0001206774-13-004331.txt : 20131206 0001206774-13-004331.hdr.sgml : 20131206 20131206100002 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001206774-13-004331 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: N-CSRS PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 3 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20130930 FILED AS OF DATE: 20131206 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20131206 EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 20131206 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: OPTIMUM FUND TRUST CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001227523 IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 0331 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: N-CSRS SEC ACT: 1940 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 811-21335 FILM NUMBER: 131261362 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 2005 MARKET STREET CITY: PHILADELPHIA STATE: PA ZIP: 19103 BUSINESS PHONE: 800.914.0278 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 2005 MARKET STREET CITY: PHILADELPHIA STATE: PA ZIP: 19103 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: BOB TRUST DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20030415 0001227523 S000002420 OPTIMUM FIXED INCOME FUND C000006443 OPTIMUM FIXED INCOME FUND CLASS A OAFIX C000006444 OPTIMUM FIXED INCOME FUND CLASS B OBFIX C000006445 OPTIMUM FIXED INCOME FUND CLASS C OCFIX C000006446 OPTIMUM FIXED INCOME FUND INSTITUTIONAL CLASS OIFIX 0001227523 S000002421 OPTIMUM INTERNATIONAL FUND C000006447 OPTIMUM INTERNATIONAL FUND CLASS A OAIEX C000006448 OPTIMUM INTERNATIONAL FUND CLASS B OBIEX C000006449 OPTIMUM INTERNATIONAL FUND CLASS C OCIEX C000006450 OPTIMUM INTERNATIONAL FUND INSTITUTIONAL CLASS OIIEX 0001227523 S000002422 OPTIMUM LARGE CAP GROWTH FUND C000006451 OPTIMUM LARGE CAP GROWTH FUND CLASS A OALGX C000006452 OPTIMUM LARGE CAP GROWTH FUND CLASS B OBLGX C000006453 OPTIMUM LARGE CAP GROWTH FUND CLASS C OCLGX C000006454 OPTIMUM LARGE CAP GROWTH FUND INSTITUTIONAL CLASS OILGX 0001227523 S000002423 OPTIMUM LARGE CAP VALUE FUND C000006455 OPTIMUM LARGE CAP VALUE FUND CLASS A OALVX C000006456 OPTIMUM LARGE CAP VALUE FUND CLASS B OBLVX C000006457 OPTIMUM LARGE CAP VALUE FUND CLASS C OCLVX C000006458 OPTIMUM LARGE CAP VALUE FUND INSTITUTIONAL CLASS OILVX 0001227523 S000002424 OPTIMUM SMALL-MID CAP GROWTH FUND C000006459 OPTIMUM SMALL-MID CAP GROWTH FUND CLASS A OASGX C000006460 OPTIMUM SMALL-MID CAP GROWTH FUND CLASS B OBSGX C000006461 OPTIMUM SMALL-MID CAP GROWTH FUND CLASS C OCSGX C000006462 OPTIMUM SMALL-MID CAP GROWTH FUND INSTITUTIONAL CLASS OISGX 0001227523 S000002425 OPTIMUM SMALL-MID CAP VALUE FUND C000006463 OPTIMUM SMALL-MID CAP VALUE FUND CLASS A OASVX C000006464 OPTIMUM SMALL-MID CAP VALUE FUND CLASS B OBSVX C000006465 OPTIMUM SMALL-MID CAP VALUE FUND CLASS C OCSVX C000006466 OPTIMUM SMALL-MID CAP VALUE FUND INSTITUTIONAL CLASS OISVX N-CSRS 1 deoptimum_ncsrs.htm CERTIFIED SEMI-ANNUAL SHAREHOLDER REPORT OF REGISTERED MANAGEMENT

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM N-CSR

CERTIFIED SHAREHOLDER REPORT OF REGISTERED MANAGEMENT
INVESTMENT COMPANIES

Investment Company Act file number:      811-21335
     
Exact name of registrant as specified in charter: Optimum Fund Trust
     
Address of principal executive offices: 2005 Market Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103
     
Name and address of agent for service:   David F. Connor, Esq.
2005 Market Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103
     
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (800) 523-1918
     
Date of fiscal year end: March 31
     
Date of reporting period: September 30, 2013



Item 1. Reports to Stockholders

 
 
 
        
      
Optimum Fixed Income Fund
      
       
 
Optimum International Fund
 
     
  Optimum Large Cap Growth Fund  
     
  Optimum Large Cap Value Fund  
     
  Optimum Small-Mid Cap Growth Fund  
     
  Optimum Small-Mid Cap Value Fund  
     
     
  Semiannual Report  
  September 30, 2013  
     
     
     

Carefully consider the Funds’ investment objectives, risk factors, charges, and expenses before investing. This and other information can be found in the Funds’ prospectus and, if available, their summary prospectus, which may be obtained by visiting optimummutualfunds.com or calling 800 914-0278. Investors should read the prospectus and, if available, the summary prospectus carefully before investing.



Table of contents

Disclosure of Fund expenses 1
Security type/sector/country allocations
and top 10 equity holdings 3
Financial statements
       Schedules of investments 7
       Statements of assets and liabilities 54
       Statements of operations 56
       Statements of changes in net assets 57
       Financial highlights 60
       Notes to financial statements 84
Other Fund information 105
About the organization 108






Investments in Optimum Fixed Income Fund, Optimum International Fund, Optimum Large Cap Growth Fund, Optimum Large Cap Value Fund, Optimum Small-Mid Cap Growth Fund, and Optimum Small-Mid Cap Value Fund are not and will not be deposits with or liabilities of Macquarie Bank Limited ABN 46 008 583 542 and its holding companies, including their subsidiaries or related companies, and are subject to investment risk, including possible delays in repayment and loss of income and capital invested. No Macquarie Group company guarantees or will guarantee the performance of the Funds, the repayment of capital from the Funds, or any particular rate of return.

Unless otherwise noted, views expressed herein are current as of Sept. 30, 2013, and subject to change. Holdings are as of the date indicated and subject to change.

Funds are not FDIC insured and are not guaranteed. It is possible to lose the principal amount invested.

Mutual fund advisory services provided by Delaware Management Company, a series of Delaware Management Business Trust, which is a registered investment advisor. Delaware Investments, a member of Macquarie Group, refers to Delaware Management Holdings, Inc. and its subsidiaries, including the Funds’ distributor, Delaware Distributors, L.P. Macquarie Group refers to Macquarie Group Limited and its subsidiaries and affiliates worldwide.

All third-party marks cited are the property of their respective owners.

© 2013 Delaware Management Holdings, Inc.



Disclosure of Fund expenses

For the six-month period from April 1, 2013 to September 30, 2013 (Unaudited)

As a shareholder of a Fund, you incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, including sales charges (loads) on purchase payments, reinvested dividends, or other distributions; redemption fees; and exchange fees; and (2) ongoing costs, including management fees; distribution and/or service (12b-1) fees; and other Fund expenses. These following examples are intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in a Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.

The examples are based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire six-month period from April 1, 2013 to Sept. 30, 2013.

Actual Expenses

The first section of the tables shown, “Actual Fund Return,” provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this section of the table, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the first section under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During Period” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period.

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes

The second section of the tables shown, “Hypothetical 5% Return,” provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Funds’ actual expense ratios and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Funds’ actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in a Fund and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other funds.

Please note that the expenses shown in the tables are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transactional costs, such as sales charges (loads), redemption fees, or exchange fees. Therefore, the second section of each table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. In addition, if these transactional costs were included, your costs would have been higher. Each Fund’s expenses shown in the tables reflect fee waivers in effect. The expenses shown in each table assume reinvestment of all dividends and distributions.

Optimum Fixed Income Fund
Expense Analysis of an Investment of $1,000

Expenses
Beginning Ending Paid During
Account Account Annualized Period
Value Value Expense 4/1/13 to
4/1/13 9/30/13 Ratio 9/30/13*
Actual Fund Return
Class A $ 1,000.00       $ 966.80       1.35%       $ 6.66  
Class B 1,000.00 964.10 1.78% 8.76
Class C 1,000.00 964.10 2.00% 9.85
Institutional Class 1,000.00 968.70 1.00% 4.94
Hypothetical 5% Return (5% return before expenses)
Class A $ 1,000.00 $ 1,018.30 1.35% $ 6.83
Class B 1,000.00 1,016.14 1.78% 9.00
Class C 1,000.00 1,015.04 2.00% 10.10
Institutional Class 1,000.00 1,020.05 1.00% 5.06

Optimum International Fund
Expense Analysis of an Investment of $1,000

Expenses
Beginning Ending Paid During
Account       Account       Annualized       Period
Value Value Expense 4/1/13 to
4/1/13 9/30/13 Ratio 9/30/13*
Actual Fund Return
Class A $ 1,000.00 $ 1,084.00 1.74% $ 9.09
Class B 1,000.00 1,084.20 1.78% 9.30
Class C 1,000.00 1,080.40 2.39% 12.46
Institutional Class 1,000.00 1,086.30 1.39% 7.27
Hypothetical 5% Return (5% return before expenses)
Class A $ 1,000.00 $ 1,016.34 1.74% $ 8.80
Class B 1,000.00 1,016.14 1.78% 9.00
Class C 1,000.00 1,013.09 2.39% 12.06
Institutional Class 1,000.00 1,018.10 1.39% 7.03

*“Expenses Paid During Period” are equal to the relevant Fund’s annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 183/365 (to reflect the one-half year period).
Because actual returns reflect only the most recent six-month period, the returns shown may differ significantly from fiscal year returns.

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Disclosure of Fund expenses

Optimum Large Cap Growth Fund
Expense Analysis of an Investment of $1,000

Expenses
Beginning Ending Paid During
Account Account Annualized Period
Value Value Expense 4/1/13 to
4/1/13 9/30/13 Ratio 9/30/13*
Actual Fund Return
Class A $ 1,000.00       $ 1,125.30       1.60%       $ 8.52
Class B 1,000.00 1,121.70 2.25% 11.97
Class C 1,000.00 1,121.70 2.25% 11.97
Institutional Class 1,000.00 1,127.10 1.25% 6.67
Hypothetical 5% Return (5% return before expenses)
Class A $ 1,000.00 $ 1,017.05 1.60% $ 8.09
Class B 1,000.00 1,013.79 2.25% 11.36
Class C 1,000.00 1,013.79 2.25% 11.36
Institutional Class 1,000.00 1,018.80 1.25% 6.33

Optimum Large Cap Value Fund
Expense Analysis of an Investment of $1,000

Expenses
Beginning Ending Paid During
Account       Account       Annualized       Period
Value Value Expense 4/1/13 to
4/1/13 9/30/13 Ratio 9/30/13*
Actual Fund Return
Class A $ 1,000.00 $ 1,068.90 1.56% $ 8.09
Class B 1,000.00 1,064.90 2.21% 11.44
Class C 1,000.00 1,064.90 2.21% 11.44
Institutional Class 1,000.00 1,070.40 1.21% 6.28
Hypothetical 5% Return (5% return before expenses)
Class A $ 1,000.00 $ 1,017.25 1.56% $ 7.89
Class B 1,000.00 1,013.99 2.21% 11.16
Class C 1,000.00 1,013.99 2.21% 11.16
Institutional Class 1,000.00 1,019.00 1.21% 6.12

*“Expenses Paid During Period” are equal to the relevant Fund’s annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 183/365 (to reflect the one-half year period).
Because actual returns reflect only the most recent six-month period, the returns shown may differ significantly from fiscal year returns.

Optimum Small-Mid Cap Growth Fund
Expense Analysis of an Investment of $1,000

Expenses
Beginning Ending Paid During
Account Account Annualized Period
Value       Value       Expense       4/1/13 to
4/1/13 9/30/13 Ratio 9/30/13*
Actual Fund Return
Class A $ 1,000.00 $ 1,138.20 1.80% $ 9.65
Class B 1,000.00 1,138.40 1.72% 9.22
Class C 1,000.00 1,134.60 2.47% 13.22
Institutional Class 1,000.00 1,140.10 1.47% 7.89
Hypothetical 5% Return (5% return before expenses)
Class A $ 1,000.00 $ 1,016.04 1.80% $ 9.10
Class B 1,000.00 1,016.44 1.72% 8.69
Class C 1,000.00 1,012.68 2.47% 12.46
Institutional Class 1,000.00 1,017.70 1.47% 7.44

Optimum Small-Mid Cap Value Fund
Expense Analysis of an Investment of $1,000

Expenses
Beginning Ending Paid During
Account       Account       Annualized       Period
Value Value Expense 4/1/13 to
4/1/13 9/30/13 Ratio 9/30/13*
Actual Fund Return
Class A $ 1,000.00 $ 1,112.70 1.71% $ 9.06
Class B 1,000.00 1,113.20 1.65% 8.74
Class C 1,000.00 1,109.20 2.40% 12.69
Institutional Class 1,000.00 1,114.20 1.40% 7.42
Hypothetical 5% Return (5% return before expenses)
Class A $ 1,000.00 $ 1,016.50 1.71% $ 8.64
Class B 1,000.00 1,016.80 1.65% 8.34
Class C 1,000.00 1,013.04 2.40% 12.11
Institutional Class 1,000.00 1,018.05 1.40% 7.08

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Security type/sector allocations

Optimum Fixed Income Fund
As of September 30, 2013 (Unaudited)

Sector designations may be different than the sector designations presented in other Fund materials. The sector designations may represent the investment manager or sub-adviser’s internal sector classifications, which may result in the sector designations for one fund being different than another fund’s sector designations.

Percentage
Security type/sector of net assets
Agency Collateralized Mortgage Obligations 6.61 %
Agency Mortgage-Backed Securities 17.13 %
Collateralized Debt Obligations 0.53 %
Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities 1.89 %
Convertible Bonds 1.57 %
Corporate Bonds 35.90 %
Banking 8.11 %
Basic Industry 2.02 %
Brokerage 0.50 %
Capital Goods 0.83 %
Communications 3.71 %
Consumer Cyclical 2.53 %
Consumer Non-Cyclical 3.15 %
Electric 2.87 %
Energy 3.28 %
Finance Companies 1.93 %
Insurance 1.60 %
Natural Gas 1.52 %
Real Estate 1.53 %
Technology 1.55 %
Transportation 0.77 %
Municipal Bonds 0.95 %
Non-Agency Asset-Backed Securities 2.96 %
Non-Agency Collateralized Mortgage Obligations 3.58 %
Regional Bonds 0.40 %
Senior Secured Loans 4.26 %
Sovereign Bonds 3.51 %
Supranational Banks 0.15 %
U.S. Treasury Obligations 20.85 %
Common Stock 0.00 %
Convertible Preferred Stock 0.38 %
Preferred Stock 0.24 %
Securities Sold Short (0.14 %)
Short-Term Investments 11.02 %
Securities Lending Collateral 0.11 %
Total Value of Securities 111.90 %
Options Written (0.01 %)
Obligation to Return Securities Lending Collateral (0.11 %)
Other Liabilities Net of Receivables and Other Assets (11.78 %)
Total Net Assets 100.00 %

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Security type/country and sector allocations

Optimum International Fund
As of September 30, 2013 (Unaudited)

Sector designations may be different than the sector designations presented in other Fund materials. The sector designations may represent the investment manager or sub-adviser’s internal sector classifications, which may result in the sector designations for one fund being different than another fund’s sector designations.

Percentage
Security type/country of net assets
Common Stock by Country 98.80 %
Australia 1.80 %
Austria 0.79 %
Belgium 1.43 %
Brazil 0.60 %
Canada 0.25 %
China/Hong Kong 4.03 %
Cyprus 0.68 %
France 14.93 %
Germany 5.68 %
Indonesia 0.54 %
Ireland 2.00 %
Israel 1.01 %
Italy 2.28 %
Japan 13.91 %
Malaysia 0.19 %
Mexico 1.04 %
Netherlands 5.70 %
Nigeria 0.24 %
Norway 0.55 %
Republic of Korea 0.11 %
Singapore 2.08 %
Spain 5.10 %
Sweden 2.43 %
Switzerland 8.50 %
Taiwan 0.77 %
Thailand 0.43 %
United Kingdom 21.38 %
United States 0.35 %
Preferred Stock 0.00 %
Right 0.08 %
Warrant 0.01 %
Short-Term Investments 1.13 %
Securities Lending Collateral 3.51 %
Total Value of Securities 103.53 %
Obligation to Return Securities Lending Collateral (3.51 %)
Liabilities Net of Receivables and Other Assets (0.02 %)
Total Net Assets 100.00 %

Common Stock, Preferred Stock, Percentage
Right and Warrant by Sector of net assets
Consumer Discretionary 15.58 %
Consumer Staples 7.46 %
Energy 7.20 %
Financials 17.07 %
Healthcare 10.58 %
Industrials 12.44 %
Information Technology 10.92 %
Materials 5.19 %
Telecommunication Services 8.36 %
Utilities 4.09 %
Total 98.89 %

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Security type/sector allocations and
top 10 equity holdings

Sector designations may be different than the sector designations presented in other Fund materials. The sector designations may represent the investment manager or sub-adviser’s internal sector classifications, which may result in the sector designations for one fund being different than another fund’s sector designations.

Optimum Large Cap Growth Fund
As of September 30, 2013 (Unaudited)

Percentage
Security type/sector of net assets
Common Stock² 97.19 %
Consumer Discretionary 25.68 %
Consumer Staples 5.37 %
Energy 5.09 %
Financials 5.48 %
Healthcare 12.18 %
Industrials 11.35 %
Information Technology 26.81 %
Materials 3.06 %
Telecommunication Services 2.17 %
Convertible Preferred Stock 0.06 %
Short-Term Investments 2.62 %
Securities Lending Collateral 0.00 %
Total Value of Securities 99.87 %
Obligation to Return Securities Lending Collateral 0.00 %
Receivables and Other Assets Net of Liabilities 0.13 %
Total Net Assets 100.00 %

²Narrow industries are utilized for compliance purposes for diversification whereas broad sectors are used for financial reporting.

Holdings are for informational purposes only and are subject to change at any time. They are not a recommendation to buy, sell, or hold any security.

Percentage
Top 10 equity holdings of net assets
Google Class A 4.36 %
Amazon.com 3.48 %
Apple 3.48 %
Gilead Sciences 2.33 %
Visa Class A 2.11 %
eBay 2.02 %
MasterCard Class A 1.86 %
Home Depot 1.85 %
priceline.com 1.79 %
Facebook Class A 1.60 %

Optimum Large Cap Value Fund
As of September 30, 2013 (Unaudited)

Percentage
Security type/sector of net assets
Common Stock 96.52 %
Consumer Discretionary 8.56 %
Consumer Staples 11.46 %
Energy 13.39 %
Financials 21.88 %
Healthcare 10.71 %
Industrials 14.64 %
Information Technology 9.89 %
Materials 3.96 %
Telecommunication Services 1.69 %
Utilities 0.34 %
Convertible Preferred Stock 0.05 %
Short-Term Investments 3.35 %
Securities Lending Collateral 0.00 %
Total Value of Securities 99.92 %
Obligation to Return Securities Lending Collateral 0.00 %
Receivables and Other Assets Net of Liabilities 0.08 %
Total Net Assets 100.00 %

Holdings are for informational purposes only and are subject to change at any time. They are not a recommendation to buy, sell, or hold any security.

Percentage
Top 10 equity holdings of net assets
Philip Morris International 2.99 %
Lockheed Martin 2.85 %
Exxon Mobil 2.00 %
JPMorgan Chase 1.88 %
International Business Machines 1.84 %
United Parcel Service Class B 1.78 %
Chevron 1.78 %
Johnson & Johnson 1.74 %
Pfizer 1.56 %
TJX 1.56 %

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Security type/sector allocations and
top 10 equity holdings

Sector designations may be different than the sector designations presented in other Fund materials. The sector designations may represent the investment manager or sub-adviser’s internal sector classifications, which may result in the sector designations for one fund being different than another fund’s sector designations.

Optimum Small-Mid Cap Growth Fund
As of September 30, 2013 (Unaudited)

Percentage
Security type/sector of net assets
Common Stock 97.84 %
Consumer Discretionary 15.19 %
Consumer Staples 3.36 %
Energy 5.50 %
Financials 9.01 %
Healthcare 14.73 %
Industrials 24.19 %
Information Technology 22.35 %
Materials 1.97 %
Telecommunication Services 1.54 %
Preferred Stock 0.35 %
Short-Term Investments 1.66 %
Securities Lending Collateral 0.20 %
Total Value of Securities 100.05 %
Obligation to Return Securities Lending Collateral (0.20 %)
Receivables and Other Assets net of Liabilities 0.15 %
Total Net Assets 100.00 %

Holdings are for informational purposes only and are subject to change at any time. They are not a recommendation to buy, sell, or hold any security.

Percentage
Top 10 equity holdings of net assets
Nordson 1.24 %
Casey’s General Stores 1.20 %
AMETEK 1.17 %
Mettler-Toledo International 1.16 %
Web.com Group 1.12 %
WNS Holdings ADR 1.12 %
Life Time Fitness 1.12 %
Moog Class A 1.12 %
Bally Technologies 1.06 %
Seattle Genetics 1.01 %

Optimum Small-Mid Cap Value Fund
As of September 30, 2013 (Unaudited)

Percentage
Security type/sector of net assets
Common Stock² 91.61 %
Consumer Discretionary 13.46 %
Consumer Staples 0.97 %
Energy 4.29 %
Financials 9.81 %
Healthcare 2.06 %
Industrials 30.67 %
Information Technology 17.31 %
Materials 12.30 %
Telecommunication Services 0.60 %
Utilities 0.14 %
Short-Term Investments 8.96 %
Securities Lending Collateral 0.29 %
Total Value of Securities 100.86 %
Obligation to Return Securities Lending Collateral (0.29 %)
Liabilities Net of Receivables and Other Assets (0.57 %)
Total Net Assets 100.00 %

² Narrow industries are utilized for compliance purposes for diversification whereas broad sectors are used for financial reporting.

Holdings are for informational purposes only and are subject to change at any time. They are not a recommendation to buy, sell, or hold any security.

Percentage
Top 10 equity holdings of net assets
Methode Electronics 1.32 %
Plexus 1.20 %
Timken 1.17 %
Hubbell Class B 1.11 %
Dover 1.09 %
Flextronics International 1.08 %
TrueBlue 1.03 %
Kennametal 1.01 %
Graham 0.93 %
Stanley Black & Decker 0.92 %

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Schedules of investments

Optimum Fixed Income Fund
September 30, 2013 (Unaudited)

                      Principal Value
      Amount°       (U.S. $)
Agency Collateralized Mortgage Obligations – 6.61%
Fannie Mae Grantor Trust
Series 1999-T2 A1
7.50% 1/19/39 16,563 $ 18,582
Series 2002-T4 A3
7.50% 12/25/41 55,772 63,898
Series 2004-T1 1A2
6.50% 1/25/44 17,385 20,009
Fannie Mae REMICs
Series 1996-46 ZA
7.50% 11/25/26 13,893 15,987
Series 1999-19 PH  
6.00% 5/25/29 253,861 284,487
Series 2001-14 Z
  6.00% 5/25/31 16,373 18,293
Series 2002-90 A1
6.50% 6/25/42 13,751 16,044
Series 2002-90 A2  
6.50% 11/25/42 46,376 53,108
Series 2003-26 AT
  5.00% 11/25/32 318,381 333,719
Series 2005-22 HE
5.00% 10/25/33 323,791 335,124
Series 2005-29 QD  
5.00% 8/25/33 345,504 355,151
Series 2005-110 MB  
5.50% 9/25/35 229,736 248,505
@^ Series 2007-30 OE
2.579% 4/25/37 6,072,644 4,858,115
Series 2007-114 A6
0.379% 10/27/37 7,600,000 7,605,495
Series 2008-24 ZA
5.00% 4/25/38 19,736,681 21,458,529
@~ Series 2009-2 AS
5.521% 2/25/39 4,872,691 533,719
@ Series 2009-68 SA
6.571% 9/25/39 958,263 143,043
Series 2009-94 AC
5.00% 11/25/39 400,000 435,948
Series 2010-41 PN
4.50% 4/25/40 475,000 513,768
Series 2010-96 DC
4.00% 9/25/25 915,000 969,754
Series 2010-123 FE
0.659% 11/25/40 5,580,237 5,596,525
~ Series 2012-122 SD
5.921% 11/25/42 933,599 201,349
~ Series 2012-124 SD
5.971% 11/25/42 1,211,130 279,743
~ Series 2013-26 ID
3.00% 4/25/33 1,297,275 230,103
~ Series 2013-38 AI
3.00% 4/25/33 1,288,836 210,624
~ Series 2013-44 DI
3.00% 5/25/33 3,868,132 685,271
Fannie Mae Whole Loan
REMIC Trust
Series 2004-W4 A5
5.50% 6/25/34 3,000,000 3,230,112
Series 2004-W11 1A2
6.50% 5/25/44 83,873 97,351
Fannie Mae Whole Loan Trust
Series 2004-W15 1A1
6.00% 8/25/44 111,676 126,148
Freddie Mac REMICs
Series 1730 Z
7.00% 5/15/24 72,755 83,356
Series 2165 PE
6.00% 6/15/29 241,860 270,241
Series 2326 ZQ
6.50% 6/15/31 124,543 139,397
Series 2557 WE
5.00% 1/15/18 443,300 468,102
Series 2762 LG
5.00% 9/15/32 357,589 363,129
Series 2802 NE
5.00% 2/15/33 197,456 203,132
Series 2827 TE
5.00% 4/15/33 570,878 594,305
Series 2840 OE
5.00% 2/15/33 439,308 451,270
Series 2864 PE
5.00% 6/15/33 198,435 203,447
Series 2869 BG
5.00% 7/15/33 50,828 52,323
Series 2881 TE
5.00% 7/15/33 278,910 287,350
Series 2889 OG
5.00% 5/15/33 21,817 22,182
Series 2890 PD
5.00% 3/15/33 282,496 285,903
Series 2893 PD
5.00% 2/15/33 16,494 16,730
Series 2915 KD
5.00% 9/15/33 138,895 143,259
Series 2938 ND
5.00% 10/15/33 243,357 249,970
Series 2939 PD
5.00% 7/15/33 134,064 136,128
Series 2941 XD
5.00% 5/15/33 286,628 288,393
Series 2987 KG
5.00% 12/15/34 618,453 640,861
Series 3131 MC
5.50% 4/15/33 2,410 2,409
Series 3143 BC
5.50% 2/15/36 5,988,556 6,550,103
Series 3145 LN
4.50% 10/15/34 93,122 96,067

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Schedules of investments

Optimum Fixed Income Fund

                      Principal Value
      Amount°       (U.S. $)
Agency Collateralized Mortgage Obligations (continued)
Freddie Mac REMICs (continued)
@~ Series 3289
6.568% 3/15/37 2,843,681 $ 417,432
Series 3626 MA
5.00% 2/15/30 1,314,004 1,355,152
Series 3656 PM
5.00% 4/15/40 770,000 840,581
Series 4065 DE
3.00% 6/15/32 120,000 116,490
~ Series 4148 SA
5.918% 12/15/42 1,444,205 296,847
~ Series 4185 LI  
3.00% 3/15/33 952,458 168,776
~ Series 4191 CI
3.00% 4/15/33 391,699 67,985
Freddie Mac Structured Pass
Through Securities
t Series T-54 2A  
    6.50% 2/25/43 23,076 27,555
t Series T-58 2A
6.50% 9/25/43 12,334 14,121
GNMA
@~ Series 2007-64 AI
6.37% 10/20/37 9,795,648 1,239,822
@~ Series 2008-65 SB  
5.82% 8/20/38 2,782,540   361,848
@~ Series 2009-2 SE    
5.64% 1/20/39 7,858,294 870,678
Series 2010-113 KE
4.50% 9/20/40 1,170,000 1,269,265
Series 2011-H21 FT
0.81% 10/20/61 16,127,930 16,077,127
Series 2011-H23 FA
0.886% 10/20/61 11,027,791 11,027,791
Series 2012-H29 SA
0.701% 10/20/62 7,055,608 6,985,306
NCUA Guaranteed Notes Trust
Series 2010-C1 A2
2.90% 10/29/20 390,000 405,097
Total Agency Collateralized
Mortgage Obligations
(cost $101,758,386) 102,028,434
 
Agency Mortgage-Backed Securities – 17.13%
Fannie Mae
5.00% 11/1/34 10,270 11,030
5.50% 3/1/37 44,984 47,548
5.50% 7/1/37 495,237 523,318
6.50% 8/1/17 20,571 22,741
Fannie Mae ARM
2.069% 7/1/37 114,177 120,550
2.402% 10/1/33 22,771 23,409
2.531% 11/1/35 106,537 112,530
5.143% 8/1/35 19,307 20,697
5.817% 8/1/37 113,177 121,912
Fannie Mae Relocation 30 yr
5.00% 11/1/33 3,550 3,810
5.00% 1/1/34 7,090 7,615
5.00% 11/1/34 7,415 7,961
5.00% 4/1/35 27,370 29,386
5.00% 10/1/35 25,307 27,157
5.00% 1/1/36 43,701 46,907
Fannie Mae S.F. 15 yr
2.50% 7/1/27 101,479 102,202
2.50% 2/1/28 1,380,181 1,390,040
2.50% 5/1/28 199,285 200,709
3.00% 11/1/27 113,637 117,824
3.00% 5/1/28 133,191 138,148
3.50% 7/1/26 466,181 492,355
4.00% 11/1/25 1,556,741 1,665,784
4.50% 8/1/18 143,865 152,885
4.50% 7/1/20 407,548 433,145
5.00% 5/1/21 49,621 52,812
Fannie Mae S.F. 15 yr TBA
2.50% 10/1/28 21,065,000 21,183,491
2.50% 11/1/28 11,088,000 11,126,115
3.00% 10/1/28 2,777,000 2,875,063
3.00% 11/1/28 10,964,000 11,320,330
3.50% 11/1/28 2,641,000 2,777,589
Fannie Mae S.F. 20 yr
3.00% 8/1/33 244,113 244,288
3.00% 9/1/33 454,249 454,575
3.50% 4/1/33 74,553 77,226
4.50% 10/1/23 187,293 199,830
5.00% 11/1/23 37,669 40,802
5.00% 6/1/25 134,093 145,705
5.00% 11/1/25 174,064 188,120
5.00% 7/1/27 155,616 169,164
5.00% 3/1/28 522,280 571,003
5.00% 4/1/28 844,592 923,800
5.00% 7/1/28 63,860 69,800
5.00% 4/1/29 668,370 725,791
5.50% 7/1/24 210,739 231,245
5.50% 10/1/24 64,061 70,307
5.50% 12/1/24 219,713 241,375
5.50% 8/1/28 649,249 709,187
5.50% 12/1/29 55,790 60,969
Fannie Mae S.F. 30 yr
3.00% 4/1/43 44,842,593 43,846,221
3.50% 7/1/42 67,875 69,149
3.50% 6/1/43 159,587 162,677
4.00% 10/1/40 53,745 56,365
4.00% 11/1/40 509,434 534,695
4.00% 1/1/41 845,167 887,245
4.00% 7/1/41 1,014,338 1,065,952
4.00% 9/1/41 123,685 129,775
4.00% 3/1/42 742,680 779,249
4.00% 1/1/43 2,889,203 3,031,836

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                      Principal Value
      Amount°       (U.S. $)
Agency Mortgage-Backed Securities (continued)
Fannie Mae S.F. 30 yr (continued)
4.50% 5/1/35 230,830 $ 247,077
4.50% 8/1/35 510,174 545,296
4.50% 9/1/35 376,327 402,139
4.50% 7/1/36 143,007 152,710
4.50% 5/1/39 531,531 570,601
4.50% 4/1/40 178,885 190,988
4.50% 11/1/40 464,515 496,432
4.50% 12/1/40 257,227 274,975
4.50% 2/1/41 212,083 226,738
4.50% 3/1/41 1,166,007 1,246,666
4.50% 4/1/41 163,930 175,479
4.50% 5/1/41 551,844 590,745
4.50% 8/1/41 45,834 49,017
4.50% 10/1/41 518,770 555,161
4.50% 11/1/41 470,926 503,831
4.50% 9/1/43 376,444 402,805
5.00% 5/1/33 411,431 448,156
5.00% 3/1/34 7,029 7,643
5.00% 4/1/34 38,730 42,047
5.00% 8/1/34 67,762 73,585
  5.00% 4/1/35 14,894   16,269
5.00% 12/1/36 3,181,066 3,441,957
5.00% 1/1/37 24,666 26,689
5.00% 5/1/37 486,955 526,892
5.00% 7/1/37 7,536 8,155
5.00% 10/1/37 19,822 21,448
5.00% 12/1/37 10,226   11,071
5.00% 2/1/38 53,375 57,752
  5.00% 3/1/38   467,840 506,213
5.00% 4/1/38 52,239 56,524
5.00% 6/1/38 21,723 23,505
5.00% 1/1/39 8,501,705 9,199,352
5.00% 2/1/39 443,129 479,472
5.00% 4/1/39 254,970 275,907
5.00% 7/1/39 6,198,198 6,709,980
5.00% 5/1/40 246,265 266,853
5.50% 12/1/33 60,948 66,801
5.50% 2/1/35 887,547 982,558
6.00% 9/1/36 79,827 88,314
6.00% 8/1/38 297,308 324,457
6.00% 12/1/38 35,144 38,389
6.50% 11/1/33 6,914 7,678
6.50% 2/1/36 199,340 222,102
6.50% 3/1/36 222,057 245,615
6.50% 6/1/36 405,653 453,540
6.50% 2/1/38 91,279 100,883
6.50% 11/1/38 29,824 32,962
7.50% 3/1/32 918 1,080
7.50% 4/1/32 3,320 3,858
7.50% 6/1/32 1,612 1,781
Fannie Mae S.F. 30 yr TBA
3.00% 10/1/43 10,150,000 9,915,281
3.00% 11/1/43 39,613,000 38,585,538
3.50% 10/1/43 3,879,000 3,948,701
3.50% 11/1/43 8,614,000 8,740,519
4.00% 10/1/43 830,000 870,592
4.00% 11/1/43 9,002,000 9,411,309
4.50% 10/1/43 33,000,000 35,242,970
4.50% 11/1/43 7,126,000 7,589,191
5.50% 10/1/43 1,000,000 1,087,976
5.50% 11/1/43 728,000 792,382
Freddie Mac
4.50% 1/1/41 678,929 715,374
Freddie Mac ARM
2.342% 12/1/33 79,079 82,885
2.498% 7/1/36 71,404 76,024
2.592% 4/1/34 4,166 4,404
2.93% 5/1/37 434,132 462,295
5.494% 2/1/38 366,839 390,494
Freddie Mac Relocation 30 yr
5.00% 9/1/33 436 468
Freddie Mac S.F. 15 yr
4.50% 5/1/20 224,947 238,315
5.00% 6/1/18 74,913 79,365
Freddie Mac S.F. 20 yr
5.50% 10/1/23 114,481 123,972
5.50% 8/1/24 34,635 37,577
Freddie Mac S.F. 30 yr
3.00% 11/1/42 467,729 455,993
4.00% 10/1/40 479,659 501,345
4.00% 11/1/40 310,852 324,910
4.50% 10/1/39 645,071 686,500
4.50% 10/1/43 185,000 197,001
6.00% 8/1/38 476,170 519,064
6.50% 11/1/33 37,041 41,784
6.50% 1/1/35 184,596 208,432
6.50% 8/1/38 86,138 95,605
7.00% 1/1/38 81,480 87,106
GNMA I S.F. 30 yr
7.00% 12/15/34 313,462 366,173
GNMA II S.F. 30 yr
6.00% 4/20/34 13,335 14,688
Total Agency Mortgage-Backed
Securities (cost $258,896,242) 264,135,795

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Schedules of investments

Optimum Fixed Income Fund

                      Principal Value
      Amount°       (U.S. $)
Collateralized Debt Obligations – 0.53%
Black Diamond CLO      
  # Series 2005-1A A1A 144A
0.502% 6/20/17 11,257 $ 11,257
BlueMountain CLO
# Series 2005-1A A1F 144A
0.502% 11/15/17 155,190 154,533
Euro-Galaxy CLO
Series 2006-1X A2
0.46% 10/23/21 EUR 2,978,251 3,937,988
# Franklin CLO
Series 5A A2 144A
0.514% 6/15/18 3,449,004 3,396,234
# Kingsland I
Series 2005-1A A1A
144A 0.504% 6/13/19 611,578 609,658
Total Collateralized Debt
Obligations (cost $7,919,518) 8,109,670
 
Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities – 1.89%
# Banc of America Re-REMIC
Series 2009-UBER2
144A 5.823% 2/24/51 2,200,000 2,496,846
Bear Stearns Commercial
Mortgage Securities Trust  
Series 2005-PW10 A4
5.405% 12/11/40 540,000 576,731
Series 2005-T20 A4A  
5.293% 10/12/42 990,000   1,059,203
Series 2006-PW12 A4  
5.856% 9/11/38 895,000 983,674
Citigroup Commercial
Mortgage Trust
Series 2012-GC8 A4
3.024% 9/10/45 675,000 648,726
COMM Mortgage Pass
Through Certificates
t Series 2005-C6 A5A
5.116% 6/10/44 455,000 482,424
t Series 2013-CR8 A5
3.612% 6/10/46 930,000 925,755
Commercial Mortgage Trust
Series 2005-GG5 A5
5.224% 4/1/37 1,155,000 1,227,479
Series 2006-GG7 A4
6.056% 7/10/38 1,139,793 1,253,129
Credit Suisse Commercial
Mortgage Trust
t Series 2006-C1 AAB
5.567% 2/15/39 58,364 59,776
# Series 2010-UD1 A 144A
5.915% 12/18/49 2,049,532 2,242,454
# DB-UBS Mortgage Trust
Series 2011-LC1A A3 144A
5.002% 11/10/46 1,070,000 1,184,613
# FREMF Mortgage Trust
Series 2012-K21 B 144A
4.072% 7/25/45 395,000 367,190
GS Mortgage Securities II
Series 2004-GG2 A6
5.396% 8/10/38 528,968 539,299
Series 2005-GG4 A4A
4.751% 7/10/39 1,215,000 1,268,622
GS Mortgage Securities Trust
Series 2006-GG6 A4
5.553% 4/10/38 595,000 644,516
# Series 2007-GG10 J 144A
5.993% 8/10/45 1,956,000 391
# Series 2010-C1 A2 144A
4.592% 8/10/43 915,000 997,312
# Series 2010-C1 C 144A
5.635% 8/10/43 375,000 401,949
JPMorgan Chase
Commercial Mortgage
Securities Trust
Series 2005-LDP5 A4
5.368% 12/15/44 2,063,000 2,211,020
Series 2006-LDP8 AM
5.44% 5/15/45 758,000 831,360
Series 2007-LDPX A3
5.42% 1/15/49 1,140,000 1,259,912
Series 2011-C5 A3
4.171% 8/15/46 800,000 842,525
LB-UBS Commercial
Mortgage Trust
Series 2004-C1 A4
4.568% 1/15/31 190,936 193,146
Series 2005-C3 B
4.895% 7/15/40 260,000 268,671
Morgan Stanley Capital I Trust
Series 2005-HQ6 A4A
4.989% 8/13/42 240,000 252,904
Series 2005-HQ7 C
5.378% 11/14/42 1,375,000 1,379,727
Series 2007-T27 A4
5.815% 6/13/42 917,000 1,036,013
# Timberstar Trust
Series 2006-1A A 144A
5.668% 10/15/36 515,000 566,025

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                      Principal Value
      Amount°       (U.S. $)
Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities (continued)
# VNO Mortgage Trust
Series 2012-6AVE A 144A
2.996% 11/15/30 1,330,000 $ 1,251,493
WF-RBS Commercial
Mortgage Trust
  Series 2012-C9 A3
2.87% 11/15/45 540,000 508,434
Series 2013-C11 A5
3.071% 3/15/45 455,000 434,032
Series 2013-C14 A5
3.337% 6/15/46 850,000 823,352
Total Commercial Mortgage-
Backed Securities
(cost $30,066,175) 29,218,703
 
Convertible Bonds – 1.57%
Advanced Micro Devices 6.00%
exercise price $28.08,
expiration date 4/30/15 541,000 563,316
# Alaska Communications Systems
Group 144A 6.25%
exercise price $10.28,
  expiration date 4/27/18 490,000 424,463
* Alere 3.00%
exercise price $43.98,
expiration date 5/15/16 532,000 563,587
Ares Capital 5.75%
exercise price $19.13,
expiration date 2/1/16 567,000 611,651
ϕ ArvinMeritor 4.00%        
  exercise price $26.73,
expiration date 2/12/27 1,024,000   940,800
BGC Partners 4.50%
exercise price $9.84,
expiration date 7/13/16 611,000 630,094
# Blucora 144A 4.25%
exercise price $21.66,
expiration date 3/29/19 315,000 396,506
Chesapeake Energy
2.25% exercise price $85.61,
expiration date 12/14/38 193,000 177,078
2.50% exercise price $50.90,
expiration date 5/15/37 205,000 202,438
# Ciena 144A 3.75%
exercise price $20.17,
expiration date 10/15/18 532,000 786,362
Dendreon 2.875%
exercise price $51.24,
expiration date 1/13/16 575,000 368,000
Equinix 4.75%
exercise price $84.32,
expiration date 6/13/16 194,000 436,500
ϕ General Cable 4.50%
exercise price $36.34,
expiration date 11/15/29 855,000 968,822
Gilead Sciences 1.625%
exercise price $22.71,
expiration date 5/1/16 269,000 745,299
Helix Energy Solutions
Group 3.25%
exercise price $25.02,
expiration date 3/12/32 665,000 889,022
ϕ Hologic 2.00%
exercise price $31.17,
expiration date 2/27/42 606,000 610,545
Iconix Brand Group 2.50%
exercise price $30.75,
expiration date 5/31/16 302,000 372,781
# Illumina 144A 0.25%
exercise price $83.55,
expiration date 3/11/16 289,000 330,544
Intel 3.25%
exercise price $21.94,
expiration date 8/1/39 402,000 498,482
Jefferies Group 3.875%
exercise price $45.62,
expiration date 10/31/29 609,000 640,592
L-3 Communications
Holdings 3.00%
exercise price $90.24,
expiration date 8/1/35 391,000 427,656
# Lexington Realty Trust
144A 6.00%
exercise price $6.84,
expiration date 1/11/30 294,000 489,878
Liberty Interactive
#144A 0.75% exercise
price $1,000.00,
expiration date 3/30/43 550,000 623,562
#144A 1.00% exercise
price $74.31,
expiration date 9/28/43 329,000 338,664
MGM Resorts International 4.25%
exercise price $18.58,
expiration date 4/10/15 601,000 766,651
Mylan 3.75%
exercise price $13.32,
expiration date 9/15/15 226,000 656,106
Nuance Communications 2.75%
exercise price $32.30,
expiration date 11/1/31 817,000 829,766
NuVasive 2.75%
exercise price $42.13,
expiration date 6/30/17 1,058,000 1,036,840
# Opko Health 144A 3.00%
exercise price $7.07,
expiration date 1/28/33 140,000 180,600

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Schedules of investments

Optimum Fixed Income Fund

                      Principal Value
Amount°       (U.S. $)
Convertible Bonds (continued)      
# Owens-Brockway Glass
Container 144A 3.00%
exercise price $47.47,
expiration date 5/28/15 633,000 $ 657,924
* Peabody Energy 4.75%
exercise price $57.95,
expiration date 12/15/41 668,000 539,410
PHH 4.00%
exercise price $25.80,
expiration date 8/27/14 724,000 790,517
Rovi 2.625%
exercise price $47.36,
expiration date 2/10/40 292,000 294,920
# Ryman Hospitality Properties
144A 3.75%
exercise price $21.64,
expiration date 9/29/14 290,000 468,713
SanDisk 1.50%
exercise price $52.17,
expiration date 8/11/17 512,000 679,680
SBA Communications 4.00%
exercise price $30.38,
expiration date 9/29/14 186,000   495,574
Steel Dynamics 5.125%
  exercise price $17.17,    
expiration date 6/15/14   187,000 204,765
TIBCO Software 2.25%
  exercise price $50.57,
expiration date 4/30/32 888,000 906,315
Titan Machinery 3.75%
exercise price $43.17,
expiration date 4/30/19 527,000 471,006
# Vantage Drilling 144A 5.50%
exercise price $2.39,
expiration date 7/15/43 774,000 822,859
Vector Group 2.50%
exercise price $17.62,
expiration date 1/14/19 168,000 201,136
VeriSign 3.25%
exercise price $34.37,
expiration date 8/15/37 463,000 726,910
# WellPoint 144A 2.75%
exercise price $75.31,
expiration date 10/15/42 305,000 389,828
Total Convertible Bonds
(cost $22,029,841) 24,156,162
 
Corporate Bonds – 35.90%
Banking – 8.11%
Abbey National Treasury Services
3.05% 8/23/18 1,325,000 1,347,630
AgriBank 9.125% 7/15/19 845,000 1,098,802
# Banco Bradesco 144A
2.363% 5/16/14 1,300,000 1,306,855
# Banco BTG Pactual 144A
4.00% 1/16/20 560,000 502,600
# Banco de Costa Rica 144A
5.25% 8/12/18 815,000 827,632
Banco do Brasil
# 144A 3.75% 7/25/18 EUR 810,000 1,103,753
3.875% 10/10/22 3,200,000 2,776,000
# 144A 6.00% 1/22/20 3,000,000 3,195,000
# Banco Mercantil del Norte 144A
4.375% 7/19/15 400,000 417,000
# Banco Santander Brasil 144A
2.352% 3/18/14 2,000,000 1,997,998
# Banco Santander Chile 144A
3.75% 9/22/15 2,200,000 2,290,398
# Banco Santander Mexico 144A
4.125% 11/9/22 1,055,000 970,600
Banco Votorantim
# 144A 3.248% 3/28/14 2,000,000 2,035,180
#@ 144A 5.25% 2/11/16 2,300,000 2,380,500
Bancolombia
5.95% 6/3/21 475,000 484,500
Bank of America
3.875% 3/22/17 690,000 734,475
4.10% 7/24/23 680,000 677,128
5.20% 12/29/49 1,040,000 915,200
5.65% 5/1/18 500,000 564,838
6.00% 9/1/17 1,200,000 1,360,104
7.375% 5/15/14 100,000 104,099
7.625% 6/1/19 800,000 982,173
Bank of New York Mellon
4.50% 12/31/49 675,000 585,562
* Barclays Bank
7.625% 11/21/22 1,025,000 1,018,594
BB&T 5.25% 11/1/19 1,241,000 1,392,515
# BBVA Banco Continental 144A
3.25% 4/8/18 860,000 842,800
BBVA US Senior
4.664% 10/9/15 350,000 364,596
CIT Group
# 144A 4.75% 2/15/15 2,100,000 2,178,750
# 144A 5.25% 4/1/14 1,350,000 1,375,312
Citigroup
0.546% 11/5/14 4,600,000 4,594,673
1.718% 1/13/14 500,000 501,776
4.587% 12/15/15 200,000 214,030
5.50% 9/13/25 780,000 803,947
6.125% 5/15/18 1,900,000 2,199,871
6.25% 6/29/17 NZD 663,000 569,849
8.50% 5/22/19 1,400,000 1,790,223
City National
5.25% 9/15/20 830,000 894,811
# Credit Suisse 144A
6.50% 8/8/23 965,000 978,473
# DnB Bank 144A
3.20% 4/3/17 3,300,000 3,461,235

