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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 4, 2016

 

 

 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM N-CSR

 

 

CERTIFIED SHAREHOLDER REPORT OF REGISTERED

MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES

Investment Company Act file number: 811-07717

 

 

TRANSAMERICA ASSET ALLOCATION VARIABLE FUNDS

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

 

1801 California St., Suite 5200, Denver, Colorado 80202

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

 

 

Registrant’s Telephone Number, including Area Code: (720) 482-8991

Tané T. Tyler, Esq., 1801 California St., Suite 5200, Denver, Colorado 80202

(Name and Address of Agent for Service)

 

 

Date of fiscal year end: December 31

Date of reporting period:January 1, 2015 – December 31, 2015

 

 

 


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Item 1: Report(s) to Shareholders.

The Annual Report is attached.

 


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TRANSAMERICA PARTNERS VARIABLE FUNDS

 

TRANSAMERICA ASSET

ALLOCATION VARIABLE FUNDS

 

 

Annual Report

 

 

December 31, 2015

 

LOGO


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Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures and Quarterly Portfolio Holdings

     1   

Transamerica Financial Life Insurance Company Letter

     2   

Contract Holder Letter

     3   

Understanding Your Subaccounts’ Expenses

     4   

Schedules of Investments Composition

     5   

Schedules of Investments

  

Transamerica Asset Allocation Variable – Short Horizon Subaccount

     6   

Transamerica Asset Allocation Variable – Intermediate Horizon Subaccount

     7   

Transamerica Asset Allocation Variable – Intermediate/Long Horizon Subaccount

     8   

Statements of Assets and Liabilities

     9   

Statements of Operations

     9   

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

     10   

Financial Highlights

     11   

Notes to Financial Statements

     12   

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

     16   

Management of the Trust

     17   

Transamerica Partners Portfolios Annual Report

     Appendix A   

Calvert Variable Series, Inc. Annual Report

     Appendix B   

 

 

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This report is not to be construed as an offering for sale of any contracts participating in the Subaccounts (Series) of the Transamerica Partners Variable Funds or the Transamerica Asset Allocation Variable Funds, or as a solicitation of an offer to buy contracts unless preceded by or accompanied by a current prospectus which contains complete information about charges and expenses.

This report consists of the annual report of the Transamerica Asset Allocation Variable Funds and the annual reports of the Transamerica Partners Portfolios and the Calvert VP SRI Balanced Portfolio, the underlying portfolios in which the Transamerica Partners Variable Funds invest.

 

 

Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures

A description of the proxy voting policies and procedures of the Transamerica Asset Allocation Variable Funds and Transamerica Partners Portfolios is included in the Statement of Additional Information (“SAI”), which is available without charge, upon request: (i) by calling 1-888-233-4339; (ii) on the Subaccounts’ website at www.transamericapartners.com or (iii) on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. In addition, the Transamerica Asset Allocation Variable Funds and the Transamerica Partners Portfolios are required to file Form N-PX, with the complete proxy voting record for the twelve months ended June 30, no later than August 31 of each year. Form N-PX for the twelve months ended June 30, 2015, is available without charge, upon request by calling 1-800-851-9777 and on the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov.

Quarterly Portfolios

Transamerica Asset Allocation Variable Funds will file their portfolios of investments on Form N-Q with the SEC for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year. The Subaccounts’ Form N-Q is available on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. The Subaccounts’ Form N-Q may be reviewed and copied at the SEC’s Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. For information on the operation of the SEC’s Public Reference Room, call 1-800-SEC-0330. You may also obtain a copy of Form N-Q without charge, upon request, by calling 1-888-233-4339. Form N-Q for the corresponding Transamerica Partners Portfolios is also available without charge on the SEC website, at the SEC’s Public Reference Room, or by calling 1-888-233-4339.


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TRANSAMERICA FINANCIAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY

440 Mamaroneck Avenue

Harrison, New York 10528

 

December 31, 2015

To Contract Holders with Interests in

the Transamerica Partners Variable Funds:

We are pleased to present the most recent annual reports for the Transamerica Partners Portfolios and for the Calvert VP SRI Balanced Portfolio. As required under applicable law, we are sending these annual reports to contract holders of Group Variable Annuity Contracts issued by Transamerica Financial Life Insurance Company with unit interests in one or more of the subaccounts of Transamerica Partners Variable Funds. Each subaccount available within the Transamerica Partners Variable Funds, other than the Calvert Subaccount, invests its assets in a corresponding mutual fund that is a series of Transamerica Partners Portfolios. The Calvert Subaccount invests in the Calvert VP SRI Balanced Portfolio, a series of Calvert Variable Series, Inc.

Please call your retirement plan administrator, Transamerica Retirement Solutions Corporation, at (800) 755-5801 if you have any questions regarding these reports.


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Dear Contract Holder,

On behalf of Transamerica Asset Allocation Variable Funds, we would like to thank you for your continued support and confidence in our products as we look forward to continuing to serve you and your financial adviser in the future. We value the trust you have placed in us.

This annual report is provided to you to show the investments of each of your funds. The Securities and Exchange Commission requires that annual and semi-annual reports be sent to all Contract Holders, and we believe it to be an important part of the investment process. This report also provides a discussion of accounting policies as well as matters presented to Contract Holders that may have required their vote.

We believe it is important to understand market conditions over the last year in order to provide a context for reading this report. The U.S. economy continued to grow in 2015 with an overall pace close to 2% as inflation remained historically low. Labor markets continued to improve as the economy added more than 2 million jobs, and the unemployment rate settled in at approximately 5%. The U.S. consumer also maintained momentum evidenced by acceleration in consumer spending and the housing markets.

U.S. Federal Reserve (“Fed”) policy was a focus of markets for much of 2015, as investors tried to gauge when the near-zero interest rate policy that had been in effect for much of the last decade would come to an end. In December, we finally saw the first rate increase in more than nine years as the Fed officially ended more than seven years of ZIRP – zero interest rate policy.

While many investors focused on the Fed, energy and metals markets continued to weaken as the price of oil declined materially, and this spilled over into other areas of the commodity markets. As a result, corporate default rates rose slightly in 2015, putting pressure on high yield bonds. The majority of the damage, however, was contained to the above mentioned commodity sectors.

Many overseas markets struggled as economic weakness in China—the world’s most populous country and second largest economy—pressured many commodity exporters like Brazil, Australia and Russia. European markets seemed relatively stable compared to the last few years, as the effects of quantitative easing and increased economic stability seemed to relieve past debt stresses caused by Greece, Portugal and other peripheral countries.

For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2015, the S&P 500® produced a total return of 1.38% while the MSCI EAFE Index, representing international developed market equities, lost 0.39% on a total return basis. During the same period, the total return for the Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index was 0.55%. Please keep in mind that it is important to maintain a diversified portfolio as investment returns have historically been difficult to predict.

In addition to your active involvement in the investment process, we firmly believe that a financial adviser is a key resource to help you build a complete picture of your current and future financial needs. Financial advisers are familiar with the market’s history, including long-term returns and volatility of various asset classes. With your financial adviser, you can develop an investment program that incorporates factors such as your goals, your investment timeline, and your risk tolerance.

Please contact your financial adviser if you have any questions about the contents of this report, and thanks again for the confidence you have placed in us.

Sincerely,

 

Marijn Smit

President & Chief Executive Officer

Transamerica Partners Funds

Tom Wald, CFA

Chief Investment Officer

Transamerica Partners Funds

 

 

The views expressed in this report reflect those of the portfolio managers only and may not necessarily represent the views of the Transamerica Partners Funds. These views are subject to change based upon market conditions. These views should not be relied upon as investment advice and are not indicative of trading intent on behalf of the Transamerica Partners Funds.


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Understanding Your Subaccounts’ Expenses

 

 

(unaudited)

 

UNIT HOLDER EXPENSES

Transamerica Asset Allocation Variable Funds (each individually, a “Subaccount” and collectively, the “Subaccounts”) is a separate investment account established by Transamerica Financial Life Insurance Company, Inc. (“TFLIC”), and is used as an investment vehicle under certain tax-deferred annuity contracts issued by TFLIC. Each Subaccount invests in underlying subaccounts of Transamerica Partners Variable Funds (“TPVF”), a unit investment trust. Subaccount contract holders bear the cost of operating the Subaccount (such as the advisory fee).

The following examples are intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars and cents) of investing in the Subaccounts and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other funds.

The examples are based on an investment of $1,000 invested at July 1, 2015, and held for the entire period until December 31, 2015.

ACTUAL EXPENSES

The information in the table under the heading “Actual Expenses” provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in these columns, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = $8.60), then multiply the result by the number in the appropriate column for your share class titled “Expenses Paid During Period” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period.

HYPOTHETICAL EXAMPLE FOR COMPARISON PURPOSES

The information in the table under the heading “Hypothetical Expenses” provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Subaccounts’ actual expense ratios and assumed rates of return of 5% per year before expenses, which are not the Subaccounts’ actual returns. 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 your Subaccount versus 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.

 

         

Actual Expenses

   

Hypothetical Expenses (A)

       
Subaccount   Beginning
Account Value
    Ending
Account Value
    Expenses Paid
During Period (B)
    Ending
Account Value
    Expenses Paid
During Period (B)
    Annualized
Expense Ratio (C) (D)
 

Transamerica Asset Allocation Variable -
Short Horizon Subaccount

  $   1,000.00      $   980.80      $   1.00      $   1,024.20      $   1.02        0.20

Transamerica Asset Allocation Variable -
Intermediate Horizon Subaccount

    1,000.00        968.50        0.99        1,024.20        1.02        0.20   

Transamerica Asset Allocation Variable -
Intermediate/Long Horizon Subaccount

    1,000.00        963.00        0.99        1,024.20        1.02        0.20   

 

(A)  5% return per year before expenses.

 

(B)  Expenses are calculated using the Subaccounts’ annualized expense ratios (as disclosed in the table), multiplied by the average account value for the period, multiplied by the number of days in the period (184 days), and divided by the number of days in the year (365 days).

 

(C)  Expense ratios are based on the most recent six-months; the percentage may differ from the expense ratio displayed in the Financial Highlights which covers a twelve-month period.

 

(D)  Expense ratios (as disclosed in the table) do not include the expenses of the underlying funds in which the Subaccounts invest. The annualized expense ratios, as stated in the fee table of the Prospectus, may differ from the expense ratios disclosed in this report.

 

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Schedules of Investments Composition

 

 

At December 31, 2015

(unaudited)

 

Transamerica Asset Allocation Variable - Short Horizon
Subaccount
 
Asset Allocation    Percentage of
Net Assets
 

U.S. Fixed Income Funds

     89.4

U.S. Equity Funds

     8.5   

International Equity Fund

     1.9   

Money Market Fund

     0.2   

Net Other Assets (Liabilities)

     (0.0 )* 

Total

     100.0
  

 

 

 
Transamerica Asset Allocation Variable - Intermediate Horizon
Subaccount
 
Asset Allocation    Percentage of
Net Assets
 

U.S. Fixed Income Funds

     47.6

U.S. Equity Funds

     41.5   

International Equity Fund

     10.6   

Money Market Fund

     0.3   

Net Other Assets (Liabilities)

     (0.0 )* 

Total

     100.0
  

 

 

 
Transamerica Asset Allocation Variable - Intermediate/Long
Horizon Subaccount
 
Asset Allocation    Percentage of
Net Assets
 

U.S. Equity Funds

     55.4

U.S. Fixed Income Funds

     28.7   

International Equity Fund

     15.6   

Money Market Fund

     0.3   

Net Other Assets (Liabilities)

     (0.0 )* 

Total

     100.0
  

 

 

 

 

* Percentage rounds to less than 0.1% or (0.1)%.

 

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Transamerica Asset Allocation Variable - Short Horizon Subaccount

 

 

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS

At December 31, 2015

 

     Shares      Value  

INVESTMENT COMPANIES - 100.0%

    

International Equity Fund - 1.9%

    

Transamerica Partners Variable International Equity (A) (B)

    5,957         $  121,775   
    

 

 

 

Money Market Fund - 0.2%

    

Transamerica Partners Variable Money Market (A) (B)

    513         10,818   
    

 

 

 

U.S. Equity Funds - 8.5%

    

Transamerica Partners Variable Large Growth (A) (B)

    2,347         213,490   

Transamerica Partners Variable Large Value (A) (B)

    2,576         201,352   

Transamerica Partners Variable Small Core (A) (B)

    2,512         128,022   
    

 

 

 
       542,864   
    

 

 

 
     Shares      Value  

INVESTMENT COMPANIES (continued)

    

U.S. Fixed Income Funds - 89.4%

    

Transamerica Partners Variable Core Bond (A) (B)

    68,508         $  3,061,059   

Transamerica Partners Variable High Quality Bond (A) (B)

    58,186         1,024,305   

Transamerica Partners Variable High Yield Bond (A) (B)

    22,474         647,314   

Transamerica Partners Variable Inflation-Protected Securities (A) (B)

    37,414         978,244   
    

 

 

 
       5,710,922   
    

 

 

 

Total Investment Companies
(Cost $5,929,105)

       6,386,379   
    

 

 

 

Total Investments
(Cost $5,929,105) (C)

       6,386,379   

Net Other Assets (Liabilities) - (0.0)% (D)

       (1,089
    

 

 

 

Net Assets - 100.0%

       $  6,385,290   
    

 

 

 
 

SECURITY VALUATION:

 

Valuation Inputs (E)

 

     Level 1 -
Unadjusted
Quoted Prices
    Level 2 -
Other Significant
Observable Inputs
    Level 3 -
Significant
Unobservable Inputs
    Value at
December 31, 2015
 

ASSETS

       

Investments

       

Investment Companies

  $ 6,386,379      $      $      $ 6,386,379   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Investments

  $ 6,386,379      $      $      $ 6,386,379   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

FOOTNOTES TO SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS:

 

(A)  Non-income producing security.
(B)  Investment in shares of an affiliated fund of Transamerica Partners Variable Funds.
(C) Aggregate cost for federal income tax purposes is $5,929,105. Aggregate gross unrealized appreciation and depreciation for all securities is $482,300 and $25,026, respectively. Net unrealized appreciation for tax purposes is $457,274.
(D)  Percentage rounds to less than 0.1% or (0.1)%.
(E)  The Subaccount recognizes transfers between Levels at the end of the reporting year. There were no transfers between Levels 1, 2 and 3 during the year ended December 31, 2015. See the Security Valuation section of the Notes to Financial Statements for more information regarding security valuation and pricing inputs.

 

The Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this report.

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Transamerica Asset Allocation Variable - Intermediate Horizon Subaccount

 

 

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS

At December 31, 2015

 

     Shares      Value  

INVESTMENT COMPANIES - 100.0%

  

  

International Equity Fund - 10.6%

    

Transamerica Partners Variable International Equity (A) (B)

    94,223         $  1,926,071   
    

 

 

 

Money Market Fund - 0.3%

    

Transamerica Partners Variable Money Market (A) (B)

    2,597         54,776   
    

 

 

 

U.S. Equity Funds - 41.5%

    

Transamerica Partners Variable Large Growth (A) (B)

    32,230         2,932,116   

Transamerica Partners Variable Large Value (A) (B)

    37,185         2,906,230   

Transamerica Partners Variable Small Core (A) (B)

    33,770         1,721,214   
    

 

 

 
       7,559,560   
    

 

 

 
     Shares      Value  

INVESTMENT COMPANIES (continued)

    

U.S. Fixed Income Funds - 47.6%

    

Transamerica Partners Variable Core Bond (A) (B)

    93,708         $   4,187,013   

Transamerica Partners Variable High Quality Bond (A) (B)

    81,859         1,441,038   

Transamerica Partners Variable High Yield Bond (A) (B)

    35,239         1,015,004   

Transamerica Partners Variable Inflation-Protected Securities (A) (B)

    77,075         2,015,243   
    

 

 

 
       8,658,298   
    

 

 

 

Total Investment Companies
(Cost $14,041,761)

       18,198,705   
    

 

 

 

Total Investments
(Cost $14,041,761) (C)

       18,198,705   

Net Other Assets (Liabilities) - (0.0)% (D)

       (3,111
    

 

 

 

Net Assets - 100.0%

       $  18,195,594   
    

 

 

 
 

 

SECURITY VALUATION:

 

Valuation Inputs (E)

 

     Level 1 -
Unadjusted
Quoted Prices
    Level 2 -
Other Significant
Observable Inputs
    Level 3 -
Significant
Unobservable Inputs
    Value at
December 31, 2015
 

ASSETS

       

Investments

       

Investment Companies

  $ 18,198,705      $      $      $ 18,198,705   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Investments

  $ 18,198,705      $      $      $ 18,198,705   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

FOOTNOTES TO SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS:

 

(A)  Non-income producing security.
(B)  Investment in shares of an affiliated fund of Transamerica Partners Variable Funds.
(C)  Aggregate cost for federal income tax purposes is $14,041,761. Aggregate gross unrealized appreciation and depreciation for all securities is $4,185,502 and $28,558, respectively. Net unrealized appreciation for tax purposes is $4,156,944.
(D)  Percentage rounds to less than 0.1% or (0.1)%.
(E)  The Subaccount recognizes transfers between Levels at the end of the reporting year. There were no transfers between Levels 1, 2 and 3 during the year ended December 31, 2015. See the Security Valuation section of the Notes to Financial Statements for more information regarding security valuation and pricing inputs.

 

The Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this report.

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Transamerica Asset Allocation Variable - Intermediate/Long Horizon Subaccount

 

 

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS

At December 31, 2015

 

     Shares      Value  

INVESTMENT COMPANIES - 100.0%

    

International Equity Fund - 15.6%

    

Transamerica Partners Variable International Equity (A) (B)

    221,621         $  4,530,283   
    

 

 

 

Money Market Fund - 0.3%

    

Transamerica Partners Variable Money Market (A) (B)

    3,614         76,222   
    

 

 

 

U.S. Equity Funds - 55.4%

    

Transamerica Partners Variable Large Growth (A) (B)

    68,580         6,239,088   

Transamerica Partners Variable Large Value (A) (B)

    79,189         6,189,059   

Transamerica Partners Variable Small Core (A) (B)

    71,631         3,650,905   
    

 

 

 
       16,079,052   
    

 

 

 
     Shares      Value  

INVESTMENT COMPANIES (continued)

    

U.S. Fixed Income Funds - 28.7%

    

Transamerica Partners Variable Core Bond (A) (B)

    94,709         $  4,231,743   

Transamerica Partners Variable High Quality Bond (A) (B)

    33,051         581,824   

Transamerica Partners Variable High Yield Bond (A) (B)

    37,044         1,067,000   

Transamerica Partners Variable Inflation-Protected Securities (A) (B)

    93,006         2,431,802   
    

 

 

 
       8,312,369   
    

 

 

 

Total Investment Companies
(Cost $21,093,540)

       28,997,926   
    

 

 

 

Total Investments
(Cost $21,093,540) (C)

       28,997,926   

Net Other Assets (Liabilities) - (0.0)% (D)

       (4,965
    

 

 

 

Net Assets - 100.0%

       $  28,992,961   
    

 

 

 
 

SECURITY VALUATION:

 

Valuation Inputs (E)

     Level 1 -
Unadjusted
Quoted Prices
    Level 2 -
Other Significant
Observable Inputs
    Level 3 -
Significant
Unobservable Inputs
    Value at
December 31, 2015
 

ASSETS

       

Investments

       

Investment Companies

  $ 28,997,926      $      $      $ 28,997,926   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Investments

  $   28,997,926      $   —      $   —      $   28,997,926   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

FOOTNOTES TO SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS:

 

(A)  Non-income producing security.
(B)  Investment in shares of an affiliated fund of Transamerica Partners Variable Funds.
(C)  Aggregate cost for federal income tax purposes is $21,093,540. Aggregate gross unrealized appreciation and depreciation for all securities is $7,913,897 and $9,511, respectively. Net unrealized appreciation for tax purposes is $7,904,386.
(D)  Percentage rounds to less than 0.1% or (0.1)%.
(E)  The Subaccount recognizes transfers between Levels at the end of the reporting year. There were no transfers between Levels 1, 2 and 3 during the year ended December 31, 2015. See the Security Valuation section of the Notes to Financial Statements for more information regarding security valuation and pricing inputs.

 

The Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this report.

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STATEMENTS OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES

At December 31, 2015

 

     Short
Horizon
    Intermediate
Horizon
    Intermediate/
Long Horizon
 

Assets:

           

Affiliated investments, at value (A)

  $ 6,386,379      $ 18,198,705      $ 28,997,926   

Receivables:

           

Units sold

    523        5,546        4,415   

Investments sold

    1,951        514        2,514   

Total assets

    6,388,853        18,204,765        29,004,855   
       

Liabilities:

           

Payables and other liabilities:

           

Units redeemed

    2,474        6,060        6,929   

Investment advisory fees

    1,089        3,111        4,965   

Total liabilities

    3,563        9,171        11,894   

Net assets

  $ 6,385,290      $ 18,195,594      $ 28,992,961   
       

Net assets consist of:

           

Costs of accumulation units

  $ 1,456,139      $ 4,868,609      $ 12,963,503   

Undistributed (distributions in excess of) net investment income (loss)

    (282,226     (788,252     (1,107,667

Accumulated net realized gain (loss)

    4,754,103        9,958,293        9,232,739   

Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on:
Affiliated investments

    457,274        4,156,944        7,904,386   

Net assets

  $ 6,385,290      $ 18,195,594      $ 28,992,961   

Accumulation units

    306,796        786,987        1,201,523   

Unit value

  $ 20.81      $ 23.12      $ 24.13   
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

(A) Affiliated investments, at cost

  $     5,929,105      $     14,041,761      $     21,093,540   

STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

For the year ended December 31, 2015

 

     Short
Horizon
    Intermediate
Horizon
    Intermediate/
Long Horizon
 

Expenses:

           

Investment advisory fees

  $ 13,835      $ 38,556      $ 60,601   

Net investment income (loss)

    (13,835     (38,556     (60,601
       

Net realized gain (loss) on:

           

Affiliated investments

    431,392        632,543        712,896   

Net realized gain (loss)

    431,392        632,543        712,896   
       

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on:

           

Affiliated investments

    (521,782     (857,813         (1,050,874

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

    (521,782     (857,813     (1,050,874

Net realized and change in unrealized gain (loss)

    (90,390     (225,270     (337,978

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

  $     (104,225   $     (263,826   $ (398,579

 

 

The Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this report.

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STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS

For the years ended:

 

     Short Horizon     Intermediate Horizon     Intermediate/Long Horizon  
     December 31, 2015     December 31, 2014     December 31, 2015     December 31, 2014     December 31, 2015     December 31, 2014  

From operations:

                       

Net investment income (loss)

  $ (13,835   $ (14,028   $ (38,556   $ (40,067   $ (60,601   $ (61,226

Net realized gain (loss)

    431,392        226,353        632,543        748,746        712,896        652,900   

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

    (521,782     (1,393     (857,813     (69,527     (1,050,874     391,373   

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

    (104,225     210,932        (263,826     639,152        (398,579     983,047   
             

Unit transactions:

                       

Units sold

    1,263,812        1,511,417        1,676,110        2,508,533        2,174,999        4,450,226   

Units redeemed

    (1,842,736     (1,485,860     (2,651,505     (4,487,328     (3,410,087     (5,408,405

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from unit transactions

    (578,924     25,557        (975,395     (1,978,795     (1,235,088     (958,179

Net increase (decrease) in net assets

    (683,149     236,489        (1,239,221     (1,339,643     (1,633,667     24,868   
             

Net assets:

                       

Beginning of year

    7,068,439        6,831,950        19,434,815        20,774,458        30,626,628        30,601,760   

End of year

  $   6,385,290      $   7,068,439      $   18,195,594      $   19,434,815      $   28,992,961      $   30,626,628   

Undistributed (distributions in excess of) net investment income (loss)

  $ (282,226   $ (268,391   $ (788,252   $ (749,696   $ (1,107,667   $ (1,047,066

Unit transactions - shares:

                       

Units sold

    59,609        71,872        70,464        108,689        87,644        186,268   

Units redeemed

    (86,796     (70,809     (111,600     (194,442     (137,523     (226,240

Net increase (decrease)

    (27,187     1,063        (41,136     (85,753     (49,879     (39,972

 

The Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this report.

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FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

For a unit outstanding during the years indicated:

 

     Short Horizon  
     December 31,
2015
    December 31,
2014
    December 31,
2013
    December 31,
2012
    December 31,
2011
 

Unit value, beginning of year

  $ 21.16      $ 20.52      $ 20.37      $ 18.99      $ 18.24   

Investment operations:

                   

Net investment income (loss) (A)

    (0.04     (0.04     (0.04     (0.04     (0.04

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

    (0.31     0.68        0.19        1.42        0.79   

Total investment operations

    (0.35     0.64        0.15        1.38        0.75   

Unit value, end of year

  $ 20.81      $ 21.16      $ 20.52      $ 20.37      $ 18.99   

Total return (B)

    (1.66 )%      3.13     0.73     7.30     4.07

Ratio and supplemental data:

                   

Net assets end of year (000’s)

  $   6,385      $   7,068      $   6,832      $   8,227      $   8,884   

Expenses to average net assets (C)

    0.20     0.20     0.20     0.20     0.20

Net investment income (loss) to average net assets

    (0.20 )%      (0.20 )%      (0.20 )%      (0.20 )%      (0.20 )% 

Portfolio turnover rate (D)

    51     36     63     51     46

 

(A)  Calculated based on average number of units outstanding.
(B)  Total return reflects Subaccount expenses.
(C)  Does not include expenses of the underlying funds in which the Subaccount invests.
(D)  Does not include portfolio activity of the underlying funds in which the Subaccount invests.

 

     Intermediate Horizon  
     December 31,
2015
    December 31,
2014
    December 31,
2013
    December 31,
2012
    December 31,
2011
 

Unit value, beginning of year

  $ 23.47      $ 22.73      $ 20.10      $ 18.17      $ 18.13   

Investment operations:

                   

Net investment income (loss) (A)

    (0.05     (0.05     (0.04     (0.04     (0.04

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

    (0.30     0.79        2.67        1.97        0.08   

Total investment operations

    (0.35     0.74        2.63        1.93        0.04   

Unit value, end of year

  $ 23.12      $ 23.47      $ 22.73      $ 20.10      $ 18.17   

Total return (B)

    (1.48 )%      3.24     13.07     10.67     0.19

Ratio and supplemental data:

                   

Net assets end of year (000’s)

  $   18,196      $   19,435      $   20,774      $   19,718      $   21,599   

Expenses to average net assets (C)

    0.20     0.20     0.20     0.20     0.20

Net investment income (loss) to average net assets

    (0.20 )%      (0.20 )%      (0.20 )%      (0.20 )%      (0.20 )% 

Portfolio turnover rate (D)

    23     29     54     37     42

 

(A)  Calculated based on average number of units outstanding.
(B)  Total return reflects Subaccount expenses.
(C)  Does not include expenses of the underlying funds in which the Subaccount invests.
(D)  Does not include portfolio activity of the underlying funds in which the Subaccount invests.

 

     Intermediate/Long Horizon  
     December 31,
2015
    December 31,
2014
    December 31,
2013
    December 31,
2012
    December 31,
2011
 

Unit value, beginning of year

  $ 24.47      $ 23.70      $ 19.93      $ 17.70      $ 17.99   

Investment operations:

                   

Net investment income (loss) (A)

    (0.05     (0.05     (0.04     (0.04     (0.04

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

    (0.29     0.82        3.81        2.27        (0.25

Total investment operations

    (0.34     0.77        3.77        2.23        (0.29

Unit value, end of year

  $ 24.13      $ 24.47      $ 23.70      $ 19.93      $ 17.70   

Total return (B)

    (1.40 )%      3.28     18.93     12.60     (1.66 )% 

Ratio and supplemental data:

                   

Net assets end of year (000’s)

  $   28,993      $   30,627      $   30,602      $   27,794      $   28,003   

Expenses to average net assets (C)

    0.20     0.20     0.20     0.20     0.20

Net investment income (loss) to average net assets

    (0.20 )%      (0.20 )%      (0.20 )%      (0.20 )%      (0.20 )% 

Portfolio turnover rate (D)

    16     17     32     30     34

 

(A)  Calculated based on average number of units outstanding.
(B)  Total return reflects Subaccount expenses.
(C)  Does not include expenses of the underlying funds in which the Subaccount invests.
(D)  Does not include portfolio activity of the underlying funds in which the Subaccount invests.

 

The Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this report.

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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

At December 31, 2015

 

1. ORGANIZATION

 

Transamerica Asset Allocation Variable Funds (the “Separate Account”), is a non-diversified separate account of Transamerica Financial Life Insurance Company (“TFLIC”), and is registered as a management investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”). The Separate Account applies investment company accounting and reporting guidance. The Separate Account is composed of three different subaccounts (each, a “Subaccount” and collectively, the “Subaccounts”) that are separate investment funds and are listed below. Each Subaccount invests substantially all of its investable assets among certain Transamerica Partners Variable Funds (“TPVF”). Certain TPVF subaccounts invest substantially all of their investable assets in the Transamerica Partners Portfolios (the “Portfolios”).

 

Subaccount

Transamerica Asset Allocation Variable-Short Horizon Subaccount (“Short Horizon”)

Transamerica Asset Allocation Variable-Intermediate Horizon Subaccount (“Intermediate Horizon”)

Transamerica Asset Allocation Variable-Intermediate/Long Horizon Subaccount (“Intermediate/Long Horizon”)

Transamerica Asset Management, Inc. (“TAM”) is responsible for the day-to-day management of the Subaccounts. For each of the Portfolios, TAM currently acts as a “manager of managers” and hires sub-advisers to furnish day-to-day investment advice and recommendations to the Portfolios.

TAM provides continuous and regular investment management services to the Portfolios. When acting as a “manager of managers”, TAM provides management services that include, without limitation, the design and development of each Portfolio and its investment strategy and the ongoing review and evaluation of that investment strategy including recommending changes in strategy where it believes appropriate or advisable; the selection of one or more sub-advisers for each Portfolio employing a combination of quantitative and qualitative screens, research, analysis and due diligence; oversight and monitoring of sub-advisers and recommending changes to sub-advisers where it believes appropriate or advisable; recommending and implementing fund combinations and liquidations where it believes appropriate or advisable; regular supervision of the Portfolios’ investments; regular review of sub-adviser performance and holdings; ongoing trade oversight and analysis; regular monitoring to ensure adherence to investment process; risk management oversight and analysis; design, development, implementation and regular monitoring of the valuation of portfolio holdings; design, development, implementation and regular monitoring of the compliance process; review of proxies voted by sub-advisers; oversight of preparation, and review, of materials for meetings of the Portfolios’ Board of Trustees (the “Board”), participation in these meetings and preparation of regular communications with the Board; oversight of preparation and review of prospectuses, shareholder reports and other disclosure materials and filings; and oversight of other service providers to the Portfolios, such as the custodian, the transfer agent, the Portfolios’ independent registered public accounting firm and legal counsel; supervision of the performance of recordkeeping and shareholder relations for the Portfolios; and ongoing cash management services. TAM uses a variety of quantitative and qualitative tools to carry out its investment management services. Where TAM employs sub-advisers, the sub-advisers carry out and effectuate the investment strategy designed for the Portfolios by TAM and are responsible, subject to TAM’s and the Board’s oversight, among other things, for making decisions to buy, hold or sell a particular security. Payment of any fees to the sub-advisers is the responsibility of TAM, and is not an additional expense of the Subaccounts.

2. SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

In preparing the Subaccounts’ financial statements in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (“GAAP”) in the United States of America, estimates or assumptions (which could differ from actual results) may be used that affect reported amounts and disclosures. The following is a summary of significant accounting policies followed by the Subaccounts.

Security transactions: Security transactions are recorded on the trade date. Security gains and losses are calculated on the specific identification basis. Net realized gain (loss) is from investments in units of investment companies.

Operating expenses: The Separate Account accounts separately for the assets, liabilities, and operations of each Subaccount. Each Subaccount will indirectly bear the fees and expenses reflected in the corresponding TPVF unit value. These expenses are not reflected in the expenses in the Statements of Operations of the Subaccount and are not included in the ratios to Average Net Assets (“ANA”) shown in the Financial Highlights.

Indemnification: In the normal course of business, the Subaccounts enter into contracts that contain a variety of representations that provide general indemnifications. The Subaccounts’ maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown, as this would involve future claims that may be made against the Subaccounts and/or their affiliates that have not yet occurred. However, based on experience, the Subaccounts expect the risk of loss to be remote.

3. SECURITY VALUATION

All investments in securities are recorded at their estimated fair value. The value of each Subaccount’s investment in a corresponding subaccount of the TPVF is valued at the unit value per share of each Subaccount at the close of the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”), normally 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time, each day the NYSE is open for business.

 

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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (continued)

At December 31, 2015

 

3. SECURITY VALUATION (continued)

 

The Subaccounts utilize various methods to measure the fair value of their investments on a recurring basis. GAAP 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 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, which may include TAM’s internal valuation committee’s (the “Valuation Committee”) own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments. Factors considered in making this determination may include, but are not limited to, information obtained by contacting the sub-adviser, issuer, analysts, or the appropriate stock exchange (for exchange-traded securities), analysis of the issuer’s financial statements or other available documents and, if necessary, available information concerning other securities in similar circumstances.

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. The hierarchy classification of inputs used to value the Subaccounts’ investments, at December 31, 2015, is disclosed in the Security Valuation section of each Subaccount’s Schedule of Investments.

Under supervision and approval of the Board, TAM provides day-to-day valuation functions. TAM formed the Valuation Committee to monitor and implement the fair valuation policies and procedures as approved by the Board. These policies and procedures are reviewed at least annually by the Board. The Valuation Committee, among other tasks, monitors for when market quotations are not readily available or are unreliable and determines in good faith the fair value of the portfolio investments. For instances in which daily market quotes are not readily available, securities may be valued, pursuant to procedures adopted by the Board, with reference to other instruments or indices. Depending on the relative significance of valuation inputs, these instruments may be classified in either Level 2 or Level 3 of the fair value hierarchy.

The Valuation Committee may employ a market-based approach which may use related or comparable assets or liabilities, recent transactions, market multiples, book values, and other relevant information for the security to determine the fair value of the security. An income-based valuation approach may also be used in which the anticipated future cash flows of the security are discounted to calculate fair value. Discounts may also be applied due to the nature or duration of any restrictions on the disposition of the securities. When the Subaccounts use fair value methods that rely on significant unobservable inputs to determine a security’s value, the Valuation Committee will choose the method that is believed to accurately reflect fair value. These securities are categorized in Level 3 of the fair value hierarchy. The Valuation Committee reviews fair value measurements on a regular and ad hoc basis and may, as deemed appropriate, update the security valuations as well as the fair valuation guidelines. The Board reviews and considers Valuation Committee determinations at its regularly scheduled meetings.

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 Valuation Committee’s 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. The Valuation Committee employs various methods for calibrating these valuation approaches, including a regular review of valuation methodologies, key inputs and assumptions, transactional back-testing, and reviews of any market related activity.

Fair value measurements: Each Subaccount invests substantially all of its investable assets among certain TPVF subaccounts and the TPVF subaccounts invest all of their investable assets in the Portfolios. The summary of the inputs used for valuing each Portfolio’s assets carried at fair value is discussed in the Security Valuation section of the Portfolios’ Notes to Financial Statements, which are attached to this report. Descriptions of the valuation techniques applied to the Subaccounts’ significant categories of assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis are as follows:

Investment companies and exchange-traded funds (“ETF”): Investment companies are valued at the Net Asset Value (“NAV”) of the underlying subaccounts. These securities are actively traded and no valuation adjustments are applied. ETFs are stated at the last

 

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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (continued)

At December 31, 2015

 

3. SECURITY VALUATION (continued)

 

reported sale price or closing price on the day of valuation taken from the primary exchange where the security is principally traded. Investment companies and ETFs are categorized in Level 1 of the fair value hierarchy. Investments in privately held investment funds with significant restrictions on redemptions where the inputs of NAVs are unobservable will be valued based upon the NAVs of such investments and are categorized in Level 3 of the fair value hierarchy.

4. AFFILIATES AND AFFILIATED TRANSACTIONS

As of December 31, 2015, the affiliates and affiliated transactions of the Subaccounts are as follows:

TAM, the Subaccounts’ investment adviser, is directly owned by Transamerica Premier Life Insurance Company (“TPLIC”) and AUSA Holding Company (“AUSA”), both of which are indirect, wholly owned subsidiaries of Aegon NV. TPLIC is owned by Commonwealth General Corporation (“Commonwealth”) and Aegon USA, LLC (“Aegon USA”). Commonwealth and AUSA are wholly owned by Aegon USA. Aegon USA is wholly owned by Aegon US Holding Corporation, which is wholly owned by Transamerica Corporation (DE). Transamerica Corporation (DE) is wholly owned by The Aegon Trust, which is wholly owned by Aegon International B.V., which is wholly owned by Aegon NV, a Netherlands corporation, and a publicly traded international insurance group.

TAM is also investment advisor of TPVF. The unit values of TPVF will reflect the fees and other expenses paid by TPVF to TAM and its affiliates. TAM directly pays all other ordinary expenses, which include fees related to audit, custody, legal, printing, trustees, and registration.

Investment advisory fees: TAM provides general investment advice to each Subaccount pursuant to the investment advisory agreement. For its services, each Subaccount pays management fees accrued daily and payable monthly, at an annual rate equal to 0.20% of each Subaccount’s daily ANA.

TFLIC is the legal holder of the assets in the Subaccounts and will at all times maintain assets in the Subaccounts with a total market value of at least equal to the contract liabilities for the Subaccounts.

Certain managing board members and officers of TFLIC are also trustees, officers, or employees of TAM or its affiliates. No interested managing board member, who is deemed an interested person due to current or former service with TAM or an affiliate of TAM, receives compensation from the Separate Account. Similarly, none of the Separate Account’s officers or interested trustees receive compensation from the Subaccounts. The independent board members of TFLIC are also trustees of the Portfolios for which they receive fees.

All of the Portfolio holdings in investment companies are considered affiliated. Interest, dividends, realized and unrealized gains (losses) are broken out on the Statements of Operations.

Deferred compensation plan: Under a non-qualified deferred compensation plan effective January 1, 2008, as amended and restated January 1, 2010, available to the trustees, compensation may be deferred that would otherwise be payable by the Separate Account to an independent trustee on a current basis for services rendered as trustee. Deferred compensation amounts will accumulate based on the value of the investment option, as elected by the trustee.

5. PURCHASES AND SALES OF SECURITIES

For the year ended December 31, 2015, the cost of securities purchased and proceeds from securities sold (excluding short-term securities) are as follows:

 

Subaccount   Purchases of Securities         Sales of Securities  

Short Horizon

    $    3,498,261          $    4,091,228   

Intermediate Horizon

    4,492,190          5,506,522   

Intermediate/Long Horizon

    4,719,324          6,015,580   

6. FEDERAL INCOME TAXES

The operations of the Separate Account form a part of, and are taxed with, the operations of TFLIC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Aegon USA. TFLIC does not expect, based upon current tax law, to incur any income tax upon the earnings or realized capital gains attributable to the Separate Account. Based upon this expectation, no charges are currently being deducted from the Separate Account for federal income tax purposes. The Subaccounts 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. The Subaccounts’ federal and state tax returns remain subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service and state tax authorities for the prior three years. Management has evaluated the

 

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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (continued)

At December 31, 2015

 

6. FEDERAL INCOME TAXES (continued)

 

Subaccounts’ tax provisions taken for all open tax years, and has concluded that no provision for income tax is required in the Subaccounts’ financial statements. If applicable, the Subaccounts recognize interest accrued related to unrecognized tax benefits in interest and penalties expense in Other on the Statements of Operations. The Subaccounts identify their major tax jurisdictions as U.S. Federal, the state of Colorado and foreign jurisdictions where the Subaccounts make significant investments; however, the Subaccounts are not aware of any tax positions for which it is reasonably possible that the total amounts of unrecognized tax benefits will change materially in the next twelve months.

7. NEW ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENT

In May 2015, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued Accounting Standards Update No. 2015-07, “Disclosures for Investments in Certain Entities that Calculate NAV per Share (or its Equivalent)”. The guidance removes the requirement to categorize within the fair value hierarchy all investments for which fair value is measured using the NAV per share practical expedient. Sufficient information must be provided to permit reconciliation of the fair value of assets categorized within the fair value hierarchy to the amounts presented in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities. The guidance is required to be presented for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2015, and for interim periods within those fiscal years. Management is currently evaluating the implication, if any, of the additional disclosure requirements and its impact on the Subaccounts’ financial statements.

 

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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

To the Board of Directors of Transamerica Financial Life Insurance Company and the Contract holders of Transamerica Asset Allocation Variable Funds:

We have audited the accompanying statements of assets and liabilities, including the schedules of investments, of Transamerica Asset Allocation Variable Funds (comprising, respectively, Transamerica Asset Allocation—Short Horizon Subaccount, Transamerica Asset Allocation—Intermediate Horizon Subaccount and Transamerica Asset Allocation—Intermediate/Long Horizon Subaccount) (collectively, the “Subaccounts”) as of December 31, 2015, and the related statements of operations for the year then ended, the statements of changes in net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended, and the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period then ended. These financial statements and financial highlights are the responsibility of the Subaccounts’ 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. We were not engaged to perform an audit of the Subaccounts’ 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 Subaccounts’ internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit also includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements and financial highlights, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of December 31, 2015, by correspondence with the custodian and others or by other appropriate auditing procedures where replies from others were not received. 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 aforementioned Subaccounts constituting Transamerica Asset Allocation Variable Funds at December 31, 2015, the results of their operations for the year then ended, the changes in their net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended, and the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period then ended, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.

 

LOGO

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February 25, 2016

 

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Management of the Trust

Board Members and Officers

(unaudited)

The Board Members and executive officers of the Trust are listed below.

Interested Board Member means a board member who may be deemed an “interested person” (as that term is defined in the 1940 Act) of each Trust because of his current or former service with TAM or an affiliate of TAM. Interested Board Members may also be referred to herein as “Interested Trustees.” Independent Board Member means a Board Member who is not an “interested person” (as defined under the 1940 Act) of each Trust and may also be referred to herein as an “Independent Trustee.”

The Board governs each Subaccount and is responsible for protecting the interests of the shareholders. The Board Members are experienced executives who meet periodically throughout the year to oversee the business affairs of each Subaccount and the operation of each Subaccount by its officers. The Board also reviews the management of each Subaccount’s assets by the investment adviser and its respective sub-adviser.

The Subaccounts are among the portfolios advised and sponsored by TAM (collectively, “Transamerica Mutual Funds”). The Transamerica Mutual Funds consist of Transamerica Funds, Transamerica Series Trust (“TST”), Transamerica Partners Funds Group (“TPFG”), Transamerica Partners Funds Group II (“TPFG II”), Transamerica Partners Portfolios (“TPP”) and Transamerica Asset Allocation Variable Funds (“TAAVF”) and consists of 176 funds as of the date of this annual report.

The mailing address of each Board Member is c/o Secretary, 1801 California Street, Suite 5200, Denver, CO 80202.

The Board Members of each Trust and each Portfolio Trust, their year of birth, their positions with the Trusts, and their principal occupations for the past five years (their titles may have varied during that period) the number of funds in Transamerica Mutual Funds the Board oversees, and other board memberships they hold are set forth in the table below. The length of time served is provided from the date a Trustee became a Trustee of either of the Trusts or Transamerica Partners Portfolios.

 

Name and

Year of Birth

  Position(s)
Held with
Trust
  Term of
Office and
Length
of Time
Served*
   Principal Occupation(s)
During Past Five Years
  Number of
Funds in
Complex
Overseen
by Board
Member
  Other
Directorships
During the Past
Five Years

INTERESTED BOARD MEMBERS

Marijn P. Smit
(1973)
  Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer   Since 2014   

Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer, Transamerica Funds, TST, TPP, TPFG, TPFG II, TAAVF and TIS (2014 – present);

 

Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer, Transamerica Income Shares, Inc. (“TIS”) (2014 – 2015);

 

Director, Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer, Transamerica Asset Management, Inc. (“TAM”) and Transamerica Fund Services, Inc. (“TFS”) (2014 – present);

 

President, Investment Solutions, Transamerica Investments & Retirement (2014 – present);

 

Vice President, Transamerica Premier Life Insurance Company (2010 – present);

 

Vice President, Transamerica Life Insurance Company
(2010 – present);

 

Senior Vice President, Transamerica Financial Life Insurance Company
(2013 – present);

  176   Director,
Massachusetts
Fidelity Trust
Company
(since 2014)

 

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Name and

Year of Birth

  Position(s)
Held with
Trust
  Term of
Office and
Length
of Time
Served*
   Principal Occupation(s)
During Past Five Years
  Number of
Funds in
Complex
Overseen
by Board
Member
  Other
Directorships
During the Past
Five Years

INTERESTED BOARD MEMBERS — continued

Marijn P. Smit (continued)           

Senior Vice President, Transamerica Retirement Advisors, Inc. (2013 – present);

 

Senior Vice President, Transamerica Retirement Solutions Corporation (2012 – present); and

 

President and Director, Transamerica Stable Value Solutions, Inc. (2010 – present)

       
Alan F. Warrick
(1948)
  Board Member   Since 2012   

Board Member, Transamerica Funds, TST, TPP, TPFG, TPFG II and TAAVF (2012 – present);

 

Board Member, TIS (2012 – 2015);

 

Consultant, Aegon USA
(2010 – 2011);

 

Senior Advisor, Lovell Minnick Equity Partners (2010 – present);

 

Retired (2010 – present); and Managing Director for Strategic Business Development, Aegon USA (1994 – 2010).

  176   First Allied Holdings Inc. (2013 – 2014)

INDEPENDENT BOARD MEMBERS

            
Sandra N. Bane
(1952)
  Board Member   Since 2008   

Retired (1999 – present); Board Member, Transamerica Funds, TST, TPP, TPFG, TPFG II and TAAVF (2008 – present);

 

Board Member, TIS (2008 – 2015);

 

Board Member, Transamerica Investors, Inc. (“TII”) (2003 – 2010); and

 

Partner, KPMG (1975 – 1999).

  176   Big 5 Sporting Goods (2002 – present); AGL Resources, Inc. (energy services holding company)
(2008 – present)
Leo J. Hill
(1956)
  Lead Independent Board Member   Since 2007   

Principal, Advisor Network Solutions, LLC (business consulting) (2006 – present);

 

Board Member, TST
(2001 – present);

 

Board Member, Transamerica Funds (2002 – present);

 

Board Member, TIS (2002 – 2015);

 

Board Member, TPP, TPFG, TPFG II and TAAVF (2007 – present);

 

Board Member, TII (2008 – 2010);

  176  

Ameris Bancorp (2013 – present);

Ameris Bank (2013 – present)

 

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Name and

Year of Birth

  Position(s)
Held with
Trust
  Term of
Office and
Length
of Time
Served*
   Principal Occupation(s)
During Past Five Years
  Number of
Funds in
Complex
Overseen
by Board
Member
  Other
Directorships
During the Past
Five Years

INDEPENDENT BOARD MEMBERS — continued

            
Leo J. Hill
(continued)
          

Market President, Nations Bank of Sun Coast Florida (1998 – 1999);

 

Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, Barnett Banks of Treasure Coast Florida
(1994 – 1998);

 

Executive Vice President and Senior Credit Officer, Barnett Banks of Jacksonville, Florida
(1991 – 1994); and

 

Senior Vice President and Senior Loan Administration Officer, Wachovia Bank of Georgia
(1976 – 1991).

       
David W. Jennings (1946)   Board Member   Since 2009   

Board Member, Transamerica Funds, TST, TPP, TPFG, TPFG II and TAAVF (2009 – present);

 

Board Member, TIS (2009 – 2015);

 

Board Member, TII (2009 – 2010);

 

Managing Director, Hilton Capital Management, LLC
(2010 – present);

 

Principal, Maxam Capital Management, LLC (2006 – 2008); and

 

Principal, Cobble Creek Management LP (2004 – 2006).

  176   N/A
Russell A. Kimball, Jr. (1944)   Board Member   Since 2007   

General Manager, Sheraton Sand Key Resort (1975 – present);

 

Board Member, TST
(1986 – present);

 

Board Member, Transamerica Funds, (1986 – 1990), (2002 – present); Board Member, TIS
(2002 – 2015);

 

Board Member, TPP, TPFG, TPFG II and TAAVF (2007 – present); and

 

Board Member, TII
(2008 – 2010).

  176   N/A
Eugene M. Mannella (1954)   Board Member   Since 1993   

Chief Executive Officer, HedgeServ Corporation (hedge fund administration) (2008 – present);

 

Self-employed consultant
(2006 – present);

  176   N/A

 

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Name and

Year of Birth

  Position(s)
Held with
Trust
  Term of
Office and
Length
of Time
Served*
   Principal Occupation(s)
During Past Five Years
  Number of
Funds in
Complex
Overseen
by Board
Member
  Other
Directorships
During the Past
Five Years

INDEPENDENT BOARD MEMBERS — continued

            
Eugene M. Mannella (continued)           

Managing Member and Chief Compliance Officer, HedgeServ Investment Services, LLC (limited purpose broker-dealer)
(2011 – present);

 

President, ARAPAHO Partners LLC (limited purpose broker-dealer) (1998 – 2008);

 

Board Member, TPP, TPFG, TPFG II and TAAVF (1993 – present);

 

Board Member, Transamerica Funds and TST (2007 – present);

 

Board Member, TIS (2007 – 2015);

 

Board Member, TII (2008 – 2010); and

 

President, International Fund Services (alternative asset administration) (1993 – 2005).

       
Patricia L. Sawyer
(1950)
  Board Member   Since 1993   

Retired (2007 – present);

 

President/Founder, Smith & Sawyer LLC (management consulting) (1989 – 2007);

 

Board Member, Transamerica Funds and TST (2007 – present);

 

Board Member, TIS (2007 – 2015);

 

Board Member, TII (2008 – 2010);

 

Board Member, TPP, TPFG, TPFG II and TAAVF (1993 – present); and

 

Trustee, Chair of Finance Committee and Chair of Nominating Committee (1987 – 1996), Bryant University.

  176   Honorary Trustee, Bryant University
(1996 – present)
John W. Waechter
(1952)
  Board Member   Since 2007   

Attorney, Englander Fischer
(2008 – present);

 

Retired (2004 – 2008); Board Member, TST (2004 – present);

 

Board Member, TIS (2004 – 2015);

 

Board Member, Transamerica Funds (2005 – present);

 

Board Member, TPP, TPFG, TPFG II and TAAVF (2007 – present);

 

Board Member, TII (2008 – 2010);

 

Employee, RBC Dain Rauscher (securities dealer) (2004);

  176  

Operation PAR, Inc. (2008 – present);

West Central Florida Council – Boy Scouts of America (2008 –

2013); Remember Honor Support, Inc. (non-profit organization) (2013-present)

Board Member, WRH Income

 

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Name and

Year of Birth

  Position(s)
Held with
Trust
  Term of
Office and
Length
of Time
Served*
   Principal Occupation(s)
During Past Five Years
  Number of
Funds in
Complex
Overseen
by Board
Member
  Other
Directorships
During the Past
Five Years

INDEPENDENT BOARD MEMBERS — continued

            
John W. Waechter (continued)           

Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Compliance Officer, William R. Hough & Co. (securities dealer) (1979 – 2004); and

 

Treasurer, The Hough Group of Funds (1993 – 2004).

      Properties, Inc. (real estate) (2014 – present)

 

* Each Board Member shall hold office until: 1) his or her successor is elected and qualified or 2) he or she resigns, retires or his or her term as a Board Member is terminated in accordance with the Trust’s Declaration of Trust.

 

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Officers

The mailing address of each officer is c/o Secretary, 1801 California Street, Suite 5200, Denver, CO 80202. The following table shows information about the officers, including their year of birth, their positions held with the Trust and their principal occupations during the past five years (their titles may have varied during that period). Each officer will hold office until his or her successor has been duly elected or appointed or until his or her earlier death, resignation or removal.

 

Name and

Year of Birth

  Position    Term of Office
and Length of
Time Served*
 

Principal Occupation(s) or Employment

During Past Five Years

Marijn P. Smit
(1973)
  Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer    Since 2014   See Table Above.
Tané T. Tyler
(1965)
  Vice President, Associate General Counsel, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary    Since 2014  

Vice President, Associate General Counsel, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary, Transamerica Funds, TST, TPP, TPFG, TPFG II and TAAVF

(2014 – present);

 

Vice President, Associate General Counsel, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary, TIS (2014 – 2015);

 

Director, Vice President, Associate General Counsel, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary, TAM and TFS (2014 – present);

 

Senior Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel, ALPS, Inc., ALPS Fund Services, Inc. and ALPS Distributors, Inc. (2004 – 2013); and

 

Secretary, Liberty All-Star Funds (2005 – 2013).

Christopher A. Staples (1970)   Vice President and Chief Investment Officer, Advisory Services    Since 2007  

Vice President and Chief Investment Officer, Advisory Services (2007 – present), Senior Vice President – Investment Management (2006 – 2007), Vice President – Investment Management
(2005 – 2006), Transamerica Funds and TST;

 

Vice President and Chief Investment Officer, Advisory Services (2007 – 2015); Senior Vice President – Investment Management (2006 – 2007), Vice President – Investment Management
(2005 – 2006), TIS;

 

Vice President and Chief Investment Officer, Advisory Services, TPP, TPFG, TPFG II and TAAVF (2007 – present);

 

Vice President and Chief Investment Officer

(2007 – 2010); Vice President – Investment Administration (2005 – 2007), TII;

 

Director (2005 – present), and Chief Investment Officer, Advisory Services (2007 – present), TAM;

Director, TFS (2005 – present); and

 

Assistant Vice President, Raymond James & Associates (1999 – 2004).

Thomas R. Wald

(1960)

  Chief Investment Officer    Since 2014  

Chief Investment Officer, Transamerica Funds, TST, TPP, TPFG, TPFG II and TAAVF
(2014 – present);

 

Chief Investment Officer, TIS (2014 – 2015);

 

Senior Vice President and Chief Investment Officer, TAM (2014 – present);

 

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Name and

Year of Birth

  Position    Term of Office
and Length of
Time Served*
 

Principal Occupation(s) or Employment

During Past Five Years

Thomas R. Wald (continued)           

Chief Investment Officer, Transamerica Investments & Retirement (2014 – present);

 

Vice President and Client Portfolio Manager, Curian Capital, LLC (2012 – 2014);

 

Portfolio Manager, Tactical Allocation Group, LLC (2010 – 2011);

 

Mutual Fund Manager, Munder Capital Management (2005 – 2008); and

 

Mutual Fund Manager, Invesco Ltd. (1997 – 2004).

Vincent J. Toner
(1970)
  Vice President and Treasurer    Since 2014  

Vice President and Treasurer (2014 – present) Transamerica Funds, TST, TPP, TPFG, TPFG II and TAAVF;

 

Vice President and Treasurer, TIS (2014 – 2015);

 

Vice President and Treasurer, TAM and TFS
(2014 – present);

 

Senior Vice President and Vice President, Fund Administration, Brown Brothers Harriman
(2010 – 2014); and

 

Vice President Fund Administration & Fund Accounting, OppenheimerFunds (2007 – 2010)

Matthew H. Huckman, Sr. (1968)   Tax Manager    Since 2014  

Tax Manager, Transamerica Funds, TST, TPP, TPFG, TPFG II and TAAVF (2014 – present);

 

Tax Manager, TIS (2014 – 2015);

 

Tax Manager, TFS (2012 – present); and

 

Assistant Mutual Fund Tax Manager, Invesco
(2007 – 2012).

Scott M. Lenhart
(1961)
  Chief Compliance Officer and Anti-Money Laundering Officer    Since 2014  

Chief Compliance Officer and Anti-Money Laundering Officer, Transamerica Funds, TST, TPP, TPFG, TPFG II and TAAVF (2014 – present);

 

Chief Compliance Officer and Anti-Money Laundering Officer, TIS (2014 – 2015);

 

Chief Compliance Officer and Anti-Money Laundering Officer (2014 – present), Senior Compliance Officer (2008 – 2014), TAM;

 

Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer, TFS (2014 – present);

 

Director of Compliance, Transamerica Investments & Retirement (2014 – present);

 

Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer, Transamerica Financial Advisors, Inc.
(1999 – 2006); and

 

Assistant Chief Compliance Officer, Raymond James Financial, Inc., Robert Thomas Securities, Inc. (1989 – 1998).

 

* Elected and serves at the pleasure of the Board of the Trust.

 

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Appendix A

 

 

 

Transamerica Partners Portfolios

 

 

 


Table of Contents

Transamerica Partners High Quality Bond Portfolio

 

 

(unaudited)

 

MARKET ENVIRONMENT

2015 will be remembered as a challenging year for the capital markets and fixed income in particular. Against the backdrop of a change in the direction of U.S. monetary policy, a sharp deceleration of economic growth in China, a collapse in oil and commodity prices, record corporate issuance and wider credit spreads, the U.S. bond market managed to modestly outperform Treasuries. Early in 2015, it seemed as if after years of delay, the U.S. Federal Reserve (“Fed”) was poised to tighten the monetary policy. Meanwhile, weakness in the eurozone was causing the European Central Bank to initiate a massive quantitative easing program to jumpstart its economy. Interest rates ended the first quarter modestly lower. Most investment grade spread sectors outperformed Treasuries during the first quarter, with lower quality securities providing the largest excess returns. Domestically, the second quarter was characterized by weak economic releases during April and May, with some encouraging data in June. Central banks in developed markets (particularly Europe and Australia) as well as Russia and China continued to ease monetary policy to stimulate economic growth. Treasury yields rose across the curve driven by expectations of a rate increase. Credit spreads increased by 5-10 basis points during the quarter, causing most high grade sectors of the bond market to underperform Treasuries. The one exception was the asset backed sector, which modestly outperformed Treasuries.

Volatility increased markedly in the third quarter due to disappointing jobs data and global macro-economic concerns emanating from China, which took unprecedented steps to prop up its equity markets and promote growth, including a surprise devaluation of the yuan. Credit spreads that began widening in May showed no signs of letup through the third quarter. Additionally, the Fed elected to leave monetary policy unchanged during the quarter, which fueled a rally in Treasury prices. All credit sectors underperformed Treasuries, with the exception of the asset backed sector. Energy and basic materials continued to lag within the corporate sector. Despite worsening conditions in the industrial and manufacturing segments of the economy, the Fed increased the federal funds target rate by 0.25% during the fourth quarter amid signs of continued improvement in the employment picture. Treasury yields rose during much of the quarter in anticipation of the rate move by the Fed. Credit spreads held firm in October and November before widening in December due to concerns from the spillover effects of falling oil and commodity prices and continued weakness from China. Despite the spread widening in December almost all spread sectors outperformed Treasuries for the full quarter. Not surprisingly, energy and basic materials continued to underperform during the fourth quarter and for the full year 2015.

PERFORMANCE

For the year ended December 31, 2015, Transamerica Partners High Quality Bond Portfolio returned 0.69%. By comparison, its benchmark, the BofA Merrill Lynch U.S. Corporate & Government 1-3 Years Index, returned 0.67%.

STRATEGY REVIEW

The Portfolio modestly outperformed its benchmark. Curve positioning in the 0-1 year and 4-5 year segments negatively impacted performance, while exposure in the 1-2 year and 3-4 year segments was positive. Overall, curve positioning modestly lagged the benchmark. At year-end, the yield to maturity was 1.80% versus 1.37% for the index, with a duration of 1.61 years versus 1.87 for the benchmark. Sector selection contributed the most to return, followed by security selection. The income/carry advantage from the spread sectors was a key driver of return. The corporate sector was the best performer during 2015 followed by asset-backed securities (“ABS”), commercial mortgage-backed securities (“CMBS”) and residential mortgage-backed securities (“RMBS”). Within corporates, industrials was the best-performing economic sector, led by CVS Health Corp. and Verizon Communications, Inc. Our overweight in financials was beneficial, led by PNC Funding Corp., Capital One Financial Corp., and Berkshire Hathaway Finance Corp. Our underweight in utilities also aided performance.

While maintaining a short duration bias, we opportunistically added in the 4-5 year area of the curve, with purchases in the ABS, corporate and Treasury sectors. From a curve exposure standpoint, approximately 34% of the Portfolio had a duration of less than one year, 56% had a duration of 1-3 years and 10% of the portfolio had a duration of greater than three years. Floating rate securities comprised approximately 8% of the Portfolio at year-end. We believe the Portfolio is well positioned, given the current rate environment and outlook.

 

 

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(unaudited)

 

STRATEGY REVIEW (continued)

We also increased the asset-backed sector to 33% and corporate sector to 30%, while reducing the Treasury and mortgage backed sectors by similar amounts. Most of the reduction in the mortgage-backed sector came from sales in the reverse mortgage segment, which tightened during the year, and from maturities of private label CMBS. In ABS, we were very active in the lower part of the capital structure of auto, credit card and equipment segments. These securities are particularly attractive, given the strong underwriting and considerable credit support. We also added exposure in the timeshare segment. Among corporates, most of the increase was in financials and industrials.

Douglas A. Kelly, CFA

Peter S. Kaplan, CFA

Co-Portfolio Managers

Merganser Capital Management, LLC

 

 

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Transamerica Partners Inflation-Protected Securities Portfolio

 

 

(unaudited)

 

MARKET ENVIRONMENT

2015 continued to be marked by global central bank policy divergence, most notably between that of the U.S., which raised interest rates as expected, and Europe and Japan, which saw greater need to add to or maintain their record levels of easy monetary policy. The Barclays U.S. Treasury Inflation Protected Securities Index registered negative absolute performance in the last three quarters, as real yields drifted higher and break-even rates continued to be pressured by plummeting energy prices. Benchmark 10-year inflation expectations breached multi-year lows at the end of September before recovering somewhat to end the year at 1.56%.

In the eurozone, the European Central Bank (“ECB”) remained challenged by persistently low market-based inflation expectations. This dynamic caused the central bank to implement easier monetary policy. However, in the fourth quarter, the ECB’s delivery of additional easing measures underwhelmed market expectations.

PERFORMANCE

For the year ended December 31, 2015, Transamerica Partners Inflation-Protected Securities Portfolio returned (1.94)%. By comparison, its benchmark, the Barclays U.S. Treasury Inflation Protected Securities Index, returned (1.44)%.

STRATEGY REVIEW

The Portfolio underperformed due in part to our long U.S. break-even positioning and short positions in Japanese nominal interest rates. Primary contributors were led by our long U.S. dollar currency positioning, especially versus the euro, and allocation to Italian inflation-linked bonds. The Portfolio’s New Zealand real rate allocation also contributed.

Over the year, the Portfolio was generally long break-evens in the U.S., and as the year drew to a close, we added to long positioning in European break-evens. Our active currency positioning transitioned from predominantly long the dollar versus the euro and yen, to a structure that held tactical positions to hedge portfolio risks, especially around near-term headlines, risk events and the forward evolution of monetary policy.

We maintained a long position in both U.S. 10-year and 30-year break-evens. As the U.S. Federal Reserve’s (“Fed”) 2% target on core personal consumption expenditure is historically equivalent to at least 2.40% on the consumer price index (“CPI”), we believed the inflation market continued to underprice the inflation risk premium. This is especially true given the Fed’s commitment to monitor progress toward achieving its inflation mandate.

We expect break-evens to push wider in 2016; our inflation forecast calls for an uptick in core CPI to over 2% by mid-2016. We remain optimistic that diminishing slack in the labor market coupled with moderate stabilization in energy prices will cause longer dated inflation expectations to rebound. We believe that risks overseas will not necessarily derail U.S. growth, employment or cause extensive downward pressure on inflation. Rather, the level of global economic spare capacity should be the most important driver of forward inflation.

In Europe, we believe in the ability of the ECB to support recovery in the eurozone, and find peripheral real rates and break-evens as attractive on a risk-reward basis as that in the U.S. From a valuation standpoint, both core and peripheral European break-evens remain benign relative to a stable run-rate of European services inflation. In Asia Pacific, we remain biased to be short Japan nominal rates and long Japanese break-evens. Besides the effects of easy monetary policy by the central bank, wage pressure, due to government mandated raises, should lead to higher inflation and bond yields. We continue to find New Zealand real rates to be attractive given the lack of high quality, higher yielding assets globally, and especially so relative to U.K. and U.S. real yields.

The Portfolio used derivatives, such as futures, options, swaps and forwards, for duration and yield curve management and to implement views on swap rates, spreads, and currencies. Derivatives contributed positively to performance in 2015.

Gargi Chaudhuri

Martin Hegarty

Co-Portfolio Managers

BlackRock Financial Management, Inc.

 

 

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Transamerica Partners Core Bond Portfolio

 

 

(unaudited)

 

MARKET ENVIRONMENT

The 12-month period began with optimistic forecasts of acceleration in economic growth. It was widely held that lower oil prices would foster greater consumption, giving a boost to gross domestic product (“GDP”) growth rates. Defying that expectation, consumers opted to save the oil dividend rather than spend it, perhaps out of concern that the dramatic drop in oil prices was too good to last. As oil prices tested lows last seen almost a decade ago, energy companies cut back exploration activities and capital investments in equipment, creating additional headwinds for economic growth. Adding to the drag on growth was a strong rally for the U.S. dollar during the latter half of the period. A rising dollar made products manufactured onshore more expensive compared to goods manufactured in countries with weaker currencies and generally led to less demand for U.S. exports.

Despite these headwinds, U.S. economic growth came in near 2.0% for 2015 as the unemployment rate dipped to roughly 5% and consumer spending remained steady. Responding to these signs of underlying strength, the U.S. Federal Open Market Committee (“FOMC”) moved the target for the federal funds rate higher by 0.25% in mid-December — the first rate hike since June 2006.

Investors had anticipated the FOMC’s decision at various points during the year. This, combined with the weakness in oil prices and the high-profile closure of several fixed income mutual funds, made for a highly volatile year in the U.S. bond market. For example, the yield on the bellwether 10-year U.S. Treasury note started the year at 2.12%, fell to 1.68%, rose to 2.50% and ended the year only slightly higher at 2.27%. By year-end, the yield curve had moved higher and flattened as short-term rates moved up more than long-term rates. The Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index returned 0.55%, led by asset-backed securities (“ABS”), debt of foreign governments (sovereigns), and agency residential mortgage-backed securities (“agency RMBS”). Declines in emerging market debt and investment grade corporate debt detracted from index performance.

PERFORMANCE

For the year ended December 31, 2015, Transamerica Partners Core Bond Portfolio returned 0.46%. By comparison, its benchmark, the Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index, returned 0.55%.

STRATEGY REVIEW

Throughout the year, we believed that rising interest rates posed the largest risk to fixed income investors. To mitigate that risk, we underweighted the rate-sensitive Treasury and agency mortgage-backed securities (“agency MBS”) asset classes. However, agency RMBS was among the best-performing sectors for the year, and the underexposure detracted from performance relative to the benchmark. Another detractor from performance relative to the benchmark was our high-yield exposure. With defaults at low levels and yields attractive in our view, we believed that high yield, excluding most energy companies, offered attractive opportunities. We continue to believe that but pared back the Portfolio’s exposure modestly in response to market volatility.

Because of our concerns about interest rate risk — and to capture additional yield — we overweighted both investment grade and high-yield corporate bonds, ABS and commercial mortgage-backed securities (“CMBS”), with mixed results. As anticipated, these investments generated current income in excess of the benchmark. Our CMBS and investment grade corporate holdings also chalked up positive total returns that added to performance relative to the benchmark index.

In the ABS market, decreasing supply helped to support prices. So, too, did the performance of the underlying collateral (i.e., loans) as consumers continued to pay their debts. CMBS benefited from the strength of U.S. real estate markets. Our investment grade holdings were focused on intermediate-term debt from financial institutions, which generally fared better than industrial and utility bonds for two reasons: financial institutions have strengthened their balance sheets since the financial crisis, and they are less vulnerable to changing oil prices.

Brian W. Westhoff, CFA

Tyler A. Knight

Bradley D. Doyle

Doug Weih, CFA

Matthew Q. Buchanan, CFA

Co-Portfolio Managers

Aegon USA Investment Management, LLC

 

 

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Transamerica Partners High Yield Bond Portfolio

 

 

(unaudited)

 

MARKET ENVIRONMENT

The 12-month period began with optimistic forecasts of acceleration in economic growth. It was widely held that lower oil prices would foster greater consumption, giving a boost to gross domestic product (“GDP”) growth rates. Defying that expectation, consumers opted to save the oil dividend rather than spend it, perhaps out of concern that the dramatic drop in oil prices was too good to last. As oil prices tested lows last seen almost a decade ago, energy companies cut back exploration activities and capital investments in equipment, creating additional headwinds for economic growth. Adding to the drag on growth was a strong rally for the U.S. dollar during the latter half of the period. A rising dollar made products manufactured onshore more expensive compared to goods manufactured in countries with weaker currencies and generally led to less demand for U.S. exports.

Despite these headwinds, U.S. economic growth came in near 2.0% for 2015 as the unemployment rate dipped to roughly 5% and consumer spending remained steady. Responding to these signs of underlying strength, the U.S. Federal Open Market Committee (“FOMC”) moved the target for the federal funds rate higher by 0.25% in mid-December — the first rate hike since June 2006.

Investors had anticipated the FOMC’s decision at various points during the year. This, combined with the weakness in oil prices and the high-profile closure of several fixed income mutual funds, made for a highly volatile year in the U.S. bond market. For example, the yield on the bellwether 10-year U.S. Treasury note started the year at 2.12%, fell to 1.68%, rose to 2.50% and ended the year only slightly higher at 2.27%. By year-end, the yield curve had moved higher and flattened as short-term rates moved up more than long-term rates. The Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index returned 0.55%, led by asset-backed securities, debt of foreign governments (sovereigns), and agency residential mortgage-backed securities. Declines in emerging market debt and investment grade corporate debt detracted from index performance.

PERFORMANCE

For the year ended December 31, 2015, Transamerica Partners High Yield Bond Portfolio returned (4.13)%. By comparison, its benchmark, the BofA Merrill Lynch High Yield Master II Index, returned (4.64)%.

STRATEGY REVIEW

Sectors that detracted from performance primarily due to security selection included telecommunications, retail and health care. The five largest security detractors included Linn Energy LLC, K Hovnanian Enterprises, Breitburn Energy Partners, LP, Claire’s Stores, Inc. and Bombardier, Inc. While the underweight position to BB-rated credits detracted from performance, the underweight to CCCs contributed positively, as lower-quality credit continued to underperform higher-quality bonds.

Contributors included security selection and an overall underweight in the energy sector, which significantly underperformed the broader high-yield market. Security selection was especially advantageous within the lower-quality space, specifically B and CCC credits, as the Portfolio’s holdings held up better than the benchmark’s constituents. In addition, our overweight to investment grade securities aided performance. Other contributing sectors included basic industry and U.S. banking. Top contributing securities included SandRidge Energy (no longer held at year end), American Airlines Group, Inc., Intelsat Jackson Holdings SA, iHeartCommunications, Inc., and Dell, Inc. (no longer held at year end).

Kevin Bakker, CFA

Benjamin D. Miller, CFA

James K. Schaeffer, Jr.

Co-Portfolio Managers

Aegon USA Investment Management, LLC

 

 

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Transamerica Partners Balanced Portfolio

 

 

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MARKET ENVIRONMENT

Aegon USA Investment Management, LLC

The 12-month period began with optimistic forecasts of acceleration in economic growth. It was widely held that lower oil prices would foster greater consumption, giving a boost to gross domestic product (“GDP”) growth rates. Defying that expectation, consumers opted to save the oil dividend rather than spend it, perhaps out of concern that the dramatic drop in oil prices was too good to last. As oil prices tested lows last seen almost a decade ago, energy companies cut back exploration activities and capital investments in equipment, creating additional headwinds for economic growth. Adding to the drag on growth was a strong rally for the U.S. dollar during the latter half of the period. A rising dollar made products manufactured onshore more expensive compared to goods manufactured in countries with weaker currencies and generally led to less demand for U.S. exports.

Despite these headwinds, U.S. economic growth came in near 2.0% for 2015 as the unemployment rate dipped to roughly 5% and consumer spending remained steady. Responding to these signs of underlying strength, the U.S. Federal Open Market Committee (“FOMC”) moved the target for the federal funds rate higher by 0.25% in mid-December — the first rate hike since June 2006.

Investors had anticipated the FOMC’s decision at various points during the year. This, combined with the weakness in oil prices and the high-profile closure of several fixed income mutual funds, made for a highly volatile year in the U.S. bond market. For example, the yield on the bellwether 10-year U.S. Treasury note started the year at 2.12%, fell to 1.68%, rose to 2.50% and ended the year only slightly higher at 2.27%. By year-end, the yield curve had moved higher and flattened as short-term rates moved up more than long-term rates. The Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index returned 0.55%, led by asset-backed securities (“ABS”), debt of foreign governments (sovereigns), and agency residential mortgage-backed securities. Declines in emerging market debt (“EMD”) and investment grade corporate debt detracted from index performance.

J.P. Morgan Investment Management Inc.

The year 2015 was certainly eventful as Greece, weakness in crude oil prices, a strong U.S. dollar, China, emerging markets, and the endless banter on when the U.S. Federal Reserve (“Fed”) would finally raise interest rates dominated headlines. While the year was difficult, there were areas of the market that performed quite well, particularly the consumer discretionary and health care sectors. Investors who made contrarian calls on the energy and materials sectors have yet to be rewarded. There was a defensive tone in the markets as large-cap stocks, represented by the S&P 500®, finished 2015 with a slight gain of 1.4% due to dividends, and outperformed the Russell 2000® Index, which lost (4.4)%.

