UNITED STATES |
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION |
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 |
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FORM N-CSR |
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CERTIFIED SHAREHOLDER REPORT OF REGISTERED MANAGEMENT |
INVESTMENT COMPANIES |
INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT FILE NUMBER 811-4325 |
FIRST INVESTORS LIFE SERIES FUNDS
(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)
40 Wall Street
New York, NY 10005
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)
Joseph I. Benedek
Foresters Investment Management Company, Inc.
Raritan Plaza I
Edison, NJ 08837-3620
(Name and address of agent for service)
REGISTRANT'S TELEPHONE NUMBER, INCLUDING AREA CODE:
1-212-858-8000
DATE OF FISCAL YEAR END: DECEMBER 31
DATE OF REPORTING PERIOD: JUNE 30, 2016
Item 1. Reports to Stockholders
The semi-annual report to stockholders follows
FOREWORD |
This report is for the information of the shareholders of the Funds. It is the policy of each Fund described in this report to mail only one copy of a Fund’s prospectus, annual report, semi-annual report and proxy statements to all shareholders who share the same mailing address and share the same last name and have invested in a Fund covered by the same document. You are deemed to consent to this policy unless you specifically revoke this policy and request that separate copies of such documents be mailed to you. In such case, you will begin to receive your own copies within 30 days after our receipt of the revocation. You may request that separate copies of these disclosure documents be mailed to you by writing to us at: Foresters Investor Services, Inc., Raritan Plaza I, Edison, NJ 08837-3620 or calling us at 1-800-423-4026.
You may obtain a free prospectus for any of the Funds by contacting your representative, calling 1-800-423-4026, writing to us at the following address: Foresters Financial Services, Inc., 40 Wall Street, New York, NY 10005, or by visiting our website at www.foresters.com. You should consider the investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses of a Fund carefully before investing. The prospectus contains this and other information about the Fund, and should be read carefully before investing.
An investment in a Fund is not a bank deposit and is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) or any other government agency. Although the Cash Management Fund seeks to preserve a net asset value at $1.00 per share, it is possible to lose money by investing in it, just as it is possible to lose money by investing in any of the other Funds. Past performance is no guarantee of future results.
A Statement of Additional Information (“SAI”) for any of the Funds may also be obtained, without charge, upon request by calling 1-800-423-4026, writing to us at our address or by visiting our website listed above. The SAI contains more detailed information about the Funds, including information about their Trustees.
Foresters Financial™ and Foresters™ are the trade names and trademarks of The Independent Order of Foresters (Foresters), a fraternal benefit society, 789 Don Mills Road, Toronto, Canada M3C 1T9 and its subsidiaries.
Equity & Bond Markets Overview
FIRST INVESTORS LIFE SERIES FUNDS
Dear Investor:
We are pleased to provide you with our report for the six-month period ended June 30, 2016 (“the review period”).
Economic Overview
The first half of 2016 included several unexpected events which impacted various markets. Equity markets around the world had one of the toughest starts to a year on record, posting double-digit losses during the first 6 weeks of the year. This risk-off sentiment was sparked by multiple factors: weakness in the Chinese economy, a declining Chinese stock market, falling oil prices and the market’s initial anticipation of four Federal Reserve (“the Fed”) rate hikes in 2016. Most of those concerns subsided in mid-February. China’s market stabilized, oil producers talked about decreasing supply, and Janet Yellen, the chairwoman of the Fed, implied there would be fewer rate hikes than initially expected in 2016. The markets strongly rebounded in the second half of February, carrying into March, pushing returns into positive territory for the year. The tables turned again, however, as the May jobs report came in considerably lower than estimates projected and investors waited for the results of the Brexit vote. The long anticipated decision determining whether the U.K. would exit the European Union resulted in a “leave” vote, to the surprise of many. This triggered another short-term sell off, amounting to nearly a $3.6 trillion loss out of stocks worldwide. However, after the Bank of England and the European Central Bank indicated their intentions to loosen credit, the markets rebounded sharply.
The U.S. economy continued to grind along with signs of improvement in the first quarter. Manufacturing data and employment numbers improved. However, wage growth and inflation were still below historical averages. Despite positive signals, the Fed remained cautious. It lowered the projected 2016 U.S. GDP growth rate from 2.2% to 2.0%. Annualized U.S. GDP growth came in at 1.1% in the first quarter, below the Fed’s projection, driven by work force growth and increased productivity.
Second quarter U.S. GDP growth was projected to come in at 2.6%, but came in weaker at 1.2%. Consumer sentiment for the period was relatively positive, and retail sales were up, although limited mainly to online sales and specialty retailers. A small increase in inflation and a slight rebound in energy prices started to push up the Consumer Price Index. The housing market, both in new construction and existing home sales, remained strong. Looking ahead, market fundamentals remain positive. However, the long-term implications of the Brexit vote are unknown and will likely lead to market volatility in the future.
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Equity & Bond Markets Overview (continued)
FIRST INVESTORS LIFE SERIES FUNDS
The Equity Market
The S&P 500 ended the first half of 2016 up 3.84%, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 4.31%. Despite muted corporate earnings, U.S. stocks marked a third consecutive quarterly gain in the second quarter. However, equity markets experienced turbulent swings during the first quarter and increased volatility in the second half of June. The S&P 500 Index plunged more than 10% from the beginning of the year until February 11th, and then gained almost 17% by June 8th. It then lost more than 5% in the two days following the June 23rd Brexit vote, before rallying almost 5% during the final days of the second quarter.
Mid-cap stocks (measured by the S&P 400 Index) have outperformed small and large caps since the beginning of the year. Contrary to 2015, “value” stocks have outperformed “growth” stocks in both quarters. The S&P 500 Value Index has returned 6.24% year-to-date, while the S&P 500 Growth Index is up 1.55%. Higher yielding stocks outperformed, with the Dow Jones US Select Dividend Index returning 15.55% year-to-date, and the Dow Jones US Select REIT Index returning 10.82%. Low and negative global bond yields have driven many investors into dividend-paying stocks, and sectors, such as Real Estate, which have attractive and relatively reliable income.
Most S&P 500 sectors ended the first half of 2016 in positive territory, with Telecom Services and Utilities being the best performing sectors with returns of 24.85% and 23.41%, respectively. Energy was the biggest winner during the second quarter due to the rebound in crude oil prices and domestic production coming offline which eased global oversupply. Energy returned 16.10% year-to-date. Financial Services and Information Technology were the only negative sectors during the review period, down 3.05% and 0.32%, respectively.
International equities were mixed throughout the first half of the year. Developed markets outside the U.S. and Canada (measured by the MSCI EAFE Index) finished the first half down 6.84% in local currency and declined 4.04% in U.S. dollar terms. Conversely, the emerging markets (particularly Latin America) fared well, in part, due to a large rebound in oil prices and other commodities. The MSCI EM Index returned 6.60%, while the MSCI EM Latin America Index returned 25.68%, both in U.S. dollar terms.
The Bond Market
Declining interest rates, in part due to aggressive European Central Bank easing, led U.S. Treasuries to their best first quarter start of a year since 2008. This positive fixed income performance, both domestically and internationally, continued in the second quarter.
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Bonds also benefited from the Fed lowering expectations of the frequency of interest rate hikes going forward. The Fed kept interest rates unchanged at its Federal Open Market Committee meeting in June following the disappointing May employment report. Markets priced in only a 9% chance that the Fed would raise rates by the end of the year as of June’s close, down substantially from the 74% chance it predicted on May 31st.
The U.S. bond market as measured by the BofA Merrill Lynch U.S. Broad Market Index gained 5.42% during the review period. The 2-year U.S. Treasury yield, which is very sensitive to changes in Fed policy, declined from 1.05% as of 12/31/15 to 0.58%. The 10-year U.S. Treasury yield fell from 2.27% to 1.47%. Longer-dated bonds significantly outperformed shorter-dated bonds. Longer-dated issues are more sensitive to positive effects of falling rates, like bond prices rising, due to their longer duration.
Municipal bonds had positive returns each month of the review period, returning 4.41%. Despite elevated issuance, strong demand, including unexpected buying from foreign investors looking for yield, was a major factor in municipal bond market performance. Uncertainty around the economic recovery, the Fed’s lower glide path for interest rate increases, and the U.K. vote created a favorable environment for municipals which tend to be more insulated than other bond sectors from some of these macro concerns.
Investment grade corporate bonds returned 7.56% for the review period. The sector benefited from the European Central Bank’s corporate bond buying program, as well as a general search for yield by investors. Lower quality bonds continued to be the strongest performing sector of the corporate bond market. Energy was the strongest sector as oil rallied from its recent lows.
The high yield bond market showed strong performance, returning 9.20% year-to-date. The lowest credit quality tier of high yield (CCC-rated bonds) struggled into mid-February but rallied back to outperform the higher quality segment with distressed energy companies rallying the most. Demand for the asset class also benefited from investors searching for income.
International fixed income had very strong returns, driven by the downward movement in the U.S. dollar and declining global yields. As of the end of the second quarter, 36% of global government bonds had negative yields. Emerging markets were up 10.22% year-to-date in U.S. dollar terms. Non-U.S. sovereign bonds were up 13.50% year-to-date in U.S. dollar terms.
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Equity & Bond Markets Overview (continued)
FIRST INVESTORS LIFE SERIES FUNDS
Thank you for placing your trust in Foresters Financial. As always, we appreciate the opportunity to serve your investment needs.
The Funds are only available through the purchase of variable life insurance policies and variable annuity contracts issued by Foresters Life Insurance and Annuity Company. The reports do not reflect the additional expenses and charges that are applicable to variable life insurance policies and variable annuity contracts.
This Equity & Bond Markets Overview is not part of the Funds’ financial report and is submitted for the general information of the shareholders of the Funds. It is not authorized for distribution to prospective investors in the Funds, unless preceded or accompanied by an effective prospectus. The views expressed in this Overview reflect those views of the Director of Equities and President of Foresters Investment Management Company, Inc. through the end of the period covered. Any such views are subject to change at any time based upon market or other conditions and we disclaim any responsibility to update such views. This Overview may not be relied upon as investment advice or an indication of current or future trading intent on behalf of any Fund.
There are a variety of risks associated with investing in variable life and annuity subaccounts. For all subaccounts, there is the risk that securities selected by the portfolio manager may perform differently than the overall market or may not meet the portfolio manager’s expectations. For stock subaccounts, the risks include market risk (the risk that the entire stock market will decline because of an event such as a deterioration in the economy or a rise in interest rates), as well as special risks associated with investing in certain types of stock subaccounts such as small-cap, global or international funds. For bond subaccounts, the risks include interest rate risk and credit risk. Interest rate risk is the risk that bonds will decrease in value as interest rates rise. As a general matter, bonds with longer maturities fluctuate more than bonds with shorter maturities in reaction to changes in interest rates. Credit risk is the risk that bonds will decline in value as the result of a decline in the credit rating of the bonds or the economy as a whole, or that the issuer will be unable to pay interest and/or principal when due. There are also special risks associated with investing in certain types of bond subaccounts, including liquidity risk and prepayment and extension risk. To the extent any of the Funds utilize derivatives, they are subject to the risks of using such instruments, including possible counterparty risks, potential losses if the assets or interest rate does not move as expected and the potential for greater losses than if derivatives had not been used. You should consult your prospectus for a precise explanation of the risks associated with your subaccounts.
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Understanding Your Fund’s Expenses (unaudited)
FIRST INVESTORS LIFE SERIES FUNDS
As a mutual fund shareholder, you incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, and (2) ongoing costs, including advisory fees and other expenses. This example is 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 in each Fund at the beginning of the period, January 1, 2016, and held for the entire six-month period ended June 30, 2016. The calculations assume that no shares were bought or sold during the period. Your actual costs may have been higher or lower, depending on the amount of your investment and the timing of any purchases or redemptions.
Actual Expense Example:
These amounts help you to estimate the actual expenses that you paid over the period. The “Ending Account Value” shown is derived from the Fund’s actual return, and the “Expenses Paid During Period” shows the dollar amount that would have been paid by an investor who started with $1,000 in the Fund. You may use the information here, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid during the period.
To estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period simply divide your ending account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.60), then multiply the result by the number given for your Fund under the heading “Expenses Paid During Period”.
Hypothetical Expense Example:
These amounts provide 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 funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other funds.
Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight and help you compare your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transactional costs. Therefore, the hypothetical expense example is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. In addition, if these transactional costs were included, your costs would have been higher.
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Fund Expenses (unaudited)
BALANCED INCOME FUND
The examples below show the ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in your Fund and will help you in comparing these costs with costs of other mutual funds. Please refer to page 5 for a detailed explanation of the information presented in these examples.
Beginning | Ending | ||
Account | Account | Expenses Paid | |
Value | Value | During Period | |
(1/1/16) | (6/30/16) | (1/1/16–6/30/16)* | |
Expense Examples | |||
Actual | $1,000.00 | $1,052.90 | $6.33 |
Hypothetical | |||
(5% annual return before expenses) | $1,000.00 | $1,018.69 | $6.22 |
* | Expenses are equal to the annualized expense ratio of 1.24%, multiplied by the average account |
value over the period, multiplied by 182/366 (to reflect the one-half year period). Expenses paid | |
during the period are net of expenses waived. |
Portfolio Composition
TOP TEN SECTORS
Portfolio holdings and allocations are subject to change. Percentages are as of June 30, 2016, and are |
based on the total value of investments. |
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Portfolio of Investments
BALANCED INCOME FUND
June 30, 2016
Shares | Security | Value | |
COMMON STOCKS—38.5% | |||
Consumer Discretionary—3.9% | |||
1,400 | American Eagle Outfitters, Inc. | $ 22,302 | |
1,550 | Ford Motor Company | 19,483 | |
600 | Johnson Controls, Inc. | 26,556 | |
500 | L Brands, Inc. | 33,565 | |
900 | Newell Brands, Inc. | 43,713 | |
750 | Regal Entertainment Group – Class “A” | 16,530 | |
2,500 | Stein Mart, Inc. | 19,300 | |
650 | Tupperware Brands Corporation | 36,582 | |
100 | Whirlpool Corporation | 16,664 | |
400 | Wyndham Worldwide Corporation | 28,492 | |
263,187 | |||
Consumer Staples—5.8% | |||
1,150 | Altria Group, Inc. | 79,304 | |
700 | Coca-Cola Company | 31,731 | |
1,250 | Koninklijke Ahold NV (ADR) | 27,650 | |
400 | Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc. – Class “A” | 18,476 | |
600 | PepsiCo, Inc. | 63,564 | |
850 | Philip Morris International, Inc. | 86,462 | |
250 | Procter & Gamble Company | 21,168 | |
600 | Sysco Corporation | 30,444 | |
450 | Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. | 32,859 | |
391,658 | |||
Energy—1.8% | |||
100 | Chevron Corporation | 10,483 | |
250 | ExxonMobil Corporation | 23,435 | |
250 | Marathon Petroleum Corporation | 9,490 | |
100 | Occidental Petroleum Corporation | 7,556 | |
700 | PBF Energy, Inc. – Class “A” | 16,646 | |
150 | Phillips 66 | 11,901 | |
300 | Royal Dutch Shell, PLC – Class “A” (ADR) | 16,566 | |
150 | Schlumberger, Ltd. | 11,862 | |
600 | Suncor Energy, Inc. | 16,638 | |
124,577 |
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Portfolio of Investments (continued)
BALANCED INCOME FUND
June 30, 2016
Shares | Security | Value | |
Financials—5.9% | |||
350 | Ameriprise Financial, Inc. | $ 31,447 | |
500 | Berkshire Hills Bancorp, Inc. | 13,460 | |
1,250 | Brixmor Property Group, Inc. (REIT) | 33,075 | |
700 | Chesapeake Lodging Trust (REIT) | 16,275 | |
300 | Chubb, Ltd. | 39,213 | |
700 | Discover Financial Services | 37,513 | |
2,850 | FelCor Lodging Trust, Inc. (REIT) | 17,755 | |
500 | JPMorgan Chase & Company | 31,070 | |
700 | MetLife, Inc. | 27,881 | |
250 | PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. | 20,348 | |
1,643 | Sunstone Hotel Investors, Inc. (REIT) | 19,831 | |
700 | Tanger Factory Outlet Centers, Inc. (REIT) | 28,126 | |
800 | U.S. Bancorp | 32,264 | |
800 | Urstadt Biddle Properties, Inc. – Class “A” (REIT) | 19,824 | |
850 | Waddell & Reed Financial, Inc. – Class “A” | 14,637 | |
450 | Wells Fargo & Company | 21,299 | |
404,018 | |||
Health Care—4.7% | |||
850 | Abbott Laboratories | 33,413 | |
1,000 | AbbVie, Inc. | 61,910 | |
1,200 | GlaxoSmithKline, PLC (ADR) | 52,008 | |
500 | Johnson & Johnson | 60,650 | |
750 | Merck & Company, Inc. | 43,208 | |
2,000 | Pfizer, Inc. | 70,420 | |
321,609 | |||
Industrials—4.3% | |||
400 | 3M Company | 70,048 | |
900 | General Electric Company | 28,332 | |
400 | Honeywell International, Inc. | 46,528 | |
1,000 | Koninklijke Philips NV | 24,940 | |
250 | Lockheed Martin Corporation | 62,043 | |
1,700 | TAL International Group, Inc. | 22,797 | |
700 | Textainer Group Holdings, Ltd. | 7,798 | |
200 | Tyco International, PLC | 8,520 | |
200 | United Technologies Corporation | 20,510 | |
291,516 |
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Shares | Security | Value | |
Information Technology—5.9% | |||
700 | Apple, Inc. | $ 66,920 | |
900 | Applied Materials, Inc. | 21,573 | |
1,650 | Cisco Systems, Inc. | 47,338 | |
1,200 | HP, Inc. | 15,060 | |
800 | Intel Corporation | 26,240 | |
200 | International Business Machines Corporation | 30,356 | |
1,100 | Maxim Integrated Products, Inc. | 39,259 | |
1,250 | Microsoft Corporation | 63,963 | |
800 | QUALCOMM, Inc. | 42,856 | |
1,300 | Symantec Corporation | 26,702 | |
1,600 | Travelport Worldwide, Ltd. | 20,624 | |
400,891 | |||
Materials—.9% | |||
200 | Praxair, Inc. | 22,478 | |
400 | RPM International, Inc. | 19,980 | |
800 | Steel Dynamics, Inc. | 19,600 | |
62,058 | |||
Telecommunication Services—1.7% | |||
1,500 | AT&T, Inc. | 64,815 | |
900 | Verizon Communications, Inc. | 50,256 | |
115,071 | |||
Utilities—3.6% | |||
800 | AGL Resources, Inc. | 52,776 | |
500 | Black Hills Corporation | 31,520 | |
500 | Duke Energy Corporation | 42,895 | |
750 | Exelon Corporation | 27,270 | |
1,000 | NiSource, Inc. | 26,520 | |
450 | SCANA Corporation | 34,047 | |
400 | WEC Energy Group, Inc. | 26,120 | |
241,148 | |||
Total Value of Common Stocks (cost $2,507,205) | 2,615,733 |
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Portfolio of Investments (continued)
BALANCED INCOME FUND
June 30, 2016
Principal | |||
Amount | Security | Value | |
CORPORATE BONDS—32.8% | |||
Automotive—1.6% | |||
$ 50M | Johnson Controls, Inc., 5%, 3/30/2020 | $ 54,757 | |
50M | O’Reilly Automotive, Inc., 3.55%, 3/15/2026 | 52,529 | |
107,286 | |||
Chemicals—.8% | |||
50M | Dow Chemical Co., 4.25%, 11/15/2020 | 54,756 | |
Energy—1.6% | |||
50M | Magellan Midstream Partners, LP, 5%, 3/1/2026 | 56,670 | |
50M | Plains All American Pipeline, LP, 5.875%, 8/15/2016 | 50,241 | |
106,911 | |||
Financial Services—3.9% | |||
100M | American International Group, Inc., 3.75%, 7/10/2025 | 102,110 | |
50M | Ameriprise Financial, Inc., 5.3%, 3/15/2020 | 56,057 | |
50M | Berkshire Hathaway, Inc., 3.4%, 1/31/2022 | 54,007 | |
50M | General Electric Capital Corp., 3.1%, 1/9/2023 | 53,458 | |
265,632 | |||
Financials—10.7% | |||
100M | Bank of America Corp., 5.875%, 2/7/2042 | 126,687 | |
100M | Capital One Financial Corp., 3.75%, 4/24/2024 | 104,503 | |
50M | Citigroup, Inc., 4.5%, 1/14/2022 | 55,335 | |
50M | Deutsche Bank AG, 3.7%, 5/30/2024 | 49,787 | |
50M | Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., 3.625%, 1/22/2023 | 52,524 | |
50M | JPMorgan Chase & Co., 4.5%, 1/24/2022 | 55,684 | |
Morgan Stanley: | |||
50M | 5.5%, 7/28/2021 | 57,158 | |
50M | 7.25%, 4/1/2032 | 69,491 | |
50M | U.S. Bancorp, 3.6%, 9/11/2024 | 53,916 | |
50M | Visa, Inc., 3.15%, 12/14/2025 | 53,520 | |
50M | Wells Fargo & Co., 3.9%, 5/1/2045 | 52,619 | |
731,224 | |||
Food/Beverage/Tobacco—1.7% | |||
100M | Anheuser-Busch InBev Finance, Inc., 4.7%, 2/1/2036 | 112,737 |
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Principal | |||
Amount | Security | Value | |
Food/Drug—.8% | |||
$ 50M | CVS Health Corp., 3.875%, 7/20/2025 | $ 55,102 | |
Health Care—1.6% | |||
100M | Gilead Sciences, Inc., 3.65%, 3/1/2026 | 108,949 | |
Information Technology—1.5% | |||
50M | Apple, Inc., 2.5%, 2/9/2025 | 50,844 | |
50M | Oracle Corp., 2.95%, 5/15/2025 | 52,024 | |
102,868 | |||
Media-Broadcasting—.8% | |||
50M | Comcast Corp., 4.25%, 1/15/2033 | 55,268 | |
Real Estate Investment Trusts—1.6% | |||
50M | AvalonBay Communities, Inc., 3.5%, 11/15/2024 | 52,756 | |
50M | Simon Property Group, LP, 3.375%, 10/1/2024 | 53,688 | |
106,444 | |||
Retail-General Merchandise—.9% | |||
50M | Amazon.com, Inc., 4.8%, 12/5/2034 | 58,994 | |
Telecommunications—1.6% | |||
50M | AT&T, Inc., 3.8%, 3/15/2022 | 53,184 | |
50M | Verizon Communications, Inc., 5.15%, 9/15/2023 | 58,320 | |
111,504 | |||
Transportation—.9% | |||
50M | Burlington North Santa Fe, LLC, 5.15%, 9/1/2043 | 61,167 | |
Utilities—2.8% | |||
50M | Dominion Resources, Inc., 3.9%, 10/1/2025 | 53,664 | |
25M | Duke Energy Progress, Inc., 4.15%, 12/1/2044 | 27,600 | |
50M | Ohio Power Co., 5.375%, 10/1/2021 | 58,120 | |
50M | Oklahoma Gas & Electric Co., 4%, 12/15/2044 | 53,676 | |
193,060 | |||
Total Value of Corporate Bonds (cost $2,134,409) | 2,231,902 |
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Portfolio of Investments (continued)
BALANCED INCOME FUND
June 30, 2016
Principal | |||||||
Amount | |||||||
or Shares | Security | Value | |||||
RESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE-BACKED | |||||||
SECURITIES—10.8% | |||||||
Fannie Mae: | |||||||
$ 99M | 3%, 4/1/2046 | $ 102,967 | |||||
397M | 3.5%, 11/1/2045 – 7/14/2046 (a) | 419,069 | |||||
198M | 4%, 10/1/2035 – 7/14/2046 (a) | 212,366 | |||||
Total Value of Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities (cost $727,491) | 734,402 | ||||||
U.S. GOVERNMENT OBLIGATIONS—10.7% | |||||||
U.S. Treasury Notes: | |||||||
500M | 0.3372%, 7/31/2017 † | 500,100 | |||||
225M | 0.5322%, 1/31/2018 † | 225,479 | |||||
Total Value of U.S. Government Obligations (cost $724,866) | 725,579 | ||||||
EXCHANGE TRADED FUNDS—2.7% | |||||||
2,175 | iShares iBoxx USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF | ||||||
(ETF) (cost $178,482) | 184,201 | ||||||
SHORT-TERM U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENCY | |||||||
OBLIGATIONS—7.4% | |||||||
$500M | Federal Home Loan Bank, 0.35%, 8/26/2016 (cost $499,728) | 499,813 | |||||
Total Value of Investments (cost $6,772,181) | 102.9 | % | 6,991,630 | ||||
Excess of Liabilities Over Other Assets | (2.9 | ) | (194,168) | ||||
Net Assets | 100.0 | % | $6,797,462 |
(a) | A portion or all of the security purchased on a when-issued or delayed delivery basis (see | |
Note 1G). | ||
† | Interest rates are determined and reset periodically. The interest rates above are the rates in effect | |
at June 30, 2016. | ||
Summary of Abbreviations: | ||
ADR | American Depositary Receipts | |
ETF | Exchange Traded Fund | |
REIT | Real Estate Investment Trust | |
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The Fund’s assets and liabilities are classified into the following three levels based on the inputs used to value the assets and liabilities:
Level 1 — Unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical securities that the Fund has the ability to access. |
Level 2 — Observable inputs other than 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. |
Level 3 — Unobservable inputs for the asset or liability, to the extent relevant observable inputs are not available, representing the Fund’s own assumption about the assumptions a market participant would use in valuing the asset or liability, and would be based on the best information available. |
The inputs methodology used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities. For example, U.S. Government securities are reflected as Level 2 because the inputs used to determine fair value may not always be quoted prices in an active market.
The following is a summary, by category of Level, of inputs used to value the Fund’s investments as of June 30, 2016:
Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 | Total | |||||||||
Common Stocks | $ | 2,615,733 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 2,615,733 | ||||
Corporate Bonds | — | 2,231,902 | — | 2,231,902 | ||||||||
Residential Mortgage-Backed | ||||||||||||
Securities | — | 734,402 | — | 734,402 | ||||||||
U.S. Government Obligations | — | 725,579 | — | 725,579 | ||||||||
Exchange Traded Funds | 184,201 | — | — | 184,201 | ||||||||
Short-Term U.S. Government | ||||||||||||
Agency Obligations | — | 499,813 | — | 499,813 | ||||||||
Total Investments in Securities* | $ | 2,799,934 | $ | 4,191,696 | $ | — | $ | 6,991,630 |
* | The Portfolio of Investments provides information on the industry categorization for common |
stocks and corporate bonds. | |
There were no transfers into or from Level 1 and Level 2 by the Fund for the period ended | |
June 30, 2016. Transfers, if any, between Levels are recognized at the end of the reporting period. |
See notes to financial statements | 13 |
Fund Expenses (unaudited)
CASH MANAGEMENT FUND
The examples below show the ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in your Fund and will help you in comparing these costs with costs of other mutual funds. Please refer to page 5 for a detailed explanation of the information presented in these examples.
Beginning | Ending | ||
Account | Account | Expenses Paid | |
Value | Value | During Period | |
(1/1/16) | (6/30/16) | (1/1/16–6/30/16)* | |
Expense Examples | |||
Actual | $1,000.00 | $1,000.00 | $1.79 |
Hypothetical | |||
(5% annual return before expenses) | $1,000.00 | $1,023.07 | $1.81 |
* | Expenses are equal to the annualized expense ratio of .36%, multiplied by the average account |
value over the period, multiplied by 182/366 (to reflect the one-half year period). Expenses paid | |
during the period are net of expenses waived and/or assumed. |
Portfolio Composition
BY SECTOR
Portfolio holdings and allocations are subject to change. Percentages are as of June 30, 2016, and are |
based on the total value of investments. |
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CASH MANAGEMENT FUND
June 30, 2016
Principal | Interest | ||||
Amount | Security | Rate | * | Value | |
U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENCY | |||||
OBLIGATIONS—53.1% | |||||
Fannie Mae: | |||||
$300M | 8/10/2016 | 0.26 | % | $ 299,913 | |
385M | 8/31/2016 | 0.27 | 384,824 | ||
Federal Home Loan Bank: | |||||
700M | 7/5/2016 | 0.29 | 699,978 | ||
600M | 7/11/2016 | 0.28 | 599,953 | ||
680M | 7/20/2016 | 0.35 | 679,874 | ||
800M | 7/22/2016 | 0.34 | 799,841 | ||
300M | 9/1/2016 | 0.39 | 299,799 | ||
400M | 9/6/2016 | 0.39 | 399,710 | ||
400M | 9/7/2016 | 0.39 | 399,705 | ||
175M | 10/18/2016 | 0.55 | 174,708 | ||
175M | 11/4/2016 | 0.55 | 174,663 | ||
500M | Freddie Mac, 7/13/2016 | 0.43 | 499,928 | ||
Total Value of U.S. Government Agency Obligations (cost $5,412,896) | 5,412,896 | ||||
VARIABLE AND FLOATING RATE NOTES—28.3% | |||||
Federal Farm Credit Bank: | |||||
140M | 7/15/2016 | 0.63 | 139,996 | ||
400M | 8/26/2016 | 0.47 | 399,980 | ||
200M | 10/11/2016 | 0.47 | 199,976 | ||
250M | 12/19/2016 | 0.45 | 249,940 | ||
500M | 4/20/2017 | 0.50 | 500,081 | ||
Federal Home Loan Bank: | |||||
400M | 7/25/2016 | 0.44 | 400,000 | ||
500M | 1/27/2017 | 0.44 | 500,004 | ||
500M | Valdez, AK Marine Term. Rev. (Exxon Pipeline Co., | ||||
Project B), 12/1/2033 | 0.37 | 500,000 | |||
Total Value of Variable and Floating Rate Notes (cost $2,889,977) | 2,889,977 | ||||
CORPORATE NOTES—9.3% | |||||
450M | Microsoft Corp., 8/3/2016 (a) | 0.40 | 449,835 | ||
500M | Pfizer, Inc., 9/19/2016 (a) | 0.46 | 499,489 | ||
Total Value of Corporate Notes (cost $949,324) | 949,324 |
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CASH MANAGEMENT FUND
June 30, 2016
Principal | Interest | ||||||
Amount | Security | Rate | * | Value | |||
SHORT-TERM U.S. GOVERNMENT | |||||||
OBLIGATIONS—5.9% | |||||||
U.S. Treasury Bills: | |||||||
$100M | 7/28/2016 | 0.39 | % | $ 99,971 | |||
500M | 8/4/2016 | 0.25 | 499,882 | ||||
Total Value of Short-Term U.S. Government Obligations (cost $599,853) | 599,853 | ||||||
Total Value of Investments (cost $9,852,050)** | 96.6 | % | 9,852,050 | ||||
Other Assets, Less Liabilities | 3.4 | 346,145 | |||||
Net Assets | 100.0 | % | $10,198,195 |
* | The interest rates shown are the effective rates at the time of purchase by the Fund. The interest |
rates shown on variable and floating rate notes are adjusted periodically; the rates shown are the | |
rates in effect at June 30, 2016. | |
** | Aggregate cost for federal income tax purposes is the same. |
(a) | Security exempt from registration under Section 4(2) of the Securities Act of 1933 (see Note 5). |
16 |
The Fund’s assets and liabilities are classified into the following three levels based on the inputs used to value the assets and liabilities:
Level 1 — Unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical securities that the Fund has the ability to access. |
Level 2 — Observable inputs other than 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. |
Level 3 — Unobservable inputs for the asset or liability, to the extent relevant observable inputs are not available, representing the Fund’s own assumption about the assumptions a market participant would use in valuing the asset or liability, and would be based on the best information available. |
The inputs methodology used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities. For example, U.S. Government securities are reflected as Level 2 because the inputs used to determine fair value may not always be quoted prices in an active market.
The following is a summary, by category of Level, of inputs used to value the Fund’s investments as of June 30, 2016:
Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 | Total | |||||||||
U.S. Government Agency | ||||||||||||
Obligations | $ | — | $ | 5,412,896 | $ | — | $ | 5,412,896 | ||||
Variable and Floating Rate Notes: | ||||||||||||
U.S. Government Agency | ||||||||||||
Obligations | — | 2,389,977 | — | 2,389,977 | ||||||||
Municipal Bonds | — | 500,000 | — | 500,000 | ||||||||
Corporate Notes | — | 949,324 | — | 949,324 | ||||||||
Short-Term U.S. Government | ||||||||||||
Obligations | — | 599,853 | — | 599,853 | ||||||||
Total Investments in Securities | $ | — | $ | 9,852,050 | $ | — | $ | 9,852,050 |
There were no transfers into or from Level 1 and Level 2 by the Fund for the period ended |
June 30, 2016. Transfers, if any, between Levels are recognized at the end of the reporting period. |
See notes to financial statements | 17 |
Fund Expenses (unaudited)
COVERED CALL STRATEGY FUND
The examples below show the ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in your Fund and will help you in comparing these costs with costs of other mutual funds. Please refer to page 5 for a detailed explanation of the information presented in these examples.
Beginning | Ending | ||
Account | Account | Expenses Paid | |
Value | Value | During Period | |
(5/2/16)* | (6/30/16) | (5/2/16–6/30/16)** | |
Expense Examples | |||
Actual | $1,000.00 | $1,008.00 | $3.34 |
Hypothetical | |||
(5% annual return before expenses) | $1,000.00 | $1,004.87 | $3.34 |
* | Commencement of operations. |
** | Actual expenses reflect only from the commencement of operations to the end of the period |
covered (May 2, 2016 through June 30, 2016). Therefore expenses shown are lower than would | |
be expected for a six month period. Actual expenses for the six-month period will be reflected | |
in future reports. Expenses are equal to the annualized expense ratio of 2.03%, multiplied by | |
the average account value over the period, multiplied by 60/366 (to reflect the inception period). | |
Expenses paid during the period are net of expenses waived and/or assumed. |
Portfolio Composition
BY SECTOR
Portfolio holdings and allocations are subject to change. Percentages are as of June 30, 2016, and are |
based on the total value of investments. |
18 |
Portfolio of Investments
COVERED CALL STRATEGY FUND
June 30, 2016
Shares | Security | Value | |
COMMON STOCKS—101.2% | |||
Consumer Discretionary—17.0% | |||
6,700 | Ford Motor Company | $ 84,219 | |
4,200 | General Motors Company | 118,860 | |
1,700 | Home Depot, Inc. | 217,073 | |
2,300 | Ross Stores, Inc. | 130,387 | |
2,000 | Time Warner, Inc. | 147,080 | |
900 | Walt Disney Company | 88,038 | |
800 | Whirlpool Corporation | 133,312 | |
918,969 | |||
Consumer Staples—8.0% | |||
2,200 | CVS Health Corporation | 210,628 | |
2,100 | PepsiCo, Inc. | 222,474 | |
433,102 | |||
Energy—2.7% | |||
1,400 | Chevron Corporation | 146,762 | |
Financials—16.3% | |||
400 | BlackRock, Inc. | 137,012 | |
2,700 | JPMorgan Chase & Company | 167,778 | |
1,100 | SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF Trust (ETF) | 196,988 | |
1,100 | SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (ETF) | 230,483 | |
3,700 | U.S. Bancorp | 149,221 | |
881,482 | |||
Health Care—11.1% | |||
200 | * | Allergan, PLC | 46,218 |
1,500 | Johnson & Johnson | 181,950 | |
2,000 | Medtronic, PLC | 173,540 | |
5,600 | Pfizer, Inc. | 197,176 | |
598,884 | |||
Industrials—18.5% | |||
800 | Boeing Company | 103,896 | |
4,000 | Delta Air Lines, Inc. | 145,720 | |
3,500 | General Electric Company | 110,180 | |
1,700 | Honeywell International, Inc. | 197,744 |
19 |
Portfolio of Investments (continued)
COVERED CALL STRATEGY FUND
June 30, 2016
Shares | Security | Value | |||||
Industrials (continued) | |||||||
1,300 | Raytheon Company | $ 176,735 | |||||
1,800 | Union Pacific Corporation | 157,050 | |||||
1,100 | United Technologies Corporation | 112,805 | |||||
1,004,130 | |||||||
Information Technology—17.9% | |||||||
2,500 | Apple, Inc. | 239,000 | |||||
6,500 | Cisco Systems, Inc. | 186,485 | |||||
5,800 | EMC Corporation | 157,586 | |||||
4,900 | Intel Corporation | 160,720 | |||||
400 | International Business Machines Corporation | 60,712 | |||||
3,100 | QUALCOMM, Inc. | 166,067 | |||||
970,570 | |||||||
Materials—3.0% | |||||||
3,300 | Dow Chemical Company | 164,043 | |||||
Telecommunication Services—6.7% | |||||||
4,700 | AT&T, Inc. | 203,087 | |||||
2,900 | Verizon Communications, Inc. | 161,936 | |||||
365,023 | |||||||
Total Value of Common Stocks (cost $5,465,129) | 101.2 | % | 5,482,965 | ||||
Excess of Liabilities Over Other Assets | (1.2 | ) | (66,650) | ||||
Net Assets | 100.0 | % | $5,416,315 |
* | Non income producing | |
Summary of Abbreviations: | ||
ETF | Exchange Traded Fund |
20 |
Expiration | Exercise | |||
CALL OPTIONS WRITTEN—3.4% | Date | Price | Contracts | Value |
Allergan, PLC | 10/21/16 | $240.00 | 2 | $ 2,400 |
Apple, Inc. | 7/15/16 | 100.00 | 15 | 150 |
Apple, Inc. | 8/19/16 | 105.00 | 10 | 360 |
AT&T, Inc | 7/1/16 | 38.50 | 47 | 21,714 |
BlackRock, Inc. | 10/21/16 | 350.00 | 4 | 4,480 |
Boeing Company | 11/18/16 | 135.00 | 8 | 3,640 |
Chevron Corporation | 7/15/16 | 100.00 | 14 | 6,762 |
Cisco Systems, Inc. | 10/21/16 | 28.00 | 65 | 9,620 |
CVS Health Corporation | 7/29/16 | 95.00 | 22 | 3,938 |
Delta Air Lines, Inc. | 7/15/16 | 40.00 | 40 | 880 |
Dow Chemical Company | 7/8/16 | 53.00 | 33 | 446 |
EMC Corporation | 1/19/18 | 27.00 | 58 | 11,687 |
Ford Motor Company | 7/15/16 | 14.00 | 67 | 67 |
General Electric Company | 10/21/16 | 31.00 | 35 | 5,005 |
General Motors Company | 9/16/16 | 31.00 | 42 | 1,344 |
Home Depot, Inc. | 8/19/16 | 135.00 | 17 | 1,190 |
Honeywell International, Inc. | 12/16/16 | 120.00 | 17 | 5,797 |
Intel Corporation | 7/15/16 | 32.00 | 16 | 1,600 |
Intel Corporation | 10/21/16 | 30.00 | 33 | 10,725 |
International Business Machines | ||||
Corporation | 7/15/16 | 152.50 | 4 | 608 |
Johnson & Johnson | 7/15/16 | 116.00 | 15 | 7,755 |
JPMorgan Chase & Company | 9/16/16 | 65.00 | 27 | 2,997 |
Medtronic, PLC | 8/19/16 | 80.00 | 5 | 3,450 |
Medtronic, PLC | 8/19/16 | 85.00 | 15 | 4,305 |
PepsiCo, Inc. | 7/15/16 | 105.00 | 21 | 4,095 |
Pfizer, Inc. | 8/19/16 | 35.00 | 56 | 4,872 |
QUALCOMM, Inc. | 8/19/16 | 55.00 | 31 | 3,999 |
Raytheon Company | 8/19/16 | 130.00 | 13 | 9,100 |
Ross Stores, Inc | 11/18/16 | 57.50 | 23 | 7,130 |
SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average | ||||
ETF Trust | 7/15/16 | 175.00 | 11 | 4,994 |
SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust | 7/15/16 | 204.00 | 5 | 3,015 |
SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust | 7/15/16 | 207.00 | 6 | 2,220 |
Time Warner, Inc. | 10/21/16 | 75.00 | 20 | 5,800 |
U.S. Bancorp | 9/16/16 | 43.00 | 37 | 1,554 |
Union Pacific Corporation | 11/18/16 | 87.50 | 18 | 8,370 |
United Technologies Corporation | 8/19/16 | 105.00 | 11 | 1,342 |
Verizon Communications, Inc | 7/15/16 | 52.50 | 29 | 9,715 |
Walt Disney Company | 7/15/16 | 100.00 | 9 | 198 |
Whirlpool Corporation | 9/16/16 | 170.00 | 8 | 5,440 |
Total Call Options Written (premium received $168,761) | $182,764 |
21 |
Portfolio of Investments (continued)
COVERED CALL STRATEGY FUND
June 30, 2016
The Fund’s assets and liabilities are classified into the following three levels based on the inputs used to value the assets and liabilities:
Level 1 — Unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical securities that the Fund has the ability to access. |
Level 2 — Observable inputs other than 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. |
Level 3 — Unobservable inputs for the asset or liability, to the extent relevant observable inputs are not available, representing the Fund’s own assumption about the assumptions a market participant would use in valuing the asset or liability, and would be based on the best information available. |
The inputs methodology used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities. For example, U.S. Government securities are reflected as Level 2 because the inputs used to determine fair value may not always be quoted prices in an active market.
The following is a summary, by category of Level, of inputs used to value the Fund’s investments as of June 30, 2016:
Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 | Total | |||||||||
Assets | ||||||||||||
Common Stocks* | $ | 5,482,965 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 5,482,965 | ||||
Liabilities | ||||||||||||
Call Options Written | $ | (182,764) | $ | — | $ | — | $ | (182,764) |
* | The Portfolio of Investments provides information on the industry categorization for common stocks. |
There were no transfers into or from Level 1 and Level 2 by the Fund for the period ended | |
June 30, 2016. Transfers, if any, between Levels are recognized at the end of the reporting period. |
22 | See notes to financial statements |
Fund Expenses (unaudited)
EQUITY INCOME FUND
The examples below show the ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in your Fund and will help you in comparing these costs with costs of other mutual funds. Please refer to page 5 for a detailed explanation of the information presented in these examples.
