,448 | | | | | | 78 | | |
Class C | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
05-31-22 | | | | | 13.85 | | | | | | 0.05• | | | | | | (1.32) | | | | | | (1.27) | | | | | | 0.31 | | | | | | 0.96 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 1.27 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 11.31 | | | | | | (10.50) | | | | | | 1.61 | | | | | | 1.45 | | | | | | 1.45 | | | | | | 0.38 | | | | | | 1,426 | | | | | | 44 | | |
05-31-21 | | | | | 10.70 | | | | | | 0.09• | | | | | | 3.25 | | | | | | 3.34 | | | | | | 0.19 | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | 0.19 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 13.85 | | | | | | 31.29 | | | | | | 1.65 | | | | | | 1.40 | | | | | | 1.40 | | | | | | 0.69 | | | | | | 2,863 | | | | | | 38 | | |
05-31-20 | | | | | 11.22 | | | | | | 0.24• | | | | | | (0.15) | | | | | | 0.09 | | | | | | 0.11 | | | | | | 0.50 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 0.61 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 10.70 | | | | | | 0.31 | | | | | | 1.63 | | | | | | 1.34 | | | | | | 1.34 | | | | | | 2.07 | | | | | | 3,058 | | | | | | 47 | | |
05-31-19 | | | | | 12.00 | | | | | | 0.10 | | | | | | (0.49) | | | | | | (0.39) | | | | | | 0.14 | | | | | | 0.25 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 0.39 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 11.22 | | | | | | (2.99) | | | | | | 1.55 | | | | | | 1.33 | | | | | | 1.33 | | | | | | 0.83 | | | | | | 11,076 | | | | | | 118 | | |
05-31-18 | | | | | 11.29 | | | | | | 0.12 | | | | | | 0.80 | | | | | | 0.92 | | | | | | 0.21 | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | 0.21 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 12.00 | | | | | | 8.18 | | | | | | 1.62 | | | | | | 1.27 | | | | | | 1.27 | | | | | | 1.01 | | | | | | 15,241 | | | | | | 78 | | |
Class I | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
05-31-22 | | | | | 13.92 | | | | | | 0.19• | | | | | | (1.31) | | | | | | (1.12) | | | | | | 0.51 | | | | | | 0.96 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 1.47 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 11.33 | | | | | | (9.60) | | | | | | 0.56 | | | | | | 0.45 | | | | | | 0.45 | | | | | | 1.42 | | | | | | 14,443 | | | | | | 44 | | |
05-31-21 | | | | | 10.77 | | | | | | 0.21• | | | | | | 3.27 | | | | | | 3.48 | | | | | | 0.33 | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | 0.33 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 13.92 | | | | | | 32.57 | | | | | | 0.60 | | | | | | 0.40 | | | | | | 0.40 | | | | | | 1.69 | | | | | | 16,811 | | | | | | 38 | | |
05-31-20 | | | | | 11.31 | | | | | | 0.31• | | | | | | (0.10) | | | | | | 0.21 | | | | | | 0.25 | | | | | | 0.50 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 0.75 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 10.77 | | | | | | 1.28 | | | | | | 0.57 | | | | | | 0.34 | | | | | | 0.34 | | | | | | 2.68 | | | | | | 11,115 | | | | | | 47 | | |
05-31-19 | | | | | 12.11 | | | | | | 0.22 | | | | | | (0.50) | | | | | | (0.28) | | | | | | 0.27 | | | | | | 0.25 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 0.52 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 11.31 | | | | | | (2.01) | | | | | | 0.53 | | | | | | 0.33 | | | | | | 0.33 | | | | | | 1.82 | | | | | | 11,885 | | | | | | 118 | | |
05-31-18 | | | | | 11.40 | | | | | | 0.24 | | | | | | 0.82 | | | | | | 1.06 | | | | | | 0.35 | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | 0.35 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 12.11 | | | | | | 9.31 | | | | | | 0.56 | | | | | | 0.27 | | | | | | 0.27 | | | | | | 2.03 | | | | | | 13,541 | | | | | | 78 | | |
Class R6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
05-31-22 | | | | | 13.96 | | | | | | 0.19• | | | | | | (1.31) | | | | | | (1.12) | | | | | | 0.51 | | | | | | 0.96 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 1.47 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 11.37 | | | | | | (9.54) | | | | | | 1.11 | | | | | | 0.45 | | | | | | 0.45 | | | | | | 1.47 | | | | | | 637 | | | | | | 44 | | |
05-31-21 | | | | | 10.81 | | | | | | 0.19• | | | | | | 3.30 | | | | | | 3.49 | | | | | | 0.34 | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | 0.34 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 13.96 | | | | | | 32.52 | | | | | | 1.17 | | | | | | 0.40 | | | | | | 0.40 | | | | | | 1.49 | | | | | | 611 | | | | | | 38 | | |
05-31-20 | | | | | 11.35 | | | | | | 0.29 | | | | | | (0.07) | | | | | | 0.22 | | | | | | 0.26 | | | | | | 0.50 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 0.76 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 10.81 | | | | | | 1.35 | | | | | | 1.22 | | | | | | 0.34 | | | | | | 0.34 | | | | | | 2.53 | | | | | | 50 | | | | | | 47 | | |
05-31-19 | | | | | 12.04 | | | | | | 0.21 | | | | | | (0.52) | | | | | | (0.31) | | | | | | 0.13 | | | | | | 0.25 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 0.38 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 11.35 | | | | | | (2.36) | | | | | | 1.34 | | | | | | 0.33 | | | | | | 0.33 | | | | | | 1.81 | | | | | | 3 | | | | | | 118 | | |
09-29-17(5) - 05-31-18 | | | | | 11.90 | | | | | | 0.19• | | | | | | 0.31 | | | | | | 0.50 | | | | | | 0.36 | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | 0.36 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 12.04 | | | | | | 4.16 | | | | | | 1.09 | | | | | | 0.27 | | | | | | 0.27 | | | | | | 2.30 | | | | | | 3 | | | | | | 78 | | |
Class W | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
05-31-22 | | | | | 13.90 | | | | | | 0.19• | | | | | | (1.31) | | | | | | (1.12) | | | | | | 0.51 | | | | | | 0.96 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 1.47 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 11.31 | | | | | | (9.61) | | | | | | 0.61 | | | | | | 0.45 | | | | | | 0.45 | | | | | | 1.45 | | | | | | 123 | | | | | | 44 | | |
05-31-21 | | | | | 10.75 | | | | | | 0.22• | | | | | | 3.26 | | | | | | 3.48 | | | | | | 0.33 | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | 0.33 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 13.90 | | | | | | 32.60 | | | | | | 0.65 | | | | | | 0.40 | | | | | | 0.40 | | | | | | 1.72 | | | | | | 134 | | | | | | 38 | | |
05-31-20 | | | | | 11.30 | | | | | | 0.32• | | | | | | (0.12) | | | | | | 0.20 | | | | | | 0.25 | | | | | | 0.50 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 0.75 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 10.75 | | | | | | 1.22 | | | | | | 0.63 | | | | | | 0.34 | | | | | | 0.34 | | | | | | 2.79 | | | | | | 171 | | | | | | 47 | | |
05-31-19 | | | | | 12.10 | | | | | | 0.22 | | | | | | (0.50) | | | | | | (0.28) | | | | | | 0.27 | | | | | | 0.25 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 0.52 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 11.30 | | | | | | (2.00) | | | | | | 0.55 | | | | | | 0.33 | | | | | | 0.33 | | | | | | 1.77 | | | | | | 118 | | | | | | 118 | | |
05-31-18 | | | | | 11.39 | | | | | | 0.23• | | | | | | 0.83 | | | | | | 1.06 | | | | | | 0.35 | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | 0.35 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 12.10 | | | | | | 9.29 | | | | | | 0.62 | | | | | | 0.27 | | | | | | 0.27 | | | | | | 1.91 | | | | | | 78 | | | | | | 78 | | |
(1)
Total return is calculated assuming reinvestment of all dividends, capital gain distributions and return of capital distributions, if any, at net asset value and excluding the deduction of sales charges or contingent deferred sales charges, if applicable. Total return for periods less than one year is not annualized.
(2)
Annualized for periods less than one year.
See Accompanying Notes to Financial Statements
Financial Highlights (continued)
(3)
Ratios reflect operating expenses of a Fund. Expenses before reductions/additions do not reflect amounts reimbursed or recouped by the Investment Adviser and/or Distributor or reductions from brokerage service arrangements or other expense offset arrangements and do not represent the amount paid by a Fund during periods when reimbursements or reductions occur. Expenses net of fee waivers reflect expenses after reimbursement by the Investment Adviser and/or Distributor or recoupment of previously reimbursed fees by the Investment Adviser, but prior to reductions from brokerage service arrangements or other expense offset arrangements. Expenses net of all reductions/additions represent the net expenses paid by a Fund. Net investment income (loss) is net of all such additions or reductions.
(4)
Ratios do not include expenses of Underlying Funds.
(5)
Commencement of operations.
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Calculated using average number of shares outstanding throughout the year or period.
See Accompanying Notes to Financial Statements
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS as of May 31, 2022
NOTE 1 — ORGANIZATION
Voya Equity Trust (the “Trust”) is a Massachusetts business trust and is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (“1940 Act”), as an open-end investment management company. The Trust was organized on June 12, 1998 and consists of eleven separate active investment series. This report is for Voya Global Multi-Asset Fund (“Global Multi-Asset” or the “Fund”), a diversified series of the Trust.
The Fund offers the following classes of shares: Class A, Class C, Class I, Class R6, and Class W. The separate classes of shares differ principally in the applicable sales charges (if any), distribution fees and shareholder servicing fees, as well as differences in the amount of waiver of fees and reimbursement of expenses, if any. Generally, shareholders of each class also bear certain expenses that pertain to that particular class. All shareholders are allocated the common expenses of a fund and earn income and realized gains/losses from a fund pro rata based on the daily ending net assets of each class, without distinction between share classes. Expenses that are specific to a fund or a class are charged directly to that fund or class. Other operating expenses shared by several funds are generally allocated among those funds based on average net assets. Distributions are determined separately for each class based on income and expenses allocated to each class. Realized gain distributions are allocated to each class pro rata based on the shares outstanding of each class on the date of distribution. Differences in per share dividend rates generally result from differences in separate class expenses, including distribution and shareholder servicing fees, if applicable, as well as differences in the amount of waiver of fees and reimbursement of expenses between the separate classes, if any.
Effective November 2, 2021, Class C shares, along with their pro rata reinvested dividend shares, automatically convert to Class A shares eight years after purchase. Prior to November 2, 2021, Class C shares, along with their pro rata reinvested dividend shares, automatically converted to Class A shares ten years after purchase.
Voya Investments, LLC (“Voya Investments” or the “Investment Adviser”), an Arizona limited liability company, serves as the Investment Adviser to the Fund. Voya Investments has engaged Voya Investment Management Co. LLC (“Voya IM” or the “Sub-Adviser”), a Delaware limited liability company, to serve as the Sub-Adviser to the Fund. Voya Investments Distributor, LLC (“VID” or the “Distributor”), a Delaware limited liability company, serves as the principal underwriter to the Fund.
The investment companies in which the Fund invests are collectively referred to as the “Underlying Funds.”
NOTE 2 — SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
The following significant accounting policies are consistently followed by the Fund in the preparation of its financial statements. The Fund is considered an investment company under U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) and follows the accounting and reporting guidance applicable to investment companies.
A. Security Valuation. The Fund is open for business every day the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) opens for regular trading (each such day, a “Business Day”). The net asset value (“NAV”) per share for each class of the Fund is determined each Business Day as of the close of the regular trading session (“Market Close”), as determined by the Consolidated Tape Association (“CTA”), the central distributor of transaction prices for exchange-traded securities (normally 4:00 p.m. Eastern time unless otherwise designated by the CTA). The data reflected on the consolidated tape provided by the CTA is generated by various market centers, including all securities exchanges, electronic communications networks, and third-market broker-dealers. The NAV per share of each class of the Fund is calculated by taking the value of the Fund’s assets attributable to that class, subtracting the Fund’s liabilities attributable to that class, and dividing by the number of shares of that class that are outstanding. On days when the Fund is closed for business, Fund shares will not be priced and the Fund does not transact purchase and redemption orders. To the extent the Fund’s assets are traded in other markets on days when the Fund does not price its shares, the value of the Fund’s assets will likely change and you will not be able to purchase or redeem shares of the Fund.
Assets for which market quotations are readily available are valued at market value. A security listed or traded on an exchange is valued at its last sales price or official closing price as of the close of the regular trading session on the exchange where the security is principally traded or, if such price is not available, at the last sale price as of the Market Close for such security provided by the CTA. Bank loans are valued at the average of the averages of the bid and ask prices provided to an independent loan pricing service by brokers. Futures contracts are valued at the final settlement price set by an exchange on which they are principally traded. Listed options are valued at the mean between the last bid and ask prices from the exchange on which they are principally traded. Investments in open-end registered investment companies that do not trade on an exchange are valued at the end of day NAV per share. Investments in registered investment companies that trade on an exchange are valued at the last sales price or official closing price as of the close of the regular trading session on the exchange where the security is principally traded.
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS as of May 31, 2022 (continued)
NOTE 2 — SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (continued)
When a market quotation is not readily available or is deemed unreliable, the Fund will determine a fair value for the relevant asset in accordance with procedures adopted by the Fund’s Board of Trustees (“Board”). Such procedures provide, for example, that: (a) Exchange-traded securities are valued at the mean of the closing bid and ask; (b) Debt obligations are valued using an evaluated price provided by an independent pricing service. Evaluated prices provided by the pricing service may be determined without exclusive reliance on quoted prices, and may reflect factors such as institution-size trading in similar groups of securities, developments related to specific securities, benchmark yield, quality, type of issue, coupon rate, maturity, individual trading characteristics and other market data; (c) Securities traded in the over-the-counter (“OTC”) market are valued based on prices provided by independent pricing services or market makers; (d) Options not listed on an exchange are valued by an independent source using an industry accepted model, such as Black-Scholes; (e) Centrally cleared swap agreements are valued using a price provided by an independent pricing service; (f) OTC swap agreements are valued using a price provided by an independent pricing service; (g) Forward foreign currency exchange contracts are valued utilizing current and forward rates obtained from an independent pricing service. Such prices from the third party pricing service are for specific settlement periods and the Fund’s forward foreign currency exchange contracts are valued at an interpolated rate between the closest preceding and subsequent period reported by the independent pricing service; and (h) Securities for which market prices are not provided by any of the above methods may be valued based upon quotes furnished by brokers.
The prospectuses of the open-end registered investment companies in which the Fund may invest explain the circumstances under which they will use fair value pricing and the effects of using fair value pricing.
Foreign securities’ (including forward foreign currency exchange contracts) prices are converted into U.S. dollar amounts using the applicable exchange rates as of Market Close. If market quotations are available and believed to be reliable for foreign exchange-traded equity securities, the securities will be valued at the market quotations. Because trading hours for certain foreign securities end before Market Close, closing market quotations may become unreliable. An independent pricing service determines the degree of certainty, based on historical data, that the closing price in the principal market where a foreign security trades is not the current value as of Market Close. Foreign securities’ prices meeting the approved
degree of certainty that the price is not reflective of current value will be valued by the independent pricing service using pricing models designed to estimate likely changes in the values of those securities between the times in which the trading in those securities is substantially completed and Market Close. Multiple factors may be considered by the independent pricing service in determining the value of such securities and may include information relating to sector indices, American Depositary Receipts and domestic and foreign index futures.
All other assets for which market quotations are not readily available or became unreliable (or if the above fair valuation methods are unavailable or determined to be unreliable) are valued at fair value as determined in good faith by or under the supervision of the Board following procedures approved by the Board. The Board has delegated to the Investment Adviser responsibility for overseeing the implementation of the Fund’s valuation procedures; a “Pricing Committee” comprised of employees of the Investment Adviser or its affiliates has responsibility for applying the fair valuation methods set forth in the procedures and, if a fair valuation cannot be determined pursuant to the fair valuation methods, determining the fair value of assets held by the Fund. Issuer specific events, transaction price, position size, nature and duration of restrictions on disposition of the security, market trends, bid/ask quotes of brokers and other market data may be reviewed in the course of making a good faith determination of a security’s fair value. Valuations change in response to many factors including the historical and prospective earnings of the issuer, the value of the issuer’s assets, general economic conditions, interest rates, investor perceptions and market liquidity. Because of the inherent uncertainties of fair valuation, the values used to determine the Fund’s NAV may materially differ from the value received upon actual sale of those investments. Thus, fair valuation may have an unintended dilutive or accretive effect on the value of shareholders’ investments in the Fund.
Each investment asset or liability of the Fund is assigned a level at measurement date based on the significance and source of the inputs to its valuation. Quoted prices in active markets for identical securities are classified as “Level 1,” inputs other than quoted prices for an asset or liability that are observable are classified as “Level 2” and significant unobservable inputs, including the Sub-Adviser’s or Pricing Committee’s judgment about the assumptions that a market participant would use in pricing an asset or liability, are classified as “Level 3.” The inputs used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risks associated with investing in those securities. Short-term securities of sufficient credit quality are generally considered to be Level 2 securities under applicable
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS as of May 31, 2022 (continued)
NOTE 2 — SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (continued)
accounting rules. A table summarizing the Fund’s investments under these levels of classification is included within the Portfolio of Investments. The Fund classifies each of its investments in the Underlying Funds as Level 1, without consideration as to the classification level of the specific investments held by the Underlying Funds.
GAAP requires a reconciliation of the beginning to ending balances for reported fair values that presents changes attributable to total realized and unrealized gains or losses, purchases and sales, and transfers in or out of the Level 3 category during the period. A reconciliation of Level 3 investments within the Portfolio of Investments is presented only when the Fund has a significant amount of Level 3 investments.
B. Securities Transactions and Revenue Recognition. Securities transactions are accounted for on the trade date. Realized gains and losses are reported on the basis of identified cost of securities sold. Interest income is recorded on an accrual basis. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date, or for certain foreign securities, when the information becomes available to the Fund. Premium amortization and discount accretion are determined by the effective yield method. Capital gain dividends from affiliated Underlying Funds are recorded as distributions of realized gains from affiliated Underlying Funds.
C. Foreign Currency Translation. The books and records of the Fund are maintained in U.S. dollars. Any foreign currency amounts are translated into U.S. dollars on the following basis:
(1)
Market value of investment securities, other assets and liabilities — at the exchange rates prevailing at Market Close.
(2)
Purchases and sales of investment securities, income and expenses — at the exchange rates prevailing on the respective dates of such transactions.
Although the net assets and the market values are presented at the foreign exchange rates at Market Close, the Fund does not isolate the portion of the results of operations resulting from changes in foreign exchange rates on investments from the fluctuations arising from changes in market prices of securities held. Such fluctuations are included with the net realized and unrealized gains or losses from investments.
Reported net realized foreign exchange gains or losses arise from the difference between the amounts of foreign withholding tax reclaims recorded on the Fund’s books, and the U.S. dollar equivalent of the amounts actually
received. Net unrealized foreign exchange gains and losses arise from changes in the value of foreign/withholding tax reclaim receivables, resulting from changes in the exchange rate.
D. Risk Exposures and the Use of Derivative Instruments. The Fund’s investment strategies permit the Fund to enter into various types of derivatives contracts, including, but not limited to, forward foreign currency exchange contracts, futures, purchased options, written options, and swaps. In doing so, the Funds will employ strategies in differing combinations to permit them to increase or decrease the level of risk, or change the level or types of exposure to risk factors. This may allow the Funds to pursue their objectives more quickly and efficiently than if they were to make direct purchases or sales of securities capable of affecting a similar response to market or credit factors.
In pursuit of its investment objectives, the Fund may seek to increase or decrease its exposure to the following market or credit risk factors:
Credit Risk. The price of a bond or other debt instrument is likely to fall if the issuer’s actual or perceived financial health deteriorates, whether because of broad economic or issuer-specific reasons. In certain cases, the issuer could be late in paying interest or principal, or could fail to pay its financial obligations altogether.
Equity Risk. Stock prices may be volatile or have reduced liquidity in response to real or perceived impacts of factors including, but not limited to, economic conditions, changes in market interest rates, and political events. Stock markets tend to be cyclical, with periods when stock prices generally rise and periods when stock prices generally decline. Any given stock market segment may remain out of favor with investors for a short or long period of time, and stocks as an asset class may underperform bonds or other asset classes during some periods. Additionally, legislative, regulatory or tax policies or developments in these areas may adversely impact the investment techniques available to a manager, add to costs and impair the ability of the Fund to achieve its investment objectives.
Foreign Exchange Rate Risk. To the extent that the Fund invests directly in foreign (non-U.S.) currencies or in securities denominated in, or that trade in, foreign (non-U.S.) currencies, it is subject to the risk that those foreign (non-U.S.) currencies will decline in value relative to the U.S. dollar or, in the case of hedging positions, that the U.S. dollar will decline in value relative to the currency being hedged by the Fund through foreign currency exchange transactions.
Currency rates may fluctuate significantly over short periods of time. Currency rates may be affected by
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS as of May 31, 2022 (continued)
NOTE 2 — SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (continued)
changes in market interest rates, intervention (or the failure to intervene) by U.S. or foreign governments, central banks or supranational entities such as the International Monetary Fund, by the imposition of currency controls, or other political or economic developments in the United States or abroad.
Interest Rate Risk. With bonds and other fixed rate debt instruments, a rise in market interest rates generally causes values to fall; conversely, values generally rise as market interest rates fall. The higher the credit quality of the instrument, and the longer its maturity or duration, the more sensitive it is likely to be to interest rate risk. In the case of inverse securities, the interest rate paid by the securities is a floating rate, which generally will decrease when the market rate of interest to which the inverse security is indexed increases and will increase when the market rate of interest to which the inverse security is indexed decreases. As of the date of this report, the United States experiences a low interest rate environment, which may increase the Fund’s exposure to risks associated with rising market interest rates. Rising market interest rates could have unpredictable effects on the markets and may expose fixed-income and related markets to heightened volatility. For a fund that invests in fixed-income securities, an increase in market interest rates may lead to increased redemptions and increased portfolio turnover, which could reduce liquidity for certain investments, adversely affect values, and increase costs. If dealer capacity in fixed-income markets is insufficient for market conditions, it may further inhibit liquidity and increase volatility in the fixed-income markets. Further, recent and potential changes in government policy may affect interest rates.
Risks of Investing in Derivatives. The Fund’s use of derivatives can result in losses due to unanticipated changes in the market or credit risk factors and the overall market. In instances where the Fund is using derivatives to decrease, or hedge, exposures to market or credit risk factors for securities held by the Fund, there are also risks that those derivatives may not perform as expected resulting in losses for the combined or hedged positions.
Derivative instruments are subject to a number of risks, including the risk of changes in the market price of the underlying securities, credit risk with respect to the counterparty, risk of loss due to changes in market interest rates and liquidity and volatility risk. The amounts required to purchase certain derivatives may be small relative to the magnitude of exposure assumed by the Fund. Therefore, the purchase of certain derivatives may have an economic
leveraging effect on the Fund and exaggerate any increase or decrease in the NAV. Derivatives may not perform as expected, so the Fund may not realize the intended benefits. When used for hedging purposes, the change in value of a derivative may not correlate as expected with the currency, security or other risk being hedged. When used as an alternative or substitute for direct cash investments, the return provided by the derivative may not provide the same return as direct cash investment. In addition, given their complexity, derivatives expose the Fund to the risk of improper valuation.
Generally, derivatives are sophisticated financial instruments whose performance is derived, at least in part, from the performance of an underlying asset or assets. Derivatives include, among other things, swap agreements, options, forwards and futures. Investments in derivatives are generally negotiated OTC with a single counterparty and as a result are subject to credit risks related to the counterparty’s ability or willingness to perform its obligations; any deterioration in the counterparty’s creditworthiness could adversely affect the value of the derivative. In addition, derivatives and their underlying securities may experience periods of illiquidity which could cause the Fund to hold a security it might otherwise sell, or to sell a security it otherwise might hold at inopportune times or at an unanticipated price. A manager might imperfectly judge the direction of the market. For instance, if a derivative is used as a hedge to offset investment risk in another security, the hedge might not correlate to the market’s movements and may have unexpected or undesired results such as a loss or a reduction in gains.
Counterparty Credit Risk and Credit Related Contingent Features. Certain derivative positions are subject to counterparty credit risk, which is the risk that the counterparty will not fulfill its obligation to the Fund. The Fund’s derivative counterparties are financial institutions who are subject to market conditions that may weaken their financial position. The Fund intends to enter into financial transactions with counterparties that it believes to be creditworthy at the time of the transaction. To reduce this risk, the Fund generally enters into master netting arrangements, established within the Fund’s International Swap and Derivatives Association, Inc. (“ISDA”) Master Agreements (“Master Agreements”). These agreements are with select counterparties and they govern transactions, including certain OTC derivative and forward foreign currency contracts, entered into by the Fund and the counterparty. The Master Agreements maintain provisions for general obligations, representations, agreements, collateral, and events of default or termination. The occurrence of a specified event of
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termination may give a counterparty the right to terminate all of its contracts and affect settlement of all outstanding transactions under the applicable Master Agreement.
The Fund may also enter into collateral agreements with certain counterparties to further mitigate counterparty credit risk associated with OTC derivative and forward foreign currency contracts. Subject to established minimum levels, collateral is generally determined based on the net aggregate unrealized gain or loss on contracts with a certain counterparty. Collateral pledged to the Fund is held in a segregated account by a third-party agent and can be in the form of cash or debt securities issued by the U.S. government or related agencies.
As of May 31, 2022, the maximum amount of loss the Fund would incur if the counterparties to its derivative transactions failed to perform would be $435,679 which represents the gross payments to be received by the Fund on open forward foreign currency contracts and OTC total return swaps were they to be unwound as of May 31, 2022. As of May 31, 2022, the Fund had not received any cash collateral for its open OTC derivatives transactions.
The Fund’s master agreements with derivative counterparties have credit related contingent features that if triggered would allow its derivatives counterparties to close out and demand payment or additional collateral to cover their exposure from the Fund. Credit related contingent features are established between the Fund and its derivatives counterparties to reduce the risk that the Fund will not fulfill its payment obligations to its counterparties. These triggering features include, but are not limited to, a percentage decrease in the Fund’s net assets and or a percentage decrease in the Fund’s NAV, which could cause the Fund to accelerate payment of any net liability owed to the counterparty. The contingent features are established within the Fund’s Master Agreements.