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                            Principal       Value
Amount° (U.S. $)
Corporate Bonds (continued)      
Banking (continued)
Eksportfinans
1.60% 3/20/14 JPY 2,000,000 $ 20,149
2.00% 9/15/15 1,300,000 1,274,000
2.375% 5/25/16 500,000 486,250
3.00% 11/17/14 300,000 300,750
* 5.50% 5/25/16 200,000 209,750
5.50% 6/26/17 300,000 313,125
Export-Import Bank of Korea
1.25% 11/20/15 400,000 401,295
4.375% 9/15/21 600,000 632,045
5.00% 4/11/22 2,000,000 2,195,910
5.125% 3/16/15 200,000 211,739
5.125% 6/29/20 1,500,000 1,652,881
5.875% 1/14/15 950,000 1,007,600
Fifth Third Bank
5.10% 12/31/49 995,000 868,137
Fifth Third Capital Trust IV
6.50% 4/15/37 1,210,000 1,208,487
Goldman Sachs Group
0.576% 5/18/15 EUR 100,000 135,124
0.666% 7/22/15 200,000 199,020
0.70% 3/22/16 300,000 297,649
0.769% 1/12/15 700,000 699,373
3.375% 2/1/18 CAD 468,000 454,206
3.70% 8/1/15 900,000 939,384
5.15% 1/15/14 2,000,000 2,025,878
6.25% 9/1/17 1,100,000 1,256,083
# HBOS Capital Funding 144A
6.071% 6/29/49 565,000 555,819
# HSBC Bank 144A
4.75% 1/19/21 1,245,000 1,347,511
HSBC Holdings
4.00% 3/30/22 530,000 540,245
ICICI Bank
5.50% 3/25/15 2,100,000 2,177,803
# 144A 5.50% 3/25/15 1,300,000 1,348,164
# ING Bank 144A
5.80% 9/25/23 1,505,000 1,522,903
JPMorgan Chase
0.889% 5/31/17 EUR 2,400,000 3,201,384
2.92% 9/19/17 CAD 720,000 697,940
3.15% 7/5/16 100,000 104,994
4.25% 11/2/18 NZD 1,475,000 1,163,371
4.375% 11/30/21 EUR 2,600,000 3,682,602
4.40% 7/22/20 400,000 424,038
5.15% 12/29/49 500,000 440,000
5.625% 8/16/43 2,320,000 2,312,562
6.00% 12/29/49 135,000 127,238
6.30% 4/23/19 300,000 351,907
KeyBank 6.95% 2/1/28 1,220,000 1,472,074
KFW 6.25% 5/19/21 AUD 2,300,000 2,385,088
Morgan Stanley
0.57% 1/9/14 500,000 499,903
1.865% 1/24/14 700,000 702,650
3.45% 11/2/15 1,000,000 1,037,081
4.10% 5/22/23 1,400,000 1,308,353
7.375% 2/22/18 AUD 1,465,000 1,493,015
7.60% 8/8/17 NZD 870,000 767,032
National City Bank
0.628% 6/7/17 325,000 319,705
# Nordea Bank 144A
1.168% 1/14/14 3,000,000 3,007,728
PNC Bank 6.875% 4/1/18 1,415,000 1,695,633
PNC Financial Services Group
4.483% 5/29/49 875,000 875,000
4.85% 5/29/49 735,000 633,937
PNC Funding 5.625% 2/1/17 225,000 251,013
# PNC Preferred Funding
Trust II 144A
1.477% 3/31/49 1,600,000 1,384,000
Regions Financial
2.00% 5/15/18 2,835,000 2,754,823
Royal Bank of Scotland
9.50% 3/16/22 300,000 345,825
# Russian Agricultural Bank 144A
5.10% 7/25/18 625,000 635,156
Santander Holdings USA
3.45% 8/27/18 1,335,000 1,364,937
# Sberbank 144A
4.95% 2/7/17 765,000 808,987
State Street 3.10% 5/15/23 2,885,000 2,696,405
SunTrust Bank
0.552% 8/24/15 505,000 499,966
SVB Financial Group
5.375% 9/15/20 310,000 342,174
# Turkiye Halk Bankasi 144A
3.875% 2/5/20 270,000 242,325
U.S. Bank 4.95% 10/30/14 1,000,000 1,048,397
UBS
2.25% 1/28/14 1,104,000 1,111,017
5.875% 12/20/17 1,163,000 1,343,978
USB Capital IX
3.50% 10/29/49 1,820,000 1,401,400
# USB Realty 144A
1.415% 12/22/49 100,000 86,000
VEB Finance
# 144A 5.375% 2/13/17 555,000 588,855
# 144A 6.025% 7/5/22 370,000 382,950
Wachovia 0.638% 10/15/16 305,000 301,773
Wells Fargo 4.125% 8/15/23 700,000 686,770
Zions Bancorp
4.50% 3/27/17 530,000 556,934
4.50% 6/13/23 990,000 983,625
7.75% 9/23/14 350,000 371,253
125,012,560

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Schedules of investments

Optimum Fixed Income Fund

                            Principal       Value
Amount° (U.S. $)
Corporate Bonds (continued)
Basic Industry – 2.02%
* AK Steel 7.625% 5/15/20 300,000 $ 253,500
# Alpek 144A 4.50% 11/20/22 715,000 666,737
ArcelorMittal
6.125% 6/1/18 605,000 643,569
10.35% 6/1/19 830,000 1,025,050
Barrick Gold 4.10% 5/1/23 595,000 524,962
BHP Billiton Finance USA
5.00% 9/30/43 875,000 894,660
CF Industries
6.875% 5/1/18 1,690,000 1,987,521
7.125% 5/1/20 300,000 352,181
#* CSN Resources 144A
6.50% 7/21/20 1,800,000 1,804,500
Dow Chemical
8.55% 5/15/19 2,322,000 2,964,855
FMG Resources August 2006
# 144A 6.875% 4/1/22 573,000 575,865
# 144A 7.00% 11/1/15 340,000 351,475
# Freeport-McMoRan
Copper & Gold
144A 3.875% 3/15/23 865,000 799,035
Georgia-Pacific
8.00% 1/15/24 1,927,000 2,482,282
#* Gerdau Trade 144A
4.75% 4/15/23 1,030,000 919,275
# Glencore Funding 144A
2.50% 1/15/19 1,355,000 1,271,692
HD Supply
# 144A 7.50% 7/15/20 221,000 229,564
11.00% 4/15/20 260,000 312,650
Headwaters 7.625% 4/1/19 635,000 669,925
International Paper
6.00% 11/15/41 1,455,000 1,560,437
7.50% 8/15/21 300,000 369,742
# Kazatomprom Natsionalnaya
Atomnaya Kompaniya 144A
6.25% 5/20/15 300,000 316,500
LyondellBasell Industries
5.75% 4/15/24 425,000 476,286
Mohawk Industries
6.375% 1/15/16 156,000 172,185
Norcraft 10.50% 12/15/15 309,000 320,974
Nortek 8.50% 4/15/21 585,000 639,112
Novelis 8.75% 12/15/20 530,000 584,325
Nucor 4.00% 8/1/23 455,000 446,194
#* Phosagro 144A
4.204% 2/13/18 1,028,000 1,012,580
# PolyOne 144A 5.25% 3/15/23 310,000 294,500
Rio Tinto Finance USA
2.25% 12/14/18 2,800,000 2,764,070
Rock-Tenn 3.50% 3/1/20 385,000 381,234
Rockwood Specialties Group
4.625% 10/15/20 340,000 343,400
Ryerson
9.00% 10/15/17 340,000 353,600
11.25% 10/15/18 145,000 150,438
Teck Resources
3.75% 2/1/23 650,000 599,489
# TPC Group 144A
8.75% 12/15/20 325,000 333,938
# U.S. Coatings Acquisition 144A
7.375% 5/1/21 400,000 420,000
Vale Overseas 5.625% 9/15/19 340,000 370,885
# Vedanta Resources 144A
6.00% 1/31/19 585,000 558,675
31,197,862
Brokerage – 0.50%
Bear Stearns 7.25% 2/1/18 2,000,000 2,397,780
Jefferies Group
5.125% 1/20/23 585,000 590,677
6.45% 6/8/27 331,000 339,275
6.50% 1/20/43 220,000 218,351
Lazard Group 6.85% 6/15/17 1,197,000 1,357,874
Merrill Lynch 6.875% 4/25/18 2,325,000 2,742,761
7,646,718
Capital Goods – 0.83%
# Accudyne Industries 144A
7.75% 12/15/20 180,000 185,850
# Ardagh Packaging Finance 144A
7.00% 11/15/20 300,000 289,500
Ball 4.00% 11/15/23 510,000 460,275
Berry Plastics 9.75% 1/15/21 485,000 562,600
Cemex
# 144A 5.018% 10/15/18 415,000 418,362
# 144A 9.50% 6/15/18 450,000 500,625
# Cemex Espana
Luxembourg 144A
9.25% 5/12/20 815,000 880,200
# Consolidated Container 144A
10.125% 7/15/20 305,000 327,875
# Crown Americas 144A
4.50% 1/15/23 195,000 179,400
Cummins 3.65% 10/1/23 1,145,000 1,155,110
# Ingersoll-Rand Global
Holding 144A
4.25% 6/15/23 2,705,000 2,691,637
# Milacron Finance 144A
7.75% 2/15/21 375,000 389,063
# Plastipak Holdings 144A
10.625% 8/15/19 311,000 354,237
Reynolds Group Issuer
5.75% 10/15/20 195,000 196,706
9.00% 4/15/19 1,000,000 1,055,000
Rock-Tenn 4.00% 3/1/23 710,000 689,232

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                            Principal       Value
Amount° (U.S. $)
Corporate Bonds (continued)      
Capital Goods (continued)
# Sealed Air 144A 6.50% 12/1/20 360,000 $ 378,900
TransDigm
7.50% 7/15/21 55,000 59,400
# 144A 7.50% 7/15/21 310,000 334,800
URS
# 144A 4.35% 4/1/17 145,000 148,279
# 144A 5.50% 4/1/22 520,000 524,063
# Votorantim Cimentos 144A
7.25% 4/5/41 1,180,000 1,087,075
12,868,189
Communications – 3.71%
AMC Networks
4.75% 12/15/22 450,000 423,000
America Movil
1.256% 9/12/16 1,200,000 1,200,869
5.00% 3/30/20 720,000 777,725
Bell Canada
3.35% 3/22/23 CAD 1,138,000 1,024,902
# Brasil Telecom 144A
5.75% 2/10/22 520,000 460,200
CC Holdings GS V
3.849% 4/15/23 450,000 406,569
CCO Holdings
5.25% 9/30/22 410,000 381,300
7.375% 6/1/20 165,000 179,025
CenturyLink
5.80% 3/15/22 1,160,000 1,099,100
Clear Channel
Worldwide Holdings
7.625% 3/15/20 560,000 580,662
# Clearwire Communications 144A
12.00% 12/1/15 369,000 386,989
# Columbus International 144A
11.50% 11/20/14 1,235,000 1,333,800
Comcast 5.70% 5/15/18 1,000,000 1,165,991
# COX Communications 144A
3.25% 12/15/22 1,935,000 1,721,639
# Crown Castle Towers 144A
4.883% 8/15/20 2,090,000 2,221,099
CSC Holdings
6.75% 11/15/21 265,000 284,875
Deutsche Telekom
International Finance
4.25% 7/13/22 EUR 850,000 1,290,328
Digicel
# 144A 6.00% 4/15/21 595,000 560,787
# 144A 8.25% 9/1/17 150,000 156,188
# Digicel Group 144A
10.50% 4/15/18 505,000 547,925
# DigitalGlobe 144A
5.25% 2/1/21 445,000 427,200
DISH DBS
5.875% 7/15/22 235,000 232,650
7.875% 9/1/19 178,000 203,810
Hughes Satellite Systems
7.625% 6/15/21 300,000 324,750
# Intelsat Jackson Holdings 144A
5.50% 8/1/23 445,000 418,300
Intelsat Luxembourg
# 144A 7.75% 6/1/21 545,000 566,119
# 144A 8.125% 6/1/23 455,000 481,731
Interpublic Group
2.25% 11/15/17 15,000 14,747
Lamar Media
5.00% 5/1/23 445,000 414,963
Level 3 Communications
11.875% 2/1/19 260,000 300,300
Level 3 Financing
10.00% 2/1/18 353,000 379,475
# MDC Partners 144A
6.75% 4/1/20 470,000 478,225
MetroPCS Wireless
6.625% 11/15/20 220,000 228,800
# Millicom International
Cellular 144A
4.75% 5/22/20 590,000 550,175
# MTS International Funding 144A
8.625% 6/22/20 635,000 745,331
Myriad International Holdings
# 144A 6.00% 7/18/20 200,000 211,000
# 144A 6.375% 7/28/17 965,000 1,054,262
# Nara Cable Funding 144A
8.875% 12/1/18 560,000 593,600
# News America 144A
4.00% 10/1/23 260,000 260,803
# Qtel International Finance 144A
3.25% 2/21/23 920,000 837,384
Qwest 6.75% 12/1/21 620,000 666,881
# SBA Tower Trust 144A
2.24% 4/16/18 735,000 726,517
# SES 144A 3.60% 4/4/23 3,155,000 2,986,539
Sinclair Television Group
5.375% 4/1/21 435,000 415,425
6.125% 10/1/22 165,000 164,588
# Sirius XM Radio 144A
4.625% 5/15/23 450,000 411,750
Sprint
# 144A 7.25% 9/15/21 175,000 177,188
# 144A 7.875% 9/15/23 135,000 138,038
Sprint Capital
6.90% 5/1/19 375,000 387,188
Sprint Nextel
6.00% 12/1/16 225,000 239,063
8.375% 8/15/17 355,000 402,925
# TBG Global PTE 144A
4.625% 4/3/18 400,000 379,000
# Telefonica Chile 144A
3.875% 10/12/22 980,000 874,890

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Schedules of investments

Optimum Fixed Income Fund

                            Principal       Value
Amount° (U.S. $)
Corporate Bonds (continued)      
Communications (continued)
Telefonica Emisiones
3.192% 4/27/18 2,380,000 $ 2,350,795
5.289% 12/9/22 GBP 200,000 326,838
# Telemar Norte Leste 144A
5.50% 10/23/20 838,000 745,820
# Telesat Canada 144A
6.00% 5/15/17 300,000 313,125
Time Warner Cable
5.85% 5/1/17 465,000 506,092
6.75% 7/1/18 1,500,000 1,676,905
8.25% 4/1/19 1,140,000 1,321,149
Univision Communications
# 144A 5.125% 5/15/23 680,000 654,500
# 144A 6.75% 9/15/22 525,000 556,500
# UPC Holding 144A
9.875% 4/15/18 220,000 239,800
# UPCB Finance III 144A
6.625% 7/1/20 700,000 745,500
Verizon Communications
1.782% 9/15/16 1,900,000 1,957,798
2.002% 9/14/18 400,000 421,100
2.50% 9/15/16 200,000 206,284
3.65% 9/14/18 1,100,000 1,160,375
4.50% 9/15/20 800,000 852,045
5.15% 9/15/23 1,710,000 1,836,343
6.40% 9/15/33 1,635,000 1,820,994
# VimpelCom 144A
7.748% 2/2/21 620,000 669,600
Virgin Media Finance
# 144A 6.375% 4/15/23 230,000 230,000
8.375% 10/15/19 184,000 200,100
Virgin Media Secured Finance
6.50% 1/15/18 2,670,000 2,786,812
Vivendi
# 144A 3.45% 1/12/18 960,000 971,981
# 144A 6.625% 4/4/18 770,000 871,680
Wind Acquisition Finance
# 144A 7.25% 2/15/18 200,000 208,000
# 144A 11.75% 7/15/17 245,000 260,619
Windstream
7.50% 4/1/23 120,000 119,100
# 144A 7.75% 10/1/21 225,000 233,438
57,139,883
Consumer Cyclical – 2.53%
Algeco Scotsman
Global Finance
# 144A 8.50% 10/15/18 350,000 371,875
# 144A 10.75% 10/15/19 485,000 489,850
Amazon.com
2.50% 11/29/22 2,235,000 2,040,982
American Axle & Manufacturing
6.25% 3/15/21 445,000 460,575
Ameristar Casinos
7.50% 4/15/21 455,000 497,087
# Chassix 144A 9.25% 8/1/18 75,000 79,688
Chrysler Group
8.25% 6/15/21 215,000 241,875
# Daimler Finance North
America 144A
2.25% 7/31/19 1,045,000 1,024,519
Dave & Buster’s
11.00% 6/1/18 185,000 205,350
Delphi 6.125% 5/15/21 545,000 598,137
eBay 4.00% 7/15/42 1,030,000 874,086
Ford Motor
7.45% 7/16/31 745,000 911,604
Ford Motor Credit
3.875% 1/15/15 2,200,000 2,276,135
5.75% 2/1/21 525,000 581,427
5.875% 8/2/21 885,000 985,353
7.00% 4/15/15 1,100,000 1,196,326
8.00% 6/1/14 300,000 313,868
8.70% 10/1/14 4,100,000 4,412,264
12.00% 5/15/15 360,000 423,255
# General Motors 144A
3.50% 10/2/18 740,000 741,850
# Geo Group 144A
5.125% 4/1/23 200,000 184,000
Hanesbrands
6.375% 12/15/20 425,000 460,063
Historic TW
6.875% 6/15/18 2,200,000 2,644,268
Home Depot
3.75% 2/15/24 1,070,000 1,085,154
Host Hotels & Resorts
3.75% 10/15/23 1,320,000 1,224,355
4.75% 3/1/23 910,000 915,905
5.25% 3/15/22 320,000 332,704
5.875% 6/15/19 325,000 351,048
# Hyundai Capital America 144A
2.125% 10/2/17 615,000 614,072
International Game Technology
5.35% 10/15/23 910,000 931,397
Levi Strauss
6.875% 5/1/22 375,000 399,375
7.625% 5/15/20 130,000 140,725
# LKQ 144A 4.75% 5/15/23 115,000 106,950
M/I Homes
8.625% 11/15/18 430,000 464,400
Marriott International
3.375% 10/15/20 650,000 648,888
Meritor 6.75% 6/15/21 230,000 228,850
MGM Resorts International
6.75% 10/1/20 425,000 447,313
7.75% 3/15/22 95,000 103,431
11.375% 3/1/18 594,000 758,835

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                            Principal       Value
Amount° (U.S. $)
Corporate Bonds (continued)
Consumer Cyclical (continued)
QVC 4.375% 3/15/23 2,020,000 $ 1,882,131
Rite Aid 9.25% 3/15/20 355,000 404,700
Ryland Group
8.40% 5/15/17 292,000 337,990
# SACI Falabella 144A
3.75% 4/30/23 915,000 818,925
Sally Holdings
5.75% 6/1/22 360,000 362,700
Standard Pacific
10.75% 9/15/16 278,000 333,600
# Tenedora Nemak 144A
5.50% 2/28/23 640,000 606,400
Tomkins 9.00% 10/1/18 121,000 132,495
# TRW Automotive 144A
4.50% 3/1/21 405,000 409,050
Western Union
2.875% 12/10/17 425,000 434,613
3.65% 8/22/18 1,110,000 1,153,060
Wyndham Worldwide
4.25% 3/1/22 350,000 345,309
5.625% 3/1/21 495,000 535,501
Wynn Las Vegas
# 144A 4.25% 5/30/23 280,000 257,250
7.75% 8/15/20 200,000 225,500
39,007,063
Consumer Non-Cyclical – 3.15%
Accellent 8.375% 2/1/17 210,000 219,713
Air Medical Group Holdings
9.25% 11/1/18 363,000 392,040
Alere 7.25% 7/1/18 140,000 151,900
Altria Group 9.70% 11/10/18 338,000 447,317
# Anadolu Efes Biracilik Ve
Malt Sanayii
144A 3.375% 11/1/22 355,000 291,988
Anheuser-Busch
InBev Worldwide
0.814% 1/27/14 3,800,000 3,807,456
5.375% 1/15/20 1,000,000 1,150,967
# ARAMARK 144A
5.75% 3/15/20 505,000 512,575
Avis Budget Car Rental
5.50% 4/1/23 380,000 353,400
# BFF International 144A
7.25% 1/28/20 380,000 421,800
Biomet
6.50% 8/1/20 395,000 409,813
6.50% 10/1/20 75,000 76,406
Boston Scientific
2.65% 10/1/18 525,000 525,841
6.00% 1/15/20 1,665,000 1,906,723
# BRF 144A 5.875% 6/6/22 685,000 683,287
CareFusion
# 144A 3.30% 3/1/23 795,000 746,194
6.375% 8/1/19 2,230,000 2,557,038
Celgene
3.25% 8/15/22 665,000 631,772
3.95% 10/15/20 925,000 951,195
4.00% 8/15/23 260,000 259,519
Coca-Cola Enterprises
1.125% 11/12/13 2,000,000 2,001,458
# Coca-Cola Icecek 144A
4.75% 10/1/18 710,000 717,192
Community Health Systems
8.00% 11/15/19 220,000 231,825
Constellation Brands
3.75% 5/1/21 80,000 74,100
6.00% 5/1/22 445,000 476,150
# Cosan Luxembourg 144A
5.00% 3/14/23 930,000 839,325
Covidien International Finance
2.95% 6/15/23 785,000 742,123
Del Monte
7.625% 2/15/19 655,000 682,837
Edwards Lifesciences
2.875% 10/15/18 1,100,000 1,096,944
Energizer Holdings
4.70% 5/24/22 1,625,000 1,650,038
# ESAL 144A 6.25% 2/5/23 1,145,000 1,016,187
Fomento Economico
Mexicano
4.375% 5/10/43 910,000 751,772
# Fresenius Medical
Care US Finance II
144A 5.875% 1/31/22 385,000 396,550
H&E Equipment Services
7.00% 9/1/22 500,000 535,000
HCA 7.50% 2/15/22 450,000 495,000
HCA Holdings
6.25% 2/15/21 265,000 269,969
7.75% 5/15/21 665,000 709,056
Jarden
6.125% 11/15/22 295,000 307,169
7.50% 1/15/20 30,000 32,663
# Korea Expressway 144A
1.875% 10/22/17 720,000 704,837
Laboratory Corp. of
America Holdings
2.20% 8/23/17 770,000 771,003
# MultiPlan 144A
9.875% 9/1/18 600,000 666,000
Mylan
# 144A 3.125% 1/15/23 470,000 428,338
# 144A 6.00% 11/15/18 160,000 172,502
NBTY 9.00% 10/1/18 240,000 264,600
# Pernod-Ricard 144A
5.75% 4/7/21 2,150,000 2,402,034
Pfizer 5.35% 3/15/15 4,100,000 4,381,371

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Schedules of investments

Optimum Fixed Income Fund

                            Principal       Value
Amount° (U.S. $)
Corporate Bonds (continued)
Consumer Non-Cyclical (continued)
Quest Diagnostics
4.70% 4/1/21 575,000 $ 608,774
Radnet Management
10.375% 4/1/18 235,000 249,688
# SABMiller Holdings 144A
2.45% 1/15/17 200,000 205,643
Scotts Miracle-Gro
6.625% 12/15/20 215,000 229,513
Smithfield Foods
6.625% 8/15/22 400,000 413,500
# Spectrum Brands Escrow 144A
6.375% 11/15/20 405,000 423,225
Tenet Healthcare
8.00% 8/1/20 145,000 154,063
United Rentals North
America
6.125% 6/15/23 130,000 131,300
10.25% 11/15/19 398,000 451,730
# Valeant Pharmaceuticals
International
144A 7.00% 10/1/20 70,000 74,550
# VPI Escrow 144A
6.375% 10/15/20 295,000 308,275
# Want Want China Finance 144A
1.875% 5/14/18 475,000 454,709
Yale University
2.90% 10/15/14 597,000 612,656
Zimmer Holdings
3.375% 11/30/21 1,290,000 1,261,356
4.625% 11/30/19 1,270,000 1,387,855
# Zoetis 144A 3.25% 2/1/23 2,335,000 2,227,368
48,507,192
Electric – 2.87%
AES
4.875% 5/15/23 380,000 357,200
7.375% 7/1/21 224,000 247,520
8.00% 6/1/20 203,000 232,435
Ameren Illinois
9.75% 11/15/18 2,110,000 2,832,559
# American Transmission
Systems 144A
5.25% 1/15/22 1,360,000 1,466,619
Appalachian Power
7.95% 1/15/20 1,000,000 1,255,893
CenterPoint Energy
5.95% 2/1/17 845,000 959,085
CMS Energy 6.25% 2/1/20 635,000 732,836
ComEd Financing III
6.35% 3/15/33 680,000 652,800
Duquesne Light Holdings
5.50% 8/15/15 756,000 807,109
# Electricite de France 144A
5.25% 12/29/49 1,025,000 971,298
Elwood Energy
8.159% 7/5/26 231,133 243,845
# Enel 144A 8.75% 9/24/73 365,000 369,312
Entergy 3.625% 9/15/15 215,000 222,905
Entergy Louisiana
4.05% 9/1/23 1,555,000 1,595,561
# Eskom Holdings 144A
6.75% 8/6/23 635,000 655,764
Exelon Generation
4.25% 6/15/22 2,255,000 2,223,874
FPL Group Capital
6.35% 10/1/66 1,740,000 1,758,585
6.65% 6/15/67 135,000 137,812
* GenOn Americas Generation
8.50% 10/1/21 190,000 202,350
GenOn Energy
9.875% 10/15/20 460,000 509,450
Great Plains Energy
4.85% 6/1/21 610,000 652,522
5.292% 6/15/22 1,275,000 1,379,157
Integrys Energy Group
6.11% 12/1/66 1,200,000 1,212,862
Ipalco Enterprises
5.00% 5/1/18 405,000 422,213
Jersey Central Power & Light
# 144A 4.70% 4/1/24 485,000 492,084
7.35% 2/1/19 1,000,000 1,200,946
LG&E & KU Energy
3.75% 11/15/20 1,010,000 1,024,340
4.375% 10/1/21 1,555,000 1,613,729
# Narragansett Electric 144A
4.17% 12/10/42 555,000 496,613
National Rural Utilities
Cooperative Finance
4.75% 4/30/43 1,055,000 978,512
NextEra Energy Capital
Holdings
3.625% 6/15/23 490,000 466,127
NRG Energy
7.875% 5/15/21 180,000 193,500
NV Energy
6.25% 11/15/20 1,135,000 1,326,640
# Pedernales Electric
Cooperative 144A
6.202% 11/15/32 620,000 647,683
Pennsylvania Electric
5.20% 4/1/20 1,180,000 1,278,362
PPL Capital Funding
6.70% 3/30/67 440,000 449,146
Public Service Oklahoma
5.15% 12/1/19 1,300,000 1,479,253
Puget Energy
6.00% 9/1/21 340,000 371,435
6.50% 12/15/20 3,800,000 4,256,350

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                            Principal       Value
Amount° (U.S. $)
Corporate Bonds (continued)      
Electric (continued)
Puget Sound Energy
6.974% 6/1/67 1,295,000 $ 1,349,615
SCANA 4.125% 2/1/22 810,000 792,234
Southwestern Electric Power
6.45% 1/15/19 690,000 803,103
Tokyo Electric Power
4.50% 3/24/14 EUR 1,100,000 1,494,683
Wisconsin Energy
6.25% 5/15/67 1,480,000 1,510,811
44,326,732
Energy – 3.28%
Antero Resources Finance
6.00% 12/1/20 185,000 187,775
BP Capital Markets
3.625% 5/8/14 500,000 509,973
3.994% 9/26/23 935,000 944,344
4.75% 3/10/19 160,000 177,206
Bristow Group
6.25% 10/15/22 325,000 339,219
Chesapeake Energy
5.375% 6/15/21 65,000 65,163
5.75% 3/15/23 680,000 685,100
# CNOOC Curtis Funding 144A
4.50% 10/3/23 500,000 504,175
# CNOOC Finance 2012 144A
3.875% 5/2/22 6,055,000 5,913,331
Comstock Resources
7.75% 4/1/19 240,000 249,600
Continental Resources
4.50% 4/15/23 310,000 305,738
Ecopetrol
4.25% 9/18/18 300,000 309,375
7.625% 7/23/19 912,000 1,083,000
Energy Transfer Partners
4.15% 10/1/20 830,000 854,268
5.95% 10/1/43 995,000 991,223
Gazprom
# 144A 4.95% 5/23/16 400,000 423,000
10.50% 3/25/14 500,000 524,375
# Gazprom Neft 144A
4.375% 9/19/22 940,000 869,500
Halcon Resources
8.875% 5/15/21 450,000 463,500
Halliburton 3.50% 8/1/23 1,125,000 1,117,359
Hercules Offshore
# 144A 8.75% 7/15/21 105,000 111,825
# 144A 10.50% 10/15/17 564,000 599,955
# KazMunayGas National 144A
9.125% 7/2/18 820,000 1,007,575
Key Energy Services
6.75% 3/1/21 375,000 373,125
Kodiak Oil & Gas
8.125% 12/1/19 435,000 477,413
Linn Energy
6.50% 5/15/19 120,000 115,800
# 144A 6.75% 11/1/19 175,000 165,813
8.625% 4/15/20 180,000 186,975
Lukoil International Finance
6.125% 11/9/20 1,225,000 1,310,750
# Midstates Petroleum 144A
9.25% 6/1/21 400,000 397,000
# Murphy Oil USA 144A
6.00% 8/15/23 260,000 260,000
# Nabors Industries 144A
5.10% 9/15/23 750,000 763,316
Newfield Exploration
5.625% 7/1/24 855,000 831,487
Noble Holding International
3.95% 3/15/22 1,100,000 1,062,930
ONGC Videsh
2.50% 5/7/18 820,000 762,387
# Pacific Rubiales Energy 144A
7.25% 12/12/21 650,000 685,750
PDC Energy
7.75% 10/15/22 220,000 234,300
Pertamina Persero
# 144A 4.30% 5/20/23 200,000 172,000
# 144A 4.875% 5/3/22 845,000 766,837
Petrobras Global Finance
2.408% 1/15/19 175,000 172,113
3.00% 1/15/19 1,023,000 964,607
Petrobras International Finance
5.375% 1/27/21 1,186,000 1,197,368
Petrohawk Energy
7.25% 8/15/18 1,250,000 1,359,375
Petroleos de Venezuela
9.00% 11/17/21 1,160,000 951,200
Petroleos Mexicanos
2.286% 7/18/18 420,000 433,650
3.50% 7/18/18 325,000 329,875
3.50% 1/30/23 455,000 414,720
6.50% 6/2/41 390,000 406,137
Plains Exploration & Production
6.50% 11/15/20 790,000 848,533
Pride International
6.875% 8/15/20 2,785,000 3,323,739
# PTT Exploration &
Production 144A
3.707% 9/16/18 730,000 738,064
Range Resources
5.75% 6/1/21 135,000 142,425
8.00% 5/15/19 322,000 347,358
Rosetta Resources
5.625% 5/1/21 690,000 658,950
Rosneft Finance
6.25% 2/2/15 2,100,000 2,231,250

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Schedules of investments

Optimum Fixed Income Fund

          Principal Value
      Amount°       (U.S. $)
Corporate Bonds (continued)
Energy (continued)
# Samson Investment 144A
          10.25% 2/15/20 465,000 $ 495,225
SandRidge Energy
          7.50% 3/15/21 150,000 152,250
          8.125% 10/15/22 535,000 543,025
# Sinopec Capital 2013 144A
          1.875% 4/24/18 310,000 301,827
Southwestern Energy
          7.50% 2/1/18 2,300,000 2,736,078
Talisman Energy
          5.50% 5/15/42 2,030,000 1,897,900
Total Capital
          2.125% 8/10/18 1,615,000 1,631,408
Woodside Finance
         #144A 8.125% 3/1/14 340,000 349,437
         #144A 8.75% 3/1/19 955,000 1,219,411
50,648,387
Finance Companies – 1.93%
American Express
          7.00% 3/19/18 6,100,000 7,356,460
# BM&FBovespa 144A
          5.50% 7/16/20 200,000 207,000
CDP Financial
         #144A 4.40% 11/25/19 1,260,000 1,399,771
         #144A 5.60% 11/25/39 880,000 1,007,581
#w Citicorp Lease Pass-
          Through Trust
          144A 8.04% 12/15/19 200,000 240,980
CME Group
          5.30% 9/15/43 530,000 548,768
E Trade Financial
          6.375% 11/15/19 600,000 642,000
FTI Consulting
          6.75% 10/1/20 330,000 350,625
GE Capital Canada Funding
          2.42% 5/31/18 CAD 65,000 61,980
General Electric Capital
          4.208% 12/6/21 SEK 1,000,000 157,037
          4.375% 9/16/20 1,215,000 1,294,587
        5.25% 6/29/49 200,000 185,900
          6.00% 8/7/19 1,495,000 1,742,035
        6.25% 12/15/49 1,200,000 1,216,916
        7.125% 12/15/49 500,000 545,850
International Lease Finance
          5.65% 6/1/14 800,000 821,000
          5.875% 4/1/19 295,000 308,604
          6.25% 5/15/19 615,000 648,825
        #144A 6.75% 9/1/16 640,000 705,600
          8.25% 12/15/20 200,000 228,500
          8.625% 9/15/15 1,000,000 1,107,500
          8.75% 3/15/17 525,000 605,062
# IPIC GMTN 144A
          5.50% 3/1/22 411,000 451,073
# LI VP Holdings 144A
          3.80% 6/18/19 345,000 361,315
# Nuveen Investments 144A
          9.50% 10/15/20 880,000 864,600
PHH 7.375% 9/1/19 300,000 316,500
SLM
          5.375% 5/15/14 1,400,000 1,431,500
          6.25% 1/25/16 1,300,000 1,389,375
# SSIF Nevada 144A
          0.968% 4/14/14 900,000 903,468
# Temasek Financial I 144A
          2.375% 1/23/23 810,000 743,368
#* Uralkali OJSC 144A
          3.723% 4/30/18 390,000 370,883
Waha Aerospace
          3.925% 7/28/20 1,470,000 1,544,088
29,758,751
Insurance – 1.60%
Allstate 5.75% 8/15/53 910,000 888,956
American International Group
        #144A 3.75% 11/30/13 600,000 602,876
          4.125% 2/15/24 455,000 456,267
          6.40% 12/15/20 95,000 112,114
          8.25% 8/15/18 2,820,000 3,523,350
Chubb 6.375% 3/29/67 820,000 883,550
Highmark
         #144A 4.75% 5/15/21 445,000 421,456
         #144A 6.125% 5/15/41 160,000 151,415
# Hockey Merger Sub 2 144A
          7.875% 10/1/21 380,000 382,375
* ING Groep 5.775% 12/29/49 325,000 330,688
ING US
          2.90% 2/15/18 1,010,000 1,015,155
         5.65% 5/15/53 920,000 844,349
Liberty Mutual Group
         #144A 4.25% 6/15/23 1,600,000 1,563,558
         #144A 4.95% 5/1/22 760,000 787,251
         #144A 6.50% 5/1/42 305,000 330,248
        #144A 7.00% 3/15/37 180,000 183,600
# Metlife Capital Trust IV 144A
          7.875% 12/15/37 300,000 339,000
# MetLife Capital Trust X 144A
          9.25% 4/8/38 1,100,000 1,402,500
# Metropolitan Life
                    Global Funding I
          144A 3.00% 1/10/23 2,995,000 2,828,885
Prudential Financial
          3.875% 1/14/15 310,000 322,322
          4.50% 11/15/20 275,000 295,911
         5.625% 6/15/43 440,000 416,627
         5.875% 9/15/42 555,000 546,675
          6.00% 12/1/17 580,000 673,061

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          Principal Value
Amount°       (U.S. $)
Corporate Bonds (continued)
Insurance (continued)
#@ Stone Street Trust 144A
          5.902% 12/15/15 2,300,000 $ 2,490,178
XL Group 6.50% 12/29/49 710,000 683,375
# ZFS Finance USA Trust II 144A
          6.45% 12/15/65 2,000,000 2,125,000
24,600,742
Natural Gas – 1.52%
AmeriGas Finance
          6.75% 5/20/20 120,000 128,100
AmeriGas Partners
          6.50% 5/20/21 112,000 115,920
El Paso Pipeline Partners
          Operating
          6.50% 4/1/20 1,448,000 1,672,336
Enbridge Energy Partners
          4.00% 10/1/23 550,000 551,701
         8.05% 10/1/37 1,365,000 1,538,541
Energy Transfer Partners
          3.60% 2/1/23 775,000 723,307
          9.70% 3/15/19 694,000 888,530
Enterprise Products Operating
         7.034% 1/15/68 1,645,000 1,831,768
          9.75% 1/31/14 1,085,000 1,116,579
Kinder Morgan Energy
          Partners
          4.15% 2/1/24 570,000 560,468
          5.95% 2/15/18 1,000,000 1,146,098
          9.00% 2/1/19 1,280,000 1,639,853
# Korea Gas 144A
          2.875% 7/29/18 790,000 790,382
Nisource Finance
          4.80% 2/15/44 2,000,000 1,797,876
          5.80% 2/1/42 775,000 805,951
Plains All American Pipeline
          8.75% 5/1/19 1,160,000 1,487,495
@ Ras Laffan Liquefied
          Natural Gas II
          5.298% 9/30/20 2,130,600 2,269,089
# Regency Energy Partners 144A
          4.50% 11/1/23 600,000 546,000
# Rockies Express Pipeline 144A
          6.85% 7/15/18 500,000 473,750
Suburban Propane Partners
          7.375% 8/1/21 125,000 134,375
TransCanada PipeLines
          6.35% 5/15/67 1,920,000 1,982,934
Williams Partners
          7.25% 2/1/17 1,010,000 1,176,845
23,377,898
Real Estate – 1.53%
Alexandria Real Estate Equities
          3.90% 6/15/23 335,000 315,236
          4.60% 4/1/22 1,080,000 1,087,250
American Tower Trust I
         #144A 1.551% 3/15/18 425,000 415,096
         #144A 3.07% 3/15/23 970,000 921,399
BRE Properties
          3.375% 1/15/23 830,000 772,175
Corporate Office
          Properties
          3.60% 5/15/23 690,000 626,676
          5.25% 2/15/24 670,000 688,994
DDR
          4.625% 7/15/22 295,000 300,890
          4.75% 4/15/18 350,000 378,173
          7.50% 4/1/17 640,000 748,204
          7.875% 9/1/20 731,000 895,961
Digital Realty Trust
          5.25% 3/15/21 1,445,000 1,521,120
          5.875% 2/1/20 425,000 468,081
Duke Realty
          3.625% 4/15/23 675,000 629,002
HCP 5.375% 2/1/21 2,300,000 2,506,232
Liberty Property
          4.40% 2/15/24 735,000 734,284
National Retail Properties
          3.30% 4/15/23 1,880,000 1,711,815
          3.80% 10/15/22 160,000 152,995
ProLogis 4.25% 8/15/23 1,170,000 1,166,008
Qatari Diar Finance
          3.50% 7/21/15 2,100,000 2,193,282
          5.00% 7/21/20 500,000 551,900
Regency Centers
          4.80% 4/15/21 420,000 442,159
          5.875% 6/15/17 285,000 317,768
UDR
          3.70% 10/1/20 365,000 367,406
          4.625% 1/10/22 1,015,000 1,050,935
# WEA Finance 144A
          4.625% 5/10/21 785,000 829,395
Weingarten Realty Investors
          3.50% 4/15/23 740,000 689,559
Weyerhaeuser
          4.625% 9/15/23 1,165,000 1,189,484
23,671,479
Technology – 1.55%
Apple 2.40% 5/3/23 3,515,000 3,188,407
# Avaya 144A 7.00% 4/1/19 250,000 235,000
Baidu 3.25% 8/6/18 1,495,000 1,498,056
# BMC Software Finance 144A
          8.125% 7/15/21 265,000 276,263
Broadridge Financial Solutions
          3.95% 9/1/20 520,000 525,871

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Schedules of investments

Optimum Fixed Income Fund

          Principal       Value
Amount° (U.S. $)
Corporate Bonds (continued)
Technology (continued)
EMC 2.65% 6/1/20 250,000 $ 247,848
Equinix
          4.875% 4/1/20 242,000 235,950
          5.375% 4/1/23 248,000 235,600
Fidelity National
          Information Services
          3.50% 4/15/23 1,640,000 1,478,143
First Data
          11.25% 3/31/16 315,000 316,575
        #144A 11.25% 1/15/21 350,000 367,500
GXS Worldwide
          9.75% 6/15/15 834,000 858,499
Infor US 9.375% 4/1/19 170,000 190,825
Jabil Circuit 7.75% 7/15/16 92,000 104,650
Microsoft 2.125% 11/15/22 1,915,000 1,745,844
National Semiconductor
          6.60% 6/15/17 1,530,000 1,790,810
NetApp
          2.00% 12/15/17 520,000 512,454
          3.25% 12/15/22 745,000 685,393
NXP Funding
        #144A 3.75% 6/1/18 230,000 225,400
        #144A 5.75% 3/15/23 270,000 267,975
# Samsung Electronics
          America 144A
          1.75% 4/10/17 745,000 744,142
# Seagate HDD Cayman 144A
          4.75% 6/1/23 255,000 246,713
Symantec 4.20% 9/15/20 2,645,000 2,726,638
#* Tencent Holdings 144A
          3.375% 3/5/18 895,000 907,705
Total System Services
          2.375% 6/1/18 1,770,000 1,728,616
          3.75% 6/1/23 1,060,000 983,069
# VeriSign 144A
          4.625% 5/1/23 240,000 226,800
Xerox 6.35% 5/15/18 1,220,000 1,402,612
23,953,358
Transportation – 0.77%
w American Airlines 2011-1
          Class A Pass Through
          Trust 5.25% 1/31/21 513,806 536,928
Brambles USA
        #144A 3.95% 4/1/15 395,000 409,251
        #144A 5.35% 4/1/20 320,000 346,733
Burlington Northern Santa Fe
          5.15% 9/1/43 1,300,000 1,312,346
w Continental Airlines 2009-2
          Class A Pass Through Trust
          7.25% 11/10/19 766,222 865,831
Delta Air Lines Class A
          Pass Through Trust
        w6.20% 7/2/18 379,169 415,190
        w6.821% 8/10/22 336,375 374,217
#w Doric Nimrod Air Finance
          Alpha 2012-1 Class A
          Pass Through Trust 144A
          5.125% 11/30/24 387,871 388,841
# DP World Sukuk 144A
          6.25% 7/2/17 690,000 757,275
# ERAC USA Finance 144A
          5.25% 10/1/20 1,470,000 1,633,940
Norfolk Southern 4.80%
          8/15/43 600,000 585,369
RZD Capital 5.739%
          4/3/17 1,000,000 1,070,000
UAL Pass Through Trust
        w9.75% 1/15/17 197,662 224,841
        w10.40% 11/1/16 273,917 306,952
United Parcel Service
          5.125% 4/1/19 2,365,000 2,719,239
11,946,953
Total Corporate Bonds
(cost $546,081,924) 553,663,767
   
Municipal Bonds – 0.95%
Bay Area, California Toll
          Authority (Build America
          Bonds) Series S1
          6.918% 4/1/40 800,000 986,744
          7.043% 4/1/50 3,000,000 3,678,300
California Statewide Communities
          Development Authority
          (Kaiser Permanente)
          Series A 5.00% 4/1/42 595,000 597,249
California Various Purpose
          (Build America Bond)
          7.30% 10/1/39 200,000 252,930
Fairfax County, Virginia
          Series B 5.00% 4/1/24 370,000 446,812
Georgia
          Series D 5.00% 2/1/23 535,000 648,249
Golden State, California Tobacco
          Securitization Corporation
          Settlement Revenue
          (Asset-Backed Senior Notes)
          Series A-1 5.125% 6/1/47 870,000 609,574
          Series A-1 5.75% 6/1/47 1,080,000 833,047
Grand Parkway, Texas
          Transportation Subordinated
          Tier Toll Revenue
          Series B 5.00% 4/1/53 690,000 677,166
Los Angeles, California
          Community College
          District Revenue
          (Build America Bond)
          6.60% 8/1/42 800,000 965,608

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          Principal       Value
Amount° (U.S. $)
Municipal Bonds (continued)
Maryland Local Facilities
          Second Series A
          5.00% 8/1/21 405,000 $ 488,584
New Jersey State
          Transportation Trust Fund
          Authority (Transportation
          System Program)
          Series A 5.00% 6/15/42 140,000 142,463
          Series AA 5.00% 6/15/44 450,000 457,587
New York City, New York
          Series I 5.00% 8/1/22 295,000 346,681
New York City Transitional
          Finance Authority
          Future Tax Secured Revenue
          (Build America Bond)
          5.508% 8/1/37 700,000 774,641
          (New York City Recovery)
          Series 13 5.00% 11/1/22 410,000 487,634
New York State Urban
          Development (Build
          America Bond)
          5.77% 3/15/39 800,000 876,400
North Carolinas
          Series C 5.00% 5/1/22 400,000 483,612
Oregon State Taxable Pension
          5.892% 6/1/27 65,000 77,963
Prince George’s County,
          Maryland (Consolidated
          Public Improvement)
          Series A 5.00% 3/1/22 200,000 241,526
Sacramento County, California
          Public Financing Authority
          Revenue (Housing Tax
          County Project) Series B
          5.18% 12/1/13
          (NATL-RE) (FGIC) 20,000 20,025
Texas A&M University
          Series D 5.00% 5/15/22 85,000 101,985
          Series D 5.00% 5/15/23 90,000 108,366
Texas Private Activity Bond
          Surface Transportation
          Revenue (Senior Lien
          Note Mobility)
          6.75% 6/30/43 (AMT) 310,000 322,704
Total Municipal Bonds
(cost $13,429,948) 14,625,850
   
