Transamerica Long Credit
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS
At July 31, 2023
(unaudited)
Principal | Value | |||||||
CORPORATE DEBT SECURITIES - 89.1% | ||||||||
Aerospace & Defense - 2.4% | ||||||||
Boeing Co. | ||||||||
3.83%, 03/01/2059 | $ 131,000 | $ 93,666 | ||||||
5.81%, 05/01/2050 | 33,000 | 33,152 | ||||||
HEICO Corp. | 15,000 | 14,905 | ||||||
Raytheon Technologies Corp. | ||||||||
4.15%, 05/15/2045 | 42,000 | 34,788 | ||||||
4.63%, 11/16/2048 | 66,000 | 59,588 | ||||||
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| |||||||
236,099 | ||||||||
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| |||||||
Air Freight & Logistics - 0.4% | ||||||||
GXO Logistics, Inc. | 46,000 | 35,874 | ||||||
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| |||||||
Automobile Components - 0.6% | ||||||||
Aptiv PLC/Aptiv Corp. | 36,000 | 27,487 | ||||||
Lear Corp. | 43,000 | 29,250 | ||||||
|
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56,737 | ||||||||
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| |||||||
Automobiles - 1.1% | ||||||||
Ford Motor Co. | 64,000 | 50,078 | ||||||
General Motors Co. | 60,000 | 58,895 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
108,973 | ||||||||
|
| |||||||
Banks - 7.7% | ||||||||
Bank of America Corp. | ||||||||
Fixed until 03/11/2031, | 135,000 | 111,760 | ||||||
Fixed until 03/20/2050, | 66,000 | 54,921 | ||||||
Fixed until 04/25/2033, | 68,000 | 67,385 | ||||||
Citigroup, Inc. | 100,000 | 83,608 | ||||||
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. | ||||||||
Fixed until 02/24/2032, | 68,000 | 57,264 | ||||||
6.75%, 10/01/2037 | 50,000 | 54,121 | ||||||
JPMorgan Chase & Co. | ||||||||
Fixed until 04/22/2040, | 155,000 | 117,329 | ||||||
Fixed until 06/01/2033, | 40,000 | 40,244 | ||||||
PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. | 20,000 | 19,307 | ||||||
Truist Financial Corp. | 41,000 | 41,326 | ||||||
US Bancorp | 28,000 | 28,371 | ||||||
Wells Fargo & Co. | 102,000 | 87,229 | ||||||
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| |||||||
762,865 | ||||||||
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Principal | Value | |||||||
CORPORATE DEBT SECURITIES (continued) | ||||||||
Beverages - 2.0% | ||||||||
Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide, Inc. | $ 179,000 | $ 159,019 | ||||||
Constellation Brands, Inc. | 41,000 | 38,911 | ||||||
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197,930 | ||||||||
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| |||||||
Biotechnology - 2.6% | ||||||||
AbbVie, Inc. | ||||||||
4.05%, 11/21/2039 | 15,000 | 13,037 | ||||||
4.25%, 11/21/2049 | 51,000 | 43,661 | ||||||
4.70%, 05/14/2045 | 99,000 | 89,630 | ||||||
Amgen, Inc. | 51,000 | 51,132 | ||||||
CSL Finance PLC | 33,000 | 30,330 | ||||||
Gilead Sciences, Inc. | 31,000 | 26,548 | ||||||
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254,338 | ||||||||
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Broadline Retail - 1.3% | ||||||||
Prosus NV | 200,000 | 128,205 | ||||||
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Building Products - 1.7% | ||||||||
Home Depot, Inc. | 91,000 | 80,304 | ||||||
Lowe’s Cos., Inc. | ||||||||
3.00%, 10/15/2050 | 46,000 | 30,038 | ||||||
4.25%, 04/01/2052 | 43,000 | 34,742 | ||||||
Owens Corning | 31,000 | 25,338 | ||||||
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170,422 | ||||||||
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| |||||||
Capital Markets - 1.6% | ||||||||
Blackstone Holdings Finance Co. LLC | 47,000 | 30,273 | ||||||
Charles Schwab Corp. | 32,000 | 32,893 | ||||||
Morgan Stanley | ||||||||