U.S. equity markets were a virtual seesaw in the first half of the year. While the S&P 500® reached an all-time high closing value of 2130.82 on May 21, the index experienced several mini-dips of over 3% during the year. Investor concerns throughout early 2015 were largely focused on reduced earnings estimates, resulting from the massive decline in oil prices and strength in the U.S. dollar, which rose 9.3% versus a basket of global currencies. The dollar was particularly strong against the euro, given that monetary policy in the U.S. and eurozone diverged, with the European Central Bank (“ECB”) expanding its monetary stimulus while the Fed prepared markets for the eventual interest rate hike, which occurred in December. Market rallies in 2015 were mostly driven by periodic but unfulfilled hopes of stabilization in China, improving sentiment in Europe, actions taken or comments made by the ECB and the Fed, as well as brisk U.S. merger-and-acquisition activity.

PERFORMANCE

For the year ended December 31, 2015, Transamerica Partners Balanced Portfolio returned 0.57%. By comparison, its primary and secondary benchmarks, the Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index and the S&P 500®, returned 0.55% and 1.38%, respectively.

STRATEGY REVIEW

Aegon USA Investment Management, LLC

Throughout the year, we believed that rising interest rates posed the largest risk to fixed income investors. To mitigate that risk, and to capture additional yield, we overweighted both investment grade and high yield corporate bonds, ABS and commercial mortgage-backed securities (“CMBS”), with mixed results. As anticipated, these investments generated current income in excess of the benchmark. Our CMBS and investment grade corporate holdings chalked up positive total returns that added to performance relative to the benchmark. A modest overweighting as well as security selection in EMD were also helpful; our EMD holdings ended the year virtually unchanged, while the emerging market component was the weakest portion of the index.

 

 

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In the ABS market, decreasing supply helped to support prices. So, too, did the performance of the underlying collateral (i.e., loans) as consumers continued to pay their debts. CMBS benefited from the strength of U.S. real estate markets. Our investment grade holdings were focused on intermediate-term debt from financial institutions, which generally fared better than industrial and utility bonds for two reasons: financial institutions have strengthened their balance sheets since the financial crisis, and they are less vulnerable to changing oil prices.

Because of our concerns about interest rate risk, we underweighted the rate-sensitive Treasury asset class. However, because of our positioning within the asset class, Treasuries were a key detractor from results relative to the index. The largest detractor from relative performance was our high yield exposure. With defaults at low levels and yields attractive in our view, we believed that the high yield sector, excluding most energy companies, offered attractive opportunities. We continue to believe that but pared back the Portfolio’s exposure modestly in response to market volatility.

J.P. Morgan Investment Management Inc.

Stock selection in the industrial cyclical, basic materials and media sectors weighed on returns, while stock selection in technology, retail and utilities helped results.

In media, Time Warner declined, especially starting in the summer amid industry-wide concerns over cord-cutting, and again in November after the company did not raise 2016 earnings guidance. However, we believed that the investments that Time Warner is making in programming and over-the-top viewing products would be good for the company and the overall health of the industry in the long term; we continued to like the company. Time Warner remained one of our top picks among traditional media companies, given its lower exposure to advertising revenue, contractual revenue streams and attractive valuation.

Owning Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc. also weighed on returns as a number of media companies sold off in the second half of 2015 amid concerns that pay TV subscriber losses could be worse than feared. In particular, shares sold off after Time Warner decided not to increase its 2016 earnings guidance, which investors interpreted as a negative for the industry. However, we did not believe that industry fundamentals changed significantly and continued to like Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc. for what we saw as its desirable cable networks, strong growth, undervalued minority investments and attractive valuation.

On the positive side, in technology, Avago Technologies, Ltd. outperformed from strong execution in its premium filter business and the announced merger with Broadcom. The company’s premium filter business continued to grow above expectations and drove operating profits for the company. Avago Technologies, Ltd.‘s other segments also showed solid growth. The merger with Broadcom was a strong positive in our view, and Avago Technologies, Ltd. has shown a history of successfully integrated acquisitions. Additionally, Adobe Systems, Inc. outperformed on continued execution in its transition to the cloud. The company consistently outperformed expectations on creative cloud subscribers and annualized recurring revenue, both positive indicators for future revenue and earnings per share, according to our analysis. We continued to like the company based on its long-term framework, which we believed would be achieved and perhaps exceeded.

During the year, the Portfolio used derivatives. Derivatives added to performance.

 

Brian W. Westhoff, CFA

Tyler A. Knight

Bradley D. Doyle

Doug Weih, CFA

Matthew Q. Buchanan, CFA

Co-Portfolio Managers

Aegon USA Investment Management, LLC

Aryeh Glatter

Steven G. Lee

Tim Snyder, CFA

Raffaele Zingone, CFA

 

Co-Portfolio Managers

J.P. Morgan Investment Management Inc.

 

 

 

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Transamerica Partners Large Value Portfolio

 

 

(unaudited)

 

MARKET ENVIRONMENT

Generally speaking, it was a bizarre year filled with unimpressive returns yet powerful themes: growth beat value, large cap beat small cap, and volatility spiked. International developed market equities lagged U.S. equities and returns for emerging markets equities were downright dreadful (the MSCI Emerging Markets Latin America Index was down (31)%). Performance of master limited partnerships (“MLPs”) was the worst; MLPs were down (33)%. The bond market was equally unimpressive, posting mixed results: long-term bonds (credit and government) lost value and municipal bonds gained.

PERFORMANCE

For the year ended December 31, 2015, Transamerica Partners Large Value Portfolio returned (0.36)%. By comparison, its primary and secondary benchmarks, the Russell 1000® Value Index and the S&P 500®, returned (3.83)% and 1.38%, respectively.

STRATEGY REVIEW

AJO, LP invests in a broadly diversified selection of large-cap stocks using our disciplined investment approach. We are fully invested in U.S. equities, avoid broad sector bets and take only modest industry-level and stock-specific bets. Our goal is to outperform the benchmark with incremental gains across many holdings. Using bottom-up stock selection, we evaluate companies relative to their industry peers using four broad categories of measures: value, management, momentum and sentiment. Value refers to the somewhat traditional ratios of price to fundamental value; management means we look for evidence that a company’s management team has and will continue to emphasize earning power; momentum indicates when stocks might begin to rise toward full valuation; and sentiment captures the buying and selling behavior of key investor segments in various markets. As we search for opportunities, we keep a sharp eye on minimizing transaction costs, helping us maximize profits in our stock-selection effort.

Our outperformance of the primary benchmark was driven by momentum factors; price, earnings and stability were key. Earnings quality also drove positive management results.

Sentiment was a minor contributor, while value factors weighed on performance.

Our capitalization bias away from top-performing mega-cap stocks was another detractor.

Over the long haul, we’re convinced that a market-beating strategy entails owning stocks with price-driven value characteristics, proven management, and recognition in the marketplace via earnings and price momentum.

Theodore R. Aronson

Stefani Cranston

Gina Marie N. Moore

Gregory J. Rogers

Christopher J. W. Whitehead

Co-Portfolio Managers

AJO, LP

 

 

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Transamerica Partners Large Core Portfolio

 

 

(unaudited)

 

MARKET ENVIRONMENT

Generally speaking, it was a bizarre year filled with unimpressive returns yet powerful themes: growth beat value, large cap beat small cap, and volatility spiked. International developed market equities lagged U.S. equities and returns for emerging markets equities were downright dreadful (the MSCI Emerging Markets Latin America Index was down 31%). Performance of master limited partnerships (“MLPs”) was the worst; MLPs were down 33%. The bond market was equally unimpressive, posting mixed results: long-term bonds (credit and government) lost value and municipal bonds gained.

PERFORMANCE

For the year ended December 31, 2015, Transamerica Partners Large Core Portfolio returned (0.78)%. By comparison, its primary and secondary benchmarks, the Russell 1000® Index and the S&P 500®, returned 0.92% and 1.38%, respectively.

STRATEGY REVIEW

AJO, LP invests in a broadly diversified selection of large-cap stocks using our disciplined investment approach — we are fully invested in U.S. equities, avoid broad sector bets, and take only modest industry-level and stock-specific bets. Our goal is to outperform the benchmark with incremental gains across many holdings. Using bottom-up stock selection, we evaluate companies relative to their industry peers using four broad categories of measures: value, management, momentum, and sentiment. Value refers to the somewhat traditional ratios of price to fundamental value; management means we look for evidence that a company’s management team has and will continue to emphasize earning power; momentum indicates when stocks might begin to rise toward full valuation; and sentiment captures the buying and selling behavior of key investor segments in various markets. As we search for opportunities, we keep a sharp eye on minimizing transaction costs, helping us maximize profits in our stock-selection effort.

Several factors influenced our underperformance this year. Value disappointed in the consumer discretionary and information technology sectors. We avoided a handful of top-performing benchmark stocks, which our models deemed too rich for our value orientation. Instead, we were punished for holding specialty retailers with favorable value.

Our bias away from investing in the top-performing mega-cap stocks also weighed on the Portfolio’s performance.

Among our other factors, momentum contributed; price, earnings, and stability were key. Meanwhile, our earnings quality factor drove positive management results.

Over the long haul, we’re convinced that a market-beating strategy entails owning stocks with price-driven value characteristics, proven management and recognition in the marketplace via earnings and price momentum.

Theodore R. Aronson

Stefani Cranston

Gina Marie N. Moore

Gregory J. Rogers

Christopher J. W. Whitehead

Co-Portfolio Managers

AJO, LP

 

 

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Transamerica Partners Large Growth Portfolio

 

 

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MARKET ENVIRONMENT

Jennison Associates LLC

Weak energy prices, a strong U.S. dollar, and slowing economic growth in China were key influences on the global economic landscape in 2015. The U.S. remained the strongest major global economy. The U.S. Federal Reserve made the long-awaited move to raise interest rates in mid-December, and indicated that further rate increases would likely be gradual and contingent on continued economic growth. A Chinese market correction in late summer and the ensuing devaluation of the yuan heightened skepticism about the reported economic strength of the world’s second-largest economy and raised concerns that other struggling economies might set off a cycle of devaluations to remain competitive in global export markets. Eurozone leaders eventually reached an agreement to start negotiations on a third bailout for Greece. Economic activity in Europe remained anemic but showed signs of improving. These factors, combined with uncertainty through much of the year about the timing and pace of monetary tightening in the U.S., contributed to continued volatility in global financial markets.

Wellington Management Company LLP

U.S. equities, as measured by the S&P 500®, rose modestly during the 12-month period. U.S. stocks retreated briefly early in 2015, but then reached new all-time highs in the spring. The market pulled back in early March as soft manufacturing data, potential currency- and oil-related earnings headwinds, and valuation concerns weighed on investors’ minds. However, risk appetites increased after the March 18 Federal Open Market Committee statement underlined the hesitation of the U.S. Federal Reserve (“Fed”) to raise rates as domestic inflation remained subdued and other major central banks maintained an easing bias. In April, the tech-heavy NASDAQ Composite topped the 5,000 mark for the first time since the dot-com bubble and broke its closing record from March 2000. Continued strong merger and acquisition activity, a rebound in hiring, and solid housing data helped to fuel risk appetites. May marked the second-best month ever for deals involving U.S. companies with $234 billion in announcements. Stocks ended June on a sour note after negotiations between Greece and its creditors broke down.

In the second half of the period, the U.S. economy remained on solid footing, with a sharp rebound in gross domestic product, a seven-year low in unemployment and a healthy housing market. While the growth slowdown in China and its implications for global commerce fueled investor anxiety, uncertainty about the Fed’s rate hike timeline also weighed on sentiment. During August and September, the market remained volatile and experienced its first correction since October 2011. Oil prices and the energy sector as a whole remained extremely volatile, with prices surging earlier in the period and falling sharply towards the end of the year. As many market participants expected, the Fed left rates unchanged at its highly anticipated September meeting. After much anticipation, the Fed delivered its first rate hike since 2006 in December, approving a small increase in the federal funds rate. The market initially reacted positively to the news, but remained volatile through the end of year as investors digested the impact of the rate increase and global economic developments.

PERFORMANCE

For the year ended December 31, 2015, Transamerica Partners Large Growth Portfolio returned 9.17%. By comparison, its primary and secondary benchmarks, the Russell 1000® Growth Index and the S&P 500®, returned 5.67% and 1.38%, respectively.

STRATEGY REVIEW

Jennison Associates LLC

One of the Portfolio’s investment objectives is long-term growth of capital. The Portfolio is built from the bottom up, with stocks selected one at a time, based on fundamental analysis of individual companies.

Consumer discretionary stocks across a range of industries contributed significantly to performance. In Internet retail, Amazon.com, Inc. benefited as investors increasingly appreciated its strong execution, long-term revenue growth, margin-expansion potential, and cloud infrastructure opportunities. The company has been increasing its business investment to drive unit growth in its core retail business and through the proliferation of digital commerce via the mobile market. On-demand streaming media network Netflix, Inc.’s strong subscriber growth reflected the appeal of the company’s original programming. We believe a shift toward exclusive deals and original content, increasing pricing power, international expansion, and scale advantage have strengthened the company’s long-term competitive positioning.

 

 

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In restaurants, Starbucks Corp’s strong brand and innovation in mobile and loyalty programs have driven customer engagement and robust sales. We believe the company has demonstrated its ability to devise innovative new platforms, which should help to keep its new product pipeline strong. In apparel, NIKE, Inc. generated impressive earnings, revenue and gross margins on the strength of its execution and the NIKE, Inc. brand around the world and across product categories.

In information technology, Google (now known as Alphabet, Inc.) and Facebook, Inc. made strong gains. Google’s technological lead and dominant position in Internet search is a unique strength that has enabled the company to monetize search traffic at a meaningfully higher rate than its competitors. We like its solid competitive position, strong advertising revenue and YouTube monetization opportunities. Internet-based social platform Facebook, Inc. has successfully implemented its mobile interface, and revenue generation from both mobile and desktop applications has improved. We believe that as the company solidifies its dominant position, it continues to increase its appeal to both users and advertisers. Long-term, largely untapped, growth drivers include Instagram, WhatsApp, Messenger, and Oculus.

Another technology stock, Alibaba Group Holding, Ltd., detracted from portfolio performance. One of the world’s largest e-commerce companies with dominant positions in several Chinese markets, it was hurt by transitional challenges posed by changes in keyword search and the migration to mobile-device-based transactions. We believe that the company’s initiatives related to these issues will be beneficial and that Alibaba Group Holding, Ltd. offers an attractive opportunity to invest in the long-term growth of the Chinese e-commerce market.

Health care companies have been strong positive contributors for several years. We trimmed or eliminated select positions as our investment theses were realized but continue to own a number of pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical companies that are developing novel therapies for cancer, macular degeneration, and other serious conditions. With the current focus on drug pricing likely to persist, it will become increasingly important for companies to have truly innovative products in their development pipelines. Holdings with promising development programs that performed well include Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. and Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Slowing global growth affected the industrials and commodities sectors broadly. In industrials, Canadian Pacific Railway, Ltd. was hurt by lower volumes of a variety of commodities being shipped on its rail line; we eliminated the position. We also closed the position in exploration and production company EOG Resources, Inc., which was pressured by falling energy prices.

Wellington Management Company LLP

The Portfolio’s portfolio management team adheres to a disciplined portfolio construction process that allows team members to assess risk, weight individual positions accordingly, and in the process, build a portfolio that focuses largely on stock selection for seeking to generate benchmark-relative outperformance.

During the year, security selection within the information technology, consumer staples, industrials and materials sectors contributed most to positive relative returns. The Portfolio’s overweight allocation in consumer staples and underweight in industrials also aided relative results. Weaker security selection in consumer discretionary and financials sectors partially offset positive results. Our allocation to the energy sector and a frictional cash position in an upward trending market also weighed on relative results.

The Portfolio’s largest contributors to relative performance during the year included Amazon.com, Inc., a U.S.-based global e-commerce retailer; Activision Blizzard, Inc., a U.S.-based electronic entertainment company; and Starbucks Corp., a U.S.-based coffee roaster and retailer of specialty coffee drinks. The Portfolio’s avoidance of benchmark constituent Union Pacific Corp., a U.S. rail transportation company, also contributed to relative results.

The Portfolio’s largest relative detractors during the year included Hertz Global Holdings, Inc., a U.S.-based global car and equipment rental company; SunEdison, Inc., a solar installation company (no longer held at year end); and Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc., a U.S.-based media and entertainment company focused on television broadcasting and film production.

 

Michael A. Del Balso

Blair A. Boyer

Spiros “Sig” Segalas

Co-Portfolio Managers

Jennison Associates LLC

Mammen Chally, CFA

 

Portfolio Manager

Wellington Management Company LLP

 

 

 

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Transamerica Partners Mid Value Portfolio

 

 

(unaudited)

 

MARKET ENVIRONMENT

J.P. Morgan Investment Management Inc.

2015 proved to be a volatile year, with a 14% swing between the S&P 500®’s intra-year highs and lows. However, as we take into account just a few of this year’s events — oil at prices we haven’t seen in a decade, uncertain U.S. Federal Reserve policy, concerns about slower growth in China and emerging markets, and growing fears in credit markets — we are not surprised by the market’s volatility. The drivers will be different, but we expect volatility also to characterize 2016.

Thompson, Siegel & Walmsley LLC

During the 12 months, equity markets in the U.S. were driven by uncertainty over a fragile economic recovery coupled with investor concerns about the U.S. Federal Reserve’s (“Fed”) tapering of its stimulus program. Global issues further exacerbated the situation, including turmoil in the Middle East, declining commodity prices, China growth concerns and persistent disinflation, to name a few. For the second consecutive year, large cap stocks outperformed their smaller counterparts, while mid-caps assumed their middleman position. Within mid-caps, energy was the key detractor, shedding more than a third of its value, while defensive sectors such as consumer staples and health care fared best.

Valuations have risen significantly over the last three years, making the market more vulnerable to negative news like falling commodity prices, a more hawkish Fed, and difficulties in emerging markets. The increasing volatility underscores the need for disciplined stock picking. We believe Thompson, Siegel & Walmsley LLC’s valuation discipline and focus on fundamentals will be rewarded in this market environment.

PERFORMANCE

For the year ended December 31, 2015, Transamerica Partners Mid Value Portfolio returned (0.46)%. By comparison, its benchmark, the Russell Midcap® Value Index, returned (4.78)%.

STRATEGY REVIEW

J.P. Morgan Investment Management Inc.

Over the year, some of the biggest detractors from performance were energy holdings, but the combination of strong stock selection and a sector underweight continued to be a top contributor to overall performance. Unfortunately, the combination of stock selection and a sector overweight within the consumer discretionary sector detracted from performance this year as many of the retail names had weaker than expected revenues.

Strong fundamentals, coupled with the backdrop of robust merger-and-acquisition activity in the managed care industry, were positive for Cigna Corp.’s stock price performance throughout the year. Cigna Corp.’s shareholders approved a deal with Anthem, Inc. to be acquired in a cash and stock deal. The two companies bring different strengths to the table, so this merger is anticipated to broaden the portfolio of health service capabilities.

The global expansion of mobile connectivity has driven rapid growth in online travel expenditures, allowing online travel agencies (“OTA”) such as Expedia, Inc. to take market share from traditional travel agencies. The OTA market continued to consolidate in 2015 largely due to Expedia, Inc.’s activity in the merger-and-acquisition space. Expedia, Inc. has strengthened its position as the online market leader through the acquisitions of Travelocity, Orbitz, and HomeAway. Organic growth was strong in 2015 in both the hotel and airline segments, and management remained focused on returning cash to shareholders with a $10 million increase to the stock repurchase plan.

Energen Corp., an oil and natural gas exploration and production company, had a difficult year as commodity prices continued to fall. Despite the weak macro environment, the company is seeing growth in its Midland Basin assets where Energen Corp. may continue to benefit from drilling efficiencies and higher-margin volume growth in 2016. We are impressed by management’s commitment to a strong balance sheet. At these low commodity price levels, Energen Corp. still has enough liquidity to fund operations through 2017. We feel confident management will be able to fully utilize its available resources to weather these tough times.

 

 

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Southwestern Energy Co., a major natural gas exploration and production company, had a challenging year navigating the weak natural gas price environment, which has been negatively impacted by resilient production levels from shale gas producers. Additionally, the warmer than usual fall and winter has created an oversupplied gas market, further exacerbating price weakness. Despite these headwinds, we believe Southwestern Energy Co. is trading at a sharp discount to net asset value as its assets in the Marcellus, Appalachia, and Fayetteville regions are among the highest quality. At these price levels, we believe the risk/reward of Southwestern Energy Co.’s stock falls in our favor.

Thompson, Siegel & Walmsley LLC

The Portfolio’s outperformance was driven by equally positive effect from allocation and stock selection.

Energy and materials were the most notable contributors to relative performance. Within energy, the Portfolio’s underweight helped stave off declines. Additionally, our exposure to refining companies was a positive factor. Refiners benefited from widening spreads between raw crude and refined products and were less susceptible than exploration and production companies to a sharp drop in oil prices. In materials, even though lack of exposure to commodity-sensitive industry groups such as copper, steel, and aluminum contributed to relative results, owning Rexam PLC had the biggest positive influence. The aluminum can maker was the target of an attractive takeout offer from a competing packaging company.

Consumer discretionary and technology were the lone sectors where portfolio stock selection did not keep pace with the benchmark. In consumer discretionary, the primary detractor was the fourth-quarter performance of two stocks. Fossil Group, Inc., a watchmaker, was the most notable detractor. While the company’s recent acquisition of a wearables-technology company diversified its product mix away from the slowing traditional watch market, a combination of foreign exchange headwinds and weakness in its Michael Kors Holdings, Ltd. line weighed on short-term results. Shaw Communications, Inc. was another detractor, as the market negatively reacted to the company’s acquisition of a Canadian wireless carrier. In technology, semiconductor solutions company Micron Technology, Inc. guided to a tough outlook during the first half of the year and traded in sympathy with the perceived pricing challenges in the computer memory market.

Consumer discretionary was the Portfolio’s largest overweight sector relative to its index as of year end. This is a broadly diverse group where we continue to identify companies with opportunities to exploit certain consumer trends or which have compelling business initiatives. The Portfolio remains underweight financial services, reflecting our perspective on muted loan growth and low loss reserves at most banks and unattractive valuations for real estate investment trusts.

 

Jonathan K. L. Simon

Gloria Fu, CFA

Lawrence Playford, CFA

Co-Portfolio Managers

J.P. Morgan Investment Management Inc.

Brett P. Hawkins, CFA

 

Portfolio Manager

Thompson, Siegel & Walmsley LLC

 

 

 

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Transamerica Partners Mid Growth Portfolio

 

 

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MARKET ENVIRONMENT

The U.S. equity markets began to experience some long-absent volatility in 2015. Equities slid in the third quarter, sending both the S&P 500® and NASDAQ down from their highs in September before regaining much of the losses in a fourth quarter rally. For the year, the S&P 500®’s price returns were negative for the first time since 2008, down (0.73)%. The tech-heavy NASDAQ was able to continue gains, with a price return of 5.73%, while small caps in the Russell 2000® Index were lower by (5.71)% on a price return basis. Several risk factors which had been steadily brewing finally caught the markets’ attention, and investors reduced risk exposure.

Energy and commodity prices continued to be weak, further raising concerns about global growth and hurting the earnings power for energy companies. In the fourth quarter, crude oil sank to the low $30s per barrel, levels not seen in over a decade. However, as we ended the year we looked for improving trends in consumer spending due to savings on energy costs. U.S. economic data also softened throughout last year. Weakness in the labor market was evident at times, as U.S. non-farm payrolls slowed from fourth quarter 2014 readings before bouncing back in the fourth quarter of 2015.

Given the lengthy bull market run that equities enjoyed, the bounce back in the fourth quarter was a hopeful sign against a growing number of uncertainties. We believe that U.S. markets may remain volatile as the easy monetary policy from the U.S. Federal Reserve (“Fed”) is slowly removed.

PERFORMANCE

For the year ended December 31, 2015, Transamerica Partners Mid Growth Portfolio returned (1.37)%. By comparison, its benchmark, the Russell Midcap® Growth Index, returned (0.20)%.

STRATEGY REVIEW

For the year, stock selection in the consumer discretionary, industrials, health care and financials sectors positively impacted relative performance, while stock selection in the information technology, materials, energy, and consumer staples sectors detracted.

Top individual contributors included Equifax, Inc., First Republic Bank and Ulta Salon Cosmetics & Fragrance, Inc. (no longer held at year end). In the industrials sector, Equifax, Inc. continued to fire on all cylinders, beating earnings estimates and raising its full-year guidance. Results were particularly strong in the company’s workforce solutions segment and in areas with exposure to the U.S. consumer market, including autos and credit card issuance.

In financials, there was no real change to the First Republic Bank thesis. The bank reported roughly in-line results and continued to make progress toward complying with the Fed’s Comprehensive Capital Analysis and Review framework. In consumer discretionary, Ulta Salon Cosmetics & Fragrance, Inc.’s stock continued to post new highs as the company delivered on its industry-leading, same-store sales growth. The company also continued its strong pace of new store openings. Combined, these factors enabled the company to sustain 20% revenue growth.

Top detractors included Genesee & Wyoming, Inc., Brookdale Senior Living, Inc. (no longer held at year end), and Trimble Navigation, Ltd. (no longer held at year end). In the industrial sector, Genesee & Wyoming, Inc. and the entire U.S. rail sector was under pressure for the last 9 months of the period, driven largely by a weak energy market. Coal volumes were down due to low-priced natural gas, and oil drilling took a dramatic step down on low oil prices. In health care, Brookdale Senior Living, Inc. traded in sympathy with real estate investment trusts (“REITs”). With the market anticipating an interest rate increase, the potential benefit of a REIT conversion appeared to promise less upside. In information technology, Trimble Navigation, Ltd. was eliminated; an anticipated stabilization and recovery in its core end markets failed to materialize.

Looking forward, Quantum Capital Management’s research team is continually evaluating companies with an emphasis on defining a path toward value creation, productive uses of capital, niche leaders and favorable industry macro factors. The security selection process includes internally generated valuations with stock-specific catalysts.

Timothy Chatard, CFA

Howard Aschwald, CFA

Co-Portfolio Managers

Quantum Capital Management

 

 

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Transamerica Partners Small Value Portfolio

 

 

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MARKET ENVIRONMENT

In August 2015, our regime model signaled a switch from a bull market to a bear/chaotic market. This regime combines two environments, chaotic and bear. They both have high volatility, but a chaotic market is more sideways to down and a bear has larger, negative returns. The entire fourth quarter displayed classic characteristics of a chaotic market, which sees the flipping back and forth of sector leadership, stock leadership and which risk factors are contributing to performance. Trends of any kind were lacking.

One key element of the fourth quarter was the difference in performance between large and small stocks. Another atypical aspect of the quarter was the degree to which stocks were punished if companies missed earnings expectations. This tends to happen when valuations are above average and expectations are high, leaving little room for error. Small caps, in particlar, were negatively impacted by this effect.

PERFORMANCE

For the year ended December 31, 2015, Transamerica Partners Small Value Portfolio returned (6.12)%. By comparison, its benchmark, the Russell 2000® Value Index, returned (7.47)%.

STRATEGY REVIEW

We seek to provide a competitive total investment return through the combination of quantitative and qualitative/fundamental disciplines.

Since we assumed the management responsibility on September 28, 2015, the Portfolio underperformed its benchmark. The Portfolio outperformed its benchmark for the year, however. Unfavorable stock selection within consumer discretionary, health care and information technology sectors weighed the most on performance since the management change. In addition, the Portfolio’s performance was impacted by sub-adviser transition expenses.

Our weakest sector was consumer discretionary, which subtracted approximately 1% from relative performance. Three retailing companies missed earnings and fell; they were Kirkland’s, Inc., Asbury Automotive Group, Inc. (no longer held at year end), and 1-800-Flowers.com, Inc. Health care was also weak due in part to AMAG Pharmaceuticals (no longer held at year end), which underperformed after missing earnings.

Financials were the largest contributors. Stock selection was strong in banks, lead by Banc of California, Inc. and Ameris Bancorp.

David Hanna

James W. Gaul, CFA

Michael J. Vogelzang, CFA

Douglas A. Riley, CFA

Co-Portfolio Managers

Boston Advisors, LLC

 

 

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Transamerica Partners Small Core Portfolio

 

 

(unaudited)

 

MARKET ENVIRONMENT

It was not a banner 12 months for the U.S economy, given another cold winter that was particularly hard on industry in the Northeast and mid-South. U.S. gross domestic product bounced back from an anemic first quarter reading to grow in the second quarter of 2015, but the strength was short-lived. Global supply chains tightened considerably in the face of the emerging market headwinds and the domestic economic expansion remained muted in the second half of 2015.

Small cap stocks, as measured by the Russell 2000® Index, ended the year down over (4)% amid significant volatility, driven by negative sentiment among investors concerned about the Greek debt crisis, slowing emerging markets and the devaluation of the Chinese currency. In addition, the U.S. Federal Reserve raised the federal funds rate by 25 basis points, reflecting somewhat improving economic conditions in the U.S. For much of the year, investors in small-cap markets displayed a strong preference for growth stocks at the expense of their value counterparts, leading the Russell 2000® Growth Index to outperform the Russell 2000® Value Index by approximately 6%.

PERFORMANCE

For the year ended December 31, 2015, Transamerica Partners Small Core Portfolio returned (9.47)%. By comparison, its primary and secondary benchmarks, the Russell 2000® Index and the S&P 500®, returned (4.41)% and 1.38%, respectively.

STRATEGY REVIEW

The Portfolio trailed its benchmarks for the year as the result of both unfavorable sector allocations and stock selection.

From a sector allocation standpoint, an overweight to the energy sector was the largest detractor, as a steep drop in oil prices took their toll. In addition to the overweight, stock selection in energy also proved detrimental. The primary cause of the shortfall in energy was a focus on valuation in the stock selection process. While we generally believe that issues trading at lower valuations are expected to outperform over time, this was not the case during this time frame.

Holdings in the consumer discretionary and information technology sectors also lagged. In consumer discretionary, an exposure to for-profit education stocks hurt as did holdings in specialty retail. In information technology, an underweight to the software industry (based primarily on its elevated valuations relative to other industries such as hardware and equipment) drove the shortfall.

The Portfolio’s greater exposure to smaller capitalization securities also weighed on performance, as the largest quintile by market capitalization in the benchmark outperformed the smallest quintile. The Portfolio is more equally-weighted than the capitalization-weighted benchmark, which places the largest weights on the largest companies.

Eoin E. Middaugh, CFA

D. Kevin McCreesh, CFA

Co-Portfolio Managers

Systematic Financial Management, L.P.

 

 

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Transamerica Partners Small Growth Portfolio

 

 

(unaudited)

 

MARKET ENVIRONMENT

It was quite a financial market rollercoaster in 2015. “Uncertainty” described it best. At its December meeting, the U.S. Federal Reserve finally decided to raise rates by 25 basis points after a lengthy period of speculation as to when it would occur. The gradual economic recovery from the financial crisis continued apace in 2015: gross domestic product growth was modest; employment improved and the labor markets tightened; and Institute for Supply Management data demonstrated that the U.S. economy was on solid footing, specifically the consumer. However, it was international growth fears, primarily from China and commodity-driven economies, which soured the global economic outlook. The tug of war between these competing factors manifested itself in a historically uncertain market environment that ended up going nowhere.

Similar to 2014, the small capitalization market in 2015 was characterized as a more volatile and fractured environment, as companies with opposite characteristics vied for leadership throughout the year. In the first and third quarters, companies with higher quality characteristics outperformed, while the second and fourth quarters showed leadership by lower quality, non-earning companies. Unlike the prior several years, higher quality won out for the year, which supported the Porfolio’s performance.

PERFORMANCE

For the year ended December 31, 2015, Transamerica Partners Small Growth Portfolio returned 3.55%. By comparison, its benchmark, the Russell 2000® Growth Index, returned (1.38)%.

STRATEGY REVIEW

The Portfolio outperformed its benchmark, led by excess returns in the first and third quarters. Leadership by higher quality and lower valuation factors aided our performanced in these two quarters. The Portfolio lagged in the second and fourth quarters, as lower quality factors demonstrated strength. Despite the fourth quarter rebound by lower quality factors, we believed that the market had firmly shifted to a mature market cycle that may favor quality characteristics.

The health care and financial services sectors contributed to performance. In health care, ICON PLC and Cambrex Corp. were top individual contributors. The materials and processing and energy sectors also aided performance. The technology sector was led by mortgage services provider Ellie Mae, Inc.

Producer durables was the most significant detractor due largely to two trucking stocks, Saia, Inc. and Celadon Group, Inc. (no longer held at year-end). Weakness in the industrial economy and resulting inventory excesses cut pricing and demand for the trucking industry. Consumer discretionary was the second largest detractor, impacted most by retailer Tuesday Morning Corp. (no longer held at year-end). Additionally, WageWorks, Inc. was pressured by competitive fears and valuation compression.

W. Conrad Doenges

Portfolio Manager

Ranger Investment Management, L.P.

 

 

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Transamerica Partners International Equity Portfolio

 

 

(unaudited)

 

MARKET ENVIRONMENT

The MSCI All Country World Index ex-U.S. declined (5.7)% in 2015 with a strong first and last quarter bookending a weak middle of the year. Individual country constituents logged highly variable results. For example, in developed markets Canada declined more than (24)%, while Denmark gained over 23%. Sector level returns were also volatile as commodity sensitive areas like energy, down (22.11)%, and materials, down (19.89)%, were a significant drag on performance as sharply lower prices for oil and other commodities pressured stock prices. Conversely, health care was the top contributor, up 5.82%, as shares of several companies rose sharply on earnings, favorable drug developments and continued merger and acquisition activity. Consumer staples were also a top contributor, as companies benefited from lower commodity input prices and improving spending trends.

Divergence in global monetary policies, economic conditions and industry fundamentals account for most of the return disparities in 2015 and suggest the year ahead will offer good opportunities for disciplined stock picking. In aggregate, stock prices remain reasonable, but we see pockets of both over- and under-valuation. We don’t base our investment decisions on big-picture forecasts, but many people do, and we expect uncertainty over economic growth rates, the level of inflation and interest rates and geopolitical matters to continue to produce short-term price volatility in 2016. We believe our longer investment time horizon, cash flow-based valuation discipline and focus on improving fundamentals are well suited to this environment.

PERFORMANCE

For the year ended December 31, 2015, Transamerica Partners International Equity Portfolio returned (2.47)%. By comparison, its benchmark, the MSCI All Country World Index ex-U.S., returned (5.25)%.

STRATEGY REVIEW

Stock selection in the United Kingdom accounted for the majority of the Portfolio’s relative performance over the last 12 months. Imperial Tobacco Group PLC was the winner in the group. The non-cyclical nature of the company’s products and accretive acquisitions amid industry consolidation drove solid earnings results and the company is now the subject of take-over speculation. Sky PLC, a broadband and satellite TV provider, was also a winner on solid earnings growth. Results were driven by customer growth, lower subscriber losses and synergies from recent acquisitions.

Holdings in Asia Ex-Japan were the only regional detractor from relative return. Exposure to commodity (Noble Group, Ltd. in Singapore) and casino (Macau based MGM China Holdings, Ltd. and SJM Holdings, Ltd. (no longer held at year end)) industries had the greatest impact. Noble Group, Ltd. was pressured by significantly lower commodity prices, while the Chinese government’s clamp down on corruption and limiting travel of Chinese vacationers to Macau penalized casino operators.

On a sector basis, materials was the top contributor to relative return thanks to favorable stock selection. Traditional mining stocks, one of the largest components of the sector, were particularly hard hit, as global commodity prices declined sharply over. The Portfolio’s broad selection across the sector helped to mitigate this risk. Irish paper-packaging company Smurfit Kappa Group PLC, and Japanese specialty chemical manufacturers Denka Co., Ltd. (formerly Denki Kagaku) and Kuraray Co., Ltd. were the top performers thanks to solid earnings results driven, in large part, by lower input costs.

Health care and consumer discretionary were the only detractors to relative return. Health care was primarily due to the Portfolio’s underweight position, which reflects the fact that this has been a strong sector for the benchmark and we have had limited opportunities due to our valuation discipline. A position in Porsche Automobil Holding SE was a significant detractor in consumer discretionary, along with exposure to Macau casino operators. Shares of Porsche Automobil Holding SE, which has a controlling stake in Volkswagen, sold off as investors worried over the potential impact of charges that Volkswagen violated emissions standards for its diesel vehicles in the U.S.

Brandon H. Harrell, CFA

Portfolio Manager

Thompson, Siegel & Walmsley LLC

 

 

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Schedules of Investments Composition

 

 

At December 31, 2015

(unaudited)

 

Transamerica Partners Money Market Portfolio  
Asset Allocation    Percentage of
Net Assets
 

Commercial Paper

     67.4

Certificates of Deposit

     14.3   

Repurchase Agreements

     14.1   

Corporate Debt Securities

     4.2   

Net Other Assets (Liabilities)

     (0.0 )* 

Total

     100.0
  

 

 

 
Transamerica Partners High Quality Bond Portfolio  
Credit Quality ‡    Percentage of
Net Assets
 

U.S. Government and Agency Securities

     23.3

AAA

     32.6   

AA

     13.8   

A

     14.8   

BBB

     15.2   

NR (Not Rated)

     0.6   

Net Other Assets (Liabilities)

     (0.3

Total

     100.0
  

 

 

 
Transamerica Partners Inflation-Protected Securities Portfolio  
Credit Quality ‡    Percentage of
Net Assets
 

U.S. Government and Agency Securities

     94.4

AAA

     1.4   

AA

     0.9   

BBB

     2.4   

CCC and Below

     0.0

NR (Not Rated)

     0.8   

Net Other Assets (Liabilities) ^

     0.1   

Total

     100.0
  

 

 

 
Transamerica Partners Core Bond Portfolio  
Credit Quality ‡    Percentage of
Net Assets
 

U.S. Government and Agency Securities

     51.3

AAA

     8.8   

AA

     5.2   

A

     17.5   

BBB

     22.3   

BB

     3.5   

B

     0.7   

CCC and Below

     1.5   

NR (Not Rated)

     5.4   

Net Other Assets (Liabilities)

     (16.2

Total

     100.0
  

 

 

 
Transamerica Partners High Yield Bond Portfolio  
Credit Quality ‡    Percentage of
Net Assets
 

AAA

     2.9

BBB

     6.5   

BB

     39.0   

B

     39.8   

CCC and Below

     9.1   

NR (Not Rated)

     0.9   

Net Other Assets (Liabilities)

     1.8   

Total

     100.0
  

 

 

 
Transamerica Partners Balanced Portfolio  
Asset Allocation    Percentage of
Net Assets
 

Common Stocks

     59.8

Corporate Debt Securities

     15.5   

U.S. Government Obligations

     8.2   

U.S. Government Agency Obligations

     6.7   

Mortgage-Backed Securities

     5.3   

Securities Lending Collateral

     5.1   

Short-Term U.S. Government Agency Obligations

     4.8   

Asset-Backed Securities

     2.8   

Short-Term U.S. Government Obligations

     0.8   

Repurchase Agreement

     0.5   

Foreign Government Obligations

     0.5   

Municipal Government Obligations

     0.2   

Preferred Stocks

     0.2   

Net Other Assets (Liabilities) ^

     (10.4

Total

     100.0
  

 

 

 
Transamerica Partners Large Value Portfolio  
Asset Allocation    Percentage of
Net Assets
 

Common Stocks

     98.4

Securities Lending Collateral

     10.7   

Repurchase Agreement

     1.6   

Net Other Assets (Liabilities)

     (10.7

Total

     100.0
  

 

 

 
Transamerica Partners Large Core Portfolio  
Asset Allocation    Percentage of
Net Assets
 

Common Stocks

     98.6

Securities Lending Collateral

     10.2   

Repurchase Agreement

     1.3   

Net Other Assets (Liabilities)

     (10.1

Total

     100.0
  

 

 

 

 

Transamerica Partners Large Growth Portfolio  
Asset Allocation    Percentage of
Net Assets
 

Common Stocks

     99.0

Securities Lending Collateral

     10.1   

Repurchase Agreement

     1.0   

Net Other Assets (Liabilities)

     (10.1

Total

     100.0
  

 

 

 
Transamerica Partners Mid Value Portfolio  
Asset Allocation    Percentage of
Net Assets
 

Common Stocks

     96.9

Securities Lending Collateral

     17.9   

Repurchase Agreement

     3.0   

Net Other Assets (Liabilities)

     (17.8

Total

     100.0
  

 

 

 
 

 

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Schedules of Investments Composition (continued)

 

 

At December 31, 2015

(unaudited)

 

Transamerica Partners Mid Growth Portfolio  
Asset Allocation    Percentage of
Net Assets
 

Common Stocks

     99.4

Securities Lending Collateral

     11.9   

Repurchase Agreement

     0.6   

Net Other Assets (Liabilities)

     (11.9

Total

     100.0
  

 

 

 
Transamerica Partners Small Value Portfolio  
Asset Allocation    Percentage of
Net Assets
 

Common Stocks

     98.1

Securities Lending Collateral

     21.8   

Repurchase Agreement

     0.8   

Net Other Assets (Liabilities)

     (20.7

Total

     100.0
  

 

 

 
Transamerica Partners Small Core Portfolio  
Asset Allocation    Percentage of
Net Assets
 

Common Stocks

     98.6

Securities Lending Collateral

     28.7   

Repurchase Agreement

     1.1   

Master Limited Partnership

     0.3   

Net Other Assets (Liabilities)

     (28.7

Total

     100.0
  

 

 

 
Transamerica Partners Small Growth Portfolio  
Asset Allocation    Percentage of
Net Assets
 

Common Stocks

     97.1

Securities Lending Collateral

     28.6   

Repurchase Agreement

     3.1   

Net Other Assets (Liabilities)

     (28.8

Total

     100.0
  

 

 

 
Transamerica Partners International Equity Portfolio  
Asset Allocation    Percentage of
Net Assets
 

Common Stocks

     95.0

Securities Lending Collateral

     6.1   

Preferred Stocks

     2.9   

Repurchase Agreement

     1.5   

Net Other Assets (Liabilities)

     (5.5

Total

     100.0
  

 

 

 

 

* Percentage rounds to less than 0.1% or (0.1)%.

 

Credit quality represents a percentage of net assets at the end of the reporting period. Ratings BBB or higher are considered investment grade. Not rated securities do not necessarily indicate low credit quality, and may or may not be equivalent of investment grade. The table reflects Standard and Poor’s (“S&P”) ratings; percentages may include investments not rated by S&P but rated by Moody’s, or if unrated by Moody’s, by Fitch ratings, and then included in the closest equivalent S&P rating. Credit ratings are subject to change. The Portfolio itself has not been rated by an independent agency.

 

^ The Net Other Assets (Liabilities) category may include, but is not limited to, reverse repurchase agreements, forward foreign currency contracts, futures contracts, swap agreements, written options and swaptions, and cash collateral.
 

 

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Transamerica Partners Money Market Portfolio

 

 

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS

At December 31, 2015

 

     Principal      Value  

CERTIFICATES OF DEPOSIT - 14.3%

  

  

Banks - 14.3%

    

Bank of Nova Scotia

    

0.55%, 06/10/2016 (A)

    $  27,000,000         $  27,000,000   

Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd.

    

0.93%, 06/22/2016 (A)

    22,000,000         22,000,000   

Mizuho Bank, Ltd.

    

0.45%, 02/04/2016 (A)

    20,000,000         20,000,000   

Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp.

    

0.61%, 03/02/2016 (A)

    17,500,000         17,500,000   

Svenska Handelsbanken AB

    

0.62%, 05/24/2016 (A)

    20,000,000         20,000,399   

Wells Fargo Bank NA

    

0.57%, 01/29/2016 (A)

    18,000,000         18,000,000   
    

 

 

 

Total Certificates of Deposit
(Cost $124,500,399)

   

     124,500,399   
    

 

 

 

CORPORATE DEBT SECURITIES - 4.2%

  

  

Banks - 2.0%

    

Bank of America NA

    

0.45%, 04/01/2016

    18,000,000         18,000,000   
    

 

 

 

Capital Markets - 2.2%

    

Goldman Sachs & Co.

    

0.66%, 05/13/2016 (B)

    19,000,000         19,000,000   
    

 

 

 

Total Corporate Debt Securities
(Cost $37,000,000)

   

     37,000,000   
    

 

 

 

COMMERCIAL PAPER - 67.4%

    

Banks - 31.5%

    

Australia & New Zealand Banking Group, Ltd.

    

0.63%, 05/23/2016 (A) (C)

    17,000,000         17,000,000   

Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd.

    

0.38%, 01/04/2016 (A)

    15,000,000         14,999,525   

Barclays Bank PLC

    

0.47%, 01/29/2016 (A)

    33,750,000         33,750,000   

Bedford Row Funding Corp.

    

0.51%, 03/18/2016 (A) (C)

    20,000,000         20,000,000   

Commonwealth Bank of Australia

    

0.83%, 06/23/2016 (A) (C)

    17,500,000         17,429,796   

DNB Bank ASA

    

0.70%, 05/18/2016 (A) (C)

    4,390,000         4,378,220   

HSBC USA, Inc.

    

0.45%, 04/19/2016 (A) (C)

    15,000,000         14,979,563   

JPMorgan Securities LLC

    

0.62%, 07/22/2016 (A)

    20,000,000         19,930,078   

Korea Development Bank

    

0.72%, 05/23/2016 (A)

    13,000,000         12,962,820   

Natixis

    

0.35%, 01/04/2016 (A)

    36,000,000         35,998,950   

Standard Chartered Bank

    

0.49%, 02/22/2016 (A) (C)

    15,000,000         14,989,383   

0.65%, 04/04/2016 (A) (C)

    13,000,000         12,977,936   

Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp.

    

0.30%, 01/04/2016 (A) (C)

    20,000,000         19,999,500   

US Bank NA

    

0.20%, 01/04/2016 (A)

    35,500,000         35,500,000   
    

 

 

 
       274,895,771   
    

 

 

 
     Principal      Value  

COMMERCIAL PAPER (continued)

  

Capital Markets - 5.4%

    

Cedar Springs Capital Co. LLC

    

0.31%, 01/19/2016 (A) (C)

    $  10,017,000         $  10,015,447   

0.52%, 01/05/2016 (A) (C)

    16,500,000         16,499,047   

0.55%, 02/02/2016 (A) (C)

    6,000,000         5,997,067   

Credit Suisse

    

0.54%, 03/16/2016 (A)

    15,000,000         14,983,125   
    

 

 

 
       47,494,686   
    

 

 

 

Consumer Finance - 2.4%

    

Harley-Davidson Financial Services, Inc.

    

0.52%, 01/11/2016 (A) (C)

    4,100,000         4,099,408   

Toyota Motor Credit Corp.

    

0.43%, 05/09/2016 (A)

    17,000,000         17,000,000   
    

 

 

 
       21,099,408   
    

 

 

 

Diversified Financial Services - 21.6%

  

  

Cancara Asset Securitisation LLC

    

0.47%, 02/05/2016 (A)

    20,000,000         19,990,861   

0.63%, 04/01/2016 (A)

    12,500,000         12,480,094   

Collateralized Commercial Paper II Co. LLC

    

0.47%, 04/22/2016 (A) (C)

    13,000,000         12,980,991   

0.52%, 03/07/2016 (A) (C)

    20,000,000         19,980,933   

Fairway Finance Co. LLC

    

0.41%, 01/07/2016 (A) (C)

    17,000,000         17,000,000   

Jupiter Securitization Co. LLC

    

0.50%, 02/11/2016 - 05/03/2016 (A) (C)

    18,500,000         18,479,785   

Liberty Street Funding LLC

    

0.48%, 04/12/2016 (A) (C)

    7,000,000         6,990,480   

Mont Blanc Capital Corp.

    

0.32%, 01/20/2016 (A) (C)

    12,457,000         12,454,896   

Nieuw Amsterdam Receivables Corp.

    

0.69%, 04/01/2016 (A) (C)

    15,000,000         14,973,837   

Regency Markets No. 1 LLC

    

0.42%, 01/15/2016 (A) (C)

    10,000,000         9,998,367   

Sheffield Receivables Co. LLC

    

0.38%, 01/06/2016 (A) (C)

    16,500,000         16,499,129   

South Carolina Fuel Co., Inc.

    

0.70%, 01/06/2016 (A) (C)

    4,000,000         3,999,611   

Victory Receivables Corp.

    

0.28%, 01/06/2016 (A) (C)

    23,000,000         22,999,106   
    

 

 

 
       188,828,090   
    

 

 

 

Multi-Utilities - 1.4%

    

Dominion Resources, Inc.

    

0.62%, 01/15/2016 (A) (C)

    4,000,000         3,999,035   

Duke Energy Corp.

    

0.87%, 01/22/2016 (A) (C)

    4,000,000         3,997,970   

Southern Co.

    

0.60%, 01/07/2016 (A) (C)

    4,000,000         3,999,600   
    

 

 

 
       11,996,605   
    

 

 

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels - 0.5%

  

  

Spectra Energy Capital LLC

    

0.65%, 01/05/2016 (A) (C)

    4,000,000         3,999,711   
    

 

 

 

Real Estate Investment Trusts - 1.2%

  

  

Simon Property Group LP

    

0.32%, 01/11/2016 (A) (C)

    10,000,000         9,998,833   
    

 

 

 
 

 

The Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this report.

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SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (continued)

At December 31, 2015

 

     Principal      Value  

COMMERCIAL PAPER (continued)

  

Software - 3.4%

    

Manhattan Asset Funding Co. LLC

    

0.35%, 01/06/2016 (A) (C)

    $  10,000,000         $  9,999,514   

0.48%, 02/10/2016 (A) (C)

    12,000,000         11,993,600   

0.70%, 04/04/2016 (A) (C)

    8,000,000         7,985,378   
    

 

 

 
       29,978,492   
    

 

 

 

Total Commercial Paper
(Cost $588,291,596)

       588,291,596   
    

 

 

 

REPURCHASE AGREEMENTS - 14.1%

  

  

Bank of America NA 0.01% (A), dated 11/23/2015, to be repurchased at $18,500,468 on 02/22/2016. Collateralized by an Asset-Backed Security, Zero Coupon, due 08/03/2020, and with a value of $19,795,001. (B)

    18,500,000         18,500,000   

Barclays Capital, Inc. 0.30% (A), dated 12/31/2015, to be repurchased at $15,800,527 on 01/04/2016. Collateralized by U.S. Government Agency Obligations, 3.23% - 6.19%, due 08/25/2023 - 07/16/2055, and with a total value of $16,116,000.

    15,800,000         15,800,000   

Goldman Sachs & Co. 0.32% (A), dated 12/31/2015, to be repurchased at $23,000,818 on 01/04/2016. Collateralized by U.S. Government Agency Obligations, 2.55% - 9.00%, due 07/01/2018 - 11/01/2045, and with a total value of $23,460,000.

    23,000,000         23,000,000   
     Principal      Value  

REPURCHASE AGREEMENTS (continued)

  

ING Financial Markets LLC 0.27% (A), dated 12/31/2015, to be repurchased at $18,700,561 on 01/04/2016. Collateralized by a U.S. Government Agency Obligation, 3.00%, due 01/01/2027, and with a value of $19,076,527.

    $  18,700,000         $  18,700,000   

Jefferies LLC 0.50% (A), dated

    

12/31/2015, to be repurchased at $47,002,611 on 01/04/2016. Collateralized by U.S. Government Agency Obligations, 0.61% - 3.50%, due 11/01/2025 - 09/01/2045, and with a total value of $47,940,000.

    47,000,000         47,000,000   

State Street Bank & Trust Co. 0.03% (A),

    

dated 12/31/2015, to be repurchased at $406,028 on 01/04/2016. Collateralized by a U.S. Government Agency Obligation, 2.06%, due 05/27/2021, and with a value of $418,950.

    406,027         406,027   
    

 

 

 

Total Repurchase Agreements
(Cost $123,406,027)

       123,406,027   
    

 

 

 

Total Investments
(Cost $873,198,022) (D)

       873,198,022   

Net Other Assets (Liabilities) - (0.0)% (E)

  

     (141,286
    

 

 

 

Net Assets - 100.0%

       $  873,056,736   
    

 

 

 
 

SECURITY VALUATION:

 

Valuation Inputs (F)

 

     Level 1 -
Unadjusted
Quoted Prices
    Level 2 -
Other Significant
Observable Inputs
    Level 3 -
Significant
Unobservable Inputs
    Value at
December 31, 2015
 

ASSETS

       

Investments

       

Certificates of Deposit

  $      $ 124,500,399      $      $ 124,500,399   

Corporate Debt Securities

           37,000,000               37,000,000   

Commercial Paper

           588,291,596               588,291,596   

Repurchase Agreements

           123,406,027               123,406,027   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Investments

  $   —      $   873,198,022      $   —      $   873,198,022   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

FOOTNOTES TO SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS:

 

(A)  Rate disclosed reflects the yield at December 31, 2015.
(B)  Illiquid security. Total aggregate value of illiquid securities is $37,500,000, representing 4.3% of the Portfolio’s net assets.
(C)  Security is registered pursuant to Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. Unless otherwise indicated, the security is deemed to be liquid for purposes of compliance limitations on holdings of illiquid securities and may be resold as transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. At December 31, 2015, the total aggregate value of 144A securities is $370,696,143, representing 42.5% of the Portfolio’s net assets.

 

The Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this report.

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Transamerica Partners Money Market Portfolio

 

 

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (continued)

At December 31, 2015

 

FOOTNOTES TO SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (continued):

 

(D)  Aggregate cost for federal income tax purposes is $873,198,022.
(E)  Percentage rounds to less than 0.1% or (0.1)%.
(F)  The Portfolio recognizes transfers between Levels at the end of the reporting year. There were no transfers between Levels 1, 2 and 3 during the year ended December 31, 2015. See the Security Valuation section of the Notes to Financial Statements for more information regarding security valuation and pricing inputs.

 

The Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this report.

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Transamerica Partners High Quality Bond Portfolio

 

 

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS

At December 31, 2015

 

     Principal      Value  

ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES - 33.1%

  

  

Ally Master Owner Trust

    

Series 2014-1, Class A2

    

1.29%, 01/15/2019

    $  1,500,000         $  1,498,231   

American Express Credit Account Master Trust

    

Series 2014-2, Class A

    

1.26%, 01/15/2020

    2,000,000         1,995,943   

Series 2014-3, Class A

    

1.49%, 04/15/2020

    1,000,000         1,000,354   

Series 2014-4, Class A

    

1.43%, 06/15/2020

    1,500,000         1,497,387   

AmeriCredit Automobile Receivables Trust

    

Series 2012-4, Class D

    

2.68%, 10/09/2018

    1,500,000         1,511,375   

Series 2013-2, Class C

    

1.79%, 03/08/2019

    2,000,000         2,001,745   

Series 2013-3, Class C

    

2.38%, 06/10/2019

    1,000,000         1,005,534   

Series 2015-4, Class C

    

2.88%, 07/08/2021

    750,000         745,386   

ARI Fleet Lease Trust

    

Series 2012-B, Class A

    

0.63%, 01/15/2021 (A) (B)

    112,170         112,070   

Avis Budget Rental Car Funding AESOP LLC

    

Series 2010-5A, Class A

    

3.15%, 03/20/2017 (B)

    1,000,000         1,002,518   

Series 2012-3A, Class B

    

3.04%, 03/20/2019 (B)

    850,000         845,684   

Series 2014-1A, Class A

    

2.46%, 07/20/2020 (B)

    1,250,000         1,253,957   

Capital Auto Receivables Asset Trust

    

Series 2013-1, Class C

    

1.74%, 10/22/2018

    3,620,000         3,616,638   

Capital One Multi-Asset Execution Trust

    

Series 2007-A7, Class A7

    

5.75%, 07/15/2020

    1,000,000         1,068,764   

Series 2014-A5, Class A5

    

1.48%, 07/15/2020

    3,150,000         3,150,586   

Series 2015-A1, Class A1

    

1.39%, 01/15/2021

    3,800,000         3,778,499   

Series 2015-A8, Class A8

    

2.05%, 08/15/2023

    3,300,000         3,241,171   

CarMax Auto Owner Trust

    

Series 2013-2, Class C

    

1.61%, 03/15/2019

    2,150,000         2,138,903   

Series 2015-2, Class C

    

2.39%, 03/15/2021

    900,000         891,467   

Chase Issuance Trust

    

Series 2014-A7, Class A7

    

1.38%, 11/15/2019

    2,000,000         1,994,283   

CIT Equipment Collateral

    

Series 2014-VT1, Class C

    

2.65%, 10/20/2022 (B)

    2,000,000         2,008,686   

Citibank Credit Card Issuance Trust

    

Series 2006-A3, Class A3

    

5.30%, 03/15/2018

    1,905,000         1,922,042   
     Principal      Value  

ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES (continued)

  

  

Citibank Credit Card Issuance Trust (continued)

  

  

Series 2013-A6, Class A6

    

1.32%, 09/07/2018

    $  2,000,000         $  2,003,901   

Series 2014-A2, Class A2

    

1.02%, 02/22/2019

    3,900,000         3,890,657   

Series 2014-A4, Class A4

    

1.23%, 04/24/2019

    3,900,000         3,898,555   

CLI Funding V LLC

    

Series 2013-1A

    

2.83%, 03/18/2028 (B)

    797,500         768,785   

CNH Equipment Trust

    

Series 2012-C, Class B

    

1.30%, 03/16/2020

    640,000         638,089   

Series 2013-D, Class B

    

1.75%, 04/15/2021

    1,100,000         1,102,059   

Series 2014-A, Class A3

    

0.84%, 05/15/2019

    979,275         975,936   

Series 2014-B, Class B

    

1.93%, 11/15/2021

    1,050,000         1,041,709   

Series 2014-C, Class A3

    

1.05%, 11/15/2019

    2,025,000         2,012,209   

Series 2015-A, Class B

    

2.14%, 08/15/2022

    2,000,000         1,975,635   

Series 2015-B, Class A3

    

1.37%, 07/15/2020

    1,000,000         987,652   

Series 2015-B, Class B

    

2.23%, 10/17/2022

    1,825,000         1,815,039   

CNH Wholesale Master Note Trust

    

Series 2013-2A, Class A

    

0.93%, 08/15/2019 (A) (B)

    750,000         749,061   

Diamond Resorts Owner Trust

    

Series 2013-2, Class A

    

2.27%, 05/20/2026 (B)

    1,397,808         1,396,505   

Series 2014-1, Class A

    

2.54%, 05/20/2027 (B)

    1,726,765         1,712,744   

Series 2015-2, Class A

    

2.99%, 05/22/2028 (B)

    1,438,193         1,437,779   

Discover Card Execution Note Trust

    

Series 2014-A5, Class A

    

1.39%, 04/15/2020

    2,000,000         1,994,849   

Series 2015-A4, Class A1

    

2.19%, 04/17/2023

    3,000,000         2,972,691   

Entergy Texas Restoration Funding LLC

    

Series 2009-A, Class A2

    

3.65%, 08/01/2019

    1,719,750         1,764,353   

Fifth Third Auto Trust

    

Series 2013-1, Class A

    

3 0.88%, 10/16/2017

    959,084         958,876   

Ford Credit Auto Lease Trust

    

Series 2014-A, Class B

    

1.16%, 08/15/2017

    2,800,000         2,794,356   

Ford Credit Auto Owner Trust

    

Series 2012-A, Class D

    

2.94%, 07/15/2018

    1,305,000         1,313,193   

Series 2013-A, Class A4

    

0.78%, 05/15/2018

    2,600,000         2,591,965   

Ford Credit Floorplan Master Owner Trust

    

Series 2012-2, Class D

    

3.50%, 01/15/2019

    2,300,000         2,338,433   
 

 

The Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this report.

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Transamerica Partners High Quality Bond Portfolio

 

 

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (continued)

At December 31, 2015

 

     Principal      Value  

ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES (continued)

  

  

Ford Credit Floorplan Master Owner Trust (continued)

  

  

Series 2013-5, Class B

    

1.88%, 09/15/2018

    $  1,665,000         $  1,667,728   

Series 2014-4, Class A1

    

1.40%, 08/15/2019

    1,145,000         1,139,836   

Series 2015-1, Class B

    

1.62%, 01/15/2020

    1,050,000         1,045,376   

Hyundai Auto Receivables Trust

    

Series 2012-C, Class C

    

1.42%, 02/15/2019

    1,010,000         1,009,506   

Invitation Homes Trust

    

Series 2013-SFR1, Class B

    

1.77%, 12/17/2030 (A) (B)

    1,080,000         1,049,198   

John Deere Owner Trust

    

Series 2013-B, Class A3

    

0.87%, 08/15/2017

    637,649         636,938   

MMAF Equipment Finance LLC
Series 2009-AA, Class A4

    

3.51%, 01/15/2030 (B)

    77,773         77,778   

MVW Owner Trust
Series 2015-1A, Class A

    

2.52%, 12/20/2032 (B)

    2,456,091         2,421,659   

Nissan Master Owner Trust Receivables
Series 2015-A, Class A2

    

1.44%, 01/15/2020

    2,090,000         2,074,450   

Sierra Timeshare Receivables Funding LLC

  

  

Series 2012-1A, Class B

    

3.58%, 11/20/2028 (B)

    949,990         957,571   

Series 2015-1A, Class A

    

2.40%, 03/22/2032 (B)

    1,033,020         1,020,617   

SMART ABS Trust

    

Series 2012-4US, Class A4A

    

1.25%, 08/14/2018

    1,100,000         1,094,951   

Series 2013-2US, Class A3B

    

0.75%, 01/14/2017 (A)

    168,591         168,577   

Synchrony Credit Card Master Note Trust
Series 2012-2, Class A

    

2.22%, 01/15/2022

    2,062,000         2,067,525   

Tricon American Homes Trust
Series 2015-SFR1, Class B

    

1.97%, 05/17/2032 (A) (B)

    730,000         719,377   

Volkswagen Auto Loan Enhanced Trust
Series 2013-1, Class A4

    

0.78%, 07/22/2019

    3,850,000         3,833,715   

World Financial Network Credit Card Master Trust

    

Series 2012-C, Class M

    

3.32%, 08/15/2022

    500,000         515,747   

Series 2013-A, Class A

    

1.61%, 12/15/2021

    5,000,000         4,969,670   

Series 2013-B, Class A

    

0.91%, 03/16/2020

    3,535,000         3,532,161   

World Omni Auto Receivables Trust
Series 2015-A, Class A4

    

1.75%, 04/15/2021

    2,450,000         2,433,461   

World Omni Automobile Lease Securitization Trust
Series 2015-A, Class B

    

1.94%, 12/15/2020

    2,030,000         2,015,041   
    

 

 

 

Total Asset-Backed Securities
(Cost $116,901,533)

       115,867,136   
    

 

 

 
     Principal      Value  

CORPORATE DEBT SECURITIES - 29.3%

  

  

Aerospace & Defense - 0.4%

    

Lockheed Martin Corp.

    

2.13%, 09/15/2016

    $  1,320,000         $  1,329,010   
    

 

 

 

Automobiles - 1.8%

    

American Honda Finance Corp.

    

0.82%, 10/07/2016 (A)

    1,235,000         1,237,264   

1.20%, 07/14/2017, MTN

    1,250,000         1,244,484   

Ford Motor Credit Co. LLC

    

3.98%, 06/15/2016

    1,750,000         1,769,427   

4.21%, 04/15/2016

    2,060,000         2,076,494   
    

 

 

 
       6,327,669   
    

 

 

 

Banks - 6.5%

    

Bank of America Corp.

    

6.88%, 04/25/2018, MTN

    2,000,000         2,206,514   

Citigroup, Inc.

    

1.70%, 04/27/2018

    3,425,000         3,391,048   

KeyBank NA

    

1.70%, 06/01/2018

    1,330,000         1,320,689   

Lloyds Bank PLC

    

2.00%, 08/17/2018

    2,000,000         2,001,520   

PNC Funding Corp.

    

2.70%, 09/19/2016

    4,175,000         4,216,007   

Toronto-Dominion Bank

    

1.75%, 07/23/2018, MTN

    3,820,000         3,814,365   

Wells Fargo & Co.

    

1.50%, 01/16/2018

    3,425,000         3,410,409   

Westpac Banking Corp.

    

1.20%, 05/19/2017 (C)

    2,260,000         2,254,694   
    

 

 

 
       22,615,246   
    

 

 

 

Beverages - 0.7%

    

Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide, Inc.

    

7.75%, 01/15/2019

    2,000,000         2,311,870   
    

 

 

 

Capital Markets - 2.6%

    

Deutsche Bank AG

    

1.35%, 05/30/2017

    2,240,000         2,225,563   

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.

    

1.46%, 11/15/2018, MTN (A)

    3,005,000         3,017,203   

Morgan Stanley

    

2.65%, 01/27/2020

    4,000,000         3,989,124   
    

 

 

 
       9,231,890   
    

 

 

 

Chemicals - 0.7%

    

Airgas, Inc.

    

1.65%, 02/15/2018

    2,575,000         2,563,822   
    

 

 

 

Consumer Finance - 1.9%

    

Capital One Financial Corp.

    

3.15%, 07/15/2016

    2,700,000         2,724,956   

PACCAR Financial Corp.

    

1.75%, 08/14/2018, MTN

    760,000         757,415   

Visa, Inc.

    

2.20%, 12/14/2020

    3,075,000         3,069,277   
    

 

 

 
       6,551,648   
    

 

 

 

Diversified Financial Services - 0.8%

    

Bear Stearns Cos. LLC

    

7.25%, 02/01/2018

    2,500,000         2,757,720   
    

 

 

 

Diversified Telecommunication Services - 0.9%

  

  

Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corp.

    

1.40%, 07/18/2017

    1,300,000         1,295,077   
 

 

The Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this report.

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Transamerica Partners High Quality Bond Portfolio

 

 

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (continued)

At December 31, 2015

 

     Principal      Value  

CORPORATE DEBT SECURITIES (continued)

  

  

Diversified Telecommunication Services (continued)

  

  

Verizon Communications, Inc.

    

2.25%, 09/14/2018 (A)

    $  1,670,000         $  1,709,973   
    

 

 

 
       3,005,050   
    

 

 

 

Electric Utilities - 0.6%

    

Hydro-Quebec

    

1.38%, 06/19/2017

    2,160,000         2,164,406   
    

 

 

 

Food & Staples Retailing - 1.0%

    

CVS Health Corp.

    

2.25%, 08/12/2019

    3,500,000         3,495,394   
    

 

 

 

Insurance - 2.2%

    

Berkshire Hathaway Finance Corp.

    

0.62%, 01/12/2018 (A)

    1,820,000         1,815,845   

Metropolitan Life Global Funding I

    

1.50%, 01/10/2018 (B)

    2,200,000         2,188,446   

New York Life Global Funding

    

1.30%, 10/30/2017 (B)

    3,745,000         3,729,836   
    

 

 

 
       7,734,127   
    

 

 

 

Machinery - 0.6%

    

Caterpillar Financial Services Corp.

    

1.00%, 03/03/2017, MTN

    2,020,000         2,014,958   
    

 

 

 

Media - 0.9%

    

Comcast Cable Communications LLC

    

8.88%, 05/01/2017

    2,880,000         3,157,779   
    

 

 

 

Metals & Mining - 0.5%

    

Vale Overseas, Ltd.

    

6.25%, 01/23/2017

    1,750,000         1,746,675   
    

 

 

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels - 3.4%

    

Anadarko Petroleum Corp.

    

5.95%, 09/15/2016

    3,000,000         3,082,671   

Chevron Corp.

    

1.72%, 06/24/2018

    1,500,000         1,492,338   

Husky Energy, Inc.

    

6.20%, 09/15/2017

    2,420,000         2,523,167   

Petroleos Mexicanos

    

5.75%, 03/01/2018

    3,250,000         3,383,250   

Total Capital International SA

    

1.55%, 06/28/2017

    1,500,000         1,503,834   
    

 

 

 
       11,985,260   
    

 

 

 

Pharmaceuticals - 0.4%

    

Bayer US Finance LLC

    

1.50%, 10/06/2017 (B)

    1,430,000         1,429,411   
    

 

 

 

Real Estate Investment Trusts - 2.2%

  

  

Simon Property Group, LP

    

1.50%, 02/01/2018 (B)

    2,350,000         2,330,749   

Ventas Realty, LP

    

1.55%, 09/26/2016

    1,760,000         1,761,214   

Welltower, Inc.

    

2.25%, 03/15/2018

    1,950,000         1,948,251   

6.20%, 06/01/2016

    1,750,000         1,783,966   
    

 

 

 
       7,824,180   
    

 

 

 

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment - 0.4%

  

Altera Corp.

    

2.50%, 11/15/2018

    1,460,000         1,471,921   
    

 

 

 
     Principal      Value  

CORPORATE DEBT SECURITIES (continued)

  

  

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals - 0.8%

  

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co.

    

2.45%, 10/05/2017 (B)

    $  2,925,000         $  2,922,520   
    

 

 

 

Total Corporate Debt Securities
(Cost $103,000,531)

       102,640,556   
    

 

 

 

FOREIGN GOVERNMENT OBLIGATION - 0.6%

  

  

Province of Ontario, Canada

    

2.30%, 05/10/2016

    1,985,000         1,994,627   
    

 

 

 

Total Foreign Government Obligation
(Cost $1,989,878)

       1,994,627   
    

 

 

 

MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES - 10.3%

  

  

Banc of America Commercial Mortgage Trust

    

Series 2008-1, Class A4

    

6.22%, 02/10/2051 (A)

    4,289,980         4,543,360   

CD Commercial Mortgage Trust
Series 2007-CD4, Class A4

    

5.32%, 12/11/2049

    5,000,282         5,084,454   

CFCRE Commercial Mortgage Trust
Series 2011-C1, Class A2

    

3.76%, 04/15/2044 (B)

    897,902         899,703   

COMM Mortgage Trust

    

Series 2012-9W57, Class A

    

2.36%, 02/10/2029 (B)

    4,050,000         4,076,426   

Series 2013-CR12, Class A1

    

1.30%, 10/10/2046

    4,131,628         4,110,918   

DBUBS Mortgage Trust

    

Series 2011-LC1A, Class A1

    

3.74%, 11/10/2046 (B)

    1,017,766         1,019,595   

Series 2011-LC3A, Class A2

    

3.64%, 08/10/2044

    1,091,878         1,096,058   

Del Coronado Trust
Series 2013-HDC, Class A

    

1.13%, 03/15/2026 (A) (B)

    2,050,000         2,041,062   

JPMBB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust
Series 2013-C17, Class A1

    

1.25%, 01/15/2047

    2,555,808         2,532,837   

JPMorgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust

    

Series 2002-C2, Class E

    

5.76%, 12/12/2034 (A)

    186,508         189,270   

Series 2012-C8, Class A2

    

1.80%, 10/15/2045

    3,836,534         3,830,184   

Morgan Stanley Capital I Trust
Series 2006-IQ11, Class A4

    

5.78%, 10/15/2042 (A)

    333,652         333,204   

NLY Commercial Mortgage Trust
Series 2014-FL1, Class A

    

1.53%, 11/15/2030 (A) (B)

    1,566,251         1,562,321   

Sequoia Mortgage Trust
Series 2012-2, Class A2

    

3.50%, 04/25/2042 (A)

    140,380         141,397   

Wachovia Bank Commercial Mortgage Trust

    

Series 2007-C30, Class A3

    

5.25%, 12/15/2043

    841,697         842,229   
 

 

The Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this report.

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SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (continued)

At December 31, 2015

 

     Principal      Value  

MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES (continued)

  

  

Wachovia Bank Commercial Mortgage Trust (continued)

  

Series 2007-C30, Class APB

    

5.29%, 12/15/2043

    $  943,318         $  945,969   

Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust
Series 2015-LC22, Class A1

    

1.64%, 09/15/2058

    1,443,776         1,429,540   

WFRBS Commercial Mortgage Trust
Series 2013-C18, Class A1

    

1.19%, 12/15/2046

    1,370,940         1,361,201   
    

 

 

 

Total Mortgage-Backed Securities
(Cost $36,448,514)

       36,039,728   
    

 

 

 

U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENCY OBLIGATIONS - 18.6%

  

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.

    

2.28%, 06/01/2033 (A)

    1,190,596         1,255,438   

4.50%, 09/01/2026

    2,176,990         2,302,822   

Federal National Mortgage Association

    

5.51%, 04/01/2017

    2,808,086         2,940,885   

FREMF Mortgage Trust
Series 2013-K502, Class B

    

2.71%, 03/25/2045 (A) (B)

    1,820,000         1,815,747   

Government National Mortgage Association

    

1.78%, 09/16/2041

    3,522,211         3,439,383   

4.52%, 12/20/2061

    2,390,874         2,517,047   

4.67%, 11/20/2061 - 09/20/2063

    4,199,581         4,401,383   

4.75%, 02/20/2061

    409,408         425,768   

4.80%, 02/20/2063

    3,296,724         3,467,288   

4.82%, 02/20/2061

    392,639         409,797   

4.86%, 05/20/2061

    736,034         770,542   

4.89%, 06/20/2063

    2,708,294         2,846,251   

4.95%, 05/20/2062

    3,055,301         3,202,061   

5.19%, 04/20/2062

    2,456,047         2,556,680   

5.27%, 11/20/2060

    2,244,505         2,378,549   

5.32%, 04/20/2061

    1,520,462         1,602,697   

5.47%, 01/20/2060

    5,657,070         5,967,879   

5.50%, 03/20/2060

    745,527         791,124   

5.59%, 11/20/2059

    3,149,127         3,256,229   

5.65%, 06/20/2059

    2,155,821         2,226,283   

5.75%, 12/15/2022

    375,218         421,543   

Small Business Administration

    

3.33%, 02/25/2022 (A)

    2,108,102         2,220,257   

4.07%, 10/25/2027 (A)

    2,066,710         2,307,676   

4.15%, 08/25/2026 (A)

    2,008,621         2,238,805   

4.18%, 07/25/2026 (A)

    2,394,494         2,660,913   

4.24%, 02/25/2024 (A)

    2,601,620         2,816,977   
     Principal      Value  

U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENCY OBLIGATIONS (continued)

  

Small Business Administration (continued)

  

  

4.63%, 11/25/2026 (A)

    $  2,821,530         $  3,167,746   

4.69%, 05/25/2026 (A)

    735,342         816,297   
    

 

 

 

Total U.S. Government Agency Obligations
(Cost $67,943,174)

       65,224,067   
    

 

 

 

U.S. GOVERNMENT OBLIGATIONS - 4.7%

  

U.S. Treasury Note

    

0.63%, 09/30/2017

    1,600,000         1,588,937   

1.25%, 12/15/2018

    7,000,000         6,985,237   

1.50%, 05/31/2020

    8,000,000         7,930,936   
    

 

 

 

Total U.S. Government Obligations
(Cost $16,526,412)

   

     16,505,110   
    

 

 

 
     Shares      Value  

SECURITIES LENDING COLLATERAL - 0.6%

  

  

State Street Navigator Securities Lending Trust - Prime Portfolio,

    

0.31% (D)

    2,281,740         2,281,740   
    

 

 

 

Total Securities Lending Collateral
(Cost $2,281,740)

       2,281,740   
    

 

 

 
     Principal      Value  

REPURCHASE AGREEMENT - 3.1%

  

  

State Street Bank and Trust Co. 0.03% (D), dated 12/31/2015, to be repurchased at $10,845,166 on 01/04/2016. Collateralized by a U.S. Government Obligation and a U.S. Government Agency Obligation, 0.88% - 1.00%, due 08/15/2017 - 09/15/2017, and with a total value of $11,062,550.