As of May 31, 2022, the Fund had a liability position of $183,983 on open forward foreign currency contracts. If a contingent feature would have been triggered as of May 31, 2022, the Fund could have been required to pay this amount in cash to its counterparties. As of May 31, 2022, the Fund had not pledged any cash collateral for its open OTC derivatives transactions.
E. Forward Foreign Currency Contracts and Futures Contracts. The Fund may enter into forward foreign currency contracts primarily to hedge against foreign currency exchange rate risks on its non-U.S. dollar denominated investment securities. When entering into a forward foreign currency contract, the Fund agrees to
receive or deliver a fixed quantity of foreign currency for an agreed-upon price on an agreed future date. These contracts are valued daily and the Fund’s net equity therein, representing unrealized gain or loss on the contracts as measured by the difference between the forward foreign exchange rates at the dates of entry into the contracts and the forward rates at the reporting date, is included in the statement of assets and liabilities. Realized and unrealized gains and losses on forward foreign currency contracts are included on the Statement of Operations. These instruments involve market and/or credit risk in excess of the amount recognized in the statement of assets and liabilities. Risks arise from the possible inability of counterparties to meet the terms of their contracts and from movement in currency and securities values and interest rates.
During the year ended May 31, 2022, the Fund had an average contract amount on forward foreign currency contracts to buy and sell of $18,667,496 and $19,484,763, respectively. Please refer to the tables within the Portfolio of Investments for open forward foreign currency contracts at May 31, 2022.
The Fund may enter into futures contracts involving foreign currency, interest rates, securities and security indices. A futures contract is a commitment to buy or sell a specific amount of a financial instrument at a negotiated price on a stipulated future date. The Fund may buy and sell futures contracts. Futures contracts traded on a commodities or futures exchange will be valued at the final settlement price or official closing price on the principal exchange as reported by such principal exchange at its trading session ending at, or most recently prior to, the time when the Fund’s assets are valued.
Upon entering into a futures contract, the Fund is required to deposit either cash or securities (initial margin) in an amount equal to a certain percentage of the contract value. Subsequent payments (variation margin) are made or received by the Fund each day. The variation margin payments are equal to the daily changes in the contract value and are recorded as unrealized gains and losses and, if any, shown as variation margin receivable or payable on futures contracts on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Open futures contracts, if any, are reported on a table within the Fund’s Portfolio of Investments. Securities held in collateralized accounts to cover initial margin requirements, if any, on open futures contracts are footnoted in the Portfolio of Investments. Cash collateral held by the broker to cover initial margin requirements on open futures contracts are noted in the Fund’s Statement of Assets and Liabilities. The net change in unrealized appreciation and depreciation is reported in the Fund’s Statement of Operations. Realized gains (losses) are
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reported in the Fund’s Statement of Operations at the closing or expiration of futures contracts.
Futures contracts are exposed to the market risk factor of the underlying financial instrument. During the year ended May 31, 2022, the Fund had purchased and sold futures contracts on various equity indices and U.S. Treasuries as part of its tactical asset allocation strategies. Additional associated risks of entering into futures contracts include the possibility that there may be an illiquid market where the Fund is unable to liquidate the contract or enter into an offsetting position and, if used for hedging purposes, the risk that the price of the contract will correlate imperfectly with the prices of the Fund’s securities. With futures, there is minimal counterparty credit risk to the Fund since futures are exchange traded and the exchange’s clearinghouse, as counterparty to all exchange traded futures, guarantees the futures against default.
During the year ended May 31, 2022, the Fund had average notional amounts on futures contracts purchased and sold of $19,372,281 and $19,201,655, respectively. Please refer to the table within the Portfolio of Investments for open futures contracts at May 31, 2022.
F. Swap Agreements. The Fund may enter into swap agreements. A swap is an agreement between two parties pursuant to which each party agrees to make one or more payments to the other at specified future intervals based on the return of an asset (such as a stock, bond or currency) or non-asset reference (such as an interest rate or index). Swap agreements are privately negotiated in the OTC market and may be executed in a multilateral or other trade facility platform, such as a registered commodities exchange (“centrally cleared swaps”).
The swap agreement will specify the “notional” amount of the asset or non-asset reference to which the contract relates. Subsequent changes in market value, if any, are calculated based upon changes in the performance of the asset or non-asset reference multiplied by the notional value of the contract. The Fund may enter into credit default, interest rate, total return and currency swaps to manage its exposure to credit, currency and interest rate risk. All outstanding swap agreements are reported within the Portfolio of Investments.
Swaps are marked to market daily using quotations primarily from third party pricing services, counterparties or brokers. The value of the swap contract is recorded on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. During the term of the swap, changes in the value of the swap, if any, are recorded as unrealized gains or losses on the Statement of Operations. Upfront payments paid or received by a Fund
when entering into the agreements are reported on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities and as a component of the changes in unrealized gains or losses on the Statement of Operations. These upfront payments represent the amounts paid or received when initially entering into the swap agreement to compensate for differences between the stated terms of the swap agreement and the prevailing market conditions. The upfront payments are included as a component in the realized gains or losses on the Statement of Operations upon termination or maturity of the swap. A Fund also records net periodic payments paid or received on the swap contract as a realized gain or loss on the Statement of Operations.
In a centrally cleared swap, immediately following execution of the swap agreement, the swap agreement is novated to a central counterparty (the “CCP”) and a Fund’s counterparty on the swap agreement becomes the CCP. A Fund is required to interface with the CCP through a broker. Upon entering into a centrally cleared swap, a Fund is required to deposit initial margin with the broker in the form of cash or securities in an amount that varies depending on the size and risk profile of the particular swap. Securities deposited as initial margin are footnoted as pledged on the Portfolio of Investments and cash deposited is recorded on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities as cash pledged for centrally cleared swaps. The daily change in valuation of centrally cleared swaps is recorded as a receivable or payable for variation margin in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Payments received from (paid to) the counterparty, including at termination, are recorded as realized gain (loss) on the Statement of Operations. Entering into swap agreements involves the risk that the maximum potential loss of an investment exceeds the current value of the investment as reported on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Other risks involve the possibility that the counterparty to the agreements may default on its obligation to perform, that there will be no liquid market for these investments and that unfavorable changes in the market will have a negative impact on the value of the index or securities underlying the respective swap agreement.
Total Return Swap Agreements. Total return swaps are entered into to gain or mitigate exposure to the underlying reference asset. Total return swap agreements involve commitments where single or multiple cash flows are exchanged based on the price of an underlying reference asset and on a fixed or variable interest rate. Total return swap agreements may involve commitments to pay interest in exchange for a market-linked return. One counterparty pays out the total return of a specific underlying reference asset, which may include a single security, a basket of securities, or an index, and in return receives a fixed or variable rate. At the maturity date, a net cash flow is
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NOTE 2 — SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (continued)
exchanged where the total return is equivalent to the return of the underlying reference asset less a financing rate, if any. As a receiver, a Fund would receive payments based on any net positive total return and would owe payments in the event of a net negative total return. As the payer, a Fund would owe payments on any net positive total return, and would receive payments in the event of a net negative total return. A Fund’s use of a total return swap exposes the Fund to credit loss in the event of nonperformance by the swap counterparty. Risk may also arise from the unanticipated movements in value of exchange rates, interest rates, securities, or the index.
For the year ended May 31, 2022, the Fund entered into total return swaps on equity indices with an average notional amount of $6,149,281 and $6,147,911 on payer and receiver total return swaps, respectively. Please refer to the table within the Portfolio of Investments for open total return swaps at May 31, 2022.
G. Distributions to Shareholders. The Fund records distributions to its shareholders on the ex-dividend date. The Fund declares and pays dividends and capital gain distributions, if any, at least annually to comply with the distribution requirements of the Internal Revenue Code and may make distributions on a more frequent basis. The characteristics of income and gains to be distributed are determined in accordance with income tax regulations, which may differ from GAAP for investment companies.
H. Federal Income Taxes. It is the policy of the Fund to comply with the requirements of subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code that are applicable to regulated investment companies and to distribute substantially all of its net investment income and any net realized capital gains to its shareholders. Therefore, a federal income tax or excise tax provision is not required. Management has considered the sustainability of the Fund’s tax positions taken on federal income tax returns for all open tax years in making this determination. No capital gain distributions shall be made until the capital loss carryforwards have been fully utilized.
The Fund may utilize equalization accounting for tax purposes, whereby a portion of redemption payments are treated as distributions of income or gain.
I. Use of Estimates. The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of increases and
decreases in net assets from operations during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
J. Indemnifications. In the normal course of business, the Trust may enter into contracts that provide certain indemnifications. The Trust’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is dependent on future claims that may be made against the Fund and, therefore, cannot be estimated; however, based on experience, management considers risk of loss from such claims remote.
NOTE 3 — INVESTMENT TRANSACTIONS
For the year ended May 31, 2022, the cost of purchases and the proceeds from the sales of investments, excluding short-term securities, were as follows:
| Purchases | | | Sales | |
| $63,580,426 | | | | $ | 70,654,227 | | |
NOTE 4 — INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT FEES
The Fund has entered into an investment management agreement (“Management Agreement”) with the Investment Adviser. The Investment Adviser has overall responsibility for the management of the Fund. The Investment Adviser oversees all investment advisory and portfolio management services for the Fund and assists in managing and supervising all aspects of the general day-to-day business activities and operations of the Fund, including custodial, transfer agency, dividend disbursing, accounting, auditing, compliance and related services. The Management Agreement compensates the Investment Adviser with a management fee equal to (1) 0.18% of the Fund’s average daily net assets invested in affiliated Underlying Funds; (2) 0.900% on the first $500 million; 0.875% on the next $500 million; 0.850% on the next $500 million; 0.825% on the next $500 million; and 0.800% thereafter of the Fund’s average daily net assets invested in direct investments; and (3) 0.40% of the Fund’s average daily net assets invested in other investments.
The Investment Adviser has entered into a sub-advisory agreement with Voya IM. Voya IM provides investment advice for the Fund and is paid by the Investment Adviser based on the average daily net assets of the Fund. Subject to such policies as the Board or the Investment Adviser may determine, Voya IM manages the Fund’s assets in accordance with the Fund’s investment objectives, policies, and limitations.
NOTE 5 — DISTRIBUTION AND SERVICE FEES
Class A and Class C shares of the Fund each has a plan (each a “Plan” and collectively, the “Plans”), whereby the Distributor is compensated by the Fund for expenses
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NOTE 5 — DISTRIBUTION AND SERVICE FEES (continued)
incurred in the distribution of the Fund’s shares (“Distribution Fees”). Pursuant to the Plans, the Distributor is entitled to a payment each month to compensate for expenses incurred in the distribution and promotion of the Fund’s shares, including expenses incurred in printing prospectuses and reports used for sales purposes, expenses incurred in preparing and printing sales literature and other such distribution related expenses, including any distribution or shareholder servicing fees (“Service Fees”) paid to securities dealers who have executed a distribution agreement with the Distributor. Under the Plans, Class A and Class C shares of the Fund pay the Distributor Distribution Fees and/or Service Fees based on average daily net assets at the following rates:
| Class A | | | Class C | |
| 0.25% | | | | | 1.00% | | |
The Distributor may also retain the proceeds of the initial sales charge paid by the shareholders upon the purchase of Class A shares, and the contingent deferred sales charge paid by shareholders upon certain redemptions for Class A and Class C shares. For the year ended May 31, 2022, the Distributor retained the following amounts in sales charges:
| | | | Class A | | | Class C | |
| Initial Sales Charges: | | | | $ | 2,569 | | | | | $ | — | | |
| Contingent Deferred Sales Charges: | | | | $ | — | | | | | $ | 163 | | |
NOTE 6 — OTHER TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATES AND RELATED PARTIES
At May 31, 2022, there were no direct or indirect, wholly-owned subsidiaries of Voya Financial, Inc. or affiliated investment companies that owned more than 5% of the Fund.
The Fund has adopted a deferred compensation plan (the “DC Plan”), which allows eligible independent trustees, as described in the DC Plan, to defer the receipt of all or a portion of the trustees’ fees that they are entitled to receive from the Fund. For purposes of determining the amount owed to the trustee under the DC Plan, the amounts deferred are invested in shares of the funds selected by the trustee (the “Notional Funds”). When the Fund purchases shares of the Notional Funds, which are all advised by Voya Investments, in amounts equal to the trustees’ deferred fees, this results in a Fund asset equal to the deferred compensation liability. Such assets, if applicable, are included as a component of “Other assets” on the accompanying Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Deferral of trustees’ fees under the DC Plan will not affect net assets of the Fund, and will not materially affect the
Fund’s assets, liabilities or net investment income per share. Amounts will be deferred until distributed in accordance with the DC Plan.
The Fund may pay per account fees to affiliates of Voya Investments for recordkeeping services provided on certain assets. For the year ended May 31, 2022, the per account fees for affiliated recordkeeping services paid by the Fund were $9,274.
NOTE 7 — EXPENSE LIMITATION AGREEMENT
Voya Investments has entered into a written expense limitation agreement (“Expense Limitation Agreement���) with the Fund whereby the Investment Adviser has agreed to limit expenses, excluding interest, taxes, investment-related costs, leverage expenses and extraordinary expenses to the levels listed below:
| Class A(1) | | | Class C(1) | | | Class I(1) | | | Class R6(1) | | | Class W(1) | |
| 1.15% | | | | | 1.90% | | | | | | 0.90% | | | | | | 0.90% | | | | | | 0.90% | | |
(1)
These operating expense limits take into account operating expenses incurred at the Underlying Fund level. The amount of fees and expenses of an Underlying Fund borne by the Fund will vary based on the Fund’s allocation of assets to, and the net expenses of, a particular Underlying Fund.
The Investment Adviser may at a later date recoup from the Fund for class specific fees waived and/or other expenses reimbursed by the Investment Adviser during the previous 36 months, but only if, after such recoupment, the Fund’s expense ratio does not exceed the percentage described above. Waived and reimbursed fees net of any recoupment by the Investment Adviser of such waived and reimbursed fees are reflected on the accompanying Statement of Operations. Amounts payable by the Investment Adviser are reflected on the accompanying Statement of Assets and Liabilities.
As of May 31, 2022, the amounts of waived and/or reimbursed fees that are subject to possible recoupment by the Investment Adviser and the related expiration dates are as follows:
| May 31, | | | | | | | |
| 2023 | | | 2024 | | | 2025 | | | Total | |
| $305,457 | | | | $ | 277,136 | | | | | $ | 162,829 | | | | | $ | 745,422 | | |
In addition to the above waived and/or reimbursed fees, the amount of class specific fees waived or reimbursed that are subject to possible recoupment by the Investment Adviser and the related expiration dates, as of May 31, 2022, are as follows:
| | | May 31, | | |
| | | 2023 | | | 2024 | | | 2025 | | | Total | |
Class A | | | | $ | 66,304 | | | | | $ | 66,654 | | | | | $ | 65,853 | | | | | $ | 198,811 | | |
Class C | | | | | 3,735 | | | | | | 1,389 | | | | | | 1,094 | | | | | | 6,218 | | |
Class R6 | | | | | 229 | | | | | | 834 | | | | | | 3,552 | | | | | | 4,615 | | |
Class W | | | | | 97 | | | | | | 68 | | | | | | 69 | | | | | | 234 | | |
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NOTE 7 — EXPENSE LIMITATION AGREEMENT (continued)
The Expense Limitation Agreement is contractual through October 1, 2022 and shall renew automatically for one-year terms. Termination or modification of this obligation requires approval by the Board.
NOTE 8 — LINE OF CREDIT
Effective June 14, 2021, the Fund, in addition to certain other funds managed by the Investment Adviser, entered into a 364-day unsecured committed revolving line of credit agreement (the “Credit Agreement”) with The Bank of New York Mellon (“BNY”) for an aggregate amount of $400,000,000 through June 13, 2022. The proceeds may be used only to finance temporarily: (1) the purchase or sale of investment securities; or (2) the repurchase or redemption of shares of the Fund or certain other funds managed by the Investment Adviser. The funds to which the line of credit is available pay a commitment fee equal to 0.15% per annum on the daily unused portion of the
committed line amount payable quarterly in arrears. Prior to June 14, 2021, the predecessor line of credit was for an aggregate amount of $400,000,000 and the funds to which the line of credit was available paid a commitment fee equal to 0.15% per annum on the daily unused portion of the committed line amount through June 14, 2021.
Borrowings under the Credit Agreement accrue interest at the federal funds rate plus a specified margin. Repayments generally must be made within 60 days after the date of a revolving credit advance.
The Fund utilized the line of credit during the year ended May 31, 2022, as follows:
| Days Utilized | | | Approximate Average Daily Balance For Days Utilized | | | Approximate Weighted Average Interest Rate For Days Utilized | |
| 5 | | | | $ | 1,090,000 | | | | | | 1.43% | | |
NOTE 9 — CAPITAL SHARES
Transactions in capital shares and dollars were as follows:
| | | Shares sold | | | Shares issued in merger | | | Reinvestment of distributions | | | Shares redeemed | | | Shares converted | | | Net increase (decrease) in shares outstanding | | | Shares sold | | | Proceeds from shares issued in merger | | | Reinvestment of distributions | | | Shares redeemed | | | Shares converted | | | Net increase (decrease) | |
Year or period ended | | | # | | | # | | | # | | | # | | | # | | | # | | | ($) | | | ($) | | | ($) | | | ($) | | | ($) | | | ($) | |
Class A | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
5/31/2022 | | | | | 302,279 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 987,945 | | | | | | (807,130) | | | | | | — | | | | | | 483,094 | | | | | | 3,927,790 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 12,793,891 | | | | | | (10,468,163) | | | | | | — | | | | | | 6,253,518 | | |
5/31/2021 | | | | | 267,377 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 219,397 | | | | | | (979,372) | | | | | | — | | | | | | (492,598) | | | | | | 3,381,714 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 2,803,901 | | | | | | (11,970,622) | | | | | | — | | | | | | (5,785,007) | | |
Class C | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
5/31/2022 | | | | | 16,747 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 13,299 | | | | | | (110,729) | | | | | | — | | | | | | (80,683) | | | | | | 223,841 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 176,074 | | | | | | (1,525,669) | | | | | | — | | | | | | (1,125,754) | | |
5/31/2021 | | | | | 23,748 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 2,830 | | | | | | (105,540) | | | | | | — | | | | | | (78,962) | | | | | | 313,843 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 36,789 | | | | | | (1,222,261) | | | | | | — | | | | | | (871,629) | | |
Class I | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
5/31/2022 | | | | | 101,259 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 118,725 | | | | | | (153,010) | | | | | | — | | | | | | 66,974 | | | | | | 1,289,525 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 1,568,356 | | | | | | (2,099,434) | | | | | | — | | | | | | 758,447 | | |
5/31/2021 | | | | | 263,431 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 24,082 | | | | | | (111,558) | | | | | | — | | | | | | 175,955 | | | | | | 3,539,550 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 313,308 | | | | | | (1,399,747) | | | | | | — | | | | | | 2,453,111 | | |
Class R6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
5/31/2022 | | | | | 9,370 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 5,447 | | | | | | (2,558) | | | | | | — | | | | | | 12,259 | | | | | | 129,088 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 72,172 | | | | | | (33,597) | | | | | | — | | | | | | 167,663 | | |
5/31/2021 | | | | | 39,876 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 248 | | | | | | (988) | | | | | | — | | | | | | 39,136 | | | | | | 535,929 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 3,234 | | | | | | (12,648) | | | | | | — | | | | | | 526,515 | | |
Class W | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
5/31/2022 | | | | | 133 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 1,082 | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | 1,215 | | | | | | 1,900 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 14,271 | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | 16,171 | | |
5/31/2021 | | | | | 156 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 239 | | | | | | (6,653) | | | | | | — | | | | | | (6,258) | | | | | | 1,966 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 3,114 | | | | | | (74,429) | | | | | | — | | | | | | (69,349) | | |
NOTE 10 — FEDERAL INCOME TAXES
The amount of distributions from net investment income and net realized capital gains are determined in accordance with federal income tax regulations, which may differ from GAAP for investment companies. These book/tax differences may be either temporary or permanent. Permanent differences are reclassified within the capital accounts based on their federal tax-basis
treatment; temporary differences are not reclassified. Key differences include the treatment of short-term capital gains, foreign currency transactions, futures contracts, straddle loss deferrals and wash sale deferrals.
Dividends paid by the Fund from net investment income and distributions of net realized short-term capital gains are, for federal income tax purposes, taxable as ordinary income to shareholders.
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS as of May 31, 2022 (continued)
NOTE 10 — FEDERAL INCOME TAXES (continued)
The tax composition of dividends and distributions to shareholders was as follows:
| Year Ended May 31, 2022 | | | Year Ended May 31, 2021 | |
| Ordinary Income | | | Long-Term Capital Gains | | | Ordinary Income | |
| $11,259,825 | | | | $ | 4,276,749 | | | | | $ | 3,368,483 | | |
The tax-basis components of distributable earnings as of May 31, 2022 were:
Undistributed Ordinary Income | | | Undistributed Long-term Capital Gains | | | Post- October Capital Losses Deferred | | | Unrealized Appreciation/ (Depreciation) | | | Other | | | Total Distributable Earnings/ (Loss) | |
$460,556 | | | | $ | 3,346,350 | | | | | $ | (2,548,055) | | | | | $ | 3,873,923 | | | | | $ | (1,238,545) | | | | | $ | 3,894,229 | | |
At May 31, 2022, the Fund did not have any capital loss carryovers for U.S. federal income tax purposes.
The Fund’s major tax jurisdictions are U.S. federal and Arizona state.
As of May 31, 2022, no provision for income tax is required in the Fund’s financial statements as a result of tax positions taken on federal and state income tax returns for open tax years. The Fund’s federal and state income and federal excise tax returns for tax years for which the applicable statutes of limitations have not expired are subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service and state department of revenue. Generally, the preceding four tax years remain subject to examination by these jurisdictions.
NOTE 11 — LONDON INTERBANK OFFERED RATE (“LIBOR”)
In 2017, the UK Financial Conduct Authority announced its intention to cease compelling banks to provide the quotations needed to sustain LIBOR after 2021. On March 5, 2021, ICE Benchmark Administration, the administrator of LIBOR, stated that non-U.S. dollar LIBOR reference rates and the one-week and two-month LIBOR reference rates will cease to be provided or no longer be representative immediately after December 31, 2021 and the remaining more commonly used LIBOR settings will cease to be provided or no longer be representative immediately after June 30, 2023. In addition, global regulators have announced that, with limited exceptions, no new LIBOR-based contracts should be entered into after 2021. Actions by regulators have resulted in the establishment of alternative reference rates to LIBOR in most major currencies (e.g., the Secured Overnight Financing Rate for U.S. Dollar LIBOR and the Sterling Overnight Interbank Average Rate for Sterling LIBOR).
Discontinuance of LIBOR and adoption/implementation of alternative rates pose a number of risks, including among
others whether any substitute rate will experience the market participation and liquidity necessary to provide a workable substitute for LIBOR; the effect on parties’ existing contractual arrangements, hedging transactions, and investment strategies generally from a conversion from LIBOR to alternative rates; the effect on the Fund’s existing investments (including, for example, fixed-income investments; senior loans; CLOs and CDOs; and derivatives transactions), including the possibility that some of those investments may terminate or their terms may be adjusted to the disadvantage of the Fund; and the risk of general market disruption during the period of the conversion. It is difficult to predict at this time the likely impact of the transition away from LIBOR on the Fund.
NOTE 12 — LIQUIDITY
Consistent with Rule 22e-4 under the 1940 Act, the Fund has established a liquidity risk management program to govern its approach to managing liquidity risk (the “Program”). The Board has approved the designation of the Fund’s Investment Adviser, Voya Investments, as the program administrator (the “Program Administrator”). The Program Administrator is responsible for implementing and monitoring the Program and has formed a Liquidity Risk Management Committee (the “Committee”) to assess and review, on an ongoing basis, the Fund’s liquidity risk.
The Program includes a number of elements that support the management and assessment of liquidity risk, including an annual assessment of liquidity risk factors and the periodic classification (or re-classification, as necessary) of the Fund’s investments into buckets (highly liquid, moderately liquid, less liquid and illiquid) that reflect the Committee’s assessment of the investments’ liquidity under current market conditions. The Committee also utilizes Fund-specific data, including information regarding the Fund’s shareholder base, characteristics of its investments, access to borrowing arrangements and historical redemptions to determine whether the Fund will be able to meet its redemption obligations in a timely manner.
During the period covered by the annual assessment, January 1, 2021 through December 31, 2021, the Program supported the Fund’s ability to honor redemption requests in a timely manner and the Program Administrator’s management of the Fund’s liquidity risk, including during any periods of market volatility and net redemptions.
There can be no assurance that the Program will achieve its objectives under all circumstances in the future. Please refer to the Fund’s prospectus for more information regarding the Fund’s exposure to liquidity risk and other risks.
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS as of May 31, 2022 (continued)
NOTE 13 — MARKET DISRUPTION
The Fund is subject to the risk that geopolitical events will disrupt securities markets and adversely affect global economies and markets. Due to the increasing interdependence among global economies and markets, conditions in one country, market, or region might adversely impact markets, issuers and/or foreign exchange rates in other countries, including the United States. Wars, terrorism, global health crises and pandemics, and other geopolitical events have led, and in the future may lead, to increased market volatility and may have adverse short- or long-term effects on U.S. and world economies and markets generally. For example, the COVID-19 pandemic has resulted, and may continue to result, in significant market volatility, exchange trading suspensions and closures, declines in global financial markets, higher default rates, and a substantial economic downturn in economies throughout the world. Natural and environmental disasters and systemic market dislocations are also highly disruptive to economies and markets. In addition, military action by Russia in Ukraine could adversely affect global energy and financial markets and therefore could affect the value of a Fund’s investments, including beyond a Fund’s direct exposure to Russian issuers or nearby geographic regions. The extent and duration of the military action, sanctions and resulting market disruptions are impossible to predict and could be substantial.Those events as well as other changes in non-U.S. and domestic economic, social, and political conditions also could adversely affect individual issuers or related groups of issuers, securities markets, interest rates, credit ratings, inflation, investor sentiment, and other factors affecting the value of the investments of the portfolio and of the Fund. Any of these occurrences could disrupt the operations of the Fund and of the Fund’s service providers.
