-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, L+ClXCPlbwPlmH69YPX6h+9MgRYnPhbTsZ1QQDjNgo5aY0clLNqGn44smS7GlV7v NqKkw44BIWy7FKKidLzroA== 0000088053-05-000704.txt : 20050611 0000088053-05-000704.hdr.sgml : 20050611 20050608122716 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000088053-05-000704 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: N-CSR PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 17 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20050331 FILED AS OF DATE: 20050608 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20050608 EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 20050608 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: SCUDDER ADVISOR FUNDS CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000797657 IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: MA FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: N-CSR SEC ACT: 1940 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 811-04760 FILM NUMBER: 05884502 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: ONE SOUTH STREET CITY: BALTIMORE STATE: MD ZIP: 21202 BUSINESS PHONE: 412881401 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: ONE SOUTH STREET STREET 2: XX CITY: BALTIMORE STATE: MD ZIP: 21202 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: BT INVESTMENT FUNDS DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920703 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: BT TAX FREE INVESTMENT TRUST DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19880530 N-CSR 1 lif.htm ANNUAL REPORT

                                  UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D. C. 20549

                                   FORM N-CSR

Investment Company Act file number 811-04760

                             SCUDDER ADVISOR FUNDS
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               (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

                   One South Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21202
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               (Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

        Registrant's Telephone Number, including Area Code: (617) 295-3488
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                                  Charles Rizzo
                             Two International Place
                           Boston, Massachusetts 02110
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                     (Name and Address of Agent for Service)

Date of fiscal year end:        03/31

Date of reporting period:       03/31/05



ITEM 1.  REPORT TO STOCKHOLDERS

 

Scudder Lifecycle Long Range Fund

Scudder Lifecycle Mid Range Fund

Scudder Lifecycle Short Range Fund

 

 

 

Annual Report to Shareholders

 

March 31, 2005

Contents

 

Click Here Performance Summary

Click Here Information About Your Fund's Expenses

Click Here Portfolio Management Review

Click Here Portfolio Summary

Click Here Investment Portfolios

Click Here Financial Statements

Click Here Financial Highlights

Click Here Notes to Financial Statements

Click Here Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

Click Here Tax Information

Click Here Trustees and Officers

Click Here Account Management Resources

This report must be preceded or accompanied by a prospectus. To obtain a prospectus for any of our funds, refer to the Account Management Resources information provided in the back of this booklet. We advise you to consider the funds' objectives, risks, charges and expenses carefully before investing. The prospectus contains this and other important information about the funds. Please read the prospectus carefully before you invest.

Investments in mutual funds involve risk. Some funds have more risk than others. Although asset allocation among different asset classes generally limits risk and exposure to any one class, the risk remains that the investment advisor may favor an asset class that performs poorly relative to the other asset classes. Additionally, derivatives may be more volatile and less liquid than traditional securities, and the fund could suffer losses on its derivatives positions. Please read each fund's prospectus for specific details regarding its investments and risk profile.

Scudder Investments is part of Deutsche Asset Management, which is the marketing name in the US for the asset management activities of Deutsche Bank AG, Deutsche Investment Management Americas Inc., Deutsche Asset Management Inc., Deutsche Asset Management Investment Services Ltd., Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas and Scudder Trust Company.

Fund shares are not FDIC-insured and are not deposits or other obligations of, or guaranteed by, any bank. Fund shares involve investment risk, including possible loss of principal.

Performance Summary March 31, 2005

 

Scudder Lifecycle Long Range Fund

All performance shown is historical, assumes reinvestment of all dividends and capital gain distributions, and does not guarantee future results. Investment return and principal value fluctuate with changing market conditions so that, when redeemed, shares may be worth more or less than their original cost. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance quoted. Please visit scudder.com for the Fund's most recent month-end performance.

To discourage short-term trading, shareholders redeeming shares held less than 15 days will have a lower total return due to the effect of the 2% short-term redemption fee.

Returns and rankings during all periods shown reflect a fee waiver and/or expense reimbursement. Without this waiver/reimbursement, returns and rankings would have been lower.

Performance figures do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares. Returns and rankings may differ by share class.

On July 25, 2003, the Investment Class of the Fund was issued in conjunction with the combination of Scudder Lifecycle Long Range Fund (the "Acquired Fund") and the Fund (formerly known as "Scudder Asset Management Fund"). The Acquired Fund and the Fund each was a feeder fund investing all of its investable assets in the same master portfolio, the Asset Management Portfolio. Returns of the Investment Class shown prior to July 25, 2003 are derived from the historical performance of the Institutional Class of the Scudder Lifecycle Long Range Fund during such periods and have been adjusted to reflect the higher gross total annual operating expenses of the Investment Class. Any difference in expenses will affect performance.

Average Annual Total Returns as of 3/31/05

 

1-Year

3-Year

5-Year

10-Year

Institutional Class*

5.42%

4.75%

.90%

9.47%

Investment Class

4.92%

4.26%

.43%

9.01%

S&P 500 Index+

6.69%

2.75%

-3.16%

10.79%

Citigroup Broad Investment Grade Bond Index++

1.23%

5.43%

7.16%

7.15%

Asset Allocation Index — Long Range+++

4.34%

4.61%

1.30%

9.18%

Sources: Lipper Inc. and Deutsche Asset Management, Inc.

* On August 13, 2004, Premier Class shares of the Fund were renamed to Institutional Class.

Net Asset Value and Distribution Information

 

Investment Class

Institutional Class

Net Asset Value:

3/31/05

$ 10.62

$ 11.04

3/31/04

$ 10.43

$ 10.84

Distribution Information:

Twelve Months:

Income Dividends as of 3/31/05

$ .32

$ .38

Institutional Class Lipper Rankings — Flexible Portfolio Funds Category as of 3/31/05

Period

Rank

 

Number of Funds Tracked

Percentile Ranking

1-Year

152

of

362

42

3-Year

98

of

260

38

5-Year

78

of

194

40

10-Year

21

of

87

24

Source: Lipper Inc. Rankings are historical and do not guarantee future results. Rankings are based on total return with distributions reinvested. Rankings are for Institutional Class shares; other share classes may vary.

 

 

Growth of an Assumed $1,000,000 Investment

[] Scudder Lifecycle Long Range Fund — Institutional Class

[] S&P 500 Index+

[] Citigroup Broad Investment Grade Bond Index++

[] Asset Allocation Index — Long Range+++

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Yearly periods ended March 31

Comparative Results as of 3/31/05

Scudder Lifecycle Long Range Fund 

1-Year

3-Year

5-Year

10-Year

Institutional Class*

Growth of $1,000,000

$1,054,200

$1,149,300

$1,045,900

$2,470,700

Average annual total return

5.42%

4.75%

.90%

9.47%

S&P 500 Index+

Growth of $1,000,000

$1,066,900

$1,084,700

$851,600

$2,787,300

Average annual total return

6.69%

2.75%

-3.16%

10.79%

Citigroup Broad Investment Grade Bond Index++

Growth of $1,000,000

$1,012,300

$1,171,900

$1,413,100

$1,995,300

Average annual total return

1.23%

5.43%

7.16%

7.15%

Asset Allocation Index — Long Range+++

Growth of $1,000,000

$1,043,400

$1,144,900

$1,066,900

$2,406,200

Average annual total return

4.34%

4.61%

1.30%

9.18%

The growth of $1,000,000 is cumulative.

The minimum investment for the Institutional Class is $1,000,000.

* On August 13, 2004, Premier Class shares of the Fund were renamed to Institutional Class.

 

 

Growth of an Assumed $10,000 Investment

[] Scudder Lifecycle Long Range Fund — Investment Class

[] S&P 500 Index+

[] Citigroup Broad Investment Grade Bond Index++

[] Asset Allocation Index — Long Range+++

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Yearly periods ended March 31

Comparative Results as of 3/31/05

Scudder Lifecycle Long Range Fund

1-Year

3-Year

5-Year

10-Year

Investment Class

Growth of $10,000

$10,492

$11,335

$10,219

$23,699

Average annual total return

4.92%

4.26%

.43%

9.01%

S&P 500 Index+

Growth of $10,000

$10,669

$10,847

$8,516

$27,873

Average annual total return

6.69%

2.75%

-3.16%

10.79%

Citigroup Broad Investment Grade Bond Index++

Growth of $10,000

$10,123

$11,719

$14,131

$19,953

Average annual total return

1.23%

5.43%

7.16%

7.15%

Asset Allocation Index — Long Range+++

Growth of $10,000

$10,434

$11,449

$10,669

$24,062

Average annual total return

4.34%

4.61%

1.30%

9.18%

The growth of $10,000 is cumulative.

+ The Standard & Poor's 500 (S&P 500) Index is an unmanaged capitalization-weighted index of 500 stocks. The index is designed to measure performance of the broad domestic economy through changes in the aggregate market value of 500 stocks representing all major industries.

++ Citigroup Broad Investment Grade Bond Index (formerly Salomon Broad Investment Grade Bond Index) covers an all inclusive universe of institutionally traded US treasury, agency, mortgage and corporate securities.

+++ Asset Allocation Index — Long Range is calculated using the performance of three unmanaged indices representative of stocks (S&P 500 Index), bonds (Citigroup Broad Investment Grade Bond Index) and cash (Merrill Lynch 3-month T-bill Index) weighted by their corresponding proportion of the Fund's neutral position (stocks: 55%; bonds: 35%; cash: 10%). These results are summed to produce the aggregate benchmark. The S&P 500 Index measures the performance of 500 large US companies. The Citigroup Broad Investment Grade Bond Index covers an all inclusive universe of institutionally traded US Treasury, agency, mortgage and corporate securities. The Merrill Lynch 3-month T-bill Index is representative of the 3-month Treasury market.

Index returns assume reinvestment of dividends and, unlike Fund returns, do not reflect any fees or expenses. It is not possible to invest directly into an index.

 

 

Scudder Lifecycle Mid Range Fund

All performance shown is historical, assumes reinvestment of all dividends and capital gain distributions, and does not guarantee future results. Investment return and principal value fluctuate with changing market conditions so that, when redeemed, shares may be worth more or less than their original cost. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance quoted. Please visit scudder.com for the Fund's most recent month-end performance.

To discourage short-term trading, shareholders redeeming shares held less than 15 days will have a lower total return due to the effect of the 2% short-term redemption fee.

Returns and rankings during all periods shown reflect a fee waiver and/or expense reimbursement. Without this waiver/reimbursement, returns and rankings would have been lower.

Performance figures do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares.

Average Annual Total Returns as of 3/31/05

 

1-Year

3-Year

5-Year

10-Year

Investment Class

3.50%

4.51%

2.29%

8.11%

S&P 500 Index+

6.69%

2.75%

-3.16%

10.79%

Citigroup Broad Investment Grade Bond Index++

1.23%

5.43%

7.16%

7.15%

Asset Allocation Index — Mid Range+++

3.29%

4.47%

2.91%

8.10%

Sources: Lipper Inc. and Deutsche Asset Management, Inc.

Net Asset Value and Distribution Information

 

Investment Class

Net Asset Value:

3/31/05

$ 9.86

3/31/04

$ 9.86

Distribution Information:

Twelve Months:

Income Dividends as of 3/31/05

$ .34

Investment Class Lipper Rankings — Flexible Portfolio Funds Category as of 3/31/05

Period

Rank

 

Number of Funds Tracked

Percentile Ranking

1-Year

269

of

362

75

3-Year

111

of

260

43

5-Year

52

of

194

27

10-Year

54

of

87

62

Source: Lipper Inc. Rankings are historical and do not guarantee future results. Rankings are based on total return with distributions reinvested.

 

 

Growth of an Assumed $10,000 Investment

[] Scudder Lifecycle Mid Range Fund — Investment Class

[] S&P 500 Index+

[] Citigroup Broad Investment Grade Bond Index++

[] Asset Allocation Index — Mid Range+++

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Yearly periods ended March 31

Comparative Results as of 3/31/05

Scudder Lifecycle Mid Range Fund

1-Year

3-Year

5-Year

10-Year

Investment Class

Growth of $10,000

$10,350

$11,414

$11,200

$21,801

Average annual total return

3.50%

4.51%

2.29%

8.11%

S&P 500 Index+

Growth of $10,000

$10,669

$10,847

$8,516

$27,873

Average annual total return

6.69%

2.75%

-3.16%

10.79%

Citigroup Broad Investment Grade Bond Index++

Growth of $10,000

$10,123

$11,719

$14,131

$19,953

Average annual total return

1.23%

5.43%

7.16%

7.15%

Asset Allocation Index — Mid Range+++

Growth of $10,000

$10,329

$11,402

$11,544

$21,799

Average annual total return

3.29%

4.47%

2.91%

8.10%

The growth of $10,000 is cumulative.

+ The Standard & Poor's 500 (S&P 500) Index is an unmanaged capitalization-weighted index of 500 stocks. The index is designed to measure performance of the broad domestic economy through changes in the aggregate market value of 500 stocks representing all major industries.

++ Citigroup Broad Investment Grade Bond Index (formerly Salomon Broad Investment Grade Bond Index) covers an all inclusive universe of institutionally traded US treasury, agency, mortgage and corporate securities.

+++ Asset Allocation Index — Mid Range is calculated using the performance of three unmanaged indices representative of stocks (S&P 500 Index), bonds (Citigroup Broad Investment Grade Bond Index) and cash (Merrill Lynch 3-month T-bill Index) weighted by their corresponding proportion of the Fund's neutral position (stocks: 35%; bonds: 45%; cash: 20%). These results are summed to produce the aggregate benchmark. The S&P 500 Index measures the performance of 500 large US companies. The Citigroup Broad Investment Grade Bond Index covers an all inclusive universe of institutionally traded US Treasury, agency, mortgage and corporate securities. The Merrill Lynch 3-month T-bill Index is representative of the 3-month Treasury market.

Index returns assume reinvestment of dividends and, unlike Fund returns, do not reflect any fees or expenses. It is not possible to invest directly into an index.

 

 

Scudder Lifecycle Short Range Fund

All performance shown is historical, assumes reinvestment of all dividends and capital gain distributions, and does not guarantee future results. Investment return and principal value fluctuate with changing market conditions so that, when redeemed, shares may be worth more or less than their original cost. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance quoted. Please visit scudder.com for the Fund's most recent month-end performance.

To discourage short-term trading, shareholders redeeming shares held less than 15 days will have a lower total return due to the effect of the 2% short-term redemption fee.

Returns and rankings during all periods shown reflect a fee waiver and/or expense reimbursement. Without this waiver/reimbursement, returns and rankings would have been lower.

Performance figures do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares.

Average Annual Total Returns as of 3/31/05

 

1-Year

3-Year

5-Year

10-Year

Investment Class

2.28%

4.43%

3.84%

6.95%

S&P 500 Index+

6.69%

2.75%

-3.16%

10.79%

Citigroup Broad Investment Grade Bond Index++

1.23%

5.43%

7.16%

7.15%

Asset Allocation Index — Short Range+++

2.22%

4.22%

4.44%

6.93%

Sources: Lipper Inc. and Deutsche Asset Management, Inc.

Net Asset Value and Distribution Information

 

Investment Class

Net Asset Value:

3/31/05

$ 10.18

3/31/04

$ 10.30

Distribution Information:

Twelve Months:

Income Dividends as of 3/31/05

$ .36

Investment Class Lipper Rankings — Income Funds Category as of 3/31/05

Period

Rank

 

Number of Funds Tracked

Percentile Ranking

1-Year

162

of

216

75

3-Year

80

of

128

63

5-Year

33

of

88

38

10-Year

13

of

23

55

Source: Lipper Inc. Rankings are historical and do not guarantee future results. Rankings are based on total return with distributions reinvested.

 

 

Growth of an Assumed $10,000 Investment

[] Scudder Lifecycle Short Range Fund — Investment Class

[] S&P 500 Index+

[] Citigroup Broad Investment Grade Bond Index++

[] Asset Allocation Index — Short Range+++

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Yearly periods ended March 31

Comparative Results as of 3/31/05

Scudder Lifecycle Short Range Fund

1-Year

3-Year

5-Year

10-Year

Investment Class

Growth of $10,000

$10,228

$11,390

$12,076

$19,580

Average annual total return

2.28%

4.43%

3.84%

6.95%

S&P 500 Index+

Growth of $10,000

$10,669

$10,847

$8,516

$27,873

Average annual total return

6.69%

2.75%

-3.16%

10.79%

Citigroup Broad Investment Grade Bond Index++

Growth of $10,000

$10,123

$11,719

$14,131

$19,953

Average annual total return

1.23%

5.43%

7.16%

7.15%

Asset Allocation Index — Short Range+++

Growth of $10,000

$10,222

$11,321

$12,423

$19,552

Average annual total return

2.22%

4.22%

4.44%

6.93%

The growth of $10,000 is cumulative.

+ The Standard & Poor's 500 (S&P 500) Index is a capitalization-weighted index of 500 stocks. The index is designed to measure performance of the broad domestic economy through changes in the aggregate market value of 500 stocks representing all major industries.

++ Citigroup Broad Investment Grade Bond Index (formerly Salomon Broad Investment Grade Bond Index) covers an all inclusive universe of institutionally traded US treasury, agency, mortgage and corporate securities.

+++ Asset Allocation Index — Short Range is calculated using the performance of three unmanaged indices representative of stocks (S&P 500 Index), bonds (Citigroup Broad Investment Grade Bond Index) and cash (Merrill Lynch 3-month T-bill Index) weighted by their corresponding proportion of the Fund's neutral position (stocks: 15%; bonds: 55%; cash: 30%). These results are summed to produce the aggregate benchmark. The S&P 500 Index measures the performance of 500 large US companies. The Citigroup Broad Investment Grade Bond Index covers an all inclusive universe of institutionally traded US Treasury, agency, mortgage and corporate securities. The Merrill Lynch 3-month T-bill Index is representative of the 3-month Treasury market.

Index returns assume reinvestment of dividends and, unlike Fund returns, do not reflect any fees or expenses. It is not possible to invest directly into an index.

Information About Your Fund's Expenses

 

lif_top_margin2As an investor of the Fund, you incur two types of costs: ongoing expenses and transaction costs. Ongoing expenses include management fees, distribution and service (12b-1) fees and other Fund expenses. Examples of transaction costs include sales charges (loads), redemption fees and account maintenance fees, which are not shown in this section. The following tables are intended to help you understand your ongoing expenses (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to help you compare these expenses with the ongoing expenses of investing in other mutual funds. In the most recent six-month period, the Fund limited these expenses; had it not done so, expenses would have been higher. The tables are based on an investment of $1,000 made at the beginning of the six-month period ended March 31, 2005.

The tables illustrate your Fund's expenses in two ways:

Actual Fund Return. This helps you estimate the actual dollar amount of ongoing expenses (but not transaction costs) paid on a $1,000 investment in the Fund using the Fund's actual return during the period. To estimate the expenses you paid over the period, simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the "Expenses Paid per $1,000" line under the share class you hold.

Hypothetical 5% Fund Return. This helps you to compare your Fund's ongoing expenses (but not transaction costs) with those of other mutual funds using the Fund's actual expense ratio and a hypothetical rate of return of 5% per year before expenses. Examples using a 5% hypothetical fund return may be found in the shareholder reports of other mutual funds. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period.

Please note that the expenses shown in these tables are meant to highlight your ongoing expenses only and do not reflect any transaction costs. The "Expenses Paid per $1,000" line of the tables is useful in comparing ongoing expenses only and will not help you determine the relative total expense of owning different funds. If these transaction costs had been included, your costs would have been higher.

Scudder Lifecycle Long Range Fund

Expenses and Value of a $1,000 Investment for the six months ended March 31, 2005

Actual Fund Return

Investment Class

Institutional Class

Beginning Account Value 10/1/04

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,000.00

Ending Account Value 3/31/05

$ 1,052.10

$ 1,055.20

Expenses Paid per $1,000*

$ 5.07

$ 2.77

Hypothetical 5% Fund Return

Investment Class

Institutional Class

Beginning Account Value 10/1/04

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,000.00

Ending Account Value 3/31/05

$ 1,020.00

$ 1,022.24

Expenses Paid per $1,000*

$ 4.99

$ 2.72

* Expenses are equal to the Fund's annualized expense ratio for each share class, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by the number of days in the most recent six-month period, then divided by 365.

Annualized Expense Ratios

Investment Class

Institutional Class

Scudder Lifecycle Long Range Fund

.99%

.54%

For more information, please refer to the Fund's prospectuses.

Scudder Lifecycle Mid Range Fund

Expenses and Value of a $1,000 Investment for the six months ended March 31, 2005

Actual Fund Return

Investment Class

Beginning Account Value 10/1/04

$ 1,000.00

Ending Account Value 3/31/05

$ 1,038.70

Expenses Paid per $1,000*

$ 5.08

Hypothetical 5% Fund Return

Investment Class

Beginning Account Value 10/1/04

$ 1,000.00

Ending Account Value 3/31/05

$ 1,019.95

Expenses Paid per $1,000*

$ 5.04

* Expenses are equal to the Fund's annualized expense ratio for each share class, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by the number of days in the most recent six-month period, then divided by 365.

Annualized Expense Ratios

Investment Class

Scudder Lifecycle Mid Range Fund

1.00%

For more information, please refer to the Fund's prospectus.

Scudder Lifecycle Short Range Fund

Expenses and Value of a $1,000 Investment for the six months ended March 31, 2005

Actual Fund Return

Investment Class

Beginning Account Value 10/1/04

$ 1,000.00

Ending Account Value 3/31/05

$ 1,025.70

Expenses Paid per $1,000*

$ 5.00

Hypothetical 5% Fund Return

Investment Class

Beginning Account Value 10/1/04

$ 1,000.00

Ending Account Value 3/31/05

$ 1,020.00

Expenses Paid per $1,000*

$ 4.99

* Expenses are equal to the Fund's annualized expense ratio for each share class, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by the number of days in the most recent six-month period, then divided by 365.

Annualized Expense Ratios

Investment Class

Scudder Lifecycle Short Range Fund

.99%

For more information, please refer to the Fund's prospectus.

Portfolio Management Review

 

lif_top_margin1Scudder Lifecycle Funds: A Team Approach to Investing

Deutsche Asset Management, Inc. ("DeAM, Inc." or the "Advisor"), which is part of Deutsche Asset Management, is the investment advisor for the funds. DeAM, Inc. provides a full range of investment advisory services to institutional and retail clients. DeAM, Inc. is also responsible for selecting brokers and dealers and for negotiating brokerage commissions and dealer charges.

Deutsche Asset Management is a global asset management organization that offers a wide range of investing expertise and resources. This well-resourced global investment platform brings together a wide variety of experience and investment insight across industries, regions, asset classes and investing styles.

DeAM, Inc. is an indirect, wholly owned subsidiary of Deutsche Bank AG. Deutsche Bank AG is a major global banking institution that is engaged in a wide range of financial services, including investment management, mutual funds, retail, private and commercial banking, investment banking and insurance.

Northern Trust Investments, N.A. ("NTI") is the subadvisor to the funds. NTI is located at 50 South LaSalle Street, Chicago, IL 60675. As of December 31, 2004, NTI had approximately $274 billion of assets under management. With respect to only the passive equity portion of each fund, a group of investment professionals at NTI makes the investment decisions, buys and sells securities and conducts the research that leads to the purchase and sale decisions.

Portfolio Management Team

Janet Campagna

Managing Director of Deutsche Asset Management and Lead Manager of the fund.

Joined Deutsche Asset Management in 1999. Investment strategist and manager of the asset allocation strategies group for Barclays Global Investors from 1994 to 1999.

Global head of Advanced Research and Quantitative Strategies.

Over 16 years of investment industry experience.

BS, Northeastern University; MS, Social Science, California Institute of Technology; PhD, Political Science, University of California at Irvine.

Joined the fund in 2000.

Robert Wang

Managing Director of Deutsche Asset Management and Co-Manager of the fund.

Joined Deutsche Asset Management in 1995 after 13 years of experience in fixed income trading at J.P. Morgan.

Senior portfolio manager for global and tactical asset allocation portfolios, with a focus on quantitative asset allocation, portfolio risk control and derivatives trading management.

BS, University of Pennsylvania — The Wharton School.

Joined the fund in 2000.

In the following interview, Co-Managers Robert Wang and Janet Campagna and Investment Strategist Arnim Holzer address the economy, markets, portfolio management strategy and resulting performance of Scudder Lifecycle funds for the 12 months ended March 31, 2005.

Q:  How would you describe global economic and political conditions and their effect on the markets over the last year?

A:  In the spring of 2004, there was considerable concern regarding whether the expansion of the US economy could be sustained, and many observers believed that a slowdown was about to begin. As the year progressed, there were encouraging signs of continuing economic strength. Employment numbers began to look more favorable, and economic leadership began to pass from the consumer to the corporate sector, which is the usual pattern as an economic expansion matures. Corporate earnings were relatively strong, and profit margins were improving. By the end of 2004, there was greater confidence that economic growth in the United States might continue for some time.

Looking at international economies, Japan and the European countries were somewhat weaker than the United States in 2004 and early 2005. Among developing nations, India and China were particularly strong, as the deceleration of growth that was expected in China near the end of 2004 was extremely modest.

Stock performance was generally positive through this period. From April through October, the US stock market traded within a fairly narrow range, reflecting considerable uncertainty about the economy, the November 2004 presidential election and the war in Iraq. The US market began to strengthen at the end of 2004, as oil prices fell slightly and there was increasing evidence of continued economic growth. The market traded in a fairly narrow range in the first quarter of 2005, ending the quarter slightly below the level at the end of  2004.

Over this period, the fixed-income market was relatively strong, though returns were below equity returns. The main driver of bond performance was a lack of upward pressure on long-term interest rates, despite the Federal Reserve's actions to increase short-term rates. Corporations maintained strong balance sheets and funded operations largely from available cash, rather than going to the bond market. The result was a light calendar of new corporate bond issues, so that the US Treasury did not encounter much competition for its issues.

Over the last several years, stock returns and bond returns have moved in opposite directions, displaying a negative correlation. In the last few months, however, the correlation has become less negative, with stock and bond returns moving similarly on many days.

Because the value of the US dollar declined relative to most other world currencies, most foreign stock markets outperformed US equities in dollar terms, although returns were at similar levels in local currency terms. The dollar's weakening trend moderated at the end of 2004, and we began to see some stability relative to other currencies, particularly the yen and the euro, in the first quarter of 2005.

Q:  How are the Scudder Lifecycle funds managed?

A:  We invest these funds in a mix of US and foreign stocks and bonds and short-term investments. Each of the three funds has a target percentage of each of the three principal asset classes: equity, fixed-income and short-term instruments. A fund's investment in each asset class fluctuates depending on our perception of the opportunities and risks associated with each class at a given time. We regularly use derivatives to increase or decrease exposure to the various asset classes.1 We also take positions in foreign currencies to enhance returns and to hedge risks.

1 A derivative is a financial arrangement that derives its value from a traditional security (such as a stock or bond), asset or index.

We employ a Global Asset Allocation (GAA) overlay, which is a means of attempting to capture gains when various assets and asset classes advance or decline. It utilizes stock and bond futures and currency forwards to adjust exposure to the different asset classes without having to make dramatic shifts in the stock, bond and cash allocations of the funds, which are normally maintained at percentages specific to each fund.2

Here's another way of thinking about GAA: It represents the view of Deutsche Asset Management investment teams around the world regarding currencies, equities and bonds. These views are combined to provide a "house view" that is risk-adjusted for the specific needs of these portfolios. This view is then executed through futures and currency forwards in Scudder Lifecycle Funds.

We also incorporate into our equity asset management an Enhanced Stock Index Fund (ESIF) strategy. The ESIF strategy seeks to keep pace with a given benchmark index by investing in a similar portfolio of stocks. The ESIF strategy aims to achieve total returns of one-quarter to one-half of 1% above the index — in this case the S&P 500 Index — on an annual basis.

In managing the bond portion of the portfolio, we use a core fixed-income strategy to select bonds based on a number of characteristics in an effort to outperform the Citigroup Broad Investment Grade (BIG) Bond Index.3

Q:  How did the funds perform during the period?

A:  In evaluating performance, we look at the funds' absolute returns and their returns relative to several benchmarks. The primary benchmark is the Standard & Poor's 500 Index.4 A secondary benchmark is the Citigroup Broad Investment Grade (BIG) Bond Index. Since these funds hold securities in three major asset classes — stocks, bonds and short-term securities — we have created for each fund an asset allocation benchmark. In each case, the asset allocation benchmark is calculated using the performance of three unmanaged indexes representative of stocks (S&P 500 Index), bonds (Citigroup Broad Investment Grade Bond Index) and cash (Merrill Lynch 3-month T-bill index) weighted by their corresponding proportion of the fund's neutral position to produce the aggregate benchmark. The percentages of each of these indexes differ based on each fund's investment objective.

2 Futures and options are used as a low-cost method for gaining exposure to a particular securities market without investing directly in those securities. Forward currency transactions are the purchase or sale of a foreign currency at an exchange rate established now, but with payment and delivery at a specified future time. Forward currency transactions are used as hedges and, where possible, to add to investment returns.

3 The Citigroup Broad Investment Grade (BIG) Bond Index covers an all-inclusive universe of institutionally traded US treasury, agency, mortgage and corporate securities.

4 The Standard & Poor's (S&P) 500 Index is an unmanaged capitalization-weighted index of 500 stocks. The index is designed to measure performance of the broad domestic economy through changes in the aggregate market value of 500 stocks representing all major industries. Index returns assume reinvestment of dividends and, unlike fund returns, do not reflect any fees or expenses. It is not possible to invest directly into an index.

We also compare returns to those of a peer group of funds that allocate assets among several asset classes. The peer group for the Lifecycle Long Range and Lifecycle Mid Range Funds is the Lipper Flexible Portfolio Funds category. For the Lifecycle Short Range Fund, the peer group is the Lipper Income category.

The total return of the Standard & Poor's 500 Index for the 12-month period ended March 2005 was 6.69%. The total return of the Citigroup Broad Investment Grade Bond Index was 1.23%. The Merrill Lynch 3-month T-bill index had a return of 1.67%.

We are generally pleased with the funds' performances over the last 12 months. All three had positive returns, but performance relative to benchmarks and the peer group varied.

Scudder Lifecycle Short Range Fund had a return of 2.28% (Investment Class), compared with 2.22% for its asset allocation benchmark. The asset allocation benchmark for this fund is a blend of 15% S&P 500 Index, 55% Citigroup Broad Investment Grade Bond Index and 30% Merrill Lynch 3-month T-bill index. This fund ranked in the 75th percentile of its Lipper peer group.

Scudder Lifecycle Mid Range Fund had a return of 3.50% (Investment Class), compared with 3.29% for its asset allocation benchmark. The asset allocation benchmark for this fund is a blend of 35% S&P 500 Index, 45% Citigroup Broad Investment Grade Bond Index and 20% Merrill Lynch 3-month T-bill index. This fund also ranked in the 75th percentile of the Lipper peer group.

Scudder Lifecycle Long Range Fund had a return of 4.92% (Investment Class), compared with 4.34% for its asset allocation benchmark. The asset allocation benchmark for this fund is a blend of 55% S&P 500 Index, 35% Citigroup Broad Investment Grade Bond Index and 10% Merrill Lynch 3-month T-bill index. This fund ranked in the 42nd percentile of the Lipper peer group.

Q:  What were the main factors that affected the funds' performances?

A:  All three funds were overweight in equities relative to their targets, and these overweight positions in equities made an important contribution to performance, especially in the fourth quarter of 2004, when equity markets were quite strong. For the long-range and mid-range funds, the ESIF strategy was also slightly positive; for the short-range fund, it was neutral.

The funds' bond positions were invested with exposure to currencies other than the US dollar, with a corresponding reduction in dollar-denominated investments. This positioning made a positive contribution to performance, as the dollar weakened relative to other currencies over the year.

The funds' bond strategy added to returns for the year, in spite of an underweight position in bonds for most of the period. In particular, performance benefited from exposure to German government bond futures, which rose in price after they moved from rates above US bonds to rates below US bonds.5

5 A futures contract gives the holder the right to purchase the underlying security at a specific price on a specific date in the future.

6 A government budget deficit occurs when expenditures are greater than revenues. A trade deficit occurs when the value of imports exceeds the value of exports.

While the S&P 500 Index is the official benchmark for the Lifecycle funds, we also compare performance to other funds with similar investment objectives. For this comparison, we use the Lipper Flexible Portfolio Funds category for the Lifecycle Long Range and Lifecycle Mid Range funds. The peer group for the Lifecycle Short Range fund is the Lipper Income category. The stock and bond positions in the Lifecycle funds performed in line with their indexes, so that differences in performance versus the peer group resulted mainly from decisions regarding the proportions of stocks and bonds. Relative to their Lipper peer groups, the Long Range and Mid Range funds generally have a lower proportion of assets invested in equities because many funds in the peer group are permitted to hold a higher percentage of equities. This means that when equity markets are strong, as they were over the last year, the funds tend to underperform the peer group.

Q:  In this environment, what is the outlook for the near future?

A:  There are several causes for concern among investors, particularly the continuing instability in the Middle East, which is a factor in rising energy prices. If competitive conditions enhance corporations' ability to raise prices to offset rising costs, inflation could become more of a concern. However, hourly wages are not showing significant increases, and profit margins continue to be good.

For US investors, the weakness of the dollar and the budget and trade deficits in this country are also potential negatives.6 There are no clear signs that global imbalances are correcting. However, the world's economies continue to be relatively strong despite these concerns. Monetary policy in the United States and other countries, particularly Japan, continues to be supportive of economic growth.

Since global bond yields remain relatively low, equities appear attractive relative to bonds. We anticipate that both short-term and long-term interest rates in the United States will move up steadily through 2005, pushing bond prices lower.