    $  10,845,130         10,845,130   
    

 

 

 

Total Repurchase Agreement
(Cost $10,845,130)

       10,845,130   
    

 

 

 

Total Investments
(Cost $355,936,912) (E)

       351,398,094   

Net Other Assets (Liabilities) - (0.3)%

  

     (888,424
    

 

 

 

Net Assets - 100.0%

       $  350,509,670   
    

 

 

 
 

SECURITY VALUATION:

 

Valuation Inputs (F)

 

     Level 1 -
Unadjusted Quoted
Prices
    Level 2 -
Other Significant
Observable Inputs
    Level 3 - Significant
Unobservable Inputs
    Value at
December 31, 2015
 

ASSETS

       

Investments

       

Asset-Backed Securities

  $      $ 115,867,136      $      $ 115,867,136   

Corporate Debt Securities

           102,640,556               102,640,556   

Foreign Government Obligation

           1,994,627               1,994,627   

Mortgage-Backed Securities

           36,039,728               36,039,728   

 

The Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this report.

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Transamerica Partners High Quality Bond Portfolio

 

 

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (continued)

At December 31, 2015

 

SECURITY VALUATION (continued):

 

Valuation Inputs (continued) (F)

 

     Level 1 -
Unadjusted Quoted
Prices
    Level 2 -
Other Significant
Observable Inputs
    Level 3 - Significant
Unobservable Inputs
    Value at
December 31, 2015
 

ASSETS (continued)

       

Investments (continued)

       

U.S. Government Agency Obligations

           65,224,067               65,224,067   

U.S. Government Obligations

           16,505,110               16,505,110   

Securities Lending Collateral

    2,281,740                      2,281,740   

Repurchase Agreement

           10,845,130               10,845,130   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Investments

  $   2,281,740      $   349,116,354      $   —      $   351,398,094   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

FOOTNOTES TO SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS:

 

(A)  Floating or variable rate security. The rate disclosed is as of December 31, 2015.
(B)  Security is registered pursuant to Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. Unless otherwise indicated, the security is deemed to be liquid for purposes of compliance limitations on holdings of illiquid securities and may be resold as transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. At December 31, 2015, the total aggregate value of 144A securities is $41,549,805, representing 11.9% of the Portfolio’s net assets.
(C)  All or a portion of the security is on loan. The total value of all securities on loan is $2,234,812. 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.
(D)  Rate disclosed reflects the yield at December 31, 2015.
(E)  Aggregate cost for federal income tax purposes is $355,936,912. Aggregate gross unrealized appreciation and depreciation for all securities is $161,311 and $4,700,129, respectively. Net unrealized depreciation for tax purposes is $4,538,818.
(F)  The Portfolio recognizes transfers between Levels at the end of the reporting year. There were no transfers between Levels 1, 2 and 3 during the year ended December 31, 2015. See the Security Valuation section of the Notes to Financial Statements for more information regarding security valuation and pricing inputs.

PORTFOLIO ABBREVIATION:

 

MTN    Medium Term Note

 

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SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS

At December 31, 2015

 

         
Principal
     Value  

FOREIGN GOVERNMENT OBLIGATIONS - 4.7%

  

Deutsche Bundesrepublik Inflation-Linked
Bond

   

  

0.10%, 04/15/2023 (A)

    EUR  3,234,598         $  3,680,093   

1.50%, 04/15/2016 (A)

    5,818         6,260   

Hellenic Republic Government Bond Zero Coupon, 10/15/2042 (B)

    366,000         1,496   

Italy Buoni Poliennali del Tesoro

    

1.25%, 09/15/2032 (A)

    1,211,194         1,360,649   

2.10%, 09/15/2016

    10,719         11,796   

2.35%, 09/15/2024 (A)

    3,466,393         4,343,763   

2.55%, 09/15/2041 (A)

    418,818         570,542   

2.60%, 09/15/2023 (A)

    251,482         321,180   

New Zealand Government Bond

    

3.00%, 09/20/2030 (A)

    NZD  3,098,000         2,326,087   
    

 

 

 

Total Foreign Government Obligations
(Cost $13,446,337)

   

     12,621,866   
    

 

 

 

U.S. GOVERNMENT OBLIGATIONS - 94.4%

  

U.S. Treasury Inflation Indexed Bond

  

  

0.63%, 02/15/2043

    $  3,398,300         2,875,811   

0.75%, 02/15/2042 - 02/15/2045

    11,099,282         9,740,283   

1.38%, 02/15/2044

    4,939,317         5,026,782   

1.75%, 01/15/2028

    8,872,370         9,694,448   

2.00%, 01/15/2026

    6,321,191         7,022,944   

2.13%, 02/15/2040 - 02/15/2041

    9,940,157         11,735,551   

2.38%, 01/15/2025 - 01/15/2027

    21,169,801         24,190,602   

2.50%, 01/15/2029

    7,178,479         8,504,064   

3.38%, 04/15/2032

    953,240         1,289,742   

3.63%, 04/15/2028

    6,484,993         8,477,443   

3.88%, 04/15/2029 (C)

    7,877,717         10,701,902   

U.S. Treasury Inflation Indexed Note

  

  

0.13%, 04/15/2017 - 07/15/2024

    89,342,260         87,518,365   

0.25%, 01/15/2025

    6,918,731         6,603,874   

0.38%, 07/15/2023 - 07/15/2025

    18,633,192         18,135,452   

0.63%, 07/15/2021 - 01/15/2024

    12,815,902         12,674,077   

1.13%, 01/15/2021

    9,872,321         10,177,879   

1.25%, 07/15/2020

    5,823,751         6,056,171   

1.38%, 07/15/2018 - 01/15/2020

    9,600,039         9,969,546   

2.50%, 07/15/2016 (D)

    2,630,555         2,672,926   
    

 

 

 

Total U.S. Government Obligations
(Cost $259,460,118)

   

     253,067,862   
    

 

 

 
     Number of
Contracts
     Value  

OVER-THE-COUNTER FOREIGN EXCHANGE OPTIONS PURCHASED - 0.2% (E)

   

Call - CAD vs. JPY

    

Exercise Price CAD 86.00

    

Expiration Date 01/15/2016, DUB

    7,225,000         27,141   

Call - EUR vs. GBP

    

Exercise Price EUR 0.74

    

Expiration Date 02/16/2016, BCLY

    2,455,000         29,684   

Call - EUR vs. GBP

    

Exercise Price EUR 0.77

    

Expiration Date 01/14/2016, BCLY

    2,475,000         237   
     
 
Number of
Contracts
  
  
     Value   

OVER-THE-COUNTER FOREIGN EXCHANGE OPTIONS PURCHASED (continued)

   

Call - NZD vs. USD

    

Exercise Price NZD 0.70

    

Expiration Date 01/27/2016, HSBC

    4,105,000         $  17,618   

Call - USD vs. CAD

    

Exercise Price $1.38

    

Expiration Date 01/08/2016, BNP

    7,310,000         87,464   

Call - USD vs. CAD

    

Exercise Price $1.39

    

Expiration Date 01/08/2016, HSBC

    7,310,000         34,547   

Call - USD vs. CAD

    

Exercise Price $1.42

    

Expiration Date 01/08/2016, BCLY

    14,620,000         7,164   

Call - USD vs. JPY

    

Exercise Price $121.75

    

Expiration Date 03/17/2016, BNP

    2,680,000         22,381   

Call - USD vs. JPY

    

Exercise Price $127.00

    

Expiration Date 01/15/2016, BNP

    6,790,000         7   

Put - CAD vs. JPY

    

Exercise Price CAD 85.50

    

Expiration Date 01/15/2016, DUB

    7,225,000         19,210   

Put - CAD vs. JPY

    

Exercise Price CAD 88.00

    

Expiration Date 01/15/2016, BCLY

    7,225,000         97,700   

Put - CHF vs. NOK

    

Exercise Price CHF 7.72

    

Expiration Date 08/02/2016, DUB

    5,595,000         16,065   

Put - CHF vs. SEK

    

Exercise Price CHF 8.26

    

Expiration Date 03/18/2016, JPM

    2,950,000         22,234   

Put - EUR vs. GBP

    

Exercise Price EUR 0.72

    

Expiration Date 01/14/2016, HSBC

    2,475,000         597   

Put - EUR vs. USD

    

Exercise Price EUR 0.72

    

Expiration Date 02/16/2016, BCLY

    2,455,000         8,852   

Put - GBP vs. JPY

    

Exercise Price GBP 175.00

    

Expiration Date 05/12/2016, DUB

    1,820,000         57,122   

Put - GBP vs. USD

    

Exercise Price GBP 1.48

    

Expiration Date 02/05/2016, HSBC

    3,560,000         64,027   

Put - USD vs. CAD

    

Exercise Price $1.35

    

Expiration Date 01/08/2016, BNP

    7,310,000         241   

Put - USD vs. JPY

    

Exercise Price $119.25

    

Expiration Date 03/17/2016, BNP

    2,680,000         30,327   

Put - USD vs. JPY

    

Exercise Price $120.50

    

Expiration Date 01/15/2016, DUB

    13,580,000         90,538   

Put - USD vs. MXN

    

Exercise Price $16.15

    

Expiration Date 02/26/2016, MSC

    2,710,000         2,276   
    

 

 

 

Total Over-the-Counter Foreign Exchange Options Purchased
(Cost $693,121)

    

     635,432   
    

 

 

 
 

 

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SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (continued)

At December 31, 2015

 

     Notional
Amount
     Value  

OVER-THE-COUNTER INFLATION-CAPPED OPTIONS PURCHASED - 0.0% (E) (F)

   

Call - US CPI Urban Consumers NAS

    

Exercise Rate 2.00%

    

Expiration Date 11/06/2016, DUB

    $  8,440,000         $  3,985   

Call - US CPI Urban Consumers NAS

    

Exercise Rate 2.00%

    

Expiration Date 11/10/2016, DUB

    3,370,000         1,776   
    

 

 

 

Total Over-the-Counter Inflation-Capped Options Purchased
(Cost $11,303)

    

     5,761   
    

 

 

 

OVER-THE-COUNTER INTEREST RATE SWAPTIONS PURCHASED - 0.1% (E)

   

Put - Receives Floating Rate Index 3-Month

  

  

USD-LIBOR

    

Exercise Rate 2.75%

    

Expiration Date 01/15/2016, DUB

    7,000,000         4   

Put - Receives Floating Rate Index 3-Month

  

  

USD-LIBOR

    

Exercise Rate 2.95%

    

Expiration Date 06/02/2016, DUB

    1,605,000         37,328   

Put - Receives Floating Rate Index 3-Month

  

  

USD-LIBOR

    

Exercise Rate 3.25%

    

Expiration Date 03/16/2016, DUB

    4,775,000         11,879   

Put - Receives Floating Rate Index 3-Month

  

  

USD-LIBOR

    

Exercise Rate 3.35%

    

Expiration Date 01/15/2016, DUB

    5,000,000         0 (G) 
     
 
Notional
Amount
  
  
     Value   

OVER-THE-COUNTER INTEREST RATE SWAPTIONS PURCHASED (continued)

   

Put - Receives Floating Rate Index 3-Month USD-LIBOR

    

Exercise Rate 3.75%

    

Expiration Date 01/15/2016, DUB

    8,800,000         $  —   

Put - Receives Floating Rate Index 6-Month EUR-EURIBOR

    

Exercise Rate 2.50%

    

Expiration Date 06/08/2022, DUB

    EUR  3,200,000         310,056   
    

 

 

 

Total Over-the-Counter Interest Rate Swaptions Purchased
(Cost $659,045)

    

     359,267   
    

 

 

 
     Shares      Value  

SECURITIES LENDING COLLATERAL - 0.5%

  

State Street Navigator Securities Lending Trust - Prime Portfolio, 0.31% (H)

    1,233,750         1,233,750   
    

 

 

 

Total Securities Lending Collateral
(Cost $1,233,750)

   

     1,233,750   
    

 

 

 

Total Investments
(Cost $275,503,674)
(I)

   

     267,923,938   

Net Other Assets (Liabilities) - 0.1%

  

     181,476   
    

 

 

 

Net Assets - 100.0%

       $  268,105,414   
    

 

 

 
 

 

OVER-THE-COUNTER FOREIGN EXCHANGE OPTIONS WRITTEN: (E)  
Description    Counterparty    Exercise
Price
     Expiration
Date
     Notional
Amount
     Premiums
(Received)
    Value  

Call - CHF vs. SEK

   JPM      CHF         9.10         03/18/2016         CHF        2,950,000       $ (30,937   $ (7,022

Call - EUR vs. GBP

   HSBC      EUR         0.77         01/14/2016         EUR        2,475,000         (21,544     (237

Call - GBP vs. JPY

   DUB      GBP         188.50         05/12/2016         GBP        1,820,000         (13,144     (12,221

Call - NZD vs. USD

   CITI      NZD         0.70         01/27/2016         NZD        4,105,000         (26,975     (17,618

Call - USD vs. CAD

   HSBC      USD         1.38         01/08/2016         USD        7,310,000         (69,993     (87,449

Call - USD vs. CAD

   BCLY      USD         1.39         01/08/2016         USD        7,310,000         (57,922     (34,547

Call - USD vs. JPY

   DUB      USD         127.00         01/15/2016         USD        6,790,000         (29,604     (7

Call - USD vs. MXN

   MSC      USD         18.00         02/26/2016         USD        2,710,000         (20,325     (17,414

Put - CAD vs. JPY

   DUB      CAD         84.50         01/15/2016         CAD        7,225,000         (11,142     (9,712

Put - CAD vs. JPY

   BCLY      CAD         85.50         01/15/2016         CAD        7,225,000         (10,820     (19,210

Put - CAD vs. JPY

   DUB      CAD         88.00         01/15/2016         CAD        7,225,000         (63,691     (97,700

Put - EUR vs. GBP

   BCLY      EUR         0.72         01/14/2016         EUR        2,475,000         (36,998     (597

Put - USD vs. JPY

   DUB      USD         120.50         01/15/2016         USD        6,790,000         (39,382     (45,269
                   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

                    $   (432,477   $   (349,003
                   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

OVER-THE-COUNTER INFLATION-CAPPED OPTIONS WRITTEN: (E)  
Description    Counterparty      Initial
Index
    Floating
Rate
     Expiration
Date
     Notional
Amount
     Premiums
(Received)
    Value  

Call - Eurostat Eurozone HICP
Ex Tobacco Unrevised
Series NSA

     DUB         2.50     HICP Index         04/26/2022         EUR        1,070,000       $   (74,168   $   (1,224

 

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SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (continued)

At December 31, 2015

 

 

OVER-THE-COUNTER INTEREST RATE SWAPTIONS WRITTEN: (E)  
Description   Counterparty     Floating Rate Index     Floating Rate   Exercise
Rate
    Expiration
Date
    Notional
Amount
    Premiums
(Received)
    Value  

Call - 10-Year

    DUB        3-Month USD-LIBOR      Receive     1.90     02/13/2017        USD        5,900,000      $ (116,905   $ (57,306

Call - 10-Year

    DUB        3-Month USD-LIBOR      Receive     2.10        01/19/2016        USD        7,895,000        (46,975     (17,027

Call - 10-Year

    DUB        3-Month USD-LIBOR      Receive     2.10        03/06/2017        USD        3,700,000        (83,792     (60,582

Call - 10-Year

    DUB        3-Month USD-LIBOR      Receive     2.10        03/06/2017        USD        1,830,000        (34,911     (29,963

Call - 10-Year

    DUB        3-Month USD-LIBOR      Receive     2.10        03/16/2017        USD        1,800,000        (43,679     (29,707

Call - 10-Year

    DUB        3-Month USD-LIBOR      Receive     2.15        01/19/2016        USD        7,895,000        (54,081     (28,870

Put - 10-Year

    DUB        3-Month USD-LIBOR      Pay     2.90        02/13/2017        USD        5,900,000        (168,483     (94,061

Put - 10-Year

    DUB        3-Month USD-LIBOR      Pay     3.10        03/06/2017        USD        3,700,000          (101,306     (47,697

Put - 10-Year

    DUB        3-Month USD-LIBOR      Pay     3.10        03/06/2017        USD        1,830,000        (53,774     (23,835

Put - 10-Year

    DUB        3-Month USD-LIBOR      Pay     3.10        03/16/2017        USD        1,800,000        (45,493     (24,266

Put - 20-Year

    DUB        6-Month EUR-EURIBOR      Pay     4.50        06/08/2022        EUR        3,200,000        (150,269       (138,393
               

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

                $ (899,668   $ (551,707
               

 

 

   

 

 

 

CENTRALLY CLEARED SWAP AGREEMENTS: (J)

 

 

Interest Rate Swap Agreements - Fixed Rate Payable  
Floating Rate Index    Fixed Rate     Expiration
Date
     Notional
Amount
     Fair
Value
    Premiums
Paid
(Received)
    Net Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 

3-Month USD-LIBOR

     2.56     05/15/2041         USD        1,500,000       $ 27,679      $      $ 27,679   

3-Month USD-LIBOR

     2.60        05/15/2041         USD        1,455,000         16,187               16,187   

3-Month USD-LIBOR

     2.80        02/25/2025         USD        6,600,000         (422,932     (73,667     (349,265
            

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

             $   (379,066   $   (73,667   $   (305,399
            

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

Interest Rate Swap Agreements - Fixed Rate Receivable                                        
Floating Rate Index    Fixed Rate     Expiration
Date
    

Notional
Amount

     Fair
Value
    Premiums
Paid
(Received)
     Net Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 

3-Month USD-LIBOR

     2.16     09/25/2025         USD        7,700,000       $ 16,495      $       $ 16,495   

3-Month USD-LIBOR

     2.55        12/04/2045         USD        1,020,000           (23,229               (23,229

3-Month USD-LIBOR

     2.66        05/15/2041         USD        700,000         (12             (12
            

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

             $ (6,746   $   —       $ (6,746
            

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

FUTURES CONTRACTS:                                        
Description    Long/Short      Number of
Contracts
     Expiration
Date
     Unrealized
Appreciation
     Unrealized
Depreciation
 

90-Day Eurodollar

     Long         225         03/14/2016       $       $ (108,241

90-Day Eurodollar

     Short         (114      12/19/2016         65,395           

90-Day Eurodollar

     Short         (225      03/13/2017         144,788           

2-Year U.S. Treasury Note

     Short         (6      03/31/2016         1,773           

5-Year U.S. Treasury Note

     Long         65         03/31/2016                 (20,261

10-Year Japanese Government Bond

     Short         (13      03/14/2016                 (37,891

10-Year U.S. Treasury Note

     Long         18         03/21/2016                 (13,382

Euro-BTP Italian Government Bond

     Short         (60      03/08/2016                 (18,001

German Euro BOBL

     Short         (1      03/08/2016         173           

German Euro Bund

     Short         (18      03/08/2016         7,778           

U.K. Gilt

     Short         (1      03/29/2016         854           

U.S. Treasury Bond

     Short         (12      03/21/2016         29,984           

U.S. Treasury Bond

     Short         (22      03/21/2016                 (30,863
           

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

            $   250,745       $   (228,639 ) 
           

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

The Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this report.

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SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (continued)

At December 31, 2015

 

 

FORWARD FOREIGN CURRENCY CONTRACTS: (E)                                  
Counterparty      Settlement
Date
   Currency
Purchased
     Currency
Sold
     Unrealized
Appreciation
     Unrealized
Depreciation
 

BCLY

     01/19/2016      GBP         454,725         EUR         630,000       $       $ (14,592

BCLY

     01/19/2016      JPY         183,873,138         CAD         2,070,000         34,398           

BCLY

     02/16/2016      GBP         431,456         EUR         582,552         2,280           

BNP

     01/29/2016      NZD         1,025,000         USD         670,737         28,877           

BOA

     01/07/2016      JPY         21,144,000         USD         172,058         3,889           

CIBC

     01/11/2016      CAD         5,056,303         USD         3,635,000         19,253           

CITI

     01/11/2016      USD         1,225,000         CAD         1,692,115         2,087           

CITI

     01/19/2016      GBP         443,898         EUR         610,000                 (8,809

CITI

     02/16/2016      EUR         1,230,000         GBP         900,270         10,969           

DUB

     01/19/2016      JPY         73,257,654         CAD         835,000         6,273           

DUB

     01/19/2016      JPY         300,650,400         USD         2,493,799         8,622           

DUB

     01/19/2016      USD         5,827,500         JPY         705,996,314                 (48,762

DUB

     02/16/2016      GBP         454,930         EUR         615,000         1,584           

DUB

     03/22/2016      SEK         17,644,686         CHF         2,065,276         25,947           

GSC

     01/06/2016      EUR         1,160,000         USD         1,258,846         1,983           

GSC

     01/06/2016      USD         676,478         EUR         622,000         413           

GSC

     01/06/2016      USD         697,927         NZD         1,015,000         3,979           

GSC

     01/11/2016      CAD         1,242,172         USD         893,443         4,290           

GSC

     01/15/2016      JPY         694,148,042         USD         5,700,625         76,559           

GSC

     01/19/2016      CAD         2,930,000         JPY         263,634,109                 (76,732

GSC

     05/16/2016      GBP         450,000         JPY         81,112,725                 (13,922

HSBC

     01/15/2016      JPY         122,189,211         USD         1,004,375         12,569           

HSBC

     01/19/2016      EUR         1,227,500         GBP         901,675         5,310           

HSBC

     01/19/2016      USD         2,135,000         JPY         257,311,267                 (6,694

HSBC

     02/09/2016      GBP         465,000         USD         689,157                 (3,591

JPM

     03/22/2016      CHF         2,065,276         SEK         17,646,338                 (26,143

MSC

     01/06/2016      USD         36,042         EUR         33,000         174           

MSC

     01/07/2016      JPY         21,144,000         USD         171,974         3,973           

MSC

     01/11/2016      CAD         460,834         USD         331,557         1,494           

MSC

     01/11/2016      USD         1,340,000         CAD         1,860,160                 (4,361

MSC

     01/19/2016      USD         860,000         JPY         103,359,280                 (297

MSC

     02/09/2016      GBP         425,000         USD         629,959                 (3,366

MSC

     02/16/2016      GBP         933,706         EUR         1,262,448         3,022           

RBS

     01/19/2016      USD         2,140,000         JPY         257,859,300                 (6,256

SCB

     01/06/2016      USD         2,178,849         NZD         3,330,000                 (97,848

SG

     01/06/2016      MXN         23,424,000         USD         1,410,077                 (51,547

SSB

     01/06/2016      USD         1,586,609         EUR         1,456,000         4,051           

SSB

     01/06/2016      USD         151,240         GBP         100,000         3,817           

SSB

     01/07/2016      USD         407,151         JPY         50,000,000                 (8,917

UBS

     01/06/2016      USD         9,224,634         EUR         8,709,000                 (241,363

UBS

     01/19/2016      JPY         113,343,505         USD         935,000         8,399           

UBS

     01/19/2016      USD         2,515,000         JPY         303,114,087                 (7,928
                   

 

 

    

 

 

 
Total                     $   274,212       $   (621,128
                   

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

The Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this report.

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SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (continued)

At December 31, 2015

 

SECURITY VALUATION:

 

Valuation Inputs (K)

 

     Level 1 -
Unadjusted
Quoted Prices
    Level 2 -
Other Significant
Observable Inputs
    Level 3 -
Significant
Unobservable Inputs
    Value at
December 31, 2015
 

ASSETS

       

Investments

       

Foreign Government Obligations

  $      $ 12,621,866      $      $ 12,621,866   

U.S. Government Obligations

           253,067,862               253,067,862   

Over-the-Counter Foreign Exchange Options Purchased

           635,432               635,432   

Over-the-Counter Inflation-Capped Options Purchased

           5,761               5,761   

Over-the-Counter Interest Rate Swaptions Purchased

           359,267               359,267   

Securities Lending Collateral

    1,233,750                      1,233,750   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Investments

  $ 1,233,750      $ 266,690,188      $      $ 267,923,938   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Other Financial Instruments

       

Centrally Cleared Interest Rate Swap Agreements

  $      $ 60,361      $      $ 60,361   

Futures Contracts (L)

    250,745                      250,745   

Forward Foreign Currency Contracts (L)

           274,212               274,212   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Other Financial Instruments

  $ 250,745      $ 334,573      $      $ 585,318   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

LIABILITIES

       

Other Financial Instruments

       

Over-the-Counter Foreign Exchange Options Written

  $      $ (349,003   $      $ (349,003

Over-the-Counter Inflation-Capped Options Written

           (1,224            (1,224

Over-the-Counter Interest Rate Swaptions Written

           (551,707            (551,707

Centrally Cleared Interest Rate Swap Agreements

           (446,173            (446,173

Futures Contracts (L)

    (228,639                   (228,639

Forward Foreign Currency Contracts (L)

           (621,128            (621,128
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Other Financial Instruments

  $   (228,639   $   (1,969,235   $   —      $   (2,197,874
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

FOOTNOTES TO SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS:

 

(A)  Security exempt from registration under Regulation S of the Securities Act of 1933, which exempts from registration securities offered and sold outside the United States. Security may not be offered or sold in the United States except pursuant to an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933. At December 31, 2015, the total aggregate value of Regulation S securities is $12,608,574, representing 4.7% of the Portfolio’s net assets.
(B)  Floating or variable rate security. The rate disclosed is as of December 31, 2015.
(C)  All or a portion of the security has been segregated by the custodian as collateral to cover margin requirements for open futures contracts. The total value of all securities segregated as collateral to cover margin requirements for open futures contracts is $733,115.
(D)  All or a portion of the security is on loan. The total value of all securities on loan is $1,208,791. 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.
(E)  Cash in the amount of $540,000 has been segregated by the custodian as collateral for open options, swaptions and/or forward foreign currency contracts.
(F)  Percentage rounds to less than 0.1% or (0.1)%.
(G)  Rounds to less than $1.
(H)  Rate disclosed reflects the yield at December 31, 2015.
(I)  Aggregate cost for federal income tax purposes is $278,538,984. Aggregate gross unrealized appreciation and depreciation for all securities is $1,991,080 and $12,606,126, respectively. Net unrealized depreciation for tax purposes is $10,615,046.
(J)  Cash in the amount of $45,220 has been segregated by the custodian as collateral for centrally cleared swap agreements.
(K)  The Portfolio recognizes transfers between Levels at the end of the reporting year. There were no transfers between Levels 1, 2 and 3 during the year ended December 31, 2015. See the Security Valuation section of the Notes to Financial Statements for more information regarding security valuation and pricing inputs.
(L)  Futures contracts and/or forward foreign currency contracts are valued at unrealized appreciation (depreciation).

 

The Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this report.

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SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (continued)

At December 31, 2015

 

CURRENCY ABBREVIATIONS:

 

CAD    Canadian Dollar
CHF    Swiss Franc
EUR    Euro
GBP    Pound Sterling
JPY    Japanese Yen
MXN    Mexican Peso
NOK    Norwegian Krone
NZD    New Zealand Dollar
SEK    Swedish Krona
USD    United States Dollar

COUNTERPARTY ABBREVIATIONS:

 

BCLY    Barclays Bank PLC
BNP    BNP Paribas
BOA    Bank of America
CIBC    Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce
CITI    Citigroup, Inc.
DUB    Deutsche Bank AG
GSC    Goldman Sachs & Co.
HSBC    HSBC Bank USA
JPM    JPMorgan Chase Bank
MSC    Morgan Stanley
RBS    Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC
SCB    Standard Chartered Bank
SG    Societe Generale
SSB    State Street Bank & Trust Co.
UBS    UBS AG

PORTFOLIO ABBREVIATIONS:

 

BOBL    Bundesobligationen (German Federal Government Securities)
BTP    Buoni del Tesoro Poliennali (Italian Treasury Bonds)
CPI    Consumer Price Index
EURIBOR    Euro Interbank Offer Rate
HICP    Harmonized Indices of Consumer Prices
LIBOR    London Interbank Offered Rate
NAS    National Academy of Sciences
NSA    Not Seasonally Adjusted

 

The Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this report.

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Transamerica Partners Core Bond Portfolio

 

 

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS

At December 31, 2015

 

     Principal      Value  

ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES - 6.8%

    

321 Henderson Receivables VI LLC
Series 2010-1A, Class A

    

5.56%, 07/15/2059 (A)

    $  3,765,794         $  4,109,128   

BlueMountain CLO, Ltd.
Series 2015-2A, Class A1

    

1.71%, 07/18/2027 (A) (B)

    4,560,000         4,497,688   

BXG Receivables Note Trust
Series 2015-A, Class A

    

2.88%, 05/02/2030 (A)

    2,920,782         2,894,724   

Chrysler Capital Auto Receivables Trust

    

Series 2013-BA, Class C

    

2.24%, 09/16/2019 (A)

    520,000         515,019   

Series 2014-AA, Class C

    

2.28%, 11/15/2019 (A)

    745,000         740,447   

Conseco Finance Securitizations Corp.
Series 2002-2, Class A2

    

6.03%, 03/01/2033 (B)

    221,305         223,121   

Credit Acceptance Auto Loan Trust
Series 2013-1A, Class A

    

1.21%, 10/15/2020 (A)

    155,398         155,331   

Ford Credit Auto Owner Trust
Series 2013-B, Class D

    

1.82%, 11/15/2019

    1,210,000         1,213,819   

Ford Credit Floorplan Master Owner Trust

    

Series 2012-2, Class C

    

2.86%, 01/15/2019

    455,000         458,666   

Series 2012-2, Class D

    

3.50%, 01/15/2019

    815,000         828,618   

HSBC Home Equity Loan Trust
Series 2006-3, Class M1

    

0.66%, 03/20/2036 (B)

    5,750,000         5,637,703   

ICG US CLO, Ltd.
Series 2014-1A, Class A1

    

1.47%, 04/20/2026 (A) (B)

    4,610,000         4,503,311   

MVW Owner Trust
Series 2014-1A, Class A

    

2.25%, 09/22/2031 (A)

    2,578,012         2,550,889   

NRZ Advance Receivables Trust Advance Receivables Backed
Series 2015-T4, Class AT4

    

3.20%, 11/15/2047 (A)

    5,920,000         5,901,434   

OCP CLO, Ltd.
Series 2015-8A, Class A1

    

1.85%, 04/17/2027 (A) (B)

    4,650,000         4,589,355   

Ocwen Master Advance Receivables Trust
Series 2015-T3, Class AT3

    

3.21%, 11/15/2047 (A)

    6,115,000         6,096,574   

Palmer Square CLO, Ltd.
Series 2015-2A, Class A1A

    

1.79%, 07/20/2027 (A) (B)

    4,575,000         4,518,261   

RAAC Trust
Series 2007-RP4, Class A

    

0.57%, 11/25/2046 (A) (B)

    932,488         801,817   

Renaissance Home Equity Loan Trust
Series 2007-2, Class AF6

    

5.88%, 06/25/2037 (B)

    1,448,956         730,090   
     Principal      Value  

ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES (continued)

    

Santander Drive Auto Receivables Trust
Series 2013-A, Class C

    

3.12%, 10/15/2019 (A)

    $  910,000         $  919,881   

SBA Tower Trust
Series 2014-1A, Class C

    

2.90%, 10/15/2044 (A) (B)

    9,030,000         8,824,195   

Sierra Timeshare Receivables Funding LLC

    

Series 2013-3A, Class B

    

2.70%, 10/20/2030 (A)

    1,110,591         1,108,706   

Series 2014-1A, Class A

    

2.07%, 03/20/2030 (A)

    2,170,243         2,152,297   

Series 2014-2A, Class A

    

2.05%, 06/20/2031 (A)

    1,968,689         1,969,586   

Series 2014-3A, Class A

    

2.30%, 10/20/2031 (A)

    2,287,645         2,281,990   

Series 2015-1A, Class A

    

2.40%, 03/22/2032 (A)

    1,517,842         1,499,618   

Series 2015-1A, Class B

    

3.05%, 03/22/2032 (A)

    1,574,880         1,557,389   

Silverleaf Finance XVIII LLC
Series 2014-A, Class A

    

2.81%, 01/15/2027 (A)

    2,103,166         2,075,239   

SLM Private Education Loan Trust

    

Series 2011-B, Class A3

    

2.58%, 06/16/2042 (A) (B)

    690,000         713,117   

Series 2011-C, Class A2A

    

3.58%, 10/17/2044 (A) (B)

    1,190,000         1,240,999   

SolarCity LMC Series III LLC
Series 2014-2, Class A

    

4.02%, 07/20/2044 (A)

    3,547,278         3,371,333   

SpringCastle America Funding LLC
Series 2014-AA, Class A

    

2.70%, 05/25/2023 (A)

    1,766,637         1,762,734   

Trafigura Securitisation Finance PLC
Series 2014-1A, Class A

    

1.28%, 10/15/2021 (A) (B)

    6,291,000         6,265,155   
    

 

 

 

Total Asset-Backed Securities
(Cost $88,515,864)

       86,708,234   
    

 

 

 

CORPORATE DEBT SECURITIES - 38.3%

    

Aerospace & Defense - 0.3%

    

Exelis, Inc.

    

5.55%, 10/01/2021

    3,442,000         3,774,494   
    

 

 

 

Air Freight & Logistics - 0.2%

    

FedEx Corp.

    

4.90%, 01/15/2034

    1,075,000         1,104,363   

5.10%, 01/15/2044

    1,260,000         1,305,514   
    

 

 

 
       2,409,877   
    

 

 

 

Airlines - 0.9%

    

American Airlines Pass-Through Trust

    

3.70%, 04/01/2028

    4,049,845         4,052,275   

United Airlines Pass-Through Trust

    

3.75%, 03/03/2028

    7,095,000         7,157,436   
    

 

 

 
       11,209,711   
    

 

 

 

Auto Components - 0.2%

    

BorgWarner, Inc.

    

3.38%, 03/15/2025 (C)

    2,235,000         2,109,954   
    

 

 

 
 

 

The Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this report.

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Transamerica Partners Core Bond Portfolio

 

 

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (continued)

At December 31, 2015

 

     Principal      Value  

CORPORATE DEBT SECURITIES (continued)

  

  

Automobiles - 0.2%

    

Ford Motor Credit Co. LLC

    

4.38%, 08/06/2023

    $  706,000         $  725,474   

General Motors Co.

    

4.88%, 10/02/2023

    850,000         869,260   

6.25%, 10/02/2043

    500,000         528,268   
    

 

 

 
       2,123,002   
    

 

 

 

Banks - 7.2%

    

Bank of America Corp.

    

2.60%, 01/15/2019

    1,596,000         1,601,201   

4.10%, 07/24/2023

    1,435,000         1,483,737   

5.42%, 03/15/2017

    1,600,000         1,665,429   

5.75%, 12/01/2017

    1,965,000         2,102,059   

Barclays Bank PLC

    

10.18%, 06/12/2021 (A)

    9,240,000         11,969,459   

Branch Banking & Trust Co.

    

3.80%, 10/30/2026

    1,980,000         2,010,179   

Citigroup, Inc.

    

1.70%, 04/27/2018

    5,142,000         5,091,027   

3.38%, 03/01/2023

    1,380,000         1,384,164   

4.95%, 11/07/2043

    490,000         514,878   

6.68%, 09/13/2043

    490,000         600,821   

Cooperatieve Centrale Raiffeisen-Boerenleenbank BA

    

2.25%, 01/14/2019

    1,215,000         1,218,915   

11.00%, 06/30/2019 (A) (B) (D)

    8,795,000         10,857,428   

First Horizon National Corp.

    

3.50%, 12/15/2020

    2,345,000         2,324,636   

Glitnir HF

    

6.33%, 07/28/2011 (A) (E) (F)

    290,000         89,900   

HSBC Bank Brasil SA - Banco Multiplo

    

4.00%, 05/11/2016, MTN (A)

    5,850,000         5,864,625   

HSBC Holdings PLC

    

4.25%, 03/14/2024

    485,000         486,759   

5.25%, 03/14/2044

    1,228,000         1,274,202   

Intesa Sanpaolo SpA

    

5.02%, 06/26/2024 (A)

    4,285,000         4,215,793   

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

    

2.00%, 08/15/2017

    5,975,000         5,995,255   

3.25%, 09/23/2022

    1,745,000         1,755,072   

4.85%, 02/01/2044 (C)

    490,000         522,428   

6.75%, 02/01/2024 (B) (D)

    412,000         449,080   

JPMorgan Chase Bank NA

    

6.00%, 10/01/2017

    2,566,000         2,743,465   

Korea Development Bank

    

3.50%, 08/22/2017

    1,610,000         1,650,910   

Macquarie Bank, Ltd.

    

1.65%, 03/24/2017 (A)

    2,245,000         2,241,621   

Nordea Bank AB

    

4.25%, 09/21/2022 (A)

    11,100,000         11,370,507   

Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC

    

1.88%, 03/31/2017

    1,950,000         1,941,839   

6.00%, 12/19/2023

    1,685,000         1,814,770   

Societe Generale SA

    

5.00%, 01/17/2024 (A)

    2,315,000         2,359,689   

Wells Fargo & Co.

    

2.15%, 01/15/2019

    912,000         917,095   

4.13%, 08/15/2023

    855,000         887,978   
     Principal      Value  

CORPORATE DEBT SECURITIES (continued)

  

  

Banks (continued)

    

Wells Fargo & Co. (continued)

    

5.38%, 11/02/2043

    $  1,740,000         $  1,862,233   

5.90%, 06/15/2024 (B) (D)

    1,080,000         1,089,450   
    

 

 

 
       92,356,604   
    

 

 

 

Beverages - 0.2%

    

Anheuser-Busch InBev Finance, Inc.

    

2.15%, 02/01/2019

    1,235,000         1,227,863   

3.70%, 02/01/2024 (C)

    1,105,000         1,127,333   
    

 

 

 
       2,355,196   
    

 

 

 

Biotechnology - 1.2%

    

AbbVie, Inc.

    

4.40%, 11/06/2042

    3,706,000         3,461,119   

Amgen, Inc.

    

5.65%, 06/15/2042

    750,000         811,563   

Celgene Corp.

    

3.55%, 08/15/2022

    3,820,000         3,857,134   

3.88%, 08/15/2025

    5,585,000         5,562,381   

Gilead Sciences, Inc.

    

3.65%, 03/01/2026

    2,310,000         2,329,586   
    

 

 

 
       16,021,783   
    

 

 

 

Capital Markets - 3.7%

    

Ameriprise Financial, Inc.

    

3.70%, 10/15/2024 (C)

    3,495,000         3,563,474   

Bank of New York Mellon Corp.

    

2.10%, 01/15/2019, MTN

    1,275,000         1,280,926   

Deutsche Bank AG

    

1.68%, 08/20/2020 (B)

    1,430,000         1,432,032   

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.

    

3.63%, 02/07/2016

    645,000         646,635   

4.25%, 10/21/2025

    4,225,000         4,192,708   

6.25%, 02/01/2041

    490,000         584,473   

6.75%, 10/01/2037

    500,000         584,468   

7.50%, 02/15/2019, MTN

    3,600,000         4,119,340   

Macquarie Group, Ltd.

    

6.25%, 01/14/2021 (A) (C)

    5,645,000         6,300,447   

Morgan Stanley

    

5.00%, 11/24/2025

    1,260,000         1,337,550   

7.30%, 05/13/2019, MTN

    8,865,000         10,183,305   

Oaktree Capital Management, LP

    

6.75%, 12/02/2019 (A)

    4,080,000         4,635,007   

State Street Capital Trust IV

    

1.51%, 06/01/2077 (B)

    285,000         232,988   

UBS AG

    

7.63%, 08/17/2022

    5,385,000         6,138,900   

UBS Group Funding Jersey, Ltd.

    

4.13%, 09/24/2025 (A)

    2,883,000         2,880,010   
    

 

 

 
       48,112,263   
    

 

 

 

Chemicals - 0.3%

    

LyondellBasell Industries NV

    

5.00%, 04/15/2019

    1,217,000         1,294,643   

Monsanto Co.

    

4.40%, 07/15/2044

    2,705,000         2,239,559   
    

 

 

 
       3,534,202   
    

 

 

 

Commercial Services & Supplies - 0.4%

  

  

ERAC USA Finance LLC

    

3.85%, 11/15/2024 (A)

    3,020,000         3,021,136   

Hutchison Whampoa International 14, Ltd.

    

1.63%, 10/31/2017 (A)

    2,325,000         2,304,477   
    

 

 

 
       5,325,613   
    

 

 

 
 

 

The Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this report.

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Transamerica Partners Core Bond Portfolio

 

 

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (continued)

At December 31, 2015

 

     Principal      Value  

CORPORATE DEBT SECURITIES (continued)

  

  

Communications Equipment - 0.1%

    

Cisco Systems, Inc.

    

2.13%, 03/01/2019

    $  797,000         $  803,841   
    

 

 

 

Construction Materials - 0.4%

    

Martin Marietta Materials, Inc.

    

4.25%, 07/02/2024

    5,140,000         5,044,622   
    

 

 

 

Consumer Finance - 0.1%

    

Discover Financial Services

    

3.85%, 11/21/2022

    1,111,000         1,100,864   
    

 

 

 

Containers & Packaging - 0.3%

    

International Paper Co.

    

4.75%, 02/15/2022

    3,637,000         3,884,356   
    

 

 

 

Diversified Financial Services - 0.2%

    

General Electric Capital Corp.

    

6.88%, 01/10/2039, MTN

    500,000         681,536   

Kaupthing Bank Hf

    

7.13%, 05/19/2016 (A) (E) (F)

    200,000         2   

MassMutual Global Funding II

    

2.35%, 04/09/2019 (A)

    1,400,000         1,407,111   
    

 

 

 
       2,088,649   
    

 

 

 

Diversified Telecommunication Services - 1.6%

  

  

AT&T, Inc.

    

2.45%, 06/30/2020

    5,470,000         5,386,987   

3.40%, 05/15/2025

    2,735,000         2,628,581   

4.35%, 06/15/2045

    1,445,000         1,236,156   

Intelsat Jackson Holdings SA

    

7.25%, 04/01/2019

    1,902,000         1,745,085   

Sprint Capital Corp.

    

6.88%, 11/15/2028

    822,000         573,345   

Verizon Communications, Inc.

    

3.45%, 03/15/2021

    1,125,000         1,150,976   

4.50%, 09/15/2020

    1,135,000         1,219,452   

5.15%, 09/15/2023

    2,975,000         3,270,495   

6.55%, 09/15/2043

    2,901,000         3,444,096   
    

 

 

 
       20,655,173   
    

 

 

 

Electric Utilities - 1.7%

  

  

Appalachian Power Co.

    

3.40%, 06/01/2025

    2,700,000         2,634,776   

CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric LLC

    

4.50%, 04/01/2044

    1,160,000         1,196,704   

Cleveland Electric Illuminating Co.

    

5.95%, 12/15/2036

    458,000         478,592   

8.88%, 11/15/2018

    449,000         526,317   

Commonwealth Edison Co.

    

4.70%, 01/15/2044

    1,055,000         1,109,705   

Duke Energy Carolinas LLC

    

4.25%, 12/15/2041

    925,000         921,995   

Duke Energy Corp.

    

3.75%, 04/15/2024

    275,000         278,629   

Entergy Arkansas, Inc.

    

3.70%, 06/01/2024

    1,625,000         1,657,365   

Georgia Power Co.

    

3.00%, 04/15/2016

    3,295,000         3,313,287   

Jersey Central Power & Light Co.

    

7.35%, 02/01/2019

    1,000,000         1,125,474   

Oncor Electric Delivery Co. LLC

    

4.10%, 06/01/2022 (C)

    333,000         346,060   

5.30%, 06/01/2042

    525,000         546,402   
     Principal      Value  

CORPORATE DEBT SECURITIES (continued)

  

  

Electric Utilities (continued)

  

  

Pacific Gas & Electric Co.

    

4.75%, 02/15/2044

    $  488,000         $  507,102   

PacifiCorp

    

3.60%, 04/01/2024 (C)

    3,380,000         3,492,838   

5.75%, 04/01/2037

    400,000         469,602   

Progress Energy, Inc.

    

4.88%, 12/01/2019

    168,000         180,125   

Public Service Electric & Gas Co.

    

3.00%, 05/15/2025 (C)

    2,760,000         2,725,166   
    

 

 

 
       21,510,139   
    

 

 

 

Energy Equipment & Services - 0.3%

    

Schlumberger Holdings Corp.

    

3.00%, 12/21/2020 (A)

    2,040,000         2,013,645   

Schlumberger Investment SA

    

3.65%, 12/01/2023 (C)

    835,000         847,130   

Weatherford International, Ltd.

    

5.95%, 04/15/2042 (C)

    960,000         674,400   
    

 

 

 
       3,535,175   
    

 

 

 

Food & Staples Retailing - 1.0%

    

CVS Health Corp.

    

2.25%, 08/12/2019

    3,890,000         3,884,881   

5.30%, 12/05/2043

    319,000         342,633   

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

    

4.00%, 04/11/2043

    1,258,000         1,221,627   

4.30%, 04/22/2044

    945,000         963,394   

Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc.

    

3.30%, 11/18/2021

    2,653,000         2,601,863   

Whole Foods Market, Inc.

    

5.20%, 12/03/2025 (A)

    3,610,000         3,604,657   
    

 

 

 
       12,619,055   
    

 

 

 

Food Products - 0.3%

    

Kraft Heinz Foods Co.

    

2.80%, 07/02/2020 (A)

    2,305,000         2,299,040   

Mondelez International, Inc.

    

2.25%, 02/01/2019

    1,570,000         1,569,422   
    

 

 

 
       3,868,462   
    

 

 

 

Health Care Equipment & Supplies - 0.2%

  

  

Becton Dickinson and Co.

    

2.68%, 12/15/2019

    1,880,000         1,890,235   

Boston Scientific Corp.

    

2.65%, 10/01/2018

    1,062,000         1,067,582   
    

 

 

 
       2,957,817   
    

 

 

 

Health Care Providers & Services - 0.9%

  

  

Aetna, Inc.

    

4.75%, 03/15/2044

    345,000         349,733   

Anthem, Inc.

    

1.88%, 01/15/2018

    1,930,000         1,921,628   

2.30%, 07/15/2018

    1,930,000         1,926,360   

3.30%, 01/15/2023

    620,000         602,528   

Coventry Health Care, Inc.

    

5.45%, 06/15/2021

    1,632,000         1,802,590   

Express Scripts Holding Co.

    

4.75%, 11/15/2021

    2,870,000         3,077,386   

Tenet Healthcare Corp.

    

6.25%, 11/01/2018

    1,010,000         1,063,025   
 

 

The Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this report.

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Transamerica Partners Core Bond Portfolio

 

 

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (continued)

At December 31, 2015

 

     Principal      Value  

CORPORATE DEBT SECURITIES (continued)

  

  

Health Care Providers & Services (continued)

  

  

UnitedHealth Group, Inc.

    

3.38%, 11/15/2021

    $  650,000         $  671,846   
    

 

 

 
       11,415,096   
    

 

 

 

Household Products - 0.2%

    

Reynolds Group Issuer, Inc. / Reynolds Group Issuer LLC

    

6.88%, 02/15/2021

    2,320,000         2,389,600   
    

 

 

 

Industrial Conglomerates - 0.7%

    

General Electric Co.

    

4.00%, 06/15/2022 (B) (D)

    9,493,305         9,493,305   
    

 

 

 

Insurance - 4.4%

    

American International Group, Inc.

    

4.13%, 02/15/2024

    629,000         645,927   

8.18%, 05/15/2068 (B)

    1,070,000         1,407,050   

Fidelity National Financial, Inc.

    

5.50%, 09/01/2022

    1,320,000         1,400,940   

Genworth Holdings, Inc.

    

7.63%, 09/24/2021

    1,125,000         934,256   

Hanover Insurance Group, Inc.

    

6.38%, 06/15/2021

    8,760,000         9,926,052   

Lincoln National Corp.

    

8.75%, 07/01/2019

    5,590,000         6,713,674   

Metropolitan Life Global Funding I

    

1.30%, 04/10/2017 (A)

    4,970,000         4,968,106   

Pacific Life Insurance Co.

    

9.25%, 06/15/2039 (A)

    4,240,000         6,159,274   

Principal Financial Group, Inc.

    

8.88%, 05/15/2019

    2,550,000         3,051,180   

Prudential Financial, Inc.

    

5.38%, 06/21/2020, MTN

    1,465,000         1,628,746   

7.38%, 06/15/2019, MTN

    1,595,000         1,851,025   

Reinsurance Group of America, Inc.

    

3.18%, 12/15/2065 (B)

    10,476,000         8,564,130   

ZFS Finance USA Trust II

    

6.45%, 12/15/2065 (A) (B)

    9,760,000         9,862,480   
    

 

 

 
       57,112,840   
    

 

 

 

IT Services - 0.3%

  

  

International Business Machines Corp.

    

3.63%, 02/12/2024 (C)

    1,543,000         1,588,395   

MasterCard, Inc.

    

2.00%, 04/01/2019 (C)

    1,366,000         1,371,347   

3.38%, 04/01/2024

    878,000         897,264   
    

 

 

 
       3,857,006   
    

 

 

 

Life Sciences Tools & Services - 0.4%

  

  

Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.

    

1.30%, 02/01/2017

    2,000,000         1,992,928   

2.40%, 02/01/2019

    3,515,000         3,513,457   

5.30%, 02/01/2044

    172,000         183,784   
    

 

 

 
       5,690,169   
    

 

 

 

Machinery - 0.1%

  

  

Doosan Heavy Industries & Construction Co., Ltd.

    

2.13%, 04/27/2020 (A)

    1,245,000         1,217,493   
    

 

 

 

Media - 1.1%

  

  

21st Century Fox America, Inc.

    

7.63%, 11/30/2028

    1,045,000         1,316,833   
     Principal      Value  

CORPORATE DEBT SECURITIES (continued)

  

  

Media (continued)

  

  

CBS Corp.

    

4.63%, 05/15/2018 (C)

    $  655,000         $  692,909   

5.75%, 04/15/2020

    520,000         577,181   

Comcast Corp.

    

5.88%, 02/15/2018

    2,649,000         2,885,209   

DIRECTV Holdings LLC / DIRECTV Financing Co., Inc.

    

4.60%, 02/15/2021

    1,685,000         1,784,703   

5.00%, 03/01/2021

    905,000         975,973   

NBCUniversal Enterprise, Inc.

    

5.25%, 03/19/2021 (A) (D)

    1,500,000         1,590,000   

NBCUniversal Media LLC

    

4.38%, 04/01/2021

    2,770,000         3,008,857   

4.45%, 01/15/2043

    1,359,000         1,331,488   
    

 

 

 
       14,163,153   
    

 

 

 

Metals & Mining - 0.3%

  

  

BHP Billiton Finance USA, Ltd.

    

3.85%, 09/30/2023 (C)

    1,031,000         976,168   

Freeport-McMoRan, Inc.

    

3.88%, 03/15/2023

    1,125,000         641,250   

Novelis, Inc.

    

8.75%, 12/15/2020

    2,735,000         2,509,362   

Rio Tinto Finance USA PLC

    

2.88%, 08/21/2022 (C)

    390,000         353,718   
    

 

 

 
       4,480,498   
    

 

 

 

Multi-Utilities - 0.1%

  

  

CMS Energy Corp.

    

3.88%, 03/01/2024

    539,000         547,156   

4.88%, 03/01/2044

    725,000         735,796   

PG&E Corp.

    

2.40%, 03/01/2019

    694,000         692,520   
    

 

 

 
       1,975,472   
    

 

 

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels - 2.2%

  

  

Apache Corp.

    

4.25%, 01/15/2044

    360,000         281,826   

4.75%, 04/15/2043

    520,000         434,559   

BP Capital Markets PLC

    

2.24%, 05/10/2019

    2,570,000         2,573,410   

Energy Transfer Partners, LP

    

5.95%, 10/01/2043

    960,000         770,160   

EOG Resources, Inc.

    

2.45%, 04/01/2020

    1,627,000         1,609,406   

Exxon Mobil Corp.

    

1.82%, 03/15/2019

    2,930,000         2,932,121   

Husky Energy, Inc.

    

4.00%, 04/15/2024

    1,120,000         1,025,060   

Kerr-McGee Corp.

    

6.95%, 07/01/2024

    865,000         929,273   

Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, LP

    

4.15%, 02/01/2024 (C)

    2,480,000         2,139,739   

Laredo Petroleum, Inc.

    

7.38%, 05/01/2022 (C)

    1,370,000         1,260,400   

MEG Energy Corp.

    

6.50%, 03/15/2021 (A)

    1,090,000         763,000   

Murphy Oil Corp.

    

2.50%, 12/01/2017 (C)

    1,326,000         1,216,153   
 

 

The Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this report.

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Transamerica Partners Core Bond Portfolio

 

 

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (continued)

At December 31, 2015

 

     Principal      Value  

CORPORATE DEBT SECURITIES (continued)

  

  

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels (continued)

  

  

Nexen Energy ULC

    

5.88%, 03/10/2035

    $  110,000         $  118,965   

Noble Energy, Inc.

    

6.00%, 03/01/2041

    430,000         370,739   

8.25%, 03/01/2019

    1,065,000         1,191,091   

Peabody Energy Corp.

    

6.25%, 11/15/2021

    1,715,000         235,812   

Petrobras Global Finance BV

    

6.25%, 03/17/2024 (C)

    1,370,000         982,975   

Petroleos Mexicanos

    

3.50%, 01/30/2023

    1,145,000         999,012   

Range Resources Corp.

    

5.75%, 06/01/2021 (C)

    450,000         355,500   

Shell International Finance BV

    

2.00%, 11/15/2018

    2,249,000         2,251,620   

TransCanada PipeLines, Ltd.

    

3.75%, 10/16/2023 (C)

    1,010,000         993,965   

4.63%, 03/01/2034

    875,000         827,286   

Western Gas Partners, LP

    

5.38%, 06/01/2021

    1,956,000         1,979,828   

Williams Cos., Inc.

    

3.70%, 01/15/2023

    540,000         373,013   

7.88%, 09/01/2021

    796,000         716,406   

Williams Partners, LP

    

5.40%, 03/04/2044

    814,000         545,565   
    

 

 

 
       27,876,884   
    

 

 

 

Pharmaceuticals - 0.8%

  

  

Actavis Funding SCS

    

3.80%, 03/15/2025

    2,870,000         2,855,343   

Actavis, Inc.

    

3.25%, 10/01/2022

    1,095,000         1,076,548   

4.63%, 10/01/2042

    1,550,000         1,473,472   

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.

    

4.50%, 03/01/2044 (C)

    1,265,000         1,367,493   

Perrigo Co. PLC

    

2.30%, 11/08/2018

    3,365,000         3,317,234   

Teva Pharmaceutical Finance Co., BV

    

3.65%, 11/10/2021 (C)

    383,000         388,408   
    

 

 

 
       10,478,498   
    

 

 

 

Real Estate Investment Trusts - 2.6%

    

EPR Properties

    

4.50%, 04/01/2025 (C)

    4,740,000         4,505,939   

Host Hotels & Resorts, LP

    

4.00%, 06/15/2025

    1,625,000         1,557,733   

Kilroy Realty, LP

    

4.25%, 08/15/2029

    6,355,000         6,227,665   

Realty Income Corp.

    

3.88%, 07/15/2024

    4,095,000         4,017,125   

Simon Property Group, LP

    

3.38%, 10/01/2024

    6,665,000         6,728,058   

Ventas Realty, LP / Ventas Capital Corp.

    

2.70%, 04/01/2020

    535,000         527,544   

Vereit Operating Partnership, LP

    

2.00%, 02/06/2017

    3,705,000         3,667,950   

3.00%, 02/06/2019

    1,655,000         1,592,110   
     Principal      Value  

CORPORATE DEBT SECURITIES (continued)

  

  

Real Estate Investment Trusts (continued)

  

  

WEA Finance LLC / Westfield UK & Europe Finance PLC

    

2.70%, 09/17/2019 (A)

    $  4,260,000         $  4,224,906   
    

 

 

 
       33,049,030   
    

 

 

 

Road & Rail - 0.3%

    

Aviation Capital Group Corp.

    

7.13%, 10/15/2020 (A)

    3,032,000         3,471,640   

Burlington Northern Santa Fe LLC

    

3.00%, 03/15/2023

    269,000         265,092   

3.75%, 04/01/2024

    294,000         301,167   
    

 

 

 
       4,037,899   
    

 

 

 

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment - 0.3%

  

KLA-Tencor Corp.

    

4.13%, 11/01/2021

    3,735,000         3,740,423   
    

 

 

 

Software - 0.2%

    

Microsoft Corp.

    

2.70%, 02/12/2025 (C)

    3,005,000         2,931,954   
    

 

 

 

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals - 0.3%

  

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co.

    

3.60%, 10/15/2020 (A)

    4,040,000         4,049,272   

HP, Inc.

    

3.75%, 12/01/2020 (C)

    270,000         267,904   
    

 

 

 
       4,317,176   
    

 

 

 

Tobacco - 0.1%

  

  

Altria Group, Inc.

    

4.00%, 01/31/2024

    905,000         937,566   

Philip Morris International, Inc.

    

4.88%, 11/15/2043

    636,000         672,401   
    

 

 

 
       1,609,967   
    

 

 

 

Trading Companies & Distributors - 0.2%

  

  

International Lease Finance Corp.

    

6.75%, 09/01/2016 (A)

    2,000,000         2,055,000   
    

 

 

 

Wireless Telecommunication Services - 1.8%

  

  

America Movil SAB de CV

    

2.38%, 09/08/2016

    3,420,000         3,432,541   

Crown Castle Towers LLC

    

4.88%, 08/15/2040 (A)

    3,445,000         3,682,779   

6.11%, 01/15/2040 (A)

    7,393,000         8,063,212   

SBA Tower Trust

    

2.24%, 04/15/2043 (A)

    1,420,000         1,391,865   

Sprint Communications, Inc.

    

9.00%, 11/15/2018 (A)

    3,570,000         3,757,425   

Sprint Corp.

    

7.88%, 09/15/2023

    1,290,000         968,790   

T-Mobile USA, Inc.

    

6.46%, 04/28/2019

    145,000         149,324   

6.63%, 04/28/2021

    475,000         492,812   

6.73%, 04/28/2022

    460,000         479,550   

6.84%, 04/28/2023

    145,000         150,075   
    

 

 

 
       22,568,373   
    

 

 

 

Total Corporate Debt Securities
(Cost $501,445,450)

       491,860,688   
    

 

 

 
 

 

The Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this report.

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SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (continued)

At December 31, 2015

 

     Principal      Value  

FOREIGN GOVERNMENT OBLIGATIONS - 1.5%

  

  

Brazilian Government International Bond

    

4.25%, 01/07/2025 (C)

    $  1,440,000         $  1,159,200   

Colombia Government International Bond

    

4.00%, 02/26/2024

    1,810,000         1,724,025   

Export-Import Bank of Korea

    

4.00%, 01/11/2017

    3,750,000         3,830,730   

Indonesia Government International Bond

    

5.38%, 10/17/2023 (A)

    2,500,000         2,599,220   

Mexico Government International Bond

    

4.00%, 10/02/2023

    5,298,000         5,366,874   

Peruvian Government International Bond

    

7.35%, 07/21/2025

    1,010,000         1,266,287   

South Africa Government International Bond

    

4.67%, 01/17/2024 (C)

    1,060,000         1,008,325   

Turkey Government International Bond

    

5.75%, 03/22/2024

    2,180,000         2,303,214   
    

 

 

 

Total Foreign Government Obligations
(Cost $19,490,953)

       19,257,875   
    

 

 

 

MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES - 13.6%

  

  

Adjustable Rate Mortgage Trust

    

Series 2004-2, Class 7A2

    

1.26%, 02/25/2035 (B)

    5,877         5,887   

Alternative Loan Trust

    

Series 2005-36, Class 2A1A

    

0.73%, 08/25/2035 (B)

    1,232,118         985,051   

Series 2005-50CB, Class 1A1

    

5.50%, 11/25/2035

    2,237,226         2,175,913   

Series 2005-51, Class 3A3A

    

0.73%, 11/20/2035 (B)

    1,209,049         959,983   

Series 2007-22, Class 2A16

    

6.50%, 09/25/2037

    7,860,991         6,130,002   

Series 2007-5CB, Class 1A31

    

5.50%, 04/25/2037

    1,775,813         1,488,822   

Banc of America Commercial Mortgage Trust

    

Series 2007-3, Class A1A

    

5.56%, 06/10/2049 (B)

    2,360,184         2,439,717   

Banc of America Funding Trust

    

Series 2005-E, Class 4A1

    

2.84%, 03/20/2035 (B)

    170,257         169,414   

BB-UBS Trust

    

Series 2012-TFT, Class A

    

2.89%, 06/05/2030 (A)

    3,410,000         3,371,814   

Series 2012-TFT, Class C

    

3.47%, 06/05/2030 (A) (B)

    4,215,000         4,003,614   

Bear Stearns Alt-A Trust

    

Series 2004-11, Class 2A2

    

2.85%, 11/25/2034 (B)

    88,987         76,705   

Bear Stearns Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust

    

Series 2006-PW14, Class A1A

    

5.19%, 12/11/2038

    2,632,186         2,688,803   

Series 2007-PW15, Class A1A

    

5.32%, 02/11/2044

    1,746,052         1,797,999   

Series 2007-PW17, Class A1A

    

5.65%, 06/11/2050 (B)

    1,684,702         1,769,433   
     Principal      Value  

MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES (continued)

  

  

Bear Stearns Mortgage Funding Trust

    

Series 2006-AR5, Class 1A2

    

0.63%, 12/25/2046 (B)

    $  137,960         $  76,731   

CHL Mortgage Pass-Through Trust

    

Series 2003-60, Class 1A1

    

2.66%, 02/25/2034 (B)

    121,866         119,924   

Series 2005-3, Class 1A2

    

0.71%, 04/25/2035 (B)

    240,684         209,992   

Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust

    

Series 2014-GC19, Class A3

    

3.75%, 03/10/2047

    1,140,000         1,177,146   

Series 2014-GC19, Class A4

    

4.02%, 03/10/2047

    1,735,000         1,820,509   

Citigroup Mortgage Loan Trust

    

Series 2015-A, Class A1

    

3.50%, 06/25/2058 (B)

    5,990,133         5,989,868   

COMM Mortgage Trust

    

Series 2010-RR1, Class GEB

    

5.54%, 12/11/2049 (A) (B)

    2,350,000         2,418,031   

Series 2013-CR11, Class AM

    

4.72%, 10/10/2046 (B)

    565,000         611,075   

Series 2013-GAM, Class A2

    

3.37%, 02/10/2028 (A)

    1,380,000         1,390,481   

Series 2014-UBS2, Class A5

    

3.96%, 03/10/2047

    1,240,000         1,285,993   

Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates

    

Series 2012-LTRT, Class A2

    

3.40%, 10/05/2030 (A)

    1,560,000         1,559,937   

Series 2014-CR14, Class B

    

4.61%, 02/10/2047 (B)

    1,180,000         1,264,934   

Commercial Mortgage Trust

    

Series 2007-GG11, Class AM

    

5.87%, 12/10/2049 (B)

    1,175,000         1,220,607   

Core Industrial Trust

    

Series 2015-CALW, Class B

    

3.25%, 02/10/2034 (A)

    4,655,000         4,626,378   

Credit Suisse Commercial Mortgage Trust

    

Series 2007-C2, Class A2

    

5.45%, 01/15/2049 (B)

    5,729         5,714   

Credit Suisse Mortgage Capital Certificates

    

Series 2009-11R, Class 5A1

    

4.15%, 08/26/2036 (A) (B)

    5,020,990         4,962,720   

CSMC Trust

    

Series 2010-1R, Class 28A1

    

5.00%, 02/27/2047 (A)

    2,393,993         2,405,802   

Series 2013-8R, Class 3A1

    

0.32%, 03/27/2036 (A) (B)

    3,913,388         3,824,938   

Series 2014-4R, Class 21A1

    

0.55%, 12/27/2035 (A) (B)

    6,411,744         5,838,699   

DBRR Trust

    

Series 2011-C32, Class A3A

    

5.71%, 06/17/2049 (A) (B)

    1,320,000         1,363,243   

Extended Stay America Trust

    

Series 2013-ESH5, Class C5

    

2.67%, 12/05/2031 (A)

    1,210,000         1,203,173   

Series 2013-ESH7, Class A27

    

2.96%, 12/05/2031 (A)

    1,630,000         1,631,441   
 

 

The Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this report.

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SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (continued)

At December 31, 2015

 

     Principal      Value  

MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES (continued)

  

  

GMACM Mortgage Loan Trust

    

Series 2003-AR2, Class 1A1

    

3.35%, 12/19/2033 (B)

    $  27,541         $  26,149   

Series 2005-AR1, Class 3A

    

3.02%, 03/18/2035 (B)

    64,087         62,706   

GS Mortgage Securities Corp. II

    

Series 2013-KING, Class E

    

3.44%, 12/10/2027 (A) (B)

    3,320,000         3,171,114   

GS Mortgage Securities Corp. Trust

    

Series 2012-SHOP, Class C

    

3.63%, 06/05/2031 (A)

    410,000         416,529   

Hilton USA Trust

    

Series 2013-HLT, Class DFX

    

4.41%, 11/05/2030

    970,000         970,717   

Hilton USA Trust, Interest Only STRIPS

    

Series 2013-HLT, Class X1FX

    

0.09%, 11/05/2030 (A) (B)

    22,320,000         223   

Impac CMB Trust

    

Series 2004-6, Class 1A1

    

1.22%, 10/25/2034 (B)

    41,636         39,688   

Independent National Mortgage Corp. Index Mortgage Loan Trust

    

Series 2007-AR15, Class 2A1

    

4.17%, 08/25/2037 (B)

    721,697         556,600   

JPMorgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust

    

Series 2006-CB14, Class AM

    

5.49%, 12/12/2044 (B)

    1,167,156         1,165,870   

Series 2007-CB18, Class A1A

    

5.43%, 06/12/2047 (B)

    4,085,889         4,177,109   

Series 2007-LD11, Class ASB

    

5.77%, 06/15/2049 (B)

    430,779         438,357   

Series 2007-LD12, Class A1A

    

5.85%, 02/15/2051 (B)

    3,394,205         3,554,134   

Series 2007-LDPX, Class A1A

    

5.44%, 01/15/2049

    3,084,886         3,180,028   

JPMorgan Mortgage Trust

    

Series 2004-A1, Class 1A1

    

2.10%, 02/25/2034 (B)

    69,060         68,669   

Series 2006-A2, Class 5A1

    

2.68%, 11/25/2033 (B)

    87,283         88,116   

Series 2006-S3, Class 1A12

    

6.50%, 08/25/2036

    435,960         370,315   

JPMorgan Re-REMIC Trust

    

Series 2014-2, Class 6A1

    

2.75%, 05/26/2037 (A) (B)

    6,263,577         6,285,723   

LB-UBS Commercial Mortgage Trust

    

Series 2007-C7, Class AM

    

6.16%, 09/15/2045 (B)

    900,000         963,117   

MASTR Adjustable Rate Mortgages Trust

    

Series 2007-R5, Class A1

    

2.63%, 11/25/2035 (A) (B)

    638,850         489,545   

Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors Trust

    

Series 2003-F, Class A1

    

1.06%, 10/25/2028 (B)

    41,232         40,218   

Series 2004-A1, Class 2A1

    

2.48%, 02/25/2034 (B)

    227,129         228,666   

Series 2005-A3, Class A1

    

0.69%, 04/25/2035 (B)

    46,583         44,746   
     Principal      Value  

MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES (continued)

  

  

Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors Trust (continued)

  

  

Series 2005-A4, Class 2A2

    

2.58%, 07/25/2035 (B)

    $  254,737         $  225,097   

Merrill Lynch Mortgage Trust

    

Series 2007-C1, Class A1A

    

5.84%, 06/12/2050 (B)

    1,040,200         1,071,275   

Morgan Stanley Capital I Trust

    

Series 2007-HQ12, Class AM

    

5.72%, 04/12/2049 (B)

    2,855,000         2,958,281   

Series 2007-IQ13, Class A1A

    

5.31%, 03/15/2044

    3,900,367         3,994,611   

Series 2007-IQ13, Class AM

    

5.41%, 03/15/2044

    1,090,000         1,118,843   

Series 2007-IQ14, Class A1A

    

5.67%, 04/15/2049 (B)

    1,042,709         1,081,579   

Series 2007-IQ15, Class AM

    

5.92%, 06/11/2049 (B)

    1,225,000         1,282,914   

Morgan Stanley Re-REMIC Trust

    

Series 2010-GG10, Class A4B

    

5.79%, 08/15/2045 (A) (B)

    540,000         560,292   

Series 2012-IO, Class AXB2

    

1.00%, 03/27/2051 (A) (G) (H)

    211,153         210,097   

Series 2012-XA, Class A

    

2.00%, 07/27/2049 (A)

    782,344         778,042   

Series 2014-R3, Class 2A

    

3.00%, 07/26/2048 (A) (B)

    8,032,458         7,941,186   

Motel 6 Trust

    

Series 2015-MTL6, Class C

    

3.64%, 02/05/2030 (A)

    11,625,000         11,500,194   

NACC Reperforming Loan REMIC Trust

    

Series 2004-R2, Class A1

    

6.50%, 10/25/2034 (A) (B)

    97,124         96,497   

Nationstar Mortgage Loan Trust

    

Series 2013-A, Class A

    

3.75%, 12/25/2052 (A) (B)

    4,468,779         4,549,587   

New Residential Mortgage Loan Trust

    

Series 2014-1A, Class A

    

3.75%, 01/25/2054 (A) (B)

    1,933,331         1,970,514   

Series 2014-3A, Class AFX3

    

3.75%, 11/25/2054 (A) (B)

    3,493,931         3,550,018   

Provident Funding Mortgage Loan Trust

    

Series 2005-1, Class 3A1

    

0.71%, 05/25/2035 (B)

    3,698,595         3,566,431   

Queens Center Mortgage Trust

    

Series 2013-QCA, Class D

    

3.47%, 01/11/2037 (A) (B)

    4,200,000         3,939,353   

RALI Trust

    

Series 2007-QO1, Class A1

    

0.57%, 02/25/2047 (B)

    562,119         438,191   

Series 2007-QO4, Class A1A

    

0.61%, 05/25/2047 (B)

    1,059,905         824,707   

RBSCF Trust

    

Series 2010-RR3, Class WBTA

    

5.95%, 02/16/2051 (A) (B)

    6,811,172         6,915,596   

SCG Trust

    

Series 2013-SRP1, Class AJ

    

2.28%, 11/15/2026 (A) (B)

    1,140,000         1,133,116   

STRIPS, Ltd.

    

Series 2012-1A, Class A

    

1.50%, 12/25/2044 (A)

    727,906         714,076   
 

 

The Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this report.

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Transamerica Partners Core Bond Portfolio

 

 

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (continued)

At December 31, 2015

 

     Principal      Value  

MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES (continued)

  

  

Structured Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan Trust

    

Series 2005-15, Class 1A1

    

2.55%, 07/25/2035 (B)

    $  709,016         $  573,847   

Series 2007-3, Class 3A1

    

2.70%, 04/25/2047 (B)

    1,931,657         1,509,028   

Structured Asset Mortgage Investments II Trust

    

Series 2003-AR4, Class A1

    

1.10%, 01/19/2034 (B)

    53,519         51,709   

Towd Point Mortgage Trust

    

Series 2015-3, Class A1B

    

3.00%, 03/25/2054 (A) (B)

    3,946,894         3,929,931   

Series 2015-5, Class A1B

    

2.75%, 05/25/2055 (A) (B)

    4,408,068         4,353,413   

UBS-BAMLL Trust

    

Series 2012-WRM, Class A

    

3.66%, 06/10/2030 (A)

    2,680,000         2,699,604   

Voyager BRSTN Delaware Trust, Interest Only STRIPS

    

Series 2009-1, Class UAU7

    

0.67%, 12/26/2036 (A) (B)

    219,378         211,918   

WaMu Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates Trust

    

Series 2005-AR8, Class 2A1A

    

0.71%, 07/25/2045 (B)

    66,687         62,662   

Series 2007-OA6, Class 1A1B

    

1.07%, 07/25/2047 (B)

    954,072         282,445   

Wells Fargo Re-REMIC Trust

    

Series 2012-IO, Class A

    

1.75%, 08/20/2021 (A)

    297,042         297,042   
    

 

 

 

Total Mortgage-Backed Securities
(Cost $178,116,722)

       173,800,928   
    

 

 

 

MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT OBLIGATIONS - 0.6%

  

  

California - 0.2%

  

  

Los Angeles Community College District, General Obligation Unlimited

    

6.60%, 08/01/2042

    340,000         464,838   

State of California, General Obligation Unlimited

    

7.60%, 11/01/2040

    1,585,000         2,355,944   

University of California, Revenue Bonds

    

Series AD

    

4.86%, 05/15/2112

    315,000         301,326   
    

 

 

 
       3,122,108   
    

 

 

 

Georgia - 0.0% (I)

  

  

Municipal Electric Authority of Georgia, Revenue Bonds
Series A

    

6.64%, 04/01/2057

    295,000         351,342   
    

 

 

 

Illinois - 0.1%

  

  

State of Illinois, General Obligation Unlimited

    

5.10%, 06/01/2033

    1,520,000         1,437,996   
    

 

 

 

New Jersey - 0.1%

  

  

New Jersey Turnpike Authority, Revenue Bonds

    

Series F

    

7.41%, 01/01/2040

    431,000         612,606   
    

 

 

 
     Principal      Value  

MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT OBLIGATIONS (continued)

  

New York - 0.2%

  

  

Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Revenue Bonds

    

Series E

    

6.81%, 11/15/2040

    $  355,000         $  470,133   

New York City Water & Sewer System, Revenue Bonds

    

Series CC

    

5.88%, 06/15/2044

    340,000         439,141   

New York State Dormitory Authority, Revenue Bonds

    

Series H

    

5.39%, 03/15/2040

    330,000         392,195   

Port Authority of New York & New Jersey, Revenue Bonds

    

Series 181

    

4.96%, 08/01/2046

    570,000         615,708   
    

 

 

 
       1,917,177   
    

 

 

 

Total Municipal Government Obligations
(Cost $7,135,110)

       7,441,229   
    

 

 

 

U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENCY OBLIGATIONS - 16.5%

  

  

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.