Fixed until 01/25/2051, | 40,000 | 26,126 | ||||||
Fixed until 04/22/2038, | 55,000 | 49,469 | ||||||
Fixed until 04/21/2033, | 2,000 | 1,972 | ||||||
Fixed until 07/21/2033, | 8,000 | 7,990 | ||||||
Fixed until 10/18/2032, | 10,000 | 10,630 | ||||||
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159,353 | ||||||||
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| |||||||
Chemicals - 1.9% | ||||||||
FMC Corp. | 35,000 | 34,841 | ||||||
International Flavors & Fragrances, Inc. | 31,000 | 20,523 | ||||||
LYB International Finance BV | 28,000 | 24,230 | ||||||
Nutrien Ltd. | 73,000 | 64,982 | ||||||
Westlake Corp. | 59,000 | 45,930 | ||||||
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190,506 | ||||||||
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SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (continued)
At July 31, 2023
(unaudited)
Principal | Value | |||||||
CORPORATE DEBT SECURITIES (continued) | ||||||||
Commercial Services & Supplies - 1.6% | ||||||||
General Electric Co. | ||||||||
4.13%, 10/09/2042 | $ 47,000 | $ 38,477 | ||||||
4.50%, 03/11/2044 | 45,000 | 39,687 | ||||||
Triton Container International Ltd./TAL International Container Corp. | 47,000 | 36,459 | ||||||
Waste Management, Inc. | 77,000 | 48,497 | ||||||
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163,120 | ||||||||
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| |||||||
Communications Equipment - 0.3% | ||||||||
Corning, Inc. | 41,000 | 33,439 | ||||||
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Consumer Staples Distribution & Retail - 0.8% | ||||||||
7-Eleven, Inc. | 71,000 | 46,833 | ||||||
Sysco Corp. | 41,000 | 29,162 | ||||||
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75,995 | ||||||||
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Diversified REITs - 0.6% | ||||||||
GLP Capital LP/GLP Financing II, Inc. | 31,000 | 27,074 | ||||||
VICI Properties LP | 38,000 | 35,770 | ||||||
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62,844 | ||||||||
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Diversified Telecommunication Services - 3.9% | ||||||||
AT&T, Inc. | ||||||||
3.50%, 09/15/2053 | 107,000 | 72,583 | ||||||
3.55%, 09/15/2055 | 139,000 | 93,564 | ||||||
Telefonica Emisiones SA | 84,000 | 91,680 | ||||||
Verizon Communications, Inc. | ||||||||
2.99%, 10/30/2056 | 28,000 | 17,212 | ||||||
3.70%, 03/22/2061 | 164,000 | 115,983 | ||||||
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391,022 | ||||||||
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| |||||||
Electric Utilities - 11.6% | ||||||||
Appalachian Power Co. | 61,000 | 50,475 | ||||||
Berkshire Hathaway Energy Co. | 40,000 | 34,293 | ||||||
Black Hills Corp. | 91,000 | 70,607 | ||||||
Consolidated Edison Co. of New York, Inc. | 123,000 | 95,848 | ||||||
Dominion Energy South Carolina, Inc. | 54,000 | 56,942 | ||||||
DTE Electric Co. | 41,000 | 34,187 | ||||||
Duke Energy Florida LLC | 78,000 | 84,424 | ||||||
Entergy Arkansas LLC | 73,000 | 60,316 | ||||||
Evergy Metro, Inc. | 61,000 | 50,476 | ||||||
FirstEnergy Corp. | 95,000 | 85,773 | ||||||
Northern States Power Co. | 50,000 | 40,673 |
Principal | Value | |||||||
CORPORATE DEBT SECURITIES (continued) | ||||||||
Electric Utilities (continued) | ||||||||
Pacific Gas & Electric Co. | $ 37,000 | $ 23,905 | ||||||
PG&E Wildfire Recovery Funding LLC | 57,000 | 56,620 | ||||||
Potomac Electric Power Co. | 73,000 | 87,444 | ||||||
Public Service Electric & Gas Co. | 61,000 | 51,047 | ||||||
Southern California Edison Co. | 52,000 | 45,305 | ||||||
Southern Co. | 54,000 | 45,911 | ||||||
Union Electric Co. | 83,000 | 66,960 | ||||||
Virginia Electric & Power Co. | 84,000 | 110,553 | ||||||