The judgments of our investment teams around the world support the view that equities are still inexpensive relative to fixed-income securities. Concerns over margins and the ability of companies to generate growth could begin to limit upside potential, but continued earnings gains point to rising stock prices. We believe that European securities offer tremendous value relative to stocks of companies based in the United States. Although we do not think the US dollar is in danger of severe weakness, the current account deficit may cause the dollar to continue falling in value relative to other currencies. We therefore believe performance will benefit from holding securities denominated in currencies other than the dollar.

It now appears in our view, that the US economy (measured by real growth in gross domestic product) is likely to grow at a rate between 3% and 4% for 2005, and we believe that corporate earnings will grow at a rate of 8% to 9% this year, which is a little higher than we would have predicted a few months ago.

Most international economies continue to expand at a moderate pace. Consensus estimates among economists call for growth in 2005 of approximately 2% in Japan and 1.7% to 2% in Europe. China's economy now appears likely to continue expanding at a rapid pace.

Investment flows are strong across a broad range of asset classes. There are good fundamental signs, and investors seem willing to take a moderate degree of risk.

Q:  Do you have other comments for shareholders?

A:  The positioning of these funds is similar to what it has been over the past year. Because we believe that stocks offer good value relative to bonds, the funds' equity positions continue to be above their benchmark levels. Since we expect rising interest rates, the funds' bond positions remain below their benchmarks.

While the current environment certainly involves risks such as high energy prices and political instability in many parts of the world, we believe there is potential for global economic growth and continued market strength.

We believe that diversification is essential to a solid investment program, and Scudder Lifecycle funds, with their investments in multiple asset classes, provide a suitable vehicle for investors who seek solid returns with reduced volatility.

A disciplined asset allocation approach such as the one exhibited in Scudder Lifecycle funds enables investors to take advantage of a wide range of investment opportunities with a moderate degree of risk. In closing, we would like to thank our investors for continued interest in Scudder Lifecycle funds.

The views expressed in this report reflect those of the portfolio managers only through the end of the period of the report as stated on the cover. The managers' views are subject to change at any time based on market and other conditions and should not be construed as a recommendation.

Portfolio Summary March 31, 2005

 

Scudder Lifecycle Long Range Fund

Asset Allocation (Excludes Securities Lending Collateral)

3/31/05

3/31/04

 

Common Stocks

56%

55%

Bonds

35%

35%

Short-Term Investments

9%

10%

 

100%

100%

Five Largest Equity Holdings at March 31, 2005
(7.2% of Net Assets)

1. ExxonMobil Corp.

Explorer and producer of oil and gas

2.0%

2. General Electric Co.

Industrial conglomerate

1.9%

3. Microsoft Corp.

Developer of computer software

1.2%

4. Citigroup, Inc.

Provider of diversified financial services

1.1%

5. Johnson & Johnson

Provider of health care products

1.0%

Five Largest Fixed Income Long-Term Securities at March 31, 2005 (5.7% of Net Assets)

1. US Treasury Note

3.625%, 7/15/2009

2.6%

2. US Treasury Note

2.75%, 6/30/2006

1.2%

3. US Treasury Bond

6.00%, 2/15/2026

0.9%

4. Federal National Mortgage Association

5.50%, 5/1/2033

0.5%

5. Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.

"JD", Series 2778, 5.00%, 12/15/2032

0.5%

Asset allocation is based on market value of the Total Investment Portfolio and is subject to change. Portfolio holdings are subject to change.

For more complete details about the Fund's investment portfolio, see page 20. A quarterly Fact Sheet is available upon request. Information concerning portfolio holdings of the Fund as of month end will be posted to scudder.com on the 15th of the following month. Please see the Account Management Resources section for contact information.

Scudder Lifecycle Mid Range Fund

Asset Allocation (Excludes Securities Lending Collateral)

3/31/05

3/31/04

 

Bonds

45%

44%

Common Stocks

35%

35%

Short-Term Investments

20%

20%

Preferred Stocks

1%

 

100%

100%

Five Largest Equity Holdings at March 31, 2005
(4.5% of Net Assets)

1. ExxonMobil Corp.

Explorer and producer of oil and gas

1.2%

2. General Electric Co.

Industrial conglomerate

1.2%

3. Microsoft Corp.

Developer of computer software

0.8%

4. Citigroup, Inc.

Provider of diversified financial services

0.7%

5. Johnson & Johnson

Provider of health care products

0.6%

Five Largest Fixed Income Long-Term Securities at March 31, 2005 (6.6% of Net Assets)

1. US Treasury Bond

7.25%, 5/15/2016

1.4%

2. Virginia Multi-Family Housing Revenue

6.51%, 5/1/2019

1.4%

3. Lansing, MI, Water & Sewer Revenue

7.3%, 7/1/2006

1.4%

4. US Treasury Bond

6.00%, 2/15/2026

1.3%

5. Autopista Del Maipo

144A, 7.373%, 6/15/2022

1.1%

Asset allocation is based on market value of the Total Investment Portfolio and is subject to change. Portfolio holdings are subject to change.

For more complete details about the Fund's investment portfolio, see page 36. A quarterly Fact Sheet is available upon request. Information concerning portfolio holdings of the Fund as of month end will be posted to scudder.com on the 15th of the following month. Please see the Account Management Resources section for contact information.

 

 

Scudder Lifecycle Short Range Fund

Asset Allocation (Excludes Securities Lending Collateral)

3/31/05

3/31/04

 

Bonds

54%

53%

Short-Term Investments

31%

32%

Common Stocks

15%

14%

Preferred Stocks

1%

 

100%

100%

Five Largest Equity Holdings at March 31, 2005
(1.9% of Net Assets)

1. ExxonMobil Corp.

Explorer and producer of oil and gas

0.5%

2. General Electric Co.

Industrial conglomerate

0.5%

3. Microsoft Corp.

Developer of computer software

0.3%

4. Citigroup, Inc.

Provider of diversified financial services

0.3%

5. Johnson & Johnson

Provider of health care products

0.3%

Five Largest Fixed Income Long-Term Securities at March 31, 2005 (8.4% of Net Assets)

1. US Treasury Note

3.625%, 7/15/2009

2.8%

2. Virginia, Multi Family Housing Revenue

6.51%, 5/1/2019

1.6%

3. US Treasury Note

3.00%, 2/15/2009

1.5%

4. US Treasury Bond

6.00%, 2/15/2026

1.4%

5. Autopista Del Maipo

7.37%, 6/15/2022

1.1%

Asset allocation is based on market value of the Total Investment Portfolio and is subject to change. Portfolio holdings are subject to change.

For more complete details about the Fund's investment portfolio, see page 52. A quarterly Fact Sheet is available upon request. Information concerning portfolio holdings of the Fund as of month end will be posted to scudder.com on the 15th of the following month. Please see the Account Management Resources section for contact information.

Following the Fund's fiscal first and third quarter-end, a complete portfolio holdings listing is filed with the SEC on Form N-Q. The form will be available on the SEC's Web site at www.sec.gov, and it also may be reviewed and copied at the SEC's Public Reference Room in Washington, D.C. Information on the operation of the SEC's Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling (800) SEC-0330.

Investment Portfolios as of March 31, 2005

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Scudder Lifecycle Long Range Fund


Shares

Value ($)

 

 

Common Stocks 55.1%

Consumer Discretionary 6.2%

Auto Components 0.2%

Dana Corp.

31,900

408,001

Delphi Corp.

22,200

99,456

Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.*

25,400

339,090

Johnson Controls, Inc.

7,600

423,776

Visteon Corp.

5,200

29,692

 

1,300,015

Automobiles 0.1%

Ford Motor Co.

72,300

819,159

General Motors Corp.

600

17,634

Harley-Davidson, Inc.

700

40,432

 

877,225

Distributors 0.0%

Genuine Parts Co.

6,900

300,081

Hotels Restaurants & Leisure 0.8%

Carnival Corp.

20,800

1,077,648

Darden Restaurants, Inc.

17,200

527,696

Harrah's Entertainment, Inc.

4,500

290,610

Hilton Hotels Corp.

15,200

339,720

Marriott International, Inc., "A"

7,900

528,194

McDonald's Corp.

50,200

1,563,228

Starbucks Corp.*

15,800

816,228

Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc.

8,400

504,252

Wendy's International, Inc.

4,500

175,680

YUM! Brands, Inc.

11,500

595,815

 

6,419,071

Household Durables 0.4%

Black & Decker Corp.

3,200

252,768

Centex Corp.

5,000

286,350

Fortune Brands, Inc.

5,700

459,591

KB Home

4,500

528,570

Leggett & Platt, Inc.

7,600

219,488

Maytag Corp.

3,100

43,307

Newell Rubbermaid, Inc.

10,900

239,146

Pulte Homes, Inc.

9,400

692,122

Snap-on, Inc.

2,300

73,117

The Stanley Works

3,000

135,810

Whirlpool Corp.

2,600

176,098

 

3,106,367

Internet & Catalog Retail 0.2%

eBay, Inc.*

47,800

1,781,028

Leisure Equipment & Products 0.1%

Brunswick Corp.

3,800

178,030

Eastman Kodak Co.

11,300

367,815

Hasbro, Inc.

6,600

134,970

Mattel, Inc.

16,500

352,275

 

1,033,090

Media 2.0%

Clear Channel Communications, Inc.

1,900

65,493

Comcast Corp., "A"*

87,300

2,948,994

Dow Jones & Co., Inc.

2,800

104,636

Gannett Co., Inc.

1,800

142,344

Interpublic Group of Companies, Inc.*

16,700

205,076

Knight-Ridder, Inc.

3,000

201,750

McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

7,500

654,375

News Corp., "A"

113,800

1,925,496

Omnicom Group, Inc.

7,300

646,196

Time Warner, Inc.*

200,700

3,522,285

Univision Communications, Inc., "A"*

11,600

321,204

Viacom, Inc., "B"

67,300

2,344,059

Walt Disney Co.

80,800

2,321,384

 

15,403,292

Multiline Retail 0.6%

Big Lots, Inc.*

4,500

54,090

Dillard's, Inc., "A"

2,800

75,320

Dollar General Corp.

11,900

260,729

Federated Department Stores, Inc.

6,700

426,388

Kohl's Corp.*

12,900

666,027

Nordstrom, Inc.

4,900

271,362

Sears Holdings Corp.

5,718

761,466

Target Corp.

35,300

1,765,706

 

4,281,088

Specialty Retail 1.4%

AutoNation, Inc.*

26,900

509,486

AutoZone, Inc.*

2,700

231,390

Bed Bath & Beyond, Inc.*

11,900

434,826

Best Buy Co., Inc.

11,800

637,318

Circuit City Stores, Inc.

29,400

471,870

Home Depot, Inc.

86,700

3,315,408

Limited Brands, Inc.

15,100

366,930

Lowe's Companies, Inc.

36,500

2,083,785

Office Depot, Inc.*

27,500

609,950

Sherwin-Williams Co.

5,000

219,950

Staples, Inc.

19,600

616,028

The Gap, Inc.

29,000

633,360

TJX Companies, Inc.

19,000

467,970

Toys "R" Us, Inc.*

8,500

218,960

 

10,817,231

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods 0.4%

Coach, Inc.*

13,600

770,168

Jones Apparel Group, Inc.

4,800

160,752

Liz Claiborne, Inc.

4,300

172,559

NIKE, Inc., "B"

9,000

749,790

Reebok International Ltd.

10,000

443,000

VF Corp.

9,800

579,572

 

2,875,841

Consumer Staples 5.4%

Beverages 1.2%

Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc.

30,700

1,454,873

Brown-Forman Corp., "B"

3,500

191,625

Coca-Cola Co.

89,500

3,729,465

Molson Coors Brewing Co., "B"

6,600

509,322

Pepsi Bottling Group, Inc.

7,800

217,230

PepsiCo, Inc.

66,300

3,515,889

 

9,618,404

Food & Staples Retailing 1.4%

Albertsons, Inc.

14,600

301,490

Costco Wholesale Corp.

4,000

176,720

CVS Corp.

15,800

831,396

Kroger Co.*

29,000

464,870

Safeway, Inc.*

17,700

327,981

Sysco Corp.

6,700

239,860

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

133,800

6,704,718

Walgreen Co.

40,300

1,790,126

 

10,837,161

Food Products 0.6%

Archer-Daniels-Midland Co.

24,600

604,668

Campbell Soup Co.

12,900

374,358

ConAgra Foods, Inc.

20,400

551,208

General Mills, Inc.

14,400

707,760

H.J. Heinz Co.

13,800

508,392

Hershey Foods Corp.

8,600

519,956

Kellogg Co.

13,800

597,126

Sara Lee Corp.

31,200

691,392

 

4,554,860

Household Products 1.0%

Clorox Co.

6,100

384,239

Colgate-Palmolive Co.

20,800

1,085,136

Kimberly-Clark Corp.

19,000

1,248,870

Procter & Gamble Co.

99,600

5,278,800

 

7,997,045

Personal Products 0.4%

Avon Products, Inc.

18,600

798,684

Gillette Co.

39,100

1,973,768

 

2,772,452

Tobacco 0.8%

Altria Group, Inc.

87,000

5,688,930

Reynolds American, Inc.

4,600

370,714

UST, Inc.

6,600

341,220

 

6,400,864

Energy 5.1%

Energy Equipment & Services 0.8%

Baker Hughes, Inc.

13,400

596,166

BJ Services Co.

6,400

332,032

Halliburton Co.

4,800

207,600

Nabors Industries Ltd.*

11,400

674,196

National-Oilwell, Inc.*

13,800

644,460

Noble Corp.

10,000

562,100

Rowan Companies, Inc.

13,000

389,090

Schlumberger Ltd.

23,200

1,635,136

Transocean, Inc.*

19,700

1,013,762

 

6,054,542

Oil & Gas 4.3%

Amerada Hess Corp.

3,400

327,114

Anadarko Petroleum Corp.

13,900

1,057,790

Apache Corp.

12,900

789,867

Burlington Resources, Inc.

15,300

766,071

ChevronTexaco Corp.

68,500

3,994,235

ConocoPhillips

30,700

3,310,688

Devon Energy Corp.

18,900

902,475

El Paso Corp.

25,400

268,732

EOG Resources, Inc.

16,900

823,706

ExxonMobil Corp.

257,900

15,370,840

Kerr-McGee Corp.

6,400

501,312

Kinder Morgan, Inc.

4,300

325,510

Marathon Oil Corp.

13,700

642,804

Occidental Petroleum Corp.

15,700

1,117,369

Sunoco, Inc.

6,100

631,472

Unocal Corp.

10,700

660,083

Valero Energy Corp.

14,800

1,084,396

Williams Companies, Inc.

22,500

423,225

XTO Energy, Inc.

13,667

448,814

 

33,446,503

Financials 10.8%

Banks 3.4%

AmSouth Bancorp.

14,100

365,895

Bank of America Corp.

160,000

7,056,000

BB&T Corp.

21,700

848,036

Comerica, Inc.

6,700

369,036

Compass Bancshares, Inc.

4,900

222,460

Fifth Third Bancorp.

5,400

232,092

First Horizon National Corp.

5,800

236,582

Golden West Financial Corp.

11,200

677,600

KeyCorp

16,000

519,200

M&T Bank Corp.

3,900

398,034

Marshall & Ilsley Corp.

8,200

342,350

National City Corp.

33,700

1,128,950

North Fork Bancorp., Inc.

18,572

515,187

PNC Financial Services Group

11,200

576,576

Regions Financial Corp.

18,400

596,160

Sovereign Bancorp, Inc.

14,800

327,968

SunTrust Banks, Inc.

13,400

965,738

Synovus Financial Corp.

12,300

342,678

US Bancorp.

73,200

2,109,624

Wachovia Corp.

62,600

3,186,966

Washington Mutual, Inc.

34,500

1,362,750

Wells Fargo & Co.

67,000

4,006,600

Zions Bancorp.

3,500

241,570

 

26,628,052

Capital Markets 1.6%

Bank of New York Co., Inc.

30,700

891,835

Bear Stearns Companies, Inc.

7,900

789,210

E*TRADE Financial Corp.*

35,900

430,800

Federated Investors, Inc., "B"

3,800

107,578

Franklin Resources, Inc.

12,700

871,855

Janus Capital Group, Inc.

9,300

129,735

Lehman Brothers Holdings, Inc.

14,600

1,374,736

Mellon Financial Corp.

16,700

476,618

Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc.

36,700

2,077,220

Morgan Stanley

50,000

2,862,500

T. Rowe Price Group, Inc.

4,900

290,962

The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.

20,800

2,287,792

 

12,590,841

Consumer Finance 0.7%

American Express Co.

46,400

2,383,568

Capital One Financial Corp.

9,800

732,746

MBNA Corp.

50,400

1,237,320

Providian Financial Corp.*

11,700

200,772

SLM Corp.

17,000

847,280

 

5,401,686

Diversified Financial Services 2.5%

CIT Group, Inc.

8,300

315,400

Citigroup, Inc.

192,000

8,628,480

Countrywide Financial Corp.

22,900

743,334

Fannie Mae

38,200

2,079,990

Freddie Mac

27,100

1,712,720

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

122,200

4,228,120

MGIC Investment Corp.

3,800

234,346

Moody's Corp.

9,600

776,256

Principal Financial Group, Inc.

11,800

454,182

 

19,172,828

Insurance 2.2%

ACE Ltd.

11,200

462,224

AFLAC, Inc.

19,900

741,474

Allstate Corp.

26,800

1,448,808

Ambac Financial Group, Inc.

4,300

321,425

American International Group, Inc.

102,800

5,696,148

Aon Corp.

12,500

285,500

Chubb Corp.

7,600

602,452

Cincinnati Financial Corp.

14,100

614,901

Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc.

11,700

802,152

Lincoln National Corp.

6,900

311,466

Loews Corp.

11,000

808,940

MetLife, Inc.

29,000

1,133,900

Progressive Corp.

11,700

1,073,592

Prudential Financial, Inc.

26,700

1,532,580

Safeco Corp.

5,000

243,550

The St. Paul Travelers Companies, Inc.

3,000

110,190

Torchmark Corp.

4,200

219,240

UnumProvident Corp.

11,800

200,836

XL Capital Ltd., "A"

5,500

398,035

 

17,007,413

Real Estate 0.4%

Apartment Investment & Management Co., "A" (REIT)

3,700

137,640

Archstone-Smith Trust, (REIT)

17,900

610,569

Equity Office Properties Trust, (REIT)

15,900

479,067

Equity Residential, (REIT)

22,000

708,620

Plum Creek Timber Co., Inc., (REIT)

7,300

260,610

ProLogis, (REIT)

7,300

270,830

Simon Property Group, Inc., (REIT)

8,800

533,104

 

3,000,440

Health Care 7.3%

Biotechnology 0.7%

Amgen, Inc.*

49,500

2,881,395

Applera Corp. — Applied Biosystems Group

7,800

153,972

Biogen Idec, Inc.*

13,100

452,081

Chiron Corp.*

5,800

203,348

Genzyme Corp.*

15,700

898,668

Gilead Sciences, Inc.*

17,100

612,180

MedImmune, Inc.*

24,100

573,821

 

5,775,465

Health Care Equipment & Supplies 1.3%

Bausch & Lomb, Inc.

2,100

153,930

Baxter International, Inc.

24,400

829,112

Becton, Dickinson & Co.

15,800

923,036

Boston Scientific Corp.*

30,000

878,700

C.R. Bard, Inc.

9,300

633,144

Fisher Scientific International, Inc.*

10,364

589,919

Guidant Corp.

12,700

938,530

Hospira, Inc.*

6,100

196,847

Medtronic, Inc.

47,800

2,435,410

Millipore Corp.*

2,000

86,800

PerkinElmer, Inc.

5,200

107,276

St. Jude Medical, Inc.*

14,300

514,800

Stryker Corp.

14,800

660,228

Thermo Electron Corp.*

6,300

159,327

Waters Corp.*

4,700

168,213

Zimmer Holdings, Inc.*

14,000

1,089,340

 

10,364,612

Health Care Providers & Services 1.6%

Aetna, Inc.

11,600

869,420

AmerisourceBergen Corp.

4,400

252,076

Cardinal Health, Inc.

17,100

954,180

Caremark Rx, Inc.*

26,600

1,058,148

CIGNA Corp.

5,200

464,360

Express Scripts, Inc.*

7,100

619,049

HCA, Inc.

16,300

873,191

Health Management Associates, Inc., "A"

9,600

251,328

Humana, Inc.*

6,400

204,416

IMS Health, Inc.

9,200

224,388

Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings*

5,300

255,460

Manor Care, Inc.

3,400

123,624

McKesson Corp.

11,700

441,675

Medco Health Solutions, Inc.*

10,900

540,313

Quest Diagnostics, Inc.

3,600

378,468

Tenet Healthcare Corp.*

49,400

569,582

UnitedHealth Group, Inc.

25,300

2,413,114

WellPoint, Inc.*

13,200

1,654,620

 

12,147,412

Pharmaceuticals 3.7%

Abbott Laboratories

47,400

2,209,788

Allergan, Inc.

5,200

361,244

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.

77,200

1,965,512

Eli Lilly & Co.

32,700

1,703,670

Forest Laboratories, Inc.*

13,800

509,910

Johnson & Johnson

117,400

7,884,584

King Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*

9,500

78,945

Merck & Co., Inc.

87,200

2,822,664

Pfizer, Inc.

270,300

7,100,781

Schering-Plough Corp.

58,300

1,058,145

Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*

12,400

381,052

Wyeth

52,800

2,227,104

 

28,303,399

Industrials 6.6%

Aerospace & Defense 1.3%

Boeing Co.

38,900

2,274,094

General Dynamics Corp.

7,900

845,695

Goodrich Corp.

4,700

179,963

Honeywell International, Inc.

33,600

1,250,256

L-3 Communications Holdings, Inc.

9,300

660,486

Lockheed Martin Corp.

15,800

964,748

Northrop Grumman Corp.

14,200

766,516

Raytheon Co.

17,900

692,730

United Technologies Corp.

20,200

2,053,532

 

9,688,020

Air Freight & Logistics 0.6%

FedEx Corp.

11,900

1,118,005

Ryder System, Inc.

10,500

437,850

United Parcel Service, Inc., "B"

44,200

3,215,108

 

4,770,963

Airlines 0.1%

Delta Air Lines, Inc.*

5,600

22,680

Southwest Airlines Co.

29,100

414,384

 

437,064

Building Products 0.1%

American Standard Companies, Inc.

7,100

330,008

Masco Corp.

17,700

613,659

 

943,667

Commercial Services & Supplies 0.6%

Allied Waste Industries, Inc.*

10,700

78,217

Apollo Group, Inc., "A"*

6,600

488,796

Avery Dennison Corp.

9,600

594,528

Cendant Corp.

41,700

856,518

Cintas Corp.

5,900

243,729

Equifax, Inc.

5,300

162,657

Monster Worldwide, Inc.*

4,700

131,835

Pitney Bowes, Inc.

9,100

410,592

R.R. Donnelley & Sons Co.

19,400

613,428

Robert Half International, Inc.

6,400

172,544

Waste Management, Inc.

22,500

649,125

 

4,401,969

Electrical Equipment 0.2%

American Power Conversion Corp.

7,100

185,381

Cooper Industries, Ltd., "A"

3,700

264,624

Emerson Electric Co.

16,600

1,077,838

Rockwell Automation, Inc.

6,900

390,816

 

1,918,659

Industrial Conglomerates 2.7%

3M Co.

30,500

2,613,545

General Electric Co.

418,600

15,094,716

Textron, Inc.

5,300

395,486

Tyco International Ltd.

79,500

2,687,100

 

20,790,847

Machinery 0.7%

Caterpillar, Inc.

6,700

612,648

Cummins, Inc.

5,200

365,820

Danaher Corp.

10,900

582,169

Deere & Co.

400

26,852

Eaton Corp.

11,100

725,940

Illinois Tool Works, Inc.

10,800

966,924

Ingersoll-Rand Co., "A"

6,900

549,585

ITT Industries, Inc.

3,600

324,864

Navistar International Corp.*

2,600

94,640

PACCAR, Inc.

6,900

499,491

Parker-Hannifin Corp.

9,800

597,016

 

5,345,949

Road & Rail 0.3%

Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp.

14,900

803,557

CSX Corp.

8,500

354,025

Norfolk Southern Corp.

15,800

585,390

Union Pacific Corp.

10,300

717,910

 

2,460,882

Trading Companies & Distributors 0.0%

W.W. Grainger, Inc.

3,300

205,491

Information Technology 8.4%

Communications Equipment 1.3%

ADC Telecommunications, Inc.*

32,000

63,680

Andrew Corp.*

6,400

74,944

Avaya, Inc.*

18,900

220,752

CIENA Corp.*

22,600

38,872

Cisco Systems, Inc.*

255,300

4,567,317

Comverse Technologies, Inc.*

7,800

196,716

Corning, Inc.*

87,000

968,310

JDS Uniphase Corp.*

57,100

95,357

Lucent Technologies, Inc.*

175,000

481,250

Motorola, Inc.

54,300

812,871

QUALCOMM, Inc.

65,000

2,382,250

Scientific-Atlanta, Inc.

6,000

169,320

Tellabs, Inc.*

18,200

132,860

 

10,204,499

Computers & Peripherals 2.2%

Apple Computer, Inc.*

40,300

1,679,301

Dell, Inc.*

106,000

4,072,520

EMC Corp.*

122,900

1,514,128

Gateway, Inc.*

11,900

47,957

Hewlett-Packard Co.

82,200

1,803,468

International Business Machines Corp.

64,400

5,884,872

Lexmark International, Inc., "A"*

5,000

399,850

NCR Corp.*

7,300

246,302

Network Appliance, Inc.*

14,500

401,070

QLogic Corp.*

9,900

400,950

Sun Microsystems, Inc.*

133,400

538,936

 

16,989,354

Electronic Equipment & Instruments 0.1%

Agilent Technologies, Inc.*

17,000

377,400

Jabil Circuit, Inc.*

7,200

205,344

Sanmina-SCI Corp.*

20,600

107,532

Solectron Corp.*

38,400

133,248

Symbol Technologies, Inc.

9,600

139,104

Tektronix, Inc.

3,500

85,855

 

1,048,483

Internet Software & Services 0.2%

Yahoo!, Inc.*

51,500

1,745,850

IT Consulting & Services 0.7%

Affiliated Computer Services, Inc., "A"*

11,500

612,260

Automatic Data Processing, Inc.

23,000

1,033,850

Computer Sciences Corp.*

7,600

348,460

Convergys Corp.*

5,700

85,101

Electronic Data Systems Corp.

20,400

421,668

First Data Corp.

31,700

1,246,127

Fiserv, Inc.*

16,600

660,680

Paychex, Inc.

14,100

462,762

Sabre Holdings Corp.

5,200

113,776

SunGard Data Systems, Inc.*

11,400

393,300

Unisys Corp.*

13,300

93,898

 

5,471,882

Office Electronics 0.1%

Xerox Corp.*

37,800

572,670

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment 1.6%

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.*

31,400

506,168

Altera Corp.*

27,900

551,862

Applied Materials, Inc.*

81,300

1,321,125

Applied Micro Circuits Corp.*

12,200

40,138

Broadcom Corp., "A"*

11,500

344,080

Freescale Semiconductor, Inc., "B"*

15,912

274,482

Intel Corp.

246,000

5,714,580

Linear Technology Corp.

12,200

467,382

LSI Logic Corp.*

57,900

323,661

Micron Technology, Inc.*

24,300

251,262

National Semiconductor Corp.

14,000

288,540

Novellus Systems, Inc.*

14,900

398,277

NVIDIA Corp.*

6,600

156,816

PMC-Sierra, Inc.*

7,100

62,480

Teradyne, Inc.*

7,700

112,420

Texas Instruments, Inc.

68,000

1,733,320

 

12,546,593

Software 2.2%

Adobe Systems, Inc.

9,600

644,832

Autodesk, Inc.

9,000

267,840

BMC Software, Inc.*

8,800

132,000

Citrix Systems, Inc.*

6,800

161,976

Computer Associates International, Inc.

21,000

569,100

Compuware Corp.*

60,700

437,040

Electronic Arts, Inc.*

12,200

631,716

Intuit, Inc.*

7,300

319,521

Mercury Interactive Corp.*

10,600

502,228

Microsoft Corp.

399,600

9,658,332

Novell, Inc.*

15,000

89,400

Oracle Corp.*

177,500

2,215,200

Parametric Technology Corp.*

10,700

59,813

Siebel Systems, Inc.*

20,300

185,339

Symantec Corp.*

28,000

597,240

VERITAS Software Corp.*

16,700

387,774

 

16,859,351

Materials 1.6%

Chemicals 1.0%

Air Products & Chemicals, Inc.

9,000

569,610

Dow Chemical Co.

37,700

1,879,345

E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co.

39,400

2,018,856

Eastman Chemical Co.

3,000

177,000

Ecolab, Inc.

8,800

290,840

Engelhard Corp.

4,800

144,144

Hercules, Inc.*

4,400

63,712

International Flavors & Fragrances, Inc.

3,500

138,250

Monsanto Co.

10,500

677,250

PPG Industries, Inc.

6,900

493,488

Praxair, Inc.

12,700

607,822

Rohm & Haas Co.

7,700

369,600

Sigma-Aldrich Corp.

2,700

165,375

 

7,595,292

Construction Materials 0.0%

Vulcan Materials Co.

4,000

227,320

Containers & Packaging 0.2%

Ball Corp.

12,000

497,760

Bemis Co., Inc.

4,200

130,704

Pactiv Corp.*

5,900

137,765

Sealed Air Corp.*

9,900

514,206

Temple-Inland, Inc.

2,300

166,865

 

1,447,300

Metals & Mining 0.2%

Alcoa, Inc.

13,500

410,265

Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold, Inc., "B"*

15,800

625,838

Newmont Mining Corp.

2,300

97,175

Nucor Corp.

6,300

362,628

United States Steel Corp.

4,500

228,825

 

1,724,731

Paper & Forest Products 0.2%

Georgia-Pacific Corp.

10,200

361,998

International Paper Co.

2,300

84,617

MeadWestvaco Corp.

18,500

588,670

 

1,035,285

Telecommunication Services 1.8%

Diversified Telecommunication Services 1.6%

ALLTEL Corp.

18,100

992,785

AT&T Corp.

31,700

594,375

BellSouth Corp.

72,300

1,900,767

CenturyTel, Inc.

5,300

174,052

Citizens Communications Co.

13,300

172,102

Qwest Communications International, Inc.*

66,000

244,200

SBC Communications, Inc.

130,400

3,089,176

Sprint Corp.

73,500

1,672,125

Verizon Communications, Inc.

109,400

3,883,700

 

12,723,282

Wireless Telecommunication Services 0.2%

Nextel Communications, Inc., "A"*

44,500

1,264,690

Utilities 1.9%

Electric Utilities 1.2%

Allegheny Energy, Inc.*

5,500

113,630

Ameren Corp.

7,700

377,377

American Electric Power Co.

15,100

514,306

CenterPoint Energy, Inc.

11,400

137,142

Cinergy Corp.

7,600

307,952

Consolidated Edison, Inc.

9,500

400,710

DTE Energy Co.

6,900

313,812

Edison International

22,700

788,144

Entergy Corp.

8,400

593,544

Exelon Corp.

7,300

334,997

FirstEnergy Corp.

21,300

893,535

FPL Group, Inc.

15,500

622,325

PG&E Corp.*

14,200

484,220

Pinnacle West Capital Corp.

3,600

153,036

PPL Corp.

7,500

404,925

Progress Energy, Inc.

9,800

411,110

Southern Co.

29,300

932,619

TECO Energy, Inc.

8,200

128,576

TXU Corp.

13,800

1,098,894

Xcel Energy, Inc.

15,800

271,444

 

9,282,298

Gas Utilities 0.1%

KeySpan Corp.

6,400

249,408

Nicor, Inc.

1,800

66,762

NiSource, Inc.

10,700

243,853

Peoples Energy Corp.

1,500

62,880

 

622,903

Multi-Utilities 0.6%

AES Corp.*

46,400

760,032

Calpine Corp.*

21,100

59,080

CMS Energy Corp.*

27,300

355,992

Constellation Energy Group, Inc.

7,000

361,900

Dominion Resources, Inc.

13,400

997,362

Duke Energy Corp.

37,000

1,036,370

Dynegy, Inc., "A"*

13,100

51,221

Public Service Enterprise Group, Inc.