    

1.96%, 05/01/2037 (B)

    99,726         103,802   

1.97%, 02/01/2037 (B)

    47,112         49,348   

2.03%, 04/01/2037 (B)

    201,115         210,313   

2.23%, 01/01/2038 (B)

    236,835         252,191   

2.28%, 12/01/2034 (B)

    23,287         24,829   

2.49%, 09/01/2035 (B)

    1,222,206         1,296,012   

2.54%, 09/01/2037 (B)

    22,602         24,034   

2.62%, 05/01/2037 (B)

    103,081         109,926   

2.99%, 02/01/2041 (B)

    712,109         757,812   

5.50%, 07/01/2016 - 06/01/2041

    2,348,962         2,612,161   

6.00%, 04/01/2016 - 05/01/2031

    593,874         669,107   

Federal National Mortgage Association

    

1.40%, 08/01/2037 (B)

    9,506         9,745   

1.93%, 08/01/2034 (B)

    15,718         16,406   

1.98%, 01/01/2035 (B)

    29,704         31,037   

2.45%, 08/01/2035 (B)

    71,534         74,161   

2.96%, 03/01/2041 (B)

    359,094         382,087   

3.00%, TBA (J) (K)

    62,646,000         62,646,570   

3.13%, 03/01/2041 (B)

    481,385         512,415   

3.15%, 12/01/2040 (B)

    875,612         914,050   

3.35%, 06/01/2041 (B)

    969,556         1,019,229   

3.50%, 07/01/2028 - 01/01/2029

    5,146,649         5,427,187   

3.50%, TBA (J) (K)

    74,527,000         77,077,901   

3.50%, 09/01/2041 (B)

    694,561         730,726   

4.00%, TBA (J) (K)

    22,898,000         24,230,020   

4.50%, 02/01/2025 - 06/01/2026

    3,572,788         3,834,289   

5.00%, TBA (J) (K)

    9,632,000         10,601,747   

5.50%, 04/01/2036 - 04/01/2041

    1,808,048         2,030,570   

6.00%, 02/01/2034 - 02/01/2041

    9,948,017         11,350,103   

6.50%, 05/01/2040

    2,891,149         3,304,139   

7.00%, 02/01/2016 - 09/01/2016

    1,045         1,051   

Government National Mortgage Association, Interest Only STRIPS

    

0.91%, 02/16/2053 (B)

    9,174,183         584,092   
 

 

The Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this report.

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SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (continued)

At December 31, 2015

 

     Principal      Value  

U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENCY OBLIGATIONS (continued)

  

Tennessee Valley Authority

    

5.98%, 04/01/2036

    $  440,000         $  564,530   
    

 

 

 

Total U.S. Government Agency Obligations
(Cost $210,870,358)

   

     211,451,590   
    

 

 

 

U.S. GOVERNMENT OBLIGATIONS - 21.1%

  

  

U.S. Treasury Bond

    

2.50%, 02/15/2045

    1,414,000         1,268,679   

2.75%, 08/15/2042

    13,370,500         12,779,791   

3.50%, 02/15/2039

    3,049,000         3,372,481   

3.63%, 02/15/2044

    41,320,900         46,482,789   

4.50%, 02/15/2036 (C)

    9,878,200         12,659,526   

4.75%, 02/15/2037 (C)

    1,985,000         2,631,056   

5.25%, 02/15/2029

    7,696,000         10,082,360   

U.S. Treasury Inflation Indexed Bond

    

1.75%, 01/15/2028

    1,730,197         1,890,510   

2.50%, 01/15/2029

    7,390,732         8,755,512   

U.S. Treasury Inflation Indexed Note

    

0.63%, 01/15/2024

    15,809,503         15,630,207   

U.S. Treasury Note

    

0.38%, 05/31/2016 - 10/31/2016

    4,023,600         4,018,059   

0.88%, 04/15/2017 - 04/30/2017

    23,256,800         23,248,048   

1.00%, 11/30/2019

    20,060,500         19,606,792   

1.25%, 11/30/2018

    27,368,900         27,322,920   

1.63%, 03/31/2019 - 11/15/2022

    39,210,800         39,082,757   

1.88%, 11/30/2021

    5,126,000         5,104,773   

2.00%, 02/15/2025

    13,447,000         13,144,967   

2.25%, 11/15/2024

    6,407,900         6,404,645   

2.50%, 08/15/2023 - 05/15/2024

    16,373,100         16,744,384   
    

 

 

 

Total U.S. Government Obligations
(Cost $267,510,708)

       270,230,256   
    

 

 

 
     Shares      Value  

PREFERRED STOCKS - 0.2%

    

Banks - 0.1%

    

Citigroup Capital XIII

    

6.69% (B)

    60,502         1,572,447   
    

 

 

 

Capital Markets - 0.1%

    

State Street Corp.

    

Series D, 5.90% (B) (C)

    23,039         637,720   
    

 

 

 

Electric Utilities - 0.0% (I)

    

SCE Trust III

    

5.75% (B)

    7,998         213,947   
    

 

 

 

Thrifts & Mortgage Finance - 0.0% (I)

    

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.

    

Series Z, 8.38% (B) (C) (L)

    93,300         317,220   

Federal National Mortgage Association

    

Series O, 0.00% (B) (L) (M)

    1,300         7,163   

Series S, 8.25% (B) (L)

    81,175         284,112   
    

 

 

 
       608,495   
    

 

 

 

Total Preferred Stocks
(Cost $4,586,141)

       3,032,609   
    

 

 

 
     Principal      Value  

SHORT-TERM U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENCY OBLIGATIONS - 11.7%

  

Federal Home Loan Bank Discount Notes

    

0.11%, 01/08/2016 (N)

    $  3,720,000         $  3,719,937   

0.12%, 01/22/2016 (N)

    5,750,000         5,749,569   

0.13%, 02/03/2016 (N)

    27,200,000         27,194,342   

0.14%, 02/03/2016 (N)

    39,361,000         39,352,813   

0.23%, 02/17/2016 (N)

    16,580,000         16,574,926   

0.37%, 03/04/2016 (N)

    3,150,000         3,148,425   

0.41%, 03/04/2016 (N)

    23,620,000         23,608,190   

0.46%, 03/24/2016 (N)

    21,305,000         21,290,790   

0.47%, 03/30/2016 (N)

    10,070,000         10,062,780   
    

 

 

 

Total Short-Term U.S. Government Agency Obligations
(Cost $150,690,301)

    

     150,701,772   
    

 

 

 

SHORT-TERM U.S. GOVERNMENT OBLIGATIONS - 2.0%

  

U.S. Treasury Bill

    

0.00%, 02/04/2016 (C) (M) (N)

    16,550,000         16,548,560   

0.23%, 03/17/2016 (N)

    8,900,000         8,898,193   
    

 

 

 

Total Short-Term U.S. Government Obligations
(Cost $25,445,649)

   

     25,446,753   
    

 

 

 
     Shares      Value  

SECURITIES LENDING COLLATERAL - 3.2%

  

State Street Navigator Securities Lending Trust - Prime Portfolio, 0.31% (N)

    41,423,590         41,423,590   
    

 

 

 

Total Securities Lending Collateral (Cost $41,423,590)

       41,423,590   
    

 

 

 
     Principal      Value  

REPURCHASE AGREEMENT - 0.7%

  

  

State Street Bank & Trust Co. 0.03% (N), dated 12/31/2015, to be repurchased at $9,128,009 on 01/04/2016. Collateralized by a U.S. Government Obligation and a U.S. Government Agency Obligation, 1.00%, due 09/15/2017 - 09/20/2017, and with a total value of $9,311,806.

    $  9,127,979         9,127,979   
    

 

 

 

Total Repurchase Agreement
(Cost $9,127,979)

       9,127,979   
    

 

 

 

Total Investments
(Cost $1,504,358,825) (O)

       1,490,483,503   

Net Other Assets (Liabilities) - (16.2)%

  

     (207,535,334
    

 

 

 

Net Assets - 100.0%

       $  1,282,948,169   
    

 

 

 
 

 

The Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this report.

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SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (continued)

At December 31, 2015

 

SECURITY VALUATION:

 

Valuation Inputs (P)

 

     Level 1 -
Unadjusted
Quoted Prices
    Level 2 -
Other Significant
Observable Inputs
    Level 3 -
Significant
Unobservable Inputs (Q)
    Value at
December 31, 2015
 

ASSETS

       

Investments

       

Asset-Backed Securities

  $      $ 86,708,234      $      $ 86,708,234   

Corporate Debt Securities

           491,860,688               491,860,688   

Foreign Government Obligations

           19,257,875               19,257,875   

Mortgage-Backed Securities

           173,590,831        210,097        173,800,928   

Municipal Government Obligations

           7,441,229               7,441,229   

U.S. Government Agency Obligations

           211,451,590               211,451,590   

U.S. Government Obligations

           270,230,256               270,230,256   

Preferred Stocks

    3,032,609                      3,032,609   

Short-Term U.S. Government Agency Obligations

           150,701,772               150,701,772   

Short-Term U.S. Government Obligations

           25,446,753               25,446,753   

Securities Lending Collateral

    41,423,590                      41,423,590   

Repurchase Agreement

           9,127,979               9,127,979   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Investments

  $   44,456,199      $   1,445,817,207      $   210,097      $   1,490,483,503   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Transfers (P)

 

Investments    Transfers from
Level 1 to Level 2
     Transfers from
Level 2 to Level 1
     Transfers from
Level 2 to Level 3
     Transfers from
Level 3 to Level 2
 

Mortgage-Backed Securities (H)

   $   —       $   —       $   210,097       $   —   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

FOOTNOTES TO SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS:

 

(A)  Security is registered pursuant to Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. Unless otherwise indicated, the security is deemed to be liquid for purposes of compliance limitations on holdings of illiquid securities and may be resold as transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. At December 31, 2015, the total aggregate value of 144A securities is $317,220,324, representing 24.7% of the Portfolio’s net assets.
(B)  Floating or variable rate security. The rate disclosed is as of December 31, 2015.
(C)  All or a portion of the security is on loan. The total value of all securities on loan is $40,577,293. 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.
(D)  Perpetual maturity. The date displayed is the next call date.
(E)  Security in default.
(F)  Illiquid security. Total aggregate value of illiquid securities is $89,902, representing less than 0.1% of the Portfolio’s net assets.
(G)  Security is Level 3 of the fair value hierarchy.
(H)  Transferred from Level 2 to 3 because of the lack of observable market data due to a decrease in market activity for these securities.
(I)  Percentage rounds to less than 0.1% or (0.1)%.
(J)  Security on a when-issued, delayed-delivery, or forward commitment basis. Security to be settled and delivered after December 31, 2015.
(K)  Cash in the amount of $402,419 has been segregated by the broker as collateral for open TBA commitment transactions.
(L)  Non-income producing security.
(M)  Percentage rounds to less than 0.01% or (0.01)%.
(N)  Rate disclosed reflects the yield at December 31, 2015.
(O)  Aggregate cost for federal income tax purposes is $1,504,516,166. Aggregate gross unrealized appreciation and depreciation for all securities is $12,472,654 and $26,505,317, respectively. Net unrealized depreciation for tax purposes is $14,032,663.
(P)  The Portfolio recognizes transfers between Levels at the end of the reporting year. See the Security Valuation section of the Notes to Financial Statements for more information regarding security valuation and pricing inputs.
(Q)  Level 3 securities were not considered significant to the Portfolio.

PORTFOLIO ABBREVIATIONS:

 

MTN    Medium Term Note
STRIPS    Separate Trading of Registered Interest and Principal of Securities
TBA    To Be Announced

 

The Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this report.

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SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS

At December 31, 2015

 

     Principal      Value  

CORPORATE DEBT SECURITIES - 94.0%

  

Aerospace & Defense - 0.9%

    

Bombardier, Inc.

    

6.00%, 10/15/2022 (A)

    $  4,387,000         $  3,075,287   

6.13%, 01/15/2023 (A)

    930,000         641,700   

7.50%, 03/15/2025 (A)

    691,000         483,700   

7.75%, 03/15/2020 (A)

    1,812,000         1,463,190   

Triumph Group, Inc.

    

5.25%, 06/01/2022

    1,708,000         1,374,940   
    

 

 

 
       7,038,817   
    

 

 

 

Airlines - 2.6%

    

American Airlines Group, Inc.

    

4.63%, 03/01/2020 (A)

    1,000,000         952,500   

5.50%, 10/01/2019 (A)

    4,837,000         4,776,538   

American Airlines Pass-Through Trust

    

5.60%, 01/15/2022 (A)

    2,183,033         2,226,693   

6.13%, 07/15/2018 (A)

    7,155,000         7,351,762   

Continental Airlines Pass-Through Certificates

    

6.13%, 04/29/2018

    2,240,000         2,284,800   

United Airlines Pass-Through Trust

    

4.63%, 03/03/2024

    770,000         771,925   

United Continental Holdings, Inc.

    

6.38%, 06/01/2018

    1,185,000         1,233,135   
    

 

 

 
       19,597,353   
    

 

 

 

Auto Components - 0.4%

    

Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.

    

6.50%, 03/01/2021

    2,500,000         2,628,125   
    

 

 

 

Automobiles - 0.2%

    

Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV

    

4.50%, 04/15/2020

    430,000         435,375   

General Motors Financial Co., Inc.

    

4.75%, 08/15/2017

    1,350,000         1,399,195   
    

 

 

 
       1,834,570   
    

 

 

 

Banks - 3.2%

    

Bank of America Corp.

    

8.00%, 01/30/2018 (B) (C)

    3,947,000         4,016,072   

Barclays PLC

    

6.63%, 09/15/2019 (B) (C)

    2,336,000         2,308,085   

8.25%, 12/15/2018 (B) (C)

    1,843,000         1,962,244   

CIT Group, Inc.

    

5.00%, 08/15/2022

    385,000         395,349   

5.25%, 03/15/2018

    1,525,000         1,574,563   

5.38%, 05/15/2020

    190,000         199,025   

5.50%, 02/15/2019 (A)

    2,290,000         2,393,050   

Citigroup, Inc.

    

6.30%, 05/15/2024 (B) (C)

    5,900,000         5,752,500   

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

    

5.00%, 07/01/2019 (B) (C)

    2,015,000         1,914,250   

7.90%, 04/30/2018 (B) (C)

    3,247,000         3,305,446   
    

 

 

 
       23,820,584   
    

 

 

 

Beverages - 0.9%

    

Cott Beverages, Inc.

    

5.38%, 07/01/2022

    4,099,000         4,017,020   

6.75%, 01/01/2020

    2,484,000         2,564,730   
    

 

 

 
       6,581,750   
    

 

 

 
     Principal      Value  

CORPORATE DEBT SECURITIES (continued)

  

Biotechnology - 0.2%

    

Concordia Healthcare Corp.

    

7.00%, 04/15/2023 (A)

    $  1,499,000         $  1,300,383   
    

 

 

 

Building Products - 2.7%

    

Associated Materials LLC / AMH New Finance, Inc.

    

9.13%, 11/01/2017

    7,646,000         5,275,740   

Builders FirstSource, Inc.

    

7.63%, 06/01/2021 (A)

    2,560,000         2,694,400   

10.75%, 08/15/2023 (A)

    4,070,000         4,039,475   

Griffon Corp.

    

5.25%, 03/01/2022

    3,975,000         3,791,156   

Norbord, Inc.

    

6.25%, 04/15/2023 (A)

    2,237,000         2,209,038   

Ply Gem Industries, Inc.

    

6.50%, 02/01/2022

    2,522,000         2,286,075   
    

 

 

 
       20,295,884   
    

 

 

 

Capital Markets - 2.5%

    

Credit Suisse Group AG

    

6.25%, 12/18/2024 (A) (B) (C)

    807,000         806,393   

7.50%, 12/11/2023 (A) (B) (C)

    4,697,000         4,931,061   

Deutsche Bank AG

    

7.50%, 04/30/2025 (B) (C)

    2,000,000         1,950,000   

Goldman Sachs Capital II

    

4.00%, 02/01/2016 (B) (C)

    11,035,000         7,779,675   

Morgan Stanley

    

5.45%, 07/15/2019 (B) (C)

    2,970,000         2,899,463   

5.55%, 07/15/2020 (B) (C)

    320,000         320,000   
    

 

 

 
       18,686,592   
    

 

 

 

Chemicals - 1.0%

    

Hexion, Inc.

    

6.63%, 04/15/2020

    6,738,000         5,238,795   

10.00%, 04/15/2020

    1,201,000         990,825   

Tronox Finance LLC

    

7.50%, 03/15/2022 (A)

    2,217,000         1,285,860   
    

 

 

 
       7,515,480   
    

 

 

 

Construction & Engineering - 2.0%

    

Abengoa Greenfield SA

    

6.50%, 10/01/2019 (A)

    1,767,000         194,370   

Ashton Woods USA LLC / Ashton Woods Finance Co.

    

6.88%, 02/15/2021 (A)

    4,473,000         3,802,050   

Brookfield Residential Properties, Inc.

    

6.38%, 05/15/2025 (A)

    2,147,000         1,996,710   

6.50%, 12/15/2020 (A)

    814,000         784,492   

K Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc.

    

7.00%, 01/15/2019 (A)

    1,785,000         1,195,950   

7.25%, 10/15/2020 (A)

    1,250,000         1,075,000   

8.00%, 11/01/2019 (A)

    1,800,000         1,116,000   

9.13%, 11/15/2020 (A)

    6,000,000         4,560,000   
    

 

 

 
       14,724,572   
    

 

 

 

Consumer Finance - 4.3%

    

Ally Financial, Inc.

    

3.25%, 02/13/2018

    872,000         867,640   

5.50%, 02/15/2017

    1,700,000         1,751,000   

5.75%, 11/20/2025

    1,121,000         1,135,013   
 

 

The Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this report.

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SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (continued)

At December 31, 2015

 

     Principal      Value  

CORPORATE DEBT SECURITIES (continued)

  

Consumer Finance (continued)

    

Ally Financial, Inc. (continued)

    

6.25%, 12/01/2017

    $  2,830,000         $  2,967,962   

8.00%, 12/31/2018 - 11/01/2031

    2,712,000         3,105,630   

Altice Financing SA

    

6.63%, 02/15/2023 (A)

    1,975,000         1,950,313   

Altice US Finance I Corp.

    

5.38%, 07/15/2023 (A)

    980,000         982,450   

Altice US Finance II Corp.

    

7.75%, 07/15/2025 (A)

    250,000         228,750   

Altice US Financing SA

    

7.75%, 07/15/2025 (A)

    250,000         228,750   

Navient Corp.

    

5.50%, 01/15/2019, MTN

    4,230,000         3,955,050   

5.88%, 10/25/2024

    2,126,000         1,700,800   

OneMain Financial Holdings, Inc.

    

6.75%, 12/15/2019 (A)

    1,847,000         1,872,396   

7.25%, 12/15/2021 (A)

    1,636,000         1,640,090   

Springleaf Finance Corp.

    

6.00%, 06/01/2020

    4,250,000         4,037,500   

6.90%, 12/15/2017, MTN

    5,255,000         5,438,925   
    

 

 

 
       31,862,269   
    

 

 

 

Containers & Packaging - 1.9%

  

Ardagh Packaging Finance PLC / Ardagh Holdings USA, Inc.

    

3.51%, 12/15/2019 (A) (B)

    3,620,000         3,538,550   

6.25%, 01/31/2019 (A)

    665,000         638,400   

7.00%, 11/15/2020 (A)

    774,706         761,149   

Ball Corp.

    

4.38%, 12/15/2020

    958,000         972,969   

5.25%, 07/01/2025

    2,466,000         2,521,485   

Beverage Packaging Holdings Luxembourg II SA / Beverage Packaging Holdings II Issuer, Inc.

    

5.63%, 12/15/2016 (A)

    645,000         637,744   

6.00%, 06/15/2017 (A)

    915,000         885,262   

Coveris Holdings SA

    

7.88%, 11/01/2019 (A)

    2,950,000         2,573,875   

Owens-Brockway Glass Container, Inc.

    

5.88%, 08/15/2023 (A)

    1,078,000         1,094,170   

6.38%, 08/15/2025 (A)

    539,000         553,822   
    

 

 

 
       14,177,426   
    

 

 

 

Diversified Financial Services - 2.9%

  

AerCap Ireland Capital, Ltd. / AerCap Global Aviation Trust

    

4.25%, 07/01/2020

    800,000         806,000   

4.63%, 07/01/2022

    1,691,000         1,710,024   

Denali Borrower LLC / Denali Finance Corp.

    

5.63%, 10/15/2020 (A)

    7,530,000         7,887,675   

Glen Meadow Pass-Through Trust

    

6.51%, 02/12/2067 (A) (B)

    5,423,000         4,324,842   

ILFC E-Capital Trust I

    

4.49%, 12/21/2065 (A) (B)

    4,780,000         4,349,800   

ILFC E-Capital Trust II

    

4.74%, 12/21/2065 (A) (B)

    875,000         805,000   
     Principal      Value  

CORPORATE DEBT SECURITIES (continued)

  

Diversified Financial Services (continued)

  

Jefferies Finance LLC / JFIN Co-Issuer Corp.

    

7.50%, 04/15/2021 (A)

    $  2,441,000         $  2,148,080   
    

 

 

 
       22,031,421   
    

 

 

 

Diversified Telecommunication Services - 7.3%

  

CenturyLink, Inc.

    

7.65%, 03/15/2042

    12,462,000         9,533,430   

Frontier Communications Corp.

    

6.88%, 01/15/2025

    318,000         261,953   

7.63%, 04/15/2024

    6,032,000         5,066,880   

9.00%, 08/15/2031

    675,000         567,000   

10.50%, 09/15/2022 (A)

    1,238,000         1,233,358   

11.00%, 09/15/2025 (A)

    1,563,000         1,547,370   

Hughes Satellite Systems Corp.

    

6.50%, 06/15/2019

    2,455,000         2,645,262   

7.63%, 06/15/2021

    2,000,000         2,120,000   

Intelsat Jackson Holdings SA

    

7.25%, 10/15/2020

    5,570,000         4,873,750   

Neptune Finco Corp.

    

6.63%, 10/15/2025 (A)

    752,000         782,080   

10.13%, 01/15/2023 (A)

    752,000         783,960   

10.88%, 10/15/2025 (A)

    950,000         995,125   

Sprint Capital Corp.

    

8.75%, 03/15/2032

    1,090,000         817,500   

UPCB Finance V, Ltd.

    

7.25%, 11/15/2021 (A)

    4,257,000         4,523,062   

UPCB Finance VI, Ltd.

    

6.88%, 01/15/2022 (A)

    1,458,000         1,541,835   

Virgin Media Finance PLC

    

6.00%, 10/15/2024 (A)

    4,250,000         4,239,375   

6.38%, 04/15/2023 (A)

    945,000         959,175   

Virgin Media Secured Finance PLC

    

5.25%, 01/15/2026 (A)

    1,750,000         1,701,875   

Wind Acquisition Finance SA

    

4.75%, 07/15/2020 (A)

    2,500,000         2,475,000   

7.38%, 04/23/2021 (A)

    4,935,000         4,663,575   

Windstream Services LLC

    

7.75%, 10/01/2021

    4,602,000         3,621,199   
    

 

 

 
       54,952,764   
    

 

 

 

Electric Utilities - 1.6%

  

Elwood Energy LLC

    

8.16%, 07/05/2026

    2,702,847         2,946,103   

Homer City Generation, LP

    

8.73%, 10/01/2026

    

Cash Rate 8.73% (D)

    7,265,625         5,812,500   

Red Oak Power LLC

    

9.20%, 11/30/2029

    800,000         852,000   

Terraform Global Operating LLC

    

9.75%, 08/15/2022 (A)

    3,244,000         2,587,090   
    

 

 

 
       12,197,693   
    

 

 

 

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components - 0.6%

  

Belden, Inc.

    

5.50%, 09/01/2022 (A)

    2,514,000         2,419,725   

Sanmina Corp.

    

4.38%, 06/01/2019 (A)

    1,835,000         1,844,175   
    

 

 

 
       4,263,900   
    

 

 

 
 

 

The Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this report.

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SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (continued)

At December 31, 2015

 

     Principal      Value  

CORPORATE DEBT SECURITIES (continued)

  

Energy Equipment & Services - 1.9%

  

CSI Compressco, LP / Compressco Finance, Inc.

    

7.25%, 08/15/2022

    $  2,283,000         $  1,689,420   

Genesis Energy, LP / Genesis Energy Finance Corp.

    

6.75%, 08/01/2022

    3,390,000         2,881,500   

NuStar Logistics, LP

    

8.15%, 04/15/2018

    2,000,000         2,042,500   

Rose Rock Midstream, LP / Rose Rock Finance Corp.

    

5.63%, 11/15/2023 (A)

    1,125,000         798,750   

Sabine Pass Liquefaction LLC

    

5.63%, 02/01/2021

    1,615,000         1,485,800   

Transocean, Inc.

    

7.13%, 12/15/2021

    5,099,000         3,295,229   

Weatherford International LLC

    

6.80%, 06/15/2037

    1,667,000         1,166,900   

Weatherford International, Ltd.

    

6.75%, 09/15/2040

    1,042,000         734,610   
    

 

 

 
       14,094,709   
    

 

 

 

Food & Staples Retailing - 0.6%

    

Rite Aid Corp.

    

6.13%, 04/01/2023 (A)

    1,764,000         1,825,740   

6.75%, 06/15/2021

    2,253,000         2,360,017   
    

 

 

 
       4,185,757   
    

 

 

 

Food Products - 1.5%

    

Aramark Services, Inc.

    

5.75%, 03/15/2020

    895,000         925,766   

JBS USA LLC / JBS USA Finance, Inc.

    

5.75%, 06/15/2025 (A)

    1,160,000         1,009,200   

7.25%, 06/01/2021 (A)

    2,140,000         2,123,950   

Pilgrim’s Pride Corp.

    

5.75%, 03/15/2025 (A)

    1,009,000         981,252   

Post Holdings, Inc.

    

6.75%, 12/01/2021 (A)

    4,845,000         4,941,900   

7.38%, 02/15/2022

    827,000         862,148   

8.00%, 07/15/2025 (A)

    458,000         485,480   
    

 

 

 
       11,329,696   
    

 

 

 

Gas Utilities - 0.3%

    

Ferrellgas, LP / Ferrellgas Finance Corp.

    

6.75%, 06/15/2023 (A)

    2,800,000         2,282,000   
    

 

 

 

Health Care Equipment & Supplies - 1.9%

  

  

Crimson Merger Sub, Inc.

    

6.63%, 05/15/2022 (A)

    5,344,000         3,660,640   

DJO Finco, Inc. / DJO Finance LLC

    

8.13%, 06/15/2021 (A)

    2,156,000         1,913,450   

Hologic, Inc.

    

5.25%, 07/15/2022 (A)

    2,139,000         2,181,780   

Mallinckrodt International Finance SA

    

4.75%, 04/15/2023

    3,250,000         2,876,250   

Mallinckrodt International Finance SA / Mallinckrodt CB LLC

    

4.88%, 04/15/2020 (A)

    475,000         457,187   

5.63%, 10/15/2023 (A)

    632,000         600,400   

5.75%, 08/01/2022 (A)

    2,905,000         2,788,800   
    

 

 

 
       14,478,507   
    

 

 

 
     Principal      Value  

CORPORATE DEBT SECURITIES (continued)

  

Health Care Providers & Services - 6.6%

  

  

CHS / Community Health Systems, Inc.

    

5.13%, 08/15/2018

    $  2,170,000         $  2,180,850   

6.88%, 02/01/2022

    5,263,000         4,993,271   

7.13%, 07/15/2020

    2,295,000         2,286,394   

8.00%, 11/15/2019

    4,394,000         4,426,955   

DaVita HealthCare Partners, Inc.

    

5.75%, 08/15/2022

    2,229,000         2,295,870   

HCA Holdings, Inc.

    

6.25%, 02/15/2021

    8,043,000         8,505,472   

HCA, Inc.

    

5.88%, 02/15/2026

    1,270,000         1,274,762   

7.50%, 02/15/2022

    3,410,000         3,776,575   

HealthSouth Corp.

    

5.75%, 11/01/2024 - 09/15/2025 (A)

    2,358,000         2,218,590   

5.75%, 11/01/2024

    705,000         672,394   

LifePoint Health, Inc.

    

5.50%, 12/01/2021

    5,940,000         6,043,950   

Tenet Healthcare Corp.

    

4.38%, 10/01/2021

    1,200,000         1,158,000   

5.00%, 03/01/2019

    745,000         687,263   

5.50%, 03/01/2019

    1,135,000         1,069,738   

6.00%, 10/01/2020

    2,910,000         3,062,775   

6.75%, 06/15/2023

    1,034,000         959,035   

8.13%, 04/01/2022

    4,042,000         4,031,895   
    

 

 

 
       49,643,789   
    

 

 

 

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure - 6.4%

  

  

Boyd Gaming Corp.

    

6.88%, 05/15/2023

    2,760,000         2,835,900   

Felcor Lodging, LP

    

5.63%, 03/01/2023

    2,250,000         2,283,750   

International Game Technology PLC

    

6.25%, 02/15/2022 (A)

    2,255,000         2,108,425   

6.50%, 02/15/2025 (A)

    6,632,000         5,819,580   

MGM Resorts International

    

6.00%, 03/15/2023

    1,232,000         1,222,760   

6.63%, 12/15/2021

    3,185,000         3,260,644   

7.75%, 03/15/2022

    3,385,000         3,596,562   

11.38%, 03/01/2018

    1,911,000         2,189,280   

NCL Corp., Ltd.

    

4.63%, 11/15/2020 (A)

    2,630,000         2,575,349   

New Cotai LLC / New Cotai Capital Corp.

    

10.63%, 05/01/2019 (A) (D)

    2,533,609         1,855,341   

Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc.

    

7.50%, 04/15/2021

    5,516,000         5,750,430   

Scientific Games International, Inc.

    

7.00%, 01/01/2022 (A)

    683,000         652,265   

10.00%, 12/01/2022

    5,959,000         4,230,890   

Studio City Finance, Ltd.

    

8.50%, 12/01/2020 (A)

    3,325,000         3,208,625   

Viking Cruises, Ltd.

    

6.25%, 05/15/2025 (A)

    1,424,000         1,167,680   

8.50%, 10/15/2022 (A)

    5,205,000         4,931,737   

Waterford Gaming LLC / Waterford Gaming Financial Corp.

    

8.63%, 09/15/2049 (A) (E) (F) (G) (J)

    1,066,313         0 (H) 
    

 

 

 
       47,689,218   
    

 

 

 
 

 

The Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this report.

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SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (continued)

At December 31, 2015

 

     Principal      Value  

CORPORATE DEBT SECURITIES (continued)

  

Household Durables - 3.1%

    

Beazer Homes USA, Inc.

    

5.75%, 06/15/2019

    $  3,139,000         $  2,887,880   

7.50%, 09/15/2021

    1,824,000         1,673,520   

9.13%, 05/15/2019

    2,945,000         2,922,912   

KB Home

    

4.75%, 05/15/2019

    1,775,000         1,721,750   

7.00%, 12/15/2021

    1,575,000         1,553,344   

7.63%, 05/15/2023

    2,738,000         2,703,775   

9.10%, 09/15/2017

    1,158,000         1,249,193   

Meritage Homes Corp.

    

4.50%, 03/01/2018

    6,372,000         6,372,000   

Tempur Sealy International, Inc.

    

5.63%, 10/15/2023 (A)

    1,065,000         1,075,650   

6.88%, 12/15/2020

    1,034,000         1,083,115   
    

 

 

 
       23,243,139   
    

 

 

 

Household Products - 1.7%

    

Kronos Acquisition Holdings, Inc.

    

9.00%, 08/15/2023 (A)

    1,485,000         1,269,675   

Reynolds Group Issuer, Inc. / Reynolds Group Issuer LLC

    

6.88%, 02/15/2021

    3,150,000         3,244,500   

7.13%, 04/15/2019

    2,472,000         2,516,805   

7.88%, 08/15/2019

    985,000         1,021,937   

9.88%, 08/15/2019

    4,600,000         4,634,500   
    

 

 

 
       12,687,417   
    

 

 

 

Independent Power and Renewable Electricity Producers - 2.1%

  

Calpine Corp.

    

5.38%, 01/15/2023

    370,000         332,075   

5.75%, 01/15/2025

    1,778,000         1,569,085   

NRG Energy, Inc.

    

7.88%, 05/15/2021

    11,042,000         10,351,875   

8.25%, 09/01/2020

    3,820,000         3,705,400   
    

 

 

 
       15,958,435   
    

 

 

 

Insurance - 1.5%

    

Genworth Holdings, Inc.

    

4.90%, 08/15/2023

    577,000         383,705   

7.20%, 02/15/2021

    1,023,000         852,394   

7.63%, 09/24/2021

    4,494,000         3,732,043   

Lincoln National Corp.

    

7.00%, 05/17/2066 (B)

    8,111,000         6,245,470   
    

 

 

 
       11,213,612   
    

 

 

 

Machinery - 0.6%

    

CNH Industrial Capital LLC

    

3.88%, 07/16/2018

    1,110,000         1,073,925   

Meritor, Inc.

    

6.25%, 02/15/2024

    1,852,000         1,583,460   

6.75%, 06/15/2021

    725,000         667,000   

Wise Metals Group LLC / Wise Alloys Finance Corp.

    

8.75%, 12/15/2018 (A)

    1,616,000         1,224,120   
    

 

 

 
       4,548,505   
    

 

 

 

Media - 8.8%

    

Adelphia Communications Corp.

    

9.25%, 10/01/2049 (I) (J)

    1,305,000         6,525   

10.25%, 06/15/2049 - 11/01/2049 (I) (J)

    1,460,000         7,300   
     Principal      Value  

CORPORATE DEBT SECURITIES (continued)

  

Media (continued)

    

Cablevision Systems Corp.

    

5.88%, 09/15/2022

    $  3,691,000         $  3,137,350   

7.75%, 04/15/2018

    3,805,000         3,957,200   

8.00%, 04/15/2020

    3,129,000         3,050,775   

CCO Holdings LLC / CCO Holdings Capital Corp.

    

5.25%, 09/30/2022

    885,000         893,850   

5.75%, 01/15/2024

    60,000         61,650   

6.50%, 04/30/2021

    4,925,000         5,122,000   

7.38%, 06/01/2020

    1,000,000         1,041,250   

CCO Safari II LLC

    

4.91%, 07/23/2025 (A)

    2,777,000         2,774,298   

CCOH Safari LLC

    

5.75%, 02/15/2026 (A)

    1,750,000         1,754,375   

Cequel Communications Holdings I LLC / Cequel Capital Corp.

    

6.38%, 09/15/2020 (A)

    1,400,000         1,368,500   

Clear Channel Worldwide Holdings, Inc.

    

6.50%, 11/15/2022

    4,549,000         4,407,295   

7.63%, 03/15/2020

    8,515,000         7,860,437   

CSC Holdings LLC

    

6.75%, 11/15/2021

    185,000         181,763   

DISH DBS Corp.

    

5.88%, 07/15/2022 - 11/15/2024

    3,874,000         3,531,585   

6.75%, 06/01/2021

    3,215,000         3,239,113   

7.88%, 09/01/2019

    4,003,000         4,353,262   

iHeartCommunications, Inc.

    

9.00%, 03/01/2021

    250,000         174,375   

10.63%, 03/15/2023

    1,748,000         1,226,222   

Numericable-SFR SAS

    

4.88%, 05/15/2019 (A)

    2,550,000         2,527,688   

Regal Entertainment Group

    

5.75%, 06/15/2023 - 02/01/2025

    3,095,000         2,997,025   

Unitymedia GmbH

    

6.13%, 01/15/2025 (A)

    2,106,000         2,081,044   

Univision Communications, Inc.

    

5.13%, 02/15/2025 (A)

    898,000         853,100   

6.75%, 09/15/2022 (A)

    9,061,000         9,389,461   
    

 

 

 
       65,997,443   
    

 

 

 

Metals & Mining - 1.4%

    

ArcelorMittal

    

7.25%, 02/25/2022

    1,416,000         1,139,880   

8.00%, 10/15/2039

    3,333,000         2,274,772   

Constellium NV

    

5.75%, 05/15/2024 (A)

    2,699,000         1,835,320   

8.00%, 01/15/2023 (A)

    1,318,000         1,031,335   

FMG Resources Pty, Ltd.

    

9.75%, 03/01/2022 (A)

    856,000         783,240   

Novelis, Inc.

    

8.38%, 12/15/2017

    1,645,000         1,599,762   

8.75%, 12/15/2020

    307,000         281,673   

Teck Resources, Ltd.

    

3.75%, 02/01/2023

    691,000         319,588   

6.00%, 08/15/2040

    635,000         266,700   

6.25%, 07/15/2041

    2,040,000         897,600   
    

 

 

 
       10,429,870   
    

 

 

 
 

 

The Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this report.

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Transamerica Partners High Yield Bond Portfolio

 

 

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (continued)

At December 31, 2015

 

     Principal      Value  

CORPORATE DEBT SECURITIES (continued)

  

Multiline Retail - 0.2%

    

Dollar Tree, Inc.

    

5.25%, 03/01/2020 (A)

    $  207,000         $  213,728   

5.75%, 03/01/2023 (A)

    1,117,000         1,156,095   
    

 

 

 
       1,369,823   
    

 

 

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels - 5.1%

    

Antero Resources Corp.

    

5.38%, 11/01/2021

    861,000         688,800   

Berry Petroleum Co. LLC

    

6.38%, 09/15/2022

    1,625,000         394,063   

BreitBurn Energy Partners, LP / BreitBurn Finance Corp.

    

7.88%, 04/15/2022

    3,505,000         630,900   

Carrizo Oil & Gas, Inc.

    

7.50%, 09/15/2020

    1,694,000         1,480,132   

Chesapeake Energy Corp.

    

4.88%, 04/15/2022

    692,000         192,072   

6.13%, 02/15/2021

    2,472,000         697,104   

6.63%, 08/15/2020

    3,041,000         881,890   

CITGO Holding, Inc.

    

10.75%, 02/15/2020 (A)

    3,831,000         3,716,070   

CITGO Petroleum Corp.

    

6.25%, 08/15/2022 (A)

    1,988,000         1,908,480   

Concho Resources, Inc.

    

5.50%, 04/01/2023

    2,076,000         1,920,300   

Denbury Resources, Inc.

    

5.50%, 05/01/2022

    1,087,000         360,862   

EP Energy LLC / Everest Acquisition
Finance, Inc.

    

9.38%, 05/01/2020

    3,315,000         2,113,312   

Kinder Morgan, Inc.

    

8.05%, 10/15/2030, MTN

    2,000,000         1,943,284   

Linn Energy LLC / Linn Energy Finance
Corp.

    

7.75%, 02/01/2021

    4,085,000         592,325   

8.63%, 04/15/2020

    3,225,000         552,281   

Oasis Petroleum, Inc.

    

6.50%, 11/01/2021

    365,000         241,813   

6.88%, 03/15/2022

    677,000         433,280   

7.25%, 02/01/2019

    936,000         671,580   

ONEOK, Inc.

    

7.50%, 09/01/2023

    2,181,000         1,815,682   

Peabody Energy Corp.

    

6.25%, 11/15/2021

    420,000         57,750   

6.50%, 09/15/2020

    1,000,000         137,500   

10.00%, 03/15/2022 (A)

    1,414,000         268,660   

SM Energy Co.

    

6.13%, 11/15/2022

    3,265,000         2,399,775   

6.50%, 11/15/2021 - 01/01/2023

    1,544,000         1,143,240   

Sunoco, LP / Sunoco Finance Corp.

    

5.50%, 08/01/2020 (A)

    3,950,000         3,742,625   

6.38%, 04/01/2023 (A)

    2,760,000         2,594,400   

Targa Resources Partners, LP / Targa Resources Partners Finance Corp.

    

5.00%, 01/15/2018 (A)

    1,545,000         1,429,125   

6.75%, 03/15/2024 (A)

    1,685,000         1,436,463   

Ultra Petroleum Corp.

    

6.13%, 10/01/2024 (A)

    1,060,000         241,150   
     Principal      Value  

CORPORATE DEBT SECURITIES (continued)

  

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels (continued)

  

  

Whiting Petroleum Corp.

    

5.75%, 03/15/2021

    $  2,635,000         $  1,920,915   

WPX Energy, Inc.

    

8.25%, 08/01/2023

    2,100,000         1,680,000   
    

 

 

 
       38,285,833   
    

 

 

 

Paper & Forest Products - 0.3%

    

Boise Cascade Co.

    

6.38%, 11/01/2020

    2,410,000         2,482,300   
    

 

 

 

Personal Products - 0.6%

    

Revlon Consumer Products Corp.

    

5.75%, 02/15/2021

    4,540,000         4,392,450   
    

 

 

 

Pharmaceuticals - 1.5%

    

Endo, Ltd. / Endo Finance LLC

    

6.00%, 07/15/2023 (A)

    1,855,000         1,845,725   

Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc.

    

5.88%, 05/15/2023 (A)

    2,853,000         2,546,302   

6.38%, 10/15/2020 (A)

    5,367,000         5,179,155   

7.50%, 07/15/2021 (A)

    1,680,000         1,675,800   
    

 

 

 
       11,246,982   
    

 

 

 

Professional Services - 0.4%

    

Ceridian HCM Holding, Inc.

    

11.00%, 03/15/2021 (A)

    3,599,000         2,825,215   
    

 

 

 

Real Estate Investment Trusts - 1.2%

  

  

CBL & Associates, LP

    

5.25%, 12/01/2023

    3,951,000         3,779,546   

Communications Sales & Leasing, Inc. / CSL Capital LLC

    

8.25%, 10/15/2023

    1,065,000         899,925   

Equinix, Inc.

    

5.88%, 01/15/2026

    2,127,000         2,190,810   

Iron Mountain, Inc.

    

6.00%, 10/01/2020 (A)

    2,077,000         2,191,235   
    

 

 

 
       9,061,516   
    

 

 

 

Road & Rail - 1.1%

    

Aviation Capital Group Corp.

    

6.75%, 04/06/2021 (A)

    3,464,000         3,879,680   

Hertz Corp.

    

7.38%, 01/15/2021

    3,500,000         3,631,250   

7.50%, 10/15/2018

    735,000         749,700   
    

 

 

 
       8,260,630   
    

 

 

 

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment - 0.6%

  

Freescale Semiconductor, Inc.

    

6.00%, 01/15/2022 (A)

    4,230,000         4,430,925   
    

 

 

 

Software - 1.9%

    

Ensemble S Merger Sub, Inc.

    

9.00%, 09/30/2023 (A)

    960,000         927,600   

First Data Corp.

    

5.00%, 01/15/2024 (A)

    1,072,000         1,066,640   

5.75%, 01/15/2024 (A)

    1,470,000         1,447,950   

6.75%, 11/01/2020 (A)

    6,218,000         6,521,127   

7.00%, 12/01/2023 (A)

    986,000         986,000   

Infor US, Inc.

    

5.75%, 08/15/2020 (A)

    485,000         488,638   

6.50%, 05/15/2022 (A)

    3,253,000         2,748,785   
    

 

 

 
       14,186,740   
    

 

 

 
 

 

The Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this report.

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SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (continued)

At December 31, 2015

 

     Principal      Value  

CORPORATE DEBT SECURITIES (continued)

  

Specialty Retail - 0.9%

    

Claire’s Stores, Inc.

    

9.00%, 03/15/2019 (A)

    $  6,584,000         $  3,983,320   

L Brands, Inc.

    

6.88%, 11/01/2035 (A)

    985,000         1,012,087   

Men’s Wearhouse, Inc.

    

7.00%, 07/01/2022

    2,494,000         1,770,740   
    

 

 

 
       6,766,147   
    

 

 

 

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals - 0.9%

  

  

Riverbed Technology, Inc.

    

8.88%, 03/01/2023 (A)

    2,704,000         2,501,200   

Seagate HDD Cayman

    

4.75%, 06/01/2023

    3,794,000         3,320,816   

4.88%, 06/01/2027 (A)

    1,445,000         1,108,837   
    

 

 

 
       6,930,853   
    

 

 

 

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods - 0.9%

    

Levi Strauss & Co.

    

6.88%, 05/01/2022

    6,161,000         6,592,270   
    

 

 

 

Trading Companies & Distributors - 1.3%

    

United Rentals North America, Inc.

    

5.50%, 07/15/2025

    510,000         494,700   

7.38%, 05/15/2020

    5,950,000         6,277,250   

7.63%, 04/15/2022

    2,559,000         2,734,803   

8.25%, 02/01/2021

    134,000         140,198   
    

 

 

 
       9,646,951   
    

 

 

 

Wireless Telecommunication Services - 3.5%

  

  

Sprint Communications, Inc.

    

6.00%, 11/15/2022

    2,470,000         1,741,350   

7.00%, 08/15/2020

    775,000         598,688   

9.00%, 11/15/2018 (A)

    6,075,000         6,393,937   

9.13%, 03/01/2017

    995,000         1,012,413   

Sprint Corp.

    

7.25%, 09/15/2021

    1,570,000         1,184,879   

7.63%, 02/15/2025

    2,047,000         1,494,310   

7.88%, 09/15/2023

    8,612,000         6,467,612   

T-Mobile USA, Inc.

    

6.25%, 04/01/2021

    815,000         839,450   

6.63%, 04/28/2021

    1,360,000         1,411,000   

6.73%, 04/28/2022

    4,671,000         4,869,517   

6.84%, 04/28/2023

    455,000         470,925   
    

 

 

 
       26,484,081   
    

 

 

 

Total Corporate Debt Securities
(Cost $791,956,875)

   

     704,254,396   
    

 

 

 

LOAN ASSIGNMENTS - 0.4%

  

Commercial Services & Supplies - 0.2%

  

  

ADS Waste Holdings, Inc.
Term Loan

    

3.75%, 10/09/2019 (B)

    1,140,778         1,108,551   
    

 

 

 
     Principal      Value  

LOAN ASSIGNMENTS (continued)

  

Marine - 0.2%

    

Commercial Barge Line Co.
1st Lien Term Loan

    

9.75%, 11/06/2020 (B)

    $  2,025,000         $  1,852,875   
    

 

 

 

Total Loan Assignments
(Cost $3,053,949)

       2,961,426   
    

 

 

 
     Shares      Value  

COMMON STOCKS - 0.3%

  

Building Products - 0.3%

  

Panolam Holdings Co., GDR (F) (G) (J) (K)

    1,803         1,770,546   
    

 

 

 

Media - 0.0% (K)

    

New Cotai LLC / New Cotai Capital Corp., Class B (F) (G) (J) (K)

    6         185,250   
    

 

 

 

Total Common Stocks
(Cost $3,265,049)

   

     1,955,796   
    

 

 

 

PREFERRED STOCK - 0.6%

  

Banks - 0.6%

    

GMAC Capital Trust I
Series 2, 8.13% (B) (J)

    193,625         4,910,330   
    

 

 

 

Total Preferred Stock
(Cost $5,109,917)

   

     4,910,330   
    

 

 

 

WARRANT - 0.0% (L)

  

Food Products - 0.0% (L)

    

American Seafoods Group LLC (J) (K) Exercise Price $0.01 Expiration Date 05/15/2018

    1,265         1,265   
    

 

 

 

Total Warrant
(Cost $0)

       1,265   
    

 

 

 
     Principal      Value  

REPURCHASE AGREEMENT - 2.9%

  

State Street Bank and Trust Co. 0.03% (M), dated 12/31/2015, to be repurchased at $21,380,401 on 01/04/2016. Collateralized by a U.S. Government Obligation, 0.63%, due 04/30/2018, and with a value of $21,808,938.

    $  21,380,330         21,380,330   
    

 

 

 

Total Repurchase Agreement
(Cost $21,380,330)

   

     21,380,330   
    

 

 

 

Total Investments
(Cost $824,766,120)
(N)

   

     735,463,543   

Net Other Assets (Liabilities) - 1.8%

  

     13,523,336   
    

 

 

 

Net Assets - 100.0%

       $  748,986,879   
    

 

 

 
 

 

The Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this report.

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SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (continued)

At December 31, 2015

 

SECURITY VALUATION:

 

Valuation Inputs (O)

 

      Level 1 -
Unadjusted
Quoted Prices
    Level 2 -
Other Significant
Observable Inputs
    Level 3 -
Significant
Unobservable Inputs (P)
    Value at
December 31, 2015
 

ASSETS

        

Investments

        

Corporate Debt Securities

   $      $ 704,254,396      $ 0 (H)    $ 704,254,396   

Loan Assignments

            2,961,426               2,961,426   

Common Stocks

                   1,955,796        1,955,796   

Preferred Stock

     4,910,330                      4,910,330   

Warrant

     1,265                      1,265   

Repurchase Agreement

            21,380,330               21,380,330   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Investments

   $   4,911,595      $   728,596,152      $   1,955,796      $   735,463,543   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

FOOTNOTES TO SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS:

 

(A)  Security is registered pursuant to Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. Unless otherwise indicated, the security is deemed to be liquid for purposes of compliance limitations on holdings of illiquid securities and may be resold as transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. At December 31, 2015, the total aggregate value of 144A securities is $273,776,381, representing 36.6% of the Portfolio’s net assets.
(B)  Floating or variable rate security. The rate disclosed is as of December 31, 2015.
(C)  Perpetual maturity. The date displayed is the next call date.
(D)  Payment in-kind. Security pays interest or dividends in the form of additional bonds or preferred stock. If the security makes a cash payment in addition to in-kind, the cash rate is disclosed separately.
(E)  Security in default.
(F)  Fair valued as determined in good faith in accordance with procedures established by the Board. Total aggregate fair value of securities is $1,955,796, representing 0.3% of the Portfolio’s net assets.
(G)  Security is Level 3 of the fair value hierarchy.
(H)  Rounds to less than $1.
(I)  Escrow position. Position represents remaining escrow balance expected to be received upon finalization of restructuring.
(J)  Illiquid security. Total aggregate value of illiquid securities is $1,970,886, representing 0.3% of the Portfolio’s net assets.
(K)  Non-income producing security.
(L)  Percentage rounds to less than 0.1% or (0.1)%.
(M)  Rate disclosed reflects the yield at December 31, 2015.
(N)  Aggregate cost for federal income tax purposes is $824,802,048. Aggregate gross unrealized appreciation and depreciation for all securities is $4,122,892 and $93,461,397, respectively. Net unrealized depreciation for tax purposes is $89,338,505.
(O)  The Portfolio recognizes transfers between Levels at the end of the reporting year. There were no transfers between Levels 1, 2 and 3 during the year ended December 31, 2015. See the Security Valuation section of the Notes to Financial Statements for more information regarding security valuation and pricing inputs.
(P)  Level 3 securities were not considered significant to the Portfolio.

PORTFOLIO ABBREVIATIONS:

 

GDR    Global Depositary Receipt
MTN    Medium Term Note

 

The Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this report.

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SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS

At December 31, 2015

 

     Shares      Value  

COMMON STOCKS - 59.8%

    

Aerospace & Defense - 1.9%

    

Honeywell International, Inc.

    9,649         $  999,347   

L-3 Communications Holdings, Inc.

    3,280         391,993   

Northrop Grumman Corp.

    1,570         296,431   

United Technologies Corp.

    11,914         1,144,578   
    

 

 

 
       2,832,349   
    

 

 

 

Air Freight & Logistics - 0.0% (A)

    

FedEx Corp.

    310         46,187   
    

 

 

 

Airlines - 0.5%

    

Delta Air Lines, Inc.

    4,930         249,902   

United Continental Holdings, Inc. (B)

    8,120         465,276   
    

 

 

 
       715,178   
    

 

 

 

Auto Components - 0.0% (A)

    

Magna International, Inc., Class A

    980         39,749   
    

 

 

 

Automobiles - 0.3%

    

Ford Motor Co.

    22,640         318,998   

General Motors Co.

    3,024         102,846   
    

 

 

 
       421,844   
    

 

 

 

Banks - 3.4%

    

Bank of America Corp.

    81,869         1,377,855   

BB&T Corp.

    1,240         46,884   

Citigroup, Inc.

    29,351         1,518,914   

Fifth Third Bancorp

    6,620         133,062   

KeyCorp

    12,410         163,688   

SVB Financial Group (B)

    790         93,931   

Wells Fargo & Co.

    34,438         1,872,050   
    

 

 

 
       5,206,384   
    

 

 

 

Beverages - 2.0%

    

Boston Beer Co., Inc., Class A (B) (C)

    440         88,840   

Coca-Cola Co.

    13,960         599,722   

Coca-Cola Enterprises, Inc.

    1,020         50,225   

Constellation Brands, Inc., Class A

    3,399         484,153   

Dr. Pepper Snapple Group, Inc.

    1,519         141,571   

Molson Coors Brewing Co., Class B (C)

    5,300         497,776   

PepsiCo, Inc.

    11,866         1,185,651   
    

 

 

 
       3,047,938   
    

 

 

 

Biotechnology - 2.2%

    

Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (B)

    1,976         376,922   

Biogen, Inc. (B)

    2,434         745,656   

BioMarin Pharmaceutical, Inc. (B)

    1,260         131,997   

Celgene Corp. (B)

    7,921         948,619   

Gilead Sciences, Inc.

    7,906         800,008   

Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (B)

    2,508         315,582   
    

 

 

 
       3,318,784   
    

 

 

 

Building Products - 0.3%

    

Allegion PLC

    3,250         214,240   

Fortune Brands Home & Security, Inc. (C)

    1,080         59,940   

Masco Corp.

    7,627         215,844   
    

 

 

 
       490,024   
    

 

 

 

Capital Markets - 1.9%

    

Ameriprise Financial, Inc.

    760         80,879   

Bank of New York Mellon Corp.

    2,180         89,860   

BlackRock, Inc., Class A

    1,060         360,951   

Charles Schwab Corp.

    13,740         452,458   

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.

    2,259         407,140   

Invesco, Ltd.

    13,313         445,719   
     Shares      Value  

COMMON STOCKS (continued)

    

Capital Markets (continued)

    

Morgan Stanley

    22,666         $  721,005   

State Street Corp.

    4,758         315,741   

TD Ameritrade Holding Corp.

    1,200         41,652   
    

 

 

 
       2,915,405   
    

 

 

 

Chemicals - 1.1%

    

Axiall Corp.

    2,730         42,042   

Dow Chemical Co.

    10,261         528,236   

E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co.

    8,840         588,744   

Eastman Chemical Co.

    2,980         201,180   

Mosaic Co.

    11,550         318,665   

Sherwin-Williams Co.

    70         18,172   
    

 

 

 
       1,697,039   
    

 

 

 

Communications Equipment - 0.4%

    

Cisco Systems, Inc.

    21,678         588,666   

QUALCOMM, Inc.

    1,797         89,823   
    

 

 

 
       678,489   
    

 

 

 

Construction & Engineering - 0.2%

    

Fluor Corp. (C)

    7,290         344,234   
    

 

 

 

Construction Materials - 0.1%

    

Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. (C)

    1,040         142,043   
    

 

 

 

Consumer Finance - 0.3%

    

Capital One Financial Corp.

    2,339         168,829   

Discover Financial Services

    2,280         122,253   

Synchrony Financial (B)

    7,636         232,211   
    

 

 

 
       523,293   
    

 

 

 

Containers & Packaging - 0.3%

    

Crown Holdings, Inc. (B)

    5,951         301,716   

WestRock Co.

    4,260         194,341   
    

 

 

 
       496,057   
    

 

 

 

Diversified Financial Services - 1.1%

    

Berkshire Hathaway, Inc., Class B (B)

    8,721         1,151,521   

Intercontinental Exchange, Inc.

    1,797         460,499   
    

 

 

 
       1,612,020   
    

 

 

 

Diversified Telecommunication Services - 0.9%

  

  

AT&T, Inc.

    27,056         930,997   

Verizon Communications, Inc.

    7,891         364,722   
    

 

 

 
       1,295,719   
    

 

 

 

Electric Utilities - 1.4%

    

American Electric Power Co., Inc.

    1,600         93,232   

Edison International

    8,517         504,292   

Exelon Corp.

    520         14,440   

NextEra Energy, Inc.

    5,213         541,579   

PPL Corp.

    14,917         509,117   

Xcel Energy, Inc. (C)

    14,446         518,756   
    

 

 

 
       2,181,416   
    

 

 

 

Electrical Equipment - 0.4%

    

Eaton Corp. PLC

    10,241         532,942   
    

 

 

 

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components - 0.4%

  

Amphenol Corp., Class A

    850         44,396   

Corning, Inc.

    3,819         69,811   

TE Connectivity, Ltd.

    8,475         547,570   
    

 

 

 
       661,777   
    

 

 

 
 

 

The Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this report.

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SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (continued)

At December 31, 2015

 

     Shares      Value  

COMMON STOCKS (continued)

    

Energy Equipment & Services - 0.5%

  

Baker Hughes, Inc.

    2,560         $  118,144   

Halliburton Co.

    8,178         278,379   

National Oilwell Varco, Inc. (C)

    1,980         66,310   

Schlumberger, Ltd.

    3,289         229,408   
    

 

 

 
       692,241   
    

 

 

 

Food & Staples Retailing - 0.6%

    

Costco Wholesale Corp.

    4,153         670,710   

CVS Health Corp.

    287         28,060   

Kroger Co.

    3,580         149,751   

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

    176         10,789   
    

 

 

 
       859,310   
    

 

 

 

Food Products - 0.9%

    

Archer-Daniels-Midland Co.

    4,355         159,742   

Hershey Co. (C)

    3,490         311,552   

Mead Johnson Nutrition Co., Class A (C)

    360         28,422   

Mondelez International, Inc., Class A

    18,319         821,424   
    

 

 

 
       1,321,140   
    

 

 

 

Gas Utilities - 0.0% (A)

    

Questar Corp. (C)

    2,256         43,947   
    

 

 

 

Health Care Equipment & Supplies - 1.0%

    

Abbott Laboratories

    14,986         673,021   

Boston Scientific Corp. (B)

    31,110         573,668   

Stryker Corp. (C)

    2,640         245,362   
    

 

 

 
       1,492,051   
    

 

 

 

Health Care Providers & Services - 2.3%

    

Aetna, Inc.

    4,590         496,271   

Cigna Corp.

    1,280         187,302   

Express Scripts Holding Co. (B)

    4,350         380,233   

HCA Holdings, Inc. (B)

    650         43,959   

Humana, Inc., Class A

    2,700         481,977   

McKesson Corp.

    4,620         911,203   

UnitedHealth Group, Inc.

    7,723         908,534   
    

 

 

 
       3,409,479   
    

 

 

 

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure - 0.7%

    

Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc., Class A (B) (C)

    190         91,171   

Dunkin’ Brands Group, Inc. (C)

    930         39,609   

Royal Caribbean Cruises, Ltd., Class A

    4,120         416,985   

Starbucks Corp.

    8,156         489,605   
    

 

 

 
       1,037,370   
    

 

 

 

Household Durables - 0.5%

    

D.R. Horton, Inc.

    7,230         231,577   

Harman International Industries, Inc. (C)

    3,030         285,456   

PulteGroup, Inc.

    10,542         187,859   

Toll Brothers, Inc. (B)

    1,180         39,294   
    

 

 

 
       744,186   
    

 

 

 

Household Products - 1.1%

    

Kimberly-Clark Corp.

    4,394         559,356   

Procter & Gamble Co.

    13,549         1,075,926   
    

 

 

 
       1,635,282   
    

 

 

 

Industrial Conglomerates - 0.6%

    

Danaher Corp.

    1,050         97,524   

General Electric Co.

    24,904         775,760   
    

 

 

 
       873,284   
    

 

 

 
     Shares      Value  

COMMON STOCKS (continued)

    

Insurance - 1.6%

    

ACE, Ltd. (C)

    6,896         $  805,797   

American International Group, Inc.

    6,640         411,481   

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. (C)

    2,100         85,974   

Lincoln National Corp.

    1,210         60,815   

MetLife, Inc.

    16,431         792,138   

Prudential Financial, Inc.

    1,312         106,810   

XL Group PLC, Class A

    4,860         190,415   
    

 

 

 
       2,453,430   
    

 

 

 

Internet & Catalog Retail - 0.9%

    

Amazon.com, Inc. (B)

    2,102         1,420,721   
    

 

 

 

Internet Software & Services - 2.9%

    

Alphabet, Inc., Class A (B)

    1,699         1,321,839   

Alphabet, Inc., Class C

    1,733         1,315,139   

Facebook, Inc., Class A (B)

    16,200         1,695,492   
    

 

 

 
       4,332,470   
    

 

 

 

IT Services - 2.1%

    

Accenture PLC, Class A

    11,420         1,193,390   

Automatic Data Processing, Inc.

    570         48,290   

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp., Class A (B)

    10,438         626,489   

Fidelity National Information Services, Inc.

    5,440         329,664   

PayPal Holdings, Inc. (B)

    1,380         49,956   

Visa, Inc., Class A (C)

    12,458         966,118   
    

 

 

 
       3,213,907   
    

 

 

 

Life Sciences Tools & Services - 0.3%

    

Illumina, Inc. (B)

    970         186,187   

Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.

    2,310         327,673   
    

 

 

 
       513,860   
    

 

 

 

Machinery - 1.1%

    

Caterpillar, Inc. (C)

    570         38,737   

Cummins, Inc.

    3,680         323,877   

Deere & Co. (C)

    1,170         89,236   

Ingersoll-Rand PLC

    2,030         112,239   

PACCAR, Inc.

    8,869         420,390   

Parker-Hannifin Corp. (C)

    3,210         311,306   

Snap-on, Inc. (C)

    320         54,858   

Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. (C)

    3,080         328,728   
    

 

 

 
       1,679,371   
    

 

 

 

Media - 2.6%

    

CBS Corp., Class B

    6,640         312,943   

Charter Communications, Inc., Class A (B) (C)

    2,090         382,679   

Comcast Corp., Class A

    18,171         1,025,389   

DISH Network Corp., Class A (B)

    4,595         262,742   

Time Warner Cable, Inc.

    1,125         208,789   

Time Warner, Inc.

    15,425         997,535   

Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc., Class A

    28,518         774,549   
    

 

 

 
       3,964,626   
    

 

 

 

Metals & Mining - 0.0% (A)

    

U.S. Steel Corp. (C)

    2,780         22,184   
    

 

 

 

Multi-Utilities - 0.3%

    

CenterPoint Energy, Inc.

    1,630         29,927   

CMS Energy Corp. (C)

    3,807         137,356   

Public Service Enterprise Group, Inc.

    7,722         298,764   
    

 

 

 
       466,047   
    

 

 

 
 

 

The Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this report.

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SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (continued)

At December 31, 2015

 

     Shares      Value  

COMMON STOCKS (continued)

    

Multiline Retail - 0.5%

  

Dollar General Corp.

    5,590         $  401,754   

Target Corp.

    5,130         372,489   
    

 

 

 
       774,243   
    

 

 

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels - 3.4%

    

Cabot Oil & Gas Corp.

    10,670         188,752   

Chevron Corp.

    12,681         1,140,783   

Columbia Pipeline Group, Inc.

    11,888         237,760   

EOG Resources, Inc.

    4,982         352,676   

EQT Corp.

    2,570         133,974   

Exxon Mobil Corp.

    17,533         1,366,697   

Kinder Morgan, Inc.

    4,760         71,019   

Marathon Petroleum Corp.

    2,790         144,634   

Occidental Petroleum Corp.

    10,301         696,451   

Phillips 66

    320         26,176   

Pioneer Natural Resources Co.

    2,840         356,079   

Valero Energy Corp.

    5,910         417,896   
    

 

 

 
       5,132,897   
    

 

 

 

Personal Products - 0.1%

    

Estee Lauder Cos., Inc., Class A

    1,000         88,060   
    

 

 

 

Pharmaceuticals - 3.8%

    

Allergan PLC (B)

    3,094         966,875   

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.

    16,796         1,155,397   

Eli Lilly & Co.

    11,590         976,573   

Johnson & Johnson

    7,751         796,183   

Merck & Co., Inc.

    5,280         278,890   

Mylan NV (B)

    1,930         104,355   

Perrigo Co. PLC (C)

    509         73,652   

Pfizer, Inc.

    40,004         1,291,329   

Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc. (B)

    1,200         121,980   
    

 

 

 
       5,765,234   
    

 

 

 

Professional Services - 0.1%

    

Equifax, Inc.

    1,480         164,828   
    

 

 

 

Real Estate Investment Trusts - 1.6%

    

American Tower Corp., Class A

    2,730         264,674   

AvalonBay Communities, Inc.

    2,068         380,781   

Boston Properties, Inc.

    1,967         250,871   

DiamondRock Hospitality Co. (C)

    6,720         64,848   

Equinix, Inc. (C)

    458         138,499   

Essex Property Trust, Inc.

    200         47,882   

General Growth Properties, Inc.

    5,520         150,199   

LaSalle Hotel Properties (C)

    3,750         94,350   

Liberty Property Trust, Series C

    3,560         110,538   

Prologis, Inc., Class A

    7,053         302,715   

Public Storage

    290         71,833   

Simon Property Group, Inc.

    2,027         394,130   

SL Green Realty Corp. (C)

    790         89,254   
    

 

 

 
       2,360,574   
    

 

 

 

Road & Rail - 0.9%

    

Canadian Pacific Railway, Ltd.

    2,331         297,436   

CSX Corp.

    12,079         313,450   

Union Pacific Corp.

    10,325         807,415   
    

 

 

 
       1,418,301   
    

 

 

 

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment - 1.9%

  

  

Applied Materials, Inc., Class A

    4,790         89,429   

Avago Technologies, Ltd., Class A (C)

    6,140         891,221   
     Shares      Value  

COMMON STOCKS (continued)

    

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment (continued)

  

Broadcom Corp., Class A

    2,990         $  172,882   

KLA-Tencor Corp.

    787         54,578   

Lam Research Corp.

    8,947         710,571   

Marvell Technology Group, Ltd. (C)

    4,260         37,573   

NXP Semiconductors NV (B)

    1,454         122,500   

Texas Instruments, Inc.

    13,320         730,069   
    

 

 

 
       2,808,823   
    

 

 

 

Software - 2.6%

    

Adobe Systems, Inc. (B)

    9,388         881,909   

Intuit, Inc.

    920         88,780   

Microsoft Corp.

    50,941         2,826,207   

Oracle Corp.

    5,650         206,394   
    

 

 

 
       4,003,290   
    

 

 

 

Specialty Retail - 2.2%

    

AutoNation, Inc. (B)

    1,450         86,507   

AutoZone, Inc. (B)

    123         91,255   

Best Buy Co., Inc. (C)

    5,370         163,516   

Home Depot, Inc.

    9,656         1,277,006   

Lowe’s Cos., Inc.

    12,814         974,377   

Ross Stores, Inc.

    880         47,353   

Tiffany & Co. (C)

    1,640         125,116   

TJX Cos., Inc.

    8,340         591,389   
    

 

 

 
       3,356,519   
    

 

 

 

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals - 2.3%

  

  

Apple, Inc.

    29,278         3,081,802   

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co.

    11,723         178,190   

HP, Inc.

    21,433         253,767   
    

 

 

 
       3,513,759   
    

 

 

 

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods - 0.5%

    

lululemon athletica, Inc. (B) (C)

    1,407         73,825   

PVH Corp.

    410         30,197   

Ralph Lauren Corp., Class A

    1,540         171,679   

VF Corp.

    6,498         404,500   
    

 

 

 
       680,201   
    

 

 

 

Tobacco - 0.6%

    

Philip Morris International, Inc.

    11,017         968,504   
    

 

 

 

Water Utilities - 0.1%

    

American Water Works Co., Inc.

    1,710         102,172   
    

 

 

 

Wireless Telecommunication Services - 0.1%

    

T-Mobile US, Inc. (B)

    1,940         75,893   
    

 

 

 

Total Common Stocks
(Cost $79,322,942)

   

     90,587,075   
    

 

 

 

PREFERRED STOCKS - 0.2%

    

Banks - 0.1%

    

Citigroup Capital XIII

    

6.69% (D)

    3,392         88,158   
    

 

 

 

Capital Markets - 0.0% (A)

    

State Street Corp.

    

Series D, 5.90% (C) (D)

    1,536         42,517   
    

 

 

 

Electric Utilities - 0.0% (A)

    

SCE Trust III

    

5.75% (D)

    320         8,560   
    

 

 

 
 

 

The Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this report.

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SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (continued)

At December 31, 2015

 

     Shares      Value  

PREFERRED STOCKS (continued)

    

Thrifts & Mortgage Finance - 0.1%

  

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.

    

Series Z, 8.38% (B) (D)

    14,925         $  50,745   

Federal National Mortgage Association

    

Series O, 0.00% (B) (D)

    600         3,306   

Series S, 8.25% (B) (D)

    10,800         37,800   
    

 

 

 
     91,851   
    

 

 

 

Total Preferred Stocks
(Cost $814,042)

   

     231,086   
    

 

 

 
     Principal      Value  

ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES - 2.8%

  

American Tower Trust I

    

Series 2013-1A, Class 1A

    

1.55%, 03/15/2043 (E)

    $  200,000         195,306   

BlueMountain CLO, Ltd.

    

Series 2015-2A, Class A1

    

1.71%, 07/18/2027 (D) (E)

    235,000         231,789   

BXG Receivables Note Trust

    

Series 2015-A, Class A

    

2.88%, 05/02/2030 (E)

    134,429         133,230   

Chrysler Capital Auto Receivables Trust

    

Series 2013-BA, Class C

    

2.24%, 09/16/2019 (E)

    20,000         19,808   

Series 2014-AA, Class C

    

2.28%, 11/15/2019 (E)

    25,000         24,847   

Ford Credit Auto Owner Trust

    

Series 2013-B, Class D

    

1.82%, 11/15/2019

    40,000         40,126   

HSBC Home Equity Loan Trust

    

Series 2006-3, Class M1

    

0.66%, 03/20/2036 (D)

    235,000         230,410   

ICG US CLO, Ltd.

    

Series 2014-1A, Class A1

    

1.47%, 04/20/2026 (D) (E)

    235,000         229,561   

JGWPT XXVI LLC

    

Series 2012-2A, Class A

    

3.84%, 10/15/2059 (E)

    206,546         212,366   

MVW Owner Trust

    

Series 2014-1A, Class A

    

2.25%, 09/22/2031 (E)

    111,478         110,305   

NRZ Advance Receivables Trust Advance Receivables Backed

    

Series 2015-T4, Class AT4

    

3.20%, 11/15/2047 (E)

    280,000         279,122   

OCP CLO, Ltd.

    

Series 2015-8A, Class A1

    

1.85%, 04/17/2027 (D) (E)

    220,000         217,131   

Ocwen Master Advance Receivables Trust

    

Series 2015-T3, Class AT3

    

3.21%, 11/15/2047 (E)

    290,000         289,126   

Palmer Square CLO, Ltd.

    

Series 2015-2A, Class A1A

    

1.79%, 07/20/2027 (D) (E)

    250,000         246,900   

Santander Drive Auto Receivables Trust

    

Series 2013-A, Class C

    

3.12%, 10/15/2019 (E)

    30,000         30,326   
     Principal      Value  

ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES (continued)

  

SBA Tower Trust

    

Series 2014-1A, Class C

    

2.90%, 10/15/2044 (D) (E)

    $  380,000         $  371,339   

Sierra Timeshare Receivables Funding LLC

    

Series 2013-3A, Class B

    

2.70%, 10/20/2030 (E)

    41,097         41,027   

Series 2014-1A, Class A

    

2.07%, 03/20/2030 (E)

    98,389         97,576   

Series 2014-2A, Class A

    

2.05%, 06/20/2031 (E)

    89,382         89,422   

Series 2014-3A, Class A

    

2.30%, 10/20/2031 (E)

    125,607         125,296   

Series 2015-1A, Class A

    

2.40%, 03/22/2032 (E)

    72,882         72,007   

Series 2015-1A, Class B

    

3.05%, 03/22/2032 (E)

    76,051         75,206   

Silverleaf Finance XVIII LLC

    

Series 2014-A, Class A

    

2.81%, 01/15/2027 (E)

    96,984         95,696   

SLM Private Education Loan Trust

    

Series 2011-C, Class A2A

    

3.58%, 10/17/2044 (D) (E)

    100,000         104,286   

Series 2013-A, Class A2B

    

1.38%, 05/17/2027 (D) (E)

    150,000         148,831   

SolarCity LMC Series III LLC

    

Series 2014-2, Class A

    

4.02%, 07/20/2044 (E)

    149,005         141,614   

SpringCastle America Funding LLC

    

Series 2014-AA, Class A

    

2.70%, 05/25/2023 (E)

    74,858         74,692   

Trafigura Securitisation Finance PLC

    

Series 2014-1A, Class A

    

1.28%, 10/15/2021 (D) (E)

    290,000         288,809   
    

 

 

 

Total Asset-Backed Securities
(Cost $4,265,557)

   

     4,216,154   
    

 

 

 

CORPORATE DEBT SECURITIES - 15.5%

  

Aerospace & Defense - 0.1%

  

Exelis, Inc.