Non-Agency Asset-Backed Securities – 2.96%
Accredited Mortgage Loan Trust
          Series 2006-2 A4
          0.439% 9/25/36 2,000,000 1,415,040
          Series 2007-1 A3
          0.309% 2/25/37 3,988,573 3,595,488
Ally Master Owner Trust
          Series 2011-1 A1
          1.052% 1/15/16 730,000 731,127
          Series 2013-2 A
          0.632% 4/15/18 855,000 853,035
Ameriquest Mortgage Securities
          Asset-Backed Pass
          Through Certificates
        wSeries 2005-R5 M2
          0.639% 7/25/35 1,400,000 1,295,787
        wSeries 2005-R7 M2
          0.679% 9/25/35 2,000,000 1,681,274
w Argent Securities Asset-
          Backed Pass Through
          Certificates
          Series 2003-W9 M1
          1.214% 1/25/34 457,998 419,771
Argent Securities Trust
         Series 2006-M1 A2C
          0.329% 7/25/36 1,568,437 602,376
         Series 2006-M1 A2D
          0.419% 7/25/36 1,568,437 616,427
         Series 2006-W4 A2C
          0.339% 5/25/36 800,557 277,777
# Avis Budget Rental Car
          Funding AESOP
          Series 2011-2A A 144A
          2.37% 11/20/14 465,000 471,641
Bear Stearns Asset-Backed
          Securities I Trust
         Series 2005-FR1 M2
          0.849% 6/25/35 2,000,000 1,462,724
         Series 2007-HE5 1A1
          0.269% 6/25/47 46,911 46,660
# California Republic Auto
          Receivables Trust
          Series 2013-1 A2 144A
          1.41% 9/17/18 430,000 428,980
Capital One Multi-Asset
          Execution Trust
          Series 2007-A7 A7
          5.75% 7/15/20 685,000 793,859
C-BASS Trust
          Series 2006-CB6 A23
          0.329% 7/25/36 139,875 112,004
CenterPoint Energy
          Transition Bond
          Series 2012-1 A2
          2.161% 10/15/21 585,000 585,533

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Schedules of investments

Optimum Fixed Income Fund

          Principal       Value
Amount° (U.S. $)
Non-Agency Asset-Backed Securities (continued)
Centex Home Equity Loan Trust
          Series 2002-A AF6
          5.54% 1/25/32 10,701 $ 10,738
# Citibank Omni Master Trust
          Series 2009-A14A A14
          144A 2.932% 8/15/18 400,000 408,378
Citicorp Residential
          Mortgage Trust
         Series 2006-3 A4
          5.703% 11/25/36 556,384 555,085
         Series 2006-3 A5
          5.948% 11/25/36 900,000 856,292
Countrywide Asset-Backed
          Certificates
         Series 2004-3 2A
          0.579% 8/25/34 60,609 56,062
         Series 2005-AB2 2A3
          0.564% 11/25/35 1,288,113 1,180,165
         Series 2006-1 AF6
          5.526% 7/25/36 2,115,013 2,131,028
         Series 2006-11 1AF6
          5.25% 9/25/46 940,766 948,010
         Series 2006-26 2A4
          0.399% 6/25/37 2,000,000 855,316
         Series 2007-6 2A4
          0.489% 9/25/37 1,000,000 343,974
Discover Card Execution
          Note Trust
          Series 2012-A1 A1
          0.81% 8/15/17 685,000 687,723
# Enterprise Fleet Financing
          Series 2012-1 A2 144A
          1.14% 11/20/17 195,659 196,006
# FRS I
          Series 2013-1A A1 144A
          1.80% 4/15/43 229,195 227,899
GE Capital Credit Card
          Master Note Trust
          Series 2012-2 A
          2.22% 1/18/22 365,000 366,085
          Series 2012-6 A
          1.36% 8/17/20 625,000 618,137
# Golden Credit Card Trust
          Series 2012-5A A
          144A 0.79% 9/15/17 360,000 360,218
# Great America Leasing
          Receivables
          Series 2013-1 B 144A
          1.44% 5/15/18 100,000 99,053
GSAMP Trust
          Series 2006-HE6 A3
          0.329% 8/25/36 1,900,000 1,185,429
Home Equity Mortgage Loan
          Asset-Backed Trust
          Series 2007-A 2A3
          0.419% 4/25/47 2,000,000 1,066,206
HSI Asset Securitization Trust
          Series 2006-HE1 2A1
          0.229% 10/25/36 46,613 22,625
# MASTR Specialized Loan Trust
          Series 2005-2 A2 144A
          5.006% 7/25/35 44,031 44,254
Merrill Lynch Mortgage
          Investors Trust
          Series 2006-FF1 M2
          0.469% 8/25/36 2,000,000 1,744,660
          Series 2007-MLN1 A2A
          0.289% 3/25/37 1,680,729 1,112,794
Morgan Stanley ABS
          Capital I Trust
          Series 2007-HE1 A2C
          0.329% 11/25/36 7,484,352 4,040,240
New Century Home Equity
          Loan Trust
          Series 2005-1 M2
          0.659% 3/25/35 1,385,438 1,178,438
RAMP Trust
          Series 2006-RZ5 A2
          0.359% 8/25/46 1,015,410 936,187
RASC Trust
          Series 2006-EMX1 A2
          0.409% 1/25/36 119,520 117,475
          Series 2007-KS3 AI2
          0.359% 4/25/37 2,223,730 2,175,651
SLM Student Loan Trust
          Series 2005-4 A2
          0.346% 4/26/21 284,829 284,094
          Series 2008-9 A
          1.766% 4/25/23 3,752,365 3,856,793
Soundview Home Loan Trust
          Series 2006-WF2 A1
          0.309% 12/25/36 1,477,442 1,390,601
Structured Asset
          Investment Loan Trust
          Series 2003-BC2 M1
          1.559% 4/25/33 286,046 246,026
# Trafigura Securitisation Finance
          Series 2012-1A A 144A
          2.582% 10/15/15 500,000 503,555
# Trinity Rail Leasing
          Series 2012-1A A1 144A
          2.266% 1/15/43 369,592 363,245
Vanderbilt Mortgage Finance
          Series 2001-A A4
          7.235% 6/7/28 34,597 35,218
Total Non-Agency Asset-
Backed Securities
(cost $45,249,064) 45,593,163

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Principal       Value
          Amount° (U.S. $)
Non-Agency Collateralized Mortgage Obligations – 3.58%
Alternative Loan Trust
          Resecuritization
          Series 2008-2R 3A1
          6.00% 8/25/37 2,421,403 $ 1,839,237
Alternative Loan Trust
          Series 2004-J1 1A1
          6.00% 2/25/34 3,627 3,704
          Series 2004-J2 7A1
          6.00% 12/25/33 5,066 5,070
ARM Trust
         Series 2004-5 3A1
          2.717% 4/25/35 1,948,305 1,895,218
         Series 2005-10 3A31
          4.974% 1/25/36 865,231 794,464
         Series 2006-2 1A4
          2.709% 5/25/36 1,404,353 1,170,177
Banc of America Funding Trust
          Series 2006-I 1A1
          2.481% 12/20/36 864,812 863,330
Banc of America
          Mortgage Trust
          Series 2003-D 2A1
          2.875% 5/25/33 866,528 856,350
Bank of America
          Alternative Loan Trust
          Series 2005-3 2A1
          5.50% 4/25/20 44,376 46,331
          Series 2005-6 7A1
          5.50% 7/25/20 158,502 164,562
Bear Stearns ARM Trust
         Series 2003-5 2A1
          2.604% 8/25/33 148,761 150,249
         Series 2005-2 A2
          2.793% 3/25/35 295,349 295,135
         Series 2005-5 A1
          2.21% 8/25/35 2,743,946 2,746,273
Chase Mortgage Finance Trust
          Series 2005-A1 3A1
          2.885% 12/25/35 297,155 263,387
ChaseFlex Trust
          Series 2006-1 A4
          5.386% 6/25/36 420,000 355,138
CHL Mortgage Pass-
          Through Trust
      wSeries 2003-21 A1
          2.815% 5/25/33 3,056 3,071
        wSeries 2007-4 1A1
          6.00% 5/25/37 2,820,468 2,420,633
Citigroup Mortgage Loan Trust
          Series 2004-UST1 A6
          4.114% 8/25/34 34,885 34,897
CSMC Mortgage-Backed Trust
         #Series 2005-1R 2A5 144A
          5.75% 12/26/35 3,830,016 3,297,590
          Series 2007-1 5A14
          6.00% 2/25/37 623,173 553,927
         Series 2007-3 4A6
          0.429% 4/25/37 938,657 746,817
     @~Series 2007-3 4A12
          6.571% 4/25/37 938,657 143,224
          Series 2007-3 4A15
          5.50% 4/25/37 416,793 384,342
          Series 2007-5 3A19
          6.00% 8/25/37 1,277,722 1,273,158
          Series 2007-5 10A2
          6.00% 4/25/29 480,567 502,860
# Deutsche Mortgage
          Securities Re-REMIC
          Trust Certificates
          Series 2005-WF1 1A3
          144A 5.233% 6/26/35 1,416,005 1,429,954
w First Horizon Mortgage
          Pass-Through Trust
          Series 2005-AR2 2A1
          2.556% 6/25/35 305,476 294,977
GMACM Mortgage Loan Trust
          Series 2006-J1 A1
          5.75% 4/25/36 132,361 125,264
# GSMPS Mortgage Loan Trust
          Series 1998-3 A 144A
          7.75% 9/19/27 10,576 11,158
GSR Mortgage Loan Trust
          Series 2006-AR1 3A1
          3.169% 1/25/36 164,967 142,346
IndyMac INDA Mortgage
          Loan Trust
          Series 2006-AR1 A1
          5.282% 8/25/36 377,067 366,562
JPMorgan Mortgage Trust
         Series 2006-A6 2A4L
          2.92% 10/25/36 1,208,843 997,426
         Series 2006-A7 2A2
          2.728% 1/25/37 231,930 195,856
         Series 2007-A1 6A1
          2.799% 7/25/35 609,917 599,070
Lehman Mortgage Trust
          Series 2007-10 2A2
          6.50% 1/25/38 3,677,959 3,364,317
MASTR Alternative Loan Trust
          Series 2004-3 8A1
          7.00% 4/25/34 4,908 4,951
          Series 2004-5 6A1
          7.00% 6/25/34 85,693 90,402

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Optimum Fixed Income Fund

      Principal       Value
          Amount° (U.S. $)
Non-Agency Collateralized Mortgage Obligations (continued)
MASTR ARM Trust
         Series 2003-6 1A2
          2.825% 12/25/33 5,409 $ 5,470
         Series 2004-4 4A1
          2.469% 5/25/34 166,703 163,524
         Series 2005-6 7A1
          5.195% 6/25/35 93,212 87,029
         Series 2006-2 4A1
          2.65% 2/25/36 21,459 20,434
MASTR Asset
          Securitization Trust
          Series 2003-9 2A7
          5.50% 10/25/33 93,803 95,592
Merrill Lynch Mortgage
          Investors Trust
         Series 2004-A1 2A2
          2.511% 2/25/34 12,430 12,405
         Series 2005-2 1A
          1.666% 10/25/35 231,375 223,384
         Series 2005-A5 A2
          2.475% 6/25/35 320,385 320,318
Opteum Mortgage
          Acceptance Trust
         Series 2006-1 2A1
          5.75% 4/25/36 2,626,964 2,661,979
RALI Trust
          Series 2004-QS2 CB
          5.75% 2/25/34 62,785 65,736
RFMSI Trust
          Series 2004-S9 1A23
          5.50% 12/25/34 4,500,000 4,621,509
          Series 2004-S9 2A1
          4.75% 12/25/19 298,705 305,067
Sequoia Mortgage Trust
         Series 2004-5 A3
          0.98% 6/20/34 489,475 468,805
         Series 2007-1 4A1
          2.642% 9/20/46 1,426,579 1,185,677
Structured ARM Loan Trust
         Series 2005-22 1A4
          2.486% 12/25/35 1,867,381 1,348,038
         Series 2006-1 7A4
          5.222% 2/25/36 1,214,118 960,767
Structured Asset Mortgage
          Investments II Trust
          Series 2005-AR5 A2
          0.431% 7/19/35 1,364,386 1,281,022
Structured Asset Securities Trust
          Series 2005-6 4A1
          5.00% 5/25/35 107,141 108,266
w WaMu Alternative Mortgage
          Pass Through Certificates
          Series 2005-1 5A2
          6.00% 3/25/35 69,950 40,779
WaMu Mortgage Pass
          Through Certificates
      wSeries 2005-AR13 A1A1
          0.469% 10/25/45 6,290,434 5,745,638
      wSeries 2005-AR16 1A3
          2.467% 12/25/35 1,156,300 1,057,219
      wSeries 2007-HY1 3A3
          4.85% 2/25/37 652,671 600,411
      wSeries 2007-HY7 4A1
          4.857% 7/25/37 1,281,508 1,203,412
Wells Fargo Mortgage-Backed
          Securities Trust
          Series 2005-18 1A1
          5.50% 1/25/36 35,897 33,904
         Series 2005-AR16
          2A1 2.716% 2/25/34 308,863 311,670
          Series 2006-2 3A1
          5.75% 3/25/36 206,307 204,066
          Series 2006-3 A1
          5.50% 3/25/36 24,386 24,364
          Series 2006-3 A11
          5.50% 3/25/36 221,650 225,608
          Series 2006-6 1A3
          5.75% 5/25/36 147,007 137,763
         Series 2006-AR5 2A1
          2.64% 4/25/36 116,219 106,053
         Series 2006-AR11 A6
          2.617% 8/25/36 1,633,296 1,517,608
         Series 2006-AR17 A1
          2.63% 10/25/36 960,950 867,299
          Series 2007-10 1A36
          6.00% 7/25/37 827,121 779,285
Total Non-Agency Collateralized
Mortgage Obligations
(cost $55,147,040) 55,221,528
   
ΔRegional Bonds – 0.40%
Australia – 0.40%
New South Wales Treasury
          3.75% 11/20/20 AUD 668,000 783,183
          6.00% 3/1/22 AUD   1,352,000 1,409,970
Queensland Treasury
          4.25% 7/21/23 AUD 620,000 554,964
Victoria Treasury
          5.50% 12/17/24 AUD 726,000 729,524
          6.00% 10/17/22 AUD   2,536,000 2,650,512
Total Regional Bonds
(cost $6,902,726) 6,128,153

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                 Principal       Value
Amount° (U.S. $)
«Senior Secured Loans – 4.26%  
ABC Supply Tranche B 1st Lien
          3.50% 4/5/20 235,000 $ 233,708
Air Medical Group  
          Holdings Tranche B1
          6.50% 5/26/18 168,725 170,834
  Albertsons
          Tranche B 4.25% 3/21/16 216,910 217,859
          Tranche B 1st Lien
          4.75% 3/21/19   224,870 224,800
Allegion US Holding Tranche B
          3.00% 12/26/20 205,000 205,513
Allied Security Holdings  
          Tranche 2L
          9.00% 1/21/18 150,000 151,781
ARAMARK Tranche D
          4.00% 9/30/19 180,000 180,815
Arysta Lifescience
          1st Lien 4.50% 5/20/20 169,575 169,787
          2nd Lien 8.25% 11/22/20 230,000 230,144
Avaya
          Tranche B-3 4.50% 10/27/17 274,681 247,470
          Tranche B5 8.00% 3/31/18 261,117 248,201
Avis Budget Car Rental
          Tranche B 1st
          Lien 3.00% 3/15/19 114,425 113,901
Bally Technologies Tranche B
          4.25% 8/22/20 825,000 826,444
Biomet 1st Lien
          3.50% 7/25/17 299,250 300,466
BJ’s Wholesale Club 2nd Lien
          9.75% 3/29/19 935,000 952,921
Blackboard Tranche B2 1st Lien
          6.25% 11/8/18 563,802 568,876
BMC Software 1st Lien
          5.00% 8/9/20 470,000 471,116
Bombardier Recreational 1st Lien
          5.00% 1/17/19 418,629 419,588
Bowie Recourse
          Tranche B 1st Lien
          6.75% 8/9/20 385,000 387,888
Brickman Group Holdings
          Tranche B3 1st Lien
          4.25% 9/28/18 248,000 249,085
Burlington Coat Factory
          Warehouse Tranche B2
          4.25% 2/23/17 399,838 401,537
Calpine Construction
          Finance Tranche B
          3.00% 5/1/20 458,850 450,725
Carestream Health
          2nd Lien 9.50% 12/5/19 290,000 287,825
          Tranche B 5.00% 6/5/19 572,750 577,135
Chrysler Group Tranche B
          4.25% 5/24/17 59,695 60,211
Clear Channel
          Communications Tranche B
          3.65% 1/29/16 839,333 793,695
Community Health Systems
          3.50% 1/25/17 1,565,000 1,567,609
    Ω@5.25% 7/30/14 199,798 199,798
    Ω@5.753% 7/30/14 215,202 215,202
CPG International
    Ω@6.00% 9/4/14 355,000 355,000
          Tranche B 4.75% 9/24/20 185,000 184,191
Crown Castle Operating
          Tranche B 3.25% 1/31/19 346,496 343,928
DaVita
          Tranche B 4.50% 10/20/16 1,167,000 1,173,555
          Tranche B2 4.00% 8/1/19 446,625 449,081
Dell 4.50% 3/24/20 2,495,000 2,457,834
Delta Air Lines
          Tranche B 1st Lien
          4.25% 4/15/17 1,144,783 1,150,302
Dollar General
          1.275% 6/25/18 455,000 455,512
Drillships Financing Holding
          Tranche B1 6.00% 2/17/21 720,000 727,800
          Tranche B2 5.50% 8/17/16 20,000 20,250
Dupont Performance
          Coatings Tranche B
          4.75% 2/1/20 746,250 749,648
Dynegy Tranche B2
          4.00% 4/16/20 101,285 101,264
Edward Cayman
          Islands II 1st Lien
          4.75% 3/5/20 61,224 61,331
Emdeon 1st Lien 3.75%
          11/2/18 404,509 405,479
Energy Transfer Equity
          3.75% 3/26/17 69,750 70,191
EP Energy Tranche B3 2nd Lien
          3.50% 4/24/18 336,667 335,194
Equipower Resources Holdings
          Tranche B 4.25% 12/21/18 102,811 103,325
          Tranche C 4.25% 12/21/19 284,287 285,590
Essar Steel Algoma
          8.75% 9/12/14 581,556 589,552
Fieldwood Energy 2nd Lien
          8.375% 9/30/20 340,000 340,213

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Optimum Fixed Income Fund

                 Principal       Value
Amount° (U.S. $)
«Senior Secured Loans (continued)
First Data 1st Lien
          4.00% 4/5/17 1,106,681 $ 1,103,084
Flying Fortress 1st Lien
          3.50% 6/30/17 100,000 99,938
Gardner Denver 1st Lien
          4.25% 7/23/20 580,000 575,489
Generac Power
          Systems Tranche B
          3.50% 5/10/20 169,766 168,564
Getty Images Tranche B
          4.75% 9/19/19 320,000 286,267
Gim Channelview Cogeneration
          4.25% 4/18/20 274,312 276,370
Gray Television 4.75%
          10/11/19 954,820 961,683
Great Wolf Resorts 1st Lien
          4.50% 7/31/20 229,425 228,923
Harrah’s Las Vegas Propco
          3.50% 2/13/15 230,000 225,544
Harrah’s Loan Operating
          Tranche B
          9.50% 10/31/16 1,041,756 1,041,509
HCA Tranche B4
          2.75% 5/1/18 2,010,000 2,009,162
HD Supply Tranche B
          4.50% 10/12/17 464,731 466,581
Hilton Worldwide
          Finance Tranche B2
          4.00% 9/23/20 795,000 795,083
Hologic Tranche B
          3.75% 8/1/19 362,243 364,054
Hostess Brands 1st Lien
          6.75% 3/12/20 365,000 376,863
Houghton International
          1st Lien 5.25% 11/20/19 114,425 113,638
          2nd Lien 9.50% 11/20/20 205,000 206,281
HUB International
          Tranche B 1st Lien
          4.75% 9/17/20 845,000 848,169
Ω@ Hudson’s Bay
          7.00% 7/29/14 345,000 345,000
IASIS Healthcare
          Tranche B 1st Lien
          4.50% 5/3/18 663,611 668,588
Immucor Tranche B2
          5.00% 8/19/18 887,752 893,856
Ineos US Finance
          4.00% 5/4/18 414,003 410,251
Infor US Tranche B2
          5.25% 4/5/18 266,427 267,760
Intelsat Jackson
          Holdings Tranche B1
          4.50% 4/2/18 1,274,739 1,280,050
JBS USA 3.75% 9/13/20 245,000 243,775
KIK Custom Products 1st Lien
          5.50% 5/17/19 745,000 731,497
Kinetics Concepts Tranche D1
          4.50% 5/4/18 180,000 181,406
La Frontera Generation
          Tranche B
          4.50% 9/30/20 154,544 155,317
Landry’s Tranche B 4.75%
          4/24/18 624,775 630,112
Level 3 Financing
          4.00% 1/15/20 485,000 483,788
          Tranche B
          1st Lien 4.75% 8/1/19 485,000 487,017
LTS Buyer Tranche
          1st Lien 4.50% 3/15/20 109,725 109,931
          2nd Lien 8.00% 3/15/21 330,000 333,025
MGM Resorts International
          3.50% 12/20/19 1,444,087 1,440,993
Michael Stores
          Tranche B 1st Lien
          3.75% 1/16/20 264,337 265,234
Mission Broadcasting
          Tranche B 1st Lien
          4.50% 12/3/19 26,609 26,709
Moxie Liberty Tranche B
          7.50% 8/21/20 767,000 766,041
MultiPlan Tranche B
          4.00% 8/18/17 281,362 283,170
NEP Broadcasting Tranche
          2nd Lien
          9.50% 7/3/20 628,571 645,595
Nexstar Broadcasting
          Tranche B
          4.50% 7/19/19 62,941 63,177
NRG Energy Tranche B
          2.75% 7/1/18 987,512 982,806
Nuveen Investments
          1st Lien 4.00% 5/13/17 240,000 237,960
          2nd Lien 6.50% 2/28/19 2,411,000 2,403,967
NXP Tranche C
          4.75% 12/4/20 89,325 90,832
OCI Beaumont
          Tranche B1 6.25% 8/1/19 81,597 81,801
          Tranche B2 6.25% 8/1/19 153,403 153,786
OSI Restaurants
          Tranche B 1st Lien
          3.50% 10/26/19 355,875 355,875
Otter Products Tranche B
          5.25% 4/29/19 570,000 573,024
Panda Temple Power II
          Tranche B 1st Lien
          7.25% 3/28/19 700,000 714,875

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                 Principal       Value
Amount° (U.S. $)
«Senior Secured Loans (continued)
Par Pharmaceutical
          Tranche B 1st Lien
          4.25% 9/28/19 129,025 $ 128,756
Peabody Energy Tranche B
          4.25% 9/20/20 480,000 475,050
Pharmaceutical Product
          Development
          4.25% 12/5/18 322,562 324,041
Pinnacle Entertainment
          Tranche B2
          3.75% 8/13/20 144,637 144,999
PQ Tranche B
          4.50% 8/7/17 442,775 445,911
PVH Tranche B
          3.25% 12/19/19 680,155 681,076
Quickrete 2nd Lien
          7.00% 3/19/21 365,000 372,300
Ranpak 2nd Lien
          8.50% 4/10/20 330,000 339,900
Remy International
          Tranche B 1st Lien
          4.25% 3/5/20 85,448 85,768
Reynolds Group
          Holdings 1st Lien
          4.75% 9/21/18 529,650 532,033
RGIS Services
          4.25% 5/3/17 310,584 307,866
Rite Aid 2nd Lien
          5.75% 8/3/20 555,000 569,014
Samson Investment 2nd Lien
          6.00% 9/10/18 634,000 636,298
Scientific Games International
          4.25% 5/22/20 870,000 864,174
Sensus USA 2nd Lien
          8.50% 4/13/18 465,000 455,700
Seven Seas Cruises 1st Lien
          4.75% 12/21/18 301,188 304,200
Smart & Final
          2nd Lien 10.50% 11/8/20 687,513 699,544
          Tranche B 1st Lien
          4.50% 11/15/19 467,817 468,402
Sophia Tranche B 1st Lien
          4.50% 1/29/18 93,081 93,619
Sprouts Farmers
          Markets Holdings
          4.50% 4/12/20 199,596 200,470
State Class Tankers II 1st Lien
          6.75% 6/10/20 470,000 472,350
Supervalu 5.00% 3/21/19 477,019 476,348
Surgery Center Holdings
          6.00% 3/18/19 277,200 277,893
          2nd Lien 9.75% 3/18/20 110,000 110,275
Surgical Care
          Affiliates Tranche B
          5.50% 5/26/18 84,787 84,470
Swift Transportation
          Tranche B2 1st Lien
          4.00% 12/21/17 147,285 148,316
Taminco Global
          Chemical Tranche B
          4.25% 2/15/19 216,441 217,794
Tempur-Pedic
          International Tranche B
          3.75% 3/18/20 50 50
Topaz Power Holdings
          5.25% 2/4/20 362,088 364,917
Toys R Us
          Delaware Tranche B
          6.00% 7/31/19 260,000 257,129
TransDigm Tranche C
          3.75% 2/7/20 433,907 433,256
Truven Health
          Analytics Tranche B
          4.50% 5/23/19 544,684 546,386
United Airlines
          Tranche B 1st Lien
          4.00% 3/12/19 253,725 255,343
Univision Communications
          1st Lien 4.00% 3/1/20 189,050 187,603
          Tranche C1 1st Lien
          4.50% 2/22/20 258,035 257,358
          Tranche C2 4.50% 2/6/20 1,009,925 1,007,558
US Airways
          Tranche B1 1st Lien
          4.25% 5/21/19 285,000 284,169
          Tranche B2 1st Lien
          3.50% 11/21/16 89,000 89,223
USI Insurance
          Services Tranche B
          5.00% 12/14/19 565,725 569,261
Valeant Pharmaceuticals
          Tranche B
          4.50% 5/30/20 971,375 979,723
Vantage Drilling Tranche B
          6.25% 10/17/17 299,250 303,178
Visant 5.25% 12/22/16 131,610 128,114
Warner Chilcott
          Tranche B1 4.25% 3/15/18 131,697 131,971
          Tranche B2 4.25% 3/15/18 103,780 103,997
          Tranche B3 4.25% 3/15/18 57,333 57,453
Wide Open West Finance
          4.75% 3/27/19 1,064,650 1,073,079

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Schedules of investments

Optimum Fixed Income Fund

                 Principal       Value
Amount° (U.S. $)
«Senior Secured Loans (continued)        
Yankee Cable Acquisition
          5.25% 2/13/20 239,843 $ 241,342
Yankee Candle  
          5.25% 3/2/19 76,720 76,873
Zayo Group Tranche B 1st Lien    
          4.50% 7/2/19 529,637 530,961
Total Senior Secured Loans
(cost $65,575,546) 65,734,105
 
ΔSovereign Bonds – 3.51%
Armenia – 0.04%
# Republic of Armenia 144A
          6.00% 9/30/20 556,000 543,017
543,017
 
Australia – 0.24%
Australia Government
          Inflation-Linked Bond
          4.00% 8/20/20 AUD 451,000 773,199
          5.50% 4/21/23 AUD 2,800,000 2,963,286
3,736,485
          
Brazil – 1.69%
Banco Nacional de
          Desenvolvimento
          Economico e Social
        #144A 5.75% 9/26/23 535,000 536,337
        #144A 6.369% 6/16/18 1,500,000 1,631,250
        #144A 6.50% 6/10/19 2,500,000 2,718,750
^ Brazil Letras do Tesouro
          Nacional
          1.767% 1/1/17 BRL 2,980,000 9,441,503
Brazil Notas do
          Tesouro Nacional
          Series B
          6.00% 8/15/20 BRL 1,415 1,534,269
          10.00% 1/1/17 BRL 19,681,000 8,574,188
          Series F
          10.00% 1/1/14 BRL 2,039,000 920,499
          10.00% 1/1/15 BRL 1,153,000 518,658
          10.00% 1/1/21 BRL 304,000 126,961
          10.00% 1/1/23 BRL 304,000 124,724
26,127,139
 
Finland – 0.06%
# Finland Government
          Bond 144A
          4.00% 7/4/25 EUR 626,000 996,186
996,186
 
Indonesia – 0.13%
Indonesia Treasury Bond
          5.625% 5/15/23 IDR 4,695,000,000 330,026
#* Perusahaan Penerbit
          SBSN Indonesia
          144A 6.125% 3/15/19 760,000 796,100
# Republic of Indonesia 144A
          3.375% 4/15/23 929,000 796,617
1,922,743
 
Malaysia – 0.03%
Malaysia Government
          4.262% 9/15/16 MYR 1,380,000 433,508
433,508
 
Mexico – 0.16%
Mexican Bonos
          6.50% 6/10/21 MXN 5,990,900 481,001
          6.50% 6/9/22 MXN 17,665,000 1,400,680
          7.75% 12/14/17 MXN 6,882,000 588,241
2,469,922
 
New Zealand – 0.03%
New Zealand Government
          3.00% 4/15/20 NZD 647,000 496,443
496,443
 
Nigeria – 0.03%
Nigeria Government
          15.10% 4/27/17 NGN 60,345,000 394,118
394,118
 
Panama – 0.08%
Panama Government
          International Bond
          7.125% 1/29/26 340,000 418,200
          8.875% 9/30/27 577,000 797,702
1,215,902
 
Paraguay – 0.03%
# Republic of Paraguay 144A
          4.625% 1/25/23 430,000 394,525
394,525
 
Peru – 0.06%
Peruvian Government
          International Bond
          7.125% 3/30/19 754,000 917,995
917,995
 
Poland – 0.20%
Poland Government
          4.00% 10/25/23 PLN 1,777,000 547,890
          5.75% 10/25/21 PLN 3,515,000 1,233,235
Poland Government
          International Bond
          3.00% 3/17/23 1,416,000 1,300,596
3,081,721

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          Principal Value
Amount° (U.S. $)
ΔSovereign Bonds (continued)                  
Qatar – 0.39%
Qatar Government
          International Bond
          4.00% 1/20/15 5,800,000 $ 6,032,000
6,032,000
 
Republic of Korea – 0.18%
Korea Treasury Inflation-
          Linked Bond
          1.125% 6/10/23 KRW   315,088,200 289,064
          2.75% 6/10/20 KRW   721,617,778 731,683
Republic of Korea
          5.75% 4/16/14 900,000 924,982
          7.125% 4/16/19 700,000 869,396
2,815,125
South Africa – 0.11%
South Africa Government
          Inflation-Linked Bond
          2.75% 1/31/22 ZAR 2,746,440 300,662
          10.50% 12/21/26 ZAR 6,210,000 744,745
South Africa Government
          International Bond
          5.875% 9/16/25 570,000 600,922
1,646,329
 
Sweden – 0.01%
Sweden Government
          4.25% 3/12/19 SEK 1,250,000 218,708
218,708
 
United Kingdom – 0.04%
United Kingdom Gilt
          1.75% 9/7/22 GBP 100,000 151,668
          4.00% 3/7/22 GBP 279,465 509,005
660,673
Total Sovereign Bonds
(cost $56,133,728) 54,102,539
 
Supranational Banks – 0.15%
International Bank for
          Reconstruction
          & Development
          3.375% 4/30/15 NOK 6,860,000 1,165,368
          3.625% 6/22/20 NOK 4,020,000 693,484
          6.00% 2/15/17 AUD 530,000 536,687
Total Supranational Banks
(cost $2,337,718) 2,395,539
 
U.S. Treasury Obligations – 20.85%
U.S. Treasury Bonds
        ∞2.75% 11/15/42 11,430,000 9,462,794
          2.875% 5/15/43 1,145,000 971,997
U.S. Treasury Inflation
          Indexed Bonds
          0.625% 2/15/43 2,885,525 2,372,894
          1.75% 1/15/28 9,388,637 10,531,412
          2.00% 1/15/26 1,647,716 1,904,013
          2.375% 1/15/25 1,710,179 2,044,064
          2.375% 1/15/27 4,251,108 5,123,580
          2.50% 1/15/29 4,275,879 5,263,509
          3.875% 4/15/29 269,982 387,656
U.S. Treasury Notes
          1.50% 8/31/18 158,345,000 159,415,096
          1.75% 5/15/23 19,900,000 18,442,484
          2.00% 7/31/20 1,800,000 1,804,711
        ∞2.00% 2/15/23 85,100,000 81,064,388
          2.50% 8/15/23 22,990,000 22,758,307
Total U.S. Treasury Obligations
(cost $331,215,914) 321,546,905
 
Number of
Shares
Common Stock – 0.00%
          AES 6,420 85,322
=† Century Communications 1,975,000 0
Delta Air Lines 29 684
NRG Energy 41 1,121
Total Common Stock
(cost $143,130) 87,127
 
Convertible Preferred Stock – 0.38%
ArcelorMittal 6.00%
          exercise price $20.61,
          expiration date 12/21/15 8,925 194,258
Bank of America 7.25%
          exercise price $50.00,
          expiration date 12/31/49 173 186,235
# Chesapeake Energy 144A 5.75%
          exercise price $27.83,
          expiration date 12/31/49 276 305,153
Cliffs Natural Resources 7.00%
          exercise price $35.53,
          expiration date 2/1/16 14,625 289,136
Dominion Resources
          6.00% exercise price $65.27,
          expiration date 7/1/16 2,252 120,369
          6.125% exercise price $65.27,
          expiration date 4/1/16 2,252 120,122
Goodyear Tire & Rubber 5.875%
          exercise price $18.21,
          expiration date 3/31/14 9,500 607,109

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Schedules of investments

Optimum Fixed Income Fund

                Number of       Value
Shares (U.S. $)
Convertible Preferred Stock (continued)  
Halcon Resources 5.75%
          exercise price $6.16,
            expiration date 12/31/49 349 $ 345,510
HealthSouth 6.50%
          exercise price $30.50,
          expiration date 12/31/49 582 756,018
Huntington Bancshares 8.50%  
          exercise price $11.95,  
          expiration date 12/31/49 337 417,880
Intelsat 5.75%
          exercise price $22.05,
          expiration date 5/1/16 11,444 698,885
MetLife 5.00%  
          exercise price $44.27,
          expiration date 3/26/14 22,425 642,700
SandRidge Energy 8.50%
          exercise price $8.01,  
          expiration date 12/31/49 5,929 595,568
Wells Fargo 7.50%
          exercise price $156.71,  
          expiration date 12/31/49 485 551,692
Total Convertible Preferred
Stock (cost $5,758,532) 5,830,635
  
Preferred Stock – 0.24%
Alabama Power 5.625% 21,075 491,047
# Ally Financial 144A 7.00% 500 477,781
BB&T 5.85% 17,585 377,550
Integrys Energy Group 6.00% 35,650 867,008
National Retail Properties 5.70% 9,340 183,905
Public Storage 5.20% 18,720 377,770
U.S. Bancorp 5.15% 17,050 358,221
Wells Fargo 5.20% 28,160 591,923
Total Preferred Stock
(cost $4,148,456) 3,725,205
  
Principal
Amount°
Securities Sold Short – (0.14%)
Fannie Mae S.F. 30 yr TBA
          5.50% 10/1/43 (1,000,000 ) (1,087,976 )
          5.50% 11/1/43 (1,000,000 ) (1,090,000 )
Total Securities Sold Short
(proceeds $2,172,657) (2,177,976 )
 
Short-Term Investments – 11.02%
Discount Notes – 4.15%
Federal Home Loan Bank
          0.015% 10/2/13 11,711,055 11,711,055
          0.025% 11/15/13 3,432,907 3,432,862
          0.045% 10/18/13 11,551,017 11,550,959
          0.049% 10/23/13 27,275,905 27,275,741
          0.05% 2/21/14 800,000 799,937
          0.065% 11/6/13 9,191,541 9,191,449
63,962,003
 
Discounted Commercial Paper – 0.25%
Daimler Finance
          1.082% 10/15/13 3,900,000 3,899,626
3,899,626
 
Repurchase Agreements – 1.80%
Bank of America 0.02%
          dated 9/30/13, to be
          repurchased on
          10/1/13, repurchase price
          $12,668,978 (collateralized
          by U.S. government
          obligations 0.00%-0.875%
          6/26/14-1/31/17,
          market value $12,922,354) 12,668,971 12,668,971
BNP Paribas 0.04%
          dated 9/30/13, to be
          repurchased on
          10/1/13, repurchase price
          $15,135,046 (collateralized
          by U.S. government
          obligations 2.875%-3.625%
          3/31/18-2/15/21,
          market value $15,437,733) 15,135,029 15,135,029
27,804,000
U.S. Treasury Obligations – 4.82%
U.S. Treasury Bills
          0.001% 10/17/13 11,817,483 11,817,376
          0.001% 12/12/13 1,100,000 1,099,978
          0.005% 12/5/13 600,000 599,999
          0.01% 1/2/14 800,000 799,987
          0.015% 10/10/13 11,307,770 11,307,725
          0.016% 12/19/13 25,212,951 25,212,396
          0.016% 12/26/13 300,000 299,995
          0.018% 2/6/14 1,300,000 1,299,948
          0.028% 10/24/13 10,838,661 10,838,509
          0.053% 11/14/13 10,980,302 10,980,006
74,255,919
 
Total Short-Term Investments
(cost $169,918,051) 169,921,548
Total Value of Securities
Before Securities Lending
Collateral – 111.79%
(cost $1,720,539,282) 1,724,046,852
     
Number of
Shares
**Securities Lending Collateral – 0.11%
Investment Company
Delaware Investments
          Collateral Fund No.1 1,638,500 1,638,500
Total Securities Lending Collateral
(cost $1,638,500) 1,638,500
nTotal Value of Securities – 111.90%
(cost $1,722,177,782) $ 1,725,685,352

32



                Number of       Value
Contracts (U.S. $)
Options Written – (0.01%)
Call Swaptions – (0.01%)  
10 yr IRS pay a fixed rate 2.75%
            and receive a floating rate  
          based on 6-month LIBOR,    
          expiration date
          10/18/13 (CITI) (20,800,000 ) $ (114,587 )
(114,587 )
         
Put Swaptions – 0.00%
10 yr IRS pay a fixed rate 3.50%
          and receive a floating rate
          based on 6-month LIBOR,
          expiration date
          10/18/13 (CITI) (20,800,000 ) (416 )
(416 )
Total Options Written
(premium received $191,360) $ (115,003 )


° Principal amount shown is stated in U.S. Dollars unless noted that the security is denominated in another currency.
Variable rate security. The rate shown is the rate as of Sept. 30, 2013. Interest rates reset periodically.
@ Illiquid security. At Sept. 30, 2013, the aggregate value of illiquid securities was $16,822,648, which represented 1.09% of the Fund’s net assets. See Note 8 in “Notes to financial statements.”
^ Zero coupon security. The rate shown is the yield at the time of purchase.
~ Interest only security. An interest only security is the interest only portion of a fixed income security which is separated and sold individually from the principal portion of the security.
t Pass Through Agreement. Security represents the contractual right to receive a proportionate amount of underlying payments due to the counterparty pursuant to various agreements related to the rescheduling of obligations and the exchange of certain notes.
# Security exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. At Sept. 30, 2013, the aggregate value of Rule144A securities was $191,167,396, which represented 12.40% of the Fund’s net assets. See Note 8 in “Notes to financial statements.”
* Fully or partially on loan.
Φ Step coupon bond. Coupon increases or decreases periodically based on a predetermined schedule. Stated rate in effect at Sept. 30, 2013.
Δ Securities have been classified by country of origin.
« Senior secured loans generally pay interest at rates which are periodically redetermined by reference to a base lending rate plus a premium. These base lending rates are generally: (i) the prime rate offered by one or more United States banks, (ii) the lending rate offered by one or more European banks such as the London Inter-Bank Offered Rate (LIBOR), and (iii) the certificate of deposit rate. Senior secured loans may be subject to restrictions on resale. Stated rate in effect at Sept. 30, 2013.
Ω All or a portion of this holding is subject to unfunded loan commitments. See Note 5 in “Notes to financial statements.”
Fully or partially pledged as collateral for futures contracts and reverse repurchase agreements.
=

Security is being fair valued in accordance with the Fund’s fair valuation policy. At Sept. 30, 2013, the aggregate value of fair valued securities was $0, which represented 0.00% of the Fund’s net assets. See Note 1 in “Notes to financial statements.”

Non income producing security.

The rate shown is the effective yield at the time of purchase.

Commercial paper exempt from registration under Section 4(2) and/or Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and may be resold in transactions exempt from registration only to dealers in that program or other “accredited investors”. At Sept. 30, 2013, the aggregate value of these securities was $3,899,626, which represented 0.25% of the Fund’s net assets. See Note 8 in “Notes to Financial Statements.”

** See Note 7 in “Notes to financial statements” for additional information on securities lending collateral.
n

Includes $1,577,602 of securities loaned.


The following foreign currency exchange contracts, reverse repurchase agreements, futures contracts and swap contracts were outstanding at Sept. 30, 2013:1

Reverse Repurchase Agreements

                                Notional Value
  Interest   Trade Maturity Notional   Including
Counterparty Rate Rate Date Value   Accrued Value
TDS Securities USA 0.14% 9/18/2013 10/8/2013   $(18,133,875 ) $(18,133,875 )
TDS Securities USA 0.14% 9/18/2013 10/8/2013 (24,991,000 ) (24,991,000 )
$(43,124,875 )

Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts

                Unrealized
Contracts to Settlement Appreciation
Counterparty   Receive (Deliver) In Exchange For Date (Depreciation)
BAML AUD         1,186,761         USD         (1,119,330 ) 10/31/13    $ (14,547 )   
BAML CAD 748,403 USD (726,555 ) 10/31/13 (550 )
BAML EUR (2,952,514 ) USD 3,983,887 10/31/13 (10,749 )
BAML GBP 327,986 USD (526,027 ) 10/31/13 4,811
BAML JPY (358,382,387 ) USD 3,628,197 10/31/13 (18,872 )
BAML MYR 1,578,193 USD (494,886 ) 10/31/13 (11,519 )
BAML NZD (624,547 ) USD 522,745 10/31/13 5,220
BCLY KRW (715,739,367 ) USD 664,136 10/31/13 (498 )
BCLY MXN (19,131,579 ) USD 1,493,022 10/31/13 35,576
BNP AUD (757,779 ) USD 714,328 10/31/13 8,894
BNP BRL (3,606,685 ) USD 1,587,397 10/31/13 (26,944 )
CITI AUD (6,866,000 ) USD 6,154,682 10/2/13 (250,367 )
CITI AUD (2,366,404 ) USD 2,229,403 10/31/13 26,464
CITI CNY (13,893,252 ) USD 2,199,169 11/25/13 (65,535 )
CITI CNY (55,270,000 ) USD 8,633,240 6/15/14 (315,194 )
CITI EUR (9,991,000 ) USD   13,256,928 12/17/13 (262,175 )
CITI GBP (237,000 ) USD 372,312 12/12/13 (11,158 )
CITI JPY 120,200,000 USD (1,211,327 ) 10/17/13 11,778
CITI JPY 77,620,704 USD (785,889 ) 10/31/13 4,016
CITI PLN (339,046 ) USD 107,958 10/31/13 (358 )
GSC GBP (740,619 ) USD 1,187,353 10/31/13 (11,323 )
GSC PLN (2,888,946 ) USD 919,753 10/31/13 (3,182 )

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Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts (continued)
Unrealized
      Contracts to             Settlement         Appreciation
Counterparty   Receive (Deliver) In Exchange For Date (Depreciation)
HSBC BRL (2,798,146 ) USD 1,243,053 10/31/13      $ (9,388 )     
HSBC CAD 417,089 USD (405,177 ) 10/31/13 (570 )
HSBC EUR (2,129,646 ) USD 2,872,483 10/31/13 (8,843 )
HSBC JPY 221,619,545 USD (2,243,771 ) 10/31/13 11,534
HSBC MYR 6,950,684 USD (2,166,679 ) 10/31/13 (37,831 )
HSBC PHP 42,908,759 USD (1,008,313 ) 10/31/13 (21,037 )
JPMC AUD 6,839,000 USD (6,380,103 ) 10/2/13 (241 )
JPMC AUD (6,839,000 ) USD 6,366,193 11/4/13 1,146
JPMC BRL (35,812,335 ) USD    16,145,865 11/4/13 129,376
JPMC CNY 13,893,252 USD (2,195,000 ) 11/25/13 69,703
JPMC EUR 1,939,488 USD (2,617,533 ) 10/31/13 6,517
JPMC JPY (121,900,000 ) USD 1,227,558 10/17/13 (12,845 )
JPMC JPY 110,457,959 USD (1,118,799 ) 10/31/13 5,273
JPMC   NOK (3,831,049 ) USD 646,830 10/31/13 10,523
MSC AUD (3,844,883 ) USD 3,622,864   10/31/13   43,576
MSC CNY 55,270,000 USD (8,600,000 ) 6/15/14   348,434
MSC JPY 297,910,314   USD (3,017,886 ) 10/31/13 13,790
MSC MXN 2,574,703 USD (194,198 ) 12/17/13 1,242
TD CAD (2,175,581 ) USD 2,112,922   10/31/13 2,449
TD GBP 862,761 USD (1,383,145 ) 10/31/13 13,216
TD IDR    18,743,142,260 USD (1,707,406 ) 10/31/13 (116,240 )
TD JPY (549,059,972 ) USD 5,561,164 10/31/13 (26,329 )
TD ZAR (10,361,140 ) USD 1,034,440 10/31/13 8,261
UBS MXN (11,832,828 ) USD 905,932 10/1/13 2,022
$ (472,474 )

Futures Contracts

Unrealized
Contracts to     Notional Notional Expiration Appreciation
Buy (Sell)           Cost (Proceeds)       Value       Date       (Depreciation)
735  90 Day Euro     $ 181,252,713   $ 181,535,813 12/15/15     $ 283,100    
(28)  E-mini S&P  
 500 Index   (2,358,524 ) (2,344,020 ) 12/21/13 14,504
(18)  Euro-O.A.T   (3,096,616 ) (3,226,304 ) 12/11/13 (129,688 )
469  U.S. Treasury        
 5 yr Notes   56,068,287 56,770,984 1/7/14 702,697
350  U.S. Treasury    
 10 yr Notes     43,762,853   44,236,718   1/1/14 473,865  
(99)  U.S. Treasury      
 Long Bonds   (13,202,923 ) (13,204,125 ) 1/1/14 (1,202 )
  $ 262,425,790 $ 1,343,276

Swap Contracts

CDS Contracts2

Annual
      Swap             Protection             Unrealized
Referenced Notional Received Termination Appreciation
Counterparty Obligation Value (Paid) Date (Depreciation)
Protection Purchased:      
CITI Credit Agricole
London Senior
       5 yr CDS EUR 2,600,000 1.00% 12/20/16 $ (171,874 )
CITI ITRAXX Europe
Crossover 17.1
       5 yr CDS EUR 9,300,000 5.00% 6/20/17 (1,567,908 )
 
DB CDX.EM.20 2,250,000 (5.00%) 12/20/18 (106 )
DB CDX.EM.20 2,120,000 (5.00%) 12/20/18 35,641
$ (1,704,247 )
Protection Sold/Moody’s Rating:  
CITI Dell Senior/Baa 1,200,000   (1.00%) 12/20/17 $ (28,819 )
CITI Republic of
       Brazil/Baa
       5 yr CDS 2,000,000 (1.00%) 3/20/17 (11,337 )
CITI   Republic of  
       Italy/Baa  
       5 yr CDS EUR 1,000,000 (1.00%) 6/20/17 93,413
CME CDX.NA.
       HY.21/Baa   3,680,000 5.00% 12/20/18  
MSC People’s
       Republic of
       China/Aa
       5 yr CDS 2,700,000 (1.00%) 9/20/16 50,379
$ 103,636
Total $ (1,600,611 )

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Swap Contracts (continued)
Interest Rate Swap Contracts3

  Fixed   Variable
Interest   Interest
Swap Rate Rate Unrealized
      Referenced             Received       Received       Termination       Appreciation
Counterparty   Obligation Notional Value (Paid) (Paid) Date (Depreciation)
CITI 6-Month      
       BBR-
       BBSW AUD 9,400,000 4.75% 0.000% 6/15/22 $ 404,509
CITI 6-Month
       BBR-
       BBSW AUD 6,100,000 4.00% (3.410% ) 3/15/23 (97,212 )
CITI 6-Month
       EURIBOR   EUR  33,500,000 2.93% (3.420% ) 8/8/23 89,488
CITI 6-Month
       BBA-  
       LIBOR JPY 1,490,000,000 1.00% (2.260% ) 9/18/23 (213,269 )
JPMC 6-Month
       BBR-  
         BBSW AUD 10,900,000 4.75% 0.000% 6/15/22 458,736
JPMC 6-Month AUD 11,100,000 4.25%   (3.058% ) 12/11/23 (155,378 )
JPMC Brazil  
       CETIP
       Interbank      
       Deposit BRL 7,800,000 9.00% 0.000% 1/4/17 (279,351 )
MSC Brazil
       CETIP
       Interbank
       Deposit BRL 21,700,000 8.22% 0.000% 1/2/17 (849,100 )
$ (641,577 )

The use of foreign currency exchange contracts, reverse repurchase agreements, futures contracts and swap contracts involves elements of market risk and risks in excess of the amounts disclosed in the financial statements. The foreign currency exchange contracts and notional values presented above represent the Fund’s total exposure in such contracts, whereas only the net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) is reflected in the Fund’s net assets.

