Protective Life Dynamic Allocation Series - Growth Portfolio
Schedule of Investments (unaudited)
March 31, 2021
Shares or | Value | ||||||
Investment Companies– 100.1% | |||||||
Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs) – 100.1% | |||||||
Franklin FTSE Japan# | 98,093 | $2,983,008 | |||||
Franklin FTSE United Kingdom | 257,448 | 6,150,433 | |||||
Invesco QQQ Trust Series 1 | 28,298 | 9,030,741 | |||||
JPMorgan BetaBuilders Developed Asia ex-Japan# | 104,919 | 2,978,650 | |||||
Vanguard FTSE Europe | 97,550 | 6,145,650 | |||||
Vanguard S&P 500 | 68,966 | 25,124,314 | |||||
Vanguard Small-Cap# | 46,461 | 9,946,371 | |||||
Total Investment Companies (cost $47,496,522) | 62,359,167 | ||||||
Investments Purchased with Cash Collateral from Securities Lending– 6.5% | |||||||
Investment Companies – 5.2% | |||||||
Janus Henderson Cash Collateral Fund LLC, 0.0011%ºº,£ | 3,236,120 | 3,236,120 | |||||
Time Deposits – 1.3% | |||||||
Royal Bank of Canada, 0.0300%, 4/1/21 | $809,030 | 809,030 | |||||
Total Investments Purchased with Cash Collateral from Securities Lending (cost $4,045,150) | 4,045,150 | ||||||
Total Investments (total cost $51,541,672) – 106.6% | 66,404,317 | ||||||
Liabilities, net of Cash, Receivables and Other Assets – (6.6)% | (4,106,696) | ||||||
Net Assets – 100% | $62,297,621 | ||||||
Schedules of Affiliated Investments – (% of Net Assets)
Dividend Income | Realized Gain/(Loss) | Change in Unrealized Appreciation/ Depreciation | Value at 3/31/21 | |||||||
Investments Purchased with Cash Collateral from Securities Lending – 5.2% | ||||||||||
Investment Companies - 5.2% | ||||||||||
Janus Henderson Cash Collateral Fund LLC, 0.0011%ºº | $ | 13,789∆ | $ | - | $ | - | $ | 3,236,120 | ||
Value at 12/31/20 | Purchases | Sales Proceeds | Value at 3/31/21 | |||||||
Investments Purchased with Cash Collateral from Securities Lending – 5.2% | ||||||||||
Investment Companies - 5.2% | ||||||||||
Janus Henderson Cash Collateral Fund LLC, 0.0011%ºº | 1,406,355 | 67,865,586 | (66,035,821) | 3,236,120 | ||||||
Notes to Schedule of Investments (unaudited)
LLC | Limited Liability Company |
ºº | Rate shown is the 7-day yield as of March 31, 2021. |
# | Loaned security; a portion of the security is on loan at March 31, 2021. |
£ | The Portfolio may invest in certain securities that are considered affiliated companies. As defined by the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, an affiliated company is one in which the Portfolio owns 5% or more of the outstanding voting securities, or a company which is under common ownership or control. |
∆ | Net of income paid to the securities lending agent and rebates paid to the borrowing counterparties. |
The following is a summary of the inputs that were used to value the Portfolio’s investments in securities and other financial instruments as of March 31, 2021. | ||||||||||||
Valuation Inputs Summary | ||||||||||||
Level 2 - | Level 3 - | |||||||||||
Level 1 - | Other Significant | Significant | ||||||||||
Quoted Prices | Observable Inputs | Unobservable Inputs | ||||||||||
Assets | ||||||||||||
Investments In Securities: | ||||||||||||
Investment Companies | $ | 62,359,167 | $ | - | $ | - | ||||||
Investments Purchased with Cash Collateral from Securities Lending | - | 4,045,150 | - | |||||||||
Total Assets | $ | 62,359,167 | $ | 4,045,150 | $ | - | ||||||
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Investment Valuation
Securities held by the Portfolio are valued in accordance with policies and procedures established by and under the supervision of the Trustees (the “Valuation Procedures”). Equity securities, including shares of exchange-traded funds, traded on a domestic securities exchange are generally valued at the closing prices on the primary market or exchange on which they trade. If such price is lacking for the trading period immediately preceding the time of determination, such securities are valued at their current bid price. Equity securities that are traded on a foreign exchange are generally valued at the closing prices on such markets. In the event that there is no current trading volume on a particular security in such foreign exchange are generally valued at the closing prices on such markets. In the event that there is no current trading volume on a particular security in such foreign exchange, the bid price from the primary exchange is generally used to value the security. Securities that are traded on the over-the-counter (“OTC”) markets are generally valued at their closing or latest bid prices as available. Foreign securities and currencies are converted to U.S. dollars using the applicable exchange rate in effect at the close of the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”). The Portfolio