    

5.55%, 10/01/2021

    145,000         159,007   
    

 

 

 

Air Freight & Logistics - 0.1%

  

FedEx Corp.

    

4.90%, 01/15/2034

    54,000         55,475   

5.10%, 01/15/2044

    49,000         50,770   
    

 

 

 
     106,245   
    

 

 

 

Airlines - 0.3%

    

American Airlines Pass-Through Trust

    

3.70%, 04/01/2028

    169,528         169,630   

United Airlines Pass-Through Trust

    

3.75%, 03/03/2028

    300,000         302,640   
    

 

 

 
     472,270   
    

 

 

 

Auto Components - 0.1%

    

BorgWarner, Inc.

    

3.38%, 03/15/2025

    105,000         99,125   
    

 

 

 

Automobiles - 0.0% (A)

  

General Motors Co.

    

4.88%, 10/02/2023

    30,000         30,680   

6.25%, 10/02/2043

    20,000         21,131   
    

 

 

 
     51,811   
    

 

 

 
 

 

The Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this report.

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SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (continued)

At December 31, 2015

 

     Principal      Value  

CORPORATE DEBT SECURITIES (continued)

  

Banks - 2.7%

  

Bank of America Corp.

    

2.60%, 01/15/2019

    $  60,000         $  60,196   

4.10%, 07/24/2023

    51,000         52,732   

5.42%, 03/15/2017

    100,000         104,089   

5.75%, 12/01/2017

    75,000         80,231   

Barclays Bank PLC

    

10.18%, 06/12/2021 (E)

    390,000         505,204   

Branch Banking & Trust Co.

    

3.80%, 10/30/2026

    110,000         111,677   

Citigroup, Inc.

    

1.70%, 04/27/2018

    203,000         200,988   

4.50%, 01/14/2022

    83,000         88,898   

4.95%, 11/07/2043

    20,000         21,015   

6.68%, 09/13/2043

    20,000         24,523   

Cooperatieve Centrale Raiffeisen-Boerenleenbank BA

    

11.00%, 06/30/2019 (D) (E) (F)

    405,000         499,972   

First Horizon National Corp.

    

3.50%, 12/15/2020

    110,000         109,045   

Glitnir HF

    

6.33%, 07/28/2011 (E) (G) (H)

    160,000         49,600   

HSBC Bank Brasil SA - Banco Multiplo

    

4.00%, 05/11/2016, MTN (E)

    200,000         200,500   

Intesa Sanpaolo SpA

    

5.02%, 06/26/2024 (E)

    200,000         196,770   

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

    

2.00%, 08/15/2017

    300,000         301,017   

3.25%, 09/23/2022

    239,000         240,380   

4.85%, 02/01/2044

    20,000         21,324   

6.75%, 02/01/2024 (D) (F)

    13,000         14,170   

Korea Development Bank

    

3.50%, 08/22/2017

    200,000         205,082   

Macquarie Bank, Ltd.

    

1.65%, 03/24/2017 (E)

    85,000         84,872   

Nordea Bank AB

    

4.25%, 09/21/2022 (E)

    470,000         481,454   

Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC

    

1.88%, 03/31/2017

    100,000         99,581   

6.00%, 12/19/2023

    65,000         70,006   

Wells Fargo & Co.

    

2.15%, 01/15/2019

    35,000         35,196   

4.13%, 08/15/2023

    92,000         95,549   

5.38%, 11/02/2043

    67,000         71,707   

5.90%, 06/15/2024 (D) (F)

    43,000         43,376   
    

 

 

 
     4,069,154   
    

 

 

 

Beverages - 0.1%

  

Anheuser-Busch InBev Finance, Inc.

    

2.15%, 02/01/2019

    45,000         44,740   

3.70%, 02/01/2024

    50,000         51,011   
    

 

 

 
     95,751   
    

 

 

 

Biotechnology - 0.5%

  

AbbVie, Inc.

    

4.40%, 11/06/2042

    168,000         156,899   

Amgen, Inc.

    

5.65%, 06/15/2042

    27,000         29,216   

Celgene Corp.

    

3.55%, 08/15/2022

    195,000         196,896   

3.88%, 08/15/2025

    265,000         263,927   
     Principal      Value  

CORPORATE DEBT SECURITIES (continued)

  

Biotechnology (continued)

  

Gilead Sciences, Inc.

    

3.65%, 03/01/2026

    $  105,000         $  105,890   
    

 

 

 
     752,828   
    

 

 

 

Capital Markets - 1.6%

  

Ameriprise Financial, Inc.

    

3.70%, 10/15/2024

    205,000         209,016   

Bank of New York Mellon Corp.

    

2.10%, 01/15/2019, MTN

    50,000         50,232   

Credit Suisse Group Funding Guernsey, Ltd.

    

2.75%, 03/26/2020 (E)

    70,000         69,337   

Deutsche Bank AG

    

1.68%, 08/20/2020 (D)

    70,000         70,100   

6.00%, 09/01/2017

    115,000         121,806   

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.

    

3.63%, 02/07/2016

    42,000         42,106   

4.25%, 10/21/2025

    220,000         218,319   

6.25%, 02/01/2041

    20,000         23,856   

6.75%, 10/01/2037

    20,000         23,379   

7.50%, 02/15/2019, MTN

    195,000         223,131   

Macquarie Group, Ltd.

    

6.25%, 01/14/2021 (E)

    300,000         334,833   

Morgan Stanley

    

5.00%, 11/24/2025

    66,000         70,062   

7.30%, 05/13/2019, MTN

    380,000         436,509   

Oaktree Capital Management, LP

    

6.75%, 12/02/2019 (E)

    175,000         198,805   

State Street Capital Trust IV

    

1.51%, 06/01/2077 (D)

    11,000         8,993   

UBS AG

    

7.63%, 08/17/2022

    250,000         285,000   
    

 

 

 
     2,385,484   
    

 

 

 

Chemicals - 0.1%

  

LyondellBasell Industries NV

    

5.00%, 04/15/2019

    60,000         63,828   

Monsanto Co.

    

4.40%, 07/15/2044

    110,000         91,073   
    

 

 

 
     154,901   
    

 

 

 

Commercial Services & Supplies - 0.2%

  

ERAC USA Finance LLC

    

3.85%, 11/15/2024 (E)

    140,000         140,053   

Hutchison Whampoa International 14, Ltd.

    

1.63%, 10/31/2017 (E)

    200,000         198,234   
    

 

 

 
     338,287   
    

 

 

 

Communications Equipment - 0.0% (A)

  

Cisco Systems, Inc.

    

2.13%, 03/01/2019

    50,000         50,429   
    

 

 

 

Construction Materials - 0.1%

  

Martin Marietta Materials, Inc.

    

4.25%, 07/02/2024

    200,000         196,289   
    

 

 

 

Consumer Finance - 0.1%

  

Discover Financial Services

    

3.85%, 11/21/2022

    183,000         181,331   
    

 

 

 

Containers & Packaging - 0.1%

  

International Paper Co.

    

4.75%, 02/15/2022

    126,000         134,569   
    

 

 

 
 

 

The Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this report.

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SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (continued)

At December 31, 2015

 

     Principal      Value  

CORPORATE DEBT SECURITIES (continued)

  

Diversified Financial Services - 0.1%

  

General Electric Capital Corp.

    

6.88%, 01/10/2039, MTN

    $  20,000         $  27,262   

Kaupthing Bank Hf

    

7.13%, 05/19/2016 (E) (G) (H)

    130,000         1   

7.63%, 02/28/2015, MTN (E) (G) (H)

    710,000         165,075   
    

 

 

 
     192,338   
    

 

 

 

Diversified Telecommunication Services - 0.6%

  

AT&T, Inc.

    

2.45%, 06/30/2020

    255,000         251,130   

3.40%, 05/15/2025

    130,000         124,942   

4.35%, 06/15/2045

    70,000         59,883   

Intelsat Jackson Holdings SA

    

7.25%, 04/01/2019

    54,000         49,545   

Sprint Capital Corp.

    

6.88%, 11/15/2028

    24,000         16,740   

Verizon Communications, Inc.

    

3.45%, 03/15/2021

    130,000         133,002   

4.50%, 09/15/2020

    42,000         45,125   

5.15%, 09/15/2023

    120,000         131,919   

6.55%, 09/15/2043

    127,000         150,775   
    

 

 

 
     963,061   
    

 

 

 

Electric Utilities - 0.7%

  

Appalachian Power Co.

    

3.40%, 06/01/2025

    140,000         136,618   

CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric LLC

    

4.50%, 04/01/2044

    65,000         67,057   

Cleveland Electric Illuminating Co.

    

5.95%, 12/15/2036

    43,000         44,933   

8.88%, 11/15/2018

    9,000         10,550   

Commonwealth Edison Co.

    

4.70%, 01/15/2044

    42,000         44,178   

Duke Energy Carolinas LLC

    

4.25%, 12/15/2041

    58,000         57,812   

Duke Energy Corp.

    

3.75%, 04/15/2024

    11,000         11,145   

Entergy Arkansas, Inc.

    

3.70%, 06/01/2024

    61,000         62,215   

Georgia Power Co.

    

3.00%, 04/15/2016

    117,000         117,649   

Jersey Central Power & Light Co.

    

7.35%, 02/01/2019

    35,000         39,392   

Niagara Mohawk Power Corp.

    

4.88%, 08/15/2019 (E)

    65,000         69,363   

Oncor Electric Delivery Co. LLC

    

4.10%, 06/01/2022

    12,000         12,471   

5.30%, 06/01/2042

    25,000         26,019   

Pacific Gas & Electric Co.

    

4.75%, 02/15/2044

    17,000         17,665   

PacifiCorp

    

3.60%, 04/01/2024

    130,000         134,340   

5.75%, 04/01/2037

    25,000         29,350   

Progress Energy, Inc.

    

4.88%, 12/01/2019

    6,000         6,433   

Public Service Electric & Gas Co.

    

3.00%, 05/15/2025

    140,000         138,233   
    

 

 

 
       1,025,423   
    

 

 

 
     Principal      Value  

CORPORATE DEBT SECURITIES (continued)

  

Energy Equipment & Services - 0.1%

    

Schlumberger Holdings Corp.

    

3.00%, 12/21/2020 (E)

    $  100,000         $  98,708   

Schlumberger Investment SA

    

3.65%, 12/01/2023

    33,000         33,479   

Weatherford International, Ltd.

    

5.95%, 04/15/2042 (C)

    35,000         24,588   
    

 

 

 
       156,775   
    

 

 

 

Food & Staples Retailing - 0.3%

    

CVS Health Corp.

    

2.25%, 08/12/2019

    70,000         69,908   

5.30%, 12/05/2043

    14,000         15,037   

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

    

4.00%, 04/11/2043

    41,000         39,815   

4.30%, 04/22/2044

    60,000         61,168   

Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc.

    

3.30%, 11/18/2021

    135,000         132,398   

Whole Foods Market, Inc.

    

5.20%, 12/03/2025 (E)

    170,000         169,748   
    

 

 

 
       488,074   
    

 

 

 

Food Products - 0.1%

    

Kraft Heinz Foods Co.

    

2.80%, 07/02/2020 (E)

    115,000         114,703   

Mondelez International, Inc.

    

2.25%, 02/01/2019

    60,000         59,978   
    

 

 

 
       174,681   
    

 

 

 

Health Care Equipment & Supplies - 0.1%

    

Becton Dickinson and Co.

    

2.68%, 12/15/2019

    80,000         80,436   

Boston Scientific Corp.

    

2.65%, 10/01/2018

    56,000         56,294   
    

 

 

 
       136,730   
    

 

 

 

Health Care Providers & Services - 0.4%

    

Aetna, Inc.

    

4.75%, 03/15/2044

    14,000         14,192   

Anthem, Inc.

    

1.88%, 01/15/2018

    76,000         75,670   

2.30%, 07/15/2018

    104,000         103,804   

3.30%, 01/15/2023

    25,000         24,296   

3.70%, 08/15/2021

    8,000         8,176   

Coventry Health Care, Inc.

    

5.45%, 06/15/2021

    66,000         72,899   

Express Scripts Holding Co.

    

4.75%, 11/15/2021

    135,000         144,755   

Tenet Healthcare Corp.

    

6.25%, 11/01/2018

    55,000         57,887   

UnitedHealth Group, Inc.

    

3.38%, 11/15/2021

    19,000         19,639   
    

 

 

 
       521,318   
    

 

 

 

Household Products - 0.1%

    

Reynolds Group Issuer, Inc. / Reynolds Group Issuer LLC

    

6.88%, 02/15/2021

    100,000         103,000   
    

 

 

 

Industrial Conglomerates - 0.4%

    

General Electric Co.

    

4.00%, 06/15/2022 (D) (F)

    555,525         555,525   
    

 

 

 
 

 

The Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this report.

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SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (continued)

At December 31, 2015

 

     Principal      Value  

CORPORATE DEBT SECURITIES (continued)

  

Insurance - 1.8%

    

American International Group, Inc.

    

4.13%, 02/15/2024

    $  41,000         $  42,103   

8.18%, 05/15/2068 (D)

    41,000         53,915   

Fidelity National Financial, Inc.

    

5.50%, 09/01/2022

    60,000         63,679   

Genworth Holdings, Inc.

    

7.63%, 09/24/2021

    45,000         37,370   

Hanover Insurance Group, Inc.

    

6.38%, 06/15/2021

    375,000         424,917   

Lincoln National Corp.

    

8.75%, 07/01/2019

    240,000         288,244   

Metropolitan Life Global Funding I

    

1.30%, 04/10/2017 (E)

    195,000         194,926   

Pacific Life Insurance Co.

    

9.25%, 06/15/2039 (E)

    220,000         319,585   

Principal Financial Group, Inc.

    

8.88%, 05/15/2019

    105,000         125,637   

Prudential Financial, Inc.

    

5.38%, 06/21/2020, MTN

    141,000         156,760   

7.38%, 06/15/2019, MTN

    80,000         92,841   

Reinsurance Group of America, Inc.

    

3.18%, 12/15/2065 (D)

    441,000         360,517   

Swiss Re Capital I, LP

    

6.85%, 05/25/2016 (D) (E) (F)

    70,000         70,728   

ZFS Finance USA Trust II

    

6.45%, 12/15/2065 (D) (E)

    500,000         505,250   
    

 

 

 
       2,736,472   
    

 

 

 

IT Services - 0.1%

  

MasterCard, Inc.

    

2.00%, 04/01/2019

    53,000         53,208   

3.38%, 04/01/2024

    33,000         33,724   
    

 

 

 
       86,932   
    

 

 

 

Life Sciences Tools & Services - 0.2%

    

Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.

    

1.30%, 02/01/2017

    105,000         104,629   

2.40%, 02/01/2019

    133,000         132,941   

5.30%, 02/01/2044

    6,000         6,411   
    

 

 

 
       243,981   
    

 

 

 

Machinery - 0.1%

    

Doosan Heavy Industries & Construction Co., Ltd.

    

2.13%, 04/27/2020 (E)

    200,000         195,581   
    

 

 

 

Media - 0.4%

    

CBS Corp.

    

4.63%, 05/15/2018

    23,000         24,331   

5.75%, 04/15/2020

    20,000         22,199   

Clear Channel Worldwide Holdings, Inc.

    

6.50%, 11/15/2022

    100,000         97,500   

Comcast Corp.

    

5.88%, 02/15/2018

    116,000         126,344   

DIRECTV Holdings LLC / DIRECTV Financing Co., Inc.

    

4.60%, 02/15/2021

    67,000         70,964   

5.00%, 03/01/2021

    34,000         36,666   

NBCUniversal Media LLC

    

4.38%, 04/01/2021

    209,000         227,022   

4.45%, 01/15/2043

    47,000         46,049   
    

 

 

 
       651,075   
    

 

 

 
     Principal      Value  

CORPORATE DEBT SECURITIES (continued)

  

Metals & Mining - 0.1%

    

BHP Billiton Finance USA, Ltd.

    

3.85%, 09/30/2023 (C)

    $  44,000         $  41,660   

Freeport-McMoRan, Inc.

    

3.88%, 03/15/2023

    45,000         25,650   

Novelis, Inc.

    

8.75%, 12/15/2020

    110,000         100,925   

Rio Tinto Finance USA PLC

    

2.88%, 08/21/2022 (C)

    18,000         16,325   
    

 

 

 
       184,560   
    

 

 

 

Multi-Utilities - 0.1%

    

CMS Energy Corp.

    

3.88%, 03/01/2024

    22,000         22,333   

4.88%, 03/01/2044

    33,000         33,491   

PG&E Corp.

    

2.40%, 03/01/2019

    26,000         25,945   
    

 

 

 
       81,769   
    

 

 

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels - 0.9%

    

Apache Corp.

    

4.25%, 01/15/2044

    15,000         11,743   

4.75%, 04/15/2043

    22,000         18,385   

BP Capital Markets PLC

    

2.24%, 05/10/2019

    95,000         95,126   

Energy Transfer Partners, LP

    

5.95%, 10/01/2043

    35,000         28,079   

EOG Resources, Inc.

    

2.45%, 04/01/2020

    88,000         87,048   

Exxon Mobil Corp.

    

1.82%, 03/15/2019

    150,000         150,109   

Husky Energy, Inc.

    

4.00%, 04/15/2024

    45,000         41,185   

Kerr-McGee Corp.

    

6.95%, 07/01/2024

    50,000         53,715   

Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, LP

    

4.15%, 02/01/2024

    117,000         100,947   

Laredo Petroleum, Inc.

    

7.38%, 05/01/2022

    60,000         55,200   

MEG Energy Corp.

    

6.50%, 03/15/2021 (E)

    50,000         35,000   

Murphy Oil Corp.

    

2.50%, 12/01/2017

    61,000         55,947   

Nexen Energy ULC

    

5.88%, 03/10/2035

    10,000         10,815   

Noble Energy, Inc.

    

6.00%, 03/01/2041

    22,000         18,968   

8.25%, 03/01/2019

    47,000         52,565   

Peabody Energy Corp.

    

6.25%, 11/15/2021

    45,000         6,187   

Petrobras Global Finance BV

    

6.25%, 03/17/2024

    70,000         50,225   

Petroleos Mexicanos

    

3.50%, 07/18/2018 - 01/30/2023

    135,000         129,166   

Range Resources Corp.

    

5.75%, 06/01/2021

    10,000         7,900   

Shell International Finance BV

    

2.00%, 11/15/2018

    86,000         86,100   

TransCanada PipeLines, Ltd.

    

3.75%, 10/16/2023

    37,000         36,413   

4.63%, 03/01/2034

    35,000         33,091   
 

 

The Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this report.

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SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (continued)

At December 31, 2015

 

     Principal      Value  

CORPORATE DEBT SECURITIES (continued)

  

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels (continued)

    

Western Gas Partners, LP

    

5.38%, 06/01/2021

    $  76,000         $  76,926   

Williams Cos., Inc.

    

3.70%, 01/15/2023

    13,000         8,980   

7.88%, 09/01/2021

    33,000         29,700   

Williams Partners, LP

    

5.40%, 03/04/2044

    35,000         23,458   
    

 

 

 
       1,302,978   
    

 

 

 

Pharmaceuticals - 0.3%

    

Actavis Funding SCS

    

3.80%, 03/15/2025

    140,000         139,285   

Actavis, Inc.

    

4.63%, 10/01/2042

    58,000         55,136   

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.

    

4.50%, 03/01/2044 (C)

    67,000         72,429   

Perrigo Co. PLC

    

2.30%, 11/08/2018

    200,000         197,161   

Teva Pharmaceutical Finance Co., BV

    

3.65%, 11/10/2021

    12,000         12,169   
    

 

 

 
       476,180   
    

 

 

 

Real Estate Investment Trusts - 1.0%

  

CBL & Associates, LP

    

5.25%, 12/01/2023

    190,000         181,755   

EPR Properties

    

4.50%, 04/01/2025

    225,000         213,890   

Host Hotels & Resorts, LP

    

4.00%, 06/15/2025

    85,000         81,481   

Kilroy Realty, LP

    

4.25%, 08/15/2029

    265,000         259,690   

Realty Income Corp.

    

3.88%, 07/15/2024

    190,000         186,387   

Simon Property Group, LP

    

3.38%, 10/01/2024

    280,000         282,649   

Ventas Realty, LP / Ventas Capital Corp.

    

2.70%, 04/01/2020

    20,000         19,721   

Vereit Operating Partnership, LP

    

2.00%, 02/06/2017

    95,000         94,050   

3.00%, 02/06/2019

    60,000         57,720   

WEA Finance LLC / Westfield UK & Europe Finance PLC

    

2.70%, 09/17/2019 (E)

    180,000         178,517   
    

 

 

 
     1,555,860   
    

 

 

 

Road & Rail - 0.1%

    

Aviation Capital Group Corp.

    

7.13%, 10/15/2020 (E)

    153,000         175,185   

Burlington Northern Santa Fe LLC

    

3.00%, 03/15/2023

    18,000         17,738   

3.75%, 04/01/2024

    12,000         12,293   
    

 

 

 
     205,216   
    

 

 

 

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment - 0.2%

  

  

Intel Corp.

    

2.45%, 07/29/2020

    190,000         192,173   

KLA-Tencor Corp.

    

4.13%, 11/01/2021

    155,000         155,225   
    

 

 

 
     347,398   
    

 

 

 
     Principal      Value  

CORPORATE DEBT SECURITIES (continued)

  

Software - 0.1%

  

  

Microsoft Corp.

    

2.70%, 02/12/2025 (C)

    $  140,000         $  136,597   
    

 

 

 

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals - 0.1%

  

  

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co.

    

3.60%, 10/15/2020 (E)

    185,000         185,424   

HP, Inc.

    

3.75%, 12/01/2020 (C)

    11,000         10,915   
    

 

 

 
     196,339   
    

 

 

 

Tobacco - 0.2%

  

  

Altria Group, Inc.

    

4.00%, 01/31/2024

    33,000         34,187   

Philip Morris International, Inc.

    

4.88%, 11/15/2043

    25,000         26,431   

RJ Reynolds Tobacco Co.

    

8.13%, 06/23/2019

    205,000         241,227   
    

 

 

 
     301,845   
    

 

 

 

Trading Companies & Distributors - 0.2%

  

  

International Lease Finance Corp.

    

6.75%, 09/01/2016 (E)

    265,000         272,288   
    

 

 

 

Wireless Telecommunication Services - 0.6%

  

  

America Movil SAB de CV

    

3.13%, 07/16/2022

    200,000         196,524   

Crown Castle Towers LLC

    

4.88%, 08/15/2040 (E)

    155,000         165,698   

6.11%, 01/15/2040 (E)

    335,000         365,369   

SBA Tower Trust

    

2.24%, 04/15/2043 (E)

    65,000         63,712   

Sprint Communications, Inc.

    

9.00%, 11/15/2018 (E)

    95,000         99,987   

Sprint Corp.

    

7.88%, 09/15/2023

    45,000         33,795   

T-Mobile USA, Inc.

    

6.46%, 04/28/2019

    5,000         5,149   

6.63%, 04/28/2021

    15,000         15,563   

6.73%, 04/28/2022

    15,000         15,638   

6.84%, 04/28/2023

    5,000         5,175   
    

 

 

 
     966,610   
    

 

 

 

Total Corporate Debt Securities
(Cost $24,651,904)

       23,506,087   
    

 

 

 

FOREIGN GOVERNMENT OBLIGATIONS - 0.5%

  

  

Export-Import Bank of Korea

    

4.00%, 01/11/2017

    200,000         204,305   

Indonesia Government International Bond

    

5.38%, 10/17/2023 (E)

    225,000         233,930   

Mexico Government International Bond

    

4.00%, 10/02/2023

    180,000         182,340   

Peruvian Government International Bond

    

7.35%, 07/21/2025

    100,000         125,375   
    

 

 

 

Total Foreign Government Obligations
(Cost $744,397)

   

     745,950   
    

 

 

 

MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES - 5.3%

  

  

Adjustable Rate Mortgage Trust

    

Series 2004-2, Class 7A2

    

1.26%, 02/25/2035 (D)

    14,691         14,716   
 

 

The Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this report.

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SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (continued)

At December 31, 2015

 

     Principal      Value  

MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES (continued)

  

  

Alternative Loan Trust

    

Series 2007-22, Class 2A16

    

6.50%, 09/25/2037

    $  238,336         $  185,855   

Banc of America Commercial Mortgage Trust

    

Series 2007-3, Class A1A

    

5.56%, 06/10/2049 (D)

    76,033         78,595   

Banc of America Re-REMIC Trust

    

Series 2010-UB3, Class A4B1

    

5.55%, 06/15/2049 (D) (E)

    102,250         106,001   

BB-UBS Trust

    

Series 2012-TFT, Class A

    

2.89%, 06/05/2030 (E)

    140,000         138,432   

Series 2012-TFT, Class C

    

3.47%, 06/05/2030 (D) (E)

    315,000         299,202   

BBCMS Trust

    

Series 2013-TYSN, Class B

    

4.04%, 09/05/2032 (E)

    245,000         257,314   

Bear Stearns Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust

    

Series 2006-PW14, Class A1A

    

5.19%, 12/11/2038

    90,542         92,490   

Series 2007-PW15, Class A1A

    

5.32%, 02/11/2044

    59,724         61,501   

Series 2007-PW17, Class A1A

    

5.65%, 06/11/2050 (D)

    55,077         57,847   

Bear Stearns Mortgage Funding Trust

    

Series 2006-AR5, Class 1A2

    

0.63%, 12/25/2046 (D)

    122,631         68,206   

Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust

    

Series 2014-GC19, Class A3

    

3.75%, 03/10/2047

    45,000         46,466   

Series 2014-GC19, Class A4

    

4.02%, 03/10/2047

    65,000         68,203   

Series 2015-GC27, Class B

    

3.77%, 02/10/2048

    157,700         149,691   

Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust, Interest Only STRIPS

    

Series 2013-SMP, Class XA

    

0.80%, 01/12/2030 (D) (E)

    1,207,112         16,182   

Citigroup Mortgage Loan Trust

    

Series 2015-A, Class A1

    

3.50%, 06/25/2058 (D)

    284,424         284,411   

COMM Mortgage Trust

    

Series 2010-RR1, Class GEB

    

5.54%, 12/11/2049 (D) (E)

    160,000         164,632   

Series 2013-CR11, Class AM

    

4.72%, 10/10/2046 (D)

    20,000         21,631   

Series 2013-GAM, Class A2

    

3.37%, 02/10/2028 (E)

    100,000         100,760   

Series 2014-UBS2, Class A5

    

3.96%, 03/10/2047

    45,000         46,669   

Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates

    

Series 2012-LTRT, Class A2

    

3.40%, 10/05/2030 (E)

    132,000         131,995   

Series 2014-CR14, Class B

    

4.61%, 02/10/2047 (D)

    45,000         48,239   

Commercial Mortgage Trust

    

Series 2007-GG11, Class AM

    

5.87%, 12/10/2049 (D)

    35,000         36,359   
     Principal      Value  

MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES (continued)

  

  

Core Industrial Trust

    

Series 2015-CALW, Class B

    

3.25%, 02/10/2034 (E)

    $  225,000         $  223,617   

Credit Suisse Mortgage Capital Certificates

    

Series 2009-11R, Class 5A1

    

4.15%, 08/26/2036 (D) (E)

    206,079         203,687   

CSMC Trust

    

Series 2010-1R, Class 28A1

    

5.00%, 02/27/2047 (E)

    98,635         99,122   

Series 2010-RR1, Class 2A

    

5.70%, 09/15/2040 (D) (E)

    85,075         87,420   

Series 2010-RR2, Class 2A

    

5.95%, 09/15/2039 (D) (E)

    67,679         70,141   

Series 2013-8R, Class 3A1

    

0.32%, 03/27/2036 (D) (E)

    161,077         157,437   

Series 2014-4R, Class 21A1

    

0.55%, 12/27/2035 (D) (E)

    264,089         240,487   

GE Commercial Mortgage Corp. Trust

    

Series 2007-C1, Class AAB

    

5.48%, 12/10/2049

    3,498         3,501   

GMACM Mortgage Loan Trust

    

Series 2005-AR1, Class 3A

    

3.02%, 03/18/2035 (D)

    192,262         188,118   

GS Mortgage Securities Corp. II

    

Series 2013-KING, Class E

    

3.44%, 12/10/2027 (D) (E)

    100,000         95,515   

GS Mortgage Securities Trust

    

Series 2013-G1, Class A2

    

3.56%, 04/10/2031 (D) (E)

    285,000         281,688   

Hilton USA Trust, Interest Only STRIPS

    

Series 2013-HLT, Class X1FX

    

0.09%, 11/05/2030 (D) (E)

    4,500,000         45   

Impac CMB Trust

    

Series 2004-6, Class 1A1

    

1.22%, 10/25/2034 (D)

    97,151         92,605   

Independent National Mortgage Corp. Index Mortgage Loan Trust

    

Series 2007-AR15, Class 2A1

    

4.17%, 08/25/2037 (D)

    213,371         164,560   

JPMorgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust

    

Series 2006-CB14, Class AM

    

5.49%, 12/12/2044 (D)

    40,850         40,805   

Series 2007-CB18, Class A1A

    

5.43%, 06/12/2047 (D)

    133,189         136,162   

Series 2007-LD12, Class A1A

    

5.85%, 02/15/2051 (D)

    110,201         115,394   

Series 2007-LDPX, Class A1A

    

5.44%, 01/15/2049

    81,181         83,685   

Series 2008-C2, Class ASB

    

6.13%, 02/12/2051 (D)

    62,959         64,671   

JPMorgan Re-REMIC Trust

    

Series 2014-2, Class 6A1

    

2.75%, 05/26/2037 (D) (E)

    256,505         257,412   

LB Commercial Mortgage Trust

    

Series 2007-C3, Class A1A

    

5.85%, 07/15/2044 (D)

    28,098         29,105   

LB-UBS Commercial Mortgage Trust

    

Series 2007-C7, Class AM

    

6.16%, 09/15/2045 (D)

    30,000         32,104   
 

 

The Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this report.

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SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (continued)

At December 31, 2015

 

     Principal      Value  

MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES (continued)

  

  

Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors Trust

    

Series 2003-F, Class A1

    

1.06%, 10/25/2028 (D)

    $  56,225         $  54,842   

Merrill Lynch Mortgage Trust

    

Series 2007-C1, Class A1A

    

5.84%, 06/12/2050 (D)

    35,869         36,941   

Morgan Stanley Capital I Trust

    

Series 2007-HQ12, Class AM

    

5.72%, 04/12/2049 (D)

    85,000         88,075   

Series 2007-IQ13, Class A1A

    

5.31%, 03/15/2044

    124,199         127,200   

Series 2007-IQ13, Class AM

    

5.41%, 03/15/2044

    30,000         30,794   

Series 2007-IQ14, Class A1A

    

5.67%, 04/15/2049 (D)

    34,001         35,269   

Series 2007-IQ15, Class AM

    

5.92%, 06/11/2049 (D)

    55,000         57,600   

Morgan Stanley Re-REMIC Trust

    

Series 2012-XA, Class A

    

2.00%, 07/27/2049 (E)

    24,448         24,314   

Series 2014-R3, Class 2A

    

3.00%, 07/26/2048 (D) (E)

    318,077         314,463   

Motel 6 Trust

    

Series 2015-MTL6, Class C

    

3.64%, 02/05/2030 (E)

    545,000         539,149   

Nationstar Mortgage Loan Trust

    

Series 2013-A, Class A

    

3.75%, 12/25/2052 (D) (E)

    189,672         193,101   

New Residential Mortgage Loan Trust

    

Series 2014-1A, Class A

    

3.75%, 01/25/2054 (D) (E)

    80,277         81,821   

Series 2014-2A, Class A3

    

3.75%, 05/25/2054

    223,773         227,238   

Series 2014-3A, Class AFX3

    

3.75%, 11/25/2054 (D) (E)

    154,469         156,948   

Queens Center Mortgage Trust

    

Series 2013-QCA, Class D

    

3.47%, 01/11/2037 (D) (E)

    130,000         121,932   

SCG Trust

    

Series 2013-SRP1, Class A

    

1.73%, 11/15/2026 (D) (E)

    100,000         100,316   

STRIPS, Ltd.

    

Series 2012-1A, Class A

    

1.50%, 12/25/2044 (E)

    16,928         16,606   

Structured Asset Mortgage Investments II Trust

    

Series 2003-AR4, Class A1

    

1.10%, 01/19/2034 (D)

    126,499         122,221   

Towd Point Mortgage Trust

    

Series 2015-3, Class A1B

    

3.00%, 03/25/2054 (D) (E)

    179,404         178,633   

Series 2015-5, Class A1B

    

2.75%, 05/25/2055 (D) (E)

    209,676         207,076   

UBS-BAMLL Trust

    

Series 2012-WRM, Class A

    

3.66%, 06/10/2030 (E)

    225,000         226,646   
    

 

 

 

Total Mortgage-Backed Securities
(Cost $8,301,955)

   

     8,083,863   
    

 

 

 
     Principal      Value  

MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT OBLIGATIONS - 0.2%

  

California - 0.1%

    

Los Angeles Community College District, General Obligation Unlimited

    

6.60%, 08/01/2042

    $  15,000         $  20,507   

State of California, General Obligation Unlimited

    

7.60%, 11/01/2040

    60,000         89,184   

University of California, Revenue Bonds
Series AD

    

4.86%, 05/15/2112

    10,000         9,566   
    

 

 

 
       119,257   
    

 

 

 

Georgia - 0.0% (A)

    

Municipal Electric Authority of Georgia, Revenue Bonds
Series A

    

6.64%, 04/01/2057

    10,000         11,910   
    

 

 

 

Illinois - 0.0% (A)

    

State of Illinois, General Obligation Unlimited

    

5.10%, 06/01/2033

    55,000         52,033   
    

 

 

 

New Jersey - 0.0% (A)

    

New Jersey Turnpike Authority, Revenue Bonds
Series F

    

7.41%, 01/01/2040

    16,000         22,742   
    

 

 

 

New York - 0.1%

    

Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Revenue Bonds
Series E

    

6.81%, 11/15/2040

    15,000         19,865   

New York City Water & Sewer System, Revenue Bonds
Series CC

    

5.88%, 06/15/2044

    15,000         19,374   

New York State Dormitory Authority, Revenue Bonds
Series H

    

5.39%, 03/15/2040

    10,000         11,884   

Port Authority of New York & New Jersey, Revenue Bonds
Series 181

    

4.96%, 08/01/2046

    20,000         21,604   
    

 

 

 
     72,727   
    

 

 

 

Total Municipal Government Obligations
(Cost $266,954)

   

     278,669   
    

 

 

 

U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENCY OBLIGATIONS - 6.7%

  

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.

    

2.99%, 02/01/2041 (D)

    24,555         26,131   

5.50%, 06/01/2041

    48,173         53,583   

Federal National Mortgage Association

    

Zero Coupon, 10/09/2019

    190,000         175,943   

2.96%, 03/01/2041 (D)

    18,900         20,110   

3.00%, TBA (I)

    2,955,000         2,955,027   

3.13%, 03/01/2041 (D)

    18,622         19,823   

3.15%, 12/01/2040 (D)

    23,378         24,404   

3.33%, 10/25/2023 (D)

    55,000         57,249   

3.50%, 11/01/2028 - 01/01/2029

    159,460         168,134   

3.50%, TBA (I)

    3,673,000         3,800,806   

3.50%, 09/01/2041 (D)

    31,571         33,215   
 

 

The Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this report.

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SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (continued)

At December 31, 2015

 

     Principal      Value  

U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENCY OBLIGATIONS (continued)

  

Federal National Mortgage Association (continued)

  

4.00%, 10/01/2025 - 07/01/2026

    $  57,598         $  61,061   

4.00%, TBA (I)

    1,019,000         1,078,277   

4.50%, 02/01/2025 - 06/01/2026

    180,320         193,621   

5.00%, TBA (I)

    459,000         505,212   

5.50%, 09/01/2036 - 08/01/2037

    331,443         375,585   

6.00%, 02/01/2038 - 02/01/2041

    422,156         478,908   

6.50%, 05/01/2040

    89,642         102,448   

Government National Mortgage Association, Interest Only STRIPS

    

0.91%, 02/16/2053 (D)

    275,488         17,539   
    

 

 

 

Total U.S. Government Agency Obligations
(Cost $10,149,637)

   

     10,147,076   
    

 

 

 

U.S. GOVERNMENT OBLIGATIONS - 8.2%

    

U.S. Treasury Bond

    

2.75%, 08/15/2042

    584,500         558,677   

3.50%, 02/15/2039

    160,000         176,975   

3.63%, 02/15/2044

    2,077,300         2,336,801   

4.50%, 02/15/2036

    482,000         617,713   

4.75%, 02/15/2037

    114,000         151,104   

5.25%, 02/15/2029

    497,000         651,109   

U.S. Treasury Inflation Indexed Bond

    

1.75%, 01/15/2028

    81,742         89,315   

2.50%, 01/15/2029

    302,094         357,879   

U.S. Treasury Inflation Indexed Note

    

0.63%, 01/15/2024

    1,019,330         1,007,770   

U.S. Treasury Note

    

0.38%, 05/31/2016

    120,000         119,953   

0.88%, 04/15/2017 - 04/30/2017

    1,425,400         1,424,935   

1.00%, 11/30/2019

    171,400         167,523   

1.25%, 11/30/2018

    1,442,300         1,439,877   

1.63%, 03/31/2019 - 11/15/2022

    1,906,000         1,901,226   

1.88%, 11/30/2021

    155,000         154,358   

2.00%, 02/15/2025

    780,000         762,480   

2.25%, 11/15/2024

    155,400         155,321   

2.50%, 08/15/2023 - 05/15/2024

    330,500         337,838   
    

 

 

 

Total U.S. Government Obligations
(Cost $12,308,417)

   

     12,410,854   
    

 

 

 

SHORT-TERM U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENCY OBLIGATIONS - 4.8%

  

Federal Home Loan Bank Discount Notes

    

0.11%, 01/08/2016 (J)

    394,000         393,993   

0.12%, 01/22/2016 (J)

    336,000         335,975   

0.13%, 02/03/2016 (J)

    1,050,000         1,049,782   

0.14%, 02/03/2016 (J)

    1,660,000         1,659,655   
     Principal      Value  

SHORT-TERM U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENCY OBLIGATIONS (continued)

  

Federal Home Loan Bank Discount Notes (continued)

  

0.23%, 02/17/2016 (J)

    $  1,380,000         $  1,379,578   

0.37%, 03/04/2016 (J)

    100,000         99,950   

0.41%, 03/04/2016 (J)

    990,000         989,505   

0.46%, 03/24/2016 (J)

    845,000         844,436   

0.47%, 03/30/2016 (J)

    470,000         469,663   
    

 

 

 

Total Short-Term U.S. Government Agency Obligations
(Cost $7,222,063)

       7,222,537   
    

 

 

 

SHORT-TERM U.S. GOVERNMENT OBLIGATIONS - 0.8%

  

U.S. Treasury Bill

    

0.00% (K), 02/04/2016 (J)

    796,000         795,931   

0.19%, 04/28/2016 (J) (L)

    70,000         69,941   

0.23%, 03/17/2016 (J)

    420,000         419,915   
    

 

 

 

Total Short-Term U.S. Government Obligations
(Cost $1,285,751)

       1,285,787   
    

 

 

 
     Shares      Value  

SECURITIES LENDING COLLATERAL - 5.1%

  

State Street Navigator Securities Lending Trust - Prime Portfolio, 0.31% (J)

    7,774,676         7,774,676   
    

 

 

 

Total Securities Lending Collateral
(Cost $7,774,676)

   

     7,774,676   
    

 

 

 
     Principal      Value  

REPURCHASE AGREEMENT - 0.5%

  

State Street Bank & Trust Co. 0.03% (J), dated 12/31/2015, to be repurchased at $801,415 on 01/04/2016. Collateralized by a U.S. Government Obligation, 0.63%, due 04/30/2018, and with a value of $824,563.

    $  801,413         801,413   
    

 

 

 

Total Repurchase Agreement
(Cost $801,413)

       801,413   
    

 

 

 

Total Investments
(Cost $157,909,708) (M)

       167,291,227   

Net Other Assets (Liabilities) - (10.4)%

       (15,698,724
    

 

 

 

Net Assets - 100.0%

       $  151,592,503   
    

 

 

 
 

 

FUTURES CONTRACTS:                                        
Description    Long/Short      Number of
Contracts
     Expiration
Date
     Unrealized
Appreciation
     Unrealized
Depreciation
 

S&P 500® E-Mini

     Long         6         03/18/2016       $ 8,968       $   —   

 

The Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this report.

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SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (continued)

At December 31, 2015

 

SECURITY VALUATION:

 

Valuation Inputs (N)

 

      Level 1 -
Unadjusted
Quoted Prices
    Level 2 -
Other Significant
Observable Inputs
    Level 3 -
Significant
Unobservable Inputs
    Value at
December 31, 2015
 

ASSETS

        

Investments

        

Common Stocks

   $ 90,587,075      $      $      $ 90,587,075   

Preferred Stocks

     231,086                      231,086   

Asset-Backed Securities

            4,216,154               4,216,154   

Corporate Debt Securities

            23,506,087               23,506,087   

Foreign Government Obligations

            745,950               745,950   

Mortgage-Backed Securities

            8,083,863               8,083,863   

Municipal Government Obligations

            278,669               278,669   

U.S. Government Agency Obligations

            10,147,076               10,147,076   

U.S. Government Obligations

            12,410,854               12,410,854   

Short-Term U.S. Government Agency Obligations

            7,222,537               7,222,537   

Short-Term U.S. Government Obligations

            1,285,787               1,285,787   

Securities Lending Collateral

     7,774,676                      7,774,676   

Repurchase Agreement

            801,413               801,413   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Investments

   $   98,592,837      $   68,698,390      $      $ 167,291,227   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Other Financial Instruments

        

Futures Contracts (O)

   $ 8,968      $      $      $ 8,968   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Other Financial Instruments

   $ 8,968      $      $   —      $   8,968   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

FOOTNOTES TO SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS:

 

(A)  Percentage rounds to less than 0.1% or (0.1)%.
(B)  Non-income producing security.
(C)  All or a portion of the security is on loan. The total value of all securities on loan is $7,606,822. 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.
(D)  Floating or variable rate security. The rate disclosed is as of December 31, 2015.
(E)  Security is registered pursuant to Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. Unless otherwise indicated, the security is deemed to be liquid for purposes of compliance limitations on holdings of illiquid securities and may be resold as transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. At December 31, 2015, the total aggregate value of 144A securities is $15,676,124, representing 10.3% of the Portfolio’s net assets.
(F)  Perpetual maturity. The date displayed is the next call date.
(G)  Security in default.
(H)  Illiquid security. Total aggregate value of illiquid securities is $214,676, representing 0.1% of the Portfolio’s net assets.
(I)  Security on a when-issued, delayed-delivery, or forward commitment basis. Security to be settled and delivered after December 31, 2015.
(J)  Rate disclosed reflects the yield at December 31, 2015.
(K)  Percentage rounds to less than 0.01% or (0.01)%.
(L)  All or a portion of the security has been segregated by the custodian as collateral to cover margin requirements for open futures contracts. The total value of all securities segregated as collateral to cover margin requirements for open futures contracts is $69,941.
(M)  Aggregate cost for federal income tax purposes is $158,693,438. Aggregate gross unrealized appreciation and depreciation for all securities is $15,508,120 and $6,910,331, respectively. Net unrealized appreciation for tax purposes is $8,597,789.
(N)  The Portfolio recognizes transfers between Levels at the end of the reporting year. There were no transfers between Levels 1, 2 and 3 during the year ended December 31, 2015. See the Security Valuation section of the Notes to Financial Statements for more information regarding security valuation and pricing inputs.
(O)  Futures contracts and/or forward foreign currency contracts are valued at unrealized appreciation (depreciation).

PORTFOLIO ABBREVIATIONS:

 

MTN    Medium Term Note
STRIPS    Separate Trading of Registered Interest and Principal of Securities
TBA    To Be Announced

 

The Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this report.

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SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS

At December 31, 2015

 

     Shares      Value  

COMMON STOCKS - 98.4%

    

Aerospace & Defense - 3.6%

    

General Dynamics Corp.

    41,610         $  5,715,549   

Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc.

    31,426         3,986,388   

Northrop Grumman Corp.

    68,617         12,955,576   

Spirit Aerosystems Holdings, Inc., Class A (A)

    140,870         7,053,361   
    

 

 

 
       29,710,874   
    

 

 

 

Air Freight & Logistics - 1.0%

    

FedEx Corp.

    53,687         7,998,826   
    

 

 

 

Airlines - 4.9%

    

Alaska Air Group, Inc.

    128,731         10,364,133   

American Airlines Group, Inc.

    22,343         946,226   

Delta Air Lines, Inc.

    208,585         10,573,174   

JetBlue Airways Corp. (A)

    45,920         1,040,088   

Southwest Airlines Co.

    194,041         8,355,405   

United Continental Holdings, Inc. (A)

    163,900         9,391,470   
    

 

 

 
       40,670,496   
    

 

 

 

Auto Components - 2.6%

    

Cooper Tire & Rubber Co.

    82,527         3,123,647   

Dana Holding Corp. (B)

    77,731         1,072,688   

Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.

    205,707         6,720,448   

Lear Corp.

    88,386         10,856,452   
    

 

 

 
       21,773,235   
    

 

 

 

Automobiles - 0.7%

    

General Motors Co.

    180,000         6,121,800   
    

 

 

 

Banks - 12.2%

    

Bank of America Corp.

    1,511,980         25,446,623   

Citigroup, Inc.

    443,750         22,964,062   

Huntington Bancshares, Inc., Class A (B)

    625,460         6,917,588   

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

    503,922         33,273,970   

SunTrust Banks, Inc.

    286,014         12,252,840   
    

 

 

 
       100,855,083   
    

 

 

 

Beverages - 1.5%

    

Dr. Pepper Snapple Group, Inc.

    37,300         3,476,360   

PepsiCo, Inc.

    92,564         9,248,995   
    

 

 

 
       12,725,355   
    

 

 

 

Biotechnology - 2.5%

    

Gilead Sciences, Inc.

    98,345         9,951,531   

United Therapeutics Corp. (A) (B)

    68,194         10,679,862   
    

 

 

 
       20,631,393   
    

 

 

 

Capital Markets - 0.9%

    

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.

    20,295         3,657,768   

T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. (B)

    39,840         2,848,162   

Waddell & Reed Financial, Inc., Class A

    40,996         1,174,945   
    

 

 

 
       7,680,875   
    

 

 

 

Chemicals - 1.7%

    

CF Industries Holdings, Inc., Class B

    170,150         6,943,821   

LyondellBasell Industries NV, Class A

    81,352         7,069,489   
    

 

 

 
       14,013,310   
    

 

 

 

Communications Equipment - 0.5%

    

Juniper Networks, Inc.

    160,560         4,431,456   
    

 

 

 

Consumer Finance - 1.7%

    

Ally Financial, Inc. (A)

    443,588         8,268,480   

Capital One Financial Corp.

    78,920         5,696,446   
    

 

 

 
       13,964,926   
    

 

 

 
     Shares      Value  

COMMON STOCKS (continued)

    

Containers & Packaging - 0.6%

    

International Paper Co.

    136,200         $  5,134,740   
    

 

 

 

Diversified Financial Services - 2.5%

    

Moody’s Corp.

    102,600         10,294,884   

Voya Financial, Inc.

    268,365         9,905,352   
    

 

 

 
       20,200,236   
    

 

 

 

Diversified Telecommunication Services - 2.5%

  

AT&T, Inc.

    255,801         8,802,112   

Verizon Communications, Inc.

    259,140         11,977,451   
    

 

 

 
       20,779,563   
    

 

 

 

Electric Utilities - 3.6%

    

American Electric Power Co., Inc.

    185,800         10,826,566   

Edison International

    114,655         6,788,723   

Entergy Corp., Class B (B)

    174,275         11,913,439   
    

 

 

 
       29,528,728   
    

 

 

 

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components - 1.3%

  

Flextronics International, Ltd. (A)

    433,620         4,860,880   

Jabil Circuit, Inc.

    253,305         5,899,474   
    

 

 

 
       10,760,354   
    

 

 

 

Energy Equipment & Services - 5.9%

    

Dril-Quip, Inc., Class A (A) (B)

    11,300         669,299   

Ensco PLC, Class A (B)

    679,858         10,463,015   

Helmerich & Payne, Inc. (B)

    42,022         2,250,278   

Nabors Industries, Ltd.

    324,000         2,757,240   

National Oilwell Varco, Inc. (B)

    41,170         1,378,783   

Noble Corp. PLC (B)

    833,537         8,793,815   

Oceaneering International, Inc.

    117,108         4,393,892   

Oil States International, Inc. (A)

    235,100         6,406,475   

Rowan Cos. PLC, Class A (B)

    541,869         9,184,680   

Transocean, Ltd. (B)

    202,259         2,503,966   
    

 

 

 
       48,801,443   
    

 

 

 

Food & Staples Retailing - 1.5%

    

Kroger Co.

    257,835         10,785,238   

Whole Foods Market, Inc. (B)

    39,941         1,338,024   
    

 

 

 
       12,123,262   
    

 

 

 

Food Products - 1.9%

    

Bunge, Ltd.

    102,004         6,964,833   

Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. (B)

    121,414         5,626,325   

Ingredion, Inc.

    34,150         3,272,936   
    

 

 

 
       15,864,094   
    

 

 

 

Health Care Providers & Services - 2.2%

  

Anthem, Inc. (B)

    6,041         842,357   

Cardinal Health, Inc.

    79,097         7,060,989   

McKesson Corp.

    37,157         7,328,475   

Owens & Minor, Inc. (B)

    35,929         1,292,726   

Quest Diagnostics, Inc.

    25,400         1,806,956   
    

 

 

 
       18,331,503   
    

 

 

 

Independent Power and Renewable Electricity Producers - 1.1%

  

AES Corp.

    894,439         8,559,781   

NRG Energy, Inc.

    55,867         657,555   
    

 

 

 
       9,217,336   
    

 

 

 

Insurance - 9.9%

    

Allstate Corp.

    200,800         12,467,672   

American International Group, Inc.

    289,300         17,927,921   

Assurant, Inc. (B)

    45,700         3,680,678   
 

 

The Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this report.

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SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (continued)

At December 31, 2015

 

     Shares      Value  

COMMON STOCKS (continued)

    

Insurance (continued)

    

Assured Guaranty, Ltd.

    247,418         $  6,539,258   

Axis Capital Holdings, Ltd.

    59,080         3,321,478   

Everest RE Group, Ltd.

    32,550         5,959,579   

Genworth Financial, Inc., Class A (A) (B)

    735,332         2,742,788   

Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc.

    45,916         1,995,509   

Lincoln National Corp.

    86,400         4,342,464   

Prudential Financial, Inc.

    9,680         788,049   

Reinsurance Group of America, Inc., Class A

    26,850         2,297,018   

Travelers Cos., Inc.

    125,704         14,186,953   

Unum Group

    153,880         5,122,665   
    

 

 

 
       81,372,032   
    

 

 

 

Internet Software & Services - 2.4%

  

eBay, Inc. (A)

    382,907         10,522,284   

VeriSign, Inc. (A) (B)

    107,604         9,400,286   
    

 

 

 
       19,922,570   
    

 

 

 

IT Services - 0.4%

    

Amdocs, Ltd.

    53,227         2,904,597   
    

 

 

 

Machinery - 0.3%

    

Trinity Industries, Inc.

    109,048         2,619,333   
    

 

 

 

Multi-Utilities - 1.1%

    

Public Service Enterprise Group, Inc.

    224,300         8,678,167   
    

 

 

 

Multiline Retail - 0.1%

    

Big Lots, Inc. (B)

    21,841         841,752   
    

 

 

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels - 6.2%

    

EOG Resources, Inc.

    20,120         1,424,295   

Exxon Mobil Corp.

    29,329         2,286,195   

Hess Corp.

    15,460         749,501   

Marathon Oil Corp.

    186,530         2,348,413   

Marathon Petroleum Corp.

    238,231         12,349,895   

Murphy Oil Corp. (B)

    130,044         2,919,488   

Tesoro Corp.

    106,316         11,202,517   

Valero Energy Corp.

    195,068         13,793,258   

Western Refining, Inc.

    114,435         4,076,175   
    

 

 

 
       51,149,737   
    

 

 

 

Paper & Forest Products - 0.2%

    

Domtar Corp.

    45,519         1,681,927   
    

 

 

 

Personal Products - 1.2%

    

Herbalife, Ltd. (A) (B)

    141,830         7,604,925   

Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc., Class A (B)

    58,114         2,201,939   
    

 

 

 
       9,806,864   
    

 

 

 

Pharmaceuticals - 7.1%

    

Johnson & Johnson

    293,333         30,131,166   

Pfizer, Inc.

    887,099         28,635,555   
    

 

 

 
       58,766,721   
    

 

 

 

Real Estate Investment Trusts - 0.7%

    

CBL & Associates Properties, Inc.

    230,384         2,849,850   

Mack-Cali Realty Corp.

    49,990         1,167,266   

RLJ Lodging Trust

    84,060         1,818,218   
    

 

 

 
       5,835,334   
    

 

 

 

Real Estate Management & Development - 1.4%

  

CBRE Group, Inc., Class A (A)

    232,264         8,031,689   

Jones Lang LaSalle, Inc.

    20,423         3,264,821   
    

 

 

 
       11,296,510   
    

 

 

 
     Shares      Value  

COMMON STOCKS (continued)

    

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment - 2.3%

  

Intel Corp.

    549,430         $  18,927,863   
    

 

 

 

Software - 4.8%

    

Aspen Technology, Inc. (A) (B)

    55,452         2,093,868   

Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (A)

    55,536         1,155,704   

Citrix Systems, Inc. (A)

    40,607         3,071,920   

Microsoft Corp.

    281,150         15,598,202   

Symantec Corp.

    559,506         11,749,626   

Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (A) (B)

    172,160         5,998,054   
    

 

 

 
       39,667,374   
    

 

 

 

Specialty Retail - 1.2%

    

Bed Bath & Beyond, Inc. (A)

    109,391         5,278,116   

Foot Locker, Inc. (B)

    67,510         4,394,226   
    

 

 

 
       9,672,342   
    

 

 

 

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals - 0.1%

  

Apple, Inc.

    11,160         1,174,702   
    

 

 

 

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods - 0.6%

  

Deckers Outdoor Corp. (A) (B)

    25,800         1,217,760   

Michael Kors Holdings, Ltd. (A)

    87,565         3,507,854   
    

 

 

 
       4,725,614   
    

 

 

 

Thrifts & Mortgage Finance - 0.4%

    

MGIC Investment Corp. (A)

    377,417         3,332,592   
    

 

 

 

Tobacco - 0.6%

    

Philip Morris International, Inc.

    60,408         5,310,467   
    

 

 

 

Trading Companies & Distributors - 0.5%

  

AerCap Holdings NV (A)

    90,878         3,922,294   
    

 

 

 

Total Common Stocks (Cost $766,843,367)

       812,927,680   
    

 

 

 

SECURITIES LENDING COLLATERAL - 10.7%

  

  

State Street Navigator Securities Lending Trust - Prime Portfolio, 0.31% (C)

    88,291,614         88,291,614   
    

 

 

 

Total Securities Lending Collateral (Cost $88,291,614)

   

     88,291,614   
    

 

 

 
     Principal      Value  

REPURCHASE AGREEMENT - 1.6%

  

  

State Street Bank and Trust Co. 0.03% (C), dated 12/31/2015, to be repurchased at $13,234,328 on 01/04/2016. Collateralized by a U.S. Government Obligation, 0.63%, due 04/30/2018, and with a value of $13,499,125.

    $  13,234,284         13,234,284   
    

 

 

 

Total Repurchase Agreement (Cost $13,234,284)

       13,234,284   
    

 

 

 

Total Investments (Cost $868,369,265) (D)

       914,453,578   

Net Other Assets (Liabilities) - (10.7)%

       (88,031,496
    

 

 

 

Net Assets - 100.0%

       $  826,422,082   
    

 

 

 
 

 

The Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this report.

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SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (continued)

At December 31, 2015

 

SECURITY VALUATION:

 

Valuation Inputs (E)

 

     Level 1 -
Unadjusted
Quoted Prices
    Level 2 -
Other Significant
Observable Inputs
    Level 3 -
Significant
Unobservable Inputs
    Value at
December 31, 2015
 

ASSETS

       

Investments

       

Common Stocks

  $ 812,927,680      $      $      $ 812,927,680   

Securities Lending Collateral

    88,291,614                      88,291,614   

Repurchase Agreement

           13,234,284               13,234,284   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Investments

  $   901,219,294      $   13,234,284      $   —      $   914,453,578   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

FOOTNOTES TO SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS:

 

(A)  Non-income producing security.
(B)  All or a portion of the security is on loan. The total value of all securities on loan is $85,984,911. 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.
(C)  Rate disclosed reflects the yield at December 31, 2015.
(D)  Aggregate cost for federal income tax purposes is $869,609,947. Aggregate gross unrealized appreciation and depreciation for all securities is $98,169,737 and $53,326,106, respectively. Net unrealized appreciation for tax purposes is $44,843,631.
(E)  The Portfolio recognizes transfers between Levels at the end of the reporting year. There were no transfers between Levels 1, 2 and 3 during the year ended December 31, 2015. See the Security Valuation section of the Notes to Financial Statements for more information regarding security valuation and pricing inputs.

 

The Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this report.

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SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS

At December 31, 2015

 

     Shares      Value  

COMMON STOCKS - 98.6%

    

Aerospace & Defense - 3.2%

    

Boeing Co.

    12,460         $  1,801,591   

General Dynamics Corp.

    31,140         4,277,391   

Northrop Grumman Corp.

    22,980         4,338,854   
    

 

 

 
       10,417,836   
    

 

 

 

Air Freight & Logistics - 1.1%

    

FedEx Corp.

    23,704         3,531,659   
    

 

 

 

Airlines - 5.2%

    

Alaska Air Group, Inc.

    25,457         2,049,543   

American Airlines Group, Inc.

    60,217         2,550,190   

Delta Air Lines, Inc.

    87,847         4,452,964   

Southwest Airlines Co.

    93,561         4,028,737   

United Continental Holdings, Inc. (A)

    63,486         3,637,748   
    

 

 

 
       16,719,182   
    

 

 

 

Auto Components - 1.8%

    

Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.

    116,781         3,815,235   

Magna International, Inc., Class A

    45,550         1,847,508   
    

 

 

 
       5,662,743   
    

 

 

 

Automobiles - 1.4%

    

General Motors Co.

    134,354         4,569,379   
    

 

 

 

Banks - 8.8%

    

Bank of America Corp.

    402,340         6,771,382   

Citigroup, Inc.

    122,060         6,316,605   

Huntington Bancshares, Inc., Class A (B)

    281,731         3,115,945   

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

    124,339         8,210,104   

SunTrust Banks, Inc.

    96,833         4,148,326   
    

 

 

 
       28,562,362   
    

 

 

 

Beverages - 3.2%

    

Dr. Pepper Snapple Group, Inc.

    44,179         4,117,483   

PepsiCo, Inc.

    62,764         6,271,379   
    

 

 

 
       10,388,862   
    

 

 

 

Biotechnology - 4.2%

    

Amgen, Inc.

    35,073         5,693,400   

Biogen, Inc. (A)

    4,713         1,443,827   

Gilead Sciences, Inc.

    62,157         6,289,667   
    

 

 

 
       13,426,894   
    

 

 

 

Chemicals - 2.3%

    

CF Industries Holdings, Inc., Class B

    69,635         2,841,805   

LyondellBasell Industries NV, Class A

    45,859         3,985,147   

Mosaic Co.

    27,380         755,414   
    

 

 

 
       7,582,366   
    

 

 

 

Communications Equipment - 1.6%

    

Cisco Systems, Inc.

    59,740         1,622,240   

Juniper Networks, Inc.

    132,436         3,655,233   
    

 

 

 
       5,277,473   
    

 

 

 

Construction & Engineering - 0.1%

    

Jacobs Engineering Group, Inc. (A)

    6,111         256,356   
    

 

 

 

Containers & Packaging - 0.3%

    

International Paper Co.

    22,691         855,451   
    

 

 

 

Diversified Financial Services - 1.3%

    

Moody’s Corp.

    11,255         1,129,327   

Voya Financial, Inc.

    80,600         2,974,946   
    

 

 

 
       4,104,273   
    

 

 

 
     Shares      Value  

COMMON STOCKS (continued)

    

Diversified Telecommunication Services - 2.4%

  

AT&T, Inc.

    13,750         $  473,138   

Verizon Communications, Inc.

    155,911         7,206,206   
    

 

 

 
       7,679,344   
    

 

 

 

Electric Utilities - 1.4%

    

American Electric Power Co., Inc.

    7,730         450,427   

Entergy Corp., Class B (B)

    57,314         3,917,985   

Exelon Corp.

    7,400         205,498   
    

 

 

 
       4,573,910   
    

 

 

 

Energy Equipment & Services - 2.4%

    

Ensco PLC, Class A (B)

    221,208         3,404,391   

Helmerich & Payne, Inc. (B)

    43,010         2,303,185   

Noble Corp. PLC (B)

    188,030         1,983,717   
    

 

 

 
       7,691,293   
    

 

 

 

Food & Staples Retailing - 2.7%

    

CVS Health Corp.

    34,123         3,336,206   

Kroger Co.

    108,088         4,521,321   

Whole Foods Market, Inc. (B)

    25,752         862,692   
    

 

 

 
       8,720,219   
    

 

 

 

Food Products - 0.9%

    

Bunge, Ltd.

    35,143         2,399,564   

Tyson Foods, Inc., Class A (B)

    11,463         611,322   
    

 

 

 
       3,010,886   
    

 

 

 

Health Care Providers & Services - 4.1%

    

Aetna, Inc.

    3,126         337,983   

Anthem, Inc. (B)

    6,500         906,360   

Cardinal Health, Inc.

    48,440         4,324,239   

HCA Holdings, Inc. (A)

    24,900         1,683,987   

McKesson Corp.

    21,120         4,165,497   

Quest Diagnostics, Inc.

    23,500         1,671,790   
    

 

 

 
       13,089,856   
    

 

 

 

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure - 2.1%

    

Darden Restaurants, Inc.

    55,500         3,532,020   

Wyndham Worldwide Corp.

    43,800         3,182,070   
    

 

 

 
       6,714,090   
    

 

 

 

Independent Power and Renewable Electricity Producers - 1.1%

  

AES Corp.

    340,765         3,261,121   

NRG Energy, Inc.

    37,061         436,208   
    

 

 

 
       3,697,329   
    

 

 

 

Insurance - 4.5%

    

Allstate Corp.

    63,900         3,967,551   

American International Group, Inc.

    85,022         5,268,813   

Lincoln National Corp.

    16,070         807,678   

Travelers Cos., Inc.

    39,475         4,455,149   
    

 

 

 
       14,499,191   
    

 

 

 

Internet & Catalog Retail - 1.5%

    

Priceline Group, Inc. (A)

    3,679         4,690,541   
    

 

 

 

Internet Software & Services - 2.4%

  

eBay, Inc. (A)

    155,789         4,281,082   

VeriSign, Inc. (A) (B)

    40,778         3,562,366   
    

 

 

 
       7,843,448   
    

 

 

 

IT Services - 0.9%

    

Xerox Corp.

    284,900         3,028,487   
    

 

 

 
 

 

The Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this report.

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SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (continued)

At December 31, 2015

 

     Shares      Value  

COMMON STOCKS (continued)

    

Media - 0.1%

    

Discovery Communications, Inc., Series A (A) (B)

    13,513         $  360,527   
    

 

 

 

Multi-Utilities - 0.3%

    

Public Service Enterprise Group, Inc.

    20,930         809,782   
    

 

 

 

Multiline Retail - 0.9%

    

Kohl’s Corp. (B)

    52,670         2,508,672   

Macy’s, Inc.

    12,552         439,069   
    

 

 

 
       2,947,741   
    

 

 

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels - 4.2%

  

Marathon Petroleum Corp.

    81,096         4,204,016   

Murphy Oil Corp. (B)

    61,444         1,379,418   

Tesoro Corp.

    35,483         3,738,844   

Valero Energy Corp.

    62,020         4,385,434   
    

 

 

 
       13,707,712   
    

 

 

 

Pharmaceuticals - 6.9%

    

Johnson & Johnson

    86,434         8,878,500   

Merck & Co., Inc.

    117,227         6,191,930   

Pfizer, Inc.

    225,410         7,276,235   
    

 

 

 
       22,346,665   
    

 

 

 

Professional Services - 0.3%

    

Robert Half International, Inc.

    19,500         919,230   
    

 

 

 

Real Estate Management & Development - 1.0%

  

CBRE Group, Inc., Class A (A)

    94,372         3,263,384   
    

 

 

 

Road & Rail - 0.3%

    

Ryder System, Inc., Class A (B)

    14,867         844,892   
    

 

 

 

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment - 2.7%

  

Intel Corp.

    194,199         6,690,156   

Micron Technology, Inc. (A) (B)

    147,003         2,081,562   
    

 

 

 
       8,771,718   
    

 

 

 

Software - 8.6%

    

CA, Inc.

    136,900         3,909,864   

Citrix Systems, Inc. (A)

    51,256         3,877,516   

Electronic Arts, Inc. (A)

    58,690         4,033,177   

Microsoft Corp.

    211,970         11,760,095   

Oracle Corp.

    7,760         283,473   

Symantec Corp.

    190,840         4,007,640   
    

 

 

 
       27,871,765   
    

 

 

 

Specialty Retail - 3.1%

    

Bed Bath & Beyond, Inc. (A) (B)

    69,877         3,371,565   

Best Buy Co., Inc. (B)

    121,350         3,695,108   

GameStop Corp., Class A (B)

    6,654         186,578   
     Shares      Value  

COMMON STOCKS (continued)

    

Specialty Retail (continued)

    

Staples, Inc.

    249,013         $  2,358,153   

Urban Outfitters, Inc. (A) (B)

    24,493         557,216   
    

 

 

 
       10,168,620   
    

 

 

 

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals - 4.6%

  

Apple, Inc.

    135,047         14,215,047   

HP, Inc.

    65,230         772,323   
    

 

 

 
       14,987,370   
    

 

 

 

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods - 1.8%

  

Coach, Inc., Class A

    63,020         2,062,645   

Michael Kors Holdings, Ltd. (A) (B)

    93,968         3,764,358   
    

 

 

 
       5,827,003   
    

 

 

 

Tobacco - 2.9%

    

Altria Group, Inc.

    70,053         4,077,785   

Philip Morris International, Inc.

    61,228         5,382,554   
    

 

 

 
       9,460,339   
    

 

 

 

Total Common Stocks
(Cost $294,314,482)

       318,880,178   
    

 

 

 

SECURITIES LENDING COLLATERAL - 10.2%

  

  

State Street Navigator Securities Lending Trust - Prime Portfolio, 0.31% (C)

    32,938,081         32,938,081   
    

 

 

 

Total Securities Lending Collateral (Cost $32,938,081)

       32,938,081   
    

 

 

 
     Principal      Value  

REPURCHASE AGREEMENT - 1.3%

    

State Street Bank & Trust Co. 0.03% (C), dated 12/31/2015, to be repurchased at $4,307,126 on 01/04/2016. Collateralized by a U.S. Government Obligation, 0.63%, due 04/30/2018, and with a value of $4,394,375.

    $  4,307,112         4,307,112   
    

 

 

 

Total Repurchase Agreement
(Cost $4,307,112)

       4,307,112   
    

 

 

 

Total Investments
(Cost $331,559,675)
(D)

       356,125,371   

Net Other Assets (Liabilities) - (10.1)%

       (32,756,163
    

 

 

 

Net Assets - 100.0%

       $  323,369,208   
    

 

 

 
 

SECURITY VALUATION:

 

Valuation Inputs (E)

 

      Level 1 -
Unadjusted
Quoted Prices
    Level 2 -
Other Significant
Observable Inputs
   

Level 3 -

Significant
Unobservable Inputs

    Value at
December 31, 2015
 

ASSETS

        

Investments

        

Common Stocks

   $ 318,880,178      $      $      $ 318,880,178   

Securities Lending Collateral

     32,938,081                      32,938,081   

Repurchase Agreement

            4,307,112               4,307,112   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Investments

   $ 351,818,259      $ 4,307,112      $      $ 356,125,371   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

The Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this report.

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SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (continued)

At December 31, 2015

 

FOOTNOTES TO SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS:

 

(A)  Non-income producing security.
(B)  All or a portion of the security is on loan. The total value of all securities on loan is $32,125,166. 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.
(C)  Rate disclosed reflects the yield at December 31, 2015.
(D)  Aggregate cost for federal income tax purposes is $332,093,186. Aggregate gross unrealized appreciation and depreciation for all securities is $41,742,446 and $17,710,261, respectively. Net unrealized appreciation for tax purposes is $24,032,185.
(E)  The Portfolio recognizes transfers between Levels at the end of the reporting year. There were no transfers between Levels 1, 2 and 3 during the year ended December 31, 2015. See the Security Valuation section of the Notes to Financial Statements for more information regarding security valuation and pricing inputs.

 

The Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this report.

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SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS

At December 31, 2015

 

     Shares      Value  

COMMON STOCKS - 99.0%

  

Aerospace & Defense - 1.9%

  

Boeing Co.

    58,795         $  8,501,169   

Honeywell International, Inc.

    59,941         6,208,089   

TransDigm Group, Inc. (A)

    12,690         2,899,031   
    

 

 

 
       17,608,289   
    

 

 

 

Airlines - 0.2%

  

United Continental Holdings, Inc. (A)

    40,390         2,314,347   
    

 

 

 

Automobiles - 0.6%

  

Tesla Motors, Inc. (A) (B)

    23,879         5,731,199   
    

 

 

 

Banks - 0.5%

  

Citigroup, Inc.

    83,390         4,315,432   
    

 

 

 

Beverages - 1.2%

  

Monster Beverage Corp. (A)

    77,445         11,536,207   
    

 

 

 

Biotechnology - 6.1%

  

Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (A)

    45,335         8,647,651   

Alkermes PLC (A)

    43,813         3,477,876   

Biogen, Inc. (A)

    34,617         10,604,918   

BioMarin Pharmaceutical, Inc. (A)

    10,741         1,125,227   

Celgene Corp. (A)

    81,719         9,786,667   

Gilead Sciences, Inc.

    53,884         5,452,522   

Incyte Corp. (A) (B)

    29,447         3,193,527   

Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Class A (A)

    23,339         12,670,043   

Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (A)

    8,837         1,111,960   
    

 

 

 
       56,070,391   
    

 

 

 

Building Products - 0.3%

  

Fortune Brands Home & Security, Inc. (B)

    46,640         2,588,520   
    

 

 

 

Capital Markets - 1.1%

  

BlackRock, Inc., Class A

    18,120         6,170,223   

Morgan Stanley

    132,836         4,225,513   
    

 

 

 
       10,395,736   
    

 

 

 

Chemicals - 1.7%

  

Monsanto Co.

    39,686         3,909,865   

Sherwin-Williams Co.

    28,407         7,374,457   

Valspar Corp. (B)

    54,377         4,510,572   
    

 

 

 
       15,794,894   
    

 

 

 

Communications Equipment - 0.9%

  

Cisco Systems, Inc.

    147,327         4,000,665   

NetScout Systems, Inc. (A)

    90,190         2,768,833   

Palo Alto Networks, Inc. (A)

    11,586         2,040,758   
    

 

 

 
       8,810,256   
    

 

 

 

Consumer Finance - 0.3%

  

OneMain Holdings, Inc. (A)

    58,570         2,432,998   
    

 

 

 

Containers & Packaging - 0.5%

  

Crown Holdings, Inc. (A)

    100,188         5,079,532   
    

 

 

 

Diversified Financial Services - 1.0%

  

McGraw Hill Financial, Inc.

    98,589         9,718,904   
    

 

 

 

Electrical Equipment - 0.3%

  

Eaton Corp. PLC

    49,530         2,577,541   
    

 

 

 

Energy Equipment & Services - 0.4%

  

Halliburton Co.

    43,821         1,491,667   

Schlumberger, Ltd.

    29,945         2,088,664   
    

 

 

 
       3,580,331   
    

 

 

 

Food & Staples Retailing - 4.2%

  

Costco Wholesale Corp.

    106,642         17,222,683   

CVS Health Corp.

    82,493         8,065,341   
     Shares      Value  

COMMON STOCKS (continued)

    

Food & Staples Retailing (continued)

    

Kroger Co.

    187,228         $  7,831,747   

Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc.

    65,693         5,594,087   
    

 

 

 
       38,713,858   
    

 

 

 

Food Products - 0.8%

  

Mondelez International, Inc., Class A

    170,925         7,664,277   
    

 

 

 

Health Care Equipment & Supplies - 1.2%

  

Abbott Laboratories

    170,510         7,657,604   

Medtronic PLC

    48,510         3,731,389   
    

 

 

 
       11,388,993   
    

 

 

 

Health Care Providers & Services - 2.0%

  

Aetna, Inc.

    28,387         3,069,202   

Envision Healthcare Holdings, Inc. (A)

    77,632         2,016,103   

McKesson Corp.

    25,138         4,957,968   

UnitedHealth Group, Inc.

