N-CSR 1 d687683dncsr.htm ELFUN TAX-EXEMPT INCOME FUND Elfun Tax-Exempt Income Fund
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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: 811-02735

 

 

ELFUN TAX-EXEMPT INCOME FUND

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

 

 

One Iron Street

Boston, Massachusetts 02210

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)

 

 

 

(Name and Address of Agent for Service)   Copy to:

Joshua A. Weinberg, Esq.

Managing Director and Managing Counsel

c/o SSGA Funds Management, Inc.

One Iron Street

Boston, Massachusetts 02210

 

Timothy W. Diggins, Esq.

Ropes & Gray LLP

800 Boylston Street

Boston, Massachusetts 02110-2624

 

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (617) 664-7037

Date of fiscal year end: December 31

Date of reporting period: December 31, 2018

 

 

 


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Item 1.  Shareholder Report.


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Annual Report

December 31, 2018

 

Elfun Funds

Elfun International Equity Fund

Elfun Trusts

Elfun Diversified Fund

Elfun Tax-Exempt Income Fund

Elfun Income Fund

Elfun Government Money Market Fund

 

Beginning on January 1, 2021, as permitted by regulations adopted by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, paper copies of a Fund’s annual and semi-annual shareholder reports will no longer be sent by mail, unless you specifically request paper copies of the reports from the Fund (or from your financial intermediary, such as a broker-dealer or bank). Instead, the reports will be made available on a Fund’s website (www.ssga.com/geam), and you will be notified by mail each time a report is posted, and provided with a website link to access the report.

Beginning on January 1, 2019, you may elect to receive all future reports in paper free of charge. If you invest through a financial intermediary, you can contact your financial intermediary to request that you continue to receive paper copies of your shareholder reports. Your election to receive reports in paper will apply to all funds held in your account, if you invest through your financial intermediary or all funds held with the fund complex if you invest directly with a Fund.

 

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Elfun Funds

Annual Report

December 31, 2018

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       Page  
Notes to Performance        1  
Manager Reviews and Schedule of Investments     

Elfun International Equity Fund

       2  

Elfun Trusts

       9  

Elfun Diversified Fund

       15  

Elfun Tax-Exempt Income Fund

       50  

Elfun Income Fund

       61  

Elfun Government Money Market Fund

       85  
Notes to Schedules of Investments        91  
Financial Statements     

Financial Highlights

       92  

Statements of Assets and Liabilities

       98  

Statements of Operations

       100  

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

       102  

Notes to Financial Statements

       105  
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm        115  
Tax Information        116  
Special Meeting of Shareholders — Voting Results        117  
Other Information        119  

 

This report has been prepared for shareholders and may be distributed to others only if accompanied with a current prospectus and/or summary prospectus.


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Elfun Funds

Notes to Performance — December 31, 2018 (Unaudited)

 

 

 

Information on the following performance pages relates to the Elfun Funds.

Total returns take into account changes in share price and assume reinvestment of all dividends and capital gains distributions, if any. Total returns shown are net of Fund expenses.

The performance data quoted represents past performance; past performance does not guarantee future results. Investment return and principal value will fluctuate so your shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Current performance may be higher or lower than the performance data quoted. Periods less than one year are not annualized. Please call toll-free (800) 242-0134 or visit the Funds’ website at http://www.ssga.com/geam for the most recent month-end performance data.

A portion of the Elfun Tax-Exempt Income Fund’s income may be subject to state, federal and/or alternative minimum tax. Capital gains, if any, are subject to capital gains tax.

An investment in a Fund is not a deposit of any bank and is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”) or any other government agency. An investment in a Fund is subject to risk, including possible loss of principal invested.

The S&P 500® Index, MSCI® Europe, Australasia, Far East Index (“MSCI® EAFE® Index”), MSCI® All-Country World ex-U.S. Index (“MSCI® ACWI ex-U.S. Index”), Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index, Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Municipal Bond Index and 90 Day U.S. T-Bill are unmanaged indices and do not reflect the actual cost of investing in the instruments that comprise each index. The results shown for the foregoing indices assume the reinvestment of net dividends or interest and do not reflect the fees, expenses or taxes.

The S&P 500® Index is an unmanaged, market capitalization-weighted index of stocks of 500 large U.S. companies, which is widely used as a measure of large-cap U.S. stock market performance.

The MSCI® EAFE® Index is a market capitalization-weighted index of equity securities of companies domiciled in various countries. The index is designed to represent the performance of developed stock markets outside the U.S. and Canada and excludes certain market segments unavailable to U.S. based investors.

The MSCI® ACWI ex-U.S. Index is a market-capitalization weighted index designed to provide a broad measure of stock performance throughout the world, with the exception of U.S. based companies. The MSCI® ACWI ex-U.S. Index includes both developed and emerging markets.

The Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index is a market value-weighted index of taxable investment-grade debt issues, including government, corporate, asset-backed and mortgage-backed securities, with maturities of one year or more. This index is designed to represent the performance of the U.S. investment-grade first-rate bond market.

The Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Municipal Bond Index is an unmanaged index comprised of investment-grade, fixed rate securities with maturities of at least eight years and less than twelve years.

The 90 Day U.S. T-Bill is an unmanaged measure/index of the performance of the most recently auctioned 90 Day U.S. Treasury bills (i.e. having a total maturity of 90 days) currently available in the marketplace.

The views, expressed in this document reflect our judgment as of the publication date and are subject to change at any time without notice.

 

 

State Street Global Advisors Funds Distributors, LLC, member of FINRA & SIPC is the principal underwriter and distributor of the Elfun Funds and an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of State Street Corporation. References to State Street may include State Street Corporation and its affiliates. The Funds pay State Street Bank and Trust Company for its services as custodian and Fund Accounting agent, and pay SSGA Funds Management, Inc. for investment advisory and administrative services.

 

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Elfun International Equity Fund

Management Discussion of Fund Performance — December 31, 2018 (Unaudited)

 

 

 

The Elfun International Equity Fund (the “Fund”) seeks to provide long-term growth of capital and future income by investing principally in foreign securities consistent with prudent investment management and the preservation of capital. The Fund’s benchmark is the MSCI® EAFE® Index (the “Index”).

For the 12-month period ended December 31, 2018 (the “Reporting Period”), the total return for the Fund was -16.33% and the Index was -13.79%. The Fund and Index returns reflect the reinvestment of dividends and other income. The Fund’s performance reflects the expenses of managing the Fund, including brokerage and advisory expenses. The Index is unmanaged and Index returns do not reflect fees and expenses of any kind, which would have a negative impact on returns.

Underperformance in machinery companies, underperformance in consumer discretionary, and outperformance in information technology (“IT”) were primary drivers of Fund performance during the Reporting Period relative to the Index. Machinery companies were generally weak in 2018 as concerns around trade wars and a downturn in the semiconductor cycle took hold. The Fund’s holdings in this space were exposed in both of these areas. In consumer discretionary, the Fund was impacted by a combination of macro and company-specific issues. For example, French auto-supplier Valeo fell on concerns over a slowdown in China, the world’s largest auto market, as well as new emissions regulations in Europe which disrupted production for many auto producers. The Fund’s higher quality IT holdings outperformed in a challenging environment. For example, Japanese electronics manufacturer Murata, while exposed to some of the most challenged markets including China, auto, and smartphones, was able to outperform due to its very strong market position in some vital electronic components.

The Fund used equity futures in order to efficiently manage cash flows during the Reporting Period. The Fund’s use of futures had a negligible impact on Fund performance.

On an individual security level, the top positive contributors to the Fund’s performance on an absolute basis during the Reporting Period were Hoya Corp, Shire PLC and Kao Corp. The top negative contributors to the Fund’s performance on an absolute basis during the Reporting Period were Valeo SA, Bayer AG and Komatsu LTD.

The views expressed above reflect those of the Fund’s portfolio manager only through the Reporting Period, and do not necessarily represent the views of the Adviser as a whole. Any such views are subject to change at any time based upon market or other conditions and the Adviser disclaims any responsibility to update such views. These views may not be relied on as investment advice and, because investment decisions for a fund are based on numerous factors, may not be relied on as an indication of trading intent on behalf of any fund.

 

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Elfun International Equity Fund

Understanding Your Fund’s Expenses (Unaudited)

 

 

 

As a shareholder of the Fund you incur ongoing costs. Ongoing costs include portfolio management fees, professional fees, administrative fees and other Fund expenses. The following example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.

To illustrate these ongoing costs, we have provided an example and calculated the expenses paid by investors in units of the Fund during the period. The information in the following table is based on an investment of $1,000, which is invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire six-month period ended December 31, 2018.

Actual Expenses

The first section of the table provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this section, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. To do so, 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 given under the heading “Expenses paid during the period” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during the period.

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes

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

Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight and help you compare ongoing costs only and do not reflect transaction costs, such as sales charges or redemption fees, if any. Therefore, the second section of the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds.

 

     Actual
Fund Return
     Hypothetical
5% Return
(2.5% for
the period)
 

Actual Fund Return

     

Beginning Account Value

July 1, 2018

   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,000.00  

Ending Account Value

December 31, 2018

   $ 865.70      $ 1,023.34  

Expenses Paid During Period*

   $ 1.74      $ 1.89  

 

*

Expenses are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio of 0.37%** (for the period July 1, 2018-December 31, 2018), multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 184/365 (to reflect the one-half year period).

**

May differ from expense ratio disclosed in the financial highlights, which is calculated based on the entire fiscal year’s data.

 

 

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Elfun International Equity Fund

Performance Summary — December 31, 2018 (Unaudited)

 

 

 

Top Ten Largest Holdings

as of December 31, 2018 (as a % of Fair Value) (a)(b)

 

Nestle S.A.

    4.43

Novartis AG

    3.48

Roche Holding AG

    2.86

AIA Group Ltd.

    2.74

AstraZeneca PLC

    2.65

Air Liquide S.A.

    2.53

SAP SE

    2.52

Hoya Corp.

    2.50

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc.

    2.19

Keyence Corp.

    2.15

Sector Allocation as of December 31, 2018

Portfolio composition as a % of Fair Value of $184,239 (in thousands) as of December 31, 2018 (a)(b)

 

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Average Annual Total Return for the periods ended December 31, 2018

(Inception date: 01/01/88)

 

    One Year     Five Year     Ten Year     Ending Value
of a $10,000
Investment
 

Elfun International Equity Fund

    -16.33     -1.22     4.63   $ 15,719  

MSCI® EAFE® Index

    -13.79     0.53     6.32   $ 18,452  
 

 

 

(a)

Fair Value basis is inclusive of short-term investment in money market funds.

 

(b)

The securities information regarding holdings, allocations and other characteristics is presented to illustrate examples of securities that the Fund has bought and the diversity of areas in which the Fund may invest as of a particular date. It may not be representative of the Fund’s current or future investments and should not be construed as a recommendation to purchase or sell a particular security.

 

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Elfun International Equity Fund

Performance Summary, continued — December 31, 2018 (Unaudited)

 

 

 

 

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See Notes to Performance beginning on page 1 for further information.

Past performance does not predict future performance. The performance shown in the graphs and tables does not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares.

 

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Elfun International Equity Fund

Schedule of Investments — December 31, 2018

 

     Number
of Shares
       Fair
Value
$
 

 

       
Common Stock - 96.8%†

 

Australia - 2.7%

 

BHP Group PLC

     175,216          3,685,629  

Suncorp Group Ltd.

     143,979          1,280,192  
       

 

 

 
       4,965,821  
       

 

 

 

Belgium - 1.3%

 

Anheuser-Busch InBev S.A.

     35,225          2,323,432  
       

 

 

 

Canada - 1.3%

 

Brookfield Asset Management Inc., Class A (h)

     26,732          1,024,028  

Seven Generations Energy Ltd., Class A (a)

     172,571          1,407,557  
       

 

 

 
       2,431,585  
       

 

 

 

China - 0.5%

 

New Oriental Education & Technology Group Inc. ADR (a)

     15,824          867,313  
       

 

 

 

France - 13.0%

 

Air Liquide S.A.

     37,609          4,662,561  

Airbus SE

     31,481          3,021,510  

AXA S.A.

     156,990          3,384,315  

BNP Paribas S.A.

     78,223          3,529,878  

Schneider Electric SE

     55,192          3,767,897  

Valeo S.A.

     65,668          1,914,994  

Vivendi S.A.

     148,585          3,614,513  
       

 

 

 
       23,895,668  
       

 

 

 

Germany - 8.1%

 

Bayer AG

     39,128          2,708,798  

Fresenius SE & Company KGaA

     19,792          958,857  

HeidelbergCement AG

     46,674          2,848,110  

Infineon Technologies AG

     105,258          2,089,455  

KION Group AG (h)

     34,048          1,725,411  

SAP SE

     46,615          4,632,319  
       

 

 

 
       14,962,950  
       

 

 

 

Hong Kong - 2.7%

 

AIA Group Ltd.

     608,167          5,049,060  
       

 

 

 

India - 1.8%

 

ICICI Bank Ltd.

     657,170          3,390,099  
       

 

 

 

Ireland - 2.0%

 

Kerry Group PLC, Class A

     37,493          3,707,400  
       

 

 

 

Italy - 0.5%

 

Intesa Sanpaolo S.p.A.

     376,910          835,791  
       

 

 

 
     Number
of Shares
       Fair
Value
$
 

Japan - 29.1%

 

Daikin Industries Ltd.

     36,900          3,933,332  

Disco Corp.

     16,800          1,967,643  

FANUC Corp.

     15,000          2,279,087  

Hoya Corp.

     76,300          4,600,324  

Kao Corp.

     50,500          3,753,151  

Keyence Corp.

     7,800          3,958,474  

Komatsu Ltd.

     135,300          2,917,123  

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc.

     823,600          4,037,866  

Mitsui Fudosan Company Ltd.

     154,518          3,443,435  

Murata Manufacturing Company Ltd.

     24,097          3,284,607  

Nidec Corp.

     31,400          3,570,296  

Secom Company Ltd.

     40,500          3,364,326  

Sekisui House Ltd.

     194,100          2,864,220  

Shiseido Company Ltd.

     20,600          1,294,036  

SoftBank Group Corp.

     31,901          2,124,019  

Subaru Corp.

     103,500          2,226,314  

Suzuki Motor Corp.

     28,900          1,466,402  

Tokio Marine Holdings Inc.

     51,898          2,476,762  
       

 

 

 
       53,561,417  
       

 

 

 

Netherlands - 3.6%

 

ASML Holding N.V.

     20,817          3,263,990  

ING Groep N.V.

     310,477          3,339,813  
       

 

 

 
       6,603,803  
       

 

 

 

Norway - 2.1%

 

Equinor ASA

     180,122          3,822,248  
       

 

 

 

Portugal - 1.7%

 

Galp Energia SGPS S.A.

     195,485          3,082,750  
       

 

 

 

Sweden - 3.1%

 

Assa Abloy AB, Class B

     208,546          3,720,067  

Hexagon AB, Class B

     43,169          1,986,606  
       

 

 

 
       5,706,673  
       

 

 

 

Switzerland - 12.5%

 

Givaudan S.A.

     1,399          3,229,990  

Nestle S.A.

     100,858          8,164,403  

Novartis AG

     75,232          6,413,570  

Roche Holding AG

     21,340          5,268,975  
       

 

 

 
       23,076,938  
       

 

 

 

Taiwan - 1.1%

 

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd.

     267,900          1,965,431  
       

 

 

 

United Kingdom - 9.7%

 

AstraZeneca PLC

     65,323          4,886,063  
 

 

See Notes to Schedules of Investments and Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Schedule of Investments, continued — December 31, 2018

 

     Number
of Shares
       Fair
Value
$
 
       

Prudential PLC

     205,605          3,671,256  

Smith & Nephew PLC

     144,896          2,701,659  

Smiths Group PLC

     169,909          2,951,642  

Vodafone Group PLC

     1,871,955          3,645,322  
       

 

 

 
       17,855,942  
       

 

 

 
Total Common Stock
(Cost $173,067,843)

 

       178,104,321  
       

 

 

 
Short-Term Investments - 3.3%

 

State Street Institutional Treasury Money Market Fund - Premier Class 2.24% (d)(n)

     3,394,148          3,394,148  

State Street Institutional U.S. Government Money Market Fund - Class G Shares 2.31% (d)(n)

     2,740,984          2,740,984  
       

 

 

 
Total Short-Term Investments
(Cost $6,135,132)

 

       6,135,132  
       

 

 

 
Total Investments
(Cost $179,202,975)
          184,239,453  
Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets, net - (0.1)%

 

       (257,484
       

 

 

 
NET ASSETS - 100.0%

 

       183,981,969  
       

 

 

 
 

During the period ended December 31, 2018, average notional value related to long futures contracts was $1,521,691 or 0.8% of net assets and short futures contracts was $584,740 or 0.3% of net assets.

The following table presents the Fund’s investments measured at fair value on a recurring basis at December 31, 2018:

 

Fund    Investments    Level 1      Level 2      Level 3      Total  
Elfun International Equity Fund   

Investments in Securities

           
  

Common Stock

   $ 178,104,321      $      $      $ 178,104,321  
  

Short-Term Investments

     6,135,132                      6,135,132  
     

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  

Total Investments in Securities

   $ 184,239,453      $      $      $ 184,239,453  
     

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Schedules of Investments and Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Schedule of Investments, continued — December 31, 2018

 

The Fund was invested in the following sectors at December 31, 2018 (unaudited):

 

Sector    Percentage
(based on
Fair Value)
 

Pharmaceuticals

     10.46%  

Diversified Banks

     8.21%  

Packaged Foods & Meats

     6.44%  

Life & Health Insurance

     4.73%  

Building Products

     4.15%  

Electrical Components & Equipment

     3.98%  

Integrated Oil & Gas

     3.75%  

Electronic Equipment & Instruments

     3.23%  

Wireless Telecommunication Services

     3.13%  

Semiconductor Equipment

     2.84%  

Personal Products

     2.74%  

Industrial Gases

     2.53%  

Construction Machinery & Heavy Trucks

     2.52%  

Application Software

     2.52%  

Healthcare Supplies

     2.50%  

Semiconductors

     2.20%  

Property & Casualty Insurance

     2.04%  

Automobile Manufacturers

     2.00%  

Diversified Metals & Mining

     2.00%  

Movies & Entertainment

     1.96%  

Diversified Real Estate Activities

     1.87%  

Multi-Line Insurance

     1.84%  
Sector    Percentage
(based on
Fair Value)
 

Security & Alarm Services

     1.83%  

Electronic Components

     1.78%  

Specialty Chemicals

     1.75%  

Aerospace & Defense

     1.64%  

Industrial Conglomerates

     1.60%  

Home Building

     1.56%  

Construction Materials

     1.55%  

Healthcare Equipment

     1.47%  

Brewers

     1.26%  

Industrial Machinery

     1.24%  

Auto Parts & Equipment

     1.04%  

Oil & Gas Exploration & Production

     0.76%  

Asset Management & Custody Banks

     0.56%  

Healthcare Services

     0.52%  

Education Services

     0.47%  
  

 

 

 
     96.67%  
  

 

 

 

Short-Term Investments

  

Short-Term Investments

     3.33%  
  

 

 

 
     3.33%  
  

 

 

 
     100.00%  
  

 

 

 
 

 

 

Affiliate Table

 

     Number
of Shares
Held at
12/31/17
    Value At
12/31/17
    Cost of
Purchases
    Proceeds
from
Shares
Sold
    Realized
Gain
(Loss)
    Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation/
Depreciation
    Number
of Shares
Held at
12/31/18
    Value at
12/31/18
    Dividend
Income
 

State Street Institutional Treasury Money Market Fund - Premier Class

        $     $ 23,906,090     $ 20,511,942     $     $       3,394,148     $ 3,394,148     $ 56,532  

State Street Institutional U.S. Government Money Market Fund - Class G Shares

    10,975,209       10,975,209       26,977,357       35,211,582                   2,740,984       2,740,984       69,631  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

 

TOTAL

    $ 10,975,209     $ 50,883,447     $ 55,723,524     $     $       $ 6,135,132     $ 126,163  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Schedules of Investments and Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Elfun Trusts

Management Discussion of Fund Performance — December 31, 2018 (Unaudited)

 

 

 

The Elfun Trusts (the “Fund”) seeks to provide long-term growth of capital and future income rather than current income. The Fund’s benchmark is the S&P® 500 Index (the “Index”).

For the 12-month period ended December 31, 2018 (the “Reporting Period”), the total return for the Fund was -3.39% and the Index was -4.38%. The Fund and Index returns reflect the reinvestment of dividends and other income. The Fund’s performance reflects the expenses of managing the Fund, including brokerage and advisory expenses. The Index is unmanaged and Index returns do not reflect fees and expenses of any kind, which would have a negative impact on returns.

A style tilt toward growth and positive sector allocation were the primary drivers of Fund performance during the Reporting Period relative to the Index. The Fund has a style tilt toward growth versus value and this was beneficial last year. (The Russell 1000 Growth Index outperformed the Russell 1000 Value Index.) The Fund had an overweight in Healthcare and Technology and both sectors outperformed the Index. The Fund had an underweight in Energy, Materials, and Industrials and all three sectors underperformed the Index. The Financial sector underperformed the Index, but was a positive contributor to Fund performance. Bank stocks led the sector lower, but the Fund was underweighted in banks and overweighted in outperforming non-bank financials such as CME Group and S&P Global.

On an individual security level, the top positive contributors to the Fund’s performance on an absolute basis during the Reporting Period were CME Group, Visa Inc. and Salesforce.com Inc. The top negative contributors to the Fund’s performance on an absolute basis during the Reporting Period were Schlumberger, United Rentals Inc. and Applied Materials Inc.

The Fund did not invest in derivatives during the Reporting Period.

The views expressed above reflect those of the Fund’s portfolio manager only through the Reporting Period, and do not necessarily represent the views of the Adviser as a whole. Any such views are subject to change at any time based upon market or other conditions and the Adviser disclaims any responsibility to update such views. These views may not be relied on as investment advice and, because investment decisions for a fund are based on numerous factors, may not be relied on as an indication of trading intent on behalf of any fund.

 

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Understanding Your Fund’s Expenses (Unaudited)

 

 

 

As a shareholder of the Fund you incur ongoing costs. Ongoing costs include portfolio management fees, professional fees, administrative fees and other Fund expenses. The following example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.

To illustrate these ongoing costs, we have provided an example and calculated the expenses paid by investors in units of the Fund during the period. The information in the following table is based on an investment of $1,000, which is invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire six-month period ended December 31, 2018.

Actual Expenses

The first section of the table provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this section, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. To do so, 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 given under the heading “Expenses paid during the period” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during the period.

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes

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

Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight and help you compare ongoing costs only and do not reflect transaction costs, such as sales charges or redemption fees, if any. Therefore, the second section of the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds.

 

     Actual
Fund Return
     Hypothetical
5% Return
(2.5% for
the period)
 

Actual Fund Return

     

Beginning Account Value

July 1, 2018

   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,000.00  

Ending Account Value

December 31, 2018

   $ 927.60      $ 1,024.25  

Expenses Paid During Period*

   $ 0.92      $ 0.97  

 

*   Expenses are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio of 0.19%** (for the period July 1, 2018-December 31, 2018), multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 184/365 (to reflect the one-half year period).
**   May differ from expense ratio disclosed in the financial highlights, which is calculated based on the entire fiscal year’s data.
 

 

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Performance Summary — December 31, 2018 (Unaudited)

 

 

 

Top Ten Largest Holdings

as of December 31, 2018 (as a % of Fair Value) (a)(b)

 

Visa Inc., Class A

    5.22

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

    4.83

Mircosoft Corp.

    4.61

PepsiCo Inc.

    4.37

The Walt Disnet Co.

    4.21

American Tower Corp.

    3.91

CME Group Inc.

    3.88

Alphabet Inc., Class C

    3.54

Charter Communications Inc., Class A

    3.41

Apple Inc.

    3.38

Sector Allocation as of December 31, 2018

Portfolio composition as a % of Fair Value of $2,425,342 (in thousands) as of December 31, 2018 (a)(b)

 

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Average Annual Total Return for the periods ended December 31, 2018

(Inception date: 5/27/35)

 

     One Year     Five Year     Ten Year     Ending Value
of a $10,000
Investment
 

Elfun Trusts

     -3.39     8.17     14.01   $ 37,113  

S&P 500® Index

     -4.38     8.50     13.12   $ 34,304  
 

 

 

(a)

Fair Value basis is inclusive of short-term investment in money market funds.

 

(b)

The securities information regarding holdings, allocations and other characteristics is presented to illustrate examples of securities that the Fund has bought and the diversity of areas in which the Fund may invest as of a particular date. It may not be representative of the Fund’s current or future investments and should not be construed as a recommendation to purchase or sell a particular security.

 

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Performance Summary, continued — December 31, 2018 (Unaudited)

 

 

 

 

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See Notes to Performance beginning on page 1 for further information.

Past performance does not predict future performance. The performance shown in the graphs and tables does not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares.

 

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Schedule of Investments — December 31, 2018

 

     Number
of Shares
       Fair
Value
$
 

 

       
Common Stock - 97.4%†

 

Application Software - 2.7%

 

Intuit Inc.

     70,000          13,779,500  

salesforce.com Inc. (a)

     380,000          52,048,600  
       

 

 

 
       65,828,100  
    

 

 

 

Biotechnology - 6.4%

 

Alexion Pharmaceuticals Inc. (a)

     640,000          62,310,400  

Biogen Inc. (a)

     45,000          13,541,400  

Gilead Sciences Inc.

     490,000          30,649,500  

Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. (a)

     290,000          48,055,900  
       

 

 

 
       154,557,200  
    

 

 

 

Cable & Satellite - 5.7%

 

Charter Communications Inc., Class A (a)

     290,000          82,641,300  

Liberty Global PLC, Class C (a)

     2,300,000          47,472,000  

Sirius XM Holdings Inc.

     1,600,000          9,136,000  
       

 

 

 
       139,249,300  
    

 

 

 

Data Processing & Outsourced Services - 5.9%

 

Mastercard Inc., Class A

     90,000          16,978,500  

Visa Inc., Class A

     960,000          126,662,400  
       

 

 

 
       143,640,900  
    

 

 

 

Diversified Banks - 4.8%

 

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

     1,200,000          117,144,000  
       

 

 

 

Electronic Components - 1.1%

 

Corning Inc.

     875,000          26,433,750  
       

 

 

 

Financial Exchanges & Data - 6.5%

 

CME Group Inc.

     500,000          94,060,000  

S&P Global Inc.

     375,000          63,727,500  
       

 

 

 
       157,787,500  
    

 

 

 

Healthcare Equipment - 2.9%

 

Boston Scientific Corp. (a)

     870,000          30,745,800  

Medtronic PLC

     445,000          40,477,200  
       

 

 

 
       71,223,000  
    

 

 

 

Healthcare Supplies - 2.8%

 

The Cooper Companies Inc.

     270,000          68,715,000  
       

 

 

 

Integrated Oil & Gas - 2.2%

 

Chevron Corp.

     490,000          53,307,100  
       

 

 

 

Interactive Media & Services - 6.3%

 

Alphabet Inc., Class A (a)

     38,000          39,708,480  

Alphabet Inc., Class C (a)

     83,000          85,955,630  
     Number
of Shares
       Fair
Value
$
 

Facebook Inc., Class A (a)

     210,000          27,528,900  
       

 

 

 
       153,193,010  
    

 

 

 

Internet & Direct Marketing Retail - 4.9%

 

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. ADR (a)

     170,000          23,301,900  

Amazon.com Inc. (a)

     54,000          81,106,380  

Booking Holdings Inc. (a)

     8,000          13,779,360  
       

 

 

 
       118,187,640  
    

 

 

 

Investment Banking & Brokerage - 3.1%

 

The Charles Schwab Corp.

     1,800,000          74,754,000  
       

 

 

 

Managed Healthcare - 1.0%

 

UnitedHealth Group Inc.

     100,000          24,912,000  
       

 

 

 

Movies & Entertainment - 4.2%

 

The Walt Disney Co.

     930,000          101,974,500  
       

 

 

 

Oil & Gas Equipment & Services - 2.5%

 

Schlumberger Ltd.

     1,670,000          60,253,600  
       

 

 

 

Oil & Gas Exploration & Production - 0.6%

 

Diamondback Energy Inc.

     150,000          13,905,000  
       

 

 

 

Pharmaceuticals - 7.5%

 

Allergan PLC

     480,000          64,156,800  

Johnson & Johnson

     480,000          61,944,000  

Merck & Company Inc.

     310,000          23,687,100  

Pfizer Inc.

     750,000          32,737,500  
       

 

 

 
       182,525,400  
    

 

 

 

Regional Banks - 2.4%

 

First Republic Bank

     675,000          58,657,500  
       

 

 

 

Semiconductor Equipment - 2.6%

 

Applied Materials Inc.

     1,900,000          62,206,000  
       

 

 

 

Soft Drinks - 4.4%

 

PepsiCo Inc.

     960,000          106,060,800  
       

 

 

 

Specialized REITs - 3.9%

 

American Tower Corp.

     600,000          94,914,000  
       

 

 

 

Specialty Chemicals - 0.8%

 

Albemarle Corp.

     250,000          19,267,500  
       

 

 

 

Systems Software - 5.8%

 

Microsoft Corp.

     1,100,000          111,727,000  

ServiceNow Inc. (a)

     165,000          29,378,250  
       

 

 

 
       141,105,250  
    

 

 

 
 

 

See Notes to Schedules of Investments and Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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     Number
of Shares
       Fair
Value
$
 

 

       

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals - 3.4%

 

Apple Inc.

     520,000          82,024,800  
       

 

 

 

Trading Companies & Distributors - 3.0%

 

United Rentals Inc. (a)

     710,000          72,796,300  
       

 

 

 
Total Common Stock
(Cost $1,595,066,765)

 

       2,364,623,150  
       

 

 

 
Short-Term Investments - 2.5%

 

State Street Institutional Treasury Money Market Fund - Premier Class 2.24% (d)(n)

     30,743,339          30,743,339  
     Number
of Shares
       Fair
Value
$
 

State Street Institutional U.S. Government Money Market Fund - Class G Shares 2.31% (n)(d)

     29,975,892          29,975,892  
       

 

 

 
Total Short-Term Investments
(Cost $60,719,231)

 

       60,719,231  
       

 

 

 
Total Investments
(Cost $1,655,785,996)

 

       2,425,342,381  
Other Assets and Liabilities, net - 0.1%

 

       2,325,102  
       

 

 

 
NET ASSETS - 100.0%

 

       2,427,667,483  
       

 

 

 
 

The following table presents the Fund’s investments measured at fair value on a recurring basis at December 31, 2018:

 

Fund    Investments    Level 1      Level 2      Level 3      Total  
Elfun Trusts   

Investments in Securities

           
  

Common Stock

   $ 2,364,623,150      $      $      $ 2,364,623,150  
  

Short-Term Investments

     60,719,231                      60,719,231  
     

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  

Total Investments in Securities

   $ 2,425,342,381      $      $      $ 2,425,342,381  
     

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

 

Affiliate Table

 

     Number of
Shares Held
at 12/31/17
    Value At
12/31/17
    Cost of
Purchases
    Proceeds
from
Shares
Sold
    Realized
Gain
(Loss)
    Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation/
Depreciation
    Number
of Shares
Held at
12/31/18
    Value at
12/31/18
    Dividend
Income
 

State Street Institutional Treasury Money Market Fund - Premier Class

        $     $ 143,137,490     $ 112,394,151     $     $       30,743,339     $ 30,743,339     $ 878,205  

State Street Institutional U.S. Government Money Market Fund - Class G Shares

    78,219,855       78,219,855       182,320,451       230,564,414                   29,975,892       29,975,892       1,009,878  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

 

TOTAL

    $ 78,219,855     $ 325,457,941     $ 342,958,565     $     $       $ 60,719,231     $ 1,888,083  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Schedules of Investments and Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Management Discussion of Fund Performance — December 31, 2018 (Unaudited)

 

 

 

The Elfun Diversified Fund (the “Fund”) seeks the highest total return consistent with prudent investment management and the preservation of capital (total return includes both income and capital appreciation). The Fund’s benchmarks are the S&P 500® Index, MSCI® All Country World ex-U.S. Index and the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index (the “Indices”).

For the 12-month period ended December 31, 2018 (the “Reporting Period”), the total return for the Fund was -5.51% and the returns for the S&P 500® Index, the MSCI® All Country World ex-U.S. Index and the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index were -4.38%, -14.20% and 0.01%, respectively. The Fund and Indices’ returns reflect the reinvestment of dividends and other income. The Fund’s performance reflects the expenses of managing the Fund, including brokerage and advisory expenses. The Indices are unmanaged and index returns do not reflect fees and expenses of any kind, which would have a negative impact on returns.

The biggest drivers of the Fund’s performance were its positions in the MSCI® All Country World ex-U.S. Index and the S&P 500® Index both of which posted negative returns for the year. Additionally, for a majority of the year, the Fund maintained a tactical position in high yield bonds that also produced negative absolute returns.

The Fund started the year with a modest overweight to equities, split roughly evenly between the U.S. and international, and a modest underweight to fixed income. As the year progressed, the Fund reduced exposure to both U.S. and international equities and subsequently purchased bonds. Allocation changes were made during the 2nd and 3rd calendar quarter, at times when the U.S. 10-year yield was approximately 3.00%.

International equities struggled throughout the year as economic fundamentals diverged with the U.S. Slowing growth, rising trade tensions, increased political risk associated with Brexit and the Italian budget, along with, a stronger U.S. dollar created various headwinds for international equities.

In the U.S., dynamics began to shift during early October when Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell indicated the central bank is “a long way” from getting rates to neutral. Concerns started to emerge about the prospect of future growth and the perceived risk of a policy mistake by the Federal Reserve. The S&P 500® Index declined and treasuries rallied which detracted from the Fund’s relative performance given the modest overweight to equities and underweight to bonds.

The Fund used equity and treasury futures, interest rate swaps and other derivatives in order to actively manage equity exposure and duration during the Reporting Period. The Fund’s use of these derivatives contributed to Fund liquidity and exposure management versus utilizing cash instruments only.

The views expressed above reflect those of the Fund’s portfolio manager only through the Reporting Period, and do not necessarily represent the views of the Adviser as a whole. Any such views are subject to change at any time based upon market or other conditions and the Adviser disclaims any responsibility to update such views. These views may not be relied on as investment advice and, because investment decisions for a fund are based on numerous factors, may not be relied on as an indication of trading intent on behalf of any fund.

 

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Understanding Your Fund’s Expenses — December 31, 2018 (Unaudited)

 

 

 

As a shareholder of the Fund you incur ongoing costs. Ongoing costs include portfolio management fees, professional fees, administrative fees and other Fund expenses. The following example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.

To illustrate these ongoing costs, we have provided an example and calculated the expenses paid by investors in units of the Fund during the period. The information in the following table is based on an investment of $1,000, which is invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire six-month period ended December 31, 2018.

Actual Expenses

The first section of the table provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this section, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. To do so, 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 given under the heading “Expenses paid during the period” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during the period.

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes

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

Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight and help you compare ongoing costs only and do not reflect transaction costs, such as sales charges or redemption fees, if any. Therefore, the second section of the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds.

 

     Actual
Fund Return
     Hypothetical
5% Return
(2.5% for
the period)
 

Actual Fund Return

     

Beginning Account Value

July 1, 2018

   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,000.00  

Ending Account Value

December 31, 2018

   $ 951.50      $ 1,023.84  

Expenses Paid During Period*

   $ 1.33      $ 1.38  

 

*

Expenses are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio of 0.27%** (for the period July 1, 2018-December 31, 2018), multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 184/365 (to reflect the one-half year period).

**

May differ from expense ratio disclosed in the financial highlights, which is calculated based on the entire fiscal year’s data.

 

 

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Performance Summary — December 31, 2018 (Unaudited)

 

 

 

Top Ten Largest Equity Holdings

as of December 31, 2018 (as a % of Fair Value) (a)(b)

 

Dreyfus Treasury Cash Management - Institutional Shares

    1.37

Microsoft Corp.

    1.23

Apple Inc.

    1.14

Amazon.com Inc.

    0.97

Berkshire Hathaway Inc., Class B

    0.63

Johnson & Johnson

    0.55

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

    0.52

Alphabet Inc., Class C

    0.50

Facebook Inc., Class A

    0.50

Alphabet Inc., Class A

    0.49

Sector Allocation

Portfolio composition as a % of Fair Value of $192,174 (in thousands) as of December 31, 2018 (a)(b)

 

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Average Annual Total Return for the Periods Ended December 31, 2018

(Inception date: 01/01/88)

 

    One Year     Five Year     Ten Year     Ending Value
of a $10,000
Investment
 

Elfun Diversified Fund

    -5.51     3.58     7.46   $ 20,538  

S&P 500® Index

    -4.38     8.50     13.12   $ 34,304  

MSCI® All Country World Index ex-U.S.

    -14.20     0.68     6.57   $ 18,899  

Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index

    0.01     2.52     3.48   $ 14,075  
 

 

 

(a)

Fair Value basis is inclusive of short-term investment in money market funds.

 

(b)

The securities information regarding holdings, allocations and other characteristics is presented to illustrate examples of securities that the Fund has bought and the diversity of areas in which the Fund may invest as of a particular date. It may not be representative of the Fund’s current or future investments and should not be construed as a recommendation to purchase or sell a particular security.

 

(c)

Includes investment in State Street Global Equity ex-U.S. Index Portfolio.

 

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Performance Summary, continued — December 31, 2018 (Unaudited)

 

 

 

 

LOGO

 

See Notes to Performance beginning on page 1 for further information.

Past performance does not predict future performance. The performance shown in the graphs and tables does not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares.

 

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Schedule of Investments — December 31, 2018

 

     Number
of Shares
      

Fair
Value

$

 

 

       
Domestic Equity - 34.3%†        

Common Stock - 34.3%

       

Advertising - 0.0%*

       

Omnicom Group Inc. (h)

     641          46,947  

The Interpublic Group of Companies Inc.

     1,166          24,054  
       

 

 

 
          71,001  
       

 

 

 

Aerospace & Defense - 0.9%

 

Arconic Inc.

     1,319          22,238  

General Dynamics Corp. (h)

     847          133,157  

Harris Corp. (h)

     349          46,993  

Huntington Ingalls Industries Inc.

     145          27,595  

L3 Technologies Inc. (h)

     228          39,594  

Lockheed Martin Corp. (h)

     758          198,475  

Northrop Grumman Corp. (h)

     529          129,552  

Raytheon Co. (h)

     868          133,108  

Textron Inc. (h)

     798          36,700  

The Boeing Co. (h)

     1,613          520,192  

TransDigm Group Inc. (a)(h)

     145          49,309  

United Technologies Corp. (h)

     2,433          259,066  
       

 

 

 
          1,595,979  
       

 

 

 

Agricultural & Farm Machinery - 0.1%

 

Deere & Co. (h)

     976          145,590  
       

 

 

 

Agricultural Products - 0.0%*

 

Archer-Daniels-Midland Co. (h)

     1,775          72,722  
       

 

 

 

Air Freight & Logistics - 0.2%

 

CH Robinson Worldwide Inc.

     443          37,252  

Expeditors International of Washington Inc.

     494          33,636  

FedEx Corp. (h)

     743          119,868  

United Parcel Service Inc., Class B (h)

     2,122          206,959  
       

 

 

 
          397,715  
       

 

 

 

Airlines - 0.2%

       

Alaska Air Group Inc.

     415          25,253  

American Airlines Group Inc. (h)

     1,194          38,339  

Delta Air Lines Inc. (h)

     1,900          94,810  

Southwest Airlines Co. (h)

     1,548          71,951  

United Continental Holdings Inc. (a)(h)

     736          61,625  
       

 

 

 
          291,978  
       

 

 

 

Alternative Carriers - 0.0%*

 

CenturyLink Inc. (h)

     3,074          46,571  
       

 

 

 
     Number
of Shares
      

Fair
Value

$

 

Apparel Retail - 0.2%

       

Foot Locker Inc.

     400          21,280  

L Brands Inc.

     787          20,202  

Ross Stores Inc. (h)

     1,135          94,432  

The Gap Inc.

     530          13,653  

The TJX Companies Inc. (h)

     3,836          171,623  
       

 

 

 
          321,190  
       

 

 

 

Apparel, Accessories & Luxury Goods - 0.1%

 

Hanesbrands Inc.

     1,196          14,986  

Michael Kors Holdings Ltd. (a)

     477          18,088  

PVH Corp.

     256          23,795  

Ralph Lauren Corp.

     158          16,347  

Tapestry Inc.

     936          31,590  

Under Armour Inc., Class A (a)

     679          11,998  

Under Armour Inc., Class C (a)

     682          11,028  

VF Corp. (h)

     972          69,342  
       

 

 

 
          197,174  
       

 

 

 

Application Software - 0.6%

 

Adobe Inc. (a)(h)

     1,473          333,252  

ANSYS Inc. (a)

     260          37,164  

Autodesk Inc. (a)(h)

     650          83,596  

Cadence Design Systems Inc. (a)

     900          39,132  

Citrix Systems Inc.

     406          41,599  

Intuit Inc. (h)

     769          151,378  

salesforce.com Inc. (a)(h)

     2,308          316,127  

Synopsys Inc. (a)

     410          34,538  
       

 

 

 
          1,036,786  
       

 

 

 

Asset Management & Custody Banks - 0.3%

 

Affiliated Managers Group Inc.

     162          15,785  

Ameriprise Financial Inc. (h)

     459          47,906  

BlackRock Inc. (h)

     374          146,915  

Franklin Resources Inc.

     992          29,423  

Invesco Ltd.

     1,409          23,587  

Northern Trust Corp. (h)

     671          56,089  

State Street Corp. (h)(e)

     1,195          75,369  

T Rowe Price Group Inc. (h)

     719          66,378  

The Bank of New York Mellon Corp. (h)

     2,795          131,560  
       

 

 

 
          593,012  
       

 

 

 

Auto Parts & Equipment - 0.0%*

 

BorgWarner Inc.

     639          22,199  
       

 

 

 

Automobile Manufacturers - 0.1%

 

Ford Motor Co. (h)

     11,815          90,385  

General Motors Co. (h)

     3,933          131,559  
       

 

 

 
          221,944  
       

 

 

 
 

 

See Notes to Schedules of Investments and Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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     Number
of Shares
      

Fair
Value

$

 

 

       

Automotive Retail - 0.1%

       

Advance Auto Parts Inc.

     222          34,956  

AutoZone Inc. (a)(h)

     77          64,552  

CarMax Inc. (a)

     503          31,553  

O’Reilly Automotive Inc. (a)(h)

     239          82,295  
       

 

 

 
          213,356  
       

 

 

 

Biotechnology - 0.9%

       

AbbVie Inc. (h)

     4,561          420,479  

Alexion Pharmaceuticals Inc. (a)(h)

     668          65,036  

Amgen Inc. (h)

     1,949          379,412  

Biogen Inc. (a)(h)

     615          185,066  

Celgene Corp. (a)(h)

     2,144          137,409  

Gilead Sciences Inc. (h)

     3,976          248,699  

Incyte Corp. (a)

     580          36,882  

Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc. (a)(h)

     229          85,531  

Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. (a)(h)

     776          128,591  
       

 

 

 
          1,687,105  
       

 

 

 

Brewers - 0.0%*

       

Molson Coors Brewing Co., Class B

     581          32,629  
       

 

 

 

Broadcasting - 0.1%

       

CBS Corp., Class B (h)

     993          43,414  

Discovery Inc., Class A (a)

     561          13,879  

Discovery Inc., Class C (a)

     1,197          27,627  
       

 

 

 
          84,920  
       

 

 

 

Building Products - 0.1%

       

AO Smith Corp. (h)

     500          21,350  

Fortune Brands Home & Security Inc.

     463          17,589  

Johnson Controls International PLC (h)

     2,780          82,427  

Masco Corp.

     873          25,527  
       

 

 

 
          146,893  
       

 

 

 

Cable & Satellite - 0.4%

       

Charter Communications Inc., Class A (a)(h)

     544          155,024  

Comcast Corp., Class A (h)

     13,796          469,754  

DISH Network Corp., Class A (a)

     800          19,976  
       

 

 

 
          644,754  
       

 

 

 

Casinos & Gaming - 0.0%*

 

MGM Resorts International (h)

     1,420          34,449  
     Number
of Shares
      

Fair
Value

$

 

Wynn Resorts Ltd.

     324          32,047  
       

 

 

 
          66,496  
       

 

 

 

Commodity Chemicals - 0.0%*

 

LyondellBasell Industries N.V., Class A (h)

     964          80,166  
       

 

 

 

Communications Equipment - 0.4%

 

Arista Networks Inc. (a)

     160          33,712  

Cisco Systems Inc. (h)

     13,930          603,587  

F5 Networks Inc. (a)(h)

     168          27,221  

Juniper Networks Inc.

     1,045          28,121  

Motorola Solutions Inc. (h)

     513          59,015  
       

 

 

 
          751,656  
       

 

 

 

Computer & Electronics Retail - 0.0%*

 

Best Buy Company Inc. (h)

     718          38,025  
       

 

 

 

Construction & Engineering - 0.0%*

 

Fluor Corp.

     514          16,551  

Jacobs Engineering Group Inc.

     356          20,811  

Quanta Services Inc.

     558          16,796  
       

 

 

 
          54,158  
       

 

 

 

Construction Machinery & Heavy Trucks - 0.2%

 

Caterpillar Inc. (h)

     1,821          231,394  

Cummins Inc. (h)

     439          58,668  

PACCAR Inc. (h)

     1,125          64,283  
       

 

 

 
          354,345  
       

 

 

 

Construction Materials - 0.0%*

 

Martin Marietta Materials Inc.

     211          36,265  

Vulcan Materials Co. (h)

     378          37,346  
       

 

 

 
          73,611  
       

 

 

 

Consumer Finance - 0.2%

       

American Express Co. (h)

     2,160          205,891  

Capital One Financial Corp. (h)

     1,451          109,681  

Discover Financial Services (h)

     1,027          60,573  

Synchrony Financial (h)

     2,016          47,295  
       

 

 

 
          423,440  
       

 

 

 

Copper - 0.0%*

       

Freeport-McMoRan Inc. (h)

     4,627          47,704  
       

 

 

 

Data Processing & Outsourced Services - 1.2%

 

Alliance Data Systems Corp.

     158          23,713  

Automatic Data Processing Inc. (h)

     1,336          175,176  

Broadridge Financial Solutions Inc.

     390          37,538  
 

 

See Notes to Schedules of Investments and Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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     Number
of Shares
      

Fair
Value

$

 

 

       

Fidelity National Information Services Inc. (h)

     992          101,730  

Fiserv Inc. (a)(h)

     1,214          89,217  

FleetCor Technologies Inc. (a)

     260          48,287  

Global Payments Inc. (h)

     508          52,390  

Jack Henry & Associates Inc.

     260          32,895  

Mastercard Inc., Class A (h)

     2,776          523,692  

Paychex Inc. (h)

     1,009          65,736  

PayPal Holdings Inc. (a)(h)

     3,557          299,108  

The Western Union Co.

     1,491          25,437  

Total System Services Inc.

     531          43,165  

Visa Inc., Class A (h)

     5,368          708,254  
       

 

 

 
          2,226,338  
       

 

 

 

Department Stores - 0.0%*

       

Kohl’s Corp.

     552          36,620  

Macy’s Inc.

     919          27,368  

Nordstrom Inc.

     309          14,402  
       

 

 

 
          78,390  
       

 

 

 

Distillers & Vintners - 0.1%

       

Brown-Forman Corp., Class B (h)

     462          21,982  

Constellation Brands Inc., Class A (h)

     504          81,053  
       

 

 

 
          103,035  
       

 

 

 

Distributors - 0.0%*

       

Genuine Parts Co.

     412          39,560  

LKQ Corp. (a)

     1,036          24,585  
       

 

 

 
          64,145  
       

 

 

 

Diversified Banks - 1.6%

       

Bank of America Corp. (h)

     28,052          691,201  

Citigroup Inc. (h)

     7,585          394,875  

JPMorgan Chase & Co. (h)

     10,178          993,577  

U.S. Bancorp (h)

     4,691          214,379  

Wells Fargo & Co. (h)

     13,215          608,947  
       

 

 

 
          2,902,979  
       

 

 

 

Diversified Chemicals - 0.2%

 

DowDuPont Inc. (h)

     6,946          371,472  

Eastman Chemical Co. (h)

     405          29,610  
       

 

 

 
          401,082  
       

 

 

 

Diversified Support Services - 0.0%*

 

Cintas Corp. (h)

     252          42,333  

Copart Inc. (a)

     560          26,757  
       

 

 

 
          69,090  
       

 

 

 

Drug Retail - 0.1%

       

Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc. (h)

     2,571          175,676  
       

 

 

 
     Number
of Shares
      

Fair
Value

$

 

Electric Utilities - 0.7%

       

Alliant Energy Corp.

     690          29,153  

American Electric Power Company Inc. (h)

     1,486          111,064  

Duke Energy Corp. (h)

     2,168          187,098  

Edison International (h)

     1,043          59,211  

Entergy Corp.

     511          43,982  

Evergy Inc.

     769          43,656  

Eversource Energy (h)

     992          64,520  

Exelon Corp. (h)

     2,910          131,241  

FirstEnergy Corp. (h)

     1,562          58,653  

NextEra Energy Inc. (h)

     1,443          250,822  

PG&E Corp. (a)(h)

     1,638          38,903  

Pinnacle West Capital Corp.