Beginning | Ending | ||
Account | Account | Expenses Paid | |
Value | Value | During Period | |
(1/1/16) | (6/30/16) | (1/1/16–6/30/16)* | |
Expense Examples | |||
Actual | $1,000.00 | $1,052.15 | $4.23 |
Hypothetical | |||
(5% annual return before expenses) | $1,000.00 | $1,020.73 | $4.17 |
* | Expenses are equal to the annualized expense ratio of .83%, multiplied by the average account |
value over the period, multiplied by 182/366 (to reflect the one-half year period). |
Portfolio Composition
BY SECTOR
Portfolio holdings and allocations are subject to change. Percentages are as of June 30, 2016, and are |
based on the total value of investments. |
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Portfolio of Investments
EQUITY INCOME FUND
June 30, 2016
Shares | Security | Value | |
COMMON STOCKS—92.9% | |||
Consumer Discretionary—9.1% | |||
13,200 | American Eagle Outfitters, Inc. | $ 210,276 | |
5,787 | CBS Corporation – Class “B” | 315,044 | |
17,650 | Comcast Corporation – Special Shares “A” | 1,150,603 | |
7,600 | Delphi Automotive, PLC | 475,760 | |
44,850 | Ford Motor Company | 563,765 | |
2,150 | Harman International Industries, Inc. | 154,413 | |
8,050 | Home Depot, Inc. | 1,027,905 | |
12,300 | Johnson Controls, Inc. | 544,398 | |
2,700 | L Brands, Inc. | 181,251 | |
3,750 | Lear Corporation | 381,600 | |
6,900 | McDonald’s Corporation | 830,346 | |
19,737 | Newell Brands, Inc. | 958,626 | |
37,400 | Regal Entertainment Group – Class “A” | 824,296 | |
11,016 | Time Warner, Inc. | 810,117 | |
8,500 | Tupperware Brands Corporation | 478,380 | |
4,300 | Walt Disney Company | 420,626 | |
1,800 | Whirlpool Corporation | 299,952 | |
6,300 | Wyndham Worldwide Corporation | 448,749 | |
10,076,107 | |||
Consumer Staples—9.6% | |||
27,600 | Altria Group, Inc. | 1,903,296 | |
17,600 | Coca-Cola Company | 797,808 | |
14,600 | CVS Health Corporation | 1,397,804 | |
3,850 | Dr. Pepper Snapple Group, Inc. | 372,026 | |
4,500 | Kimberly-Clark Corporation | 618,660 | |
11,400 | Koninklijke Ahold NV (ADR) | 252,168 | |
3,666 | Kraft Heinz Company | 324,368 | |
12,000 | PepsiCo, Inc. | 1,271,280 | |
15,900 | Philip Morris International, Inc. | 1,617,348 | |
15,300 | Procter & Gamble Company | 1,295,451 | |
10,200 | Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. | 744,804 | |
10,595,013 | |||
Energy—7.4% | |||
16,800 | Chevron Corporation | 1,761,144 | |
21,050 | ConocoPhillips | 917,780 | |
15,400 | Devon Energy Corporation | 558,250 | |
16,500 | Exxon Mobil Corporation | 1,546,710 | |
6,500 | Halliburton Company | 294,385 |
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Shares | Security | Value | |
Energy (continued) | |||
11,900 | Marathon Petroleum Corporation | $ 451,724 | |
14,600 | Occidental Petroleum Corporation | 1,103,176 | |
12,400 | PBF Energy, Inc. – Class “A” | 294,872 | |
12,500 | Royal Dutch Shell, PLC – Class “A” (ADR) | 690,250 | |
3,600 | Schlumberger, Ltd. | 284,688 | |
13,200 | Suncor Energy, Inc. | 366,036 | |
8,269,015 | |||
Financials—19.3% | |||
28,800 | AllianceBernstein Holding, LP (MLP) | 671,040 | |
8,550 | American Express Company | 519,498 | |
4,050 | Ameriprise Financial, Inc. | 363,892 | |
19,800 | Bank of New York Mellon Corporation | 769,230 | |
28,950 | Berkshire Hills Bancorp, Inc. | 779,334 | |
37,300 | Brixmor Property Group, Inc. (REIT) | 986,958 | |
20,000 | Chesapeake Lodging Trust (REIT) | 465,000 | |
13,567 | Chubb, Ltd. | 1,773,343 | |
30,800 | Citizens Financial Group, Inc. | 615,384 | |
16,850 | Discover Financial Services | 902,991 | |
35,870 | Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund (ETF) | 818,912 | |
12,000 | Invesco, Ltd. | 306,480 | |
18,100 | iShares S&P U.S. Preferred Stock Index Fund (ETF) | 722,009 | |
8,650 | iShares U.S. Real Estate ETF (ETF) | 711,895 | |
26,300 | JPMorgan Chase & Company | 1,634,282 | |
30,500 | MetLife, Inc. | 1,214,815 | |
15,900 | Oritani Financial Corporation | 254,241 | |
16,810 | Outfront Media, Inc. | 406,298 | |
10,000 | PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. | 813,900 | |
5,400 | Prosperity Bancshares, Inc. | 275,346 | |
7,000 | Select Income REIT (REIT) | 181,930 | |
9,700 | SPDR S&P Regional Banking (ETF) | 371,995 | |
42,700 | Sterling Bancorp | 670,390 | |
25,300 | Sunstone Hotel Investors, Inc. (REIT) | 305,371 | |
13,500 | Tanger Factory Outlet Centers, Inc. (REIT) | 542,430 | |
5,400 | Travelers Companies, Inc. | 642,816 | |
20,600 | U.S. Bancorp | 830,798 | |
32,500 | Urstadt Biddle Properties, Inc. – Class “A” (REIT) | 805,350 | |
13,700 | Waddell & Reed Financial, Inc. – Class “A” | 235,914 | |
38,550 | Wells Fargo & Company | 1,824,572 | |
21,416,414 |
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Portfolio of Investments (continued)
EQUITY INCOME FUND
June 30, 2016
Shares | Security | Value | |
Health Care—12.6% | |||
13,900 | Abbott Laboratories | $ 546,409 | |
19,300 | AbbVie, Inc. | 1,194,863 | |
900 | * | Allergan, PLC | 207,981 |
8,192 | Baxter International, Inc. | 370,442 | |
5,200 | Gilead Sciences, Inc. | 433,785 | |
10,050 | GlaxoSmithKline, PLC (ADR) | 435,567 | |
21,350 | Johnson & Johnson | 2,589,755 | |
1,910 | McKesson Corporation | 356,502 | |
10,412 | Medtronic, PLC | 903,449 | |
37,020 | Merck & Company, Inc. | 2,132,722 | |
76,885 | Pfizer, Inc. | 2,707,121 | |
15,600 | Phibro Animal Health Corporation – Class “A” | 291,096 | |
3,061 | Shire, PLC (ADR) | 563,469 | |
4,950 | Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc. | 731,412 | |
9,990 | Zoetis, Inc. | 474,125 | |
13,938,698 | |||
Industrials—10.3% | |||
5,400 | 3M Company | 945,648 | |
4,600 | A.O. Smith Corporation | 405,306 | |
8,600 | Eaton Corporation, PLC | 513,678 | |
5,750 | * | Generac Holdings, Inc. | 201,020 |
3,000 | General Dynamics Corporation | 417,720 | |
69,730 | General Electric Company | 2,195,100 | |
11,800 | Honeywell International, Inc. | 1,372,576 | |
8,500 | Industrial Select Sector SPDR Fund (ETF) | 475,660 | |
12,550 | ITT, Inc. | 401,349 | |
5,700 | Koninklijke Philips NV (ADR) | 142,158 | |
3,680 | Lockheed Martin Corporation | 913,266 | |
13,300 | Nielsen Holdings, PLC | 691,201 | |
4,350 | Snap-On, Inc. | 686,517 | |
7,625 | Tyco International, PLC | 324,825 | |
8,300 | United Parcel Service, Inc. – Class “B” | 894,076 | |
7,900 | United Technologies Corporation | 810,145 | |
11,390,245 | |||
Information Technology—11.4% | |||
8,690 | Apple, Inc. | 830,764 | |
34,000 | Applied Materials, Inc. | 814,980 | |
5,450 | Automatic Data Processing, Inc. | 500,691 | |
1,000 | Broadcom, Ltd. | 155,400 |
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Shares | Security | Value | |
Information Technology (continued) | |||
63,200 | Cisco Systems, Inc. | $ 1,813,208 | |
25,000 | EMC Corporation | 679,250 | |
20,900 | Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company | 381,843 | |
26,800 | HP, Inc. | 336,340 | |
32,300 | Intel Corporation | 1,059,440 | |
9,600 | Juniper Networks, Inc. | 215,904 | |
10,950 | Lam Research Corporation | 920,457 | |
11,900 | Microchip Technology, Inc. | 604,044 | |
41,750 | Microsoft Corporation | 2,136,348 | |
13,500 | QUALCOMM, Inc. | 723,195 | |
10,700 | Silicon Motion Technology Corporation (ADR) | 511,460 | |
7,500 | TE Connectivity, Ltd. | 428,325 | |
10,900 | Technology Select Sector SPDR Fund (ETF) | 472,624 | |
823 | Western Digital Corporation | 38,895 | |
12,623,168 | |||
Materials—3.8% | |||
16,450 | Dow Chemical Company | 817,730 | |
10,590 | DuPont (E.I.) de Nemours & Company | 686,232 | |
25,100 | * | Ferro Corporation | 335,838 |
14,100 | International Paper Company | 597,558 | |
6,300 | LyondellBasell Industries NV – Class “A” | 468,846 | |
24,200 | Olin Corporation | 601,128 | |
12,600 | Steel Dynamics, Inc. | 308,700 | |
9,490 | WestRock Company | 368,876 | |
4,184,908 | |||
Telecommunication Services—4.0% | |||
49,760 | AT&T, Inc. | 2,150,130 | |
41,400 | Verizon Communications, Inc. | 2,311,776 | |
4,461,906 | |||
Utilities—5.4% | |||
11,050 | AGL Resources, Inc. | 728,968 | |
7,350 | American Electric Power Company, Inc. | 515,161 | |
25,900 | CenterPoint Energy, Inc. | 621,600 | |
6,750 | Dominion Resources, Inc. | 526,027 | |
6,900 | Duke Energy Corporation | 591,951 | |
21,200 | Exelon Corporation | 770,832 |
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Portfolio of Investments (continued)
EQUITY INCOME FUND
June 30, 2016
Shares or | |||||||
Principal | |||||||
Amount | Security | Value | |||||
Utilities (continued) | |||||||
4,000 | NextEra Energy, Inc. | $ 521,600 | |||||
7,400 | Portland General Electric Company | 326,488 | |||||
24,700 | PPL Corporation | 932,425 | |||||
8,300 | Vectren Corporation | 437,161 | |||||
5,972,213 | |||||||
Total Value of Common Stocks (cost $76,395,063) | 102,927,687 | ||||||
PREFERRED STOCKS—1.8% | |||||||
Financials—1.4% | |||||||
200 | Citizens Financial Group, Inc., Series A, 5.5%, 2049 | 192,240 | |||||
11,400 | Digital Realty Trust, Inc., Series G (REIT), 5.875%, 2049 | 294,348 | |||||
21,200 | JPMorgan Chase & Co., Series Y, 6.125%, 2049 | 568,160 | |||||
Urstadt Biddle Properties, Inc. (REIT): | |||||||
9,000 | Series F , 7.125%, 2049 | 239,940 | |||||
11,000 | Series G, 6.75%, 2049 | 306,900 | |||||
1,601,588 | |||||||
Health Care—.4% | |||||||
500 | Allergan, PLC, Series A, 5.5%, 2018 | 416,810 | |||||
Total Value of Preferred Stocks (cost $2,019,492) | 2,018,398 | ||||||
SHORT-TERM U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENCY | |||||||
OBLIGATIONS—4.1% | |||||||
Federal Home Loan Bank: | |||||||
$ 500M | 0.26%, 7/29/2016 | 499,938 | |||||
2,000M | 0.305%, 8/3/2016 | 1,999,560 | |||||
2,000M | 0.32%, 8/15/2016 | 1,999,400 | |||||
Total Value of Short-Term U.S. Government Agency Obligations (cost $4,498,540) | 4,498,898 | ||||||
Total Value of Investments (cost $82,913,095) | 98.8 | % | 109,444,983 | ||||
Other Assets, Less Liabilities | 1.2 | 1,309,599 | |||||
Net Assets | 100.0 | % | $110,754,582 |
* | Non-income producing |
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Summary of Abbreviations: | ||
ADR | American Depositary Receipts | |
ETF | Exchange Traded Fund | |
MLP | Master Limited Partnership | |
REIT | Real Estate Investment Trust |
The Fund’s assets and liabilities are classified into the following three levels based on the inputs used to value the assets and liabilities:
Level 1 — Unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical securities that the Fund has the ability to access. |
Level 2 — Observable inputs other than 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. |
Level 3 — Unobservable inputs for the asset or liability, to the extent relevant observable inputs are not available, representing the Fund’s own assumption about the assumptions a market participant would use in valuing the asset or liability, and would be based on the best information available. |
The inputs methodology used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities. For example, U.S. Government securities are reflected as Level 2 because the inputs used to determine fair value may not always be quoted prices in an active market.
The following is a summary, by category of Level, of inputs used to value the Fund’s investments as of June 30, 2016:
Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 | Total | |||||||||
Common Stocks | $ | 102,927,687 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 102,927,687 | ||||
Preferred Stocks | 2,018,398 | — | — | 2,018,398 | ||||||||
Short-Term U.S. Government | ||||||||||||
Agency Obligations | — | 4,498,898 | — | 4,498,898 | ||||||||
Total Investments in Securities* | $ | 104,946,085 | $ | 4,498,898 | $ | — | $ | 109,444,983 |
* | The Portfolio of Investments provides information on the industry categorization for common stocks |
and preferred stocks. | |
There were no transfers into or from Level 1 and Level 2 by the Fund for the period ended | |
June 30, 2016. Transfers, if any, between Levels are recognized at the end of the reporting period. |
See notes to financial statements | 29 |
Fund Expenses (unaudited)
FUND FOR INCOME
The examples below show the ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in your Fund and will help you in comparing these costs with costs of other mutual funds. Please refer to page 5 for a detailed explanation of the information presented in these examples.
Beginning | Ending | ||
Account | Account | Expenses Paid | |
Value | Value | During Period | |
(1/1/16) | (6/30/16) | (1/1/16–6/30/16)* | |
Expense Examples | |||
Actual | $1,000.00 | $1,057.07 | $4.55 |
Hypothetical | |||
(5% annual return before expenses) | $1,000.00 | $1,020.43 | $4.47 |
* | Expenses are equal to the annualized expense ratio of .89%, multiplied by the average account |
value over the period, multiplied by 182/366 (to reflect the one-half year period). |
Portfolio Composition
BY SECTOR
Portfolio holdings and allocations are subject to change. Percentages are as of June 30, 2016, and are |
based on the total value of investments. |
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Portfolio of Investments
FUND FOR INCOME
June 30, 2016
Principal | |||
Amount | Security | Value | |
CORPORATE BONDS—87.4% | |||
Aerospace/Defense—.5% | |||
Meccanica Holdings USA, Inc.: | |||
$ 100M | 6.25%, 7/15/2019 (a) | $ 108,750 | |
275M | 7.375%, 7/15/2039 (a) | 290,125 | |
100M | 6.25%, 1/15/2040 (a) | 94,000 | |
492,875 | |||
Automotive—4.5% | |||
American Axle & Manufacturing, Inc.: | |||
400M | 6.25%, 3/15/2021 | 416,500 | |
250M | 6.625%, 10/15/2022 | 268,750 | |
250M | Asbury Automotive Group, Inc., 6%, 12/15/2024 | 253,125 | |
Dana Holding Corp.: | |||
200M | 6%, 9/15/2023 | 204,000 | |
250M | 5.5%, 12/15/2024 | 238,750 | |
250M | Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV, 5.25%, 4/15/2023 | 249,375 | |
200M | Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., 7%, 5/15/2022 | 213,750 | |
Group 1 Automotive, Inc.: | |||
325M | 5%, 6/1/2022 | 321,750 | |
200M | 5.25%, 12/15/2023 (a) | 197,500 | |
225M | Hertz Corp., 6.75%, 4/15/2019 | 229,742 | |
500M | LKQ Corp., 4.75%, 5/15/2023 | 493,750 | |
375M | Meritor, Inc., 6.25%, 2/15/2024 | 322,500 | |
425M | Omega U.S. Sub, LLC, 8.75%, 7/15/2023 (a) | 418,625 | |
75M | Oshkosh Corp., 5.375%, 3/1/2022 | 77,625 | |
325M | Schaeffler Finance BV, 4.75%, 5/15/2021 (a) | 333,531 | |
150M | ZF North America Capital, Inc., 4%, 4/29/2020 (a) | 153,750 | |
4,393,023 | |||
Building Materials—.9% | |||
225M | Building Materials Corp., 5.375%, 11/15/2024 (a) | 230,062 | |
425M | Griffon Corp., 5.25%, 3/1/2022 | 421,281 | |
250M | Standard Industries, Inc., 5.5%, 2/15/2023 (a) | 256,875 | |
908,218 | |||
Chemicals—2.3% | |||
Blue Cube Spinco, Inc.: | |||
125M | 9.75%, 10/15/2023 (a) | 145,312 | |
375M | 10%, 10/15/2025 (a) | 435,000 | |
275M | CVR Partners, LP, 9.25%, 6/15/2023 (a) | 280,844 | |
225M | PolyOne Corp., 5.25%, 3/15/2023 | 227,813 |
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Portfolio of Investments (continued)
FUND FOR INCOME
June 30, 2016
Principal | |||
Amount | Security | Value | |
Chemicals (continued) | |||
$ 125M | PQ Corp., 6.75%, 11/15/2022 (a) | $ 130,625 | |
175M | TPC Group, Inc., 8.75%, 12/15/2020 (a) | 137,813 | |
250M | Trinseo SA, 6.75%, 5/1/2022 (a) | 250,000 | |
375M | Univar USA, Inc., 6.75%, 7/15/2023 (a) | 372,188 | |
W.R. Grace & Co.: | |||
175M | 5.125%, 10/1/2021 (a) | 180,250 | |
75M | 5.625%, 10/1/2024 (a) | 77,156 | |
2,237,001 | |||
Consumer Non-Durables—2.0% | |||
375M | Levi Strauss & Co., 6.875%, 5/1/2022 | 399,844 | |
Reynolds Group Issuer, Inc.: | |||
425M | 5.75%, 10/15/2020 | 439,875 | |
125M | 5.125%, 7/15/2023 (a) | 126,719 | |
Spectrum Brands, Inc.: | |||
300M | 6.375%, 11/15/2020 | 313,875 | |
175M | 6.625%, 11/15/2022 | 186,594 | |
450M | Wolverine World Wide, Inc., 6.125%, 10/15/2020 | 467,438 | |
1,934,345 | |||
Energy—9.1% | |||
AmeriGas Finance, LLC: | |||
175M | 7%, 5/20/2022 | 185,608 | |
125M | 5.625%, 5/20/2024 | 126,094 | |
125M | 5.875%, 8/20/2026 | 125,469 | |
Anadarko Petroleum Corp.: | |||
25M | 3.45%, 7/15/2024 | 24,478 | |
100M | 4.5%, 7/15/2044 | 92,195 | |
Antero Midstream Partners, LP: | |||
75M | 6%, 12/1/2020 | 76,188 | |
125M | 5.375%, 11/1/2021 | 122,812 | |
125M | Antero Resources Corp., 5.125%, 12/1/2022 | 120,625 | |
200M | Blue Racer Midstream, LLC, 6.125%, 11/15/2022 (a) | 190,500 | |
200M | Carrizo Oil & Gas, Inc., 6.25%, 4/15/2023 | 193,500 | |
350M | Cheniere Corpus Christi Holdings, LLC, 7%, 6/30/2024 (a) | 359,845 | |
75M | Concho Resources, Inc., 5.5%, 10/1/2022 | 75,750 | |
Continental Resources, Inc.: | |||
250M | 4.5%, 4/15/2023 | 234,375 | |
275M | 3.8%, 6/1/2024 | 241,312 | |
100M | 4.9%, 6/1/2044 | 83,000 | |
350M | Crestwood Midstream Partners, LP, 6%, 12/15/2020 | 332,500 |
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Principal | |||
Amount | Security | Value | |
Energy (continued) | |||
$ 225M | Exterran Partners, LP, 6%, 10/1/2022 | $ 200,250 | |
150M | Ferrellgas Partners, LP, 6.75%, 6/15/2023 (a) | 132,375 | |
225M | Forum Energy Technologies, Inc., 6.25%, 10/1/2021 | 209,812 | |
Genesis Energy, LP: | |||
75M | 5.75%, 2/15/2021 | 71,250 | |
200M | 6.75%, 8/1/2022 | 195,000 | |
150M | 6%, 5/15/2023 | 141,000 | |
100M | 5.625%, 6/15/2024 | 91,500 | |
300M | Gibson Energy, Inc., 6.75%, 7/15/2021 (a) | 300,000 | |
225M | Gulfport Energy Corp., 7.75%, 11/1/2020 | 232,312 | |
225M | Hilcorp Energy I, 5.75%, 10/1/2025 (a) | 216,000 | |
100M | Laredo Petroleum, Inc., 5.625%, 1/15/2022 | 94,000 | |
325M | Marathon Oil Corp., 2.80%, 11/1/2022 | 295,170 | |
200M | Matador Resources Co., 6.875%, 4/15/2023 | 205,000 | |
MPLX, LP: | |||
125M | 4.5%, 7/15/2023 (a) | 121,334 | |
225M | 4.875%, 12/1/2024 (a) | 219,559 | |
150M | 4.875%, 6/1/2025 (a) | 146,860 | |
NuStar Logistics, LP: | |||
50M | 4.8%, 9/1/2020 | 48,750 | |
200M | 6.75%, 2/1/2021 | 203,000 | |
250M | QEP Resources, Inc., 6.875%, 3/1/2021 | 253,750 | |
50M | Range Resources Corp., 4.875%, 5/15/2025 | 47,875 | |
225M | Rice Energy, Inc., 6.25%, 5/1/2022 | 224,438 | |
Sabine Pass Liquefaction, LLC: | |||
500M | 6.25%, 3/15/2022 | 516,250 | |
225M | 5.625%, 4/15/2023 | 226,969 | |
350M | 5.75%, 5/15/2024 | 349,125 | |
175M | 5.625%, 3/1/2025 | 175,000 | |
150M | 5.875%, 6/30/2026 (a) | 150,750 | |
Southwestern Energy Co.: | |||
50M | 3.3%, 1/23/2018 | 51,350 | |
50M | 4.05%, 1/23/2018 | 49,375 | |
150M | 4.95%, 1/23/2025 | 144,375 | |
57M | Suburban Propane Partners, LP, 7.375%, 8/1/2021 | 59,352 | |
225M | Sunoco, LP, 6.25%, 4/15/2021 (a) | 225,000 | |
Targa Resources Partners, LP: | |||
100M | 5.25%, 5/1/2023 | 95,000 | |
250M | 4.25%, 11/15/2023 | 225,625 |
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Portfolio of Investments (continued)
FUND FOR INCOME
June 30, 2016
Principal | |||
Amount | Security | Value | |
Energy (continued) | |||
Tesoro Logistics, LP: | |||
$ 100M | 6.25%, 10/15/2022 | $ 104,750 | |
100M | 6.375%, 5/1/2024 | 105,250 | |
250M | Unit Corp., 6.625%, 5/15/2021 | 194,375 | |
8,906,032 | |||
Financials—4.6% | |||
Ally Financial, Inc.: | |||
350M | 6.25%, 12/1/2017 | 367,500 | |
150M | 8%, 12/31/2018 | 164,250 | |
725M | 8%, 3/15/2020 | 817,437 | |
175M | 8%, 11/1/2031 | 203,437 | |
350M | Argos Merger Sub, Inc., 7.125%, 3/15/2023 (a) | 361,375 | |
674M | Consolidated Energy Finance SA, 6.75%, 10/15/2019 (a) | 636,930 | |
150M | Dana Financing Luxembourg Sarl, 6.5%, 6/1/2026 (a) | 146,437 | |
International Lease Finance Corp.: | |||
275M | 8.75%, 3/15/2017 | 287,590 | |
1,250M | 8.25%, 12/15/2020 | 1,482,587 | |
4,467,543 | |||
Food/Beverage/Tobacco—1.4% | |||
325M | Barry Callebault Services SA, 5.5%, 6/15/2023 (a) | 351,293 | |
Constellation Brands, Inc.: | |||
75M | 4.25%, 5/1/2023 | 78,375 | |
125M | 4.75%, 11/15/2024 | 132,187 | |
25M | 4.75%, 12/1/2025 | 26,469 | |
250M | Post Holdings, Inc., 7.75%, 3/15/2024 (a) | 275,938 | |
50M | Smithfield Foods, Inc., 6.625%, 8/15/2022 | 52,610 | |
450M | Sun Merger Sub, Inc., 5.875%, 8/1/2021 (a) | 471,375 | |
1,388,247 | |||
Food/Drug—.5% | |||
475M | Rite Aid Corp., 6.125%, 4/1/2023 (a) | 508,844 | |
Forest Products/Container—4.2% | |||
225M | Ardagh Packaging Finance, PLC, 6%, 6/30/2021 (a) | 224,437 | |
Ball Corp.: | |||
150M | 4.375%, 12/15/2020 | 158,062 | |
250M | 5.25%, 7/1/2025 | 261,562 | |
350M | Berry Plastics Group, Inc., 5.125%, 7/15/2023 | 350,875 | |
300M | CROWN Americas, LLC, 4.5%, 1/15/2023 | 307,500 |
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Principal | |||
Amount | Security | Value | |
Forest Products/Container (continued) | |||
$ 150M | Graphic Packaging International, Inc., 4.875%, 11/15/2022 | $ 156,375 | |
450M | Greif, Inc., 7.75%, 8/1/2019 | 502,875 | |
Mercer International, Inc.: | |||
50M | 7%, 12/1/2019 | 50,750 | |
200M | 7.75%, 12/1/2022 | 201,000 | |
Owens-Brockway Glass Container, Inc.: | |||
75M | 5%, 1/15/2022 (a) | 75,375 | |
75M | 5.875%, 8/15/2023 (a) | 78,922 | |
250M | 5.375%, 1/15/2025 (a) | 249,063 | |
50M | 6.375%, 8/15/2025 (a) | 52,344 | |
Sealed Air Corp.: | |||
175M | 6.5%, 12/1/2020 (a) | 199,938 | |
175M | 4.875%, 12/1/2022 (a) | 180,688 | |
300M | 5.25%, 4/1/2023 (a) | 312,000 | |
225M | 6.875%, 7/15/2033 | 239,625 | |
500M | Silgan Holdings, Inc., 5%, 4/1/2020 | 514,375 | |
4,115,766 | |||
Gaming/Leisure—4.3% | |||
225M | AMC Entertainment, Inc., 5.75%, 6/15/2025 | 225,000 | |
200M | ClubCorp Club Operations, Inc., 8.25%, 12/15/2023 (a) | 200,000 | |
GLP Capital, LP: | |||
25M | 4.375%, 4/15/2021 | 25,812 | |
100M | 5.375%, 4/15/2026 | 103,250 | |
200M | Hilton Worldwide Finance, LLC, 5.625%, 10/15/2021 | 207,143 | |
International Game Technology, PLC: | |||
200M | 5.625%, 2/15/2020 (a) | 211,750 | |
200M | 6.25%, 2/15/2020 (a) | 204,250 | |
200M | 6.5%, 2/15/2020 (a) | 202,500 | |
650M | Live Nation Entertainment, Inc., 7%, 9/1/2020 (a) | 677,076 | |
100M | MGM Growth Properties Operating Partnership, LP, | ||
5.625%, 5/1/2024 (a) | 106,000 | ||
225M | National CineMedia, LLC, 7.875%, 7/15/2021 | 234,000 | |
NCL Corp., Ltd.: | |||
250M | 5.25%, 11/15/2019 (a) | 253,750 | |
250M | 4.625%, 11/15/2020 (a) | 250,780 | |
250M | Regal Entertainment Group, 5.75%, 3/15/2022 | 256,875 | |
225M | Royal Caribbean Cruises, Ltd., 5.25%, 11/15/2022 | 237,938 | |
150M | Scientific Games International, Inc., 6.625%, 5/15/2021 | 90,000 | |
575M | Six Flags Entertainment Corp., 5.25%, 1/15/2021 (a) | 595,844 | |
150M | Viking Cruises, Ltd., 6.25%, 5/15/2025 (a) | 114,000 | |
4,195,958 |
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Portfolio of Investments (continued)
FUND FOR INCOME
June 30, 2016
Principal | |||
Amount | Security | Value | |
Healthcare—10.4% | |||
Centene Corp.: | |||
$ 300M | 5.625%, 2/15/2021 (a) | $ 313,500 | |
250M | 6.125%, 2/15/2024 (a) | 266,406 | |
Community Health Systems, Inc.: | |||
51M | 5.125%, 8/15/2018 | 51,797 | |
100M | 8%, 11/15/2019 | 98,375 | |
475M | 7.125%, 7/15/2020 | 442,743 | |
250M | Concordia Healthcare Corp., 7%, 4/1/2022 (a) | 248,750 | |
DaVita HealthCare Partners, Inc.: | |||
250M | 5.75%, 8/15/2022 | 262,500 | |
250M | 5.125%, 7/15/2024 | 253,244 | |
Endo Finance, LLC: | |||
175M | 7.75%, 1/15/2022 (a) | 163,187 | |
225M | 6%, 7/15/2023 (a) | 198,000 | |
Fresenius Medical Care U.S. Finance II, Inc.: | |||
150M | 5.625%, 7/31/2019 (a) | 163,218 | |
100M | 4.125%, 10/15/2020 (a) | 103,250 | |
100M | 4.75%, 10/15/2024 (a) | 103,750 | |
HCA, Inc.: | |||
75M | 8%, 10/1/2018 | 83,812 | |
675M | 6.5%, 2/15/2020 | 748,406 | |
175M | 6.25%, 2/15/2021 | 187,250 | |
25M | 7.5%, 2/15/2022 | 28,487 | |
25M | 5.875%, 5/1/2023 | 26,687 | |
50M | 5.375%, 2/1/2025 | 51,375 | |
350M | 5.875%, 2/15/2026 | 364,000 | |
HealthSouth Corp.: | |||
86M | 7.75%, 9/15/2022 | 89,117 | |
175M | 5.125%, 3/15/2023 | 172,375 | |
200M | 5.75%, 11/1/2024 | 201,800 | |
150M | 5.75%, 9/15/2025 | 149,250 | |
405M | IMS Health, Inc., 6%, 11/1/2020 (a) | 413,100 | |
300M | Kindred Healthcare, Inc., 8.75%, 1/15/2023 | 297,189 | |
LifePoint Health, Inc.: | |||
325M | 5.5%, 12/1/2021 | 339,625 | |
100M | 5.875%, 12/1/2023 | 104,250 | |
175M | 5.375%, 5/1/2024 (a) | 175,875 | |
Mallinckrodt Finance SB: | |||
100M | 4.875%, 4/15/2020 (a) | 97,000 | |
75M | 5.75%, 8/1/2022 (a) | 71,625 | |
225M | 5.5%, 4/15/2025 (a) | 201,852 | |
400M | Molina Healthcare, Inc., 5.375%, 11/15/2022 (a) | 401,000 |
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Principal | |||
Amount | Security | Value | |
Healthcare (continued) | |||
$ 125M | MPH Acquisition Holdings, 7.125%, 6/1/2024 (a) | $ 131,563 | |
425M | NBTY, Inc., 7.625%, 5/15/2021 (a) | 426,594 | |
100M | RegionalCare Hospital Partners, 8.25%, 5/1/2023 (a) | 102,750 | |
425M | Tenet Healthcare Corp., 6%, 10/1/2020 | 450,500 | |
225M | Universal Health Services, Inc., 5%, 6/1/2026 (a) | 226,125 | |
64M | Universal Hospital Services, Inc., 7.625%, 8/15/2020 | 59,120 | |
Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc.: | |||
650M | 6.125%, 4/15/2025 (a) | 523,250 | |
775M | 6.375%, 10/15/2020 (a) | 670,375 | |
150M | 5.625%, 12/1/2021 (a) | 124,500 | |
625M | WellCare Health Plans, Inc., 5.75%, 11/15/2020 | 648,438 | |
10,236,010 | |||
Information Technology—4.0% | |||
125M | Activision Blizzard, Inc., 5.625%, 9/15/2021 (a) | 131,094 | |
150M | Anixter, Inc., 5.125%, 10/1/2021 | 153,000 | |
375M | Belden, Inc., 5.5%, 9/1/2022 (a) | 379,687 | |
250M | CEB, Inc., 5.625%, 6/15/2023 (a) | 244,062 | |
325M | CommScope Technologies Finance, 6%, 6/15/2025 (a) | 334,750 | |
275M | CoreLogic, Inc., 7.25%, 6/1/2021 | 285,266 | |
275M | Equinix, Inc., 5.875%, 1/15/2026 | 287,203 | |
422M | IAC/InterActiveCorp, 4.875%, 11/30/2018 | 432,550 | |
Match Group, Inc.: | |||
275M | 6.75%, 12/15/2022 (a) | 287,375 | |
125M | 6.375%, 6/1/2024 (a) | 130,313 | |
300M | Microsemi Corp., 9.125%, 4/15/2023 (a) | 331,500 | |
150M | MSCI, Inc., 5.75%, 8/15/2025 (a) | 156,375 | |
225M | Nuance Communications, Inc., 6%, 7/1/2024 (a) | 226,688 | |
175M | Open Text Corp., 5.625%, 1/15/2023 (a) | 177,625 | |
Western Digital Corp.: | |||
50M | 7.375%, 4/1/2023 (a) | 53,375 | |
275M | 10.5%, 4/1/2024 (a) | 294,938 | |
3,905,801 | |||
Manufacturing—2.9% | |||
325M | Amkor Technology, Inc., 6.375%, 10/1/2022 | 314,031 | |
175M | ATS Automation Tooling Systems, Inc., 6.5%, 6/15/2023 (a) | 178,500 | |
400M | Brand Energy & Infrastructure Services, Inc., 8.5%, 12/1/2021 (a) | 386,000 | |
240M | Case New Holland, Inc., 7.875%, 12/1/2017 | 259,200 | |
325M | Dematic SA, 7.75%, 12/15/2020 (a) | 342,062 | |
425M | H&E Equipment Services, Inc., 7%, 9/1/2022 | 442,000 | |
125M | HD Supply, Inc., 5.75%, 4/15/2024 (a) | 130,312 |
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Portfolio of Investments (continued)
FUND FOR INCOME
June 30, 2016
Principal | |||
Amount | Security | Value | |
Manufacturing (continued) | |||
$ 125M | Masco Corp., 3.5%, 4/1/2021 | $ 128,163 | |
125M | Sensata Technologies BV, 5%, 10/1/2025 (a) | 126,174 | |
250M | Sensata Technologies U.K. Financing Co., 6.25%, 2/15/2026 (a) | 260,000 | |
300M | Zekelman Industries, Inc., 9.875%, 6/15/2023 (a) | 303,750 | |
2,870,192 | |||
Media-Broadcasting—2.4% | |||
Belo Corp.: | |||
100M | 7.75%, 6/1/2027 | 105,750 | |
25M | 7.25%, 9/15/2027 | 25,625 | |
325M | LIN Television Corp., 5.875%, 11/15/2022 | 328,250 | |
425M | Nexstar Broadcasting, Inc., 6.875%, 11/15/2020 | 445,719 | |
Sinclair Television Group, Inc.: | |||
475M | 5.375%, 4/1/2021 | 491,031 | |
225M | 6.375%, 11/1/2021 | 237,375 | |
Sirius XM Radio, Inc.: | |||
400M | 5.75%, 8/1/2021 (a) | 416,500 | |
250M | 6%, 7/15/2024 (a) | 259,063 | |
2,309,313 | |||
Media-Cable TV—7.6% | |||
Altice Financing SA: | |||
325M | 6.625%, 2/15/2023 (a) | 320,326 | |
200M | 7.5%, 5/15/2026 (a) | 196,500 | |
Altice U.S. Finance I Corp.: | |||
275M | 5.375%, 7/15/2023 (a) | 273,969 | |
200M | 5.5%, 5/15/2026 (a) | 200,500 | |
225M | Cable One, Inc., 5.75%, 6/15/2022 (a) | 231,187 | |
CCO Holdings, LLC: | |||
75M | 5.25%, 3/15/2021 | 77,945 | |
375M | 5.125%, 2/15/2023 | 381,754 | |
500M | 5.875%, 4/1/2024 (a) | 520,000 | |
350M | 5.875%, 5/1/2027 (a) | 362,250 | |
Cequel Communications Holdings I, LLC: | |||
225M | 7.75%, 7/15/2025 (a) | 235,687 | |
650M | 6.375%, 9/15/2020 (a) | 663,357 | |
Clear Channel Worldwide Holdings, Inc.: | |||
25M | 7.625%, 3/15/2020 – Series “A” | 22,937 | |
550M | 7.625%, 3/15/2020 – Series “B” | 526,075 | |
150M | 6.5%, 11/15/2022 – Series “A” | 145,125 | |
250M | 6.5%, 11/15/2022 – Series “B” | 251,250 |
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Amount | Security | Value | |
Media-Cable TV (continued) | |||
CSC Holdings, LLC: | |||
$ 50M | 8.625%, 2/15/2019 | $ 55,281 | |
350M | 6.75%, 11/15/2021 | 357,875 | |
DISH DBS Corp.: | |||
675M | 7.875%, 9/1/2019 | 745,875 | |
125M | 5%, 3/15/2023 | 114,062 | |
250M | 5.875%, 11/15/2024 | 233,437 | |
100M | 7.75%, 7/1/2026 (a) | 103,250 | |
Gray Television, Inc.: | |||
400M | 7.5%, 10/1/2020 | 419,000 | |
125M | 5.875%, 7/15/2026 (a) | 125,625 | |
225M | Lynx II, Corp., 6.375%, 4/15/2023 (a) | 226,125 | |
Midcontinent Communications & Finance Corp.: | |||
300M | 6.25%, 8/1/2021 (a) | 310,500 | |
100M | 6.875%, 8/15/2023 (a) | 103,000 | |
Numericable Group, SA: | |||
225M | 6%, 5/15/2022 (a) | 219,656 | |
200M | 6.25%, 5/15/2024 (a) | 192,000 | |
7,614,548 | |||
Media-Diversified—1.3% | |||
225M | Gannett Co., Inc., 5.125%, 7/15/2020 | 232,594 | |
Lamar Media Corp.: | |||
225M | 5.875%, 2/1/2022 | 235,125 | |
175M | 5.375%, 1/15/2024 | 182,000 | |
75M | 5.75%, 2/1/2026 (a) | 78,235 | |
125M | MDC Partners, Inc., 6.5%, 5/1/2024 (a) | 124,688 | |
375M | Tribune Co., 5.875%, 7/15/2022 | 375,000 | |
1,227,642 | |||
Metals/Mining—4.9% | |||
325M | Alcoa, Inc., 6.15%, 8/15/2020 | 353,031 | |
Aleris International, Inc.: | |||
310M | 7.875%, 11/1/2020 | 275,900 | |
175M | 9.5%, 4/1/2021 (a) | 180,250 | |
ArcelorMittal SA: | |||
225M | 6.125%, 6/1/2018 | 237,348 | |
225M | 10.85%, 6/1/2019 | 266,062 | |
325M | 6.25%, 8/5/2020 | 342,875 | |
75M | 6.5%, 3/1/2021 | 77,437 | |
100M | Bluescope Steel, Ltd., 6.5%, 5/15/2021 (a) | 103,790 |
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FUND FOR INCOME
June 30, 2016
Principal | |||
Amount | Security | Value | |
Metals/Mining (continued) | |||
$ 200M | Commercial Metals Co., 4.875%, 5/15/2023 | $ 190,000 | |
250M | Constellium NV, 7.875%, 4/1/2021 (a) | 258,437 | |
Freeport-McMoRan, Inc.: | |||
250M | 2.375%, 3/15/2018 | 246,250 | |
350M | 3.1%, 3/15/2020 | 332,500 | |
200M | 5.45%, 3/15/2043 | 161,500 | |
250M | Glencore Funding, LLC, 3.125%, 4/29/2019 (a) | 245,000 | |
175M | Joseph T. Ryerson & Son, Inc., 11%, 5/15/2022 (a) | 181,563 | |
100M | Kaiser Aluminum Corp., 5.875%, 5/15/2024 (a) | 103,000 | |
Novelis, Inc.: | |||
350M | 8.375%, 12/15/2017 | 358,094 | |
375M | 8.75%, 12/15/2020 | 391,106 | |
Steel Dynamics, Inc.: | |||
175M | 5.125%, 10/1/2021 | 180,031 | |
100M | 6.375%, 8/15/2022 | 105,500 | |
125M | 5.5%, 10/1/2024 | 128,125 | |
125M | United States Steel Corp., 8.375%, 7/1/2021 (a) | 131,563 | |
4,849,362 | |||
Real Estate—2.4% | |||
275M | Dupont Fabros Technology, LP, 5.625%, 6/15/2023 | 283,250 | |
Geo Group, Inc.: | |||
175M | 5.875%, 1/15/2022 | 179,375 | |
100M | 5.125%, 4/1/2023 | 98,000 | |
100M | 5.875%, 10/15/2024 | 101,750 | |
225M | 6%, 4/15/2026 | 227,812 | |
Iron Mountain, Inc.: | |||
425M | 6%, 8/15/2023 | 449,438 | |
375M | 5.75%, 8/15/2024 | 380,625 | |
Lennar Corp.: | |||
175M | 4.75%, 4/1/2021 | 182,875 | |
175M | 4.875%, 12/15/2023 | 176,313 | |
50M | MPT Operating Partners, LP, 6.375%, 3/1/2024 | 53,500 | |
150M | Realogy Group/Co-Issuer, 5.25%, 12/1/2021 (a) | 154,313 | |
100M | Vereit Operating Partner, 4.875%, 6/1/2026 | 102,875 | |
2,390,126 | |||
Retail-General Merchandise—2.4% | |||
KFC Holding Co.: | |||
150M | 5%, 6/1/2024 (a) | 153,000 | |
200M | 5.25%, 6/1/2026 (a) | 205,500 |
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Amount | Security | Value | |
Retail-General Merchandise (continued) | |||
L Brands, Inc.: | |||
$ 250M | 6.875%, 11/1/2035 | $ 254,375 | |
450M | 6.75%, 7/1/2036 | 451,967 | |
Limited Brands, Inc.: | |||
125M | 6.9%, 7/15/2017 | 132,875 | |
450M | 8.5%, 6/15/2019 | 524,250 | |
375M | Netflix, Inc., 5.5%, 2/15/2022 | 392,813 | |
200M | Party City Holdings, Inc., 6.125%, 8/15/2023 (a) | 208,000 | |
2,322,780 | |||
Services—2.5% | |||
475M | ADT Corp., 3.5%, 7/15/2022 | 437,594 | |
AECOM: | |||
125M | 5.75%, 10/15/2022 | 128,125 | |
275M | 5.875%, 10/15/2024 | 283,250 | |
125M | Aramark Services, Inc., 5.125%, 1/15/2024 | 127,812 | |
400M | Ashtead Capital, Inc., 6.5%, 7/15/2022 (a) | 418,248 | |
175M | Monitronics International, Inc., 9.125%, 4/1/2020 | 146,125 | |
250M | Prime Security Services Borrower, LLC, 9.25%, 5/15/2023 (a) | 265,625 | |
300M | Reliance Intermediate Holdings, LP, 6.5%, 4/1/2023 (a) | 313,500 | |
300M | Safway Group Holding, LLC, 7%, 5/15/2018 (a) | 300,750 | |
2,421,029 | |||
Telecommunications—3.4% | |||
CenturyLink, Inc.: | |||
100M | 6.45%, 6/15/2021 | 102,125 | |
700M | 5.8%, 3/15/2022 | 682,283 | |
175M | 6.75%, 12/1/2023 | 172,594 | |
200M | Citizens Communications Co., 9%, 8/15/2031 | 176,875 | |
450M | Frontier Communications Corp., 11%, 9/15/2025 | 467,437 | |
250M | GCI, Inc., 6.75%, 6/1/2021 | 254,375 | |
150M | SBA Communications, Inc., 5.75%, 7/15/2020 | 154,875 | |
Wind Acquisition Finance SA: | |||
275M | 4.75%, 7/15/2020 (a) | 270,875 | |
675M | 7.375%, 4/23/2021 (a) | 646,313 | |
Windstream Services, LLC: | |||
75M | 7.75%, 10/15/2020 | 73,875 | |
250M | 7.5%, 6/1/2022 | 226,250 | |
100M | 6.375%, 8/1/2023 | 84,500 | |
3,312,377 |
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FUND FOR INCOME
June 30, 2016
Principal | |||
Amount | Security | Value | |
Transportation—1.1% | |||
Aircastle, Ltd.: | |||
$ 75M | 4.625%, 12/15/2018 | $ 77,437 | |
575M | 6.25%, 12/1/2019 | 625,312 | |
275M | Fly Leasing, Ltd., 6.375%, 10/15/2021 | 268,125 | |
150M | Mobile Mini, Inc., 5.875%, 7/1/2024 (a) | 154,500 | |
1,125,374 | |||
Utilities—2.4% | |||
AES Corp.: | |||
75M | 8%, 6/1/2020 | 87,750 | |
275M | 7.375%, 7/1/2021 | 311,438 | |
250M | 5.5%, 3/15/2024 | 257,188 | |
150M | 6%, 5/15/2026 | 153,375 | |
Calpine Corp.: | |||
150M | 5.375%, 1/15/2023 | 147,000 | |
75M | 5.75%, 1/15/2025 | 73,219 | |
275M | Dynegy, Inc., 7.375%, 11/1/2022 | 266,750 | |
141M | FirstLight Hydro Generating, 8.812%, 10/15/2026 | 153,029 | |
66M | Indiantown Cogeneration Utilities, LP, 9.77%, 12/15/2020 | 73,148 | |
175M | NRG Energy, Inc., 7.25%, 5/15/2026 (a) | 175,000 | |
351M | NSG Holdings, LLC, 7.75%, 11/30/2025 (a) | 377,640 | |
300M | Talen Energy Supply, LLC, 4.625%, 7/15/2019 (a) | 265,500 | |
2,341,037 | |||
Waste Management—.6% | |||
275M | ADS Waste Holdings, Inc., 8.25%, 10/1/2020 | 279,125 | |
Covanta Holding Corp.: | |||
125M | 7.25%, 12/1/2020 | 128,781 | |
200M | 6.375%, 10/1/2022 | 206,500 | |
614,406 | |||
Wireless Communications—4.8% | |||
150M | Inmarsat Finance, PLC, 4.875%, 5/15/2022 (a) | 137,625 | |
Level 3 Financing, Inc.: | |||
200M | 6.125%, 1/15/2021 | 208,898 | |
75M | 5.125%, 5/1/2023 | 74,625 | |
325M | MetroPCS Wireless, Inc., 6.625%, 11/1/2020 | 336,375 | |
Neptune Finco Corp.: | |||
400M | 10.125%, 1/15/2023 (a) | 449,000 | |
200M | 6.625%, 10/15/2025 (a) | 210,500 |
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Amount | Security | Value | |
Wireless Communications (continued) | |||
Sprint Communications, Inc.: | |||
$ 250M | 9%, 11/15/2018 (a) | $ 267,188 | |
150M | 7%, 3/1/2020 (a) | 157,799 | |
950M | 7%, 8/15/2020 | 850,250 | |
650M | 6%, 11/15/2022 | 514,735 | |
T-Mobile USA, Inc.: | |||
675M | 6.25%, 4/1/2021 | 706,637 | |
450M | 6.625%, 4/1/2023 | 478,409 | |
293M | UPCB Finance V, Ltd., 7.25%, 11/15/2021 (a) | 306,028 | |
4,698,069 | |||
Total Value of Corporate Bonds (cost $84,865,196) | 85,785,928 | ||
LOAN PARTICIPATIONS†—8.6% | |||
Aerospace/Defense—.4% | |||
439M | TransDigm, Inc., 3.75%, 2/28/2020 | 432,916 | |
Automotive—.2% | |||
221M | CS Intermediate Holdings Co., 4%, 4/4/2021 | 219,765 | |
Building Materials—.4% | |||
397M | Builders FirstSource, Inc., 6%, 7/29/2022 | 397,829 | |
Chemicals—.4% | |||
315M | Axalta Coating Systems Dutch Holding BBV, 3.75%, 2/1/2020 | 314,561 | |
85M | PQ Corp., 5.75%, 10/14/2022 | 85,106 | |
399,667 | |||
Energy—.3% | |||
300M | Jonah Energy, LLC, 7.5%, 5/12/2021 | 265,500 | |
Food/Drug—1.1% | |||
Albertson’s, LLC: | |||
299M | 5.5%, 12/21/2022 | 299,484 | |
247M | 5.75%, 6/22/2023 | 247,472 | |
64M | B&G Foods, Inc., 3.75%, 11/2/2022 | 64,251 | |
430M | Rite Aid Corp., 4.875%, 6/21/2021 | 430,896 | |
1,042,103 |
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FUND FOR INCOME
June 30, 2016
Principal | |||
Amount | Security | Value | |
Gaming/Leisure—.2% | |||
$ 218M | Seminole Hard Rock Entertainment, Inc., 3.5%, 5/14/2020 | $ 217,704 | |
Healthcare—1.0% | |||
Community Health Systems, Inc.: | |||
87M | 3.75%, 12/31/2019 | 84,575 | |
160M | 4%, 1/27/2021 | 155,815 | |
490M | ConvaTec, Inc., 4.25%, 6/15/2020 | 488,463 | |
210M | ExamWorks Group, Inc., 3.75%, 6/17/2023 (b) | 210,131 | |
938,984 | |||
Information Technology—2.2% | |||
234M | ARRIS Enterprises, Inc., 3.5%, 4/17/2020 | 231,274 | |
748M | Avago Technologies Cayman, Ltd., 4.25%, 5/6/2021 | 748,593 | |
Dell International, LLC: | |||
281M | 3.75%, 10/29/2018 | 280,174 | |
275M | 4%, 6/2/2023 (b) | 273,797 | |
475M | Global Payments, Inc., 3.9603%, 3/24/2023 | 478,859 | |
171M | Match Group, Inc., 5.5%, 11/16/2022 | 171,584 | |
2,184,281 | |||
Media-Cable TV—.5% | |||
500M | CSC Holdings, LLC, 5%, 10/9/2022 | 500,938 | |
Media-Diversified—.4% | |||
421M | Tribune Media Co., 3.75%, 12/27/2020 | 421,378 | |
Retail-General Merchandise—.5% | |||
440M | Restaurant Brands, Inc., 3.75%, 12/10/2021 | 440,099 | |
Services—.2% | |||
108M | Allied Security Holdings, LLC, 4.25%, 2/12/2021 | 108,479 | |
83M | Brickman Group, Ltd., 4%, 12/18/2020 | 81,610 | |
190,089 | |||
Telecommunications—.3% | |||
250M | Telenet Financing USD, LLC, 4.25%, 5/3/2024 (b) | 248,281 | |
Utilities—.3% | |||
347M | Calpine Corp., 3.5%, 5/27/2022 | 342,891 |
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Amount | Security | Value | |||||
Wireless Communications—.2% | |||||||
$ 175M | Intelsat Jackson Holdings, Ltd., 3.75%, 6/30/2019 | $ 159,469 | |||||
Total Value of Loan Participations (cost $8,417,339) | 8,401,894 | ||||||
PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES—.7% | |||||||
Transportation | |||||||
668M | American Airlines 13-2 B PTT, 5.6%, 1/15/2022 (cost $680,283) (a) | 688,849 | |||||
Total Value of Investments (cost $93,962,818) | 96.7 | % | 94,876,671 | ||||
Other Assets, Less Liabilities | 3.3 | 3,285,178 | |||||
Net Assets | 100.0 | % | $98,161,849 |
(a) | Security exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933 (see Note 5). | |
(b) | A portion or all of the security purchased on a when-issued or delayed delivery basis (see | |
Note 1G). | ||
† | Interest rates are determined and reset periodically. The interest rates above are the rates in | |
effect at June 30, 2016. | ||
Summary of Abbreviations: | ||
PTT | Pass Through Trust | |
USD | United States Dollar |
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FUND FOR INCOME
June 30, 2016
The Fund’s assets and liabilities are classified into the following three levels based on the inputs used to value the assets and liabilities:
Level 1 — Unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical securities that the Fund has the ability to access. |
Level 2 — Observable inputs other than 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. |
Level 3 — Unobservable inputs for the asset or liability, to the extent relevant observable inputs are not available, representing the Fund’s own assumption about the assumptions a market participant would use in valuing the asset or liability, and would be based on the best information available. |
The inputs methodology used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities. For example, U.S. Government securities are reflected as Level 2 because the inputs used to determine fair value may not always be quoted prices in an active market.