9,400

511,266

Sempra Energy

9,400

374,496

 

4,507,719

Total Common Stocks (Cost $373,216,959)

427,101,321

#

Principal Amount ($)

Value ($)

 

 

Corporate Bonds 5.9%

Consumer Discretionary 0.5%

Auburn Hills Trust, 12.375%, 5/1/2020

113,000

169,229

Comcast Cable Communications Holdings, Inc., 8.375%, 3/15/2013

2,035,000

2,418,054

Comcast MO of Delaware, Inc., 9.0%, 9/1/2008

195,000

219,613

DaimlerChrysler NA Holdings Corp., 4.75%, 1/15/2008

978,000

973,369

 

3,780,265

Energy 0.2%

CenterPoint Energy Resources Corp., Series B, 7.875%, 4/1/2013

500,000

579,581

Enterprise Products Operating LP:

 

 

144A, 5.0%, 3/1/2015

457,000

428,410

7.5%, 2/1/2011

535,000

591,027

Pemex Project Funding Master Trust, 144A, 4.31%**, 6/15/2010

90,000

91,800

 

1,690,818

Financials 3.0%

Agfirst Farm Credit Bank, 8.393%, 12/15/2016

2,810,000

3,176,534

American General Finance Corp.:

 

 

Series H, 4.0%, 3/15/2011

860,000

816,934

Series H, 4.625%, 9/1/2010

1,345,000

1,329,877

Duke Capital LLC, 4.302%, 5/18/2006

1,357,000

1,359,035

Ford Motor Credit Co.:

 

 

5.8%, 1/12/2009

1,260,000

1,203,396

6.875%, 2/1/2006

3,288,000

3,332,710

General Electric Capital Corp., Series A, 4.875%, 3/4/2015

700,000

684,227

General Motors Acceptance Corp.:

 

 

5.625%, 5/15/2009

384,000

350,313

6.75%, 1/15/2006

1,164,000

1,172,105

6.875%, 9/15/2011

510,000

461,469

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.:

 

 

4.75%, 7/15/2013

880,000

846,440

5.125%, 1/15/2015

550,000

536,973

HSBC Bank USA, 5.875%, 11/1/2034

810,000

815,333

HSBC Finance Corp., 4.125%, 3/11/2008

755,000

749,259

JPMorgan Capital XV, 5.875%, 3/15/2035

1,725,000

1,665,850

Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc., Series C, 5.0%, 1/15/2015

1,260,000

1,221,066

Morgan Stanley, 4.0%, 1/15/2010

884,000

851,024

OneAmerica Financial Partners, 144A, 7.0%, 10/15/2033

785,000

860,669

Pennsylvania Mutual Life Insurance Co., 144A, 6.65%, 6/15/2034

865,000

933,237

RAM Holdings Ltd., 144A, 6.875%, 4/1/2024

602,000

651,485

 

23,017,936

Health Care 0.3%

Health Care Service Corp., 144A, 7.75%, 6/15/2011

1,895,000

2,155,796

Industrials 0.3%

BAE System 2001 Asset Trust, "B", Series 2001, 144A, 7.156%, 12/15/2011

118,879

127,087

D.R. Horton, Inc., 5.25%, 2/15/2015

1,355,000

1,237,964

K Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc., 144A, 6.25%, 1/15/2015

740,000

708,230

 

2,073,281

Materials 0.4%

Georgia-Pacific Corp.:

 

 

7.75%, 11/15/2029

745,000

812,050

8.875%, 5/15/2031

380,000

457,900

Lubrizol Corp., 6.5%, 10/1/2034

1,587,000

1,657,720

Newmont Mining Corp., 5.875%, 4/1/2035

690,000

676,147

 

3,603,817

Telecommunication Services 0.2%

Anixter International, Inc., 5.95%, 3/1/2015

110,000

108,651

Bell Atlantic New Jersey, Inc., Series A, 5.875%, 1/17/2012

925,000

959,367

SBC Communications, Inc.:

 

 

5.1%, 9/15/2014

95,000

92,595

5.625%, 6/15/2016

385,000

386,520

 

1,547,133

Utilities 1.0%

Consumers Energy Co., 6.25%, 9/15/2006

1,885,000

1,937,940

Old Dominion Electric Cooperative, Series A, 6.25%, 6/1/2011

2,605,000

2,817,961

Pedernales Electric Cooperative, Series 2002-A, 144A, 6.202%, 11/15/2032

1,730,000

1,870,130

Westar Energy, Inc., 5.95%, 1/1/2035

990,000

991,818

 

7,617,849

Total Corporate Bonds (Cost $45,002,580)

45,486,895

 

Foreign Bonds — US$ Denominated 3.4%

Energy 0.5%

Eastern Energy Ltd., 144A, 7.25%, 12/1/2016

2,875,000

3,304,507

Nexen, Inc., 5.875%, 3/10/2035

700,000

669,536

 

3,974,043

Financials 1.2%

Arcel Finance Ltd., 144A, 5.984%, 2/1/2009

295,553

303,240

Deutsche Telekom International Finance BV, 8.75%, 6/15/2030

277,000

362,275

Korea First Bank, 144A, 5.75%, 3/10/2013 (d)

499,000

514,092

Mantis Reef Ltd., 144A, 4.692%, 11/14/2008

2,875,000

2,841,662

PF Export Receivable Master Trust, 144A, 6.6%, 12/1/2011

1,248,335

1,326,643

QBE Insurance Group Ltd., 144A, 5.647%, 7/1/2023

345,000

340,526

Westfield Capital Corp.:

 

 

144A, 4.375%, 11/15/2010

1,715,000

1,671,296

144A, 5.125%, 11/15/2014

1,775,000

1,748,329

 

9,108,063

Industrials 0.9%

Autopista Del Maipo, 144A, 7.373%, 6/15/2022

2,690,000

3,035,073

Tyco International Group SA:

 

 

6.75%, 2/15/2011

2,318,000

2,511,743

6.875%, 1/15/2029

587,000

657,970

7.0%, 6/15/2028

563,000

639,099

 

6,843,885

Materials 0.3%

Sappi Papier Holding AG, 144A, 6.75%, 6/15/2012

1,125,000

1,220,293

Stora Enso Oyj, 7.375%, 5/15/2011 (d)

1,110,000

1,250,626

 

2,470,919

Sovereign Bonds 0.1%

United Mexican States:

 

 

Series A, 6.75%, 9/27/2034 (d)

965,000

941,840

8.375%, 1/14/2011

70,000

79,660

 

1,021,500

Telecommunication Services 0.4%

America Movil SA de CV, Series L, 5.75%, 1/15/2015

750,000

724,915

British Telecommunications PLC, 8.875%, 12/15/2030

1,210,000

1,612,311

Telecom Italia Capital, 144A, 4.95%, 9/30/2014

875,000

838,168

 

3,175,394

Total Foreign Bonds — US$ Denominated (Cost $25,685,484)

26,593,804

 

Asset Backed 2.3%

Automobile Receivables 0.7%

Drive Auto Receivables Trust:

 

 

"A3", Series 2004-1, 144A, 3.5%, 8/15/2008

1,515,000

1,500,207

"A4", Series 2002-1, 144A, 4.09%, 1/15/2008

1,265,000

1,268,690

MMCA Automobile Trust:

 

 

"A4", Series 2002-2, 4.3%, 3/15/2010

1,909,253

1,907,758

"A4", Series 2001-4, 4.92%, 8/15/2007

533,513

535,649

"B", Series 2002-1, 5.37%, 1/15/2010

410,626

411,796

Ryder Vehicle Lease Trust, "A4", Series 2001-A, 5.81%, 8/15/2006

70,894

70,894

 

5,694,994

Credit Card Receivables 0.2%

Capital One Multi-Asset Execution Trust, "B1", Series 2005-B1, 4.9%, 12/15/2017

1,365,000

1,354,763

Home Equity Loans 1.4%

Advanta Mortgage Loan Trust, "A6", Series 2000-2, 7.72%, 3/25/2015

1,409,456

1,465,801

Centex Home Equity, "AF6", Series 2004-D, 4.67%, 9/25/2034

1,260,000

1,238,848

First Franklin Mortgage Loan Trust NIM, "N1", Series 2004-FFH4, 144A, 4.212%, 1/21/2035

2,356,314

2,357,728

Master ABS NIM Trust, "N1", Series 2005-CI8A, 144A, 4.702%, 2/26/2035

2,794,436

2,793,563

Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors, Inc., "N1", Series 2005-NC1N, 144A, 5.0%, 10/25/2035

2,717,000

2,717,849

Novastar NIM Trust, "NOTE", Series 2004-N1, 144A, 4.458%, 2/26/2034

18,067

18,065

 

10,591,854

Manufactured Housing Receivables 0.0%

Greenpoint Manufactured Housing, "A3", Series 1999-5, 7.33%, 8/15/2020

473,780

474,042

Total Asset Backed (Cost $18,209,459)

18,115,653

 

US Government Agency Sponsored Pass-Throughs 3.9%

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp., 6.0%, 10/1/2033

793,586

812,465

Federal National Mortgage Association:

 

 

4.5% with various maturities from 4/1/2018 until 1/1/2033 (g) (i)

3,808,133

3,686,323

5.0% with maturities of 3/1/2034 (i)

2,554,762

2,504,945

5.5% with various maturities from 7/1/2024 until 11/1/2034 (g) (i)

12,600,984

12,665,070

5.732%, 9/1/2014

2,808,210

2,955,730

6.0% with various maturities from 1/1/2024 until 4/1/2024

3,308,082

3,402,814

6.468%, 6/1/2009

1,815,338

1,909,208

6.5%, 11/1/2033

964,614

1,001,486

7.13%, 1/1/2012

1,125,096

1,167,924

9.0%, 11/1/2030

157,471

173,929

Total US Government Agency Sponsored Pass-Throughs (Cost $30,400,920)

30,279,894

 

Commercial and Non-Agency Mortgage-Backed Securities 2.2%

Citigroup Mortgage Loan Trust, Inc., "1CB2", Series 2004-NCM2, 6.75%, 8/25/2034

2,205,266

2,288,652

Countrywide Alternative Loan Trust, "1A1", Series 2004-J1, 6.0%, 2/25/2034

511,757

518,782

DLJ Mortgage Acceptance Corp.:

 

 

"A1B", Series 1997-CF2, 144A, 6.82%, 10/15/2030

982,391

1,027,527

"A1B", Series 1997-CF1, 144A, 7.6%, 5/15/2030

830,398

873,298

GMAC Commercial Mortgage Securities, Inc., "A3", Series 1997-C1, 6.869%, 7/15/2029

620,655

649,519

Master Alternative Loans Trust, "8A1", Series 2004-3, 7.0%, 4/25/2034

532,255

544,860

Master Asset Securitization Trust:

 

 

"2A7", Series 2003-9, 5.5%, 10/25/2033

1,352,356

1,347,977

"8A1", Series 2003-6, 5.5%, 7/25/2033

949,099

944,057

Morgan Stanley Capital I, "C", Series 1997-ALIC, 6.84%, 1/15/2028

1,856,681

1,883,827

Residential Asset Securitization Trust, "A1", Series 2003-A11, 4.25%, 11/25/2033

1,595,983

1,595,977

TIAA Real Estate CDO Ltd., "A2", Series 2001-C1A, 144A, 6.3%, 6/19/2021

14,056

14,672

Washington Mutual:

 

 

"A6", Series 2004-AR4, 3.808%, 6/25/2034

1,410,000

1,363,438

"A6", Series 2004-AR5, 3.858%, 6/25/2034

1,475,000

1,426,520

"A6", Series 2003-AR10, 4.076%, 10/25/2033

2,130,000

2,095,362

"4A1", Series 2002-S7, 4.5%, 11/25/2032

163,676

163,667

Total Commercial and Non-Agency Mortgage-Backed Securities (Cost $17,029,811)

16,738,135

 

Collateralized Mortgage Obligations 8.9%

Fannie Mae Grantor Trust:

 

 

"A2", Series 2002-T16, 7.0%, 7/25/2042

1,056,658

1,104,141

"A2", Series 2002-T19, 7.0%, 7/25/2042

1,007,411

1,053,111

Fannie Mae Whole Loan:

 

 

"1A3", Series 2003-W18, 4.732%, 8/25/2043

1,241,175

1,242,859

"1A3", Series 2003-W19, 4.783%, 11/25/2033

1,270,000

1,269,363

"A23", Series 2004-W10, 5.0%, 8/25/2034

2,055,000

2,060,166

"2A", Series 2003-W8, 7.0%, 10/25/2042

1,381,695

1,444,592

"2A", Series 2002-W1, 7.5%, 2/25/2042

905,159

951,992

"5A", Series 2004-W2, 7.5%, 3/25/2044

1,249,743

1,322,285

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.:

 

 

"AU", Series 2759, 3.5%, 5/15/2019

1,399,000

1,387,970

"PY", Series 2726, 3.5%, 4/15/2026

1,770,000

1,756,233

"PX", Series 2628, 4.0%, 10/15/2016

2,025,000

1,979,035

"PB" , Series 2727, 4.25%, 4/15/2023

2,315,000

2,294,958

"LC", Series 2682, 4.5%, 7/15/2032

1,890,000

1,802,050

"TG", Series 2690, 4.5%, 4/15/2032

1,220,000

1,162,777

"HG", Series 2543, 4.75%, 9/15/2028

1,064,385

1,066,132

"BG", Series 2640, 5.0%, 2/15/2032

2,330,000

2,282,602

"EG", Series 2836, 5.0%, 12/15/2032

2,685,000

2,619,536

"JD", Series 2778, 5.0%, 12/15/2032

4,015,000

3,923,753

"NE", Series 2921, 5.0%, 9/15/2033

2,080,000

2,019,414

"PD", Series 2783, 5.0%, 1/15/2033

1,300,000

1,270,037

"PE", Series 2777, 5.0%, 4/15/2033

2,765,000

2,709,209

"PE", Series 2864, 5.0%, 6/15/2033

2,080,000

2,035,244

"PE", Series 2378, 5.5%, 11/15/2016

1,495,000

1,529,280

"PE", Series 2512, 5.5%, 2/15/2022

1,725,000

1,768,487

"BD", Series 2453, 6.0%, 5/15/2017

1,000,000

1,031,700

"3A", Series T-41, 7.5%, 7/25/2032

1,750,355

1,843,002

Federal National Mortgage Association:

 

 

"A2", Series 2003-63, 2.34%, 7/25/2044

627,455

625,173

"TU", Series 2003-122, 4.0%, 5/25/2016

1,690,000

1,684,005

"NE", Series 2004-52, 4.5%, 7/25/2033

1,309,000

1,241,024

"QG", Series 2004-29, 4.5%, 12/25/2032

1,450,000

1,379,949

"UK", Series 2003-9, 4.5%, 11/25/2016

399,158

398,748

"WB", Series 2003-106, 4.5%, 10/25/2015

1,860,000

1,860,520

"A2", Series 2002-W10, 4.7%, 8/25/2042

5,955

5,943

"2A3", Series 2003-W15, 4.71%, 8/25/2043

1,883,252

1,884,628

"HE", Series 2005-22, 5.0%, 10/25/2033

1,290,000

1,255,130

"KH", Series 2003-92, 5.0%, 3/25/2032

1,230,000

1,203,255

"ME", Series 2005-14, 5.0%, 10/25/2033

2,650,000

2,579,578

"MC", Series 2002-56, 5.5%, 9/25/2017

1,000,524

1,013,685

"MG", Series 2002-2, 6.0%, 2/25/2017

2,605,359

2,688,890

"VD", Series 2002-56, 6.0%, 4/25/2020

44,566

45,282

"A2", Series 1998-M1, 6.25%, 1/25/2008

1,122,043

1,161,469

"1A2", Series 2003-W3, 7.0%, 8/25/2042

608,642

636,135

"A2", Series 2002-T4, 7.0%, 12/25/2041

1,286,525

1,343,062

Government National Mortgage Association:

 

 

"GD", Series 2004-26, 5.0%, 11/16/2032

1,304,000

1,285,553

"QE", Series 2004-11, 5.0%, 12/16/2032

1,955,000

1,906,972

Total Collateralized Mortgage Obligations (Cost $69,816,383)

69,128,929

 

Municipal Investments 2.4%

California, Urban Industrial Development Agency, Series 1A, 4.5%, 5/1/2010 (f)

2,550,000

2,515,192

Delaware River, DE, Port Authority, Port District Project, Series A, 7.27%, 1/1/2007 (f)

930,000

978,323

Hudson County, NJ, Improvement Authority Lease Revenue, Weehawken Pershing Road, 5.72%, 3/1/2034 (f)

880,000

903,197

Illinois, State General Obligation, 4.95%, 6/1/2023

1,670,000

1,616,042

Kentucky, Multi-Family Housing Revenue, Housing Assistance Corp., Series B, 7.2%, 2/1/2006

65,000

65,148

Lansing, MI, Water & Sewer Revenue, Board Water & Light Water Supply Steam, Series B, 7.3%, 7/1/2006 (f)

3,155,000

3,284,166

Mount Laurel Township, NJ, Municipal Utitlities Authority, Utilities System Revenue, Series B, 3.9%, 7/1/2010 (f)

950,000

914,517

San Diego, CA, Redevelopment Agency, Taxable Housing Allocation Series C, 5.81%, 9/1/2019 (f)

2,300,000

2,350,899

Suffolk, VA, Multi-Family Housing Revenue, Redevelopment & Housing Authority, Series T, 6.6%, 7/1/2015

1,985,000

2,144,654

Washington, Economic Development Financial Authority, Economic Development Revenue,CSC Tacoma LLC Project Series A, 3.8%, 10/1/2011 (f)

1,105,000

1,047,297

Washington, Economic Development Financial Authority, Economic Development Revenue,CSC Tacoma LLC Project Series A, 2.5%, 10/1/2007 (f)

3,130,000

3,001,169

Total Municipal Investments (Cost $18,719,839)

18,820,604

 

Government National Mortgage Association 0.6%

Government National Mortgage Association:

 

 

6.0% with various maturities from 10/15/2033 until 9/15/2034 (Cost $4,239,324)

4,100,204

4,212,519

 

US Government Backed 5.7%

US Treasury Bills:

 

 

2.356%, 4/21/2005 (h)

5,310,000

5,303,186

2.869%***, 7/14/2005 (h)

415,000

411,710

US Treasury Bond, 6.0%, 2/15/2026 (d)

5,888,000

6,735,548

US Treasury Notes:

 

 

2.75%, 6/30/2006 (d)

9,410,000

9,315,166

3.0%, 2/15/2009 (d)

484,000

465,453

3.625%, 7/15/2009 (d)

20,843,000

20,439,980

3.875%, 2/15/2013

594,000

573,372

5.0%, 8/15/2011 (d)

844,000

876,837

Total US Government Backed (Cost $44,203,723)

44,121,252

#


Shares

Value ($)

 

 

Securities Lending Collateral 4.6%

Daily Assets Fund Institutional, 2.83% (c) (e) (Cost $35,195,744)

35,195,744

35,195,744

 

Cash Equivalents 7.9%

Scudder Cash Management QP Trust, 2.69% (b) (Cost $61,479,890)

61,479,890

61,479,890

#

% of Net Assets

Value ($)

 

 

Total Investment Portfolio (Cost $743,200,116) (a)

102.9

797,274,640

Other Assets and Liabilities, Net

(2.9)

(22,205,519)

Net Assets

100.0

775,069,121

* Non-income producing security.

** Floating rate notes are securities whose yields vary with a designated market index or market rate, such as the coupon-equivalent of the US Treasury bill rate. These securities are shown at their current rate as of March 31, 2005.

*** Annualized yield at time of purchase; not a coupon rate.

(a) The cost for federal income tax purposes was $762,837,827. At March 31, 2005, net unrealized appreciation for all securities based on tax cost was $34,436,813. This consisted of aggregate gross unrealized appreciation for all securities in which there was an excess of value over tax cost of $62,683,941 and aggregate gross unrealized depreciation for all securities in which there was an excess of tax cost over value of $28,247,128.

(b) Scudder Cash Management QP Trust is managed by Deutsche Investment Management Americas Inc., an affiliate of the Advisor. The rate shown is the annualized seven-day yield at period end.

(c) Daily Assets Fund Institutional, an affiliated fund, is managed by Deutsche Asset Management, Inc. The rate shown is the annualized seven-day yield at period end.

(d) All or a portion of these securities were on loan (see Notes to Financial Statements). The value of all securities loaned at March 31, 2005 amounted to $34,676,970, which is 4.5% of total net assets.

(e) Represents collateral held in connection with securities lending.

(f) Bond is insured by one of these companies:

 

 

As a % of Total Investment Portfolio

AMBAC

American Municipal Bond Assurance Corp.

0.1%

FSA

Financial Security Assurance, Inc.

0.1%

MBIA

Municipal Bond Insurance Association

1.4%

XLCA

XL Capital Assurance

0.3%

(g) Mortgage dollar rolls included.

(h) At March 31, 2005 this security has been pledged to cover in whole or in part, initial margin requirements for open futures contracts.

(i) When-issued or forward delivery pools included.

Included in the portfolio are investments in mortgage or asset-backed securities which are interests in separate pools of mortgages or assets. Effective maturities of these investments may be shorter than stated maturities due to prepayments. Some separate investments in the Federal National Mortgage Association and the Government National Mortgage Association issues which have similar coupon rates have been aggregated for presentation purposes in the investment portfolio.

144A: Security exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. These securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers.

REIT: Real Estate Investment Trust

At March 31, 2005, open futures contracts purchased were as follows:

Futures

Expiration Date

Contracts

Aggregate Face 

Value ($)

Value ($)

Unrealized (Depreciation) ($)

Share Price Index 200

6/16/2005

70

5,753,248

5,577,742

(175,506)

S&P 500 Index

6/16/2005

29

8,739,637

8,583,275

(156,362)

EOE Dutch Stock Index

4/15/2005

96

9,234,057

9,177,808

(56,249)

Topix Index

6/9/2005

248

27,475,112

27,302,434

(172,678)

Total net unrealized depreciation

(560,795)

At March 31, 2005, open futures contracts sold short were as follows:

Futures

Expiration Date

Contracts

Aggregate Face 

Value ($)

Value ($)

Unrealized Appreciation ($)

10 Year US Treasury Notes

6/21/2005

725

80,055,696

79,217,578

838,118

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

Scudder Lifecycle Mid Range Fund


Shares

Value ($)

 

 

Common Stocks 34.4%

Consumer Discretionary 3.9%

Auto Components 0.1%

Dana Corp.

1,200

15,348

Delphi Corp.

800

3,584

Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.*

900

12,015

Johnson Controls, Inc.

300

16,728

Visteon Corp.

200

1,142

48,817

Automobiles 0.1%

Ford Motor Co.

2,600

29,458

Distributors 0.0%

Genuine Parts Co.

300

13,047

Hotels Restaurants & Leisure 0.5%

Carnival Corp.

800

41,448

Darden Restaurants, Inc.

600

18,408

Harrah's Entertainment, Inc.

200

12,916

Hilton Hotels Corp.

600

13,410

Marriott International, Inc., "A"

300

20,058

McDonald's Corp.

1,800

56,052

Starbucks Corp.*

600

30,996

Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc.

300

18,009

Wendy's International, Inc.

200

7,808

YUM! Brands, Inc.

400

20,724

239,829

Household Durables 0.2%

Black & Decker Corp.

100

7,899

Centex Corp.

200

11,454

Fortune Brands, Inc.

200

16,126

KB Home

200

23,492

Leggett & Platt, Inc.

300

8,664

Maytag Corp.

100

1,397

Newell Rubbermaid, Inc.

400

8,776

Pulte Homes, Inc.

300

22,089

Snap-on, Inc.

100

3,179

The Stanley Works

100

4,527

Whirlpool Corp.

100

6,773

114,376

Internet & Catalog Retail 0.1%

eBay, Inc.*

1,700

63,342

Leisure Equipment & Products 0.1%

Brunswick Corp.

100

4,685

Eastman Kodak Co.

400

13,020

Hasbro, Inc.

200

4,090

Mattel, Inc.

600

12,810

34,605

Media 1.3%

Clear Channel Communications, Inc.

100

3,447

Comcast Corp., "A"*

3,200

108,096

Dow Jones & Co., Inc.

100

3,737

Gannett Co., Inc.

100

7,908

Interpublic Group of Companies, Inc.*

600

7,368

Knight-Ridder, Inc.

100

6,725

McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

300

26,175

News Corp., "A"

4,200

71,064

Omnicom Group, Inc.

300

26,556

Time Warner, Inc.*

7,300

128,115

Univision Communications, Inc., "A"*

400

11,076

Viacom, Inc., "B"

2,500

87,075

Walt Disney Co.

2,900

83,317

570,659

Multiline Retail 0.4%

Big Lots, Inc.*

200

2,404

Dillard's, Inc., "A"

100

2,690

Dollar General Corp.

400

8,764

Federated Department Stores, Inc.

200

12,728

Kohl's Corp.*

500

25,815

Nordstrom, Inc.

200

11,076

Sears Holdings Corp.

244

32,550

Target Corp.

1,300

65,026

161,053

Specialty Retail 0.9%

AutoNation, Inc.*

1,000

18,940

AutoZone, Inc.*

100

8,570

Bed Bath & Beyond, Inc.*

400

14,616

Best Buy Co., Inc.

400

21,604

Circuit City Stores, Inc.

1,100

17,655

Home Depot, Inc.

3,200

122,368

Limited Brands, Inc.

600

14,580

Lowe's Companies, Inc.

1,300

74,217

Office Depot, Inc.*

1,000

22,180

Sherwin-Williams Co.

200

8,798

Staples, Inc.

700

22,001

The Gap, Inc.

1,100

24,024

TJX Companies, Inc.

700

17,241

Toys "R" Us, Inc.*

300

7,728

394,522

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods 0.2%

Coach, Inc.*

500

28,315

Jones Apparel Group, Inc.

200

6,698

Liz Claiborne, Inc.

200

8,026

NIKE, Inc., "B"

300

24,993

Reebok International Ltd.

400

17,720

VF Corp.

400

23,656

109,408

Consumer Staples 3.4%

Beverages 0.8%

Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc.

1,100

52,129

Brown-Forman Corp., "B"

100

5,475

Coca-Cola Co.

3,300

137,511

Molson Coors Brewing Co., "B"

200

15,434

Pepsi Bottling Group, Inc.

300

8,355

PepsiCo, Inc.

2,400

127,272

346,176

Food & Staples Retailing 0.9%

Albertsons, Inc.

500

10,325

Costco Wholesale Corp.

100

4,418

CVS Corp.

600

31,572

Kroger Co.*

1,100

17,633

Safeway, Inc.*

600

11,118

Sysco Corp.

200

7,160

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

4,900

245,539

Walgreen Co.

1,500

66,630

394,395

Food Products 0.4%

Archer-Daniels-Midland Co.

900

22,122

Campbell Soup Co.

500

14,510

ConAgra Foods, Inc.

700

18,914

General Mills, Inc.

500

24,575

H.J. Heinz Co.

500

18,420

Hershey Foods Corp.

300

18,138

Kellogg Co.

500

21,635

Sara Lee Corp.

1,100

24,376

162,690

Household Products 0.6%

Clorox Co.

200

12,598

Colgate-Palmolive Co.

800

41,736

Kimberly-Clark Corp.

700

46,011

Procter & Gamble Co.

3,600

190,800

291,145

Personal Products 0.2%

Avon Products, Inc.

700

30,058

Gillette Co.

1,400

70,672

100,730

Tobacco 0.5%

Altria Group, Inc.

3,200

209,248

Reynolds American, Inc.

200

16,118

UST, Inc.

200

10,340

235,706

Energy 3.2%

Energy Equipment & Services 0.5%

Baker Hughes, Inc.

500

22,245

BJ Services Co.

200

10,376

Halliburton Co.

200

8,650

Nabors Industries Ltd.*

400

23,656

National-Oilwell, Inc.*

500

23,350

Noble Corp.

400

22,484

Rowan Companies, Inc.

500

14,965

Schlumberger Ltd.

800

56,384

Transocean, Inc.*

700

36,022

218,132

Oil & Gas 2.7%

Amerada Hess Corp.

100

9,621

Anadarko Petroleum Corp.

500

38,050

Apache Corp.

500

30,615

Burlington Resources, Inc.

600

30,042

ChevronTexaco Corp.

2,500

145,775

ConocoPhillips

1,100

118,624

Devon Energy Corp.

700

33,425

El Paso Corp.

900

9,522

EOG Resources, Inc.

600

29,244

ExxonMobil Corp.

9,400

560,240

Kerr-McGee Corp.

200

15,666

Kinder Morgan, Inc.

200

15,140

Marathon Oil Corp.

500

23,460

Occidental Petroleum Corp.

600

42,702

Sunoco, Inc.

200

20,704

Unocal Corp.

400

24,676

Valero Energy Corp.

500

36,635

Williams Companies, Inc.

800

15,048

XTO Energy, Inc.

533

17,515

1,216,704

Financials 6.7%

Banks 2.1%

AmSouth Bancorp.

500

12,975

Bank of America Corp.

5,800

255,780

BB&T Corp.

800

31,264

Comerica, Inc.

200

11,016

Compass Bancshares, Inc.

200

9,080

Fifth Third Bancorp.

200

8,596

First Horizon National Corp.

200

8,158

Golden West Financial Corp.

400

24,200

KeyCorp

600

19,470

M&T Bank Corp.

100

10,206

Marshall & Ilsley Corp.

300

12,525

National City Corp.

1,200

40,200

North Fork Bancorp., Inc.

665

18,447

PNC Financial Services Group

400

20,592

Regions Financial Corp.

700

22,680

Sovereign Bancorp, Inc.

500

11,080

SunTrust Banks, Inc.

500

36,035

Synovus Financial Corp.

400

11,144

US Bancorp.

2,700

77,814

Wachovia Corp.

2,300

117,093

Washington Mutual, Inc.

1,300

51,350

Wells Fargo & Co.

2,400

143,520

Zions Bancorp.

100

6,902

960,127

Capital Markets 1.0%

Bank of New York Co., Inc.

1,100

31,955

Bear Stearns Companies, Inc.

300

29,970

E*TRADE Financial Corp.*

1,300

15,600

Federated Investors, Inc., "B"

100

2,831

Franklin Resources, Inc.

500

34,325

Janus Capital Group, Inc.

300

4,185

Lehman Brothers Holdings, Inc.

500

47,080

Mellon Financial Corp.

600

17,124

Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc.

1,300

73,580

Morgan Stanley

1,800

103,050

T. Rowe Price Group, Inc.

200

11,876

The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.

800

87,992

459,568

Consumer Finance 0.4%

American Express Co.

1,700

87,329

Capital One Financial Corp.

400

29,908

MBNA Corp.

1,800

44,190

Providian Financial Corp.*

400

6,864

SLM Corp.

600

29,904

198,195

Diversified Financial Services 1.5%

CIT Group, Inc.

300

11,400

Citigroup, Inc.

7,000

314,580

Countrywide Financial Corp.

800

25,968

Fannie Mae

1,400

76,230

Freddie Mac

1,000

63,200

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

4,500

155,700

MGIC Investment Corp.

100

6,167

Moody's Corp.

400

32,344

Principal Financial Group, Inc.

400

15,396

700,985

Insurance 1.4%

ACE Ltd.

400

16,508

AFLAC, Inc.

700

26,082

Allstate Corp.

1,000

54,060

Ambac Financial Group, Inc.

200

14,950

American International Group, Inc.

3,700

205,017

Aon Corp.

500

11,420

Chubb Corp.

300

23,781

Cincinnati Financial Corp.

500

21,805

Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc.

400

27,424

Lincoln National Corp.

300

13,542

Loews Corp.

400

29,416

MetLife, Inc.

1,100

43,010

Progressive Corp.

400

36,704

Prudential Financial, Inc.

1,000

57,400

Safeco Corp.

200

9,742

The St. Paul Travelers Companies, Inc.

100

3,673

Torchmark Corp.

200

10,440

UnumProvident Corp.

400

6,808

XL Capital Ltd., "A"

200

14,474

626,256

Real Estate 0.3%

Apartment Investment & Management Co., "A" (REIT)

100

3,720

Archstone-Smith Trust, (REIT)

700

23,877

Equity Office Properties Trust, (REIT)

600

18,078

Equity Residential, (REIT)

800

25,768

Plum Creek Timber Co., Inc., (REIT)

300

10,710

ProLogis, (REIT)

300

11,130

Simon Property Group, Inc., (REIT)

300

18,174

111,457

Health Care 4.6%

Biotechnology 0.5%

Amgen, Inc.*

1,800

104,778

Applera Corp. — Applied Biosystems Group

300

5,922

Biogen Idec, Inc.*

500

17,255

Chiron Corp.*

200

7,012

Genzyme Corp.*

600

34,344

Gilead Sciences, Inc.*

600

21,480

MedImmune, Inc.*

900

21,429

212,220

Health Care Equipment & Supplies 0.8%

Bausch & Lomb, Inc.

100

7,330

Baxter International, Inc.

900

30,582

Becton, Dickinson & Co.

600

35,052

Boston Scientific Corp.*

1,100

32,219

C.R. Bard, Inc.

300

20,424

Fisher Scientific International, Inc.*

348

19,808

Guidant Corp.

500

36,950

Hospira, Inc.*

200

6,454

Medtronic, Inc.

1,700

86,615

Millipore Corp.*

100

4,340

PerkinElmer, Inc.

200

4,126

St. Jude Medical, Inc.*

500

18,000

Stryker Corp.

500

22,305

Thermo Electron Corp.*

200

5,058

Waters Corp.*

200

7,158

Zimmer Holdings, Inc.*

500

38,905

375,326

Health Care Providers & Services 1.0%

Aetna, Inc.

400

29,980

AmerisourceBergen Corp.

200

11,458

Cardinal Health, Inc.

600

33,480

Caremark Rx, Inc.*

1,000

39,780

CIGNA Corp.

200

17,860

Express Scripts, Inc.*

300

26,157

HCA, Inc.

600

32,142

Health Management Associates, Inc., "A"

400

10,472

Humana, Inc.*

200

6,388

IMS Health, Inc.

300

7,317

Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings*

200

9,640

Manor Care, Inc.

100

3,636

McKesson Corp.

400

15,100

Medco Health Solutions, Inc.*

400

19,828

Quest Diagnostics, Inc.

100

10,513

Tenet Healthcare Corp.*

1,800

20,754

UnitedHealth Group, Inc.

900

85,842

WellPoint, Inc.*

500

62,675

443,022

Pharmaceuticals 2.3%

Abbott Laboratories

1,700

79,254

Allergan, Inc.

200

13,894

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.

2,800

71,288

Eli Lilly & Co.

1,200

62,520

Forest Laboratories, Inc.*

500

18,475

Johnson & Johnson

4,300

288,788

King Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*

300

2,493

Merck & Co., Inc.

3,200

103,584

Pfizer, Inc.

9,900

260,073

Schering-Plough Corp.

2,100

38,115

Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*

500

15,365

Wyeth

1,900

80,142

1,033,991

Industrials 4.0%

Aerospace & Defense 0.8%

Boeing Co.

1,400

81,844

General Dynamics Corp.

300

32,115

Goodrich Corp.

200

7,658

Honeywell International, Inc.

1,200

44,652

L-3 Communications Holdings, Inc.

300

21,306

Lockheed Martin Corp.

600

36,636

Northrop Grumman Corp.

500

26,990

Raytheon Co.

700

27,090

United Technologies Corp.

700

71,162

349,453

Air Freight & Logistics 0.4%

FedEx Corp.

400

37,580

Ryder System, Inc.

400

16,680

United Parcel Service, Inc., "B"

1,600

116,384

170,644

Airlines 0.0%

Delta Air Lines, Inc.*

200

810

Southwest Airlines Co.

1,100

15,664

16,474

Building Products 0.1%

American Standard Companies, Inc.

300

13,944

Masco Corp.

600

20,802

34,746

Commercial Services & Supplies 0.3%

Allied Waste Industries, Inc.*

400

2,924

Apollo Group, Inc., "A"*

200

14,812

Avery Dennison Corp.

400

24,772

Cendant Corp.

1,500

30,810

Cintas Corp.

200

8,262

Equifax, Inc.

200

6,138

Monster Worldwide, Inc.*

200

5,610

Pitney Bowes, Inc.

300

13,536

R.R. Donnelley & Sons Co.

700

22,134

Robert Half International, Inc.

200

5,392

Waste Management, Inc.

800

23,080

157,470

Electrical Equipment 0.1%

American Power Conversion Corp.

300

7,833

Cooper Industries, Ltd., "A"

100

7,152

Emerson Electric Co.

600

38,958

Rockwell Automation, Inc.

300

16,992

70,935

Industrial Conglomerates 1.7%

3M Co.

1,100

94,259

General Electric Co.

15,300

551,718

Textron, Inc.

200

14,924

Tyco International Ltd.

2,900

98,020

758,921

Machinery 0.4%

Caterpillar, Inc.

200

18,288

Cummins, Inc.

200

14,070

Danaher Corp.

400

21,364

Eaton Corp.

400

26,160

Illinois Tool Works, Inc.

400

35,812

Ingersoll-Rand Co., "A"

200

15,930

ITT Industries, Inc.

100

9,024

Navistar International Corp.*

100

3,640

PACCAR, Inc.

200

14,478

Parker-Hannifin Corp.

400

24,368

183,134

Road & Rail 0.2%

Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp.

500

26,965

CSX Corp.

300

12,495

Norfolk Southern Corp.

600

22,230

Union Pacific Corp.

400

27,880

89,570

Trading Companies & Distributors 0.0%

W.W. Grainger, Inc.

100

6,227

Information Technology 5.3%

Communications Equipment 0.8%

ADC Telecommunications, Inc.*

1,200

2,388

Andrew Corp.*

200

2,342

Avaya, Inc.*

700

8,176

CIENA Corp.*

800

1,376

Cisco Systems, Inc.*

9,300

166,377

Comverse Technologies, Inc.*

300

7,566

Corning, Inc.*

3,200

35,616

JDS Uniphase Corp.*

2,100

3,507

Lucent Technologies, Inc.*

6,400

17,600

Motorola, Inc.

2,000

29,940

QUALCOMM, Inc.

2,400

87,960

Scientific-Atlanta, Inc.

200

5,644

Tellabs, Inc.*

700

5,110

373,602

Computers & Peripherals 1.4%

Apple Computer, Inc.*

1,500

62,505

Dell, Inc.*

3,900

149,838

EMC Corp.*

4,500

55,440

Gateway, Inc.*

400

1,612

Hewlett-Packard Co.

3,000

65,820

International Business Machines Corp.

2,400

219,312

Lexmark International, Inc., "A"*

200

15,994

NCR Corp.*

300

10,122

Network Appliance, Inc.*

500

13,830

QLogic Corp.*

400

16,200

Sun Microsystems, Inc.*

4,900

19,796

630,469

Electronic Equipment & Instruments 0.1%

Agilent Technologies, Inc.*

600

13,320

Jabil Circuit, Inc.*

300

8,556

Sanmina-SCI Corp.*

800

4,176

Solectron Corp.*

1,400

4,858

Symbol Technologies, Inc.

400

5,796

Tektronix, Inc.

100

2,453

39,159

Internet Software & Services 0.1%

Yahoo!, Inc.*

1,900

64,410

IT Consulting & Services 0.4%

Affiliated Computer Services, Inc., "A"*

400

21,296

Automatic Data Processing, Inc.

800

35,960

Computer Sciences Corp.*

300

13,755

Convergys Corp.*

200

2,986

Electronic Data Systems Corp.

700

14,469

First Data Corp.

1,200

47,172

Fiserv, Inc.*

600

23,880

Paychex, Inc.

500

16,410

Sabre Holdings Corp.

200

4,376

SunGard Data Systems, Inc.*

400

13,800

Unisys Corp.*

500

3,530

197,634

Office Electronics 0.1%

Xerox Corp.*

1,400

21,210

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment 1.0%

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.*

1,100

17,732

Altera Corp.*

1,000

19,780

Applied Materials, Inc.*

3,000

48,750

Applied Micro Circuits Corp.*

400

1,316

Broadcom Corp., "A"*

400

11,968

Freescale Semiconductor, Inc., "B"*

597

10,298

Intel Corp.

9,000

209,070

Linear Technology Corp.

400

15,324

LSI Logic Corp.*

2,100

11,739

Micron Technology, Inc.*

900

9,306

National Semiconductor Corp.*

500

10,305

Novellus Systems, Inc.*

500

13,365

NVIDIA Corp.*

200

4,752

PMC-Sierra, Inc.*

300

2,640

Teradyne, Inc.*

300

4,380

Texas Instruments, Inc.

2,500

63,725

454,450

Software 1.4%

Adobe Systems, Inc.

400

26,868

Autodesk, Inc.

300

8,928

BMC Software, Inc.*

300

4,500

Citrix Systems, Inc.*

200

4,764

Computer Associates International, Inc.

800

21,680

Compuware Corp.*

2,200

15,840

Electronic Arts, Inc.*

400

20,712

Intuit, Inc.*

300

13,131

Mercury Interactive Corp.*

400

18,952

Microsoft Corp.

14,600

352,882

Novell, Inc.*

500

2,980

Oracle Corp.*

6,500

81,120

Parametric Technology Corp.*

400

2,236

Siebel Systems, Inc.*

700

6,391

Symantec Corp.*

1,000

21,330

VERITAS Software Corp.*

600

13,932

616,246

Materials 1.0%

Chemicals 0.6%

Air Products & Chemicals, Inc.

300

18,987

Dow Chemical Co.

1,400

69,790

E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co.

1,400

71,736

Eastman Chemical Co.

100

5,900

Ecolab, Inc.

300

9,915

Engelhard Corp.

200

6,006

Hercules, Inc.*

200

2,896

International Flavors & Fragrances, Inc.

100

3,950

Monsanto Co.

400

25,800

PPG Industries, Inc.

200

14,304

Praxair, Inc.

500

23,930

Rohm & Haas Co.

300

14,400

Sigma-Aldrich Corp.

100

6,125

273,739

Construction Materials 0.0%

Vulcan Materials Co.

100

5,683

Containers & Packaging 0.1%

Ball Corp.

400

16,592

Bemis Co., Inc.

200

6,224

Pactiv Corp.*

200

4,670

Sealed Air Corp.*

400

20,776

Temple-Inland, Inc.

100

7,255

55,517

Metals & Mining 0.2%

Alcoa, Inc.

500

15,195

Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold, Inc., "B"*

600

23,766

Newmont Mining Corp.

100

4,225

Nucor Corp.

200

11,512

United States Steel Corp.

200

10,170

64,868

Paper & Forest Products 0.1%

Georgia-Pacific Corp.

400

14,196

International Paper Co.

100

3,679

MeadWestvaco Corp.

700

22,274

40,149

Telecommunication Services 1.1%

Diversified Telecommunication Services 1.0%

ALLTEL Corp.

700

38,395

AT&T Corp.

1,200

22,500

BellSouth Corp.

2,600

68,354

CenturyTel, Inc.

200

6,568

Citizens Communications Co.

500

6,470

Qwest Communications International, Inc.*

2,400

8,880

SBC Communications, Inc.

4,800

113,712

Sprint Corp.

2,700

61,425

Verizon Communications, Inc.

4,000

142,000

468,304

Wireless Telecommunication Services 0.1%

Nextel Communications, Inc., "A"*

1,600

45,472

Utilities 1.2%

Electric Utilities 0.8%

Allegheny Energy, Inc.*

200

4,132

Ameren Corp.

300

14,703

American Electric Power Co.

600

20,436

CenterPoint Energy, Inc.

400

4,812

Cinergy Corp.

300

12,156

Consolidated Edison, Inc.

300

12,654

DTE Energy Co.

200

9,096

Edison International

800

27,776

Entergy Corp.

300

21,198

Exelon Corp.

300

13,767

FirstEnergy Corp.

800

33,560

FPL Group, Inc.

600

24,090

PG&E Corp.*

500

17,050

Pinnacle West Capital Corp.

100

4,251

PPL Corp.

300

16,197

Progress Energy, Inc.

400

16,780

Southern Co.

1,100

35,013

TECO Energy, Inc.

300

4,704

TXU Corp.

500

39,815

Xcel Energy, Inc.

600

10,308

342,498

Gas Utilities 0.0%

KeySpan Corp.

200

7,794

Nicor, Inc.

100

3,709

NiSource, Inc.

400

9,116

Peoples Energy Corp.

100

4,192

24,811

Multi-Utilities 0.4%

AES Corp.*

1,700

27,846

Calpine Corp.*

800

2,240

CMS Energy Corp.*

1,000

13,040

Constellation Energy Group, Inc.

300

15,510

Dominion Resources, Inc.

500

37,215

Duke Energy Corp.

1,400

39,214

Dynegy, Inc., "A"*

500

1,955

Public Service Enterprise Group, Inc.

300

16,317

Sempra Energy

300

11,952

165,289

Total Common Stocks (Cost $13,724,828)

15,587,025

#

Principal Amount ($)

Value ($)

 

 

Corporate Bonds 8.9%

Consumer Discretionary 0.5%

Auburn Hills Trust, 12.375%, 5/1/2020

24,000

35,942

Comcast Cable Communications Holdings, Inc., 8.375%, 3/15/2013

130,000

154,470

Tele-Communications, Inc., 10.125%, 4/15/2022

14,000

19,955

210,367

Energy 0.3%

CenterPoint Energy Resources Corp., Series B, 7.875%, 4/1/2013

35,000

40,571

Enterprise Products Operating LP:

 

 

6.375%, 2/1/2013

5,000

5,241

7.5%, 2/1/2011

79,000

87,273

Pemex Project Funding Master Trust, 144A, 4.31%**, 6/15/2010

5,000

5,100

138,185

Financials 4.3%

Agfirst Farm Credit Bank, 8.393%, 12/15/2016

325,000

367,393

American General Finance Corp., Series H, 4.0%, 3/15/2011

73,000

69,344

Downey Financial Corp., 6.5%, 7/1/2014

65,000

66,830

Duke Capital LLC, 4.302%, 5/18/2006

75,000

75,113

Ford Motor Credit Co.:

 

 

5.8%, 1/12/2009

70,000

66,855

6.875%, 2/1/2006

320,000

324,352

General Electric Capital Corp., Series A, 4.875%, 3/4/2015

48,000

46,918

General Motors Acceptance Corp.:

 

 

6.75%, 1/15/2006

230,000

231,602

6.875%, 9/15/2011

41,000

37,098

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., 4.75%, 7/15/2013

76,000

73,102

HSBC Finance Corp., 4.125%, 3/11/2008

145,000

143,897

JPMorgan Capital XV, 5.875%, 3/15/2035

55,000

53,114

Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc., Series C, 5.0%, 1/15/2015

90,000

87,219

Mizuho JGB Investment, 144A, 9.87%, 12/31/2049

100,000

113,951

Morgan Stanley, 4.0%, 1/15/2010

75,000

72,202

Pennsylvania Mutual Life Insurance Co., 144A, 6.65%, 6/15/2034

75,000

80,917

RAM Holdings Ltd., 144A, 6.875%, 4/1/2024

46,000

49,781

1,959,688

Health Care 0.5%

Health Care Service Corp., 144A, 7.75%, 6/15/2011

215,000

244,589

Industrials 0.3%

D.R. Horton, Inc., 5.25%, 2/15/2015

98,000

89,535

K Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc., 144A, 6.25%, 1/15/2015

55,000

52,639

142,174

Materials 0.9%

Georgia-Pacific Corp.:

 

 

7.75%, 11/15/2029

60,000

65,400

8.875%, 5/15/2031

30,000

36,150

Lubrizol Corp.:

 

 

4.625%, 10/1/2009

155,000

152,688

6.5%, 10/1/2034

75,000

78,342

Newmont Mining Corp., 5.875%, 4/1/2035

50,000

48,996

381,576

Telecommunication Services 0.3%

Anixter International, Inc., 5.95%, 3/1/2015

5,000

4,939

Bell Atlantic New Jersey, Inc., Series A, 5.875%, 1/17/2012 (d)

80,000

82,972

SBC Communications, Inc.:

 

 

4.125%, 9/15/2009

40,000

38,905

5.625%, 6/15/2016

25,000

25,099

151,915

Utilities 1.8%

Consumers Energy Co., 6.25%, 9/15/2006

293,000

301,229

Ohio Valley Electric Corp., 144A, 5.94%, 2/12/2006

335,000

340,864

Pedernales Electric Cooperative, Series 2002-A, 144A, 6.202%, 11/15/2032

145,000

156,745

798,838

Total Corporate Bonds (Cost $3,975,927)

4,027,332

 

Foreign Bonds — US$ Denominated 4.1%

Energy 0.1%

Nexen, Inc., 5.875%, 3/10/2035

50,000

47,824

Financials 1.5%

Deutsche Telekom International Finance BV, 8.75%, 6/15/2030

18,000

23,541

Korea First Bank, 144A, 5.75%, 3/10/2013

39,000

40,180

PF Export Receivable Master Trust, 144A, 6.6%, 12/1/2011

335,156

356,180

Westfield Capital Corp., 144A, 4.375%, 11/15/2010

255,000

248,502

668,403

Industrials 1.3%

Autopista Del Maipo, 144A, 7.373%, 6/15/2022

455,000

513,367

Tyco International Group SA:

 

 

6.875%, 1/15/2029

60,000

67,254

7.0%, 6/15/2028

35,000

39,731

620,352

Materials 0.4%

Sappi Papier Holding AG, 144A, 6.75%, 6/15/2012

157,000

170,299

Sovereign Bonds 0.2%

United Mexican States, Series A, 6.75%, 9/27/2034

85,000

82,960

Telecommunication Services 0.6%

America Movil SA de CV, Series L, 5.75%, 1/15/2015

100,000

96,655

British Telecommunications PLC, 8.875%, 12/15/2030

90,000

119,924

Telecom Italia Capital, 5.25%, 11/15/2013

80,000

79,037

295,616

Total Foreign Bonds — US$ Denominated (Cost $1,812,520)

1,885,454

 

Asset Backed 3.8%

Automobile Receivables 1.1%

Drive Auto Receivables Trust, "A4", Series 2002-1, 144A, 4.09%, 1/15/2008

110,000

110,321

MMCA Automobile Trust:

 

 

"A4", Series 2002-2, 4.3%, 3/15/2010

316,182

315,935

"A4", Series 2001-4, 4.92%, 8/15/2007

64,904

65,164

"B", Series 2002-1, 5.37%, 1/15/2010

35,535

35,636

527,056

Credit Card Receivables 0.2%

Capital One Multi-Asset Execution Trust, "B1", Series 2005-B1, 4.9%, 12/15/2017

100,000

99,250

Home Equity Loans 2.3%

Advanta Mortgage Loan Trust, "A6", Series 2000-2, 7.72%, 3/25/2015

270,214

281,017

Argent NIM Trust, "A", Series 2004-WN2, 144A, 4.55%, 4/25/2034

43,064

43,072

First Franklin Mortgage Loan Trust NIM, "N1", Series 2004-FFH4, 144A, 4.212%, 1/21/2035

170,735

170,838

Master ABS NIM Trust, "N1", Series 2005-CI8A, 144A, 4.702%, 2/26/2035

202,807

202,743

Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors, Inc., "N1", Series 2005-NC1N, 144A, 5.0%, 10/25/2035

197,000

197,062

Park Place Securities NIM Trust, "A", Series 2004-MCW1, 144A, 4.458%, 9/25/2034

72,551

72,551

Renaissance NIM Trust, "A", Series 2004-A, 144A, 4.45%, 6/25/2034

63,543

63,493

1,030,776

Manufactured Housing Receivables 0.2%

Greenpoint Manufactured Housing, "A3", Series 1999-5, 7.33%, 8/15/2020

86,407

86,454

Total Asset Backed (Cost $1,746,338)

1,743,536

 

US Government Agency Sponsored Pass-Throughs 3.3%

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp., 6.0%, 12/1/2033

253,853

259,892

Federal National Mortgage Association:

 

 

4.5% with various maturities from 3/1/2018 until 6/1/2033 (g) (i)

294,845

286,403

5.0%, 5/1/2033 (g) (i)

155,000

151,513

5.119%, 1/1/2035

113,935

113,301

5.42%, 11/1/2008

113,883

116,505

5.5% with various maturities from 7/1/2033 until 5/1/2034

527,462

529,034

9.0%, 11/1/2030

28,369

31,334

Total US Government Agency Sponsored Pass-Throughs (Cost $1,496,459)

1,487,982

 

Commercial and Non-Agency Mortgage-Backed Securities 3.7%

Citigroup Mortgage Loan Trust, Inc., "1A2", Series 2004-NCM-1, 6.5%, 6/25/2034

127,481

131,943

Countrywide Alternative Loan Trust:

 

 

"1A1", Series 2004-J1, 6.0%, 2/25/2034

60,997

61,834

"7A1", Series 2004-J2, 6.0%, 12/25/2033

77,954

78,879

CS First Boston Mortgage Securities Corp., "A2", Series 2001-CK3, 6.04%, 6/15/2034

105,000

106,794

DLJ Commercial Mortgage Corp., "A1A", Series 1998-CF1, 6.14%, 2/18/2031

66,499

66,416

DLJ Mortgage Acceptance Corp., "A1B", Series 1997-CF2, 144A, 6.82%, 10/15/2030

83,427

87,260

GMAC Commercial Mortgage Securities, Inc., "A3", Series 1997-C1, 6.869%, 7/15/2029

80,795

84,553

Greenwich Capital Commercial Funding Corp.:

 

 

"AJ", Series 2005-GG3, 4.859%, 8/10/2042

60,000

58,589

"B", Series 2005-GG3, 4.894%, 8/10/2042

100,000

97,576

JP Morgan Commercial Mortgage Finance Corp., "A3", Series 1997-C5, 7.088%, 9/15/2029

160,401

167,936

Master Alternative Loans Trust:

 

 

"2A1", Series 2004-3, 6.25%, 4/25/2034

242,595

248,508

"8A1", Series 2004-3, 7.0%, 4/25/2034

62,618

64,101

Master Asset Securitization Trust, "8A1", Series 2003-6, 5.5%, 7/25/2033

104,328

103,774

Morgan Stanley Capital I, "A1", Series 1999-FNV1, 6.12%, 3/15/2031

94,129

95,964

Residential Asset Securitization Trust, "A1", Series 2003-A11, 4.25%, 11/25/2033

149,835

149,834

Washington Mutual MSC Mortgage Pass-Through, "1A22", Series 2003-MS3, 5.75%, 3/25/2033

56,469

56,448

Total Commercial and Non-Agency Mortgage-Backed Securities (Cost $1,694,630)

1,660,409

 

Collateralized Mortgage Obligations 11.5%

Fannie Mae Grantor Trust:

 

 

"1A3", Series 2004-T2, 7.0%, 11/25/2043

68,051

71,208

"1A3", Series 2004-T3, 7.0%, 2/25/2044

36,191

37,676

"A2", Series 2002-T16, 7.0%, 7/25/2042

80,772

84,401

Fannie Mae Whole Loan:

 

 

"2A3", Series 2003-W3, 4.16%, 6/25/2042

140,000

140,082

"1A3", Series 2003-W18, 4.732%, 8/25/2043

144,323

144,519

"2A", Series 2003-W8, 7.0%, 10/25/2042

85,259

89,140

"2A", Series 2002-W1, 7.5%, 2/25/2042

71,368

75,061

"5A", Series 2004-W2, 7.5%, 3/25/2044

213,705

226,110

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.:

 

 

"LB", Series 2755, 4.0%, 9/15/2023

154,364

153,219

"LJ", Series 2612, 4.0%, 7/15/2022

93,689

93,355

"NB", Series 2750, 4.0%, 12/15/2022

378,000

372,105

"TC", Series 2728, 4.0%, 2/15/2023

310,000

305,347

"LC", Series 2682, 4.5%, 7/15/2032

230,000

219,297

"ON", Series 2776, 4.5%, 11/15/2032

125,000

118,650

"BG", Series 2640, 5.0%, 2/15/2032

305,000

298,795

"BM", Series 2497, 5.0%, 2/15/2022

26,890

26,920

"JD", Series 2778, 5.0%, 12/15/2032

130,000

127,046

"OE", Series 2840, 5.0%, 2/15/2033

220,000

215,081

"PD", Series 2783, 5.0%, 1/15/2033

112,000

109,419

"PD", Series 2844, 5.0%, 12/15/2032

220,000

214,640

"PE", Series 2777, 5.0%, 4/15/2033

240,000

235,157

"TE", Series 2827, 5.0%, 4/15/2033

175,000

170,214

"QE", Series 2113, 6.0%, 11/15/2027

86,370

88,054

"Z", Series 2173, 6.5%, 7/15/2029

93,853

97,863

"B", Series 1997-M5, 6.65%, 8/25/2007

72,758

74,982

"C", Series 1997-M5, 6.74%, 8/25/2007

145,000

151,786

"3A", Series T-41, 7.5%, 7/25/2032

46,306

48,757

Federal National Mortgage Association:

 

 

"NE", Series 2004-52, 4.5%, 7/25/2033

113,000

107,132

"1A5", Series 2003-W14, 4.71%, 9/25/2043

215,180

215,689

"KH", Series 2003-92, 5.0%, 3/25/2032

150,000

146,739

"ME", Series 2005-14, 5.0%, 10/25/2033

200,000

194,685

"PE", Series 2005-14, 5.0%, 12/25/2033

105,000

102,320

"1A2", Series 2003-W3, 7.0%, 8/25/2042

10,567

11,044

"A3", Series 2002-T19, 7.5%, 7/25/2042

118,133

124,812

Government National Mortgage Association:

 

 

"PD", Series 2004-30, 5.0%, 2/20/2033

112,000

110,527

"QE", Series 2004-11, 5.0%, 12/16/2032

245,000

238,981

Total Collateralized Mortgage Obligations (Cost $5,314,101)

5,240,813

 

Municipal Investments 4.1%

Delaware River, DE, Port Authority, Port District Project, Series A, 7.27%, 1/1/2007 (f)

180,000

189,353

Houston, TX, Airport Revenue, 6.88%, 1/1/2028 (f)

275,000

321,742

Illinois, State General Obligation, 4.95%, 6/1/2023

105,000

101,607

Lansing, MI, Water & Sewer Revenue, Board Water & Light Water Supply Steam, Series B, 7.3%, 7/1/2006 (f)

605,000

629,769

Virginia, Multi-Family Housing Revenue, Housing Development Authority Series A, 6.51%, 5/1/2019 (f)

610,000

634,375

Total Municipal Investments (Cost $1,731,822)

1,876,846

 

Government National Mortgage Association 1.2%

Government National Mortgage Association:

 

 

3.75%, 6/20/2026

310,000

306,346

6.0% with various maturities from 10/15/2033 until 7/20/2034

215,305

221,105

Total Government National Mortgage Association (Cost $534,025)

527,451

 

US Government Backed 9.8%

US Treasury Bills:

 

 

2.356%, 4/21/2005 (h)

490,000

489,292

2.746%, 6/9/2005

2,700,000

2,686,244

2.869%***, 7/14/2005 (h)

20,000

19,842

US Treasury Bonds:

 

 

6.0%, 2/15/2026 (d)

503,000

575,404

7.25%, 5/15/2016

525,000

643,802

US Treasury Note, 3.875%, 2/15/2013

27,000

26,062

Total US Government Backed (Cost $4,446,180)

4,440,646

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Shares

Value ($)

 

 

Securities Lending Collateral 1.5%

Daily Assets Fund Institutional, 2.83% (c) (e) (Cost $664,113)

664,113

664,113

 

Cash Equivalents 12.6%

Scudder Cash Management QP Trust, 2.69% (b) (Cost $5,738,273)

5,738,273

5,738,273

 

% of Net Assets

Value ($)

 

 

Total Investment Portfolio (Cost $42,879,216) (a)

98.9

44,879,880

Other Assets and Liabilities, Net

1.1

477,513

Net Assets

100.0

45,357,393

* Non-income producing security.

** Floating rate notes are securities whose yields vary with a designated market index or market rate, such as the coupon-equivalent of the US Treasury bill rate. These securities are shown at their current rate as of March 31, 2005.

*** Annualized yield at time of purchase; not a coupon rate.

(a) The cost for federal income tax purposes was $44,319,275. At March 31, 2005, net unrealized appreciation for all securities based on tax cost was $560,605. This consisted of aggregate gross unrealized appreciation for all securities in which there was an excess of value over tax cost of $2,084,435 and aggregate gross unrealized depreciation for all securities in which there was an excess of tax cost over value of $1,523,830.

(b) Scudder Cash Management QP Trust is managed by Deutsche Investment Management Americas Inc., an affiliate of the Advisor. The rate shown is the annualized seven-day yield at period end.

(c) Daily Assets Institutional, an affiliated fund, is managed by Deutsche Asset Management, Inc. The rate shown is the annualized seven-day yield at period end.

(d) All or a portion of these securities were on loan (see Notes to Financial Statements). The value of all securities loaned at March 31, 2005 amounted to $654,955, which is 1.4% of total net assets.

(e) Represents collateral held in connection with securities lending.

(f) Bond is insured by one of these companies:

 

 

As a % of Total Investment Portfolio

FGIC

Financial Guaranty Insurance Company

0.7%

FSA

Financial Security Assurance, Inc.

0.4%

MBIA

Municipal Bond Insurance Association

2.8%

(g) Mortgage dollar rolls included.

(h) At March 31, 2005, this security has been pledged to cover in whole or in part, initial margin requirements for open futures contracts.

(i) When-issued or forward delivery pools included.

Included in the portfolio are investments in mortgage or asset-backed securities which are interests in separate pools of mortgages or assets. Effective maturities of these investments may be shorter than stated maturities due to prepayments. Some separate investments in the Federal National Mortgage Association and the Government National Mortgage Association issues which have similar coupon rates have been aggregated for presentation purposes in the investment portfolio.

144A:Security exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. These securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers.

REIT: Real Estate Investment Trust

At March 31, 2005, open futures contracts purchased were as follows:

Futures

Expiration Date

Contracts

Aggregate Face 

Value ($)

Value ($)

Unrealized
(Depreciation) ($)

Share Price Index 200

6/16/2005

3

246,682

239,046

(7,636)

Topix Index

6/9/2005

12

1,328,572

1,321,085

(7,487)

10 Year Canadian Government Bond

6/21/2005

9

827,497

829,693

2,196

EOE Dutch Stock Index

4/15/2005

4

384,752

382,408

(2,344)

S&P 500 Index

6/16/2005

1

301,842

295,975

(5,867)

Total net unrealized depreciation

(21,138)

At March 31, 2005, open futures contracts sold short were as follows:

Futures

Expiration Date

Contracts

Aggregate Face 

Value ($)

Value ($)

Unrealized Appreciation ($)

10 Year US Treasury Note

6/21/2005

41

4,527,375

4,479,890

47,485

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

Scudder Lifecycle Short Range Fund

 

Shares

Value ($)

 

 

Common Stocks 15.2%

Consumer Discretionary 1.7%

Auto Components 0.0%

Dana Corp.

218

2,788

Delphi Corp.

143

641

Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.*

173

2,310

Johnson Controls, Inc.

52

2,899

Visteon Corp.

33

188

8,826

Automobiles 0.0%

Ford Motor Co.

493

5,586

General Motors Corp.

4

117

Harley-Davidson, Inc.

5

289

5,992

Distributors 0.0%

Genuine Parts Co.

45

1,957

Hotels Restaurants & Leisure 0.2%

Carnival Corp.

142

7,357

Darden Restaurants, Inc.

117

3,590

Harrah's Entertainment, Inc.

31

2,002

Hilton Hotels Corp.

104

2,324

Marriott International, Inc., "A"

54

3,611

McDonald's Corp.

343

10,681

Starbucks Corp.*

108

5,579

Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc.

57

3,422

Wendy's International, Inc.

29

1,132

YUM! Brands, Inc.

79

4,093

43,791

Household Durables 0.1%

Black & Decker Corp.

21

1,659

Centex Corp.

34

1,947

Fortune Brands, Inc.

39

3,145

KB Home

31

3,641

Leggett & Platt, Inc.

49

1,415

Maytag Corp.

21

293

Newell Rubbermaid, Inc.

70

1,536

Pulte Homes, Inc.

64

4,712

Snap-on, Inc.

15

477

The Stanley Works

21

951

Whirlpool Corp.

17

1,151

20,927

Internet & Catalog Retail 0.1%

eBay, Inc.*

326

12,147

Leisure Equipment & Products 0.0%

Brunswick Corp.

25

1,171

Eastman Kodak Co.

77

2,507

Hasbro, Inc.

45

920

Mattel, Inc.

112

2,391

6,989

Media 0.6%

Clear Channel Communications, Inc.

13

448

Comcast Corp., "A"*

596

20,133

Dow Jones & Co., Inc.

21

785

Gannett Co., Inc.

13

1,028

Interpublic Group of Companies, Inc.*

109

1,338

Knight-Ridder, Inc.

20

1,345

McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

51

4,450

News Corp., "A"

777

13,147

Omnicom Group, Inc.

50

4,426

Time Warner, Inc.*

1,369

24,026

Univision Communications, Inc., "A"*

79

2,187

Viacom, Inc., "B"

460

16,022

Walt Disney Co.

552

15,859

105,194

Multiline Retail 0.2%

Big Lots, Inc.*

29

349

Dillard's, Inc., "A"

21

565

Dollar General Corp.

81

1,775

Federated Department Stores, Inc.

46

2,927

Kohl's Corp.*

88

4,543

Nordstrom, Inc.

34

1,883

Sears Holdings Corp.

40

5,284

Target Corp.

241

12,055

29,381

Specialty Retail 0.4%

AutoNation, Inc.*

186

3,523

AutoZone, Inc.*

18

1,542

Bed Bath & Beyond, Inc.*

81

2,960

Best Buy Co., Inc.

81

4,375

Circuit City Stores, Inc.

197

3,162

Home Depot, Inc.

592

22,638

Limited Brands, Inc.

103

2,503

Lowe's Companies, Inc.

249

14,215

Office Depot, Inc.*

188

4,170

Sherwin-Williams Co.

36

1,584

Staples, Inc.

134

4,212

The Gap, Inc.

198

4,324

TJX Companies, Inc.

130

3,202

Toys "R" Us, Inc.*

58

1,494

73,904

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods 0.1%

Coach, Inc.*

93

5,267

Jones Apparel Group, Inc.

31

1,038

Liz Claiborne, Inc.

28

1,124

NIKE, Inc., "B"

62

5,165

Reebok International Ltd.

67

2,968

VF Corp.

67

3,962

19,524

Consumer Staples 1.5%

Beverages 0.3%

Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc.

209

9,904

Brown-Forman Corp., "B"

24

1,314

Coca-Cola Co.

610

25,419

Molson Coors Brewing Co., "B"

45

3,473

Pepsi Bottling Group, Inc.

53

1,476

PepsiCo, Inc.

452

23,969

65,555

Food & Staples Retailing 0.4%

Albertsons, Inc.

99

2,044

Costco Wholesale Corp.

27

1,193

CVS Corp.

108

5,683

Kroger Co.*

198

3,174

Safeway, Inc.*

121

2,242

Sysco Corp.

46

1,647

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

913

45,750

Walgreen Co.

275

12,216

73,949

Food Products 0.2%

Archer-Daniels-Midland Co.

167

4,105

Campbell Soup Co.

88

2,554

ConAgra Foods, Inc.

139

3,756

General Mills, Inc.

98

4,817

H.J. Heinz Co.

95

3,500

Hershey Foods Corp.

59

3,567

Kellogg Co.

95

4,110

Sara Lee Corp.

213

4,720

31,129

Household Products 0.3%

Clorox Co.

41

2,583

Colgate-Palmolive Co.

142

7,408

Kimberly-Clark Corp.

130

8,545

Procter & Gamble Co.

680

36,040

54,576

Personal Products 0.1%

Avon Products, Inc.

127

5,453

Gillette Co.

267

13,478

18,931

Tobacco 0.2%

Altria Group, Inc.

594

38,842

Reynolds American, Inc.

31

2,498

UST, Inc.

43

2,223

43,563

Energy 1.4%

Energy Equipment & Services 0.2%

Baker Hughes, Inc.

91

4,049

BJ Services Co.

44

2,283

Halliburton Co.

33

1,427

Nabors Industries Ltd.*

78

4,613

National-Oilwell, Inc.*

95

4,436

Noble Corp.

68

3,822

Rowan Companies, Inc.

89

2,664

Schlumberger Ltd.

159

11,206

Transocean, Inc.*

135

6,947

41,447

Oil & Gas 1.2%

Amerada Hess Corp.

23

2,213

Anadarko Petroleum Corp.

95

7,230

Apache Corp.

88

5,388

Burlington Resources, Inc.

104

5,207

ChevronTexaco Corp.

468

27,289

ConocoPhillips

210

22,647

Devon Energy Corp.

129

6,160

El Paso Corp.

166

1,756

EOG Resources, Inc.

115

5,605

ExxonMobil Corp.

1,760

104,896

Kerr-McGee Corp.

44

3,447

Kinder Morgan, Inc.

29

2,195

Marathon Oil Corp.

94

4,411

Occidental Petroleum Corp.

107

7,615

Sunoco, Inc.

41

4,244

Unocal Corp.

73

4,503

Valero Energy Corp.

101

7,400

Williams Companies, Inc.

154

2,897

XTO Energy, Inc.

94

3,098

228,201

Financials 3.0%

Banks 0.9%

AmSouth Bancorp.

96

2,491

Bank of America Corp.

1,092

48,157

BB&T Corp.

148

5,784

Comerica, Inc.

44

2,424

Compass Bancshares, Inc.

33

1,498

Fifth Third Bancorp.

37

1,590

First Horizon National Corp.

40

1,632

Golden West Financial Corp.

76

4,598

KeyCorp

109

3,537

M&T Bank Corp.

27

2,756

Marshall & Ilsley Corp.

57

2,380

National City Corp.

230

7,705

North Fork Bancorp., Inc.

127

3,523

PNC Financial Services Group

76

3,912

Regions Financial Corp.

125

4,050

Sovereign Bancorp, Inc.

101

2,238

SunTrust Banks, Inc.

91

6,558

Synovus Financial Corp.

84

2,340

US Bancorp.

500

14,410

Wachovia Corp.

427

21,739

Washington Mutual, Inc.

235

9,283

Wells Fargo & Co.

457

27,329

Zions Bancorp.

23

1,587

181,521

Capital Markets 0.5%

Bank of New York Co., Inc.

210

6,100

Bear Stearns Companies, Inc.

54

5,395

E*TRADE Financial Corp.*

245

2,940

Federated Investors, Inc., "B"

28

793

Franklin Resources, Inc.

87

5,972

Janus Capital Group, Inc.

60

837

Lehman Brothers Holdings, Inc.

99

9,322

Mellon Financial Corp.

114

3,254

Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc.

251

14,207

Morgan Stanley

341

19,522

T. Rowe Price Group, Inc.

33

1,959

The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.

142

15,619

85,920

Consumer Finance 0.2%

American Express Co.

316

16,233

Capital One Financial Corp.

67

5,010

MBNA Corp.

344

8,445

Providian Financial Corp.*

80

1,373

SLM Corp.

116

5,781

36,842

Diversified Financial Services 0.7%

CIT Group, Inc.

57

2,166

Citigroup, Inc.

1,311

58,916

Countrywide Financial Corp.

156

5,064

Fannie Mae

261

14,211

Freddie Mac

185

11,692

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

834

28,856

MGIC Investment Corp.

25

1,542

Moody's Corp.

65

5,256

Principal Financial Group, Inc.

79

3,041

130,744

Insurance 0.6%

ACE Ltd.

77

3,178

AFLAC, Inc.

135

5,030

Allstate Corp.

183

9,893

Ambac Financial Group, Inc.

29

2,168

American International Group, Inc.

702

38,898

Aon Corp.

85

1,941

Chubb Corp.

52

4,122

Cincinnati Financial Corp.

95

4,143

Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc.

80

5,485

Lincoln National Corp.

47

2,122

Loews Corp.

75

5,515

MetLife, Inc.

198

7,742

Progressive Corp.

80

7,341

Prudential Financial, Inc.

182

10,447

Safeco Corp.

34

1,656

The St. Paul Travelers Companies, Inc.

21

771

Torchmark Corp.

28

1,462

UnumProvident Corp.

76

1,293

XL Capital Ltd., "A"

38

2,750

115,957

Real Estate 0.1%

Apartment Investment & Management Co., "A" (REIT)

24

893

Archstone-Smith Trust (REIT)

122

4,161

Equity Office Properties Trust (REIT)

108

3,254

Equity Residential (REIT)

150

4,831

Plum Creek Timber Co., Inc. (REIT)

47

1,678

ProLogis (REIT)

50

1,855

Simon Property Group, Inc. (REIT)

60

3,635

20,307

Health Care 2.0%

Biotechnology 0.2%

Amgen, Inc.*

338

19,675

Applera Corp. — Applied Biosystems Group

51

1,007

Biogen Idec, Inc.*

90

3,106

Chiron Corp.*

40

1,402

Genzyme Corp.*

107

6,125

Gilead Sciences, Inc.*

117

4,188

MedImmune, Inc.*

164

3,905

39,408

Health Care Equipment & Supplies 0.4%

Bausch & Lomb, Inc.

14

1,026

Baxter International, Inc.

167

5,675

Becton, Dickinson & Co.

108

6,309

Boston Scientific Corp.*

205

6,004

C.R. Bard, Inc.

63

4,289

Fisher Scientific International, Inc.*

70

3,984

Guidant Corp.

87

6,429

Hospira, Inc.*

40

1,291

Medtronic, Inc.

326

16,610

Millipore Corp.*

13

564

PerkinElmer, Inc.

33

681

St. Jude Medical, Inc.*

97

3,492

Stryker Corp.

103

4,595

Thermo Electron Corp.*

41

1,037

Waters Corp.*

31

1,110

Zimmer Holdings, Inc.*

95

7,392

70,488

Health Care Providers & Services 0.4%

Aetna, Inc.

79

5,921

AmerisourceBergen Corp.

30

1,719

Cardinal Health, Inc.

117

6,529

Caremark Rx, Inc.*

182

7,240

CIGNA Corp.

35

3,126

Express Scripts, Inc.*

48

4,185

HCA, Inc.

111

5,946

Health Management Associates, Inc., "A"

62

1,623

Humana, Inc.*

43

1,373

IMS Health, Inc.

60

1,463

Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings*

36

1,735

Manor Care, Inc.

22

800

McKesson Corp.

80

3,020

Medco Health Solutions, Inc.*

74

3,668

Quest Diagnostics, Inc.

25

2,628

Tenet Healthcare Corp.*

337

3,886

UnitedHealth Group, Inc.

173

16,501

WellPoint, Inc.*

90

11,282

82,645

Pharmaceuticals 1.0%

Abbott Laboratories

324

15,105

Allergan, Inc.

35

2,432

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.

527

13,418

Eli Lilly & Co.

223

11,618

Forest Laboratories, Inc.*

95

3,510

Johnson & Johnson

801

53,795

King Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*

62

515

Merck & Co., Inc.

595

19,260

Pfizer, Inc.

1,845

48,468

Schering-Plough Corp.

398

7,224

Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*

84

2,581

Wyeth

360

15,185

193,111

Industrials 1.8%

Aerospace & Defense 0.3%

Boeing Co.

265

15,492

General Dynamics Corp.

54

5,781

Goodrich Corp.

30

1,149

Honeywell International, Inc.

229

8,521

L-3 Communications Holdings, Inc.

63

4,474

Lockheed Martin Corp.

108

6,595

Northrop Grumman Corp.

97

5,236

Raytheon Co.

122

4,721

United Technologies Corp.

138

14,029

65,998

Air Freight & Logistics 0.2%

FedEx Corp.

81

7,610

Ryder System, Inc.

72

3,002

United Parcel Service, Inc., "B"

301

21,895

32,507

Airlines 0.0%

Delta Air Lines, Inc.*

36

146

Southwest Airlines Co.

199

2,834

2,980

Building Products 0.0%

American Standard Companies, Inc.

49

2,278

Masco Corp.

121

4,195

6,473

Commercial Services & Supplies 0.2%

Allied Waste Industries, Inc.*

82

599

Apollo Group, Inc., "A"*

45

3,333

Avery Dennison Corp.

66

4,087

Cendant Corp.

284

5,833

Cintas Corp.

40

1,652

Equifax, Inc.

35

1,074

Monster Worldwide, Inc.*

31

870

Pitney Bowes, Inc.

62

2,798

R.R. Donnelley & Sons Co.

133

4,206

Robert Half International, Inc.

45

1,213

Waste Management, Inc.

153

4,414

30,079

Electrical Equipment 0.1%

American Power Conversion Corp.

50

1,306

Cooper Industries, Ltd., "A"

25

1,788

Emerson Electric Co.

113

7,337

Rockwell Automation, Inc.

47

2,662

13,093

Industrial Conglomerates 0.7%

3M Co.

208

17,823

General Electric Co.

2,856

102,987

Textron, Inc.

35

2,612

Tyco International Ltd.

542

18,320

141,742

Machinery 0.2%

Caterpillar, Inc.

46

4,206

Cummins, Inc.

35

2,462

Danaher Corp.

74

3,952

Deere & Co.

3

201

Eaton Corp.

76

4,971

Illinois Tool Works, Inc.

74

6,625

Ingersoll-Rand Co., "A"

47

3,744

ITT Industries, Inc.

24

2,166

Navistar International Corp.*

18

655

PACCAR, Inc.

47

3,402

Parker-Hannifin Corp.

66

4,021

36,405

Road & Rail 0.1%

Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp.

102

5,501

CSX Corp.

58

2,416

Norfolk Southern Corp.

108

4,001

Union Pacific Corp.

70

4,879

16,797

Trading Companies & Distributors 0.0%

W.W. Grainger, Inc.

23

1,432

Information Technology 2.3%

Communications Equipment 0.4%

ADC Telecommunications, Inc.*

208

414

Andrew Corp.*

41

480

Avaya, Inc.*

129

1,507

CIENA Corp.*

147

253

Cisco Systems, Inc.*

1,742

31,164

Comverse Technologies, Inc.*

51

1,286

Corning, Inc.*

594

6,611

JDS Uniphase Corp.*

371

620

Lucent Technologies, Inc.*

1,194

3,283

Motorola, Inc.

370

5,539

QUALCOMM, Inc.

444

16,273

Scientific-Atlanta, Inc.

39

1,101

Tellabs, Inc.*

118

861

69,392

Computers & Peripherals 0.6%

Apple Computer, Inc.*

275

11,459

Dell, Inc.*

723

27,778

EMC Corp.*

839

10,337

Gateway, Inc.*

97

391

Hewlett-Packard Co.

560

12,286

International Business Machines Corp.

440

40,207

Lexmark International, Inc., "A"*

34

2,719

NCR Corp.*

50

1,687

Network Appliance, Inc.*

101

2,794

QLogic Corp.*

68

2,754

Sun Microsystems, Inc.*

910

3,676

116,088

Electronic Equipment & Instruments 0.0%

Agilent Technologies, Inc.*

116

2,575

Jabil Circuit, Inc.*

52

1,483

Sanmina-SCI Corp.*

141

736

Solectron Corp.*

250

868

Symbol Technologies, Inc.

66

956

Tektronix, Inc.

23

564

7,182

Internet Software & Services 0.1%

Yahoo!, Inc.*

352

11,933

IT Consulting & Services 0.2%

Affiliated Computer Services, Inc., "A"*

79

4,206

Automatic Data Processing, Inc.

157

7,057

Computer Sciences Corp.*

52

2,384

Convergys Corp.*

37

553

Electronic Data Systems Corp.

139

2,873

First Data Corp.

216

8,491

Fiserv, Inc.*

113

4,497

Paychex, Inc.

97

3,184

Sabre Holdings Corp.

35

766

SunGard Data Systems, Inc.*

78

2,691

Unisys Corp.*

87

614

37,316

Office Electronics 0.0%

Xerox Corp.*

258

3,908

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment 0.4%

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.*

214

3,449

Altera Corp.*

190

3,758

Applied Materials, Inc.*

555

9,019

Applied Micro Circuits Corp.*

79

260

Broadcom Corp., "A"*

79

2,364

Freescale Semiconductor, Inc., "B"*

108

1,863

Intel Corp.

1,678

38,980

Linear Technology Corp.

83

3,180

LSI Logic Corp.*

395

2,208

Micron Technology, Inc.*

158

1,634

National Semiconductor Corp.*

95

1,958

Novellus Systems, Inc.*

102

2,726

NVIDIA Corp.*

43

1,022

PMC-Sierra, Inc.*

46

405

Teradyne, Inc.*

50

730

Texas Instruments, Inc.

464

11,827

85,383

Software 0.6%

Adobe Systems, Inc.

66

4,433

Autodesk, Inc.

59

1,756

BMC Software, Inc.*

57

855

Citrix Systems, Inc.*

44

1,048

Computer Associates International, Inc.

143

3,875

Compuware Corp.*

428

3,082

Electronic Arts, Inc.*

83

4,298

Intuit, Inc.*

48

2,101

Mercury Interactive Corp.*

72

3,411

Microsoft Corp.

2,727

65,912

Novell, Inc.*

97

578

Oracle Corp.*

1,211

15,113

Parametric Technology Corp.*

69

386

Siebel Systems, Inc.*

139

1,269

Symantec Corp.*

191

4,074

VERITAS Software Corp.*

114

2,647

114,838

Materials 0.5%

Chemicals 0.3%

Air Products & Chemicals, Inc.

61

3,861

Dow Chemical Co.

257

12,811

E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co.

269

13,784

Eastman Chemical Co.

20

1,180

Ecolab, Inc.

60

1,983

Engelhard Corp.

31

931

Hercules, Inc.*

29

420

International Flavors & Fragrances, Inc.

24

948

Monsanto Co.

72

4,644

PPG Industries, Inc.

47

3,361

Praxair, Inc.

87

4,164

Rohm & Haas Co.

53

2,544

Sigma-Aldrich Corp.

18

1,102

51,733

Construction Materials 0.0%

Vulcan Materials Co.

26

1,478

Containers & Packaging 0.1%

Ball Corp.

82

3,402

Bemis Co., Inc.

28

871

Pactiv Corp.*

38

887

Sealed Air Corp.*

68

3,532

Temple-Inland, Inc.

15

1,088

9,780

Metals & Mining 0.1%

Alcoa, Inc.

92

2,796

Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold, Inc., "B"*

108

4,278

Newmont Mining Corp.

16

676

Nucor Corp.

43

2,475

United States Steel Corp.

29

1,475

11,700

Paper & Forest Products 0.0%

Georgia-Pacific Corp.

70

2,484

International Paper Co.

16

589

MeadWestvaco Corp.

126

4,009

7,082

Telecommunication Services 0.5%

Diversified Telecommunication Services

ALLTEL Corp.

123

6,746

AT&T Corp.

216

4,050

BellSouth Corp.

493

12,961

CenturyTel, Inc.

35

1,149

Citizens Communications Co.

87

1,126

Qwest Communications International, Inc.*

467

1,728

SBC Communications, Inc.

890

21,084

Sprint Corp.

501

11,398

Verizon Communications, Inc.

746

26,483

86,725

Wireless Telecommunication Services 0.0%

Nextel Communications, Inc., "A"*

304

8,640

Utilities 0.5%

Electric Utilities 0.3%

Allegheny Energy, Inc.*

35

723

Ameren Corp.

53

2,597

American Electric Power Co.

102

3,474

CenterPoint Energy, Inc.

79

950

Cinergy Corp.

52

2,107

Consolidated Edison, Inc.

65

2,742

DTE Energy Co.

47

2,138

Edison International

155

5,382

Entergy Corp.

57

4,028

Exelon Corp.

50

2,294

FirstEnergy Corp.

146

6,125

FPL Group, Inc.

106

4,256

PG&E Corp.*

97

3,308

Pinnacle West Capital Corp.

23

978

PPL Corp.

51

2,753

Progress Energy, Inc.

67

2,811

Southern Co.

200

6,366

TECO Energy, Inc.

51

800

TXU Corp.

94

7,485

Xcel Energy, Inc.

103

1,769

63,086

Gas Utilities 0.0%

KeySpan Corp.

41

1,598

Nicor, Inc.

12

445

NiSource, Inc.

70

1,595

Peoples Energy Corp.

10

419

4,057

Multi-Utilities 0.2%

AES Corp.*

317

5,192

Calpine Corp.*

138

386

CMS Energy Corp.*

191

2,491

Constellation Energy Group, Inc.

48

2,482

Dominion Resources, Inc.

92

6,848

Duke Energy Corp.

253

7,086

Dynegy, Inc., "A"*

98

383

Public Service Enterprise Group, Inc.

64

3,481

Sempra Energy

64

2,550

30,899

Total Common Stocks (Cost $2,555,844)

2,911,652

#

Principal Amount ($)

Value ($)

 

 

Corporate Bonds 9.1%

Consumer Discretionary 0.8%

Auburn Hills Trust, 12.375%, 5/1/2020

12,000

17,971

Comcast Cable Communications Holdings, Inc., 8.375%, 3/15/2013

55,000

65,353

Jones Intercable, Inc., 7.625%, 4/15/2008

60,000

64,311

147,635

Energy 0.9%

CenterPoint Energy Resources Corp., Series B, 7.875%, 4/1/2013

20,000

23,183

Enterprise Products Operating LP:

 

 

6.375%, 2/1/2013

6,000

6,289

7.5%, 2/1/2011

37,000

40,875

Halliburton Co., 5.5%, 10/15/2010

50,000

51,442

Sempra Energy, 4.621%, 5/17/2007

50,000

50,198

171,987

Financials 4.0%

American General Finance Corp.:

 

 

Series H, 4.0%, 3/15/2011

15,000

14,249

Series H, 4.625%, 9/1/2010

95,000

93,932

Duke Capital LLC, 4.302%, 5/18/2006

62,000

62,093

Ford Motor Credit Co.:

 

 

5.8%, 1/12/2009

50,000

47,754

6.875%, 2/1/2006

107,000

108,455

General Electric Capital Corp., Series A, 4.875%, 3/4/2015

28,000

27,369

General Motors Acceptance Corp.:

 

 

6.75%, 1/15/2006

57,000

57,397

6.875%, 9/15/2011

32,000

28,955

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., 4.75%, 7/15/2013

35,000

33,665

JPMorgan Capital XV, 5.875%, 3/15/2035

105,000

101,399

Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc., Series C, 5.0%, 1/15/2015

55,000

53,300

Morgan Stanley, 4.0%, 1/15/2010

37,000

35,620

OneAmerica Financial Partners, 144A, 7.0%, 10/15/2033

35,000

38,374

Pennsylvania Mutual Life Insurance Co., 144A, 6.65%, 6/15/2034

35,000

37,761

RAM Holdings Ltd., 144A, 6.876%, 4/1/2024

23,000

24,891

765,214

Health Care 0.7%

Health Care Service Corp., 144A, 7.75%, 6/15/2011

115,000

130,826

Industrials 0.6%

BAE System 2001 Asset Trust, "B", Series 2001, 144A, 7.156%, 12/15/2011

35,223

37,655

D.R. Horton, Inc., 5.25%, 2/15/2015

52,000

47,509

K Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc., 144A, 6.25%, 1/15/2015

30,000

28,712

113,876

Materials 0.8%

Georgia-Pacific Corp.:

 

 

7.75%, 11/15/2029

30,000

32,700

8.875%, 5/15/2031

15,000

18,075

Lubrizol Corp.:

 

 

5.5%, 10/1/2014

55,000

55,080

6.5%, 10/1/2034

31,000

32,382

Newmont Mining Corp., 5.875%, 4/1/2035

25,000

24,498

162,735

Telecommunication Services 0.4%

Anixter International, Inc., 5.95%, 3/1/2015

5,000

4,939

Bell Atlantic New Jersey, Inc., Series A, 5.875%, 1/17/2012

48,000

49,783

SBC Communications, Inc., 5.625%, 6/15/2016

20,000

20,079

74,801

Utilities 0.9%

Consumers Energy Co., 6.25%, 9/15/2006

135,000

138,792

Westar Energy, Inc., 5.95%, 1/1/2035

40,000

40,073

178,865

Total Corporate Bonds (Cost $1,750,364)

1,745,939

 

Foreign Bonds — US$ Denominated 5.6%

Energy 0.1%

Nexen, Inc., 5.875%, 3/10/2035

25,000

23,912

Financials 1.5%

Deutsche Telekom International Finance BV, 1.0%, 6/15/2030

11,000

14,386

Korea First Bank, 144A, 5.75%, 3/10/2013

20,000

20,605

PF Export Receivable Master Trust, 144A, 6.6%, 12/1/2011

121,433

129,051

Westfield Capital Corp.:

 

 

144A, 4.375%, 11/15/2010

50,000

48,726

144A, 5.125%, 11/15/2014

80,000

78,798

291,566

Industrials 1.9%

Autopista Del Maipo, 144A, 7.373%, 6/15/2022

185,000

208,732

Tyco International Group SA:

 

 

6.75%, 2/15/2011

101,000

109,441

6.875%, 1/15/2029

22,000

24,660

7.0%, 6/15/2028

23,000

26,109

368,942

Materials 0.9%

Celulosa Arauco y Constitucion SA, 8.625%, 8/15/2010

50,000

57,349

Sappi Papier Holding AG, 144A, 6.75%, 6/15/2012

100,000

108,471

165,820

Sovereign Bonds 0.2%

United Mexican States:

 

 

Series A, 6.75%, 9/27/2034

40,000

39,040

8.375%, 1/14/2011

5,000

5,690

44,730

Telecommunication Services 0.5%

British Telecommunications PLC, 8.625%, 12/15/2030

50,000

66,624

Telecom Italia Capital, 144A, 4.95%, 9/30/2014

35,000

33,527

100,151

Utilities 0.5%

PacifiCorp. Australia LLC, 144A, 6.15%, 1/15/2008

85,000

88,773

Total Foreign Bonds — US$ Denominated (Cost $1,063,924)

1,083,894

 

Asset Backed 4.4%

Automobile Receivables 1.3%

Americredit Automobile Receivables Trust, "A3", Series 2002-D, 2.72%, 4/12/2007

47,069

47,038

Drive Auto Receivables Trust, "A3", Series 2004-1, 144A, 3.5%, 8/15/2008

65,000

64,365

MMCA Automobile Trust:

 

 

"A4", Series 2002-2, 4.3%, 3/15/2010

97,287

97,211

"A4", Series 2001-4, 4.92%, 8/15/2007

24,664

24,762

"B", Series 2002-1, 5.37%, 1/15/2010

15,793

15,838

Ryder Vehicle Lease Trust, "A4", Series 2001-A, 5.81%, 8/15/2006

4,966

4,966

254,180

Credit Card Receivables 0.3%

Capital One Multi-Asset Execution Trust, "B1", Series 2005-B1, 4.9%, 12/15/2017

50,000

49,625

Home Equity Loans 2.6%

Argent NIM Trust, "A", Series 2004-WN2, 144A, 4.55%, 4/25/2034

16,806

16,809

Countrywide Asset-Backed Certificates, "N1", Series 2004-2N, 144A, 5.0%, 2/25/2035

24,951

24,785

First Franklin Mortgage Loan Trust NIM, "N1", Series 2004-FFH4, 144A, 4.212%, 1/21/2035

89,190

89,244

First Franklin NIM Trust:

 

 

"N1", Series 2005-FF1N, 144A, 3.9%, 12/25/2034

99,000

98,938

"NOTE", Series 2004-FF6A, 144A, 5.75%, 7/25/2034

30,714

30,819

Master ABS NIM Trust, "N1", Series 2005-CI8A, 144A, 4.702%, 2/26/2035

105,609

105,576

Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors, Inc., "N1", Series 2005-NC1N, 144A, 5.0%, 10/25/2035

94,799

94,829

Park Place Securities NIM Trust, "A", Series 2004-MCW1, 144A, 4.458%, 9/25/2034

36,275

36,275

Residential Asset Securitization Trust, "A3", Series 2002-A13, 5.0%, 12/25/2017

8,008

8,025

505,300

Manufactured Housing Receivables 0.2%

Greenpoint Manufactured Housing, "A3", Series 1999-5, 7.33%, 8/15/2020

41,747

41,770

Total Asset Backed (Cost $851,333)

850,875

 

US Government Agency Sponsored Pass-Throughs 4.1%

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp., 6.0%, 12/1/2033

116,170

118,934

Federal National Mortgage Association:

 

 

4.5% with various maturities from 4/1/2018 until 6/1/2033 (g) (i)

77,846

74,428

5.0% with various maturities from 3/1/2034 until 3/1/2034 (i)

102,952

100,944

5.5% with various maturities from 7/1/2024 until 11/1/2034 (g) (i)

331,137

333,367

5.55%, 9/1/2033

35,093

35,209

6.5% with various maturities from 11/1/2033 until 11/1/2033

83,370

86,557

7.13%, 1/1/2012

45,367

47,094

Total US Government Agency Sponsored Pass-Throughs (Cost $807,118)

796,533

 

Commercial and Non-Agency Mortgage-Backed Securities 4.9%

Banc America Commercial Mortgage, Inc., "AJ", Series 2005-1, 4.999%, 11/10/2042

80,000

80,138

Citigroup Mortgage Loan Trust, Inc., "1CB2", Series 2004-NCM2, 6.75%, 8/25/2034

107,172

111,224

Countrywide Alternative Loan Trust, "7A1", Series 2004-J2, 6.0%, 12/25/2033

28,394

28,731

CS First Boston Mortgage Securities Corp., "A2", Series 2001-CK3, 6.04%, 6/15/2034

55,000

55,940

DLJ Mortgage Acceptance Corp.:

 

 

"A1B", Series 1997-CF2, 144A, 6.82%, 10/15/2030

28,768

30,090

"A1B", Series 1997-CF1, 144A, 7.6%, 5/15/2030

34,347

36,122

First Union-Lehman Brothers Commercial Mortgage, "A3", Series 1997-C1, 7.38%, 4/18/2029

76,527

80,156

GMAC Commercial Mortgage Securities, Inc., "A3", Series 1997-C1, 6.869%, 7/15/2029

40,398

42,276

Greenwich Capital Commercial Funding Corp.:

 

 

"AJ", Series 2005-GG3, 4.859%, 8/10/2042

30,000

29,294

"B", Series 2005-GG3, 4.894%, 8/10/2042

55,000

53,667

Master Alternative Loans Trust, "8A1", Series 2004-3, 7.0%, 4/25/2034

25,439

26,041

Master Asset Securitization Trust:

 

 

"2A7", Series 2003-9, 5.5%, 10/25/2033

52,479

52,309

"8A1", Series 2003-6, 5.5%, 7/25/2033

43,030

42,802

Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors, Inc., "D", Series 1995-C3, 7.799%**, 12/26/2025

90,000

90,705

NYC Mortgage Loan Trust, "A3", Series 1996, 144A, 6.75%, 9/25/2019

55,000

60,500

Residential Funding Mortgage Securities I, "A1", Series 2003-S2, 5.0%, 2/25/2033

16,759

16,763

Washington Mutual:

 

 

"A6", Series 2004-AR4, 3.809%, 6/25/2034

65,000

62,853

"4A1", Series 2002-S7, 4.5%, 11/25/2032

7,482

7,482

Washington Mutual Mortgage Securities Corp., "1A7", Series 2003-MS8, 5.5%, 5/25/2033

30,713

30,402

Total Commercial and Non-Agency Mortgage-Backed Securities (Cost $954,246)

937,495

 

Collateralized Mortgage Obligations 14.0%

Fannie Mae Grantor Trust:

 

 

"A2", Series 2002-T16, 7.0%, 7/25/2042

57,990

60,596

"A2", Series 2002-T19, 7.0%, 7/25/2042

64,108

67,016

Fannie Mae Whole Loan:

 

 

"2A3", Series 2003-W3, 4.16%, 6/25/2042

50,000

50,029

"1A3", Series 2003-W18, 4.732%, 8/25/2043

57,729

57,807

"1A1", Series 2004-W15, 6.0%, 8/25/2044

68,871

70,814

"2A", Series 2003-W8, 7.0%, 10/25/2042

25,076

26,218

"2A", Series 2002-W1, 7.5%, 2/25/2042

38,295

40,276

"5A", Series 2004-W2, 7.5%, 3/25/2044

83,027

87,847

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.:

 

 

"AU", Series 2759, 3.5%, 5/15/2019

61,000

60,519

"PT", Series 2724, 3.75%, 5/15/2016

61,000

60,274

"A2B", Series T-56, 4.29%, 7/25/2036

47,733

47,754

"PE", Series 2727, 4.5%, 7/15/2032

120,000

114,294

"TG", Series 2690, 4.5%, 4/15/2032

60,000

57,186

"BG", Series 2640, 5.0%, 2/15/2032

45,000

44,084

"BM", Series 2497, 5.0%, 2/15/2022

21,768

21,792

"CA", Series 2526, 5.0%, 6/15/2016

24,046

24,257

"DG", Series 2662, 5.0%, 10/15/2022

120,000

117,914

"EG", Series 2836, 5.0%, 12/15/2032

115,000

112,196

"JD", Series 2778, 5.0%, 12/15/2032

115,000

112,386

"NE", Series 2921, 5.0%, 9/15/2033

80,000

77,670

"PE", Series 2777, 5.0%, 4/15/2033

120,000

117,579

"PE", Series 2864, 5.0%, 6/15/2033

80,000

78,279

"TE", Series 2780, 5.0%, 1/15/2033

85,000

82,866

"TE", Series 2881, 5.0%, 7/15/2033

115,000

112,268

"UE", Series 2764, 5.0%, 10/15/2032

90,000

87,785

"PE", Series 2378, 5.5%, 11/15/2016

30,000

30,688

"PE", Series 2512, 5.5%, 2/15/2022

110,000

112,773

"PE", Series 2405, 6.0%, 1/15/2017

80,000

83,465

"QE", Series 2113, 6.0%, 11/15/2027

34,188

34,855

"3A", Series T-41, 7.5%, 7/25/2032

62,976

66,309

Federal National Mortgage Association:

 

 

"TU", Series 2003-122, 4.0%, 5/25/2016

80,000

79,716

"A2", Series 2002-W10, 4.7%, 8/25/2042

363

362

"2A3", Series 2003-W15, 4.71%, 8/25/2043

47,081

47,116

"HE", Series 2005-22, 5.0%, 10/25/2033

55,000

53,513

"KH", Series 2003-92, 5.0%, 3/25/2032

60,000

58,695

"ME", Series 2005-14, 5.0%, 10/25/2033

105,000

102,210

"MC", Series 2002-56, 5.5%, 9/25/2017

47,456

48,080

"PM", Series 2001-60, 6.0%, 3/25/2030

22,202

22,503

"VD", Series 2002-56, 6.0%, 4/25/2020

10,129

10,291

"A2", Series 1998-M1, 6.25%, 1/25/2008

52,713

54,566

"1A2", Series 2003-W3, 7.0%, 8/25/2042

29,587

30,924

Government National Mortgage Association, "GD", Series 2004-26, 5.0%, 11/16/2032

56,000

55,208

Total Collateralized Mortgage Obligations (Cost $2,687,998)

2,680,980

 

Municipal Investments 3.0%

Atlantic City, NJ, Core City General Obligation Series B, 4.5%, 8/1/2008 (f)

80,000

80,278

Fairfield, CA, Pension Obligation Revenue Series B, 5.42%, 6/1/2034 (f)

65,000

64,957

Illinois, State General Obligation, 4.95%, 6/1/2023

80,000

77,415

Jicarilla, NM, Sales & Special Tax Revenue, Apache Nation Revenue, 5.2%, 12/1/2013

50,000

50,336

Virginia, Multi-Family Housing Revenue, Housing Development Authority Series A, 6.51%, 5/1/2019 (f)

290,000

301,589

Total Municipal Investments (Cost $524,697)

574,575

 

Government National Mortgage Association 1.0%

Government National Mortgage Association, 6.0% with various maturities from 10/15/2033 until 12/15/2034 (Cost $184,329)

178,668

183,552

 

US Government Backed 24.4%

US Treasury Bills:

 

 

2.356%, 4/21/2005 (h)

140,000

139,798

2.746%, 6/9/2005

3,300,000

3,283,186

2.869%***, 7/14/2005

10,000

9,921

US Treasury Bond, 6.0%, 2/15/2026 (d)

232,000

265,395

US Treasury Notes:

 

 

2.75%, 6/30/2006 (d)

56,000

55,436

3.0%, 2/15/2009

309,000

297,159

3.625%, 7/15/2009

540,000

529,559

3.875%, 2/15/2013

11,000

10,618

5.0%, 8/15/2011 (d)

95,000

98,696

Total US Government Backed (Cost $4,691,244)

4,689,768

  

 

Shares

Value ($)

 

 

Securities Lending Collateral 2.2%

Daily Assets Fund Institutional, 2.83% (c) (e) (Cost $421,080)

421,080

421,080

 

Cash Equivalents 12.6%

Scudder Cash Management QP Trust, 2.69% (b) (Cost $2,415,133)

2,415,133

2,415,133

 

% of Net Assets

Value ($)

 

 

Total Investment Portfolio (Cost $18,907,310) (a)

100.5

19,291,476

Other Assets and Liabilities, Net

(0.5)

(100,168)

Net Assets

100.0

19,191,308

* Non-income producing security.

** Floating rate notes are securities whose yields vary with a designated market index or market rate, such as the coupon-equivalent of the US Treasury bill rate. These securities are shown at their current rate as of March 31, 2005.

*** Annualized yield at time of purchase; not a coupon rate.

(a) The cost for federal income tax purposes was $19,161,064. At March 31, 2005, net unrealized appreciation for all securities based on tax cost was $130,412. This consisted of aggregate gross unrealized appreciation for all securities in which there was an excess of value over tax cost of $495,233 and aggregate gross unrealized depreciation for all securities in which there was an excess of tax cost over value of $364,821.

(b) Scudder Cash Management QP Trust is managed by Deutsche Investment Management Americas Inc., an affiliate of the Advisor. The rate shown is the annualized seven-day yield at period end.

(c) Daily Assets Fund Institutional, an affiliated fund, is managed by Deutsche Asset Management, Inc. The rate shown is the annualized seven day yield at period end.

(d) All or a portion of these securities were on loan (see Notes to Financial Statements). The value of all securities loaned at March 31, 2005 amounted to $415,096, which is 2.2% of total net assets.

(e) Represents collateral held in connection with securities lending.

(f) Bond is insured by one of these companies:

 

 

As a % of Total Investment Portfolio

AMBAC

American Municipal Bond Assurance Corp.

0.3%

MBIA

Municipal Bond Insurance Association

2.0%

(g) Mortgage dollar rolls included.

(h) At March 31, 2005, this security has been pledged to cover in whole or in part, initial requirements for open futures contracts.

(i) When-issued or forward delivery pools included.

Included in the portfolio are investments in mortgage or asset-backed securities which are interests in separate pools of mortgages or assets. Effective maturities of these investments may be shorter than stated maturities due to prepayments. Some separate investments in the Federal National Mortgage Association and the Government National Mortgage Association issues which have similar coupon rates have been aggregated for presentation purposes in the investment portfolio.

144A: Security exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. These securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers.

REIT: Real Estate Investment Trust

At March 31, 2005, open futures contracts purchased were as follows:

Futures

Expiration Date

Contracts

Aggregate Face Value ($)

Value ($)

Unrealized (Depreciation) ($)

Share Price Index 200

6/16/2005

1

82,311

79,682

(2,629)

Topix Index

6/9/2005

4

443,091

440,362

(2,729)

EOE Dutch Stock Index

4/15/2005

1

96,188

95,602

(586)

10 Yr Canadian Government Bond

6/21/2005

4

369,564

368,753

(811)

Total net unrealized depreciation

 

(6,755)

At March 31, 2005, open futures contracts sold short were as follows:

Futures

Expiration Date

Contracts

Aggregate Face Value ($)

Value ($)

Unrealized Appreciation ($)

10 Year US Treasury Note

6/21/2005

15

1,656,634

1,638,984

17,650

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

Financial Statements

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Statements of Assets and Liabilities as of March 31, 2005

Assets

Long Range
Fund

Mid Range
Fund

Short Range Fund

Investment in securities, at value(a) — including $34,676,970, $654,955 and $415,096 of securities loaned

$ 700,599,006

$ 38,477,494

$ 16,455,263

Investments in Scudder Cash Management QP Trust(b)

61,479,890

5,738,273

2,415,133

Investments in Daily Assets Fund Institutional(c)*

35,195,744

664,113

421,080

Total investments in securities, at value(d)

797,274,640

44,879,880

19,291,476

Cash

48,578

Foreign currency, at value(e)

24,390,184

1,521,087

615,743

Receivable for investments sold

24,033,117

824,788

418,113

Dividends receivable

558,420

20,082

3,695

Interest receivable

2,350,204

179,097

83,789

Receivable for Fund shares sold

88,216

97,444

151,665

Unrealized appreciation on forward currency exchange contracts

697,237

33,014

11,360

Due from Advisor

15,754

Other assets

17,005

7,518

Total assets

849,409,023

47,611,488

20,591,595

Liabilities

Payable upon return of securities loaned

35,195,744

664,113

421,080

Due to custodian bank

544,374

114,427

Payable for investments purchased

29,865,694

1,117,171

507,578

Payable for investments purchased — mortgage dollar rolls

5,351,807

227,534

118,559

Deferred mortgage dollar roll income

4,269

60

86

Payable for Fund shares redeemed

576,453

32,349

117,554

Payable for daily variation margin on open futures contracts

210,237

5,965

1,627

Unrealized depreciation on forward foreign currency exchange contracts

658,214

31,611

11,001

Net payable on closed forward foreign currency exchange contracts

1,694,390

72,347

23,256

Accrued investment advisory fee

64,925

Other accrued expenses and payables

173,795

102,945

85,119

Total liabilities

74,339,902

2,254,095

1,400,287

Net assets, at value

$ 775,069,121

$ 45,357,393

$ 19,191,308

* Represents collateral for securities loaned.

a Cost of $646,524,482, $36,476,830 and $16,071,097, respectively.

b Cost of $61,479,890, $5,738,273 and $2,415,133, respectively.

c Cost of $35,195,744, $664,113 and $421,080, respectively.

d Cost of $743,200,116, $42,879,216 and $18,907,310, respectively.

e Cost of $24,585,354, $1,533,013 and $620,294, respectively.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

 

Statements of Assets and Liabilities as of March 31, 2005 (continued)

Net Assets

Long Range
Fund

Mid Range
Fund

Short Range Fund

Net assets consist of:

Undistributed net investment income

4,215,503

64,577

19,726

Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on:

Investments

54,074,524

2,000,664

384,166

Futures

277,323

26,347

10,895

Foreign currency related transactions

(164,705)

(15,843)

(5,200)

Accumulated net realized gain (loss)

(65,932,705)

(5,802,880)

(856,063)

Paid-in capital

782,599,181

49,084,528

19,637,784

Net assets, at value

$ 775,069,121

$ 45,357,393

$ 19,191,308

Net Asset Value

Investment Class

Net assets applicable to outstanding shares of beneficial interest

$ 55,559,979

$ 45,357,393

$ 19,191,308

Outstanding shares of beneficial interest ($.001 par value per share, unlimited number of shares authorized)

5,230,846

4,601,906

1,886,056

Net Asset Value, offering and redemption price(a) per share

$ 10.62

$ 9.86

$ 10.18

Institutional Class

Net assets applicable to outstanding shares of beneficial interest

$ 719,509,142

$ —

$ —

Outstanding shares of beneficial interest ($.001 par value per share, unlimited number of shares authorized)

65,199,266

Net Asset Value, offering and redemption price(a) per share

$ 11.04

$ —

$ —

(a) Redemption price per share for shares held less than 15 days is equal to net asset value less a 2% redemption fee.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

 

Statements of Operations for the year ended March 31, 2005(a)

Investment Income

Long Range
Fund

Mid Range
Fund

Short Range Fund

Total investment income allocated from the Portfolio(b):

Dividends — Unaffiliated issuers

$ 2,704,151

$ 142,606

$ 22,186

Interest — Unaffiliated issuers

4,789,487

501,053

224,578

Interest — Affiliated issuers

291,939

28,872

13,758

Securities lending income, including income from Daily Assets Fund Institutional, net of borrower rebates

9,186

558

244

Expenses allocated from the Portfolio(c)

(1,636,114)

(132,580)

(55,006)

Net investment income allocated from the Portfolio

6,158,649

540,509

205,760

Dividends — Unaffiliated issuers

5,831,863

218,125

41,416

Interest — Unaffiliated issuers

7,705,391

692,275

346,507

Mortgage dollar roll income

279,994

5,533

12,607

Interest — Affiliated issuers

512,898

53,687

21,448

Securities lending income, including income from Daily Assets Fund Institutional, net of borrower rebates

37,506

292

358

Total income

20,526,301

1,510,421

628,096

Expenses:

Investment advisory fees

3,055,340

188,168

78,233

Administrator service fees

1,775,922

350,419

139,659

Auditing

37,928

50,280

40,987

Legal

26,119

56,378

47,560

Trustees' fees and expenses

22,966

10,778

9,809

Reports to shareholders

14,898

18,319

21,281

Registration fees

45,218

9,191

33,285

Other

12,021

33,359

3,469

Total expenses, before expense reductions

4,990,412

716,892

374,283

Expense reductions

(2,176,201)

(342,698)

(229,589)

Total expenses, after expense reductions

2,814,211

374,194

144,694

Net investment income (loss)

17,712,090

1,136,227

483,402

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

 

Statements of Operations for the year ended March 31, 2005(a) (continued)

Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Investment Transactions

Long Range
Fund

Mid Range
Fund

Short Range Fund

Net realized gain (loss) allocated from the Portfolio(b) from:

Investments

7,061,719

383,292

(6,296)

Futures

2,801,217

24,335

14,798

Foreign currency related transactions

(4,227,291)

(381,021)

(69,660)

Net realized gain (loss) from:

Investments

15,725,561

1,226,217

326,156

Futures

2,492,075

69,690

24,164

Foreign currency related transactions

9,134,132

481,496

137,166

 

32,987,413

1,804,009

426,328

Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) during the period allocated from the Portfolio(b) on:

Investments(d)

(22,794,969)

(1,870,929)

(317,712)

Futures(d)

(2,977,525)

(201,660)

476,486

Foreign currency related transactions(d)

761,462

(9,684)

(107,291)

Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) during the period on:

Investments

12,207,977

(145,418)

(155,706)

Futures

2,890,453

193,332

(477,740)

Foreign currency related transactions

(934,120)

8,056

95,712

 

(10,846,722)

(2,026,303)

(486,251)

Net gain (loss) on investment transactions

22,140,691

(222,294)

(59,923)

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

$ 39,852,781

$ 913,933

$ 423,479

a On August 20, 2004, the Asset Management Portfolio, the Asset Management Portfolio II and the Asset Management Portfolio III, each a master portfolio for a master-feeder structure, closed. The Statement of Operations includes the Lifecycle Long Range Fund's, the Lifecycle Mid Range Fund's and the Lifecycle Short Range Fund's information as a stand-alone and feeder fund for the respective periods (see Note A in the Notes to Financial Statements).

b Allocated from Asset Management Portfolio, Asset Management Portfolio II and Asset Management Portfolio III, respectively.

c For the period April 1, 2004 through August 20, 2004,, Asset Management Portfolio, Asset Management Portfolio II and Asset Management Portfolio III waived fees in the amounts of $688,395, $53,433 and $44,717, which were allocated to the Lifecycle Long Range Fund, Lifecycle Mid Range Fund and Lifecycle Short Range Fund, respectively.

d Excludes unrealized appreciation of $250,957, depreciation of $1,368 and depreciation of $706, respectively, resulting from the dissolution of the master-feeder structure.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

 

Statement of Changes in Net Assets — Long Range Fund

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets

Years Ended March 31,

2005(a)

2004

Operations:

Net investment income (loss)

$ 17,712,090

$ 14,273,378

Net realized gain (loss) on investment transactions

32,987,413

33,679,038

Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) during the period on investment transactions

(10,846,722)

92,021,218

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

39,852,781

139,973,634

Distributions to shareholders from:

Net investment income

Investment Class

(1,740,310)

(2,277,173)

Institutional Class

(24,628,733)

(29,974,017)

Fund share transactions:

Proceeds from shares sold

91,324,510

142,112,613

Reinvestment of distributions

26,364,356

32,245,735

Net assets acquired in tax-free reorganization (Investment Class)

58,476,295

Cost of shares redeemed

(127,175,929)

(117,931,521)

Redemption fees

58

Net increase (decrease) in net assets from Fund share transactions

(9,487,005)

114,903,122

Increase (decrease) in net assets

3,996,733

222,625,566

Net assets at beginning of period

771,072,388

548,446,822

Net assets at end of period (including undistributed net investment income of $4,215,503 and $5,633,527, respectively)

$ 775,069,121

$ 771,072,388

a On August 20, 2004, the Asset Management Portfolio, a master portfolio for a master-feeder structure, closed. The Statement of Changes in Net Assets includes the Lifecycle Long Range Fund's information as a stand-alone and feeder fund for the respective periods (see Note A in the Notes to Financial Statements).

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

 

Statement of Changes in Net Assets — Mid Range Fund

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets

Years Ended March 31,

2005(a)

2004

Operations:

Net investment income (loss)

$ 1,136,227

$ 1,279,256

Net realized gain (loss) on investment transactions

1,804,009

3,244,122

Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) during the period on investment transactions

(2,026,303)

5,108,169

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

913,933

9,631,547

Distributions to shareholders from:

Net investment income

(1,639,668)

(2,807,608)

Fund share transactions:

Proceeds from shares sold

13,269,443

27,215,420

Reinvestment of distributions

1,639,347

2,807,418

Cost of shares redeemed

(41,248,178)

(16,375,047)

Redemption fees

12

Net increase (decrease) in net assets from Fund share transactions

(26,339,376)

13,647,791

Increase (decrease) in net assets

(27,065,111)

20,471,730

Net assets at beginning of period

72,422,504

51,950,774

Net assets at end of period (including undistributed net investment income of $64,577 and $493,570, respectively)

$ 45,357,393

$ 72,422,504

a On August 20, 2004, the Asset Management Portfolio II, a master portfolio for a master-feeder structure, closed. The Statement of Changes in Net Assets includes the Lifecycle Mid Range Fund's information as a stand-alone and feeder fund for the respective periods (see Note A in the Notes to Financial Statements).

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

 

Statement of Changes in Net Assets — Short Range Fund

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets

Years Ended March 31,

2005(a)

2004

Operations:

Net investment income (loss)

$ 483,402

$ 443,571

Net realized gain (loss) on investment transactions

426,328

833,186

Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) during the period on investment transactions

(486,251)

644,731

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

423,479

1,921,488

Distributions to shareholders from:

Net investment income

(697,062)

(826,388)

Fund share transactions:

Proceeds from shares sold

9,691,803

14,946,510

Reinvestment of distributions

695,107

822,774

Cost of shares redeemed

(13,307,132)

(11,276,402)

Net increase (decrease) in net assets from Fund share transactions

(2,920,222)

4,492,882

Increase (decrease) in net assets

(3,193,805)

5,587,982

Net assets at beginning of period

22,385,113

16,797,131

Net assets at end of period (including undistributed net investment income of $19,726 and $136,237, respectively)

$ 19,191,308

$ 22,385,113

a On August 20, 2004, the Asset Management Portfolio III, a master portfolio for a master-feeder structure, closed. The Statement of Changes in Net Assets includes the Lifecycle Short Range Fund's information as a stand-alone and feeder fund for the respective periods (see Note A in the Notes to Financial Statements).

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

Financial Highlights

 

Scudder Lifecycle Long Range Fund

Investment Class

Years Ended March 31,

2005

2004a

Selected Per Share Data

Net asset value, beginning of period

$ 10.43

$ 9.75

Income (loss) from investment operations:

Net investment income (loss)b

.21

.11

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investment transactions

.30

.93

Total from investment operations

.51

1.04

Less distributions from:

Net investment income

(.32)

(.36)

Redemption fees

.00***

Net asset value, end of period

$ 10.62

$ 10.43

Total Return (%)c

4.92

10.79**

Ratios to Average Net Assets and Supplemental Data

Net assets, end of period ($ millions)

56

69

Ratio of expenses before expense reductions (%)d

1.33

1.41*

Ratio of expenses after expense reductions (%)d

1.00

1.00*

Ratio of net investment income (loss) (%)

1.90

1.65*

Portfolio turnover rate (%)

106e,f

115f**

a For the period July 25, 2003 (commencement of operations of Investment Class shares) to March 31, 2004.

b Based on average shares outstanding during the period.

c Total return would have been lower had certain expenses not been reduced.

d The ratio includes expenses allocated from the Asset Management Portfolio.

e On August 20, 2004, the Asset Management Portfolio was closed (see Note A in the Notes to Financial Statements). This ratio includes the purchase and sales of portfolio securities of the Scudder Lifecycle Long Range Fund as a stand-alone fund in addition to the Asset Management Portfolio.

f The portfolio turnover rates including mortgage dollar roll transactions were 122% and 124% for the periods ended March 31, 2005 and March 31, 2004, respectively.

* Annualized

** Not annualized

*** Amount is less than $.005.

 

 

Scudder Lifecycle Long Range Fund

Institutional Class

Years Ended March 31,

2005

2004

2003

2002

2001

Selected Per Share Data

Net asset value, beginning of period

$ 10.84

$ 9.17

$ 10.92

$ 10.98

$ 14.44

Income (loss) from investment operations:

Net investment income (loss)

.25a

.21a

.25a

.31

.41

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investment transactions

.33

1.94

(1.53)

(.08)

(1.79)

Total from investment operations

.58

2.15

(1.28)

.23

(1.38)

Less distributions from:

Net investment income

(.38)

(.48)

(.47)

(.28)

(.30)

Net realized gains on investment transactions

(.01)

(1.78)

Total distributions

(.38)

(.48)

(.47)

(.29)

(2.08)

Redemption fees

.00*

Net asset value, end of period

$ 11.04

$ 10.84

$ 9.17

$ 10.92

$ 10.98

Total Return (%)b

5.42

23.71

(11.88)

2.13

(10.90)

Ratios to Average Net Assets and Supplemental Data

Net assets, end of period ($ millions)

719

702

548

438

417

Ratio of expenses before expense reductions (%)c

.83

.91

.93

.91

.93

Ratio of expenses after expense reductions (%)c

.55

.55

.55

.55

.59

Ratio of net investment income (loss) (%)

2.35

2.08

2.61

2.84

3.20

Portfolio turnover rate (%)

106d,e

115e

133

90

118

a Based on average shares outstanding during the period.

b Total return would have been lower had certain expenses not been reduced.

c The ratio includes expenses allocated from the Asset Management Portfolio.

d On August 20, 2004, the Asset Management Portfolio was closed (see Note A in the Notes to Financial Statements). This ratio includes the purchase and sales of portfolio securities of the Scudder Lifecycle Long Range Fund as a stand-alone fund in addition to the Asset Management Portfolio.

e The portfolio turnover rates including mortgage dollar roll transactions were 122% and 124% for the periods ended March 31, 2005 and March 31, 2004, respectively.

* Amount is less than $.005.

 

 

Scudder Lifecycle Mid Range Fund

Investment Class

Years Ended March 31,

2005

2004

2003

2002

2001

Selected Per Share Data

Net asset value, beginning of period

$ 9.86

$ 8.80

$ 9.75

$ 9.78

$ 11.38

Income (loss) from investment operations:

Net investment income (loss)

.22a

.19a

.25a

.30

.42

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investment transactions

.12f

1.29

(.80)

(.06)

(.86)

Total from investment operations

.34

1.48

(.55)

.24

(.44)

Less distributions from:

Net investment income

(.34)

(.42)

(.40)

(.27)

(.33)

Net realized gains on investment transactions

(.83)

Total distributions

(.34)

(.42)

(.40)

(.27)

(1.16)

Redemption fees

.00*

Net asset value, end of period

$ 9.86

$ 9.86

$ 8.80

$ 9.75

$ 9.78

Total Return (%)b

3.50

16.85

(5.63)

2.48

(4.25)

Ratios to Average Net Assets and Supplemental Data

Net assets, end of period ($ millions)

45

72

52

72

81

Ratio of expenses before expense reductions (%)c

1.67

1.63

1.56

1.54

1.51

Ratio of expenses after expense reductions (%)c

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

Ratio of net investment income (loss) (%)

2.24

2.01

2.68

3.04

3.86

Portfolio turnover rate (%)

111d,e

144e

116

127

139

a Based on average shares outstanding during the period.

b Total return would have been lower had certain expenses not been reduced.

c The ratio includes expenses allocated from the Asset Management Portfolio II.

d On August 20, 2004, the Asset Management Portfolio II was closed (see Note A in the Notes to Financial Statements). This ratio includes the purchase and sales of portfolio securities of the Scudder Lifecycle Mid Range Fund as a stand-alone fund in addition to the Asset Management Portfolio II.

e The portfolio turnover rates including mortgage dollar roll transactions were 117% and 161% for the periods ended March 31, 2005 and March 31, 2004, respectively.

f The amount of net realized and unrealized gain shown for a share outstanding for the period ending March 31, 2005 does not correspond with the aggregate net loss on investments for the period due to the timing of sales and repurchases of portfolio shares in relation to fluctuating market values of the investments of the portfolio.

* Amount is less than $.005.

 

 

Scudder Lifecycle Short Range Fund

Investment Class

Years Ended March 31,

2005

2004

2003

2002

2001

Selected Per Share Data

Net asset value, beginning of period

$ 10.30

$ 9.71

$ 10.08

$ 10.05

$ 10.54

Income (loss) from investment operations:

Net investment income (loss)

.25a

.22a

.29a

.38

.48

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investment transactions

(.01)

.77

(.21)

(.04)

(.21)

Total from investment operations

.24

.99

.08

.34

.27

Less distributions from:

Net investment income

(.36)

(.40)

(.45)

(.31)

(.40)

Net realized gains on investment transactions

(.36)

Total distributions

(.36)

(.40)

(.45)

(.31)

(.76)

Net asset value, end of period

$ 10.18

$ 10.30

$ 9.71

$ 10.08

$ 10.05

Total Return (%)b

2.28

10.44

.83

3.42

2.52

Ratios to Average Net Assets and Supplemental Data

Net assets, end of period ($ millions)

19

22

17

25

30

Ratio of expenses before expense reductions (%)c

2.12

2.16

1.85

1.86

1.72

Ratio of expenses after expense reductions (%)c

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

Ratio of net investment income (loss) (%)

2.49

2.15

2.92

3.69

4.85

Portfolio turnover rate (%)

159d,e

198e

162

153

148

a Based on average shares outstanding during the period.

b Total return would have been lower had certain expenses not been reduced.

c The ratio includes expenses allocated from the Asset Management Portfolio III.

d On August 20, 2004, the Asset Management Portfolio III was closed (see Note A in the Notes to Financial Statements). This ratio includes the purchase and sales of portfolio securities of the Scudder Lifecycle Short Range Fund as a stand-alone fund in addition to the Asset Management Portfolio III.

e The portfolio turnover rates including mortgage dollar roll transactions were 192% and 223% for the periods ended March 31, 2005 and March 31, 2004, respectively.

Notes to Financial Statements  

 

lif_top_margin0A. Significant Accounting Policies

Lifecycle Long Range Fund ("Scudder Lifecycle Long Range Fund") is a diversified series of Scudder Advisor Funds III. Lifecycle Mid Range Fund ("Scudder Lifecycle Mid Range Fund") and Lifecycle Short Range Fund ("Scudder Lifecycle Short Range Fund") (each a "Fund," and collectively the "Funds") are diversified series of Scudder Advisor Funds. Scudder Advisor Funds III and Scudder Advisor Funds are registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the "1940 Act"), as open-end management investment companies organized as Massachusetts business trusts (collectively, the "Trusts").

On June 3, 2004, the Board of Trustees approved dissolving the Lifecycle master-feeder structures, and converting the Funds to three stand-alone funds. On August 20, 2004, the Funds received net assets with the value of $741,748,706, $48,834,257 and $20,324,047 which were equal to the Funds' investment in their respective Lifecycle master. This included net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of $41,590,486, $2,052,615 and $505,144 for Scudder Lifecycle Long Range, Mid Range and Short Range, respectively, from Asset Management Portfolio, Asset Management Portfolio II and Asset Management Portfolio III, respectively, in the tax free exchange for their beneficial ownership in the Portfolios. Activities prior to these conversions are included in the Financial Statements.

Lifecycle Long Range Fund offers two classes of shares: Investment Class and Institutional Class. On August 13, 2004, Premier Class was renamed Institutional Class. Investment Class and Institutional Class shares are not subject to initial or contingent deferred sales charges. Institutional Class shares are offered to a limited group of investors and have lower ongoing expenses than the Investment Class. Lifecycle Mid Range Fund and Lifecycle Short Range Fund each offer one class of shares: Investment Class.

Investment income, realized and unrealized gains and losses, and certain fund-level expenses and expense reductions, if any, are borne pro rata on the basis of relative net assets by the holders of all classes of shares except that each class bears certain expenses unique to that class such as administrative service fee. Differences in class-level expenses may result in payment of different per share dividends by class. All shares of the Fund have equal rights with respect to voting subject to class-specific arrangements.

Each Fund's financial statements are prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America which require the use of management estimates. Actual results could differ from those estimates. The policies described below are followed consistently by the Funds in the preparation of their financial statements and were also applied to the portfolios prior to dissolution of their respective master-feeder structures.

Security Valuation. Investments are stated at value determined as of the close of regular trading on the New York Stock Exchange on each day the exchange is open for trading. Equity securities are valued at the most recent sale price or official closing price reported on the exchange (US or foreign) or over-the-counter market on which the security is traded most extensively. Securities for which no sales are reported are valued at the calculated mean between the most recent bid and asked quotations on the relevant market or, if a mean cannot be determined, at the most recent bid quotation.

Debt securities are valued by independent pricing services approved by the Trustees of each Fund. If the pricing services are unable to provide valuations, the securities are valued at the most recent bid quotation or evaluated price, as applicable, obtained from a broker-dealer. Such services may use various pricing techniques which take into account appropriate factors such as yield, quality, coupon rate, maturity, type of issue, trading characteristics and other data, as well as broker quotes.

Money market instruments purchased with an original or remaining maturity of sixty days or less, maturing at par, are valued at amortized cost. Investments in open-end investment companies and affiliated funds are valued at their net asset value each business day.

Securities and other assets for which market quotations are not readily available or for which the above valuation procedures are deemed not to reflect fair value are valued in a manner that is intended to reflect their fair value as determined in accordance with procedures approved by the Trustees. The Fund may use a fair valuation model to value international equity securities in order to adjust for certain events which may occur between the close of the foreign exchanges and the close of the New York Stock Exchange.

Securities Lending. Each Fund may lend securities to financial institutions. The Fund retains beneficial ownership of the securities it has loaned and continues to receive interest and dividends paid by the securities and to participate in any changes in their market value. The Fund requires the borrowers of the securities to maintain collateral with the Fund consisting of liquid, unencumbered assets having a value at least equal to the value of the securities loaned. The Fund may invest the cash collateral into a joint trading account in an affiliated money market fund pursuant to Exemptive Orders issued by the SEC. The Fund receives compensation for lending its securities either in the form of fees or by earning interest on invested cash collateral net of fees paid to the lending agent. Either the Fund or the borrower may terminate the loan. The Fund is subject to all investment risks associated with the value of any cash collateral received, including, but not limited to, interest rate, credit and liquidity risk associated with such investments.

Foreign Currency Translations. The books and records of each Fund are maintained in US dollars. Investment securities and other assets and liabilities denominated in a foreign currency are translated into US dollars at the prevailing exchange rates at period end. Purchases and sales of investment securities, income and expenses are translated into US dollars at the prevailing exchange rates on the respective dates of the transactions.

Net realized and unrealized gains and losses on foreign currency transactions represent net gains and losses between trade and settlement dates on securities transactions, the disposition of forward foreign currency exchange contracts and foreign currencies, and the difference between the amount of net investment income accrued and the US dollar amount actually received. That portion of both realized and unrealized gains and losses on investments that results from fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates is not separately disclosed but is included with net realized and unrealized gains and losses on investment securities.

Futures Contracts. A futures contract is an agreement between a buyer or seller and an established futures exchange or its clearinghouse in which the buyer or seller agrees to take or make a delivery of a specific amount of a financial instrument at a specified price on a specific date (settlement date). Each Fund may enter into futures contracts as a hedge against anticipated interest rate, currency or equity market changes, and for duration management, risk management and return enhancement purposes.

Upon entering into a futures contract, each Fund is required to deposit with a financial intermediary an amount ("initial margin") equal to a certain percentage of the face value indicated in the futures contract. Subsequent payments ("variation margin") are made or received by each Fund dependent upon the daily fluctuations in the value of the underlying security and are recorded for financial reporting purposes as unrealized gains or losses by each Fund. When entering into a closing transaction, each Fund will realize a gain or loss equal to the difference between the value of the futures contract to sell and the futures contract to buy. Futures contracts are valued at the most recent settlement price.

Certain risks may arise upon entering into futures contracts, including the risk that an illiquid secondary market will limit each Fund's ability to close out a futures contract prior to the settlement date and that a change in the value of a futures contract may not correlate exactly with the changes in the value of the securities or currencies hedged. When utilizing futures contracts to hedge, each Fund gives up the opportunity to profit from favorable price movements in the hedged positions during the term of the contract.

Forward Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts. A forward foreign currency exchange contract ("forward currency contract") is a commitment to purchase or sell a foreign currency at the settlement date at a negotiated rate. Each Fund may enter into forward currency contracts in order to hedge its exposure to changes in foreign currency exchange rates on its foreign currency denominated Fund holdings, to facilitate transactions in foreign currency denominated securities and to enhance the total returns.

Forward currency contracts are valued at the prevailing forward exchange rate of the underlying currencies and unrealized gain (loss) is recorded daily. Sales and purchases of forward currency contracts having the same settlement date and broker are offset and any gain (loss) is realized on the date of offset; otherwise, gain (loss) is realized on settlement date. Realized and unrealized gains and losses which represent the difference between the value of a forward currency contract to buy and a forward currency contract to sell are included in net realized and unrealized gain (loss) from foreign currency related transactions.

Certain risks may arise upon entering into forward currency contracts from the potential inability of counterparties to meet the terms of their contracts. Additionally, when utilizing forward currency contracts to hedge, each Fund gives up the opportunity to profit from favorable exchange rate movements during the term of the contract.

Mortgage Dollar Rolls. Each Fund may enter into mortgage dollar rolls in which the Fund sells to a bank or broker/dealer (the "counterparty") mortgage-backed securities for delivery in the current month and simultaneously contracts to repurchase similar, but not identical, securities on a fixed date. The counterparty receives all principal and interest payments, including prepayments, made on the security while it is the holder. The Fund receives compensation as consideration for entering into the commitment to repurchase. The compensation is paid in the form of a lower price for the security upon its repurchase, or alternatively, a fee. Mortgage dollar rolls may be renewed with a new sale and repurchase price and a cash settlement made at each renewal without physical delivery of the securities subject to the contract.

Mortgage dollar rolls may be treated for purposes of the 1940 Act as borrowings by the Fund because they involve the sale of a security coupled with an agreement to repurchase. A mortgage dollar roll involves costs to the Fund. For example, while the Fund receives compensation as consideration for agreeing to repurchase the security, the Fund forgoes the right to receive all principal and interest payments while the counterparty holds the security. These payments to the counterparty may exceed the compensation received by the Fund, thereby effectively charging the Fund interest on its borrowing. Further, although the Fund can estimate the amount of expected principal prepayment over the term of the mortgage dollar roll, a variation in the actual amount of prepayment could increase or decrease the cost of the Fund's borrowing.

Certain risks may arise upon entering into mortgage dollar rolls from the potential inability of counterparties to meet the terms of their commitments. Additionally, the value of such securities may change adversely before the Fund is able to repurchase them. There can be no assurance that the Fund's use of the cash that it receives from a mortgage dollar roll will provide a return that exceeds its borrowing costs.

When-Issued/Delayed Delivery Securities. Each Fund may purchase securities with delivery or payment to occur at a later date beyond the normal settlement period. At the time the Fund enters into a commitment to purchase a security, the transaction is recorded and the value of the security is reflected in the net asset value. The price of such security and the date when the security will be delivered and paid for are fixed at the time the transaction is negotiated. The value of the security may vary with market fluctuations. No interest accrues to the Fund until payment takes place. At the time the Fund enters into this type of transaction it is required to segregate cash or other liquid assets at least equal to the amount of the commitment.

Certain risks may arise upon entering into when-issued or delayed delivery securities from the potential inability of counterparties to meet the terms of their contracts or if the issuer does not issue the securities due to political, economic, or other factors. Additionally, losses may arise due to changes in the value of the underlying securities.

Federal Income Taxes. Each Fund's policy is to comply with the requirements of the Internal Revenue Code, as amended, which are applicable to regulated investment companies, and to distribute all of its taxable income to its shareholders. Accordingly, each Fund paid no federal income taxes and no federal income tax provision was required.

During the year ended March 31, 2005, the Long Range, Mid Range and Short Range Funds utilized approximately $22,216,000, $564,000 and $229,000 of its capital loss carryforwards, respectively. At March 31, 2005, each Fund had a net tax basis capital loss carryforward which may be applied against any realized net taxable capital gains of each succeeding year until fully utilized or until the respective expiration date, whichever occurs first, which may be subject to certain limitations under Sections 382-383 of the Internal Revenue Code.

The capital loss carryforwards were as follows:

Fund

Amount

Expiration Date

Lifecycle Long Range Fund

$ 8,305,000

3/31/2010

 

27,647,000

3/31/2011

 

9,661,000

3/31/2012

 

 

Lifecycle Mid Range Fund

$ 3,504,000

3/31/2011

 

816,000

3/31/2012

 

 

Lifecycle Short Range Fund

$ 477,000

3/31/2011

 

108,000

3/31/2012

 

 

Utilization of the capital loss carryforwards above could be subject to limitations imposed by the Internal Revenue Code.

Distribution of Income and Gains. Net investment income of the Funds, if any, is distributed to shareholders quarterly. Net realized gains from investment transactions, in excess of available capital loss carryforwards, would be taxable to each Fund if not distributed, and, therefore, will be distributed to shareholders at least annually.

The timing and characterization of certain income and capital gains distributions are determined annually in accordance with federal tax regulations which may differ from accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. These differences primarily relate to certain securities sold at a loss, futures and foreign currency related transactions. As a result net investment income (loss) and net realized gain (loss) on investment transactions for a reporting period may differ significantly from distributions during such period. Accordingly, each Fund may periodically make reclassifications among certain of its capital accounts without impacting the net asset value of each Fund.

At March 31, 2005, each Fund's components of distributable earnings (accumulated losses) on a tax-basis were as follows:

 

Long Range Fund

Mid Range Fund

Short Range Fund

Undistributed ordinary income*

$ 4,231,616

$ 64,508

$ 19,448

Undistributed net long-term capital gains

$ —

$ —

$ —

Capital loss carryforwards

$ (45,613,000)

$ (4,320,000)

$ (585,000)

Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments

$ 34,436,813

$ 560,605

$ 130,412

In addition, during the years ended March 31, 2005 and March 31, 2004, the tax character of distributions paid to shareholders by each Fund is summarized as follows:

2005

Long Range Fund

Mid Range Fund

Short Range Fund

Distributions from ordinary income*

$ 26,369,043

$ 1,639,668

$ 697,062

2004

 

 

 

Distributions from ordinary income*

$ 32,251,190

$ 2,807,608

$ 826,388

* For tax purposes short-term capital gains distributions and gains from forward foreign currency exchange contracts are considered ordinary income distributions.

Redemption Fees. Effective February 1, 2005, the Funds impose a redemption fee of 2% of the total redemption amount on the Fund shares redeemed or exchanged within 15 days of buying them, either by purchase or exchange. This fee is assessed and retained by the Funds for the benefit of the remaining shareholders. The redemption fee is accounted for as an addition to paid-in capital.

Expenses. Expenses of each Trust arising in connection with a specific Fund are allocated to that Fund. Other Trust expenses which cannot be directly attributed to a Fund are apportioned among the Funds in the Trust.

Contingencies. In the normal course of business, the Fund may enter into contracts with service providers that contain general indemnification clauses. The Fund's maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown as this would involve future claims that may be made against the Fund that have not yet occurred. However, based on experience, the Fund expects the risk of loss to be remote.

Other. Investment transactions are accounted for on a trade date plus one basis for daily net asset value calculations. However, for financial reporting purposes, investment security transactions are reported on trade date. Interest income is recorded on the accrual basis. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date net of foreign withholding taxes. Certain dividends from foreign securities may be recorded subsequent to the ex-dividend date as soon as each Fund is informed of such dividends. Realized gains and losses from investment transactions are recorded on an identified cost basis. All premiums and discounts are amortized/accreted for financial reporting purposes.

B. Purchases and Sales of Securities

During the year ended March 31, 2005, purchases and sales of investment securities (excluding short-term investments), includes the purchases and sales of securities as a stand-alone fund in addition to their respective Portfolio were as follows:

 

Purchases ($)

Sales ($)

Lifecycle Long Range Fund

Excluding US Treasury securities and mortgage dollar roll transactions

427,689,591

442,017,078

US Treasury securities

295,943,487

281,829,149

Mortgage dollar roll transactions

108,034,479

109,830,060

Lifecycle Mid Range Fund

Excluding US Treasury securities and mortgage dollar roll transactions

24,664,029

43,846,796

US Treasury securities

20,950,283

22,186,393

Mortgage dollar roll transactions

2,289,299

2,930,387

Lifecycle Short Range Fund

Excluding US Treasury securities and mortgage dollar roll transactions

10,552,014

12,069,164

US Treasury securities

11,536,141

11,888,592

Mortgage dollar roll transactions

4,649,536

4,989,281

C. Related Parties

Scudder Investments is part of Deutsche Asset Management, which is the marketing name in the US for the asset management activities of Deutsche Bank AG. Effective August 21, 2004, Deutsche Asset Management, Inc. ("DeAM, Inc." or the "Advisor") is the Advisor for each Fund and Investment Company Capital Corp. ("ICCC" or the "Administrator") is the Administrator for each Fund, both indirect, wholly owned subsidiaries of Deutsche Bank AG. Prior to August 21, 2004, DeAM, Inc. was the Advisor for the Asset Management Portfolio, Asset Management Portfolio II and Asset Management Portfolio III. The investment advisory fee paid by each Fund under the new Investment Advisory Agreement is the same as the investment advisory agreement for the Asset Management Portfolio, Asset Management Portfolio II and Asset Management Portfolio III. Northern Trust Investments, N.A. ("NTI") serves as sub-advisor to a portion of each Fund's portfolio and is paid by the Advisor for its services.

Investment Advisory Agreement. Under the Investment Advisory Agreement, the Advisor directs the investments of each Fund in accordance with its investment objectives, policies and restrictions. The investment advisory fee payable under the Investment Advisory Agreement is equal to an annual rate of 0.65% of each Fund's average daily net assets, computed and accrued daily and payable monthly.

Effective April 1, 2004 through July 31, 2005, the Advisor and Administrator have contractually agreed to waive their fees and reimburse expenses of each Fund to the extent necessary to maintain the annualized expenses of each Fund, including expenses allocated from each Portfolio from April 1, 2004 up to August 23, 2004 as follows:

 

 

Lifecycle Long Range Fund

Investment Class

1.00%

Institutional Class

.55%

Lifecycle Mid Range Fund

1.00%

Lifecycle Short Range Fund

1.00%

Under these agreements, the Advisor also reimbursed $9,951 of expenses on the Lifecycle Short Range Fund.

For the period from April 1, 2004 up to August 23, 2004, the Investment Advisory Fee charged to the Portfolios was as follows:

 

Total Aggregated

Waived

Annualized Effective Rate

Asset Management Portfolio

$ 1,926,387

$ 688,395

.42%

Asset Management Portfolio II

142,429

53,433

.41%

Asset Management Portfolio III

53,204

44,717

.10%

For the period from August 23, 2004 through March 31, 2005, the Investment Advisory Fee was as follows:

 

Total Aggregated

Waived

Unpaid

AnnualizedEffective Rate

Lifecycle Long Range Fund

$ 3,055,340

$ 1,072,694

$ 64,925

.42%

Lifecycle Mid Range Fund

188,168

188,168

Lifecycle Short Range Fund

78,233

78,233

Administrator Service Fee. ICCC serves as Administrator and receives a fee (the "Administrator Service Fee"). For the period from April 1, 2004 up to August 23, 2004 the fee was 0.65% of each Fund's Investment Class and 0.15% of Lifecycle Long Range Fund's Institutional Class average daily net assets computed and accrued daily and payable monthly. Effective August 23, 2004, the fee changed to 0.72% of each Funds Investment Class and 0.22% of Lifecycle Long Range Fund's Institutional Class average net assets, computed and accrued daily and payable monthly. For the year ended March 31, 2005, the Administrator Service Fee was as follows:

Administrator Service Fee

Total Aggregated

Waived

Unpaid

Effective Rate

Lifecycle Long Range Fund

Investment Class

$ 412,589

$ 112,876

$ 24,812

.50%

Institutional Class

1,363,333

981,233

23,275

.05%

Lifecycle Mid Range Fund

350,419

152,521

48,071

.39%

Lifecycle Short Range Fund

139,659

139,659

ICCC served as Administrator for the Asset Management Portfolio, Asset Management Portfolio II and Asset Management Portfolio III and received a fee of 0.10% of each Portfolio's average daily net assets, computed and accrued daily and payable monthly. For the period from April 1, 2004 up to August 23, 2004, the Administrator Service Fee was as follows:

 

Total Aggregated

Asset Management Portfolio

$ 296,367

Asset Management Portfolio II

21,912

Asset Management Portfolio III

8,185

Scudder Investments Service Company ("SISC"), an affiliate of the Advisor, is each Fund's transfer, dividend-paying and shareholder service agent. Pursuant to a sub-transfer agency agreement between SISC and DST Systems, Inc. ("DST"), SISC has delegated certain transfer agent and dividend paying agent functions to DST. SISC compensates DST out of the shareholder servicing fees it receives from the Funds.

Trustees' Fees and Expenses. As compensation for his or her services, each Independent Trustee receives an aggregate annual fee, plus a fee for each meeting attended (plus reimbursement for reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection with his or her attendance at board and committee meetings) from each Fund in the Fund Complex for which he or she serves. In addition, the Chairman of the Fund Complex's Audit Committee receives an annual fee for his services.

Scudder Cash Management QP Trust. Pursuant to an Exemptive Order issued by the SEC, the Fund may invest in the Scudder Cash Management QP Trust (the "QP Trust") and other affiliated funds managed by the Advisor. The QP Trust seeks to provide as high a level of current income as is consistent with the preservation of capital and the maintenance of liquidity. The QP Trust does not pay the Advisor a management fee for the affiliated funds' investments in the QP Trust.

Insurance Brokerage Commissions. The Funds paid insurance premiums to an unaffiliated insurance broker in 2002 and 2003. This broker in turn paid a portion of its commissions to an affiliate of the Advisor, which performed certain insurance brokerage services for the broker. The Advisor has reimbursed the Fund for the portion of commissions (plus interest) paid to the affiliate of the Advisor attributable to the premiums paid by the Fund. The amounts for 2002 and 2003 were as follows:

 

2002

2003

Lifecycle Long Range Fund

$ 269

$ 528

Lifecycle Mid Range Fund

44

57

Lifecycle Short Range Fund

19

23

D. Forward Foreign Currency Commitments

As of March 31, 2005, the Funds had the following open forward foreign currency exchange contracts:

Scudder Lifecycle Long Range Fund

Contracts to Deliver

 

In Exchange For

 

Settlement Date

 

Unrealized Appreciation

AUD

13,123,000

 

USD

10,371,632

 

4/4/2005

 

$ 239,907

USD

12,222,371

 

AUD

15,886,000

 

4/28/2005

 

19,617

EUR

6,000

 

USD

7,960

 

4/4/2005

 

182

GBP

9,107,000

 

USD

17,367,231

 

4/4/2005

 

160,972

USD

25,227,454

 

GBP

13,426,000

 

4/28/2005

 

106,397

JPY

472,855,000

 

USD

4,546,683

 

4/4/2005

 

135,477

USD

32,371,079

 

JPY

3,466,716,000

 

4/28/2005

 

34,685

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$ 697,237

Contracts to Deliver

 

In Exchange For

 

Settlement Date

 

Unrealized (Depreciation)

CAD

4,966,000

 

USD

4,082,874

 

4/27/2005

 

$ (23,085)

USD

7,865

 

EUR

6,000

 

4/4/2005

 

(86)

USD

10,380,293

 

AUD

13,123,000

 

4/4/2005

 

(248,568)

USD

3,750,703

 

GBP

1,954,000

 

4/4/2005

 

(58,924)

USD

424,125

 

JPY

44,379,000

 

4/4/2005

 

(10,119)

EUR

6,074,000

 

USD

7,866,559

 

4/28/2005

 

(11,740)

USD

13,725,033

 

GBP

7,153,000

 

4/4/2005

 

(210,553)

USD

4,092,338

 

JPY

428,476,000

 

4/4/2005

 

(95,139)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$ (658,214)

Scudder Lifecycle Mid Range Fund

Contracts to Deliver

 

In Exchange For

 

Settlement Date

 

Unrealized Appreciation

AUD

584,000

 

USD

461,559

 

4/4/2005

 

$ 10,676

USD

506,252

 

AUD

658,000

 

4/28/2005

 

813

EUR

1,000

 

USD

1,327

 

4/4/2005

 

31

GBP

403,000

 

USD

768,529

 

4/4/2005

 

7,123

USD

1,093,578

 

GBP

582,000

 

4/28/2005

 

4,612

JPY

28,604,000

 

USD

275,038

 

4/4/2005

 

8,195

USD

1,459,171

 

JPY

156,267,000

 

4/28/2005

 

1,564

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$ 33,014

Contracts to Deliver

 

In Exchange For

 

Settlement Date

 

Unrealized (Depreciation)

CAD

319,000

 

USD

262,271

 

4/27/2005

 

$ (1,483)

USD

1,311

 

EUR

1,000

 

4/4/2005

 

(14)

EUR

377,000

 

USD

488,260

 

4/28/2005

 

(729)

USD

461,944

 

AUD

584,000

 

4/4/2005

 

(11,062)

USD

190,031

 

GBP

99,000

 

4/4/2005

 

(2,985)

USD

62,005

 

JPY

6,488,000

 

4/4/2005

 

(1,479)

USD

583,309

 

GBP

304,000

 

4/4/2005

 

(8,948)

USD

211,228

 

JPY

22,116,000

 

4/4/2005

 

(4,911)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$ (31,611)

Scudder Lifecycle Short Range Fund

Contracts to Deliver

 

In Exchange For

 

Settlement Date

 

Unrealized Appreciation

AUD

198,000

 

USD

156,487

 

4/4/2005

 

$ 3,620

USD

160,800

 

AUD

209,000

 

4/28/2005

 

258

GBP

129,000

 

USD

246,006

 

4/4/2005

 

2,280

USD

362,647

 

GBP

193,000

 

4/28/2005

 

1,529

JPY

10,983,000

 

USD

105,606

 

4/4/2005

 

3,147

USD

490,751

 

JPY

52,556,000

 

4/28/2005

 

526

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$ 11,360

Contracts to Deliver

 

In Exchange For

 

Settlement Date

 

Unrealized (Depreciation)

USD

156,618

 

AUD

198,000

 

4/4/2005

 

$ (3,750)

CAD

3,000

 

USD

2,442

 

4/1/2005

 

(38)

USD

2,485

 

CAD

3,000

 

4/1/2005

 

(5)

CAD

138,000

 

USD

113,459

 

4/27/2005

 

(641)

EUR

151,000

 

USD

195,563

 

4/28/2005

 

(292)

USD

49,907

 

GBP

26,000

 

4/4/2005

 

(784)

USD

197,634

 

GBP

103,000

 

4/4/2005

 

(3,032)

USD

33,913

 

JPY

3,527,000

 

4/4/2005

 

(804)

USD

71,212

 

JPY

7,456,000

 

4/4/2005

 

(1,655)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$ (11,001)

Currency Abbreviations

 

 

 

 

AUD

Australian Dollar

 

EUR

Euro

 

JPY

Japanese Yen

CAD

Canadian Dollar

 

GBP

British Pound

 

USD

US Dollar

E. Expense Reductions

For the year ended March 31, 2005, the Advisor agreed to reimburse the Fund $9,398, $2,009 and $1,746 for Long Range Fund, Mid Range Fund and Short Range Fund, respectively, which represents a portion of the fee savings expected to be realized by the Advisor related to the outsourcing by the Advisor of certain administrative services to an affiliated service provider.

F. Line of Credit

Each Fund and several other affiliated funds (the "Participants") share in a $1.25 billion revolving credit facility administered by J.P. Morgan Chase Bank for temporary or emergency purposes, including the meeting of redemption requests that otherwise might require the untimely disposition of securities. The Participants are charged an annual commitment fee which is allocated, based upon net assets, among each of the Participants. Interest is calculated at the Federal Funds Rate plus 0.5 percent. Each Fund may borrow up to a maximum of 33 percent of its net assets under the agreement.

G. Share Transactions

The following table summarizes share and dollar activity in the Lifecycle Long Range Fund:

 

Year Ended
March 31, 2005

Year Ended
March 31, 2004

 

Shares

Dollars

Shares

Dollars

Shares sold

Investment Class

1,169,155

$ 12,048,398

1,403,818

$ 14,789,301

Institutional Class

7,261,514

79,276,112

12,358,761

127,323,312

 

 

$ 91,324,510

 

$ 142,112,613

Shares issued in tax-free reorganization

Investment Class

5,999,562

$ 58,476,295

Shares issued to shareholders in reinvestment of distributions

Investment Class

164,686

$ 1,736,373

254,351

$ 2,273,737

Institutional Class

2,248,893

24,627,983

2,887,219

29,971,998

 

 

$ 26,364,356

 

$ 32,245,735

Shares redeemed

Investment Class

(2,682,373)

$ (27,917,936)

(1,078,353)

$ (11,023,167)

Institutional Class

(9,117,440)

(99,257,993)

(10,253,726)

(106,908,354)

 

 

$ (127,175,929)

 

$ (117,931,521)

Redemption fees

 

$ 58

$ —

Net increase (decrease)

Investment Class

(1,348,532)

$ (14,133,164)

6,579,378

$ 64,516,166

Institutional Class

392,967

4,646,159

4,992,254

50,386,956

 

 

$ (9,487,005)

 

$ 114,903,122

The following table summarizes share and dollar activity in the Lifecycle Mid Range Fund:

 

Year Ended
March 31, 2005

Year Ended
March 31, 2004

 

Shares

Dollars

Shares

Dollars

Shares sold

Investment Class

1,353,345

$ 13,269,443

2,860,420

$ 27,215,420

Shares issued to shareholders in reinvestment of distributions

Investment Class

166,985

$ 1,639,347

293,546

$ 2,807,418

Shares redeemed

Investment Class

(4,260,074)

$ (41,248,178)

(1,713,346)

$ (16,375,047)

Redemption fees

 

$ 12

$ —

Net increase (decrease)

Investment Class

(2,739,744)

$ (26,339,376)

1,440,620

$ 13,647,791

The following table summarizes share and dollar activity in the Lifecycle Short Range Fund:

 

Year Ended
March 31, 2005

Year Ended

March 31, 2004

 

Shares

Dollars

Shares

Dollars

Shares sold

Investment Class

953,238

$ 9,691,803

1,475,460

$ 14,946,510

Shares issued to shareholders in reinvestment of distributions

Investment Class

68,464

$ 695,107

81,292

$ 822,774

Shares redeemed

Investment Class

(1,309,579)

$ (13,307,132)

(1,112,255)

$ (11,276,402)

Net increase (decrease)

Investment Class

(287,877)

$ (2,920,222)

444,497

$ 4,492,882

H. Regulatory Matters and Litigation

Since at least July 2003, federal, state and industry regulators have been conducting ongoing inquiries and investigations ("inquiries") into the mutual fund industry, and have requested information from numerous mutual fund companies, including Scudder Investments. It is not possible to determine what the outcome of these inquiries will be or what the effect, if any, would be on the funds or their advisors. Publicity about mutual fund practices arising from these industry-wide inquiries serves as the general basis of a number of private lawsuits against the Scudder funds. These lawsuits, which previously have been reported in the press, involve purported class action and derivative lawsuits, making various allegations and naming as defendants various persons, including certain Scudder funds, the funds' investment advisors and their affiliates, certain individuals, including in some cases fund Trustees/Directors, officers, and other parties. Each Scudder fund's investment advisor has agreed to indemnify the applicable Scudder funds in connection with these lawsuits, or other lawsuits or regulatory actions that may be filed making allegations similar to these lawsuits regarding market timing, revenue sharing, fund valuation or other subjects arising from or related to the pending inquiries. Based on currently available information, the funds' investment advisors believe the likelihood that the pending lawsuits will have a material adverse financial impact on a Scudder fund is remote and such actions are not likely to materially affect their ability to perform under their investment management agreements with the Scudder funds.

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

 

To the Trustees of Scudder Advisor Funds III, Scudder Advisor Funds and Shareholders of Lifecycle Long Range Fund, Lifecycle Mid Range Fund and Lifecycle Short Range Fund:

In our opinion, the accompanying statements of assets and liabilities, including the investment portfolios and the related statements of operations and of changes in net assets and the financial highlights present fairly, in all material respects, the financial positions of Lifecycle Long Range Fund (one of the Funds comprising Scudder Advisor Funds III), Lifecycle Mid Range Fund and Lifecycle Short Range Fund (two of the Funds comprising Scudder Advisor Funds), hereafter referred to as the "Funds" at March 31, 2005, and the results of each of their operations, the changes in each of their net assets and the financial highlights for each of the periods indicated therein, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. These financial statements and financial highlights (hereafter referred to as "financial statements") are the responsibility of the Funds' management; our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits. We conducted our audits of these financial statements in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States), which require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits, which included confirmation of securities at March 31, 2005 by correspondence with the custodians and brokers, provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

Boston, Massachusetts
May 31, 2005

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Tax Information (Unaudited)

 

Of the ordinary distributions made during the fiscal year ended March 31, 2005, the following percentages, qualified for the dividends received deduction available to corporate shareholders:

Lifecycle Long Range 32%

Lifecycle Mid Range 22%

Lifecycle Short Range 9%

For federal income tax purposes, Lifecycle Long Range Fund, Lifecycle Mid Range Fund and Lifecycle Short Range Fund designate $9,722,000, $400,000 and $70,000, respectively, or the maximum amount allowable under tax law, as qualified dividend income.

Please consult a tax advisor if you have questions about federal or state income tax laws, or on how to prepare your tax returns. If you have specific questions about your account, please call 1-800-SCUDDER.

Trustees and Officers

 

Independent Trustees

Name, Date of Birth, Position with the Fund and Length of Time Served1,2

Business Experience and Directorships
During the Past 5 Years

Number of Funds in the Fund Complex Overseen

Joseph R. Hardiman

5/27/37

Chairman since 2004

Trustee since 2002

Private Equity Investor (January 1997 to present); Director, Corvis Corporation3 (optical networking equipment) (July 2000 to present), Brown Investment Advisory & Trust Company (investment advisor) (February 2001 to present), The Nevis Fund (registered investment company) (July 1999 to present), and ISI Family of Funds (registered investment companies) (March 1998 to present). Formerly, Director, Soundview Technology Group Inc. (investment banking) (July 1998-January 2004) and Director, Circon Corp.3 (medical instruments) (November 1998-January 1999); President and Chief Executive Officer, The National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. and The NASDAQ Stock Market, Inc. (1987-1997); Chief Operating Officer of Alex. Brown & Sons Incorporated (now Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.) (1985-1987); General Partner, Alex. Brown & Sons Incorporated (now Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.) (1976-1985).

52

Richard R. Burt

2/3/47

Trustee since 2002

Chairman, Diligence LLC (international information collection and risk-management firm) (September 2002 to present); Chairman, IEP Advisors, Inc. (July 1998 to present); Member of the Board, Hollinger International, Inc.3 (publishing) (September 1995 to present), HCL Technologies Limited (information technology) (April 1999 to present), UBS Mutual Funds (formerly known as Brinson and Mitchell Hutchins families of funds) (registered investment companies) (September 1995 to present); and Member, Textron Inc.3 International Advisory Council (July 1996 to present). Director, The Germany Fund, Inc. (since 2000), The New Germany Fund, Inc. (since 2004), The Central Europe and Russia Fund, Inc. (since 2000). Formerly, Partner, McKinsey & Company (consulting) (1991-1994) and US Chief Negotiator in Strategic Arms Reduction Talks (START) with former Soviet Union and US Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Germany (1985-1991); Member of the Board, Homestake Mining3 (mining and exploration) (1998-February 2001), Archer Daniels Midland Company3 (agribusiness operations) (October 1996-June 2001) and Anchor Gaming (gaming software and equipment) (March 1999-December 2001); Chairman of the Board, Weirton Steel Corporation3 (April 1996-2004).

55

S. Leland Dill

3/28/30

Trustee since 1986 for Scudder Advisor Funds

Trustee since 1999 for Scudder Advisor Funds III

Trustee, Phoenix Euclid Market Neutral Fund (since May 1998), Phoenix Funds (25 portfolios) (since May 2004) (registered investment companies); Retired (since 1986). Formerly, Partner, KPMG Peat Marwick (June 1956-June 1986); Director, Vintners International Company Inc. (wine vintner) (June 1989-May 1992), Coutts (USA) International (January 1992-March 2000), Coutts Trust Holdings Ltd., Coutts Group (private bank) (March 1991-March 1999); General Partner, Pemco (investment company) (June 1979-June 1986); Trustee, Phoenix Zweig Series Trust (September 1989-May 2004).

52

Martin J. Gruber

7/15/37

Trustee since 1999 for Scudder Advisor Funds

Trustee since 1992 for Scudder Advisor Funds III

Nomura Professor of Finance, Leonard N. Stern School of Business, New York University (since September 1964); Trustee (since January 2000) and Chairman of the Board (since February 2004), CREF (pension fund); Director, Japan Equity Fund, Inc. (since January 1992), Thai Capital Fund, Inc. (since January 2000) and Singapore Fund, Inc. (since January 2000) (registered investment companies). Formerly, Trustee, TIAA (pension fund) (January 1996-January 2000); Director, S.G. Cowen Mutual Funds (January 1985-January 2001); Trustee of the TIAA-CREF mutual funds (February 2004-March 2005).

52

Richard J. Herring

2/18/46

Trustee since 1999

Jacob Safra Professor of International Banking and Professor, Finance Department, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania (since July 1972); Director, Lauder Institute of International Management Studies (since July 2000); Co-Director, Wharton Financial Institutions Center (since July 2000). Formerly, Vice Dean and Director, Wharton Undergraduate Division (July 1995-June 2000).

52

Graham E. Jones

1/31/33

Trustee since 2002

Senior Vice President, BGK Realty, Inc. (commercial real estate) (since 1995); Trustee, 8 open-end mutual funds managed by Weiss, Peck & Greer (since 1985) and Trustee of 7 open-end mutual funds managed by Sun Capital Advisers, Inc. (since 1998).

52

Rebecca W. Rimel

4/10/51

Trustee since 2002

President and Chief Executive Officer, The Pew Charitable Trusts (charitable foundation) (1994 to present); Executive Vice President, The Glenmede Trust Company (investment trust and wealth management) (1983 to present).

52

Philip Saunders, Jr.

10/11/35

Trustee since 1986 for Scudder Advisor Funds

Trustee since 1999 for Scudder Advisor Funds III

Principal, Philip Saunders Associates (economic and financial consulting) (since November 1988). Formerly, Director, Financial Industry Consulting, Wolf & Company (consulting) (1987-1988); President, John Hancock Home Mortgage Corporation (1984-1986); Senior Vice President of Treasury and Financial Services, John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company, Inc. (1982-1986).

52

William N. Searcy

9/3/46

Trustee since 2002

Private investor (since October 2003); Trustee of 18 open-end mutual funds managed by Sun Capital Advisers, Inc. (since October 1998). Formerly, Pension & Savings Trust Officer, Sprint Corporation3 (telecommunications) (November 1989-October 2003).

52

Interested Trustee

Name, Date of Birth, Position with the Fund and Length of Time Served1,2

Business Experience and Directorships
During the Past 5 Years

Number of Funds in the Fund Complex Overseen

William N. Shiebler4

2/6/42

Trustee since 2004

Vice Chairman, Deutsche Asset Management ("DeAM") and a member of the DeAM Global Executive Committee (since 2002); Vice Chairman of Putnam Investments, Inc. (1999); Director and Senior Managing Director of Putnam Investments, Inc. and President, Chief Executive Officer, and Director of Putnam Mutual Funds Inc. (1990-1999).

135

Officers

Name, Date of Birth,
Position with the Fund and Length of Time Served1,2

Business Experience and Directorships
During the Past 5 Years

Julian F. Sluyters6

7/14/60

President and Chief Executive Officer since 2004

Managing Director5, Deutsche Asset Management (since May 2004); President and Chief Executive Officer of The Germany Fund, Inc., The New Germany Fund, Inc., The Central Europe and Russia Fund, Inc., The Brazil Fund, Inc., The Korea Fund, Inc., Scudder Global High Income Fund, Inc. and Scudder New Asia Fund, Inc. (since May 2004); President and Chief Executive Officer, UBS Fund Services (2001-2003); Chief Administrative Officer (1998-2001) and Senior Vice President and Director of Mutual Fund Operations (1991-1998) UBS Global Asset Management.

Kenneth Murphy7

10/13/63

Vice President and Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Officer since 2002

Director5, Deutsche Asset Management (September 2000 to present). Formerly, Director, John Hancock Signature Services (1992-2000).

Paul H. Schubert6

1/11/63

Chief Financial Officer since 2004

Managing Director5, Deutsche Asset Management (since July 2004); formerly, Executive Director, Head of Mutual Fund Services and Treasurer for UBS Family of Funds at UBS Global Asset Management (1994-2004).

Charles A. Rizzo7

8/5/57

Treasurer since 2002

Managing Director5, Deutsche Asset Management (since April 2004). Formerly, Director, Deutsche Asset Management (April 2000-March 2004); Vice President and Department Head, BT Alex. Brown Incorporated (now Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.) (1998-1999); Senior Manager, Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P. (now PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP) (1993-1998).

John Millette7

8/23/62

Secretary since 2003

Director5, Deutsche Asset Management.

Lisa Hertz6

8/21/70

Assistant Secretary since 2004

Vice President, Deutsche Asset Management.

Daniel O. Hirsch

3/27/54

Assistant Secretary since 2003

Consultant. Formerly, Managing Director, Deutsche Asset Management (2002-2005); Director, Deutsche Asset Management (1999-2002), Principal, BT Alex. Brown Incorporated (now Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.) (1998-1999); Assistant General Counsel, United States Securities and Exchange Commission (1993-1998); Director, Deutsche Global Funds Ltd. (2002-2004)

Caroline Pearson7

4/1/62

Assistant Secretary since 2002

Managing Director5, Deutsche Asset Management.

Bruce A. Rosenblum

9/14/60

Vice President since 2003

Assistant Secretary since 2002

Director5, Deutsche Asset Management.

Kevin M. Gay7

11/12/59

Assistant Treasurer since 2004

Vice President, Deutsche Asset Management.

Salvatore Schiavone7

11/3/65

Assistant Treasurer since 2003

Director5, Deutsche Asset Management.

Kathleen Sullivan D'Eramo7

1/25/57

Assistant Treasurer since 2003

Director5, Deutsche Asset Management.

Philip Gallo6 (1962)

8/2/62

Chief Compliance Officer since 2004

Managing Director5, Deutsche Asset Management (2003-present). Formerly, Co-Head of Goldman Sachs Asset Management Legal (1994-2003)

1 Unless otherwise indicated, the mailing address of each Trustee and officer with respect to fund operations is One South Street, Baltimore, MD 21202.

2 Length of time served represents the date that each Trustee or officer first began serving in that position with Scudder Advisor Funds of which Scudder Short Range and Mid Range Funds are a series, and Scudder Advisor Funds III of which Scudder Long Range Fund is a series.

3 A publicly held company with securities registered pursuant to Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

4 Mr. Shiebler is a Trustee who is an "interested person" within the meaning of Section 2(a)(19) of the 1940 Act. Mr. Shiebler is a Managing Director of Deutsche Asset Management, the US asset management unit of Deutsche Bank AG and its affiliates. Mr. Shiebler's business address is 345 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10154.

5 Executive title, not a board directorship.

6 Address: 345 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10154.

7 Address: Two International Place, Boston, Massachusetts 02110.

The fund's Statement of Additional Information includes additional information about the fund's Trustees. To receive your free copy of the Statement of Additional Information, call toll-free: 1-800-621-1048.

Account Management Resources

 

For shareholders of Investment and Institutional Classes

Automated Information Lines

ScudderACCESS (800) 972-3060

Personalized account information, information on other Scudder funds and services via touchtone telephone and for Classes A, B, and C only, the ability to exchange or redeem shares.

Web Site

scudder.com

View your account transactions and balances, trade shares, monitor your asset allocation, and change your address, 24 hours a day.

Obtain prospectuses and applications, blank forms, interactive worksheets, news about Scudder funds, subscription to fund updates by e-mail, retirement planning information, and more.

For More Information

(800) 621-1048

To speak with a Scudder service representative.

Written Correspondence

Scudder Investments

PO Box 219356
Kansas City, MO 64121-9356

Proxy Voting

A description of the fund's policies and procedures for voting proxies for portfolio securities and information about how the fund voted proxies related to its portfolio securities during the 12-month period ended June 30 is available on our Web site — scudder.com (type "proxy voting" in the search field) — or on the SEC's Web site — www.sec.gov. To obtain a written copy of the fund's policies and procedures without charge, upon request, call us toll free at (800) 621-1048.

Principal Underwriter

If you have questions, comments or complaints, contact:

Scudder Distributors, Inc.

222 South Riverside Plaza
Chicago, IL 60606-5808

(800) 621-1148

 

Long Range Fund

Mid Range Fund

Short Range Fund

 

Investment Class

Institutional
Class

Investment Class

Investment Class

Nasdaq Symbol

BTILX

BTAMX

BTLRX

BTSRX

CUSIP Number

81111Y 606

81111Y 309

81111R 825

81111R 817

Fund Number

812

567

813

814

Notes

 

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ITEM 2.         CODE OF ETHICS.

As of the end of the period, March 31, 2005, Scudder Advisor Funds, has adopted
a code of ethics, as defined in Item 2 of Form N-CSR, that applies to its
Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer.

There have been no amendments to, or waivers from, a provision of the code of
ethics during the period covered by this report that would require disclosure
under Item 2.

A copy of the code of ethics is filed as an exhibit to this Form N-CSR.


ITEM 3.         AUDIT COMMITTEE FINANCIAL EXPERT.

The Fund's Board of Directors/Trustees has determined that the Fund has at least
one "audit committee financial expert" serving on its audit committee: Mr. S.
Leland Dill. This audit committee member is "independent," meaning that he is
not an "interested person" of the Fund (as that term is defined in Section
2(a)(19) of the Investment Company Act of 1940) and he does not accept any
consulting, advisory, or other compensatory fee from the Fund (except in the
capacity as a Board or committee member).

An "audit committee financial expert" is not an "expert" for any purpose,
including for purposes of Section 11 of the Securities Act of 1933, as a result
of being designated as an "audit committee financial expert." Further, the
designation of a person as an "audit committee financial expert" does not mean
that the person has any greater duties, obligations, or liability than those
imposed on the person without the "audit committee financial expert"
designation. Similarly, the designation of a person as an "audit committee
financial expert" does not affect the duties, obligations, or liability of any
other member of the audit committee or board of directors.

ITEM 4.         PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT FEES AND SERVICES.


                            LIFE CYCLE MID RANGE FUND
                      FORM N-CSR DISCLOSURE RE: AUDIT FEES

The following table shows the amount of fees that PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP
("PWC"), the Fund's independent registered public accounting firm, billed to the
Fund during the Fund's last two fiscal years. For engagements with PWC entered
into on or after May 6, 2003, the Audit Committee approved in advance all audit
services and non-audit services that PWC provided to the Fund.

The Audit Committee has delegated certain pre-approval responsibilities to its
Chairman (or, in his absence, any other member of the Audit Committee).

        Services that the Fund's Independent Registered Public Accounting
                            Firm Billed to the Fund

- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Fiscal Year         Audit Fees     Audit-Related     Tax Fees      All Other
   Ended             Billed          Fees Billed      Billed     Fees Billed
 March 31,           to Fund          to Fund         to Fund      to Fund
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2005                  $50,600         $225           $7,895          $0
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2004                  $13,800        $2,029          $7,520          $0
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

The above "Tax Fees" were billed for professional services rendered for tax
compliance and tax return preparation.


     Services that the Fund's Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
           Billed to the Adviser and Affiliated Fund Service Providers

The following table shows the amount of fees billed by PWC to Deutsche Asset
Management, Inc. ("DeAM" or the "Adviser"), and any entity controlling,
controlled by or under common control with DeAM ("Control Affiliate") that
provides ongoing services to the Fund ("Affiliated Fund Service Provider"), for
engagements directly related to the Fund's operations and financial reporting,
during the Fund's last two fiscal years.


- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                   Audit-Related           Tax Fees              All Other
 Fiscal            Fees Billed to          Billed to           Fees Billed
  Year             Adviser and            Adviser and         to Adviser and
  Ended          Affiliated Fund        Affiliated Fund      Affiliated Fund
 March 31,       Service Providers      Service Providers    Service Providers
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2005                  $490,322                 $0                    $0
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2004                  $573,742                 $0                    $0
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

The "Audit-Related Fees" were billed for services in connection with the
assessment of internal controls, agreed-upon procedures and additional related
procedures.







