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   Asset Strategy (in thousands)    MARCH 31, 2020 (UNAUDITED)
     
     

 

COMMON STOCKS   Shares   Value

Consumer Discretionary

Apparel, Accessories & Luxury Goods – 1.0%

adidas AG(A)

  27   $6,078
   

 

Auto Parts & Equipment – 0.7%

Aptiv plc

  85   4,188
   

 

Automobile Manufacturers – 2.3%

Subaru Corp.(A)(B)

  475   9,078

Suzuki Motor Corp.(A)

  203   4,844
   

 

    13,922
   

 

General Merchandise Stores – 0.9%

Dollar Tree, Inc.(C)

  69   5,096
   

 

Home Improvement Retail – 1.1%

Home Depot, Inc. (The)

  36   6,767
   

 

Internet & Direct Marketing Retail – 1.4%

Amazon.com, Inc.(C)

  4   8,294
   

 

Leisure Facilities – 0.0%

COTA Racing & Entertainment LLC,
Class B(C)

  *  
   

 

Leisure Products – 0.0%

Media Group Holdings LLC, Series H(C)(D)(E)(F)

  32   *

Media Group Holdings LLC, Series T(C)(D)(E)(F)

  4  
   

 

    *
   

 

Restaurants – 0.8%

Compass Group plc(A)

  309   4,822
   

 

Total Consumer

Discretionary - 8.2%

  49,167

Consumer Staples

Distillers & Vintners – 0.8%

Pernod Ricard S.A.(A)

  32   4,612
   

 

Household Products – 1.0%

Procter & Gamble Co. (The)

  57   6,225
   

 

Hypermarkets & Super Centers – 2.5%

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

  135   15,338
   

 

Packaged Foods & Meats – 1.0%

Nestle S.A., Registered Shares(A)

  56   5,757
   

 

Personal Products – 1.1%

Beiersdorf
Aktiengesellschaft(A)

  66   6,607
   

 

Total Consumer Staples - 6.4%

  38,539

Energy

Oil & Gas Exploration & Production – 0.5%

Canadian Natural Resources Ltd.

  212   2,870
   

 

Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing – 1.0%

Reliance Industries Ltd.(A)

  404   5,890
   

 

Total Energy - 1.5%

  8,760

Financials

Consumer Finance – 1.6%

ORIX Corp.(A)

  795   9,482
   

 

Diversified Banks – 2.0%

BNP Paribas S.A.(A)

  146   4,265

Kabushiki Kaisha Mitsubishi Tokyo Financial Group(A)

  1,314   4,917

UniCredit S.p.A.(A)

  414   3,206
   

 

    12,388
   

 

Investment Banking & Brokerage – 0.6%

Morgan Stanley

  104   3,528
   

 

Life & Health Insurance – 2.7%

AIA Group Ltd.(A)

  874   7,825

Ping An Insurance (Group) Co. of China Ltd., H Shares(A)

  902   8,813
   

 

    16,638
   

 

Other Diversified Financial Services – 0.9%

Citigroup, Inc.

  120   5,039
   

 

Thrifts & Mortgage Finance – 0.8%

Housing Development Finance Corp. Ltd.(A)

  237   5,115
   

 

Total Financials - 8.6%

  52,190

Health Care

Biotechnology – 0.6%

Sarepta Therapeutics, Inc.(B)(C)

  39   3,834
   

 

Health Care Equipment – 2.1%

Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V., Ordinary Shares(A)

  140   5,735

Zimmer Holdings, Inc.

  71   7,214
   

 

    12,949
   

 

Managed Health Care – 0.8%

Anthem, Inc.

  21   4,831
   

 

Pharmaceuticals – 3.2%

Elanco Animal Health, Inc.(C)

  299   6,696

GlaxoSmithKline plc(A)

  338   6,352

Merck KGaA(A)

  60   6,061
   

 

    19,109
   

 

Total Health Care - 6.7%

  40,723

Industrials

Aerospace & Defense – 2.7%

Airbus SE(A)

  110   7,069

Northrop Grumman Corp.