The following is a summary, by category of Level, of inputs used to value the Fund’s investments as of June 30, 2016:
Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 | Total | |||||||||
Corporate Bonds | $ | — | $ | 85,785,928 | $ | — | $ | 85,785,928 | ||||
Loan Participations | — | 8,401,894 | — | 8,401,894 | ||||||||
Pass-Through Certificates | — | 688,849 | — | 688,849 | ||||||||
Total Investments in Securities* | $ | — | $ | 94,876,671 | $ | — | $ | 94,876,671 |
* | The Portfolio of Investments provides information on the industry categorization of corporate bonds, |
loan participations and pass-through certificates. | |
There were no transfers into or from Level 1 and Level 2 by the Fund for the period ended | |
June 30, 2016. Transfers, if any, between Levels are recognized at the end of the reporting period. |
46 | See notes to financial statements |
Fund Expenses (unaudited)
GOVERNMENT FUND
The examples below show the ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in your Fund and will help you in comparing these costs with costs of other mutual funds. Please refer to page 5 for a detailed explanation of the information presented in these examples.
Beginning | Ending | ||
Account | Account | Expenses Paid | |
Value | Value | During Period | |
(1/1/16) | (6/30/16) | (1/1/16–6/30/16)* | |
Expense Examples | |||
Actual | $1,000.00 | $1,033.18 | $3.79 |
Hypothetical | |||
(5% annual return before expenses) | $1,000.00 | $1,021.13 | $3.77 |
* | Expenses are equal to the annualized expense ratio of .75%, multiplied by the average account |
value over the period, multiplied by 182/366 (to reflect the one-half year period). Expenses paid | |
during the period are net of expenses waived. |
Portfolio Composition
BY SECTOR
Portfolio holdings and allocations are subject to change. Percentages are as of June 30, 2016, and are |
based on the total value of investments. |
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GOVERNMENT FUND
June 30, 2016
Principal | |||
Amount | Security | Value | |
RESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE-BACKED | |||
SECURITIES—50.3% | |||
Fannie Mae—34.4% | |||
$4,132M | 3%, 7/1/2021 – 7/14/2046 (a) | $ 4,317,723 | |
3,093M | 3.5%, 11/1/2028 – 7/14/2046 (a) | 3,276,318 | |
1,792M | 4%, 10/1/2035 – 11/1/2045 | 1,939,053 | |
303M | 4.5%, 11/1/2040 – 8/1/2041 | 332,836 | |
365M | 5.5%, 7/1/2034 – 10/1/2039 | 416,355 | |
153M | 9%, 11/1/2026 | 176,583 | |
10,458,868 | |||
Freddie Mac—6.7% | |||
307M | 3.5%, 8/1/2044 – 2/1/2046 | 324,193 | |
1,403M | 4%, 11/1/2040 – 8/1/2044 | 1,504,879 | |
176M | 4.5%, 5/1/2044 | 192,188 | |
2,021,260 | |||
Government National Mortgage Association I | |||
Program—9.2% | |||
544M | 4%, 11/15/2025 – 8/15/2041 | 583,651 | |
574M | 4.5%, 12/15/2039 – 6/15/2040 | 637,502 | |
1,034M | 5%, 6/15/2033 – 4/15/2040 | 1,172,519 | |
205M | 5.5%, 2/15/2033 – 1/15/2036 | 233,994 | |
148M | 6%, 11/15/2032 – 4/15/2036 | 172,754 | |
2,800,420 | |||
Total Value of Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities (cost $14,918,107) | 15,280,548 | ||
U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENCY | |||
OBLIGATIONS—24.3% | |||
Fannie Mae: | |||
1,020M | 1.125%, 7/20/2018 | 1,029,288 | |
125M | 1.375%, 2/26/2021 | 126,380 | |
300M | 1.5%, 11/30/2020 | 305,284 | |
850M | 1.625%, 11/27/2018 | 868,402 | |
140M | 2.125%, 4/24/2026 | 143,978 | |
260M | 2.625%, 9/6/2024 | 280,043 |
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Principal | |||
Amount | Security | Value | |
U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENCY OBLIGATIONS (continued) | |||
Federal Farm Credit Bank: | |||
$ 550M | 1.7%, 2/6/2019 | $ 562,689 | |
300M | 2.125%, 3/6/2019 | 310,288 | |
200M | 4.875%, 1/17/2017 | 204,749 | |
Federal Home Loan Bank: | |||
750M | 1.03%, 9/28/2018 | 755,009 | |
1,000M | 1.625%, 10/7/2021 (a) | 999,611 | |
Freddie Mac: | |||
800M | 0.875%, 3/7/2018 | 801,609 | |
1,000M | 1.25%, 8/1/2019 | 1,012,727 | |
Total Value of U.S. Government Agency Obligations (cost $7,330,784) | 7,400,057 | ||
U.S. GOVERNMENT OBLIGATIONS—15.7% | |||
68M | FDA Queens, LP, 6.99%, 6/15/2017 (b) | 69,443 | |
U.S. Treasury Bonds: | |||
300M | 2.5%, 2/15/2046 | 312,398 | |
360M | 2.5%, 5/15/2046 | 375,159 | |
U.S. Treasury Notes: | |||
1,095M | 1.375%, 10/31/2020 | 1,114,954 | |
300M | 1.5%, 3/31/2023 | 304,336 | |
620M | 1.625%, 2/15/2026 | 626,999 | |
1,260M | 1.875%, 8/31/2022 | 1,309,785 | |
630M | 2%, 2/15/2025 | 659,273 | |
Total Value of U.S. Government Obligations (cost $4,605,642) | 4,772,347 | ||
COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE-BACKED | |||
SECURITIES—6.1% | |||
Fannie Mae—3.1% | |||
387M | 2.996%, 11/1/2022 | 413,718 | |
500M | 3.84%, 5/1/2018 | 520,045 | |
933,763 | |||
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation—3.0% | |||
Multi-Family Structured Pass-Through: | |||
500M | 2.13%, 1/25/2019 | 512,336 | |
379M | 2.849%, 3/25/2026 | 400,653 | |
912,989 | |||
Total Value of Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities (cost $1,851,928) | 1,846,752 |
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GOVERNMENT FUND
June 30, 2016
Principal | |||||||
Amount | Security | Value | |||||
COLLATERALIZED MORTGAGE | |||||||
OBLIGATIONS—1.8% | |||||||
$ 507M | Fannie Mae, 4%, 2/25/2025 (cost $546,096) | $ 554,909 | |||||
SHORT-TERM U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENCY | |||||||
OBLIGATIONS—1.6% | |||||||
500M | Federal Home Loan Bank, 0.26%, 7/29/2016 (cost $499,899) | 499,938 | |||||
Total Value of Investments (cost $29,752,456) | 99.8 | % | 30,354,551 | ||||
Other Assets, Less Liabilities | .2 | 70,415 | |||||
Net Assets | 100.0 | % | $30,424,966 |
(a) | A portion or all of the security purchased on a when-issued or delayed delivery basis (see |
Note 1G). | |
(b) | Security exempt from registration under Rule 144A of Securities Act of 1933 (see Note 5). |
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The Fund’s assets and liabilities are classified into the following three levels based on the inputs used to value the assets and liabilities:
Level 1 — Unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical securities that the Fund has the ability to access. |
Level 2 — Observable inputs other than 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. |
Level 3 — Unobservable inputs for the asset or liability, to the extent relevant observable inputs are not available, representing the Fund’s own assumption about the assumptions a market participant would use in valuing the asset or liability, and would be based on the best information available. |
The inputs methodology used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities. For example, U.S. Government securities are reflected as Level 2 because the inputs used to determine fair value may not always be quoted prices in an active market.
The following is a summary, by category of Level, of inputs used to value the Fund’s investments as of June 30, 2016:
Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 | Total | |||||||||
Residential Mortgage-Backed | ||||||||||||
Securities | $ | — | $ | 15,280,548 | $ | — | $ | 15,280,548 | ||||
U.S. Government Agency | ||||||||||||
Obligations | — | 7,400,057 | — | 7,400,057 | ||||||||
U.S. Government Obligations | — | 4,772,347 | — | 4,772,347 | ||||||||
Commercial Mortgage-Backed | ||||||||||||
Securities | — | 1,846,752 | — | 1,846,752 | ||||||||
Collateralized Mortgage | ||||||||||||
Obligations | — | 554,909 | — | 554,909 | ||||||||
Short-Term U.S. Government | ||||||||||||
Agency Obligations | — | 499,938 | — | 499,938 | ||||||||
Total Investments in Securities | $ | — | $ | 30,354,551 | $ | — | $ | 30,354,551 |
There were no transfers into or from Level 1 and Level 2 by the Fund for the period ended |
June 30, 2016. Transfers, if any, between Levels are recognized at the end of the reporting period. |
See notes to financial statements | 51 |
Fund Expenses (unaudited)
GROWTH & INCOME FUND
The examples below show the ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in your Fund and will help you in comparing these costs with costs of other mutual funds. Please refer to page 5 for a detailed explanation of the information presented in these examples.
Beginning | Ending | ||
Account | Account | Expenses Paid | |
Value | Value | During Period | |
(1/1/16) | (6/30/16) | (1/1/16–6/30/16)* | |
Expense Examples | |||
Actual | $1,000.00 | $1,011.25 | $4.00 |
Hypothetical | |||
(5% annual return before expenses) | $1,000.00 | $1,020.88 | $4.02 |
* | Expenses are equal to the annualized expense ratio of .80%, multiplied by the average account |
value over the period, multiplied by 182/366 (to reflect the one-half year period). |
Portfolio Composition
BY SECTOR
Portfolio holdings and allocations are subject to change. Percentages are as of June 30, 2016, and are |
based on the total value of investments. |
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Portfolio of Investments
GROWTH & INCOME FUND
June 30, 2016
Shares | Security | Value | |
COMMON STOCKS—99.4% | |||
Consumer Discretionary—17.6% | |||
202,300 | American Eagle Outfitters, Inc. | $ 3,222,639 | |
26,600 | Big Lots, Inc. | 1,332,926 | |
75,200 | BorgWarner, Inc. | 2,219,904 | |
113,000 | CBS Corporation – Class “B” | 6,151,720 | |
82,100 | Delphi Automotive, PLC | 5,139,460 | |
45,400 | Foot Locker, Inc. | 2,490,644 | |
179,700 | Ford Motor Company | 2,258,829 | |
36,400 | Harman International Industries, Inc. | 2,614,248 | |
48,000 | Home Depot, Inc. | 6,129,120 | |
97,000 | Johnson Controls, Inc. | 4,293,220 | |
62,000 | L Brands, Inc. | 4,162,060 | |
53,300 | Lear Corporation | 5,423,808 | |
59,900 | Magna International, Inc. | 2,100,693 | |
245,715 | Newell Brands, Inc. | 11,934,378 | |
21,400 | Oxford Industries, Inc. | 1,211,668 | |
52,400 | Penske Automotive Group, Inc. | 1,648,504 | |
65,900 | * | Select Comfort Corporation | 1,408,942 |
128,700 | Stein Mart, Inc. | 993,564 | |
79,800 | Tupperware Brands Corporation | 4,491,144 | |
42,700 | Walt Disney Company | 4,176,914 | |
16,100 | Whirlpool Corporation | 2,682,904 | |
44,900 | Wyndham Worldwide Corporation | 3,198,227 | |
79,285,516 | |||
Consumer Staples—10.1% | |||
128,200 | Altria Group, Inc. | 8,840,672 | |
96,178 | Coca-Cola Company | 4,359,749 | |
77,400 | CVS Health Corporation | 7,410,276 | |
66,500 | Delhaize Group (ADR) | 1,746,290 | |
74,600 | Koninklijke Ahold NV (ADR) | 1,650,152 | |
40,100 | Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc. – Class “A” | 1,852,219 | |
44,100 | PepsiCo, Inc. | 4,671,954 | |
78,700 | Philip Morris International, Inc. | 8,005,364 | |
28,000 | Procter & Gamble Company | 2,370,760 | |
22,100 | Tyson Foods, Inc. – Class “A” | 1,476,059 | |
42,650 | Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. | 3,114,303 | |
45,497,798 |
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GROWTH & INCOME FUND
June 30, 2016
Shares | Security | Value | |
Energy—6.2% | |||
36,900 | Anadarko Petroleum Corporation | $ 1,964,925 | |
9,300 | Chevron Corporation | 974,919 | |
61,400 | ConocoPhillips | 2,677,040 | |
65,400 | Devon Energy Corporation | 2,370,750 | |
53,400 | ExxonMobil Corporation | 5,005,716 | |
26,700 | Hess Corporation | 1,604,670 | |
80,222 | Marathon Oil Corporation | 1,204,132 | |
90,622 | Marathon Petroleum Corporation | 3,440,011 | |
26,700 | Occidental Petroleum Corporation | 2,017,452 | |
26,600 | PBF Energy, Inc. – Class “A” | 632,548 | |
30,650 | Phillips 66 | 2,431,771 | |
12,900 | Schlumberger, Ltd. | 1,020,132 | |
93,607 | Suncor Energy, Inc. | 2,595,722 | |
27,939,788 | |||
Financials—14.3% | |||
66,706 | American Express Company | 4,053,057 | |
19,900 | American International Group, Inc. | 1,052,511 | |
40,000 | Ameriprise Financial, Inc. | 3,594,000 | |
173,600 | Brixmor Property Group, Inc. (REIT) | 4,593,456 | |
34,400 | Chubb, Ltd. | 4,496,424 | |
119,300 | Citizens Financial Group, Inc. | 2,383,614 | |
86,543 | Discover Financial Services | 4,637,839 | |
145,900 | Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund (ETF) | 3,330,897 | |
12,300 | iShares Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF (ETF) | 1,837,497 | |
25,700 | iShares Russell 2000 ETF (ETF) | 2,954,729 | |
105,888 | JPMorgan Chase & Company | 6,579,880 | |
55,600 | MetLife, Inc. | 2,214,548 | |
15,000 | Morgan Stanley | 389,700 | |
40,100 | PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. | 3,263,739 | |
66,400 | SPDR S&P Regional Banking (ETF) | 2,546,440 | |
176,218 | Sunstone Hotel Investors, Inc. (REIT) | 2,126,951 | |
106,400 | Tanger Factory Outlet Centers, Inc. (REIT) | 4,275,152 | |
94,800 | U.S. Bancorp | 3,823,284 | |
106,700 | Urstadt Biddle Properties, Inc. – Class “A” (REIT) | 2,644,026 | |
76,567 | Wells Fargo & Company | 3,623,916 | |
64,421,660 | |||
Health Care—20.1% | |||
106,700 | Abbott Laboratories | 4,194,377 | |
89,400 | AbbVie, Inc. | 5,534,754 | |
9,400 | * | Allergan, PLC | 2,172,246 |
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Shares | Security | Value | |
Health Care (continued) | |||
61,800 | * | AMN Healthcare Services, Inc. | $ 2,470,146 |
45,039 | Baxter International, Inc. | 2,036,664 | |
45,100 | Cardinal Health, Inc. | 3,518,251 | |
58,200 | * | Centene Corporation | 4,153,734 |
42,722 | * | Express Scripts Holding Company | 3,238,328 |
85,300 | Gilead Sciences, Inc. | 7,115,726 | |
69,400 | Hill-Rom Holdings, Inc. | 3,501,230 | |
72,275 | Johnson & Johnson | 8,766,957 | |
2,512 | * | Mallinckrodt, PLC | 152,679 |
18,900 | McKesson Corporation | 3,527,685 | |
51,412 | Medtronic, PLC | 4,461,019 | |
86,743 | Merck & Company, Inc. | 4,997,264 | |
54,100 | * | Mylan NV | 2,339,284 |
230,993 | Pfizer, Inc. | 8,133,264 | |
79,200 | Phibro Animal Health Corporation – Class “A” | 1,477,872 | |
15,159 | Shire, PLC (ADR) | 2,790,469 | |
69,443 | Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc. | 10,260,898 | |
92,700 | * | VWR Corporation | 2,679,030 |
69,572 | Zoetis, Inc. | 3,301,887 | |
90,823,764 | |||
Industrials—8.9% | |||
37,294 | 3M Company | 6,530,925 | |
66,696 | General Electric Company | 2,099,590 | |
56,000 | Honeywell International, Inc. | 6,513,920 | |
6,700 | Ingersoll-Rand, PLC | 426,656 | |
60,500 | ITT, Inc. | 1,934,790 | |
46,700 | Koninklijke Philips NV | 1,164,698 | |
46,000 | Korn/Ferry International | 952,200 | |
5,400 | Lockheed Martin Corporation | 1,340,118 | |
34,400 | ManpowerGroup, Inc. | 2,213,296 | |
23,800 | Nielsen Holdings, PLC | 1,236,886 | |
14,900 | Robert Half International, Inc. | 568,584 | |
33,500 | Snap-On, Inc. | 5,286,970 | |
94,200 | TAL International Group, Inc. | 1,263,222 | |
39,800 | Textainer Group Holdings, Ltd. | 443,372 | |
75,300 | Textron, Inc. | 2,752,968 | |
26,800 | Tyco International, PLC | 1,141,680 | |
40,200 | United Technologies Corporation | 4,122,510 | |
39,992,385 |
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Portfolio of Investments (continued)
GROWTH & INCOME FUND
June 30, 2016
Shares | Security | Value | |
Information Technology—16.0% | |||
77,500 | Apple, Inc. | $ 7,409,000 | |
151,100 | Applied Materials, Inc. | 3,621,867 | |
148,100 | * | ARRIS International, PLC | 3,104,176 |
24,200 | Broadcom, Ltd. | 3,760,680 | |
239,200 | Cisco Systems, Inc. | 6,862,648 | |
66,400 | * | eBay, Inc. | 1,554,424 |
253,400 | EMC Corporation | 6,884,878 | |
201,400 | Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company | 3,679,578 | |
77,800 | HP, Inc. | 976,390 | |
155,200 | Intel Corporation | 5,090,560 | |
20,100 | International Business Machines Corporation | 3,050,778 | |
69,400 | Juniper Networks, Inc. | 1,560,806 | |
55,700 | Methode Electronics, Inc. | 1,906,611 | |
166,100 | Microsoft Corporation | 8,499,337 | |
20,500 | * | NXP Semiconductors NV | 1,605,970 |
93,100 | Oracle Corporation | 3,810,583 | |
73,288 | QUALCOMM, Inc. | 3,926,038 | |
158,760 | Symantec Corporation | 3,260,930 | |
22,900 | TE Connectivity, Ltd. | 1,307,819 | |
10,100 | Travelport Worldwide, Ltd. | 130,189 | |
7,065 | Western Digital Corporation | 333,892 | |
72,337,154 | |||
Materials—1.8% | |||
10,700 | Praxair, Inc. | 1,202,573 | |
36,050 | RPM International, Inc. | 1,800,698 | |
141,700 | Steel Dynamics, Inc. | 3,471,650 | |
34,000 | * | Trinseo SA | 1,459,620 |
7,934,541 | |||
Telecommunication Services—2.7% | |||
141,400 | AT&T, Inc. | 6,109,894 | |
113,000 | Verizon Communications, Inc. | 6,309,920 | |
12,419,814 |
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Shares or | |||||||
Principal | |||||||
Amount | Security | Value | |||||
Utilities—1.7% | |||||||
40,900 | AGL Resources, Inc. | $ 2,698,173 | |||||
119,600 | Exelon Corporation | 4,348,656 | |||||
21,900 | NiSource, Inc. | 580,788 | |||||
7,627,617 | |||||||
Total Value of Common Stocks (cost $295,323,746) | 448,280,037 | ||||||
SHORT-TERM U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENCY | |||||||
OBLIGATIONS—.4% | |||||||
$2,000M | Federal Home Loan Bank, 0.305%, 8/3/2016 (cost $1,999,441) | 1,999,560 | |||||
Total Value of Investments (cost $297,323,187) | 99.8 | % | 450,279,597 | ||||
Other Assets, Less Liabilities | .2 | 727,149 | |||||
Net Assets | 100.0 | % | $451,006,746 |
* | Non-income producing | |
Summary of Abbreviations: | ||
ADR | American Depositary Receipts | |
ETF | Exchange Traded Fund | |
REIT | Real Estate Investment Trust |
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Portfolio of Investments (continued)
GROWTH & INCOME FUND
June 30, 2016
The Fund’s assets and liabilities are classified into the following three levels based on the inputs used to value the assets and liabilities:
Level 1 — Unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical securities that the Fund has the ability to access. |
Level 2 — Observable inputs other than 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. |
Level 3 — Unobservable inputs for the asset or liability, to the extent relevant observable inputs are not available, representing the Fund’s own assumption about the assumptions a market participant would use in valuing the asset or liability, and would be based on the best information available. |
The inputs methodology used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities. For example, U.S. Government securities are reflected as Level 2 because the inputs used to determine fair value may not always be quoted prices in an active market.
The following is a summary, by category of Level, of inputs used to value the Fund’s investments as of June 30, 2016:
Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 | Total | |||||||||
Common Stocks | $ | 448,280,037 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 448,280,037 | ||||
Short-Term U.S. Government | ||||||||||||
Agency Obligations | — | 1,999,560 | — | 1,999,560 | ||||||||
Total Investments in Securities* | $ | 448,280,037 | $ | 1,999,560 | $ | — | $ | 450,279,597 |
* | The Portfolio of Investments provides information on the industry categorization for common stocks. |
There were no transfers into or from Level 1 and Level 2 by the Fund for the period ended | |
June 30, 2016. Transfers, if any, between Levels are recognized at the end of the reporting period. |
58 | See notes to financial statements |
Fund Expenses (unaudited)
INTERNATIONAL FUND
The examples below show the ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in your Fund and will help you in comparing these costs with costs of other mutual funds. Please refer to page 5 for a detailed explanation of the information presented in these examples.
Beginning | Ending | ||
Account | Account | Expenses Paid | |
Value | Value | During Period | |
(1/1/16) | (6/30/16) | (1/1/16–6/30/16)* | |
Expense Examples | |||
Actual | $1,000.00 | $1,012.96 | $4.40 |
Hypothetical | |||
(5% annual return before expenses) | $1,000.00 | $1,020.48 | $4.42 |
* | Expenses are equal to the annualized expense ratio of .88%, multiplied by the average account |
value over the period, multiplied by 182/366 (to reflect the one-half year period). |
Portfolio Composition
BY SECTOR
Portfolio holdings and allocations are subject to change. Percentages are as of June 30, 2016, and are |
based on the total value of investments. |
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Portfolio of Investments
INTERNATIONAL FUND
June 30, 2016
Shares | Security | Value | |
COMMON STOCKS—95.1% | |||
United Kingdom—21.9% | |||
119,999 | British American Tobacco, PLC | $ 7,779,447 | |
76,968 | Diageo, PLC | 2,150,159 | |
398,655 | Domino’s Pizza Group, PLC | 1,771,145 | |
59,441 | Imperial Brands, PLC | 3,223,664 | |
2,350,390 | Lloyds Banking Group, PLC | 1,702,161 | |
76,317 | Persimmon, PLC | 1,479,920 | |
65,568 | Reckitt Benckiser Group, PLC | 6,574,642 | |
74,770 | * | SABMiller, PLC | 4,360,533 |
29,041,671 | |||
United States—15.1% | |||
22,596 | Accenture, PLC – Class “A” | 2,559,901 | |
5,373 | * | Alphabet, Inc. – Class “C” | 3,718,653 |
22,158 | MasterCard, Inc. | 1,951,233 | |
57,878 | * | PayPal Holdings, Inc. | 2,113,126 |
72,171 | Philip Morris International, Inc. | 7,341,234 | |
1,922 | * | Priceline Group, Inc. | 2,399,444 |
20,083,591 | |||
Switzerland—11.2% | |||
405 | Chocoladefabriken Lindt & Spruengli AG | 2,415,469 | |
66,712 | Nestle SA – Registered | 5,168,728 | |
22,502 | Roche Holding AG – Genusscheine | 5,937,823 | |
101,302 | UBS Group AG | 1,314,447 | |
14,836,467 | |||
India—9.8% | |||
338,844 | HDFC Bank, Ltd. | 5,924,565 | |
2,239 | HDFC Bank, Ltd. (ADR) | 148,558 | |
290,242 | Housing Development Finance Corporation, Ltd. | 5,407,366 | |
268,365 | ITC, Ltd. | 1,469,269 | |
12,949,758 | |||
France—5.6% | |||
77,117 | Bureau Veritas SA | 1,619,080 | |
14,867 | Essilor International SA | 1,953,964 | |
4,560 | Hermes International | 1,699,876 | |
10,920 | L’Oreal SA | 2,090,680 | |
7,363,600 |
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Shares | Security | Value | |
Japan—5.1% | |||
13,722 | Daito Trust Construction Company, Ltd. | $ 2,227,937 | |
63,700 | Japan Tobacco, Inc. | 2,567,250 | |
84,789 | Unicharm Corporation | 1,905,003 | |
6,700,190 | |||
Netherlands—4.0% | |||
114,367 | Unilever NV-CVA | 5,319,189 | |
Australia—3.3% | |||
27,604 | CSL, Ltd. | 2,327,919 | |
37,770 | Ramsay Health Care, Ltd. | 2,041,299 | |
4,369,218 | |||
Spain—3.2% | |||
14,346 | Aena SA | 1,901,578 | |
101,375 | Grifols SA | 2,302,881 | |
4,204,459 | |||
Canada—3.1% | |||
60,475 | Alimentation Couche-Tard, Inc. – Class “B” | 2,596,968 | |
26,300 | Canadian National Railway Company | 1,553,022 | |
4,149,990 | |||
Hong Kong—2.9% | |||
239,365 | Link REIT (REIT) | 1,636,825 | |
98,645 | Tencent Holdings, Ltd. | 2,262,883 | |
3,899,708 | |||
Denmark—2.9% | |||
17,782 | Coloplast A/S – Series “B” | 1,331,065 | |
47,611 | Novo Nordisk A/S – Series “B” | 2,563,990 | |
3,895,055 | |||
Germany—2.6% | |||
46,453 | SAP SE | 3,488,872 | |
South Africa—2.3% | |||
19,511 | Naspers, Ltd. | 2,979,234 |
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Portfolio of Investments (continued)
INTERNATIONAL FUND
June 30, 2016
Shares or | |||||||
Principal | |||||||
Amount | Security | Value | |||||
Ireland—2.1% | |||||||
15,616 | DCC, PLC | $ 1,374,209 | |||||
13,806 | Paddy Power, PLC | 1,450,966 | |||||
2,825,175 | |||||||
Total Value of Common Stocks (cost $88,797,304) | 126,106,177 | ||||||
SHORT-TERM U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENCY | |||||||
OBLIGATIONS—3.4% | |||||||
United States | |||||||
Federal Home Loan Bank: | |||||||
$1,500M | 0.26%, 7/20/2016 | 1,499,874 | |||||
2,000M | 0.28%, 8/15/2016 | 1,999,400 | |||||
1,000M | 0.32%, 8/15/2016 | 999,700 | |||||
Total Value of Short-Term U.S. Government Agency Obligations (cost $4,498,694) | 4,498,974 | ||||||
Total Value of Investments (cost $93,295,998) | 98.5 | % | 130,605,151 | ||||
Other Assets, Less Liabilities | 1.5 | 1,997,678 | |||||
Net Assets | 100.0 | % | $132,602,829 |
* | Non-income producing | |
Summary of Abbreviations: | ||
ADR | American Depositary Receipts |
The Fund’s assets and liabilities are classified into the following three levels based on the inputs used to value the assets and liabilities:
Level 1 — Unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical securities that the Fund has the ability to access. |
Level 2 — Observable inputs other than 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. |
Level 3 — Unobservable inputs for the asset or liability, to the extent relevant observable inputs are not available, representing the Fund’s own assumption about the assumptions a market participant would use in valuing the asset or liability, and would be based on the best information available. |
The inputs methodology used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities. For example, U.S. Government securities are reflected as Level 2 because the inputs used to determine fair value may not always be quoted prices in an active market.
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The following is a summary, by category of Level, of inputs used to value the Fund’s investments as of June 30, 2016:
Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 | Total | |||||||||
Common Stocks | ||||||||||||
United Kingdom | $ | — | $ | 29,041,671 | $ | — | 29,041,671 | |||||
United States | 20,083,591 | — | — | 20,083,591 | ||||||||
Switzerland | — | 14,836,467 | — | 14,836,467 | ||||||||
India | 148,558 | 12,801,200 | — | 12,949,758 | ||||||||
France | — | 7,363,600 | — | 7,363,600 | ||||||||
Japan | — | 6,700,190 | — | 6,700,190 | ||||||||
Netherlands | — | 5,319,189 | — | 5,319,189 | ||||||||
Australia | — | 4,369,218 | — | 4,369,218 | ||||||||
Spain | — | 4,204,459 | — | 4,204,459 | ||||||||
Canada | 4,149,990 | — | — | 4,149,990 | ||||||||
Hong Kong | — | 3,899,708 | — | 3,899,708 | ||||||||
Denmark | — | 3,895,055 | — | 3,895,055 | ||||||||
Germany | — | 3,488,872 | — | 3,488,872 | ||||||||
South Africa | — | 2,979,234 | — | 2,979,234 | ||||||||
Ireland | — | 2,825,175 | — | 2,825,175 | ||||||||
Short-Term U.S. Government | ||||||||||||
Obligations | — | 4,498,974 | — | 4,498,974 | ||||||||
Total Investments in Securities | $ | 24,382,139 | $ | 106,223,012 | * | $ | — | $ | 130,605,151 |
* | Includes certain foreign securities that were fair valued due to fluctuation in U.S. securities markets |
exceeding a predetermined level or a foreign market being closed; therefore, $101,724,038 investment | |
securities were classified as Level 2 instead of Level 1. | |
Transfers between Level 1 and Level 2 securities as of June 30, 2016 resulted from securities priced | |
previously with an official close price (Level 1 securities) or securities fair valued by the Valuation | |
Committee (Level 2 securities). Transfers from Level 1 to Level 2 as of June 30, 2016 were | |
$67,264,784. Transfers, if any, between Levels are recognized at the end of the reporting period. |
See notes to financial statements | 63 |
Fund Expenses (unaudited)
INVESTMENT GRADE FUND
The examples below show the ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in your Fund and will help you in comparing these costs with costs of other mutual funds. Please refer to page 5 for a detailed explanation of the information presented in these examples.