    68,630         8,073,633   
    

 

 

 
       18,116,906   
    

 

 

 

Health Care Technology - 0.5%

  

Cerner Corp. (A)

    80,367         4,835,682   
    

 

 

 

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure - 4.3%

  

Hilton Worldwide Holdings, Inc.

    263,170         5,631,838   

Marriott International, Inc., Class A (B)

    103,314         6,926,171   

McDonald’s Corp.

    40,459         4,779,826   

Starbucks Corp.

    317,079         19,034,252   

Wynn Resorts, Ltd. (B)

    43,607         3,017,168   
    

 

 

 
       39,389,255   
    

 

 

 

Household Products - 0.9%

  

Colgate-Palmolive Co.

    118,453         7,891,339   
    

 

 

 

Insurance - 1.1%

  

Marsh & McLennan Cos., Inc.

    91,420         5,069,239   

Prudential Financial, Inc.

    63,470         5,167,093   
    

 

 

 
       10,236,332   
    

 

 

 

Internet & Catalog Retail - 6.9%

  

Amazon.com, Inc. (A)

    59,613         40,291,830   

JD.com, Inc., ADR (A)

    89,727         2,895,042   

Netflix, Inc. (A) (B)

    105,791         12,100,374   

Priceline Group, Inc. (A)

    6,486         8,269,326   
    

 

 

 
       63,556,572   
    

 

 

 

Internet Software & Services - 12.3%

  

Akamai Technologies, Inc. (A)

    26,650         1,402,589   

Alibaba Group Holding, Ltd., ADR (A)

    90,025         7,316,332   

Alphabet, Inc., Class A (A)

    36,262         28,212,199   

Alphabet, Inc., Class C

    32,440         24,618,067   

Facebook, Inc., Class A (A)

    302,143         31,622,286   

LinkedIn Corp., Class A (A)

    37,409         8,420,018   

Tencent Holdings, Ltd.

    499,715         9,845,934   

Zillow Group, Inc., Class A (A) (B)

    37,930         987,697   

Zillow Group, Inc., Class C (A) (B)

    64,460         1,513,521   
    

 

 

 
       113,938,643   
    

 

 

 

IT Services - 7.9%

  

Accenture PLC, Class A

    69,304         7,242,268   

Alliance Data Systems Corp. (A)

    14,760         4,082,173   

Automatic Data Processing, Inc.

    69,011         5,846,612   

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp., Class A (A)

    84,337         5,061,907   

FleetCor Technologies, Inc. (A)

    37,059         5,296,843   
 

 

The Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this report.

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SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (continued)

At December 31, 2015

 

     Shares      Value  

COMMON STOCKS (continued)

    

IT Services (continued)

    

Genpact, Ltd. (A)

    136,601         $  3,412,293   

Jack Henry & Associates, Inc.

    49,859         3,891,993   

MasterCard, Inc., Class A

    245,246         23,877,151   

Visa, Inc., Class A (B)

    189,584         14,702,239   
    

 

 

 
       73,413,479   
    

 

 

 

Life Sciences Tools & Services - 0.7%

  

Illumina, Inc. (A)

    35,043         6,726,329   
    

 

 

 

Machinery - 1.1%

  

Illinois Tool Works, Inc., Class A

    61,085         5,661,358   

Middleby Corp. (A)

    42,746         4,611,011   
    

 

 

 
       10,272,369   
    

 

 

 

Media - 3.1%

  

Comcast Corp., Class A

    161,700         9,124,731   

Time Warner, Inc.

    71,267         4,608,837   

Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc., Class A

    197,391         5,361,140   

Walt Disney Co.

    91,264         9,590,021   
    

 

 

 
       28,684,729   
    

 

 

 

Multiline Retail - 0.7%

  

Dollar Tree, Inc. (A)

    82,549         6,374,434   
    

 

 

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels - 0.8%

  

Concho Resources, Inc. (A)

    82,532         7,663,921   
    

 

 

 

Personal Products - 0.8%

  

Estee Lauder Cos., Inc., Class A

    85,336         7,514,688   
    

 

 

 

Pharmaceuticals - 6.3%

  

Allergan PLC (A)

    57,594         17,998,125   

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.

    287,087         19,748,715   

Merck & Co., Inc.

    105,232         5,558,354   

Novo Nordisk A/S, ADR

    107,220         6,227,338   

Shire PLC, Class B, ADR

    40,721         8,347,805   
    

 

 

 
       57,880,337   
    

 

 

 

Professional Services - 1.4%

  

Equifax, Inc.

    38,340         4,269,926   

Nielsen Holdings PLC

    96,216         4,483,666   

Verisk Analytics, Inc., Class A (A) (B)

    50,780         3,903,966   
    

 

 

 
       12,657,558   
    

 

 

 

Real Estate Investment Trusts - 0.6%

  

American Tower Corp., Class A

    57,603         5,584,611   
    

 

 

 

Road & Rail - 0.7%

  

Hertz Global Holdings, Inc. (A)

    232,092         3,302,669   

JB Hunt Transport Services, Inc.

    45,910         3,367,958   
    

 

 

 
       6,670,627   
    

 

 

 

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment - 1.6%

  

ARM Holdings PLC, ADR (B)

    97,196         4,397,147   

Avago Technologies, Ltd., Class A (B)

    25,180         3,654,877   

NXP Semiconductors NV (A)

    48,560         4,091,180   

Skyworks Solutions, Inc.

    33,434         2,568,734   
    

 

 

 
       14,711,938   
    

 

 

 

Software - 7.7%

  

Activision Blizzard, Inc. (B)

    83,665         3,238,672   

Adobe Systems, Inc. (A)

    105,768         9,935,846   

Atlassian Corp. PLC, Class A (A)

    6,518         196,061   

Intuit, Inc.

    32,890         3,173,885   

Microsoft Corp.

    433,738         24,063,784   

Red Hat, Inc. (A)

    89,056         7,374,727   
     Shares      Value  

COMMON STOCKS (continued)

    

Software (continued)

    

salesforce.com, Inc. (A)

    175,677         $  13,773,077   

Splunk, Inc. (A) (B)

    75,232         4,424,394   

Workday, Inc., Class A (A) (B)

    65,326         5,205,176   
    

 

 

 
       71,385,622   
    

 

 

 

Specialty Retail - 6.8%

  

Advance Auto Parts, Inc. (B)

    37,237         5,604,541   

Home Depot, Inc.

    25,101         3,319,607   

Industria de Diseno Textil SA

    254,156         8,752,904   

Lowe’s Cos., Inc.

    122,351         9,303,570   

Michaels Cos., Inc. (A) (B)

    192,310         4,251,974   

O’Reilly Automotive, Inc. (A)

    31,764         8,049,633   

Ross Stores, Inc.

    132,416         7,125,305   

Tiffany & Co. (B)

    44,385         3,386,132   

TJX Cos., Inc.

    182,937         12,972,063   
    

 

 

 
       62,765,729   
    

 

 

 

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals - 4.4%

  

Apple, Inc.

    382,686         40,281,528   
    

 

 

 

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods - 2.2%

  

NIKE, Inc., Class B

    222,606         13,912,875   

Under Armour, Inc., Class A (A) (B)

    80,785         6,512,079   
    

 

 

 
       20,424,954   
    

 

 

 

Tobacco - 1.0%

  

Altria Group, Inc.

    156,157         9,089,899   
    

 

 

 

Total Common Stocks
(Cost $702,989,887)

       916,389,186   
    

 

 

 

SECURITIES LENDING COLLATERAL - 10.1%

  

State Street Navigator Securities Lending Trust - Prime Portfolio, 0.31% (C)

    93,409,717         93,409,717   
    

 

 

 

Total Securities Lending Collateral
(Cost $93,409,717)

       93,409,717   
    

 

 

 
     Principal      Value  

REPURCHASE AGREEMENT - 1.0%

  

State Street Bank and Trust Co. 0.03% (C), dated 12/31/2015, to be repurchased at $8,883,941 on 01/04/2016. Collateralized by a U.S. Government Obligation, 0.63%, due 04/30/2018, and with a value of $9,065,250.

    $  8,883,912           8,883,912   
    

 

 

 

Total Repurchase Agreement
(Cost $8,883,912)

       8,883,912   
    

 

 

 

Total Investments
(Cost $805,283,516) (D)

       1,018,682,815   

Net Other Assets (Liabilities) - (10.1)%

       (93,225,210
    

 

 

 

Net Assets - 100.0%

       $  925,457,605   
    

 

 

 
 

 

The Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this report.

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Transamerica Partners Large Growth Portfolio

 

 

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (continued)

At December 31, 2015

 

SECURITY VALUATION:

 

Valuation Inputs (E)

 

     Level 1 -
Unadjusted
Quoted Prices
    Level 2 -
Other Significant
Observable Inputs
    Level 3 -
Significant
Unobservable Inputs
    Value at
December 31, 2015
 

ASSETS

       

Investments

       

Common Stocks

  $ 897,790,348      $ 18,598,838      $      $ 916,389,186   

Securities Lending Collateral

    93,409,717                      93,409,717   

Repurchase Agreement

           8,883,912               8,883,912   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Investments

  $ 991,200,065      $ 27,482,750      $      $ 1,018,682,815   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

FOOTNOTES TO SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS:

 

(A)  Non-income producing security.
(B)  All or a portion of the security is on loan. The total value of all securities on loan is $91,440,969. 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.
(C)  Rate disclosed reflects the yield at December 31, 2015.
(D)  Aggregate cost for federal income tax purposes is $806,364,670. Aggregate gross unrealized appreciation and depreciation for all securities is $235,082,301 and $22,764,156, respectively. Net unrealized appreciation for tax purposes is $212,318,145.
(E)  The Portfolio recognizes transfers between Levels at the end of the reporting year. There were no transfers between Levels 1, 2 and 3 during the year ended December 31, 2015. See the Security Valuation section of the Notes to Financial Statements for more information regarding security valuation and pricing inputs.

PORTFOLIO ABBREVIATION:

 

ADR    American Depositary Receipt

 

The Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this report.

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SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS

At December 31, 2015

 

     Shares      Value  

COMMON STOCKS - 96.9%

    

Aerospace & Defense - 0.4%

    

BWX Technologies, Inc.

    102,400         $  3,253,248   
    

 

 

 

Airlines - 0.8%

  

Alaska Air Group, Inc.

    24,700         1,988,597   

Copa Holdings SA, Class A (A)

    99,200         4,787,392   
    

 

 

 
       6,775,989   
    

 

 

 

Banks - 5.0%

  

CIT Group, Inc.

    176,600         7,011,020   

Citizens Financial Group, Inc.

    130,034         3,405,591   

Fifth Third Bancorp

    310,162         6,234,256   

First Republic Bank, Class A

    115,829         7,651,664   

Huntington Bancshares, Inc., Class A (A)

    137,760         1,523,626   

M&T Bank Corp. (A)

    56,934         6,899,228   

SunTrust Banks, Inc.

    138,385         5,928,413   

Zions Bancorporation (A)

    42,640         1,164,072   
    

 

 

 
       39,817,870   
    

 

 

 

Beverages - 1.0%

  

Constellation Brands, Inc., Class A

    25,150         3,582,366   

Dr. Pepper Snapple Group, Inc.

    50,178         4,676,590   
    

 

 

 
       8,258,956   
    

 

 

 

Building Products - 0.5%

  

Fortune Brands Home & Security, Inc. (A)

    68,721         3,814,016   
    

 

 

 

Capital Markets - 2.2%

  

Ameriprise Financial, Inc.

    45,211         4,811,355   

Invesco, Ltd.

    108,085         3,618,686   

Legg Mason, Inc.

    47,279         1,854,755   

Northern Trust Corp.

    38,043         2,742,520   

T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. (A)

    63,572         4,544,762   
    

 

 

 
       17,572,078   
    

 

 

 

Chemicals - 1.1%

  

Airgas, Inc.

    23,130         3,199,341   

Albemarle Corp. (A)

    43,714         2,448,421   

Sherwin-Williams Co.

    11,626         3,018,110   
    

 

 

 
       8,665,872   
    

 

 

 

Commercial Services & Supplies - 1.0%

  

ADT Corp. (A)

    231,253         7,626,724   
    

 

 

 

Communications Equipment - 1.6%

  

ARRIS Group, Inc. (B)

    170,600         5,215,242   

CommScope Holding Co., Inc. (B)

    78,051         2,020,740   

EchoStar Corp., Class A (B)

    150,524         5,886,994   
    

 

 

 
       13,122,976   
    

 

 

 

Consumer Finance - 1.1%

  

Ally Financial, Inc. (B)

    137,604         2,564,939   

Navient Corp. (A)

    517,300         5,923,085   
    

 

 

 
       8,488,024   
    

 

 

 

Containers & Packaging - 3.1%

  

Ball Corp. (A)

    48,639         3,537,515   

Bemis Co., Inc.

    137,500         6,144,875   

Rexam PLC, ADR

    144,788         6,474,919   

Silgan Holdings, Inc.

    92,621         4,975,600   

WestRock Co.

    81,194         3,704,070   
    

 

 

 
       24,836,979   
    

 

 

 

Distributors - 0.5%

  

Genuine Parts Co.

    47,081         4,043,787   
    

 

 

 
     Shares      Value  

COMMON STOCKS (continued)

    

Diversified Consumer Services - 0.6%

  

H&R Block, Inc. (A)

    140,400         $  4,676,724   
    

 

 

 

Electric Utilities - 4.8%

  

Edison International

    60,017         3,553,606   

PPL Corp.

    447,100         15,259,523   

Westar Energy, Inc., Class A

    212,538         9,013,737   

Xcel Energy, Inc. (A)

    299,015         10,737,629   
    

 

 

 
       38,564,495   
    

 

 

 

Electrical Equipment - 1.3%

  

AMETEK, Inc., Class A

    69,327         3,715,234   

Hubbell, Inc.

    45,757         4,623,287   

Regal Beloit Corp.

    42,235         2,471,592   
    

 

 

 
       10,810,113   
    

 

 

 

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components - 1.2%

  

Amphenol Corp., Class A

    71,221         3,719,873   

Arrow Electronics, Inc. (B)

    111,520         6,042,153   
    

 

 

 
       9,762,026   
    

 

 

 

Energy Equipment & Services - 0.5%

  

Nabors Industries, Ltd.

    511,000         4,348,610   
    

 

 

 

Food & Staples Retailing - 2.7%

  

Kroger Co.

    136,359         5,703,897   

Rite Aid Corp. (B)

    414,730         3,251,483   

Sysco Corp.

    181,900         7,457,900   

Whole Foods Market, Inc. (A)

    145,500         4,874,250   
    

 

 

 
       21,287,530   
    

 

 

 

Food Products - 1.9%

  

ConAgra Foods, Inc.

    96,500         4,068,440   

Hershey Co.

    31,769         2,836,019   

Kellogg Co.

    113,800         8,224,326   
    

 

 

 
       15,128,785   
    

 

 

 

Gas Utilities - 0.9%

  

National Fuel Gas Co. (A)

    50,557         2,161,312   

Questar Corp. (A)

    266,517         5,191,751   
    

 

 

 
       7,353,063   
    

 

 

 

Health Care Equipment & Supplies - 0.4%

  

Sirona Dental Systems, Inc. (B)

    31,300         3,429,541   
    

 

 

 

Health Care Providers & Services - 4.7%

  

AmerisourceBergen Corp., Class A

    48,491         5,029,002   

Cardinal Health, Inc.

    48,600         4,338,522   

Cigna Corp.

    34,636         5,068,286   

Henry Schein, Inc. (A) (B)

    19,346         3,060,344   

Humana, Inc., Class A

    28,154         5,025,770   

Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings (B)

    67,300         8,320,972   

MEDNAX, Inc. (A) (B)

    58,500         4,192,110   

Universal Health Services, Inc., Class B

    20,382         2,435,445   
    

 

 

 
       37,470,451   
    

 

 

 

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure - 0.4%

  

Marriott International, Inc., Class A (A)

    42,111         2,823,122   

Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc.

    7,819         541,700   
    

 

 

 
       3,364,822   
    

 

 

 

Household Durables - 1.5%

  

Jarden Corp. (B)

    95,144         5,434,625   

Mohawk Industries, Inc. (B)

    36,832         6,975,613   
    

 

 

 
       12,410,238   
    

 

 

 
 

 

The Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this report.

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SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (continued)

At December 31, 2015

 

     Shares      Value  

COMMON STOCKS (continued)

    

Household Products - 0.2%

  

Energizer Holdings, Inc.

    41,126         $  1,400,752   
    

 

 

 

Independent Power and Renewable Electricity Producers - 0.8%

  

Talen Energy Corp. (A) (B)

    1,074,855         6,696,347   
    

 

 

 

Industrial Conglomerates - 0.6%

  

Carlisle Cos., Inc.

    50,491         4,478,047   
    

 

 

 

Insurance - 12.1%

  

Alleghany Corp. (B)

    26,948         12,879,258   

Allstate Corp.

    171,800         10,667,062   

Assured Guaranty, Ltd.

    167,300         4,421,739   

Chubb Corp., Class A

    32,384         4,295,414   

Fairfax Financial Holdings, Ltd.

    18,900         8,901,900   

FNF Group

    213,400         7,398,578   

Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc.

    109,642         4,765,041   

Loews Corp.

    422,631         16,229,030   

Marsh & McLennan Cos., Inc.

    98,786         5,477,684   

Progressive Corp.

    320,095         10,179,021   

Unum Group

    111,290         3,704,844   

Willis Group Holdings PLC

    44,100         2,141,937   

WR Berkley Corp.

    30,681         1,679,785   

XL Group PLC, Class A

    119,390         4,677,700   
    

 

 

 
       97,418,993   
    

 

 

 

Internet & Catalog Retail - 1.0%

  

Expedia, Inc.

    44,912         5,582,562   

Liberty Ventures, Series A (B)

    46,400         2,093,104   
    

 

 

 
       7,675,666   
    

 

 

 

Internet Software & Services - 0.0% (C)

  

Match Group, Inc. (A) (B)

    16,800         227,640   
    

 

 

 

IT Services - 2.9%

  

Amdocs, Ltd.

    113,000         6,166,410   

Computer Sciences Corp.

    124,700         4,075,196   

Jack Henry & Associates, Inc.

    95,588         7,461,599   

Western Union Co. (A)

    301,600         5,401,656   
    

 

 

 
       23,104,861   
    

 

 

 

Life Sciences Tools & Services - 0.8%

  

Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc., Class A (B)

    45,444         6,301,265   
    

 

 

 

Machinery - 1.3%

  

IDEX Corp.

    58,459         4,478,544   

Rexnord Corp. (B)

    104,301         1,889,934   

Snap-on, Inc. (A)

    22,124         3,792,717   
    

 

 

 
       10,161,195   
    

 

 

 

Media - 6.9%

  

AMC Networks, Inc., Class A (A) (B)

    37,300         2,785,564   

CBS Corp., Class B

    49,901         2,351,834   

Discovery Communications, Inc., Class C (B)

    358,900         9,051,458   

DISH Network Corp., Class A (B)

    67,636         3,867,426   

Liberty Media Corp., Class C (B)

    178,400         6,793,472   

Madison Square Garden Co., Class A (A) (B)

    49,500         8,009,100   

MSG Networks, Inc., Class A (B)

    106,800         2,221,440   

News Corp., Class B

    660,300         9,217,788   

Shaw Communications, Inc., Class B (A)

    368,000         6,325,920   

TEGNA, Inc.

    122,361         3,122,653   

Time, Inc.

    92,110         1,443,364   
    

 

 

 
       55,190,019   
    

 

 

 

Multi-Utilities - 5.8%

  

Alliant Energy Corp.

    174,800         10,916,260   

CenterPoint Energy, Inc.

    279,981         5,140,451   
     Shares      Value  

COMMON STOCKS (continued)

    

Multi-Utilities (continued)

  

CMS Energy Corp. (A)

    362,518         $  13,079,649   

SCANA Corp. (A)

    61,400         3,714,086   

Sempra Energy

    25,547         2,401,674   

WEC Energy Group, Inc. (A)

    222,417         11,412,216   
    

 

 

 
       46,664,336   
    

 

 

 

Multiline Retail - 1.0%

  

Kohl’s Corp. (A)

    118,080         5,624,150   

Nordstrom, Inc. (A)

    53,449         2,662,295   
    

 

 

 
       8,286,445   
    

 

 

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels - 2.9%

  

Chesapeake Energy Corp. (A)

    412,300         1,855,350   

Columbia Pipeline Group, Inc.

    235,670         4,713,400   

Energen Corp. (A)

    144,590         5,926,744   

EQT Corp.

    99,025         5,162,173   

Marathon Petroleum Corp.

    35,700         1,850,688   

PBF Energy, Inc., Class A

    65,977         2,428,614   

Southwestern Energy Co. (A) (B)

    187,239         1,331,269   
    

 

 

 
       23,268,238   
    

 

 

 

Personal Products - 0.4%

  

Edgewell Personal Care Co.

    39,177         3,070,302   
    

 

 

 

Professional Services - 0.4%

  

Equifax, Inc.

    30,585         3,406,251   
    

 

 

 

Real Estate Investment Trusts - 7.7%

  

American Campus Communities, Inc. (A)

    69,547         2,875,073   

American Homes 4 Rent, Class A

    97,973         1,632,230   

Annaly Capital Management, Inc.

    1,455,100         13,648,838   

AvalonBay Communities, Inc.

    27,037         4,978,323   

Boston Properties, Inc.

    23,325         2,974,870   

Brixmor Property Group, Inc.

    140,705         3,633,003   

Equinix, Inc. (A)

    14,384         4,349,722   

General Growth Properties, Inc.

    136,512         3,714,491   

HCP, Inc.

    58,116         2,222,356   

Kimco Realty Corp.

    179,648         4,753,486   

LaSalle Hotel Properties

    44,900         1,129,684   

Outfront Media, Inc.

    93,960         2,051,147   

Rayonier, Inc. (A)

    100,031         2,220,688   

Regency Centers Corp.

    40,529         2,760,835   

Vornado Realty Trust, Class A

    45,384         4,536,585   

Weyerhaeuser Co.

    105,366         3,158,873   

WP Carey, Inc. (A)

    19,249         1,135,691   
    

 

 

 
       61,775,895   
    

 

 

 

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment - 2.2%

  

Analog Devices, Inc., Class A

    66,741         3,692,112   

KLA-Tencor Corp.

    37,373         2,591,817   

Micron Technology, Inc. (B)

    346,100         4,900,776   

NVIDIA Corp. (A)

    61,500         2,027,040   

Xilinx, Inc.

    90,181         4,235,802   
    

 

 

 
       17,447,547   
    

 

 

 

Software - 2.2%

  

CA, Inc.

    188,700         5,389,272   

Citrix Systems, Inc. (B)

    24,800         1,876,120   

Synopsys, Inc. (B)

    218,689         9,974,405   
    

 

 

 
       17,239,797   
    

 

 

 

Specialty Retail - 3.6%

  

Abercrombie & Fitch Co., Class A (A)

    149,400         4,033,800   

AutoZone, Inc. (B)

    6,290         4,666,614   
 

 

The Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this report.

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SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (continued)

At December 31, 2015

 

     Shares      Value  

COMMON STOCKS (continued)

    

Specialty Retail (continued)

  

Bed Bath & Beyond, Inc. (A) (B)

    175,794         $  8,482,061   

Best Buy Co., Inc. (A)

    135,741         4,133,313   

Gap, Inc., Class A (A)

    145,798         3,601,211   

Tiffany & Co. (A)

    53,081         4,049,549   
    

 

 

 
       28,966,548   
    

 

 

 

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals - 1.8%

  

NetApp, Inc. (A)

    266,500         7,070,245   

Western Digital Corp.

    121,500         7,296,075   
    

 

 

 
       14,366,320   
    

 

 

 

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods - 1.6%

  

Fossil Group, Inc. (A) (B)

    136,100         4,975,816   

Michael Kors Holdings, Ltd. (B)

    78,100         3,128,686   

PVH Corp.

    40,599         2,990,116   

VF Corp.

    28,318         1,762,796   
    

 

 

 
       12,857,414   
    

 

 

 

Thrifts & Mortgage Finance - 0.3%

  

Ocwen Financial Corp., Class B (A) (B)

    333,451         2,324,153   
    

 

 

 

Trading Companies & Distributors - 0.4%

  

MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc., Class A (A)

    60,812         3,421,891   
    

 

 

 

Water Utilities - 0.8%

  

American Water Works Co., Inc.

    102,100         6,100,475   
    

 

 

 

Total Common Stocks
(Cost $703,553,715)

       776,733,314   
    

 

 

 
     Shares      Value  

SECURITIES LENDING COLLATERAL - 17.9%

  

  

State Street Navigator Securities Lending Trust - Prime Portfolio, 0.31% (D)

    143,733,430         $  143,733,430   
    

 

 

 

Total Securities Lending Collateral
(Cost $143,733,430)

   

     143,733,430   
    

 

 

 
     Principal      Value  

REPURCHASE AGREEMENT - 3.0%

    

State Street Bank & Trust Co. 0.03% (D), dated 12/31/2015, to be repurchased at $24,030,759 on 01/04/2016. Collateralized by U.S. Government Agency Obligations, 1.00%, due 09/20/2017 - 09/27/2017, and with a total value of $24,513,944.

    $  24,030,679         24,030,679   
    

 

 

 

Total Repurchase Agreement
(Cost $24,030,679)

       24,030,679   
    

 

 

 

Total Investments
(Cost $871,317,824) (E)

       944,497,423   

Net Other Assets (Liabilities) - (17.8)%

       (142,643,731
    

 

 

 

Net Assets - 100.0%

       $  801,853,692   
    

 

 

 
 

SECURITY VALUATION:

 

Valuation Inputs (F)

 

      Level 1 -
Unadjusted
Quoted Prices
    Level 2 -
Other Significant
Observable Inputs
    Level 3 -
Significant
Unobservable Inputs
    Value at
December 31, 2015
 

ASSETS

        

Investments

        

Common Stocks

   $ 776,733,314      $      $      $ 776,733,314   

Securities Lending Collateral

     143,733,430                      143,733,430   

Repurchase Agreement

            24,030,679               24,030,679   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Investments

   $   920,466,744      $   24,030,679      $   —      $   944,497,423   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

FOOTNOTES TO SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS:

 

(A)  All or a portion of the security is on loan. The total value of all securities on loan is $140,152,439. 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)  Non-income producing security.
(C)  Percentage rounds to less than 0.1% or (0.1)%.
(D)  Rate disclosed reflects the yield at December 31, 2015.
(E)  Aggregate cost for federal income tax purposes is $883,731,976. Aggregate gross unrealized appreciation and depreciation for all securities is $118,184,179 and $57,418,732, respectively. Net unrealized appreciation for tax purposes is $60,765,447.
(F)  The Portfolio recognizes transfers between Levels at the end of the reporting year. There were no transfers between Levels 1, 2 and 3 during the year ended December 31, 2015. See the Security Valuation section of the Notes to Financial Statements for more information regarding security valuation and pricing inputs.

PORTFOLIO ABBREVIATION:

 

ADR    American Depositary Receipt

 

The Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this report.

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SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS

At December 31, 2015

 

     Shares      Value  

COMMON STOCKS - 99.4%

    

Aerospace & Defense - 2.8%

    

Spirit Aerosystems Holdings, Inc., Class A (A)

    60,487         $  3,028,584   
    

 

 

 

Airlines - 1.8%

    

JetBlue Airways Corp. (A)

    83,640         1,894,446   
    

 

 

 

Auto Components - 3.7%

    

BorgWarner, Inc.

    91,602         3,959,954   
    

 

 

 

Banks - 6.9%

    

CIT Group, Inc.

    81,363         3,230,111   

Comerica, Inc., Class A

    62,309         2,606,385   

First Republic Bank, Class A

    24,414         1,612,789   
    

 

 

 
       7,449,285   
    

 

 

 

Beverages - 1.2%

    

Boston Beer Co., Inc., Class A (A)

    6,539         1,320,289   
    

 

 

 

Biotechnology - 1.4%

    

BioMarin Pharmaceutical, Inc. (A)

    14,101         1,477,221   
    

 

 

 

Chemicals - 1.5%

    

RPM International, Inc.

    35,914         1,582,371   
    

 

 

 

Communications Equipment - 3.8%

    

F5 Networks, Inc., Class B (A)

    27,745         2,690,155   

Harris Corp.

    16,828         1,462,353   
    

 

 

 
       4,152,508   
    

 

 

 

Construction Materials - 3.1%

    

Eagle Materials, Inc.

    55,585         3,359,002   
    

 

 

 

Consumer Finance - 2.5%

    

Ally Financial, Inc. (A)

    83,104         1,549,058   

Discover Financial Services

    21,982         1,178,675   
    

 

 

 
       2,727,733   
    

 

 

 

Diversified Consumer Services - 3.0%

    

ServiceMaster Global Holdings, Inc. (A)

    82,930         3,254,173   
    

 

 

 

Food & Staples Retailing - 2.1%

    

Rite Aid Corp. (A)

    288,238         2,259,786   
    

 

 

 

Food Products - 2.3%

    

WhiteWave Foods Co., Class A (A)

    63,828         2,483,547   
    

 

 

 

Health Care Equipment & Supplies - 4.4%

    

Align Technology, Inc. (A) (B)

    34,241         2,254,770   

Boston Scientific Corp. (A)

    133,429         2,460,431   
    

 

 

 
       4,715,201   
    

 

 

 

Health Care Providers & Services - 9.7%

    

Cardinal Health, Inc.

    35,761         3,192,385   

Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings (A)

    23,849         2,948,690   

Team Health Holdings, Inc. (A)

    25,334         1,111,909   

Universal Health Services, Inc., Class B

    26,815         3,204,124   
    

 

 

 
       10,457,108   
    

 

 

 

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure - 2.5%

    

Wyndham Worldwide Corp. (B)

    36,703         2,666,473   
    

 

 

 

Household Durables - 4.3%

    

Mohawk Industries, Inc. (A)

    13,662         2,587,446   

Whirlpool Corp.

    13,996         2,055,593   
    

 

 

 
       4,643,039   
    

 

 

 

Insurance - 2.8%

    

Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc.

    69,033         3,000,174   
    

 

 

 

Internet Software & Services - 3.0%

    

IAC/InterActiveCorp

    53,437         3,208,892   
    

 

 

 
     Shares      Value  

COMMON STOCKS (continued)

    

IT Services - 3.1%

    

Sabre Corp.

    118,840         $  3,323,955   
    

 

 

 

Life Sciences Tools & Services - 1.9%

  

  

Bio-Techne Corp. (B)

    23,396         2,105,640   
    

 

 

 

Machinery - 1.5%

    

WABCO Holdings, Inc. (A)

    15,530         1,588,098   
    

 

 

 

Media - 2.4%

    

Starz, Class A (A)

    77,179         2,585,497   
    

 

 

 

Multiline Retail - 2.9%

    

Dollar General Corp.

    43,008         3,090,985   
    

 

 

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels - 3.0%

  

  

EQT Corp. (B)

    62,507         3,258,490   
    

 

 

 

Pharmaceuticals - 3.4%

    

Mylan NV (A)

    67,095         3,627,827   
    

 

 

 

Professional Services - 2.2%

    

Equifax, Inc.

    21,760         2,423,411   
    

 

 

 

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment - 2.8%

  

NXP Semiconductors NV (A)

    35,759         3,012,696   
    

 

 

 

Software - 2.3%

    

Fortinet, Inc. (A) (B)

    80,849         2,520,063   
    

 

 

 

Specialty Retail - 4.4%

    

Foot Locker, Inc. (B)

    48,840         3,178,996   

Signet Jewelers, Ltd.

    12,841         1,588,303   
    

 

 

 
       4,767,299   
    

 

 

 

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods - 3.0%

  

Gildan Activewear, Inc., Class A

    113,941         3,238,203   
    

 

 

 

Trading Companies & Distributors - 3.7%

  

Air Lease Corp., Class A (B)

    118,887         3,980,337   
    

 

 

 

Total Common Stocks
(Cost $106,792,403)

       107,162,287   
    

 

 

 

SECURITIES LENDING COLLATERAL - 11.9%

  

  

State Street Navigator Securities Lending Trust - Prime Portfolio, 0.31% (C)

    12,835,455         12,835,455   
    

 

 

 

Total Securities Lending Collateral
(Cost $12,835,455)

       12,835,455   
    

 

 

 
     Principal      Value  

REPURCHASE AGREEMENT - 0.6%

    

State Street Bank and Trust Co. 0.03% (C), dated 12/31/2015, to be repurchased at $598,776 on 01/04/2016. Collateralized by a U.S. Government Obligation, 0.63%, due 04/30/2018, and with a value of $612,250.

    $  598,774         598,774   
    

 

 

 

Total Repurchase Agreement
(Cost $598,774)

       598,774   
    

 

 

 

Total Investments
(Cost $120,226,632)
(D)

       120,596,516   

Net Other Assets (Liabilities) - (11.9)%

       (12,851,849
    

 

 

 

Net Assets - 100.0%

       $  107,744,667   
    

 

 

 
 

 

The Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this report.

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SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (continued)

At December 31, 2015

 

SECURITY VALUATION:

 

Valuation Inputs (E)

 

      Level 1 -
Unadjusted
Quoted Prices
     Level 2 -
Other Significant
Observable Inputs
     Level 3 -
Significant
Unobservable Inputs
     Value at
December 31, 2015
 

ASSETS

           

Investments

           

Common Stocks

   $ 107,162,287       $       $       $ 107,162,287   

Securities Lending Collateral

     12,835,455                         12,835,455   

Repurchase Agreement

             598,774                 598,774   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Investments

   $   119,997,742       $ 598,774       $       $ 120,596,516   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

FOOTNOTES TO SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS:

 

(A)  Non-income producing security.
(B)  All or a portion of the security is on loan. The total value of all securities on loan is $12,545,269. 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.
(C)  Rate disclosed reflects the yield at December 31, 2015.
(D)  Aggregate cost for federal income tax purposes is $120,344,473. Aggregate gross unrealized appreciation and depreciation for all securities is $7,355,033 and $7,102,990, respectively. Net unrealized appreciation for tax purposes is $252,043.
(E)  The Portfolio recognizes transfers between Levels at the end of the reporting year. There were no transfers between Levels 1, 2 and 3 during the year ended December 31, 2015. See the Security Valuation section of the Notes to Financial Statements for more information regarding security valuation and pricing inputs.

 

The Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this report.

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SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS

At December 31, 2015

 

     Shares      Value  

COMMON STOCKS - 98.1%

    

Airlines - 1.3%

    

Hawaiian Holdings, Inc. (A)

    25,260         $  892,436   
    

 

 

 

Auto Components - 1.4%

    

American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings, Inc. (A)

    49,297         933,685   
    

 

 

 

Banks - 14.4%

    

Ameris Bancorp (B)

    21,800         740,982   

Banc of California, Inc. (B)

    66,400         970,768   

Banner Corp.

    21,960         1,007,086   

CenterState Banks, Inc.

    58,544         916,214   

Glacier Bancorp, Inc.

    42,730         1,133,627   

Great Southern Bancorp, Inc. (B)

    16,802         760,458   

International Bancshares Corp.

    34,343         882,615   

Investors Bancorp, Inc. (B)

    92,400         1,149,456   

Southwest Bancorp, Inc.

    36,349         635,381   

TriCo Bancshares

    34,543         947,860   

Triumph Bancorp, Inc. (A) (B)

    37,777         623,320   
    

 

 

 
       9,767,767   
    

 

 

 

Building Products - 1.6%

    

Griffon Corp. (B)

    59,280         1,055,184   
    

 

 

 

Capital Markets - 1.4%

    

Evercore Partners, Inc., Class A

    17,350         938,115   
    

 

 

 

Chemicals - 1.2%

    

Cabot Corp.

    20,390         833,543   
    

 

 

 

Commercial Services & Supplies - 2.9%

    

Deluxe Corp. (B)

    17,550         957,177   

Multi-Color Corp.

    16,800         1,004,808   
    

 

 

 
       1,961,985   
    

 

 

 

Communications Equipment - 2.8%

    

Ciena Corp. (A) (B)

    44,700         924,843   

Ixia (A)

    78,200         972,026   
    

 

 

 
       1,896,869   
    

 

 

 

Construction & Engineering - 1.9%

    

EMCOR Group, Inc.

    27,300         1,311,492   
    

 

 

 

Diversified Financial Services - 0.9%

    

Gain Capital Holdings, Inc., Class A (B)

    73,800         598,518   
    

 

 

 

Electric Utilities - 2.0%

    

PNM Resources, Inc.

    44,600         1,363,422   
    

 

 

 

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components - 2.1%

  

ePlus, Inc. (A)

    11,899         1,109,701   

InvenSense, Inc., Class A (A) (B)

    33,287         340,526   
    

 

 

 
       1,450,227   
    

 

 

 

Energy Equipment & Services - 1.1%

    

Atwood Oceanics, Inc. (B)

    28,900         295,647   

Rowan Cos. PLC, Class A (B)

    26,860         455,277   
    

 

 

 
       750,924   
    

 

 

 

Food & Staples Retailing - 1.2%

    

Ingles Markets, Inc., Class A (B)

    18,215         802,917   
    

 

 

 

Gas Utilities - 3.7%

    

ONE Gas, Inc. (B)

    27,552         1,382,284   

Southwest Gas Corp.

    21,000         1,158,360   
    

 

 

 
       2,540,644   
    

 

 

 

Health Care Equipment & Supplies - 1.1%

    

Merit Medical Systems, Inc. (A)

    40,130         746,017   
    

 

 

 
     Shares      Value  

COMMON STOCKS (continued)

    

Health Care Providers & Services - 2.3%

    

HealthSouth Corp. (B)

    18,610         $  647,814   

LHC Group, Inc. (A)

    19,790         896,289   
    

 

 

 
       1,544,103   
    

 

 

 

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure - 1.6%

  

Jack in the Box, Inc.

    13,970         1,071,639   
    

 

 

 

Household Durables - 3.7%

  

Helen of Troy, Ltd. (A)

    9,770         920,823   

Taylor Morrison Home Corp., Class A (A) (B)

    46,600         745,600   

WCI Communities, Inc. (A)

    38,844         865,444   
    

 

 

 
       2,531,867   
    

 

 

 

Household Products - 0.9%

  

Central Garden & Pet Co., Class A (A)

    46,219         628,578   
    

 

 

 

Insurance - 6.1%

  

American Equity Investment Life Holding Co. (B)

    45,600         1,095,768   

Employers Holdings, Inc.

    40,581         1,107,861   

Selective Insurance Group, Inc.

    28,593         960,153   

Stewart Information Services Corp.

    26,844         1,002,087   
    

 

 

 
       4,165,869   
    

 

 

 

Internet & Catalog Retail - 0.1%

  

1-800-Flowers.com, Inc., Class A (A)

    11,543         84,033   
    

 

 

 

Internet Software & Services - 1.8%

    

j2 Global, Inc. (B)

    14,920         1,228,214   
    

 

 

 

IT Services - 1.6%

  

Convergys Corp. (B)

    44,600         1,110,094   
    

 

 

 

Leisure Products - 1.5%

  

Nautilus, Inc., Class A (A)

    62,088         1,038,111   
    

 

 

 

Life Sciences Tools & Services - 1.9%

  

INC Research Holdings, Inc., Class A (A)

    26,560         1,288,426   
    

 

 

 

Machinery - 1.4%

  

Timken Co.

    33,960         970,916   
    

 

 

 

Media - 1.1%

  

Entravision Communications Corp., Class A

    99,168         764,585   
    

 

 

 

Metals & Mining - 1.1%

  

Materion Corp.

    26,582         744,296   
    

 

 

 

Multi-Utilities - 1.1%

  

Black Hills Corp.

    15,330         711,772   
    

 

 

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels - 1.1%

  

Alon USA Energy, Inc. (B)

    48,000         712,320   
    

 

 

 

Paper & Forest Products - 1.1%

  

Neenah Paper, Inc.

    12,100         755,403   
    

 

 

 

Pharmaceuticals - 1.0%

  

Prestige Brands Holdings, Inc. (A)

    13,440         691,891   
    

 

 

 

Professional Services - 1.7%

    

TrueBlue, Inc. (A)

    44,147         1,137,227   
    

 

 

 

Real Estate Investment Trusts - 16.3%

    

DCT Industrial Trust, Inc. (B)

    35,200         1,315,424   

DuPont Fabros Technology, Inc. (B)

    41,120         1,307,205   

First Industrial Realty Trust, Inc.

    45,290         1,002,268   

Highwoods Properties, Inc.

    19,740         860,664   

Mack-Cali Realty Corp.

    43,280         1,010,588   

Monogram Residential Trust, Inc.

    129,271         1,261,685   

Ryman Hospitality Properties, Inc.

    13,570         700,755   

STORE Capital Corp. (B)

    51,730         1,200,136   

Sun Communities, Inc.

    17,800         1,219,834   
 

 

The Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this report.

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SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (continued)

At December 31, 2015

 

     Shares      Value  

COMMON STOCKS (continued)

    

Real Estate Investment Trusts (continued)

  

Urban Edge Properties

    50,330         $  1,180,238   
    

 

 

 
       11,058,797   
    

 

 

 

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment - 1.2%

  

Rudolph Technologies, Inc. (A)

    55,997         796,277   
    

 

 

 

Software - 1.1%

    

VASCO Data Security International, Inc. (A) (B)

    42,630         713,200   
    

 

 

 

Specialty Retail - 1.6%

    

Caleres, Inc.

    16,488         442,208   

Kirkland’s, Inc.

    41,961         608,435   
    

 

 

 
       1,050,643   
    

 

 

 

Thrifts & Mortgage Finance - 3.7%

    

First Defiance Financial Corp., Class A

    18,613         703,199   

Northwest Bancshares, Inc.

    77,300         1,035,047   

WSFS Financial Corp. (B)

    22,703         734,669   
    

 

 

 
       2,472,915   
    

 

 

 

Trading Companies & Distributors - 2.1%

  

Aircastle, Ltd.

    28,369         592,628   

MRC Global, Inc. (A) (B)

    64,740         835,146   
    

 

 

 
       1,427,774   
    

 

 

 

Total Common Stocks
(Cost $65,273,600)

       66,542,695   
    

 

 

 
     Shares      Value  

SECURITIES LENDING COLLATERAL - 21.8%

  

  

State Street Navigator Securities Lending Trust - Prime Portfolio, 0.31% (C)

    14,799,186         $  14,799,186   
    

 

 

 

Total Securities Lending Collateral (Cost $14,799,186)

       14,799,186   
    

 

 

 
     Principal      Value  

REPURCHASE AGREEMENT - 0.8%

    

State Street Bank & Trust Co. 0.03% (C), dated 12/31/2015, to be repurchased at $513,592 on 01/04/2016. Collateralized by a U.S. Government Obligation, 0.63%, due 04/30/2018, and with a value of $528,313.

    $  513,591         513,591   
    

 

 

 

Total Repurchase Agreement (Cost $513,591)

       513,591   
    

 

 

 

Total Investments
(Cost $80,586,377) (D)

       81,855,472   

Net Other Assets (Liabilities) - (20.7)%

       (14,034,034
    

 

 

 

Net Assets - 100.0%

       $  67,821,438   
    

 

 

 
 

SECURITY VALUATION:

 

Valuation Inputs (E)

 

     Level 1 -
Unadjusted
Quoted Prices
    Level 2 -
Other Significant
Observable Inputs
    Level 3 -
Significant
Unobservable Inputs
    Value at
December 31, 2015
 

ASSETS

       

Investments

       

Common Stocks

  $ 66,542,695      $      $      $ 66,542,695   

Securities Lending Collateral

    14,799,186                      14,799,186   

Repurchase Agreement

           513,591               513,591   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Investments

  $   81,341,881      $   513,591      $   —      $   81,855,472   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

FOOTNOTES TO SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS:

 

(A)  Non-income producing security.
(B)  All or a portion of the security is on loan. The total value of all securities on loan is $14,443,765. 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.
(C)  Rate disclosed reflects the yield at December 31, 2015.
(D)  Aggregate cost for federal income tax purposes is $80,644,087. Aggregate gross unrealized appreciation and depreciation for all securities is $3,799,004 and $2,587,619, respectively. Net unrealized appreciation for tax purposes is $1,211,385.
(E)  The Portfolio recognizes transfers between Levels at the end of the reporting year. There were no transfers between Levels 1, 2 and 3 during the year ended December 31, 2015. See the Security Valuation section of the Notes to Financial Statements for more information regarding security valuation and pricing inputs.

 

The Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this report.

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SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS

At December 31, 2015

 

     Shares      Value  

COMMON STOCKS - 98.6%

    

Aerospace & Defense - 0.6%

    

Ducommun, Inc. (A)

    37,110         $  601,924   

Triumph Group, Inc.

    20,420         811,695   
    

 

 

 
       1,413,619   
    

 

 

 

Air Freight & Logistics - 0.7%

    

Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, Inc. (A)

    21,000         868,140   

Hub Group, Inc., Class A (A)

    23,100         761,145   
    

 

 

 
       1,629,285   
    

 

 

 

Auto Components - 0.5%

    

Modine Manufacturing Co. (A)

    75,105         679,700   

Superior Industries International, Inc.

    31,475         579,770   
    

 

 

 
       1,259,470   
    

 

 

 

Banks - 4.5%

    

BBCN Bancorp, Inc.

    46,040         792,809   

Cardinal Financial Corp.

    31,685         720,834   

Cathay General Bancorp

    27,560         863,455   

Central Pacific Financial Corp.

    39,075         860,432   

Eagle Bancorp, Inc. (A) (B)

    15,490         781,780   

Enterprise Financial Services Corp.

    23,320         661,122   

First BanCorp (A)

    199,535         648,489   

First Merchants Corp.

    26,815         681,637   

First NBC Bank Holding Co. (A)

    21,800         815,102   

Hanmi Financial Corp., Class B

    31,300         742,436   

National Bank Holdings Corp., Class A

    39,000         833,430   

Popular, Inc.

    25,465         721,678   

Preferred Bank/Los Angeles CA

    19,395         640,423   

TriCo Bancshares

    24,135         662,264   
    

 

 

 
       10,425,891   
    

 

 

 

Biotechnology - 0.7%

    

AMAG Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (A) (B)

    28,865         871,434   

PDL Biopharma, Inc.

    219,385         776,623   
    

 

 

 
       1,648,057   
    

 

 

 

Building Products - 0.3%

    

Universal Forest Products, Inc.

    11,500         786,255   
    

 

 

 

Capital Markets - 1.0%

    

Cowen Group, Inc., Class A (A) (B)

    205,270         786,184   

Janus Capital Group, Inc. (B)

    53,603         755,266   

Legg Mason, Inc.

    18,525         726,736   
    

 

 

 
       2,268,186   
    

 

 

 

Chemicals - 1.6%

    

Cabot Corp.

    19,610         801,657   

Koppers Holdings, Inc. (A)

    41,625         759,656   

Kronos Worldwide, Inc. (B)

    123,600         697,104   

Minerals Technologies, Inc.

    14,415         661,072   

Stepan Co.

    17,560         872,556   
    

 

 

 
       3,792,045   
    

 

 

 

Commercial Services & Supplies - 3.1%

    

ABM Industries, Inc.

    27,155         773,103   

ACCO Brands Corp. (A)

    103,255         736,208   

Brink’s Co.

    28,000         808,080   

Ennis, Inc.

    38,245         736,216   

Essendant, Inc. (B)

    23,525         764,798   

Pitney Bowes, Inc. (B)

    40,570         837,771   

Quad/Graphics, Inc.

    91,625         852,112   

R.R. Donnelley & Sons Co. (B)

    49,525         729,008   

Tetra Tech, Inc.

    32,095         835,112   
    

 

 

 
       7,072,408   
    

 

 

 
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Communications Equipment - 2.3%

    

Brocade Communications Systems, Inc.

    91,411         $  839,153   

Ciena Corp. (A) (B)

    36,560         756,426   

Comtech Telecommunications Corp.

    35,799         719,202   

Harmonic, Inc. (A) (B)

    133,138         541,872   

Ixia (A)

    62,500         776,875   

NETGEAR, Inc. (A)

    18,995         796,081   

Polycom, Inc. (A)

    65,277         821,837   
    

 

 

 
       5,251,446   
    

 

 

 

Construction & Engineering - 2.9%

    

AECOM (A) (B)

    28,690         861,561   

Aegion Corp., Class A (A)

    42,610         822,799   

Comfort Systems USA, Inc., Class A

    27,275         775,155   

EMCOR Group, Inc.

    17,440         837,818   

Jacobs Engineering Group, Inc. (A)

    19,940         836,483   

KBR, Inc.

    45,900         776,628   

Quanta Services, Inc. (A) (B)

    40,045         810,911   

Tutor Perini Corp. (A) (B)

    52,870         885,044   
    

 

 

 
       6,606,399   
    

 

 

 

Consumer Finance - 1.1%

    

Cash America International, Inc. (B)

    27,130         812,544   

Navient Corp. (B)

    69,580         796,691   

Nelnet, Inc., Class A

    26,395         886,080   
    

 

 

 
       2,495,315   
    

 

 

 

Containers & Packaging - 1.0%

    

Avery Dennison Corp.

    13,440         842,151   

Greif, Inc., Class A (B)

    24,340         749,915   

Sonoco Products Co. (B)

    20,355         831,909   
    

 

 

 
       2,423,975   
    

 

 

 

Diversified Consumer Services - 2.0%

    

Apollo Education Group, Inc., Class A (A)

    112,242         860,896   

Capella Education Co. (B)

    17,723         819,157   

DeVry Education Group, Inc. (B)

    35,400         895,974   

K12, Inc. (A)

    53,922         474,514   

Regis Corp. (A)

    55,120         779,948   

Strayer Education, Inc. (A) (B)

    14,709         884,305   
    

 

 

 
       4,714,794   
    

 

 

 

Diversified Telecommunication Services - 1.0%

  

Atlantic Tele-Network, Inc.

    10,740         840,190   

Inteliquent, Inc.

    40,050         711,689   

Vonage Holdings Corp. (A)

    138,680         796,023   
    

 

 

 
       2,347,902   
    

 

 

 

Electrical Equipment - 0.7%

    

General Cable Corp. (B)

    63,765         856,364   

Regal Beloit Corp.

    14,045         821,913   
    

 

 

 
       1,678,277   
    

 

 

 

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components - 6.2%

  

Anixter International, Inc. (A)

    13,080         789,901   

AVX Corp.

    45,300         549,942   

Benchmark Electronics, Inc. (A)

    36,385         752,078   

Celestica, Inc. (A)

    56,650         624,850   

Checkpoint Systems, Inc.

    93,765         587,907   

Coherent, Inc. (A)

    12,550         817,131   

CTS Corp.

    31,360         553,190   

DTS, Inc. (A)

    29,400         663,852   

II-VI, Inc. (A)

    47,815         887,446   
 

 

The Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this report.

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COMMON STOCKS (continued)

    

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components (continued)

  

Ingram Micro, Inc., Class A

    28,425         $  863,552   

Insight Enterprises, Inc. (A)

    27,150         682,008   

Jabil Circuit, Inc. (B)

    36,890         859,168   

Methode Electronics, Inc.

    25,080         798,296   

Orbotech, Ltd. (A)

    38,685         856,099   

Plexus Corp. (A)

    21,050         735,066   

Rofin-Sinar Technologies, Inc. (A)

    30,875         826,833   

SYNNEX Corp. (B)

    8,690         781,492   

Tech Data Corp. (A)

    11,730         778,637   

Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. (B)

    78,030         940,261   
    

 

 

 
       14,347,709   
    

 

 

 

Energy Equipment & Services - 2.4%

    

Ensco PLC, Class A (B)

    53,100         817,209   

Hornbeck Offshore Services, Inc. (A) (B)

    83,855         833,519   

McDermott International, Inc. (A)

    215,315         721,305   

Nabors Industries, Ltd.

    90,090         766,666   

Parker Drilling Co. (A) (B)

    199,610         363,290   

Pioneer Energy Services Corp. (A)

    246,685         535,306   

Rowan Cos. PLC, Class A (B)

    44,200         749,190   

Superior Energy Services, Inc. (B)

    58,440         787,187   
    

 

 

 
       5,573,672   
    

 

 

 

Food & Staples Retailing - 1.0%

    

Fresh Market, Inc. (A)

    34,000         796,280   

SpartanNash Co.

    38,010         822,536   

SUPERVALU, Inc. (A)

    109,025         739,190   
    

 

 

 
       2,358,006   
    

 

 

 

Food Products - 0.7%

    

Dean Foods Co. (B)

    47,390         812,739   

Lancaster Colony Corp.

    7,320         845,167   
    

 

 

 
       1,657,906   
    

 

 

 

Gas Utilities - 0.7%

    

South Jersey Industries, Inc.

    37,200         874,944   

Southwest Gas Corp.

    15,500         854,980   
    

 

 

 
       1,729,924   
    

 

 

 

Health Care Equipment & Supplies - 3.9%

    

Alere, Inc. (A)

    18,130         708,702   

Analogic Corp. (B)

    9,465         781,809   

AngioDynamics, Inc. (A)

    50,805         616,773   

Anika Therapeutics, Inc. (A)

    19,225         733,626   

CONMED Corp.

    19,465         857,433   

ICU Medical, Inc., Class B (A)

    7,935         894,909   

LeMaitre Vascular, Inc.

    36,825         635,231   

Meridian Bioscience, Inc. (B)

    40,815         837,524   

Merit Medical Systems, Inc. (A)

    44,090         819,633   

Natus Medical, Inc. (A)

    16,670         800,993   

OraSure Technologies, Inc. (A) (B)

    110,945         714,486   

SurModics, Inc. (A)

    25,655         520,027   
    

 

 

 
       8,921,146   
    

 

 

 

Health Care Providers & Services - 6.7%

    

Addus HomeCare Corp. (A) (B)

    21,095         491,092   

Almost Family, Inc. (A)

    20,600         787,538   

Amedisys, Inc. (A) (B)

    19,650         772,638   

Amsurg Corp., Class A (A)

    10,680         811,680   

Chemed Corp. (B)

    5,237         784,503   

Cross Country Healthcare, Inc. (A)

    46,900         768,691   
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Health Care Providers & Services (continued)

  

Healthways, Inc. (A) (B)

    64,630         $  831,788   

Kindred Healthcare, Inc. (B)

    60,390         719,245   

Landauer, Inc. (B)

    15,830         521,124   

LHC Group, Inc. (A)

    17,300         783,517   

LifePoint Health, Inc. (A)

    11,720         860,248   

Magellan Health, Inc. (A)

    16,985         1,047,295   

Molina Healthcare, Inc. (A) (B)

    12,345         742,305   

Owens & Minor, Inc. (B)

    22,895         823,762   

PharMerica Corp. (A)

    25,055         876,925   

Select Medical Holdings Corp. (B)

    67,250         800,947   

Triple-S Management Corp., Class B (A) (B)

    31,272         747,713   

US Physical Therapy, Inc. (B)

    16,200         869,616   

VCA, Inc. (A)

    14,310         787,050   

WellCare Health Plans, Inc. (A)

    10,170         795,396   
    

 

 

 
       15,623,073   
    

 

 

 

Health Care Technology - 1.9%

    

Allscripts Healthcare Solutions, Inc. (A)

    54,950         845,131   

Computer Programs & Systems, Inc. (B)

    17,210         856,198   

HMS Holdings Corp. (A)

    63,415         782,541   

Omnicell, Inc. (A)

    27,725         861,693   

Quality Systems, Inc. (B)

    58,175         937,781   
    

 

 

 
       4,283,344   
    

 

 

 

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure - 1.3%

    

Bob Evans Farms, Inc.

    20,000         777,000   

Cheesecake Factory, Inc. (B)

    17,465         805,311   

Isle of Capri Casinos, Inc. (A)

    54,185         754,797   

Ruby Tuesday, Inc. (A) (B)

    108,820         599,598   
    

 

 

 
       2,936,706   
    

 

 

 

Household Durables - 1.1%

    

Ethan Allen Interiors, Inc. (B)

    30,865         858,664   

Tupperware Brands Corp. (B)

    15,065         838,367   

ZAGG, Inc. (A)

    67,925         743,100   
    

 

 

 
       2,440,131   
    

 

 

 

Household Products - 0.3%

    

Central Garden & Pet Co., Class A (A)

    46,615         633,964   
    

 

 

 

Independent Power and Renewable Electricity Producers - 0.4%

  

NRG Energy, Inc.

    76,940         905,584   
    

 

 

 

Insurance - 3.5%

    

Argo Group International Holdings, Ltd.

    13,390         801,258   

Aspen Insurance Holdings, Ltd.

    17,380         839,454   

Assurant, Inc. (B)

    9,655         777,614   

Assured Guaranty, Ltd.

    30,440         804,529   

Employers Holdings, Inc.

    30,060         820,638   

Hanover Insurance Group, Inc.

    9,980         811,773   

Horace Mann Educators Corp.

    24,935         827,343   

Maiden Holdings, Ltd. (B)

    54,645         814,757   

Old Republic International Corp.

    44,315         825,588   

Selective Insurance Group, Inc.

    24,025         806,760   
    

 

 

 
       8,129,714   
    

 

 

 

Internet & Catalog Retail - 0.7%

    

Blue Nile, Inc. (A) (B)

    23,995         890,934   

Nutrisystem, Inc.

    35,180         761,295   
    

 

 

 
       1,652,229   
    

 

 

 
 

 

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Internet Software & Services - 1.4%

    

DHI Group, Inc. (A)

    78,505         $  719,891   

Liquidity Services, Inc. (A) (B)

    105,860         688,090   

Monster Worldwide, Inc. (A) (B)

    136,885         784,351   

WebMD Health Corp., Class A (A) (B)

    19,815         957,064   
    

 

 

 
       3,149,396   
    

 

 

 

IT Services - 3.0%

    

CACI International, Inc., Class A (A)

    8,310         771,002   

Convergys Corp. (B)

    33,450         832,570   

CSG Systems International, Inc. (B)

    26,053         937,387   

Hackett Group, Inc.

    49,040         788,073   

ManTech International Corp., Class A

    25,630         775,051   

Sykes Enterprises, Inc. (A)

    25,633         788,984   

TeleTech Holdings, Inc.

    21,330         595,320   

Teradata Corp. (A) (B)

    27,095         715,850   

VeriFone Systems, Inc. (A) (B)

    30,110         843,682   
    

 

 

 
       7,047,919   
    

 

 

 

Life Sciences Tools & Services - 3.0%

    

Affymetrix, Inc. (A) (B)

    90,765         915,819   

Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc., Class A (A)

    5,740         795,908   

Bruker Corp. (A)

    37,865         918,984   

Cambrex Corp. (A)

    15,790         743,551   

Charles River Laboratories International, Inc. (A)

    10,905         876,653   

ICON PLC (A) (B)

    11,890         923,853   

Luminex Corp. (A) (B)

    37,805         808,649   

PAREXEL International Corp. (A)

    13,575         924,729   
    

 

 

 
       6,908,146   
    

 

 

 

Machinery - 2.7%

    

AGCO Corp. (B)

    16,150         733,049   

Briggs & Stratton Corp. (B)

    46,415         802,980   

Federal Signal Corp.

    56,710         898,853   

Harsco Corp.

    91,300         719,444   

Kadant, Inc.

    17,330         703,771   

Kennametal, Inc. (B)

    32,365         621,408   

Timken Co.

    29,760         850,838   

Wabash National Corp. (A) (B)

    78,875         933,091   
    

 

 

 
       6,263,434   
    

 

 

 

Media - 0.2%

    

Harte-Hanks, Inc.

    147,340         477,382   
    

 

 

 

Metals & Mining - 2.3%

    

Commercial Metals Co.

    51,805         709,210   

Haynes International, Inc.

    19,545         717,106   

Kaiser Aluminum Corp.

    9,635         806,064   

Materion Corp.

    25,635         717,780   

Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co.

    13,660         791,051   

Schnitzer Steel Industries, Inc., Class A (B)

    49,465         710,812   

Steel Dynamics, Inc.

    47,835         854,812   
    

 

 

 
       5,306,835   
    

 

 

 

Multi-Utilities - 0.7%

    

Avista Corp. (B)

    24,560         868,687   

MDU Resources Group, Inc. (B)

    46,840         858,109   
    

 

 

 
       1,726,796   
    

 

 

 

Multiline Retail - 0.4%

    

Big Lots, Inc. (B)

    20,945         807,220   
    

 

 

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels - 1.8%

    

Aegean Marine Petroleum Network, Inc.

    69,885         584,239   
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COMMON STOCKS (continued)

    

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels (continued)

  

Alon USA Energy, Inc. (B)

    53,035         $  787,039   

Cloud Peak Energy, Inc. (A) (B)

    349,695         727,366   

Denbury Resources, Inc. (B)

    295,120         596,142   

DHT Holdings, Inc. (B)

    98,575         797,472   

Tsakos Energy Navigation, Ltd.

    96,145         761,468   
    

 

 

 
       4,253,726   
    

 

 

 

Paper & Forest Products - 0.7%

    

Domtar Corp.

    19,765         730,317   

Schweitzer-Mauduit International, Inc.

    20,220         849,038   
    

 

 

 
       1,579,355   
    

 

 

 

Personal Products - 1.4%

    

Avon Products, Inc. (B)

    191,900         777,195   

Medifast, Inc. (B)

    25,735         781,829   

Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc., Class A (B)

    22,510         852,904   

USANA Health Sciences, Inc. (A)

    6,135         783,746   
    

 

 

 
       3,195,674   
    

 

 

 

Pharmaceuticals - 0.7%

    

SciClone Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (A)

    76,960         708,032   

Sucampo Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Class A (A) (B)

    48,180         833,032   
    

 

 

 
       1,541,064   
    

 

 

 

Professional Services - 1.0%

    

Insperity, Inc.

    18,015         867,422   

Resources Connection, Inc.

    41,200         673,208   

TrueBlue, Inc. (A)

    29,690         764,815   
    

 

 

 
       2,305,445   
    

 

 

 

Real Estate Investment Trusts - 8.4%

    

Agree Realty Corp.

    23,780         808,282   

ARMOUR Residential REIT, Inc. (B)

    38,900         846,464   

Ashford Hospitality Trust, Inc.

    118,140         745,463   

Corporate Office Properties Trust (B)

    35,667         778,611   

Corrections Corp. of America (B)

    28,560         756,554   

Cousins Properties, Inc.

    88,875         838,091   

DuPont Fabros Technology, Inc. (B)

    25,679         816,336   

Dynex Capital, Inc. (B)

    89,035         565,372   

EPR Properties (B)

    15,130         884,349   

First Potomac Realty Trust

    63,150         719,910   

Geo Group, Inc.

    28,800         832,608   

Gladstone Commercial Corp. (B)

    39,660         578,639   

Government Properties Income Trust (B)

    47,745         757,713   

Hersha Hospitality Trust, Class A (B)

    35,800         779,008   

Hospitality Properties Trust

    30,880         807,512   

Investors Real Estate Trust

    105,935         736,248   

Lexington Realty Trust (B)

    98,085         784,680   

Liberty Property Trust, Series C

    25,570         793,949   

Mack-Cali Realty Corp.

    39,195         915,203   

MFA Financial, Inc.

    110,835         731,511   

PS Business Parks, Inc.

    10,120         884,792   

RLJ Lodging Trust

    35,300         763,539   

Select Income REIT

    41,085         814,305   

Senior Housing Properties Trust

    57,010         846,028   

Two Harbors Investment Corp.

    96,050         778,005   
    

 

 

 
       19,563,172   
    

 

 

 

Road & Rail - 1.0%

    

ArcBest Corp.

    37,545         803,088   

Landstar System, Inc. (B)

    14,150         829,897   

YRC Worldwide, Inc. (A)

    51,240         726,583   
    

 

 

 
       2,359,568   
    

 

 

 
 

 

The Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this report.

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SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (continued)

At December 31, 2015

 

     Shares      Value  

COMMON STOCKS (continued)

    

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment - 3.0%

  

Cabot Microelectronics Corp., Class A (A)

    18,289         $  800,693   

Cohu, Inc.

    45,247         546,131   

FormFactor, Inc., Class A (A)

    67,345         606,105   

MKS Instruments, Inc.

    23,260         837,360   

NeoPhotonics Corp. (A)

    85,355         926,955   

Rudolph Technologies, Inc. (A)

    55,000         782,100   

Sigma Designs, Inc. (A)

    134,905         852,600   

Silicon Laboratories, Inc. (A)

    15,200         737,808   

Teradyne, Inc.

    39,900         824,733   
    

 

 

 
       6,914,485   
    

 

 

 

Software - 0.6%

    

Rovi Corp. (A) (B)

    76,920         1,281,487   
    

 

 

 

Specialty Retail - 6.7%

    

Aaron’s, Inc.

    35,965         805,256   

Abercrombie & Fitch Co., Class A (B)

    30,725         829,575   

American Eagle Outfitters, Inc. (B)

    48,895         757,873   

Build-A-Bear Workshop, Inc. (A)

    56,970         697,313   

Caleres, Inc. (B)

    28,200         756,324   

Chico’s FAS, Inc. (B)

    68,845         734,576   

Children’s Place, Inc. (B)

    13,710         756,792   

Citi Trends, Inc.

    41,620         884,425   

DSW, Inc., Class A (B)

    32,575         777,240   

Express, Inc. (A)

    41,475         716,688   

Finish Line, Inc., Class A (B)

    44,955         812,786   

Guess?, Inc. (B)

    41,901         791,091   

Hibbett Sports, Inc. (A) (B)

    23,705         716,839   

Kirkland’s, Inc. (B)

    59,640         864,780   

Rent-A-Center, Inc. (B)

    51,570         772,003   

Select Comfort Corp. (A)

    37,440         801,590   

Shoe Carnival, Inc.

    31,670         734,744   

Urban Outfitters, Inc. (A) (B)

    36,375         827,531   

Vitamin Shoppe, Inc. (A) (B)

    22,840         746,868   

Zumiez, Inc. (A) (B)

    55,165         834,095   
    

 

 

 
       15,618,389   
    

 

 

 

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals - 0.3%

  

QLogic Corp. (A)

    64,410         785,802   
    

 

 

 

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods - 1.5%

  

Culp, Inc.

    24,265         618,030   

Movado Group, Inc.

    29,465         757,545   

Perry Ellis International, Inc. (A) (B)

    29,355         540,719   

Steven Madden, Ltd., Class B (A)

    23,840         720,445   

Wolverine World Wide, Inc.

    43,355         724,462   
    

 

 

 
       3,361,201   
    

 

 

 

Thrifts & Mortgage Finance - 1.3%

    

Brookline Bancorp, Inc.

    60,610         697,015   

First Defiance Financial Corp., Class A

    16,340         617,325   

Flagstar Bancorp, Inc. (A)

    33,570         775,803   

Washington Federal, Inc. (B)

    33,500         798,305   
    

 

 

 
       2,888,448   
    

 

 

 

Trading Companies & Distributors - 1.1%

  

Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc.

    20,100         813,849   

Kaman Corp. (B)

    21,345         871,089   

WESCO International, Inc. (A) (B)

    18,910         825,989   
    

 

 

 
       2,510,927   
    

 

 

 
     Shares      Value  

COMMON STOCKS (continued)

    

Wireless Telecommunication Services - 0.6%

  

Shenandoah Telecommunications Co. (B)

    18,075         $  778,129   

Spok Holdings, Inc.

    37,220         681,870   
    

 

 

 
       1,459,999   
    

 

 

 

Total Common Stocks
(Cost $239,687,508)

       228,312,302   
    

 

 

 

MASTER LIMITED PARTNERSHIP - 0.3%

  

  

Diversified Financial Services - 0.3%

  

  

Compass Diversified Holdings

    40,350         641,162   
    

 

 

 

Total Master Limited Partnership
(Cost $620,350)

       641,162   
    

 

 

 

SECURITIES LENDING COLLATERAL - 28.7%

  

  

State Street Navigator Securities Lending Trust - Prime Portfolio, 0.31% (C)

    66,626,540         66,626,540   
    

 

 

 

Total Securities Lending Collateral
(Cost $66,626,540)

       66,626,540   
    

 

 

 
     Principal      Value  

REPURCHASE AGREEMENT - 1.1%

  

  

State Street Bank & Trust Co. 0.03% (C), dated 12/31/2015, to be repurchased at $2,468,469 on 01/04/2016. Collateralized by a U.S. Government Obligation, 0.63%, due 04/30/2018, and with a value of $2,518,125.

    $  2,468,461         2,468,461   
    

 

 

 

Total Repurchase Agreement
(Cost $2,468,461)

       2,468,461   
    

 

 

 

Total Investments
(Cost $309,402,859)
(D)

       298,048,465   

Net Other Assets (Liabilities) - (28.7)%

       (66,429,698
    

 

 

 

Net Assets - 100.0%

       $  231,618,767   
    

 

 

 
 

 

The Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this report.

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SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (continued)

At December 31, 2015

 

SECURITY VALUATION:

 

Valuation Inputs (E)

 

      Level 1 -
Unadjusted
Quoted Prices
     Level 2 -
Other Significant
Observable Inputs
     Level 3 -
Significant
Unobservable Inputs
     Value at
December 31, 2015
 

ASSETS

           

Investments

           

Common Stocks

   $ 228,312,302       $       $       $ 228,312,302   

Master Limited Partnership

     641,162                         641,162   

Securities Lending Collateral

     66,626,540                         66,626,540   

Repurchase Agreement

             2,468,461                 2,468,461   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Investments

   $   295,580,004       $   2,468,461       $   —       $   298,048,465   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

FOOTNOTES TO SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS:

 

(A)  Non-income producing security.
(B)  All or a portion of the security is on loan. The total value of all securities on loan is $64,771,030. 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.
(C)  Rate disclosed reflects the yield at December 31, 2015.
(D)  Aggregate cost for federal income tax purposes is $309,892,691. Aggregate gross unrealized appreciation and depreciation for all securities is $15,444,972 and $27,289,198, respectively. Net unrealized depreciation for tax purposes is $11,844,226.
(E)  The Portfolio recognizes transfers between Levels at the end of the reporting year. There were no transfers between Levels 1, 2 and 3 during the year ended December 31, 2015. See the Security Valuation section of the Notes to Financial Statements for more information regarding security valuation and pricing inputs.

 

The Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this report.

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SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS

At December 31, 2015

 

     Shares      Value  

COMMON STOCKS - 97.1%

  

Auto Components - 1.9%

  

Dorman Products, Inc. (A) (B)

    13,860         $  657,934   

Drew Industries, Inc. (A)

    10,561         643,059   
    

 

 

 
       1,300,993   
    

 

 

 

Banks - 9.4%

  

BancorpSouth, Inc. (A)

    29,250         701,708   

Pinnacle Financial Partners, Inc. (A)

    28,709         1,474,494   

PrivateBancorp, Inc., Class A

    61,600         2,526,832   

South State Corp. (A)

    21,803         1,568,726   
    

 

 

 
       6,271,760   
    

 

 

 

Biotechnology - 3.1%

  

Eagle Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (A) (B)

    16,930         1,501,183   

Repligen Corp. (A) (B)

    21,290         602,294   
    

 

 

 
       2,103,477   
    

 

 

 

Building Products - 3.7%

  

AAON, Inc. (A)

    29,429         683,341   

Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. (A)

    46,310         1,112,829   

Trex Co., Inc. (A) (B)

    17,160         652,767   
    

 

 

 
       2,448,937   
    

 

 

 

Communications Equipment - 1.3%

  

Ruckus Wireless, Inc. (A) (B)

    83,505         894,339   
    

 

 

 

Diversified Financial Services - 4.0%

  

MarketAxess Holdings, Inc. (A)

    23,830         2,659,190   
    

 

 

 

Diversified Telecommunication Services - 2.3%

  

Cogent Communications Holdings, Inc. (A)

    44,110         1,530,176   
    

 

 

 

Electrical Equipment - 1.4%

  

EnerSys (A)

    16,895         944,937   
    

 

 

 

Food Products - 4.9%

  

Calavo Growers, Inc. (A)

    13,790         675,710   

J&J Snack Foods Corp. (A)

    12,983         1,514,727   

TreeHouse Foods, Inc. (A) (B)

    13,950         1,094,517   
    

 

 

 
       3,284,954   
    

 

 

 

Health Care Equipment & Supplies - 4.0%

  

Cantel Medical Corp.