  29   8,727
   

 

    15,796
   

 

Construction & Engineering – 1.6%

Larsen & Toubro Ltd.(A)

  348   3,708

Vinci(A)

  70   5,747
   

 

    9,455
   

 

Construction Machinery & Heavy Trucks – 1.1%

Caterpillar, Inc.

  59   6,839
   

 

Electrical Components & Equipment – 1.0%

Schneider Electric S.A.(A)

  68   5,782
   

 

Industrial Machinery – 0.7%

Ingersoll-Rand, Inc.(C)

  181   4,487
   

 

Railroads – 2.1%

Kansas City Southern

  40   5,120

Union Pacific Corp.

  52   7,337
   

 

    12,457
   

 

Trading Companies & Distributors – 0.8%

Ferguson plc(A)

  81   5,021
   

 

Total Industrials - 10.0%

  59,837

Information Technology

Application Software – 3.1%

Adobe, Inc.(C)

  34   10,840

Intuit, Inc.

  35   8,136
   

 

    18,976
   

 

Data Processing & Outsourced Services – 3.4%

Fiserv, Inc.(C)

  94   8,952

Visa, Inc., Class A

  71   11,385
   

 

    20,337
   

 

Electronic Equipment & Instruments – 1.0%

Keyence Corp.(A)

  19   5,948
   

 

Internet Services & Infrastructure – 0.6%

VeriSign, Inc.(C)

  22   3,978
   

 

IT Consulting & Other Services – 0.6%

Garter, Inc., Class A(C)

  37   3,729
   

 

Semiconductor Equipment – 1.3%

ASML Holding N.V., Ordinary Shares(A)

  30   7,786
   

 

Semiconductors – 4.0%

QUALCOMM, Inc.

  97   6,554

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd.(A)

  1,939   17,456
   

 

    24,010
   

 

Systems Software – 3.1%

Microsoft Corp.

  117   18,494
   

 

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals – 1.0%

Samsung Electronics Co.
Ltd.(A)

  160   6,218
   

 

Total Information Technology -

18.1%

  109,476

Materials

Diversified Metals & Mining – 0.5%

Glencore International plc(A)

  1,773   2,683
   

 

Gold – 0.8%

Barrick Gold Corp.

  268   4,906
   

 

Total Materials - 1.3%

  7,589

Utilities

Electric Utilities – 1.3%

E.ON AG(A)

  744   7,634
   

 

Total Utilities - 1.3%

  7,634

TOTAL COMMON STOCKS – 62.1%

  $373,915

(Cost: $427,263)

 

PURCHASED
OPTIONS
   Number of
Contracts
(Unrounded)
   Notional
Amount
                   

AGNC Investment Corp.:

        
 


Call $15.00, Expires 6-19-20, OTC (Ctrpty: Goldman Sachs International)

  1,444   144   56

Call $16.00, Expires 6-19-20, OTC (Ctrpty: Goldman Sachs International)

  605   61   11

Facebook, Inc., Class A,

     

Call $225.00, Expires 4-17-20

  275   27   1
     

 

TOTAL PURCHASED OPTIONS – 0.0%

  $68

(Cost: $310)

CORPORATE DEBT
SECURITIES
  Principal     

Communication Services

Cable & Satellite – 0.4%

Altice France Holding S.A.,

   

10.500%, 5-15-27(G)

  $2,383   2,514
   

 

Integrated Telecommunication Services – 0.9%

Frontier Communications Corp.:

   

7.625%, 4-15-24(O)

  2,119   530

6.875%, 1-15-25(O)

  6,323   1,581

11.000%, 9-15-25(O)

  5,680   1,477

9.000%, 8-15-31(O)

  2,119   529

West Corp.,

   

8.500%, 10-15-25(G)

  1,500   1,094
   

 

      5,211
     

 

Total Communication

Services - 1.3%

  7,725

Consumer Discretionary

Leisure Facilities – 0.2%

Circuit of the Americas LLC, Series D,

   