Beginning | Ending | ||
Account | Account | Expenses Paid | |
Value | Value | During Period | |
(1/1/16) | (6/30/16) | (1/1/16–6/30/16)* | |
Expense Examples | |||
Actual | $1,000.00 | $1,062.12 | $3.54 |
Hypothetical | |||
(5% annual return before expenses) | $1,000.00 | $1,021.43 | $3.47 |
* | Expenses are equal to the annualized expense ratio of .69%, multiplied by the average account |
value over the period, multiplied by 182/366 (to reflect the one-half year period). Expenses paid | |
during the period are net of expenses waived. |
Portfolio Composition
TOP TEN SECTORS
Portfolio holdings and allocations are subject to change. Percentages are as of June 30, 2016, and are |
based on the total value of investments. |
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Portfolio of Investments
INVESTMENT GRADE FUND
June 30, 2016
Principal | |||
Amount | Security | Value | |
CORPORATE BONDS—94.9% | |||
Aerospace/Defense—.7% | |||
$ 400M | Rolls-Royce, PLC, 3.625%, 10/14/2025 (a) | $ 425,040 | |
Agriculture—.7% | |||
400M | Cargill, Inc., 6%, 11/27/2017 (a) | 426,776 | |
Automotive—1.3% | |||
500M | Johnson Controls, Inc., 5%, 3/30/2020 | 547,565 | |
300M | O’Reilly Automotive, Inc., 3.55%, 3/15/2026 | 315,176 | |
862,741 | |||
Chemicals—2.6% | |||
300M | Agrium, Inc., 3.375%, 3/15/2025 | 305,720 | |
250M | CF Industries, Inc., 3.45%, 6/1/2023 | 250,158 | |
500M | Dow Chemical Co., 4.25%, 11/15/2020 | 547,558 | |
500M | LyondellBasell Industries NV, 6%, 11/15/2021 | 586,898 | |
1,690,334 | |||
Consumer Durables—.8% | |||
Newell Brands, Inc.: | |||
265M | 4.7%, 8/15/2020 | 286,282 | |
200M | 4.2%, 4/1/2026 | 217,066 | |
503,348 | |||
Energy—9.2% | |||
575M | Canadian Oil Sands, Ltd., 7.75%, 5/15/2019 (a) | 637,854 | |
500M | Continental Resources, Inc., 5%, 9/15/2022 | 491,250 | |
400M | DCP Midstream Operating, LP, 2.5%, 12/1/2017 | 392,000 | |
500M | Enbridge Energy Partners, LP, 4.2%, 9/15/2021 | 513,344 | |
500M | Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, LP, 3.45%, 2/15/2023 | 486,807 | |
400M | Magellan Midstream Partners, LP, 5%, 3/1/2026 | 453,356 | |
Marathon Oil Corp.: | |||
300M | 6%, 10/1/2017 | 310,904 | |
200M | 3.85%, 6/1/2025 | 184,085 | |
500M | Nabors Industries, Inc., 6.15%, 2/15/2018 | 514,542 | |
200M | ONEOK Partners, LP, 3.375%, 10/1/2022 | 195,953 | |
400M | Plains All American Pipeline, LP, 5.875%, 8/15/2016 | 401,927 | |
400M | Spectra Energy Capital, LLC, 6.2%, 4/15/2018 | 425,733 | |
400M | Suncor Energy, Inc., 6.1%, 6/1/2018 | 432,738 | |
466M | Valero Energy Corp., 9.375%, 3/15/2019 | 557,221 | |
5,997,714 |
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Portfolio of Investments (continued)
INVESTMENT GRADE FUND
June 30, 2016
Principal | |||
Amount | Security | Value | |
Financial Services—14.5% | |||
$ 400M | American Express Co., 7%, 3/19/2018 | $ 437,110 | |
American International Group, Inc.: | |||
400M | 3.75%, 7/10/2025 | 408,440 | |
200M | 4.7%, 7/10/2035 | 207,423 | |
500M | Ameriprise Financial, Inc., 5.3%, 3/15/2020 | 560,568 | |
500M | Assured Guaranty U.S. Holding, Inc., 5%, 7/1/2024 | 543,999 | |
400M | Berkshire Hathaway, Inc., 3.4%, 1/31/2022 | 432,053 | |
300M | Compass Bank, 6.4%, 10/1/2017 | 314,354 | |
ERAC USA Finance, LLC: | |||
500M | 4.5%, 8/16/2021 (a) | 554,402 | |
500M | 7%, 10/15/2037 (a) | 683,324 | |
600M | Ford Motor Credit Co., LLC, 8.125%, 1/15/2020 | 716,166 | |
General Electric Capital Corp.: | |||
700M | 4.65%, 10/17/2021 | 802,192 | |
450M | 6.75%, 3/15/2032 | 632,568 | |
300M | Harley-Davidson Financial Services, Inc., 2.4%, 9/15/2019 (a) | 309,275 | |
200M | Harley-Davidson Funding Corp., 6.8%, 6/15/2018 (a) | 220,824 | |
300M | Key Bank NA, 3.4%, 5/20/2026 | 305,256 | |
400M | Liberty Mutual Group, Inc., 4.95%, 5/1/2022 (a) | 442,592 | |
300M | National City Corp., 6.875%, 5/15/2019 | 338,369 | |
600M | Protective Life Corp., 7.375%, 10/15/2019 | 696,824 | |
300M | Prudential Financial, Inc., 7.375%, 6/15/2019 | 348,282 | |
400M | State Street Corp., 3.55%, 8/18/2025 | 435,498 | |
9,389,519 | |||
Financials—25.2% | |||
Bank of America Corp.: | |||
350M | 5.65%, 5/1/2018 | 375,241 | |
625M | 5%, 5/13/2021 | 700,561 | |
475M | 5.875%, 2/7/2042 | 601,763 | |
Barclays Bank, PLC: | |||
400M | 5.125%, 1/8/2020 | 429,398 | |
600M | 3.75%, 5/15/2024 | 617,435 | |
300M | Capital One Financial Corp., 3.75%, 4/24/2024 | 313,510 | |
Citigroup, Inc.: | |||
1,250M | 6.125%, 11/21/2017 | 1,326,719 | |
200M | 8.5%, 5/22/2019 | 235,872 | |
200M | 4.5%, 1/14/2022 | 221,341 | |
500M | 3.7%, 1/12/2026 | 527,401 | |
Deutsche Bank AG: | |||
300M | 3.375%, 5/12/2021 | 301,367 | |
400M | 3.7%, 5/30/2024 | 398,296 |
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Principal | |||
Amount | Security | Value | |
Financials (continued) | |||
$ 400M | General Motors Financial Co., 5.25%, 3/1/2026 | $ 435,648 | |
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.: | |||
200M | 5.375%, 3/15/2020 | 222,652 | |
600M | 5.75%, 1/24/2022 | 697,417 | |
300M | 3.625%, 1/22/2023 | 315,146 | |
700M | 6.125%, 2/15/2033 | 875,260 | |
JPMorgan Chase & Co.: | |||
900M | 6%, 1/15/2018 | 962,737 | |
500M | 4.5%, 1/24/2022 | 556,836 | |
Morgan Stanley: | |||
500M | 5.95%, 12/28/2017 | 531,910 | |
600M | 6.625%, 4/1/2018 | 650,534 | |
850M | 5.5%, 7/28/2021 | 971,680 | |
600M | SunTrust Banks, Inc., 6%, 9/11/2017 | 632,386 | |
U.S. Bancorp: | |||
500M | 3.6%, 9/11/2024 | 539,157 | |
300M | 3.1%, 4/27/2026 | 312,437 | |
400M | UBS AG, 4.875%, 8/4/2020 | 449,071 | |
500M | Visa, Inc., 3.15%, 12/14/2025 | 535,198 | |
Wells Fargo & Co.: | |||
300M | 4.6%, 4/1/2021 | 335,455 | |
900M | 3.45%, 2/13/2023 | 932,079 | |
250M | Wells Fargo Bank NA, 5.85%, 2/1/2037 | 314,752 | |
16,319,259 | |||
Food/Beverage/Tobacco—4.2% | |||
400M | Anheuser-Busch InBev Finance, Inc., 3.65%, 2/1/2026 | 429,348 | |
550M | Bunge Ltd. Finance Corp., 8.5%, 6/15/2019 | 643,955 | |
700M | Dr. Pepper Snapple Group, Inc., 6.82%, 5/1/2018 | 769,542 | |
440M | Ingredion, Inc., 4.625%, 11/1/2020 | 483,186 | |
400M | SABMiller Holdings, Inc., 3.75%, 1/15/2022 (a) | 429,218 | |
2,755,249 | |||
Food/Drug—.7% | |||
400M | CVS Health Corp., 3.875%, 7/20/2025 | 440,817 | |
Forest Products/Container—.4% | |||
250M | Rock-Tenn Co., 4.9%, 3/1/2022 | 277,861 |
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Portfolio of Investments (continued)
INVESTMENT GRADE FUND
June 30, 2016
Principal | |||
Amount | Security | Value | |
Health Care—2.6% | |||
$ 300M | Biogen, Inc., 6.875%, 3/1/2018 | $ 326,651 | |
450M | Express Scripts Holding Co., 4.75%, 11/15/2021 | 505,350 | |
400M | Gilead Sciences, Inc., 3.65%, 3/1/2026 | 435,794 | |
400M | Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings, 3.75%, 8/23/2022 | 421,730 | |
1,689,525 | |||
Information Technology—1.9% | |||
200M | Apple, Inc., 2.5%, 2/9/2025 | 203,378 | |
400M | Diamond 1 Finance Corp., 3.48%, 6/1/2019 (a) | 410,046 | |
400M | Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co., 2.85%, 10/5/2018 (a) | 409,847 | |
200M | Pitney Bowes, Inc., 5.75%, 9/15/2017 | 209,856 | |
1,233,127 | |||
Manufacturing—2.8% | |||
750M | CRH America, Inc., 8.125%, 7/15/2018 | 842,470 | |
400M | Ingersoll-Rand Global Holdings Co., Ltd., 6.875%, 8/15/2018 | 444,391 | |
500M | Tyco Electronics Group SA, 6.55%, 10/1/2017 | 531,695 | |
1,818,556 | |||
Media-Broadcasting—2.0% | |||
200M | ABC, Inc., 8.75%, 8/15/2021 | 263,494 | |
400M | British Sky Broadcasting Group, PLC, 9.5%, 11/15/2018 (a) | 467,398 | |
500M | Comcast Corp., 4.25%, 1/15/2033 | 552,683 | |
1,283,575 | |||
Media-Diversified—1.7% | |||
620M | S&P Global, Inc., 5.9%, 11/15/2017 | 655,483 | |
400M | Time Warner, Inc., 3.6%, 7/15/2025 | 424,056 | |
1,079,539 | |||
Metals/Mining—3.9% | |||
500M | Alcoa, Inc., 6.15%, 8/15/2020 | 543,125 | |
400M | Glencore Finance Canada, Ltd., 4.95%, 11/15/2021 (a) | 400,466 | |
500M | Newmont Mining Corp., 5.125%, 10/1/2019 | 543,397 | |
500M | Rio Tinto Finance USA, Ltd., 3.75%, 9/20/2021 | 537,963 | |
500M | Vale Overseas, Ltd., 5.625%, 9/15/2019 | 516,250 | |
2,541,201 |
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Amount | Security | Value | |
Real Estate Investment Trusts—6.4% | |||
$ 300M | AvalonBay Communities, Inc., 3.5%, 11/15/2024 | $ 316,538 | |
400M | Boston Properties, LP, 5.875%, 10/15/2019 | 450,039 | |
Digital Realty Trust, LP: | |||
300M | 5.25%, 3/15/2021 | 337,575 | |
250M | 3.95%, 7/1/2022 | 262,221 | |
300M | ERP Operating, LP, 3.375%, 6/1/2025 | 317,022 | |
200M | HCP, Inc., 4.25%, 11/15/2023 | 207,881 | |
Prologis, LP: | |||
200M | 3.35%, 2/1/2021 | 211,821 | |
125M | 3.75%, 11/1/2025 | 133,486 | |
500M | Realty Income Corp., 3.25%, 10/15/2022 | 513,454 | |
500M | Simon Property Group, LP, 3.375%, 10/1/2024 | 536,881 | |
400M | Ventas Realty, LP, 4.75%, 6/1/2021 | 445,454 | |
400M | Welltower, Inc., 4%, 6/1/2025 | 421,173 | |
4,153,545 | |||
Retail-General Merchandise—1.1% | |||
400M | Amazon.com, Inc., 4.8%, 12/5/2034 | 471,956 | |
200M | Home Depot, Inc., 5.875%, 12/16/2036 | 273,701 | |
745,657 | |||
Telecommunications—2.0% | |||
400M | AT&T, Inc., 3.8%, 3/15/2022 | 425,474 | |
750M | Verizon Communications, Inc., 5.15%, 9/15/2023 | 874,807 | |
1,300,281 | |||
Transportation—2.6% | |||
400M | Burlington North Santa Fe, LLC, 5.15%, 9/1/2043 | 489,336 | |
440M | GATX Corp., 4.75%, 6/15/2022 | 473,735 | |
300M | Penske Truck Leasing Co., LP, 4.875%, 7/11/2022 (a) | 327,590 | |
400M | Southwest Airlines Co., 2.65%, 11/5/2020 | 413,278 | |
1,703,939 | |||
Utilities—7.6% | |||
300M | Duke Energy Progress, Inc., 4.15%, 12/1/2044 | 331,205 | |
300M | E.ON International Finance BV, 5.8%, 4/30/2018 (a) | 321,685 | |
300M | Electricite de France SA, 3.625%, 10/13/2025 (a) | 313,240 | |
300M | Entergy Arkansas, Inc., 4.95%, 12/15/2044 | 316,363 | |
400M | Exelon Generation Co., LLC, 5.2%, 10/1/2019 | 442,920 |
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Portfolio of Investments (continued)
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June 30, 2016
Principal | |||||||
Amount | Security | Value | |||||
Utilities (continued) | |||||||
Great River Energy Co.: | |||||||
$ 44M | 5.829%, 7/1/2017 (a) | $ 45,251 | |||||
278M | 4.478%, 7/1/2030 (a) | 303,013 | |||||
500M | Ohio Power Co., 5.375%, 10/1/2021 | 581,197 | |||||
450M | Oklahoma Gas & Electric Co., 4%, 12/15/2044 | 483,081 | |||||
257M | San Diego Gas & Electric Co., 1.914%, 2/1/2022 | 257,464 | |||||
604M | Sempra Energy, 9.8%, 2/15/2019 | 727,429 | |||||
500M | South Carolina Electric & Gas Co., 5.45%, 2/1/2041 | 623,030 | |||||
200M | Southern Co., 2.35%, 7/1/2021 | 204,207 | |||||
4,950,085 | |||||||
Total Value of Corporate Bonds (cost $58,617,407) | 61,587,688 | ||||||
U.S. GOVERNMENT OBLIGATIONS—2.1% | |||||||
U.S. Treasury Bonds: | |||||||
525M | 2.5%, 2/15/2045 | 546,769 | |||||
400M | 3%, 11/15/2044 | 460,047 | |||||
300M | 3%, 5/15/2045 | 344,941 | |||||
Total Value of U.S. Government Obligations (cost $1,267,867) | 1,351,757 | ||||||
SHORT-TERM U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENCY | |||||||
OBLIGATIONS—.8% | |||||||
500M | Federal Home Loan Bank, 0.26%, 7/29/2016 (cost $499,899) | 499,938 | |||||
Total Value of Investments (cost $60,385,173) | 97.8 | % | 63,439,383 | ||||
Other Assets, Less Liabilities | 2.2 | 1,411,411 | |||||
Net Assets | 100.0 | % | $64,850,794 |
(a) Security exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933 (see Note 5). |
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The Fund’s assets and liabilities are classified into the following three levels based on the inputs used to value the assets and liabilities:
Level 1 — Unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical securities that the Fund has the ability to access. |
Level 2 — Observable inputs other than 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. |
Level 3 — Unobservable inputs for the asset or liability, to the extent relevant observable inputs are not available, representing the Fund’s own assumption about the assumptions a market participant would use in valuing the asset or liability, and would be based on the best information available. |
The inputs methodology used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities. For example, U.S. Government securities are reflected as Level 2 because the inputs used to determine fair value may not always be quoted prices in an active market.
The following is a summary, by category of Level, of inputs used to value the Fund’s investments as of June 30, 2016:
Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 | Total | |||||||||
Corporate Bonds | $ | — | $ | 61,587,688 | $ | — | $ | 61,587,688 | ||||
U.S. Government Obligations | — | 1,351,757 | — | 1,351,757 | ||||||||
Short-Term U.S. Government | ||||||||||||
Agency Obligations | — | 499,938 | — | 499,938 | ||||||||
Total Investments in Securities* | $ | — | $ | 63,439,383 | $ | — | $ | 63,439,383 |
* | The Portfolio of Investments provides information on the industry categorization for corporate bonds. |
There were no transfers into or from Level 1 and Level 2 by the Fund for the period ended | |
June 30, 2016. Transfers, if any, between Levels are recognized at the end of the reporting period. |
See notes to financial statements | 71 |
Fund Expenses (unaudited)
LIMITED DURATION HIGH QUALITY BOND FUND
The examples below show the ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in your Fund and will help you in comparing these costs with costs of other mutual funds. Please refer to page 5 for a detailed explanation of the information presented in these examples.
Beginning | Ending | ||
Account | Account | Expenses Paid | |
Value | Value | During Period | |
(1/1/16) | (6/30/16) | (1/1/16–6/30/16)* | |
Expense Examples | |||
Actual | $1,000.00 | $1,018.93 | $5.62 |
Hypothetical | |||
(5% annual return before expenses) | $1,000.00 | $1,019.29 | $5.62 |
* | Expenses are equal to the annualized expense ratio of 1.12%, multiplied by the average account |
value over the period, multiplied by 182/366 (to reflect the one-half year period). Expenses paid | |
during the period are net of expenses waived. |
Portfolio Composition
TOP TEN SECTORS
Portfolio holdings and allocations are subject to change. Percentages are as of June 30, 2016, and are |
based on the total value of investments. |
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Portfolio of Investments (continued)
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June 30, 2016
Principal | |||
Amount | Security | Value | |
CORPORATE BONDS—62.3% | |||
Automotive—1.5% | |||
$100M | Toyota Motor Credit Corp., 2.125%, 7/18/2019 | $ 102,720 | |
Consumer Durables—1.5% | |||
100M | Stanley Black & Decker, Inc., 2.451%, 11/17/2018 | 102,233 | |
Energy—7.8% | |||
100M | ConocoPhillips Co., 1.05%, 12/15/2017 | 99,418 | |
100M | ExxonMobil Corp., 1.708%, 3/1/2019 | 101,664 | |
100M | Statoil ASA, 5.25%, 4/15/2019 | 110,163 | |
100M | Suncor Energy, Inc., 6.1%, 6/1/2018 | 108,184 | |
100M | TransCanada Pipelines, Ltd., 1.625%, 11/9/2017 | 100,260 | |
519,689 | |||
Financial Services—8.4% | |||
100M | American Express Co., 7%, 3/19/2018 | 109,277 | |
100M | BlackRock, Inc., 5%, 12/10/2019 | 112,048 | |
100M | General Electric Capital Corp., 5.625%, 5/1/2018 | 108,439 | |
100M | Harley-Davidson Funding Corp., 6.8%, 6/15/2018 (a) | 110,412 | |
100M | Prudential Financial, Inc., 7.375%, 6/15/2019 | 116,094 | |
556,270 | |||
Financials—16.0% | |||
100M | Bank of America Corp., 5.65%, 5/1/2018 | 107,212 | |
100M | Bank of New York Mellon Corp., 2.05%, 5/3/2021 | 101,641 | |
100M | Barclays Bank, PLC, 6.75%, 5/22/2019 | 112,360 | |
100M | Citigroup, Inc., 6.125%, 11/21/2017 | 106,137 | |
100M | Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., 6.15%, 4/1/2018 | 107,794 | |
100M | JPMorgan Chase & Co., 6%, 1/15/2018 | 106,971 | |
100M | Morgan Stanley, 6.625%, 4/1/2018 | 108,422 | |
100M | U.S. Bank NA, 2.125%, 10/28/2019 | 102,551 | |
100M | Visa, Inc., 1.2%, 12/14/2017 | 100,643 | |
100M | Wells Fargo & Co., 4.6%, 4/1/2021 | 111,818 | |
1,065,549 | |||
Food/Beverage/Tobacco—1.5% | |||
100M | Anheuser-Busch InBev Finance, Inc., 1.9%, 2/1/2019 | 101,762 | |
Health Care—1.6% | |||
100M | Gilead Sciences, Inc., 2.55%, 9/1/2020 | 103,970 |
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Portfolio of Investments (continued)
LIMITED DURATION HIGH QUALITY BOND FUND
June 30, 2016
Principal | |||
Amount | Security | Value | |
Industrials—1.5% | |||
$100M | PACCAR Financial Corp., 1.45%, 3/9/2018 | $ 100,787 | |
Information Technology—3.1% | |||
100M | Apple, Inc., 0.9341%, 5/6/2019 | 99,903 | |
100M | Diamond 1 Finance Corp., 4.42%, 6/15/2021 (a) | 103,039 | |
202,942 | |||
Manufacturing—1.6% | |||
100M | Tyco Electronics Group SA, 6.55%, 10/1/2017 | 106,339 | |
Media-Broadcasting—1.7% | |||
100M | Comcast Corp., 5.15%, 3/1/2020 | 113,062 | |
Real Estate Investment Trusts—5.0% | |||
100M | Boston Properties, LP, 5.875%, 10/15/2019 | 112,510 | |
100M | Realty Income Corp., 3.25%, 10/15/2022 | 102,691 | |
100M | Welltower, Inc., 6.125%, 4/15/2020 | 114,013 | |
329,214 | |||
Retail-General Merchandise—1.5% | |||
100M | McDonald’s Corp., 2.1%, 12/7/2018 | 102,398 | |
Telecommunications—3.1% | |||
100M | AT&T, Inc., 2.45%, 6/30/2020 | 102,191 | |
100M | Verizon Communications, Inc., 3.65%, 9/14/2018 | 105,135 | |
207,326 | |||
Utilities—6.5% | |||
100M | Arizona Public Service Co., 8.75%, 3/1/2019 | 118,531 | |
100M | Ohio Power Co., 6.05%, 5/1/2018 | 107,886 | |
100M | Southern Power Co., 1.85%, 12/1/2017 | 100,824 | |
100M | Wisconsin Public Service Corp., 1.65%, 12/4/2018 | 101,445 | |
428,686 | |||
Total Value of Corporate Bonds (cost $4,097,455) | 4,142,947 | ||
ASSET BACKED SECURITIES—17.2% | |||
Fixed Autos—9.8% | |||
100M | Avis Budget Rental Car Funding AESOP, LLC, 2.97%, 2/20/2020 (a) | 102,599 | |
Ford Credit Auto Owner Trust: | |||
90M | 1.39%, 7/15/2020 | 90,578 | |
16M | 0.79%, 5/15/2018 | 15,628 |
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Principal | |||
Amount | Security | Value | |
Fixed Autos (continued) | |||
$ 20M | Ford Credit Floorplan Master Owner Trust, 1.42%, 1/15/2020 | $ 20,045 | |
30M | GM Financial Auto Leasing Trust., 1.76%, 3/20/2020 | 30,095 | |
15M | Harley-Davidson Motorcycle Trust, 1.3%, 3/16/2020 | 15,040 | |
Honda Auto Receivables Owner Trust: | |||
40M | 1.31%, 10/15/2020 | 40,157 | |
45M | 1.46%, 10/15/2020 | 45,290 | |
50M | Hyundai Auto Receivables Trust, 1.48%, 6/15/2021 | 50,132 | |
20M | Mercedes-Benz Auto Receivables Trust, 1.34%, 12/16/2019 | 20,107 | |
75M | Nissan Master Owner Trust, 1.44%, 2/15/2020 | 75,290 | |
25M | Toyota Auto Receivables Owner Trust, 1.52%, 6/15/2020 | 25,240 | |
120M | Volkswagen Auto Lease Trust, 1.25%, 12/20/2017 | 120,022 | |
650,223 | |||
Fixed Credit Cards—6.5% | |||
50M | American Express Credit Account Master Note Trust, 1.26%, 1/15/2020 | 50,212 | |
100M | Barclays DryRock Issuance Trust, 2.2%, 12/15/2022 | 102,964 | |
125M | Capital One Multi-Asset Execution Trust, 1.6%, 5/17/2021 | 126,595 | |
40M | Chase Issuance Trust, 1.3%, 2/18/2020 | 40,216 | |
Discover Card Execution Note Trust: | |||
30M | 1.04%, 4/15/2019 | 30,025 | |
80M | 2.12%, 12/15/2021 | 82,076 | |
432,088 | |||
Fixed Equipment—.9% | |||
60M | John Deere Owner Trust, 1.36%, 4/15/2020 | 60,247 | |
Total Value of Asset Backed Securities (cost $1,137,314) | 1,142,558 | ||
RESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE-BACKED | |||
SECURITIES—13.2% | |||
Fannie Mae—10.4% | |||
45M | 2.5%, 8/1/2030 (b) | 46,584 | |
201M | 3%, 8/1/2026 – 6/1/2030 | 211,238 | |
405M | 3.5%, 10/1/2025 – 12/1/2029 | 431,545 | |
689,367 | |||
Freddie Mac—2.8% | |||
112M | 3%, 8/1/2027 – 8/1/2030 | 117,383 | |
63M | 3.5%, 8/1/2026 | 67,175 | |
184,558 | |||
Total Value of Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities (cost $864,160) | 873,925 |
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Portfolio of Investments (continued) (continued)
LIMITED DURATION HIGH QUALITY BOND FUND
June 30, 2016
Principal | |||||||
Amount | Security | Value | |||||
U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENCY | |||||||
OBLIGATIONS—4.6% | |||||||
Fannie Mae: | |||||||
$ 60M | 0.875%, 12/20/2017 | $ 60,221 | |||||
50M | 1.125%, 7/20/2018 | 50,455 | |||||
10M | 1.5%, 6/22/2020 | 10,198 | |||||
Freddie Mac: | |||||||
95M | 1.75%, 5/30/2019 | 97,654 | |||||
65M | 1.5%, 12/30/2019 | 65,055 | |||||
20M | Federal Home Loan Bank, 0.875%, 5/24/2017 | 20,056 | |||||
Total Value of U.S. Government Agency Obligations (cost $300,131) | 303,639 | ||||||
U.S. GOVERNMENT OBLIGATIONS—3.9% | |||||||
U.S. Treasury Notes: | |||||||
140M | 0.75%, 12/31/2017 | 140,380 | |||||
35M | 0.875%, 1/15/2018 | 35,162 | |||||
60M | 1.25%, 10/31/2018 | 60,844 | |||||
25M | 1.375%, 4/30/2020 | 25,475 | |||||
Total Value of U.S. Government Obligations (cost $259,303) | 261,861 | ||||||
Total Value of Investments (cost $6,658,363) | 101.2 | % | 6,724,930 | ||||
Excess of Liabilities Over Other Assets | (1.2 | ) | (80,539) | ||||
Net Assets | 100.0 | % | $6,644,391 |
(a) | Security exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933 (see Note 5). |
(b) | A portion or all of the security purchased on a when-issued or delayed delivery basis (see |
Note 1G). |
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The Fund’s assets and liabilities are classified into the following three levels based on the inputs used to value the assets and liabilities:
Level 1 — Unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical securities that the Fund has the ability to access. |
Level 2 — Observable inputs other than 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. |
Level 3 — Unobservable inputs for the asset or liability, to the extent relevant observable inputs are not available, representing the Fund’s own assumption about the assumptions a market participant would use in valuing the asset or liability, and would be based on the best information available. |
The inputs methodology used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities. For example, U.S. Government securities are reflected as Level 2 because the inputs used to determine fair value may not always be quoted prices in an active market.
The following is a summary, by category of Level, of inputs used to value the Fund’s investments as of June 30, 2016:
Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 | Total | |||||||||
Corporate Bonds | $ | — | $ | 4,142,947 | $ | — | $ | 4,142,947 | ||||
Asset Backed Securities | — | 1,142,558 | — | 1,142,558 | ||||||||
Residential Mortgage-Backed | ||||||||||||
Securities | — | 873,925 | — | 873,925 | ||||||||
U.S. Government Agency | ||||||||||||
Obligations | — | 303,639 | — | 303,639 | ||||||||
U.S. Government Obligations | — | 261,861 | — | 261,861 | ||||||||
Total Investments in Securities* | $ | — | $ | 6,724,930 | $ | — | $ | 6,724,930 |
* | The Portfolio of Investments provides information on the industry categorization for corporate |
bonds and asset backed securities. | |
There were no transfers into or from Level 1 and Level 2 by the Fund for the period ended | |
June 30, 2016. Transfers, if any, between Levels are recognized at the end of the reporting period. |
See notes to financial statements | 77 |
Fund Expenses (unaudited)
OPPORTUNITY FUND
The examples below show the ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in your Fund and will help you in comparing these costs with costs of other mutual funds. Please refer to page 5 for a detailed explanation of the information presented in these examples.
Beginning | Ending | ||
Account | Account | Expenses Paid | |
Value | Value | During Period | |
(1/1/16) | (6/30/16) | (1/1/16–6/30/16)* | |
Expense Examples | |||
Actual | $1,000.00 | $983.65 | $4.34 |
Hypothetical | |||
(5% annual return before expenses) | $1,000.00 | $1,020.48 | $4.42 |
* | Expenses are equal to the annualized expense ratio of .88%, multiplied by the average account |
value over the period, multiplied by 182/366 (to reflect the one-half year period). |
Portfolio Composition
BY SECTOR
Portfolio holdings and allocations are subject to change. Percentages are as of June 30, 2016, and are |
based on the total value of investments. |
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Portfolio of Investments
OPPORTUNITY FUND
June 30, 2016
Shares | Security | Value | |
COMMON STOCKS—92.6% | |||
Consumer Discretionary—22.8% | |||
31,950 | American Eagle Outfitters, Inc. | $ 508,963 | |
8,350 | * | Belmond, Ltd. – Class “A” | 82,665 |
3,800 | Big Lots, Inc. | 190,418 | |
8,700 | BorgWarner, Inc. | 256,824 | |
10,050 | Caleres, Inc. | 243,310 | |
10,950 | Delphi Automotive, PLC | 685,470 | |
5,950 | Foot Locker, Inc. | 326,417 | |
4,050 | Group 1 Automotive, Inc. | 199,908 | |
4,100 | Harman International Industries, Inc. | 294,462 | |
4,050 | * | Helen of Troy, Ltd. | 416,502 |
6,100 | L Brands, Inc. | 409,493 | |
5,750 | Lear Corporation | 585,120 | |
7,900 | Magna International, Inc. | 277,053 | |
6,000 | * | Michaels Companies, Inc. | 170,640 |
31,600 | Newell Brands, Inc. | 1,534,812 | |
3,050 | Nordstrom, Inc. | 116,053 | |
4,200 | Oxford Industries, Inc. | 237,804 | |
9,750 | Penske Automotive Group, Inc. | 306,735 | |
1,200 | Ralph Lauren Corporation | 107,544 | |
11,750 | Ruth’s Hospitality Group, Inc. | 187,413 | |
11,000 | * | Select Comfort Corporation | 235,180 |
14,700 | * | ServiceMaster Global Holdings, Inc. | 585,060 |
18,850 | Stein Mart, Inc. | 145,522 | |
2,200 | Superior Industries International, Inc. | 58,916 | |
20,100 | * | TRI Pointe Group, Inc. | 237,582 |
10,250 | Tupperware Brands Corporation | 576,870 | |
1,950 | Whirlpool Corporation | 324,948 | |
22,700 | * | William Lyon Homes – Class “A” | 365,924 |
6,200 | Wyndham Worldwide Corporation | 441,626 | |
10,109,234 | |||
Consumer Staples—4.7% | |||
6,100 | Coty, Inc. – Class “A” | 158,539 | |
16,700 | Delhaize Group (ADR) | 438,542 | |
1,000 | McCormick & Company, Inc. | 106,670 | |
4,725 | Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc. – Class “A” | 218,248 | |
11,900 | Pinnacle Foods, Inc. | 550,851 |
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OPPORTUNITY FUND
June 30, 2016
Shares | Security | Value | |
Consumer Staples (continued) | |||
4,750 | Tootsie Roll Industries, Inc. | $ 183,018 | |
2,000 | Tyson Foods, Inc. – Class “A” | 133,580 | |
11,900 | * | U.S. Foods Holding Corporation | 288,456 |
2,077,904 | |||
Energy—3.0% | |||
1,450 | * | Dril-Quip, Inc. | 84,723 |
3,800 | EOG Resources, Inc. | 316,996 | |
4,300 | EQT Corporation | 332,949 | |
4,050 | Hess Corporation | 243,405 | |
3,800 | National Oilwell Varco, Inc. | 127,870 | |
8,600 | PBF Energy, Inc. – Class “A” | 204,508 | |
1,310,451 | |||
Financials—16.9% | |||
3,050 | Ameriprise Financial, Inc. | 274,042 | |
10,500 | Berkshire Hills Bancorp, Inc. | 282,660 | |
19,300 | Brixmor Property Group, Inc. (REIT) | 510,678 | |
20,100 | Citizens Financial Group, Inc. | 401,598 | |
10,950 | Discover Financial Services | 586,810 | |
7,200 | Douglas Emmett, Inc. (REIT) | 255,744 | |
2,150 | Federal Realty Investment Trust (REIT) | 355,932 | |
24,200 | FelCor Lodging Trust, Inc. (REIT) | 150,766 | |
19,150 | Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund (ETF) | 437,195 | |
6,450 | First Republic Bank | 451,435 | |
900 | Great Western Bancorp, Inc. | 28,386 | |
4,750 | iShares Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF (ETF) | 709,602 | |
6,650 | iShares Russell 2000 ETF (ETF) | 764,550 | |
5,750 | NASDAQ, Inc. | 371,853 | |
10,500 | National General Holdings Corporation | 224,910 | |
4,750 | * | Realogy Holdings Corporation | 137,845 |
10,750 | SPDR S&P Regional Banking (ETF) | 412,263 | |
10,050 | Sterling Bancorp | 157,785 | |
29,600 | Sunstone Hotel Investors, Inc. (REIT) | 357,272 | |
14,000 | Tanger Factory Outlet Centers, Inc. (REIT) | 562,520 | |
4,300 | Waddell & Reed Financial, Inc. – Class “A” | 74,046 | |
7,507,892 |
80 |
Shares | Security | Value | |
Health Care—17.1% | |||
2,300 | * | Allergan, PLC | $ 531,507 |
6,400 | * | AMN Healthcare Services, Inc. | 255,808 |
1,300 | * | AmSurg Corporation | 100,802 |
13,400 | * | Centene Corporation | 956,358 |
3,400 | * | Charles River Laboratories International, Inc. | 280,296 |
3,600 | Dentsply Sirona, Inc. | 223,344 | |
6,650 | Gilead Sciences, Inc. | 554,743 | |
11,850 | Hill-Rom Holdings, Inc. | 597,832 | |
4,850 | * | Lannett Company, Inc. | 115,381 |
3,800 | McKesson Corporation | 709,270 | |
4,800 | Perrigo Company, PLC | 435,216 | |
16,800 | Phibro Animal Health Corporation – Class “A” | 313,488 | |
11,050 | * | Prestige Brands Holdings, Inc. | 612,170 |
3,600 | Quest Diagnostics, Inc. | 293,076 | |
5,950 | Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc. | 879,172 | |
2,400 | * | VCA, Inc. | 162,264 |
19,750 | * | VWR Corporation | 570,775 |
7,591,502 | |||
Industrials—10.2% | |||
7,650 | A.O. Smith Corporation | 674,042 | |
7,600 | ESCO Technologies, Inc. | 303,544 | |
1,100 | Ingersoll-Rand, PLC | 70,048 | |
10,700 | ITT, Inc. | 342,186 | |
3,950 | J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc. | 319,673 | |
11,900 | Korn/Ferry International | 246,330 | |
5,450 | ManpowerGroup, Inc. | 350,653 | |
4,050 | Nielsen Holdings, PLC | 210,479 | |
3,050 | * | Nortek, Inc. | 180,896 |
3,950 | Regal Beloit Corporation | 217,448 | |
2,700 | Robert Half International, Inc. | 103,032 | |
1,900 | Roper Technologies, Inc. | 324,064 | |
4,500 | Snap-On, Inc. | 710,190 | |
8,650 | TAL International Group, Inc. | 115,997 | |
10,350 | Textron, Inc. | 378,396 | |
4,546,978 | |||
Information Technology—9.6% | |||
21,800 | * | ARRIS International, PLC | 456,928 |
3,350 | Broadcom, Ltd. | 520,590 | |
4,300 | * | Fiserv, Inc. | 467,539 |
12,000 | Juniper Networks, Inc. | 269,880 |
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Portfolio of Investments (continued)
OPPORTUNITY FUND
June 30, 2016
Shares or | |||||||
Principal | |||||||
Amount | Security | Value | |||||
Information Technology (continued) | |||||||
8,000 | Lam Research Corporation | $ 672,480 | |||||
3,700 | Methode Electronics, Inc. | 126,651 | |||||
7,900 | Silicon Motion Technology (ADR) | 377,620 | |||||
19,600 | Symantec Corporation | 402,584 | |||||
1,750 | TE Connectivity, Ltd. | 99,943 | |||||
13,100 | Technology Select Sector SPDR Fund (ETF) | 568,016 | |||||
21,250 | Travelport Worldwide, Ltd. | 273,913 | |||||
800 | Western Digital Corporation | 37,808 | |||||
4,273,952 | |||||||
Materials—3.3% | |||||||
8,300 | * | Ferro Corporation | 111,054 | ||||
1,900 | Praxair, Inc. | 213,541 | |||||
23,000 | Steel Dynamics, Inc. | 563,500 | |||||
8,700 | * | Summit Materials, Inc. | 178,002 | ||||
9,500 | * | Trinseo SA | 407,835 | ||||
1,473,932 | |||||||
Utilities—5.0% | |||||||
10,950 | AGL Resources, Inc. | 722,371 | |||||
200 | Black Hills Corporation | 12,608 | |||||
3,300 | NiSource, Inc. | 87,516 | |||||
6,950 | Portland General Electric Company | 306,634 | |||||
6,450 | SCANA Corporation | 488,007 | |||||
9,500 | WEC Energy Group, Inc. | 620,350 | |||||
2,237,486 | |||||||
Total Value of Common Stocks (cost $39,216,999) | 41,129,331 | ||||||
SHORT-TERM U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENCY | |||||||
OBLIGATIONS—4.5% | |||||||
Federal Home Loan Bank: | |||||||
$1,000M | 0.27%, 7/20/2016 | 999,916 | |||||
1,000M | 0.315%, 8/10/2016 | 999,733 | |||||
Total Value of Short-Term U.S. Government Agency Obligations (cost $1,999,507) | 1,999,649 | ||||||
Total Value of Investments (cost $41,216,506) | 97.1 | % | 43,128,980 | ||||
Other Assets, Less Liabilities | 2.9 | 1,287,021 | |||||
Net Assets | 100.0 | % | $44,416,001 |
* | Non-income producing |
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Summary of Abbreviations: | |
ADR | American Depositary Receipts |
ETF | Exchange Traded Fund |
REIT | Real Estate Investment Trust |
The Fund’s assets and liabilities are classified into the following three levels based on the inputs used to value the assets and liabilities:
Level 1 — Unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical securities that the Fund has the ability to access. |
Level 2 — Observable inputs other than 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. |
Level 3 — Unobservable inputs for the asset or liability, to the extent relevant observable inputs are not available, representing the Fund’s own assumption about the assumptions a market participant would use in valuing the asset or liability, and would be based on the best information available. |
The inputs methodology used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities. For example, U.S. Government securities are reflected as Level 2 because the inputs used to determine fair value may not always be quoted prices in an active market.
The following is a summary, by category of Level, of inputs used to value the Fund’s investments as of June 30, 2016:
Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 | Total | |||||||||
Common Stocks | $ | 41,129,331 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 41,129,331 | ||||
Short-Term U.S. Government | ||||||||||||
Agency Obligations | — | 1,999,649 | — | 1,999,649 | ||||||||
Total Investments in Securities* | $ | 41,129,331 | $ | 1,999,649 | $ | — | $ | 43,128,980 |
* | The Portfolio of Investments provides information on the industry categorization for common stocks. |
There were no transfers into or from Level 1 and Level 2 by the Fund for the period ended | |
June 30, 2016. Transfers, if any, between Levels are recognized at the end of the reporting period. |
See notes to financial statements | 83 |
Fund Expenses (unaudited)
REAL ESTATE FUND
The examples below show the ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in your Fund and will help you in comparing these costs with costs of other mutual funds. Please refer to page 5 for a detailed explanation of the information presented in these examples.