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| |||||||
1,151,759 | ||||||||
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Electrical Equipment - 0.3% | ||||||||
Emerson Electric Co. | 46,000 | 30,038 | ||||||
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Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components - 0.2% | ||||||||
Cisco Systems, Inc. | 21,000 | 23,043 | ||||||
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Energy Equipment & Services - 0.5% | ||||||||
Halliburton Co. | 59,000 | 53,928 | ||||||
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Financial Services - 0.3% | ||||||||
Avolon Holdings Funding Ltd. | 27,000 | 26,854 | ||||||
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Food Products - 0.9% | ||||||||
Cargill, Inc. | 84,000 | 92,763 | ||||||
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| |||||||
Ground Transportation - 1.4% | ||||||||
Burlington Northern Santa Fe LLC | 82,000 | 75,583 | ||||||
Norfolk Southern Corp. | 42,000 | 37,094 | ||||||
Union Pacific Corp. | 36,000 | 23,341 | ||||||
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136,018 | ||||||||
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| |||||||
Health Care Equipment & Supplies - 1.2% | ||||||||
Boston Scientific Corp. | 62,000 | 57,333 | ||||||
Danaher Corp. | 22,000 | 14,499 | ||||||
Stryker Corp. | 50,000 | 45,920 | ||||||
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| |||||||
117,752 | ||||||||
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Health Care Providers & Services - 4.7% | ||||||||
Centene Corp. | 66,000 | 56,765 | ||||||
Cigna Group | ||||||||
3.40%, 03/15/2051 | 47,000 | 33,761 | ||||||
4.80%, 08/15/2038 | 39,000 | 36,514 | ||||||
CVS Health Corp. | ||||||||
5.30%, 12/05/2043 | 78,000 | 73,992 | ||||||
5.88%, 06/01/2053 | 37,000 | 37,545 |
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SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (continued)
At July 31, 2023
(unaudited)
Principal | Value | |||||||
CORPORATE DEBT SECURITIES (continued) | ||||||||
Health Care Providers & Services (continued) | ||||||||
Elevance Health, Inc. | $ 55,000 | $ 52,855 | ||||||
HCA, Inc. | ||||||||
5.50%, 06/15/2047 | 55,000 | 51,276 | ||||||
5.90%, 06/01/2053 | 26,000 | 25,498 | ||||||
UnitedHealth Group, Inc. | ||||||||
5.20%, 04/15/2063 | 44,000 | 43,276 | ||||||
6.05%, 02/15/2063 | 51,000 | 57,018 | ||||||
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| |||||||
468,500 | ||||||||
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Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure - 1.7% | ||||||||
McDonald’s Corp. | 39,000 | 30,229 | ||||||
Starbucks Corp. | 41,000 | 36,279 | ||||||
Warnermedia Holdings, Inc. | 127,000 | 105,636 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
172,144 | ||||||||
|
| |||||||
Industrial REITs - 0.3% | ||||||||
Prologis LP | 32,000 | 27,081 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
Insurance - 2.2% | ||||||||
Alleghany Corp. | ||||||||
3.25%, 08/15/2051 | 32,000 | 22,331 | ||||||
4.90%, 09/15/2044 | 33,000 | 30,417 | ||||||
American International Group, Inc. | 28,000 | 24,935 | ||||||
Arch Capital Group Ltd. | 50,000 | 36,540 | ||||||
Berkshire Hathaway Finance Corp. | 43,000 | 35,110 | ||||||
Equitable Holdings, Inc. | 39,000 | 33,983 | ||||||
Global Atlantic Finance Co. | 36,000 | 36,046 | ||||||
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| |||||||
219,362 | ||||||||
|
| |||||||
Interactive Media & Services - 0.5% | ||||||||
Meta Platforms, Inc. | ||||||||
4.45%, 08/15/2052 | 41,000 | 35,791 | ||||||
5.75%, 05/15/2063 | 18,000 | 18,641 | ||||||