0.000%, 10-2-23(H)

  3,642   1,430
   

 

Total Consumer

Discretionary - 0.2%

  1,430

Consumer Staples

Food Distributors – 0.0%

Sysco Corp.,

   

5.650%, 4-1-25

  216   225
   

 

Tobacco – 0.5%

     

Altria Group, Inc. (GTD by Philip Morris USA, Inc.),

   

5.950%, 2-14-49

  2,000   2,327

B.A.T. Capital Corp. (GTD by British American Tobacco plc, B.A.T. Netherlands Finance B.V., B.A.T. International Finance B.V. and Reynolds American, Inc.),

   

4.906%, 4-2-30

  647   664
   

 

      2,991
     

 

Total Consumer Staples - 0.5%

  3,216

Energy

Integrated Oil & Gas – 0.9%

Petroleos Mexicanos:

   

6.490%, 1-23-27(G)

  4,223   3,115

6.840%, 1-23-30(G)

  2,057   1,488

5.950%, 1-28-31(G)

  1,107   761
   

 

      5,364
     

 

Oil & Gas Exploration & Production – 0.3%

Laredo Petroleum, Inc.:

   

9.500%, 1-15-25

  2,741   1,096

10.125%, 1-15-28

  3,064   1,164
   

 

      2,260
     

 

Oil & Gas Storage & Transportation – 0.9%

Energy Transfer Operating L.P.:

   

3.750%, 5-15-30

  842   660

6.750%, 5-15-68

  3,900   2,379

7.125%, 5-15-68

  3,900   2,347
   

 

      5,386
     

 

Total Energy - 2.1%

  13,010

Financials

Diversified Banks – 5.0%

Barclays plc:

   

7.875%, 12-29-49

  7,618   6,971

8.000%, 9-15-68

  2,013   1,869

ING Groep N.V.,

     

6.875%, 12-29-49

  2,681   2,347

Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc (The),

     

8.625%, 12-29-49

  3,987   3,887

Societe Generale Group,

     

7.375%, 12-29-49(G)

  6,791   6,245

Standard Chartered plc,

     

7.500%, 12-29-49(G)

  3,731   3,640

UniCredit S.p.A.:

   

5.861%, 6-19-32(G)

  3,700   3,347

7.296%, 4-2-34(G)

  1,612   1,794
   

 

      30,100
     

 

Diversified Capital Markets – 1.4%

Credit Suisse Group AG:

   

6.375%, 2-21-68(G)

  1,232   1,081

7.500%, 6-11-68(B)(G)

  2,852   2,745

7.125%, 7-29-68

  4,855   4,491
   

 

      8,317
     

 

Life & Health Insurance – 0.1%

AIA Group Ltd.,

     

3.375%, 4-7-30(G)

  540   544
   

 

Multi-Line Insurance – 0.7%

Athene Holding Ltd.,

     

6.150%, 4-3-30

  4,313   4,305
   

 

Other Diversified Financial Services – 0.2%

Grupo Aval Ltd.,

     

4.375%, 2-4-30(G)

  1,689   1,356
   

 

Total Financials - 7.4%

  44,622

Health Care

Pharmaceuticals – 0.3%

Teva Pharmaceutical Finance Netherlands III B.V. (GTD by Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.),

     

2.800%, 7-21-23

  2,034   1,856
   

 

Total Health Care - 0.3%

  1,856

Industrials

Aerospace & Defense – 0.8%

Wolverine Escrow LLC:

   

8.500%, 11-15-24(G)

  2,080   1,659

9.000%, 11-15-26(G)

  2,081   1,691

13.125%, 11-15-27(G)

  2,081   1,665
   

 

      5,015
     

 

Airlines – 0.1%

     

Aerovias de Mexico S.A. de C.V. (GTD by Grupo Aeromexico S.A.B. de C.V.),

     

7.000%, 2-5-25(B)(G)

  2,587   776
   

 

Total Industrials - 0.9%

  5,791

Information Technology

IT Consulting & Other Services – 0.1%

Atento Luxco 1 S.A.,

     