    23,714         1,473,588   

Neogen Corp. (A) (B)

    21,886         1,236,997   
    

 

 

 
       2,710,585   
    

 

 

 

Health Care Providers & Services - 3.4%

  

Aceto Corp. (A)

    48,289         1,302,837   

Providence Service Corp. (A) (B)

    20,561         964,722   
    

 

 

 
       2,267,559   
    

 

 

 

Health Care Technology - 2.3%

  

Medidata Solutions, Inc. (A) (B)

    31,559         1,555,543   
    

 

 

 

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure - 5.5%

  

Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen, Inc. (B)

    32,859         1,922,252   

Sonic Corp. (A)

    53,672         1,734,142   
    

 

 

 
       3,656,394   
    

 

 

 

Internet Software & Services - 3.1%

  

LogMeIn, Inc. (A) (B)

    16,670         1,118,557   

SPS Commerce, Inc. (A) (B)

    13,354         937,584   
    

 

 

 
       2,056,141   
    

 

 

 

IT Services - 4.8%

  

Luxoft Holding, Inc., Class A (B)

    11,118         857,531   

MAXIMUS, Inc., Class A (A)

    41,370         2,327,063   
    

 

 

 
       3,184,594   
    

 

 

 
     Shares      Value  

COMMON STOCKS (continued)

  

Life Sciences Tools & Services - 8.0%

  

Cambrex Corp. (A) (B)

    39,539         $  1,861,891   

ICON PLC (A) (B)

    25,780         2,003,106   

PRA Health Sciences, Inc. (A) (B)

    32,770         1,483,498   
    

 

 

 
       5,348,495   
    

 

 

 

Machinery - 1.5%

  

Proto Labs, Inc. (A) (B)

    16,350         1,041,332   
    

 

 

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels - 4.1%

  

Callon Petroleum Co. (A) (B)

    79,845         665,907   

Matador Resources Co. (A) (B)

    40,390         798,511   

PDC Energy, Inc. (A) (B)

    24,540         1,309,945   
    

 

 

 
       2,774,363   
    

 

 

 

Pharmaceuticals - 5.9%

  

Prestige Brands Holdings, Inc. (B)

    39,025         2,009,007   

Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (A) (B)

    84,214         1,131,836   

Teligent, Inc. (A) (B)

    89,629         797,698   
    

 

 

 
       3,938,541   
    

 

 

 

Professional Services - 3.3%

  

WageWorks, Inc. (B)

    49,330         2,238,102   
    

 

 

 

Road & Rail - 2.6%

  

Knight Transportation, Inc. (A)

    41,479         1,005,036   

Saia, Inc. (A) (B)

    31,750         706,438   
    

 

 

 
       1,711,474   
    

 

 

 

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment - 2.7%

  

CEVA, Inc. (A) (B)

    15,174         354,465   

Silicon Laboratories, Inc. (A) (B)

    29,780         1,445,521   
    

 

 

 
       1,799,986   
    

 

 

 

Software - 5.2%

  

Callidus Software, Inc. (A) (B)

    34,760         645,493   

Ellie Mae, Inc. (A) (B)

    31,892         1,920,855   

Qualys, Inc. (A) (B)

    27,910         923,542   
    

 

 

 
       3,489,890   
    

 

 

 

Specialty Retail - 3.9%

  

Asbury Automotive Group, Inc. (A) (B)

    16,615         1,120,515   

Monro Muffler Brake, Inc. (A)

    23,004         1,523,325   
    

 

 

 
       2,643,840   
    

 

 

 

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods - 4.8%

  

G-III Apparel Group, Ltd. (A) (B)

    37,284         1,650,190   

Steven Madden, Ltd., Class B (A) (B)

    50,900         1,538,198   
    

 

 

 
       3,188,388   
    

 

 

 

Total Common Stocks
(Cost $56,536,127)

       65,043,990   
    

 

 

 

SECURITIES LENDING COLLATERAL - 28.6%

  

State Street Navigator Securities Lending Trust - Prime Portfolio, 0.31% (C)

    19,128,528         19,128,528   
    

 

 

 

Total Securities Lending Collateral
(Cost $19,128,528)

   

     19,128,528   
    

 

 

 
 

 

The Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this report.

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SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (continued)

At December 31, 2015

 

     Principal      Value  

REPURCHASE AGREEMENT - 3.1%

  

State Street Bank & Trust Co. 0.03% (C), dated 12/31/2015, to be repurchased at $2,058,400 on 01/04/2016. Collateralized by a U.S. Government Agency Obligation, 0.88%, due 08/15/2017, and with a value of $2,102,625.

    $  2,058,393         $  2,058,393   
    

 

 

 

Total Repurchase Agreement
(Cost $2,058,393)

       2,058,393   
    

 

 

 

Total Investments
(Cost $77,723,048)
(D)

       86,230,911   

Net Other Assets (Liabilities) - (28.8)%

       (19,288,756
    

 

 

 

Net Assets - 100.0%

       $  66,942,155   
    

 

 

 
 

SECURITY VALUATION:

 

Valuation Inputs (E)

     Level 1 -
Unadjusted
Quoted Prices
    Level 2 -
Other Significant
Observable Inputs
    Level 3 -
Significant
Unobservable Inputs
    Value at
December 31, 2015
 

ASSETS

       

Investments

       

Common Stocks

  $ 65,043,990      $      $      $ 65,043,990   

Securities Lending Collateral

    19,128,528                      19,128,528   

Repurchase Agreement

           2,058,393               2,058,393   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Investments

  $ 84,172,518      $ 2,058,393      $      $ 86,230,911   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

FOOTNOTES TO SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS:

 

(A)  All or a portion of the security is on loan. The total value of all securities on loan is $18,685,130. 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)  Non-income producing security.
(C)  Rate disclosed reflects the yield at December 31, 2015.
(D)  Aggregate cost for federal income tax purposes is $77,821,596. Aggregate gross unrealized appreciation and depreciation for all securities is $10,989,550 and $2,580,235, respectively. Net unrealized appreciation for tax purposes is $8,409,315.
(E)  The Portfolio recognizes transfers between Levels at the end of the reporting year. There were no transfers between Levels 1, 2 and 3 during the year ended December 31, 2015. See the Security Valuation section of the Notes to Financial Statements for more information regarding security valuation and pricing inputs.

 

The Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this report.

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Transamerica Partners International Equity Portfolio

 

 

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS

At December 31, 2015

 

     Shares      Value  

COMMON STOCKS - 95.0%

  

  

Argentina - 0.5%

  

  

Arcos Dorados Holdings, Inc., Class A (A) (B)

    597,900         $  1,859,469   
    

 

 

 

Australia - 2.6%

  

  

APA Group

    285,641         1,806,713   

Asciano, Ltd. (A)

    415,213         2,644,424   

BHP Billiton PLC, ADR (A)

    84,700         1,918,455   

Challenger, Ltd.

    663,239         4,214,395   
    

 

 

 
       10,583,987   
    

 

 

 

Brazil - 1.3%

  

  

Localiza Rent a Car SA (C)

    330,400         2,062,669   

Marfrig Global Foods SA (B)

    2,060,000         3,294,365   
    

 

 

 
       5,357,034   
    

 

 

 

Canada - 4.4%

  

  

Canadian National Railway Co.

    73,300         4,097,532   

Fairfax Financial Holdings, Ltd.

    9,700         4,605,064   

Hudson’s Bay Co.

    262,200         3,429,804   

Newalta Corp. (A)

    178,300         449,713   

Suncor Energy, Inc.

    201,300         5,196,528   
    

 

 

 
       17,778,641   
    

 

 

 

Chile - 0.6%

  

  

Banco Santander Chile, ADR

    137,000         2,416,680   
    

 

 

 

China - 2.9%

  

  

Fosun International, Ltd.

    3,028,536         4,744,025   

Minth Group, Ltd.

    300,000         596,125   

Shenzhen Expressway Co., Ltd., Class H

    2,226,000         1,958,867   

Sinotrans, Ltd., Class H

    3,050,000         1,641,086   

Universal Health International Group Holding, Ltd. (A)

    6,700,000         2,593,532   
    

 

 

 
       11,533,635   
    

 

 

 

Denmark - 1.1%

  

  

Carlsberg A/S, Class B

    51,977         4,604,729   
    

 

 

 

France - 6.4%

  

  

Arkema SA

    46,495         3,263,632   

Bollore SA

    826,900         3,861,428   

Cie Generale des Etablissements Michelin, Class B

    31,538         3,012,677   

Engie SA

    211,000         3,743,391   

Rexel SA

    190,024         2,535,925   

Sanofi

    56,201         4,800,607   

Veolia Environnement SA

    200,070         4,754,020   
    

 

 

 
       25,971,680   
    

 

 

 

Germany - 6.0%

  

  

Allianz SE, Class A

    19,302         3,402,518   

Bayer AG

    25,031         3,126,130   

Merck KGaA

    34,200         3,311,270   

METRO AG (A)

    100,524         3,202,424   

SAP SE

    23,200         1,840,992   

Siemens AG, Class A

    41,787         4,042,718   

Talanx AG (B)

    95,000         2,921,679   

TUI AG

    137,400         2,482,053   
    

 

 

 
       24,329,784   
    

 

 

 

Greece - 0.7%

  

  

OPAP SA

    323,500         2,847,665   

Piraeus Bank SA (B)

    22,282         6,732   
    

 

 

 
       2,854,397   
    

 

 

 
     Shares      Value  

COMMON STOCKS (continued)

  

  

Hong Kong - 5.5%

  

  

Cheung Kong Property Holdings, Ltd.

    308,000         $  2,016,890   

China Mobile, Ltd.

    425,000         4,798,356   

China Resources Beer Holdings Co., Ltd.

    600,000         1,286,702   

CK Hutchison Holdings, Ltd.

    308,000         4,149,031   

First Pacific Co., Ltd.

    4,200,000         2,785,531   

Guangdong Investment, Ltd.

    2,322,000         3,277,744   

Noble Group, Ltd. (A)

    6,990,500         1,972,071   

Shun Tak Holdings, Ltd.

    4,726,000         1,780,623   
    

 

 

 
       22,066,948   
    

 

 

 

India - 1.1%

  

  

Cairn India, Ltd.

    1,617,457         3,372,745   

Hindustan Zinc, Ltd.

    500,000         1,107,983   
    

 

 

 
       4,480,728   
    

 

 

 

Indonesia - 0.5%

  

  

AKR Corporindo Tbk PT

    3,600,000         1,861,609   
    

 

 

 

Ireland - 2.5%

  

  

DCC PLC

    21,000         1,752,234   

Ryanair Holdings PLC, ADR

    40,060         3,463,587   

Smurfit Kappa Group PLC, Class B

    195,215         4,994,008   
    

 

 

 
       10,209,829   
    

 

 

 

Israel - 1.4%

  

  

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries, Ltd., ADR (A)

    85,200         5,592,528   
    

 

 

 

Italy - 2.8%

  

  

Eni SpA, Class B

    324,215         4,817,246   

Mediobanca SpA

    256,200         2,455,948   

Prysmian SpA

    190,138         4,154,347   
    

 

 

 
       11,427,541   
    

 

 

 

Japan - 18.8%

  

  

Aisin Seiki Co., Ltd.

    92,700         3,989,656   

Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd.

    136,700         2,821,446   

Denka Co., Ltd.

    362,000         1,604,042   

Electric Power Development Co., Ltd.

    62,200         2,215,354   

FANUC Corp.

    10,400         1,791,815   

FUJIFILM Holdings Corp.

    142,200         5,934,361   

Hitachi, Ltd.

    833,800         4,724,620   

Japan Airlines Co., Ltd.

    99,500         3,561,391   

Komatsu, Ltd.

    128,900         2,109,119   

Kuraray Co., Ltd.

    334,700         4,054,153   

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.

    615,000         2,689,088   

MS&AD Insurance Group Holdings, Inc.

    168,700         4,947,072   

NEC Corp.

    1,533,000         4,857,339   

Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corp.

    129,000         5,133,957   

Nitori Holdings Co., Ltd.

    52,800         4,434,241   

ORIX Corp.

    374,200         5,249,451   

Resona Holdings, Inc.

    928,400         4,508,530   

SoftBank Group Corp.

    81,900         4,133,526   

Sony Corp. (A)

    189,400         4,654,844   

Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc.

    66,500         2,509,779   
    

 

 

 
       75,923,784   
    

 

 

 

Korea, Republic of - 1.2%

  

  

Korean Reinsurance Co.

    134,102         1,612,390   

SK Telecom Co., Ltd.

    18,600         3,404,137   
    

 

 

 
       5,016,527   
    

 

 

 
 

 

The Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this report.

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SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (continued)

At December 31, 2015

 

     Shares      Value  

COMMON STOCKS (continued)

  

  

Macau - 0.4%

  

  

MGM China Holdings, Ltd.

    1,359,572         $  1,701,647   
    

 

 

 

Mexico - 2.4%

  

  

Alpek SAB de CV, Class A

    1,563,400         2,186,193   

Credito Real SAB de CV SOFOM ENR

    987,813         2,505,283   

Fomento Economico Mexicano SAB de CV, ADR

    7,000         646,450   

Grupo Aeroportuario del Centro Norte SAB de CV, Class B (A) (B)

    311,320         1,516,273   

Grupo Televisa SAB, ADR

    103,000         2,802,630   
    

 

 

 
       9,656,829   
    

 

 

 

Netherlands - 3.7%

  

  

Boskalis Westminster

    63,294         2,588,370   

Delta Lloyd NV (A)

    148,334         877,745   

Heineken Holding NV, Class A

    40,044         3,089,764   

Koninklijke Philips NV (A)

    175,571         4,495,289   

Steinhoff International Holdings NV (A)

    782,600         4,065,344   
    

 

 

 
       15,116,512   
    

 

 

 

Nigeria - 0.4%

  

  

Guaranty Trust Bank PLC

    16,340,000         1,492,395   
    

 

 

 

Panama - 0.4%

  

  

Copa Holdings SA, Class A (A)

    29,800         1,438,148   
    

 

 

 

Russian Federation - 0.9%

  

  

Lukoil PJSC, ADR

    114,980         3,735,125   
    

 

 

 

Singapore - 0.6%

  

  

DBS Group Holdings, Ltd.

    212,000         2,495,437   
    

 

 

 

Spain - 0.8%

  

  

Aena SA (B) (D)

    28,700         3,287,396   
    

 

 

 

Sweden - 3.0%

  

  

Investor AB, Class B

    164,281         6,037,351   

Svenska Cellulosa AB SCA, Class B

    75,297         2,182,114   

Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson, Class B

    412,800         3,979,929   
    

 

 

 
       12,199,394   
    

 

 

 

Switzerland - 4.4%

  

  

GAM Holding AG (B)

    231,177         3,826,582   

Nestle SA

    60,764         4,510,830   

Novartis AG

    45,115         3,880,759   

UBS Group AG

    291,474         5,654,439   
    

 

 

 
       17,872,610   
    

 

 

 

Taiwan - 1.8%

  

  

ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES Bermuda, Ltd.

    176,100         3,486,780   

Yuanta Financial Holding Co., Ltd.

    10,065,510         3,723,200   
    

 

 

 
       7,209,980   
    

 

 

 

Thailand - 0.8%

  

  

Thai Union Group PCL

    6,985,000         3,317,982   
    

 

 

 

Turkey - 0.8%

  

  

Tofas Turk Otomobil Fabrikasi AS

    511,535         3,323,820   
    

 

 

 

United Kingdom - 13.1%

  

  

Admiral Group PLC

    98,039         2,397,738   

Aviva PLC

    626,375         4,764,755   

Barclays PLC

    879,600         2,838,490   

BGEO Group PLC (A)

    40,305         1,131,312   

GKN PLC

    550,200         2,501,447   

HSBC Holdings PLC

    597,200         4,762,158   
     Shares      Value  

COMMON STOCKS (continued)

  

  

United Kingdom (continued)

  

  

IG Group Holdings PLC

    271,100         $  3,207,236   

Imperial Tobacco Group PLC

    97,194         5,138,859   

Inchcape PLC

    317,788         3,677,592   

Johnson Matthey PLC

    77,532         3,036,889   

Kingfisher PLC

    781,120         3,794,282   

National Grid PLC, Class B

    369,084         5,100,972   

Sky PLC

    324,060         5,312,349   

Unilever PLC

    118,358         5,106,256   
    

 

 

 
       52,770,335   
    

 

 

 

United States - 1.2%

  

  

Flextronics International, Ltd. (B)

    430,700         4,828,147   
    

 

 

 

Total Common Stocks
(Cost $415,568,111)

       384,315,287   
    

 

 

 

PREFERRED STOCKS - 2.9%

    

Brazil - 0.5%

  

  

Itausa - Investimentos Itau SA

    

7.60% (C) (E)

    1,179,748         2,038,595   
    

 

 

 

Germany - 0.5%

  

  

Porsche Automobil Holding SE

    

4.59% (E)

    38,900         2,093,496   
    

 

 

 

Korea, Republic of - 1.9%

  

  

Hyundai Motor Co.

    

1.05% (E)

    34,900         3,051,585   

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

    

2.03% (E)

    4,886         4,516,559   
    

 

 

 
       7,568,144   
    

 

 

 

Total Preferred Stocks
(Cost $15,703,395)

       11,700,235   
    

 

 

 

SECURITIES LENDING COLLATERAL - 6.1%

  

  

State Street Navigator Securities Lending Trust - Prime Portfolio, 0.31% (E)

    24,568,890         24,568,890   
    

 

 

 

Total Securities Lending Collateral
(Cost $24,568,890)

       24,568,890   
    

 

 

 
     Principal      Value  

REPURCHASE AGREEMENT - 1.5%

  

  

State Street Bank & Trust Co. 0.03% (E), dated 12/31/2015, to be repurchased at $6,041,427 on 01/04/2016. Collateralized by a U.S. Government Obligation, 1.00%, due 09/15/2017, and with a value of $6,163,281.

    $  6,041,407         6,041,407   
    

 

 

 

Total Repurchase Agreement
(Cost $6,041,407)

       6,041,407   
    

 

 

 

Total Investments
(Cost $461,881,803)
(F)

       426,625,819   

Net Other Assets (Liabilities) - (5.5)%

       (22,350,172
    

 

 

 

Net Assets - 100.0%

       $  404,275,647   
    

 

 

 
 

 

The Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this report.

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SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (continued)

At December 31, 2015

 

INVESTMENTS BY INDUSTRY (unaudited):

 

 

Industry   Percentage of
Total Investments
       Value  

Insurance

    6.0      $ 25,528,961   

Banks

    5.7           24,200,108   

Pharmaceuticals

    5.5           23,532,740   

Diversified Financial Services

    5.0           21,493,964   

Industrial Conglomerates

    4.9           20,963,920   

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels

    4.0           17,121,644   

Capital Markets

    3.7           15,660,169   

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals

    3.6           15,308,259   

Chemicals

    3.3           14,144,909   

Multi-Utilities

    3.2           13,598,383   

Wireless Telecommunication Services

    2.9           12,336,019   

Food Products

    2.6           11,123,177   

Auto Components

    2.4           10,099,905   

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components

    2.2           9,552,767   

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure

    2.1           8,890,834   

Road & Rail

    2.1           8,804,625   

Household Durables

    2.0           8,720,188   

Automobiles

    2.0           8,468,901   

Airlines

    2.0           8,463,126   

Beverages

    2.0           8,340,943   

Specialty Retail

    1.9           8,228,523   

Media

    1.9           8,114,979   

Transportation Infrastructure

    1.6           6,762,536   

Machinery

    1.5           6,590,022   

Trading Companies & Distributors

    1.5           6,369,605   

Air Freight & Logistics

    1.3           5,502,514   

Tobacco

    1.2           5,138,859   

Diversified Telecommunication Services

    1.2           5,133,957   

Personal Products

    1.2           5,106,256   

Containers & Packaging

    1.2           4,994,008   

Food & Staples Retailing

    1.0           4,489,126   

Electrical Equipment

    1.0           4,154,347   

Communications Equipment

    0.9           3,979,929   

Distributors

    0.9           3,677,592   

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment

    0.8           3,486,780   

Multiline Retail

    0.8           3,429,804   

Water Utilities

    0.8           3,277,744   

Metals & Mining

    0.7           3,026,438   

Health Care Providers & Services

    0.6           2,593,532   

Construction & Engineering

    0.6           2,588,370   

Consumer Finance

    0.6           2,505,283   

Independent Power and Renewable Electricity Producers

    0.5           2,215,354   

Household Products

    0.5           2,182,114   

Real Estate Management & Development

    0.5           2,016,890   

Software

    0.4           1,840,992   

Gas Utilities

    0.4           1,806,713   

Energy Equipment & Services

    0.1           449,713   
 

 

 

      

 

 

 

Investments, at Value

    92.8           396,015,522   

Short-Term Investments

    7.2           30,610,297   
 

 

 

      

 

 

 

Total Investments

    100.0      $   426,625,819   
 

 

 

      

 

 

 

 

The Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this report.

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SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (continued)

At December 31, 2015

 

SECURITY VALUATION:

 

Valuation Inputs (G)

 

     Level 1 -
Unadjusted
Quoted Prices
    Level 2 -
Other Significant
Observable Inputs
    Level 3 -
Significant
Unobservable Inputs
    Value at
December 31, 2015
 

ASSETS

       

Investments

       

Common Stocks

  $ 56,174,389      $ 328,140,898      $      $ 384,315,287   

Preferred Stocks

           11,700,235               11,700,235   

Securities Lending Collateral

    24,568,890                      24,568,890   

Repurchase Agreement

           6,041,407               6,041,407   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Investments

  $ 80,743,279      $ 345,882,540      $      $ 426,625,819   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Transfers (G)

       
Investments   Transfers from
Level 1 to Level 2
    Transfers from
Level 2 to Level 1
    Transfers from
Level 2 to Level 3
    Transfers from
Level 3 to Level 2
 

Common Stocks (C)

  $ 2,062,669      $      $      $   

Preferred Stocks (C)

    2,038,595                        
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

  $ 4,101,264      $      $      $   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

FOOTNOTES TO SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS:

 

(A)  All or a portion of the security is on loan. The total value of all securities on loan is $23,264,626. 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)  Non-income producing security.
(C)  Transferred from Level 1 to 2 due to the application of fair value factors to the quotation from the primary market to reflect events that occured after the close of the primary market at December 31, 2015.
(D)  Security is registered pursuant to Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. Unless otherwise indicated, the security is deemed to be liquid for purposes of compliance limitations on holdings of illiquid securities and may be resold as transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. At December 31, 2015, the total aggregate value of 144A securities is $3,287,396, representing 0.8% of the Portfolio’s net assets.
(E)  Rate disclosed reflects the yield at December 31, 2015.
(F)  Aggregate cost for federal income tax purposes is $463,033,557. Aggregate gross unrealized appreciation and depreciation for all securities is $38,565,579 and $74,973,317, respectively. Net unrealized depreciation for tax purposes is $36,407,738.
(G)  The Portfolio recognizes transfers between Levels at the end of the reporting year. See the Security Valuation section of the Notes to Financial Statements for more information regarding security valuation and pricing inputs.

PORTFOLIO ABBREVIATION:

 

ADR    American Depositary Receipt

 

The Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this report.

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STATEMENTS OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES

At December 31, 2015

 

     Money Market     High Quality
Bond
    Inflation-
Protected
Securities
    Core Bond     High Yield
Bond
 

Assets:

                   

Investments, at value (A) (B)

  $ 749,791,995      $ 340,552,964      $ 267,923,938      $ 1,481,355,524      $ 714,083,213   

Repurchase agreements, at value (C)

    123,406,027        10,845,130               9,127,979        21,380,330   

Cash

                         739,071          

Cash on deposit with broker

                  585,220        478,184          

Foreign currency, at value (D)

                  2,547,338                 

Unrealized appreciation on forward foreign currency contracts

                  274,212                 

Receivables:

                   

Investments sold

           121,634        2,449,901        392,475        623,243   

When-issued, delayed-delivery, and forward commitment securities sold

                         12,491,603          

Interest

    98,928        1,407,686        1,043,842        8,057,588        13,311,059   

Net income from securities lending

           853        3        11,051          

Total assets

    873,296,950        352,928,267        274,824,454        1,512,653,475        749,397,845   
           

Liabilities:

                   

Due to custodian

                  3,715                 

Cash deposit due to broker

                         75,765          

Payables and other liabilities:

                   

Investments purchased

                  3,801,956                 

When-issued, delayed-delivery, and forward commitment securities purchased

                         187,739,655          

Investment advisory fees

    178,819        103,446        60,353        380,208        351,137   

Trustees, CCO and deferred compensation fees

    2,216        680        485        2,296        1,192   

Audit and tax fees

    10,058        11,555        12,188        14,997        12,874   

Custody and accounting fees

    36,807        15,710        53,751        48,325        32,466   

Legal fees

    5,941        2,717        2,149        10,186        6,639   

Printing and shareholder reports fees

    3,904        1,677        1,325        6,325        4,127   

Variation margin payable

                  25,474                 

Other

    2,469        1,072        832        3,959        2,531   

Collateral for securities on loan

           2,281,740        1,233,750        41,423,590          

Written options and swaptions, at value (E)

                  901,934                 

Unrealized depreciation on forward foreign currency contracts

                  621,128                 

Total liabilities

    240,214        2,418,597        6,719,040        229,705,306        410,966   

Net assets

  $     873,056,736      $     350,509,670      $     268,105,414      $     1,282,948,169      $     748,986,879   
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

(A) Investments, at cost

  $ 749,791,995      $ 345,091,782      $ 275,503,674      $ 1,495,230,846      $ 803,385,790   

(B) Securities on loan, at value

  $      $ 2,234,812      $ 1,208,791      $ 40,577,293      $   

(C) Repurchase agreements, at cost

  $ 123,406,027      $ 10,845,130      $      $ 9,127,979      $ 21,380,330   

(D) Foreign currency, at cost

  $      $      $ 2,535,298      $      $   

(E) Premium received on written options and swaptions

  $      $      $ (1,406,313   $      $   

 

The Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this report.

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STATEMENTS OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES (continued)

At December 31, 2015

 

         
    
Balanced
    Large Value     Large Core     Large Growth     Mid Value  

Assets:

                   

Investments, at value (A) (B)

  $ 166,489,814      $ 901,219,294      $ 351,818,259      $ 1,009,798,903      $ 920,466,744   

Repurchase agreements, at value (C)

    801,413        13,234,284        4,307,112        8,883,912        24,030,679   

Cash

    30,776        3,865                      39,823   

Receivables:

                   

Investments sold

    272,064                      469,022          

When-issued, delayed-delivery, and forward commitment securities sold

    603,321                               

Interest

    375,284        11        4        7        20   

Dividends

    123,009        513,393        365,018        531,692        1,517,043   

Tax reclaims

                  690        140,357          

Net income from securities lending

    2,301        113,767        13,358        44,802        65,577   

Total assets

    168,697,982        915,084,614        356,504,441        1,019,868,695        946,119,886   
           

Liabilities:

                   

Payables and other liabilities:

                   

Investments purchased

    256,304                      451,932        20,418   

When-issued, delayed-delivery, and forward commitment securities purchased

    8,975,375                               

Investment advisory fees

    47,076        319,739        166,398        491,091        458,350   

Trustees, CCO and deferred compensation fees

    276        1,462        620        2,120        1,336   

Audit and tax fees

    13,342        10,934        11,847        11,811        10,255   

Custody and accounting fees

    29,592        24,769        11,014        30,377        26,871   

Legal fees

    1,142        6,744        2,531        6,828        7,808   

Printing and shareholder reports fees

    674        4,307        1,615        4,350        4,467   

Variation margin payable

    5,760                               

Other

    1,262        2,963        3,127        2,864        3,259   

Collateral for securities on loan

    7,774,676        88,291,614        32,938,081        93,409,717        143,733,430   

Total liabilities

    17,105,479        88,662,532        33,135,233        94,411,090        144,266,194   

Net assets

  $ 151,592,503      $ 826,422,082      $ 323,369,208      $ 925,457,605      $ 801,853,692   
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

(A) Investments, at cost

  $     157,108,295      $     855,134,981      $     327,252,563      $     796,399,604      $     847,287,145   

(B) Securities on loan, at value

  $ 7,606,822      $ 85,984,911      $ 32,125,166      $ 91,440,969      $ 140,152,439   

(C) Repurchase agreements, at cost

  $ 801,413      $ 13,234,284      $ 4,307,112      $ 8,883,912      $ 24,030,679   

 

The Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this report.

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STATEMENTS OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES (continued)

At December 31, 2015

 

     Mid Growth     Small Value     Small Core     Small Growth         
International
Equity
 

Assets:

                   

Investments, at value (A) (B)

  $ 119,997,742      $ 81,341,881      $ 295,580,004      $ 84,172,518      $ 420,584,412   

Repurchase agreements, at value (C)

    598,774        513,591        2,468,461        2,058,393        6,041,407   

Cash

                                632   

Foreign currency, at value (D)

                                74,385   

Receivables:

                   

Investments sold

           1,271,577               189,489        1,819,330   

Interest

    1        1        2        2        5   

Dividends

    62,524        197,580        368,786        7,989        313,612   

Tax reclaims

                                641,247   

Net income from securities lending

    3,919        15,482        19,175        7,445        46,129   

Total assets

    120,662,960        83,340,112        298,436,428        86,435,836        429,521,159   
           

Liabilities:

                   

Payables and other liabilities:

                   

Investments purchased

           662,567               299,539        323,445   

Investment advisory fees

    64,621        37,555        159,790        48,999        254,479   

Trustees, CCO and deferred compensation fees

    168        106        366        131        665   

Audit and tax fees

    10,243        10,242        10,328        10,240        16,999   

Custody and accounting fees

    5,486        7,877        15,151        5,088        72,350   

Legal fees

    977               2,264        505        3,708   

Printing and shareholder reports fees

    605        350        1,438        305        2,419   

Other

    738        791        1,784        346        2,557   

Collateral for securities on loan

    12,835,455        14,799,186        66,626,540        19,128,528        24,568,890   

Total liabilities

    12,918,293        15,518,674        66,817,661        19,493,681        25,245,512   

Net assets

  $     107,744,667      $     67,821,438      $     231,618,767      $     66,942,155      $     404,275,647   
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

(A) Investments, at cost

  $ 119,627,858      $ 80,072,786      $ 306,934,398      $ 75,664,655      $ 455,840,396   

(B) Securities on loan, at value

  $ 12,545,269      $ 14,443,765      $ 64,771,030      $ 18,685,130      $ 23,264,626   

(C) Repurchase agreements, at cost

  $ 598,774      $ 513,591      $ 2,468,461      $ 2,058,393      $ 6,041,407   

(D) Foreign currency, at cost

  $      $      $      $      $ 74,804   

 

The Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this report.

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STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

For the year ended December 31, 2015

 

     Money Market     High Quality
Bond
    Inflation-
Protected
Securities
    Core Bond     High Yield
Bond
 

Investment Income:

                   

Dividend income

  $      $      $      $ 164,591      $ 418,930   

Interest income

        2,431,472        6,101,445        1,730,161        35,484,376        52,855,997   

Net income from securities lending

           19,837        1,257        157,803          

Withholding taxes on foreign income

           (651            998          

Total investment income

    2,431,472        6,120,631        1,731,418        35,807,768        53,274,927   
           

Expenses:

                   

Investment advisory fees

    2,084,241        1,285,871        997,939        4,738,736        4,655,240   

Trustees, CCO and deferred compensation fees

    15,297        6,453        5,002        23,716        14,627   

Audit and tax fees

    20,679        22,208        23,046        27,484        24,537   

Custody and accounting fees

    142,359        62,965        194,773        187,214        135,249   

Legal fees

    25,673        13,428        10,814        51,929        30,531   

Printing and shareholder reports fees

    3,336        129        1,056        7,140        4,608   

Other

    16,967        7,485        5,763        27,240        17,189   

Total expenses before waiver and/or reimbursement

    2,308,552        1,398,539        1,238,393        5,063,459        4,881,981   

Expenses waived and/or reimbursed

                  (97,863              

Net expenses

    2,308,552        1,398,539        1,140,530        5,063,459        4,881,981   

Net investment income (loss)

    122,920        4,722,092        590,888        30,744,309        48,392,946   
           

Net realized gain (loss) on:

                   

Investments

    3,909        (836,409     (5,942,718     2,912,066        (13,293,618

Written options and swaptions

                  2,654,877                 

Swap agreements

                  (332,290              

Futures contracts

                  (774,188              

Foreign currency transactions

                  3,557,339                 

Net realized gain (loss)

    3,909        (836,409     (836,980     2,912,066        (13,293,618
           

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on:

                   

Investments

           (1,252,420     (5,680,420     (26,836,815     (67,991,992

Written options and swaptions

                  482,978                 

Swap agreements

                  (49,386              

Futures contracts

                  944,770                 

Translation of assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies

                  (958,275              

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

           (1,252,420     (5,260,333     (26,836,815     (67,991,992

Net realized and change in unrealized gain (loss)

    3,909            (2,088,829     (6,097,313         (23,924,749     (81,285,610

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

  $ 126,829      $ 2,633,263      $     (5,506,425   $ 6,819,560      $     (32,892,664

 

The Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this report.

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STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS (continued)

For the year ended December 31, 2015

 

         
    
Balanced
    Large Value     Large Core     Large Growth     Mid Value  

Investment Income:

                   

Dividend income

  $ 1,766,817      $ 17,063,495      $ 6,461,889      $ 9,084,028      $ 16,831,540   

Interest income

    1,565,491        918        354        5,189        3,293   

Net income from securities lending

    16,646        417,590        85,331        267,336        409,050   

Withholding taxes on foreign income

    (11,581     (3,729     (11,544     (67,056     (152,160

Total investment income

    3,337,373        17,478,274        6,536,030        9,289,497        17,091,723   
           

Expenses:

                   

Investment advisory fees

    716,565        4,024,083        2,063,959        5,918,183        5,808,430   

Trustees, CCO and deferred compensation fees

    2,805        15,447        6,002        17,118        14,937   

Audit and tax fees

    27,159        23,704        24,406        24,782        24,564   

Custody and accounting fees

    109,972        101,078        44,660        111,089        106,432   

Legal fees

    5,548        34,196        11,859        36,226        36,444   

Printing and shareholder reports fees

    788        4,826        1,821        4,642        4,216   

Other

    3,043        17,971        6,745        18,812        17,681   

Total expenses before waiver and/or reimbursement

    865,880        4,221,305        2,159,452        6,130,852        6,012,704   

Expenses waived and/or reimbursed

    (69,684                            

Net expenses

    796,196        4,221,305        2,159,452        6,130,852        6,012,704   

Net investment income (loss)

    2,541,177        13,256,969        4,376,578        3,158,645        11,079,019   
           

Net realized gain (loss) on:

                   

Investments

    7,531,892        88,003,967        37,746,692        57,295,520        60,081,715   

Futures contracts

    105,267                               

Foreign currency transactions

    (21                   (945     (1,929

Net realized gain (loss)

    7,637,138        88,003,967        37,746,692        57,294,575        60,079,786   
           

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on:

                   

Investments

    (9,530,652     (103,060,022     (44,445,169     22,397,523        (73,933,778

Futures contracts

    10,180                               

Translation of assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies

    (6            (131     (2,114       

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

    (9,520,478         (103,060,022         (44,445,300     22,395,409        (73,933,778

Net realized and change in unrealized gain (loss)

        (1,883,340     (15,056,055     (6,698,608     79,689,984            (13,853,992

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

  $ 657,837      $ (1,799,086   $ (2,322,030   $     82,848,629      $ (2,774,973

 

The Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this report.

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STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS (continued)

For the year ended December 31, 2015

 

     Mid Growth     Small Value     Small Core     Small Growth         
International
Equity
 

Investment Income:

                   

Dividend income

  $ 751,084      $ 1,341,802      $ 4,905,892      $ 550,455      $ 16,219,372   

Interest income

    76        271        302        233        67,905   

Net income from securities lending

    44,964        45,235        389,701        93,807        613,627   

Withholding taxes on foreign income

    (15,341     (4,346     (22,276            (2,622,779

Total investment income

    780,783        1,382,962        5,273,619        644,495        14,278,125   
           

Expenses:

                   

Investment advisory fees

    891,430        621,966        2,196,290        591,754        3,369,059   

Trustees, CCO and deferred compensation fees

    2,119        1,304        4,639        1,248        7,705   

Audit and tax fees

    22,398        22,448        23,833        20,863        45,193   

Custody and accounting fees

    22,267        28,354        58,549        22,093        288,673   

Legal fees

    4,877        6,827        10,637        248        13,009   

Printing and shareholder reports fees

           283        871        203        2,425   

Other

    2,560        1,511        5,673        1,378        10,375   

Total expenses before waiver and/or reimbursement

    945,651        682,693        2,300,492        637,787        3,736,439   

Expenses waived and/or reimbursed

    (17,064     (37,965            (3,759       

Net expenses

    928,587        644,728        2,300,492        634,028        3,736,439   

Net investment income (loss)

    (147,804     738,234        2,973,127        10,467        10,541,686   
           

Net realized gain (loss) on:

                   

Investments

    18,401,108        16,651,660        2,718,927        3,668,577        (11,471,642

Foreign currency transactions

           (9,383     (144            (284,133

Net realized gain (loss)

    18,401,108        16,642,277        2,718,783        3,668,577        (11,755,775
           

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on:

                   

Investments

        (18,808,529         (21,880,137         (31,373,612         (1,411,721         (5,802,833

Translation of assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies

           47                      (113,456

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

    (18,808,529     (21,880,090     (31,373,612     (1,411,721     (5,916,289

Net realized and change in unrealized gain (loss)

    (407,421     (5,237,813     (28,654,829     2,256,856            (17,672,064

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

  $ (555,225   $ (4,499,579   $ (25,681,702   $ 2,267,323      $ (7,130,378

 

The Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this report.

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STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS

For the years ended:

 

     Money Market     High Quality Bond     Inflation-Protected Securities  
     December 31,
2015
    December 31,
2014
    December 31,
2015
    December 31,
2014
    December 31,
2015
    December 31,
2014
 
From operations:                        

Net investment income (loss)

  $ 122,920      $ (405,088   $ 4,722,092      $ 5,557,003      $ 590,888      $ 3,295,015   

Net realized gain (loss)

    3,909        10,182        (836,409     37,515        (836,980     (2,026,292

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

                  (1,252,420     (2,422,845     (5,260,333     6,620,161   

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

    126,829        (394,906     2,633,263        3,171,673        (5,506,425     7,888,884   
             

From transactions in investors’ beneficial interests:

                       

Contributions

    681,666,419        604,412,830        178,165,153        168,879,564        41,488,372        44,535,342   

Withdrawals

    (671,104,556     (728,511,842     (201,443,124     (200,754,741     (50,802,329     (44,286,154

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from transactions in investors’ beneficial interests

    10,561,863        (124,099,012     (23,277,971     (31,875,177     (9,313,957     249,188   

Net increase (decrease) in net assets

    10,688,692        (124,493,918     (20,644,708     (28,703,504     (14,820,382     8,138,072   
             

Net assets:

                       

Beginning of year

    862,368,044        986,861,962        371,154,378        399,857,882        282,925,796        274,787,724   

End of year

  $ 873,056,736      $ 862,368,044      $ 350,509,670      $ 371,154,378      $ 268,105,414      $ 282,925,796   
           
     Core Bond     High Yield Bond     Balanced  
     December 31,
2015
    December 31,
2014
    December 31,
2015
    December 31,
2014
    December 31,
2015
    December 31,
2014
 
From operations:                        

Net investment income (loss)

  $ 30,744,309      $ 34,907,805      $ 48,392,946      $ 52,214,684      $ 2,541,177      $ 2,261,478   

Net realized gain (loss)

    2,912,066        28,880,767        (13,293,618     25,943,110        7,637,138        7,008,505   

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

    (26,836,815     19,066,627        (67,991,992     (50,739,572     (9,520,478     4,682,230   

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

    6,819,560        82,855,199        (32,892,664     27,418,222        657,837        13,952,213   
             

From transactions in investors’ beneficial interests:

                       

Contributions

    206,524,514        243,239,709        88,025,013        112,116,324        31,301,309        27,672,670   

Withdrawals

    (284,871,593     (307,830,084     (182,920,525     (119,665,792     (27,931,083     (17,330,758

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from transactions in investors’ beneficial interests

    (78,347,079     (64,590,375     (94,895,512     (7,549,468     3,370,226        10,341,912   

Net increase (decrease) in net assets

    (71,527,519     18,264,824        (127,788,176     19,868,754        4,028,063        24,294,125   
             

Net assets:

                       

Beginning of year

    1,354,475,688        1,336,210,864        876,775,055        856,906,301        147,564,440        123,270,315   

End of year

  $ 1,282,948,169      $ 1,354,475,688      $ 748,986,879      $ 876,775,055      $ 151,592,503      $ 147,564,440   

 

The Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this report.

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STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS (continued)

For the years ended:

 

     Large Value     Large Core     Large Growth  
     December 31,
2015
    December 31,
2014
    December 31,
2015
    December 31,
2014
    December 31,
2015
    December 31,
2014
 
From operations:                        

Net investment income (loss)

  $ 13,256,969      $ 11,285,487      $ 4,376,578      $ 3,319,424      $ 3,158,645      $ 3,799,693   

Net realized gain (loss)

    88,003,967        108,717,853        37,746,692        33,339,747        57,294,575        172,880,474   

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

    (103,060,022     (35,341,767     (44,445,300     9,785,542        22,395,409        (84,671,004

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

    (1,799,086     84,661,573        (2,322,030     46,444,713        82,848,629        92,009,163   
             

From transactions in investors’ beneficial interests:

                       

Contributions

    75,369,693        67,987,946        30,264,680        29,197,760        75,723,926        62,275,027   

Withdrawals

    (167,401,036     (156,673,532     (51,955,709     (37,995,285     (159,696,818     (169,720,555

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from transactions in investors’ beneficial interests

    (92,031,343     (88,685,586     (21,691,029     (8,797,525     (83,972,892     (107,445,528

Net increase (decrease) in net assets

    (93,830,429     (4,024,013     (24,013,059     37,647,188        (1,124,263     (15,436,365
             

Net assets:

                       

Beginning of year

    920,252,511        924,276,524        347,382,267        309,735,079        926,581,868        942,018,233   

End of year

  $ 826,422,082      $ 920,252,511      $ 323,369,208      $ 347,382,267      $ 925,457,605      $ 926,581,868   
           
     Mid Value     Mid Growth     Small Value  
     December 31,
2015
    December 31,
2014
    December 31,
2015
    December 31,
2014
    December 31,
2015
    December 31,
2014
 
From operations:                        

Net investment income (loss)

  $ 11,079,019      $ 12,714,125      $ (147,804   $ 798,940      $ 738,234      $ 752,806   

Net realized gain (loss)

    60,079,786        205,832,321        18,401,108        10,596,128        16,642,277        9,659,760   

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

    (73,933,778     (100,147,711     (18,808,529     (1,341,660     (21,880,090     (5,124,496

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

    (2,774,973     118,398,735        (555,225     10,053,408        (4,499,579     5,288,070   
             

From transactions in investors’ beneficial interests:

                       

Contributions

    78,244,993        60,667,605        16,866,894        16,339,479        7,541,849        9,733,013   

Withdrawals

    (142,550,405     (285,213,427     (34,696,316     (50,406,635     (11,813,901     (20,725,556

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from transactions in investors’ beneficial interests

    (64,305,412     (224,545,822     (17,829,422     (34,067,156     (4,272,052     (10,992,543

Net increase (decrease) in net assets

    (67,080,385     (106,147,087     (18,384,647     (24,013,748     (8,771,631     (5,704,473
             

Net assets:

                       

Beginning of year

    868,934,077        975,081,164        126,129,314        150,143,062        76,593,069        82,297,542   

End of year

  $ 801,853,692      $ 868,934,077      $ 107,744,667      $ 126,129,314      $ 67,821,438      $ 76,593,069   

 

The Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this report.

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STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS (continued)

For the years ended:

 

     Small Core     Small Growth     International Equity  
     December 31,
2015
    December 31,
2014
    December 31,
2015
    December 31,
2014
    December 31,
2015
    December 31,
2014
 
From operations:                        

Net investment income (loss)

  $ 2,973,127      $ 3,359,210      $ 10,467      $ (249,719   $ 10,541,686      $ 16,095,155   

Net realized gain (loss)

    2,718,783        23,328,860        3,668,577        8,927,234        (11,755,775     7,181,699   

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

    (31,373,612     (13,556,343     (1,411,721     (6,868,899     (5,916,289     (62,059,763

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

    (25,681,702     13,131,727        2,267,323        1,808,616        (7,130,378     (38,782,909
             

From transactions in investors’ beneficial interests:

                       

Contributions

    25,637,900        20,707,866        10,940,976        9,958,737        58,103,998        81,284,021   

Withdrawals

    (74,628,736     (61,729,892     (12,727,271     (18,370,607     (145,878,162     (155,426,237

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from transactions in investors’ beneficial interests

    (48,990,836     (41,022,026     (1,786,295     (8,411,870     (87,774,164     (74,142,216

Net increase (decrease) in net assets

    (74,672,538     (27,890,299     481,028        (6,603,254     (94,904,542     (112,925,125
             

Net assets:

                       

Beginning of year

    306,291,305        334,181,604        66,461,127        73,064,381        499,180,189        612,105,314   

End of year

  $ 231,618,767      $ 306,291,305      $ 66,942,155      $ 66,461,127      $ 404,275,647      $ 499,180,189   

 

The Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this report.

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FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

For the years ended:

 

     Money Market  
     December 31,
2015
    December 31,
2014
    December 31,
2013
    December 31,
2012
    December 31,
2011
 

Total return (A)

    0.01%        (0.05)%        (0.07)%        (0.11)%        (0.04)%   

Ratio and supplemental data:

                   

Net assets end of year (000’s)

    $  873,057        $  862,368        $  986,862        $  948,358        $  995,629   

Expenses to average net assets

    0.28%        0.28%        0.29%        0.28%        0.28%   

Net investment income (loss) to average net assets

    0.01%        (0.05)%        (0.07)%        (0.11)%        (0.04)%   

 

(A)  Total return reflects all Portfolio expenses.

 

     High Quality Bond  
     December 31,
2015
    December 31,
2014
    December 31,
2013
    December 31,
2012
    December 31,
2011
 

Total return (A)

    0.69%        0.81%        0.41%        2.95%        2.16%   

Ratio and supplemental data:

                   

Net assets end of year (000’s)

    $  350,510        $  371,154        $  399,858        $  386,046        $  458,228   

Expenses to average net assets

    0.38%        0.38%        0.39%        0.38%        0.38%   

Net investment income (loss) to average net assets

    1.29%        1.47%        1.81%        2.10%        2.43%   

Portfolio turnover rate

    70%        92%        77%        68%        84%   

 

(A)  Total return reflects all Portfolio expenses.

 

     Inflation-Protected Securities  
     December 31,
2015
    December 31,
2014
    December 31,
2013
    December 31,
2012
    December 31,
2011
 

Total return (A)

    (1.94)%        3.00%        (8.26)%        7.06%        12.33%   

Ratio and supplemental data:

                   

Net assets end of year (000’s)

    $  268,105        $  282,926        $  274,788        $  341,136        $  358,544   

Expenses to average net assets

                   

Excluding waiver and/or reimbursement

    0.43%        0.42%        0.41%        0.40%        0.40%   

Including waiver and/or reimbursement

    0.40%        0.40%        0.40%        0.40%        0.40%   

Net investment income (loss) to average net assets

    0.21%        1.17%        0.48%        1.43%        3.30%   

Portfolio turnover rate

    54%        81%        99%        103%        134%   

 

(A)  Total return reflects all Portfolio expenses.

 

     Core Bond  
     December 31,
2015
    December 31,
2014
    December 31,
2013
    December 31,
2012
    December 31,
2011
 

Total return (A)

    0.46%        6.32%        (0.96)%        8.28%        6.20%   

Ratio and supplemental data:

                   

Net assets end of year (000’s)

    $  1,282,948        $  1,354,476        $  1,336,211        $  1,470,033        $  1,588,591   

Expenses to average net assets

    0.37%        0.38%        0.39%        0.39%        0.39%   

Net investment income (loss) to average net assets

    2.27%        2.58%        2.64%        3.03%        3.54%   

Portfolio turnover rate

    46%        184%        200%        297%        406%   

 

(A)  Total return reflects all Portfolio expenses.

 

     High Yield Bond  
     December 31,
2015
    December 31,
2014
    December 31,
2013
    December 31,
2012
    December 31,
2011
 

Total return (A)

    (4.13)%        3.16%        7.48%        15.14%        4.93%   

Ratio and supplemental data:

                   

Net assets end of year (000’s)

    $  748,987        $  876,775        $  856,906        $  819,993        $  729,276   

Expenses to average net assets

    0.58%        0.58% (B)      0.59% (B)      0.59% (B)      0.59% (B) 

Net investment income (loss) to average net assets

    5.72%        5.87% (C)      6.37% (C)      7.23% (C)      8.04% (C) 

Portfolio turnover rate

    44%        97% (D)      51% (D)      102% (D)      81% (D) 

 

(A)  Total return reflects all Portfolio expenses.
(B)  Does not include expenses of the investment companies and/or ETFs in which the Portfolio invests.
(C)  Recognition of net investment income by the Portfolio is affected by the timing of the declaration of dividends by the investment companies and/or ETFs in which the Portfolio invests.
(D)  Does not include portfolio activity of the investment companies and/or ETFs in which the Portfolio invests.

 

The Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this report.

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FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS (continued)

For the years ended:

 

     Balanced  
     December 31,
2015
    December 31,
2014
    December 31,
2013
    December 31,
2012
    December 31,
2011
 

Total return (A)

    0.57%        10.99%        18.33%        13.47%        3.60%   

Ratio and supplemental data:

                   

Net assets end of year (000’s)

    $  151,593        $  147,564        $  123,270        $  109,602        $  104,111   

Expenses to average net assets

                   

Excluding waiver and/or reimbursement

    0.54%        0.58%        0.63%        0.61%        0.62%   

Including waiver and/or reimbursement

    0.50%        0.50%        0.50%        0.50%        0.50%   

Net investment income (loss) to average net assets

    1.60%        1.69%        1.44%        1.82%        2.26%   

Portfolio turnover rate

    50%        92%        123%        150%        245%   

 

(A)  Total return reflects all Portfolio expenses.

 

     Large Value  
     December 31,
2015
    December 31,
2014
    December 31,
2013
    December 31,
2012
    December 31,
2011
 

Total return (A)

    (0.36)%        9.82%        38.08%        17.39%        2.32%   

Ratio and supplemental data:

                   

Net assets end of year (000’s)

    $  826,422        $  920,253        $  924,277        $  785,039        $  877,766   

Expenses to average net assets (B)

    0.47%        0.47%        0.48%        0.48%        0.47%   

Net investment income (loss) to average net assets (C)

    1.48%        1.24%        1.69%        2.08% (D)      1.70%   

Portfolio turnover rate (E)

    65%        69%        99%        48%        55%   

 

(A)  Total return reflects all Portfolio expenses.
(B)  Does not include expenses of the investment companies and/or ETFs in which the Portfolio invests.
(C)  Recognition of net investment income by the Portfolio is affected by the timing of the declaration of dividends by the underlying Master Portfolio in which the Portfolio invests.
(D)  Includes litigation proceeds received during the year that represented 0.15%.
(E)  Does not include portfolio activity of the investment companies and/or ETFs in which the Portfolio invests.

 

     Large Core  
     December 31,
2015
    December 31,
2014
    December 31,
2013
    December 31,
2012
    December 31,
2011
 

Total return (A)

    (0.78)%        15.16%        37.28%        17.30%        3.51%   

Ratio and supplemental data:

                   

Net assets end of year (000’s)

    $  323,369        $  347,382        $  309,735        $  244,984        $  235,204   

Expenses to average net assets

    0.63%        0.63%        0.64%        0.64%        0.63%   

Net investment income (loss) to average net assets

    1.27%        1.02%        1.41%        1.68%        1.37%   

Portfolio turnover rate

    64%        70%        116%        54%        63%   

 

(A)  Total return reflects all Portfolio expenses.

 

     Large Growth  
     December 31,
2015
    December 31,
2014
    December 31,
2013
    December 31,
2012
    December 31,
2011
 

Total return (A)

    9.17%        10.75%        35.32%        14.91%        (1.78)%   

Ratio and supplemental data:

                   

Net assets end of year (000’s)

    $  925,458        $  926,582        $  942,018        $  825,014        $  1,016,307   

Expenses to average net assets (B)

                   

Excluding waiver and/or reimbursement

    0.64%        0.65%        0.66%        0.66%        0.65%   

Including waiver and/or reimbursement

    0.64%        0.65%        0.65%        0.65%        0.65%   

Net investment income (loss) to average net assets (C)

    0.33%        0.42%        0.57%        0.75%        0.34%   

Portfolio turnover rate (D)

    33%        73%        49%        53%        53%   

 

(A)  Total return reflects all Portfolio expenses.
(B)  Does not include expenses of the investment companies and/or ETFs in which the Portfolio invests.
(C)  Recognition of net investment income by the Portfolio is affected by the timing of the declaration of dividends by the investment companies and/or ETFs in which the Portfolio invests.
(D)  Does not include portfolio activity of the investment companies and/or ETFs in which the Portfolio invests.

 

The Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this report.

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FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS (continued)

For the years ended:

 

     Mid Value  
     December 31,
2015
    December 31,
2014
    December 31,
2013
    December 31,
2012
    December 31,
2011
 

Total return (A)

    (0.46)%        12.97%        32.99%        19.50%        (2.19)%   

Ratio and supplemental data:

                   

Net assets end of year (000’s)

    $  801,854        $  868,934        $  975,081        $  777,964        $  748,835   

Expenses to average net assets

                   

Excluding waiver and/or reimbursement

    0.69%        0.70%        0.70%        0.70%        0.70%   

Including waiver and/or reimbursement

    0.69%        0.70%        0.70%        0.70%        0.70%   

Net investment income (loss) to average net assets

    1.28%        1.32%        0.93%        1.36%        1.08%   

Portfolio turnover rate

    37%        92%        53%        71%        69%   

 

(A)  Total return reflects all Portfolio expenses.

 

     Mid Growth  
     December 31,
2015
    December 31,
2014
    December 31,
2013
    December 31,
2012
    December 31,
2011
 

Total return (A)

    (1.37)%        8.04%        30.35%        13.93%        (6.90)%   

Ratio and supplemental data:

                   

Net assets end of year (000’s)

    $  107,745        $  126,129        $  150,143        $  164,933        $  206,602   

Expenses to average net assets

                   

Excluding waiver and/or reimbursement

    0.76%        0.76%        0.77%        0.76%        0.75%   

Including waiver and/or reimbursement

    0.75%        0.75%        0.75%        0.75%        0.75%   

Net investment income (loss) to average net assets

    (0.12)%        0.60%        (0.00)% (B)      0.10%        (0.33)%   

Portfolio turnover rate

    70%        60%        234%        178%        135%   

 

(A)  Total return reflects all Portfolio expenses.
(B)  Rounds to less than 0.01% or (0.01)%.

 

     Small Value  
     December 31,
2015
    December 31,
2014
    December 31,
2013
    December 31,
2012
    December 31,
2011
 

Total return (A)

    (6.12)%        7.38%        34.10%        16.11%        1.35%   

Ratio and supplemental data:

                   

Net assets end of year (000’s)

    $  67,821        $  76,593        $  82,298        $  70,183        $  103,958   

Expenses to average net assets

                   

Excluding waiver and/or reimbursement

    0.90%        0.88%        0.88%        0.88%        0.87%   

Including waiver and/or reimbursement

    0.85%        0.85%        0.85%        0.85%        0.85%   

Net investment income (loss) to average net assets

    0.97%        0.99%        0.57%        1.41%        0.63%   

Portfolio turnover rate

    133%        18%        16%        15%        16%   

 

(A)  Total return reflects all Portfolio expenses.

 

     Small Core  
     December 31,
2015
    December 31,
2014
    December 31,
2013
    December 31,
2012
    December 31,
2011
 

Total return (A)

    (9.47)%        4.21%        33.62%        15.04%        (2.19)%   

Ratio and supplemental data:

                   

Net assets end of year (000’s)

    $  231,619        $  306,291        $  334,182        $  296,936        $  296,060   

Expenses to average net assets

    0.84%        0.83%        0.84%        0.84%        0.84%   

Net investment income (loss) to average net assets

    1.08%        1.05%        0.74%        1.07%        0.32%   

Portfolio turnover rate

    132%        148%        195%        59%        59%   

 

(A)  Total return reflects all Portfolio expenses.

 

     Small Growth  
     December 31,
2015
    December 31,
2014
    December 31,
2013
    December 31,
2012
    December 31,
2011
 

Total return (A)

    3.55%        3.13%        37.97%        1.30%        (6.45)%   

Ratio and supplemental data:

                   

Net assets end of year (000’s)

    $  66,942        $  66,461        $  73,064        $  58,300        $  108,124   

Expenses to average net assets

                   

Excluding waiver and/or reimbursement

    0.91%        0.91%        0.93%        0.94%        0.94%   

Including waiver and/or reimbursement

    0.90%        0.90%        0.90%        0.90%        0.90%   

Net investment income (loss) to average net assets

    0.01%        (0.37)%        (0.46)%        (0.20)%        (0.37)%   

Portfolio turnover rate

    53%        78%        72%        209%        120%   

 

(A)  Total return reflects all Portfolio expenses.

 

The Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this report.

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FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS (continued)

For the years ended:

 

     International Equity  
     December 31,
2015
    December 31,
2014
    December 31,
2013
    December 31,
2012
    December 31,
2011
 

Total return (A)

    (2.47)%        (7.74)%        13.92%        17.35%        (13.51)%   

Ratio and supplemental data:

                   

Net assets end of year (000’s)

    $  404,276        $  499,180        $  612,105        $  614,432        $  680,170   

Expenses to average net assets

    0.82%        0.83%        0.85%        0.82%        0.82%   

Net investment income (loss) to average net assets

    2.32%        2.80%        1.31%        1.65%        1.70%   

Portfolio turnover rate

    23%        28%        116%        23%        24%   

 

(A)  Total return reflects all Portfolio expenses.

 

The Notes to Financial Statements are an integral part of this report.

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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

At December 31, 2015

 

1. ORGANIZATION

 

Transamerica Partners Portfolios (the “Series Portfolio”) is an open-end management investment company registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), and was organized as a series trust under the laws of the State of New York. The Series Portfolio applies investment company accounting and reporting guidance. The Series Portfolio is composed of fifteen different series that are, in effect, separate investment funds. The portfolios (each, a “Portfolio” and collectively, the “Portfolios”) are listed below. Each Portfolio issues shares of beneficial interest only in private placement transactions that do not involve a public offering within the meaning of Section 4(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (“Securities Act”). Only “accredited investors”, as defined in Regulation D under the Securities Act, may invest in the Portfolios. Accredited investors include investment companies, insurance company separate accounts, common or commingled trust funds, or other similar organizations or entities.

 

Portfolio

Transamerica Partners Money Market Portfolio (“Money Market”)

Transamerica Partners High Quality Bond Portfolio (“High Quality Bond”)

Transamerica Partners Inflation-Protected Securities Portfolio (“Inflation-Protected Securities”)

Transamerica Partners Core Bond Portfolio (“Core Bond”)

Transamerica Partners High Yield Bond Portfolio (“High Yield Bond”)

Transamerica Partners Balanced Portfolio (“Balanced”)

Transamerica Partners Large Value Portfolio (“Large Value”)

Transamerica Partners Large Core Portfolio (“Large Core”)

Transamerica Partners Large Growth Portfolio (“Large Growth”)

Transamerica Partners Mid Value Portfolio (“Mid Value”)

Transamerica Partners Mid Growth Portfolio (“Mid Growth”)

Transamerica Partners Small Value Portfolio (“Small Value”)

Transamerica Partners Small Core Portfolio (“Small Core”)

Transamerica Partners Small Growth Portfolio (“Small Growth”)

Transamerica Partners International Equity Portfolio (“International Equity”)

Transamerica Asset Management, Inc. (“TAM”) provides continuous and regular investment management services to the Portfolios. TAM acts as a “manager of managers”, providing management services that include, without limitation, the design and development of each Portfolio and its investment strategy and the ongoing review and evaluation of that investment strategy including recommending changes in strategy where it believes appropriate or advisable; the selection of one or more sub-advisers for each Portfolio employing a combination of quantitative and qualitative screens, research, analysis and due diligence; oversight and monitoring of sub-advisers and recommending changes to sub-advisers where it believes appropriate or advisable; recommending and implementing fund combinations and liquidations where it believes appropriate or advisable; regular supervision of the Portfolios’ investments; regular review of sub-adviser performance and holdings; ongoing trade oversight and analysis; regular monitoring to ensure adherence to investment process; risk management oversight and analysis; design, development, implementation and regular monitoring of the valuation of portfolio holdings; design, development, implementation and regular monitoring of the compliance process; review of proxies voted by sub-advisers; oversight of preparation, and review, of materials for meetings of the Portfolios’ Board of Trustees (the “Board”), participation in these meetings and preparation of regular communications with the Board; oversight of preparation and review of prospectuses, shareholder reports and other disclosure materials and filings; and oversight of other service providers to the Portfolios, such as the custodian, the transfer agent, the Portfolios’ independent registered public accounting firm and legal counsel; supervision of the performance of recordkeeping and shareholder relations for the Portfolios; and ongoing cash management services. TAM uses a variety of quantitative and qualitative tools to carry out its investment management services. Where TAM employs sub-advisers, the sub-advisers carry out and effectuate the investment strategy designed for the Portfolios by TAM and are responsible, subject to TAM’s and the Board’s oversight, among other things, for making decisions to buy, hold or sell a particular security. TAM’s investment management services include the provision of supervisory and administrative services to the Portfolios. Payment of any fees to the sub-advisers is the responsibility of TAM, and is not an additional expense of the Portfolios.

2. SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

In preparing the Portfolios’ financial statements in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (“GAAP”) in the United States of America, estimates or assumptions (which could differ from actual results) may be used that affect reported amounts and disclosures. The following is a summary of significant accounting policies followed by the Portfolios.

Foreign currency denominated investments: The accounting records of the Portfolios are maintained in U.S. dollars. Securities and other assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollars based on the closing exchange rate each day. The cost of foreign securities purchased and any realized gains or losses are translated at the prevailing exchange rates in effect on the date of the respective transaction. Each Portfolio combines fluctuations from currency exchange rates and fluctuations in value when computing net realized and unrealized gains or losses from investments.

 

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Net foreign currency gains and losses resulting from changes in exchange rates include, foreign currency fluctuations between trade date and settlement date of investment security transactions, gains and losses on forward foreign currency contracts, and the difference between the receivable amounts of interest and dividends recorded in the accounting records in U.S. dollars and the amounts actually received.

Foreign currency denominated assets may involve risks not typically associated with domestic transactions. These risks include revaluation of currencies, adverse fluctuations in foreign currency values, and possible adverse political, social, and economic developments, including those particular to a specific industry, country or region.

Security transactions and investment income: Security transactions are recorded on the trade date. Security gains and losses are calculated on the first-in, first-out basis. Dividend income, if any, is recorded on the ex-dividend date or, in the case of foreign securities, as soon as the Portfolios are informed of the ex-dividend dates, net of foreign taxes. Interest income, including accretion of discounts and amortization of premiums, is recorded on the accrual basis commencing on the settlement date.

Foreign taxes: The Portfolios may be subjected to taxes imposed by the countries in which they invest, with respect to their investments in issuers existing or operating in such countries. The Portfolios may also be subject to foreign taxes on income, gains on investments, or currency repatriation, a portion of which may be recoverable. The Portfolios accrue such taxes and recoveries as applicable when the related income or capital gains are earned or unrealized, and based upon the current interpretation of tax rules and regulations that exist in the markets in which the Portfolios invest. Some countries require governmental approval for the repatriation of investment income, capital, or the proceeds of sales earned by foreign investors. In addition, if there is deterioration in a country’s balance of payments or for other reasons, a country may impose temporary restrictions of foreign capital remittances abroad.

Cash overdraft: Throughout the year, the Portfolios may have cash overdraft balances. A fee is incurred on these overdrafts, calculated by multiplying the overdraft by a rate based on the federal funds rate.

Payables, if any, are reflected as Due to custodian in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities. Expenses, if any, from U.S. cash overdrafts are reflected in Custody fees within the Statements of Operations. Expenses, if any, from foreign cash overdrafts are reflected in Interest income within the Statements of Operations.

Commission recapture: The sub-adviser, to the extent consistent with the best execution and usual commission rate policies and practices, has elected to place security transactions of the Portfolios with broker/dealers with which other Funds or Portfolios advised by TAM have established a Commission Recapture Program. A Commission Recapture Program is any arrangement under which a broker/dealer applies a portion of the commissions received by such broker/dealer on the security transactions to the Portfolios. In no event will commissions paid by the Portfolios be used to pay expenses that would otherwise be borne by any other Funds or Portfolios advised by TAM, or by any other party.

Commissions recaptured are included in Net realized gain (loss) within the Statements of Operations. For the year ended December 31, 2015, commissions recaptured are as follows:

 

Portfolio    Commissions
Recaptured
 

Large Growth

   $ 22,831   

Mid Value

       41,399   

Small Value

     637   

Small Growth

     2,513   

International Equity

     2,363   

Indemnification: In the normal course of business, the Portfolios enter into contracts that contain a variety of representations that provide general indemnifications. The Portfolios’ maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown, as this would involve future claims that may be made against the Portfolios and/or their affiliates that have not yet occurred. However, based on experience, the Portfolios expect the risk of loss to be remote.

3. SECURITY VALUATION

All investments in securities are recorded at their estimated fair value. The Portfolios value their investments at the close of the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”), normally 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time, each day the NYSE is open for business.

 

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The Portfolios utilize various methods to measure the fair value of their investments on a recurring basis. GAAP 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 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, which may include TAM’s internal valuation committee’s (the “Valuation Committee”) own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments. Factors considered in making this determination may include, but are not limited to, information obtained by contacting the sub-adviser, issuer, analysts, or the appropriate stock exchange (for exchange-traded securities), analysis of the issuer’s financial statements or other available documents and, if necessary, available information concerning other securities in similar circumstances.

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. The hierarchy classification of inputs used to value the Portfolios’ investments, at December 31, 2015, is disclosed in the Security Valuation section of each Portfolio’s Schedule of Investments.

Under supervision and approval of the Board, TAM provides day-to-day valuation functions. TAM formed the Valuation Committee to monitor and implement the fair valuation policies and procedures as approved by the Board. These policies and procedures are reviewed at least annually by the Board. The Valuation Committee, among other tasks, monitors for when market quotations are not readily available or are unreliable and determines in good faith the fair value of the portfolio investments. For instances in which daily market quotes are not readily available, securities may be valued, pursuant to procedures adopted by the Board, with reference to other instruments or indices. Depending on the relative significance of valuation inputs, these instruments may be classified in either Level 2 or Level 3 of the fair value hierarchy.

The Valuation Committee may employ a market-based approach which may use related or comparable assets or liabilities, recent transactions, market multiples, book values, and other relevant information for the security to determine the fair value of the security. An income-based valuation approach may also be used in which the anticipated future cash flows of the security are discounted to calculate fair value. Discounts may also be applied due to the nature or duration of any restrictions on the disposition of the securities. When the Portfolios use fair value methods that rely on significant unobservable inputs to determine a security’s value, the Valuation Committee will choose the method that is believed to accurately reflect fair value. These securities are categorized in Level 3 of the fair value hierarchy. The Valuation Committee reviews fair value measurements on a regular and ad hoc basis and may, as deemed appropriate, update the security valuations as well as the fair valuation guidelines. The Board reviews and considers Valuation Committee determinations at its regularly scheduled meetings.

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 Valuation Committee’s 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. The Valuation Committee employs various methods for calibrating these valuation approaches, including a regular review of valuation methodologies, key inputs and assumptions, transactional back-testing, and reviews of any market related activity.

Fair value measurements: Descriptions of the valuation techniques applied to the Portfolios’ significant categories of assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis are as follows:

Equity securities (common and preferred stocks): Securities are stated at the last reported sales price or closing price on the day of valuation taken from the primary exchange where the security is principally traded. To the extent these securities are actively traded and valuation adjustments are not applied, they are categorized in Level 1 of the fair value hierarchy.

Foreign securities, in which the primary trading market closes at the same time or after the NYSE, are valued based on quotations from the primary market in which they are traded and are categorized in Level 1. Because many foreign securities markets and exchanges close prior to the close of the NYSE, closing prices for foreign securities in those markets or on those exchanges do not reflect the

 

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events that occur after that close. Certain foreign securities may be fair valued using a pricing service that considers the correlation of the trading patterns of the foreign security to the intraday trading in the U.S. markets for investments such as American Depositary Receipts, financial futures, exchange-traded funds, and the movement of the certain indices of securities based on a statistical analysis of their historical relationship; such valuations generally are categorized in Level 2.

Preferred stock and other equities traded on inactive markets or valued by reference to similar instruments are also generally categorized in Level 2 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 NAV of the underlying securities and no valuation adjustments are applied. It is categorized in Level 1 of the fair value hierarchy.

Asset-backed securities: The fair value of asset-backed securities is estimated based on models that consider the estimated cash flows of each tranche of the entity, establish a benchmark yield, and develop an estimated tranche specific spread to the benchmark yield based on the unique attributes of the tranche. To the extent the inputs are observable and timely, the values would generally be categorized in Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy; otherwise they would be categorized in Level 3.

Corporate bonds: The fair value of corporate bonds 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 bonds 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.

Government securities: Government securities 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. Government securities generally are categorized in Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy, or Level 3 if inputs are unobservable.

Mortgage-backed securities: The fair value of mortgage-backed securities is estimated based on models that consider issuer type, coupon, cash flows, mortgage prepayment projection tables and adjustable rate mortgage evaluations that incorporate index data, periodic life caps and the next coupon reset date. To the extent the inputs are observable and timely, the values would generally be categorized in Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy; otherwise they are categorized in Level 3.

Municipal bonds & notes and variable rate notes: The fair value of municipal bonds & notes and variable rate notes is estimated based on models that consider, among other factors, information received from market makers and broker-dealers, current trades, bid-want lists, offerings, market movements, the liquidity of the bond, state of issuance, benchmark yield curves, and bond or note insurance. To the extent the inputs are observable and timely, the values would generally be categorized in Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy; otherwise they are categorized in Level 3.

Repurchase agreements: Repurchase agreements are valued at cost, which approximates fair value. To the extent the inputs are observable and timely, the values are generally categorized in Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy.

Short-term notes: The Portfolios, with the exception of Money Market, normally value short-term government and U.S. government agency securities 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. Short-term government and U.S. government agency securities generally are categorized in Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy, or Level 3 if inputs are unobservable.

Commercial paper is valued using amortized cost, which approximates fair value. To the extent the inputs are observable and timely, the values are generally categorized in Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy, or Level 3 if inputs are unobservable.

Money Market values all security positions using amortized cost, which approximates fair value. To the extent the inputs are observable and timely, the values are generally categorized in Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy, or Level 3 if inputs are unobservable.

U.S. government agency securities: U.S. government agency securities are comprised of two main categories consisting of agency issued debt and mortgage pass-throughs. Generally, agency issued debt securities are valued in a manner similar to U.S. government securities. Mortgage pass-throughs include to be announced (“TBA”) securities and mortgage pass-through certificates. Generally, TBA securities and mortgage pass-throughs are valued using dealer quotations. Depending on market activity levels and whether quotations or other observable data are used, these securities are typically categorized in Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy; otherwise they would be categorized in Level 3.

 

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Derivative instruments: Centrally cleared or listed derivatives that are actively traded are valued based on quoted prices from the exchange and are categorized in Level 1 of the fair value hierarchy. Over-the-counter (“OTC”) derivative contracts include forward, swap, swaption, and option contracts related to interest rates, foreign currencies, credit standing of reference entities, equity prices, or commodity prices. Depending on the product and the terms of the transaction, the fair value of the OTC derivative products are modeled taking into account the counterparties’ creditworthiness and using a series of techniques, including simulation models. Many pricing models do not entail material subjectivity because the methodologies employed do not necessitate significant judgments and the pricing inputs are observed from actively quoted markets, as is the case of interest rate swap and option contracts. The majority of OTC derivative products valued by the Portfolios using pricing models fall into this category and are categorized within Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy or Level 3 if inputs are unobservable.

4. SECURITIES AND OTHER INVESTMENTS

Loan participations and assignments: The Portfolios may invest in direct debt instruments which are interests in amounts owed to lenders or lending syndicates by corporate, governmental, or other borrowers, either in the form of participations at the time the loan is originated (“Participations”) or buying an interest in the loan in the secondary market from a financial institution or institutional investor (“Assignments”). Participations and Assignments in commercial loans may be secured or unsecured. These investments may include standby financing commitments, including revolving credit facilities that obligate the Portfolios to supply additional cash to the borrowers on demand. Loan Participations and Assignments involve risks of insolvency of the lending banks or other financial intermediaries. As such, the Portfolios assume the credit risks associated with the corporate borrowers and may assume the credit risks associated with the interposed banks or other financial intermediaries.

Each Portfolio, based on its ability to invest in Loan Participations and Assignments, may be contractually obligated to receive approval from the agent banks and/or borrowers prior to the sale of these investments. The Portfolios that participate in such syndications, or that can buy a portion of the loans, become part lenders. Loans are often administered by agent banks acting as agents for all holders.

The agent banks administer the terms of the loans, as specified in the loan agreements. In addition, the agent banks are normally responsible for the collection of principal and interest payments from the corporate borrowers and the apportionment of these payments to the credit of all institutions that are parties to the loan agreements. Unless the Portfolios have direct recourse against the corporate borrowers under the terms of the loans or other indebtedness, the Portfolios may have to rely on the agent banks or other financial intermediaries to apply appropriate credit remedies against corporate borrowers.

The Portfolios held no unsecured loan participations at December 31, 2015. Open secured loan participations and assignments at December 31, 2015, if any, are included within the Schedule of Investments.

Payment in-kind (“PIK”) securities: PIKs give the issuer the option of making interest payments in either cash or additional debt securities at each interest payment date. Those additional debt securities usually have the same terms, including maturity dates and interest rates, and associated risks as the original bonds. The daily market quotations of the original bonds may include the accrued interest (referred to as a “dirty price”) and require a pro-rata adjustment from Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments to Interest receivable in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities.

PIKs held at December 31, 2015, if any, are identified in the Schedule of Investments.

Real estate investment trusts (“REIT”): REITs are pooled investment vehicles which invest primarily in income producing real estate, or real estate related loans or interests. Dividend income related to a REIT is recorded at management’s estimate of the income and capital gains included in distributions from the REIT investments. Distributions received in excess of the estimated amount are recorded as a reduction of the cost of investments. The actual amounts of income, return of capital, and capital gains are only determined by each REIT after the fiscal year end and may differ from the estimated amounts. There are certain additional risks involved in investing in REITs. These include, but are not limited to, economic conditions, changes in zoning laws, real estate values, property taxes, and interest rates.

REITs held at December 31, 2015, if any, are identified in the Schedule of Investments.

Restricted and illiquid securities: The Portfolios may invest in unregulated restricted securities. Restricted and illiquid securities are subject to legal or contractual restrictions on resale or are illiquid. Restricted securities generally may be resold in transactions exempt from registration under the Securities Act of 1933. A security may be considered illiquid if it lacks a readily available market or if its valuation has not changed for a certain period of time. Disposal of these securities may involve time-consuming negotiations and expense, and prompt sale at the current valuation may be difficult.