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| |||||||
54,432 | ||||||||
|
| |||||||
Internet & Catalog Retail - 1.9% | ||||||||
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. | 200,000 | 134,358 | ||||||
Amazon.com, Inc. | 58,000 | 51,265 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
185,623 | ||||||||
|
| |||||||
Media - 3.0% | ||||||||
Charter Communications Operating LLC/Charter Communications Operating Capital | 139,000 | 129,527 | ||||||
Comcast Corp. | ||||||||
2.89%, 11/01/2051 | 35,000 | 23,216 | ||||||
2.94%, 11/01/2056 | 23,000 | 14,789 | ||||||
4.00%, 11/01/2049 | 68,000 | 55,506 | ||||||
6.50%, 11/15/2035 | 6,000 | 6,718 |
Principal | Value | |||||||
CORPORATE DEBT SECURITIES (continued) | ||||||||
Media (continued) | ||||||||
Fox Corp. | $ 55,000 | $ 50,349 | ||||||
Paramount Global | 24,000 | 17,701 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
297,806 | ||||||||
|
| |||||||
Metals & Mining - 1.2% | ||||||||
Freeport-McMoRan, Inc. | 33,000 | 30,728 | ||||||
Glencore Finance Canada Ltd. | 23,000 | 24,660 | ||||||
Newmont Corp. | 38,000 | 40,489 | ||||||
Nucor Corp. | 33,000 | 20,930 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
116,807 | ||||||||
|
| |||||||
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels - 12.3% | ||||||||
BP Capital Markets America, Inc. | 77,000 | 52,154 | ||||||
Cameron LNG LLC | 32,000 | 26,409 | ||||||
Devon Energy Corp. | 33,000 | 29,046 | ||||||
Diamondback Energy, Inc. | 30,000 | 23,954 | ||||||
Energy Transfer LP | ||||||||
5.00%, 05/15/2050 | 31,000 | 26,156 | ||||||
7.50%, 07/01/2038 | 82,000 | 90,451 | ||||||
Enterprise Products Operating LLC | 66,000 | 60,214 | ||||||
Equinor ASA | 51,000 | 50,989 | ||||||
Hess Corp. | 33,000 | 31,453 | ||||||
KazMunayGas National Co. JSC | 200,000 | 176,753 | ||||||
Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP | 82,000 | 83,075 | ||||||
Magellan Midstream Partners LP | 37,000 | 27,319 | ||||||
MPLX LP | 26,000 | 23,684 | ||||||
Occidental Petroleum Corp. | 42,000 | 44,591 | ||||||
ONEOK Partners LP | 39,000 | 37,804 | ||||||
ONEOK, Inc. | 33,000 | 28,365 | ||||||
Ovintiv, Inc. | 26,000 | 27,684 | ||||||
Petroleos Mexicanos | 50,000 | 34,714 | ||||||
Shell International Finance BV | 84,000 | 68,003 | ||||||
Spectra Energy Partners LP | 61,000 | 50,573 | ||||||
Suncor Energy, Inc. | 68,000 | 70,818 | ||||||
Teck Resources Ltd. | 30,000 | 29,088 | ||||||
TransCanada PipeLines Ltd. | 49,000 | 43,560 |
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SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (continued)
At July 31, 2023
(unaudited)
Principal | Value | |||||||
CORPORATE DEBT SECURITIES (continued) | ||||||||
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels (continued) | ||||||||
Western Midstream Operating LP | $ 43,000 | $ 36,868 | ||||||
Williams Cos., Inc. | 54,000 | 49,536 | ||||||
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1,223,261 | ||||||||
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| |||||||
Passenger Airlines - 0.8% | ||||||||
American Airlines Pass-Through Trust | 32,654 | 28,420 | ||||||
United Airlines Pass-Through Trust | 60,989 | 51,015 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
79,435 | ||||||||
|
| |||||||
Personal Care Products - 0.7% | ||||||||
Kenvue, Inc. | 66,000 | 66,101 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
Pharmaceuticals - 2.2% | ||||||||
Johnson & Johnson | 31,000 | 26,865 | ||||||
Merck & Co., Inc. | ||||||||
3.70%, 02/10/2045 | 53,000 | 44,362 | ||||||
5.00%, 05/17/2053 | 35,000 | 35,078 | ||||||
Pfizer Investment Enterprises Pte Ltd. | 35,000 | 35,034 | ||||||