Beginning | Ending | ||
Account | Account | Expenses Paid | |
Value | Value | During Period | |
(1/1/16) | (6/30/16) | (1/1/16–6/30/16)* | |
Expense Examples | |||
Actual | $1,000.00 | $1,116.63 | $8.58 |
Hypothetical | |||
(5% annual return before expenses) | $1,000.00 | $1,016.75 | $8.17 |
* | Expenses are equal to the annualized expense ratio of 1.63%, multiplied by the average account |
value over the period, multiplied by 182/366 (to reflect the one-half year period). |
Portfolio Composition
TOP TEN SECTORS
Portfolio holdings and allocations are subject to change. Percentages are as of June 30, 2016, and are |
based on the total value of investments. |
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Portfolio of Investments
REAL ESTATE FUND
June 30, 2016
Shares | Security | Value | |
COMMON STOCKS—95.5% | |||
Apartments REITs—14.7% | |||
1,027 | Apartment Investment & Management Company – Class “A” | $ 45,352 | |
2,167 | AvalonBay Communities, Inc. | 390,905 | |
485 | Camden Property Trust | 42,884 | |
4,426 | Equity Residential | 304,863 | |
863 | Essex Property Trust, Inc. | 196,842 | |
831 | Post Properties, Inc. | 50,733 | |
698 | UDR, Inc. | 25,770 | |
1,057,349 | |||
Diversified REITs—10.0% | |||
5,655 | Communications Sales & Leasing, Inc. | 163,429 | |
181 | CorEnergy Infrastructure Trust, Inc. | 5,222 | |
6,467 | Corrections Corporation of America | 226,474 | |
120 | Digital Realty Trust, Inc. | 13,079 | |
2,478 | Duke Realty Corporation | 66,063 | |
193 | DuPont Fabros Technology, Inc. | 9,175 | |
280 | Liberty Property Trust | 11,122 | |
2,183 | Vornado Realty Trust | 218,562 | |
200 | Whitestone REIT | 3,016 | |
716,142 | |||
Health Care REITs—13.3% | |||
4,072 | Care Capital Properties, Inc. | 106,727 | |
8,959 | HCP, Inc. | 316,969 | |
150 | Healthcare Realty Trust, Inc. | 5,248 | |
250 | Healthcare Trust of America, Inc. | 8,085 | |
130 | LTC Properties, Inc. | 6,725 | |
550 | Omega Heathcare Investors, Inc. | 18,672 | |
1,847 | Senior Housing Properties Trust | 38,473 | |
5,035 | Ventas, Inc. | 366,649 | |
1,207 | Welltower, Inc. | 91,937 | |
959,485 |
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Portfolio of Investments (continued)
REAL ESTATE FUND
June 30, 2016
Shares | Security | Value | |
Hotels REITs—3.2% | |||
1,481 | Hospitality Properties Trust | $ 42,653 | |
7,816 | Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc. | 126,697 | |
2,274 | LaSalle Hotel Properties | 53,621 | |
703 | Sunstone Hotel Investors, Inc. | 8,485 | |
231,456 | |||
Manufactured Homes REITs—2.3% | |||
1,696 | Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc. | 135,765 | |
417 | Sun Communities, Inc. | 31,959 | |
167,724 | |||
Mortgage REITs—.3% | |||
1,007 | American Capital Agency Corporation | 19,959 | |
Office Property REITs—9.0% | |||
981 | Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc. | 101,553 | |
1,689 | Boston Properties, Inc. | 222,779 | |
400 | Brandywine Realty Trust | 6,720 | |
1,510 | City Office REIT, Inc. | 19,600 | |
1,460 | Corporate Office Properties Trust | 43,172 | |
415 | Douglas Emmett, Inc. | 14,741 | |
1,080 | Empire State Realty Trust, Inc. – Class “A” | 20,509 | |
1,925 | * | Equity Commonwealth | 56,075 |
60 | Franklin Street Properties Corporation | 736 | |
993 | Mack-Cali Realty Corporation | 26,811 | |
2,560 | New York REIT, Inc. | 23,680 | |
4,405 | Paramount Group, Inc. | 70,216 | |
1,237 | Piedmont Office Realty Trust, Inc. – Class “A” | 26,645 | |
171 | SL Green Realty Corporation | 18,206 | |
651,443 | |||
Real Estate Owners/Development—1.2% | |||
2,674 | RMR Group, Inc. – Class “A” | 82,814 | |
Regional Malls REITs—20.7% | |||
16,321 | CBL & Associates Properties, Inc. | 151,949 | |
7,293 | General Growth Properties, Inc. | 217,477 | |
753 | Macerich Company | 64,299 | |
413 | Pennsylvania Real Estate Investment Trust | 8,859 | |
3,115 | Simon Property Group, Inc. | 675,644 |
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Shares | Security | Value | |
Regional Malls REITs (continued) | |||
4,936 | Tanger Factory Outlet Centers, Inc. | $ 198,328 | |
1,603 | Taubman Centers, Inc. | 118,943 | |
5,095 | WP Glimcher, Inc. | 57,013 | |
1,492,512 | |||
Shopping Centers REITs—3.7% | |||
140 | Acadia Realty Trust | 4,973 | |
420 | Cedar Realty Trust, Inc. | 3,121 | |
2,050 | DDR Corporation | 37,187 | |
413 | Federal Realty Investment Trust | 68,372 | |
1,353 | Kimco Realty Corporation | 42,457 | |
540 | Kite Realty Group Trust | 15,136 | |
230 | Ramco-Gershenson Properties Trust | 4,510 | |
430 | Regency Centers Corporation | 36,004 | |
2,470 | Retail Properties of America, Inc. – Class “A” | 41,743 | |
390 | Weingarten Realty Investors | 15,920 | |
269,423 | |||
Single Tenant REITs—2.2% | |||
104 | National Retail Properties, Inc. | 5,379 | |
4,886 | Select Income REIT | 126,987 | |
850 | Spirit Realty Capital, Inc. | 10,855 | |
150 | STORE Capital Corporation | 4,418 | |
700 | VEREIT, Inc. | 7,098 | |
154,737 | |||
Storage REITs—13.0% | |||
577 | CubeSmart | 17,818 | |
2,930 | Extra Space Storage, Inc. | 271,142 | |
223 | Iron Mountain, Inc. | 8,882 | |
1,757 | Public Storage | 449,072 | |
1,816 | Sovran Self Storage, Inc. | 190,535 | |
937,449 | |||
Student Housing REITs—.5% | |||
720 | American Campus Communities, Inc. | 38,066 |
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Portfolio of Investments (continued)
REAL ESTATE FUND
June 30, 2016
Shares | Security | Value | |||||
Warehouse/Industrial REITs—1.4% | |||||||
110 | DCT Industrial Trust, Inc. | $ 5,284 | |||||
153 | EastGroup Properties, Inc. | 10,545 | |||||
265 | First Industrial Realty Trust, Inc. | 7,372 | |||||
1,580 | Prologis, Inc. | 77,483 | |||||
100,684 | |||||||
Total Value of Common Stocks (cost $6,232,810) | 95.5 | % | 6,879,243 | ||||
Other Assets, Less Liabilities | 4.5 | 325,265 | |||||
Net Assets | 100.0 | % | $7,204,508 |
* | Non-income producing | |
Summary of Abbreviations: | ||
REITs | Real Estate Investment Trusts |
The Fund’s assets and liabilities are classified into the following three levels based on the inputs used to value the assets and liabilities:
Level 1 — Unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical securities that the Fund has the ability to access. |
Level 2 — Observable inputs other than 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. |
Level 3 — Unobservable inputs for the asset or liability, to the extent relevant observable inputs are not available, representing the Fund’s own assumption about the assumptions a market participant would use in valuing the asset or liability, and would be based on the best information available. |
The inputs methodology used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities. For example, U.S. Government securities are reflected as Level 2 because the inputs used to determine fair value may not always be quoted prices in an active market.
The following is a summary, by category of Level, of inputs used to value the Fund’s investments as of June 30, 2016:
Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 | Total | |||||||||
Common Stocks* | $ | 6,879,243 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 6,879,243 |
* | The Portfolio of Investments provides information on the industry categorization for common stocks. |
There were no transfers into or from Level 1 and Level 2 by the Fund for the period ended | |
June 30, 2016. Transfers, if any, between Levels are recognized at the end of the reporting period. |
88 | See notes to financial statements |
Fund Expenses (unaudited)
SELECT GROWTH FUND
The examples below show the ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in your Fund and will help you in comparing these costs with costs of other mutual funds. Please refer to page 5 for a detailed explanation of the information presented in these examples.
Beginning | Ending | ||
Account | Account | Expenses Paid | |
Value | Value | During Period | |
(1/1/16) | (6/30/16) | (1/1/16–6/30/16)* | |
Expense Examples | |||
Actual | $1,000.00 | $983.61 | $4.14 |
Hypothetical | |||
(5% annual return before expenses) | $1,000.00 | $1,020.68 | $4.22 |
* | Expenses are equal to the annualized expense ratio of .84%, multiplied by the average account |
value over the period, multiplied by 182/366 (to reflect the one-half year period). |
Portfolio Composition
BY SECTOR
Portfolio holdings and allocations are subject to change. Percentages are as of June 30, 2016, and are |
based on the total value of investments. |
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Portfolio of Investments
SELECT GROWTH FUND
June 30, 2016
Shares | Security | Value | |
COMMON STOCKS—98.1% | |||
Consumer Discretionary—14.0% | |||
28,700 | Coach, Inc. | $ 1,169,238 | |
69,560 | Gentex Corporation | 1,074,702 | |
15,625 | Home Depot, Inc. | 1,995,156 | |
29,740 | Starbucks Corporation | 1,698,749 | |
13,900 | Wyndham Worldwide Corporation | 990,097 | |
6,927,942 | |||
Consumer Staples—11.6% | |||
22,300 | Campbell Soup Company | 1,483,619 | |
10,800 | Clorox Company | 1,494,612 | |
30,000 | Sysco Corporation | 1,522,200 | |
16,800 | Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. | 1,226,736 | |
5,727,167 | |||
Energy—4.4% | |||
5,060 | Chevron Corporation | 530,440 | |
5,380 | Exxon Mobil Corporation | 504,321 | |
8,220 | Helmerich & Payne, Inc. | 551,808 | |
22,400 | SM Energy Company | 604,800 | |
2,191,369 | |||
Financials—11.7% | |||
27,700 | Bank of New York Mellon Corporation | 1,076,145 | |
14,590 | Discover Financial Services | 781,878 | |
9,400 | FactSet Research Systems, Inc. | 1,517,348 | |
27,700 | SunTrust Banks, Inc. | 1,137,916 | |
6,300 | Travelers Companies, Inc. | 749,952 | |
21,300 | Voya Financial, Inc. | 527,388 | |
5,790,627 | |||
Health Care—18.7% | |||
7,300 | C.R. Bard, Inc. | 1,716,668 | |
21,200 | * | Centene Corporation | 1,513,044 |
14,100 | Gilead Sciences, Inc. | 1,176,222 | |
37,500 | * | Hologic, Inc. | 1,297,500 |
6,490 | Johnson & Johnson | 787,237 | |
8,020 | McKesson Corporation | 1,496,933 | |
19,400 | * | Quintiles Transnational Holdings, Inc. | 1,267,208 |
9,254,812 |
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Industrials—12.5% | |||||||
17,100 | C. H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc. | $ 1,269,675 | |||||
14,300 | Cintas Corporation | 1,403,259 | |||||
8,900 | General Dynamics Corporation | 1,239,236 | |||||
10,600 | Parker Hannifin Corporation | 1,145,330 | |||||
41,400 | * | USG Corporation | 1,116,144 | ||||
6,173,644 | |||||||
Information Technology—23.8% | |||||||
14,900 | * | Adobe Systems, Inc. | 1,427,271 | ||||
38,200 | * | Aspen Technology, Inc. | 1,537,168 | ||||
64,600 | * | Cadence Design Systems, Inc. | 1,569,780 | ||||
51,700 | Cisco Systems, Inc. | 1,483,273 | |||||
17,300 | * | Citrix Systems, Inc. | 1,385,557 | ||||
12,500 | * | Facebook, Inc. – Class “A” | 1,428,500 | ||||
19,300 | * | Red Hat, Inc. | 1,401,180 | ||||
39,600 | * | Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. | 1,501,632 | ||||
11,734,361 | |||||||
Telecommunication Services—1.4% | |||||||
23,700 | CenturyLink, Inc. | 687,537 | |||||
Total Value of Common Stocks (cost $43,363,477) | 98.1 | % | 48,487,459 | ||||
Other Assets, Less Liabilities | 1.9 | 938,741 | |||||
Net Assets | 100.0 | % | $49,426,200 |
* | Non-income producing |
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SELECT GROWTH FUND
June 30, 2016
The Fund’s assets and liabilities are classified into the following three levels based on the inputs used to value the assets and liabilities:
Level 1 — Unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical securities that the Fund has the ability to access. |
Level 2 — Observable inputs other than 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. |
Level 3 — Unobservable inputs for the asset or liability, to the extent relevant observable inputs are not available, representing the Fund’s own assumption about the assumptions a market participant would use in valuing the asset or liability, and would be based on the best information available. |
The inputs methodology used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities. For example, U.S. Government securities are reflected as Level 2 because the inputs used to determine fair value may not always be quoted prices in an active market.
The following is a summary, by category of Level, of inputs used to value the Fund’s investments as of June 30, 2016:
Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 | Total | |||||||||
Common Stocks* | $ | 48,487,459 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 48,487,459 |
* | The Portfolio of Investments provides information on the industry categorization for common stocks. |
There were no transfers into or from Level 1 and Level 2 by the Fund for the period ended | |
June 30, 2016. Transfers, if any, between Levels are recognized at the end of the reporting period. |
92 | See notes to financial statements |
Fund Expenses (unaudited)
SPECIAL SITUATIONS FUND
The examples below show the ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in your Fund and will help you in comparing these costs with costs of other mutual funds. Please refer to page 5 for a detailed explanation of the information presented in these examples.
Beginning | Ending | ||
Account | Account | Expenses Paid | |
Value | Value | During Period | |
(1/1/16) | (6/30/16) | (1/1/16–6/30/16)* | |
Expense Examples | |||
Actual | $1,000.00 | $1,003.83 | $4.09 |
Hypothetical | |||
(5% annual return before expenses) | $1,000.00 | $1,020.78 | $4.12 |
* | Expenses are equal to the annualized expense ratio of .82%, multiplied by the average account |
value over the period, multiplied by 182/366 (to reflect the one-half year period). |
Portfolio Composition
BY SECTOR
Portfolio holdings and allocations are subject to change. Percentages are as of June 30, 2016, and are |
based on the total value of investments. |
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Shares | Security | Value | |
COMMON STOCKS—98.9% | |||
Consumer Discretionary—17.5% | |||
104,500 | * | 1-800-FLOWERS.COM, Inc. – Class “A” | $ 942,590 |
150,500 | American Eagle Outfitters, Inc. | 2,397,465 | |
75,000 | * | Belmond, Ltd. – Class “A” | 742,500 |
51,000 | Caleres, Inc. | 1,234,710 | |
96,000 | * | Century Communities, Inc. | 1,664,640 |
106,500 | Entravision Communications Corporation – Class “A” | 715,680 | |
129,500 | * | Fox Factory Holding Corporation | 2,249,415 |
16,500 | Group 1 Automotive, Inc. | 814,440 | |
16,500 | Harman International Industries, Inc. | 1,185,030 | |
61,000 | * | Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. | 1,433,500 |
24,200 | * | Michaels Companies, Inc. | 688,248 |
34,200 | * | Motorcar Parts of America, Inc. | 929,556 |
25,000 | * | Nautilus, Inc. | 446,000 |
63,000 | Newell Brands, Inc. | 3,059,910 | |
36,000 | Oxford Industries, Inc. | 2,038,320 | |
46,500 | Penske Automotive Group, Inc. | 1,462,890 | |
103,000 | Regal Entertainment Group – Class “A” | 2,270,120 | |
96,000 | Ruth’s Hospitality Group, Inc. | 1,531,200 | |
22,000 | * | Select Comfort Corporation | 470,360 |
74,000 | * | ServiceMaster Holdings, Inc. | 2,945,200 |
2,000 | Superior Industries International, Inc. | 53,560 | |
129,000 | * | TRI Pointe Group, Inc. | 1,524,780 |
24,500 | Tupperware Brands Corporation | 1,378,860 | |
22,500 | Visteon Corporation | 1,480,725 | |
73,000 | * | William Lyon Homes – Class “A” | 1,176,760 |
34,836,459 | |||
Consumer Staples—2.7% | |||
33,000 | Coty, Inc. – Class “A” | 857,670 | |
46,500 | Pinnacle Foods, Inc. | 2,152,485 | |
34,500 | Tootsie Roll Industries, Inc. | 1,329,285 | |
44,500 | * | U.S. Foods Holding Corporation | 1,078,680 |
5,418,120 | |||
Energy—1.4% | |||
25,500 | Delek US Holdings, Inc. | 336,855 | |
14,500 | * | Dril-Quip, Inc. | 847,235 |
35,500 | PBF Energy, Inc. – Class “A” | 844,190 | |
38,500 | Western Refining, Inc. | 794,255 | |
2,822,535 |
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Financials—26.6% | |||
53,000 | AllianceBernstein Holding, LP (MLP) | $ 1,234,900 | |
41,500 | American Equity Investment Life Holding Company | 591,375 | |
56,500 | American Financial Group, Inc. | 4,177,045 | |
37,500 | Aspen Insurance Holdings, Ltd. | 1,739,250 | |
63,000 | * | Atlas Financial Holdings, Inc. | 1,084,860 |
80,500 | Berkshire Hills Bancorp, Inc. | 2,167,060 | |
85,000 | Brixmor Property Group, Inc. (REIT) | 2,249,100 | |
45,500 | Brown & Brown, Inc. | 1,704,885 | |
58,500 | Citizens Financial Group, Inc. | 1,168,830 | |
68,500 | Douglas Emmett, Inc. (REIT) | 2,433,120 | |
13,500 | Endurance Specialty Holdings, Ltd. | 906,660 | |
37,500 | * | FCB Financial Holdings, Inc. – Class “A” | 1,275,000 |
19,500 | Federal Realty Investment Trust (REIT) | 3,228,225 | |
155,500 | FelCor Lodging Trust, Inc. (REIT) | 968,765 | |
162,500 | Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund (ETF) | 3,709,875 | |
43,000 | Great Western Bancorp, Inc. | 1,356,220 | |
63,000 | * | Green Bancorp, Inc. | 549,360 |
26,500 | iShares Russell 2000 ETF (ETF) | 3,046,705 | |
74,000 | OceanFirst Financial Corporation | 1,344,580 | |
38,500 | Opus Bank | 1,301,300 | |
29,500 | Prosperity Bancshares, Inc. | 1,504,205 | |
31,000 | Simmons First National Corporation – Class “A” | 1,431,735 | |
96,500 | SPDR S&P Regional Banking (ETF) | 3,700,775 | |
174,500 | Sterling Bancorp | 2,739,650 | |
139,000 | Sunstone Hotel Investors, Inc. (REIT) | 1,677,730 | |
71,500 | Tanger Factory Outlet Centers, Inc. (REIT) | 2,872,870 | |
92,500 | TCF Financial Corporation | 1,170,125 | |
54,500 | Urstadt Biddle Properties, Inc. – Class “A” (REIT) | 1,350,510 | |
19,500 | Waddell & Reed Financial, Inc. – Class “A” | 335,790 | |
53,020,505 | |||
Health Care—12.8% | |||
24,500 | * | ANI Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1,367,590 |
58,500 | * | Centene Corporation | 4,175,145 |
15,500 | * | Charles River Laboratories International, Inc. | 1,277,820 |
57,500 | * | DepoMed, Inc. | 1,128,150 |
51,000 | * | Globus Medical, Inc . – Class “A” | 1,215,330 |
54,500 | Hill-Rom Holdings, Inc. | 2,749,525 | |
15,000 | * | ICON, PLC | 1,050,150 |
23,500 | * | Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corporation | 1,874,830 |
24,000 | * | Lannett Company, Inc. | 570,960 |
44,000 | PerkinElmer, Inc. | 2,306,480 |
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Shares | Security | Value | |
Health Care (continued) | |||
67,500 | Phibro Animal Health Corporation – Class “A” | $ 1,259,550 | |
56,500 | * | Surgical Care Affilates, Inc. | 2,693,355 |
16,500 | * | VCA, Inc. | 1,115,565 |
94,500 | * | VWR Corporation | 2,731,050 |
25,515,500 | |||
Industrials—13.4% | |||
44,000 | A.O. Smith Corporation | 3,876,840 | |
51,000 | ESCO Technologies, Inc. | 2,036,940 | |
26,500 | * | Generac Holdings, Inc. | 926,440 |
66,000 | ITT, Inc. | 2,110,680 | |
98,500 | Kforce, Inc. | 1,663,665 | |
116,000 | * | NCI Building Systems, Inc. | 1,854,840 |
7,500 | * | Nortek, Inc. | 444,825 |
44,000 | Orbital ATK, Inc. | 3,746,160 | |
43,500 | * | Patrick Industries, Inc. | 2,622,615 |
30,000 | Regal Beloit Corporation | 1,651,500 | |
22,500 | Snap-On, Inc. | 3,550,950 | |
17,000 | Standex International Corporation | 1,404,710 | |
55,500 | TAL International Group, Inc. | 744,255 | |
26,634,420 | |||
Information Technology—11.4% | |||
109,500 | * | ARRIS International, PLC | 2,295,120 |
43,000 | * | Autobytel, Inc. | 596,410 |
31,000 | Avnet, Inc. | 1,255,810 | |
9,500 | CDW Corporation | 380,760 | |
1,000 | * | Coherent, Inc. | 91,780 |
55,000 | * | CommScope Holding Company, Inc. | 1,706,650 |
101,000 | CPI Card Group, Inc. | 506,010 | |
19,000 | IAC/InterActiveCorp | 1,069,700 | |
18,000 | Lam Research Corporation | 1,513,080 | |
59,500 | * | Microsemi Corporation | 1,944,460 |
36,500 | MKS Instruments, Inc. | 1,571,690 | |
105,000 | * | Orbotech, Ltd. | 2,682,750 |
55,000 | * | Perficient, Inc. | 1,117,050 |
21,700 | * | PTC, Inc. | 815,486 |
55,000 | Silicon Motion Technology Corporation (ADR) | 2,629,000 |
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Information Technology (continued) | |||||||
42,500 | * | Synchronoss Technologies, Inc. | $ 1,354,050 | ||||
80,000 | Travelport Worldwide, Ltd. | 1,031,200 | |||||
1,999 | Western Digital Corporation | 94,473 | |||||
22,655,479 | |||||||
Materials—7.7% | |||||||
42,000 | AptarGroup, Inc. | 3,323,460 | |||||
141,500 | * | Ferro Corporation | 1,893,270 | ||||
66,000 | Olin Corporation | 1,639,440 | |||||
22,000 | Sensient Technologies Corporation | 1,562,880 | |||||
95,000 | Steel Dynamics, Inc. | 2,327,500 | |||||
40,000 | * | Summit Materials, Inc. – Class “A” | 818,400 | ||||
64,500 | * | Trinseo SA | 2,768,985 | ||||
25,500 | WestRock Company | 991,185 | |||||
15,325,120 | |||||||
Utilities—5.4% | |||||||
54,500 | AGL Resources, Inc. | 3,595,365 | |||||
17,500 | Pinnacle West Capital Corporation | 1,418,550 | |||||
41,000 | Portland General Electric Company | 1,808,920 | |||||
26,500 | SCANA Corporation | 2,004,990 | |||||
30,000 | WEC Energy Group, Inc. | 1,959,000 | |||||
10,786,825 | |||||||
Total Value of Common Stocks (cost $171,464,581) | 197,014,963 | ||||||
SHORT-TERM U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENCY | |||||||
OBLIGATIONS—.5% | |||||||
$1,000M | Federal Home Loan Bank, 0.26%, 7/20/2016 (cost $999,863) | 999,916 | |||||
Total Value of Investments (cost $172,464,444) | 99.4 | % | 198,014,879 | ||||
Other Assets, Less Liabilities | .6 | 1,217,545 | |||||
Net Assets | 100.0 | % | $199,232,424 |
* | Non-income producing | |
Summary of Abbreviations: | ||
ADR | American Depositary Receipts | |
ETF | Exchange Traded Fund | |
MLP | Master Limited Partnership | |
REIT | Real Estate Investment Trust |
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SPECIAL SITUATIONS FUND
June 30, 2016
The Fund’s assets and liabilities are classified into the following three levels based on the inputs used to value the assets and liabilities:
Level 1 — Unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical securities that the Fund has the ability to access. |
Level 2 — Observable inputs other than 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. |
Level 3 — Unobservable inputs for the asset or liability, to the extent relevant observable inputs are not available, representing the Fund’s own assumption about the assumptions a market participant would use in valuing the asset or liability, and would be based on the best information available. |
The inputs methodology used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities. For example, U.S. Government securities are reflected as Level 2 because the inputs used to determine fair value may not always be quoted prices in an active market.
The following is a summary, by category of Level, of inputs used to value the Fund’s investments as of June 30, 2016:
Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 | Total | |||||||||
Common Stocks | $ | 197,014,963 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 197,014,963 | ||||
Short-Term U.S. Government | ||||||||||||
Agency Obligations | — | 999,916 | — | 999,916 | ||||||||
Total Investments in Securities* | $ | 197,014,963 | $ | 999,916 | $ | — | $ | 198,014,879 |
* | The Portfolio of Investments provides information on the industry categorization for common stocks. |
There were no transfers into or from Level 1 and Level 2 by the Fund for the period ended | |
June 30, 2016. Transfers, if any, between Levels are recognized at the end of the reporting period. |
98 | See notes to financial statements |
Fund Expenses (unaudited)
TOTAL RETURN FUND
The examples below show the ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in your Fund and will help you in comparing these costs with costs of other mutual funds. Please refer to page 5 for a detailed explanation of the information presented in these examples.
Beginning | Ending | ||
Account | Account | Expenses Paid | |
Value | Value | During Period | |
(1/1/16) | (6/30/16) | (1/1/16–6/30/16)* | |
Expense Examples | |||
Actual | $1,000.00 | $1,023.79 | $4.48 |
Hypothetical | |||
(5% annual return before expenses) | $1,000.00 | $1,020.43 | $4.47 |
* | Expenses are equal to the annualized expense ratio of .89%, multiplied by the average account |
value over the period, multiplied by 182/366 (to reflect the one-half year period). |
Portfolio Composition
TOP TEN SECTORS
Portfolio holdings and allocations are subject to change. Percentages are as of June 30, 2016, and are |
based on the total value of investments. |
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Shares | Security | Value | |
COMMON STOCKS—59.4% | |||
Consumer Discretionary—10.5% | |||
10,500 | American Eagle Outfitters, Inc. | $ 167,265 | |
1,200 | Big Lots, Inc. | 60,132 | |
3,900 | BorgWarner, Inc. | 115,128 | |
5,850 | CBS Corporation – Class “B” | 318,474 | |
4,200 | Delphi Automotive, PLC | 262,920 | |
2,100 | Foot Locker, Inc. | 115,206 | |
9,300 | Ford Motor Company | 116,901 | |
1,800 | Harman International Industries, Inc. | 129,276 | |
2,500 | Home Depot, Inc. | 319,225 | |
5,000 | Johnson Controls, Inc. | 221,300 | |
3,200 | L Brands, Inc. | 214,816 | |
2,750 | Lear Corporation | 279,840 | |
3,150 | Magna International, Inc. | 110,471 | |
12,758 | Newell Brands, Inc. | 619,656 | |
1,100 | Oxford Industries, Inc. | 62,282 | |
2,700 | Penske Automotive Group, Inc. | 84,942 | |
3,600 | * | Select Comfort Corporation | 76,968 |
6,300 | Stein Mart, Inc. | 48,636 | |
4,100 | Tupperware Brands Corporation | 230,748 | |
2,200 | Walt Disney Company | 215,204 | |
800 | Whirlpool Corporation | 133,312 | |
2,350 | Wyndham Worldwide Corporation | 167,391 | |
4,070,093 | |||
Consumer Staples—6.1% | |||
6,650 | Altria Group, Inc. | 458,584 | |
5,000 | Coca-Cola Company | 226,650 | |
4,000 | CVS Health Corporation | 382,960 | |
3,400 | Delhaize Group (ADR) | 89,284 | |
3,800 | Koninklijke Ahold NV (ADR) | 84,056 | |
2,000 | Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc. – Class “A” | 92,380 | |
2,200 | PepsiCo, Inc. | 233,068 | |
4,100 | Philip Morris International, Inc. | 417,052 | |
1,450 | Procter & Gamble Company | 122,772 | |
1,300 | Tyson Foods, Inc. – Class “A” | 86,827 | |
2,150 | Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. | 156,993 | |
2,350,626 |
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Energy—3.5% | |||
1,800 | Anadarko Petroleum Corporation | $ 95,850 | |
500 | Chevron Corporation | 52,415 | |
3,100 | ConocoPhillips | 135,160 | |
3,000 | Devon Energy Corporation | 108,750 | |
2,750 | ExxonMobil Corporation | 257,785 | |
1,200 | Hess Corporation | 72,120 | |
3,400 | Marathon Oil Corporation | 51,034 | |
4,350 | Marathon Petroleum Corporation | 165,126 | |
1,300 | Occidental Petroleum Corporation | 98,228 | |
1,400 | PBF Energy, Inc. – Class “A” | 33,292 | |
1,450 | Phillips 66 | 115,043 | |
600 | Schlumberger, Ltd. | 47,448 | |
4,600 | Suncor Energy, Inc. | 127,558 | |
1,359,809 | |||
Financials—8.6% | |||
3,300 | American Express Company | 200,508 | |
1,000 | American International Group, Inc. | 52,890 | |
2,100 | Ameriprise Financial, Inc. | 188,685 | |
9,100 | Brixmor Property Group, Inc. (REIT) | 240,786 | |
1,700 | Chubb, Ltd. | 222,207 | |
6,200 | Citizens Financial Group, Inc. | 123,876 | |
4,450 | Discover Financial Services | 238,476 | |
7,100 | Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund (ETF) | 162,093 | |
600 | iShares Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF (ETF) | 89,634 | |
1,900 | iShares Russell 2000 ETF (ETF) | 218,443 | |
5,500 | JPMorgan Chase & Company | 341,770 | |
2,800 | MetLife, Inc. | 111,524 | |
700 | Morgan Stanley | 18,186 | |
1,950 | PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. | 158,711 | |
3,200 | SPDR S&P Regional Banking (ETF) | 122,720 | |
9,000 | Sunstone Hotel Investors, Inc. (REIT) | 108,630 | |
5,600 | Tanger Factory Outlet Centers, Inc. (REIT) | 225,008 | |
4,600 | U.S. Bancorp | 185,518 | |
5,500 | Urstadt Biddle Properties, Inc. – Class “A” (REIT) | 136,290 | |
3,800 | Wells Fargo & Company | 179,854 | |
3,325,809 |
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Shares | Security | Value | |
Health Care—12.0% | |||
5,350 | Abbott Laboratories | $ 210,308 | |
4,500 | AbbVie, Inc. | 278,595 | |
500 | * | Allergan, PLC | 115,545 |
3,300 | * | AMN Healthcare Services, Inc. | 131,901 |
2,217 | Baxter International, Inc. | 100,253 | |
2,350 | Cardinal Health, Inc. | 183,323 | |
3,000 | * | Centene Corporation | 214,110 |
2,100 | * | Express Scripts Holding Company | 159,180 |
4,100 | Gilead Sciences, Inc. | 342,022 | |
3,550 | Hill-Rom Holdings, Inc. | 179,097 | |
3,750 | Johnson & Johnson | 454,875 | |
118 | * | Mallinckrodt, PLC | 7,172 |
1,100 | McKesson Corporation | 205,315 | |
2,650 | Medtronic, PLC | 229,941 | |
4,300 | Merck & Company, Inc. | 247,723 | |
2,600 | * | Mylan NV | 112,424 |
12,000 | Pfizer, Inc. | 422,520 | |
4,100 | Phibro Animal Health Corporation – Class “A” | 76,506 | |
740 | Shire, PLC (ADR) | 136,219 | |
3,500 | Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc. | 517,160 | |
4,950 | * | VWR Corporation | 143,055 |
3,500 | Zoetis, Inc. | 166,110 | |
4,633,354 | |||
Industrials—5.3% | |||
1,850 | 3M Company | 323,972 | |
3,450 | General Electric Company | 108,606 | |
2,900 | Honeywell International, Inc. | 337,328 | |
400 | Ingersoll-Rand, PLC | 25,472 | |
3,100 | ITT, Inc. | 99,138 | |
2,300 | Koninklijke Philips NV | 57,362 | |
2,300 | Korn/Ferry International | 47,610 | |
250 | Lockheed Martin Corporation | 62,043 | |
1,800 | ManpowerGroup, Inc. | 115,812 | |
1,200 | Nielsen Holdings, PLC | 62,364 | |
800 | Robert Half International, Inc | 30,528 | |
1,700 | Snap-On, Inc. | 268,294 | |
4,900 | TAL International Group, Inc. | 65,709 | |
1,900 | Textainer Group Holdings, Ltd. | 21,166 |
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3,900 | Textron, Inc. | $ 142,584 | |
1,400 | Tyco International, PLC | 59,640 | |
2,000 | United Technologies Corporation | 205,100 | |
2,032,728 | |||
Information Technology—9.6% | |||
4,300 | Apple, Inc. | 411,080 | |
7,500 | Applied Materials, Inc. | 179,775 | |
7,700 | * | ARRIS International, PLC | 161,392 |
1,200 | Broadcom, Ltd. | 186,480 | |
12,400 | Cisco Systems, Inc. | 355,756 | |
3,450 | * | eBay, Inc. | 80,764 |
13,100 | EMC Corporation | 355,926 | |
9,950 | Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company | 181,786 | |
4,300 | HP, Inc. | 53,965 | |
8,000 | Intel Corporation | 262,400 | |
1,000 | International Business Machines Corporation | 151,780 | |
3,300 | Juniper Networks, Inc. | 74,217 | |
2,700 | Methode Electronics, Inc. | 92,421 | |
8,600 | Microsoft Corporation | 440,062 | |
900 | * | NXP Semiconductors NV | 70,506 |
4,800 | Oracle Corporation | 196,464 | |
3,700 | QUALCOMM, Inc. | 198,209 | |
8,000 | Symantec Corporation | 164,320 | |
1,100 | TE Connectivity, Ltd. | 62,821 | |
500 | Travelport Worldwide, Ltd. | 6,445 | |
346 | Western Digital Corporation | 16,352 | |
3,702,921 | |||
Materials—1.1% | |||
500 | Praxair, Inc. | 56,195 | |
1,800 | RPM International, Inc. | 89,910 | |
7,600 | Steel Dynamics, Inc. | 186,200 | |
1,700 | * | Trinseo SA | 72,981 |
405,286 | |||
Telecommunication Services—1.7% | |||
7,250 | AT&T, Inc. | 313,272 | |
5,900 | Verizon Communications, Inc. | 329,456 | |
642,728 |
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Principal | |||
Amount | Security | Value | |
Utilities—1.0% | |||
2,000 | AGL Resources, Inc. | $ 131,940 | |
6,200 | Exelon Corporation | 225,432 | |
1,100 | NiSource, Inc. | 29,172 | |
386,544 | |||
Total Value of Common Stocks (cost $21,583,328) | 22,909,898 | ||
CORPORATE BONDS—21.1% | |||
Agriculture—.3% | |||
$ 100M | Cargill, Inc., 6%, 11/27/2017 (a) | 106,694 | |
Automotive—.5% | |||
100M | Johnson Controls, Inc., 5%, 3/30/2020 | 109,513 | |
100M | O’Reilly Automotive, Inc., 3.55%, 3/15/2026 | 105,059 | |
214,572 | |||
Chemicals—.8% | |||
100M | Agrium, Inc., 3.375%, 3/15/2025 | 101,907 | |
100M | CF Industries, Inc., 3.45%, 6/1/2023 | 100,063 | |
100M | Dow Chemical Co., 4.25%, 11/15/2020 | 109,512 | |
311,482 | |||
Consumer Durables—.3% | |||
100M | Newell Brands, Inc., 4.2%, 4/1/2026 | 108,533 | |
Energy—1.9% | |||
100M | Canadian Oil Sands, Ltd., 7.75%, 5/15/2019 (a) | 110,931 | |
100M | Continental Resources, Inc., 5%, 9/15/2022 | 98,250 | |
100M | DCP Midstream Operating, LP, 2.5%, 12/1/2017 | 98,000 | |
100M | Enbridge Energy Partners, LP, 4.2%, 9/15/2021 | 102,669 | |
100M | Plains All American Pipeline, LP, 5.875%, 8/15/2016 | 100,482 | |
100M | Suncor Energy, Inc., 6.1%, 6/1/2018 | 108,185 | |
100M | Valero Energy Corp., 9.375%, 3/15/2019 | 119,575 | |
738,092 | |||
Financial Services—3.1% | |||
100M | American Express Co., 7%, 3/19/2018 | 109,277 | |
100M | American International Group, Inc., 3.75%, 7/10/2025 | 102,110 | |
100M | Ameriprise Financial, Inc., 5.3%, 3/15/2020 | 112,114 | |
100M | Assured Guaranty U.S. Holding, Inc., 5%, 7/1/2024 | 108,800 | |
100M | BlackRock, Inc., 5%, 12/10/2019 | 112,048 |
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Principal | |||
Amount | Security | Value | |
Financial Services (continued) | |||
ERAC USA Finance, LLC: | |||
$ 100M | 4.5%, 8/16/2021 (a) | $ 110,881 | |
100M | 3.3%, 10/15/2022 (a) | 103,921 | |
100M | Ford Motor Credit Co., LLC, 8.125%, 1/15/2020 | 119,361 | |
100M | General Electric Capital Corp., 5.625%, 9/15/2017 | 105,703 | |
100M | Liberty Mutual Group, Inc., 4.95%, 5/1/2022 (a) | 110,648 | |
100M | Prudential Financial, Inc., 7.375%, 6/15/2019 | 116,094 | |
1,210,957 | |||
Financials—4.2% | |||
Bank of America Corp.: | |||
100M | 5.65%, 5/1/2018 | 107,212 | |
100M | 5%, 5/13/2021 | 112,090 | |
100M | Barclays Bank, PLC, 5.125%, 1/8/2020 | 107,349 | |
100M | Capital One Financial Corp., 3.75%, 4/24/2024 | 104,503 | |
Citigroup, Inc.: | |||
100M | 6.125%, 11/21/2017 | 106,137 | |
100M | 4.5%, 1/14/2022 | 110,671 | |
100M | Deutsche Bank AG, 3.7%, 5/30/2024 | 99,574 | |
100M | Fifth Third Bancorp, 3.5%, 3/15/2022 | 106,152 | |
100M | Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., 3.625%, 1/22/2023 | 105,049 | |
JPMorgan Chase & Co.: | |||
100M | 6%, 1/15/2018 | 106,971 | |
100M | 4.5%, 1/24/2022 | 111,367 | |
Morgan Stanley: | |||
100M | 6.625%, 4/1/2018 | 108,422 | |
100M | 5.5%, 7/28/2021 | 114,315 | |
100M | SunTrust Banks, Inc., 6%, 9/11/2017 | 105,398 | |
100M | U.S. Bancorp, 3.6%, 9/11/2024 | 107,831 | |
1,613,041 | |||
Food/Beverage/Tobacco—.5% | |||
200M | Anheuser-Busch InBev Finance, Inc., 3.65%, 2/1/2026 | 214,674 | |
Food/Drug—.3% | |||
100M | CVS Health Corp., 3.875%, 7/20/2025 | 110,204 | |
Forest Products/Container—.3% | |||
100M | Rock-Tenn Co., 4.9%, 3/1/2022 | 111,144 |
105 |
Portfolio of Investments (continued)
TOTAL RETURN FUND
June 30, 2016
Principal | |||
Amount | Security | Value | |
Health Care—1.1% | |||
$ 100M | Biogen, Inc., 6.875%, 3/1/2018 | $ 108,883 | |
100M | Express Scripts Holding Co., 4.75%, 11/15/2021 | 112,300 | |
100M | Gilead Sciences, Inc., 3.65%, 3/1/2026 | 108,949 | |
100M | Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings, 3.75%, 8/23/2022 | 105,433 | |
435,565 | |||
Higher Education—.3% | |||
100M | Yale University, 2.086%, 4/15/2019 | 103,314 | |
Information Technology—.5% | |||
100M | Apple, Inc., 2.5%, 2/9/2025 | 101,689 | |
100M | Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co., 2.85%, 10/5/2018 (a) | 102,462 | |
204,151 | |||
Manufacturing—.3% | |||
100M | Tyco Electronics Group SA, 6.55%, 10/1/2017 | 106,339 | |
Media-Broadcasting—.3% | |||
100M | Comcast Corp., 5.15%, 3/1/2020 | 113,062 | |
Media-Diversified—.3% | |||
100M | Time Warner, Inc., 3.6%, 7/15/2025 | 106,014 | |
Metals/Mining—.3% | |||
100M | Newmont Mining Corp., 5.125%, 10/1/2019 | 108,679 | |
Real Estate Investment Trusts—1.9% | |||
200M | AvalonBay Communities, Inc., 3.5%, 11/15/2024 | 211,026 | |
100M | Digital Realty Trust, LP, 5.25%, 3/15/2021 | 112,525 | |
100M | HCP, Inc., 4.25%, 11/15/2023 | 103,940 | |
100M | Prologis, LP, 3.35%, 2/1/2021 | 105,910 | |
100M | Simon Property Group, LP, 3.375%, 10/1/2024 | 107,376 | |
100M | Ventas Realty, LP, 4.75%, 6/1/2021 | 111,364 | |
752,141 | |||
Retail-General Merchandise—.7% | |||
100M | Amazon.com, Inc., 4.8%, 12/5/2034 | 117,989 | |
100M | Home Depot, Inc., 5.875%, 12/16/2036 | 136,851 | |
254,840 |
106 |
Principal | |||
Amount | Security | Value | |
Telecommunications—.6% | |||
$ 100M | AT&T, Inc., 3.8%, 3/15/2022 | $ 106,368 | |
100M | Verizon Communications, Inc., 5.15%, 9/15/2023 | 116,641 | |
223,009 | |||
Transportation—1.1% | |||
100M | Burlington North Santa Fe, LLC, 5.15%, 9/1/2043 | 122,334 | |
100M | GATX Corp., 5.2%, 3/15/2044 | 103,985 | |
100M | Penske Truck Leasing Co., LP, 4.875%, 7/11/2022 (a) | 109,197 | |
100M | Southwest Airlines Co., 2.65%, 11/5/2020 | 103,320 | |
438,836 | |||
Utilities—1.5% | |||
100M | Electricite de France SA, 3.625%, 10/13/2025 (a) | 104,413 | |
100M | Ohio Power Co., 5.375%, 10/1/2021 | 116,239 | |
100M | Oklahoma Gas & Electric Co., 4%, 12/15/2044 | 107,351 | |
100M | Sempra Energy, 9.8%, 2/15/2019 | 120,435 | |
100M | South Carolina Electric & Gas Co., 5.45%, 2/1/2041 | 124,606 | |
573,044 | |||
Total Value of Corporate Bonds (cost $7,919,669) | 8,158,387 | ||
RESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE-BACKED | |||
SECURITIES—6.8% | |||
Fannie Mae—5.8% | |||
200M | 2.5%, 7/19/2031 (b) | 206,933 | |
267M | 3%, 6/1/2030 – 1/1/2045 | 281,101 | |
1,110M | 3.5%, 11/1/2028 – 7/14/2046 (b) | 1,176,379 | |
293M | 4%, 7/1/2041 – 7/14/2046 (b) | 314,906 | |
127M | 4.5%, 8/1/2041 | 139,870 | |
123M | 5%, 3/1/2042 | 136,809 | |
2,255,998 | |||
Freddie Mac—1.0% | |||
85M | 3.5%, 7/1/2044 | 91,070 | |
99M | 4%, 7/1/2044 – 4/1/2045 | 106,432 | |
172M | 4.5%, 12/1/2043 | 190,103 | |
387,605 | |||
Total Value of Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities (cost $2,615,995) | 2,643,603 |
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Portfolio of Investments (continued)
TOTAL RETURN FUND
June 30, 2016
Principal | |||||||
Amount | Security | Value | |||||
U.S. GOVERNMENT OBLIGATIONS—5.0% | |||||||
$ 100M | U.S. Treasury Bonds, 3.125%, 8/15/2044 | $ 117,744 | |||||
U.S. Treasury Notes: | |||||||
100M | 0.3342%, 4/30/2017 † | 100,027 | |||||
100M | 0.3442%, 1/31/2017 † | 100,031 | |||||
300M | 0.4282%, 10/31/2017 † | 300,260 | |||||
500M | 0.5322%, 1/31/2018 † | 501,065 | |||||
550M | 0.625%, 1/15/2024 (TIPS) | 591,079 | |||||
200M | 2%, 2/15/2023 | 209,527 | |||||
Total Value of U.S. Government Obligations (cost $1,887,268) | 1,919,733 | ||||||
ASSET BACKED SECURITIES—1.6% | |||||||
Fixed Autos | |||||||
200M | Avis Budget Rental Car Funding AESOP, LLC, 2.97%, 2/20/2020 (a) | 205,199 | |||||
100M | Ford Credit Auto Lease Trust, 1.85%, 7/15/2019 | 100,591 | |||||
100M | GM Financial Auto Leasing Trust., 1.76%, 3/20/2020 | 100,317 | |||||
100M | Harley-Davidson Motorcycle Trust, 1.3%, 3/16/2020 | 100,267 | |||||
100M | Nissan Auto Lease Trust, 1.65%, 10/15/2021 | 100,340 | |||||
Total Value of Asset Backed Securities (cost $602,678) | 606,714 | ||||||
U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENCY OBLIGATIONS—.2% | |||||||
85M | Fannie Mae, 2.125%, 4/24/2026 (cost $84,291) | 87,415 | |||||
SHORT-TERM U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENCY | |||||||
OBLIGATIONS—7.3% | |||||||
Federal Home Loan Bank: | |||||||
1,500M | 0.24%, 7/14/2016 | 1,499,913 | |||||
1,300M | 0.33%, 8/22/2016 | 1,299,549 | |||||
Total Value of Short-Term U.S. Government Agency Obligations (cost $2,799,250) | 2,799,462 | ||||||
Total Value of Investments (cost $37,492,479) | 101.4 | % | 39,125,212 | ||||
Excess of Liabilities Over Other Assets | (1.4 | ) | (525,318) | ||||
Net Assets | 100.0 | % | $38,599,894 |
* | Non-income producing |
(a) | Security exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933 (see Note 5). |
(b) | A portion or all of the security purchased on a when-issued or delayed delivery basis (see |
Note 1G). | |
† | Interest rates are determined and reset periodically. The interest rates above are the rates in effect |
at June 30, 2016. |
108 |
Summary of Abbreviations: | |
ADR | American Depositary Receipts |
ETF | Exchange Traded Fund |
REIT | Real Estate Investment Trust |
TIPS | Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities |
The Fund’s assets and liabilities are classified into the following three levels based on the inputs used to value the assets and liabilities:
Level 1 — Unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical securities that the Fund has the ability to access. |
Level 2 — Observable inputs other than 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. |
Level 3 — Unobservable inputs for the asset or liability, to the extent relevant observable inputs are not available, representing the Fund’s own assumption about the assumptions a market participant would use in valuing the asset or liability, and would be based on the best information available. |
The inputs methodology used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities. For example, U.S. Government securities are reflected as Level 2 because the inputs used to determine fair value may not always be quoted prices in an active market.