NOTE 14 — OTHER ACCOUNTING PRONOUCEMENTS
In March 2020, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued Accounting Standards Update No. 2020-04 (“ASU 2020-04”), Reference Rate Reform (Topic 848) — Facilitation of the Effects of Reference Rate Reform on Financial Reporting. The amendments in ASU 2020-04 provide optional temporary financial reporting relief from the effect of certain types of contract modifications due to the planned discontinuation of LIBOR and other interbank-offered based reference rates as of the end of 2021. ASU 2020-04 is effective for certain reference rate-related contract modifications that occur during the period March 12, 2020 through December 31, 2022. Management is currently evaluating the impact, if any, of applying ASU 2020-04.
NOTE 15 — SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
Line of Credit Renewal: Effective June 13, 2022, the funds to which the Credit Agreement is available have entered into a renewed 364-Day Credit Agreement with BNY for an aggregate amount of $400,000,000 and will pay a commitment fee equal to 0.15% per annum on the daily unused portion of the committed line amount payable quarterly in arrears.
The Fund has evaluated events occurring after the Statement of Assets and Liabilities date through the date that the financial statements were issued (“subsequent events”) to determine whether any subsequent events necessitated adjustment to or disclosure in the financial statements. Other than the above, no such subsequent events were identified.
PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS
Voya Global Multi-Asset Fund | as of May 31, 2022 |
Shares | | | Value | | | Percentage of Net Assets | |
EXCHANGE-TRADED FUNDS: 9.8% | |
22,012 | | | iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF | | | | $ | 2,565,719 | | | | | | 1.9 | | |
45,230 | | | iShares MSCI Japan ETF | | | | | 2,605,248 | | | | | | 2.0 | | |
28,665 | | | Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets ETF | | | | | 1,304,544 | | | | | | 1.0 | | |
54,223 | | | Vanguard Global ex-U.S. Real Estate ETF | | | | | 2,594,570 | | | | | | 2.0 | | |
39,199 | | | Vanguard Real Estate ETF | | | | | 3,883,445 | | | | | | 2.9 | | |
| | | Total Exchange-Traded Funds (Cost $13,045,450) | | | | | 12,953,526 | | | | | | 9.8 | | |
MUTUAL FUNDS: 87.7% | |
| | | Affiliated Investment Companies: 57.9% | |
1,152,024 | | | Voya Global Bond Fund - Class R6 | | | | | 9,147,067 | | | | | | 7.0 | | |
365,789 | | | Voya High Yield Bond Fund - Class R6 | | | | | 2,633,679 | | | | | | 2.0 | | |
2,142,696 | | | Voya Intermediate Bond Fund - Class R6 | | | | | 19,607,595 | | | | | | 14.9 | | |
291,102 | | | Voya Large Cap Value Fund - Class R6 | | | | | 3,889,129 | | | | | | 2.9 | | |
129,726 (1) | | | Voya MidCap Opportunities Fund - Class R6 | | | | | 2,577,654 | | | | | | 2.0 | | |
686,260 | | | Voya Multi-Manager Emerging Markets Equity Fund - Class I | | | | | 6,656,721 | | | | | | 5.1 | | |
1,662,531 | | | Voya Multi-Manager International Equity Fund - Class I | | | | | 15,794,041 | | | | | | 12.0 | | |
1,174,689 | | | Voya Multi-Manager International Factors Fund - Class I | | | | | 10,466,476 | | | | | | 8.0 | | |
263,855 | | | Voya Multi-Manager Mid Cap Value Fund - Class I | | | | | 2,596,337 | | | | | | 2.0 | | |
276,088 | | | Voya Short Term Bond Fund - Class R6 | | | | | 2,622,837 | | | | | | 2.0 | | |
| | | | | | | | 75,991,536 | | | | | | 57.9 | | |
| | | Unaffiliated Investment Companies: 29.8% | |
773,823 | | | TIAA-CREF S&P 500 Index Fund - Institutional Class | | | | | 35,170,245 | | | | | | 26.8 | | |
181,441 | | | TIAA-CREF SmallCap Blend Index Fund - Institutional Class | | | | | 3,882,832 | | | | | | 3.0 | | |
| | | | | | | | 39,053,077 | | | | | | 29.8 | | |
| | | Total Mutual Funds (Cost $109,577,683) | | | | | 115,044,613 | | | | | | 87.7 | | |
Principal Amount† | | | Value | | | Percentage of Net Assets | |
ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES: 0.0% | |
| | | Other Asset-Backed Securities: 0.0% | |
2,517 | | | Chase Funding Trust Series 2003-5 2A2, 1.606%, (US0001M + 0.600)%, 07/25/2033 | | | | $ | 2,367 | | | | | | 0.0 | | |
439 (2)(3) | | | Credit-Based Asset Servicing and Securitization LLC 2007-SP1 A4, 4.721%, 12/25/2037 | | | | | 437 | | | | | | 0.0 | | |
| | | Total Asset-Backed Securities (Cost $2,956) | | | | | 2,804 | | | | | | 0.0 | | |
| | | Total Long-Term Investments (Cost $122,626,089) | | | | | 128,000,943 | | | | | | 97.5 | | |
Shares | | | Value | | | Percentage of Net Assets | |
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS: 0.5% | |
| | | Mutual Funds: 0.5% | |
610,333 (4) | | | BlackRock Liquidity Funds, FedFund, Institutional Class, 0.710% (Cost $610,333) | | | | | 610,333 | | | | | | 0.5 | | |
| | | Total Short-Term Investments (Cost $610,333) | | | | | 610,333 | | | | | | 0.5 | | |
| | | Total Investments in Securities (Cost $123,236,422) | | | | $ | 128,611,276 | | | | | | 98.0 | | |
| | | Assets in Excess of Other Liabilities | | | | | 2,591,827 | | | | | | 2.0 | | |
| | | Net Assets | | | | $ | 131,203,103 | | | | | | 100.0 | | |
†
Unless otherwise indicated, principal amount is shown in USD.
(1)
Non-income producing security.
(2)
Variable rate security. Rate shown is the rate in effect as of May 31, 2022.
(3)
Securities with purchases pursuant to Rule 144A or section 4(a)(2), under the Securities Act of 1933 and may not be resold subject to that rule except to qualified institutional buyers.
(4)
Rate shown is the 7-day yield as of May 31, 2022.
Reference Rate Abbreviations:
US0001M 1-month LIBOR
See Accompanying Notes to Financial Statements
PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS
Voya Global Multi-Asset Fund | as of May 31, 2022 (continued) |
Fair Value Measurements^
The following is a summary of the fair valuations according to the inputs used as of May 31, 2022 in valuing the assets and liabilities:
| | | Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Investments (Level 1) | | | Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) | | | Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) | | | Fair Value at May 31, 2022 | |
Asset Table | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Investments, at fair value | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Exchange-Traded Funds | | | | $ | 12,953,526 | | | | | $ | — | | | | | $ | — | | | | | $ | 12,953,526 | | |
Mutual Funds | | | | | 115,044,613 | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | 115,044,613 | | |
Asset-Backed Securities | | | | | — | | | | | | 2,804 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 2,804 | | |
Short-Term Investments | | | | | 610,333 | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | 610,333 | | |
Total Investments, at fair value | | | | $ | 128,608,472 | | | | | $ | 2,804 | | | | | $ | — | | | | | $ | 128,611,276 | | |
Other Financial Instruments+ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Forward Foreign Currency Contracts | | | | | — | | | | | | 211,489 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 211,489 | | |
Futures | | | | | 513,486 | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | 513,486 | | |
OTC Swaps | | | | | — | | | | | | 224,190 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 224,190 | | |
Total Assets | | | | $ | 129,121,958 | | | | | $ | 438,483 | | | | | $ | — | | | | | $ | 129,560,441 | | |
Liabilities Table | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Other Financial Instruments+ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Forward Foreign Currency Contracts | | | | $ | — | | | | | $ | (183,983) | | | | | $ | — | | | | | $ | (183,983) | | |
Futures | | | | | (269,706) | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | (269,706) | | |
Total Liabilities | | | | $ | (269,706) | | | | | $ | (183,983) | | | | | $ | — | | | | | $ | (453,689) | | |
^
See Note 2, “Significant Accounting Policies” in the Notes to Financial Statements for additional information.
+
Other Financial Instruments may include open forward foreign currency contracts, futures, centrally cleared swaps, OTC swaps and written options. Forward foreign currency contracts, futures and centrally cleared swaps are fair valued at the unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on the instrument. OTC swaps and written options are valued at the fair value of the instrument.
Transactions with Affiliates
An investment of at least 5% of the voting securities of an issuer, or a company which is under common control with the issuer, results in that issuer becoming an affiliated person as defined by the 1940 Act.
The following table provides transactions during the year ended May 31, 2022, where the following issuers were considered an affiliate:
Issuer | | | Beginning Fair Value at 5/31/2021 | | | Purchases at Cost | | | Sales at Cost | | | Change in Unrealized Appreciation/ (Depreciation) | | | Ending Fair Value at 5/31/2022 | | | Investment Income | | | Realized Gains/ (Losses) | | | Net Capital Gain Distributions | |
Voya Global Bond Fund - Class R6 | | | | $ | 12,461,265 | | | | | $ | 389,264 | | | | | $ | (2,256,353) | | | | | $ | (1,447,109) | | | | | $ | 9,147,067 | | | | | $ | (85,591) | | | | | $ | (124,021) | | | | | $ | — | | |
Voya High Yield Bond Fund - Class R6 | | | | | 15,576,671 | | | | | | 585,523 | | | | | | (12,609,615) | | | | | | (918,900) | | | | | | 2,633,679 | | | | | | 584,324 | | | | | | 243,968 | | | | | | — | | |
Voya Intermediate Bond Fund - Class R6 | | | | | 17,056,433 | | | | | | 12,635,477 | | | | | | (8,109,284) | | | | | | (1,975,031) | | | | | | 19,607,595 | | | | | | 447,847 | | | | | | (598,709) | | | | | | — | | |
Voya Large Cap Value Fund - Class R6 | | | | | — | | | | | | 4,242,338 | | | | | | (242,590) | | | | | | (110,619) | | | | | | 3,889,129 | | | | | | — | | | | | | (6,333) | | | | | | — | | |
Voya MidCap Opportunities Fund - Class R6 | | | | | 4,402,572 | | | | | | 919,802 | | | | | | (1,721,996) | | | | | | (1,022,724) | | | | | | 2,577,654 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 134,172 | | | | | | 518,893 | | |
Voya Multi-Manager Emerging Markets Equity Fund - Class I | | | | | 12,401,376 | | | | | | 2,988,734 | | | | | | (3,956,924) | | | | | | (4,776,465) | | | | | | 6,656,721 | | | | | | 126,283 | | | | | | 1,893,571 | | | | | | 847,628 | | |
Voya Multi-Manager International Equity Fund - Class I | | | | | 24,809,786 | | | | | | 6,255,559 | | | | | | (7,920,523) | | | | | | (7,350,781) | | | | | | 15,794,041 | | | | | | 342,193 | | | | | | (1,742,690) | | | | | | 4,218,301 | | |
Voya Multi-Manager International Factors Fund - Class I | | | | | 7,895,194 | | | | | | 5,979,599 | | | | | | (1,715,371) | | | | | | (1,692,946) | | | | | | 10,466,476 | | | | | | 251,929 | | | | | | 361,107 | | | | | | 596,400 | | |
Voya Multi-Manager Mid Cap Value Fund - Class I | | | | | 4,720,548 | | | | | | 459,558 | | | | | | (2,106,095) | | | | | | (477,674) | | | | | | 2,596,337 | | | | | | 39,592 | | | | | | 10,402 | | | | | | 404,511 | | |
Voya Short Term Bond Fund - Class R6 | | | | | — | | | | | | 2,854,476 | | | | | | (201,076) | | | | | | (30,563) | | | | | | 2,622,837 | | | | | | 8,595 | | | | | | (2,343) | | | | | | — | | |
| | | | $ | 99,323,845 | | | | | $ | 37,310,330 | | | | | $ | (40,839,827) | | | | | $ | (19,802,812) | | | | | $ | 75,991,536 | | | | | $ | 1,715,172 | | | | | $ | 169,124 | | | | | $ | 6,585,733 | | |
The financial statements for the above mutual fund[s] can be found at www.sec.gov.
See Accompanying Notes to Financial Statements
PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS
Voya Global Multi-Asset Fund | as of May 31, 2022 (continued) |
At May 31, 2022, the following forward foreign currency contracts were outstanding for Voya Global Multi-Asset Fund:
Currency Purchased | | | Currency Sold | | | Counterparty | | | Settlement Date | | | Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) | |
EUR 5,800,000 | | | USD 6,112,446 | | | Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. | | | | | 06/03/22 | | | | | $ | 114,485 | | |
USD 2,091,801 | | | SGD 2,900,000 | | | Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. | | | | | 06/03/22 | | | | | | (24,904) | | |
CHF 3,200,000 | | | USD 3,279,357 | | | Goldman Sachs & Co. | | | | | 06/03/22 | | | | | | 56,954 | | |
USD 3,215,575 | | | NZD 5,000,000 | | | Morgan Stanley Capital Services LLC | | | | | 06/03/22 | | | | | | (42,384) | | |
USD 1,975,968 | | | AUD 2,800,000 | | | Morgan Stanley Capital Services LLC | | | | | 06/03/22 | | | | | | (33,483) | | |
JPY 499,700,000 | | | USD 3,841,733 | | | The Bank of New York Mellon | | | | | 06/03/22 | | | | | | 40,050 | | |
USD 2,947,503 | | | CAD 3,800,000 | | | The Bank of New York Mellon | | | | | 06/03/22 | | | | | | (56,790) | | |
USD 2,811,649 | | | NOK 26,600,000 | | | UBS AG | | | | | 06/03/22 | | | | | | (26,422) | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | $ | 27,506 | | |
At May 31, 2022, the following futures contracts were outstanding for Voya Global Multi-Asset Fund:
Description | | | Number of Contracts | | | Expiration Date | | | Notional Amount | | | Unrealized Appreciation/ (Depreciation) | |
Long Contracts: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
90-Day Eurodollar | | | 11 | | | | | 06/13/22 | | | | | $ | 2,701,462 | | | | | $ | (9,583) | | |
S&P 500® E-Mini | | | 29 | | | | | 06/17/22 | | | | | | 5,990,313 | | | | | | (47,687) | | |
Tokyo Price Index (TOPIX) | | | 34 | | | | | 06/09/22 | | | | | | 5,041,830 | | | | | | 37,528 | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | $ | 13,733,605 | | | | | $ | (19,742) | | |
Short Contracts: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Euro STOXX 50® Index | | | (151) | | | | | 06/17/22 | | | | | | (6,134,086) | | | | | | (208,708) | | |
MSCI EAFE Index | | | (13) | | | | | 06/17/22 | | | | | | (1,324,050) | | | | | | (3,728) | | |
MSCI Emerging Markets Index | | | (119) | | | | | 06/17/22 | | | | | | (6,326,635) | | | | | | 475,958 | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | $ | (13,784,771) | | | | | $ | 263,522 | | |
At May 31, 2022, the following OTC total return swaps were outstanding for Voya Global Multi-Asset Fund:
Pay/Receive Total Return(1) | | | Reference Entity | | | Reference Entity Payment Frequency | | | (Pay)/Receive Financing Rate | | | Floating Rate Payment Frequency | | | Counterparty | | | Termination Date | | | Notional Amount | | | Fair Value | | | Upfront Payments Paid/ (Received) | | | Unrealized Appreciation/ (Depreciation) | |
Pay | | | iShares S&P 500 Growth ETF | | | At Maturity | | | 1-day SOFR + 0.24% | | | At Maturity | | | JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. | | | | | 06/01/22 | | | | USD 5,301,416 | | | | $ | 137,195 | | | | | $ | — | | | | | $ | 137,195 | | |
Receive | | | iShares S&P 500 Value ETF | | | At Maturity | | | 1-day SOFR + 0.30% | | | At Maturity | | | JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. | | | | | 06/01/22 | | | | USD 5,296,792 | | | | | 86,995 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 86,995 | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | $ | 224,190 | | | | | $ | — | | | | | $ | 224,190 | | |
(1)
The Fund will pay or receive the total return of the reference entity depending on whether the return is positive or negative. Where the Fund has elected to receive the total return of the reference entity if positive, it will be responsible for paying the floating rate and the total return of the reference entity, if negative. If the Fund has elected to pay the total return of the reference entity if positive, it will receive the floating rate and the total return of the reference entity, if negative.
See Accompanying Notes to Financial Statements
PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS
Voya Global Multi-Asset Fund | as of May 31, 2022 (continued) |
Currency Abbreviations
AUD – Australian Dollar
CAD – Canadian Dollar
CHF – Swiss Franc
EUR – EU Euro
JPY – Japanese Yen
NZD – New Zealand Dollar
SGD – Singapore Dollar
USD – United States Dollar
A summary of derivative instruments by primary risk exposure is outlined in the following tables.
The fair value of derivative instruments as of May 31, 2022 was as follows:
Derivatives not accounted for as hedging instruments | | | Location on Statement of Assets and Liabilities | | | Fair Value | |
Asset Derivatives | | | | | | | | | | |
Equity contracts | | | Variation margin receivable on futures contracts* | | | | $ | 513,486 | | |
Foreign exchange contracts | | | Unrealized appreciation on forward foreign currency contracts | | | | | 211,489 | | |
Equity contracts | | | Unrealized appreciation on OTC swap agreements | | | | | 224,190 | | |
Total Asset Derivatives | | | | | | | $ | 949,165 | | |
Liability Derivatives | | | | | | | | | | |
Equity contracts | | | Variation margin payable on futures contracts* | | | | $ | 260,123 | | |
Interest rate contracts | | | Variation margin payable on futures contracts* | | | | | 9,583 | | |
Foreign exchange contracts | | | Unrealized depreciation on forward foreign currency contracts | | | | | 183,983 | | |
Total Liability Derivatives | | | | | | | $ | 453,689 | | |
*
The fair value presented above represents the cumulative unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on futures contracts as reported in the table within the Portfolio of Investments. In the Statement of Assets and Liabilities, only current day’s unsettled variation margin is reported in receivables or payables on futures contracts and the net cumulative unrealized appreciation (depreciation) is included in total distributable earnings (loss).
The effect of derivative instruments on the Fund’s Statement of Operations for the year ended May 31, 2022 was as follows:
Amount of Realized Gain or (Loss) on Derivatives Recognized in Income
Derivatives not accounted for as hedging instruments | | | Forward foreign currency contracts | | | Futures | | | Swaps | | | Total | |
Foreign exchange contracts | | | | $ | 486,180 | | | | | $ | — | | | | | $ | — | | | | | $ | 486,180 | | |
Equity contracts | | | | | — | | | | | | (246,957) | | | | | | (819,112) | | | | | | (1,066,069) | | |
Interest rate contracts | | | | | — | | | | | | 365,282 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 365,282 | | |
Total | | | | $ | 486,180 | | | | | $ | 118,325 | | | | | $ | (819,112) | | | | | $ | (214,607) | | |
Change in Unrealized Appreciation or (Depreciation) on Derivatives Recognized in Income
Derivatives not accounted for as hedging instruments | | | Forward foreign currency contracts | | | Futures | | | Swaps | | | Total | |
Foreign exchange contracts | | | | $ | 198,993 | | | | | $ | — | | | | | $ | — | | | | | $ | 198,993 | | |
Equity contracts | | | | | — | | | | | | (78,510) | | | | | | 224,190 | | | | | | 145,680 | | |
Interest rate contracts | | | | | — | | | | | | (7,240) | | | | | | — | | | | | | (7,240) | | |
Total | | | | $ | 198,993 | | | | | $ | (85,750) | | | | | $ | 224,190 | | | | | $ | 337,433 | | |
See Accompanying Notes to Financial Statements
PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS
Voya Global Multi-Asset Fund | as of May 31, 2022 (continued) |
The following is a summary by counterparty of the fair value of OTC derivative instruments subject to Master Netting Agreements and collateral pledged (received), if any, at May 31, 2022:
| | | Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. | | | Goldman Sachs International | | | JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. | | | Morgan Stanley Capital Services LLC | | | The Bank of New York Mellon | | | UBS AG | | | Totals | |
Assets: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Forward foreign currency contracts | | | | $ | 114,485 | | | | | $ | 56,954 | | | | | $ | — | | | | | $ | — | | | | | $ | 40,050 | | | | | $ | — | | | | | $ | 211,489 | | |
OTC Total Return Swaps | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | 224,190 | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | 224,190 | | |
Total Assets | | | | $ | 114,485 | | | | | $ | 56,954 | | | | | $ | 224,190 | | | | | $ | — | | | | | $ | 40,050 | | | | | $ | — | | | | | $ | 435,679 | | |
Liabilities: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Forward foreign currency contracts | | | | $ | 24,904 | | | | | $ | — | | | | | $ | — | | | | | $ | 75,867 | | | | | $ | 56,790 | | | | | $ | 26,422 | | | | | $ | 183,983 | | |
Total Liabilities | | | | $ | 24,904 | | | | | $ | — | | | | | $ | — | | | | | $ | 75,867 | | | | | $ | 56,790 | | | | | $ | 26,422 | | | | | $ | 183,983 | | |
Net OTC derivative instruments by counterparty, at fair value | | | | $ | 89,581 | | | | | $ | 56,954 | | | | | $ | 224,190 | | | | | $ | (75,867) | | | | | $ | (16,740) | | | | | $ | (26,422) | | | | | $ | 251,696 | | |
Total collateral pledged by the Fund/(Received from counterparty) | | | | $ | — | | | | | $ | — | | | | | $ | — | | | | | $ | — | | | | | $ | — | | | | | $ | — | | | | | $ | — | | |
Net Exposure(1) | | | | $ | 89,581 | | | | | $ | 56,954 | | | | | $ | 224,190 | | | | | $ | (75,867) | | | | | $ | (16,740) | | | | | $ | (26,422) | | | | | $ | 251,696 | | |
(1)
Positive net exposure represents amounts due from each respective counterparty. Negative exposure represents amounts due from the Fund. Please refer to Note 2 for additional details regarding counterparty credit risk and credit related contingent features.
At May 31, 2022, the aggregate cost of securities and other investments and the composition of unrealized appreciation and depreciation of securities and other investments on a tax basis were:
Cost for federal income tax purposes was $125,231,735.
Net unrealized appreciation consisted of:
| Gross Unrealized Appreciation | | | | $ | 12,187,407 | | |
| Gross Unrealized Depreciation | | | | | (8,313,484) | | |
| Net Unrealized Appreciation | | | | $ | 3,873,923 | | |
See Accompanying Notes to Financial Statements
TAX INFORMATION (Unaudited)
Dividends and distributions paid during the year ended May 31, 2022 were as follows:
Fund Name | | | Type | | | Per Share Amount | |
Voya Global Multi-Asset Fund | | | | | | | | | | |
Class A | | | NII | | | | $ | 0.4728 | | |
Class C | | | NII | | | | $ | 0.3142 | | |
Class I | | | NII | | | | $ | 0.5057 | | |
Class R6 | | | NII | | | | $ | 0.5102 | | |
Class W | | | NII | | | | $ | 0.5070 | | |
All Classes | | | STCG | | | | $ | 0.5623 | | |
All Classes | | | LTCG | | | | $ | 0.3938 | | |
NII – Net investment income
STCG – Short-term capital gain
LTCG – Long-term capital gain
Of the ordinary distributions made during the year ended May 31, 2022, 11.21% qualify for the dividends received deduction (DRD) available to corporate shareholders.
For the year ended May 31, 2022, 20.34% of ordinary distributions paid by the Fund are designated as qualifying dividend income (QDI) subject to reduced income tax rates for individuals.
Pursuant to Internal Revenue Code Section 871(k)(1), the Fund designates 19.25% of net investment income distributions as interest-related dividends.
The Fund designates 100% of its short-term capital gain distributions as short-term capital gain dividends as defined in Internal Revenue Code Section 871(k)(2).
The Fund designates $4,276,749 of long-term capital gain distributions as 20% rate long-term capital gain dividends under Internal Revenue Code Section 852(b)(3)(C).
The Fund designates $72,400 as Section 199A dividends.
The Regulated Investment Company Modernization Act of 2010 allows qualified fund-of-funds to elect to pass through the ability to take foreign tax credits (or deductions) to the extent that foreign taxes are passed through from underlying funds. A qualified fund-of-funds is a regulated investment company that has at least 50% of the value of its total assets invested in other regulated investment companies at the end of each quarter of the taxable year. Pursuant to Section 853 of the Internal Revenue Code, the Fund designates the following amounts as foreign taxes paid for the year ended May 31, 2022:
| Creditable Foreign Taxes Paid | | | Per Share Amount | | | Portion of Ordinary Income Distribution Derived from Foreign Sourced Income* | |
| $88,138 | | | | $ | 0.0075 | | | | | | 14.12% | | |
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The Fund did not derive any income from ineligible foreign sources as defined under Section 901(j) of the Internal Revenue Code.
Above figures may differ from those cited elsewhere in this report due to differences in the calculation of income and gains under U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (book) purposes and Internal Revenue Service (tax) purposes.
Shareholders are strongly advised to consult their own tax advisers with respect to the tax consequences of their investments in the Fund. In January, shareholders, excluding corporate shareholders, receive an IRS 1099-DIV regarding the federal tax status of the dividends and distributions they received in the calendar year.
TRUSTEE AND OFFICER INFORMATION (Unaudited)
The business and affairs of the Trust are managed under the direction of the Board. A Trustee, who is not an interested person of the Trust, as defined in the 1940 Act, is an independent trustee (“Independent Trustee”). The Trustees and Officers of the Trust are listed below. The Statement of Additional Information includes additional information about Trustees of the Trust and is available, without charge, upon request at (800) 992-0180.
Name, Address and Age | | | Position(s) Held with the Trust | | | Term of Office and Length of Time Served(1) | | | Principal Occupation(s) – During the Past 5 Years | | | Number of funds in Fund Complex Overseen by Trustee(2) | | | Other Board Positions Held by Trustee | |
Independent Trustees: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Colleen D. Baldwin 7337 East Doubletree Ranch Rd. Suite 100 Scottsdale, Arizona 85258 Age: 62 | | | Trustee Chairperson | | | November 2007 – Present January 2020 – Present | | | President, Glantuam Partners, LLC, a business consulting firm (January 2009 – Present). | | | 131 | | | RSR Partners, Inc. (2016 – Present). | |
John V. Boyer 7337 East Doubletree Ranch Rd. Suite 100 Scottsdale, Arizona 85258 Age: 69 | | | Trustee | | | January 2005 – Present | | | Retired. Formerly, President and Chief Executive Officer, Bechtler Arts Foundation, an arts and education foundation (January 2008 –December 2019). | | | 131 | | | None. | |
Patricia W. Chadwick 7337 East Doubletree Ranch Rd. Suite 100 Scottsdale, Arizona 85258 Age: 73 | | | Trustee | | | January 2006 – Present | | | Consultant and President, Ravengate Partners LLC, a consulting firm that provides advice regarding financial markets and the global economy (January 2000 – Present). | | | 131 | | | Wisconsin Energy Corporation (June 2006 – Present); The Royce Funds (22 funds) (December 2009 – Present); and AMICA Mutual Insurance Company (1992 – Present). | |
Martin J. Gavin 7337 East Doubletree Ranch Rd. Suite 100 Scottsdale, AZ 85258 Age: 72 | | | Trustee | | | August 2015 – Present | | | Retired. | | | 131 | | | None. | |
Joseph E. Obermeyer 7337 East Doubletree Ranch Rd. Suite 100 Scottsdale, Arizona 85258 Age: 64 | | | Trustee | | | May 2013 – Present | | | President, Obermeyer & Associates, Inc., a provider of financial and economic consulting services (November 1999 – Present). | | | 131 | | | None. | |
Sheryl K. Pressler 7337 East Doubletree Ranch Rd. Suite 100 Scottsdale, Arizona 85258 Age: 71 | | | Trustee | | | January 2006 – Present | | | Consultant (May 2001 –Present). | | | 131 | | | Centerra Gold Inc. (May 2008 –Present). | |
Christopher P. Sullivan 7337 East Doubletree Ranch Rd. Suite 100 Scottsdale, Arizona 85258 Age: 68 | | | Trustee | | | October 2015 – Present | | | Retired. | | | 131 | | | None. | |
TRUSTEE AND OFFICER INFORMATION (Unaudited) (continued)
Name, Address and Age | | | Position(s) Held with the Trust | | | Term of Office and Length of Time Served(1) | | | Principal Occupation(s) – During the Past 5 Years | | | Number of funds in Fund Complex Overseen by Trustee(2) | | | Other Board Positions Held by Trustee | |
Trustee who is an “interested person”: | |
Dina Santoro 230 Park Avenue New York, New York 10169 Age: 49 | | | Trustee | | | July 2018 – Present | | | President, Voya Investments, LLC and Voya Capital, LLC (March 2018 – Present); Senior Vice President, Voya Investments Distributor, LLC (April 2018 – Present); Chief Operating Officer, Voya Investment Management (January 2022 – Present); Senior Managing Director, Head of Product and Marketing Strategy, Voya Investment Management (September 2017 – Present). Formerly, Managing Director, Quantitative Management Associates, LLC (January 2004 – August 2017). | | | 131 | | | Voya Investments, LLC, Voya Capital, LLC, and Voya Funds Services, LLC (March 2018 – Present); Voya Investments Distributor, LLC (April 2018 – Present). | |
(1)
Trustees serve until their successors are duly elected and qualified. The tenure of each Trustee who is not an “interested person” as defined in the 1940 Act, of each Fund (“Independent Trustee”) is subject to the Board’s retirement policy which states that each duly elected or appointed Independent Trustee shall retire from and cease to be a member of the Board of Trustees at the close of business on December 31 of the calendar year in which the Independent Trustee attains the age of 75. A majority vote of the Board’s other Independent Trustees may extend the retirement date of an Independent Trustee if the retirement would trigger a requirement to hold a meeting of shareholders of the Trust under applicable law, whether for the purposes of appointing a successor to the Independent Trustee or otherwise comply under applicable law, in which case the extension would apply until such time as the shareholder meeting can be held or is no longer required (as determined by a vote of a majority of the other Independent Trustees).
(2)
For the purposes of this table, “Fund Complex” means the Voya family of funds including the following investment companies: Voya Asia Pacific High Dividend Equity Income Fund; Voya Balanced Portfolio, Inc.; Voya Emerging Markets High Dividend Equity Fund; Voya Equity Trust; Voya Funds Trust; Voya Global Advantage and Premium Opportunity Fund; Voya Global Equity Dividend and Premium Opportunity Fund; Voya Government Money Market Portfolio; Voya Infrastructure, Industrials and Materials Fund; Voya Intermediate Bond Portfolio; Voya Investors Trust; Voya Mutual Funds; Voya Partners, Inc.; Voya Senior Income Fund; Voya Separate Portfolios Trust; Voya Strategic Allocation Portfolios, Inc.; Voya Variable Funds; Voya Variable Insurance Trust; Voya Variable Portfolios, Inc.; and Voya Variable Products Trust. The number of funds in the Fund Complex is as of June 30, 2022.
TRUSTEE AND OFFICER INFORMATION (Unaudited) (continued)
Name, Address and Age | | | Position(s) Held With the Trust | | | Term of Office and Length of Time Served(1) | | | Principal Occupation(s) – During the Past 5 Years | |
Michael Bell One Orange Way Windsor, Connecticut 06095 Age: 53 | | | Chief Executive Officer | | | March 2018 – Present | | | Chief Executive Officer and Director, Voya Investments, LLC, Voya Capital, LLC, and Voya Funds Services, LLC (March 2018 – Present); Senior Vice President, Voya Investments Distributor, LLC (March 2020 – Present); Chief Financial Officer, Voya Investment Management (September 2014 – Present). Formerly, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Voya Investments Distributor, LLC (September 2019 – March 2020); Senior Vice President and Treasurer, Voya Investments Distributor, LLC (November 2015 – September 2019); Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, Voya Investments, LLC (November 2015 – March 2018). | |
Dina Santoro 230 Park Avenue New York, New York 10169 Age: 49 | | | President | | | March 2018 – Present | | | President and Director, Voya Investments, LLC and Voya Capital, LLC (March 2018 – Present); Director, Voya Funds Services, LLC (March 2018 – Present); Director and Senior Vice President, Voya Investments Distributor, LLC (April 2018 – Present); Chief Operating Officer, Voya Investment Management (January 2022 – Present); Senior Managing Director, Head of Product and Marketing Strategy, Voya Investment Management (September 2017 – Present). Formerly, Managing Director, Quantitative Management Associates, LLC (January 2004 – August 2017). | |
Jonathan Nash 230 Park Avenue New York, New York 10169 Age: 54 | | | Executive Vice President Chief Investment Risk Officer | | | March 2020 – Present March 2020 – Present | | | Executive Vice President and Chief Investment Risk Officer, Voya Investments, LLC (March 2020 – Present) and Senior Vice President, Investment Risk Management, Voya Investment Management (March 2017 – Present). Formerly, Vice President, Voya Investments, LLC (September 2018 – March 2020); Consultant, DA Capital LLC (January 2016 – March 2017). | |
James M. Fink 5780 Powers Ferry Road NW Atlanta, Georgia 30327 Age: 64 | | | Executive Vice President | | | March 2018 – Present | | | Managing Director, Voya Investments, LLC, Voya Capital, LLC, and Voya Funds Services, LLC (March 2018 – Present); Senior Vice President, Voya Investments Distributor, LLC (April 2018 – Present); Chief Administrative Officer, Voya Investment Management (September 2017 – Present). Formerly, Managing Director, Operations, Voya Investment Management (March 1999 – September 2017). | |
Kristin M. Lynch 7337 East Doubletree Ranch Rd. Suite 100 Scottsdale, Arizona 85258 Age: 40 | | | Chief Compliance Officer | | | April 2022 – Present | | | Chief Compliance Officer, Voya Family of Funds (April 2022 − Present); Vice President, Voya Investment Management (March 2019 – Present). Formerly, Assistant Vice President, Voya Investment Management (March 2014 – March 2019). | |
Todd Modic 7337 East Doubletree Ranch Rd. Suite 100 Scottsdale, Arizona 85258 Age: 54 | | | Senior Vice President, Chief/Principal Financial Officer and Assistant Secretary | | | March 2005 – Present | | | President, Voya Funds Services, LLC (March 2018 – Present) and Senior Vice President, Voya Investments, LLC (April 2005 – Present). | |
Kimberly A. Anderson 7337 East Doubletree Ranch Rd. Suite 100 Scottsdale, Arizona 85258 Age: 58 | | | Senior Vice President | | | November 2003 – Present | | | Senior Vice President, Voya Investments, LLC (September 2003 – Present). | |
Sara M. Donaldson 7337 East Doubletree Ranch Rd. Suite 100 Scottsdale, Arizona 85258 Age: 62 | | | Senior Vice President | | | June 2022 – Present | | | Senior Vice President, Voya Investments, LLC (February 2022 – Present); Senior Vice President, Head of Active Ownership, Voya Investment Management (September 2021 – Present). Formerly, Vice President, Voya Investments, LLC (October 2015 – February 2022); Vice President, Head of Proxy Voting, Voya Investment Management (October 2015 – August 2021). | |
TRUSTEE AND OFFICER INFORMATION (Unaudited) (continued)
Name, Address and Age | | | Position(s) Held With the Trust | | | Term of Office and Length of Time Served(1) | | | Principal Occupation(s) – During the Past 5 Years | |
Andrew K. Schlueter 7337 East Doubletree Ranch Rd. Suite 100 Scottsdale, Arizona 85258 Age: 46 | | | Senior Vice President | | | June 2022 – Present | | | Vice President, Voya Investments Distributor, LLC (April 2018 – Present); Vice President, Voya Investments, LLC and Voya Funds Services, LLC (March 2018 – Present); Senior Vice President, Head of Mutual Fund Operations, Voya Investment Management (March 2022 – Present). Formerly, Vice President, Head of Mutual Fund Operations, Voya Investment Management (February 2018 – February 2022); Vice President, Voya Investment Management (March 2014 – February 2018). | |
Robert Terris 5780 Powers Ferry Road NW Atlanta, Georgia 30327 Age: 52 | | | Senior Vice President | | | May 2006 – Present | | | Senior Vice President, Voya Investments Distributor, LLC (April 2018 – Present); Senior Vice President, Head of Investment Services, Voya Investments, LLC (April 2018 – Present) and Voya Funds Services, LLC (March 2006 – Present). Formerly, Senior Vice President, Head of Division Operations, Voya Investments, LLC (October 2015 – April 2018). | |
Joanne F. Osberg 7337 East Doubletree Ranch Rd. Suite 100 Scottsdale, Arizona 85258 Age: 40 | | | Vice President Secretary | | | June 2022 – Present September 2020 – Present | | | Vice President and Senior Counsel, Voya Investment Management – Mutual Fund Legal Department (September 2020 – Present). Formerly, Vice President, Counsel, Voya Investment Management – Mutual Fund Legal Department (January 2013 – September 2020). | |
Fred Bedoya 7337 East Doubletree Ranch Rd. Suite 100 Scottsdale, Arizona 85258 Age: 49 | | | Vice President Treasurer | | | September 2012 – Present | | | Vice President, Voya Investments, LLC (October 2015 – Present) and Voya Funds Services, LLC (July 2012 – Present). | |
Maria M. Anderson 7337 East Doubletree Ranch Rd. Suite 100 Scottsdale, Arizona 85258 Age: 64 | | | Vice President | | | September 2004 – Present | | | Vice President, Voya Investments, LLC (October 2015 – Present) and Voya Funds Services, LLC (September 2004 – Present). | |
Robyn L. Ichilov 7337 East Doubletree Ranch Rd. Suite 100 Scottsdale, Arizona 85258 Age: 54 | | | Vice President | | | November 1999 – Present | | | Vice President, Voya Funds Services, LLC (November 1995 – Present) and Voya Investments, LLC (August 1997 – Present). | |
Jason Kadavy 7337 East Doubletree Ranch Rd. Suite 100 Scottsdale, Arizona 85258 Age: 46 | | | Vice President | | | September 2012 – Present | | | Vice President, Voya Investments, LLC (October 2015 – Present) and Voya Funds Services, LLC (July 2007 – Present). | |
Erica McKenna 7337 East Doubletree Ranch Rd. Suite 100 Scottsdale, Arizona 85258 Age:49 | | | Vice President | | | June 2022 – Present | | | Vice President, Head of Mutual Fund Compliance, and Chief Compliance Officer, Voya Investments, LLC (May 2022 – Present). Formerly, Vice President, Fund Compliance Manager, Voya Investments, LLC (March 2021 – May 2022); Assistant Vice President, Fund Compliance Manager, Voya Investments, LLC (December 2016 – March 2021). | |
Craig Wheeler 7337 East Doubletree Ranch Rd. Suite 100 Scottsdale, Arizona 85258 Age: 53 | | | Vice President | | | May 2013 – Present | | | Vice President – Director of Tax, Voya Investments, LLC (October 2015 – Present). | |
Nicholas C.D. Ward 7337 East Doubletree Ranch Rd. Suite 100 Scottsdale, Arizona 85258 Age 29: | | | Assistant Vice President and Assistant Secretary | | | June 2022 – Present | | | Counsel, Voya Investment Management – Mutual Fund Legal Department (November 2021 – Present). Formerly, Associate, Dechert LLP (October 2018 – Present). | |
TRUSTEE AND OFFICER INFORMATION (Unaudited) (continued)
Name, Address and Age | | | Position(s) Held With the Trust | | | Term of Office and Length of Time Served(1) | | | Principal Occupation(s) – During the Past 5 Years | |
Gizachew Wubishet 7337 East Doubletree Ranch Rd. Suite 100 Scottsdale, Arizona 85258 Age: 46 | | | Assistant Secretary | | | June 2022 – Present | | | Assistant Vice President and Counsel, Voya Investment Management – Mutual Fund Legal Department (May 2019 – Present). Formerly, Attorney, Ropes & Gray LLP (October 2011 – April 2019). | |
Monia Piacenti One Orange Way Windsor, Connecticut 06095 Age: 45 | | | Anti-Money Laundering Officer | | | June 2018 – Present | | | Anti-Money Laundering Officer, Voya Investments Distributor, LLC, Voya Investment Management and Voya Investment Management Trust Co. (June 2018 – Present); Compliance Consultant, Voya Financial, Inc. (January 2019 – Present). Formerly, Senior Compliance Officer, Voya Investment Management (December 2009 – December 2018). | |
(1)
The Officers hold office until the next annual meeting of the Board of Trustees and until their successors shall have been elected and qualified.
Investment Adviser
Voya Investments, LLC
7337 East Doubletree Ranch Road, Suite 100
Scottsdale, Arizona 85258
Distributor
Voya Investments Distributor, LLC
7337 East Doubletree Ranch Road, Suite 100
Scottsdale, Arizona 85258
Transfer Agent
BNY Mellon Investment Servicing (U.S.) Inc.
301 Bellevue Parkway
Wilmington, Delaware 19809
Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
Ernst & Young LLP
200 Clarendon Street
Boston, Massachusetts 02116
Custodian
The Bank of New York Mellon
225 Liberty Street
New York, New York 10286
Legal Counsel
Ropes & Gray LLP
Prudential Tower
800 Boylston Street
Boston, Massachusetts 02199
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Annual Report
May 31, 2022
Classes I and R6
Domestic Equity Fund
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Voya Small Cap Growth Fund
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PROXY VOTING INFORMATION
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QUARTERLY PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS
The Fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the SEC for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form NPORT-P. The Fund’s Forms NPORT-P are available on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. The Fund’s complete schedule of portfolio holdings is available at: www.voyainvestments.com and without charge upon request from the Fund by calling Shareholder Services toll-free at (800) 992-0180.
| | Index | | | | Description | | |
| | Russell 2000® Growth Index | | | | An index that measures the performance of securities of smaller U.S. companies with greater than average growth orientation. | | |
Voya Small Cap Growth Fund | Portfolio Managers’ Report |
| Sector Diversification as of May 31, 2022 (as a percentage of net assets) | |
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| Information Technology | | | 26.6% | |
| Industrials | | | 21.8% | |
| Health Care | | | 17.6% | |
| Consumer Discretionary | | | 12.9% | |
| Financials | | | 8.2% | |
| Energy | | | 4.3% | |
| Materials | | | 3.6% | |
| Exchange-Traded Funds | | | 1.3% | |
| Consumer Staples | | | 0.8% | |
| Assets in Excess of Other Liabilities | | | 2.9% | |
| Net Assets | | | 100.0% | |
| Portfolio holdings are subject to change daily. | |
Voya Small Cap Growth Fund* (the “Fund”) seeks long-term capital appreciation. The Fund is managed by Richard J. Johnson, CFA, Michael C. Coyne, CFA, Mitchell S. Brivic, CFA, and Scott W. Haugan, CFA, Portfolio Managers of Voya Investment Management Co. LLC — the Sub-Adviser.Performance**: For the period beginning October 1, 2021, through May 31, 2022, the Fund’s Class I shares, provided a total return of -18.31% compared to the Russell 2000® Growth Index (the “Index” or “Russell 2000® Growth”), which returned -24.79% for the same period.
Portfolio Specifics: For the eight-month reporting period, the Fund outperformed the Russell 2000® Growth largely driven by stock selection effects. Most notably, favorable stock selection within the information technology and health care sectors contributed the most to performance. A combination of underweight allocation to and stock selection within the energy and consumer staples sectors proved to be the greatest headwind. Individual contributors during the eight-month period included a non-benchmark position in Tower Semiconductor, and overweight positions in WillScot Mobile Mini Holdings and Onto Innovation. Key detractors were a non-benchmark position in Natera, and overweight positions in Aspen Aerogels and HealthEquity.
| Top Ten Holdings as of May 31, 2022 (as a percentage of net assets) | |
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| CACI International, Inc. | | | 2.8% | |
| Genpact Ltd. | | | 2.7% | |
| Chart Industries, Inc. | | | 2.7% | |
| Planet Fitness, Inc. | | | 2.5% | |
| WNS Holdings Ltd. ADR | | | 2.2% | |
| Clean Harbors, Inc. | | | 2.0% | |
| WillScot Mobile Mini Holdings Corp. | | | 2.0% | |
| ICON PLC | | | 2.0% | |
| Focus Financial Partners, Inc. | | | 1.9% | |
| Wintrust Financial Corp. | | | 1.9% | |
| Portfolio holdings are subject to change daily. | |
Current Strategy and Outlook: We entered 2022 faced with a tenuous global outlook — prolonged inflationary pressures and supply chain headwinds coupled with tighter monetary policy and more rate hikes on the horizon. While the certainty of a recession remains unknown, the degree of growth that we experienced following the COVID-19 induced drawdown has undeniably slowed, in our opinion. The Russian/Ukrainian conflict has only added another level of uncertainty in the equity markets.Given these dynamics, looking ahead, we believe the key to performing in what we anticipate will be a slower growth environment in 2022, is to identify those companies which have, in our view, strong earnings growth potential and cash flow generation capabilities at sustainable valuations. We are closely monitoring our exposures to travel stocks which are undeniably linked to COVID-19 headlines, and while consumer savings rates are still strong in our view, we are also continuously assessing our exposure to the low-income consumer as inflationary and other macro pressures would likely dampen their desire/ability to spend. As a disciplined manager, we remain true to our investment process regardless of the unpredictable market environment, investing in companies with what we believe to have strong fundamentals and attractive relative valuations.
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On March 24, 2022, the Board of Trustees of Voya Equity Trust approved a proposal to reorganize Voya SmallCap Opportunities Fund (the “Disappearing Fund”), which is not included in this report, with and into the Fund, (the ‘Reorganization”). The proposed Reorganization is subject to approval by shareholders of the Disappearing Fund at a shareholder meeting scheduled to be held on or about September 27, 2022. If shareholder approval of the Reorganization is obtained, it is expected that the Reorganization will take place on or about October 21, 2022.
**
Performance prior to the close of business on April 1, 2022, for Class I shares reflects the historical performance, fees and expenses of the predecessor fund’s shares.
The views expressed in this commentary are informed opinions. They should not be considered promises or advice. The views expressed reflect those of the portfolio managers, only through the end of the period as stated on the cover. The portfolio managers’ views are subject to change at any time based on market and other conditions.
Portfolio holdings and characteristics are subject to change and may not be representative of current holdings and characteristics. Fund holdings are subject to change daily. The outlook for this Fund may differ from that presented for other Voya mutual funds. This report contains statements that may be “forward-looking” statements. Actual results may differ materially from those projected in the “forward-looking” statements. The Fund’s performance returns shown reflect applicable fee waivers and/or expense limits in effect during this period. Absent such fee waivers/expense limitations, if any, performance would have been lower. Performance for the different classes of shares will vary based on differences in fees associated with each class. An index has no cash in its portfolio and imposes no sales charges. An investor cannot invest directly in an index.
Portfolio Managers’ Report | Voya Small Cap Growth Fund |
| | Average Annual Total Returns for the Periods Ended May 31, 2022 | | |
| | | | | Since October 1, 2021 | | | 1 Year | | | 5 Year | | | 10 Year | | |
| | Class I | | | | | -18.31% | | | | | | -17.43% | | | | | | 11.15% | | | | | | 13.82% | | | |
| | Class R6(1) | | | | | -18.36% | | | | | | -17.48% | | | | | | 11.13% | | | | | | 13.81% | | | |
| | Russell 2000® Growth Index | | | | | -24.79% | | | | | | -25.71% | | | | | | 6.87% | | | | | | 10.55% | | | |
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Based on a $250,000 initial investment, the graph and table above illustrate the total return of Voya Small Cap Growth Fund against the index indicated. The index is unmanaged and has no cash in its portfolio and imposes no sales charges. An investor cannot invest directly in an index.
The performance graph and table do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder will pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares.
The performance shown includes, if applicable, the effect of fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements by the Investment Adviser and/or other service providers, which have the effect of increasing total return. Had all fees and expenses been considered, the total returns would have been lower. Performance information prior to the close of business April 1, 2022 may reflect historical expenses waivers/reimbursements from the predecessor fund’s investment adviser, which have the effect of increasing total return. Had all fees and expenses been considered, the total returns would have been lower.
Performance data represents past performance and is no assurance of future results. Investment return and principal value of an
investment in the Fund will fluctuate. Shares, when sold, may be worth more or less than their original cost. The Fund’s current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data shown. Please log on to www.voyainvestments.com or call (800) 992-0180 to get performance through the most recent month end.
Fund holdings are subject to change daily.
(1)
Class R6 incepted on April 4, 2022. The Class R6 shares performance shown for the period prior to their inception date is the performance of Class I shares without adjustment for any differences in the expenses between the two classes. If adjusted for such differences, returns would be different.
Performance prior to the close of business April 1, 2022 for Class I shares reflects the historical performance, fees and expenses of the predecessor fund, which commenced operations on October 1, 2004. The returns would be different if the Fund’s current fees and expenses were reflected for periods prior to the close of business April 1, 2022.
SHAREHOLDER EXPENSE EXAMPLE (Unaudited)
As a shareholder of the Fund, you incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, including sales charges (loads) on purchase payments, redemption fees, and exchange fees, and (2) ongoing costs, including management fees, distribution and/or service (12b-1) fees, and other Fund expenses. These Examples are intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.
The Examples are based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period from December 1, 2021 to May 31, 2022. The Fund’s expenses are shown without the imposition of any sales charges or fees. Expenses would have been higher if such charges were included.
Actual Expenses
The left section of the table shown below, “Actual Fund Return,” provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this section, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the first section under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During the Period” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period.
Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes
The right section of the table shown below, “Hypothetical (5% return before expenses),” provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Fund’s actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Fund and other mutual funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other mutual funds.
Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transactional costs, such as sales charges (loads), redemption fees, or exchange fees. Therefore, the hypothetical section of the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different mutual funds. In addition, if these transactional costs were included, your costs would have been higher.
| | | Actual Fund Return | | | Hypothetical (5% return before expenses) | |
| | | Beginning Account Value December 1, 2021 | | | Ending Account Value May 31, 2022 | | | Annualized Expense Ratio | | | Expenses Paid During the Period Ended May 31, 2022* | | | Beginning Account Value December 1, 2021 | | | Ending Account Value May 31, 2022 | | | Annualized Expense Ratio | | | Expenses Paid During the Period Ended May 31, 2022* | |
Class I | | | | $ | 1,000.00 | | | | | $ | 804.90 | | | | | | 0.93% | | | | | $ | 4.18 | | | | | $ | 1,000.00 | | | | | $ | 1,020.29 | | | | | | 0.93% | | | | | $ | 4.68 | | |
Class R6(1) | | | | | 1,000.00 | | | | | | 863.90 | | | | | | 0.85 | | | | | | 1.26 | | | | | | 1,000.00 | | | | | | 1,020.69 | | | | | | 0.85 | | | | | | 1.36 | | |
*
Expenses are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 182/365 to reflect the most recent fiscal half-year.
(1)
Commencement of operations was April 4, 2022. Expenses paid for the actual Fund’s return reflect the 58-day period ended May 31, 2022.
REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
To the Shareholders of Voya Small Cap Growth Fund and the Board of Trustees of Voya Equity Trust
Opinion on the Financial Statements
We have audited the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities of Voya Small Cap Growth Fund (the “Fund”) (one of the funds constituting Voya Equity Trust (the “Trust”)), including the portfolio of investments, as of May 31, 2022, and the related statements of operations and changes in net assets and the financial highlights for the period from October 1, 2021 through May 31, 2022 and the related notes (collectively referred to as the “financial statements”). In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Fund (one of the funds constituting Voya Equity Trust) at May 31, 2022, and the results of its operations, the changes in its net assets and its financial highlights for the period from October 1, 2021 through May 31, 2022, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.
The statement of operations for the year ended September 30, 2021, the statements of changes in net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended and the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period then ended, were audited by another independent registered public accounting firm whose report, dated November 29, 2021, expressed an unqualified opinion on that statement of operations and those statements of changes in net assets and financial highlights.
Basis for Opinion
These financial statements are the responsibility of the Trust’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Fund’s financial statements based on our audit. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (“PCAOB”) and are required to be independent with respect to the Trust in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.
We conducted our audit in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. The Trust is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of the Trust’s internal control over financial reporting. As part of our audit, we are required to obtain an understanding of internal control over financial reporting, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Trust’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion.
Our audit included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of May 31, 2022, by correspondence with the custodian and others or by other appropriate auditing procedures where replies from others were not received. Our audit also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.
We have served as the auditor of one or more Voya investment companies since 2019.
Boston, Massachusetts
July 29, 2022
STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES as of May 31, 2022
| ASSETS: | | | | | | | |
| Investments in securities at fair value* | | | | $ | 413,738,978 | | |
| Cash | | | | | 12,627,262 | | |
| Receivables: | | | | | | | |
| Investment securities sold | | | | | 3,674,806 | | |
| Fund shares sold | | | | | 137,712 | | |
| Dividends | | | | | 132,896 | | |
| Foreign tax reclaims | | | | | 2,801 | | |
| Prepaid expenses | | | | | 2,199 | | |
| Prepaid offering expense | | | | | 103,693 | | |
| Reimbursement due from Investment Adviser | | | | | 2 | | |
| Total assets | | | | | 430,420,349 | | |
| LIABILITIES: | | | | | | | |
| Payable for investment securities purchased | | | | | 3,607,124 | | |
| Payable for fund shares redeemed | | | | | 195,802 | | |
| Payable for investment management fees | | | | | 284,757 | | |
| Payable for trustee fees | | | | | 2,514 | | |
| Other accrued expenses and liabilities | | | | | 170,366 | | |
| Total liabilities | | | | | 4,260,563 | | |
| NET ASSETS | | | | $ | 426,159,786 | | |
| NET ASSETS WERE COMPRISED OF: | | | | | | | |
| Paid-in capital | | | | $ | 380,975,604 | | |
| Total distributable earnings | | | | | 45,184,182 | | |
| NET ASSETS | | | | $ | 426,159,786 | | |
| *
Cost of investments in securities | | | | $ | 377,624,945 | | |
| Class I | | | | | | | |
| Net assets | | | | $ | 426,157,194 | | |
| Shares authorized | | | | | unlimited | | |
| Par value | | | | $ | 0.010 | | |
| Shares outstanding | | | | | 12,587,135 | | |
| Net asset value and redemption price per share | | | | $ | 33.86 | | |
| Class R6 | | | | | | | |
| Net assets | | | | $ | 2,592 | | |
| Shares authorized | | | | | unlimited | | |
| Par value | | | | $ | 0.010 | | |
| Shares outstanding | | | | | 77 | | |
| Net asset value and redemption price per share | | | | $ | 33.84 | | |
See Accompanying Notes to Financial Statements
| | | October 1, 2021 to May 31, 2022(1) | | | Year ended September 30, 2021 | |
INVESTMENT INCOME: | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Dividends | | | | $ | 1,148,705 | | | | | $ | 1,163,389(2) | | |
Interest | | | | | 5,768 | | | | | | 3,155 | | |
Total investment income | | | | | 1,154,473 | | | | | | 1,166,544 | | |
EXPENSES(3): | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Investment advisory fees | | | | | 2,564,831 | | | | | | 3,766,252 | | |
Administration fees | | | | | 167,516 | | | | | | 304,354 | | |
Fund accounting fees | | | | | 50,762 | | | | | | 97,566 | | |
Custody fees | | | | | 31,379 | | | | | | 36,560 | | |
Transfer agent fees | | | | | — | | | | | | 28,373 | | |
Transfer agent fees: | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Class I | | | | | 59,181 | | | | | | — | | |
Class R6 | | | | | 5 | | | | | | — | | |
Audit fees | | | | | 22,253 | | | | | | 27,000 | | |
Registration fees | | | | | 18,677 | | | | | | 25,893 | | |
Offering expense (Note 2) | | | | | 16,307 | | | | | | — | | |
Trustees fees | | | | | 12,606 | | | | | | 26,901 | | |
Legal fees | | | | | 8,337 | | | | | | 9,523 | | |
Chief Compliance Officer fees | | | | | 7,459 | | | | | | 14,500 | | |
Reports to shareholders | | | | | 6,659 | | | | | | 5,234 | | |
Insurance expenses | | | | | 3,961 | | | | | | 4,652 | | |
Miscellaneous expenses | | | | | 20,415 | | | | | | 20,008 | | |
Interest expenses | | | | | — | | | | | | 1,084 | | |
Total expenses | | | | | 2,990,348 | | | | | | 4,367,900 | | |
Waived and reimbursed fees | | | | | (4) | | | | | | — | | |
Net expenses | | | | | 2,990,344 | | | | | | 4,367,900 | | |
Net investment loss | | | | | (1,835,871) | | | | | | (3,201,356) | | |
REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS): | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net realized gain (loss) on: | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Investments | | | | | 20,984,992 | | | | | | 100,740,789 | | |
Foreign currency related transactions | | | | | (452) | | | | | | — | | |
Net realized gain | | | | | 20,984,540 | | | | | | 100,740,789 | | |
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on: | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Investments | | | | | (111,865,703) | | | | | | 55,079,344 | | |
Foreign currency related transactions | | | | | (45) | | | | | | — | | |
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) | | | | | (111,865,748) | | | | | | 55,079,344 | | |
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) | | | | | (90,881,208) | | | | | | 155,820,133 | | |
Increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations | | | | $ | (92,717,079) | | | | | $ | 152,618,777 | | |
(1)
Effective close of business April 1, 2022, the fiscal year-end was changed from September 30 to May 31.
(2)
Net of foreign withholding tax and issuance fees of $19,851.
(3)
See Notes to Financial Statements regarding Fund and fee changes that occurred in connection with the reorganization that took place close of business April 1, 2022.
See Accompanying Notes to Financial Statements
STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS
| | | October 1, 2021 to May 31, 2022(1) | | | Year Ended September 30, 2021 | | | Year Ended September 30, 2020 | |
FROM OPERATIONS: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net investment (loss) | | | | $ | (1,835,871) | | | | | $ | (3,201,356) | | | | | $ | (2,185,821) | | |
Net realized gain | | | | | 20,984,540 | | | | | | 100,740,789 | | | | | | 28,893,434(2) | | |
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) | | | | | (111,865,748) | | | | | | 55,079,334 | | | | | | 11,384,130 | | |
Increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations | | | | | (92,717,079) | | | | | | 152,618,767 | | | | | | 38,091,743 | | |
FROM DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Total distributions (excluding return of capital): | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Class I(3) | | | | | (88,990,928) | | | | | | (28,271,294) | | | | | | (6,335,246) | | |
Total distributions | | | | | (88,990,928) | | | | | | (28,271,294) | | | | | | (6,335,246) | | |
FROM CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS(4): | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net proceeds from sale of shares | | | | | 61,497,857 | | | | | | 84,906,869 | | | | | | 74,380,976 | | |
Reinvestment of distributions | | | | | 87,154,479 | | | | | | 27,824,008 | | | | | | 6,261,981 | | |
| | | | | 148,652,336 | | | | | | 112,730,877 | | | | | | 80,642,957 | | |
Cost of shares redeemed | | | | | (42,549,863) | | | | | | (104,387,540) | | | | | | (176,420,072) | | |
Net increase in net assets resulting from capital share transactions | | | | | 106,102,473 | | | | | | 8,343,337 | | | | | | (95,777,115) | | |
Net increase (decrease) in net assets | | | | | (75,605,534) | | | | | | 132,690,810 | | | | | | (64,020,618) | | |
NET ASSETS: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Beginning of year or period | | | | | 501,765,320 | | | | | | 369,074,510 | | | | | | 433,095,128 | | |
End of year or period | | | | $ | 426,159,786 | | | | | $ | 501,765,320 | | | | | $ | 369,074,510 | | |
(1)
Effective close of business April 1, 2022, the fiscal year-end was changed from September 30 to May 31.
(2)
Includes net realized gain on redemption in-kind transactions of $6,6288,583. See Note 8.
(3)
For the fiscal years ended September 30, 2021 and September 30, 2020 the Fund did not have a class designation.
(4)
There was no net impact on the operations of the Fund as a result of the reorganization that occurred close of business April 1, 2022. See Note 10 for more information.
See Accompanying Notes to Financial Statements
Selected data for a share of beneficial interest outstanding throughout each year or period.
| | | | | | | | | Income (loss) from investment operations | | | | | | | | | Less Distributions | | | | | | Ratios to average net assets | | | Supplemental Data | |
| | | Net asset value, beginning of year or period | | | Net investment income (loss) | | | Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) | | | Total from investment operations | | | From net investment income | | | From net realized gains | | | From return of capital | | | Total distributions | | | Payment by affiliate | | | Net asset value, end of year or period | | | Total Return(1) | | | Expenses before reductions/additions(2)(3) | | | Expenses net of fee waivers and/or recoupments if any(2)(3) | | | Expenses net of all reductions/additions(2)(3) | | | Net investment income (loss)(2)(3) | | | Net assets, end of year or period(4) | | | Portfolio turnover rate | | |
Year or period ended | | | ($) | | | ($) | | | ($) | | | ($) | | | ($) | | | ($) | | | ($) | | | ($) | | | ($) | | | ($) | | | (%) | | | (%) | | | (%) | | | (%) | | | (%) | | | ($000’s) | | | (%) | | |
Voya Small Cap Growth Fund | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Class I(5)(6) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
10-01-21 - 05-31-22 | | | | | 49.63 | | | | | | (0.16)• | | | | | | (6.98) | | | | | | (7.14) | | | | | | — | | | | | | 8.63 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 8.63 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 33.86 | | | | | | (18.31) | | | | | | 0.93 | | | | | | 0.93 | | | | | | 0.93 | | | | | | (0.57) | | | | | | 426,157 | | | | | | 61 | | | |
09-30-21 | | | | | 37.26 | | | | | | (0.32)• | | | | | | 15.61 | | | | | | 15.29 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 2.92 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 2.92 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 49.63 | | | | | | 42.36 | | | | | | 0.93 | | | | | | 0.93 | | | | | | 0.93 | | | | | | (0.68) | | | | | | 502 | | | | | | 84 | | | |
09-30-20 | | | | | 34.36 | | | | | | (0.17)• | | | | | | 3.58 | | | | | | 3.41 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 0.51 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 0.51 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 37.26 | | | | | | 9.99 | | | | | | 0.94 | | | | | | 0.94 | | | | | | 0.94 | | | | | | (0.53) | | | | | | 369 | | | | | | 111 | | | |
09-30-19 | | | | | 40.76 | | | | | | (0.12)• | | | | | | (2.17) | | | | | | (2.29) | | | | | | — | | | | | | 4.11 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 4.11 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 34.36 | | | | | | (3.92) | | | | | | 0.93 | | | | | | 0.93 | | | | | | 0.93 | | | | | | (0.37) | | | | | | 433 | | | | | | 121 | | | |
09-30-18 | | | | | 37.62 | | | | | | (0.20)• | | | | | | 8.74 | | | | | | 8.54 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 5.40 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 5.40 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 40.76 | | | | | | 26.09 | | | | | | 0.93 | | | | | | 0.93 | | | | | | 0.93 | | | | | | (0.55) | | | | | | 453 | | | | | | 126 | | | |
09-30-17 | | | | | 28.94 | | | | | | (0.21)• | | | | | | 8.89 | | | | | | 8.68 | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | 37.62 | | | | | | 29.99 | | | | | | 0.95 | | | | | | 0.95 | | | | | | 0.95 | | | | | | (0.62) | | | | | | 371 | | | | | | 139 | | | |
Class R6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
04-04-22(7) - 05-31-22 | | | | | 39.17 | | | | | | (0.05)• | | | | | | (5.28) | | | | | | (5.33) | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | 33.84 | | | | | | (13.61) | | | | | | 2.10 | | | | | | 0.85 | | | | | | 0.85 | | | | | | (0.97) | | | | | | 3 | | | | | | 61 | | | |
(1)
Total return is calculated assuming reinvestment of all dividends, capital gain distributions and return of capital distributions, if any, at net asset value and excluding the deduction of sales charges or contingent deferred sales charges, if applicable. Total return for periods less than one year is not annualized.
(2)
Annualized for periods less than one year.
(3)
Ratios reflect operating expenses of a Fund. Expenses before reductions/additions do not reflect amounts reimbursed or recouped by the Investment Adviser and/or Distributor or reductions from brokerage service arrangements or other expense offset arrangements and do not represent the amount paid by a Fund during periods when reimbursements or reductions occur. Expenses net of fee waivers reflect expenses after reimbursement by the Investment Adviser and/or Distributor or recoupment of previously reimbursed fees by the Investment Adviser, but prior to reductions from brokerage service arrangements or other expense offset arrangements. Expenses net of all reductions/additions represent the net expenses paid by a Fund. Net investment income (loss) is net of all such additions or reductions.
(4)
For the fiscal year ended September 30, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021, the net assets are expressed in millions. For the period ended May 31, 2022, the net assets are expressed in thousands.
(5)
Prior to the close of business April 1, 2022, Voya Small Cap Growth Fund operated under a different name and investment adviser. Please see Note 1 and Note 4 for more information. Effective close of business April 1, 2022, the shares of the predecessor fund were redesignated as Class I shares of Voya Small Cap Growth Fund.
(6)
For the fiscal year ended September 30, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021, the information presented was audited by a different independent registered public accounting firm. Effective close of business April 1, 2022, the fiscal year end was changed from September 30 to May 31.
(7)
Commencement of operations.
•
Calculated using average number of shares outstanding throughout the year or period.
See Accompanying Notes to Financial Statements
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS as of May 31, 2022
NOTE 1 — ORGANIZATION
Voya Equity Trust (the “Trust”) is a Massachusetts business trust and is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (“1940 Act”), as an open-end investment management company. The Trust was organized on June 12, 1998 and consists of eleven separate active investment series. This report is for Voya Small Cap Growth Fund (“Small Cap Growth” or the “Fund”), a diversified series of the Trust.
The Fund acquired all of the assets and liabilities of TCM Small Cap Growth Fund (the “Predecessor Fund’) pursuant to an agreement and plan of reorganization (the “Reorganization”) effective close of business April 1, 2022. The Predecessor Fund was a diversified series of Professionally Managed Portfolios (“PMP Trust”), a Massachusetts business trust. The previous fiscal year end of the Predecessor Fund was September 30, 2021. Effective with the Reorganization, the fiscal year end was changed from September 30 to May 31.
The financial statements of the Fund reflect the historical results of the Predecessor Fund, which did not have a share class designation prior to the Reorganization. Upon completion of the Reorganization, Class I shares of the Fund assumed the performance, financial and other information of the Predecessor Fund’s shares. All information and references to the period prior to the close of business April 1, 2022 refer to the Predecessor Fund.
The Fund offers the following classes of shares: Class I and Class R6. The separate classes of shares differ principally in the applicable sales charges (if any), distribution fees and shareholder servicing fees, as well as differences in the amount of waiver of fees and reimbursement of expenses, if any. Generally, shareholders of each class also bear certain expenses that pertain to that particular class. All shareholders are allocated the common expenses of a fund and earn income and realized gains/losses from a fund pro rata based on the daily ending net assets of each class, without distinction between share classes. Expenses that are specific to a fund or a class are charged directly to that fund or class. Other operating expenses shared by several funds are generally allocated among those funds based on average net assets. Distributions are determined separately for each class based on income and expenses allocated to each class. Realized gain distributions are allocated to each class pro rata based on the shares outstanding of each class on the date of distribution. Differences in per share dividend rates generally result from differences in separate class expenses, including distribution and shareholder servicing fees, if applicable,
as well as differences in the amount of waiver of fees and reimbursement of expenses between the separate classes, if any.
Effective close of business April 1, 2022, Voya Investments, LLC (“Voya Investments”) an Arizona limited liability company, serves as the investment adviser to the Fund. Effective close of business April 1, 2022, Voya Investments engaged Voya Investment Management Co. LLC (“Voya IM”), a Delaware limited liability company, to serve as the sub-adviser to the Fund. Effective close of business April 1, 2022, Voya Investments Distributor, LLC (“VID”), a Delaware limited liability company, serves as the principal underwriter to the Fund.
NOTE 2 — SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
The following significant accounting policies are consistently followed by the Fund in the preparation of its financial statements. The Fund is considered an investment company under U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) and follows the accounting and reporting guidance applicable to investment companies.
A. Security Valuation. The Fund is open for business every day the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) opens for regular trading (each such day, a “Business Day”). The net asset value (“NAV”) per share for each class of the Fund is determined each Business Day as of the close of the regular trading session (“Market Close”), as determined by the Consolidated Tape Association (“CTA”), the central distributor of transaction prices for exchange-traded securities (normally 4:00 p.m. Eastern time unless otherwise designated by the CTA). The data reflected on the consolidated tape provided by the CTA is generated by various market centers, including all securities exchanges, electronic communications networks, and third-market broker-dealers. The NAV per share of each class of the Fund is calculated by taking the value of the Fund’s assets attributable to that class, subtracting the Fund’s liabilities attributable to that class, and dividing by the number of shares of that class that are outstanding. On days when the Fund is closed for business, Fund shares will not be priced and the Fund does not transact purchase and redemption orders. To the extent the Fund’s assets are traded in other markets on days when the Fund does not price its shares, the value of the Fund’s assets will likely change and you will not be able to purchase or redeem shares of the Fund.
Assets for which market quotations are readily available are valued at market value. A security listed or traded on an exchange is valued at its last sales price or official
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NOTE 2 — SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (continued)
closing price as of the close of the regular trading session on the exchange where the security is principally traded or, if such price is not available, at the last sale price as of the Market Close for such security provided by the CTA. Bank loans are valued at the average of the averages of the bid and ask prices provided to an independent loan pricing service by brokers. Futures contracts are valued at the final settlement price set by an exchange on which they are principally traded. Listed options are valued at the mean between the last bid and ask prices from the exchange on which they are principally traded. Investments in open-end registered investment companies that do not trade on an exchange are valued at the end of day NAV per share. Investments in registered investment companies that trade on an exchange are valued at the last sales price or official closing price as of the close of the regular trading session on the exchange where the security is principally traded.
When a market quotation is not readily available or is deemed unreliable, the Fund will determine a fair value for the relevant asset in accordance with procedures adopted by the Fund’s Board of Trustees (“Board”). Such procedures provide, for example, that: (a) Exchange-traded securities are valued at the mean of the closing bid and ask; (b) Debt obligations are valued using an evaluated price provided by an independent pricing service. Evaluated prices provided by the pricing service may be determined without exclusive reliance on quoted prices, and may reflect factors such as institution-size trading in similar groups of securities, developments related to specific securities, benchmark yield, quality, type of issue, coupon rate, maturity, individual trading characteristics and other market data; (c) Securities traded in the over-the-counter (“OTC”) market are valued based on prices provided by independent pricing services or market makers; (d) Options not listed on an exchange are valued by an independent source using an industry accepted model, such as Black-Scholes; (e) Centrally cleared swap agreements are valued using a price provided by an independent pricing service; (f) OTC swap agreements are valued using a price provided by an independent pricing service; (g) Forward foreign currency exchange contracts are valued utilizing current and forward rates obtained from an independent pricing service. Such prices from the third party pricing service are for specific settlement periods and the Fund’s forward foreign currency exchange contracts are valued at an interpolated rate between the closest preceding and subsequent period reported by the independent pricing service; and (h) Securities for which market prices are not provided by any of the above methods may be valued based upon quotes furnished by brokers.
The prospectuses of the open-end registered investment companies in which the Fund may invest explain the circumstances under which they will use fair value pricing and the effects of using fair value pricing.
Foreign securities’ (including forward foreign currency exchange contracts) prices are converted into U.S. dollar amounts using the applicable exchange rates as of Market Close. If market quotations are available and believed to be reliable for foreign exchange-traded equity securities, the securities will be valued at the market quotations. Because trading hours for certain foreign securities end before Market Close, closing market quotations may become unreliable. An independent pricing service determines the degree of certainty, based on historical data, that the closing price in the principal market where a foreign security trades is not the current value as of Market Close. Foreign securities’ prices meeting the approved degree of certainty that the price is not reflective of current value will be valued by the independent pricing service using pricing models designed to estimate likely changes in the values of those securities between the times in which the trading in those securities is substantially completed and Market Close. Multiple factors may be considered by the independent pricing service in determining the value of such securities and may include information relating to sector indices, American Depositary Receipts and domestic and foreign index futures.
All other assets for which market quotations are not readily available or became unreliable (or if the above fair valuation methods are unavailable or determined to be unreliable) are valued at fair value as determined in good faith by or under the supervision of the Board following procedures approved by the Board. The Board has delegated to the investment adviser responsibility for overseeing the implementation of the Fund’s valuation procedures; a “Pricing Committee” comprised of employees of the investment adviser or its affiliates has responsibility for applying the fair valuation methods set forth in the procedures and, if a fair valuation cannot be determined pursuant to the fair valuation methods, determining the fair value of assets held by the Fund. Issuer specific events, transaction price, position size, nature and duration of restrictions on disposition of the security, market trends, bid/ask quotes of brokers and other market data may be reviewed in the course of making a good faith determination of a security’s fair value. Valuations change in response to many factors including the historical and prospective earnings of the issuer, the value of the issuer’s assets, general economic conditions, interest rates, investor perceptions and market liquidity. Because of the inherent uncertainties of fair valuation, the values used to determine the Fund’s NAV may materially differ from the value received upon actual sale of those
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS as of May 31, 2022 (continued)
NOTE 2 — SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (continued)
investments. Thus, fair valuation may have an unintended dilutive or accretive effect on the value of shareholders’ investments in the Fund.
Each investment asset or liability of the Fund is assigned a level at measurement date based on the significance and source of the inputs to its valuation. Quoted prices in active markets for identical securities are classified as “Level 1,” inputs other than quoted prices for an asset or liability that are observable are classified as “Level 2” and significant unobservable inputs, including the Sub-Adviser’s or Pricing Committee’s judgment about the assumptions that a market participant would use in pricing an asset or liability are classified as “Level 3.” The inputs used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risks associated with investing in those securities. Short-term securities of sufficient credit quality are generally considered to be Level 2 securities under applicable accounting rules. A table summarizing the Fund’s investments under these levels of classification is included within the Portfolio of Investments.
GAAP requires a reconciliation of the beginning to ending balances for reported fair values that presents changes attributable to total realized and unrealized gains or losses, purchases and sales, and transfers in or out of the Level 3 category during the period. A reconciliation of Level 3 investments within the Portfolio of Investments is presented only when the Fund has a significant amount of Level 3 investments.
Prior to close of business April 1, 2022, the Predecessor Fund was valued pursuant to the valuation procedures established by the Predecessor Fund’s Board of Trustees. For the year ended May 31, 2022, there have been no signification changes to the fair valuation methodologies.
B. Securities Transactions and Revenue Recognition. Securities transactions are accounted for on the trade date. Realized gains and losses are reported on the basis of identified cost of securities sold. Interest income is recorded on an accrual basis. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date, or for certain foreign securities, when the information becomes available to the Fund. Premium amortization and discount accretion are determined by the effective yield method.
C. Foreign Currency Translation. The books and records of the Fund are maintained in U.S. dollars. Any foreign currency amounts are translated into U.S. dollars on the following basis:
(1)
Market value of investment securities, other assets and liabilities — at the exchange rates prevailing at Market Close.
(2)
Purchases and sales of investment securities, income and expenses — at the exchange rates prevailing on the respective dates of such transactions.
Although the net assets and the market values are presented at the foreign exchange rates at Market Close, the Fund does not isolate the portion of the results of operations resulting from changes in foreign exchange rates on investments from the fluctuations arising from changes in market prices of securities held. Such fluctuations are included with the net realized and unrealized gains or losses from investments. For securities which are subject to foreign withholding tax upon disposition, liabilities are recorded on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities for the estimated tax withholding based on the securities’ current market value. Upon disposition, realized gains or losses on such securities are recorded net of foreign withholding tax.
Reported net realized foreign exchange gains or losses arise from sales of foreign currencies, currency gains or losses realized between the trade and settlement dates on securities transactions, the difference between the amounts of dividends, interest, and foreign withholding tax reclaims recorded on the Fund’s books, and the U.S. dollar equivalent of the amounts actually received or paid. Net unrealized foreign exchange gains and losses arise from changes in the value of assets and liabilities other than investments in securities, resulting from changes in the exchange rate. Foreign security and currency transactions may involve certain considerations and risks not typically associated with investing in U.S. companies and U.S. government securities. These risks include, but are not limited to, revaluation of currencies and future adverse political and economic developments which could cause securities and their markets to be less liquid and prices more volatile than those of comparable U.S. companies and U.S. government securities.
D. Distributions to Shareholders. The Fund records distributions to its shareholders on the ex-dividend date. The Fund declares and pays dividends and capital gain distributions, if any, at least annually to comply with the distribution requirements of the Internal Revenue Code and may make distributions on a more frequent basis. The characteristics of income and gains to be distributed are determined in accordance with income tax regulations, which may differ from GAAP for investment companies.
E. Federal Income Taxes. It is the policy of the Fund to comply with the requirements of subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code and related excise tax provisions applicable to regulated investment companies and to distribute substantially all of its net investment income and any net realized capital gains to its shareholders.
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS as of May 31, 2022 (continued)
NOTE 2 — SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (continued)
Therefore, no federal income tax provision is required. Management has considered the sustainability of the Fund’s tax positions taken on federal income tax returns for all open tax years in making this determination. No capital gain distributions will be made until any capital loss carryforwards have been fully utilized.
The Fund may utilize equalization accounting for tax purposes, whereby a portion of redemption payments are treated as distributions of income or gain.
F. Use of Estimates. The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of increases and decreases in net assets from operations during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
G. Securities Lending. The Fund has the option to temporarily loan up to 331∕3% of its total assets to brokers, dealers or other financial institutions in exchange for a negotiated lender’s fee. Securities lending involves two primary risks: “investment risk” and “borrower default risk.” When lending securities, the Fund will receive cash or U.S. government securities as collateral. Investment risk is the risk that the Fund will lose money from the investment of the cash collateral received from the borrower. Borrower default risk is the risk that the Fund will lose money due to the failure of a borrower to return a borrowed security. Loans are subject to termination at the option of the borrower or the Fund. Securities lending may result in leverage. The use of leverage may exaggerate any increase or decrease in the NAV, causing the Fund to be more volatile. The use of leverage may increase expenses and increase the impact of the Fund’s other risks.
H. Offering Costs. Costs incurred with the offering of shares of the Fund are deferred and amortized over a twelve month period on a straight-line basis starting at the date of the Reorganization.
I. Indemnifications. In the normal course of business, the Trust may enter into contracts that provide certain indemnifications. The Trust’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is dependent on future claims that may be made against the Fund and, therefore, cannot be estimated; however, based on experience, management considers the risk of loss from such claims remote.
NOTE 3 — INVESTMENT TRANSACTIONS
For the period from October 1, 2021 to May 31, 2022, the cost of purchases and the proceeds from the sales of securities, excluding short-term securities, were as follows:
| Purchases | | | Sales | |
| $304,486,650 | | | | $ | 285,774,979 | | |
NOTE 4 — INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT FEES
Effective close of business April 1, 2022, the Fund entered into an investment management agreement (“Management Agreement”) with the Voya Investments. Voya Investments has overall responsibility for the management of the Fund. Voya Investments oversees all investment advisory and portfolio management services for the Fund and assists in managing and supervising all aspects of the general day-to-day business activities and operations of the Fund, including custodial, transfer agency, dividend disbursing, accounting, auditing, compliance and related services. This Management Agreement compensates Voya Investments with a management fee of 0.80% on all assets, computed daily and payable monthly, based on the average daily net assets of the Fund.
Effective January 1, 2022 through April 1, 2022, Voya IM and PMP Trust entered into an interim investment advisory agreement (the “Interim Advisory Agreement”) on behalf of the Predecessor Fund. The Interim Advisory Agreement compensated Voya IM with a management fee of 0.80% based on the average daily net assets of the Predecessor Fund.
Prior to January 1, 2022, Tygh Capital Management, Inc. (“Tygh”) served as the investment adviser to the Predecessor Fund pursuant to an investment advisory agreement between PMP Trust and Tygh (the “Prior Advisory Agreement’). The Prior Advisory Agreement compensated Tygh with a management fee of 0.80% based on the average daily net assets of the Predecessor Fund.
Prior to the close of business April 1, 2022, U.S. Bancorp Fund Services LLC, doing business as U.S. Bank Global Fund Services (“Fund Services”), served as the Predecessor Fund’s administrator, fund accountant, and transfer agent. The Officers of PMP Trust and the Chief Compliance Officer were also employees of Fund Services. The Predecessor Fund paid Fund Services for these services, which are disclosed in the accompanying Statement of Operations.
Effective close of business April 1, 2022, Voya Investments has entered into a sub-advisory agreement with Voya IM. Voya IM provides investment advice for the Fund and is
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS as of May 31, 2022 (continued)
NOTE 4 — INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT FEES (continued)
paid by Voya Investments based on the average daily net assets of the Fund. Subject to such policies as the Board or Voya Investments may determine, Voya IM manages the Fund’s assets in accordance with the Fund’s investment objectives, policies, and limitations.
NOTE 5 — OTHER TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATES AND RELATED PARTIES
At May 31, 2022, there were no direct or indirect, wholly-owned subsidiaries of Voya Financial, Inc. or affiliated investment companies that owned more than 5% of the Fund.
Voya Investments may direct the Fund’s sub-adviser to use its best efforts (subject to obtaining best execution of each transaction) to allocate the Fund’s equity security transactions through certain designated broker-dealers. The designated broker-dealer, in turn, will reimburse a portion of the brokerage commissions to pay certain expenses of the Fund. Any amount credited to the Fund is reflected as brokerage commission recapture on the accompanying Statement of Operations.
Effective close of business April 1, 2022, the Fund has adopted a deferred compensation plan (the “DC Plan”), which allows eligible independent trustees, as described in the DC Plan, to defer the receipt of all or a portion of the trustees’ fees that they are entitled to receive from the Fund. For purposes of determining the amount owed to the trustee under the DC Plan, the amounts deferred are invested in shares of the funds selected by the trustee (the “Notional Funds”). When the Fund purchases shares of the Notional Funds, which are all advised by Voya Investments, in amounts equal to the trustees’ deferred fees, this results in a Fund asset equal to the deferred compensation liability. Such assets, if applicable, are included as a component of “Other assets” on the accompanying Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Deferral of trustees’ fees under the DC Plan will not affect net assets of the Fund, and will not materially affect the Fund’s assets, liabilities or net investment income per share. Amounts will be deferred until distributed in accordance with the DC Plan.
Effective close of business April 1, 2022, the Fund may pay per account fees to affiliates of Voya Investments for recordkeeping services provided on certain assets. For the period ended May 31, 2022, the Fund did not pay any amounts for affiliated recordkeeping services.
NOTE 6 — EXPENSE LIMITATION AGREEMENT
Effective close of business April 1, 2022, Voya Investments has entered into a written expense limitation agreement
(“Expense Limitation Agreement”) with the Fund whereby Voya Investments has agreed to limit expenses, excluding interest, taxes, investment-related costs, leverage expenses, extraordinary expenses and acquired fund fees and expenses to the levels listed below:
| Class I | | | Class R6 | |
| 0.95% | | | | | 0.85% | | |
Voya Investments may at a later date recoup from the Fund for class specific fees waived and/or other expenses reimbursed by the investment adviser during the previous 36 months, but only if, after such recoupment, the Fund’s expense ratio does not exceed the percentage described above. Waived and reimbursed fees net of any recoupment by the investment adviser of such waived and reimbursed fees are reflected on the accompanying Statement of Operations. Amounts payable by the investment adviser are reflected on the accompanying Statement of Assets and Liabilities.
The amount of class specific fees waived or reimbursed that are subject to possible recoupment by the Investment Adviser and the related expiration dates, as of May 31, 2022, are as follows:
| | | May 31, | | | | | | | |
| | | 2023 | | | 2024 | | | 2025 | | | Total | |
Class R6 | | | | $ | — | | | | | $ | — | | | | | $ | 4 | | | | | $ | 4 | | |
The Expense Limitation Agreement is contractual through October 1, 2024 and the Expense Limitation Agreement shall renew automatically for one-year terms. Termination or modification of this obligation requires approval by the Board.
Effective January 1, 2022 through April 1, 2022, Voya IM and PMP Trust entered into an interim expense limitation agreement on behalf of the Predecessor Fund, whereas Voya IM agreed to limit the expenses of the Predecessor Fund (excluding interest, taxes, investment-related costs, leverage expenses, extraordinary expenses and acquired fund fees and expenses) to 0.95%.
Prior to close of business January 1, 2022, Tygh contractually agreed to reduce its fees and/or pay the Predecessor Fund’s expenses (excluding interest expense in connection with investment activities, taxes, extraordinary expenses, and acquired fund fees and expenses) in order to limit expenses to 0.95%.
NOTE 7 — LINE OF CREDIT
Effective close of business April 1, 2022, the Fund entered into an unsecured committed revolving line of credit agreement (the “Credit Agreement”) with The Bank of New York Mellon (“BNY”) for an aggregate amount of $400,000,000 through June 13, 2022. The proceeds may
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS as of May 31, 2022 (continued)
NOTE 7 — LINE OF CREDIT (continued)
be used only to finance temporarily: (1) the purchase or sale of investment securities; or (2) the repurchase or redemption of shares of the Fund or certain other funds managed by Voya Investments. The funds to which the line of credit is available pay a commitment fee equal to 0.15% per annum on the daily unused portion of the committed line amount payable quarterly in arrears.
Borrowings under the Credit Agreement accrue interest at the federal funds rate plus a specified margin. Repayments generally must be made within 60 days after the date of a revolving credit advance.
Prior to the close of business April 4, 2022, the Predecessor Fund had a line of credit with U.S. Bank N.A. for $40,000,000 for temporary or extraordinary purposes.
During the period ended May 31, 2022, the Fund did not utilize the line of credit.
NOTE 8 — REDEMPTION-IN-KIND TRANSACTIONS
On June 26, 2020, one shareholder redeemed a total of $73,950,835 from the Predecessor Fund as a redemption-in-kind transaction. In this transaction, the Predecessor Fund distributed a proportionate amount of securities in the Predecessor Fund’s portfolio to the shareholder. Remaining shareholders in the Predecessor Fund did not recognize any additional capital gains from the transactions.
NOTE 9 — CAPITAL SHARES
Transactions in capital shares and dollars were as follows:
| | | Shares sold | | | Shares issued in merger | | | Reinvestment of distributions | | | Shares redeemed | | | Net increase (decrease) in shares outstanding | | | Shares sold | | | Proceeds from shares issued in merger | | | Reinvestment of distributions | | | Shares redeemed | | | Net increase (decrease) | |
Year or period ended | | | # | | | # | | | # | | | # | | | # | | | ($) | | | ($) | | | ($) | | | ($) | | | ($) | |
Class I(1)(2) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
10/01/2021 - 05/31/2022(3) | | | | | 1,534,985 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 1,993,470 | | | | | | (1,051,274) | | | | | | 2,477,181 | | | | | | 61,494,857 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 87,154,479 | | | | | | (42,549,863) | | | | | | 106,099,473 | | |
10/01/2020 - 09/30/2021 | | | | | 1,818,953 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 654,991 | | | | | | (2,269,306) | | | | | | 204,638 | | | | | | 84,906,869 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 27,824,008 | | | | | | (104,387,540) | | | | | | 8,343,337 | | |
10/01/2019 - 09/30/2020(4) | | | | | 2,368,259 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 175,111 | | | | | | (5,241,475) | | | | | | (2,698,105) | | | | | | 74,380,976 | | | | | | — | | | | | | 6,261,981 | | | | | | (176,420,072) | | | | | | (95,777,115) | | |
Class R6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
4/4/2022(5) - 5/31/2022 | | | | | 77 | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | 77 | | | | | | 3,000 | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | 3,000 | | |
(1)
In connection with the Reorganization that occurred close of business April 1, 2022, the shares of the Predecessor Fund were redesignated as Class I shares.
(2)
For the fiscal year ended September 30, 2020 and 2021, the information presented was audited by a different independent registered public accounting firm.
(3)
Effective close of business April 1, 2022, the fiscal year-end was changed from September 30 to May 31.
(4)
During the year ended September 30, 2020, shares redeemed included redemption in-kind transactions of 2,265,654 shares valued at $73,950,835. See Note 8.
(5)
Commencement of operations.
NOTE 10 — REORGANIZATION
At a special meeting of the shareholders of the Predecessor Fund held on March 15, 2022, shareholders of the Predecessor Fund approved the agreement and plan of Reorganization pursuant to which the Predecessor Fund transferred all of its assets in exchange for Class I shares to the Fund and the assumption by the Fund of all
the liabilities of the Predecessor Fund. The Predecessor Fund was determined to be the accounting and performance survivor following the Reorganization. The consummation of the Reorganization took place immediately after the close of business on April 1, 2022 in an exchange of shares as detailed below:
| Net assets of Predecessor Fund on April 1, 2022* | | | Net assets of Fund immediately before Reorganization | | | Net assets of Fund immediately after Reorganization | | | Predecessor Fund shares exchanged | | | Fund Shares Issued to the Predecessor Fund Shareholders | |
| $473,361,143 | | | | $ | — | | | | | $ | 473,361,143 | | | | | | 12,087,874 | | | | | | 12,087,874 | | |
*
Final day of operations immediately prior to the merger
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NOTE 10 — REORGANIZATION (continued)
Assuming the acquisition had been completed on October 1, 2021, the beginning of the reporting period of the Fund, the Fund’s pro forma results of operations for the period ended May 31, 2022, are as follows as reported in the accompanying Statement of Operations:
| Net Investment Income (Loss) | | | Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Investments | | | Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations | |
| $(1,835,871) | | | | $ | (90,881,208) | | | | | $ | (92,717,079) | | |
NOTE 11 — FEDERAL INCOME TAXES
The amount of distributions from net investment income and net realized capital gains are determined in accordance with federal income tax regulations, which may differ from GAAP for investment companies. These book/tax differences may be either temporary or permanent. Permanent differences are reclassified within the capital accounts based on their federal tax-basis treatment; temporary differences are not reclassified. Key differences include wash sale deferrals.
Dividends paid by the Fund from net investment income and distributions of net realized short-term capital gains are, for federal income tax purposes, taxable as ordinary income to shareholders.
The tax composition of dividends and distributions to shareholders was as follows:
| Eight Months Ended May 31, 2022(1) | | | Year Ended September 30, 2021 | |
| Ordinary Income | | | Long-term Capital Gains | | | Ordinary Income | | | Long-term Capital Gains | |
| $18,192,394 | | | | $ | 70,798,534 | | | | | $ | 2,551,820 | | | | | $ | 25,719,474 | | |
(1)
The Fund’s tax year-end changed from September 30 to May 31.
The tax-basis components of distributable earnings as of May 31, 2022 were:
| Undistributed Long-term Capital Gains | | | Late Year Ordinary Losses Deferred | | | Post-October Capital Losses Deferred | | | Unrealized Appreciation/ (Depreciation) | | | Total Distributable Earnings/(Loss) | |
| $38,736,165 | | | | $ | (1,048,459) | | | | | $ | (24,560,820) | | | | | $ | 32,057,296 | | | | | $ | 45,184,182 | | |
At May 31, 2022, the Fund did not have any capital loss carryovers for U.S. federal income tax purposes.
The Fund’s major tax jurisdictions are U.S. federal and Arizona state.
As of May 31, 2022 no provision for income tax is required in the Fund’s financial statements as a result of tax positions taken on federal and state income tax returns for open tax years. The Fund’s federal and state income and federal excise tax returns for tax years for which the applicable statutes of limitations have not expired are subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service and state department of revenue. Generally, the preceding four tax years remain subject to examination by these jurisdictions.
NOTE 12 — LONDON INTERBANK OFFERED RATE (“LIBOR”)
In 2017, the UK Financial Conduct Authority announced its intention to cease compelling banks to provide the quotations needed to sustain LIBOR after 2021. On March 5, 2021, ICE Benchmark Administration, the administrator of LIBOR, stated that non-U.S. dollar LIBOR reference rates and the one-week and two-month LIBOR reference rates will cease to be provided or no longer be representative immediately after December 31, 2021 and the remaining more commonly used LIBOR settings will cease to be provided or no longer be representative immediately after June 30, 2023. In addition, global regulators have announced that, with limited exceptions,
no new LIBOR-based contracts should be entered into after 2021. Actions by regulators have resulted in the establishment of alternative reference rates to LIBOR in most major currencies (e.g., the Secured Overnight Financing Rate for U.S. Dollar LIBOR and the Sterling Overnight Interbank Average Rate for Sterling LIBOR).
Discontinuance of LIBOR and adoption/implementation of alternative rates pose a number of risks, including among others whether any substitute rate will experience the market participation and liquidity necessary to provide a workable substitute for LIBOR; the effect on parties’ existing contractual arrangements, hedging transactions, and investment strategies generally from a conversion from LIBOR to alternative rates; the effect on the Fund’s existing
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS as of May 31, 2022 (continued)
NOTE 12 — LONDON INTERBANK OFFERED RATE (“LIBOR”) (continued)
investments (including, for example, fixed-income investments; senior loans; CLOs and CDOs; and derivatives transactions), including the possibility that some of those investments may terminate or their terms may be adjusted to the disadvantage of the Fund; and the risk of general market disruption during the period of the conversion. It is difficult to predict at this time the likely impact of the transition away from LIBOR on the Fund.
NOTE 13 — MARKET DISRUPTION
The Fund is subject to the risk that geopolitical events will disrupt securities markets and adversely affect global economies and markets. Due to the increasing interdependence among global economies and markets, conditions in one country, market, or region might adversely impact markets, issuers and/or foreign exchange rates in other countries, including the United States. Wars, terrorism, global health crises and pandemics, and other geopolitical events have led, and in the future may lead, to increased market volatility and may have adverse short- or long-term effects on U.S. and world economies and markets generally. For example, the COVID-19 pandemic has resulted, and may continue to result, in significant market volatility, exchange trading suspensions and closures, declines in global financial markets, higher default rates, and a substantial economic downturn in economies throughout the world. Natural and environmental disasters and systemic market dislocations are also highly disruptive to economies and markets. In addition, military action by Russia in Ukraine could adversely affect global energy and financial markets and therefore could affect the value of a Fund’s investments, including beyond a Fund’s direct exposure to Russian issuers or nearby geographic regions. The extent and duration of the military action, sanctions and resulting market disruptions are impossible to predict and could be substantial. Those events as well as other changes in non-U.S. and domestic economic, social, and political conditions also could adversely affect individual issuers or related groups of issuers, securities markets, interest rates, credit ratings, inflation, investor sentiment, and other factors affecting the value of the investments of the portfolio and of the Fund. Any of these occurrences could disrupt the operations of the Fund and of the Fund’s service providers.
NOTE 14 — OTHER ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS
In March 2020, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued Accounting Standards Update No. 2020-04 (“ASU 2020-04”), Reference Rate Reform (Topic 848) — Facilitation of the Effects of Reference Rate Reform on Financial Reporting. The amendments in ASU 2020-04 provide optional temporary financial reporting relief from the effect of certain types of contract modifications due to the planned discontinuation of LIBOR and other interbank-offered based reference rates as of the end of 2021. ASU 2020-04 is effective for certain reference rate-related contract modifications that occur during the period March 12, 2020 through December 31, 2022. Management is currently evaluating the impact, if any, of applying ASU 2020-04.
NOTE 15 — SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
Line of Credit Renewal: Effective June 13, 2022, the funds to which the Credit Agreement is available have entered into a renewed 364-Day Credit Agreement with BNY for an aggregate amount of $400,000,000 and will pay a commitment fee equal to 0.15% per annum on the daily unused portion of the committed line amount payable quarterly in arrears.
Merger: The Board approved a proposal to reorganize Voya SmallCap Opportunities Fund (the “Disappearing Fund”), which is not included in this report, with and into Small Cap Growth (the “Merger”). The proposed Merger is subject to approval by shareholders of the Disappearing Fund at a shareholder meeting scheduled to be held on or about September 27, 2022. If shareholder approval of the Merger is obtained, it is expected that the Merger will take place on or about October 21, 2022. Effective with the Merger, Voya Investments has agreed to waive 0.02% of the management fee for Small Cap Growth through October 1, 2024.
The Fund has evaluated events occurring after the Statement of Assets and Liabilities date through the date that the financial statements were issued (“subsequent events”), to determine whether any subsequent events necessitated adjustment to or disclosure in the financial statements. Other than the above, no such subsequent events were identified.
PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS
Voya Small Cap Growth Fund | as of May 31, 2022 |
Shares | | | Value | | | Percentage of Net Assets | |
COMMON STOCK: 95.8% | |
| | | Consumer Discretionary: 12.9% | |
17,368 (1) | | | Cavco Industries, Inc. | | | | $ | 3,858,475 | | | | | | 0.9 | | |
25,240 | | | Churchill Downs, Inc. | | | | | 5,109,333 | | | | | | 1.2 | | |
74,733 (1) | | | Dave & Buster’s Entertainment, Inc. | | | | | 2,831,633 | | | | | | 0.7 | | |
63,472 (1) | | | Dorman Products, Inc. | | | | | 6,413,846 | | | | | | 1.5 | | |
15,540 (1) | | | Five Below, Inc. | | | | | 2,029,369 | | | | | | 0.5 | | |
96,341 (1) | | | Gentherm, Inc. | | | | | 6,641,748 | | | | | | 1.5 | | |
329,972 (1) | | | Lindblad Expeditions Holdings, Inc. | | | | | 4,738,398 | | | | | | 1.1 | | |
111,593 (1) | | | Liquidity Services, Inc. | | | | | 1,559,074 | | | | | | 0.4 | | |
151,418 (1) | | | Planet Fitness, Inc. | | | | | 10,655,285 | | | | | | 2.5 | | |
73,372 (1) | | | Revolve Group, Inc. | | | | | 2,155,669 | | | | | | 0.5 | | |
30,816 (1) | | | Skyline Champion Corp. | | | | | 1,637,254 | | | | | | 0.4 | | |
93,273 | | | Texas Roadhouse, Inc. | | | | | 7,272,496 | | | | | | 1.7 | | |
| | | | | | | | 54,902,580 | | | | | | 12.9 | | |
| | | Consumer Staples: 0.8% | |
47,269 (1) | | | Freshpet, Inc. | | | | | 3,401,950 | | | | | | 0.8 | | |
| | | | |
| | | Energy: 4.3% | |
485,384 (1) | | | Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc. | | | | | 2,252,182 | | | | | | 0.5 | | |
122,560 | | | Matador Resources Co. | | | | | 7,463,904 | | | | | | 1.8 | | |
279,648 | | | Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc. | | | | | 5,335,684 | | | | | | 1.3 | | |
244,038 (1) | | | ProPetro Holding Corp. | | | | | 3,184,696 | | | | | | 0.7 | | |
| | | | | | | | 18,236,466 | | | | | | 4.3 | | |
| | | Financials: 8.2% | |
219,439 (1) | | | Focus Financial Partners, Inc. | | | | | 8,272,850 | | | | | | 1.9 | | |
79,354 | | | Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital, Inc. | | | | | 3,021,007 | | | | | | 0.7 | | |
84,987 | | | HCI Group, Inc. | | | | | 5,776,566 | | | | | | 1.4 | | |
18,137 | | | Kinsale Capital Group, Inc. | | | | | 3,987,963 | | | | | | 0.9 | | |
72,334 | | | Western Alliance Bancorp. | | | | | 5,885,818 | | | | | | 1.4 | | |
91,743 | | | Wintrust Financial Corp. | | | | | 8,017,421 | | | | | | 1.9 | | |
| | | | | | | | 34,961,625 | | | | | | 8.2 | | |
| | | Health Care: 17.6% | |
67,117 (1) | | | Alkermes PLC | | | | | 2,003,442 | | | | | | 0.5 | | |
27,697 (1) | | | Amedisys, Inc. | | | | | 3,210,359 | | | | | | 0.8 | | |
25,694 (1) | | | Apellis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | | | | | 1,065,016 | | | | | | 0.3 | | |
42,905 (1) | | | Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | | | | | 1,431,311 | | | | | | 0.3 | | |
17,933 (1) | | | Arvinas, Inc. | | | | | 747,627 | | | | | | 0.2 | | |
147,250 (1) | | | Axonics, Inc. | | | | | 7,362,500 | | | | | | 1.7 | | |
15,671 (1) | | | Beam Therapeutics, Inc. | | | | | 551,306 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
19,430 (1) | | | Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Co. Ltd. | | | | | 2,792,674 | | | | | | 0.7 | | |
12,076 | | | Bio-Techne Corp. | | | | | 4,464,860 | | | | | | 1.0 | | |
24,224 (1) | | | Blueprint Medicines Corp. | | | | | 1,332,320 | | | | | | 0.3 | | |
17,561 (1) | | | CareDx, Inc. | | | | | 441,659 | | | | | | 0.1 | | |
Shares | | | Value | | | Percentage of Net Assets | |
COMMON STOCK: (continued) | |
| | | Health Care (continued) | |
37,112 (1) | | | Denali Therapeutics, Inc. | | | | $ | 901,450 | | | | | | 0.2 | | |
77,137 (1) | | | Establishment Labs Holdings, Inc. | | | | | 4,759,353 | | | | | | 1.1 | | |
33,313 (1) | | | Fate Therapeutics, Inc. | | | | | 769,530 | | | | | | 0.2 | | |
56,793 (1) | | | Halozyme Therapeutics, Inc. | | | | | 2,611,342 | | | | | | 0.6 | | |
37,595 (1) | | | ICON PLC | | | | | 8,413,385 | | | | | | 2.0 | | |
21,619 (1) | | | Intellia Therapeutics, Inc. | | | | | 997,501 | | | | | | 0.2 | | |
29,057 (1) | | | Intra-Cellular Therapies, Inc. | | | | | 1,667,872 | | | | | | 0.4 | | |
131,499 | | | LeMaitre Vascular, Inc. | | | | | 6,012,134 | | | | | | 1.4 | | |
23,325 (1) | | | LHC Group, Inc. | | | | | 3,887,345 | | | | | | 0.9 | | |
47,245 (1) | | | ModivCare, Inc. | | | | | 4,508,590 | | | | | | 1.1 | | |
30,257 (1) | | | Pacira BioSciences, Inc. | | | | | 1,913,755 | | | | | | 0.4 | | |
166,555 (1) | | | Progyny, Inc. | | | | | 5,264,804 | | | | | | 1.2 | | |
31,561 (1) | | | PTC Therapeutics, Inc. | | | | | 926,947 | | | | | | 0.2 | | |
291,473 (1) | | | R1 RCM, Inc. | | | | | 6,257,925 | | | | | | 1.5 | | |
19,103 (1) | | | Twist Bioscience Corp. | | | | | 650,266 | | | | | | 0.2 | | |
| | | | | | | | 74,945,273 | | | | | | 17.6 | | |
| | | Industrials: 21.8% | |
61,012 (1) | | | ASGN, Inc. | | | | | 5,810,173 | | | | | | 1.4 | | |
32,058 (1) | | | Axon Enterprise, Inc. | | | | | 3,249,399 | | | | | | 0.7 | | |
42,470 (1) | | | CACI International, Inc. | | | | | 11,907,314 | | | | | | 2.8 | | |
105,849 (1) | | | Casella Waste Systems, Inc. | | | | | 7,576,671 | | | | | | 1.8 | | |
65,107 (1) | | | Chart Industries, Inc. | | | | | 11,451,019 | | | | | | 2.7 | | |
91,510 (1) | | | Clean Harbors, Inc. | | | | | 8,547,034 | | | | | | 2.0 | | |
89,797 | | | Columbus McKinnon Corp. | | | | | 3,030,649 | | | | | | 0.7 | | |
134,366 | | | H&E Equipment Services, Inc. | | | | | 4,790,148 | | | | | | 1.1 | | |
114,203 (1) | | | Kirby Corp. | | | | | 7,712,128 | | | | | | 1.8 | | |
29,126 | | | Quanta Services, Inc. | | | | | 3,465,994 | | | | | | 0.8 | | |
172,014 | | | Spirit Aerosystems Holdings, Inc. | | | | | 5,404,680 | | | | | | 1.3 | | |
219,023 (1) | | | Sterling Construction Co., Inc. | | | | | 5,390,156 | | | | | | 1.3 | | |
75,561 | | | TFI International, Inc. | | | | | 6,199,780 | | | | | | 1.4 | | |
236,689 (1) | | | WillScot Mobile Mini Holdings Corp. | | | | | 8,456,898 | | | | | | 2.0 | | |
| | | | | | | | 92,992,043 | | | | | | 21.8 | | |
| | | Information Technology: 26.6% | |
230,994 (1) | | | Cohu, Inc. | | | | | 7,029,148 | | | | | | 1.7 | | |
40,722 (1) | | | CyberArk Software Ltd. | | | | | 5,656,286 | | | | | | 1.3 | | |
47,036 (1) | | | Diodes, Inc. | | | | | 3,622,242 | | | | | | 0.9 | | |
46,189 (1) | | | ExlService Holdings, Inc. | | | | | 6,567,614 | | | | | | 1.5 | | |
71,843 (1) | | | Fabrinet | | | | | 6,241,002 | | | | | | 1.5 | | |
59,598 (1) | | | Five9, Inc. | | | | | 5,763,723 | | | | | | 1.4 | | |
260,833 | | | Genpact Ltd. | | | | | 11,573,160 | | | | | | 2.7 | | |
162,815 (1) | | | I3 Verticals, Inc. | | | | | 3,796,846 | | | | | | 0.9 | | |
522,593 (1) | | | indie Semiconductor, Inc. | | | | | 4,018,740 | | | | | | 1.0 | | |
See Accompanying Notes to Financial Statements
PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS
Voya Small Cap Growth Fund | as of May 31, 2022 (continued) |
Shares | | | Value | | | Percentage of Net Assets | |
COMMON STOCK: (continued) | |
| | | Information Technology (continued) | |
105,496 | | | Kulicke & Soffa Industries, Inc. | | | | $ | 5,714,718 | | | | | | 1.3 | | |
23,940 | | | Littelfuse, Inc. | | | | | 6,468,588 | | | | | | 1.5 | | |
47,661 | | | MAXIMUS, Inc. | | | | | 3,092,722 | | | | | | 0.7 | | |
81,500 (1) | | | Onto Innovation, Inc. | | | | | 6,550,970 | | | | | | 1.5 | | |
66,285 (1) | | | Perficient, Inc. | | | | | 6,489,964 | | | | | | 1.5 | | |
49,686 (1) | | | Rapid7, Inc. | | | | | 3,521,247 | | | | | | 0.8 | | |
34,727 (1) | | | SiTime Corp. | | | | | 7,396,851 | | | | | | 1.7 | | |
74,962 (1) | | | Tower Semiconductor Ltd. | | | | | 3,617,666 | | | | | | 0.9 | | |
480,492 (1) | | | Viavi Solutions, Inc. | | | | | 6,952,719 | | | | | | 1.6 | | |
129,925 (1) | | | WNS Holdings Ltd. ADR | | | | | 9,454,642 | | | | | | 2.2 | | |
| | | | | | | | 113,528,848 | | | | | | 26.6 | | |
| | | Materials: 3.6% | |
112,469 (1) | | | Aspen Aerogels, Inc. | | | | | 1,970,457 | | | | | | 0.5 | | |
304,239 | | | Element Solutions, Inc. | | | | | 6,477,248 | | | | | | 1.5 | | |
65,884 | | | Innospec, Inc. | | | | | 6,722,145 | | | | | | 1.6 | | |
| | | | | | | | 15,169,850 | | | | | | 3.6 | | |
| | | Total Common Stock (Cost $370,779,536) | | | | | 408,138,635 | | | | | | 95.8 | | |
|
Shares | | | Value | | | Percentage of Net Assets | |
EXCHANGE-TRADED FUNDS: 1.3% | |
81,424 (1) | | | SPDR S&P Biotech ETF | | | | $ | 5,600,343 | | | | | | 1.3 | | |
| | | Total Exchange-Traded Funds (Cost $6,845,409) | | | | | 5,600,343 | | | | | | 1.3 | | |
| | | Total Investments in Securities (Cost $377,624,945) | | | | $ | 413,738,978 | | | | | | 97.1 | | |
| | | Assets in Excess of Other Liabilities | | | | | 12,420,808 | | | | | | 2.9 | | |
| | | Net Assets | | | | $ | 426,159,786 | | | | | | 100.0 | | |
|
ADR
American Depositary Receipt
(1)
Non-income producing security.