Pfizer, Inc. | 86,000 | 77,965 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
219,304 | ||||||||
|
| |||||||
Professional Services - 1.1% | ||||||||
Equifax, Inc. | 69,000 | 72,258 | ||||||
Moody’s Corp. | 60,000 | 42,149 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
114,407 | ||||||||
|
| |||||||
Residential REITs - 0.4% | ||||||||
American Homes 4 Rent LP | 57,000 | 44,423 | ||||||
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| |||||||
Retail REITs - 1.2% | ||||||||
Kimco Realty OP LLC | 83,000 | 59,944 | ||||||
Simon Property Group LP | ||||||||
3.25%, 09/13/2049 | 22,000 | 14,725 | ||||||
5.85%, 03/08/2053 | 43,000 | 43,386 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
118,055 | ||||||||
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| |||||||
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment - 3.0% | ||||||||
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. | 55,000 | 49,428 | ||||||
Broadcom, Inc. | 45,000 | 33,424 | ||||||
Intel Corp. | ||||||||
4.10%, 05/11/2047 | 33,000 | 27,684 | ||||||
5.90%, 02/10/2063 | 33,000 | 34,052 | ||||||
KLA Corp. | 28,000 | 26,944 | ||||||
QUALCOMM, Inc. | 76,000 | 67,839 | ||||||
Texas Instruments, Inc. | ||||||||
4.15%, 05/15/2048 | 30,000 | 26,896 | ||||||
5.05%, 05/18/2063 | 31,000 | 30,588 | ||||||
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| |||||||
296,855 | ||||||||
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Principal | Value | |||||||
CORPORATE DEBT SECURITIES (continued) | ||||||||
Software - 3.0% | ||||||||
Fiserv, Inc. | $ 34,000 | $ 28,494 | ||||||
Microsoft Corp. | 70,000 | 51,039 | ||||||
Oracle Corp. | ||||||||
3.65%, 03/25/2041 | 51,000 | 39,048 | ||||||
6.90%, 11/09/2052 | 164,000 | 182,827 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
301,408 | ||||||||
|
| |||||||
Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals - 0.4% | ||||||||
Apple, Inc. | 47,000 | 39,111 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
Tobacco - 0.5% | ||||||||
BAT Capital Corp. | 47,000 | 35,572 | ||||||
Reynolds American, Inc. | 17,000 | 17,552 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
53,124 | ||||||||
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| |||||||
Wireless Telecommunication Services - 1.1% | ||||||||
T-Mobile USA, Inc. | ||||||||
3.30%, 02/15/2051 | 14,000 | 9,739 | ||||||
4.50%, 04/15/2050 | 49,000 | 41,744 | ||||||
5.65%, 01/15/2053 | 53,000 | 53,181 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
104,664 | ||||||||
|
| |||||||
Total Corporate Debt Securities |
| 8,861,780 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
FOREIGN GOVERNMENT OBLIGATIONS - 2.4% | ||||||||
Colombia - 1.5% | ||||||||
Colombia Government International Bonds | 200,000 | 143,790 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
Dominican Republic - 0.9% | ||||||||
Dominican Republic International Bonds | 100,000 | 93,031 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
Total Foreign Government Obligations |
| 236,821 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
U.S. GOVERNMENT OBLIGATIONS - 4.5% | ||||||||
U.S. Treasury - 4.5% | ||||||||
U.S. Treasury Bonds | ||||||||
3.63%, 02/15/2053 - 05/15/2053 | 341,000 | 317,590 | ||||||
3.88%, 05/15/2043 | 30,000 | 28,631 | ||||||
U.S. Treasury Notes | 102,000 | 97,219 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
Total U.S. Government Obligations |
| 443,440 | ||||||
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SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (continued)
At July 31, 2023
(unaudited)
Shares | Value | |||||||
OTHER INVESTMENT COMPANY - 3.1% | ||||||||
Securities Lending Collateral - 3.1% | ||||||||