1See Note 6 in “Notes to financial statements.”

2A CDS contract is a risk-transfer instrument through which one party (purchaser of protection) transfers to another party (seller of protection) the financial risk of a credit event (as defined in the CDS agreement), as it relates to a particular reference security or basket of securities (such as an index). Periodic payments (receipts) on such contracts are accrued daily and recorded as unrealized losses (gains) on swap contracts. Upon payment (receipt), such amounts are recorded as realized losses (gains) on swap contracts. Upfront payments made or received in connection with CDS contracts are amortized over the expected life of the CDS contracts as unrealized losses (gains) on swap contracts. The change in value of CDS contracts is recorded as unrealized appreciation or depreciation daily. A realized gain or loss is recorded upon a credit event (as defined in the CDS agreement) or the maturity or termination of the agreement.

3An interest rate swap agreement is an exchange of interest rates between counterparties. Periodic payments on such contracts are accrued daily and recorded as unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on swap contracts. Upon periodic payment/receipt or termination of the contract, such amounts are recorded as realized gains (losses) on swap contracts.

Summary of Abbreviations:
AMT — Subject to Alternative Minimum Tax
ARM — Adjustable Rate Mortgage
AUD — Australian Dollar
BAML — Bank of America Merrill Lynch
BBA — British Bankers Association Index
BBSW — Bank Bill Swap Reference Rate Index
BCLY — Barclays Bank
BNP — Banque Paribas
BRL — Brazilian Real
CAD — Canadian Dollar
CDS — Credit Default Swap
CDX.EM — Credit Default Swap Emerging Markets Index
CDX.NA.HY — Credit Default Swap Index North America High-Yield
CITI — Citigroup Global Markets
CLO — Collateralized Loan Obligation
CME — Chicago Mercantile Exchange, Inc.
CNY — China Renminbi
DB — Deutsche Bank
EUR — European Monetary Unit
EURIBOR — Euro Interbank Offer Rate
FGIC — Insured by Financial Guaranty Insurance Company
GBP — British Pound Sterling
GNMA — Government National Mortgage Association
GSC — Goldman Sachs Capital
GSMPS — Goldman Sachs Reperforming Mortgage Securities
HSBC — Hong Kong Shanghai Bank
IDR — Indonesian Rupiah
IRS — Interest Rate Swaption
JPMC — JPMorgan Chase Bank
JPY — Japanese Yen
KRW — South Korean Won
MNB — Mellon National Bank
MSC — Morgan Stanley Capital
MXN — Mexican Peso
MYR — Malaysian Ringgit
NATL-RE — Insured by National Public Finance Guarantee Corporation
NCUA — National Credit Union Administration
NGN — Nigerian Naira
NOK — Norwegian Krone
NZD — New Zealand Dollar
O.A.T. — Obligations Assimilables du Tresor
PHP — Philippine Peso
PLN — Polish Zloty
REMIC — Real Estate Mortgage Investment Conduit
SEK — Swedish Krona
S.F. — Single Family
TBA — To be announced
TD — Toronto Dominion Bank
UBS — Union Bank of Switzerland
USD — United States Dollar
yr — Year
ZAR — South African Rand

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Schedules of investments

Optimum International Fund
September 30, 2013 (Unaudited)

Number of       Value
          Shares (U.S. $)
ΔCommon Stock – 98.80%
Australia – 1.80%
Amcor 209,410 $ 2,043,347
AMP 680,530 2,929,807
QBE Insurance Group 209,778 2,873,178
Treasury Wine Estates 481,714 1,989,271
9,835,603
Austria – 0.79%
Erste Group Bank 136,223 4,304,873
4,304,873
Belgium – 1.43%
* Ageas 48,400 1,961,230
=† Ageas VVPR Strip 2,424 0
Anheuser-Busch InBev 59,378 5,890,162
7,851,392
Brazil – 0.60%
* Vale ADR 209,000 3,262,490
3,262,490
Canada – 0.25%
Gildan Activewear 29,500 1,368,963
1,368,963
China/Hong Kong – 4.03%
AIA Group 741,400 3,488,687
* Anhui Conch Cement 759,500 2,442,883
China Mobile 298,500 3,358,746
Jardine Matheson Holdings 100,000 5,492,113
Melco Crown Entertainment ADR 107,200 3,412,176
SINA 47,500 3,855,575
22,050,180
Cyprus – 0.68%
Eurasia Drilling GDR 93,400 3,720,226
3,720,226
France – 14.93%
* AXA 185,309 4,300,804
BNP Paribas 88,523 5,988,092
* Carrefour 78,615 2,696,476
* Cie de Saint-Gobain 108,565 5,388,343
European Aeronautic Defence & Space 71,239 4,539,506
=† GDF Suez VVPR Strip 8,820 0
* Kering 18,600 4,168,289
* Orange 435,439 5,452,387
Publicis Groupe 28,800 2,290,988
* Rexel 134,625 3,425,132
Safran 61,500 3,787,823
Sanofi 78,939 7,994,697
* Schneider Electric 50,900 4,307,038
Societe Generale 73,186 3,646,070
* Technip 36,700 4,308,667
Total 104,151 6,036,888
Valeo 39,700 3,388,581
* Vallourec 33,284 1,994,382
* Vinci 65,866 3,834,484
* Vivendi 183,600 4,223,399
81,772,046
Germany – 5.68%
Bayer 37,600 4,434,200
* Daimler 105,875 8,255,073
Deutsche Telekom 427,633 6,193,551
* GEA Group 51,483 2,115,918
Gerry Weber International 45,108 1,858,390
KUKA 71,487 3,099,804
RWE 75,029 2,552,826
SAP 35,264 2,607,951
31,117,713
Indonesia – 0.54%
Global Mediacom 4,695,000 782,204
Matahari Department Store 2,387,300 2,165,349
2,947,553
Ireland – 2.00%
Bank of Ireland 13,186,900 3,740,670
DCC 83,970 3,438,175
Green REIT 1,585,185 2,530,531
Kingspan Group 74,401 1,248,698
10,958,074
Israel – 1.01%
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries ADR 145,900 5,512,102
5,512,102
Italy – 2.28%
BancaGenerali 175,000 3,958,119
ENI 236,243 5,430,796
Mediaset 765,400 3,105,482
12,494,397
Japan – 13.91%
Astellas Pharma 68,500 3,499,337
Canon 194,700 6,234,798
GMO internet 146,000 1,909,410
Hoya 106,700 2,524,215
ITOCHU 154,500   1,903,509
Kao 140,800   4,397,467
Kenedix Realty Investment 278 1,367,530
Nabtesco 120,200 2,937,999
* Nitto Denko 37,500 2,445,765
Seven & I Holdings 104,700 3,838,692
Softbank 101,300 7,035,748
* Sony 170,000 3,649,399
* Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group 99,700 4,828,509
Takeda Pharmaceutical 123,800 5,847,673
Tokio Marine Holdings 173,200 5,678,947
Tokyo Electron 42,000 2,259,800

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Number of Value
          Shares       (U.S. $)
ΔCommon Stock (continued)
Japan (continued)
Tokyo Tatemono 216,000 $ 1,986,163
* Tokyu Land 135,000 1,397,594
Toyota Motor 125,900 8,075,739
Yahoo Japan 773,100 4,399,211
76,217,505
Malaysia – 0.19%
Astro Malaysia Holdings 1,132,500 1,015,046
1,015,046
Mexico – 1.04%
Fomento Economico Mexicano ADR 40,100 3,893,309
Grupo Mexico Class B 611,959 1,832,207
5,725,516
Netherlands – 5.70%
Aalberts Industries 112,836 3,006,069
* ASML Holding 34,386 3,396,478
Koninklijke Ahold 344,837 5,974,373
* Randstad Holding 78,013 4,400,056
Reed Elsevier 185,132 3,722,805
* Royal Dutch Shell Class A 135,946 4,477,460
Yandex Class A 73,500 2,676,870
* Ziggo 87,900 3,561,907
31,216,018
Nigeria – 0.24%
Lekoil 1,916,900 1,322,769
1,322,769
Norway – 0.55%
Statoil 133,700 3,036,781
3,036,781
Republic of Korea – 0.11%
Samsung Heavy Industries 15,380 615,100
615,100
Singapore – 2.08%
OCBC Bank 388,000 3,188,622
SembCorp Industries 519,000 2,191,416
Singapore Telecommunications 1,009,000 3,005,014
United Overseas Bank 182,047 3,002,965
11,388,017
Spain – 5.10%
Banco Santander 315,021 2,568,408
Bankinter 459,500 2,474,835
Cie Automotive 273,385 2,722,088
Duro Felguera 134,152 918,668
Iberdrola 1,157,381 6,727,508
NH Hoteles 815,427 4,211,618
Sacyr Vallehermoso 593,779 2,743,642
Telefonica 358,902 5,579,531
27,946,298
Sweden – 2.43%
Ericsson LM Class B 188,100 2,505,256
Hexagon Class B 53,600 1,615,792
SKF Class B 165,200 4,598,321
Svenska Cellulosa Class B 182,584 4,600,982
13,320,351
Switzerland – 8.50%
ABB 216,376 5,110,367
Actelion 24,200 1,718,144
Glencore Xstrata 702,200 3,823,687
Novartis 214,090 16,466,502
Partners Group Holding 5,747 1,410,556
Roche Holding 26,561   7,167,711
Syngenta 6,300 2,574,712
UBS 149,949   3,073,101
Zurich Insurance Group 20,150 5,194,158
46,538,938
Taiwan – 0.77%
Epistar 1,270,000 2,404,367
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing 539,269 1,836,659
4,241,026
Thailand – 0.43%
PTT Global Chemical - Foreign 999,500 2,380,142
2,380,142
United Kingdom – 21.38%
AMEC 164,074 2,850,512
* APR Energy 292,195 4,595,530
Aveva Group 75,934 3,192,940
Babcock International Group 224,100 4,336,320
Barclays ADR 363,273 6,190,172
BG Group 214,356 4,091,984
Blinkx 1,235,300 3,016,625
BP 592,309 4,152,585
Centrica 545,900 3,267,164
Compass Group 310,709 4,274,106
Crest Nicholson Holdings 1,026,100 5,510,045
Domino’s Pizza Group 274,300 2,593,416
DS Smith 649,883 3,026,251
esure Group 691,518 2,734,935
Foxtons Group 449,642 1,965,399
G4S 728,796 3,002,218
GlaxoSmithKline 211,209 5,310,374
Halma 293,200 2,687,975
Hargreaves Lansdown 116,969 1,854,534
Inchcape 150,120 1,482,220
Intertek Group 89,300 4,782,267
Lloyds Banking Group 1,423,500 1,694,891
National Grid 445,169 5,258,605
Partnership Assurance Group 409,500 2,731,311
Perform Group 388,894 3,524,424
Platform Acquisition Holdings 151,200 1,611,792

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Schedules of investments

Optimum International Fund

Number of       Value
          Shares (U.S. $)
ΔCommon Stock (continued)
United Kingdom (continued)
Rotork 74,740 $ 3,298,647
Tesco 1,125,886 6,545,364
Travis Perkins 110,300 2,946,722
Ultra Electronics Holdings 56,700 1,733,090
Unilever 144,725 5,626,947
Vodafone Group 1,393,650 4,891,468
William Hill 360,600 2,351,208
117,132,041
United States – 0.35%
Euronet Worldwide 47,937 1,907,893
1,907,893
Total Common Stock
(cost $485,442,611) 541,199,053
 
ΔPreferred Stock – 0.00%
Germany – 0.00%
Volkswagen 2.01% 1 236
Total Preferred Stock
(cost $208) 236
 
ΔRight – 0.08%
United Kingdom – 0.08%
Barclays 94,100 442,270
Total Right (cost $0) 442,270
 
ΔWarrant – 0.01%
United Kingdom – 0.01%
Platform Acquisition Holdings
          strike price $11.50,
          expiration date 7/31/20 144,900 25,358
Total Warrant (cost $1,449) 25,358
 
Principal
Amount°
Short-Term Investments – 1.13%
Discount Notes – 0.53%
Federal Home Loan Bank
          0.015% 10/2/13 935,021 935,021
            0.025% 11/15/13 221,943   221,940
          0.045% 10/18/13 188,172 188,171
          0.052% 10/23/13 971,715   971,709
          0.065% 11/6/13 563,311 563,305
2,880,146
Repurchase Agreements – 0.15%
Bank of America 0.02% dated
          9/30/13, to be repurchased
          on 10/1/13, repurchase price
          $378,648 (collateralized by
          U.S. government obligations
          0.00%-0.875% 6/26/14-1/31/17,
          market value $386,221) 378,648 378,648
BNP Paribas 0.04% dated
          9/30/13, to be repurchased
          on 10/1/13, repurchase price
          $452,353 (collateralized by
          U.S. government obligations
          2.875%-3.625% 3/31/18-
          2/15/21, market value $461,400) 452,352 452,352
831,000
U.S. Treasury Obligations – 0.45%
U.S. Treasury Bills
          0.001% 10/17/13 770,611 770,604
          0.015% 10/10/13 452,554 452,552
          0.02% 12/19/13 826,542 826,524
          0.028% 10/24/13 438,218 438,212
2,487,892
Total Short-Term Investments
(cost $6,198,962) 6,199,038
 
Total Value of Securities Before Securities
Lending Collateral – 100.02%
(cost $491,643,230) 547,865,955
 
Number of
Shares
**Securities Lending Collateral – 3.51%
Investment Company
Delaware Investments
          Collateral Fund No.1 19,213,155 19,213,155
Total Securities Lending Collateral
(cost $19,213,155) 19,213,155
nTotal Value of Securities – 103.53%
(cost $510,856,385) $ 567,079,110

38



 
°

Principal amount shown is stated in U.S. Dollars unless noted that the security is denominated in another currency.

Δ

Securities have been classified by country of origin.

*

Fully or partially on loan.

=

Security is being fair valued in accordance with the Fund’s fair valuation policy. At Sept. 30, 2013, the aggregate value of fair valued securities was $0, which represented 0.00% of the Fund’s net assets. See Note 1 in “Notes to financial statements.”

Non income producing security.

The rate shown is the effective yield at the time of purchase.

**

See Note 7 in “Notes to financial statements” for additional information on securities lending collateral and non-cash collateral.

n

Includes $18,421,888 of securities loaned.

The following foreign currency exchange contracts were outstanding at Sept. 30, 2013:1

Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts

Unrealized
Contracts to Settlement     Appreciation
Counterparty          Receive (Deliver)       In Exchange For       Date       (Depreciation)
CITI AUD 678,000 USD (618,247 ) 10/22/13    $ 13,320   
CITI CHF (7,775,966 ) USD 8,039,234 10/22/13 (560,271 )
CITI DKK 14,330,910 USD (2,518,611 ) 10/22/13 81,361
CITI EUR (21,228,209 ) USD 27,902,605 10/22/13 (817,636 )
CITI GBP (13,267,386 ) USD 20,274,955 10/22/13 (1,199,626 )
CITI HKD 101,298,713 USD    (13,063,491 ) 10/22/13   (2,099 )
CITI JPY    (2,386,229,979 ) USD 24,084,055 10/22/13 (198,003 )
CITI MXN (2,248,104 ) USD 175,046 10/22/13 3,646
CITI NOK 3,842,623 USD (652,213 ) 10/22/13 (13,754 )
CITI SEK (4,433,877 ) USD 683,046 10/22/13 (6,479 )
CITI SGD (544,140 ) USD 429,490 10/22/13 (4,274 )
CITI ZAR 38,148,000 USD (3,746,252 ) 10/22/13 37,222
JPMC EUR 935,000 USD (1,233,486 ) 10/22/13 31,501
MNB AUD (7,056,500 )   USD 6,488,805 10/31/13 (80,251 )
MNB INR (629,288 ) USD 10,058 10/1/13   8
MNB   KRW 60,880,494   USD (56,696 ) 10/1/13 (42 )
MSC AUD (678,000 ) USD 621,550   10/22/13 (10,019 )
MSC CHF 3,167,421 USD (3,415,431 ) 10/22/13 87,447
MSC EUR (14,844,000 ) USD 19,700,496 10/22/13 (382,369 )
MSC GBP (3,730,000 ) USD 5,794,419   10/22/13 (242,956 )
MSC HKD 4,531,000 USD (584,416 ) 10/22/13 (192 )
MSC JPY 294,702,000 USD (3,059,039 ) 10/22/13 (60,178 )
MSC NOK (12,440,000 ) USD 2,042,742 10/22/13 (24,189 )
MSC SEK (35,556,000 ) USD 5,409,393 10/22/13 (120,025 )
$ (3,467,858 )

The use of foreign currency exchange contracts involves elements of market risk and risks in excess of the amounts disclosed in the financial statements. The foreign currency exchange contracts presented above represent the Fund’s total exposure in such contracts, whereas only the net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) is reflected in the Fund’s net assets.

1See Note 6 in “Notes to financial statements.”

Summary of Abbreviations:
ADR — American Depositary Receipt
AUD — Australian Dollar
CHF — Swiss Franc
CITI — Citigroup Global Markets
DKK — Danish Krone
EUR — European Monetary Unit
HKD — Hong Kong Dollar
INR — Indian Rupee
GBP — British Pound Sterling
GDR — Global Depositary Receipt
JPMC — JPMorgan Chase Bank
JPY — Japanese Yen
KRW — South Korean Won
MNB — Mellon National Bank
MSC — Morgan Stanley Capital
MXN — Mexican Peso
NOK — Norwegian Krone
REIT — Real Estate Investment Trust
SGD — Singapore Dollar
SEK — Swedish Krona
USD — United States Dollar
ZAR — South African Rand

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Schedules of investments

Optimum Large Cap Growth Fund
September 30, 2013 (Unaudited)

Number of Value
          Shares        (U.S. $)
²Common Stock – 97.19%
Consumer Discretionary – 25.68%
Amazon.com 114,550 $ 35,812,912
AutoZone 10,200 4,311,846
BorgWarner 33,900 3,437,121
Cablevision Systems Class A 42,100 708,964
CarMax 71,500 3,465,605
Carnival (United Kingdom) 55,791 1,890,175
CBS Class B 87,800 4,843,048
Charter Communications Class A 12,100 1,630,596
Chipotle Mexican Grill 12,800 5,487,360
Comcast Class A 159,200 7,187,880
D.R. Horton 96,600 1,876,938
Delphi Automotive
          (United Kingdom) 83,250 4,863,465
Discovery Communications
          Class C 32,300 2,523,276
DISH Network Class A 72,400 3,258,724
Disney (Walt) 48,300 3,114,867
Dollar General 24,000 1,355,040
Dollar Tree 25,900 1,480,444
Fossil Group 11,350 1,319,324
General Motors 123,250 4,433,302
Harley-Davidson 29,500 1,895,080
Home Depot 251,200   19,053,520
Jarden 52,250   2,528,900
L Brands 39,550 2,416,505
Lamar Advertising Class A 56,450 2,654,844
Las Vegas Sands 192,000 12,752,640
Lennar Class A 55,100 1,950,540
Lowe’s 282,100 13,430,781
Lululemon Athletica (Canada) 42,600 3,113,634
Macy’s 106,400 4,603,928
Marriott International Class A 37,480 1,576,409
McDonald’s 54,800 5,272,308
MGM Resorts International 143,800 2,939,272
Michael Kors Holdings (China)
          (Hong Kong Exchange) 51,750 3,856,410
Netflix 16,400 5,071,044
News Class A 437 7,018
NIKE Class B 71,200 5,171,968
Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings 25,550 788,218
Prada 183,300 1,780,440
priceline.com 18,198 18,397,268
PVH 38,000 4,510,220
Ralph Lauren 29,900 4,925,427
Ross Stores 36,800 2,679,040
Starbucks 175,950 13,542,871
Starwood Hotels &
          Resorts Worldwide 50,500 3,355,725
Tesla Motors 29,000 5,609,180
Tiffany 20,350 1,559,217
Tractor Supply 56,600 3,801,822
TripAdvisor 40,000 3,033,600
Twenty-First Century Fox 101,750 3,408,625
Under Armour Class A 42,100 3,344,845
Viacom Class B 107,750 9,005,745
Wynn Macau 107,200 366,428
Yum Brands 37,850 2,702,112
264,106,471
Consumer Staples – 5.37%
Anheuser-Busch InBev (Belgium) 14,533 1,441,640
Beam 44,250 2,860,762
Coca-Cola 79,100 2,996,308
Costco Wholesale 32,800 3,775,936
CVS Caremark 218,500 12,399,875
Green Mountain Coffee Roasters 33,900 2,553,687
Monster Beverage 31,700 1,656,325
Nestle (Switzerland) 23,853 1,663,276
PepsiCo 99,450 7,906,275
* Pernod Ricard (France) 9,967 1,237,660
Philip Morris International 62,100 5,377,239
Procter & Gamble 66,050 4,992,719
Whole Foods Market 89,500 5,235,750
Xerox 108,450 1,115,951
55,213,403
Energy – 5.09%
Anadarko Petroleum 59,900 5,570,101
Cabot Oil & Gas 70,600 2,634,792
Concho Resources 23,300 2,535,273
Denbury Resources 146,800 2,702,588
EOG Resources 15,400 2,606,912
EQT 28,400 2,519,648
FMC Technologies 47,300 2,621,366
Halliburton 113,838 5,481,300
Laredo Petroleum Holdings 79,900 2,371,432
National Oilwell Varco 35,750 2,792,433
Pioneer Natural Resources 55,250 10,431,200
Range Resources 54,300 4,120,827
Schlumberger 32,700 2,889,372
Weatherford International 201,350 3,086,695
52,363,939
Financials – 5.48%
Affiliated Managers Group 10,400 1,899,456
American Express 93,500 7,061,120
American Tower 137,500 10,192,875
Bank of America 129,150 1,782,270
Blackstone Group 191,200 4,758,968
Citigroup 159,250 7,725,217
Franklin Resources 58,500 2,957,175
IntercontinentalExchange 10,300 1,868,626
Invesco 122,400 3,904,560
JPMorgan Chase 25,150 1,300,004
Morgan Stanley 251,000 6,764,450
Prudential Financial 37,150 2,896,957
TD Ameritrade Holding 56,500 1,479,170
Zions Bancorp 66,350 1,819,317
56,410,165

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           Number of Value
      Shares       (U.S. $)
²Common Stock (continued)
Healthcare – 12.18%
Actavis 57,900 $ 8,337,600
Alexion Pharmaceuticals 26,900 3,124,704
Amgen 50,450 5,647,373
Biogen Idec 50,400 12,134,304
Bristol-Myers Squibb 84,750 3,922,230
Celgene 38,300 5,895,519
Covidien (Ireland) 42,200 2,571,668
Express Scripts 98,300 6,072,974
Gilead Sciences 381,350 23,964,034
IDEXX Laboratories 24,900 2,481,285
Insulet   55,300 2,004,072
Lilly (Eli) 52,350   2,634,776
McKesson 52,300 6,710,090
Novo Nordisk Class B (Denmark) 13,144 2,226,085
Pfizer 192,688   5,532,072
Pharmacyclics 37,000 5,121,540
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals 9,500 2,972,265
Sanofi ADR 31,250 1,582,188
Stryker 23,900 1,615,401
Thermo Fisher Scientific 49,900 4,598,285
UnitedHealth Group 85,200 6,101,172
Universal Health Services Class B 14,350 1,076,107
Valeant Pharmaceuticals
          International (Canada) 44,700 4,663,551
  †Vertex Pharmaceuticals 56,650 4,295,203
125,284,498
Industrials – 11.35%
Boeing 119,300 14,017,750
Chicago Bridge &
          Iron (Netherlands) 39,100 2,649,807
Copa Holdings Class A (Panama) 12,200 1,691,774
Cummins 5,250 697,568
Danaher 205,500 14,245,260
Delta Air Lines 136,550 3,221,214
Eaton (Ireland) 54,952 3,782,896
Fastenal 122,800 6,170,700
Flowserve 24,700 1,541,033
Grainger (W.W.) 5,700 1,491,747
Honeywell International 71,050 5,899,992
Hunt (J.B.) Transport Services 24,600 1,794,078
Ingersoll-Rand (Ireland) 58,250 3,782,755
Kansas City Southern 53,800 5,883,568
Martin Marietta Materials 12,800 1,256,576
MRC Global 55,750 1,494,100
Precision Castparts 47,700 10,839,348
Quanta Services 143,550 3,949,060
Robert Half International 73,950 2,886,269
Roper Industries 40,900 5,434,383
Terex 46,650 1,567,440
Tyco International (Switzerland) 152,350 5,329,203
Union Pacific 20,500 3,184,470
United Continental Holdings 73,600 2,260,256
United Parcel Service Class B 71,600 6,542,092
United Rentals 21,900 1,276,551
WABCO Holdings 46,050 3,880,173
116,770,063
Information Technology – 26.81%
Akamai Technologies 39,600 2,047,320
Alliance Data Systems 25,550 5,403,058
Apple 75,100 35,803,925
ASML Holding (Netherlands) 38,807 3,832,579
Baidu ADR 33,200 5,151,976
Cadence Design Systems 320,300 4,324,050
Cisco Systems 110,000 2,576,200
Cognizant Technology
          Solutions Class A 48,100 3,949,972
Concur Technologies 16,400 1,812,200
Ctrip.com International ADR 58,800 3,435,684
eBay 372,300 20,770,617
Facebook Class A 327,750 16,466,160
Fiserv 19,600 1,980,580
Google Class A 51,200 44,846,592
International Business Machines 42,000 7,777,560
Juniper Networks 97,800 1,942,308
Lam Research 75,950 3,887,880
LinkedIn Class A 25,500 6,274,530
MasterCard Class A 28,450 19,140,591
Micron Technology 208,250 3,638,127
Microsoft 217,950 7,259,914
NAVER 3,608 1,869,196
NCR 29,800 1,180,378
NetSuite 16,700 1,802,598
NXP Semiconductor (Netherlands) 128,350 4,775,903
QUALCOMM 158,050 10,646,248
Rackspace Hosting 19,400 1,023,544
Red Hat 60,400 2,786,856
Salesforce.com 208,500 10,823,235
SanDisk 38,850 2,311,964
SAP ADR 36,100 2,668,512
ServiceNow 49,600 2,576,720
Tencent Holdings (China)
          (Hong Kong Exchange) 32,000 1,682,824
@=† Twitter 7,812 190,222
Visa Class A 113,600 21,708,960
VistaPrint 10,500 593,460
Western Digital 14,800 938,320
Workday Class A 22,800 1,845,204
Yahoo 122,100 4,048,836
275,794,803
Materials – 3.06%
Celanese Class A 42,270 2,231,433
Eastman Chemical 60,100 4,681,790
Ecolab 59,500 5,876,220
FMC 27,200   1,950,784

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Schedules of investments
 
Optimum Large Cap Growth Fund

           Number of Value
      Shares       (U.S. $)
²Common Stock (continued)
Materials (continued)
PPG Industries 10,000 $ 1,670,600
Praxair 36,500 4,387,665
Rockwood Holdings 80,700 5,398,830
Sherwin-Williams 29,000 5,283,220
31,480,542
Telecommunication Services – 2.17%
Crown Castle International 182,200 13,306,066
SBA Communications Class A 27,300 2,196,558
Softbank 30,000 2,083,637
Verizon Communications 101,350 4,728,991
22,315,252
Total Common Stock
(cost $809,716,808) 999,739,136
 
Convertible Preferred Stock – 0.06%
@=† LivingSocial Series F 14,824 16,603
@=† Twitter Series A 20 487
@=† Twitter Series B 5,988   145,808
@=† Twitter Series C   1,619 39,422
@=† Twitter Series D 2,999 73,026
@=† Twitter Series F 1,022 24,886
@=† Twitter Series G-2 12,309   299,724
Total Convertible Preferred Stock
(cost $498,782) 599,956
 
Principal
Amount°
Short-Term Investments – 2.62%
Discount Notes – 0.91%
Federal Home Loan Bank
          0.015% 10/2/13 2,586,186 2,586,186
          0.025% 11/15/13 286,709 286,706
          0.045% 10/18/13 1,795,700 1,795,691
          0.048% 10/23/13 3,806,020 3,805,997
          0.065% 11/6/13 893,459 893,450
9,368,030
Repurchase Agreements – 0.91%
Bank of America 0.02% dated
          9/30/13, to be repurchased
          on 10/1/13, repurchase price
          $4,244,864 (collateralized
          by U.S. government
          obligations 0.00%-0.875%
          6/26/14-1/31/17,
          market value $4,329,760) 4,244,862 4,244,862
BNP Paribas 0.04% dated
          9/30/13, to be repurchased
          on 10/1/13, repurchase price
          $5,071,144 (collateralized
          by U.S. government
          obligations 2.875%-3.625%
          3/31/18-2/15/21,
          market value $5,172,562) 5,071,138 5,071,138
9,316,000
≠U.S. Treasury Obligations – 0.80%
U.S. Treasury Bills
          0.001% 10/17/13 1,240,178 1,240,167
          0.015% 10/10/13 5,083,873 5,083,853
          0.02% 12/19/13 610,249 610,235
          0.028% 10/24/13 1,002,450 1,002,436
          0.053% 11/14/13 305,962 305,954
8,242,645
Total Short-Term Investments
(cost $26,926,486) 26,926,675
 
Total Value of Securities
Before Securities
Lending Collateral – 99.87%
(cost $837,142,076) 1,027,265,767
 
Number of
  Shares
**Securities Lending Collateral – 0.00%
Investment Company
Delaware Investments
          Collateral Fund No.1 21,566 21,566
Total Securities Lending Collateral
(cost $21,566) 21,566
 
nTotal Value of Securities – 99.87%
(cost $837,163,642) $ 1,027,287,333

² Narrow industries are utilized for compliance purpose for diversification whereas broad sector are used for financial reporting.
Non income producing security.
* Fully or partially on loan.
@ Illiquid security. At Sept. 30, 2013, the aggregate value of illiquid securities was $790,178, which represented 0.08% of the Fund’s net assets. See Note 8 in “Notes to financial statements.”
= Security is being fair valued in accordance with the Fund’s fair valuation policy. At Sept. 30, 2013, the aggregate value of fair valued securities was $790,178, which represented 0.08% of the Fund’s net assets. See Note 1 in “Notes to financial statements.”
° Principal amount shown is stated in U.S. Dollars unless noted that the security is denominated in another currency.
The rate shown is the effective yield at the time of purchase.
** See Note 7 in “Notes to financial statements” for additional information on securities lending collateral.
n Includes $20,849 of securities loaned.

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The following foreign currency exchange contracts were outstanding at Sept. 30, 2013:1

Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts
Unrealized
Contracts to       Settlement       Appreciation
Counterparty         Receive (Deliver)       In Exchange For Date (Depreciation)
MNB GBP (55,291 ) USD 88,642 10/1/13      $ (868 )     
MNB HKD     297,016 USD     (38,303 ) 10/2/13 (8 )
MNB HKD 478,663 USD (61,729 ) 10/3/13 (13 )
$ (889 )

1See Note 6 in “Notes to Financial Statements.”

Summary of Abbreviations:
ADR — American Depositary Receipt
GBP — British Pound Sterling
HKD — Hong Kong Dollar
MNB — Mellon National Bank
USD — United States Dollar

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Schedules of investments
 
Optimum Large Cap Value Fund
September 30, 2013 (Unaudited)

           Number of Value
      Shares       (U.S. $)
Common Stock – 96.52%
Consumer Discretionary – 8.56%
Advance Auto Parts 31,490 $ 2,603,593
Coach 173,710 9,472,406
Comcast Special Class A 107,520 4,663,142
Delphi Automotive (United Kingdom) 62,910 3,675,202
Disney (Walt) 110,910 7,152,586
General Motors 30,180 1,085,575
Hasbro 57,300 2,701,122
Johnson Controls 115,410 4,789,515
Kohl’s 23,380 1,209,915
McDonald’s 32,903 3,165,598
Omnicom Group 87,790 5,569,398
Staples 68,350 1,001,328
  Target 107,800 6,897,044
TJX 269,847 15,216,672
Viacom Class B 55,080 4,603,586
Yum Brands 137,170 9,792,566
83,599,248
Consumer Staples – 11.46%
Altria Group 386,018 13,259,718
Campbell Soup 216,307 8,805,858
Coca-Cola Enterprises 43,550 1,751,146
Colgate-Palmolive 198,502 11,771,169
CVS Caremark 133,161 7,556,887
* Danone (France) 59,614 4,488,561
Diageo (United Kingdom) 256,362 8,149,089
Dr Pepper Snapple Group 49,670 2,226,209
General Mills 146,600 7,025,072
Kellogg 24,660 1,448,282
Lorillard 120,810 5,409,872
Nestle (Switzerland) 112,538 7,847,304
Philip Morris International 337,728 29,243,873
Procter & Gamble 35,046 2,649,127
Smucker (J.M.) 3,530 370,791
112,002,958
Energy – 13.39%
Apache 149,132 12,697,098
Chevron 143,130 17,390,295
Continental Resources 94,612 10,148,083
EOG Resources 13,302 2,251,763
Exxon Mobil 226,949 19,526,692
HollyFrontier 238,973 10,063,153
Marathon Petroleum 175,469 11,286,166
Murphy Oil 77,438 4,671,060
Occidental Petroleum 77,690 7,267,123
Patterson-UTI Energy 490,062 10,477,526
RPC 712,427 11,021,246
Ultra Petroleum 682,727 14,043,694
130,843,899
Financials – 21.88%
ACE (Switzerland) 57,250 5,356,310
AFLAC 239,169 14,826,086
American Capital Agency 310,685 7,012,160
Aon (United Kingdom) 67,200 5,002,368
Apartment Investment & Management 365,983 10,225,565
Bank of New York Mellon 226,936 6,851,198
BlackRock 16,017 4,334,521
CBOE Holdings 291,731 13,194,993
Chubb 36,520 3,259,775
Discover Financial Services 242,686 12,265,350
Eaton Vance 264,180 10,258,109
Federated Investors Class B 361,426 9,816,330
Franklin Resources 87,126 4,404,219
Goldman Sachs Group 63,281 10,011,687
JPMorgan Chase 355,890 18,395,954
McGraw Hill Financial 183,114 12,010,447
MetLife 196,720 9,236,004
Moody’s 41,940 2,949,640
NASDAQ OMX Group 55,234 1,772,459
PNC Financial Services Group 46,620 3,377,619
Prudential Financial 79,730 6,217,345
SLM 220,997 5,502,825
State Street 71,430 4,696,523
Travelers 82,700 7,010,479
Waddell & Reed Financial Class A 229,790 11,829,589
Wells Fargo 337,590 13,949,219
213,766,774
Healthcare – 10.71%
Abbott Laboratories 157,780 5,236,718
AbbVie 39,300 1,757,889
Baxter International 61,923 4,067,722
Covidien (Ireland) 34,260 2,087,804
Endo Health Solutions 289,973 13,176,373
Express Scripts 65,610 4,053,386
Johnson & Johnson 195,500 16,947,895
Medtronic 104,680 5,574,210
Merck 88,170 4,197,774
Mylan 285,170 10,884,939
Pfizer 532,345 15,283,625
Quest Diagnostics 34,370 2,123,722
Roche Holding (Switzerland) 10,961 2,957,919
St. Jude Medical 83,460 4,476,794
Thermo Fisher Scientific 64,600 5,952,890
United Therapeutics 72,297 5,700,618
Zoetis 4,710 146,575
104,626,853
Industrials – 14.64%
3M 79,525 9,496,080
Canadian National Railway (Canada) 29,630 3,003,593
Caterpillar 75,966 6,333,285
Copa Holdings Class A (Panama)
          Class A 59,987 8,318,397
Danaher 87,950 6,096,694
Dun & Bradstreet 4,720 490,172
Eaton (Ireland) 64,750 4,457,390

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           Number of Value
      Shares       (U.S. $)
Common Stock (continued)
Industrials (continued)
Honeywell International 110,010 $ 9,135,230
Illinois Tool Works 28,170 2,148,526
Joy Global 225,531 11,511,102
Landstar System 89,358 5,002,261
Lockheed Martin 217,929 27,796,844
Northrop Grumman 53,880 5,132,609
Pentair (Switzerland) 32,294 2,097,172
Rockwell Collins 64,483 4,375,816
Stanley Black & Decker 55,087 4,989,230
Tyco International (Switzerland) 143,800 5,030,124
  United Parcel Service Class B 190,665 17,421,061
United Technologies 95,120 10,255,838
143,091,424
Information Technology – 9.89%
Accenture Class A (Ireland) 136,850 10,077,634
Apple 27,665 13,189,289
Fidelity National Information Services 28,500 1,323,540
Fiserv 25,710 2,597,996
Hewlett-Packard 38,090 799,128
Intel 125,360 2,873,251
International Business Machines 97,014 17,965,053
MasterCard Class A 7,717 5,191,843
Microsoft 321,237 10,700,404
Oracle 171,870 5,700,928
Western Digital 229,203 14,531,470
Western Union 628,487 11,727,567
96,678,103
Materials – 3.96%
Air Products & Chemicals 33,040 3,521,073
CF Industries Holdings 43,183 9,104,272
Crown Holdings 22,680 958,910
LyondellBasell Industries 76,596 5,609,125
NewMarket 31,459 9,057,361
PPG Industries 48,048 8,026,899
Southern Copper 71,659 1,951,991
Valspar 6,980 442,741
38,672,372
Telecommunication Services – 1.69%
AT&T 208,680 7,057,558
Verizon Communications 72,210 3,369,319
Vodafone Group (United Kingdom) 1,734,117 6,086,448
16,513,325
Utilities – 0.34%
Duke Energy 18,720 1,250,122
PPL 43,209 1,312,689
Public Service Enterprise Group 24,530 807,773
3,370,584
Total Common Stock
(cost $720,127,944) 943,165,540
 
Convertible Preferred Stock – 0.05%
United Technologies 7.50%
          exercise price $98.52,
          expiration date 8/1/15 7,480 484,629
Total Convertible Preferred Stock
(cost $376,064) 484,629
 
Principal
Amount°
Short-Term Investments – 3.35%
Discount Notes – 0.29%
Federal Home Loan Bank
          0.015% 10/2/13 55,499 55,499
          0.025% 11/15/13 83,417 83,416
          0.045% 10/18/13 434,158 434,156
          0.052% 10/23/13 1,412,846 1,412,837
          0.065% 11/6/13 823,464 823,456
2,809,364
Repurchase Agreements – 2.75%
Bank of America 0.02% dated
          9/30/13, to be repurchased
          on 10/1/13, repurchase price
          $12,269,371 (collateralized by
          U.S. government obligations
          0.00%-0.875%
          6/26/14-1/31/17,
          market value $12,514,754) 12,269,364 12,269,364
BNP Paribas 0.04% dated 9/30/13,
          to be repurchased on 10/1/13,
          repurchase price $14,657,652
          (collateralized by 2.875%-
          3.625% 3/31/18-2/15/21,
          market value $14,950,792) 14,657,636 14,657,636
26,927,000
U.S. Treasury Obligations – 0.31%
U.S. Treasury Bills
          0.001% 10/17/13 359,821 359,818
          0.015% 10/10/13 336,730 336,728
          0.02% 12/19/13 467,071 467,061
          0.028% 10/24/13 81,144 81,143
          0.053% 11/14/13 1,750,308 1,750,260
2,995,010
Total Short-Term Investments
(cost $32,731,213) 32,731,374
 
Total Value of Securities Before Securities
Lending Collateral – 99.92%
(cost $753,235,221)   976,381,543

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Schedules of investments

Optimum Large Cap Value Fund

           Number of Value
      Shares       (U.S. $)
**Securities Lending Collateral – 0.00%    
Investment Company
Delaware Investments Collateral
          Fund No.1 24,522 $ 24,522
Total Securities Lending Collateral
(cost $24,522) 24,522
   
nTotal Value of Securities – 99.92%
(cost $753,259,743) $ 976,406,065

†Non income producing security.
*Fully or partially on loan.
°Principal amount shown is stated in U.S. Dollars unless noted that the security is denominated in another currency.
The rate shown is the effective yield at the time of purchase.
**See Note 7 in “Notes to financial statements” for additional information on securities lending collateral.
nIncludes $23,416 of securities loaned.

