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Portfolio of Investments
Variable Portfolio – U.S. Flexible Moderate Growth Fund, September 30, 2021 (Unaudited)
(Percentages represent value of investments compared to net assets)
Investments in securities
Equity Funds 46.6%
  Shares Value ($)
U.S. Large Cap 46.6%
Columbia Variable Portfolio – Disciplined Core Fund, Class 1 Shares(a),(b) 1,352,754 106,948,765
Columbia Variable Portfolio – Large Cap Index Fund, Class 1 Shares(a),(b) 6,750,158 238,753,070
Columbia Variable Portfolio – Select Large Cap Equity Fund, Class 1 Shares(a),(b) 6,513,538 107,343,102
Columbia Variable Portfolio – Select Large Cap Value Fund, Class 1 Shares(a),(b) 2,863,322 99,013,655
CTIVP® – Loomis Sayles Growth Fund, Class 1 Shares(a),(b) 1,757,341 96,847,082
CTIVP® – Morgan Stanley Advantage Fund, Class 1 Shares(a),(b) 1,482,780 95,313,117
CTIVP® – T. Rowe Price Large Cap Value Fund, Class 1 Shares(a),(b) 3,095,447 97,568,498
Variable Portfolio – Partners Core Equity Fund, Class 1 Shares(a),(b) 5,823,484 189,903,806
Total 1,031,691,095
Total Equity Funds
(Cost $610,342,719)
1,031,691,095
Exchange-Traded Fixed Income Funds 5.2%
Investment Grade 5.2%
iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF 411,363 54,723,620
Vanguard Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond ETF 635,000 59,950,350
Total 114,673,970
Total Exchange-Traded Fixed Income Funds
(Cost $110,022,101)
114,673,970
Fixed Income Funds 25.9%
Investment Grade 25.9%
Columbia Variable Portfolio – Intermediate Bond Fund, Class 1 Shares(a) 9,530,486 98,640,527
Columbia Variable Portfolio – Limited Duration Credit Fund, Class 1 Shares(a) 3,274,557 32,450,857
Columbia Variable Portfolio – Long Government/Credit Bond Fund, Class 1 Shares(a) 4,417,564 48,549,027
Columbia Variable Portfolio – U.S. Government Mortgage Fund, Class 1 Shares(a) 3,087,358 32,386,382
Fixed Income Funds (continued)
  Shares Value ($)
CTIVP® – American Century Diversified Bond Fund, Class 1 Shares(a) 12,454,368 139,987,092
CTIVP® – TCW Core Plus Bond Fund, Class 1 Shares(a) 10,715,892 115,195,844
CTIVP® – Wells Fargo Short Duration Government Fund, Class 1 Shares(a) 1,636,036 16,213,117
Variable Portfolio – Partners Core Bond Fund, Class 1 Shares(a) 8,118,643 90,441,689
Total 573,864,535
Total Fixed Income Funds
(Cost $568,086,863)
573,864,535
    
Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities - Agency 12.5%
Issuer Coupon
Rate
  Principal
Amount ($)
Value ($)
Uniform Mortgage-Backed Security TBA(c)
10/19/2036 2.500%   66,420,000 69,180,581
10/19/2036-
10/14/2051
3.000%   127,090,000 133,231,072
10/14/2051 3.500%   70,500,000 74,590,927
Total Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities - Agency
(Cost $277,468,660)
277,002,580
    
Options Purchased Puts 1.5%
        Value ($)
(Cost $39,590,551) 33,144,340
    
Money Market Funds 20.0%
  Shares Value ($)
Columbia Short-Term Cash Fund, 0.065%(a),(d) 441,871,223 441,827,036
Total Money Market Funds
(Cost $441,803,667)
441,827,036
Total Investments in Securities
(Cost: $2,047,314,561)
2,472,203,556
Other Assets & Liabilities, Net   (258,531,319)
Net Assets 2,213,672,237
At September 30, 2021, securities and/or cash totaling $24,325,955 were pledged as collateral.
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Portfolio of Investments   (continued)
Variable Portfolio – U.S. Flexible Moderate Growth Fund, September 30, 2021 (Unaudited)
Investments in derivatives
Long futures contracts
Description Number of
contracts
Expiration
date
Trading
currency
Notional
amount
Value/Unrealized
appreciation ($)
Value/Unrealized
depreciation ($)
S&P 500 Index E-mini 1,884 12/2021 USD 404,848,050 (19,996,465)
U.S. Long Bond 299 12/2021 USD 47,606,406 (1,019,646)
U.S. Treasury 10-Year Note 160 12/2021 USD 21,057,500 (227,829)
U.S. Treasury 2-Year Note 15 12/2021 USD 3,300,820 793
U.S. Treasury 2-Year Note 102 12/2021 USD 22,445,578 (18,430)
U.S. Treasury 5-Year Note 323 12/2021 USD 39,645,727 (203,608)
U.S. Ultra Treasury Bond 93 12/2021 USD 17,768,813 (659,589)
Total         793 (22,125,567)
    