State Street Navigator Securities Lending Trust - Government Money Market Portfolio, 5.28% (E) | 312,410 | $ 312,410 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
Total Other Investment Company |
| 312,410 | ||||||
|
| |||||||
Total Investments | 9,854,451 | |||||||
Net Other Assets (Liabilities) - 0.9% | 88,665 | |||||||
|
| |||||||
Net Assets - 100.0% | $ 9,943,116 | |||||||
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Transamerica Long Credit
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (continued)
At July 31, 2023
(unaudited)
INVESTMENT VALUATION:
Valuation Inputs (F)
Level 1 - Unadjusted Quoted Prices | Level 2 - Other Significant Observable Inputs | Level 3 - Significant Unobservable Inputs | Value | |||||||||||||
ASSETS | ||||||||||||||||
Investments | ||||||||||||||||
Corporate Debt Securities | $ | — | $ | 8,861,780 | $ | — | $ | 8,861,780 | ||||||||
Foreign Government Obligations | — | 236,821 | — | 236,821 | ||||||||||||
U.S. Government Obligations | — | 443,440 | — | 443,440 | ||||||||||||
Other Investment Company | 312,410 | — | — | 312,410 | ||||||||||||
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Total Investments | $ | 312,410 | $ | 9,542,041 | $ | — | $ | 9,854,451 | ||||||||
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FOOTNOTES TO SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS:
(A) | All or a portion of the securities are on loan. The total value of all securities on loan is $305,710, collateralized by cash collateral of $312,410. The amount of securities on loan indicated may not correspond with the securities on loan identified because securities with pending sales are in the process of recall from the brokers. | |
(B) | Floating or variable rate securities. The rates disclosed are as of July 31, 2023. For securities based on a published reference rate and spread, the reference rate and spread are indicated within the description. Variable rate securities with a floor or ceiling feature are disclosed at the inherent rate, where applicable. Certain variable rate securities are not based on a published reference rate and spread, but are determined by the issuer or agent and are based on current market conditions; these securities do not indicate a reference rate and spread in the description. | |
(C) | Securities are exempt from registration pursuant to Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. Securities may be resold as transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. At July 31, 2023, the total value of 144A securities is $434,216, representing 4.4% of the Fund’s net assets. | |
(D) | Securities are exempt from registration under Regulation S of the Securities Act of 1933, which exempts from registration securities offered and sold outside the United States. Securities may not be offered or sold in the United States except pursuant to an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933. At July 31, 2023, the total value of Regulation S securities is $397,989, representing 4.0% of the Fund’s net assets. | |
(E) | Rate disclosed reflects the yield at July 31, 2023. | |
(F) | There were no transfers in or out of Level 3 during the period ended July 31, 2023. Please reference the Investment Valuation section of the Notes to Schedule of Investments for more information regarding investment valuation and pricing inputs. |
PORTFOLIO ABBREVIATION:
REIT | Real Estate Investment Trust |
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Transamerica Long Credit
NOTES TO SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS
At July 31, 2023
(unaudited)
INVESTMENT VALUATION
Transamerica Long Credit (the “Fund”) is a series of the Transamerica Funds.
Transamerica Asset Management, Inc. (“TAM”) has been designated as the Fund’s valuation designee pursuant to Rule 2a-5 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, with responsibility for fair valuation subject to oversight by the Fund’s Board of Trustees. The net asset value of the Fund is computed as of the official close of the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) each day the NYSE is open for business.
TAM utilizes various methods to measure the fair value of its investments on a recurring basis. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles in the United States of America establishes a hierarchy that prioritizes inputs to valuation methods. The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities. The three levels (“Levels”) of inputs of the fair value hierarchy are defined as follows:
Level 1 — Unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical securities.
Level 2 — Inputs, other than quoted prices included in Level 1, which are observable, 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 based on the best information available in the circumstances, to the extent observable inputs are not available, which may include TAM’s own assumptions used in determining the fair value of the Fund’s investments.
The inputs used to measure fair value may fall into different Levels of the fair value hierarchy. In such cases, for disclosure purposes, the Level in the fair value hierarchy that is assigned to the fair value measurement of a security is determined based on the lowest Level input that is significant to the fair value measurement in its entirety. Certain investments that are measured at fair value using Net Asset Value (“NAV”) per share, or its equivalent, using the “practical expedient” have not been classified in the fair value Levels. The hierarchy classification of inputs used to value the Fund’s investments at July 31, 2023, is disclosed within the Investment Valuation section of the Schedule of Investments.
The availability of observable inputs can vary from security to security and is affected by a wide variety of factors, including, but not limited to, the type of security, whether the security is new and not yet established in the marketplace, the liquidity of markets, and other characteristics particular to the security. To the extent that valuation is based on models or inputs that are less observable or unobservable in the market, the determination of fair value requires more judgment. Accordingly, the degree of judgment exercised in determining fair value is generally greatest for instruments categorized in Level 3. Due to the inherent uncertainty of valuation, the determination of values may differ significantly from values that would have been realized had a ready market for investments existed, and the differences could be material.
Fair value measurements: Descriptions of the valuation techniques applied to the Fund’s significant categories of assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis are as follows:
Corporate debt securities: The fair value of corporate debt securities is estimated using various techniques, which consider recently executed transactions in securities of the issuer or comparable issuers, market price quotations (where observable), bond spreads, fundamental data relating to the issuer, and credit default swap spreads adjusted for any basis difference between cash and derivative instruments. While most corporate debt securities are categorized in Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy, in instances where lower relative weight is placed on transaction prices, quotations, or similar observable inputs, they are categorized in Level 3.
Foreign government obligations: Foreign government obligations are normally valued using a model that incorporates market observable data such as reported sales of similar securities, broker quotes, yields, bids, offers, and reference data. Certain securities are valued by principally using dealer quotations. Foreign government obligations generally are categorized in Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy, or Level 3 if inputs are unobservable.
U.S. government obligations: U.S. government obligations are normally valued using a model that incorporates market observable data such as reported sales of similar securities, broker quotes, yields, bids, offers, and reference data. Certain securities are valued by principally using dealer quotations. U.S. government obligations generally are categorized in Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy, or Level 3 if inputs are unobservable.
Securities lending collateral: Securities lending collateral is invested in a money market fund which is valued at the actively traded NAV and no valuation adjustments are applied. Securities lending collateral is categorized in Level 1 of the fair value hierarchy.
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