     331          28,201  

PPL Corp. (h)

     2,060          58,360  

The Southern Co. (h)

     3,060          134,395  

Xcel Energy Inc. (h)

     1,486          73,215  
       

 

 

 
          1,312,474  
       

 

 

 

Electrical Components & Equipment - 0.2%

 

AMETEK Inc. (h)

     755          51,114  

Eaton Corporation PLC (h)

     1,308          89,807  

Emerson Electric Co. (h)

     1,904          113,764  

Rockwell Automation Inc. (h)

     364          54,775  
       

 

 

 
          309,460  
       

 

 

 

Electronic Components - 0.1%

 

Amphenol Corp., Class A (h)

     899          72,837  

Corning Inc. (h)

     2,423          73,199  
       

 

 

 
          146,036  
       

 

 

 

Electronic Equipment & Instruments - 0.0%*

 

FLIR Systems Inc.

     373          16,240  

Keysight Technologies Inc. (a)

     600          37,248  
       

 

 

 
          53,488  
       

 

 

 

Electronic Manufacturing Services - 0.0%*

 

IPG Photonics Corp. (a)

     100          11,329  
       

 

 

 

Environmental & Facilities Services - 0.1%

 

Republic Services Inc.

     634          45,705  

Rollins Inc.

     450          16,245  

Waste Management Inc. (h)

     1,192          106,076  
       

 

 

 
          168,026  
       

 

 

 

Fertilizers & Agricultural Chemicals - 0.1%

 

CF Industries Holdings Inc.

     701          30,501  

FMC Corp.

     424          31,359  

The Mosaic Co.

     1,064          31,079  
       

 

 

 
          92,939  
       

 

 

 
 

 

See Notes to Schedules of Investments and Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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     Number
of Shares
      

Fair
Value

$

 

 

       

Financial Exchanges & Data - 0.3%

 

Cboe Global Markets Inc.

     320          31,306  

CME Group Inc. (h)

     1,063          199,972  

Intercontinental Exchange Inc. (h)

     1,740          131,074  

Moody’s Corp. (h)

     484          67,779  

MSCI Inc.

     250          36,857  

Nasdaq Inc.

     351          28,631  

S&P Global Inc. (h)

     765          130,004  
       

 

 

 
          625,623  
       

 

 

 

Food Distributors - 0.1%

 

Sysco Corp. (h)

     1,428          89,479  
       

 

 

 

Food Retail - 0.0%*

       

The Kroger Co. (h)

     2,367          65,093  
       

 

 

 

Footwear - 0.2%

       

NIKE Inc., Class B (h)

     3,925          291,000  
       

 

 

 

General Merchandise Stores - 0.1%

 

Dollar General Corp. (h)

     839          90,679  

Dollar Tree Inc. (a)(h)

     702          63,405  

Target Corp. (h)

     1,595          105,413  
       

 

 

 
          259,497  
       

 

 

 

Gold - 0.0%*

       

Newmont Mining Corp. (h)

     1,700          58,905  
       

 

 

 

Health Care REITs - 0.1%

 

HCP Inc.

     1,527          42,649  

Ventas Inc. (h)

     1,118          65,503  

Welltower Inc. (h)

     1,109          76,976  
       

 

 

 
          185,128  
       

 

 

 

Healthcare Distributors - 0.1%

 

AmerisourceBergen Corp.

     458          34,075  

Cardinal Health Inc. (h)

     962          42,905  

Henry Schein Inc. (a)

     464          36,434  

McKesson Corp. (h)

     575          63,520  
       

 

 

 
          176,934  
       

 

 

 

Healthcare Equipment - 0.9%

 

Abbott Laboratories (h)

     5,277          381,685  

ABIOMED Inc. (a)

     140          45,506  

Baxter International Inc. (h)

     1,488          97,940  

Becton Dickinson and Co. (h)

     817          184,086  

Boston Scientific Corp. (a)(h)

     4,199          148,393  

Danaher Corp. (h)

     1,879          193,763  

Edwards Lifesciences Corp. (a)(h)

     630          96,497  

Hologic Inc. (a)

     765          31,442  
     Number
of Shares
      

Fair
Value

$

 

IDEXX Laboratories Inc. (a)(h)

     271          50,411  

Intuitive Surgical Inc. (a)(h)

     347          166,185  

ResMed Inc.

     440          50,103  

Stryker Corp. (h)

     944          147,972  

Varian Medical Systems Inc. (a)

     257          29,121  

Zimmer Biomet Holdings Inc. (h)

     650          67,418  
       

 

 

 
          1,690,522  
       

 

 

 

Healthcare Facilities - 0.1%

 

HCA Healthcare Inc. (h)

     813          101,178  

Universal Health Services Inc., Class B

     242          28,207  
       

 

 

 
          129,385  
       

 

 

 

Healthcare Services - 0.3%

 

Cigna Corp.

     1,154          219,260  

CVS Health Corp. (h)

     3,948          258,673  

DaVita Inc. (a)

     419          21,562  

Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings (a)(h)

     297          37,529  

Quest Diagnostics Inc.

     390          32,475  
       

 

 

 
          569,499  
       

 

 

 

Healthcare Supplies - 0.1%

 

Align Technology Inc. (a)(h)

     230          48,169  

DENTSPLY SIRONA Inc.

     753          28,019  

The Cooper Companies Inc.

     140          35,630  
       

 

 

 
          111,818  
       

 

 

 

Healthcare Technology - 0.0%*

 

Cerner Corp. (a)(h)

     1,026          53,803  
       

 

 

 

Home Building - 0.1%

       

D.R. Horton Inc.

     953          33,031  

Lennar Corp., Class A

     856          33,512  

PulteGroup Inc.

     899          23,365  
       

 

 

 
          89,908  
       

 

 

 

Home Furnishings - 0.0%*

 

Leggett & Platt Inc.

     494          17,705  

Mohawk Industries Inc. (a)

     212          24,796  
       

 

 

 
          42,501  
       

 

 

 

Home Improvement Retail - 0.5%

 

Lowe’s Companies Inc. (h)

     2,485          229,514  

The Home Depot Inc. (h)

     3,485          598,793  
       

 

 

 
          828,307  
       

 

 

 

Hotel & Resort REITs - 0.0%*

 

Host Hotels & Resorts Inc.

     2,433          40,558  
       

 

 

 
 

 

See Notes to Schedules of Investments and Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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     Number
of Shares
      

Fair
Value

$

 

 

       

Hotels, Resorts & Cruise Lines - 0.2%

 

Carnival Corp. (h)

     1,199          59,111  

Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc. (h)

     860          61,748  

Marriott International Inc., Class A (h)

     869          94,338  

Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. (a)

     730          30,945  

Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. (h)

     506          49,482  
       

 

 

 
          295,624  
       

 

 

 

Household Appliances - 0.0%*

 

Whirlpool Corp.

     194          20,733  
       

 

 

 

Household Products - 0.6%

       

Church & Dwight Company Inc.

     755          49,649  

Colgate-Palmolive Co. (h)

     2,643          157,311  

Kimberly-Clark Corp. (h)

     1,051          119,751  

The Clorox Co.

     376          57,957  

The Procter & Gamble Co. (h)

     7,518          691,054  
       

 

 

 
          1,075,722  
       

 

 

 

Housewares & Specialties - 0.0%*

 

Newell Brands Inc.

     1,212          22,531  
       

 

 

 

Human Resource & Employment Services - 0.0%*

 

Robert Half International Inc.

     366          20,935  
       

 

 

 

Hypermarkets & Super Centers - 0.4%

 

Costco Wholesale Corp. (h)

     1,345          273,990  

Walmart Inc. (h)

     4,322          402,594  
       

 

 

 
          676,584  
       

 

 

 

Independent Power Producers & Energy Traders - 0.0%*

 

AES Corp.

     1,955          28,269  

NRG Energy Inc.

     855          33,858  
       

 

 

 
          62,127  
       

 

 

 

Industrial Conglomerates - 0.5%

 

3M Co. (h)

     1,765          336,303  

General Electric Co. (h)

     26,673          201,915  

Honeywell International Inc. (h)

     2,232          294,892  

Roper Technologies Inc. (h)

     325          86,619  
       

 

 

 
          919,729  
       

 

 

 

Industrial Gases - 0.1%

 

Air Products & Chemicals Inc. (h)

     663          106,113  
       

 

 

 

Industrial Machinery - 0.3%

 

Dover Corp.

     423          30,012  

Flowserve Corp.

     322          12,242  
     Number
of Shares
      

Fair
Value

$

 

Fortive Corp. (h)

     978          66,172  

Illinois Tool Works Inc. (h)

     927          117,442  

Ingersoll-Rand PLC (h)

     734          66,963  

Parker-Hannifin Corp. (h)

     423          63,086  

Snap-on Inc.

     182          26,443  

Stanley Black & Decker Inc. (h)

     454          54,362  

Xylem Inc.

     563          37,563  
       

 

 

 
          474,285  
       

 

 

 

Industrial REITs - 0.1%

 

Duke Realty Corp.

     1,080          27,972  

Prologis Inc. REIT (h)

     1,902          111,685  
       

 

 

 
          139,657  
       

 

 

 

Insurance Brokers - 0.1%

 

Arthur J Gallagher & Co.

     567          41,788  

Marsh & McLennan Companies Inc. (h)

     1,524          121,539  
       

 

 

 
          163,327  
       

 

 

 

Integrated Oil & Gas - 0.9%

 

Chevron Corp. (h)

     5,840          635,333  

Exxon Mobil Corp. (h)

     12,819          874,128  

Occidental Petroleum Corp. (h)

     2,332          143,138  
       

 

 

 
          1,652,599  
       

 

 

 

Integrated Telecommunication Services - 0.7%

 

AT&T Inc. (h)

     22,134          631,704  

Verizon Communications Inc. (h)

     12,477          701,457  
       

 

 

 
          1,333,161  
       

 

 

 

Interactive Home Entertainment - 0.1%

 

Activision Blizzard Inc. (h)

     2,325          108,275  

Electronic Arts Inc. (a)(h)

     917          72,361  

Take-Two Interactive Software Inc. (a)

     330          33,970  
       

 

 

 
          214,606  
       

 

 

 

Interactive Media & Services - 1.6%

 

Alphabet Inc., Class A (a)(h)

     905          945,689  

Alphabet Inc., Class C (a)(h)

     932          965,189  

Facebook Inc., Class A (a)(h)

     7,302          957,219  

TripAdvisor Inc. (a)

     302          16,290  

Twitter Inc. (a)

     2,110          60,641  
       

 

 

 
          2,945,028  
       

 

 

 

Internet & Direct Marketing Retail - 1.2%

 

Amazon.com Inc. (a)(h)

     1,243          1,866,949  

Booking Holdings Inc. (a)(h)

     146          251,473  

eBay Inc. (a)(h)

     2,750          77,192  
 

 

See Notes to Schedules of Investments and Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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     Number
of Shares
      

Fair
Value

$

 

 

       

Expedia Group Inc.

     344          38,752  
       

 

 

 
          2,234,366  
       

 

 

 

Internet Services & Infrastructure - 0.1%

 

Akamai Technologies Inc. (a)

     540          32,983  

VeriSign Inc. (a)

     346          51,309  
       

 

 

 
          84,292  
       

 

 

 

Investment Banking & Brokerage - 0.3%

 

E*TRADE Financial Corp. (h)

     750          32,910  

Morgan Stanley (h)

     4,046          160,424  

Raymond James Financial Inc.

     400          29,764  

The Charles Schwab Corp. (h)

     3,666          152,249  

The Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (h)

     1,075          179,579  
       

 

 

 
          554,926  
       

 

 

 

IT Consulting & Other Services - 0.3%

 

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp., Class A (h)

     1,761          111,788  

DXC Technology Co. (h)

     834          44,344  

Gartner Inc. (a)

     300          38,352  

International Business Machines Corp. (h)

     2,745          312,024  
       

 

 

 
          506,508  
       

 

 

 

Leisure Products - 0.0%*

 

Hasbro Inc.

     344          27,950  

Mattel Inc. (a)

     1,263          12,617  
       

 

 

 
          40,567  
       

 

 

 

Life & Health Insurance - 0.3%

 

Aflac Inc. (h)

     2,314          105,426  

Brighthouse Financial Inc. (a)

     341          10,394  

Lincoln National Corp.

     684          35,096  

MetLife Inc. (h)

     3,020          124,001  

Principal Financial Group Inc.

     888          39,223  

Prudential Financial Inc. (h)

     1,262          102,916  

Torchmark Corp.

     285          21,241  

Unum Group

     757          22,241  
       

 

 

 
          460,538  
       

 

 

 

Life Sciences Tools & Services - 0.4%

 

Agilent Technologies Inc. (h)

     1,008          68,000  

Illumina Inc. (a)(h)

     447          134,069  

IQVIA Holdings Inc. (a)

     500          58,085  

Mettler-Toledo International Inc. (a)

     73          41,287  

PerkinElmer Inc.

     325          25,529  

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (h)

     1,235          276,380  

Waters Corp. (a)

     223          42,069  
       

 

 

 
          645,419  
       

 

 

 
     Number
of Shares
      

Fair
Value

$

 

Managed Healthcare - 0.6%

 

Anthem Inc. (h)

     794          208,528  

Centene Corp. (a)(h)

     614          70,794  

Humana Inc. (h)

     418          119,749  

UnitedHealth Group Inc. (h)

     2,908          724,441  

WellCare Health Plans Inc. (a)

     160          37,774  
       

 

 

 
          1,161,286  
       

 

 

 

Metal & Glass Containers - 0.0%*

 

Ball Corp.

     992          45,612  
       

 

 

 

Motorcycle Manufacturers - 0.0%*

 

Harley-Davidson Inc.

     553          18,868  
       

 

 

 

Movies & Entertainment - 0.6%

 

Netflix Inc. (a)(h)

     1,310          350,635  

The Walt Disney Co. (h)

     4,488          492,109  

Twenty-First Century Fox Inc., Class A (h)

     3,191          153,551  

Twenty-First Century Fox Inc., Class B

     1,549          74,011  

Viacom Inc., Class B

     1,083          27,833  
       

 

 

 
          1,098,139  
       

 

 

 

Multi-Line Insurance - 0.1%

 

American International Group Inc. (h)

     2,694          106,170  

Assurant Inc.

     144          12,879  

Loews Corp.

     911          41,469  

The Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. (h)

     1,035          46,006  
       

 

 

 
          206,524  
       

 

 

 

Multi-Sector Holdings - 0.7%

 

Berkshire Hathaway Inc., Class B (a)(h)

     5,906          1,205,887  

Jefferies Financial Group Inc.

     997          17,308  
       

 

 

 
          1,223,195  
       

 

 

 

Multi-Utilities - 0.4%

 

Ameren Corp.

     693          45,204  

CenterPoint Energy Inc.

     1,491          42,091  

CMS Energy Corp.

     812          40,316  

Consolidated Edison Inc. (h)

     985          75,313  

Dominion Energy Inc. (h)

     1,985          141,848  

DTE Energy Co. (h)

     533          58,790  

NiSource Inc.

     1,192          30,217  

Public Service Enterprise Group Inc. (h)

     1,508          78,491  

SCANA Corp.

     378          18,061  

Sempra Energy (h)

     804          86,985  
 

 

See Notes to Schedules of Investments and Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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     Number
of Shares
      

Fair
Value

$

 

 

       

WEC Energy Group Inc. (h)

     996          68,983  
       

 

 

 
          686,299  
       

 

 

 

Office REITs - 0.1%

 

Alexandria Real Estate Equities Inc.

     330          38,029  

Boston Properties Inc. (h)

     488          54,924  

SL Green Realty Corp.

     275          21,747  

Vornado Realty Trust

     490          30,395  
       

 

 

 
          145,095  
       

 

 

 

Oil & Gas Drilling - 0.0%*

 

Helmerich & Payne Inc.

     280          13,423  
       

 

 

 

Oil & Gas Equipment & Services - 0.2%

 

Baker Hughes a GE Co. (h)

     1,682          36,163  

Halliburton Co. (h)

     2,563          68,125  

National Oilwell Varco Inc. (h)

     1,105          28,398  

Schlumberger Ltd. (h)

     4,239          152,943  
       

 

 

 
          285,629  
       

 

 

 

Oil & Gas Exploration & Production - 0.5%

 

Anadarko Petroleum Corp. (h)

     1,534          67,251  

Apache Corp. (h)

     1,121          29,426  

Cabot Oil & Gas Corp.

     1,468          32,810  

Cimarex Energy Co.

     308          18,988  

Concho Resources Inc. (a)(h)

     630          64,758  

ConocoPhillips (h)

     3,556          221,717  

Devon Energy Corp. (h)

     1,334          30,068  

Diamondback Energy Inc.

     430          39,861  

EOG Resources Inc. (h)

     1,768          154,187  

Hess Corp. (h)

     735          29,767  

Marathon Oil Corp. (h)

     2,499          35,836  

Newfield Exploration Co. (a)

     729          10,687  

Noble Energy Inc. (h)

     1,583          29,697  

Pioneer Natural Resources Co. (h)

     507          66,681  
       

 

 

 
          831,734  
       

 

 

 

Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing - 0.2%

 

HollyFrontier Corp.

     460          23,515  

Marathon Petroleum Corp. (h)

     2,089          123,272  

Phillips 66 (h)

     1,295          111,565  

Valero Energy Corp. (h)

     1,296          97,161  
       

 

 

 
          355,513  
       

 

 

 

Oil & Gas Storage & Transportation - 0.1%

 

Kinder Morgan Inc. (h)

     5,671          87,220  

ONEOK Inc. (h)

     1,224          66,035  

The Williams Companies Inc. (h)

     3,613          79,666  
       

 

 

 
          232,921  
       

 

 

 
     Number
of Shares
      

Fair
Value

$

 

Packaged Foods & Meats - 0.4%

 

Campbell Soup Co.

     560          18,474  

Conagra Brands Inc.

     1,526          32,595  

General Mills Inc. (h)

     1,764          68,690  

Hormel Foods Corp.

     817          34,870  

Kellogg Co.

     713          40,648  

Lamb Weston Holdings Inc.

     400          29,424  

McCormick & Company Inc.

     373          51,937  

Mondelez International Inc., Class A (h)

     4,474          179,094  

The Hershey Co.

     393          42,122  

The JM Smucker Co.

     324          30,291  

The Kraft Heinz Co. (h)

     1,863          80,184  

Tyson Foods Inc., Class A (h)

     863          46,084  
       

 

 

 
          654,413  
       

 

 

 

Paper Packaging - 0.1%

 

Avery Dennison Corp.

     279          25,062  

International Paper Co. (h)

     1,299          52,428  

Packaging Corporation of America

     300          25,038  

Sealed Air Corp.

     464          16,166  

WestRock Co.

     843          31,832  
       

 

 

 
          150,526  
       

 

 

 

Personal Products - 0.1%

       

Coty Inc., Class A

     1,737          11,395  

The Estee Lauder Companies Inc., Class A (h)

     671          87,297  
       

 

 

 
          98,692  
       

 

 

 

Pharmaceuticals - 1.8%

       

Allergan PLC (h)

     972          129,918  

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. (h)

     5,003          260,056  

Eli Lilly & Co. (h)

     2,931          339,175  

Johnson & Johnson (h)

     8,127          1,048,789  

Merck & Company Inc. (h)

     8,033          613,802  

Mylan N.V. (a)(h)

     1,630          44,662  

Nektar Therapeutics (a)

     550          18,079  

Pfizer Inc. (h)

     17,713          773,172  

Zoetis Inc. (h)

     1,454          124,375  
       

 

 

 
          3,352,028  
       

 

 

 

Property & Casualty Insurance - 0.2%

 

Cincinnati Financial Corp.

     426          32,981  

The Allstate Corp. (h)

     1,040          85,935  

The Progressive Corp. (h)

     1,763          106,362  

The Travelers Companies Inc. (h)

     809          96,878  
       

 

 

 
          322,156  
       

 

 

 

Publishing - 0.0%*

 

News Corp., Class A

     1,411          16,015  
 

 

See Notes to Schedules of Investments and Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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     Number
of Shares
      

Fair
Value

$

 

 

       

News Corp., Class B

     442          5,105  
       

 

 

 
          21,120  
       

 

 

 

Railroads - 0.3%

 

CSX Corp. (h)

     2,489          154,642  

Kansas City Southern

     276          26,344  

Norfolk Southern Corp. (h)

     851          127,259  

Union Pacific Corp. (h)

     2,223          307,285  
       

 

 

 
          615,530  
       

 

 

 

Real Estate Services - 0.0%*

 

CBRE Group Inc., Class A (a)

     1,009          40,400  
       

 

 

 

Regional Banks - 0.4%

 

BB&T Corp. (h)

     2,337          101,239  

Citizens Financial Group Inc. (h)

     1,401          41,652  

Comerica Inc. (h)

     466          32,010  

Fifth Third Bancorp (h)

     1,941          45,672  

Huntington Bancshares Inc. (h)

     3,607          42,995  

KeyCorp (h)

     3,402          50,282  

M&T Bank Corp. (h)

     423          60,544  

People’s United Financial Inc.

     1,150          16,594  

Regions Financial Corp. (h)

     2,997          40,100  

SunTrust Banks Inc. (h)

     1,383          69,759  

SVB Financial Group (a)(h)

     170          32,286  

The PNC Financial Services Group Inc. (h)

     1,417          165,661  

Zions Bancorp NA

     652          26,562  
       

 

 

 
          725,356  
       

 

 

 

Research & Consulting Services - 0.1%

 

Equifax Inc.

     332          30,919  

Nielsen Holdings PLC

     1,101          25,686  

Verisk Analytics Inc. (a)(h)

     514          56,047  
       

 

 

 
          112,652  
       

 

 

 

Residential REITs - 0.2%

 

Apartment Investment & Management Co., Class A

     419          18,386  

AvalonBay Communities Inc. (h)

     437          76,060  

Equity Residential (h)

     1,071          70,697  

Essex Property Trust Inc.

     191          46,835  

Mid-America Apartment Communities Inc.

     322          30,815  

UDR Inc.

     817          32,369  
       

 

 

 
          275,162  
       

 

 

 

Restaurants - 0.5%

 

Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. (a)

     67          28,930  

Darden Restaurants Inc.

     388          38,746  

McDonald’s Corp. (h)

     2,338          415,158  

Starbucks Corp. (h)

     3,725          239,890  
     Number
of Shares
      

Fair
Value

$

 

Yum! Brands Inc. (h)

     948          87,140  
       

 

 

 
          809,864  
       

 

 

 

Retail REITs - 0.2%

 

Federal Realty Investment Trust

     205          24,198  

Kimco Realty Corp.

     1,110          16,261  

Realty Income Corp.

     845          53,269  

Regency Centers Corp.

     500          29,340  

Simon Property Group Inc. (h)

     941          158,079  

The Macerich Co.

     346          14,975  
       

 

 

 
          296,122  
       

 

 

 

Semiconductor Equipment - 0.1%

 

Applied Materials Inc. (h)

     2,962          96,976  

KLA-Tencor Corp. (h)

     448          40,091  

Lam Research Corp. (h)

     468          63,728  
       

 

 

 
          200,795  
       

 

 

 

Semiconductors - 1.2%

 

Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (a)

     2,570          47,442  

Analog Devices Inc. (h)

     1,114          95,615  

Broadcom Inc. (h)

     1,323          336,412  

Intel Corp. (h)

     14,053          659,507  

Maxim Integrated Products Inc.

     800          40,680  

Microchip Technology Inc. (h)

     688          49,481  

Micron Technology Inc. (a)(h)

     3,522          111,753  

NVIDIA Corp. (h)

     1,821          243,104  

Qorvo Inc. (a)

     392          23,806  

QUALCOMM Inc. (h)

     3,715          211,421  

Skyworks Solutions Inc. (h)

     576          38,604  

Texas Instruments Inc. (h)

     2,982          281,799  

Xilinx Inc. (h)

     743          63,281  
       

 

 

 
          2,202,905  
       

 

 

 

Soft Drinks - 0.6%

 

Monster Beverage Corp. (a)(h)

     1,177          57,932  

PepsiCo Inc. (h)

     4,267          471,418  

The Coca-Cola Co. (h)

     11,557          547,224  
       

 

 

 
          1,076,574  
       

 

 

 

Specialized Consumer Services - 0.0%*

 

H&R Block Inc.

     525          13,319  
       

 

 

 

Specialized REITs - 0.4%

 

American Tower Corp. (h)

     1,345          212,766  

Crown Castle International Corp. (h)

     1,258          136,656  

Digital Realty Trust Inc. (h)

     613          65,315  

Equinix Inc. (h)

     244          86,025  

Extra Space Storage Inc.

     393          35,559  

Iron Mountain Inc.

     905          29,331  

Public Storage (h)

     451          91,287  
 

 

See Notes to Schedules of Investments and Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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     Number
of Shares
      

Fair
Value

$

 

 

       

SBA Communications Corp. (a)(h)

     340          55,043  

Weyerhaeuser Co. (h)

     2,183          47,720  
       

 

 

 
          759,702  
       

 

 

 

Specialty Chemicals - 0.2%

 

Albemarle Corp.

     370          28,516  

Ecolab Inc. (h)

     769          113,312  

International Flavors & Fragrances Inc.

     330          44,309  

PPG Industries Inc. (h)

     725          74,117  

The Sherwin-Williams Co. (h)

     248          97,578  
       

 

 

 
          357,832  
       

 

 

 

Specialty Stores - 0.1%

 

Tiffany & Co.

     331          26,649  

Tractor Supply Co.

     385          32,124  

Ulta Salon Cosmetics & Fragrance Inc. (a)

     177          43,337  
       

 

 

 
          102,110  
       

 

 

 

Steel - 0.0%*

 

Nucor Corp. (h)

     936          48,494  
       

 

 

 

Systems Software - 1.6%

 

Fortinet Inc. (a)

     400          28,172  

Microsoft Corp. (h)

     23,268          2,363,331  

Oracle Corp. (h)

     8,509          384,181  

Red Hat Inc. (a)(h)

     523          91,860  

Symantec Corp.

     2,023          38,224  
       

 

 

 
          2,905,768  
       

 

 

 

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals - 1.3%

 

Apple Inc. (h)

     13,919          2,195,583  

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. (h)

     4,363          57,635  

HP Inc. (h)

     4,779          97,778  

NetApp Inc. (h)

     767          45,767  

Western Digital Corp. (h)

     844          31,203  

Xerox Corp.

     496          9,801  
       

 

 

 
          2,437,767  
       

 

 

 

Tires & Rubber - 0.0%*

 

The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.

     844          17,226  
       

 

 

 

Tobacco - 0.3%

 

Altria Group Inc. (h)

     5,663          279,696  

Philip Morris International Inc. (h)

     4,683          312,637  
       

 

 

 
          592,333  
       

 

 

 
     Number
of Shares
      

Fair
Value

$

 

Trading Companies & Distributors - 0.1%

 

Fastenal Co.

     828          43,296  

United Rentals Inc. (a)

     282          28,913  

WW Grainger Inc.

     132          37,272  
       

 

 

 
          109,481  
       

 

 

 

Trucking - 0.0%*

 

JB Hunt Transport Services Inc.

     297          27,633  
       

 

 

 

Water Utilities - 0.0%*

 

American Water Works Company Inc.

     523          47,473  
       

 

 

 
Total Common Stock
(Cost $57,747,648)
          62,462,614  
       

 

 

 
Preferred Stock - 0.0%*        

Diversified Banks - 0.0%*

       

Wells Fargo & Co.
3.09% + 3 month USD LIBOR (i)

     1,469          36,093  
       

 

 

 
Total Preferred Stock
(Cost $36,725)
          36,093  
       

 

 

 
Total Domestic Equity
(Cost $57,784,373)
          62,498,707  
       

 

 

 
Foreign Equity - 0.9%

 

Common Stock - 0.9%

 

Auto Parts & Equipment - 0.0%*

 

Aptiv PLC (h)

     780          48,025  
       

 

 

 

Building Products - 0.0%*

 

Allegion PLC

     274          21,841  
       

 

 

 

Consumer Electronics - 0.0%*

 

Garmin Ltd.

     415          26,278  
       

 

 

 

Electronic Manufacturing Services - 0.1%

 

TE Connectivity Ltd. (h)

     1,042          78,806  
       

 

 

 

Healthcare Equipment - 0.2%

 

Medtronic PLC (h)

     4,071          370,298  
       

 

 

 

Industrial Gases - 0.2%

 

Linde PLC

     1,650          257,466  
       

 

 

 

Industrial Machinery - 0.0%*

 

Pentair PLC

     518          19,570  
       

 

 

 

Insurance Brokers - 0.1%

 

Aon PLC

     732          106,404  
 

 

See Notes to Schedules of Investments and Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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     Principal
Amount ($)
or Number
of Shares
      

Fair
Value

$

 

 

       

Willis Towers Watson PLC (h)

     385          58,466  
       

 

 

 
          164,870  
       

 

 

 

IT Consulting & Other Services - 0.2%

 

Accenture PLC, Class A (h)

     1,925          271,444  
       

 

 

 

Oil & Gas Equipment & Services - 0.0%*

 

TechnipFMC PLC

     1,406          27,529  
       

 

 

 

Pharmaceuticals - 0.0%*

 

Perrigo Company PLC

     446          17,283  
       

 

 

 

Property & Casualty Insurance - 0.1%

 

Chubb Ltd. (h)

     1,413          182,531  
       

 

 

 

Reinsurance - 0.0%*

 

Everest Re Group Ltd.

     109          23,736  
       

 

 

 

Research & Consulting Services - 0.0%*

 

IHS Markit Ltd. (a)(h)

     1,020          48,929  
       

 

 

 

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals - 0.0%*

 

Seagate Technology PLC (h)

     748          28,865  
       

 

 

 
Total Foreign Equity
(Cost $1,504,447)
          1,587,471  
       

 

 

 
Bonds and Notes - 34.6%

 

U.S. Treasuries - 10.4%

 

U.S. Treasury Bonds

       

2.25% 08/15/46

     481,000          411,025  

3.75% 11/15/43

     97,000          109,538  

4.50% 02/15/36

     394,500          486,279  

U.S. Treasury Notes

       

1.38% 12/15/19

     2,850,700          2,816,927  

1.50% 11/30/19 - 08/15/20

     3,805,100          3,760,116  

2.25% 03/31/20

     3,463,200          3,449,339  

2.75% 11/15/23

     2,144,600          2,168,396  

2.88% 07/31/25 - 08/15/28

     5,557,600          5,656,035  
       

 

 

 
          18,857,655  
       

 

 

 

Agency Mortgage Backed - 7.0%

 

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.

       

4.05% 09/25/28 (i)

     295,000          310,684  

4.50% 06/01/33 - 02/01/35

     2,378          2,488  

5.00% 07/01/35

     16,557          17,610  

5.50% 05/01/20 - 04/01/39

     31,231          33,625  

6.00% 05/01/20 - 11/01/37

     82,614          90,211  

6.50% 11/01/28 - 06/01/29

     1,082          1,183  

7.00% 06/01/29 - 08/01/36

     16,106          17,901  

7.50% 09/01/33

     1,123          1,200  
         
    
Principal
Amount ($)
      

Fair
Value

$

 

8.00% 07/01/26 - 11/01/30

     1,864          2,036  

8.50% 04/01/30

     4,822          5,896  

Federal National Mortgage Assoc.

       

3.50% 08/01/45

     81,812          82,071  

4.00% 05/01/19 - 03/01/41

     214,033          220,311  

4.50% 05/01/19 - 02/01/40

     128,922          134,911  

5.00% 07/01/20 - 05/01/39

     58,938          62,623  

5.50% 06/01/20 - 01/01/39

     124,619          133,989  

6.00% 02/01/20 - 05/01/41

     375,783          414,854  

6.50% 10/01/28 - 08/01/36

     12,736          13,757  

7.00% 05/01/33 - 12/01/33

     560          591  

7.50% 12/01/26 - 12/01/33

     4,708          5,184  

8.00% 06/01/24 - 12/01/30

     5,862          6,025  

9.00% 12/01/22

     310          326  

Federal National Mortgage Assoc. 1.60% + 12 month USD LIBOR

       

3.97% 04/01/37 (i)

     481          492  

Federal National Mortgage Assoc. TBA

       

2.50% TBA (c)

     1,299,000          1,268,962  

3.00% TBA (c)

     2,273,934          2,223,427  

3.50% TBA (c)

     1,250,000          1,249,607  

4.00% TBA (c)

     1,667,000          1,699,323  

4.50% TBA (c)

     1,171,000          1,212,219  

Government National Mortgage Assoc.

       

4.00% 01/20/41 - 04/20/43

     325,786          336,644  

4.50% 08/15/33 - 03/20/41

     143,244          149,960  

5.00% 08/15/33

     7,013          7,323  

6.00% 07/15/33 - 04/15/34

     7,291          8,164  

6.50% 04/15/28 - 07/15/36

     12,402          13,635  

7.00% 04/15/28 - 10/15/36

     4,042          4,431  

7.50% 07/15/23 - 04/15/28

     6,965          7,231  

8.00% 05/15/30

     179          190  

9.00% 12/15/21

     149          155  

3.00% TBA (c)

     651,000          640,911  

3.50% TBA (c)

     2,419,000          2,435,691  
       

 

 

 
          12,815,841  
       

 

 

 

Agency Collateralized Mortgage Obligations - 0.1%

 

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.

       

0.08% 09/25/43 (g)(i)

     139,109          359  

4.06% 10/25/28 (i)

     146,000          153,805  

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. REMIC

       

3.50% 11/15/24 -
11/15/30 (g)

     62,364          4,729  

5.50% 06/15/33 (g)

     5,733          1,130  

7.50% 07/15/27 (g)

     5,435          1,073  
 

 

See Notes to Schedules of Investments and Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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     Principal
Amount ($)
      

Fair
Value

$

 

 

       

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. REMIC 6.60% - 1 month USD LIBOR

       

4.14% 08/15/25 (g)(i)

     28,069          1,447  

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. STRIPS

       

1.47% 08/01/27 (d)(f)

     218          192  

8.00% 02/01/23 -
07/01/24 (g)

     750          105  

Federal National Mortgage Assoc. REMIC

       

0.51% 12/25/22 (d)(f)

     72          70  

1.10% 12/25/42 (g)(i)

     29,756          2,168  

5.00% 09/25/40 (g)

     27,546          2,980  

Federal National Mortgage Assoc. REMIC 6.00% - 1 month USD LIBOR

       

3.49% 07/25/38 (g)(i)

     9,264          1,209  

Federal National Mortgage Assoc. REMIC 6.20% - 1 month USD LIBOR

       

3.69% 06/25/48 (g)(i)

     505,353          82,721  

Federal National Mortgage Assoc. STRIPS

       

4.50% 08/25/35 -
01/25/36 (g)

     13,852          1,719  

5.00% 03/25/38 -
05/25/38 (g)

     7,881          1,685  

5.50% 12/25/33 (g)

     2,721          598  

6.00% 01/25/35 (g)

     7,164          1,668  

7.50% 11/25/23 (g)

     5,866          710  

8.00% 08/25/23 -
07/25/24 (g)

     1,520          214  

8.50% 07/25/22 (g)

     105          9  

8.50% 07/25/22 (g)**

     3           

9.00% 05/25/22 (g)

     120          9  

Government National Mortgage Assoc. REMIC

       

4.50% 08/16/39 (g)

     18,005          1,303  

5.00% 09/20/38 (g)

     3,646          109  

Government National Mortgage Assoc. REMIC 6.80% - 1 month USD LIBOR

       

4.34% 01/16/40 (g)(i)

     52,899          8,827  
       

 

 

 
          268,839  
       

 

 

 

Asset Backed - 0.9%

 

American Express Credit Account Master Trust 2017-6

       

2.04% 05/15/23

     357,738          352,416  

American Express Credit Account Master Trust 2018-1

       

2.67% 10/17/22

     150,000          149,449  

American Express Credit Account Master Trust 2018-8

       

3.18% 04/15/24

     326,000          328,384  
     Principal
Amount ($)
      

Fair
Value

$

 

BA Credit Card Trust 2018-A1

       

2.70% 07/17/23

     131,000          130,461  

BMW Floorplan Master Owner Trust 2018-1

       

3.15% 05/15/23 (b)

     100,000          100,144  

Citibank Credit Card Issuance Trust 2016-A1

       

1.75% 11/19/21

     446,000          441,363  

Securitized Term Auto Receivables Trust 2018-1A

       

3.30% 11/25/22 (b)

     100,000          100,059  
       

 

 

 
          1,602,276  
       

 

 

 

Corporate Notes - 14.8%

 

1011778 BC ULC/New Red Finance Inc.

       

4.25% 05/15/24 (b)

     23,000          21,122  

21st Century Fox America Inc.

       

3.38% 11/15/26

     4,000          3,945  

4.50% 02/15/21

     19,000          19,490  

4.75% 11/15/46

     6,000          6,405  

6.65% 11/15/37

     39,000          50,166  

Abbott Laboratories

       

2.90% 11/30/21

     88,000          87,170  

3.75% 11/30/26

     27,000          26,683  

4.90% 11/30/46

     29,000          30,486  

AbbVie Inc.

       

3.20% 05/14/26

     47,000          43,533  

4.45% 05/14/46

     43,000          37,796  

4.70% 05/14/45

     10,000          9,142  

4.88% 11/14/48

     11,000          10,266  

Acadia Healthcare Company Inc.

       

6.50% 03/01/24

     52,000          50,057  

Activision Blizzard Inc.

       

2.30% 09/15/21

     115,000          111,924  

AES Corp.

       

4.88% 05/15/23

     75,000          73,344  

Aetna Inc.

       

3.50% 11/15/24

     43,000          41,521  

Aflac Inc.

       

4.00% 10/15/46

     8,000          7,351  

Alexandria Real Estate Equities Inc.

       

4.70% 07/01/30

     18,000          18,227  

Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc.

       

2.70% 07/26/22 (b)

     49,000          47,371  

4.50% 07/26/47 (b)

     10,000          9,099  

Allergan Finance LLC

       

3.25% 10/01/22

     38,000          37,014  

4.63% 10/01/42

     5,000          4,584  
 

 

See Notes to Schedules of Investments and Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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     Principal
Amount ($)
      

Fair
Value

$

 

 

       

Allergan Funding SCS

       

3.00% 03/12/20

     57,000          56,779  

3.45% 03/15/22

     26,000          25,590  

Allergan Sales LLC

       

5.00% 12/15/21 (b)

     74,000          76,174  

Altria Group Inc.

       

2.95% 05/02/23

     23,000          21,868  

3.88% 09/16/46

     8,000          6,100  

4.50% 05/02/43

     17,000          14,147  

Amazon.com Inc.

       

2.80% 08/22/24

     32,000          31,101  

3.15% 08/22/27

     20,000          19,295  

3.88% 08/22/37

     13,000          12,645  

4.05% 08/22/47

     13,000          12,740  

4.25% 08/22/57

     18,000          17,761  

Ameren Corp.

       

3.65% 02/15/26

     22,000          21,642  

American Axle & Manufacturing Inc.

       

6.25% 04/01/25

     37,000          33,662  

American Campus Communities Operating Partnership LP

       

3.35% 10/01/20

     36,000          35,873  

4.13% 07/01/24

     20,000          20,059  

American Express Co.

       

3.00% 10/30/24

     55,000          52,621  

American International Group Inc.

       

4.50% 07/16/44

     44,000          39,112  

6.40% 12/15/20

     19,000          20,050  

American International Group Inc. (5.75% fixed rate until 04/01/28; 2.87% + 3 month USD LIBOR thereafter)

       

5.75% 04/01/48 (i)

     21,000          18,377  

American Tower Corp. (REIT)

       

3.38% 10/15/26

     11,000          10,248  

3.40% 02/15/19

     134,000          133,926  

American Water Capital Corp.

       

2.95% 09/01/27

     37,000          34,870  

Amgen Inc.

       

2.20% 05/22/19

     64,000          63,767  

2.65% 05/11/22

     52,000          50,837  

3.20% 11/02/27

     32,000          30,078  

4.56% 06/15/48

     29,000          27,816  

AMN Healthcare Inc.

       

5.13% 10/01/24 (b)

     64,000          61,302  

Anadarko Petroleum Corp.

       

4.85% 03/15/21

     4,000          4,085  

6.20% 03/15/40

     12,000          12,535  
     Principal
Amount ($)
      

Fair
Value

$

 

Andeavor Logistics LP/Tesoro Logistics Finance Corp.

       

5.20% 12/01/47

     14,000          12,588  

5.25% 01/15/25

     186,000          185,762  

5.50% 10/15/19

     71,000          71,651  

6.25% 10/15/22

     51,000          51,986  

Anheuser-Busch Companies LLC/Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide Inc.

       

4.70% 02/01/36 (b)

     17,000          15,685  

4.90% 02/01/46 (b)

     66,000          61,068  

Anheuser-Busch InBev Finance Inc.

       

2.65% 02/01/21

     28,000          27,522  

Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide Inc.

       

2.50% 07/15/22

     101,000          96,406  

4.00% 04/13/28

     15,000          14,349  

4.38% 04/15/38

     77,000          68,912  

4.60% 04/15/48

     32,000          28,636  

4.75% 04/15/58

     18,000          15,654  

Anthem Inc.

       

3.30% 01/15/23

     35,000          34,438  

Apache Corp.

       

4.38% 10/15/28

     15,000          14,001  

5.10% 09/01/40

     18,000          16,258  

Apple Inc.

       

2.50% 02/09/22

     47,000          46,334  

2.85% 05/11/24

     43,000          41,916  

3.35% 02/09/27

     27,000          26,375  

3.45% 02/09/45

     57,000          50,500  

3.85% 08/04/46

     51,000          47,973  

4.25% 02/09/47

     22,000          22,019  

4.65% 02/23/46

     8,000          8,458  

Applied Materials Inc.

       

4.35% 04/01/47

     31,000          30,320  

Aptiv PLC

       

4.40% 10/01/46

     19,000          16,830  

Aramark Services Inc.

       

5.00% 02/01/28 (b)

     31,000          28,992  

Archer-Daniels-Midland Co.

       

2.50% 08/11/26

     32,000          29,208  

Arconic Inc.

       

5.13% 10/01/24

     41,000          39,481  

6.15% 08/15/20

     20,000          20,405  

Ascension Health

       

4.85% 11/15/53

     13,000          14,081  

Ashland LLC

       

4.75% 08/15/22

     23,000          22,608  

AstraZeneca PLC

       

2.38% 11/16/20

     16,000          15,732  

3.38% 11/16/25

     32,000          30,993  
 

 

See Notes to Schedules of Investments and Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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     Principal
Amount ($)
      

Fair
Value

$

 

 

       

3.50% 08/17/23

     30,000          29,714  

4.00% 01/17/29

     20,000          19,866  

4.38% 08/17/48

     22,000          20,870  

AT&T Inc.

       

3.00% 06/30/22

     53,000          51,733  

3.80% 03/15/22

     55,000          55,233  

4.10% 02/15/28

     51,000          49,031  

4.45% 04/01/24

     32,000          32,469  

4.50% 05/15/35

     43,000          38,978  

4.55% 03/09/49

     21,000          18,091  

4.75% 05/15/46

     17,000          15,111  

4.80% 06/15/44

     29,000          26,013  

5.00% 03/01/21

     41,000          42,397  

5.15% 11/15/46

     7,000          6,518  

5.25% 03/01/37

     29,000          28,434  

5.45% 03/01/47

     52,000          50,705  

Athene Holding Ltd.

       

4.13% 01/12/28

     35,000          31,777  

Avangrid Inc.

       

3.15% 12/01/24

     57,000          54,979  

Bank of America Corp.

       

2.65% 04/01/19

     63,000          62,926  

3.25% 10/21/27

     63,000          58,320  

3.95% 04/21/25

     41,000          39,734  

4.25% 10/22/26

     61,000          59,340  

Bank of America Corp.
(2.37% fixed rate until 07/21/20; 0.66% + 3 month USD LIBOR thereafter)

       

2.37% 07/21/21 (i)

     42,000          41,287  

Bank of America Corp.
(3.12% fixed rate until 01/20/22; 1.16% + 3 month USD LIBOR thereafter)

       

3.12% 01/20/23 (i)

     170,000          167,045  

Bank of America Corp.
(3.37% fixed rate until 01/23/25; 0.81% + 3 month USD LIBOR thereafter)

       

3.37% 01/23/26 (i)

     125,000          119,486  

Bank of America Corp.
(3.42% fixed rate until 12/20/27; 1.04% + 3 month USD LIBOR thereafter)

       

3.42% 12/20/28 (i)

     75,000          69,846  

Bank of America Corp.
(3.95% fixed rate until 01/23/48; 1.19% + 3 month USD LIBOR thereafter)

       

3.95% 01/23/49 (i)

     41,000          36,495  
     Principal
Amount ($)
      

Fair
Value

$

 

Bank of America Corp.
(4.24% fixed rate until 04/24/37; 1.81% + 3 month USD LIBOR thereafter)

       

4.24% 04/24/38 (i)

     51,000          48,353  

Bank of America Corp.
(4.27% fixed rate until 07/23/28; 1.31% + 3 month USD LIBOR thereafter)

       

4.27% 07/23/29 (i)

     21,000          20,891  

Bank of America Corp.
(4.44% fixed rate until 01/20/47; 1.99% + 3 month USD LIBOR thereafter)

       

4.44% 01/20/48 (i)

     31,000          29,944  

Bank of Montreal
(4.34% fixed rate until 10/05/23; 1.28% + USD 5 year Swap Rate thereafter)

       

4.34% 10/05/28 (i)

     61,000          60,730  

Barrick North America Finance LLC

       

5.70% 05/30/41

     6,000          6,334  

BAT Capital Corp.

       

2.30% 08/14/20

     111,000          108,387  

2.76% 08/15/22

     34,000          32,096  

3.56% 08/15/27

     82,000          72,680  

4.39% 08/15/37

     11,000          9,040  

4.54% 08/15/47

     26,000          20,806  

Bausch Health Companies Inc.

       

7.00% 03/15/24 (b)

     125,000          126,615  

Baxalta Inc.

       

2.88% 06/23/20

     13,000          12,858  

Bayer US Finance II LLC

       

3.50% 06/25/21 (b)

     200,000          198,850  

4.70% 07/15/64 (b)

     8,000          6,648  

Becton Dickinson and Co.

       

2.89% 06/06/22

     37,000          35,820  

3.70% 06/06/27

     56,000          53,039  

3.73% 12/15/24

     3,000          2,901  

4.67% 06/06/47

     6,000          5,646  

4.69% 12/15/44

     7,000          6,587  

Berkshire Hathaway Energy Co.

       

2.40% 02/01/20

     48,000          47,680  

3.25% 04/15/28

     22,000          20,940  

3.80% 07/15/48

     16,000          14,310  

Berkshire Hathaway Inc.

       

4.50% 02/11/43

     8,000          8,308  

Berry Global Inc.

       

5.13% 07/15/23

     60,000          59,413  

BHP Billiton Finance USA Ltd.

       

5.00% 09/30/43

     7,000          7,647  
 

 

See Notes to Schedules of Investments and Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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     Principal
Amount ($)
      

Fair
Value

$

 

 

       

Biogen Inc.

       

2.90% 09/15/20

     16,000          15,898  

BNP Paribas S.A.

       

5.00% 01/15/21

     19,000          19,625  

Boston Scientific Corp.

       

4.00% 03/01/28

     39,000          37,948  

BP Capital Markets America Inc.

       

3.02% 01/16/27

     95,000          89,176  

3.22% 11/28/23

     37,000          36,509  

Brighthouse Financial Inc.

       

3.70% 06/22/27

     5,000          4,224  

4.70% 06/22/47

     3,000          2,229  

Brixmor Operating Partnership LP

       

3.90% 03/15/27

     18,000          17,062  

Broadcom Corp./Broadcom Cayman Finance Ltd.

       

2.20% 01/15/21

     16,000          15,636  

2.65% 01/15/23

     9,000          8,341  

3.13% 01/15/25

     12,000          10,769  

3.88% 01/15/27

     29,000          26,003  

Brown-Forman Corp.

       

4.00% 04/15/38

     7,000          6,847  

Buckeye Partners LP

       

5.60% 10/15/44

     7,000          6,030  

Bunge Limited Finance Corp.

       

3.75% 09/25/27

     15,000          13,336  

Burlington Northern Santa Fe LLC

       

3.75% 04/01/24

     68,000          69,727  

4.15% 12/15/48

     33,000          32,209  

Campbell Soup Co.

       

3.30% 03/15/21

     60,000          59,665  

Canadian Natural Resources Ltd.

       

3.85% 06/01/27

     5,000          4,731  

4.95% 06/01/47

     8,000          7,698  

Capital One Financial Corp.

       

3.75% 07/28/26

     17,000          15,538  

4.20% 10/29/25

     26,000          24,994  

Cardinal Health Inc.

       

2.62% 06/15/22

     14,000          13,503  

3.08% 06/15/24

     12,000          11,335  

Caterpillar Financial Services Corp.

       

2.55% 11/29/22

     50,000          48,547  

Caterpillar Inc.

       

3.80% 08/15/42

     8,000          7,453  

Catholic Health Initiatives

       

4.35% 11/01/42

     24,000          21,293  

CBL & Associates LP

       

4.60% 10/15/24

     77,000          56,746  
     Principal
Amount ($)
      

Fair
Value

$

 

CBS Corp.

       

2.50% 02/15/23

     30,000          28,241  

2.90% 01/15/27

     17,000          15,029  

CCO Holdings LLC/CCO Holdings Capital Corp.

       

5.00% 02/01/28 (b)

     90,000          82,792  

Celgene Corp.

       

3.45% 11/15/27

     4,000          3,641  

4.35% 11/15/47

     5,000          4,234  

4.55% 02/20/48

     34,000          29,549  

Cenovus Energy Inc.

       

4.25% 04/15/27

     17,000          15,480  

4.45% 09/15/42

     9,000          6,908  

5.40% 06/15/47

     7,000          6,033  

CenterPoint Energy Inc.

       

2.50% 09/01/22

     74,000          70,723  

3.60% 11/01/21

     33,000          32,976  

CenturyLink Inc.

       

5.63% 04/01/25

     23,000          20,266  

5.80% 03/15/22

     34,000          32,653  

CF Industries Inc.

       

7.13% 05/01/20

     36,000          37,041  

Charter Communications Operating LLC/Charter Communications Operating Capital

       

3.58% 07/23/20

     32,000          31,960  

4.91% 07/23/25

     42,000          41,690  

5.38% 05/01/47

     23,000          20,683  

5.75% 04/01/48

     12,000          11,227  

6.38% 10/23/35

     5,000          5,121  

6.48% 10/23/45

     9,000          9,143  

Chevron Corp.

       

2.42% 11/17/20

     19,000          18,826  

3.19% 06/24/23

     28,000          27,953  

Church & Dwight Company Inc.

       

2.45% 08/01/22

     13,000          12,552  

Cigna Corp.

       

4.13% 11/15/25 (b)

     51,000          50,891  

4.38% 10/15/28 (b)

     20,000          20,095  

4.80% 08/15/38 (b)

     14,000          13,771  

4.90% 12/15/48 (b)

     16,000          15,645  

Cigna Corp.

       

3.20% 09/17/20 (b)

     56,000          55,787  

3.40% 09/17/21 (b)

     28,000          27,943  

3.75% 07/15/23 (b)

     31,000          30,924  

Cigna Holding Co.

       

3.25% 04/15/25

     34,000          32,350  

3.88% 10/15/47

     19,000          15,928  

Cimarex Energy Co.

       

3.90% 05/15/27

     5,000          4,660  

Cinemark USA Inc.

       

4.88% 06/01/23

     42,000          40,320  
 

 

See Notes to Schedules of Investments and Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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     Principal
Amount ($)
      

Fair
Value

$

 

 

       

Cisco Systems Inc.

       

5.90% 02/15/39

     20,000          24,713  

Citigroup Inc.

       

2.70% 10/27/22

     36,000          34,694  

2.75% 04/25/22

     109,000          105,841  

2.90% 12/08/21

     44,000          43,211  

4.40% 06/10/25

     16,000          15,720  

4.45% 09/29/27

     37,000          35,665  

4.65% 07/23/48

     53,000          51,823  

4.75% 05/18/46

     22,000          20,400  

Citigroup Inc.
(2.88% fixed rate until 07/24/22; 0.95% + 3 month USD LIBOR thereafter)

       

2.88% 07/24/23 (i)

     147,000          142,115  

Citigroup Inc.
(3.88% fixed rate until 01/24/38; 1.17% + 3 month USD LIBOR thereafter)

       

3.88% 01/24/39 (i)

     17,000          15,200  

Citigroup Inc.
(4.28% fixed rate until 04/24/47; 1.84% + 3 month USD LIBOR thereafter)

       

4.28% 04/24/48 (i)

     30,000          27,989  

CME Group Inc.

       

3.75% 06/15/28

     25,000          25,323  

CMS Energy Corp.

       

4.88% 03/01/44

     45,000          47,340  

CNA Financial Corp.

       

3.45% 08/15/27

     17,000          15,812  

5.88% 08/15/20

     56,000          58,074  

CNH Industrial Capital LLC

       

3.38% 07/15/19

     29,000          28,922  

4.38% 11/06/20

     23,000          23,127  

4.88% 04/01/21

     28,000          28,232  

CNH Industrial N.V.

       

4.50% 08/15/23

     43,000          43,283  

Columbia Pipeline Group Inc.

       

3.30% 06/01/20

     26,000          25,917  

Comcast Corp.

       

3.38% 08/15/25

     14,000          13,642  

3.97% 11/01/47

     80,000          71,831  

4.15% 10/15/28

     85,000          86,277  

4.20% 08/15/34

     29,000          28,002  

4.25% 10/15/30

     31,000          31,336  

4.60% 08/15/45

     20,000          19,741  

4.70% 10/15/48

     18,000          18,214  

Conagra Brands Inc.

       

3.80% 10/22/21

     58,000          58,001  

4.30% 05/01/24

     72,000          71,628  

5.30% 11/01/38

     17,000          16,101  

5.40% 11/01/48

     29,000          26,741  
     Principal
Amount ($)
      

Fair
Value

$

 

Conagra Brands Inc.
0.75% + 3 month USD LIBOR

       

3.22% 10/22/20 (i)

     43,000          42,779  

Concho Resources Inc.

       

3.75% 10/01/27

     5,000          4,713  

4.30% 08/15/28

     45,000          44,025  

4.88% 10/01/47

     10,000          9,542  

ConocoPhillips Co.

       

4.30% 11/15/44

     33,000          32,547  

Consolidated Edison Company of New York Inc.

       

2.90% 12/01/26

     40,000          37,581  

3.88% 06/15/47

     20,000          18,331  

Constellation Brands Inc.

       

2.70% 05/09/22

     35,000          33,796  

4.50% 05/09/47

     7,000          6,272  

Continental Resources Inc.

       

4.50% 04/15/23

     26,000          25,523  

Corning Inc.

       

4.38% 11/15/57

     17,000          14,267  

Corporation Andina de Fomento

       

2.20% 07/18/20

     44,000          43,331  

4.38% 06/15/22

     121,000          125,426  

Crane Co.

       

4.20% 03/15/48

     8,000          7,407  

CSX Corp.

       

4.50% 08/01/54

     23,000          21,778  

CVS Health Corp.

       

3.13% 03/09/20

     156,000          155,694  

3.35% 03/09/21

     101,000          100,695  

3.70% 03/09/23

     41,000          40,597  

3.88% 07/20/25

     20,000          19,504  

4.10% 03/25/25

     41,000          40,581  

4.30% 03/25/28

     21,000          20,552  

4.78% 03/25/38

     40,000          38,444  

5.00% 12/01/24

     39,000          40,611  

5.05% 03/25/48

     40,000          39,025  

D.R. Horton Inc.

       

2.55% 12/01/20

     47,000          45,802  

Dana Financing Luxembourg Sarl

       

6.50% 06/01/26 (b)

     56,000          53,782  

Dell International LLC/EMC Corp.

       

3.48% 06/01/19 (b)

     64,000          63,848  

5.45% 06/15/23 (b)

     28,000          28,532  

6.02% 06/15/26 (b)

     11,000          11,052  

8.10% 07/15/36 (b)

     4,000          4,327  

8.35% 07/15/46 (b)

     7,000          7,584  

Deutsche Bank AG

       

2.70% 07/13/20

     43,000          41,705  
 

 

See Notes to Schedules of Investments and Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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     Principal
Amount ($)
      

Fair
Value

$

 

 

       

Deutsche Telekom International Finance BV

       

2.49% 09/19/23 (b)

     150,000          141,618  

Devon Energy Corp.

       

4.00% 07/15/21

     64,000          64,140  

5.00% 06/15/45

     10,000          8,844  

Dexia Credit Local S.A.

       

2.25% 01/30/19 (b)

     250,000          249,930  

Diageo Investment Corp.

       

2.88% 05/11/22

     36,000          35,591  

Diamondback Energy Inc.

       

4.75% 11/01/24 (b)

     65,000          62,744  

Discovery Communications LLC

       

2.20% 09/20/19

     45,000          44,599  

3.95% 03/20/28

     34,000          31,513  

5.00% 09/20/37

     12,000          11,084  

5.20% 09/20/47

     8,000          7,368  

DISH DBS Corp.

       

5.88% 07/15/22

     32,000          29,311  

Dollar Tree Inc.

       

3.70% 05/15/23

     41,000          40,182  

4.00% 05/15/25

     41,000          39,407  

Dominion Energy Inc.

       

2.58% 07/01/20

     30,000          29,549  

DowDuPont Inc.

       

3.77% 11/15/20

     109,000          110,006  

5.32% 11/15/38

     27,000          27,842  

5.42% 11/15/48

     27,000          28,118  

DTE Energy Co.

       

2.85% 10/01/26

     50,000          46,015  

3.85% 12/01/23

     22,000          22,112  

Duke Energy Carolinas LLC

       

3.95% 03/15/48

     22,000          21,046  

Duke Energy Corp.

       

1.80% 09/01/21

     46,000          43,959  

3.55% 09/15/21

     28,000          28,076  

3.75% 09/01/46

     6,000          5,216  

Duke Energy Progress LLC

       

4.15% 12/01/44

     26,000          25,361  

Duke Realty LP

       

3.25% 06/30/26

     24,000          22,802  

3.38% 12/15/27

     15,000          14,236  

Duquesne Light Holdings Inc.

       

3.62% 08/01/27 (b)

     39,000          36,705  

Eastman Chemical Co.

       

3.50% 12/01/21

     34,000          34,162  

3.60% 08/15/22

     9,000          8,992  

4.50% 01/15/21

     60,000          60,854  

Eaton Corp.

       

3.10% 09/15/27

     29,000          27,361  

Ecolab Inc.

       

3.25% 12/01/27

     16,000          15,377  

3.95% 12/01/47

     13,000          12,208  
     Principal
Amount ($)
      

Fair
Value

$

 

Ecopetrol S.A.

       

5.88% 05/28/45

     28,000          26,425  

Edison International

       

4.13% 03/15/28

     25,000          23,706  

EI du Pont de Nemours & Co. 0.53% + 3 month USD LIBOR

       

3.07% 05/01/20 (i)

     39,000          39,037  

Electricite de France S.A.

       

2.15% 01/22/19 (b)

     100,000          99,931  

Eli Lilly & Co.

       

3.70% 03/01/45

     6,000          5,646  

EMC Corp.

       

2.65% 06/01/20

     100,000          96,032  

Emera US Finance LP

       

4.75% 06/15/46

     8,000          7,691  

Enbridge Energy Partners LP

       

5.50% 09/15/40

     8,000          8,219  

Encana Corp.

       

3.90% 11/15/21

     41,000          40,989  

Energy Transfer LP

       

4.25% 03/15/23

     27,000          26,038  

5.88% 01/15/24

     252,000          256,808  

7.50% 10/15/20

     47,000          49,115  

Energy Transfer Operating LP

       

4.95% 06/15/28

     12,000          11,771  

Energy Transfer Operating LP

       

5.80% 06/15/38

     23,000          22,266  

6.13% 12/15/45

     9,000          8,726  

6.50% 02/01/42

     24,000          24,202  

Energy Transfer Partners LP/Regency Energy Finance Corp.

       

4.50% 11/01/23

     25,000          24,938  

EnLink Midstream Partners LP

       

4.15% 06/01/25

     44,000          39,601  

Entergy Louisiana LLC

       

3.05% 06/01/31

     23,000          20,752  

4.00% 03/15/33

     16,000          16,122  

Enterprise Products Operating LLC

       

4.25% 02/15/48

     56,000          50,103  

Enterprise Products Operating LLC (5.25% fixed rate until 08/16/27; 3.03% + 3 month USD LIBOR thereafter)

       

5.25% 08/16/77 (i)

     13,000          10,835  

EOG Resources Inc.

       

4.10% 02/01/21

     52,000          52,697  

4.15% 01/15/26

     31,000          31,618  

EPR Properties

       

4.95% 04/15/28

     24,000          23,760  
 

 

See Notes to Schedules of Investments and Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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     Principal
Amount ($)
      

Fair
Value

$

 

 

       

EQM Midstream Partners LP

       

4.75% 07/15/23

     9,000          8,953  

5.50% 07/15/28

     9,000          8,840  

EQT Corp.

       

3.90% 10/01/27

     17,000          14,701  

ERP Operating LP

       

4.50% 07/01/44

     15,000          15,094  

Exelon Corp.

       

3.50% 06/01/22

     29,000          28,339  

4.45% 04/15/46

     39,000          37,144  

Express Scripts Holding Co.

       

3.40% 03/01/27

     21,000          19,485  

Exxon Mobil Corp.

       

2.22% 03/01/21

     25,000          24,683  

FedEx Corp.

       

4.10% 02/01/45

     45,000          38,659  

FirstEnergy Corp.

       

3.90% 07/15/27

     8,000          7,749  

4.85% 07/15/47

     15,000          14,945  

Florida Power & Light Co.

       

4.13% 02/01/42

     23,000          23,142  

Ford Motor Co.

       

4.35% 12/08/26

     59,000          52,655  

Frontier Communications Corp.

       

7.13% 03/15/19

     46,000          44,524  

General Dynamics Corp.

       

2.13% 08/15/26

     37,000          33,385  

2.88% 05/11/20

     55,000          55,038  

3.00% 05/11/21

     76,000          76,077  

3.50% 05/15/25

     45,000          45,074  

General Mills Inc.

       

3.20% 04/16/21

     25,000          24,861  

3.70% 10/17/23

     39,000          38,819  

4.55% 04/17/38

     30,000          27,458  

4.70% 04/17/48

     23,000          20,933  

General Motors Co.

       

5.20% 04/01/45

     7,000          5,804  

5.40% 04/01/48

     14,000          12,278  

General Motors Financial Company Inc.

       

2.35% 10/04/19

     55,000          54,397  

3.15% 01/15/20

     56,000          55,642  

3.20% 07/13/20

     101,000          99,964  

3.45% 01/14/22

     68,000          65,808  

3.55% 04/09/21

     74,000          73,081  

5.25% 03/01/26

     60,000          58,892  

Georgia-Pacific LLC

       

3.60% 03/01/25 (b)

     9,000          8,998  

Gilead Sciences Inc.

       

2.95% 03/01/27

     7,000          6,507  

3.50% 02/01/25

     20,000          19,537  

3.65% 03/01/26

     20,000          19,629  
     Principal
Amount ($)
      

Fair
Value

$

 

4.15% 03/01/47

     42,000          38,564  

4.80% 04/01/44

     14,000          13,978  

GlaxoSmithKline Capital Inc.

       

3.38% 05/15/23

     45,000          45,225  

3.63% 05/15/25

     45,000          45,257  

GlaxoSmithKline Capital PLC

       

3.13% 05/14/21

     38,000          38,049  

Glencore Finance Canada Ltd.

       

4.95% 11/15/21 (b)

     22,000          22,552  

Glencore Funding LLC

       

2.50% 01/15/19 (b)

     99,000          98,969  

Gray Escrow Inc.

       

7.00% 05/15/27 (b)

     23,000          22,392  

H&E Equipment Services Inc.

       

5.63% 09/01/25

     68,000          62,310  

Halliburton Co.

       

3.80% 11/15/25

     28,000          27,150  

5.00% 11/15/45

     16,000          15,701  

HCA Inc.

       

4.75% 05/01/23

     122,000          120,148  

HD Supply Inc.

       

5.38% 10/15/26 (b)

     23,000          22,310  

Hess Corp.

       

5.60% 02/15/41

     7,000          6,161  

5.80% 04/01/47

     6,000          5,393  

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co.

       

6.35% 10/15/45

     7,000          6,551  

Highwoods Realty LP

       

4.13% 03/15/28

     21,000          20,606  

Hilcorp Energy I LP/Hilcorp Finance Co.

       

5.75% 10/01/25 (b)

     70,000          62,375  

6.25% 11/01/28 (b)

     20,000          17,585  

HSBC Holdings PLC (6.50% fixed rate until 03/23/28; 3.61% + USD 5 year Mid-Market Swap Rate thereafter)

       

6.50% 12/31/99 (i)

     50,000          45,815  

Hughes Satellite Systems Corp.

       

6.63% 08/01/26

     23,000          21,130  

Hyundai Capital America
3.10% 04/05/22 (b)

     18,000          17,586  

Icahn Enterprises LP/Icahn Enterprises Finance Corp.
6.00% 08/01/20

     79,000          78,876  

Ingersoll-Rand Luxembourg Finance S.A.
3.55% 11/01/24

     41,000          40,610  

Intel Corp.

       

2.60% 05/19/26

     58,000          54,457  

2.88% 05/11/24

     29,000          28,284  
 

 

See Notes to Schedules of Investments and Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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     Principal
Amount ($)
      

Fair
Value

$

 

 

       

International Paper Co.
4.40% 08/15/47

     31,000          26,269  

Interstate Power & Light Co.
3.40% 08/15/25

     135,000          130,823  

j2 Cloud Services LLC/j2 Global Co-Obligor Inc.
6.00% 07/15/25 (b)

     32,000          31,347  

Jabil Inc.
3.95% 01/12/28

     35,000          31,072  

JBS USA LUX S.A./JBS USA Finance Inc.
6.75% 02/15/28 (b)

     44,000          42,982  

Jefferies Group LLC

       

5.13% 01/20/23

     57,000          58,523  

6.50% 01/20/43

     26,000          25,433  

Johnson & Johnson
3.63% 03/03/37

     21,000          20,187  

Johnson Controls International PLC
4.50% 02/15/47

     8,000          7,370  

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

       

2.30% 08/15/21

     92,000          89,595  

2.55% 10/29/20

     92,000          90,928  

3.13% 01/23/25

     46,000          43,850  

3.30% 04/01/26

     61,000          58,045  

3.63% 12/01/27

     20,000          18,654  

JPMorgan Chase & Co.
(3.51% fixed rate until 01/23/28; 0.95% + 3 month USD LIBOR thereafter)
3.51% 01/23/29 (i)

     38,000          35,814  

JPMorgan Chase & Co.
(3.88% fixed rate until 07/24/37; 1.36% + 3 month USD LIBOR thereafter)
3.88% 07/24/38 (i)

     55,000          49,784  

JPMorgan Chase & Co.
(3.90% fixed rate until 01/23/48; 1.22% + 3 month USD LIBOR thereafter)
3.90% 01/23/49 (i)

     16,000          14,052  

JPMorgan Chase & Co.
(4.01% fixed rate until 04/23/28; 1.12% + 3 month USD LIBOR thereafter)
4.01% 04/23/29 (i)

     37,000          36,300  

JPMorgan Chase & Co.
(4.03% fixed rate until 07/24/47; 1.46% + 3 month USD LIBOR thereafter)
4.03% 07/24/48 (i)

     23,000          20,621  
     Principal
Amount ($)
      

Fair
Value

$

 

JPMorgan Chase & Co.
(4.63% fixed rate until 11/01/22; 2.58% + 3 month USD LIBOR thereafter)
4.63% 12/31/99 (i)

     40,000          34,238  

JPMorgan Chase & Co.
(6.10% fixed rate until 10/01/24; 3.33% + 3 month USD LIBOR thereafter)
6.10% 10/29/49 (i)

     97,000          96,284  

JPMorgan Chase & Co.
3.47% + 3 month USD LIBOR
5.99% 12/29/49 (i)

     32,000          31,602  

Keurig Dr Pepper Inc.

       

3.55% 05/25/21 (b)

     162,000          161,780  

4.06% 05/25/23 (b)

     45,000          44,865  

4.50% 11/15/45

     17,000          14,936  

4.60% 05/25/28 (b)

     45,000          44,847  

Kimberly-Clark Corp.
3.95% 11/01/28

     68,000          69,937  

Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP

       

3.50% 03/01/21

     78,000          77,739  

4.70% 11/01/42

     7,000          6,206  

5.30% 09/15/20

     26,000          26,725  

6.38% 03/01/41

     14,000          14,917  

Kinder Morgan Inc.

       

3.05% 12/01/19

     16,000          15,906  

4.30% 03/01/28

     30,000          29,389  

5.05% 02/15/46

     14,000          13,017  

5.55% 06/01/45

     19,000          18,929  

Kraft Heinz Foods Co.
4.38% 06/01/46

     26,000          21,512  

Kreditanstalt fuer Wiederaufbau
2.00% 10/04/22

     46,000          44,945  

L Brands Inc.
5.25% 02/01/28

     66,000          56,413  

L3 Technologies Inc.
3.85% 12/15/26

     34,000          32,883  

Lamb Weston Holdings Inc.
4.63% 11/01/24 (b)

     85,000          82,849  

Lee Enterprises Inc.
9.50% 03/15/22 (b)

     46,000          46,850  

Lennar Corp.
4.75% 05/30/25 - 11/29/27

     108,000          99,390  

Lincoln National Corp.

       

3.63% 12/12/26

     44,000          42,411  

3.80% 03/01/28

     25,000          24,084  

4.35% 03/01/48

     20,000          18,180  

Lockheed Martin Corp.

       

3.55% 01/15/26

     23,000          22,795  
 

 

See Notes to Schedules of Investments and Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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     Principal
Amount ($)
      

Fair
Value

$

 

 

       

3.80% 03/01/45

     8,000          7,327  

Lowe’s Companies Inc.
3.70% 04/15/46

     7,000          5,716  

LYB International Finance BV
4.88% 03/15/44

     7,000          6,369  

LYB International Finance II BV
3.50% 03/02/27

     9,000          8,217  

Macy’s Retail Holdings Inc.
4.30% 02/15/43

     7,000          5,169  

Marathon Oil Corp.

       

2.70% 06/01/20

     56,000          55,083  

3.85% 06/01/25

     16,000          15,002  

Marsh & McLennan Companies Inc.
3.50% 03/10/25

     34,000          33,246  

Masco Corp.
3.50% 11/15/27

     7,000          6,445  

McDonald’s Corp.

       

3.70% 01/30/26

     35,000          34,382  

3.80% 04/01/28

     34,000          33,330  

4.88% 12/09/45

     14,000          14,111  

McKesson Corp.
3.65% 11/30/20

     136,000          136,556  

Medtronic Inc.

       

2.50% 03/15/20

     58,000          57,750  

4.63% 03/15/45

     45,000          47,316  

Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
4.13% 07/01/52

     24,000          23,811  

Merck & Company Inc.
2.75% 02/10/25

     67,000          64,832  

MetLife Inc.

       

4.05% 03/01/45

     8,000          7,389  

4.72% 12/15/44

     24,000          24,493  

MGM Resorts International
4.63% 09/01/26

     37,000          33,253  

Microsoft Corp.

       

2.40% 08/08/26

     39,000          36,379  

3.45% 08/08/36

     16,000          15,192  

3.50% 02/12/35

     22,000          21,126  

3.70% 08/08/46

     73,000          70,086  

4.00% 02/12/55

     31,000          30,527  

4.10% 02/06/37

     6,000          6,164  

4.50% 02/06/57

     7,000          7,535  

Mizuho Financial Group Inc.
2.63% 04/12/21 (b)

     200,000          196,420  

Molina Healthcare Inc.
4.88% 06/15/25 (b)

     53,000          48,407  

Molson Coors Brewing Co.

       

2.10% 07/15/21

     60,000          57,805  

4.20% 07/15/46

     9,000          7,479  
     Principal
Amount ($)
      

Fair
Value

$

 

Morgan Stanley

       

2.45% 02/01/19

     138,000          137,920  

2.63% 11/17/21

     78,000          76,069  

2.65% 01/27/20

     44,000          43,691  

2.75% 05/19/22

     109,000          105,944  

3.63% 01/20/27

     5,000          4,754  

3.70% 10/23/24

     17,000          16,735  

3.95% 04/23/27

     131,000          123,363  

4.10% 05/22/23

     206,000          206,466  

4.38% 01/22/47

     38,000          35,992  

Morgan Stanley
(3.97% fixed rate until 07/22/37; 1.46% + 3 month USD LIBOR thereafter)
3.97% 07/22/38 (i)

     18,000          16,413  

MPLX LP

       

3.38% 03/15/23

     21,000          20,397  

4.50% 04/15/38

     22,000          19,321  

4.70% 04/15/48

     19,000          16,409  

5.50% 02/15/49

     34,000          32,952  

Murphy Oil Corp.
5.75% 08/15/25

     169,000          158,465  

Mylan Inc.

       

4.55% 04/15/28 (b)

     13,000          12,120  

5.20% 04/15/48 (b)

     17,000          14,472  

Mylan N.V.

       

3.15% 06/15/21

     20,000          19,603  

3.95% 06/15/26

     13,000          11,731  

National Retail Properties Inc.
4.00% 11/15/25

     34,000          33,684  

Navient Corp.

       

6.75% 06/15/26

     40,000          33,203  

8.00% 03/25/20

     39,000          39,665  

Newell Brands Inc.

       

3.85% 04/01/23

     5,000          4,935  

4.20% 04/01/26

     5,000          4,861  

Newfield Exploration Co.

       

5.38% 01/01/26

     65,000          64,338  

5.75% 01/30/22

     73,000          74,095  

Newmark Group Inc.
6.13% 11/15/23 (b)

     15,000          14,406  

Newmont Mining Corp.
4.88% 03/15/42

     27,000          25,528  

Nexen Energy ULC
6.40% 05/15/37

     8,000          9,795  

NGPL PipeCo LLC
4.88% 08/15/27 (b)

     53,000          50,285  

Noble Energy Inc.

       

3.90% 11/15/24

     25,000          24,117  

5.05% 11/15/44

     8,000          6,966  

Nordstrom Inc.
5.00% 01/15/44

     2,000          1,719  
 

 

See Notes to Schedules of Investments and Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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     Principal
Amount ($)
      

Fair
Value

$

 

 

       

Norfolk Southern Corp.
3.95% 10/01/42

     24,000          21,974  

Northern States Power Co.
2.20% 08/15/20

     94,000          92,708  

Northrop Grumman Corp.

       

2.08% 10/15/20

     16,000          15,699  

2.55% 10/15/22

     14,000          13,559  

3.25% 01/15/28

     23,000          21,489  

3.85% 04/15/45

     5,000          4,412  

4.03% 10/15/47

     17,000          15,447  

Novartis Capital Corp.
3.00% 11/20/25

     6,000          5,816  

Nucor Corp.

       

3.95% 05/01/28

     41,000          40,582  

4.13% 09/15/22

     18,000          18,530  

Nutrien Ltd.

       

4.00% 12/15/26

     15,000          14,514  

4.90% 06/01/43

     16,000          15,346  

Occidental Petroleum Corp.

       

4.10% 02/15/47

     13,000          12,229  

4.20% 03/15/48

     14,000          13,369  

Olin Corp.
5.00% 02/01/30

     65,000          56,855  

Omnicom Group Inc./Omnicom Capital Inc.
3.63% 05/01/22

     23,000          22,691  

Oncor Electric Delivery Company LLC
3.80% 09/30/47

     8,000          7,539  

Oracle Corp.

       

2.40% 09/15/23

     20,000          19,199  

3.25% 11/15/27

     32,000          30,862  

3.80% 11/15/37

     10,000          9,343  

4.00% 07/15/46 - 11/15/47

     57,000          53,099  

Oshkosh Corp.
5.38% 03/01/25

     28,000          28,154  

Owens Corning
4.40% 01/30/48

     12,000          9,188  

Owens-Brockway Glass Container Inc.
6.38% 08/15/25 (b)

     50,000          49,561  

Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
3.40% 08/15/24

     124,000          108,037  

PacifiCorp
6.25% 10/15/37

     45,000          55,900  

Packaging Corporation of America
3.40% 12/15/27

     34,000          31,789  

Parker-Hannifin Corp.
3.25% 03/01/27

     69,000          66,103  

Party City Holdings Inc.
6.63% 08/01/26 (b)

     50,000          45,472  
     Principal
Amount ($)
      

Fair
Value

$

 

Penske Automotive Group Inc.
5.38% 12/01/24

     50,000          46,820  

PepsiCo Inc.
3.45% 10/06/46

     9,000          8,055  

Petroleos Mexicanos

       

4.50% 01/23/26

     45,000          38,944  

5.35% 02/12/28

     15,000          13,124  

5.38% 03/13/22

     50,000          49,174  

5.63% 01/23/46

     19,000          14,394  

6.35% 02/12/48

     15,000          11,983  

6.38% 01/23/45

     25,000          20,215  

6.50% 03/13/27

     40,000          37,692  

6.75% 09/21/47

     40,000          33,146  

Pfizer Inc.

       

3.00% 12/15/26

     39,000          37,643  

3.20% 09/15/23

     31,000          31,080  

3.60% 09/15/28

     51,000          51,189  

4.13% 12/15/46

     13,000          13,048  

4.40% 05/15/44

     8,000          8,325  

Philip Morris International Inc.
4.13% 03/04/43

     26,000          23,099  

Phillips 66
3.90% 03/15/28

     39,000          37,527  

Phillips 66 Partners LP

       

3.75% 03/01/28

     32,000          29,559  

4.68% 02/15/45

     19,000          16,903  

Pilgrim’s Pride Corp.
5.88% 09/30/27 (b)

     77,000          70,195  

Pioneer Natural Resources Co.
3.95% 07/15/22

     45,000          45,109  

Plains All American Pipeline LP/PAA Finance Corp.

       

4.70% 06/15/44

     10,000          8,343  

5.75% 01/15/20

     35,000          35,701  

PPL Capital Funding Inc.
3.10% 05/15/26

     45,000          42,192  

Precision Castparts Corp.
4.38% 06/15/45

     22,000          21,978  

Prudential Financial Inc.
(5.70% fixed rate until 09/15/28; 2.67% + 3 month USD LIBOR thereafter)
5.70% 09/15/48 (i)

     45,000          41,417  

Public Service Company of Colorado
3.70% 06/15/28

     47,000          47,476  

Public Service Electric & Gas Co.
2.38% 05/15/23

     60,000          57,965  

PulteGroup Inc.
5.50% 03/01/26

     60,000          57,900  

QUALCOMM Inc.

       

2.90% 05/20/24

     14,000          13,325  
 

 

See Notes to Schedules of Investments and Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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     Principal
Amount ($)
      

Fair
Value

$

 

 

       

3.00% 05/20/22

     11,000          10,837  

3.25% 05/20/27

     4,000          3,722  

4.30% 05/20/47

     7,000          6,231  

Quicken Loans Inc.
5.25% 01/15/28 (b)

     46,000          41,284  

Range Resources Corp.
5.00% 08/15/22

     65,000          58,196  

Realty Income Corp.
3.00% 01/15/27

     15,000          13,924  

Republic Services Inc.
3.38% 11/15/27

     8,000          7,671  

Reynolds American Inc.
4.45% 06/12/25

     5,000          4,809  

Rio Tinto Finance USA PLC
4.13% 08/21/42

     13,000          12,529  

Rockwell Collins Inc.

       

3.50% 03/15/27

     38,000          35,768  

Rogers Communications Inc.

       

5.00% 03/15/44

     7,000          7,274  

RPM International Inc.

       

3.75% 03/15/27

     22,000          20,930  

Ryder System Inc.

       

2.45% 09/03/19

     110,000          109,365  

Sabine Pass Liquefaction LLC

       

4.20% 03/15/28

     31,000          29,496  

5.00% 03/15/27

     8,000          8,052  

salesforce.com Inc.

       

3.25% 04/11/23

     41,000          41,164  

3.70% 04/11/28

     58,000          58,255  

Santander Holdings USA Inc.

       

2.65% 04/17/20

     78,000          77,005  

3.70% 03/28/22

     71,000          69,725  

4.40% 07/13/27

     21,000          19,824  

Schlumberger Holdings Corp.

       

3.00% 12/21/20 (b)

     32,000          31,731  

3.63% 12/21/22 (b)

     97,000          96,557  

4.00% 12/21/25 (b)

     49,000          48,315  

Sempra Energy

       

3.80% 02/01/38

     12,000          10,330  

4.00% 02/01/48

     14,000          11,816  

Shell International Finance BV

       

2.38% 08/21/22

     47,000          45,664  

3.75% 09/12/46

     13,000          12,044  

4.13% 05/11/35

     17,000          16,928  

Shire Acquisitions Investments Ireland DAC

       

2.40% 09/23/21

     36,000          34,784  

2.88% 09/23/23

     36,000          34,017  

3.20% 09/23/26

     8,000          7,292  

Simon Property Group LP

       

3.38% 06/15/27

     33,000          31,640  
     Principal
Amount ($)
      

Fair
Value

$

 

Sinclair Television Group Inc.

       

5.38% 04/01/21

     60,000          59,804  

Sirius XM Radio Inc.

       

5.00% 08/01/27 (b)

     23,000          21,006  

Smithfield Foods Inc.

       

2.70% 01/31/20 (b)

     16,000          15,801  

4.25% 02/01/27 (b)

     22,000          20,103  

South Carolina Electric & Gas Co.

       

4.10% 06/15/46

     14,000          13,285  

Southern California Edison Co.

       

2.40% 02/01/22

     34,000          32,750  

Southern Company Gas Capital Corp.

       

4.40% 05/30/47

     6,000          5,586  

Southern Copper Corp.

       

5.88% 04/23/45

     12,000          12,200  

Southwestern Electric Power Co.

       

2.75% 10/01/26

     34,000          31,310  

Spectra Energy Partners LP

       

3.38% 10/15/26

     7,000          6,558  

4.50% 03/15/45

     6,000          5,488  

Sprint Corp.

       

7.63% 02/15/25

     116,000          117,094  

Standard Industries Inc.

       

5.38% 11/15/24 (b)

     118,000          111,098  

Starbucks Corp.

       

4.00% 11/15/28

     26,000          25,718  

Steel Dynamics Inc.

       

5.13% 10/01/21

     23,000          23,131  

Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc.

       

2.78% 07/12/22

     61,000          59,421  

Suncor Energy Inc.

       

4.00% 11/15/47

     7,000          6,207  

Sunoco Logistics Partners Operations LP

       

5.30% 04/01/44

     25,000          22,073  

Sysco Corp.

       

3.25% 07/15/27

     28,000          26,198  

T-Mobile USA Inc.

       

4.50% 02/01/26

     112,000          103,449  

Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Ltd.

       

4.00% 11/26/21 (b)

     200,000          202,510  

Tampa Electric Co.

       

4.35% 05/15/44

     35,000          34,763  

Target Corp.

       

2.50% 04/15/26

     31,000          28,930  

Teck Resources Ltd.

       

5.40% 02/01/43

     64,000          55,635  
 

 

See Notes to Schedules of Investments and Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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     Principal
Amount ($)
      

Fair
Value

$

 

 

       

6.00% 08/15/40

     34,000          31,370  

Telecom Italia S.p.A.

       

5.30% 05/30/24 (b)

     200,000          189,670  

Telefonica Emisiones SA

       

4.10% 03/08/27

     150,000          144,916  

Tenet Healthcare Corp.

       

4.75% 06/01/20

     68,000          67,948  

6.00% 10/01/20

     74,000          74,613  

Teva Pharmaceutical Finance Netherlands III BV

       

1.70% 07/19/19

     122,000          120,027  

2.20% 07/21/21

     18,000          16,519  

2.80% 07/21/23

     133,000          114,490  

Texas Instruments Inc.

       

4.15% 05/15/48

     18,000          17,970  

The Allstate Corp.

       

4.20% 12/15/46

     12,000          11,659  

The Allstate Corp.
(5.75% fixed rate until 08/15/23; 2.94% + 3 month USD LIBOR thereafter)

       

5.75% 08/15/53 (i)

     51,000          49,427  

The Bank of New York Mellon Corp.
(2.66% fixed rate until 05/16/22; 0.63% + 3 month USD LIBOR thereafter)

       

2.66% 05/16/23 (i)

     35,000          34,117  

The Bank of New York Mellon Corp.
(4.63% fixed rate until 09/20/26; 3.13% + 3 month USD LIBOR thereafter)

       

4.63% 12/29/49 (i)

     86,000          77,106  

The Bank of Nova Scotia (4.65% fixed rate until 10/12/22; 2.65% + 3 month USD LIBOR thereafter)

       

4.65% 12/31/99 (i)

     49,000          43,366  

The Boeing Co.

       

3.25% 03/01/28

     36,000          35,260  

3.55% 03/01/38

     36,000          33,579  

The Chemours Co.

       

5.38% 05/15/27

     23,000          20,723  

The Dow Chemical Co.

       

4.25% 10/01/34

     27,000          24,456  

5.55% 11/30/48 (b)

     27,000          27,447  

The George Washington University

       

4.13% 09/15/48

     25,000          24,992  

The Goldman Sachs Group Inc.

       

3.85% 01/26/27

     52,000          48,999  

4.25% 10/21/25

     20,000          19,118  

4.80% 07/08/44

     11,000          10,470  
     Principal
Amount ($)
      

Fair
Value

$

 

5.15% 05/22/45

     36,000          33,922  

The Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (2.91% fixed rate until 06/05/22; 1.05% + 3 month USD LIBOR thereafter)

       

2.91% 06/05/23 (i)

     185,000          176,875  

The Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (3.81% fixed rate until 04/23/28; 1.16% + 3 month USD LIBOR thereafter)

       

3.81% 04/23/29 (i)

     37,000          34,460  

The Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (4.02% fixed rate until 10/31/37; 1.37% + 3 month USD LIBOR thereafter)

       

4.02% 10/31/38 (i)

     22,000          19,329  

The Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (4.22% fixed rate until 05/01/28; 1.30% + 3 month USD LIBOR thereafter)

       

4.22% 05/01/29 (i)

     32,000          30,830  

The Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. 2.13% + 3 month USD LIBOR

       

4.74% 02/12/47 (b)(i)

     30,000          24,002  

The Home Depot Inc.

       

3.35% 09/15/25

     44,000          43,468  

3.50% 09/15/56

     14,000          11,759  

3.90% 12/06/28 - 06/15/47

     54,000          54,242  

4.50% 12/06/48

     34,000          35,124  

The Interpublic Group of Companies Inc.

       

3.75% 10/01/21

     56,000          56,347  

The Kroger Co.

       

2.95% 11/01/21

     57,000          56,077  

4.65% 01/15/48

     11,000          9,920  

The Mosaic Co.

       

5.63% 11/15/43

     6,000          6,061  

The Sherwin-Williams Co.

       

2.25% 05/15/20

     39,000          38,389  

2.75% 06/01/22

     13,000          12,565  

3.45% 06/01/27

     10,000          9,309  

4.50% 06/01/47

     21,000          18,935  

The Southern Co.

       

1.85% 07/01/19

     138,000          136,980  

3.25% 07/01/26

     15,000          14,027  

4.40% 07/01/46

     4,000          3,686  

The Toronto-Dominion Bank (3.63% fixed rate until 09/15/26; 2.21% + USD 5 year Swap Rate thereafter)

       

3.63% 09/15/31 (i)

     82,000          77,438  
 

 

See Notes to Schedules of Investments and Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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     Principal
Amount ($)
      

Fair
Value

$

 

 

       

The Walt Disney Co.

       

4.13% 06/01/44

     10,000          9,897  

The Williams Companies Inc.

       

3.75% 06/15/27

     6,000          5,641  

3.90% 01/15/25

     20,000          19,410  

4.85% 03/01/48

     19,000          17,265  

4.90% 01/15/45

     7,000          6,346  

5.40% 03/04/44

     7,000          6,708  

Time Warner Cable LLC

       

4.50% 09/15/42

     7,000          5,564  

6.55% 05/01/37

     18,000          18,196  

TransCanada PipeLines Ltd.

       

4.25% 05/15/28

     61,000          60,375  

4.88% 01/15/26

     11,000          11,379  

Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Company LLC

       

4.00% 03/15/28

     28,000          27,049  

Tyco Electronics Group S.A.

       

2.35% 08/01/19

     84,000          83,567  

3.13% 08/15/27

     32,000          29,711  

Tyson Foods Inc.

       

2.65% 08/15/19

     16,000          15,917  

4.55% 06/02/47

     6,000          5,277  

U.S. Bancorp

       

3.15% 04/27/27

     42,000          40,314  

U.S. Bancorp
(5.13% fixed rate until 01/15/21; 3.49% + 3 month USD LIBOR thereafter)

       

5.13% 12/29/49 (i)

     94,000          93,280  

Union Pacific Corp.

       

3.20% 06/08/21

     54,000          54,196  

3.50% 06/08/23

     47,000          47,123  

3.60% 09/15/37

     9,000          8,051  

4.10% 09/15/67

     15,000          12,612  

United Technologies Corp.

       

3.65% 08/16/23

     51,000          50,807  

3.75% 11/01/46 (h)

     20,000          17,108  

3.95% 08/16/25

     20,000          19,862  

4.13% 11/16/28

     8,000          7,927  

4.15% 05/15/45

     23,000          20,580  

4.45% 11/16/38

     18,000          17,366  

4.50% 06/01/42

     14,000          13,305  

UnitedHealth Group Inc.

       

4.45% 12/15/48

     30,000          30,901  

4.75% 07/15/45

     31,000          32,784  

Vale Overseas Ltd.

       

4.38% 01/11/22

     4,000          4,073  

6.25% 08/10/26

     21,000          22,743  

6.88% 11/10/39

     9,000          10,398  

Vale S.A.

       

5.63% 09/11/42

     8,000          8,082  
     Principal
Amount ($)
      

Fair
Value

$

 

Valero Energy Partners LP

       

4.38% 12/15/26

     52,000          51,095  

Ventas Realty LP

       

3.25% 10/15/26

     39,000          36,275  

Verizon Communications Inc.

       

3.38% 02/15/25

     45,000          43,651  

4.33% 09/21/28

     40,000          40,146  

4.40% 11/01/34

     28,000          27,026  

4.67% 03/15/55

     20,000          18,411  

4.86% 08/21/46

     121,000          119,057  

5.01% 04/15/49

     10,000          9,963  

5.25% 03/16/37

     18,000          18,845  

Viacom Inc.

       

3.45% 10/04/26

     15,000          13,873  

5.25% 04/01/44

     7,000          6,296  

Virginia Electric & Power Co.

       

4.00% 11/15/46

     43,000          40,729  

Visa Inc.

       

3.15% 12/14/25

     31,000          30,448  

4.30% 12/14/45

     16,000          16,569  

Vodafone Group PLC

       

4.38% 05/30/28

     48,000          46,528  

5.25% 05/30/48

     13,000          12,181  

Vornado Realty LP

       

3.50% 01/15/25

     20,000          19,257  

Vulcan Materials Co.

       

3.90% 04/01/27

     10,000          9,487  

Wabtec Corp.

       

3.45% 11/15/26

     33,000          29,461  

Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc.

       

4.65% 06/01/46

     7,000          6,319  

Walmart Inc.

       

3.63% 12/15/47

     16,000          14,809  

3.70% 06/26/28

     45,000          45,643  

3.95% 06/28/38

     16,000          15,899  

4.05% 06/29/48

     18,000          17,884  

Warner Media LLC

       

5.35% 12/15/43

     37,000          35,498  

WEC Energy Group Inc.

       

3.55% 06/15/25

     59,000          57,353  

WellCare Health Plans Inc.

       

5.25% 04/01/25

     44,000          42,358  

Wells Fargo & Co.

       

2.63% 07/22/22

     82,000          79,083  

3.90% 05/01/45

     5,000          4,589  

4.75% 12/07/46

     78,000          75,279  

Wells Fargo & Co.
(5.88% fixed rate until 06/15/25; 3.99% + 3 month USD LIBOR thereafter)

       

5.88% 12/29/49 (i)

     52,000          51,445  
 

 

See Notes to Schedules of Investments and Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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     Principal
Amount ($)
      

Fair
Value

$

 

 

       

Wells Fargo & Co.
(5.90% fixed rate until 06/15/24; 3.11% + 3 month USD LIBOR thereafter)

       

5.90% 12/29/49 (i)

     50,000          47,605  

Wells Fargo & Co.
3.77% + 3 month USD LIBOR

       

6.56% 03/29/49 (i)

     44,000          43,742  

Wells Fargo Bank NA

       

2.60% 01/15/21

     250,000          246,750  

Western Gas Partners LP

       

4.00% 07/01/22

     67,000          66,110  

5.38% 06/01/21

     7,000          7,212  

Westlake Chemical Corp.

       

3.60% 08/15/26

     20,000          18,388  

4.38% 11/15/47

     5,000          4,150  

5.00% 08/15/46

     7,000          6,398  

Willis North America Inc.

       

3.60% 05/15/24

     35,000          34,086  

WPP Finance 2010

       

3.75% 09/19/24

     34,000          31,696  

WRKCo Inc.

       

3.00% 09/15/24 (b)

     23,000          21,622  

Xilinx Inc.

       

2.95% 06/01/24

     20,000          19,095  

XPO Logistics Inc.

       

6.50% 06/15/22 (b)

     28,000          27,728  

Yamana Gold Inc.

       

4.63% 12/15/27

     23,000          21,263  

Zoetis Inc.

       

3.00% 09/12/27

     11,000          10,158  

3.90% 08/20/28

     30,000          29,645  
       

 

 

 
          26,884,777  
       

 

 

 

Non-Agency Collateralized Mortgage Obligations - 1.0%

 

BANK 2018-BNK11

       

4.36% 03/15/61 (i)

     35,000          35,455  

BXP Trust 2017-GM

       

3.38% 06/13/39 (b)

     171,000          167,213  

Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust 2015-GC33

       

3.78% 09/10/58

     100,000          101,294  

Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust 2016-P5

       

2.94% 10/10/49

     90,682          86,667  

Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust 2016-P6

       

3.72% 12/10/49 (i)

     119,583          120,502  

4.03% 12/10/49 (i)

     78,331          78,848  

Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust 2018-C5

       

4.51% 06/10/51

     64,000          65,407  
     Principal
Amount ($)
      

Fair
Value

$

 

COMM 2014-CR14 Mortgage Trust

       

4.53% 02/10/47 (i)

     55,000          56,844  

GS Mortgage Securities Trust 2016-GS3

       

2.85% 10/10/49

     72,000          68,294  

GS Mortgage Securities Trust 2017-GS5

       

3.67% 03/10/50

     240,062          239,807  

GS Mortgage Securities Trust 2017-GS8

       

3.47% 11/10/50

     184,426          181,382  

GS Mortgage Securities Trust 2018-GS9

       

4.14% 03/10/51 (i)

     73,000          74,048  

JPMBB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust 2013-C12

       

4.03% 07/15/45 (i)

     25,000          25,321  

LB-UBS Commercial Mortgage Trust 2004-C8

       

0.32% 12/15/39 (b)(g)(i)

     12,890          12  

LB-UBS Commercial Mortgage Trust 2007-C6

       

6.11% 07/15/40 (i)

     1,236          1,243  

6.11% 07/15/40 (b)

     2,836          2,852  

Morgan Stanley Bank of America Merrill Lynch Trust 2015-C21

       

0.94% 03/15/48 (g)(i)

     844,119          37,040  

Morgan Stanley Capital I Trust 2006-IQ11

       

6.25% 10/15/42 (i)

     40,000          40,810  

Morgan Stanley Capital I Trust 2006-T21

       

5.24% 10/12/52 (i)

     4,358          4,396  

UBS Commercial Mortgage Trust 2018-C12

       

4.79% 08/15/51 (i)

     54,000          55,722  

Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust 2015-C26

       

1.23% 02/15/48 (g)(i)

     911,500          52,197  

Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust 2018-AUS

       

4.06% 07/17/36 (b)(i)

     100,000          101,572  

WFRBS Commercial Mortgage Trust 2013-C17

       

4.26% 12/15/46

     55,000          56,139  

WFRBS Commercial Mortgage Trust 2014-LC14

       

4.35% 03/15/47 (i)

     123,000          125,147  
       

 

 

 
          1,778,212  
       

 

 

 
 

 

See Notes to Schedules of Investments and Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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     Principal
Amount ($)
      

Fair
Value

$

 

 

       

Sovereign Bonds - 0.2%

 

Government of Colombia

       

2.63% 03/15/23

     200,000          188,894  

Government of Mexico

       

4.00% 10/02/23

     24,000          23,900  

4.75% 03/08/44

     56,000          50,834  

Government of Peru

       

5.63% 11/18/50

     26,000          30,507  

Government of Uruguay

       

5.10% 06/18/50

     29,803          29,293  
       

 

 

 
          323,428  
       

 

 

 

Municipal Bonds and Notes - 0.2%

 

American Municipal Power Inc.

       

6.27% 02/15/50

     25,000          31,025  

Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District

       

5.00% 05/01/47

     100,000          113,141  

New Jersey Transportation Trust Fund Authority

       

6.88% 12/15/39

     15,000          15,204  

Port Authority of New York & New Jersey

       

4.46% 10/01/62

     95,000          96,654  

State of California

       

4.60% 04/01/38

     50,000          51,567  

5.70% 11/01/21

     55,000          59,155  

State of Illinois

       

5.10% 06/01/33

     25,000          23,836  

The University of Texas System

       

3.35% 08/15/47

     25,000          22,637  
       

 

 

 
          413,219  
       

 

 

 
Total Bonds and Notes
(Cost $63,420,938)

 

       62,944,247  
       

 

 

 
     Number
of Shares
      

Fair
Value

$

 
Exchange Traded & Mutual Funds - 26.4%

 

State Street Global Equity ex-U.S. Index Portfolio
(Cost $51,065,276) (n)

     5,315,594          47,946,658  
       

 

 

 
Total Investments in Securities
(Cost $173,775,034)

 

       174,977,083  
       

 

 

 
Short-Term Investments - 9.4%

 

Dreyfus Treasury Cash Management - Institutional Shares 2.26% (d)

     2,640,920          2,640,920  

State Street Institutional Treasury Money Market Fund - Premier Class 2.24% (d)(n)

     5,935,188          5,935,188  

State Street Institutional Treasury Plus Fund - Premier Class 2.31% (d)(n)

     2,640,921          2,640,921  

State Street Institutional U.S. Government Money Market Fund - Class G Shares 2.31% (d)(n)

     5,945,053          5,945,053  

U.S. Treasury Bills 2.54% (d)

     35,000          34,599  
       

 

 

 
Total Short-Term Investments
(Cost $17,196,673)

 

       17,196,681  
       

 

 

 
Total Investments
(Cost $190,971,707)
          192,173,764  
Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets, net - (5.6)%

 

       (10,230,541
       

 

 

 
NET ASSETS - 100.0%           181,943,223  
       

 

 

 
 

 

Other Information:

Centrally Cleared Credit Default Swaps - Sell Protection

 

Reference
Entity
  Counterparty   Notional
Amount
(000s omitted)
    Contract
Annual
Fixed Rate/
Payment
Frequency
    Termination
Date
    Market
Value
    Unamortized
Upfront
Payments
Received
    Unrealized
Depreciation
 

Markit CDX North America High Yield Index

 

Intercontinental Exchange

  $ 723      
5.00%/
Quarterly

 
    12/20/23     $ 14,681     $ 39,754     $ (25,073
             

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Schedules of Investments and Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Centrally Cleared Interest Rate Swaps

 

Counterparty   Notional
Amount
(000s omitted)
    Fund Pays/
Receives
Fixed
Rate/
Payment
Frequency
  Floating
Rate
  Contract
Annual
Fixed
Rate
    Termination
Date
    Market
Value
    Unamortized
Upfront
Payments
Received
    Unrealized
Depreciation
 

CME Group, Inc.

  $ 2,750     Receives/
Quarterly
  3 Month U.S. Dollar LIBOR     3.05%       11/19/21     $ (35,428   $     $ (35,428

CME Group, Inc.

    2,751     Receives/
Quarterly
  3 Month U.S. Dollar LIBOR     3.06%       11/19/21       (35,780           (35,780
               

 

 

 
                $ (71,208
               

 

 

 

The Fund had the following long futures contracts open at December 31, 2018:

 

Description    Expiration
date
     Number
of
Contracts
     Notional
Amount
     Value      Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 

S&P 500 Emini Index Futures

     March 2019        3      $ 390,852      $ 375,780      $ (15,072

Ultra Long-Term U.S. Treasury Bond Futures

     March 2019        15        2,307,928        2,409,844        101,916  

U.S. Long Bond Futures

     March 2019        6        859,511        876,000        16,489  

2 Yr. U.S. Treasury Notes Futures

     March 2019        52        10,968,900        11,040,250        71,350  

5 Yr. U.S. Treasury Notes Futures

     March 2019        23        2,599,886        2,637,813        37,927  

10 Yr. U.S. Treasury Notes Futures

     March 2019        11        1,314,841        1,342,172        27,331  
              

 

 

 
   $ 239,941  
              

 

 

 

The Fund had the following short futures contracts open at December 31, 2018:

 

Description    Expiration
date
     Number
of
Contracts
     Notional
Amount
     Value      Unrealized
Depreciation
 

10 Yr. U.S. Treasury Ultra Futures

     March 2019        14      $ (1,764,522    $ (1,821,094    $ (56,572

During the period ended December 31, 2018 average notional values related to derivative contracts were as follows:

 

     

Purchased

Call

Options

    

Written

Call

Options

    

Long

Futures

Contracts

    

Short

Futures

Contracts

    

Credit

Default

Swap

Contracts

    

Interest

Rate

Swap

Contracts

 

Average Notional Value

   $ 7,696      $ 3,583      $ 18,777,832      $ 5,045,380      $ 1,049,928      $ 5,654,941  

 

See Notes to Schedules of Investments and Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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The following table presents the Fund’s investments measured at fair value on a recurring basis at December 31, 2018:

 

Fund    Investments    Level 1     Level 2     Level 3      Total  
Elfun Diversified Fund   

Investments in Securities

         
  

Domestic Equity

   $ 62,498,707     $     $      $ 62,498,707  
  

Foreign Equity

     1,587,471                    1,587,471  
  

U.S. Treasuries

           18,857,655              18,857,655  
  

Agency Mortgage Backed

           12,815,841              12,815,841  
  

Agency Collateralized Mortgage Obligations

           268,839              268,839  
  

Asset Backed

           1,602,276              1,602,276  
  

Corporate Notes

           26,884,777              26,884,777  
  

Non-Agency Collateralized Mortgage Obligations

           1,778,212              1,778,212  
  

Sovereign Bonds

           323,428              323,428  
  

Municipal Bonds and Notes

           413,219              413,219  
  

Exchange Traded & Mutual Funds

     47,946,658                    47,946,658  
  

Short-Term Investments

     17,162,082       34,599              17,196,681  
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 
  

Total Investments in Securities

   $ 129,194,918     $ 62,978,846     $      $ 192,173,764  
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 
  

Other Financial Instruments

         
  

Credit Default Swap Contracts - Unrealized Depreciation

   $     $ (25,073   $      $ (25,073
  

Interest Rate Swap Contracts - Unrealized Depreciation

           (71,208            (71,208
  

Long Futures Contracts - Unrealized Appreciation

     255,013                    255,013  
  

Long Futures Contracts - Unrealized Depreciation

     (15,072                  (15,072
  

Short Futures Contracts - Unrealized Depreciation

     (56,572                  (56,572
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 
  

Total Other Financial Instruments

   $ 183,369     $ (96,281   $      $ 87,088  
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

The Fund was invested in the following countries/territories at December 31, 2018 (unaudited):

 

Country/Territory    Percentage
(based on
Fair Value)
 

United States

     96.98%  

United Kingdom

     0.47%  

Canada

     0.42%  

Ireland

     0.40%  

Netherlands

     0.29%  

Japan

     0.24%  

France

     0.19%  

Mexico

     0.15%  

Luxembourg

     0.15%  

Switzerland

     0.15%  

Colombia

     0.11%  

Italy

     0.10%  

Supranational

     0.09%  
Country/Territory    Percentage
(based on
Fair Value)
 

Spain

     0.08%  

Germany

     0.05%  

Bermuda

     0.03%  

Mult

     0.02%  

Peru

     0.02%  

Uruguay

     0.02%  

Cayman Islands

     0.01%  

Brazil

     0.01%  

Jersey

     0.01%  

China

     0.01%  

Australia

     0.00%  
  

 

 

 
     100.00%  
  

 

 

 
 

 

See Notes to Schedules of Investments and Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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The Fund’s % share of investment in the various categories, based on Fair Value, is as follows at December 31, 2018 (unaudited):

 

Industry    Domestic      Foreign      Total  

Exchange Traded Funds

     24.95%        0.00%        24.95%  

Pharmaceuticals

     1.75%        0.00%        1.75%  

Interactive Media & Services

     1.53%        0.00%        1.53%  

Diversified Banks

     1.53%        0.00%        1.53%  

Systems Software

     1.51%        0.00%        1.51%  

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals

     1.27%        0.01%        1.28%  

Internet & Direct Marketing Retail

     1.16%        0.00%        1.16%  

Data Processing & Outsourced Services

     1.16%        0.00%        1.16%  

Semiconductors

     1.15%        0.00%        1.15%  

Healthcare Equipment

     0.91%        0.16%        1.07%  

Biotechnology

     0.88%        0.00%        0.88%  

Integrated Oil & Gas

     0.86%        0.00%        0.86%  

Aerospace & Defense

     0.83%        0.00%        0.83%  

Integrated Telecommunication Services

     0.69%        0.00%        0.69%  

Electric Utilities

     0.68%        0.00%        0.68%  

Multi-Sector Holdings

     0.64%        0.00%        0.64%  

Managed Healthcare

     0.60%        0.00%        0.60%  

Movies & Entertainment

     0.57%        0.00%        0.57%  

Soft Drinks

     0.56%        0.00%        0.56%  

Household Products

     0.56%        0.00%        0.56%  

Application Software

     0.54%        0.00%        0.54%  

Industrial Conglomerates

     0.48%        0.00%        0.48%  

Oil & Gas Exploration & Production

     0.43%        0.00%        0.43%  

Home Improvement Retail

     0.43%        0.00%        0.43%  

Restaurants

     0.42%        0.00%        0.42%  

IT Consulting & Other Services

     0.26%        0.15%        0.41%  

Specialized REITs

     0.40%        0.00%        0.40%  

Communications Equipment

     0.39%        0.00%        0.39%  

Regional Banks

     0.38%        0.00%        0.38%  

Multi-Utilities

     0.36%        0.00%        0.36%  

Hypermarkets & Super Centers

     0.35%        0.00%        0.35%  

Packaged Foods & Meats

     0.34%        0.00%        0.34%  

Life Sciences Tools & Services

     0.34%        0.00%        0.34%  

Cable & Satellite

     0.34%        0.00%        0.34%  

Financial Exchanges & Data

     0.33%        0.00%        0.33%  

Railroads

     0.32%        0.00%        0.32%  

Asset Management & Custody Banks

     0.31%        0.00%        0.31%  

Tobacco

     0.31%        0.00%        0.31%  

Healthcare Services

     0.30%        0.00%        0.30%  

Investment Banking & Brokerage

     0.29%        0.00%        0.29%  

Property & Casualty Insurance

     0.17%        0.09%        0.26%  

Industrial Machinery

     0.24%        0.02%        0.26%  

Life & Health Insurance

     0.24%        0.00%        0.24%  

Consumer Finance

     0.22%        0.00%        0.22%  

Diversified Chemicals

     0.21%        0.00%        0.21%  

Air Freight & Logistics

     0.21%        0.00%        0.21%  

Industrial Gases

     0.06%        0.13%        0.19%  

Specialty Chemicals

     0.19%        0.00%        0.19%  

Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing

     0.19%        0.00%        0.19%  

Construction Machinery & Heavy Trucks

     0.18%        0.00%        0.18%  

Insurance Brokers

     0.08%        0.09%        0.17%  

Apparel Retail

     0.17%        0.00%        0.17%  

 

See Notes to Schedules of Investments and Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Industry    Domestic      Foreign      Total  

Oil & Gas Equipment & Services

     0.15%        0.01%        0.16%  

Electrical Components & Equipment

     0.16%        0.00%        0.16%  

Retail REITs

     0.15%        0.00%        0.15%  

Hotels, Resorts & Cruise Lines

     0.15%        0.00%        0.15%  

Airlines

     0.15%        0.00%        0.15%  

Footwear

     0.15%        0.00%        0.15%  

Residential REITs

     0.14%        0.00%        0.14%  

General Merchandise Stores

     0.14%        0.00%        0.14%  

Oil & Gas Storage & Transportation

     0.12%        0.00%        0.12%  

Automobile Manufacturers

     0.12%        0.00%        0.12%  

Interactive Home Entertainment

     0.11%        0.00%        0.11%  

Automotive Retail

     0.11%        0.00%        0.11%  

Multi-Line Insurance

     0.11%        0.00%        0.11%  

Semiconductor Equipment

     0.10%        0.00%        0.10%  

Apparel, Accessories & Luxury Goods

     0.10%        0.00%        0.10%  

Health Care REITs

     0.10%        0.00%        0.10%  

Healthcare Distributors

     0.09%        0.00%        0.09%  

Drug Retail

     0.09%        0.00%        0.09%  

Building Products

     0.07%        0.02%        0.09%  

Environmental & Facilities Services

     0.09%        0.00%        0.09%  

Research & Consulting Services

     0.06%        0.02%        0.08%  

Paper Packaging

     0.08%        0.00%        0.08%  

Electronic Components

     0.08%        0.00%        0.08%  

Agricultural & Farm Machinery

     0.08%        0.00%        0.08%  

Office REITs

     0.08%        0.00%        0.08%  

Industrial REITs

     0.07%        0.00%        0.07%  

Healthcare Facilities

     0.07%        0.00%        0.07%  

Healthcare Supplies

     0.06%        0.00%        0.06%  

Trading Companies & Distributors

     0.06%        0.00%        0.06%  

Distillers & Vintners

     0.05%        0.00%        0.05%  

Specialty Stores

     0.05%        0.00%        0.05%  

Personal Products

     0.05%        0.00%        0.05%  

Fertilizers & Agricultural Chemicals

     0.05%        0.00%        0.05%  

Electronic Manufacturing Services

     0.01%        0.04%        0.05%  

Home Building

     0.05%        0.00%        0.05%  

Food Distributors

     0.05%        0.00%        0.05%  

Broadcasting

     0.04%        0.00%        0.04%  

Internet Services & Infrastructure

     0.04%        0.00%        0.04%  

Commodity Chemicals

     0.04%        0.00%        0.04%  

Department Stores

     0.04%        0.00%        0.04%  

Construction Materials

     0.04%        0.00%        0.04%  

Agricultural Products

     0.04%        0.00%        0.04%  

Advertising

     0.04%        0.00%        0.04%  

Auto Parts & Equipment

     0.01%        0.03%        0.04%  

Diversified Support Services

     0.04%        0.00%        0.04%  

Casinos & Gaming

     0.03%        0.00%        0.03%  

Food Retail

     0.03%        0.00%        0.03%  

Distributors

     0.03%        0.00%        0.03%  

Independent Power Producers & Energy Traders

     0.03%        0.00%        0.03%  

Gold

     0.03%        0.00%        0.03%  

Construction & Engineering

     0.03%        0.00%        0.03%  

Healthcare Technology

     0.03%        0.00%        0.03%  

Electronic Equipment & Instruments

     0.03%        0.00%        0.03%  

Steel

     0.03%        0.00%        0.03%  

 

See Notes to Schedules of Investments and Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Industry    Domestic      Foreign      Total  

Copper

     0.02%        0.00%        0.02%  

Water Utilities

     0.02%        0.00%        0.02%  

Alternative Carriers

     0.02%        0.00%        0.02%  

Metal & Glass Containers

     0.02%        0.00%        0.02%  

Home Furnishings

     0.02%        0.00%        0.02%  

Leisure Products

     0.02%        0.00%        0.02%  

Hotel & Resort REITs

     0.02%        0.00%        0.02%  

Real Estate Services

     0.02%        0.00%        0.02%  

Computer & Electronics Retail

     0.02%        0.00%        0.02%  

Brewers

     0.02%        0.00%        0.02%  

Trucking

     0.01%        0.00%        0.01%  

Consumer Electronics

     0.00%        0.01%        0.01%  

Reinsurance

     0.00%        0.01%        0.01%  

Housewares & Specialties

     0.01%        0.00%        0.01%  

Publishing

     0.01%        0.00%        0.01%  

Human Resource & Employment Services

     0.01%        0.00%        0.01%  

Household Appliances

     0.01%        0.00%        0.01%  

Motorcycle Manufacturers

     0.01%        0.00%        0.01%  

Tires & Rubber

     0.01%        0.00%        0.01%  

Oil & Gas Drilling

     0.01%        0.00%        0.01%  

Specialized Consumer Services

     0.01%        0.00%        0.01%  
        

 

 

 
           58.30%  
        

 

 

 

 

Sector    Percentage
(based on
Fair Value)
 

Corporate Notes

     13.99%  

U.S. Treasuries

     9.81%  

Agency Mortgage Backed

     6.67%  

Non-Agency Collateralized Mortgage Obligations

     0.93%  

Asset Backed

     0.83%  

Municipal Bonds and Notes

     0.21%  

Sovereign Bonds

     0.17%  

Agency Collateralized Mortgage Obligations

     0.14%  
  

 

 

 
     32.75%  
  

 

 

 
Sector    Percentage
(based on
Fair Value)
 

Short-Term Investments

  

Short-Term Investments

     8.95%  
  

 

 

 
     8.95%  
  

 

 

 
     100.00%  
  

 

 

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Schedules of Investments and Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Affiliate Table

 

     Number
of Shares
Held at
12/31/17
    Value at
12/31/17
    Cost of
Purchases
    Proceeds
from
Shares
Sold
    Realized
Gain
(Loss)
    Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation/
Depreciation
    Number
of Shares
Held at
12/31/18
    Value at
12/31/18
    Dividend
Income
 

SPDR Bloomberg Barclays High Yield Bond ETF

    173,223     $ 6,360,749     $     $ 5,956,476     $ (209,162   $ (195,111         $     $ 313,526  

State Street Corp.

    1,259       122,891             6,519       1,539       (42,542     1,195       75,369       2,154  

State Street Global Equity ex-U.S. Index Portfolio

    5,392,983       58,298,151       1,405,731       2,660,000       251,055       (9,348,279     5,315,594       47,946,658       1,405,731  

State Street Institutional Treasury Money Market Fund - Premier Class

    1,588,325       1,588,325       15,077,928       10,731,065                   5,935,188       5,935,188       40,367  

State Street Institutional Treasury Plus Fund - Premier Class

    2,107,995       2,107,995       3,811,278       3,278,352                   2,640,921       2,640,921       19,007  

State Street Institutional U.S. Government Money Market Fund - Class G Shares

    1,759,353       1,759,353       22,188,212       18,002,512                   5,945,053       5,945,053       46,430  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

 

TOTAL

    $ 70,237,464     $ 42,483,149     $ 40,634,924     $ 43,432     $ (9,585,932     $ 62,543,189     $ 1,827,215  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Schedules of Investments and Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Management Discussion of Fund Performance — December 31, 2018 (Unaudited)

 

 

 

The Elfun Tax-Exempt Income Fund (the “Fund”) seeks to provide as high a level of current interest income exempt from federal income taxation as is available from a concentration of investments in municipal bonds consistent with prudent investment management and the preservation of capital. The Fund’s benchmark is the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Municipal Bond Index (the “Index”).

For the 12-month period ended December 31, 2018 (the “Reporting Period”), the total return for the Fund was 0.90% and the Index was 1.28%. The Fund and Index returns reflect the reinvestment of dividends and other income. The Fund’s performance reflects the expenses of managing the Fund, including brokerage and advisory expenses. The Index is unmanaged and Index returns do not reflect fees and expenses of any kind, which would have a negative impact on returns.

The Fund’s performance was driven by its defensive posture which included less credit risk and a shorter duration than the Index throughout the year. The Fund was also positioned for a narrowing between short and long-term yields with a significant overweight in the front-end of the curve and an overweight in the long-end. Although these factors were constructive for the majority of the year, a robust rally in the fourth quarter to close out the Reporting Period and curve steepening diminished the Fund’s performance relative to the Index. However, the Fund did perform better than Morningstar’s peer group category of 168 U.S. Long-Term Municipal Bond funds which returned an average of 0.29% after expenses during the Reporting Period.

The Fund was generally well-positioned for the tax-exempt market conditions that occurred during the Reporting Period: a rising rate environment; pressure from secondary market selling; and net fund outflows from the asset class. Although tax-exempt rates rose during most of the Reporting Period, there was a strong and sustained rally in the fourth quarter to end the year as the Federal Reserve indicated a more gradual approach to rate hikes in calendar year 2019 and beyond. Additionally, throughout calendar year 2018, the tax-exempt market faced sustained pressure from secondary market selling primarily by banks and insurers as they readjusted their portfolios due to changes caused by the recently enacted Tax Reform and Job Act. The pressure from this secondary market selling was further exacerbated by Fund outflows.

The Fund did not invest in derivatives during the Reporting Period.

The views expressed above reflect those of the Fund’s portfolio manager only through the Reporting Period, and do not necessarily represent the views of the Adviser as a whole. Any such views are subject to change at any time based upon market or other conditions and the Adviser disclaims any responsibility to update such views. These views may not be relied on as investment advice and, because investment decisions for a fund are based on numerous factors, may not be relied on as an indication of trading intent on behalf of any fund.

 

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Understanding Your Fund’s Expenses (Unaudited)

 

 

 

As a shareholder of the Fund you incur ongoing costs. Ongoing costs include portfolio management fees, professional fees, administrative fees and other Fund expenses. The following example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.

To illustrate these ongoing costs, we have provided an example and calculated the expenses paid by investors in units of the Fund during the period. The information in the following table is based on an investment of $1,000, which is invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire six-month period ended December 31, 2018.

Actual Expenses

The first section of the table provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this section, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. To do so, 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 given under the heading “Expenses paid during the period” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during the period.

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes

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

Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight and help you compare ongoing costs only and do not reflect transaction costs, such as sales charges or redemption fees, if any. Therefore, the second section of the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds.

 

     Actual
Fund Return
     Hypothetical
5% Return
(2.5% for
the period)
 

Actual Fund Return

     

Beginning Account Value

July 1, 2018

   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,000.00  

Ending Account Value

December 31, 2018

   $ 1,011.50      $ 1,024.15  

Expenses Paid During Period*

   $ 1.06      $ 1.07  

 

*

Expenses are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio of 0.21%** (for the period July 1, 2018-December 31, 2018), multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 184/365 (to reflect the one-half year period).

**

May differ from expense ratio disclosed in the financial highlights, which is calculated based on the entire fiscal year’s data.

 

 

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Performance Summary — December 31, 2018 (Unaudited)

 

 

 

Quality Ratings

as of December 31, 2018 as a % of Fair Value (a)(b)

 

Moody’s / S&P /Rating*

   Percentage of
Fair Value
 

Aaa / AAA

     11.1

Aa / AA

     49.4

A / A

     29.2

Baa / BBB

     5.4

Ba / BB and lower

     0.0

NR / Other

     4.9
  

 

 

 
     100.0
  

 

 

 

Sector Allocation

Portfolio composition as a % of Investments of $1,363,575 (in thousands) on December 31, 2018 (a)(b)

 

LOGO

Average Annual Total Return for the periods ended December 31, 2018

Investment Class Shares (Inception date: 01/01/80)

 

    One Year     Five Year     Ten Year     Ending Value
of a $10,000
Investment
 

Elfun Tax-Exempt Income Fund

    0.90     3.76     4.72   $ 15,867  

Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Municipal Bond Index

    1.28     3.82     4.85   $ 16,060  
 

 

 

(a)

Fair Value basis is inclusive of short-term investment in State Street Institutional U.S. Government Money Market Fund - Class G Shares.

 

(b)

The securities information regarding holdings, allocations and other characteristics is presented to illustrate examples of securities that the Fund has bought and the diversity of areas in which the Fund may invest as of a particular date. It may not be representative of the Fund’s current or future investments and should not be construed as a recommendation to purchase or sell a particular security.

 

*

Moody’s Investors Services, Inc. (“Moody’s”) and S&P Global Ratings (“S&P”) are nationally recognized statistical rating organizations. The quality ratings represent the lower of Moody’s or S&P credit ratings. When a rating from only one of the rating agencies is available, that rating is used. Securities not rated by Moody’s or S&P are categorized as not rated. Credit quality measures a bond issuer’s ability to repay interest and principal in a timely manner. Credit quality ratings assigned by a rating agency are subject to change periodically and are not absolute standards of quality. In formulating investment decisions for the Fund, SSGA Funds Management, Inc. develops its own analysis of the credit quality and risks associated with individual debt instruments, rather than relying exclusively on rating agency ratings.

 

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LOGO

 

See Notes to Performance beginning on page 1 for further information.

Past performance does not predict future performance. The performance shown in the graphs and tables does not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares.

 

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Schedule of Investments — December 31, 2018

 

     Principal
Amount ($)
      

Fair
Value

$

 

 

       
Municipal Bonds and Notes - 98.1%†

 

Alaska - 0.2%

       

Alaska Housing Finance Corp.

       

5.00% 12/01/27 (l)

     2,115,000          2,324,639  

5.00% 12/01/27

     385,000          417,721  
       

 

 

 
          2,742,360  
       

 

 

 

Arizona - 2.1%

 

Maricopa County Industrial Development Authority

       

4.00% 01/01/41

     3,000,000          3,070,620  

Phoenix Civic Improvement Corp. (NPFG Insured)

       

5.50% 07/01/23 - 07/01/24 (m)

     7,260,000          8,450,184  

Salt River Project Agricultural Improvement & Power District

       

5.00% 12/01/21 - 01/01/38

     9,500,000          10,260,145  

University Medical Center Corp.

       

6.50% 07/01/39 (l)

     1,000,000          1,023,030  

University of Arizona

       

5.00% 06/01/46

     5,000,000          5,607,000  
       

 

 

 
          28,410,979  
       

 

 

 

Arkansas - 0.3%

 

University of Arkansas

       

5.00% 11/01/46 - 11/01/47

     3,580,000          4,045,570  
       

 

 

 
          4,045,570  
       

 

 

 

California - 10.6%

 

California Educational Facilities Authority

       

6.13% 10/01/36 (l)

     1,500,000          1,678,289  

California Health Facilities Financing Authority

       

4.00% 11/15/41

     1,000,000          1,014,130  

5.50% 08/15/26 (l)

     5,000,000          5,308,250  

6.00% 07/01/39 (l)

     5,000,000          5,109,900  

California State Department of Water Resources

       

5.00% 05/01/21 - 12/01/29

     14,700,000          16,605,372  

5.00% 12/01/21 (k)

     5,000          5,467  

5.00% 12/01/29 (l)

     30,000          35,194  

California State Public Works Board

       

5.00% 10/01/28

     1,500,000          1,622,055  

5.13% 10/01/31

     2,000,000          2,166,040  

5.25% 09/01/29

     10,160,000          11,424,615  
     Principal
Amount ($)
      

Fair
Value

$

 

6.00% 04/01/26 (l)(h)

     8,475,000          8,568,903  

California State University

       

4.00% 11/01/45

     5,900,000          6,039,122  

City of Los Angeles Wastewater System Revenue

       

5.00% 06/01/43

     10,000,000          11,593,500  

Los Angeles Department of Water & Power Power System Revenue
Series 2018 D,

       

5.00% 07/01/48

     5,500,000          6,314,770  

Los Angeles Harbor Department

       

5.00% 08/01/26

     8,000,000          8,146,400  

Marin Healthcare District

       

4.00% 08/01/47

     2,500,000          2,565,750  

San Diego Community College District

       

5.00% 08/01/41 (l)

     10,000,000          10,855,100  

San Francisco City & County Airport Commission-San Francisco International Airport

       

5.00% 05/01/48

     7,500,000          8,509,725  

State of California

       

5.00% 02/01/31 - 08/01/46

     19,220,000          20,949,620  

5.25% 04/01/35 - 11/01/40

     12,750,000          13,526,135  

University of California

       

5.00% 05/15/38

     4,000,000          4,398,960  
       

 

 

 
          146,437,297  
       

 

 

 

Colorado - 2.2%

 

Colorado Health Facilities Authority

       

5.00% 06/01/47

     1,750,000          1,868,738  

Metro Wastewater Reclamation District

       

5.00% 04/01/27

     1,730,000          1,888,209  

Regional Transportation District

       

4.25% 11/01/36

     3,405,000          3,907,782  

5.00% 11/01/27 - 11/01/34

     16,760,000          19,683,289  

5.38% 06/01/31

     2,500,000          2,609,650  
       

 

 

 
          29,957,668  
       

 

 

 

Connecticut - 4.9%

 

Connecticut State Health & Educational Facility Authority

       

5.00% 07/01/40 (l)

     6,775,000          7,093,289  

5.00% 07/01/46

     6,500,000          7,102,030  
 

 

See Notes to Schedules of Investments and Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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     Principal
Amount ($)
      

Fair
Value

$

 

 

       

South Central Connecticut Regional Water Authority

       

5.00% 08/01/27 - 08/01/28

     2,195,000          2,449,022  

State of Connecticut

       

5.00% 01/01/22 - 05/01/37

     17,600,000          19,435,506  

State of Connecticut Special Tax Revenue

       

4.00% 09/01/36

     5,000,000          5,125,950  

5.00% 10/01/27 - 10/01/36

     23,325,000          25,645,418  

Town of Fairfield

       

5.00% 08/01/21

     1,000,000          1,081,290  
       

 

 

 
          67,932,505  
       

 

 

 

Delaware - 1.1%

 

Delaware State Health Facilities Authority

       

5.00% 10/01/40

     6,300,000          6,592,320  

Delaware Transportation Authority

       

5.00% 06/01/45

     6,680,000          7,347,399  

State of Delaware

       

5.00% 07/01/28 (l)

     825,000          863,758  

5.00% 07/01/28

     175,000          182,956  
       

 

 

 
          14,986,433  
       

 

 

 

District of Columbia - 1.4%

 

District of Columbia

       

5.00% 06/01/38 - 04/01/42

     9,250,000          10,297,357  

Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority

       

5.00% 07/01/34 - 07/01/43

     8,375,000          9,573,099  
       

 

 

 
          19,870,456  
       

 

 

 

Florida - 0.7%

 

Brevard County Health Facilities Authority

       

7.00% 04/01/39 (h)(l)

     1,000,000          1,012,700  

City of Tampa Water & Wastewater System Revenue

       

5.00% 10/01/27

     8,560,000          9,244,629  
       

 

 

 
          10,257,329  
       

 

 

 

Georgia - 8.3%

 

Athens-Clarke County Unified Government Water & Sewerage Revenue

       

5.50% 01/01/38 (l)

     7,000,000          7,000,000  

Atlanta Development Authority

       

5.25% 07/01/40

     8,925,000          10,085,161  
     Principal
Amount ($)
      

Fair
Value

$

 

City of Atlanta Department of Aviation

       

5.00% 01/01/25 - 01/01/34

     18,500,000          20,003,205  

City of Atlanta Water & Wastewater Revenue

       

5.00% 11/01/41

     5,000,000          5,707,800  

5.25% 11/01/30

     5,690,000          6,474,992  

6.25% 11/01/39 (l)

     10,000,000          10,367,900  

City of Atlanta Water & Wastewater Revenue (AGMC Insured)

       

5.75%
11/01/27 - 11/01/30 (m)

     9,500,000          12,260,870  

DeKalb Newton & Gwinnett Counties Joint Development Authority

       

6.00% 07/01/34 (l)

     8,500,000          8,675,355  

Gwinnett County Development Authority

       

5.00% 07/01/37 - 07/01/40

     9,325,000          10,518,639  

Municipal Electric Authority of Georgia

       

5.00% 01/01/35

     5,500,000          5,927,185  

Richmond County Hospital Authority

       

4.00% 01/01/36

     2,855,000          2,890,059  

State of Georgia

       

4.00% 07/01/36

     10,000,000          10,667,500  

4.50% 01/01/29 (h)(l)

     3,000,000          3,005,760  
       

 

 

 
          113,584,426  
       

 

 

 

Hawaii - 1.9%

 

City & County of Honolulu

       

5.00% 04/01/33 (l)

     10,000,000          10,081,000  

State of Hawaii Airports System Revenue

       

5.25% 07/01/24

     15,800,000          16,538,018  
       

 

 

 
          26,619,018  
       

 

 

 

Illinois - 3.2%

       

City of Chicago O’Hare International Airport Revenue

       

5.00% 01/01/48

     6,000,000          6,667,920  

City of Chicago O’Hare International Airport Revenue

       

5.00% 01/01/46

     1,000,000          1,084,420  

5.25% 01/01/42

     8,000,000          8,980,800  

5.63% 01/01/35 (l)

     4,035,000          4,336,011  

5.63% 01/01/35

     965,000          1,021,568  

5.75% 01/01/39 (l)

     9,655,000          10,398,821  
 

 

See Notes to Schedules of Investments and Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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     Principal
Amount ($)
      

Fair
Value

$

 

 

       

5.75% 01/01/39

     1,845,000          1,955,405  

Metropolitan Pier & Exposition Authority (NPFG Insured)

       

5.65% 06/15/22 (k)(m)

     785,000          879,941  

5.65% 06/15/22 (m)

     3,520,000          3,837,997  

Southwestern Illinois Development Authority (NPFG Insured)

       

5.00% 10/01/21 (k)(m)

     195,000          210,867  

5.00% 10/01/21 (m)

     3,805,000          4,090,261  
       

 

 

 
          43,464,011  
       

 

 

 

Indiana - 0.7%

 

Indiana Municipal Power Agency

       

5.50% 01/01/27 (l)

     2,500,000          2,500,000  

Indianapolis Local Public Improvement Bond Bank

       

5.75% 01/01/38 (l)

     1,370,000          1,370,000  

5.75% 01/01/38

     5,630,000          5,630,000  
       

 

 

 
          9,500,000  
       

 

 

 

Kentucky - 2.8%

 

Kentucky State Property & Building Commission

       

5.00% 02/01/33 - 04/01/37

     11,705,000          12,938,475  

Kentucky State Property & Building Commission (AGC Insured)

       

5.25% 02/01/27 (l)(m)

     10,665,000          10,694,106  

Louisville & Jefferson County Metropolitan Sewer District

       

5.00% 05/15/30

     14,340,000          15,428,406  
       

 

 

 
          39,060,987  
       

 

 

 

Louisiana - 1.1%

 

City of New Orleans Sewerage Service Revenue

       

5.00% 06/01/44 - 06/01/45

     3,900,000          4,160,871  

Louisiana Public Facilities Authority

       

5.00% 05/15/47 (l)

     10,000          11,805  

State of Louisiana

       

5.00% 09/01/19 (k)

     10,050,000          10,265,572  
       

 

 

 
          14,438,248  
       

 

 

 

Maine - 0.3%

 

Maine Health & Higher Educational Facilities Authority

       

5.25% 07/01/21 (l)

     315,000          330,272  
     Principal
Amount ($)
      

Fair
Value

$

 

5.25% 07/01/21

     1,475,000          1,545,239  

Maine Turnpike Authority

       

5.00% 07/01/42

     1,000,000          1,078,290  

6.00% 07/01/34 (l)

     1,250,000          1,276,413  
       

 

 

 
          4,230,214  
       

 

 

 

Maryland - 3.1%

 

City of Baltimore

       

5.00% 07/01/38 - 07/01/46

     23,375,000          26,081,791  

County of Prince George’s

       

5.00% 09/15/24

     3,450,000          3,724,413  

5.00% 09/15/25 (l)

     5,340,000          5,782,366  

Maryland Economic Development Corp.

       

5.75% 06/01/35 (l)

     3,000,000          3,164,760  

Maryland Health & Higher Educational Facilities Authority

       

5.00% 07/01/34 (l)

     1,945,000          1,975,789  

5.00% 07/01/34 - 08/15/41

     1,355,000          1,432,576  
       

 

 

 
          42,161,695  
       

 

 

 

Massachusetts - 4.4%

 

Commonwealth of Massachusetts

       

4.00% 05/01/44

     3,045,000          3,104,316  

5.00% 03/01/46

     10,000,000          10,984,400  

5.25% 09/01/43

     7,525,000          8,845,863  

Massachusetts Department of Transportation

       

5.00% 01/01/37

     10,000,000          10,273,900  

Massachusetts Development Finance Agency

       

5.75% 07/01/39 (l)

     3,325,000          3,391,201  

5.75% 07/01/39

     1,675,000          1,700,745  

Massachusetts Health & Educational Facilities Authority

       

5.00% 07/01/34 (l)

     7,500,000          7,619,850  

Massachusetts School Building Authority

       

5.00% 08/15/28

     5,000,000          5,482,200  

Massachusetts Water Resources Authority

       

5.00% 08/01/32

     4,140,000          4,602,024  

5.00% 08/01/41 (l)

     3,000,000          3,229,680  

6.50% 07/15/19 (k)

     945,000          968,975  
       

 

 

 
          60,203,154  
       

 

 

 

Michigan - 1.0%

 

Lansing Board of Water & Light

       

5.00% 07/01/37

     3,500,000          3,721,690  
 

 

See Notes to Schedules of Investments and Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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     Principal
Amount ($)
      

Fair
Value

$

 

 

       

Michigan Finance Authority

       

5.00% 12/01/47

     4,000,000          4,270,200  

State of Michigan

       

5.00% 03/15/27

     4,415,000          5,275,572  

University of Michigan Revenue

       

5.00% 04/01/46

     1,000,000          1,123,080  
       

 

 

 
          14,390,542  
       

 

 

 

Minnesota - 0.9%

 

City of Minneapolis

       

4.00% 11/15/48

     1,000,000          993,060  

City of Rochester

       

4.00% 11/15/48

     5,330,000          5,459,679  

Housing & Redevelopment Authority of The City of Saint Paul Minnesota

       

4.00% 11/15/43

     1,000,000          1,004,420  

University of Minnesota

       

5.00% 09/01/39

     4,350,000          4,987,623  
       

 

 

 
          12,444,782  
       

 

 

 

Missouri - 1.7%

 

Bi-State Development Agency of the Missouri-Illinois Metropolitan District

       

5.00% 10/01/44

     8,010,000          8,766,304  

Health & Educational Facilities Authority of the State of Missouri

       

4.00% 11/15/48

     2,200,000          2,237,796  

Kansas City Sanitary Sewer System Revenue

       

4.00% 01/01/40

     1,725,000          1,786,376  

Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District

       

5.00% 05/01/45 - 05/01/46

     3,000,000          3,353,490  

Missouri Highway & Transportation Commission

       

5.00% 05/01/21

     4,610,000          4,801,960  

Missouri Joint Municipal Electric Utility Commission

       

5.00% 01/01/34

     1,950,000          2,155,355  

Missouri State Environmental Improvement & Energy Resources Authority

       

5.00% 01/01/24

     525,000          526,302  
       

 

 

 
          23,627,583  
       

 

 

 

New Jersey - 7.3%

 

New Jersey Economic Development Authority

       

5.00% 06/15/41 - 06/15/43

     11,750,000          12,368,625  
     Principal
Amount ($)
      

Fair
Value

$

 

5.25% 06/15/40

     4,000,000          4,258,320  

5.50% 12/15/29 (l)

     3,345,000          3,401,230  

5.50% 12/15/29

     1,655,000          1,678,319  

New Jersey Educational Facilities Authority

       

5.50%
09/01/30 - 09/01/33

     14,700,000          16,410,188  

New Jersey Health Care Facilities Financing Authority (AGMC Insured)

       

4.13% 07/01/38 (m)

     6,215,000          6,294,552  

New Jersey Higher Education Student Assistance Authority

       

5.63% 06/01/30

     7,500,000          7,610,250  

New Jersey State Turnpike Authority

       

5.00%
01/01/33 - 01/01/45

     25,870,000          29,219,869  

5.00% 01/01/38 (l)

     4,000,000          4,421,600  

New Jersey Transportation Trust Fund Authority

       

5.00%
12/15/34 - 06/15/45

     7,250,000          7,785,205  

5.25% 06/15/36

     7,350,000          7,684,572  
       

 

 

 
          101,132,730  
       

 

 

 

New Mexico - 0.1%

 

New Mexico Finance Authority

       

5.00% 06/15/23

     1,750,000          1,826,178  
       

 

 

 

New York - 11.0%

 

City of New York

       

5.00%
08/01/26 - 04/01/43

     7,500,000          8,613,615  

Hudson Yards Infrastructure Corp.

       

5.00%
02/15/39 - 02/15/45

     11,000,000          12,388,470  

Long Island Power Authority

       

6.00% 05/01/33 (l)

     7,500,000          7,605,975  

Metropolitan Transportation Authority

       

5.00%
11/15/29 - 11/15/37

     7,960,000          8,801,751  

New York City Transitional Finance Authority Building Aid Revenue

       

5.00% 07/15/36

     6,000,000          6,945,360  
 

 

See Notes to Schedules of Investments and Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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     Principal
Amount ($)
      

Fair
Value

$

 

 

       

New York City Transitional Finance Authority Future Tax Secured Revenue

       

5.00%
11/01/21 - 02/01/43

     32,500,000          35,366,200  

New York Liberty Development Corp.

       

5.00% 11/15/44

     5,000,000          5,316,450  

5.13% 01/15/44

     10,000,000          10,279,500  

New York State Dormitory Authority

       

4.00%
08/01/38 - 07/01/41

     6,655,000          6,848,159  

5.00% 03/15/45 - 07/01/46

     16,500,000          18,781,500  

5.50% 05/01/37 (l)

     2,500,000          2,531,675  

6.00% 07/01/40 (l)

     2,000,000          2,124,220  

New York State Thruway Authority

       

5.00% 05/01/19

     6,000,000          6,063,840  

New York State Urban Development Corp.

       

5.50% 01/01/19

     9,000,000          9,000,000  

Port Authority of New York & New Jersey

       

5.00% 11/15/47 - 09/01/48

     6,500,000          7,399,885  

Westchester County Healthcare Corp.

       

6.13% 11/01/37 (l)

     2,220,000          2,390,985  

6.13% 11/01/37

     280,000          297,962  
       

 

 

 
          150,755,547  
       

 

 

 

North Carolina - 1.2%

       

City of Charlotte

       

5.00% 06/01/23

     4,320,000          4,507,359  

North Carolina Capital Facilities Finance Agency

       

4.00% 10/01/44

     2,000,000          2,085,180  

North Carolina Medical Care Commission

       

4.00% 06/01/42

     1,500,000          1,550,535  

State of North Carolina

       

4.75% 05/01/30 (l)

     4,130,000          4,289,583  

The University of North Carolina at Charlotte

       

5.00% 10/01/47

     3,545,000          3,996,491  
       

 

 

 
          16,429,148  
       

 

 

 

Ohio - 5.2%

       

City of Cincinnati Water System Revenue

       

5.00% 12/01/36 (l)

     2,500,000          2,722,900  
     Principal
Amount
($)
      

Fair
Value

$

 

City of Columbus

       

5.00%
07/01/26 - 08/15/30 (l)

     18,055,000          20,406,894  

County of Franklin

       

5.00% 12/01/47

     1,125,000          1,252,282  

Cuyahoga Community College District

       

5.00% 08/01/26 (l)

     1,800,000          1,861,974  

Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District

       

4.00% 11/15/43

     7,550,000          7,861,286  

5.00% 11/15/38 (l)

     12,000,000          13,476,480  

Ohio State Turnpike Commission

       

5.25% 02/15/39

     18,250,000          20,103,470  

University of Cincinnati

       

5.00% 06/01/45

     3,500,000          3,939,285  
       

 

 

 
          71,624,571  
       

 

 

 

Oklahoma - 0.8%

       

Oklahoma Capital Improvement Authority

       

5.00%
07/01/28 - 07/01/29

     5,000,000          5,656,650  

Oklahoma Turnpike Authority

       

5.00%
01/01/28 - 01/01/47

     5,000,000          5,388,055  
       

 

 

 
          11,044,705  
       

 

 

 

Oregon - 0.9%

       

Eugene Water Revenue

       

4.00% 08/01/45

     1,000,000          1,026,970  

Salem-Keizer School District No 24J

       

5.00% 06/15/37

     10,000,000          11,670,800  
       

 

 

 
          12,697,770  
       

 

 

 

Pennsylvania - 5.8%

       

City of Philadelphia

       

5.00% 08/01/36

     5,000,000          5,524,150  

City of Philadelphia Water & Wastewater Revenue

       

5.00%
01/01/36 - 10/01/47

     23,000,000          25,179,480  

Delaware River Port Authority, Revenue, Series 2018 A,

       

5.00%
01/01/29 - 01/01/40

     8,600,000          9,703,606  

Pennsylvania Economic Development Financing Authority

       

4.00% 11/15/42

     5,000,000          5,003,500  
 

 

See Notes to Schedules of Investments and Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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     Principal
Amount ($)
      

Fair
Value

$

 

 

       

Pennsylvania State University

       

5.00% 09/01/41

     1,200,000          1,364,016  

Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission

       

5.00% 06/01/29 (l)

     10,000,000          10,132,821  

5.25% 06/01/39 (l)

     9,500,000          9,636,230  

6.00% 12/01/34 (l)

     12,000,000          12,930,600  
       

 

 

 
          79,474,403  
       

 

 

 

Rhode Island - 0.6%

       

Rhode Island Health & Educational Building Corp.

       

5.00% 09/01/43

     5,000,000          5,507,250  

Rhode Island Infrastructure Bank Water Pollution Control Revenue

       

5.00% 10/01/28

     2,200,000          2,569,050  
       

 

 

 
          8,076,300  
       

 

 

 

South Carolina - 1.6%

       

Piedmont Municipal Power Agency

       

5.00% 01/01/25

     2,315,000          2,489,991  

Piedmont Municipal Power Agency (AGC Insured)

       

5.75% 01/01/34 (m)

     5,500,000          5,951,880  

South Carolina State Public Service Authority

       

5.00% 12/01/37 - 12/01/38

     12,000,000          12,930,180  

5.50% 01/01/38 (l)

     1,190,000          1,190,000  
       

 

 

 
          22,562,051  
       

 

 

 

Tennessee - 0.6%

       

City of Memphis

       

4.00% 06/01/46

     5,000,000          5,112,600  

County of Shelby

       

5.00% 03/01/21

     3,500,000          3,625,580  
       

 

 

 
          8,738,180  
       

 

 

 

Texas - 7.4%

       

City of Austin Airport System Revenue

       

5.00% 11/15/46 (h)

     3,000,000          3,330,960  

City of Austin Water & Wastewater System Revenue

       

5.00% 11/15/42

     13,595,000          14,719,714  

City of Dallas Waterworks & Sewer System Revenue

       

5.00% 10/01/46

     3,550,000          4,022,292  

City of Houston Utility System Revenue

       

5.00% 05/15/28 - 11/15/33

     10,470,000          11,423,633  
     Principal
Amount ($)
      

Fair
Value

$

 

5.25%
11/15/30 - 11/15/31 (l)

     12,000,000          12,744,960  

County of Harris

       

5.00% 08/15/41

     3,000,000          3,370,980  

Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport

       

5.25% 11/01/29

     5,000,000          5,597,350  

Harris County-Houston Sports Authority

       

5.00% 11/15/30

     2,000,000          2,234,160  

North Texas Tollway Authority

       

5.00% 09/01/31 (l)

     3,500,000          3,776,360  

5.00% 01/01/39 - 01/01/48

     5,000,000          5,519,490  

6.00% 01/01/38 (l)

     5,000,000          5,399,350  

North Texas Tollway Authority (AGMC Insured)

       

4.00% 01/01/34 (m)

     5,000,000          5,208,450  

Texas Transportation Commission State Highway Fund

       

5.00% 04/01/23

     10,750,000          12,060,425  

The University of Texas System

       

5.00% 08/15/26

     10,000,000          11,922,500  
       

 

 

 
          101,330,624  
       

 

 

 

Utah - 0.9%

       

Utah State Board of Regents

       

5.00% 11/01/30

     4,000,000          4,203,880  

Utah Transit Authority

       

5.00% 06/15/42 (l)

     3,045,000          3,360,888  

5.00% 06/15/42

     4,455,000          4,761,504  
       

 

 

 
          12,326,272  
       

 

 

 

Virginia - 1.8%

       

County of Fairfax

       

4.00% 10/01/35

     6,645,000          7,216,935  

County of Henrico Water & Sewer Revenue

       

5.00% 05/01/46

     2,530,000          2,857,003  

University of Virginia

       

5.00% 04/01/47

     6,000,000          6,851,640  

Virginia Resources Authority

       

4.00% 11/01/41

     5,585,000          5,836,883  

5.00% 11/01/46

     1,720,000          1,953,198  
       

 

 

 
          24,715,659  
       

 

 

 
Total Municipal Bonds and Notes
(Cost $1,329,038,434)

 

       1,351,099,395  
       

 

 

 
 

 

See Notes to Schedules of Investments and Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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     Number
of Shares
       Fair
Value
$
 
       
Short-Term Investments - 0.9%

 

State Street Institutional U.S. Government Money Market Fund - Class G Shares 2.31%
(Cost $12,476,076) (d)(n)

     12,476,076          12,476,076  
       

 

 

 
Total Investments
(Cost $1,341,514,510)

 

       1,363,575,471  
Other Assets and Liabilities,
net - 1.0%

 

       13,404,569  
       

 

 

 
NET ASSETS - 100.0%

 

       1,376,980,040  
       

 

 

 
 

 

The following table presents the Fund’s investments measured at fair value on a recurring basis at December 31, 2018:

 

Fund    Investments   Level 1     Level 2     Level 3     Total  
Elfun Tax-Exempt Income Fund   

Investments in Securities

       
  

Municipal Bonds and Notes

  $     $ 1,351,099,395     $     $ 1,351,099,395  
  

Short-Term Investments

    12,476,076                   12,476,076  
    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
  

Total Investments in Securities

  $ 12,476,076     $ 1,351,099,395     $     $ 1,363,575,471  
    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

Affiliate Table

 

     Number
of Shares
Held at
12/31/17
    Value At
12/31/17
    Cost of
Purchases
    Proceeds
from
Shares
Sold
    Realized
Gain
(Loss)
    Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation/
Depreciation
    Number
of Shares
Held at
12/31/18
    Value at
12/31/18
    Dividend
Income
 

State Street Institutional U.S. Government Money Market Fund - Class G Shares

    6,243,370     $ 6,243,370     $ 267,257,800     $ 261,025,094     $     $       12,476,076     $ 12,476,076     $ 216,085  

 

See Notes to Schedules of Investments and Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Management Discussion of Fund Performance — December 31, 2018 (Unaudited)

 

 

 

The Elfun Income Fund (the “Fund”) seeks to provide a high level of income consistent with prudent investment management and the preservation of capital. The Fund’s benchmark is the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index (the “Index”).

For the 12-month period ended December 31, 2018 (the “Reporting Period”), the total return for the Fund was -0.80% and the Index was 0.01%. The Fund and Index returns reflect the reinvestment of dividends and other income. The Fund’s performance reflects the expenses of managing the Fund, including brokerage and advisory expenses. The Index is unmanaged and Index returns do not reflect fees and expenses of any kind, which would have a negative impact on returns.

The primary drivers of underperformance relative to the Index were the Fund’s over-weights to both high yield and investment grade corporates. The Fund’s underweight to mortgage backed securities offset some underperformance versus the Index.

We expected the credit and economics cycles to continue, which they have. However, trade tensions between the U.S. & China, BREXIT, equity and commodity volatility weighed heavily on the credit markets causing high yield and investment grade corporate spreads to widen 183bps (108bps in December alone) and 47bps, respectively, negatively impacting the Fund’s performance.

The Fund had a large underweight in its mortgage backed securities position anticipating volatility in that asset class as the Federal Reserve would begin reducing its balance sheet exposure. Mortgage spreads did widen in the fourth quarter and the Fund pared its position still maintaining an underweight. This activity provided positive excess returns.

The Fund used treasury futures, interest rate swaps and other derivatives in order to actively manage duration during the Reporting Period. The Fund’s use of these derivatives contributed to Fund liquidity and key rate exposure management versus utilizing cash instruments only.

The views expressed above reflect those of the Fund’s portfolio manager only through the Reporting Period, and do not necessarily represent the views of the Adviser as a whole. Any such views are subject to change at any time based upon market or other conditions and the Adviser disclaims any responsibility to update such views. These views may not be relied on as investment advice and, because investment decisions for a fund are based on numerous factors, may not be relied on as an indication of trading intent on behalf of any fund.

 

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Understanding Your Fund’s Expenses (Unaudited)

 

 

 

As a shareholder of the Fund you incur ongoing costs. Ongoing costs include portfolio management fees, professional fees, administrative fees and other Fund expenses. The following example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.