Put option contracts purchased
Description Counterparty Trading
currency
Notional
amount
Number of
contracts
Exercise
price/Rate
Expiration
date
Cost ($) Value ($)
S&P 500 Index JPMorgan USD 549,211,350 1,275 3,400.00 12/16/2022 23,651,547 20,495,625
S&P 500 Index JPMorgan USD 167,994,060 390 3,200.00 12/16/2022 8,387,762 4,958,850
S&P 500 Index JPMorgan USD 144,302,590 335 3,300.00 12/16/2022 5,102,300 4,778,775
S&P 500 Index JPMorgan USD 43,075,400 100 3,500.00 12/16/2022 1,583,805 1,813,000
S&P 500 Index JPMorgan USD 23,260,716 54 3,600.00 12/16/2022 865,137 1,098,090
Total             39,590,551 33,144,340
Notes to Portfolio of Investments
(a) As defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, an affiliated company is one in which the Fund owns 5% or more of the company’s outstanding voting securities, or a company which is under common ownership or control with the Fund. The value of the holdings and transactions in these affiliated companies during the period ended September 30, 2021 are as follows:
    
Affiliated issuers Beginning
of period($)
Purchases($) Sales($) Net change in
unrealized
appreciation
(depreciation)($)
End of
period($)
Capital gain
distributions($)
Realized gain
(loss)($)
Dividends —
affiliated
issuers ($)
End of
period shares
Columbia Short-Term Cash Fund, 0.065%
  338,280,430 408,873,761 (305,333,236) 6,081 441,827,036 (6,081) 204,598 441,871,223
Columbia Variable Portfolio – Disciplined Core Fund, Class 1 Shares
  107,645,077 1,011,969 (14,594,298) 12,886,017 106,948,765 5,312,887 1,352,754
Columbia Variable Portfolio – Income Opportunities Fund, Class 1 Shares
  31,275,296 (30,035,114) (1,240,182) 1,240,204
Columbia Variable Portfolio – Intermediate Bond Fund, Class 1 Shares
  106,473,502 22,456,686 (19,231,864) (11,057,797) 98,640,527 6,848,627 1,197,214 3,158,361 9,530,486
Columbia Variable Portfolio – Large Cap Index Fund, Class 1 Shares
  217,100,469 10,620,719 (18,651,786) 29,683,668 238,753,070 5,228,052 6,750,158
Columbia Variable Portfolio – Limited Duration Credit Fund, Class 1 Shares
  30,909,559 3,065,967 (1,044,322) (480,347) 32,450,857 7,296 512,875 3,274,557
Columbia Variable Portfolio – Long Government/Credit Bond Fund, Class 1 Shares
  25,918,522 28,044,175 (1,005,927) (4,407,743) 48,549,027 2,316,713 (88,861) 1,004,515 4,417,564
Columbia Variable Portfolio – Select Large Cap Equity Fund, Class 1 Shares
  24,488,665 73,549,359 (2,714,723) 12,019,801 107,343,102 116,899 6,513,538
Columbia Variable Portfolio – Select Large Cap Value Fund, Class 1 Shares
  105,731,495 8,214,330 (22,976,294) 8,044,124 99,013,655 7,792,124 2,863,322
Columbia Variable Portfolio – U.S. Government Mortgage Fund, Class 1 Shares
  30,781,117 3,602,282 (985,116) (1,011,901) 32,386,382 502,420 2,757 647,452 3,087,358
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Portfolio of Investments   (continued)
Variable Portfolio – U.S. Flexible Moderate Growth Fund, September 30, 2021 (Unaudited)
Notes to Portfolio of Investments  (continued)
Affiliated issuers Beginning
of period($)
Purchases($) Sales($) Net change in
unrealized
appreciation
(depreciation)($)
End of
period($)
Capital gain
distributions($)
Realized gain
(loss)($)
Dividends —
affiliated
issuers ($)
End of
period shares
CTIVP® – American Century Diversified Bond Fund, Class 1 Shares
  103,373,122 42,527,520 (1,098,182) (4,815,368) 139,987,092 2,857,249 (39,056) 3,127,063 12,454,368
CTIVP® – Loomis Sayles Growth Fund, Class 1 Shares
  105,213,500 311,565 (11,981,340) 3,303,357 96,847,082 7,358,328 1,757,341
CTIVP® – Morgan Stanley Advantage Fund, Class 1 Shares
  108,983,049 9,847,162 (16,689,436) (6,827,658) 95,313,117 10,536,336 1,482,780
CTIVP® – T. Rowe Price Large Cap Value Fund, Class 1 Shares
  107,214,832 4,100,047 (23,548,438) 9,802,057 97,568,498 5,628,151 3,095,447
CTIVP® – TCW Core Plus Bond Fund, Class 1 Shares
  98,686,087 24,824,514 (933,281) (7,381,476) 115,195,844 4,884,738 (55,198) 1,547,214 10,715,892
CTIVP® – Wells Fargo Short Duration Government Fund, Class 1 Shares
  13,975,730 2,923,174 (56,832) (628,955) 16,213,117 283,758 (2,231) 250,340 1,636,036
Variable Portfolio – Partners Core Bond Fund, Class 1 Shares
  91,018,658 9,814,816 (5,988,562) (4,403,223) 90,441,689 2,238,538 (41,248) 1,255,955 8,118,643
Variable Portfolio – Partners Core Equity Fund, Class 1 Shares
  199,372,893 3,627,269 (31,217,541) 18,121,185 189,903,806 10,305,712 5,823,484
Total 1,846,442,003     51,611,640 2,047,382,666 19,932,043 54,493,285 11,708,373  
    
(b) Non-income producing investment.
(c) Represents a security purchased on a when-issued basis.
(d) The rate shown is the seven-day current annualized yield at September 30, 2021.
Abbreviation Legend
TBA To Be Announced
Currency Legend
USD US Dollar
Investments are valued using policies described in the Notes to Financial Statements in the most recent shareholder report.
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