                               Non-Audit Services

The following table shows the amount of fees that PWC billed during the Fund's
last two fiscal years for non-audit services. For engagements entered into on or
after May 6, 2003, the Audit Committee pre-approved all non-audit services that
PWC provided to the Adviser and any Affiliated Fund Service Provider that
related directly to the Fund's operations and financial reporting. The Audit
Committee requested and received information from PWC about any non-audit
services that PWC rendered during the Fund's last fiscal year to the Adviser and
any Affiliated Fund Service Provider. The Committee considered this information
in evaluating PWC's independence.

- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                       Total
                                     Non-Audit
                                    Fees billed
                                   to Adviser and
                                     Affiliated
                                        Fund
                                      Service            Total
                                     Providers         Non-Audit
                                    (engagements      Fees billed
                                     related        to Adviser and
                 Total             directly to         Affiliated
               Non-Audit          the operations      Fund Service
Fiscal        Fees Billed         and financial        Providers
 Year           to Fund             reporting          (all other      Total of
 Ended                             of the Fund)       engagements)     (A), (B)
March 31,        (A)
                                        (B)               (C)           and (C)
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2005          $7,895                    $0              $236,994        $244,889
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2004          $7,520                    $0             $2,412,058     $2,419,578
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------


All other engagement fees were billed for services in connection with risk
management, tax services and process improvement/integration initiatives for
DeAM and other related entities that provide support for the operations of the
fund.







                           LIFE CYCLE SHORT RANGE FUND
                      FORM N-CSR DISCLOSURE RE: AUDIT FEES

The following table shows the amount of fees that PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP
("PWC"), the Fund's independent registered public accounting firm, billed to the
Fund during the Fund's last two fiscal years. For engagements with PWC entered
into on or after May 6, 2003, the Audit Committee approved in advance all audit
services and non-audit services that PWC provided to the Fund.

The Audit Committee has delegated certain pre-approval responsibilities to its
Chairman (or, in his absence, any other member of the Audit Committee).

     Services that the Fund's Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
                               Billed to the Fund

- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Fiscal Year         Audit Fees     Audit-Related     Tax Fees      All Other
   Ended             Billed          Fees Billed      Billed     Fees Billed
 March 31,           to Fund          to Fund         to Fund      to Fund
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2005                $50,600            $225           $7,895          $0
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2004                $13,800           $2,029          $7,520          $0
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

The above "Tax Fees" were billed for professional services rendered for tax
compliance and tax return preparation.


  Services that the Fund's Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm Billed
              to the Adviser and Affiliated Fund Service Providers

The following table shows the amount of fees billed by PWC to Deutsche Asset
Management, Inc. ("DeAM" or the "Adviser"), and any entity controlling,
controlled by or under common control with DeAM ("Control Affiliate") that
provides ongoing services to the Fund ("Affiliated Fund Service Provider"), for
engagements directly related to the Fund's operations and financial reporting,
during the Fund's last two fiscal years.


- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                   Audit-Related           Tax Fees              All Other
 Fiscal            Fees Billed to          Billed to           Fees Billed
  Year             Adviser and            Adviser and         to Adviser and
  Ended          Affiliated Fund        Affiliated Fund      Affiliated Fund
 March 31,       Service Providers      Service Providers    Service Providers
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2005                 $490,322                 $0                    $0
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2004                 $573,742                 $0                    $0
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

The "Audit-Related Fees" were billed for services in connection with the
assessment of internal controls, agreed-upon procedures and additional related
procedures.







                               Non-Audit Services

The following table shows the amount of fees that PWC billed during the Fund's
last two fiscal years for non-audit services. For engagements entered into on or
after May 6, 2003, the Audit Committee pre-approved all non-audit services that
PWC provided to the Adviser and any Affiliated Fund Service Provider that
related directly to the Fund's operations and financial reporting. The Audit
Committee requested and received information from PWC about any non-audit
services that PWC rendered during the Fund's last fiscal year to the Adviser and
any Affiliated Fund Service Provider. The Committee considered this information
in evaluating PWC's independence.

- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                       Total
                                     Non-Audit
                                    Fees billed
                                   to Adviser and
                                     Affiliated
                                        Fund
                                      Service            Total
                                     Providers         Non-Audit
                                    (engagements      Fees billed
                                     related        to Adviser and
                 Total             directly to         Affiliated
               Non-Audit          the operations      Fund Service
Fiscal        Fees Billed         and financial        Providers
 Year           to Fund             reporting          (all other      Total of
 Ended                             of the Fund)       engagements)     (A), (B)
March 31,        (A)
                                        (B)               (C)           and (C)
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2005             $7,895               $0              $236,994          $244,889
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2004             $7,520               $0             $2,412,058       $2,419,578
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------


All other engagement fees were billed for services in connection with risk
management, tax services and process improvement/integration initiatives for
DeAM and other related entities that provide support for the operations of the
fund.

ITEM 5.         AUDIT COMMITTEE OF LISTED REGISTRANTS

                Not Applicable

ITEM 6.         SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS

                Not Applicable

ITEM 7.         DISCLOSURE OF PROXY VOTING POLICIES AND PROCEDURES FOR
                CLOSED-END MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES.

                Not Applicable

ITEM 8.         PORTFOLIO MANAGERS OF CLOSED-END MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES.

                Not applicable.

ITEM 9.         PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES BY CLOSED-END MANAGEMENT
                INVESTMENT COMPANY AND AFFILIATED PURCHASERS

                Not Applicable.

ITEM 10.        SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS.

The Nominating and Governance Committee evaluates and nominates Board member
candidates. Fund shareholders may also submit nominees that will be considered
by the Committee when a Board vacancy occurs. Submissions should be mailed to
the attention of the Secretary of the Fund, One South Street, Baltimore, MD
21202.

ITEM 11.        CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES.

(a) The Chief Executive and Financial Officers concluded that the Registrant's
Disclosure Controls and Procedures are effective based on the evaluation of the
Disclosure Controls and Procedures as of a date within 90 days of the filing
date of this report.

(b) There have been no changes in the registrant's internal control over
financial reporting that occurred during the registrant's last half-year (the
registrant's second fiscal half-year in the case of the annual report) that has
materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the
registrant's internal controls over financial reporting.

ITEM 12.        EXHIBITS.

(a)(1)   Code of Ethics  pursuant to Item 2 of Form N-CSR is filed and  attached
         hereto as EX-99.CODE ETH.

(a)(2)   Certification  pursuant to Rule 30a-2(a) under the  Investment  Company
         Act of 1940 (17 CFR  270.30a-2(a))  is filed  and  attached  hereto  as
         Exhibit 99.CERT.

(b)      Certification  pursuant to Rule 30a-2(b) under the  Investment  Company
         Act of 1940 (17 CFR  270.30a-2(b))  is furnished and attached hereto as
         Exhibit 99.906CERT.





Form N-CSR Item F

                                   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:                         Scudder Lifecycle Mid Range Fund


By:                                 /s/ Julian Sluyters
                                    ---------------------------
                                    Julian Sluyters
                                    Chief Executive Officer

Date:                               May 31, 2005


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.

Registrant:                         Scudder Lifecycle Mid Range Fund


By:                                 /s/ Julian Sluyters
                                    ---------------------------
                                    Julian Sluyters
                                    Chief Executive Officer

Date:                               May 31, 2005



By:                                 /s/ Paul Schubert
                                    ---------------------------
                                    Paul Schubert
                                    Chief Financial Officer

Date:                               May 31, 2005



Form N-CSR Item F

                                   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:                         Scudder Lifecycle Short Range Fund


By:                                 /s/ Julian Sluyters
                                    ---------------------------
                                    Julian Sluyters
                                    Chief Executive Officer

Date:                               May 31, 2005


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.

Registrant:                         Scudder Lifecycle Short Range Fund


By:                                 /s/ Julian Sluyters
                                    ---------------------------
                                    Julian Sluyters
                                    Chief Executive Officer

Date:                               May 31, 2005



By:                                 /s/ Paul Schubert
                                    ---------------------------
                                    Paul Schubert
                                    Chief Financial Officer

Date:                               May 31, 2005


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GRAPHIC 9 lifnoge1.gif GRAPHIC begin 644 lifnoge1.gif M1TE&.#EAYP$X`. GRAPHIC 10 lifnoge2.gif GRAPHIC begin 644 lifnoge2.gif M1TE&.#EAYP$X`. GRAPHIC 11 lifnoge3.gif GRAPHIC begin 644 lifnoge3.gif M1TE&.#EAYP$X`. GRAPHIC 12 liftoin0.gif GRAPHIC begin 644 liftoin0.gif M1TE&.#EAYP$M`. GRAPHIC 13 liftoin1.gif GRAPHIC begin 644 liftoin1.gif M1TE&.#EAYP$M`. GRAPHIC 14 liftoin2.gif GRAPHIC begin 644 liftoin2.gif M1TE&.#EAYP$M`. EX-99.CODE ETH 15 code_prinofficers013105.txt CODE OF ETHICS Scudder/DeAM Funds Principal Executive and Principal Financial Officer Code of Ethics For the Registered Management Investment Companies Listed on Appendix A Effective Date [January 31, 2005] Table of Contents
Page Number I. Overview..................................................................3 II. Purposes of the Officer Code..............................................3 III. Responsibilities of Covered Officers......................................4 A. Honest and Ethical Conduct................................................4 B. Conflicts of Interest.....................................................4 C. Use of Personal Fund Shareholder Information..............................6 D. Public Communications.....................................................6 E. Compliance with Applicable Laws, Rules and Regulations....................6 IV. Violation Reporting.......................................................7 A. Overview..................................................................7 B. How to Report.............................................................7 C. Process for Violation Reporting to the Fund Board.........................7 D. Sanctions for Code Violations.............................................7 V. Waivers from the Officer Code.............................................7 VI. Amendments to the Code....................................................8 VII. Acknowledgement and Certification of Adherence to the Officer Code........8 IX. Recordkeeping.............................................................8 X. Confidentiality...........................................................9 Appendices........................................................................10 Appendix A: List of Officers Covered under the Code, by Board.................10 Appendix B: Officer Code Acknowledgement and Certification Form...............11 Appendix C: Definitions.......................................................13
2 I. Overview This Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer Code of Ethics ("Officer Code") sets forth the policies, practices, and values expected to be exhibited in the conduct of the Principal Executive Officers and Principal Financial Officers of the investment companies ("Funds") they serve ("Covered Officers"). A list of Covered Officers and Funds is included on Appendix A. The Boards of the Funds listed on Appendix A have elected to implement the Officer Code, pursuant to Section 406 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and the SEC's rules thereunder, to promote and demonstrate honest and ethical conduct in their Covered Officers. Deutsche Asset Management, Inc. or its affiliates ("DeAM") serves as the investment adviser to each Fund. All Covered Officers are also employees of DeAM or an affiliate. Thus, in addition to adhering to the Officer Code, these individuals must comply with DeAM policies and procedures, such as the DeAM Code of Ethics governing personal trading activities, as adopted pursuant to Rule 17j-1 under the Investment Company Act of 1940.^1 In addition, such individuals also must comply with other applicable Fund policies and procedures. The DeAM Compliance Officer, who shall not be a Covered Officer and who shall serve as such subject to the approval of the Fund's Board (or committee thereof), is primarily responsible for implementing and enforcing this Code. The Compliance Officer has the authority to interpret this Officer Code and its applicability to particular circumstances. Any questions about the Officer Code should be directed to the DeAM Compliance Officer. The DeAM Compliance Officer and his or her contact information can be found in Appendix A. II. Purposes of the Officer Code The purposes of the Officer Code are to deter wrongdoing and to: o promote honest and ethical conduct among Covered Officers, including the ethical handling of actual or apparent conflicts of interest between personal and professional relationships; o promote full, fair, accurate, timely and understandable disclosures in reports and documents that the Funds file with or submit to the SEC (and in other public communications from the Funds) and that are within the Covered Officer's responsibilities; o promote compliance with applicable laws, rules and regulations; o encourage the prompt internal reporting of violations of the Officer Code to the DeAM Compliance Officer; and o establish accountability for adherence to the Officer Code. Any questions about the Officer Code should be referred to DeAM's Compliance Officer. - -------- ^1 The obligations imposed by the Officer Code are separate from, and in addition to, any obligations imposed under codes of ethics adopted pursuant to Rule 17j-1 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, and any other code of conduct applicable to Covered Officers in whatever capacity they serve. The Officer Code does not incorporate any of those other codes and, accordingly, violations of those codes will not necessarily be considered violations of the Officer Code and waivers granted under those codes would not necessarily require a waiver to be granted under this Code. Sanctions imposed under those codes may be considered in determining appropriate sanctions for any violation of this Code. 3 III. Responsibilities of Covered Officers A. Honest and Ethical Conduct It is the duty of every Covered Officer to encourage and demonstrate honest and ethical conduct, as well as adhere to and require adherence to the Officer Code and any other applicable policies and procedures designed to promote this behavior. Covered Officers must at all times conduct themselves with integrity and distinction, putting first the interests of the Fund(s) they serve. Covered Officers must be honest and candid while maintaining confidentiality of information where required by law, DeAM policy or Fund policy. Covered Officers also must, at all times, act in good faith, responsibly and with due care, competence and diligence, without misrepresenting or being misleading about material facts or allowing their independent judgment to be subordinated. Covered Officers also should maintain skills appropriate and necessary for the performance of their duties for the Fund(s). Covered Officers also must responsibly use and control all Fund assets and resources entrusted to them. Covered Officers may not retaliate against others for, or otherwise discourage the reporting of, actual or apparent violations of the Officer Code or applicable laws or regulations. Covered Officers should create an environment that encourages the exchange of information, including concerns of the type that this Code is designed to address. B. Conflicts of Interest A "conflict of interest" occurs when a Covered Officer's personal interests interfere with the interests of the Fund for which he or she serves as an officer. Covered Officers may not improperly use their position with a Fund for personal or private gain to themselves, their family, or any other person. Similarly, Covered Officers may not use their personal influence or personal relationships to influence decisions or other Fund business or operational matters where they would benefit personally at the Fund's expense or to the Fund's detriment. Covered Officers may not cause the Fund to take action, or refrain from taking action, for their personal benefit at the Fund's expense or to the Fund's detriment. Some examples of conflicts of interest follow (this is not an all-inclusive list): being in the position of supervising, reviewing or having any influence on the job evaluation, pay or benefit of any immediate family member who is an employee of a Fund service provider or is otherwise associated with the Fund; or having an ownership interest in, or having any consulting or employment relationship with, any Fund service provider other than DeAM or its affiliates. Certain conflicts of interest covered by this Code arise out of the relationships between Covered Officers and the Fund that already are subject to conflict of interest provisions in the Investment Company Act and the Investment Advisers Act. For example, Covered Officers may not individually engage in certain transactions (such as the purchase or sale of securities or other property) with the Fund because of their status as "affiliated persons" of the Fund. Covered Officers must comply with applicable laws and regulations. Therefore, any violations of existing statutory and regulatory prohibitions on individual behavior could be considered a violation of this Code. As to conflicts arising from, or as a result of the advisory relationship (or any other relationships) between the Fund and DeAM, of which the Covered Officers are also officers or employees, it is recognized by the Board that, subject to DeAM's fiduciary duties to the Fund, the Covered Officers will in the normal course of their duties (whether formally for the Fund or for DeAM, or for both) be involved in establishing policies and implementing decisions which will have different effects on 4 DeAM and the Fund. The Board recognizes that the participation of the Covered Officers in such activities is inherent in the contract relationship between the Fund and DeAM, and is consistent with the expectation of the Board of the performance by the Covered Officers of their duties as officers of the Fund. Covered Officers should avoid actual conflicts of interest, and appearances of conflicts of interest, between the Covered Officer's duties to the Fund and his or her personal interests beyond those contemplated or anticipated by applicable regulatory schemes. If a Covered Officer suspects or knows of a conflict or an appearance of one, the Covered Officer must immediately report the matter to the DeAM Compliance Officer. If a Covered Officer, in lieu of reporting such a matter to the DeAM Compliance Officer, may report the matter directly to the Fund's Board (or committee thereof), as appropriate (e.g., if the conflict involves the DeAM Compliance Officer or the Covered Officer reasonably believes it would be futile to report the matter to the DeAM Compliance Officer). When actual, apparent or suspected conflicts of interest arise in connection with a Covered Officer, DeAM personnel aware of the matter should promptly contact the DeAM Compliance Officer. There will be no reprisal or retaliation against the person reporting the matter. Upon receipt of a report of a possible conflict, the DeAM Compliance Officer will take steps to determine whether a conflict exists. In so doing, the DeAM Compliance Officer may take any actions he or she determines to be appropriate in his or her sole discretion and may use all reasonable resources, including retaining or engaging legal counsel, accounting firms or other consultants, subject to applicable law.^2 The costs associated with such actions may be borne by the Fund, if appropriate, after consultation with the Fund's Board (or committee thereof). Otherwise, such costs will be borne by DeAM or other appropriate Fund service provider. After full review of a report of a possible conflict of interest, the DeAM Compliance Officer may determine that no conflict or reasonable appearance of a conflict exists. If, however, the DeAM Compliance Officer determines that an actual conflict exists, the Compliance Officer will resolve the conflict solely in the interests of the Fund, and will report the conflict and its resolution to the Fund's Board (or committee thereof). If the DeAM Compliance Officer determines that the appearance of a conflict exists, the DeAM Compliance Officer will take appropriate steps to remedy such appearance. In lieu of determining whether a conflict exists and/or resolving a conflict, the DeAM Compliance Officer instead may refer the matter to the Fund's Board (or committee thereof), as appropriate. However, the DeAM Compliance Officer must refer the matter to the Fund's Board (or committee thereof) if the DeAM Compliance Officer is directly involved in the conflict or under similar appropriate circumstances. After responding to a report of a possible conflict of interest, the DeAM Compliance Officer will discuss the matter with the person reporting it (and with the Covered Officer at issue, if different) for purposes of educating those involved on conflicts of interests (including how to detect and avoid them, if appropriate). Appropriate resolution of conflicts may restrict the personal activities of the Covered Officer and/or his family, friends or other persons. Solely because a conflict is disclosed to the DeAM Compliance Officer (and/or the Board or Committee thereof) and/or resolved by the DeAM Compliance Officer does not mean that the conflict or its resolution constitutes a waiver from the Code's requirements. - -------- ^2 For example, retaining a Fund's independent accounting firm may require pre-approval by the Fund's audit committee. 5 Any questions about conflicts of interests, including whether a particular situation might be a conflict or an appearance of one, should be directed to the DeAM Compliance Officer. C. Use of Personal Fund Shareholder Information A Covered Officer may not use or disclose personal information about Fund shareholders, except in the performance of his or her duties for the Fund. Each Covered Officer also must abide by the Funds' and DeAM's privacy policies under SEC Regulation S-P. D. Public Communications In connection with his or her responsibilities for or involvement with a Fund's public communications and disclosure documents (e.g., shareholder reports, registration statements, press releases), each Covered Officer must provide information to Fund service providers (within the DeAM organization or otherwise) and to the Fund's Board (and any committees thereof), independent auditors, government regulators and self-regulatory organizations that is fair, accurate, complete, objective, relevant, timely and understandable. Further, within the scope of their duties, Covered Officers having direct or supervisory authority over Fund disclosure documents or other public Fund communications will, to the extent appropriate within their area of responsibility, endeavor to ensure full, fair, timely, accurate and understandable disclosure in Fund disclosure documents. Such Covered Officers will oversee, or appoint others to oversee, processes for the timely and accurate creation and review of all public reports and regulatory filings. Within the scope of his or her responsibilities as a Covered Officer, each Covered Officer also will familiarize himself or herself with the disclosure requirements applicable to the Fund, as well as the business and financial operations of the Fund. Each Covered Officer also will adhere to, and will promote adherence to, applicable disclosure controls, processes and procedures, including DeAM's Disclosure Controls and Procedures, which govern the process by which Fund disclosure documents are created and reviewed. To the extent that Covered Officers participate in the creation of a Fund's books or records, they must do so in a way that promotes the accuracy, fairness and timeliness of those records. E. Compliance with Applicable Laws, Rules and Regulations In connection with his or her duties and within the scope of his or her responsibilities as a Covered Officer, each Covered Officer must comply with governmental laws, rules and regulations, accounting standards, and Fund policies/procedures that apply to his or her role, responsibilities and duties with respect to the Funds ("Applicable Laws"). These requirements do not impose on Covered Officers any additional substantive duties. Additionally, Covered Officers should promote compliance with Applicable Laws. If a Covered Officer knows of any material violations of Applicable Laws or suspects that such a violation may have occurred, the Covered Officer is expected to promptly report the matter to the DeAM Compliance Officer. 6 IV. Violation Reporting A. Overview Each Covered Officer must promptly report to the DeAM Compliance Officer, and promote the reporting of, any known or suspected violations of the Officer Code. Failure to report a violation may be a violation of the Officer Code. Examples of violations of the Officer Code include, but are not limited to, the following: o Unethical or dishonest behavior o Obvious lack of adherence to policies surrounding review and approval of public communications and regulatory filings o Failure to report violations of the Officer Code o Known or obvious deviations from Applicable Laws o Failure to acknowledge and certify adherence to the Officer Code The DeAM Compliance Officer has the authority to take any and all action he or she considers appropriate in his or her sole discretion to investigate known or suspected Code violations, including consulting with the Fund's Board, the independent Board members, a Board committee, the Fund's legal counsel and/or counsel to the independent Board members. The Compliance Officer also has the authority to use all reasonable resources to investigate violations, including retaining or engaging legal counsel, accounting firms or other consultants, subject to applicable law.^3 The costs associated with such actions may be borne by the Fund, if appropriate, after consultation with the Fund's Board (or committee thereof). Otherwise, such costs will be borne by DeAM. B. How to Report Any known or suspected violations of the Officer Code must be promptly reported to the DeAM Compliance Officer. C. Process for Violation Reporting to the Fund Board The DeAM Compliance Officer will promptly report any violations of the Code to the Fund's Board (or committee thereof). D. Sanctions for Code Violations Violations of the Code will be taken seriously. In response to reported or otherwise known violations, DeAM and the relevant Fund's Board may impose sanctions within the scope of their respective authority over the Covered Officer at issue. Sanctions imposed by DeAM could include termination of employment. Sanctions imposed by a Fund's Board could include termination of association with the Fund. V. Waivers from the Officer Code A Covered Officer may request a waiver from the Officer Code by transmitting a written request for a waiver to the DeAM Compliance Officer.^4 The request must include the rationale for the request and must explain how the waiver would be in furtherance of the standards of conduct described in and underlying purposes of the Officer Code. The DeAM Compliance Officer will present this information - -------- ^3 For example, retaining a Fund's independent accounting firm may require pre-approval by the Fund's audit committee. ^4 Of course, it is not a waiver of the Officer Code if the Fund's Board (or committee thereof) determines that a matter is not a deviation from the Officer Code's requirements or is otherwise not covered by the Code. 7 to the Fund's Board (or committee thereof). The Board (or committee) will determine whether to grant the requested waiver. If the Board (or committee) grants the requested waiver, the DeAM Compliance Officer thereafter will monitor the activities subject to the waiver, as appropriate, and will promptly report to the Fund's Board (or committee thereof) regarding such activities, as appropriate. The DeAM Compliance Officer will coordinate and facilitate any required public disclosures of any waivers granted or any implicit waivers. VI. Amendments to the Code The DeAM Compliance Officer will review the Officer Code from time to time for its continued appropriateness and will propose any amendments to the Fund's Board (or committee thereof) on a timely basis. In addition, the Board (or committee thereof) will review the Officer Code at least annually for its continued appropriateness and may amend the Code as necessary or appropriate. The DeAM Compliance Officer will coordinate and facilitate any required public disclosures of Code amendments. VII. Acknowledgement and Certification of Adherence to the Officer Code Each Covered Officer must sign a statement upon appointment as a Covered Officer and annually thereafter acknowledging that he or she has received and read the Officer Code, as amended or updated, and confirming that he or she has complied with it (see Appendix B: Acknowledgement and Certification of Obligations Under the Officer Code). Understanding and complying with the Officer Code and truthfully completing the Acknowledgement and Certification Form is each Covered Officer's obligation. The DeAM Compliance Officer will maintain such Acknowledgements in the Fund's books and records. VIII. Scope of Responsibilities A Covered Officer's responsibilities under the Officer Code are limited to: (1) Fund matters over which the Officer has direct responsibility or control, matters in which the Officer routinely participates, and matters with which the Officer is otherwise involved (i.e., matters within the scope of the Covered Officer's responsibilities as a Fund officer); and (2) Fund matters of which the Officer has actual knowledge. IX. Recordkeeping The DeAM Compliance Officer will create and maintain appropriate records regarding the implementation and operation of the Officer Code, including records relating to conflicts of interest determinations and investigations of possible Code violations. 8 X. Confidentiality All reports and records prepared or maintained pursuant to this Officer Code shall be considered confidential and shall be maintained and protected accordingly. Except as otherwise required by law or this Officer Code, such matters shall not be disclosed to anyone other than the DeAM Compliance Officer, the Fund's Board (or committee thereof), legal counsel, independent auditors, and any consultants engaged by the Compliance Officer. 9 Appendices Appendix A: List of Officers Covered under the Code, by Board:
============================== ============================== =========================== ========================== Fund Board Principal Executive Officers Principal Financial Treasurer Officers - ------------------------------ ------------------------------ --------------------------- -------------------------- Boston Julian Sluyters Paul Schubert Charles Rizzo - ------------------------------ ------------------------------ --------------------------- -------------------------- Chicago Julian Sluyters Paul Schubert Charles Rizzo - ------------------------------ ------------------------------ --------------------------- -------------------------- Closed End (except Germany) Julian Sluyters Paul Schubert Charles Rizzo - ------------------------------ ------------------------------ --------------------------- -------------------------- New York Julian Sluyters Paul Schubert Charles Rizzo - ------------------------------ ------------------------------ --------------------------- -------------------------- MSIS Julian Sluyters Paul Schubert Charles Rizzo - ------------------------------ ------------------------------ --------------------------- -------------------------- Hedge Strategies Fund Julian Sluyters Alexandra A. Toohey Alexandra A. Toohey - ------------------------------ ------------------------------ --------------------------- -------------------------- Germany* Julian Sluyters Paul Schubert Charles Rizzo - ------------------------------ ------------------------------ --------------------------- -------------------------- Topiary BPI Julian Sluyters Alexandra A. Toohey Alexandra A. Toohey ============================== ============================== =========================== ==========================
* Central Europe and Russia, Germany, and New Germany Funds DeAM Compliance Officer: Name: Joseph Yuen DeAM Department: Compliance Phone Numbers: 212-454-7443 Fax Numbers: 212-468-5033 As of: [September 30], 2004 10 Appendix B: Acknowledgement and Certification Initial Acknowledgement and Certification of Obligations Under the Officer Code - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Print Name Department Location Telephone 1. I acknowledge and certify that I am a Covered Officer under the Scudder Fund Principal Executive and Financial Officer Code of Ethics ("Officer Code"), and therefore subject to all of its requirements and provisions. 2. I have received and read the Officer Code and I understand the requirements and provisions set forth in the Officer Code. 3. I have disclosed any conflicts of interest of which I am aware to the DeAM Compliance Officer. 4. I will act in the best interest of the Funds for which I serve as an officer and have maintained the confidentiality of personal information about Fund shareholders. 5. I will report any known or suspected violations of the Officer Code in a timely manner to the DeAM Compliance Officer. - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Signature Date 11 Annual Acknowledgement and Certification of Obligations Under the Officer Code - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Print Name Department Location Telephone 6. I acknowledge and certify that I am a Covered Officer under the Scudder Fund Principal Executive and Financial Officer Code of Ethics ("Officer Code"), and therefore subject to all of its requirements and provisions. 7. I have received and read the Officer Code, and I understand the requirements and provisions set forth in the Officer Code. 8. I have adhered to the Officer Code. 9. I have not knowingly been a party to any conflict of interest, nor have I had actual knowledge about actual or apparent conflicts of interest that I did not report to the DeAM Compliance Officer in accordance with the Officer Code's requirements. 10. I have acted in the best interest of the Funds for which I serve as an officer and have maintained the confidentiality of personal information about Fund shareholders. 11. With respect to the duties I perform for the Fund as a Fund officer, I believe that effective processes are in place to create and file public reports and documents in accordance with applicable regulations. 12. With respect to the duties I perform for the Fund as a Fund officer, I have complied to the best of my knowledge with all Applicable Laws (as that term is defined in the Officer Code) and have appropriately monitored those persons under my supervision for compliance with Applicable Laws. 13. I have reported any known or suspected violations of the Officer Code in a timely manner to the DeAM Compliance Officer. - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Signature Date 12 Appendix C: Definitions Principal Executive Officer Individual holding the office of President of the Fund or series of Funds, or a person performing a similar function. Principal Financial Officer Individual holding the office of Treasurer of the Fund or series of Funds, or a person performing a similar function. Registered Investment Management Investment Company Registered investment companies other than a face-amount certificate company or a unit investment trust. Waiver A waiver is an approval of an exemption from a Code requirement. Implicit Waiver An implicit waiver is the failure to take action within a reasonable period of time regarding a material departure from a requirement or provision of the Officer Code that has been made known to the DeAM Compliance Officer or the Fund's Board (or committee thereof). 13
EX-99.CERT 16 cert.txt CERTIFICATION A Member of Deutsche Asset Management [LOGO] Chief Executive Officer Form N-CSR Certification under Sarbanes Oxley Act I, Julian Sluyters, certify that: 1. I have reviewed this report, filed on behalf of Scudder Lifecycle Mid Range Fund, Scudder Lifecycle Short Range Fund, Scudder Mid Cap Fund, Scudder Small Cap Fund, Scudder Preservation Plus Income Fund, a series of Scudder Advisor Funds, on Form N-CSR; 2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report; 3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations, changes in net assets, and cash flows (if the financial statements are required to include a statement of cash flows) of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report; 4. The registrant's other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) for the registrant and have: (a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared; (b) Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles; (c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of a date within 90 days prior to the filing date of this report based on such evaluation; and (d) Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant's most recent fiscal half-year (the registrant's second fiscal half-year in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant's internal control over financial reporting; and 5. The registrant's other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed to the registrant's auditors and the audit committee of the registrant's board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions): (a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant's ability to record, process, summarize, and report financial information; and (b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting. May 31, 2005 /s/ Julian Sluyters Julian Sluyters Chief Executive Officer Scudder Lifecycle Mid Range Fund, Scudder Lifecycle Short Range Fund, Scudder Mid Cap Fund, Scudder Small Cap Fund, Scudder Preservation Plus Income Fund, a series of Scudder Advisor Funds A Member of Deutsche Asset Management [LOGO] Chief Financial Officer Form N-CSR Certification under Sarbanes Oxley Act I, Paul Schubert, certify that: 1. I have reviewed this report, filed on behalf of Scudder Lifecycle Mid Range Fund, Scudder Lifecycle Short Range Fund, Scudder Mid Cap Fund, Scudder Small Cap Fund, Scudder Preservation Plus Income Fund, a series of Scudder Advisor Funds, on Form N-CSR; 2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report; 3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations, changes in net assets, and cash flows (if the financial statements are required to include a statement of cash flows) of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report; 4. The registrant's other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) for the registrant and have: (a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared; (b) Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles; (c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of a date within 90 days prior to the filing date of this report based on such evaluation; and (d) Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant's most recent fiscal half-year (the registrant's second fiscal half-year in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant's internal control over financial reporting; and 5. The registrant's other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed to the registrant's auditors and the audit committee of the registrant's board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions): (a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant's ability to record, process, summarize, and report financial information; and (b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting. May 31, 2005 /s/ Paul Schubert Paul Schubert Chief Financial Officer Scudder Lifecycle Mid Range Fund, Scudder Lifecycle Short Range Fund, Scudder Mid Cap Fund, Scudder Small Cap Fund, Scudder Preservation Plus Income Fund, a series of Scudder Advisor Funds EX-99.906 17 cert906.txt 906 CERTIFICATION A Member of Deutsche Asset Management [LOGO] Chief Executive Officer Section 906 Certification under Sarbanes Oxley Act I, Julian Sluyters, certify that: 1. I have reviewed this report, filed on behalf of Scudder Lifecycle Mid Range Fund, Scudder Lifecycle Short Range Fund, Scudder Mid Cap Fund, Scudder Small Cap Fund, Scudder Preservation Plus Income Fund, a series of Scudder Advisor Funds, on Form N-CSR; 2. Based on my knowledge and pursuant to 18 U.S.C. ss. 1350, the periodic report on Form N-CSR (the "Report") fully complies with the requirements of ss. 13 (a) or ss. 15 (d), as applicable, of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and that the information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company. May 31, 2005 /s/ Julian Sluyters Julian Sluyters Chief Executive Officer Scudder Lifecycle Mid Range Fund, Scudder Lifecycle Short Range Fund, Scudder Mid Cap Fund, Scudder Small Cap Fund, Scudder Preservation Plus Income Fund, a series of Scudder Advisor Funds A Member of Deutsche Asset Management [LOGO] Chief Financial Officer Section 906 Certification under Sarbanes Oxley Act I, Paul Schubert, certify that: 1. I have reviewed this report, filed on behalf of Scudder Lifecycle Mid Range Fund, Scudder Lifecycle Short Range Fund, Scudder Mid Cap Fund, Scudder Small Cap Fund, Scudder Preservation Plus Income Fund, a series of Scudder Advisor Funds, on Form N-CSR; 2. Based on my knowledge and pursuant to 18 U.S.C. ss. 1350, the periodic report on Form N-CSR (the "Report") fully complies with the requirements of ss. 13 (a) or ss. 15 (d), as applicable, of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and that the information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company. May 31, 2005 /s/ Paul Schubert Paul Schubert Chief Financial Officer Scudder Lifecycle Mid Range Fund, Scudder Lifecycle Short Range Fund, Scudder Mid Cap Fund, Scudder Small Cap Fund, Scudder Preservation Plus Income Fund, a series of Scudder Advisor Funds
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