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Optimum Small-Mid Cap Growth Fund
September 30, 2013 (Unaudited)

Number of Value
                 Shares       (U.S. $)
Common Stock – 97.84%
Consumer Discretionary – 15.19%
Bally Technologies 61,000 $ 4,395,660
Bloomin’ Brands 94,330 2,227,131
Buffalo Wild Wings 13,768 1,531,277
Choice Hotels International 49,000 2,116,310
Dana Holdings 102,592 2,343,201
Deckers Outdoor 14,000 922,880
Domino’s Pizza 27,000 1,834,650
DSW Class A 22,700 1,936,764
Fiesta Restaurant Group 11,000 414,260
Five Below 28,080 1,228,500
Francesca’s Holdings 41,694 777,176
GNC Holdings 43,000 2,349,090
Helen of Troy (Bermuda) 14,500 640,900
HomeAway 40,752 1,141,056
HSN 36,676 1,966,567
  iRobot 29,070 1,095,067
Jarden 30,000 1,452,000
KAR Auction Services 28,000 789,880
Life Time Fitness 90,248 4,645,065
LKQ 90,000 2,867,400
Lumber Liquidators Holdings 10,332 1,101,908
Madden (Steven) 25,625 1,379,394
Pier 1 Imports 205,401 4,009,428
Pool 36,000 2,020,680
PVH 22,000 2,611,180
Quiksilver 55,000 386,650
Samsonite International 451,010 1,260,904
Select Comfort 37,000 900,950
Shutterfly 27,000 1,508,760
Shutterstock 31,052 2,258,101
Skechers U.S.A. Class A 61,423 1,910,870
Standard Pacific 148,324 1,173,243
Tenneco 40,752 2,057,976
Tuesday Morning 40,600 619,962
Vail Resorts 27,000 1,873,260
Williams-Sonoma 22,000 1,236,400
62,984,500
Consumer Staples – 3.36%
B&G Foods 25,000 863,750
Casey’s General Stores 67,980 4,996,530
Chefs’ Warehouse 86,000 1,986,600
Elizabeth Arden 28,244 1,042,768
Spectrum Brands Holdings 30,388 2,000,746
United Natural Foods 13,000 873,860
WhiteWave Foods 108,841 2,173,555
13,937,809
Energy – 5.50%
Approach Resources 20,000 525,600
Atwood Oceanics 55,000 3,027,200
Carrizo Oil & Gas 7,877 293,891
Diamondback Energy 32,347 1,379,276
Dresser-Rand Group 11,000 686,400
FMC Technologies 22,000 1,219,240
Hornbeck Offshore Services 9,000 516,960
Laredo Petroleum Holdings 20,000 593,600
Matador Resources 2,366 38,637
Painted Pony Petroleum (Canada) 126,770 994,419
PDC Energy 41,587 2,476,090
*† Real Goods Solar Class A 225,000 630,000
Rex Energy 69,090 1,540,707
Rosetta Resources 50,070 2,726,812
Rowan 31,000 1,138,320
SemGroup Class A 21,853 1,246,058
SM Energy 30,000 2,315,700
Trican Well Service (Canada) 107,350 1,460,098
22,809,008
Financials – 9.01%
Allied World Assurance Company
          Holdings (Switzerland) 10,000 993,900
American Residential Properties 15,000 264,150
Associated Banc-Corp 110,000 1,703,900
Berkshire Hills Bancorp 17,500 439,425
Blackhawk Network Holdings 79,000 1,898,370
City National 30,000 1,999,800
CoreSite Realty 36,000 1,221,840
Education Realty Trust 255,000 2,320,500
Enstar Group (Bermuda) 6,700 915,220
Extra Space Storage 44,000 2,013,000
Financial Engines 38,730 2,302,111
First Busey 177,800 926,338
First Commonwealth Financial 110,000 834,900
Kennedy-Wilson Holdings 24,000 445,440
Kite Realty Group Trust 245,000 1,452,850
Lakeland Financial 40,000 1,306,000
MB Financial 53,000 1,496,720
Post Properties 46,000 2,070,920
Ryman Hospitality Properties 30,000 1,035,300
Sandy Spring Bancorp 43,000 1,000,180
SEI Investments 79,000 2,441,890
Simplicity Bancorp 54,674 850,181
St. Joe 50,000 981,000
Summit Hotel Properties 144,000 1,323,360
SVB Financial Group 20,000 1,727,400
Virtus Investment Partners 6,130 996,983
WisdomTree Investments 90,952 1,055,953
World Acceptance 15,000 1,348,800
37,366,431

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Schedules of investments

Optimum Small-Mid Cap Growth Fund

    Number of Value
                  Shares       (U.S. $)
Common Stock (continued)
Healthcare – 14.73%
Acadia Healthcare 40,647 $ 1,602,711
Akorn 68,000 1,338,240
Algeta (Norway) 28,598 1,102,540
Allscripts Healthcare Solutions 156,000 2,319,720
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals 26,091 1,670,085
Ariad Pharmaceuticals 59,000 1,085,600
BioMarin Pharmaceutical 15,816 1,142,232
Cepheid 65,900 2,572,736
*† Coronado Biosciences 30,000 210,600
Covance 26,840 2,320,586
Cubist Pharmaceuticals 27,588 1,753,217
DexCom 61,639 1,740,069
Envision Healthcare Holdings 73,900 1,923,617
*† Exelixis 139,740 813,287
HealthSouth 37,000 1,275,760
HeartWare International 17,571 1,286,373
Hyperion Therapeutics 22,638 591,531
ImmunoGen 58,740 999,755
Incyte 27,230 1,038,825
Insulet 46,575 1,687,878
InterMune 22,000 338,140
Ironwood Pharmaceuticals 60,684 719,105
Medicines 38,240 1,281,805
Mednax 22,000 2,208,800
Mettler-Toledo International 20,000 4,801,800
NPS Pharmaceuticals 129,781 4,128,334
Ophthotech 4,864 144,509
Pacira Pharmaceuticals 22,071 1,061,394
Patterson 51,000 2,050,200
Salix Pharmaceuticals 27,380 1,831,174
Sarepta Therapeutics 19,000 897,370
Seattle Genetics 95,443 4,183,267
Sirona Dental Systems 38,000 2,543,340
Synageva BioPharma 38,900 2,462,759
Team Health Holdings 40,681 1,543,437
TESARO 15,500 600,470
WellCare Health Plans 26,126 1,822,027
61,093,293
Industrials – 24.19%
Acorn Energy 81,362 480,036
Acuity Brands 42,120 3,875,882
@ Altra Holdings 85,137 2,291,037
AMETEK 105,000 4,832,100
Apogee Enterprises 50,840 1,508,931
Applied Industrial Technologies 41,165 2,119,998
Armstrong World Industries 51,760 2,844,730
Avis Budget Group 131,316 3,785,840
Briggs & Stratton 85,780 1,725,894
CAI International 53,000 1,233,310
Chart Industries 4,000 492,160
Chicago Bridge & Iron (Netherlands) 29,000 1,965,330
Con-way 49,345 2,126,276
DigitalGlobe 58,160 1,839,019
Donaldson 97,800 3,729,114
ESCO Technologies 64,200 2,133,366
Forward Air 24,000 968,400
Generac Holdings 78,651 3,353,679
H&E Equipment Services 17,742 471,228
HD Supply Holdings 70,518 1,549,280
HEICO Class A 50,000 2,507,000
Hertz Global Holdings 56,500 1,252,040
II-VI 90,000 1,693,800
Imax (Canada) 69,598 2,104,644
Interface 90,000 1,785,600
Kennametal 41,000 1,869,600
Kirby 16,000 1,384,800
Knoll 65,000 1,101,100
McGrath RentCorp 31,000 1,106,700
Middleby 10,000 2,089,100
Moog Class A 78,998 4,634,813
MRC Global 40,000 1,072,000
Nordson 70,000 5,154,099
Old Dominion Freight Line 45,276 2,082,243
On Assignment 45,240 1,492,920
Oshkosh 22,000 1,077,560
Owens Corning 72,503 2,753,664
Performant Financial 29,100 317,772
Polypore International 33,910 1,389,293
RPX 33,692 590,621
Rush Enterprises Class A 57,000 1,511,070
Spirit Airlines 66,522 2,279,709
Taylor Morrison Home Class A 82,731 1,873,857
Teledyne Technologies 20,480 1,739,366
* Textainer Group Holdings (Bermuda) 36,000 1,363,320
Thermon Group Holdings 20,000 462,200
Toro 35,000 1,902,250
TrueBlue 85,296 2,047,957
WageWorks 52,748 2,661,137
WESCO International 48,060 3,678,032
100,303,877
Information Technology – 22.35%
Acxiom 43,630 1,238,656
Amphenol Class A 28,400 2,197,592
*† Angie’s List 108,808 2,448,180
ANSYS 36,000 3,114,720
Atmel 155,000 1,153,200
Bankrate 108,900 2,240,073
Cadence Design Systems 206,086 2,782,161
Concur Technologies 25,869 2,858,525
Constant Contact 40,700 964,183
Cornerstone OnDemand 23,024 1,184,355
CoStar Group 15,646 2,626,963
Dealertrack Technologies 48,017 2,057,048
Demandware 36,080 1,671,586
E2open 23,000 515,200

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Number of Value
                Shares       (U.S. $)
Common Stock (continued)
Information Technology (continued)
Exa 55,000   $ 851,950
ExlService Holdings 80,000 2,278,400
FleetMatics Group (Ireland) 76,024 2,854,701
Heartland Payment Systems 55,756 2,214,628
Hittite Microwave 10,000 653,500
IAC/InterActiveCorp 50,730 2,773,409
Imperva 12,150 510,543
Infinera 60,000 678,600
Informatica 42,000 1,636,740
  IPG Photonics 41,000 2,308,710
Ixia 94,000 1,472,980
Lattice Semiconductor   347,674 1,550,626
Liquidity Services 20,000 671,200
Marketo 26,149 833,630
MAXIMUS 32,443 1,461,233
MICROS Systems 27,000 1,348,380
NETGEAR 19,000 586,340
ON Semiconductor 103,000 751,900
OpenTable 8,100 566,838
Pandora Media 61,639 1,548,988
PTC 64,570 1,835,725
RealPage 45,000 1,042,200
Rogers 43,928 2,612,837
ServiceNow 27,785 1,443,431
ServiceSource International 106,011 1,280,613
Splunk 15,581 935,483
SPS Commerce 38,000 2,542,960
Stamps.com 32,178 1,477,936
Stratasys 10,000 1,012,600
SunEdison 160,772 1,281,353
Telogis 185,242 366,983
Trulia 52,875 2,486,711
Tyler Technologies 13,281 1,161,689
Ultratech 63,978 1,938,533
Verint Systems 55,110 2,042,377
Virtusa 118,790 3,452,037
Web.com Group 144,260 4,665,368
WEX 21,031 1,845,470
WNS Holdings ADR 219,150 4,650,363
92,680,407
Materials – 1.97%
Caesarstone Sdot-Yam (Israel) 39,443 1,801,756
Headwaters 148,662 1,336,471
KapStone Paper & Packaging 81,827 3,502,196
Methanex (Canada) 29,453 1,510,055
8,150,478
Telecommunication Services – 1.54%
*† Boingo Wireless 75,000 525,000
CalAmp 34,000 599,420
SBA Communications Class A 27,000 2,172,420
tw telecom Class A 104,000 3,105,960
6,402,800
Total Common Stock
(cost $289,733,577) 405,728,603
   
Preferred Stock – 0.35%
=† Mobileye Series F2 25,929 904,922
Telogis 252,269 555,295
Total Preferred Stock
(cost $1,460,217) 1,460,217
 
Principal
Amount°
Short-Term Investments – 1.66%
Discount Notes – 0.67%
Federal Home Loan Bank
          0.015% 10/2/13 919,642 919,642
          0.025% 11/15/13 144,622 144,620
          0.045% 10/18/13 116,256 116,255
          0.056% 10/23/13 817,485 817,480
          0.065% 11/6/13 762,010 762,002
2,759,999
Repurchase Agreements – 0.24%
Bank of America 0.02% dated
          9/30/13, to be repurchased
          on 10/1/13, repurchase price
          $455,197 (collateralized
          by U.S. government
          obligations 0.00%-0.875%
          6/26/14-1/31/17,
          market value $464,301) 455,197 455,197
BNP Paribas 0.04% dated
          9/30/13, to be repurchased
          on 10/1/13, repurchase price
          $543,804 (collateralized
          by U.S. government
          obligations 2.875%-3.625%
          3/31/18-2/15/21,
          market value $554,679) 543,803 543,803
999,000
U.S. Treasury Obligations – 0.75%
U.S. Treasury Bills
          0.001% 10/17/13 474,122 474,118
          0.015% 10/10/13 534,051 534,049
          0.02% 12/19/13 450,484 450,474
          0.053% 11/14/13 1,667,573 1,667,528
3,126,169
Total Short-Term Investments
(cost $6,885,030) 6,885,168
 
Total Value of Securities Before Securities
Lending Collateral – 99.85%
(cost $298,078,824) 414,073,988

(continues)       49



Schedules of investments

Optimum Small-Mid Cap Growth Fund

      Number of       Value
          Shares (U.S. $)
**Securities Lending Collateral – 0.20%
Investment Company    
Delaware Investments
          Collateral Fund No. 1 837,669 $ 837,669
Total Securities Lending Collateral
(cost $837,669) 837,669
 
nTotal Value of Securities – 100.05%
(cost $298,916,493) $ 414,911,657

* Fully or partially on loan.
Non income producing security.
@ Illiquid security. At Sept. 30, 2013, the aggregate value of illiquid securities was $2,291,037, which represented 0.55% of the Fund’s net assets. See Note 7 in “Notes to financial statements.”
= Security is being fair valued in accordance with the Fund’s fair valuation policy. At Sept. 30, 2013, the aggregate value of fair valued securities was $904,922, which represented 0.22% of the Fund’s net assets. See Note 1 in “Notes to financial statements.”
** See Note 6 in “Notes to financial statements“ for additional information on securitiess lending collateral.
° Principal amount shown is stated in U.S. Dollars unless noted that the security is denominated in another currency.
The rate shown is the effective yield at the time of purchase.
n Includes $843,434 of securities loaned.

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Optimum Small-Mid Cap Value Fund
September 30, 2013 (Unaudited)

Number of Value
                 Shares (U.S. $)
²Common Stock – 91.61%        
Consumer Discretionary – 13.46%
Advance Auto Parts 33,300 $ 2,753,244
AMC Networks Class A 20,300 1,390,144
Ascena Retail Group 127,000 2,531,110
  bebe stores 378,881 2,307,385
Callaway Golf 412,860 2,939,563
Crocs 199,800 2,719,278
Family Dollar Stores 18,600 1,339,572
Finish Line Class A 83,000 2,064,210
Foot Locker 32,600 1,106,444
Garmin (Switzerland) 68,700 3,104,553
Genesco 12,000 786,960
Hooker Furniture 153,694 2,297,725
Jos A Bank Clothiers 35,102 1,543,084
LeapFrog Enterprises 317,700 2,992,734
Lear 37,100 2,655,247
Life Time Fitness 53,400 2,748,498
PETsMART 17,100 1,304,046
Ruth’s Hospitality Group 192,553 2,283,679
Signet Jewelers (Bermuda) 19,400 1,390,010
Spartan Motors 497,538 3,020,056
Staples 249,000 3,647,850
Thor Industries 23,500 1,363,940
Tupperware Brands 28,500 2,461,545
Winnebago Industries 128,628 3,339,183
54,090,060
Consumer Staples – 0.97%
Dr Pepper Snapple Group 30,200 1,353,564
Sanderson Farms 39,000 2,544,360
3,897,924
Energy – 4.29%
Approach Resources 46,700 1,227,276
Cloud Peak Energy 54,200 795,114
CONSOL Energy 69,400 2,335,310
Evolution Petroleum 99,471 1,120,043
Gulf Island Fabrication 94,875 2,325,386
*† Newpark Resources 268,403 3,397,982
PDC Energy 23,700 1,411,098
Rex Energy 112,400 2,506,520
Vaalco Energy 378,903 2,114,279
17,233,008
Financials – 9.81%
Alexandria Real Estate Equities 37,692 2,406,634
Aspen Insurance Holdings (Bermuda) 7,400 268,546
BankUnited 84,500 2,635,555
City Holding 69,979 3,025,892
Comerica 30,100 1,183,231
DiamondRock Hospitality 127,700 1,362,559
Digital Realty Trust 34,900 1,853,190
Dime Community Bancshares 186,626 3,107,323
East West Bancorp 42,900 1,370,655
First Financial Bancorp 125,100 1,897,767
Hallmark Financial Services 263,778 2,339,711
HCC Insurance Holdings 29,400 1,288,308
Horace Mann Educators 85,876 2,437,161
Inland Real Estate 180,300 1,844,469
Lazard Class A (Bermuda) 25,400 914,908
Potlatch 48,903 1,940,471
PrivateBancorp 106,400 2,276,960
SVB Financial Group 31,900 2,755,203
Wintrust Financial 64,900 2,665,443
XL Group (Ireland) 60,000 1,849,200
39,423,186
Healthcare – 2.06%
Cambrex 14,701 194,053
CareFusion 73,700 2,719,530
Hologic 132,100 2,727,865
Mednax 26,300 2,640,520
8,281,968
Industrials – 30.67%
AAON 96,696 2,568,246
ACCO Brands 337,200 2,239,008
Acuity Brands 34,000 3,128,680
Aegion 63,000 1,494,990
Albany International 52,600 1,886,762
AMETEK 52,875 2,433,308
Apogee Enterprises 49,200 1,460,256
Avery Dennison 70,000 3,046,400
B/E Aerospace 35,600 2,627,992
Boise Cascade 73,400 1,978,130
Brady Class A 53,300 1,625,650
Carlisle 43,300 3,043,557
Clean Harbors 45,500 2,669,030
Colfax 58,500 3,304,665
Crane 33,300 2,053,611
Diana Shipping (Greece) 275,100 3,320,457
Dover 48,700 4,374,721
Encore Wire 71,039 2,801,778
Ennis 147,790 2,666,132
Equifax 45,297 2,711,025
Federal Signal 168,000 2,162,160
Foster Wheeler (Switzerland) 110,100 2,900,034
FreightCar America 58,741 1,214,764
Graham 103,760 3,748,849
Granite Construction 102,171 3,126,433
Griffon 53,300 668,382
Harsco 55,000 1,369,500
Houston Wire & Cable 188,200 2,535,054
Hubbell Class B 42,700 4,472,398
IDEX 27,700 1,807,425
Ingersoll-Rand (Ireland) 30,000 1,948,200
Joy Global 15,000 765,600
Kennametal 88,600 4,040,160
Knoll 192,224 3,256,275
ManpowerGroup 28,200 2,051,268

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Schedules of investments

Optimum Small-Mid Cap Value Fund

Number of Value
          Shares (U.S. $)
²Common Stock (continued)            
Industrials (continued)  
McDermott International 60,500 $ 449,515
McGrath RentCorp 87,476 3,122,893
Primoris Services 51,900 1,321,893
Robert Half International 30,800 1,202,124
Rush Enterprises Class A 57,300   1,519,023
Stanley Black & Decker 41,000 3,713,370
TAL International Group 25,900 1,210,307
Tennant 27,176 1,684,912
Timken 77,900 4,705,160
Trex 27,700 1,371,981
Trinity Industries 34,300 1,555,505
TrueBlue 171,300 4,112,913
Tyco International (Switzerland) 28,400 993,432
US Ecology 90,282 2,720,197
Watts Water Technologies Class A 48,801 2,750,912
WESCO International 42,800 3,275,484
123,210,521
Information Technology – 17.31%
Advanced Energy Industries 144,925 2,539,086
Amdocs 23,800 872,032
AVG Technologies (Netherlands) 115,100 2,755,494
Broadridge Financial Solutions 86,100 2,733,675
Brooks Automation 175,500 1,633,905
CACI International Class A 19,000 1,313,090
Checkpoint Systems 116,600 1,947,220
Digi International 100,000 1,001,000
Diodes 23,000 563,500
Fairchild Semiconductor International 214,000 2,972,460
Flextronics International (Singapore) 477,700 4,342,293
FLIR Systems 86,700 2,722,380
Global Payments 27,800 1,420,024
Harris 27,100 1,607,030
Henry (Jack) & Associates 26,200 1,352,182
IAC/InterActiveCorp 23,900 1,306,613
Infineon Technologies (Germany) 100,000 1,002,231
Ingram Micro Class A 98,000 2,258,900
* j2 Global 52,600 2,604,752
KEMET 200,000 836,000
Lam Research 25,900 1,325,821
LTX-Credence 205,300 1,350,874
Methode Electronics 189,605 5,308,936
Micrel 294,111 2,679,351
Plexus 129,914 4,832,801
Rudolph Technologies 239,342 2,728,499
ScanSource 93,581 3,237,903
Synaptics 74,625 3,304,395
*† Teradyne 136,100 2,248,372
Unisys 136,287 3,433,070
VASCO Data Security International 165,685 1,307,255
69,541,144
Materials – 12.30%
Ashland 29,700 2,746,656
Cabot 44,000 1,879,240
Carpenter Technology 62,000 3,602,820
Celanese Class A 45,000 2,375,550
Chemtura 85,000 1,954,150
Eastman Chemical 46,600 3,630,140
Fuller (H.B.) 38,000 1,717,220
KMG Chemicals 134,740 2,962,933
Landec 224,734 2,741,755
Minerals Technologies 67,800 3,347,286
*† Molycorp 110,000 721,600
Olympic Steel 66,988 1,860,927
Owens-Illinois 97,000 2,911,940
Packaging Corp of America 22,500 1,284,525
PolyOne 119,000 3,654,490
Rock-Tenn Class A 26,900 2,724,163
Rockwood Holdings 51,000 3,411,900
Sealed Air 104,500 2,841,355
Sonoco Products 77,600 3,021,744
49,390,394
Telecommunication Services – 0.60%
Vonage Holdings 767,600 2,410,264
2,410,264
Utilities – 0.14%
Questar 24,300 546,507
546,507
Total Common Stock
(cost $271,569,322) 368,024,976
 
Principal
Amount°
Short-Term Investments – 8.96%
Discount Notes – 3.08%
Federal Home Loan Bank
          0.015% 10/2/13 2,738,865 2,738,865
          0.025% 11/15/13 636,616 636,607
          0.045% 10/18/13 1,795,387 1,795,378
          0.051% 10/23/13 4,927,436 4,927,407
          0.065% 11/6/13 2,276,879 2,276,856
12,375,113
Repurchase Agreements – 2.24%
Bank of America 0.02% dated
          9/30/13, to be repurchased
          on 10/1/13, repurchase price
          $4,093,132 (collateralized
          by U.S. government
          obligations 0.00%-0.875%
          6/26/14-1/31/17,
          market value $4,174,993) 4,093,129 4,093,129

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Principal Value
          Amount°       (U.S. $)
Short-Term Investments (continued)  
Repurchase Agreements (continued)
BNP Paribas 0.04% dated
          9/30/13, to be repurchased
          on 10/1/13, repurchase price
          $4,889,876 (collateralized
          by U.S. government
          obligations 2.875%-3.625%  
          3/31/18-2/15/21,
          market value $4,987,669) 4,889,871 $ 4,889,871
  8,983,000
U.S. Treasury Obligations – 3.64%
U.S. Treasury Bills
          0.001% 10/17/13 2,389,046 2,389,025
          0.015% 10/10/13 2,333,991 2,333,981
          0.02% 12/19/13 2,790,861 2,790,800
          0.028% 10/24/13 1,305,009 1,304,991
          0.053% 11/14/13 5,808,602 5,808,445
14,627,242
Total Short-Term Investments
(cost $35,984,804) 35,985,355
 
Total Value of Securities Before Securities
Lending Collateral – 100.57%
(cost $307,554,126) 404,010,331
 
Number of
Shares
**Securities Lending Collateral – 0.29%
Investment Company
Delaware Investments
          Collateral Fund No. 1 1,145,854 1,145,854
Total Securities Lending Collateral
(cost $1,145,854) 1,145,854
 
nTotal Value of Securities – 100.86%
(cost $308,699,980) $ 405,156,185

² Narrrow industries are utilized for compliance purposes for diversification whereas broad sectors are used for financial reporting.
Non income producing security.
* Fully or partially on loan.
The rate shown is the effective yield at the time of purchase.
** See Note 7 in “Notes to financial statements” for additional information on securities lending collateral.
n Includes $1,086,462 of securities loaned.
° Principal amount shown is stated in U.S. Dollars unless noted that the security is denominated in another currency.

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

53



Statements of assets and liabilities

Optimum Fund Trust
September 30, 2013 (Unaudited)

Optimum Optimum Optimum Optimum Optimum Optimum
Fixed Income International Large Cap Large Cap Small-Mid Cap Small-Mid Cap
      Fund       Fund       Growth Fund       Value Fund       Growth Fund       Value Fund
Assets:            
       Investments, at value1 $ 1,556,303,280 $ 541,666,917 $ 1,000,339,092 $ 943,650,169 $ 407,188,820 $ 368,024,976
       Short-term investments, at value 169,921,548 6,199,038 26,926,675 32,731,374 6,885,168 35,985,355
       Short-term investments held as collateral
              for loaned securities, at value 1,638,500 19,213,155 21,566 24,522 837,669 1,145,854
       Cash 2,011,606 163,786 221,462 60,650 286,362
       Cash collateral for derivatives 4,227,137 3,400,000  
       Foreign currencies, at value 4,759,814 694,011 8,671 16,234
       Receivable for securities sold 34,143,491 389,050 9,114,552 1,713,971 1,829,640 3,721,245
       Dividends and interest receivable 11,088,937 1,098,905 444,053 1,649,246 97,155 265,424
       Receivables for fund shares sold 3,473,212 973,763 1,620,284 1,618,607 779,197 765,494
       Unrealized gain on interest rate
              swap contracts 952,733
       Upfront payments paid on
              credit default swap contracts 948,963
       Unrealized gain of foreign
              currency exchange contracts 763,821 254,505
       Unrealized gain on credit default
              swap contracts 179,433
       Upfront payments paid on
              interest rate swap contracts 125,609
       Variation margin receivable on
              futures contracts 104,798
       Annual protection receipts on
              credit default swap contracts 90,181
       Securities lending income receivable 2,304 27,147 568 892 9,308 4,266
       Other assets 854 133
       Total assets 1,790,736,221 573,916,491 1,038,630,576 981,618,914 417,687,740 410,215,210
 
Liabilities:
       Cash overdraft 51,845
       Reverse repurchase agreement payable 43,124,875
       Securities sold short, at value 2,177,976
       Payables for securities purchased 192,587,078 1,545,100 7,107,509 1,776,780 914,531 6,146,883
       Payables for fund shares redeemed 1,838,811 912,729 1,677,466 1,533,050 710,016 701,153
       Unrealized loss on credit default swap contracts 1,780,044
       Obligation to return securities lending collateral 1,638,500 19,213,155 21,566 24,522 837,669 1,145,854
       Unrealized loss on interest rate swap contracts 1,594,310
       Unrealized loss of foreign currency
              exchange contracts 1,236,295 3,722,363 889 58
       Upfront payments received on credit
              default swap contracts 689,229
       Investment management fees payable 630,124 343,624 610,715 547,035 277,063 258,980
       Other affiliates payable 467,924 174,424 316,185 304,031 131,726 127,209
       Other accrued expenses 295,155 154,283 146,337 175,140 105,973 94,114
       Upfront payments received on
              interest rate swap contracts 168,828
       Distribution fees payable 136,067 31,492 111,952 105,067 20,407 18,565
       Options written, at value 115,003
       Trustees fees payable 37,559 13,049 25,014 23,947 10,095 9,778
       Interest payable for reverse
              repurchase agreements 8,139
       Income distributions payable 4,465 1,373 2,606 12 59
       Total liabilities 248,530,382 26,163,437 10,020,239 4,489,642 3,007,480 8,502,595
 
Total Net Assets $ 1,542,205,839 $ 547,753,054 $ 1,028,610,337 $ 977,129,272 $ 414,680,260 $ 401,712,615

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Optimum Optimum Optimum Optimum Optimum Optimum
Fixed Income International Large Cap Large Cap Small-Mid Cap Small-Mid Cap
      Fund       Fund       Growth Fund       Value Fund       Growth Fund       Value Fund
       Investments, at cost $ 1,552,793,888 $ 485,444,268 $ 810,215,590 $ 750,504,008 $ 291,193,794 $ 271,569,322
       Short-term investments, at cost 169,918,052 6,198,962 26,926,486 32,731,213 6,885,030 35,984,804
       Short-term investments held as collateral for        
              loaned securities, at cost 1,638,500 19,213,155 21,566 24,522 837,669 1,145,854
       Securities sold short, at cost (2,172,657 )
       Options written, at cost (191,360 )
       Foreign currencies, at cost 4,723,145 691,853 8,670
1Including securities on loan 1,577,602 18,421,888 20,849 23,416 843,434 1,086,462
 
Net Assets Consist of:
       Paid-in capital $ 1,547,559,673 $ 542,153,773 $ 764,829,658 $ 862,342,266 $ 282,682,067 $ 291,057,486
       Undistributed (distributions in excess of)
              net investment income 15,307,447 3,863,364 (1,577,517 ) 4,718,721 (2,686,065 ) (575,373 )
       Undistributed (accumulated)
              net realized gain (loss) on investments (22,689,659 ) (51,042,812 ) 75,234,218 (113,116,612 ) 18,689,094 14,773,731
       Net unrealized appreciation
              of investments and derivatives 2,028,378 52,778,729 190,123,978 223,184,897 115,995,164 96,456,771
Total Net Assets $ 1,542,205,839 $ 547,753,054 $ 1,028,610,337 $ 977,129,272 $ 414,680,260 $ 401,712,615
  
Net Asset Value
 
Class A
Net assets $ 40,911,042 $ 10,547,529 $ 37,252,310 $ 34,309,050 $ 7,111,744 $ 5,947,343
Shares of beneficial interest outstanding,
       unlimited authorization, no par 4,333,762 890,875 2,319,018 2,493,927 464,703 417,408
Net asset value per share $ 9.44 $ 11.84 $ 16.06 $ 13.76 $ 15.30 $ 14.25
Sales charge 4.50% 5.75% 5.75% 5.75% 5.75% 5.75%
Offering price per share, equal to net asset
       value per share/(1 - sales charge) $ 9.88 $ 12.56 $ 17.04 $ 14.60 $ 16.23 $ 15.12
 
Class B
Net assets $ 759,587 $ 299,361 $ 1,094,965 $ 993,681 $ 194,669 $ 162,988
Shares of beneficial interest outstanding,
       unlimited authorization, no par 80,595 25,763 72,933 72,973 13,695 12,330
Net asset value per share $ 9.42 $ 11.62 $ 15.01 $ 13.62 $ 14.21 $ 13.22
 
Class C
Net assets $ 153,245,513 $ 35,139,764 $ 122,918,231 $ 114,260,990 $ 22,476,485 $ 20,613,316
Shares of beneficial interest outstanding,
       unlimited authorization, no par 16,275,484 3,031,448 8,188,485 8,394,823 1,588,794 1,567,615
Net asset value per share $ 9.42 $ 11.59 $ 15.01 $ 13.61 $ 14.15 $ 13.15
 
Institutional Class
Net assets $ 1,347,289,697 $ 501,766,400 $ 867,344,831 $ 827,565,551 $ 384,897,362 $ 374,988,968
Shares of beneficial interest outstanding,
       unlimited authorization, no par 142,594,940 42,049,741 52,274,191 59,987,038 24,164,102 25,312,790
Net asset value per share $ 9.45 $ 11.93 $ 16.59 $ 13.80 $ 15.93 $ 14.81

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Statements of operations

Optimum Fund Trust
Six Months Ended September 30, 2013 (Unaudited)

Optimum Optimum Optimum Optimum Optimum Optimum
      Fixed Income       International       Large Cap       Large Cap       Small-Mid Cap       Small-Mid Cap
Fund Fund Growth Fund Value Fund Growth Fund Value Fund
Investment Income:
       Interest $ 24,482,558 $ 2,102 $ 4,155 $ 5,326 $ 2,151 $ 7,482
       Dividends 363,995 10,119,091 4,945,783 11,123,683 1,172,590 2,098,842
       Securities lending income 11,887 224,721 5,298 10,122 36,260 18,250
       Foreign tax withheld (14,123 ) (733,133 ) (49,589 ) (47,957 ) (6,236 )
24,844,317 9,612,781 4,905,647 11,091,174 1,204,765 2,124,574
 
Expenses:
       Management fees 4,208,383 1,984,074 3,572,973 3,341,234 2,076,430 1,882,301
       Dividend disbursing and transfer agent fees and expenses 1,943,571 769,059 1,288,255 1,273,610 624,757 618,160
       Administration expenses 1,062,248 419,283 726,377 717,543 311,465 305,926
       Distribution expenses – Class A 71,293 17,544 62,157 59,413 10,975 8,966
       Distribution expenses – Class B 5,329 1,900 6,667 6,468 1,191 1,063
       Distribution expenses – Class C 769,958 167,942 594,313 571,766 107,710 101,718
       Accounting fees 293,955 100,257 183,376 180,868 72,987 71,690
       Trustees’ fees 83,010 30,629 52,275 52,380 20,509 19,970
       Reports and statements to shareholders 70,311 22,260 44,251 41,996 15,053 15,378
       Registration fees 63,003 40,183 46,384 42,839 39,713 34,098
       Professional fees 60,893 29,506 37,804 36,722 21,174 21,296
       Custodian fees 60,138 141,391 14,250 11,591 9,737 2,184
       Pricing fees 31,782 2,998 1,492 723 1,243 852
       Insurance 20,085 4,589 12,054 11,608 5,198 5,005
       Other 15,014 3,503 6,343 7,088 3,721 4,409
       Tax services 24,054 248 71 189 225
       Interest expense 2,201
  8,761,174 3,759,172 6,649,219 6,355,920 3,322,052 3,093,241
       Less fees waived (311,455 ) (15,611 ) (65,632 ) (52,265 ) (422,170 ) (386,969 )
       Less waived distribution expenses – Class B (1,173 ) (1,168 ) (893 ) (798 )
       Less expense paid indirectly (195 ) (196 ) (208 ) (208 ) (205 ) (207 )
       Total operating expenses 8,448,351 3,742,197 6,583,379 6,303,447 2,898,784 2,705,267
Net Investment Income (Loss) 16,395,966 5,870,584 (1,677,732 ) 4,787,727 (1,694,019 ) (580,693 )
 
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss):
       Net realized gain (loss) on:
              Investments (16,650,359 ) 7,819,146 81,821,032 23,236,970 19,603,220 15,312,514
              Foreign capital gain taxes paid on investments (53,545 )
              Foreign currencies (2,696,057 ) 122,120 (71,488 ) (5,424 ) (3,053 )
              Foreign currency exchange contracts (878,828 ) (37,777 ) 128,290 7,273 2,442
              Futures contracts 6,930,820
              Options written 595,248
              Swap contracts (7,287,733 )
              Net realized gain (loss) (20,040,454 ) 7,903,489 81,877,834 23,238,819 19,602,609 15,312,514
       Net change in unrealized appreciation
              (depreciation) of:
              Investments (43,957,622 ) 32,693,893 33,549,780 33,944,616 32,198,976 25,734,450
              Foreign currencies 132,737 6,270 (2,636 ) 14,714 852
              Foreign currency exchange contracts (892,630 ) (4,598,252 ) (889 ) (9 )
              Futures contracts 1,323,727
              Options written 22,287
              Swap contracts (2,373,228 )
       Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) (45,744,729 ) 28,101,911 33,546,255 33,959,330 32,198,967 25,735,302
 
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) (65,785,183 ) 36,005,400 115,424,089 57,198,149 51,801,576 41,047,816
 
Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets
       Resulting from Operations $ (49,389,217 )   $ 41,875,984 $ 113,746,357 $ 61,985,876 $ 50,107,557 $ 40,467,123

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Statements of changes in net assets

Optimum Fund Trust

Optimum Fixed Income Fund Optimum International Fund
 
Six Months Year Six Months Year
Ended Ended Ended Ended
      9/30/13       3/31/13       9/30/13       3/31/13
(Unaudited) (Unaudited)
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets from Operations:
       Net investment income $ 16,395,966 $ 34,100,193 $ 5,870,584 $ 6,798,963
       Net realized gain (loss) (20,040,454 ) 21,996,568 7,903,489 (3,421,873 )
       Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) (45,744,729 ) 15,766,766 28,101,911 24,944,422
       Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations (49,389,217 ) 71,863,527 41,875,984 28,321,512
 
Dividends and Distributions to Shareholders from:
       Net investment income:
              Class A (234,110 ) (705,869 ) (51,263 ) (221,995 )
              Class B (4,855 ) (18,326 ) (1,587 ) (14,640 )
              Class C (638,178 ) (1,734,659 ) (128,193 ) (604,569 )
              Institutional Class (8,900,554 ) (24,459,033 ) (2,757,869 ) (7,542,985 )
 
       Net realized gain:
              Class A (117,055 ) (885,521 )
              Class B (3,398 ) (47,372 )
              Class C (446,725 ) (3,438,394 )
              Institutional Class (3,834,085 ) (24,939,659 )
(14,178,960 ) (56,228,833 ) (2,938,912 ) (8,384,189 )
 
Capital Share Transactions:
       Proceeds from shares sold:
              Class A 4,613,054 6,614,929 961,087 1,218,380
              Class B 51,360 296,046 9,379 848
              Class C 15,918,883 21,603,340 2,729,777 2,704,519
              Institutional Class 228,364,591 409,166,594 72,952,774 196,255,415
 
       Net asset value of shares issued upon reinvestment of dividends
              and distributions:
              Class A 334,596 1,505,154 50,122 216,582
              Class B 7,483 60,765 1,503 13,932
              Class C 1,060,612 5,073,086 125,973 593,528
              Institutional Class 12,462,080 48,185,066 2,720,570 7,407,070
262,812,659 492,504,980 79,551,185 208,410,274
 
       Cost of shares redeemed:
              Class A (3,532,768 ) (8,123,561 ) (774,038 ) (1,675,759 )
              Class B (453,532 ) (2,263,772 ) (155,452 ) (743,674 )
              Class C (12,689,188 ) (27,829,130 ) (2,263,554 ) (5,840,722 )
              Institutional Class (135,658,316 ) (187,677,528 ) (35,829,636 ) (47,790,686 )
  (152,333,804 ) (225,893,991 ) (39,022,680 ) (56,050,841 )
Increase in net assets derived from capital share transactions 110,478,855 266,610,989 40,528,505 152,359,433
Net Increase in Net Assets 46,910,678 282,245,683 79,465,577 172,296,756
 
Net Assets:
       Beginning of period 1,495,295,161 1,213,049,478 468,287,477 295,990,721
       End of period $ 1,542,205,839 $ 1,495,295,161 $ 547,753,054 $ 468,287,477
 
Undistributed net investment income $ 15,307,447 $ 8,689,178 $ 3,863,364 $ 931,692

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Statements of changes in net assets

Optimum Fund Trust

      Optimum Large Cap Growth Fund       Optimum Large Cap Value Fund
 
Six Months       Year Six Months       Year
Ended Ended Ended Ended
9/30/13 3/31/13 9/30/13 3/31/13
(Unaudited) (Unaudited)
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets from Operations:
       Net investment income (loss) $ (1,677,732 ) $ 2,380,496 $ 4,787,727 $ 13,156,132
       Net realized gain 81,877,834 81,753,995 23,238,819 31,574,106
       Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) 33,546,255 (18,234,555 ) 33,959,330 55,356,045
       Net increase in net assets resulting from operations 113,746,357 65,899,936 61,985,876 100,086,283
 
Dividends and Distributions to Shareholders from:
       Net investment income:
              Class A (14,343 ) (45,403 ) (732,104 )
              Class B (32,069 )
              Class C (1,492,048 )
              Institutional Class (149,730 ) (1,935,816 ) (1,682,351 ) (19,050,268 )
       Net realized gain on investments
              Class A (593,424 )
              Class B (25,737 )
              Class C (2,132,099 )
              Institutional Class (12,777,002 )
(15,677,992 ) (1,950,159 ) (1,727,754 ) (21,306,489 )
 
Capital Share Transactions:
       Proceeds from shares sold:
              Class A 2,133,186 3,617,845 2,010,233 3,489,269
              Class B 8,398
              Class C 5,711,948 8,431,034 5,505,616 8,322,880
              Institutional Class 113,361,718 153,435,556 112,185,895 153,379,757
 
       Net asset value of shares issued upon reinvestment of dividends
              and distributions:
              Class A 583,758 13,990 44,443 715,995
              Class B 24,643 30,412
              Class C 2,113,610 1,465,095
              Institutional Class 12,761,117 1,902,244 1,658,854 18,733,067
136,689,980 167,400,669 121,405,041 186,144,873
 
       Cost of shares redeemed:
              Class A (3,259,025 ) (6,020,536 ) (2,919,144 ) (5,615,546 )
              Class B (507,564 ) (2,257,306 ) (522,503 ) (2,218,584 )
              Class C (11,691,019 ) (20,960,355 ) (10,197,012 ) (20,042,010 )
              Institutional Class (69,665,483 ) (131,987,000 ) (67,906,607 ) (124,035,542 )
  (85,123,091 ) (161,225,197 ) (81,545,266 ) (151,911,682 )
Increase in net assets derived from capital share transactions 51,566,889 6,175,472 39,859,775 34,233,191
Net Increase in Net Assets 149,635,254 70,125,249 100,117,897 113,012,985
 
Net Assets:
       Beginning of period 878,975,083 808,849,834 877,011,375 763,998,390
       End of period $ 1,028,610,337 $ 878,975,083 $ 977,129,272 $ 877,011,375
 
Undistributed (distributions in excess of) net investment income $ (1,577,517 ) $ 249,945 $ 4,718,721 $ 1,658,748

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Optimum Small-Mid Cap Growth Fund Optimum Small-Mid Cap Value Fund
 
Six Months Year Six Months Year
Ended Ended Ended Ended
9/30/13 3/31/13 9/30/13 3/31/13
(Unaudited)       (Unaudited)      
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets from Operations:                                    
       Net investment income (loss) $ (1,694,019 ) $ (1,174,663 ) $ (580,693 ) $ 216,629
       Net realized gain 19,602,609 26,724,572 15,312,514 31,057,975
       Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) 32,198,967 18,388,786 25,735,302 14,876,101
       Net increase in net assets resulting from operations 50,107,557 43,938,695 40,467,123 46,150,705
 
Dividends and Distributions to Shareholders from:
       Net investment income:
              Institutional Class (92,035 ) (129,104 )
 
       Net realized gain:
              Class A (371,207 ) (142,744 ) (387,207 ) (180,540 )
              Class B (15,376 ) (12,682 ) (16,719 ) (16,448 )
              Class C (1,283,349 ) (527,248 ) (1,470,933 ) (711,537 )
              Institutional Class (18,479,761 ) (7,805,533 ) (22,041,260 ) (10,877,947 )
(20,149,693 ) (8,488,207 ) (24,008,154 ) (11,915,576 )
 
Capital Share Transactions:
       Proceeds from shares sold:
              Class A 501,904 733,570 307,243 621,539
              Class C 1,089,063 1,452,841 762,623 1,369,455
              Institutional Class 50,375,268 77,287,163 50,240,509 77,146,866
 
       Net asset value of shares issued upon reinvestment of dividends
              and distributions:
              Class A   366,829       140,773 379,986 176,797
              Class B 14,935 12,323     15,711   15,664
              Class C     1,273,564   522,531   1,454,592   702,460
              Institutional Class 18,236,051   7,690,684     21,844,092   10,840,542
71,857,614 87,839,885 75,004,756     90,873,323
 
       Cost of shares redeemed:
              Class A (676,099 ) (1,009,965 ) (684,843 ) (940,201 )
              Class B (97,204 ) (422,410 ) (95,133 ) (436,293 )
              Class C (2,255,646 ) (3,717,995 ) (2,296,173 ) (3,525,201 )
              Institutional Class (33,144,080 ) (118,385,259 ) (31,437,864 ) (112,192,164 )
  (36,173,029 ) (123,535,629 ) (34,514,013 ) (117,093,859 )
Increase (decrease) in net assets derived from capital share transactions 35,684,585 (35,695,744 ) 40,490,743 (26,220,536 )
Net Increase (decrease) in Net Assets 65,642,449 (245,256 ) 56,949,712 8,014,593
 
Net Assets:
       Beginning of period 349,037,811 349,283,067 344,762,903 336,748,310
       End of period $ 414,680,260 $ 349,037,811 $ 401,712,615 $ 344,762,903
 
Undistributed (distribution in excess of) net investment income $ (2,686,065 ) $ (992,046 ) $ (575,373 ) $ 97,355

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Financial highlights

Optimum Fixed Income Fund Class A



Selected data for each share of the Fund outstanding throughout each period were as follows:

Six Months
Ended Year Ended
9/30/131 3/31/13 3/31/12 3/31/11       3/31/10       3/31/09
      (Unaudited)                    
Net asset value, beginning of period       $9.850       $9.710 $9.550 $9.290 $7.750 $8.930
 
Income (loss) from investment operations:
Net investment income2 0.092 0.225 0.293 0.391 0.661 0.449
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) (0.418 ) 0.302 0.338 0.247 1.482 (1.140 )
Total from investment operations (0.326 ) 0.527 0.631 0.638 2.143 (0.691 )
 
Less dividends and distributions from:
Net investment income (0.056 ) (0.172 ) (0.342 ) (0.378 ) (0.603 ) (0.462 )
Net realized gain (0.028 ) (0.215 ) (0.129 ) (0.027 )
Total dividends and distributions (0.084 ) (0.387 ) (0.471 ) (0.378 ) (0.603 ) (0.489 )
 
Net asset value, end of period $9.440 $9.850 $9.710 $9.550 $9.290 $7.750
 
Total return3 (3.32% ) 5.47% 6.71% 7.01% 28.24% (7.82% )
 
Ratios and supplemental data:
Net assets, end of period (000 omitted) $40,911 $41,210 $40,620 $39,758 $40,808 $39,299
Ratio of expenses to average net assets 1.35% 1.35% 1.35% 1.35% 1.31% 1.24%
Ratio of expenses to average net assets
       prior to fees waived 1.39% 1.40% 1.44% 1.46% 1.48% 1.47%
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets 1.92% 2.27% 3.01% 4.10% 7.49% 5.38%
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets
       prior to fees waived 1.88% 2.22% 2.92% 3.99% 7.32% 5.15%
Portfolio turnover 145% 208% 211% 273% 134% 158%

Ratios have been annualized and total return and portfolio turnover have not been annualized.
The average shares outstanding method has been applied for per share information.
3 Total investment return is based on the change in net asset value of a share during the period and assumes reinvestment of dividends and distributions at net asset value and does not reflect the impact of a sales charge. Total investment return during all of the periods shown reflects a waiver by the manager. Performance would have been lower had the waiver not been in effect.

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Optimum Fixed Income Fund Class B



Selected data for each share of the Fund outstanding throughout each period were as follows:

Six Months
Ended Year Ended
9/30/131 3/31/13 3/31/12 3/31/11       3/31/10       3/31/09
      (Unaudited)                    
Net asset value, beginning of period $9.840   $9.700 $9.540 $9.280 $7.750 $8.930
 
Income (loss) from investment operations:
Net investment income2 0.071 0.161 0.229 0.328 0.604 0.395
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) (0.423 ) 0.302 0.340 0.248 1.486 (1.140 )
Total from investment operations (0.352 ) 0.463 0.569 0.576 2.090 (0.745 )
 
Less dividends and distributions from:
Net investment income (0.040 ) (0.108 ) (0.280 ) (0.316 ) (0.560 ) (0.408 )
Net realized gain (0.028 ) (0.215 ) (0.129 ) (0.027 )
Total dividends and distributions (0.068 ) (0.323 ) (0.409 ) (0.316 ) (0.560 ) (0.435 )
 
Net asset value, end of period $9.420 $9.840 $9.700 $9.540 $9.280 $7.750
 
Total return3 (3.59% ) 4.69% 6.15% 6.32% 27.51% (8.42% )
 
Ratios and supplemental data:
Net assets, end of period (000 omitted) $760 $1,203 $3,056 $4,714 $5,587 $5,483
Ratio of expenses to average net assets 1.78% 2.00% 2.00% 2.00% 1.96% 1.89%
Ratio of expenses to average net assets
       prior to fees waived 2.04% 2.05% 2.09% 2.11% 2.13% 2.12%
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets 1.49% 1.62% 2.36% 3.45% 6.84% 4.73%
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets
       prior to fees waived 1.23% 1.57% 2.27% 3.34% 6.67% 4.50%
Portfolio turnover 145% 208% 211% 273% 134% 158%

Ratios have been annualized and total return and portfolio turnover have not been annualized.
The average shares outstanding method has been applied for per share information.
3 Total investment return is based on the change in net asset value of a share during the period and assumes reinvestment of dividends and distributions at net asset value and does not reflect the impact of a sales charge. Total investment return during all of the periods shown reflects waivers by the manager and/or distributor. Performance would have been lower had the waivers not been in effect.

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Financial highlights

Optimum Fixed Income Fund Class C

 

Selected data for each share of the Fund outstanding throughout each period were as follows:

Six Months
Ended Year Ended
9/30/131 3/31/13 3/31/12 3/31/11 3/31/10 3/31/09
(Unaudited)                                          
Net asset value, beginning of period       $9.840       $9.710 $9.540 $9.280 $7.760 $8.940
 
Income (loss) from investment operations:
Net investment income2 0.061 0.161 0.229 0.329 0.604 0.395
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) (0.413 ) 0.292 0.350 0.247 1.476 (1.140 )
Total from investment operations (0.352 ) 0.453 0.579 0.576 2.080 (0.745 )
 
Less dividends and distributions from:
Net investment income (0.040 ) (0.108 ) (0.280 ) (0.316 ) (0.560 ) (0.408 )
Net realized gain (0.028 ) (0.215 ) (0.129 ) (0.027 )
Total dividends and distributions (0.068 ) (0.323 ) (0.409 ) (0.316 ) (0.560 ) (0.435 )
 
Net asset value, end of period $9.420 $9.840 $9.710 $9.540 $9.280 $7.760
 
Total return3 (3.59% ) 4.69% 6.15% 6.32% 27.34% (8.41% )
 
Ratios and supplemental data:
Net assets, end of period (000 omitted) $153,245 $155,728 $154,778 $159,759 $170,214 $157,185
Ratio of expenses to average net assets 2.00% 2.00% 2.00% 2.00% 1.96% 1.89%
Ratio of expenses to average net assets
       prior to fees waived 2.04% 2.05% 2.09% 2.11% 2.13% 2.12%
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets 1.27% 1.62% 2.36% 3.45% 6.84% 4.73%
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets
       prior to fees waived 1.23% 1.57% 2.27% 3.34% 6.67% 4.50%
Portfolio turnover 145% 208% 211% 273% 134% 158%

1 Ratios have been annualized and total return and portfolio turnover have not been annualized.
2 The average shares outstanding method has been applied for per share information.
3 Total investment return is based on the change in net asset value of a share during the period and assumes reinvestment of dividends and distributions at net asset value and does not reflect the impact of a sales charge. Total investment return during all of the periods shown reflects a waiver by the manager. Performance would have been lower had the waiver not been in effect.