Restricted and illiquid securities held at December 31, 2015, if any, are identified in the Schedule of Investments.

 

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To be announced (“TBA”) commitments: TBA commitments are entered into to purchase or sell securities for a fixed price at a future date, typically not to exceed 45 days. TBAs are considered securities in themselves, and involve a risk of loss if the value of the security to be purchased declines, or the value of the security sold increases, prior to settlement date, in addition to the risk of decline in the value of the Portfolios’ other assets. Unsettled TBA commitments are valued at the current value of the underlying securities.

TBA commitments held at December 31, 2015, if any, are identified in the Schedule of Investments. Open balances at December 31, 2015, if any, are included in When-issued, delayed-delivery, and forward commitment purchased or sold in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities.

Treasury inflation-protected securities (“TIPS”): Certain Portfolios may invest in TIPS, which are fixed income securities whose principal value is periodically adjusted according to the rate of inflation/deflation. If the index measuring inflation/deflation rises or falls, the principal value of TIPS will be adjusted upward or downward, and consequently the interest payable on these securities (calculated with respect to a larger or smaller principal amount) will be increased or reduced, respectively. Any upward or downward adjustment in the principal amount of a TIPS will be included as Interest income in the Statements of Operations, even though investors do not receive their principal until maturity. Repayment of the original bond principal upon maturity (as adjusted for inflation) is guaranteed in the case of U.S. Treasury inflation-indexed bonds. For bonds that do not provide a similar guarantee, the adjusted principal value of the bond repaid at maturity may be less than the original principal.

TIPS held at December 31, 2015, if any, are included within the Schedule of Investments. The adjustments, if any, to principal due to inflation/deflation are reflected as increases/decreases to Interest income in the Statements of Operations with a corresponding adjustment to cost.

When-issued, delayed-delivery, and forward commitment transactions: The Portfolios may purchase or sell securities on a when-issued, delayed-delivery, and forward commitment basis. When-issued and forward commitment transactions are made conditionally because a security, although authorized, has not yet been issued in the market. Settlement of such transactions normally occurs within a month or more after the purchase or sale commitment is made. The Portfolios engage in when-issued and forward commitment transactions to obtain an advantageous price and yield at the time of the transaction. The Portfolios engage in when-issued and forward commitment transactions for the purpose of acquiring securities, but may enter into a separate agreement to sell the securities before the settlement date. Since the value of securities purchased may fluctuate prior to settlement, the Portfolios may be required to pay more at settlement than the security is worth. In addition, the Portfolios are not entitled to any of the interest earned prior to settlement.

Delayed-delivery transactions involve a commitment by the Portfolios to purchase or sell securities for a predetermined price or yield, with payment and delivery taking place beyond the customary settlement period. When delayed-delivery transactions are outstanding, the Portfolios will segregate with their custodian either cash, U.S. government securities, or other liquid assets at least equal to the value or purchase commitments until payment is made. When purchasing a security on a delayed-delivery basis, the Portfolios assume the rights and risks of ownership of the security, including the risk of price and yield fluctuations. These transactions also involve a risk to the Portfolios if the other party to the transaction defaults on its obligation to make payment or delivery, and the Portfolios are delayed or prevented from completing the transaction. The Portfolios may dispose of or renegotiate a delayed-delivery transaction after it is entered into, which may result in a realized gain or loss. When the Portfolios sell a security on a delayed-delivery basis, the Portfolios do not participate in future gains and losses on the security.

When-issued, delayed-delivery, and forward commitment transactions held at December 31, 2015, if any, are identified in the Schedule of Investments. Open trades, if any, are reflected as When-issued, delayed-delivery, and forward commitment securities purchased or sold in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities.

5. BORROWINGS AND OTHER FINANCING TRANSACTIONS

The Portfolios may engage in borrowing transactions as a means of raising cash to satisfy redemption requests, for other temporary or emergency purposes or, to the extent permitted by their investment policies, to raise additional cash to be invested in other securities or instruments. When the Portfolios invest borrowing proceeds in other securities, the Portfolios will bear the risk that the market value of the securities in which the proceeds are invested goes down and is insufficient to repay borrowed proceeds. The Portfolios may borrow on a secured or on an unsecured basis. If the Portfolios enter into a secured borrowing arrangement, a portion of the Portfolios’ assets will be used as collateral. The 1940 Act requires the Portfolios to maintain asset coverage of at least 300% of the amount of their borrowings. Asset coverage means the ratio that the value of the Portfolios’ total assets, minus liabilities other than borrowings, bears to the aggregate amount of all borrowings. Although complying with this guideline would have the effect of limiting the amount that the Portfolios may borrow, it does not otherwise mitigate the risks of entering into borrowing transactions.

Securities lending: Securities are lent to qualified financial institutions and brokers. State Street serves as securities lending agent to the Portfolios pursuant to a Securities Lending Agreement. The lending of securities exposes the Portfolios to risks such as, the

 

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borrowers may fail to return the loaned securities, the borrowers may not be able to provide additional collateral, the Portfolios may experience delays in recovery of the loaned securities or delays in access to collateral, or the Portfolios may experience losses related to the investment collateral. To minimize certain risks, loan counterparties pledge cash collateral with a value of at least 102% of the current value of the loaned securities for securities traded on U.S. exchanges and a value of at least 105% for all other securities loaned. The lending agent has agreed to indemnify the Portfolios in the case of default of any securities borrower.

Cash collateral received is invested in the State Street Navigator Securities Lending Trust-Prime Portfolio, a money market mutual fund registered under the 1940 Act. By lending securities, the Portfolios seek to increase their net investment income through the receipt of interest and fees. Such income is reflected separately in the Statements of Operations. Net income from securities lending in the Statements of Operations is net of fees and rebates earned by the lending agent for its services.

The value of loaned securities and related collateral outstanding at December 31, 2015, if any, are shown on a gross basis in the Schedule of Investments and Statements of Assets and Liabilities.

Repurchase agreements: In a repurchase agreement, the Portfolios purchase a security and simultaneously commit to resell that security to the seller at an agreed-upon price on an agreed-upon date. Securities purchased subject to a repurchase agreement are held at the Portfolios’ custodian, or designated sub-custodian related to tri-party repurchase agreements, and, pursuant to the terms of the repurchase agreement, must be collateralized by securities with an aggregate market value greater than or equal to 100% of the resale price. The Portfolios will bear the risk of value fluctuations until the securities can be sold and may encounter delays and incur costs in liquidating the securities. In the event of bankruptcy or insolvency of the seller, delays and costs may be incurred.

Repurchase agreements are subject to netting agreements, which are agreements between the Portfolios and their counterparties that provide for the net settlement of all transactions and collateral with the Portfolios, through a single payment, in the event of default or termination. Amounts presented on the Schedule of Investments, and as part of Repurchase agreements, at value on the Statements of Assets and Liabilities are shown on a gross basis. The value of the related collateral for each repurchase agreement, as reflected in the Schedule of Investments, exceeds the value of each repurchase agreement at December 31, 2015.

Open repurchase agreements at December 31, 2015, if any, are included within the Schedule of Investments and Statements of Assets and Liabilities.

The following table reflects a breakdown of transactions accounted for as secured borrowings, the gross obligation by the type of collateral pledged, and the remaining contractual maturity of those transactions as of December 31, 2015.

 

     Remaining Contractual Maturity of the Agreements  
     Overnight and
Continuous
    Less Than
30 Days
    Between
30 & 90 Days
    Greater Than
90 Days
    Total  

High Quality Bond

         

Securities Lending Transactions

         

Corporate Debt Securities

  $ 2,281,740      $   —      $   —      $   —      $   2,281,740   

Total Borrowings

  $   2,281,740      $      $      $      $ 2,281,740   

Gross amount of recognized liabilities for securities lending transactions

  

  $ 2,281,740   
                                         

Inflation-Protected Securities

         

Securities Lending Transactions

         

U.S. Government Obligations

  $ 1,233,750      $      $      $      $ 1,233,750   

Total Borrowings

  $ 1,233,750      $      $      $      $ 1,233,750   

Gross amount of recognized liabilities for securities lending transactions

  

  $ 1,233,750   
                                         

Core Bond

         

Securities Lending Transactions

         

Corporate Debt Securities

  $ 17,724,574      $      $      $      $ 17,724,574   

Foreign Government Obligations

    1,773,070                             1,773,070   

U.S. Government Obligations

    15,784,459                             15,784,459   

Preferred Stocks

    980,567                             980,567   

Short-Term U.S. Government Obligations

    5,160,920                             5,160,920   

Total

  $ 41,423,590      $      $      $      $ 41,423,590   

Total Borrowings

  $ 41,423,590      $      $      $      $ 41,423,590   

Gross amount of recognized liabilities for securities lending transactions

  

  $ 41,423,590   
                                         

 

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     Remaining Contractual Maturity of the Agreements  
     Overnight and
Continuous
    Less Than
30 Days
    Between
30 & 90 Days
    Greater Than
90 Days
    Total  

Balanced

         

Securities Lending Transactions

         

Common Stocks

  $ 7,421,872      $      $      $      $ 7,421,872   

Preferred Stocks

    43,475                             43,475   

Corporate Debt Securities

    309,329                             309,329   

Total

  $ 7,774,676      $      $      $      $ 7,774,676   

Total Borrowings

  $ 7,774,676      $      $      $      $ 7,774,676   

Gross amount of recognized liabilities for securities lending transactions

  

  $ 7,774,676   
                                         

Large Value

         

Securities Lending Transactions

         

Common Stocks

  $ 88,291,614      $      $      $      $ 88,291,614   

Total Borrowings

  $ 88,291,614      $      $      $      $ 88,291,614   

Gross amount of recognized liabilities for securities lending transactions

  

  $ 88,291,614   
                                         

Large Core

         

Securities Lending Transactions

         

Common Stocks

  $ 32,938,081      $      $      $      $ 32,938,081   

Total Borrowings

  $ 32,938,081      $      $      $      $ 32,938,081   

Gross amount of recognized liabilities for securities lending transactions

  

  $ 32,938,081   
                                         

Large Growth

         

Securities Lending Transactions

         

Common Stocks

  $ 93,409,717      $      $      $      $ 93,409,717   

Total Borrowings

  $ 93,409,717      $      $      $      $ 93,409,717   

Gross amount of recognized liabilities for securities lending transactions

  

  $ 93,409,717   
                                         

Mid Value

         

Securities Lending Transactions

         

Common Stocks

  $   143,733,430      $      $      $      $ 143,733,430   

Total Borrowings

  $ 143,733,430      $      $      $      $ 143,733,430   

Gross amount of recognized liabilities for securities lending transactions

  

  $   143,733,430   
                                         

Mid Growth

         

Securities Lending Transactions

         

Common Stocks

  $ 12,835,455      $   —      $   —      $   —      $   12,835,455   

Total Borrowings

  $ 12,835,455      $      $      $      $ 12,835,455   

Gross amount of recognized liabilities for securities lending transactions

  

  $ 12,835,455   
                                         

Small Value

         

Securities Lending Transactions

         

Common Stocks

  $ 14,799,186      $      $      $      $ 14,799,186   

Total Borrowings

  $ 14,799,186      $      $      $      $ 14,799,186   

Gross amount of recognized liabilities for securities lending transactions

  

  $ 14,799,186   
                                         

Small Core

         

Securities Lending Transactions

         

Common Stocks

  $ 66,626,540      $      $      $      $ 66,626,540   

Total Borrowings

  $ 66,626,540      $      $      $      $ 66,626,540   

Gross amount of recognized liabilities for securities lending transactions

  

  $ 66,626,540   
                                         

 

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     Remaining Contractual Maturity of the Agreements  
     Overnight and
Continuous
    Less Than
30 Days
    Between
30 & 90 Days
    Greater Than
90 Days
    Total  

Small Growth

         

Securities Lending Transactions

         

Common Stocks

  $ 19,128,528      $      $      $      $ 19,128,528   

Total Borrowings

  $ 19,128,528      $      $      $      $ 19,128,528   

Gross amount of recognized liabilities for securities lending transactions

  

  $ 19,128,528   
                                         

International Equity

         

Securities Lending Transactions

         

Common Stocks

  $ 24,568,890      $      $      $      $ 24,568,890   

Total Borrowings

  $ 24,568,890      $      $      $      $ 24,568,890   

Gross amount of recognized liabilities for securities lending transactions

  

  $ 24,568,890   
                                         

6. RISK EXPOSURES AND THE USE OF DERIVATIVE INSTRUMENTS

The Portfolios’ investment objectives allow the Portfolios to use various types of derivative contracts, including option contracts, swap agreements, futures contracts, and forward foreign currency contracts. Derivatives are investments whose value is primarily derived from underlying assets, indices or reference rates and may be transacted on an exchange or OTC.

Market Risk Factors: In pursuit of the Portfolios’ investment objectives, the Portfolios may seek to use derivatives to increase or decrease their exposure to the following market risks:

Interest rate risk: Interest rate risk relates to the fluctuations in the value of fixed income securities due to changes in the prevailing levels of market interest rates.

Foreign exchange rate risk: Foreign exchange rate risk relates to fluctuations in the value of an asset or liability due to changes in the currency exchange rates.

Equity risk: Equity risk relates to the change in value of equity securities as they relate to increases or decreases in the general market.

Credit risk: Credit risk relates to the ability of the issuer of a financial instrument to make further principal or interest payments on an obligation or commitment that it has to the Portfolios.

Commodity risk: Commodity risk relates to the change in value of commodities or commodity indices as they relate to increases or decreases in the commodities market. Commodities are physical assets that have tangible properties. Examples of these types of assets are crude oil, heating oil, metals, livestock, and agricultural products.

The Portfolios are also exposed to additional risks from investing in derivatives, such as liquidity and counterparty credit risk. Liquidity risk is the risk that the Portfolios will be unable to sell or close out the derivative in the open market in a timely manner. Counterparty credit risk is the risk that the counterparty will not be able to fulfill its obligations to the Portfolios. Investing in derivatives may also involve greater risks than investing directly in the underlying assets, such as losses in excess of any initial investment and collateral received. In addition, there may be the risk that the change in value of the derivative contract does not correspond to the change in value of the underlying instrument.

The Portfolios’ exposure to market risk factors and other associated risks are discussed by derivative type as follows:

Option contracts: The Portfolios are subject to equity risk, interest rate risk, and foreign exchange rate risk in the normal course of pursuing their investment objectives. The Portfolios, with the exception of Money Market, may enter into option contracts to manage exposure to various market fluctuations. The Portfolios may purchase or write call and put options on securities and derivative instruments in which each Portfolio owns or may invest. Options are valued at the average of the bid and ask price established each day at the close of the board of trade or exchange on which they are traded. Options are marked-to-market daily to reflect the current value of the option. The primary risks associated with options are an imperfect correlation between the change in value of the securities held and the prices of the option contracts, the possibility of an illiquid market, and an inability of the counterparty to meet the contract terms. Options can be traded through an exchange or through privately negotiated arrangements with a dealer in an OTC transaction. Options traded on an exchange are generally cleared through a clearinghouse such as the Options Clearing Corp.

 

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Options on futures: The Portfolios may purchase or write options on futures. Purchasing or writing options on futures gives the Portfolios the right, but not obligation to buy or sell a position on a futures contract at the specified option exercise price at any time during the period of the option.

Inflation-capped options: The Portfolios may purchase or write inflation-capped options. Purchasing or writing inflation-capped options gives the Portfolios the right, but not the obligation to buy or sell an option which applies a cap to protect the Portfolios from inflation erosion above a certain rate on a given notional exposure. A floor can be used to give downside protection to the investments in inflation-linked products.

Options on foreign currency: The Portfolios may purchase or write foreign currency options. Purchasing or writing options on foreign currency gives the Portfolios the right, but not the obligation to buy or sell the currency and will specify the amount of currency and a rate of exchange that may be exercised by a specified date.

Interest rate swaptions: The Portfolios may purchase or write interest rate swaption agreements which are options to enter into a pre-defined swap agreement by some specific date in the future. The writer of the swaption becomes the counterparty to the swap if the buyer exercises. The interest rate swaption agreement will specify whether the buyer of the swaption will be a fixed-rate receiver or a fixed-rate payer upon exercise.

Purchased options: Purchasing call options tends to increase exposure to the underlying instrument. Purchasing put options tends to decrease exposure to the underlying instrument. The Portfolios pay premiums, which are included in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities as an investment and subsequently marked-to-market to reflect the current value of the option. The risk associated with purchasing put and call options is limited to the premium paid. Premiums paid from options which expire are treated as realized losses. Premiums paid for purchasing options which are exercised or closed are added to the amounts paid or offset against the proceeds on the underlying instrument to determine the realized gain or loss.

Written options: Writing call options tends to decrease exposure to the underlying instrument. Writing put options tends to increase exposure to the underlying instrument. When the Portfolios write a covered call or put option, the premium received is recorded as a liability in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities and is subsequently marked-to-market to reflect the current market value of the option written. Premiums received from written options which expire unexercised 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 instrument to determine the realized gain or loss. In writing an option, the Portfolios bear the market risk of an unfavorable change in the price of the security or currency underlying the written option. Exercise of an option written by the Portfolios could result in the Portfolios selling or buying a security or currency at a price different from the current market value.

As of December 31, 2015, transactions in written options are as follows:

 

    Call Options         Put Options  
Inflation-Protected Securities   Amount of
Premiums
    Number of
Contracts
         Amount of
Premiums
    Number of
Contracts
 

Balance at December 31, 2014

  $ 114,227        140        $          

Options written

    120,463        278            158,121        740   

Options closed

      (193,328     (312       (26,870     (69

Options expired

    (41,362     (106       (74,802       (371

Options exercised

                    (56,449     (300

Balance at December 31, 2015

  $               $          
                                   

As of December 31, 2015, transactions in written foreign exchange options, inflation-capped options and swaptions are as follows:

 

    Call Options  
Inflation-Protected
Securities
  Amount of
Premiums
    Notional
Amount
    Notional
Amount
    Notional
Amount
    Notional
Amount
    Notional
Amount
    Notional
Amount
 

Balance at

December 31, 2014

  $ 232,837      AUD 9,850,000      CHF      EUR  1,070,000      GBP      NZD      USD  8,900,000   

Options written

      1,656,672        7,520,000        6,375,625        37,555,000        7,355,000        8,440,000        86,405,000   

Options closed

    (482,038                     (32,595,000     (1,820,000            (2,945,000

Options expired

    (550,210       (17,370,000       (3,425,625     (2,485,000       (3,715,000       (4,335,000     (27,545,000

Options exercised

    (132,306                                          (11,675,000

Balance at

December 31, 2015

  $ 724,955      AUD      CHF  2,950,000      EUR 3,545,000      GBP 1,820,000      NZD  4,105,000      USD 53,140,000   
                                                         

 

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    Put Options  
Inflation-Protected
Securities
  Amount of
Premiums
    Notional
Amount
    Notional
Amount
    Notional
Amount
    Notional
Amount
    Notional
Amount
    Notional
Amount
 

Balance at

December 31, 2014

  $ 564,166      AUD  16,405,000      CAD      EUR  3,200,000      GBP      NZD      USD  22,760,000   

Options written

    2,248,554        49,430,000          28,900,000        27,010,000        2,910,000        8,440,000        58,405,000   

Options closed

    (829,938     (7,880,000     (7,225,000     (8,190,000                   (35,085,000

Options expired

      (1,213,870       (54,120,000              (13,860,000       (2,910,000       (8,440,000       (26,060,000

Options exercised

    (87,554     (3,835,000            (2,485,000                     

Balance at

December 31, 2015

  $ 681,358      AUD      CAD  21,675,000      EUR 5,675,000      GBP      NZD      USD 20,020,000   
                                                         

Open option contracts at December 31, 2015, if any, are included within the Schedule of Investments.

Swap agreements: Swap agreements are bilaterally negotiated agreements between the Portfolios and a counterparty to exchange or swap investments, cash flows, assets, foreign currencies, or market-linked returns at specified, future intervals. Swap agreements can be executed in a bi-lateral privately negotiated arrangement with a dealer in an OTC transaction or executed on a regular market. Certain swaps regardless of the venue of execution are required to be cleared through a clearinghouse (“centrally cleared swap agreements”). Centrally cleared swap agreements listed or traded on a multilateral platform, are valued at the daily settlement price determined by the corresponding exchange. For centrally cleared credit default swap agreements the clearing exchange requires all members to provide applicable levels across complete term levels. Centrally cleared interest rate swap agreements are valued using a pricing model that references the underlying rates including but not limited to the overnight index swap rate and London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”) forward rate to calculate the daily settlement price. The Portfolios, with the exception of Money Market, enter into credit default, cross-currency, interest rate, total return, and other forms of swap agreements to manage exposure to credit, currency, interest rate, and commodity risks. In connection with these agreements, securities or cash may be identified as collateral or margin in accordance with the terms of the respective swap agreements to provide assets of value and recourse in the event of default or bankruptcy/insolvency. Swap agreements are marked-to-market daily based upon values from third party vendors, which may include a registered exchange, or quotations from market makers to the extent available and the change in value, if any, is recorded as an unrealized gain or loss in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities.

For OTC swap agreements, payments received or made at the beginning of the measurement period are reflected as such in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities and represent payments made or received upon entering into the swap agreements to compensate for differences between the stated terms of the swap agreement and prevailing market conditions (credit spreads, currency exchange rates, interest rates, and other relevant factors). These upfront payments are recorded as Net realized gain (loss) in the Statements of Operations upon termination or maturity of the swap. A liquidation payment received or made at the termination of the swap is recorded as Net realized gain (loss) in the Statements of Operations. Net periodic payments received or paid by the Portfolios are included as part of Net realized gain (loss) in the Statements of Operations.

Interest rate swap agreements: The Portfolios are subject to interest rate risk exposure in the normal course of pursuing their investment objectives. Because the Portfolios hold fixed rate bonds, the value of these bonds may decrease if interest rates rise. To help hedge against this risk, the Portfolios enter into interest rate swap agreements. Under an interest rate swap agreement, two parties will exchange cash flows based on a notional principal amount. Portfolios with interest rate agreements can elect to pay a fixed rate and receive a floating rate, or receive a fixed rate and pay a floating rate, on a notional principal amount. The risks of interest rate swap agreements include changes in market conditions which will affect the value of the contract or the cash flows, and the possible inability of the counterparty to fulfill its obligations under the agreement. The Portfolios’ maximum risk of loss from counterparty credit risk is the discounted net value of the cash flows to be received from/paid to the counterparties over the contracts’ remaining lives, to the extent that that amount is positive. This risk is mitigated by having a master netting arrangement between the Portfolios and the counterparty, and by the posting of collateral.

Open centrally cleared swap agreements at December 31, 2015, if any, are listed in the Schedule of Investments. Centrally cleared swap agreements are marked-to-market daily and an appropriate payable or receivable for the variation margin is recorded, if applicable, and is shown in Variation margin receivable or payable within the Statements of Assets and Liabilities.

Open OTC swap agreements at December 31, 2015, if any, are listed in the Schedule of Investments. The value, as applicable, is shown in OTC Swap agreements, at value within the Statements of Assets and Liabilities.

Futures contracts: The Portfolios are subject to equity and commodity risk, interest rate risk, and foreign exchange rate risk in the normal course of pursuing their investment objectives. The Portfolios, with the exception of Money Market, use futures contracts to gain exposure to, or hedge against, changes in the value of equities and commodities, interest rates, or foreign currencies. A futures contract

 

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represents a commitment for the future purchase or sale of an asset at a specified price on a specified date. Upon entering into such contracts, the Portfolios are required to deposit with the broker, either in cash or in securities, an initial margin in an amount equal to a certain percentage of the contract amount. Subsequent payments (variation margin) are paid or received by the Portfolios, depending on the daily fluctuations in the value of the contract, and are recorded for financial statement purposes as unrealized gains or losses by the Portfolios. Upon entering into such contracts, the Portfolios bear the risk of equity and commodity prices, interest rates, or exchange rates moving unexpectedly, in which case, the Portfolios may not achieve the anticipated benefits of the futures contracts and may realize losses. With futures, there is minimal counterparty credit risk to the Portfolios since futures are exchange-traded and the exchange’s clearinghouse, as counterparty to all exchange-traded futures, guarantees the futures against default. Futures contracts are generally entered into on a regulated futures exchange and cleared through a clearinghouse associated with the exchange.

Open futures contracts at December 31, 2015, if any, are listed in the Schedule of Investments. Variation margin, if applicable, is shown in Variation margin receivable or payable within the Statements of Assets and Liabilities.

Forward foreign currency contracts: The Portfolios are subject to foreign exchange rate risk exposure in the normal course of pursuing their investment objectives. The Portfolios, with the exception of Money Market, may enter into forward foreign currency contracts to hedge against exchange rate risk arising from investments in securities denominated in foreign currencies. Forward foreign currency contracts are marked-to-market daily, with the change in value recorded as an unrealized gain or loss. When the contracts are settled, a realized gain or loss is incurred. Risks may arise from changes in market value of the underlying currencies and from the possible inability of counterparties to meet the terms of their contracts. Forward foreign currency contracts are traded in the OTC inter-bank currency dealer market.

Open forward foreign currency contracts at December 31, 2015, if any, are listed in the Schedule of Investments.

The following is a summary of the location and each Portfolio’s fair values of derivative investments disclosed, if any, in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities, categorized by primary market risk exposure as of December 31, 2015.

 

Asset Derivatives  
Portfolio/Location   Interest Rate
Contracts
    Foreign
Exchange
Contracts
   

Equity

Contracts

   

Credit

Contracts

    Commodity
Contracts
    Total  

Inflation-Protected Securities

           

Purchased options and swaptions (A) (B)

  $ 365,028      $ 635,432      $      $      $      $ 1,000,460   

Centrally cleared swap agreements, at value (B) (C)

    60,361                                    60,361   

Net unrealized appreciation on futures contracts (B) (D)

    250,745                                    250,745   

Unrealized appreciation on forward foreign currency contracts

           274,212                             274,212   

Total (E)

  $ 676,134      $ 909,644      $      $      $      $ 1,585,778   
                                                 

Balanced

           

Net unrealized appreciation on futures contracts (B) (D)

  $      $      $ 8,968      $      $      $ 8,968   

Total (E)

  $      $      $ 8,968      $      $      $ 8,968   
                                                 

Liability Derivatives

 
Portfolio/Location   Interest Rate
Contracts
    Foreign
Exchange
Contracts
    Equity
Contracts
    Credit
Contracts
    Commodity
Contracts
    Total  

Inflation-Protected Securities

           

Written options and swaptions, at value (B)

  $ (552,931   $ (349,003   $      $      $      $ (901,934

Centrally cleared swap agreements, at value (B) (C)

    (446,173                                 (446,173

Net unrealized depreciation on futures contracts (B) (D)

    (228,639                                 (228,639

Unrealized depreciation on forward foreign currency contracts

           (621,128                          (621,128

Total (E)

  $ (1,227,743   $ (970,131   $      $      $      $ (2,197,874
                                                 

 

(A)  Included within Investments, at value on the Statements of Assets and Liabilities.
(B)  May include exchange-traded derivatives which are not subject to a master netting arrangement, or another similar arrangement.
(C)  Included within fair value of centrally cleared swap agreements as reported in the Schedule of Investments. Only current day’s variation margin is reported within the Statements of Assets and Liabilities.
(D)  Included within cumulative appreciation (depreciation) on futures contracts as reported in the Schedule of Investments. Only current day’s variation margin is reported within the Statements of Assets and Liabilities.
(E)  The Portfolio does not offset assets and liabilities that are subject to a master netting agreement or similar arrangement on the Statements of Assets and Liabilities.

 

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The following is a summary of the location and the effect of derivative investments, if any, on the Statements of Operations, categorized by primary market risk exposure as of December 31, 2015.

 

Realized Gain (Loss) on Derivative Instruments

 
Portfolio/Location   Interest Rate
Contracts
    Foreign
Exchange
Contracts
    Equity
Contracts
    Credit
Contracts
    Commodity
Contracts
    Total  

Inflation-Protected Securities

           

Purchased options and swaptions (A)

  $ (989,387   $ (2,356,014   $      $      $      $   (3,345,401

Written options and swaptions

    775,916          1,878,961                             2,654,877   

Swap agreements

      (332,290                                 (332,290

Futures contracts

    (774,188                                 (774,188

Forward foreign currency contracts (B)

           1,767,195                             1,767,195   

Total

  $   (1,319,949   $ 1,290,142      $      $      $      $ (29,807
                                                 

Balanced

           

Futures contracts

  $      $      $   105,267      $      $      $ 105,267   

Total

  $   —      $   —      $ 105,267      $   —      $   —      $   105,267   
                                                 

Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on Derivative Instruments

 
Portfolio/Location   Interest Rate
Contracts
    Foreign
Exchange
Contracts
    Equity
Contracts
    Credit
Contracts
    Commodity
Contracts
    Total  

Inflation-Protected Securities

           

Purchased options and swaptions (C)

  $ (130,148   $ (209,329   $      $      $      $ (339,477

Written options and swaptions

    322,350          160,628                             482,978   

Swap agreements

    (49,386                                 (49,386

Futures contracts

      944,770                                    944,770   

Forward foreign currency contracts (D)

           (964,010                            (964,010

Total

  $   1,087,586      $   (1,012,711   $      $      $      $ 74,875   
                                                 

Balanced

           

Futures contracts

  $      $      $ 10,180      $      $      $ 10,180   

Total

  $      $      $   10,180      $   —      $   —      $   10,180   
                                                 

 

(A) Included within Net realized gain (loss) on transactions from Investments on the Statements of Operations.
(B)  Included within Net realized gain (loss) on transactions from Foreign currency transactions on the Statements of Operations.
(C)  Included within Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on Investments on the Statements of Operations.
(D)  Included within Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on Translation of assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies on Statements of Operations.

The following is a summary of the ending monthly average volume on derivative activity during the year ended December 31, 2015.

 

    Purchased Options and
Swaptions at Value
    Written Options and
Swaptions at Value
    Swap
Agreements
at Notional
Amount
    Futures Contracts at
Notional Amount
    Forward Foreign
Currency Contracts at
Contract Amount
 
Portfolio   Calls     Puts     Calls     Puts            Long     Short     Purchased     Sold     Cross
Currency
 
Inflation-
Protected
Securities
  $ 308,310      $ 906,192      $ (549,129   $ (721,686   $ 16,224,227        42,330,769        (1,271,788,462     $  19,353,828      $ 35,229,886      $ 5,828,911   
Balanced                                        438                               

The Portfolios typically enter into International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. Master Agreements (“ISDA Master Agreements”) or similar master agreements (collectively, “Master Agreements”) with their contract counterparties for certain OTC derivatives in order to, among other things, reduce its credit risk to counterparties.

ISDA Master Agreements include provisions for general obligations, representations, collateral and events of default or termination. Under an ISDA Master Agreement, the Portfolios typically may offset with the counterparty certain OTC derivative financial instruments payables and/or receivables with collateral held and/or posted and create one single net payment (close-out netting) in the event of default, termination and/or potential deterioration in the credit quality of the counterparty.

 

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Various Master Agreements govern the terms of certain transactions with counterparties and typically attempt to reduce the counterparty risk associated with such transactions by specifying credit protection mechanisms and providing standardization that improves legal certainty. Cross-termination provisions under Master Agreements typically provide that a default in connection with one transaction between the Portfolios and a counterparty gives the non-defaulting party the right to terminate any other transactions in place with the defaulting party to create one single net payment due to/due from the defaulting party and may be a feature in certain Master Agreements. In the event the Portfolios exercise their right to terminate a Master Agreement after a counterparty experiences a termination event as defined in the Master Agreement, the return of collateral with market value in excess of the Portfolios’ net liability may be delayed or denied.

Collateral or margin requirements are set by the broker or exchange clearing house for exchange traded derivatives (futures contracts, exchange traded options, and exchange traded swap agreements) while collateral terms are contract specific for OTC derivatives (forward foreign currency exchange contracts, OTC options, and OTC swap agreements). For OTC derivatives, under standard derivatives agreements, the Portfolios may be required to post collateral on derivatives if the Portfolios are in a net liability position with the counterparty exceeding certain amounts. Additionally, counterparties may immediately terminate derivatives contracts if the Portfolios fail to maintain sufficient asset coverage for its contracts or its net assets decline by stated percentages.

The following is a summary of the Portfolios’ OTC derivative assets and liabilities by counterparty net of amounts available for offset under a master netting agreement and net of the related collateral received/pledged by the Portfolios as of December 31, 2015. See the Repurchase agreement section within the notes for offsetting and collateral information pertaining to repurchase agreements that are subject to master netting agreements.

 

   

Gross Amounts of
Assets

Presented in
Statements of
Assets and
Liabilities (A)

   

Gross Amounts Not Offset

in the Statements of

Assets and Liabilities

               Gross Amounts of
Liabilities
Presented in
Statements of
Assets and
Liabilities (A)
   

Gross Amounts Not Offset

in the Statements of

Assets and Liabilities

       
Counterparty     Financial
Instruments
    Collateral
Received (B)
    Net Amount         Financial
Instruments
    Collateral
Pledged (B)
    Net Amount  
    Assets         Liabilities  

Inflation-Protected Securities

                 

BNP Paribas

  $ 169,297      $      $      $ 169,297        $      $      $      $   

Bank of America, N.A.

    3,889                      3,889                                 

Barclays Bank PLC

    180,315        (68,946            111,369          68,946        (68,946              

Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce

    19,253                      19,253                                 

Citibank, N.A.

    13,056        (13,056                     26,427        (13,056            13,371   

Deutsche Bank AG

    617,530        (617,530                     766,602        (617,530     (149,072       

Goldman Sachs Bank

    87,224        (87,224                     90,654        (87,224            3,430   

HSBC Bank USA

    134,668        (97,971            36,697          97,971        (97,971              

JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.

    22,234        (22,234                     33,165        (22,234            10,931   

Morgan Stanley Capital Services, Inc.

    10,939        (10,939                     25,438        (10,939            14,499   

Royal Bank of Scotland PLC

                                  6,256                      6,256   

Societe Generale

                                  51,547                      51,547   

Standard Chartered Bank

                                  97,848                      97,848   

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

    7,868        (7,868                     8,917        (7,868            1,049   

UBS AG

    8,399        (8,399                     249,291        (8,399            240,892   

Other Derivatives (C)

    311,106                      311,106          674,812                      674,812   

Total

  $   1,585,778      $   (934,167   $   —      $   651,611        $   2,197,874      $   (934,167   $   (149,072   $   1,114,635   
                                                                   

 

(A) Absent an event of default or early termination, OTC derivative assets and liabilities are presented gross and not offset in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities.
(B)  In some instances, the actual collateral received and/or pledged may be more than the amount shown due to overcollateralization.
(C)  Other Derivatives are not subject to a master netting arrangement or another similar arrangement.

7. RISK FACTORS

Investing in the Portfolios may involve certain risks, as discussed in the Portfolios’ prospectuses, including but not limited to the following:

Fixed income risk: The market prices of fixed income securities may go up or down, sometimes rapidly and unpredictably, due to general market conditions, such as real or perceived adverse economic or political conditions, inflation, changes in interest rates, lack of

 

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liquidity in the bond markets or adverse investor sentiment. In addition, the market value of a fixed income security may decline if the issuer or other obligor of the security fails to pay principal and/or interest, otherwise defaults or has its credit rating downgraded or is perceived to be less creditworthy, or the credit quality or value of any underlying assets declines.

Foreign investment risk: Investing in securities of foreign issuers or issuers with significant exposure to foreign markets involves additional risk. Foreign countries may have markets that are less liquid, less regulated and more volatile than U.S. markets. The value of investments may decline because of factors affecting a particular issuer as well as foreign markets and issuers generally, such as unfavorable government actions, political or financial instability or other adverse economic or political developments. Lack of information and weaker accounting standards also may affect the value of these securities.

High-yield debt risk: High-yield debt securities, commonly referred to as “junk bonds,” are securities that are rated below “investment grade” (securities rated below Baa/BBB) or, if unrated, determined to be below investment grade by the sub-adviser. Changes in interest rates, the market’s perception of the issuers and the creditworthiness of the issuers may significantly affect the value of these bonds. Junk bonds are considered speculative, have a higher risk of default, tend to be less liquid and may be more difficult to value than higher grade securities. Junk bonds tend to be volatile and more susceptible to adverse events and negative sentiments.

Inflation-protected security risk: Inflation-protected debt securities may react differently from other types of debt securities and tend to react to changes in “real” interest rates. Real interest rates represent nominal (stated) interest rates reduced by the expected impact of inflation. In general, the price of an inflation-protected debt security can fall when real interest rates rise, and can rise when real interest rates fall. Interest payments on inflation-protected debt securities can be unpredictable and will vary as the principal and/or interest is adjusted for inflation. Also, the inflation index utilized by a particular inflation-protected security may not accurately reflect the true rate of inflation, in which case the market value of the security could be adversely affected.

Money market risk: There is no assurance a money market fund will avoid principal losses if its holdings default or are downgraded or if interest rates rise sharply in an unusually short period. In addition, a money market fund’s yield will vary; it is not fixed for a specific period like the yield on a bank certificate of deposit. An investment in a money market fund is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency. Although a money market fund seeks to preserve the value of an investment, it is possible to lose money by investing in it.

Small and medium capitalization risk: Small or medium capitalization companies may be more at risk than large capitalization companies because, among other things, they may have limited product lines, operating history, market or financial resources, or because they may depend on a limited management group. The prices of securities of small and medium capitalization companies generally are more volatile than those of large capitalization companies and are more likely to be adversely affected by changes in earnings results and investor expectations or poor economic or market conditions than large capitalization companies. Securities of small and medium capitalization companies may underperform large capitalization companies, may be harder to sell at times and at prices the portfolio managers believe appropriate, and may offer greater potential for losses.

8. AFFILIATES AND AFFILIATED TRANSACTIONS

As of December 31, 2015, the affiliates and affiliated transactions of the Portfolios are as follows:

TAM, the Portfolios’ investment adviser, is directly owned by Transamerica Premier Life Insurance Company (“TPLIC”) and AUSA Holding Company (“AUSA”), both of which are indirect, wholly owned subsidiaries of Aegon NV. TPLIC is owned by Commonwealth General Corporation (“Commonwealth”) and Aegon USA, LLC (“Aegon USA”). Commonwealth and AUSA are wholly owned by Aegon USA. Aegon USA is wholly owned by Aegon US Holding Corporation, which is wholly owned by Transamerica Corporation (DE). Transamerica Corporation (DE) is wholly owned by The Aegon Trust, which is wholly owned by Aegon International B.V., which is wholly owned by Aegon NV, a Netherlands corporation, and a publicly traded international insurance group.

Aegon USA Investment Management LLC (“AUIM”) is both an affiliate and a sub-adviser of Money Market, Core Bond, High Yield Bond and Balanced.

TFS is the Portfolios’ administrator and transfer agent. TAM and TFS are affiliates of Aegon NV.

Certain officers and trustees of the Series Portfolio and of the entities that invest in the Series Portfolio are also officers and/or trustees of TAM or its affiliates. No interested trustee, who is deemed an interested person due to current or former service with TAM or an affiliate of TAM, receives compensation from the Series Portfolio or from the entities that invest in the Series Portfolio.

As of December 31, 2015, the percentage of each Portfolio owned by an affiliated investment company or subsidiary is reflected below.

 

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Transamerica Partners Funds Group (“TPFG”) is an open-end management investment company. The percentage of each Portfolio that is owned by TPFG is as follows:

 

TPFG    Investments in
Portfolio
 

Money Market

     62.37

High Quality Bond

     31.09   

Inflation-Protected Securities

     45.02   

Core Bond

     29.88   

High Yield Bond

     15.68   

Balanced

     59.97   

Large Value

     29.84   

Stock Index

     4.58   

Large Core

     26.11   

Large Growth

     28.83   

Mid Value

     16.90   

Mid Growth

     50.12   

Small Value

     53.79   

Small Core

     26.84   

Small Growth

     60.09   

International Equity

     37.43   

Transamerica Partners Funds Group II (“TPFG II”) is an open-end management investment company. The percentage of each Portfolio that is owned by TPFG II is as follows:

 

TPFG II    Investments in
Portfolio
 

Money Market

     25.89

High Quality Bond

     16.32   

Inflation-Protected Securities

     28.51   

Core Bond

     29.08   

High Yield Bond

     40.74   

Balanced

     3.48   

Large Value

     12.03   

Stock Index

     9.83   

Large Core

     3.72   

Large Growth

     11.60   

Mid Value

     46.83   

Mid Growth

     15.86   

Small Value

     9.90   

Small Core

     5.50   

Small Growth

     15.26   

International Equity

     10.68   

Transamerica Financial Life Insurance Company (“TFLIC”) is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Aegon USA. The percentage of each Portfolio that is owned by TFLIC sub-accounts is as follows:

 

TFLIC Sub-accounts    Investments in
Portfolio
 

Money Market

     3.26

High Quality Bond

     13.62   

Inflation-Protected Securities

     9.82   

Core Bond

     11.94   

High Yield Bond

     5.40   

Balanced

     34.95   

Large Value

     39.34   

Large Core

     54.20   

 

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TFLIC Sub-accounts    Investments in
Portfolio
 

Large Growth

     43.46

Mid Value

     7.71   

Mid Growth

     0.71   

Small Value

     0.75   

Small Core

     55.69   

Small Growth

     0.77   

International Equity

     27.98   

Diversified Investment Advisors Collective Investment Trust (“CIT”) is managed by Massachusetts Fidelity Trust Company, which is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Aegon USA. The percentage of each Portfolio that is owned by CIT sub-accounts is as follows:

 

CIT Sub-accounts    Investments in
Portfolio
 

Money Market

     8.45

High Quality Bond

     30.43   

Inflation-Protected Securities

     11.97   

Core Bond

     24.33   

High Yield Bond

     19.30   

Balanced

     1.28   

Large Value

     14.05   

Large Core

     12.39   

Large Growth

     13.54   

Mid Value

     5.36   

Mid Growth

     17.33   

Small Value

     28.12   

Small Core

     10.41   

Small Growth

     16.51   

International Equity

     17.90   

TAM Collective Trust Funds (“CTF”) is managed by Massachusetts Fidelity Trust Company, which is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Aegon USA. The percentage of each Portfolio that is owned by CTF sub-accounts is as follows:

 

CTF Sub-accounts    Investments in
Portfolio
 

Money Market

     0.03

High Quality Bond

     8.54   

Inflation-Protected Securities

     4.67   

Core Bond

     4.76   

High Yield Bond

     18.88   

Large Value

     4.57   

Large Core

     3.58   

Large Growth

     2.49   

Mid Value

     23.20   

Mid Growth

     15.98   

Small Value

     7.44   

Small Core

     1.56   

Small Growth

     7.37   

International Equity

     6.01   

Investment advisory fees: TAM manages the assets of each Portfolio of the Series Portfolio pursuant to the investment advisory agreement with the Series Portfolio. For its services, each Portfolio pays management fees to TAM accrued daily and payable monthly, at an annual rate equal to the percentages specified in the table below corresponding to the Portfolios’ daily Average Net Assets (“ANA”).

 

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Portfolio    Rate  

Money Market

     0.2500

High Quality Bond

     0.3500   

Inflation-Protected Securities

     0.3500   

Core Bond

  

First $2 billion

     0.3500   

Over $2 billion

     0.3350   

High Yield Bond

  

First $1.25 billion

     0.5500   

Over $1.25 billion up to $2 billion

     0.5250   

Over $2 billion

     0.5000   

Balanced

     0.4500   

Large Value

     0.4500   

Large Core

     0.6000   

Large Growth

  

First $2 billion

     0.6200   

Over $2 billion up to $3 billion

     0.6100   

Over $3 billion up to $4 billion

     0.6000   

Over $4 billion

     0.5800   

Mid Value

  

First $750 million

     0.6700   

Over $750 million up to $1.5 billion

     0.6650   

Over $1.5 billion up to $2 billion

     0.6550   

Over $2 billion

     0.6475   

Mid Growth

     0.7200   

Small Value

  

Effective September 28, 2015

  

First $250 Million

     0.8200   

Over $250 million up to $500 million

     0.7800   

Over $500 million up to $750 million

     0.7500   

Over $750 million

     0.7250   

Prior to September 28, 2015

     0.8200   

Small Core

  

First $300 million

     0.8000   

Over $300 million

     0.7700   

Small Growth

  

First $300 million

     0.8400   

Over $300 million

     0.8000   

International Equity

  

First $500 million

     0.7400   

Over $500 million up to $1 billion

     0.7200   

Over $1 billion up to $2 billion

     0.6900   

Over $2 billion

     0.6600   

TAM has contractually agreed to waive and/or reimburse Portfolio expenses to the extent that the total operating expenses of the Portfolio exceed the following stated annual limit percentages to the Portfolio’s daily ANA.

 

Portfolio    Operating
Expense Limit
     Operating Expense Limit
Effective Through

Money Market

     0.30    May 1, 2017

High Quality Bond

     0.40       May 1, 2017

Inflation-Protected Securities

     0.40       May 1, 2017

 

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Portfolio    Operating
Expense Limit
     Operating Expense Limit
Effective Through

Core Bond

     0.40    May 1, 2017

High Yield Bond

     0.60       May 1, 2017

Balanced

     0.50       May 1, 2017

Large Value

     0.50       May 1, 2017

Large Core

     0.65       May 1, 2017

Large Growth

     0.65       May 1, 2017

Mid Value

     0.70       May 1, 2017

Mid Growth

     0.75       May 1, 2017

Small Value

     0.85       May 1, 2017

Small Core

     0.85       May 1, 2017

Small Growth

     0.90       May 1, 2017

International Equity

     0.90       May 1, 2017

The expenses waived and/or reimbursed, if any, are included in Expenses waived and/or reimbursed within the Statements of Operations. Fee waivers and/or reimbursements are not subject to recapture by TAM in future years.

TAM also may waive and/or reimburse additional fees from time to time to help maintain competitive expense ratios. These arrangements are voluntary and may be terminated at any time. Expenses waived and/or reimbursed that are unsettled at year end are included in Due from adviser in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities.

Administration and transfer agent fees: TFS receives no separate compensation for providing administration and transfer agent services.

Deferred compensation plan: Under a non-qualified deferred compensation plan effective January 1, 2008, as amended and restated January 1, 2010, available to the trustees, compensation may be deferred that would otherwise be payable by the Separate Account to an independent trustee on a current basis for services rendered as trustee. Deferred compensation amounts will accumulate based on the value of the investment option, as elected by the trustee. Balances pursuant to deferred compensation plan are recorded in Trustees, Chief Compliance Officer (“CCO”) and deferred compensation fees within the Statements of Assets and Liabilities. For the year ended December 31, 2015, amounts included in Trustees, CCO and deferred compensation fees within the Statements of Operations reflect total compensation paid to the independent Board members.

Brokerage commissions: The Portfolios incurred no brokerage commissions on security transactions placed with affiliates of the adviser or sub-advisers for the year ended December 31, 2015.

9. PURCHASES AND SALES OF SECURITIES

For the year ended December 31, 2015, the cost of securities purchased and proceeds from securities sold (excluding short-term securities) are as follows:

 

    Purchases of Securities     Sales/Maturities of Securities  
Portfolio   Long-Term     U.S. Government     Long-Term     U.S. Government  

High Quality Bond

  $   138,831,478      $   114,260,058      $   126,814,161      $   137,484,827   

Inflation-Protected Securities

    9,936,311        143,460,727        13,203,703        142,714,749   

Core Bond

    294,023,311        238,930,901        266,769,969        295,279,471   

High Yield Bond

    360,839,708               381,571,460          

Balanced

    68,665,000        13,534,536        58,455,371        15,250,023   

Large Value

    572,607,667               645,136,504          

Large Core

    216,529,313               233,518,891          

Large Growth

    311,128,516               396,334,983          

Mid Value

      308,095,580          —          349,739,230          —   

Mid Growth

    85,271,823               102,352,904          

Small Value

    98,327,619               97,288,122          

Small Core

      356,008,347          —          400,527,254          —   

Small Growth

    35,746,135               37,640,318          

International Equity

    100,873,093               154,494,558          

 

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10. FEDERAL INCOME TAXES

 

The Series Portfolio has received rulings from the Internal Revenue Service that each Portfolio will be treated as a separate partnership for federal income tax purposes. Income taxes are not provided for by the Portfolios because taxable income/(loss) of each Portfolio is included in the income tax returns of the investors. It is intended that the Portfolios’ assets will be managed so an investor in the Portfolio can satisfy the requirements of Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code. The Portfolios 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. The Portfolios’ federal tax returns remain subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service and state tax authorities for the prior three years. Management has evaluated the Portfolios’ tax provisions taken for all open tax years, and has concluded that no provision for income tax is required in the Portfolios’ financial statements. If applicable, the Portfolios recognize interest accrued related to unrecognized tax benefits in interest and penalties expense in Other on the Statements of Operations. The Portfolios identify their major tax jurisdictions as U.S. Federal, the states of Colorado and New York, and foreign jurisdictions where the Portfolios make significant investments; however, the Portfolios are not aware of any tax positions for which it is reasonably possible that the total amounts of unrecognized tax benefits will change materially in the next twelve months. For tax purposes, each component of the Portfolios’ net assets are reported at the investor level; therefore, the Statements of Assets and Liabilities do not present the components of net assets. Each investor in the Portfolio will be subject to taxation on its share of the Portfolio’s ordinary income and capital gains; which may differ from GAAP. These differences are primarily due to different treatment for items including, but not limited to, wash sales, structured notes, foreign bonds, swaps, net operating losses, distribution reclasses for REITs, passive foreign investment companies, foreign currency transactions, capital loss carryforwards, Late Year Ordinary Loss Deferrals, paydown gain/loss, foreign capital gains tax, and return of capital distributions from underlying investments.

11. NEW ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENT

In July 2014, the Securities and Exchange Commission voted to amend Rule 2a-7, which governs money market funds. A significant change resulting from these amendments is a requirement that institutional prime and institutional municipal money market funds transact fund shares based on a market-based NAV. Government, treasury, retail prime and retail municipal money market funds may continue to transact fund shares at an NAV calculated using the amortized cost valuation method. Among additional disclosure and other requirements, the amendments also will permit a money market fund, or, in certain circumstances, require a money market fund (other than a government money market fund which satisfies the requirements of the amended rules) to impose liquidity fees on redemptions, and permit a money market fund to limit (or gate) redemptions for up to 10 business days in any 90-day period. The degree to which a money market fund will be impacted by the rule amendments will depend upon the type of fund and type of investors (retail or institutional). The amendments have staggered compliance dates; however, the majority of these amendments will be effective on October 14, 2016, two years after the effective date for the rule amendments. Management is currently evaluating the implication, if any, of the additional disclosure requirements and its impact to the Portfolios’ financial statements.

 

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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

To the Board of Trustees and Owners of Beneficial Interests of the Transamerica Partners Portfolios:

We have audited the accompanying statements of assets and liabilities, including the schedules of investments, of Transamerica Partners Portfolios (comprising, respectively, Money Market Portfolio, High Quality Bond Portfolio, Inflation-Protected Securities Portfolio, Core Bond Portfolio, High Yield Bond Portfolio, Balanced Portfolio, Large Value Portfolio, Large Core Portfolio, Large Growth Portfolio, Mid Value Portfolio, Mid Growth Portfolio, Small Value Portfolio, Small Core Portfolio, Small Growth Portfolio and International Equity Portfolio) (collectively, the “Portfolios”) as of December 31, 2015, and the related statements of operations for the year then ended, the statements of changes in net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended, and the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period then ended. These financial statements and financial highlights are the responsibility of the Portfolios’ 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. We were not engaged to perform an audit of the Portfolios’ 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 Portfolios’ internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit also includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements and financial highlights, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of December 31, 2015, by correspondence with the custodian and others or by other appropriate auditing procedures where replies from others were not received. 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 aforementioned portfolios comprising Transamerica Partners Portfolios at December 31, 2015, the results of their operations for the year then ended, the changes in their net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended, and the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period then ended, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.

 

LOGO

Boston, Massachusetts

February 25, 2016

 

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Management of the Trust

Board Members and Officers

(unaudited)

The Board Members and executive officers of the Trust are listed below.

Interested Board Member means a board member who may be deemed an “interested person” (as that term is defined in the 1940 Act) of each Trust because of his current or former service with TAM or an affiliate of TAM. Interested Board Members may also be referred to herein as “Interested Trustees.” Independent Board Member means a Board Member who is not an “interested person” (as defined under the 1940 Act) of each Trust and may also be referred to herein as an “Independent Trustee.”

The Board governs each Portfolio and is responsible for protecting the interests of the shareholders. The Board Members are experienced executives who meet periodically throughout the year to oversee the business affairs of each Portfolio and the operation of each Portfolio by its officers. The Board also reviews the management of each Portfolio’s assets by the investment adviser and its respective sub-adviser.

The Portfolios are among the portfolios advised and sponsored by TAM (collectively, “Transamerica Mutual Funds”). The Transamerica Mutual Funds consist of Transamerica Funds, Transamerica Series Trust (“TST”), Transamerica Partners Funds Group (“TPFG”), Transamerica Partners Funds Group II (“TPFG II”), Transamerica Partners Portfolios (“TPP”) and Transamerica Asset Allocation Variable Funds (“TAAVF”) and consists of 176 funds as of the date of this annual report.

The mailing address of each Board Member is c/o Secretary, 1801 California Street, Suite 5200, Denver, CO 80202.

The Board Members of each Trust and each Portfolio Trust, their year of birth, their positions with the Trusts, and their principal occupations for the past five years (their titles may have varied during that period) the number of funds in Transamerica Mutual Funds the Board oversees, and other board memberships they hold are set forth in the table below. The length of time served is provided from the date a Trustee became a Trustee of either of the Trusts or Transamerica Partners Portfolios.

 

Name and

Year of Birth

  Position(s)
Held with
Trust
  Term of
Office and
Length
of Time
Served*
   Principal Occupation(s)
During Past Five Years
  Number of
Funds in
Complex
Overseen
by Board
Member
  Other
Directorships
During the Past
Five Years

INTERESTED BOARD MEMBERS

Marijn P. Smit
(1973)
  Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer   Since 2014   

Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer, Transamerica Funds, TST, TPP, TPFG, TPFG II, TAAVF and TIS (2014 – present);

 

Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer, Transamerica Income Shares, Inc. (“TIS”) (2014 – 2015);

 

Director, Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer, Transamerica Asset Management, Inc. (“TAM”) and Transamerica Fund Services, Inc. (“TFS”) (2014 – present);

 

President, Investment Solutions, Transamerica Investments & Retirement (2014 – present);

 

Vice President, Transamerica Premier Life Insurance Company (2010 – present);

 

Vice President, Transamerica Life Insurance Company
(2010 – present);

 

Senior Vice President, Transamerica Financial Life Insurance Company
(2013 – present);

  176   Director,
Massachusetts
Fidelity Trust
Company
(since 2014)

 

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Name and

Year of Birth

  Position(s)
Held with
Trust
  Term of
Office and
Length
of Time
Served*
   Principal Occupation(s)
During Past Five Years
  Number of
Funds in
Complex
Overseen
by Board
Member
  Other
Directorships
During the Past
Five Years

INTERESTED BOARD MEMBERS — continued

Marijn P. Smit (continued)           

Senior Vice President, Transamerica Retirement Advisors, Inc. (2013 – present);

 

Senior Vice President, Transamerica Retirement Solutions Corporation (2012 – present); and

 

President and Director, Transamerica Stable Value Solutions, Inc. (2010 – present)

       
Alan F. Warrick
(1948)
  Board Member   Since 2012   

Board Member, Transamerica Funds, TST, TPP, TPFG, TPFG II and TAAVF (2012 – present);

 

Board Member, TIS (2012 – 2015);

 

Consultant, Aegon USA
(2010 – 2011);

 

Senior Advisor, Lovell Minnick Equity Partners (2010 – present);

 

Retired (2010 – present); and Managing Director for Strategic Business Development, Aegon USA (1994 – 2010).

  176   First Allied Holdings Inc. (2013 – 2014)

INDEPENDENT BOARD MEMBERS

            
Sandra N. Bane
(1952)
  Board Member   Since 2008   

Retired (1999 – present); Board Member, Transamerica Funds, TST, TPP, TPFG, TPFG II and TAAVF (2008 – present);

 

Board Member, TIS (2008 – 2015);

 

Board Member, Transamerica Investors, Inc. (“TII”) (2003 – 2010); and

 

Partner, KPMG (1975 – 1999).

  176   Big 5 Sporting Goods (2002 – present); AGL Resources, Inc. (energy services holding company)
(2008 – present)
Leo J. Hill
(1956)
  Lead Independent Board Member   Since 2007   

Principal, Advisor Network Solutions, LLC (business consulting) (2006 – present);

 

Board Member, TST
(2001 – present);

 

Board Member, Transamerica Funds (2002 – present);

 

Board Member, TIS (2002 – 2015);

 

Board Member, TPP, TPFG, TPFG II and TAAVF (2007 – present);

 

Board Member, TII (2008 – 2010);

  176  

Ameris Bancorp (2013 – present);

Ameris Bank (2013 – present)

 

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Name and

Year of Birth

  Position(s)
Held with
Trust
  Term of
Office and
Length
of Time
Served*
   Principal Occupation(s)
During Past Five Years
  Number of
Funds in
Complex
Overseen
by Board
Member
  Other
Directorships
During the Past
Five Years

INDEPENDENT BOARD MEMBERS — continued

            
Leo J. Hill
(continued)
          

Market President, Nations Bank of Sun Coast Florida (1998 – 1999);

 

Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, Barnett Banks of Treasure Coast Florida
(1994 – 1998);

 

Executive Vice President and Senior Credit Officer, Barnett Banks of Jacksonville, Florida
(1991 – 1994); and

 

Senior Vice President and Senior Loan Administration Officer, Wachovia Bank of Georgia
(1976 – 1991).

       
David W. Jennings (1946)   Board Member   Since 2009   

Board Member, Transamerica Funds, TST, TPP, TPFG, TPFG II and TAAVF (2009 – present);

 

Board Member, TIS (2009 – 2015);

 

Board Member, TII (2009 – 2010);

 

Managing Director, Hilton Capital Management, LLC
(2010 – present);

 

Principal, Maxam Capital Management, LLC (2006 – 2008); and

 

Principal, Cobble Creek Management LP (2004 – 2006).

  176   N/A
Russell A. Kimball, Jr. (1944)   Board Member   Since 2007   

General Manager, Sheraton Sand Key Resort (1975 – present);

 

Board Member, TST
(1986 – present);

 

Board Member, Transamerica Funds, (1986 – 1990), (2002 – present); Board Member, TIS
(2002 – 2015);

 

Board Member, TPP, TPFG, TPFG II and TAAVF (2007 – present); and

 

Board Member, TII
(2008 – 2010).

  176   N/A
Eugene M. Mannella (1954)   Board Member   Since 1993   

Chief Executive Officer, HedgeServ Corporation (hedge fund administration) (2008 – present);

 

Self-employed consultant
(2006 – present);

  176   N/A

 

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Name and

Year of Birth

  Position(s)
Held with
Trust
  Term of
Office and
Length
of Time
Served*
   Principal Occupation(s)
During Past Five Years
  Number of
Funds in
Complex
Overseen
by Board
Member
  Other
Directorships
During the Past
Five Years

INDEPENDENT BOARD MEMBERS — continued

            
Eugene M. Mannella (continued)           

Managing Member and Chief Compliance Officer, HedgeServ Investment Services, LLC (limited purpose broker-dealer)
(2011 – present);

 

President, ARAPAHO Partners LLC (limited purpose broker-dealer) (1998 – 2008);

 

Board Member, TPP, TPFG, TPFG II and TAAVF (1993 – present);

 

Board Member, Transamerica Funds and TST (2007 – present);

 

Board Member, TIS (2007 – 2015);

 

Board Member, TII (2008 – 2010); and

 

President, International Fund Services (alternative asset administration) (1993 – 2005).

       
Patricia L. Sawyer (1950)   Board Member   Since 1993   

Retired (2007 – present);

 

President/Founder, Smith & Sawyer LLC (management consulting) (1989 – 2007);

 

Board Member, Transamerica Funds and TST (2007 – present);

 

Board Member, TIS (2007 – 2015);

 

Board Member, TII (2008 – 2010);

 

Board Member, TPP, TPFG, TPFG II and TAAVF (1993 – present); and

 

Trustee, Chair of Finance Committee and Chair of Nominating Committee (1987 – 1996), Bryant University.

  176   Honorary Trustee, Bryant University
(1996 – present)
John W. Waechter (1952)   Board Member   Since 2007   

Attorney, Englander Fischer
(2008 – present);

 

Retired (2004 – 2008); Board Member, TST (2004 – present);

 

Board Member, TIS (2004 – 2015);

 

Board Member, Transamerica Funds (2005 – present);

 

Board Member, TPP, TPFG, TPFG II and TAAVF (2007 – present);

 

Board Member, TII (2008 – 2010);

 

Employee, RBC Dain Rauscher (securities dealer) (2004);

  176  

Operation PAR, Inc. (2008 – present);

West Central Florida Council – Boy Scouts of America (2008 –

2013); Remember Honor Support, Inc. (non-profit organization) (2013-present)

Board Member, WRH Income

 

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Name and

Year of Birth

  Position(s)
Held with
Trust
  Term of
Office and
Length
of Time
Served*
   Principal Occupation(s)
During Past Five Years
  Number of
Funds in
Complex
Overseen
by Board
Member
  Other
Directorships
During the Past
Five Years

INDEPENDENT BOARD MEMBERS — continued

            
John W. Waechter (continued)           

Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Compliance Officer, William R. Hough & Co. (securities dealer) (1979 – 2004); and

 

Treasurer, The Hough Group of Funds (1993 – 2004).

      Properties, Inc. (real estate) (2014 – present)

 

* Each Board Member shall hold office until: 1) his or her successor is elected and qualified or 2) he or she resigns, retires or his or her term as a Board Member is terminated in accordance with the Trust’s Declaration of Trust.

 

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Officers

The mailing address of each officer is c/o Secretary, 1801 California Street, Suite 5200, Denver, CO 80202. The following table shows information about the officers, including their year of birth, their positions held with the Trust and their principal occupations during the past five years (their titles may have varied during that period). Each officer will hold office until his or her successor has been duly elected or appointed or until his or her earlier death, resignation or removal.

 

Name and

Year of Birth

  Position    Term of Office
and Length of
Time Served*
 

Principal Occupation(s) or Employment

During Past Five Years

Marijn P. Smit
(1973)
  Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer    Since 2014   See Table Above.
Tané T. Tyler
(1965)
  Vice President, Associate General Counsel, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary    Since 2014  

Vice President, Associate General Counsel, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary, Transamerica Funds, TST, TPP, TPFG, TPFG II and TAAVF

(2014 – present);

 

Vice President, Associate General Counsel, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary, TIS (2014 – 2015);

 

Director, Vice President, Associate General Counsel, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary, TAM and TFS (2014 – present);

 

Senior Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel, ALPS, Inc., ALPS Fund Services, Inc. and ALPS Distributors, Inc. (2004 – 2013); and

 

Secretary, Liberty All-Star Funds (2005 – 2013).

Christopher A. Staples (1970)   Vice President and Chief Investment Officer, Advisory Services    Since 2007  

Vice President and Chief Investment Officer, Advisory Services (2007 – present), Senior Vice President – Investment Management (2006 – 2007), Vice President – Investment Management
(2005 – 2006), Transamerica Funds and TST;

 

Vice President and Chief Investment Officer, Advisory Services (2007 – 2015); Senior Vice President – Investment Management (2006 – 2007), Vice President – Investment Management
(2005 – 2006), TIS;

 

Vice President and Chief Investment Officer, Advisory Services, TPP, TPFG, TPFG II and TAAVF (2007 – present);

 

Vice President and Chief Investment Officer

(2007 – 2010); Vice President – Investment Administration (2005 – 2007), TII;

 

Director (2005 – present), and Chief Investment Officer, Advisory Services (2007 – present), TAM;

Director, TFS (2005 – present); and

 

Assistant Vice President, Raymond James & Associates (1999 – 2004).

Thomas R. Wald

(1960)

  Chief Investment Officer    Since 2014  

Chief Investment Officer, Transamerica Funds, TST, TPP, TPFG, TPFG II and TAAVF
(2014 – present);

 

Chief Investment Officer, TIS (2014 – 2015);

 

Senior Vice President and Chief Investment Officer, TAM (2014 – present);

 

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Name and

Year of Birth

  Position    Term of Office
and Length of
Time Served*
 

Principal Occupation(s) or Employment

During Past Five Years

Thomas R. Wald (continued)           

Chief Investment Officer, Transamerica Investments & Retirement (2014 – present);

 

Vice President and Client Portfolio Manager, Curian Capital, LLC (2012 – 2014);

 

Portfolio Manager, Tactical Allocation Group, LLC (2010 – 2011);

 

Mutual Fund Manager, Munder Capital Management (2005 – 2008); and

 

Mutual Fund Manager, Invesco Ltd. (1997 – 2004).

Vincent J. Toner
(1970)
  Vice President and Treasurer    Since 2014  

Vice President and Treasurer (2014 – present) Transamerica Funds, TST, TPP, TPFG, TPFG II and TAAVF;

 

Vice President and Treasurer, TIS (2014 – 2015);

 

Vice President and Treasurer, TAM and TFS
(2014 – present);

 

Senior Vice President and Vice President, Fund Administration, Brown Brothers Harriman
(2010 – 2014); and

 

Vice President Fund Administration & Fund Accounting, OppenheimerFunds (2007 – 2010)

Matthew H. Huckman, Sr. (1968)   Tax Manager    Since 2014  

Tax Manager, Transamerica Funds, TST, TPP, TPFG, TPFG II and TAAVF (2014 – present);

 

Tax Manager, TIS (2014 – 2015);

 

Tax Manager, TFS (2012 – present); and

 

Assistant Mutual Fund Tax Manager, Invesco
(2007 – 2012).

Scott M. Lenhart
(1961)
  Chief Compliance Officer and Anti-Money Laundering Officer    Since 2014  

Chief Compliance Officer and Anti-Money Laundering Officer, Transamerica Funds, TST, TPP, TPFG, TPFG II and TAAVF (2014 – present);

 

Chief Compliance Officer and Anti-Money Laundering Officer, TIS (2014 – 2015);

 

Chief Compliance Officer and Anti-Money Laundering Officer (2014 – present), Senior Compliance Officer (2008 – 2014), TAM;

 

Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer, TFS (2014 – present);

 

Director of Compliance, Transamerica Investments & Retirement (2014 – present);

 

Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer, Transamerica Financial Advisors, Inc.
(1999 – 2006); and

 

Assistant Chief Compliance Officer, Raymond James Financial, Inc., Robert Thomas Securities, Inc. (1989 – 1998).

 

* Elected and serves at the pleasure of the Board of the Trust.

 

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TRANSAMERICA FINANCIAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY

c/o Transamerica Retirement Solutions

440 Mamaroneck Avenue

Harrison, NY 10528

 

 


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Item 2: Code of Ethics.

 

  (a) The Registrant has adopted a code of ethics that applies to its principal executive officer, principal financial officer, and any other officers who serve a similar function.

 

  (b) The Registrant’s code of ethics is reasonably designed as described in this Form N-CSR.

 

  (c) During the period covered by the report no amendments were made to the provisions of this code of ethics.

 

  (d) During the period covered by the report, the Registrant did not grant any waivers, including implicit waivers, from the provisions of this code of ethics.

 

  (e) Not Applicable.

 

  (f) The Registrant has filed this code of ethics as an exhibit pursuant to Item 12(a)(1) of Form N-CSR.

 

Item 3: Audit Committee Financial Experts.

The Registrant’s Board of Trustees has determined that Sandra N. Bane, John W. Waechter and Eugene M. Mannella are “audit committee financial experts,” as such term is defined in Item 3 of Form N CSR. Ms. Bane, Mr. Waechter and Mr. Mannella are “independent” under the standards set forth in Item 3 of Form N-CSR. The designation of Ms. Bane, Mr. Waechter and Mr. Mannella as “audit committee financial experts” pursuant to Item 3 of Form N CSR does not (i) impose upon them any duties, obligations, or liabilities that are greater than the duties, obligations and liabilities imposed upon them as a member of the Registrant’s audit committee or Board of Trustees in the absence of such designation; or (ii) affect the duties, obligations or liabilities of any other member of the Registrant’s audit committee or Board of Trustees.

 

Item 4: Principal Accountant Fees and Services.

 

         Fiscal Year Ended 12/31
(in thousands)
 
         2015      2014  
(a)   Audit Fees    $ 14       $ 14   
(b)   Audit Related Fees(1)    $ 0       $ 0   
(c)   Tax Fees(2)    $ 0       $ 0   
(d)   All Other Fees(3)    $ 0       $ 0   

 

(1)  Audit-Related Fees represent assurance and related services provided that are reasonably related to the performance of the audit of the financial statements of the funds comprising the Registrant, specifically data verification and agreed-upon procedures related to asset securitizations and agreed-upon procedures engagements.
(2)  Tax Fees represent tax compliance, tax planning and tax advice services provided in connection with the review of the distributions for excise tax purposes, fiscal year end taxable income calculations and certain fiscal year end shareholder reporting items on behalf of the funds comprising the Registrant.
(3) All Other Fees represent permissible non-audit services for the Registrant that it believes are routine and recurring services, and would not impair the independence of the accountant.


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  (e)(1) Audit Committee Pre-Approval Policies and Procedures. Generally, the Registrant’s Audit Committee must preapprove (i) all audit and non-audit services performed for the Registrant by the independent accountant and (ii) all non-audit services performed by the Registrant’s independent accountant for the Registrant’s investment adviser, and certain of the adviser’s affiliates that provide ongoing services to the Registrant, if the services to be provided by the accountant relate directly to the operations and financial reporting of the Registrant.

The Audit Committee may delegate preapproval authority to one or more of its members. The member or members to whom such authority is delegated shall report any preapproval decisions to the Audit Committee at its next scheduled meeting.

In accordance with the Procedures, the annual audit services engagement terms and fees for the Registrant will be subject to the preapproval of the Audit Committee. In addition to the annual audit services engagement approved by the Audit Committee, the Audit Committee may grant preapproval for other audit services, which are those services that only the independent accountant reasonably can provide.

Requests or applications to provide services that require separate approval by the Audit Committee will be submitted to the Audit Committee by both the independent accountant and the Registrant’s treasurer, and must include a joint statement as to whether, in their view, the request or application is consistent with the Securities and Exchange Commissions’ rules on auditor independence.

Management will promptly report to the Chair of the Audit Committee any violation of this Procedure of which it becomes aware.

 

  (e)(2) The percentage of services described in paragraphs (b) through (d) of this Item that were approved by the audit committee pursuant to paragraph (c)(7)(i)(C) of Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X for fiscal years ended 2014 and 2015 was zero.

 

  (f) Not Applicable.

 

  (g) Not Applicable.

 

  (h) The Registrant’s Audit Committee has considered whether the provision of non-audit services that were rendered to the Registrant’s Adviser, and any entity controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the Adviser that provides ongoing services to the Registrant that were not pre-approved pursuant to paragraph (c)(7)(ii) of Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X is compatible with maintain the principal accountant’s independence.

 

Item 5: Audit Committee of Listed Registrants.

The following individuals comprise the standing Audit Committee: Sandra N. Bane, Leo J. Hill, David W. Jennings, Russell A. Kimball, Jr., Eugene M. Mannella, Patricia L. Sawyer and John W. Waechter.


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Item 6: Investments.

 

  (a) The schedules of investments are included in the Semi-Annual Report to shareholders filed under Item 1 of this Form N-CSR.

 

  (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 Company and Affiliated Purchasers.

Not applicable.

 

Item 10: Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

There have been no material changes to the procedures by which shareholders may recommend nominees to the Registrant’s Board of Trustees that have been implemented since the Registrant last provided disclosure in response to the requirements of this Item.

 

Item 11: Controls and Procedures.

 

  (a) The Registrant’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer evaluated the Registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures within 90 days of this filing and have concluded that the Registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”)) are appropriately designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Registrant in the reports that it files on Form N-CSR (a) is accumulated and communicated to the Registrant’s management, including its principal executive officer and principal financial officer, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure, and (b) is recorded, processed, summarized and reported, within the time periods specified in the rules and forms adopted by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

  (b) The Registrant’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer are aware of no change in the Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the Registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.


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Item 12: Exhibits.

 

  (a)(1) The Registrant’s code of ethics (that is the subject of the disclosure required by Item 2(a)) is attached.

 

  (a)(2) Separate certifications for Registrant’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer, as required by Rule 30a-2(a) under the 1940 Act, are attached.

 

  (a)(3) Not applicable.

 

  (b) A certification for Registrant’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer, as required by Rule 30a-2(b) under the 1940 Act, is attached. The certification furnished pursuant to this paragraph is not deemed to be “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, or otherwise subject to liability of that section. Such certification is not deemed to be incorporated by reference into any filing under the Securities Act of 1933 or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, except to the extent that the Registrant specifically incorporates it by reference.


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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.

 

Transamerica Asset Allocation Variable Funds

(Registrant)
By:  

/s/ Marijn P. Smit

  Marijn P. Smit
  Chief Executive Officer
  (Principal Executive Officer)
Date:   March 4, 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/ Marijn P. Smit

  Marijn P. Smit
  Chief Executive Officer
  (Principal Executive Officer)
Date:   March 4, 2016
By:  

/s/ Vincent J. Toner

  Vincent J. Toner
  Treasurer
  (Principal Financial Officer)
Date:   March 4, 2016

 


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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit

No.

  

Description of Exhibit

12(a)(1)

   Code of Ethics for Principal Executive and Principal Financial Officers

12(a)(2)(i)

   Section 302 N-CSR Certification of Principal Executive Officer

12(a)(2)(ii)

   Section 302 N-CSR Certification of Principal Financial Officer

12(b)

   Section 906 N-CSR Certification of Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer