N-CSRS 1 d457723dncsrs.htm AB GLOBAL RISK ALLOCATION FUND, INC. AB Global Risk Allocation Fund, Inc.

 

 

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: 811-00134

 

 

AB GLOBAL RISK ALLOCATION FUND, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

 

 

1345 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York 10105

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)

 

 

Joseph J. Mantineo

AllianceBernstein L.P.

1345 Avenue of the Americas

New York, New York 10105

(Name and address of agent for service)

 

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (800) 221-5672

Date of fiscal year end: November 30, 2018

Date of reporting period: May 31, 2018

 

 

 


ITEM 1. REPORTS TO STOCKHOLDERS.


MAY    05.31.18

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SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT

AB GLOBAL RISK ALLOCATION FUND

 

 

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Investment Products Offered  

  Are Not FDIC Insured May Lose Value Are Not Bank Guaranteed

Investors should consider the investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses of the Fund carefully before investing. For copies of our prospectus or summary prospectus, which contain this and other information, visit us online at www.abfunds.com or contact your AB representative. Please read the prospectus and/or summary prospectus carefully before investing.

This shareholder report must be preceded or accompanied by the Fund’s prospectus for individuals who are not current shareholders of the Fund.

You may obtain a description of the Fund’s proxy voting policies and procedures, and information regarding how the Fund voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30, without charge. Simply visit AB’s website at www.abfunds.com, or go to the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (the “Commission”) website at www.sec.gov, or call AB at (800) 227 4618.

The Fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the Commission for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. The Fund’s Forms N-Q are available on the Commission’s website at www.sec.gov. The Fund’s Forms N-Q may also be reviewed and copied at the Commission’s Public Reference Room in Washington, DC; information on the operation of the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling (800) SEC 0330. AB publishes full portfolio holdings for the Fund monthly at www.abfunds.com.

AllianceBernstein Investments, Inc. (ABI) is the distributor of the AB family of mutual funds. ABI is a member of FINRA and is an affiliate of AllianceBernstein L.P., the Adviser of the funds.

The [A/B] logo is a registered service mark of AllianceBernstein and AllianceBernstein® is a registered service mark used by permission of the owner, AllianceBernstein L.P.


 

FROM THE PRESIDENT    LOGO

Dear Shareholder,

We are pleased to provide this report for AB Global Risk Allocation Fund (the “Fund”). Please review the discussion of Fund performance, the market conditions during the reporting period and the Fund’s investment strategy.

As always, AB strives to keep clients ahead of what’s next by:

 

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For additional information about AB’s range of products and shareholder resources, please log on to www.abfunds.com.

Thank you for your investment in the AB Mutual Funds.

Sincerely,

 

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Robert M. Keith

President and Chief Executive Officer, AB Mutual Funds

 

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SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT

 

July 16, 2018

This report provides management’s discussion of fund performance for AB Global Risk Allocation Fund for the semi-annual reporting period ended May 31, 2018.

The Fund’s investment objective is total return consistent with reasonable risks through a combination of income and long-term growth of capital.

NAV RETURNS AS OF MAY 31, 2018 (unaudited)

 

     6 Months      12 Months  
AB GLOBAL RISK ALLOCATION FUND1      
Class A Shares      1.48%        5.64%  
Class B Shares2      1.13%        4.80%  
Class C Shares      1.14%        4.87%  
Advisor Class Shares3      1.62%        5.94%  
Class R Shares3      1.35%        5.28%  
Class K Shares3      1.51%        5.62%  
Class I Shares3      1.63%        5.95%  
Primary Benchmark: MSCI World Index      1.84%        11.57%  

Blended Benchmark: 60% MSCI World Index /

40% Bloomberg Barclays Global Aggregate Bond Index

     0.88%        7.60%  
Bloomberg Barclays Global Aggregate Bond Index      -0.68%        1.72%  

 

1 Includes the impact of proceeds received and credited to the Fund resulting from class action settlements, which enhanced the performance of all share classes of the Fund for the six- and 12-month periods ended May 31, 2018, by 0.00% and 0.05%, respectively. Also includes the impact of proceeds recorded and credited to the Fund in connection with regulatory settlements, which enhanced performance for the six- and 12-month periods ended May 31, 2018, by 0.00% and 0.02%, respectively.

 

2 Effective January 31, 2009, Class B shares are no longer available for purchase to new investors. Please see Note A for additional information.

 

3 Please note that these share classes are for investors purchasing shares through accounts established under certain fee-based programs sponsored and maintained by certain broker-dealers and financial intermediaries, institutional pension plans and/or investment advisory clients of, and certain other persons associated with, the Adviser and its affiliates or the Fund.

INVESTMENT RESULTS

The table above shows the Fund’s performance compared with its primary benchmark, the Morgan Stanley Capital International (“MSCI”) World Index, and its blended benchmark, a 60% / 40% blend of MSCI World Index / Bloomberg Barclays Global Aggregate Bond Index, respectively, for the six- and 12-month periods ended May 31, 2018. The table also includes the individual performance of the Bloomberg Barclays Global Aggregate Bond Index.

 

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For the six-month period, all share classes of the Fund underperformed the primary benchmark, but outperformed the blended benchmark before sales charges, as inflation-sensitive securities performed well when inflation expectations rose during this period. For the 12-month period, all share classes of the Fund underperformed primary and blended benchmarks, before sales charges. The Fund is strategically diversified in multi-asset exposures and has lower equity exposure; therefore, it underperformed the 100% stock primary benchmark, as equity markets delivered strong performance.

The Fund’s active currency exposures detracted during the six-month period, and contributed during the 12-month period. During both periods, global equities and credit securities, as well as interest rate and inflation-sensitive exposures, contributed on an absolute basis, with exposures from equity and inflation-sensitive securities being the more significant contributors.

The Fund utilized derivatives for hedging and investment purposes in the form of futures, interest rate swaps, credit default swaps, written options and written swaptions, which added to absolute returns for both periods, while currency forwards, total return swaps and purchased options detracted for both periods.

MARKET REVIEW AND INVESTMENT STRATEGY

After advancing to all-time highs, global stocks retraced some of their positive performance during the six-month period ended May 31, 2018. US equities had the highest returns, given strong corporate earnings results after the passage of major tax reform. Non-US and emerging-market equities also delivered positive performance, although they declined toward the end of the period as the US dollar strengthened and risk aversion increased. In terms of style, growth stocks outperformed value stocks. While US tax reform and strong economic data helped stocks reach record highs early in the period, inflation concerns and rising interest rates soon weighed on performance. Trade and geopolitical tensions added to downward pressure. Toward the end of the period, political turmoil in Italy decreased investors’ risk appetite.

Fixed-income markets were also volatile. Despite a multiyear high in oil prices, emerging-market debt was negatively affected by a stronger US dollar and higher global interest rates. Global high-yield and investment-grade corporates weakened in the risk-off environment, while developed-market treasuries and local-currency emerging-market bonds rallied. Developed-market yields generally either rose across the curve (particularly in Italy and the US) or flattened, with shorter maturities rising while longer maturities ended the period lower (bond yields move inversely to price). The US Federal Reserve raised interest rates twice in the period and began to formally reduce its balance sheet, as widely expected, while the European Central Bank started to scale back asset purchases.

The Fund’s Senior Investment Management Team uses proprietary quantitative signals along with fundamental research insights when allocating risk to

 

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equity, interest rate and inflation-sensitive assets. The Fund continued to maintain an overweight in risk allocation to global equities and has benefited from this tilt, as equity markets continued to deliver strong positive returns. Over the six-month period, the Fund maintained its overweight in risk allocation to equities, and held an underweight in risk allocation to inflation-sensitive assets. Within equities, the Fund was overweight European and Japanese equity exposures relative to the US. The Fund maintained close to neutral risk allocation to interest rate duration exposure, and within interest rate allocation, was underweight to low interest rate countries.

INVESTMENT POLICIES

The Fund invests dynamically in a number of global asset classes, including equity/credit, fixed-income and inflation-sensitive instruments. In making decisions on the allocation of assets among asset classes, the Adviser will use a risk-balanced approach. This strategy attempts to provide investors with favorable long-term total return while minimizing exposure to material downside (“tail”) events. To execute this strategy, the Adviser assesses the volatility, tail loss and return potential of each asset. Fund assets are then allocated among asset classes so that no asset class dominates the expected tail loss of the Fund. This will generally result in the Fund having greater exposures to lower risk asset classes (such as fixed-income) than to higher risk asset classes. The Adviser will make frequent adjustments to the Fund’s asset class exposures based on its determinations of volatility, tail loss and return potential.

The asset classes in which the Fund may invest include:

 

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equity/credit: equity securities of all types and corporate fixed-income securities (regardless of credit quality, but subject to the limitations on high-yield securities set forth below)

 

 

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fixed-income: fixed-income securities of the US and foreign governments and their agencies and instrumentalities

 

 

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inflation-sensitive: global inflation-indexed securities (including Treasury inflation-protected securities) and commodity-related instruments and derivatives (including commodity futures).

 

The Fund’s investments within each asset class are generally index-based—typically, portfolios of individual securities, derivatives or exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”) intended to track the performance of segments within each particular asset class. The inflation-sensitive asset class consists of instruments, the prices of which are affected directly or indirectly by the level and change in the rate of inflation, such as commodity derivatives.

 

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Equity securities will comprise no more than 75% of the Fund’s investments. The Fund may invest in fixed-income securities with a range of maturities from short- to long-term. The Fund may invest up to 20% of its assets in high-yield securities (securities rated below BBB- by S&P Global Ratings, Moody’s Investors Service, Inc., or Fitch Ratings, which are commonly known as “junk bonds”). As an operating policy, the Fund will invest no more than 5% of its assets in securities rated CCC- or below.

The Fund’s investments will generally be global in nature, and will generally include investments in both developed and emerging markets. The Fund typically invests at least 40% of its assets in securities of non-US companies and/or foreign countries and their agencies and instrumentalities unless conditions are not deemed favorable by the Adviser, in which case the Fund will invest at least 30% of its assets in such foreign securities.

Derivatives, particularly futures contracts and swaps, often provide more efficient and economical exposure to market segments than direct investments, and the Fund’s exposure to certain types of assets may at times be achieved partially or substantially through investment in derivatives. Derivatives transactions may also be a quicker and more efficient way to alter the Fund’s exposure than buying and selling direct investments. In determining when and to what extent to enter into derivatives transactions, the Adviser will consider factors such as the risk and returns of these investments relative to direct investments and the cost of such transactions. Because derivatives transactions frequently require cash outlays that are only a small portion of the amount of exposure obtained through the derivative, a portion of the Fund’s assets may be held in cash or invested in cash equivalents to cover the Fund’s derivatives obligations, such as short-term US government and agency securities, repurchase agreements and money market funds. At times, a combination of direct securities investments and derivatives will be used to gain asset class exposure so that the Fund’s aggregate exposure will substantially exceed its net assets (i.e., so that the Fund is effectively leveraged). Overall Fund exposure and the allocation to equity/credit will typically increase during bull markets, while overall exposure and allocation to equity/credit and inflation-indexed securities will typically decrease during bear markets. In addition, the Fund may at times invest in shares of ETFs in lieu of making direct investments in securities.

While the Fund may seek to gain exposure to physical commodities traded in the commodities markets through investments in a variety of derivative instruments, the Adviser expects that the Fund will seek to

 

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gain exposure to commodities and commodities-related instruments and derivatives primarily through investments in AllianceBernstein Global Risk Allocation (Cayman) Ltd., a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Fund organized under the laws of the Cayman Islands (the “Subsidiary”). The Subsidiary is advised by the Adviser and has the same investment objective and substantially similar investment policies and restrictions as the Fund except that the Subsidiary, unlike the Fund, may invest without limitation in commodities and commodities-related instruments. The Fund will be subject to the risks associated with the commodities, derivatives and other instruments in which the Subsidiary invests, to the extent of its investment in the Subsidiary. The Fund limits its investment in the Subsidiary to no more than 25% of its total assets. Investment in the Subsidiary is expected to provide the Fund with commodity exposure within the limitations of federal tax requirements that apply to the Fund.

Currency exchange rate fluctuations can have a dramatic impact on returns. The Adviser may seek to hedge all or a portion of the Fund’s currency exposure resulting from Fund investments or decide not to hedge this exposure. The Adviser may also cause the Fund to take on currency exposure for purposes other than hedging, relying on its fundamental and quantitative research with the goal of increasing returns or managing risk. Currency-related investments may include currencies acquired on a spot (i.e., cash) basis and currency-related derivatives, including forward currency exchange contracts and options on currencies.

 

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DISCLOSURES AND RISKS

 

Benchmark Disclosure

The MSCI World Index and the Bloomberg Barclays Global Aggregate Bond Index are unmanaged and do not reflect fees and expenses associated with the active management of a mutual fund portfolio. The MSCI World Index (free float-adjusted, market capitalization weighted) represents the equity market performance of developed markets. The Bloomberg Barclays Global Aggregate Bond Index represents the performance of the global investment-grade developed fixed-income markets. MSCI makes no express or implied warranties or representations, and shall have no liability whatsoever with respect to any MSCI data contained herein. The MSCI data may not be further redistributed or used as a basis for other indices, any securities or financial products. This report is not approved, reviewed or produced by MSCI. An investor cannot invest directly in an index or average, and their results are not indicative of the performance for any specific investment, including the Fund.

A Word About Risk

Market Risk: The value of the Fund’s investments will fluctuate as the stock or bond market fluctuates. The value of its investments may decline, sometimes rapidly and unpredictably, simply because of economic changes or other events that affect large portions of the market.

Allocation Risk: The allocation of investments among asset classes may have a significant effect on the Fund’s net asset value (“NAV”) when the asset classes in which the Fund has invested more heavily perform worse than the asset classes invested in less heavily.

Interest Rate Risk: Changes in interest rates will affect the value of investments in fixed-income securities. When interest rates rise, the value of existing investments in fixed-income securities tends to fall and this decrease in value may not be offset by higher income from new investments. The Fund may be subject to heightened interest rate risk due to rising rates as the current period of historically low interest rates may be ending. Interest rate risk is generally greater for fixed-income securities with longer maturities or durations.

Credit Risk: An issuer or guarantor of a fixed-income security, or the counterparty to a derivatives or other contract, may be unable or unwilling to make timely payments of interest or principal, or to otherwise honor its obligations. The issuer or guarantor may default, causing a loss of the full principal amount of a security and accrued interest. The degree of risk for a particular security may be reflected in its credit rating. There is the possibility that the credit rating of a fixed-income security may be downgraded after purchase, which may adversely affect the value of the security.

 

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DISCLOSURES AND RISKS (continued)

 

Commodity Risk: Investing in commodities and commodity-linked derivative instruments, either directly or through the Subsidiary, may subject the Fund to greater volatility than investments in traditional securities. The value of commodity-linked derivative instruments may be affected by changes in overall market movements, commodity index volatility, changes in interest rates, or factors affecting a particular industry or commodity, such as drought, floods, weather, livestock disease, embargoes, tariffs and international economic, political and regulatory developments.

Below Investment Grade Securities Risk: Investments in fixed-income securities with ratings below investment-grade, commonly known as “junk bonds”, tend to have a higher probability that an issuer will default or fail to meet its payment obligations. These securities may be subject to greater price volatility due to such factors as specific corporate developments, interest rate sensitivity, negative perceptions of the junk bond market generally and less secondary market liquidity.

Foreign (Non-US) Risk: Investments in securities of non-US issuers may involve more risk than those of US issuers. These securities may fluctuate more widely in price and may be less liquid due to adverse market, economic, political, regulatory or other factors.

Currency Risk: Fluctuations in currency exchange rates may negatively affect the value of the Fund’s investments or reduce its returns.

Emerging-Market Risk: Investments in emerging-market countries may have more risk because the markets are less developed and less liquid as well as being subject to increased economic, political, regulatory or other uncertainties.

Subsidiary Risk: By investing in the Subsidiary, the Fund is indirectly exposed to the risks associated with the Subsidiary. The derivatives and other investments held by the Subsidiary are generally similar to those that are permitted to be held by the Fund and are subject to the same risks that apply to similar investments if held directly by the Fund. The Subsidiary is not registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), and, unless otherwise noted in the Fund’s prospectus, is not subject to all of the investor protections of the 1940 Act. However, the Fund wholly owns and controls the Subsidiary, and the Fund and the Subsidiary are managed by the Adviser, making it unlikely the Subsidiary will take actions contrary to the interests of the Fund or its shareholders. In addition, changes in federal tax laws applicable to the Fund or interpretations hereof could limit the Fund’s ability to gain exposure to commodities investments through investments in the Subsidiary.

 

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DISCLOSURES AND RISKS (continued)

 

Derivatives Risk: Derivatives may be illiquid, difficult to price, and leveraged so that small changes may produce disproportionate losses for the Fund, and may be subject to counterparty risk to a greater degree than more traditional investments.

Leverage Risk: Because the Fund uses leveraging techniques, its NAV may be more volatile because leverage tends to exaggerate the effect of changes in interest rates and any increase or decrease in the value of the Fund’s investments.

Management Risk: The Fund is subject to management risk because it is an actively managed investment fund. The Adviser will apply its investment techniques and risk analyses in making investment decisions for the Fund, but there is no guarantee that its techniques will produce the intended results.

These risks are fully discussed in the Fund’s prospectus. As with all investments, you may lose money by investing in the Fund.

An Important Note About Historical Performance

The investment return and principal value of an investment in the Fund will fluctuate, so that shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Performance shown in this report represents past performance and does not guarantee future results. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance information shown. You may obtain performance information current to the most recent month-end by visiting www.abfunds.com.

All fees and expenses related to the operation of the Fund have been deducted. NAV returns do not reflect sales charges; if sales charges were reflected, the Fund’s quoted performance would be lower. SEC returns reflect the applicable sales charges for each share class: a 4.25% maximum front-end sales charge for Class A shares; the applicable contingent deferred sales charge for Class B shares (4% year 1, 3% year 2, 2% year 3, 1% year 4) and a 1% 1-year contingent deferred sales charge for Class C shares. Returns for the different share classes will vary due to different expenses associated with each class. Performance assumes reinvestment of distributions and does not account for taxes.

 

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HISTORICAL PERFORMANCE

 

AVERAGE ANNUAL RETURNS AS OF MAY 31, 2018 (unaudited)

 

    NAV Returns     SEC Returns
(reflects applicable
sales charges)
 
CLASS A SHARES    
1 Year     5.64%       1.18%  
5 Years     4.37%       3.47%  
10 Years     4.32%       3.87%  
CLASS B SHARES    
1 Year     4.80%       0.80%  
5 Years     3.58%       3.58%  
10 Years1     3.68%       3.68%  
CLASS C SHARES    
1 Year     4.87%       3.87%  
5 Years     3.59%       3.59%  
10 Years     3.56%       3.56%  
ADVISOR CLASS SHARES2    
1 Year     5.94%       5.94%  
5 Years     4.64%       4.64%  
10 Years     4.61%       4.61%  
CLASS R SHARES2    
1 Year     5.28%       5.28%  
5 Years     4.02%       4.02%  
10 Years     4.01%       4.01%  
CLASS K SHARES2    
1 Year     5.62%       5.62%  
5 Years     4.34%       4.34%  
10 Years     4.33%       4.33%  
CLASS I SHARES2    
1 Year     5.95%       5.95%  
5 Years     4.78%       4.78%  
10 Years     4.77%       4.77%  

The Fund’s current prospectus fee table shows the Fund’s total annual operating expense ratios as 1.32%, 2.12%, 2.08%, 1.07%, 1.66%, 1.35% and 0.97% for Class A, Class B, Class C, Advisor Class, Class R, Class K and Class I shares, respectively. The Financial Highlights section of this report sets forth expense ratio data for the current reporting period; the expense ratios shown above may differ from the expense ratios in the Financial Highlights section since they are based on different time periods.

 

1 Assumes conversion of Class B shares into Class A shares after eight years.

 

2 These share classes are offered at NAV to eligible investors and their SEC returns are the same as their NAV returns. Please note that these share classes are for investors purchasing shares through accounts established under certain fee-based programs sponsored and maintained by certain broker-dealers and financial intermediaries, institutional pension plans and/or investment advisory clients of, and certain other persons associated with, the Adviser and its affiliates or the Fund.

 

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HISTORICAL PERFORMANCE (continued)

 

SEC AVERAGE ANNUAL RETURNS

AS OF THE MOST RECENT CALENDAR QUARTER-END

JUNE 30, 2018 (unaudited)

 

     SEC Returns
(reflects applicable
sales charges)
 
CLASS A SHARES   
1 Year      1.16%  
5 Years      3.96%  
10 Years      4.46%  
CLASS B SHARES   
1 Year      0.83%  
5 Years      4.07%  
10 Years1      4.28%  
CLASS C SHARES   
1 Year      3.91%  
5 Years      4.11%  
10 Years      4.15%  
ADVISOR CLASS SHARES2   
1 Year      5.97%  
5 Years      5.16%  
10 Years      5.21%  
CLASS R SHARES2   
1 Year      5.31%  
5 Years      4.54%  
10 Years      4.60%  
CLASS K SHARES2   
1 Year      5.71%  
5 Years      4.86%  
10 Years      4.93%  
CLASS I SHARES2   
1 Year      6.04%  
5 Years      5.30%  
10 Years      5.37%  

 

1 Assumes conversion of Class B shares into Class A shares after eight years.

 

2 Please note that these share classes are for investors purchasing shares through accounts established under certain fee-based programs sponsored and maintained by certain broker-dealers and financial intermediaries, institutional pension plans and/or investment advisory clients of, and certain other persons associated with, the Adviser and its affiliates or the Fund.

 

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EXPENSE EXAMPLE

(unaudited)

 

As a shareholder of the Fund, you incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, including sales charges (loads) on purchase payments, contingent deferred sales charges on redemptions and (2) ongoing costs, including management fees; distribution (12b-1) fees; and other Fund expenses. This example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.

The Example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period as indicated below.

Actual Expenses

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

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes

The table below also provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed annual rate of return of 5% 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 by comparing this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of other funds.

Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transactional costs, such as sales charges (loads), or contingent deferred sales charges on redemptions. Therefore, the hypothetical example is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. In addition, if these transactional costs were included, your costs would have been higher.

 

    Beginning
Account
Value
December 1, 2017
    Ending
Account
Value
May 31, 2018
    Expenses
Paid
During
Period*
    Annualized
Expense
Ratio*
    Total
Expenses
Paid
During
Period+
    Total
Annualized
Expense
Ratio+
 
Class A            

Actual

  $   1,000     $   1,014.80     $   6.58       1.31   $   6.63       1.32

Hypothetical**

  $ 1,000     $ 1,018.40     $ 6.59       1.31   $ 6.64       1.32

 

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EXPENSE EXAMPLE (continued)

 

    Beginning
Account
Value
December 1, 2017
    Ending
Account
Value
May 31, 2018
    Expenses
Paid
During
Period*
    Annualized
Expense
Ratio*
    Total
Expenses
Paid
During
Period+
    Total
Annualized
Expense
Ratio+
 
Class B            

Actual

  $ 1,000     $ 1,011.30     $   10.53       2.10   $   10.58       2.11

Hypothetical**

  $ 1,000     $ 1,014.46     $ 10.55       2.10   $ 10.60       2.11
Class C            

Actual

  $ 1,000     $ 1,011.40     $ 10.33       2.06   $ 10.38       2.07

Hypothetical**

  $ 1,000     $ 1,014.66     $   10.35       2.06   $   10.40       2.07
Advisor Class            

Actual

  $ 1,000     $ 1,016.20     $ 5.33       1.06   $ 5.38       1.07

Hypothetical**

  $ 1,000     $ 1,019.65     $ 5.34       1.06   $ 5.39       1.07
Class R            

Actual

  $ 1,000     $ 1,013.50     $ 8.23       1.64   $ 8.28       1.65

Hypothetical**

  $ 1,000     $ 1,016.75     $ 8.25       1.64   $ 8.30       1.65
Class K            

Actual

  $ 1,000     $ 1,015.10     $ 6.68       1.33   $ 6.73       1.34

Hypothetical**

  $ 1,000     $ 1,018.30     $ 6.69       1.33   $ 6.74       1.34
Class I            

Actual

  $ 1,000     $ 1,016.30     $ 4.93       0.98   $ 4.98       0.99

Hypothetical**

  $   1,000     $   1,020.04     $ 4.94       0.98   $ 4.99       0.99

 

* Expenses are equal to the classes’ annualized expense ratios, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 182/365 (to reflect the one-half year period).

 

** Assumes 5% annual return before expenses.

 

+ In connection with the Fund’s investments in affiliated/unaffiliated underlying portfolios, the Fund incurs no direct expenses, but bears proportionate shares of the fees and expenses (i.e., operating, administrative and investment advisory fees) of the affiliated/unaffiliated underlying portfolios. The Adviser has contractually agreed to waive its fees from the Fund in an amount equal to the Fund’s pro rata share of certain acquired fund fees and expenses of the affiliated underlying portfolios. The Fund’s total expenses are equal to the classes’ annualized expense ratio plus the Fund’s pro rata share of the weighted average expense ratio of the affiliated/unaffiliated underlying portfolios in which it invests, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 182/365 (to reflect the one-half year period).

 

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PORTFOLIO SUMMARY

May 31, 2018 (unaudited)

 

PORTFOLIO STATISTICS

Net Assets ($mil): $262.1

 

 

 

LOGO

 

 

 

LOGO

 

1 All data are as of May 31, 2018. The Fund’s security type and country breakdowns are expressed as a percentage of total investments (excluding security lending collateral) and may vary over time. The Fund also enters into derivative transactions, which may be used for hedging or investment purposes (see “Portfolio of Investments” section of the report for additional details). “Other” country weightings represent 0.3% or less in the following countries: Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Bermuda, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Denmark, Finland, Ireland, Italy, Jersey (Channel Islands), Jordan, Luxembourg, Macau, Mongolia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Singapore, South Africa and United Arab Emirates.

 

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PORTFOLIO SUMMARY (continued)

May 31, 2018 (unaudited)

 

TEN LARGEST HOLDINGS1

 

Security    U.S. $ Value      Percent of
Net Assets
 
U.S. Treasury Inflation Index    $ 111,358,943        42.5
Japanese Government CPI Linked Bond Series 22      50,331,684        19.2  
Federal National Mortgage Association Connecticut Avenue Securities Series 2015-C03, Class 2M2      9,069,538        3.5  
Hersha Hospitality Trust Series C      1,458,000        0.6  
Pebblebrook Hotel Trust Series C      1,442,056        0.6  
Mexico Government International Bond      1,161,673        0.4  
Apartment Investment & Management Co. Series A      1,095,780        0.4  
Petrobras Global Finance BV      643,200        0.2  
China Shenhua Energy Co., Ltd. – Class H      517,666        0.2  
China Construction Bank Corp. – Class H      468,032        0.2  
   $   177,546,572        67.8

 

1 Long-term investments.

 

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CONSOLIDATED PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS

May 31, 2018 (unaudited)

 

          Principal
Amount
(000)
     U.S. $ Value  

 

 

INFLATION-LINKED SECURITIES – 61.7%

      

Japan – 19.2%

      

Japanese Government CPI Linked Bond

      

Series 21
0.10%, 3/10/26

    JPY       2,974,664      $ 28,889,669  

Series 22
0.10%, 3/10/27

      2,200,205        21,442,015  
      

 

 

 
         50,331,684  
      

 

 

 

United States – 42.5%

      

U.S. Treasury Inflation Index (TIPS)

      

0.375%, 7/15/25(h)

    U.S.$       86,684        85,180,699  

0.375%, 1/15/27

      26,962        26,178,244  
      

 

 

 
         111,358,943  
      

 

 

 

Total Inflation-Linked Securities
(cost $164,851,807)

         161,690,627  
      

 

 

 
          Shares         

COMMON STOCKS – 26.0%

      

Financials – 4.8%

      

Banks – 2.0%

      

ABN AMRO Group NV (GDR)(a)

      1,125        29,182  

Agricultural Bank of China Ltd. – Class H

      838,000        430,184  

Aozora Bank Ltd.

      500        19,738  

Australia & New Zealand Banking Group Ltd.

      886        18,209  

Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA

      3,189        21,901  

Banco de Sabadell SA

      16,035        27,091  

Banco Santander SA

      3,772        20,514  

Bank of America Corp.

      1,350        39,204  

Bank of China Ltd. – Class H

      709,000        370,234  

Bank of Communications Co., Ltd. – Class H

      451,000        355,703  

Bank of East Asia Ltd. (The)

      3,800        15,731  

Bank of Ireland Group PLC

      2,334        19,261  

Bank of Kyoto Ltd. (The)

      400        20,861  

Bank of Montreal

      747        57,866  

Bank of Nova Scotia (The)

      862        52,015  

Bank of Queensland Ltd.

      2,070        15,804  

Bankia SA

      6,083        23,161  

Bankinter SA

      3,395        32,839  

Barclays PLC

      10,110        26,480  

BB&T Corp.

      899        47,198  

Bendigo & Adelaide Bank Ltd.

      1,883        15,274  

BNP Paribas SA

      331        20,567  

BOC Hong Kong Holdings Ltd.

      4,000        20,023  

 

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CONSOLIDATED PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS (continued)

 

Company      

    

    

Shares

     U.S. $ Value  

 

 

CaixaBank SA

      4,609      $ 19,832  

Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce/Canada

      584        50,986  

Chiba Bank Ltd. (The)

      3,000        23,051  

China CITIC Bank Corp., Ltd. – Class H

      530,000        358,222  

China Construction Bank Corp. – Class H

      465,000        468,032  

China Everbright Bank Co., Ltd. – Class H

      690,000        342,383  

China Minsheng Banking Corp., Ltd. – Class H

      354,500        336,584  

Chugoku Bank Ltd. (The)

      1,200        13,464  

CIT Group, Inc.

      697        34,801  

Citigroup, Inc.

      564        37,613  

Citizens Financial Group, Inc.

      745        30,433  

Comerica, Inc.

      403        37,999  

Commerzbank AG(b)

      2,045        20,891  

Commonwealth Bank of Australia

      310        16,211  

Concordia Financial Group Ltd.

      3,600        20,193  

Credit Agricole SA

      1,641        22,566  

Danske Bank A/S

      858        28,467  

DBS Group Holdings Ltd.

      1,100        23,144  

DNB ASA

      1,818        32,584  

Erste Group Bank AG(b)

      821        34,001  

Fifth Third Bancorp

      1,167        35,687  

First Republic Bank/CA

      402        40,039  

Fukuoka Financial Group, Inc.

      4,000        21,317  

Hachijuni Bank Ltd. (The)

      2,900        12,822  

Hang Seng Bank Ltd.

      1,100        27,425  

Hiroshima Bank Ltd. (The)

      2,000        14,161  

HSBC Holdings PLC

      5,317        50,895  

Huntington Bancshares, Inc./OH

      2,387        35,495  

ING Groep NV

      1,574        22,925  

Intesa Sanpaolo SpA

      7,713        22,762  

Intesa Sanpaolo SpA – RSP

      10,090        30,411  

Japan Post Bank Co., Ltd.

      1,400        17,466  

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

      448        47,940  

KBC Group NV

      411        31,599  

KeyCorp

      1,685        32,756  

Kyushu Financial Group, Inc.

      2,700        12,884  

Lloyds Banking Group PLC

      36,308        30,454  

M&T Bank Corp.

      381        65,563  

Mebuki Financial Group, Inc.

      4,400        15,948  

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc.

      2,500        15,071  

Mizuho Financial Group, Inc.

      9,000        15,659  

National Australia Bank Ltd.

      869        17,517  

National Bank of Canada

      1,132        54,147  

Nordea Bank AB

      3,090        29,717  

 

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CONSOLIDATED PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS (continued)

 

Company      

    

    

Shares

     U.S. $ Value  

 

 

Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp., Ltd.

      2,279      $ 21,248  

People’s United Financial, Inc.

      2,269        41,772  

PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. (The)

      291        41,732  

Raiffeisen Bank International AG(b)

      1,044        32,854  

Regions Financial Corp.

      1,804        32,905  

Resona Holdings, Inc.

      2,200        12,222  

Royal Bank of Canada

      718        54,268  

Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC(b)

      6,922        25,274  

Seven Bank Ltd.

      4,800        15,124  

Shinsei Bank Ltd.

      1,000        15,755  

Shizuoka Bank Ltd. (The)

      2,000        19,232  

Signature Bank/New York NY(b)

      215        27,410  

Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB – Class A

      3,315        29,858  

Societe Generale SA

      422        18,215  

Standard Chartered PLC

      2,940        29,439  

Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc.

      500        20,614  

Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings, Inc.

      400        16,645  

SunTrust Banks, Inc.

      583        39,358  

Suruga Bank Ltd.

      800        9,189  

Svenska Handelsbanken AB – Class A

      2,923        32,022  

Swedbank AB – Class A

      1,696        35,258  

Toronto-Dominion Bank (The)

      1,045        61,011  

UniCredit SpA

      1,079        17,899  

United Overseas Bank Ltd.

      1,000        20,927  

US Bancorp

      800        39,992  

Wells Fargo & Co.

      690        37,253  

Westpac Banking Corp.

      832        17,585  

Yamaguchi Financial Group, Inc.

      2,000        24,064  
      

 

 

 
         5,140,282  
      

 

 

 

Capital Markets – 1.0%

      

3i Group PLC

      4,463        56,462  

Affiliated Managers Group, Inc.

      225        35,833  

Ameriprise Financial, Inc.

      250        34,658  

ASX Ltd.

      592        27,044  

Bank of New York Mellon Corp. (The)

      853        46,702  

BlackRock, Inc. – Class A

      109        58,231  

Brookfield Asset Management, Inc. – Class A

      1,245        49,652  

Charles Schwab Corp. (The)

      729        40,547  

CI Financial Corp.

      2,261        43,839  

CITIC Securities Co., Ltd. – Class H

      161,000        403,060  

CME Group, Inc. – Class A

      377        61,413  

Credit Suisse Group AG (REG)(b)

      1,310        20,086  

Daiwa Securities Group, Inc.

      2,000        11,564  

Deutsche Bank AG (REG)

      1,113        11,902  

Deutsche Boerse AG

      355        47,421  

E*TRADE Financial Corp.(b)

      742        47,006  

 

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CONSOLIDATED PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS (continued)

 

Company      

    

    

Shares

     U.S. $ Value  

 

 

Eaton Vance Corp.

      655      $ 35,239  

Franklin Resources, Inc.

      837        28,098  

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The)

      162        36,593  

Haitong Securities Co., Ltd. – Class H

      198,800        247,762  

Hargreaves Lansdown PLC

      1,868        47,268  

Hong Kong Exchanges & Clearing Ltd.

      900        28,950  

IGM Financial, Inc.

      1,289        38,095  

Intercontinental Exchange, Inc.

      727        51,537  

Invesco Ltd.

      1,109        30,298  

Investec PLC

      4,737        34,928  

Japan Exchange Group, Inc.

      1,100        20,823  

Julius Baer Group Ltd.(b)

      634        37,070  

London Stock Exchange Group PLC

      1,249        74,246  

Macquarie Group Ltd.

      261        22,489  

Moody’s Corp.

      325        55,435  

Morgan Stanley

      735        36,853  

MSCI, Inc. – Class A

      361        58,688  

Nasdaq, Inc.

      753        69,171  

Natixis SA

      3,393        24,556  

Nomura Holdings, Inc.

      2,100        10,825  

Northern Trust Corp.

      412        42,238  

Partners Group Holding AG

      68        49,146  

Raymond James Financial, Inc.

      418        40,362  

S&P Global, Inc.

      311        61,422  

SBI Holdings, Inc./Japan

      1,300        35,286  

Schroders PLC

      944        40,544  

SEI Investments Co.

      695        44,327  

Singapore Exchange Ltd.

      3,300        17,811  

St James’s Place PLC

      2,130        33,685  

State Street Corp.

      421        40,462  

T Rowe Price Group, Inc.

      627        76,130  

TD Ameritrade Holding Corp.

      771        45,643  

Thomson Reuters Corp.

      1,197        46,538  

UBS Group AG(b)

      1,814        27,383  
      

 

 

 
         2,585,321  
      

 

 

 

Consumer Finance – 0.1%

      

Acom Co., Ltd.

      4,000        16,736  

AEON Financial Service Co., Ltd.

      800        18,605  

Ally Financial, Inc.

      1,228        31,498  

American Express Co.

      516        50,723  

Capital One Financial Corp.

      376        35,344  

Credit Saison Co., Ltd.

      900        14,870  

Discover Financial Services

      568        41,952  

Navient Corp.

      1,339        18,492  

Provident Financial PLC(b)

      1,368        11,661  

Synchrony Financial

      1,033        35,773  
      

 

 

 
         275,654  
      

 

 

 

 

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CONSOLIDATED PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS (continued)

 

Company      

    

    

Shares

     U.S. $ Value  

 

 

Diversified Financial Services – 0.3%

      

AMP Ltd.

      3,999      $ 11,766  

Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. – Class B(b)

      231        44,243  

Challenger Ltd./Australia

      1,797        17,438  

Element Fleet Management Corp.

      3,194        13,376  

EXOR NV

      480        34,862  

First Pacific Co., Ltd./Hong Kong

      22,000        11,059  

Groupe Bruxelles Lambert SA

      600        63,455  

IHS Markit Ltd.(b)

      1,109        54,652  

Industrivarden AB – Class C

      1,828        38,403  

Investor AB – Class B

      902        37,377  

Jefferies Financial Group, Inc.

      1,464        32,032  

Kinnevik AB

      1,368        47,665  

L E Lundbergforetagen AB – Class B

      856        27,644  

Mitsubishi UFJ Lease & Finance Co., Ltd.

      3,500        20,830  

Onex Corp.

      648        46,513  

ORIX Corp.

      1,000        16,704  

Pargesa Holding SA

      691        60,572  

Standard Life Aberdeen PLC

      13,478        62,698  

Voya Financial, Inc.

      775        40,254  

Wendel SA

      294        38,803  
      

 

 

 
         720,346  
      

 

 

 

Insurance – 1.4%

      

Admiral Group PLC

      1,243        31,788  

Aegon NV

      4,545        28,250  

Aflac, Inc.

      1,388        62,543  

Ageas

      832        42,091  

AIA Group Ltd.

      2,400        21,906  

Alleghany Corp.

      66        37,657  

Allianz SE (REG)

      222        45,739  

Allstate Corp. (The)

      643        60,108  

American International Group, Inc.

      720        38,009  

Aon PLC

      435        60,843  

Arch Capital Group Ltd.(b)

      593        46,521  

Arthur J Gallagher & Co.

      958        63,496  

Assicurazioni Generali SpA

      1,915        32,687  

Assurant, Inc.

      420        39,207  

Aviva PLC

      5,185        35,132  

Axis Capital Holdings Ltd.

      710        40,364  

Baloise Holding AG (REG)

      288        42,310  

Brighthouse Financial, Inc.(b)

      60        2,827  

China Life Insurance Co., Ltd. – Class H

      88,000        245,225  

Chubb Ltd.

      371        48,486  

Cincinnati Financial Corp.

      705        48,906  

CNP Assurances

      1,623        38,007  

Dai-ichi Life Holdings, Inc.

      1,000        18,578  

 

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CONSOLIDATED PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS (continued)

 

Company      

    

    

Shares

     U.S. $ Value  

 

 

Direct Line Insurance Group PLC

      8,791      $ 41,729  

Everest Re Group Ltd.

      214        48,212  

Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd.

      85        47,726  

FNF Group

      1,183        43,724  

Gjensidige Forsikring ASA

      2,409        37,170  

Great-West Lifeco, Inc.

      2,017        51,195  

Hannover Rueck SE (REG)

      383        48,330  

Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. (The)

      878        45,946  

Industrial Alliance Insurance & Financial Services, Inc.

      1,008        41,203  

Insurance Australia Group Ltd.

      3,856        23,611  

Intact Financial Corp.

      960        72,596  

Japan Post Holdings Co., Ltd.

      1,600        18,300  

Legal & General Group PLC

      13,473        48,257  

Lincoln National Corp.

      446        29,565  

Loews Corp.

      1,014        49,554  

Manulife Financial Corp.

      2,171        40,955  

Mapfre SA

      8,898        26,989  

Markel Corp.(b)

      39        42,786  

Marsh & McLennan Cos., Inc.

      753        60,519  

Medibank Pvt Ltd.

      7,758        17,144  

MetLife, Inc.

      661        30,399  

MS&AD Insurance Group Holdings, Inc.

      400        12,691  

Muenchener Rueckversicherungs-Gesellschaft AG in Muenchen (REG)

      212        43,579  

New China Life Insurance Co., Ltd. – Class H

      74,000        333,740  

NN Group NV

      985        42,321  

Old Mutual PLC

      9,763        31,049  

Poste Italiane SpA(a)

      5,111        43,774  

Power Corp. of Canada

      1,760        41,007  

Power Financial Corp.

      1,872        46,648  

Principal Financial Group, Inc.

      589        32,866  

Progressive Corp. (The)

      1,147        71,217  

Prudential Financial, Inc.

      336        32,538  

Prudential PLC

      1,555        37,352  

QBE Insurance Group Ltd.

      1,386        9,899  

Reinsurance Group of America, Inc. – Class A

      376        56,189  

RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd.

      388        47,635  

RSA Insurance Group PLC

      5,407        46,782  

Sampo Oyj – Class A

      886        43,754  

SCOR SE

      791        29,142  

Sompo Holdings, Inc.

      400        17,323  

Sony Financial Holdings, Inc.

      1,072        19,627  

Sun Life Financial, Inc.

      1,344        55,549  

Suncorp Group Ltd.

      1,549        15,688  

Swiss Life Holding AG(b)

      132        45,024  

 

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CONSOLIDATED PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS (continued)

 

Company      

    

    

Shares

     U.S. $ Value  

 

 

Swiss Re AG

      469      $ 40,330  

T&D Holdings, Inc.

      1,250        19,645  

Tokio Marine Holdings, Inc.

      400        19,186  

Torchmark Corp.

      598        50,728  

Travelers Cos., Inc. (The)

      464        59,633  

Trisura Group Ltd.(b)

      7        141  

Tryg A/S

      1,864        42,908  

UnipolSai Assicurazioni SpA

      12,165        26,768  

Unum Group

      830        32,212  

Willis Towers Watson PLC

      352        53,205  

WR Berkley Corp.

      735        56,205  

XL Group Ltd.

      1,187        65,973  

Zurich Insurance Group AG

      154        45,640  
      

 

 

 
         3,664,558  
      

 

 

 

Mortgage Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) – 0.0%

      

AGNC Investment Corp.

      2,408        45,319  

Annaly Capital Management, Inc.

      3,658        38,153  
      

 

 

 
         83,472  
      

 

 

 

Thrifts & Mortgage Finance – 0.0%

      

New York Community Bancorp, Inc.

      3,312        38,386  
      

 

 

 
         12,508,019  
      

 

 

 

Information Technology – 3.2%

      

Communications Equipment – 0.2%

      

Cisco Systems, Inc.

      2,148        91,741  

F5 Networks, Inc.(b)

      462        79,977  

Juniper Networks, Inc.

      2,077        55,331  

Motorola Solutions, Inc.

      840        90,166  

Nokia Oyj

      5,115        29,411  

Palo Alto Networks, Inc.(b)

      297        61,803  

Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson – Class B

      4,594        33,348  
      

 

 

 
         441,777  
      

 

 

 

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components – 0.4%

      

Alps Electric Co., Ltd.

      500        11,776  

Amphenol Corp. – Class A

      1,084        94,232  

Arrow Electronics, Inc.(b)

      775        57,443  

Avnet, Inc.

      1,566        59,696  

CDW Corp./DE

      1,016        81,331  

Corning, Inc.

      2,176        59,122  

Flex Ltd.(b)

      3,294        45,754  

FLIR Systems, Inc.

      1,824        98,314  

Hamamatsu Photonics KK

      600        25,964  

Hexagon AB – Class B

      836        47,176  

Hirose Electric Co., Ltd.

      105        13,629  

 

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Company      

    

    

Shares

     U.S. $ Value  

 

 

Hitachi High-Technologies Corp.

      500      $ 22,696  

Hitachi Ltd.

      4,000        29,123  

Ingenico Group SA

      325        26,027  

Keyence Corp.

      100        61,081  

Kyocera Corp.

      400        23,605  

Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.

      100        14,801  

Nippon Electric Glass Co., Ltd.

      400        10,809  

Omron Corp.

      500        26,133  

Shimadzu Corp.

      1,100        30,240  

TDK Corp.

      300        26,807  

TE Connectivity Ltd.

      878        81,724  

Trimble, Inc.(b)

      1,320        43,639  

Yaskawa Electric Corp.

      1,000        40,091  

Yokogawa Electric Corp.

      1,200        21,815  
      

 

 

 
         1,053,028  
      

 

 

 

Internet Software & Services – 0.3%

      

Akamai Technologies, Inc.(b)

      806        60,756  

Alphabet, Inc. – Class A(b)

      78        85,800  

Alphabet, Inc. – Class C(b)

      76        82,459  

Cars.com, Inc.(b)

      283        7,267  

DeNA Co., Ltd.

      600        11,510  

eBay, Inc.(b)

      1,712        64,577  

Facebook, Inc. – Class A(b)

      387        74,219  

Kakaku.com, Inc.

      1,400        30,327  

MercadoLibre, Inc.

      134        38,971  

Mixi, Inc.

      300        9,377  

OneMarket Ltd.(b)

      129        149  

REA Group Ltd.

      310        20,037  

Twitter, Inc.(b)

      1,866        64,750  

United Internet AG

      623        39,684  

VeriSign, Inc.(b)

      824        107,483  

Yahoo Japan Corp.

      4,600        16,672  

Zillow Group, Inc. – Class C(b)(c)

      848        49,464  
      

 

 

 
         763,502  
      

 

 

 

IT Services – 0.8%

      

Accenture PLC – Class A

      613        95,469  

Alliance Data Systems Corp.

      215        45,326  

Amadeus IT Group SA – Class A

      787        62,492  

Atos SE

      247        33,532  

Automatic Data Processing, Inc.

      831        108,047  

Black Knight, Inc.(b)

      362        18,317  

Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc.

      1,174        135,538  

Capgemini SE

      360        47,477  

CGI Group, Inc. – Class A(b)

      1,595        98,054  

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp. – Class A

      1,099        82,810  

 

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Company      

    

    

Shares

     U.S. $ Value  

 

 

Computershare Ltd.

      1,857      $ 24,246  

DXC Technology Co.

      635        58,490  

Fidelity National Information Services, Inc.

      969        99,051  

First Data Corp. – Class A(b)

      3,401        64,619  

Fiserv, Inc.(b)

      1,338        97,139  

FleetCor Technologies, Inc.(b)

      249        49,638  

Fujitsu Ltd.

      2,000        12,195  

Gartner, Inc.(b)

      575        76,325  

Global Payments, Inc.

      567        63,028  

International Business Machines Corp.

      502        70,938  

Mastercard, Inc. – Class A

      649        123,388  

Nomura Research Institute Ltd.

      700        35,085  

NTT Data Corp.

      2,000        22,335  

Obic Co., Ltd.

      300        25,822  

Otsuka Corp.

      600        24,733  

Paychex, Inc.

      1,472        96,534  

PayPal Holdings, Inc.(b)

      1,263        103,654  

Sabre Corp.

      2,420        59,314  

Total System Services, Inc.

      1,066        90,813  

Visa, Inc. – Class A

      718        93,857  

Western Union Co. (The) – Class W

      3,117        61,997  

Worldpay, Inc. – Class A(b)

      1,056        83,920  
      

 

 

 
         2,164,183  
      

 

 

 

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment – 0.5%

      

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.(b)

      2,015        27,666  

Analog Devices, Inc.

      607        58,988  

Applied Materials, Inc.

      967        49,104  

ASM Pacific Technology Ltd.

      1,400        18,263  

ASML Holding NV

      269        52,805  

Broadcom, Inc.

      205        51,674  

Infineon Technologies AG

      1,599        43,947  

Intel Corp.

      1,884        103,997  

KLA-Tencor Corp.

      609        68,957  

Lam Research Corp.

      384        76,101  

Marvell Technology Group Ltd.

      2,554        55,013  

Maxim Integrated Products, Inc.

      1,384        81,172  

Microchip Technology, Inc.

      789        76,833  

Micron Technology, Inc.(b)

      1,172        67,495  

NVIDIA Corp.

      256        64,561  

NXP Semiconductors NV(b)

      516        58,824  

Qorvo, Inc.(b)

      444        35,631  

QUALCOMM, Inc.

      984        57,190  

Rohm Co., Ltd.

      200        18,417  

Skyworks Solutions, Inc.

      431        42,501  

STMicroelectronics NV

      1,365        32,547  

 

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Company      

    

    

Shares

     U.S. $ Value  

 

 

Texas Instruments, Inc.

      847      $ 94,788  

Tokyo Electron Ltd.

      100        18,661  

Xilinx, Inc.

      811        55,237  
      

 

 

 
         1,310,372  
      

 

 

 

Software – 0.8%

      

Activision Blizzard, Inc.

      841        59,635  

Adobe Systems, Inc.(b)

      449        111,927  

ANSYS, Inc.(b)

      635        103,378  

Autodesk, Inc.(b)

      395        50,994  

BlackBerry Ltd.(b)

      2,745        32,497  

CA, Inc.

      2,135        76,305  

Cadence Design Systems, Inc.(b)

      1,796        76,240  

CDK Global, Inc.

      1,015        65,315  

Citrix Systems, Inc.(b)

      604        63,794  

Constellation Software, Inc./Canada

      106        83,487  

Dassault Systemes SE

      646        90,688  

Dell Technologies, Inc. – Class V(b)

      758        61,140  

Electronic Arts, Inc.(b)

      495        64,800  

Fortinet, Inc.(b)

      1,023        62,587  

Gemalto NV(b)

      365        21,395  

Intuit, Inc.

      570        114,912  

Konami Holdings Corp.

      400        18,738  

LINE Corp.(b)

      600        21,850  

Micro Focus International PLC
(Sponsored ADR)

      417        7,381  

Microsoft Corp.

      995        98,346  

Nexon Co., Ltd.(b)

      2,200        36,295  

Nintendo Co., Ltd.

      100        40,934  

Nuance Communications, Inc.(b)

      2,749        37,139  

Open Text Corp.

      1,658        57,837  

Oracle Corp.

      1,536        71,762  

Oracle Corp. Japan

      400        30,354  

Red Hat, Inc.(b)

      568        92,255  

Sage Group PLC (The)

      5,404        47,505  

salesforce.com, Inc.(b)

      534        69,062  

SAP SE

      466        52,494  

ServiceNow, Inc.(b)

      428        76,017  

Splunk, Inc.(b)

      575        63,716  

Symantec Corp.

      1,835        38,131  

Synopsys, Inc.(b)

      974        85,780  

Trend Micro, Inc./Japan

      400        22,614  

VMware, Inc. – Class A(b)

      527        72,452  

Workday, Inc. – Class A(b)

      384        50,289  
      

 

 

 
         2,230,045  
      

 

 

 

 

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Company      

    

    

Shares

     U.S. $ Value  

 

 

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals – 0.2%

      

Apple, Inc.

      407      $ 76,056  

Brother Industries Ltd.

      900        18,750  

Canon, Inc.

      900        30,690  

FUJIFILM Holdings Corp.

      600        22,960  

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co.

      3,043        46,375  

HP, Inc.

      2,579        56,816  

Konica Minolta, Inc.

      2,400        21,832  

NEC Corp.

      700        19,678  

NetApp, Inc.

      1,082        73,922  

Ricoh Co., Ltd.

      2,300        20,757  

Seagate Technology PLC

      978        55,110  

Seiko Epson Corp.

      900        15,723  

Western Digital Corp.

      465        38,832  

Xerox Corp.

      1,717        46,668  
      

 

 

 
         544,169  
      

 

 

 
         8,507,076  
      

 

 

 

Industrials – 2.8%

      

Aerospace & Defense – 0.4%

      

Airbus SE

      181        20,649  

Arconic, Inc.

      824        14,544  

BAE Systems PLC

      2,639        22,402  

Boeing Co. (The)

      219        77,123  

Bombardier, Inc. – Class B(b)

      7,317        27,539  

CAE, Inc.

      2,809        59,165  

Cobham PLC(b)

      9,287        15,341  

Dassault Aviation SA

      11        21,245  

General Dynamics Corp.

      241        48,612  

Harris Corp.

      675        101,567  

Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc.

      180        39,793  

L3 Technologies, Inc.

      265        52,557  

Leonardo SpA

      684        6,968  

Lockheed Martin Corp.

      198        62,279  

Meggitt PLC

      2,664        17,389  

Northrop Grumman Corp.

      198        64,795  

Raytheon Co.

      297        62,222  

Rockwell Collins, Inc.

      452        62,155  

Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC(b)

      1,271        13,910  

Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC(b)(d)

      90,241        120  

Safran SA

      174        20,754  

Singapore Technologies Engineering Ltd.

      4,200        10,886  

Textron, Inc.

      720        47,938  

Thales SA

      192        24,418  

TransDigm Group, Inc.

      93        31,072  

United Technologies Corp.

      418        52,175  
      

 

 

 
         977,618  
      

 

 

 

 

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Company      

    

    

Shares

     U.S. $ Value  

 

 

Air Freight & Logistics – 0.1%

      

Bollore SA

      3,319      $ 16,353  

CH Robinson Worldwide, Inc.

      534        46,458  

Deutsche Post AG (REG)

      500        18,963  

Expeditors International of Washington, Inc.

      744        55,413  

FedEx Corp.

      189        47,084  

Kuehne & Nagel International AG (REG)

      139        20,986  

Royal Mail PLC

      3,581        24,096  

United Parcel Service, Inc. – Class B

      471        54,692  

Yamato Holdings Co., Ltd.

      400        11,454  
      

 

 

 
         295,499  
      

 

 

 

Airlines – 0.1%

      

American Airlines Group, Inc.

      507        22,075  

ANA Holdings, Inc.

      400        16,061  

Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd.

      8,000        13,003  

Delta Air Lines, Inc.

      566        30,592  

Deutsche Lufthansa AG (REG)

      656        17,803  

easyJet PLC

      784        17,783  

International Consolidated Airlines Group SA

      1,885        17,131  

Japan Airlines Co., Ltd.

      400        15,468  

Qantas Airways Ltd.

      2,474        11,840  

Singapore Airlines Ltd.

      1,500        12,595  

Southwest Airlines Co.

      528        26,970  

United Continental Holdings, Inc.(b)

      315        21,921  
      

 

 

 
         223,242  
      

 

 

 

Building Products – 0.1%

      

AO Smith Corp.

      711        44,843  

Asahi Glass Co., Ltd.

      200        8,159  

Assa Abloy AB – Class B

      848        18,231  

Cie de Saint-Gobain

      254        12,719  

Daikin Industries Ltd.

      100        11,508  

Fortune Brands Home & Security, Inc.

      681        38,252  

Geberit AG (REG)

      50        21,668  

Johnson Controls International PLC

      1,024        34,365  

LIXIL Group Corp.

      400        8,809  

Masco Corp.

      1,061        39,543  

TOTO Ltd.

      300        15,641  
      

 

 

 
         253,738  
      

 

 

 

Commercial Services & Supplies – 0.2%

      

Babcock International Group PLC

      1,434        15,865  

Brambles Ltd.

      1,685        11,475  

Cintas Corp.

      386        70,349  

Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.

      500        10,718  

Edenred

      463        14,848  

G4S PLC

      3,969        14,222  

 

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Company      

    

    

Shares

     U.S. $ Value  

 

 

ISS A/S

      413      $ 14,127  

Park24 Co., Ltd.

      400        10,783  

Republic Services, Inc. – Class A

      966        65,137  

Secom Co., Ltd.

      200        14,871  

Securitas AB – Class B

      1,405        22,636  

Societe BIC SA

      160        15,562  

Sohgo Security Services Co., Ltd.

      200        9,122  

Stericycle, Inc.(b)

      372        23,622  

Toppan Printing Co., Ltd.

      1,000        8,131  

Waste Connections, Inc.

      891        68,500  

Waste Management, Inc.

      916        75,762  
      

 

 

 
         465,730  
      

 

 

 

Construction & Engineering – 0.4%

      

ACS Actividades de Construccion y Servicios SA

      441        18,370  

Boskalis Westminster

      549        15,123  

Bouygues SA

      319        14,730  

China Communications Construction Co., Ltd. – Class H

      248,000        265,346  

China Railway Construction Corp., Ltd. – Class H

      224,500        253,614  

China Railway Group Ltd. – Class H

      360,000        289,511  

CIMIC Group Ltd.

      319        9,921  

Eiffage SA

      192        21,627  

Ferrovial SA

      951        19,441  

Fluor Corp.

      716        34,898  

HOCHTIEF AG

      79        14,477  

Jacobs Engineering Group, Inc.

      615        39,852  

JGC Corp.

      700        14,549  

Kajima Corp.

      2,000        16,273  

Obayashi Corp.

      1,000        10,061  

Orascom Construction Ltd.(b)

      173        1,497  

Shimizu Corp.

      1,000        9,749  

Skanska AB – Class B

      763        14,053  

SNC-Lavalin Group, Inc.

      1,097        47,853  

Taisei Corp.

      400        21,916  

Vinci SA

      175        17,212  
      

 

 

 
         1,150,073  
      

 

 

 

Electrical Equipment – 0.2%

      

ABB Ltd. (REG)

      788        17,827  

Acuity Brands, Inc.

      140        16,555  

AMETEK, Inc.

      672        49,076  

Eaton Corp. PLC

      547        41,889  

Emerson Electric Co.

      688        48,738  

Fuji Electric Co., Ltd.

      2,000        14,177  

 

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Company      

    

    

Shares

     U.S. $ Value  

 

 

Legrand SA

      296      $ 22,321  

Mabuchi Motor Co., Ltd.

      200        9,238  

Mitsubishi Electric Corp.

      700        9,920  

Nidec Corp.

      100        15,439  

nVent Electric PLC(b)

      481        13,026  

OSRAM Licht AG

      209        12,329  

Prysmian SpA

      537        15,026  

Rockwell Automation, Inc.

      235        41,221  

Schneider Electric SE (Paris)

      198        17,116  

Sensata Technologies Holding PLC(b)

      858        43,835  

Vestas Wind Systems A/S

      152        9,959  
      

 

 

 
         397,692  
      

 

 

 

Industrial Conglomerates – 0.1%

      

3M Co.

      284        56,013  

CK Hutchison Holdings Ltd.

      1,184        13,332  

DCC PLC

      173        16,570  

General Electric Co.

      1,596        22,472  

Honeywell International, Inc.

      378        55,910  

Jardine Matheson Holdings Ltd.

      200        12,435  

Jardine Strategic Holdings Ltd.

      300        10,722  

Keihan Holdings Co., Ltd.

      400        13,514  

Keppel Corp., Ltd.

      2,400        13,758  

NWS Holdings Ltd.

      5,257        9,757  

Roper Technologies, Inc.

      184        50,745  

Seibu Holdings, Inc.

      600        9,844  

Sembcorp Industries Ltd.

      4,900        10,690  

Siemens AG (REG)

      118        15,379  

Smiths Group PLC

      1,381        32,271  

Toshiba Corp.(b)

      2,000        5,612  
      

 

 

 
         349,024  
      

 

 

 

Machinery – 0.5%

      

AGCO Corp.

      496        31,546  

Alfa Laval AB

      849        21,197  

Alstom SA

      518        24,506  

Amada Holdings Co., Ltd.

      900        9,734  

ANDRITZ AG

      354        17,658  

Atlas Copco AB

      436        17,295  

Atlas Copco AB – Class B SHS

      520        18,801  

Caterpillar, Inc.

      323        49,067  

CNH Industrial NV

      1,193        13,943  

Cummins, Inc.

      221        31,468  

Deere & Co.

      289        43,208  

Dover Corp.

      428        33,046  

FANUC Corp.

      100        21,155  

Flowserve Corp.

      599        24,763  

Fortive Corp.

      674        48,993  

 

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Company      

    

    

Shares

     U.S. $ Value  

 

 

GEA Group AG

      378      $ 13,895  

Hino Motors Ltd.

      900        10,043  

Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.

      400        14,655  

Hoshizaki Corp.

      100        10,029  

IHI Corp.

      200        7,485  

Illinois Tool Works, Inc.

      349        50,151  

IMI PLC

      1,187        18,283  

Ingersoll-Rand PLC

      469        41,056  

JTEKT Corp.

      700        10,147  

Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd.

      300        9,059  

Komatsu Ltd.

      400        13,051  

Kone Oyj – Class B

      326        16,128  

Kubota Corp.

      700        11,753  

Kurita Water Industries Ltd.

      400        11,447  

Makita Corp.

      300        13,331  

MAN SE

      62        6,745  

Metso Oyj

      392        13,566  

Middleby Corp. (The)(b)

      251        25,005  

MINEBEA MITSUMI, Inc.

      500        9,436  

MISUMI Group, Inc.

      500        14,403  

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd.

      300        11,317  

Nabtesco Corp.

      400        12,987  

NGK Insulators Ltd.

      600        10,899  

NSK Ltd.

      600        6,789  

PACCAR, Inc.

      502        31,240  

Parker-Hannifin Corp.

      211        36,060  

Pentair PLC

      481        20,991  

Sandvik AB

      907        15,731  

Schindler Holding AG

      78        16,495  

Schindler Holding AG (REG)

      81        16,629  

SKF AB – Class B

      706        13,727  

Snap-on, Inc.

      233        34,442  

Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.

      329        45,810  

Sumitomo Heavy Industries Ltd.

      400        14,066  

THK Co., Ltd.

      400        14,107  

Volvo AB – Class B

      910        15,651  

WABCO Holdings, Inc.(b)

      273        33,014  

Wabtec Corp./DE

      449        43,782  

Wartsila Oyj Abp

      732        15,491  

Weir Group PLC (The)

      503        14,605  

Xylem, Inc./NY

      796        56,038  

Yangzijiang Shipbuilding Holdings Ltd.

      12,600        9,019  

Zardoya Otis SA

      1,731        16,576  
      

 

 

 
         1,231,514  
      

 

 

 

Marine – 0.0%

      

AP Moller – Maersk A/S – Class A

      10        14,033  

AP Moller – Maersk A/S – Class B

      9        13,419  

 

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Company      

    

    

Shares

     U.S. $ Value  

 

 

Mitsui OSK Lines Ltd.

      300      $ 7,901  

Nippon Yusen KK

      500        10,147  
      

 

 

 
         45,500  
      

 

 

 

Professional Services – 0.2%

      

Adecco Group AG (REG)

      233        13,991  

Bureau Veritas SA

      963        23,891  

Capita PLC

      1,612        2,901  

CoStar Group, Inc.(b)

      287        109,410  

Dun & Bradstreet Corp. (The)

      311        38,194  

Equifax, Inc.

      383        43,647  

Experian PLC

      1,125        27,560  

Intertek Group PLC

      254        18,422  

ManpowerGroup, Inc.

      340        30,600  

Nielsen Holdings PLC

      827        24,951  

Randstad NV

      258        15,387  

Recruit Holdings Co., Ltd.

      600        16,627  

RELX NV

      1,139        24,835  

RELX PLC

      1,122        24,610  

Robert Half International, Inc.

      701        44,640  

SEEK Ltd.

      867        13,195  

SGS SA (REG)

      10        25,905  

Verisk Analytics, Inc. – Class A(b)

      637        67,675  

Wolters Kluwer NV

      490        27,526  
      

 

 

 
         593,967  
      

 

 

 

Road & Rail – 0.2%

      

AMERCO

      94        30,356  

Aurizon Holdings Ltd.

      2,894        9,391  

Canadian National Railway Co. (Toronto)

      661        55,185  

Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd.

      280        53,989  

Central Japan Railway Co.

      84        17,328  

ComfortDelGro Corp., Ltd.

      6,300        11,534  

CSX Corp.

      526        34,006  

DSV A/S

      295        24,497  

East Japan Railway Co.

      200        19,741  

Hankyu Hanshin Holdings, Inc.

      300        12,341  

JB Hunt Transport Services, Inc.

      438        56,108  

Kansas City Southern

      333        35,681  

Keikyu Corp.

      500        8,404  

Keio Corp.

      200        9,269  

Keisei Electric Railway Co., Ltd.

      400        13,536  

Kintetsu Group Holdings Co., Ltd.

      300        12,531  

MTR Corp., Ltd.

      3,000        16,859  

Nagoya Railroad Co., Ltd.

      400        10,265  

Nippon Express Co., Ltd.

      200        14,989  

Norfolk Southern Corp.

      311        47,163  

Odakyu Electric Railway Co., Ltd.

      600        12,951  

 

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Company      

    

    

Shares

     U.S. $ Value  

 

 

Tobu Railway Co., Ltd.

      400      $ 12,366  

Tokyu Corp.

      1,000        17,732  

Union Pacific Corp.

      324        46,254  

West Japan Railway Co.

      218        15,637  
      

 

 

 
         598,113  
      

 

 

 

Trading Companies & Distributors – 0.2%

      

AerCap Holdings NV(b)

      317        17,533  

Ashtead Group PLC

      560        17,308  

Brenntag AG

      322        18,544  

Bunzl PLC

      677        20,589  

Fastenal Co.

      755        40,189  

Ferguson PLC

      313        24,270  

Finning International, Inc.

      1,846        45,915  

ITOCHU Corp.

      1,000        18,712  

Marubeni Corp.

      2,200        17,066  

Mitsubishi Corp.

      600        16,630  

Mitsui & Co., Ltd.

      1,100        19,303  

Rexel SA

      970        14,270  

Sumitomo Corp.

      1,000        16,715  

Toyota Tsusho Corp.

      400        13,744  

Travis Perkins PLC

      782        13,972  

United Rentals, Inc.(b)

      195        31,116  

WW Grainger, Inc.

      196        60,562  
      

 

 

 
         406,438  
      

 

 

 

Transportation Infrastructure – 0.1%

      

Abertis Infraestructuras SA

      1,446        31,079  

Aena SME SA(a)

      131        25,225  

Aeroports de Paris

      132        27,541  

Atlantia SpA

      613        17,771  

Auckland International Airport Ltd.

      2,334        10,764  

Fraport AG Frankfurt Airport Services Worldwide

      264        24,701  

Getlink (REG)

      1,705        23,091  

Hutchison Port Holdings Trust – Class U

      27,300        7,484  

Japan Airport Terminal Co., Ltd.

      300        13,792  

Kamigumi Co., Ltd.

      500        10,894  

Macquarie Infrastructure Corp.(c)

      570        22,059  

Mitsubishi Logistics Corp.

      500        10,551  

SATS Ltd.

      2,900        11,129  

Sydney Airport

      2,782        15,292  

Transurban Group

      1,694        15,172  
      

 

 

 
         266,545  
      

 

 

 
         7,254,693  
      

 

 

 

Health Care – 2.6%

      

Biotechnology – 0.2%

      

AbbVie, Inc.

      784        77,569  

Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(b)

      232        26,942  

 

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Company      

    

    

Shares

     U.S. $ Value  

 

 

Alkermes PLC(b)(c)

      331      $ 15,623  

Amgen, Inc.

      320        57,479  

Biogen, Inc.(b)

      169        49,679  

BioMarin Pharmaceutical, Inc.(b)

      341        30,806  

Celgene Corp.(b)

      350        27,538  

CSL Ltd.

      450        63,166  

Genmab A/S(b)

      279        41,942  

Gilead Sciences, Inc.

      703        47,382  

Grifols SA

      2,271        66,948  

Idorsia Ltd.(b)

      213        5,159  

Incyte Corp.(b)

      189        12,903  

Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(b)

      66        19,821  

Seattle Genetics, Inc.(b)

      303        18,329  

United Therapeutics Corp.(b)

      217        23,128  

Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(b)

      246        37,884  
      

 

 

 
         622,298  
      

 

 

 

Health Care Equipment &
Supplies – 0.8%

      

Abbott Laboratories

      1,269        78,082  

Align Technology, Inc.(b)

      301        99,917  

Arjo AB – Class B

      2,759        9,229  

Baxter International, Inc.

      1,040        73,674  

Becton Dickinson and Co.

      362        80,216  

Boston Scientific Corp.(b)

      1,769        53,760  

Cochlear Ltd.

      378        55,946  

Coloplast A/S – Class B

      742        70,502  

Cooper Cos., Inc. (The)

      246        55,672  

CYBERDYNE, Inc.(b)

      3,000        38,321  

Danaher Corp.

      776        77,041  

DENTSPLY SIRONA, Inc.

      989        43,328  

DexCom, Inc.(b)(c)

      430        37,836  

Edwards Lifesciences Corp.(b)

      320        43,939  

Essilor International Cie Generale d’Optique SA

      493        67,467  

Getinge AB – Class B

      2,759        26,787  

Hologic, Inc.(b)

      1,129        42,778  

Hoya Corp.

      800        47,378  

IDEXX Laboratories, Inc.(b)

      330        68,709  

Intuitive Surgical, Inc.(b)

      183        84,120  

Koninklijke Philips NV

      479        19,726  

Medtronic PLC

      683        58,957  

Olympus Corp.

      900        31,801  

ResMed, Inc.

      778        79,986  

Smith & Nephew PLC

      4,175        75,766  

Sonova Holding AG (REG)

      433        75,631  

Stryker Corp.

      486        84,574  

Sysmex Corp.

      700        62,830  

 

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Company      

    

    

Shares

     U.S. $ Value  

 

 

Teleflex, Inc.

      270      $ 72,133  

Terumo Corp.

      1,000        59,174  

Varian Medical Systems, Inc.(b)

      475        55,988  

William Demant Holding A/S(b)

      2,432        88,550  

Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc.

      375        41,816  
      

 

 

 
         1,961,634  
      

 

 

 

Health Care Providers & Services – 0.6%

      

Aetna, Inc.

      367        64,640  

Alfresa Holdings Corp.

      2,100        52,922  

AmerisourceBergen Corp. – Class A

      482        39,591  

Anthem, Inc.

      274        60,669  

Cardinal Health, Inc.

      702        36,567  

Centene Corp.(b)

      478        56,002  

Cigna Corp.

      335        56,739  

CVS Health Corp.

      854        54,135  

DaVita, Inc.(b)

      632        42,243  

Envision Healthcare Corp.(b)

      549        23,541  

Express Scripts Holding Co.(b)

      647        49,049  

Fresenius Medical Care AG & Co. KGaA

      755        75,386  

Fresenius SE & Co. KGaA

      693        53,212  

HCA Healthcare, Inc.

      514        53,014  

Healthscope Ltd.

      25,489        45,202  

Henry Schein, Inc.(b)

      702        48,578  

Humana, Inc.

      169        49,176  

Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings(b)

      407        73,500  

McKesson Corp.

      241        34,208  

Mediclinic International PLC

      5,230        42,414  

Medipal Holdings Corp.

      2,200        50,567  

MEDNAX, Inc.(b)

      637        29,206  

Miraca Holdings, Inc.

      900        29,150  

Patterson Cos., Inc.

      1,039        21,736  

Quest Diagnostics, Inc.

      556        59,231  

Ramsay Health Care Ltd.

      768        35,556  

Ryman Healthcare Ltd.

      6,840        54,481  

Sonic Healthcare Ltd.

      2,611        46,395  

Suzuken Co., Ltd./Aichi Japan

      1,300        58,103  

UnitedHealth Group, Inc.

      310        74,868  

Universal Health Services, Inc. – Class B

      362        41,623  
      

 

 

 
         1,511,704  
      

 

 

 

Health Care Technology – 0.0%

      

Cerner Corp.(b)

      701        41,836  

M3, Inc.

      1,500        62,443  
      

 

 

 
         104,279  
      

 

 

 

Life Sciences Tools & Services – 0.2%

      

Agilent Technologies, Inc.

      816        50,527  

Eurofins Scientific SE

      116        59,591  

 

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Company      

    

    

Shares

     U.S. $ Value  

 

 

Illumina, Inc.(b)

      183      $ 49,856  

IQVIA Holdings, Inc.(b)

      646        63,909  

Lonza Group AG (REG)(b)

      278        74,436  

Mettler-Toledo International, Inc.(b)

      105        57,828  

QIAGEN NV(b)

      1,521        54,930  

Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.

      346        72,061  

Waters Corp.(b)

      286        55,089  
      

 

 

 
         538,227  
      

 

 

 

Pharmaceuticals – 0.8%

      

Allergan PLC

      688        103,750  

Astellas Pharma, Inc.

      3,100        48,006  

AstraZeneca PLC

      729        53,185  

Bayer AG (REG)

      484        57,767  

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.

      870        45,779  

Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.

      1,000        56,253  

Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd.

      2,000        64,007  

Eisai Co., Ltd.

      700        50,516  

Eli Lilly & Co.

      693        58,933  

GlaxoSmithKline PLC

      3,649        73,928  

Hikma Pharmaceuticals PLC

      2,641        47,395  

Hisamitsu Pharmaceutical Co., Inc.

      800        66,284  

Jazz Pharmaceuticals PLC(b)

      223        37,687  

Johnson & Johnson

      554        66,270  

Kyowa Hakko Kirin Co., Ltd.

      2,200        44,834  

Mallinckrodt PLC(b)(c)

      476        8,021  

Merck & Co., Inc.

      863        51,374  

Merck KGaA

      536        54,562  

Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corp.

      1,800        32,147  

Mylan NV(b)

      1,027        39,498  

Novartis AG (REG)

      923        68,618  

Novo Nordisk A/S – Class B

      1,284        61,027  

Ono Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.

      1,900        46,935  

Orion Oyj – Class B

      948        28,041  

Otsuka Holdings Co., Ltd.

      900        44,667  

Perrigo Co. PLC

      428        31,313  

Pfizer, Inc.

      2,016        72,435  

Roche Holding AG

      268        57,462  

Sanofi

      604        46,299  

Santen Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.

      3,000        52,018  

Shionogi & Co., Ltd.

      700        36,604  

Shire PLC

      706        38,546  

Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma Co., Ltd.

      2,600        53,832  

Taisho Pharmaceutical Holdings Co., Ltd.

      500        52,976  

Takeda Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.

      1,000        40,652  

UCB SA

      558        43,863  

Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc.(b)

      834        18,351  

 

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Company      

    

    

Shares

     U.S. $ Value  

 

 

Vifor Pharma AG

      380      $ 59,013  

Zoetis, Inc.

      996        83,365  
      

 

 

 
         1,996,213  
      

 

 

 
         6,734,355  
      

 

 

 

Consumer Discretionary – 2.5%

      

Auto Components – 0.2%

      

Aisin Seiki Co., Ltd.

      300        15,048  

Aptiv PLC

      302        29,445  

Autoliv, Inc.(c)

      287        42,467  

BorgWarner, Inc.

      633        30,878  

Bridgestone Corp.

      500        20,011  

Cie Generale des Etablissements Michelin SCA – Class B

      199        25,727  

Continental AG

      107        27,097  

Delphi Technologies PLC

      100        5,010  

Denso Corp.

      400        19,392  

GKN PLC(d)(e)(f)

      5,805        37,029  

Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. (The)

      816        19,935  

Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd.

      300        21,975  

Lear Corp.

      199        39,402  

Linamar Corp.

      630        31,544  

Magna International, Inc. – Class A

      729        46,745  

NGK Spark Plug Co., Ltd.

      700        19,084  

NOK Corp.

      700        13,099  

Nokian Renkaat Oyj

      578        22,396  

Schaeffler AG (Preference Shares)

      1,288        19,327  

Stanley Electric Co., Ltd.

      500        16,969  

Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd.

      900        13,536  

Sumitomo Rubber Industries Ltd.

      800        13,377  

Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd.

      600        15,737  

Toyota Industries Corp.

      300        17,457  

Valeo SA(b)

      282        17,916  

Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd. (The)

      700        15,173  
      

 

 

 
         595,776  
      

 

 

 

Automobiles – 0.2%

      

Bayerische Motoren Werke AG

      252        25,181  

Bayerische Motoren Werke AG
(Preference Shares)

      288        25,231  

Daimler AG (REG)

      349        25,212  

Ferrari NV

      303        39,609  

Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV(b)

      1,290        29,238  

Ford Motor Co.

      2,754        31,809  

General Motors Co.

      869        37,106  

Harley-Davidson, Inc.

      457        18,774  

Honda Motor Co., Ltd.

      700        22,215  

 

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Company      

    

    

Shares

     U.S. $ Value  

 

 

Isuzu Motors Ltd.

      1,200      $ 16,018  

Mazda Motor Corp.

      1,000        12,543  

Mitsubishi Motors Corp.

      2,200        16,578  

Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.

      2,100        20,828  

Peugeot SA

      996        23,292  

Porsche Automobil Holding SE
(Preference Shares)

      377        27,772  

Renault SA

      203        19,685  

Subaru Corp.

      400        12,198  

Suzuki Motor Corp.

      300        17,191  

Tesla, Inc.(b)

      54        15,375  

Toyota Motor Corp.

      300        19,028  

Volkswagen AG

      151        27,965  

Volkswagen AG (Preference Shares)

      138        25,919  

Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd.

      600        17,297  
      

 

 

 
         526,064  
      

 

 

 

Distributors – 0.0%

      

Genuine Parts Co.

      435        39,494  

Jardine Cycle & Carriage Ltd.

      400        10,260  

LKQ Corp.(b)

      877        27,862  
      

 

 

 
         77,616  
      

 

 

 

Diversified Consumer Services – 0.0%

      

Benesse Holdings, Inc.

      400        14,497  

H&R Block, Inc.

      830        22,783  
      

 

 

 
         37,280  
      

 

 

 

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure – 0.5%

      

Accor SA

      515        28,197  

Aramark

      1,174        45,575  

Aristocrat Leisure Ltd.

      960        21,702  

Carnival Corp.

      557        34,690  

Carnival PLC

      409        26,207  

Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. – Class A(b)

      57        24,520  

Compass Group PLC

      1,758        37,778  

Crown Resorts Ltd.

      1,793        17,988  

Darden Restaurants, Inc.

      368        32,167  

Domino’s Pizza Enterprises Ltd.

      317        11,776  

Domino’s Pizza, Inc.

      151        37,973  

Flight Centre Travel Group Ltd.

      539        25,066  

Galaxy Entertainment Group Ltd.

      3,000        26,292  

Genting Singapore PLC

      17,400        16,331  

Hilton Worldwide Holdings, Inc.

      532        42,938  

InterContinental Hotels Group PLC

      495        31,653  

Las Vegas Sands Corp.

      477        38,451  

Marriott International, Inc./MD – Class A

      350        47,376  

McDonald’s Corp.

      324        51,843  

 

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Company      

    

    

Shares

     U.S. $ Value  

 

 

McDonald’s Holdings Co. Japan Ltd.

      400      $ 20,113  

Melco Resorts & Entertainment Ltd. (ADR)

      460        15,024  

Merlin Entertainments PLC(a)

      4,383        21,362  

MGM China Holdings Ltd.

      6,400        18,501  

MGM Resorts International

      769        24,185  

Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd.(b)

      485        25,385  

Oriental Land Co., Ltd./Japan

      300        30,653  

Paddy Power Betfair PLC

      223        27,113  

Restaurant Brands International, Inc.

      668        39,448  

Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.

      277        29,079  

Sands China Ltd.

      3,600        21,450  

Shangri-La Asia Ltd.

      10,000        19,907  

SJM Holdings Ltd.

      16,000        22,853  

Sodexo SA

      224        21,780  

Starbucks Corp.

      666        37,742  

Tabcorp Holdings Ltd.

      8,286        27,312  

TUI AG

      1,641        38,074  

Whitbread PLC

      504        28,221  

William Hill PLC

      6,112        25,982  

Wyndham Worldwide Corp.

      277        30,038  

Wynn Macau Ltd.

      6,800        25,783  

Wynn Resorts Ltd.

      179        35,086  

Yum! Brands, Inc.

      630        51,238  
      

 

 

 
         1,234,852  
      

 

 

 

Household Durables – 0.2%

      

Auto Trader Group PLC(a)

      4,579        21,443  

Barratt Developments PLC

      2,559        18,544  

Berkeley Group Holdings PLC

      550        31,020  

Casio Computer Co., Ltd.

      900        13,725  

DR Horton, Inc.

      836        35,288  

Electrolux AB – Class B

      748        18,464  

Garmin Ltd.

      605        36,354  

Husqvarna AB – Class B

      2,521        24,795  

Iida Group Holdings Co., Ltd.

      900        17,120  

Leggett & Platt, Inc.

      679        28,043  

Lennar Corp. – Class A

      555        28,716  

Lennar Corp. – Class B

      11        455  

Mohawk Industries, Inc.(b)

      156        31,830  

Newell Brands, Inc.

      610        14,384  

Nikon Corp.

      1,200        19,406  

Panasonic Corp.

      1,400        18,983  

Persimmon PLC

      763        28,709  

PulteGroup, Inc.

      1,261        38,145  

Rinnai Corp.

      200        19,050  

SEB SA

      162        29,268  

Sekisui Chemical Co., Ltd.

      800        13,104  

 

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Company      

    

    

Shares

     U.S. $ Value  

 

 

Sekisui House Ltd.

      1,100      $ 19,552  

Sharp Corp./Japan

      200        5,297  

Sony Corp.

      500        23,589  

Taylor Wimpey PLC

      9,372        23,664  

Techtronic Industries Co., Ltd.

      3,500        20,821  

Toll Brothers, Inc.

      690        27,248  

Whirlpool Corp.(c)

      167        24,173  
      

 

 

 
         631,190  
      

 

 

 

Internet & Direct Marketing Retail – 0.1%

      

Amazon.com, Inc.(b)

      29        47,259  

Booking Holdings, Inc.(b)

      17        35,852  

Expedia Group, Inc.

      215        26,021  

Netflix, Inc.(b)

      129        45,356  

Qurate Retail, Inc.(b)

      1,207        24,538  

Rakuten, Inc.

      1,299        8,704  

Start Today Co., Ltd.

      600        20,751  

TripAdvisor, Inc.(b)

      426        22,212  

Zalando SE(a)(b)

      491        26,148  
      

 

 

 
         256,841  
      

 

 

 

Leisure Products – 0.1%

      

Bandai Namco Holdings, Inc.

      400        16,979  

Hasbro, Inc.

      367        31,837  

Mattel, Inc.(c)

      1,058        16,420  

Polaris Industries, Inc.

      248        27,751  

Sankyo Co., Ltd.

      400        15,826  

Sega Sammy Holdings, Inc.

      1,100        19,383  

Shimano, Inc.

      100        14,093  

Yamaha Corp.

      400        20,802  
      

 

 

 
         163,091  
      

 

 

 

Media – 0.4%

      

Altice NV – Class A(b)

      704        2,487  

Altice NV – Class B(b)

      1,011        3,553  

Axel Springer SE

      600        43,601  

CBS Corp. – Class B

      447        22,515  

Charter Communications, Inc. – Class A(b)

      83        21,666  

Comcast Corp. – Class A

      824        25,692  

Dentsu, Inc.

      300        14,294  

Discovery, Inc. – Class A(b)(c)

      1,012        21,343  

Discovery, Inc. – Class C(b)

      1,427        28,212  

DISH Network Corp. – Class A(b)

      282        8,333  

Eutelsat Communications SA

      1,132        21,769  

Hakuhodo DY Holdings, Inc.

      1,100        16,648  

I-CABLE Communications Ltd.(b)

      2,936        63  

Interpublic Group of Cos., Inc. (The)

      1,393        31,482  

ITV PLC

      7,799        16,822  

 

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Company      

    

    

Shares

     U.S. $ Value  

 

 

JCDecaux SA

      889      $ 27,771  

Lagardere SCA

      819        22,150  

Liberty Broadband Corp.(b)

      346        23,829  

Liberty Global PLC – Class A(b)

      813        23,179  

Liberty Global PLC – Series C(b)

      1,811        50,128  

Liberty Latin America Ltd. – Class C(b)

      937        20,127  

Liberty Media Corp.-Liberty SiriusXM – Class A(b)

      944        43,660  

Liberty Media Corp.-Liberty SiriusXM – Class C(b)

      700        32,333  

News Corp. – Class A

      2,510        37,725  

Omnicom Group, Inc.

      460        33,157  

Pearson PLC

      1,740        20,857  

ProSiebenSat.1 Media SE

      638        18,758  

Publicis Groupe SA

      351        24,498  

RTL Group SA (London)

      319        24,044  

Schibsted ASA

      973        27,428  

Schibsted ASA – Class B

      1,054        28,676  

SES SA

      1,380        23,915  

Shaw Communications, Inc. – Class B

      2,404        48,391  

Singapore Press Holdings Ltd.

      6,100        11,972  

Sirius XM Holdings, Inc.(c)

      4,633        32,894  

Sky PLC

      1,340        24,003  

TEGNA, Inc.

      850        8,814  

Telenet Group Holding NV(b)

      522        26,360  

Time Warner, Inc.

      454        42,749  

Toho Co., Ltd./Tokyo

      500        17,299  

Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc. – Class A

      1,016        39,167  

Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc. – Class B

      1,020        38,933  

Viacom, Inc. – Class B

      642        17,398  

Vivendi SA

      1,098        27,762  

Walt Disney Co. (The)

      397        39,490  

WPP PLC

      1,472        24,259  
      

 

 

 
         1,160,206  
      

 

 

 

Multiline Retail – 0.2%

      

Canadian Tire Corp., Ltd. – Class A

      300        38,195  

Dollar General Corp.

      382        33,417  

Dollar Tree, Inc.(b)

      304        25,107  

Dollarama, Inc.

      452        52,169  

Don Quijote Holdings Co., Ltd.

      400        21,251  

Harvey Norman Holdings Ltd.

      3,556        9,655  

Isetan Mitsukoshi Holdings Ltd.

      1,500        18,463  

J Front Retailing Co., Ltd.

      1,000        15,692  

Kohl’s Corp.

      485        32,374  

Macy’s, Inc.

      699        24,402  

Marks & Spencer Group PLC

      4,897        18,454  

 

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Company      

    

    

Shares

     U.S. $ Value  

 

 

Marui Group Co., Ltd.

      900      $ 18,210  

Next PLC

      400        30,810  

Nordstrom, Inc.

      496        24,319  

Ryohin Keikaku Co., Ltd.

      100        33,885  

Takashimaya Co., Ltd.

      2,000        16,661  

Target Corp.

      562        40,964  
      

 

 

 
         454,028  
      

 

 

 

Specialty Retail – 0.3%

      

ABC-Mart, Inc.

      300        18,411  

Advance Auto Parts, Inc.

      173        22,251  

AutoNation, Inc.(b)

      587        26,802  

AutoZone, Inc.(b)

      47        30,518  

Bed Bath & Beyond, Inc.

      660        11,986  

Best Buy Co., Inc.

      397        27,095  

CarMax, Inc.(b)

      276        19,022  

CECONOMY AG

      963        9,418  

Dick’s Sporting Goods, Inc.

      553        20,240  

Dixons Carphone PLC

      4,868        11,958  

Dufry AG (REG)(b)

      127        17,315  

Foot Locker, Inc.

      407        21,966  

Gap, Inc. (The)

      852        23,839  

Hennes & Mauritz AB – Class B

      936        14,103  

Hikari Tsushin, Inc.

      100        17,706  

Home Depot, Inc. (The)

      245        45,705  

Industria de Diseno Textil SA

      757        23,928  

Kingfisher PLC

      6,282        25,491  

L Brands, Inc.

      409        13,869  

Lowe’s Cos., Inc.

      362        34,394  

Nitori Holdings Co., Ltd.

      100        17,153  

O’Reilly Automotive, Inc.(b)

      119        32,060  

Ross Stores, Inc.

      451        35,575  

Shimamura Co., Ltd.

      100        10,203  

Signet Jewelers Ltd.

      287        12,341  

Tiffany & Co.

      315        41,196  

TJX Cos., Inc. (The)

      528        47,689  

Tractor Supply Co.

      570        42,357  

Ulta Salon Cosmetics & Fragrance, Inc.(b)

      91        22,469  

USS Co., Ltd.

      700        13,203  

Yamada Denki Co., Ltd.

      3,500        18,081  
      

 

 

 
         728,344  
      

 

 

 

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods – 0.3%

      

adidas AG

      138        31,303  

Asics Corp.

      900        14,938  

Burberry Group PLC

      981        26,951  

Christian Dior SE

      102        43,436  

 

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Company      

    

    

Shares

     U.S. $ Value  

 

 

Cie Financiere Richemont SA (REG)

      285      $ 26,100  

Gildan Activewear, Inc.

      1,287        37,272  

Hanesbrands, Inc.

      1,331        24,264  

Hermes International

      67        47,686  

HUGO BOSS AG

      261        23,420  

Kering SA

      75        43,044  

Li & Fung Ltd.

      38,000        14,696  

Lululemon Athletica, Inc.(b)

      362        38,028  

Luxottica Group SpA

      509        31,696  

LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE

      90        31,338  

Michael Kors Holdings Ltd.(b)

      474        27,203  

NIKE, Inc. – Class B

      676        48,537  

Pandora A/S

      240        18,922  

Puma SE

      6        3,640  

PVH Corp.

      229        36,640  

Ralph Lauren Corp.

      379        51,006  

Swatch Group AG (The)

      56        27,245  

Swatch Group AG (The) (REG)

      301        26,755  

Tapestry, Inc.

      597        26,101  

Under Armour, Inc. – Class A(b)(c)

      1,122        23,450  

Under Armour, Inc. – Class C(b)(c)

      1,242        23,499  

VF Corp.

      576        46,748  

Yue Yuen Industrial Holdings Ltd.

      3,500        10,795  
      

 

 

 
         804,713  
      

 

 

 
         6,670,001  
      

 

 

 

Consumer Staples – 2.4%

      

Beverages – 0.5%

      

Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV

      336        31,511  

Asahi Group Holdings Ltd.

      900        46,932  

Brown-Forman Corp. – Class B

      1,553        87,838  

Carlsberg A/S – Class B

      434        48,199  

Coca-Cola Amatil Ltd.

      5,133        34,426  

Coca-Cola Bottlers Japan Holdings, Inc.

      1,200        50,400  

Coca-Cola Co. (The)

      2,349        101,007  

Coca-Cola European Partners PLC

      1,012        38,434  

Coca-Cola HBC AG(b)

      1,304        44,510  

Constellation Brands, Inc. – Class A

      321        71,609  

Diageo PLC

      1,525        56,033  

Dr Pepper Snapple Group, Inc.

      924        110,233  

Heineken Holding NV

      450        43,838  

Heineken NV

      502        50,238  

Kirin Holdings Co., Ltd.

      1,800        50,991  

Molson Coors Brewing Co. – Class B

      775        47,779  

Monster Beverage Corp.(b)

      1,264        64,666  

PepsiCo, Inc.

      845        84,711  

Pernod Ricard SA

      347        58,214  

 

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Company      

    

    

Shares

     U.S. $ Value  

 

 

Remy Cointreau SA

      337      $ 49,844  

Suntory Beverage & Food Ltd.

      800        35,453  

Treasury Wine Estates Ltd.

      645        8,058  
      

 

 

 
         1,214,924  
      

 

 

 

Food & Staples Retailing – 0.6%

      

Aeon Co., Ltd.

      2,800        55,406  

Alimentation Couche-Tard, Inc. – Class B

      1,687        70,441  

Carrefour SA

      1,249        22,513  

Casino Guichard Perrachon SA

      448        19,390  

Colruyt SA

      915        48,545  

Costco Wholesale Corp.

      505        100,111  

Distribuidora Internacional de Alimentacion SA

      6,300        21,496  

Empire Co., Ltd. – Class A

      3,731        71,823  

FamilyMart UNY Holdings Co., Ltd.

      600        62,156  

George Weston Ltd.

      1,022        82,960  

ICA Gruppen AB

      1,334        41,171  

J Sainsbury PLC

      10,711        45,295  

Jeronimo Martins SGPS SA

      2,095        32,883  

Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize NV

      1,925        44,223  

Kroger Co. (The)

      1,741        42,359  

Lawson, Inc.

      700        45,535  

Loblaw Cos., Ltd.

      1,937        100,167  

METRO AG

      963        12,950  

Metro, Inc.

      3,499        115,446  

Rite Aid Corp.(b)(c)

      1,822        2,915  

Seven & i Holdings Co., Ltd.

      900        39,808  

Sundrug Co., Ltd.

      900        40,811  

Sysco Corp.

      1,355        88,116  

Tesco PLC

      14,259        46,545  

Tsuruha Holdings, Inc.

      300        44,494  

Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc.

      793        49,475  

Walmart, Inc.

      1,159        95,664  

Wesfarmers Ltd.

      1,156        39,774  

Wm Morrison Supermarkets PLC

      13,410        43,761  

Woolworths Group Ltd.

      2,044        43,898  
      

 

 

 
         1,570,131  
      

 

 

 

Food Products – 0.7%

      

Ajinomoto Co., Inc.

      1,500        28,583  

Archer-Daniels-Midland Co.

      1,514        66,192  

Aryzta AG(b)

      572        8,548  

Associated British Foods PLC

      933        32,846  

Barry Callebaut AG (REG)

      33        57,803  

Bunge Ltd.

      891        61,969  

Calbee, Inc.

      900        32,739  

Campbell Soup Co.(c)

      1,279        43,026  

 

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Company      

    

    

Shares

     U.S. $ Value  

 

 

Chocoladefabriken Lindt & Spruengli AG

      9      $ 57,536  

Chocoladefabriken Lindt & Spruengli AG (REG)

      1        75,635  

Conagra Brands, Inc.

      1,969        72,971  

Danone SA

      580        44,415  

General Mills, Inc.

      1,305        55,189  

Golden Agri-Resources Ltd.

      132,000        31,017  

Hershey Co. (The)

      758        68,250  

Hormel Foods Corp.

      1,930        69,268  

Ingredion, Inc.

      628        69,953  

JM Smucker Co. (The)

      614        66,005  

Kellogg Co.

      1,053        67,803  

Kerry Group PLC – Class A

      503        53,011  

Kikkoman Corp.

      1,200        56,414  

Kraft Heinz Co. (The)

      886        50,927  

Marine Harvest ASA

      1,945        38,913  

McCormick & Co., Inc./MD

      900        90,900  

MEIJI Holdings Co., Ltd.

      400        33,969  

Mondelez International, Inc. – Class A

      1,174        46,103  

Nestle SA (REG)

      608        45,954  

NH Foods Ltd.

      500        20,521  

Nisshin Seifun Group, Inc.

      2,500        52,644  

Nissin Foods Holdings Co., Ltd.

      600        44,544  

Orkla ASA

      3,826        34,511  

Saputo, Inc.

      2,289        79,548  

Tate & Lyle PLC

      4,685        42,847  

Toyo Suisan Kaisha Ltd.

      900        32,021  

Tyson Foods, Inc. – Class A

      1,060        71,518  

WH Group Ltd.(a)

      40,500        41,493  

Wilmar International Ltd.

      13,700        33,065  

Yakult Honsha Co., Ltd.

      500        32,804  

Yamazaki Baking Co., Ltd.

      1,800        38,897  
      

 

 

 
         1,950,352  
      

 

 

 

Household Products – 0.3%

      

Church & Dwight Co., Inc.

      1,639        76,951  

Clorox Co. (The)

      669        80,835  

Colgate-Palmolive Co.

      1,207        76,150  

Edgewell Personal Care Co.(b)

      667        29,161  

Essity AB – Class B

      1,288        32,700  

Henkel AG & Co. KGaA

      338        38,111  

Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
(Preference Shares)

      356        43,950  

Kimberly-Clark Corp.

      706        71,200  

Lion Corp.

      1,800        32,803  

Procter & Gamble Co. (The)

      1,192        87,219  

Reckitt Benckiser Group PLC

      499        38,195  

 

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Company      

    

    

Shares

     U.S. $ Value  

 

 

Spectrum Brands Holdings, Inc.(c)

      551      $ 43,909  

Unicharm Corp.

      1,300        40,225  
      

 

 

 
         691,409  
      

 

 

 

Personal Products – 0.2%

      

Beiersdorf AG

      471        53,993  

Coty, Inc. – Class A

      2,104        27,878  

Estee Lauder Cos., Inc. (The) – Class A

      855        127,771  

Kao Corp.

      500        38,620  

Kose Corp.

      300        64,944  

L’Oreal SA

      228        54,911  

Pola Orbis Holdings, Inc.

      1,400        69,030  

Shiseido Co., Ltd.

      900        71,095  

Unilever NV

      860        47,961  

Unilever PLC

      811        44,714  
      

 

 

 
         600,917  
      

 

 

 

Tobacco – 0.1%

      

Altria Group, Inc.

      1,060        59,084  

British American Tobacco PLC

      579        29,720  

British American Tobacco PLC
(Sponsored ADR)

      643        32,922  

Imperial Brands PLC

      987        35,519  

Japan Tobacco, Inc.

      1,099        29,610  

Philip Morris International, Inc.

      715        56,871  

Swedish Match AB

      1,345        63,793  
      

 

 

 
         307,519  
      

 

 

 
         6,335,252  
      

 

 

 

Materials – 2.1%

      

Chemicals – 1.2%

      

Air Liquide SA

      407        50,247  

Air Products & Chemicals, Inc.

      522        84,256  

Air Water, Inc.

      1,200        23,268  

Akzo Nobel NV

      460        40,385  

Albemarle Corp.(c)

      546        51,035  

Arkema SA

      294        35,858  

Asahi Kasei Corp.

      3,000        41,016  

Axalta Coating Systems Ltd.(b)

      2,149        66,855  

BASF SE

      444        43,838  

Celanese Corp. – Class A

      722        81,528  

CF Industries Holdings, Inc.

      1,192        49,039  

Chr Hansen Holding A/S

      469        45,034  

Covestro AG(a)

      458        41,725  

Croda International PLC

      648        40,098  

Daicel Corp.

      1,800        20,284  

DowDuPont, Inc.

      2,104        134,887  

Eastman Chemical Co.

      794        82,822  

 

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Company      

    

    

Shares

     U.S. $ Value  

 

 

Ecolab, Inc.

      833      $ 118,794  

EMS-Chemie Holding AG (REG)

      47        29,361  

Evonik Industries AG

      1,232        43,221  

FMC Corp.

      742        64,621  

FUCHS PETROLUB SE
(Preference Shares)

      915        47,984  

Givaudan SA (REG)

      25        55,710  

Hitachi Chemical Co., Ltd.

      800        17,159  

Incitec Pivot Ltd.

      7,237        18,762  

International Flavors & Fragrances, Inc.

      533        65,095  

Johnson Matthey PLC

      1,127        52,551  

JSR Corp.

      1,300        25,259  

K&S AG (REG)

      1,009        26,969  

Kaneka Corp.

      3,000        30,792  

Kansai Paint Co., Ltd.

      1,000        21,389  

Koninklijke DSM NV

      642        63,963  

Kuraray Co., Ltd.

      1,400        21,370  

LANXESS AG

      442        34,949  

Linde AG

      192        39,719  

LyondellBasell Industries NV – Class A

      645        72,317  

Methanex Corp.

      1,103        75,354  

Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Corp.

      3,200        29,470  

Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Co., Inc.

      1,100        27,938  

Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.

      800        23,047  

Monsanto Co.

      797        101,586  

Mosaic Co. (The)

      2,007        55,172  

Nippon Paint Holdings Co., Ltd.

      600        25,001  

Nissan Chemical Industries Ltd.

      600        28,093  

Nitto Denko Corp.

      300        23,459  

Novozymes A/S – Class B

      559        28,513  

Nutrien Ltd.

      3,184        161,115  

Orica Ltd.

      1,553        20,701  

PPG Industries, Inc.

      660        66,607  

Praxair, Inc.

      436        68,129  

Sherwin-Williams Co. (The)

      231        87,607  

Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.

      300        29,832  

Sika AG

      6        47,985  

Solvay SA

      330        44,232  

Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd.

      4,000        24,079  

Symrise AG

      710        57,627  

Taiyo Nippon Sanso Corp.

      2,100        31,024  

Teijin Ltd.

      1,100        21,259  

Toray Industries, Inc.

      2,500        20,401  

Umicore SA

      1,130        63,743  

WR Grace & Co.

      870        62,283  

Yara International ASA

      866        35,747  
      

 

 

 
         3,042,164  
      

 

 

 

 

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Company      

    

    

Shares

     U.S. $ Value  

 

 

Construction Materials – 0.1%

      

Boral Ltd.

      4,494      $ 21,246  

CRH PLC

      1,075        39,665  

Fletcher Building Ltd.

      6,320        29,135  

HeidelbergCement AG

      356        31,452  

Imerys SA

      563        47,988  

James Hardie Industries PLC

      1,450        24,219  

LafargeHolcim Ltd. (REG)(b)

      595        30,562  

Martin Marietta Materials, Inc.

      237        52,820  

Taiheiyo Cement Corp.

      700        25,777  

Vulcan Materials Co.

      393        50,202  
      

 

 

 
         353,066  
      

 

 

 

Containers & Packaging – 0.2%

      

Amcor Ltd./Australia

      2,606        27,654  

Avery Dennison Corp.

      978        102,719  

Ball Corp.

      1,802        66,584  

CCL Industries, Inc. – Class B

      1,790        88,589  

Crown Holdings, Inc.(b)

      1,332        57,729  

International Paper Co.

      1,270        67,945  

Packaging Corp. of America

      678        79,665  

Sealed Air Corp.

      1,509        65,732  

Toyo Seikan Group Holdings Ltd.

      2,000        33,454  

WestRock Co.

      1,050        61,824  
      

 

 

 
         651,895  
      

 

 

 

Metals & Mining – 0.5%

      

Agnico Eagle Mines Ltd.

      888        39,852  

Alumina Ltd.

      11,360        22,894  

Anglo American PLC

      1,415        33,790  

Antofagasta PLC

      2,036        28,509  

ArcelorMittal

      987        31,898  

Barrick Gold Corp. (Toronto)

      2,364        31,122  

BHP Billiton Ltd.

      1,146        28,492  

BHP Billiton PLC

      1,449        33,317  

Boliden AB

      977        34,453  

Boliden AB(b)

      977        635  

Eldorado Gold Corp.(b)

      7,136        8,090  

First Quantum Minerals Ltd.

      3,202        50,255  

Fortescue Metals Group Ltd.

      2,635        9,289  

Franco-Nevada Corp.

      739        52,111  

Freeport-McMoRan, Inc.

      2,604        44,007  

Fresnillo PLC

      1,276        22,550  

Glencore PLC(b)

      5,705        28,175  

Goldcorp, Inc.

      3,213        45,918  

Hitachi Metals Ltd.

      1,600        17,502  

JFE Holdings, Inc.

      1,300        26,749  

 

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Company      

    

    

Shares

     U.S. $ Value  

 

 

Kinross Gold Corp.(b)

      6,730      $ 24,291  

Kobe Steel Ltd.

      2,300        22,951  

Maruichi Steel Tube Ltd.

      700        23,098  

Mitsubishi Materials Corp.

      800        22,136  

Newcrest Mining Ltd.

      981        15,380  

Newmont Mining Corp.

      1,386        53,957  

Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp.

      1,200        25,050  

Norsk Hydro ASA

      4,362        27,451  

Nucor Corp.

      910        58,413  

Randgold Resources Ltd.

      312        24,804  

Rio Tinto Ltd.

      439        27,408  

Rio Tinto PLC

      669        37,732  

South32 Ltd.

      7,874        22,076  

Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd.

      1,000        37,995  

Teck Resources Ltd. – Class B

      2,652        71,935  

thyssenkrupp AG

      1,007        26,569  

Turquoise Hill Resources Ltd.(b)

      6,412        18,050  

voestalpine AG

      636        33,961  

Wheaton Precious Metals Corp.

      1,870        40,873  

Yamana Gold, Inc.

      7,199        20,932  
      

 

 

 
         1,224,670  
      

 

 

 

Paper & Forest Products – 0.1%

      

Mondi PLC

      1,889        52,383  

Oji Holdings Corp.

      5,000        32,728  

Stora Enso Oyj – Class R

      2,477        50,811  

Svenska Cellulosa AB SCA – Class B

      1,288        14,277  

UPM-Kymmene Oyj

      1,348        49,481  

West Fraser Timber Co., Ltd.

      1,065        77,399  
      

 

 

 
         277,079  
      

 

 

 
         5,548,874  
      

 

 

 

Energy – 2.0%

      

Energy Equipment & Services – 0.1%

      

Apergy Corp.(b)

      214        9,243  

Baker Hughes a GE Co. – Class A

      758        26,219  

Core Laboratories NV

      280        34,770  

Halliburton Co.

      747        37,156  

Helmerich & Payne, Inc.

      490        32,526  

National Oilwell Varco, Inc.

      851        35,248  

Petrofac Ltd.

      6,919        53,482  

Saipem SpA(b)

      858        3,639  

Schlumberger Ltd.

      606        41,614  

TechnipFMC PLC

      994        30,963  

Tenaris SA

      3,797        68,237  

Weatherford International PLC(b)(c)

      2,627        8,906  
      

 

 

 
         382,003  
      

 

 

 

 

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Company      

    

    

Shares

     U.S. $ Value  

 

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels – 1.9%

      

AltaGas Ltd.

      3,076      $ 60,376  

Anadarko Petroleum Corp.

      586        40,903  

Andeavor

      483        69,760  

Antero Resources Corp.(b)

      1,271        24,289  

Apache Corp.

      607        24,280  

ARC Resources Ltd.

      2,540        26,172  

BP PLC

      13,599        104,008  

Cabot Oil & Gas Corp.

      1,013        23,147  

Caltex Australia Ltd.

      2,288        50,742  

Cameco Corp.

      2,728        28,214  

Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. (Toronto)

      1,035        35,833  

Cenovus Energy, Inc.

      2,621        27,653  

Cheniere Energy, Inc.(b)

      609        40,572  

Chevron Corp.

      461        57,302  

China Petroleum & Chemical Corp. – Class H

      470,000        457,206  

China Shenhua Energy Co., Ltd. – Class H

      199,000        517,666  

Cimarex Energy Co.

      268        24,903  

Concho Resources, Inc.(b)

      241        33,092  

ConocoPhillips

      716        48,251  

Continental Resources, Inc./OK(b)

      603        40,606  

Crescent Point Energy Corp.

      2,365        19,043  

Devon Energy Corp.

      669        27,810  

Diamondback Energy, Inc.

      286        34,537  

Enagas SA

      3,496        93,252  

Enbridge, Inc. (Toronto)

      1,314        40,831  

Encana Corp.

      2,016        25,655  

Eni SpA

      4,936        89,574  

EOG Resources, Inc.

      364        42,883  

EQT Corp.

      539        27,780  

Equinor ASA

      4,590        120,660  

Exxon Mobil Corp.

      713        57,924  

Galp Energia SGPS SA

      4,711        87,451  

Hess Corp.

      565        34,137  

HollyFrontier Corp.

      1,019        78,646  

Husky Energy, Inc.

      3,080        44,445  

Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.

      1,300        43,391  

Imperial Oil Ltd.

      1,534        50,187  

Inpex Corp.

      4,500        49,862  

Inter Pipeline Ltd.

      3,237        61,140  

JXTG Holdings, Inc.

      10,100        64,884  

Keyera Corp.

      1,731        48,528  

Kinder Morgan, Inc./DE

      1,880        31,358  

Koninklijke Vopak NV

      1,705        83,706  

Lundin Petroleum AB

      2,787        88,377  

Marathon Oil Corp.

      1,390        29,788  

 

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Company      

    

    

Shares

     U.S. $ Value  

 

 

Marathon Petroleum Corp.

      622      $ 49,157  

Murphy Oil Corp.

      914        28,105  

Neste Oyj

      1,560        127,483  

Newfield Exploration Co.(b)

      746        21,813  

Noble Energy, Inc.

      924        32,987  

Occidental Petroleum Corp.

      693        58,351  

Oil Search Ltd.

      7,596        47,371  

OMV AG

      1,553        88,987  

ONEOK, Inc.

      703        47,916  

Origin Energy Ltd.(b)

      6,206        44,809  

Parsley Energy, Inc. – Class A(b)

      749        22,080  

Pembina Pipeline Corp.

      2,130        74,088  

Peyto Exploration & Development Corp.

      1,639        13,387  

Phillips 66

      607        70,709  

Pioneer Natural Resources Co.

      178        34,372  

PrairieSky Royalty Ltd.

      1,883        38,819  

Range Resources Corp.

      940        14,890  

Royal Dutch Shell PLC – Class A

      3,106        107,692  

Royal Dutch Shell PLC – Class B

      3,120        111,435  

Santos Ltd.(b)

      11,768        51,947  

Seven Generations Energy Ltd.(b)

      1,456        18,843  

Showa Shell Sekiyu KK

      4,200        55,654  

Snam SpA

      22,765        93,167  

Southwestern Energy Co.(b)

      2,381        11,262  

Suncor Energy, Inc. (Toronto)

      1,483        59,064  

Targa Resources Corp.

      621        30,199  

TOTAL SA

      1,632        99,216  

Tourmaline Oil Corp.

      1,532        30,555  

TransCanada Corp.

      1,444        60,451  

Valero Energy Corp.

      618        74,902  

Vermilion Energy, Inc.

      920        32,249  

Williams Cos., Inc. (The)

      1,051        28,230  

Woodside Petroleum Ltd.

      2,048        50,044  
      

 

 

 
         4,841,058  
      

 

 

 
         5,223,061  
      

 

 

 

Utilities – 1.7%

      

Electric Utilities – 0.9%

      

Alliant Energy Corp.

      1,649        68,302  

American Electric Power Co., Inc.

      1,054        71,619  

AusNet Services

      25,318        31,022  

Chubu Electric Power Co., Inc.

      2,200        34,036  

Chugoku Electric Power Co., Inc. (The)

      2,700        35,239  

CK Infrastructure Holdings Ltd.

      4,000        30,119  

CLP Holdings Ltd.

      5,000        52,498  

Contact Energy Ltd.

      9,286        37,361  

 

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Company      

    

    

Shares

     U.S. $ Value  

 

 

Duke Energy Corp.

      865      $ 66,743  

Edison International

      797        49,542  

EDP – Energias de Portugal SA

      18,050        70,596  

Electricite de France SA

      3,570        47,381  

Emera, Inc.

      2,500        78,089  

Endesa SA

      3,408        75,190  

Enel SpA

      10,639        58,470  

Entergy Corp.

      880        71,201  

Eversource Energy

      1,141        65,128  

Exelon Corp.

      1,491        61,713  

FirstEnergy Corp.

      1,915        65,914  

Fortis, Inc./Canada

      2,662        85,058  

Fortum Oyj

      4,004        93,990  

HK Electric Investments & HK Electric Investments Ltd. – Class SS(a)

      35,797        34,687  

Hokuriku Electric Power Co.(b)

      3,500        35,139  

Hydro One Ltd.(a)

      3,582        53,760  

Iberdrola SA

      7,327        52,032  

Kansai Electric Power Co., Inc. (The)

      1,900        27,302  

Kyushu Electric Power Co., Inc.

      2,000        23,624  

Mercury NZ Ltd.

      14,799        33,375  

NextEra Energy, Inc.

      539        89,372  

OGE Energy Corp.

      1,973        69,095  

Orsted A/S(a)

      1,497        89,590  

PG&E Corp.

      922        39,950  

Pinnacle West Capital Corp.

      753        59,946  

Power Assets Holdings Ltd.

      5,500        38,253  

PPL Corp.

      1,790        48,903  

Red Electrica Corp. SA

      3,748        73,177  

Southern Co. (The)

      1,397        62,725  

SSE PLC

      3,489        63,380  

Terna Rete Elettrica Nazionale SpA

      13,636        72,196  

Tohoku Electric Power Co., Inc.

      2,300        29,322  

Tokyo Electric Power Co. Holdings, Inc.(b)

      6,500        30,799  

Westar Energy, Inc.

      973        55,169  

Xcel Energy, Inc.

      1,190        54,169  
      

 

 

 
         2,385,176  
      

 

 

 

Gas Utilities – 0.2%

      

APA Group

      5,017        32,903  

Atmos Energy Corp.

      860        76,721  

Gas Natural SDG SA

      2,625        64,437  

Hong Kong & China Gas Co., Ltd.

      30,346        65,447  

Osaka Gas Co., Ltd.

      2,000        43,547  

Toho Gas Co., Ltd.

      800        25,200  

Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd.

      1,200        32,631  

UGI Corp.

      1,317        66,469  
      

 

 

 
         407,355  
      

 

 

 

 

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Company      

    

    

Shares

     U.S. $ Value  

 

 

Independent Power and Renewable Electricity Producers – 0.0%

      

AES Corp./VA

      4,046      $ 51,587  

Electric Power Development Co., Ltd.

      1,303        34,523  

Meridian Energy Ltd.

      16,289        33,993  
      

 

 

 
         120,103  
      

 

 

 

Multi-Utilities – 0.5%

      

AGL Energy Ltd.

      1,749        29,152  

Ameren Corp.

      1,162        68,779  

Atco Ltd./Canada – Class I

      1,665        50,608  

Canadian Utilities Ltd. – Class A

      2,932        71,163  

CenterPoint Energy, Inc.

      2,121        55,422  

Centrica PLC

      23,244        45,010  

CMS Energy Corp.

      1,535        70,810  

Consolidated Edison, Inc.

      866        66,448  

Dominion Energy, Inc.

      792        50,839  

DTE Energy Co.

      687        70,369  

E.ON SE

      6,694        70,911  

Engie SA

      3,398        53,603  

Innogy SE(a)

      2,098        88,466  

National Grid PLC

      4,604        50,814  

NiSource, Inc.

      2,608        65,982  

Public Service Enterprise Group, Inc.

      1,187        62,887  

RWE AG

      2,734        62,012  

SCANA Corp.

      783        28,423  

Sempra Energy

      547        58,272  

Suez

      3,280        45,014  

United Utilities Group PLC

      6,181        63,628  

Veolia Environnement SA

      2,624        59,530  

WEC Energy Group, Inc.

      1,055        66,623  
      

 

 

 
         1,354,765  
      

 

 

 

Water Utilities – 0.1%

      

American Water Works Co., Inc.

      869        72,248  

Severn Trent PLC

      2,353        62,111  
      

 

 

 
         134,359  
      

 

 

 
         4,401,758  
      

 

 

 

Real Estate – 1.2%

      

Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) – 0.9%

      

Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc.

      370        46,220  

American Tower Corp.

      354        48,983  

Ascendas Real Estate Investment Trust

      9,200        18,179  

AvalonBay Communities, Inc.

      234        38,736  

Boston Properties, Inc.

      360        43,837  

British Land Co. PLC (The)

      5,156        46,415  

 

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Company      

    

    

Shares

     U.S. $ Value  

 

 

Brixmor Property Group, Inc.

      1,101      $ 17,484  

Camden Property Trust

      472        41,536  

CapitaLand Commercial Trust

      14,000        17,847  

CapitaLand Mall Trust

      12,000        18,548  

Colony NorthStar, Inc. – Class A(c)

      3,138        18,483  

Crown Castle International Corp.

      494        51,450  

Daiwa House REIT Investment Corp.

      6        14,131  

Dexus

      2,267        16,911  

Digital Realty Trust, Inc.

      378        40,627  

Duke Realty Corp.

      1,323        37,203  

Equinix, Inc.

      91        36,113  

Equity Residential

      641        41,018  

Essex Property Trust, Inc.

      185        44,220  

Extra Space Storage, Inc.

      489        47,066  

Federal Realty Investment Trust

      282        33,527  

Fonciere Des Regions

      424        44,198  

Gecina SA

      296        51,175  

GGP, Inc.

      1,214        24,620  

Goodman Group

      2,849        20,080  

GPT Group (The)

      4,611        17,495  

H&R Real Estate Investment Trust

      3,643        56,783  

Hammerson PLC

      5,647        41,020  

HCP, Inc.

      1,144        27,422  

Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc.

      1,706        36,901  

ICADE

      547        50,807  

Intu Properties PLC

      9,375        24,813  

Iron Mountain, Inc.

      1,144        38,084  

Japan Prime Realty Investment Corp.

      6        21,781  

Japan Real Estate Investment Corp.

      4        20,962  

Japan Retail Fund Investment Corp.

      8        14,508  

JBG SMITH Properties

      232        8,558  

Kimco Realty Corp.

      1,471        22,742  

Klepierre SA

      1,062        41,368  

Land Securities Group PLC

      3,092        38,165  

Liberty Property Trust

      1,003        44,343  

Link REIT

      3,000        26,432  

Macerich Co. (The)

      493        27,426  

Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc.

      487        45,564  

Mirvac Group

      10,349        17,962  

National Retail Properties, Inc.

      864        35,795  

Nippon Building Fund, Inc.

      4        22,395  

Nippon Prologis REIT, Inc.

      7        14,589  

Nomura Real Estate Master Fund, Inc.

      12        16,804  

Prologis, Inc.

      721        46,396  

Public Storage

      203        43,003  

Realty Income Corp.

      678        36,137  

 

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Company      

    

    

Shares

     U.S. $ Value  

 

 

Regency Centers Corp.

      664      $ 38,565  

RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust (Toronto)

      3,105        56,396  

SBA Communications Corp.(b)

      280        44,260  

Scentre Group

      5,795        18,301  

Segro PLC

      5,086        44,200  

Simon Property Group, Inc.

      199        31,884  

SL Green Realty Corp.

      359        35,010  

SmartCentres Real Estate Investment Trust

      1,619        36,735  

Stockland

      5,177        16,236  

Suntec Real Estate Investment Trust

      13,300        17,826  

UDR, Inc.

      1,200        43,764  

Unibail-Rodamco SE

      156        35,123  

Unibail-Rodamco SE(b)

      959        10,663  

United Urban Investment Corp.

      12        18,380  

Ventas, Inc.

      613        33,506  

VEREIT, Inc.

      3,437        24,609  

Vicinity Centres

      8,394        16,927  

Vornado Realty Trust

      465        32,415  

Welltower, Inc.

      621        35,801  

Weyerhaeuser Co.

      1,110        41,436  
      

 

 

 
         2,328,899  
      

 

 

 

Real Estate Management & Development – 0.3%

      

Aeon Mall Co., Ltd.

      900        17,323  

CapitaLand Ltd.

      6,700        17,265  

CBRE Group, Inc. – Class A(b)

      938        43,326  

City Developments Ltd.

      2,300        19,198  

CK Asset Holdings Ltd.

      2,684        22,310  

Daito Trust Construction Co., Ltd.

      100        16,299  

Daiwa House Industry Co., Ltd.

      500        18,061  

Deutsche Wohnen SE

      1,099        51,520  

First Capital Realty, Inc.

      2,575        41,745  

Hang Lung Group Ltd.

      4,000        12,365  

Hang Lung Properties Ltd.

      7,000        15,850  

Henderson Land Development Co., Ltd.

      3,465        22,712  

Hongkong Land Holdings Ltd.

      2,200        15,950  

Hulic Co., Ltd.

      1,800        18,413  

Hysan Development Co., Ltd.

      4,000        23,076  

Jones Lang LaSalle, Inc.

      249        40,776  

Kerry Properties Ltd.

      4,500        23,999  

LendLease Group

      1,330        18,822  

Mitsubishi Estate Co., Ltd.

      900        16,285  

Mitsui Fudosan Co., Ltd.

      700        17,503  

New World Development Co., Ltd.

      16,287        24,872  

Nomura Real Estate Holdings, Inc.

      800        18,684  

Sino Land Co., Ltd.

      10,000        17,233  

 

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Company      

    

    

Shares

     U.S. $ Value  

 

 

Sumitomo Realty & Development Co., Ltd.

      1,000      $ 37,633  

Sun Hung Kai Properties Ltd.

      1,000        16,086  

Swire Pacific Ltd. – Class A

      2,500        25,701  

Swire Properties Ltd.

      5,200        20,361  

Swiss Prime Site AG (REG)(b)

      732        68,336  

Tokyo Tatemono Co., Ltd.

      1,300        17,957  

Tokyu Fudosan Holdings Corp.

      2,900        21,352  

UOL Group Ltd.

      3,428        20,730  

Vonovia SE

      1,235        58,209  

Wharf Holdings Ltd. (The)

      2,000        6,434  

Wharf Real Estate Investment Co., Ltd.

      2,000        15,378  

Wheelock & Co., Ltd.

      2,000        15,021  
      

 

 

 
         856,785  
      

 

 

 
         3,185,684  
      

 

 

 

Telecommunication Services – 0.7%

      

Diversified Telecommunication Services – 0.5%

      

AT&T, Inc.

      2,120        68,518  

BCE, Inc.

      3,032        126,298  

BT Group PLC

      7,665        20,788  

CenturyLink, Inc.

      3,838        69,928  

Deutsche Telekom AG (REG)

      2,256        34,948  

Elisa Oyj

      1,116        49,999  

Eurazeo SA

      605        47,328  

Frontier Communications Corp.(c)

      2,474        18,382  

HKT Trust & HKT Ltd. – Class SS

      15,000        18,908  

Iliad SA

      138        23,355  

Inmarsat PLC

      3,662        18,207  

Koninklijke KPN NV

      12,242        33,260  

Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corp.

      600        28,030  

Orange SA

      2,176        37,451  

PCCW Ltd.

      34,000        19,987  

Proximus SADP

      1,770        47,361  

Singapore Telecommunications Ltd.

      7,300        17,874  

Spark New Zealand Ltd.

      7,582        19,382  

Swisscom AG (REG)

      114        50,863  

TDC A/S(b)

      5,676        44,719  

Telecom Italia SpA/Milano
(ordinary shares)(b)

      31,583        25,416  

Telecom Italia SpA/Milano
(savings shares)

      39,625        27,768  

Telefonica Deutschland Holding AG

      7,772        32,837  

Telefonica SA

      3,229        28,482  

Telenor ASA

      2,325        47,892  

Telia Co. AB

      12,753        59,795  

Telstra Corp., Ltd.

      7,921        16,737  

TELUS Corp.

      3,342        117,509  

 

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Company      

    

    

Shares

     U.S. $ Value  

 

 

TPG Telecom Ltd.

      4,421      $ 18,586  

Verizon Communications, Inc.

      1,696        80,848  

Vocus Group Ltd.(b)

      10,099        18,361  

Zayo Group Holdings, Inc.(b)

      1,513        52,652  
      

 

 

 
         1,322,469  
      

 

 

 

Wireless Telecommunication Services – 0.2%

      

KDDI Corp.

      800        21,579  

Millicom International Cellular SA

      591        37,240  

NTT DOCOMO, Inc.

      1,000        25,792  

Rogers Communications, Inc. – Class B

      2,193        102,918  

SoftBank Group Corp.

      200        14,192  

Sprint Corp.(b)(c)

      2,737        14,068  

StarHub Ltd.

      10,000        14,383  

T-Mobile US, Inc.(b)

      690        38,433  

Tele2 AB – Class B

      4,849        59,337  

Vodafone Group PLC

      17,886        45,707  
      

 

 

 
         373,649  
      

 

 

 
         1,696,118  
      

 

 

 

Total Common Stocks
(cost $53,779,235)

         68,064,891  
      

 

 

 
        Principal
Amount
(000)
        

COLLATERALIZED MORTGAGE OBLIGATIONS – 3.5%

      

Risk Share Floating Rate – 3.5%

      

Federal National Mortgage Association Connecticut Avenue Securities
Series 2015-C03, Class 1M2
6.96% (LIBOR 1 Month + 5.00%), 7/25/25(g)

  U.S.$     1,136        1,292,559  

Series 2015-C03, Class 2M2
6.96% (LIBOR 1 Month + 5.00%), 7/25/25(g)

      6,992        7,776,979  
      

 

 

 

Total Collateralized Mortgage Obligations
(cost $8,150,818)

         9,069,538  
      

 

 

 
        Shares         

PREFERRED STOCKS – 1.5%

      

Financials – 1.5%

      

Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) – 1.5%

      

Apartment Investment & Management Co.
Series A
6.875%(c)

      42,000        1,095,780  

 

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Company      

    

    

Shares

     U.S. $ Value  

 

 

Hersha Hospitality Trust
Series C
6.875%

      60,000      $ 1,458,000  

Pebblebrook Hotel Trust
Series C
6.50%(c)

      58,525        1,442,056  
      

 

 

 

Total Preferred Stocks
(cost $4,013,125)

         3,995,836  
      

 

 

 
        Principal
Amount
(000)
        

GOVERNMENTS – SOVEREIGN
BONDS – 0.4%

      

Mexico – 0.4%

      

Mexico Government International Bond
4.125%, 1/21/26
(cost $1,170,959)

  U.S.$     1,174        1,161,673  
      

 

 

 
      

EMERGING MARKETS –
CORPORATE BONDS – 0.3%

      

Industrial – 0.3%

      

Energy – 0.3%

      

Petrobras Global Finance BV
5.625%, 5/20/43
(cost $511,913)

      768        643,200  
      

 

 

 
        Contracts         

OPTIONS PURCHASED –
PUTS – 0.1%

      

Options on Forward Contracts – 0.0%

      

USD/MXN
Expiration: Aug 2018;
Contracts: 2,800,000;
Exercise Price: USD 17.50;
Counterparty: Credit Suisse International(b)

  USD     2,800,000        2,296  
      

 

 

 

Options on Funds and Investment Trusts – 0.1%

      

SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust
Expiration: Jul 2018;
Contracts: 48,400;
Exercise Price: USD 265.00;
Counterparty: Morgan Stanley & Co., Inc.(b)

  USD     484        147,620  
      

 

 

 

Total Options Purchased – Puts
(premiums paid $192,802)

         149,916  
      

 

 

 

 

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Company      

    

    

Shares

     U.S. $ Value  

 

 

INVESTMENT COMPANIES – 0.0%

      

Funds and Investment Trusts – 0.0%

      

Altaba, Inc.(b)(i)
(cost $40,415)

      1,120      $ 86,419  
      

 

 

 
      

RIGHTS – 0.0%

      

Consumer Discretionary – 0.0%

      

Media – 0.0%

      

Altice NV, – Class A, expiring
6/08/18(b)(d)

      704        5,134  

Altice NV, – Class B, expiring
6/08/18(b)(d)

      1,011        7,373  
      

 

 

 
         12,507  
      

 

 

 

Industrials – 0.0%

      

Construction & Engineering – 0.0%

      

Ferrovial SA, expiring 5/31/18(b)

      951        347  
      

 

 

 

Total Rights
(cost $12,563)

         12,854  
      

 

 

 
      

OPTIONS PURCHASED – CALLS – 0.0%

      

Options on Forward Contracts – 0.0%

      

SEK/EUR
Expiration: Jun 2018;
Contracts: 21,767,300;
Exercise Price: SEK 9.99;
Counterparty: BNP Paribas SA(b)
(premiums paid $18,049)

  SEK     21,767,300        600  
      

 

 

 
        Shares         

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS – 3.4%

      

Investment Companies – 3.4%

      

AB Fixed Income Shares, Inc. – Government Money Market Portfolio – Class AB,
1.57%(j)(i)(k)
(cost $9,026,718)

      9,026,718        9,026,718  
      

 

 

 

Total Investments Before Security Lending Collateral for Securities Loaned – 96.9%
(cost $241,768,404)

         253,902,272  
      

 

 

 

INVESTMENTS OF CASH COLLATERAL FOR SECURITIES LOANED – 0.3%

      

Investment Companies – 0.3%

      

AB Fixed Income Shares, Inc. –
Government Money Market Portfolio – Class AB,
1.57%(j)(i)(k)
(cost $748,882)

      748,882        748,882  
      

 

 

 

Total Investments – 97.2%
(cost $242,517,286)

         254,651,154  

Other assets less liabilities – 2.8%

         7,401,819  
      

 

 

 

Net Assets – 100.0%

       $ 262,052,973  
      

 

 

 

 

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FUTURES (see Note D)

 

Description   Number of
Contracts
    Expiration
Month
   

Notional
(000)

    Original
Value
    Value at
May 31,
2018
    Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
 

Purchased Contracts

 

Brent Crude Futures

    33       July 2018       USD       33     $ 2,611,350     $ 2,549,250     $ (62,100

Canadian 10 Yr Bond Futures

    135       September 2018       CAD       13,500       13,820,969       14,153,864       332,895  

Cattle Feeder Futures

    36       August 2018       USD       1,800       2,566,522       2,653,200       86,678  

Cocoa Futures

    49       July 2018       USD       0 **      1,282,490       1,202,460       (80,030

Cocoa Futures

    103       July 2018       GBP       1       2,610,036       2,427,647       (182,389

Coff Robusta Futures

    104       July 2018       USD       1       1,831,619       1,822,080       (9,539

Coffee ‘C’ Futures

    54       July 2018       USD       2,025       2,383,623       2,504,925       121,302  

Copper Futures

    46       July 2018       USD       1,150       3,638,266       3,524,750       (113,516

Corn Futures

    157       July 2018       USD       785       3,054,307       3,092,900       38,593  

Cotton No.2 Futures

    43       July 2018       USD       2,150       1,783,630       2,002,725       219,095  

Euro STOXX 50 Index Futures

    255       June 2018       EUR       3       9,994,292       10,156,536       162,244  

FTSE 100 Index Futures

    84       June 2018       GBP       1       8,277,439       8,564,740       287,301  

Gasoline RBOB Futures

    31       June 2018       USD       1,302       2,761,045       2,812,971       51,926  

Gold 100 OZ Futures

    37       August 2018       USD       4       4,800,843       4,827,390       26,547  

Hang Seng Index Futures

    3       June 2018       HKD       0 **      585,677       583,250       (2,427

KC HRW Wheat Futures

    66       July 2018       USD       330       1,655,233       1,790,250       135,017  

Lean Hogs Futures

    78       July 2018       USD       3,120       2,465,826       2,435,160       (30,666

Live Cattle Futures

    51       August 2018       USD       2,040       2,100,913       2,120,580       19,667  

LME Lead Futures

    49       July 2018       USD       1       2,860,087       3,008,906       148,819  

LME Nickel Futures

    18       July 2018       USD       0 **      1,539,379       1,640,412       101,033  

LME Primary Aluminum Futures

    43       July 2018       USD       1       2,417,000       2,483,250       66,250  

LME Zinc Futures

    34       July 2018       USD       1       2,756,604       2,632,875       (123,729

 

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Description   Number of
Contracts
    Expiration
Month
   

Notional
(000)

    Original
Value
    Value at
May 31,
2018
    Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
 

Long Gilt Futures

    57       September 2018       GBP       5,700     $ 9,126,188     $ 9,354,933     $ 228,745  

Low SU Gasoil Futures

    43       July 2018       USD       4       2,778,853       2,931,525       152,672  

Mini MSCI Emerging Market Futures

    183       June 2018       USD       9       10,729,123       10,263,555         (465,568

Natural Gas Futures

    137       June 2018       USD       1,370       3,864,125       4,044,240       180,115  

Nikkei 225 (CME) Futures

    64       June 2018       USD       0 **      6,820,986       7,072,000       251,014  

NY Harbor ULSD Futures

    31       June 2018       USD       1,302       2,771,473       2,870,389       98,916  

Palladium Futures

    25       September 2018       USD       3       2,415,570       2,454,250       38,680  

Platinum Futures

    92       July 2018       USD       5       4,246,257       4,186,460       (59,797

Russell 2000 E-Mini Futures

    136       June 2018       USD       7       10,726,937       11,112,560       385,623  

S&P 500 E-Mini Futures

    59       June 2018       USD       3       7,902,037       7,981,225       79,188  

S&P Mid 400 E-Mini Futures

    16       June 2018       USD       2       3,081,080       3,115,200       34,120  

Silver Futures

    33       July 2018       USD       165       2,755,583       2,715,570       (40,013

Soybean Futures

    75       July 2018       USD       375       3,843,772       3,819,375       (24,397

Soybean Meal Futures

    8       September 2018       USD       1       302,742       300,640       (2,102

Soybean Meal Futures

    79       July 2018       USD       8       2,990,824       2,964,870       (25,954

Soybean Oil Futures

    229       July 2018       USD       13,740       4,303,416       4,275,888       (27,528

Sugar 11 (World) Futures

    177       June 2018       USD       19,824       2,267,585       2,535,490       267,905  

TOPIX Index Futures

    12       June 2018       JPY       120       1,878,647       1,924,346       45,699  

U.S. T-Note 5 Yr (CBT) Futures

    34       September 2018       USD       3,400       3,847,434       3,872,281       24,847  

Wheat (CBT) Futures

    78       July 2018       USD       390       1,845,607       2,052,375       206,768  

WTI Crude Futures

    31       September 2018       USD       31       2,076,738       2,049,410       (27,328

 

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Description   Number of
Contracts
    Expiration
Month
   

Notional
(000)

    Original
Value
    Value at
May 31,
2018
    Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
 

Sold Contracts

 

Cocoa Futures

    116       July 2018       USD       1     $ 3,192,509     $ 2,846,640     $ 345,869  

Gold 100 OZ Futures

    14       August 2018       USD       1       1,814,042       1,826,580       (12,538

Japan 10 Yr Bond (OSE) Futures

    19       June 2018       JPY       1,900,000       26,320,608       26,367,882       (47,274

S&P TSX 60 Index Futures

    34       June 2018       CAD       7       4,910,191       4,978,590       (68,399

SPI 200 Futures

    10       June 2018       AUD       0 **      1,153,260       1,137,400       15,860  

Wheat (CBT) Futures

    34       July 2018       USD       170       887,443       894,625       (7,182
             

 

 

 
              $   2,740,912  
             

 

 

 

FORWARD CURRENCY EXCHANGE CONTRACTS (see Note D)

 

Counterparty    Contracts to
Deliver
(000)
     In Exchange
For
(000)
     Settlement
Date
     Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
 

Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Ltd.

   NZD 2,176      USD 1,582        7/17/18      $    59,306  

Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Ltd.

   AUD 1,380      USD 1,065        7/17/18        21,230  

Bank of America, NA

   JPY 112,884      USD 1,062        7/17/18        20,888  

Bank of America, NA

   RUB 32,673      USD 519        6/26/18        (3,827

Bank of America, NA

   BRL 3,780      USD 1,012        6/04/18        (3,517

Bank of America, NA

   BRL 5,662      USD 1,576        6/04/18        55,370  

Bank of America, NA

   NZD 728      USD 529        7/17/18        19,143  

Bank of America, NA

   EUR 431      USD 537        7/17/18        31,464  

Bank of America, NA

   GBP 380      USD 536        7/17/18        30,207  

Bank of America, NA

   USD 536      EUR 431        7/17/18        (30,070

Bank of America, NA

   USD 1,217      CHF 1,197        6/28/18        (281

Bank of America, NA

   USD 1,334      CAD 1,704        6/12/18        (19,928

Bank of America, NA

   USD 1,515      BRL 5,662        6/04/18        5,269  

Bank of America, NA

   USD 1,589      CAD 2,018        7/17/18        (31,089

Bank of America, NA

   USD 1,055      BRL 3,780        6/04/18        (40,252

Bank of America, NA

   USD 535      NOK 4,182        7/17/18        (22,638

Bank of America, NA

   USD 2,092      ZAR 26,039        7/17/18        (58,357

Bank of America, NA

   USD 2,556      RUB   158,024        6/26/18        (27,399

Bank of America, NA

   USD 952      JPY 103,074        6/28/18        (2,750

Barclays Bank PLC

   KRW   3,190,678      USD 2,964        7/26/18        5,596  

Barclays Bank PLC

   JPY 225,200      USD 2,117        7/17/18        40,379  

Barclays Bank PLC

   INR 53,904      USD 782        8/09/18        (10,228

Barclays Bank PLC

   TWD 54,858      USD 1,880        6/07/18        49,149  

Barclays Bank PLC

   CNY 12,609      USD 1,977        6/19/18        13,882  

Barclays Bank PLC

   CAD 12,376      USD 9,628        6/19/18        78,433  

Barclays Bank PLC

   MYR 11,475      USD 2,810        7/12/18        (60,470

Barclays Bank PLC

   CNY 6,069      USD 945        7/17/18        1,550  

Barclays Bank PLC

   BRL 5,915      USD 1,589        6/04/18        448  

 

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Counterparty    Contracts to
Deliver
(000)
     In Exchange
For
(000)
     Settlement
Date
     Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
 

Barclays Bank PLC

   PLN 4,376      USD 1,248        7/17/18      $ 62,906  

Barclays Bank PLC

   MYR 10,545      USD 2,690        7/12/18        51,557  

Barclays Bank PLC

   CNY 3,387      USD 531        6/28/18        3,880  

Barclays Bank PLC

   GBP 5,635      USD 7,854        6/19/18            357,686  

Barclays Bank PLC

   CHF 2,035      USD 2,130        7/17/18        57,152  

Barclays Bank PLC

   ILS 1,892      USD 530        7/17/18        (2,453

Barclays Bank PLC

   ILS 3,697      USD 1,070        7/17/18        29,291  

Barclays Bank PLC

   NZD 1,733      USD 1,215        8/09/18        2,630  

Barclays Bank PLC

   CAD 1,367      USD 1,051        6/12/18        (3,439

Barclays Bank PLC

   BRL 1,304      USD 349        7/03/18        (47

Barclays Bank PLC

   BRL 1,304      USD 349        6/04/18        (1,213

Barclays Bank PLC

   NZD 736      USD 527        7/17/18        12,012  

Barclays Bank PLC

   AUD 692      USD 528        7/17/18        4,160  

Barclays Bank PLC

   USD 1,148      GBP 824        6/19/18        (52,303

Barclays Bank PLC

   USD 1,056      EUR 845        7/17/18        (65,219

Barclays Bank PLC

   GBP 992      SEK 11,535        6/14/18        (10,211

Barclays Bank PLC

   USD 1,064      CHF 1,059        7/17/18        14,853  

Barclays Bank PLC

   USD 350      BRL 1,304        6/04/18        (99

Barclays Bank PLC

   EUR 1,336      GBP 1,170        7/17/18        (7,852

Barclays Bank PLC

   EUR 1,493      JPY 197,958        7/17/18        74,399  

Barclays Bank PLC

   CAD 1,699      JPY 144,830        6/12/18        21,283  

Barclays Bank PLC

   USD 531      PLN 1,785        7/17/18        (47,404

Barclays Bank PLC

   USD 4,830      MYR 19,078        7/12/18        (57,129

Barclays Bank PLC

   USD 510      MYR 2,089        7/12/18        13,095  

Barclays Bank PLC

   USD 522      TRY 2,136        7/17/18        (59,028

Barclays Bank PLC

   USD 530      TRY 2,524        6/21/18        23,311  

Barclays Bank PLC

   USD 529      NOK 4,063        7/17/18        (32,069

Barclays Bank PLC

   USD 1,583      BRL 5,915        6/04/18        5,504  

Barclays Bank PLC

   USD 1,584      BRL 5,915        7/03/18        212  

Barclays Bank PLC

   USD 522      ZAR 6,159        7/17/18        (40,685

Barclays Bank PLC

   USD 1,061      SEK 9,244        7/26/18        (8,477

Barclays Bank PLC

   USD 3,731      TWD  109,286        6/07/18        (83,322

Barclays Bank PLC

   USD 2,108      MXN 41,410        6/14/18        (35,443

Barclays Bank PLC

   USD 524      INR 35,413        8/09/18        (3,242

Barclays Bank PLC

   USD 1,360      JPY 147,692        7/17/18        1,477  

BNP Paribas SA

   INR   125,355      USD 1,833        8/09/18        (10,054

BNP Paribas SA

   TWD 47,102      USD 1,588        6/07/18        15,664  

BNP Paribas SA

   AUD 7,111      USD 5,579        6/19/18        200,814  

BNP Paribas SA

   BRL 3,880      USD 1,038        6/04/18        (3,610

BNP Paribas SA

   CAD 1,360      USD 1,048        6/12/18        (931

BNP Paribas SA

   GBP 371      USD 527        7/17/18        33,006  

BNP Paribas SA

   USD 1,343      TRY 6,292        6/21/18        35,788  

BNP Paribas SA

   USD 1,051      BRL 3,880        6/04/18        (9,415

BNP Paribas SA

   USD 1,042      INR 71,398        8/09/18        7,572  

Citibank, NA

   JPY 341,179      USD 3,197        7/17/18        51,669  

Citibank, NA

   TWD 112,176      USD 3,866        6/07/18        122,005  

Citibank, NA

   MXN 31,259      USD 1,562        6/14/18        (2,365

Citibank, NA

   MXN 14,611      USD 789        7/17/18        62,234  

Citibank, NA

   TRY 7,008      USD 1,549        6/21/18        13,340  

Citibank, NA

   TRY 6,437      USD 1,533        7/17/18        136,877  

Citibank, NA

   ILS 3,798      USD 1,064        7/12/18        (4,378

Citibank, NA

   CAD 1,391      USD 1,074        7/17/18        37  

 

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Counterparty    Contracts to
Deliver
(000)
     In Exchange
For
(000)
     Settlement
Date
     Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
 

Citibank, NA

   CAD 1,360      USD 1,049        6/12/18      $ (345

Citibank, NA

   GBP 379      USD 531        7/17/18        26,021  

Citibank, NA

   EUR 431      NOK 4,153        7/17/18        2,759  

Citibank, NA

   USD 2,108      CNY 13,303        7/17/18        (41,050

Citibank, NA

   USD 2,654      AUD 3,422        7/17/18        (64,950

Citibank, NA

   USD 1,833      TRY 7,727        7/17/18        (157,405

Citibank, NA

   USD 1,060      TRY 4,752        6/21/18        (18,408

Citibank, NA

   USD 644      TRY 2,980        6/21/18        9,127  

Citibank, NA

   USD 1,592      PLN 5,391        7/17/18        (131,405

Citibank, NA

   USD 517      ZAR 6,237        7/17/18        (30,046

Citibank, NA

   NOK 8,535      SEK 9,146        7/26/18        (3,857

Citibank, NA

   USD 1,596      MXN 30,974        6/14/18        (46,236

Citibank, NA

   USD 3,586      INR 243,623        8/09/18        (3,420

Citibank, NA

   USD 4,981      KRW   5,296,518        7/26/18        (70,560

Credit Suisse International

   EUR 11,137      USD 13,823        6/19/18        788,326  

Credit Suisse International

   BRL 3,976      USD 1,064        6/04/18        (3,700

Credit Suisse International

   BRL 1,304      USD 371        6/04/18        21,121  

Credit Suisse International

   USD 349      BRL 1,304        6/04/18        1,213  

Credit Suisse International

   USD 3,073      EUR 2,476        6/19/18        (175,256

Credit Suisse International

   USD 1,132      BRL 3,976        6/04/18        (64,399

Credit Suisse International

   NOK 8,628      CHF 1,052        7/26/18        15,976  

Deutsche Bank AG

   TRY 4,950      USD 1,052        6/21/18        (32,589

Deutsche Bank AG

   NOK 4,291      USD 520        7/17/18        (5,085

Deutsche Bank AG

   TRY 2,807      USD 622        6/21/18        7,253  

Deutsche Bank AG

   EUR 1,296      USD 1,606        7/17/18        86,303  

Deutsche Bank AG

   AUD 695      USD 529        7/17/18        3,030  

Deutsche Bank AG

   EUR 427      PLN 1,785        7/17/18        (17,223

Deutsche Bank AG

   USD 260      TRY 1,224        6/21/18        7,999  

Deutsche Bank AG

   USD 1,071      ILS 3,857        7/12/18        13,433  

Deutsche Bank AG

   USD 1,437      ILS 5,125        7/17/18        4,840  

Deutsche Bank AG

   ILS 5,667      EUR 1,361        6/13/18        1,206  

Deutsche Bank AG

   USD 2,310      JPY   244,434        7/17/18        (55,975

Goldman Sachs Bank USA

   ILS 7,621      USD 2,122        7/12/18        (21,498

Goldman Sachs Bank USA

   EUR 2,259      USD 2,622        7/18/18        (27,961

Goldman Sachs Bank USA

   TRY 2,194      USD 525        7/17/18        49,214  

Goldman Sachs Bank USA

   BRL 1,888      USD 505        6/04/18        (1,757

Goldman Sachs Bank USA

   CAD 1,370      USD 1,063        6/12/18        6,025  

Goldman Sachs Bank USA

   CHF 535      USD 537        6/28/18        (7,380

Goldman Sachs Bank USA

   USD 533      CAD 685        6/12/18        (4,735

Goldman Sachs Bank USA

   USD 532      BRL 1,888        6/04/18        (24,796

Goldman Sachs Bank USA

   USD 523      TRY 2,129        7/17/18        (61,277

Goldman Sachs Bank USA

   USD 535      NOK 4,116        7/17/18        (31,071

Goldman Sachs Bank USA

   USD 2,784      MYR 11,149        7/12/18        4,691  

JPMorgan Chase Bank, NA

   ARS 10,824      USD 481        6/18/18        53,694  

JPMorgan Chase Bank, NA

   TRY 2,262      USD 523        6/21/18        26,930  

JPMorgan Chase Bank, NA

   EUR 943      USD 1,116        6/28/18        11,907  

JPMorgan Chase Bank, NA

   EUR 864      USD 1,069        7/17/18        55,864  

JPMorgan Chase Bank, NA

   USD 1,602      AUD 2,127        7/17/18        7,110  

JPMorgan Chase Bank, NA

   USD 4,481      GBP 3,213        6/19/18        (206,567

JPMorgan Chase Bank, NA

   USD 532      CNY 3,347        7/17/18        (11,480

JPMorgan Chase Bank, NA

   USD 3,738      ILS 13,278        7/17/18        (1,439

 

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Counterparty    Contracts to
Deliver
(000)
     In Exchange
For
(000)
     Settlement
Date
     Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
 

Morgan Stanley Capital Services, Inc.

   JPY   3,863,173      USD 36,386        6/19/18      $ 838,785  

Morgan Stanley Capital Services, Inc.

   JPY 115,229      USD 1,058        6/28/18        (3,029

Morgan Stanley Capital Services, Inc.

   SEK 16,108      USD 1,855        6/15/18        27,346  

Morgan Stanley Capital Services, Inc.

   CNY 16,734      USD 2,639        7/17/18        37,975  

Morgan Stanley Capital Services, Inc.

   MXN 9,935      USD 521        7/17/18        26,669  

Morgan Stanley Capital Services, Inc.

   NZD 8,939      USD 6,508        6/19/18        252,938  

Morgan Stanley Capital Services, Inc.

   HKD 8,276      USD 1,059        6/19/18        3,243  

Morgan Stanley Capital Services, Inc.

   ILS 6,204      USD 1,737        7/17/18        (8,795

Morgan Stanley Capital Services, Inc.

   CAD 2,056      USD 1,587        7/17/18        (163

Morgan Stanley Capital Services, Inc.

   EUR 2,367      USD 2,932        7/17/18          155,997  

Morgan Stanley Capital Services, Inc.

   AUD 2,412      USD 1,857        7/17/18        32,089  

Morgan Stanley Capital Services, Inc.

   GBP 1,330      USD 1,879        7/17/18        106,813  

Morgan Stanley Capital Services, Inc.

   CHF 1,280      USD 1,341        7/17/18        36,966  

Morgan Stanley Capital Services, Inc.

   CAD 1,029      USD 800        7/17/18        5,702  

Morgan Stanley Capital Services, Inc.

   USD 1,544      CAD 1,988        7/17/18        (9,017

Morgan Stanley Capital Services, Inc.

   SGD 1,426      AUD 1,405        7/17/18        (2,963

Morgan Stanley Capital Services, Inc.

   USD 1,863      EUR 1,502        7/17/18        (100,879

Morgan Stanley Capital Services, Inc.

   EUR 1,746      CHF 2,088        7/17/18        79,175  

Morgan Stanley Capital Services, Inc.

   USD 2,578      CNY 16,272        7/17/18        (48,734

Morgan Stanley Capital Services, Inc.

   USD 1,978      CNY 12,609        6/19/18        (14,615

Royal Bank of Scotland PLC

   JPY   2,326,875      USD 21,395        6/15/18        (9,437

Royal Bank of Scotland PLC

   JPY 56,571      USD 537        7/17/18        15,067  

Royal Bank of Scotland PLC

   ARS 10,893      USD 499        6/18/18        68,438  

Royal Bank of Scotland PLC

   TRY 6,347      USD 1,541        7/17/18        164,475  

Royal Bank of Scotland PLC

   USD 532      AUD 687        7/17/18        (12,304

Royal Bank of Scotland PLC

   USD 1,601      CAD 2,009        7/17/18        (49,393

Royal Bank of Scotland PLC

   USD 525      TRY 2,176        7/17/18        (53,433

Royal Bank of Scotland PLC

   USD 535      MXN 10,533        6/14/18        (7,449

Royal Bank of Scotland PLC

   USD 540      MXN  10,558        7/17/18        (15,018

Royal Bank of Scotland PLC

   USD 1,022      ARS 21,717        6/18/18        (164,987

Standard Chartered Bank

   TWD 31,589      USD 1,065        6/07/18        10,815  

Standard Chartered Bank

   PLN 4,615      USD 1,320        7/17/18        69,571  

 

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Counterparty    Contracts to
Deliver
(000)
     In Exchange
For
(000)
     Settlement
Date
     Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
 

Standard Chartered Bank

   NZD 3,312      USD 2,400        7/17/18      $ 82,405  

Standard Chartered Bank

   SGD 2,129      USD 1,593        8/16/18        (81

Standard Chartered Bank

   BRL 1,947      USD 518        6/04/18        (4,999

Standard Chartered Bank

   AUD 1,382      USD 1,063        7/17/18        17,966  

Standard Chartered Bank

   GBP 767      USD 1,037        9/14/18        11,638  

Standard Chartered Bank

   AUD 703      USD 527        6/07/18        (4,848

Standard Chartered Bank

   CAD 685      USD 532        6/12/18        3,492  

Standard Chartered Bank

   GBP 392      MXN 10,524        6/14/18        5,493  

Standard Chartered Bank

   EUR 858      NOK 8,275        7/17/18        6,181  

Standard Chartered Bank

   USD 521      BRL 1,947        6/04/18        1,812  

Standard Chartered Bank

   AUD 2,127      NZD 2,272        7/17/18        (19,300

Standard Chartered Bank

   USD 1,597      NZD 2,172        7/17/18          (77,246

Standard Chartered Bank

   USD 1,066      TWD 31,406        6/07/18        (17,399

Standard Chartered Bank

   USD 1,029      HUF   274,290        7/17/18        (23,457

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

   HUF 274,722      USD 1,046        7/17/18        38,730  

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

   JPY 92,465      USD 870        6/19/18        19,619  

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

   JPY 33,890      USD 310        9/14/18        (3,733

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

   JPY 28,111      USD 266        7/17/18        6,967  

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

   MXN 20,421      USD 1,007        11/14/18        10,568  

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

   SEK 10,042      USD 1,168        7/17/18        25,191  

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

   SEK 9,652      USD 1,181        6/19/18        84,923  

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

   MXN 4,868      USD 263        7/17/18        21,052  

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

   DKK 4,350      USD 724        6/19/18        40,400  

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

   ILS 3,844      USD 1,079        7/17/18        (2,465

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

   PLN 3,791      USD 1,066        7/17/18        39,161  

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

   NOK 2,818      USD 363        6/19/18        18,260  

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

   ILS 1,870      USD 534        7/17/18        8,111  

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

   EUR 1,769      USD 2,102        7/17/18        27,458  

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

   CHF 1,562      USD 1,657        6/19/18        69,827  

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

   TRY 1,296      USD 270        6/21/18        (13,813

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

   TRY 1,477      USD 333        7/17/18        12,763  

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

   EUR 940      USD 1,101        11/14/18        (11,908

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

   EUR 1,178      USD 1,455        6/19/18        75,950  

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

   SGD 621      USD 473        6/19/18        8,991  

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

   GBP 1,039      USD 1,381        6/19/18        (1,185

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

   NZD 366      USD 264        7/17/18        7,504  

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

   AUD 345      USD 265        7/17/18        3,950  

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

   EUR 553      USD 661        9/14/18        9,729  

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

   NZD 262      USD 191        6/19/18        7,537  

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

   GBP 249      USD 338        9/14/18        5,082  

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

   GBP 222      USD 302        7/17/18        5,448  

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

   GBP 207      USD 275        6/19/18        331  

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

   USD 41      CHF 41        7/17/18        580  

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

   USD 133      EUR 110        9/14/18        (3,178

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

   GBP 378      NOK 4,172        7/17/18        7,746  

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

   USD 368      AUD 478        7/17/18        (6,640

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

   CHF 1,532      GBP 1,118        7/17/18        (71,017

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

   USD 914      EUR 732        6/19/18        (57,634

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

   USD 121      NOK 967        7/17/18        (2,707

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

   USD 263      TRY 1,141        7/17/18        (15,810

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

   EUR 1,568      GBP 1,369        6/13/18        (14,166

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

   USD 474      TRY 2,117        6/21/18        (10,341

 

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Counterparty    Contracts to
Deliver
(000)
     In Exchange
For
(000)
     Settlement
Date
     Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
 

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

   USD 1,049      PLN 3,808        7/17/18      $ (17,401

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

   USD 5,771      EUR 4,819        7/17/18        (117,981

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

   USD 1,068      SEK 9,565        6/15/18        17,245  

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

   USD 217      JPY 23,069        6/19/18        (4,468

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

   USD 1,583      NOK 12,686        9/14/18        (26,728

UBS AG

   USD 3,737      EUR 3,078        7/17/18        (126,533

UBS AG

   USD 1,061      CAD 1,367        6/12/18        (6,745

UBS AG

   JPY   122,974      EUR 938        6/28/18        (33,657

UBS AG

   USD 1,597      JPY   174,704        7/17/18        13,504  
           

 

 

 
   $   2,329,728  
           

 

 

 

CURRENCY OPTIONS WRITTEN (see Note D)

 

Description/
Counterparty
  Exercise
Price
    Expiration
Month
    Contracts    

Notional
Amount
(000)

    Premiums
Received
    U.S. $ Value  

Call

               

USD vs. MXN/ Credit Suisse International

    USD       22.000       08/2018       2,800,000       USD       2,800     $ 54,516     $ (10,590

Put

               

EUR vs. SEK/ BNP Paribas SA

    SEK       10.350       06/2018       22,563,000       SEK       22,563       10,246       (9,520
             

 

 

   

 

 

 
              $   64,762     $   (20,110
             

 

 

   

 

 

 

PUT OPTIONS WRITTEN (see Note D)

 

Description   Counterparty   Contracts    

Exercise
Price

    Expiration
Month
    Notional
(000)
    Premiums
Received
    U.S. $ Value  

SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust

  Morgan
Stanley &
Co.,
Inc.
    967       USD         249.00       July 2018       USD         97     $     100,529     $     (102,502

CENTRALLY CLEARED CREDIT DEFAULT SWAPS (see Note D)

 

Description   Fixed
Rate
(Pay)
Receive
    Payment
Frequency
    Implied
Credit
Spread at
May 31,
2018
    Notional
Amount
(000)
    Market
Value
    Upfront
Premiums
Paid
(Received)
    Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
 

Sale Contracts

 

CDX-NAHY Series 26, 5 Year Index, 6/20/21*

    5.00     Quarterly       2.47     USD  12,250     $   995,313     $   215,259     $   780,054  

 

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Description   Fixed
Rate
(Pay)
Receive
    Payment
Frequency
    Implied
Credit
Spread at
May 31,
2018
    Notional
Amount
(000)
    Market
Value
    Upfront
Premiums
Paid
(Received)
    Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
 

CDX-NAIG Series 26, 5 Year Index, 6/20/21*

    1.00     Quarterly       0.39     USD  18,750     $ 374,760     $ 124,000     $ 250,760  
         

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
        $   1,370,073     $   339,259     $   1,030,814  
         

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

* Termination date

CENTRALLY CLEARED INTEREST RATE SWAPS (see Note D)

 

            Rate Type            

Notional

Amount

(000)

    Termination
Date
    Payments
made
by the
Fund
    Payments
received
by the
Fund
    Payment
Frequency
Paid/Received
  Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
 
AUD      15,000       7/09/25       6 Month BBSW       3.168   Semi-Annual/ Semi-Annual   $ 410,119  
AUD      4,740       2/23/27       6 Month BBSW       3.040   Semi-Annual/ Semi-Annual     81,018  
NZD      20,260       2/24/27       3 Month BKBM       3.508   Quarterly/ Semi-Annual     688,341  
AUD      9,490       2/27/27       6 Month BBSW       2.975   Semi-Annual/ Semi-Annual     122,586  
NZD      10,120       2/28/27       3 Month BKBM       3.445   Quarterly/ Semi-Annual     306,873  
            

 

 

 
             $   1,608,937  
            

 

 

 

CREDIT DEFAULT SWAPS (see Note D)

 

Swap

Counterparty &
Referenced
Obligation

  Fixed
Rate
(Pay)
Receive
    Payment
Frequency
    Implied
Credit
Spread at
May 31,
2018
    Notional
Amount
(000)
    Market
Value
    Upfront
Premiums
Paid
(Received)
    Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
 

Buy Contracts

             

Goldman Sachs International

             

iTraxx Australia Series 24, 5 Year Index, 12/20/20*

    (1.00 )%      Quarterly       0.30     1,110     $   (21,586   $   6,197     $   (27,783

iTraxx Australia Series 24, 5 Year Index, 12/20/20*

    (1.00     Quarterly       0.30       1,490       (28,976     8,320       (37,296

 

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Swap

Counterparty &
Referenced
Obligation

  Fixed
Rate
(Pay)
Receive
    Payment
Frequency
    Implied
Credit
Spread at
May 31,
2018
    Notional
Amount
(000)
    Market
Value
    Upfront
Premiums
Paid
(Received)
    Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
 

Sale Contracts

             

Deutsche Bank AG

             

iTraxx Australia Series 24, 5 Year Index, 12/20/20*

    1.00     Quarterly       0.30     2,600     $   50,562     $   (15,915   $   66,477  
         

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
          $ – 0  –    $ (1,398   $ 1,398  
         

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

* Termination date

TOTAL RETURN SWAPS (see Note D)

 

Counterparty &

Referenced Obligation

  # of
Shares
or
Units
    Rate
Paid/
Received
    Payment
Frequency
   

Notional
Amount
(000)

    Maturity
Date
    Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
 

Pay Total Return on Reference Obligation

             

JPMorgan Chase Bank, NA

             

JPQABACP

    13,393       – 0  –      Maturity       USD       1,340       6/17/19     $     (14,680

 

** Notional amount less than 500.

 

(a) Security is exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. These securities are considered restricted, but liquid and may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. At May 31, 2018, the aggregate market value of these securities amounted to $516,855 or 0.2% of net assets.

 

(b) Non-income producing security.

 

(c) Represents entire or partial securities out on loan. See Note E for securities lending information.

 

(d) Security in which significant unobservable inputs (Level 3) were used in determining fair value.

 

(e) Fair valued by the Adviser.

 

(f) Illiquid security.

 

(g) Floating Rate Security. Stated interest/floor/ceiling rate was in effect at May 31, 2018.

 

(h) Position, or a portion thereof, has been segregated to collateralize OTC derivatives outstanding.

 

(i) To obtain a copy of the fund’s shareholder report, please go to the Securities and Exchange Commission’s website at www.sec.gov. Additionally, shareholder reports for AB funds can be obtained by calling AB at (800) 227-4618.

 

(j) Affiliated investments.

 

(k) The rate shown represents the 7-day yield as of period end.

Currency Abbreviations:

ARS – Argentine Peso

AUD – Australian Dollar

BRL – Brazilian Real

CAD – Canadian Dollar

CHF – Swiss Franc

CNY – Chinese Yuan Renminbi

DKK – Danish Krone

EUR – Euro

 

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GBP – Great British Pound

HKD – Hong Kong Dollar

HUF – Hungarian Forint

ILS – Israeli Shekel

INR – Indian Rupee

JPY – Japanese Yen

KRW – South Korean Won

MXN – Mexican Peso

MYR – Malaysian Ringgit

NOK – Norwegian Krone

NZD – New Zealand Dollar

PLN – Polish Zloty

RUB – Russian Ruble

SEK – Swedish Krona

SGD – Singapore Dollar

TRY – Turkish Lira

TWD – New Taiwan Dollar

USD – United States Dollar

ZAR – South African Rand

Glossary:

ADR – American Depositary Receipt

ASX – Australian Stock Exchange

BBSW – Bank Bill Swap Reference Rate (Australia)

BKBM – Bank Bill Benchmark (New Zealand)

CBT – Chicago Board of Trade

CDX-NAHY – North American High Yield Credit Default Swap Index

CDX-NAIG – North American Investment Grade Credit Default Swap Index

CME – Chicago Mercantile Exchange

CPI – Consumer Price Index

ETF – Exchange Traded Fund

FTSE – Financial Times Stock Exchange

GDR – Global Depositary Receipt

KC HRW – Kansas City Hard Red Winter

LIBOR – London Interbank Offered Rates

LME – London Metal Exchange

MSCI – Morgan Stanley Capital International

OSE – Osaka Securities Exchange

RBOB – Reformulated Gasoline Blend-Stock for Oxygen Blending (Unleaded Gas)

REG – Registered Shares

REIT – Real Estate Investment Trust

RSP – Risparmio (Convertible Savings Shares)

SPDR – Standard & Poor’s Depository Receipt

SPI – Share Price Index

TIPS – Treasury Inflation Protected Security

TOPIX – Tokyo Price Index

TSX – Toronto Stock Exchange

ULSD – Ultra-Low Sulfur Diesel

WTI – West Texas Intermediate

See notes to consolidated financial statements.

 

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF ASSETS & LIABILITIES

May 31, 2018 (unaudited)

 

Assets   

Investments in securities, at value

  

Unaffiliated issuers (cost $232,741,686)

   $     244,875,554 (a) 

Affiliated issuers (cost $9,775,600—including investment of cash collateral for securities loaned of $748,882)

     9,775,600  

Cash collateral due from broker

     7,808,467  

Foreign currencies, at value (cost $1,553,238)

     795,819  

Unrealized appreciation on forward currency exchange contracts

     5,698,448  

Unaffiliated dividends and interest receivable

     458,558  

Receivable for investment securities sold

     118,881  

Unrealized appreciation on credit default swaps

     66,477  

Receivable for capital stock sold

     22,656  

Upfront premiums paid on credit default swaps

     14,517  

Affiliated dividends receivable

     8,245  
  

 

 

 

Total assets

     269,643,222  
  

 

 

 
Liabilities   

Due to custodian

     2,081,222  

Options written, at value (premiums received $165,291)

     122,612  

Unrealized depreciation on forward currency exchange contracts

     3,368,720  

Payable for collateral received on securities loaned

     748,882  

Cash collateral due to broker

     260,000  

Payable for investment securities purchased

     182,301  

Payable for variation margin on futures

     134,698  

Advisory fee payable

     126,223  

Payable for capital stock redeemed

     113,307  

Unrealized depreciation on credit default swaps

     65,079  

Distribution fee payable

     60,466  

Payable for variation margin on centrally cleared swaps

     38,417  

Transfer Agent fee payable

     33,545  

Upfront premiums received on credit default swaps

     15,915  

Unrealized depreciation on total return swaps

     14,680  

Administrative fee payable

     11,476  

Directors’ fees payable

     1,797  

Accrued expenses

     210,909  
  

 

 

 

Total liabilities

     7,590,249  
  

 

 

 

Net Assets

   $ 262,052,973  
  

 

 

 
Composition of Net Assets   

Capital stock, at par

   $ 159,669  

Additional paid-in capital

     257,970,755  

Distributions in excess of net investment income

     (10,420,365

Accumulated net realized loss on investment and foreign currency transactions

     (4,988,258

Net unrealized appreciation on investment and foreign currency denominated assets and liabilities

     19,331,172  
  

 

 

 
   $ 262,052,973  
  

 

 

 

 

(a) Includes securities on loan with a value of $723,422 (see Note E).

See notes to consolidated financial statements.

 

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Net Asset Value Per Share—24 billion shares of capital stock authorized, $.01 par value

 

Class   Net Assets        Shares
Outstanding
       Net Asset
Value
 

 

 
A   $   226,586,535          13,750,241        $ 16.48

 

 
B   $ 2,299,033          154,095        $ 14.92  

 

 
C   $ 10,387,404          688,819        $ 15.08  

 

 
Advisor   $ 17,266,816          1,038,974        $ 16.62  

 

 
R   $ 2,120,285          129,683        $ 16.35  

 

 
K   $ 1,232,824          74,982        $ 16.44  

 

 
I   $ 2,160,076          130,095        $   16.60  

 

 

 

* The maximum offering price per share for Class A shares was $17.21 which reflects a sales charge of 4.25%.

See notes to consolidated financial statements.

 

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS

Six Months Ended May 31, 2018 (unaudited)

 

Investment Income     

Interest

   $     1,713,370    

Dividends

    

Unaffiliated issuers (net of foreign taxes withheld of $80,762)

     1,038,226    

Affiliated issuers

     85,015     $     2,836,611  
  

 

 

   
Expenses     

Advisory fee (see Note B)

     775,613    

Distribution fee—Class A

     292,503    

Distribution fee—Class B

     12,242    

Distribution fee—Class C

     55,757    

Distribution fee—Class R

     5,470    

Distribution fee—Class K

     1,454    

Transfer agency—Class A

     211,430    

Transfer agency—Class B

     2,755    

Transfer agency—Class C

     10,407    

Transfer agency—Advisor Class

     15,557    

Transfer agency—Class R

     2,892    

Transfer agency—Class K

     1,190    

Transfer agency—Class I

     1,153    

Custodian

     153,212    

Audit and tax

     64,568    

Registration fees

     54,643    

Printing

     40,927    

Administrative

     30,461    

Legal

     23,321    

Directors’ fees

     14,079    

Miscellaneous

     22,950    
  

 

 

   

Total expenses before interest expense

     1,792,584    

Interest expense

     20,829 (a)   
  

 

 

   

Total expenses

     1,813,413    

Less: expenses waived and reimbursed by the Adviser (see Notes B & E)

     (13,102  
  

 

 

   

Net expenses

       1,800,311  
    

 

 

 

Net investment income

       1,036,300  
    

 

 

 

 

(a) Non-financing expense.

See notes to consolidated financial statements.

 

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Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Investment and Foreign Currency Transactions      

Net realized gain (loss) on:

     

Investment transactions

      $ (1,649,151

Forward currency exchange contracts

        (1,937,439

Futures

        3,503,778  

Options written

        1,319,487  

Swaps

        575,394  

Swaptions written

        111,972  

Foreign currency transactions

        43,153  

Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation of:

     

Investments

        1,511,825  

Forward currency exchange contracts

        (116,192

Futures

        (348,743

Options written

        113,121  

Swaps

        (368,976

Swaptions written

        (11,694

Foreign currency denominated assets and liabilities

        172,700  
     

 

 

 

Net gain on investment and foreign currency transactions

            2,919,235  
     

 

 

 

Net Increase in Net Assets from Operations

      $ 3,955,535  
     

 

 

 

See notes to consolidated financial statements.

 

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS

 

     Six Months Ended
May 31, 2018
(unaudited)
    Year Ended
November 30,
2017
 
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets from Operations     

Net investment income

   $ 1,036,300     $ 1,978,374  

Net realized gain on investment and foreign currency transactions

     1,967,194       15,071,728  

Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation of investments and foreign currency denominated assets and liabilities

     952,041       15,359,728  

Contributions from Adviser (see Note B)

     – 0  –      3,108  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase in net assets from operations

     3,955,535       32,412,938  
Dividends to Shareholders from     

Net investment income

    

Class A

     (7,506,532     (12,060,264

Class B

     (64,654     (176,673

Class C

     (205,668     (2,068,206

Advisor Class

     (576,760     (712,844

Class R

     (69,458     (132,112

Class K

     (38,879     (77,414

Class I

     (68,987     (132,489
Capital Stock Transactions     

Net decrease

     (15,178,686     (27,616,944
Capital Contributions     

Proceeds from third party regulatory settlement (see Note F)

     – 0  –      43,921  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total decrease

     (19,754,089     (10,520,087
Net Assets     

Beginning of period

     281,807,062       292,327,149  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

End of period (including distributions in excess of net investment income of ($10,420,365) and ($2,925,727), respectively)

   $     262,052,973     $     281,807,062  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

See notes to consolidated financial statements.

 

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May 31, 2018 (unaudited)

 

NOTE A

Significant Accounting Policies

AB Global Risk Allocation Fund, Inc. (the “Fund”) is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 as a diversified, open-end management investment company. As part of the Fund’s investment strategy, the Fund seeks to gain exposure to commodities and commodities-related instruments and derivatives primarily through investments in AllianceBernstein Cayman Global Risk Allocation, Ltd., a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Fund organized under the laws of the Cayman Islands (the “Subsidiary”). The Fund is the sole shareholder of the Subsidiary and it is intended that the Fund will remain the sole shareholder and will continue to control the Subsidiary. Under the Articles of Association of the Subsidiary, shares issued by the Subsidiary confer upon a shareholder the right to receive notice of, to attend and to vote at general meetings of the Subsidiary and shall confer upon the shareholder rights in a winding-up or repayment of capital and the right to participate in the profits or assets of the Subsidiary. As of May 31, 2018, net assets of the Fund were $262,052,973, of which $12,907,215, or 5%, represented the Fund’s ownership of all issued shares and voting rights of the Subsidiary. This report presents the consolidated financial statements of the Fund and the Subsidiary. All intercompany transactions and balances have been eliminated in consolidation. The Fund offers Class A, Class B, Class C, Advisor Class, Class R, Class K and Class I. Class T shares have been authorized but currently are not offered. Class A shares are sold with a front-end sales charge of up to 4.25% for purchases not exceeding $1,000,000. With respect to purchases of $1,000,000 or more, Class A shares redeemed within one year of purchase may be subject to a contingent deferred sales charge of 1%. Class B shares are currently sold with a contingent deferred sales charge which declines from 4% to zero depending on the period of time the shares are held. Effective January 31, 2009, sales of Class B shares of the Fund to new investors were suspended. Class B shares will only be issued (i) upon the exchange of Class B shares from another AB mutual fund, (ii) for purposes of dividend reinvestment, (iii) through the Fund’s Automatic Investment Program (the “Program”) for accounts that established the Program prior to January 31, 2009, and (iv) for purchases of additional shares by Class B shareholders as of January 31, 2009. The ability to establish a new Program for accounts containing Class B shares was suspended as of January 31, 2009. Class B shares will automatically convert to Class A shares eight years after the end of the calendar month of purchase. Class C shares are subject to a contingent deferred sales charge of 1% on redemptions made within the first year after purchase, and 0% after the first year of purchase. Effective April 10, 2017, Class C shares will automatically convert to Class A shares ten years after the end of the calendar month of purchase. Class R and Class K shares are sold

 

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without an initial or contingent deferred sales charge. Advisor Class and Class I shares are sold without an initial or contingent deferred sales charge and are not subject to ongoing distribution expenses. All eight classes of shares have identical voting, dividend, liquidation and other rights, except that the classes bear different distribution and transfer agency expenses. Each class has exclusive voting rights with respect to its distribution plan. The consolidated financial statements have been prepared in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“U.S. GAAP”) which require management to make certain estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities in the consolidated financial statements and amounts of income and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates. The Fund is an investment company under U.S. GAAP and follows the accounting and reporting guidance applicable to investment companies. The following is a summary of significant accounting policies followed by the Fund.

1. Security Valuation

Portfolio securities are valued at their current market value determined on the basis of market quotations or, if market quotations are not readily available or are deemed unreliable, at “fair value” as determined in accordance with procedures established by and under the general supervision of the Fund’s Board of Directors (the “Board”).

In general, the market values of securities which are readily available and deemed reliable are determined as follows: securities listed on a national securities exchange (other than securities listed on the NASDAQ Stock Market, Inc. (“NASDAQ”)) or on a foreign securities exchange are valued at the last sale price at the close of the exchange or foreign securities exchange. If there has been no sale on such day, the securities are valued at the last traded price from the previous day. Securities listed on more than one exchange are valued by reference to the principal exchange on which the securities are traded; securities listed only on NASDAQ are valued in accordance with the NASDAQ Official Closing Price; listed or over the counter (“OTC”) market put or call options are valued at the mid level between the current bid and ask prices. If either a current bid or current ask price is unavailable, AllianceBernstein L.P. (the “Adviser”) will have discretion to determine the best valuation (e.g., last trade price in the case of listed options); open futures are valued using the closing settlement price or, in the absence of such a price, the most recent quoted bid price. If there are no quotations available for the day of valuation, the last available closing settlement price is used; U.S. Government securities and any other debt instruments having 60 days or less remaining until maturity are generally valued at market by an independent pricing vendor, if a market price is available. If a market price is not available, the securities are valued at amortized cost. This methodology is commonly used for short term

 

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securities that have an original maturity of 60 days or less, as well as short term securities that had an original term to maturity that exceeded 60 days. In instances when amortized cost is utilized, the Valuation Committee (the “Committee”) must reasonably conclude that the utilization of amortized cost is approximately the same as the fair value of the security. Such factors the Committee will consider include, but are not limited to, an impairment of the creditworthiness of the issuer or material changes in interest rates. Fixed-income securities, including mortgage-backed and asset-backed securities, may be valued on the basis of prices provided by a pricing service or at a price obtained from one or more of the major broker-dealers. In cases where broker-dealer quotes are obtained, the Adviser may establish procedures whereby changes in market yields or spreads are used to adjust, on a daily basis, a recently obtained quoted price on a security. Swaps and other derivatives are valued daily, primarily using independent pricing services, independent pricing models using market inputs, as well as third party broker-dealers or counterparties. Open end mutual funds are valued at the closing net asset value per share, while exchange traded funds are valued at the closing market price per share.

Securities for which market quotations are not readily available (including restricted securities) or are deemed unreliable are valued at fair value as deemed appropriate by the Adviser. Factors considered in making this determination may include, but are not limited to, information obtained by contacting the issuer, analysts, analysis of the issuer’s financial statements or other available documents. In addition, the Fund may use fair value pricing for securities primarily traded in non-U.S. markets because most foreign markets close well before the Fund values its securities at 4:00 p.m., Eastern Time. The earlier close of these foreign markets gives rise to the possibility that significant events, including broad market moves, may have occurred in the interim and may materially affect the value of those securities. To account for this, the Fund generally values many of its foreign equity securities using fair value prices based on third party vendor modeling tools to the extent available.

2. Fair Value Measurements

In accordance with U.S. GAAP regarding fair value measurements, fair value is defined as the price that the Fund would receive to sell an asset or pay to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. U.S. GAAP establishes a framework for measuring fair value, and a three-level hierarchy for fair value measurements based upon the transparency of inputs to the valuation of an asset or liability (including those valued based on their market values as described in Note A.1 above). Inputs may be observable or unobservable and refer broadly to the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability. Observable inputs reflect the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability based on

 

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market data obtained from sources independent of the Fund. Unobservable inputs reflect the Fund’s own assumptions about the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability based on the best information available in the circumstances. Each investment is assigned a level based upon the observability of the inputs which are significant to the overall valuation. The three-tier hierarchy of inputs is summarized below.

 

   

Level 1—quoted prices in active markets for identical investments

   

Level 2—other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar investments, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.)

   

Level 3—significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments)

The fair value of debt instruments, such as bonds, and over-the-counter derivatives is generally based on market price quotations, recently executed market transactions (where observable) or industry recognized modeling techniques and are generally classified as Level 2. Pricing vendor inputs to Level 2 valuations may include quoted prices for similar investments in active markets, interest rate curves, coupon rates, currency rates, yield curves, option adjusted spreads, default rates, credit spreads and other unique security features in order to estimate the relevant cash flows which are then discounted to calculate fair values. If these inputs are unobservable and significant to the fair value, these investments will be classified as Level 3. In addition, non-agency rated investments are classified as Level 3.

Where readily available market prices or relevant bid prices are not available for certain equity investments, such investments may be valued based on similar publicly traded investments, movements in relevant indices since last available prices or based upon underlying company fundamentals and comparable company data (such as multiples to earnings or other multiples to equity). Where an investment is valued using an observable input, such as another publicly traded security, the investment will be classified as Level 2. If management determines that an adjustment is appropriate based on restrictions on resale, illiquidity or uncertainty, and such adjustment is a significant component of the valuation, the investment will be classified as Level 3. An investment will also be classified as Level 3 where management uses company fundamentals and other significant inputs to determine the valuation.

Options are valued using market-based inputs to models, broker or dealer quotations, or alternative pricing sources with reasonable levels of price transparency, where such inputs and models are available. Alternatively, the values may be obtained through unobservable management determined inputs and/or management’s proprietary models. Where models are used, the selection of a particular model to value an option depends upon the contractual terms of, and specific risks inherent in, the

 

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option as well as the availability of pricing information in the market. Valuation models require a variety of inputs, including contractual terms, market prices, measures of volatility and correlations of such inputs. Exchange traded options generally will be classified as Level 2. For options that do not trade on exchange but trade in liquid markets, inputs can generally be verified and model selection does not involve significant management judgment. Options are classified within Level 2 on the fair value hierarchy when all of the significant inputs can be corroborated to market evidence. Otherwise such instruments are classified as Level 3.

Valuations of mortgage-backed or other asset-backed securities, by pricing vendors, are based on both proprietary and industry recognized models and discounted cash flow techniques. Significant inputs to the valuation of these instruments are value of the collateral, the rates and timing of delinquencies, the rates and timing of prepayments, and default and loss expectations, which are driven in part by housing prices for residential mortgages. Significant inputs are determined based on relative value analyses, which incorporate comparisons to instruments with similar collateral and risk profiles, including relevant indices. Mortgage and asset-backed securities for which management has collected current observable data through pricing services are generally categorized within Level 2. Those investments for which current observable data has not been provided are classified as Level 3.

Other fixed income investments, including non-U.S. government and corporate debt, are generally valued using quoted market prices, if available, which are typically impacted by current interest rates, maturity dates and any perceived credit risk of the issuer. Additionally, in the absence of quoted market prices, these inputs are used by pricing vendors to derive a valuation based upon industry or proprietary models which incorporate issuer specific data with relevant yield/spread comparisons with more widely quoted bonds with similar key characteristics. Those investments for which there are observable inputs are classified as Level 2. Where the inputs are not observable, the investments are classified as Level 3.

The following table summarizes the valuation of the Fund’s investments by the above fair value hierarchy levels as of May 31, 2018:

 

Investments in

Securities:

  Level 1     Level 2     Level 3     Total  

Assets:

       

Inflation-Linked Securities

  $ – 0  –    $  161,690,627     $ – 0  –    $  161,690,627  

Common Stocks:

       

Financials

     4,752,256       7,755,763       – 0  –      12,508,019  

Information Technology

    6,900,518       1,606,558       – 0  –      8,507,076  

Industrials

    3,761,672       3,492,901       120       7,254,693  

Health Care

    3,663,036       3,071,319       – 0  –      6,734,355  

Consumer Discretionary

    3,544,411       3,088,561        37,029       6,670,001  

 

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Investments in

Securities:

  Level 1     Level 2     Level 3     Total  

Consumer Staples

  $ 3,189,904     $ 3,145,348     $ – 0  –    $ 6,335,252  

Materials

    2,880,751       2,668,123       – 0  –      5,548,874  

Energy

    2,369,119       2,853,942       – 0  –      5,223,061  

Utilities

    2,342,988       2,058,770       – 0  –      4,401,758  

Real Estate

    1,695,981       1,489,703       – 0  –      3,185,684  

Telecommunication Services

    734,273       961,845       – 0  –      1,696,118  

Collateralized Mortgage Obligations

    – 0  –      9,069,538       – 0  –      9,069,538  

Preferred Stocks

    3,995,836       – 0  –      – 0  –      3,995,836  

Governments – Sovereign Bonds

    – 0  –      1,161,673       – 0  –      1,161,673  

Emerging Markets – Corporate Bonds

    – 0  –      643,200       – 0  –      643,200  

Options Purchased – Puts

    – 0  –      149,916       – 0  –      149,916  

Investment Companies

    86,419       – 0  –      – 0  –      86,419  

Rights

    347       – 0  –      12,507       12,854  

Options Purchased – Calls

    – 0  –      600       – 0  –      600  

Short-Term Investments

    9,026,718       – 0  –      – 0  –      9,026,718  

Investments of Cash Collateral for Securities Loaned in Affiliated Money Market Fund

    748,882       – 0  –      – 0  –      748,882  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Investments in Securities

    49,693,111       204,908,387       49,656       254,651,154  

Other Financial Instruments(a):

       

Assets:

       

Futures

    3,642,284       511,104       – 0  –      4,153,388 (b) 

Forward Currency Exchange Contracts

    – 0  –      5,698,448       – 0  –      5,698,448  

Centrally Cleared Credit Default Swaps

    – 0  –      1,370,073       – 0  –      1,370,073 (b) 

Centrally Cleared Interest Rate Swaps

    – 0  –      1,608,937       – 0  –      1,608,937 (b) 

Credit Default Swaps

    – 0  –      50,562       – 0  –      50,562  

Liabilities:

       

Futures

    (1,410,049     (2,427     – 0  –      (1,412,476 )(b) 

Forward Currency Exchange Contracts

    – 0  –      (3,368,720     – 0  –      (3,368,720

Currency Options Written

    – 0  –      (20,110     – 0  –      (20,110

Put Options Written

    – 0  –      (102,502     – 0  –      (102,502

Credit Default Swaps

    – 0  –      (50,562     – 0  –      (50,562

Total Return Swaps

    – 0  –      (14,680     – 0  –      (14,680
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total(c)

  $   51,925,346     $   210,588,510     $   49,656     $   262,563,512  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(a) Other financial instruments are derivative instruments, such as futures, forwards and swaps, which are valued at the unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) on the instrument. Other financial instruments may also include swaps with upfront premiums, options written and swaptions written which are valued at market value.

 

(b) Only variation margin receivable/(payable) at period end is reported within the consolidated statement of assets and liabilities. This amount reflects cumulative unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) of exchange-traded derivatives as reported in the consolidated portfolio of investments. Exchange-traded swaps with upfront premiums are presented here at market value.

 

(c) There were de minimis transfers under 1% of net assets between Level 1 and Level 2 during the reporting period.

The Fund recognizes all transfers between levels of the fair value hierarchy assuming the financial instruments were transferred at the beginning of the reporting period.

 

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The following is a reconciliation of investments in which significant unobservable inputs (Level 3) were used in determining fair value.

 

      Common
Stocks
    Rights     Total  

Balance as of 11/30/17

   $ – 0  –    $ 739     $ 739  

Accrued discounts/(premiums)

     – 0  –      – 0  –      – 0  – 

Realized gain (loss)

     – 0  –      (65     (65

Change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation

     12,694       274       12,968  

Purchases

     126       12,219       12,345  

Sales

     – 0  –      (660     (660

Transfers in to Level 3

     24,329       – 0  –      24,329 (a) 

Transfers out of Level 3

     – 0  –      – 0  –      – 0  – 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Balance as of 5/31/18

   $   37,149     $   12,507     $   49,656  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation from investments held as of 5/31/18(b)

   $ 12,694     $ 288     $ 12,982  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(a) There were de minimis transfers under 1% of net assets during the reporting period.

 

(b) The unrealized appreciation/depreciation is included in net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation on investments and other financial instruments in the accompanying consolidated statement of operations.

The Adviser established the Committee to oversee the pricing and valuation of all securities held in the Fund. The Committee operates under pricing and valuation policies and procedures established by the Adviser and approved by the Board, including pricing policies which set forth the mechanisms and processes to be employed on a daily basis to implement these policies and procedures. In particular, the pricing policies describe how to determine market quotations for securities and other instruments. The Committee’s responsibilities include: 1) fair value and liquidity determinations (and oversight of any third parties to whom any responsibility for fair value and liquidity determinations is delegated), and 2) regular monitoring of the Adviser’s pricing and valuation policies and procedures and modification or enhancement of these policies and procedures (or recommendation of the modification of these policies and procedures) as the Committee believes appropriate.

The Committee is also responsible for monitoring the implementation of the pricing policies by the Adviser’s Pricing Group (the “Pricing Group”) and any third party which performs certain pricing functions in accordance with the pricing policies. The Pricing Group is responsible for the oversight of the third party on a day-to-day basis. The Committee and the Pricing Group perform a series of activities to provide reasonable assurance of the accuracy of prices including: 1) periodic vendor due diligence meetings, review of methodologies, new developments and processes at vendors, 2) daily comparison of security valuation versus prior day for all securities that exceeded established thresholds, and 3) daily review of unpriced, stale, and variance reports with exceptions reviewed by senior management and the Committee.

 

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In addition, several processes outside of the pricing process are used to monitor valuation issues including: 1) performance and performance attribution reports are monitored for anomalous impacts based upon benchmark performance, and 2) portfolio managers review all portfolios for performance and analytics (which are generated using the Adviser’s prices).

3. Currency Translation

Assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies and commitments under forward currency exchange contracts are translated into U.S. dollars at the mean of the quoted bid and ask prices of such currencies against the U.S. dollar. Purchases and sales of portfolio securities are translated into U.S. dollars at the rates of exchange prevailing when such securities were acquired or sold. Income and expenses are translated into U.S. dollars at rates of exchange prevailing when accrued.

Net realized gain or loss on foreign currency transactions represents foreign exchange gains and losses from sales and maturities of foreign fixed income investments, holding of foreign currencies, currency gains or losses realized between the trade and settlement dates on foreign investment transactions, and the difference between the amounts of dividends, interest and foreign withholding taxes recorded on the Fund’s books and the U.S. dollar equivalent amounts actually received or paid. Net unrealized currency gains and losses from valuing foreign currency denominated assets and liabilities at period end exchange rates are reflected as a component of net unrealized appreciation or depreciation of foreign currency denominated assets and liabilities.

4. Taxes

It is the Fund’s policy to meet the requirements of the Internal Revenue Code applicable to regulated investment companies and to distribute all of its investment company taxable income and net realized gains, if any, to shareholders. Therefore, no provisions for federal income or excise taxes are required. The Fund may be subject to taxes imposed by countries in which it invests. Such taxes are generally based on income and/or capital gains earned or repatriated. Taxes are accrued and applied to net investment income, net realized gains and net unrealized appreciation/depreciation as such income and/or gains are earned.

If, during a taxable year, the Subsidiary’s taxable losses (and other deductible items) exceed its income and gains, the net loss will not pass through to the Fund as a deductible amount for Federal income tax purposes. Note that the loss from the Subsidiary’s contemplated activities also cannot be carried forward to reduce future Subsidiary’s income in subsequent years. However, if the Subsidiary’s taxable gains exceed its losses and other deductible items during a taxable year, the net gain will pass through to the Fund as income for Federal income tax purposes.

 

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In accordance with U.S. GAAP requirements regarding accounting for uncertainties in income taxes, management has analyzed the Fund’s tax positions taken or expected to be taken on federal and state income tax returns for all open tax years (the current and the prior three tax years) and has concluded that no provision for income tax is required in the Fund’s consolidated financial statements.

5. Investment Income and Investment Transactions

Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date or as soon as the Fund is informed of the dividend. Interest income is accrued daily. Investment transactions are accounted for on the date the securities are purchased or sold. Investment gains or losses are determined on the identified cost basis. The Fund amortizes premiums and accretes discounts as adjustments to interest income.

6. Class Allocations

All income earned and expenses incurred by the Fund are borne on a pro-rata basis by each outstanding class of shares, based on the proportionate interest in the Fund represented by the net assets of such class, except for class specific expenses which are allocated to the respective class. Realized and unrealized gains and losses are allocated among the various share classes based on respective net assets.

7. Dividends and Distributions

Dividends and distributions to shareholders, if any, are recorded on the ex-dividend date. Income dividends and capital gains distributions are determined in accordance with federal tax regulations and may differ from those determined in accordance with U.S. GAAP. To the extent these differences are permanent, such amounts are reclassified within the capital accounts based on their federal tax basis treatment; temporary differences do not require such reclassification.

NOTE B

Advisory Fee and Other Transactions with Affiliates

Under the terms of the investment advisory agreement, the Fund pays the Adviser an advisory fee at an annual rate of .60% of the first $200 million, .50% of the next $200 million and .40% in excess of $400 million of the Fund’s average daily net assets. The fee is accrued daily and paid monthly.

The Subsidiary has entered into a separate agreement with the Adviser for the management of the Subsidiary’s portfolio. The Adviser receives no compensation from the Subsidiary for its services under the agreement.

Pursuant to the investment advisory agreement, the Fund may reimburse the Adviser for certain legal and accounting services provided to the Fund by the Adviser. For the six months ended May 31, 2018, the reimbursement for such services amounted to $30,461.

 

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During the year ended November 30, 2017, the Adviser reimbursed the Fund $3,108 for trading losses incurred due to a trade entry error.

The Fund compensates AllianceBernstein Investor Services, Inc. (“ABIS”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Adviser, under a Transfer Agency Agreement for providing personnel and facilities to perform transfer agency services for the Fund. ABIS may make payments to intermediaries that provide omnibus account services, sub-accounting services and/or networking services. Such compensation retained by ABIS amounted to $93,077 for the six months ended May 31, 2018.

AllianceBernstein Investments, Inc. (the “Distributor”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Adviser, serves as the distributor of the Fund’s shares. The Distributor has advised the Fund that it has retained front-end sales charges of $1,579 from the sale of Class A shares and received $974, $475 and $125 in contingent deferred sales charges imposed upon redemptions by shareholders of Class A, Class B and Class C shares, respectively, for the six months ended May 31, 2018.

The Fund may invest in AB Government Money Market Portfolio (the “Government Money Market Portfolio”) which has a contractual annual advisory fee rate of .20% of the portfolio’s average daily net assets and bears its own expenses. In connection with the investment by the Fund in the Government Money Market Portfolio, the Adviser has contractually agreed to waive its advisory fee from the Fund in an amount equal to the Fund’s pro rata share of the effective advisory fee of Government Money Market Portfolio, as borne indirectly by the Fund as an acquired fund fee and expense. For the six months ended May 31, 2018, such waiver amounted to $12,048.

A summary of the Fund’s transactions in AB mutual funds for the six months ended May 31, 2018 is as follows:

 

Fund

  Market Value
11/30/17
(000)
    Purchases
at Cost
(000)
    Sales
Proceeds
(000)
    Market Value
5/31/18
(000)
    Dividend
Income
(000)
 

Government Money Market Portfolio

  $   7,374     $   47,239     $   45,586     $ 9,027     $ 76  

Government Money Market Portfolio*

    1,332       8,400       8,983       749       9  
       

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

        $   9,776     $   85  
       

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

* Investments of cash collateral for securities lending transactions (see Note E).

 

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Brokerage commissions paid on investment transactions for the six months ended May 31, 2018 amounted to $108,820, of which $0 and $0, respectively, was paid to Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. LLC and Sanford C. Bernstein Limited, affiliates of the Adviser.

NOTE C

Distribution Services Agreement

The Fund has adopted a Distribution Services Agreement (the “Agreement”) pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the Investment Company Act of 1940. Under the Agreement, the Fund pays distribution and servicing fees to the Distributor at an annual rate of up to .30% of the Fund’s average daily net assets attributable to Class A shares, 1% of the Fund’s average daily net assets attributable to both Class B and Class C shares, .50% of the Fund’s average daily net assets attributable to Class R shares and .25% of the Fund’s average daily net assets attributable to Class K shares. There are no distribution and servicing fees on the Advisor Class and Class I shares. The fees are accrued daily and paid monthly. Effective February 27, 2015, payments under the Agreement in respect of Class A shares are limited to an annual rate of .25% of Class A shares’ average daily net assets. The Agreement provides that the Distributor will use such payments in their entirety for distribution assistance and promotional activities. Since the commencement of the Fund’s operations, the Distributor has incurred expenses in excess of the distribution costs reimbursed by the Fund in the amounts of $765,519, $3,490,095, $417,667 and $251,818 for Class B, Class C, Class R and Class K shares, respectively. While such costs may be recovered from the Fund in future periods so long as the Agreement is in effect, the rate of the distribution and servicing fees payable under the Agreement may not be increased without a shareholder vote. In accordance with the Agreement, there is no provision for recovery of unreimbursed distribution costs incurred by the Distributor beyond the current fiscal year for Class A shares. The Agreement also provides that the Adviser may use its own resources to finance the distribution of the Fund’s shares.

NOTE D

Investment Transactions

Purchases and sales of investment securities (excluding short-term investments) for the six months ended May 31, 2018 were as follows:

 

     Purchases     Sales  

Investment securities (excluding
U.S. government securities)

   $     21,331,595     $ 454,868  

U.S. government securities

     – 0  –          19,068,552  

 

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The cost of investments for federal income tax purposes was substantially the same as the cost for financial reporting purposes. Accordingly, gross unrealized appreciation and unrealized depreciation are as follows:

 

Gross unrealized appreciation

   $ 31,611,649  

Gross unrealized depreciation

         (11,737,993
  

 

 

 

Net unrealized appreciation

   $ 19,873,656  
  

 

 

 

1. Derivative Financial Instruments

The Fund may use derivatives in an effort to earn income and enhance returns, to replace more traditional direct investments, to obtain exposure to otherwise inaccessible markets (collectively, “investment purposes”), or to hedge or adjust the risk profile of its portfolio.

The principal types of derivatives utilized by the Fund, as well as the methods in which they may be used are:

 

   

Futures

The Fund may buy or sell futures for investment purposes or for the purpose of hedging its portfolio against adverse effects of potential movements in the market. The Fund bears the market risk that arises from changes in the value of these instruments and the imperfect correlation between movements in the price of the futures and movements in the price of the assets, reference rates or indices which they are designed to track. Among other things, the Fund may purchase or sell futures for foreign currencies or options thereon for non-hedging purposes as a means of making direct investment in foreign currencies, as described below under “Currency Transactions”.

At the time the Fund enters into futures, the Fund deposits and maintains as collateral an initial margin with the broker, as required by the exchange on which the transaction is effected. Such amount is shown as cash collateral due from broker on the consolidated statement of assets and liabilities. Pursuant to the contract, the Fund agrees to receive from or pay to the broker an amount of cash equal to the daily fluctuation in the value of the contract. Such receipts or payments are known as variation margin and are recorded by the Fund as unrealized gains or losses. Risks may arise from the potential inability of a counterparty to meet the terms of the contract. The credit/counterparty risk for exchange-traded futures is generally less than privately negotiated futures, since the clearinghouse, which is the issuer or counterparty to each exchange-traded future, has robust risk mitigation standards, including the requirement to provide initial and variation margin. When the contract is closed, the Fund records a realized gain or loss equal to the difference between the value of the contract at the time it was opened and the time it was closed.

 

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Use of long futures subjects the Fund to risk of loss in excess of the amounts shown on the consolidated statement of assets and liabilities, up to the notional value of the futures. Use of short futures subjects the Fund to unlimited risk of loss. Under some circumstances, futures exchanges may establish daily limits on the amount that the price of futures can vary from the previous day’s settlement price, which could effectively prevent liquidation of unfavorable positions.

During the six months ended May 31, 2018, the Fund held futures for hedging and non-hedging purposes.

 

   

Forward Currency Exchange Contracts

The Fund may enter into forward currency exchange contracts in order to hedge its exposure to changes in foreign currency exchange rates on its foreign portfolio holdings, to hedge certain firm purchase and sale commitments denominated in foreign currencies and for non-hedging purposes as a means of making direct investments in foreign currencies, as described below under “Currency Transactions”.

A forward currency exchange contract is a commitment to purchase or sell a foreign currency at a future date at a negotiated forward rate. The gain or loss arising from the difference between the original contract and the closing of such contract would be included in net realized gain or loss on forward currency exchange contracts. Fluctuations in the value of open forward currency exchange contracts are recorded for financial reporting purposes as unrealized appreciation and/or depreciation by the Fund. Risks may arise from the potential inability of a counterparty to meet the terms of a contract and from unanticipated movements in the value of a foreign currency relative to the U.S. dollar.

During the six months ended May 31, 2018, the Fund held forward currency exchange contracts for hedging and non-hedging purposes.

 

   

Option Transactions

For hedging and investment purposes, the Fund may purchase and write (sell) put and call options on U.S. and foreign securities, including government securities, and foreign currencies that are traded on U.S. and foreign securities exchanges and over-the-counter markets. Among other things, the Fund may use options transactions for non-hedging purposes as a means of making direct investments in foreign currencies, as described below under “Currency Transactions” and may use options strategies involving the purchase and/or writing of various combinations of call and/or put options, for hedging and investment purposes.

 

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The risk associated with purchasing an option is that the Fund pays a premium whether or not the option is exercised. Additionally, the Fund bears the risk of loss of the premium and change in market value should the counterparty not perform under the contract. If a put or call option purchased by the Fund were permitted to expire without being sold or exercised, its premium would represent a loss to the Fund. Put and call options purchased are accounted for in the same manner as portfolio securities. The cost of securities acquired through the exercise of call options is increased by premiums paid. The proceeds from securities sold through the exercise of put options are decreased by the premiums paid.

When the Fund writes an option, the premium received by the Fund is recorded as a liability and is subsequently adjusted to the current market value of the option written. Premiums received from written options which expire unexercised are recorded by the Fund on the expiration date as realized gains from options written. The difference between the premium received and the amount paid on effecting a closing purchase transaction, including brokerage commissions, is also treated as a realized gain, or if the premium received is less than the amount paid for the closing purchase transaction, as a realized loss. If a call option is exercised, the premium received is added to the proceeds from the sale of the underlying security or currency in determining whether the Fund has realized a gain or loss. If a put option is exercised, the premium received reduces the cost basis of the security or currency purchased by the Fund. In writing an option, the Fund bears the market risk of an unfavorable change in the price of the security or currency underlying the written option. Exercise of an option written by the Fund could result in the Fund selling or buying a security or currency at a price different from the current market value.

The Fund may also invest in options on swap agreements, also called “swaptions”. A swaption is an option that gives the buyer the right, but not the obligation, to enter into a swap on a future date in exchange for paying a market-based “premium”. A receiver swaption gives the owner the right to receive the total return of a specified asset, reference rate, or index. A payer swaption gives the owner the right to pay the total return on a specified asset, reference rate, or index. Swaptions also include options that allow an existing swap to be terminated or extended by one of the counterparties.

During the six months ended May 31, 2018, the Fund held purchased options for hedging and non-hedging purposes. During the six months ended May 31, 2018, the Fund held purchased swaptions for hedging and non-hedging purposes.

 

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During the six months ended May 31, 2018, the Fund held written options for hedging and non-hedging purposes. During the six months ended May 31, 2018, the Fund held written swaptions for hedging and non-hedging purposes.

At May 31, 2018, the maximum payments for written put options amounted to $50,557,992. In certain circumstances maximum payout amounts may be partially offset by recovery values of the respective referenced assets and upfront premium received upon entering into the contract.

 

   

Swaps

The Fund may enter into swaps to hedge its exposure to interest rates, credit risk, equity markets or currencies. The Fund may also enter into swaps for non-hedging purposes as a means of gaining market exposures, making direct investments in foreign currencies, as described below under “Currency Transactions.” A swap is an agreement that obligates two parties to exchange a series of cash flows at specified intervals based upon or calculated by reference to changes in specified prices or rates for a specified amount of an underlying asset. The payment flows are usually netted against each other, with the difference being paid by one party to the other. In addition, collateral may be pledged or received by the Fund in accordance with the terms of the respective swaps to provide value and recourse to the Fund or its counterparties in the event of default, bankruptcy or insolvency by one of the parties to the swap.

Risks may arise as a result of the failure of the counterparty to the swap to comply with the terms of the swap. The loss incurred by the failure of a counterparty is generally limited to the net interim payment to be received by the Fund, and/or the termination value at the end of the contract. Therefore, the Fund considers the creditworthiness of each counterparty to a swap in evaluating potential counterparty risk. This risk is mitigated by having a netting arrangement between the Fund and the counterparty and by the posting of collateral by the counterparty to the Fund to cover the Fund’s exposure to the counterparty. Additionally, risks may arise from unanticipated movements in interest rates or in the value of the underlying securities. The Fund accrues for the interim payments on swaps on a daily basis, with the net amount recorded within unrealized appreciation/depreciation of swaps on the consolidated statement of assets and liabilities, where applicable. Once the interim payments are settled in cash, the net amount is recorded as realized gain/(loss) on swaps on the consolidated statement of operations, in addition to any realized gain/(loss) recorded upon the termination of swaps. Upfront premiums paid or received are recognized as cost or proceeds on the consolidated statement of assets and liabilities and are

 

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amortized on a straight line basis over the life of the contract. Amortized upfront premiums are included in net realized gain/(loss) from swaps on the consolidated statement of operations. Fluctuations in the value of swaps are recorded as a component of net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation of swaps on the consolidated statement of operations.

Certain standardized swaps, including certain interest rate swaps and credit default swaps, are (or soon will be) subject to mandatory central clearing. Cleared swaps are transacted through futures commission merchants (“FCMs”) that are members of central clearinghouses, with the clearinghouse serving as central counterparty, similar to transactions in futures contracts. Centralized clearing will be required for additional categories of swaps on a phased-in basis based on requirements published by the Securities and Exchange Commission and Commodity Futures Trading Commission.

At the time the Fund enters into a centrally cleared swap, the Fund deposits and maintains as collateral an initial margin with the broker, as required by the clearinghouse on which the transaction is effected. Such amount is shown as cash collateral due from broker on the consolidated statement of assets and liabilities. Pursuant to the contract, the Fund agrees to receive from or pay to the broker an amount of cash equal to the daily fluctuation in the value of the contract. Such receipts or payments are known as variation margin and are recorded by the Fund as unrealized gains or losses. Risks may arise from the potential inability of a counterparty to meet the terms of the contract. The credit/counterparty risk for centrally cleared swaps is generally less than non-centrally cleared swaps, since the clearinghouse, which is the issuer or counterparty to each centrally cleared swap, has robust risk mitigation standards, including the requirement to provide initial and variation margin. When the contract is closed, the Fund records a realized gain or loss equal to the difference between the value of the contract at the time it was opened and the time it was closed.

Interest Rate Swaps:

The Fund is subject to interest rate risk exposure in the normal course of pursuing its investment objectives. Because the Fund holds fixed rate bonds, the value of these bonds may decrease if interest rates rise. To help hedge against this risk and to maintain its ability to generate income at prevailing market rates, the Fund may enter into interest rate swaps. Interest rate swaps are agreements between two parties to exchange cash flows based on a notional amount. The Fund may elect to pay a fixed rate and receive a floating rate, or, receive a fixed rate and pay a floating rate on a notional amount.

 

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In addition, the Fund may also enter into interest rate swap transactions to preserve a return or spread on a particular investment or portion of its portfolio, or protecting against an increase in the price of securities the Fund anticipates purchasing at a later date. Interest rate swaps involve the exchange by a Fund with another party of their respective commitments to pay or receive interest (e.g., an exchange of floating rate payments for fixed rate payments) computed based on a contractually-based principal (or “notional”) amount. Interest rate swaps are entered into on a net basis (i.e., the two payment streams are netted out, with the Fund receiving or paying, as the case may be, only the net amount of the two payments).

During the six months ended May 31, 2018, the Fund held interest rate swaps for hedging and non-hedging purposes.

Credit Default Swaps:

The Fund may enter into credit default swaps, including to manage its exposure to the market or certain sectors of the market, to reduce its risk exposure to defaults by corporate and sovereign issuers held by the Fund, or to create exposure to corporate or sovereign issuers to which it is not otherwise exposed. The Fund may purchase credit protection (“Buy Contract”) or provide credit protection (“Sale Contract”) on the referenced obligation of the credit default swap. During the term of the swap, the Fund receives/(pays) fixed payments from/(to) the respective counterparty, calculated at the agreed upon rate applied to the notional amount. If the Fund is a buyer/(seller) of protection and a credit event occurs, as defined under the terms of the swap, the Fund will either (i) receive from the seller/(pay to the buyer) of protection an amount equal to the notional amount of the swap (the “Maximum Payout Amount”) and deliver/(take delivery of) the referenced obligation or (ii) receive/(pay) a net settlement amount in the form of cash or securities equal to the notional amount of the swap less the recovery value of the referenced obligation.

In certain circumstances Maximum Payout Amounts may be partially offset by recovery values of the respective referenced obligations, upfront premium received upon entering into the agreement, or net amounts received from settlement of buy protection credit default swaps entered into by the Fund for the same referenced obligations with the same counterparty. As of May 31, 2018, the Fund did not have Buy Contracts outstanding with respect to the same referenced obligations and same counterparty for its Sale Contracts outstanding.

Credit default swaps may involve greater risks than if a Fund had invested in the referenced obligation directly. Credit default swaps are subject to general market risk, liquidity risk, counterparty risk and credit risk. If the Fund is a buyer of protection and no credit event

 

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occurs, it will lose the payments it made to its counterparty. If the Fund is a seller of protection and a credit event occurs, the value of the referenced obligation received by the Fund coupled with the periodic payments previously received, may be less than the Maximum Payout Amount it pays to the buyer, resulting in a net loss to the Fund.

Implied credit spreads over U.S. Treasuries of comparable maturity utilized in determining the market value of credit default swaps on issuers as of period end are disclosed in the portfolio of investments. The implied spreads serve as an indicator of the current status of the payment/performance risk and typically reflect the likelihood of default by the issuer of the referenced obligation. The implied credit spread of a particular reference obligation also reflects the cost of buying/selling protection and may reflect upfront payments required to be made to enter into the agreement. Widening credit spreads typically represent a deterioration of the referenced obligation’s credit soundness and greater likelihood of default or other credit event occurring as defined under the terms of the agreement. A credit spread identified as “Defaulted” indicates a credit event has occurred for the referenced obligation.

During the six months ended May 31, 2018, the Fund held credit default swaps for hedging and non-hedging purposes.

Total Return Swaps:

The Fund may enter into total return swaps in order to take a “long” or “short” position with respect to an underlying referenced asset. The Fund is subject to market price volatility of the underlying referenced asset. A total return swap involves commitments to pay interest in exchange for a market linked return based on a notional amount. To the extent that the total return of the security, group of securities or index underlying the transaction exceeds or falls short of the offsetting interest obligation, the Fund will receive a payment from or make a payment to the counterparty.

During the six months ended May 31, 2018, the Fund held total return swaps for hedging and non-hedging purposes.

The Fund and the Subsidiary typically enters into International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. Master Agreements (“ISDA Master Agreement”) with its OTC derivative contract counterparties in order to, among other things, reduce its credit risk to OTC counterparties. ISDA Master Agreements include provisions for general obligations, representations, collateral and events of default or termination. Under an ISDA Master Agreement, the Fund typically may offset with the OTC counterparty certain derivative financial instruments’ payables and/or receivables with

 

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collateral held and/or posted and create one single net payment (close-out netting) in the event of default or termination. In the event of a default by an OTC counterparty, the return of collateral with market value in excess of the Fund’s and the Subsidiary net liability, held by the defaulting party, may be delayed or denied.

The Fund’s and Subsidiary’s ISDA Master Agreements may contain provisions for early termination of OTC derivative transactions in the event the net assets of the Fund or the Subsidiary decline below specific levels (“net asset contingent features”). If these levels are triggered, the Fund’s and the Subsidiary OTC counterparty has the right to terminate such transaction and require the Fund or the Subsidiary to pay or receive a settlement amount in connection with the terminated transaction. For additional details, please refer to netting arrangements by the OTC counterparty tables below.

During the six months ended May 31, 2018, the Fund had entered into the following derivatives:

 

    

Asset Derivatives

   

Liability Derivatives

 

Derivative Type

 

Consolidated
Statement of
Assets and
Liabilities
Location

  Fair Value    

Consolidated
Statement of
Assets and
Liabilities
Location

  Fair Value  

Interest rate contracts

  Receivable/Payable for variation margin on futures   $ 586,487   Receivable/Payable for variation margin on futures   $ 47,274

Equity contracts

  Receivable/Payable for variation margin on futures         1,261,049   Receivable/Payable for variation margin on futures         536,394

Commodity contracts

  Receivable/Payable for variation margin on futures     2,305,852   Receivable/Payable for variation margin on futures     828,808

Credit contracts

  Receivable/Payable for variation margin on centrally cleared swaps     1,030,814    

Interest rate contracts

  Receivable/Payable for variation margin on centrally cleared swaps     1,608,937    

 

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Asset Derivatives

   

Liability Derivatives

 

Derivative Type

 

Consolidated
Statement of
Assets and
Liabilities
Location

  Fair Value    

Consolidated
Statement of
Assets and
Liabilities
Location

  Fair Value  

Foreign currency contracts

      
Unrealized appreciation on forward currency exchange contracts
      
$

5,698,448

 
      
Unrealized depreciation on forward currency exchange contracts
      
$

3,368,720

 

Foreign exchange contracts

      
Investments in securities, at value
   
    
2,896

 
   

Equity contracts

  Investments in securities, at value     147,620      

Foreign exchange contracts

          
Options written, at value
   
    
20,110

 

Equity contracts

      Options written, at value     102,502  

Credit contracts

  Unrealized appreciation on credit default swaps     66,477     Unrealized depreciation on credit default swaps     65,079  

Equity contracts

      Unrealized depreciation on total return swaps     14,680  
   

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total

    $     12,708,580       $     4,983,567  
   

 

 

     

 

 

 

 

* Only variation margin receivable/payable at period end is reported within the consolidated statement of assets and liabilities. This amount reflects cumulative unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) on futures and centrally cleared swaps as reported in the consolidated portfolio of investments.

 

Derivative Type

 

Location of
Gain or (Loss)
on Derivatives
Within Consolidated
Statement of
Operations

  Realized Gain
or (Loss) on
Derivatives
    Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation or
(Depreciation)
 

Interest rate contracts

  Net realized gain (loss) on futures; Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation of futures   $     (1,033,692   $     460,123  

 

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Derivative Type

 

Location of
Gain or (Loss)
on Derivatives
Within Consolidated
Statement of
Operations

  Realized Gain
or (Loss) on
Derivatives
    Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation or
(Depreciation)
 

Equity contracts

  Net realized gain (loss) on futures; Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation of futures   $     2,424,553     $     (2,430,516

Commodity contracts

  Net realized gain (loss) on futures; Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation of futures     2,112,917       1,621,650  

Foreign currency contracts

  Net realized gain (loss) on forward currency exchange contracts; Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation of forward currency exchange contracts     (1,937,439     (116,192

Interest rate contracts

  Net realized gain (loss) on investment transactions; Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation of investments     (258,124     (16,322

Foreign exchange contracts

  Net realized gain (loss) on investment transactions; Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation of investments     (205,649     87,139  

Equity contracts

  Net realized gain (loss) on investment transactions; Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation of investments     (679,003     (219,320

Foreign exchange contracts

  Net realized gain (loss) on options written; Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation of options written     307,773       183,122  

 

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Derivative Type

 

Location of
Gain or (Loss)
on Derivatives
Within Consolidated
Statement of
Operations

  Realized Gain
or (Loss) on
Derivatives
    Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation or
(Depreciation)
 

Equity contracts

  Net realized gain (loss) on options written; Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation of options written   $ 1,011,714     $ (70,001

Interest rate contracts

  Net realized gain (loss) on swaptions written; Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation of swaptions written     111,972       (11,694

Interest rate contracts

  Net realized gain (loss) on swaps; Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation of swaps     228,276       (206,218

Credit contracts

  Net realized gain (loss) on swaps; Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation of swaps     347,118       (148,078

Equity contracts

  Net realized gain (loss) on swaps; Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation of swaps     – 0  –      (14,680
   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

    $     2,430,416     $     (880,987
   

 

 

   

 

 

 

The following table represents the average monthly volume of the Fund’s derivative transactions during the six months ended May 31, 2018:

 

Futures:

  

Average original value of buy contracts

   $     153,888,916  

Average original value of sale contracts

   $ 34,568,321  

Forward Currency Exchange Contracts:

  

Average principal amount of buy contracts

   $ 151,854,590  

Average principal amount of sale contracts

   $ 286,333,341  

Purchased Options:

  

Average notional amount

   $ 15,057,318  

Purchased Swaptions:

  

Average notional amount

   $ 37,108,000 (a) 

Options Written:

  

Average notional amount

   $ 17,344,736  

 

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Swaptions Written:

  

Average notional amount

   $     53,108,000 (a) 

Centrally Cleared Interest Rate Swaps:

  

Average notional amount

   $ 44,131,200  

Credit Default Swaps:

  

Average notional amount of buy contracts

   $ 2,600,000  

Average notional amount of sale contracts

   $ 2,600,000  

Centrally Cleared Credit Default Swaps:

  

Average notional amount of sale contracts

   $ 31,000,000  

Total Return Swaps:

  

Average notional amount

   $ 1,339,970 (a) 

 

(a) Positions were open for one month during the period.

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

All OTC derivatives held at period end were subject to netting arrangements. The following table presents the Fund’s derivative assets and liabilities by OTC counterparty net of amounts available for offset under ISDA Master Agreements and net of the related collateral received/pledged by the Fund as of May 31, 2018. Exchange-traded derivatives and centrally cleared swaps are not subject to netting arrangements and as such are excluded from the table.

AB Global Risk Allocation Fund

 

Counterparty

  Derivative
Assets
Subject to
a MA
    Derivative
Available
for Offset
    Cash
Collateral
Received*
    Security
Collateral
Received*
    Net Amount
of Derivatives
Assets
 

Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Ltd.

  $ 80,536     $ – 0  –    $ – 0  –    $     – 0  –    $ 80,536  

Bank of America, NA

        162,341           (162,341     – 0  –      – 0  –      – 0  – 

Barclays Bank PLC

    924,845       (580,333     – 0  –      – 0  –          344,512  

BNP Paribas SA

    293,444       (33,530         (259,914     – 0  –      – 0  – 

Citibank, NA

    424,069       (424,069     – 0  –      – 0  –      – 0  – 

Credit Suisse International

    828,932       (253,945     – 0  –      – 0  –      574,987  

Deutsche Bank AG

    174,626       (110,872     – 0  –      – 0  –      63,754  

Goldman Sachs Bank USA/Goldman Sachs International

    59,930       (59,930     – 0  –      – 0  –      – 0  – 

JPMorgan Chase Bank, NA

    155,505       (27,599     – 0  –      – 0  –      127,906  

Morgan Stanley Capital Services, Inc.

    1,603,698       (188,195     – 0  –      – 0  –      1,415,503  

Royal Bank of Scotland PLC

    247,980       (247,980     – 0  –      – 0  –      – 0  – 

 

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Counterparty

  Derivative
Assets
Subject to
a MA
    Derivative
Available
for Offset
    Cash
Collateral
Received*
    Security
Collateral
Received*
    Net Amount
of Derivatives
Assets
 

Standard Chartered Bank

  $ 209,373     $ (147,330   $ – 0  –    $ – 0  –    $ 62,043  

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

    522,630       (319,178     – 0  –      – 0  –      203,452  

UBS AG

    13,504       (13,504     – 0  –      – 0  –      – 0  – 
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

  $     5,701,413     $     (2,568,806   $     (259,914   $     – 0  –    $     2,872,693 ^ 
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Counterparty

  Derivative
Liabilities
Subject to
a MA
    Derivative
Available
for Offset
    Cash
Collateral
Pledged*
    Security
Collateral
Pledged*
    Net Amount
of Derivatives
Liabilities
 

Bank of America, NA

  $ 240,108     $ (162,341   $ – 0  –    $ – 0  –    $ 77,767  

Barclays Bank PLC

    580,333       (580,333     – 0  –      – 0  –      – 0  – 

BNP Paribas SA

    33,530       (33,530     – 0  –      – 0  –      – 0  – 

Citibank, NA

    574,425       (424,069     – 0  –      – 0  –      150,356  

Credit Suisse International

    253,945       (253,945     – 0  –      – 0  –      – 0  – 

Deutsche Bank AG

    110,872       (110,872     – 0  –      – 0  –      – 0  – 

Goldman Sachs Bank USA/Goldman Sachs International

    231,037       (59,930     – 0  –      – 0  –      171,107  

JPMorgan Chase Bank, NA

    27,599       (27,599     – 0  –      – 0  –      – 0  – 

Morgan Stanley Capital Services, Inc.

    188,195       (188,195     – 0  –      – 0  –      – 0  – 

Royal Bank of Scotland PLC

    312,021       (247,980     – 0  –      – 0  –      64,041  

Standard Chartered Bank

    147,330       (147,330     – 0  –      – 0  –      – 0  – 

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

    319,178       (319,178     – 0  –      – 0  –      – 0  – 

UBS AG

    166,935       (13,504     – 0  –      – 0  –      153,431  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

  $ 3,185,508     $ (2,568,806   $ – 0  –    $ – 0  –    $ 616,702 ^ 
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

AllianceBernstein Cayman Global Risk Allocation, Ltd.

 

Counterparty

  Derivative
Assets
Subject to
a MA
    Derivative
Available
for Offset
    Cash
Collateral
Received*
    Security
Collateral
Received*
    Net Amount
of Derivatives
Assets
 

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

  $ 50,493     $ (50,493   $ – 0  –    $     – 0  –    $     – 0  – 
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

  $     50,493     $     (50,493   $     – 0  –    $ – 0  –    $ – 0  –^ 
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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Counterparty

   Derivative
Liabilities
Subject to
a MA
     Derivative
Available
for Offset
    Cash
Collateral
Pledged*
    Security
Collateral
Pledged*
    Net Amount
of Derivatives
Liabilities
 

JPMorgan Chase Bank, NA

   $ 206,567      $ – 0  –    $ – 0  –    $ – 0  –    $ 206,567  

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

     61,997        (50,493     – 0  –      – 0  –      11,504  
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

   $     268,564      $     (50,493   $     – 0  –    $     – 0  –    $     218,071 ^ 
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

* The actual collateral received/pledged may be more than the amount reported due to over-collateralization.

 

^ Net amount represents the net receivable/payable that would be due from/to the counterparty in the event of default or termination. The net amount from OTC financial derivative instruments can only be netted across transactions governed under the same master agreement with the same counterparty.

2. Currency Transactions

The Fund may invest in non-U.S. Dollar-denominated securities on a currency hedged or unhedged basis. The Fund may seek investment opportunities by taking long or short positions in currencies through the use of currency-related derivatives, including forward currency exchange contracts, futures and options on futures, swaps, and other options. The Fund may enter into transactions for investment opportunities when it anticipates that a foreign currency will appreciate or depreciate in value but securities denominated in that currency are not held by the Fund and do not present attractive investment opportunities. Such transactions may also be used when the Adviser believes that it may be more efficient than a direct investment in a foreign currency-denominated security. The Fund may also conduct currency exchange contracts on a spot basis (i.e., for cash at the spot rate prevailing in the currency exchange market for buying or selling currencies).

3. TBA and Dollar Rolls

The Fund may invest in TBA mortgage-backed securities. A TBA, or “To Be Announced”, trade represents a contract for the purchase or sale of mortgage-backed securities to be delivered at a future agree-upon date; however, the specific mortgage pool numbers or the number of pools that will be delivered to fulfill the trade obligation or terms of the contract are unknown at the time of the trade. Mortgage pools (including fixed-rate or variable-rate mortgages) guaranteed by the Government National Mortgage Association, or GNMA, the Federal National Mortgage Association, or FNMA, or the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, or FHLMC, are subsequently allocated to the TBA transactions. During the six months ended May 31, 2018, the Fund did not engage in TBA transactions.

 

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The Fund may enter into dollar rolls. Dollar rolls involve sales by the Fund of securities for delivery in the current month and the Fund’s simultaneously contracting to repurchase substantially similar (same type and coupon) securities on a specified future date. During the roll period, the Fund forgoes principal and interest paid on the securities. The Fund is compensated by the difference between the current sales price and the lower forward price for the future purchase (often referred to as the “drop”) as well as by the interest earned on the cash proceeds of the initial sale. Dollar rolls involve the risk that the market value of the securities the Fund is obligated to repurchase under the agreement may decline below the repurchase price. Dollar rolls are speculative techniques. During the six months ended May 31, 2018, the Fund had no transactions in dollar rolls.

NOTE E

Securities Lending

The Fund may enter into securities lending transactions. Under the Fund’s securities lending program, all loans of securities will be collateralized continually by cash. The Fund will be compensated for the loan from a portion of the net return from the income earned on cash collateral after a rebate is paid to the borrower (in some cases, this rebate may be a “negative rebate” or fee paid by the borrower to the Fund in connection with the loan), and payments are made for fees of the securities lending agent and for certain other administrative expenses. It is the policy of the Fund to receive collateral consisting of cash in an amount exceeding the value of the securities loaned. The Fund will have the right to call a loan and obtain the securities loaned at any time on notice to the borrower within the normal and customary settlement time for the securities. While the securities are on loan, the borrower is obligated to pay the Fund amounts equal to any income or other distributions from the securities. The Fund will not be able to exercise voting rights with respect to any securities during the existence of a loan, but will have the right to regain ownership of loaned securities in order to exercise voting or other ownership rights. The lending agent has agreed to indemnify the Fund in the case of default of any securities borrower. Collateral received and securities loaned are marked to market daily to ensure that the securities loaned are secured by collateral. The lending agent currently invests the cash collateral received in Government Money Market Portfolio, an eligible money market vehicle, in accordance with the investment restrictions of the Fund, and as approved by the Board. The collateral received on securities loaned is recorded as an asset as well as a corresponding liability in the consolidated statement of assets and liabilities. When the Fund lends securities, its investment performance will continue to reflect changes in the value of the securities loaned. At May 31, 2018, the Fund had securities on loan with a value of $723,422 and had received cash collateral which has been invested into Government Money Market Portfolio of $748,882. The cash collateral will be adjusted

 

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on the next business day to maintain the required collateral amount. The Fund earned securities lending income of $0 and $9,207 from the borrowers and Government Money Market Portfolio, respectively, for the six months ended May 31, 2018; these amounts are reflected in the consolidated statement of operations. In connection with the cash collateral investment by the Fund in the Government Money Market Portfolio, the Adviser has agreed to waive a portion of the Fund’s share of the advisory fees of Government Money Market Portfolio, as borne indirectly by the Fund as an acquired fund fee and expense. For the six months ended May 31, 2018, such waiver amounted to $1,054. A principal risk of lending portfolio securities is that the borrower may fail to return the loaned securities upon termination of the loan and that the collateral will not be sufficient to replace the loaned securities.

NOTE F

Capital Stock

Each class consists of 3,000,000,000 authorized shares. Transactions in capital shares for each class were as follows:

 

            
     Shares           Amount        
     Six Months Ended
May 31, 2018
(unaudited)
    Year Ended
November 30,
2017
          Six Months Ended
May 31, 2018
(unaudited)
    Year Ended
November 30,
2017
       
  

 

 

   
Class A             

Shares sold

     236,888       608,371       $ 3,866,290     $ 9,693,114    

 

   

Shares issued in reinvestment of dividends

     418,058       727,436         6,764,171       10,926,083    

 

   

Shares converted from Class B

     20,177       67,717         327,800       1,074,933    

 

   

Shares converted from Class C

     68,963       1,469,724         1,108,336       23,298,593    

 

   

Shares redeemed

     (1,529,305     (2,779,539       (24,939,176     (44,282,607  

 

   

Net increase (decrease)

     (785,219     93,709       $ (12,872,579   $ 710,116    

 

   
            
Class B             

Shares sold

     7,324       14,235       $ 108,387     $ 205,717    

 

   

Shares issued in reinvestment of dividends

     4,281       12,557         62,973       171,656    

 

   

Shares converted to Class A

     (22,253     (74,654       (327,800     (1,074,933  

 

   

Shares redeemed

     (9,933     (34,173       (146,065     (492,420  

 

   

Net decrease

     (20,581     (82,035     $ (302,505   $ (1,189,980  

 

   

 

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     Shares           Amount        
     Six Months Ended
May 31, 2018
(unaudited)
    Year Ended
November 30,
2017
          Six Months Ended
May 31, 2018
(unaudited)
    Year Ended
November 30,
2017
       
  

 

 

   
Class C             

Shares sold

     41,072       47,516       $ 608,415     $ 691,927    

 

   

Shares issued in reinvestment of dividends

     11,644       122,968         173,035       1,684,665    

 

   

Shares converted to Class A

     (75,203     (1,616,943       (1,108,336     (23,298,593  

 

   

Shares redeemed

     (92,063     (595,661       (1,374,459     (8,546,258  

 

   

Net decrease

     (114,550     (2,042,120     $ (1,701,345   $ (29,468,259  

 

   
            
Advisor Class             

Shares sold

     185,910       600,033       $ 3,035,535     $ 9,643,985    

 

   

Shares issued in reinvestment of dividends

     31,325       40,167         510,590       607,725    

 

   

Shares redeemed

     (195,058     (436,588       (3,191,147     (7,018,969  

 

   

Net increase

     22,177       203,612       $ 354,978     $ 3,232,741    

 

   
            
Class R             

Shares sold

     5,960       25,778       $ 96,582     $ 404,415    

 

   

Shares issued in reinvestment of dividends

     4,320       8,849         69,458       132,111    

 

   

Shares redeemed

     (32,829     (58,117       (537,165     (919,801  

 

   

Net decrease

     (22,549     (23,490     $ (371,125   $ (383,275  

 

   
            
Class K             

Shares sold

     14,178       15,073       $ 230,861     $ 238,007    

 

   

Shares issued in reinvestment of dividends

     2,407       5,164         38,877       77,410    

 

   

Shares redeemed

     (17,321     (59,373       (283,869     (936,549  

 

   

Net decrease

     (736     (39,136     $ (14,131   $ (621,132  

 

   
            
Class I             

Shares sold

     16,797       20,482       $ 278,306     $ 332,209    

 

   

Shares issued in reinvestment of dividends

     4,237       8,768         68,985       132,487    

 

   

Shares redeemed

     (36,906     (22,449       (619,270     (361,851  

 

   

Net increase (decrease)

     (15,872     6,801       $ (271,979   $ 102,845    

 

   

For the year ended November 30, 2017, the Fund recorded $43,921 related to a third party’s settlements of regulatory proceedings. This amount is presented in the Fund’s consolidated statement of changes in net assets. Neither the Fund nor its affiliates were involved in the proceedings or the calculation of the payment.

 

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NOTE G

Risks Involved in Investing in the Fund

Allocation Risk—The allocation of investments among asset classes may have a significant effect on the Fund’s net asset value, or NAV, when the asset classes in which the Fund’s has invested more heavily perform worse than the asset classes invested in less heavily.

Interest Rate Risk and Credit Risk—Interest rate risk is the risk that changes in interest rates will affect the value of the Fund’s investments in fixed-income debt securities such as bonds or notes. Increases in interest rates may cause the value of the Fund’s investments to decline. Credit risk is the risk that the issuer or guarantor of a debt security, or the counterparty to a derivative contract, will be unable or unwilling to make timely principal and/or interest payments, or to otherwise honor its obligations. The degree of risk for a particular security may be reflected in its credit rating. Credit risk is greater for medium quality and lower-rated securities. Lower-rated debt securities and similar unrated securities (commonly known as “junk bonds”) have speculative elements or are predominantly speculative risks.

Commodity Risk—Investing in commodities and commodity-linked derivative instruments, either directly or through the Subsidiary, may subject the Fund to greater volatility than investments in traditional securities. The value of commodity-linked derivative instruments may be affected by changes in overall market movements, commodity index volatility, changes in interest rates, or factors affecting a particular industry or commodity, such as drought, floods, weather, livestock disease, embargoes, tariffs and international economic, political and regulatory developments.

Below Investment Grade Securities Risk—Investments in fixed-income securities with ratings below investment grade, commonly known as “junk bonds”, tend to have a higher probability that an issuer will default or fail to meet its payment obligations. These securities may be subject to greater price volatility due to such factors as specific corporate developments, interest rate sensitivity, negative perceptions of the junk bond market generally and less secondary market liquidity.

Foreign (Non-U.S.) Risk—Investments in securities of non-U.S. issuers may involve more risk than those of U.S. issuers. These securities may fluctuate more widely in price and may be less liquid due to adverse market, economic, political, regulatory or other factors.

Currency Risk—Fluctuations in currency exchange rates may negatively affect the value of the Fund’s investments or reduce its returns.

 

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Emerging Market Risk—Investments in emerging market countries may have more risk because the markets are less developed and less liquid as well as being subject to increased economic, political, regulatory or other uncertainties.

Subsidiary Risk—By investing in the Subsidiary, the Fund is indirectly exposed to the risks associated with the Subsidiary. The derivatives and other investments held by the Subsidiary are generally similar to those that are permitted to be held by the Fund and are subject to the same risks that apply to similar investments if held directly by the Fund. The Subsidiary is not registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), and, unless otherwise noted in the Fund’s prospectus, is not subject to all of the investor protections of the 1940 Act. However, the Fund wholly owns and controls the Subsidiary, and the Fund and the Subsidiary are managed by the Adviser, making it unlikely the Subsidiary will take actions contrary to the interests of the Fund or its shareholders. In addition, changes in federal tax laws applicable to the Fund or interpretations thereof could limit the Fund’s ability to gain exposure to commodities investments through investments in the Subsidiary.

Derivatives Risk—The Fund may enter into derivative transactions such as forwards, options, futures and swaps. Derivatives may be illiquid, difficult to price, and leveraged so that small changes may produce disproportionate losses for the Fund, and subject to counterparty risk to a greater degree than more traditional investments. Derivatives may result in significant losses, including losses that are far greater than the value of the derivatives reflected on the consolidated statement of assets and liabilities.

Leverage Risk—When the Fund borrows money or otherwise leverages its investments, its performance may be volatile because leverage tends to exaggerate the effect of any increase or decrease in the value of the Fund’s investments. The Fund may create leverage through the use of reverse repurchase arrangements, forward currency exchange contracts, forward commitments, dollar rolls or futures or by borrowing money. The use of other types of derivative instruments by the Fund, such as options and swaps, may also result in a form of leverage. Leverage may result in higher returns to the Fund than if the Fund were not leveraged, but may also adversely affect returns, particularly if the market is declining.

Indemnification Risk—In the ordinary course of business, the Fund enters into contracts that contain a variety of indemnifications. The Fund’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown. However, the Fund has not had prior claims or losses pursuant to these indemnification provisions and expects the risk of loss thereunder to be remote. Therefore, the Fund has not accrued any liability in connection with these indemnification provisions.

 

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NOTE H

Joint Credit Facility

A number of open-end mutual funds managed by the Adviser, including the Fund, participate in a $280 million revolving credit facility (the “Facility”) intended to provide short-term financing, if necessary, subject to certain restrictions in connection with abnormal redemption activity. Commitment fees related to the Facility are paid by the participating funds and are included in miscellaneous expenses in the consolidated statement of operations. The Fund did not utilize the Facility during the six months ended May 31, 2018. Effective July 3, 2018, the Facility will be increased to $325 million.

NOTE I

Distributions to Shareholders

The tax character of distributions to be paid for the year ending November 30, 2018 will be determined at the end of the current fiscal year. The tax character of distributions paid during the fiscal years ended November 30, 2017 and November 30, 2016 were as follows:

 

     2017      2016  

Distributions paid from:

     

Ordinary income

   $ 15,360,002      $ 205,901  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total distributions paid

   $     15,360,002      $     205,901  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

As of November 30, 2017, the components of accumulated earnings/(deficit) on a tax basis were as follows:

 

Undistributed ordinary income

   $ 8,120,564  

Accumulated capital and other losses

     (2,796,717 )(a) 

Unrealized appreciation/(depreciation)

         (2,375,812 )(b) 
  

 

 

 

Total accumulated earnings/(deficit)

   $ 2,948,035  
  

 

 

 

 

(a) As of November 30, 2017, the Fund had a net capital loss carryforward of $2,796,717. During the fiscal year, the Fund utilized $13,912,005 of capital loss carry forwards to offset current year net realized gains.

 

(b) The differences between book-basis and tax-basis unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) are attributable primarily to the tax deferral of losses on wash sales, the tax treatment of swaps, passive foreign investment companies (PFICs), partnership investments, the recognition for tax purposes of unrealized gains/losses on certain derivative instruments, the tax treatment of earnings from the Subsidiary, and corporate restructuring.

For tax purposes, net realized capital losses may be carried over to offset future capital gains, if any. Funds are permitted to carry forward capital losses for an indefinite period, and such losses will retain their character as either short-term or long-term capital losses. As of November 30, 2017, the Fund had a net short-term capital loss carryforward of $2,623,591 and a net long-term capital loss carryforward of $173,126 which may be carried forward for an indefinite period.

 

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NOTE J

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In March 2017, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued an Accounting Standards Update, ASU 2017-08, Receivables—Nonrefundable Fees and Other Costs (Subtopic 310-20), Premium Amortization on Purchased Callable Debt Securities (the “ASU”) which amends the amortization period for certain purchased callable debt securities held at a premium, shortening such period to the earliest call date. The ASU does not require any accounting change for debt securities held at a discount; the discount 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. At this time, management is evaluating the implications of these changes on the consolidated financial statements.

NOTE K

Subsequent Events

Management has evaluated subsequent events for possible recognition or disclosure in the consolidated financial statements through the date the consolidated financial statements are issued. Management has determined that there are no material events that would require disclosure in the Fund’s consolidated financial statements through this date.

 

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CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

Selected Data For A Share Of Capital Stock Outstanding Throughout Each Period

 

    Class A  
   

Six Months
Ended
May 31,
2018

(unaudited)

    Year Ended November 30,  
      2017     2016     2015     2014     2013  
 

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

    $  16.75       $  15.79       $  15.29       $  17.54       $  16.48       $  17.72  
 

 

 

 

Income From Investment Operations

           

Net investment income(a)

    .06 (b)      .13 (b)      .15 (b)      .16       .21       .10  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investment and foreign currency transactions

    .19       1.67       .36       (.60     1.11       (.02

Contributions from Adviser

    – 0  –      .00 (c)      .00 (c)      .01       – 0  –      .01  

Capital contributions

    – 0  –      .00 (c)      – 0  –      – 0  –      – 0  –      – 0  – 
 

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net asset value from operations

    .25       1.80       .51       (.43     1.32       .09  
 

 

 

 

Less: Dividends and Distributions

           

Dividends from net investment income

    (.52     (.84     (.01     (1.10     – 0  –      (.15

Distributions from net realized gain on investment transactions

    – 0  –      – 0  –      – 0  –      (.48     (.26     (1.18

Tax return of capital

    – 0  –      – 0  –      – 0  –      (.24     – 0  –      – 0  – 
 

 

 

 

Total dividends and distributions

    (.52     (.84     (.01     (1.82     (.26     (1.33
 

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

    $  16.48       $  16.75       $  15.79       $  15.29       $  17.54       $  16.48  
 

 

 

 

Total Return

           

Total investment return based on net asset value(d)

    1.48  %      12.00  %(e)     3.34  %     (2.56 )%(f)     8.14  %*      .57  %* 

Ratios/Supplemental Data

           

Net assets, end of period (000’s omitted)

    $226,587       $243,518       $228,036       $267,703       $304,092       $330,368  

Ratio to average net assets of:

           

Expenses, net of waivers/reimbursements(g)(h)

    1.31  %^      1.29  %      1.28  %      1.28  %      1.28  %      1.17  % 

Expenses, before waivers/reimbursements(g)(h)

    1.32  %^      1.30  %      1.30  %      1.28  %      1.28  %      1.17  % 

Net investment income

    .79  %(b)^      .79  %(b)      .96  %(b)      1.01  %      1.25  %      .58  % 

Portfolio turnover rate

    8  %      30  %      79  %      250  %      96  %      158  %** 

See footnote summary on pages 114-115.

 

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CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS (continued)

Selected Data For A Share Of Capital Stock Outstanding Throughout Each Period

 

    Class B  
   

Six Months
Ended
May 31,
2018

(unaudited)

    Year Ended November 30,  
      2017     2016     2015     2014     2013  
 

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

    $  15.13       $  14.32       $  13.96       $  16.13       $  15.29       $  16.57  
 

 

 

 

Income From Investment Operations

           

Net investment income (loss)(a)

    (.00 )(b)(c)      (.02 )(b)      .00 (b)(c)      .01       .08       (.03

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investment and foreign currency transactions

    .17       1.54       .36       (.52     1.02       .00 (c) 

Contributions from Adviser

    – 0  –      .00 (c)      .00 (c)      .01       – 0  –      .01  

Capital contributions

    – 0  –      .00 (c)      – 0  –      – 0  –      – 0  –      – 0  – 
 

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net asset value from operations

    .17       1.52       .36       (.50     1.10       (.02
 

 

 

 

Less: Dividends and Distributions

           

Dividends from net investment income

    (.38     (.71     – 0  –      (.95     – 0  –      (.08

Distributions from net realized gain on investment transactions

    – 0  –      – 0  –      – 0  –      (.48     (.26     (1.18

Tax return of capital

    – 0  –      – 0  –      – 0  –      (.24     – 0  –      – 0  – 
 

 

 

 

Total dividends and distributions

    (.38     (.71     – 0  –      (1.67     (.26     (1.26
 

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

    $  14.92       $  15.13       $  14.32       $  13.96       $  16.13       $  15.29  
 

 

 

 

Total Return

           

Total investment return based on net asset value(d)

    1.13  %      11.12  %(e)     2.58  %     (3.30 )%(f)     7.32  %*      (.12 )%* 

Ratios/Supplemental Data

           

Net assets, end of period (000’s omitted)

    $2,299       $2,643       $3,676       $6,033       $11,730       $18,652  

Ratio to average net assets of:

           

Expenses, net of waivers/reimbursements(g)(h)

    2.10  %^      2.08  %      2.04  %      2.05  %      2.01  %      1.89  % 

Expenses, before waivers/reimbursements(g)(h)

    2.11  %^      2.10  %      2.06  %      2.05  %      2.01  %      1.89  % 

Net investment income (loss)

    (.04 )%(b)^      (.16 )%(b)      .01  %(b)      .10  %      .54  %      (.21 )% 

Portfolio turnover rate

    8  %      30  %      79  %      250  %      96  %      158  %** 

See footnote summary on pages 114-115.