To illustrate these ongoing costs, we have provided an example and calculated the expenses paid by investors in units of the Fund during the period. The information in the following table is based on an investment of $1,000, which is invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire six-month period ended December 31, 2018.

Actual Expenses

The first section of the table provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this section, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. To do so, 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 given under the heading “Expenses paid during the period” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during the period.

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes

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

Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight and help you compare ongoing costs only and do not reflect transaction costs, such as sales charges or redemption fees, if any. Therefore, the second section of the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds.

 

     Actual
Fund Return
     Hypothetical
5% Return
(2.5% for
the period)
 

Actual Fund Return

     

Beginning Account Value

July 1, 2018

   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,000.00  

Ending Account Value

December 31, 2018

   $ 1,012.80      $ 1,023.54  

Expenses Paid During Period*

   $ 1.67      $ 1.68  

 

*   Expenses are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio of 0.33%** (for the period July 1, 2018-December 31, 2018), multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 184/365 (to reflect the one-half year period).
**   May differ from expense ratio disclosed in the financial highlights, which is calculated based on the entire fiscal year’s data.
 

 

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Performance Summary — December 31, 2018 (Unaudited)

 

 

 

Quality Ratings

as of December 31, 2018 as a % of Fair Value (a)(b)

 

Moody’s / S&P /Rating*

   Percentage
of Fair
Value
 

Aaa / AAA

     20.0

Aa / AA

     43.0

A / A

     7.6

Baa / BBB

     20.0

Ba / BB and lower

     9.1

NR / Other

     0.3
  

 

 

 
     100.0
  

 

 

 

Sector Allocation

Portfolio composition as a % of Fair Value of $264,633 (in thousands) as of December 31, 2018 (a)(b)

 

LOGO

Average Annual Total Return for the periods ended December 31, 2018

(Inception date: 12/31/84)

 

     One Year     Five Year     Ten Year     Ending Value
of a $10,000
Investment
 

Elfun Income Fund

     -0.80     2.49     4.11   $ 14,966  

Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index

     0.01     2.52     3.48   $ 14,075  
 

 

 

(a)

Fair Value basis is inclusive of short-term investment in State Street Institutional U.S. Government Money Market Fund Class G Shares.

 

(b)

The securities information regarding holdings, allocations and other characteristics is presented to illustrate examples of securities that the Fund has bought and the diversity of areas in which the Fund may invest as of a particular date. It may not be representative of the Fund’s current or future investments and should not be construed as a recommendation to purchase or sell a particular security.

 

*

Moody’s Investors Services, Inc. (“Moody’s”) and S&P Global Ratings (“S&P”) are nationally recognized statistical rating organizations. The quality ratings represent the lower of Moody’s or S&P credit ratings. When a rating from only one of the rating agencies is available, that rating is used. Securities not rated by Moody’s or S&P are categorized as not rated. Credit quality measures a bond issuer’s ability to repay interest and principal in a timely manner. Credit quality ratings assigned by a rating agency are subject to change periodically and are not absolute standards of quality. In formulating investment decisions for the Fund, SSGA Funds Management, Inc. develops its own analysis of the credit quality and risks associated with individual debt instruments, rather than relying exclusively on rating agency ratings.

 

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LOGO

 

See Notes to Performance beginning on page 1 for further information.

Past performance does not predict future performance. The performance shown in the graphs and tables does not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares.

 

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Schedule of Investments — December 31, 2018

 

     Principal
Amount ($)
       Fair
Value
$
 

 

       
Bonds and Notes - 97.3%†

 

U.S. Treasuries - 26.4%

 

U.S. Treasury Bonds

       

2.25% 08/15/46 (h)

     1,602,000          1,368,942  

2.75% 11/15/42 (h)

     606,000          579,359  

3.13% 05/15/48 (h)

     1,058,600          1,078,721  

3.75% 11/15/43 (h)

     358,000          404,275  

4.50% 02/15/36 (h)

     2,046,200          2,522,241  

U.S. Treasury Notes

       

1.38% 12/15/19 (h)

     8,355,800          8,256,807  

1.50% 11/30/19 - 08/15/20 (h)

     11,392,800          11,253,096  

2.25% 03/31/20 (h)

     10,914,700          10,871,016  

2.75% 11/15/23

     9,699,800          9,807,426  

2.88% 11/30/25

     9,607,400          9,780,357  

2.88% 08/15/28 (h)

     4,584,100          4,655,030  
       

 

 

 
          60,577,270  
       

 

 

 

Agency Mortgage Backed - 20.1%

 

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.

       

4.05% 09/25/28 (i)

     1,045,000          1,100,557  

4.50% 06/01/33 - 02/01/35 (h)

     13,474          14,100  

5.00% 07/01/35 (h)

     111,528          118,630  

5.50% 05/01/20 - 04/01/39 (h)

     197,778          212,746  

6.00% 07/01/19

     421          421  

6.00% 05/01/20 - 11/01/37 (h)

     407,885          447,336  

6.50% 07/01/29 (h)

     1,796          1,822  

7.00% 01/01/27 - 08/01/36 (h)

     88,952          98,071  

7.50% 11/01/29 - 09/01/33 (h)

     7,396          7,936  

8.00% 11/01/30 (h)

     3,699          4,025  

Federal National Mortgage Assoc.

       

3.50% 08/01/45 (h)

     112,717          113,074  

4.00% 05/01/19 - 03/01/41 (h)

     1,138,340          1,171,718  

4.50% 05/01/19 - 02/01/40 (h)

     921,825          964,948  

5.00% 07/01/20 - 05/01/39 (h)

     299,032          317,682  

5.50% 06/01/20 - 01/01/39 (h)

     750,558          806,830  

6.00% 09/01/19 - 05/01/41 (h)

     1,553,445          1,711,920  

6.50% 05/01/21 - 08/01/36 (h)

     91,654          98,863  

7.00% 10/01/32 - 02/01/34 (h)

     9,295          9,867  

7.50% 12/01/26 - 12/01/33 (h)

     45,899          50,306  

8.00% 06/01/24 - 10/01/31 (h)

     13,552          14,614  

8.50% 04/01/30 (h)

     2,662          3,117  

9.00% 12/01/22 (h)

     1,241          1,304  

Federal National Mortgage Assoc. 1.60% + 12 month USD LIBOR

       

3.97% 04/01/37 (h)(i)

     2,508          2,567  

Federal National Mortgage Assoc. TBA

       

2.50% TBA (c)

     4,847,000          4,734,918  
     Principal
Amount ($)
       Fair
Value
$
 

3.00% TBA (c)

     7,909,840          7,737,054  

3.50% TBA (c)

     4,743,000          4,741,511  

4.00% TBA (c)

     5,573,000          5,681,060  

4.50% TBA (c)

     1,518,000          1,571,434  

Government National Mortgage Assoc.

       

4.00%
01/20/41 - 04/20/43 (h)

     1,756,667          1,815,210  

4.50%
08/15/33 - 03/20/41 (h)

     828,993          867,647  

5.00% 08/15/33 (h)

     43,907          45,851  

6.00%
04/15/27 - 09/15/36 (h)

     213,974          237,747  

6.50%
04/15/19 - 09/15/36 (h)

     78,979          85,377  

7.00%
11/15/27 - 10/15/36 (h)

     45,011          49,540  

7.50%
03/15/23 - 11/15/31 (h)

     20,958          21,650  

8.00%
09/15/27 - 06/15/30 (h)

     26,445          27,818  

9.00% 12/15/21 (h)

     622          649  

3.00% TBA (c)

     2,272,000          2,236,789  

3.50% TBA (c)

     9,061,000          9,123,521  
       

 

 

 
          46,250,230  
       

 

 

 

Agency Collateralized Mortgage Obligations - 0.8%

 

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.

       

0.08% 09/25/43 (g)(h)(i)

     950,221          2,450  

3.86% 11/25/28 (i)

     448,000          465,190  

4.06% 10/25/28 (i)

     763,000          803,788  

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. REMIC

       

3.50% 11/15/24 - 11/15/30 (g)(h)

     329,283          24,982  

5.50% 06/15/33 (g)(h)

     40,769          8,033  

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. REMIC 6.60% - 1 month USD LIBOR

       

4.14% 08/15/25 (g)(h)(i)

     132,414          6,827  

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. STRIPS

       

0.00% 08/01/27 (a)(d)(h)

     788          692  

8.00% 02/01/23 - 07/01/24 (g)(h)

     2,487          348  

Federal National Mortgage Assoc. REMIC

       

0.00% 12/25/22 (a)(d)(h)

     420          411  

1.10% 12/25/42 (g)(h)(i)

     208,291          15,175  

5.00% 02/25/40 - 09/25/40 (g)(h)

     154,843          18,150  
 

 

See Notes to Schedules of Investments and Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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     Principal
Amount ($)
       Fair
Value
$
 

 

       

1,008.00% 05/25/22 (g)(h)

     2          22  

Federal National Mortgage Assoc. REMIC 6.00% - 1 month USD LIBOR

       

3.49% 07/25/38 (g)(h)(i)

     44,225          5,771  

Federal National Mortgage Assoc. REMIC 6.20% - 1 month USD LIBOR

       

3.69% 06/25/48 (g)(i)

     1,953,003          319,685  

Federal National Mortgage Assoc. STRIPS

       

0.00% 12/25/34 (a)(d)(h)

     41,875          34,972  

4.50%
08/25/35 - 01/25/36 (g)(h)

     84,691          10,514  

5.00%
03/25/38 - 05/25/38 (g)(h)

     46,695          9,988  

5.50% 12/25/33 (g)(h)

     13,112          2,883  

6.00% 01/25/35 (g)(h)

     47,681          11,075  

7.50% 11/25/23 (g)(h)

     6,018          729  

8.00%
08/25/23 - 07/25/24 (g)(h)

     4,917          697  

8.50% 07/25/22 (g)(h)

     807          69  

8.50% 07/25/22 (g)

     20          2  

9.00% 05/25/22 (g)(h)

     698          54  

Government National Mortgage Assoc. REMIC

       

4.50% 05/20/38 - 08/16/39 (g)(h)

     95,807          6,691  

5.00% 09/20/38 (g)(h)

     25,077          750  

Government National Mortgage Assoc. REMIC 6.80% - 1 month USD LIBOR

       

4.34% 01/16/40 (g)(h)(i)

     228,208          38,082  
       

 

 

 
          1,788,030  
       

 

 

 

Asset Backed - 2.8%

 

American Express Credit Account Master Trust 2017-6

       

2.04% 05/15/23 (h)

     1,488,065          1,465,926  

American Express Credit Account Master Trust 2018-1

       

2.67% 10/17/22

     603,000          600,786  

American Express Credit Account Master Trust 2018-8

       

3.18% 04/15/24

     1,264,000          1,273,243  

BA Credit Card Trust 2018-A1

       

2.70% 07/17/23 (h)

     528,000          525,827  

BMW Floorplan Master Owner Trust 2018-1

       

3.15% 05/15/23 (b)

     333,000          333,481  
     Principal
Amount ($)
       Fair
Value
$
 

Chase Funding Trust 2004-1

       

4.99% 11/25/33 (h)(j)

     172,808          172,808  

Citibank Credit Card Issuance Trust 2016-A1

       

1.75% 11/19/21 (h)

     1,869,000          1,849,569  

Securitized Term Auto Receivables Trust 2018-1A

       

3.30% 11/25/22 (b)

     135,000          135,079  
       

 

 

 
          6,356,719  
       

 

 

 

Corporate Notes - 42.7%

 

1011778 BC ULC/New Red Finance Inc.

       

4.25% 05/15/24 (b)(h)

     95,000          87,241  

21st Century Fox America Inc.

       

3.38% 11/15/26 (h)

     24,000          23,673  

4.50% 02/15/21 (h)

     79,000          81,039  

4.75% 11/15/46 (h)

     17,000          18,148  

6.65% 11/15/37 (h)

     108,000          138,920  

Abbott Laboratories

       

2.90% 11/30/21 (h)

     319,000          315,992  

3.75% 11/30/26 (h)

     36,000          35,577  

4.90% 11/30/46 (h)

     110,000          115,636  

AbbVie Inc.

       

3.20% 05/14/26 (h)

     120,000          111,149  

4.45% 05/14/46 (h)

     109,000          95,809  

4.70% 05/14/45 (h)

     47,000          42,967  

4.88% 11/14/48 (h)

     39,000          36,397  

Acadia Healthcare Company Inc.

       

6.50% 03/01/24 (h)

     243,000          233,921  

Activision Blizzard Inc.

       

2.30% 09/15/21 (h)

     452,000          439,909  

AES Corp.

       

4.88% 05/15/23 (h)

     260,000          254,259  

Aetna Inc.

       

3.50% 11/15/24 (h)

     118,000          113,941  

Aflac Inc.

       

4.00% 10/15/46 (h)

     44,000          40,429  

Alexandria Real Estate Equities Inc.

       

4.70% 07/01/30 (h)

     56,000          56,707  

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.

       

4.00% 12/06/37 (h)

     200,000          179,514  

4.40% 12/06/57 (h)

     200,000          179,318  

Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc.

       

2.70% 07/26/22 (b)(h)

     175,000          169,183  

4.50% 07/26/47 (b)(h)

     47,000          42,764  

Allergan Finance LLC

       

3.25% 10/01/22 (h)

     125,000          121,757  

4.63% 10/01/42 (h)

     19,000          17,421  
 

 

See Notes to Schedules of Investments and Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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     Principal
Amount ($)
       Fair
Value
$
 

 

       

Allergan Funding SCS

       

3.00% 03/12/20 (h)

     246,000          245,048  

3.45% 03/15/22 (h)

     106,000          104,329  

Allergan Sales LLC

       

5.00% 12/15/21 (b)(h)

     292,000          300,579  

Altria Group Inc.

       

2.95% 05/02/23 (h)

     90,000          85,572  

3.88% 09/16/46 (h)

     8,000          6,100  

4.50% 05/02/43 (h)

     59,000          49,098  

Amazon.com Inc.

       

2.80% 08/22/24 (h)

     69,000          67,061  

3.15% 08/22/27 (h)

     62,000          59,813  

3.88% 08/22/37 (h)

     48,000          46,691  

4.05% 08/22/47 (h)

     52,000          50,961  

4.25% 08/22/57 (h)

     65,000          64,137  

Ameren Corp.

       

3.65% 02/15/26 (h)

     77,000          75,746  

America Movil SAB de C.V.

       

3.13% 07/16/22 (h)

     205,000          200,925  

5.00% 03/30/20 (h)

     317,000          322,522  

American Axle & Manufacturing Inc.

       

6.25% 04/01/25 (h)

     176,000          160,121  

American Campus Communities Operating Partnership LP

       

3.35% 10/01/20 (h)

     157,000          156,444  

4.13% 07/01/24 (h)

     62,000          62,183  

American Express Co.

       

3.00% 10/30/24 (h)

     170,000          162,647  

American International Group Inc.

       

4.50% 07/16/44 (h)

     141,000          125,336  

6.40% 12/15/20 (h)

     79,000          83,366  

American International Group Inc. (5.75% fixed rate until 04/01/28; 2.87% + 3 month USD LIBOR thereafter)

       

5.75% 04/01/48 (h)(i)

     79,000          69,132  

American Tower Corp. (REIT)

       

3.38% 10/15/26 (h)

     49,000          45,652  

3.40% 02/15/19 (h)

     385,000          384,788  

American Water Capital Corp.

       

2.95% 09/01/27 (h)

     111,000          104,610  

Amgen Inc.

       

2.20% 05/22/19 (h)

     334,000          332,784  

2.65% 05/11/22 (h)

     190,000          185,752  

3.20% 11/02/27 (h)

     80,000          75,196  

4.56% 06/15/48 (h)

     102,000          97,836  

AMN Healthcare Inc.

       

5.13% 10/01/24 (b)(h)

     289,000          276,816  
     Principal
Amount ($)
       Fair
Value
$
 

Anadarko Petroleum Corp.

       

4.85% 03/15/21 (h)

     13,000          13,276  

6.20% 03/15/40 (h)

     51,000          53,276  

Andeavor Logistics LP/Tesoro Logistics Finance Corp.

       

5.20% 12/01/47 (h)

     49,000          44,057  

5.25% 01/15/25 (h)

     734,000          733,060  

5.50% 10/15/19 (h)

     293,000          295,687  

6.25% 10/15/22 (h)

     199,000          202,849  

Anheuser-Busch Companies LLC/Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide Inc.

       

4.70% 02/01/36 (b)(h)

     51,000          47,056  

4.90% 02/01/46 (b)(h)

     116,000          107,332  

Anheuser-Busch InBev Finance Inc.

       

2.65% 02/01/21 (h)

     58,000          57,010  

Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide Inc.

       

2.50% 07/15/22 (h)

     184,000          175,630  

4.00% 04/13/28 (h)

     41,000          39,220  

4.38% 04/15/38 (h)

     181,000          161,988  

4.60% 04/15/48 (h)

     62,000          55,483  

4.75% 04/15/58 (h)

     58,000          50,439  

Anthem Inc.

       

3.30% 01/15/23 (h)

     100,000          98,394  

ANZ New Zealand International Ltd.

       

3.45% 01/21/28 (b)(h)

     200,000          191,882  

Apache Corp.

       

4.38% 10/15/28 (h)

     47,000          43,871  

5.10% 09/01/40 (h)

     68,000          61,418  

Apple Inc.

       

2.50% 02/09/22 (h)

     91,000          89,710  

2.85% 05/11/24 (h)

     117,000          114,052  

3.35% 02/09/27 (h)

     63,000          61,541  

3.45% 02/09/45 (h)

     177,000          156,817  

3.85% 08/04/46 (h)

     187,000          175,902  

4.25% 02/09/47 (h)

     24,000          24,021  

Applied Materials Inc.

       

4.35% 04/01/47 (h)

     75,000          73,354  

Aptiv PLC

       

4.40% 10/01/46 (h)

     81,000          71,751  

Aramark Services Inc.

       

5.00% 02/01/28 (b)(h)

     147,000          137,479  

Archer-Daniels-Midland Co.

       

2.50% 08/11/26 (h)

     82,000          74,845  

Arconic Inc.

       

5.13% 10/01/24 (h)

     194,000          186,810  

6.15% 08/15/20 (h)

     90,000          91,822  

Ascension Health

       

4.85% 11/15/53 (h)

     84,000          90,984  
 

 

See Notes to Schedules of Investments and Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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     Principal
Amount ($)
       Fair
Value
$
 

 

       

Ashland LLC

       

4.75% 08/15/22 (h)

     95,000          93,379  

AstraZeneca PLC

       

2.38% 11/16/20 (h)

     67,000          65,876  

3.38% 11/16/25 (h)

     96,000          92,979  

3.50% 08/17/23 (h)

     93,000          92,113  

4.00% 01/17/29 (h)

     62,000          61,583  

4.38% 08/17/48 (h)

     77,000          73,046  

AT&T Inc.

       

3.00% 06/30/22 (h)

     106,000          103,466  

3.80% 03/15/22 (h)

     215,000          215,909  

4.10% 02/15/28

     148,000          142,286  

4.45% 04/01/24 (h)

     87,000          88,275  

4.50% 05/15/35 (h)

     133,000          120,559  

4.55% 03/09/49 (h)

     70,000          60,304  

4.75% 05/15/46 (h)

     50,000          44,445  

4.80% 06/15/44 (h)

     104,000          93,287  

5.00% 03/01/21 (h)

     152,000          157,179  

5.15% 11/15/46

     23,000          21,415  

5.25% 03/01/37 (h)

     90,000          88,243  

5.45% 03/01/47 (h)

     176,000          171,616  

Athene Holding Ltd.

       

4.13% 01/12/28 (h)

     102,000          92,606  

Avangrid Inc.

       

3.15% 12/01/24 (h)

     172,000          165,903  

Baidu Inc.

       

2.88% 07/06/22 (h)

     255,000          248,227  

Bank of America Corp.

       

2.65% 04/01/19 (h)

     255,000          254,699  

3.25% 10/21/27 (h)

     3,000          2,777  

3.95% 04/21/25 (h)

     117,000          113,388  

4.25% 10/22/26 (h)

     205,000          199,420  

Bank of America Corp. (2.37% fixed rate until 07/21/20; 0.66% + 3 month USD LIBOR thereafter)

       

2.37% 07/21/21 (h)(i)

     176,000          173,011  

Bank of America Corp. (3.12% fixed rate until 01/20/22; 1.16% + 3 month USD LIBOR thereafter)

       

3.12% 01/20/23 (h)(i)

     117,000          114,967  

Bank of America Corp. (3.37% fixed rate until 01/23/25; 0.81% + 3 month USD LIBOR thereafter)

       

3.37% 01/23/26 (h)(i)

     209,000          199,781  

Bank of America Corp. (3.42% fixed rate until 12/20/27; 1.04% + 3 month USD LIBOR thereafter)

       

3.42% 12/20/28 (h)(i)

     150,000          139,692  
     Principal
Amount ($)
       Fair
Value
$
 

Bank of America Corp. (3.95% fixed rate until 01/23/48; 1.19% + 3 month USD LIBOR thereafter)

       

3.95% 01/23/49 (h)(i)

     141,000          125,508  

Bank of America Corp. (4.24% fixed rate until 04/24/37; 1.81% + 3 month USD LIBOR thereafter)

       

4.24% 04/24/38 (h)(i)

     119,000          112,824  

Bank of America Corp. (4.27% fixed rate until 07/23/28; 1.31% + 3 month USD LIBOR thereafter)

       

4.27% 07/23/29 (h)(i)

     52,000          51,730  

Bank of America Corp. (4.44% fixed rate until 01/20/47; 1.99% + 3 month USD LIBOR thereafter)

       

4.44% 01/20/48 (h)(i)

     64,000          61,819  

Bank of Montreal (4.34% fixed rate until 10/05/23; 1.28% + USD 5 year Swap Rate thereafter)

       

4.34% 10/05/28 (h)(i)

     229,000          227,986  

Barclays PLC

       

4.84% 05/09/28 (h)

     200,000          183,232  

Barclays PLC
(4.97% fixed rate until 05/16/28; 1.90% + 3 month USD LIBOR thereafter)

       

4.97% 05/16/29 (h)(i)

     200,000          192,388  

Barrick North America Finance LLC

       

5.70% 05/30/41 (h)

     24,000          25,336  

BAT Capital Corp.

       

2.30% 08/14/20

     420,000          410,113  

2.76% 08/15/22

     134,000          126,495  

3.56% 08/15/27

     220,000          194,995  

4.39% 08/15/37

     42,000          34,516  

4.54% 08/15/47

     60,000          48,014  

Bausch Health Companies Inc.

       

7.00% 03/15/24 (b)(h)

     439,000          444,672  

Baxalta Inc.

       

2.88% 06/23/20 (h)

     50,000          49,455  

Bayer US Finance II LLC

       

3.50% 06/25/21 (b)(h)

     416,000          413,608  

3.88% 12/15/23 (b)(h)

     216,000          211,997  

4.70% 07/15/64 (b)(h)

     33,000          27,425  

Becton Dickinson and Co.

       

2.89% 06/06/22 (h)

     135,000          130,696  

3.70% 06/06/27 (h)

     138,000          130,703  
 

 

See Notes to Schedules of Investments and Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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     Principal
Amount ($)
       Fair
Value
$
 

 

       

3.73% 12/15/24 (h)

     3,000          2,901  

4.67% 06/06/47 (h)

     17,000          15,997  

4.69% 12/15/44 (h)

     19,000          17,880  

Berkshire Hathaway Energy Co.

       

2.40% 02/01/20 (h)

     197,000          195,686  

3.25% 04/15/28 (h)

     65,000          61,870  

3.80% 07/15/48 (h)

     56,000          50,084  

6.13% 04/01/36 (h)

     38,000          45,322  

Berkshire Hathaway Inc.

       

4.50% 02/11/43 (h)

     3,000          3,116  

Berry Global Inc.

       

5.13% 07/15/23 (h)

     260,000          257,455  

BHP Billiton Finance USA Ltd.

       

5.00% 09/30/43 (h)

     39,000          42,605  

Biogen Inc.

       

2.90% 09/15/20 (h)

     63,000          62,597  

BNP Paribas S.A.

       

5.00% 01/15/21 (h)

     75,000          77,468  

BNP Paribas S.A. (5.13% fixed rate until 11/15/27; 2.84% + USD 5 year Swap Rate thereafter)

       

5.13% 12/31/99 (b)(h)(i)

     200,000          173,320  

Boston Scientific Corp.

       

4.00% 03/01/28 (h)

     107,000          104,114  

BP Capital Markets America Inc.

       

3.02% 01/16/27

     358,000          336,055  

3.22% 11/28/23

     94,000          92,753  

Brighthouse Financial Inc.

       

3.70% 06/22/27 (h)

     14,000          11,827  

4.70% 06/22/47 (h)

     6,000          4,458  

Brixmor Operating Partnership LP

       

3.90% 03/15/27 (h)

     62,000          58,769  

Broadcom Corp./Broadcom Cayman Finance Ltd.

       

2.20% 01/15/21 (h)

     71,000          69,386  

2.65% 01/15/23 (h)

     32,000          29,658  

3.13% 01/15/25 (h)

     38,000          34,100  

3.88% 01/15/27 (h)

     57,000          51,108  

Brown-Forman Corp.

       

4.00% 04/15/38 (h)

     30,000          29,346  

Buckeye Partners LP

       

5.60% 10/15/44 (h)

     24,000          20,674  

Bunge Limited Finance Corp.

       

3.75% 09/25/27 (h)

     49,000          43,563  

Burlington Northern Santa Fe LLC

       

3.75% 04/01/24

     226,000          231,738  

4.15% 12/15/48 (h)

     114,000          111,267  
     Principal
Amount ($)
       Fair
Value
$
 

Campbell Soup Co.

       

3.30% 03/15/21 (h)

     231,000          229,711  

Canadian Natural Resources Ltd.

       

3.85% 06/01/27 (h)

     32,000          30,276  

4.95% 06/01/47 (h)

     31,000          29,828  

Capital One Financial Corp.

       

3.75% 07/28/26 (h)

     48,000          43,872  

4.20% 10/29/25 (h)

     54,000          51,911  

Cardinal Health Inc.

       

2.62% 06/15/22 (h)

     70,000          67,516  

3.08% 06/15/24 (h)

     51,000          48,175  

Caterpillar Financial Services Corp.

       

2.55% 11/29/22 (h)

     150,000          145,639  

Caterpillar Inc.

       

3.80% 08/15/42 (h)

     42,000          39,130  

Catholic Health Initiatives

       

4.35% 11/01/42 (h)

     130,000          115,335  

CBL & Associates LP

       

4.60% 10/15/24 (h)

     335,000          246,882  

CBS Corp.

       

2.50% 02/15/23 (h)

     97,000          91,311  

2.90% 01/15/27 (h)

     62,000          54,810  

CCO Holdings LLC/CCO Holdings Capital Corp.

       

5.00% 02/01/28 (h)(b)

     289,000          265,854  

Celgene Corp.

       

3.45% 11/15/27 (h)

     3,000          2,731  

4.35% 11/15/47 (h)

     4,000          3,387  

4.55% 02/20/48 (h)

     113,000          98,207  

5.00% 08/15/45 (h)

     42,000          38,777  

Cenovus Energy Inc.

       

4.25% 04/15/27 (h)

     55,000          50,082  

4.45% 09/15/42 (h)

     36,000          27,633  

5.40% 06/15/47 (h)

     19,000          16,375  

CenterPoint Energy Inc.

       

2.50% 09/01/22 (h)

     274,000          261,865  

3.60% 11/01/21

     121,000          120,913  

CenturyLink Inc.

       

5.63% 04/01/25 (h)

     95,000          83,706  

5.80% 03/15/22 (h)

     87,000          83,554  

CF Industries Inc.

       

7.13% 05/01/20 (h)

     179,000          184,175  

Charter Communications Operating LLC/Charter Communications Operating Capital

       

3.58% 07/23/20 (h)

     107,000          106,865  

4.91% 07/23/25 (h)

     41,000          40,697  

5.38% 05/01/47 (h)

     73,000          65,647  

5.75% 04/01/48 (h)

     49,000          45,845  
 

 

See Notes to Schedules of Investments and Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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     Principal
Amount ($)
       Fair
Value
$
 

 

       

6.38% 10/23/35 (h)

     19,000          19,460  

6.48% 10/23/45 (h)

     46,000          46,732  

Chevron Corp.

       

2.42% 11/17/20 (h)

     79,000          78,277  

3.19% 06/24/23 (h)

     87,000          86,854  

Church & Dwight Company Inc.

       

2.45% 08/01/22 (h)

     63,000          60,827  

Cigna Corp.

       

4.13% 11/15/25 (b)(h)

     155,000          154,670  

4.38% 10/15/28 (b)(h)

     62,000          62,293  

4.80% 08/15/38 (b)(h)

     48,000          47,216  

4.90% 12/15/48 (b)(h)

     58,000          56,715  

Cigna Corp.

       

3.20% 09/17/20 (b)(h)

     214,000          213,187  

3.40% 09/17/21 (b)(h)

     107,000          106,782  

3.75% 07/15/23 (b)(h)

     93,000          92,772  

Cigna Holding Co.

       

3.25% 04/15/25 (h)

     96,000          91,341  

3.88% 10/15/47 (h)

     71,000          59,521  

Cimarex Energy Co.

       

3.90% 05/15/27 (h)

     15,000          13,980  

Cinemark USA Inc.

       

4.88% 06/01/23 (h)

     180,000          172,800  

Cisco Systems Inc.

       

5.90% 02/15/39 (h)

     70,000          86,495  

Citibank NA

       

2.85% 02/12/21 (h)

     255,000          252,769  

3.05% 05/01/20

     261,000          260,441  

Citigroup Inc.

       

2.70% 10/27/22 (h)

     112,000          107,936  

2.75% 04/25/22

     405,000          393,263  

2.90% 12/08/21 (h)

     176,000          172,843  

4.40% 06/10/25 (h)

     48,000          47,159  

4.45% 09/29/27 (h)

     35,000          33,737  

4.65%
07/30/45 -07/23/48 (h)

     216,000          211,070  

4.75% 05/18/46 (h)

     69,000          63,980  

Citigroup Inc. (2.88% fixed rate until 07/24/22; 0.95% + 3 month USD LIBOR thereafter)

       

2.88% 07/24/23 (h)(i)

     78,000          75,408  

Citigroup Inc. (3.88% fixed rate until 01/24/38; 1.17% + 3 month USD LIBOR thereafter)

       

3.88% 01/24/39 (h)(i)

     52,000          46,495  

Citigroup Inc. (4.28% fixed rate until 04/24/47; 1.84% + 3 month USD LIBOR thereafter)

       

4.28% 04/24/48 (h)(i)

     36,000          33,587  
     Principal
Amount ($)
       Fair
Value
$
 

CME Group Inc.

       

3.75% 06/15/28 (h)

     68,000          68,879  

CMS Energy Corp.

       

4.88% 03/01/44 (h)

     190,000          199,880  

CNA Financial Corp.

       

3.45% 08/15/27 (h)

     56,000          52,086  

5.88% 08/15/20 (h)

     262,000          271,704  

CNH Industrial Capital LLC

       

3.38% 07/15/19 (h)

     119,000          118,679  

4.38% 11/06/20 (h)

     93,000          93,515  

4.88% 04/01/21 (h)

     117,000          117,968  

CNH Industrial N.V.

       

4.50% 08/15/23 (h)

     154,000          155,015  

CNOOC Nexen Finance 2014 ULC

       

4.25% 04/30/24 (h)

     423,000          430,102  

Columbia Pipeline Group Inc.

       

3.30% 06/01/20 (h)

     110,000          109,647  

Comcast Corp.

       

3.38% 08/15/25 (h)

     6,000          5,846  

3.97% 11/01/47 (h)

     258,000          231,656  

4.15% 10/15/28 (h)

     286,000          290,296  

4.20% 08/15/34 (h)

     87,000          84,005  

4.25% 10/15/30 (h)

     103,000          104,117  

4.60% 08/15/45 (h)

     75,000          74,029  

4.70% 10/15/48 (h)

     61,000          61,725  

Commonwealth Bank of Australia

       

4.32% 01/10/48 (b)(h)

     203,000          176,927  

Conagra Brands Inc.

       

3.80% 10/22/21 (h)

     225,000          225,004  

4.30% 05/01/24 (h)

     241,000          239,756  

5.30% 11/01/38 (h)

     57,000          53,985  

5.40% 11/01/48 (h)

     95,000          87,601  

Conagra Brands Inc. 0.75% + 3 month USD LIBOR

       

3.22% 10/22/20 (h)(i)

     160,000          159,179  

Concho Resources Inc.

       

3.75% 10/01/27 (h)

     27,000          25,448  

4.30% 08/15/28 (h)

     131,000          128,163  

4.88% 10/01/47 (h)

     46,000          43,893  

ConocoPhillips Co.

       

4.30% 11/15/44 (h)

     109,000          107,505  

Consolidated Edison Company of New York Inc.

       

2.90% 12/01/26 (h)

     132,000          124,017  

3.88% 06/15/47 (h)

     68,000          62,325  

Constellation Brands Inc.

       

2.70% 05/09/22 (h)

     135,000          130,357  

4.50% 05/09/47 (h)

     32,000          28,671  

Continental Resources Inc.

       

4.50% 04/15/23 (h)

     97,000          95,220  
 

 

See Notes to Schedules of Investments and Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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     Principal
Amount ($)
       Fair
Value
$
 

 

       

Corning Inc.

       

4.38% 11/15/57 (h)

     62,000          52,034  

Corporation Andina de Fomento

       

2.20% 07/18/20 (h)

     190,000          187,110  

4.38% 06/15/22 (h)

     281,000          291,279  

Crane Co.

       

4.20% 03/15/48 (h)

     44,000          40,741  

Credit Suisse Group Funding Guernsey Ltd.

       

3.13% 12/10/20 (h)

     250,000          247,770  

3.80% 06/09/23 (h)

     470,000          461,610  

CSX Corp.

       

4.50% 08/01/54 (h)

     78,000          73,856  

CVS Health Corp.

       

2.25% 08/12/19 (h)

     205,000          203,891  

3.13% 03/09/20 (h)

     615,000          613,795  

3.35% 03/09/21 (h)

     400,000          398,792  

3.70% 03/09/23 (h)

     116,000          114,861  

3.88% 07/20/25 (h)

     59,000          57,537  

4.10% 03/25/25 (h)

     130,000          128,673  

4.30% 03/25/28 (h)

     51,000          49,912  

4.78% 03/25/38 (h)

     63,000          60,550  

5.00% 12/01/24 (h)

     126,000          131,205  

5.05% 03/25/48 (h)

     85,000          82,929  

5.13% 07/20/45 (h)

     35,000          34,129  

D.R. Horton Inc.

       

2.55% 12/01/20 (h)

     193,000          188,078  

Dana Financing Luxembourg Sarl

       

6.50% 06/01/26 (b)(h)

     250,000          240,100  

Dell International LLC/EMC Corp.

       

3.48% 06/01/19 (b)(h)

     218,000          217,481  

5.45% 06/15/23 (b)(h)

     84,000          85,597  

6.02% 06/15/26 (b)(h)

     48,000          48,228  

8.10% 07/15/36 (b)(h)

     13,000          14,064  

8.35% 07/15/46 (b)(h)

     27,000          29,251  

Deutsche Bank AG

       

2.70% 07/13/20 (h)

     155,000          150,333  

3.30% 11/16/22 (h)

     205,000          189,982  

Deutsche Bank AG (4.88% fixed rate until 12/01/27; 2.55% + USD 5 year Mid-Market Swap Rate thereafter)

       

4.88% 12/01/32 (h)(i)

     202,000          158,277  

Devon Energy Corp.

       

4.00% 07/15/21 (h)

     251,000          251,550  

5.00% 06/15/45 (h)

     51,000          45,106  

Dexia Credit Local S.A.

       

2.25% 01/30/19 (b)(h)

     343,000          342,904  
     Principal
Amount ($)
       Fair
Value
$
 

Diageo Investment Corp.

       

2.88% 05/11/22 (h)

     146,000          144,340  

Diamondback Energy Inc.

       

4.75% 11/01/24 (b)(h)

     235,000          226,843  

Discover Bank

       

3.10% 06/04/20 (h)

     291,000          288,946  

Discovery Communications LLC

       

2.20% 09/20/19 (h)

     178,000          176,414  

3.95% 03/20/28 (h)

     98,000          90,831  

5.00% 09/20/37 (h)

     39,000          36,022  

5.20% 09/20/47 (h)

     24,000          22,105  

DISH DBS Corp.

       

5.88% 07/15/22 (h)

     143,000          130,982  

Dollar Tree Inc.

       

3.70% 05/15/23 (h)

     116,000          113,686  

4.00% 05/15/25 (h)

     113,000          108,609  

Dominion Energy Inc.

       

2.58% 07/01/20 (h)

     124,000          122,135  

DowDuPont Inc.

       

3.77% 11/15/20 (h)

     405,000          408,738  

5.32% 11/15/38 (h)

     90,000          92,807  

5.42% 11/15/48 (h)

     90,000          93,727  

DTE Energy Co.

       

2.85% 10/01/26 (h)

     68,000          62,580  

3.85% 12/01/23 (h)

     69,000          69,352  

Duke Energy Carolinas LLC

       

3.95% 03/15/48 (h)

     76,000          72,703  

Duke Energy Corp.

       

1.80% 09/01/21

     172,000          164,368  

3.55% 09/15/21

     104,000          104,281  

3.75% 09/01/46 (h)

     26,000          22,600  

Duke Energy Progress LLC

       

4.15% 12/01/44 (h)

     79,000          77,059  

Duke Realty LP

       

3.25% 06/30/26 (h)

     75,000          71,257  

3.38% 12/15/27 (h)

     56,000          53,149  

Duquesne Light Holdings Inc.

       

3.62% 08/01/27 (b)(h)

     140,000          131,762  

Eastman Chemical Co.

       

3.50% 12/01/21 (h)

     127,000          127,605  

3.60% 08/15/22 (h)

     55,000          54,953  

4.50% 01/15/21 (h)

     225,000          228,204  

Eaton Corp.

       

3.10% 09/15/27 (h)

     83,000          78,310  

Ecolab Inc.

       

3.25% 12/01/27 (h)

     51,000          49,013  

3.95% 12/01/47 (h)

     50,000          46,952  

Ecopetrol S.A.

       

5.88% 05/28/45 (h)

     114,000          107,587  

Edison International

       

4.13% 03/15/28 (h)

     85,000          80,600  
 

 

See Notes to Schedules of Investments and Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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     Principal
Amount ($)
       Fair
Value
$
 

 

       

EI du Pont de Nemours & Co. 0.53% + 3 month USD LIBOR

       

3.07% 05/01/20 (h)(i)

     172,000          172,162  

Electricite de France S.A.

       

2.15% 01/22/19 (h)(b)

     224,000          223,845  

Eli Lilly & Co.

       

3.70% 03/01/45 (h)

     21,000          19,761  

EMC Corp.

       

2.65% 06/01/20 (h)

     447,000          429,263  

Emera US Finance LP

       

4.75% 06/15/46 (h)

     29,000          27,879  

Enbridge Energy Partners LP

       

5.50% 09/15/40 (h)

     18,000          18,494  

Encana Corp.

       

3.90% 11/15/21 (h)

     168,000          167,955  

Endo Dac/Endo Finance LLC/Endo Finco Inc.

       

5.88% 10/15/24 (b)(h)

     264,000          248,635  

Enel Finance International N.V.

       

3.63% 05/25/27 (b)(h)

     273,000          239,850  

Energy Transfer LP

       

4.25% 03/15/23 (h)

     101,000          97,402  

5.88% 01/15/24 (h)

     1,032,000          1,051,691  

7.50% 10/15/20 (h)

     177,000          184,965  

Energy Transfer Operating LP

       

4.95% 06/15/28 (h)

     44,000          43,162  

Energy Transfer Operating LP

       

5.80% 06/15/38 (h)

     69,000          66,798  

6.13% 12/15/45 (h)

     36,000          34,905  

6.50% 02/01/42 (h)

     108,000          108,908  

Energy Transfer Partners LP/Regency Energy Finance Corp.

       

4.50% 11/01/23 (h)

     76,000          75,812  

EnLink Midstream Partners LP

       

4.15% 06/01/25 (h)

     191,000          171,906  

Entergy Louisiana LLC

       

3.05% 06/01/31 (h)

     85,000          76,694  

4.00% 03/15/33 (h)

     46,000          46,350  

Enterprise Products Operating LLC

       

4.25% 02/15/48 (h)

     186,000          166,412  

Enterprise Products Operating LLC (5.25% fixed rate until 08/16/27; 3.03% + 3 month USD LIBOR thereafter)

       

5.25% 08/16/77 (h)(i)

     57,000          47,507  

EOG Resources Inc.

       

4.10% 02/01/21 (h)

     202,000          204,709  

4.15% 01/15/26 (h)

     87,000          88,734  
     Principal
Amount ($)
       Fair
Value
$
 

EPR Properties

       

4.95% 04/15/28 (h)

     77,000          76,229  

EQM Midstream Partners LP

       

4.75% 07/15/23 (h)

     30,000          29,842  

5.50% 07/15/28 (h)

     30,000          29,466  

EQT Corp.

       

3.90% 10/01/27 (h)

     53,000          45,832  

ERP Operating LP

       

4.50% 07/01/44 (h)

     48,000          48,301  

Exelon Corp.

       

3.50% 06/01/22 (h)

     111,000          108,468  

4.45% 04/15/46 (h)

     132,000          125,719  

Express Scripts Holding Co.

       

3.40% 03/01/27 (h)

     95,000          88,145  

Exxon Mobil Corp.

       

2.22% 03/01/21 (h)

     38,000          37,519  

FedEx Corp.

       

4.10% 02/01/45 (h)

     157,000          134,877  

FirstEnergy Corp.

       

3.90% 07/15/27 (h)

     39,000          37,779  

4.85% 07/15/47 (h)

     59,000          58,785  

Florida Power & Light Co.

       

4.13% 02/01/42 (h)

     90,000          90,554  

Ford Motor Co.

       

4.35% 12/08/26 (h)

     94,000          83,890  

Ford Motor Credit Company LLC

       

3.10% 05/04/23 (h)

     237,000          214,587  

3.22% 01/09/22 (h)

     215,000          201,679  

3.34% 03/28/22 (h)

     200,000          188,754  

Frontier Communications Corp.

       

7.13% 03/15/19 (h)

     172,000          166,481  

General Dynamics Corp.

       

2.13% 08/15/26 (h)

     125,000          112,789  

2.88% 05/11/20 (h)

     211,000          211,146  

3.00% 05/11/21 (h)

     296,000          296,299  

3.50% 05/15/25 (h)

     126,000          126,208  

General Mills Inc.

       

3.20% 04/16/21 (h)

     200,000          198,888  

3.70% 10/17/23 (h)

     113,000          112,477  

4.55% 04/17/38 (h)

     51,000          46,679  

4.70% 04/17/48 (h)

     51,000          46,418  

General Motors Co.

       

5.20% 04/01/45 (h)

     22,000          18,242  

5.40% 04/01/48 (h)

     46,000          40,342  

General Motors Financial Company Inc.

       

2.35% 10/04/19 (h)

     212,000          209,674  

3.15% 01/15/20 (h)

     206,000          204,684  

3.20% 07/13/20 (h)

     154,000          152,420  

3.45% 01/14/22

     253,000          244,846  

3.55% 04/09/21 (h)

     285,000          281,460  
 

 

See Notes to Schedules of Investments and Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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     Principal
Amount ($)
       Fair
Value
$
 

 

       

5.25% 03/01/26 (h)

     95,000          93,245  

Gilead Sciences Inc.

       

2.55% 09/01/20 (h)

     75,000          74,383  

2.95% 03/01/27 (h)

     26,000          24,170  

3.50% 02/01/25 (h)

     60,000          58,612  

3.65% 03/01/26 (h)

     62,000          60,851  

4.15% 03/01/47 (h)

     107,000          98,245  

4.80% 04/01/44 (h)

     48,000          47,924  

GlaxoSmithKline Capital Inc.

       

3.38% 05/15/23 (h)

     132,000          132,660  

3.63% 05/15/25 (h)

     126,000          126,719  

GlaxoSmithKline Capital PLC

       

3.13% 05/14/21 (h)

     148,000          148,192  

Glencore Finance Canada Ltd.

       

4.95% 11/15/21 (h)(b)

     86,000          88,159  

Glencore Funding LLC

       

2.50% 01/15/19 (h)(b)

     404,000          403,875  

Gray Escrow Inc.

       

7.00% 05/15/27 (h)(b)

     93,000          90,541  

Grupo Televisa SAB

       

5.00% 05/13/45 (h)

     204,000          178,314  

H&E Equipment Services Inc.

       

5.63% 09/01/25 (h)

     363,000          332,624  

Halliburton Co.

       

3.80% 11/15/25 (h)

     87,000          84,360  

5.00% 11/15/45 (h)

     63,000          61,823  

HCA Inc.

       

4.75% 05/01/23 (h)

     521,000          513,091  

5.88% 02/15/26

     97,000          97,343  

HD Supply Inc.

       

5.38% 10/15/26 (h)(b)

     95,000          92,150  

Hess Corp.

       

5.60% 02/15/41 (h)

     34,000          29,925  

5.80% 04/01/47 (h)

     22,000          19,773  

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co.

       

6.35% 10/15/45 (h)

     35,000          32,753  

Highwoods Realty LP

       

4.13% 03/15/28 (h)

     75,000          73,594  

Hilcorp Energy I LP/Hilcorp Finance Co.

       

5.75% 10/01/25 (b)(h)

     291,000          259,301  

6.25% 11/01/28 (b)(h)

     75,000          65,944  

HSBC Holdings PLC

       

4.25% 03/14/24 (h)

     222,000          221,629  

HSBC Holdings PLC (3.95% fixed rate until 05/18/23; 0.99% + 3 month USD LIBOR thereafter)

       

3.95% 05/18/24 (h)(i)

     216,000          214,745  
     Principal
Amount ($)
       Fair
Value
$
 

HSBC Holdings PLC (4.29% fixed rate until 09/12/25; 1.35% + 3 month USD LIBOR thereafter)

       

4.29% 09/12/26 (h)(i)

     220,000          216,152  

HSBC Holdings PLC (6.00% fixed rate until 05/22/27; 3.75% + USD 5 year Mid-Market Swap Rate thereafter)

       

6.00% 12/31/99 (h)(i)

     465,000          424,108  

HSBC Holdings PLC (6.50% fixed rate until 03/23/28; 3.61% + USD 5 year Mid-Market Swap Rate thereafter)

       

6.50% 12/31/99 (h)(i)

     205,000          187,841  

Hughes Satellite Systems Corp.

       

6.63% 08/01/26 (h)

     95,000          87,275  

Hyundai Capital America

       

3.10% 04/05/22 (h)(b)

     86,000          84,023  

Icahn Enterprises LP/Icahn Enterprises Finance Corp.

       

6.00% 08/01/20 (h)

     268,000          267,579  

ING Bank N.V.

       

2.70% 08/17/20 (h)(b)

     200,000          197,820  

Ingersoll-Rand Luxembourg Finance S.A.

       

3.55% 11/01/24 (h)

     105,000          104,000  

Intel Corp.

       

2.60% 05/19/26 (h)

     55,000          51,641  

2.88% 05/11/24 (h)

     41,000          39,987  

International Business Machines Corp.

       

3.30% 01/27/27 (h)

     132,000          126,878  

International Paper Co.

       

4.40% 08/15/47 (h)

     97,000          82,197  

Interstate Power & Light Co.

       

3.40% 08/15/25 (h)

     307,000          297,501  

j2 Cloud Services LLC/j2 Global Co-Obligor Inc.

       

6.00% 07/15/25 (b)(h)

     159,000          155,753  

Jabil Inc.

       

3.95% 01/12/28 (h)

     105,000          93,217  

JBS USA LUX S.A./JBS USA Finance Inc.

       

6.75% 02/15/28 (b)(h)

     193,000          188,536  

Jefferies Group LLC

       

5.13% 01/20/23 (h)

     78,000          80,084  

6.50% 01/20/43 (h)

     74,000          72,387  

Johnson & Johnson

       

3.63% 03/03/37 (h)

     65,000          62,483  
 

 

See Notes to Schedules of Investments and Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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     Principal
Amount ($)
       Fair
Value
$
 

 

       

Johnson Controls International PLC

       

4.50% 02/15/47 (h)

     40,000          36,850  

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

       

2.30% 08/15/21 (h)

     196,000          190,877  

2.55% 10/29/20 (h)

     197,000          194,705  

3.13% 01/23/25

     153,000          145,849  

3.30% 04/01/26 (h)

     102,000          97,058  

3.63% 12/01/27 (h)

     59,000          55,028  

JPMorgan Chase & Co. (3.51% fixed rate until 01/23/28; 0.95% + 3 month USD LIBOR thereafter)

       

3.51% 01/23/29 (h)(i)

     66,000          62,204  

JPMorgan Chase & Co. (3.88% fixed rate until 07/24/37; 1.36% + 3 month USD LIBOR thereafter)

       

3.88% 07/24/38 (h)(i)

     121,000          109,526  

JPMorgan Chase & Co. (3.90% fixed rate until 01/23/48; 1.22% + 3 month USD LIBOR thereafter)

       

3.90% 01/23/49 (h)(i)

     41,000          36,007  

JPMorgan Chase & Co. (4.01% fixed rate until 04/23/28; 1.12% + 3 month USD LIBOR thereafter)

       

4.01% 04/23/29 (h)(i)

     80,000          78,486  

JPMorgan Chase & Co. (4.03% fixed rate until 07/24/47; 1.46% + 3 month USD LIBOR thereafter)

       

4.03% 07/24/48 (h)(i)

     73,000          65,450  

JPMorgan Chase & Co. (4.63% fixed rate until 11/01/22; 2.58% + 3 month USD LIBOR thereafter)

       

4.63% 12/31/99 (h)(i)

     114,000          97,577  

JPMorgan Chase & Co. (6.10% fixed rate until 10/01/24; 3.33% + 3 month USD LIBOR thereafter)

       

6.10% 10/29/49 (h)(i)

     233,000          231,280  

JPMorgan Chase & Co. 3.47% + 3 month USD LIBOR

       

5.99% 12/29/49 (h)(i)

     104,000          102,705  

Keurig Dr Pepper Inc.

       

3.55% 05/25/21 (b)(h)

     633,000          632,139  

4.06% 05/25/23 (b)(h)

     132,000          131,603  

4.50% 11/15/45 (h)

     57,000          50,080  

4.60% 05/25/28 (b)(h)

     126,000          125,573  
     Principal
Amount ($)
       Fair
Value
$
 

Kimberly-Clark Corp.

       

3.95% 11/01/28 (h)

     227,000          233,465  

Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP

       

3.50% 03/01/21 (h)

     298,000          297,002  

4.70% 11/01/42 (h)

     23,000          20,390  

5.30% 09/15/20 (h)

     101,000          103,817  

6.38% 03/01/41 (h)

     47,000          50,078  

Kinder Morgan Inc.

       

3.05% 12/01/19 (h)

     67,000          66,608  

4.30% 03/01/28 (h)

     74,000          72,493  

5.05% 02/15/46 (h)

     47,000          43,698  

5.55% 06/01/45 (h)

     54,000          53,799  

Kraft Heinz Foods Co.

       

4.38% 06/01/46 (h)

     89,000          73,639  

L Brands Inc.

       

5.25% 02/01/28 (h)

     288,000          246,165  

L3 Technologies Inc.

       

3.85% 12/15/26 (h)

     116,000          112,191  

Lamb Weston Holdings Inc.

       

4.63% 11/01/24 (h)(b)

     292,000          284,609  

Lee Enterprises Inc.

       

9.50% 03/15/22 (h)(b)

     203,000          206,749  

Lennar Corp.

       

4.75%
05/30/25 - 11/29/27 (h)

     452,000          416,341  

Lincoln National Corp.

       

3.63% 12/12/26 (h)

     59,000          56,869  

3.80% 03/01/28 (h)

     70,000          67,435  

4.35% 03/01/48 (h)

     70,000          63,630  

Lloyds Banking Group PLC (2.91% fixed rate until 11/07/22; 0.81% + 3 month USD LIBOR thereafter)

       

2.91% 11/07/23 (h)(i)

     203,000          191,959  

Lockheed Martin Corp.

       

3.55% 01/15/26 (h)

     65,000          64,421  

Lowe’s Companies Inc.

       

3.70% 04/15/46 (h)

     30,000          24,496  

LYB International Finance BV

       

4.88% 03/15/44 (h)

     35,000          31,844  

LYB International Finance II BV

       

3.50% 03/02/27 (h)

     41,000          37,433  

Macy’s Retail Holdings Inc.

       

4.30% 02/15/43 (h)

     29,000          21,416  

Marathon Oil Corp.

       

2.70% 06/01/20 (h)

     231,000          227,216  

3.85% 06/01/25 (h)

     48,000          45,005  

Marsh & McLennan Companies Inc.

       

3.50% 03/10/25 (h)

     93,000          90,937  
 

 

See Notes to Schedules of Investments and Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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     Principal
Amount ($)
       Fair
Value
$
 

 

       

Masco Corp.

       

3.50% 11/15/27 (h)

     38,000          34,985  

McDonald’s Corp.

       

3.70% 01/30/26 (h)

     23,000          22,594  

3.80% 04/01/28 (h)

     108,000          105,870  

4.88% 12/09/45 (h)

     47,000          47,373  

McKesson Corp.

       

3.65% 11/30/20

     505,000          507,065  

Medtronic Inc.

       

2.50% 03/15/20 (h)

     223,000          222,039  

4.63% 03/15/45 (h)

     114,000          119,866  

Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

       

4.13% 07/01/52 (h)

     118,000          117,070  

Merck & Company Inc.

       

2.75% 02/10/25 (h)

     90,000          87,088  

MetLife Inc.

       

4.05% 03/01/45 (h)

     26,000          24,014  

4.72% 12/15/44 (h)

     78,000          79,602  

MGM Resorts International

       

4.63% 09/01/26 (h)

     167,000          150,090  

Microsoft Corp.

       

2.40% 08/08/26 (h)

     112,000          104,474  

3.45% 08/08/36 (h)

     57,000          54,120  

3.50% 02/12/35 (h)

     65,000          62,419  

3.70% 08/08/46 (h)

     246,000          236,180  

4.00% 02/12/55 (h)

     87,000          85,673  

4.10% 02/06/37 (h)

     33,000          33,903  

4.50% 02/06/57 (h)

     34,000          36,599  

Mizuho Financial Group Inc.

       

2.63% 04/12/21 (b)(h)

     442,000          434,088  

Mizuho Financial Group Inc. (3.92% fixed rate until 09/11/23; 1.00% + 3 month USD LIBOR thereafter)

       

3.92% 09/11/24 (h)(i)

     220,000          222,380  

Molina Healthcare Inc.

       

4.88% 06/15/25 (b)(h)

     227,000          207,328  

Molson Coors Brewing Co.

       

2.10% 07/15/21 (h)

     214,000          206,172  

4.20% 07/15/46 (h)

     48,000          39,888  

Morgan Stanley

       

2.45% 02/01/19 (h)

     560,000          559,675  

2.63% 11/17/21 (h)

     203,000          197,976  

2.65% 01/27/20 (h)

     188,000          186,678  

2.75% 05/19/22 (h)

     406,000          394,616  

3.70% 10/23/24 (h)

     45,000          44,298  

3.95% 04/23/27 (h)

     240,000          226,008  

4.10% 05/22/23 (h)

     170,000          170,384  

4.38% 01/22/47 (h)

     105,000          99,451  
     Principal
Amount ($)
       Fair
Value
$
 

Morgan Stanley (3.97% fixed rate until 07/22/37; 1.46% + 3 month USD LIBOR thereafter)

       

3.97% 07/22/38 (h)(i)

     54,000          49,239  

MPLX LP

       

3.38% 03/15/23 (h)

     62,000          60,221  

4.50% 04/15/38 (h)

     61,000          53,571  

4.70% 04/15/48 (h)

     62,000          53,544  

5.50% 02/15/49 (h)

     114,000          110,488  

MUFG Bank Ltd.

       

2.30% 03/10/19 (b)(h)

     600,000          599,166  

MUFG Bank Ltd.

       

2.30% 03/05/20 (b)(h)

     216,000          213,736  

Murphy Oil Corp.

       

5.75% 08/15/25 (h)

     651,000          610,417  

Mylan Inc.

       

4.55% 04/15/28 (b)(h)

     33,000          30,765  

5.20% 04/15/48 (b)(h)

     59,000          50,226  

Mylan N.V.

       

3.15% 06/15/21 (h)

     90,000          88,213  

3.95% 06/15/26 (h)

     50,000          45,119  

National Retail Properties Inc.

       

4.00% 11/15/25 (h)

     103,000          102,043  

Navient Corp.

       

6.75% 06/15/26 (h)

     180,000          149,414  

8.00% 03/25/20 (h)

     167,000          169,846  

Newell Brands Inc.

       

3.85% 04/01/23 (h)

     43,000          42,439  

4.20% 04/01/26 (h)

     42,000          40,833  

Newfield Exploration Co.

       

5.38% 01/01/26 (h)

     289,000          286,058  

5.75% 01/30/22 (h)

     266,000          269,990  

Newmark Group Inc.

       

6.13% 11/15/23 (b)(h)

     70,000          67,228  

Newmont Mining Corp.

       

4.88% 03/15/42 (h)

     85,000          80,366  

Nexen Energy ULC

       

6.40% 05/15/37 (h)

     59,000          72,240  

NGPL PipeCo LLC

       

4.88% 08/15/27 (b)(h)

     51,000          48,388  

Noble Energy Inc.

       

3.90% 11/15/24 (h)

     65,000          62,705  

5.05% 11/15/44 (h)

     26,000          22,640  

Nordstrom Inc.

       

5.00% 01/15/44 (h)

     4,000          3,438  

Norfolk Southern Corp.

       

3.95% 10/01/42 (h)

     83,000          75,993  

Northern States Power Co.

       

2.20% 08/15/20 (h)

     355,000          350,122  

Northrop Grumman Corp.

       

2.08% 10/15/20 (h)

     67,000          65,738  
 

 

See Notes to Schedules of Investments and Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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     Principal
Amount ($)
       Fair
Value
$
 

 

       

2.55% 10/15/22 (h)

     53,000          51,330  

3.25% 01/15/28 (h)

     65,000          60,730  

3.85% 04/15/45 (h)

     24,000          21,180  

4.03% 10/15/47 (h)

     62,000          56,338  

Novartis Capital Corp.

       

3.00% 11/20/25 (h)

     16,000          15,509  

Nucor Corp.

       

3.95% 05/01/28 (h)

     121,000          119,767  

4.13% 09/15/22 (h)

     77,000          79,268  

Nutrien Ltd.

       

4.00% 12/15/26 (h)

     58,000          56,119  

4.90% 06/01/43 (h)

     79,000          75,769  

NXP BV/NXP Funding LLC

       

4.13% 06/01/21 (b)

     262,000          259,296  

Occidental Petroleum Corp.

       

4.10% 02/15/47 (h)

     33,000          31,043  

4.20% 03/15/48 (h)

     53,000          50,612  

Olin Corp.

       

5.00% 02/01/30 (h)

     289,000          252,788  

Omnicom Group Inc./Omnicom Capital Inc.

       

3.63% 05/01/22 (h)

     118,000          116,415  

Oncor Electric Delivery Company LLC

       

3.80% 09/30/47 (h)

     28,000          26,386  

Oracle Corp.

       

2.40% 09/15/23 (h)

     61,000          58,558  

3.25% 11/15/27 (h)

     93,000          89,694  

3.80% 11/15/37 (h)

     37,000          34,567  

4.00%
07/15/46 - 11/15/47 (h)

     175,000          163,064  

4.13% 05/15/45 (h)

     46,000          43,606  

Oshkosh Corp.

       

5.38% 03/01/25 (h)

     95,000          95,523  

Owens Corning

       

4.40% 01/30/48 (h)

     53,000          40,582  

Owens-Brockway Glass Container Inc.

       

6.38% 08/15/25 (b)(h)

     100,000          99,121  

Pacific Gas & Electric Co.

       

3.40% 08/15/24 (h)

     456,000          397,299  

PacifiCorp

       

6.25% 10/15/37 (h)

     4,000          4,969  

Packaging Corporation of America

       

3.40% 12/15/27 (h)

     41,000          38,333  

Parker-Hannifin Corp.

       

3.25% 03/01/27 (h)

     165,000          158,072  

Party City Holdings Inc.

       

6.63% 08/01/26 (b)(h)

     220,000          200,077  

Penske Automotive Group Inc.

       

5.38% 12/01/24 (h)

     243,000          227,543  
     Principal
Amount ($)
       Fair
Value
$
 

PepsiCo Inc.

       

3.45% 10/06/46 (h)

     50,000          44,748  

Perrigo Finance Unlimited Co.

       

3.90% 12/15/24 (h)

     223,000          213,884  

Petroleos Mexicanos

       

4.50% 01/23/26 (h)

     58,000          50,194  

5.35% 02/12/28

     48,000          41,998  

5.63% 01/23/46 (h)

     61,000          46,213  

6.35% 02/12/48

     60,000          47,932  

6.38% 01/23/45 (h)

     79,000          63,879  

6.50% 03/13/27 (h)

     110,000          103,654  

6.75% 09/21/47 (h)

     141,000          116,838  

Pfizer Inc.

       

3.00% 12/15/26 (h)

     54,000          52,121  

3.20% 09/15/23 (h)

     93,000          93,239  

3.60% 09/15/28 (h)

     155,000          155,575  

4.13% 12/15/46 (h)

     59,000          59,220  

4.40% 05/15/44 (h)

     34,000          35,380  

Philip Morris International Inc.

       

4.13% 03/04/43 (h)

     108,000          95,952  

Phillips 66

       

3.90% 03/15/28 (h)

     114,000          109,693  

Phillips 66 Partners LP

       

3.75% 03/01/28 (h)

     51,000          47,110  

4.68% 02/15/45 (h)

     68,000          60,496  

Pilgrim’s Pride Corp.

       

5.88% 09/30/27 (b)(h)

     335,000          305,393  

Pioneer Natural Resources Co.

       

3.95% 07/15/22

     166,000          166,402  

Plains All American Pipeline LP/PAA Finance Corp.

       

4.70% 06/15/44 (h)

     48,000          40,044  

5.75% 01/15/20 (h)

     143,000          145,863  

PPL Capital Funding Inc.

       

3.10% 05/15/26 (h)

     135,000          126,577  

Precision Castparts Corp.

       

4.38% 06/15/45 (h)

     105,000          104,897  

Prudential Financial Inc. (5.70% fixed rate until 09/15/28; 2.67% + 3 month USD LIBOR thereafter)

       

5.70% 09/15/48 (h)(i)

     153,000          140,817  

Public Service Company of Colorado

       

3.70% 06/15/28 (h)

     142,000          143,438  

Public Service Electric & Gas Co.

       

2.38% 05/15/23 (h)

     231,000          223,164  

PulteGroup Inc.

       

5.50% 03/01/26 (h)

     200,000          193,000  

QUALCOMM Inc.

       

2.90% 05/20/24 (h)

     7,000          6,663  

3.00% 05/20/22 (h)

     50,000          49,257  
 

 

See Notes to Schedules of Investments and Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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     Principal
Amount ($)
       Fair
Value
$
 

 

       

3.25% 05/20/27 (h)

     6,000          5,582  

4.30% 05/20/47 (h)

     26,000          23,144  

Quicken Loans Inc.

       

5.25% 01/15/28 (b)(h)

     190,000          170,519  

Range Resources Corp.

       

5.00% 08/15/22 (h)

     289,000          258,747  

Realty Income Corp.

       

3.00% 01/15/27 (h)

     52,000          48,271  

Republic Services Inc.

       

3.38% 11/15/27 (h)

     38,000          36,439  

Reynolds American Inc.

       

4.45% 06/12/25 (h)

     4,000          3,847  

Rio Tinto Finance USA PLC

       

4.13% 08/21/42 (h)

     54,000          52,044  

Rockwell Collins Inc.

       

3.50% 03/15/27 (h)

     87,000          81,889  

Rogers Communications Inc.

       

5.00% 03/15/44 (h)

     41,000          42,606  

Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC (4.52% fixed rate until 06/25/23; 1.55% + 3 month USD LIBOR thereafter)

       

4.52% 06/25/24 (h)(i)

     201,000          196,946  

RPM International Inc.

       

3.75% 03/15/27 (h)

     68,000          64,694  

Ryder System Inc.

       

2.45% 09/03/19 (h)

     410,000          407,634  

Sabine Pass Liquefaction LLC

       

4.20% 03/15/28 (h)

     77,000          73,263  

5.00% 03/15/27 (h)

     39,000          39,256  

salesforce.com Inc.

       

3.25% 04/11/23 (h)

     116,000          116,463  

3.70% 04/11/28 (h)

     160,000          160,702  

Santander Holdings USA Inc.

       

2.65% 04/17/20 (h)

     316,000          311,971  

3.70% 03/28/22 (h)

     283,000          277,917  

4.40% 07/13/27 (h)

     68,000          64,191  

Santander UK Group Holdings PLC

       

4.75% 09/15/25 (b)(h)

     200,000          188,550  

Schlumberger Holdings Corp.

       

3.00% 12/21/20 (b)(h)

     128,000          126,924  

3.63% 12/21/22 (b)

     360,000          358,355  

4.00% 12/21/25 (b)

     136,000          134,100  

Sempra Energy

       

3.80% 02/01/38 (h)

     44,000          37,877  

4.00% 02/01/48 (h)

     54,000          45,578  

Shell International Finance BV

       

2.38% 08/21/22

     177,000          171,968  

3.75% 09/12/46 (h)

     41,000          37,985  

4.13% 05/11/35 (h)

     50,000          49,788  
     Principal
Amount ($)
       Fair
Value
$
 

Shire Acquisitions Investments Ireland DAC

       

2.88% 09/23/23 (h)

     23,000          21,733  

3.20% 09/23/26 (h)

     44,000          40,108  

Siemens Financieringsmaatschappij N.V.

       

2.00% 09/15/23 (b)

     260,000          243,636  

Simon Property Group LP

       

3.38% 06/15/27 (h)

     93,000          89,167  

Sinclair Television Group Inc.

       

5.38% 04/01/21 (h)

     259,000          258,156  

Sirius XM Radio Inc.

       

5.00% 08/01/27 (b)(h)

     95,000          86,763  

SM Energy Co.

       

5.63% 06/01/25

     97,000          84,390  

Smithfield Foods Inc.

       

2.70% 01/31/20 (b)(h)

     81,000          79,991  

4.25% 02/01/27 (b)(h)

     94,000          85,894  

South Carolina Electric & Gas Co.

       

4.10% 06/15/46 (h)

     49,000          46,497  

Southern California Edison Co.

       

2.40% 02/01/22 (h)

     150,000          144,486  

Southern Company Gas Capital Corp.

       

4.40% 05/30/47 (h)

     19,000          17,690  

Southern Copper Corp.

       

5.88% 04/23/45 (h)

     64,000          65,068  

Southwestern Electric Power Co.

       

2.75% 10/01/26 (h)

     107,000          98,534  

Spectra Energy Partners LP

       

3.38% 10/15/26 (h)

     34,000          31,855  

4.50% 03/15/45 (h)

     23,000          21,037  

Sprint Corp.

       

7.63% 02/15/25 (h)

     378,000          381,565  

Standard Industries Inc.

       

5.38% 11/15/24 (h)(b)

     516,000          485,819  

Starbucks Corp.

       

4.00% 11/15/28 (h)

     72,000          71,220  

Steel Dynamics Inc.

       

5.13% 10/01/21 (h)

     95,000          95,542  

Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc.

       

2.78% 07/12/22 (h)

     229,000          223,071  

Suncor Energy Inc.

       

4.00% 11/15/47 (h)

     30,000          26,601  

Sunoco Logistics Partners Operations LP

       

5.30% 04/01/44 (h)

     85,000          75,047  

Syngenta Finance N.V.

       

3.70% 04/24/20 (h)(b)

     225,000          225,094  
 

 

See Notes to Schedules of Investments and Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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     Principal
Amount ($)
       Fair
Value
$
 

 

       

3.93% 04/23/21 (b)(h)

     330,000          324,895  

4.44% 04/24/23 (b)(h)

     200,000          192,370  

5.18% 04/24/28 (b)(h)

     200,000          184,304  

Sysco Corp.

       

3.25% 07/15/27 (h)

     79,000          73,915  

T-Mobile USA Inc.

       

4.50% 02/01/26 (h)

     366,000          338,056  

Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Ltd.

       

3.80% 11/26/20 (b)

     209,000          210,509  

4.00% 11/26/21 (b)

     310,000          313,890  

Tampa Electric Co.

       

4.35% 05/15/44 (h)

     140,000          139,051  

Target Corp.

       

2.50% 04/15/26 (h)

     95,000          88,658  

Teck Resources Ltd.

       

5.40% 02/01/43 (h)

     244,000          212,107  

6.00% 08/15/40 (h)

     142,000          131,016  

Telecom Italia S.p.A.

       

5.30% 05/30/24 (h)(b)

     477,000          452,363  

Telefonica Emisiones SA

       

4.10% 03/08/27 (h)

     300,000          289,833  

Tenet Healthcare Corp.

       

4.63% 07/15/24

     95,000          88,492  

4.75% 06/01/20 (h)

     330,000          329,746  

6.00% 10/01/20 (h)

     320,000          322,653  

Teva Pharmaceutical Finance Netherlands III BV

       

1.70% 07/19/19 (h)

     517,000          508,640  

2.20% 07/21/21 (h)

     80,000          73,416  

2.80% 07/21/23 (h)

     480,000          413,198  

Texas Instruments Inc.

       

4.15% 05/15/48 (h)

     62,000          61,898  

The Allstate Corp.

       

4.20% 12/15/46 (h)

     51,000          49,553  

The Allstate Corp. (5.75% fixed rate until 08/15/23; 2.94% + 3 month USD LIBOR thereafter)

       

5.75% 08/15/53 (h)(i)

     205,000          198,676  

The Bank of New York Mellon Corp. (2.66% fixed rate until 05/16/22; 0.63% + 3 month USD LIBOR thereafter)

       

2.66% 05/16/23 (h)(i)

     97,000          94,554  

The Bank of New York Mellon Corp. (4.63% fixed rate until 09/20/26; 3.13% + 3 month USD LIBOR thereafter)

       

4.63% 12/29/49 (h)(i)

     115,000          103,107  
     Principal
Amount ($)
       Fair
Value
$
 

The Bank of Nova Scotia (4.65% fixed rate until 10/12/22; 2.65% + 3 month USD LIBOR thereafter)

       

4.65% 12/31/99 (h)(i)

     146,000          129,213  

The Boeing Co.

       

3.25% 03/01/28 (h)

     97,000          95,006  

3.55% 03/01/38 (h)

     105,000          97,938  

The Chemours Co.

       

5.38% 05/15/27 (h)

     95,000          85,593  

The Dow Chemical Co.

       

4.25% 10/01/34 (h)

     89,000          80,614  

5.55% 11/30/48 (b)

     90,000          91,490  

The George Washington University

       

4.13% 09/15/48

     100,000          99,966  

The Goldman Sachs Group Inc.

       

3.85% 01/26/27 (h)

     53,000          49,941  

4.25% 10/21/25 (h)

     9,000          8,603  

4.80% 07/08/44 (h)

     74,000          70,432  

5.15% 05/22/45 (h)

     67,000          63,133  

The Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (2.91% fixed rate until 06/05/22; 1.05% + 3 month USD LIBOR thereafter)

       

2.91% 06/05/23 (h)(i)

     185,000          176,875  

The Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (3.81% fixed rate until 04/23/28; 1.16% + 3 month USD LIBOR thereafter)

       

3.81% 04/23/29 (h)(i)

     66,000          61,470  

The Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (4.02% fixed rate until 10/31/37; 1.37% + 3 month USD LIBOR thereafter)

       

4.02% 10/31/38 (h)(i)

     75,000          65,893  

The Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (4.22% fixed rate until 05/01/28; 1.30% + 3 month USD LIBOR thereafter)

       

4.22% 05/01/29 (h)(i)

     93,000          89,601  

The Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. 2.13% + 3 month USD LIBOR

       

4.74% 02/12/67 (b)(h)(i)

     120,000          96,007  

The Home Depot Inc.

       

3.35% 09/15/25 (h)

     51,000          50,383  

3.50% 09/15/56 (h)

     82,000          68,875  

3.90% 12/06/28

     136,000          139,131  

3.90% 06/15/47 (h)

     62,000          58,652  

4.50% 12/06/48

     114,000          117,768  
 

 

See Notes to Schedules of Investments and Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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     Principal
Amount ($)
       Fair
Value
$
 

 

       

The Interpublic Group of Companies Inc.

       

3.75% 10/01/21 (h)

     214,000          215,327  

The Korea Development Bank

       

3.38% 09/16/25 (h)

     205,000          201,699  

The Kroger Co.

       

2.95% 11/01/21 (h)

     225,000          221,357  

4.65% 01/15/48 (h)

     50,000          45,091  

The Mosaic Co.

       

5.63% 11/15/43 (h)

     24,000          24,244  

The Sherwin-Williams Co.

       

2.25% 05/15/20 (h)

     146,000          143,712  

2.75% 06/01/22 (h)

     55,000          53,161  

3.45% 06/01/27 (h)

     4,000          3,724  

4.50% 06/01/47 (h)

     17,000          15,328  

The Southern Co.

       

1.85% 07/01/19 (h)

     534,000          530,054  

3.25% 07/01/26 (h)

     55,000          51,432  

4.40% 07/01/46 (h)

     27,000          24,881  

The Toronto-Dominion Bank (3.63% fixed rate until 09/15/26; 2.21% + USD 5 year Swap Rate thereafter)

       

3.63% 09/15/31 (h)(i)

     161,000          152,042  

The Walt Disney Co.

       

4.13% 06/01/44 (h)

     33,000          32,661  

The Williams Companies Inc.

       

3.75% 06/15/27 (h)

     33,000          31,027  

3.90% 01/15/25 (h)

     57,000          55,318  

4.85% 03/01/48 (h)

     66,000          59,974  

4.90% 01/15/45 (h)

     36,000          32,638  

5.40% 03/04/44 (h)

     24,000          22,998  

Time Warner Cable LLC

       

4.50% 09/15/42 (h)

     22,000          17,486  

6.55% 05/01/37 (h)

     59,000          59,644  

TransCanada PipeLines Ltd.

       

4.25% 05/15/28 (h)

     205,000          202,901  

4.88% 01/15/26 (h)

     34,000          35,170  

Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Company LLC

       

4.00% 03/15/28 (h)

     93,000          89,843  

Tyco Electronics Group S.A.

       

2.35% 08/01/19 (h)

     308,000          306,411  

3.13% 08/15/27 (h)

     90,000          83,562  

Tyson Foods Inc.

       

2.65% 08/15/19 (h)

     63,000          62,674  

4.55% 06/02/47 (h)

     26,000          22,867  

U.S. Bancorp

       

3.15% 04/27/27

     141,000          135,339  

U.S. Bancorp (5.13% fixed rate until 01/15/21; 3.49% + 3 month USD LIBOR thereafter)

       

5.13% 12/29/49 (h)(i)

     317,000          314,572  
     Principal
Amount ($)
       Fair
Value
$
 

UBS Group Funding Switzerland AG (2.86% fixed rate until 08/15/22; 0.95% + 3 month USD LIBOR thereafter)

       

2.86% 08/15/23 (b)(h)(i)

     284,000          272,481  

Union Pacific Corp.

       

3.20% 06/08/21 (h)

     212,000          212,770  

3.50% 06/08/23 (h)

     143,000          143,373  

3.60% 09/15/37 (h)

     25,000          22,363  

4.10% 09/15/67 (h)

     50,000          42,038  

United Rentals North America Inc.

       

4.88% 01/15/28

     97,000          85,150  

United Technologies Corp.

       

3.65% 08/16/23 (h)

     154,000          153,418  

3.75% 11/01/46 (h)

     68,000          58,168  

3.95% 08/16/25 (h)

     61,000          60,579  

4.13% 11/16/28 (h)

     18,000          17,836  

4.15% 05/15/45 (h)

     78,000          69,794  

4.45% 11/16/38 (h)

     63,000          60,779  

4.50% 06/01/42 (h)

     56,000          53,221  

UnitedHealth Group Inc.

       

4.45% 12/15/48

     89,000          91,674  

4.75% 07/15/45 (h)

     17,000          17,978  

Vale Overseas Ltd.

       

4.38% 01/11/22 (h)

     13,000          13,238  

6.25% 08/10/26 (h)

     42,000          45,486  

6.88% 11/10/39 (h)

     47,000          54,300  

Vale S.A.

       

5.63% 09/11/42 (h)

     29,000          29,296  

Valero Energy Partners LP

       

4.38% 12/15/26 (h)

     169,000          166,059  

Ventas Realty LP

       

3.25% 10/15/26 (h)

     104,000          96,734  

Verizon Communications Inc.

       

3.38% 02/15/25 (h)

     45,000          43,651  

4.33% 09/21/28 (h)

     112,000          112,410  

4.40% 11/01/34 (h)

     87,000          83,974  

4.67% 03/15/55 (h)

     74,000          68,121  

4.86% 08/21/46 (h)

     363,000          357,170  

5.01% 04/15/49 (h)

     47,000          46,828  

5.25% 03/16/37 (h)

     59,000          61,769  

Viacom Inc.

       

3.45% 10/04/26 (h)

     66,000          61,042  

4.38% 03/15/43

     68,000          54,951  

5.25% 04/01/44 (h)

     20,000          17,989  

Virgin Media Finance PLC

       

5.75% 01/15/25 (b)(h)

     234,000          220,140  

Virginia Electric & Power Co.

       

4.00% 11/15/46 (h)

     143,000          135,448  

Visa Inc.

       

3.15% 12/14/25 (h)

     39,000          38,306  
 

 

See Notes to Schedules of Investments and Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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     Principal
Amount ($)
       Fair
Value
$
 

 

       

4.30% 12/14/45 (h)

     62,000          64,205  

Vodafone Group PLC

       

4.38% 05/30/28 (h)

     139,000          134,738  

5.25% 05/30/48 (h)

     48,000          44,976  

Volkswagen Group of America Finance LLC

       

4.00% 11/12/21 (b)(h)

     400,000          399,512  

Vornado Realty LP

       

3.50% 01/15/25 (h)

     59,000          56,808  

Vulcan Materials Co.

       

3.90% 04/01/27 (h)

     41,000          38,898  

Wabtec Corp.

       

3.45% 11/15/26 (h)

     38,000          33,925  

Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc.

       

4.65% 06/01/46 (h)

     36,000          32,499  

Walmart Inc.

       

3.63% 12/15/47 (h)

     60,000          55,533  

3.70% 06/26/28 (h)

     132,000          133,885  

3.95% 06/28/38 (h)

     51,000          50,678  

4.05% 06/29/48 (h)

     63,000          62,592  

Warner Media LLC

       

5.35% 12/15/43 (h)

     64,000          61,402  

WEC Energy Group Inc.

       

3.55% 06/15/25 (h)

     98,000          95,265  

WellCare Health Plans Inc.

       

5.25% 04/01/25 (h)

     212,000          204,090  

Wells Fargo & Co.

       

2.63% 07/22/22 (h)

     299,000          288,365  

3.90% 05/01/45 (h)

     7,000          6,424  

4.75% 12/07/46 (h)

     186,000          179,512  

Wells Fargo & Co. (5.88% fixed rate until 06/15/25; 3.99% + 3 month USD LIBOR thereafter)

       

5.88% 12/29/49 (h)(i)

     138,000          136,526  

Wells Fargo & Co. (5.90% fixed rate until 06/15/24; 3.11% + 3 month USD LIBOR thereafter)

       

5.90% 12/29/49 (h)(i)

     143,000          136,150  

Wells Fargo & Co. 3.77% + 3 month USD LIBOR

       

6.56% 03/29/49 (h)(i)

     190,000          188,887  

Wells Fargo Bank NA

       

2.60% 01/15/21 (h)

     989,000          976,143  

Western Gas Partners LP

       

4.00% 07/01/22 (h)

     245,000          241,746  

5.38% 06/01/21 (h)

     42,000          43,270  

Westlake Chemical Corp.

       

3.60% 08/15/26 (h)

     27,000          24,823  

4.38% 11/15/47 (h)

     15,000          12,451  

5.00% 08/15/46 (h)

     36,000          32,903  
     Principal
Amount ($)
       Fair
Value
$
 

Willis North America Inc.

       

3.60% 05/15/24 (h)

     101,000          98,363  

WPP Finance 2010

       

3.75% 09/19/24 (h)

     66,000          61,528  

WRKCo Inc.

       

3.00% 09/15/24 (b)(h)

     72,000          67,685  

Xilinx Inc.

       

2.95% 06/01/24 (h)

     67,000          63,968  

XPO Logistics Inc.

       

6.50% 06/15/22 (b)(h)

     121,000          119,823  

Yamana Gold Inc.

       

4.63% 12/15/27 (h)

     89,000          82,279  

Zoetis Inc.

       

3.00% 09/12/27 (h)

     40,000          36,938  

3.90% 08/20/28 (h)

     93,000          91,899  
       

 

 

 
          98,037,452  
       

 

 

 

Non-Agency Collateralized Mortgage Obligations - 3.0%

 

BANK 2018-BNK11

       

4.36% 03/15/61 (i)

     139,000          140,808  

BXP Trust 2017-GM

       

3.38% 06/13/39 (h)(b)

     714,000          698,189  

Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust 2016-P5

       

2.94% 10/10/49 (h)

     399,397          381,712  

Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust 2016-P6

       

3.72% 12/10/49 (h)(i)

     560,118          564,425  

4.03% 12/10/49 (h)(i)

     336,823          339,045  

Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust 2018-C5

       

4.51% 06/10/51

     250,000          255,497  

COMM 2013-LC13 Mortgage Trust

       

4.56% 08/10/46 (b)(h)(i)

     170,000          175,653  

COMM 2014-CR14 Mortgage Trust

       

4.53% 02/10/47 (h)(i)

     240,000          248,046  

GS Mortgage Securities Trust 2012-GCJ9

       

1.96% 11/10/45 (g)(h)(i)

     727,520          46,145  

GS Mortgage Securities Trust 2016-GS3

       

2.85% 10/10/49 (h)

     333,000          315,860  

GS Mortgage Securities Trust 2017-GS5

       

3.67% 03/10/50 (h)

     406,216          405,784  

GS Mortgage Securities Trust 2017-GS8

       

3.47% 11/10/50 (h)

     767,075          754,413  

GS Mortgage Securities Trust 2018-GS9

       

4.14% 03/10/51 (i)

     291,000          295,180  
 

 

See Notes to Schedules of Investments and Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Principal
Amount ($)
       Fair
Value
$
 

 

       

Impac CMB Trust 2004-5 0.72% + 1 month USD LIBOR

       

3.23% 10/25/34 (h)(i)

     63,800          61,991  

JP Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Corp. 2012-LC9

       

1.53% 12/15/47 (g)(h)(i)

     781,896          34,732  

JPMBB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust 2013-C12

       

4.03% 07/15/45 (h)(i)

     125,000          126,605  

LB-UBS Commercial Mortgage Trust 2004-C8

       

0.32% 12/15/39 (b)(g)(h)(i)

     81,835          78  

LB-UBS Commercial Mortgage Trust 2007-C6

       

6.11% 07/15/40 (h)(i)

     5,745          5,777  

6.11% 07/15/40 (b)(h)

     12,290          12,357  

Morgan Stanley Bank of America Merrill Lynch Trust 2015-C21

       

0.94% 03/15/48 (g)(h)(i)

     3,634,106          159,465  

Morgan Stanley Capital I Trust 2006-IQ11

       

6.25% 10/15/42 (h)(i)

     250,000          255,062  

Morgan Stanley Capital I Trust 2006-T21

       

5.24% 10/12/52 (h)(i)

     25,355          25,574  

UBS Commercial Mortgage Trust 2018-C12

       

4.79% 08/15/51 (i)

     213,000          219,792  

Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust 2015-C26

       

1.23% 02/15/48 (g)(h)(i)

     2,932,109          167,908  

Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust 2018-AUS

       

4.06% 07/17/36 (b)(i)

     343,000          348,392  

WFRBS Commercial Mortgage Trust 2013-C17

       

4.26% 12/15/46 (h)

     235,000          239,865  

WFRBS Commercial Mortgage Trust 2014-LC14

       

4.35% 03/15/47 (h)(i)

     533,000          542,303  
       

 

 

 
          6,820,658  
       

 

 

 

Sovereign Bonds - 0.6%

 

Government of Chile

       

3.86% 06/21/47 (h)

     200,000          186,750  

Government of Colombia

       

5.00% 06/15/45 (h)

     200,000          190,704  

Government of Mexico

       

4.00% 10/02/23

     86,000          85,644  
     Principal
Amount ($)
or Number of
Shares
       Fair
Value
$
 

4.75% 03/08/44 (h)

     200,000          181,550  

Government of Oman

       

4.13% 01/17/23 (b)(h)

     220,000          201,874  

Government of Panama

       

4.00% 09/22/24 (h)

     200,000          201,530  

Government of Peru

       

5.63% 11/18/50 (h)

     105,000          123,202  

Government of Philippines

       

3.95% 01/20/40

     200,000          195,322  

Government of Uruguay

       

5.10% 06/18/50

     105,744          103,934  
       

 

 

 
          1,470,510  
       

 

 

 

Municipal Bonds and Notes - 0.9%

 

American Municipal Power Inc.

       

6.27% 02/15/50 (h)

     135,000          167,535  

Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District

       

5.00% 05/01/47

     400,000          452,564  

New Jersey Transportation Trust Fund Authority

       

6.88% 12/15/39 (h)

     165,000          167,241  

Port Authority of New York & New Jersey

       

4.46% 10/01/62 (h)

     470,000          478,182  

State of California

       

4.60% 04/01/38

     200,000          206,270  

5.70% 11/01/21 (h)

     280,000          301,154  

State of Illinois

       

5.10% 06/01/33 (h)

     95,000          90,576  

The University of Texas System

       

3.35% 08/15/47 (h)

     115,000          104,129  
       

 

 

 
          1,967,651  
       

 

 

 
Total Bonds and Notes
(Cost $224,976,624)

 

       223,268,520  
       

 

 

 
Domestic Equity - 0.1%        

Preferred Stock - 0.1%

       

Wells Fargo & Co. 3.09% +
3 month USD LIBOR
(Cost $186,475) (h)(i)

     7,459          183,268  
       

 

 

 
Total Investments in Securities
(Cost $225,163,099)

 

       223,451,788  
       

 

 

 
 

 

See Notes to Schedules of Investments and Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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     Number of
Shares
       Fair
Value
$
 
       
Short-Term Investments - 17.9%

 

State Street Institutional U.S. Government Money Market Fund - Class G Shares 2.31%
(Cost $41,181,071) (d)(h)(n)

     41,181,071          41,181,071  
       

 

 

 
Total Investments
(Cost $266,344,170)

 

       264,632,859  
Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets,
net - (15.3)%

 

       (35,155,839
       

 

 

 
NET ASSETS - 100.0%           229,477,020  
       

 

 

 
 

 

 

Other Information:

Centrally Cleared Credit Default Swaps - Sell Protection

 

Reference
Entity
  Counterparty   Notional
Amount
(000s omitted)
    Contract
Annual
Fixed Rate/
Payment
Frequency
    Termination
Date
    Market
Value
    Unamortized
Upfront
Payments
Received
    Unrealized
Depreciation
 

Markit CDX North America High Yield Index

  Intercontinental Exchange   $ 2,569      
5.00%/
Quarterly
 
 
    12/20/23     $ 52,147     $ 141,210     $ (89,063
             

 

 

 

Centrally Cleared Interest Rate Swaps

 

Counterparty   Notional
Amount
(000s
omitted)
    Fund
Pays/
Receives
Fixed
Rate/
Payment
Frequency
    Floating
Rate
    Contract
Annual
Fixed
Rate
    Termination
Date
    Market
Value
    Unamortized
Upfront
Payments
Received
    Unrealized
Depreciation
 

CME Group, Inc.

  $ 10,655      

Receives/

Quarterly

 

 

   
3 Month U.S.
Dollar LIBOR
 
 
    3.05%       11/19/21     $ (137,272   $     $ (137,272

CME Group, Inc.

    10,657      

Receives/

Quarterly

 

 

   
3 Month U.S.
Dollar LIBOR
 
 
    3.06%       11/19/21       (138,634           (138,634
               

 

 

 
                $ (275,906
               

 

 

 

The Fund had the following long futures contracts open at December 31, 2018:

 

Description    Expiration
date
     Number
of
Contracts
     Notional
Amount
     Value      Unrealized
Appreciation
 

Ultra Long-Term U.S. Treasury Bond Futures

     March 2019        59      $ 9,134,530      $ 9,478,599      $ 344,069  

2 Yr. U.S. Treasury Notes Futures

     March 2019        214        45,142,911        45,434,875        291,964  

5 Yr. U.S. Treasury Notes Futures

     March 2019        68        7,699,153        7,798,750        99,597  

10 Yr. U.S. Treasury Notes Futures

     March 2019        120        14,343,068        14,641,875        298,806  
              

 

 

 
   $ 1,034,436  
              

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Schedules of Investments and Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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The Fund had the following short futures contracts open at December 31, 2018:

 

Description    Expiration
date
     Number
of
Contracts
     Notional
Amount
     Value      Unrealized
Depreciation
 

U.S. Long Bond Futures

     March 2019        24      $ (3,341,196    $ (3,504,000    $ (162,804

10 Yr. U.S. Treasury Ultra Futures

     March 2019        65        (8,205,706      (8,455,078      (249,372
              

 

 

 
   $ (412,176
              

 

 

 

During the period ended December 31, 2018 average notional values related to derivative contracts were as follows:

 

     

Purchased

Call

Options

    

Written

Call

Options

    

Long

Futures

Contracts

    

Short

Futures

Contracts

    

Credit

Default

Swap

Contracts

    

Interest

Rate

Swap

Contracts

 

Average Notional Value

   $ 30,413      $ 14,250      $ 77,580,399      $ 25,610,545      $ 4,573,395      $ 21,459,199  

TBA - To Be Announced

The following table presents the Fund’s investments measured at fair value on a recurring basis at December 31, 2018:

 

Fund    Investments    Level 1     Level 2     Level 3      Total  
Elfun Income Fund   

Investments in Securities

         
  

U.S. Treasuries

   $     $ 60,577,270     $      $ 60,577,270  
  

Agency Mortgage Backed

           46,250,230              46,250,230  
  

Agency Collateralized Mortgage Obligations

           1,788,030              1,788,030  
  

Asset Backed

           6,356,719              6,356,719  
  

Corporate Notes

           98,037,452              98,037,452  
  

Non-Agency Collateralized Mortgage Obligations

           6,820,658              6,820,658  
  

Sovereign Bonds

           1,470,510              1,470,510  
  

Municipal Bonds and Notes

           1,967,651              1,967,651  
  

Preferred Stock

     183,268                    183,268  
  

Short-Term Investments

     41,181,071                    41,181,071  
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 
  

Total Investments in Securities

   $ 41,364,339     $ 223,268,520     $      $ 264,632,859  
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 
  

Other Financial Instruments

         
  

Credit Default Swap Contracts - Unrealized Depreciation

   $     $ (89,063   $      $ (89,063
  

Interest Rate Swap Contracts - Unrealized Depreciation

           (275,906            (275,906
  

Long Futures Contracts - Unrealized Appreciation

     1,034,436                    1,034,436  
  

Short Futures Contracts - Unrealized Depreciation

     (412,176                  (412,176
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 
  

Total Other Financial Instruments

   $ 622,260     $ (364,969   $      $ 257,291  
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Schedules of Investments and Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Affiliate Table

 

     Number of
Shares
Held at
12/31/17
    Value
At
12/31/17
    Cost of
Purchases
    Proceeds
from
Shares
Sold
    Realized
Gain
(Loss)
    Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation/
Depreciation
    Number of
Shares
Held at
12/31/18
    Value
at
12/31/18
    Dividend
Income
 

State Street Institutional U.S. Government Money Market Fund - Class G Shares

    8,419,038     $ 8,419,038     $ 116,257,411     $ 83,495,378     $     $       41,181,071     $ 41,181,071     $ 280,917  

 

See Notes to Schedules of Investments and Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Management Discussion of Fund Performance — December 31, 2018 (Unaudited)

 

 

 

The Elfun Government Money Market Fund (the “Fund”) seeks a high level of current income consistent with prudent investment management and the preservation of capital. The Fund’s benchmark is the Daily-Linked 90- Day T-Bill (the “Index”).

For the 12-month period ended December 31, 2018 (the “Reporting Period”), the total return for the Fund was 1.55%, and the Index was 1.99%. The Fund and Index returns reflect the reinvestment of dividends and other income. The Fund’s performance reflects the expenses of managing the Fund, including brokerage and advisory expenses. The Index is unmanaged and Index returns do not reflect fees and expenses of any kind, which would have a negative impact on returns.

Security selection, yield curve and market effect were primary drivers of Fund performance during the Reporting Period relative to the Index. The year saw four central bank rate hikes and significant volatility in money market rates. The Fund took these rate hikes in stride with no negative consequence. The U.S. tax deal in December of 2017 brought on a wave of Treasury Bill issuance in 2018. This issuance coupled with U.S. corporate off shore profits being repatriated cause a significant widening in the yield difference between LIBOR and Overnight Index Swaps (OIS). This spread, also referred to as “LOIS”, widened by approximately 45 basis points in the first quarter only to slowly contract as the year went on. The Fund was not impacted by this widening in spread due to the Fund not owning U.S. corporate debt. The year also saw the debut of the Secured Overnight Financing Rate (“SOFR”). This rate will ultimately replace LIBOR as a short term benchmark rate. The SOFR rate is made up of approximately $800 billion of overnight repurchase trades backed by U.S. Treasury collateral. The Fund did purchase some floating rate notes whose rate resets off this Index.

The views expressed above reflect those of the Fund’s portfolio manager only through the Reporting Period, and do not necessarily represent the views of the Adviser as a whole. Any such views are subject to change at any time based upon market or other conditions and the Adviser disclaims any responsibility to update such views. These views may not be relied on as investment advice and, because investment decisions for a fund are based on numerous factors, may not be relied on as an indication of trading intent on behalf of any fund.

 

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Understanding Your Fund’s Expenses (Unaudited)

 

 

 

As a shareholder of the Fund you incur ongoing costs. Ongoing costs include portfolio management fees, professional fees, administrative fees and other Fund expenses. The following example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.

To illustrate these ongoing costs, we have provided an example and calculated the expenses paid by investors in units of the Fund during the period. The information in the following table is based on an investment of $1,000, which is invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire six-month period ended December 31, 2018.

Actual Expenses

The first section of the table provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this section, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. To do so, 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 given under the heading “Expenses paid during the period” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during the period.

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes

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

Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight and help you compare ongoing costs only and do not reflect transaction costs, such as sales charges or redemption fees, if any. Therefore, the second section of the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds.

 

     Actual
Fund Return
     Hypothetical
5% Return
(2.5% for
the period)
 

Actual Fund Return

     

Beginning Account Value

July 1, 2018

   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,000.00  

Ending Account Value

December 31, 2018

   $ 1,009.10      $ 1,023.64  

Expenses Paid During Period*

   $ 1.57      $ 1.58  

 

*   Expenses are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio of 0.31%** (for the period July 1, 2018-December 31, 2018), multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 184/365 (to reflect the one-half year period).
**   May differ from expense ratio disclosed in the financial highlights, which is calculated based on the entire fiscal year’s data.
 

 

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Elfun Government Money Market Fund

Performance Summary — December 31, 2018 (Unaudited)

 

 

 

Sector Allocation

Portfolio composition as a % of Investments of $104,813 (in thousands) on December 31, 2018 (a)

 

LOGO

Average Annual Total Return for the periods ended December 31, 2018

(Inception date: 6/13/90)

 

    One Year     Five Year     Ten Year     Ending Value
of a $10,000
Investment
 

Elfun Government Money Market Fund

    1.55     0.46     0.30   $ 10,304  

90 Day U.S. Treasury-Bill

    1.99     0.67     0.38   $ 10,347  

 

 

 

 

(a)

The securities information regarding holdings, allocations and other characteristics is presented to illustrate examples of securities that the Fund has bought and the diversity of areas in which the Fund may invest as of a particular date. It may not be representative of the Fund’s current or future investments and should not be construed as a recommendation to purchase or sell a particular security.

 

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Performance Summary, continued — December 31, 2018 (Unaudited)

 

 

 

 

LOGO

 

See Notes to Performance beginning on page 1 for further information.

Past performance does not predict future performance. The performance shown in the graphs and tables does not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares.

An investment in the Elfun Government Money Market Fund is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or by any other Government agency. Although the Fund seeks to preserve the value of your investment at $1.00 per unit, it is possible to lose money by investing in the Fund.

 

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Elfun Government Money Market Fund

Schedule of Investments — December 31, 2018

 

     Principal
Amount ($)
       Amortized
Cost
$
 

 

       
Short-Term Investments - 100.5%†

 

U.S. Treasuries - 26.0%

 

U.S. Treasury Bills
2.22% 01/03/19 (d)

     1,000,000          999,879  

2.25% 01/10/19 (d)

     1,750,000          1,749,036  

2.26% 01/10/19 (d)

     3,000,000          2,998,335  

2.28% 01/02/19 (d)

     1,000,000          999,938  

2.30% 01/17/19 (d)

     1,200,000          1,198,799  

2.31% 01/17/19 (d)

     800,000          799,193  

2.32% 01/08/19 (d)

     3,000,000          2,998,667  

2.34% 01/15/19 (d)

     1,000,000          999,106  

2.35% 01/31/19 (d)

     1,800,000          1,796,542  

2.36% 01/31/19 (d)

     200,000          199,615  

2.37% 02/07/19 (d)

     1,000,000          997,616  

2.39%
01/29/19 - 02/21/19 (d)

     3,750,000          3,739,125  

2.41%
02/28/19 - 03/07/19 (d)

     1,750,000          1,742,991  

2.42% 03/14/19 (d)

     1,500,000          1,492,875  

2.48% 04/18/19 (d)

     1,000,000          992,822  

2.49% 05/02/19 (d)

     700,000          694,283  

2.55% 06/13/19 (d)

     500,000          494,386  

2.57% 07/05/19 (d)

     1,000,000          987,266  

U.S. Treasury Notes
0.88% 04/15/19

     400,000          398,214  

U.S. Treasury Notes 3 month Treasury Money Market Yield + 0.07% 2.55% 04/30/19 (i)

     830,000          830,350  
       

 

 

 
          27,109,038  
       

 

 

 

U.S. Government Agency Obligations - 40.9%

 

Fannie Mae Discount Notes
2.24% 01/02/19 (d)

     500,000          499,970  

2.28% 01/09/19 (d)

     300,000          299,851  

2.43% 02/27/19 (d)

     900,000          896,604  

Federal Farm Credit Banks 1 month USD LIBOR - 0.03% 2.48% 06/24/19 (i)

     1,250,000          1,250,656  

Federal Farm Credit Banks
1 month USD LIBOR - 0.09% 2.42% 07/25/19 (i)

     550,000          550,000  

Federal Farm Credit Banks 1 month USD LIBOR - 0.10% 2.38% 09/20/19 (i)

     500,000          499,982  

Federal Farm Credit Banks
1 month USD LIBOR - 0.11% 2.35% 01/15/19 (i)

     200,000          200,000  

Federal Farm Credit Banks 1 month USD LIBOR - 0.14% 2.38% 07/02/19 (i)

     350,000          349,991  

Federal Farm Credit Banks
1 month USD LIBOR - 0.15% 2.31% 07/18/19 (i)

     250,000          249,986  
     Principal
Amount ($)
       Amortized
Cost
$
 

2.37% 01/29/19 (i)

     400,000          400,000  

Federal Home Loan Bank Discount Notes 2.25% 01/24/11 (d)

     750,000          748,946  

2.26%
01/03/11 - 01/02/19 (d)

     1,500,000          1,499,876  

2.29% 01/11/19 (d)

     500,000          499,688  

2.30%
01/15/19 - 01/17/19 (d)

     1,150,000          1,148,906  

2.34%
02/12/19 - 02/13/19 (d)

     950,000          947,430  

2.35%
02/11/11 - 02/19/19 (d)

     950,000          947,281  

2.39% 01/23/19 (d)

     1,000,000          998,567  

2.41% 02/13/19 (d)

     2,500,000          2,492,932  

2.42% 02/20/19 (d)

     1,000,000          996,703  

2.43% 02/27/19 (d)

     1,000,000          996,224  

2.45%
03/15/19 - 03/20/19 (d)

     2,500,000          2,487,491  

2.47% 03/29/19 (d)

     1,500,000          1,491,209  

Federal Home Loan Banks 1 month USD LIBOR - 0.08% 2.39% 03/20/19 (i)

     1,500,000          1,499,929  

Federal Home Loan Banks 1 month USD LIBOR - 0.09% 2.29% 04/05/19 (i)

     2,000,000          2,000,000  

2.42% 06/24/19 (i)

     450,000          450,000  

Federal Home Loan Banks 1 month USD LIBOR - 0.10% 2.41% 03/25/19 (i)

     450,000          450,000  

Federal Home Loan Banks
1 month USD LIBOR - 0.13% 2.33% 07/16/19 (i)

     650,000          650,000  

2.38% 01/24/19 - 07/26/19 (i)

     2,500,000          2,500,000  

2.39% 03/01/19 (i)

     750,000          750,000  

2.40% 03/01/19 (i)

     600,000          600,000  

Federal Home Loan Banks 1 month USD LIBOR - 0.14% 2.38% 02/01/19 (i)

     2,000,000          1,999,987  

Federal Home Loan Banks 3 month USD LIBOR - 0.32% 2.09% 04/10/19 (i)

     1,300,000          1,300,000  

Federal Home Loan Banks 3 month USD LIBOR - 0.33% 2.08% 01/04/19 (i)

     1,000,000          1,000,000  

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. 1 month USD LIBOR - 0.00% 2.53% 09/20/19 (j)

     500,000          500,000  

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. 1 month USD LIBOR - 0.10% 2.36% 03/18/19 (i)

     400,000          400,000  

2.37% 06/19/19 (i)

     900,000          900,000  
 

 

See Notes to Schedules of Investments and Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Schedule of Investments, continued — December 31, 2018

 

     Principal
Amount ($)
       Amortized
Cost
$
 

 

       

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. 1 month USD LIBOR - 0.15% 2.24% 02/08/19 (i)

     500,000          500,000  

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. 3 month USD LIBOR - 0.33% 2.08% 04/09/19 (i)

     1,300,000          1,300,000  

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. 3 month USD LIBOR - 0.34% 2.07% 01/09/19 (i)

     1,200,000          1,200,000  

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. SOFR + 0.03% 2.49% 06/19/19 (i)

     1,000,000          1,000,000  

Federal National Mortgage Assoc. 1 month USD LIBOR + 0.00% 2.39% 03/08/19 (i)

     600,000          600,082  

Federal National Mortgage Assoc. SOFR + 0.04% 2.50% 04/30/19 (i)

     600,000          600,000  

Federal National Mortgage Assoc. SOFR + 0.08% 2.54% 01/30/19 (i)

     1,000,000          1,000,000  

Freddie Mac Discount Notes 2.44% 03/20/19 (d)

     1,000,000          994,822  
       

 

 

 
          42,647,113  
       

 

 

 

Repurchase Agreements - 33.6%

 

BNP Paribas S.A. U.S. Treasury Repo 2.95% dated 12/31/18, to be repurchased at $12,000,983 on 01/02/19 collateralized by $3,669,355 U.S. Treasury Bonds, 4.75% to 8.75%, maturing on 05/15/20 to 02/15/37, collateralized by $8,570,693 U.S. Treasury Notes, 1.50% to 2.88%, maturing from 08/15/20 to 07/31/25. 01/02/19

     12,000,000          12,000,000  
     Principal
Amount ($)
       Amortized
Cost
$
 

Citigroup Global Markets, Inc. U.S. Treasury Repo 2.95% dated 12/31/18, to be repurchased at $9,000,738 on 01/02/19 collateralized by $9,180,053 U.S. Treasury Notes, 0.88% to 1.38%, maturing on 09/15/19 to 09/30/23. 01/02/19

     9,000,000          9,000,000  

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc. U.S. Treasury Repo 2.95% dated 12/31/18, to be repurchased at $14,058,152 on 01/02/19 collateralized by $14,338,238 U.S. Treasury Bonds, 3.38% to 8.75% maturing from 08/15/20 to 05/15/44. 01/02/19

     14,057,000          14,057,000  
       

 

 

 
          35,057,000  
       

 

 

 
Total Short-Term Investments
(Cost $104,813,151)

 

       104,813,151  
Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets, net - (0.5)%

 

       (538,136
       

 

 

 
NET ASSETS - 100.0%

 

       104,275,015  
       

 

 

 
 

The following table presents the Fund’s investments measured at fair value on a recurring basis at December 31, 2018:

 

Fund   Investments   Level 1     Level 2     Level 3     Total  
Elfun Government Money Market Fund  

Investments in Securities

       
 

U.S. Treasuries

  $     $ 27,109,038     $     $ 27,109,038  
 

U.S. Government Agency Obligations

          42,647,113             42,647,113  
 

Repurchase Agreements

          35,057,000             35,057,000  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
 

Total Investments in Securities

  $     $ 104,813,151     $     $ 104,813,151  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Schedules of Investments and Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Notes to Schedules of Investments — December 31, 2018

 

The views expressed in this document reflect our judgment as of the publication date and are subject to change at any time without notice. The securities cited may not be representative of the Funds’ future investments and should not be construed as a recommendation to purchase or sell a particular security. See each Fund’s summary prospectus and the Funds’ statutory prospectus for complete descriptions of investment objectives, policies, risks and permissible investments.

 

(a)

Non-income producing security.

(b)

Pursuant to Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, these securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. At December 31, 2018, these securities amounted to $4,291,178 or 2.36% and $18,414,134 or 8.02% of the net assets of the Elfun Diversified Fund and Elfun Income Fund, respectively. These securities have been determined to be liquid using procedures established by each Fund’s Board of Trustees.

(c)

Settlement is on a delayed delivery or when-issued basis with final maturity to be announced (“TBA”) in the future.

(d)

Coupon amount represents effective yield.

(e)

State Street Corporation is the parent company of State Street Bank & Trust Co., the Funds’ sub-administrator, custodian and accounting agent.

(f)

Principal only security. These securities represent the right to receive the monthly principal payments on an underlying pool of mortgages. No payments of interest on the pool are passed through to the “principal only” holder.

(g)

Interest only security. These securities represent the right to receive the monthly interest payments on an underlying pool of mortgages. Payments of principal on the pool reduce the value of the “interest only” holding.

(h)

At December 31, 2018, all or a portion of this security was pledged to cover collateral requirements for futures, options, swaps and/or TBAs.

(i)

Variable Rate Security - Interest rate shown is rate in effect at December 31, 2018. For securities based on a published reference rate and spread, the reference rate and spread are indicated in the description above.

(j)

Step coupon bond.

(k)

Escrowed to maturity Bonds are collateralized by U.S. Treasury securities which are held in escrow by a trustee and are used to pay principal and interest on such bonds.

(l)

Pre-refunded bonds are collateralized by U.S. Treasury securities, which are held in escrow by a trustee and are used to pay principal and interest on the tax-exempt issue to retire the bonds at the earliest refunding date.

(m)

The security is insured by AGC, AGMC, AMBAC, FGIC or NPFG. The Elfun Tax-Exempt Income Fund had no insurance concentrations of 5% or greater as of December 31, 2018 (as a percentage of net assets).

(n)

Sponsored by SSGA Funds Management, Inc., the Funds’ investment advisor and administrator, and an affiliate of State Street Bank & Trust Co., the Funds’ sub-administrator, custodian and accounting agent.

Percentages are based on net assets as of December 31, 2018.

*

Less than 0.05%

**

Less than $0.50

Abbreviations:

ADR - American Depositary Receipt

AGC - Assured Guaranty Corporation

AGMC - Assured Guaranty Municipal Company

AMBAC - AMBAC Indemnity Corporation

FGIC - Financial Guaranty Insurance Corporation

LIBOR - London Interbank Offered Rate

NPFG - National Public Finance Guaranty Corporation

REIT - Real Estate Investment Trust

REMIC - Real Estate Mortgage Investment Conduit

SOFR - Secured Overnight Financing Rate

SPDR - Standard and Poor’s Depositary Receipt

STRIPS - Separate Trading of Registered Interest and Principal of Security

TBA - To Be Announced

 

 

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Elfun International Equity Fund

Financial Highlights

Selected data based on a share outstanding throughout the fiscal years indicated

 

     12/31/18     12/31/17      12/31/16     12/31/15*     12/31/14*  
Inception date       1/1/88  

Net asset value, beginning of period

  $ 22.68     $ 18.73      $ 19.31     $ 19.70     $ 21.93  
 

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Income/(loss) from investment operations:

 

Net investment income

    0.45 (a)       0.34 (a)        0.41       0.34       0.58  

Net realized and unrealized gains/(losses) on investments

    (4.16     3.96        (0.58     (0.37     (2.24
 

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total income/(loss) from investment operations

    (3.71     4.30        (0.17     (0.03     (1.66
 

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Less distributions from:

 

Net investment income

    0.46       0.35        0.41       0.36       0.57  
 

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total distributions

    0.46       0.35        0.41       0.36       0.57  
 

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

  $ 18.51     $ 22.68      $ 18.73     $ 19.31     $ 19.70  
 

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Return(b)

    (16.33 )%      22.99      (0.86 )%      (0.18 )%      (7.62 )% 

Ratios/Supplemental Data:

 

Net assets, end of period (in thousands)

  $ 183,982     $ 237,769      $ 208,044     $ 234,448     $ 254,310  

Ratios to average net assets:

 

Net expenses

    0.36     0.36      0.37 %(c)(e)      0.35     0.33 %(c)(d) 

Gross expenses

    0.36     0.36      0.43 %(c)(e)      0.35     0.33

Net investment income

    2.06     1.64      2.11     1.59     2.54

Portfolio turnover rate

    27     30      33     24     36

Notes to Financial Highlights

 

(a)   Per share values have been calculated using the average shares method.
(b)   Total returns are historical and assume changes in share price, reinvestment of dividends and capital gains distributions and assume no sales charge. Past performance does not guarantee future results.
(c)   Reflects a voluntary reimbursement of other operating expenses by GE Asset Management, Inc., the Fund’s investment adviser and administrator prior to July 1, 2016.
(d)   Includes contractual management fee waiver related to the Fund’s investments in the GE Institutional Money Market Fund (the “Money Market Fund”). The fee waiver agreement was terminated effective June 30, 2014 with the closure of the Money Market Fund.
(e)   The net and gross expense ratios include the refunded custody expense. Without the effect of the refunded custody expense, the net and gross ratio would have been 0.40% and 0.47%, respectively.
*   Beginning with the year ended December 31, 2016, the Funds were audited by Ernst & Young LLP. The previous years were audited by another independent registered public accounting firm.

 

The accompanying Notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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Elfun Trusts

Financial Highlights

Selected data based on a share outstanding throughout the fiscal years indicated

 

     12/31/18     12/31/17      12/31/16      12/31/15*      12/31/14*  
Inception date        5/27/35  

Net asset value, beginning of period

  $ 60.36     $ 53.23      $ 54.59      $ 58.02      $ 56.07  
 

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Income/(loss) from investment operations:

 

Net investment income

    0.74 (a)       0.76 (a)        0.81        0.80        0.75  

Net realized and unrealized gains/(losses) on investments

    (2.85     12.88        2.54        0.25        6.67  
 

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total income/(loss) from investment operations

    (2.11     13.65        3.35        1.05        7.42  
 

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Less distributions from:

 

Net investment income

    0.76       0.78        0.79        0.80        0.75  

Net realized gains

    7.35       5.74        3.92        3.68        4.72  
 

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total distributions

    8.11       6.52        4.71        4.48        5.47  
 

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

  $ 50.14     $ 60.36      $ 53.23      $ 54.59      $ 58.02  
 

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Return(b)

    (3.39 )%      25.61      6.08      1.70      13.13

Ratios/Supplemental Data:

            

Net assets, end of period (in thousands)

  $ 2,427,667     $ 2,737,919      $ 2,331,966      $ 2,364,319      $ 2,476,637  

Ratios to average net assets:

            

Net expenses

    0.19     0.18      0.18      0.16      0.18 %(c) 

Gross expenses

    0.19     0.18      0.18      0.16      0.18

Net investment income

    1.17     1.25      1.43      1.32      1.26

Portfolio turnover rate

    18     16      15      11      13

Notes to Financial Highlights

 

(a)   Per share values have been calculated using the average shares method.
(b)   Total returns are historical and assume changes in share price, reinvestment of dividends and capital gains distributions and do not include the effect of insurance contract charges. Past performance does not guarantee future results.
(c)   Includes contractual management fee waiver related to the Fund’s investments in the GE Institutional Money Market Fund (the “Money Market Fund”). The fee waiver agreement was terminated effective June 30, 2014 with the closure of the Money Market Fund.
*   Beginning with the year ended December 31, 2016, the Funds were audited by Ernst & Young LLP. The previous years were audited by another independent registered public accounting firm.

 

The accompanying Notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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Elfun Diversified Fund

Financial Highlights

Selected data based on a share outstanding throughout the fiscal years indicated

 

     12/31/18     12/31/17      12/31/16     12/31/15*     12/31/14*  
Inception date       1/1/88  

Net asset value, beginning of period

  $ 18.60     $ 17.91      $ 17.50     $ 18.78     $ 19.84  
 

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Income/(loss) from investment operations:

 

Net investment income

    0.42 (a)       0.43 (a)        0.38       0.34       0.37  

Net realized and unrealized gains/(losses) on investments

    (1.45     2.32        0.58       (0.57     0.62  
 

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total income/(loss) from investment operations

    (1.03     2.75        0.96       (0.23     0.99  
 

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Less distributions from:

 

Net investment income

    0.43       0.46        0.36       0.34       0.37  

Net realized gains

    0.12       1.60        0.19       0.71       1.65  

Return of capital

                             0.03  
 

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total distributions

    0.55       2.06        0.55       1.05       2.05  
 

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

  $ 17.02     $ 18.60      $ 17.91     $ 17.50     $ 18.78  
 

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Return(b)

    (5.51 )%      15.40      5.48     (1.25 )%      4.95

Ratios/Supplemental Data:

          

Net assets, end of period (in thousands)

  $ 181,943     $ 209,939      $ 198,938     $ 209,688     $ 230,123  

Ratios to average net assets:

          

Net expenses

    0.33     0.40      0.39 %(b)(c)      0.37     0.39 %(c)(d) 

Gross expenses

    0.33     0.40      0.39 %(c)      0.37     0.39

Net investment income

    2.26     2.23      1.98     1.69     1.79

Portfolio turnover rate

    72     186      116     123     176

Notes to Financial Highlights

 

(a)   Per share values have been calculated using the average shares method.
(b)   Total returns are historical and assume changes in share price, reinvestment of dividends and capital gains distributions and assume no sales charge. Past performance does not guarantee future results.
(c)   The net and gross expense ratios include the refunded custody expense. Without the effect of the refunded custody expense, the ratios would have been 0.45%.
(d)   Includes contractual management fee waiver related to the Fund’s investments in the GE Institutional Money Market Fund (the “Money Market Fund”). The fee waiver agreement was terminated effective June 30, 2014 with the closure of the Money Market Fund.
*   Beginning with the year ended December 31, 2016, the Fund was audited by Ernst & Young LLP. The previous years were audited by another independent registered public accounting firm.

 

The accompanying Notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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Financial Highlights

Selected data based on a share outstanding throughout the fiscal years indicated

 

     12/31/18      12/31/17      12/31/16      12/31/15*      12/31/14*  
Inception date        1/1/80  

Net asset value, beginning of period

  $ 11.55      $ 11.48      $ 11.88      $ 11.97      $ 11.34  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Income/(loss) from investment operations:

 

Net investment income

    0.46 (a)        0.46 (a)        0.46        0.46        0.47  

Net realized and unrealized gains/(losses) on investments

    (0.36      0.07        (0.40      (0.09      0.63  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total income from investment operations

    0.10        0.53        0.06        0.37        1.10  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Less distributions from:

 

Net investment income

    0.46        0.46        0.46        0.46        0.47  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total distributions

    0.46        0.46        0.46        0.46        0.47  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

  $ 11.19      $ 11.55      $ 11.48      $ 11.88      $ 11.97  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Return(b)

    0.90      4.71      0.42      3.21      9.85

Ratios/Supplemental Data:

 

Net assets, end of period (in thousands)

  $ 1,376,980      $ 1,471,350      $ 1,495,248      $ 1,588,272      $ 1,624,266  

Ratios to average net assets:

 

Net expenses

    0.21      0.20      0.20      0.18      0.21

Gross expenses

    0.21      0.20      0.20      0.18      0.21

Net investment income

    4.06      4.00      3.84      3.92      4.01

Portfolio turnover rate

    18      26      31      22      34

Notes to Financial Highlights

 

(a)   Per share values have been calculated using the average shares method.
(b)   Total returns are historical and assume changes in share price, reinvestment of dividends and capital gains distributions and assume no sales charge. Past performance does not guarantee future results.
*   Beginning with the year ended December 31, 2016, the Funds were audited by Ernst & Young LLP. The previous years were audited by another independent registered public accounting firm.

 

The accompanying Notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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Elfun Income Fund

Financial Highlights

Selected data based on a share outstanding throughout the fiscal years indicated

 

     12/31/18     12/31/17      12/31/16      12/31/15*      12/31/14*  
Inception date        12/31/84  

Net asset value, beginning of period

  $ 11.44     $ 11.28      $ 11.26      $ 11.57      $ 11.22  
 

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Income/(loss) from investment operations:

 

Net investment income

    0.32 (a)       0.29 (a)        0.30        0.32        0.29  

Net realized and unrealized gains/(losses) on investments

    (0.41     0.15        0.09        (0.29      0.35  
 

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total income/(loss) from investment operations

    (0.09     0.44        0.39        0.03        0.64  
 

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Less distributions from:

 

Net investment income

    0.33       0.28        0.28        0.32        0.29  

Net realized gains

                 0.09        0.02        0.00 (b)  
 

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total distributions

    0.33       0.28        0.37        0.34        0.29  
 

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

  $ 11.02     $ 11.44      $ 11.28      $ 11.26      $ 11.57  
 

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Return(c)

    (0.80 )%      3.90      3.52      0.22      5.75

Ratios/Supplemental Data:

 

Net assets, end of period (in thousands)

  $ 229,477     $ 261,189      $ 276,142      $ 289,872      $ 312,756  

Ratios to average net assets:

 

Net expenses

    0.34     0.33      0.31      0.28      0.29 %(d) 

Gross expenses

    0.34     0.33      0.31      0.28      0.29

Net investment income

    2.88     2.54      2.63      2.71      2.50

Portfolio turnover rate

    207     299      238      278      326

Notes to Financial Highlights

 

(a)   Per share values have been calculated using the average shares method.
(b)   Rounds to less than $0.005.
(c)   Total returns are historical and assume changes in share price, reinvestment of dividends and capital gains distributions and do not include the effect of insurance contract charges. Past performance does not guarantee future results.
(d)   Includes contractual management fee waiver related to the Fund’s investments in the GE Institutional Money Market Fund (the “Money Market Fund”). The fee waiver agreement was terminated effective June 30, 2014 with the closure of the Money Market Fund.
*   Beginning with the year ended December 31, 2016, the Funds were audited by Ernst & Young LLP. The previous years were audited by another independent registered public accounting firm.

 

The accompanying Notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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Elfun Government Money Market Fund

Financial Highlights

Selected data based on a share outstanding throughout the fiscal years indicated

 

     12/31/18      12/31/17      12/31/16     12/31/15*     12/31/14*  
Inception date               6/13/90  

Net asset value, beginning of period

  $ 1.00      $ 1.00      $ 1.00     $ 1.00     $ 1.00  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Income/(loss) from investment operations:

 

Net investment income

    0.02 (a)        0.01 (a)        0.00 (b)              
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total income from investment operations

    0.02        0.01        0.00 (b)              
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Less distributions from:

 

Net investment income

    0.02        0.01        0.00 (b)       0.00 (b)       0.00 (b)  

Net realized gains

           0.00 (b)                     
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total distributions

    0.02        0.01        0.00 (b)       0.00 (b)       0.00 (b)  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

  $ 1.00      $ 1.00      $ 1.00     $ 1.00     $ 1.00  
 

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Return(c)

    1.55      0.58      0.06     0.08     0.05

Ratios/Supplemental Data:

 

Net assets, end of period (in thousands)

  $ 104,275      $ 109,828      $ 111,339     $ 129,039     $ 139,218  

Ratios to average net assets:

 

Net expenses

    0.32      0.34      0.49 %(e)      0.09 %(d)      0.05 %(d) 

Gross expenses

    0.32      0.34      0.49 %(e)      0.25     0.36

Net investment income (loss)

    1.53      0.56      (0.11 )%(e)         

Notes to Financial Highlights

 

(a)   Per share values have been calculated using the average shares method.
(b)   Rounds to less than $0.005.
(c)   Total returns are historical and assume changes in share price, reinvestment of dividends and capital gains distributions and assume no sales charge. Past performance does not guarantee future results.
(d)   Reflects a voluntary waiver of management fees and/or subsidy of certain expenses by GEAM, the adviser and administrator of the Fund prior to July 1, 2016.
(e)   Ratio includes income tax expense. Without this expense, the net and gross expense ratios would have been 0.33% and the net investment income ratio would have been 0.05%.
*   Beginning with the year ended December 31, 2016, the Fund was audited by Ernst & Young LLP. The previous years were audited by another independent registered public accounting firm.

 

The accompanying Notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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Elfun Funds

Statements of Assets and Liabilities — December 31, 2018

 

          
Elfun
International
Equity Fund
     Elfun
Trusts
 

Assets

     

Investments in securities, at fair value (cost $173,067,843; $1,595,066,765; $122,616,787; $1,329,038,434; $225,163,099 and $0, respectively)

   $ 178,104,321      $ 2,364,623,150  

Investments in affiliated securities, at fair value (cost $0; $0; $51,158,247; $0; $0 and $0, respectively)

             

Short-term investments, at fair value (cost $0; $0; $2,675,511; $0 ; $0 and $69,756,151, respectively)

             

Short-term affiliated investments, at cost and fair value

     6,135,132        60,719,231  

Repurchase agreements

             

Cash

     3,408         

Cash collateral on deposit with broker for swap contracts

             

Receivable for investments sold

     65         

Income receivables

     530,873        4,345,300  

Receivable for fund shares sold

     4,315        218,022  

Income receivable from affiliated investments

     12,409        221,062  

Receivable for accumulated variation margin on futures contracts

             

Receivable for accumulated variation margin on swap contracts

             
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total assets

     184,790,523        2,430,126,765  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Liabilities

     

Distribution payable to shareholders

             

Due to custodian

             

Net cash collateral on futures contracts due to broker

             

Payable for investments purchased

             

Payable for fund shares redeemed

     680,656        1,937,343  

Payable for accumulated variation margin on swap contracts

             

Payable to the Adviser

     33,719        303,397  

Payable for custody, fund accounting and sub-administration fees

     9,960        1,208  

Accrued other expenses

     60,178        217,334  

Accrued foreign capital gains tax

     24,041         
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total liabilities

     808,554        2,459,282  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
     

Net Assets

   $ 183,981,969      $ 2,427,667,483  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Assets Consist of:

     

Capital paid in

   $ 186,805,975      $ 1,657,387,715  

Total distributable earnings (loss)

   $ (2,824,006    $ 770,279,768  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Assets

   $ 183,981,969      $ 2,427,667,483  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
     

Shares outstanding (Par value $10; $10; $10; $10; $10; and $1, respectively; unlimited shares authorized)

     9,938,679        48,418,772  

Net asset value, offering and redemption price per share

   $ 18.51      $ 50.14  

 

The accompanying Notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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Elfun
Diversified
Fund
     Elfun
Tax-Exempt
Income Fund
     Elfun
Income Fund
     Elfun
Government
Money
Market Fund
 
        

$

126,955,056

 

   $ 1,351,099,395      $ 223,451,788      $  
  48,022,027                       
  2,675,519                      69,756,151  
  14,521,162        12,476,076        41,181,071         
                       35,057,000  
                       72  
  54,338               208,525         
  2,582,472               18,197,063         
  522,994        18,323,271        1,515,302         
  917        189,898        67,805        688,267  
  29,897        13,063        74,770        56,769  
  183,601               623,416         
  15,886               85,811         

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  195,563,869        1,382,101,703        285,405,551        105,558,259  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
        
         1,437,618        145,579        12,531  
  26,339               21,952         
  157,782               810,211         
  13,111,935               54,350,813        987,266  
  101,428        3,354,610        62,367        192,118  
  73,424               313,874         
  26,782        186,965        32,995        8,238  
  43,815        4,038        112,498        16,790  
  79,141        138,432        78,242        66,301  
                        

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  13,620,646        5,121,663        55,928,531        1,283,244  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
        
$ 181,943,223      $ 1,376,980,040      $ 229,477,020      $ 104,275,015  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
        
$ 180,732,135      $ 1,373,430,438      $ 237,706,730      $ 104,275,018  
$ 1,211,088      $ 3,549,602      $ (8,229,710    $ (3

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
$ 181,943,223      $ 1,376,980,040      $ 229,477,020      $ 104,275,015  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
        
  10,693,058        123,016,883        20,816,924        104,275,018  
$ 17.02      $ 11.19      $ 11.02      $ 1.00  

 

The accompanying Notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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Elfun Funds

Statements of Operations — For the year ended December 31, 2018

 

          
Elfun
International
Equity Fund
     Elfun
Trusts
 

Investment Income

 

Income

 

Dividend

   $ 5,895,653      $ 36,024,630  

Interest

     12         

Income from affiliated investments

     126,163        1,888,083  

Less: Foreign taxes withheld

     (608,986       
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total income

     5,412,842        37,912,713  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Expenses

 

Advisory and administration fees

     469,385        3,909,006  

Blue Sky fees

     26,916        30,501  

Transfer agent fees

     123,201        503,355  

Trustees’ fees

     16,335        52,853  

Custody, fund accounting and sub-administration fees

     90,629        434,441  

Professional fees

     43,342        47,321  

Other expenses

     34,082        232,711  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total expenses

     803,890        5,210,188  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net investment income

   $ 4,608,952      $ 32,702,525  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Investments

 

Realized gain (loss) on:

 

Unaffiliated investments

   $ 2,976,771      $ 313,947,889  

Affiliated investments

             

Futures

     143,362         

Written options

             

Swap contracts

             

Foreign currency transactions

     (125,438       

Increase (decrease) in unrealized appreciation/depreciation on:

 

Unaffiliated investments

     (44,624,409      (427,642,446

Affiliated investments

             

Futures

     (28,153       

Swap contracts

             

Foreign currency translations

     (8,386       
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments

     (41,666,253      (113,694,557
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations

   $ (37,057,301    $ (80,992,032
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

The accompanying Notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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Elfun
Diversified
Fund
     Elfun
Tax-Exempt
Income Fund
     Elfun
Income Fund
     Elfun
Government
Money
Market Fund
 
        
        
$ 1,522,516      $      $ 10,081      $  
  1,877,245        60,170,963        7,472,910        1,884,946  
  1,827,215        216,085        280,917         
  (158                     

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  5,226,818        60,387,048        7,763,908        1,884,946  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
        
  343,427        2,261,281        408,992        101,912  
  28,326        27,866        28,614        25,216  
  100,744        219,883        118,933        73,481  
  15,952        33,781        16,564        14,469  
  58,981        231,775        168,438        60,664  
  56,873        42,278        49,185        38,117  
  64,727        122,623        34,046        14,115  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  669,030        2,939,487        824,772        327,974  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
$ 4,557,788      $ 57,447,561      $ 6,939,136      $ 1,556,972  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
        
        
$ 1,235,746      $ (2,154,716    $ (5,183,282    $ (3
  43,432                       
  (274,288             (711,298       
  35,977               141,747         
  72,317               326,160         
  (387                     
        
  (6,966,542      (43,488,260      (4,037,541       
  (9,585,934                     
  168,762               569,712         
  (78,188             (289,623       
  (86                     

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  (15,349,191      (45,642,976      (9,184,125      (3

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
$ (10,791,403    $ 11,804,585      $ (2,244,989    $ 1,556,969  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

The accompanying Notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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Elfun Funds

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 

     Elfun International Equity Fund      Elfun Trusts  
     

Year Ended

December 31,
2018

    

Year Ended

December 31,
2017

    

Year Ended

December 31,
2018

    

Year Ended

December 31,
2017

 

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets

 

Operations:

 

Net investment income

   $ 4,608,952      $ 3,662,791      $ 32,702,525      $ 32,563,837  

Net realized gain (loss) on investments, futures, swap contracts, options contracts, and foreign currency related transactions

     2,994,695        (1,119,223      313,947,889        239,503,606  

Net increase (decrease) in unrealized appreciation/depreciation on investments, futures, swap contracts and foreign currency translations

     (44,660,948      43,347,073        (427,642,446      313,411,667  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) from operations

     (37,057,301      45,890,641        (80,992,032      585,479,110  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Distributions to shareholders:

 

Total distributions

     (4,494,291      (3,655,776      (346,605,889      (272,201,212
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Increase (decrease) in assets from operations and distributions

     (41,551,592      42,234,865        (427,597,921      313,277,898  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Share transactions:

 

Proceeds from sale of shares

     3,187,752        4,172,093        53,658,651        50,712,147  

Value of distributions reinvested

     3,868,438        3,163,834        278,812,837        217,798,384  

Cost of shares redeemed

     (19,291,445      (19,846,304      (215,125,396      (175,834,878
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) from share transactions

     (12,235,255      (12,510,377      117,346,092        92,675,653  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total increase (decrease) in net assets

     (53,786,847      29,724,488        (310,251,829      405,953,551  

Net Assets

 

Beginning of year

     237,768,816        208,044,328        2,737,919,312        2,331,965,761  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

End of year

   $ 183,981,969      $ 237,768,816      $ 2,427,667,483      $ 2,737,919,312  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Changes in Fund Shares

 

Shares sold

     142,810        196,928        886,867        842,367  

Issued for distributions reinvested

     211,506        140,117        5,602,033        3,601,757  

Shares redeemed

     (899,037      (961,741      (3,429,325      (2,890,514
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in fund shares

     (544,721      (624,696      3,059,575        1,553,610  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

For the year ended December 31, 2017, the source of distributions paid to shareholders was (See Note 11 in the Notes to Financial Statements):

 

Net investment income

      $ (3,655,776       $ (32,575,926

Net realized gains

                  (239,625,286
     

 

 

       

 

 

 

Total distributions

        (3,655,776         (272,201,212
     

 

 

       

 

 

 

Undistributed net investment income as of December 31, 2017:

      $ 9,676         $  

 

The accompanying Notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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Elfun Diversified Fund      Elfun Tax-Exempt Income Fund  

Year Ended

December 31,
2018

    

Year Ended

December 31,
2017

    

Year Ended

December 31,
2018

    

Year Ended

December 31,
2017

 
        
        
$ 4,557,788      $ 4,574,028      $ 57,447,561      $ 59,636,606  
 
    
1,112,797

 
     18,476,598        (2,154,716      (2,447,208

 

(16,461,988

     6,456,534        (43,488,260      12,274,701  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  (10,791,403      29,507,160        11,804,585        69,464,099  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
        
  (5,726,511      (21,137,965      (57,447,575      (59,636,585

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  (16,517,914      8,369,195        (45,642,990      9,827,514  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
        
  5,751,778        5,048,518        52,101,473        35,753,804  
  4,986,474        18,727,487        39,620,528        41,248,494  
  (22,216,449      (21,143,587      (140,449,316      (110,727,469

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  (11,478,197      2,632,418        (48,727,315      (33,725,171

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  (27,996,111      11,001,613        (94,370,305      (23,897,657
        
  209,939,334        198,937,721        1,471,350,345        1,495,248,002  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
$ 181,943,223      $ 209,939,334      $ 1,376,980,040      $ 1,471,350,345  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
        
  312,332        264,253        4,614,192        3,093,499  
  294,883        1,010,111        3,522,242        3,565,302  
  (1,199,520      (1,098,217      (12,474,273      (9,567,674

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  (592,305      176,147        (4,337,839      (2,908,873

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
        
   $ (4,765,419       $ (59,636,585
     (16,372,546          
  

 

 

       

 

 

 
     (21,137,965         (59,636,585
  

 

 

       

 

 

 
   $         $ 62,826  

 

The accompanying Notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 

     Elfun Income Fund      Elfun Government Money
Market Fund
 
     

Year Ended

December 31,
2018

    

Year Ended

December 31,
2017

    

Year Ended

December 31,
2018

    

Year Ended

December 31,
2017

 

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets

 

Operations:

 

Net investment income

   $ 6,939,136      $ 6,878,857      $ 1,556,972      $ 604,201  

Net realized gain (loss) on investments, futures, swap contracts, options contracts, and foreign currency related transactions

     (5,426,673      490,317        (3       

Net increase (decrease) in unrealized appreciation/depreciation on investments, futures and swap contracts

     (3,757,452      3,041,432                
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) from operations

     (2,244,989      10,410,606        1,556,969        604,201  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Distributions to shareholders:

 

Total distributions

     (7,065,178      (6,577,379      (1,556,972      (614,831
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Increase (decrease) in assets from operations and distributions

     (9,310,167      3,833,227        (3      (10,630
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Share transactions:

 

Proceeds from sale of shares

     10,263,456        10,184,726        49,255,283        45,174,015  

Value of distributions reinvested

     5,368,470        5,003,427        1,430,523        562,402  

Cost of shares redeemed

     (38,033,816      (33,974,499      (56,238,963      (47,236,144
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) from share transactions

     (22,401,890      (18,786,346      (5,553,157      (1,499,727
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total increase (decrease) in net assets

     (31,712,057      (14,953,119      (5,553,160      (1,510,357

Net Assets

 

Beginning of year

     261,189,077        276,142,196        109,828,175        111,338,532  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

End of year

   $ 229,477,020      $ 261,189,077      $ 104,275,015      $ 109,828,175  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Changes in Fund Shares

 

Shares sold

     925,381        893,694        49,255,283        45,174,014  

Issued for distributions reinvested

     485,128        437,971        1,430,523        562,402  

Shares redeemed

     (3,427,061      (2,976,318      (56,238,963      (47,236,144
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net decrease in fund shares

     (2,016,552      (1,644,653      (5,553,157      (1,499,728
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
For the year ended December 31, 2017, the source of distributions paid to shareholders was (See Note 11 in the Notes to Financial Statements):

 

Net investment income

      $ (6,577,379       $ (604,201

Net realized gains

                  (10,630
     

 

 

       

 

 

 

Total distributions

        (6,577,379         (614,831
     

 

 

       

 

 

 

Undistributed net investment income as of December 31, 2017:

      $ 347,347         $  

 

The accompanying Notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 

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1.   Organization of the Funds

The Elfun International Equity Fund, Elfun Trusts, Elfun Diversified Fund, Elfun Tax-Exempt Income Fund, Elfun Income Fund and Elfun Government Money Market Fund (each, a “Fund” and collectively, the “Funds”) are each registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), as open-end management investment companies. Each Fund is a diversified investment company within the meaning of the 1940 Act.

Under each Fund’s organizational documents, its officers and trustees are indemnified against certain liabilities arising out of the performance of their duties to the Fund. Additionally, in the normal course of business, the Funds enter into contracts with service providers that contain general indemnification clauses. Each Fund’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown as this would involve future claims that may be made against the Fund that have not yet occurred

 

2.   Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

The following is a summary of significant accounting policies followed by the Funds in the preparation of their financial statements:

The preparation of financial statements in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“U.S. GAAP”) requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Actual results could differ from those estimates. Each Fund is an investment company under U.S. GAAP and follows the accounting and reporting guidance applicable to investment companies.

Security Valuation  Each Fund’s investments are valued at fair value each day that the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) is open and, for financial reporting purposes, as of the report date should the reporting period end on a day that the NYSE is not open. Fair value is generally defined as the price a fund would receive to sell an asset or pay to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. By its nature, a fair value price is a good faith estimate of the valuation in a current sale and may not reflect an actual market price. The investments of each Fund are valued pursuant to the policy and procedures developed by the Oversight Committee (the “Committee”) and approved by the Board of Trustees of each Fund (each, a “Board”). The Committee provides oversight of the valuation of investments for the Funds. Each Board has responsibility for overseeing the determination of the fair value of investments.

Valuation techniques used to value each Fund’s investments by major category are as follows:

 

   

Equity investments (including preferred stocks and registered investment companies that are exchange traded funds) traded on a recognized securities exchange for which market quotations are readily available are valued at the last sale price or official closing price, as applicable, on the primary market or exchange on which they trade. Equity investments traded on a recognized exchange for which there were no sales on that day are valued at the last published sale price or at fair value.

 

   

Investments in registered investment companies (including money market funds) or other unitized pooled investment vehicles that are not traded on an exchange are valued at that day’s published net asset value (“NAV”) per share or unit.

 

   

Government and municipal fixed income securities are generally valued using quotations from independent pricing services or brokers. Certain government inflation-indexed securities may require a calculated fair valuation as the cumulative inflation is contained within the price provided by the pricing service or broker. For these securities, the inflation component of the price is “cleaned” from the pricing service or broker price utilizing the published inflation factors in order to ensure proper accrual of income.

 

   

Debt obligations (including short term investments) are valued using quotations from independent pricing services or brokers or are generally valued at the last reported evaluated prices.

 

   

Exchange-traded futures contracts are valued at the closing settlement price on the primary market on which they are traded most extensively. Exchange-traded futures contracts traded on a recognized exchange for which there were no sales on that day are valued at the last reported sale price obtained from independent pricing services or brokers or at fair value.

 

   

Options on futures are priced at their last sale price on the principal market on which they are traded on the valuation date. If there were no sales on that day, options on futures are valued at either the last reported sale or official closing price on their primary exchange determined in accordance with the valuation policy and procedures approved by the Boards.

 

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Swap agreements are valued daily based upon prices supplied by Board approved pricing vendors or through brokers. Depending on the product and terms of the transaction, the value of agreements is determined using a series of techniques including valuation models that incorporate a number of market data factors, such as discounted cash flows, yields, curves, trades and values of the underlying reference instruments. In the event SSGA Funds Management, Inc. (the “Adviser” or “SSGA FM”) is unable to obtain an independent, third–party valuation the agreements will be fair valued.

In the event prices or quotations are not readily available or that the application of these valuation methods results in a price for an investment that is deemed to be not representative of the fair value of such investment, fair value will be determined in good faith by the Committee, in accordance with the valuation policy and procedures approved by the Boards.

A “significant event” is an event that the Board believes, with a reasonably high degree of certainty, has caused the closing market prices of a Fund’s portfolio securities to no longer reflect their value at the time of the Fund’s net asset value calculation. Fair value may be determined using an independent fair value service under valuation procedures approved by the Boards. The independent fair value service takes into account multiple factors including, but not limited to, movements in the U.S. securities markets, certain depositary receipts, futures contracts and foreign currency exchange rates that have occurred subsequent to the close of foreign securities exchanges. The use of the independent fair value service or alternative fair valuation methods would result in the investments being classified within Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy.

The Funds value their assets and liabilities at fair value using a fair value hierarchy consisting of three broad levels that prioritize the inputs to valuation techniques giving the highest priority to readily available unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1 measurements) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3 measurements) when market prices are not readily available or reliable. The categorization of a value determined for an investment within the hierarchy is based upon the pricing transparency of the investment and is not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in it.

The three levels of the fair value hierarchy are as follows:

 

   

Level 1 — Unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for an identical asset or liability;

 

   

Level 2 — Inputs other than quoted prices included within Level 1 that are observable for the asset or liability either directly or indirectly, including quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in active markets, quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not considered to be active, inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the asset or liability (such as exchange rates, financing terms, interest rates, yield curves, volatilities, prepayment speeds, loss severities, credit risks and default rates) or other market-corroborated inputs; and

 

   

Level 3 — Unobservable inputs for the asset or liability, including the Committee’s assumptions used in determining the fair value of investments.

The value of each Fund’s investments according to the fair value hierarchy as of December 31, 2018 is disclosed in each Fund’s Schedule of Investments.

Investment Transactions and Income Recognition  Investment transactions are accounted for on trade date for financial reporting purposes. Realized gains and losses from the sale or disposition of investments and foreign exchange transactions, if any, are determined using the identified cost method.

Dividend income and capital gain distributions, if any, are recognized on the ex-dividend date, net of any foreign taxes withheld at source, if any.

Interest income is recorded daily on an accrual basis. All premiums and discounts are amortized/accreted for financial reporting purposes.

Non-cash dividends received in the form of stock are recorded as dividend income at fair value.

Expenses  Fund specific expenses are charged to the Fund that incurs such expenses. Such expenses may include custodial fees, legal and accounting fees, printing costs and registration fees. Expenses that are not Fund specific are allocated pro rata across the Funds.

 

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Foreign Currency Translation  The accounting records of the Funds are maintained in U.S. dollars. Foreign currencies as well as investment securities and other assets and liabilities denominated in a foreign currency are translated to U.S. dollars using exchange rates at period end. Purchases and sales of securities, income receipts and expense payments denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollars at the prevailing exchange rate on the respective dates of the transactions.

The effects of exchange rate fluctuations on investments are included with the net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investment securities. Other foreign currency transactions resulting in realized and unrealized gain (loss) are disclosed separately.

Foreign Taxes  The Funds may be subject to foreign taxes (a portion of which may be reclaimable) on income, stock dividends, realized and unrealized capital gains on investments or certain foreign currency transactions. Foreign taxes are recorded in accordance with SSGA FM’s understanding of the applicable foreign tax regulations and rates that exist in the foreign jurisdictions in which the Funds invest. These foreign taxes, if any, are paid by the Funds and are reflected in the Statements of Operations, if applicable. Foreign taxes payable or deferred as of December 31, 2018, if any, are disclosed in the Funds’ Statements of Assets and Liabilities.

 

3.   Securities and Other Investments

Delayed Delivery Transactions and When-Issued Securities  During the period, the Elfun Diversified Fund and Elfun Income Fund transacted in securities on a delayed delivery or when-issued basis. Payment and delivery may take place after the customary settlement period for that security. The price of the underlying securities and the date when the securities will be delivered and paid for are fixed at the time the transaction is negotiated. The securities purchased on a delayed delivery or when-issued basis are identified as such in the applicable Fund’s Schedule of Investments. A Fund may receive compensation for interest forgone in the purchase of a delayed delivery or when-issued security. With respect to such purchase commitments, a Fund identifies securities as segregated in its records with a value at least equal to the amount of the commitment. Losses may arise due to changes in the value of the underlying securities or if the counterparty does not perform under the contract’s terms, or if the issuer does not issue the securities due to political, economic or other factors.

To-Be-Announced Transactions  Certain Funds may seek to obtain exposure to U.S. agency mortgage pass-through securities through the use of “to-be-announced” or “TBA transactions.” “TBA” refers to a commonly used mechanism for the forward settlement of U.S. agency mortgage pass-through securities. In a TBA transaction, the buyer and seller decide on general trade parameters, such as agency, settlement date, coupon, and price.

A Fund may use TBA transactions to “roll over” such agreements prior to the settlement date. This type of TBA transaction is sometimes known as a “TBA roll.” In a TBA roll, a Fund generally will sell the obligation to purchase the pools stipulated in the TBA agreement prior to the settlement date and will enter into a new TBA agreement for future delivery of pools of mortgage pass-through securities. A Fund may also enter into TBA agreements and settle such transactions on the stipulated settlement date by accepting actual receipt or delivery of the pools of mortgage pass-through securities.

Default by or bankruptcy of a counterparty to a TBA transaction would expose a Fund to possible loss because of adverse market action, expenses or delays in connection with the purchase or sale of the pools of mortgage pass-through securities specified in the TBA transaction. To minimize this risk, a Fund will enter into TBA transactions only with established counterparties. A Fund’s use of “TBA rolls” may impact portfolio turnover, transaction costs and capital gain distributions to shareholders.

Repurchase Agreements  Certain Funds may enter into repurchase agreements under the terms of a Master Repurchase Agreement. A repurchase agreement customarily obligates the seller at the time it sells securities to a Fund to repurchase the securities at a mutually agreed upon price and time. During the term of a repurchase agreement, the value of the underlying securities held as collateral on behalf of a Fund including accrued interest, is required to exceed the value of the repurchase agreement, including accrued interest.

The applicable Fund monitors, on a daily basis, the value of the collateral to ensure it is at least equal to the Fund’s the principal amount of the repurchase agreement (including accrued interest). The underlying securities are ordinarily United States Government or Government Agency securities, but may consist of other securities. The use of repurchase agreements involves certain risks including counterparty risks. In the event of a default by the counterparty, realization of the collateral proceeds could be delayed, during which the value of the collateral may decline.

 

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As of December 31, 2018, the Elfun Government Money Market Fund had invested in repurchase agreements with the gross values of $35,057,000 and associated collateral equal to $35,758,339.

 

4.   Derivative Financial Instruments

Futures Contracts  Certain Funds may enter into futures contracts to meet the Funds’ objectives. A futures contract is a standardized, exchange-traded agreement to buy or sell a financial instrument at a set price on a future date. Upon entering into a futures contract, a Fund is required to deposit with the broker, cash or securities in an amount equal to the minimum initial margin requirements of the clearing house. Subsequent payments are made or received by a Fund equal to the daily change in the contract value and are recorded as variation margin receivable or payable with a corresponding offset to unrealized gains or losses. A Fund recognizes a realized gain or loss when the contract is closed.

Losses may arise if the value of a futures contract decreases due to unfavorable changes in the market rates or values of the underlying instrument during the term of the contract or if the counterparty does not perform under the contract. The use of futures contracts also involves the risk that the movements in the price of the futures contracts do not correlate the movement of the assets underlying such contracts.

During the fiscal year ended December 31, 2018, the following Funds entered into futures contracts for strategies listed below:

 

Funds    Strategies

Elfun International Equity Fund

   Equitization of Cash

Elfun Diversified Fund

   Manage exposure to interest rates and Equitization of Cash

Elfun Income Fund

   Manage exposure to interest rates

Credit Default Swaps  During the fiscal year ended December 31, 2018, the Elfun Diversified Fund and Elfun Income Fund engaged in credit default swaps to manage credit risk. When a Fund is the buyer in a credit default swap contract, a Fund is entitled to receive the par (or other agreed upon) value (full notional value) of a referenced debt obligation (or basket of debt obligations) from the counterparty (or central clearing party (“CCP”) in the case of a centrally cleared swap) to the contract if a credit event by a third party, such as a U.S. or foreign corporate issuer or sovereign issuer, on the debt obligation occurs. In return, a Fund pays the counterparty a periodic stream of payments over the term of the contract provided that no credit event has occurred. If no credit event occurs, a Fund loses its investment and recovers nothing. However, if a credit event occurs, a Fund receives full notional value for a referenced debt obligation that may have little or no value. When a Fund is the seller of a credit default swap, it receives a fixed rate of income throughout the term of the contract, provided there is no credit event. If a credit event occurs, a Fund is obligated to pay the notional amount of the swap and in certain instances take delivery of securities of the reference entity upon the occurrence of a credit event, as defined under the terms of that particular swap agreement. Credit events are contract specific but may include bankruptcy, failure to pay, restructuring, obligation acceleration and repudiation/moratorium. If a Fund is a seller of protection and a credit event occurs, the maximum potential amount of future payments that a Fund could be required to make would be an amount equal to the notional amount of the agreement. This potential amount would be partially offset by any recovery value of the respective referenced obligation, or net amount received from the settlement of a buy protection credit default swap agreement entered into by a Fund for the same referenced obligation.