6.125%, 8-10-22(G)

  744   454
   

 

Total Information

Technology - 0.1%

  454

Materials

Steel – 0.3%

CSN Resources S.A.,

     

7.625%, 2-13-23(G)

  2,960   2,057
   

 

Total Materials - 0.3%

  2,057

TOTAL CORPORATE DEBT SECURITIES – 13.1%

  $80,161

(Cost: $104,270)

MORTGAGE-BACKED

SECURITIES

       

Non-Agency REMIC/CMO - 1.4%

Ellington Financial Mortgage Trust, Series 2018-1, Class B1 (Mortgage spread to 10-year U.S. Treasury index),

     

5.574%, 10-25-58(G)(I)

  1,500   1,484

Homeward Opportunities Fund I Trust, Series 2019-1, Class B1 (Mortgage spread to 10-year U.S. Treasury index),

     

4.800%, 1-25-59(G)(I)

  1,061   944

Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors Trust, Series 1998-C1, Class F,

     

6.250%, 11-15-26

  806   807

Verus Securitization Trust, Series 2018-3, Class B1 (Mortgage spread to 5-year U.S. Treasury index),

     

5.694%, 10-25-58(G)(I)

  2,100   2,020

Verus Securitization Trust, Series 2019-1, Class B1 (Mortgage spread to 10-year U.S. Treasury index),

     

5.311%, 2-25-59(G)(I)

  3,432   3,051
   

 

      8,306
     

 

TOTAL MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES – 1.4%

  $8,306

(Cost: $9,117)

OTHER GOVERNMENT

SECURITIES(J)

       

Argentina - 0.7%

Province of Mendoza,

     

8.375%, 5-19-24

  4,362   1,963

Republic of Argentina:

4.625%, 1-11-23

  6,531   1,861

5.875%, 1-11-28

  2,100   564
   

 

      4,388
     

 

TOTAL OTHER GOVERNMENT SECURITIES – 0.7%

  $4,388

(Cost: $12,562)

 


LOANS(I)

                 

Communication Services

 

Integrated Telecommunication Services – 0.7%

 

West Corp. (3-Month ICE LIBOR plus 400 bps),

     

5.450%, 10-10-24

     6,078        4,533  
     

 

 

 

Total Communication

Services - 0.7%

 

 

     4,533  

Consumer Discretionary

 

Specialty Stores – 0.4%

 

Staples, Inc.,

     

0.000%, 4-12-26(K)

     633        497  

Staples, Inc. (ICE LIBOR plus 500 bps),

     

6.515%, 4-12-26

     2,777        2,180  
     

 

 

 
        2,677  
     

 

 

 

Total Consumer

Discretionary - 0.4%

 

 

     2,677  

Energy

 

Oil & Gas Storage & Transportation – 0.3%

 

EPIC Crude Services L.P. (ICE LIBOR plus 500 bps),

     

6.620%, 3-1-26

     2,818        1,841  
     

 

 

 

Total Energy - 0.3%

 

     1,841  

Financials

 

Property & Casualty Insurance – 1.9%

 

Amynta Agency Borrower, Inc. (ICE LIBOR plus 400 bps),

     

5.489%, 2-28-25

     5,296        4,184  

Hub International Ltd. (ICE LIBOR plus 300 bps):

     

4.387%, 4-25-25

     24        22  

4.551%, 4-25-25

     497        461  

USI, Inc. (ICE LIBOR plus 300 bps),

     

3.989%, 5-16-24

     7,267        6,613  
     

 

 

 
        11,280  
     

 

 

 

Total Financials - 1.9%

 

     11,280  

Health Care

 

Health Care Facilities – 0.4%

 

Surgery Center Holdings, Inc. (ICE LIBOR plus 325 bps),

     

4.250%, 8-31-24

     2,812        2,143  
     

 

 

 

Health Care Services – 0.6%

 

Heartland Dental LLC (ICE LIBOR plus 375 bps),

     