 

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CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS (continued)

Selected Data For A Share Of Capital Stock Outstanding Throughout Each Period

 

    Class C  
   

Six Months
Ended
May 31,
2018

(unaudited)

    Year Ended November 30,  
      2017     2016     2015     2014     2013  
 

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

    $  15.17       $  14.37       $  14.01       $  16.22       $  15.37       $  16.66  
 

 

 

 

Income From Investment Operations

           

Net investment income (loss)(a)

    .00 (b)(c)      (.07 )(b)      .03 (b)      .04       .08       (.02

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investment and foreign currency transactions

    .17       1.60       .33       (.55     1.03       (.01

Contributions from Adviser

    – 0  –      .00 (c)      .00 (c)      .01       – 0  –      .01  

Capital contributions

    – 0  –      .00 (c)      – 0  –      – 0  –      – 0  –      – 0  – 
 

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net asset value from operations

    .17       1.53       .36       (.50     1.11       (.02
 

 

 

 

Less: Dividends and Distributions

           

Dividends from net investment income

    (.26     (.73     – 0  –      (.99     – 0  –      (.09

Distributions from net realized gain on investment transactions

    – 0  –      – 0  –      – 0  –      (.48     (.26     (1.18

Tax return of capital

    – 0  –      – 0  –      – 0  –      (.24     – 0  –      – 0  – 
 

 

 

 

Total dividends and distributions

    (.26     (.73     – 0  –      (1.71     (.26     (1.27
 

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

    $  15.08       $  15.17       $  14.37       $  14.01       $  16.22       $  15.37  
 

 

 

 

Total Return

           

Total investment return based on net asset value(d)

    1.14  %      11.18  %(e)     2.57  %     (3.27 )%(f)     7.35  %*      (.12 )%* 

Ratios/Supplemental Data

           

Net assets, end of period (000’s omitted)

    $10,387       $12,188       $40,885       $50,508       $57,567       $60,336  

Ratio to average net assets of:

           

Expenses, net of waivers/reimbursements(g)(h)

    2.06  %^      2.05  %      2.03  %      2.02  %      2.00  %      1.89  % 

Expenses, before waivers/reimbursements(g)(h)

    2.07  %^      2.06  %      2.05  %      2.02  %      2.00  %      1.89  % 

Net investment income (loss)

    .00  %(b)(c)^      (.46 )%(b)      .18  %(b)      .26  %      .53  %      (.14 )% 

Portfolio turnover rate

    8  %      30  %      79  %      250  %      96  %      158  %** 

See footnote summary on pages 114-115.

 

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CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS (continued)

Selected Data For A Share Of Capital Stock Outstanding Throughout Each Period

 

    Advisor Class  
   

Six Months
Ended
May 31,
2018

(unaudited)

    Year Ended November 30,  
      2017     2016     2015     2014     2013  
 

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

    $  16.92       $  15.94       $  15.41       $  17.67       $  16.55       $  17.77  
 

 

 

 

Income From Investment Operations

           

Net investment income(a)

    .09 (b)      .19 (b)      .16 (b)      .21       .21       .14  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investment and foreign currency transactions

    .17       1.67       .40       (.61     1.17       (.02

Contributions from Adviser

    – 0  –      .00 (c)      .00 (c)      .01       – 0  –      .02  

Capital contributions

    – 0  –      .00 (c)      – 0  –      – 0  –      – 0  –      – 0  – 
 

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net asset value from operations

    .26       1.86       .56       (.39     1.38       .14  
 

 

 

 

Less: Dividends and Distributions

           

Dividends from net investment income

    (.56     (.88     (.03     (1.15     – 0  –      (.18

Distributions from net realized gain on investment transactions

    – 0  –      – 0  –      – 0  –      (.48     (.26     (1.18

Tax return of capital

    – 0  –      – 0  –      – 0  –      (.24     – 0  –      – 0  – 
 

 

 

 

Total dividends and distributions

    (.56     (.88     (.03     (1.87     (.26     (1.36
 

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

    $  16.62       $  16.92       $  15.94       $  15.41       $  17.67       $  16.55  
 

 

 

 

Total Return

           

Total investment return based on net asset value(d)

    1.62  %      12.38  %(e)     3.55  %     (2.27 )%(f)     8.41  %*      .86  %* 

Ratios/Supplemental Data

           

Net assets, end of period (000’s omitted)

    $17,267       $17,200       $12,960       $23,311       $20,893       $22,933  

Ratio to average net assets of:

           

Expenses, net of waivers/reimbursements(g)(h)

    1.06  %^      1.04  %      1.03  %      1.02  %      1.00  %      .88  % 

Expenses, before waivers/reimbursements(g)(h)

    1.07  %^      1.05  %      1.05  %      1.02  %      1.00  %      .88  % 

Net investment income

    1.07  %(b)^      1.19  %(b)      1.06  %(b)      1.34  %      1.25  %      .85  % 

Portfolio turnover rate

    8  %      30  %      79  %      250  %      96  %      158  %** 

See footnote summary on pages 114-115.

 

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CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS (continued)

Selected Data For A Share Of Capital Stock Outstanding Throughout Each Period

 

    Class R  
   

Six Months
Ended
May 31,
2018

(unaudited)

    Year Ended November 30,  
      2017     2016     2015     2014     2013  
 

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

    $  16.59       $  15.61       $  15.15       $  17.40       $  16.40       $  17.66  
 

 

 

 

Income From Investment Operations

           

Net investment income(a)

    .03       .06 (b)      .06 (b)      .11       .16       .04  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investment and foreign currency transactions

    .19       1.67       .40       (.60     1.10       (.02

Contributions from Adviser

    – 0  –      .00 (c)      .00 (c)      .01       – 0  –      .02  

Capital contributions

    – 0  –      .00 (c)      – 0  –      – 0  –      – 0  –      – 0  – 
 

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net asset value from operations

    .22       1.73       .46       (.48     1.26       .04  
 

 

 

 

Less: Dividends and Distributions

           

Dividends from net investment income

    (.46     (.75     – 0  –      (1.05     – 0  –      (.12

Distributions from net realized gain on investment transactions

    – 0  –      – 0  –      – 0  –      (.48     (.26     (1.18

Tax return of capital

    – 0  –      – 0  –      – 0  –      (.24     – 0  –      – 0  – 
 

 

 

 

Total dividends and distributions

    (.46     (.75     – 0  –      (1.77     (.26     (1.30
 

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

    $  16.35       $  16.59       $  15.61       $  15.15       $  17.40       $  16.40  
 

 

 

 

Total Return

           

Total investment return based on net asset value(d)

    1.35  %      11.63  %(e)     3.04  %     (2.84 )%(f)     7.75  %*      .29  %* 

Ratios/Supplemental Data

           

Net assets, end of period (000’s omitted)

    $2,120       $2,526       $2,743       $4,241       $4,523       $3,676  

Ratio to average net assets of:

           

Expenses, net of waivers/reimbursements(g)(h)

    1.64  %^      1.63  %      1.61  %      1.61  %      1.59  %      1.46  % 

Expenses, before waivers/reimbursements(g)(h)

    1.65  %^      1.64  %      1.62  %      1.61  %      1.59  %      1.46  % 

Net investment income

    .42  %^      .36  %(b)      .41  %(b)      .69  %      .95  %      .23  % 

Portfolio turnover rate

    8  %      30  %      79  %      250  %      96  %      158  %** 

See footnote summary on pages 114-115.

 

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CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS (continued)

Selected Data For A Share Of Capital Stock Outstanding Throughout Each Period

 

    Class K  
   

Six Months
Ended
May 31,
2018

(unaudited)

    Year Ended November 30,  
      2017     2016     2015     2014     2013  
 

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

    $  16.71       $  15.75       $  15.25       $  17.50       $  16.45       $  17.68  
 

 

 

 

Income From Investment Operations

           

Net investment income(a)

    .06 (b)      .10 (b)      .15 (b)      .16       .21       .09  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investment and foreign currency transactions

    .18       1.68       .36       (.59     1.10       .00 (c) 

Contributions from Adviser

    – 0  –      .00 (c)      .00 (c)      .01       – 0  –      .01  

Capital contributions

    – 0  –      .00 (c)      – 0  –      – 0  –      – 0  –      – 0  – 
 

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net asset value from operations

    .24       1.78       .51       (.42     1.31       .10  
 

 

 

 

Less: Dividends and Distributions

           

Dividends from net investment income

    (.51     (.82     (.01     (1.11     – 0  –      (.15

Distributions from net realized gain on investment transactions

    – 0  –      – 0  –      – 0  –      (.48     (.26     (1.18

Tax return of capital

    – 0  –      – 0  –      – 0  –      (.24     – 0  –      – 0  – 
 

 

 

 

Total dividends and distributions

    (.51     (.82     (.01     (1.83     (.26     (1.33
 

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

    $  16.44       $  16.71       $  15.75       $  15.25       $  17.50       $  16.45  
 

 

 

 

Total Return

           

Total investment return based on net asset value(d)

    1.51  %      12.00  %(e)     3.27  %     (2.55 )%(f)     8.09  %*      .64  %* 

Ratios/Supplemental Data

           

Net assets, end of period (000’s omitted)

    $1,233       $1,265       $1,809       $1,939       $2,098       $2,033  

Ratio to average net assets of:

           

Expenses, net of waivers/reimbursements(g)(h)

    1.33  %^      1.31  %      1.30  %      1.30  %      1.27  %      1.16  % 

Expenses, before waivers/reimbursements(g)(h)

    1.34  %^      1.33  %      1.31  %      1.30  %      1.27  %      1.16  % 

Net investment income

    .77  %(b)^      .66  %(b)      1.00  %(b)      .99  %      1.26  %      .57  % 

Portfolio turnover rate

    8  %      30  %      79  %      250  %      96  %      158  %** 

See footnote summary on pages 114-115.

 

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CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS (continued)

Selected Data For A Share Of Capital Stock Outstanding Throughout Each Period

 

    Class I  
   

Six Months
Ended
May 31,
2018

(unaudited)

    Year Ended November 30,  
      2017     2016     2015     2014     2013  
 

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

    $  16.90       $  15.94       $  15.39       $  17.66       $  16.52       $  17.72  
 

 

 

 

Income From Investment Operations

           

Net investment income(a)

    .09 (b)      .18 (b)      .29 (b)      .22       .27       .10  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investment and foreign currency transactions

    .18       1.69       .30       (.60     1.13       .05  

Contributions from Adviser

    – 0  –      .00 (c)      .00 (c)      .01       – 0  –      .01  

Capital contributions

    – 0  –      .00 (c)      – 0  –      – 0  –      – 0  –      – 0  – 
 

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net asset value from operations

    .27       1.87       .59       (.37     1.40       .16  
 

 

 

 

Less: Dividends and Distributions

           

Dividends from net investment income

    (.57     (.91     (.04     (1.18     – 0  –      (.18

Distributions from net realized gain on investment transactions

    – 0  –      – 0  –      – 0  –      (.48     (.26     (1.18

Tax return of capital

    – 0  –      – 0  –      – 0  –      (.24     – 0  –      – 0  – 
 

 

 

 

Total dividends and distributions

    (.57     (.91     (.04     (1.90     (.26     (1.36
 

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of period

    $  16.60       $  16.90       $  15.94       $  15.39       $  17.66       $  16.52  
 

 

 

 

Total Return

           

Total investment return based on net asset value(d)

    1.63  %      12.39  %(e)     3.81  %     (2.12 )%(f)     8.55  %*      1.02  %* 

Ratios/Supplemental Data

           

Net assets, end of period (000’s omitted)

    $2,160       $2,467       $2,218       $402       $49       $84  

Ratio to average net assets of:

           

Expenses, net of waivers/reimbursements(g)(h)

    .98  %^      .93  %      .86  %      .91  %      .83  %      .71  % 

Expenses, before waivers/reimbursements(g)(h)

    .99  %^      .95  %      .87  %      .91  %      .83  %      .71  % 

Net investment income

    1.13  %(b)^      1.14  %(b)      1.88  %(b)      1.45  %      1.59  %      .98  % 

Portfolio turnover rate

    8  %      30  %      79  %      250  %      96  %      158  %** 

See footnote summary on pages 114-115.

 

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Selected Data For A Share Of Capital Stock Outstanding Throughout Each Period

 

 

(a) Based on average shares outstanding.

 

(b) Net of fees and expenses waived/reimbursed by the Adviser.

 

(c) Amount is less than $.005.

 

(d) Total investment return is calculated assuming an initial investment made at the net asset value at the beginning of the period, reinvestment of all dividends and distributions at net asset value during the period, and redemption on the last day of the period. Initial sales charges or contingent deferred sales charges are not reflected in the calculation of total investment return. Total return does not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares. Total investment return calculated for a period of less than one year is not annualized.

 

(e) The net asset value and total return include adjustments in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America for financial reporting purposes. As such, the net asset value and total return for shareholder transactions may differ from financial statements.

 

(f) Includes the impact of a voluntary reimbursement from the Adviser for trading losses incurred due to a trade entry error; absent of such payment, the Fund’s performance would have been reduced by .07% for the year ended November 30, 2015.

 

(g) In connection with the Fund’s investments in affiliated underlying portfolios, the Fund incurs no direct expenses, but bear proportionate shares of the fees and expenses (i.e., operating, administrative and investment advisory fees) of the affiliated underlying portfolios. The Adviser has contractually agreed to waive its fees from the Fund in an amount equal to the Fund’s pro rata share of certain acquired fund fees and expenses, and for the six months ended May 31, 2018 and the years ended November 30, 2017 and November 30, 2016, such waiver amounted to .01% (annualized), .01% and .02%, respectively.

 

(h) The expense ratios presented below exclude interest expense:

 

    Six Months
Ended
May 31,
2018

(unaudited)
    Year Ended November 30,  
      2017     2016     2015      2014      2013  

Class A

             

Net of waivers/reimbursements

    1.29 %^      1.29     1.28     N/A        N/A        1.17

Before waivers/reimbursements

    1.30 %^      1.30     1.29     N/A        N/A        1.17

Class B

             

Net of waivers/reimbursements

    2.09 %^      2.08     2.04     N/A        N/A        1.89

Before waivers/reimbursements

    2.10 %^      2.10     2.06     N/A        N/A        1.89

Class C

             

Net of waivers/reimbursements

    2.05 %^      2.05     2.03     N/A        N/A        1.88

Before waivers/reimbursements

    2.06 %^      2.06     2.05     N/A        N/A        1.88

Advisor Class

             

Net of waivers/reimbursements

    1.04 %^      1.04     1.03     N/A        N/A        .87

Before waivers/reimbursements

    1.05 %^      1.05     1.05     N/A        N/A        .87

Class R

             

Net of waivers/reimbursements

    1.63 %^      1.63     1.61     N/A        N/A        1.46

Before waivers/reimbursements

    1.64 %^      1.64     1.62     N/A        N/A        1.46

Class K

             

Net of waivers/reimbursements

    1.32 %^      1.31     1.29     N/A        N/A        1.15

Before waivers/reimbursements

    1.33 %^      1.33     1.31     N/A        N/A        1.15

 

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CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS (continued)

Selected Data For A Share Of Capital Stock Outstanding Throughout Each Period

 

    Six Months
Ended
May 31,
2018

(unaudited)
    Year Ended November 30,  
      2017     2016     2015      2014      2013  

Class I

             

Net of waivers/reimbursements

    .97 %^      .93     .85     N/A        N/A        .71

Before waivers/reimbursements

    .98 %^      .95     .87     N/A        N/A        .71

 

For the year ended November 30, 2016, the amount includes a refund for overbilling of prior years’ custody out of pocket fees as follows:

 

Net Investment
Income Per Share
   Net Investment
Income Ratio
   Total
Return
$.001    .06%    .06%

 

* Includes the impact of proceeds received and credited to the Fund resulting from class action settlements, which enhanced the Fund’s performance for the years ended November 30, 2017, November 30, 2016, November 30, 2015, November 30, 2014 and November 30, 2013 by .81%, .01%, .08%, .06% and .04%, respectively.

 

   Includes the impact of proceeds recorded and credited to the Fund resulting from a third party regulatory settlement, which enhanced the Fund’s performance for the year ended November 30, 2017 by .02%.

 

** The Fund accounts for dollar roll transactions as purchases and sales.

 

Due to timing of sales and repurchase of capital shares, the net realized and unrealized gain (loss) per share is not in accordance with the Fund’s change in net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investment transactions for the period.

 

^ Annualized.

See notes to consolidated financial statements.

 

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BOARD OF DIRECTORS

 

Marshall C. Turner, Jr.(1), Chairman

Michael J. Downey(1)

William H. Foulk, Jr.(1)

Nancy P. Jacklin(1)

  

Robert M. Keith, President and Chief Executive Officer

Carol C. McMullen(1)

Garry L. Moody(1)

Earl D. Weiner(1)

OFFICERS

Daniel J. Loewy(2), Vice President

Leon Zhu(2) , Vice President

Emilie D. Wrapp, Secretary

Joseph J. Mantineo, Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer

  

Phyllis J. Clarke, Controller

Vincent S. Noto, Chief Compliance Officer

 

Custodian and Accounting Agent

State Street Bank and Trust Company

State Street Corporation CCB/5

1 Iron Street

Boston, MA 02210

 

Principal Underwriter

AllianceBernstein Investments, Inc.

1345 Avenue of the Americas

New York, NY 10105

 

Legal Counsel

Seward & Kissel LLP

One Battery Park Plaza

New York, NY 10004

  

Transfer Agent

AllianceBernstein Investor Services, Inc.

P.O. Box 786003

San Antonio, TX 78278-6003

Toll-Free (800) 221-5672

 

Independent Registered Public

Accounting Firm

Ernst & Young LLP

5 Times Square

New York, NY 10036

 

1 Member of the Audit Committee, the Governance and Nominating Committee and the Independent Directors Committee.

 

2 The management of, and investment decisions for, the Fund’s portfolio are made by the Adviser’s Quantitative Investment Team. Messrs. Loewy and Zhu are the investment professionals with the most significant responsibilities for the day-to-day management of the Fund’s portfolio.

 

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Information Regarding the Review and Approval of the Fund’s Advisory Agreement

The disinterested directors (the “directors”) of AB Global Risk Allocation Fund, Inc. (the “Fund”) unanimously approved the continuance of the Advisory Agreement with the Adviser at a meeting held on May 1-3, 2018 (the “Meeting”).

Prior to approval of the continuance of the Advisory Agreement, the directors had requested from the Adviser, and received and evaluated, extensive materials. They reviewed the proposed continuance of the Advisory Agreement with the Adviser and with experienced counsel who are independent of the Adviser, who advised on the relevant legal standards. The directors also reviewed additional materials, including materials from an outside consultant, who acted as their independent fee consultant, and comparative analytical data prepared by the Senior Analyst for the Fund. The directors also discussed the proposed continuance in private sessions with counsel.

The directors considered their knowledge of the nature and quality of the services provided by the Adviser to the Fund gained from their experience as directors or trustees of most of the registered investment companies advised by the Adviser, their overall confidence in the Adviser’s integrity and competence they have gained from that experience, the Adviser’s initiative in identifying and raising potential issues with the directors and its responsiveness, frankness and attention to concerns raised by the directors in the past, including the Adviser’s willingness to consider and implement organizational and operational changes designed to improve investment results and the services provided to the AB Funds. The directors noted that they have four regular meetings each year, at each of which they review extensive materials and information from the Adviser, including information on the investment performance of the Fund.

The directors also considered all factors they believed relevant, including the specific matters discussed below. During the course of their deliberations, the directors evaluated, among other things, the reasonableness of the advisory fee. The directors did not identify any particular information that was all-important or controlling, and different directors may have attributed different weights to the various factors. The directors determined that the selection of the Adviser to manage the Fund and the overall arrangements between the Fund and the Adviser, as provided in the Advisory Agreement, including the advisory fee, were fair and reasonable in light of the services performed, expenses incurred and such other matters as the directors considered relevant in the exercise of their business judgment. The material factors and conclusions that formed the basis for the directors’ determinations included the following:

Nature, Extent and Quality of Services Provided

The directors considered the scope and quality of services provided by the Adviser under the Advisory Agreement, including the quality of the investment

 

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research capabilities of the Adviser and the other resources it has dedicated to performing services for the Fund. The directors noted that the Adviser from time to time reviews the Fund’s investment strategies and from time to time proposes changes intended to improve the Fund’s relative or absolute performance for the directors’ consideration. They also noted the professional experience and qualifications of the Fund’s portfolio management team and other senior personnel of the Adviser. The directors also considered that the Advisory Agreement provides that the Fund will reimburse the Adviser for the cost to it of providing certain clerical, accounting, administrative and other services to the Fund by employees of the Adviser or its affiliates. Requests for these reimbursements are made on a quarterly basis and subject to approval by the directors. Reimbursements, to the extent requested and paid, result in a higher rate of total compensation from the Fund to the Adviser than the fee rate stated in the Advisory Agreement. The directors noted that the methodology used to determine the reimbursement amounts had been reviewed by an independent consultant retained by the Fund’s former Independent Compliance Officer. The quality of administrative and other services, including the Adviser’s role in coordinating the activities of the Fund’s other service providers, also was considered. The directors concluded that, overall, they were satisfied with the nature, extent and quality of services provided to the Fund under the Advisory Agreement.

Costs of Services Provided and Profitability

The directors reviewed a schedule of the revenues and expenses and related notes indicating the profitability of the Fund to the Adviser for calendar years 2016 and 2017 that had been prepared with an expense allocation methodology arrived at in consultation with an independent consultant retained by the Fund’s former Independent Compliance Officer. The directors noted the assumptions and methods of allocation used by the Adviser in preparing fund-specific profitability data and understood that there are a number of potentially acceptable allocation methodologies for information of this type. The directors noted that the profitability information reflected all revenues and expenses of the Adviser’s relationship with the Fund, including those relating to its subsidiaries that provide transfer agency, distribution and brokerage services to the Fund. The directors recognized that it is difficult to make comparisons of the profitability of the Advisory Agreement with the profitability of advisory contracts for unaffiliated funds because comparative information is not generally publicly available and is affected by numerous factors. The directors focused on the profitability of the Adviser’s relationship with the Fund before taxes and distribution expenses. The directors noted that the Fund was not profitable to the Adviser in the periods reviewed.

Fall-Out Benefits

The directors considered the other benefits to the Adviser and its affiliates from their relationships with the Fund, including, but not limited to, benefits relating to soft dollar arrangements (whereby investment advisers receive brokerage and research services from brokers that execute agency transactions for their

 

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clients); 12b-1 fees and sales charges received by the Fund’s principal underwriter (which is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Adviser) in respect of certain classes of the Fund’s shares; brokerage commissions paid by the Fund to brokers affiliated with the Adviser; and transfer agency fees paid by the Fund to a wholly owned subsidiary of the Adviser. The directors recognized that the Fund’s unprofitability to the Adviser would be exacerbated without these benefits. The directors understood that the Adviser also might derive reputational and other benefits from its association with the Fund.

Investment Results

In addition to the information reviewed by the directors in connection with the Meeting, the directors receive detailed performance information for the Fund at each regular Board meeting during the year.

At the Meeting, the directors reviewed performance information prepared by an analytical service that is not affiliated with the Adviser (the “15(c) service provider”), showing the performance of the Class A Shares of the Fund against a group of similar funds (“peer group”) and a larger group of similar funds (“peer universe”), each selected by the 15(c) service provider, and information prepared by the Adviser showing performance of the Class A Shares against a broad-based securities market index, in each case for the 1-, 3-, 5- and 10-year periods ended February 28, 2018. Based on their review, the directors concluded that the Fund’s investment performance was acceptable.

Advisory Fees and Other Expenses

The directors considered the advisory fee rate payable by the Fund to the Adviser and information prepared by the 15(c) service provider concerning advisory fee rates payable by other funds in the same category as the Fund. The directors recognized that it is difficult to make comparisons of advisory fees because there are variations in the services that are included in the fees paid by other funds. The directors compared the Fund’s contractual effective advisory fee rate with a peer group median and took into account the impact on the advisory fee rate of the administrative expense reimbursement paid to the Adviser in the latest fiscal year.

The directors also considered the Adviser’s fee schedule for other clients pursuing a similar investment style. For this purpose, they reviewed the relevant advisory fee information from the Adviser’s Form ADV and the materials from the Fund’s Senior Analyst and noted the differences between the Fund’s fee schedule, on the one hand, and the Adviser’s institutional fee schedule and the schedule of fees charged by the Adviser to any offshore funds and any sub-advised funds, on the other. The directors noted that the Adviser may, in some cases, agree to fee rates with large institutional clients that are lower than those reviewed by the directors and that they had previously discussed with the Adviser its policies in respect of such arrangements.

 

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The Adviser reviewed with the directors the significantly greater scope of the services it provides to the Fund relative to institutional, offshore fund and sub-advised fund clients. In this regard, the Adviser noted, among other things, that, compared to institutional and offshore accounts, the Fund (i) demands considerably more portfolio management, research and trading resources due to significantly higher daily cash flows; (ii) has more tax and regulatory restrictions; (iii) must prepare and distribute regulatory and other communications about fund operations; and (iv) must provide shareholder servicing to retail investors. The Adviser also reviewed the greater legal risks presented by the large and changing population of Fund shareholders who may assert claims against the Adviser in individual or class actions, and the greater entrepreneurial risk in offering new fund products, which require substantial investment to launch, may not succeed, and generally must be priced to compete with larger, more established funds resulting in lack of profitability to the Adviser until a new fund achieves scale. In light of the substantial differences in services rendered by the Adviser to institutional, offshore fund and sub-advised fund clients as compared to funds such as the Fund, and the different risk profile, the directors considered these fee comparisons inapt and did not place significant weight on them in their deliberations.

The directors noted that the Fund may invest in shares of exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”), subject to the restrictions and limitations of the Investment Company Act of 1940 as these may be varied as a result of exemptive orders issued by the SEC. The directors noted that ETFs pay advisory fees pursuant to their advisory contracts, and that the Adviser had provided, and they had reviewed, information about the expense ratios of the relevant ETFs. The directors concluded, based on the Adviser’s explanation of how it may use ETFs when they are the most cost-effective way to obtain desired exposures for a fund or to temporarily “equitize” cash inflows pending purchases of underlying securities, that the advisory fee for the Fund would be paid for services that would be in addition to, rather than duplicative of, the services provided under the advisory contracts of the ETFs.

The directors also considered the total expense ratio of the Class A shares of the Fund in comparison to a peer group and a peer universe selected by the 15(c) service provider. The Class A expense ratio of the Fund was based on the Fund’s latest fiscal year. The directors noted that it was likely that the expense ratios of some of the other funds in the Fund’s category were lowered by waivers or reimbursements by those funds’ investment advisers, which in some cases might be voluntary or temporary. The directors view expense ratio information as relevant to their evaluation of the Adviser’s services because the Adviser is responsible for coordinating services provided to the Fund by others. The directors noted that the Fund’s expense ratio was above the peer group median. After reviewing and discussing the Adviser’s explanations of the reasons for this, the directors concluded that the Fund’s expense ratio was acceptable.

 

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Economies of Scale

The directors noted that the advisory fee schedule for the Fund contains breakpoints that reduce the fee rates on assets above specified levels, and that the Fund’s net assets were approximately at the level of the first breakpoint. The directors took into consideration prior presentations by an independent consultant on economies of scale in the mutual fund industry and for the AB Funds, and by the Adviser concerning certain of its views on economies of scale. The directors also had requested and received from the Adviser certain updates on economies of scale in advance of the Meeting. The directors believe that economies of scale may be realized (if at all) by the Adviser across a variety of products and services, and not only in respect of a single fund. The directors noted that there is no established methodology for setting breakpoints that give effect to the fund-specific services provided by a fund’s adviser and to the economies of scale that an adviser may realize in its overall mutual fund business or those components of it which directly or indirectly affect a fund’s operations. The directors observed that in the mutual fund industry as a whole, as well as among funds similar to the Fund, there is no uniformity or pattern in the fees and asset levels at which breakpoints (if any) apply. The directors also noted that the advisory agreements for many funds do not have breakpoints at all. Having taken these factors into account, the directors concluded that the Fund’s shareholders would benefit from a sharing of economies of scale in the event the Fund’s net assets exceed a breakpoint in the future.

 

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This page is not part of the Shareholder Report or the Financial Statements.

 

 

AB FAMILY OF FUNDS

 

US EQUITY

US CORE

Core Opportunities Fund

FlexFee US Thematic Portfolio

Select US Equity Portfolio

US GROWTH

Concentrated Growth Fund

Discovery Growth Fund

FlexFee Large Cap Growth Portfolio

Growth Fund

Large Cap Growth Fund

Small Cap Growth Portfolio

US VALUE

Discovery Value Fund

Equity Income Fund

Relative Value Fund

Small Cap Value Portfolio

Value Fund

INTERNATIONAL/ GLOBAL EQUITY

INTERNATIONAL/ GLOBAL CORE

FlexFee International Strategic Core Portfolio

Global Core Equity Portfolio

International Portfolio

International Strategic Core Portfolio

Sustainable Global Thematic Fund

Tax-Managed International Portfolio

Tax-Managed Wealth Appreciation Strategy

Wealth Appreciation Strategy

INTERNATIONAL/ GLOBAL GROWTH

Concentrated International Growth Portfolio

FlexFee Emerging Markets Growth Portfolio

INTERNATIONAL/ GLOBAL EQUITY (continued)

Sustainable International Thematic Fund1

INTERNATIONAL/ GLOBAL VALUE

International Value Fund

FIXED INCOME

MUNICIPAL

High Income Municipal Portfolio

Intermediate California Municipal Portfolio

Intermediate Diversified Municipal Portfolio

Intermediate New York Municipal Portfolio

Municipal Bond Inflation Strategy

Tax-Aware Fixed Income Portfolio

National Portfolio

Arizona Portfolio

California Portfolio

Massachusetts Portfolio

Minnesota Portfolio

New Jersey Portfolio

New York Portfolio

Ohio Portfolio

Pennsylvania Portfolio

Virginia Portfolio

TAXABLE

Bond Inflation Strategy

FlexFee High Yield Portfolio1

FlexFee International Bond Portfolio

Global Bond Fund

High Income Fund

Income Fund

Intermediate Bond Portfolio

Limited Duration High Income Portfolio

Short Duration Portfolio

ALTERNATIVES

All Market Real Return Portfolio

Global Real Estate Investment Fund

Select US Long/Short Portfolio

Unconstrained Bond Fund

MULTI-ASSET

All Market Income Portfolio

All Market Total Return Portfolio

Conservative Wealth Strategy

Emerging Markets Multi-Asset Portfolio

Global Risk Allocation Fund

Tax-Managed All Market Income Portfolio

TARGET-DATE

Multi-Manager Select Retirement Allocation Fund

Multi-Manager Select 2010 Fund

Multi-Manager Select 2015 Fund

Multi-Manager Select 2020 Fund

Multi-Manager Select 2025 Fund

Multi-Manager Select 2030 Fund

Multi-Manager Select 2035 Fund

Multi-Manager Select 2040 Fund

Multi-Manager Select 2045 Fund

Multi-Manager Select 2050 Fund

Multi-Manager Select 2055 Fund

CLOSED-END FUNDS

Alliance California Municipal Income Fund

AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund

AllianceBernstein National Municipal Income Fund

 

We also offer Government Money Market Portfolio1, which serves as the money market fund exchange vehicle for the AB mutual funds. An investment in Government Money Market Portfolio is not a deposit in a bank and is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency. Although the Fund seeks to preserve the value of your investment at $1.00 per share, it is possible to lose money by investing in the Fund.

Investors should consider the investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses of the Fund carefully before investing. For copies of our prospectus or summary prospectus, which contain this and other information, visit us online at www.abfunds.com or contact your AB representative. Please read the prospectus and/or summary prospectus carefully before investing.

 

1 Prior to November 10, 2017, Government Money Market Portfolio was named Government Exchange Reserves; prior to January 8, 2018, Sustainable International Thematic Fund was named International Growth Fund; prior to February 23, 2018, FlexFee High Yield Portfolio was named High Yield Portfolio.

 

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NOTES

 

 

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NOTES

 

 

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LOGO

AB GLOBAL RISK ALLOCATION FUND

1345 Avenue of the Americas

New York, NY 10105

800 221 5672

 

GRA-0152-0518                  LOGO


ITEM 2. CODE OF ETHICS.

Not applicable when filing a semi-annual report to shareholders.

ITEM 3. AUDIT COMMITTEE FINANCIAL EXPERT.

Not applicable when filing a semi-annual report to shareholders.

ITEM 4. PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT FEES AND SERVICES.

Not applicable when filing a semi-annual report to shareholders.

ITEM 5. AUDIT COMMITTEE OF LISTED REGISTRANTS.

Not applicable to the registrant.

ITEM 6. SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS.

Please see Schedule of Investments contained in the Report to Shareholders included under Item 1 of this Form N-CSR.

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 have been no material changes to the procedures by which shareholders may recommend nominees to the Fund’s Board of Directors since the Fund last provided disclosure in response to this item.


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-2(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended) are effective at the reasonable assurance level based on their evaluation of these controls and procedures as of a date within 90 days of the filing date of this document.

(b) There were no changes in the registrant’s internal controls over financial reporting that occurred during the second fiscal quarter of the period that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

ITEM 12. EXHIBITS.

The following exhibits are attached to this Form N-CSR:

 

EXHIBIT NO.

  

DESCRIPTION OF EXHIBIT

12 (b) (1)

   Certification of Principal Executive Officer Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

12 (b) (2)

   Certification of Principal Financial Officer Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

12 (c)

   Certification of Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002


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): AB Global Risk Allocation Fund, Inc.

 

By:    

 

/s/ Robert M. Keith

 

Robert M. Keith

 

President

Date:  July 27, 2018

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/ Robert M. Keith

 

Robert M. Keith

 

President

Date:  July 27, 2018

 

By:    

 

/s/ Joseph J. Mantineo

 

Joseph J. Mantineo

 

Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer

Date:  July 27, 2018