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Optimum Fixed Income Fund Institutional Class

 

Selected data for each share of the Fund outstanding throughout each period were as follows:

Six Months
Ended Year Ended
9/30/131             3/31/13       3/31/12       3/31/11       3/31/10       3/31/09      
(Unaudited)
Net asset value, beginning of period       $9.850       $9.710 $9.550 $9.290 $7.740 $8.920
 
Income (loss) from investment operations:
Net investment income2 0.109 0.260 0.327 0.424 0.692 0.479
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) (0.416 ) 0.301 0.338 0.247 1.484 (1.141 )
Total from investment operations (0.307 ) 0.561 0.665 0.671 2.176 (0.662 )
 
Less dividends and distributions from:
Net investment income (0.065 ) (0.206 ) (0.376 ) (0.411 ) (0.626 ) (0.491 )
Net realized gain (0.028 ) (0.215 ) (0.129 ) (0.027 )
Total dividends and distributions (0.093 ) (0.421 ) (0.505 ) (0.411 ) (0.626 ) (0.518 )
 
Net asset value, end of period $9.450 $9.850 $9.710 $9.550 $9.290 $7.740
 
Total return3 (3.13% ) 5.72% 7.20% 7.39% 28.73% (7.51% )
 
Ratios and supplemental data:
Net assets, end of period (000 omitted) $1,347,290 $1,297,154 $1,014,595 $791,984 $579,694 $434,285
Ratio of expenses to average net assets 1.00% 1.00% 1.00% 1.00% 0.96% 0.89%
Ratio of expenses to average net assets
       prior to fees waived 1.04% 1.05% 1.09% 1.11% 1.13% 1.12%
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets 2.27% 2.62% 3.36% 4.45% 7.84% 5.73%
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets
       prior to fees waived 2.23% 2.57% 3.27% 4.34% 7.67% 5.50%
Portfolio turnover 145% 208% 211% 273% 134% 158%

1 Ratios have been annualized and total return and portfolio turnover have not been annualized.
2 The average shares outstanding method has been applied for per share information.
3 Total investment return is based on the change in net asset value of a share during the period and assumes reinvestment of dividends and distributions at net asset value. Total investment return during all of the periods shown reflects a waiver by the manager. Performance would have been lower had the waiver not been in effect.

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Financial highlights

Optimum International Fund Class A

 

Selected data for each share of the Fund outstanding throughout each period were as follows:

Six Months
Ended Year Ended
9/30/131             3/31/13       3/31/12       3/31/11       3/31/10       3/31/09      
(Unaudited)
Net asset value, beginning of period     $10.970     $10.420 $11.200 $10.340 $7.010 $13.840
 
Income (loss) from investment operations:
Net investment income2 0.116 0.185 0.192 0.129 0.124 0.280
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) 0.813 0.620 (0.790 ) 0.887 3.366 (6.557 )
Total from investment operations 0.929 0.805 (0.598 ) 1.016 3.490 (6.277 )
 
Less dividends and distributions from:
Net investment income (0.059 ) (0.255 ) (0.182 ) (0.156 ) (0.160 ) (0.326 )
Net realized gain (0.227 )
Total dividends and distributions (0.059 ) (0.255 ) (0.182 ) (0.156 ) (0.160 ) (0.553 )
 
Net asset value, end of period $11.840 $10.970 $10.420 $11.200 $10.340 $7.010
 
Total return3 8.40% 8.10% (5.30% ) 10.19% 50.29% (46.64% )
 
Ratios and supplemental data:
Net assets, end of period (000 omitted) $10,548 $9,553 $9,318 $11,189 $12,082 $9,578
Ratio of expenses to average net assets 1.74% 1.75% 1.75% 1.75% 1.75% 1.77%
Ratio of expenses to average net assets
       prior to fees waived 1.75% 1.84% 1.84% 1.88% 1.94% 1.86%
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets 2.02% 1.81% 1.84% 1.26% 1.30% 2.66%
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets
       prior to fees waived 2.01% 1.72% 1.75% 1.13% 1.11% 2.57%
Portfolio turnover 47% 70% 50% 95% 91% 58%

1 Ratios have been annualized and total return and portfolio turnover have not been annualized.
2 The average shares outstanding method has been applied for per share information.
3 Total investment return is based on the change in net asset value of a share during the period and assumes reinvestment of dividends and distributions at net asset value and does not reflect the impact of a sales charge. Total investment return during all of the periods shown reflects a waiver by the manager. Performance would have been lower had the waiver not been in effect.

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Optimum International Fund Class B

 

Selected data for each share of the Fund outstanding throughout each period were as follows:

Six Months
Ended Year Ended
9/30/131             3/31/13       3/31/12       3/31/11       3/31/10       3/31/09      
(Unaudited)
Net asset value, beginning of period     $10.760     $10.220 $10.940 $10.100 $6.880 $13.580
 
Income (loss) from investment operations:
Net investment income2 0.112 0.115 0.122 0.061 0.064 0.213
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) 0.791 0.617 (0.773 ) 0.875 3.304 (6.436 )
Total from investment operations 0.903 0.732 (0.651 ) 0.936 3.368 (6.223 )
 
Less dividends and distributions from:
Net investment income (0.043 ) (0.192 ) (0.069 ) (0.096 ) (0.148 ) (0.250 )
Net realized gain (0.227 )
Total dividends and distributions (0.043 ) (0.192 ) (0.069 ) (0.096 ) (0.148 ) (0.477 )
 
Net asset value, end of period $11.620 $10.760 $10.220 $10.940 $10.100 $6.880
 
Total return3 8.42% 7.38% (5.94% ) 9.49% 49.42% (47.02% )
 
Ratios and supplemental data:
Net assets, end of period (000 omitted) $299 $412 $1,139 $1,868 $2,243 $1,764
Ratio of expenses to average net assets 1.78% 2.40% 2.40% 2.40% 2.40% 2.42%
Ratio of expenses to average net assets
       prior to fees waived 2.40% 2.49% 2.49% 2.53% 2.59% 2.51%
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets 1.98% 1.16% 1.19% 0.61% 0.65% 2.01%
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets
       prior to fees waived 1.36% 1.07% 1.10% 0.48% 0.46% 1.92%
Portfolio turnover 47% 70% 50% 95% 91% 58%

1 Ratios have been annualized and total return and portfolio turnover have not been annualized.
2 The average shares outstanding method has been applied for per share information.
3 Total investment return is based on the change in net asset value of a share during the period and assumes reinvestment of dividends and distributions at net asset value and does not reflect the impact of a sales charge. Total investment return during all of the periods shown reflects waivers by the manager and/or distributor. Performance would have been lower had the waivers not been in effect.

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Financial highlights

Optimum International Fund Class C

 

Selected data for each share of the Fund outstanding throughout each period were as follows:

Six Months
Ended Year Ended
9/30/131 3/31/13 3/31/12 3/31/11 3/31/10 3/31/09
(Unaudited)
Net asset value, beginning of period     $10.760                 $10.230       $10.950       $10.100       $6.890       $13.590      
 
Income (loss) from investment operations:
Net investment income2 0.077 0.116 0.122 0.061 0.064 0.213
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) 0.796 0.606 (0.773 ) 0.885 3.294 (6.436 )
Total from investment operations 0.873 0.722 (0.651 ) 0.946 3.358 (6.223 )
 
Less dividends and distributions from:
Net investment income (0.043 ) (0.192 ) (0.069 ) (0.096 ) (0.148 ) (0.250 )
Net realized gain (0.227 )
Total dividends and distributions (0.043 ) (0.192 ) (0.069 ) (0.096 ) (0.148 ) (0.477 )
 
Net asset value, end of period $11.590 $10.760 $10.230 $10.950 $10.100 $6.890
 
Total return3 8.04% 7.37% (5.94% ) 9.59% 49.20% (46.98% )
 
Ratios and supplemental data:
Net assets, end of period (000 omitted) $35,140 $32,064 $32,995 $39,762 $43,260 $34,520
Ratio of expenses to average net assets 2.39% 2.40% 2.40% 2.40% 2.40% 2.42%
Ratio of expenses to average net assets
       prior to fees waived 2.40% 2.49% 2.49% 2.53% 2.59% 2.51%
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets 1.37% 1.16% 1.19% 0.61% 0.65% 2.01%
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets
       prior to fees waived 1.36% 1.07% 1.10% 0.48% 0.46% 1.92%
Portfolio turnover 47% 70% 50% 95% 91% 58%

1 Ratios have been annualized and total return and portfolio turnover have not been annualized.
2 The average shares outstanding method has been applied for per share information.
3 Total investment return is based on the change in net asset value of a share during the period and assumes reinvestment of dividends and distributions at net asset value and does not reflect the impact of a sales charge. Total investment return during all of the periods shown reflects a waiver by the manager. Performance would have been lower had the waiver not been in effect.

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

66



Optimum International Fund Institutional Class

 

Selected data for each share of the Fund outstanding throughout each period were as follows:

Six Months
Ended Year Ended
9/30/131 3/31/13 3/31/12 3/31/11 3/31/10 3/31/09
(Unaudited)
Net asset value, beginning of period     $11.050                 $10.490       $11.300       $10.430       $7.050       $13.940      
 
Income (loss) from investment operations:
Net investment income2 0.137 0.223 0.229 0.168 0.157 0.317
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) 0.812 0.627 (0.793 ) 0.887 3.393 (6.611 )
Total from investment operations 0.949 0.850 (0.564 ) 1.055 3.550 (6.294 )
 
Less dividends and distributions from:
Net investment income (0.069 ) (0.290 ) (0.246 ) (0.185 ) (0.170 ) (0.369 )
Net realized gain (0.227 )
Total dividends and distributions (0.069 ) (0.290 ) (0.246 ) (0.185 ) (0.170 ) (0.596 )
 
Net asset value, end of period $11.930 $11.050 $10.490 $11.300 $10.430 $7.050
 
Total return3 8.63% 8.41% (4.93% ) 10.55% 50.88% (46.49% )
 
Ratios and supplemental data:
Net assets, end of period (000 omitted) $501,766 $426,258 $252,539 $226,512 $146,156 $79,430
Ratio of expenses to average net assets 1.39% 1.40% 1.40% 1.40% 1.40% 1.42%
Ratio of expenses to average net assets
       prior to fees waived 1.40% 1.49% 1.49% 1.53% 1.59% 1.51%
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets 2.37% 2.16% 2.19% 1.61% 1.65% 3.01%
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets
       prior to fees waived 2.36% 2.07% 2.10% 1.48% 1.46% 2.92%
Portfolio turnover 47% 70% 50% 95% 91% 58%

1 Ratios have been annualized and total return and portfolio turnover have not been annualized.
2 The average shares outstanding method has been applied for per share information.
3 Total investment return is based on the change in net asset value of a share during the period and assumes reinvestment of dividends and distributions at net asset value. Total investment return during all of the periods shown reflects a waiver by the manager. Performance would have been lower had the waiver not been in effect.

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Financial highlights

Optimum Large Cap Growth Fund Class A

 

Selected data for each share of the Fund outstanding throughout each period were as follows:

Six Months
Ended Year Ended
9/30/131 3/31/13 3/31/12 3/31/11 3/31/10 3/31/09
(Unaudited)
Net asset value, beginning of period     $14.530                 $13.480       $12.430       $10.640       $6.990       $11.220      
 
Income (loss) from investment operations:
Net investment income (loss)2 (0.043 ) 0.014 (0.040 ) (0.062 ) (0.025 ) (0.001 )
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) 1.829 1.042 1.090 1.852 3.675 (4.229 )
Total from investment operations 1.786 1.056 1.050 1.790 3.650 (4.230 )
 
Less dividends and distributions from:
Net investment income (0.006 )
Net realized gain (0.256 )
Total dividends and distributions (0.256 ) (0.006 )
 
Net asset value, end of period $16.060 $14.530 $13.480 $12.430 $10.640 $6.990
 
Total return3 12.53% 7.76% 8.45% 16.82% 52.22% (37.70% )
 
Ratios and supplemental data:
Net assets, end of period (000 omitted) $37,252 $34,182 $34,170 $35,359 $36,288 $28,347
Ratio of expenses to average net assets 1.60% 1.60% 1.61% 1.61% 1.61% 1.61%
Ratio of expenses to average net assets
       prior to fees waived 1.61% 1.63% 1.64% 1.64% 1.66% 1.64%
Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets (0.57% ) 0.10% (0.34% ) (0.57% ) (0.28% ) (0.01% )
Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets
       prior to fees waived (0.58% ) 0.07% (0.37% ) (0.60% ) (0.33% ) (0.04% )
Portfolio turnover 62% 102% 89% 117% 145% 164%

1 Ratios have been annualized and total return and portfolio turnover have not been annualized.
2 The average shares outstanding method has been applied for per share information.
3 Total investment return is based on the change in net asset value of a share during the period and assumes reinvestment of dividends and distributions at net asset value and does not reflect the impact of a sales charge. Total investment return during all of the periods shown reflects a waiver by the manager. Performance would have been lower had the waiver not been in effect.

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

68



Optimum Large Cap Growth Fund Class B

 

Selected data for each share of the Fund outstanding throughout each period were as follows:

Six Months
Ended Year Ended
      9/30/131             3/31/13       3/31/12       3/31/11       3/31/10       3/31/09      
(Unaudited)
Net asset value, beginning of period      $13.630      $12.730 $11.820 $10.180 $6.730 $10.870
 
Income (loss) from investment operations:    
Net investment loss2 (0.086 )   (0.068 ) (0.112 ) (0.127 )   (0.081 ) (0.059 )
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) 1.722 0.968     1.022   1.767 3.531     (4.081 )
Total from investment operations 1.636 0.900 0.910   1.640   3.450 (4.140 )
 
Less dividends and distributions from:  
Net realized gain (0.256 )
Total dividends and distributions (0.256 )
 
Net asset value, end of period $15.010 $13.630 $12.730 $11.820 $10.180 $6.730
 
Total return3 12.17% 7.07% 7.70% 16.11% 51.26% (38.09% )
 
Ratios and supplemental data:
Net assets, end of period (000 omitted) $1,095 $1,447 $3,628 $5,381 $6,135 $4,780
Ratio of expenses to average net assets 2.25% 2.25% 2.26% 2.26% 2.26% 2.26%
Ratio of expenses to average net assets
       prior to fees waived 2.26% 2.28% 2.29% 2.29% 2.31% 2.29%
Ratio of net investment loss to average net assets (1.22% ) (0.55% ) (0.99% ) (1.22% ) (0.93% ) (0.66% )
Ratio of net investment loss to average net assets
       prior to fees waived (1.23% ) (0.58% ) (1.02% ) (1.25% ) (0.98% ) (0.69% )
Portfolio turnover 62% 102% 89% 117% 145% 164%

1 Ratios have been annualized and total return and portfolio turnover have not been annualized.
2 The average shares outstanding method has been applied for per share information.
3 Total investment return is based on the change in net asset value of a share during the period and assumes reinvestment of dividends and distributions at net asset value and does not reflect the impact of a sales charge. Total investment return during all of the periods shown reflects a waiver by the manager. Performance would have been lower had the waiver not been in effect.

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Financial highlights

Optimum Large Cap Growth Fund Class C


Selected data for each share of the Fund outstanding throughout each period were as follows:

Six Months
Ended Year Ended
      9/30/131             3/31/13       3/31/12       3/31/11       3/31/10       3/31/09      
(Unaudited)
Net asset value, beginning of period       $13.630     $12.720 $11.820 $10.180 $6.730 $10.870
 
Income (loss) from investment operations:  
Net investment loss2   (0.086 ) (0.069 ) (0.112 ) (0.127 ) (0.081 ) (0.059 )
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) 1.722 0.979 1.012 1.767 3.531 (4.081 )
Total from investment operations 1.636 0.910 0.900 1.640 3.450 (4.140 )
 
Less dividends and distributions from:
Net realized gain (0.256 )
Total dividends and distributions (0.256 )
 
Net asset value, end of period $15.010 $13.630 $12.720 $11.820 $10.180 $6.730
 
Total return3 12.17% 7.15% 7.61% 16.11% 51.26% (38.09% )
 
Ratios and supplemental data:
Net assets, end of period (000 omitted) $122,918 $115,242 $120,183 $128,256 $132,242 $102,233
Ratio of expenses to average net assets 2.25% 2.25% 2.26% 2.26% 2.26% 2.26%
Ratio of expenses to average net assets
       prior to fees waived 2.26% 2.28% 2.29% 2.29% 2.31% 2.29%
Ratio of net investment loss to average net assets (1.22% ) (0.55% ) (0.99% ) (1.22% ) (0.93% ) (0.66% )
Ratio of net investment loss to average net assets
       prior to fees waived (1.23% ) (0.58% ) (1.02% ) (1.25% ) (0.98% ) (0.69% )
Portfolio turnover 62% 102% 89% 117% 145% 164%

1 Ratios have been annualized and total return and portfolio turnover have not been annualized.
2 The average shares outstanding method has been applied for per share information.
3 Total investment return is based on the change in net asset value of a share during the period and assumes reinvestment of dividends and distributions at net asset value and does not reflect the impact of a sales charge. Total investment return during all of the periods shown reflects a waiver by the manager. Performance would have been lower had the waiver not been in effect.

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

70



Optimum Large Cap Growth Fund Institutional Class

 

Selected data for each share of the Fund outstanding throughout each period were as follows:

Six Months
Ended Year Ended
      9/30/131             3/31/13       3/31/12       3/31/11       3/31/10       3/31/09      
(Unaudited)
Net asset value, beginning of period      $14.970      $13.880 $12.760 $10.880 $7.130 $11.410
 
Income (loss) from investment operations:
Net investment income (loss)2     (0.017 ) 0.062 0.002 (0.025 ) 0.007 0.032
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) 1.896 1.068 1.118 1.905 3.758 (4.312 )
Total from investment operations 1.879 1.130 1.120 1.880 3.765 (4.280 )
 
Less dividends and distributions from:
Net investment income (0.003 ) (0.040 ) (0.015 )
Net realized gain (0.256 )
Total dividends and distributions (0.259 ) (0.040 ) (0.015 )
 
Net asset value, end of period $16.590 $14.970 $13.880 $12.760 $10.880 $7.130
 
Total return3 12.71% 8.25% 8.78% 17.28% 52.87% (37.51% )
 
Ratios and supplemental data:
Net assets, end of period (000 omitted) $867,345 $728,104 $650,869 $587,141 $532,282 $402,574
Ratio of expenses to average net assets 1.25% 1.25% 1.26% 1.26% 1.26% 1.26%
Ratio of expenses to average net assets
       prior to fees waived 1.26% 1.28% 1.29% 1.29% 1.31% 1.29%
Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets (0.22% ) 0.45% 0.01% (0.22% ) 0.07% 0.34%
Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets
       prior to fees waived (0.23% ) 0.42% (0.02% ) (0.25% ) 0.02% 0.31%
Portfolio turnover 62% 102% 89% 117% 145% 164%

1 Ratios have been annualized and total return and portfolio turnover have not been annualized.
2 The average shares outstanding method has been applied for per share information.
3 Total investment return is based on the change in net asset value of a share during the period and assumes reinvestment of dividends and distributions at net asset value. Total investment return during all of the periods shown reflects a waiver by the manager. Performance would have been lower had the waiver not been in effect.

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Financial highlights

Optimum Large Cap Value Fund Class A

 

Selected data for each share of the Fund outstanding throughout each period were as follows:

Six Months
Ended Year Ended
      9/30/131             3/31/13       3/31/12       3/31/11       3/31/10       3/31/09      
(Unaudited)
Net asset value, beginning of period        $12.900      $11.750 $11.060 $9.830 $6.710 $11.170
 
Income (loss) from investment operations:
Net investment income2 0.054 0.173 0.133 0.075 0.118 0.165
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) 0.824 1.259 0.635 1.274 3.181 (4.453 )
Total from investment operations 0.878 1.432 0.768 1.349 3.299 (4.288 )
 
Less dividends and distributions from:
Net investment income (0.018 ) (0.282 ) (0.078 ) (0.119 ) (0.179 ) (0.029 )
Net realized gain (0.143 )
Total dividends and distributions (0.018 ) (0.282 ) (0.078 ) (0.119 ) (0.179 ) (0.172 )
 
Net asset value, end of period $13.760 $12.900 $11.750 $11.060 $9.830 $6.710
 
Total return3 6.89% 12.48% 7.01% 14.00% 49.92% (38.97% )
 
Ratios and supplemental data:
Net assets, end of period (000 omitted) $34,309 $32,995 $31,478 $33,892 $34,167 $26,901
Ratio of expenses to average net assets 1.56% 1.57% 1.57% 1.59% 1.58% 1.54%
Ratio of expenses to average net assets
       prior to fees waived 1.57% 1.59% 1.60% 1.61% 1.62% 1.60%
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets 0.81% 1.48% 1.25% 0.77% 1.38% 1.82%
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets
       prior to fees waived 0.80% 1.46% 1.22% 0.75% 1.34% 1.76%
Portfolio turnover 20% 49% 57% 82% 28% 37%

1 Ratios have been annualized and total return and portfolio turnover have not been annualized.
2 The average shares outstanding method has been applied for per share information.
3 Total investment return is based on the change in net asset value of a share during the period and assumes reinvestment of dividends and distributions at net asset value and does not reflect the impact of a sales charge. Total investment return during all of the periods shown reflects a waiver by the manager. Performance would have been lower had the waiver not been in effect.

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

72



Optimum Large Cap Value Fund Class B

 

Selected data for each share of the Fund outstanding throughout each period were as follows:

Six Months
Ended Year Ended
      9/30/131             3/31/13       3/31/12       3/31/11       3/31/10       3/31/09      
(Unaudited)
Net asset value, beginning of period       $12.790       $11.600 $10.930 $9.720 $6.630 $11.090
 
Income (loss) from investment operations:  
Net investment income2   0.011 0.095 0.063 0.012 0.063 0.106
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) 0.819 1.255 0.622 1.262 3.147 (4.413 )
Total from investment operations 0.830 1.350 0.685 1.274 3.210 (4.307 )
 
Less dividends and distributions from:
Net investment income (0.160 ) (0.015 ) (0.064 ) (0.120 ) (0.010 )
Net realized gain (0.143 )
Total dividends and distributions (0.160 ) (0.015 ) (0.064 ) (0.120 ) (0.153 )
 
Net asset value, end of period $13.620 $12.790 $11.600 $10.930 $9.720 $6.630
 
Total return3 6.49% 11.84% 6.28% 13.25% 48.92% (39.37% )
 
Ratios and supplemental data:
Net assets, end of period (000 omitted) $994 $1,425 $3,478 $5,135 $5,943 $4,664
Ratio of expenses to average net assets 2.21% 2.22% 2.22% 2.24% 2.23% 2.19%
Ratio of expenses to average net assets
       prior to fees waived 2.22% 2.24% 2.25% 2.26% 2.27% 2.25%
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets 0.16% 0.83% 0.60% 0.12% 0.73% 1.17%
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets
       prior to fees waived 0.15% 0.81% 0.57% 0.10% 0.69% 1.11%
Portfolio turnover 20% 49% 57% 82% 28% 37%

1 Ratios have been annualized and total return and portfolio turnover have not been annualized.
2 The average shares outstanding method has been applied for per share information.
3 Total investment return is based on the change in net asset value of a share during the period and assumes reinvestment of dividends and distributions at net asset value and does not reflect the impact of a sales charge. Total investment return during all of the periods shown reflects a waiver by the manager. Performance would have been lower had the waiver not been in effect.

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Financial highlights

Optimum Large Cap Value Fund Class C

 

Selected data for each share of the Fund outstanding throughout each period were as follows:

Six Months
Ended Year Ended
      9/30/131             3/31/13       3/31/12       3/31/11       3/31/10       3/31/09      
(Unaudited)
Net asset value, beginning of period      $12.780      $11.590 $10.930 $9.710 $6.630 $11.080
 
Income (loss) from investment operations:  
Net investment income2   0.011 0.096 0.063 0.012 0.063 0.106
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) 0.819 1.254 0.612 1.272 3.137 (4.403 )
Total from investment operations 0.830 1.350 0.675 1.284 3.200 (4.297 )
 
Less dividends and distributions from:
Net investment income (0.160 ) (0.015 ) (0.064 ) (0.120 ) (0.010 )
Net realized gain (0.143 )
Total dividends and distributions (0.160 ) (0.015 ) (0.064 ) (0.120 ) (0.153 )
 
Net asset value, end of period $13.610 $12.780 $11.590 $10.930 $9.710 $6.630
 
Total return3 6.49% 11.85% 6.19% 13.37% 48.76% (39.31% )
 
Ratios and supplemental data:
Net assets, end of period (000 omitted) $114,261 $111,806 $111,557 $119,899 $125,961 $98,881
Ratio of expenses to average net assets 2.21% 2.22% 2.22% 2.24% 2.23% 2.19%
Ratio of expenses to average net assets
       prior to fees waived 2.22% 2.24% 2.25% 2.26% 2.27% 2.25%
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets 0.16% 0.83% 0.60% 0.12% 0.73% 1.17%
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets
       prior to fees waived 0.15% 0.81% 0.57% 0.10% 0.69% 1.11%
Portfolio turnover 20% 49% 57% 82% 28% 37%

1 Ratios have been annualized and total return and portfolio turnover have not been annualized.
2 The average shares outstanding method has been applied for per share information.
3 Total investment return is based on the change in net asset value of a share during the period and assumes reinvestment of dividends and distributions at net asset value and does not reflect the impact of a sales charge. Total investment return during all of the periods shown reflects a waiver by the manager. Performance would have been lower had the waiver not been in effect.

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

74



Optimum Large Cap Value Fund Institutional Class

 

Selected data for each share of the Fund outstanding throughout each period were as follows:

Six Months
Ended Year Ended
      9/30/131             3/31/13       3/31/12       3/31/11       3/31/10       3/31/09      
(Unaudited)
Net asset value, beginning of period      $12.920      $11.800 $11.110 $9.870 $6.740 $11.190
 
Income (loss) from investment operations:  
Net investment income2   0.078 0.214 0.171 0.110 0.148 0.197
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) 0.831 1.255 0.631 1.279 3.193 (4.465 )
Total from investment operations 0.909 1.469 0.802 1.389 3.341 (4.268 )
 
Less dividends and distributions from:
Net investment income (0.029 ) (0.349 ) (0.112 ) (0.149 ) (0.211 ) (0.039 )
Net realized gain (0.143 )
Total dividends and distributions (0.029 ) (0.349 ) (0.112 ) (0.149 ) (0.211 ) (0.182 )
 
Net asset value, end of period $13.800 $12.920 $11.800 $11.110 $9.870 $6.740
 
Total return3 7.04% 12.92% 7.32% 14.42% 50.47% (38.76% )
 
Ratios and supplemental data:
Net assets, end of period (000 omitted) $827,565 $730,785 $617,485 $550,313 $480,762 $358,559
Ratio of expenses to average net assets 1.21% 1.22% 1.22% 1.24% 1.23% 1.19%
Ratio of expenses to average net assets
       prior to fees waived 1.22% 1.24% 1.25% 1.26% 1.27% 1.25%
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets 1.16% 1.83% 1.60% 1.12% 1.73% 2.17%
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets
       prior to fees waived 1.15% 1.81% 1.57% 1.10% 1.69% 2.11%
Portfolio turnover 20% 49% 57% 82% 28% 37%

1 Ratios have been annualized and total return and portfolio turnover have not been annualized.
2 The average shares outstanding method has been applied for per share information.
3 Total investment return is based on the change in net asset value of a share during the period and assumes reinvestment of dividends and distributions at net asset value. Total investment return during all of the periods shown reflects a waiver by the manager. Performance would have been lower had the waiver not been in effect.

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Financial highlights

Optimum Small-Mid Cap Growth Fund Class A

 

Selected data for each share of the Fund outstanding throughout each period were as follows:

Six Months
Ended Year Ended
      9/30/131             3/31/13       3/31/12       3/31/11       3/31/10       3/31/09      
(Unaudited)
Net asset value, beginning of period   $14.260 $13.000 $13.900 $11.150 $6.760 $11.280
 
Income (loss) from investment operations:  
Net investment loss2 (0.084 ) (0.079 ) (0.169 ) (0.149 ) (0.123 ) (0.092 )
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) 1.952 1.653 0.064 2.899 4.513 (4.428 )
Total from investment operations 1.868 1.574 (0.105 ) 2.750 4.390 (4.520 )
 
Less dividends and distributions from:
Net realized gain (0.828 ) (0.314 ) (0.795 )
Total dividends and distributions (0.828 ) (0.314 ) (0.795 )
 
Net asset value, end of period $15.300 $14.260 $13.000 $13.900 $11.150 $6.760
 
Total return3 13.82% 12.50% 0.33% 24.66% 64.94% (40.07% )
 
Ratios and supplemental data:
Net assets, end of period (000 omitted) $7,112 $6,415 $5,989 $6,866 $6,736 $4,814
Ratio of expenses to average net assets 1.80% 1.86% 1.90% 1.90% 1.90% 1.90%
Ratio of expenses to average net assets
       prior to fees waived 2.02% 2.05% 2.06% 2.07% 2.10% 2.26%
Ratio of net investment loss to average net assets (1.16% ) (0.62% ) (1.34% ) (1.29% ) (1.30% ) (0.96% )
Ratio of net investment loss to average net assets
       prior to fees waived (1.38% ) (0.81% ) (1.50% ) (1.46% ) (1.50% ) (1.32% )
Portfolio turnover 32% 78% 82% 86% 100% 119%

1 Ratios have been annualized and total return and portfolio turnover have not been annualized.
2 The average shares outstanding method has been applied for per share information.
3 Total investment return is based on the change in net asset value of a share during the period and assumes reinvestment of dividends and distributions at net asset value and does not reflect the impact of a sales charge. Total investment return during all of the periods shown reflects a waiver by the manager. Performance would have been lower had the waiver not been in effect.

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Optimum Small-Mid Cap Growth Fund Class B



Selected data for each share of the Fund outstanding throughout each period were as follows:

Six Months
Ended Year Ended  
      9/30/131             3/31/13       3/31/12       3/31/11       3/31/10       3/31/09      
(Unaudited)
Net asset value, beginning of period        $13.290        $12.220 $13.200 $10.660   $6.510   $10.930  
 
Income (loss) from investment operations:
Net investment loss2 (0.073 ) (0.145 ) (0.238 ) (0.213 ) (0.179 ) (0.152 )
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) 1.821 1.529 0.053 2.753 4.329 (4.268 )
Total from investment operations 1.748 1.384 (0.185 ) 2.540 4.150 (4.420 )
 
Less dividends and distributions from:  
Net realized gain (0.828 ) (0.314 ) (0.795 )
Total dividends and distributions (0.828 ) (0.314 ) (0.795 )
 
Net asset value, end of period $14.210   $13.290 $12.220 $13.200 $10.660 $6.510
 
Total return3 13.84% 11.82% (0.28% ) 23.83% 63.75% (40.44% )
 
Ratios and supplemental data:
Net assets, end of period (000 omitted) $195 $261 $661 $1,063 $1,143 $807
Ratio of expenses to average net assets 1.72% 2.47% 2.55% 2.55% 2.55% 2.55%
Ratio of expenses to average net assets
       prior to fees waived 2.69% 2.70% 2.71% 2.72% 2.75% 2.91%
Ratio of net investment loss to average net assets (1.08% ) (1.23% ) (1.99% ) (1.94% ) (1.95% ) (1.61% )
Ratio of net investment loss to average net assets
       prior to fees waived (2.05% ) (1.46% ) (2.15% ) (2.11% ) (2.15% ) (1.97% )
Portfolio turnover 32% 78% 82% 86% 100% 119%

Ratios have been annualized and total return and portfolio turnover have not been annualized. 
The average shares outstanding method has been applied for per share information.
Total investment return is based on the change in net asset value of a share during the period and assumes reinvestment of dividends and distributions at net asset value and does not reflect the impact of a sales charge. Total investment return during all of the periods shown reflects waivers by the manager and/or distributor. Performance would have been lower had the waivers not been in effect.

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Financial highlights

Optimum Small-Mid Cap Growth Fund Class C



Selected data for each share of the Fund outstanding throughout each period were as follows:

Six Months
Ended Year Ended  
      9/30/131             3/31/13       3/31/12       3/31/11       3/31/10       3/31/09      
(Unaudited)
Net asset value, beginning of period        $13.280        $12.220 $13.200 $10.660 $6.510 $10.930
 
Income (loss) from investment operations:
Net investment loss2 (0.124 ) (0.151 ) (0.237 ) (0.213 ) (0.179 ) (0.152 )
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) 1.822 1.525 0.052 2.753 4.329 (4.268 )
Total from investment operations 1.698 1.374 (0.185 ) 2.540 4.150 (4.420 )
 
Less dividends and distributions from:
Net realized gain (0.828 ) (0.314 ) (0.795 )
Total dividends and distributions (0.828 ) (0.314 ) (0.795 )
 
Net asset value, end of period $14.150 $13.280 $12.220 $13.200 $10.660 $6.510
 
Total return3 13.46% 11.73% (0.27% ) 23.83% 63.75% (40.44% )
 
Ratios and supplemental data:
Net assets, end of period (000 omitted) $22,476 $20,921 $20,992 $24,337 $23,824 $16,863
Ratio of expenses to average net assets 2.47% 2.51% 2.55% 2.55% 2.55% 2.55%
Ratio of expenses to average net assets
       prior to fees waived 2.69% 2.70% 2.71% 2.72% 2.75% 2.91%
Ratio of net investment loss to average net assets (1.83% ) (1.27% ) (1.99% ) (1.94% ) (1.95% ) (1.61% )
Ratio of net investment loss to average net assets
       prior to fees waived (2.05% ) (1.46% ) (2.15% ) (2.11% ) (2.15% ) (1.97% )
Portfolio turnover 32% 78% 82% 86% 100% 119%

Ratios have been annualized and total return and portfolio turnover have not been annualized.
The average shares outstanding method has been applied for per share information.
Total investment return is based on the change in net asset value of a share during the period and assumes reinvestment of dividends and distributions at net asset value and does not reflect the impact of a sales charge. Total investment return during all of the periods shown reflects a waiver by the manager. Performance would have been lower had the waiver not been in effect.

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Optimum Small-Mid Cap Growth Fund Institutional Class



Selected data for each share of the Fund outstanding throughout each period were as follows:

Six Months
Ended Year Ended  
      9/30/131             3/31/13       3/31/12       3/31/11       3/31/10       3/31/09      
(Unaudited)
Net asset value, beginning of period        $14.780        $13.420 $14.270 $11.410 $6.900 $11.470
 
Income (loss) from investment operations:
Net investment loss2 (0.063 ) (0.036 ) (0.128 ) (0.112 ) (0.091 ) (0.059 )
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) 2.041 1.710 0.073 2.972 4.601 (4.511 )
Total from investment operations 1.978 1.674 (0.055 ) 2.860 4.510 (4.570 )
  
Less dividends and distributions from:
Net realized gain (0.828 ) (0.314 ) (0.795 )
Total dividends and distributions (0.828 ) (0.314 ) (0.795 )
 
Net asset value, end of period $15.930 $14.780 $13.420 $14.270 $11.410 $6.900
 
Total return3 14.01% 12.94% 0.68% 25.07% 65.36% (39.84% )
  
Ratios and supplemental data:
Net assets, end of period (000 omitted) $384,897 $321,441 $321,641 $304,406 $204,843 $53,244
Ratio of expenses to average net assets 1.47% 1.51% 1.55% 1.55% 1.55% 1.55%
Ratio of expenses to average net assets
       prior to fees waived 1.69% 1.70% 1.71% 1.72% 1.75% 1.91%
Ratio of net investment loss to average net assets (0.83% ) (0.27% ) (0.99% ) (0.94% ) (0.95% ) (0.61% )
Ratio of net investment loss to average net assets
       prior to fees waived (1.05% ) (0.46% ) (1.15% ) (1.11% ) (1.15% ) (0.97% )
Portfolio turnover 32% 78% 82% 86% 100% 119%

Ratios have been annualized and total return and portfolio turnover have not been annualized.
The average shares outstanding method has been applied for per share information.
Total investment return is based on the change in net asset value of a share during the period and assumes reinvestment of dividends and distributions at net asset value. Total investment return during all of the periods shown reflects a waiver by the manager. Performance would have been lower had the waiver not been in effect.

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Financial highlights

Optimum Small-Mid Cap Value Fund Class A



Selected data for each share of the Fund outstanding throughout each period were as follows:

Six Months
Ended Year Ended  
      9/30/131             3/31/13       3/31/12       3/31/11       3/31/10       3/31/09      
(Unaudited)
Net asset value, beginning of period        $13.740        $12.590 $12.610 $10.070 $5.690 $10.380
 
Income (loss) from investment operations:
Net investment income (loss)2 (0.039 ) (0.027 ) (0.044 ) (0.062 ) (0.027 ) 0.011
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) 1.507 1.609 0.148 2.602 4.407 (4.683 )
Total from investment operations 1.468 1.582 0.104 2.540 4.380 (4.672 )
 
Less dividends and distributions from:
Net realized gain (0.958 ) (0.432 ) (0.124 ) (0.018 )
Total dividends and distributions (0.958 ) (0.432 ) (0.124 ) (0.018 )
 
Net asset value, end of period $14.250 $13.740 $12.590 $12.610 $10.070 $5.690
 
Total return3 11.27% 13.23% 1.01% 25.22% 76.98% (45.09% )
 
Ratios and supplemental data:
Net assets, end of period (000 omitted) $5,948 $5,711 $5,372 $6,102 $5,918 $4,045
Ratio of expenses to average net assets 1.71% 1.76% 1.79% 1.81% 1.82% 1.75%
Ratio of expenses to average net assets
       prior to fees waived 1.92% 1.98% 1.98% 2.00% 2.13% 2.22%
Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets (0.56% ) (0.22% ) (0.38% ) (0.59% ) (0.32% ) 0.15%
Ratio of net investment loss to average net assets
       prior to fees waived (0.77% ) (0.44% ) (0.57% ) (0.78% ) (0.63% ) (0.32% )
Portfolio turnover 16% 36% 30% 43% 40% 86%

Ratios have been annualized and total return and portfolio turnover have not been annualized.
The average shares outstanding method has been applied for per share information.
Total investment return is based on the change in net asset value of a share during the period and assumes reinvestment of dividends and distributions at net asset value and does not reflect the impact of a sales charge. Total investment return during all of the periods shown reflects a waiver by the manager. Performance would have been lower had the waiver not been in effect.

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Optimum Small-Mid Cap Value Fund Class B



Selected data for each share of the Fund outstanding throughout each period were as follows:

Six Months
Ended Year Ended  
      9/30/131             3/31/13       3/31/12       3/31/11       3/31/10       3/31/09      
(Unaudited)
Net asset value, beginning of period        $12.810        $11.840 $11.940 $9.590 $5.460 $10.030
 
Income (loss) from investment operations:
Net investment loss2 (0.032 ) (0.094 ) (0.113 ) (0.123 ) (0.077 ) (0.042 )
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) 1.400 1.496 0.137 2.473 4.207 (4.510 )
Total from investment operations 1.368 1.402 0.024 2.350 4.130 (4.552 )
 
Less dividends and distributions from:
Net realized gain (0.958 ) (0.432 ) (0.124 ) (0.018 )
Total dividends and distributions (0.958 ) (0.432 ) (0.124 ) (0.018 )
 
Net asset value, end of period $13.220 $12.810 $11.840 $11.940 $9.590 $5.460
 
Total return3 11.32% 12.53% 0.39% 24.50% 75.64% (45.47% )
 
Ratios and supplemental data:
Net assets, end of period (000 omitted) $163 $236 $653 $1,038 $1,114 $731
Ratio of expenses to average net assets 1.65% 2.37% 2.44% 2.46% 2.47% 2.40%
Ratio of expenses to average net assets
       prior to fees waived 2.61% 2.63% 2.63% 2.65% 2.78% 2.87%
Ratio of net investment loss to average net assets (0.50% ) (0.83% ) (1.03% ) (1.24% ) (0.97% ) (0.50% )
Ratio of net investment loss to average net assets
       prior to fees waived (1.46% ) (1.09% ) (1.22% ) (1.43% ) (1.28% ) (0.97% )
Portfolio turnover 16% 36% 30% 43% 40% 86%

Ratios have been annualized and total return and portfolio turnover have not been annualized.
The average shares outstanding method has been applied for per share information.
Total investment return is based on the change in net asset value of a share during the period and assumes reinvestment of dividends and distributions at net asset value and does not reflect the impact of a sales charge. Total investment return during all of the periods shown reflects waivers by the manager and/or distributor. Performance would have been lower had the waivers not been in effect.

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Financial highlights

Optimum Small-Mid Cap Value Fund Class C



Selected data for each share of the Fund outstanding throughout each period were as follows:

Six Months
Ended Year Ended  
      9/30/131             3/31/13       3/31/12       3/31/11       3/31/10       3/31/09      
(Unaudited)
Net asset value, beginning of period        $12.800        $11.830 $11.930 $9.590 $5.460 $10.020
 
Income (loss) from investment operations:
Net investment loss2 (0.080 ) (0.100 ) (0.113 ) (0.124 ) (0.076 ) (0.042 )
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) 1.388 1.502 0.137 2.464 4.206 (4.500 )
Total from investment operations 1.308 1.402 0.024 2.340 4.130 (4.542 )
 
Less dividends and distributions from:
Net realized gain (0.958 ) (0.432 ) (0.124 ) (0.018 )
Total dividends and distributions (0.958 ) (0.432 ) (0.124 ) (0.018 )
 
Net asset value, end of period $13.150 $12.800 $11.830 $11.930 $9.590 $5.460
 
Total return3 10.92% 12.45% 0.39% 24.40% 75.64% (45.42% )
 
Ratios and supplemental data:
Net assets, end of period (000 omitted) $20,613 $20,058 $19,986 $22,797 $22,163 $14,811
Ratio of expenses to average net assets 2.40% 2.41% 2.44% 2.46% 2.47% 2.40%
Ratio of expenses to average net assets
       prior to fees waived 2.61% 2.63% 2.63% 2.65% 2.78% 2.87%
Ratio of net investment loss to average net assets (1.25% ) (0.87% ) (1.03% ) (1.24% ) (0.97% ) (0.50% )
Ratio of net investment loss to average net assets
       prior to fees waived (1.46% ) (1.09% ) (1.22% ) (1.43% ) (1.28% ) (0.97% )
Portfolio turnover 16% 36% 30% 43% 40% 86%

Ratios have been annualized and total return and portfolio turnover have not been annualized.
The average shares outstanding method has been applied for per share information.
Total investment return is based on the change in net asset value of a share during the period and assumes reinvestment of dividends and distributions at net asset value and does not reflect the impact of a sales charge. Total investment return during all of the periods shown reflects a waiver by the manager. Performance would have been lower had the waiver not been in effect.

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Optimum Small-Mid Cap Value Fund Institutional Class



Selected data for each share of the Fund outstanding throughout each period were as follows:

Six Months
Ended Year Ended  
      9/30/131             3/31/13       3/31/12       3/31/11       3/31/10       3/31/09      
(Unaudited)
Net asset value, beginning of period        $14.230        $12.990 $12.960 $10.310 $5.820 $10.580
 
Income (loss) from investment operations:
Net investment income (loss)2 (0.018 ) 0.016 (0.004 ) (0.026 ) 0.002 0.041
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) 1.560 1.661 0.158 2.676 4.505 (4.783 )
Total from investment operations 1.542 1.677 0.154 2.650 4.507 (4.742 )
 
Less dividends and distributions from:
Net investment income (0.004 ) (0.005 ) (0.008 )
Net realized gain (0.958 ) (0.432 ) (0.124 ) (0.018 )
Return of capital (0.009 )
Total dividends and distributions (0.962 ) (0.437 ) (0.124 ) (0.017 ) (0.018 )
 
Net asset value, end of period $14.810 $14.230 $12.990 $12.960 $10.310 $5.820
 
Total return3 11.42% 13.56% 1.37% 25.70% 77.56% (44.90% )
 
Ratios and supplemental data:
Net assets, end of period (000 omitted) $374,989 $318,758 $310,737 $274,495 $161,862 $58,173
Ratio of expenses to average net assets 1.40% 1.41% 1.44% 1.46% 1.47% 1.40%
Ratio of expenses to average net assets
       prior to fees waived 1.61% 1.63% 1.63% 1.65% 1.78% 1.87%
Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets (0.25% ) 0.13% (0.03% ) (0.24% ) 0.03% 0.50%
Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets
       prior to fees waived (0.46% ) (0.09% ) (0.22% ) (0.43% ) (0.28% ) 0.03%
Portfolio turnover 16% 36% 30% 43% 40% 86%

Ratios have been annualized and total return and portfolio turnover have not been annualized.
The average shares outstanding method has been applied for per share information.
Total investment return is based on the change in net asset value of a share during the period and assumes reinvestment of dividends and distributions at net asset value. Total investment return during all of the periods shown reflects a waiver by the manager. Performance would have been lower had the waiver not been in effect.

See accompanying notes, which are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Notes to financial statements

Optimum Fund Trust
September 30, 2013 (Unaudited)

Optimum Fund Trust (Trust) is organized as a Delaware statutory trust and offers six series: Optimum Fixed Income Fund, Optimum International Fund, Optimum Large Cap Growth Fund, Optimum Large Cap Value Fund, Optimum Small-Mid Cap Growth Fund, and Optimum Small-Mid Cap Value Fund, (each, a Fund, or collectively, the Funds). The Trust is an open-end investment company. The Funds are considered diversified under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and offer Class A, Class B, Class C and Institutional Class shares. Class A shares are sold with a maximum front-end sales charge of 4.50% for Optimum Fixed Income Fund and 5.75% for Optimum International Fund, Optimum Large Cap Growth Fund, Optimum Large Cap Value Fund, Optimum Small-Mid Cap Growth Fund and Optimum Small-Mid Cap Value Fund. Class A share purchases of $1,000,000 or more will incur a contingent deferred sales charge (CDSC) of 1.00% if redeemed during the first year and 0.50% during the second year, provided that Delaware Distributors L.P. (DDLP) paid a financial advisor a commission on the purchase of those shares. Class B shares may be purchased only through dividend reinvestment and certain permitted exchanges. Prior to Aug. 1, 2007, Class B shares were sold with a CDSC that declined from 4.00% to zero depending upon the period of time the shares were held. Class B shares will automatically convert to Class A shares on a quarterly basis approximately eight years after purchase. Class C shares are sold with a CDSC of 1.00%, if redeemed during the first twelve months. Institutional Class shares are not subject to a sales charge and are offered for sale exclusively to certain eligible investors.