Fair Value Measurements^
The following is a summary of the fair valuations according to the inputs used as of May 31, 2022 in valuing the assets and liabilities:
| | | Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Investments (Level 1) | | | Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) | | | Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) | | | Fair Value at May 31, 2022 | |
Asset Table | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Investments, at fair value | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Common Stock* | | | | $ | 408,138,635 | | | | | $ | — | | | | | $ | — | | | | | $ | 408,138,635 | | |
Exchange-Traded Funds | | | | | 5,600,343 | | | | | | — | | | | | | — | | | | | | 5,600,343 | | |
Total Investments, at fair value | | | | $ | 413,738,978 | | | | | $ | — | | | | | $ | — | | | | | $ | 413,738,978 | | |
^
See Note 2, “Significant Accounting Policies” in the Notes to Financial Statements for additional information.
*
For further breakdown of Common Stock by sector, please refer to the Portfolio of Investments.
At May 31, 2022, the aggregate cost of securities and other investments and the composition of unrealized appreciation and depreciation of securities and other investments on a tax basis were:
Cost for federal income tax purposes was $381,681,637.
| Net unrealized appreciation consisted of: | | | | | | | |
| Gross Unrealized Appreciation | | | | $ | 76,190,794 | | |
| Gross Unrealized Depreciation | | | | | (44,133,498) | | |
| Net Unrealized Appreciation | | | | $ | 32,057,296 | | |
See Accompanying Notes to Financial Statements
TAX INFORMATION (Unaudited)
Dividends and distributions paid during the eight months(1) ended May 31, 2022 were as follows:
Fund Name | | | Type | | | Per Share Amount | |
Voya Small Cap Growth Fund(2) | | | | | | | | | | |
Class I | | | STCG | | | | $ | 1.7642 | | |
Class I | | | LTCG | | | | $ | 6.8656 | | |
STCG – Short-term capital gain
LTCG – Long-term capital gain
(1)
The Fund’s tax year-end changed from September 30 to May 31.
(2)
Distributions were made by the Predecessor Fund (TCM Small Cap Growth Fund). See Note 1.
Of the ordinary distributions made during the eight months ended May 31, 2022, 9.84% qualify for the dividends received deduction (DRD) available to corporate shareholders.
For the eight months ended May 31, 2022, 10.43% of ordinary distributions paid by the Fund is designated as qualifying dividend income (QDI) subject to reduced income tax rates for individuals.
The Fund designates 100% of its short-term capital gain distributions as short-term capital gain dividends as defined in Internal Revenue Code Section 871(k)(2).
The Fund designates $70,798,534 of long-term capital gain distributions as 20% rate long-term capital gain dividends under Internal Revenue Code Section 852(b)(3)(C).
The Fund designates $6,561 as Section 199A dividends.
Above figures may differ from those cited elsewhere in this report due to differences in the calculation of income and gains under U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (book) purposes and Internal Revenue Service (tax) purposes.
Shareholders are strongly advised to consult their own tax advisers with respect to the tax consequences of their investments in the Fund. In January, shareholders, excluding corporate shareholders, receive an IRS 1099-DIV regarding the federal tax status of the dividends and distributions they received in the calendar year.
TRUSTEE AND OFFICER INFORMATION (Unaudited)
The business and affairs of the Trust are managed under the direction of the Board. A Trustee, who is not an interested person of the Trust, as defined in the 1940 Act, is an independent trustee (“Independent Trustee”). The Trustees and Officers of the Trust are listed below. The Statement of Additional Information includes additional information about Trustees of the Trust and is available, without charge, upon request at (800) 992-0180.
Name, Address and Age | | | Position(s) Held with the Trust | | | Term of Office and Length of Time Served(1) | | | Principal Occupation(s) – During the Past 5 Years | | | Number of funds in Fund Complex Overseen by Trustee(2) | | | Other Board Positions Held by Trustee | |
Independent Trustees: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Colleen D. Baldwin 7337 East Doubletree Ranch Rd. Suite 100 Scottsdale, Arizona 85258 Age: 62 | | | Trustee Chairperson | | | November 2007 – Present January 2020 – Present | | | President, Glantuam Partners, LLC, a business consulting firm (January 2009 – Present). | | | 131 | | | RSR Partners, Inc. (2016 – Present). | |
John V. Boyer 7337 East Doubletree Ranch Rd. Suite 100 Scottsdale, Arizona 85258 Age: 69 | | | Trustee | | | January 2005 – Present | | | Retired. Formerly, President and Chief Executive Officer, Bechtler Arts Foundation, an arts and education foundation (January 2008 – December 2019). | | | 131 | | | None. | |
Patricia W. Chadwick 7337 East Doubletree Ranch Rd. Suite 100 Scottsdale, Arizona 85258 Age: 73 | | | Trustee | | | January 2006 – Present | | | Consultant and President, Ravengate Partners LLC, a consulting firm that provides advice regarding financial markets and the global economy (January 2000 – Present). | | | 131 | | | Wisconsin Energy Corporation (June 2006 – Present); The Royce Funds (22 funds) (December 2009 – Present); and AMICA Mutual Insurance Company (1992 – Present). | |
Martin J. Gavin 7337 East Doubletree Ranch Rd. Suite 100 Scottsdale, AZ 85258 Age: 72 | | | Trustee | | | August 2015 – Present | | | Retired. | | | 131 | | | None. | |
Joseph E. Obermeyer 7337 East Doubletree Ranch Rd. Suite 100 Scottsdale, Arizona 85258 Age: 64 | | | Trustee | | | May 2013 – Present | | | President, Obermeyer & Associates, Inc., a provider of financial and economic consulting services (November 1999 – Present). | | | 131 | | | None. | |
Sheryl K. Pressler 7337 East Doubletree Ranch Rd. Suite 100 Scottsdale, Arizona 85258 Age: 71 | | | Trustee | | | January 2006 – Present | | | Consultant (May 2001 – Present). | | | 131 | | | Centerra Gold Inc. (May 2008 – Present). | |
Christopher P. Sullivan 7337 East Doubletree Ranch Rd. Suite 100 Scottsdale, Arizona 85258 Age: 68 | | | Trustee | | | October 2015 – Present | | | Retired. | | | 131 | | | None. | |
TRUSTEE AND OFFICER INFORMATION (Unaudited) (continued)
Name, Address and Age | | | Position(s) Held with the Trust | | | Term of Office and Length of Time Served(1) | | | Principal Occupation(s) – During the Past 5 Years | | | Number of funds in Fund Complex Overseen by Trustee(2) | | | Other Board Positions Held by Trustee | | | | | |
Trustee who is an “interested person”: | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Dina Santoro 230 Park Avenue New York, New York 10169 Age: 49 | | | Trustee | | | July 2018 – Present | | | President, Voya Investments, LLC and Voya Capital, LLC (March 2018 – Present); Senior Vice President, Voya Investments Distributor, LLC (April 2018 – Present); Chief Operating Officer, Voya Investment Management (January 2022 – Present); Senior Managing Director, Head of Product and Marketing Strategy, Voya Investment Management (September 2017 – Present). Formerly, Managing Director, Quantitative Management Associates, LLC (January 2004 – August 2017). | | | 131 | | | Voya Investments, LLC, Voya Capital, LLC, and Voya Funds Services, LLC (March 2018 – Present); Voya Investments Distributor, LLC (April 2018 – Present). | | | | | |
(1)
Trustees serve until their successors are duly elected and qualified. The tenure of each Trustee who is not an “interested person” as defined in the 1940 Act, of each Fund (“Independent Trustee”) is subject to the Board’s retirement policy which states that each duly elected or appointed Independent Trustee shall retire from and cease to be a member of the Board of Trustees at the close of business on December 31 of the calendar year in which the Independent Trustee attains the age of 75. A majority vote of the Board’s other Independent Trustees may extend the retirement date of an Independent Trustee if the retirement would trigger a requirement to hold a meeting of shareholders of the Trust under applicable law, whether for the purposes of appointing a successor to the Independent Trustee or otherwise comply under applicable law, in which case the extension would apply until such time as the shareholder meeting can be held or is no longer required (as determined by a vote of a majority of the other Independent Trustees).
(2)
For the purposes of this table, “Fund Complex” means the Voya family of funds including the following investment companies: Voya Asia Pacific High Dividend Equity Income Fund; Voya Balanced Portfolio, Inc.; Voya Emerging Markets High Dividend Equity Fund; Voya Equity Trust; Voya Funds Trust; Voya Global Advantage and Premium Opportunity Fund; Voya Global Equity Dividend and Premium Opportunity Fund; Voya Government Money Market Portfolio; Voya Infrastructure, Industrials and Materials Fund; Voya Intermediate Bond Portfolio; Voya Investors Trust; Voya Mutual Funds; Voya Partners, Inc.; Voya Senior Income Fund; Voya Separate Portfolios Trust; Voya Strategic Allocation Portfolios, Inc.; Voya Variable Funds; Voya Variable Insurance Trust; Voya Variable Portfolios, Inc.; and Voya Variable Products Trust. The number of funds in the Fund Complex is as of June 30, 2022.
TRUSTEE AND OFFICER INFORMATION (Unaudited) (continued)
Name, Address and Age | | | Position(s) Held With the Trust | | | Term of Office and Length of Time Served(1) | | | Principal Occupation(s) – During the Past 5 Years | |
Michael Bell One Orange Way Windsor, Connecticut 06095 Age: 53 | | | Chief Executive Officer | | | March 2018 – Present | | | Chief Executive Officer and Director, Voya Investments, LLC, Voya Capital, LLC, and Voya Funds Services, LLC (March 2018 – Present); Senior Vice President, Voya Investments Distributor, LLC (March 2020 – Present); Chief Financial Officer, Voya Investment Management (September 2014 – Present). Formerly, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Voya Investments Distributor, LLC (September 2019 – March 2020); Senior Vice President and Treasurer, Voya Investments Distributor, LLC (November 2015 – September 2019); Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, Voya Investments, LLC (November 2015 – March 2018). | |
Dina Santoro 230 Park Avenue New York, New York 10169 Age: 49 | | | President | | | March 2018 – Present | | | President and Director, Voya Investments, LLC and Voya Capital, LLC (March 2018 – Present); Director, Voya Funds Services, LLC (March 2018 – Present); Director and Senior Vice President, Voya Investments Distributor, LLC (April 2018 – Present); Chief Operating Officer, Voya Investment Management (January 2022 – Present); Senior Managing Director, Head of Product and Marketing Strategy, Voya Investment Management (September 2017 – Present). Formerly, Managing Director, Quantitative Management Associates, LLC (January 2004 – August 2017). | |
Jonathan Nash 230 Park Avenue New York, New York 10169 Age: 54 | | | Executive Vice President Chief Investment Risk Officer | | | March 2020 – Present March 2020 – Present | | | Executive Vice President and Chief Investment Risk Officer, Voya Investments, LLC (March 2020 – Present) and Senior Vice President, Investment Risk Management, Voya Investment Management (March 2017 – Present). Formerly, Vice President, Voya Investments, LLC (September 2018 – March 2020); Consultant, DA Capital LLC (January 2016 – March 2017). | |
James M. Fink 5780 Powers Ferry Road NW Atlanta, Georgia 30327 Age: 64 | | | Executive Vice President | | | March 2018 – Present | | | Managing Director, Voya Investments, LLC, Voya Capital, LLC, and Voya Funds Services, LLC (March 2018 – Present); Senior Vice President, Voya Investments Distributor, LLC (April 2018 – Present); Chief Administrative Officer, Voya Investment Management (September 2017 – Present). Formerly, Managing Director, Operations, Voya Investment Management (March 1999 – September 2017). | |
Kristin M. Lynch 7337 East Doubletree Ranch Rd. Suite 100 Scottsdale, Arizona 85258 Age: 40 | | | Chief Compliance Officer | | | April 2022 – Present | | | Chief Compliance Officer, Voya Family of Funds (April 2022 – Present); Vice President, Voya Investment Management (March 2019 – Present). Formerly, Assistant Vice President, Voya Investment Management (March 2014 – March 2019). | |
Todd Modic 7337 East Doubletree Ranch Rd. Suite 100 Scottsdale, Arizona 85258 Age: 54 | | | Senior Vice President, Chief/Principal Financial Officer and Assistant Secretary | | | March 2005 – Present | | | President, Voya Funds Services, LLC (March 2018 – Present) and Senior Vice President, Voya Investments, LLC (April 2005 – Present). | |
Kimberly A. Anderson 7337 East Doubletree Ranch Rd. Suite 100 Scottsdale, Arizona 85258 Age: 58 | | | Senior Vice President | | | November 2003 – Present | | | Senior Vice President, Voya Investments, LLC (September 2003 – Present). | |
TRUSTEE AND OFFICER INFORMATION (Unaudited) (continued)
Name, Address and Age | | | Position(s) Held With the Trust | | | Term of Office and Length of Time Served(1) | | | Principal Occupation(s) – During the Past 5 Years | |
Sara M. Donaldson 7337 East Doubletree Ranch Rd. Suite 100 Scottsdale, Arizona 85258 Age: 62 | | | Senior Vice President | | | June 2022 – Present | | | Senior Vice President, Voya Investments, LLC (February 2022 – Present); Senior Vice President, Head of Active Ownership, Voya Investment Management (September 2021 – Present). Formerly, Vice President, Voya Investments, LLC (October 2015 – February 2022); Vice President, Head of Proxy Voting, Voya Investment Management (October 2015 – August 2021). | |
Andrew K. Schlueter 7337 East Doubletree Ranch Rd. Suite 100 Scottsdale, Arizona 85258 Age: 46 | | | Senior Vice President | | | June 2022 – Present | | | Vice President, Voya Investments Distributor, LLC (April 2018 – Present); Vice President, Voya Investments, LLC and Voya Funds Services, LLC (March 2018 – Present); Senior Vice President, Head of Mutual Fund Operations, Voya Investment Management (March 2022 – Present). Formerly, Vice President, Head of Mutual Fund Operations, Voya Investment Management (February 2018 – February 2022); Vice President, Voya Investment Management (March 2014 – February 2018). | |
Robert Terris 5780 Powers Ferry Road NW Atlanta, Georgia 30327 Age: 52 | | | Senior Vice President | | | May 2006 – Present | | | Senior Vice President, Voya Investments Distributor, LLC (April 2018 – Present); Senior Vice President, Head of Investment Services, Voya Investments, LLC (April 2018 – Present) and Voya Funds Services, LLC (March 2006 – Present). Formerly, Senior Vice President, Head of Division Operations, Voya Investments, LLC (October 2015 – April 2018). | |
Joanne F. Osberg 7337 East Doubletree Ranch Rd. Suite 100 Scottsdale, Arizona 85258 Age: 40 | | | Vice President Secretary | | | June 2022 – Present September 2020 – Present | | | Vice President and Senior Counsel, Voya Investment Management – Mutual Fund Legal Department (September 2020 – Present). Formerly, Vice President, Counsel, Voya Investment Management – Mutual Fund Legal Department (January 2013 – September 2020). | |
Fred Bedoya 7337 East Doubletree Ranch Rd. Suite 100 Scottsdale, Arizona 85258 Age: 49 | | | Vice President Treasurer | | | September 2012 – Present | | | Vice President, Voya Investments, LLC (October 2015 – Present) and Voya Funds Services, LLC (July 2012 – Present). | |
Maria M. Anderson 7337 East Doubletree Ranch Rd. Suite 100 Scottsdale, Arizona 85258 Age: 64 | | | Vice President | | | September 2004 – Present | | | Vice President, Voya Investments, LLC (October 2015 – Present) and Voya Funds Services, LLC (September 2004 – Present). | |
Robyn L. Ichilov 7337 East Doubletree Ranch Rd. Suite 100 Scottsdale, Arizona 85258 Age: 54 | | | Vice President | | | November 1999 – Present | | | Vice President, Voya Funds Services, LLC (November 1995 – Present) and Voya Investments, LLC (August 1997 – Present). | |
Jason Kadavy 7337 East Doubletree Ranch Rd. Suite 100 Scottsdale, Arizona 85258 Age: 46 | | | Vice President | | | September 2012 – Present | | | Vice President, Voya Investments, LLC (October 2015 – Present) and Voya Funds Services, LLC (July 2007 – Present). | |
Erica McKenna 7337 East Doubletree Ranch Rd. Suite 100 Scottsdale, Arizona 85258 Age:49 | | | Vice President | | | June 2022 – Present | | | Vice President, Head of Mutual Fund Compliance, and Chief Compliance Officer, Voya Investments, LLC (May 2022 – Present). Formerly, Vice President, Fund Compliance Manager, Voya Investments, LLC (March 2021 – May 2022); Assistant Vice President, Fund Compliance Manager, Voya Investments, LLC (December 2016 – March 2021). | |
TRUSTEE AND OFFICER INFORMATION (Unaudited) (continued)
Name, Address and Age | | | Position(s) Held With the Trust | | | Term of Office and Length of Time Served(1) | | | Principal Occupation(s) – During the Past 5 Years | |
Craig Wheeler 7337 East Doubletree Ranch Rd. Suite 100 Scottsdale, Arizona 85258 Age: 53 | | | Vice President | | | May 2013 – Present | | | Vice President – Director of Tax, Voya Investments, LLC (October 2015 – Present). | |
Nicholas C.D. Ward 7337 East Doubletree Ranch Rd. Suite 100 Scottsdale, Arizona 85258 Age: 29 | | | Assistant Vice President and Assistant Secretary | | | June 2022 – Present | | | Counsel, Voya Investment Management – Mutual Fund Legal Department (November 2021 – Present). Formerly, Associate, Dechert LLP (October 2018 – Present). | |
Gizachew Wubishet 7337 East Doubletree Ranch Rd. Suite 100 Scottsdale, Arizona 85258 Age: 46 | | | Assistant Secretary | | | June 2022 – Present | | | Assistant Vice President and Counsel, Voya Investment Management – Mutual Fund Legal Department (May 2019 – Present). Formerly, Attorney, Ropes & Gray LLP (October 2011 – April 2019). | |
Monia Piacenti One Orange Way Windsor, Connecticut 06095 Age: 45 | | | Anti-Money Laundering Officer | | | June 2018 – Present | | | Anti-Money Laundering Officer, Voya Investments Distributor, LLC, Voya Investment Management and Voya Investment Management Trust Co. (June 2018 – Present); Compliance Consultant, Voya Financial, Inc. (January 2019 – Present). Formerly, Senior Compliance Officer, Voya Investment Management (December 2009 – December 2018). | |
(1)
The Officers hold office until the next annual meeting of the Board of Trustees and until their successors shall have been elected and qualified.
ADVISORY AND SUB-ADVISORY CONTRACT APPROVAL DISCUSSION (Unaudited)
BOARD CONSIDERATION AND APPROVAL OF NEW MANAGEMENT AND SUB-ADVISORY CONTRACTS FOR VOYA SMALL CAP GROWTH FUND
Pursuant to Section 15(c) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), Voya Small Cap Growth Fund (the “Fund”), a series of Voya Equity Trust (“VET”), can enter into a new investment management or sub-advisory contract only if the Board of Trustees of VET (the “Board”), including a majority of the Board members who have no direct or indirect interest in the investment management and sub-advisory contracts, and who are not “interested persons” of the Fund, as such term is defined under the 1940 Act (the “Independent Trustees”), determine to approve the new arrangements. Thus, at its meeting held on November 18, 2021, the Board considered the initial approval of the investment management contract (the “Management Contract”) with Voya Investments, LLC (“VIL” or the “Adviser”) and the sub-advisory contract (the “Sub-Advisory Contract”) between VIL and the sub-adviser, Voya Investment Management Co. LLC (“Voya IM” or the “Sub-Adviser”) (together, the “Management and Sub-Advisory Contracts”) for the Fund.
In determining whether to initially approve the Management and Sub-Advisory Contracts for the Fund, the Board received and evaluated such information as it deemed necessary for an informed determination of whether the Management and Sub-Advisory Contracts, and the proposed policies and procedures for the Fund, should be approved. Provided below is a general overview of the Board’s contract approval process that it followed, as well as a discussion of certain specific factors that the Board considered. While the Board gave its attention to information furnished at the request of the Independent Trustees that was most relevant to its considerations, discussed below are some of the primary matters relevant to the Board’s consideration as to whether to approve the Management and Sub-Advisory Contracts.
The materials provided to the Board in support of the Fund and the Fund’s Management Contract included the following: (1) a memorandum presenting Management’s rationale for requesting the launch of the Fund that discusses, among other things, the experience and expertise of VIL in the management of other funds within the Voya funds complex; (2) information about the Fund’s proposed investment objective and strategies and anticipated portfolio characteristics; (3) Fund Analysis and Comparison Tables sheets for the Fund that compare the Fund’s proposed fee structure to its comparable selected peer group (“SPG”) and/or Morningstar category median and/or average; (4) supporting documentation, including copies of the forms of Management and Sub-Advisory Contracts for the Fund; and (5) other information relevant to the Board’s evaluation. In addition, the Board
considered the information provided periodically throughout the year in presentations to the Board by VIL in the context of VIL’s oversight and management of the other funds in the Voya funds complex.
At the Board meeting at which the Management and Sub-Advisory Contracts were considered, the Board considered that the Fund would be subject to the standard policies and procedures of VET previously approved by the Board for other series of VET and approved in accordance with Rule 38a-1 under the 1940 Act. The Board also noted that, in managing the Fund, VIL and Voya IM would be subject to procedures adopted pursuant to Rule 206(4)-7 under the 1940 Act that had been previously approved by the Board in connection with other funds in the Voya funds complex.
The Board’s consideration of whether to approve the Management Contract with VIL on behalf of the Fund took into account several factors, including, but not limited to, the following: (1) the nature and quality of the services to be provided by VIL to the Fund under the proposed Management Contract; (2) VIL’s experience as a manager-of-managers overseeing sub-advisers to other funds within the Voya funds complex; (3) the fairness of the compensation under the proposed Management Contract in light of the services to be provided to the Fund; (4) the costs for the services to be provided by VIL, including that the proposed management fee would not be subject to breakpoint discounts; (5) the pricing structure (including the estimated expense ratio to be borne by shareholders) of the Fund, including that: (a) the proposed management fee for the Fund is below the average and median management fees of the funds in the Fund’s SPG, and (b) the estimated expense ratio for the Fund is below the average and median expense ratios of the funds in the Fund’s SPG; (6) the projected profitability of VIL; (7) the personnel, operations, financial condition, and investment management capabilities, methodologies and resources of VIL, including its management team’s expertise in the management of other Voya funds; (8) VIL’s compliance capabilities, as demonstrated by, among other things, its policies and procedures designed to prevent violations of the Federal securities laws, which had previously been approved by the Board in connection with their oversight of other funds in the Voya funds complex; (9) the information that had been provided by VIL at regular Board meetings, and in anticipation of the November 18, 2021 meeting, with respect to its capabilities in overseeing similar asset allocation products; and (10) “fall-out benefits” to VIL and its affiliates that were anticipated to arise from VIL’s management of the Fund.
In reviewing the proposed Sub-Advisory Contract with Voya IM, the Board considered a number of factors,
ADVISORY AND SUB-ADVISORY CONTRACT APPROVAL DISCUSSION (Unaudited) (continued)
including, but not limited to, the following: (1) VIL’s view of the reputation of Voya IM and its sub-advisory services; (2) Voya IM’s strength and reputation in the industry; (3) the information that had been provided by Voya IM in advance of the November 18, 2021 meeting at which Voya IM presented with respect to its sub-advisory services; (4) the nature and quality of the services to be provided by Voya IM under the proposed Sub-Advisory Contract; (5) the personnel, operations, financial condition, and investment management capabilities, methodologies and resources of Voya IM; (6) the fairness of the compensation under the Sub-Advisory Contract in light of the services to be provided by Voya IM as the Fund’s Sub-Adviser; (7) Voya IM’s operations and compliance program, including its policies and procedures intended to assure compliance with the Federal securities laws, which had been reviewed and evaluated by VET’s Chief Compliance Officer; (8) Voya IM’s financial condition; (9) the appropriateness of the selection of Voya IM in light of the Fund’s investment objective and prospective investor base; and (10) Voya IM’s Code of Ethics, which was previously approved by the Board.
With respect to the nature and quality of services to be provided by the Adviser and Sub-Adviser, the Board was mindful of the “manager-of-managers” platform that has been developed by the Adviser. The Board recognized that the Adviser would be responsible for monitoring the investment program, performance, and developments/ on-going operations of the Sub-Adviser under this manager-of-managers arrangement. The Board also considered the techniques and resources that the Adviser has developed to provide ongoing oversight of the nature, extent and quality of the services the Sub-Adviser provides to the Fund and the Sub-Adviser’s compliance with applicable laws and regulations. The Board was previously advised that to assist in the selection and monitoring of sub-advisers, the Adviser has developed an oversight process formulated by its Manager Research & Selection Group (“MR&S”), which analyzes both qualitative (such as in-person meetings and telephonic meetings with sub-advisers and research on sub-advisers) and quantitative information (such as performance data, portfolio data and attribution analysis) about the sub-advisers.
The Board considered that MR&S also typically provides reports to the Investment Review Committees (“IRCs”) at their meetings prior to sub-adviser presentations. In addition, the Board considered that MR&S prepares periodic due diligence reports regarding sub-advisers based on on-site visits and information and analysis which team members use to attempt to gain and maintain an in-depth understanding of the sub-advisers’ investment processes and to try to identify issues that may be relevant
to a sub-adviser’s services to a Voya fund and/or its performance. The Board also considered that MR&S provides written reports on these due diligence analyses to the pertinent IRC. The Board considered the resources that Management has committed to its services as a manager-of-managers, including resources for reporting to the Board and the IRCs to assist them with their assessment investment performance on an on-going basis throughout the year. This includes the appointment of a Chief Investment Risk Officer and his staff, who report directly to the Board and who have developed attribution analyses and other metrics used by the IRCs to analyze the key factors underlying investment performance for the funds in the Voya family of funds.
The Board also considered that MR&S has developed, based on guidance from the IRCs, a methodology for monitoring the performance of sub-advisers. The Board also recognized that MR&S provides the IRCs with regular updates on the Voya funds and alerts the IRCs to potential issues as they arise. The Board also considered that the Adviser regularly monitors performance, personnel, compliance and other issues that may arise on a day-to-day basis regarding sub-advisers and considered that, if issues are identified either through formal or informal processes, they are brought before the IRCs and the Board for consideration and action and the Adviser consistently makes its resources available to the Board and the IRCs to assist with addressing any issues that arise.
The Board considered that the Fund also can benefit from the services of the Adviser’s Investment Risk Management Department (the “IRMD”), under the leadership of the Chief Investment Risk Officer, the costs of which are shared by the Voya funds and the Adviser. The Board considered that the IRMD regularly presents written materials and reports to the IRCs that focus on the investment risks of the Voya funds. The Board also considered that the IRMD provides the IRCs with analyses that are developed to assist the IRCs in identifying performance trends and other areas over consecutive periods. The Board considered that the services to be provided by the IRMD are meant to provide an additional perspective for the benefit of the IRCs, which may vary from the perspective of MR&S. The Board also considered the techniques used by the Adviser to monitor sub-adviser performance.
The Board also considered the extent of benefits provided to the Fund’s shareholders, beyond investment management services, from being part of the Voya family of funds. The Board also took into account the Adviser’s ongoing efforts to reduce the expenses of the Voya funds through renegotiated arrangements with the Voya funds’ service providers.
ADVISORY AND SUB-ADVISORY CONTRACT APPROVAL DISCUSSION (Unaudited) (continued)
Because the Fund was adopted from a predecessor fund, the Board also considered performance information from that predecessor fund, which was managed by the investment management team with similar investment processes. Further, the Board will receive periodic reports showing whether the investment policies and restrictions for the Fund were consistently complied with and other periodic reports covering matters such as those related to the compliance by Adviser and Sub-Adviser personnel with codes of ethics.
After its deliberation, the Board concluded that, in its business judgment, the terms of the Management and Sub-Advisory Contracts are fair and reasonable to the Fund and that approval of the Management and Sub-Advisory Contracts is in the best interests of the Fund and its shareholders. In doing so, the Board reviewed all
factors it considered to be material, including those discussed above. Within the context of its overall conclusions regarding the Management and Sub-Advisory Contracts, and based on the information provided and management’s related representations, the Board concluded that it was satisfied with management’s responses relating to the Fund’s investment performance and the fees payable under the Management and Sub-Advisory Contracts. During this approval process, different Board members may have given different weight to different individual factors and related conclusions. Based on these conclusions and other factors, the Board voted to approve the Management and Sub-Advisory Contracts for the Fund for the year ending November 30, 2023.
Investment Adviser
Voya Investments, LLC
7337 East Doubletree Ranch Road, Suite 100
Scottsdale, Arizona 85258
Distributor
Voya Investments Distributor, LLC
7337 East Doubletree Ranch Road, Suite 100
Scottsdale, Arizona 85258
Transfer Agent
BNY Mellon Investment Servicing (U.S.) Inc.
301 Bellevue Parkway
Wilmington, Delaware 19809
Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
Ernst & Young LLP
200 Clarendon Street
Boston, Massachusetts 02116
Custodian
The Bank of New York Mellon
225 Liberty Street
New York, New York 10286
Legal Counsel
Ropes & Gray LLP
Prudential Tower
800 Boylston Street
Boston, Massachusetts 02199
For more complete information, or to obtain a prospectus on any Voya mutual fund, please call your financial advisor or Voya Investments Distributor, LLC at (800) 992-0180 or log on to www.voyainvestments.com. The prospectus should be read carefully before investing. Consider the fund’s investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses carefully before investing. The prospectus contains this information and other information about the fund. Check with your investment professional to determine which funds are available for sale within their firm. Not all funds are available for sale at all firms.
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Item 2. Code of Ethics.
As of the end of the period covered by this report, Registrant had adopted a code of ethics, as defined in Item 2 of Form N-CSR, that applies to the Registrant’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer. There were no amendments to the Code during the period covered by the report. The Registrant did not grant any waivers, including implicit waivers, from any provisions of the Code during the period covered by this report. The code of ethics is filed herewith pursuant to Item 10(a)(1), Ex-99.CODE ETH.
Item 3. Audit Committee Financial Expert.
The Board of Trustees has determined that Colleen D. Baldwin, Martin J. Gavin, and Joseph E. Obermeyer are audit committee financial experts, as defined in Item 3 of Form N-CSR. Ms. Baldwin, Mr. Gavin, and Mr. Obermeyer are “independent” for purposes of Item 3 of Form N-CSR.
Item 4. Principal Accountant Fees and Services.
Below are the amount of fees that Ernst & Young LLP (“EY”), the Fund’s current Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm, billed to the Fund during the Fund’s fiscal year ended May 31, 2022 and May 31, 2021 and the amount of fees that the previous independent public accounting firm billed to the Fund during the Fund’s fiscal year ended May 31, 2021.
(a) | Audit Fees: The aggregate fees billed and paid for each of the last two fiscal years for professional services rendered by EY, the principal accountant for the audit of the registrant’s annual financial statements or services that are normally provided by the accountant in connection with statutory and regulatory filings or engagements for those fiscal years were $215,700 for the year ended May 31, 2022 and $196,100 for the year ended May 31, 2021. |
(b) | Audit-Related Fees: The aggregate fees billed and paid in each of the last two fiscal years for assurance and related services by EY that are reasonably related to the performance of the audit of the registrant’s financial statements and are not reported under paragraph (a) of this Item were $0 for the year ended May 31, 2022 and $0 for the year ended May 31, 2021. |
(c) | Tax Fees(1): The aggregate fees billed and paid in each of the last two fiscal years for professional services rendered by EY for tax compliance, tax advice, and tax planning were $39,125 for the year ended May 31, 2022 and $79,500 for the year ended May 31, 2021. Such services included review of excise distribution calculations (if applicable), preparation of the Funds’ federal, state, and excise tax returns, tax services related to mergers and routine consulting. |
(d) | All Other Fees: The aggregate fees billed and paid in each of the last two fiscal years for products and services provided by EY, other than the services reported in paragraphs (a) through (c) of this Item were $0 for the year ended May 31, 2022 and $0 for the year ended May 31, 2021. |
(1) For the fiscal year ended May 31, 2021, the previous independent public accounting firm billed $274 for Tax Fees.
(e)(1) Audit Committee Pre-Approval Policies and Procedures
Appendix A
AUDIT AND NON-AUDIT SERVICES
PRE-APPROVAL POLICY
| I. | Statement of Principles |
Under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (the “Act”), the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors or Trustees (the “Committee”) of the Voya funds (each a “Fund,” collectively, the “Funds”) set out on Exhibit A to this Audit and Non-Audit Services Pre-Approval Policy (“Policy”) is responsible for the oversight of the work of the Funds’ independent auditors. As part of its responsibilities, the Committee must pre-approve the audit and non-audit services performed by the auditors in order to assure that the provision of these services does not impair the auditors’ independence from the Funds. The Committee has adopted, and the Board has ratified, this Policy, which sets out the procedures and conditions under which the services of the independent auditors may be pre-approved.
Under Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) rules promulgated in accordance with the Act, the Funds may establish two different approaches to pre-approving audit and non-audit services. The Committee may approve services without consideration of specific case-by-case services (“general pre-approval”) or it may pre-approve specific services (“specific pre-approval”). The Committee believes that the combination of these approaches contemplated in this Policy results in an effective and efficient method for pre-approving audit and non-audit services to be performed by the Funds’ independent auditors. Under this Policy, services that are not of a type that may receive general pre-approval require specific pre-approval by the Committee. Any proposed services that exceed pre-approved cost levels or budgeted amounts will also require the Committee’s specific pre-approval.
For both types of approval, the Committee considers whether the subject services are consistent with the SEC’s rules on auditor independence and that such services are compatible with maintaining the auditors independence. The Committee also considers whether a particular audit firm is in the best position to provide effective and efficient services to the Funds. Reasons that the auditors are in the best position include the auditors’ familiarity with the Funds’ business, personnel, culture, accounting systems, risk profile, and other factors, and whether the services will enhance the Funds’ ability to manage and control risk or improve audit quality. Such factors will be considered as a whole, with no one factor being determinative.
The appendices attached to this Policy describe the audit, audit-related, tax-related, and other services that have the Committee’s general pre-approval. For any service that has been approved through general pre-approval, the general pre-approval will remain in place for a period 12 months from the date of pre-approval, unless the Committee determines that a different period is appropriate. The Committee will annually review and pre-approve the services that may be provided by the independent auditors without specific pre-approval. The Committee will revise the list of services subject to general pre-approval as appropriate. This Policy does not serve as a delegation to Fund management of the Committee’s duty to pre-approve services performed by the Funds’ independent auditors.
The annual audit services engagement terms and fees are subject to the Committee’s specific pre-approval. Audit services are those services that are normally provided by auditors in connection with statutory and regulatory filings or engagements or those that generally only independent auditors can reasonably provide. They include the Funds’ annual financial statement audit and procedures that the independent auditors must perform in order to form an opinion on the Funds’ financial statements (e.g., information systems and procedural reviews and testing). The Committee will monitor the audit services engagement and approve any changes in terms, conditions or fees deemed by the Committee to be necessary or appropriate.
The Committee may grant general pre-approval to other audit services, such as statutory audits and services associated with SEC registration statements, periodic reports and other documents filed with the SEC or issued in connection with securities offerings.
The Committee has pre-approved the audit services listed on Appendix A. The Committee must specifically approve all audit services not listed on Appendix A.
| III. | Audit-related Services |
Audit-related services are assurance and related services that are reasonably related to the performance of the audit or the review of the Funds’ financial statements or are traditionally performed by the independent auditors. The Committee believes that the provision of audit-related services will not impair the independent auditors’ independence, and therefore may grant pre-approval to audit-related services. Audit-related services include accounting consultations related to accounting, financial reporting or disclosure matters not classified as “audit services;” assistance with understanding and implementing new accounting and financial reporting guidance from rulemaking authorities; agreed-upon or expanded audit procedures relating to accounting and/or billing records required to respond to or comply with financial, accounting or regulatory reporting matters; and assistance with internal control reporting requirements under Form N-CEN or Form N-CSR.
The Committee has pre-approved the audit-related services listed on Appendix B. The Committee must specifically approve all audit-related services not listed on Appendix B.
The Committee believes the independent auditors can provide tax services to the Funds, including tax compliance, tax planning, and tax advice, without compromising the auditors’ independence. Therefore, the Committee may grant general pre-approval with respect to tax services historically provided by the Funds’ independent auditors that do not, in the Committee’s view, impair auditor independence and that are consistent with the SEC’s rules on auditor independence.
The Committee will not grant pre-approval if the independent auditors initially recommends a transaction the sole business purpose of which is tax avoidance and the tax treatment of which may not be supported in the Internal Revenue Code and related regulations. The Committee may consult outside counsel to determine that tax planning and reporting positions are consistent with this Policy.
The Committee has pre-approved the tax-related services listed on Appendix C. The Committee must specifically approve all tax-related services not listed on Appendix C.
The Committee believes it may grant approval of non-audit services that are permissible services for independent auditors to a Fund. The Committee has determined to grant general pre-approval to other services that it believes are routine and recurring, do not impair auditor independence, and are consistent with SEC rules on auditor independence.
The Committee has pre-approved the non-audit services listed on Appendix D. The Committee must specifically approve all non-audit services not listed on Appendix D.
A list of the SEC’s prohibited non-audit services is attached to this Policy as Appendix E. The SEC’s rules and relevant guidance should be consulted to determine the precise definitions of these impermissible services and the applicability of exceptions to certain of the SEC’s prohibitions.
| VI. | Pre-approval of Fee levels and Budgeted Amounts |
The Committee will annually establish pre-approval fee levels or budgeted amounts for audit, audit-related, tax and non-audit services to be provided to the Funds by the independent auditors. Any proposed services exceeding these levels or amounts require the Committee’s specific pre-approval. The Committee considers fees for audit and non-audit services when deciding whether to pre-approve services. The Committee may determine, for a pre-approval period of 12 months, the appropriate ratio between the total amount of fees for the Fund’s audit, audit-related, and tax services (including fees for services provided to Fund affiliates that are subject to pre-approval), and the total amount of fees for certain permissible non-audit services for the Fund classified as other services (including any such services provided to Fund affiliates that are subject to pre-approval).
Requests or applications for services to be provided by the independent auditors will be submitted to management. If management determines that the services do not fall within those services generally pre-approved by the Committee and set out in the appendices to these procedures, management will submit the services to the Committee or its delagee. Any such submission will include a detailed description of the services to be rendered. Notwithstanding this paragraph, the Committee will, on a quarterly basis, receive from the independent auditors a list of services provided for the previous calendar quarter on a cumulative basis by the auditors during the Pre-Approval Period.
The Committee may delegate pre-approval authority to one or more of the Committee’s members. Any member or members to whom such pre-approval authority is delegated must report any pre-approval decisions, including any pre-approved services, to the Committee at its next scheduled meeting. The Committee will identify any member to whom pre-approval authority is delegated in writing. The member will retain such authority for a period of 12 months from the date of pre-approval unless the Committee determines that a different period is appropriate. The period of delegated authority may be terminated by the Committee or at the option of the member.
| IX. | Additional Requirements |
The Committee will take any measures the Committee deems necessary or appropriate to oversee the work of the independent auditors and to assure the auditors’ independence from the Funds. This may include reviewing a formal written statement from the independent auditors delineating all relationships between the auditors and the Funds, consistent with Independence Standards Board No. 1, and discussing with the auditors their methods and procedures for ensuring independence.
Last Approved: November 18, 2021
Appendix A
Pre-Approved Audit Services for the Pre-Approval Period January 1, 2022 through December 31, 2022
Service |
| The Fund(s) | Fee Range |
Statutory audits or financial audits (including tax services associated with audit services) | √ | As presented to Audit Committee1 |
Services associated with SEC registration statements, periodic reports and other documents filed with the SEC or other documents issued in connection with securities offerings (e.g., consents), and assistance in responding to SEC comment letters. | √ | Not to exceed $9,750 per filing |
Consultations by Fund management with respect to accounting or disclosure treatment of transactions or events and/or the actual or potential effect of final or proposed rules, standards or interpretations by the SEC, Financial Accounting Standards Board, or other regulatory or standard setting bodies. | √ | Not to exceed $8,000 during the Pre-Approval Period |
Seed capital audit and related review and issuance of consent on the N-2 registration statement | √ | Not to exceed $14,750 per audit |
Audit of summary portfolio of investments | √ | Not to exceed $750 per fund |
| 1 | For new Funds launched during the Pre-Approval Period, the fee ranges pre-approved will be the same as those for existing Funds, pro-rated in accordance with inception dates as provided in the auditors’ Proposal or any Engagement Letter covering the period at issue. Fees in the Engagement Letter will be controlling. |
Appendix B
Pre-Approved Audit-Related Services for the Pre-Approval Period January 1, 2022 through December 31, 2022
Service |
| The Fund(s) | Fund Affiliates | Fee Range |
Services related to Fund mergers (Excludes tax services - See Appendix C for tax services associated with Fund mergers) | √ | √ | Not to exceed $10,000 per merger |
Consultations by Fund management with respect to accounting or disclosure treatment of transactions or events and/or the actual or potential effect of final or proposed rules, standards or interpretations by the SEC, Financial Accounting Standards Board, or other regulatory or standard setting bodies. [Note: Under SEC rules some consultations may be “audit” services and others may be “audit-related” services.] | √ | | Not to exceed $5,000 per occurrence during the Pre-Approval Period |
Review of the Funds’ semi-annual and quarterly financial statements | √ | | Not to exceed $2,700 per set of financial statements per fund |
Reports to regulatory or government agencies related to the annual engagement | √ | | Up to $5,000 per occurrence during the Pre-Approval Period |
Regulatory compliance assistance | √ | √ | Not to exceed $5,000 per quarter |
Training courses | | √ | Not to exceed $5,000 per course |
Appendix C
Pre-Approved Tax Services for the Pre-Approval Period January 1, 2022 through December 31, 2022
Service |
| The Fund(s) | Fund Affiliates | Fee Range |
Preparation of federal and state income tax returns and federal excise tax returns for the Funds including assistance and review with excise tax distributions | √ | | As presented to Audit Committee2 |
Review of IRC Sections 851(b) and 817(h) diversification testing on a real-time basis | √ | | As presented to Audit Committee2 |
Tax assistance and advice regarding statutory, regulatory or administrative developments | √ | √ | Not to exceed $5,000 for the Funds or for the Funds’ investment adviser during the Pre-Approval Period |
| 2 | For new Funds launched during the Pre-Approval Period, the fee ranges pre-approved will be the same as those for existing Funds, pro-rated in accordance with inception dates as provided in the auditors’ Proposal or any Engagement Letter covering the period at issue. Fees in the Engagement Letter will be controlling. |
Appendix C, continued
Pre-Approved Tax Services for the Pre-Approval Period January 1, 2022 through December 31, 2022
Service |
| The Fund(s) | Fund Affiliates | Fee Range |
Tax and technology training sessions | | √ | Not to exceed $5,000 per course during the Pre-Approval Period |
Tax services associated with Fund mergers | √ | √ | Not to exceed $4,000 per fund per merger during the Pre-Approval Period |
Ernst & Young LLP Passive Foreign Investment Company (“PFIC”) Analyzer | | √ | Not to exceed $95,000 during the Pre-Approval Period |
Other tax-related assistance and consultation, including, without limitation, assistance in evaluating derivative financial instruments and international tax issues, qualification and distribution issues, year-end reporting for 1099’s, tax compliance services in foreign jurisdictions and similar routine tax consultations as requested. | √ | | Not to exceed $300,000 during the Pre-Approval Period |
Appendix D
Pre-Approved Other Services for the Pre-Approval Period January 1, 2022 through December 31, 2022
Service |
| The Fund(s) | Fund Affiliates | Fee Range |
Agreed-upon procedures for Class B share 12b-1 programs | | √ | Not to exceed $60,000 during the Pre-Approval Period |
Security counts performed pursuant to Rule 17f-2 of the 1940 Act (i.e., counts for Funds holding securities with affiliated sub-custodians) Cost to be borne 50% by the Funds and 50% by Voya Investments, LLC. | √ | √ | Not to exceed $5,700 per Fund during the Pre-Approval Period |
Agreed upon procedures for 15 (c) FACT Books | √ | | Not to exceed $50,000 during the Pre-Approval Period |
Appendix E
Prohibited Non-Audit Services
Dated: January 1, 2022 to December 31, 2022
| ● | Bookkeeping or other services related to the accounting records or financial statements of the Funds |
| ● | Financial information systems design and implementation |
| ● | Appraisal or valuation services, fairness opinions, or contribution-in-kind reports |
| ● | Internal audit outsourcing services |
| ● | Broker-dealer, investment adviser, or investment banking services |
| ● | Expert services unrelated to the audit |
| ● | Any other service that the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board determines, by regulation, is impermissible |
EXHIBIT A
VOYA ASIA PACIFIC HIGH DIVIDEND EQUITY INCOME FUND
VOYA BALANCED PORTFOLIO, INC.
VOYA EMERGING MARKETS HIGH DIVIDEND EQUITY FUND
VOYA EQUITY TRUST
VOYA FUNDS TRUST
VOYA GLOBAL ADVANTAGE AND PREMIUM OPPORTUNITY FUND
VOYA GLOBAL EQUITY DIVIDEND AND PREMIUM OPPORTUNITY FUND
VOYA INFRASTRUCTURE, INDUSTRIALS, AND MATERIALS FUND
VOYA INTERMEDIATE BOND PORTFOLIO
VOYA INVESTORS TRUST
VOYA GOVERNMENT MONEY MARKET PORTFOLIO
VOYA MUTUAL FUNDS
VOYA PARTNERS, INC.
VOYA SENIOR INCOME FUND
VOYA SEPARATE PORTFOLIOS TRUST
VOYA STRATEGIC ALLOCATIONS PORTFOLIOS, INC.
VOYA VARIABLE FUNDS
VOYA VARIABLE INSURANCE TRUST
VOYA VARIABLE PORTFOLIOS INC,
VOYA VARIABLE PRODUCTS TRUST
(e)(2) | Percentage of services referred to in 4(b) – (4)(d) that were approved by the audit committee |
100% of the services were approved by the audit committee.
(f) | Percentage of hours expended attributable to work performed by other than full time employees of EY if greater than 50% |
Not applicable.
(g) | Non-Audit Fees: The following table presents (i) the aggregate non-audit fees (i.e., fees for audit-related, tax, and other services) billed and paid to each Registrant by the independent registered public accounting firm for each Registrant’s fiscal years ended May 31, 2022 and May 31, 2021; and (ii) the aggregate non-audit fees billed and paid to the investment adviser, or any of its affiliates that provide ongoing services to the registrant, by the independent registered public accounting firm for the same time periods. |
Registrant/Investment Adviser | | | 2022 | | | | 2021(1) |
Voya Equity Trust | | $ | 39,125 | | | $ | 79,500 |
Voya Investments, LLC (2) | | $ | 13,014,239 | | | $ | 11,454,323 |
(1) For the years ended May 31, 2021 the previous independent public accounting firm billed the Registrant $274 for Non-Audit Fees.
(2) Each Registrant’s investment adviser and any of its affiliates, which are subsidiaries of Voya Financial, Inc.
| (h) | Principal Accountants Independence: The Registrant’s Audit committee has considered whether the provision of non-audit services that were rendered to the registrant’s investment adviser and any entity controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the investment adviser that provides ongoing services to the registrant that were not pre-approved pursuant to Rule 2-01(c)(7)(ii) of Regulation S-X is compatible with maintaining EY’s independence. |
Item 5. Audit Committee of Listed Registrants.
Not applicable.
Item 6. Schedule of Investments.
Schedule is included as part of the report to shareholders filed under Item 1 of this Form.
Item 7. Disclosure of Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures for Closed-End Management Investment Companies.
Not applicable.
Item 8. Portfolio Managers of Closed-End Management Investment Companies.
Not applicable.
Item 9. Purchases of Equity Securities by Closed-End Management Investment Company and Affiliated Purchasers.
Not applicable.
Item 10. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
Not applicable.
Item 11. Controls and Procedures.
| (a) | Based on our evaluation conducted within 90 days of the filing date, hereof, the design and operation of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures are effective to ensure that material information relating to the registrant is made known to the certifying officers by others within the appropriate entities, particularly during the period in which Forms N-CSR are being prepared, and the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures allow timely preparation and review of the information for the registrant’s Form N-CSR and the officer certifications of such Form N-CSR. |
| (b) | There were no significant changes in the registrant’s internal controls that occurred during the second fiscal quarter of the period covered by this report that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting. |
Item 12. Disclosure of Securities Lending Activities for Closed-End Management Investment Companies.
Not applicable.
Item 13. Exhibits.
(a)(1) The Code of Ethics pursuant to Item 2 of Form N-CSR is filed and attached hereto as EX-99.CODE ETH.
(a)(2) A separate certification for each principal executive officer and principal financial officer of the registrant as required by Rule 30a-2(a) under the Act (17 CFR 270.30a-2(a)) is attached hereto as EX-99.CERT.
(a)(3) Not applicable.
(b) The officer certifications required by Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 are attached hereto as EX-99.906CERT.
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): Voya Equity Trust
By | /s/ Michael Bell | |
| Michael Bell | |
| Chief Executive Officer | |
Date: August 4, 2022
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/ Michael Bell | |
| Michael Bell | |
| Chief Executive Officer | |
Date: August 4, 2022
By | /s/ Todd Modic | |
| Todd Modic | |
| Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | |
Date: August 4, 2022