The following is a summary, by category of Level, of inputs used to value the Fund’s investments as of June 30, 2016:
Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 | Total | |||||||||
Common Stocks | $ | 22,909,898 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 22,909,898 | ||||
Corporate Bonds | — | 8,158,387 | — | 8,158,387 | ||||||||
Residential Mortgage-Backed | ||||||||||||
Securities | — | 2,643,603 | — | 2,643,603 | ||||||||
U.S. Government Obligations | — | 1,919,733 | — | 1,919,733 | ||||||||
Asset Backed Securities | — | 606,714 | — | 606,714 | ||||||||
U.S. Government Agency | ||||||||||||
Obligations | — | 87,415 | — | 87,415 | ||||||||
Short-Term U.S. Government | ||||||||||||
Agency Obligations | — | 2,799,462 | — | 2,799,462 | ||||||||
Total Investments in Securities* | $ | 22,909,898 | $ | 16,215,314 | $ | — | $ | 39,125,212 |
* | The Portfolio of Investments provides information on the industry categorization for common stocks |
and corporate bonds. | |
There were no transfers into or from Level 1 and Level 2 by the Fund for the period ended | |
June 30, 2016. Transfers, if any, between Levels are recognized at the end of the reporting period. |
See notes to financial statements | 109 |
Statements of Assets and Liabilities
FIRST INVESTORS LIFE SERIES FUNDS
June 30, 2016
BALANCED | CASH | COVERED CALL | EQUITY | FUND FOR | GROWTH & | |||||||||||||||||
INCOME | MANAGEMENT | STRATEGY | INCOME | INCOME | GOVERNMENT | INCOME | ||||||||||||||||
Assets | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Investments in securities: | ||||||||||||||||||||||
At identified cost | $ | 6,772,181 | $ | 9,852,050 | $ | 5,465,129 | $ | 82,913,095 | $ | 93,962,818 | $ | 29,752,456 | $ | 297,323,187 | ||||||||
At value (Note 1A) | $ | 6,991,630 | $ | 9,852,050 | $ | 5,482,965 | $ | 109,444,983 | $ | 94,876,671 | $ | 30,354,551 | $ | 450,279,597 | ||||||||
Cash | 276,064 | 342,802 | 229,785 | 1,223,302 | 2,802,970 | 1,615,106 | 1,421,894 | |||||||||||||||
Receivables: | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Investment securities sold | 7,894 | — | — | — | 422,900 | 326,976 | 681,117 | |||||||||||||||
Options contracts sold | — | — | 1,021 | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||||||
Interest and dividends | 33,441 | 571 | 4,864 | 182,787 | 1,336,945 | 103,651 | 622,253 | |||||||||||||||
Trust shares sold | 8,716 | 36,146 | 17,664 | 46,913 | 5,762 | 10,518 | 23,020 | |||||||||||||||
Other assets | — | 581 | — | 6,967 | 6,717 | 2,062 | 31,408 | |||||||||||||||
Total Assets | 7,317,745 | 10,232,150 | 5,736,299 | 110,904,952 | 99,451,965 | 32,412,864 | 453,059,289 | |||||||||||||||
Liabilities | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Options written: | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Premium received | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 168,761 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | — | $ | — | ||||||||
At value (Note 1A) | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 182,764 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | — | $ | — | ||||||||
Payables: | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Investment securities purchased | 495,531 | — | 123,294 | — | 1,134,242 | 1,935,375 | 1,544,186 | |||||||||||||||
Trust shares redeemed | 525 | 23,505 | 66 | 68,137 | 76,955 | 26,053 | 203,402 | |||||||||||||||
Accrued advisory fees | 3,261 | — | 3,250 | 67,428 | 60,298 | 14,896 | 272,092 | |||||||||||||||
Accrued expenses | 20,966 | 10,450 | 10,610 | 14,805 | 18,621 | 11,574 | 32,863 | |||||||||||||||
Total Liabilities | 520,283 | 33,955 | 319,984 | 150,370 | 1,290,116 | 1,987,898 | 2,052,543 | |||||||||||||||
Net Assets | $ | 6,797,462 | $ | 10,198,195 | $ | 5,416,315 | $ | 110,754,582 | $ | 98,161,849 | $ | 30,424,966 | $ | 451,006,746 | ||||||||
Net Assets Consist of: | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Capital paid in | $ | 6,522,427 | $ | 10,198,195 | $ | 5,376,838 | $ | 82,091,994 | $ | 121,718,305 | $ | 30,461,878 | $ | 284,568,367 | ||||||||
Undistributed net investment income | 44,004 | — | 6,692 | 1,170,878 | 1,610,674 | 222,472 | 4,127,208 | |||||||||||||||
Accumulated net realized gain (loss) on investments | ||||||||||||||||||||||
and option contracts | 11,582 | — | 28,952 | 959,822 | (26,080,983 | ) | (861,479 | ) | 9,354,761 | |||||||||||||
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) in value of: | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Investments | 219,449 | — | 17,836 | 26,531,888 | 913,853 | 602,095 | 152,956,410 | |||||||||||||||
Option contracts | — | — | (14,003 | ) | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||
Total | $ | 6,797,462 | $ | 10,198,195 | $ | 5,416,315 | $ | 110,754,582 | $ | 98,161,849 | $ | 30,424,966 | $ | 451,006,746 | ||||||||
Shares of beneficial interest outstanding (Note 2) | 656,493 | 10,198,195 | 537,358 | 5,581,025 | 16,221,460 | 3,091,557 | 11,091,968 | |||||||||||||||
Net asset value, offering and redemption price per share — | ||||||||||||||||||||||
(Net assets divided by shares outstanding) | $ | 10.35 | $ | 1.00 | $ | 10.08 | $ | 19.84 | $ | 6.05 | $ | 9.84 | $ | 40.66 |
110 | See notes to financial statements | 111 |
Statements of Assets and Liabilities
FIRST INVESTORS LIFE SERIES FUNDS
June 30, 2016
LIMITED | ||||||||||||||||||||||
DURATION | ||||||||||||||||||||||
INVESTMENT | HIGH QUALITY | REAL | SELECT | SPECIAL | ||||||||||||||||||
INTERNATIONAL | GRADE | BOND | OPPORTUNITY | ESTATE | GROWTH | SITUATIONS | ||||||||||||||||
Assets | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Investments in securities: | ||||||||||||||||||||||
At identified cost | $ | 93,295,998 | $ | 60,385,173 | $ | 6,658,363 | $ | 41,216,506 | $ | 6,232,810 | $ | 43,363,477 | $ | 172,464,444 | ||||||||
At value (Note 1A) | $ | 130,605,151 | $ | 63,439,383 | $ | 6,724,930 | $ | 43,128,980 | $ | 6,879,243 | $ | 48,487,459 | $ | 198,014,879 | ||||||||
Cash | 1,404,041 | 800,084 | 197,905 | 1,362,292 | 296,045 | 911,776 | 700,514 | |||||||||||||||
Receivables: | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Investment securities sold | 302,339 | — | 208,513 | 91,075 | — | — | 696,140 | |||||||||||||||
Interest and dividends | 609,480 | 781,367 | 36,257 | 34,974 | 27,308 | 31,112 | 172,559 | |||||||||||||||
Trust shares sold | 35,410 | 7,770 | 1,884 | 61,845 | 18,789 | 37,908 | 29,267 | |||||||||||||||
Other assets | 8,791 | 4,332 | 326 | 2,650 | 326 | 3,079 | 14,254 | |||||||||||||||
Total Assets | 132,965,212 | 65,032,936 | 7,169,815 | 44,681,816 | 7,221,711 | 49,471,334 | 199,627,613 | |||||||||||||||
Liabilities | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Payables: | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Investment securities purchased | 213,403 | 80,646 | 479,949 | 219,281 | — | — | 202,419 | |||||||||||||||
Trust shares redeemed | 31,914 | 57,901 | 31,784 | 5,094 | 1,042 | 4,847 | 51,407 | |||||||||||||||
Accrued advisory fees | 81,659 | 31,637 | 3,266 | 27,128 | 4,169 | 30,077 | 122,561 | |||||||||||||||
Accrued expenses | 35,407 | 11,958 | 10,425 | 14,312 | 11,992 | 10,210 | 18,802 | |||||||||||||||
Total Liabilities | 362,383 | 182,142 | 525,424 | 265,815 | 17,203 | 45,134 | 395,189 | |||||||||||||||
Net Assets | $ | 132,602,829 | $ | 64,850,794 | $ | 6,644,391 | $ | 44,416,001 | $ | 7,204,508 | $ | 49,426,200 | $ | 199,232,424 | ||||||||
Net Assets Consist of: | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Capital paid in | $ | 105,454,601 | $ | 64,043,421 | $ | 6,617,219 | $ | 42,942,137 | $ | 6,403,393 | $ | 39,865,847 | $ | 171,866,928 | ||||||||
Undistributed net investment income (deficit) | 1,251,271 | (420,726 | ) | (71,705 | ) | 203,717 | 111,569 | 181,581 | 1,602,910 | |||||||||||||
Accumulated net realized gain (loss) on | ||||||||||||||||||||||
investments and foreign currency transactions | (11,402,992 | ) | (1,826,111 | ) | 32,310 | (642,327 | ) | 43,113 | 4,254,790 | 212,151 | ||||||||||||
Net unrealized appreciation in value of investments | ||||||||||||||||||||||
and foreign currency transactions | 37,299,949 | 3,054,210 | 66,567 | 1,912,474 | 646,433 | 5,123,982 | 25,550,435 | |||||||||||||||
Total | $ | 132,602,829 | $ | 64,850,794 | $ | 6,644,391 | $ | 44,416,001 | $ | 7,204,508 | $ | 49,426,200 | $ | 199,232,424 | ||||||||
Shares of beneficial interest outstanding (Note 2) | 6,202,569 | 5,954,292 | 679,675 | 3,080,547 | 643,598 | 3,909,726 | 6,652,961 | |||||||||||||||
Net asset value, offering and redemption price per share — | ||||||||||||||||||||||
(Net assets divided by shares outstanding) | $ | 21.38 | $ | 10.89 | $ | 9.78 | $ | 14.42 | $ | 11.19 | $ | 12.64 | $ | 29.95 |
112 | See notes to financial statements | 113 |
Statements of Assets and Liabilities
FIRST INVESTORS LIFE SERIES FUNDS
June 30, 2016
TOTAL | ||||||
RETURN | ||||||
Assets | ||||||
Investments in securities: | ||||||
At identified cost | $ | 37,492,479 | ||||
At value (Note 1A) | $ | 39,125,212 | ||||
Cash | 554,456 | |||||
Receivables: | ||||||
Investment securities sold | 68,875 | |||||
Interest and dividends | 140,064 | |||||
Trust shares sold | 14,043 | |||||
Other assets | 2,394 | |||||
Total Assets | 39,905,044 | |||||
Liabilities | ||||||
Payables: | ||||||
Investment securities purchased | 1,267,400 | |||||
Trust shares redeemed | 1,077 | |||||
Accrued advisory fees | 23,616 | |||||
Accrued expenses | 13,057 | |||||
Total Liabilities | 1,305,150 | |||||
Net Assets | $ | 38,599,894 | This page left intentionally blank. | |||
Net Assets Consist of: | ||||||
Capital paid in | $ 37,052,498 | |||||
Undistributed net investment income | 80,544 | |||||
Accumulated net realized loss on investments | (165,881 | ) | ||||
Net unrealized appreciation in value of investments | 1,632,733 | |||||
Total | $ | 38,599,894 | ||||
Shares of beneficial interest outstanding (Note 2) | 3,195,924 | |||||
Net asset value, offering and redemption price per share — | ||||||
(Net assets divided by shares outstanding) | $ | 12.08 |
114 | See notes to financial statements | 115 |
Statements of Operations
FIRST INVESTORS LIFE SERIES FUNDS
Six Months Ended June 30, 2016
BALANCED | CASH | COVERED CALL | EQUITY | FUND FOR | GROWTH & | ||||||||||||||||||
INCOME | MANAGEMENT | STRATEGY* | INCOME | INCOME | GOVERNMENT | INCOME | |||||||||||||||||
Investment Income | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Income: | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Interest | $ | 35,521 | $ | 19,608 | $ | — | $ | 5,914 | $ | 2,832,916 | $ | 334,942 | $ | 7,221 | |||||||||
Dividends | 46,024 | (a) | — | 23,552 | 1,598,540 | (b) | — | — | 5,861,350 | (c) | |||||||||||||
Total income | 81,545 | 19,608 | 23,552 | 1,604,454 | 2,832,916 | 334,942 | 5,868,571 | ||||||||||||||||
Expenses (Notes 1 and 4): | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Advisory fees | 22,149 | 41,056 | 6,235 | 395,960 | 358,093 | 112,253 | 1,612,426 | ||||||||||||||||
Professional fees | 11,262 | 9,554 | 7,861 | 14,460 | 14,416 | 8,048 | 47,410 | ||||||||||||||||
Custodian fees and expenses | 3,238 | 1,891 | 1,000 | 4,816 | 5,897 | 3,252 | 9,623 | ||||||||||||||||
Reports and notices to shareholders | 1,500 | 1,851 | 295 | 10,540 | 9,599 | 3,599 | 38,027 | ||||||||||||||||
Registration fees | 124 | 1,261 | 354 | 124 | 1,259 | 1,259 | 1,260 | ||||||||||||||||
Trustees’ fees | 159 | 325 | 15 | 3,021 | 2,729 | 858 | 12,571 | ||||||||||||||||
Other expenses | 2,715 | 4,501 | 1,100 | 6,405 | 31,824 | 6,003 | 22,565 | ||||||||||||||||
Total expenses | 41,147 | 60,439 | 16,860 | 435,326 | 423,817 | 135,272 | 1,743,882 | ||||||||||||||||
Less: Expenses waived and/or assumed (Note 4) | (4,430 | ) | (40,698 | ) | — | — | — | (22,451 | ) | — | |||||||||||||
Expenses paid indirectly (Note 1G | (325 | ) | (133 | ) | — | (1,750 | ) | (2,112 | ) | (351 | ) | (2,519 | ) | ||||||||||
Net expenses | 36,392 | 19,608 | 16,860 | 433,576 | 421,705 | 112,470 | 1,741,363 | ||||||||||||||||
Net investment income | 45,153 | — | 6,692 | 1,170,878 | 2,411,211 | 222,472 | 4,127,208 | ||||||||||||||||
Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
on Investments (Note 3): | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Net realized gain (loss) from: | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Investments | 12,904 | — | 3,701 | 1,016,092 | (1,986,095 | ) | 162,584 | 10,818,420 | |||||||||||||||
Written options | — | — | 25,251 | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||||
12,904 | — | 28,952 | 1,016,092 | (1,986,095 | ) | 162,584 | 10,818,420 | ||||||||||||||||
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on: | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Investments | 272,392 | — | 17,836 | 3,333,002 | 5,006,859 | 602,572 | (10,212,716 | ) | |||||||||||||||
Written options | — | — | (14,003 | ) | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||||||
272,392 | — | 3,833 | 3,333,002 | 5,006,859 | 602,572 | (10,212,716 | ) | ||||||||||||||||
Net gain on investments and options | |||||||||||||||||||||||
contracts purchased | 285,296 | — | 32,785 | 4,349,094 | 3,020,764 | 765,156 | 605,704 | ||||||||||||||||
Net Increase in Net Assets Resulting | |||||||||||||||||||||||
from Operations | $ | 330,449 | $ | — | $ | 39,477 | $ | 5,519,972 | $ | 5,431,975 | $ | 987,628 | $ | 4,732,912 |
* From May 2, 2016 (commencement of operations) to June 30, 2016 |
(a) Net of $129 foreign taxes withheld |
(b) Net of $4,402 foreign taxes withheld |
(c) Net of $16,530 foreign taxes withheld |
116 | See notes to financial statements | 117 |
Statements of Operations
FIRST INVESTORS LIFE SERIES FUNDS
Six Months Ended June 30, 2016
LIMITED | |||||||||||||||||||||||
DURATION | |||||||||||||||||||||||
INVESTMENT | HIGH QUALITY | REAL | SELECT | SPECIAL | |||||||||||||||||||
INTERNATIONAL | GRADE | BOND | OPPORTUNITY | ESTATE | GROWTH | SITUATIONS | |||||||||||||||||
Investment Income | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Income: | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Interest | $ | 2,654 | $ | 1,197,109 | $ | 6,741 | $ | 3,709 | $ | — | $ | 128 | $ | 9,563 | |||||||||
Dividends | 1,820,796 | (d) | — | — | 378,059 | (e) | 160,963 | 377,744 | 2,374,010 | ||||||||||||||
Total income | 1,823,450 | 1,197,109 | 6,741 | 381,768 | 160,963 | 377,872 | 2,383,573 | ||||||||||||||||
Expenses (Notes 1 and 4): | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Advisory fees | 487,546 | 235,019 | 23,521 | 153,183 | 22,669 | 176,017 | 718,712 | ||||||||||||||||
Professional fees | 19,978 | 10,425 | 7,812 | 8,546 | 20,200 | 9,166 | 23,386 | ||||||||||||||||
Custodian fees and expenses | 32,822 | 2,652 | 2,248 | 8,959 | 2,790 | 2,600 | 6,412 | ||||||||||||||||
Reports and notices to shareholders | 11,158 | 6,887 | 1,552 | 4,696 | 1,500 | 4,948 | 16,706 | ||||||||||||||||
Registration fees | 1,245 | 1,259 | 99 | 124 | 126 | 124 | 1,259 | ||||||||||||||||
Trustees’ fees | 3,739 | 1,791 | 174 | 1,150 | 166 | 1,344 | 5,526 | ||||||||||||||||
Other expenses | 16,422 | 6,238 | 4,473 | 2,188 | 2,006 | 2,607 | 10,913 | ||||||||||||||||
Total expenses | 572,910 | 264,271 | 39,879 | 178,846 | 49,457 | 196,806 | 782,914 | ||||||||||||||||
Less: Expenses waived (Note 4) | — | (47,004 | ) | (4,704 | ) | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||
Expenses paid indirectly (Note 1G) | (731 | ) | (774 | ) | (387 | ) | (795 | ) | (64 | ) | (515 | ) | (2,251 | ) | |||||||||
Net expenses | 572,179 | 216,493 | 34,788 | 178,051 | 49,393 | 196,291 | 780,663 | ||||||||||||||||
Net investment income | 1,251,271 | 980,616 | (28,047 | ) | 203,717 | 111,570 | 181,581 | 1,602,910 | |||||||||||||||
Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Investments | |||||||||||||||||||||||
and Foreign Currency Transactions (Note 3): | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Net realized gain (loss) on: | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Investments | 410,652 | 3,910 | 49,210 | 118,077 | 46,478 | 4,254,790 | 371,090 | ||||||||||||||||
Foreign currency transactions (Note 1C) | (27,415 | ) | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||||||
Net realized gain on investments and | |||||||||||||||||||||||
foreign currency transactions | 383,237 | 3,910 | 49,210 | 118,077 | 46,478 | 4,254,790 | 371,090 | ||||||||||||||||
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments | |||||||||||||||||||||||
and foreign currency transactions | 20,051 | 2,847,270 | 93,947 | (860,558 | ) | 575,916 | (5,140,052 | ) | (1,358,548 | ) | |||||||||||||
Net gain (loss) on investments and foreign | |||||||||||||||||||||||
currency transactions | 403,288 | 2,851,180 | 143,157 | (742,481 | ) | 622,394 | (885,262 | ) | (987,458 | ) | |||||||||||||
Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting | |||||||||||||||||||||||
from Operations | $ | 1,654,559 | $ | 3,831,796 | $ | 115,110 | $ | (538,764 | ) | $ | 733,964 | $ | (703,681 | ) | $ | 615,452 |
(d) Net of $175,260 foreign taxes withheld |
(e) Net of $538 foreign taxes withheld |
118 | See notes to financial statements | 119 |
Statements of Operations
FIRST INVESTORS LIFE SERIES FUNDS
Six Months Ended June 30, 2016
TOTAL | |||||||
RETURN | |||||||
Investment Income | |||||||
Income: | |||||||
Interest | $ | 160,273 | |||||
Dividends | 283,765 | (f) | |||||
Total income | 444,038 | ||||||
Expenses (Notes 1 and 4): | |||||||
Advisory fees | 138,055 | ||||||
Professional fees | 8,296 | ||||||
Custodian fees and expenses | 7,174 | ||||||
Reports and notices to shareholders | 3,325 | ||||||
Registration fees | 124 | ||||||
Trustees’ fees | 1,044 | ||||||
Other expenses | 4,963 | ||||||
Total expenses | 162,981 | ||||||
Less: Expenses waived (Note 4) | — | ||||||
Expenses paid indirectly (Note 1G) | (866 | ) | |||||
Net expenses | 162,115 | ||||||
Net investment income | 281,923 | ||||||
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(Note 3): | |||||||
Net realized gain on investments | 118,284 | ||||||
Net unrealized appreciation on investments | 521,287 | ||||||
Net gain on investments | 639,571 | ||||||
Net Increase in Net Assets Resulting | |||||||
from Operations | $ | 921,494 |
(f) Net of $486 foreign taxes withheld
120 | See notes to financial statements | 121 |
Statements of Changes in Net Assets
FIRST INVESTORS LIFE SERIES FUNDS
COVERED | ||||||||||||||||||||
CALL | ||||||||||||||||||||
BALANCED INCOME | CASH MANAGEMENT | STRATEGY | EQUITY INCOME | |||||||||||||||||
1/1/16 to | 11/2/15 to | 1/1/16 to | 1/1/15 to | 5/2/16 to | 1/1/16 to | 1/1/15 to | ||||||||||||||
6/30/16 | 12/31/15 | * | 6/30/16 | 12/31/15 | 6/30/16 | ** | 6/30/16 | 12/31/15 | ||||||||||||
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets From Operations | ||||||||||||||||||||
Net investment income (loss) | $ | 45,153 | $ | (4,469 | ) | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 6,692 | $ | 1,170,878 | $ | 2,153,067 | |||||
Net realized gain (loss) on investments and option | ||||||||||||||||||||
contracts purchased | 12,904 | (1,322 | ) | — | — | 28,952 | 1,016,092 | 3,748,544 | ||||||||||||
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments | ||||||||||||||||||||
and option contracts purchased | 272,392 | (52,943 | ) | — | — | 3,833 | 3,333,002 | (7,005,482 | ) | |||||||||||
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting | ||||||||||||||||||||
from operations | 330,449 | (58,734 | ) | — | — | 39,477 | 5,519,972 | (1,103,871 | ) | |||||||||||
Distributions to Shareholders | ||||||||||||||||||||
Net investment income | — | — | — | — | — | (2,153,046 | ) | (1,821,769 | ) | |||||||||||
Net realized gains | — | — | — | — | — | (3,734,490 | ) | (3,844,993 | ) | |||||||||||
Total distributions | — | — | — | — | — | (5,887,536) | (5,666,762 | ) | ||||||||||||
Trust Share Transactions | ||||||||||||||||||||
Proceeds from shares sold | 1,514,724 | 5,105,056 | 10,019,679 | 36,597,803 | 5,377,097 | 1,949,217 | 5,315,023 | |||||||||||||
Reinvestment of distributions | — | — | — | — | — | 5,887,536 | 5,666,762 | |||||||||||||
Cost of shares redeemed | (93,770 | ) | (263 | ) | (13,779,868 | ) | (32,616,953 | ) | (259 | ) | (3,731,089 | ) | (6,736,210 | ) | ||||||
Net increase (decrease) from trust share transactions | 1,420,954 | 5,104,793 | (3,760,189 | ) | 3,980,850 | 5,376,838 | 4,105,664 | 4,245,575 | ||||||||||||
Net increase (decrease) in net assets | 1,751,403 | 5,046,059 | (3,760,189 | ) | 3,980,850 | 5,416,315 | 3,738,100 | (2,525,058 | ) | |||||||||||
Net Assets | ||||||||||||||||||||
Beginning of period | 5,046,059 | — | 13,958,384 | 9,977,534 | — | 107,016,482 | 109,541,540 | |||||||||||||
End of period † | $ | 6,797,462 | $ | 5,046,059 | $ | 10,198,195 | $ | 13,958,384 | $ | 5,416,315 | $ | 110,754,582 | $ | 107,016,482 | ||||||
†Includes undistributed net investment income (deficit) of | $ | 44,004 | $ | (1,149 | ) | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 6,692 | $ | 1,170,878 | $ | 2,153,046 | |||||
Trust Shares Issued and Redeemed | ||||||||||||||||||||
Sold | 152,837 | 513,159 | 10,019,679 | 36,597,803 | 537,383 | 101,475 | 260,788 | |||||||||||||
Issued for distributions reinvested | — | — | — | — | — | 326,179 | 273,229 | |||||||||||||
Redeemed | (9,476 | ) | (27 | ) | (13,779,868 | ) | (32,616,953 | ) | (25 | ) | (194,072 | ) | (331,942 | ) | ||||||
Net increase (decrease) in trust shares outstanding | 143,361 | 513,132 | (3,760,189 | ) | 3,980,850 | 537,358 | 233,582 | 202,075 |
* From November 2, 2015 (commencement of operations) to December 31, 2015. |
** From May 2, 2016 (commencement of operations) to June 30, 2016 |
122 | See notes to financial statements | 123 |
Statements of Changes in Net Assets
FIRST INVESTORS LIFE SERIES FUNDS
FUND FOR INCOME | GOVERNMENT | GROWTH & INCOME | INTERNATIONAL | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1/1/16 to | 1/1/15 to | 1/1/16 to | 1/1/15 to | 1/1/16 to | 1/1/15 to | 1/1/16 to | 1/1/15 to | ||||||||||||||||||
6/30/16 | 12/31/15 | 6/30/16 | 12/31/15 | 6/30/16 | 12/31/15 | 6/30/16 | 12/31/15 | ||||||||||||||||||
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets From Operations | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net investment income | $ | 2,411,211 | $ | 4,823,330 | $ | 222,472 | $ | 489,089 | $ | 4,127,208 | $ | 6,459,888 | $ | 1,251,271 | $ | 1,641,768 | |||||||||
Net realized gain (loss) on investments and | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
foreign currency transactions | (1,986,095 | ) | (4,413,836 | ) | 162,584 | (326,405 | ) | 10,818,420 | 22,045,976 | 383,237 | (39,844 | ) | |||||||||||||
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
and foreign currency transactions | 5,006,859 | (2,252,019 | ) | 602,572 | (133,306 | ) | (10,212,716 | ) | (43,062,986 | ) | 20,051 | 2,994,815 | |||||||||||||
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
from operations | 5,431,975 | (1,842,525 | ) | 987,628 | 29,378 | 4,732,912 | (14,557,122 | ) | 1,654,559 | 4,596,739 | |||||||||||||||
Distributions to Shareholders | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net investment income | (5,391,490 | ) | (5,371,141 | ) | (637,207 | ) | (691,893 | ) | (6,459,887 | ) | (5,622,525 | ) | (1,623,198 | ) | (1,462,160 | ) | |||||||||
Net realized gains | — | — | — | — | (21,983,908 | ) | (25,760,338 | ) | — | — | |||||||||||||||
Total distributions | (5,391,490 | ) | (5,371,141 | ) | (637,207 | ) | (691,893 | ) | (28,443,795 | ) | (31,382,863 | ) | (1,623,198 | ) | (1,462,160 | ) | |||||||||
Trust Share Transactions | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Proceeds from shares sold | 1,255,165 | 5,334,276 | 1,083,037 | 1,608,669 | 2,937,022 | 7,516,405 | 1,190,562 | 4,030,067 | |||||||||||||||||
Reinvestment of distributions | 5,391,490 | 5,371,141 | 637,207 | 691,893 | 28,443,795 | 31,382,863 | 1,623,198 | 1,462,160 | |||||||||||||||||
Cost of shares redeemed | (3,558,774 | ) | (7,107,965 | ) | (1,422,420 | ) | (2,572,137 | ) | (13,749,796 | ) | (28,469,280 | ) | (3,933,500 | ) | (6,209,304 | ) | |||||||||
Net increase (decrease) from trust share transactions | 3,087,881 | 3,597,452 | 297,824 | (271,575 | ) | 17,631,021 | 10,429,988 | (1,119,740 | ) | (717,077 | ) | ||||||||||||||
Net increase (decrease) in net assets | 3,128,366 | (3,616,214 | ) | 648,245 | (934,090 | ) | (6,079,862 | ) | (35,509,997 | ) | (1,088,379 | ) | 2,417,502 | ||||||||||||
Net Assets | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Beginning of period | 95,033,483 | 98,649,697 | 29,776,721 | 30,710,811 | 457,086,608 | 492,596,605 | 133,691,208 | 131,273,706 | |||||||||||||||||
End of period † | $ | 98,161,849 | $ | 95,033,483 | $ | 30,424,966 | $ | 29,776,721 | $ | 451,006,746 | $ | 457,086,608 | $ | 132,602,829 | $ | 133,691,208 | |||||||||
†Includes undistributed net investment income of | $ | 1,610,674 | $ | 4,590,953 | $ | 222,472 | $ | 637,207 | $ | 4,127,208 | $ | 6,459,887 | $ | 1,251,271 | $ | 1,623,198 | |||||||||
Trust Shares Issued and Redeemed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sold | 210,236 | 845,118 | 111,067 | 164,579 | 73,839 | 167,819 | 56,875 | 188,538 | |||||||||||||||||
Issued for distributions reinvested | 940,923 | 844,519 | 65,759 | 70,673 | 759,717 | 678,695 | 80,436 | 67,381 | |||||||||||||||||
Redeemed | (598,060 | ) | (1,125,292 | ) | (145,731 | ) | (262,643 | ) | (343,343 | ) | (629,540 | ) | (187,624 | ) | (291,068 | ) | |||||||||
Net increase (decrease) in trust shares outstanding | 553,099 | 564,345 | 31,095 | (27,391 | ) | 490,213 | 216,974 | (50,313 | ) | (35,149 | ) |
124 | See notes to financial statements | 125 |
Statements of Changes in Net Assets
FIRST INVESTORS LIFE SERIES FUNDS
LIMITED DURATION | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
INVESTMENT GRADE | HIGH QUALITY BOND | OPPORTUNITY | REAL ESTATE | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1/1/16 to | 1/1/15 to | 1/1/16 to | 1/1/15 to | 1/1/16 to | 1/1/15 to | 1/1/16 to | 5/1/15 to | ||||||||||||||||||
6/30/16 | 12/31/15 | 6/30/16 | 12/31/15 | 6/30/16 | 12/31/15 | 6/30/16 | 12/31/15 | * | |||||||||||||||||
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets From Operations | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net investment income (loss) | $ | 980,616 | $ | 1,967,576 | $ | (28,047 | ) | $ | 3,975 | $ | 203,717 | $ | 185,113 | $ | 111,570 | $ | 37,714 | ||||||||
Net realized gain (loss) on investments | 3,910 | 386,873 | 49,210 | (4,776 | ) | 118,077 | (424,803 | ) | 46,478 | 30,577 | |||||||||||||||
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments | 2,847,270 | (2,593,994 | ) | 93,947 | (20,972 | ) | (860,558 | ) | (491,446 | ) | 575,916 | 70,517 | |||||||||||||
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
from operations | 3,831,796 | (239,545 | ) | 115,110 | (21,773 | ) | (538,764 | ) | (731,136 | ) | 733,964 | 138,808 | |||||||||||||
Distributions to Shareholders | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net investment income | (2,594,609 | ) | (2,627,252 | ) | (58,111 | ) | — | (185,108 | ) | (60,301 | ) | (37,715 | ) | — | |||||||||||
Net realized gains | — | — | — | — | — | — | (33,942 | ) | — | ||||||||||||||||
Total distributions | (2,594,609 | ) | (2,627,252 | ) | (58,111 | ) | — | (185,108 | ) | (60,301 | ) | (71,657 | ) | — | |||||||||||
Trust Share Transactions | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Proceeds from shares sold | 1,815,420 | 4,429,133 | 1,041,715 | 3,413,609 | 5,894,111 | 16,416,999 | 1,051,594 | 5,379,891 | |||||||||||||||||
Reinvestment of distributions | 2,594,609 | 2,627,252 | 58,111 | — | 185,108 | 60,301 | 71,657 | — | |||||||||||||||||
Cost of shares redeemed | (2,816,836 | ) | (5,371,890 | ) | (348,884 | ) | (116,645 | ) | (1,053,358 | ) | (3,051,700 | ) | (62,959 | ) | (36,790 | ) | |||||||||
Net increase from trust share transactions | 1,593,193 | 1,684,495 | 750,942 | 3,296,964 | 5,025,861 | 13,425,600 | 1,060,292 | 5,343,101 | |||||||||||||||||
Net increase (decrease) in net assets | 2,830,380 | (1,182,302 | ) | 807,941 | 3,275,191 | 4,301,989 | 12,634,163 | 1,722,599 | 5,481,909 | ||||||||||||||||
Net Assets | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Beginning of period | 62,020,414 | 63,202,716 | 5,836,450 | 2,561,259 | 40,114,012 | 27,479,849 | 5,481,909 | — | |||||||||||||||||
End of period † | $ | 64,850,794 | $ | 62,020,414 | $ | 6,644,391 | $ | 5,836,450 | $ | 44,416,001 | $ | 40,114,012 | $ | 7,204,508 | $ | 5,481,909 | |||||||||
†Includes undistributed net investment income (deficit) of | $ | (420,726 | ) | $ | 1,193,267 | $ | (71,705 | ) | $ | 14,453 | $ | 203,717 | $ | 185,108 | $ | 111,569 | $ | 37,714 | |||||||
Trust Shares Issued and Redeemed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sold | 169,959 | 408,445 | 107,273 | 351,206 | 418,945 | 1,074,011 | 102,562 | 543,588 | |||||||||||||||||
Issued for distributions reinvested | 249,722 | 241,253 | 6,016 | — | 13,601 | 3,867 | 7,372 | — | |||||||||||||||||
Redeemed | (264,031 | ) | (494,176 | ) | (35,882 | ) | (11,967 | ) | (74,366 | ) | (202,544 | ) | (6,188 | ) | (3,736 | ) | |||||||||
Net increase in trust shares outstanding | 155,650 | 155,522 | 77,407 | 339,239 | 358,180 | 875,334 | 103,746 | 539,852 |
*From May 1, 2015 (commencement of operations) to December 31, 2015.
126 | See notes to financial statements | 127 |
Statements of Changes in Net Assets
FIRST INVESTORS LIFE SERIES FUNDS
SELECT GROWTH | SPECIAL SITUATIONS | TOTAL RETURN | ||||||||||||||||
1/1/16 to | 1/1/15 to | 1/1/16 to | 1/1/15 to | 1/1/16 to | 1/1/15 to | |||||||||||||
6/30/16 | 12/31/15 | 6/30/16 | 12/31/15 | 6/30/16 | 12/31/15 | |||||||||||||
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets From Operations | ||||||||||||||||||
Net investment income | $ | 181,581 | $ | 302,459 | $ | 1,602,910 | $ | 1,100,615 | $ | 281,923 | $ | 391,566 | ||||||
Net realized gain (loss) on investments | 4,254,790 | 3,355,150 | 371,090 | 13,583,984 | 118,284 | (176,397 | ) | |||||||||||
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) | ||||||||||||||||||
of investments | (5,140,052 | ) | (2,275,973 | ) | (1,358,548 | ) | (15,432,445 | ) | 521,287 | (831,926 | ) | |||||||
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting | ||||||||||||||||||
from operations | (703,681 | ) | 1,381,636 | 615,452 | (747,846 | ) | 921,494 | (616,757 | ) | |||||||||
Distributions to Shareholders | ||||||||||||||||||
Net investment income | (302,470 | ) | (167,038 | ) | (1,100,614 | ) | (1,331,340 | ) | (540,341 | ) | (305,447 | ) | ||||||
Net realized gains | (3,354,825 | ) | (2,393,572 | ) | (13,593,030 | ) | (9,169,641 | ) | — | — | ||||||||
Total distributions | (3,657,295 | ) | (2,560,610 | ) | (14,693,644 | ) | (10,500,981 | ) | (540,341 | ) | (305,447 | ) | ||||||
Trust Share Transactions | ||||||||||||||||||
Proceeds from shares sold | 2,990,132 | 5,806,585 | 1,982,543 | 4,578,638 | 2,811,408 | 11,110,483 | ||||||||||||
Reinvestment of distributions | 3,657,295 | 2,560,610 | 14,693,644 | 10,500,981 | 540,341 | 305,447 | ||||||||||||
Cost of shares redeemed | (857,503 | ) | (2,777,732 | ) | (5,486,466 | ) | (10,655,406 | ) | (1,642,029 | ) | (2,581,178 | ) | ||||||
Net increase from trust share transactions | 5,789,924 | 5,589,463 | 11,189,721 | 4,424,213 | 1,709,720 | 8,834,752 | ||||||||||||
Net increase (decrease) in net assets | 1,428,948 | 4,410,489 | (2,888,471 | ) | (6,824,614 | ) | 2,090,873 | 7,912,548 | ||||||||||
Net Assets | ||||||||||||||||||
Beginning of period | 47,997,252 | 43,586,763 | 202,120,895 | 208,945,509 | 36,509,021 | 28,596,473 | ||||||||||||
End of period † | $ | 49,426,200 | $ | 47,997,252 | $ | 199,232,424 | $ | 202,120,895 | $ | 38,599,894 | $ | 36,509,021 | ||||||
†Includes undistributed net investment income of | $ | 181,581 | $ | 302,470 | $ | 1,602,910 | $ | 1,100,614 | $ | 80,544 | $ | 338,962 | ||||||
Trust Shares Issued and Redeemed | ||||||||||||||||||
Sold | 238,116 | 409,840 | 68,031 | 136,051 | 239,832 | 908,647 | ||||||||||||
Issued for distributions reinvested | 305,794 | 180,198 | 534,314 | 307,676 | 47,440 | 24,416 | ||||||||||||
Redeemed | (67,592 | ) | (196,062 | ) | (186,748 | ) | (311,438 | ) | (138,527 | ) | (211,680 | ) | ||||||
Net increase in trust shares outstanding | 476,318 | 393,976 | 415,597 | 132,289 | 148,745 | 721,383 |
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Notes to Financial Statements
FIRST INVESTORS LIFE SERIES FUNDS
June 30, 2016
1. Significant Accounting Policies—First Investors Life Series Funds, a Delaware statutory trust (“the Trust”), is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”) as an open-end management investment company. The Trust operates as a series fund, issuing shares of beneficial interest in the Balanced Income Fund, Cash Management Fund, Covered Call Strategy Fund (commenced operations on May 2, 2016), Equity Income Fund, Fund For Income , Government Fund, Growth & Income Fund, International Fund, Investment Grade Fund, Limited Duration High Quality Bond Fund, Opportunity Fund, Real Estate Fund, Select Growth Fund, Special Situations Fund and Total Return Fund (each a “Fund”, collectively, “the Funds”), and accounts separately for the assets, liabilities and operations of each Fund. Each Fund is diversified except for Real Estate Fund which is non-diversified. The objective of each Fund as of June 30, 2016 is as follows:
Balanced Income Fund seeks income as its primary objective and has a secondary objective of capital appreciation.
Cash Management Fund seeks to earn a high rate of current income consistent with the preservation of capital and maintenance of liquidity.
Covered Call Strategy Fund seeks long-term capital appreciation.
Equity Income Fund seeks total return.
Fund For Income seeks high current income.
Government Fund seeks to achieve a significant level of current income which is consistent with security and liquidity of principal.
Growth & Income Fund seeks long-term growth of capital and current income.
International Fund primarily seeks long-term capital growth.
Investment Grade Fund seeks to generate a maximum level of income consistent with investment in investment grade debt securities.
Limited Duration High Quality Bond Fund seeks current income consistent with low volatility of principal.
Opportunity Fund seeks long-term capital growth.
Real Estate Fund seeks total return.
Select Growth Fund seeks long-term growth of capital.
Special Situations Fund seeks long-term growth of capital.
Total Return Fund seeks high, long-term total investment return consistent with moderate investment risk.
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A. Security Valuation—Except as provided below, a security listed or traded on an exchange or the Nasdaq Stock Market is valued at its last sale price on the exchange or market where the security is principally traded, and lacking any sales, the security is valued at the mean between the closing bid and asked prices. Securities traded in the over-the-counter (“OTC”) market (including securities listed on exchanges whose primary market is believed to be OTC) are valued at the mean between the last bid and asked prices based on quotes furnished by a market maker for such securities or an authorized pricing service. Fixed income securities, other than short-term debt securities held by the Cash Management Fund, are priced based upon evaluated prices that are provided by a pricing service. Other securities may also be priced based upon valuations that are provided by pricing services approved by the Trust’s Board of Trustees (“the Board”). The pricing services consider security type, rating, market condition and yield data as well as market quotations, prices provided by market makers and other available information in determining value.
The Funds monitor for significant events occurring prior to the close of trading on the New York Stock Exchange that could have a material impact on the value of any securities that are held by the Funds. Examples of such events include trading halts, natural disasters, political events and issuer-specific developments. If the Valuation Committee of Foresters Investment Management Company, Inc. (“FIMCO”) decides that such events warrant using fair value estimates, it will take such events into consideration in determining the fair values of such securities. If market quotations or prices are not readily available or determined to be unreliable, the securities will be valued at fair value as determined in good faith pursuant to procedures adopted by the Board. The Funds also use evaluated prices from a pricing service to fair value foreign equity securities in the event that fluctuations in U.S. securities markets exceed a predetermined level or if a foreign market is closed. For valuation purposes, where applicable, quotations of foreign securities in foreign currencies are translated to U.S. dollar equivalents using the foreign exchange quotation in effect.
The Cash Management Fund values its portfolio securities in accordance with the amortized cost method of valuation under Rule 2a-7 under the 1940 Act. Amortized cost is an approximation of market value of an instrument, whereby the difference between its acquisition cost and market value at maturity is amortized on a straight-line basis over the remaining life of the instrument. The effect of changes in the market value of a security as a result of fluctuating interest rates is not taken into account and thus the amortized cost method of valuation may result in the value of a security being higher or lower than its actual market value.
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June 30, 2016
In accordance with Accounting Standards Codification 820 “Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures” (“ASC 820”), investments held by the Funds are carried at “fair value”. As defined by ASC 820, fair value is the price that a fund would receive upon selling an investment in an orderly transaction to an independent buyer in the principal or most advantageous market for the investment under current market conditions. Various inputs are used in determining the value of the Funds’ investments.
In addition to defining fair value, ASC 820 established a three-tier hierarchy of inputs to establish a classification of fair value measurements for disclosure purposes. The three-tier hierarchy of inputs is summarized in the three broad Levels listed below:
Level 1 – Unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical securities that the Fund has the ability to access.
Level 2 – Observable inputs other than 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.
Level 3 – Unobservable inputs for the asset or liability, to the extent relevant observable inputs are not available, representing the Fund’s own assumption about the assumptions a market participant would use in valuing the asset or liability, and would be based on the best information available.
Equity securities traded on an exchange or the Nasdaq Stock Market are categorized in Level 1 of the fair value hierarchy to the extent that they are actively traded and valuation adjustments are not applied. Foreign securities that are fair valued in the event that fluctuations in U.S. securities markets exceed a predetermined level or if a foreign market is closed are categorized in Level 2. Corporate and municipal bonds, asset backed, U.S. Government and U.S. Government Agency securities, pass-through certificates and loan participations are categorized in Level 2 to the extent that the inputs are observable and timely, otherwise they would be categorized in Level 3. Short-term notes that are valued at amortized cost by the Cash Management Fund are categorized in Level 2. Restricted securities and securities that are fair valued by the Valuation Committee may be categorized in either Level 2 or Level 3 of the fair value hierarchy depending on the relative significance of the unobservable valuation inputs.
The aggregate value by input level, as of June 30, 2016, for each Fund’s investments is included following each Fund’s portfolio of investments.
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B. Federal Income Tax—No provision has been made for federal income taxes on net income or capital gains since it is the policy of each Fund to continue to comply with the special provisions of the Internal Revenue Code applicable to investment companies, and to make sufficient distributions of income and capital gains (in excess of any available capital loss carryovers), to relieve each Fund from all, or substantially all, federal income taxes. At December 31, 2015, capital loss carryovers were as follows:
Not Subject | |||||||||||||
Year Capital Loss Carryovers Expire | to Expiration | ||||||||||||
Fund | Total | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | Long Term | Short Term | |||||||
Balanced Income | $ 1,322 | $ — | $ — | $ — | $ — | $ 1,322 | |||||||
Fund For Income | 24,088,699 | 3,694,844 | 15,502,053 | — | 3,554,607 | 1,337,195 | |||||||
Government | 1,023,896 | — | — | — | 217,741 | 806,155 | |||||||
International | 11,471,145 | 1,810,164 | 8,389,229 | 1,032,753 | — | 238,999 | |||||||
Investment Grade | 1,829,332 | 684,231 | 1,145,101 | — | — | — | |||||||
Limited Duration | |||||||||||||
High Quality Bond | 16,900 | — | — | — | 52 | 16,848 | |||||||
Opportunity | 698,552 | — | — | — | — | 698,552 | |||||||
Total Return | 274,892 | — | — | — | 98,142 | 176,750 |
During the year ended December 31, 2015, the Investment Grade Fund utilized capital loss carryovers in the amounts of $75,694.
As a result of the passage of the Regulated Investment Company Modernization Act of 2010 (“the Modernization Act of 2010”), losses incurred in this fiscal year and beyond retain their character as short-term or long-term, have no expiration date and are utilized prior to capital loss carryovers occurring prior to the enactment of the Modernization Act of 2010.
The Funds recognize the tax benefits of uncertain tax positions only where the position is “more likely than not” to be sustained assuming examination by tax authorities. Management has analyzed the Funds’ tax positions, and has concluded that no liability for unrecognized tax benefits should be recorded related to uncertain tax positions taken on returns filed for open tax years 2013–2015, or expected to be taken in the Funds’ 2016 tax returns. The Funds identify their major tax jurisdictions as U.S. Federal, New York State, New York City and foreign jurisdictions where the Funds make significant investments; however, the Funds are not aware of any tax position for which it is reasonably possible that the total amounts of unrecognized tax benefits will change materially in the next twelve months.
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C. Foreign Currency Translations and Transactions—The accounting records of the International Fund (the “Fund”) are maintained in U.S. dollars. Portfolio securities and other assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollars at the date of valuation. Purchases and sales of investment securities, dividend income and certain expenses are translated to U.S. dollars at the prevailing rates of exchange on the respective dates of such transactions.
The Fund does not isolate that portion of gains and losses on investments which is due to changes in foreign exchange rates from that which is due to changes in market prices of the investments. These changes are included with the net realized and unrealized gains and losses from investments.
Net realized and unrealized gains and losses on foreign currency transactions include gains and losses from the sales of spot currency transactions and gains and losses on accrued foreign dividends and related withholding taxes.
D. Distributions to Shareholders—The Separate Accounts, which own the shares of the Funds, will receive all dividends and other distributions by them. All dividends and distributions are reinvested by the Separate Accounts in additional shares of the distributing Funds. Distributions to shareholders from net investment income and net realized capital gains are generally declared and paid annually on all Funds, except for the Cash Management Fund which declares dividends, if any, from the total of net investment income (plus or minus all realized short-term gains and losses on investments) daily and pays monthly. Dividends from net investment income and capital gain distributions are determined in accordance with income tax regulations which may differ from accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. These differences are primarily due to differing treatments for capital loss carryforwards, deferral of wash sale losses, late loss deferrals, post-October capital losses, net operating losses and foreign currency transactions.
E. Expense Allocation—Expenses directly charged or attributable to a Fund are paid from the assets of that Fund. General expenses of the Trust are allocated among and charged to the assets of each Fund on a fair and equitable basis, which may be based on the relative assets of each Fund or the nature of the services performed and relative applicability to each Fund.
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F. Use of Estimates—The preparation of the financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenue and expense during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
G. Other—Security transactions are generally accounted for on the first business day following the date the securities are purchased or sold, except for financial reporting purposes which is trade date. Investments in securities issued on a when-issued or delayed delivery basis are generally reflected in the assets of the Funds on the first business day following the date the securities are purchased and the Funds segregate assets for these transactions. Cost of securities is determined and gains and losses are based on the identified cost basis for securities for both financial statement and federal income tax purposes. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date or for certain foreign dividends, as soon as the Fund becomes aware of the dividends. Interest income and estimated expenses are accrued daily. Bond discounts and premiums are accreted or amortized using the interest method. Interest income on zero coupon bonds and step bonds is accrued daily at the effective interest rate. Withholding taxes on foreign dividends have been provided in accordance with the Funds’ understanding of the applicable country’s tax rules and rates. The Bank of New York Mellon serves as custodian for the Funds and may provide credits against custodian charges based on uninvested cash balances of the Funds. For the six months ended June 30, 2016, the Funds received credits in the amount of $10,470. Certain of the Funds reduced expenses through brokerage service arrangements. For the six months ended June 30, 2016, the Balanced Income, Equity Income, Growth & Income, Opportunity, Special Situations and Total Return Funds’ expenses were reduced by a total of $3,103 under these arrangements.
2. Trust Shares —The Trust is authorized to issue an unlimited number of shares of beneficial interest without par value. The Trust consists of the Funds listed on the cover page, each of which is a separate and distinct series of the Trust. Shares in the Funds are acquired through the purchase of variable annuity or variable life insurance contracts for which a Fund is an investment option.
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3. Security Transactions —For the six months ended June 30, 2016, purchases and sales of securities and long-term U.S. Government obligations (excluding U.S. Treasury bills, short-term securities and foreign currencies) were as follows:
Long-Term U.S. | |||||||||
Securities | Government Obligations | ||||||||
Cost of | Proceeds | Cost of | Proceeds | ||||||
Fund | Purchases | of Sales | Purchases | of Sales | |||||
Balanced Income | $ 4,968,490 | $ 3,422,384 | $ 225,230 | $ — | |||||
Covered Call Strategy | 5,845,144 | 577,728 | — | — | |||||
Equity Income | 8,825,234 | 10,356,624 | — | — | |||||
Fund For Income | 26,343,932 | 25,925,602 | — | — | |||||
Government | 10,212,990 | 9,067,713 | 7,947,879 | 8,571,950 | |||||
Growth & Income | 48,412,654 | 50,281,980 | — | — | |||||
International | 18,434,336 | 22,371,988 | — | — | |||||
Investment Grade | 12,010,693 | 11,468,380 | — | — | |||||
Limited Duration | |||||||||
High Quality Bond | 2,897,946 | 1,553,963 | 65,000 | 240,395 | |||||
Opportunity | 10,910,189 | 5,305,961 | — | — | |||||
Real Estate | 2,010,334 | 973,002 | — | — | |||||
Select Growth | 18,412,978 | 15,682,230 | — | — | |||||
Special Situations | 33,097,954 | 29,517,254 | — | — | |||||
Total Return | 14,203,684 | 11,489,483 | 500,422 | 500,000 |
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At June 30, 2016, aggregate cost and net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of securities for federal income tax purposes were as follows:
Net | ||||||||||
Gross | Gross | Unrealized | ||||||||
Aggregate | Unrealized | Unrealized | Appreciation | |||||||
Fund | Cost | Appreciation | Depreciation | (Depreciation) | ||||||
Balanced Income | $ 6,777,950 | $ 307,909 | $ 94,229 | $ 213,680 | ||||||
Covered Call Strategy | 5,465,129 | 146,727 | 128,891 | 17,836 | ||||||
Equity Income | 82,969,366 | 29,068,978 | 2,593,361 | 26,475,617 | ||||||
Fund For Income | 94,704,562 | 1,712,993 | 1,540,884 | 172,109 | ||||||
Government | 29,752,456 | 677,312 | 75,217 | 602,095 | ||||||
Growth & Income | 298,725,561 | 164,984,117 | 13,430,081 | 151,554,036 | ||||||
International | 93,606,838 | 39,200,355 | 2,202,042 | 36,998,313 | ||||||
Investment Grade | 61,995,347 | 2,271,349 | 827,313 | 1,444,036 | ||||||
Limited Duration | ||||||||||
High Quality Bond | 6,736,516 | 46,020 | 57,606 | (11,586 | ) | |||||
Opportunity | 41,254,427 | 4,951,318 | 3,076,765 | 1,874,553 | ||||||
Real Estate | 6,236,150 | 762,520 | 119,427 | 643,093 | ||||||
Select Growth | 43,363,477 | 6,288,285 | 1,164,303 | 5,123,982 | ||||||
Special Situations | 172,623,383 | 37,781,263 | 12,389,767 | 25,391,496 | ||||||
Total Return | 37,722,931 | 2,706,316 | 1,304,035 | 1,402,281 |
4. Advisory Fee and Other Transactions With Affiliates —Certain officers of the Trust are officers of the Trust’s investment adviser, FIMCO and its transfer agent, Foresters Investor Services, Inc. (“FIS”). Trustees of the Trust who are not officers or directors of FIMCO or its affiliates are remunerated by the Funds. Each trustee is also reimbursed for out-of-pocket expenses in connection with his or her duties as a trustee. For the six months ended June 30, 2016, total trustee fees accrued by the Funds amounted to $34,612.
The Investment Advisory Agreement provides as compensation to FIMCO for each Fund, an annual fee, payable monthly, at the rate of .75% on the first $250 million of each Fund’s average daily net assets, .72% on the next $250 million, .69% on the next $250 million, .66% on the next $500 million, declining by .02% on each $500 million thereafter, down to .60% on average daily net assets over $2.25 billion. For the six months ended June 30, 2016, FIMCO has voluntarily waived advisory fees in the amount of $4,430 on Balanced Income Fund, $22,451 on Government Fund, $47,004 on Investment Grade Fund and $4,704 on Limited Duration High Quality Bond Fund in order to limit the advisory fees on these Funds to .60% of their average daily net assets. During the six months ended June 30, 2016, FIMCO has voluntarily waived advisory fees in the amount of $40,698 on Cash Management
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June 30, 2016
Fund to prevent a negative yield on the Fund’s shares. For the six months ended June 30, 2016, total advisory fees accrued to FIMCO were $4,502,894 of which $119,287 was voluntarily waived by FIMCO as noted above.
Effective May 2, 2016 (commencement of operations), Ziegler Capital Management, LLC serves as investment subadviser to Covered Call Strategy Fund. Muzinich & Co., Inc. serves as investment subadviser to Fund For Income, Vontobel Asset Management, Inc. serves as investment subadviser to International Fund and Smith Asset Management Group, L.P. serves as investment subadviser to Select Growth Fund. The subadvisers are paid by FIMCO and not by the Funds.
5. Restricted Securities —Certain restricted securities are exempt from the registration requirements under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933 and may only be sold to qualified institutional investors. Unless otherwise noted, 144A securities are deemed to be liquid. At June 30, 2016, the Fund For Income held one hundred forty-two 144A securities with an aggregate value of $35,314,281 representing 36.0% of the Fund’s net assets, the Government Fund held one 144A security with a value of $69,443 representing .2%. of the Fund’s net assets, the Investment Grade Fund held eighteen 144A securities with an aggregate value of $7,127,841 representing 11.0% of the Fund’s net assets, the Limited Duration High Quality Bond Fund held three 144A securities with an aggregate value of $316,050 representing 4.8% of the Fund’s net assets and the Total Return Fund held nine 144A securities with an aggregate value of $1,064,346 representing 2.8% of the Fund’s net assets. Certain restricted securities are exempt from the registration requirements under Section 4(2) of the Securities Act of 1933 and may only be sold to qualified investors. Unless otherwise noted, these Section 4(2) securities are deemed to be liquid. At June 30, 2016, the Cash Management Fund held two Section 4(2) securities with an aggregate value of $949,324 representing 9.3% of the Fund’s net assets. These securities are valued as set forth in Note 1A.
6. Derivatives —Some of the Funds may invest in various derivatives. A derivative is a financial instrument which has a value that is based on — or “derived from” — the values of other assets, reference rates, or indices. The Funds may invest in derivatives for hedging purposes.
Derivatives may relate to a wide variety of underlying references, such as commodities, stocks, bonds, interest rates, currency exchange rates, and related indices. Derivatives include futures contracts and options on futures contracts, forward-commitment transactions, options on securities, caps, floors, collars, swap contracts, and other financial instruments. Some derivatives, such as futures contracts and certain options, are traded on U.S. commodity and securities exchanges, while other derivatives, such
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as swap contracts, are privately negotiated and entered into in the OTC. The risks associated with the use of derivatives are different from, or possibly greater than, the risks associated with investing directly in securities and other traditional investments.
The use of a derivative involves the risk that a loss may be sustained as a result of the insolvency or bankruptcy of the other party to the contract (usually referred to as a “counterparty”) or the failure of the counterparty to make required payments or otherwise comply with the terms of the contract. Additionally, the use of credit derivatives can result in losses if the Adviser does not correctly evaluate the creditworthiness of the issuer on which the credit derivative is based.
Derivatives may be subject to liquidity risk, which exists when a particular derivative is difficult to purchase or sell. If a derivative transaction is particularly large or if the relevant market is illiquid (as is the case with many OTC derivatives), it may not be possible to initiate a transaction or liquidate a position at an advantageous time or price.
Derivatives may be subject to pricing or “basis” risk, which exists when a particular derivative becomes extraordinarily expensive relative to historical prices or the prices of corresponding cash market instruments. Under certain market conditions, it may not be economically feasible to initiate a transaction or liquidate a position in time to avoid a loss or take advantage of an opportunity.
Because many derivatives have leverage or borrowing components, adverse changes in the value or level of the underlying asset, reference rate, or index can result in a loss substantially greater than the amount invested in the derivative itself. Certain derivatives have the potential for unlimited loss, regardless of the size of the initial investment.
Like most other investments, derivative instruments are subject to the risk that the market value of the instrument will change in a way detrimental to the Funds’ interest. The Funds bear the risk that the Adviser will incorrectly forecast future market trends or the values of assets, reference rates, indices, or other financial or economic factors in establishing derivative positions for the Funds. If the Adviser attempts to use a derivative as a hedge against, or as a substitute for, a portfolio investment, the Funds will be exposed to the risk that the derivative will have or will develop an imperfect or no correlation with the portfolio investment. This could cause substantial losses for the Funds. While hedging strategies involving derivative instruments can reduce the risk of loss, they can also reduce the opportunity for gain or even result in losses by offsetting favorable price movements in other investments. Many derivatives, in particular OTC derivatives, are complex and often valued
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subjectively. Improper valuations can result in increased cash payment requirements to counterparties or a loss of value to the Funds.
The following provides more information on specific types of derivatives and activity in the Funds. The use of derivative instruments by the Funds for the period ended June 30, 2016 was related to the use of written options.
Options Contracts—Some of the Funds may write covered call options on securities, derivative instruments, or currencies the applicable Fund owns or in which it may invest. Writing call options tends to decrease a Fund’s exposure to the underlying instrument. When a Fund writes a call option, an amount equal to the premium received is recorded as a liability and subsequently marked to market to reflect the current value of the option written. These liabilities are reflected as written options outstanding in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Payments received or made, if any, from writing options with premiums to be determined on a future date are reflected as such on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Premiums received from writing options which expire are treated as realized gains. Premiums received from writing options which are exercised or closed are added to the proceeds or offset against amounts paid on the underlying future, swap, security or currency transaction to determine the realized gain or loss. A Fund, as a writer of an option, has no control over whether the underlying future, swap, security or currency may be sold (called) and, as a result, bears the market risk of an unfavorable change in the price of the future, swap, security or currency underlying the written option. The risk exists that the Funds may not be able to enter into a closing transaction because of an illiquid market.
The premium amount and the number of option contracts written by the Covered Call Strategy Fund during the period ended June 30, 2016, were as follows:
Number of Contracts | Premium Amount | ||||
Options outstanding at May 2, 2016* | — | $ — | |||
Options written | (1,598 | ) | (250,846 | ) | |
Options exercised | 6 | 2,100 | |||
Option purchased to cover | 461 | 66,149 | |||
Option expirations | 222 | 13,836 | |||
Balance at June 30, 2016 | (909 | ) | $(168,761 | ) |
* Commencement of operations
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Derivative Investment Holdings Categorized by Risk Exposure—The following table sets forth the fair value and the location in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities of the Covered Call Strategy Fund’s derivative contracts by primary risk exposure as of June 30, 2016:
Asset derivatives | Liability derivatives | |||||
Statement of Assets and | Statement of Assets and | |||||
Risk exposure category | Liabilities location | Value | Liabilities location | Value | ||
Equity Contracts | N/A | N/A | Written options, at value | $(182,764) |
The following table sets forth the Covered Call Strategy Fund’s realized gain (loss), as reflected in the Statement of Operations, by primary risk exposure and by type of derivative contract for the period ended June 30, 2016:
Risk exposure category | Written options | |||
Equity contracts | $25,251 |
The following table sets forth the Covered Call Strategy Fund’s change in unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) by primary risk exposure and by type of derivative contract for the period ended June 30, 2016:
Risk exposure category | Written options | |||
Equity contracts | $(14,003) |
Interest Rate Futures Contracts—The Funds may enter into interest rate futures contracts on U.S. Treasury obligations and options thereon that are traded on a U.S. exchange. An interest rate futures contract provides for the future sale by one party and the purchase by another party of a specified amount of a particular financial instrument (debt security) at a specified price, date, time and place. Such investments may be used for, among other purposes, the purpose of hedging against changes in the value of a Fund’s portfolio securities due to anticipated changes in interest rates and market conditions. A public market exists for interest rate futures contracts covering a number of debt securities, including long-term U.S. Treasury Bonds, 10-year U.S. Treasury Notes and three-month U.S. Treasury Bills. No price is paid upon entering into futures contracts. Instead, upon entering into a futures contract, the Funds are required to deposit with their custodian in a segregated account in the name of the futures broker through which the transaction is effected an amount of cash or U.S. Government securities generally equal to 3%-5% or less of the contract value. This amount is known as “initial margin.”
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June 30, 2016
An option on an interest rate futures contract generally gives the purchaser the right, in return for the premium paid, to assume a position in a futures contract at a specified exercise price at any time prior to the expiration date of the option. The Funds may purchase put and call options on interest rate futures contracts on U.S. Treasury obligations which are traded on a U.S. exchange as a hedge against changes in interest rates, and may enter into closing transactions with respect to such options to terminate existing positions. There is no guarantee such closing transactions can be effected. When writing a call or put option on a futures contract, margin also must be deposited in accordance with applicable exchange rules. Initial margin on futures contracts is in the nature of a performance bond or good-faith deposit that is returned to a Fund upon termination of the transaction, assuming all obligations have been satisfied. Under certain circumstances, such as periods of high volatility, a Fund may be required by an exchange to increase the level of its initial margin payment. Subsequent payments, called “variation margin,” to and from the broker, are made on a daily basis as the value of the futures position varies, a process known as “marking to market.” Variation margin does not involve borrowing to finance the futures transactions, but rather represents a daily settlement of a Fund’s obligation to or from a clearing organization. A Fund is also obligated to make initial and variation margin payments when it writes options on futures contracts.
To the extent that a Fund participates in the futures or options markets, it will incur investment risks and transaction costs to which it would not be subject absent the use of these strategies. The use of these strategies involves certain special risks, including: (1) dependence on the ability of the Funds’ investment adviser, FIMCO to predict correctly movements in the direction of interest rates and securities prices; (2) imperfect correlation between the price of futures contracts and options thereon and movements in the prices of the securities or currencies being hedged; (3) the fact that skills needed to use these strategies are different from those needed to select portfolio securities; (4) the leverage (if any) that is created by investing in the option or futures contract; and (5) the possible absence of a liquid secondary market for any particular instrument at any time. If FIMCO’s prediction of movements in the direction of the securities and interest rate markets is inaccurate, the adverse consequences to that Fund may leave it in a worse position than if such strategies were not used. Derivatives may be difficult to sell, unwind or value.
For the six months ended June 30, 2016, the Funds had no investments in interest rate futures contracts or options.
7. High Yield Credit Risk —The investments of Fund For Income in high yield securities, whether rated or unrated, may be considered speculative and subject to greater market fluctuations and risks of loss of income and principal than lower-yielding,
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higher-rated, fixed-income securities. The risk of loss due to default by the issuer may be significantly greater for the holders of high-yielding securities, because such securities are generally unsecured and are often subordinated to other creditors of the issuer.
8. Litigation —The Blue Chip and Equity Income Funds have been named, and have received notice that they may be putative members of the proposed defendant class of shareholders, in a lawsuit filed in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware on November 1, 2010, by the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors of Tribune Company (the “Committee”). The Committee is seeking to recover all payments made to beneficial owners of common stock in connection with a leveraged buyout of the Tribune Company (“LBO”), including payments made in connection with a 2007 tender offer into which the Blue Chip and Equity Income Funds tendered their shares of common stock of the Tribune Company. On December 9, 2011, the Blue Chip Fund was reorganized into the Growth & Income Fund pursuant to a Plan of Reorganization and Termination, whereby all of the assets of the Blue Chip Fund were transferred to the Growth & Income Fund, the Growth & Income Fund assumed all of the liabilities of the Blue Chip Fund, including any contingent liabilities with respect to pending or threatened litigation or actions, and shareholders of Blue Chip Fund became shareholders of Growth & Income Fund. The adversary proceeding brought by the Committee has been transferred to the Southern District of New York and administratively consolidated with other similar suits as discussed below. In addition, on June 2, 2011, the Blue Chip and Equity Income Funds were named as defendants in a lawsuit brought in connection with the Tribune Company’s LBO by Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, in its capacity as successor indenture trustee for a certain series of Senior Notes, Law Debenture Trust Company of New York, in its capacity as successor indenture trustee for a certain series of Senior Notes, and Wilmington Trust Company, in its capacity as successor indenture trustee for the PHONES Notes (together, the “Bondholder Plaintiffs”) in the Supreme Court of the State of New York. The Blue Chip and Equity Income Funds have also been named in a similar suit filed on behalf of participants in Tribune defined-compensation plans (the “Retiree Plaintiffs”). As with the Bondholder Plaintiffs and the Committee, the Retiree Plaintiffs seek to recover payments of the proceeds of the LBO. (All of these suits have been removed to the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York and administratively consolidated with other substantially similar suits against other former Tribune shareholders (the “MDL Proceeding”)). On September 23, 2013, the Judge in the MDL Proceeding dismissed various state law constructive fraudulent transfer suits, resulting in the Funds being dismissed from the Bondholder and Retiree Plaintiffs’ actions. On March 24, 2016, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the MDL Judge’s dismissal of the
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various state law constructive fraudulent transfer suits. Absent a reversal by the full Second Circuit or the U.S. Supreme Court, that lawsuit is now ended. The Committee lawsuit alleging a single claim for international fraudulent transfer remains, although motion to dismiss that lawsuit is pending before the District Court. The extent of the Funds’ potential liability in any such actions has not been determined. The Funds have been advised by counsel that the Funds could be held liable to return all or part of the proceeds received in any of these actions, as well as interest and court costs, even though the Funds had no knowledge of, or participation in, any misconduct. The Equity Income Fund received proceeds of $376,754 in connection with the LBO, representing 0.34% of its net assets as of June 30, 2016. The Blue Chip Fund received proceeds of $288,456 in connection with the LBO, representing 0.06% of the net assets of Growth & Income Fund as of June 30, 2016. The Equity Income and Growth & Income Funds cannot predict the outcomes of these proceedings, and thus have not accrued any of the amounts sought in the various actions in the accompanying financial statements.
9. Subsequent Events —Subsequent events occurring after June 30, 2016 have been evaluated for potential impact to this report through the date the financial statements were issued. There were no subsequent events to report that would have a material impact on the Funds’ financial statements.
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The following table sets forth the per share operating performance data for a trust share outstanding, total return, ratios to average net assets and other supplemental data for each year ended December 31 except as otherwise indicated.
PER SHARE DATA | RATIOS / SUPPLEMENTAL DATA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Less Distributions | Ratio to Average Net | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Investment Operations | from | Ratio to Average | Assets Before Expenses | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net Asset | Net Realized | Net Asset | Net Assets** | Waived or Assumed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Value, | Net | and Unrealized | Total from | Net | Net | Value, | Net Assets | Expenses | Net | Net | Portfolio | ||||||||||||||||||||
Beginning | Investment | Gain (Loss) on | Investment | Investment | Realized | Total | End | Total | End of Period | Before Fee | Investment | Investment | Turnover | ||||||||||||||||||
of Period | Income | Investments | Operations | Income | Gains | Distributions | of Period | Return | * | (in millions | ) | Credits | *** | Income (Loss | ) | Expenses | *** | Income (Loss | ) | Rate | |||||||||||
BALANCED INCOME FUND | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2015(d) | $10.00 | $ — | $(.17 | ) | $ (.17 | ) | — | — | — | $ 9.83 | (1.70 | )%†† | $ 5 | 3.10 | %† | (.70 | )%† | 3.25 | %† | (.85 | )%† | 26 | %†† | ||||||||
2016(k) | 9.83 | .07 | .45 | .52 | — | — | — | 10.35 | 5.29 | †† | 7 | 1.24 | † | 1.52 | † | 1.39 | † | 1.37 | † | 63 | †† | ||||||||||
CASH MANAGEMENT FUND | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2011 | $ 1.00 | — | — | — | — | — | — | $ 1.00 | .00 | % | $ 12 | .13 | %(b) | .00 | % | .99 | % | (.86 | )% | N/A | |||||||||||
2012 | 1.00 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1.00 | .00 | 12 | .12 | (b) | .00 | .99 | (.87 | ) | N/A | ||||||||||||||
2013 | 1.00 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1.00 | .00 | 11 | .10 | (b) | .00 | .99 | (.89 | ) | N/A | ||||||||||||||
2014 | 1.00 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1.00 | .00 | 10 | .08 | (b) | .00 | .99 | (.91 | ) | N/A | ||||||||||||||
2015 | 1.00 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1.00 | .00 | 14 | .13 | (b) | .00 | 1.09 | (.96 | ) | N/A | ||||||||||||||
2016(k) | 1.00 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1.00 | .00 | †† | 10 | .36 | (b)† | .00 | † | 1.10 | † | (.74 | )† | N/A | |||||||||||
COVERED CALL STRATEGY FUND | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2016(c) | $10.00 | $ .01 | $ .07 | $ .08 | — | — | — | $10.08 | .80 | %†† | $ 5 | 2.03 | %† | .80 | %† | N/A | N/A | 11 | %†† | ||||||||||||
EQUITY INCOME FUND(j) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2011 | $15.06 | $ .30 | $(.06 | ) | $ .24 | $.31 | $ — | $.31 | $14.99 | 1.53 | % | $ 69 | .87 | % | 1.94 | % | N/A | N/A | 32 | % | |||||||||||
2012 | 14.99 | .38 | 1.29 | 1.67 | .30 | — | .30 | 16.36 | 11.20 | 74 | .87 | 2.37 | N/A | N/A | 39 | ||||||||||||||||
2013 | 16.36 | .36 | 4.55 | 4.91 | .38 | — | .38 | 20.89 | 30.53 | 99 | .82 | 1.97 | N/A | N/A | 31 | ||||||||||||||||
2014 | 20.89 | .35 | 1.28 | 1.63 | .36 | .87 | 1.23 | 21.29 | 8.26 | 110 | .81 | 1.76 | N/A | N/A | 25 | ||||||||||||||||
2015 | 21.29 | .40 | (a) | (.58 | ) | (.18 | ) | .35 | .75 | 1.10 | 20.01 | (1.03 | ) | 107 | .81 | 1.97 | N/A | N/A | 24 | ||||||||||||
2016(k) | 20.01 | .21 | (a) | .72 | .93 | .40 | .70 | 1.10 | 19.84 | 5.22 | †† | 111 | .83 | † | 2.22 | † | N/A | N/A | 9 | †† | |||||||||||
FUND FOR INCOME(i) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2011 | $ 6.54 | $ .43 | $(.07 | ) | $ .36 | $.48 | — | $.48 | $ 6.42 | 5.66 | % | $ 74 | .88 | % | 6.68 | % | N/A | N/A | 63 | % | |||||||||||
2012 | 6.42 | .41 | .42 | .83 | .44 | — | .44 | 6.81 | 13.51 | 84 | .88 | 6.11 | N/A | N/A | 61 | ||||||||||||||||
2013 | 6.81 | .36 | .09 | .45 | .42 | — | .42 | 6.84 | 6.88 | 95 | .88 | 5.37 | N/A | N/A | 56 | ||||||||||||||||
2014 | 6.84 | .34 | (.28 | ) | .06 | .37 | — | .37 | 6.53 | .79 | 99 | .85 | 4.88 | N/A | N/A | 41 | |||||||||||||||
2015 | 6.53 | .30 | (a) | (.40 | ) | (.10 | ) | .36 | — | .36 | 6.07 | (1.85 | ) | 95 | .86 | 4.86 | N/A | N/A | 45 | ||||||||||||
2016(k) | 6.07 | .15 | (a) | .18 | .33 | .35 | — | .35 | 6.05 | 5.71 | †† | 98 | .89 | † | 5.06 | † | N/A | N/A | 28 | †† |
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PER SHARE DATA | RATIOS / SUPPLEMENTAL DATA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Less Distributions | Ratio to Average Net | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Investment Operations | from | Ratio to Average | Assets Before Expenses | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net Assets** | Waived or Assumed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net Asset | Net | Net Realized | Net Asset | Net | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Value, | Investment | and Unrealized | Total from | Net | Net | Value, | Net Assets | Expenses | Net | Investment | Portfolio | ||||||||||||||||||||
Beginning | Income | Gain (Loss) on | Investment | Investment | Realized | Total | End | Total | End of Period | Before Fee | Investment | Income | Turnover | ||||||||||||||||||
of Period | (Loss | ) | Investments | Operations | Income | Gains | Distributions | of Period | Return | * | (in millions | ) | Credits | *** | Income (Loss | ) | Expenses | *** | (Loss | ) | Rate | ||||||||||
GOVERNMENT FUND | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2011 | $10.35 | $ .28 | $ .26 | $ .54 | $.36 | — | $ .36 | $10.53 | 5.41 | % | $ 29 | .81 | % | 2.70 | % | .96 | % | 2.55 | % | 33 | % | ||||||||||
2012 | 10.53 | .20 | — | .20 | .31 | — | .31 | 10.42 | 1.95 | 32 | .75 | 2.10 | .90 | 1.95 | 46 | ||||||||||||||||
2013 | 10.42 | .18 | (.43 | ) | (.25 | ) | .27 | — | .27 | 9.90 | (2.47 | ) | 30 | .76 | 1.76 | .91 | 1.61 | 118 | |||||||||||||
2014 | 9.90 | .18 | .13 | .31 | .26 | — | .26 | 9.95 | 3.14 | 31 | .74 | 1.82 | .89 | 1.67 | 103 | ||||||||||||||||
2015 | 9.95 | .16 | (a) | (.15 | ) | .01 | .23 | — | .23 | 9.73 | .04 | 30 | .75 | 1.62 | .90 | 1.47 | 87 | ||||||||||||||
2016(k) | 9.73 | .07 | (a) | .25 | .32 | .21 | — | .21 | 9.84 | 3.32 | †† | 30 | .75 | † | 1.49 | † | .90 | † | 1.34 | † | 59 | †† | |||||||||
GROWTH & INCOME FUND | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2011 | $28.37 | $ .44 | $ .25 | $ .69 | $.50 | $ — | $ .50 | $28.56 | 2.37 | % | $321 | .81 | % | 1.51 | % | N/A | N/A | 26 | % | ||||||||||||
2012 | 28.56 | .61 | 4.35 | 4.96 | .44 | — | .44 | 33.08 | 17.45 | 357 | .80 | 1.87 | N/A | N/A | 21 | ||||||||||||||||
2013 | 33.08 | .53 | 11.89 | 12.42 | .61 | — | .61 | 44.89 | 38.06 | 474 | .79 | 1.34 | N/A | N/A | 23 | ||||||||||||||||
2014 | 44.89 | .54 | 2.82 | 3.36 | .53 | .29 | .82 | 47.43 | 7.65 | 493 | .78 | 1.18 | N/A | N/A | 21 | ||||||||||||||||
2015 | 47.43 | .60 | (a) | (1.87 | ) | (1.27 | ) | .55 | 2.50 | 3.05 | 43.11 | (3.12 | ) | 457 | .78 | 1.33 | N/A | N/A | 23 | ||||||||||||
2016(k) | 43.11 | .38 | (a) | (.13 | ) | .25 | .61 | 2.09 | 2.70 | 40.66 | 1.13 | †† | 451 | .80 | † | 1.89 | † | N/A | N/A | 11 | †† | ||||||||||
INTERNATIONAL FUND | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2011 | $16.70 | $ .39 | $ (.29 | ) | $ .10 | $.36 | — | $ .36 | $16.44 | .64 | % | $106 | .96 | % | 2.26 | % | N/A | N/A | 32 | % | |||||||||||
2012 | 16.44 | .28 | 3.12 | 3.40 | .27 | — | .27 | 19.57 | 20.85 | 122 | .94 | 1.53 | N/A | N/A | 41 | ||||||||||||||||
2013 | 19.57 | .24 | 1.08 | 1.32 | .27 | — | .27 | 20.62 | 6.77 | 128 | .92 | 1.21 | N/A | N/A | 35 | ||||||||||||||||
2014 | 20.62 | .23 | .26 | .49 | .23 | — | .23 | 20.88 | 2.39 | 131 | .92 | 1.10 | N/A | N/A | 28 | ||||||||||||||||
2015 | 20.88 | .26 | (a) | .47 | .73 | .23 | — | .23 | 21.38 | 3.49 | 134 | .87 | 1.22 | N/A | N/A | 27 | |||||||||||||||
2016(k) | 21.38 | .20 | (a) | .06 | .26 | .26 | — | .26 | 21.38 | 1.30 | †† | 133 | .88 | † | 1.92 | † | N/A | N/A | 14 | †† | |||||||||||
INVESTMENT GRADE FUND | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2011 | $10.74 | $ .47 | $ .17 | $ .64 | $.52 | — | $ .52 | $10.86 | 6.23 | % | $ 47 | .71 | % | 4.17 | % | .86 | % | 4.02 | % | 29 | % | ||||||||||
2012 | 10.86 | .43 | .76 | 1.19 | .48 | — | .48 | 11.57 | 11.23 | 57 | .70 | 3.73 | .85 | 3.58 | 28 | ||||||||||||||||
2013 | 11.57 | .42 | (.51 | ) | (.09 | ) | .45 | — | .45 | 11.03 | (.80 | ) | 59 | .70 | 3.49 | .85 | 3.34 | 39 | |||||||||||||
2014 | 11.03 | .42 | .21 | .63 | .46 | — | .46 | 11.20 | 5.86 | 63 | .69 | 2.78 | .84 | 2.63 | 45 | ||||||||||||||||
2015 | 11.20 | .34 | (a) | (.37 | ) | (.03 | ) | .47 | — | .47 | 10.70 | (.35 | ) | 62 | .68 | 3.12 | .83 | 2.97 | 37 | ||||||||||||
2016(k) | 10.70 | .16 | (a) | .48 | .64 | .45 | — | .45 | 10.89 | 6.21 | †† | 65 | .69 | † | 3.13 | † | .84 | † | 2.98 | † | 19 | †† | |||||||||
LIMITED DURATION HIGH QUALITY BOND FUND | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2014(f) | $10.00 | $(.13 | ) | $ (.13 | ) | $ (.26 | ) | $ — | — | $ — | $ 9.74 | (2.60 | )%†† | $ 3 | 5.82 | %† | (4.25 | )%† | 5.97 | %† | (4.40 | )%† | 11 | %†† | |||||||
2015 | 9.74 | .01 | (a) | (.06 | ) | (.05 | ) | — | — | — | 9.69 | (.51 | ) | 6 | 1.44 | .11 | 1.59 | (.04 | ) | 94 | |||||||||||
2016(k) | 9.69 | (.04 | )(a) | .22 | .18 | .09 | — | .09 | 9.78 | 1.89 | †† | 7 | 1.12 | † | (.90 | )† | 1.27 | † | (1.05 | )† | 29 | †† |
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PER SHARE DATA | RATIOS / SUPPLEMENTAL DATA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Less Distributions | Ratio to Average Net | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Investment Operations | from | Ratio to Average | Assets Before Expenses | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net Asset ** | Waived or Assumed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net Asset | Net | Net Realized | Net Asset | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Value, | Investment | and Unrealized | Total from | Net | Net | Value, | Net Assets | Expenses | Net | Net Portfolio | |||||||||||||||||||||
Beginning | Income | Gain (Loss) on | Investment | Investment | Realized | Total | End | Total | End of Period | Before Fee | Investment | Investment | Turnover | ||||||||||||||||||
of Period | (Loss | ) | Investments | Operations | Income | Gains | Distributions | of Period | Return | * | (in millions | ) | Credits | *** | Income (Loss | ) | Expenses | *** | Income | Rate | |||||||||||
OPPORTUNITY FUND | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2012(g) | $10.00 | $(.05 | ) | $ .11 | $ .06 | $ — | $ — | $ — | $10.06 | .60 | %†† | $ 1 | 16.84 | %† | (13.27 | )%† | N/A | N/A | 0 | %†† | |||||||||||
2013 | 10.06 | (.04 | ) | 4.06 | 4.02 | — | — | — | 14.08 | 39.96 | 14 | 2.28 | (.79 | ) | N/A | N/A | 32 | ||||||||||||||
2014 | 14.08 | .03 | .78 | .81 | — | .01 | .01 | 14.88 | 5.73 | 27 | 1.01 | .31 | N/A | N/A | 31 | ||||||||||||||||
2015 | 14.88 | .08 | (a) | (.20 | ) | (.12 | ) | .03 | — | .03 | 14.73 | (.81 | ) | 40 | .89 | .53 | N/A | N/A | 45 | ||||||||||||
2016(k) | 14.73 | .07 | (a) | (.31 | ) | (.24 | ) | .07 | — | .07 | 14.42 | (1.64 | )†† | 44 | .88 | † | 1.00 | † | N/A | N/A | 14 | †† | |||||||||
REAL ESTATE FUND | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2015(e) | $10.00 | $ .09 | (a) | $ .06 | $ .15 | $ — | $ — | $ — | $10.15 | 1.50 | %†† | $ 5 | 2.27 | %† | 1.40 | %† | N/A | N/A | 17 | %†† | |||||||||||
2016(k) | 10.15 | .19 | (a) | .98 | 1.17 | .07 | .06 | .13 | 11.19 | 11.66 | †† | 7 | 1.63 | † | 3.69 | † | N/A | N/A | 16 | †† | |||||||||||
SELECT GROWTH FUND | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2011 | $ 8.05 | $ .01 | $ .41 | $ .42 | $.01 | $ — | $ .01 | $ 8.46 | 5.25 | % | $ 18 | .90 | % | .07 | % | N/A | N/A | 61 | % | ||||||||||||
2012 | 8.46 | .05 | 1.08 | 1.13 | .01 | — | .01 | 9.58 | 13.30 | 24 | .87 | .61 | N/A | N/A | 52 | ||||||||||||||||
2013 | 9.58 | .04 | 3.12 | 3.16 | .05 | — | .05 | 12.69 | 33.15 | 35 | .85 | .43 | N/A | N/A | 64 | ||||||||||||||||
2014 | 12.69 | .05 | 1.66 | 1.71 | .05 | .01 | .06 | 14.34 | 13.53 | 44 | .83 | .43 | N/A | N/A | 37 | ||||||||||||||||
2015 | 14.34 | .09 | (a) | .38 | .47 | .05 | .78 | .83 | 13.98 | 3.21 | 48 | .83 | .65 | N/A | N/A | 43 | |||||||||||||||
2016(k) | 13.98 | .05 | (a) | (.34 | ) | (.29 | ) | .09 | .96 | 1.05 | 12.64 | (1.64 | )†† | 49 | .84 | † | .77 | † | N/A | N/A | 34 | †† | |||||||||
SPECIAL SITUATIONS FUND(h) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2011 | $31.39 | $ .20 | $ .51 | $ .71 | $.16 | $ — | $ .16 | $31.94 | 2.24 | % | $150 | .81 | % | .61 | % | N/A | N/A | 59 | % | ||||||||||||
2012 | 31.94 | .34 | 2.88 | 3.22 | .20 | 3.39 | 3.59 | 31.57 | 10.01 | 160 | .81 | 1.07 | N/A | N/A | 61 | ||||||||||||||||
2013 | 31.57 | .19 | 9.11 | 9.30 | .34 | 1.56 | 1.90 | 38.97 | 30.88 | 201 | .82 | .53 | N/A | N/A | 108 | ||||||||||||||||
2014 | 38.97 | .22 | 1.82 | 2.04 | .18 | 6.61 | 6.79 | 34.22 | 6.30 | 209 | .80 | .66 | N/A | N/A | 41 | ||||||||||||||||
2015 | 34.22 | .18 | (a) | (.27 | ) | (.09 | ) | .22 | 1.51 | 1.73 | 32.40 | (.52 | ) | 202 | .80 | .52 | N/A | N/A | 46 | ||||||||||||
2016(k) | 32.40 | .24 | (a) | (.32 | ) | (.08 | ) | .18 | 2.19 | 2.37 | 29.95 | .38 | †† | 199 | .82 | † | 1.68 | † | N/A | N/A | 16 | †† |
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Investment Operations | from | Ratio to Average | Assets Before Expenses | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Net Asset | Net | Net Realized | Net Asset | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Value, | Investment | and Unrealized | Total from | Net | Net | Value, | Net Assets | Expenses | Net | Net | Portfolio | ||||||||||||||||||||
Beginning | Income | Gain (Loss) on | Investment | Investment | Realized | Total | End | Total | End of Period | Before Fee | Investment | Investment | Turnover | ||||||||||||||||||
of Period | (Loss | ) | Investments | Operations | Income | Gains | Distributions | of Period | Return | * | (in millions | ) | Credits | *** | Income (Loss | ) | Expenses | *** | Income | Rate | |||||||||||
TOTAL RETURN FUND | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2012(d) | $10.00 | $(.05 | ) | $ (.02 | ) | $ (.07 | ) | $ — | — | $ — | $ 9.93 | (.70 | )%†† | $ 1 | 16.99 | %† | (14.84 | )%† | N/A | N/A | 64 | %†† | |||||||||
2013 | 9.93 | — | 1.69 | 1.69 | — | — | — | 11.62 | 17.02 | 13 | 1.93 | .16 | N/A | N/A | 14 | ||||||||||||||||
2014 | 11.62 | .09 | .60 | .69 | .01 | — | .01 | 12.30 | 5.97 | 29 | .96 | .96 | N/A | N/A | 53 | ||||||||||||||||
2015 | 12.30 | .15 | (a) | (.34 | ) | (.19 | ) | .13 | — | .13 | 11.98 | (1.61 | ) | 37 | .89 | 1.20 | N/A | N/A | 39 | ||||||||||||
2016(k) | 11.98 | .09 | (a) | .18 | .27 | .17 | — | .17 | 12.08 | 2.38 | †† | 39 | .89 | † | 1.53 | † | N/A | N/A | 35 | †† |
* | The effect of fees and charges incurred at the separate account level are not reflected in these |
performance figures. | |
** | Net of expenses waived or assumed by the investment adviser (Note 4). |
*** | The ratios do not include a reduction of expenses from cash balances maintained with the Bank of |
New York Mellon or from brokerage service arrangements (Note 1G). | |
† | Annualized |
†† | Not annualized |
(a) | Based on average shares during the period. |
(b) | For each of the periods shown, FIMCO voluntarily waived advisory fees to limit the Fund’s overall |
expense ratio to .60% and waived additional advisory fees and assumed other expenses to prevent a | |
negative yield on the Funds’ shares (Note 4). | |
(c) | For the period May 2, 2016 (commencement of operations) to June 30, 2016. |
(d) | For the period November 2, 2015 (commencement of operations) to December 31, 2015. |
(e) | For the period May 1, 2015 (commencement of operations) to December 31, 2015. |
(f) | For the period July 1, 2014 (commencement of operations) to December 31, 2014. |
(g) | For the period December 17, 2012 (commencement of operations) to December 31, 2012. |
(h) | Prior to December 17, 2012, known as Discovery Fund. |
(i) | Prior to December 17, 2012, known as High Yield Fund. |
(j) | Prior to September 4, 2012, known as Value Fund. |
(k) | For the period January 1, 2016 to June 30, 2016. |
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Report of Independent Registered Public
Accounting Firm
To the Shareholders and Board of Trustees of
First Investors Life Series Funds
We have audited the accompanying statements of assets and liabilities, including the portfolios of investments, of the fifteen Funds comprising First Investors Life Series Funds, as of June 30, 2016, the related statements of operations, the statements of changes in net assets, and the financial highlights for each of the periods indicated thereon. These financial statements and financial highlights are the responsibility of the Life Series Funds’ management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements and financial highlights based on our audits.