The investment objective of Optimum Fixed Income Fund is to seek a high level of income. The Fund may also seek growth of capital.

The investment objective of Optimum International Fund is to seek long-term growth of capital. The Fund may also seek income.

The investment objective of Optimum Large Cap Growth Fund is to seek long-term growth of capital.

The investment objective of Optimum Large Cap Value Fund is to seek long-term growth of capital. The Fund may also seek income.

The investment objective of Optimum Small-Mid Cap Growth Fund is to seek long-term growth of capital.

The investment objective of Optimum Small-Mid Cap Value Fund is to seek long-term growth of capital.

1. Significant Accounting Policies

The following accounting policies are in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (U.S. GAAP) and are consistently followed by the Funds.

Security Valuation — Equity securities and exchange-traded funds (ETFs), except those traded on the Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc. (Nasdaq), are valued at the last quoted sales price as of the time of the regular close of the New York Stock Exchange on the valuation date. Securities and ETFs traded on the Nasdaq are valued in accordance with the Nasdaq Official Closing Price, which may not be the last sales price. If on a particular day an equity security or ETF does not trade, then the mean between the bid and ask prices will be used, which approximates fair value. Securities listed on a foreign exchange are normally valued at the last quoted sales price on the valuation date. Debt securities, credit default swap (CDS) contracts, interest rate swap contracts and interest rate swap option (swaptions) contracts are valued based upon valuations provided by an independent pricing service or broker/counterparty and reviewed by management. To the extent current market prices are not available, the pricing service may take into account developments related to the specific security, as well as transactions in comparable securities. Valuations for fixed income securities utilize matrix systems, which reflect such factors as security prices, yields, maturities, and ratings, and are supplemented by dealer and exchange quotations. U.S. government and agency securities are valued at the mean between the bid and ask prices, which approximates fair value. For asset-backed securities, collateralized mortgage obligations, commercial mortgage securities and U.S. government agency mortgage securities, pricing vendors utilize matrix pricing which considers prepayment speed, attributes of the collateral, yield or price of bonds of comparable quality, coupon, maturity and type as well as broker/dealer-supplied prices. Swap prices are derived using daily swap curves and models that incorporate a number of market data factors, such as discounted cash flows, trades and values of the underlying reference instruments. Investment company securities are valued at net asset value per share, as reported by the underlying investment company. Foreign currency exchange contracts and foreign cross currency exchange contracts are valued at the mean between the bid and ask prices, which approximates fair value. Interpolated values are derived when the settlement date of the contract is an interim date for which quotations are not available. Futures contracts and options on futures contracts are valued at the daily quoted settlement prices. Exchange-traded options are valued at the last reported sale price or, if no sales are reported, at the mean between the last reported bid and ask prices, which approximates fair value. Generally, other securities and assets for which market quotations are not readily available are valued at fair value as determined in good faith under the direction of the Funds’ Board of Trustees (Board). In determining whether market quotations are readily available or fair valuation will be used, various factors will be taken into consideration, such as market closures or suspension of trading in a security. Each Fund may use fair value pricing more frequently for securities traded primarily in non-U.S. markets because, among other things, most foreign markets close well before each Fund values its securities, generally as of 4:00 p.m. Eastern time. The earlier close of these foreign markets gives rise to the possibility that significant events, including broad market moves, government actions or pronouncements, aftermarket trading, or news events may have occurred in the interim. To account for this, each Fund may frequently value foreign securities using fair value prices based on third-party vendor modeling tools (international fair value pricing).

Federal & Foreign Income Taxes — No provision for federal income taxes has been made as each Fund intends to continue to qualify for federal income tax purposes as a regulated investment company under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and make the requisite distributions to shareholders. Each Fund evaluates tax positions taken or expected to be taken in the course of preparing each Fund’s tax returns to determine whether the tax positions are “more-likely-than-not” of being sustained by the applicable tax authority. Tax positions not deemed to meet the

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“more-likely-than-not” threshold are recorded as a tax benefit or expense in the current year. Management has analyzed each Fund’s tax positions taken for all open federal income tax years (March 31, 2010–March 31, 2013), and has concluded that no provision for federal income tax is required in each Fund’s financial statements. In regard to foreign taxes only, each Fund has open tax years in certain foreign countries it invests in that may date back to the inception of each Fund.

Class Accounting — Investment income, common expenses and realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments are allocated to the various classes of the Funds on the basis of daily net assets of each class. Distribution expenses relating to a specific class are charged directly to that class.

Repurchase Agreements — Each Fund may purchase certain U.S. government securities subject to the counterparty’s agreement to repurchase them at an agreed upon date and price. The counterparty will be required on a daily basis to maintain the value of the collateral subject to the agreement at not less than the repurchase price (including accrued interest). The agreements are conditioned upon the collateral being deposited under the Federal Reserve book-entry system with each Fund’s custodian or a third-party sub-custodian. In the event of default or bankruptcy by the other party to the agreement, retention of the collateral may be subject to legal proceedings. All open repurchase agreements as of the date of this report were entered into on Sept. 30, 2013.

Reverse Repurchase Agreements — Optimum Fixed Income Fund may enter into reverse repurchase agreements. In a reverse repurchase agreement, the Fund sells securities to a bank or broker/dealer and agrees to repurchase the securities at an agreed upon date and price. The Fund will maintain, in a segregated account, cash, cash equivalents or U.S. government securities in an amount sufficient to cover its obligations under reverse repurchase agreements with broker/dealers (but no collateral is required on reverse repurchase agreements with banks). The Fund will subject its investments in reverse repurchase agreements to the borrowing provisions set forth in the 1940 Act. The use of reverse repurchase agreements by the Fund creates leverage, which increases the Fund’s investment risk. If the income and gains on securities purchased with the proceeds of reverse repurchase agreements exceed the costs of the agreements, the Fund’s earnings or NAV will increase faster than otherwise would be the case; conversely, if the income and gains fail to exceed the costs, earnings or NAV would decline faster than otherwise would be the case. For the six months ended Sept. 30, 2013, Optimum Fixed Income Fund’s average borrowing in reverse repurchase agreements was $3,063,516 and the daily weighted average interest was 0.14%.

To Be Announced Trades (TBA) — Optimum Fixed Income Fund may contract to purchase or sell securities for a fixed price at a transaction date beyond the customary settlement period (e.g., “when issued,” “delayed delivery,” “forward commitment,” or “TBA transactions”) consistent with the Fund’s ability to manage its investment portfolio and meet redemption requests. These transactions involve a commitment by the Fund to purchase or deliver securities for a predetermined price or yield with payment and delivery taking place more than three days in the future, or after a period longer than the customary settlement period for that type of security. No interest will be earned by the Fund on such purchases until the securities are delivered; however, the market value may change prior to delivery.

Foreign Currency Transactions — Transactions denominated in foreign currencies are recorded at the prevailing exchange rates on the valuation date in accordance with each Fund’s prospectus. The value of all assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies is translated daily into U.S. dollars at the exchange rate of such currencies against the U.S. dollar. Transaction gains or losses resulting from changes in exchange rates during the reporting period or upon settlement of the foreign currency transaction are reported in operations for the current period. The Funds generally bifurcate that portion of realized gains and losses on investments in debt securities which is due to changes in foreign exchange rates from that which is due to changes in market prices of debt securities. That portion of gains (losses) is included in the statements of operations under the caption net realized gain (loss) on foreign currencies. For foreign equity securities, these changes are included in net realized and unrealized gain or loss on investments. The Funds report certain foreign currency related transactions as components of realized gains (losses) for financial reporting purposes, whereas such components are treated as ordinary income (loss) for federal income tax purposes.

Use of Estimates — The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the fair value of investments, the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates and the differences could be material.

Other — Expenses directly attributable to each Fund are charged directly to the Fund. Other expenses common to various funds within the Trust are generally allocated among such funds on the basis of average net assets. Management fees and some other expenses are paid monthly. Security transactions are recorded on the date the securities are purchased or sold (trade date) for financial reporting purposes. Costs used in calculating realized gains and losses on the sale of investment securities are those of the specific securities sold. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date and interest income is recorded on the accrual basis. Discounts and premiums on debt securities are amortized to interest income over the lives of the respective securities using the effective interest method. Realized gains (losses) on paydowns of asset- and mortgage-backed securities are classified as interest income. Distributions received from investments in Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) are recorded as dividend income on the ex-dividend date, subject to reclassification upon notice of the character of such distributions by the issuer. Foreign dividends are also recorded on the ex-dividend date or as soon after the ex-dividend date that the Funds are aware of such dividends, net of all tax withholdings, a portion of which may be reclaimable. Withholding taxes and reclaims on foreign dividends and interest have been recorded in accordance with each Fund’s understanding of the applicable country’s tax rules and rates. Each Fund may pay foreign capital gains taxes on certain foreign securities held, which are reported as components of realized losses for financial reporting purposes, whereas such components are treated as ordinary loss for federal income tax purposes. Each Fund declares and pays distributions from net investment income and net realized gain on investments, if any, at least annually, and may distribute more frequently, if necessary for tax purposes. Dividends and distributions, if any, are recorded on the ex-dividend date.

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Notes to financial statements

Optimum Fund Trust

 

1. Significant Accounting Policies (continued)

Each Fund may receive earnings credits from its custodian when positive cash balances are maintained, which are used to offset custody fees. There were no earnings credits for the six months ended Sept. 30, 2013.

Each Fund receives earnings credits from its transfer agent when positive cash balances are maintained, which are used to offset transfer agent fees. If the amount earned is greater than one dollar, the expense paid under this arrangement is included in dividend disbursing and transfer agent fees and expenses and appears on the statements of operations with the corresponding expense offset shown as “expense paid indirectly.” For the six months ended Sept. 30, 2013, each Fund earned the following amounts under this agreement:

Optimum Optimum Optimum Optimum Optimum Optimum
Fixed Income            International            Large Cap            Large Cap            Small-Mid Cap            Small-Mid Cap
Fund Fund Growth Fund Value Fund Growth Fund Value Fund
$195 $196 $208 $208 $205 $207

2. Investment Management, Administration Agreements and Other Transactions with Affiliates

Delaware Management Company (DMC), a series of Delaware Management Business Trust, furnishes investment management services to each Fund and has full discretion and responsibility, subject to the overall supervision of the Trust’s Board, to select and contract with one or more investment sub-advisers to manage the investment operations and composition of each Fund, and to render investment advice for each Fund, including the purchase, retention, and dispositions of investments, securities and cash contained in each Fund. The investment management agreement obligates DMC to implement decisions with respect to the allocation or reallocation of each Fund’s assets among one or more current or additional sub-advisers, and to monitor the sub-advisers’ compliance with the relevant Fund’s investment objective, policies and restrictions. DMC pays the sub-advisers out of its fees.

In accordance with the terms of its respective investment management agreement, DMC is entitled to receive an annual fee equal to the following percentage rates of the average daily net assets of each Fund:

Optimum Fixed Income Fund                                               0.7000% of net assets up to $25 million
0.6500% of net assets from $25 million to $100 million
0.6000% of net assets from $100 million to $500 million
0.5500% of net assets from $500 million to $1 billion
0.5000% of net assets from $1 billion to $2.5 billion
0.4750% of net assets over $2.5 billion
 
Optimum International Fund 0.8750% of net assets up to $50 million
0.8000% of net assets from $50 million to $100 million
0.7800% of net assets from $100 million to $300 million
0.7650% of net assets from $300 million to $400 million
0.7300% of net assets over $400 million
 
Optimum Large Cap Growth Fund 0.8000% of net assets up to $250 million
0.7875% of net assets from $250 million to $300 million
0.7625% of net assets from $300 million to $400 million
0.7375% of net assets from $400 million to $500 million
0.7250% of net assets from $500 million to $1 billion
0.7100% of net assets from $1 billion to $1.5 billion
0.7000% of net assets over $1.5 billion

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Optimum Large Cap Value Fund                                               0.8000% of net assets up to $100 million
0.7375% of net assets from $100 million to $250 million
0.7125% of net assets from $250 million to $500 million
0.6875% of net assets from $500 million to $1 billion
0.6675% of net assets from $1 billion to $1.5 billion
0.6475% of net assets over $1.5 billion
 
Optimum Small-Mid Cap Growth Fund 1.1000% of net assets
 
Optimum Small-Mid Cap Value Fund 1.0500% of net assets up to $75 million
1.0250% of net assets from $75 million to $150 million
1.0000% of net assets over $150 million

DMC has entered into sub-advisory agreements for the Trust as follows: Optimum Fixed Income Fund – Pacific Investment Management Company, LLC (PIMCO); Optimum International Fund – Mondrian Investment Partners Limited (Mondrian) and BlackRock Advisors, LLC (BlackRock); Optimum Large Cap Growth Fund – T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc. (T. Rowe Price) and Fred Alger Management, Inc. (Alger); Optimum Large Cap Value Fund – Massachusetts Financial Services Company (MFS) and Herndon Capital Management, LLC (Herndon); Optimum Small-Mid Cap Growth Fund – Columbia Wanger Asset Management, LLC (Columbia WAM) and Wellington Management Company, LLP (Wellington Management); Optimum Small-Mid Cap Value Fund – The Killen Group, Inc. (Killen), Westwood Management Corp. (Westwood) and The Delafield Group, a division of Tocqueville Asset Management L.P. (Tocqueville). Prior to June 19, 2013, Marsico Capital Management, LLC (Marsico) was also a sub-advisor for Optimum Large Cap Growth Fund.

For the six months ended Sept. 30, 2013, DMC paid the following sub-advisory fees:

Optimum Optimum Optimum Optimum Optimum Optimum
Fixed Income International Large Cap Large Cap Small-Mid Cap Small-Mid Cap
Fund            Fund            Growth Fund            Value Fund            Growth Fund            Value Fund
$922,764 $1,016,645 $1,862,466 $1,469,850 $1,415,748 $1,074,700

DMC has contractually agreed to waive that portion, if any, of its management fee and reimburse each Fund to the extent necessary to ensure that total annual fund operating expenses (excluding any 12b-1 fees, acquired fund fees and expenses, taxes, interest, short sale and dividend interest expenses, brokerage fees, certain insurance costs and nonroutine expenses or costs, including, but not limited to, those relating to reorganizations, litigation, conducting shareholder meetings, and liquidations (collectively, nonroutine expenses)) do not exceed the following percentages of each Fund’s average daily net assets from July 29, 2013 through July 29, 2014. For purposes of these waivers and reimbursements, nonroutine expenses may also include such additional costs and expenses as may be agreed upon from time to time by the Funds’ Board and DMC. These waivers and reimbursements may be terminated only by agreement of DMC and the Funds.

Optimum Optimum Optimum Optimum Optimum Optimum
Fixed Income       International       Large Cap       Large Cap       Small-Mid Cap       Small-Mid Cap
Fund Fund Growth Fund Value Fund Growth Fund Value Fund
Effective July 29, 2013
       operating expense limitation as
       a percentage of average
       daily net assets (per annum) 1.00% 1.40% 1.25% 1.20% 1.43% 1.40%
Effective July 27, 2012
       through July 28, 2013
       operating expense limitation as
       a percentage of average
       daily net assets (per annum) 1.00% 1.40% 1.25% 1.22% 1.50% 1.40%

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Notes to financial statements

Optimum Fund Trust

 

2. Investment Management, Administration Agreements and Other Transactions with Affiliates (continued)

Delaware Service Company, Inc. (DSC), an affiliate of DMC, provides fund accounting oversight services to the Trust. For these services, the Trust pays DSC fees based on the aggregate daily net assets of the Trust at the following annual rate: 0.0050% of the first $3 billion; 0.0045% of the next $2 billion; 0.0040% of the next $2.5 billion; 0.0030% of the next $2.5 billion; and 0.0025% of aggregate average daily net assets in excess of $10 billion. The fees payable to DSC under the service agreement described above are allocated among all Funds in the Trust on a relative net asset value basis. For the six months ended Sept. 30, 2013, each Fund was charged for these services as follows:

Optimum Optimum Optimum Optimum Optimum Optimum
Fixed Income International Large Cap Large Cap Small-Mid Cap Small-Mid Cap
Fund            Fund            Growth Fund            Value Fund            Growth Fund            Value Fund
  $36,663 $12,304 $22,871 $22,558 $9,103 $8,941

DSC also provides the Trust with administrative services including financial and tax reporting, corporate governance, and preparation of materials and reports for the Board. For administrative services, each Fund pays DSC a fee at an annual rate (plus out-of-pocket expenses) of 0.165% of assets up to $500 million of each Fund’s average daily net assets; 0.140% of assets from $500 million to $1 billion; and 0.115% of assets over $1 billion.

DSC also serves as the shareholder servicing, dividend disbursing and transfer agent for each Fund. For these services, the Trust pays DSC a fee at an annual rate of 0.225% of the Trust’s total average daily net assets, subject to certain minimums, plus out-of-pocket expenses. Pursuant to a sub-transfer agency agreement between DSC and BNY Mellon Investment Servicing (US) Inc. (BNYMIS), BNYMIS provides certain sub-transfer agency services to the Funds. Sub-transfer agency fees are passed on to and paid directly by the Funds.

DDLP, an affiliate of DMC, serves as the national distributor of each Fund’s shares pursuant to a Distribution Agreement. Pursuant to the Distribution Agreement and Rule 12b-1 plan, each Fund pays DDLP an annual fee not to exceed 0.35% of the average daily net assets of the Class A shares and 1.00% of the average daily net assets of the Class B and Class C shares. Institutional Class shares pay no distribution expenses. Effective July 29, 2013, DDLP has contractually agreed to waive Class B shares’ 12b-1 fees to 0.25% of average daily net assets through July 29, 2014 for Optimum International Fund, Optimum Small-Mid Cap Growth Fund and Optimum Small-Mid Cap Value Fund. Effective Aug. 1, 2013, DDLP has contractually agreed to waive Class B shares’ 12b-1 fees to 0.25% of average daily net assets through July 31, 2014, for Optimum Fixed Income Fund.

For the six months ended Sept. 30, 2013, DDLP earned commissions on sales of Class A shares for each Fund as follows:

Optimum Optimum Optimum Optimum Optimum Optimum
Fixed Income            International            Large Cap            Large Cap            Small-Mid Cap            Small-Mid Cap
  Fund Fund Growth Fund Value Fund Growth Fund Value Fund
$9,124 $2,507 $10,669 $9,508 $2,399 $1,386

For the six months ended Sept. 30, 2013, DDLP received gross CDSC commissions on redemptions of each Fund’s Class A, Class B and Class C shares respectively, and these commissions were entirely used to offset up-front commissions previously paid by DDLP to broker/dealers on sales of those shares. The amounts received were as follows:

Optimum Optimum Optimum Optimum Optimum Optimum
Fixed Income       International       Large Cap       Large Cap       Small-Mid Cap       Small-Mid Cap
Fund Fund Growth Fund Value Fund Growth Fund Value Fund
Class A        $ 0                $ 0                $ 0              $ 0                 $ 0                     $ 0          
Class B 28 6 171 148 23 3
Class C 6,049 623 2,072 1,994 328 369

DMC, DSC and DDLP are indirect, wholly owned subsidiaries of Delaware Management Holdings, Inc.

Certain officers of DMC, DSC and DDLP are officers and/or Trustees of the Trust. These officers and Trustees are paid no compensation by the Funds.

3. Investments

For the six months ended Sept. 30, 2013, the Funds made purchases and sales of investment securities other than short-term investments as follows:

Optimum Optimum Optimum Optimum Optimum Optimum
Fixed Income International Large Cap Large Cap Small-Mid Cap Small-Mid Cap
Fund Fund Growth Fund Value Fund Growth Fund Value Fund
Purchases other than U.S. government securities $ 1,474,434,920       $ 276,265,084       $ 605,849,168       $ 215,435,203         $ 128,943,904            $ 67,996,523   
Purchases of U.S. government securities 779,684,046
Sales other than U.S. government securities 1,383,348,122 231,552,071 569,976,020 177,721,509 115,671,938 55,421,079
Sales of U.S. government securities 659,398,047

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At Sept. 30, 2013, the cost of investments for federal income tax purposes has been estimated since final tax characteristics cannot be determined until fiscal year end. At Sept. 30, 2013, the cost of investments and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) for each Fund were as follows:

Optimum Optimum Optimum Optimum Optimum Optimum
Fixed Income International Large Cap Large Cap Small-Mid Cap Small-Mid Cap
Fund       Fund       Growth Fund       Value Fund       Growth Fund       Value Fund
Cost of investments $ 1,724,595,381 $ 514,578,451 $ 841,253,982 $ 768,389,133 $ 299,385,291 $ 309,167,465
Aggregate unrealized appreciation $ 43,151,037 $ 73,237,542 $ 193,333,851 $ 229,992,393 $ 120,596,485 $ 99,858,002
Aggregate unrealized depreciation (42,061,066 ) (20,736,883 ) (7,300,500 ) (21,975,461 )   (5,070,119   (3,869,282
Net unrealized appreciation $ 1,089,971 $ 52,500,659 $ 186,033,351 $ 208,016,932 $ 115,526,366 $ 95,988,720

For federal income tax purposes, capital loss carryforwards may be carried forward and applied against future capital gains. The following Funds had capital loss carryforwards remaining at March 31, 2013, which will expire as follows:

Optimum Optimum
Years of International Large Cap
Expiration Fund Value Fund
3/31/17   $       $ 2,058,426
3/31/18 49,949,013 119,028,136
Total $ 49,949,013 $ 121,086,562

On Dec. 22, 2010, the Regulated Investment Company Modernization Act of 2010 (Act) was enacted, which changed various technical rules governing the tax treatment of regulated investment companies. The changes were generally effective for taxable years beginning after the date of enactment. Under the Act, each Fund will be permitted to carry forward capital losses incurred in taxable years beginning after the date of enactment for an unlimited period. However, any losses incurred during those future taxable years will be required to be utilized prior to the losses incurred in pre-enactment taxable years, which carry an expiration date. As a result of this ordering rule, pre-enactment capital loss carryforwards may be more likely to expire unused. Additionally, post-enactment capital loss carryforwards will retain their character as either short-term or long-term capital losses rather than being considered all short-term as permitted under previous regulation. Losses incurred that will be carried forward under the Act are as follows:

Loss carryforward character
Short-term Long-term
Optimum International Fund       $18,734       $4,359,227

At March 31, 2013, Optimum Fixed Income Fund, Optimum Large Cap Growth Fund, Optimum Small-Mid Cap Growth Fund and Optimum Small-Mid Cap Value Fund did not have any capital loss carryforwards outstanding.

U.S. GAAP defines fair value as the price that each Fund would receive to sell an asset or pay to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date under current market conditions. A three-level hierarchy for fair value measurements has been established based upon the transparency of inputs to the valuation of an asset or liability. Inputs may be observable or unobservable and refer broadly to the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability. Observable inputs reflect the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability based on market data obtained from sources independent of the reporting entity. Unobservable inputs reflect the reporting entity’s own assumptions about the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability developed based on the best information available under the circumstances. Each Fund’s investment in its entirety is assigned a level based upon the observability of the inputs which are significant to the overall valuation. The three-level hierarchy of inputs is summarized below.

Level 1 –  inputs are quoted prices in active markets for identical investments (e.g., equity securities, open-end investment companies, futures contracts, exchange-traded options contracts)
   
Level 2 – other observable inputs (including, but not limited to: quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in markets that are active, quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active, inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the assets or liabilities (such as interest rates, yield curves, volatilities, prepayment speeds, loss severities, credit risks and default rates) or other market-corroborated inputs) (e.g., debt securities, government securities, swap contracts, foreign currency exchange contracts, foreign securities utilizing international fair value pricing, broker-quoted securities, fair valued securities)
   
Level 3 – inputs are significant unobservable inputs (including each Fund’s own assumptions used to determine the fair value of investments) (e.g., broker-quoted securities, fair valued securities)

Level 3 investments are valued using significant unobservable inputs. Each Fund may also use an income-based valuation approach in which the anticipated future cash flows of the investment 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 investments. Valuations may also be based upon current market prices of securities that are comparable in coupon, rating, maturity and industry. The derived value of a Level 3 investment may not represent the value which is received upon disposition and this could impact the results of operations.

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Notes to financial statements

Optimum Fund Trust

 

3. Investments (continued)

The following tables summarize the valuation of each Fund’s investments by fair value hierarchy levels as of Sept. 30, 2013:

Optimum Fixed Income Fund
Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Total
Agency, Asset- &
       Mortgage-Backed Securities $       $ 496,197,623       $       $ 496,197,623
Corporate Debt 585,929,599 585,929,599
Foreign Debt 62,626,231 62,626,231
Municipal Bonds 14,625,850 14,625,850
Senior Secured Loans1 65,379,105 355,000 65,734,105
U.S. Treasury Obligations 321,546,905 321,546,905
Common Stock 87,127 87,127
Convertible Preferred Stock1 2,840,785 2,989,850 5,830,635
Preferred Stock1 3,247,424 477,781 3,725,205
Securities Sold Short (2,177,976 ) (2,177,976 )
Short-Term Investments 169,921,548 169,921,548
Securities Lending Collateral 1,638,500 1,638,500
Options Written (115,003 ) (115,003 )
Total $ 6,175,336 $ 1,719,040,013 $ 355,000 $ 1,725,570,349
 
Reverse Repurchase Agreements $ $ (43,124,875 ) $ $ (43,124,875 )
Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts (472,474 ) (472,474 )
Futures Contracts 1,343,276 1,343,276
Swap Contracts (2,242,188 ) (2,242,188 )
 
Optimum International Fund
Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Total
Common Stock1 $ 36,291,898 $ 503,509,561 $ 1,397,594 $ 541,199,053
Other1 25,594 442,270 467,864
Short-Term Investments 6,199,038 6,199,038
Securities Lending Collateral 19,213,155 19,213,155
Total $ 36,291,898 $ 528,947,348 $ 1,839,864 $ 567,079,110
 
Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts $ $ (3,467,858 ) $ $ (3,467,858 )
 
Optimum Large Cap Growth Fund
Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Total
Common Stock1 $ 983,307,554 $ 16,241,360 $ 190,222 $ 999,739,136
Convertible Preferred Stock 599,956 599,956
Short-Term Investments 26,926,675 26,926,675
Securities Lending Collateral 21,566 21,566
Total $ 983,307,554 $ 43,189,601 $ 790,178 $ 1,027,287,333
 
Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts $ $ (889 ) $ $ (889 )
 
Optimum Large Cap Value Fund
Level 1 Level 2 Total
Common Stock1 $ 913,636,219 $ 29,529,321 $ 943,165,540
Convertible Preferred Stock 484,629 484,629
Short-Term Investments 32,731,374 32,731,374
Securities Lending Collateral 24,522 24,522
Total $ 914,120,848 $ 62,285,217 $ 976,406,065

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Optimum Small-Mid Cap Growth Fund
Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Total
Common Stock1 $ 402,998,175       $ 2,363,445       $ 366,983       $ 405,728,603
Preferred Stock 1,460,217 1,460,217
Short-Term Investments 6,885,168 6,885,168
Securities Lending Collateral 837,669 837,669
Total $ 402,998,175 $ 10,086,282 $ 1,827,200 $ 414,911,657
 
Optimum Small-Mid Cap Value Fund
Level 1 Level 2 Total
Common Stock1 $ 367,022,745 $ 1,002,231 $ 368,024,976
Short-Term Investments 35,985,355 35,985,355
Securities Lending Collateral 1,145,854 1,145,854
Total $ 367,022,745 $ 38,133,440 $ 405,156,185

1 Security type is valued across multiple levels. Level 1 investments represent exchange-traded investments, Level 2 investments represent matrix-priced investments while Level 3 investments represent investments without observable inputs. The amounts attributed to Level 1 investments, Level 2 investments, or Level 3 investments of the total market value of each security type are as follows:

Optimum Fixed Income Fund
Level 1       Level 2       Level 3       Total
Convertible Preferred Stock 48.72 % 51.28 % 100.00 %
Preferred Stock 87.17 % 12.83 % 100.00 %
Senior Secured Loans 99.46 % 0.54 % 100.00 %
 
Optimum International Fund
Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Total
Common Stock 6.71 % 93.03 % 0.26 % 100.00 %
Other 5.47 % 94.53 % 100.00 %
 
Optimum Large Cap Growth Fund
Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Total
Common Stock 98.36 % 1.62 % 0.02 % 100.00 %
 
    Optimum Large Cap Value Fund
Level 1 Level 2 Total
Common Stock 96.87 % 3.13 % 100.00 %
 
Optimum Small-Mid Cap Growth Fund
Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Total
Common Stock 99.33 % 0.58 % 0.09 % 100.00 %
 
Optimum Small-Mid Cap Value Fund
Level 1 Level 2 Total
Common Stock 99.73 % 0.27 % 100.00 %

The securities that have been deemed worthless on the schedules of investments are considered to be Level 3 investments in each applicable table.

As a result of utilizing international fair value pricing at Sept. 30, 2013, the majority of Optimum International Fund and a portion of Optimum Large Cap Growth Fund, Optimum Large Cap Value Fund, Optimum Small-Mid Cap Growth Fund and Optimum Small-Mid Cap Value Fund’s common stock investments were categorized as Level 2.

A reconciliation of Level 3 investments is presented when each Fund has a significant amount of Level 3 investments at the beginning, interim or end of the period in relation to each Fund’s net assets. Management has determined not to provide additional disclosure on Level 3 inputs under ASU No. 2011-04 since the Level 3 investments are not considered significant to each Fund’s net assets at the end of the period.

During the six months ended Sept. 30, 2013, there were no transfers between Level 1 investments, Level 2 investments or Level 3 investments that had a significant impact to each Fund. This does not include transfers between Level 1 investments and Level 2 investments due to each Fund utilizing international fair value pricing during the period. In accordance with the fair valuation procedures described in Note 1, international fair value pricing uses other observable market-based inputs in place of the closing exchange price due to the events occurring after the close of the exchange or market on which the investment is principally trade, causing a change in classification between levels. Each Fund’s policy is to recognize transfers between levels at the beginning of the reporting period.

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Notes to financial statements

Optimum Fund Trust

 

4. Capital Shares

Transactions in capital shares were as follows:

Optimum Optimum Optimum
Fixed Income International Large Cap
Fund Fund Growth Fund
Six Months Year Six Months Year Six Months Year
Ended       Ended       Ended       Ended       Ended       Ended
9/30/13 3/31/13 9/30/13 3/31/13 9/30/13 3/31/13
Shares sold:
       Class A 481,772 667,703 83,601 118,996 140,940 269,213
       Class B 5,399 30,084 835 84
       Class C 1,667,274 2,178,257 243,340 270,564 403,390 672,086
       Institutional Class 23,792,617 41,250,317 6,340,241 18,394,158 7,250,112 11,150,649
25,947,062 44,126,361 6,668,017 18,783,802 7,794,442 12,091,948
Shares issued upon reinvestment of dividends
       and distributions:
       Class A 34,817 153,152 4,495 21,816 39,657 1,062
       Class B 780 6,179 137 1,457 1,784
       Class C 110,481 515,944 11,515 61,190 153,382
       Institutional Class 1,296,782 4,907,021 242,259 738,511 840,100 140,180
1,442,860 5,582,296 258,406 822,974 1,034,923 141,242
Shares redeemed:
       Class A (367,038 ) (818,425 ) (67,716 ) (164,376 ) (214,889 ) (452,718 )
       Class B (47,871 ) (228,875 ) (13,538 ) (74,657 ) (34,988 ) (178,906 )
       Class C (1,329,211 ) (2,814,412 ) (202,017 ) (578,476 ) (821,257 ) (1,664,282 )
       Institutional Class (14,191,758 ) (18,907,614 ) (3,107,072 ) (4,629,374 ) (4,448,758 ) (9,566,896 )
(15,935,878 ) (22,769,326 ) (3,390,343 ) (5,446,883 ) (5,519,892 ) (11,862,802 )
Net increase 11,454,044 26,939,331 3,536,080 14,159,893 3,309,473 370,388

Optimum Optimum Optimum
Large Cap Small-Mid Cap Small-Mid Cap
Value Fund Growth Fund Value Fund
Six Months Year Six Months Year Six Months Year
Ended Ended Ended Ended Ended Ended
9/30/13 3/31/13 9/30/13 3/31/13 9/30/13 3/31/13
Shares sold:
       Class A 150,187       298,117       34,652       57,488       22,367       50,905
       Class B 716
       Class C 414,862 722,182 80,920 122,324 59,801 120,056
       Institutional Class 8,345,494 13,102,181 3,338,205 5,899,681 3,506,289 6,121,705
8,910,543 14,123,196 3,453,777 6,079,493 3,588,457 6,292,666
Shares issued upon reinvestment of dividends
       and distributions:
       Class A 3,329 63,822 26,620 11,735 28,918 15,217
       Class B 2,737 1,166 1,102 1,290 1,454
       Class C 131,014 99,809 46,545 119,720 64,652
       Institutional Class 123,980 1,667,880 1,272,578 619,318 1,601,474 900,872
127,309 1,865,453 1,400,173 678,700 1,751,402 982,195
Shares redeemed:
       Class A (218,022 ) (483,403 ) (46,494 ) (79,878 ) (49,499 ) (77,081 )
       Class B (38,406 ) (191,907 ) (7,100 ) (35,534 ) (7,375 ) (38,201 )
       Class C (765,921 ) (1,729,078 ) (166,936 ) (312,259 ) (179,333 ) (306,368 )
       Institutional Class (5,042,095 ) (10,557,616 ) (2,191,889 ) (8,732,725 ) (2,189,486 ) (8,554,580 )
(6,064,444 ) (12,962,004 ) (2,412,419 ) (9,160,396 ) (2,425,693 ) (8,976,230 )
Net increase (decrease) 2,973,408 3,026,645 2,441,531 (2,402,203 ) 2,914,166 (1,701,369 )

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For the six months ended Sept. 30, 2013 and the year ended March 31, 2013, the following shares and values were converted from Class B to Class A. The amounts are included in Class B redemptions and Class A subscriptions in the tables on the previous page and the statements of changes in net assets.

Six Months Ended Year Ended
9/30/13 3/31/13
       Class B        Class A Class B Class A
Shares Shares        Value        Shares        Shares        Value
Optimum Fixed Income Fund 39,925 39,876 $377,824 157,446 157,610 $1,557,933
Optimum International Fund 10,379 10,185 119,447 51,846 52,868 527,495
Optimum Large Cap Growth Fund 24,750 23,161 361,380 118,588 125,938 1,593,093
Optimum Large Cap Value Fund 28,585 28,315 391,180 130,198 131,274 1,522,989
Optimum Small-Mid Cap Growth Fund 5,023 4,665 68,868 24,219 25,895 307,513
Optimum Small-Mid Cap Value Fund 5,280 4,898 67,924 25,297 27,050 308,649

5. Unfunded Commitments

Optimum Fixed Income Fund may invest in floating rate loans. In connection with these investments, each Fund may also enter into unfunded corporate loan commitments (commitments). Commitments may obligate the Fund to furnish temporary financing to a borrower until permanent financing can be arranged. In connection with these commitments, the Fund earns a commitment fee, typically set as a percentage of the commitment amount. As of Sept. 30, 2013, the Fund had the following unfunded loan commitments:

Borrower  
Community Health Systems $415,000
CPG International 355,000
Hudson’s Bay 345,000

6. Derivatives

U.S. GAAP requires disclosures that enable investors to understand: 1) how and why an entity uses derivatives; 2) how they are accounted for; and 3) how they affect an entity’s results of operations and financial position.

Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts — Each Fund may enter into foreign currency exchange contracts and foreign cross currency exchange contracts as a way of managing foreign exchange rate risk. Each Fund may enter into these contracts to fix the U.S. dollar value of a security that it has agreed to buy or sell for the period between the date the trade was entered into and the date the security is delivered and paid for. Each Fund may also use these contracts to hedge the U.S. dollar value of securities it already owns that are denominated in foreign currencies. The change in value is recorded as an unrealized gain or loss. When the contract is closed, a realized gain or loss is recorded equal to the difference between the value of the contract at the time it was opened and the value at the time it was closed.

The use of foreign currency exchange contracts and foreign cross currency exchange contracts does not eliminate fluctuations in the underlying prices of the securities, but does establish a rate of exchange that can be achieved in the future. Although foreign currency exchange contracts and foreign cross currency exchange contracts limit the risk of loss due to an unfavorable change in the value of the hedged currency, they also limit any potential gain that might result should the value of the currency change favorably. In addition, each Fund could be exposed to risks if the counterparties to the contracts are unable to meet the terms of their contracts. Each Fund’s maximum risk of loss from counterparty credit risk is the value of its currency exchanged with the counterparty. The risk is generally mitigated by having a netting arrangement between each Fund and the counterparty and by the posting of collateral by the counterparty to each Fund to cover each Fund’s exposure to the counterparty. At Sept. 30, 2013, Optimum International Fund had posted $3,400,000 cash collateral for foreign currency exchange contracts, which is included in cash collateral for derivatives in the statements of assets and liabilities.

Futures Contracts — A futures contract is an agreement in which the writer (or seller) of the contract agrees to deliver to the buyer an amount of cash or securities equal to a specific dollar amount times the difference between the value of a specific security or index at the close of the last trading day of the contract and the price at which the agreement is made. Optimum Fixed Income Fund and Optimum International Fund may use futures in the normal course of pursuing their investment objectives. Optimum Fixed Income Fund invests in futures contracts to hedge its existing portfolio securities against fluctuations in fair value caused by changes in prevailing market interest rates. Optimum International Fund may use futures contracts to a limited extent, with the objectives of maintaining full exposure to the stock market, enhancing returns, maintaining liquidity and minimizing costs. Upon entering into a futures contract, each Fund deposits cash or pledges U.S. government securities to a broker, equal to the minimum “initial margin” requirements of the exchange on which the contract is traded. Subsequent payments are received from the broker or paid to the broker each day, based on the daily fluctuation in the market value of the contract. These receipts or payments are known as “variation margin” and are recorded daily by each Fund as unrealized gains or losses until the contracts are closed. When the contracts are closed, each Fund records a realized gain or loss equal to the difference between the value of the contract at the time it was opened and the value at the time it was closed. Risks of entering into futures contracts include potential imperfect correlation between the futures contracts and the underlying securities and the possibility of an illiquid secondary market for these instruments. When investing in futures, there is reduced counterparty credit risk to a Fund because futures are exchange-traded and the exchange’s clearinghouse, as counterparty to all exchange-traded futures, guarantees against default.

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Notes to financial statements

Optimum Fund Trust

 

6. Derivatives (continued)

Options Contracts — During the six months ended Sept. 30, 2013, Optimum Fixed Income Fund entered into options contracts in the normal course of pursuing its investment objective. The Fund may buy or write options contracts for any number of reasons, including without limitation: to manage the Fund’s exposure to changes in securities prices and foreign currencies; as an efficient means of adjusting the Fund’s overall exposure to certain markets; to protect the value of portfolio securities; and as a cash management tool. The Fund may buy or write call or put options on securities, futures, swaps, swaptions, financial indices, and foreign currencies. When the Fund buys an option, a premium is paid and an asset is recorded and adjusted on a daily basis to reflect the current market value of the option purchased. When the Fund writes an option, a premium is received and a liability is recorded and adjusted on a daily basis to reflect the current market value of the option written. Premiums received from writing options that expire unexercised are treated by the Fund on the expiration date as realized gains. The difference between the premium received and the amount paid on effecting a closing purchase transaction, including brokerage commissions, is treated as realized gain or loss. If a call option is exercised, the premium is added to the proceeds from the sale of the underlying security in determining whether the Fund has a realized gain or loss. If a put option is exercised, the premium reduces the cost basis of the securities purchased by the Fund. The Fund, as writer of an option, bears the market risk of an unfavorable change in the price of the security underlying the written option. When writing options, the Fund is subject to minimal counterparty risk because the counterparty is only obligated to pay premiums and does not bear the market risk of an unfavorable market change.

Transactions in options written during the six months ended Sept. 30, 2013 for Optimum Fixed Income Fund were as follows:

Number of contracts         Premiums
Options outstanding at March 31, 2013      62,800,000      $ 336,325
Options written 131,900,497 816,581
Options expired (137,600,000 ) (657,203 )
Options terminated in closing purchase transactions (15,500,497 ) (304,343 )
Options outstanding at Sept. 30, 2013 41,600,000 $ 191,360

Swap Contracts — Optimum Fixed Income Fund may enter into interest rate swap contracts and CDS contracts in the normal course of pursuing its investment objective. The Fund may use interest rate swaps to adjust the Fund’s sensitivity to interest rates or to hedge against changes in interest rates. The Fund may enter into CDS contracts in order to hedge against a credit event, to enhance total return or to gain exposure to certain securities or markets. The Fund will not be permitted to enter into any swap transactions unless, at the time of entering into such transactions, the unsecured long-term debt of the actual counterparty, combined with any credit enhancements, is rated at least BBB- by Standard & Poor’s (S&P) or Baa3 by Moody’s Investors Service (Moody’s) or is determined to be of equivalent credit quality by the manager.

Interest Rate Swaps. An interest rate swap contract is an exchange of interest rates between counterparties. In one instance, an interest rate swap involves payments received by the Fund from another party based on a variable or floating interest rate, in return for making payments based on a fixed interest rate. An interest rate swap can also work in reverse with the Fund receiving payments based on a fixed interest rate and making payments based on a variable or floating interest rate. Interest rate swaps may be used to adjust the Fund’s sensitivity to interest rates or to hedge against changes in interest rates. Periodic payments on such contracts are accrued daily and recorded as unrealized appreciation/depreciation on swap contracts. Upon periodic payment/receipt or termination of the contract, such amounts are recorded as realized gains or losses on swap contracts. The Fund’s maximum risk of loss from counterparty credit risk is the discounted net value of the cash flows to be received from/paid to the counterparty over the interest rate swap contract’s remaining life, to the extent that the amount is positive. This risk is mitigated by (1) having a netting arrangement between the Fund and the counterparty and by the posting of collateral by the counterparty to the Fund to cover the Fund’s exposure to the counterparty for trades entered prior to June 10, 2013, and (2) trading these instruments through a central counterparty for trades entered on or after June 10, 2013.

Credit Default Swaps. A CDS contract is a risk-transfer instrument through which one party (purchaser of protection) transfers to another party (seller of protection) the financial risk of a credit event (as defined in the CDS agreement), as it relates to a particular reference security or basket of securities (such as an index). In exchange for the protection offered by the seller of protection, the purchaser of protection agrees to pay the seller of protection a periodic amount at a stated rate that is applied to the notional amount of the CDS contract. In addition, an upfront payment may be made or received by the Fund in connection with an unwinding or assignment of a CDS contract. Upon the occurrence of a credit event, the seller of protection would pay the par (or other agreed-upon) value of the reference security (or basket of securities) to the counterparty. Credit events generally include, among others, bankruptcy, failure to pay, and obligation default.

During the six months ended Sept. 30, 2013, the Fund entered into CDS contracts as a purchaser and seller of protection. Periodic payments (receipts) on such contracts are accrued daily and recorded as unrealized losses (gains) on swap contracts. Upon payment (receipt), such amounts are recorded as realized losses (gains) on swap contracts. Upfront payments made or received in connection with CDS contracts are amortized over the expected life of the CDS contracts as unrealized losses (gains) on swap contracts. The change in value of CDS contracts is recorded as unrealized appreciation or depreciation daily. A realized gain or loss is recorded upon a credit event (as defined in the CDS agreement) or the maturity or termination of the agreement. For trades prior to June 10, 2013, the Fund had posted $ 4,220,000 as collateral for certain open derivatives, which is presented as cash collateral for derivatives on the statements of assets and liabilities. Initial margin and variation margin is posted to central counterparties for CDS basket trades submitted on or after June 10, 2013, as determined by the applicable central counterparty. The Fund had posted $7,137 cash collateral for these derivatives, which is presented as cash collateral for derivatives on the statements of assets and liabilities.

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As disclosed in the footnotes to the schedules of investments, at Sept. 30, 2013, the notional value of the protection sold was EUR 1,000,000 and USD 9,580,000, which reflects the maximum potential amount the Fund would have been required to make as a seller of credit protection if a credit event had occurred. In addition to serving as the source of the current value of the securities, the quoted market prices and resulting market values for credit default swap agreements on securities and credit indices serve as an indicator of the current status of the payment/performance risk and represent the likelihood of an expected liability (or profit) for the credit derivative if the swap agreement has been closed/sold as of the period end. Increasing market values, in absolute terms when compared to the notional amount of the swap, represent a deterioration of the reference entity’s credit soundness and a greater likelihood of risk of default or other credit event occurring as defined under the terms of the agreement. At Sept. 30, 2013, net unrealized appreciation of the protection sold was $103,636.

CDS contracts may involve greater risks than if the Fund had invested in the reference obligation directly. CDS contracts are subject to general market risk, liquidity risk, counterparty risk and credit risk. The Fund’s maximum risk of loss from counterparty credit risk, either as the seller of protection or the buyer of protection, is the fair value of the contract. This risk is mitigated by (1) having a netting arrangement between the Fund and the counterparty and by the posting of collateral by the counterparty to the Fund to cover the Fund’s exposure to the counterparty for trades entered prior to June 10, 2013, and (2) trading these instruments through a central counterparty for trades entered on or after June 10, 2013.

Swaps Generally. The value of open swaps may differ from that which would be realized in the event the Fund terminated its position in the agreement. Risks of entering into these contracts include the potential inability of the counterparty to meet the terms of the contracts. This type of risk is generally limited to the amount of favorable movement in the value of the underlying security, instrument or basket of instruments, if any, at the day of default. Risks also arise from potential losses from adverse market movements and such losses could exceed the unrealized amounts shown on the schedules of investments.

Fair values of derivative instruments as of Sept. 30, 2013 were as follows:

Optimum Fixed Income Fund
Asset Derivatives Liability Derivatives
       Statements of        Statements of       
Assets and Liabilities Location         Fair Value Assets and Liabilities Location Fair Value
Forward currency exchange contracts
       (Foreign currency exchange contracts)
Unrealized gain of foreign currency exchange contracts $ 763,821 Unrealized loss of foreign currency exchange contracts $ (1,236,295 )
       
Interest rate contracts (Futures contracts/interest rate
       swap contracts/options written)
Variation margin receivable on futures contracts/unrealized gain on interest rate swap contracts/options written, at value 2,426,899 * Variation margin payable on futures contracts/unrealized loss on interest rate swap contracts/options written, at value (1,840,203 )
       
Credit contracts (CDS contracts) Unrealized gain on credit default swap contracts 179,433 Unrealized loss on credit default swap contracts (1,780,044 )
       
Total $ 3,370,153 $ (4,856,542 )

*Includes cumulative appreciation of futures contracts from the date the contracts are opened through Sept. 30, 2013. Only current day variation margin is reported on the Optimum Fixed Income Fund’s statements of assets and liabilities.

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Notes to financial statements

Optimum Fund Trust

 

6. Derivatives (continued)

The effect of derivative instruments on the statements of operations for the six months ended Sept. 30, 2013 was as follows:

Optimum Fixed Income Fund
              Change in Unrealized
Realized Gain (Loss) on Appreciation (Depreciation)
Location of Gain (Loss) on Derivatives Recognized in on Derivatives Recognized in
Derivatives Recognized in Income Income Income
Forward currency exchange contracts
       (Foreign currency exchange contracts)
  Net realized loss on foreign currency exchange contracts and net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of foreign currency exchange contracts            $ (878,828 )                       $ (892,630 )           
 
Interest rate contracts (Futures contracts/interest rate swap
       contracts/interest rate swap options written)
Net realized gain (loss) on futures contracts/interest rate swap contracts/interest rate swap options written and net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of futures contracts/swap contracts/options written 683,287 160,556
 
Credit contracts (CDS contracts) Net realized loss on swap contracts and net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of swap contracts (444,952 ) (1,187,770 )
 
$ (640,493 ) $ (1,919,844 )

Derivatives Generally. The tables below summarize the average balance of derivative holdings by each Fund during the six months ended Sept. 30, 2013.

      Long Derivative Volume
Optimum       Optimum       Optimum       Optimum       Optimum
Fixed Income International Large Cap Large Cap Small-Mid Cap
Fund Fund Growth Fund Value Fund Growth Fund
Foreign currency exchange contracts (average cost) USD   36,905,084 USD   36,987,314 USD   217,811 USD   47,064 USD   8,550
Futures contracts (average notional value) 19,431,303  
Options contracts (average notional value) 357,671    
CDS contracts (average notional value)* EUR 17,690,635      
  USD 4,717,833  
Interest rate swap contracts (average notional value)** AUD 29,990,476
BRL 40,972,222
COP 5,839,444,444
EUR 9,571,429
JPY 425,714,286
  USD 84,095,238
 
Short Derivative Volume
Optimum Optimum Optimum Optimum Optimum
Fixed Income International Large Cap Large Cap Small-Mid Cap
Fund Fund Growth Fund Value Fund Growth Fund
Foreign currency exchange contracts (average cost) USD 106,826,722 USD 78,319,585 USD 220,393 USD 18,042 USD 19,624
Futures contracts (average notional value) 156,291,908
Options contracts (average notional value) 7,692
CDS contracts (average notional value)* EUR 2,936,508
USD 6,732,063

*Long represents buying protection and short represents selling protection.
**Long represents receiving fixed interest payments and short represents paying fixed interest payments.

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In Dec. 2011, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (the FASB) issued guidance that will expand current disclosure requirements on the offsetting of certain assets and liabilities. The new disclosures will be required for investments and derivative financial instruments subject to master netting or similar agreements which are eligible for offset in the statement of assets and liabilities and will require an entity to disclose both gross and net information about such investments and transactions in the financial statements. In January 2013, the FASB issued guidance that clarifies which investments and transactions are subject to the offsetting disclosure requirements. The scope of the disclosure requirements for offsetting will be limited to derivative instruments, repurchase agreements and reverse repurchase agreements, and securities borrowing and securities lending transactions. The guidance is effective for financial statements with fiscal years beginning on or after Jan. 1, 2013, and interim periods within those fiscal years. Each Fund adopted the disclosure provisions on offsetting during the current reporting period.

In order to better define their contractual rights and to secure rights that will help each Fund mitigate their counterparty risk, each Fund may enter into an International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. Master Agreement (“ISDA Master Agreement”) or similar agreement with their derivative contract counterparties. An ISDA Master Agreement is a bilateral agreement between each Fund and a counterparty that governs over-the-counter (“OTC”) derivatives and foreign exchange contracts and typically contains, among other things, collateral posting items and netting provisions in the event of a default and/or termination event. Under an ISDA Master Agreement, each Fund may, under certain circumstances, offset with the counterparty certain derivative financial instrument’s payables and/or receivables with collateral held and/or posted and create one single net payment. The provision of the ISDA Master Agreement typically permits a single net payment in the event of default (close-out) netting including the bankruptcy or insolvency of the counterparty. However, bankruptcy or insolvency laws of a particular jurisdiction may impose restrictions on or prohibitions against the right of offset in bankruptcy, insolvency or other events.

For financial reporting purposes, each Fund does not offset derivative assets and derivatives liabilities that are subject to netting arrangements in the statements of assets and liabilities.

At Sept. 30, 2013, each Fund had the following assets and liabilities subject to offsetting provisions:

Optimum Fixed Income Fund

Offsetting of Financial Assets and Derivative Assets

Gross Amounts of Gross Amounts
Assets Presented in Available for Offset
        the Statements of         in the Statements of         Net Amount
Assets and Liabilities Assets and Liabilities of Assets
Repurchase Agreements       $ 27,804,000             $       $ 27,804,000
Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts 763,821 (299,327 ) 464,494
Futures Contracts - Variation Margin 104,789 104,789
Credit Default Swaps 179,433 (93,519 ) 85,914
Interest Rate Swaps 952,733 (928,726 ) 24,007
Securities on Loan 1,577,602 1,577,602
       Total $ 31,382,378 $ (1,321,572 ) $ 30,060,806

Gross Amounts Not Offset in the
Statements of Assets and Liabilities
Net Amount of                
Assets Presented Financial         Cash Collateral
by Counterparty Instruments Received Net Amount1
Bank of America Merrill Lynch     $ 12,668,971       $ (12,668,971 )      $        $    
Bank of New York Mellon   1,577,602     (1,577,602 )    
Banque Paribas   15,135,029 (15,135,029 )        
Barclays Bank 35,078                 35,078
Deutsche Bank 35,535     35,535
Hong Kong Shanghai Bank 104,789   104,789
JPMorgan Chase Bank 233,459 233,459
Morgan Stanley Capital 268,321 268,321
Union Bank of Switzerland 2,022 2,022
       Total $ 30,060,806 $ (27,804,000 ) $ (1,577,602 ) $ 679,204

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Notes to financial statements

Optimum Fund Trust

 

6. Derivatives (continued)

Offsetting of Financial Liabilities and Derivative Liabilities

Gross Amounts of Gross Amounts
Liabilities Presented Available for Offset
in the Statements of in the Statements of Net Amount
        Assets and Liabilities         Assets and Liabilities         of Liabilities
Reverse Repurchase Agreements      $ (43,124,875 )             $        $ (43,124,875 )
Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts (1,236,295 ) 293,743 (942,552 )
Credit Default Swaps (1,780,044 ) 93,519 (1,686,525 )
Interest Rate Swaps (1,594,310 ) 934,310 (660,000 )
Securities Lending Collateral (1,638,500 ) (1,638,500 )
       Total $ (49,374,024 ) $ 1,321,572 $ (48,052,452 )

Gross Amounts Not Offset in the
Statements of Assets and Liabilities
Net Amount of
Liabilities Presented Financial Cash Collateral
        by Counterparty         Instruments         Pledged         Net Amount2
Bank of America Merrill Lynch      $ (46,206 )        $       $        $ (46,206 )   
Bank of New York Mellon (1,638,500 ) 1,638,500
Banque Paribas (18,050 ) (18,050 )
Citigroup Global Markets (2,365,538 ) 1,870,000 (495,538 )
Goldman Sachs Capital   (14,505 ) (14,505 )
Hong Kong Shanghai Bank (66,135 ) (66,135 )
Morgan Stanley Capital (660,000 ) 660,000
Toronto Dominion Bank (118,643 ) 110,000 (8,643 )
TDS Securities USA (43,124,875 ) 43,124,875
       Total $ (48,052,452 ) $ 44,763,375 $ 2,640,000 $ (649,077 )

Optimum International Fund

Offsetting of Financial Assets and Derivative Assets

Gross Amounts of Gross Amounts
Assets Presented in Available for Offset
        the Statements of         in the Statements of         Net Amount
Assets and Liabilities Assets and Liabilities of Assets
Repurchase Agreements       $ 831,000              $            $ 831,000    
Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts 254,505 (135,557 ) 118,948
Securities on Loan 18,421,888 18,421,888
       Total $ 19,507,393 $ (135,557 ) $ 19,371,836

Gross Amounts Not Offset in the
Statements of Assets and Liabilities
Net Amount of
Assets Presented Financial Cash Collateral
by Counterparty Instruments Received         Net Amount1
Bank of America Merrill Lynch     $ 378,648               $ (378,648 )              $        $    
Bank of New York Mellon 18,421,888 (18,421,888 )
Banque Paribas 452,352 (452,352 )
JPMorgan Chase Bank 31,501 31,501
Morgan Stanley Capital 87,447 87,447
       Total $ 19,371,836 $ (831,000 ) $ (18,421,888 ) $ 118,948

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Offsetting of Financial Liabilities and Derivative Liabilities

        Gross Amounts of         Gross Amounts        
Liabilities Presented Available for Offset
in the Statements of in the Statements of Net Amount
Assets and Liabilities Assets and Liabilities of Liabilities
Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts       $ (3,722,363 )               $ 135,549           $ (3,586,814 )  
Securities Lending Collateral (19,213,155 ) (19,213,155 )
       Total $ (22,935,518 ) $ 135,549 $ (22,799,969 )

Gross Amounts Not Offset in the
Statements of Assets and Liabilities
        Net Amount of                        
Liabilities Presented Financial Cash Collateral
by Counterparty Instruments Pledged Net Amount2
Bank of New York Mellon      $ (19,213,155 )        $ 19,213,155       $        $   
Citigroup Global Markets (2,666,593 ) 2,666,593
Mellon National Bank (80,293 ) (80,293 )
Morgan Stanley Capital (839,928 ) (839,928 )
       Total $ (22,799,969 ) $ 19,213,155 $ 2,666,593 $ (920,221 )

Optimum Large Cap Growth Fund

Offsetting of Financial Assets and Derivative Assets

        Gross Amounts of         Gross Amounts        
Assets Presented in Available for Offset
the Statements of in the Statements of Net Amount
Assets and Liabilities Assets and Liabilities of Assets
Repurchase Agreements         $ 9,316,000                    $               $ 9,316,000   
Securities on Loan 20,849 20,849
       Total $ 9,336,849 $ $ 9,336,849

Gross Amounts Not Offset in the
Statements of Assets and Liabilities
        Net Amount of                        
Assets Presented Financial Cash Collateral
by Counterparty Instruments Received Net Amount1
Bank of America Merrill Lynch     $ 4,244,862        $ (4,244,862 )       $              $       
Bank of New York Mellon 20,849 (20,849 )
Banque Paribas 5,071,138 (5,071,138 )
       Total $ 9,336,849 $ (9,316,000 ) $ (20,849 ) $

Offsetting of Financial Liabilities and Derivative Liabilities

Gross Amounts of Gross Amounts of
        Liabilities Presented         Available for Offset        
in the Statements of in the Statements of Net Amount
Assets and Liabilities Assets and Liabilities of Liabilities
Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts        $ (889 )                   $               $ (889 )   
Securities Lending Collateral (21,566 ) (21,566 )
       Total $ (22,455 ) $ $ (22,455 )

Gross Amounts Not Offset in the
Statements of Assets and Liabilities
        Net Amount of                        
Liabilities Presented Financial Cash Collateral
by Counterparty Instruments Pledged Net Amount2
Bank of New York Mellon        $ (21,566 )            $ 21,566             $              $  —     
Mellon National Bank (889 ) (889 )
       Total $ (22,455 ) $ 21,566 $ $ (889 )

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6. Derivatives (continued)

Optimum Large Cap Value Fund

Offsetting of Financial Assets and Derivative Assets

        Gross Amounts of         Gross Amounts        
Assets Presented in Available for Offset
the Statements of in the Statements of Net Amount
Assets and Liabilities Assets and Liabilities of Assets
Repurchase Agreements       $ 26,927,000                 $—           $ 26,927,000
Securities on Loan   23,416       23,416
       Total $ 26,950,416 $—   $ 26,950,416

Gross Amounts Not Offset in the
Statements of Assets and Liabilities
        Net Amount of                        
Assets Presented Financial Cash Collateral
by Counterparty Instruments Received Net Amount1
Bank of America Merrill Lynch     $ 12,269,364       $ (12,269,364 )       $            $  —       
Bank of New York Mellon 23,416 (23,416 )
Banque Paribas 14,657,636 (14,657,636 )
       Total $ 26,950,416 $ (26,927,000 ) $ (23,416 ) $  —

Offsetting of Financial Liabilities and Derivative Liabilities

        Gross Amounts of         Gross Amounts        
Liabilities Presented Available for Offset
in the Statements of in the Statements of Net Amount
Assets and Liabilities Assets and Liabilities of Liabilities
Securities Lending Collateral          $ (24,522 )                  $—                $ (24,522 )   
       Total $ (24,522 )   $—   $ (24,522 )

        Gross Amounts Not Offset in the
Statements of Assets and Liabilities
Net Amount of                        
Liabilities Presented Financial Cash Collateral
by Counterparty Instruments Pledged Net Amount2
Bank of New York Mellon        $ (24,522 )            $ 24,522               $—                $—      
       Total $ (24,522 )   $ 24,522 $—   $—

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Optimum Small-Mid Cap Growth Fund
Offsetting of Financial Assets and Derivative Assets

Gross Amounts of Gross Amounts
Assets Presented in Available for Offset
the Statements of in the Statements of Net Amount
      Assets and Liabilities       Assets and Liabilities       of Assets
Repurchase Agreements        $ 999,000          $—       $ 999,000  
Securities on Loan   843,434         843,434
       Total $ 1,842,434 $— $ 1,842,434

Gross Amounts Not Offset in the
Statements of Assets and Liabilities
Net Amount of
       Assets Presented Financial Cash Collateral
by Counterparty       Instruments       Received       Net Amount1
Bank of America Merrill Lynch $ 455,197 $ (455,197 )   $ $—  
Bank of New York Mellon 843,434   (843,434 )
Banque Paribas 543,803 (543,803 )  
       Total $ 1,842,434 $ (999,000 ) $ (843,434 )   $—

Offsetting of Financial Liabilities and Derivative Liabilities

Gross Amounts of Gross Amounts
Liabilities Presented Available for Offset
      in the Statements of in the Statements of Net Amount
Assets and Liabilities       Assets and Liabilities       of Liabilities
Securities Lending Collateral   $ (837,669 )     $—     $ (837,669 )
       Total $ (837,669 ) $— $ (837,669 )

Gross Amounts Not Offset in the
Statements of Assets and Liabilities
Net Amount of
       Liabilities Presented       Financial       Cash Collateral      
  by Counterparty Instruments Pledged Net Amount2
Bank of New York Mellon $ (837,669 )   $ 837,669     $—       $—  
       Total $ (837,669 ) $ 837,669 $— $—

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Notes to financial statements

Optimum Fund Trust

 

6. Derivatives (continued)

Optimum Small-Mid Cap Value Fund
Offsetting of Financial Assets and Derivative Assets

Gross Amounts of Gross Amounts
Assets Presented in Available for Offset
the Statements of in the Statements of Net Amount
Assets and Liabilities       Assets and Liabilities       of Assets
Repurchase Agreements   $ 8,983,000       $—   $ 8,983,000
Securities on Loan 1,086,462   1,086,462
       Total $ 10,069,462 $— $ 10,069,462

Gross Amounts Not Offset in the
Statements of Assets and Liabilities
Net Amount of
Assets Presented Financial Cash Collateral
       by Counterparty       Instruments       Received       Net Amount1
Bank of America Merrill Lynch $ 4,093,129 $ (4,093,129 ) $     $—  
Bank of New York Mellon 1,086,462 (1,086,462 )  
Banque Paribas 4,889,871       (4,889,871 )    
       Total $ 10,069,462 $ (8,983,000 ) $ (1,086,462 ) $—

Offsetting of Financial Liabilities and Derivative Liabilities

Gross Amounts of Gross Amounts
Liabilities Presented Available for Offset
in the Statements of in the Statements of Net Amount
Assets and Liabilities       Assets and Liabilities       of Liabilities
Securities Lending Collateral $ (1,145,854 )   $—     $ (1,145,854 )
       Total $ (1,145,854 ) $— $ (1,145,854 )

Gross Amounts Not Offset in the
Statements of Assets and Liabilities
Net Amount of
Liabilities Presented        Financial        Cash Collateral       
by Counterparty Instruments Pledged   Net Amount2
Bank of New York Mellon $ (1,145,854 )   $ 1,145,854     $       $  
       Total $ (1,145,854 ) $ 1,145,854 $ $

1 Net amount represents the net amount receivable from the counterparty in the event of default.
2 Net amount represents the net amount payable due to the counterparty in the event of default.

7. Securities Lending

Each Fund, may lend its securities pursuant to a security lending agreement (Lending Agreement) with The Bank of New York Mellon (BNY Mellon). At the time a security is loaned, the borrower must post collateral equal to the required percentage of the market value of the loaned security, including any accrued interest. The required percentage is: (i) 102% with respect to U.S. securities and foreign securities that are denominated and payable in U.S. dollars; and (ii) 105% with respect to foreign securities. With respect to each loan, if on any business day the aggregate market value of securities collateral plus cash collateral held is less than the aggregate market value of the securities which are the subject of such loan, the borrower will be notified to provide additional collateral by the end of the following business day which, together with the collateral already held, will be not less than the applicable initial collateral requirements for such security loan. If the aggregate market value of securities collateral and cash collateral held with respect to a security loan exceeds the applicable initial collateral requirement, upon the request of the borrower BNY Mellon must return enough collateral to the borrower by the end of the following business day to reduce the value of the remaining collateral to the applicable initial collateral requirement for such security loan. As a result of the foregoing, the value of the collateral held with respect to a loaned security may be temporarily more or less than the value of the security on loan.

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Cash collateral received is generally invested in the Delaware Investments Collateral Fund No. 1 (Collective Trust) established by BNY Mellon for the purpose of investment on behalf of funds managed by DMC that participate in BNY Mellon’s securities lending program. The Collective Trust may invest in U.S. government securities and high-quality corporate debt, asset-backed and other money market securities and in repurchase agreements collateralized by such securities, provided that the Collective Trust will generally have a dollar-weighted average portfolio maturity of 60 days or less. The Funds can also accept U.S. government securities and letters of credit (non-cash collateral) in connection with securities loans. In the event of default or bankruptcy by the lending agent, realization and/or retention of the collateral may be subject to legal proceedings. In the event the borrower fails to return loaned securities and the collateral received is insufficient to cover the value of the loaned securities and provided such collateral shortfall is not the result of investment losses, the lending agent has agreed to pay the amount of the shortfall to the Funds or, at the discretion of the lending agent, replace the loaned securities. Each Fund continues to record dividends or interest, as applicable, on the securities loaned and is subject to changes in value of the securities loaned that may occur during the term of the loan. Each Fund has the right under the Lending Agreement to recover the securities from the borrower on demand. With respect to security loans collateralized by non-cash collateral, the Funds receive loan premiums paid by the borrower. With respect to security loans collateralized by cash collateral, the earnings from the collateral investments are shared among each Fund, the security lending agent and the borrower. Each Fund records security lending income net of allocations to the security lending agent and the borrower.

The Collective Trust used for the investment of cash collateral received from borrowers of securities seeks to maintain a net asset value per unit of $1.00, but there can be no assurance that it will always be able to do so. The Funds may incur investment losses as a result of investing securities lending collateral in the Collective Trust or another collateral investment pool. This could occur if an investment in a collateral investment pool defaulted or if it were necessary to liquidate assets in the collateral investment pool to meet returns on outstanding security loans at a time when the collateral investment pool’s net asset value per unit was less than $1.00. Under those circumstances, the Funds may not receive an amount from the collateral investment pool that is equal in amount to the collateral each Fund would be required to return to the borrower of the securities and each Fund would be required to make up for this shortfall.

At Sept. 30, 2013, the values of securities on loan and the values of invested collateral for each Fund are presented below, for which the Funds received collateral, comprised of non-cash collateral and cash collateral. Investments purchased with cash collateral are presented on the schedules of investments under the caption “Securities Lending Collateral.”

Optimum Optimum Optimum Optimum Optimum Optimum
Fixed Income International Large Cap Large Cap Small-Mid Cap Small-Mid Cap
      Fund       Fund       Growth Fund       Value Fund       Growth Fund       Value Fund
Values of securities on loan     $ 1,577,602          $ 18,421,888          $ 20,849         $ 23,416         $ 843,434           $ 1,086,462    
Values of invested collateral   1,638,500   19,213,155 21,566   24,522 837,669   1,145,854  
Cash collateral   1,638,500 19,213,155     21,566   24,522   837,669 1,145,854
Non-cash collateral 184,955

8. Credit and Market Risk

Some countries in which the Funds may invest require governmental approval for the repatriation of investment income, capital or the proceeds of sales of securities 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 on foreign capital remittances abroad.

The securities exchanges of certain foreign markets are substantially smaller, less liquid and more volatile than the major securities markets in the United States. Consequently, acquisition and disposition of securities by the Funds may be inhibited. In addition, a significant portion of the aggregate market value of securities listed on the major securities exchanges in emerging markets is held by a smaller number of investors. This may limit the number of shares available for acquisition or disposition by the Funds.

Optimum Fixed Income Fund invests in high yield fixed income securities, which are securities rated lower than BBB- by S&P and Baa3 by Moody’s, or similarly rated by another nationally recognized statistical rating organization. Investments in these higher yielding securities are generally accompanied by a greater degree of credit risk than higher rated securities. Additionally, lower rated securities may be more susceptible to adverse economic and competitive industry conditions than investment-grade securities.

Optimum Fixed Income Fund invests in certain obligations that may have liquidity protection to ensure that the receipt of payments due on the underlying security is timely. Such protection may be provided through guarantees, insurance policies or letters of credit obtained by the issuer or sponsor through third parties, through various means of structuring the transaction or through a combination of such approaches. The Fund will not pay any additional fees for such credit support, although the existence of credit support may increase the price of a security.

Optimum Fixed Income Fund invests in fixed income securities whose value is derived from an underlying pool of mortgages or consumer loans. The value of these securities is sensitive to changes in economic conditions, including delinquencies and/or defaults, and may be adversely affected by shifts in the market’s perception of the issuers and changes in interest rates. Investors receive principal and interest payments as the underlying mortgages and consumer loans are paid back. Some of these securities are collateralized mortgage obligations (CMOs). CMOs are debt securities issued by U.S. government agencies or by financial institutions and other mortgage lenders, which are collateralized by a pool of mortgages held under an indenture.

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Notes to financial statements

Optimum Fund Trust

 

8. Credit and Market Risk (continued)

Prepayment of mortgages may shorten the stated maturity of the obligations and can result in a loss of premium, if any has been paid. Certain of these securities may be stripped (securities which provide only the principal or interest feature of the underlying security). The yield to maturity on an interest-only CMO is extremely sensitive not only to changes in prevailing interest rates, but also to the rate of principal payments (including prepayments) on the related underlying mortgage assets. A rapid rate of principal payments may have a material adverse effect on the Fund’s yield to maturity. If the underlying mortgage assets experience greater than anticipated prepayments of principal, the Fund may fail to fully recoup its initial investment in these securities even if the securities are rated in the highest rating categories.

Optimum Small-Mid Cap Growth Fund and Optimum Small-Mid Cap Value Fund invest a significant portion of their assets in small- and mid-sized companies. Investments in small- and mid-sized companies may be more volatile than investments in larger companies for a number of reasons, which include more limited financial resources or a dependence on narrow product lines.

Optimum Large Cap Growth Fund, Optimum Large Cap Value Fund, Optimum Small-Mid Cap Growth Fund and Optimum Small-Mid Cap Value Fund may invest in REITs and are subject to the risks associated with that industry. If a Fund holds real estate directly as a result of defaults or receives rental income directly from real estate holdings, its tax status as a regulated investment company may be jeopardized. There were no direct real estate holdings during the six months ended Sept. 30, 2013. The Funds’ REIT holdings are also affected by interest rate changes, particularly if the REITs they hold use floating rate debt to finance their ongoing operations.

Each Fund may invest up to 15% of its net assets in illiquid securities, which may include securities with contractual restrictions on resale, securities exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and other securities which may not be readily marketable. The relative illiquidity of these securities may impair the Funds from disposing of them in a timely manner and at a fair price when it is necessary or desirable to do so. While maintaining oversight, the Funds’ Board has delegated to DMC, the day-to-day functions of determining whether individual securities are liquid for purposes of the each Fund’s limitation on investments in illiquid securities. Securities eligible for resale pursuant to Rule 144A, which are determined to be liquid, are not subject to each Fund’s 15% limit on investments in illiquid securities. Rule 144A and illiquid securities have been identified on the schedules of investments.

9. Contractual Obligations

Each Fund enters into contracts in the normal course of business that contain a variety of indemnifications. Each Fund’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown. However, each Fund has not had prior claims or losses pursuant to these contracts. Management has reviewed the Funds’ existing contracts and expects the risk of loss to be remote.

10. Subsequent Events

Effective Oct. 18, 2013, EARNEST Partners, LLC (EARNEST) replaced Mondrian as the sub-adviser for the sleeve of the Optimum International Fund that was previously managed by Mondrian.

Effective Nov. 1, 2013, DDLP has contractually agreed to waive Class B shares’ 12b-1 fees to 0.25% through Oct. 31, 2014 for Optimum Large Cap Growth Fund and Optimum Large Cap Value Fund.

Management has determined that no other material events or transactions occurred subsequent to Sept. 30, 2013 that would require recognition or disclosure in the Funds’ financial statements.

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Other Fund information
(Unaudited)

Optimum Fund Trust

Board Consideration of Optimum Fund Trust Investment Management and
Sub-Advisory Agreements at Meeting Held September 18-19, 2013

At a meeting held Sept. 18-19, 2013, the Board of Trustees, including a majority of non-interested or independent Trustees, approved renewal of the Investment Management Agreement between Delaware Management Company (“DMC” or “Management”) and each of the six separate funds within the Optimum Fund Trust (the “Funds”), approved a new Sub-Advisory Agreement with EARNEST Partners, LLC (“EARNEST”) to replace Mondrian Investment Partners Limited (“Mondrian”) as a sub-adviser to the Optimum International Fund, effective on or about Oct. 9 2013, and approved the continuation of Sub-Advisory Agreements for the existing sub-advisers of all the Funds, limited in the case of Mondrian until its replacement by EARNEST.

In reaching such decisions, the Board took into account information furnished and discussed throughout the year at quarterly Board meetings, as well as information furnished specifically for the renewal reviews conducted at the Sept. 18-19, 2013 Board meeting. Information furnished at Board meetings throughout the year included an analysis by DMC (with the assistance of its consultant, LPL Financial LLC (“LPL”)) of the investment performance of each Fund and its sub-adviser(s), presentations given to the Board by portfolios managers from DMC and each sub-adviser on a rotating basis, and compliance reports and related certifications furnished in regards to DMC and each sub-adviser. Material furnished specifically in connection with the renewals included: a memorandum from DMC discussing and analyzing the performance of each Fund and its respective sub-adviser(s); information on the fees charged by DMC and each sub-adviser showing their competitiveness with those charged by them to other comparable investment companies or accounts; copies of the Investment Management and Sub-Advisory Agreements; a “due diligence” report describing various material items in relation to the personnel, organization and policies of DMC and the sub-advisers; and information on the fees and other benefits realized by DMC (and its affiliates) and the sub-advisers in performing services for the Funds, as well as the revenues and expenses incurred by DMC and its affiliates in performing such services. Information furnished specifically in connection with the renewal process also included a report for each Fund prepared by Lipper Inc. (“Lipper”) comparing, among other things, each Fund’s investment performance and expenses with those of other mutual funds deemed comparable (“Lipper Report”), as well as a memorandum from Management on the proposed restructuring of certain fees charged the Funds to take effect Jan. 1, 2014.

Information furnished in respect to EARNEST included investment performance information for an account managed by it having a comparable mandate to that of the Optimum International Fund; the compatibility of its investment policy and methodology with the other sub-advisor to that Fund; material regarding the experience and qualifications of personnel responsible for providing portfolio management services; information concerning its organizational structure and the experience of its investment management personnel; a “due diligence” report describing various material items in relation to their personnel, organization and policies; and copies of their compliance policies and procedures and its Code of Ethics; as well as information on the sub-advisory fees to be charged under their Sub-Advisory Agreement along with copies of such agreement. Information was also provided on the fee schedules for comparable accounts managed by EARNEST. The Board noted sub-advisory fees are paid by DMC out of the investment management fee it charges the Fund, and that the fees to be charged by EARNEST as sub-advisor to the Optimum International Fund would be at or lower than those charged by Mondrian under its Sub-Advisory Agreement.

In considering such materials, the independent Trustees received assistance and advice from and met separately with independent counsel. While the Investment Management Agreement and related Sub-Advisory Agreements for all Funds were considered at the same Board meeting, the Board dealt with each Fund separately. In approving continuance of the Investment Management Agreement for each Fund, the Board, including a majority of independent Trustees, determined that the existing management fee structure was fair and reasonable and that continuance of the Investment Management Agreement with DMC and the applicable Sub-Advisory Agreements were in the best interests of each Fund and its shareholders and that approval of EARNEST as a new sub-adviser to the Optimum International Fund was in the best interests of such Fund and its shareholders. While attention was given to all information furnished, the following discusses some primary factors relevant to the Board’s decision.

Nature, Extent and Quality of Services. The Trustees were satisfied with the nature, extent and quality of the services provided by DMC and its affiliates to each of the Funds. The Board’s view was based upon factors such as the background and experience of the executives and other Management personnel involved in the Funds’ operations, the quality and thoroughness of the monitoring of each Fund’s investment performance conducted by DMC, reports furnished by DMC as to adherence with various compliance and procedural matters, such as the Code of Ethics and fair value pricing, the monitoring of various service providers to the Funds, and DMC’s success in obtaining meaningful information on a timely basis from each of the Fund’s sub-advisers. Particular attention was given to the analysis involved in the review of sub-adviser performance for each Fund, including the complementary nature of investment strategies adhered to, as well as the results and process followed in Management’s recommendation of EARNEST to replace Mondrian as a sub-adviser for the Optimum International Fund. Consideration was also given to the attention given by management personnel of DMC and its affiliates in monitoring and assisting in numerous transition items following the 2010 acquisition of Delaware Investments by the Macquarie Group, including those relating to information technology, as well as their review and coordination of improvements in Fund accounting operations including those conducted by BNY Mellon. The nature of the services of the sub-advisers to each Fund was considered primarily in respect to the investment performance of the Funds. The Board was, however, satisfied with the adherence by each sub-adviser (and DMC with respect to the Optimum Fixed Income Fund) with the investment policies and restrictions of the Funds advised, as well as their adherence to various compliance and other procedures based on personal presentations made by sub-advisers’ portfolio managers (and DMC’s portfolio managers with respect to the Optimum Fixed Income Fund) and reports of Management’s discussions with the sub-advisers, as well as certificates and materials furnished at Board meetings and in connection with the contract renewals or in the case of EARNEST in connection with its proposed Sub-Advisory Agreement.

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Other Fund information
(Unaudited)

Optimum Fund Trust

Board Consideration of Optimum Fund Trust Investment Management and
Sub-Advisory Agreements at Meeting Held September 18-19, 2013 (continued)

Investment Performance. The Board placed significant emphasis on the investment performance of each Fund. While consideration was given to performance reports and discussions throughout the year (including a detailed discussion of the investment performance of each Fund and its sub-advisers contained in a memorandum from DMC provided to the Board prior to the Sept. 18-19, 2013 Board meeting), particular attention in assessing performance was given to the Lipper Reports furnished in connection with the contract renewals. The Lipper Reports prepared for each individual Fund showed the annualized total return investment performance of its Institutional Class shares in comparison with a Performance Universe selected by Lipper for the one year period ending June 30, 2013, as well as the three and five year periods ending that date and since August, 2003, being the lifetime of each Fund. The following summarizes the performance results for each Fund and the Board’s view of such performance.

Optimum Fixed Income Fund — The Lipper Performance Universe for this Fund consisted of the Fund and all retail and institutional intermediate investment-grade debt funds as selected by Lipper. The Lipper Report showed the Fund’s investment performance to be in the second lowest performing quintile of its Lipper Performance Universe for the one year period, but on an annualized basis to be in the highest performing quintile or second highest performing quintile of such Universe for each of the previous three and five year periods and during its lifetime. The Board discussed with Management the reasons for the Fund’s under-performance for the one year period, but found its overall comparative performance as shown in the Lipper Report to be satisfactory.

Optimum International Fund — The Lipper Performance Universe for this Fund consisted of the Fund and all retail and institutional international large-cap core funds as selected by Lipper. The Lipper Report showed the Fund’s investment performance to be in the second lowest performing quintile of its Performance Universe for the one year period, and on an annualized basis to be in the middle quintile of its Performance Universe for each of the previous three and five year periods, and the second lowest quintile of such Universe during its lifetime. The Board was not satisfied with such comparative performance, but believed Management was taking appropriate actions to improve performance, noting the appointment of EARNEST as a sub-adviser to the Fund in replacement of Mondrian.

Optimum Large Cap Growth Fund — The Lipper Performance Universe for this Fund consisted of the Fund and all retail and institutional large-cap growth funds as selected by Lipper. The Lipper Report showed the Fund’s investment performance to be in the second highest performing quintile of its Lipper Performance Universe for the one year period, and on an annualized basis to also be in the second highest quintile of the Performance Universe for the previous three year period, and in the middle performing quintile of such Universe for the five year period and during its lifetime. The Trustees found such overall comparative results to be satisfactory.

Optimum Large Cap Value Fund — The Lipper Performance Universe for this Fund consisted of the Fund and all retail and institutional large-cap core funds as selected by Lipper. The Lipper Report showed the Fund’s investment performance to be in the middle performing quintile of its Lipper Performance Universe for the one year period, and on an annualized basis to be in the middle performing quintile of the Performance Universe for the three year period, and the second highest performing quintile of such Universe for the five year period and during its lifetime. The Trustees found such comparative performance to be acceptable.

Optimum Small-Mid Cap Growth Fund — The Lipper Performance Universe for this Fund consisted of the Fund and all retail and institutional small-cap growth funds as selected by Lipper. The Lipper Report showed the Fund’s investment performance to be in the middle performing quintile of its Lipper Performance Universe for the one year period, but on an annualized basis to be in the second lowest performing quintile of such Universe for each of the previous three and five year periods, as well as during its lifetime. The Trustees were not satisfied with such comparative results and intend to closely monitor future performance. Based on discussions held, the Trustees believe, however, that Management is addressing such performance and the need to take appropriate action to attempt to improve it.

Optimum Small-Mid Cap Value Fund — The Lipper Performance Universe for this Fund consisted of the Fund and all retail and institutional small-cap core funds as selected by Lipper. The Lipper Report showed the Fund’s investment performance to be in the second highest performing quintile of its Lipper Performance Universe for the one year period, and on an annualized basis to be in the middle performing quintile of such Universe for the three year period, and the second lowest performing quintile of such Universe for the five year period, and the middle performing quintile of such Universe during its lifetime. The Trustees found the Fund’s overall comparative performance to be acceptable, noting that such performance had exceeded the median of its Lipper Performance Universe for the one and three year periods, and was within fifty-five basis points of such Universe median for the five year period.

Comparative Expenses. Attention was also given to a comparative analysis of each Fund’s Institutional Class share expenses, including management fees, in comparison to a group of other multi-advised institutional funds constituting its Lipper Expense Group. Lipper expense data is based upon information for the twelve months covered by each fund’s most recent annual report which reflects historical asset levels which may be quite different from those currently existing, particularly in a period of market volatility. While recognizing such inherent limitations and the fact that expense ratios generally increase as assets decline and decrease as assets grow, the Trustees believed that the independent analysis conducted by Lipper remained an appropriate measure of comparative expenses. The Lipper Report showed the actual total expenses of each Fund to be the highest or close to the highest in its respective Lipper Expense Group. The Trustees noted that DMC, since inception, had waived fees to the extent necessary to keep expenses of each Fund from exceeding certain percentage amounts, and that the Trustees had also previously discussed in detail the current cap on expenses in effect

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for each Fund through July 29, 2014. The Trustees also noted that, as a result of discussions held throughout the year, Management had agreed to a restructuring and overall reduction in fees charged by affiliated service providers to each Fund, including a 4.5 basis point reduction in administrative fees and a 2.5 basis point reduction in transfer agent fees to become effective Jan. 1, 2014. Further expense reductions were anticipated to occur through reductions in sub-transfer agent fees paid by each Fund as a result of the change to omnibus shareholder accounting for the accounts LPL maintains in the Funds, anticipated to occur on or before Jan. 1, 2014. As part of such cost reduction discussions, Management also agreed to a framework for providing additional expense waivers for the Funds as appropriate to the extent combined assets of the Funds are above $4.2 billion on an annual basis. While intending to continuously monitor the fee structure of each Fund, the Trustees found the expense structure of each Fund to be acceptable in view of the nature and structure of Fund operations, and Management’s cap on expenses, and taking into account anticipated savings resulting from the aforementioned fee and expense reductions.

DMC’s Profitability; Economies of Scale. Based on the size of each Fund and the reimbursement and/or waiver of expenses by DMC, as well as other profitability information furnished them by DMC, the Trustees did not believe that the level of profit being realized by DMC and its affiliates from services provided to any of the Funds was excessive. Trustees were also given available information on profits being realized by sub-advisers in relation to the services being provided to the Funds or in relation to the sub-adviser’s overall investment advisory business, but believed such information to be of limited relevance since the sub-advisors fees are paid by DMC out of its management fee and changes in the level of sub-advisory fees do not impact Fund expenses. The Board was also provided information on potential fall-out benefits derived or to be derived by DMC and its affiliates or the sub-advisers in connection with their relationship to the Funds, such as soft dollar arrangements and commissions paid to affiliated broker-dealers. The Trustees recognized that as the Funds get larger at some point, economies of scale may result in DMC realizing a larger profit margin on management services provided a Fund. The Trustees also noted that economies of scale are shared with a Fund and its shareholders through investment management fee breakpoints so that as a Fund grows in size, its effective management fee rate declines. The Optimum Small-Mid Cap Growth Fund has a fixed investment management fee of 1.1% at all asset levels without breakpoints, but in view of the nature of this Fund, its asset level of approximately $385 million at Aug. 1, 2013, and the fact that the actual investment management fee charged the Fund was reduced as a result of management expense caps, the Trustees believed that no meaningful economies of scale currently existed. The investment management fee schedules for all the other Funds contained breakpoints, including additional ones added for the Optimum Fixed Income Fund the previous year. The asset size of the Optimum International Fund and Optimum Small-Mid Cap Value Fund as of Aug. 1, 2013, however, exceeded the last fee breakpoint under their respective investment management agreements. The Trustees noted, however, that the actual investment management fees charged these Funds were also reduced as a result of management expense caps, and while intending to monitor the need for additional breakpoints, believed it unlikely that meaningful economies of scale currently existed in the management of such Funds.

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About the organization

This semiannual report is for the information of Optimum Fund Trust shareholders, but it may be used with prospective investors when preceded or accompanied by a current prospectus for Optimum Fund Trust and the fact sheet for the most recently completed calendar quarter. The prospectus sets forth details about charges, expenses, investment objectives, and operating policies of the investment company. You should read the prospectus carefully before you invest. The figures in this report represent past results that are not a guarantee of future results. The return and principal value of an investment in the investment company will fluctuate so that shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost.

Board of trustees

Daniel H. Arnold
Chief Financial Officer
LPL Financial LLC

J. Scott Coleman
Executive Vice President
Delaware Investments

Robert J. Christian
Private Investor

Nicholas D. Constan
Adjunct Professor —
University of Pennsylvania

Durant Adams Hunter
Principal — Ridgeway Partners

Pamela J. Moret
Chief Executive Officer —
brightpeak financial

Stephen Paul Mullin
President — Econsult Solutions, Inc.

Robert A. Rudell
Private Investor

Jon Edward Socolofsky
Private Investor

Affiliated officers

David F. Connor
Senior Vice President,
Deputy General Counsel
and Secretary
Optimum Fund Trust
Philadelphia, PA

Daniel V. Geatens
Vice President and Treasurer
Optimum Fund Trust
Philadelphia, PA

David P. O’Connor
Executive Vice President,
General Counsel
and Chief Legal Officer
Optimum Fund Trust
Philadelphia, PA

Richard Salus
Senior Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
Optimum Fund Trust
Philadelphia, PA

Contact information

Investment manager
Delaware Management Company, a series
of Delaware Management Business Trust
Philadelphia, PA

National distributor
Delaware Distributors, L.P.
Philadelphia, PA

Shareholder servicing, dividend
disbursing, and transfer agent
Delaware Service Company, Inc.
2005 Market Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103-7094

For shareholders
800 914-0278

For securities dealers
and financial institutions
representatives only

800 362-7500

Website
optimummutualfunds.com

Each Fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Forms N-Q. Each Fund’s Forms N-Q, as well as a description of the policies and procedures that each Fund uses to determine how to vote proxies (if any) relating to portfolio securities is available without charge (i) upon request, by calling 800 914-0278; (ii) on the Fund’s website at optimummutualfunds.com; and (iii) on the SEC’s website at sec.gov. Each Fund’s Forms N-Q may be reviewed and copied at the SEC’s Public Reference Room in Washington, D.C.; information on the operation of the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 800 SEC-0330.

Information (if any) regarding how each Fund voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recently disclosed 12-month period ended June 30 is available without charge (i) through the Fund’s website at optimummutualfunds.com; and (ii) on the SEC’s website at sec.gov.

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Item 2. Code of Ethics

     Not applicable.

Item 3. Audit Committee Financial Expert

     Not applicable.

Item 4. Principal Accountant Fees and Services

     Not applicable.

Item 5. Audit Committee of Listed Registrants

     Not applicable.

Item 6. Investments

     (a) Included as part of report to shareholders filed under Item 1 of this Form N-CSR.

     (b) Divestment of securities in accordance with Section 13(c) of the Investment Company Act of 1940.

     Not applicable.

Item 7. Disclosure of Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures for Closed-End Management Investment Companies

     Not applicable.

Item 8. Portfolio Managers of Closed-End Management Investment Companies

     Not applicable.

Item 9. Purchases of Equity Securities by Closed-End Management Investment Companies and Affiliated Purchasers

     Not applicable.

Item 10. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

     Not applicable.

Item 11. Controls and Procedures

     The registrant’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer have evaluated the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures within 90 days of the filing of this report and have concluded that they are effective in providing reasonable assurance that the information required to be disclosed by the registrant in its reports or statements filed under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the rules and forms of the Securities and Exchange Commission.



     There were no significant changes in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the second fiscal quarter of the period covered by the report to stockholders included herein (i.e., the registrant’s second fiscal quarter) that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

Item 12. Exhibits

(a)  

(1) Code of Ethics

 

     Not applicable.

 

(2) Certifications of Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer pursuant to Rule 30a-2 under the Investment Company Act of 1940 are attached hereto as Exhibit 99.CERT.

 

(3) Written solicitations to purchase securities pursuant to Rule 23c-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

 

     Not applicable.

 
(b)

Certifications pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 are furnished herewith as Exhibit 99.906CERT.




SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf, by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

OPTIMUM FUND TRUST

/s/ J. SCOTT COLEMAN
By: J. Scott Coleman
Title: Chief Executive Officer
Date:      December 4, 2013

     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.

/s/ J. SCOTT COLEMAN
By: J. Scott Coleman
Title: Chief Executive Officer
Date:      December 4, 2013
 
/s/ RICHARD SALUS
By: Richard Salus
Title: Chief Financial Officer
Date:      December 4, 2013


EX-99.CERT 2 exhibit99-cert.htm CERTIFICATION

EXHIBIT 99.CERT

CERTIFICATION

I, J. Scott Coleman certify that:

1.        I have reviewed this report on Form N-CSR of Optimum Fund Trust;
 
2.   Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;
 
3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations, changes in net assets, and cash flows (if the financial statements are required to include a statement of cash flows) of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;
 
4.   The registrant's other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) for the registrant and have:
 
           (a)        designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;
 
      (b)   designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;
 
      (c)   evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of a date within 90 days prior to the filing date of this report based on such evaluation; and
 
      (d)   disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the second fiscal quarter of the period covered by this report that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and
 
5. The registrant's other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed to the registrant's auditors and the audit committee of the registrant's board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):
     
      (a)   all significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant's ability to record, process, summarize, and report financial information; and
           
      (b)   any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting.

Date: December 4, 2013
 
/s/ J. SCOTT COLEMAN
By: J. Scott Coleman
Title:      Chief Executive Officer



CERTIFICATION

I, Richard Salus, certify that:

1.        I have reviewed this report on Form N-CSR of Optimum Fund Trust;
 
2.   Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;
 
3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations, changes in net assets, and cash flows (if the financial statements are required to include a statement of cash flows) of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;
 
4.   The registrant's other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) for the registrant and have:
 
           (a)        designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;
 
      (b)   designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;
 
      (c)   evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of a date within 90 days prior to the filing date of this report based on such evaluation; and
 
      (d)   disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the second fiscal quarter of the period covered by this report that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and
 
5. The registrant's other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed to the registrant's auditors and the audit committee of the registrant's board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):
     
      (a)   all significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant's ability to record, process, summarize, and report financial information; and
           
      (b)   any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting.

Date: December 4, 2013
 
/s/ RICHARD SALUS
By: Richard Salus
Title:     Chief Financial Officer


EX-99.906 CERT 3 exhibit99_906-cert.htm CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

EXHIBIT 99.906CERT

Certification Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

In connection with the attached report of the registrant on Form N-CSR to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Report”), each of the undersigned officers of the registrant does hereby certify, to the best of such officer’s knowledge, that:

1.        The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and
 
2.   The information contained in the Report fairly represents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in the Report.

Date: December 4, 2013
 
/s/ J. SCOTT COLEMAN
By: J. Scott Coleman
Title:     Chief Executive Officer

/s/ RICHARD SALUS
By: Richard Salus
Title:     Chief Financial Officer

A signed original of this written statement required by Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, or other document authenticating, acknowledging, or otherwise adopting the signatures that appear in typed form within the electronic version of this written statement required by Section 906, has been provided to the registrant and will be retained by the registrant and furnished to the SEC or its staff upon request.