will determine the market value of individual securities held by it by using prices provided by one or more approved professional pricing services or, as needed, by obtaining market quotations from independent broker-dealers. Most debt securities are valued in accordance with the evaluated bid price supplied by the pricing service that is intended to reflect market value. The evaluated bid price supplied by the pricing service is an evaluation that may consider factors such as security prices, yields, maturities, and ratings. Certain short-term securities maturing within 60 days or less may be evaluated and valued on an amortized cost basis provided that the amortized cost determined approximates market value. Securities for which market quotations or evaluated prices are not readily available or are deemed by Janus Capital Management LLC (“Janus Capital”) to be unreliable are valued at fair value determined in good faith under the Valuation Procedures. Circumstances in which fair value pricing may be utilized include, but are not limited to: (i) a significant event that may affect the securities of a single issuer, such as a merger, bankruptcy, or significant issuer-specific development; (ii) an event that may affect an entire market, such as a natural disaster or significant governmental action; (iii) a nonsignificant event such as a market closing early or not opening, or a security trading halt; and (iv) pricing of a nonvalued security and a restricted or nonpublic security. Special valuation considerations may apply with respect to “odd-lot” fixed-income transactions which, due to their small size, may receive evaluated prices by pricing services which reflect a large block trade and not what actually could be obtained for the odd-lot position.
Valuation Inputs Summary
FASB ASC 820, Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures (“ASC 820”), defines fair value, establishes a framework for measuring fair value, and expands disclosure requirements regarding fair value measurements. This standard emphasizes that fair value is a market-based measurement that should be determined based on the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing an asset or liability and establishes a hierarchy that prioritizes inputs to valuation techniques used to measure fair value. These inputs are summarized into three broad levels:
Level 1 – Unadjusted quoted prices in active markets the Portfolio has the ability to access for identical assets or liabilities.
Level 2 – Observable inputs other than unadjusted quoted prices included in Level 1 that are observable for the asset or liability either directly or indirectly. These inputs may include quoted prices for the identical instrument on an inactive market, prices for similar instruments, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, yield curves, default rates and similar data.
Assets or liabilities categorized as Level 2 in the hierarchy generally include: debt securities fair valued in accordance with the evaluated bid or ask prices supplied by a pricing service; securities traded on OTC markets and listed securities for which no sales are reported that are fair valued at the latest bid price (or yield equivalent thereof) obtained from one or more dealers transacting in a market for such securities or by a pricing service approved by the Portfolio’s Trustees; and certain short-term debt securities with maturities of 60 days or less that are fair valued at amortized cost. Other securities that may be categorized as Level 2 in the hierarchy include, but are not limited to, preferred stocks, bank loans, swaps, investments in unregistered investment companies, options, and forward contracts.
Level 3 – Unobservable inputs for the asset or liability to the extent that relevant observable inputs are not available, representing the Portfolio’s own assumptions about the assumptions that a market participant would use in valuing the asset or liability, and that would be based on the best information available.
The Portfolio classifies each of its investments in underlying funds as Level 1, without consideration as to the classification level of the specific investments held by the underlying funds. There have been no significant changes in valuation techniques used in valuing any such positions held by the Portfolio since the beginning of the fiscal year.
The inputs or methodology used for fair valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities. The summary of inputs used as of March 31, 2021 to fair value the Portfolio’s investments in securities and other financial instruments is included in the “Valuation Inputs Summary” in the Notes to Schedule of Investments.
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