As the seller, a Fund may create economic leverage to its portfolio because, in addition to its total net assets, a Fund is subject to investment exposure on the notional amount of the swap. The interest fee paid or received on the swap, which is based on a specified interest rate on a fixed notional amount, is accrued daily as a component of unrealized appreciation (depreciation) and is recorded as realized gain upon receipt or realized loss upon payment. A Fund also records an increase or decrease to unrealized appreciation (depreciation) in an amount equal to the daily valuation. For centrally cleared swaps, the daily change in valuation is recorded as a receivable or payable for variation margin and settled in cash with the CCP daily. All upfront payments, if any, are amortized over the life of the swap as realized gains or losses. Those upfront payments that are paid or received, typically for non-centrally cleared swaps, are recorded as other assets or other liabilities, respectively, net of amortization. For financial reporting purposes, unamortized upfront payments, if any, are netted with unrealized appreciation or depreciation on swaps to determine the market value of swaps. A Fund segregates assets in the form of cash or liquid securities in an amount equal to the notional amount of the credit default swaps of which it is the seller. A Fund segregates assets in the form of cash or liquid securities in an amount equal to any unrealized depreciation of the credit default swaps of which it is the buyer, marked to market on a daily basis. Credit default swaps involve greater risks than if a Fund had invested

 

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in the referenced debt obligation directly. If a Fund is a buyer of a credit default swap and no credit event occurs, a Fund will not earn any return on its investment. If a Fund is a seller of a credit default swap, a Fund’s risk of loss may be the entire notional amount of the swap. Swaps may also subject a Fund to the risk that the counterparty to the transaction may not fulfill its obligation. In the case of centrally cleared swaps, counterparty risk is minimal due to protections provided by the CCP.

Interest Rate Swaps  Interest rate swaps involve the exchange by a Fund with another party of their respective commitments to pay or receive interest, such as an exchange of fixed rate payments for floating rate payments.

During the fiscal year ended December 31, 2018, the Elfun Diversified Fund and Elfun Income Fund entered into interest rate swaps in order to manage exposure to interest rates.

Options on Exchanged-Traded Futures Contracts  Certain Funds may purchase and write options, including options on exchanged-traded futures contracts, subject to certain limitations. Writing puts and buying calls tend to increase a Fund’s exposure to the underlying instrument while buying puts and writing calls tend to decrease a Fund’s exposure to the underlying instrument. A Fund will not enter into a transaction involving options for speculative purposes. A Fund’s risks in using these contracts include changes in the value of the underlying instruments, non-performance of the counterparties under the contracts’ terms and changes in the liquidity of the secondary market for the contracts.

When a Fund writes an option, the amount of the premium received is recorded as a liability and is subsequently adjusted to the current fair value of the option written. Premiums received from writing options that expire unexercised are treated by a Fund on the expiration date as realized gains from investments. The difference between the premium and the amount paid on effecting a closing purchase transaction, including brokerage commissions, is also treated as a realized gain, or if the premium is less than the amount paid for the closing purchase, as a realized loss. When an option is exercised, the proceeds from the sale of the underlying instrument or the cost basis of the securities purchased is adjusted by the original premium received or paid. In return for a premium paid, call and put options on futures contracts give the holder the right, but not the obligation, to purchase or sell, respectively, a position in a particular futures contract at a specified exercise price.

During the fiscal year ended December 31, 2018, the Elfun Diversified Fund and the Elfun Income Fund purchased and wrote options in order to manage exposure to interest rates.

The following tables summarize the value of the Funds’ derivative instruments as of December 31, 2018 and the related location in the accompanying Statements of Assets and Liabilities and Statements of Operations, presented by primary underlying risk exposure:

Asset Derivatives

 

      Interest
Rate
Contracts
Risk
     Foreign
Exchange
Contracts
Risk
     Credit
Contracts
Risk
     Equity
Contracts
Risk
     Commodity
Contracts
Risk
     Total  

Elfun Diversified Fund

                 

Futures Contracts

   $ 183,601      $      $      $      $      $ 183,601  

Swap Contracts

   $      $      $ 15,886      $      $      $ 15,886  

Elfun Income Fund

                 

Futures Contracts

   $ 623,416      $      $      $      $      $ 623,416  

Swap Contracts

   $      $      $ 85,811      $      $      $ 85,811  

Liability Derivatives

 

      Interest
Rate
Contracts
Risk
    Foreign
Exchange
Contracts
Risk
     Credit
Contracts
Risk
     Equity
Contracts
Risk
     Commodity
Contracts
Risk
     Total  

Elfun Diversified Fund

                

Swap Contracts

   $ (73,424   $      $      $      $      $ (73,424

Elfun Income Fund

                

Swap Contracts

   $ (313,874   $      $      $      $      $ (313,874

 

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Realized Gain/Loss

 

      Interest
Rate
Contracts
Risk
    Foreign
Exchange
Contracts
Risk
     Credit
Contracts
Risk
    Equity
Contracts
Risk
    Commodity
Contracts
Risk
     Total  

Elfun International Equity Fund

 

           

Futures Contracts

   $     $      $     $ 143,362     $      $ 143,362  

Elfun Diversified Fund

              

Futures Contracts

   $ (264,444   $      $     $ (9,844   $      $ (274,288

Swap Contracts

     86,897              (14,580                  72,317  

Purchased Option Contracts(b)

     (79,230                               (79,230

Written Option Contracts

     35,977                                 35,977  

Elfun Income Fund

              

Futures Contracts

   $ (711,298   $      $     $     $      $ (711,298

Swap Contracts

     352,637              (26,475                  326,160  

Purchased Option Contracts(b)

     (315,816                               (315,816

Written Option Contracts

     141,747                                 141,747  

 

  (b)

Purchased options are included in net realized gain (loss) from investments.

Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)

 

      Interest
Rate
Contracts
Risk
    Foreign
Exchange
Contracts
Risk
     Credit
Contracts
Risk
    Equity
Contracts
Risk
    Commodity
Contracts
Risk
     Total  

Elfun International Equity Fund

 

           

Futures Contracts

   $     $      $     $ (28,153   $      $ (28,153

Elfun Diversified Fund

              

Futures Contracts

   $ 187,182     $      $     $ (18,420   $      $ 168,762  

Swap Contracts

     (57,175            (21,013                  (78,188

Elfun Income Fund

              

Futures Contracts

   $ 569,712     $      $     $     $      $ 569,712  

Swap Contracts

     (217,507            (72,116                  (289,623

 

5.   Fees and Transactions with Affiliates

Advisory Fee  SSGA FM, a registered investment adviser, was retained by each Board to act as investment adviser and administrator of each Fund. SSGA FM’s compensation for investment advisory and administrative services (“Management Fee”) is paid monthly based on the average daily net assets of each Fund. The Management Fee is stated in the following schedule:

 

Fund    Management
Fee
 

Elfun International Equity Fund

     0.21

Elfun Trusts

     0.14

Elfun Diversified Fund

     0.17

Elfun Tax-Exempt Income Fund

     0.16

Elfun Income Fund

     0.17

Elfun Government Money Market Fund

     0.10

SSGA FM may voluntarily reduce all or a portion of its fees and/or reimburse expenses of the Elfun Government Money Market Fund, to the extent necessary to avoid a negative yield (the “Voluntary Reduction”), or a yield below a specified level, which may vary from time to time in SSGA FM’s sole discretion. The Elfun Government Money Market Fund has agreed, subject to certain limitations, to reimburse the Adviser for the full dollar amount of any Voluntary Reduction for up to three years from the date reduced, provided that the total operating expense ratio for the Elfun Government Money Market Fund, after giving effect to the recoupment, would not exceed 0.60% for the fiscal year in which the recoupment is made. SSGA FM may, in its sole

 

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discretion, irrevocably waive receipt of any or all reimbursement amounts due from the Elfun Government Money Market Fund. Any future reimbursement by the Elfun Government Money Market Fund of the Voluntary Reduction would increase the expenses and reduce the yield of the Elfun Government Money Market Fund. There is no guarantee that the Voluntary Reduction will be in effect at any given time or that the Elfun Government Money Market Fund will be able to avoid a negative yield. SSGA FM did not waive any fees or reimburse any expenses during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2018. SSGA FM did not recoup any previously waived fees or reimbursed expenses during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2018 or during any prior periods. There are no amounts subject to recoupment by SSGA FM as of December 31, 2018.

Custody, Fund Accounting and Sub-Administration Fees  State Street Bank and Trust Company (“State Street”) serves as the custodian, fund accountant and sub-administrator to the Funds. Amounts paid by the Funds to State Street for performing such services are included custody, fund accounting and sub-administration fees on the Statements of Operations.

Due to Custodian  In certain circumstances, the Funds may have cash overdraft with the custodian. The Due to Custodian amount, if any, reflects cash overdrawn with State Street as custodian who is an affiliate of the Funds.

Other Transactions with Affiliates  The Funds may invest in affiliated entities, including securities issued by State Street, affiliated funds, or entities deemed to be affiliates as a result of the Funds owning more than five percent of the entity’s voting securities or outstanding shares. Amounts relating to these transactions during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2018 are disclosed in the Schedules of Investments.

 

6.   Trustees’ Fees

The fees and expenses of each Fund’s trustees who are not “interested persons” of the Fund, as defined in the 1940 Act (“Independent Trustees”) are paid directly by the Funds. The Independent Trustees are reimbursed for travel and other out-of-pocket expenses in connection with meeting attendance and industry seminars.

 

7.   Investment Transactions

Purchases and Sales of Securities  The cost of purchases and the proceeds from sales of investments, other than short-term securities, for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2018, were as follows:

 

     U.S. Government
Obligations
     Other Securities  
Fund    Purchases      Sales      Purchases      Sales  

Elfun International Equity Fund

   $      $      $ 53,756,389      $ 60,345,908  

Elfun Trusts

                   487,287,466        664,468,888  

Elfun Diversified Fund

     116,030,270        116,021,252        23,102,659        35,455,137  

Elfun Tax-Exempt Income Fund

                   257,309,659        309,466,717  

Elfun Income Fund

     401,703,755        426,969,761        79,989,644        77,235,702  

 

8.   Income Tax Information

The Funds have qualified and intend to continue to qualify as regulated investment companies under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. Each Fund will not be subject to the federal income taxes to the extent it distributes its taxable income, including any net realized capital gains, for each fiscal year. Therefore, no provision for federal income tax is required.

The Funds file federal and various state and local tax returns as required. No income tax returns are currently under examination. Generally, the federal returns are subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service for a period of three years from date of filing, while the state returns may remain open for an additional year depending upon jurisdiction. SSGA FM has analyzed the Funds’ tax positions and does not believe there are any uncertain tax positions that would require recognition of a tax liability.

Distributions to shareholders are recorded on ex-dividend date. Income dividends and gain distributions are determined in accordance with income tax rules and regulations, which may differ from generally accepted accounting principles. Certain capital accounts in the financial statements have been adjusted for permanent book-tax differences. These adjustments have no

 

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impact on net asset values or results of operations. Temporary book-tax differences will reverse in the future. These book tax differences are primarily due to differing treatments for character of distributions, foreign currency gains and losses, corporate actions, paydown losses, futures contracts, swap contracts, straddle loss deferrals, capital gain taxes, expiring limited capital loss carryforwards, return of capital adjustments, and wash sale loss deferrals.

The tax character of distributions paid during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2018, were as follows:

 

Fund    Exempt
Income
     Ordinary
Income
     Long-Term
Capital Gains
     Return of
Capital
     Total  

Elfun International Equity Fund

   $      $ 4,494,291      $      $      $ 4,494,291  

Elfun Trusts

            39,509,239        307,096,650               346,605,889  

Elfun Diversified Fund

            4,584,578        1,141,933               5,726,511  

Elfun Tax-Exempt Income Fund

     56,871,069        576,506                      57,447,575  

Elfun Income Fund

            7,065,178                      7,065,178  

Elfun Government Money Market Fund

            1,556,972                      1,556,972  

The tax character of distributions paid during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2017, were as follows:

 

Fund    Exempt
Income
     Ordinary
Income
     Long-Term
Capital Gains
     Return of
Capital
     Total  

Elfun International Equity Fund

   $      $ 3,655,776      $      $      $ 3,655,776  

Elfun Trusts

            37,831,065        234,370,147               272,201,212  

Elfun Diversified Fund

            9,605,789        11,532,176               21,137,965  

Elfun Tax-Exempt Income Fund

     59,020,190        616,395                      59,636,585  

Elfun Income Fund

            6,577,379                      6,577,379  

Elfun Government Money Market Fund

            614,831                      614,831  

At December 31, 2018, the components of distributable earnings on a tax basis were as follows:

 

     Undistributed
Ordinary
Income
    Tax Exempt
Income
    Capital Loss
Carryforwards
    Undistributed
long term
gain
    Net
Unrealized
Gains (Losses)
    Qualified
Late-Year
Losses
    Total  

Elfun International Equity Fund

  $     $     $ (6,473,390   $     $ 3,649,384     $     $ (2,824,006

Elfun Trusts

    292,403                   3,500       769,983,865             770,279,768  

Elfun Diversified Fund

    116,687                   132,129       1,110,460             1,359,276  

Elfun Tax-Exempt Income Fund

          62,812       (18,541,140           22,027,940             3,549,612  

Elfun Income Fund

    192,243             (5,748,567           (2,673,386           (8,229,710

Elfun Government Money Market Fund

                (3                       (3

As of December 31, 2018, the Funds had capital loss carryforwards available to offset future realized capital gains through the indicated expiration dates as follows:

 

Fund   

Non-Expiring

Short Term

    

Non-Expiring

Long Term

 

Elfun International Equity Fund

   $ 2,938,410      $ 3,534,980  

Elfun Tax-Exempt Income Fund

     17,433,355        1,107,785  

Elfun Income Fund

     1,523,441        4,225,126  

Elfun Government Money Market Fund

     3         

 

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As of December 31, 2018, gross unrealized appreciation and gross unrealized depreciation of investments and other financial instruments based on cost for federal income tax purposes were as follows:

 

      Tax
Cost
     Gross
Unrealized
Appreciation
     Gross
Unrealized
Depreciation
     Net
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 

Elfun International Equity Fund

   $ 180,580,917      $ 21,719,113      $ 18,060,577      $ 3,658,536  

Elfun Trusts

     1,655,358,516        917,309,918        147,326,053        769,983,865  

Elfun Diversified Fund

     191,152,480        10,644,631        9,540,577        1,104,054  

Elfun Tax-Exempt Income Fund

     1,341,547,530        32,177,664        10,149,723        22,027,941  

Elfun Income Fund

     267,060,455        3,104,376        5,274,681        (2,170,305

Elfun Government Money Market Fund

     104,813,151                       

 

9.   Line of Credit

The Funds (excluding the Elfun Governemnt Money Market Fund) and other affiliated funds (each, a “Participant” and collectively, the “Participants”) participate in a $500 million revolving credit facility provided by a syndication of banks under which the Participants may borrow to fund shareholder redemptions. This agreement expires October 10, 2019 unless extended or renewed.

The Participants are charged an annual commitment fee which is calculated based on the unused portion of the shared credit line. Commitment fees are allocated among each of the Participants based on relative net assets. Commitment fees are ordinary fund operation expenses. A Participant incurs and pays the interest expense related to its borrowing. Interest is calculated at a rate per annum equal to the sum of 1% plus the greater of the New York Fed Bank Rate and 1-month LIBOR rate.

The Funds had no outstanding loans as of December 31, 2018.

 

10.   Risks

Concentration Risk  As a result of a Fund’s ability to invest a large percentage of its assets in obligations of issuers within the same country, state, region, currency or economic sector, an adverse economic, business or political development may affect the value of a Fund’s investments more than if a Fund was more broadly diversified.

Interest Rate Risk  Is the risk that fixed income securities will decline in value because of changes in interest rates. Bond prices generally rise when interest rates decline and generally decline when interest rates rise. Although governmental financial regulators, including the U.S. Federal Reserve, have taken steps to maintain historically low interest rates, the U.S. Federal Reserve has recently begun to raise interest rates and may continue to do so. Thus, a Fund currently faces a heightened level of interest rate risk.

Foreign and Emerging Markets Risk  Investing in foreign markets involves risks and considerations not typically associated with investing in the U.S. Foreign securities may be subject to risk of loss because of government regulation, economic, political and social instability in the countries in which a Fund invests. Foreign markets may be less liquid than investments in the U.S. and may be subject to the risks of currency fluctuations. To the extent that a Fund invests in securities of issuers located in emerging markets, these risks may be even more pronounced.

Market and Credit Risk  In the normal course of business, a Fund trades financial instruments and enters into financial transactions where risk of potential loss exists due to changes in the general economic conditions and fluctuations of the market (market risk). Additionally, a Fund may also be exposed to credit risk in the event that an issuer or guarantor fails to perform or that an institution or entity with which a Fund has unsettled or open transactions defaults.

 

11.   New and Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In August 2018, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) released its Final Rule on Disclosure Update and Simplification (the “Final Rule”) which is intended to simplify an issuer’s disclosure compliance efforts by removing redundant or outdated disclosure requirements without significantly altering the mix of information provided to investors. The

 

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Funds have adopted the Final Rule for the current period with the most notable impacts being that the Funds are no longer required to present components of distributable earnings on the Statements of Assets and Liabilities or the sources of distributions to shareholders and the amount of undistributed net investment income on the Statements of Changes in Net Assets.

In March 2017, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) No. 2017-08, Receivables — Nonrefundable Fees and Other Costs (Subtopic 310-20): Premium Amortization on Purchased Callable Debt Securities. The amendments in the ASU shorten the amortization period for certain callable debt securities, held at a premium, to be amortized to the earliest call date. The ASU does not require an accounting change for securities held at a discount; which continues to be amortized to maturity. The ASU is effective for fiscal years and interim periods within those fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2018. Management is currently evaluating the impact, if any, of applying this provision.

 

12.   Subsequent Events

Management has evaluated the impact of all subsequent events on the Funds through the date on which the financial statements were available to be issued and has determined that there were no subsequent events requiring adjustment or disclosure in the financial statements.

 

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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

 

 

 

To the Shareholders and Board of Trustees of Elfun International Equity Fund, Elfun Trusts, Elfun Diversified Fund, Elfun Tax-Exempt Income Fund, Elfun Income Fund, and Elfun Government Money Market Fund

Opinion on the Financial Statements

We have audited the accompanying statements of assets and liabilities of Elfun International Equity Fund, Elfun Trusts, Elfun Diversified Fund, Elfun Tax-Exempt Income Fund, Elfun Income Fund and Elfun Government Money Market Fund (collectively referred to as the “Funds”), including the schedules of investments, as of December 31, 2018, and the related statements of operations for the year then ended, the statements of changes in net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended, the financial highlights for each of the three years in the period then ended and the related notes (collectively referred to as the “financial statements”). The financial highlights for the two years in the period then ended December 31, 2015 were audited by another independent registered public accounting firm whose report, dated February 24, 2016, expressed an unqualified opinion on those financial highlights. In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Funds at December 31, 2018, the results of their operations for the year then ended, the changes in their net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended and their financial highlights for each of the three years in the period then ended, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.

Basis for Opinion

These financial statements are the responsibility of the Funds’ management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Funds’ financial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (“PCAOB”) and are required to be independent with respect to the Funds in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. The Funds are not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of the Funds’ internal control over financial reporting. As part of our audits we are required to obtain an understanding of internal control over financial reporting, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Funds’ internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion.

Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of December 31, 2018, by correspondence with the custodian, brokers and others or by other appropriate auditing procedures where replies from brokers and others were not received. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

 

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Tax Information

For federal income tax purposes, the following information is furnished with respect to the distributions of the Funds for their fiscal year ended December 31, 2018.

Dividends Received Deduction

The Funds report the maximum amount allowable of their net taxable income as eligible for the corporate dividends received deduction.

Qualified Dividend Income

A portion of dividends distributed by the Funds during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2018 is considered qualified dividend income and is eligible for reduced tax rates. These lower rates range from 5% to 20% depending on the individual’s tax bracket. The Funds report the maximum amount allowable of their net taxable income as qualified dividend income as provided in the Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003.

Long Term Capital Gains Distributions

Long term capital gains dividends were paid from the following Funds during the year ended December 31, 2018:

 

      Amount  

Elfun Trusts

   $     307,096,650  

Elfun Diversified Fund

     1,141,933  

Foreign Tax Credit

The Fund has made an election under Internal Revenue Code Section 853 to pass through foreign taxes paid by the Fund to its shareholders. For the year ended December 31, 2018, the total amount of foreign taxes that will be passed through are:

 

      Amount  

Elfun International Equity Fund

   $     608,986  

The amount of foreign source income earned on the Fund during the year ended December 31, 2018 was as follows:

 

     

Amount

 

Elfun International Equity Fund

   $     5,727,124  

Tax-Exempt Income

For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2018, the following Fund hereby designates as exempt-interest dividends the amounts set forth, or the amount ultimately treated as exempt-interest dividends:

 

      Gross Amount  

Elfun Tax-Exempt Income Fund

   $     56,871,069  

 

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Special Meeting of Shareholders — Voting Results (Unaudited)

 

 

 

A special meeting of shareholders of the Elfun Government Money Market Fund (the “Money Market Fund”), Elfun Tax-Exempt Income Fund (the “Tax-Exempt Fund”), Elfun Income Fund (the “Income Fund”), Elfun Diversified Fund (the “Diversified Fund”), Elfun International Equity Fund (the “International Fund”) and Elfun Trusts (each, a “Fund” and collectively, the “Funds”) was held on December 18, 2018 to elect the following six nominees as Trustees of Elfun Diversified Fund, Elfun Government Money Market Fund, Elfun Income Fund, Elfun International Equity Fund, Elfun Tax-Exempt Income Fund and Elfun Trusts: John R. Costantino, Michael F. Holland, Michael A. Jessee, Ellen M. Needham, Donna M. Rapaccioli, and Richard D. Shirk. At the meeting the following votes were recorded:

 

Money Market Fund  
Nominee    Shares For      Shares Withheld  

John R. Costantino

     47,149,525.853        17,055,612.338  

Michael F. Holland

     47,006,646.265        17,198,491.926  

Michael A. Jessee

     46,923,066.949        17,282,071.242  

Ellen M. Needham

     47,114,146.645        17,090,991.546  

Donna M. Rapaccioli

     47,370,538.247        16,834,599.944  

Richard D. Shirk

     47,125,139.270        17,079,998.921  
Tax-Exempt Fund  
Nominee    Shares For      Shares Withheld  

John R. Costantino

     66,391,989.123        7,220,765.650  

Michael F. Holland

     66,278,607.963        7,334,146.810  

Michael A. Jessee

     66,400,117.922        7,212,636.851  

Ellen M. Needham

     66,358,656.197        7,254,098.576  

Donna M. Rapaccioli

     66,442,714.470        7,170,040.303  

Richard D. Shirk

     66,392,779.147        7,219,975.626  
Income Fund  
Nominee    Shares For      Shares Withheld  

John R. Costantino

     15,567,769.268        311,142.089  

Michael F. Holland

     15,473,849.329        405,062.028  

Michael A. Jessee

     15,532,330.843        346,580.514  

Ellen M. Needham

     15,598,124.981        280,786.376  

Donna M. Rapaccioli

     15,595,583.685        283,327.672  

Richard D. Shirk

     15,522,164.856        356,746.501  
Diversified Fund  
Nominee    Shares For      Shares Withheld  

John R. Costantino

     6,668,735.526        428,268.434  

Michael F. Holland

     6,667,207.742        429,796.218  

Michael A. Jessee

     6,669,141.105        427,862.855  

Ellen M. Needham

     6,670,834.436        426,169.524  

Donna M. Rapaccioli

     6,672,850.897        424,153.063  

Richard D. Shirk

     6,671,748.161        425,255.799  
International Fund  
Nominee    Shares For      Shares Withheld  

John R. Costantino

     4,521,868.575        2,147,261.528  

Michael F. Holland

     4,503,770.701        2,165,359.402  

Michael A. Jessee

     4,507,921.371        2,161,208.732  

Ellen M. Needham

     4,511,271.008        2,157,859.095  

Donna M. Rapaccioli

     4,534,723.662        2,134,406.441  

Richard D. Shirk

     4,523,025.199        2,146,104.904  

 

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Elfun Trusts  
Nominee    Shares For      Shares Withheld  

John R. Costantino

     21,250,737.196        424,934.592  

Michael F. Holland

     21,024,696.644        650,975.144  

Michael A. Jessee

     21,285,604.305        390,067.483  

Ellen M. Needham

     21,357,309.327        318,362.461  

Donna M. Rapaccioli

     21,323,470.816        352,200.972  

Richard D. Shirk

     21,306,733.110        368,938.678  

The other Trustees whose term of office continued after the meeting are as follows: Jeanne M. La Porta, Patrick J. Riley and Rina K. Spence.

 

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Other Information (Unaudited)

 

 

 

Trustees and Officers

 

           

Name,
Address,

and Year

of Birth

  Position(s) Held
with Fund
  Term of
Office and
Length of
Time Served
  Principal Occupation
During Past Five Years and
Relevant Experience
  Number of
Funds
in Fund
Complex
Overseen
by Trustee†
   

Other Directorships
Held by Trustee
During Past

Five Years

INDEPENDENT TRUSTEES

Michael F. Holland

c/o SSGA Funds

Management, Inc.

One Iron Street

Boston, MA 02210

 

YOB: 1944

 

Trustee and

Co-Chairperson of the Board

  Term: Indefinite Elected: 12/18   Chairman, Holland & Company L.L.C. (investment adviser) (1995 – present).     67     Director, the Holland Series Fund, Inc.; Director, The China Fund, Inc.; Director, The Taiwan Fund, Inc. (2007 – 2017); Director, Reaves Utility Income Fund, Inc.; and Director, Blackstone/GSO Loans (and Real Estate) Funds.
             

Patrick J. Riley

c/o SSGA Funds Management, Inc.

One Iron Street

Boston, MA 02210

 

YOB: 1948

 

Trustee and

Co-Chairperson

of the Board

  Term: Indefinite Appointed: 4/16   2002 to May 2010, Associate Justice of the Superior Court, Commonwealth of Massachusetts; 1985 to 2002, Partner, Riley, Burke & Donahue, L.L.P. (law firm); 1998 to Present, Independent Director, State Street Global Advisers Ireland, Ltd. (investment company); 1998 to Present, Independent Director, SSGA Liquidity plc (formerly, SSGA Cash Management Fund plc); January 2009 to Present, Independent Director, SSGA Fixed Income plc; and January 2009 to Present, Independent Director, SSGA Qualified Funds PLC.     67     Board Director and Chairman, SPDR Europe 1PLC Board (2011 – Present); Board Director and Chairman, SPDR Europe II, PLC (2013 – Present).
             

John R. Costantino

c/o SSGA Funds Management, Inc.

One Iron Street

Boston, MA 02210

 

YOB: 1946

 

Trustee and

Co-Chairperson of the Qualified Legal and Compliance Committee

  Term: Indefinite Elected: 12/18   Managing General Partner, NGN Capital LLC (2006 – present); and Managing Director, Vice President of Walden Capital Management (1996 – present).     67     Director of Kleinfeld Bridal Corp. (March 2016 – present);Trustee of Neuroscience Research Institute (1986 – present); Trustee of Fordham University (1989 – 1995 and 2001 – 2007) and Trustee Emeritus (2007 – present); Trustee of GE Funds (1993 – February 2011); Director of Artes Medical (2006 – 2008); and Trustee of Gregorian University Foundation (1992 – 2007).
             

Donna M. Rapaccioli

c/o SSGA Funds

Management, Inc.

One Iron Street

Boston, MA 02210

 

YOB: 1962

 

Trustee and

Co-Chairperson of the Audit Committee

  Term: Indefinite Elected: 12/18   Dean of the Gabelli School of Business (2007 – present) and Accounting Professor (1987 – present) at Fordham University.     67     Director- Graduate Management Admissions Council (2015 – present); Trustee of Emmanuel College (2010 – present).

 

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Other Information (Unaudited), continued

 

 

 

           

Name,
Address,

and Year

of Birth

  Position(s) Held
with Fund
  Term of
Office and
Length of
Time Served
  Principal Occupation
During Past Five Years and
Relevant Experience
  Number of
Funds
in Fund
Complex
Overseen
by Trustee†
   

Other Directorships
Held by Trustee
During Past

Five Years

INDEPENDENT TRUSTEES (continued)

Richard D. Shirk

c/o SSGA Funds Management, Inc.

One Iron Street

Boston, MA 02210

 

YOB: 1945

  Trustee and Co-Chairperson of the Qualified Legal and Compliance Committee   Term: Indefinite Elected: 12/18   March 2001 to April 2002, Chairman (1996 to March 2001, President and Chief Executive Officer), Cerulean Companies, Inc. (holding company) (Retired); 1992 to March 2001, President and Chief Executive Officer, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Georgia (health insurer, managed healthcare).     67     1998 to December 2008, Chairman, Board Member and December 2008 to Present, Investment Committee Member, Healthcare Georgia Foundation (private foundation); September 2002 to 2012, Lead Director and Board Member, Amerigroup Corp. (managed health care); 1999 to 2013, Board Member and (since 2001) Investment Committee Member, Woodruff Arts Center; and 2003 to 2009, Trustee, Gettysburg College; Board member, Aerocare Holdings, Regenesis Biomedical Inc.
             

Rina K. Spence

c/o SSGA Funds Management, Inc.

One Iron Street

Boston, MA 02210

 

YOB: 1948

  Trustee and Co-Chairperson of the Audit Committee, Chairperson of the Nominating Committee and Chairperson of the Governance Committee   Term: Indefinite Elected: 6/16   President of SpenceCare International LLC (international healthcare consulting) (1999 – present); Chief Executive Officer, IEmily.com (health internet company) (2000 – 2001); Chief Executive Officer of Consensus Pharmaceutical, Inc. (1998 – 1999); Founder, President and Chief Executive Officer of Spence Center for Women’s Health (1994 – 1998); President and CEO, Emerson Hospital (1984 – 1994); Honorary Consul for Monaco in Boston (2015 – present).     67     None
             

Michael A. Jessee

c/o SSGA Funds

Management, Inc.

One Iron Street

Boston, MA 02210

 

YOB: 1946

  Trustee and Co-Chairperson of the Valuation Committee   Term: Indefinite Elected: 12/18   Retired; formerly, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Federal Home Loan Bank of Boston (1989 – 2009); Trustee, Randolph-Macon College (2004 – 2016).     67     None

 

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Other Information (Unaudited), continued

 

 

 

           

Name,
Address,

and Year

of Birth

  Position(s) Held
with Fund
  Term of
Office and
Length of
Time Served
  Principal Occupation
During Past Five Years and
Relevant Experience
  Number of
Funds
in Fund
Complex
Overseen
by Trustee†
   

Other Directorships
Held by Trustee
During Past

Five Years

INTERESTED TRUSTEES(1)

Ellen M. Needham(2)

SSGA Funds Management, Inc.

One Iron Street

Boston, MA 02210

 

YOB: 1967

  Trustee and President   Time Indefinite Elected: 12/18   President and Director, SSGA FM (2001 – present)*; Senior Managing Director, State Street Global Advisors (1992 – present)*; Director, State Street Global Advisors Funds Distributors, LLC (May 2017 – present).*     67     None
             

Jeanne M. La Porta(3)

SSGA Funds Management, Inc.

1600 Summer St.

Stamford, CT 06905

 

YOB: 1965

  Trustee   Time Indefinite Appointed: 3/14   Senior Managing Director at State Street Global Advisors (July 2016 – present); Director of State Street Global Advisors Funds Distributors, LLC (May 2017 – present); President of GE Retirement Savings Plan Funds (July 2016 – present); Senior Vice President and Commercial Operations Leader at GE Asset Management Incorporated (“GEAM”) (March 2014 – July 2016); President of State Street Institutional Funds and State Street Variable Insurance Series Funds, Inc. (April 2014 – present); President and Trustee.     18     None

 

(1)   The individuals listed below are Trustees who are “interested persons,” as defined in the 1940 Act, of the Funds (“Interested Trustees”).
(2)   Ms. Needham is an Interested Trustee because of her employment by SSGA Funds Management, Inc., an affiliate of the Funds.
(3)   Ms. La Porta is an Interested Trustee because of her employment by SSGA Funds Management, Inc., an affiliate of the Funds.
*   Served in various capacities and/or with various affiliated entities during noted time period
  For the purpose of determining the number of portfolios overseen by the Trustees, “Fund Complex” comprises registered investment companies for which SSGA FM serves as investment adviser.

The following lists the principal officers for the Funds, as well as their mailing addresses and ages, positions with the Funds and length of time served, and present and principal occupations:

 

       
Name,
Address,
and Year
of Birth
  Position(s) Held with Fund   Term of Office and
Length of Time Served
  Principal Occupation
During Past Five Years

OFFICERS:

Ellen M. Needham(3)

SSGA Funds Management, Inc.

One Iron Street

Boston, MA 02210

 

YOB: 1967

  President, Trustee   Term: Indefinite Elected: 7/16   President and Director, SSGA FM (2001 – present)*; Senior Managing Director, State Street Global Advisors (1992 – present)*; Director, State Street Global Advisors Funds Distributors, LLC (May 2017 – present).*
         

Brian Harris

SSGA Funds Management, Inc.

One Iron Street

Boston, MA 02210

 

YOB: 1973

  Chief Compliance Officer, Anti-Money Laundering Officer and Code of Ethics Compliance Officer   Term: Indefinite Elected: 7/16   Managing Director, State Street Global Advisors and SSGA Funds Management, Inc. (2013 – Present); Senior Vice President and Global Head of Investment Compliance, BofA Global Capital Management (September 2010 – May 2013).

 

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Other Information (Unaudited), continued

 

 

 

       
Name,
Address,
and Year
of Birth
  Position(s) Held with Fund   Term of Office and
Length of Time Served
  Principal Occupation
During Past Five Years

OFFICERS (continued):

Joshua A. Weinberg

SSGA Funds Management, Inc.

One Iron Street

Boston, MA 02210

 

YOB: 1978

  Chief Legal Officer   Term: Indefinite Elected: 7/16   Managing Director and Managing Counsel, State Street Global Advisors (2011 – present)*; Clerk, SSGA Funds Management, Inc. (2013 – present); Associate, Financial Services Group, Dechert LLP (2005 – 2011).
         

Bruce S. Rosenberg

SSGA Funds Management, Inc.

One Iron Street

Boston, MA 02210

 

YOB: 1961

  Treasurer   Term: Indefinite Elected: 7/16   Managing Director, State Street Global Advisors and SSGA Funds Management, Inc. (July 2015 – present); Director, Credit Suisse (April 2008 – July 2015).
         

Ann M. Carpenter

SSGA Funds Management, Inc.

One Iron Street

Boston, MA 02210

 

YOB: 1966

  Vice President and Deputy Treasurer   Term: Indefinite Elected: 7/16   Chief Operating Officer, SSGA Funds Management, Inc. (April 2005 – present)*; Managing Director, State Street Global Advisors. (2005 – present).*
         

Chad C. Hallett

SSGA Funds Management, Inc.

One Iron Street

Boston, MA 02210

 

YOB: 1969

  Deputy Treasurer   Term: Indefinite Elected: 7/16   Vice President, State Street Global Advisors and SSGA Funds Management, Inc. (November 2014 – present); Vice President, State Street Bank and Trust Company (2001 – November 2014).*
         

Arthur A. Jensen

SSGA Funds Management, Inc.

1600 Summer Street

Stamford, CT 06905

 

YOB: 1966

  Deputy Treasurer   Term: Indefinite Elected: 7/16   Vice President, State Street Global Advisors and SSGA Funds Management, Inc. (July 2016 – present); Deputy Treasurer of Elfun Funds (July 2016 – present); Treasurer of State Street Institutional Funds, State Street Variable Insurance Series Funds, Inc. and GE Retirement Savings Plan Funds (June 2011 – present); Treasurer of Elfun Funds (June 2011– July 2016); Mutual Funds Controller of GE Asset Management Incorporated (April 2011 – July 2016).
         

Darlene Anderson-Vasquez

SSGA Funds Management, Inc.

One Iron Street

Boston, MA 02210

 

YOB: 1968

  Deputy Treasurer   Term: Indefinite Elected: 11/16   Managing Director, State Street Global Advisors and SSGA Funds Management, Inc. (May 2016 – present); Senior Vice President, John Hancock Investments (September 2007 – May 2016).
         

Sujata Upreti

SSGA Funds Management, Inc.

One Iron Street

Boston, MA 02210

 

YOB: 1974

  Assistant Treasurer   Term: Indefinite Elected: 3/16   Vice President, State Street Global Advisors and SSGA Funds Management, Inc. (May 2015 – present); Assistant Director, Cambridge Associates, LLC (July 2014 – January 2015); Vice President, Bank of New York Mellon (July 2012 – August 2013); Manager, PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP (September 2003 – July 2012).
         

Daniel Foley

SSGA Funds Management, Inc.

One Iron Street

Boston, MA 02210

 

YOB: 1972

  Assistant Treasurer   Term: Indefinite Elected: 3/16   Vice President, State Street Global Advisors and SSGA Funds Management, Inc. (April 2007 – present).*

 

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Other Information (Unaudited), continued

 

 

 

       
Name,
Address,
and Year
of Birth
  Position(s) Held with Fund   Term of Office and
Length of Time Served
  Principal Occupation
During Past Five Years

OFFICERS (continued):

Daniel G. Plourde

SSGA Funds Management, Inc.

One Iron Street

Boston, MA 02210

 

YOB: 1980

  Assistant Treasurer   Term: Indefinite Elected: 5/17   Vice President, State Street Global Advisors and SSGA Funds Management, Inc. (May 2015 – present); Officer, State Street Bank and Trust Company (March 2009 – May 2015).
         

Jesse D. Hallee

State Street Bank and Trust Company

100 Summer Street,

7th Floor Boston, MA 02111-2900

 

YOB: 1976

  Secretary   Term: Indefinite Elected: 9/16   Vice President and Managing Counsel, State Street Bank and Trust Company (2013 – present); Vice President and Counsel, Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. (2007 – 2013).
         

Khimmara Greer

State Street Bank and Trust Company

100 Summer Street,

7th Floor Boston,

MA 02111-2900

YOB: 1983

  Assistant Secretary   Term: Indefinite Elected: 11/16   Vice President and Counsel, State Street Bank and Trust Company (2015 – present); Regulatory Advisor, JPMorgan (2014 – 2015); Claims Case Manager, Liberty Mutual Insurance (2012 – 2014); Contract Attorney, Various Law Firms (2011 – 2012).

 

*   Served in various capacities and/or with various affiliated entities during noted time period.

 

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Other Information (Unaudited)

 

 

 

Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures and Record

The Funds have adopted the proxy voting policies of SSGA FM. A description of the policies and procedures that the Funds have adopted to determine how to vote proxies relating to portfolio securities is available (i) without charge, upon request, by calling 1-800-242-0134, (ii) on the Funds’ website at http://www.ssga.com/geam, and (iii) on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. Information regarding how the Funds voted proxies, if any, during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30 is available by August 31 of each year without charge (1) by calling 1-800-242-0134 (toll free), and (2) on the website of the SEC at www.sec.gov.

Quarterly Portfolio Schedule

The Funds file their complete schedules of investments with the SEC for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. For the second and fourth quarters, the complete schedules of investments are available in the Funds’ semi-annual and annual financial statements. The Funds’ Forms N-Q are available (i) without charge, upon request, by calling 1-800-242-013, (ii) on the Funds’ website at http://www.ssga.com/geam, and (iii) on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.

 

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Shareholder Services

 

 

 

Online Service

Your Elfun Mutual Fund accounts can now be accessed on the Internet at www.ssga.com/geam

Here are some of the online services:

 

 

View account balance and transaction history

 

 

Make exchanges

 

 

Redeem shares

 

 

Purchase shares

 

 

View and order tax forms

 

 

View quarterly statements

 

 

Change address

 

 

Re-order money market checks

Telephone Service

Our Shareholder Service Associates are available Monday to Friday from 9:00 AM to 8:00 PM Eastern Standard Time. Call toll-free, 1-800-242-0134, for assistance.

Automated Voice Response System

You can also access your account anytime during the day, 7 days a week by dialing 1-800-242-0134. Simply follow the menu to obtain information or make certain transactions.

Contact Us By Mail

If you’d like to write to us, address your inquiries regarding your account(s) to:

Elfun Mutual Funds

c/o U.S. Bancorp Fund Services, LLC

P.O. Box 701

Milwaukee, WI 53201-0701

 

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Trustees

Michael F. Holland, Co-Chairperson

Patrick J. Riley, Co-Chairperson

John R. Costantino

Donna M. Rapaccioli

Richard D. Shirk

Rina K. Spence

Michael A. Jessee

Ellen M. Needham

Jeanne M. La Porta

Officers

Ellen M. Needham, President

Brian Harris, Chief Compliance Officer, Anti-Money Laundering Officer and Code of Ethics Compliance Officer

Joshua A. Weinberg, Chief Legal Officer

Bruce S. Rosenberg, Treasurer

Ann M. Carpenter, Vice President and Deputy Treasurer

Chad C. Hallett, Deputy Treasurer

Arthur A. Jensen, Deputy Treasurer

Darlene Anderson-Vasquez, Deputy Treasurer

Sujata Upreti, Assistant Treasurer

Daniel Foley, Assistant Treasurer

Daniel G. Plourde, Assistant Treasurer

Jesse Hallee, Secretary

Khimmara Greer, Assistant Secretary

Investment Adviser and Administrator

SSGA Funds Management, Inc.

One Iron Street

Boston, Massachusetts 02210

Custodian and Sub-Administrator

State Street Bank and Trust Company

One Lincoln Street

Boston, Massachusetts 02111

Distributor

State Street Global Advisors Funds Distributors, LLC

One Iron Street

Boston, Massachusetts 02210

Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

Ernst & Young LLP

200 Clarendon Street

Boston, Massachusetts 02116

 


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Item 2.  Code of Ethics.

As of the end of the period covered by this report, the Elfun Tax-Exempt Income Fund (the “Fund,” “Fund Entity” or “Registrant”) has adopted a code of ethics, as defined in Item 2(b) of Form N-CSR, that applies to the Registrant’s principal executive officer, principal financial officer, principal accounting officer or controller, or persons performing similar functions, regardless of whether these individuals are employed by the Registrant or a third party (the “Code”). That Code comprises written standards that are reasonably designed to deter wrongdoing and to promote: (1) honest and ethical conduct, including the ethical handling of actual or apparent conflicts of interest between personal and professional relationships; (2) full, fair, accurate, timely and understandable disclosure in reports and documents that the Registrant files with, or submits to, the U.S. Securities Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) and in other public communications made by the Registrant; (3) compliance with applicable laws and governmental rules and regulations; (4) the prompt internal reporting to an appropriate person or persons identified in the Code of violations of the Code; and (5) accountability for adherence to the Code. The Code is combined with other mutual funds advised by SSGA Funds Management, Inc. (“SSGA FM” or the “Adviser”). The Registrant has not made any amendments to the Code that relates to any element of the code of ethics definition set forth in Item 2(b) of Form N-CSR during the covered period. The Registrant has not granted any waivers from any provisions of the Code during the covered period. A copy of the Code is filed as Exhibit 13(a)(1) to this Form N-CSR.

Item 3.  Audit Committee Financial Expert.

The Fund’s Board of Trustees (the “Board”) has determined that the Fund has the following “audit committee financial experts” as defined in Item 3(b) of Form N-CSR serving on its Audit Committee: Messrs. Michael F. Holland, Richard D. Shirk and John R. Costantino and Ms. Donna M. Rapaccioli. Each of the audit committee financial experts is “independent” as that term is defined in Item 3(a)(2) of Form N-CSR.

An “audit committee financial expert” is not an “expert” for any purpose, including for purposes of Section 11 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, as a result of being designated as an “audit committee financial expert.” Further, the designation of a person as an “audit committee financial expert” does not mean that the person has any greater duties, obligations, or liability than those imposed on the person without the “audit committee financial expert” designation. Similarly, the designation of a person as an “audit committee financial expert” does not affect the duties, obligations, or liability of any other member of the Audit Committee or the Board.


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Item 4.  Principal Accountant Fees and Services.

 

(a)

Audit Fees

For the fiscal years ended December 31, 2018 and December 31, 2017, the aggregate audit fees billed for professional services rendered by Ernst & Young LLP (“E&Y”), the Registrant’s principal accountant, for the audit of the Registrant’s annual financial statements or services normally provided by E&Y in connection with the Registrant’s statutory and regulatory filings and engagements were $27,930 and $27,930, respectively.

 

(b)

Audit-Related Fees

For the fiscal years ended December 31, 2018 and December 31, 2017, there were no fees billed by E&Y for assurance and related services that were reasonably related to the performance of the audit of the Registrant’s financial statements that were not reported under paragraph (a) of this Item.

 

(c)

Tax Fees

The aggregate tax fees billed for professional services rendered by E&Y for tax compliance, tax advice, and tax planning in the form of preparation of excise filings and income tax returns for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2018 and December 31, 2017 were $10,160 and $10,165, respectively.

 

(d)

All Other Fees

For the fiscal years ended December 31, 2018 and December 31, 2017, there were no fees billed for professional services rendered by E&Y for products and services provided by E&Y to the Registrant, other than the services reported in paragraphs (a) through (c).

For the fiscal years ended December 31, 2018 and December 31, 2017, the aggregate fees for professional services rendered by E&Y for products and services provided by E&Y to the Adviser and any entity controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the Adviser that provides ongoing services to the Registrant that (i) relate directly to the operations and financial reporting of the Registrant and (ii) were pre-approved by the Registrant’s audit committee were approximately $6,581,832 and $7,777,372, respectively.

 

(e)(1)

Audit Committee Pre-Approval Policies and Procedures

The Fund’s Audit Committee Charter states the following with respect to pre-approval procedures:

The Audit Committee shall have the following duties and powers:

 

   

To pre-approve engagements by a Fund Entity’s independent auditor for non-audit services to be rendered to the Fund’s investment adviser (not including any subadviser whose role is primarily portfolio management and is subcontracted with or overseen by another investment adviser),


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and any entity controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the investment adviser that provides ongoing services to the Fund, if the engagement relates directly to the operations and financial reporting of the Fund;

 

   

To establish, if deemed necessary or appropriate as an alternative to Audit Committee pre-approval of services to be provided by the independent auditor as required by paragraph (b) above, policies and procedures to permit such services to be pre-approved by other means, such as by action of a designated member or members of the Audit Committee, subject to the requirement that the decision of any member to whom authority is delegated to pre-approve an activity shall be presented to the full Audit Committee at its next scheduled meeting;

Alternate Pre-Approval Procedure:

 

   

The Chairperson, or a Co-Chairperson, of the Audit Committee is authorized to pre-approve any engagement involving the Fund Entity’s independent auditors to the same extent as the Audit Committee. Any pre-approval decision by the Chairperson, or a Co-Chairperson, under the foregoing authority shall be presented to the Audit Committee at its next scheduled meeting.

 

(e)(2)

Percentages of Services

None of the services described in paragraphs (b) through (d) of this Item were performed in reliance on paragraph (c)(7)(i)(C) of Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X during the period of time for which such rule was effective.

 

(f)

Not applicable.

 

(g)

Total Fees Paid By Adviser and Certain Affiliates

For the fiscal years ended December 31, 2018 and December 31, 2017, the aggregate non-audit fees billed by E&Y for services rendered to the Registrant and the Adviser and any entity controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the Adviser that provided ongoing services to the Registrant were approximately $36,297,003 and $40,983,185, respectively. The figure for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2017 was previously reported as $28,718,894 and has been restated to include certain other audit fees totaling $12,264,291, in the aggregate, primarily relating to statutory and financial statement audits, the requirement to opine on the design and operating effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting and accounting consultations.

 

(h)

E&Y notified the Fund’s Audit Committee of all non-audit services that were rendered by E&Y to the Adviser and any entity controlling, controlled by, or under common


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  control with the Adviser that provides services to the Fund, which services were not required to be pre-approved pursuant to paragraph (c)(7)(ii) of Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X, allowing the Fund’s Audit Committee to consider whether such services were compatible with maintaining E&Y’s independence.

Item 5.  Audit Committee of Listed Registrants.

Not applicable to the Registrant.

Item 6.  Investments.

 

(a)

Schedules of Investments are included as part of the report to shareholders filed under Item 1 of this Form N-CSR.

 

(b)

Not applicable to the Registrant.

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

Not applicable to the Registrant.

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

Not applicable to the Registrant.

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

Not applicable to the Registrant.

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

There were no material changes to the procedures by which shareholders may recommend nominees to the Registrant’s Board.

Item 11.  Controls and Procedures.

(a) The Registrant’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer have concluded that the Registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”)) are effective to provide reasonable assurance that information required to be disclosed by the Registrant on Form N-CSR is recorded, processed, summarized and reported as of a date within 90 days of the filing date of this report, based on their evaluation of these controls and procedures required by Rule 30a-3(b) under the 1940 Act and Rules 13a-15(b) or 15d-15(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.


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(b) There were no changes in the Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the 1940 Act) that occurred during the Registrant’s last fiscal quarter of the period covered by this Form N-CSR filing that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

Item 12.  Disclosure of Securities Lending Activities for Closed-End Management Investment Companies.

(a) Not applicable to the Registrant.

(b) Not applicable to the Registrant.

Item 13.  Exhibits.

(a)(1)    Code of Ethics pursuant to Item 2 of Form N-CSR is attached hereto.

(a)(2)    Certifications of principal executive officer and principal financial and accounting officer of the Registrant as required by Rule 30a-2(a) under the 1940 Act are attached hereto.

(a)(3)    Not applicable to the Registrant.

(a)(4)    Not applicable.

(b)    Certifications of principal executive officer and principal financial and accounting officer of the Registrant as required by Rule 30a-2(b) under the 1940 Act and Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 are attached hereto.


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SIGNATURES

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

 

Registrant:   ELFUN TAX-EXEMPT INCOME FUND
By:  

/s/ Ellen M. Needham

  Ellen M. Needham
  President
Date:   March 7, 2019

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the Registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

 

By:  

/s/ Ellen M. Needham

  Ellen M. Needham
  President (Principal Executive Officer)
Date:   March 7, 2019
By:  

/s/ Bruce S. Rosenberg

  Bruce S. Rosenberg
  Treasurer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
Date:   March 7, 2019