4.739%, 4-30-25

     2,612        1,994  

LifePoint Health, Inc. (ICE LIBOR plus 375 bps),

     

4.739%, 11-16-25

     1,481        1,367  
     

 

 

 
        3,361  
     

 

 

 

Total Health Care - 1.0%

 

     5,504  

Information Technology

 

Application Software – 0.2%

 

Avaya, Inc. (ICE LIBOR plus 425 bps),

     

4.955%, 12-15-24

     1,369        1,160  
     

 

 

 

Total Information

Technology - 0.2%

 

 

     1,160  

Materials

 

Construction Materials – 0.7%

 

Hillman Group, Inc. (The) (ICE LIBOR plus 350 bps),

     

5.072%, 5-31-25

     5,291        4,107  
     

 

 

 

Total Materials - 0.7%

 

     4,107  

TOTAL LOANS – 5.2%

 

     $31,102  

(Cost: $38,634)

 

UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT AGENCY OBLIGATIONS        

Mortgage-Backed Obligations - 1.3%

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. Agency REMIC/CMO,

   

4.500%, 1-15-43(L)

  5,654   766

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. Agency REMIC/CMO (1-Month U.S. LIBOR plus 615 bps),

   

5.445%, 11-15-47(I)(L)

  3,310   529

Federal National Mortgage Association Agency REMIC/CMO:

   

4.500%, 10-25-40(L)

  2,749   451

4.500%, 5-25-47(L)

  2,168   369

5.000%, 3-25-49(L)

  2,136   337

Federal National Mortgage Association Agency REMIC/CMO (1-Month U.S. LIBOR plus 562 bps),

   

4.673%, 6-25-45(I)(L)

  4,128   659

Federal National Mortgage Association Agency REMIC/CMO (1-Month U.S. LIBOR plus 625 bps):

   

5.173%, 4-25-45(I)(L)

  2,074   443

5.153%, 4-25-46(I)(L)

  4,848   875

5.153%, 8-25-46(I)(L)

  4,977   860

5.303%, 6-25-48(I)(L)

  11,174   2,243
   

 

    7,532
   

 

TOTAL UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT AGENCY OBLIGATIONS – 1.3%

  $7,532

(Cost: $7,979)

UNITED STATES

GOVERNMENT

OBLIGATIONS

       

Treasury Inflation Protected Obligations - 2.4%

U.S. Treasury Notes:

   

0.125%, 4-15-21

  2,919   2,860

0.625%, 1-15-26

  5,844   6,039

0.125%, 7-15-26

  5,812   5,867
   

 

    14,766
   

 

Treasury Obligations - 2.4%

U.S. Treasury Bonds:

   

2.750%, 8-15-47

  8,828   11,669

3.000%, 2-15-49

  2,024   2,823
   

 

    14,492
   

 

TOTAL UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT OBLIGATIONS – 4.8%

  $29,258

(Cost: $25,332)

BULLION – 6.9%   Troy
Ounces
    

Gold

  27   41,946
   

 

(Cost: $32,745)

SHORT-TERM
SECURITIES
  Shares     

Money Market Funds(N)- 4.9%

Dreyfus Institutional Preferred Government Money Market Fund - Institutional Shares,

   

0.390%(M)

  724   724

State Street Institutional U.S. Government Money Market Fund - Premier Class,

   

0.310%

  29,090   29,090
   

 

    29,814
   

 

TOTAL SHORT-TERM SECURITIES – 4.9%

  $29,814

(Cost: $29,814)

TOTAL INVESTMENT SECURITIES – 100.4%

  $606,490

(Cost: $688,026)

LIABILITIES, NET OF CASH AND OTHER ASSETS – (0.4)%

  (2,192)

NET ASSETS – 100.0%

  $604,298
 


Notes to Consolidated Schedule of Investments

 

  *

Not shown due to rounding.

(A)

Listed on an exchange outside the United States.

(B)

All or a portion of securities with an aggregate value of $8,379 are on loan.

(C)

No dividends were paid during the preceding 12 months.

(D)

Restricted securities. At March 31, 2020, the Portfolio owned the following restricted securities:

 

Security    Acquisition Date(s)      Shares      Cost      Value  

Media Group Holdings LLC, Series H

     8-29-13 to 10-31-13        32      $ 22,339      $

Media Group Holdings LLC, Series T

     7-2-13 to 1-23-15        4        8,413         
        

 

 

 
         $         30,752      $                 –
        

 

 

 

     The total value of these securities represented 0.0% of net assets at March 31, 2020.

 

(E)

Investment is owned by an entity that is treated as a corporation for U.S. tax purposes and is owned by the Portfolio and consolidated.

(F)

Securities whose value was determined using significant unobservable inputs.

(G)

Securities were purchased pursuant to an exemption from registration available under Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933 and may only be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. At March 31, 2020 the total value of these securities amounted to $45,526 or 7.5% of net assets.

(H)

Zero coupon bond.

(I)

Variable rate security. Interest rate disclosed is that which is in effect at March 31, 2020. Description of the reference rate and spread, if applicable, are included in the security description.

(J)

Other Government Securities may include emerging markets sovereign, quasi-sovereign, corporate and supranational agency and organization debt securities.

(K)

All or a portion of this position has not settled. Full contract rates do not take effect until settlement date.

(L)

Interest-only security. Amount shown as principal represents notional amount for computation of interest.

(M)

Investment made with cash collateral received from securities on loan.

(N)

Rate shown is the annualized 7-day yield at March 31, 2020.

(O)

Non-income producing as the issuer has either missed its most recent interest payment or declared bankruptcy.

The following written options were outstanding at March 31, 2020 (contracts and exercise prices unrounded):

 

Underlying Security    Counterparty, if OTC      Type      Number of
Contracts
     Notional
Amount
     Expiration Month      Exercise Price      Premium
Received
     Value  

AGNC Investment Corp.

     Goldman Sachs International        Put        2,049        205        April 2020        $11.00        $96        $(226)  
     Goldman Sachs International        Put        2,049        205        June 2020        11.00        280        (437)  

Facebook, Inc., Class A

     N/A        Put        275        27        April 2020        200.00        91        (888)  
     N/A        Call        275        28        April 2020        245.00        20        (1)  
                    

 

 

 
                               $487                $(1,552)  
                    

 

 

 

Each Portfolio’s investments are reported at fair value. Fair value is defined as the price that each Portfolio would receive upon selling an asset or would pay upon satisfying a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date.

Accounting standards establish a framework for measuring fair value and a three-level hierarchy for fair value measurements based upon the transparency of inputs to the valuation of an asset or liability. Inputs may be observable or unobservable and refer broadly to the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability. Observable inputs reflect the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability based on market data obtained from sources independent of the reporting entity. Unobservable inputs reflect the reporting entity’s own assumptions about the factors that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability developed based on the best information available in the circumstances.

Reoccurring fair value measurements of Level 3 securities shall include a reconciliation of the beginning to ending balances for reported fair market values. A fair value hierarchy and Level 3 reconciliation, if applicable, have been included in the Notes to Schedule of Investments for each respective Portfolio.

An individual investment’s fair value measurement is assigned a level based upon the observability of the inputs which are significant to the overall valuation. The three-tier hierarchy of inputs is summarized as follows:

• Level 1 - Observable inputs such as quoted prices, available in active markets, for identical assets or liabilities.

• Level 2 - Significant other observable inputs, which may include, but are not limited to, quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in markets that are active, quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active, inputs other than quoted prices that are


observable for the assets or liabilities (such as interest rates, yield curves, volatilities, prepayment speeds, loss severities, credit risks and default rates) or other market corroborated inputs.

• Level 3 - Significant unobservable inputs based on the best information available in the circumstances, to the extent observable inputs are not available, which may include assumptions made by the Board or persons acting at their direction that are used in determining the fair market value of investments.