We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements and financial highlights are free of material misstatement. The Funds are not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of the Funds’ internal control over financial reporting. Our audits included consideration of internal control over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Funds’ internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of June 30, 2016, by correspondence with the custodian and brokers. Where brokers and agent banks have not replied to our confirmation requests, we have carried out other appropriate auditing procedures. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
In our opinion, the financial statements and financial highlights referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of each of the fifteen Funds comprising First Investors Life Series Funds, as of June 30, 2016, and the results of their operations, changes in their net assets, and their financial highlights for the periods presented, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
Tait, Weller & Baker LLP |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
August 26, 2016
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Annual Consideration of the Investment Advisory Agreements and the Sub-Advisory Agreements with Muzinich & Co., Inc., Smith Group Asset Management, LP and Vontobel Asset Management, Inc.
The First Investors Life Series Funds’ (the “Trust”) investment advisory agreements with the Trust’s investment adviser and, as applicable, sub-advisers, on behalf of each of the Trust’s funds, can remain in effect after an initial term of no greater than two years only if they are renewed at least annually thereafter (i) by the vote of the Trustees or by a vote of the shareholders of each fund and (ii) by the vote of a majority of the Trustees who are not parties to the advisory agreement (and sub-advisory agreements, as applicable) or “interested persons” of any party thereto (the “Independent Trustees”), cast in person at a meeting called specifically for the purpose of voting on such approval.
The Board of Trustees (the “Board”) has four regularly scheduled and two informal meetings each year and takes into account throughout the year matters bearing on the approval of the advisory agreement (and sub-advisory agreements, as applicable). In particular, the Board and its standing committees also consider at each meeting at least certain of the factors that are relevant to the annual renewal of each fund’s advisory agreement (and sub-advisory agreements, as applicable), including investment performance, sub-adviser updates and reviews, reports with respect to brokerage and portfolio transactions, use of soft dollars for research products and services, portfolio turnover rates, compliance monitoring, and the services and support provided to each fund and its shareholders. In addition, the Board meets with representatives of each sub-adviser in person at least once per year.
On April 21, 2016 (the “April Meeting”), the Independent Trustees met in person with senior management personnel of Foresters Investment Management Company, Inc. (“FIMCO”), the Trust’s investment adviser, Trust counsel, independent legal counsel to the Independent Trustees (“Independent Legal Counsel”) and others to give preliminary consideration to information bearing on the continuation of the advisory agreement (and sub-advisory agreement, as applicable) with respect to each fund. The primary purpose of the April Meeting was to ensure that the Independent Trustees had ample opportunity to consider matters they deemed relevant in determining whether to continue the advisory agreement (or sub-advisory agreements, as applicable), and to request any additional information they considered reasonably necessary to their deliberations. The Independent Trustees also met in executive session with Independent Legal Counsel on April 20, 2016 to consider the continuation of the advisory agreement (and sub-advisory agreements, as applicable) outside the presence of management. As part of the April Meeting, the Independent Trustees asked FIMCO to respond to certain additional questions prior to the contract
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approval meeting of the Board to be held on May 19, 2016 (the “May Meeting”). In addition, Independent Legal Counsel, in conjunction with the Board, and personnel from FIMCO reviewed each sub-adviser’s response in connection with the request for information with respect to the applicable sub-advisory agreements and requested follow-up information or clarifications from each sub-adviser, as applicable, which was provided prior to the May Meeting.
At the May Meeting, the Board, including a majority of the Independent Trustees, approved the renewal of the investment advisory agreement (the “Advisory Agreement”) between FIMCO and each of the following funds (each a “Fund” and collectively the “Funds”): Cash Management Fund, Equity Income Fund, Fund For Income, Government Fund, Growth & Income Fund, International Fund, Investment Grade Fund, Limited Duration High Quality Bond Fund, Opportunity Fund, Real Estate Fund, Select Growth Fund, Special Situations Fund and Total Return Fund. In addition, at the May Meeting, the Board, including a majority of the Independent Trustees, approved the renewal of the sub-advisory agreements (each a “Sub-Advisory Agreement” and collectively the “Sub-Advisory Agreements”) with: (1) Muzinich & Co., Inc. (“Muzinich”) with respect to the Fund For Income; (2) Smith Group Asset Management, LP (“Smith Group”) with respect to the Select Growth Fund; and (3) Vontobel Asset Management, Inc. (“Vontobel”) with respect to the International Fund. The Fund For Income, Select Growth Fund and International Fund are collectively referred to as the “Sub-Advised Funds.”
In reaching its decisions to approve the continuation of the Advisory Agreement for each Fund and the Sub-Advisory Agreements for the Sub-Advised Funds, the Board considered information furnished and discussed throughout the year at regularly scheduled Board and Committee meetings as well as a wide range of information provided specifically in relation to the renewal of the Advisory Agreement and Sub-Advisory Agreements for the April Meeting and May Meeting. Information furnished at Board and/or Committee meetings throughout the year included FIMCO’s analysis of each Fund’s investment performance and the performance of the sub-advisers to the respective Sub-Advised Funds, presentations given by representatives of FIMCO, Muzinich, Smith Group and Vontobel and various reports on compliance and other services provided by FIMCO. In preparation for the April Meeting and/or May Meeting, the Independent Trustees requested and received information compiled by Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. (formerly, Lipper, Inc.) (hereinafter, “Lipper”), an independent provider of investment company data, that included, among other things, the investment performance over various time periods and the fees and expenses of each Fund as compared to a comparable group of funds as determined by Lipper (“Peer Group”). The Board also considered that FIMCO charges different fee
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rates to various mutual funds that have similar investment mandates and FIMCO’s explanation for these differences. Additionally, in response to specific requests from the Independent Trustees in connection with the April Meeting and/or May Meeting, FIMCO furnished, and the Board considered, information concerning various aspects of its operations, including: (1) the nature, extent and quality of services provided by FIMCO to the Funds, including investment advisory and administrative services to the Funds including, as applicable, services in connection with selecting, overseeing and evaluating the sub-advisers; (2) the actual management fees paid by each Fund to FIMCO; (3) the costs of providing services to each Fund and the profitability of FIMCO from the relationship with each Fund; and (4) any “fall out” or ancillary benefits accruing to FIMCO as a result of the relationship with each Fund. FIMCO also provided, and the Board considered, an analysis of the overall profitability of the First Investors mutual fund business that included various entities affiliated with FIMCO as well as comparative profitability information based on analysis performed by FIMCO of the financial statements of certain publicly-traded mutual fund asset managers. The Board also considered FIMCO’s and each sub-adviser’s personnel and methods, including the education, experience of key personnel, and the number of their advisory and analytical personnel; general information regarding the compensation of FIMCO’s and each sub-adviser’s advisory personnel; FIMCO’s and each sub-adviser’s investment management process; FIMCO’s and each sub-adviser’s compliance program; the time and attention of FIMCO’s and each sub-adviser’s personnel devoted to the management of the Funds; FIMCO and each sub-adviser’s cybersecurity practices and related controls and business continuity plans; and material pending, threatened or settled litigation involving FIMCO and each sub-adviser, and any ongoing or completed audits, investigations or examinations by the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Board also considered information provided by FIMCO on management’s initiatives for increasing Fund assets and new product development, which included enhanced sales and marketing efforts (including increasing the size of the sales force); continuing efforts as deemed practicable to reduce expenses and improve performance of the Funds; and improving the efficiency of back-office operations and services. In addition to evaluating, among other considerations, the written information provided by FIMCO, the Board also evaluated the answers to questions posed by the Board to representatives of FIMCO.
In addition, in response to specific requests from the Independent Trustees in connection with the April Meeting and/or May Meeting, Muzinich, Smith Group and Vontobel furnished, and the Board reviewed, information concerning various aspects of their respective operations, including: (1) the nature, extent and quality of services provided by Muzinich, Smith Group and Vontobel to the applicable Sub-Advised Funds; (2) the sub-advisory fee rates charged by Muzinich, Smith Group and
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Vontobel and a comparison of those fee rates to the fee rates of Muzinich, Smith Group and Vontobel for providing advisory services to other investment companies or accounts or compared to their standard fee schedule, as applicable, with an investment mandate similar to the applicable Sub-Advised Funds; (3) profitability and/or financial information provided by Muzinich, Smith Group and Vontobel; and (4) any “fall out” or ancillary benefits accruing to Muzinich, Smith Group and Vontobel as a result of the relationship with each applicable Sub-Advised Fund. The Board also considered FIMCO’s representations that it found the sub-adviser responses to the information request in connection with the renewal of the Sub-Advisory Agreements to be satisfactory and raising no issues of general concern.
In considering the information and materials described above, the Independent Trustees took into account management style, investment strategies and prevailing market conditions. Moreover, the Independent Trustees received assistance from and met separately with Independent Legal Counsel during both the April Meeting and May Meeting and were provided with a written description of their statutory responsibilities and the legal standards that are applicable to approvals of advisory agreements (and sub-advisory agreements, as applicable). Although the Advisory Agreement for all of the Funds and the Sub-Advisory Agreements for the Sub-Advised Funds were considered at the same Board meeting, the Independent Trustees addressed each Fund separately during the April Meeting and May Meeting.
Based on all of the information presented, the Board, including a majority of its Independent Trustees, determined on a Fund-by-Fund basis that the fees charged under the Advisory Agreement and each Sub-Advisory Agreement are reasonable in relation to the services that are provided under each Agreement. The Board did not identify any single factor as being of paramount importance in reaching its conclusions and determinations with respect to the continuance of the Advisory Agreement for each Fund and Sub-Advisory Agreements and different Trustees may have given different weight to different factors. Although not meant to be all-inclusive, the following describes some of the factors that were considered by the Board in deciding to approve the continuance of the Advisory Agreement for each Fund and Sub-Advisory Agreements with Muzinich, Smith Group and Vontobel.
Nature, Extent and Quality of Services
In examining the nature, extent and quality of the services provided by FIMCO, the Board recognized that FIMCO is dedicated to providing investment management services exclusively to the Funds and the other funds in the First Investors fund complex and that, unlike many other mutual fund managers, FIMCO is not in the business of providing management services to hedge funds, pension funds or private accounts.
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In this connection, the Board was advised that certain key FIMCO personnel provide separately managed account services to a FIMCO-affiliated investment adviser, but that these personnel spend most of their time serving their FIMCO clients. As a result, the Board considered that FIMCO’s personnel devote substantially all of their time to serving the funds in the First Investors fund complex.
The Board noted that FIMCO has undertaken extensive responsibilities as manager of the Funds, including: (1) the provision of investment advice to the Funds; (2) implementing policies and procedures designed to ensure compliance with each Fund’s investment objectives and policies; (3) the review of brokerage arrangements; (4) oversight of general portfolio compliance with applicable laws; (5) the provision of certain administrative services to the Funds, including fund accounting; (6) the implementation of Board directives as they relate to the Funds; and (7) evaluating and monitoring any sub-advisers on an ongoing basis, including, but not limited to, monitoring each sub-adviser’s investment performance, evaluating each sub-adviser’s compliance program on an annual basis and monitoring investments for compliance purposes, including monitoring each sub-adviser’s soft dollar practices, portfolio allocation and best execution. The Board also noted that FIMCO provided the same sorts of administrative and other services, except for direct management of the portfolio, for the Sub-Advised Funds as it does for the other funds that do not employ a sub-adviser. The Board noted that FIMCO provides not only advisory services, but historically also has provided certain administrative personnel and services that many other advisers do not provide without imposition of separate fees. The Board also noted the steps that FIMCO has taken to encourage strong performance, including providing significant incentives to portfolio managers and analysts based on Fund performance. In addition, the Board considered information regarding the overall financial strength of FIMCO and its affiliates and the resources and staffing in place with respect to the services provided to the Funds.
The Board considered the nature, extent and quality of the investment management services provided by Muzinich, Smith Group and Vontobel to the applicable Sub-Advised Funds. The Board considered Muzinich’s, Smith Group’s and Vontobel’s investment management process in managing the applicable Sub-Advised Funds and the experience and capability of their respective personnel responsible for the portfolio management of the applicable Sub-Advised Funds. The Board also considered information regarding the resources and staffing in place with respect to the services provided by each sub-adviser. Additionally, with respect to the Sub-Advised Funds, the Board considered the differences in fees paid by each applicable Fund to FIMCO and the fees paid by FIMCO to each sub-adviser, as well as representations by FIMCO that these fee differentials are warranted by its ongoing services and assumption of risks.
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Based on the information considered, the Board concluded that the nature, extent and quality of the services provided to each Fund by FIMCO and the applicable Sub-Advised Funds by Muzinich, Smith Group and Vontobel were appropriate and consistent with the terms of the Advisory Agreement and Sub-Advisory Agreements, as applicable, and supported approval of the Advisory Agreement and each Sub-Advisory Agreement.
Investment Performance
The Board placed significant emphasis on the investment performance of each of the Funds. While consideration was given to performance reports and discussions held at prior Board or Committee meetings, as applicable, particular attention was given to the performance information compiled by Lipper. In particular, the Board reviewed the performance of each Fund over the most recent calendar year (“1-year period”) and the annualized performance over the most recent three calendar year period (“3-year period”) and five calendar year period (“5-year period”). In addition, the Board considered the performance information provided by FIMCO for each Fund through April 30, 2016. The Board also reviewed the annual yield of the Government Fund, Investment Grade Fund, Fund For Income, Limited Duration High Quality Bond Fund and Cash Management Fund over the past five years (or shorter period as applicable). With regard to the performance and yield information, the Board considered the performance and yield of each Fund on a percentile and quintile basis as compared to its Peer Group. For purposes of the performance data provided, the first quintile is defined as 20% of the funds in the applicable Peer Group with the highest performance or yield and the fifth quintile is defined as 20% of the funds in the applicable Peer Group with the lowest performance or yield. The Board also considered FIMCO’s representations that it monitors to ensure portfolio managers invest in a manner consistent with the mandate for the Fund or Funds they manage.
On a Fund-by-Fund basis, the performance reports indicated, and the Board noted, that each Fund, except for the Government Fund and Limited Duration High Quality Bond Fund, fell within one of the top three quintiles for at least one of the performance periods provided by Lipper. In particular, the Board noted that: (i) the Cash Management Fund fell within the third quintile for the 1-year period, 3-year period and 5-year period; (ii) the Equity Income Fund fell within the first quintile, second quintile and third quintile for the 1-year period, 3-year period and 5-year period, respectively; (iii) the Fund For Income fell within the second quintile for the 1-year period, 3-year period and 5-year period; (iv) Growth & Income Fund fell within the fourth quintile, third quintile and second quintile for the 1-year period, 3-year period
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and 5-year period, respectively; (v) the International Fund fell within the first quintile for the 1-year period and 5-year period and the fourth quintile for the 3-year period; (vi) the Investment Grade Fund fell within the second quintile for the 3-year period and 5-year period and third quintile for the 1-year period; (vii) the Opportunity Fund fell within the first quintile for the 1-year period and 3-year period (the only periods of performance available); (viii) the Select Growth Fund fell within the third quintile for the 1-year period and 3-year period and second quintile for the 5-year period; (ix) the Special Situations Fund fell within the first quintile for the 1-year period and third quintile for the 3-year period and 5-year period; and (x) the Total Return Fund fell within the fourth quintile for the 1-year period and second quintile for the 3-year period (the only periods of performance available). With respect to the Government Fund, the Board noted that the Fund’s performance fell outside of the top three quintiles for the 1-year period, 3-year period and 5-year period. However, the Board considered that FIMCO changed the portfolio manager on the Fund at the end of 2012. The Board noted that the Limited Duration High Quality Bond Fund’s performance was in the fifth quintile for the 1-year period, which was the only period reported due to the short operating history of the Fund. The Board also noted that the Real Estate Fund had not yet completed a full year of operating history and therefore no performance information was provided by Lipper.
The Board also reviewed the yields of the Government Fund, Investment Grade Fund, Fund For Income, Limited Duration High Quality Bond Fund and Cash Management Fund and noted that the yield for each such Fund except for the Limited Duration High Quality Bond Fund fell within one of the top three quintiles for each of the past five calendar years, with the yield for the Government Fund and Investment Grade Fund falling within the top two quintiles for each of the past five calendar years. The Board also noted that the yield for the short one-year operating history of the Limited Duration High Quality Bond Fund fell within the fourth quintile. The Trustees also considered that, in the current market and interest-rate environment, comparative information regarding performance and fees of money market funds such as the Cash Management Fund is of relatively limited utility. Additionally, the Board considered FIMCO’s representation that it believes that the Funds use a more conservative investment style than many of their peers.
Based on the information considered, the Board concluded that the investment performance of each Fund was either (a) acceptable or better, or (b) subject to reasonable steps to monitor or address certain periods of underperformance.
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Fund Expenses, Costs of Services, Economies of Scale and Related Benefits
Management Fees and Expenses. The Board also gave substantial consideration to the fees payable under each Fund’s Advisory Agreement as well as under the Sub-Advisory Agreements for the Sub-Advised Funds.
The Board reviewed the information compiled by Lipper comparing each Fund’s contractual management fee rate (at common asset levels) and actual management fee rate (which included the effect of any fee waivers) as a percentage of average net assets to other funds in its Peer Group. In this regard, the Board considered the contractual and actual management fees of each Fund on a quintile basis as compared to its Peer Group and noted the relative position of each Fund within the Peer Group. The Board also considered that FIMCO provides not only advisory services but also certain administrative personnel to the Funds under each Fund’s Advisory Agreement and that many other advisers do not provide such administrative personnel under their advisory agreements and that FIMCO also provides certain administrative services without the imposition of a separate fee. The Board also considered that FIMCO informed the Board that it intends to: (i) extend, on a voluntary basis, the existing total expense cap limitation for the Cash Management Fund until May 31, 2017; and (ii) extend, on a voluntary basis, the existing management fee caps for the Government Fund, Investment Grade Fund and Limited Duration High Quality Bond Fund, respectively, until May 31, 2017. The Board also considered that, with respect to the Cash Management Fund, FIMCO was waiving all of its management fees and reimbursing a portion of other expenses to avoid a negative return for shareholders due to the historically low interest rate environment. In particular, the Board noted that: (i) the Cash Management Fund’s contractual and actual management fees were in the fifth and first quintiles, respectively, of its Peer Group; (ii) the Equity Income Fund’s contractual and actual management fees were in the third and fourth quintiles, respectively, of its Peer Group; (iii) the Fund For Income’s contractual and actual management fees were in the fifth and fourth quintiles, respectively, of its Peer Group; (iv) the Government Fund’s contractual and actual management fees were in the fifth quintile of its Peer Group; (v) the Growth & Income Fund’s contractual and actual management fees were in the third and fourth quintiles, respectively, of its Peer Group; (vi) the International Fund’s contractual and actual management fees were in the first and third quintiles, respectively, of its Peer Group; (vii) the Investment Grade Fund’s contractual and actual management fees were in the fifth quintile of its Peer Group; (viii) the Limited Duration High Quality Bond Fund’s contractual and actual management fees were in the fifth quintile of its Peer Group; (ix) the Opportunity Fund’s contractual and actual management fees were in the first and second quintiles, respectively, of its Peer Group; (x) the Real Estate Fund’s contractual and
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actual management fees were in the second quintile of its Peer Group; (xi) the Select Growth Fund’s contractual and actual management fees were in the third and fourth quintiles, respectively, of its Peer Group; (xii) the Special Situations Fund’s contractual and actual management fees were in the second quintile of its Peer Group; and (xiii) the Total Return Fund’s contractual and actual management fees were in the third and fourth quintiles, respectively, of its Peer Group.
The Board also reviewed the information compiled by Lipper comparing each Fund’s total expense ratio, taking into account FIMCO’s expense waivers (as applicable), and the ratio of the sum of actual management and other non-management fees (i.e., fees other than management fees) to other funds in its Peer Group, including on a quintile basis. In particular, the Board noted that: (i) the total expense ratio for each Fund except the Special Situations Fund, International Fund, Growth & Income Fund and Cash Management Fund was not in the top three quintiles of their respective Peer Groups; and (ii) the ratio of the sum of actual management and other non-management fees for each Fund except the Special Situations Fund, International Fund, Growth & Income Fund and Cash Management Fund was not in the top three quintiles of their respective Peer Groups. In considering the level of the total expense ratio and the ratio of the sum of actual management and other non-management fees, the Board took into account management’s explanation that Lipper expense comparisons do not take into account the size of a fund complex, and as a result, in certain cases the First Investors funds are compared to funds in complexes that are much larger than First Investors. The Board also noted that Lipper’s customized expense groups tend to be fairly small in number and the funds included in the Peer Group generally change from year to year, thereby introducing an element of randomness that affects comparative results each year. While recognizing the limitations inherent in Lipper’s methodology, the Board believed that the data provided by Lipper was a generally appropriate measure of comparative expenses.
In considering the sub-advisory fee rates charged by and costs and profitability of Muzinich, Smith Group and Vontobel with regard to the respective Sub-Advised Funds, the Board noted that FIMCO pays Muzinich, Smith Group or Vontobel, as the case may be, a sub-advisory fee from its own advisory fee rather than each Fund paying Muzinich, Smith Group or Vontobel a fee directly. The Board also considered arrangements pursuant to which Muzinich, Smith Group and Vontobel (but not the Sub-Advised Funds) each pays a portion of its sub-advisory fee to a solicitor that introduced each such subadviser to FIMCO. Muzinich, Smith Group and Vontobel provided, and the Board reviewed, information comparing the fees charged by Muzinich, Smith Group and Vontobel for services to the respective Sub-Advised Funds versus the fee rates of Muzinich, Smith Group and Vontobel for providing advisory services
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to other comparable investment companies or accounts or compared to their standard fee schedule, as applicable. Based on a review of this information, the Board noted that the fees charged by Muzinich, Smith Group and Vontobel for services to each applicable Sub-Advised Fund appeared competitive to the fees Muzinich, Smith Group and Vontobel charge to their other comparable investment companies or accounts or compared to their standard fee schedule, as applicable.
The foregoing comparisons assisted the Trustees by providing them with a basis for evaluating each Fund’s management fee and expense ratio on a relative basis and the Board concluded that each Fund’s management fees appeared reasonable in relation to the services and benefits provided to each Fund.
Profitability. The Board reviewed the materials it received from FIMCO regarding its revenues and costs in providing investment management and certain administrative services to the Funds. In particular, the Board considered the analysis of FIMCO’s profitability with respect to each Fund, calculated for the year ended December 31, 2015, as well as overall profitability information relating to the past five calendar years. The Board also considered the information provided by FIMCO comparing the profitability of certain publicly-traded mutual fund asset managers as analyzed by FIMCO based on publicly available financial statements and noted FIMCO’s analysis that its profit margin is significantly lower than the average of, and lower overall than any of, such publicly-traded managers. In reviewing the profitability information, the Board also considered the “fall-out” or ancillary benefits that may accrue to FIMCO as a result of its relationship with the Funds, which are discussed below. Based on the information provided, the Board also noted that FIMCO operates the Cash Management Fund at a loss. The Board acknowledged that, as a business matter, FIMCO was entitled to earn reasonable profits for its services to the Funds and concluded that the level of profitability to FIMCO of its contractual arrangements with each Fund did not appear so high as to call into question the appropriateness of the fees paid to FIMCO by any Fund or otherwise to preclude the proposed continuation of the Advisory Agreement for any of the Funds. The Board also considered the profitability and/or financial information provided by Muzinich, Smith Group and Vontobel.
Economies of Scale. With respect to whether economies of scale are realized by FIMCO and the extent to which any economies of scale are reflected in the level of management fee rates charged, the Board considered that the Advisory Agreement fee schedule for each Fund includes breakpoints to account for management economies of scale as each Fund’s assets increase.
“Fall Out” or Ancillary Benefits. The Board considered the “fall-out” or ancillary benefits that may accrue to FIMCO, Muzinich, Smith Group and Vontobel as a result
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of their relationship with the Funds. In that regard, the Board considered the fact that FIMCO, Smith Group and Vontobel may receive research from broker-dealers that execute brokerage transactions for the funds in the First Investors fund complex. However, the Board noted that FIMCO and these two sub-advisers must select brokers based on each Fund’s requirements for seeking best execution. The Board also considered the fact that Muzinich does not engage in any soft dollar arrangements.
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In summary, based on all relevant information and factors, none of which was individually determinative of the outcome, the Board, including a majority of the Independent Trustees, approved the renewal of the Advisory Agreement and each Sub-Advisory Agreement.
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Consideration of the Investment Advisory Agreement with Foresters Investment Management Company, Inc. and the Sub-Advisory Agreement with Ziegler Capital Management LLC with respect to the First Investors Life Series Covered Call Strategy Fund
At the February 18, 2016 meeting (the “February Meeting”) of the Board of Trustees (the “Board” or the “Trustees”) of the First Investors Life Series Funds (the “Trust”), the Board, including a majority of Board members who are not interested persons of the Trust under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Independent Trustees”), discussed and approved, for the new First Investors Life Series Covered Call Strategy Fund (the “New Fund”), the investment advisory agreement (the “Advisory Agreement”) with Foresters Investment Management Company, Inc. (“FIMCO”) and the sub-advisory agreement (the “Sub-Advisory Agreement”) with Ziegler Capital Management, LLC (“ZCM,” and together with FIMCO, the “Advisers”).
The Trustees were provided with preliminary materials relating to the New Fund by FIMCO and ZCM initially in connection with a Board meeting held on November 19, 2015 (the “November Meeting”) and then more detailed materials by the Advisers in advance of and at the February Meeting. The Trustees also met in person with senior officers of FIMCO, Trust counsel, independent legal counsel to the Independent Trustees (“Independent Legal Counsel”) and others to receive information on, and discuss the approval of, the Advisory Agreement and Sub-Advisory Agreement. In addition, the Trustees met in person with representatives of ZCM at the November Meeting and again telephonically at the February Meeting. The material factors and conclusions that formed the basis for the approval of the Advisory Agreement and Sub-Advisory Agreement are discussed below.
In making their determinations, the Trustees took into account management style, investment strategies, investment philosophy and process, ZCM’s past performance and the Advisers’ personnel that would be serving the New Fund. In evaluating the Advisory Agreement and Sub-Advisory Agreement, the Trustees also reviewed information provided by the Advisers, including the terms of such Agreements and information regarding fee arrangements, including the structure of the advisory fee and sub-advisory fee, the method of computing fees, and the frequency of payment of fees. The Trustees also reviewed information comparing the New Fund’s advisory fee rate and projected total expenses with a peer group of other similar funds compiled by Broadridge, an independent provider of investment company data. In addition, the Trustees reviewed, among other things, information regarding ZCM’s compliance program, financial condition, insurance coverage and brokerage practices.
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After discussion and consideration among themselves, and with the Advisers, Trust counsel and Independent Legal Counsel, including during an executive session with Independent Legal Counsel held the day before the February Meeting, the Trustees concluded as follows with respect to the New Fund:
• The nature and extent of the investment advisory services to be provided to the New Fund by the Advisers were consistent with the terms of the Advisory Agreement and Sub-Advisory Agreement, respectively. |
• The prospects for satisfactory investment performance of the New Fund were reasonable; |
• Shareholders of the New Fund may benefit from economies of scale in the future as assets grow due to breakpoints included in the fee schedule for the Advisory Agreement; |
• The cost of services to be provided by the Advisers to the New Fund and the profits realized by the Advisers and their respective affiliates, if any, from their respective relationship with the New Fund would be assessed after the New Fund has commenced operations when the Trustees first consider the renewal of the Advisory Agreement and Sub-Advisory Agreement; and |
• The Advisers may receive certain “fall out” or ancillary benefits by obtaining research and other services from broker-dealers that execute brokerage transactions for the New Fund. |
Based on all relevant information and factors, none of which was individually determinative of the outcome, the Board, including a majority of the Independent Trustees, concluded that the approval of the Advisory Agreement and Sub-Advisory Agreement was in the best interests of the New Fund and its shareholders and unanimously approved such Agreements.
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FIRST INVESTORS LIFE SERIES FUNDS
Trustees and Officers
Trustees | |
Susan E. Artmann | |
Mary J. Barneby | |
Charles R. Barton, III | |
Arthur M. Scutro, Jr. | |
Mark R. Ward | |
Officers | |
William Lipkus | |
President | |
Marc S. Milgram | |
Chief Compliance Officer | |
Joseph I. Benedek | |
Treasurer | |
Mark S. Spencer | |
Assistant Treasurer | |
Mary C. Carty | |
Secretary | |
Carol Lerner Brown | |
Assistant Secretary |
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FIRST INVESTORS LIFE SERIES FUNDS
Shareholder Information | ||
Investment Adviser | Custodian | |
Foresters Investment Management | The Bank of New York Mellon | |
Company, Inc. | 225 Liberty Street | |
40 Wall Street | New York, NY 10286 | |
New York, NY 10005 | ||
Subadviser | Transfer Agent | |
(Covered Call Strategy Fund) | Foresters Investor Services, Inc. | |
Ziegler Capital Management, LLC | Raritan Plaza I – 8th Floor | |
70 W. Madison Street | Edison, NJ 08837-3920 | |
Chicago, IL 60602 | ||
Subadviser | Independent Registered | |
(Fund For Income) | Public Accounting Firm | |
Muzinich & Co., Inc. | Tait, Weller & Baker LLP | |
450 Park Avenue | 1818 Market Street – 24th Floor | |
New York, NY 10022 | Philadelphia, PA 19103 | |
Subadviser | Legal Counsel | |
(International Fund) | K&L Gates LLP | |
Vontobel Asset Management, Inc. | 1601 K Street, N.W. | |
1540 Broadway | Washington, D.C. 20006 | |
New York, NY 10036 | ||
Subadviser | ||
(Select Growth Fund) | ||
Smith Asset Management Group, L.P. | ||
100 Crescent Court | ||
Dallas, TX 75201 |
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A description of the policies and procedures that the Funds use to vote proxies relating to a portfolio’s securities is available, without charge, upon request by calling toll free 1-800-423-4026 or can be viewed online or downloaded from the EDGAR database on the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (“SEC”) internet website at http://www.sec.gov. In addition, information regarding how the Funds voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30, is available, without charge, upon request in writing or by calling 1-800-423-4026 and on the SEC’s internet website at http://www.sec.gov.
The Funds file their complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the SEC on Form N-Q for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year. The Funds’ Form N-Q is available on the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov; and may also be reviewed and copied at the SEC’s Public Reference Room in Washington D.C. Information on the operation of the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 1-800-SEC-0330. The schedule of portfolio holdings is available, without charge, upon request in writing or by calling 1-800-423-4026.
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Item 2. Code of Ethics
Not applicable for semi-annual report
Item 3. Audit Committee Financial Expert
Not applicable for semi-annual report
Item 4. Principal Accountant Fees and Services
Not applicable for semi-annual report
Item 5. Audit Committee of Listed Registrants
Not applicable
Item 6. Schedule of Investments
(a) Schedule is included as part of the report to shareholders filed under Item 1 of this Form.
(b) Not applicable
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 Companies and Affiliated Purchasers
Not applicable
Item 10. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
There were no material changes to the procedure by which shareholders may recommend nominees to the Registrant's Board of Trustees.
Item 11. Controls and Procedures
(a) The Registrant's Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer have concluded that the Registrant's disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended) are effective, based on their evaluation of these disclosure controls and procedures as of a date within 90 days of the filing date of this report.
(b) There were no changes in the Registrant's internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Investment Company Act of 1940 as amended) that occurred during the second fiscal quarter of the period covered by this report that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the Registrant's internal control over financial reporting.
Item 12. Exhibits
(a)(1) Code of Ethics - Not applicable for semi-annual report
(a)(2) Certifications pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 - Filed herewith
(b) Certifications pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 - Filed herewith
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.
First Investors Life Series Funds | |
By | /S/ WILLIAM LIPKUS |
William Lipkus | |
President and Principal Executive Officer | |
Date: | August 24, 2016 |
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/ WILLIAM LIPKUS |
William Lipkus | |
President and Principal Executive Officer | |
By | /S/ JOSEPH I. BENEDEK |
Joseph I. Benedek | |
Treasurer and Principal Financial Officer | |
Date: | August 24, 2016 |