The following table is a summary of the valuation of the Portfolio’s investments by the fair value hierarchy levels as of March 31, 2020:

 

      Level 1      Level 2      Level 3  

Assets

        

Investments in Securities

        

Common Stocks

        

Consumer Discretionary

   $ 24,345      $ 24,822      $ * 

Consumer Staples

     21,563        16,976         

Energy

     2,870        5,890         

Financials

     8,567        43,623         

Health Care

     22,575        18,148         

Industrials

     32,510        27,327         

Information Technology

     72,068        37,408         

Materials

     4,906        2,683         

Utilities

            7,634         
  

 

 

 

Total Common Stocks

   $ 189,404      $ 184,511      $ * 

Purchased Options

     1        67         

Corporate Debt Securities

            80,161         

Mortgage-Backed Securities

            8,306         

Other Government Securities

            4,388         

Loans

            31,102         

United States Government Agency Obligations

            7,532         

United States Government Obligations

            29,258         

Bullion

     41,946                

Short-Term Securities

     29,814                
  

 

 

 

Total

   $     261,165      $     345,325      $                 — * 
  

 

 

 

Liabilities

        

Written Options

   $ 888      $ 664      $  
  

 

 

 

During the period ended March 31, 2020, securities totaling $4,938 were transferred from Level 3 to Level 2 due to the lack of observable market data due to decreased market activity or information for these securities.

BASIS FOR CONSOLIDATION OF THE ASSET STRATEGY PORTFOLIO

Ivy VIP ASF II, Ltd. (the “Subsidiary”), a Cayman Islands exempted company, was incorporated as a wholly owned subsidiary acting as an investment vehicle for the Asset Strategy Portfolio (referred to as “the Portfolio” in this subsection). Ivy VIP ASF III (SBP) (“the Company”), a Delaware limited liability company, was incorporated as a wholly owned company acting as investment vehicle for the Portfolio. The Subsidiary and the Company act as investment vehicles for the Portfolio, in order to effect certain investments for the Portfolio consistent with the Portfolio’s investment objectives and policies as specified in its prospectus and statement of additional information.

The Portfolio’s investment portfolio has been consolidated and includes the portfolio holdings of the Portfolio, its Subsidiary and the Company. The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Portfolio and its Subsidiary and the Company. All inter-company transactions and balances have been eliminated. A subscription agreement was entered into between the Portfolio and its Subsidiary and the Company comprising the entire issued share capital of the Subsidiary and the Company with the intent that the Portfolio will remain the sole shareholder and retain all rights. Under the Articles of Association, shares issued by the Subsidiary and the Company confer upon a shareholder the right to receive notice of, to attend and to vote at general meetings of the Subsidiary and the Company and shall confer upon the shareholder rights in a winding-up or repayment of capital and the right to participate in the profits or assets of the Subsidiary and the Company.

See the table below for details regarding the structure, incorporation and relationship as of March 31, 2020 of each Subsidiary and Company to the Portfolio (amounts in thousands).

 

Subsidiary/Company    Date of
Incorporation
   Subscription
Agreement
   Portfolio Net
Assets
   Subsidiary/Company
Net Assets
  

Percentage
of Portfolio

Net Assets

Ivy VIP ASF II, Ltd.

   1-31-13    4-10-13    $604,298    $42,096    6.97%

Ivy VIP ASF III (SBP), LLC

   4-9-13    4-23-13    604,298    27    0.00


The following acronyms are used throughout this schedule:

CMO = Collateralized Mortgage Obligation

GTD = Guaranteed

ICE = Intercontinental Exchange

LIBOR = London Interbank Offered Rate

OTC = Over the Counter

REMIC = Real Estate Mortgage Investment Conduit

 

For Federal income tax purposes, cost of investments owned at March 31, 2020 and the related unrealized appreciation (depreciation) were as follows:

 

Cost

     $688,026  
  

 

 

 

Gross unrealized appreciation

     64,882  

Gross unrealized depreciation

     (146,418)  
  

 

 

 

Net unrealized depreciation

                 $(81,536)